The Sun. — London, England, 1852-01-23 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—!TH JJA V.) LONDON, JAN. 23.—Wind this day at noon S.W., light breez e , and fine clear dry weather. RAMSGATE, JAN. 22 —The Elizabeth, of and from Sunderland to Rouen, whilst riding in the Gulls with both anchors last night, during a heavy gale, was run into by the Camilla steamer, from London to Dublin, and had her bowsprit, foremast, bulwarks, and stan chions carried away, and mainmast sprung. Tao Camilla steamer also received damage to her bows, &c., and whilst entering the harbour with the schooner in tow, ran foul of the East Pier, which did great damage to her paddle-box, sponson, &c. WEXFORD, JAN. 21.—The Deoloccs (Greek, brig), on shore on the Burrow of Ballvteaguo, broke up in a gale last night; a portion of the cargo and materials had been saved. TERCEIRA, JAN. 13.—The Odin, from Valparaiso to Cowes, put into thin port on the 11th inst., making eight inches water per hour, and must discharge part of cargo. On the 4th November lost one man overboard. DEAL, JAN. 22.—Wind A. 31. W.S.W., moderate; noon S.W. by W. to IV., fresh; nine P.M. W., strong.—Arrd. Matilda Luchie, Davis, Demerara; Ellen, Gillman, and London, St. Michael's; Trinidad. Arrived irom the River, Ann, Edwards, James Cruikshank, Sayers, at, Vincent ; Gleantr, St. Michael's. Put back, Rose, Havannah. SOUTHAMPTON WATER, JAN. 23, 10.15 A.M.—Arrd Clyde steamer, West Indies. CARDIFF, JAN. 22.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Thomp• son, Prince Edward's Island. Sid, Duck, Madeira. CLYDC, JAN. 21.—Arrd. Nucinae, Charleston; Ton gatsboo, M'Kei zie, Ship Harbour, Gut of Canso; Dia mond, Mann, Alexandria. SIIIELDS, JAN. 21 —Wind S.S.W. to W.—Sld. Al. fred the Great, and British Merchant, Aden. GRIMSBY, JAN. 22.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Howard, Russell, Christiansand; Cuthbert Young, Berdianski. OFF WEYMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Mary ADD, Madras. FALMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Wind IV.. fresh.—Arrd. Ve nus. Rto Grande; Mentor, A!exandria. GLOUCESTER, JAN. 21.—Arrd. British Monarch, Birch, Quebec. WATERFORD, JAN. 21.—Wind N.W. to S. by W Arrd. Vigiiint, Constantinople; Cecilia, Gale, Oalatz. QUEENSTOWN, JAN. 21.—Wind W.S.W., very strong. —Arrd. Grevinde, Karen Uedel, Alexandria; Ann, Lucas, Catania. LIMERICK, JAN. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Cruiser, Ferret - , Ahaandria. BONCHURCH, JAN. 22.—Wind S.W.—lt blew a very heavy gale in the night from S. to S.S.W. LIVERP3OL, JAN. 23.—Wind W.—Arrd. Barahona, St. Domingo; Ann Mitchell, Madras; Dryad, Callao; Countess of Sefton, Wheeler, Hounchaco; Rhondda, Buenos Ayres; Eliza Bell, St. Domingo; William Nel son and Jane IL Glidden, New Orleans; John Rutledge, Wambeine, Charleston; Shenandah. Taylor,, Philadel phia; Henry Clay and Manhattan, New York; Wilhel mina and Jager, Alexandria; Caroline, Icelaud; City of Glasgow steamer, Philadelphia. Put back John Bunyan and Laura, Demerara; Freeman. Jamaica; Ulristra La del Carmen. Havannah; Garrick, New Yolk. NEXOE, JAN. 12.—The Engeline, Helene, from Lis bon to Holland, was stranded and wrecked to the east of this island during a snow-storm yesterday ; master and one man drowned. MARKET NE WS.-( THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. The present week's arrivals of English Wheat up to one market, coastwise, has amounted to 3,210 quarters, a large portion of which had been previously disposed of by sample. Fresh up, to-day, the receipts by land car riage were small. Notwithstanding that, the stands ex hibited a scanty show of samples, the amount of business doing in English Wheats was comparatively small, yet, in some instances, the quotations were the turn in favour of sellers. From abroad 4,600 quarters of Wheat have arrived, mostly from the westward. Selected samples moved off freely, and the currencies were considered somewhat higher. In low and middling kinds very few sales took place. Floating cargoes were neglected. A full average supply of Barley was brought forward, yet the trade ruled firm, at fully the late advance in prices. Malt steady. Good sound Oats advanced 6d per quar ter. All other kinds were quite as dear. Beans, Peas, Indian corn, and Flour, were in good request at Mon day's currency. The best French Flour produced 35a per sack. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. k lour Erigll4s Foreign ...... I 4,600 I 7,300 Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. i Qrs. Sacks 3,210 3,850 4,280 1 1,040 1,650 600 2,960 n 940 sks 58 u 4,8 h 0 bls Although our market to-day was but moderately sup plied with Beasts, both as to number and quality, the demand for that description of stock ruled heavy, at prices barely equal to those of Monday last. The sup- Ply of Sheep was small, yet it was fully equal to tne wants of the buyers. In the quotations we have no Change to report. The extreme value of the best old Downs was 4s 4d per 81bs. Very few Calves were brought forward, nevertheless the Veal t ra d e ru l e d very Inactive, at barely late rates. In Pigs next to nothing Was doing. Mitch Cows were quoted from 141 to 18s sts each, including their small Calf. Per Bibs. to sink the offal. 8. d. to s. d. Interior Beasts-- 2 8 210 Second quality 3 0 3 4 _Pritne large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 4- rtuic Scots •• • • 3 ft 310 !dirge coarse Calves 3 0 S 6 r rimesnaall ditto .. 3 8 310 84 cklikr. Calves —lB 0 21 0 Limbs .......... 0 0 0 0 s. d. to s. d Inferior Shoop .. ••2 10 3 0 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 8 Coarse-weolled ditto 3 10 4 0 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs •..• •• 2 6 3 6 small Porkers .• .. 3 8 310 Quarter old Pigs •• 16 0 19 0 AT MARKET. TOTAL SUPPLY I Sheep. 2,'00 FOREIGN B Sheep. 200 410 NEWVATE AND LE ILDENZIA3.36. These markets were somewhat heavily supplied with e ach kind of meat, for which the demand was i n a Bluggish state, a* follows: — At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. I. d. t o a. . iS sef 43 • inferior- 2 2 2 4 Hutton, inferior .. 2 6 210 middling •• •• 2 6 2 8 --middling.. 3 0 3 6 Primelargo .. 210 3 0 Prime •••• 3 8 310 Prime small 3 2 3 4 I Pork, 1arge........ 2 6 3 6 V Sal •. 3 0 310 - small .••• 3 8 310 Beasts. 769 I Calves. 1 pigs. 91 1 220 SUPPLY. Calves. I PLgs. 51 EIOROUGS BOP IMLLEZET. / l ine Kent and Sussex Hops are still in good request, at fully last week's prices, and the value of other kinds O Well supported. A few parcels of old olds have Changed, hands for export. Sussex pockets, 112 s to gent, Weald of Kent, 126 s to 140, ; Mid and E as t ikent, 140 s to 250 s per cwt. COLONI.A.Z. SUGAR —There has been a moderate demand for British Plantation at about the previous quotations. At auction. Berbadoes has realised 38s 6d to 39s for fine Yellow and 34i 6rl to 36s for good mid and good, Refined has been at 43s 6d to 48s per cwt for grocery EAST INDlA.—Mauritius was in better demand at about the former value, and sales by auction have been made to a small extent at 303 to 33s 6d for mid to good Yellow, and 26s 6d to 28s for good to fine brown. I ,s erigal was in more request. Benares good white 34s ." ~ 35 5, mid 333 to 36s 6i, ord 32' fid, Kbaur 20 s 6d to c) good grainy white 443 to 45s 6d, good to fine grainy yellow 369 61 to 38s 6d, and brown 28s 64 to 303. 414 dr:is went at 21s to 23s for soft, brown, at 24s to 263 1 ? r yellow, an d at 31 s to 32 s 6d for the better sorts. Eft eeng was cheaper, fine brown at 23s to 24s and ord to race yellow at 24s to 303. FOREIGN,—A cargo of yellow Havannah has been 861 d Privately. Porto Rico, by suction, has found buyers 14 4 0s for fi ne ye ll ow, 32s to 37s for low an d m id, an d 3 , ls to 33 s 6 d f or grey; good brown 30s to 31s. Ha vannah, by public sa l e , went at 32 s to 35 s f or l ow to 4 ,!'!e yellow, 35s 6d to 36 s 6 4 f or goo d , an d 303 t o 34 s _ 6 _ 7 1 8 for o r d to flue strong b rown . J ava was b oug ht i n a t ;s6d to 39i for mid to good dry yellowish grey, and 35s for low. COFFEE.—There has been auie market, but prices have becn tolerably firm. t 0598 Plantation Ceylon sold at 503 to 52s for mid, 54s 6d for pea berry, 65 s 6d mici to 713 for fine, 463 to 51 a f or low Jnd mid, and 38 s to 43s 6d for triage. Sound N ative realised 39s for good ord. Jamaica lo w m id and mid has been sold at 48s, for fine and fine fine ord, at 40s to 45164.0 and ord at 383 64 to 41s 6d. M oc h a was ta k en in 11, long berry, while an gar bl e d so ld at 541. cofBotr good a Rica brought 43s 64 to 44s for fine fine ord. Bahia was taken in at 333 6d for ord ragged. COCOA.—Trinidad has been sold at 293 to 33s for ord grey to mid red, at 35s to 39s for good and fine red, and 64 . 33, to 34s for low. SPlCES.—Therebas been some demand for Mace, good ord selling at is 101 per lb. Nutmegs have been firm. Pimento was in more demand and firm, good mid and good 4id to 411 R ICE. - -.Moderate sales have been made. Madras ord and mid pinky white has been sold at 7s 6d to 8s 6d, L and good Curi n g a gra i n at 9s to 9 s 6cl; Moulmein b r ought 8s 6d to 9s for ord mixed with paddy, and 103 for good white. SALTPETRE.—The best descriptions have been in de 'nand, but other sorts rather heavy. COTTON.—There has been very little doing. TEA..—The sales are moderate, at the previously re duced rates. T ALLOW'.—P.Y.C. is dull, at 36s 6d per cwt on the 'Pot, fo r new . , GREEN FRUIT.—The market continues depressed. Michael' s , receded in value ; three cargo es o f S t. sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, ' v ent at a reduction of Is to 24 per box. Lemons have Participated in the decline. Chesnuts also. Black _ehePanish nuts sustain their price. B arce l ona Is to 2s tr bag lower. Seville Soers held for a better market, sale for grapes. t , A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the xoreign-office, Downing-strett. The Ministers present were "-Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Wil , Sir George Grey, Earl Granville, Earl Grey, the Chancellor o a f; ytTe‘.Ex. chequer. Sir Francis Baring, the Earl of Carbs e, the light Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Right Hon. Fox half,' and L or d S eymour. The Council sat two hours and a ,•,„ DlOCESAN Srrtops.—Yesterday a consultive meet :abj—g of the lay and clerical members of the Church upon the ect of diocesan synods, adjourned from I erby, was held t the Hanover-square Rooms. The attendance was of a i~ cha racter which may be designated rather as select than I nerous. Th e Rev. T. Colli ns, 8.D., presided. The meet - ttag was a dd ressed • by the Rev. %V. Pound, M.A., the Hon. :)J,, Talbot, Q C. M r. Dickenson, Lord Lyttelt‘ n, the Rev. G. , ever, Sir Walt er James, the Rev. W. H o ward, and the '•'e • W. Scott, and resolutions in favour of diocesan synods were unanimously adopted. Lt, W ORCESTER. HOP MARRET, JAN. 21.—Our prices SACnew and yearling hops are very firm, at the late advance, fine old hops are 2a. to 3s. MI best soila. higher, with a good demand THE SUN, CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORDS JUSTICES.) TORNEY- GENERAL V MURDOCH.— JUDGMENT. This was an eppeA }'roan a decree of Vice-Chancellor Wigram, removiee the 2,1 r. Murdoeh, a member of the Free Church of Scotland, from the cffice of minister of Low Chapel in Berevick-on-Tweed, and declaring it to be a condition of the original trust deed that all ministers of the said Low Chapel should be licentiates or ordained ministers of the Church of Scotland. The ap peal was heurd at the c ernmencement o f l ast term , and occupied several days in healing. The facts in tail have appeared in our columns on several occasions. The Court now gave judge:u l t. The Lord Justice KNIGHT BRUCE, after going through the uffidevita at considerable length, said that after careful and deliberate consideration of the evidence he had COMC to the conclusion that Mr. Murdoch, having ceased to be a member of, and to acknowledge any obe- dience to, the Church of Scotland, had rendered himself unqualified t o cont i nue t h e m i n i ster o f the chapel in question. I n hi s v i ew , t h e ma i n p o int of the question turned on the fact, whether `or fifty scars before the floctiou of Mr. Murdoch, and sixty years before the institution of the present suit, it had been a private law of the congregation that every minister of the chapel should be a licentiate or ordained minister of the Church of Scotland. The eppellente contended that no such law had been made, or could have been made, except at the time of the original foundation ; but he was of opinion that there was such a right in the congregation to make such a regulation —he would not say irrevocably—that it had been made and acted upon for the period he had mentioned previous to "he institution of the present suit. The defendant therefore having erased to be a licentiate or ordained minister of the Church cf Scotland, had, in his opinion, vacated the office of minister of Low Chapel. Acting upon this opinion, therefore, ho thought the best course to pursue would he to confirm the decree of the Court below altogether and in tufo, avoiding the necessity of any further inquiry by reference t o t h e M aster, which wou l d involve new expenses, and give rise to additional heart burnings. He thought the appeal ought to be dis missed with costs, but that would depend on the view taken by Lord Cranworth. Lord CRANWOItTU said that he agreed with his Learned Brother in confirming the decree of the Court below with regard to the first part of it, declaring the office of the mitiist( r of Low Chapel void, but he could nut agree with him that it was any part of the founda tion that all the ministers of the chapel should be licen tiates or ordained ministers of the Church of Scotland. The congregation in question was one of English Pres byterians, end though convenience or their proximity to Scotland, or other circumstances, might have led them to choose ministers of the Church of Scotland for their pastors, he thought it extremely absurd to suppose that they would have tied down themselves and their successors. Granting the fact that all the minis ters (after the foundation' of the present trust up to the time of the election) had been members of the Church of Scotian( , from which country a better supply of Presby terian ministers could be had, he was by no means saris. fled that the minister at the time of the execution of the trust-deeds in question, Master John Turner, or those immediately preceding him, were Scotch Presbyterians; and it was quite certain that the cc ugregation was founder: first by a minister of English ordination, who had been vicar of the parish in the time of the Common wealth, but obliged to vacate by the Act of Conformity. He was, therefore, of opinion that this part of the decree was wrong. With regard, however, to the first part, he was clearly of opinion that the defendant had forfeited all right to continue minister of the Low Chapel, inasmuch as he bad ceased to be an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland, and was actually an ordained minister of no Presbyterian. Had his Learned Brother agreed to the other part, further directions on that would have been necessary, but as it was the appeal would now be oismissee wholly. He thought that the api &lent ought certainly here to pay the costs. Appeal dismissed with costs. The appeal occupied two hours and a half in the delivery. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) HADLEY V. DALE. Mr. QUAIN moved for a rule to show cause why the costs of the demurrer is this case should not be taxed for the plaintiff. It was an ',talon in trespass for false imprisonment, and under it an important question arose as to the validity of a warrant issued fur the apprehen sion of a person by M r . S e rgeant Manning, the judge of the Whitechapel County Court. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and justification under the County Court warrant. Issue was joined on the first plea, and there was a demurrer to the second. On the demurrer judgment was given iu favour of the plaintiff, and the case went dewn to trial ou the plea of not guilty, and a verdict was found for the plaintiff, with 403. damages. He applied for a rule to set aside the verdict and for a new tile], which was made absolute; and last term the case went down for trial a second time, when there was also a verdict for the plaintiff, but only a farthing da mages. Application was made to the Court to certify for costs under the County Court Act, but it declined to accede to the application. The plaintiff was, there fore, placed in this singular position—he had a verdict with first 40s. and then a farthing damages, but was without a certificate, though he had judgment in his favour on the demurrer. Mr. Quain contended that he was at least entitled to the costs of demurrer; the Mas tsr, however, had decided that he was not, on the ground that the County Court Act deprived him of all expenses. The 3 and 4 Vic. c. 42, sec. 34, enacted that a party was entitled to costs of demurrer in all cakes when judg ment was in his favour. Mr. Quain submitted also that the costs of demurrer were altogether independent of the costs incident to the amount of damages in action. — Rule granted. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) The COURT gave notice that they would hold sittings on Friday and Saturday the 6th and 7th February, arid on Monday the 9th, Tuesday 10th, Wednesday 11th, and Thursday 12th, and at such sittings would proceed to dispose of the business then pending on the new trial paper, and also give judgment in all matters then stand ing for judgment. SECONDARIES',-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) PETERS V. ROSS. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 61. ls. 63. on a bill of exchange. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted, and that ho did not accept the bill. Mr. W. R. BUCIIA.NAN, who appeared for the plaintiff, called Mr. Bradley, a solicitor, who said he knew the handwriting of the defendant, and proved the signature to be his. The defendant, who appeared in person, said ho did not know whether it was his or not, but he had not re ceived money for it. The Learned SECONDARY said that was mere state ment, and if there was any truth in it defendant should have pleaded it. The jury found for the plaintiff. SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.—Last night the Earl of Cadogan was proposed and elected a fellow, Peers being entitled to admission without delay. The Rev. Mr. Hodson was admitted by Sir IL 11. Inglis (who was in the chair), and Thomas Leach, Esq., 8.A., was proposed in the usual form. Mr. Repton, F.S.A., presented to the Museum two singular warlike iron instruments, intended to drag cavalry soldiers from their horses, by seizing them round the neck in such a way that they could not disentangle them selves; they w ere pro b a b ly not much older than the time of the Civil Wars. The reading of the paper of the Astronomer Royal on the departure of Censer from Gaul and his lauding in England, with a Supplement of the Battle of Hastings be tween Harold and William the Conqueror, was continued. The two later portions engaged attention last night, and the view taken by Professor Airy was quite novel, viz., that Cxsar did not land at Dover, as some have supposed, nor at Deal as others contended, but on the flat and open coast near St. Leoeard's, known as Pevensey Bay. This opinion was sustained by many ingenious and learned arguments; and with regard to the Battle of llastings, the Astronomer Royal maintained, and very satisfactorily showed, that it had been lost merely by the incaution and impetuosity of Harold. '!'hanks were voted to the author almost by acclamation. ROYAL ARTILLERY—WOOLWICII, JAN. 22.—Cap tain Riddell's company (6th battalion marched, at a quarter before 8 A.M. to-day, from the garrison to the arsenal station, beaded by the drums and flutes, and proceeded by the North Kent Railway to London, en route to Dover, to relieve Cap tain Tullogh's company (11th battalion). The drums and flutes attended at the arsenal station at half-past 2 o'clock P-At, on the same day, to play the company from Dover up to the garrison. About 12 o'clock yesterday a bricklayer's labourer, named Daniel Sexton, in the employment of Messrs. Kirk an d P arry, f e ll f rom t h e t op o f t h e new b u ildi ng at the east end of the Royal Artill e ry barra c ks erecting for an observatory and lecture-hall for the officers of the gar rison, and was severely injured about the head. The sufferer h w a a; n im g m hi e s d vv ia e teulLtaken to the Ordnance Hospital, and, after dence on a stretches r. dressed, was sent home to his o w n resi rnv Ex PLOSION AT HIGHGATE.— THE FATAL N A yesterday Mr. wak Highgate, the adjourneYed AI.P" resumed at the Woodman, inquest t on the l a t e M r. Th omas Wynn Edwards, a law student, nap ta r h aged twenty-four, wh o was killed by an explosion o f summed Several witnesses having gave it a e ct up at gre a t l engt h an d p h been exa si hired, e n c o t ro a n t e r satisfa a ory verdict could no t b e arr i v ed at without at least the opinion practical e d a public chemists being obtained upon the subject. They ha !l duty to perform, and that was to satisfy the public upon th e safety or danger of the lam p in question. The j ury concur red with the coroner , and the in q u iry was further adjourned to afford an opportu nit y of obtainin g th e information alluded to by the Learned Coroner. One of the chemists is to be selected by Mr. Wakley, the second by Dr. Owensford, and the third by Mr. Holliday. THE GALE OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT. —In the south of England it blew almost a hurricance on Wednesday night. In consequence of the severity of the weather the outward Channel Islands' mail-packet, which left Southamp ton on Wednesday midnight, was obliged to bring up i n the Solent ; and the mail from the Channel Islands, which should hav e reached the Genera l P os t-office at 4 A.m. yes terday mornin g , did not arrive before midday of yesterday. FIRE A LARM TELEGRAPH —The people of Bo ston s are constructing a fi re alarm telegraph • Forty-nine miles the of wire have been stretched over the city, diving under arm of the sea whi c h separates the main port i on f ro m Southl; and East Boston. The first of the forty cast iron signal boxes has been placed on the Reservoir in Hancock-street. These will be so distributed that every house in the city will be within fifty rods of one. 'Whenever a fire occurs, resort will be had to the nearest box, where, by turning a crank, instantaneous communication will be made to the central office, and from that, which stands related to the whole fire department of the city like the brain to the nervous system, instant knowledge will be communicated to the seven dis tricts into which the ci:y is divided, by so strikipg the alarm bell simultaneously that the locality of the fire will be known exactly to all. This system, the perfect success of which is now certa i n , w ill stand forth as one of the finest achievements of scientific skill, and a source of just pride to BOStoll.—Scientific .Atnerion. LONDON, LITERATURE GIT TII' BAIRNS T' SC11001L! or, a Work. big Man's Notions about the Present Education Controversy. Leeds: John Beaton, Briggate. We are rejoiced to find that the working men are at length taking an active part in the education con troversy ; it is a controversy in which themselves and their families are more peculiarly interested than any other members of society, and is therefore one which they should make the object of their peculiar study, and we cannot recommend to them a safer guide than the author of the very clever and convincing pam phlet now before us. " Git th' Bairns t' Schooil " is the point that all who really wish to see true educa tion progress should insist upon, and it is because they do not really and truly desire to " Git th' Bairns e Schooil," and yet have not the courage to openly declare their desire to keep the people in ignorance, that those who dread the cultivation of the reasoning powers of the masses insist that education shall always be accompanied with the inculcation of dog matic theology. Fifty years ago the predecessors of the present opponents of secular education vtere vehe mently opposed to all education whatsoever. They knew right well that the existence of their power depended upon their keeping the people in ignorance, that an educated and reasoning people would question the grounds upon which they were called on to pay implicit obedience to the behests of men with whom they would then be on a perfect intellectual level, and consequently the dogmatists were opposed to every thing like education ; they considered that reading led to sedition and treason, writing to forgery, and that as to the multiplication table, it was downright blas , pbemy. Still, however, education progressed in spite of the opposition of the apostles of ignorance, wbo, finding they could not prevent, determined to pervert it, and consequently assumed the more fraudulent and more dangerous character of false friends. Oh ! yes, they exclaim, we are friends of education ; edu cate the people by all means, but educate them, not as human beings, but as sectarians; let the children be thoroughly imbued with the odium theologicum, and be brought up to be " maist releegiously in love with themselves and in hatred with the rest of mankind." To certain well-meaning persons who, instead of ex ercising their own reason on this important matter, have suffered themselves to be led away by the dog matic assertions of those interested in misleading them, we commend the following extract from this admirable little pamphlet:— " In the first place, I think that working men are en titled to speak their minds freely on this subject. Those who have spoken heretofore are mostly parsons, dissent ing ministers, and people belonging to the wealthy middle classes, who are themselves well educated, and think they have nothing to do but to settle among themselves what is the best for us, without ever consult ing our own opinions on the subject. " I find the bulk of them, for instance, are of the opinion that any school education for the working classes, must be taught in connexion with some religious creed, of course their own; and that if there are any among us who choose not to accept one or other of their creeds for our childsen, then they must go without edu cation altogether. The door is to be shut in their faces. That's really the drift of it. " Now, before I go farther, I must tell you that I'm a Dissenter. I know most people will be ready to call me narrowminded, a bigot, and an enemy of education, when I tell them I'm a Dissenter ; but never mind ; hear me out, and listen to what I've got to say for myself. -" Perhaps I have no merit nor demerit in being a Dissenter, seeing I was born one; but ask the Catholic, or the Churchman, or the Jew, and he will tell you the same thing: he was born such. As it is, however, I am conscientious. I endeavour to be consistent. I believa that the truths which I hold need only to have free courso to triumph; and I know of no other truths with which the religious truths I entertain need fear to come in contact. " I'm not afraid of giving the whole people the power of reading, examining, and judging for themselves, whether my truth is the right one, or somebody else's. I don't fear the alphabet, or the child's primer, or the multiplication table, imparted to everybody, independently of whether they accept my creed or not. " Some of you may call me godless for this. I don't care. I'll speak my mini. I want to see the people get knowledge, to make them strong, self-reliant, provident, and thoughtful. I know that it is knowledge only that makes the Man, and that wo are but two-legged beasts without it. "Don't think I undervalue religion. I teach what I can of it to my own children. And my minister and the Sunday-school teacher do the rest. I have been taught, and believe in, the power of the Voluntary Principle in religion. I should be confessing my own disbelief in it, were I to say, that children should be refused the A, B, C, unless they accepted my religious creed. Everything in its right place. I would not drag in niy particular notions on religion into the day-school, any more than I would into the benefit club, or the workshop." Hid observations on the absurdity of those who con tend that it is the duty of the different religious bodies to educate are deserving of all consideration, and we cannot sufficiently admire the convincing but impitoy ab le logic with which he carries out the arguments of these persons to their legitimate conclusions : " Yuu say, perhaps, 'Let the religious bodies educate the people: they are the parties to do it.' Well, but they don't do it. That's one answer. Another is, that those who try, do it badly to the extent that they do educate. But any third answer is, that the religious bedies, as such, have no more business to undertake the work of secularly educating the people, than they have to learn young men their trades, or young women cook ing and housewifery. Besides, I don't think it's the business of any church to teach secular knowledge. If ministers of re ligion were to do the work of their own province, they would find a large enough sphere for all their labours and energies. But I'm afraid they are now thinking less of their own business than of the business which is none of theirs. I don't find anything either in the Bible or in the New Testament which requires them to teach my children to read and write, or to interfere with that in any way. " Can't we learn the multiplication table without the Assembly's catechism, or chemistry, if we wish it, with out the Thirty-nine Articles? Why should religious men of any sect say, Your children shall not be taught unless they take our creed with our A, B, C?' " What have Christian men, as members of churches or chapels, to do with reading, writing, and account keeping, any more than they have to do with shoemak ing, cooking, or street-paving? Carry out your views, and you would erect a pulpit and place a chaplain iu every workshop, mill, and manufactory; and you would have baths and wash-houses in connexion with your churches and chapels; only this would be rather too absurd. Still it would be only carrying out your own principles." His statistics prove to demonstration the utter failure of all attempts to educate th e p eop l e upon th e volun tary and sectarian system, and the pamphlet is one of the most convincing arguments in favour of the establishment of a general state system of purely secular education that has, yet appeared. We cor dially recommend it to all who take an interest in real educational progress, and more especially to the working classes, and recommend them as their watch word " Git th' Bairns t' Schooil." THE PORTRAIT GALLERY. Part I. Orr and Company. Twenty-four monthly instalments will place sub scribers in possession of a very beautiful re-issue of this well-known and valuable publication. As pre senting to us examples of the " human face divine," eeleeted from the portraits of most of the illustrious personages who have ever existed, the work has al ways appeared to us eminently entitled to admiration. It commences, appropriately enough, with the effigies of the great men of Italy, who, in the thirteenth cen tury, began the great labour of enlightening the human family, by reviving literature through the medium of the intercourse between Rome and Byzan tium—thereby obtaining for themselves the glory of being the pioneers of modern civilization. There, for example, is the thin, wrinkled, sardonic visage of Dante Alighieri, the first of the poetic cele brants of Christianity. There too is the plump, cowl surrounded, womanish face of Petrarch, im mortal as the lover of Laura, and famous as the poet laureate of Christendom. There again are the dark, sensuous, and almost uncleanly-looking features of Boccaccio—bearing to our thinking somewhat of a resemblance in general aspect to Leigh Ilubt as the latter is represented to have been about the period of middle life. The rigorous but melancholy visage of Lorenzo the Magnificent completes the series of Italian worthies here given in the initial number of the Portrait Gallery. The hoary and bearded Wiclif contrasts in the same number the boldly chiselled and generous countenance of the great Cardinal Ximenes. While the list of specimens lying before us in part one is completed by that charming plate which pourtrays the bearded head, gentle, wise, and, to us, most beautiful, of old Geoffrey Chaucer—a bead such an artist would love to see graven upon the surface of an an tique cameo. Such are th e seven p or t ra it s compr i se d i on p t h o il m as o a n p t h h ers , n the op en i ng i nsta l ments o f the present most byinte resting othersstatesmen, a ndoi divines, e s the painters, distinguished Poets, month r e -i ssue , portra i ts w hi ch will be followed from m archi tects, engineers, lawyers, and physicians of Christen dom ---the engravings being the ac beautycompanied with appro priate bi ograp hi es . From themselve s , a s we ll as f rom the celebrity its hr of ityeltrheeedyplaac quired by thi s pu bli cat i on in entirety, we look to a s the fact of th e p resent re-issuethe most effectual means of extending its reputation. THE D ALTONS. Au. XXI. By Charles Lever. Thanks to his experience as a novelist, Mr. Lever contrives to throw an interest over each successive chap ter of this the latest of his periodicals. The etchings by Phiz to the number of The Daltons for January are, as usuril, excellent —the first humorous, the second s the latter r e p resenting Norwood ' s " exit, " and the Alfred' s se l ection of a wedding gar mtnctedrnt t both of them incidents pointinc clearly enough to the conclusion of the narrative. Up to the present crisis in the plot, the ",three roads of life " have proved em i ne ntly entertaining, if they ha ve f a il e d to equal the merits of the memorable !!ilarry ,Lorrequer.'. FRIDAY MR. SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR. No. I. Illustrated by John Leech. It is only neces sary to ohierve the initisl number before 11% is the commencement of a Ilea-;act reprint of the serial originally brought out in the Kew Monthly Magazine, and often referred to it at the time as one of the principal attractions of that pe riodical. The coloured illustrations by Leech pro mise to be delightfully good, to say nothing of the woodcuts scattered by him through the letter-press. THE TRAV ELLER'S LIBRARY. Parts XI. and XII. Longman and Co. As indicative of the spirit with which this admira ble and popular seri es o f works is being continued, i t is only necessary to observe that the latest instalments, the companion parts, lying before us, contain a cheap } reprint of ` . ‘,..Ei_ithen"—th e most remarkab l e an d t h e most beautiful, the most original and the most bril liant, among all the remarkable, beautiful, original, and brilliant work s ever written' by an Eastern Tra veller. Its re-issue in its present form will tend at once to extend the fame of Mr. Kinglake, and to confirm the popu l a r it y o f the invaluable library now being published at a cheap rate by the Messrs. Longman. WINTER EXHIBITION OF DRAWINGS. Another, the third, winter season of this very inte resting exhibition of drawings in oils and in water colours, was attended on Saturday last by ourselves, on the occasion of a private view at Mr. Grundy's establishment. Everyone interested in the progress of art in this country Should turn into these well known rooms in Regent-street, and we doubt not but that they will all experience the same satisfaction as that with which we passed round the walls of the different apartments. It has been repeatedly our pleasing duty to commend the variety of examples from the band of some of our most distinguished artists now living, contributed by them to these same winter season exhibitions. The present collection cannot be regarded as in any degree inferior to its predecessors. On the contrary, several of the speci mens now before the public are among the most brilliant evidences of t h e skill and genius from which they have respectively emanated. Stanfield, not the least conspicuous of the exhibitors, has a very charming and, in point of execution, admirably finished study in oil pourtraying the romantic and Picturesque scenery of Terracina." Suspended to th e left of this is an exquisite water-colour sketch of "Amy Robsart," and on the right, another of " The Combat," filled with pow e r and animation—both f rom the hand of the prolific and accomplished Cattermole. Other, though lesser productions from the same master, adorn the gallery elsewhere; and besides these are especially deserving of notice the contributions of David Cox and Samuel Prout. A "Harvest Field" by the former, s i m ple and unpret en di ng to the last degree, i s a won d e rful bit of nature, and such as must command universal admiration. Callow's " Venice," and scarcely less than that his " Or leans," will be regarded as eminently merito rious in their truthfulness, even though the conti nental cities are revealed to us through the medium of a less than usually diaphanous atmosphere. Equally correct would be almost any amount of eulogium upon Prout's " Caen," to say nothing of his v er y master l y p i c t u re of " Ghent," a pi c t ure almost justifying the panegyrics of his most infatuated admirers. Remembering Edward Corbould's very wonderful water-colour drawing of the " Daughter of Herodias," exhibited last year in the junior so ciety's gallery in Pall-mall, we may confess to a cer tain disappointment in reference to his picture of the " Orange Blossom." The effect is somewhat weak and lackadaisical: in comparison with the former lovely and brilliant composition. Intolerable to us in ugliness and affectation is Hood's s k etch entitled " Devotion" —not so that most exquisite delineation of "P ur i ty " by an artist whose name we are culpable in having for the moment overlooked. Nothing can be in worse taste than Leslie's con ceit of " A Mother's Hope," the mother's hope in thi s i nstance b e i ng a very snub-nos e d . cantankerous looking infant sitting huddled up on a chair, on l y deterred from breaking into a peevish squall by the di smay w ith w hich it evidently v i ews he gambols of its exceedingly awkward-looking and oldfashioned mamma. Frith hints at something really excellent in his two clever but vague illustrations to the " Relapse ;" and Webster, in a cottage interior, oddly entitled "All Fours," calls to mind the dis tinctness of Teniers and the finish of Ostade. There are one or two indifferent drawings in chalk by (Twins, and some of Cooper's admirable and refreshing land scapes —scattered over with cattle and glittering in the sunshine. Commend us (among all the oil paint ings up stairs) to Poole's bewitching little picture, Night "A Romp in the Hayfield," a picture in every respect, singularly and eminently beautiful. The young girl lying down among the hay is evidently "in for it," as the urchin knows to its delight while leaping over her fresh bundles of new mown and fra grant torage. Vacher next exhibits his " Lake of Como," and Haghe his "Inauguration of the Crystal Palace," a circumstance which will not be regretted by any one, however familiar with their merits on the occasion of their original appearance. Lance proves himself scarcely less admirable in water colours than in oils as a fruit painter; and Hunt pourtrays with a magical brush the prettiness of an egg-filled nest or of a moss-entangled root of primroses. Hive's" Chimney Sweep on a Snowy Morning" will be recognised as an old favourite. Several " curiosities" are numbered amongst the collection in Mr. Grundy's Gallery this season, and of a value, moreover, sufficient to com mand the attendance of the more enthusiastic lovers of art, if it were only to examine those pictures exclusively. Conspicuous among them are some excellent studies in oil by Collins , a gloriously coloured sket c h of the female form b y Etty, the original " noting down" of "Auld Robin Gremasy's Courtship" by Wilkie, and a v ery beautiful andmasterly specimen of the lamented and gifted Turner in his best moments, representing the scenery sur rounding " Tivoli." These alone would be suf ficient to Prove attractive, b ut they are only a sma ll ' portion of a very diversified and more than ordi narily meritorious collection. EVENING, JANUARY 23, 1852. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. - I It is with exceeding regret that we find Commander M'Cormick, of the ordinary gukrd-ship at Devonport, has been superseded, at his own request, and that Commander Edmonstone (1841) has been appointed in his place. Commander INl'Cormick's services are those which ought not, at this time of life, to have subjected him to the treatment which he has received, and we are astonished that the Admiralty have al lowed an officer of his standing and career to have retired without such an explanation as would have e s m atiplosnin, edt e he t world that he was no t d r i ven f rom act i ve which had become unbearably oppres sive. We know nothing of Commander M'Cormick, hbeeyhoansdthweisat sympathywehave heard of him, an d th a t i s , t h at of everyone at Devonport, and that his retirement is looked upon as an alternative forced upon a most correct and deserving officer. His career in the service is thus given in the .Naval Biography : ~ Shepherd M'Cormick was born in January, 1794, This officer entered the navy, S: pt. 17, 1803, as first class volunteer, on board the Repulse, 74, C aptains Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and John Halliday,oftomwidshsihcihpmshainp he continued attached in the capacities and master's mate until Feb., 1811. It was his fortune to be present in consequence in Sir Robert Calder's ac tion, July 22, 1805; at the copturo of the Marengo of 80 guns, bearing the flac , of Admiral Linois, an d 40-gun frigate, Belle Pottle, 13th " March, 1806; at the taking, 27th September following, of Lo President, French fri gate; at the passage of the Dardanelles, and the destruc tion of the Turkish squadron at Point Pe.quies, in February, 1807; at the siege of Flushing in August, 1809; and on the 30th of August, 1810, when the Repulse gallantly rescued the Philomel sloop from cap ture, by interposing herself between that vessel and an advanced division of the Toulon fleet, which she com pelled to put back. In October, 1811, after he had been for eight months employed with Captains Halliday and Joseph Bingham in the Montagu and Egmont, 74's, he joined the Swiftsure, of similar force; in the boats be longing to which ship, when off the Island of Corsica, we find him assisting at the capture of a privateer, whose resistance occasioned her assailants a heavy loss. Being appointed acting-lieutenant, in March, 1813, of the Vol cano bomb, Captains Wrn. Farebrother, Carroll, David Price, and John Wyat Watling, Mr. M'Cormick (whose promotion was confirmed June 25 following, and who continued in the same vessel until August, 1815), was at first very actively employed in co-operation with the army on the coast of Catalonia, where he frequently landed, and was wounded during his arduous investment of the fort of St. Philippe in the Col de Balaguer, mounting 12 pieces of ordnance, with a garrison of 101 officers and men. Proceeding subse quently to the coast of America, be was afforded an op portunity, previously to participating in the operations against New Orleans, of serving with the boats of a squadron at the capture, on Lake Borgne, Dec. 14, 1814, of five American gun-vessels, after a very despe rate struggle, in which the British sustained a loss of 17 men killed, and 77 wounded. On 31st of the preceding October, the Volcano, at the time in charge of a trans port, had succeeded, with a loss to herself of two per sons killed, in beating off the United States privateer Saucy Jack, a vessel of far superior force, 7 of whose people were slain, and 14 wounded. During the insur rection of 1837 in Canada, Mr. M'Cormick received five balls through the body, and a sabre cut across the right loin while effecting the capture of a piratical steamer, the Caroline. This led to his promotion to the rank he now holds, Nov. 23, 1841. Commander M`Cormick is in the receipt of a pension of 911. ss. for his wounds." APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant Charles R. Carter (1840), son of the late Admiral Carter of Gosport, late of the Bellero phon, has been appointed to the Victoria and Albert Royal yacht, vice Hon. Henry Pellew, deceased. Lieutenant Frederick H. Stevens (1841), of the St. George, 120, at Devonport, has been appointed to the Magicienne, steam guard-ship. This officer has already been attached to the steam reserve at tha port. Paymaster Thomas S. Heywood (1847) has been appointed to the Horatio, screw-steamer, guard-ship at Sheerness. Chief Engineer John Bell, to the Magicienne steam guardship, Devonport. Assistant Engineers George Griffiths and Henry Purchase, to the Magicienne. RETURN OF LIEUT. GRYLLS TO lIIS NATIVE Pram—The return of this young officer, rescued from the burning wreck of the Amazon, to the resi dence of his father, the Rev. Henry Grylls, vicar of St. Neot, Cornwall, was made the occasion of great rejoicing. Early on the morning of Friday last a special messenger arrived at the vicarage bearing a letter from Lieut. Grylls to his respected parent, an nouncing his rescue, and that he hoped to be with his friends on the evening of that day. The news was spread hastily—hundreds from Dos mary, Dranes, Warleggan, Blisland, and the neigh bouring plains, came pouring into the quiet little village of St. Neot, to hail the arrival of the lieute nant, with unmistakeable tokens of pleasure. The village bells rang; congratulation was on every tongue, and joy illuminated every face. Towards the evening, a party of about l 50 set off for Two-water's Port, a small hamlet about a mile and three-quarters from St. Neot's village, with the family carriage to receive him, end to draw him up the woody valley by hand. The lieutenant, however, although reluctant to refuse them, felt so anxious to be among his friends that the horses were allowed to proceed, and twelve boys, bearing torches and laurel, preceded the car riage. At Wheal Mary Mine, about a quarter of a mile from the village, they were met by hundreds, whose united cheers rent the air, and made the val leys ring. Oa arriving at the entrance to the vica rage, the cheering of the assembled concourse was immense. The worthy vicar, accompanied by B his daughter, Mrs. llendy, her husband, and others, then burst from the house, and at the same moment the lieutenant jumped from the carriage. The bells again rang ; the females shrieked ; the crowd huzzaed; and tears fell fast from many an eye. We fancy, but dare not paint the rest. The worthy vicar had buried a son just about the time of the melancholy catastrophe of the Amazon, another died within the preceding twelve months, and the lieutenant was given up for lost. On seeing his son jump from the carriage, alive and safe, he staggered to the wall, and the exclamation, " My Charle s !" w hi ch escaped him, reached every heart, and spoke volumes. After being closeted with his friends a short time he showed him self from a window to the people, and the deafening cheers which followed abundantly testified how every heart warmed at his return, and that the genuine feelings of Englishmen do really exist at St. Neot's. We understand the lieutenant landed at Plymouth on Thursday evening last, and was picked up Iby a Dutch galliot, which, for 501., engaged to put him and his fellow-sufferers into the nearest port. He appears just as well as ever, and received no injury but a burn on the right arm. Britannia, 120, Captain Goldsmith, has moved down to the moorings off Gosport, for the purpose of swinging her compasses, but the high wind has pre vented her from doing so. She has bent her topsails, and will be ready to go to Spithead on the 26th inst. She will hoist Admiral Dundas's flag on the 3d of next mouth, and sail about the sth for the Mediter ranean, calling at Devonport. Lightning steam-tender, Master-Commander Al len, is expected at Portsmouth to convey a board of officers to the Channel Islands, to inspect the fortifi cations. Major-General Carden, of the Royal Engi neers, Captain Sir Ed. Belcher, Mr. Walker, C.E., and an artillery officer, whose name we have not learned, constitute the board. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.-It blew a severe gale of wind, with much rain, last night from the S.W. ; it still blows hard, but the wind has got to the west, with dry weather. The Coromandel, East Indianian, arrived from the River last night and remains, with a number of vessels, at the Mother Bank. PLYMOUTH, TnuaspAr.—Her Majesty's steam vessel Sprightly, which returned from her cruise in the Channel yesterday, sailed again the same day for Portsmouth, with boats and seamen for her Majesty's ship Britannia. The steam-vessel Hecate, being replenished with 100 tons of coal, has sailed again towards Brest. The steam-ship Magicienne was commissioned yesterday by Captain William Ramsay, with a com plement of 200 officers and men. Letters received here yesterday by the agents of the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company state that piece of wreck, 20 feet long, by 5 feet wide, of fir, apparently part of a paddle-box, much burnt, was washed ashore in the e v enin g o f t he 19th instant, on Swanpool- beach, near Falmouth, and that the remains of a made mast, 52 feet in length, burnt from one end to thg other, with several small bolts appearing, and three iron hoops thereon, about 2 f ee t in diameter and 4 inches broad, were found about nice miles S.E. of Start Point, on the 19th inst.; by the pilot-cutter Fanny, No. 13, Robert ICerawell master, of Dart mouth, and taken into that port. The above are sup posed to be portions of the unfortunate Amazon. WOOLWICH, JAN. 22. Afessrs. George and Sir John Rennie have just completed a dredging machine for the Russian service, to be employed at Odessa . The vessel in which the dredging works are pl ace d is 92 feet long by 24 feet in breadth of be am, with a draught of water of 9 feet w ith all the ma chinery on board. The dredgers consis t of two ladde rs, each 62 feet in length, and capable of working in m u d to the depth of 28 feet. The machinery is now s hi pping in the Black Nto ymph, at present . in the L on d on Docks, and about sail for Odessa. Jan, 22, 1852. A T SIIADWELL._In the case of was stabbed with a knife early in the Bth inst. at a brothel in New Gravel-lane morning of t Secretary of State for the Ho ' H omo Department the James Tn E A 'ni l a u n n it e , 11l on the , .representation of the facts by Mr. Shadwe n ll, leased, the P coroner for East Middlesex, to give directions to Baker,h as b ee the Solicitor of Jose Fortu h so Berdu e Treasury to conduct th e prosecut i on go, who is to t a k e hl s trial at the n g xt session of the Central C r i m i nal Court for the wilful murder; e an d also offer, on th e part of the Government, a rewar d of 50/. for the appr e h ens i on of his companion, who a b sco nded when the crime wa s committed, and who is still at a t to large, and who also stands charged with the murder by the coroner'fijarY. SPORTING. NOTES. No. CLXVIII. A GLANCE AT THE SEVENTY-FOURTH OAKS, TO THE ED1T01? OF THE SUN. Sin,—Having analysed the great race of the year, it is my intention, before touching upon the great spring handicaps, to take a passing glance at the great filiy race of the year, which was established by the same Earl of Derby who created the D er b y Stakes. The first Oaks was run in 1779, and was won very easily by Lord Derby's Bridget. The number of subscribers on that occasion amounted to seventeen, the number increasing but very slightly until 1811, when Chifney tooled the Duke of Rutland's Sorcery to victory; there were then twelve runners, out of forty nominations. This number ruled the average until 1827, when the Duke of Rich mond's Gulnare had the pleasure of basting a field of eighteen, out of a subscription of seventy-nine. The increase in the number of subscribers was gradual but steady, with the exception of Poison's year (1843), up to 1845, when the Duke of Richmond's Refraction beat a field of twk nty; that year the subscribers counted one hundred and twenty-eight. The following years the number of subscribers and starters have ruied parti cularly good, and are as follows: Subs. Starters. 1846 Mendicant ... .. 140 24 1847 Miami ... 152 23 1848 Cymba 152 26 1849 Lady Evelyn ... 172 15 1850 Rhedycina 128 15 1851 Iris .. ... 131 15 Among the curious coincidences attendant upon racing, it is remarkable that Frank Butler has ridden the winner the last threeyears, each time beating a field of fourteen. The Oak s , when first established was a sweepstake of fifty guineas each, Bst 41b, mile and a half. In 1782 the forfeit was first introduced at forty guineas, and the owner of the second horse to receive one hundred guineas out of the stakes. In 1785 the weights were altered to Bst each. In 1787 the conditions were, fifty guineas each, h ft. In 1807 the weight was altered to Bst 31b, and in the following year to Bst 4:b. In 1831 the owner of the second horse received one hun dred sovs, out of the stakes, and the winner paid one hundred sovs. towards the expenses of the course. In 1841 the weight- was altered to what it has ever since remained-8A 71b. In 1848 the New Derby Course was substituted for the Old, and in 1850 it was determined that the winner should pay thirty soya. to the judge. Out of the hundred and twenty-three nominations to the Oaks of the present year, six are defunct, one wrongly nominated, and three dozen out of training, leaving eighty animals from which the field and the winner is to be selected. I shall not examine the contents of the various stables in the minute manner I bestowed on the Derby, but merely consider the chances of those horses that take the lead in my estimation. The Duke of Richmond's b f RED HIND, by Venison, out of the Soldier's Danghter, as being the favourite, shall have my first attention. She started six times during the past season, beginning at Ascot, where she won the Triennial Stakes with ease, beating Songstress, Moultan Lass, and four others; she next ran second to Bay Rosalind for the Bentinck Memorial Stakes, at Goodwood; she then lay by until the Newmarket First October Meeting, when she came out and won the Tri ennial Stakes in a canter by two lengths, beating Long bow (who was anything but himself), Odessa colt, Caloric, Livermere, Ambrose, Child of the Mist, and one or two others. In the next meeting at head-quarters she won the Bretby Stakes in the most off-hand style imaginable, beating Glenluce by three lengths. In the Houghton Meeting she finished her dazzling two-year old career by walking over for a 50 sovs. stake and winning the Criterion, beating Ambrose, the Knight of the Shi re , Stockwell, and Bilberry, notwithstanding extra weight which she had to carry. Her past running, without con sidering anything else, would place her A 1 in my esti mation, but when it is taken into account, that she is improving every day, is in excellent health, and doing gentle work, going and looking like an Oaks' winner, I cannot help awarding her all my confidence for this great filly race. Lord Westminster, whose name I am exceedingly glad to see o nce more enrolled on the racing lists, has a couple of splendidly bred fillies engaged in this stake, in a br f called PLOT, by Pantaloon out of Decoy, and a b f ATTACK, by Touchstone out of Ghuznee ; these are in Fisher's care at Newmarket. Their qualities at present I know but little of, as they have not been thoroughly prepared up to the present time, and have never appeared in public. At tack, to look at, would seem to be the best, as she pos sesses signs of speed in her large quarters and springy action; but, as I before observed, I will not attempt to give any definite opinion about either until their prepa ration is more advanced. Mr. Worthington's ch f by Birdcatcher, dam by Pan taloon, has run several times in public, winning three races out of four. She is a very promising filly, and will be heard of satisfactorily towards the middle of the season. General Anson's b f BAY ROSALIND, by Orlando, out of Elopement, trained by Fisher, of Newmarket, has started, thrice and won twice, when she lost being dead amiss. Her performances each time she started, when up [to the mark, were first-rate. At the Newmarket July Meeting she won the Chesterfield Stakes, beating Lapidist, Ambrose, and five others, in the commonest of common canters, flying from end to end like an arrow from a bow. At Goodwood she accomplished the feat of beating Red Hind cleverly by three-quarters of a length for the Bentinck Memorial Stakes, Heelakin and Happy Joe figuring in very bad third and fourth places. At Doncaster (out of form) she ran third to Augur for the Champagne Stakes. This mare, if in form, is quite equal, if not a shade superior to her rival Red Hind; but as her understandings are not of the soundest description, it is very dubious whether she will stand her Oaks preparation. She is not doing any work at the present time, so I shall defer a decided opinion respecting her chance. Dilly's lot is uncommonly strong in Oaks fillies, no less than three being in training belonging to the Con federates, Messrs. Payne and Greville. GREENGAGE, a b f by Alarm out of Preserve, I consider to be inferior to the other two, so passing her by shall turn to GLEN LUCE, a b f by Slane out of Glencairn, who has run six times with varying success, beginning at Ascot, where she was nowhere to Hobble Noble for the New Stakes. At Goodwood she improved on her previous perform ance by running a dead heat for second place with Harbinger for the Ham Stakes, won by Claverhouso ; after wards she ran away with the Melcomb Stakes, beating Ambrose, by two lengths, Maidstone, and the Chief Baron being in the third and fourth places. Her other performances re quire no comment. She and her stable companion FREEDOM, by Cotherstone out of Liberty, are much of a muchness ; and it would not surprise me were the latter eventually to prove the best. Both will see short quotations before the day. Mr. Pedley's roan f TROUSSEAU by Gameboy, out of Bridal, has been making considerable stir in the betting circles of late, on what grounds I am unable to dis cover; her performances, though good, being by no means of that quality which would put her on a par with the two favourites; she is, however, one of those game animals that will persevere unflinchingly to the termina tion of a race, and being withal endowed with staying powers of no ordinary quality, she may run forward in the race. Mr. R. Wright's nomination bk f Bird on the Wing, by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Prairie Bird, by Touch stone, in Gill's hands, is not only well bred, but one of the best two-year old fillies out, always excepting the couple of cracks. She has appeared in public six times, com mencing at the York August Meeting, where she was not placed for the Prince of Wales' Stakes, won by , the Sorella's Dam filly; she was also not placed for the Gim crack Stakes, won by Trousseau. At Doncaster, not placed for the Champagne Stakes, won by Augur. At the same meeting, carrying 7st 131 b, ran second to Euphony (6ct 11b) for the Nursery Plate, beating eight others. Up to this time she bad been continually running uncommonly " raw," being in every instance very green at her work, as was evinced in her spins at York and Doncaster. At Richmond she had a walk over. At Northallerton, thoroughly herself in every respect, she came out, and in the most off hand style at last vindicated her pedigree by winning the 10 si.. Stakes very easily by two lengths, beating Luei o, A '''''' Wickfield, and a colt by Malcolm. Of course it rse it will be said by any person knowing but little were so, but of te mare or her stable, that thes performances were an th itn eY als mediocre to a deree. I dm e g it she is one of those improving -year oldthfaotrme.omlef mistaken in out to much advantage in their three dangheeror present appear cracks am not egregiously us a rival to the ance, she promises to be as cracks as Mr. Pedley's Trousseau. Birdcatchber out of Mickleton ch I by Mr. Bowes's Maid, Lord Clifden's br f Rosary Crucifix; Lord Zetlaiad's hr f y Touchstone, out of Cast Steel; and several others Y Birdcateher, out of shall have their hopes nom of second-rate account, period. commented on at some future To sum up in a somewhat curt manner, it is my opi nionßED HIND-- w ill W i n the f avourites—BAY ' ROSlLlND and best of Mr. Payne' e Oaks o f 185 2, and that the Trousseau —will b s couple—Bird on t h e Wi ng and e the to handiest the winner. I winner. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. CHESTER CUP. 2,000 to 70 laid agst Ariosto 1,000 to 30 apt Nancy, 5 00 to 10 t w i ce agst Cossack, 1,000 to 20 each agst Koh i-noor and Bird-on-the-Wing, 1,000 to 10 three times, and afterwards 1,000 to 15 agst Duc-an-Dhurras, 1,000 to 15 twice agst Unity, and 1,000 to 10 agst Payment. Nothing else mentioned. DERBY. atO 1, to 1501, sgst Augur, and 18 to 1 each, in fifties, agst Kingston and Orelio, the takers offering to go on. The room was thinly attended, and business very dull. OLD SURREY (SUTTON) STEEPLECHASES. THURSDAY. The County Stakes of 3 soya, each, and 20 added, 12:t each; the winner to be sold for 100/, Sce. (5 Subs.) Mr. Gough's The Rector (201.), lOst .........( Arc h er ) 1 Mr. Salt's Ph ysician (204 lOst (Salt) 2 Mr. Balls's The Colonel (201), lo st (Machin) 0 Mr. Turner's Tough Tom (201.), lOst (Ablett) 0 B e t t i n g-6 to 4 agst Physician, sto 2 agst Rector, and sto 1 agst Colonel. Won by two lengths. The Sutton Free Ilandic:p of 5 sous. each, and 30 added. About three miles and a half. (13 subs.) Mr. Gardener's The Screw, 9st flub (Ab lett ) 1 Mr. Price's Lullfincher, 10st ................. --(Price) 2 Mr. Bowman' s Flytrap, lOst ............... (Donaldson) 0 Mr. stewart'o Orange Girl, lost ......... p. p ( gfiggiuo) o coutitcuLAß. The following had the WINDSOR, JAN. 22. honour of dining at the : Royal table last even imic Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady Her in W a iti ng to her Royal Highness, the Baroness de Speth, the Duke of Wel lington, Lord and Lady Seymour and and the Hon. J. H. St. Maur, Viscount Canning, Sir Francis and Lady Arabella Baring, and Colonel Wylde. Sir James and Lady Graham, The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attend lowing pieces Castle duri ng dinner, and played the fol- Overture, ... " Zampa" Aria from Das Nachtsla ger .. Herold. Esterhazy Waizer ... ... ... Corradin Kreut ze r. Labitzk Potpourri Dramatique ... y. ... .... Styrer Jodler ... Hartmann. Aft e rwards, in the e ven i n . Uurath. g, her M a j es ty' s pr i va t e band attended, and performed the foll ow i ng se l ect i on : Overture in C": •••„ ... Beetho ven . Allegretto, " Longesang •Mendelsohn.Mendelsohn."Die lustigen Recitativo and aria, .. Weiber von Windsor,' The Queen walked in h ... ... Otto Nicolai. Slopes this morning. th e Horne Park and th e The Prince of Wales, th e Princess R Royal, and oyal Children took thei r usual walking and pony exercise. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning, accompanied by Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, Viscount Canning, Sir James Graham and Colonel Wylde, and atte n d ed by Colonel F. H. Seymour, and Lieut.-Colonel Biddninh. The following have been invited, and - are expected to arrive at the Castle to-day :-134 r0n and Baroness Brunnow, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lad Con stance L. Gower, the Earl and C ountess y GCourey, and , ntess Lady Alice Lambton, and the Earl and Bruce. His Grace the Duke :of Well in gton and th e Ri g ht Hon.',Sir Francis and Lady Ar ab ella Bari ng t oo k their departure this forenoon. The Chevalier Drouet transacted bu s i ness on Wed nesday at the Board of Trade. Sir James K. Shuttleworth had a n interview with S:r George Grey, at the Horne-office yestercl Earl Grey left town after the Cabi net Coun Y cil es terday afternoon, for Windsor Castle, on a visit toyher Majesty. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Enlad had a meeting yesterday, at their offic e in Whiteghaull place. Sir Francis Baring arrived in town previous to the Cabinet Council, from Windsor Castle, Yesterday. Dispatches were received at the. C ,olonial.. °face yes terday from the Governor of Tur k ' a Island. -_ ROYAL SEA-BATHING INFIRMARY As I ---LARGATE. A special general meeting of the governors of the Royal Sea day held at the the report of a bathing Infirmary at Margate WEL? Yesterday London Tavern, to take into consideration committee, appointed at the last general_.. court to revise the the Earl of by-laws of the institution, the Right n on , warm interest Winchilsea in the chair. His Lord . snlP having briefly ad dressed the meeting, and assured them of the lone prevented he felt in the charity, from his taking a part in the ments of which his Parliamenta duties most carefully discussed arrange him, the report was brought forward, and t its several recom mendations having been, ser i at i m, in the ' we'll by the Rev. Mr. Curling, John ]the Esq ,u . pugh EN., modifications and other gentlemen who intere . st mselve s doing of the institution, were, with slight a complete ' agreed to. The result of this revision a almo st alteration in the constitution of the establishme n t —a mea sure which its friends have for a long time eagerl desired. His Lo r d s hi p h av i ng express ed his gratification on y a vote of thanks passed to him by the meeting, the business of the day terminated. FuHNEss AND PILE HARBOUR, RAlLwAy.—The cost of this proposed new line, with branch from the Orgrave Tram Way, is estimated by the engineer at 45,0514 Mr. Johnson's Scavenger, lOst (Welty 'er) 0 Mr. Bayley's Good-for-Nothing, 103 t (Enn is) 0 Mr. &fling's Belmont, 9st 121 b ...........,.,(Bayley) 0 Mr. E!more's Everton, 9st 121 b ... (Captain R0w1e.7). , 0 Mr. Sait's Sir Alexander, 93c 91b .„(Sail) 0 Mr. Smith's Rendsburgh, 9st 61b ........ --(Archer) 0 Mr. Mason's New Forest Doe, 9.t ......... (Strange) 0 ,to 4 1 1 : I agst G agst d B n ll fincher, 5 to 1 agst Scavenger, . eo Betting-3 to 1 apt Th© Screw, Nothing. Won by two lengths. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Worcestershire hds., Mon., Old Hills; Wed., Woorl cote Green; Fri., Grafton Wood-10f. Herefordshire hds., Tues., Canon Frome-10f. Warwickshire hds., Mon., Sherbourne; Tues., Mit ford Bridge; Thurs., Ufton Wood; Fri., Kington Shropshire hds., Mon., Curthercot; Thurs., fifth mile stone on the Baschurch road-11. Wheatland hds., Wed., Hay Gate-10. Ledbury hds., Mon. Pheasant Inn, Welland; Psi., Dymock Ludlow hds., Wed., Bircher Common; Sat., Downton Castle -10. Upton-on-Severn harrs., Tues., Stone Bridge, Long dou-1 Brighton harrs., Mon. Patcham; Wed., Thunders ' Barrow• Sat., Dyke-114. Brookside harrs., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Tels combe Tye-101. Southdown has., Mon., The Links, Eastbourne-10f. Crawley and _Horsham hds., Mon., Crawley village; Wed., Strood Park ; Fri., the Swan, Pease Pottage-114. Cheshire lids., Mon., Crewe Hall; Wed., Dunlian Massey; Thurs., Withington ; Sat., Morley Hall-10f. Mr. Conyer's hds., Mon., Matching Green -11. Mr. Lushingtou's hds., Tues., the Squirrel; Fri., Sharsted Park-11. Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Blackbrook ; Thurs,, Dingestow Bridge-10f. Mr. Lee Steere's hds., Mon., Itchingfield ; Thurs., Rudjwick Poorhouse-11. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Fro Diavolo had been announced for last e ven i ng, with Mr. Sims Reeves as Fra Diavolo, a n d Ai rs. Sims Reeves as Zerlina, and before the usual hour of opening many persons were assembled at the doors of the theatre. The doors, however, were not opened until considerably after the until hour ; and when opened placards were seen posted in the passages announcing that, in consequence of the sudden illness of Mrs. Sims Reeves, Fra Diavolo would not be per formed. The house, however, filled rapidly, and it was announced that the Belle's 'Stratagem, to:be fol lowed by the performances of the Bateman children, would be substituted. The audience, however, were by no means satisfied, and the first scene of the comedy was acted in dumb show—the loud calls for " Bunn" drowning every other sound. At length Mr. Bunn appeared, and addressing the audience with his usual tact, soon got them into good humour, and the performers were suffered to proceed without fur ther interruption. SOUTHWARK SOUP KITCHEN. We visited this benevolent institution yesterday, when we witnessed the distribution of the good things there provided for the distressed poor of the district, and seldom has it been our lot to be present at a more truly gratifying sight. The committee of management de serve every encouragement in their Christian endeavours to relieve their fellow -creatures. We have also to speak in terms of high commendation of the excellent arrange ments by which some hundreds were supplied with a quart of soup, of most excellent and nutritious quality, and a half•quartern loaf of the best bread, in a very short space of time, without the slightest confusion. It would indeed have gladdened the hearts of the generous contributors to this infant institution had they been pre sent to see what joy they were the instruments, through God's mercy, of shedding over the hearts of hundreds who were suffering from unavoidable destitution. Since we last noticed this institution, the committee, through their treasurer, Mr. John Brady, surgeon, of Black friars-road, have received the tidings that several con tributions have been received, one of 51. from M. R. N., and we are satisfied that there is no place in London where more good may be effected by Christian charity, both physically and morally, than iu the distressed dis tricts of Southwark and Lambeth, and it is hoped that the wealthy will rally round and lend their assistance to permanently establishing this much wanted institution. It is Mr. Brady's intention, if properly supported, to extend his labours to the establishment of a dormitory, by which much cri me an d immorality might be pre vented. ADMIRALTY MANAGEMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln a letter sent me from King William's Town, a truthful and well-conducted soldier thus writes :—" The voyage to the Cape took us three months.to perform. Government laid in for the troops only 75 days' provisions. The consequence was that we were one month on short rations, and were com pelled to hoist the flag of distress to a ship which hove in sight about a month before we anchored. Providentially this ship let us have provisions, or I do not know what the consequences might have been. A ship with about 220 souls on board, a scarcity of provisions, and about a month's voyage to perform, is anything but a joke. There is a vast difference in such a case between 75 and 90 days; and the ship we sailed in—the Charlotte, East Indianian —could not have gone in less than 90 days. The men bore it remarkably well, but it was shameful treatment." Sir, it is only by means of the press that grave wrongs of this hind can b e exposed and corrected. If you think with me, that so just a cause of com plaint as is here related deserves a strong remon strance, you will no doubt do much to prevent a si milar occurrence by giving this honest fellow's nar rative publicity.—l am, Sir, yours faithfully, G. A. THE KAFIR WAR.—A public meeting of the inha bitants of Lambeth was held yesterday evening, at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, for the purpose of considering the causes of the war now raging in Kafirland, and the policy which has been pursued towards the frontier tribes, and the pro priety of memorialising Government to revert to a more conciliatory system—Mr. W. Williams, M P., in the chair. The chairman, in addressing the meeting, dwelt upon th e necessity of altering the old system of colonial government eomoete their de and adopting a more conciliatory spirit ; and spoke in high terms of the Glenelg policy, condemning, at the same time, that of Sir Harry Smith. Several gentlemea addressed the meeting, and resolutions were passed, condemnatory of the present system of warfare carried on against the Tiers, and recommending some change in the colonial governtnent, and the establishment of a commission at the Cape to deal with all questions that might arise between the savage tribes and the colonists. A resolution, adopting a memorial to Lord John Russell, and petitions todparliament on the subject of the present war, was then carried , and after a vote of thanks iTnoc deposits i nn A cei n o x . —Not el (e r e d i E t ra i on s of the promoters, to the chairman the me i e sß t tr t i n esn g uu s o e u p ps a Ae ra xcrm t withstanding TRANSATLANTIC unabthle tmoste aided by Lord Monteagle and other landowners on the line Foynes of railway, the promoters of the L e i neat se a s n si d on s . ubs T cr h i e pt e io a n . Rail way were contract, so as to go to Parliament xl3 ni si e re nt of ef th e i which Parliament required 0 0001., of aancdaslhanddeedpopsirtopofrileo - estimated was 120 tapoerersocnteotnric'ett ftloh.rhepesatjae.tion to Limerick has thus, for the present, failed. The vessel to Galway, too, has been abandoned, and the Dublin committee contented itself with recommending one vessel to tirnytexeperimental trips to various ports. The nerative goods traili. a steam -vessel bet especutation is the absence of any remu first difficulty Cork, to test the —this is about to be compensated for by between America and Liverpool, calling at experiment. DJiATR OF LORD LOUGHBOROUGH.—The following of appears i n a N ew Orleans paper :—" The coroner g of New Orleans l as t wee k held an inquest on the body of Lord Lou 1 1)orough, found dead on b oar d th e sc h ooner Mary Elizabeth, lying at the First Municipality wharfs. The deceased was a British nobleman, and was only twenty-three Years of age. He had taken passage at Havannah for New Orleans, in the Mary Elizabeth, and died while the schooner was coming up the river. The evidence before the jury showed that the immediate cause of his death was congest tion of the brain. A gentleman and a servant accompanied him on the voyage, and gave him every attention during hi s illness. The Britsh consul took charge of his body and effects, to await the direction of relatives in England. hi s remains were placed in a leaden coEn, until demanded by his friends." [Lord Loughborough (James Alex an d er) was the eldest son of the Earl of Rossfyn. He wa s born May 10, 1630.1 IRON AS A MATERIAL FOE SHIPBUILDING.—We congratulate Mr. Peacock on the successful result of his composition upon the iron sailing ships Three Bells and La Serena; the former having just returned to London from a voyage to Australia and Calcutta in excellent condition, having been only once retouched (at Sydney) during a period of fifteen months. The latter has just returned from Chile with a cargo of copper to Swansea ; and after an ab sence of eight months without docking or careening is, We understand, in excellent condition likewise. The successful issue of these distant voyages in iron ships has solved a problem with respect to iron as a material for ship-building of the highest importanee to the commercial interests of this country. We learn that ;the Lords Commissioners of the r. Peacock's Admiralty have o r d ered a large quantity of s,l composition to be sent to Malta Dockyard in the Peninsular and oriental steamer Bentinck. RECOVEXT OF OTHER PORTIONS OF TEE WRECK OF THE AMAZON.—lntelligence has been received of the finding of more portions of the wreck of_ the ill-fated on duty at the station at Amazon steam-ship. Between four and five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, the coast-guard Bolt Head, near Salconibe, white, dri ft ing up the channel, head of which was painted t • about a mile from the shore. The mast,. a tunes, showed observed a vessel's m ast, the the B ea, perpendicularly, a s if some it n _ o l a n ti t n h g a position. t about th Bol t, Th ere somew u itself full five feet above kseeeePi t i . The only pieces found with weight was attached to keep Part of a side and - part of an end of also a quantity of wreck of which was partially burnt. any marks thereon was inches in length, of deal, •k, roughly dovetailedand nailed. The marks an inch thick, ''AM," with on the side are , . Sin the other portion split off. a case or box, about two feet three • Mareil Suray. Along coast other pieces the neighbouring . of charred wreck have Marks on the end • Bid and Jrroy been cast, all of it, no doubt, formed part of the ill-fated A m azon. ' AsyLOM FOR FEMALE ORPHANS, LAMBHTEt.---A special general meeting of the governors of this charitable institution was held yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering whether, in the case of the poor chil dren rendered destitute by the loss of the Amazon, the strict rule of the society, which enjoined the payment of loop. upon the admission of each orphan. might not be dispensed with ; Mr. S. Wheeler in the chair. It appeared from the statements elicited at the meeting, that the committee of this charity, immediately upon the state of these poor children becoming known to them, took the necessary steps to ensure their admission. A letter was read from the president--the Duke of Cambridge—highly approving the suggestion, and a resolution was una n i mously passed for the e l ect i on of three of the children. After a vote of thatikfi to the theilltaill: the EUWitlii lieNietedi