The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-23 00:00:00

tITE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday The PRINCE I'RESIDENT left Lyons for Grenoble at eight o'clock in the morning or the 21st. He re- Feived at his departure as at his arrival, and as during Ill s Stay, striking marks at the affection of the Lyons People. Everywh e r e on his passage, a n d as f ar as the limits or the department, the PRINCE sva3 saluted by acela uletions of " Viva l'Empereur !" Not withstanding the rain which fell at the time, an enormous crowd Was collected to bid him adieu. The PRINCE made his entry into the department 9f the Isere at a quarter past nine in the midst of an 'immense concourse of the population. The principal a uthorities, the President of the Council- General, the deputies, and the mayor of Vienne, and the old soldiers of the grand army, received him at St. Priest, i n front of a' magnificent triumphal arch, which marked the limit of the department. The most ener getic cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" greeted him on hi s Passage. Everywhere, at St. Laurent-de-Mare, 1 Verpilliere, La Greve, nd Bourgoin, the PRINCE W 53 received with the liveliest enthusiasm. There is en article in the P r esse on the subject of t he decree which has appeared in the Monitenr, raising the duty on Belgian coal. This journal ex- Presses regret at the difference that has arisen b etween the two countries, and anticipates immediate iiPrisals on the part of the Belgian Government. . I ,giurn, it says, must be the greater sufferer of the t wo, as as she has exported to France annually products s? the amoun t o f 177 m illi ons o f f rancs , w h ereas France exports to Belgium only to the amount of 134 millions but on the other hand the exports of French Win e ; 8 and other products for Belgium were annually ‘ocrea s i ng, an d t hi s b ranc h o f French commerce will now be materially checked. An article appears in the Pays on the death of the Duke of WELLINGTON, remarkable as manifesting a better spirit than that which was exhibited in a former article, The Pays says : I ; " England great cap in the person of the Duke of Wel :gtoc, a great captain an:i a great ci..izpe. It is for her j e r ender homage to his memory, and we honour, even its exaggeration, that national sentiment which Pires in our neighbours that unanimity of re te eL t and praises with which it surrounds the open tomb of this illustrious man. In h i :ing to his country the care of pronouncing th : Panegyric, and to history that of appreciating ,„." eminent qualities which distingui,led him as a war .o. a n i' we shall only call to mind a merit of that illustrious long career, which is perhaps less known, and point and „ the salutary influence which the Duke of Wellington f oreign in the councils of his country with regard to P relations. That veteran of battle-fields ap ;,!entted better than any one the advantages of a con ti`onstory and pacific policy, and we only render him jus gi e in saying that he showed himself on every occa ,29 the decided partisan of everything that could ti'untain and consolidate good relations between France toEngland. The French Embassy was accustomed 6 , od in him the most courteous behaviour, vth ". no never ceased to use the considerable influence I ch he exercised over the decisions of his Govern -genn. ca and over public opinion, in order to remove any " of dissent which might arise between the 4 , o ,Countries. Endowed with an eminently just and ; eight mind, the Duke of Wellington judged of the t h ? of the 2d December as history itself will judge of h 4 l ?'; and in his unshakeable good sense, he has never 4 0 1 taied to admit, and loudly proclaim, in Louis Napo set°, the saviour of European order, as well as of French in e tY• Lle lately deferred his departure from London ordn toe, to go to the French Embassy, and join in the he _ oration of our fine of the 15th August, and he was t o bi rd to express his regret that it had not fallen to him 4 1 1) k r °Pose the health of the Prince President. The r lt i B eof Wellington, from a conscientious feeling, has m e d himself above his own souvenirs. After ving ite the opponent of the Emperor, he knew how to ad ti in his heir one of those necessary men whose mis t : , ) 4 it. would be as impossible to dispute as it would be laic to shackle." 1 4 1 'e have a ll u d e d ( sa y s G a li g nani) to a statement o f t he Cologne Gazette pretending to be an account report ec presented by a commission to the Germanic Fra nce on the means which it would have to resist R - a .anc e in the event of a war. In the notice that we cl e of this statement we observed that the Cologne credit to furnished . us with no authority for attaching 4 .( 1 . to it. The Presse comments upon it rather seriously, but at the same time points out more than d o „ f l e ient inaccuracies and inconsistencies to create e Q ,,',., u , t a of the authenticity of every part of the state ta,""" The Cologne Gazette, for instance, makes the fed eral commissioners state that the French army is Pt t his moment 500,000 strong, whereas it has been c ially stated by General MAGNAN at 400 , 000, and gla of the makes them underrate considerably the force Germanic Diet. The co mmission having, ac sto the Cologne G aze tte, recommended ? augmentation of the army in Germany, the p ! 'esse expresses a h o p e th a t thi s w ill no t prevent the iench Government from red uc i ng it s o wn army, for, to the opinion of the Presse, war is impossible, and i li ut i e groundless fears of one State driving it to a fool te't expenditure is no reason why another should f01‘,7 ‘ ,7 the example. It recommends the French Go 41.1.111:nent to take a very different course, and expresses 4,.", 1 ief that the example of reduction would be ge 4-„T'IY followed. It save, " The nation which should i t enter in this course would, at the same time that tte r , B 2? t lld give a proof of its confidence in the future, th„T' r e se many elements of progress and prosperity 1..' other nations, on pain of declining, would imene 41attielY conform to the new state of things which that . 1-1 had had the glory of proclaiming. We are i t : t sir ° ll B of this glory for France. Without falling tiql:),, but amiable dreams of the Peace S ociet y , one can the ,tit desire that the experiment recommended b y 4-"resse should be tried within safe and reason able l imits. There is something ala rmin g , one mi g ht 4 44 Say absurd, and it would be t hou g ht absurd if t our were more enlightened, in devoting all the re -8 cos obtained ' by peace to preparati ons for war. different a course how many bu r thens would be t e d 4 ob i t eed, and at the same time bow mu ch would be of t i n ed b y Governments fro m the natural resources red eir States, even when these burthens had been l'aglieeed for internal improvements, for the encou this 4 :Lent of industry and the reward of art. .For of a ' What is n ecessary ? A corresponding reducti on 4l t u n ics and fleets, still leaving to eac h State its Nio -ve fo rce, whereas now every c ountr y adds to its 811 Oal debt by increased expenditure, and keeps up fr olli fil alni which paralyzes industry and deters men tlert ae tn eee useful enterprises which can . only be un nTh under the guarantee of a lasting peace. We e e e Bourse was not so animated as during the last 1 0.1f:' The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. opened at O t4 • st) c., and closed at 104 f. 25c. for the end of the tlth the ie t la Three per Cents. closed at 77f. 80c.; Or- Qs 5 Shares, 1,477 f. 50c.; Rouen, 8901.; VSF , 410 f .; G reat N ort h ern , 708 f. 75c. ; Avignon, alLasle, 3271. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg, 7401.; L ett e „ - ', Lyons, 815 f. ; Lyons and A • nog , , 6 25 f. ; 4 'Uti t not France, 635 f. ; St. Dizier to Gray, vig 5421. 50 B e. NE SS , , DONE IN FOREIGN RAIL WAYS AT 113 E b STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 22. 7 , a ,lad Besancon, 3—Dutch RhTish, 8 /. 3 /B—Namur and Liege, kaa e B%—/Northern34273f/I:ku'rxaennice , Orleanscent. Bonds, 14—Paris and Lyons, sari ,BParis ‘aciß7 • dervCaen, eh , Pans and andsStrabourg, , erb 5 ourg,6—Sambre Meuse, 105/B—WestFlan -"Western of France, 11. Th e BELGIUM. L lElndependence of Brussels states that M. ‘iti b i -8 ' who has been appointed temporarily as ; t() Cter of Finance in Belgium, has not yet come that t h ussels, in consequence of ill health, and adds 4t o n s , aversion to hold office permanently was ge k Thf:'uown. ;I`' d e of Brussels, after announcing 4t 3' e -ee of the PRINCE PRESIDENT by which the Nas o () d n "al and iron imported into France is in i• say s tlr t h ni a reade rs . understand that we do not at this th enter into any discussion on this fact; but we we are able to state that categorical explana "eY "..' 1 " . " 1 7 shortly be given to the public, and .hat 'cqt4 h e prove in the most peremptory way that nothing ti v ti/ ' " t il t done the part of Belgium which can give 1,,t1 133 t () 1 1 v° for, or ev'en justify in any degree whatso tel.cle act of the French Government. Wo confine fk cc 1 1 .1' our observations to this point." dift,; -91 gienic Congress," consisting of gentlemen ,1 1 t1,,,,``eut countries, who take an interest in p t r n o e 1 . 7 0tii., 6 the health of ' towns, and the welfare s of s on " 10 0 ° g classes, commenced sitting at Brussels Ne tt n Y ' About 200 gentlemen, Belgians Academy V -er s, attended they met in the Royal -• Amongst English 14'‘.4cliein'• were Viscount l) ° ° Mr. WARD, Dr. ARNOTT, Mr. CHARLES ‘%O • HOLLAND, o f Ma nc hester; and 1 " .1% a on. , Mr. 0/)l3:B,,,architect of Prince ALl:Ewes cottages. I;°Ni i ci`xovernor of Brabant, and President of . the 'uP 6 rieur d'llygiene, was to have presided, ilit e a ,, l ; P re vented by his duties as Minister of Finance t 114 ae .171 * The Minister of the Interior, M. ROGIER, y chosen honorary president ; and the 114 ,!ir l i t n es ;', e ncy was conferred ou M. YLEMINCHX, ut the Academy of Medicine. foli o • 'oce ng were chosen Vice - Presidents :—For N (\ -a wi f " . ' l ' 13 R V ILLERME , end M. MAGENDrE, 11 111 '. the I nst i tute ; f o r England, Viscount i ttl ir -, l4 " ° N and D r . A RN OTT ; for Piedmont, Che qiss and Dr. TriomrEo ; for Sweden, Dr. fj °l lll t ' ifor Denmark, Dr. lIORNEMAN ; for Prussia, 4'. (17- tr ti c• CZIEROWSKI ; for Germany (Frankfort),l :t4 l y uRENTRorp ; for Switzerland, Dr. GossE ; 1. 4 ,S 1 :., -at 'd•si Dr. SCHICK ; for Spain, M. RAMON DE h i 't: -. 1, 11 ; A ; M. VLEMINCKIC delivered a brief speech. t- ` 4 SAUVEUR delegate of the Belgian Govern he Yertlated what had i been done iu the course of 4"stanaetii)ll promoting the public health in different -c Eti; - " e igiutri. Lord EuRINTON presented to the ),"El tl : a number of reports and other documents "ar Y matters were voted publications ! , tt I II). _ ; and thanks ted to him. i~ the u ) Ru'rs presented copies of the p elety for the improvement of the cn d n w A e n ll E - N ec l i t.he working classes a t London. Mr. Nli o j ° Present the Congress with copies of the Acts of Parliament relative to workmen's THE SUN, houses, baths, and washbouses ; and the propositiod was accepted with thank 3. Mr. WAnD then deecriben the sanitary operations employed in towns and villages in England. The members of the Congress ater wards retired to their respective sections, to ex - amine different questions, The sections are four in number—one is charged to occupy itself with workmen's houses, baths, washhouses, and hospitals; another, with sewers, &u., the distribution of water, and ventilation ; the third, with the organization of public health, the maintaining of children, interments, and cemeteries ; and the fourth, with the adulteration of food, the labour of children in workshops, and prostitution. HOLLAND. OPENING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION OF THE STATES GENERAL. The legislative session of 1852-53 was opened on the 20th by the KING in person. At noon the mem bers of both Chambers assembled in the hall of the Second Chamber, when the Chevalier A. PIIILIPSE called upon the secretary of the First Chamber to read the Royal order which nominates the Chevalier President of the First Chamber for the legislative session of 1852-53. The President of the Assembly, charged to direct the sitting of the combined Criambrs, then ap pointed a commission of 18 members to receive and reconduct his MAJESTY on his arrival and departure. At one o'clock the Ministers and Council of State entered the hall. A few moments after the arrival of his MAJESTY was announced, the KING entered the chamber, accompanit , d by his Royal Highness Prince HENRY. On ascending the throne his MAJESTY pro nounced the following speech : " GENTLEMEN,— "At the opening of the present session of the States General, I am again, to my great satisfaction, enabled to inform you of the prosperous state of the country. " The Netherlands continue to maintain perfect friendship with all foreign Powers. I receive constant marks of friendship and esteem from foreign Govern ments. " I bav3 been enabled by various treaties to consoli date and extend the international relations between this state and other countries. „.._. ..... ” I have much pleasure in being able again to give a favourable report of our naval and military forces. "In the transmarine possessions of our kingdom, order and tranquillity prevail. At Palembang, in the island of Sumatra, the disorders have been repressed. " The favourable prospects relative to the harvest in the colonies have been completely realized. "The results of the sales made during the present year have been particularly favourable. "On the invitation of a friendly Power, and in fol lowing out the track which was commenced in 1844, I have promised my good offices in favour of an attempt to obtain modifications in the system of exclusion hitherto maintained by the empire of Japan. " The execution of the provincial and communal laws has made considerable progress in general. I have cause to rejoice at an efficacious co-operation of the pro vincial states and the communal administrations. " Our dykes have been wholly exempt from disasters. This has enabled us to carry on the works of improve ment, particularly those on the principal rivers, with the more energy and success. I witness with much interest the growing development of the spirit of enterprise among our people in agriculture, trade, and commerce, as well as in the multiplication of the modes of con veyance. " The measures adopted by my Government tend to encourage and strengthen their development. " The works for uniting our kingdom with the neigh bouring states by means of railways and electric tele graph communication are prepared, and on the point of execution. " Navigation and maritime constructions have been equally prosperous this year. " The financial state of the country affords ample ground for satisfaction. The revenue of the preceding year was extremely satisfactory; that of the present year promises to be equally favourable. I hope that the general circumstances may permit me to submit to your consideration this session also an important project re lative to the national debt. " The projects of law, which were addressed to you on my part in the preceding session, and which have not received their solution, will be again presented to you with the others. " May our united efforts to accomplish the task that still awaits us be crowned by the blessing of God! " I declare the session of the States General to be opened." After delivering this speech his MAJESTY returned to the palace with the same ceremony. The combined sitting of the two Chambers then closed, and the assembly separated. An immense crowd was assembled to witness the Royal cortege. His MAJESTY was everywhere re ceived with the most enthusiastic acclatnations. WEST INDIA andMEXICAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The Royal Mail steam-ship Parana, Captain Revett, has arrived off this port with the West India and Pacific mails, in charge of Lieutenant Bridges, RN., Admiralty agent. The engines of the Parana were temporarily repaired at St. Thomas's, and she has used both engines on the voyage home, which has occupied 19 days. She brings 52 passengers, among whom is Lieutenant-Governor Hamilton, from Bar badoes, and on freight specie value 1,497,000 dolls, 1, 242 serous of cochineal, and a large cargo. The new steam-ship La Plata, with the outward mails of the 17th of August, reached St. Thomas's in a little over 13 days. Accounts from Jamaica to the 29th ult. state that the greatest distress prevailed in all parts of the island. The public attention had been occupied with some disclosures relative to frauds on the colonial bank committed by a clerk, who had de camped from the island. Two English brigs had arrived at Jamaica to load with passengers for Australia. Alarming shocks of earthquakes bad been felt all over the island. There had been a few days' heavy rains, but the weather was oppressively warm ; business was very dull. Supplies of imported goods were quite ample to meet the re stricted demand ; produce was firm at better prices than last given. No new crop of pimento had been brought to market. Holders of sugar evinced more disposition to sell, and prices had fallen about 2s. per cwt., according to the most recent accounts. From British Guiana our dates are to the 24th ult. The weather was favourable for the planting interest, and the present will be the largest crop of sugar ever shipped from the colony. A slight advance in wages had taken place. Business was dull, shipping scarce, and freights higher than they have ruled for some time. Governor Barkly was at Berbice. In St. Lucia the weather was remarkably fine, but the island was unhealthy, and fever had broken out, causing considerable mortality, particularly among the shipping. The troops i n garrison remained healthy. Opinions varied as to the nature of the epidemic. The sugar crop was nearly all shipped. The total crop will exceed that of 1851 by about 400 hogsheads. There were a few cases of yellow fever at Barbadoes and Demerara. The Parana experienced a heavy gale with violent sea from the 14th to the 17th inst. Her Majesty's ship Alarm sailed from Antigua on the 21st ult. for St. John's, New Brunswick. The Persian was at Belize. The French war steamer Tartare left Demerara on ;he 24th of August for Cayenne. On the 7th inst. the Parana exchanged colours with the brig Vivid, from Demerara, bound to England ; on the 18th with the English brig Conway, and on ',he 19th with the Was h i n g ton, of Liverpool. PORTRAIT OF THE GREAT DUKE. Among the many portraits which have appeared of the Departed Hero, and several among them are of considerable merit, we know of none that can com pare with H. T. Ryall's engraving from M. Claudet's Daguerreotype, for which the illustrious original sat in 1844. The expression of the countenance in me ditative mood has been caught with a felicitous accuracy that is startling from its life-like reality, and it is in this peculiar excellence that the grand merit of the portrait lies, even more than in the perfection with which the features are delineated, and the high excellence of the engraving as a work of art. As Wellington was at the age of seventy-five, somewhat bowed by years, here we see the very man. This speaking likeness of the warrior-statesman should be possessed by all who love to contemplate the venerable aspect of him who, when he lived, was the noblest and most loyal pillar of the British Throne — Arthur, the Great Duke of Wellington. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY.—The screw steam-ship City in wh t i h c e h sailed Mersey Philadelphia ancheenstetrh, the 4th Commander nf 1 ‘i night. She brought 157 passengers, and a large cargo. United States' mail s team-shi p Atlantic, Commander West, took her departure hence this afternoon with 112 passengers, a large cargo , an d the usual ails. Among the passengers were sengers were the Bishops of Western New York and Maryland, who have been spending some time in Liverpool. RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. —The moment the news of the lamented and unexpected death of the Duke of Wellington had reached the city of Salisbury, every tradesman and citizen caused their shutters to be put up, in token of the grief which of the distingui.hed warri they felt at the loss - -, or and states man. On Tuesday, notwithstanding the bustle of a large market, this ancient city wore all the appearance of deep gloom, and never since the death of the lamented Princess Charl o tte was the loss of the illustrious dead more keenly or generally felt. Tne Nottingham Mercury terminated its career on Friday last, in the 27th year of its age. WRECK oFF WHITSTABLE' W H ITSTABLE, WED tNEesnAy Moßsnitt.—Yestertlay (Tuesd a y) morning, be tween seven an d eight o'clock, a s chooner, the Britannia, from Caen, bound for London, struck on the Red Sand, off this place. She was discovered by the Whitstable hovillers, the when Sydney, Captain the Pros ereus Captain Bell, with , Captain Nicholls, and p , about twenthands on board, proceeded to her assistance. Thee foundthe vessel deserted by her crew, who had been the only living thingn taken off by a London steamer, and was made to get on board was a dog. Every exertion t the sand, which was ul timately acc omplished, after greatlbour, as she was nea tl y full of w ater, with a strong e north-wester]y wind blowing a nd a very rough sea. The v" stable Bay, where,at L .el was then towed into Whit s. ig h over her. water, the so Iva ronaing LONDON, COURT CIE.CULARI BALMORAL, SEPT. 21. A heavy fall of snow, followed by rain, which con tinued all day, prevented her Majesty from leaving the Castle yesterday morning. In the afternoon her Maj , ..ity and his Royal High ness Prince Albert walked towards Castletown. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness Princess Hohenlohe Langenbourg, arid her Serene Highness Princess Adelaide of Hohen lobe Langenbourg dined with her Majesty yesterday. The Earl of Derby arrived at Knows!ey-park, Lancashire, yesterday, from Perth. The Earl of Shaftesbury had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. THE NEW APPOINTMENTS. The question—" Who is to be Commander-in- Chief ?" has.—it is now declared—been settled ; and at the same time we are made aware of the way in which the other important vacancies created by the death of the Duke of Wellington are to be filled. Here is the list of appointments which became known last night : Commancler•in-Chief Master-General of Ordnance (with 'j Lord Fitzroy a peerage) 8 Somerset. Military Secretary Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports Earl Derby. Constable of the Tower Colonelcy of the Grenadier Guards Prince Albert. Colonelcy of the Fusileer 2 Prince George of Guards S Cambridge. The Duke of Northumberland and the Marquis of Londonderry to be Knights of the Garter. So runs the list of new arrangements, and they all look reasonable enough. Lord Fitzroy Somerset being senior in military standing to Lord Hardinge could not serve under him as military secretary, and he therefore goes to the Ordnance—but his removal from the Horse Guards will give rise to many regrets in military circles. Indeed, there is little doubt but the non-appointment of Lord Fitzroy Somerset to the dignified post now conferred on Lord Hardinge will cause some dissatisfaction amongst those best able in a professional sense to balance the claims of the two veterans. But we have, by the present arrangement, a practical soldier at the head of the army, and that at !east satisfies one of the most important require ments of the case. The good sense of Prince Albert has evidently been allowed proper play, and he wisely contents himself with the Colonelcy of the Grenadiers instead of the control of the entire army. This change in the position of Lord Hardinge sug. gests one very important question, which is this— When are we to have the Horse Guards and the Ordnance united ? In the evidence given before the Parliamentary Committee, appointed to inquire into our military system, an overwhelming weight of tes timony will be found in favour of assimilating these two branches of the service. Such a junction would be a vast improvement upon the present anomalous state of things, and would also be a great and wise economy. Since we are to have ex-Master General as General Commanding-in-Chief there surely could be no better opportunity for making the required amalgamation.—Daily News.. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. WAVIER, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—Last night his Grace the present Duke of Wellington returned to Walmer Castle from town. Today the Duchess of Wellington and Lady Charles Wellesley and family quitted Walmer for town. The Duke and his brother, Lord Charles Wellesley, will not leave this place before to-morrow, in conse quence of their desire to see the last preparations for leaving their illustrious deceased parent at Walmer Cas tle. The outer, or state coffin, for the remains of the Dake, is expected to arrive by the last train to-night from Loudon, and his sons intend to be present at the transfer of his remains to this coffin. The guard of honour, of the Rifle Brigade, which is to be stationed at Walmer Castle to watch over the re mains of the Duke, will not be mounted till to-morrow, at ten o'clock. Sentry-boxes have been placed to-day at the various approaches to the interior of the Castle, leading to the chamber containing the body of the illus trious deceased. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. THE VACANT CHANCELLORSHIP. OxFonD, WEDNESDAY.—Much dissatisfaction has been excited among resident M.A.'s, by the move in favour of Lord Derby, and this dissatisfaction has not been dimi nished by the character of the names appended to the requisition which is to be presented to him. This feel ing extends to men of very different parties, and is irre spective of any personal preference for any other can didate. We understand that a protest against Lord Derby's nomination is being circulated for signature, while steps are being taken to ascertain whether the sense of the electors will permit another candidate to be started with a prospect of success. ADELrim THEATRE—EDINBURGH. Davenport is now " starring" it, to the admiration of her Majesty's lieges in the good old city of Edin burgh. He has wisely appeared, however, not at the Theatre Royal, opposite the Register-house, at the south-east corner of Princes-street, almost imme diately under the shadow of Calton Hill, but at the beautiful little Adelphi of " Auld Reekie," situated in Broughton-street, at the head of Leith-walk-- " wisely, we say, because the latter house appears to be at this moment flourishing under a very judi cious and enterprising management. On Monday evening, the 20th instant, the domestic drama of Alice Gray; or, 71w Suspected One, was performed for the first time at the Adelphi of Edinburgh. The cast, in all essential respects, was really admi rable while, in regard to the scenery, the dresses, and the appointments, the piece would have done credit to almost any theatre in the British metropolis. Considering it was the " first night," the whole of the three acts may with the strictest accuracy be said to have gone off to ad miration. Several stars of lesser magnitude than the one already mentioned took part in the proceedings, Mr. Lloyd appearing as Jeremy Jenkinson from Norton Folgate—in which character, although he dis played little of that stolid facetiousness which would have provoked laughter through the vagaries of Wright, or of Keeley, or of Buckatone, the provin cial toonourist seemed to walk the stage an accepted and decided favourite. Incomparably the best among the whole group of actors taking part in the melo drama was Mr. IL Webb as Cadger Collins—his GE make-up" being perfect, his grin (nearly as broad, in fact, as in fun) diabolically delightful, and his per petual assurances through the grin, and the rags, and the vagabondism, " My precious brother—l'll never leave you," being about as painfully delicious in look, voice, and gesture, as though it were some affectionate vampire haunting the footsteps of the un lucky Jenkinson. Every leer was the signal for a roar—and the sort of goblin dance performed by the cadger in the Cornflower Inn, at the village of Heath field, was a genuine "screamer," such as proved Mr. Webb to be a " droll" of unconscionable merit. J r . Verner, as Chrystal Baxter the Ostler, although somewhat exaggerated both in make-up and in man , ner, was altogether a most sweet knave and a most excellent villain—bearing in his second dress, indeed, a strong family likeness to a gentleman not to be mentioned to ears polite, approving himself in fact a worthy disciple of our incomparable 0. Smith, that Prince of the land of Rascaldom. Mr. Wyndham, the lessee of the establishment, looked the very "pink of politeness," not only in the colour of his coat, but in all other particulars, in the person of Mr. Caleb Kit, the celebrated Professor of Dancing, Toxophical, and Calisthenic Exercises—acting almost as "hand somely" as he looked, and being spoilt only when reduced to a state of intoxication. His wife, although tutored to the part of the heroine by a " study" of a very few hours' notice, infused into the character of Alice Gray a great deal of pa thetic passion, though she did not look it as Mr. E. D. Lyon's looked the hero of the piece, the young village smith, Harry Hammerton. At the fall of the curtain the cadger—grin and all—was called before the footlights by acclamation. Davenport only ap peared subsequently in the Pictorial Drama, repre senting in a series of tableaux The Betting Boy's Career, a dramatic sketch pointing a moral, if not adorning a tale, that would be acceptable to the hu mane heart of George Cruikshank. The character-- deplorably unworthy of him from its insignificance — assumed in this piece by Davenport is that of Rough Redland, an English rustic, a part interesting at least, inasmuch as it served to illustrate the versa tility of the accomplished American. At the larger theatre of Edinburgh—the one in Princes-street-- the company (very inferior to the company at the Adelphi) are performing a dramatic version of " Waverley," followed by Gomersal as Bill Downey, in The Unfinished Gentleman. gcompleted. was finished an d THE BRITISH MUSEUM.—The bronze railings in front of the Briti sh Museum, which have been seve ral Amofnotvhsdaiynstlzoctobuersgeilodfinegreocftitohne, l a a r s e t r a a t il lenth the movable shed in which the workmen were placed while executing their work was removed. On the extensive area between the railings and the building a number of labourers are employed in the formation of a square, either side of which is protected by a stone wall, which is stated to be for a shrubbery. Some alterations have taken place among the galleries. The slabs from Assyria, which were in an underground room, are being assorted in galleries adjoining the Lycean gallery, called the "central edifice Nimroud," the north-west edifice Nimroud," and the "south-west edifice Nimroud." The statues and other relics in th© gal lery in the lett room from the grand entrance are being re moved. LONDON AND NoRTU-WEsTERN RAlLWAY.—Yes terday morning a portion of the Victoria Tunnel, which runs under Byron-street, Liverpool, gave way, and fell in to the extent of about three feet. No accident occurred. MONSTER MAIL TO INDIA.-011 Monday morning tlia largest known mail to India, via Southampton, Greece, the lonian I sland°?_&c, from the General Post-office, was dis patched from the Waterloo terminus of the South - Western Railway. It consisted of 173 boxes of letters, four portman tealop Ana 16 bags of newspapers. THURSDAY SPORT/NG NOTES. No. CCCXIII. ANALYSIS OF THE CESAREWITCII HANDICAP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The Cesarewitch Stakes sprang into existence in 1839: it was one of the immediate consequences of the visit of the heir to the Russian throne to this country, the Grand Duk e C esarew it c h then announcing that he would, in commemoration of his sojourn at New market, give 300 soya. annually to be run for there. This was the start of the great handi cap, which was won the first year by Lord Mil town's celebrated Cruiskee n , th e n five years old, with the feather w e i g h t, for that age, of 6st 61b In 1840, Clarion, then four years old, carried it off with Sat 41b on his back. In 1841 Iliona (whose name was rendered so notorious at the time by the numerous heavy bets on the correct pronunciation of it) then four years old, won cleverly, carrying fist 111 b. In 1842 Arcanus, 3 yrs, Set 41b, was the victor. In 1843, Cor ranna, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b, did the like. In 1844, Faugh-a- Ballagb, with the tremendous weight, for a three yrs old, of Sat up, did the trick cleverly; The Baron follow ing suit in 1845 with only 51b less. The other winners stand es follow:-1816, Wits-end, 3 yrs, 6st 21 b; 1847, Caroush, 4 yts, 7st ; 1848 , The Cur, 6 yrs, Bst 31b; ISI9, Legerdemain. 3 yrs, sst 71b; 1850, Glauca, 4 yrs, 7st 71b; and last year Mrs. Taft, 6 yrs, 64. It will be seen by the foregoing that the six years old division plate cif t w i ce; the fi ve years old ( 1 ) 7 1 ! v y e r e r ; i etd the thisfour years old fi ve times, an d .t h e juveniles five times also. It we are to take this as any criterion to judge by, the three and fcnr years old are the ages best suited to produce a winner. This is the second year that the Grand Duke Cesare witch has discontinued his annual gift; the throe hun dred is now added from the Jockey Club fund, and is more than made up from the hundred and fifty-four entrance fees of two sous. each; so that the club is an actual gainer of eight pounds. , This stake is a free handicap ( or w h at i s terme d such) course—two miles on© furlong an d 215 yar d s —with penalties for winning variou s sta k es, which w i l l affect of 25 sous. each, 15 ft, with 30 0 added Cesarewitch Lady Evelyn and Kingston to the extent of 6lbs each for their victories at Doncaster. Out of the hundred and fifty-four entries, the owners of fifty-two have declared themselves satisfied with the treatment their animals have received al the handi capper's hand; and, in the ordinary course of things, as there is no probability of there being ary very great favourite, a good field may be looked for at the post. DILLY'S LOT numbers four, namely, Cariboo, Ariosto, Frantic, and Knight of the Shire. CARIBOO'S running of late would have entitled him to some consider at i on, but for the f ac t that the Knight of the Shire see ms to appropr i ate a ll the attentions of the stable for thi s race. A B IoSTO, 4 yrs, Bst, is weighted a little to o h eavily. FRANTIC, 3 yrs, 7st 81b, they say is not capabl e of conceding two stone to the Knight of the Shire. Th e KNIGHT or THE SHIRE, 3 yrs, sst 81b, made his fi rst arpearance th i s year at Ascot, where, carrying 6st 91b , he ran nowhere to Ephesus, 4 yrs, Est 121 b, for th e Royal Hunt Cup. On the Friday following, carrying 7st 41b, he ran a very so-so sixth to Tophana, 7st, for the Great Western Plate. His next essay was at Goodwood, where, with est 21b up, he ran a good fifth to Kilmeney, Est 131 b, for the Stewards' Cup. His last performance was for the Chesterfield Cup, when, with sst 121 b up, to was com pletely beaten off. With the exception of the Great Western Plate—which is run over the Swinley course, about a mile and a half —the other races were short distances ; a mile and under. It is said that this son of Sir Hercules and Splitvote is much better adapted to a long course, such as the Cesarewitch, than a short one. Giving Mr. Payne and the other members of the stable due credit for their judgment in the matter, I cannot help thinking, without they have got good grounds to go upon, that,the Knight's chance, considering his previous performances, is any thing but a rosy one, although weighted so very lightly; but as the stable is in luck, and the members by no means persons who throw away their case, I shall hold their representative in some little respect. TOM DAWSON'S LOT is a strong one, consisting of no less than seven; to wit —Russborough, Stilton, colt by Melbourne out d Sally Warfoot, Galvanism, Lindrick, the Bit of Bite, and Lerrywhent. RUSSBOROUGH, 5 yrs, Bst 61b, if in his three-years old form—which I believe he is not, nor is ever likely to be again—is not overweighted. STILTON, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b, has no chance whatever. Upot what grounds he was handicapped at 7st 131 b I canna ima gine; they would seem to be trying to make us believe that he was only llb inferior to Fa ugh - a - Ballagh when he did the triek i with Bst,whereas ho never was within nibs of that horse's form in the autumn of 1844. The colt by Melbourne, out of, Sally Warfoot, 3 yrs, Est 91b, may be set aside without any consideration, his day not having yet arrived. GALVANISM, 3 yrs, Get 61b, I know not what to make of, but believe her to be inferior to Lind rick. LINDRICK, 3 yrs, sst 1 lib, I have some reason to believe will be Dawson's horse on the day. He is not badly bred, being by Trueboy, dam by Actteon, out of Beatrice, good blood on both sides for a distance. He made his debut this year at Catterick Bridge, where, carrying Est 41b, he was a very bad fourth to Puritan, same age and weight, for the Speculation Plate, one mile and a half. At Durham he ran third in the first heat for the Maiden Plate, to Miss Flyaway, 4 yrs, Bst 21b, and was afterwards drawn . At Newcastle he was no whole for the Corporation Plate, won by another horse in the same stable, Chief Justice. This race, of course, counts for nothing. His performances, hitherto exe crable, began to improve at Carlisle; where, carrying 4st 81b, he ran second to the Red Lion for the Cum berland Plate, two miles four hundred yards. He then walked over for the Lottery Stakes at the same meeting. At Lancaster, carrying sst he passed the rubicon by w inn i ng the Cup by ,a neck, beating Joh n o f B erwick, 5 yrs, 7st 31b ; Little Fawn, 4 yrs, Get 81b ; Gholab Singo. 4 yrs, 7st, and four others. At the sam e p l ace, with sst 131 b up, he was an indifferent fourth to Wilmont, Gst 5 yrs, Notting ham, with Est up, he won the NottinghamshireAt ed 3lb, for the Revival Handicap (two miles). bap, two miles two furlongs, by half a neck, beating Ing Lady Amyott, 3 yrs, Est 11b, who had a head the 4 ad vantage of Goldtinder, 4 yrs, 7st 1011 e Ischia, Yrs 6st 91b, and COlsterdale, 4 yrs, ist 121 b, were fourthlb, he and fifth. At the same meeting, carryiag Est t 131 b, was a very good fourth to Candlewick, 5 yrs, 6 3 At for the Chesterfield Handicap (one mile Ha t. 1- aid a halOciere Wolverhampton, with sst 91b up, he w" a mi7Llvert third to Weathergage, 3 yrs, Gst 51b. for the hampton Stakes (above two miles and a quarter). His last performance was a ridiculous affair, havie been started against Stockwell for the Great Stakes. I have ent ere d at some length i n to theY Yorkshire doingi of this horse, on account of the important part he is likely to pl ay in the betting . If ho can give Lerry w h ent half a stone, he is A is de cidedly a danger ous horse for th i s race. invd good bit of money h as already l een from este per ' upon his chance ; ine and not a littl e o f it cl sons connected with t h e stable. LeaiseTn " T' 3 yrs, v ights, Sat 71b, if inferi or at their respective as re- ported, to Lindri c k , can be passed over THE BIT OF BLUE, 3 yrs, sst 101 b, will not flutter triumph antly on the Cesarewitch day. KENT ed in this has only a solitary horse in training en;ag t 101 b, event. CHIEF BARON NICHOLSON, 3 y.. , at 5 can have no possible chance of winning. W. DAY Placed by the has a trio in JOE MILLER, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b, 5t Gib, weight hors de combat: LADY HARRIET, 3 Y rs l ) p r esent who is not in very good form, I believe, 1 " s i t t 31b, whose st once time: and BIRD ON THE WING, 3 yrs, 7 "dered a very chance, notwithstanding the weight, is cow; fair one, and has been invested oa ac corditglY cted a moderate ex t en t, however —by those COnne with her stabl e .—l am, Sir, &c., 23. THE SPIRIT OF TEE TURF. (To be conclud e d to-morrow. to only BEDFORD RACES.—WEDIigsP LY r : SPORTING INTELLIGINC E. The Stratton Park Stakes of 3 sovs. each' 3 ", .... t. guineas added. Once round. (2 ~lbs.) Duke m of Bedford's Hesperus, ?Ir.. Anderson's_ Chase, 3 yrs, Est 71b.... "•—(Roo ) k 1 .......... r) 2 Al _ e Wycherley's Derby, 3 yrs, 6st 91b . 'viol in a canter. Theli t tulg-5 to 2 and 3 to 1 on Derby. Scurry with 30 Handicap of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 100 sovs. _ added. Half a mile over the T.Y.C. (11 Subs.) .lr. King's Narcissus, 5 r 7st 61b ...... (Charlton) 1 e Y ru s e, 3 vrs, 85t . ••••"•... (Pettit) 2 r. Roger's Leybourne, 4yrs, 7st 61b....,.(. Mann) 3 Mr.M Reeve's Abdallah, 5 , 7st 41b •• Maxsted) 0 Mr. T. Smith's Wee WeeYr3s 0t ,..(T. Sherwood) 0 yrs, r.eßarnard's Newport, 6 yrs, 85t gib ...(Dockeray) 0 tri t ting-6 to 4 agst HesYperus, 2 to 1 agst Leybourne, 5 ? 2 apt Newport and sto 1 agst Narcissus. Narcissus made all the runni • ng, and won by a length, the same between third. The Th the second and , Queen's Plat e o f 100 u i n eas ; three y rs old, 7st 61b ; tour, 9st; i five, 9st 71b; g six an d aged, 9st 91b. Threo miles. Duke of Bedford na Hesse Homburg, 9st ...(Pettit) 1 Mr. Stephenson's Waverley, 3 Yrs, 7st 1b (Charlton) 2 Mr. ]s Spark's Presto, 4yrs, 9st ........... •••(Dockeray) 3 Mr. R agers's Cho Chorus, 4 yrs, Mr. Messers' S let 7 1n ~...,(Maxsted) 0 Mr, _ ___. alopian, 3 yrs. "'" I. King's Narcissus, 9st 71b ...... CBartholomew) 0 Mr. Raynor's 3 yrs, 781 71b (Drayton) 0 Dame Tattle, _ Betting -2 to 1 eac h ags t Hesse Homburg, D ame Tattle, and will , by a length, Presto a bad third. erley. Won The Selling Stake s o f 3 sovs, each, and 30 added, for two and three yrs old. Half a mile over the T.Y.C. (2 Subs.) Duke of Bedford's Lorraine, 6st 71b,..(T. Sherwood) 1 Mr. Price's br cby Spanish J a ck 2 yrs ( 40 L), 6st 71b 2 Bettin g - 5 to 2-on-Spanish Jack colt. Won by a head, after a very fine race. The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25added. Heats, one mile. (2 Subs.) Colonel Dixon's Actress, last 21b...(Mr. Beville) 1 1 Mr. Boohoo's Minus, 9 s t 131 b ••• *( Mr . Boulton) dis Betti ng __ 2 to 1 on Minus, who won the first heat by two lengths, but having carried 21b over weight without declaring it, was distanced, sod Actress walked over. LEICESTER RACES. --WEDNESDAY. The Belvoir Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added, for four yrs old and upwards. Heats. Twice round and a dis. ( 5 Subs.) es bcapuary, Mr•Whitehous ' ' 1 lOst7lb(S.Darling) 2 1 1 Mr. Cho ses's S • 4 , lost 71b Spring, yrs,l 2 2 Mr. Compton's Miss Bell, 6 yrs, 125 t... Mr.Goddard'sOldcharlottellyde, 5 yrs,llstsll3 4 dr. Tho first heat was won by half a length, and the others in a canter. The Leicestershire Handicap cf 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, 5 only if declared, with 100 added; the second to re ceive 15 sovs. out of the stakes. Twice round and a distance. About two miles. (15 Subs., 9of whom declared.) Mr 'CoPelaud's Candlewick, 5 yrtf,list Sib (W.Sherpe) I EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2 3, 1852. Mr. Copeland's Lady Amyott, 3 yrs, ist 21b (Wr.lls) 2 Mr. R. E. Oliver's Ischia, 4 yrs, 7st 21b ...(Ashtnall) 3 Won by half a neck; Ischia a good third. The Two Years Old Stakes:of 5 E 0 ,12. ecch, and 30 added; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; winners 51b extra. T.Y.C. (10 Subs.) Lord W. Powlett's Scandal (Rogers) 1 Mr. Shepherd s o n ' s M a id o f G o !b orne Mr. Stevenson' s St. C r i sp i n Mr. W. Ki ng ' s R angoon 0 Mr. Dicki ns ' s c b y C ranebrook 0 Mr. Merry' s D es d emona 0 Mr. R. Oli ver ' s f b y Irish Birdcatcher 0 Sir C. Rushout's Nightshade . Won by half a length. The County Cup Stakes of 10 sous. each, for three years old, 6st 91b; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st llb; six and aged, 9st 41b; mares and geldings allowed Sibs. The win ner to be sold for 5004 if demanded. Twice round and a dis. (7 Subs.) Mr. Rogers's King of Troy, 3 yrs (Steggles) 1 Mr. T. Parr's Selina, 6 yrs, gat llb Mr. Lord's Achyranthus, 5 yrs; and Mr. Cohen's Apostate, 3 yrs, also ran. Won by half a length. The Ladies' Plate of 301., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each ; for three yrs old, 7st 1 0 1 b; four, 9st; five, 9st 71b; six and aged, 9st 1 ()lb; mares and geldings allowed 31b. About one mile. (15 Sub s. ) Mr. Warllow's Trifle, yrs .................. (Stanway) 1 3 Mr. G. Drewe's Oclibant, 4 rs ..... ............... The following also ran:—Musician, 5 yrs—Ala.. 6 yrs—John of y-day, Berwick, 5 yrs—C ora , 53' Sir Row land Trenchard, 4 yrs—Merry Peal, 4 yrs—Sharavogue, 3 yrs—Morning Star, 3 yrs—Priam the Third, 3 yrs Orpheus, 3 yrs—and Czarine, 3 yrs. The Selling Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 25 added, for three yrs old and upwards, about one mile (9 Subs.) were won easily by Mr. Rogers's Theodine, 3 yrs (Steg gles), beating Mr. Shepherdson's Ithuriel filly, 3 yrs, Reindeer, 6 yrs, sister to Birthday, 5 yrs, Bloomer Lass, aged, Old Charlotte Hyde, 5 yrs, and two others. EGLINTON PARK RACES—WEDNESDAY. Trial Stakes. Half-a-mile. Lord Eglinton's Claverhouse Mr. Osborne's Snowdrop 0 Mr. Merry'a Sally 3 Won by a length. Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, with 300 sovs. added by Lord Glasgow. A mile and a half. Mr. Morris's Kingston 1 Mr. Meiklam's Stilton 2 Mr. Osborne's Lambton Won easily. The Visitors' Plate T.Y.C. Mr. Osborne's Lambton 1 Mr. Shepherd's fby Birdcatcher, out of Memento 2 Mr. Redfern's Goorkha Won easily. The Irvine Cup. Once round and a die. Captain Little na Sir Robert 1 Mr. Gilmour na ilarier 9 Lord Eglington'a Elthiron 3 _ _ The Dining-Room Stakes. Lord Waterford's The Marquis 1 Mr. Milner na Colsterdale AQUATICS. PRINCE OF WALES YACHT CLUB. The fifth and last match of the summer amongst the yachts of this very popular club took place yesterday for a handsome cup, but owing to the lateness of the season no steam-boat was chartered to accompany the race: there were, however, a number of gentlemen's yachts out with the company. The following had been entered to contend: — Valentine, 8 tons, Mr. B. Wallis. Rebecca, 3 tons, Mr. W. Gibbs. Albatross, 7 tons, Mr. Barncastle. Undine, 5 tone, Mr. Cooper. Ides, 6 tons, Mr. Knibbs. Julia, 7 tons, Mr. Hutchinson. Britannia, 7 tons, Mr. Legg. The distance was from Blackwell to Gravesend and back, and Mr. Barncastle,l the commodore, assisted by Mr. Gordon, the secretary, having seen the little fleet were all at their berths, the start was effected at a quar ter to twelve. There was a light wind from the west north-west, and they started on their course with a flowing sheet. The Julia had the lead, and held it down to Woolwich Point. where the Valentine passed per to the windward. The Julia, however, kept close in her wake, and rendered the match down very interest ing, but the Valentine arrived first at Gravesend, at about two o'clock, a minute and a half a head of the Julia, the Albatross and Britannia being close ap. The wind was foul on the return, but there was so ;little of it, that the affair grew very tedious, the race not con cluding till after dark. The Valentine gallantly main tained her lead, and won by . a quarter of an hour. Tho Julia was second, about six minutes ahead of the Al batross. CHESTER REGATTA. This regatta took place on the Dee on Tuesday, with great éclat. The day was on the whole fine, though, from the heavy rain which fell during the previous night, Deva's banks were too damp for the delicate feet of the fair Cestrians who usually attend these events. The gentry had providel sufficient amusement, so far as races were concerned, for the greatest lover of boating, there being about 00 races. The first took place at noon, and when the moon': beams began to illuminate the horizon the last had not come off. A Match for 31. between pair oared boats. Nymph (W. Crewe, W. Chadwick) Magnet (R. Dodd, E. Jones) Won by tw o boats' length. The Trial Stakes of 101. i❑ specie, for four-oared boats (not out-rigged), to be rowed and steered by boys under 18; second boat 21. out of the stakes. First Heat. Harkaway (Manchester) Hester (Chester) Earl (Chester) ... ••• ... 1 ••• ... 2 ... ..• ... 1 4411 ••• ••• ... 2 ... ... 3 Won in the easiest manner. Second Mat. - Mystery (Chester) ... ... ... ... ••• 1 Echo (Chester) ... 2 Deva (Chester) .. 3 Won by three boat s ' l eng th ; • the Deva never showed in the race. Third Heat. The Irwell (Manch es t er ) ... ••• "• ••• 1 Princess Royal (Chester) ... ••• ••• —„, - Won very easily. Obj ect i ons h ave been made against the crews of the Irwell and Harkaway, as being over the ago specified in the conditions. Deciding Heat. (Run under protest.) Harkaway Mystery ___ The Irwell ••• 3 The Cheshire Stakes of 25 guineas, for four oared out rigged boats; to b© rowed and steered by gentlemen •• • 1 amateurs. The Lady Wynn (Royal Chester Club) ... 1 E. B. Gibson, J. Huxley, H. French, E. Dixon (stroke). J. Grimer (coxswain). Nemesis (Nemesis Rowing Club, Manehester) 2 J. Roebuck, J. Collinge, W. Shorrocks, S. Chant ham (stroke). A. Richardson (coxswain). Nemesis. No. 2 (Nemesis Rowing Club, Manchester) 3 T. O'Keef, W. Harrison, A. L. M'Cullam. W. W. Blackburn (stroke). H. Lang (coxswain). Won easy. The Dee Stakes of 40 guineas, for four oared out-rigged boats. Open to all except gentlemen amateurs. Second, 51. out of the stakes. First Heat. The Tyne (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) ..• ••• 1 R. Clasper, T. Clasper, W. Clasper, H. Clasper (stroke). J. Richardson (coxswain). The Princess (Manchester) ... . . ... 2 J. Woodhall, J. Williams, S. Butler, J. Carroll (stroke). K. Maloney (coxswain). The Deva (Chester) ... 3 W. Rurkhill, J. Williams, J. Shone, T. Jones (stroke). J. Jones (coxswain). The Tyno started off with the lead, which she gal lantly maintained throughout the race, and won very easily by several lengths. The pulling of the Claspers was justly admired for its steadiness and style. Second Heat. The Five Brothers (Newcastle) 1 W. Taylor, T. Taylor, J. Taylor, M. Taylor (stroke) J. Taylor (coxswain). Tho Lady Wynn (Cheater) ... ... 2 G. Woodins. C. Sconce, T. Buckley. T. Goodrum, (stroke), J. Williams, (coxswain). The Pilot (Manchester) ... 3 S. M'Cormick, T. M'Cormick, 11. Ault, S. Wood, (stroks), T. Bracken (coxswain). Deciding Heat. The Tyno .<•. The Five Brothers ... ... 1 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 2 A beautiful start was effected by Mr. W. Dixon, the Claspers having the inside. The Brothers Taylors took the lead at a slashing pace, the Claspers waiting in close company. After going in this order about a mile the Claspers crept up to their opponents, and by dint of great exertion succeeded in heading them. This position they maintained the rest of the distance, win ning in a very excellent and well-contested race by a length and a half. The Ladies' Purse of 31. for fishermen's pair -oared boats, to be rowed by women. If three start, second to receive 103. Won by the Cardinal. Several minor races viers also decided. TROTTING RACES.--A number of trotting races took place on Tuesday, over the Liverpool course, at Aintree. The first, a sweepstakes of 5 sous. with 20 soya., was com peted for by two horses. Little Pet got the first heat, and the second was won by Sir Willi am, who the third time walked over the course. The most interesting event of the day, however, was a match for 200 sous., between the cele brated Jackey and the maze Bess, to trot ten miles. 8,.." 8 took and kept the lead for the first eight miles, when Jac ket' passed her, but was aga-in re-passed. When about eig ht .,, , miles and a half had been run, Jackey again took the l ead, was never headed, and aft r a beautiful drive, won bY , l r n by distance. A second sweep takes, of less amount, ''' Little Pet, beating Wild ]deco and another; the sports of the day, :1 match for 50 sous. b to trot two Lupton's chestnut pony, E d Mr. Crosby's in . pon y' an d was between closed miles, being withdrawn b '7 mutual consent. SUDDEN DEATII A!C A n Fu MEETING .---,lr• blonday evening at Holladay, whilst attendin .r; a meeting u c l on l y expired. The Oldham, in the Working , meeting was called in ord to his sudden attack, J. Fox. About ten minus:. es p -revi°tuhe audience. He seemed 3Erattio'sp-rboamilo'stice the return of Mr. Holladay had been ad: dre ssi ng very energetic and peculiit rly their minds and strive . to tl Ovate ficitous in his remarks in ex horting young men to ci sat i nks of a an ewpson on the short elevate themselves. He ha d down, was listening with apparent pleasure to the r4 iv al was resting on the arm of the time question. His his Several e l r l s i o s ns hand rus fell, hed t and his chair, his head resting on : ) : 1 head reclined to one sup port him, medical aid was sent for. M r . he was r s e i m de j ed to near a window, the room being intolerably hot,. a nd e, d but pronounced the unfortunate Halkyard shortly ° gentleman dead. ---- n arr e l had ' been seized with t 1 fit Of apoplexy. —Manchester Aral/4"r' SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—It is a great satisfaction to learn from Lord Derby's letter to the Home Secretary that the British people and their Sovereign are entirely agreed as to the duties imposed upon them by the lost they have just suffered. There is not a point on which the Queen has not anticipated or responded to the uni versal feeling. Her Majesty desires that the " tribute of gratitude and sorrow," which it now devolves on the nation to pay, " should be deprived of nothing which could invest it with a thoroughly national character ;" she desires that the two Houses of Par liament shod have their share in the solemn act ; and " that the mortal remains of the late illustrious and venerated Commander-in-Chief should, at the public expense, and with all the solemnity due to the greatness of the occasion, be deposited in the Cathe dral Church of St. Paul, there to rest by the side of the greatest naval chief who ever reflected lustre on the annals of England." When to these an nouncements we have added that Lord lierdinge is to be Commander-in-Chief, the public will feel that I so for the conclusions arrived at in Belmorel Castle are very much the same us those we have come to in this metropolis, at a distance of 500 miles. The only point on which the Minister or the Court may seem at first sight to have somewhat outstripped the anticipations of the public, is the desire that the honours to be paid to the memory of the Great Duke " should not appear to emanate from the Crown alone, and the two Houses of Parliament should have an op portunity, by their previous sanction, of stamping the proposed ceremony with increased solemnity." Cer tainly the public, running possibly rather too much on the precedent of Nelsons funeral, was prepared to of the le ave the authorization and arrangement of the ap proachingceremony to the Crown, and, we may almost say, hardly dreamt of requiring the sanction entirely one Legislature. As it happens, we have all as signedimnarted session,particudlar office to Parliament at the No vember have the unity our anticipations . to the an proceedings of that month has, with out our being Legislature fro m quite rational, or even consistent of it, restricted the 11, a , 0 2; other duty. On re-considera tion, perhaps, it appear that the public was not indeed dnsistent on this point. Every body desired, and took for gran t e d, that both would Houses of Parliament took on s attend the funeral. Every body also was aware of s ome that before the ]1 th of November, difficulty, in the fact r ilo w e believe, there will be no Parliament at all —no uses. or Members numb with e _ of Houses, but simply a number of noblemen of a certain dormant privilege, a n d a 1, repre sentatives elect. F however, ew, if anybody, themselves to say, in the absence of th e her principal adviser, how this difficulty evaesen to and surmounted; how the funeral was to be attended byb both Houses, when there was no House at all; and whether, supposing all objections to be waived, it would suit the convenience of 300 noblemen and 65G commoners to be called up from the country a fort night, perhaps, before the meeting of Parliament. Candour compels us to say that really we do not see how the difficulty is to be got over, except by defer ring the funeral till after the meeting of Parliament, and the most graceful and natural pretence for that arrangement would be the evident propriety of re ferring the ceremony itself to the sanction of the Legislature. So long a delay, though by no means at variance with the national feeling on this occasion, will certainly have its inconveniences. We are not ac accustomed to let things fully decided on, especially if they are of a solemn and painful character, hang over unnecessarily long. It is evident, too, that the funeral must now take place in the short days about the end of November, if not still later, and with the chances of the weather more against us every day. There is then the still greater difficulty, the uncom fortable clashing of the two duties which, as it appears, now devolve on the November session. A whole week will be consumed in swearing in members; then comes the address from the Throne, in which her Majesty will doubtless repeat the substance of the communication :which appears in our columns this morning. What is to follow ? Is all political debate to be suspended till after the funeral, which may possibly be delayed tor two or three weeks ? Though the greater part of the preparations will, of course, be got over before the meeting of Parliament, a certain amount of them, we suppose, will be deferred till they can have the sanction of the Legislature, which will thus entail further loss of time. Previous to this event it was certainly quite competent to the Liberal party to try conclusions with Lord Derby on the first night of the session • and those conclusions are far too important to be endangered for the gratifica tion of a sentiment, however noble in its nature, how ever deeply felt. The event has come under the Derby Administration, and, whatever eclat may at tend the funeral, they are welcome to it. If, too, they give Parliament the opportunity of complete co-ope ration, Parliament cannot quarrel about that. But we trust there exists no design of extracting a party profit from a national calamity. We trust that Lord Derby has no scheme for improving the occasion to spin out his tenure, to get another respite, and, perhaps, another chance. Everything ought to be quite clear on this point. An early day ought to be taken by the common consent of parties for the great constitutional question,—Who are to govern us ? And, if an early opportunity is not given, or likely to he given, then we must say that the Liberal party in the Commons will be perfectly justified in dividing the House when and upon what question they think proper, even before the solemn ceremony impending; and that the responsibility of the act will fall on the Government which made it unavoidable. HERALD.—It is the desire of the highest autho rity of the realm, as our readers are now aware, that the mortal remains of the late illustrious Commander in-Chief should rest by the side of Nelson, in the cathedral church of St. Paul's. But, in order to give a greater sanction to this wish, and to afford the nation an opportunity of paying its solemn tribute of love and veneration to its great hero, her Majesty will wait for the assembling of the two Houses of Parliament, and receive from them, as the representa tives of the nation, the formal approval of the course to be adopted on this great and solemn occasion. Till then all that remains of him whom kings as well as people delighted to honour will continue at Weimer, guarded with such a tribute of respect as befits the ashes of a man at once so noble and so much beloved. In thus expressing, through the Prime Minister of the Crown, her grief for him, once the greatest of her subjects, and her resolve to show the sense which she placed upon his worth, her Majesty does no more than echo the voice of the whole nation. In her desire not to reward such worth—for that all feel can never be, but to recognise it in the most ample and the most solemn man ner, her Majesty's wish finds a response in the bosom of all her subjects, in the meanest as much as in the highest. She has touched a chord which vibrates in the heart of every Englishman ; and whilst the language of an official communication rises almost into the grief and the expression of personal sorrow and regret—whilst words find their way into the important manifesto (published yesterday and republished to-day in our columns) indicative of the deepest affliction, strangely at variance with the general tenor of such documents, we recognise the same feeling which pervades the nation at large. We mourn the Duke of Wellington a hundred fights. , but we mourn him not so much as a great man or a great soldier ; we mourn him not so mu c h as the hero of Waterloo, or the victor of The nation thinks not of its triumphs, nor of the glory eternally associated with its name means who now is gone ; but mourns ' by his lost son. The uppermost feelin g in the as him heart - si of a most men, at this moment, we affirm, is rather that of affliction, or such as they feel or a departed relative will venture mightto friendor of one who has left a place that of an old familiar face whom a ca d n ea n r everse •,,, _ _ they can hardly b Is su r p c 2 plied ; of one, in short, who has become all our plans and all our des' e whs. - will the Duke say ?"—it Ha the Duke gns. se—will be s the Duke spoken at heard no more. The vst 'll no t watch stranger Apsley-house for that face which has a glimpse of with the re membrance of rejoicings for a grown up with his earliest associations, associated with peace,and the ctory . The triumph and celebration of a great o v f i Lords for a Londoner will not watch at the Hitjaesteic countenance sight of that marked andeseeeeif too often. The which he felt could never be rized reward—the living great soldier has lost his silenced envy whence it once was word of him e kindness mourn their benefactor; uttered. Thousands etweho have received more sub stantialuke was as a public man, much as and great as -lii h is in the pardonable feeling that, as we might me n his unpretending features, we beheld our nationianldtpriide was wrapped up in him, much as a man we gazeevcien—tehen, in this nineteenth century, and in tes t conquerors of Greece and Rome — with his lifeti me, associated in military renown with the grea na mes that had become great lights in history—yet i t i s not this loss which is now thte.uppermost feeling of our hearts, but one of a more tender and more personal kind. Whilst nothing, then, can he more true than her Majesty's remark, through the Premier, that we cannot name him who is departed " without pride and sorrow," we feel that the sorrow is more pre valent than the pride. Those who have spoken of our de parted hero in neigbouring nations have been anxious to weigh his merits and contrast them with his op ponents. We have cared not for this ; we ar e too much occupied with our loss to think of weighing the amount of it or instituting comparis o ns. The services he has rendered are only SO many occasions for more poignant regret; and just in proporti on as his merits occur to our memories do we find th e more cause for grief This is, indeed, an unus ua l , the greatest proof of the hold which th e Duke bad taken upon the hearts of the nation. G rea t an d sur passing as were his services to us, perhaps m now that he IS gone we think not so much of them as of him ; though his name can never be mentioned -- but with honour, yet pride, honour, and respect are forgotten in th e prevalence of a better and 4 d eeper feeling. Rarely S ir N has it bee n_ tbe lot of a hero, and one so :Y. - 'a— the late Duke of Wellington, who has over: ee.`o • * , \‘:-', the earth with his glories, to be gathered to '. t "ta . a mas s 04 c t not so much with eulogies on his great d ' - - S'' . ' k7 7 • 1 4 1* -ea s a * at with a remembrance of the deliverances a -) ; wrought, as with the sorrow of love and p .,. - affection. Whilst far beyond all competition, sttrizeS4ts i ttNika pectation of rivalry, whilst in the great lustre of his actions he threw into the shade all other warlike ex ploits of his contemporaries, and seemed removed from them by an impassable distance, in his life he moved among us as one of ourselves, as modest as if his merits had been no more than ordinary. He has not taken our hearts by storm with his glory or his genius—he has not commanded our admiration by the scope of his powers or the fertility of his invention—he has crept into our hearts and fixed himself firmly there by a more modest, but a surer way—the path of duty. At the time when the world, long carried away by the morbid love of distinction, when men were striving to win a place before the eyes of their fellow-men by any means, however erratic, there was the Duke bearing testimony to that truth is which the greatness of every one of us, and all coPec tively, consists—duty. It was the pursuit of this prin ciple on all occasions which made him what he was ; it was the steady adherence to this, late and early, even against his apparent interests, which provi dentially (or rather, by the law of Providence) aided always in his exaltation. Never in any man's life has the truth been more strikingly displayed, that the surrender of his own will and his own aggrandise ment to the calls of duty terminated in a greater mea sure of renown than could have been gained had he cazved out his own course for himself, But whilst to this constant and unpretending pursait of duty we trace Me true causes which cro caned him with so much glory, to the same we also trace what glory does not al ways avail to buy—the heartfelt affection, :lasting and undiminished, of a great nation. It is for ths that we loved him—it is this which never can fail to win the love of a noble people. He chose the path which could not fail ; genius will cease to dazzle, eloquence will become tedious, military renown must abate w ith age; but the steady following of this truth—ti'e great truth of his life—never can fail, never can cease to win and find its way to the hearts of all men. We doubt not the last words of that great naval com mander have often more stirred the hearts of Englsh men to the bottom, and plunged into the very foun tain of their tears, then the most studied eloquence, or the most pathetic harangues. He knew well how to pierce the tender rind of the toughest heart when be gave as the battle-cry of his last en " England expects every man to do his He knew that there was nothing which could gather up all the best and noblest feelin gs of en gagement, em ., ent, their natures than when they could sa y either to thei r commander or their country, " Sir, I have done m y duty !" In these words he fought, and with these Words he ef thefell . s a His meer ; great romper lived on, a lasting lesso n , glory, but more tha n all, our love, because he lived up to this truth in all his ad gh throughout all his athed farue relations of life. We y ars, an t roug expected it of him, and he has done his duty. CHRONICLE. — There are eras la ' • the history of every Constitution which display with irresistible fidelity the harmony " the various powers which unite or discordance ot to form the idea or . the State ; and there is no t est of thatharmony moi.e indisput able than the expressiongiven to by each in its turn the well-understood feelin Pre mier's letter which app ear g e s d o i f a nation. The e , yesterday, announcing to the n our o second edition 1 Majesty's desire that the grateful reverencemeSecret/ try her England holds the name and memory ofth in which_ Wellington should be testified by a. e Duke of public fue•eral announces also that the pleasure o f th e Sovereign ' i identical with the deep-felt sentim en t of the Britishs people. Yet, in her anxiety that this decision shouStd not only be in reality, but should also formally ap - pear to the world, the unanimous determinati on of the Crown, the Parliament, and the commonalty, the Queen has intimated her intention to ask the express co-operation of the Legislature in paying the last instalment of a cumulative debt to En g . land's first and greatest citizen. It will be a subject of universal gratification that, whilst the initiative has been taken in this matter by ale Head of the State, this expression of Royal sympathy is accompanied by evidences of a thoughtful regard. for the one absorbing sentiment which pervades all classes of the people. The Prime Minister has been directed to express the Queen's solicitude " that this tribute of gratitude and sorrow should be deprived of nothing which could invest it with a thoroughly na tional character ; that such honours should not ap pear to emanate from the Crown alone, but that the two Houses of Parliament should have the opportu nity of associating themselves with her Alajesty in paying honour to the memory of one whom no En glishman can name without pride or sorrow." It is impossible to doubt that the voice of the two Cham bers will prove a faithful echo of the universal feel ing; nor can we feel that any narrow or captious ob jections will mar the worthy utterance of that spon taneous loyalty which flae:“rorn all hearts to the un tombed relics of a national benefactor. The Prime Minister might, indeed, have unhesitatingly assumed the responsibility of counselling the Sovereign, as the representative of the nation, to devise and order the fitting tribute towards the deliverer of his country— " Cui pudor et justifm soror Ineorrupta fides nudaque ♦eritas— Quando ullum inveniet parem." We can anticipate no exception to the unanimity of the national feeling; for the obsequies of such a man as the Duke of Wellington are not to be mea sured by those ordinary rules which associate with the last trappings of mortality the silence of anguish and the shrinking of reserve. At all times, and by all nations, a distinction has been drawn between the sculpture of the private citizen and of those who, in death, as in life, are the representatives of a nation ality, a character, or a faith. No man reads the elo quent language which Pericles poured forth over the tombs of his fellow-countrymen who were slain on the field of battle—no man repeats the epitaph which sums up the worth and the actions of those 'who died at Marathon or ThermopylEe—without owning to him self the necessity and the truthfulness of that distinc tion. There was something too, if less grand, yet not less earnest or less suggestive, in the barbarous rites and the undivulged burial-place which the Huns deemed the weed of their great chief, and in m pi tu a ld g s ei n d e o w f inh a us s imlmeafpntlieitnryvaesnsptdeeadrkuisnd:h, ruder his tomb. times.tno o m b. less f The orc commonforce from the solemn magnificence with which the dead Charle magne superficial trammels of modern civilization, than. As a generation Camillus whose which has passed away gave to the h the firmness and vigour saved the commonwealt h -- isit the sub stantial rewards of dignity and wealth, so display its equally plain duty of the present im age to. uncier which surround the and that loyal fidelity ofduhtf 'her glory than even name of Wellington with t a reverent acknowledgment of that unswerving integrity I is not only as one who a Waterloo can give- f Assaye, or cut the short rolled the thunders ° r served the State with wise career of Napoleon , the unanimous and disinter e sted voice ni e cr e oei : a yol i i England honours at n in g l t a ii nd s pr o o f n e o m un e c rg es en fo c r y' r t e h g a al t because "representativet he Duke whose memory men" and patient continuance in well unwearied energy . will ever point the lesson of doing- was u one t i o s f ra t t h h o e s r e which characterize ' appreciation w repe l, but rather exalt and refine, men s The feelings, whether social or religious, . the present day, are such as du not detract closed to impair or no . blot upon the career which has now . . appreciation can of Wellingthonis. f a o n rm d there is from a ssume. the solemn acts of a nation is one from which the The light which Christianity sheds upon f an th h e er h o i i g c h l e if s e t ; th h a ap t i4ly pageant of a public funeral will borrow, in this case, a dditional lustre. The Duke of Wellington was a Christian as well as a soldier ' • and there is no feeli ng g enerated by the review of his long career which may not accompany him to his grave in a Christian temple. Her Majesiy has decided that the most fitting place where the ashes of the great Commander can rest is under that canopy " where Glory weeps o'er Nelson's shrine ;" and the national heart will respond to this decision. Both as regards the facili ties which our metropolitan Cathedral offers for the ceremonial, and the associations which are already connected with it, its fitnes s t o enshrine the mortal remains of the Great D u k e i s above all ques tion t and there is something in th e comparat i ve so litude of the spot, as contrast e d w i th Westminster Abbey, which commends it se lf to the un i ve rsal feeling. i Standing at that Joint sepulchre, where will repose the two captai ns —di verse in c h a raoter, distinct in sphere, separ a t e d nearly half a century in their deaths, yet one in th e i r abiding sense o f duty—our posterity will say— men the dust." Of two such wondro us " And n e ' er h e ld ramble in its trust ACCIDENT A T THE OLD CRYSTAL PALACE.-011 Tuesdayi morn i n g a man nam ed John Brown, a labourer em 13,1eYed by blessrs. Fo x, Henderson, and Co., in the remova o ' the xemains of the Exhibition building in Hyde-park, met with a se rious accident by the slipping of one of the large cast-ir on girders. He was assisting at the hoisting sheers to remov a the girder, which was about 20 feet long and nearly three t ;ons weight, from the flooring of one of the galleries upon 3 . lumber carriage for conveyance to the new erection soma at N. gwo od, and during the process of lowering, by m ear is it slipp ed a short distance down the chain, w hen one end of it caught his leg and jammed it against some wood wor' K. His screams speedily indicated the hurt he had was suf fered, and m eans were taken to g et him up, when he at o ac e removed to St. George's Hospital, where it was found that E e had sustained a compound fracture of the left leg of a very E erious character. TH E LATE DISCOVERY ON ARTHUR'S SELT.--ThO golden i articles which were discovered on Arthur's Seat, as stated .in our paper on Wednesday, have been claimed by a shoph eeper on the South-bridge. No burglary had been coma titted on the premises ; and the goods were not missed b io y s th y a e p r roprietor till such time as the ann ouncement of their d appeared the public prizawZdiburgli Witness.