The Sun. — London, England, 1846-05-07 00:00:00

! • ~. racter that they owed his presence on that occasion; besides, in his official capacity, he presided over, and led, and sup ported every commercial interest in the Upper House of Par liament —(Hear, hear.) How deep and responsible such a position was must be known and appreciated by men who were as intimately connected with the trade and commerce of this City as'those he was addressing. He believed now the Society had taken root that it would flourish, and that it would never be uprooted.—(Cheers.) How could it be, when it was so supported, and when they remembered that the President of the Board of Trade had come down to the City to give his sanction and to express his approbation of the Institution, and to identify himself with them—a large class 0: the commercial community of London ?—(Hear, hear.) It was impossible it could fail to be prosperous, and if it should prosper they should look back upon that day with pleasure, and upon the conduct of the Noble Lord with gra titude—(Cheers)—because he had allotted one day from the official duties to which he was so heartily devoted in order that he might afford himself some little relief from business by assisting the Institution. He concluded by proposing "Health and Prosperity to the Noble Chairman," which was received with the most enthusiastic applause. The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks. He assured them he felt himself quite unable adequately to express the ac knowledgments which he thought he ought to offer for the kind manner in which they had received the toast and drank it. He assured them that he spoke with perfect sincerity whe❑ he said that Mr. Hankey, in expressing himself as he had done, had praised him far, very far, above his deserts.— (Cries of " No, no.") He felt a just pride in the honour they had conferred upon him at his time of day, and after so short an apprenticeship in the office which he had the honour to hold. In holding that office, however, be laid no greater claim than this to their regard—a strong desire, which he sincerely believed was felt in common by every public man in this city, of whatever politics, and consisting in an in creasing desire to promote the great interests of this great commercial city in that way which they thought best, and at the same time to exert himself unceasingly to promote that object—to give every part of his time and every faculty of his mind to discharge the duties of the office which he filled, which he thought were inadequately and unsatisfac torily performed; but they would allow him also to say that he laid no more claim, nor did he desire any praise for being present on that occusion, as he derived the greatest pleasure from it. Without the zealous services of clerks in public offices, the heads of those offices, whatever might be their talents, would find themselves in a difficult position at every step they took. He had discharged the duties of the chair wish great pleasure, and if he could feel that be had added one tittle to their benefit, or one member to the society who might enjoy the blessings it was calculated to bestow, he should be fully satisfied.—.(Cheers.) Glee—" Maying." The CHAIRMAN again rose, and said he had the honour to propose to them to drink the healths of four gentlemen to whom that company and the City of London were under great obligations—he meant the Members for the City of London. —(Loud cheers.) He said the City of London was under great obligations to those gentlemen, and as a Member of the House of Lords he must be permitted to say that it was by no means a great joke to be a Member of the House of Com mons at the present moment.—(Laughter.) They had great and responsible duties entrusted to them to discharge, and he asked them to couple with that toast the name of Lord John Russell.—(Loud cheers.) There was one peculiar ad vantage of such meetings, that they gave to men who en tertained different opinions on public politics an opportunity of meeting together in public without the fear of clashing opinions, or the possibility of a debate.—(Laughter and cheers.) Although he had differed during his political life from the Noble Lord, they would, he was sure, be perfectly confident that on an occasion such as that not one word should be introduced which would show such difference of opinion. —(Cheers.) He trusted, however, that they would not entertain so unfair an opinion of him as to consider that, although opposed to the Noble Lord and those who thought with him, he (Lord Dalhousie) was unwilling to d o j us ti ce to his qualifications—(Chee rs )— an d although he and his colleagues dissented from the opinions of the Noble Lord in many respects, he and they were ready to do all credit to his undoubted abilities, unspotted character, and undoubted courage.---(Loud cheers.) There were none more ready than his political opponents to acknowledge and to admire them.—(Cheers.) He concluded by proposing the health of " Lord John Russell and the Members of the City of Lon don," which was drank with great applause. ord JOHN RUSSELL then rose, and was received with the most enthusiastic cheering. After it had subsided, he said—. My Lords and Gentlemen, I rise to return thanks on behalf of my colleagues, Members for the City of London, as well as myself, for the great honour you have done us. No doubt, as the Noble Lord has told you, the duties of the Members of the City of London are serious and respon sible; I have but a partnership in those duties. There are parts of those duties which are performed by my col leagues ; but it will be sufficient for me to say that I am not altogether an inactive and inefficient Member.— (Load cheers.) I feel deeply the honour that has been done personally to myself, and which consists of a character not separate, but - combined with that of the other Members of the City of London. I feel deeply the honour which has been done me by the speech made to you by the Noble Lord who fills the chair—the Noble Lord placed at the head of a great and responsible office, and who discharges the duties of that office with eminent ability—(Cheers) —and who, by his kind ness and courtesy, has made those duties which are often themselves irksome in comparison to others, at once useful and agreeable.—(Cheers.) I feel it a great honour to have been thus distinguished by that Noble Lord, and I feel like wise the honour which you have done me in the manner in which you have received the toast proposed to you. I trust by a strict performance of that which I consider my duty to the public—by never forgetting that I have to represent a great and important portion of this empire, and by duly weighing the consequences of every vote I have to give —I may, in some manner deserve that confidence.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord told you, truly, that he and I do not alto gether agree in opinion. lam happy to think this diffe rence is not, perhaps, very wide—that in general principles we are not far distant—but of this lam sure, that I should give credit to hi m , as I t rust h e and you will give credit to me, that arriving at the best conclusion that our under standings can arrive at, we did that which we feel for the benefit of the country, and not from personal or private, or from a feeling of party interest. The country will do us the justice to consider us faithful servants.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen. lam happy to have the opportunity of attending to-day on the occasion of the anniversary- of a Society which is so useful to the City, and so excellent an example. I will not detain you a moment in speaking of the benefits of this So ciety, because the Noble Lord in his speech has eloquently and fully stated these advantages in a manner which leaves nothing to fill up.—(Hear, hear.) But I may, perhaps, be permitted to mention that there are collateral advantages attendant upon societies of this kind. In the first place, with regard to the individual, every instis tution which induces a man to carry his thoughts beyond the day, to look somewhat beyond the business, and when the business is done, which carries him to consider what will be the results of his labours on the comforts of himself and those connected with him, and will in duce him, for each of these reasons, to provide to the best of his ability for himself and them in the season of need—l say it tends to give sobriety to his thoughts, regularity to his conduct, and elevation to his moral and re ligious sentiments.—(Cheers) Then let me add further, if it does this for the individual, societies of this kind do much socially for the State. They combine together the different members of society, and bring the merchant nearer to those he employs than is the habitual result of the business of the day. They tend to bind together men in the different states of life, not formally, having, sympathy with one another, to wish the individual welfare, by acting disinterestedly for the benefit of all.—( Cheers.) But it is this, gentlemen, it is this separate combination, it is the fitness of every stone in the arch to its particular place, that gives the solidity and strengh to the whole arch on which British society rests. In other countries there have been clever and distinguished men, brilliant warriors, eminent and gifted poets, and all-wise and able legislators; but of countries where all orders are combined, where the soldier and the officer, the crown and the subject, the lord and th e c l erk are combined toether in their various relations, I know of no country to be compared to that to which I have the happiness to be long.—(Applause.) And when I say this, I am not depart ing front the subject of this night, because this great whole is made up of several particles, and every society which brings men together in such relations of charity and fellow ship tends to the welfare and to the promotion of this har mony to which I have referred. Gentlemen, you will allow me again to thank you for the response which you have given to my health, and I trust you will allow me to give as a toast," The City of London, and Prosperty to it s C ommerce. " (Great cheering.) I trust that that commerce may, from day to day, and from year to year, flourish more and more, and that the British empire may set an increase to all na tions in the world, and will tend to the example of freedom, peace, and prosperity.—(The Noble Lord resu med his seat amidst enthusiastic cheering, which lasted several minutes.) The toast having been warmly responded to, W. G. Prizscorr, Esq., rose to return thanks for the toast, as his name had been connected with it. It was the intention of the committee to have entrusted thet the kt i o e Mr. Baring, who was more intimately connected with commerce of the City of London than he was, but that gen tleman, much to his regret, and to the regret of them all, had been prevented from attending by a slight accident. If this had not occurred to him he would certainly have been present, for they all knew that from the commencement of that Association down to that period he had given both his time and money for its benefit.—(Cheers.) In his absence, therefore, he had been called upon to say a few words, and they should be few, because he could add little to the able, appropriate, and feeling speeches which they had heard that truly said The Noble Lord who had proposed that toast said that they might look for prosperity, and he did not doubt it, because as long as British enterprise and British industry was connected with the City of London it could not fail to con tinue to advance in prosperity. Yet there were times when success gave place to depression, and consequently to want of employment, but that connected with this Association would not materially suffer during those periods, as it extended its band to them in the season of difficulty and danger. Was not this, then, a great inducement to them all to join it, a n d to give it their hearty support, since this uncertainty of commerce was added to the uncertainty of health. — from its (H ear- ) He had watched the progress of the institution he Co mmencement until its arrival at that point. lthough its government, many principles laid down for when clerks themst e h h l e a y d found they had but little to do i svt7tsugt a self-supporting o v n e , it a t n h d e , i rbessuipdpeos,ryt made awdaes,t them, m fa , c a t 8 , individuals, and as a 1 less dependent on those who gave them employment, acehresindtced their employers, when they saw the utility of t institution, to give it their earnest sympathy and support also. He wished to say that the con duct of clerks had been watched,iiiiend, as they had been found deserving, they wished to aid those who were in reduced tm in forming a fund for eleemosynary aid, prevent them from having circumstances,reers and in order to which would give them that feeling o e f tol respect which was felt by those who knew that they were able to support them selves from a fund which they had createe by expreessing a hope that they wou ld do all in H i t: h e el n r c p l o u w d e e d m ak r to the institution they would known y inducing those with whom they were acquainted to become members. amon Mr. nted to nearly 700/. R. 11. JONES then read the li s t o f su b scriptions, which The announcement of the majority of them, especially the larger sums, were received with great applause. Si Worn), Esq., congratulat e d th ose present me the pros nerity of the Institution, and con s id ere d that those who had teen entrusted with its management deserved their utmost thanks. They consisted of thirteen individuals, who were employed by some of the first houses in the City, to whom all honour should be given, because, in addition to the duties which they had to discharge to their employers, they devoted the few hours which they could spare from those duties to the Association, for the benefit of those who were not, perhaps, in as good a condition as themselves. When the Institution was about to be formed they applied to the Board of Excise to support them, but they refused, because every clerk was compelled by Act of Parliament, if hi 4 salary did not exceed 1001. a year, to allow two-and-a- half per cent, to be deducted for the purpose of creating a fund fur their future wants, or in case they were disabled by ill ness or age, and from the salaries of those who receive more than 1001. five.per cent. At the age of sixty-five the clerks in that office were allowed a superannuation—not "pensions," a word which was much abused when applied to those in the public service, because in the case of these clerks they only re- ceived what was taken from their salaries.—(Cheers.) This superannuation rendered themselves and their families com fortable for the remainder of their days. He then read the following extracts from the minutes of the board:— " The officers and clerks of this department have at various times applied to the Lords of the Treasury and also to the Board, praying that facilities might be aftbrded them for the purpose of ensuring some provision for their wives and fami lies after their decease. To one of such applications their Lordships, under date the 30th July, 1835, replied : " There is no subject to which my Lords will more readily turn their attention, or view in a more favourable light, than any proposal which may contribute to the comfort of the officers under their superintendence, or which may facilitate their securing a provision for their families.' " "leqgauiner, ou t re he tu 2 r 7 o t i h og of t b o la t r h ch e , o l h B44 air , m th a e o C t h h a e nc o e u l t lo lt r ne of o t f h a e Exchequer, stated, scheme `Everything of can do Atlas to o Assuranceeocourage providence Company, their nth m e o p r a a r l t im of pr o o u vnt r e offi en ce t. 7 is a step gained in the course " It further appears that the Atlas Company, having made o c f e r i a v i e n s andproposals su o g toe e s o t iuorgofficersi n for a r c r o a n o d g u e c m ti e n n g t s t he for a c s a s u r r r 3 a , g e out the scheme, were acquainted, by letter addressed by the chairman to Mr. Geary, dated July 5, 1844, that in the address 'to be issued it should be stated that the proposed plan of life assurance has the sanction of the Board ; and that every facility would be given by the Board to the cir culation of prospectuses, and to the collection of premiums, as a proof of the interest felt by the Board in an undertaking which is likely to encourage provident habits among their officers, and thus add to their comfort and respectability.' " He also read a return showing the number of policies issued to those in the service of the Excise, at sums varying from 100/. to 1,000/., from which it appeared that the number of policies issued to clerks with salaries varying from 801. to 150/. per annum, was 233, the amount of policies 100/., and amount insured 13,300/. ; those with salaries from 100/. to 200/. 153 ; 2001., 30,600/. ; from 801. to 2001. and upwards 141, 3,6001., 53,5001.: total number of policies, 527; amount insured, 170,4001. By the assignment of the prospective bo nuses on the policies the widows of the assured are entitled to life annuities, which are anticipated by the Actuary to be not less than 5 per cent on the amount assured by the policies. He impressed upon them the necessity of early assurance, as the amount was small, and the proceeds greater. That day the death of an officer, aged 24, was reported, who had left a widow, who was entitled to receive to-morrow 100/., but the deceased had only paid ss. Bd.—(Cheers.) He concluded by proposing the " Board of Management," which was received with great applause. Mr. R. H. JONES, in returning thanks, begged to express the high gratification he felt at the compliment paid to the Board of Management, and most respectfully offered his thanks to the Noble Lord for his kind condescension in having taken the chair on the present occasion, and he trusted, whenever his Lordship should revert to the proceedings of that even ing, he would do so with unmixed pleasure and satisfaction. He also felt deeply indebted to the gentlemen around him for their kind attendance there that evening, many of whom had been supporters of the Association from its commencement. Gentlemen present might depend upon it that the managers would continue their utmost exertions for the benefit of the Society. J. W. GILBART, Esq., proposed the health of John Abel Smith, Esq., the treasurer, whose benevolence he highly eulogised. J. A. SMITH . , Esq., who was received with lend cheers, said it was no new thing for him to receive, at the hands of those who felt an interest in the Provident Clerks' As socition, marks of kindness, of which he felt him self totally unworthy. He had stated that it was the Institution itself, and not those who, like him, sup ported it. When he looked back, andithought of the difficul ties and struggles of their first years, and contrasted them with the scene he saw before him, it was indeed a stimulus to those who undertook the promotion of institutions of an useful character, and an encouragement against dissensions and difficulties in the first instance; but in establishments of that kind they must not look to charity for aid, but to them selves, and themselves alone. If they could not help them selves, nobody could help them.—(Cheers.) He had told them, and he told them again, that it was to his interest as a merchant—he thought it was to the interest of every merchant—that his clerks should have a free, easy, comfortable mind as to their own position, because he believed that a settled state of mind was necessary for the effectual discharge of their duties. It was necessary that he shoule have their minds freed from those overwhelming anxieties as to these who were dependent upon them. He him self received a personal interest in contributing to the Insti tution, but he disclaimed the idea of doing so from motives of charity, for he found that he thereby received the more faithful discharge of their duties.—(Cheers.) Lord Dalhousie, Lord J. Russell, and the rest of the com pany then separated. Messrs. Ransford, Sporle, Moody, Kenny, Edeson, and Barnes, sung several glees, duets, &c : , in a beautiful manner. The . band — of the Honourable - Artiliery Company were in attendance, and played some delightful music, under the direction of Mr. Smithies, the band-master. The vocal de partment was under the charge of Mr. Jolly, and Mr. Harker proved a most efficient toast-master. THE LATE TRAGEDY AT BATTERSEA.BRIDGE. Yesterday having been the day appointed for the re-examination of Eliza Clark, the woman who stands charged with the murder of her children, by throwing them into the Thames from Battersea bridge, and also for the examination of William Luff, alias William Manfield, for the atrocious outrage at Westminster, the Westminster police-court was crowded almost to suffocation. The prisoner, Eliza Clark, who has been before described as a person, although poorly clad, of neat and cleanly appearance, was brought into court. Iler husband, who was fined at- this court on Monday for ... drunkenness, was standing at the end of the dock, and as she ascended the stens leading to it she caught a glimpse of him, and her countenance, before serene, assumed an expression of horror, and she sank on the seat. The magistrate ordered that the husband should leave the court. The evidence which was taken on Saturday, and detailed in this paper of Monday, was read over. Perryman, the potboy, examined en the former occasion, now stated, on looking at the prisoner, that he was certain that she was the person who threw the children into the water. Mr. T. W. Wansborough, surgeon, King's-road, Chelsea, described the means adopted to resuscitate the child that was taken out of the water, and gave it as his opinion that although there was a wound on its forehead, received probably in falling, the infant bad died by drowning. Mr. Wansborough was anxious to make a state ment with regard to the unsound state of the female's mind, but Mr. IltrattEm. was of opinion that he had no right to kear any me dical evidence excepting that relating to the cause of death. Richard Champ, of 13, Wellington-street, Chelsea, uncle to the accused, was then put into the box, and said—The child I saw dead on Saturday at the Adam and Eve was my niece's. She had three children residing with her at home. Two of these were her own. The third was a child of her husband's by a former wife. I saw them between two and three o'clock on Saturday. The prisoner called at my house at that time with the children, and remained until nearly three o'clock. She spoke about her husband having ill-treated her. She appeared very well in her mind. _Mr. Taylor —Did you find any letter left at your house? Witness— Yes, I found a letter left on my bed. Mr. Taylor—Have you ever seen her write ? Witness—No ; but I have seen her writing. I have had several letters from her. Mr. Thomas Bicknell, superintendent of the V division, produced the letter, which he had received from last witness. It was written in so bad a hand, and so mis-spelt, that it was exceedingly difficult to read ; it ran as follows : " Eliza Clark, wife of James Richard Clark. Now, my Jemmy, you need not trouble me with any more of your threats, because I don't mind, and hope that the next wife you get you'll know how to use them, and not act a brute to them, as you have to me, and bid me good bye in the morning and come home at night and knock my head through the panel of the door; and break my rest the whole of the night, and swear in the morning that you would come home drunk at night and kill me, and I'd rather prefer seeing my children go before me, and then I shall know they did not starve." On the back of the letter was written, " And if you go to Batter sea-bridge, you will find the children there," and it was addressed to her uncle Champ. Prisoner's former statement, which was given on Monday, having been read, she was asked whether she tvish4d to add to it, and she replied in the affirmative. Prisoner then said, in a low subdued tone of voice, " We were married in 1841, and my husband has been frequently out of work, and we have seeen a great deal of distress. In the first year he was 13 weeks out of work at one time, and when my Emma was a baby we were so badly off that I was obliged to go to service, and had half-a-crown a week, but when he got work I went home again. In the next year he was out of work four months, and I have many a night wrapped my poor child under my shawl, and gone out into the streets and begged to support us. He has been out of work for two months this year, and last week I took off my flannel petticoat and pawned it to support my family, and I was obliged to sell the re maining little rags of clothing belonging to myself and children, on Saturday morning, to buy the poor little creatures bread, and then we had nothing left but the things we stood upright in." Mr. Taylor--Have you anything to say in answer to the charge against you ? Prisoner—He was a good husband when he was sober ; but, like other men, when drunk was violent. He was a good husband and a good father when sober. Prisoner was then fully committed to Newgate for trial. She faintly walked out of the dock, looking vacantly around her. THE ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE IN WESTINTER. William Luff, alias William , was placed in the dock at Westminster Police-court, charged with throwing a woman out of window. He is a fellow of Herculean stature and ferocious aspect. Margaret 3PLean, examined be Mr. W. Taylor, the chief clerk— I live at No. 3, Pear-street, Westminster. Last night, at eight o'clock, I. heard a woman, who lives i n th e next room to me, screaming violently. I immediately went to her der and saw the prisoner with a poker in his hand. He had hold of her by the hair of the head, and I saw hint strike her on the head with the poker, and her head bled very much. I was very witch frightened. I heard the woman call for a policeman several times as loud as she could. Sarah Green sworn—l am a charwoman, and live in the same house as the injured female. I heard such violent screams as in duced me to go to her room. I saw the prisoner beating the woman with his lists, and I tried to 'get her out. She was covered with blood. The prisoner struck me in the face, and lin ling I could not get her out of the room I went down stairs. As I was going down, I heard the prisoner say, " You I I'll throw you out of the window " And I had scarcely entered my own room, when I saw the poor woman fall past the window into the yard. Thomas Carter sworn—l heard a noise up stairs, and saw a female la n past my window into the yard. I then ran into the yard and found her lying near the waterbutt, on her back_ She was bleeding from the nose ; she never spoke, and I thought she was dead. I, with assistance, conveyed her to the hospital. Mr. Taylor—Did you see anything of the prisoner ? Witness—He was looking out of the window. In answer to m y inquiry of how it happened, ho said If she had behav e d herself it would not have occurred. Police-constable Robert White, 100 B sworn—l took the prisoner into custody at a quarter-past eight o'clock. He was not sober, but knew what he did. He was sitting with a knife in his hand, and said he world run it through the first who came tato the room. I struck him on the wrist with my truncheon, and he let the knife fall. I then, with the assistance of another constable, got him down stairs. He was very violent. Witness produced a brick covered with the unfortunate woman's hair and blood, which he found in the yard; also some crockery, covered with blood, which he found in the room. The prisoner said—l came home from work at the house of Lords at half-past six o'clock, but could not get in. I went out again, and returned at eight o'clock. Finding I could not get in, I then burst the door open, and in five or ten minutes afterwards she came in. I said, " These are fine goings on, Lizzy," and she was very abusive. I then hit her beside the head, when she began blaekguarding me, and I struck her again. She then laid hold of my finger and bit it. I then sat on the bed, and she made a bolt towards the window, and I fetched her back. The knife was at that time lying by my side. I next went to the cupboard to get some victuals. I turned round, and she was gone out of the window. I was going down stairs when a party knocked me down, and I became senseless. I know nothing more about it. I deny throwing her out of the window. Certificates from Mr. Wildhere, the.heuse-surgeon at Westminster Hospital, dated May 5 and 6, were then handed in. They stated that the poor woman was in an insensible and very dangerous state. who 3r. Taylor intim a t e d t o t h e mag i s t ra t e th a t an important witness, hadthrow he r s e o e u n t tehfe ther I s w o m t v a , k w e a t s h e not w o i n n i a t t r e o n u d n an d e t e h: an w d a i s and t asked for a remand. The , risoner was remand e d unt i l th i s day week. unfortunateTlie victim was, at a late hour last evening, in a hope less condition. ADELPIII THEATRE. —Mr. Worrell took his annual benefit here last night to an overflowing house. Paul Bedford and Wright were as funny as usual, and Miss Woolgar played and looked as bewitching as ever. The performances gave very general satisfac tion throughout. THE FRENCH IN LONDON. —The annual general meeting of the French Philanthropic Society, founded five years ago, under the patronage of their Majesties the Ring and Qneen of the French, the Queen of the Belgians, all the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family sf France, and the French Ambassador, took place on Sunday last at the Hanover Rooms. The report read to the nu merous assembly showed, that during the year ending en the 3d of May inst., the receipts amounted to 1,0721. 19s. 3d. That relief in money, bread, or the means of returning to France had been given to the amount of 1,016/. 85. 2d., and that the society had still remaining in the hands of their trustees 1,142/. 165. ld., and in the bands of the treasurer 56/. its. la. After the report the subscribers proceeded to the choice of seven members in the place of those retiring by ballot. The nomination of President and Vice. Presidents followed. The candidates for the presidence were Count d'Orsay and Mr. Vouillon : Mr. Vouillon was elected President, Mr. Gautier, Chan. cellor of the Consulate, and Mr. Hubert, Vice-Presidents. Thanks were voted to the chairman, and the members retiring, and the meeting broke up, with a proralae from all present to promote the welfare sitn lauttution. ~~~~•i ~N „ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER, TUESDAY NIGHT, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Plate race, left undecided when our report left, was won in three heats by Captain Harcourt's The Druid, 3 yrs, beating Highfield, Hetman Platoff colt, Felix, and Chartist. LATEST BETTING. The only changes in the Cup betting are:- 14 to 1 agst Sweetmeat 15 to 1 agst Clumsy 17 to 1 agst Vitula—taken 20 to 1 agst Vol-au-Vent 25 to 1 agst Inheritress—taken 25 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger 30 to 1 agst St. Lawrence 50 to I agst Ruff 50 to 1 agst Queen of Tyne 1000 to 15 agst Crim. Con. THE SUN LoNDOI44 THURS'DA EVENING, MAY 7, 1846. YESTERDAY'S RACES. the Corinthian Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, for hunters, four yrs old, 10st 12Ih ; five, 11 st 101 b ; six, and aged, 12st 41b; mares, &c., allowed 31bs. Cup Course. (6 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's New Brighton, 6 yrs (Williams) 1 Mr. H. Johnstone's Blind Hookey, aged 2 Mr. C. Boynton's Pousin, 6 yrs .... 3 7t04 on New Brighton. Won by half a length. The Tradesmen's Plate of 200/., added to a Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft and sft only if declared. Cup Course. (142 Subs., 50 of whom declared.) Mr. G. H. Moore's Coranna, aged, Bst 91b ...(Butler) 1 Mr. A. Johnstone's Brother to Sir Henry, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b 2 Sir C. Monck's Glossy, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b Mr. Cuthbert's Queen of the Tyne, aged, ist 71b and (101bs extra) The following also ran :—Mr. Meiklam's Inheritress, 6 yrs, Bst 101b—Mr. E. R. Clark's The Baron, 4 yrs, Bst 101b—Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetm ea t, 4 y rs , Bst 91b—Mr. ully's St. Law rence, aged, Bst 81b—Mr. Skerratt's Intrepid, 5 yrs, 7st 91b. Mr. Drinkald's Vol-au-Vent, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Mr. Onslow's Ruff, 4 yrs, ist 51b—Mr. F. Ongley's Roderick, aged, 7st 21b —Mr. W. S. Standish's Little Hampton, 5 yrs, 7st 21b— Mr. Irwin's Polish, 6 y rs , 7st—Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildare, 4 yrs. 7st-,-Mr.W.H. Johnstone's Roper's Daughter, aged, Est 131b—Mr. Wormald's Pedometer, 5 yrs, Est 111 b —Mr. Davis's Redstreek—Mr. Pedley'a Miss Burns—. Lord Eglinton's Plaudit—Captain Seyton's Magnet—Mr Collett's Vitula—Lord George Bentinck's Best Bower— Mr. Osbaldeston's Pettit Morceau—Sir J. Gerard's Mermaid —Mr. Wilson's Punch—Mr. G. H. Moore's Furvaragh—Mr. H. Stebbing's Billy Burns—Mr. Clifton's Valerian—Lord Miltown'a Flahowlagh—Mr. Irwin's Connaught Ranger. BErrixsi.-9 to 1 agst Miss Burns, 10 to 1 agst Sweetmeat, 10 to 1 agst Best Bower, 11 to 1 agst Polish, 14 to 1 agst The Magnet, 15 to 1 agst The Baron, 25 to 1 agst Vitula, 25 to 1 agst Lady Wildair, 30 to 1 agst St. Lawrence, 30 to 1 agst Inheritress, 33 to 1 agst Ruff, 35 to 1 agst Little Hamp ton, 35 to 1 agst Mermaid, and 40 to 1 agst Glossy. Mr. Irwin delared to win with Polish. Won by half a length. Glossy a good third. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) CHESTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY (CONCLUDED). Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for three yrs old, 7st 21b ; four, 9st 21b; five, lOst; 6 yrs and aged, lOst 51b. Thrice round. Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolfdog, 4 yrs (Nat) 1 Mr. Mostyn's bc, by Phoenix, out of l'Hirondelle, 3 yrs... 2 Sir J. Gerard's Parthian, 6 yrs 0 Colonel Cradock's Jinglepot, 4 yrs 0 7t04 on Wolfdog. Won by two lengths. Sixty guineas, given by the City Members, for three yrs old colts, 6st 10113; fillies, Est 71b; four yrs old colts, Bst 61b; fillies, Bst 31b. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. Meiklam's Diomed, 3 yrs (Duncan) 4 1 1 Mr. Arrowsmith's Tractarian, 3 yrs 1 2 3 Mr. Haworth's Robin Burn s , 4 yrs 5 4 dr Mr. Flintoft's Princess Royal, 4 yrs . 3 3 dr Mr. W. Scott's Hightield, 3 yrs. 2 dr Won easy. LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING, 1846. Nominations for the Liverpool Trades Cup. Satyr, 5 yrs—Miss Elis, 4 yrs—Red Deer, 5 yrs—Pompey, 6 yrs—Plaudit, 4 yrs—Dolo, 3 yrs—Lotbario, 6 yrs—Bur gundy, 3 yrs—Little Hampton, 5 yrs—Duke of Kent, 4 yrs— Sweetmeat, 4 yrs—Salopian, 4yi s—f by Verulam, out of Pergama,3 yrs—Red R o bi n , 4 yrs —Vi tu l a, 6 yrs —Roderick, aged—John Goldham, 5 yrs—Yardley, 6—The Baron, 5 yrs —Fitzailen, 4 yrs—Fitzwilliam, 3 yrs--Pedometer, 5 yrs— Winesour, 6 yrs—Stream, 4 yrs—Whinstone, 4 yrs—Ba dinage, 4 yrs—Collier, 4 yrs—Moss Trooper, aged—True boy, 6 yrs—Aristctle, aged—Parson's Clerk, 4 yrs—c by Touchstone, out of L aura , 3 yrs—lnheritress, 6 yrs—Light ning, 5 yrs—Fancy Boy, 3 yrs--Rowena, 5 yrs—Javelin, 4 yrs—Lady Wildair, 4 yrs—Snake, 3 yrs—Jenny Wren, 4 yrs—Glossy, 6 yrs—Rowland Hill, 4 yrs—Mentor, 4 yrs—Lord Saltoun, 5 yrs—Needful, 5 yrs—Paynton, 3 yrs—Telemachus, 5 yrs—Clumsy, 4 yrs—Morocco, 3 yrs —Vol-au-Vent, 5 yrs—Mongrel, 4 yrs—Mendicant, 3 yrs— My Mary, 4 yrs—Best Bower, 5 yrs—The Hero, 3 yrs— Cranebrook, 3 yrs—Master Stepney, 4 yrs—Tragical, 3 yrs— Wolf-dog, 4 yrs—Highwayman, 4 yrs—The Premier, 3 yrs —lntrepid, 5 yrs—Deodara, 4 y - rs—Finvaragh, 3 yrs—Hope, 4 yrs—Tour de Force, 3 yrs—Flahowlagh, 4 yrs—Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs—The Roper's Daughter, aged—Cornet, 3 yrs— Pythia, 3 yrs—London, 4 yrs—Comical Boy, 4 yrs—The Pacha, 4 yr.—Warp, 5 yrs—Mickey Free, 5 yrs—Sheraton, 3 yrs—Mount Pleasant, 3 yrs—The Conjuror, 3 yrs—Colum bus, 4 yrs—Chertsey, 4 yrs—As-you-like-it, 4 yrs—May nooth, 4 yrs—The Dart, 4 yrs—Auricula, 3 yrs—Princess Royal, 4 yrs—The Slaver's Daughter, 3 yrs—Lady Alice, 3 yrs—Polish, 6 yrs—Ohio, 3 yrs—Driffield, 3 yrs—c by Bran, dam by Whisker, 3 yrs—Crim .A yrs—Discord, 3 yrs—Nereus, 4 yrs—Camera Obscura, 3 yrs—Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs—Robin Burns, 4 yrs—Morpeth, 5 yrs. Nomination for the Grosvenor Stake—Lady Alice, 3 yrs— Sweetmeat, 4 yrs--Burlesque, 3 yrs--Cranebrook, 3 yrs— Fancy Boy, 3 yrs—c by Touchstone out of Laura, 3 yrs— Plaudit, 4 yrs—Sotades,l3 yrs—Dolo, 3 yrs. Nomination for the Derby Handicap —Duke of Kent, 4 yrs—Lady Alice, 3 yrs—Sharston, 3 yrs—Lancashire Witch, 4 yrs—Burlesque, 3 yrs—lronmaster, 4 yrs—Salopian, 3 yrs —Chertsey, 4 yrs—Flattery, 4 yrs—Alliance, 3 yrs—c by Touchstone out of Laura, 3 yrs—The Dart, 4 yrs—b m by Monarch out of sis to Clare, 5 yrs—Gannet, 4 yrs—Co heiress, 5 yrs—The Pacha, 4 yrs—Tinvaragh, 3 yrs—Tour de Force, 3 yrs—Patriot, 5 yrs—Plaudit, 4 yrs—Bretwalda, 4 yrs—Sotades, 3 yrs—Mongrel, 4 yrs—Lady Wildair, 4 yrs —Javelin, 4 yrs—Refraction, 4 yrs—Best Bower, 5 yrs—My Mary, 4 yrs—Clumsy, 4 yrs—Blackbird, 3 yrs—Marquis of Conyngham, 3 yrs—Miss Elis, 4 yrs. SPORTING IN FRANCE. (From Galignani.) PARIS SPRING MEETING, MAY 3. An immense assemblage of persons were on Sunday col lected together in the Champ de Mars long before the hour appointed for the first race. The show of ladies in their gay spring attire was particularly remarkable, the stands being fully occupied by the fair sex. The weather was de lightful, and the whole day's sport passed off most plea santry. Before the regular business was commenced a pri vate match took place between M. de Bouexic's Grey Hercules, M. de Montecot's Poteen, and M. Lancosme Breves' Roi des Bohemiens, ridden by the owners, for 4,000 f. a-head eight times round the Champ de Mars. Contrary to what was expected, this was a most interesting race, run at an excellent pace (about 26 minutes for the ten miles), and doubtful as to its result up to the last moment In the seventh round M. de Montecot's horse, when leading, got frightened at something, and swerving suddenly, came down, throwing his rider heavily. Before M. de Montecot, who was badly cut in the face, could again recover his seat, Grey Hercules passed him. Notwithstanding that the blood continued to flow from his chin and cheek, he mounted, and at last brought Poteen close to Grey Hercules, and, at the finish, was only a length and a half behind. Had it not been for the accident, the probability was that he must have won. The Duke de Nemours was present throughout the day's proceedings. The Ecole Militaire Plate of 3,000 f., for horses and mares of three yrs old and upwards, 150 f. entries; weight for age. Twice round, heats. The winner to be claimed for 4,000 f. (4 Subs.) M. A. Aumont's b m Cavatine, 5 yrs, 1321 b (Buckle) 1 1 Baron N. de Rothschild's b f Bonne-Chance, 4 yrs 2 2 Count A. de Morny's b c Lightfoot, 3 yrs, 1021 b Prince M. de Beauveau's b m Error, 5 yrs, 1321 b 0 0 First heat—Error and Bonne-Chance went off together, the others waiting. They remained so until the second round, when Cavatine suddenly neared the two leading horses, and all three ran together to the turn home, when she gave them the go-by, and won with great ease. Second heat—Bonne-Chance made running at a good pace, closely followed by Error; Cavatine as before, waiting behind. When going round the second time, and approaching the Ecole, Cavatine all at once passed her horses, and was never headed to the end. She again won without the slightest difficulty. Tile Minister of Commerce Plate (4th class) of 2,000 f., for horses and mares of three yrs old and upwards, bred in France, whose pedigree is marked in the French Stud-book; weight for age; mares and fillies carrying 31b less. Dis tance two kilometres. Heats. (10 Subs.) Prince M. de Beauveau's br f Souvenir, 3 yrs 0 0 1 1 Count d'lledouville's b f Donna Sol, 3 yrs, 881 b 0 1 2 2 Duke de Nemours' b f Fosse-aux-Lions, 4 yrs... 1 3 0 0 Count A. de Morny's b f Aveline, 3 yrs, 881 b... 2 2 dr First Heat--Fosse• aux-Lions took the lead and kept it to the end, winning by two lengths, Aveline being second. Second Heat—The Duke's mare again made play, Donna Sol lying second, and the others close behind. At the School, Donna Sol passed the mare, and was followed at the turn home by Aveline. A race took place for a moment between these two, but Donna Sol was too speedy, and won easily by three lengths. Fosse-aux-Lions was a bad third. Souvenir merely saved her distance in both heats. Third Heat—Souvenir took the lead and kept it to the close, Donna Sol being about two lengths behind at the finish. Fourth Heat—Considerable interest was excited by this, the concluding heat, as each of the competitors had come in once first. Fosse-aux-Lions made strong running, Donna Sol lying second, and Souvenir a bad third. Coming up the bridge, Souvenir suddenly passed the others, and was never approached to the end, winning with great ease by four or TheSp five lengths. fillies; entries, 200 f. of 3,500 f., for three y r s o ld co lt s an d 200 f. Weight for colts, 1081 b; for fillies, 1041 b. Once round. (9 Subs.) M. Calenge's b c Liverpool ...... ............ (Ponta]) 1 M. C. de Pontalba's b c Clubstick Prince M. de Beauveau's br f Dorado ... 0 Baron N. de Rothschild's br f Fleet M. Pasquel's b f Vanite Clubstick made the running, 'Liverpool and Fleet lying c n h e an xt, ge a t n o d t h D e o s r acdheo ol s t w . h e l; h e They i r v a e t r t p l e o d ol r e o h u a n l d len w ge i d th_ou p t ass a% by two lengths. The Club restst Clubstick k w a e t the r e beatent urn home, of a w n a d s waognaeicaski-lruay The City of Paris Plate, of 6,000 f, given by the Municipal Council, for horses and mares of three yrs old and upwards, of every description, bred in France or Belgium; 200 f entries; the second horse to receive the two-thirds of the entries, and the third the remainder. Weight for age. Horses of four years and upwards, which have never won a public race (handicaps comprised), to receive 61b. Once round and a distanz.T. (12 Subs.) Baron A. Rothschild's br c Meudon, 3:yrs, 881 b Abdale 1 M. A. Lupin's br f Myszka, 4 yrs, 1121 b 2 M. Calenge's b h Ecoville, 5 yrs, 1251 b Prince M. de Beauvea4a b f i Confiance, 4 yrs, 1091 b Baron de Pierre's b f Rigoletta, 3 yrs, 251 b Count G. de Blangy's ch c William, 4 yrs, 1091 b 0 M. Guichard's b m Catin, 6 yrs, 1211 b William jumped off with the lead, Myszka second, Ecoville third, and Rigoletta last. As they went round by the bridge, Meudon crept out of the ruck, and took third place, when passing the Ecole. William shut up all at once, and the race lay between Myszka and Meudon only. The boy, who rode the colt, waited patiently until he was half way down the straight run home, and then made his push. Meudon re sponded vigorously, passed the mare with ease, and won cleverly by a length and a half. Hurdle Race for 1,800 f., given by the Jockey Club, added to 100 f., entries for horses of every description ; weight, 1541 b. ; the winner to be claimed for B,ooof. ; horses en -2a,ntesrdeodoaf, as liable ; l r eto be claimed for 1,500 f., t o carr y 1241 b ; f or round,for 4 ,00 s O ix f., h l u 3 r 8 d 1 l b es ; t for c 1 6 e , a 000 r. f (Fivel4 81 b s . u b O s .) nc e Mr; Lambden's b m Chance, 1541 b (Oliver) 1 Count de EQuilbm's b Aultalitx• 10#1b„.... (4.11iboo) 3 M. G. Reiset's br h Tiger, 1381 b (Smith 3 M. E. Cremi eux ' s b h Cattonian, 131,b (Atkinson 0 Mr. Rowle's b e m Th e Witch, 1381 b (R. Power 0 Austerlitz took the lead, Chance and Tiger second, the rest lying behind. At the first hurdle The Witch was pressed by the others, in their rush, against the stake, and, not being abl e t o get clear, threw her r id er. Th e rest took the hurdles regul ar l y , O l i ver, w h o was l as t i n go i ng over the second one, endea vour i ng to get up . H e h a d grea t diffi culty in doing so, as t h e pace was good. Hi s horse, Austerlitz, and Tiger, cleared the last hurdle but one altogether, and the struggle was then between him and Allibone. The latter went over the last leap a length in advance, and had to all appearance the race in hand, when, mistaking the winning post, he checked his horse too soon, and was passed by Oliver, Chance, therefore, again winning the stakes. Latest Betting on the French Derby.-5 to 1 agst Philip- Shah, 6 to 1 agst Miss Waggs, 6 to 1 agst Liverpool, 8 to 1 agst Premier d'Avril, 10 to agst Meudon, 14 to 1 agst Club. stick, 16 to 1 agst Dorade. COURT CIRCULAR. - - -- The Queen and Prince Albert took their accustomed early walk yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness Prince Albert afterwards rode out on horse back, attended by the Equerry in Waiting, the Hon. Captain Gordon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen yesterday, and remained to luncheon with her Majesty and her Royal Consort. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took their usual walks and rides yesterday in the pleasure grounds of the Palace. The Royal dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace included the Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lady Clementina Villiers, Viscount Canning, and Captain Francis Seymour. The band of the First Life Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following pieces : Overture zur Cantate--Die Veer Meucher Alter—Lachner. Walzer—Themis Fest Klange—Labitzky. Medley—Scotch—Waddell. P o lk a — Kenderfreuden—Labitzky. Selection from " Linda de Chamouni"—Donizetti. P o t pourri — March—Zulchner. The Viscountess Canning has succeded Lady Portman as the Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augustus Bruce, Lady Fanny Howard, and Sir George Couper, Bart., honoured the performance of the French plays with her presence yesterday evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan and Baron Knesebeck, honoured the Archbishop of York with their com pany at dinner yesterday, at his residence in Grosvenor square. After dinner the illustrious party, including the Noble Directors of the Concerts of Ancient Music, went to the Hanover-square rooms, to honour the Concert of Ancient Music with their presence, the Archbishop being the Director for the evening. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. There were present the Arch bishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Bangor, Carlisle, Chester, Gloucester, and Bristol, Lichfield, Lincoln, Llandaff, Ripon, and Salisbury, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Bessborough, the Earl of Chi chester, and the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse. Mr. Secretary Gladstone gave a dinner to the Cabinet Ministers yesterday evening, at his residence on Carlton House-terrace. Sir Robert and Lady Gore Booth arrived at Farrance's Hotel yesterday, from their seat, Lissadel, Ireland. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) WEDNESDAY, MAY 6. The following Petitions for Railways were reported, and the Bills ordered to be brought in by the undernarned Hon. Members : Newcastle and Darlington Junction (Durham and Sunderland Rail way and Wearmouth Dock Purchase)—Mr, Liddell, Mr. Hinde, and Mr. Hudson. Midland (Leicester and Swannington Railway vesting)-31r. Packe, Mr. Farnham, and Mr. Mundy. London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction (Salisbury to Yeovil)—Sir W. Heathcote, Mr. J. Benett, and Mr. Seymer. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons. WEDNICSDAY, MAY 6. ROMAN CATHOLIC RELIEF BILL. Order for Committee read ; Motion made, and Question proposed, " That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair :"—Amendment pro posed, to leave out from the word " That" to the end of the Ques tion, in order to add the words " this House will, upon this day six months, resolve itself into the said Committee," instead thereof : Question put, " That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question." The House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 110. A'Court, Captain Fitzroy, Henry Neville, Ralph Archbold, Robert Forster, Matthew O'Connell, Daniel Armstrong, Sir A. Gore, Montague O'Conor, Don Arundel, Earl of Goulburn, Henry Ord, William Baillie, Colonel Graham, Sir J. Pakington, J. S. Baring, Henry Granger, T. C. Parker, John Baring, F. T. Greene, Thomas Pechell, Captain Baring, W. B. Grey, Sir G. Peel, Sir Robert Barron, Sir H. Grosvenor, Lord R. Peel, Jonathan Berkeley, Craven Hall, Sir Benjamin Philipp, ;G. R. Bernal, Ralph Harcourt, G. Plumridge, Captain Blake, M. J. Hatton, Captain V. Powell, Caleb Boldero, H. G. Herbert, Sidney Pusey, P. Bowes, John Hindley, Charles Rawdon, Colonel Bowles, Admiral Horsman, E. Roebuck, J. A. Bowring, Dr. Howard, C. W. Russell, Lord J. Bretherton, J. Howard, P. H. Sheridan, R. B. Browne, W. Hughes, W. B. Smith, J. A. Buller, Charles James, Sir W. Smith, Vernon Busfeild, William Johnson, General Somerset, Lord G. Butler, F. S. Kelly, Sir Fitzroy Somerville, Sir W. Cardwell, Edward Lambton, H. Strutt, Edward Carnegie, Captain Lascelles, W. S. Sutton, H. M. Christie, W. D. Layard, Captain Thesiger, Sir F. Collett, John Leader, J. T. Thornely, T. Coote, Sir C. 1.1. Lincoln, Earl of Trelawny, J. S. Cowper, W. F. Loch, James Wakley, Thomas Craig, W. G. Macaulay, T. B. Walker, Richard Crawford, W. S. Macnarnara, Major Wall, C. B. Cripps, W. M'Carthy, Alexander Williams, W. Denison, J.. E. M`Geachy, F. A. Wodehouse, E. Dennistoun, John Mahon, Viscount Wood, Charles Duncan, Viscount Maitland, Thomas Wyse, Thomas Duncan, George Marsland, Henry Young, John, Dundas, David Martin, J. Escott, Bickham Milnes, B. Monckton TELLERS. Esmonde, Sir T. Mitchell, T. A. Watson, Henry Ewart, William Morpeth, Viscount Manners, Lord J. MINORITY—NOES. 67. Adderley, C. R. Estcourt, T. G. Maunsell, T. B. Allix, J. P. Finch, George Maxwell, Hon. J. P. Arbuthaott, Hugh Forbes, William Meynell, Captain Arkwright, G. Fox, S. L. Newdegatc, C. N. Astell, William Fuller, A. E. Palmer, G. Bailey, J., jun. Grinaditch, Thomas Plumptre, J. P. Baillie, W. Hamilton, J. H. Rashleigh, W. Baskerville, T. B. Hamilton, G. A. Round, C. G. Bateson, T. Hamilton, Lord C. Round, John Beckett, William Hildyard, T. B. T. Sheppard, T. Bell, Matthew Hope, Sir J. Shirley, E. J. Bernice, P. Houldsworth, T. St uart, Colonel Berestord, Major Hussey, Thomas Stuart, J. Blackburne, J. I. Jones, Captain Tollemache, J. Broadley, Henry Broadwood, H.Verner, Col. Brooke, Sir A. B. Lawson, Andrew Waddington, 11. S. Buller, Sir Y. Lefroy, A. Tyrrell, Sir J. Wyndham, Colonel Christopher, R. A. K LL I I i nw i d g :hal Lindsay, c o, y n. Sirc. Captain,B C C. Yorke, E. T. Churchill, Lord A. S. L ockhart, W. Chute, W. L. W. Lowther, Hon. Col. TELLERS. Connolly, Colonel Lygon, General Colquhoun, John Douglas, Sir H. M ackenzie, T. Spooner, Richard Douglas, J. S. Marton, G. MAnsTori.—The new novel, just published, under the title of " Marston ; or the Soldier and Statesman," from the pen of the celebrated author of " Salathiel," whilst assuming to make the reader acquainted with the career of one who alternately fills the highest offices in the State, makes him familiar also with the great men and distinguished personages of both sexes, with whom, in the course of his various ad ventures, he was brought into contact. The hero, during the outbreak of the French revolution, becomes an observer of the perils of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette, of the devo tion of their loyal friends, and the hatred of their remorse less enemies. His portraits of Napoleon and Josephine, of Robespierre, Danton, Dumourier, Madame Roland, Carnot Sieyes, Prince Cobourg, the Duke of Brunswick, and La Fayette, are full of character; and not less animated are those of his still more eminent contemporaries in the English and Irish senate, Pitt, Fox, Sheridan, Burke, Grattan, Castle reagh, Clare, and Curran. With so many attractive features, it may readily be believed that " Marston" is a very striking narrative, and well worthy the great reputation of its distin guished author. A SEIRII SAMARITAN.—Among the officers of her Majesty's 9th Foot severely wounded at Ferozeshah, and who subsequently died, was a Mr. S.---. There is a story connected with his wound, poor fellow, which, if tru e , as I believe it t o b e , i s qu i te romantic. He was wounded in the leg on the evening of the 21st, and while lying on the ground alone. his -regiment having gone on to the attack, a Seikh came up to him and said, " Sahib, my people are killing all the wounded, and if you remain here you will be killed too; but come with me and I will save you." S-- replied, " How can I come with you? m 7 leg is broken, and I cannot even stand." "Oh I" said the man, " I will take you on my back," which was accordingly done; and -off ( he set with him in the direc tion of Ferozepore. After going for a considerable dis tance, when they were quite ont of reach of the enemy, he stopped to rest and wait for daylight, paying every attention that circumstances would admit of to his charge's comfort. As the day broke, a party of our cavalry came up, on their way from Ferozepore to the field, and the officer with him brandy and water, asked him what he giving some in tended doing; to which he replied, "I shall mount my anzdagnodienatornFeedrohizniepteirlel.t'h' eTyhfeelSl4Likwhiothncaelmitotrare good them stopped to see if be could do anythingforS—, and after for the sick, into which he got, and was taken to the Fe rozepore hospital. His friend, however, would not even reached the ears of took Sam a h r i i m t a onna his then leave him, but walked by the litter all the way,.and, it b u il' after they had reached the hobpital, remained by his bed sidecl lto is se alsoa wn saidd sn attendance that upon the s him tory the Governor-General, who after poor 5—.....'s death made the man a liberal present, and took him into the public service. THE LATE SEIZURE Al' STOCR.PORT. We stated last Wednesday, that bankrupt's effects, to the death. in amount of between 3001. and 4001., attempted to be concealed creditors, had been seized at LI azle Grove. Since from the matter has been made public, by the issue of then the ing a reward of 20 per cent. upon the valueplacards offer which could afterwards be discovered and of all goods the benefit of the creditors. The handed over for land, late silk throwster and bankrupt is Henry Mars- About 300 sovereigns, made up hi sho p k eeper,llazle Greve. a cealed in one house, and other pro box'property, were found con nearly 1001. more. On Saturday ljt,er , to the value of further lot of silk in the hank, valued the police seized a at about 254—Man chester Guardian. --- - DREADFUL ACCIDEThiS morning, about half past two o'clock, two men were driving a Greenwich fly over water- Pha:pirewf was obliged The horse 100-bridge, towards the Strand, when the horse started, and threw both the driver and a man riding on the box with him to the ground. n ar o d t s hu L r ancaster• place, where, with the shafts only ged to be taken itni b , ut w h it i h s c n om o t h T h e e n i v darted erwtoa wards attached to him, he fell against a lamp -post, and was left in a dying to Kin's College Hosp state. THE THIRTY-FIRST REGIMENT. --The following order has been issued to this regiment, on its departure from India, by Maor-General Sir H. Smith. It is d ated Camp, L ahore, March 3 :— " C j omrades, officers, and soldiers of the gallan t 31st Regiment —You and I have been so associated with recent conflicts, where your ser vices have been distinguished, that I cannot lose you from under my command without an expression of the deepest regret. That regret is, however, mitigated when I know you are about to return to your native country, from which the regiment has been absent twenty one years, much diminished in numbers, caused by your valiant con duct and recent glorious victories. But the former renown of you distinguished corps has acquired additional 'fame by the valour of Lieutenant-Colonel Spence, the officers and soldiers, and the long list of triumphant victories much increased by your services in India. Farewell, my gallant comrades, for the present. May every success, happiness, and prosperity attend Yea, the allant 31st Regi ment, in peace as honour,it has so gloriously done in war; and believe me one of the meat happy and prowl recollections of any the will be that I have witnessed the indomitable valour of the corps." CATTLE.—From a Parliamentary paper issued to-day it appears that the numbers of all cattle, h s-eep, and swine, imported into great Britain from Ireland, from the sth of January to the sth of April, 11146, ata--Oxen, bulls and cows, 14,09; calve, ls 3; sheep and laaalah 11,1:1; raid nom, 1r2,241. S T I h R e recent Cli ARLFE in nmS the loth motions, ad dresses in answer t o h er Majesty's Messages respecting the pensions proposed to b e b es t owe d on Vi scoun t Il ar ding e and r JAME S Houses of Lord Gough, h ave b een assented to w i th an ent h us i asm worthy of thei r o bj ect. T o have conferred upon t h ese dis tinguished men rank and honours, without affording them at the same time the means of supporting them with dignity, would have been but a mockery of the intentions of the ll lustrious Personage with whom those honours have origi nated. On their military career, after the interesting details communicated in the speeches of Sir Robert Peel and Lord ar h a en a st lessa a a d Ripon,bgeeuth expressed y t mdgo w isieshp o npgi w u ni a l yite d yohrneeb b idsol searuunviortpdnoef upon wkb e nnseeo t eladt o tin ea d fidars w atol ' ye, occasion c l ttAa snm ; ibl tuiseaehoumen:ffinbe anything k e prltd)ssipe i , t t ecil ha:tirataon. moreteu lsaynywg rewarded; ea h r wet a hHih t aoei ru n locs e ul, e N s • dot c eoors r lan guagesa rsoHci Harry rtoref complainti h our c cordial ial disappointment w we havea ve which al l and heroism k th e t of Parliament on the subject have but confirmed the im pression. We rejoice, therefore, to observe that something like an intimation has been drawn from the Government that the hero of Aliwal will obtain a further recompense for his gervices. If, h owever, there be one officer of the An g l o - Indian army who has more unanswerable ground of com plaint for the neglect which he has experienced, on all hands, than another, it is Major-General Sir Charles James Napier, who gained the glorious victory of Meeanee over a force of 35,000 Beloochees, strongly entrenched, with little more than 2,000 European and native troops ; and who re ce i ve d, if we except the "permi ss i on to wear his red ribbon over his shoulder, instead of around his neck," no other mark of the nation's gratitude than the thanks of Parliament, and those only a year after the battles to which they referred had been gained. With the generosity which is character istic of his nature, Lord Brougham made a pointed allu sion on Tuesday night, in the House of Lords, to the ex traordinary neglect which that gallant veteran had experienced both from the Government and the East India Company. After the graceful allusion of Lord Ripon to the fact that highly as her Majesty appreciated the gallant ser • vices of Viscount Hardinge and Lord Gough on the Sutlej, it was not on their account solely that she had desired to confer upon them the distinction they had received at her hands, and the interesting account given by his Lordship and Sir Robert Peel of the earlier military career of those dis tinguished men, it may not be irrelevant to bring under the notice of our readers a few of the achievements of Sir C. Napier. It is as difficult to account for the treatment he has met with as it is to discover the quarter in which it has originated. The Duke of Wellington, in his place in Par liament, described him as " a man of the greatest sagacity, prudence, and foresight in his prof e ssion," an d p ronounce d th e highest eulogium upon his conduct at M e e anee , an d Hyderabad, where he is said t o h ave man if es t e d " a ll the dikretionj and ability of an officer familiar with the most difficult operations of war." Before, however, we refer to his services in other parts of the world, let us glance at his achievements in India during the last four years. In Sinde he conquered what may fairly be termed a kingdom, occu pied by an army 80,000 strong, with a force, European and native, varying in numbers from 3,000 to 5,000 men. This he accomplished by two hard-fought battles, in one of which the disparity between his force and that of the enemy was ten to one, and in the other five to one. By extensive and complicated operations, with the thermometer from 120 to 130 in the shade, ho defeated a bold attempt of Shere Ma hommed to renew the war; dispersed his entire force, and took the Ameer prisoner. Ho has since employed himself in tranquillising Sinde with such success, that he has been enabled to leave it on a late occacion, along with the greater part of its army of occupation, for the purpose of assisting in the operations on the Sutlej. This conquest was unattended by any of those acts of plunder, outrage, and blood shed (save in open fight) which have so often detracted from great military successes. As a governor, Sir Charles Napier's conduct has been characterised by wisdom and moderation; and such have been the effects of his rule, that Sinde has been, since its subjugation by him, orderly, quiet, and con tented • , improving in commerce and in the useful arts, until it has became one of the fairest and most valuable of our Indian dependencies. We have now to speak of Sir Charles Napier's earlier services. He has been fighting the battles of his country for more than half a century. He commanded the 50th Regiment throughout the campaign which termi nated with the battle of Corunna, where he was made pri soner, after having received five severe wounds—namely, his leg broken by a musket-shot, a sabre cut on the head, a bayonet wound in the back, two ribs broken by a cannon shot, and several contusions from the butt-end of a musket.. In the latter part of 1809 he returned to the Peninsula, where he remained on active service until 1811. During that in terim he was present at the battle of Coa (where he had two horses shot under him); at the battle of Busaco (where he had his jaw broken and his eye much injured) ; at the battle of Fuentes d'Onor ; at the siege of Badajos, and several other actions of less importance. In 1813, he accompanied a floating expedition to the coast of North America, and landed several times at Craney island and other places. He served also in the campaign of 1815, and assisted at the storming of Cambray. Sir Charles Napier has ever been the warm friend of the soldier, and has written an admirable work on military law, in which he has evinced much of the sagacity for which the Duke of Wellington has so highly complimented him. As a military reformer he has rendered essential service to his profession. Such is the man whom the world " hath delighted to honour," but whom the Last India Company and the Government appear to have agreed to neglect. 'The command of a regiment must have been conceded to him on account of the length and brilliancy of his former services, as a matter of course. A clasp he earned by his gallantry at Corunna ; and the Companionship of the Bath was subsequently conferred upon him. His promotion from this rank of the order to that of Commander is, however, the only honour which has rewarded his glorious services in Sinde. We have heard a good deal from newspaper report of the Sinde prize money, but we have reason to believe that Sir Charles Napier has as yet received no part of it, and that he will not under any circumstances receive much. Were it otherwise, such a windfall ought not to interfere with the just and legi timate reward of his high deserts. It is, as we have said, difficult to understand the cause of the neglect of which this distinguished officer has been the victim. Some ascribe it to the fact that the gallant Governor of Sinde is regarded with jealousy by the political servants of the East India Company, who are chagrined to find that he can manage so well without their aid ; others assume that the position in which he stood as the confidential friend and favoured com mander of the late Governor-General (an object of fear and dislike equally with himself to the department they had attempted to reform) had damaged him with the Directors. However this may have been, as the Government at home has declined to adopt the prejudices of that body in the case of Lord Ellenborough, it might have been expected that they would have repudiated them in that of Sir Charles Napier. Sir Robert Peel, after speaking of the "personal nobility" of the gallant General, has admitted that "he has not been sufficiently rewarded." The present Governor-General of India, than whom no man more warmly appreciates his merits, has afforded practical proofs of the estimation in which he holds him, not the least of which is his having sent for him to take the post of second in command in the Punjaub. " What higher honour," says Sir Robert Peel, "could be conferred?" The termination of the war, how ever, prevented that intention from being carried into effect ; but how this mark of the estimation in which Sir Charles Napier's qualifications are held by the Governor-General can be referred to as a proof of the desire of the Government to reward his distinguished services, we are at loss to conceive. Such a compliment could not fail to soothe the " wounded spirit" of the gallant veteran, but it does not explain the omission of which the Minister admits him to have been the victim. The man who achieved the conquest of Sinde, and fought the battle of Meeanee, and who afterwards, by his wisdom and tact as a civil governor of the kingdom he had subjugated, induced its military marauders to convert their swords into pruning hooks, has certainly claims upon his country which ought not to be overlooked. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Siß,—l am happy to see the very proper rewards conferred upon Lords Hardinge and Gough, and could have wished to have seen more attention paid to the services of Sir Charles Napier and Sir Harry Smith. I will explain some of the circumstances to you. Sir It. Peel has again and again expatiated upon the superlative military merits of Lord Hardinge with great gusto. Would you believe it, Lord Hardinge never in his life commanded even a corporal's guard of British troops before an enemy till these late affairs in India? It is true he commanded, for a short time, at the very end of the Peninsular war, a bri gade of the Portuguese troops, and I dare say commanded them well. But all his services at Albuera, &c., were only those of a messenger or staff-officer, carrying orders. Why, then, all this puff of the Prime Minister ? Lord H. is a brother-in-law of the late Lord Castlereagh, and (luckily for him) was the Duke of W.'s second i❑ that important national battle with the Earl of Winchilsea. Lord Gough is a man who has all his life commanded British troops in fire. And there can be no doubt his patient submission, when superseded at Madras by an inferior officer, was very creditable to him. Sir Robert Peel should have added, that the junior officer who stepped over his head is the father-in-law of the Duke of W.'s son, Lord Douro._ _ _ Sir Charles Napier and Sir Harry Smith are prime fellows before an enema•, but neither of them are connected with the Duke of W. or Sir Robert Peel, by either private friendship, private service, or political connexion ; and therefore may seek redress or honours where they can. Napier took Sinde in splendid style, and the Duke's private pet, Ellenborough, got an earldom for that service. " Kissing goes by favour." MILES. SKETCH OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR CITARLES JAMES NAPIER. His long white beard tells that he must have seen full sixty years in various climes; but his bright penetrating eye also tells that he is in the intellectual vigour of middle age, al though the survivor of thirty-four of his people who had been struck with coup de soled, and who, with one exception, were dead corpses in three hours. A head which a phrenologist would delight to take a cast from exhibits a sword -cut which the thinness of the hair cannot conceal; a long raised scar at the side, and a smaller in front, indicate that a musket-ball had traversed his face ; an involuntary motion of the muscles, the effect of other wounds received in the Wellington school, keep his hand and arm in perpetual motion. On his breast is seen a gold medal, inscribed " Cerunna," surmounted with clasps bearing the names of other fields. Peering from be neath a broad red ribbon, from which is suspended a Grand Cross of the Bath, are seen two medals, on one of which " Meeanee" is written, on the other " Hyderabad." At his side is a superb gold-mounted sword, presented by the Earl of Ellenborough, in token of his Lordship's personal esteem, and commemorative of the brilliant services in India, per formed under his Lordship's administration.— Naval and Military Gazette. FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAILS. THE Heour, MAT s.—The Second Chamber of the States-General in its sitting yesterday commenced the important discussion of the first book of the penal code. The Chamber proceeded in the discussion in its sitting to-day, which is to be continued in its sitting this evening. In the same sitting the Central Section made its report on the project of law relative to the causeway from Maestricht to the fron tiers of Gelderland. Her Iteyal Highness the Princess Albert of Prussia arrived at Dus seldorf on the Ist of May, and continued her journey to Berlin. CRACOW, APRIL 26.—This morning, between seven and eight o'clock: there was a tumult here. Some men, dressed like peasants, carried a handsome young woman, finely dressed as a country girl, t through the streets, crying, " Behold a saint l' and led her to i S t . Mary's Church, in the Market-place. There the pretended saint placed on the altar, and announced that the Virgin Mary had.ap peared_ is not lost, God the Father had decreed to restore by the police and the Po land in full splendour." The saint was remove d loofiartot. to her, and commanded her to proclaimto the e e the guard-house, about which kingdom Poles, soldiers from the altar, and taken to guard advancing a few steps, a great crowd had assembled; but the stepping up to the two the guard-house, the crowd in nt of pieces of cannon placed in fro saint was found to be a prostitute stantly dispersed. The pretended of Cracow.—Breslato Journal. and the artillery men with lighted match es , MORTALITY OF THE METROPOLIS.—It appears from the table of the deaths registered in the metropolis during the week ending May 2, 1846, that the total number of deaths from all causes during the week is 831 ; of these 39 were violent deaths, giving 792 as the number of persons who had died from disease during the week, showing a decrease in the number of deaths from disease of 46 during the week ending hiey 2 At compared with the week preceding. LITE RAT . ETRE. THE NORTH BRITISH RE VIEW, No. IX. We have already adverted to this number in a leading article, and quoted from it some appropriate remarks on the affairs of the Punjaub, but there are several other topics that requite notice. We may at the same time observe, that this review, though established by a religi ous sect in Scotland, hose measures, from a sense of public duty, we were some years since compelled to oppose, has nothing in it sectarian or exclusive ; it treats of subjects of literature, and science, and art, and history in a Catholic and impartial manner, and seems purposely to avoid a fault, with which similar works are often chargeable ; namely, bringing forward the peculiar views of the writers on almost every subject in the whole range of knowledge. In a commercial point of view any bookseller or publisher can see the propriety of such • a regulation, and even as regards the propagation of certain political or religious creeds, there is an equal advantage, for converts are not made by force, and a . man's opinions are not changed by endless unvarying lec tures on the same subject. In a periodical of this kind the known character of the writers is not without its effect, especially when questions of pure science, and which may interfere with scriptural authority, are dis cussed. The timorous have no reason to fear for their faith when discoveries in geology, for instance, or as tronomy, are made, which cannot be reconciled with occasional passages in Scripture; they are sure that these discrepancies will be satisfactorily explained by men in whose religious belief they have full confidence ; and they can, therefore , follow with perfect composure, in vestigations whi c h lead to the conviction that the period between the creation of man and that of the other ani mals has no definable limits, and that before the " human face divine" was formed countless revolutions in this globe, and convulsions annihilating animal life had occurred. " Man was neither an agent nor a victim in' these prime va l convulsions. The exterminated creatures had not been lorded over by his presence, nor have their cemeteries been di gn ifi e d with his remains. .Intheheraldic roll of ancient life he h as no precedenc e Be f o re this vheanct the oat had struck its roots and perished — he soared and fallen—the m ammot h bad breathed aledied, and as he was the last-born among the living creatures entrusted to his mercy, he had no rights of primogeni ture even in the age which he controlled. Be is but an upstart among the petrified dead." Such is the start ling language of the writer who reviews " Murchison's Geology of Russia," but the reader need not tremble for his orthodoxy, though no such events are even alluded to in the first chapter of Genesis. It is a curi ous circumstance, discovered in perusing some of the extracts from that work, that gold was not formed till a very late period in the work of creation. It is found only with the remains of the mammoth and the other races which lived in the age preceding that in which man was created. The review of this great geological survey in Russia, considering that geology is by most readers regarded as dry and uninteresting, is calculated to excite great interest. It is evidently the production of a writer well fitted by his own ingenious discoveries, and his superior knowledge in the arts and sciences, to make many of the subjects familiar to even ordinary readers, and to give the highest importance to investi gations which may be said to be in their infancy. And some of the subjects, when thus exposed and delineated, give rise to reflections of the most sublime and momen tous description. We know from the Bible that the work of creation was completed in six days, but of the length of these days the divine writer gives us no idea. The geologist may, therefore, exert his reason, and pro secute his researches, to ascertain the fact, without at all impugning Scripture ; but his researches have not as yet been productive of any decisive conclusion. Some of those days may have been, for aught we know, ten thou sand or a hundred thousand years in length, and at the close of each was some vast convulsion of nature, com missioned as it were to destroy what had been created, and form a different race and a new generation for the next. When facts like these are established by the clear est proofs, no occasional paragraphs in Scripture are allowed for a moment to throw any doubt upon them. The language of the Reviewer on this subject is highly eloquent and incontrovertible : "'While thus identified in their general objects and modes of investigation, the twin sisters of terrestial and celestial physics have been joint heirs of intolerance and persecution, unresisting victims in the crusade which ignorance and fanaticism are ever waging against science. When great truths are driven to make an appal to reason, knowledge becomes crime, and philosophers martyrs. The doctrine of tbe earth's motion and the sun's stability hurried Galileo into the dungeons of the Inquisition, and the announcement of creations anterior to man, would have thrown Hutton and his followers into a prison, had its bolts and bars been in trusted to bigotry. Trath;however, unlike all other powers, can neither be checked nor extinguished. When com pressed it but reacts the more. It crushes where it cannot expand—it burns where it is not allowed to shine. Human when originally divulged, it becomes Divine when finally established. At first the breath of a sage—at last it is the edict of a God. Endowed with such vital energy, astrono mical truth has cut its way through the thick darkness of superstitious times, and, following in its wake, geology will soon find the same open path.when it has triumphed over the less formidable obstacles of a more civilised age. There are several other articles, both attractive and instructive, and among them we may mention, " His tory of Domesticated Animals," " Anderson's Annals of the English Bible," " British and Foreign Agriculture." " The Life of Leibnitz" is a failure, and that on " Free Church Sites" displays great ardour in the cause. The writer, as Jonathan says, " goes the whole hogg." LETTERS of the KINGS of ENGLAND. Two Vols. By James Orchard Barnwell. Often as it becomes our duty to announce, by a critical or analytical notice, the publication of important works, it is seldom one is issued which combines the im portance, the utility, the necessity o f th e present. A s i s invariable under all similar occasions, the thing is alto gether so excellent we wonder it has never been thought of heretofore. For in the autographic correspondence of our British Sovereigns (a correspondence scattered too widely for the convenience of every searcher into our native records) many of the state problems are solved better than by all the conjectures of philosophy, and many regal characters become transparent to the most superficial gazer. The editor of these two invalu able volumes assures us—in an " introduction" which we only regret was not somewhat longer—that in the com pilation of his present work no less than twenty-seven separate collections of MSS. have been consulted. In this 'respect he will ever stand forth as the pioneer of all future historians. Mr. Macaulay, whose elo quent mind is now engaged in fructifying his own views of English history, will rejoice un doubtedly to find so many weapons for his own pro gress placed ready to his hand, without the trouble of investigation. If ever a work was published deserving of the title of a national work, " The Letters of the Kings of England," by Mr. Halliwell has a full and perfect right to the title. As a compilation it pre cludes criticism, while analysis becomes almost an im possibility, since these two volumes are the skeleton of the occurrences of many generations—they are the cal culable causes that gave rise to such incalcu lable effects. One peculiarity is, however, particularly worthy of menti on i n the letters here mentioned—the orthography is modernised so as to facilitate their perusal without interfering with their idiosyncrasy —as all the quaint and characteristic phrases are preserved. From Richard I. till Charles I. inclusively, all the intervening reigns are illucidated by the epistolary correspondence of the diffeient monarchs. The love-letters of Henry VIII, to the unfortunate Anne Boleyn are of themselves sufficient rewards to any bibliographic antiquary ; and the epistles of Ed ward VI., so wise for one so inexperienced,ao staid and pious for one so young, are infinitely curious. Indeed, we cannot divest ourselves of the notion that those letters were indicted under the dictation of the boy king's political advisers—say Cranmer. We say this, under all correction from Mr. Halliwell, both from the intrinsic qualities of the correspondence itself, and be cause we are somewhat sceptical about the oft-mentioned " royal road" to wisdom. As one among the most re markable letters in the series, we transcribe one from Anne Boleyn to Cardinal Wolsey, with a postcript by King Henry. • isiv Lord, in my most my heart can " Anne Boleyn h humblest laersdtinwails wise that tr t om h u a ob t altes you t do, the which think, - I desire you to pardon me that I am so bold to trouble you with my simple and rude writing, esteeming it to pro ceed from her that is much desirous to know that your Grace does well, as I perceive by this bearer kn od o l w en t t e to gr co o n a t t in p u ains e, as un l a m d y t 0 0 u have pray; f l er pr l ay do G taken for me is never like to be recompensed on my part, y c , r w ea h t o u l res ly] l in ivin lo g vi . n boundha that the e a n t b ut g A . y n o d u x f d ot unto n o but al Gr ° a li c e e lY ab E e en ve ti r all el the daily proofs of my deeds shall • affirm my writing to be t I mani estly declare and rue, and do trust you to think the same. "My Lord, Ido assure you, Ido long he ar from news of the L ega t e; for I do hope, they come you is, as to they shall be very good; and 1P am sureyoulesiremiytoasu, much as I, and more, an it were possible; as I know it is not: and thus remaining in a stedfast hope, I make an end of my letter. " Written with the hand of her that is most bound to be your humble servant, " ANNE BOLEYN. ," Postcript by King Henry. The writer of this letter would not cease, till she had caused me likewise to set my hand, desiring you, though it be short, to take it in good part. I insure you that there is neither of us but greatly desireth to see you, and are joyous to hear that you have escaped the plague sty well, trusting the fury th ereo f to b e passed, especially With them that keepeth good diet, as I trust that you de. The not hearing of the Legate's arrival in France causeth us somewhat to muse; notwithstanding, we trust, by your diligence and vigilancy (with the assistance of Almighty God), shortly to be eased out of that trouble. No more to you at this time, but that I pray God send you as good health and prosperity as the writer would. " By your loving sovereign and friend, " H. R." This may be regarded as some slight indication of the exalted influence possessed by this renowned states man at the Court of Windsor. Mr. J. 0. Halliwell has shown no slight ability in the notes and elucidatory paragraphs, with which he has interpolated the text : he has, however, in one instance shown undue indeci sion in acquitting James I. of certain crimes imputed to him by Scott, the romance writer, and others. We commend Mr. Halliwell to the refutation of that charge, as as pronounced by Lingard. After a perusal of that refutation, the correspondence of James wil l appear innocent enough, and the acquittal will be accorded In rather more readily. This at least we conjecture.eore us are all essential respects the two volumes complete. Mr. Halliwell has performed hl' a service for • the history of his native land , he has collected in one ' ,hts of " the past," for focus many of the scattered 1I the instruction of " the present," and the praise of "th e future." While the white cliffs of Albion are wa s h e d by the ocean, the b oo k will be resorted to as a n au thority. From the very nature of the work i t must live ; and from the adroitness with which it has been compiled it will always be associated with the name of Halliwell. SLAVERY AND SLAVE TRADE OF THE. BRAZILS. By T. Nelson, R.N. A very honest, compreh ensive , and well-writt en ex posure of a great national iniquity is the pamphlet re- i 2 4- ~ ~,. .~ ;,%111..!. • cently issued by Mr. Nelson, formerly Senior Assistant.* Surgeon of her Majesty's ship Crescent at, Rio de Ja neiro. And what we the more especially prize in this plea for the black race is the uncompromising force of its language and the very evident fact that the senti ments are all, as it were, superfices clustered together upon a solid groundwork of experience and reason. There is likewise a characteristic about this production which is exceedingly estimable in one of its class :—it is accurately grouped out, there is a certain logical sym metry in its arrangement, by which the several ideas of the writer are submitted to the reader in an agree able and natural sequence. From his declaration, it appears that the Brazilian Government have, during many past years, fostered a trade in human beings, though such was a direct violation of their treaties with this country, and by which treaty the complete suppres sion of the slave trade was stipulated. Accord ing to an official statement in the Journal do Corn mercio, those treatises are declared to have ter minated on the 17th of last March ; a state ment, however, the authenticity of which both we ourselves and the author of the " Remarks" would wish to question. All the woes, multiple and excru ciating, endured by the African victims of the slave trade are recounted by Mr. Nelson with a horrible par ticularity, from their first reception in the baracoon upon the shores of their native country to their deliver ance into the hands of their permanent taskmasters on the other side of the Atlantic. Enough to sicken the most callous-hearted into a mingled, loathing, and sympathy are these simple narratives of suffering. Men, women, and children are huddled together for months in dense crowds between decks—no room to move—no room to breath—the prey of a thirst the most unappeasable, of dysentry the most wracking and noisome, and of diseases in the eyes often followed by total and irreparable blindness. These diabolical pic tures of cruelty—a cruelty originating in a debasing and villainous lust for lucre—have been painted again and again in colours of appropriate sombreness ; but never to our recollection have they stood out from the pages with such a truthful air of wretched ness—" crying out for assistance, and there is none to help them, " as in this benevolent pamphlet. Mr. Nelson argues the matter, moreover, upon an economical ground :—he points out the re markable and almost s p ontaneous fecundity of the so i l w of e, B r azilsuhoetet formidablehi e n nutritious following:obstacle which the inhotness of the climate, at certain periods of the year , throws the way of manual pexroemrtpiotnit,undaetwuriethha.:vhinicha great causese m e asure counteracted, by the under the smallest amount of toil. majo r i ty l^u he tivente oth flourish expensive and laborious undertakings, Which the Eng lish agriculturist must perform to insu re an adequate return, are here neither adopted nor even known. The land having been cleared of its primary coat of wild vegetation, requires no other care than to be annually broken by the hoe, in order to yield, in many cases, a doubly-repeated harvest in thC course of the year. " Throughout the entire country, nature has been lavish of her choicest stores. Trees of almost every intertropical variety, many furnishing the costliest woods, others the most delicious kinds of fruit. Plants, some prized for their beauty, others esteemed for their medicinal virtues, spring up indi genously in the more genial districts, and, with the variety of their tints, clothe the hills, the valleys, and the margins of the rivers, in the most enchanting verdure. The legu minous and farinaceous productions of the vegetable world are nowhere more obedient to the call of the husbandman, or more prolific of their refreshing and nutritive principles. The mandioca and figon plants—answering to the co r n and potato of Great Britain—are easily reared, and afford a wholesome and palatable food for the' lower orders of the people. Rice and Indian corn add to the general abund ance, and cheapen, while they increase, the variety of the necessaries of life." With such a means of facile agriculture, the lazy Portuguese settlers meritthe most universal reprobation, for their purchase of droves of human beings to per form labour which might readily be managed other wise. When will this blot upon the human race be finally obliterated ? Not until the almost impious farce is forgotten, of a great nation assuming the flag of Ca tholic freedom, with a slave population answering their beck," wearing their chains, bleeding under their scourges. PRECEDENTS OF CONVEYANCES, and other Instruments relating to the Transfer of Land to Railway Companies; with Introductory Matter and Explanatory Notes. By Henry Thyrwitt Freud, and .1. Hibbert Ware, Esqrs., Barristers at Law. There are few shareholders in any railway company, or landowners within the kingdom, who will not be more or less interested in the subject -matter of this work. When so many Acts have recently passed through Par liament, the periods for the compulsory acquisition of lands under which have not yet expired, and when so many new projects are before the Legislature, it be comes a matter of considerable importance to the landed proprietors in the neighbourhood of the sanctioned or contemplated lines, to have the state of the law respect ingthe acquisition of property by th e severa l compan i es, their extraordinary powers and privileges, and the duties incumbent on them to perform in return, clearly and simply stated in such a manner that the non-pro fessional reader, although wholly unacquainted with law, may be enabled to form a soun d j u d ge . ment of the manner in which his property is, or may be affected. In this point of view this work will be found much more valuable than its modest advertisement would infer, which states that its sole object is to afford some assistance in the preparation of the instruments, of more ordinary oc currence relating to the acquisition of lands in England, Wales, or Ireland, for railway purposes. With Scot land it does not purport to have any concern, the com panies in that country being regulated by wholly distinct statutes. Up to the year 1845, the powers conferred, and the restrictions imposed, on each railway or other Joint-stock Company, were expressed at hill length in the special Act of Parliament, by which that company was incorporated. Much expense and inconvenience was therefore occasioned, by the necessity of inserting in each Act a multitude of ordinary clauses, all of which would equally suit the circumstances of every other company. And also, because, although the matter was similar in its import, yet as considerable differences oc curred in the language and phraseology of the clauses of the various Acts, a greater liability to litigation existed whenever the meaning of any particular enactment was the subject of discussion, and. in many instances cases would necessarily have been brought before the courts for the purpose of obtaining a judicial interpretation. In order to remedy these evils three measures, of considerable importance, were brought forward by Government, 'in the early part of last session of Parliament, by which the greater part of the com panies sanctioned during that session, and all which may be passed during the present year, or at any time here after, will be regulated, save so far as they have been altered or varied by express enactment in the special Act. These statutes are respectively termed -Ist. The Companies Clauses Consolidation Act. 2d. The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act. 3d. The Railway Clauses Consolidation Act. The second of these Acts more immediately relates to the acquisition of land for railway purposes, and it is therefore given at full length, with clearly arranged and able notes on the several sections explanatory of the provisions contained therein, and containing references to different cases which have already been decided, and by which the interpretation of the clauses may probably be affected, or their necessity was occasioned. These, of course, will be chiefly valuable to the professional reader, who will find much research exhibited, and sound judgment displayed by the learned compiler therein. A knowledge of the provisions of the other statutes is,'however, very . necessary, and . a most n romexcel lent compendium of their provisions holding, or if the Acts them mcaunchacinqourieresoaltphearfectiskngolwveleage of t w h h es ic e h en th ac e t l m ay e m nt a s n ; studied by b se e lv c e l s os w el e y re plac ed pe T rso e n finr h s o t ld o i ested in shares in any company, all relating to the dis tribution of the capital into shares, their transfer and transmission ; the payment of calls, the means of enforcing such payment, and the forfeiture of shares for of cr e moneyd creditors and th o e f t he on v el e r m s i p o a n n y o f t h h o e lde g r e s r thrael a m pp e o e in tin tm gs e , nt a a n n d d rLg ta ht tie o n f s v o o f ti d n ire. loans into capital, a n d conso lid ation of stock into shares; g c b to Y rs s , h th ar err powers, proceedings, and liabilities ; the appointment and duties of auditors, the accountability of the officers of the company, the keeping accounts, and the right of inspection thereof, the making of dividends and of bye-laws, the ' settlement of disputes by arbitration, the giving of no tices; the proof of debts in bankruptcy and tender of awards, the recovery of damages not specially provided for, and penalties, and the provisions to be made for affording access to the special Act by all parties inte rested, are all clearly and distinctly set forth, so that any person can at once acquaint himself with his rights and privileges, his duties and liabilities. The third statute relates to the construction of the railway and the works connected therewith, together with the powers of the company in re ference thereto, and their restrictions and liabi lities—the compensation they must make, whether pecuniary or by the construction of other wor k s —f or the accommodation of adjacent lands —the serving of notices—the making of bye-laws—regulating the use of the railway—the carrying of passengers and goods— and other points respecting the enjoyment and use of the railway when constructed. The precedents, which are arranged under the following heads, viz. : freeholds, copyholds, common or waste lands,. la n ds in lease, mortgage, rent chaiges, lands in n o o m mm ina a ti l o o n ns s of of surveyors, valuations of surveyors, an d jury pro uments ; are stated to be trustees to receive compensation; ceedings and miscellaneousi under ns different railway Acts, adaptations of drafts framed arbitra tion; appear to . us to comprise every subject passed before the Consolidation Acts came into opera tion, and likely to come before, and . requirethe aid of the convey ance. The work also contains two f u ll and comprehensive is to l o theolo o ked ed legal o indices. One to th e acts and notes, the other to the fo rms by which a reference to any point can a t once be obtained s d deficient e w n e t i there i n known p a ra e c g ti T t e io a n t evratlhuaetoanfy whichwo work as next to useless ; no matter how valuable it may be in other respects. On the whole the task has been moat ably performed by the learned gentlemen whol under took it, and we feel convinced that an early demand for other editions will at the same time afford a handsome profit, and enable them to/enlighten the public with the additional expe r i ence to be derived from the cases every day occurring, and of which we can venture to prophecy the best use will be made by Messrs. Freud and Ware. ACCIDENT AT HUNGERFORD PlER.—Yesterday after nehooarna, c b t e e t r w o e c e e n urr th ed e h o o n urs bo of ard on e th an e d u t u w z o e , n ansteamaceeidren,,tpo,c, awifiriicghhbtfulad just started from Bungerford Pier towards the City, when it was found that William Blake, aged 22, one of the stokers, had by sonic means got jammed in the machinery, and had it not been for the immediate assistance rendered him would inevitably ha ve been crushed to death. The poor fellow was taken to the Charing-cross Tiospital, where it was ascertained that he had fractured both arms besides sustaining other extensive injuries, and it was conaidared that amputation must be resorted to. Tke unfortunate mikil married, pad Byes at Arthuritrofat, (s.I ~~ ~Y-i :} f t'_ ~ ry ~~i~ i ~~ \