The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-16 00:00:00

Gazette and through the n ewspapers, that Mr. Some body had been appointed by the Lord Chancellor a Master Extraordinary in the Court of Chancery, in order to lead to the belief that some tpccial confidence `had been repos•Al in him, when in fact there was no such -necessary infereece. The conduct of Mr. Smith through• out the whole affair had been irregular. 11, was found going to France, and there taking an affidavit out of the jurisdiction of the court, and for the paps'. Of avoiding having to give security for costs, the plaintiff. Mr. Robin 'am, who made the affidavit, was represented as living at Tonbridge Well!, in the jurisdiction of the court, instead of at Boulogne, as was really the case. lit, (the Lord Chancellor) had been very anxious to find an excuse for Mr. Smith, and had read through his statement with great care, but be confessed that he had not been able to find that excuse for him. He should therefore order him to be strueit off the roll of ottorneyz, without As- Signing any specific had many rea•on - s for doing so, end some of them he had now stated puelicly. This decision he would cause to be communicatc.d by hts secretary to the judges of all the courts of law. Ilia Lordship also intimated that he should expect that the solicitor cif the plaintiff should explain to the C ourt, on a future day, by affidavit, the part which he h ad had in this affair. ROLLS' COURT.—CrIIIS DAY.) HOGHTON V. FILOGLITON. The MASTER of the ROLLS gave judgment in this case, the facts of which were fully detailed in The Sun at the conclusion of the arguments, about a month since. The bill was filed by Mr. Henry Hoghton, against his father, Sir Henry Bold Hoghton, to set euide a de. d r.f resettlement executed by the plaintiff immediately on his attaining 21, under which the father derived large benefit. The plaintiff contended that his execution of the deed tie's obtained by misrepresentation, and that be was in iamorance of the material provisions contained in it. His HoNotra, after minutely and carefully going thiroagh the facts, and the authorities applicable, stated he was of opinion that the deed in question Wa a not a reasonable or proper mode of settling the p i., - pet qty, if the 'interests of the family were alone to be re gal %led. The evidence established conclusively that as far as the preparation of the d ee d was concerned the, pis intiff had no professional a d v i ser or assistance.lt was not alleged by Sir Henry in his answer that the draft was eve t. shown to the plaintiff , or in any manner submitted to bin s or to any person on ais the most attentive consideration that his Honour had bee oa able to_ give to the evidence, raised great doubts in mindhis whether the objectionable parts of the state- La: . at were ever bro u gh t to t h e atten ti on o f th e pl a i nt iff. . Walker, the solicitor of Sir Henry, stated that the °PE cativo parts were read over to the plaintiff at the to of execution, but that was insufficient to show the plaintiff understood what he was doing. The mere a ding_ over of a deed would not be sufficient to satisfy hie 'H onour that' he person hearing it read understood it, To am unprofessional person, however intelligent, eg ad: exerting the closest attention, the long and intri a sentences and technical language of a deed were to unintelligible ; and even the Court not unfre- Cad, misunderstood the limitations and effect of provisions of a deed read in open court, Lea it , the greatest pains were taken to read wit iotearly and intelligibly. Unless accompanied 4, 4 ; an explanation of the contents of the sona,whe reading it over to an unprofessional per tats „s o s more likely to confuse than to enlighten him. t an ,l o pour was of opinion it was proved that the coit ion': the deed were not properly made known to the f or i ll and that he was left without the assistance and in % ation which was necessar y to enable the Court to 411tai n su chthe i a transaction. The subsequent acts of did not vary their rights. Tne delay in lit aeas " the , bill was explained by the fact that if " a le for compromise had been pending, and the bad been correspondence which in the arguments b ad co referred to by the counsel for the defendant aft an nta ined (which in his Honour's opinion it did the a ny affecting the plaintiff's rights, he *al l have. disregarded such adtnissions made solely 0 0414 a ,view to a compromise. He regretted those pro deehti 'lad failed of success, and that the painful duty of Itob e r such a case should have been cast en him; but th R , e L _eacta to that duty ho wee compelled to decide tu t ,. eura Ina to what he considered the plinciples of he applicable to the facts and evidence, the deed pP to "id and Sir • Henry must deliver it t hrou g h be - cancelled. His Honour then went ritelm ed "me miner points of tee case, and der_Put a l ee tln elaborate judgment, which occupied an ietivery, ay pronouncing a decree declaring the L _ ll , dea ye a e 7 th'July, 1843, to be void, and ordering it to loati isaa re d up to be cancelled, but the bill must be. .44tla as far as it sought a declaration that the mot t on the Hoghton estates were subsisting mon teheym R f should be glad in a cash of this nature to be ta iDeeh, f rom the necessity of giving any directions h 4 .. 11 3 Inc, costs. h ‘liey to 4T aaLt. (on behalf of the plaintiff) was very °did ~,O a Y that his client had authorised him to state The e a ," desire any directions on the subject of costs. Th e a'",e_rt then proceeded with petitions. i: o aate ad " ti % i ticery courts will not sit to-morrow. It is un tiir,a at all the Chancery Judges are to meet the Ch ancellor on the subject of the Chancery Reform ,401 t ,D, at . ""' - ' 4 IN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) 4 4 ;4 , Balle", before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, ' l 4Sti -81 `e° WIGHTMA.N, Mr. JUitiCe ERLE, and Mr. Sir p e6 CROMPTON ) ' Ati, ir rederick Thesiger was sworn in as her Majesty's 4114Y-GEneral. Zr, td v. IRONSIDE.—CRIMINAL INFORMATION. Ztlr -- m Tuic a rule nisi had been obtaiued, calling upon — sae I ,7 ll — me, the well-known railway proprietor, to show hia s "? a criminal information shou'd not be . filed Wiemo,r,,°3 f ora libel which he had published in the 111. ts - "* . cree P ress, upon Mr. Barwell and the officers Ai: kidland Railway Company. the hi l ill oNfanu now appeared to show cause against h t oltpl a ' ; l md contended that it was impossible that the I ) liblkf i tt,lg parties could have been injured by t. . h thio g pi e u Letter, because it contained no names nor any °Uti t - ,.." to indicate to the world who the parties were. !hais e ," said an anonymous letter was sent the s `listi ce 7, 4 of the company, in which Mr. Barwell 0 w,.. lOtisi e ;.7 Pointed at as the party referred to in the c en kighs — ` l°ll published in the Free Press. Now that letter of th is °r might not have been forwarded,h knew li cithii sn , B 110 could assure the Court, that of wri s. Whatever of this letter, nor was he in th e e habit Privet:4lls anonymous letters either to newspapers or St i t s i ndividuals. On the contrary, it was notorious ' 0 th e w a' bis practice always to attach his own .name put i n Matters which he occasionally felt called upon to 40 is P r int, and he therefore hoped that as this letter in Poet Y mentioned names, the Court would not teal dis the t o make this rule absolute, the more especially as Dart Of hi s Y who made this c o mplaint stood in the position ac so awn servant, and had refused to render him an ttilit of hi s stewardship when he called for it. Itty"LLORD CHIEF J USTICE sugges t e d t o M r . Macau te.stW" appeared for the other side, that he had better btil'ate the case, as there was a new Judge on the ... l arss lte °l ;:lio was not p resent when the rule nisi was , m fd.r ton, A CICLAY said he was qu i te rea d y t o a d o pt th a t on e, and h e b egged to inform their Lordships that on 142,1ner occasion he ebtainrd this rule oo behalf of Mr. t,,7 / ell, a director of the Midle.nd Railway, and a magi,. 7w.r.e. ...t No rtnampton,und e r the t ollowing circuass anu.s:— .4.., k ~,,,. mull of that application was a libel published by Sheffield Freeelc", Mr. Barwell in a newspaper called the tiser ; and it Chatgldankdd Rotherham and Barnsley Adver tiser reference to large cou r t . Bat well with corrupt concoct behalf of the Midland c 041.acats made by the directors on articles The company contracts 4 very large amount a eke, chiefly for the use ofyteh,:ere.l s e e a ara o : f ts clothing and the „_Cott t of near 400,000/. a the nd this to an " , ',,one n eted with the present litsel'w4e ts:,,reinstances t Tat periodically, as supplies issue for 0 c to advertise r e t : bea t different Prraaer-s ItiZeles. It is also lid la to t p r t a h e e t i directors t o ser aa parties krOwn . the year 1851 th ere, a nwde cons e t t r h a r e e t e a ~, It app3ais t 7,:ionti upon hricihntenders were receiv t s 7. l. _ .ar!ade,andwrella'tivo to which are the etc etiaZ ars that the first intimation wlz'al. r Z_stl in the libel. It apv: any • ccarge against Mr. gar h 1, - *" to the directors of we*" '• an anonymous letter received 011 th e was contained 1111 1851, on which day it appears that 6 ath eat of Novenaber, r4Zaseraber "olthe board of directors, who attend e d ~ a as similar. letter, except fir ' held at Derby, receivecl in substance the %Iv_ zi arwellbirnself. This letter We 4.- . pu b lished by Mr. Ironaide, te d • 3 the libel afterwards with the hissl. li;,,k is identical as to items and figures interested in certain co in a rßed that Mr. Barwell seki ra ets whicbsbad been made "h the. strs..sceotmsmatittusoo,. hi. th at' his nominee had obtained the u" L''' Pri f re clearly llesttseltiwErelliiss, t 'Urr.,„; 43 ... 3 * This anonymous letter thereto re ear. Barwell not only with an interestmik e in g t a b in e Dy th -ae s) but also with a corrut intention to r it beiug 41 . 1 ° 1. No notice is ' taken of that 411 4 :1 1; 131 " 5 ; but on the'2d of December, ols e i,," Meeting of the directors, when Mr. J ohn r e man oftlie company and Member of Parliament, h' e s a contmunication from Mr. Ironaide. I read the affntavit of Mr. Ellis and the letter is— s< D ent " Sheffield, 1851, Dec. Ist. (I. ex Sir,.=-A copy of the inclosed letter will appear l opp L ' e ct) in several journals next Saturday. I cannot kq t t4c.the board would openly sanction such conduct, bltt t heir he is necessary. I can wait patiently. he tu Ito* my plan of publishing contracts would have m ss b i tar Y the best. It lam called on I can give the A of director,' . eay ". 'he his partner, and the two clerks. Ik e urn the m a tter of letting till you have investi. d it. " Yours faithtulty, t i j " ISAAC IRONSIDE. A °}lll Ellis Eq , M.P , Chairman of the tici ?die d ' . Railway ' Company." /Pllll4 this letter inclosed a printed slip identical with 4 1'y tis e rwards appeared in the newspaper. The Secre. qerefore wrote this letter to Mr. Ironside :—. "Midland Railway, Secretary's Office, i i s . c. 21, 1852. 4 N seiriv??..he board concludes . that you would not bring I,P O II i„.. " charge contained in your letter of yesterday !`ttiii..'"-7 anonymous commusication,. and without pktGirliatided.yourself of the respectabily ofy c o h ur in. 4 he sto ?nd being prepared to sulsstantiate the arge. ,Oti pt:ea committee are prepared to place all books `° gi v ears connected with the contracts before you, and lotir eI:011 aSS'stance in investigating the subject upon 'gest `itg the n_ame of your _ tilt I°-roorro inconvenient to you, informszt. The committee Yit iii w, but if that day is . t) hb. . m eet again on Tuesday, the 16th inst. Mr. u " inatinctions to eive you a pass. "I am, Sir, yours faithfully, ~,. 14 lE ttats j r • "J. F. BELL, Secretary. ter t o "sides Egg., Sheffield." this :,...r. Irons c 1 _e vir,... s: ._. i, , " Shsifisisl. Dec. 3 I F 51. N I "at Sir 1 1. 5 thi, ,-- go hose early from business aud gOt 7 149 4i11g. A denotes •. foregnue.molusion. THE SUN, • I The stores committee have a right to attseh conditions 1 to their challenge_ and I have a_TiOit accept or refuse L the conditions. I decline the investigation clegg,ed with conditions. In fact, I have neither time nor inclinati,m to fight: battles with-fungi:o4s,- -- It need not be done in a hurry—it will keep. I shall be j gl i a f d a t: y finz.!,intifliensinbfeoarn i Inw.-dOjn'g'ufailslynct'btaregoTt,Wa:dshsaolrlr'see. My time is very for not CL id de th tit a i t le r i u m 't a ' n b o B er ,m -ZY7% j s ie rnithfullY, in w fu r t i ly tin o p r in up s ie m d great haste, " ISAAC IRONBIDE. c‘ J. F. Bell, Esq., Secretary 'Midland Hallway." It is clear, therefore, that a full investigation of the subject is offered to him on his giving up the name of his informant, and he de&ines it. The' printed slip, which wwoarsdisncalonsi typeedin Mr.i with the libellronside'sletter,--was identical in pubii - shA in the ri.vts p7:r,er,t, i 8 d.itt4.si, snit.-ts , intle form of a letter,•dat, d the 29th upneered on Saturday, the 6th Decembsr. It vv,is l IDLAND R : A vl l , L i r t AY CONTRACTS. " THE. ‘ E 3- perhaps.tat recollected that at a getKaal meeting of the Midland, Lsuceeeded in car rying a propo s i t i on to t h e efftet that.the contracts should b e published. A t th e succee di ng meet i ng , t h e directors, having rettped to obey the resolutien,-came prepared to rescind it. KnOwina the-ir proxy power I did not resist Lilt m, bat threw the' *hole resp'onsibilitY upon them. The shallowness of their reasoning in support of the .(:‘nt secrecy was apparent, but nothing will move them and the shareholders except plain facts, which all will admit are very difficult to get at under the present circumstances. Will you permit me to put a few ques tiont to the directors in reference tO this - matter of con tracts? 1. Previous to the recent letting of contracts, did Mr. ,a well-known nominee, agent, or partner of one of the directors,: send in tenders? 2. Were not these tenders. originslly, above ail the rest in every article? 3. Did not the ttirecter enter the prices in the other tenders in hie,Square book, and take them home for she consideration of himself and nominee? 4. Prior to the next committee da), was not the nomi nee brought free to Derby to make fresh proposals to the director and the committee; and did he not also bring his cases of goods free, and take the rejected por tion back at the same rate, by way, I suppose, of in creasing the receipts of the line? 5. On the night pre vious to the letting, were not the director and his nomi nee taking a peep at the tenders in the secretary's office? " I am informed that last February, when there was a contract for 600 erginemen's great coats, a coat lay for inspection with a pattern of rug tied to it, and a notice stating that the coats were to be lined with the same article, except the colour, which was to be the same as the coat lining; the pattern quality was worth sa. per yard, the lining that was put in the coats was only worth 2s. per yard. Parties tendering of course sent their prices for the ss. lining; the best lining would cost 13s. 9d. per coat, and 2s. lining would only cost ss. 6d. per coat. The tenders - were as follows :—Brunt Derby, 245. per coat ; Ferneyhough, ditto, 265. ditto ; Dolan, London, 275., ditto; the director, 28s. 6d. ditto. 01 course, the director had the order at 28s. 6d., at a loss to the company of 600 times 12s. 6d, amounting to 3821 10s., in consequence of his being allowed to line the coats with the 2s. lining. I am also • informed that the tenders for general stores were opened on Wednes day last, for the director to make a few notes from; that he then handed them over to Mr. and Mr. —, two clerks in the stores, to make abstracts from. They found some of their old •friends were cut out, and they immediately sent for them—Messrs. Eastwood, Frost, and Kirtley, ironldunder; also Messrs. Roe and Oakley, timber merchants, and several others. Blank forms of tenders were taken into the office to them, and new ten ders made out. As the tenders are to be decided on Tuesday. next, I shall send a copy of this letter to the chairman, at Derby, in order to try to save the company a few thousands this next half-year. _Allow me to sug gest a remedy, which is, to have tricie crntracts decided by a committee of sharetialders, or by the whole boned of directors, and not to allow three persons, consisting of the director and two others, to spend 300 ; 0001 a ear in this reckless manner. Entreating the earnest and serious attention of the shareholders and the directors to this subject._ I remain yours faithfully, " Sheffield, Nov. 29, 1851. " ISAAC IRONSIDE." that *as the libel complained of, and the Court watild perceive Mr. Ironsioe did not now deny that Mr. Barviall was not the director to whom the letter re ferred. Mr. Justice E aLE—And how can you show that he is? MI. MACA.IILAY said Mr. Bsrwcll had the managenient of the seores, :.rid he introduced a. Mr. Wright, of Northampton, to the company, who supplied the articles referred to in the letter. • The charges, however, which the letter conteieed were totally false, and this was sworn to positively both by Mr. Barwell and other officrs of the company. Not only were the estimates which the company accepted the lowest sent in, but it could be proved that the materials supplied were the best,. while, with reference to the charge that certain materials were contracted for and inferior supplied the director and his nominee pocketing the tl7fference, anicunting to 3821. 10s„, the manufacturer - who (indeed the cloth made an affidavit, in which he swore that it could not have been sold for less than the price contracted fur. It was. clear, therefore, that this was a grosa. libel upon Mr. Barwell, and the Court ought to make the rule absolute. Lord CAMPBELL said, if Mr. Ironside bad made his complaint in a general meetine r•f the company, or held his letter been writttn in a bond fide, spirit, the Gaut would not have interfered. but this letter made specific charges against Mr. Barwell, and now there was no answer given to the publication. It appeared, there fore, to the Court that there was reasonable ground to suppose that the publication was malicious, and for that reason the Court thought it was right to make the rule absolute, in order that the case might be submitted to a jury. Mr. IRONSIDE said he wished to make a few remarks in reply to what had fallen from the Learned Conn: el. Lord CAMPBELL told him that he had better reserve them for the jury. Mr. IRONS - IDE—Oh, as to that, I shall only cross examine the witnesses, and if they succeed, why, as far as that goes, it wilt be a great relict to me to go to pri son. I can assure your Lordship.—(A laugh.) Rule absolute accordingly. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. ELIZABETH JONES. Mr. HODDLESTONE applied fora habeas corpus to bring up the body of a person named Elizabeth Jones, who was confined in the Westminster House of Correction. The prisoner was convicted under the Vagrant Act the sth Geo. IV., the 4th section of which made a suspected person or reputed thief liable to three months' imprisonment who fre quented any street leading to a navigable river or canal, or tiny place, of public resort, or any avenue leading thereto, or any street, highway, or place adjacent, with the intention of committing a felony. The commitment in the present case set out that the prisoner, being a suspected person, unlawfully fre quented a certain street called Regent-street, with intent to commit a felony, but without stating that this street was a piece of public resort, an avenue leading thereto, or a highway, or place adjacent. The Learned Counsel contended that this was a material omiision, and that it rendered the commitment invalid. He mentioned that a similar point was argued in the Cineon'a Bt rich last term, and that the decieien was adverse to th- view he now uslie I their Lordships t.i take of the present ca , e; but as Mr. Justice Pgtteson, first at chambers, and sub sequently in full count, took a diffe \ rent view to the rest of his brother juages • he trusted their L.)rd,hips would pardon hia bringing the vision before them. The CHIEF BARON said the subject had - aright to apply to every court at Westminster tor .a habeas corpus. —Rule granted. ACCIDENT TO THE MASTER OF THE CHESHIRE FOXHOUNDS.—We are extremely sorry , to learn that on Monday last ii-s=evererieddent occurred to Captain White, at the kennels. The gallant master was in the act of mounting a spirited horse in order to accompany the pack on an airing excursion, when the animal - jumped-aside, and the Captain tell to the ground, the horse afterwards in his caperings treading on the master's leg. ""Ha was immediately conveyed home and put to bed. Tue injury, though _serious, we are happy to say, is not dangerous,- .J:tucclevield Courier. MDLLE. WAGNEE,—Of this lady, who , is announced to appear at each-Opera House, we find the following in a _ _e:..in journal :=" Mdlle. Johanna Wagner left he,.'e on the in b ult. for Luiniic atter which she will appear at Her her theatre. • ' • r egret and .r br e i t2s uer co • According to the terms of her contract, ole much losing n9e. will-last till the Ist ot October. Her last appear- hoe, b w . t a a s i n 'a: d E t g h = l 6 a n o ti o ' i n e e b , ri i t n y - L o f 'ury a n havingt he, b i cehticrhs first character t u e n r d s e h r e rof forth all its grandeur, and. in Fiddio: - Tips. e n en wh th i and their favourite is very great, with much •of her re=appearance is lo o k e d forward to a nd •- - '- - - - . ' Ting C! -RYSTAL p meeting was held at tli' - PALACE. —Last night a ` public with the view to petit-9 Prince Albert - Hotel, Notting-hill, the Crystal Palace orto, r,irrParliament for the preservation of man, in opening the p r n ee ' e a d ealan in the chair. The chair under the hand of Sir ATOStp t r i !,4B. read the printed statement tion of the building, and, i n a a$ ton„ in, fav - our of.the reten answer the reasona which had been speech, endeavoured to Mr. Pullen moved - and 111 r.. D, Dfoi rird for taking it down. to the effect that it_was the opinion , s eapiided a resOlation Crystal Palace;onglit : to be i i reserv "' tli , e meeting that the being admirably- fi tl n e d d ' rational evryr o zs e p aett : for t h a e c z r n p t os o e f s its public instruction aoiution, urged Upoinnih Ur' Brewster, in speaking to the res . meeting the de as many signatures o; sirability of procurirg . _Aadies t o . the retention of the buildi n e Pe titions in support o f g as Possible. destruction rth for the of that The fiat had gone to noble edi fice, o f England came forward • - its and unless the wo men The resolution was ,111 behalf, nothing could save it. to Parliament end petition, etaoo. carried with acclamation,'a meeting on the subject was adopted dying the wishes of the then the hands of Mr. and signed, with a view to streng Heywood his mo tion in the House of in bringing forward . . Commons on Tuesday next. goN.—At a RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR WIL. 1. on Tuesdays he meet ingfollow- of the Edinburgh Town' Counci irates and ing letter, addressed to the Lord Provost, mai l the 'Pro council, was read from. Professor Wilson, resigning W oo" fessorship of Moral Philosophy in the University:-' " burn, Dalkeith, April 8, 1852. -My Lord and Gentlemen; When the kindness of the patrons, on occasion of my sudden. and severe illness in September last, induced, and the g reat goodness of the Learned Principal Lee enabled, them to grant me leave of absence till the close of the ensuing session note about to terminate, the benefit to my health from that ar rangement was so great as to seem to justify my humble hopes of its entire and speedy restoration ; but as the year advances these hopes decay; and I feel that it is now my duty to resign the chair which' I have occupied for so long a period, that the patrons may have ample time for the.elec tion of my successor. -I have the honour to remain, my Lord and Gentlemen, your faithful servant, Joi; WiLso.N. _ _ . - ROYAL COLLEGE OE SURGEOI4BO--The following members were admitted Fellows of the College a t a meeting of the C ounc i l yesterday afternoon ;-111essrs. Thomas Francis Fernandez, Madras Medical Establisbnik.nt, diploma dated October 5, 1S:.,8; Thomas Esiou Lander, Shiffnal, Shropshire, April Is, 1542; and James Morris, Park -street, Clroyeacr-Pciugge,,juz io 16, 184t.3. LONDON, - 4n - iVgrt NV:M D R. A A-111 GRAB AIE-I.O7IIOSSGRAY. By the -Author of " illerklandr6.c. 3 Tols, Colburn. The nunteroussidaureli atm, anthems, who have lingered in the plpoaut:Sf.,;ottish home of Mrs. Mar garet 11taitland,,or_ watched the - development of the deeper histori_of the _joys and sorrows of Merkland, and thrilled w itt t i r t e r,- ; .st,andadnakration of heroic lives of Caleb l'idd and his daughter, will hail the appearance of thesevoluines with-pleasure and expec tation: - They will not be disappointed. Lis an un common work, not only in the'stibthied power of the style, in the eloquence of the 4igresip,n§,_in the . inte rest of the narrative, or in the delineation of character, but in the lessons it teacheS, and the- truths the more ferciblitold,because they areunostentatiouslyadvanced, less us the advice of the isiptior than The words spoken by the characters theniaeies. Tne first volume con tains the memoirs op '4,.-datn Graeme, hcving been forsaken by his plighted brklc- , ,, and deeply wronged by his cousin and only. relative, retires to pass his lire in solitude and seclusion; resolving never to see the ,children of those:who had so injured biro, though the injurers themselVes had passed away. But .his resolution changes; he receives a letter from her whom he , had almOst,'W:orhipped, written when on her deathbed, committing her only child, an orphan, to his charge. He accepts: the trust, and the- quiet, gentle Lilias Maxwell beeonies the companion and ward Af,:the old man, rvvlao had de termined never to see her. ;His feelings also undergo a change with respect to the son of his cousin, who is the last - Of the race, and who, being a very different charack to his fatheri sugfceecis iu eff‹ctually remov ing Adam Grearae's,prejudice respecting him. The gentle Lilias, however, is not the chief attraction. The eager, variable,:aud; energetic Helen Buchanan is the - .heroine - who :most excitesiour sympathy. Slighted - by the society Fendie,' as being only a_ poor: schoolmistress,. toiling in poverty and anxiety, and the only suppOrt of her mother, sensitive and proud, feeling joy and.sorrow keenly, she has yet another and heavier trial; Mr. Oiwald, the banker of .he town, bad once been the partner of her father, and on account of some unhappy dispute-they had parted in anger. Mr. Buchanan, a weak---minded, delicate man, totally different from his daughter, died, and the self-willed and unkirgiving banker refused to allow Helen Buelianan to becoMe the bride of Wil liam Oswald. The, e4n_ traat is striking between the pale and' quiet Lilias—calm evenin - her sorrow, for she is not without trials—and the: earnest, excitable Helen," whose' - varyingr moods and. changing temper render her so susceptible of pleasure and pain. But she is strong-minded and independent notwithstanding, andber spiritlrises tonieet t he-diffioulties which surround her, while Lilies droops and yields. The other cha racters are also well drawn each . complete in itself. . The gentle LairdOQVlOtisgray, whO gives his name to the work, the honest light-.hearted Halbert Graeme, the resolute banker, and his active sensible daughter Hope, who schemes and plans most ingeniously, and who finally meets the -success she 'deserves, and the grave, earnest William,: are all striking in their indi viduality. Nor must we forget those in humbler life—the stern old fisherniati, who thought'his vow of unforgiveness for the faults, of 'hia son held him to its fultiimenti or Isabel Broln, the old housekeeper, who still believed ber . tnistress, young, and when she returned, after the absence Of many years, refused to credit that the grey-haired lady could be her " Miss Lucy." The earlier part of -the • work:, the history of Mossgray himself, is full of eloquent writing and description. The follnwing is an extract yes, - it is in youth, :pi:: 2 perly so called, that the true age of poetry is. The priesthood of nature, the mood that can hold communion with her in-- every place and time—these come only w hen the, boy's material age is past, and the childish dreams ciants, back, mightier now and clearer, to clothe with their rare grace the expanding growing soil, Is it well that this rarliatice should ny and by, fide into the light of common day? Let us be content, the old man is of kin to:the youth; perchance if the harsher meridian time did not intervene, it would scarcely be so. But now the:vision splendid travels with hirheverywhere. There .is a glory about the, hills and in the sky—there is:rottsie; - all the more clear that it is ioartioutste, in every;-run-tang strearn 7 —there is, highest of 'n wonderful light and truth, and love, and nobleness, over all human things—motives, grand sod sublime, l a bour generous and great; worthy of the marvellous position he ld by this mortal race. The whole universe vibrates to his ear with heroic marches andnoble chimes and music, to which his soul thrills and his step keeps time. True, indeed, there are falsehood- and selfishness and change here, er, whence those tales and sorrow, and this general indignaionahat swells within him against the wrong that is to be conquered? but these are not near him. In his own especial atmosphere there is per feet truth, open at all points to the-eye of day. His ideal covers and veil:avail Ineanirliults -- in the objects of hiS chivalrous affection; and he:pities men who are smarting Under neglect, 6r - incousistenay and worldliness of friends, tis those pi!-y whoieel their 'own blessedness made all the greater by the contrast." •-• The little band asChi:A - fellows who form the heroes of the memeirs are sadly diatieraed and parted. But Mos9gray remains the same, and when his youth and its trials have passed away we find him still watching his own -dearly--loved stream, the same generous, poetical nature, and the same kind and gentle heart. The subjoined is from the parting scene of William and Helen, when the former is going to Edinburgh : " I grant you that,' said 'William, 'but suppose, Helen, a man should distrust his own powers, and think it most expedient to keep himself apart from all strug gles—to withdraw far away from the evils he has not strength to contend with—whit then?' - " 'Then he does no 0•8161 his end,'- -said the rapid, eager voice—' which is not to flee from natural tempta tions and difficulties, but bravely to resist and do battle with the same. I know one feels ones heart sink often. It may not be so with you who are strong; but I feel that -to cease such work and warfare as one is called to do, does bring a perilous sinking of the heart. It is not well—surely it is not well to withdraw from the evils . which are in us and about us; we are bound to do battle with them, William—not to stand on our defence alone, but to carry the war into the camp- of- the enemies. I think sometimes that the state of war must be the only good state for those who have sin.,nataral to them as we have;; and that if these words' resist - and struggle were,: withdrawn from our language we should, be no longer human; for when we lot our : arms fall, our hearts fall, and weariness comes upon us, ,and distrust and gloom;' and out of the living, moving world we come into the narrow chamber of ourselves—and the sun sets upon us, William.' " The sun had set in the 'changeful -face upon • which William iaswald looked, and for the moment its waning colour • and . downcast eyes proclaimed the unmistakable sinking of the heart. She did not perceive the look that dwelt upon her, nor its language—language 'uncon sciously .powerful—‘ and this, Heleu,_ is your philoso phy.' The words fell dreamily upon her - ears, echoing through a , lung silence. The philosophy was not hers alone. • Kindred thoughts had risen-in the young minds, as they grew together Had the early flush of maturity, and now she sent him forth a knight:" OLD ENGLISH CO UiviT-PROVERB (From Eliza:fjook's journal.) 61d proverbs are tatf ; e_otieentriated esaence of popular wisdotb. They have ,j)een 'struck out by. theoretic know ledge, and confirmed ht practical -experience. The people who lived long ago in times when printed books did not:exist, embodied their views of lift-in - proverbs, which were banded down from father to son, through many generations. They !live among us still. To thin ray proverbs copiaitute the literatiirie of, the unlearned. And even the most learned of taiTh May often gather wisdom' , from these old saws of our forefathers. Row - much practical knowledge, for inattinceji to be found in the Preverbs of Solomon ;=,- 7 5vhs4 clear insight into life! what Olden maxims for the up-bringing of youth! what noble thoughts for self-culture and home happiness!";" - George Dawson ' in: his clever. -lecture on Popular Proverbs, has said of them, that, they are usually the , witty utterances, by wise melt, .of the wisdom of 'the inany. They became current benause thiy ably, briefly, quaintly, or energetically expressed what men had long _thought. The best of theta are shorta.and they are short 'because they felt themselves to ba true,—because many of them are, as Emerson has pointed out, utterances of those under!) ing laws of lite around which, as around a magnetic pule, our actions group-themselves. They are the'great spiritual utterances of mankind, and may be regarded as a kind of gauge to the` thinker, to show how far spiritualism has beewsticcessfui in getting into life. They are the antiwar of the streets, to the pulpit. .They have become a current method of teaching great truths. ; Thus Feanklini• $a his Poor Richard, drew forth a: whole budget-of _them ; in enforcing the duty of provideneta.' -Tay .yiereall, ready-made to his hand. You 'fled. the best OrProleibi common to nearly all countries' Proierbi'have -- their equivalents- in all lan guages.. The English,, Scotch, Dutch;- Germans,' and Spanish, are espectally , rinh in .proierba; and,- at some future OpportiMity,' we may Haw from their ample bud gets. At present our, task ie_ .9f a humbler kind; namely, to draw fOrth a few_ of` the old"county proverbs and current sayings of England; 'which are, in many re spects, curiously illostratire --of the old life, habits, and customs of the country. We may mention that we take them from a book 'about:oo hundred - years" old,'entitled h Anglerun,l Speculum, or , the Worthies of England in land toahis 44y. ,• - - . irch and. Stale' The' proverbs, or sayings; there fore,_ which we areabout.to_cite, were in use centuries Z ; V o -land n uart of them are current In the several noun- The, a was once lay.pvlltrd)' th ellioghemshire "Bread and" Beef, the one ' °.-otherlu t a still . • cslves,.. , ~ -, Aft . ,; ,-!, is peaverinal. So are "Essex Weobly a e (E C' milii,'!.: anti 'lJeanititer bread and `-`Bean-belly Leicestershire" t h e beans rattle in his V e r i -ple collar, and you shall hear Leicestershire ro a m s an d may be, so still; "Shake a -C1 oilneheater-" use. red herring), " Nortotk Y,' "Yarmouth capon" (or .. aili vl t? those who multiply (cheese and cakes), a n d .! aToing.,,, 'tool,by veal" What is necessary in their and a gallon of water" (ap pri F e rt,h_am g nine grits e ae i ra fl ev u e o rp ui r , ab a se n ees d f { )8 still that - --current - The pro show that the .operatives of by sprats, manufacturing place, were much more poorly o'ff than a dw y i e hs .,- ca bi r a 'i ar l s ' : : )1 : ' they are now., ' tlie ..A• Jack of Dover" wasphrase applied to focd that had been cooked Wirer' and over again, and also to : repetitions of useless phraseology i 'n speech, El " e that 1 would eat a buttered fagot, let bun go to Northa m p ton " —that town t'bin g (.miafel-"thi)laclveat of rail•vay,) the , Idnareitao.aa:ia ,Engiara'; foTILI O i , - 'lle " 1116 V°Wrk bein g far fromtheisea;*'?ystera past hate grown stale before EVENING, APRIL l6, 1852 from Guthurm Lane, in the City, but now applied to gluttons and drunkards), these are very old proverbs, which have been hundreds of bears in use. There is only ono other familiar proverb that we shall allude to, which is the well-known one of " Tenterden steeple the cause of Goodwin Sands," now applied in derision to causes and results ludicrously incongruous. Yet the assertion was seriously made, and not without reason, by the old Kentishmsn who first uttered the words now grown into a proverb. "For those sands," said the old man, " were firm lands before that steeple was built. which ever since were overflown with sea water." But where could be the possible reason for inAing such an assertion? It lay in this;—that a con siderable sum of money was collected for the purpose of fencing what Were called East Banks against the sea, then making rapid encroachments along that part of the coast. But iho Bishop of Rochester, hearing of the collection of money, ordered that itui destination should be commuted to the building of Tenterden steeple. So Tenterclen steeple wee built instead of the sea-wall, and at the next great s►torm the sea broke in upon the land, and. Goodwin Sands were formed. Thus, the old man of Kent was not without some solid ground for his as sertion, that " the building of Tenterden steeple was the cause of Goodwin Sands!" SPORTIN G N ()TES. No. CCVI. YORK SPRING MEETING, So. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Yesterday produced the best day's racing that Newmarket can boast of during the present meeting, but as four out of the half dozen races wore uninterest- ing to the publie at large, I shall confine my observa tions to the 100 sovs. and Claret Stakes. For the former Alcoran had his race in hand all the way, Glen luce cutting out the work for the first quarter of a mile, Stockwell then taking up the running to half way up the cords, Aicerun here heading him and clearing the chair a very easy winner by half a length; Glenluce beaten a couple of lengths. This performance of Al coran's is very respectable, but not good enough to en title him to the position he holds in the Derby betting. Had Glenluce been in good form, her running so queer a third as she did on this occasion would have justified me in at once discarding her from my good opinion for both 1,000 Guineas and Oaks; - as it is I must wait a little longer before givi ng a decided opinion in her form this year. The Claret Stakes, contrary to general expectation, were won by Osbaldeston's son of Touchstone and Moun tain Sylph, in a most ridiculously easy manner ; for Ariosto, on whose chance 2 to 1 was laid freely, after making the running at a strong pace to the turn of the lands, !cut it so dead that Mountain Deer passed him, and, without the semblance of a race, won by at least a third of a distance. The winner was immediately backed for the Chester Cap, for which in my opinion he stands but a very remote chance of winning. The betting on the Heath was remarkable in one or two respects; in the first ;place, for the gradual decline of Hobbie Noble for the Derby, who has receded to 7 to 1 offered; for the steady advance of Alfred the Great to 14 to 1; for the advance of Hothorpe to 16 to 1 for the Chester Cup; and for the improvement of the Indian Warrior, who has advanced to 25 to 1, taken. The ensuing week has two meetings of some note to engage the polite attention of the sporting fraternity. I shall merely touch upon that of York at the present time. This meeting, established last year, has aleady risen into an important feature in the reanions of the season ; it extends over two days, Tuesday and Wed nesday next, and opens with the Craven Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added, over the mile course. Six nominations have been obtained to this stake, of which two, Iris end Clincher, I imagine, will be missing from the fray ; the other four, in all probability, will contest the stske, and, to my thinking, LADY AGNES and Ra dulphus ought to occupy the first and second places, although they will encounter considerable opposition from Croupier and Peniston, both remarkable fast milers The Z. tland Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added; for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; over the T.Y.C., about 5 furlongs 44 yards. This stake may pro bably attract to the post Strait Jacket, St. Andrew, Plunderer, Mabella, Grapeshot, Lambton, and Dick Turpin. I confess my inability to discover anything capable of beating Osborne's LAMBTON or Lord Zet land's GRAPESHOT. The Flying Dutchman's Handicap, instituted to com memorate the never-to-be-forgotten match between the rival winners of the Derby and St. Leger of 1849 and 1850, has obtained a subscription-list numbering sixty tour, and an acceptance of twenty-nine; it will be run over the two miles of the old course. The list is headed by the renowned Voltigeur, who, with Bst 131 b up, has been backed at as little as 2 to 1 to carrry the stake off. He is certainly the only animal that can be called a race horse in the entry, perhaps with the exception of Elthi ron, who at Bst 51b, however, stands no chance with Voltigeur. Lord Zetland's nag. I expect will run un commonly well, perchance may get into the third place, bat I can hardly bring myself .to believe he can give the weight away to several in the race that he is required to do. I cannot conceive for what ; performances the geld ing by Morgan Rattler is weighted to carry 7st 121b:— he can have no chance whatever. Raby, at 7st 81b, stale, flat, and in every respect remarkably unprofitable, as an investment will not do at any price. Sir Rowland Trenchard, at four pounds less than the preceding, is scarcely handicapped fairly; and although he may run respectably, will not catch the judge's eye in a primary position. Storyteller is a remarkably hopeless spec; ditto Lough Bawn. Tom Holtby, I believe, is not thoroughly himself, or at 6st 91b it would have been almost impossible for his present rivals to have defeated him. Knook Knoll may run respectably, as he has been going to do many a time, but has not yet accom plished that undertaking. Haricot at 6st Elb, if in her three years old form, is without doubt the most dangerous animal in the race to stand against; I con sider her chance to be as good as any. Osborne's couple figure next side by side, Achyranthus having, however, two pounds the pull of Kathleen; the latter, I believe, will remain quietly in her stable, leaving the former to do battle, perhaps successfully, for the lucky house of Osborne. The Prior of Lanercost, at 6st 51b, is another rather mischievous looking animal, it would be highly imprudent to pepper; his form, however, I know nothing about. Harp, Jack Looming, and Hard Labour are of very little account here; the first named is by far the best. Little Fawn has shown some run ning at times, but is a bad one. Haresfoot and Bardolph are no go. Goliah, at sst 101 b, is weighted lightly enough, but his performances hitherto have been so very wretched, that I hardly entertain any hopes of an improve ment on this occasion. The Selly Warfoot colt is handi capped too heavy. Coryptes is a doubtful runner. Lucio may give us a taste of the Faugh-a-Ballagh run ning, but his doing so is not at all certain. Cyclops may as well remain at home; ditto Poetess, the Jemima filly, Royalty, and Surprise. Euphony, if she starts, will dispose of all the light weights. To sum up, the finish of the race I anticipate will be among the follow ing—Voltigeur, Haricot, Achyranthes, Prior of Latter cost, and Euphony, HARICOT Or ACHYRANTHES win- I ning, with Voltigeur next, Euphony and The Prior fol lowing in the order placed. The Champion Handicap of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added, over the mile course, has a dozen nominations, a moiety of which will probably figure at the past. Clincher, I presume, will be an absentee. Iris, if she can satisfactorily give the weight away, will prove herself a clipper: I en tertain, however, serious doubts on the point. The Italian, Penang, and Croupier, are held safe by Lord Derby's mare. Oxford Blue and Hungerford are bottled up by the Cutler; and Prince Caradoo colt and Miss Lydia filly satisfactorily settle the other light weights. I feel inclined to assign the first three places to the PRINCE CARA.DOC COLT, MISS LYDIA. FILLY, and Iris. On ‘Veduesday the Eglinton Stakes of 100 son. each, h ft, with 50 added, three-quarters of a mile, will 13: , car ried off by L-mgbow, if he runs, or by Phantom in his absence, should they choose to start him; considerable doubt, however, exits with respect to the composition of the field. Should Scott start Sir Charles Monck's smart filly Gossamer, and Sheppard Mr. Harrison's King of Trumps, in opposition to Mr. Worthington's Itachete, and Osborne's Lady Agnes, a very pretty race for the Derby Trial Plate will he the result; but as the King of Trumps is a very dubious starter I shall look to Gossamer or Itachete to pull me through, The field, in addition to those already named, will probably include Mabham, Conrad, Dalton, and Hated. Sutton will not run. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. April 16, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. THURSDAY. Handicap Plate of 701., for three yrs old and upvvarde, D.I. - Mr. Wigram's Peacock, 3 yrs, sst 41b (Steagles) n 1 Lord Clifden's St. Antonio, aged, ist 71b (Flatinati) Mr. Rogers's Harrier, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Hammond) 3 Mr. Szephenson's Ninus, 5 yrs, 9st 4ib ...(F. Butler) 0 Mr. Raynor's Presto, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b ...(G. E. Sharp) 0 Mr. Armstrong's Coryphee, 4 yrs, 7st 21 b (Charlton) 0 Mr. E. Parr's Sanita, 3 yrs, Est 121 b ....... ....( 111 e tt) ° Mr. Kimbton's b f by Ugly Buck, d by Vcstris, 3 yrs 0 6st 41b (Speed) Mr. Daley's Columbine, 3 yrs, sst 121 b . _.. ( Perry) 0 0 Mr. Wentworth's Scourge, 3 yrs, sst 41b (VV. CowloY) Betting-4 to 1 agst Sanita. Sanaa, fullowcd by ly i ng c,well up, Presto and S. Antonio, the others, with the exception of Columbine , held a lead of a couple of lengths to the turn of the lands where the runnin w as taken up by Presto, Pea cock,g Harrier, and St. A nton i o waiting on him; th ey ran in this order to the Duke's Stand, where Presto gave way to Peacock, St. Antonio, and Harrier, the former going on with the lead, and winning a wcll. contested race by a neck; Harrier a bad third. The winner was ridden in his clothes. Run in 3 min. 59 s ec. Handicap Plate of 5 01, for three y rs old and upwards. T.Y.C. Mr. Armstrong's Sabra, 3 yrs l e t 71b (Charlton) 0 1 Lord Clifden's Sagacit ag ed, Bst 21 b...(Pearl) 0 2 Mr. Newton's Old Lad, 7st 111 b ...(G. B. Sharp) 3 Mr. Fox's Fernande, s,:yrs, Bst 71b (J. Howlett) 0 Mr. Rogers's Theodine, 3 yrs, 6st I 2lb (Hammond) o Betting-3 to 1 agst The:Old Lad-3 to 1 agar Sabra —4 to 1 ug.t Fernande. Sagacity jumped off first, but, after leading two hun dred yards, was joine d by Sabra and . The Old Lad Bad the three ran borne together , finishing with a dead heat il between Sabra and S a g acity, The , — 1 ( Lad being beaten only a neck; the o thers were neaten several lengths. Run in 1 min. 9 sec. Deciding Heat •-6 to 5 on Sabra, who won easily by a length. Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h ft, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 7113; fillies, Bst 41b ; the p ro d u ce of mares of the - Two that have bred a Winner Wil d Quon f Guineas, Grand Duke Michael's, Derby, Oaks, or , Doncaster St. Leger, to carry 71h extra; alb allowed, &c. D.M. Lord Orford's Alcoran, Bst 71b (Butler) 1 Lord Exeter's Stockwell, Bst 41b (Norman) 2 Mr. Payne's Glenluce, Bst 41b (Flatman) 3 Botting-6 to 4 on Alcoran-6 to 1 agst Stockwell. Glenluce jumped off first, and had a strong lead for about 300 yards; the running was then taken up by Stockwell, Alcoran waiting on him, Glenluce at his quarters. Half-way up the cords the favourite chal lenged, and won cleverly by half a length, Stockwell beating the mare by a length and a halt Run in 1 min. 48 sec. Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each; for three yrs old, 7st 71b; four, Bst 121 b; five and upwards, 9st 31b; mares and geldings allowed 316. Toe winner to be sold for 200 soya. if demanded, and allowances if to be sold for less. Mr. E. R. Clatk's Lady-in-j,aitieg,sst 111 b (Stagglea) 1 Lord W. Powlptt's Ft.chabt , rs, Tat 7ib (701) (Sharp) 2 Mr. Magenis's Ingratitude, 7st 21u (400 (Charlton) 3 Betting—Ercn on Ingratlude. Won easily by two lengths. R un i n 1 min. 62 sea. Subscription 8s t 71Pb,: ve,afileo o f 501.; for three yrs old, Est 12lb; 9st; six and aged, 9st 31b. The winner to be acid for 300 soya. if demanded, &c,; D.M. Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux, 5 yrs, 9st (Butler) 1 Mr. G. 0. Newton's The Old Lad, Est 12lb (Hammond) 2 Betting-5 to 2on Bordeaux, who won in a cantor by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 47 sec. The Claret Stakes of 200 soya. each, for four yrs old; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 2lb ; D.L Mr. Osbaldeston's Mountain Deer, Bst lib ...(fliett) 1 Mr. Greville's Ariosto, Bst 71b ..............(Flatm an ) 2 • :Betting-5 to 2on Ariosto. The running was made by tba favourite to the turn of the lands, where it was taken up by Mountain Deer, who had all the rest of it to himself, and won by at least 20 lengths. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for three yrs old ; colts, Bst 71b; fillies. Sat 21b, D.M. (3 Subs.) Mr. Herbert's Odessus (allowed 61bs) Match-100 sovs., 25 ft ; Bst 71b each ; D.M. Mr. E. Batson's Ben Nevis, received forfeit from Mr. God dard's c by Auckland, dam by Redshank. BETTING UP TO FIVE O'CLOCK. CHESTER CUP. 16 to 1 agst Hothorpe 25 to 1 agst Indian Warrior 39 to 1 egst Merry Bird 40 to 1 agst Mountain Deer—take SO to 1 DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Hobbie Noble—taken 25 to 1 agst Alcoran. LATEST BETTING AT NEWMARKET. PORT STAKES. 6 to 5 agst Prime Minister I 2 to 1 agst Lamartioe —taken } 4 to 1 agst Midas FLYING DUTCHMAN'S HANDICAP. 5 to 2 agst Voltigeur CHESTER CUP. 16 to 1 agst Hothorpe 1 25 to 1 agst Nancy DERBY. No change. SONGS OF THE FLOWER-SPIRITS. BY E. E. M. K. (From Ainsworth's Magazine for April.) SNOWDROPS. Stealthily, stealthily up to the light, When his gleaming wand first passes, We creep in our garments of dazzling white Ere the vernal leaves and grasses. And the sun Woks down with a wond'ring gaze, As if, in Earth's bloomless bowers. 'Twere the virgin snow of the winter days That had budded into flowers. And we lift up our ice -crowned heads to feel The warmth of his proud caress, For each kiss he gives is a magic seal Of strength and loveliness. CROCUSES. From prison, and gloom, and the ruthless cold We struggle, and pant, and are free, And the noonday is rifling our leaves for gold, But at night, right warily We'll close the gay woof of our stainless domes, Lest the frost with his shining feet Should wander within, and our fairy homes Become his winding-sheet. See, green swords bristle around us well, And the crisp snows drift away, And a trench lies round our citadel — ma safe as in rosy day. VIOLETS. The skies are weeping to behold us. Hark, how the zephyrs cell! Feel how the sunbeams yearn to fold us, Hear the sweet dew-drops fall! We are not dead, but are sleeping late On our mother's breast below. Without us the Spring seems desolate, She loveth her violets so. Wake, sisters, wake! for the moss is green, And our herald-leaves have sped Up to the day, and the young bee-queen Is singing songs overhead. PRIMROSES. Well may the pretty stars look down, And wonder to see us here, As if we had dropp'd from their purple crown, To spangle the earth's green sphere! Bat we are pale by their burning ray— We wear not their gorgeous hue— Pale with the knowledge of swift decay, And pale with our labours too: For long we wrestled with storm and breeze, Ere the glad dawn touched our eyes, And taught us the might of these forest-trees, The glory of yonder skies. BLErEBELLS. Where sedges are fresh with a play of waters That pause to toy with some favorite flower, April's darlings, her blue-eyed daughters, We cluster and bloom in each glancing shower. The gnats hum round us in happy glee The children riot in lightsome mirth, Our azure tents in the grass to see; . They seem to have watched our sunny birth! And near us the wan valley-lilies blow, Whose sighs are sweeter, the south-wind says, Than ever the lips of bright blossoms know, Ah! has he forgotten the roses' rich days. COWSLIPS. We are the playmates of jocand May, The light of whose laughing face Falls blushing over the fields to-day, And blesses our fairy race. But our knots of loosened gold are bowed Under her burning glance, While round us the cuckoo flow'rets crowd, The quaker-grasses dance Would they were here, the hours that darkle, Gales that are coolest, skies that weep! Under our bells did glow-worms sparkle, Soon were our heavy heads asleep! THREE CHILDREN POISONED BY ORNAMENTED CAREs.—Yesterday Mr. Wakley, M. P., held an inquest at the Hunter's Arms, Compton-street, Brunswick-square, on Bridget Tyreby, aged four years. James Tyreby, deceased's father, deposed that on Good Friday deceased received from a relative, amongst other Easter presents, a large cakesur mounted by variegated sugar ornaments f different colours. Deceased divided the cake amongst two other of hi a s . e _chil dren, who with deceased partook heartily of the ca c m : ,a_ ll . `" .. its ornaments. Soon afterwards all of them e b t e c ings uall and gerously ill, and were seized with violent : urg h eon, who spasms. He instantly called in Mr. Hopton, surgeon, despite his exerted his utmost skill to save their lives;l The other children, although better,? said that he found the efforts, deceased died in dreadful agony last I:rfeoryndaiTi.. Air. 'Topton, surgeon, Judd-street , . theßyrn ptoms of au active three children suffering from all effect as regarded decease poison. He applied everyd,paowsshioblehaaantideoattee,nbuintorweitthhoaunt i the others of the P mortem examination he found 0 ~ et :ea cases before Hh ei ornaments,mm ,a ad ne d a ne expressed isys e,sheids ao fdti hopeehd on Monday. Upon a post healltdheyatwh,i,theatuhseedexucnedpet , which manifested themselves that deceased had been very . the effects produced by 07nclasion that lead was th e . coroner, in summing r ici s n u _ c _ o h f _ in the stomach and intePs°tinse;she.usee poi stota n ch tlat w a hlc t h ru l y ed ea h l i i m i " nie o the sale of,,cAakcel ornam g en u t p ed , r b e y gretted that many similar Mr. Hopton the ultimate re circumstances, had Verdict, that a stop would be Pu t of c dental death. ' NTY LUNATIC ASYLUM.—The such poisoneduAmTactueerclacigoy.tu. Hopes are entertain COLNEY visiting magistrates to this ev eral reduce parochial committee of v asylum have an nouncedcovery of the two other children. fined t that hey authorities having pauper lunatics con charge for maintenance from theare enabled, from the first e to s of this month, 9 5 . 4d. to 83. 5 1 / 2 d. per week for each pauper lunatic con in to th belongin fined there _ g to the county; for those not be longing to the county the charge of 14s. per week is continued, The beautiful estate of of Kirkcudbright, has b een sold for the sum of 38,000/. The purchaser is Colonel Balfour, a gentleman connected with Fifeshire. The h ouse on the property afords one of the finest residences in the south of Scotland.— Dumfries Courier. LIFE IN THE ARCTIC SEA.--Icicles hung round the deck, peaches became a mass of calcedone, butter was cut with a chisel, beef with pickaxe and crowbar. Walking out, you a re conscious of a bracing atmosphere. Whiskers and lace are glan ze d w ith i ce . P u t out yo ur t o ngue, and it is frozen to your chin. Walking on, you get into a fine glow, often into a perspiration, but if the wind rises, then you have a sensa ti on o f pricking pins. Extremes meet. Extremes of heat and cold are alike. In our new life cold gave a positive character to our existence, almost impossible to describe. We protected ourselves from metals with fur and buckskin. The crawl, the chill, which is, with us at home, the indication of varying temperature, was there un known. In fact, it was only by the direct attack of cold that we were aware of it, and officers and men agreed that we had suffered more at home from cold. With such an inveterate enemy, however, we could not hope to escape scars, but we all returned alive. On one occasion, a poor fellow, recovering from inflammation of the lungs, being asked how his frost-bitten ear came on. produced it in a piece of paper, and said, " Doctor, I 'didn't want to trouble you, but it dropped of - last night."—Dr. Kane's Lecture upon the Arctic Expedition, _. , LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The works on this company's branch line from Alton to Farnham are progressing towards completion. The permanent way with the exception of about a quarter of a mile in length, near Bentley, is laid. Considerable delay was caused by the subsidence of an embankment in the Holt Forest, but that difficulty has been overcome, and it is expeetedraocL the line, which is a single one, will be ready for In early in June. cue d Ann A A WEALTHY VAGRANT.— woman Small was r ec ently convicted in St. Louis of bbeiennragga vagrant, ood beha and required to give 500 dollars security 0 . farollars in gold as viour. She forthwith handed over 500 e w hich had been collateral security, and 50 dollars for imposed on her, not, however, witha t i he slightest idea of getting i-477ifrican Parr'. BRITISH NORTH AMERICAN RAILWAYS. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 0 111 ,---Aly . attention has been directed to a com munication with which you favoured your readers a few days since, signed " An Englishman," which perhaps was not fully understood by them in all its imporaut Weds. Allow me, therefore, to put you in possession of a few important facts connected with the subject. I will not occupy much of your valu able space to discuss the question , whether our colo nial dependencies have received, in all cases, that attention from the Home Legislature which their in coArrleloswponnideent, with all due deference to express the opinion t t o er 3 e r s o t u s r d w en o - i r a t n hy d . that if any permanent advantages are to result from the connexion between our colonies and the mother country it must not only originate with themselves, but nil local p , t;y jeelotOes be laid aside, and every man put his shoulder to the work. The means are theirs, and it only awaits for them vigorously and with skill to apply their energies to the task, and no obstacle will be found potent enough to resist their will. It is, however, the latter part of your correspon dent's letter to wcich I would more particularly advert. It would appear that delegates from Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, are expected immediately in England, on the subject of a great trunk railway in those colonies, and which your correspondent states will be the last appeal to Britain. Your correspondent, who appears to be exceedingly well informed on the state of our North American colonies, and of their rich resources, affects not to be aware of the existence of an undertaking the object of which is to connect, by means of a trunk line railroad, the whole of British North America; and that a com pany (the S. Andrew's and Quebec Railway Com pany), having a directory composed of highly influ ential gentlemen both at St. Andrew's and in Lon don, has been expending large sums in surveys, by eminent practical engineers, and the construction of which line is now in actual progress. The company in question was incorporated in 1836 by an Act of the local Legislature of New Bruns wick, confirmed by Royal sanction, to construct a railroad through a rioh tract of country, from St. Andrew's to Quebec. Their operations were sus pended in conaoquonco of a remonstrance by the United States' Government, that the surveyed line would pass thr oug h t h e disputed territory, between the t ° o f h Newftfurther conclusionth BrunswickerAoofts the o andflttBrh:e treaty, ay tdhh Legislaturesyeu ctUnited successive B iavotlate the province L S o ta r t d es ish O bu n r New Brunswick were o bt a i ne d i n years, to extend and enlarge the powers of the com pany, and, amongst other privileges, conceding to them five miles of land on each side of the railroad, with a guarantee of 6 per cent. on 100,0001. of the subscribed capital. By these Acts the company has the power to make branch lines to St. John's, or in any part of the colony ; and when the Halifax, Windsor, and Annapolis line, which was advocated by the delegates from Nova Scotia at the reoent con ference at Portland, shall have been completed, that important province will be traversed, and placed, also, in immediate communication with the Canadas. Thus our British American colonies will be more closely connected with the parent state, and rendered independent of foreign means of access. It may be - remarked that, as in other parts of the world, the paramount claims of the St. Andrew's and Quebec Railroad were early sought to be damaged, it not wholly set aside, by rival projects being sub mitted to the attention of the respective local Govern ments, as well as that of the Home Government. This occurred, allow me to say, notwithstanding the railroad in question had received the highest patron age and although it would have involved a breach of public faith on the part of the New Brunswick Go vernment, who had, as before stated, by acts of their local legislature, by grants of land, and also by gua rantees and in other ways, given all public sanction to the compa n y. Th e resu l t of this state of things was, that the attention, both of the Home and Colonial Governments, was diverted from the primary object on which, some years since, a satisfactory conclusion had been come to. Pending these worse than fruit less negotiations and projects, the strong claims of the St. Andrew's and Quebec Trunk Railroad, which in the end was considered the alone feasible line, and re moved from all objections, were allowed to fall into abeyance, and the company deprived of the aid from the Home Government, which it was justly entitled to. There is, therefore, no cause for the desponding views which your correspondent feels disposed to in dulge in, but, on the contrary, the positive certainty may be entertained that when all obstructive influ ence which stood in the way of the progress of the company is removed, the gigantic undertaking, which has for its ultimate object the connexion of the Atlan tic and Pacific Oceans, and which, by means of Government and official surveys, is considered not cooly practicable but easy to accomplish, will proceed to rapid completion. The first great advantage that will arise from the vast project embraced in the St. Andrew's and Quebec Railroad will be to throw the Canadas open to Europe. It may be stated that this first chain of railroad will at once supersede the circuitous and uncertain passage by the River St. Lawrence, and will be open at all seasons of the year for traffic, whilst the River St. Lawrence is closed to all means of entry and exit for six months in the year. In addition to these advan tages, our British and other vessels will concentrate in the centre of the Atlantic continent the commerce of Europe, which is now in no small degree aggran dized by the United States. To those of your readers who are alike interested in the welfare of the colonies with your correspon dent, permit me to offer a few further observations, so that they may be fully prepared to understand it the subject when brought more . prominently , dele delegates, ona pro bably will be, at the instance to of the attention g of a Bri tishyour correspondent wr ites , h will possibly be asked to Parliament, and ' but who will not, I feel 3,000,0001. for thst purpose; property of a company assured, suffer the rights and h e subscribed their grant, at this particularwcrisis a loan of net less than to be trifled with, and who hav e and an d who are willing and anxious, by the aid of the privi leges being ceded to them, G o vernment, to mak e th e capital on the faith of certa i n advantages apparatus of Go whichvernment Commission, the colonists will hav e no Commission, over ld constitute a mer e monopoly control, and which would and source of G o vernment patronage and taxation w ith o ut end. I trustthat Colonial Secretary the w ill not sancti on such an act of injustice to be done, but put himself in possession of the whole subject, and so recognise the claims of the company as to enable them to complete an undertaking essential to the in terest of the colonies, and their permanent connexion w ith the British Crown. I n conclusion, if langua ge o f m i ne can have any effect, I would give this solemn word of caution— that it may be possible, if such steps are contemplated as your correspondent hints at, that the time when British North America will have the triumph of a trunk railroad traversing its whole limits, will be protracted to a period far too remote for "An En glishman" to witness.—l am, Sir, &a , ONE MUCH INTERESTED IN THE COLONIES. aebaleni:te(iii.gencer% _,UICK PASSAGE OF AN AMERICAN CLIPPER SHIP FROM CHINA.—A large American clipper-built ship, named the Witch of the Wave, Captain Millett, commander, has recently arrived in the East India Docks, Blackwell, from Canton, having made one of the most extraordinary and rapid voyages on record. She also brought one of the most valuable cargoes of tea that, perhaps, ever entered the port of London, having on board no fewer than 19,000 chests of the choicest quality. She is nearly 1,400 tons burden, the size of our largest Indiatnen, and was built at Salem, near New York, in the course of last year. She proceeded to California, thence to Hong-Kong, and sailed from Whampos, near Canton, on the sth of January; made the passage to Java-head in 7 days and 12 hours, then had the wind W.S.W. to N.W. for several days, with light trade-wind, and made the Cape in 29 days. Then encoun tered strong easterly winds from the Western Islands, and took a pilot oil the Dungeness on the 4th of April, making a passage from China to the Downs in 90 days, a trip sur passing the celebrated runs of the Oriental and Surprise American clippers. Had she not encountered the strong easterly winds up Channel, she would have accomplished the voyage several days earlier. As it was, she was only four days beating up from the chops of the Channel, to reaching the river, while some of our large vessels were nearly a fortnight doing the distance. The Witch of the Wave is the object of much interest as she lies in the docks. Her bows are similar to those of a large-sized cutter yacht. By the above it will be seen that she sailed round the world in ten months and a half, including loading and discharging at the above ports. The greatest distance she ran in 24 hours on the voyage to London was 338 miles. IRON VE'SELS OF WAIL—The result of some ex perimentsNavy- now in course of trial at the Washington yard would seem to establish the unfitness of iron a/3 et tg: terial for the hulls of vessels of war. The small iron er s ____,_ Water Witch being condemned as unfit for futrepurpeos" of has been lately moored off' the Navy-yard 0 trying on her sides the effect of shot and e l was l tired at her range. A few days ago an eight-inch h from a 56 -pou n d e r gun, at a distance u f g f y t o h b ra erf h rr ne pd o c re , l t u a , übhtng"Patgnhhoihdieonnrogsetldid: bleake v i r a n c e l e y. Another shell much larger than the tfiftyhe vessel, yards. dangerous to her own le r, of iron, which in us twoclean of the iron fragments, l'C" . C a h o i f LI Hare certainly ugly-looking things to be flying about DBATII OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL C.B. t-Colonel th • • WATSON,' Lieutenan e retired list of officers of , d• Com an ' Watson,' the Ea'' in , la y s service, died on the 6th inst. Lieutenant -Colonel Watsonw had served many years in India, and had received the Company's s silver medal with two clasps for his services in the Nepaurwar in 1614, and at the siege and storming of Bhurtpore in 1826; he was in 1836 nomi nated a Companion of the Bath. THE COURT , or CHANCERY.—It 'is stated that a meeting of the r • at the Lord l ', Equity judges will take place Chance or a residence to-morrow (Saturday) for the purpose of considering the new orders. The Limerick Chronicle says that Judge Perrin fined the Sheriff of Dundalk 50/., for not having a dinner ready for hint at the opening of the assizes. _en.iatooioe,easecndli:aly FRIDAY they resebed there in - the old time, so it was also said, "The Mayor of Northampton opens oysters with his dagger." These several counties and towns prided themselves in their-proverbial sayings, upon their respective qnali ties; for instance, " Cheshire, chief of men," "Lanca shire for women;" " Suffolk fair maids;" " Kent for yeomen;"—according to the other proverb— . A Knight of Cales, A Gentleman of Wales, And a Laird of the North Conntrie; A Yeoman of Kent, With his yearly rent, Will buy them out all three. The Kentishmen also boast of being the first Christians who were converted in England, and they have a saying of "Neither in Kent nor Christendom." They a re also proverbial talkers, as their p rover b b espea k s, —. Dover court, all speakers and no hearers." "Suffolk stiles," "Norfolk wiles" end "Essex miles," are also proverbial. The Norfolk people were said to be so skilful in the com mon laws, that they studied it when following the plough-tail; a n d the were so litigiously given that they would even enter an_ action for their neighbour's horse lookin g over their hedge! The " Es sex miles" were the longest in England, something like ~e a the " Yorkshire wee-bit," wh i ch was generally found to b e considerably longer th an the longest mile. Hertford fordsbire boasts of its "Hertford sheen," "Hertfordshire hedgehogs," nd better than all, "Hertfordshire kindness." Cambridgeshirefordclubs and me cloutedl be came a saying from th e P enmen stalking along upon their stilts over the mar s h es i n olden times, as the shep herds of the Landes, in France, do now. " Cambridge shire men," is also a phrase of pride, for they gallantly fought the Danes and Normans, when the East Aoglians ran away. "As bola as Beauchamp," is a saying in Warwick shire, and arose out of the bravery of the Earls of Warwick. "He is true Coventry-blue," is applied to men of the right stuff-aahe best standing blues in Eng land having been dyed in Coventry centuries ago. In th e s ame way, in Yorkshire, the proverb, " As true steel as Rippon rowels," i s applied to men of metal—these old Rippon spurs being of such temper that their rowels could be struck through a shilling. Many of the county proverbs extol the richness of the various districts. The Herefordshire proverb—" Blessed is the eye that is betwixt Severn and Wye"—expressive of the pleasure of blessedness or safety. " Where should I be borne else than in Tauntonn. DeaneP" is the brag of the peasant of Somerset—for the place is said to' be so fruitful with the zun and roil alone, that it needs no manuring. Strange that " The beggars of Bath" should be proverbial in the same county! Cornwall prides itself on its tin, as a matter of course, and they say of one famous place there— Hengsten-down well ywrought, Is worth London town dear ybought. Cornish tin is better worth having than " A Cornish Hogg"—figuratively applied to deceitful dealing. " To carry coals to Newcastle," is a folly of which only a " wise man of Gotham" would be guilty—the said Gotham being a village in Nottinghamshire. In the several counties the proverbial definition of a fool is different, according to the localities famous for giving birth to these lulus naturce. In Oxfordshire they say of such a one, "He was born at Hogs-Norton." In Lin colnshire they say, " He was born at Little Witham;" and of thoroughly cracked persons, they say, in the same county, "As mad as the baiting-bull at Stamford." "In Nottinghamshire they have a proverb—" The little smith of Nottingham, who doth the work that no man can"—applied to conceited persons who pretend to do impossibilities. In Cornwall they apply a proverb of similar meaning, "It will be done when Dudman and Ramehead meet,"—two promonteries considerably apart from each other. There used to be a similar pro verb at Croyland, in Lincoln—" All the carte that come to Croyland are shod with silver"—Croyland being situated among the fens, whither no cart could come. Living in these fens brings on ague, and this the Fen men call being "Arrested by the Bailey of Marshland." In Lincolnshire they say of men who lose their point through divisions—" They held together, like the men of Marham, when they lost their common." In Glou cestershire, when a man has broken his word, they say, " You are a man of Duresty." And applied to men who are slow but sure, they use the term, " It's long in coming, like Cotswold barley," this being a heavy and fine crop, though a late one. In the same county, th e y say of a person of rueful visege—" He looks as if he had lived on Tewkesbury mustard." The Northumberland proverbs have chiefly reference to their restive neighbours—the Scots. "We will not lose a Scot," that is, we will not abate a fraction. " A Scottish mist may wet an Englishman to the skin,"—or, email mischiefs, unleseheeded in time, may prove very dangerous in the end. " A Scottish man and a New castle grindstone travel all the world over,"—this is a well-known proverb. In Cumberland, also, the old pro verbs are of a similar character. Here is one— When thy neighbour's house doth burn, Take heed the next be not thy turn ; alluding to the danger from the forays of the Scotia, who generally burned after they had robbed. In Devonshire they had a proverb, similar to the Scotch one of " Jedwood justice, first hang and then try." The Devon proverb was— First hang, and then draw, Then hear the cause by Ledford law. Of the Londoners, in the same way, it used to be said— London jury, hang half and save half;" and also, " Ho that is a low ebb at Newgate may soon be afloat at Tyburn." In Dorsetshire they spoke of a man who had been banged, as " Stabbed with a Bridport dagger," —the beet hemp being grown thereabout in early times. Thieves in Yorkshire had a salutary fear of three places, as is shown by the surviving proverb, "From Hull, —, and Halifax, good -- deliver us!" At Halifax they executed thieves caught in the act of steal ing cloth by means of an instrument resembling the mo dern guillotine. Buckingham seems to have been in bad repute for thieves in early times, from the proverb, " Here if you beat a bush, 'tis odds you'd start a thief;" beech-trees (from which the name of the county) then abounding in the district. In 'Cent there was a proverb .--" The father to the bough, the son to the plough;" -- the father, when executed for felony or murder, being usually succeeded by his 2011 in the inheritance. Some of the old proverbs bearing upon courtship, marriage, and manners, are curious. In Cheshire they have one, "Better wed over the mixon than over the moor,"--that is, better wed a w if e near th e homestead than go to a distance for one; for, as the Irish proverb, to a similar effect, says, " Foreign cattle have long horas." In Chester they say, " When the daughter is stolen, shut Peppergate;" the mayor of that city having once per formed this wise act after hi s d aughter had elope d . I t "toon7ltednybCeaofnordrnecwotahnieldMemany bad housewives. And in De is equivalent to " when the st ee d i s stolen, shut the sta bl e ' they say o f a sloven, " She is to be or of Halgaver"—an imaginary door. osoffi mcem vonshire, when that extraordinary phenomenon of a man who is master of his wife is discovered, they say of him, ".He may remove Mort-Stone,"—a huge rock in Mort-Bay, to lilt which would b e a wonder. In Essex , they still preserve the old proverb, applied to a wedded couple who have lived for so many years together without quarrelling, " They may fetch a flitch of bacon from the Prior of Dunmoe." Not long ago, a happy couple presented themselves at Dunmoe Church, and received hShropshi re w i ves wou ld seem not e traditional totnrnou gammon. t so owe li i 1 any reliance is to be placed on the old proverb, "He that fetcheth a wife from Shrews bury must carry her into Staffordshire, or else live in Cumberlaud,"—teat is, go where there are plenty of sticks or querterstaffs to be had! Perhaps the proverb applies only to shrews. lu fluntingdoxishire, it is said of a sp Suffolk,"endthrift,You "He is on the way to beggar's bush ;" and in are in the right road to Needhate,"—Needham being formerly a market-town stocked with poor people. In Oxfordshire, " Taking a Burford bait," means getting hoops) to broad gates in Oxford," was applied to drunk. And in the same county, ladies' those indecorous circumferences, which were • supposed " Send verdingales (or lanoSnliherptosheinreviuus persons . The Berk of concealing certain The proverb,." As sure as God's in Gloucestershire," otoonbseecioofteennoesuswedhifoohr shallthe phuernpeamsof.kBe. -•arose • from the number of rich religious houses formerly in that county; and of two southern sees ,it used to be said, " Canterbury's the high rack, but Winchester's the . better Maoger.'! , Those who study " preferment" may know that, now-a-days, both rack and manger are best Weaver, iray will be Vicar of they have au awful pro a" le te loo hs like the Devil over under Henry VIII., Edward VI., where God came . a W r o e 1 ,n v a s h e s t : r iv C r b ooe s , ro : l pl :: r e l ,o, r n ,vl b ei sn u- :rb81:00.i Lincolnshire,tllo, no "The u h n e d e V : c Bray still," is known over all England. This celebreied Queen Mary, and Queen Elizabeth, He was first a then a Protestant, then a Papist again, and lastly Papist, vicar held his living a taxed for a tarn-coat; Protestant. Being " N o t so, " be replied; "for I always-kept my principle, to live and die the Vicar of Bray,! " Many . o f t h e county proverbs are f oun d ed on local peculiarities, . p o pu lar weather -signs, le o. , Thus, " The '' bailiff of Beclford _is coming , means the , river Ouse. sweepingefletvn - on - the - Isle of Ely af ter a freshet. "As • Dunstable road," is plain enough. In Cumber plain as - land they say= If Skiddaw bath a cap, • - Scrutfell roots full well of that ; • a prOierb used in token in of sympathy fo r the suffering of neighbours. And Le icestershire they sa y_ 6 - If Bever have a care You churls of the vale look to that. In Westmoreland, it . is obsereed of an y who would th violently alter or set at de fi ance the lals of Nature— Let Uter-Pendragon do w hat he can, The river Eden w ill run as it ran. • legally is said t o b e " Done and le Any act done solemnly „ according to the use of Sarum, —a celebr a t e d Ordinal, or Office, having been -promu lgated in England by a Bishop of Sarum, in 1090, for the use of the same words in the Liturgy, an then • d wh i c h was received by the • Church as an unqueetionable authority. In Nottinghamshire, many of the old proverbs are as sedated with Robir Hood—th at county - being the theatre of his chief exploits. Of these, we may cite two:— " Many talk of Robin. Hood who nev er in shot with his bow"—that is, many prate of matte rs . Wich they have no skill; and " To sell R 0 l bin Hood's penny worth's," is applied to the selling of sto en goods under half, their value. " The London proverbs of "Dine with D u k e H um- phray" (that is, going dinnerless , wa l k in g round St. Paul's, where Duke Humphrey w as e supposed to be buried),—" Using one as bad as a Je w (Jew s having their teeth extracted by royal o perators, and b eing ma d e subject to all sorts of indignitie s in the good old ti mes ), .---e Tottenham turned French" (w hic h arose from th e large influx of French unmans. in the beginning of Henry VIII.'s reign, but afterwar d s applied to t h ose who adopted Fr e n c h fashions and infect ions),—"Fit for Ruffians' Hall" (as West Smithfield was formerly called) --e He will follow one like a st. Anthony's pig" (St . Aetheny being the patron saint of hogs, but since ap. plied - to servile souls and lick spittle fellows); —" Born witeiu the mould of Bow-bells" (a 0 applied to "Cock neys"),--" All goeth down gutter Lane" (orignitlly