The Sun. — London, England, 1846-04-27 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENC t. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. SUNDAY AFTERNOON. —The following horses have arrived since the list of engagements was published :—Green Pea, 'Miss Elie, Switeher, S-zcundus King Charles, Tibthorpe, Physalis, Lycurgus, and Draco. Chamois and one or two others are expected to-morrow. The weather cismtinues unfavourable, and as yeri'ery few indications of a full meeting are discernable; from the num ber of orders, however, that have been received for poet 'horses to meet the special train at Chesterford to- morrow, we have no doubt that by Tuesday, the grand day, the town will be full. The present arrivals are the Duke of Rutland, Earl and Countess of Sefton, Lord Charles Manners, Loi!, Maidstone Lord and Lady Newport, Hon. Captain ri.ous, lion. F. Villiers, Col. Peel, and Mr. Grevill e . DURHAM RACES.—FRIDAY. The two-yrs-old Stakes of 10 guineas eau, with 20 soya z _added, for colts Bst 31b, and fillies Three quarters of a mile. 4 Subs. .31r. E. R. Cla- k's Bendigo... ..... .( J. Bumhy) 1 Mr. Meikla n ' s D uncan 2 Mr. J. Cookson's Miss Birrf a Won by a neck. The Cup Stakes of 1 1 ;) guineas each, for 3-yrs-old, 6st 101) ; 4 yrs, Bst 31b; 5 yrs, Bst 10lb ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st ; mares, &c. allowed 3t', Two miles. 8 Subs. Mr. G. Salvin's Fiddlestring, 3 rs (R. Longstaffl 1 Mr. R. W, U.onssv's 3 yrs . . 2 Captain Allan's Thernis, 3 yr- The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Surtees's Lady Flora, aged ; Mr. Spearman's Duke of Kent, 4 yrs ; Mr. J. Fawcett's Comical Boy, 4 yrs; and Mr. W. Russell' s T ractar i an, 3 yrs. Tractarian won at his ease, but baying taken the wrong side of the post was distanced. The Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs, each, for 4-yrs-olds, lOst _ 121 b; 5 yrs, Ilst 81b; 6 yrs, and aged, 12st : half-bred horses allowed 71b. Two rade& 7 Subs. Mr. G. Salvin's Maid of Auckland, aged (Mr. R. Johnson) 1 , Mr. Whitelock's Swodal,s Jack, 6 yrs Mr. Russell's Eleanor 6 y rs Mr. Gregson's Tockerless Lass 5 yr , SHIFFNAL RACES. We are requested to state that if the highest weight ac cepting for the Shiffcall Handicap should be under Bst 71b, it 'will be raised to that weight, and the others in proportion. HUNTING APPOINTMEN I'S. Durham County Hds—Wed. at Flass ; Fri. at Thornley-10i BURTON CONSTABLE RACES.—TituKSDAY. rile Gold Cup of 1001. added by S.r n Gsrard to a handl. cap of 15 sows. each, 10 ft. Two miles. (7 Subs.) Sir John Gerard's Parthian, 6 yrs (Owner) I Captain Boyd's Dog Bill y , 5 yrs • Mr. Baxter's Legacy, 6 yrs ....... ...... 3 Colonel Thompson's Horatia, 4 yrs 31r. E. Haworth's john Davis, 4 yrs 5 The Burton Cons;table Stakes of 20 FOS'S. each, h ft, with 50 added, for 2 yrs old colts, 6st 71b; and 3 yrs, Bst 101 b; fillies, are- :Allowed Sibs. Half a mile. Sir J. Gerard's Camelia, 3 yrs (J. Holmes) 1 Mr. W. Scott's Mr. Mansfield, 3 yrs.. Mr. E. R. Cl ark ' s Socrates, 2 yra 3 Mr., L. Fox's Hannah Raine, 3 yrs The Carlton Stakes of 10 sovs, each, for half-bred horses and hunters, 13st each ; mates, &c., allowed 3lbs. Two mites. Geatleineu riders. (12 Sues.) Mr. W. Ilaxter's bg by Contest, 4 yrs...( Mr. E. Haworth) I sir J. Gerard's Heart of Oak, aged Mr. P.. H. Revnard's Ranger, aged 3 col. Thompson's Catamaran, 6 yrs .. .... 4 Mr. E. Walker's County Member, aged........ ............ Mr. Wes Obed, aged .The Scur-.y Stakes of 10 sous. each, with 20 added. Half a mile. Sir- Gerard's Camelia. 3 yrs, walked over. 'The 'Social Stakes of 2 soya. each, with a silver teapot added • b'l Mr. E. H. Reynard; the second saves his stakes. -4 yrs, lOst ; 5 yrs, lOst ; 6 yrs and aged, list 71b. Win ners extra. One mile and half. (6 Subs.) ' Mr. W. Baxter's Legacy, 6 yrs ............(Mr. H. Baxter) 1 Mr. Skelton's Father Mathew, aged Mr. Wray's Shepherdess, 4 yrs ......... zs. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. • 2,000 GUINEAS STAKES.—Even on Tom Tullock (taken several times)-4 to 1 agst lago-7 to 1 agst Tibthorpe-10 to 1 agst Green Pea-7 to 1 agst Tom Tullock winning this aril the Derby. --AMSTER "Cur.-7 to 1 agst Hesseltine's lot-11 to 1 agst I ; 4 Dest litower"(t. to 501,)-12 to 1 agst Sweetmeat —22 to 1 ~.sitpt Miss Burns-25 to 1 agst Inheritress-25 to 1 agst ,ed,onieter--30 ,to 1 agst The Baron-30 to 1 agst Clumsy— 33 ° 1 9st Corranna (taken and afterwards offered)-33 to 1 ‘ll4O. Magnet - (t)-35 to 1 agstCrim. Con.-40 to 1 agst Fitz --50 to 1 agst Ruff-50 to 1 agst Glossy (t)-50 to 1 agst Plaudit-50 to 1 agst Roderick-50 to 1 agst Lothario. DERBV.--9 to 2 agst Sting-5 to 1 agst Tom Tullock (t freely)_ 22 to 1 agst the Traverser-25 to 1 agst Brocardo — l 3 to 1 agst Humdrum-33 tol agst Fancy, Boy-33 to 1 agst r aenericus-33 to 1 agit The Crown Prince-40 to 1 egst,„ ~„_M a lcolm-40 to 1 agst Poynton-50 to 1 agst Drac o — LAW tO 15 agst S o t a di s . • TPLE CHASE. A. sporting event S a me off on Saturday for a very hand 'vine Silver Cup (by subscription, free for all horses, 12st 'each), at Uxendon Farm. - under - the patronage and superin tendence of the liberal proprietor, Mr. Elmore, who not only tnost willingly permits his land to be ridden over for the en couragement of steeple chasing, but who, upon all occasiohs exhibits the right reel true English hospitality by entertain ing his friends with a spread of every good thing the appetite can desire, and such a bottle of old port as " maketh the heart of man glad." The ground was heavy, the morning very unfavourable, and consequently the race did not come off until a quarter before four, when the following horses appeared at the post : Mr. Elmwee's Will-o'-the- Wisp, aged, 12st (Mr. Philpot) 1 Fitz's The Essex Cob, aged, 12st ...........(Owner) 2 al2. Poole's The Pony, aged, 19st The Hen. R. Grimston declared to ride 4lb over weight. At starting they all got well together. Wall-o'-the- Wisp soon began to show in front, and came to the first fence (a rasper) full a length in advance, which he cleared in gallant style, quietly followed by the Essex Cob, and The Pony ; the latt e r, a lth oug h h e c l eared t h e fence, evidently 'bungled, and his rider, in consequence, lost both his stir rups, and nearly had a purl. The brook next appeared, and before the Honourable Gentleman could regain either stir rup, he was obliged to charge it, which he did, and most sue• cessfally, too, a circumstance that appeared to give all the hookers-on great satisfaction. Will-o'-the-Wisp still con tinued the lead, The Cob second, and The Pony last. This order of things was kept up during the first round, haviag to traverse the course twice, in order to make good the dis tance (four miles). When they reached the brook the second time, Will-o' -the-Wisp, still leading, get first over, The Cob in close attendance, The Pony still last; and here, although they all got well landed, it became visible The Pony's chance was out. At this pint The Cob appeared to be going well, but on nearing Philpot's-common he became dis tressed; his rider, at this critical period, proved his coolness and good judgment by - taking - "a pull," and the animal seemed for a time to rally, and in a great measure to recover kis lost ground ; but, alas it was no go ; he was clearly out paced by the superior strength and condition of Wilke -the- Wisp, who, it may be fairly said, was never headed from first to last, and won in a canter by at least ten lengths; The Cob second. The ground selected was much the same as the last, with the addition of a stiff posy and rail both into and out of Philpot's Common. The race (which is an honest four miles) occupied only twelve minutes and a quarter, and, taking into consideration the heavy state of the country, the number and formidable nature of the fences (and be it remembered with I2st. up), speaks well, not only for the game and stoutness of the animals, but also for the pluck and judgment of the gentlemen who' rode. All Passed off well, and without an accident. The arrangements gave great satisfaction, and everybody appenred delighted with the day's amusement. PEDESTRIANISM. BRIAN AND WARD' S W ALKING AI "cli 'match, for 10 1 . aside, between theaeban i —The ten mil e em pedestrians, came off at Bedford on the 21st, accordi a n s g to articles. Ward agreed upon, but it went off with the start of one minute, ullidttlneo.Tatgemmv" e to keep was soon pretty evident that he a w , o , approach si s t l i Ve, and any portion of it. No sooner di tim, than Ward abandoned the fair toe and heel • betook himself to an ambling trot, that if not fling was so like it as to have lost all the recognised chaeracltnen 'sties of walking. The referee accordingly called upon hirm to turn, which he did several times, but again betook himself to the objectionable style of going in every spurt. Finally, the ref eree gave it decisively in favour of Brian at the eighth mile—Ward " trotting" in in 1 h. 30 m. 33 secs., and the winner nearly 30 seconds after him. PUGILISM. MARTIN AND BARNISH'S CONTRST oN TUESDAY.—The umpires and referee in this affair met on Friday, according to appointment, when, after some discussion as to doubling the stakes for another meeting, which was refused on the part of Martin (although his readiness for a fresh match for 251. or 50/, a side was &dared), it was resolved to enforce the 9th rule (of tare so ruinously lost sight of), and award the stakes to 4' the mall who, at the time of the ititerruption, had the best of the battle." This WAS decided to be Martin, who will accordingly receive the reward of victory on Tuesday next, at his head-quarters in Doctors-Commons. For the - benefit of such as may not be aware of the regulation, we append it at length. " IX. That on no consideration what ever shall any person (except the men and their appointed seconds) be permitted to enter the ring during the battle, or till it should have concluded: and that, in the event of such unfair prac,fee", l -lethe - *Wand `slakes tieing disturbed or removed, it shall be in the pots er of the umpire and referee to award the victory to that man who, in their honest opinion shall have the best of the contest." It is hoped that this en forcement of the laws of fair play will prove a wholesome pre ventive of the late prevalent disgraceful practices. BROOME AND TERRY'S AFFAIR.—This long-vexed question I 1 , 1 1 n s e at length found a solution such has might be ant icated. parties have agreed (hopeless of a decision) to ip draw atskes.. Harry Broome has therefore received his battle money from the stakeholder ' and Terry having done the same, all bets are off, and all is nought, as nought had ever been." This. lame and impotent conclusion" was, perhaps. to be anticipated, but although dizto-teful to every lover of fair play, i s , perhaps, the best that could be made of a bad case. I BRID PORT ELECTION COM MITTEE. Mr. COCKBURN—My Learned Friend's interruption is not regular or usual ; b u t if h e w i s h es to know I have no he,ita tion in telling you, that though I feel it my duty to open the whole case on whi c h I see k to avo id t hi s return, I shall think it right first to proceed with the scrutiny, because I believe that upon that scrutiny I shall be enabled to seat Mr. Romilly, and if so, I shall then be spared the more painful inquiry into those practices which are charged against Mr. Cochrane. Mr. Atisns—My Learned Friend has a right, no doubt, to begin with what part of the case he pleases, but I also have a right to ascertain from my Learned Friend what course he propoQes to follow, and I consider_ it to be my duty to ascer tain from him what that course is. You will observe— The CHAIRMAN—I think you ought to allow him to go on. Mr. AusTui—l think not. It is with reference to the con ducting of the case. I understand that my Learned Friend will go into the scrutiny first; and he has a right to do that no doubt, if he please, or he may take the general case first. If you will just look at this petition, you will find that the bulk of the allegations consists of what is called the general case. With reference to that general case, I beg to say that I am prepared, on the part of Mr. Cochrane, to meet. it. But, Sir, with reference to the scrutiny, if we are to be d iven into the scrutiny before we go into the general ease, then I will tell my Learned Friend, and the Committee, which is of more importance, that at this period of Parliament—that at the rime when this session may probably measure th e dura tion of the whole Parliament, I do not think it right, on the part of my client, to follow my Learned Friend through a scrutiny which might last to the end of the session itself. It would be a waste of time and an expense which I do not feel the least degree of inclination to advise, and I therefore do not intend to ge into the scrutiny at all. Ido not, in fact, wish to inquire whether Mr. Johnson received alms from the agents of my client, or whether another man received 101.; and, therefore, if my Learned Friend wishes to go into the scrutiny, he may go on with that if he chooses; but with the general case lam prepared to grapple. I do not, how ever, mean to go into the question of scrutiny. I think, therefore, that you will admit that my interruption is quite pertinent. The CIIAIRDIAN—PefectIy so. Mr. Comiminav said that he hardly understood his position. If he were to strike off two voters unopposed by the other party, that was one thing ; but he would certainly prefer fol lowing his own course, as he understood his Learned Friend was not prepared to go into the question of scrutiny. Mr. AUSTIN did not see any difficulty whatever as to the course to be adopted by his Learned Friend with regard to the question of scrutiny. It was simply whether a man of the name of Skyrocket, or something of that sort—(Laughter) —went and voted for Mr. Romilly, whilst the vote was en tered for Mr. Cochrane. Sergeant Wumsfonam—They ought to restore that vote to the right owner at once. The CHAIRMAN—Of course, if that is so, he ought to be entered for Romiily. - Mr. COCKBURN—Sergeant Murphy says, the man went up a rocket to vote for Romilly, and came down a Cochrance. Mr. AUSTLN—This is a case in which a scrutiny is most desirable, to inquire inie the conductor the returning officers. The ChAIRMAN—It is quite clear that we are called upon to enter into a scrutiny. Mr. COCKBURN—I am quite delighted that for the present, at least, I am called upon to go into the question of those per sonal matters to which I have alluded. The CHAIRMAN—YOU had better proceed with the proof about the state of the polling-books. Mr. R. Naylor, chief clerk of the High Court of Chancery, was accordingly called, and having been sworn, was cross examined as follows: Mr. SERGEANT WRANGHAIII—DO you produce the polling books in this case ?—I do. D. you find the name of William Rockett, cordwainer, in them ?—I do ; his name is placed op posite 273, on the register, and his residence is stated to be South -street: he is put down as having voted for Mr. Cochrane. Is there not something opposite his name, which has been written over ?—Yes; there were some words written opposite his name, but they have been struck out ; I believe the _words " not completed" are those which have been struck out. Joseph Welsh was the next witness, and was examined as follows : Do you know Wm. Rockett ?—Perfectly well. Ile is' a voter at Bridport ?—Yes, Sir. Were you present at the time when he came to vote at the last Bridport election ? Yes, Sir. Did you see him come up to vote saw him come to the polling-booth. Did you see him give his vote ? —Yes : he voted for Mr. Romilly The CHAIRMAN—Was he sober at the time ?—Yes, Sir Do you see him here ?.—I have not seen him here. Sergeant WaANGnsam—He is not here. In cases of this kind voters are parties in the case, and they are not, there fore, entitled to be evidence. His admissions may be evi dence against him, but riot for him. As the counsel for Mr. Cochrane had already stated that they were not prepared to defend a scrutiny, the Chairman here ordered the room to be cleared for the purpose of con sulting with his colleagues; and after the lapse of a few minutes the parties were re-adinitted, when The CnAttotAst said—We have come to the resolution that Mr. ( chrane was not duly eh.cted, and that Mr. Romilly was duly elected, and ought to be reurnecl, and we shall report to the House that the manner in which Mr. Coch rane was returned was by the transfer of R ickett's vote. The case was thus suddenly brought to a conclusion in the space of three-quarters of an hour, and although the form of an inquiry was gone through, and the vote of one person legally disposed of, it was perfectly evident from the whispering of counsel, and the consulta tion of agents, that Mr. Cochrane's party struck their n fact flag, was ore avoid exposures highly i nconvenient. I generally reported and believed th a t a Inure flagrant case of bribery, affecting both principal and agents, has seldom been ready for opening, than the one which timely surrender and arrangement, at the very last moment, pre- vented. The tenor, Moriani, who is at present at Madrid, has been made a Knight . of the Order of Isabella. GROSS OUTRAGE.—PENRITH, APRIL 23.—TWO of the most brutal cases of rape that, perhaps, ever occurred in this coun try, were perpetrated on Sunday evening last, at Knipe Scar, a lone and extensive moor, lying between the village of Huckthorpe and Bampton Grange, in Westmoreland, on the persons of Miss Elizabeth • Dover, aged thirty-two years, and her sister Jane, aged seventeen, It is now, we understand ment , decided on by four labourers, who were working on the Lancaster and Carlisle preaching accouchethat the ap- Railway, named John Smith, Wm. Smith, Jack Gloucester, and T. g lie l with s p o a of the y Queen, an event to which Gunner her subjects look forward who have made their escape. It appears that the mother of . iit to. take place at Buckingham m lae u e ch_a o ffe b c se ti , o v n er a . te interest, these ladies and their brother carry on a large farm, called the Scar side, near which there is not another dwelling for upwards of a mile, STATE OF THE lioeu . . n A TRADES ,—The and the Misses foyers live with them On Sunday . last, another • sister who lives at Hacktherpe Hall, was on a visit to see her wrought cotton hose brauch,irthnase-:rietrLogArcaEded, but not to the mother and the f tier at Searside farm, and on her return home extent of being much felt. has arrived, when, in former times, at this season, stockilinn" were at a premium. The cut-up or g:ers as well as workmen in the evening, h sisters, Elizabeth and Jane, accompa nied her over a greater part of the moor. On their return, pretty good, though one branch,rather Slop hose trade is when about half a mile from home, they were met on the selvage 14uted hose is iu a state of a .namely , the half hose moor by the two Smiths, Gloucester, and Gunner, who al four commenced most brutal assaults upon them by kicking stockinger at Snenton, who, from ciptativn ag:tius, a master duced to stop his frames ; this has been has been in- Vi l e d smiths g k t n hei l i s i In a ino,t unmerciful m.amer; indeed, one of workmen to be with a view to a rn construed by hi s nets and clothes oczd re a to to r o n t a h Id ou ta t t o t f : e li d e head of Jane, an etheir bon tnonptiheeeegs.rauHaadvi,nlednoneeacthhaati the hosiers and journeymen have reductionunit-,dto ofd Wages* Beth., they tnrew the two defenceless asters though by the aid of machinery he has been re It.Ce his 131.(411 , kept villains violated their persons. For upwards of two hours they as good hose, three at once; as is in general t enaht 4' - e k e cri p m t e th th e ,. p e e e o t r i iris in this state, all the four having committed the .Several workmen have been committed to rde one at once. with great ditimiceusltea t ch. At last they let Jane go, who managed the intimidation Act (as will be seen from o outhwell under the four villains. YOno gettingresorted haodmheashee presented d a most fearful the master to succumb and take on the to t o induce i S itiT er ed r iately mounted his horse and pp gall ne op , ed her ,,ff bij:ther Matthew The drawer branch continues a shasle refractorybetter,mrheen again. horse's, f l e 'z e a t, be d t e h e , am and ed the n villains, on hearing the clattering seareb of' o the trade keeps pretty good. The fancy lace trade is clnsitgliove unable to get up, decamped , preesena t t in last a found her lying on the ground e i red lith great difficulty he succeeded inmosthe"rt herrending spectacle. , worse than ever, though there are some exceptions where chines are yet worked to a profit. The plain trade, thounah a attacked o ' clockt t i t a te ig t r. O R was before eight o'clock gettingwhen I , o e m .t ut i l t a i out ten both low in. wages and profits, is much better than s the fan-c, lodgings at Little n st l u ezi a n i g o, th w e i females they proceeded to ns theirßrat trade. Invention and improvement seem to be nearly tions in search of them, but up to l this v T he police are out in all direc abandoned. The warp lace trade is in a most depressed con- have not been apprehended. The respectability t ime (Thursday evening) they di tion.—Nottingham Review. and the enormity of the crime, have of the two females, T lie private view of the ;exhibition of the Society of a nd of excitement and execration. given rise to the greatest Paintersde in Water Colours at their Gallery, Pall-mall East, STEAM AND COMMON SENSE.—Since the Leicester and Norwich coach has been knocked off on Saturday was visited b bodof y a numerous y amateurs tion is expressed at the route the lett the road, Much dissatisfac and p a t, ers posted versa It Holbeaeh now Earls _ patrons of the fine arts, amongst whom we noticed— take in coming to this l cal't .y, and me versa. It can scarcely ti ßrownlow, Mansfield , Povriq ~ St. Germans, &C. believedth t letter ' ;a a having to go only to another town two miles be -1) chess of Northumberland' ; Countesses Brownlow, Mans- i.e. from Whaplode to Holbeach, should have to go the off, distance of 250 field, intermediate l , , 0 . 18, St. Germans, an Dr , tvp.2 . .ers Eqsex and Morley ;e p aces be 'wean the latter place and Lynn, to go ? I, ',P Pi ~ )1 A ineh , st sli d ' . ' : same distaree ; what tartith vz , ' ter : , • - ,' ot 1.. , -, . . ,old be, tNlivc:cd to two t;r three • ' the IP, a-tontea - Tie i' ' _ON loudly 'An alteration, an.i n"' now tote t wo del/8 'phis Chelsea, „. . . i-, -, - rawl(),.., itti.. .'. .oburi.c. , A. Ludie.i though caused by th increase of naarianne Alford, Monteagle, and Pradhoe; ' Sir John steam, prop'., the negeasity of a fill:ther.increas- anti --. B Willburne, Au an must convince . Rogers, &c., &c. i every person of the necessity a l'ailifity between those pieces,_ Oeliqtt gorakli RETURN OF MR. ROMILLY, THE LIBERAL CAN- The Committe e appointe D d lD to A inquire into the truth cf the allegations against the return of Mr. Bailie Cochrane as Par liamentary representative for the borough of Bridport, sat for the first time at 11 o'clock on Saturday morning, in No 2 Committee-ree m of the House of Commons. The allegations were bribeev treating, and corruption. It may be remem bered that the Honourable Member was returned by a majo r' y of one only, and it was stated very generally, at the close of the election, that had it not been for some errors in the polling-books, the majority would have been in favour of Mr. Romilly, the opposing candidate. The Committee consisted of Mr. Charles Wood (chair man), Mr. B. Etcott, Sir William Somerville, Lord Claude Hamilton, and Lord Dalmeny. Ttie I c v ou ra n n s:l b f a o m r the an a p s e e ti r t g io ra nqs andC Cockburn, k fo b r u r t n h , Ser geant sit-ting Member '!r. Austin and Mr. Sergeant Murphy. and K w in e g re lake ir ; * the sitting Member Messrs. Vizard and Lemon. The agent for the petitioners was Mr. Coppock, for Mr. Cochrane was present during the proceeding'. The proceedings were opened by the clerk of t h e Com mittee reading the petition, aftt r which T ee e rTAlß mArtr said—Mr. Cocklanm, we have come to the sm resole; ions which we passed in the case of the Crun ha " ritl„.e Committee. I believe I need not read them over to you. Mr. COCKBURN—Oh, no; they ought in fact to be taken as t he general practice of Parliament. The CHAIRMAN—ExactIy so; it was necessary that we should come to these resolutions for our own guidance. Mr. AUSTIN said that those resolutions should in fact be looked upon as the Tidd's Practice for Parliament.— ( Laughter ) Mr. COOKBVRN said, that it then became his duty, on the part of the petitioners, to state the immediate cir cumstances under which the petition was sought to be up . - held. It was a petition that contained numerous allega tions, and for the purpose of laying before them the case of the petitioners, he might state at, once that all the main points would be brought under their consideration And one ef the grounds on which the petitioners sought to set aside the return of Mr. Cochrane, and establish the right of Mr. Romilly to be returned for this election, embraced what was called the general case, and the other resolved itself into a question of scrutiny. Upon the general case the petitioners contended that Mr. Cochrane's return was void in point of law, and ought to be set aside, as well as upon the scrutiny; and they would show to the Committee several cases by which Mr. Cochrane had rendered himself disabled and disqualified to be returned to sit in the present session of Parliament. On the scrutiny, they would contend t! of he ought never to have been re turned, but that Mr. Remilly was entitled to be returned for the berough of Bridport. Now it was always a painful matter to have to enter on what was called the general case, because one could not do that without more or less implicat ing either the sitting Member himself, or those who bad acted on his behalf—his friends or agents. There was no question about treating in this case. They were prepared to prove that the sitting Member, and his agents, had obtained this return by means of corrupt and illegal practices. Now, furthermore, upon the crutioy they said that several votes had been rendered void by bribery, and they were prepared to prove that that had been done in numerous instances. They were also on the scrutiny prepared to show that the various other grounds which were set forth in detail in the notices which they had served on the opposing party, and which would, therefore, render it unnecessary for him to trouble them by minutely going ever those various grounds, were all capable of proof: They contended that Totes had been given for Mr. Cochrane which ought not to have been given, and that votes had been withheld which ought to have been given to Mr. Romilly. Mr. AUSTIN—My Lesrned Friend talks about a scrutiny, and it will be a great convenience to us if he tells us whether he means to go into the general case, as he calls it, or-to go into the scrutiny. The CHAIRMAN—I suppose he will tell us before he has done. ; 1. ^ - Thug BUN LONDON,' MONIii'A. MORNING A Pit IL 2i [Lk EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF PUNTERS IN WATER COLOURS. The forty-second exhibition of this society, which will be open to the public on Monday, was opened for private view on Saturday, at one, at the Society's Gallery, 5, Pall. mall East. The number of paintings exhibibited is 320. The President of the Society, Copley Fielding, has, as usual, contributed largely to the exhibition. His landscape, No. 70, " Ben Cruacban," seen from the moors above Taynuilt, Argyllshire, is one of the most beautiful specimens of this master in the exhibition. His view, No. 10, " Dunster, with Minehead Point, Somersetshire," is also an exquisite little bit of •landscape. S. Prout contributes several of his fine architectural pictures. His " Hotel de Ville " at Oudenarde, Flanders" (204), is one of those magnificent specimens of architectural drawing that no one but Prout LITERATURE. THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. Our blue and buff philosopher Concludes his eighty third volume with more than usual vigour and variety. Foremost undoubtedly in importance, and possibly in literary merit, a s it actually is in posi*ion, the article on "Ile,Lo r d Ch ancellors of England" engages our espe cial noti ce . Wh ether the three volumes recently issued by Lord C amp b e ll (and upon which this preliminary article is f oun d e d) b e regarded as the production of a liberal ex-Chancell or , t h e fruits o f a career o f unt i r i ng erudition, or the effusion of a purely analytical intellect, they must be looked upon as volumes of no ordinary character. Through the intervals of his Parliamentary occupations, Lord Campbell has striven, with no puny or unsuccessful effort, to erect a monument by which he may at once ensure the per petuity of his fame, and throw a stream of elucidatory light into many of the most dusky and impenetrable quarters of history. A most splendid section of bio graphy was to be devoted to the romance, the dignity, the wisdom, the grandeur, the power, and the ac quirements of the Lord Chancellors of Great Bri tain, a line of men which Mr. Addison has correctly declared to have accumulated in itself more intellectual and worldly capacities, and to be, in all essential parti culars, more truly illustrious than any other office or profession possibly in the world. From the accession of William the Conqueror to our own immediate genera tion, the sealsand the royal conscience have remained in the custody of men remarkable for some one or other, or occasionally for a combination of all the lofty qualities which we have just enumerated. Whether se regard the gorgeous integrity of Becket, the protracted influ ence of Burnel, end the imperial magnificence and pon tifical supremacy of Wolsey, or descend to a considera tion of personages no less extraordinary who have in these modern times pr es id e d over the High Courts of Chancery —Eldon, and Brou g h am, and Cottenham, and Lyndhurst —there was alm os t every accessory attraction combined in the theme un d erta k en by Lord Campbell ; there were abstruse inquiries for the scholar, incidental discoveries for the antiquary of letters, romantic alternations of fortune for the indolent, sagacious inferences for the mo ralist, texts of thought in almost every page for the philosopher, instruction for the sedate, amusement for the volatile. Every grade of intellectual capacity, every shade of temperament, every bias acquired in educa tion was separately appealed to by the very title of the literary venture. ." The Lives of the Lord Chancellors of England." Attention was thus excited towards and interest engaged in the undertaking : the first series of the work has already appeared and its reception has been commensurate with its pro mise. From the woolsack, and in the presence of the assembled peers, the author has been complimented for the work by the Lord Chancellor, Lynd hurst ; criticism has pronounced in its favour ; even the .Edinburgh Review, whose reluctance to praise has become proverbial, says, in regard to the labour and the labourer—"We must not wish that Lord Campbell may be permitted to finish his ' Lives of the Chancellors of England' in the uninterrupted leisure of a lean of letters ; but it is a great pleasure to us to find that his well-earned leisure is h 0 happily em ployed." A concession that I drawn forth by the greatness of the subject, and the skilfulness with which it has been accomplished. Almost the entire of the criticism—if it can be so designated— in the Edinburgh Review, is devoted to a dry account of the rise and establishment of the Chancellor ship, an account which can be gleaned from almost any or every encyclopmdia. Two only of the renowned men who have filled that office are selected for scrutiny by the reviewer—both of them great men, one of them as good as be was great, the other —we recoil even from confessing to ourselves the ignominy which is attached to the lustrous and unfading memory of Francis Bacon ; as we linger over the moral beauty of Sir Thomas More with astonishment and rapture. The latter, so gentle, so guileless, so witty, so wise, so genuine in his moral attainments (we might almost call them his mo ral perfection), so dignified in his simplicity, and yet of such " homespun" excellence, as Sit James Mackintosh has happily expressed it. The former, so majestic in his genius, so profuse in his capacity, so fl awe d an d tar pvilerstueosf of f o pru rali b tf tut m ore espe cially,ty .indepen dence:and " dedicated by nature a high priest of k now l e d ge, human and divine;" fallen to a proportio na t e l ow li ness nished as in regardshis principles in the estimation of a lamenting but reverential posterity. Whether we accumulate our information respecting Sir Thomas More from the tender revelations of Roper, or the precise narrative of the great Chancel lor's grandson ; whether we collect the materials of his career from the correspondence of Erasmus, the careful summary of Hoddeston, or f rom that masterpiece of biography his life as writ ten by Sir James Mackintosh, we cannot but revere More for the angelic purity of his heart, love him for the exceeding and unaffected tenderness of his nature, and entertain sentiments of the deepest admiration for the accurate balance and lofty capabilities of his intellect. Ad mirably is he christened by the historian "a martyr to truth ; his name, if not the proudest, is, without one moment's question, the most unsullied in the his torical records of our country. For the impu tations of intolerance and religious persecution east upon the memory of More, by our re viewer, are, we undertake to assert, based upon his own contorted view of passages in the " Apology," and upon the questionable evidence of Fox. For a thorough refutation of these accusatory remarks we refer our readers, and the reviewer himself, to the pages of Mackintosh, which, notwithstanding the writer al ludes to as familiar to himself. we conjecture, have not met his perusal very recently, or in that case have been consulted with random precipitation. Of Bacon our language is too feeble to express our feelings of admiration, and our admiration too exalted and sin cere to allow us to expatiate upon the demerits —" for," as the writer of this article in the Edinburgh Revview exclaims, "his genius, and for the glory of it, the world is not large enough to contain them." An after-observation, in the same article, is beautiful in its emphasis, in its expressions of awe, and the mournful hopelessness of its desires. It is this—" Our reverence for the genius of Bacon is so great ; we have that sense of what we owe him for the delight and profit mankind have reaped from his immortal writings ; we feel so deeply what it is we lose in hope and glory, and how all that is most magnificent in the prospects of human nature is clouded over by that melan choly antithesis which holds forth Bacon as at once the wisest and the meanest of mankind ; that nothing can be thought of in the way of monument or reward which ought not to be gratefully bestowed, not only by lellow•couetrymen, but by fellow men, for a nobler restoration of attainted blood than ever fell to the office of any herald; upon the man who should indeed remove "the blot of ignomy" from that still most resplendent name. Bat, unfortunately, the facts, and the one rational construction of them, admit of neither gloss nor question." Such was the contradiction of the character of this wonderful mortal, so vast were his powers of mind and so little his powers of self-control, so exalted his genius and so paltry his abasement that we recur to his career, in one and the same moment, with feelings of pride, and exultation, and reverence, and with feelings which (but for a certain sense of awe) would actually merge them selves into scorn. Of the dead, however, nil nisi bonuni; it is a a good adage, and costs nothing in the fulfilment. So in reference to the greatest of modern philosophers, and the only one who can, in a relative sense, be coupled with Aristotle, we would leave his culpabilities to his Maker, and turn with a solemn gratitude to the nobler deeds he has accomplished. We gladly recognise in this number of the Review a tribute paid individually to the merits of two of our contemporary authors —one still living, the other in a premature grave—Thomas Hood and Walter Savage Lander. Yet, though we ac knowledge the general sagacity which pervades the analysis of the poetical powers of Hood, we are sur prised to find one of his most delicate and chastened poems ( 44 The Bridge of Sighs") carped at for what the critic is pleased to christen its "falsetto tone." If there be really anything like a "falsetto tone" about this pure and generous chant, it is in the theme itself—and surely that theme deserves a venture of this kind, even at the risk of its merit being cavilled at by an Edin burgh Reviewer! What is possibly the chief charm in the "Bridge of Sighs " is the exquisite adaptation of words, thoughts, allusions, even of the fantastic metre itself, to the suicide of a young female. The estima tion of Landor's character and position as a writer is deserved, is honest, is just :—" perhaps no writer of the present age is more likely to survive and make acquaint ance with another." It will be some satisfaction to that venerable sage to hear this prediction of his fame from such an organ, to taste in those words the sweets of th e reflection that his life has not b e en all useless — that h e has laboured his allotted labour—that he may fold his arms and rest, until his hour of probation has reached its close. Particular attention should be given to two other articles, " The Administration of Charitable Trusts," and the " Government of Dependencies," evi dencing, as they do, retentive erudition, clear observa tion, and cautious arrangement, though occasionally the arguments employed are rather more hasty than appo edit. - site. A survey of " Wilkes' Exploring E xn " t ion is interesting ; and the notice of Duve yrier s work as illustrative of certain " Political Vie ws of Frenchs, Af fairs," is replete with important considerations• As the leader of that regenerative spirit which is d • con ucting the whole European system to better days, to a more extended consonance of religion and government, to a o greater diffusion of happiness, and consequently t greater diffusion of knowledge, P rance must ever a en gage the sympathies of the most r emote as wellas of the most adjacent states. She has o ff ered up her cll l - dren, as it were, as a holocaust to th e cause of universal emancipation, and has thus acquired f or h erself the re rogative of marshalling the world to freedom, and to what men of ardent imaginations might be pleased to designate the millenium. can give us. Among the most eminent of the contributors to the exhi bition is ➢lr. George Fripp. His picture, No. 3, " Scene of the Coast, near Lulworth," is a fine representation of the bold rocky scenery of the Dorsetshire coast, treated in the most artist ical manner. No. 66. "The Unwelcome Return," by Cattermole. The return of a knight from the Holy Wars. He has arrived within his own domain, and there is none to welcome him. The trees in this picture are exceedingly beautiful. No. 58. " Irish Courtship ;" and No. 180. "Irish Reap ers meeting their friends kfier harvesting in Eng land," by Alfred Fripp, are both gems of art. The first consists of two figures, the lover and his' sweetheart. The anxiety which is expressed in his features while he is pouring the tale of love into her ear, contrasts admirably with the coquettish yet warm-bearted expression of her countenance—it is evident he is pleading his cause before no unfriendly tribunal. The last is a large picture, and the subject is treated in a spirit of reckless joyousness which would not have been unworthy of Wilkie. J. D. Harding gives us a splendid landscape (No. 118), "The rangeof the highest Alps, taken from the road be tween Como and Lucca, Como in the distance ;" and Gusti nean gives us a most brilliant landscape, " Tantield, York shire." (No. 15). We had marked out several others fur no tice in our catalogue, but we must reserve them for another opportunity. NEW SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. Like the old society, this society opened its annual exhibi tion at the Gallery, 53, Pall-mall, for private view, on Sa turday morning, preparatory to the public exhibition on Monday. While the oil painters seemed to have given up even the attempt to paint a picture of a high order of art, the water-colour painters, more particu larly the members of this society, not only make the attempt, but succeed in it. We have in this exhibition several pic tures of the very highest order of art, and first. we would mention, No. 132, "Christ raising from death the daughter of Jairus," by Edward Corbould. This is really a fine picture; the subject is treated with true artistic feeling. It is true, the expression of the coun tenance of the Saviour is somewhat wanting in majesty, but that is a fault which is common to almost every artist who has treated the subject. The finite can never compre hend or express the infinite. But the expression of the features of the daughter of Jairus is exceedingly beautiful, there is about it that sort of indescribable expression of calm which is produced by pain that has ceased : the deep anxiety of the mother, as kneeling by the side of the bed she watches her child, and the humble adoration of the father who, bowed down by sorrow, partially hides his face in his hands as be kneels, are given in a manner that proves the artist must not only have been an attentive student of the old masters, but that he has drawn his inspiration from the same source from whence they derived theirs—the study of nature. The grouping is most artistical, the drapery is flowing and well managed, and the colouring brilliant. It is a great picture. No. 166. " The welcome of the boy King Henry into London," is!t painting 'from the cartoon on the same su bj ect by the same artist, whiCh was exhibited at the Art-Vnicin cartoon exibition, and is very. brilliant. - . No. 195. " BY tliewaters of Babylon, there we sat down ; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion," H. P. Riviere, is a fine subject finely treated. The expression of grief in the countenances of the women, and of despair and hatred in those of the men, is very fine. The oriental cast of the fea tures is well preserved, and the grouping is admirable. No. 100. "Wickliff Defying the Mendicant Friars," E. H. Wehnert.—" While at Oxford, Wickliff was assailed by severe sickness, and reports were circulated of his approaching death. The mendicant friars, with whom he had for sometime been engaged in a sharp controversy, considered this to be a favourable opportunity for obtaining a recantation of his de clarations against them. A doctor from each of the privi• leged orders of beggars, attended by some of the civil autho rities of the city, entered the chamber of Wickliff. detailed the wrongs they had suffered from him, especially by his sermons and other writings ; and as death now appeared near, they concluded he must have feelings of compunction on this account, and therefore expressed a hope that he would not conceal his penitence, butlwould distinctly recal whatever he had said against them. Wickliff listened to their address un moved ; but when it was concluded, he started up in his bed, and exclaimed loudly, 'I shall not die, but live, and shall again declare the evil deeds of the friars.' The appalled doctors hurried fram the room, and the prediction was ful filled." The manner in which this subject is treated is good. Wickliff, who is rising from his bed, is held back' by a female in attendance on him ; and who seems terrified at the scene, and fearful lest he should, by his exertion, destroy himself. At the head of the bed stands the leech, prepared to administer some remedy ; and the friars are at the bottom of the bed, ietiring in a group. The varied expression of the countenances of the friars is admirable; in some terror prevails, and in others baffled hate and smothered rage. Wickcliff seems a perfect incar nation of mental energy. This picture has but one fault... the draperies are not well managed, they are somewhat wrinkly. Aaron Penly gives us some rich and glowing landscapes which are exceedingly beautiful. When all are so fine, it I; really difficult to particularise. And on referring to eue catalogue to guide us, we find we have marked all Penly's as excellent. No. 63. " Dutch Ferry on the Mouse," by E. Duncan, is a beautiful bit. No. 54. " A Tiff," by J. Jenkins, is an exceeding clever picture. It is a lovers' quarrel; they are sitting back to back the lady sulky, the gentleman somewhat impatient. He is looking over his shoulder at her, but is evidently prepared to turn his head away the instant she shall look towards him ; of which, however, there seems little probability. There are some exquisite fruit and flower pieces, among which we would particularise No. 37, " Gathered in a hurry,'' painted by Mrs. Harrison, as particularly deserving of notice. The lateness of the hour compels us ielactantly to close this hasty notice, and to defer to another opportunity our remarks on many other exquisite specimens of art in this delightful exhibition. 3Bvyoitsh.e Autitorof " iliount viotliulteer,easfttse'r a T e h a e r r e e ful and attentive pe imperceptibly, uncon- EM Th i i L s l i A s inter e stinga W de Y. e N pl p y BllAreir? ; and highly a re fe e vnvtwer who oainwin Will l work—and something more, and something far higher and far better. It will instruct while it entertains, will sciously, perhaps, a little the better, a little the wiser for close i r m u s p i o o ve r the t he third its teaching. Example has always' more force, always far more efficacy than any 13!'cept, and few while whole, without being learned homilies or wise discourses could pers ua d e so gently, or co nvince so powerfully, as the simple ste t . y , , of Emilia Wyndham. Contrary to all th e rules of romance, in direct opposition to the favoured theories of novel readers, it speaks of the quiet duties of domestic life. It would inspire the noble courage not to brave the storms of adversity, the face_ of dang er , t h e front of battle, in which the ordinary heroine delights, but t o encounter and overcome, steadily , Patiently, uod calinly, the petty cares, trials, and anxieties of every-day life. Such an endeavour way seem illsignifictuat, humble, wa• SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. - - - - - - EXETER HALL. On Friday a performance of sacred music, consisting of a cantata by Mr. G. Perry, the 114th Psalm by Mendelssohn, and Haydn's Service No. 2, was given by the above society, aided by a powerful chorus, and by the following professionals, viz., Miss Dolby, Miss Birch. Mr. Phillips, Mr. Lockey, and Mr. Leffler. The cantata, " Belshazzar's Feast," was the principal feature of the evening's entertainment, being the composition of Mr. Perry, who conducted in person. On his entrance and at the conclusion of the oratorio he was much applauded. We have often had occasion to notice the talent of this gentleman; to him the public are indebted for the delightful accom paniments to the works of Handel, &c. ; these bear testimony to his being a perfect master of the science. The cantata is a ,old and effective composition, abounding with many fine pas ages. The overture wns a fine effort, and elicited much applause. Several beautiful horn movements are judiciously introduced, particularly in the air "Jerusa lem's walls are forsaken," sung by Lallier. Miss Dolby had a . charming recit. and air, "Devoted to the e ," w hi c h elicited great applause, and was encored Mr. Phillips was in excellent voice, and gave the recit. " Thy gifts be to thyself" in a most impressive manner. An air also by Leffler, "To gilded shadows," had a violoncello accompaniment, which Mr. Lindley per formed in his usual able manner. The concluding chorus, "Hear, 0 ye nati ,, ns," is a magnificent one, but the Amen was too tedious and injured the effect which it would other• wise have produced. The whole is capable of improvement; and although the choruses were, in most instances, ad mirably given, and with remarkable precision, yet it bore evidence of the lack of sufficient practice. Men delssohn's 114th Psalm, " When Israel out of Egypt came," commenced the second part. This was the first time of its performance in London, and although exceedingly difficult, was very well performed. Had it been given with eight voices, for which it is set, it would have been more pleasing; with the full chorus of the society it was much too noisy. The Service, which concluded the evening's performance is a truly delightful one. In our were those masses m ore generally known and would become as. popular as the oratorios. Haydn's oratorio , The Creation is announced for per formance on Friday next. opinion, oftener performed, they • - AMERICAN PROVISIONS. -- The arrivals of flour and various other descriptions of provisions at the ports of London and Liverpool, the latter especially, from the United States of America, within he past two or three days, have been of so extensive and im portant a nature as to be worthy of particulat notice. The arrivals have been from New York, Baltimore, and New Orleans in partieular. FRE ARMY.—TOP Ist dirision of the 10th Hussars, leave Gravesend for India to-day, The 2d division will leave the same place on the Ist and 2d of the ensuing month; and the third and last wlll take their departure on the 6th of May. FIRE AT BAYSWATER. —On Friday morning, about ten o'clock, a fire was discovered in the upper part of a young ladies' boarding establishment, belonging to the Misses Mathews, situate No. 16, Westbourne-street, in the rear of Hyde Park-gar dens. Within a few minutes of the alarm being given, the Pad dington parish engine arrived on the spot, and was soon got Into operation, but by this One the fire had got such a firm hold of the roof, that it was considered impassible to save the building; shortly afterwards, however, fresh engines arrived, which were got to work, and aided by a pltntiful supply of water, in the course of an hour and a half the lower part of the building was saved, but the whole of the upper floor and roof is totally consumed. The fire was found to have orignated from the bond timber which supported the roof, and which carne into the kitchen chimney of the adjoining house. The loss is estimated at upwards of 8001. NOVEL BIPORTATION.—Upwards of 7,000 tons of white gravel have been shipped from this city to London since the 15 i t d h of September last. It is taken from the beach at Long Island, used to beautify the parks and gardens of Lendon.—New York Paper. Ax IMMENSE SERPENT.—Yesterday's Bhaskur gives the following regarding an enormous serpent captured at Seebpore, across the water :—"A serpent: was lying w:th.n a jungle, near the hohse of Baboo Ramruttun lloldar, when a jackal, believing it dead, made an attack on the body of the monster, whereupon the latter turned round upon the jackal, and in a short white devoured half of it , laJ "Y. Tins was accictentatly wi.ncssed by a min who happened to bt on a tree hard by, and who on that ra1:1:al act; - an:t•collected a number of s.il'agers, - by Whom the serpent was captured. The monster measured 14 cubits in length, and two in eirctunference."-- necessary ; but, rightly considered, it is all•iniportant, since " 'trifles make the sum of hUman things, And half our misery from our foibles springs ! " In the opening of the first chapter the ardent and etithfislaitic Emilia is learning true wisdom &dm Mir gentle mother. Burning with admitation and emula tion for the heroic, she is surprised and pained to hear it thus defined - " Heroism l—To those who consider rightly, it is a far nobler thing now : when it is no longer a sound to mark the glowing excitement, the lofty enthusiasm, which fights and struggles in the brilliant mid-day, gilded by the sun, all warm and genial; but the slow, silent, death-struggle of the soul in solitude, darkness, and obscurity, against the heavy, wearying, every -day evils of every-day actual life: sacrifices of the hourly and the small, but the sum of which is exist ence —not offered in the fervour of the moment, but given, as it were, by inches ; the heroic devotion to ethers, and those others, not even worthy! far from grateful, too often resentful ; combining patience, perseverance, endurance, gentleness, and disinterestedness—that is the heroism of our day, my dear poet I" And such was the heroism which the listener's future life was to exemplify and illustrate, and such is the quality which gives the moral power to these volumes. A tone of genuine feeling pervades the whole, sincere and natural; and here and there we find some bright thought which bids us pause, and reflect, and admire, Many of the characters have a degree of individuality and truthfulness, which adds greatly to the apparent reality of the whose. There is the beautiful and capricieuse Lisa, the friend and exact contrast of Emilia, a striking example of the fearful struggle between a bad eduCation and a good heart ; and there is Mr. Danby, the hard-w'orking, care-worn, withered lawyer, growing old amid his books and papers, apparently without a of kindlyt hloouvgeh, the tor feeling, marb l marble ism till,touchedelted ito n by man. the B invincible uti t bandis needless to enumerate further, suffice it to say that no book more diametrically opposed to the ordinary rules and routine of novels, could more effectually fulfil, what should be their main object—to give pleasure in the perusal and benefit in the remembrance. THE ABBOTSFORD EDITION OF THE W AVERLEY NOVELS. Vol. 10. This, the Editio I'rinceps of the works of our Scot tish Ariosto,is fast tending towards a conclusion. This, the 10th volume, contains " Woodstock " and the " Chronicles of the CanonE ate." For the beauty of its typagraphy, and the profuseness and exquisiteness of its pictorial illustrations, this volume is quite equal to any of its predecessors. THE PARLOUR NOVELIST, No. 2. This, the second volume of a series of works of fic tion, now in the course of publication in Belfast, con tains the whole of Eugene Sue's admirable novel, " The Commander of Malta," excellently translated by Mr. Doisy, of the Belfast Royal Academical Institution. The book is beautifully printed on good pai,er, and is got up in a manner that reflects the highest credit on the book and printing trade of Belfast. LETTERS ON THE MORE EVIDENT CHANGES WHICH THE BODY UNDER GOES, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH FROM INFANCY TO ADULT AGE. By C. Black, M.D., Member of the Royal Col lege of Surgeons, England, 4-c. This is a very small but a very valuable book. Dr. Black is almost the only medical man who has not treated the subject of diet sad regimen empirically. Like a man of true science he lays down general prin. ciples, which, if duly observed, will be sufficient to preserve health. He however writes under more favour able circumstances than his predecessors. Until within the last ten years our experience in Dietetics has been almost entirely of an empirical nature. Certain descriptions of food were known from observation to produce dyspepsia; certain other descriptions were known to be easy of digestion, but beyond the know ledge of the fact we knew nothing. The splendid dis coveries of Liebig have, however, shown us why certain descriptions were indigestive, and why certain other descriptions of food were not, and why food which in certain states of the system is most wholesome, becomes. in ceertaid other 'states' of the System . most some., . These discoveries of .Liebig have been prac tically applied by Dr. Black, and he has produced the most useful, the most intelligible, and the most scientific work on the management of health, that has yet been published. His directions are clear and ex plicit, and he gives in every instance a reason for the taith that is in him. Every nurse and every mother should study attentively the letters on infancy and child hood. In fact the book should find a place in every family, and in every village-lending library. SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE GROWTH OF FLAX IN IRELAND. The monthly committee meeting of this body was held on Wednesday, March 25, in their rooms, Commercial-build ings, Belfast; present, Andrew Mulholland, Esq., J.P., in the chair; George Creer, John Charters, Richard Hull, James Campbell, Robert M'Kibbin, M.D., John Borthwick, John Boyd, Richard Nevin, John Cramsie, Esqs., and the Rev. F. Blakely. The Secretary, after reading the treasurer's monthly statement, reported, that since the last monthly meeting the following letter had been received "Treasury, March 6, 1846. " Sir,—l am desired by Sir Robert Peel to inform you, that he has read, with attention and great pleasure, the reports of the Society for Promoting and Improving the Culture of Flax in Ireland. He trusts that the efforts directed to so lau dable and important an object will meet with ample success, and begs leave to send a donation of 25/., with his best wishes for the welfare of the society.—l have the honour to be your obedient humble servant, " JOHN YOUNG. " James Mac Adam, jun., Esq., Secretary to the Flax. Society, &c., &c." It was resolved that the thanks of the society should be respectfully given to Sir R. Peel, for his appreciation of the importance of the society's objects, and for his handsome donation to its funds. The assistants, who were being trained by Mr. Patterson, in the Belgian mode of hand-scutching, had now been ren• dered competent to give instructions in this system, in the districts to which they will be allocated, in the south and west of Ireland. The quantity of clean flax turned out, by each individual, varied from 9lbs to Whs. ; and samples were exhibited to the committee, which were much approved of, from the neatness of the work. As the sowing season was now fast approaching, the agricul turists, and their assistants had received orders to hold themselves in readiness to leave for their districts ; and two had already proceeded to the counties Kilkenny and Cork. Letters were read from individuals in various parts of Ireland relative to the instructions of the society's men ; and samples of flax were shown from Galway and Clare, which, although fire• dried and prepared in the old system, showed clearly the good natural qualities which would have been brought out by a more careful system of management. An interesting letter was submitted from the Right Hon. the Knight of Kerry, with a sample of flax of very fair quality. The following extract may prove of interest : " Although I confine myself, at present, to those specific points, and cannot venture on the general question, I will not suppress the exultation I feel at the resuscitation of the flax manufacture in Ireland, under the patriotic efforts of your society. I have always looked on the linen as the congenial manufacture of Ireland; it is impossible to estimate the importance of its extension throughout our population. Al though my time of life obliges me to withdraw from all personal interference in public concerns, I shall be most glad if I can influence others, more suited to it, to a co operation in the laudable purposes you have in view; and I do not despair of Kerry furnishing a considerable supply to your flax market. On this particular property the popula tion have extensive employment, yet there is a great defi ciency of work throughout Kerry in general ; and, both in their fields and in their homes, they cannot more benefici ally apply their efforts than to the culture and preparation of flax." The SECRETARY gave an account of a visit which he had paid, while lately in England, to Mr. Warner, of Triming ham, Norfolk. The s y s t em o f f ee di ng cattle in loose boxes, by that gentleman, with flax-seed, as an auxiliary to tur nips, bean and pea-straw, &c., appea re d o f muc h va l ue , an d was likely to prove of much benefit, if introduced into the cattle-feeding districts of Ireland. It not only afforded a most profitable mode of fattening upon home-grown produce, and rendered the flax crop much more valuable by the judi cious economy of the seed—a product which had hitherto been very much neglecte.l in Ireland—but the consumption the from it. It was arranged that the specimens growing crop, e of linen, damask, and cambric, which gained the first prizes t o h f e th g e re la t tt er er po r r e t t i u o r n ne o d f to th the soil w i e n nt t s he ab fo s T ract o e f d m b a y nure, madea tthe exclusively i yea of f i triiosthi flax, should l b a e s t,parne presented, n w t l e fi d c , h at were i early opportunity, to her Majesty the Queen; and that the Marquis of Downshire, as President, and the Earl of Erne and Lord Lurgan, as Vice-Presidents of the Society, should be requested to arrange the presentation. The Secretary was in structed, on the return of the agriculturists from their la bours, after the seed time, to visit the members of the society, among the English and Scoth flax-spinners, to solicit their support, on an increased scale, since the opera tions of the society were now so extensive, and their success so promising, that, while they must confer great benefit for the population of the districts into which they were being carried, they will be productive of very important results on the British and Irish linen trade. It was mentioned, in the course of conversation, that large orders for flax scutching machinery were now being executed in Belfast, for the Pacha of Egypt, for Brittany, Bohemia, and Bel gium ; while, such had been the interest excited by the progress of the Flax Improvement Society of Ireland, that its papers and printed instructions had been translated into several foreign languages, and were in circulation in many foreign countries. With her suitable soil and climate, cheap labour, and the prestige which attends her linen manufac ture, Ireland has no cause to fear competition; and the pre sent prospects of the society afforded the happiest augury for the final attainment of its objects. THE NEW KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER.--WINDSOR. FRIDAY.--Sir George Youngc, Garter Knight-at-Arms, and As sistants, were engaged at St. George's Chapel yesterday, between the services, in panting the banner, sword, and helmet, and other insignia of the Most Ancient and Noble Order of the Garter over the stets of the Marquis of Hertford and the Marquis Camden ; that) the former on the cantori side, and the latter on the decani side, the chapel. FRENCH PLAIS.—Her Majesty and his Royal High ness Prince Albert, attended by Lady Portman, the Hon. Miss Napier, Lord Byron, Colonel Grey, and Lieut.-Colonel Seymour, honoured the French Plays with their presence on Friday evening. His Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen joined the royal party during the evening, and remained till the close of the performance. There were also present his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Excellency the Hanoverian Minister. the Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, the Marquis of Douro, the Duke de Melfort, the Earl of 31almesbury, Lord and the lion. Miss Foley, Lady Rosa Greville, Lady Augusta Wentworth, the Marquis de Palavacino, Lord Suffield, Lord and Lady Vivian, Count Anthony Esterhazy, Sir Richard and Lady Jodrell, Lady Meux, Sir Henry Mildmay, Sir George and Miss Talbot, Lady Fitzroy Kelly, Sir llnitry Webb, Sir J. H. Lowther, lion. Mrs. Leicester Stanhope, Hon. Mr. Percy, Sir Hugh and Lady Campbell, Mrs. Dennistoun, &c. Viscount Mahon has been elected President of the Society of Antiquarians, in the room of the Earl of Aberdeen, who resigned. WAKEFIELD, CORN-EXCHANGE, APRIL 24.—We had a fair attendance of buyers this morning. The best qualities of fine wheats realisa an advance of Is. per quarter upon last week's prices ; inferior sorts are not in any request, a:1,1 difficult to dispose of. Oats are in good request at fully last week's quotations. In beans and other grain no alteration. Arrivals at Wakefield during the week : Wheat.. Beans .. Pear .. Twos .. Qrs. • • 5,336 Barley .. 1,848 Rapeseed .. 23 Oats 34 §holling Qrs. • 2,255 • 121 • 1,388 !! 144 THE TATTLE QF SOBRAON. (ExTRAcT FROM A PRIVATE UTTAR.) Camp, before Lahore, Army of t Sutlej, Feb. 26. Being one of the k *rho were fortunate enough to escape with a sound head at the battle or Sottratee, on the 10th inst., I take this opportunity of writing you a few lined. You will probably see the Commander-in -Chief's dispatch in the papers before this reaches you. We were in the thick of it —in Brigadier Stacey's brigade, Sit 11, Di c k' s di v i s i on . Th e letter, poor fellow, was shot through the stotnech towards the elese of the action; we were almost crying when We saw him taken to the rear. His only regret was, he said, that he could not live to write his own dispatch and do justice to his divi , ion. Our artillery began to fire - about sunrise on the morning of the 10th. We had all got into position before day break. The tlrst hour and a half was purely an artillery fight, but our artillery did not in any way appear to silence the enemy's guns, and about nine o'clock the Commander-in-Chief sent orders for Sir R. Dick's divi sion to advance and storm (while the cannonade was going Stacey's brigade was partly concealed in the dry bed of a river, so that the enemy's cannon-shot, with one or two ex ceptions, passed over us); Stacey's brigade deployed into line-10th Foot on the right flank, 53d Foot on the left, and the 43d and 59th Regiments of Native Infantry in the centre, and off we went towards a place pointed out by an engineer officer, where we were to storm. The line had not advanced far when the enemy had got our range, and the men began to fall in all directions; a little farther, and we began to feel their grape-shot coming amongst us like hail-stones. When within about 400 yards from the trenches, we got the order to double, th e ar till ery i n our rear ; and the Commander-in- Chief and all the staff gave a cheer, the regiment on the right of our line took it up, and it went down the whole line, Sepoys and all cheering as loud as they could, the whole line doubling all the time under a storm of grape and cannon shot such as you cannot p ssibly imagine. When their grape opened upon us I thought it certain death; but, thank God, I did not get even a scratch. It was a mournful sight to see our poor fellows blown almost to pieces when we g ot close under the gu ns . M any were sent up into the air without the shot touching them, and the grape-shot strewed them by sixes and sevens. I lost nine men, killed and wounded, in the company which I commanded, and that is a small proportion compared to the loss among the Europeans ; they appear generally to draw a greater fire upon them. The fate of India almost depended upon us, and I think every one did his duty nobly. I felt sure that we were fighting in a just cause, and that I think tends to give one confidence. The slaughter was beyond any thing you can imagine. None were spared, for the men, Europeans particularly, were infuriated. I suppose there was never heard such a roll of musketry as there was after we had gained the trenches. The enemy were driven in a mass headlong into the river. A rush was made for the bridge, and it gave way under the weight. The river seemed alive with wounded and drowning men, and in the mean while some horse artillery galloped up on the right and fired into the retiring masses. Their loss is stated at 10,000. We have lost in killed and wounded 2,400, 56 officers. The Akalees are the most daring men I have ever seen. Many rushed out singly with nothing but a sword, and attacked large bodies of men. I saw them trying to make cuts with their swords, with bayonets stick ing in them. I think they must have been intoxicated. The Seikh artillerymen fought very bravely; they were strewed in heaps at their guns, and, indeed, so did a ll o f th em, ex cept their cavalry ; they never made a stand. There were several European tents in the intrenchment, and furniture of different descriptions. I got a drink of water out of a soup plate ; it was a great boon, for I could hardly speak at the time from thirst, and, having got a good portion of clay into my mouth when doubling, and no breakfast, I felt rather exhausted. It was all over by about half-past eleven o'clock, when the Commander-in-Chiefand Governor-General and staff rode in. The intrenchments then resounded with cheers, and every one had his eye fixed on the old chief's frosty head, which was uncovered. General Mouton and the Spanish engineer, who constructed the Seikh works, were sent into our camp two days ago. I believe we can do no thing to them. The Seikhs used to talk of going to Calcutta, and then going and taking London ;—what an idea! Yon need not be afraid of the bearded gentlemen going all the way to London. We are, I hear, to be pres en t e d w i th a star and clasp, in honour of th e attle of Sobraon, but some thing more useful, a donation of twelve months' batta is to be given to the troops ; a lieutenant's batta amounts to 1,400 rs. I hear we remain here until the final instalment of the indemnification money is paid, about the middle of next month. One instalment came in yesterday. Ghoolab Singh, the newly-created Minister of Dhuleep Singh (a minor), will agree to anything we choose to impose ; and no doubt Sir H. Hardinge will make a very stringent treaty, otherwise we shall have the same work next year. The 31st Pont and 16th Lancers go to England immediately. You Neill see Brigadier Stacey's a brigade frequently mentioned in the Commander-in-Chief's dispatch, and also my regiment. I feel very proud of the manner in which the Sepoys be haved, and devoutly thank God that I am safe out of the action. - - BANKRUPTCY and INSOLVENCY. On Thursday the Bill introduced into the House of Com mons to amend the laws relating to bankruptcy and insol vency was printed. It bears the names of Mr. Hawes, Mr. Masterman, and Mr. Wynn Ellis. This Bill is in many respects similar to the one printed at the close of last session, brought forward by two of the same sponsors (Mr. Hawes and Mr. Masterman). It is admitted that the law on debtor and creditor is a very difficult subject. Additions have been made year after year, but ii is denied that such additions have been improvements, but, on the contrary, clogs to a correct understanding of the law. There are some good provisions in this measure, as there are in the several Acts now in force. Some practical hand could doubtless bring the discordant elements into form, and would, notwithstanding th e difficulties that present themselves, produce something like a good measure, having regard to the interest of both creditors and debtors. The object of this Bill, as declared by the preamble, is to amend the laws relating to bankruptcy and insolvency, with a view to afford to creditors greater protec tion against fraud and wilful extravagance. This is a one sided view of the matter, and shows that only one class has been considered in framing the provisions. Both parties should be regarded by the Legislature. Creditors have rights, but debtors, in their embarrassments, should be con sidered. There should be a provision to compel traders to keep books of account to which creditors could refer, and, on a refusal, summon the party to a court of competent ju risdiction. Those who require credit would not refuse an inspection by their creditors, and there should be a serious punishment for keeping false accounts. I n th e Bill now before the House of Commons (appointed to be read a second time on Wednesday next) there are 36 clauses and four sche dules of forms. The very first provision commences the difficulty, " That all laws, statutes, and usages, so far as they may be at variance or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall be, and the same are hereby repealed, but in all other respects shall continue in force." There are various Acts now in operation on the law of bankruptcy and insolvency, and what one Commissioner might consider in consistent another might hold to be in accordance with the same. From the 4th to the 14th section it is proposed to amend the law respecting the summoning of traders to the Court of Bankruptcy. By the 15th, the Court of Bank ruptcy is to appoint solicitors to prosecute fiats when ob • tained by bankrupts. Several provisions follow as to protec tion and non-protection to bankrupts and insolvents. Then it is proposed that assignees and creditors who have proved their debts are to be deemed to be judgment creditors in cases of bankruptcy and insolvency; and certificates are to be granted, which certificates are to have the same effects as judgments obtained. Pay, half-pay, and pensions of bank rupts are to be applicable for the benefit of creditors; and all bills of sale are to be registered, and the registry open to public inspection. The concluding provisions have reference to the cases of traders dying without legal personal repre sentatives. Such is the substance of the measure to be dis cussed. The Government could select some competent per sons and refer the Acts and Bills on the same subject, with instructions to draw an impartial measure. PUBLICATIOL OF BANNS. The following letter has been addressed by the Lord Bishop of Llandaff to the clergy of his diocese:— " Deanery, St. Paul's, April 7, 1846. " Rev. Sir.—Frequent complaints have been made to me of irregular marriages being celebrated by banns in parishes where the parties did not reside. The evil of late years seems to have increased, and some flagitious instances have occurred of bigamy, and of incestuous marriage, obtained by these means, which have caused great scandal to the church. In every instance the fault has been traced to a want of due inquiry on the part of the clergyman, as to the actual residence of the parties in the parish in which their banns are published. " I will not now enlarge upon the evils which flow from this negligence. They are sufficiently mani fest, and they are the very ev il s w hi c h th e l aw h as prov i d e d against in the most effi c i en t manner . Theclergy n_ wh e neglects to make the inquiry, for which t b h e e en la na utlows ample time, has no excuse, even if he has d ec eived of a moral o b ff y en false but i s statements , liableo i a t n h d e i p s en n a o l t ti o e n s ly of " th l e . ity law. "By the 4th Geo. IV. c. 76, s. 7, it is enacted , ! That no parson, vicar, minister, or curate shall be obliged to publish the banns of matrimony between any persons whatsoever, unless the persons to be married shall seven days at least before the time required for the first publi cation of such banns, respectively deliver, or cause to be delivered, to such parson, vicar, minister, or curate, a notice in writing, dated on the day on which the same shall be so delivered, of their true Christian names and surnames, and of the house or houses of their respective abodes, within such parish or chapelry as aforesaid, and of the time during which they have dwelt, inhabited, or lodged in such house or houses respectively.' "If the clergyman omits this precaution, he does so at his own peril. He cannot plead afterwards that he has been taken unawares. He may indeed obtain assurance of the fact, by personal knowledge or inquiry, without exacting this previous written notice, and in small rural parishes, where the clergyman is resident, it may be perhaps superfluous. But, as a general rule, and espe cially in populous parishes, I strongly recommend that a written notice be in every case required, containing the information specified in the clause above recited, before the banns are published fsr the first time; and that after publication, due inquiry be made whether the parties have actually resided in the parish until the day of the marriage. " Besides these wilful and fraudulent violations of law, there are eases where districts have been recently formed, not always under the same Acts of Parliament, which may lead to doubts whether the inhabitants are confined to their district church for the celebration of marriages, or have their option of being married either in that or in the mother Church. Doubts of this kind may readily be removed by inquiry at the office of the Registrar of the Diocese as to the Act of Parliament under which the district was constituted. The general rule is, that there is no such option ; but there are some exceptions to this rule. " i trust the admonition will be taken in good part by all my clergy. But I think it right to declare, that when ever an irregular marriage may have taken place, no indulgence will be shown to those who cannot prove that they have used all due means to guard against it. "I remain, Reverend Sir, "Your faithful servant and brother, "E. LLANDAFF•" A DISSENTING CHAPEL USED FOR A S TRANGE PUR POSE.—A few days ago, after a splendid run With the hariers of the lion. Mr. Ward, of Crogen, the appetite of the Nimrods getting keen from the air of the hills, it was determined to adjourn to the Boot, a public-house about half-way between Corwe n and Bala, to have an ample meal. As the company was rather numerous, and the house snugly but a small one, mine host was , for a short time , nonplussed where to obtain a room of sufficient dimensions in which to acco mmodate the party. At length a bright idea struck him, the Indep en d ent chapel, at the back of the house, would be exactly th e tI • thing, g. N o sooner thought than done." Our were jolly puss-hunters w soon seated, and doing ample justice to the boiled beef , &c., hastily got ready to satisfy their hu nger. It that h a d b een there might have been a more de vout, b ut n was Observed, th a t con gregation in the place than the one as ever a more earnest sembled 0ce.44911,..-cOrtigt"Vint Itarckl. on this extraordinary LON lON SESSIONS. • ST. CLITYEST DANES tr. OT. CRIPPLEGATE. In this case the pauper had been the subject of appeal for rafly twenty-one years; and it was now proposed .that the matter shottld be referred to a bari.ster, to deeitle on the settlement. The RECORDER said if It stood over for three menthe; reflection might bring both sides to their common sense, and, the a2peal to years of discretion.—(Laughter.) The pauper was made a perfect shuttlecock. ST. LEONARD, SHOREDITCII, V. ST. GILES. CEIPPLEGATE. The pauper in this appeal was a lunatic, and had been. confined in a private lunatic asylum. The order for confine- , meat did not set forth that there was no lunatic asylum for the City. The RECORDER said that the City was a county of itself: The City could build an asylum, or, under the new Act of Parliament, have one in any adjoining county. The fact ought to have been stated that there was no such asylum in the City. The appeal, therefore, could not be heard. It appeared that both parishes had made themselves liable to indictment, but the matter was arranged. A very lengthened argument took place in several CaSCS as to the time required forgiving notice. By the New Poor-law Amendment Act thirtr-five days w ere a ll owe d , b u t it was contended that was on yadmitting a different mode of relief by appeal, but did notalt . er the Act. The COURT decided that it was peremptory that the notice must be given within twenty-one days after the order was served, and notice of the ground of appeal within fourteen days further. The Court also decided that an appeal could not be entered anti respited, but that notice of the intentioa to apply must be given at the first session, as a matter of course, although it was strenuously urged that it had long been the practice of this and the Middlesex sessions. The Recorder said uo practice could be maintained contrary to an Act of Parliament. These decisions were considered of great importance. MERRY CONCEITS in the FRENCH CHAMBERS. the T } h i e r r e e nc i h s n c o h t a h m in b g er in s P on un n cl a i v m al or e e ,ti c rn om at i es cal ; t an ha d n w a h d il e e b at e a i m n making extracts from it, I tremble to think that I must pass_ for a mock P unc h— a travest i e o f t h a t grea t work of plea santry —so droll are the mock-heroic fables that I offer. Monsieur Mercier, the spectator of the battle of Trafalgar, thus entertained his audience on the 16th of April:— " I have seen the French sailors contend honourably with the English ; the crews of Admiral Villeneuve's fleet were composed of men fresh from the English prisons and the English hulks. They were animated by the love of country. I beheld our captain nail sixty flags to his mast, and de clare that when these pavilions were shot aw a y he would surrender! His ship (141 not surrender. She sunk!—le vais seau coulou!—sbe of the sixty streamers lies in the depths of Cadiz Bay. Vice sensation In the Chambers; still more vif in old ocean's dark unfathomed caves, where such a trophy was never seen before: No doubt the watei• nymphs that in the bottom dwelt Held up their pearly wrist, and took her in,' and the flags are now all turned to coral." _ _ This fable, worthy of Ariosto, has no foundation; for no French line-of-battle ship was sunk in that action on that day, pavoise or not; but some 18 were taken, carrying 1,400 cannon, and about 1,400 men. Glorious as this tale is, Monsieur Mercier has in reserve greater glory—a revelation indeed. " Qu'il me wit permis ici de reviler un fait qui n'est pas asses conuu." This un known, unrecorded fact is, that when Nelson, in the Victory, of 100 guns, ran on board of the Redoubtable, he narrowly escaped being made prisoner by the French 74, Capitaine Lucas. "Le drapeau tricolor eut flotte sur ce vat,seau amiral, si le vai sstau trois ponts, la Bretagne, n'etait pas venu a son secours." Two ships of 100 guns to take the French (truly) Formidable of 74. Now the Britannia of 100 guts was never near Lord Nelson in that engagement, nor likely to have been, as her commander, Lord Northesk, was third iu command of the fleet, and busy elsewhere. So says James, the most impartial of naval writers, by the admiztsiell of M. Dupin. When Admiral Latouche Treville, escaping out of Toulon, wrote home that Nelson had fled before him, Nelson dr Glared that if he took him be would make him eat the libel. Monsieur Mercier should not be invited to 'eat his bounces, for they cause a great " sensation" in France, and a very agreeable Arabian Night's diversion in England, furnishing, too, a good measure of the French power of swallowing with out choking. " The salt-sea shark's gulf and ravening maw" is less capacious, less national. Bait your hook with sixty tri-colour flags, and your Chamber will swallow them all, with the Victory to boot; perhaps, morally,, the Britannia herself. Moral— Great nations have great swallows and diges tions, a l'autruche." P. NURSERY RHYME. THE STORY OF THE REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS, " SUITED TO THE MEANEST CAPACITY." (From Punch.) There waii a little lady who had 24,900,000 babies, and she wanted to get cheap bread for them, but she could not, because of the corn-law. So she went to the Lards, and she said— "Lords, Lords, repeal this law, or I cannot get cheap bread for my babies." Then the Lords said to her, " Pooh I we are the lancied interest; what do we care for your babies? The Tories to a man will stand by us." So she went to the Tories, and she said— " Tories, Tories, desert the Lords ; the Lords won't repeal the law; and I cannot get cheap bread for my babies." Then the Tories said to her, " Madam, we have no objec tion to eat dirt ; wedo it every day; but at present we are under the orders of. the Duke." So she went to the Duke, and she said " Duke, Duke, order the Tories ; the Tories won't desert the Lords; the Lords won't repeal the law; and I cannot get cheap broad for my babies. " Then the Duke said to her, " F. M. the Duke of Welling ton is Commander-in-Chief of the army, but he is neither a malster nor a miller. All communications to his Grace must be made through Sir Robert Peel." So she went to Sir Robert Peel, and she said— " Peel, Peel , speak to the Duke; the Duke won't order the Tories ; the Tories won't desert the Lords; the Lords won't repeal the law; and I cannot get cheap bread for my babies." Then Peel said, " The Tories brought me in, I knew, but I should like to rat and cut the snobs. However, Ai yet, there is no pressure from without, there's no great fact to frighten me." So she went to look for a great fact; and sbe heard a voice, saying to her, " I am ready to come to your help, if you will only get somebody to form a League, and call me into notice. There's Richard Cobden." So ahewent to Richard Cobden, and she said— " Cobden, Cobden, form a League ; the League will soon become a fact but there's no fact yet to frighten Peel, and Peel won't speak to the Duke ; the Duke won't order the Tories; the Tories won't desert the Lords; the Lords won't repeal the law ; and I cannot get cheap bread for my babies." • Then Cobden began to form the League ; the League began to become a fact ; the fact began to frighten Peel • Peel began to speak to the Duke; the Duke began to order the Tories ; the Tories began to desert the Lords; the Lords set to to repeal the law; and so the little lady got cheap bread for her babies. AN AMERICAN FEAT. In his return to the Rocky Mountains, through Upper California, Captain Fremont relates a tragical adventure, which, 12 iwever glorious he may think it, will be read with very different feelings by Europeans. One day two Mexicans entered the camp, who had with great difficulty escaped from a party of Indians, that had taken or killed four others of their party, with some horses. The gallant leader of the expedition promised them such aid as circumstances might enable him to give them. Two men were accordingly dispatched with one of the Mexicans to ascertain the route which the plun derers had taken ; but the horse of the latter being unable to keep pace with the rest, he soon returned to the camp, while his better-mounted companions pur sued " The Arabs of the New World." Here is the result : " In the afternoon of the next day a war-whoop was heard, such as Indians make when returning from a victorious enterprise ; and soon Carson and Godey ap peared, driving before them a band of horses, recog nised by Fuentes to be part of those they had lost. Two o bloody scalps dangling from the end of Godey's gun, announced that they had overtaken the In dians as well as the horses. They informed us that after Fuentes left them, from the failur of his horse, they continued the pursuit ilone, a n d thetowards trail n led.i g h t Afterfal e nt ered sunset, they followed the trail by moonsh ine u ntil late to the night, when it entered a narrow defile , a n d was di ffi cult th t e h e mountains , moon gave into which and to follow. Afraid of losing it in the darkness of the de file, they tied up their horses, struck no fire, and lay down to sleep in silence and in darkness. Here they lay from midnight till morning. At daylight they re sinned the pursuit, and about sunrise discovered the y cautiouslydismounting to a a ri n s d ing ty g ie r g ou u n p d c h up eproi o r v their w they creptd i a and of h a d four got lodges within close 3 o or 40 yards Th which interv ene d, f rom the crest of which they per ceived ow n, the e nc a m pment i mmq ui e t ly,e immediatel y of their obj ec t, w h en a movement among the horses They discovered them to the Indians ; giving the war-shout, they instantly charged into the camp, regardless of the number which the four lodges would imply. The Indians received them with a flight of arrows, abet from their long bows, one of which passed through Godey's shirt collar barely missing the neck ; our men fired their rifles upon a steady aim, and rushed in. Two Indians were stretched on the ground, fatally pierced with bullets ; the rest died, except a lad that was captured. The scalps of the fallen were instantly stripped off ; but in the process, one of them, who had two balls through his body, sprung to his feet, the blood streaming from his skinned head, and uttering a hideous howl. An old squaw, possibly his mother, stopped and looked back from the mountain side she was climbing, threatening and la menting. The frightful spectacle appalled the stout hearts of our men ; but they did what humanity re quired, and quickly terminated the agonies of the gory savage. They were now masters of the camp, which was a pretty little recess in the mountain, with a fine spring, and apparently safe from all inva sion. Great preparations bad been made to feast a large party, for it was a very proper place for a rendezvous and for the celebration of such orgies as robbers of t h e desert would delight in. Several of the best horses had living been killed, skinned, and cut up ; for t he Indians in mountains, and only coming into the p lain sto rob and murder, make no other use of horses t han t o eat them. Large stew ing theo m. Large earthen vessels were on the fire, boiling and h orse -beef ; and several baskets containing fifty ccasins, indicated the presence or ex or sixty pairs of mo pectation of a considerable par ty. They released th e boy, who had given strong evidence of the stoicism, or some -else, of the savage character, thing in commencing his breakfast upon a horse's head, as soon as ho found he was not to be killed but only tied as a prisoner. Their object accomplished, our men gathered up all the sur viving horses—fif een in number —returned upon their trail, and rejoined us at our camp in the afternoon of the same day. They had rode about 100 miles in the pur suit and return, and all in thirty hours. The time, place, object, and nu m b ers considered, this expedition of Carson and Goiey may be considered amocg the boldest and most disinterested which the annals of western ad venture—so full of daring deeds—can present. Two men in a savage desert pursue, day and night, an un known body of Indians into the defiles of an unk n o w n mountain ; - attack them on sight, without counting num bers, and defeat them in an instant ;—and for what ? To punish the robbere of the desert, and to avenge the wrongs of the Mexicans, whom they did not know. I repeat : it was Carson and Godey who did this—the former an American, born in the Boonslick county of Missouri ; the latter a Frenchman, born in St. Lows— end both trivined to western enterprise from ssriy