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

LLOYD'S SHIPPI -7 2 , :i3.—`,'THital D It.' LONDON, JAN. 23 this day at coon S.W.. 111:1 r! -ly , V r-.lrner. RAMSGATE, JAN. 22.—'lire Elizabeih, of am.l from Sunderland to Rouen, whilst ridieg in the Gulls with both anchors last right, duriarr a heavy gale, was run into by the Camilla steamer, from Load.m to Dublin, and had her bowsprit, foremast, bulwarks, and stan chions carried away, and mainmast sprung. TLe Camilla steamer also received damage to her bows, &c., and whilst entering the harbour with the schooner in tow, ran foul of the Eat Pier, which did grent dain,ige to her paddle-box, spousno, &c. WEXFORD, JAN. 21.—The Deolocos (Greek brig), on shore on the Burrow of Bally League, broke up in a gale last night; a portion of the cargo and materials had been saved. TERCEIRA., JAN. 13.—The Odin, from Valparaiso to Cowes, put into thi.; port on the 11th inst., making eight inches water per hour, and must discharge part of cargo. On the 4th November lost one man overboard. DEAL, JAN. 22.—Wind A.ai. W.S.W., moderate; noon S.W. r.y W. to W., fresh; nine P.M. W., strong.—Arrd. Matilda Leckie, Davis, Demerara; Ellen, Gillman, and London, Sr.. Michael's; Trinidad. Arrived iron the River, Ann, Edwards, James Cruikshank, Sayers, St Vincent ; Gleaner, St. Michael's. Put back, Rose, Havannah. SOUTHAMPTON WATER, JAN. 23, 10.15 A.M.—Arrd. Clyde steamer, West Indies. CARDIFF, JAN. 22.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrd. Thomp son, Prince Edward's Island. Sid. Duck, Madeira. CLYDE, JAN. 21.—Arrd. Nucinee, Charleston; Ton gataboo, M'Ker zie, Ship Harbour, Gut of Causo; Dia mond, Mann, Alexandria. SHIELDS, JAN. 21.—Wind S.S.V. to W.—Std. Al fred the Great, and British Merchant, Aden. GRIMSBY, JAN. 22.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Howard, Russell, Christiansand; Cuthbert Young, Berdianski. OFF WEYMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Mary Ann, Madras. FALMOUTH, JAN. 22.—Wind W., fresh.—Arrd. Ve nus, Rio Grande; Mentor, Alexandria. G LOUCESTER , JAN. 21.—Arrd. British Monarch, Birch, Quebec. WATERFORD, JAW. 21.—Wind N.W. to S. by W.— Arrd. Vigilant, Constantinople; Cecilia, Gale, Galata. QUEENSTOWN, JAN. 21.—Wind W.S.W., very strong. —Arrd. Grevinde, Karen Uedel, Alexandria; Ann, Lucas, Catania. LIMERICK, JAN. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Cruiser, Perret!, Alexandria. BONCRURCH, JAN. 22.—Wind S.W.—lt blew a very heavy gale in the night from S. to S.S.W. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 23.—Wind W.—Arrd. Barahona, St. Domingo; Ann Mitchell, Madras; Dryad, Callao; Countess of Sefton, Wheeler, Hounchaco; Rhondda, Buenos Ayres; Eliza, Bell, St. Domingo; William Nel son and Jane H. Glidden, Now Orleans; John Rutledge, Wambeine, Charleston; Shenandah, Taylor, Philadel phia; Henry Clay and Manhattan, New York; Wilhel mina and Jager, Alexandria; Caroline, Iceland; City of Glasgow steamer, Philaddlphia. Pnt back John Bunyan and Laura, Demerara; Freeman, Jamaica; Mristra La del C arme n, Havannab; Garrick, New Yo ik. NExoE, JAN. 12.—The Engeline, Helene, from Lis bon to Holland, was stranded and wrecked to the east of this island during a snow-storm yesterday ; master cud one man drowned. MARKET NE WS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE.-FRIDAY. The present week's arrivals cf English WUeat up to our market, coastwise, has Lmounted to 3,210 quarters, a large portion of wi.ich had been previously di,posed of by sample. Fresh up, to-day, the receipts by land car riage were small. Notwithstanding that, the stands ex hibited a scanty show of samples, the amount of business doing i n Wheats m English was comparatively ail, yet, in some instances, the quotations were the turn in favour of sellers. From abroad 4 ; 600 quarters of Wheat have arrived, mostly from the westward. Selected samples moved off freely, and the currencies were considered somewhat higher. In low and middling kinds very few sales took place. Floating cargoes were neglected. A full average supply of Barley was brought forward, yet the trade ruled firm, at fully the late advance in prices. Malt steady. Good sound Oats advanced 6d per quar ter. All other kinds were quite as dear. Beaus, Peas, Indian corn, and Flour, were in good request at Mon day's currency. The best French Flour produced 35s per sack. ARRIVALS THIS WEER,. Wheat. Barley. Malt Oats. I Hour Qrs. Qrs. Q r s. , Qrs. Sacks - P 'nglisk ...... 3, 210 trig, ........ 2,850 4,280 ! 1,040 1,6,0 600 , `i,960 940 sks Foreign ••• • • • 4, 6 0 0 7,300 1 s'4° 4,8..0 bls SIVIITELPIEMD. Although our market to-day was but moderately sup plied with Beasts, both as to number and quality, the demand for that description of stock ruled heavy, at prides barely equal to those of Monday last. The sup ply of Sheep was small, yet it was fully equal to tbo Wants of the buyers. In the quotations we have no change to report. The extreme value of the best old Downs was 4s 4d per 81bs. Very few Calves were brought forward, nevertheless the Veal trade ruled very inactive, at barely late rates. In Pigs next to nothing Was doing. Mileh Cows were quoted from 14/ to 18s 5s each, including their small Calf. Per gibs. to sink the offal. 8. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts•.... 2 8 210 Beeund quality .... 3 0 3 4 Prime large Oxen.. 3 6 3 8 Primo Scots •• • • 3 S 310 s. d. to s. d Inferior Sheop .. 210 3 0 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 8 Coarse-woolled dittc 310 4 0 Southdown Wether 4 2 4 4 Ditto out of the wool° 0 0 0 Large Hogs • . •—• 2 6 3 6 Small Porkers •• .. 3 8 3 10 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 19 0 AT MARKET. I Calves. 91 Large coarse Calves 3 0 Prime small dittO .. 3 8 3 6 3 10 Suckling Calves ..18 0 21 0 Lambs .......... 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SUPPLY I Sharp. 2,00 FOREIGN Beasts. I Sheep. 200 410 NEVTGA.TI II .A WD X.332LXIENELS.Z.Z. These markets were somewhat heavily supplied with each kind of me3i, for which the demand was in a sluggish state, as follows: — At per atone by the Carcase. a. d. to a. d. a. d. to a. :e. beef, inferior...—. 2 2 2 4 Ibintton, inferior 2 6 210 ▪ middling .... 2 6 2 8 ---- middling •• 3 0 3 6 ▪ primelarge 210 3 0 ---- prime •• 3 8 310 ▪ prime small 3 2 3 4 Pork, large•• •• •••• 2 6 3 6 Veal ..... 3 0 810 .--- small.• •••• •• 3 8 310 Beasts. 769 ! Pigs. 220 I , P,gs. SUPPLY. I Calves. 1 51 ..... BOROUGH 110 P VrilitlKET. Fine Kent and Sussex Hops are still in good request, %t fully last week's prices, and the value of oth e r kinds is well supported. A few parcels of old olds have changed hands for export. Sussex pockets, 112 s to 1265 ; Weald of Kent, 1263 to 1403; Mid and East Xent, 140 s to 250 s per cwt. COLONILIZ. SUGAR.—There has been a moderate demand for British Plantation at about the previous quotations. At auction Barbadoes has realised 38s 6d to 39s for fine yellow and 34s 6d to 36s for good mid and good. Refined has been at 43s 6d to 48s per cwt for grocery lumps. EAST INDlA..—Manritina was in better demand c. about the former value, and sales by auction have be ‘n made to a small extent at 303 to 33s 6d for mid to good yellow, and 26s 6d to 283 fer good to fine brown. Bengal was in more request. 13enares good white 343 to 355, mid 33s to 363 61. ord 323 6d, Khaur 20s 6d to 225, goo d grainy white 44s to 45s 6d, good to fine grainy yellow 36s 6d to 383 6d, and brown 28s 6(1 to 30.. Madras went at 21s to 23s for soft brown, at 24s to 26; for yellow, and at 314 to 323 6d for the better sorts. Penang was cheaper, fine brown at 23s to 243 and ord to fine yellow at 24s to 303. FortErcx.—.A. cargo of yellow Savannah bas been sold privately. Porto `_Lice, by auction, has found buyers at 40s for fine yellow, 32s to 379 for low and mid, and 31s to 33s 6d for grey; good brown 30s to 31s. fla vannah, by public sale, went at 32s to 35s for low to mid yellow, 353 6d to 36s 61 for good, and 303 to 349 Gd for ord to fine strong brown. Java was bought in at 378 6d to 39s for mid to good dry yellowish grey, and 353 for low. COFFEE.—There has been Plantation I quiet market, but prices have been tolerably firm. 50.; to 52s for mid, 54s 6d to s autAion Ceylon sold at 93 for pea berry, 658 64 to 71s for fine. 465 to 51s for low mid and mid, and 38s to Na 43s 6d for triage. Sound Ceylon realised 39s for good ord. Jamaica low raid ve and been sold at 48s, for fine and fine fine ord, at 40a to Li t 6d, and ord sold at 545. 78for good at 38s 6d to 413 61. Mocha was taken in long berry, while ungarbled Costa Rica brought 43s 6d to 44s for fine fine ord. Bahia was taken in at 333 6d for ord ragged. Cocos.—Trinidad has beeti sold at 29, to 33s for ord grey to mid red, at 35s to 393 for good and fine red, an d at 33. to 34s for low. bncEs.—There has been some demand for Mace, good ord selling at is 10d per lb. Nutmegs have been Arm. Pimento was in more demand and firm, good mid and good 4id to 4id. RlCE.—Moderate sales have been made. Madras ord and mid pinky white has been sold at 73 6d to 8s 6d, and good Coringa grain at 9s to 9s 61; Moulmein brought 8a Gd to 9s for ord mixed with paddy, and 105 for good white. SALTPETRE.—The best descriptions have been in de mand, but other sorts rather heavy. COTTON.—There has been very little doing. TEA..—The sales are moderate, at the previously re• duced rates. TALLoW.—P.Y.C. is dull, at 363 6d per cwt, on the Spot, for new. GREEN FRUIT.—The market continues depressed. Orangesihave receded in value ; three cargoes of St. Michael's, sold by Keeling and Hunt at public sale, Went at a reduction of Is to 2s per box. Lemons have participated in the decline. Chesnuts also. , Blsck ;Spanish nuts sustain their price. Barcelona is to 2s per bag lower. Seville Seers held for a better market, No sale for grapes. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers present were —Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Earl Granville, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Excli“per, Sir Francis Baring , the E arl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the Right Hon. Fox Maule, and Lord Seymour. The Council sat two hours and a half. DIOCZSAN SYNODS.—Yesterday a consultive meet ing of the lay and clerical members ,f the Church upon the subject of diocesan synods. adjourned from erby, was held at the Hanover-square Rooms. The attendance was of a character which may be designated rather as select than numerous. The Rev T. Collins, 8.D., presided. Th:, meet - r ing was addres se d b y the ev. W. Pound, the Hen. J. Talbot, Q C., Dlr. Dickenson, '. Lord Lyttelt(n, the Rev. G. Trevor, Sir Walter James the Rev. H o ward, and the Rev. W. Scott, and relolutions in favour of diocesan Pynods were unanimously adopted. yy WORCESTER nor MARKET, JAN. 21. Oar T_ , Tlce 3 for new and yearling Imps are very firm, at the late advance.and fine old littps ate 2e. t o 3s. higher, with a good dema nd for all, but sorts.: THE SUN, CHANCERY.-(TIIIS DAB'.) 1 (13eiop.) the LOP.DS usTicFs ) ,T7POITTNT. TuRN hie was au eppeel ilwe a decree of Vice-Coaneslior Wigrara, reeLoving the Rev. Mr. Murdoch, a member of the Free Church of Saotlaud, froth the slice oi minister of Low Chapel in Beewieli-on-Tweed, and (I , ciering it to be a cendition of the original trust deed that all ministate; of the said Low Chaisel should be licentiates or ordained ministrre of the Church of Scotland. The ap peal was heard at the cenantencereelit of last term, and occupied several days in hearing. The facts in do itif have appeared in our columns on several occasions. The Gaut now gave jucleeant. The Lord Justice KNIGHT BRUCE, after going through the affiiavits at conselerable length, said that after careful and deliberate consideration of the evidence he had cerree to the conclusion that Mr. Murdoch, having ceased to be a rasenb2r of, and to acknowledge any obe dience to, the Church of Scotland, had rendered himself unqualified to continuo the minister of the chapel in question. In his view, the main point of the question turned on the fact, weedier for fifty years before the election of Mr. Murdoch, and sixty years before the institution of the present suit, it had been is private law of the congregation that every minister of the chapel should be a licentiate or ordained minister of the Church of Scotland. The appellants contended that no such law had been made, or could have been made, except at the time of the original foundation ; but he was of opinion that there was such a right in the congregation to make such a regulation —he would not say irrevocably—that it had been made and acted upon for the period he bad mentioned previous to the institution of the present suit. The defendant therefore having ceased to be a licentiate or ordained minister of the Church cf Scotland, had, in his opinion, vacated the office of minister of Low Chapel. Acting upon this opinion, therefore, he thought the best course to pursue would be to confirm the decree of the Court below altogether and in toto, avoiding the necessity of any further inquiry by reference to the Master, which would involve new expenses, and give rise to additional heart bureings. He thought the appeal ought to be dis missed with costs, but that would depend on the view taken by Lord Cranworth. Lord CRANWORTH said that he agreed with his Learned Brother in confirming the decree of the Court below with regard to the first part of it, declaring the office of the minister of Low Chapel void, but he could not agree with him that it was any part of the founda tion that all the ministers of the chapel should bo licen tiates or ordained ministers of the Church of Scotland. The congregation in question was one of English Pres byterians, and though convenience or their proximity to Scotland, or other circumstances, might have led them to choose ministers of the Church of Scotland for their pastors, he thought it extremely absurd to suppose that they would have tied down themselves and their successors. Granting the fact that all the minis ters (after the foundation of the present trust up to the time of the election) had been members of the Church of Scotlane, from which country a better supply of Presby terial ministers could hi had, he was by no means satin fled that the minister at the time of the execution of the trust•desds in question, Master John Turner, or those immediately preceding him, were Scotch Presbyterians; and it was quite certain that the cc ngregation was founclee first by a minister of English ordination, who had been vicar of the parish in the time of the Common wealth, bet ebliged to vacate by the Act of Conformity. lie was, theretwe, of opinion teat this part of the decree was wrong. With regard, however, to the first part, he was e!early of opinion that the defendant had forfeited all right to continue minister of the Low Chapel, inasmuch as ho had ceased to be an ordained minister of the Church of Scotiand, and was actually an ordained minister of no Presbyterian. Bad his Learned Brother agreed to the other part, further directions on teat would have bean necessary, but as it was the appeal would now be dismisseci wholly. Ile thought that the ete;:elant eu c ht certainly here to pay the costs. Appeal dismissed with costs. The appeal occupied two hours and a half in the delivery. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) HABLEY V. DALE. Mr. QUAIN moved for a rule to show cause why the costs of the demurrer i 9 this case should not he taxed for the plaintiff. It was an action in trespass for false imprisonment, and under it an important qut.srion arose as to the validity of a warrant issued fur ttle apprehen sion of a person by Mr. Sergeant Manning, the . judge of the Whitechapiffl County Court. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and justification under the County Court warrant. Issue was joined on the first p lea, and there was a d emurrer to t h e second. On the demurrer Judgment was given in favour of the plaintiff, and the case wont dewn to tri a l on the plea of not guilty, and a verdict was found for the plaintiff, with 40 s. dama g es . He applied for a r u l e t o se t as id e the verdict and for a new trial, which was made absolute; and last term the case went down for trial a second time, when there was also a verdict for the plaintiff, but only a farthing da mages. Application was made to the Court to certify for costs under the County Court Act, but it declined to accede to the application. The plaintiff was, there fore, placid in this singular position—he bad a verdict with first 40s. and then a farthing; damages, but was witont a certificate, though he had judgment in his favour on the demurrer. Mr. Quain contended that he was at least entitled to the cots of demurrer; the Mas t:?r, however, had decided that he was not, on the ground that the County Court Act depriv,d him of all expenses. The 3 and 4 Vic. c. 42, sec. 34, enacted that a party was entitled to costs of demurrer in all cases when judg ment was in his favour. Mr. Quain submitted also, that the costs of demurrer were altogether independent of the costs incident to the amount of damages in action. — j Rule granted. EXCHEQUER --(THIS DAY.) The COURT gave notice that they would hold sittings on Friday and Saturday the 6th and 7th February, and on Monday the 9th, Tuesday 10th, Wedueliday 11th, and Thursday 12th, and at such sittings would proceed to dispose of the business then pending on the new trial paper, and also give judgment in all matters then stand ing for judgment. SECONDARIES',-(T -CIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.) PETERS V. ROSS. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 61. ls. 6d. on a bill of exchange. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted, and that he did not accept the bill. Mr. W. R. BUCHANAN, who appeared for the plaintiff, called Mr. Bradley, a solicitor, who said he knew the handwriting of the defendant, and proved the signature to be his. The defendant, who appeared in person, said be did not know whether it was his or not, but he had not re ceived money for it. The Learned SECONDARY said that was mere staV:- ment, and if thin WAS any truth in it defendant should have pleaded it. Toe jury found for the plaintiff. SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIEs.—Last night , the Ear of Cadogan was proposed and elected a fellow, Peers being entitled to admission without delay. The Rev. Mr. Hodson was admitted by Sir R. H. Inglis (who was in the chair), and Thomas Leach. Esq., 8.A., was proposed in the usual torm. Mr. Lepton, F.S.A., presented to the Museum two singular warlike iron instrument`, intended to drag cavalry soldiers from their horses, by seizing them round the neck in such a way that they could not disentangle them selves; they were probably not much older than the time of the Civil Wars. The reading of the paper of the Astronomer Royal on the departure of Cmsar from Gaul and his landing in England, with a Supplement of the Battle of Hastings be tween Harold and William the Conqueror, was continued. The two later portions engaged attention last night, and the view taken by Professor Airy was quite novel, viz., that Cicsar did not land at Dover, as some have supposed, nor at Deal as others contended, but on tht! flat and open coast near St. Leopard's, known as Pevensey Bay. This opinion was sustained by many ingenious and learned arguments; and with regard to the Battle of Hastings, the Astronomer Royal maintained, and very satisfactorily showed, that it had been lost merely by the incaution and impetuosity of Harold. Thanks were voted to the author almost by acclamation. ROYAL ARTILLERY. --WOOLWICH, JAN. 2g.—Cap fain Riddell's company (6th battalion marched. at a quarter before 8 A.M. to-day, from the garrison to the arsenal station, headed by the drums and flutes. and proceeded by the North Kent Railway to London, en route to Dover, to relieve Cap tain Tullogh's company (11th battalion). The drums and flutes attended at the arsenal station at half-past 2 o'clock P.m, on the same day, to play the company from Dover up to the garrison. About 12 o'clock yesterday a bricklayer's labourer, named Daniel Sexton, in the employment of Messrs. Kirk and Parry, fell from the top of the new building at the east end of the Royal Artillery barracks erecting for r a h _n :v o i b n s g ervatory and lecture-hall for the officers of the gar wilosnand severelyw st as t.eher. injured about the head. The sufferer d y e e n s c t e e r o d n h a immediatelyayis wounds taken dressed, to the wa was Ordnance sent homel e t s e p i his t l , ownand, afterresi Wakley, FATAL NAPTITA EXPLOSION AT HIGHGATE. — THE adjourned inquesrtesounintehde Highgate, the killed by an explosion of ent altartehemWr.ololdenmiaans, Wynn Edwards, a law student, aged twenty-four, who was gave it as his opinion that a satisfactory zed upon the sa l ' been examined, the naptba.coroner summed up at great length and Several witnesses having verdict could not be n ec io r n , f three practical 1441 and that was to satisfy th arrived at without at least the They had a public jurydaricur and the inquiry cashau;toyl:lNi,tsootsrPbedreafin°nrggreG; of the lamp in question. red with the coroner, to afford an opportunity of obtaining the information alluded to by the Learned Coroner. One of the chemists is to be d selected by Mr. Wakley. the second by Dr. o wens i. , art. , ' and the third Mr. Holliday. THE GALE OF WEDNESDAY NIGHT.----In the c south of England it blew almost a hurricance on Wednesday was furtherlPli ueblion the night. In consequence of the severity of the weather the outward Channel Islanda mail•pacl.et, which left Southamp ton on Wednesday midnight, was oblia;ed to bring up in the Solent ; and the mail fro m the Channel Islands, which should have reached the General post-office at 4 A.M. y es . terday morning, did not arrive before midday of yesterday. FIRE ALARM TELEGRAIII..-.-The people of Boston are constructing a tire alarm telegraph. Forty-nine miles of wire have been stretched over the city, (living under the arm of the sea which separates the main portion from South and East Boston. The first of the forty cast icon signal boxes has been placed on the Reservoir in Paancock-street. These will be so distributed that every house in the city will be within fifty rods of one. Whenever a lire occurs, resort will be had to the nearest box, where, by turning a cra nk ' in , tartaneaus communication will be made to the central a tai ak a and from that, which stands related to the whole fire dapartalaut of the city like th e b ra i n to t h e nervous s ystem, instant - , knowatlge will ha communicated to the seven dis tricts into which the city is divided, by so striking the alarm bell simultaneously that the locality of the fire will be known exactly to all, 'Phis system, the perfect success of which is now certain, will stand forth as one of the finest achievements of scientific skill, and a source of just pride to Boston.—Scien tific AMU ican. LONDON, LITERATURE. GIT Tl!' BARNS T' SCI - 1001L! or, a Work i»g Alan's Notions about the Present Education Controversy. Lee* : John Beaton, Briggate. We are rejoiced to find that the ie teking men are at leognia taking an actise part in the educatien con troversy ; it is a controversy in which themselves and their families are more peculiarly interested than any other members of society, and is therefore one which they should make the object of their peculiar study, and we cannot recommend to them a safer guide than the author of the very clever end convincing pain phiet now before us. " Git th' Bairns t' Schooil" is the point that all who really wish to see true educa tion progress should insist upon, and it is because they do not really and truly desire to " Git th' Bairns t' Schooil," and yet have not the courage to openly declare their desire to keep the people in ignorance, I that those who dread the cultivation of the reasoning powers of the masses insist that education shall always be accompanied with the inculcation of dog matic theology. Fifty years ago the predecessors of the present opponents of secular education were vehe mently opposed to all education whatsoever. They knew right well that the existence of their power depended upon their keeping the people in ignorance, that an educated and reasoning people would question the grounds upon which they were called en to pay implicit obedience to the behests of men with whom they would then be on a perfect intellectual level, and consequently the dogmatists were opposed to every thing like education ; they considered that reading led to sedition and treason, writing to forgery, and that as to the multiplication table, it was downright blas phemy. Still, however, education progressed in spite of the opposition of the apostles of ignorance, who, finding they could not prevent, determined to pervert it, and consequently assumed the more fraudulent tad more dangerous character of false friends. Oh ! yes, they exclaim, we are friends of education ; edu cate the people by all means, but educate them, not as human beings, but as sectarians; let the children be thoroughly imbued with the odium theologicurn, and be brought up to be " maist releegiously in love with themselves and in hatred with the rest of mankind." To certain well-meaning persons who, instead of ex ercising their own reason on this important matter, have suffered themselves to be led away by the dog matic assertions of those interested in misleading them, we commend the following extract from this admirable little pamphlet:— " In the first place, I think that working men are en titled to speak their minds freely on this subject. Those who have spoken heretofore are mostly parsons, dissent ing ministers, and people belonging to the wealthy middle classes, who are themselves well educated, and think they have nothing to do but to settle among themselves what is the best for us, without ever consult ing our own opinions on the subject. " I find the bulk of them, for instance, are of the opinion that any school education for the working classes, must be taught in connexion with some religious creed, of course their own; and that if there are any among us who choose not to accept one or other of their creeds for our chiidsen, then they must go without edu cation altogether. The door is to be shut in their faces. That's really the drift of it. " Now, before I go farther, I must tell you that I'm a Dissenter. I know most people will be ready to call me narrowminded, a bigot, end an enemy of education, when I tell them I'm a Dissenter ; but never mind ; hear me out, and listen to what I've got to say for myself. " Perhaps I have no merit nor demerit in being a Dissenter, seeing I was born one; but ask the Cathodic, or the Churchman, or the Jew, and he will tell you the seine thing: he was born such. As it is, however, I am conscientious. I endeavour to be consistent. I believe that the truths which I hold need only to have tree course to triumph; and I know of no other truths with which the religious truths I entertain need fear to come in contact. " I'm not afraid of giving the whole people the power of reading, examining, and judging for themselves, whether . my truth is the right one, or somebody else's. I don't fear the alphabet, or the child's primer, or the multiplication table, imparted to everybody, independently of whether they accept my creed or not. " Some of you may call me godless for this. I don't care. speak my mind. I want to sec the people get knowledge, to make them strong, self-reliant, provident, iid thoughtftv. I know that it is knowledge only that makes the Man, and that we are but two-legged beasts without it. "Don't think I undervalue religion. I teach what I can of it to my own children. And my minister and the Sunday-school teacher do the rest. I have been taught, and believe in, the power of the Voluntary Principle in religion. I should be confessing my owr. disbelief in it, were I to say, that children should be refused the A, B, 0, unless they accepted my religious creed. Everything in its right place. I would not drag in my particular notions on religion into the day-school, any more than I would into the benefit club, or the workshop." His observations on the absurdity of those who con tend that it is the duty of the different religious bodies to educate are deserving of all consideration, and we cannot sufficiently admire the convincing but impitoy able logic with which he carries out the arguments of these persons to their legitimate conclusions : " You say, perhaps, Lst the religious bodies educate the people: they are the parties to do it. Well, but they don't do it. That's one answer. Another is, that those who try, do it badly to the extent that they do educate. But my third answer is, that the religious bodies, as such, have no more business to undertake the work of secularly educating the people, than they have to learn young men their trades, or young women cook ing and housewifery. e , Besides, I don't think it's the business of any church to teach secular knowledge. If ministers of re ligion were to do the work of their own provinces they wou ld find a large eno ug h sp h ere f or all their labours and energies. But I'm afraid they are now thinking less of their own business than of the business which is none of theirs. I don't find anything either in the Bible or in the New Testament which requires them to teach my children to read and write, or to interfere with that in any way. " Can't we learn the multiplication table without the Assembly's catechism, or chemistry, if we wish it, with out the Thirty-nine Articles? Why should religious men of any sect say, Your children shall not b© taught unless they take our creed with our A, 13, C?' " What have Christian men, as members of churches or chapels, to do with reading, writing, and account keeping, any more than they have to do with shoemak ing, cooking, or street-paving? Carry out your views, and you would erect a pulpit and place a chaplain in every workshop, mill, arid. manufactory ; and you would have baths and wash-houses in connexion with your churches and chapels; only this would be rather too absurd. still it would be only carrying out your oval principles." His statistics prove to demonstration the utter failure of all attempts to educate the people upon the volun tary and sectarian system, and the pamphlet is one of the most convincing arguments in favour of the establishment of a general state system of purely secular education that has yet appeared. We cor dially recointnend it to all who take an interest io real educational progress, and more especially to the and recommend them as their watch wv7orridin"gGeilastthse'sliairns Schooil." THE PORTRAIT GALLERY. Part 1. Orr and Company. Twenty-four monthly instalments will place sub sexibers in possession of a very beautiful re-issue of this well-known and valuable publication. As pre senting to us examples of the " human face divine,' selected from the portraits of most of the illustrious personages who have ever existed, the work has al ways appeared to us eminently entitled to admiration. It commences, appropriately enough, with the effigies of the great men of Italy, who, in the thirteenth cen tury, began the great labour of enlightening the human family, by reviving literature through the medium of the intercourse between Rome and Byzan tium—thereby obtaining for themselves the glory of being the pioneers of modern civilization. There, for example, is the thin, wrinkled, sardonic visage of Dante Alighieri, the first of the poetic cele brants of Christianity. There too is the plump, cowl• surrounded, womanish face of Petrarch, im mortal as the lover of Laura, and famous as the poet laureate of Christendom. There again are the dark, sensuous, and almost uncleanly-looking features of Boccaccio —bearing to our thinking somewhat of a resemblance in general aspect to Leigh Hunt as the latter is represented to have been about the period of middle life. The rigorous but melancholy visage of Lorenzo the Magnificent completes the series of Italian worthies here given in the initial number of the' Portrait Gallery. The hoary and bearded Wielif contrasts in the same number the boldly chiselled and generous countenance of the - great Cardinal Ximenes. While the 'list of specimens lying before us in part one is completed by that charming plats which pourtrays the bearded head, gentle, wise, and, to us, most beautiful, of Geoffrey Chaucer—a head such an artist i w r. e os n the hi l ne d egoa loverpmeee-n re-issue, s t .ns o ug see ei, nps Suchotarlt graven:lr instalments ntts ohe af uponw hichevteh the new ppi larletsurfacefollowed c o o s f rnt an an tiquem poets,on th philosophers, i oso month p,shhvieve res by lsl tsa o ft t re h os e mm r entnah.7, celebrity ee bs t i e t yd painters,i alreadys t i n g u p a i ir r f s nri c h sot h e e e i ; t t e h e e t m s, se e bl n iv g; r e aa e i rs, lawyers, and physicians of risten ll dom—the engravings being accompanied with appro priateFrolthe beauty of the plates ac quired by this publication ta entirety, we look to the fact of the present re-issue l the most effectual means of extending its reputation as THE DALTONS. .A'o. XXI. By Charles Lever. Thank 3 to his experi:lice as a novella, Mr. Lever contrives to throw an interest over ear h successive chap ter of this the latet of his periodicals. The etchings by Phiz to the number of The Daltons for January are, as usual, excellent—the first humorous, the second startling—the latter representing Norwooti's " exit," and the former Alfred's selection of a wedding gar me nt i both of them incidents pointing: clearly enough to the conclusion of the narrative. Up to the present cr i s i s in the en p t l e o r t, ta t i l n ie th ‘ g ‘,t , h i r f e t e h r eoya d s of life" have proved have failed to equal th e e " m il e li r il it e s n o ti t Y the memorable "Harry Lorrequer.7 FRIDAY EVENING, MR. SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR. No. I. .... . . Illustrated by John Leech. It is only necessary to observe the initial number bjere us is the commencement of a pleasant reprint of the serial originally brought out in the lVeu' Monthly Magazine, and often referred to it at the time as one of the princii:al attractions of that pe riodical. The coloured ill us t rat i ons b y L ee ch pro mise to be delightfully good, to say nothing of the woodcuts scattered by him through the letter-press. 'IRE TRAVELLER'S LIBRARY. Pares XI. and XII. Longman and Co. As indicative of the spirit with which this admira ble and popular series of works is being continued, it is only necessary to olmerve that the latest instalments, the companion parts, lying before us, contain a cheap reprint of " Eiithen"— the most • remarkable and the most beautiful, the most original and the most bril liant, among all the remarkable, beautiful, original, and brilliant works ever written by an Eastern Tra veller. Is re-issue in its present form will tend at once to extend the fame of Mr. Kinglake, and to confirm the popularity of the invaluable library now being published at a cheap rate by the Messrs. Longman. WINTER EXHIBITION OF DRAWINGS. Another, the third, winter season of this very inte resting exhibition of drawings in oils and in water colours, was attended on Saturday last by ourselves, on the occasion of a private view at Mr. Grundy's establishment. Everyone interested in the progress of art in this country should turn into these well known rooms in Regent-street, and we doubt not but that they will all experience the same satisfaction as that with which we passed round the walls of the different apartments. It has been repeatedly our pleasing duty to commend the variety of examples from the hand of some of Our most distinguished artists now living, contributed by them to these same winter season exhibitions. The present collection cannot be regarded as in any d egree i n f er i or t o its predecessors. On the contrary several of the speci mens now before the public are among the most brilliant evidences of the skill and genius from which they have respectively emanated. ctur scenery of Stanfield, not the least conspicuous of the exhibitors, has a very charmi ng and, in point of execution, admirably finished study in oil pourtraying the romantic and picturesque " Terracina:' Suspended to the left of this is an exquisite water-colour sketch of "Amy. Robsart," and on the right, another of " The Combat," filled with power and animation —both from the hand of the prolific and accomplished Cattermole. Other, though lesser productions from the same master, adorn the gallery elsewhere; and besides these are especially deserving of notice the contributions of David Cox and Samuel Front . A "Harvest Field" by the former, simple and unpretending to the last degree, is a wonderful bit of nature, and such as must command universal admiration. Callow's " Venice," and scarcely less than that his " Or leans," will be regarded as emin ent l y merito rious in their truthfulness, even though the conti nental cities are revealed to us through the medium of a l ess th an usually diaphanous atmosphere. e C a en, ' to say n o thi ng o f Equally correct would be almost any amoun t o f eutogium upon Prout's his very masterly picture of " Ghent," a p i cture of the almost jus;ieviug the penegY r ics of his m os t i n f atuated admirers. Remembering Edward Corb ou ld' s very " Daughter wonderful water-colour drawing of Herodias," exhibited last year in the junior so ciety's gallery in Pall-mall, we may confess to a cer tain disappointment in reference to his picture of the " Orange Blossom." The effect is somewhat weak and lackadaisical' in comparison with the former lovely and brilliant composition. Intolerable to us in ugliness and affectation is Hood's sketch entitled " Devotion" —not so that most exquisite delineation of "Purity" by an artist whose name we are culpable in having for the moment overlooked. Nothing can be in worse taste than Leslie's con ceit of " A Mother's Hope, the mother's hope in this instance being. a very snub-nosed cantankerous looking infant sitting huddled u p on a chair, only deterred f rom breaking into a peevish squall by the dismay with which it evidently views the gambols of its exceedingly awkward-looking and oldfashioned mamma. Frith hints at something really excellent in his two clever but vague illustrations to the " R e l apse ;" and Webster, in a cottage interior, oddly entitled, " All Fours," calls to mind the dis tinctness of Teniers and the finish of Oatade. There are one or two indifferent drawings in chalk by Uwins, and some of Cooper's admirable and refreshing land scapes —scattered over with cattle and glittering in the sunshine. Commend us (among all the oil paint ings up stairs) to Poole's bewitching little picture, hight " A Romp in the Hayfield," a picture in every respect singularly and eminently beautiful. The young girl lying down among the hay is evidently "in for it," as the urchin knows to its delight while leaping over her fresh bundles of new mown and fra grant forage. Vacher next exhibits his " Lake of Como," and llaghe his "Inauguration of the Crystal Palace," a circumstance which will not be regretted by any one, however familiar with their merits on the occasion of their original appearance. Lance proves himself scarcely less admirable in water colours than in oils as a fruit painter ; and Hunt pourtrays with a magical brush the prettiness of an e-filled nest or of a moss-entangled root of primroses. Hines" Chimney Sweep on a Snowy Morning" will be recognised as an old favourite.;, Several " curiosities" are numbered amongst the collection in Mr. G rundy's G a llery this season, and of a value, moreover, sufficient to com mand the attendance of the more enthusiastic 1 lovers of art, if it wore only to examine those pictures exclusively. Conspicuous among them are some excellent studies in oil by Collins, a gloriously coloured sketch of the female form by Etty, the original "noting down" of "Auld Robin Grey's Courtship" 1, ay Wilkie, and a very beau tiful of and masterly speci men et the lamented and gifted Turner in his best moment s represen ting the scenery su rrounding "Tivoli." 'i ' hese alone would be suf- ficient to prove attractive, but they are only a small portion of a very diversifi e d an d more than ordi• na rily meritorious collection. Couna tllitcuLA • The following WINDSOR, JAN. 22 . had the honour of dining at the Royal table last evening :--Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting to her Royal H i ghness, the 13aroness de Speth, the Duke of Wel lington, Lord and Lady Seymour, and the Hon.. J. st. Maur, Viscount C ann i ng , Sir Francis and Lady Arabella Baring, Sir James and Lady Graham, and Colonel Wylde. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attend lowing pieces : ce at the Cas— tle d ur i ng dinner, and played the fol- Overture, "Zampa" .. Herold. Aria from Das Nachtslager Corradin Kreutzer. E s terhazy Walzer Labitzky. potpourri Drainatiqu e Hartmann. Styrer Jodler • Unrath. Afterwards, in the evening, her Majesty's private h an d attended, and performed the following selection : Overture in C Beethoven. All eg retto, " Lohg esang " Mendelssobn. Recitetivo and aria, "Die lustigen Welber von Windsor" Th e Queen walked i n ... Otto Nicoltii. the Home Park and the Slopes this morning, The r fin " of \V al's, the Princass Royal, and Royal Children took their usual walking and pony exercise. His Royal Highness Princ e Albert went out shoot ing this reorninK, accoroPanied by Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, Viscount C anning, Sir James Graham, and Colonel Wylde, and attended by Colonel F. H. Seymour, and Lieut.-Colonel Biddulph. The f'ollowing have been invited, and are expected to arrive at the Castle to-d ay :—Baron and Baroness Brunnow, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Con stance L. Gower, the Earl and Countess Grey, and Lady Alice Lambton, and the Earl and Countess Bruce. His Grace the Duke :of Wellington and the Right their departure Fran c this forenoodn.is and La Ar abell a B ar i ng took y The Chevalier Drouet transacted business on Wed nesday at the Board of Trade. Sir James K. Shuttleworth had an interview with Sr George Grey, at the Home -office yesterday. Earl Grey left town after the Cabinet Council yes terday afternoon, for Windsor C ast l e, on a visit to her bbjesty. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a meeting yesterday, at their office in Whitehall place. arrived Win_asor Ca s tl e, yesterday. Sir Francis Baring , in tow n of Turk' s previous to the Cabinet Council, from receiovred urk s were 's Isla n d. Colonial-office yes terdayDispatche from the Govern ROYAL SEA-DATEUNG the governors of the Royal Sea was yesterday held at e a - Loudon bathing Infirmary at ZJargate Loudon Tavern, to take into last consideration the report of a comm itt e e, appointed at the t, general court to rev i se t h e by-laws of the institution,. the Right Hon. the Earl of Wi nc hilsea in the chair. His Lordship having briefly ad dressed the meeting, and as.`-sM' s ed them of the warm interest part in the he felt in the charity, from hi taking a ties alone prevented arrange ments of which his Parliamentary du and its several recom him, the report was broughtforward, John Curling, E sq ., mendations having been, seri a tim, most carefully discussed by the Rev. Mr. Curling,H. Pugh, Esq , e, and other gentlemen who interest the mselves in the well doing of the institution, w ere, witll s ome slight modifications, agreed to. The result of this revision is almost a complete alteration in the constitution of the establishment--a mea ' sure which its friends h ave for, a long time eage r ly desired. His Lordship having expressed his gratification on a vote of thanks passed to him by the meeting, t h e business of the day terminated. nn FORNRSs AND PI--LE HAR --UR RAILWAY.--The cost of this proposed new line, with branch from the Orgrave Tramway, is estimated by the engineer at 45,0514 JANUARY 23, 1852. NAVAL INTELLIGENcE. It i 5 with exceeding regret that we find Commander Al‘Corinick, of the ordinary guard-ship at Devonport, has been superseded, at his own request, and that Commander Ediuontone (1841) has been appointed in his place. Commander M'Cormick's services are those which ought not, at this time of life, to have subjected him to the treatment which he has received, and we are astonished that the Admiralty have al lowed an officer of his standing and career to have retired witho u t suc h an exp l ana ti on as wou ld h ave satisfied the world that he was not driven from active employment, which had become unbearably oppres sive. We know nothing of Commander M'Cormick, beyond what we have heard of him, end that is, that he has the sympathy of everyone at Devonporz, and that his retirement is looked upon as an alternative forced upon a most correct and deserving officer. His career in the service is thus given' in the Naval Biography : " Shepherd M'Cormick was born in January, 1794, This officer entered the navy, Sept. 17, 1803, as first class volunteer, on board the Repulse, 74, Captains Hon. Arthur Kaye Legge and John Halliday, to which ship he continued attached in the capacities of midshipman and master's mato until Feb., 1811. It was his fortune to be present in consequence in Sir Robert Calder's ac tion, July 22, 1805; at the copture of the Mare ngo o f 80 guns, bearing the flag of Admiral Linois, and 40-gun frigate, Belle Pulite, 13th March, 1806; at , the taking, 27th Septemba r following, of Le President, French fri gate; at the passage of the Dardanelles, and the destruc tion of the Turkish squadron at Point Pcxtuies, iu February, 1807; at the siege of Flushing in August, 1809; and on the 30th of August, 1810, when the Repulse gallantly rescued the Philomel sloop from cap ture, by interposing herself between that vessel and an advanced division of the Toulon fleet, which she com pelled to put back. In October, 1811, after he had bean for eight months employed with Captains Halliday and Joseph Bingham in the Montagu and Egmont, 74's, he joined the Swiftsure, of similar force; in the boats be longing to which ship, when off the Island of Corsica, we find him assisting at the capture of a privateer, whose resistance occasioned her assailants a heavy loss. Being appointed acting-lieutenant, in March, 1813, of the Vol cano bomb, Captains Win. Farebrother, Carroll, David Price, and John Wyat Watling, Mr. M'Cormick (whose promotion was confirmed June 25 following, and who continued in the same vessel until August, 1815), was at first very actively employed in co-operation with the army on the coast of Catalonia, where he freqaently landed, and was wounded during his arduous investment of the fort of St. Philippe in the Col de Balaguer, mounting 12 pieces of ordnance, with a garrison of 101 officers and men. Proceeding subse quently to the coast of America, he was afforded an op portunity, previously to participating in the operations against New Orleans, of serving with the boats of a squadron at the capture, on Lake Borgne, Dec. 14, 1814, cf five American gun-vessels, after a very despe rate struggle, in which the British sustained a loss of 17 men killed, and 77 wounded. On 31st of the preceding October, the Volcano, at the time in charge of a trans port, had succeeded, with a loss to herself of two per sons killed, in beating cff the United States privateer Saucy Jack, a vessel of far superior force, 7 of whose people were slain, and 14 wounded. During the insur rection of 1837 in Canada, Mr. M'Cormick received five balls through the body, and a sabre cut across the right loin while effecting the capture of a piratical steamer, the Caroline. This led to his promotion to the rank he now holds, Nov. 23, 1841. Commander M'Cormick is in the receipt of a pension of 911. ss. for his wounds." APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenant Charles H. Carter (1840), son of the late Admiral Carter of Gosport, late of the Bellero phon, has been appointed to the Victoria and Albert Royal yacht, vice Hon. Henry Pellew, deceased. Lieutenant Frederick H. Stevens (1841), of the St. George, 120, at Devonport, has been appointed to the Magicienne, steam guard-ship. This officer has already been attached to the steam reserve at that port. Paymaster Thomas S. Heywood (1847) has been appointed to the Horatio, screw-steamer, guard-ship at Sheerness. Chief Engineer John Bell, to the Magicienne steam guardship, Devonport. Assistant Engineers George GriMtha and Henry Purchase, to the Magicienne. RETURN OF LIEUT. GRYLLS TO HIS NATIVE PLACE.—The return of this young officer, rescued from the burning wreck of the Amazon, to the resi dence cf his father, the Rev. Henry Grylls, vicar of St. Neot, Cornwall, was made the occasion of great rejoicing. Early on the morning of Friday last a special messenger arrived at the vicarage bearing a letter from Lieut. Grylls to his respected parent, an nouncing his rescue, and that he hoped to be with his friends on the evening of that day. The news was spreadhastily—hundreds from Dos mary, Drones, \Varleggan, Blisland, and the neigh bouring plains, came pouring into the quiet little village of St. Neot, to hail the arrival of the lieute nant, with unmiatakeable tokens of . pleasure. The village bells rang; congratulation was on every tongue, and joy illuminated every face. Towards the evening, a party of about l 50 set off for Two-water's Port, a small hamlet about a mile and three- qnarters from St. Neot's village, with the family carriage to receive him, and to draw him up the woody valley by band. The lieutenant, however, although reluctaut to refuse. them, felt so anxious to be among hie friends that the horses were allowed to proceed, and twelve boys, bearing torches and laurel, preceded the car riage. At Wheal Mary Mine, about a quarter of a mile from the village, they were net by hundreds, whose united cheers rent the air, said made the val leys ring. On arriving at the entrance to the vica rage, the cheering of the assembled concourse was immense. The worthy vicar, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Hendy, her husband, and others, then burst from the house, and at the same moment the lieutenant jumped from the carriage. The bells again rang ; the females shrieked ; the crowd huzzaea; and tears fell fast from many au eye. We fancy, but dare not paint the rest. The worthy vicar had buried a son just about the time aif the melancholy catastrophe of the Amazon, another died within the preceding twelve months, and the lieutenant was given up for lost. On seeing his son jump from the carriage, alive and safe, he stagger ed to the wall, and the exclamation, "My Charles !" which escaped him, reached every heart, and spoke volumes. After being closeted with his friends a short ti me he showed him self from a window to the people., and the deafening cheers which followed abundattl:ie testified how every heart warmed at his return, and that the genuine feelings of Englishmen do really exist at St. Neot s. We understand the lieutenant landed at Ply mouth on Thursday evening last, and vv;als picked up lby a Dutch galliot, which, for 501., ,eingaged to put him and his fellow-sufferers into this, nearest port. He appears just as well as ever, and, received no injury hut a burn on the right arm. Britannia, 120, Captain Goldsmith, has moved down to the moorings off Gosport, for the purpose of swinging her compasses, but the: high wind has pre vented her from doing so. She has bent her topsails, and will be ready to go to Spithead on the 2Gth inst. She will hoist Admiral Dunda flag on the 3d of next mouth, and sail about the ;sth for the Mediter. ranean, calling at Devonport. Lightning steam-tender, Ma ster-Commander Al lee, is expected at Portsmouth to convey a board o. officers to the Channel Islands, to inspect the fortifi cations. Major-General Carder r, of the Royal Engi neers, Captain Sir Ed. Belche:r, Mr. Walker, C.E , and an artillery officer, whose name we have not learned, constitute the board. PORTSMOUTH, THHRSDAY. —3 it blew a severe gale of wind, with much rain, last :night from the S.W. ; it still blows hard, but the wind has got to the west, with dry weather. The Corot= made!, East Indiaman, arrived from the River last nigt it and remains, with a number of vessels, at the Mother Bank. PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY.—Her Majesty's steam vessel Sprightly, which returne d from her cruise in the Channel yesterday, sailed a gain the same day for Portsmouth, with boats and sea men for her Majesty's ship Britannia. The steam-vessel Hecate, being replenished with 100 tons of coal, has sailed ags in towards Brest. The steam-ship Magicienn e was commissioned yesterday by Captain William Ramsay, with a com plement of 200 officers and men. a gents of Letters received here yesterday by the the Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company state that a piece of wreck, 20 feet long, by 5 feet wide , of fir, apparently part of a paddle-box, muc h burnt, was washed ashore in the evening of the 19th instant, .on Swanpool-beach, near Falmout b, and that the ari endremains of a made mast, 52 feet in length , burnt from one and to the other, with several small bolts appr three iron hoops thereon, about 2i feet in diameterng, b the p and 4 inches broad, were found about nine ilot-cutter miles S.E. of Start Point, on the 19th inst.; y Fanny, No. 13, Robert Kers wail ma are , of Dart mouth, and taken into that port. The above sup. 22.—Messrs. eorge and Sir posed to be portions of the unfortunate Amazon. Woormicu, JAN. 22. dreclging works are placed John Rennie have just compl* ted a dredging machine for the Russian service, to be em i p l 3 .oie .): l ,:as a c: t iip O npe d irl e jy s gt s oh a itne . , The vessel in which the is 92 feet long by 24 feet in breadth of beam, with cf 9 fee wit f h all the capable 0 . working in mud to e c i: o rn n e s 2sc i e s izl t rlil n : ei rn two th the a: o d r: , apch 6: a draught of w a a n te d r hoard. The dredgTeraost feet in length, depth of 28 feet. the Black NyrriPb , about to sail for Odessa. OH hacks, .. 1 1•M=....-__ Tyr DtuEDFr AT SII ADAVELL.--11l the case of Alma,,, ir he was stabbed I,7ith a k n if e early in the J ame ii s tl , ~o f the B th inst. at a brothel in New G rave l-l a ne, 110 , I lia r d i. vi c e i 1, the Secretary of State for the home Department has been Pleased, on the, representation of tits: tarts by Mr. the coroner for East Middlesex, to give directions to Solicitorer of tho Treasury to conduct the prosecution Jose Fortuso &rang° 1 ; , Nv.to ,s to take his trial at tbe cnsstession of the Central Criminal Court for the wilful murder;Bnatlialaki rewar d of 50/. for the apprehension of his companion, who a b s conded when the cri me was committed, an d who is still at l a rge, and who also s t an d s charged ivith t h e m urder by the coroner's jury. SPORTING NOTES. No. CLXVIII. A GLANCE AT THE SEVENTY-FOURTH OAKS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —Raving analysed the great race of the year, it is my intention, before touching upon the great spring handicaps, to take a passing glan ce at t h e great fill y race of the year, which was established by the same Earl of Derby who created the Derby Stakes. The first Oaks was run in 1779, and was won very easily by Lord Derby's Bridget. The number of subscribers on that occasion amounted to seventeen, the number increasing but very rightly until 1811, when Chifney tooled the Duke of Rutland'e Sorcery to victory; there were then twelve runners, out of forty nominations. This number ruled the average until 1827, when the Duke of Rich mond's Gulnere had the pleasure of beating a field of eighteen, out of a subscription of seventy-nine. The increase in the number of subscribers was gradual but steady, with the exception of Poison's year (1843), up to 1845, when the Duke of Richmond's Refraction beat a field of twenty; that year the subscribers counted one hundred and twenty-eight. The following years the number of subscribers and starters have ruied parti cularly good, and are as follows: Subs. Starters. 1846 Mendicant ... .. 140 24 1847 Miami ... ... 152 23 1848 Cymba 152 26 1849 Lady Evelyn 172 15 1850 Rhedycina ... 128 15 1851 Iris ... 131 15 Among the curious coincidences attendant upon racing, it is remarkable that Frank Butler has ridden the winner the The Oaks, when first established, was a sweepstake of fifty guineas each, Bst 41b, mile and a half. In 1782 the forfeit was first introduced at forty guineas, and the owner of the second horse to receive one hundred guineas out of the stakes. In 1785 the weights were altered to Bst each. In 1787 the conditions were, fifty guineas each, h ft. In 1807 the weight was altered to Bst 31b, and in the following year to Bst 41b. In 1831 the owner of the second horse received one hun dred sovs. out of the stakes, and the wi nner pa id one hundred soya. towards the expenses of the course. In 1841 the weight was altered to what it has ever since remained-B,t 71b. In 1848 the New Derby Course was substituted for the Old, and in 1850 it was determined that the winner should pay thirty sovs. to the judge. Out of the hundred and twenty-three nominations to the Oaks of the present year, six are defunct, one wrongly nominated, and three dozen out of training, leaving eighty animals from which the field and the winner is to be selected. I shall not examine the contents of the various stables in the minute manner I bestowed on the Derby, bat merely consider the chances of those horses that take the lead in my estimation. The Duke of Richmond's b f RED HIND, by Venison, out of the Soldier's Daughter, as being the favourite, shall have my first attention. She started six times during the past season, beginning at Ascot, where she won the Triennial Stakes with ease, beating Songstress, Moultan Lass, and four others; she next ran second to Bay Rosalind for the 13entinck Memorial Stakes, at Goodwood; she then lay by until the Newmarket First October Meeting, when she came out and won the Tri ennial Stakes in a canter by two lengths, beating Long bow (who was anything but himself), Odessa colt, Caloric, Livermore, Ambrose, Child of the Mist, and one or two others. In the next meeting at head-quarters she won the Bretby Stakes in the most off-hand style imaginable, beating Glenlace by three lengths. In the Houghton Meeting she finished her dazzling two-year old career by walking over for a 50 soya. stake and winning the Criterion, beating Ambrose, the Knight of the Shire, Stockwell, and Bilberry, notwithstanding extra weight which she had to carry. Her past running, without con eiderirg anything else, would place her A 1 in my esti mation, but when it is taken into account, that she is improving every day, is in excellent health, and doing* gentle work, going a n d l oo ki ng like an Oaks' winner, I cannot help awarding her all my confidence for this great filly race. Lord Westminster, whose name I am exceedingly glad to see once more enrolled on the racing lists, has a couple of splendidly bred fillies (egaged in this stake, in a br f called PLOT, by Pantaloon out of Decoy, and a b f ATTACK by Touchstone out cf Ghuznee ; these are i n Fisher's care at Newmarket. Their qualities at present I know hut little of, as they have not been thoroughly prepared up to the present time, and have never appeared in public. At tack, to look at, would seem to be the best, as she pos sesses signs of speed in her large quarters and springy action; but, as I before observed, I will not attempt to give any definite opinion about either until their props ration is more advanced. Mr. Worthington's ch f by Birdcateher, dam by Pan taloon, has run several times in public, winning three races out of four. She is a very promising filly, and will be heard of satisfactorily towards the midala of the season. _ _ _ General Anson's b f BAY ROSALIND, by Orlando, out of Elopement, trained by Fisher, of Newmarket, has started, thrice and •.von twice, when she lost being dead amiss. Her performances each time she started, when up F e to the mark, were first-rate. At the Newmarket July Meeting she won the Claesterfield Stakes, beating Lapidist, Ambrose, and five others, in the commonest of common canters, flying from end to end like an arrow from a bow. At Goodwood she accomplished the feat of beating Red Hind cleverly by three-quarters of a length for the Bentinek Memorial Stakes, Houlakin and Happy Joe figuring in very bed third and fourth places. At Doncaster (out of form) she ran third to Augur for the Champagne Stakes. This mare, if in form, is quite equal, if not a shade superior to her fiend Red Hind; but as her understandings are not of the soundest description, it, is very dubious whether she will stand her Oaks preparation. She is not doing any work at the present time, so I shall defer a decided opinion respecting her chance. Dilly's lot is uncommonly strong in Oaks fillies, no less than three being in training belonging to the Con federates, Messrs. Payne and Greville. GREENGAGE, a b f by Alarm out of Preserve, I consider to be inferior to the other two, so passing her by shall turn to GLEN LUCE, a b f by Slane out of Glencairn, who has run six times with varying success, beginning at Ascot, where she was nowhere to Robbie Noble for the New Stakes. At Goodwood she improved on her previous perform ance by running a dead heat for second place with Harbinger for the Ham Stakes, won by Claverhouse ; afterwards she ran away with the Melcomb Stakes, beating Ambrose, by two lengths, Maidstone, and the Chief Baron being in the third and fourth places. Her other performances re quire no comment. She and her stable companion FREEDON, by Cotheretone out of Liberty, are much of a muchness ; and it would not surprise me were the latter eventually to prove the best. Loth will sea short quotations before the day. Mr. Feeney's roan f TROUSSEAU by Gameboy, out of he 3 been making considerable stir in the betting circles of late, on what grounds I am unable to dis cover; her performances, though good, being by no means of that quality which would put her on a par with the two favourites; she is, however, one of those game animals that will persevere unflinchingly to the termina tion of a race, and beieg withal endowed with staying powers of no ordinary quality, she may run forward in the race. Mr. R. Wright's nomination bk f Bird on the Wing, by Irish Birdoatchor, out of Prairie Bird, by Touch stone, in Gill's hands, is not only well bred, but one of th e best two-year old fill ies out, always excepting of cra cks . . She has appeared in public six dines, coal men the couple com mencing at the York August Meeting, where she was not placed for the Prince of Wales' Stakes, won by the Soralla's Dam filly; she was also not placed for the Gim crack Stakes, won by Trousseau. At Doncaster, not placed for the Champagne Stakes, won by Augur. At the same meeting, carrying 7st 131 b, ran second to Euphony (6st llb) for the Nursery Plate, beating eight others. Up to this time bile had been continually running uncommonly " raw," being in every instance i very green at her work, as was evinced in her spins at York and Doncaster. At Richmond h e r s had a walk over. At Northallorton, thoroughly elf in e very respect, she c2me out, aid in the most . off-hand Style a t ! m et vindicated her pedigre e b y winnge o th ur ealeoit°,igsil, I i t S ta kes very easily by two leng ths, beatin g Lucio, A gne s — Wickfield, and a colt by Malcolm. O fm bo said by any person knowing b m are or her stable, that these p e rform ances e so w b er u e t of the , me diocre to a degree. I admit they at were tl she is one of thos e im p rovin g animal s that come out to much advantage in their three- y e ar old form. If lam not egregiously mistaken in as dangerous P her Y e re a se r n i t va n l appear ance, thear Elmo, she promises to be cracks as Mr. Pedley's Trousseau. Mr. Bowess ch f by Bi rde atcher out of Mickleton Maid, Lord Clifden's br f Rosary by Touchsto ne , ou t of Crucifix; Lord Zetland'a br f by Birdeatcher, out of Cast Steel; and several oth ers of second-rate account, shall have their hopes commented on at some future period. To sum up in a somewhat curt manner, it is my opi nion that one of the two favourites—BAY ROSALIND and RED HIND --will win the O a k s of 1852, and that the best of Mr. Pay . ne , 5 couple — Bird on the Wing and Trousseau-- w il l be the handiest to the winner. I am, Sir, yours. &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Jan. 22, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S—YESTEIWA.Y. CHESTER CUP. 2,000 to 70 laid agst Ariosto, 1,000 to 30 agst Nancy, 500 to 10 twice seat Cossack, 1,000 to 20 each agst Koh i-noor and Bird-on-the-Wing, 1,000 to 10 three times, and afterwards 1,000 to 15 agst pue-an-Dhurras, 1,000 to 15 twice agst Unity, and 1,000 to 10 agst Payment - . Nothing else mentioned. DERBY. 14 to 1, to 1301, egst Augur. and 18 to 1 each, in fifties, agat Kingston and Orelio, the takers offering to go on. The room was thinly attended, and business very dull. F OLD SURREY (SUTTON) STEEPLECHASES. THURSDAY. The County Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 20 added, 12,t each; the winner to be sold for 100/, & c . (5 Subs.) Mr. Gough 'd The li , 2ctor (201.), lOst (Archer) 1 Mr. Sait'a Playsician (201.), lOst (Salt) Mr. Balls's The Colonel (201), lOst (Balchin) Mr. Turner's Tough Tom (201.), lOst .........(A blest) 0 Betting-6 to 4 ags t Physician, sto 2 agst Rec:or, and , sto I agst Colonel. Won by two lengths. The Sutton Free Handicap of 5 sous. each , and 30 added. About three miles and a half. ( 13 S ubs.) Mr. Gardener's The Screw, 9st 61b ............ (Ablett) 1 Mr. Price's Bullfincher, lOst ................. --(Price) 2 Mr. Bowman's Flytrap, lOst ...........•••• (Donaldson) 0 Mr. Stewart's Orange Girl, lost (Higgins) and. Mr. Johnson's Scavenger, lOst (Weaver) 0 Mr. Bayley's Good-for-Nothing, lo (Ennis) 0 Mr. Barlirg's Belmont, 9st 12Ib ............... (Bayley) 0 Mr. Elmore's Everton , 9 st 121 b ... (Captain Rowley) 0 Mr. Sait's Sir Alexander, 93t 91b (Sait) 0 Mr. Smith's Rendsburgb, 9st 61b ........ ....,(Archer) 0 Mr. Mason's Now Forest Doe , 9=t........ (Strange) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst The Screw, 4to I agst Ball fincher, 5 to I agst Scavenger, and 5 to 1 agst Good-for- Nothing. Won by two lengths. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Worcestershire hds., Mon., Old Hills; Wed., W oo d. cote Green; Fri., Grafton Wood—loj. Herefordshire lids., 'lnes , Canon Frome-10i. Warwickshire Lid& ' Mon., Sherbourne; Tues., Mit ford Bridge; Thurs., LLIon Wood; Fri., Kington Ken nels-14 Shropshire hds,, Mon., Curtbercot; Thurs., fifth mile stone on the Baschurch•rosd-11. Wheatland hds., Wed., Hay Gate-10. Ledbury hds., Mon. Pheasant Inn, Welland; Fsi., Dymock Ludlow lids., Wed., Bircher Common; Sat., Downton Castle-10f. Upton-on-Severn harry., Toes., Stone Bridge, Lang- Brighton harry., Mon., Patcham; Wed., Thunders Barrow ; Sat., Dyke-114. Brookside harry., Mon., Newmarket Hill; Thurs., Tels combo Tye-10i. Southdown has., Mon., The Links, Eastbourne-10i. Crawley and H ors h am hds., Mon., Crawley village; Wed., Strood Park ; F r i. , t h e Swan, Pease Pottage-1 14. Cheshire hds., Mon., Crewe Hail; Wed., Dunlian Massey; Thurs., Withington ; Sat., Morley Hall-10i. Mr. Conyer's hds., Mon., Matching Green-11. Mr. Lushingtou's hds., Tues., the Squirrel; Fri., Sharsted Park-11. Monmouthshire hds., Mon., Blackbrook; Thurs., Dingestow Bridge-10i. Mr. Lee Steere's hds., Mon., itehingfield; Thurs., Rudjwick Poorhouse-11. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Fra Diavolo had been announced for last even i ng , with Mr. Sims Reeves as Fra Diavolo, and Mrs. Sims Reeves as Zerlina, and before the usual hour of openiug many persons were assembled at the doors of the theatre. The doors, however, were not opened until considerably after the usual hour ; and when opened placards were seen posted in the passages announcing that, in consequence of the sudden illness of Mrs. Sims Reeves, Fra Diavolo would not be per formed. The house, however, filled rapidly, and it was announced th a t th e B e ll e 's Stratagem, to be fol lowed by the performances of the Bateman children, would be substituted. The audience, however, were by no means satisfied, and the first scene of the comedy was acted in dumb show—the loud calls for " Burin" drowning every other sound. At length Mr. Bunn appeared, and addressing the audience with his usual tact, soon got them into good humour, and the performers were suffered to proceed without fur ther interruption. SOUTHWARK SOUP KITCHEN. We visited this benevolent institution yesterday, when we witnessed the distribution of the good things there provided for the distressed poor of the district, and seldom has it been our lot to be present at a more truly gratifying sight. The committee of management de serve every encouragement in their Christian endeavours to relieve their fellow-creatures. We have also to speak in terms of high commendation of the excellent arrange ments by which some hundreds were supplied with a quart of soup, of most excellent and nutritious quality, and a half•quartern loaf oftiki best bread, in a very short space of time, without tgr slightest confusion. It would indeed have gladdened the hearts of the generous contributors to this infant institution had they been pre sent to ace what joy they were the instruments, through God's mercy, of shedding over the hearts of hundreds who were suffering from unavoidable destitution. Since we last noticed this institution, the committee, through their treasurer, Mr. John Brady, surgeon, of Black friars-road, have received the tidings that several con tributions have been received, one of 5/. from M. R. N,, and we are satisfied that thero is no place in London where more good may be effected by Christian charity, both physically and morally, than in the distressed dis tricts of Southwark and Lambeth, and it is hoped that the wealthy will rally round and lend their assistance to permanently establishing this much wanted institution. It is Jr.a Brady's intention, if properly supported, to extend his labelers to the establishment of a dormitory, by which much crime and immorality might be pre vented. ADMIRALTY MANAGEMENT. TO THE EDITOR OF VIE TIMES. Sir,—ln a letter sent me from King William's Town, a truthful and well-conducted soldier thus writes :—" The voyage to the Cape took us three months to perform. Government laid in for the troops only 75 days' provisions. The consequence was that we were one month on short rations, and were com pelled to hoist the flag of distress to a ship which hove in sight about a month before we anchored. Providaitially this ship let us have provisions, or 1. do not know what the consequences might have been. A ship with about 220 souls on board, a scarcity of provisions, and about a month's voyage to perform, is anything but a joke. There is a vast difference in such a case between 75 and 90 days; and the ship we sailed in—the Charlotte, East Indiaman—could not have gone in less than 90 days. The men bore it remarkably well, but it was shameful treatment." Sir, it is only by means of the press that grave wrongs of this kind can be exposed and corrected. If you think with me, that so just a cause of com plaint as is here related deserves a strong remon strance, you will no doubt do much to prevent a si milar occurrence by giving this honest fellow's nar rative publicity.—l am, Sir, yours faithfully, G. A. Tan KAFIR WAR.--A public meeting of the inha bitants of Lambeth was held yesterday evening, at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, for the purpose of considering the causes of the war now - raging in Kafirland, and the policy which has been pursued towards the frontier tribes, and the pro has o f memorialising Government to revert to a more conciliatory system—Mr. W. Williams, M P., in the chair. The chairman, in addressing the meeting, dwelt upon the necessity of altering the old system of colonial goverment and adopting a m ore conciliatory spirit ; and spoke in high terms of the Glenelg policy, condemning, at the same time, that of Sir Harry Smith. Several gentlemea addressed the meeting, and resolutions were passed, condemnatory of the present system of warfare carried en against the Kafirs, and recommending some change in the colonial government, and a memorial to Lord the establishment of a commission at the Cape to deal with all questions that might arise between the savage tribes and Jthoehncoßlounsissetlsi, aAnd re pli a ti t o ki n n s ' t . o . opting Parliament on the subject of the present war, was then carried , and after a vote of thanks STATION: er Z li T ons of the promoters, t o the T R c A h N a s i A r na r L ai ei : the o r c n s t e i e sit t t i ri n esn g ßu s o e a s p p a A r e a xc t Lord Monteagle and other I promoters of landowners on the line w ai i d t e h d st b a;ding the L imerick and F s unable to complete their d ° lies Rail ap ictoani contract g:d pa w y as me l n 2 t o o ,oo f 0 9 /. 0,0001 ray were e osits an P d subscription contract, so as to go to Parliament of railway, the Parliament required of . next session. The ca , which per cent. The desire of the .1 and a cash deposit of 10 inhabitants . and landed proprie tors to get the station to Limerick has thus, for the present, lto Galway, t oo , h as b een a b an d one d , an d t fa h i e l eDd.ablTin hev committeeessel contented its e lf w ith recommen di n g one vessel to try e xperimental trips to various ports. The speculation is the absence of any ream nerative goods traffic —this is about to be compensated for by a steam-vessel between Cork, to test the America and Liverpool, calling at experiment. DEATH OF LORD LOUGHBOROUGH.—The following paragraph appears in a New Orleans paper :—" The coroner of New O r l eans l ast week held an inquest on the body of Lord Loughborough, found dead on board the schooner Mary Elizabeth, lying at the First Municipality wharfs. The deceased was British twenty-three years nobleman, and was only years of age. He had taken passage at Havannah for New Orleans, in the Mary Elizabeth, and died while the schooner was coming up the river. The evidence before the jury Showed that the immediate cause of his death was congest.- tion of the brain. A gentleman and a servant accompanied him on the voyage, and gave him every attention during his I illness. The Britsh consul took charge of his body and effects, to await the direction of relatives in England. His remains were placed in a leaden coffin, until demanded by his friends." [Lord Loughborough (James Alexander) was the eldest son of the Earl of Rossini. He was born May 10, 1b30.] IRON AS A MATERIAL FOR SHIPBUILDING.—WO congratulate Mr. Peacock on the successful result of his composition upon the iron sailing ships Three Bells and La Serena ; the former having just returned to London from a voyage to Australis and Calcutta in excellent condition, having been only once retouched (at Sydney) during a period of fifteen months. The latter has just returned from Chile with a cargo of copper to Swansea; and after an ab sence of eight months without docking or careening is, we understand, in excellent condition -likewise. The successful issue of these distant voyages in iron ships has solved a pro bl e m with respect to i ron as a mater i a l f o r ship-building 1 o f the highest importance to the commercial interests of this country. We learn that the Lords Commiss ioners of the Admiralty have orde re d a' large quantity.of Mr. Peacock's composition to be sent to Malta Dockyard i n the Peninsular and oriental steamer Bentinck. RECOVERY OF OTHER PORTIONS OF THE WRECK OF TEL AMAZON,—lntelligence has been received of the finding of mire portions of the wreck of the ill-fated Amazon steam-ship. Between four and five o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, the coast- s parsi on duty at the st a ti on at Bolt Head, near Salcombe, - Observed a vessel's mast, the head of which was painted white, drifting up the channel, about a mile from the shore. The mast, at times, showed itself full five feet above the sea, perpendicularly, as if some weight was attached to keep it in that po s iti on. There was also a quan tity of wreck seen floating about th e B o l t , some of which was partially burnt. The only pi eces f oun d w i t h a ny marks thereo n was part of a side and part of an end o f a case or box , about two feet three inches in length, of deal, an inch thick, r oughly drretailed and nailed. The marks on the S id e are " ., /1-_*, with the o th er portion split. off. Marks on the end Bid and Sin J rroy M areil Suray. Along the neighbouring .coast other pieces of charred wreck have been cast, all of it, no doubt, formed part of the ill-fated Amason. ASYLUM FOR FEMALE ORPHANS, LAMBISTIL—A s pecial general meeting of the g overnors oft his c haritable at the London i ns titution was held yesterday on Tavern, for the purpose of considering whe the r, in chil dren rendered destitute by the loss of the Amazon, the strict rule of the society, which enjoined the payment of lOogs. upon the admission o f each • ht not be dispensed with ; Mr. S. Wheelerorphan. might in the chair. It appeared from the statements elicited at the meeting, that the committee of this charity, immedi ate l y upon the state of these poor children becoming known to them, took the necessary steps to ensure their admission. A sa. letter was read from the president—the Duke of Camb 'd • ri go—highly approving the suggestion, and a resolution was unanimously passed for the election of three of the children. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meet i ng separated. ' 10 - 10 11 Ol e ecl! 1 46 oO a tO