The Sun. — London, England, 1837-05-22 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. The B ---,cob.— NANCI IES TER RACES.—F RIDer . old, roughton Stakes o f 15 sovs., 5 ft., with 30 added ; th ree yrs !hoid ens at the7lb ; f our, Bst. 61b ; fillies and geldings allo we d Sib s , an d time of na m i ng a l lowed 31b. The winner of the T.. Subs bat in that week 31b . extra. The St. Leger Course. 13 lit Wilkins's Modesty, by Malek, 3 yrs Lye 1 ' G. ( " l ark's br. , 2 M r. 1• c. by Sir Hercules 3 Lor„ Aey's b. e. Subaltern, brother to Cadet, 3 yr 5..... ,r, ~tnley's Miss Bowe, 3 vrs fla iradesmen's Cup, value . 100 sovs., with 100 sovs. in specie, added to a. Handice Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, h. ft. 15 S ubs, one of 'a homPhaving declared, paid only 5 sovs. The owner of the second to receive 50 soya out of the stakes. Two miles and a distance. * al r v Al r : Nv"-'.1.,. Fox's br. c. The Carpenter, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b Lye 1 2 Arr..% ' a rrf.rw' s b. m. Catherine, aged, 8t t. 121 b yfieePe'tj'ae's br. c. The Bard, 4 yrs, Bst , /olio ' ' ur, h . , Aing also started, but were not placed , :—Mr. Cooke's 5 l'e'.l. Rover 6 Bst 71b • Sir J. Boswell sb. h. The Stag, , Yrs, F t 1 ' Y"' • , ' WI le 4 yrs, Bst. llb ; B on ,A• 2 b ; Mr. Robinson s ch. c. la y, _ E . p A. O. Powlett's br. c. Wentworth, 4 yrs, ist. 121 b ; Mr f . V, rel br. g. Morison, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b ; and Mr. J. Allen's b. . A den's 4 yrs, 7st. 61b. Plate of 80 son , for all ages ,• three yrs old, 6st. 71b ; four, 6s. 21b ; five, Bsi. 101 b ; six - and aged, 9st ; mares and geldings allowed Mb ; a winner of one Plate previous to starting, 31b ; of t wo or more, 51b. extra. The owner of the second horse to be 4trentitled to an additional 10/. Heats, two miles and a distance. qtr, . an Turban, 5 yrs Darling 3 2 1 1 'W. Barrow's Catherine, aged Trll..ord tiniiey's ro. 0. Parolles, by Augustus, 3 yrs 4 1 0 3 4 dr ir.Dwson's b. f. Parthenia, 3 vrs.. 41a4dicap Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. One mile and Mt \ Allen' s P romi a quarter. 5 S u b s. se 4 Tat. 131 b ..1r J. Bosvvell's Sun'beamY7'4 r, Bst. 91b •tur. Narmey's b. g. Bravo 4 3st. 21b . 3 The following also started, yrs, but were not placed :—Mr. L•acey's Subaltern, 6st. 91b, and Spread Eagle, 7st. 71b. BETTING 47' ST. JAMES'S. State o fthe T HE DERBY AN D OAKS. odds in St. James's -street up to last night :..- THE DERBY (THURSDAY NEXT). 2to 1 apt Mr. S. Stanley's Rattrap —take sto 2 11 to 2 agst Mr. Greville's Mange —take 6to 1 8 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Hvbiscus—offered % to 1 agst Ld Suffield': Caleven—taken and afterwds offered 12 to 1 apt. Lord Jersey's Achmet--offered 14 to 1 agst Mr.Wref ord'sWisdom—t a k. and afterwards offered 14 to 1 a.gst or d 13erners's Ph osp h orus—offered 1 6 to 1 agst Mr. BOWeeSMickle Fell—taken and aftwds offered No others backed. '1 to 4 apt Rattrap and Achmet—taken „ sto 1 apt Mickle Fell, Wisdom, and Phosphorus—taken Jereed i 3 declared not to start, and Scott to ride Mickle Fell. t THE OAES •,l (FRIDAY Eto 2 a get M r. Thornhill 's Ege a N taken XT). No others mentioned. ___________ EPSOM RACES. ThO following of Epsom, Saturday Night.. 'time list the races for next week includes the entries ~1 trbtielisr afternoon, and omits such horses as have not arrived to engagements :- Il e c TUESDAY. ft . 4 . _ raven Stakes of 10 sovs. each. The last mile and a quarter. 114713 r. Wrefod's b. c. Diadem, 3 yrs, Duke of Richmond's b. c : br. ; tyrs, Colonel Peel's ch. c. Clifton, 3 yrs, Lord Egrernont s hert..teek, 4 yrs, Lord Suffield's b c. Alfred, 4 yrs, Mr. Ro n 3 b. C. B ervrickshire 4 yrs, Lord Chesterfield's b. c. a `', 3 yrs, and Sir G. Heathcoate's ch. h. Valentissimo, 5 yrs. 0 Shirley Stakes of 25 soya, each; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, L or is!. 41b., then three years old. One mile. 9 Subs. Chit ,,U's Pupil, Lord Exeter's Corban, Captain Lamb's ,by Chatpa Lord Stradbroke's b. g. Fifer, Mr. Sowerby's Domino, 1,,,, , artisan out of Trictrac, by I)ick Andrews ; Mr. Osbaldeston's s i uc e k_et Hercules, Air. J. Day's Alustee, Mr. Phillimore's Sheriff, All ki . Heatheote's Marquis, brother to Aiargrave. AIOZInce Match. T. Y. C.-Mr. Theobald's f. by Laurel, out of f St.l in s•; Sir G. Heathcote's c. Tawney Owl, by Buzzard, out o Tli c -s s f• 4 '' lir reY Stakes (Handicap) of 25 soya, each, 15 ft., and only Lai,,,,lf declared on or before the l st of April, with 100 soya. added. Course. 24 Subs. Turb a n Egremont's Hock, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b. ; Mr. Houldsworth's tlst 3 1 -4 ' 6 Yrs, Bst. 41b ; Mr. W. Edwards's Royal George, 4 yrs, ~ b ; Air. Robertson's Olympic, 6 yrs, Bst. 21b ; Lord Ta lat°''k) J k ' g. Itib. 8 ac - in-the-Green, 4 yrs, Bst. ; Duke of Richmond's 41b ` r ' 5 Yrs, ist. 41b ; Duke of Richmond's Sepoy, 4 yrs, 7st. , N ; Air. Shelley's The Pope, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b; Lord Egremont 5 011 3 4 . 4 ;„ 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b ; Air. Bowes's Mickle Fell, 3 yrs, fist. a , Air. Roe's Idiot, 4 yrs, 6st. 61b ; Lord Exeter's Gauntlett, laifs, 6st. 51b • Air. Fairlie's Nelson, by Lamplighter, 3 yrs, sst. u• Ten others pay only 5 sovs. each. alt The Ep som P late. Heats, one mile. t. ~...illesd Wickham' s,s bAir. r. h . Pinch 's er c , 6 yr s , Si r G . Heathcote's ch. 18 w en, 4 Bakerh. g. by Aaron (dam foaled in Alh 24 ), by Partisan, out of Sister to Seheme_, 4 yrs, Lord Conyng .es_ ch. f. Heires.,' 4 yrs, Lord Exeter's ch. c. Champion, 3 yrs, ~..". • Stephens 's Talebearer, 3 yrs, and Mr. S. Smith's b. h. Alo -art, 5 yrs. W EDNESDAY. Tile Woodcott Stakes, of 30 sovs. each, h. ft., for two years old ; colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. Last half mile. 8 Subs. War Mr. Lichwald's br. f. by Laurel, out of Anvil's dam ; Lord Xeter' 1. by Sultan, out of Salute; Captain Lamb's b. c. The t riickhie Lad, Air. Gardnor's ch, f. by Count Porro, out of ''der ; Air. Sowerby's Marigold, by Skiff, out of Aioss-Rose, '3,ter to Velocipede ; Lord Egremo nt's f. by Gaberlunzie, out of Verrnaid ; Duke of Rutland's ch. f. by Hawk er , d am b y Pan, out b 1,.. ara:lli:l374; Mr. Good win's f, by Shakspeare, ou t o f S prat, by "e Gold Cup, of 100 sovs, in specie, added to a S weepsta k es of 10 sovs. each. The wi nner to be sold for 400 sovs ., if d eman d ed, sze. Two miles. ;Iv.i..ord Exeter's Adrian, 4 yrs, Colonel Peel's Fantastic, 3 . yrs, I.sr...sbaldeston's br. c. Aiic lac, by Tramp, out of Octavia,3 a , aptatn Gardnor's Magician, 4 yrs, Lord Chesterfield's Edgar,; no 1 .4 4 ,_ , Mr. Robertson's Lucifer, 5 yrs, and Mr. Brown's Co b - 11, ',, by Tramp, 3 yrs. -`" tvrell Stake s of • 50 sovs., free for three years old carrying 7st.; I‘ . ° llr Yrs, Bst. • five yrs, Bst. 91b. ; six yrs and aged, 8s . t. 121b. s 'Ares and geldings, and horses that have ever started four times an d not won, allowed 31bs. ; a winner at any time twice (matches ?.xcepted) to carry 31bs •, thrice, 51bs. ; four times and above, ) tlb. extra. New T. Y.C. Last half mile. ‘,oColoriel Peel's ch. c. Clifton, 3 yrs, Colonel Peel's ch. c. Cast -18,3,1Y1 6 yrs, Colonel Peel's gr. f. Zenana, 4 yrs, Mr. Chamber ° ne'a b. A Yesba, 4 yrs Mr. Osbaldeston's ch. h. Whitefoot, oll! r ;' Lord Suffield's b. 11.:Newlight, 4 yrs, Sir G. Heathcote's 4 1 .01:4 Countess 3 yrs, Lord Conyngham's ch. f. Heiress, 4 yrs, 11, E=ster, ch. c. Champion, 3 yrs, Lord Exeter's ch. c. Co - Lo rd 3 St irs, Captain Gardnor's ch. f. Sster to Zenana, 3 yrs, and th_ _Stradbroke's b. f. Fifer, 3 yrs. Sutton Stakes of 50 sovs. for three years old and upwards. co ,gbts and conditions as for the Ewell. New Two Year Old Colo The winner to be sold for 250 soya. bitri-ua:oriel Peel's ch. c. Clifton, 3 yrs, Colonel Peel's gr. f. Ze taut',4b Yr*, Mr. Chamberlayne's b. f. Ayesha, 4 yrs, Mr. Por ,f.osth, • ,f. Rigadoon, by Jerry, out of La Danseuse, 3 yrs, Mr. s r e : n u. f• Sister to Hatfield, 3 yrs, Lord Conyngham s ch. f. t er's - Ol s ' 4 Yrs, Lord Exeter's ch. c. Champion, 3 yrs, Lord Exe ..e4B. • c• Gauntlet 3 yrs, and Captain Gardnor's gr. f. Sister to Th e Z, t ; ars. " %.• tiji ? ,u°n Stakes of 50 soya ; three yrs old, 7st. ; four years, Irgek''' --• • fi, "9-t • six years and aged, 9st. 21b. blares tings years, allowed 3il;s: The winner to be sold for 120 sovs. Mats, one mile. est ° ,ling•s Heckie, 5 yrs, Mr. King's Job, 3 yas, Mr. Osbal ii 4 s hr. e. Alic Mac, 3 yrs, Lord Conyngham's ch. C. Toot cl l. ' e 4 rs, Lord Exeter' ch. C. Champion, 3 yrs, Lord Exe e ter's Zrs, ik,(;auntlet, 3 yrs, Mr. Saour's b. c. Scipio (Cantaloup ) y , rs 4 Air. fr . Roes b. f. Tyke, by Dapdog, out of Effic Deans, 3_ _ izi sart A• S mith' s b. f. Prodigal, 4 yrs, Mr. S. Smiths b. h. M eh. ', l „ yrs, Lord Stradbroke's ch. c. Dorus, 3 yrs, and Mr. Bs con's ''. .ia.ra, Re d . The 1 3 THURS DY.--TO START AT TWO O'CLOCK. Derby Stakes of A 50 sovs, each, h. ft., for three years old. i Cif th e Last mile and a half. 131 Subs. 'ler . - one hundred and thirty.one engaged the following are 4; --„ Fell' • - wess b. c. Lord Stafford, Mr. Bowes's ch. c. Mick e l! tli, (;),wri brother to Trustee • Air. Theobald's ch. c. Sir Fred to ze,',lr• Taylor's b. c. Doncaster, Mr. Smith's c. Brother e b y e ze tt t o h ; Colonel Peel's eh. c. Clifton ; Duke of Rutland's bri ll. : P ,roll h n , . u t of Slight ; Mr. Phillimore's br. c. Ich b Dien, ldsts Tue N e k . gr• c• by Albany out of Agnes ; Mr' °3 a Steven sows eh. „et,Herculs, Mr Co ' oke's b. c. Norrove, Mr• 4„..icte,stLorcißene *J.°J.soCa,tton, out . of Spavina ; Mr. Gardnor's b. c. `'.o erfield's b y e e• Aehmet, Lord Jersey's c. Flare-up, Lord ville's r. e A.y . . M arquis L . "s°l3o, b rother ' t P . ••klo • Sir G. Heathcote s , D. c • brother Colonel Anson Jereed, Al , r. 97 : t_rnetann,rf, orhdesterfield's br. C. Samba,.Air. Osbaldeston s b. . out of Arachne ; rd Cbesterfi Id' Chesterfield's c. by Priam, , ' Lord ''Offield; 1 , e s c• Ed_ gar Lord Chesterfield s c. Critic, ),..r. _ Caravan, Colonel P br, c. 8 c• -,Upil, Lord B r ' s' Phosphorus, Lord Seffie . ld's . 'ill! .Osbaldestons out c. be; '' f. out of Octavio.; Mr. Roger: e 'ls i ' mr h a c. 13 Bedlamite, out of Garcia ' , xete ,zeter's Lord i Tr aolP, out of Tramp,• Lord Exeter's br. c. yybiru ! t%sitarnleby'sel; b• Lunacyc Corban LOrd Exeter'si fr d Treoilfius, L ord ' Exeter's b. c. Dardanelles, n and,. J . The A no , yet a.rrivaetdtrap, by Bizarre, out of Young Alouse. J. 4y . h t e ad Stakes a 50 sovs •, three years old, 7st. 101 b. ; I fo w u e r, 17,..' 43 5t• 81b. ; not won all five have : 21b. Mares and meadselings al d . e _Horses which ever started four ti nd no c 0 1 o w ed. 3lbs. Last half mile. s'Pra,,, Peel's ch. c. Clifton 3 yrs •• Colonel Peel's ch. c. a.st f, q ue o yrs Colonel Peel's gr ' f. Zen ' ana,Sadler s_cp• , Nk e s ,' l., 3 Yrs Lord Suffield's b. h. New Light, 4 yrs 3 . 1 r• , ‘teul r a '. f " Gipsy 5 yrs • Mr. Osbaldeston's gr. c. The Pocket Bryant, 3 Yrs_; Mr' Osba:ldesto . n's ch. c. Whitefoot, 6 yrs ; A r. t issi ttlo s b• f• RigadoOn 3 Ts • Sir G. iieathcote's ch. h. Valet %rd.' yrs; Lord Con ' yn Y h ' r's ch c Toothill, 4 yrs 11,4,eN0r gr yrs. Sister to g Z a e n nana, .3 yrs; and Mr. Stephens's ,:eoearer 3 Captain 7s e t i' .l, s k, ;11 of 5 sovs. each, and 25 sovs. added ; three years old, l. and 4 :: ( 1 i': ; four years, Bst. 91b. ; five years, Last t half 9st. 31b• ; S , Y Ing e. ° „., 9st years Mares and geldings allowed albs. ti the w to A; r' Sadier's ner to be sold for 120 sovs. n noam , s ch. littbet B f:'• Guess, 3 yrs ; Lord C 1 r • Th Y!'s ; Captai tl b. f . A ornhill's br f•C • • and Mr. Cham e b rlayne's % pc ' 1 1034 , A • •, astaside, 3 yrs , Gardnor's gr. g. Sister to Zenana, 3 yrs; ep stek --. yrs. e ef , ~ of 4 moos each and 20 added f for m OO or 1 ovs._te.. Last half Lie. The winner to be sold ~,, " (Closes on W ednesday evening). weights as in er Ile Oak s S takes o f 50 FRIDAY. each, h, ft., for three Of too(' t he 9 2 ho 92 Subs. our neighb years old fillies. I hot engaged the following are in •,.a.etc•,.,-"°rd Chesterfield's' Vacu a., Lord Exeter's Vehr , re b O its Cornate, Air T 1 li'll' n E eria Lord Verulam . s 11 1'.. r ' o" r• Ratson' v i Thorn hill's s g , Lo e r r d . 5,.. s Th er „,,_ s . o uptuary, Mr. Powlett's f. by Priam, DI • -4)rdl ill,. r .,..a., Sir G. Heathcote's Countless, La Ale Prise, and Li),,b'e•olonel Peel's Garcia filly Mr. Thornhill's Castaside, have k deston's E -s t , 1 - Held's Cassandra, Lord Con ' yngham's Magnet, and Air. 'th e ne t „e, hberston Lass. The mares trained by John Day e it i Ji., a.rrived. th ree rQuer 's Plate of 50 so „ v . ee ars Bst. /nib . Jvars i 6 , °'( l , 6st. 111b " ; * four vears, Bst• ; fiver} e allowed Heats, Crav urse ; for a 1 b s • ; s Years and ag ed, fist. M ares and geldings Lord .1, The Winner to be sold for 200 so"; Air,clllic Alltellfield's ch. f. Kathleen, 3 yr s ; Mr. Osbaldeston's br. 6 Yrs li Wiekh e , ' 3 Yrs; Mr. Osbaldeston's ch. c. Whitefoot,_ _agno. s , 3 ~,, awes ' ch 6 • G. Heathcote's br. f• M .. e , r, yrs , Sir . ttc.hchirro.sp;ioLtio,r.d Ex m eter s ch. C. Gauntlet, 3 yrs , Lord , Exeter's ch. Clifton, y r , 4 2.11 1 , 3 0.. 7 Yrs ; Alr. Gardnor's b. m. Ethild , a, tyr e s ; Lord Co ' eolottei“,„f• Heiress, 4 yrs ; Colonel Peel s c . • . .• eel's g r . f . 4 yrs Zenana, 3 yrs ; Mr. King's Hectic, • The Derby and Oaks Plate of 50 sovs. free. Mile heats. Weights and Conditions as in the Croydon. The winner to be sold for 120 sovs. Mr. Oshaldestone's br. c. Mic Mac, 3 yrs ; Mr. King's Hectic, 5 yrs ; Mr. King's Job, 3 yrs ; Mr. Smith's br. c. Brother to Elizabeth, 3 y rs ; Lord Exeter's ch. c. Champion, 8 yrs; Lord Exeter's ch. c. Gauntlet, 3 yrs ; Captain Gardnor's gr. f. Sis ter to Zenana, 3 yrs ; Mr. Saour's b. c. by Scipio (Cantaloupe), 4 yrs; Mr. Chamberlayne's Ayesha, 4 yrs; Mr. H. Smith's Pro digal, 4 yrs ; Mr. S. Smith's b. h. Mozart, 5 yrs ; Lord Conyng ham's eh. f. Heiress, 5 yrs. It is thought that 18 or 20 will go for the Derby, ar.d 10 or 12 for the Oaks. To accommodate the nobility and gentry stopping in the neighbourhood the Assembly Rooms at the Spread Eagle will be converted into a betting-room. The Grand Stand has been " touched up," and will be opened on the same moderate scale for admission and refreshment as usual. There is every reason to an ticipate a brilliant week. COURT CIRCULAR. ....m.- WINDSOR, M AT 2I.—T -- he departure of the King for town to-day, to be present at the opening of the Chapel Royal, St. James's, was postponed, and a messenger dispatched with the intelligence at a n ear l y h our t hi s morn i ng f or t own . His Ma jesty has been slightly indisposed within the last few days. Divine service was performed this morning within the Castle by the Rev. Mr. Gossett and the Rev. Mr. Wood. The Queen has not yet been out, but her Majesty is better. Two Princes of Hohenlohe Langenbourg are expected to come with Prince Ernest from the Continent. Prince Ernest is expected in the course of the week. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria attended divine service yesterday morning at the chapel in Kensington Palace. The Rev. Joseph Jackson and the Rev. William Vernon officiated ; and the evening service was performed be fore their Royal Highnesses and their Household by the Rev. T. R. Pitman. The Chapel Royal, St. James's Palace, was re-opened for divine service, yesterday morning. The Princess Augusta, attended by Lady Mary Pelham and Sir Henry Wheatley, was present. An excellent sermon was preached on the oc casion by the Rev. Mr. Thomas Mills, the King's Chaplain in Waiting. The anthem for Trinity Sunday, " Come, Holy Ghost" ( Attwood), was sung by Master Windsor ; the verse parts by some of the gentlemen of the choir. Mr. Att wood presided at the organ. The Lord Almoner, the Dean of the Chapel, a number of Peers and Peeresses, and several officers of the Royal Household, attended the service. Prince Esterhazy visited the Prince and Princess of Lei ningen yesterday.. On Saturday the Princess Augusta visited the Duchess of Kent, the Princess Victoria, and the Princess of Leiningen. Her Royal Highness also visited the Duke of Sussex. Favourable accounts have been received of the health of Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipsthal. His Serene Highness has arrived at Rotterdam, on his way to England. Colonel Sibthorp and Mr. E. L. Bulwer, Members for the city of Lincoln, had an audience of the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria on Friday, to present a congratula tory address from that city, on the Princess Victoria attaining her eighteenth year. The Duke of Cumberland went, on Saturday, to his resi dence at Kew. The Prince and Princess of Leiningen visited the Princess Augusta yesterday. The Duchess of Kent aid the Princess Victoria honoured the performance of Malek Add, at the King's Theatre, on Saturday evening, with their presence. A numerous deputation, including the Duke of Argyll, Marquis of Breadalbane, Marquis of Downsbire ; Lords, Macdonald, Dunmore, and Castlereagh ; Sirs Reginald M'Donald and Edmond Hayes ; Messrs. Stuart M'Kenzie, Martin of Galway, Balfour, Chisholm of Chisholm, Macpher son of Cluny, Campbell of Islay, R. D. Browne, and Dundas, Colonel Connelly and Dr. Lynch, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, in Downing-street, on the subject of glass. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon, at the Foreign Office ; all the Ministers were pre sent. The Council sat two hours and a half. Mr. Cattley, Chairman of the London Dock Company, Mr. Houghton, and a Deputation from the City, had an inter view with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. The French Ambassador, the United States and Spanish Ministers, transacted business at the Foreign Office, on Sa turday. Lord Hill had an interview with Viscount Melbourne, in Downing-street, on Saturday. Despatches were sent off on Saturday evening from the Co lonial Office for the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. The Chairman of Stamps and Taxes had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday. The Marquis of Londonderry arrived in town on Saturday Full dress dinner parties, in honour of the King's birth-day, will be given on Monday by Viscount Melbourne, at his official residence in Downing-street ; by Lord John Russell, at the Clarendon ; by Lord Glenelg, in Great George-street, &c. ; by the Great Officeis of State. His Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms will have a grand dinner to cele brate the day. The Earl and Countess of Lichfield bad a dinner party on Thursday in St. James's-square. Among the company were the Duke of Norfolk, Earl of Ilchester, and Lady Strangways, Lord and Lady John Russell, Lady Andover, Viscountess An son, Mr. and Mrs. E. Stanley, Mr. and Lady Ann Coke, Mr. Fox Maule, and Mr. Digby. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. To-morrow.—Epsom Races. Wednesday.—Earl of Romney's grand fete, the Moat Park Ball, at the County Assembly Rooms, Maidstone. Grand Ball, St. James's Palace. Friday.—The Duchess of Kent's concert, Kensington Pa lace. Earl of Romney's dejeune, the Moat Park. May 29.—The King's Birthday. Drawing-room. Lady Domvile's second grand ball, Grosvenor-square. May 30.—The Duchess of St. Alban's fete champetre, Holly Lodge. The Marchioness of Downshire's Ball, Ha nover-square. June I.—Grand Ball at the King's Theatre. June 2.—Mrs. Archer Houblon's ball, Harley-street. June s.—The Duchess of Kent's second concert, Kensing ton Palace. June 6.—Ascot Races. June 9.—The Hon. Mrs. Phillips's concert, Hill-street. June 12.—Mrs. Lucas's ball, I.,ngham-place. June 13.—Lady Moseley's ball, Portland-place. June 15.—Drawing-room. Lady Anne Beresford's ball, Charles -street, St. James's. June 16.—The Duchess of St. Alban's grand fete. The Dowager Lady Cooper's ball, Portland place. • June 19.—Mrs. Russell Ellice's concert, Portman-square. Mrs. Otway Cave's ball, Park-lane. June 22.—The last Drawing-roona. June 23.—Lady Fitz Wigram's ball, Connaught-place. The Duchess of Somerset intends giving a splendid fete champetre at Wimbledon Park,in June. The Ma.quis of Northampton intends giving a series of entertainments at Castle Ashby, on the occasion of the Earl Compton attaining his majority. The Marquis of Northampton intends giving a series of entertainments on an extensive scale at Castle Ashby, in honour of the coming of age of the heir apparent, Earl Compton, in July. At the Marquis of Anglesey's grand dinner on Friday last, at Uxbridge House, there were present, the Duke of Grafton, General Lord Lynedock, General Lord Comber mere, General Sir Willoughby Gordon, Hon. General Lygon, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, Hon. Hon. Colonel Lygon, Sir Mark Singleton, &c. His Excellency Prince Esterhazy gave a grand dinner on Thursday last, at Chandos House, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Countess Brownlow, M. Dedel, Baron Bulow, &c. The Earl of Chesterfield's dinner party on Friday last was attended by the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Countess Flahault and Mademoiselle Flahault, Lord Rokeby, Viscounts Castlereagh and Cantelupe, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Sir R. Gordon, Bart., Lord and Lady W. Poulett, the Hon. Cecil and Charles Forester. The Dowager Lady Kinloch entertained select par ties at dinner on Tuesday and Friday last, at her house in Eaton-place. The Earl of Errol presides for his Majesty at the grand dinner given at the Clarendon to-day to the members of the Jockey Club. It is already known that a pension of 300/. a-year has been conferred on Lady Morgan. We have great plea sure in adding that the King was at the same time graciously pleased to confer a pension of 2001. a-year on Mrs. Edward Paley, and pensions of 1001. each on Mrs. Tidy and Mrs. Ca meron. By the death of General the lion. Sir Alexander Hope, G. C. 8., ohich took place on Friday, at Chelsea Hos pital, the Lieut.- Governorship of that establishment has become vacant, as well as the Colonelcy of the 14th Foot, which he has held since March 1835. He was one of the oldest of ficers in the serviee, having been appointed Lieut.-Colonel of the 90th Foot so long ago as 1794. Sir Alexander was a member of the Consolidated Board of General Officers, bro ther of the late Earl Hopetoun, and was in his 68th year. Ha married in*lBos, Georgiana, daughter of Geo. Brown, Esq. The season for auctions has been greatly retarded this season. Judjing from our journal this evening, it has commenced now in earnest. It is conjectured that during the next six weeks, near 300,0004. of property will change hands through the instrumentality of Mr. George Robins. The City o f L on d on T or i es di ne t o gether in a pavi lion erecting by Messrs. Cubitt, in the Gray's Inn-road. The 14th of June is the day appointed. We have great pleasure in stating that there are ample grounds for believing that the return of Mr. Broadwood for Bridgewater will be set aside. Personal considerations, which we trust will be duly appreciated, prevent us from entering into minute particulars ; but this much we may say, that nothing short of the legalisation of corruption can secure the seat of Mr. Broadwood. Mr. Henry Ellis, half-brother of the Earl of Ripon, has during the past week promulgated an address to the elec tors of the city of Lincoln, asking their support in the event of a general election, which he thinks not distant. George Mildrum, schoolmaster, who is now en during, a sentence of 12 months' imprisonment in the Barn staple gaol, which was passed upon him in October last, for an assault upon a child eight years old, has written, letters in which lie wakes a coiriesstua of the murder of his wife, who died at Southmoulton, some years since, under suspicious cir cumstances.—North Devon Journal. THE SUN, LON DON, GLASGOW ELECTION. (From the Glasgow Times of Saturday.) PUBLIC MEETING IN THE BAZAAR. Last night, a public meeting was held in the Bazaar, to consider the course which should be pursued to ensure the re turn, at the approaching election, of a true Reformer, as one of the Representatives of this City in Parliament. The Bazaar was crowded in every part, and the proceedings of the evening were conducted in an exceedingly animated, yet or dedy manner. Bailie FLEMING haring been called to the Chair, on th e motion of Mr. Walter Buchanan, said he had not anticipated the honour they had conferred upon him, when he saw so many respectable gentlemen around him, better fitted than he was to ultil the duties of their Chairman, more particularly when he saw beside him his respected and revered friend Mr. H. Graham, late Provost of the City ; but he came forward when called upon by his fellow-citizens, from a sincere love to the cause in which they were all engaged.—( Cheers. ) He had no doubt they would all join with him in re gretting the circumstance which had led to the pre sent meeting, and to their being called upon to exercise so arduous a duty, as that of fixing upon a proper candi date for the City representation, at a t;,arie when their spirits were depressed by the very unfavourable state in which the trade of the country was placed. But the duty now before them was of a most important nature, and their every energy ought to be employed, in order that a man should be sent to Parliament who could sympathise with the people. Were they to stand still, with their arms folded, and allow the Tories to return their candidate, which they were very likely to do. Un less the Reformers were active, he would not hesitate to say, that it would have been better not to pass the Reform Bill at all. The Tories desired nothing more than to bring them back to the state in which they were before the passing of the Reform Bill—they would have them again placed under the dominion of the landed Aristocracy, who so long enjoyed the exclusive privilege of legislation. They ought also to consider, when making their choice, that the unenfranchised formed a numerous portion of the population, and that a representative of Glasgow should attend to the interests of that class as well as to that of the electors. Bailie Fleming concluded by urging upon the Reform electors the duty of unanimity, and sat down amid the applause of the meeting. R. GRAHAM, Esq., of Whitehill, rose, and was received with most enthusiastic cheering. He said he was ashamed to appear before them in the situation to which old age had re duced him; but he would have f e lt di ssat i s fi e d w ith hi m s e lf had he not been ready to come forward in the cause so long as he was at all capable.--( Cheers.) It was needless for him to speak of Mr. Oswald's merits ; they were all well acquainted with them. He would therefore refrain from dwelling upon that subject. The duty to which the electors of Glasgow were now called was to choose, for their representative, one at tacked to Reform principles—and, above all, resolved to pre vent the return of the Tories to power.— (Cheers.) He had known the gentleman now to be proposed from his earliest youth, and he could say that there was not a more stedfast or a more honest Reformer to be found than Mr. John Den nistoun. Mr. Dennistoun was a working man, who would exert himself for the advancement of the Reform cause, as zealously as they could wish. Were there any pre sent who could look back with him to the year 1793, and could remember the evils that had been brought on the country, through the insolence, the corruption, the sub serviency, and the baseness of the Tory faction ? It would be unnecessary for him to speak to such of the tyran nical proceedings of the Tories. But to the young he would say, that fur attending such a meeting as the present, many had been sent to Botany Bay for life, and some had been there cruelly murdered through hard usage. He remembered when Magistrates of Glasgow, all of them tall, athletic men, kicked out of the public coffee-room an infirm old man, merely be cause he had on the day preceding attended a Reform meet ing. Mr. Graham then proposed the resolution, and sat down amid loud and prolonged cheering. Mr. HEDDERWICK seconded . the resolution with great plea sure. He cordially concurred in what had been said by his revered friend, relative to the unfortunate circumstances which had led to their present meeting, and he believed there was not a man in Glasgow but did the same.—( Cheers.) Mr. Hedderwick then urged upon the electors the duty of con centrated efforts. He could not pretend to know much of Mr. Dennistoun ; but he was convinced that he would be as firm as any other they could obtain, in urging onward the Reform interests.—( Applause.) To enter into any compa rison of the qualities of Mr. Dennistoun, as a merchant of Glasgow, with the acquirements—the classical acquirements— ( A laugh)—of young Mr. Monteith, was altogether unne cessary. To attempt influencing them by argument, would also be premature. They would hear Mr. Dennistoun him self, and if they were satisfied that he would come up to the scratch, then they would of course support him.--( Cheers.) He cheerfully seconded the motion, that Mr. Dennistoun was a fit person to represent and stand as a candidate for the repre sentation of Glasgow. A show of hands being taken in favour of the motion, a whole forest appeared; on its being requested that those of an opposite opinion should express their sentiments in like manner, a solitary individual was found to do so, and the Chairman consequently declared the resolution carried all but unanimously. On the motion of Bailie CRAIG, seconded by H. D. GRAHAM, a numerous Committee, composed of gentlemen from all the twelve Parliamentary Districts, was appointed to carry the resolution of the meeting into effect. Mr. ALLAN FIIk.LARTON proposed, and it was carried unani mously, that Bailie Fleming should be appointed Chairman of the Committee, and Messrs. Craig, Hedderwick, and Walter Buchanan, Deputy- Chairmen. Dr. TAYLOR proposed that the meeting should send a depu tation to Mr. Dennistoun, who, he understood, was not far off, requesting him to come forward and state his sentiments on public affairs. This motion was seconded by Mr. MiGowere, and carried unanimously, and a deputation was accordingly sent. Mr. DEN NISTOUN speedily appeared, and was received with a tremendous shout of applause. Having been introduced to the meeting by the Chairman, Mr. D. said, it was with no common feeling of pride, that he found himself called upon by such a meeting as the present, presided over by one of the Magistrates of the City, and composed as it was of so vast a multitude, to represent the citizens of Glasgow in Parlia ment. This was at least no hole and corner meeting, and he could only say, that if by their all but unanimous vote, the honourable office of representing them in the House of Commons, was freely and frankly offered, ho as freely and frankly accepted of it. He had heard that a requisition to a young gentleman in the Tory interest was in course of signature ; but if he was asked to point out the requisition, which emboldened him to stand for ward, he would point to this meeting, and say, " You are my authority." He did not intend to go at the present time into a detail of his political sentiments. It would be his duty and his plcasnre to meet publicly with the electors and ex plain his sentiments in the most full and ample manner. He would, moreover, on these occasions be ready to answer any question that might be put to him, and should he be so fortu nate as to be sent to Parliament as one of the representatives of Glasgow, every vote be gave would bo calculated, so far as his judgment went, to secure the liberties, to maintain the rights, and to promote the happiness of the great body of the people. Mr. Dennistoun concluded by again thanking the meeting for the honour they had conferred upon him, and by stating that he would next day issue an address to the electors, in which he would intimate his acceptance of the call they had now made upon him. Thanks were then ♦oted to the Chairman, and the meeting, which was not only the most numerous but the most respect able we ever witnessed in the Bazaar, broke up in the greatest order. Copy of a Requisition addressed to Robert Monteith, E sq., un., of Carstairs Glasgow, May, 1837. Sir,—We, the zidersigned, Electors of Glasgow, antici pating a vacancy in the representation of the City, and know ing that you have leisure to devote to public business, request that you will allow yourself to be put in nomination as a can didate. We are assured that you will support that Constitu tion to which this nation owes its greatness—uphold its integrity, in King, Lords, and Commons--maintain our Na tional Protestant Institutions, for the religious and moral instruction of the people, and promote their extension, so as to render them more commensurate with the wants of an increasing population—support all needful and beneficial Reforms in our Civil and Ecclesiastical Establishments, on Constitutional principles—and enforce economy in the public expenditure. We are, Sir, your very humble Servants. We are authorised to state that an application was made to Henry Dunlop, Esq , to become a candidate for the repre sentation of the City, but that that gentleman declined on the present occasion. Wednesday next will be a day of gladness in " the land we live in." Throughout the whole extent of his Majesty's empire the voice of genuine loyalty will congratulate the youthful Princess on whom the sovereignty of these realms is expected to devolve, in the regular course of events, on the happy occasion of her Royal Highness having attained the age of eighteen— Warwick Advertiser. A correspondent suggests that, in consequence of the severe distress at present felt in the silk ribband trade, white favours should be worn on the approaching anniversary of the Princess Victoria's birth-day, by the drivers of the omni buses, stage-coachmen, guards, &c., in celebration of the day ; and that gentlemen also, who may dine publicly together on the occasion, may adopt a similar badge. We are glad to see, from a letter addressed by Mr. Steuart, M. P., one of the Lords of the Treasury, to the Lord Provost, that Glasgow is to be omitted in the general Muni cipal Bill for Scotland, and that a separate Bill is to be pre pared as speedily as possible.—Glasgow Chronicle. On Saturday, the 6th instant, thirty-two old water men •f Gosport, whose united ages amounted to 2,072 years, (Collins, a fine sturdy veteran, of excellent character, having entered Lis 95th year), were regaled by Dr. Quarier at Little Green, with a capital dinner and good old English cheer. A numerous assemblage of the friends of the tem perance cause, in connexion with the Kendal District Society for the Suppression of Intemperance, took place at the White hall Lecture room on Tuesday evening last. The Vestry of St. Maglebonne, on Saturday, again postponed the payment of the demand for the county rates, on the score that such rates are levied by an irresponsible magi stracy, who has refused to hear proof of the inutility and waste of the contemplated extraordinary outlay' by them of near 30,0001. The Poor-law Commissioners have issued an order, in which they suspend the operation of the Parochial Assess ment Act till the 29th of September next. ONDAY, MAY 22, 1537, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Ithr 20. IMPORTANT DECISION-COLLISION WITH THE COURT OF REVIEW. A highly-important decision on a question of the relative jurisdictions of the Court of Review and the Court of Com missioners was given to-day by Mr. Fonblanque, by which the Court and the Commissioners have been put in open and direct collision. The question arose out of the bank ruptcy of Benjamin Ridge, who failed in 1825. Mr. Myers, an asserted creditor, was appointed an assignee ; but his proof was subsequently struck out, it having turned out that he bad a mortgage securing to him 6001. Appli cation was made to set the appointment aside, which the Commissioners refused to do, the function of annulling such appointment resting with the Court of Review. That Court was applied to, and, in order to set aside the ap o'ntment an order was made, referring it back to the Com missioner to investigate into an alleged undue preference by the bankrupt in favour of the assignee and mortgagee. The Commissioners refused to accept the reference, on the ground that the Court of Review had all the facts be fore it ; that with it was the power to recal the appoint ment, and possessing also the power of investigating the whole matter. The Court of Review was again applied to, and the order directed to be enforced, one of the Judges (Sir George Rose) observing that this was not the first time a difficulty had occurred by the officers of that Court not executing its orders. The case was on a future day called on, Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque still adhering to his determination to take the reference, when the Court of Review persisted in enforcing the order, Sir G. Rose stating that if the point was pressed, however perfect it might be, that Court would enforce its order against the subordinate jurisdiction by the authority of the Court of King's Bench. The Solicitors for the petitioners to-day, respectfully but firmly called upon Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque to act upon the order of the Court of Review. Mr. Commissioner FONBLANQUE said it was unfortunate for the parties in this case that it should have given rise to a question of jurisdiction between the Courts of Commissioners and the Court of Review, but as private interest must frequently yield to public policy, and as there was no public policy of higher importance than the independence of the Judges and the maintenance of their authority in their respective tribunals, he was obliged to insist upon a course which would save in finite trouble, delay, and expense to future suitors, who would then, when petitioning the Court of Review for one species of redress, obtain it in that Court without being ban died was a bs reforma u c p k o w nw a rhtdhi which h and pot i the ,Bankruptcyforwards, whether Courtob j m e m c t e s s one was to those evils to C ffi ou ce rt rs of ( r o s n w s t e i t r u e t the I c a ß s ev o i n e e w, o t f ha tli ci e u J es u t d ie g n es ar h e a se d . te T r h m e e s d ta t t h u e t m e e ) re o a f te t d h a e Court of Bankruptcy, consisting of one Chief Judge, three Judges, and six Commissioners, all of whom were equally con stituted members of this Court. The King's letter patent follows the same course, and, on assuming judicial precedence, it makes a pause between the Chief Judge and the Commis sioner. There was no legal judicial functionary who, by vir tue of his office, could step in between Sir G. Rose and Mr. Commissioner Williams. Was this the relative situation of a Court andits officers? The Legislature, by express enactment, appointed officers to the Court of Bankruptcy. The Court of Review has its necessary officers—it admitted their suffi ciency —but, in the same breath, one of its Judges insists upon degrading his colleagues in the Court of Bankruptcy into the character of assistants. I deny the right, continued the Com missioner—l deny the necessity—l deny the expediency. Every day's experience (I say it fearlessly of contradic tion) convinces the suitors that their best interest is in the independence of the two branches of the Court, and in the completeness of their jurisdiction, each within itself. I am as ready to submit to authority as to resist usurpation. I am confident that the one will be exercised without insult. I cannot calculate the boundaries of the other. The sta tute does not give to the Court of Review jurisdiction to send references to the Commissioners, or in any manner to treat them as its officers. The Learned Commissioner pro ceeded to state that the Act did'not by implication authorise the Court of Review to send such references. These mat ters had been discussed among his brother Commissioners, and upon mature consideration he had come to the conclu sion that neither the letter nor spirit of the statute, or let ters patent, gave any such power to the Couat of Review as that whi c h they now assumed. In the substance of these conclusions he was authorised to state the concurrence of his colleagues of the Court of Commissioners. It was painful to complain that an important question of jurisdic tion had been treated by the Court of Review as a derelic tion of duty, and he must remonstrate against continued and uncalled-for discourtesy. After alluding to many points in the case the Learned Commissioner stated that the order was irregular, and that the Court of Review had no jurisdiction to send it to him as Commissioner. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, MI r 20. Caroline Collornbon, a French woman, applied for her discharge. She was opposed by Mr. Cook on behalf of Mr. Hocken, of 23, Maddox-street. She boarded and lodged at the detaining creditor's house, and, under the pre tence that she had two law suits pending which involved a great deal of property, got into his debt to the amount of 461. On her examination the insolvent stated that she was a married woman, that she came to England on pleasure about two years ago, that she had no law business in Eng land, and that she had no claim against any one for money. Her debts amounted to 1,134/. The Court declared her entitled to the benefit of the Act, after she should have been in prison at the suit of Mr. Hocken for four calendar months. MIDDLESEX COUNTY COURT- KINGSGATE-STREET. FILIAL AFFECTION.—PORTMAN V. ARNOLD.—Young Mr. Portman, the plaintiff in this case, afforded an amus ing sample of a weak head hung upon a huge shirt collar. He seemed ambitious of impersonating all the madness of Hamlet the Dane ; but there was too much of method, and all the drift was in his own favour—he wore a suit of sables ; but it is impossible to say which he resembled most, an un dertaker's assistant—or an itinerant waiter—his leaden eye rolled, not in a fine frenzy, but in a most pitiful squint. On perceiving his aged father in Court, who had attended as a witness for the defendant, he affected to start with indigna tion, and like the " Angry Boy," he rendered himself most 'tarnation ridiculous—the amount sued for was 18s. What's this for ?" said Mr. Dußois, addressing the plaintiff. For printing 2,000 bill heads, vociferated the plaintiff, at the very top of his voice. Mr. Dußois—You have no occasion to rave so, Sir. Plaintiff—l shall speak as I like.—(Laughter.) Mr. Dußois—No, you will not, Sir, and if you non't be have with decorum, you may walk home again. What do you say to this, Mr. Arnold ? Mr. Arnold—lt is a shuffling affair altogether, Sir. I left my order for Mr. Portman, senior, and I have paid him, and here is my receipt. I never saw the son before Mr. Dußois—So much the better, for he seems a very ungracious sort of character. The father, a very respectable•looking tradesman, assured the jury that the work had been done upon his premises, and, with the exception of the paper, with his materials ; the conduct of his son was, he said, as extraordinary as it was ungrateful. During the time the old gentleman was speaking the plaintiff turned his back upon him, occasion ally, however, hastily turning round and glancing at him in a manner that was intended to be dignified ; but which, from the unhappy squint, fell at once from the sublime to the ridiculous. The jury dismissed the case. The plaintiff started, or rather shyed, like a cab-horse at the refreshing sight of a hay-stack, and then bellowed out, " Mr. Dubois, I say Mr. Dubois, you owe me a guinea, Sir !"—(Laughter.) Mr. Dußois—Officer, call on the next case, and remove that man. Hamlet travestie, however, seized hold of the table, and again vociferated, " Mr. Dubois, you owe me a guinea 1" (Considerable laughter.) Mr. DUBOIS—Have the goodness to explain then, Sir, how I owe you a guinea. Hamlet travestie—You do, Sir, and I shall summons you for it.—(Laughter, in which Mr. Dubois could not help Joining.) Your decision of this day (continued the discom fited plaintiff) leaves you in my debt one guinea, and I will certainly summon you. It was with difficulty that this sample of filial affection was removed. An old tar, who stood in one corner of the Court, let fly at him as he passed with—" You're are a pretty sort o' lubber arnt ye, my fine swab-wringer ? I can tell you, if they had rich a warmint as you in Chaney (China), they'd bury you alive, and carve ye right too ; go and haul up yer own old father to the quarter-deck !" POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. John Whiteside, a cabdriver, was brought before the Lotto MAYOR on Saturday. Policeman Fletcher, 19, stated that on Thursday, at about twelve o'clock, a cab, driven by the defendant, made a sudden appearance in King Nyilliam-street, and dashed along until coming in contact with a stage coach and other vehicles it tumbled in pieces, and a cabman and a drunken colder named Billy Holmes, rolled over each other under the feet of the horse, which kicked at them as if determined to he revenged for the ill treatment he had evidently undergone. The cabman was very drunk, as well as the cobbler, but the latter had more cunning in his cups, and somehow staggered out of sight in the midst of the hubbub caused by the occurrence. A stone botti,!, containing nearly a gallon of gin, fell from the arms of the cobbler at the feet of the witness. As the cobbler was well known to be in the habit of carrvina about with h m, when on a " sprese," what he called his wet blunder buss, it was believed in ti.'e watchhouse that the gin belonged to him, and it remained kr .the hands of the superintendent. The great matter of astonislnuent was, that, notwithstanding the furious kicking of the horse and his desperate kicking when he stopped, nobody was hurt. The defendant's master had lie greatest reliance upon the cabman, who was a man 0 1 strict integrity, and of sober habits to ; but the cobbler w.lO, it appeared, quite ir resistible with his wet blunderbuss, and was accustomed to ride about in cabs, and to blow the bro..;ns out of his drivers with that formidable weapon. The LORD MAYoR asked the defendant why he was so beastly as to drink to such excess, particu l arly with a man whom he knew to be disposed to make ever' body drunk ? The Cabman—My Lord, it was beastly ; I:, ut he never pays if we refuse to drink with him. If you'd soy so, he'd poke his wet blunderbuss down your throat, and f ,defy you to get over it.—(A laugh.) The LORD M AYOR—W hat did this cobble: give you to drink ?—The Cabman—Let me see : we had rum ant. l brandy—gin and hollands—and gin and beer.—(Laughter.) 1 The LORD MAYOR—What ! all that morning ?—The Cabman—Yes ; and we had cloves and peppermint—pop —and two pots of half-and-half to cool it ; and then we had a double shot out of the blunderbuss, to prevent the cold from raking our insides.—(Great laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—And then you were shot out of the cab, I suppose ? The cabman—The last thing I remember was hearing the gin go clown my throat. _ _ The LORD MAYOR—I never heard of so monstrous a thing. But where does the cruel cobbler get the money ? Several persons who were in the Justice-room said that the cobbler was a right good fellow, who occasionally drew sums of money from the bank, and then pitched leather to the devil the moment he mounted a cab, in which it was be lieved he would ride some time or other after the leather. The driver of one of Mr. Hamilton's stage-coaches from Hampstead stated that the horse and cab came down plump upon his vehicle, and did it great damage. He was sure the cobbler was in the habit of tumbling from cabs, for lie fell " quite natrally, and jist as though he wanted nothing else."—( Laugh ter.) The cabman's master hoped the Lord Mayor would be good enough to have some conversation with the cobbler, for the sake of the drivers. It was quite impossible for a master to carry on his business, while any encouragement was given to such persons. The worst of it was, that the queer customer would sometimes give the driver a sovereign for driving him about for is couple of hours, but that was nothing to the damage that :night be done to other vehicles, or to his own. The LORD MAYOR—I think you may also take into ac count the danger to people's lives and li,:lbs: The Cabman—My Lord, the cobbler swore he wouldn't pay me a farthing if I refused to drink, and it was with great difficulty I could prevail upon him to pass 3 single public-house on my way from Deptford. Mr. Hobler—Well, I dare say he will pay all the damage when he is sober. _ The Cabman—Nobody knows when he is so. I don't think that any body ever saw him sober yet ; and he needn't care how often a cab goes to pieces, as he knows how to fall out of it.—(Laughter.) , The LORD MAYOR—WeII, let him know that if he re fuses to pay the expences he shall come before me ; and as for you, if your master did not give you so good a character, you should have some days in prison. POLICE COMMITTEE (GUILDHALL.) Sir Peter Laurie presented to the Committee a return of the number of prisoners brought to the Justice room, Man sion-house, and Guildhall, during the last year, setting forth the nature of the offences, and how they were disposed of. He said, that from the return, it appeared that of 1,130 prisoners charged with felonies and misdemeanours, the Aldermen had, in the exercise of their discretion, sum marily convicted as many as 669, under the Vagrant and Petty Trespass Acts ; the remaining 461 having been com mitted for trial. The return furnished by Mr. Hobler, whose perspicuity and talent were so well known, showed that, of 170 prisoners sent for trial from the Mansion-house only 14 were acquitted—nine bills were ignored, but for tunately, the Magistrates were not responsible for the conduct of Grand Juries. He made those remarks to show that the course taken by the Aldermen was one which worked well for the public. In convicting summa rily in cases of felony they were, perhaps, stretching the law a little as it at present stood, but what was the result ? The Commissioners on the criminal law, consisting of seve ral very eminent lawyers, had reported that the powers of the magistracy should be increased, thus recognising the propriety and advantage of the course pursued in the city for some time. He firmly believed that a very large mass of the crime in the metropolis arose from the astounding fact that of those tried throughout England and Wales every third prisoner was acquitted. The plan he advo cated was of peculiar utility in cases of juvenile offenders. They were at once sent to a prison where wholesome dis cipline could be enforced, whereas, when they were sent for trial it was impossible to prevent contamination from taking place. He was glad to find that Sir Frederick Roe had given his evidence to the Commissioners in favour of summary convictions, and he hoped it would be more gene rally adopted. The returns were then ordered to be entered on the minutes. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. A short time since information was given that two young girls of the ages of 16 and 18, sisters, had left their home at Cambridge, and had been decoyed to London. Avis, an officer of this establishment, made enquiries and suc ceeded in discovering that the two sisters were residing at a house of bad repute in Sheppard-street, Oxford-street. A communication was made to the afflicted parents, who at present reside at Dunstable, and the mother immediately came to town, and sought the assistance of the magistrate. An officer was accordingly sent to bring the girls to this office, but only succeeded in taking the younger one, the eldest having tried to escape. The daughter, a fine grown girl, of handsome figure, ap peared before the magistrates in tawdry finery, and excited disgust by her heartlessness and effrontery. Her name is Mary Ann Wells, and her story was that herself and sister had been induced to come to London by two Cambridge gownsmen, who introduced them to the house in Shep pard-street, and after remaining in town a short time, left them there. Mr. DYER ordered the keeper of the house to deliver up the girl's clothes, and then desired the mother to take charge of her daughter. The girl quitted the office, but, notwithstanding the ur gent entreaties of her mother, she positively refused to state where her sister had concealed herself, and the un happy woman was obliged to leave town with only one of her children. GARDENING OPERATIONS FOR THE WEEK. (From the Gardeners' Gazette.) , Earth up `PEAS and BEANS ; sow and plant more for succession ; continue to top Beans, as each crop advances to bloom. FRENCH BEANS—continue to get in succession crops. CABBAGE TRlBE—plant out. Weed the seed-beds. BALSAMS and COCKSCOMBS—sow now the best sorts for growing to a large size in pots. Nothing is more erroneous than to suppose early sowing necessary to attain a large growth. They require to be kept in good heat, constantly shifted from small to larger pots, the moment the roots will reach the sides ; kept very close to the glass, and not to have the least check. GERANIUMS that have stood the winter without shifting, must now be put into large pots carefully, and be well wa tered. They are very different from plants grown for show in proper houses, and shifted from time to time. DAHLIAS, if not planted out, should have another shift, and be removed to a cold frame. Old roots may be di vided and placed in the ground, so thtre be an eye for each piece of root. Those had in newly will be the better for a week's heat, in a moderate frame. CARNATIONS, PICCOTEES, and PINES—aII surplus stock, after potting, may be planted in beds. GliEENtrousEL-Hardwooded plants, out of bloom, may now be placed out, in sheltered situations, unless they have begun to grow ; in which case, the weather must be more settled ; but plenty of air must be given to those remaining in the houses. . Mr. D'isRAELI'S VENETIA."—That " Vene tia" will be identified as a noble lady, celebrated from the mo ment of her birth by the most illustrious bard of modern times, there can be no doubt. All the other characters in this extraordinary, and it must be confessed, scarcely justifiable work, are equally historical. The dead and the living are deli neated with similar skill and success, but whether all are fair, subjects for the pen of the novelist, is a question which will be doubtless agitated in every circle. THE ARETHUSA.—This is the title or Captain Chamier's new naval story. The power possessed by this amusing writer of investing with interest every particle of a ship, and in relating the chequered career of the sailor is well known. The gallant crew of the " Arethusa" have found in him an able historian. High as his reputation was before, this work will still further raise it. Where, in fact, shall we fiad his equal while describing the sunny and droll aspect of the sailor's life—his frolics ashore, and his yarn•spinning afloat ! or to reverse the picture who can more potently agitate the heart even to its depths, when he depicts the wild perils of the storm, and of shipwreck—the frenzied crew of the ship on fire, or the well contested and sanguinary conflict ? Captain Cha mier's " Arethusa" presents us with scenes, the drollery of which will convulse the reader with laughter ; and anon with matter full of pathos and intense excitement. But the merit of this work is not confined to its nautical descriptions—for the novelist presents us iiith vivid pictures of life in the desert, and We hear the moan of the captive in the hands of the reck less infidel. In the present work, indeed, may be recognized an union of tho -r SE--1 SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURINTSPA:{II We recollect few cases in which a little discussion has done more good than in that of the Scotch Church, brought before the two Houses of Parliament in the last fortnight, by Sir W. Rae and Lord Haddington. If the public and the Kirk have been equally threat ened by the Tories—for such a measure must have been dangerous to the Kirk, in proportion as it was partial and unfair to other parts of the empire—with an inconsiderate demand on the Consolidated Fund, we must admit our obligation to the Right Hon. Gen tleman and the Noble Lord, for the oppurtunities they have given us of a fair and full examination of the question, before Parliament has been called upon to take a first step in so mistaken and mischierous a policy. It is clear from the proceedings at some re cent elections in Scotland, if there were before the least doubt on the point, that the Tory professions of liberality to the Church have been solely grounded on party views. We, therefore, entreat our northern brott:ern to make a little use of their accustomed prudee and caution, before they a ll ow t h emse l ves •op to be enlisted under such pretences in the ranks of a faction alike hostile, in principles and policy, to their venerable and popular establishment—to recollect that is not gold that glitters—that the se curity of the Kirk is established on surer foundations than a dependence on Tory principles, or Tory as sistance in forcing disputed grants through the Le gislature—and to rely rather upon the attachment and gratitude of those among the people committed to their care who are able and willing to contribute their aid to the extension of their uoefulness, than upon the alms-giving offer of Sir Robert Peel to tax other parts of the King's dominions for the exclusive advantage of one creed. The grants of unreformed and wasteful Parliaments are not to be taken as precedents for the future. We do not suppose that the: million and a half voted to build English Churches, ax the larger sum wasted on the Caledonian Canal, will be referred to by their authors as measures of absolute wisdom, or complete success. To the first we are mainly indebted for the difficulties of the Church-rate question. Our Northern neighbours can probably enlighten us as to the advantages of the last. To other grants to assist in building Churches in the highlands and islands of Scotland, amounting, we believe, in the whole, to nearly two hundred thousand pounds, there may have been no objection. The poverty and scarcely civilised condi tion of the people in these remote districts made the case one of justifiable exception. They have no wealthy neighbours, like the poor of the cities of Glas gow and Edinburgh, bound, and we believe willing— and we are sure their duty and interest equally pre scribe 'hat conduct—to contribute to the relief of their wants anal necessities. But our object is rather to direct pubi.;c attention to the history and state of this question, in order that its rise and progress may be clearly understood and watched, than to make many observations upon it. The first application of the General Assembly for extrinsic aid for the endowment of Churches was made, we believe, to Lord Mel bourne's Administration in 1834, when Dr. Macfar lane, the Moderator of the Church in that year, was the bearer of their memorial on the subject. On that occasion it was stated that additional stipends were required for ministers officiating in between fifty and sixty Churches, recently built by voluntary subscription, and not sufficiently endowed ; and a suggestion was for the first time offered, that the bishops' lands and teinds, formerly the pro perty of the Scotch Church, and then in posses sion of the Crown, should be restored to the Church for this purpose- The income arising from that source was between two and three thousand pounds, stated to be sufficient for the wants of these Churches. In the same year, to prove that no public grants were anticipated, a Bill was carried through Parliament by Mr. Colquhoun, of Killermont, in the Commons, and Lord Rosebery in the Lords, for regu lating Churches then built, and the erection of other Churches to be built, and endowed by voluntary con tributions, and to give the patronage to their founders. To the fifty or sixty before built we believe thirty or forty have since been added, making the number of new Churches, many of which are amply provided for, but all of which the Tories allege require as sistance, about a hundred. But a change "in the vision, of their dream" suddenly came over the General Assembly between the dismissal of Lord Melbourne's Government and his restoration to office. Sir Robert Peel and his friends, feeling it necessary to en list other allies in their cause when they found it unsupported by public opinion, anew out the lure of a vote to the Scotch Church in the speech from the Throne in 1835, taking care , however, to avoid any specific proposition during the time they remained in place. Once put upon the scent, our northern brethren are never remiss in following up the chase for public money. But we mistake sadly if they do not admit in the end that they have been much led astray—that the time they have spent, and the pains they have taken in this direction, and the political devotion they have paid to their un natural patrons, have been all misapplied, if the same industry and zeal had been applied in exhorting their congregations to come to their assistance, in working out their natural resources, and in enforcing contribu tions on their wealthy and well-disposed countryulen, they would now have been in possession of more ample and less invidious means than they will ever obtain from the public purse. The rule of the Assembly is never to allow a Minister to be inducted to a new Church without a certain, although in the first instance it may be a very moderate, independence from volun tary endowment. The same was and is now frequent in the first 50 or 60, if not in the remaining 30 or 40, new Churches on this principle. In Aberdeen, we be lieve, there are three or four new Churches of this de scription, decently, if not amply, provided for, and without the least expectation of assistance from the public. Suppose a grant made to provide for si milar Churches in Edinburgh and Glasgow, would not the sources of private benevolence and charity in the other towns be instantly dried up ? If it is said the stipends are in some cases very moderate (we be lieve the General Assembly refuse to induct until SO/. a year is assigned to the clergyman), are the Welsh clergy better provided for ? Or are the wants of the people in London, Liverpool, Manchester or Bir mingham, for church accommodation or spiritual as sistance less, or less pressing, than those of Edin burgh, Glasgow, or Leith? Once begin a system of grants to one establishment, where will equal justice and equal claims carry us ? Lord Melbourne has said that he was not indisposed to consider the ex pediency of restoring the revenues of the Bishops' teinds and lands to the Church ; and to this extent, on the special ground that this has been Church property, the public may approve of the appropria tion. He also pointed out another source from which the Church had a right to look for augmen tion to its means in specific parishes. There can be no doubt that the teinds in parishes where they. have not been exhausted by law are applicable to the spiritual wants of the increasing popula tion in those parishes. It is not pretended that they are now applicable by law to a general fund. But, even where they are clearly applicable, the difficulty in establishing the right of the Church, from the poverty of the parishioners and incumbent, and the expense of proceedings in the Court of Session, is so great as to deter from suits for augmentation. The Commissioners may point out some mode, either by the Lord Advo cate proceeding at the public expense, in all cases where he has no doubts of the law, or other means of removing this difficulty. But this is a question we leave the Tory Episcopalian heritors and other lairds, and the General Assembly, to settle for themselves. We only insist that it must be settled before they join in an attack on the public purse, and that they prove clearly to the public that sufficient spiritual assistance is provided for the population in those parishes where ample and specific funds exist for that purpose. If even the Bishops' estates and teinds, now increased to 5,0001. a year, are to be given up, a Bill will pe required to amend Mr. Colquhoun's Act, transferring the patronage of the Churches, to which public endow ments are given, to the Crown. Are the parties who have built these Churches, and in many cases provided a sufficient stipend for the minister, prepared to sur render their right of appointment ? This is one of a hundred points which must arise out of any attempt to legislate on the subject. This question is in itself so .~ IN 4 - • - l; 4- I.