The Sun. — London, England, 1852-03-03 00:00:00

C LERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.) John CleasPy W 55 phic , ‘ , l the bar, t - .et ,, re Mr t'orri, chargedv. t, t aiing =hi le; fee h,r.e„ , • for 36/. 7.. 3 and urzers.l ( - I.a;uraTc s of. College-street West, tl• T . .en own. The , prosecutor stated that last Night the prisoner, , Iv au . o3 he had known about tour years, and with whom r 'lad had several business transactions, called at his bad to settle with him acute small account. After they L:11 , c1 been in conversation a short time a dispute arose t his some of their numerous accounts, and to settle satisfactorily he sent for his cash-box to try and c ,n- Jince him that he was wrong. Upon opening the box he took out several bills of exchange, and the prisoner m ade a rush at hi m an d t oo k u p several of them. th e to a scu fila which ensued, he could only swe ar to Present bill, which was found in his pocket on being l earetwd, and which was drawn upon a M r . Hutchison, 11 0 endorsed by the prisoner to complainant. The pri _saner had fo rmer l y b een a c l er k i n the Welsh iron trade, and he (the complainant) only owed him a small sum, "der 24 Other witnesses having been examined to prove the above facts, The prisoner, in defence, stated that the complainant ° wed him 201 and that he took the bill, which was his °", and said that ha should keep it, as he had a right 10 it. CORRIE, after going into the case at great length, stated that he thought there was not enough evidence to Lharge the prisoner with felony, as it seemed to him to a dispute as to what each one owed to the other. He tuould discharge the prisoner, leaving the prosecutor to settle his case in the Court of Queen's Bench. N ATIONAL REFORM ASSO CIA TION.—(THIS DAY.) The conference of delegates resumed its sittings this b lorning, t oe WALTERS, of Newcastle.upon-Tyne, occupied , loe chair, and addressed a few preliminary observations to the meeting, stating that the question for discussion !as not whether they should or should not discus s 1- Chartism great but whether they s hould endeavour to ettrr Y out the principles which had been laid down b Y the association.—(Hear.) He hoped the small mi tiOtity which created some dissension in the proceedings Yesterday, would n o t cause any interruption to-day, and thet the meeting would be unanimous in calling for those mea sures ' reform which the people, as m en and citizens, were entitled to ask at the ; ands of the Legislature. Ho thought none could " ▪ I tY they went too far in their objects ; ; ett le Might think they did not go felt enough, but he, °r one, was ready to take reform by instalments. He tv2ldisposed to consider that they would never get a full ((I:gsatire of reform if they went for the whole at once.— iesrs hear.) It would be more advisable only to in.k e 4v ▪ e ti st amount of reform which even their enemies must e • they were entitled to.—(Hear, hear.) This was a az , to r Reformers to rouse themselves into action. The 1 , 41 of Derby h a d s tated in the House of Lords that he b a i t of opinion thot the education of the people oug ht to useded over to the parochial clergy. Now he Asked erhe t h % or Nonc o nf orm i s t s would quietly submit to such e believed as t h at ? Thi s point was one which h , 4 led w ou ld rouse t h e ene rgies of the most dormant 4 1 E 1 H:in ners from one end of the kingdom to the other. R The reason why Reformers had been so apathetic was at 11, they entertained an idea that Lord John Russell ee e p te se "_„° o something great for them; but his measure had of e u out to be nothing more than a sickly babe.— li ear .) He therefore hoped that Reformers would be e i k• t e tid active, and discharge those important duties 4 . the c ountry expecte d o f them at this crisis. bs it tiliew, a Chartist, wished to know whether any as so :: l ° members of the association could address the T h e nr support motions, or move amendments? 'the b e Filainentre said it was certainly the intention of Zrie tll `°ess committee to allow only those who were f tubers to take part in the proceedings. tea, other some discussion, in which Mr -haw, Mr. Bezer, pi n; ` l ier Chartists complained of their exclusion from b en ' e 'Pating in the proceedings, it was arranged that ein'teembers who represente4 the opinion of any bodies le t ; e ! t olls should have an opportunity of addressing the h i r RIR from 12 to halt-past that hour. %toosfs ßEz mit , of the National Charter Ass o c i a tion, then Thabody was unanimously tif opinion that a Perlis- Il e ,„" t i r, reform was cessary, and that a Derby and Ite v ll Aoministration was not likely to give it them. hoed: their opinion, too, that any suffrage short of man °oh -tiur age would rather retard than accelerate the Jilichisement of all. a Ai r ' DANIEL, 'sAltllnn, of the Union Te m p erance Societ y , lihi e e - l'oat all the world were teetotallers. The body %he— he represented would not be contented with ob filemite s .6 these f ive root out points, but would endeavour to ,b l th ill t w hittever. It the working classes would unite tree e e v is,e,roperance League, and take a pledge to abstain toi e ;" Rinds of liquor until they had obtained the six. 44 ota - o lthe Charter, it would not be Lord Derby nor Jobeo Russell who would long be able to refuse them. of hi' 13 : globes, of Accrington, expressed the opinion is locality was in favour of the association, and l in es to aid i t i n o b ta i n ing such a measure of reform tar e e p tli d content the country, and pave the way for fu tiettivettlaus He did not think the country was suffi taPo yet for manhood suffrage. and as there was to me absolute need for a reform in Parliament, he wa s tit to Put his shoulder to the present movement. 1 11414 4 , LT, of Finsbury, proclaimed himself a Wid."7"iss Chartist, and he thought that that clas s toed -811 ° 111 of a reform having in view the attaintneneof peirekld cheap government. The Reform Bill had disap eon ed the working classes, and the result had been, after thtsiderable disoussion, the drawing up of the People's heit e t d et lin 1838. All earnest reformere were then the' °tile unfortunately, persons whom he would not e trite e -ein e stepped in, and, by the introduction of doe- Wr— —n ever contemplated by the original framers of the e P , l es Charter, marred the movement. The union 1 11,Teu broken up and bad never been since resumed. ree f " same persons who then interfered had in the same k id 'er destroyed all the subsequent reform movements, lam e °w unfortunately seemed inclined to attempt the le fer tiourse on the present occasion. He thought, how te to secure the objects of this association was to practical means with regard to the next , blai n 'it election. H e w ou ld a d v ise the association to hitt: f orward a candidate at every town where there were talbi t e lf-ttedesenßef o rm ers; e ven though they were beaten tith ei tY would still be given to their principles, and in t ime eat tb raise such a phalanx of Reformers through the ° country as would force the proposed Bill through ll hod me d House of Commons, as the first Reform l loti b 'en forced through a borough - mongering Thst---(Cheers.) %lllPSedtir°o f or listening to the delegates having now • a m ens.rh of Exeter, moved the first resolution:— sat,. however much this conference may regret the 141) 1 71 to power of a Government avowedly opposed e n °tate v iab leutary reform, it cannot but congratulate the 'r ef that one effect of the recent turn in palms, et tee will be to relieve Reformers from the discussion "Ne t :t ur es imperfect in themselves and utterly in . 7 4 t o meet the demand of public opinion." Pion Dawsoie said that he seconded the reso .Cath , f "," great pleasure, as it expressed joy et the 44 illis tp ,:, t oe Whigs. He was for going at the present blstry w ithout delay, and clearing the way for a Mt . The new order. , 4 " 10 Vsly . l e soltition was then put and carried unani , tit ciuti 4,,, n - L o Wen, Esq., of Oxford, proposed the, nextlfter " That t hi s conference commends the Icl uitl ebt4 of Parliamentary Reform to the active aid of t lrard ,e4Juulittees and associations , which will best for 13eire 4r e i :elttlie by diligently enrolling a dditional met -4084, , t ` e ag4lociatlon, by the strictest attention to the t ‘tetid:"ri of -elec ors, by the introduction of proper her % set) to 061 IStittiencies, and by evincing that ge. te v . arnrit co-operation in the service of oar couti ";*;t)::e'wbloh wo, national movement can retain i cri ti t o d i r ti tr i 'Bolton, seconded the resolution. ken&d - tlie.‘for t• "T e d. the resolution, end recom ttees, u r o r t tb lo e c c a o l u a i g it i r ta y t o io f n. local corn ea the li k a ee l ;n a g i: tOilr.Da.KELs 'also iupported the resolution; which was ' + !_lassrried. tiZ r • CIIAPMAN, of Yarmouth whilst desiring the main * t airived.the third resele te,a t'eet" That this conference, „ . !_trice of 'a free-trade policy, and convinced that the rr„: tinarantee for it will be a lebtrat reform of the ehZsta of Commons, desires, at the same time, to remind keurintry that the present state of the representation at all necessary peti t e. "i ) ° ,.„, e . 1 1, places in peril the advantages which the people eal v - „Tot enjoy, but the progressof th e 7 financial reformat. And that, therefore, w e etnar policy be upheld or not,, the ehl e el l . tting commercial et. ,t at by the present conference will lose none • I L U Portance," seconded the resolution, H e ale!' merits* of 'Norwich, seems r tire or refer m pro. peZiat that the death of the late mettE in t °Ois by Lord John Russell was no los whatever to the % la 31, because though it was a step in th f e right direc hout the ballot it was unworthy cf fie Lord did John helm'lN o offer, and of the Radicals to accept. ,relik n ve that Lord Derby Would dare to attempt the L'oti i r t i l lt ition of a duty upon bread; ho knew better; and tillt in „ e i aliel his supporters were only deceiving the ag kr....ortion of the community. Nitte t f uie rt (not the manhood suffrage delegate who I tipp e t° great a sensa tion yesterday) came forward to i tl t o desi re the resol ut i on , w hich he was induced to do by is f kipth elle n i nto redeem his name from the discredit yesterday, frotn the proceedings of kretßuntleman who bore it. e trri e . , l l3l tele also sup p orted the resolution, which wBB unanimousl y,„e .° l oti no . `-'°olereneen, of Cambridge, moved the fourth re "etletes,',ProPosing the adoption of an address to the ensile f rom the conference. 4<tat:itier:ttbeer r . esolutions had been carried, thanking the officers of the Parlismeetery Reform e al i scion for their services in the cause of r eform, and th ••! o n the local associations to organise sub,criptions ,!biiir several localities, and a vote if thanks to the meeting"l/tII-ttellvebaviop been passed. ' the conference atijourned „te „u o'clock this evening, when en . the friends of referee from all parts o. the Y Will be held in t he la:ge hall. EP ttx a r e i N,ky ~NTATION OF NORWICEI.• NORWTOn , tc 4 llted '-' 7 lltrtio.-.A requisition was this day (Tuesday) Of, jo Thomas Osborn Springfield, Esq., of Coleman ti7(l497,:o, and this city, signed by the Mayor and up iae hex t 4 , 3° Welectors, requesting him to offer himself at ti o keo t. :eetion as a candidate for its represent ation in Pur l/1,11, c)f ilhe worthy gentleman has risen from the p ciC% ibil ir uu . mble tradesman to be one of . the richest and s h ntial merchants, and has been twice ma or of the e .I .4in ct i',?llid he accede to the requisition, his return, , n - 71 with Mr. Peto, may be considered as certain. 4 liir - 11L h4 e of P. body of the Liberal Members of the 6 41 6014 t, o „' -l wartioas have been invited to meet Lord JoLn the 11th inst., with a view to some consultatioi tion on the present position of public affairs. SPORTING NOTES. Nn. CLXXX. :.Y ' ,^. NOR 0116.1 AP TON. o' &c. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-" Here we are within a month of the North ampton meeting, and no analysis of the Northampton shire Stakes. It is too bail, much too bad," I fancy I hear my readers say. They shell, however, be kept so longer in suspense, for I will forthwith commit to paper my gleanings on this now somewhat celebrated handi cap. The race has been established eight years. It was won in 1844 by Vitellius, when 4 years old, carrying 7st, and the favourite at 3 to 1 at starting; in 1845 the,aged Discord with Bst, like his predecessor the favourite at 3 to 1, won a fast run race easily; in 1846 the five-years old alerpeth, at 7st 910, and 7 to 1 in the betting, geared the post first; in 1847 Wolldog, 5 yrs, Bs' 1110. second favourite at 9 to '2, seat the crack geelid colt, 3 yrs, 4st 71h, who was at 5 to 2, very cleverly; in 1848 Lady Wildeir, then in her sixth year, Bst 51b, at 16 to 1, won very easily, the creek, Baninesfan, 4 yrs, 7st, backed at 5 to 2, running third; in 1849, Feenhiil, 4 yrs, 6st 81e. quoted at 8 to 1, was the wint,er, the favorite being beaten early; in 1850, Priestess. 4 yrs, Est 101 b, the extreme outsider in the betting, 40 to 1 having been offered against her and no takers, won cleverly; the crack Osterly, 4 yrs, 7st, hacked at 7 to 2, finishing a good third; and in 1851, a little legerdemain on the part of the clerk of the weather, enabled the outsider Valen. tine, 4 yrs, 6st 11b, with Pandemus and Selina. two out siders, second and third, to beat the three cracks, Leger demain, 5 yrs, 7st 11tha at 7 to 4; St. Rosalie, 5 yrs, Bst 31b, at 7to 2, and the Ban, 3 yrs, sst 101 b, at 6to 1. By these antecedents it will be found that in two instances out of eight the first favourite was the winner; in three instances the second favourite; and in the remaining three it was won by outsiders; the favourite, however, obtaining, in five cases out of the eight, a place. It will be seen, also, from the foregoing statement, that a three- , years old never accomplished the feat of winning this stake; but that the four-years old class have won it four times, the five-years old twice, the six-years old once, and an aged animal once. The nominations, with the exception of the present year, have made a general advance in number since 1844; in ;that year there were 71; in 1845, 85; in 1846, 79; in 1847, 101; in 1848, 101; in 1849, 113; in 185 a, 120; in 1851, 128; and in the present year 101. The acceptances have in no instance exceeded forty-seven, and this year they number three dozen. Alec Taylor has a couple of the Fyfield nags ameng the acceptances, namely, Teddington, who figures as the top of the Handicap at Bst 131 e, and Story teller, also a four-years old, with only 7st up. Wollatog in 1847 carried Bst 1 lib, and won by half a length; but be was a five-years old, and a very game one withal. Can Teddington at a yetr less, anii two pounds more, secure victory- over this, the severest or the Spring Handicap courses? I think not. Storyteller by Ascot, out of Testatrix, has been fancied by some people; but my accounts inform me he is an animal of the mediocre class, and alai that they are not at all sanguine at Fyfield of winning the Northampton shire Stakes tette him. Butter, of Newmarket, also has a brace figuring ernoug the acceptances. Captain Ruus's nomination (Landgrave), who at six years, Bst 41u, does not read elthogeeher amiss, but I think that Mr. Greville's nag bottles up his cnauce tolerably safe ; and Hesse Homburg. 4 years, 7st 51b, who, lam given to understand, is not iniended for this event. Sir T. Munro's nomination, the King of Oude, 5 years, Bet 31b, I consider is a losing *peculation -at least in this race. Dilly has a solitary animal in preparation for this race, in Mr. Greville's game old Cariboo, 5 years, who, at Sat 31b, will make bete all the top weights. This son of Venison and Jawaicia, in 1849, won two races out of six ; in 1850 out of ten spins he was victorious thrice and rite a dead heat once ; last year he came out in his best form, winning nearly every thing that besieged for, being triumphant in six instances out of nine. His last performance at Lichfield was a treysterteue one, as he was beater., strange to say, by the King of Oude, who, in my opinion, is not within seeeu pounds of him. His chance for this event I hold to be very superior, anti feel very much inclined to put him down as the ab solute_ winner. He has been hac k e d rather extensivel y of' late; among others, by the coreferleretes, and is n o w first favourite. He locks and goes well; is in first-rate torn) ; and Dilly entertains but little doubt, but that he will sweep the Great Northemptonshire Stakes of 1852. I shall resume my remarks on this race to-morrow. A curious work now lays benere me which I have just received from the pualiahing office ,, f Mr. G. Vickers, entitled `• Wile's to Win the Der by ?" professing to give a solution of the Derby problems, and a general unmasking of the tipping gentry ; with other matter concerning the odds and propeett. All this is by some gentleman, who has assieeed for the nonce the rather peculiar nom-de-guerre o the " Wizard of the Nettle." The sue j; of this panaphlet are handled most artistically, in a style et once troll and dashing. That portion devoted to the consideration of " The Odds." contains an idea, not altogether new, with respect to taking the betting at " The Corner" as the best guide to the winner; it certainly is as good a criterion as any for the Derby and some other races, where weight for age, and even weights are carried, but is not appli cable to handicaps. The " Tipsters" are treate d in the most unmerciful manner, knocked known righ t and left, like so many ninepins; the exposé must ha ve a beneficial effect and prove to the world, that what it can obtain for fivepeece or sixpence from the daily and weekly sporting papers-that, in all probability, being the source from which the tipsters derive their exclusive information - will be hardly worth while to give half a guinea, or even a crown, or indeed anything for, their selections for the Derby being those already chosen by the leading sporting writers of the press. Under the head of " The Prophets" the Wizard is rather complimentary than otherwise to the sporting correspondents of the papers; and states in the following lines what has certainly become a truism, that " what is well paid for is invariably well done; and as the ma jority of these gentlemen are amply remunerated for their labours, depend upon it they never lose a chance of promoting their own popularity." Yates, it seems, though admitted by him to be the most popular prophet, does not come up to his ideas of a sporting writer, and is very hard upon him accordingly. The list of probable starters. with their jockeys, is a curious dip into futurity. The Wizard has also furnished the world with the auto graphs of the leading tipsters. " The solution of the probleM" I need say nothing about, the public must judge for themselves. The pamphlet. on the whole, must be read to be appreciated, and ought to be perused by every son of the Turf. I am, Sir, yours. &c., THE Stand t' OF THE TURF. March 3, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. The following is a compl.te list of the h,rses that had reached Aintree tit four o'clock yesterday (Tuesday) sf4,.rnoon :—Abbess ot J , rveaux, 5 yrs—Melfrd, aged —L cis, 4 yrs—f by Hat kaway, eat of Z .ltnyra, 3 yrs— Banshee, 3 yrs—Don Carlos, 3 yrs—liilquade, 4 yrs— Flung , rfoid, 4 yrs—Sir Charles /slap', r. 3 yrs—true Girl, 4 yrs—l i ter Simple, nsql—Nt:ria Day, aged` Joan of Arc 6 yrs— ag,d—Ev„rton, ac,ed —Carrig. aged—M,urice Dal: y, rigeO—Vlctrpss, aged —lt , y al Blue, 6 yrs—Sir John, uged—Lucy weak, aged Chiefiair, , Azed—Bourton, aged—Bedford, 6 yrs—Agis , aged—Miss Mowbray, eged—ilardwick, a ged—Warner , aged—Dolly's Brae, 5 yrs—Silent Friend, ag de—La Gazzi Ladri., 6 yrs—Bedrerd, 5 yrs—Arlon, aged— Lamientie, 5 yrs—Cogia, 6 yrs. Be,idv% the above, several others for the Trial and Selling Stakes. Twenty-five are expected to run for the Steeplechase, and ten for the Cup. Surprise is declared to be amiss, and will not start. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY MORNING: The following stakes closed last nlght: • The Trial &Arts. Mr. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 3 yrs—Mr. Rothwell's Lenny WI-tent, by Lanereost, 3 8 rs—Mr. Wilkins na Allan-a- dale, 3 yrs—Mr. Buckley's Royal George, 3 yrs —Mr. Russell n'i Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs—Mr. Morris's , Vatican, 6 yrs—Major PIA and Mr. Williams did not name. The Optional Selling Stakeft. Mr. Rothwell's Emerystoue, 3 yrs, (501) —Mr. Hall's f by lictinan Plata', dam by Jereed, 3 yrs, (500 —Mr. Harrison's Toy, 4 yrs, (300 —Mr. Stehbiug's Iby Bird. entcher, out of Celeste, 3 yrs, (301) Mr. Murphy's fby Harkaway, out of Zel w y rs, 3 yrs, (300. Scramble Handicap. Mr. Johnson's Lady Jersey, 6 yrs, Bst I.olb—Mr. 7staloib— Jeffery's Forest Deer, 4 yrs, Bst 31b—Mr. Harrison's Toy , 4 yrs 3st 31b—Mr. Osborno's Lady Agnes, 3 yrs, 7st 10th—,Mr. Stebbing's Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs., blurn . h 7st ~lb--Mr. Mr, ROthwell's Lenny Whew:, 3 yrs, 7sl 61b Rothwell's Ernerystone, 3 yrs. 7st 61b—Mr. Raphael's dam,Z 3 Owen c DY I by Harkaway, out of Zelmyra, 3 yrs, yrs,. 60 i st r. . I . l . a r li 's f .by - Hetinan Platoff, d by Jereed, 3 General Pollock, out of yrs, 6st. LATEST BETTING. 0 to 1 agst Chieftai n STRILPLECHASE 12 to 1 agst Abd-el-Kader 10 to 1 ugat Miss Mowbray —( t ) 10 to 1 agst La Gazzs 13 to 1 agst Vietreas Lath a I 1 3 to 1 agst Maria Day. 10 to 1 agst Warner 115 to 1 u st C " 20 to 1 ags t any other gat SPRING CUP. 5 to I sgst Abbess of Jer- 15 7 t tk o l 1 1 anggsstt ill,,euhnigae.rford vc DUX COWES, ISLE OF w iGunr. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESP , NDENT.) REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO THE ISLE oF %Vicar,. ELT j A exrcted M t 03b, , ree Romp - , ur e la. turday next, when sowing rod phalli:rig will be the order of the . da The Royal ch ildren have each a garden, and the y eld-r ones display much anxiety to excel in their arrangorernt and productions, One of our hutcl , e rs bus to•rhAy touived a number of i.f t out,t., , D i',•,211 Wale:, and sirloins of Scograid fur the rop.i nit' a" ' w" heav e no doubt, he iiiy,,tiftd roy Al trovbegP. MARINE VIL LAS AND B UILDING TliurS day tom Frtthy 1 4%1', a nuteber vf hour's Uhi o.ixty-•.wo i l,ts 0:1 n I, the pr.perty of the !ate ,Lho FAtale:3, Fi 9• r were I 'Y Cowes is so el. self eweiled Pv"P"'tY t 7 %tlt, the sale ot building land OM' roih di fite, tt ru views was (Oita hit cv i tut, st,d t a *je.' town was erowdkd lo xttt:. bitifigs ware very apirited,lind t h e wh;Ap leisit se d good oricis. Oii S-,turd,•;y, 11r. Berkefsy -- 13 of Dunley, was returning home from shooting (tucks, an d on reac hi ng the rear of his dwelling he st , tTped . , as it i s supposed, to draw the charge from his gun. N‘ hile 10 the act the piece ex ploded, and the contents lodgedin Mr. ni - --ozaomit's heart, causing instantaneous death.—Cheltenham Journal. LITERATURE. HISTORY OF 7 HE ISLAND OF CORFU, AA ; , TgE R B /;,/ YYP , 7 F.. D IN /..sh. I :ir ) _By fern 8, Pod' -, 7 Artillery. Colburn. This work presents us with a very fair description of Corfu, the most important of , he seven lonian Islands. It has always been considered of great con sequence. Homer, in the " Odyssy," mentions it as a place Of resort in the voyage of Ulysses. There is a long account of the ancient history of Corfu, de scribing its first comparative freedom, being set apart as a fabulous land, and, subsequently, how it was corrupted in later times by the pernicious influence of Rome. Its fortunes are then traced through the middle ages, when it was overrun by numerous tribes of barbarians, including the Buns, the Vandals, the Grohs, &c. Atier various changes and struggles, the island became the property of the Venetians, where they fixed the head-quarters of their fleets of observation. The modern history of Corfu next appears; it was frequsstly besieged by the Turks, but they were defeated ; at last it was conquered by the French Republic, and became the property of France, under Bonaparte. The latter gave them up to Russia, but Napoleon again insisted on their being restored to him after some time. Admiral Col lingwood, in 1809, learning that the inhabitants were desirous of throwing off the French yoke, attacked the enemy, and having conquered he established a British officer as chief in every island. The last part treats of the lonian Islands under British protection. The first British representative was Sir Thomas Maitland. He was well suited to his position : his most decisive measure was that of , taking the Church revenues from the administrators, who were making fortunes for themselves and neglecting all else. By this means roads were cut throughout the island, the town was improved, the churches repaired, and yet at the end of the year there was a surplus of 117,357 Spanish dollars. Lord Nugent, a subsequent governor, directed his attention to the courts ofjustice, but all his exertions did not pre vent his making many enemies in those who shrunk from the supremacy of the law. The Legislative Assembly had serious; differences with his successor, Sir Howard Douglas ; but, notwithstanding all the jealousy and insidiousness of the natives, the work goes far to prove that the islands, undo-r the protec tion of the British, enjoy greater privileges than the rest of Greece, with its so-called freedom, but its really dependent and miserable condition. Thus the volume in question is a faithful record of the varied ar.cl eventfut history of the Greek island. All rnust approve of the purpose of its publication, for one of the chief advantages of Ruch literature is the inforrna•• tion those at home derive from the perusal of foreign subjects. An intimate acquaintance with a scene of histvric importance is a valuable acquisition to all classes of readers. MISCELLANEOUS. Colburn's United Service contains its usual amount of military information, and, as might be expected, dwells pretty largely on the national defences. There are three chapters devoted to projectiles, &c., and a eriticiam on Sir Charles Napier's address to the Go• vernment on the national defences. The article on " Piracy on the Coast of Borneo" is ably written, and justly censures the conduct of the humanitarian fac tion for blaming Sir James Befoke for molesting the innocent aborigines, who, however, instead of fishing in a small Corricle, according to Mr. Hume's version, navigate prahus one hundred feet long, containing upwards of one hundred and fifty men. A. brief outline of the visit of the Nepaulese Ambas seder to London and his previous history are original. Newton's London Journal of this month contains several interesting descriptions of divers patents lately granted, amongst which are Howard's, for the improv ment in ploughs, and Adams's, for improvements in rifls and other firearms, The article on " Preserved Meats for the Neva! Service" remarks on the fearful scourge that the scurvy was to our navy not long since, and the benefits derived from the substitution of preserved meats in place of salt provisions. As evidence of the dreadful havoc caused by this disease, Admiral A'&son's memorable expedition to damage the interests of Spain in the Pacific Ocean by inter cepting the annual treasure. ship, or galleon, on her return to Europe, is sufficient. In spite of everything that care and experience could do, Anson tells us he lost fully four-fifths of his men by scurvy ee-Of four hundred men with whom the Centurion left England only two hundred lived to reach the island of Juan Fernandez, and no more than eight of these were capable of doing duty. The list of patents granted, and other general information is to be found as usual up to the present time. The Colonial contains a history of the aboriginal tribes of Australia, and the discovery of New Zealand. Fredrick Hestage discovered Australia in 1616, and called it New Holland, but although many Dutch ships visited the coast in the hope of making disco veries, it was not until 1642 that the south coast of Australia and Van Diemee's Land was discovered by Tasman, who so named it in compliment to his be trothed, the daughter of the Governor of the Mau ritius, tee fair Maria Van Diemen. The account of the destruction of Lagos, the decline of the slave trade, and the history of the Kafir war, are inte resting. The Sportsman of this month contains an interesting article entitled " The Pedigree of Volti geur—Origin of the Race-horse—with a table of pedigrees. The plates,, which are executed in their usually well-got-up style, represent hot ses at rest in the fields, entitled " Hours of Idle ness," and the result of " A Decided Course." The Journal of Agriculture, and Transactions of th e Highland Agricultural Society of Scotland, commenc es with an article on artificial thaeure, in which is shown the various amalgamation of ingredients most suitable for different soils, with an analysis of their chemical compounds ; hone dust, and its applications, are particularly noticed. There is also practical infor mation to be found in the chapter on the properties of clays most suitable for draining-tiles and other purposes. An article by Mr. Ritchie, C.E., on the cennearetive edventages of fixed and portable steaae eigines for agricul'ural purposes, gives en interest ing account of some of the various mealier. at pre sent in use and in contemplation. In the Gentleman's Magazine the articles of this month are in their u•uel well-written style; but we would advise the editor to curtail the 'is': of deaths, which be is too fond of publishing, and which few care to reed. 4 birb Xbitton+ LIVERPOOL RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The, Trial Sthked, Sir Charleb Napier ... Royal George ... The Scramble Handicap. General Pollock colt ... Emerystone The Spring Cup. Banshee ... At,be. , :s of Jerveaux Hungerford Won easy. ••• ... ... 1 DISTRIBUTION OF THE ARMY. The following la 40 official statement of the distribu tion of the effective rank and file at home and abroad on the Ist Januery, 1852: In Great Britain — Cavalry ... ... 4,622 Foot Guards ... 4,504 Infantry of the Line... ... ... 21,003 Recruiting troops and companies ... 1,858 31,987 In Ireland — Cavalry ..• ••• ... ... 2.022 Infantry ... 14,536 16,558 Abroad (exclusive of India)— Cavalry 425 Infantry ••• ••• ... 30,364 Wvo, India Regiments ... 2,740 Colonial Corps ... 4,550 ---- 38,079 In India: — Cavalry ••• ••• Infantry ... ••• . 3,345 . 23 443 26,788 Total effective rank and file ... ... 113,412 wt";1'1 glru 15,0(10 mo It will a t once be s e en by our military Folde rs that the above official statf.ment excludes officers , nou-com rai.aioned officen, drummers, and trumpe ers; these . e 0 11.! :_ howev er , may bbescatpd in the prop makitig a totalortion of about at 116, 110 ' 111 and to'411(1 nenlbc.r4 I,f all rank* .ervir. r-- abroml (iaeh,cting India) on January 1, 1852. p, tookquentlly c . _ HRIST 5 HOSPITAL. Th men who had been educated of Christ e annual distribution .if gifts awarded by the.govern that magnificent national institution, and who had subsequently The number who presented themselves he o w a f l a tt r y- looking young out terms of apprenticeship, co 's u l l i p o le s t p e i d tailto theiryvouarnig yesterday morning. at trulythe grcommittee roomgratifying amounted to nearly 100; and it was to witness such an array of strong, men, and all bearing the impression r espectability and intelligence. The' gifts were from 51. to The young men were suitably addressed on the receiepach. gratuities; and it is to be hoped that these sums, :':f their candy awarded to deserving merit, will be devotedthe purpo,es for which they were intended, and that they il form the basis of future domestic comfort and independence. The various recipients evinced the utmost gratitude for the presents they bad received, and soon after quitted the walla of Christ's Hospital to pursue their respective avocations. Th e Chancellor of the Exchequer has appointed Thomas peregrine Courtenay, Esq., to be his private secre try. WEDNESDAY SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. general commercial welfare as may best suite the vested Interests of the hitherto dominant class, free-trade can never be ein4e r se i ebre,-,TJae, lan,d of course. entitlY to its lair abste of relLesseaiidp: bat then labour shoplil havn its share of representation also. Let the industry, the intelligence, and the skill of the country, have poli tical influence, and not keep all the power for opulent leisure and its wealthy territorial prejudice. To this result the country must come at last, and until it does so these repetitions of old struggles—this re-sharpening of old weapons and revival of political combinations, must from time to time be resorted to. "A large body of Liberal Members of the House of Commons have been invited to meet Lord John Russell on the 11th inst., with a view to some consultation and determination.on the pre sent position of publicaffsirs." So says a valued correspon dent, thus intimating that the Whig leeder is alive to the necessities of his present case, and desires to take counsel for its improvement. The two meetings reported in our columns this day sufficiently attest the fact that the Liberals are also on thp alert. Mr. Charles Villiers's motion is impending in the House of Commons—no day being yet fixed for the conflict that must ensue, come when that motion may. All these signs show the exist , ence of vigilance in the camp of the It formers and Free-traders. Such signs are more than enough also to put upon their guard the vigilant partisan Ministry against whose policy it is the object of all Liberals to act. The Tories will be united enough. Let us take a lesson in this respect from their book; and then, with all our forces—with right, truth, justice, energy, and straightforwardness on our side—there is no doubt which way the balance must turn. Lord Der by may be strong in his position, in his wealth, and in his faith in rotten boroughs and in agricultural delusion; but after the e rents dt yesterday, it is an easy 'prophecy that the struggle how beginning must end in .representative 'reform and the final and complete ratification of our. Free-trade FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TT Mitat.—.l4et•l D.-test, , tee -al ioethe etrbeerence of • : orear-rdn''• anti tie. taattetet ee elan- terns, whielt ere see thou tet it eti • dot, es soppere ;twat [tell warmly combated on two dtttieet grounds; first, that the now Ministers deserve no grace; secondly, that there is actual dagger in gran'ing it. Into the first of these points we shad not he very curious to inquire. The second objec tion to " a fair. trial" is its alleged danger. Give the Government time, and it will be able to maintain its ground, we are assured, so as to dispense with its appeal 'ad misericordiam. It will gain over members and con stituencies, put out some plausible measures and illusory promises, and then open the new Parliament with a ma jority pledged, we will say, to a five-shilling duty. Are we to wait quietly for such a consummation, and, should it come to pats, whom ore we to thank bat ourselves? 1 To be sure there will be a remedy, but it will be as bad as the disease. We thc , ll have the urcgue, en agitation, and a new budget of democratic measures, by way of revenge or set-off against the claims of the landed aristocracy. The right course, we are told, is to stop the nuisance at ence before it becomes worse, by turning out the Go vernment with the first means in our power. For ail this there is a good deal to be said; in particular, that some who say it are already making the advent of Lord Derby the signal of a class ag i tat i on. We w ill a dd ress ourselves, then, to this all egat i on of actual danger. W e may as well grant at once t h at L ord Derby might pes sibly get a House of Commons with a majority in favour of a five-shilling duty. He mi g h t d o this next mont h, and he might do it in August, an d , as far as we can see, he is as likely to do so in the one month as in the other; for, if prices continue to rise, there will be rather less case for protection in August than in April. With such a House of Commons, we • are told on both sides, we shall have no right to complain if a five-shilling duty is curried, and delib era t e ly, by the r t:r p r r i e e s d e , b c to o t n iv st e i s tu o t r io t n h a e ll w y, h f o r l e e el p y e , ople. Are we prepared, the Protectionist journals ask, to rebel against the act of the Legislature? As we accepted th e l ast d ec i s i on on the subject, we ought to accept the n ew one; and t h e cir enmttance of the new decision being to some extent a re versal of the first will only impart to it a more solemn cba vito lurking selfishness meter. This is the danger, then, that by our f or b ear an c e, the patronage, by the g of agriculturists in Parliament, and by oth er suc h wa ys, we may find ourselves face to face early next year wine by y ad t u h gradual encouragement ii flllenee e f Ministerial pie Protection, no longer a farmers cry, or a Ministerial leaning, but a law of the land, which we shall be bound to respect and obey, and for which the Septennial Act will insure at least a seven years' l eate. Meanwhile, what is danger to one bide is hope to the other. An evening contemporary assures us that Lord Derby's ap pearance on the Ministerial beech has already inter rupted some negotiations in Lincolnshire, and that seve ral leases are waiting till i't'ean be itseertained, on the ealhority of Parliament, what the price of corn is to be for the future. To all t hi s we have a sufficient reply. s reap pe Although it is conceivable,. and h Possible, that a House of COMMOIIS may be returned with a slight ma j°rity in favour of n Corn-law; yet, out ei doors, on thet very a pp ea l w hich Lord Derby hart made, the judgment of the population and intelligence of this ttountry will remain the tame, or, rather, more than ever in favour of free trade. To use a homers expression, "the proof Of the pudding is in th'e eetine," and never was there such substantial and sensible detnenttratien o a a principle es there has been of free trade. • Noteithstateting t h e nut itatalleled calamities and follies that have disturbed the operation of these bent ficient measures, the country is at this moment, by every test, and indeed palpably to nearly all uraderstandinga, in the enjoyment of a pros perity such as it has never seen before. And ; as Sir James Graham says, .there are few who do not " know the reason why." We know that no majority in the House, were it ever so disposed , w ou l d dare to restore one shred of Protection, in the face of an almost unani mous people. " What then ?" it will be asked ; "Do tou set the people against the Legislature, and all ege that the people are not represented in the House of Common, 1" We will answer plainly. The people are not represented as they should be ,in the House of Commons, otherwise we Should not have supported th e demand for Parliamentary Reform, or objected to the inadequate and illusory character of Lord John Russell's Bill. ilaPPilY the House of Com mons have of late years extended its sympa thies far beyend its narrow electoral basis, and has been in effect what it has nut been in form—a very fair re presentation of the whole British people. But, if a violent class agitation should have the unfortunate re sult of producing class representatives, pledged to the supposed interests of the actual eh ctors, then nothing whateto r would prevent the question of Parliamentary reform from stetting at once into formidable prominence. We cannot answer for the measurer which might become necessary under such a self condemnation of the exist ing electoral system. A system that works tolerably will command the suffrages of the quiet and the wise; but as soo n as i t works ill its anomalies become odious and absurd. Here are Dorset and Middlesex, each with 14 Meiebere, while the population of the former is only 177,597, that of the.latter 1.895,710, or more than 10 times as much. ,Bucks and Surrey have each 11 Mem bers, though the population Qf tho former is only 143,670, while that of the latter is 684,805. Wilts, Sussex, Kent, and the West Riding have each 18 Mem bers, though the Population of the first is only 241,003, that of the second 339.428; that of the third 619,225; and that of the fourth 1,339,962. Hants, with a population of 432.033, has 19 Members; Devon, with a population of 572,207, has 22 Members; and Lancashire, with a population of 2,063,913, or more than twice those of Hants and Devon put together, has no more than 26 Members, though in the same proportion it would have nearly 90. Such a state of things cannot remain long, and Lord John Russell never said a more unwise thing than when he claimed for his new Reform Bill the credit of not disturbing the interests established by the last, whatever the actual changes of the population, wealth, and . intelligence in the lo ng i nter val. W e are f or a considerable change, but we tremble to think of the changes that might rise out of a new Anti-Corn - law agitation. But it is our full conv i ction that Lor d D er by aid his colleagues have uo intention whatever of putting the country into this state, and exhibiting a Legislature on one aide, and a principle on the other. Even if they had a majority of the New House of Commons in favour of Protection we feel - f . sure that they would not willingly avail themselves of it. We mus,, hewever, say we " re ,lot without. some al a r m , when e w ' eee many a ople doing ail they can to provok e a new Protectionist q u arrel, and to drive the Ministry into ' . it in spite of themselves. it is too clear, from tie proceedings of the Man• cheater meeting yesterday, and • trona various other tlyw pt ems , that there exists a l arge party who revel with del'ght in the idea of another collision between the agricultural arid manufacturing interests, and who will spare /to pains to bring it about, The very circular welch has summoned tee Leaguers to the rec.enstruction et the Ltague, talks of t• the Ovid arid wicked attempt to is not yet reimeese a tax upon core," whichmade on even threatened, and which has nu other existence then (Oat ELF. Manchester "nid e 1 edltte seem determined that it shall be. I. is possible that they may succeed to the ,•xtent of their wishes, in provoking many ay of the agri culturists to demand Protection, a nt i - pled their repro s. „ w i ve s to the attempt; hut, if the gm do, it will be entirely their act, and for their own puryposes. For our part, as the new Government had come i n t o power sim ply through the incompetency and internal divisions of the last, we se e no reason why it should take up the Blanchester challenge merely f , oir ti, , purpose of throw ing the country into confusion. W eciate at its wooer worth la "r. Cobde r o 0 appreciate 6 pretence to superior morality, whew he employs all hie rhetorical arts to tempt his opponents tu do what h and(lastly be e ,hey lieve to be wrong under existing c ircumstances. Their own com mon sense and patriotistn will be far better guides on this point than the bland apostle of peace. DAILY NEWS.—The installation of a Tory Pro tectionist Ministry has done its work Whilst a meet i‘g c antle -Curv e Rforak inlsst awaLson Pro g r ess yesterday in London, g theue was being re-constructed in M a nchester; and that there mi g h t be • no nalbconception he manu upon the matter,. t . theaters present in Newalt's buildings subscribed with ~..._ which marked their fornoersame abundant liberality p r oceedings. Here is a summary, received by electric telegraph, of the list of at down to reorganize moneys P e the needful agitation for free trade:—; " Fourteen firms, subscribed each 1,0001.-14,0001. " Fourteen firms, each 5004--.7,000/. " Fifty other subscribers, ranging from 3001. to 101. tt Total, 27,5 00 /. subscribed in {went-five minutes, " t h e meeting concluding ewith three cheers for the re construction of the League. Twenty-seven thousand . five hundred Pounds as a be ginning is a tolerably siguitiosnt B i en _ t the cgi . - tation which the advent of the I , • ts or the reality of ones to power has ' called into existence. Free trade is in danger, and down comes the cash. There c an be no doubt mistake in this direction. The declarations doubt or . binaheestilke eons of the platform are with toulatitude followed drafts on the banker; and strong ace followed by strengthened by a still stronger subscription _talons. are u °setiption list. Newall's-buildings is to exhibit the renewal of that me morable strueglo which ended in the abolition of cum-lees. Printers and platfortna will be i l t " of the i request, and every post and every newspaper will Carr ore or lsas over the country the arguments, th e illustrations ; the suggestions, and the figures best adapted t rations ; the bulk of the people why they should opposo o show newel of the tax on bread, and how the l , sho Id a re ' werk to make their opinions on the suhjact t: c __ go to the Tory Ministry. The Reformers o f 'I, all upone shire bet an excellent example to the rest of the ~ -- dom in this respect at all eyeets, for wh en to b Ki.ng thing they do so with it clear purpose, one "' o e c a Y rr egln a with a firmness, Et business-like rtgelsrity, and 3` if i ( i- ,i on ye to the '' main chances" of bucc"stf---whilat thee suppor t each , ffert by a liberality of Eboliytttry ony ,i t , ut i on Abieti revelers their it 41 1331)h, in polit c imi or o otion di tin onty becaed to ;hat white : , a a6 No len° •;'rovfnPti their tautio compeiitian Or a place in the mar . to of the world. Woulri. thW the , !,' C ' t l e °rd Of LatwaAlre I could be extercleti to the rest_ ( 1 .. t , >e cee etry and b‘; )s of R . -de/evert • r , ou to include tall st,et;, , ~ , .. , ,,it t,,it:‘, t‘e •, or only itt t6rO'res! of Q(li"Ti er?'-' t e ' 'lt: . • dom sienni 9"°thrli '" hP(l " falieeala to el) peret ef t ).. -.se 5a.1.11 i 1 act in uili,,i,. dacturers. who teal ?'" g3' °I I the subject rise 0111;1, . , able to feel also thet th e of tree trade. thou'd •ie a , , 4 e . ' great ; 1,.. t hey Oita 'se so ari a , 1p and • seiaty of the ptinotP o i.i.r field ,r)(1 0., f sin. cerely—the principle of a et e_ 1 free ttrour—en intercommunten of complete _ r 0 g. bexchange iit the 'ttin r the El t, 'ea 11,- t ~,,, qui o N c L.A. ..... .11' On, product ions of all nations ef , 11 , i t . or- ie • should tee, we say, '' e, broth oa • Louis Nspole" , - • • of his .*, • the made the following ' diresosition fireNtde furzu me , II a ticni.e one wifh allot' er—they sn.. for this solightene doe- Le due ire basis in, d doe- Le nalAi a la Chambre, treat and orly a • be such au amelioration Le Soutilet Ila Coustitution, trine amongst us must i.system . and reform of our still feuearlas shall render ; La Pincette ala Poli ce , ment in r Le Feu ala Troupe, et a in Commons House of Par trt 1 . s has been--an La Pelle (l'appel) au P I in - name and theory always Whilst ,exponent of eup e. the TA, TRADE, MARCH 1,--Th e the views cf the whole people.taw of the THE E market as been h a large body and last week's • • soil hold the power of vending 587 deliveries were smaller i questions of trade _ dpreviously, 7,8351 b . ,8351 b. 11Qatinees to vote on popular and ;than TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (coariNtrap ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.) Sir,—l want to know whether the term 3 on which "the government is declared by the Prime Minister to be holden, tire not striking a heavy blow against the principle or prejudice which used to say, that government was to be carried on through a ma jority in the House of Commons. It nifty only be a prejudice; and this is an era when prejudices are being cut down. For example, there has for a can fury or two been a prejudice in favour of popular governments, and one nation after another has been putting out feelers in that direction, with different degrees of success, and always with a complimentary recognition that our own island, from its geopraphicel positicrn it may be, had taken something like a lead. But now all this is being swept away. The last new prejudice is, that the great want of a nation is an autocrat. First catch your autocrat; clean and serape him, preserving the blood and the trail ; stow him in a gravy of Universal Suffrage Or any other you like, stirring with a, one-pronged fork as long as there are any bubbles ; season with Cayenne pep par, and serve up hot, with sausages and champagne. Your autocrat is the contrary of your turtle; in the latter, they say it is only the sauce, but in the other the essential is the autocrat, and he may choose his own trimmings. But the great thing is to have an autocrat. This is the last and newest prejudice. Ptrhaps this, like others, will pass away. Fratice, worn out by the prose evils of self-government, has thrown herself into a romance of slavery. But Eng land, commercially at least, may not be prepared for doing the same. No prejudice is- to be put down too hastily. Battles, for example, by sea and land, have for a century together, being won and lost by a pre judice; and he that should have opposed the pre judice rashly, would have lost the battle. Napoleon upset the old prejudice by something directly the contrary, and by it conquered the European conti nent. No man can tell which prejudices are right. Perhaps they change, as ministries do, and like them will change for ever. Only do not go too rapidly to pull.down our old constitutional prejudice, which was that government was conducted through majorities in the House of Commons. Now here comes a Prime Minister and says, he knows he is in a minority in one House, and is not sure he is not in the other. Who then is the new " Grand Regulator" in Great Britain ? It used to be the Parliament ; it is now clearly to be somebody else. Only let us know who it is. Let us have him ( s : os e r a s c he r e i beeiodnndczievfp) individual, zoologically. o a of l r l ya. whatggl r s eigt h a e ti es a homo sapiens, or of the woody? I s h e l ay, c l er i ca l , or common o f t w o ? the old pow er o f Parliaments; th?atthwa‘tVeehmaswayagnufatPttlrod'heodaviev•nde and worship it if it is worthy of our prostration, or if not, may treat it like other calves whether of gol.l or vulgar brass. We must have knowledge on then points, that we may know how to guide ourselves in the great day of reaction, which cannot fail to be near, now that the last hour of the night has been struck on our own clock. Excuse me if I say, I have always been ambitious of leading your working men. It is the same ambi tion which makes men desirous of leading a hatte4er. Anybody can shine at a levee, if he puts lace eleeigh on his back. But the thing worth trying for, e: to have the confidence of hundreds of good men, arid show them the way to success. I want your working classes to see and understand ; how totally and immeasurably hostile all that is now going on in to their honest interests. The whole object aimed at, is to put them on two-thirds allowance of bread. The new Chancellor of the Exchequer in the cha racter of a recruiting sergeant will come among them, and shake a purse for any man who will consent te take it by the damage of his neighbour. The s. bole Scheme is to invite the public to enrich itself by one man taking out of the pockets of another 'et toe corner of the street. It is much worse than this, for part of the batgain is, that half shall h, throw" into the riv,er. This supreme sillinesS is what is now to go the tone 6: And if the working classes do not sea into the fraud, I have not more confidE-nce in the middle. It was by mere luck, that a fiveeshiiling duty on c.:ore was escaped before; and that luck has beetethrotvn :sway. I do not want to speak slightingly of the middle elasses; but they have not the nerve of L'oe workers. In times of danger, they have always a nation _that seinebow or other they shall be comtortablee whereas the working man sees it in the shape of more inoligts than bread. If the working men want political power, let them show they have political sense. Th ere I A no use ID ,wing it when there is nuthing to (fie ; the ie, when other people are looking for theilL help. I believe the working elastics say, the middle oven ((ft thian in the lurch on the last 'occasion. If geed men avenge a deertion of that kind, is by doing the thing over again for the defaulters in titee et' need. We cone of us must stand on what we have got by it ; but the thing for honest men while they live, is to do what good they can, for their neighbours and he world. I repeat, in order that there may be " no mistake," that if your West Riding working classes want political power, now is the time to show that they have heads upon their shoulders to deserve it. I um, Sir, yours very sincertily, AN OLD REFORMER. Blackheath, 3 March, 1852. POET-CHILDHOOD. The " general necessity of self-satisfaction" tends in him towards quietude and silence, es in these the ele ments of his self-indulgence are most easily employed; hence his pleasures rarely cause unpleasantness to others. A negative annoyance is the worst to which he is apt to give occasion. " The neighbours stare and sigh, yet bless the lad." He is almost invariably, whether or not unconsciously, "no vulgar boy;"— Nor cares to mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps. His own peculiar enjoyments suffice, and they "grow with his growth," and mark out for him a pleasure ground, where heart and spirit can walk hand in hand. where his fancies can revel, and his passions struggle on controlled,—where none can check, none bully thew, where his hopes reach their accomplishment,-where (-x -anisite enjoyment is every new hour to be found In ia tpucifying anticirtion, which more than reelir2sviot-q. The idea of punishment past or to come, is no more hnn a shadow on his path, as he EtEke some favourite ht.unt, where Lapped in dreams to lie, And gaze into the summer sky, Where the sailing clouds go by Like ships upon the sea; or hurries from tile book-stall to the garret or tilt, tree top, to spend the stolen hours in tremulous delight Over acme old TOIIIatIELL: Some tale which hath the rime of age Or chronicle of old. If caught, the deep-drawn sigh with which the hook is closed, but sets the teal of Solomon on his enjoymsn: _" Stolen waters are sweetest." Before the volume i 8 under lock and key, he has reanimated for him:mit' the pictured glories; and tale-teller and chronicler tiro left do far behind as•to be almost "nowhere." He is aroused, but however rudely, his fall is without shock There being no real element in the composition of his airy edifice, the real ties he firda around hiw Suspend, with out hre,king, the enchantment. An interruptiot, marks that e triumph is to come. The striking c.f hours that termtnate , his dream seem but the souads hip steps towards reslity. B o yish. fricndet.ip and Provorb), ur e in him only porii;.. - ms of rtiese dreams etehodi,d, by accident of the form pf-rson sou,c common-thr , ught booby of a ech..tol-f -How, or of any with pretty fisntt xttd grotte lnl ununPr, in whom he can wake to himself an iztttcest. ut the dreerns themselves were r.al at.ei (lour. t „, z _ evil. happen, they leave CO awl tears—sue an t , o d shadow—ta* ko his seaut the t e no {'rose -blight su o-stroke in the ,r etith „ z hir siring.—Eliza Cook's Journal. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. THE CHANNEL SQUADRON. r-Wpstated ye , te Mu , that eomodore W. F. MAr tin, With Prince flokent, L auder, Hogue, and Dauntless„w:aye at Qtyqinbtown,, and. that thel/aunt less was ordered to . Devonport to take in - stores and provisions, and to be paid w ages . Arethusa, 50, Captain Sy mon d s , under refit at Portsmouth, will be in baud *about a month. Arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Captain R. S. Robin son, may be expected to join the Commodore in the course of a fortnight. By last accounts she was at. Jamaica, under orders for Lisbon, at whi c h l a t ter place there are orders awaiting her for coming on to Queenstown. fncountee, 14, screw-corvette, Captain Gordon, may be daily expected at Queenstown, from the Me diterranean. having left Malta for Lisbon en route, some f ime since. Indefatigable, 50, Ceptain Smart, K.H., by last accounts at Cortu, will' proceed immediately to Lis bon, and probably to Queenstown. Sampson, 6,. steam-0.44P, Captain L. T. Jones, will he about a month in the bra of the dockyard at Portsmouth, and will not be ready for sea, per haps, until the middle of April. She is filling up her vacancies. Arc11:1, 12, szrew-sloop, Commander Strange, or dtred to Lisbon from the coast of Africa, may be ex pected to arrive there nt,xt month, whence she will follow Cot_imodore Msrtin to Queenstown. Dragon, 6, steann.frigiate, Captain W. Gifford, J.,tsehea from the M yilterranesn command, is the linty vessA of Commottore Martifi 4 s squadron now at Lisbon. Rear-Admiral Bezkeley, C. 8., M.P,, leaves town thib day, for the country, until the 12th inst. Rear-Admiral Stewart, C. 8., M.P., will be enter tained by his constituents at the Trafalgar Hotel this evening. Admiral Sir John Onieranney, K.C.8., the com tnandfr in• chief at Devonport, has arrived in town, on sb , rt leave of absence. Lieut. Henry D. Selby (1847), has been appointed to the Simoom, screw steam troop-vessel, vice Walter Strickland (1847), to the Polyphemus ' steam sloop, fitting at Woolwioh for the coast of Africa. Diligence, transport, Mitchell master, arrived at Devonport on Monday morning from Cork. DOCKYARD.—Mr. W. B. Carrington, third-class clerk at Devonport, is promoted to second class, vice Bulley, superannuated; and Mr. Ebenezer Ross is appointed thirdLclass clerk, vice Carrington. P 0 R TSMOUT H,,TUE S DAy.—TheSimoom, iron steam frigate, Captain Kiogoombe, has bad ber machinery and compasses adjusted, and, will, according to pre sent arrangements, go out of harbour on Thursday for a trial. We are informed the Governor of the Convict Establishment at Portland will be removed to the new convict prison building in Portsea, and now nearly ready for occupation. Captain BarroW, Governor of the York convict hulk RI this harbour, will be removed to the Warrior hulk, at Woolwich. Governor J. Benuison, of the Stirling Castle hulk in this harbour, will be superannuated. Mtjor Shaw will be appointed Governor of the in valid prisoners in the Stirling Castle. • The Dasher steam-vessel, Commander Le Febvre, came into harbour yesterday morning from the Channel Islands, to repair some defects. ' Her Majesty's steam yacht Elfin, Acting Master- Commander Balliston, got up her stenm yesterday, end tested her 'machinery in a run round Spitbead. It is expected she will be required to attend upon the Court about the Bth inst. The Echo steamlttWiook out prisoners from the Stirling Castle and York hulks yesterday, and put them on board the Fairlie convict transport, at Spit head, which weighed and proceeded to Cowes to-day to embark more from Parkhurst Prison. The Rodney, 92, Captain Charles Graham, C.B. has been removed to moorings off the west shore to day. couurr CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked yesterclay morning in the garden of Buckingham Palace. Hig Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Colonel Bouverie, rode Out on horieback yesterday cnorning: At three o'cloCk in the afterno'on his Royal Highness went to Crosby HAD, attended by Cilonel Bouverie,EquerryWal es , t h e P r i ncess R oya l, and the in Waiting. The Prince of younger members o f th e R oyal Fam il y t oo k th e ir usual exercise yesterday morning in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. • !The Queen. had a'dinnet party yesterday, at Back ingham Palace. The compnny inclUded her Royal Highness the Duchess rf Kent, his Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau, the Duchess of Sather. land, and Lady Con s t an d e . Liveson'Gower, the Duke of Montrose, the Duke andDuchens of Bedford, Lady Anna Maria:Dawson, the kart of Aberdeen, the Earl fJersey,:Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, the Bishop of Loudon and 'Mrs. Blomfield, Lord Rivers, 171:..r0u Hadeln, and Baron Roggonbech. Tho band of the 2i Life Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following selec tions March - • . Grattan Cooke. Overture, " Zamoa" Herold. Waltz, " Prima Donna" Jullien. S i rlection, " L'Enfint E i rodigne" Auber. Air Rune (Soli, oboe and trom boric—Grattan Cooke) ..... Eugene Vimerix. Quadrille. " Martha" Gialloppe, "Ci3arlotten" God save the Queen. Lord Byron has relived Lord Elphinstone in his duties as Lord in Waiting to the Queen. The Marchioness of Ely has relieved the Counte.9i f Mount Edgcumbe in her duties as Lady of the Bedebamber to her Majesty. • The Queen's private band attended at Buckingham- Palace in the evening on Monday, and played the fill°wing compositions Over: are, " Faekeltanz Meyerbeer- Goro, " Viva Enrico" •• • Melodion Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester yes terday, at Gloucester House.' • The Countess de Nettilly visited her Royal High ness the DuChess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. The Chavalier Bunsen had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday, ar, his official residence in Downing•street. The Earl of ktosslyn and Mr. Wodehouse, M.P., had also interviews with the Noble Earl. Sir Benjamin Hall, M.P., had in interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. Sir Thomas Fremantle had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. The Oxford University Commission had a meeting on Monday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. Present —the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the M a ster of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, and the A. P. Stanley (secretary). The Commission let again yesterday, when there were p resent — th e Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of C. /lisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, J. L. Dam- . pier, Esq., tha Rev. Professor Po well, the Rev. G. a. S. Johnuov, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (seere tar ). • Mr. Newdegate had an interview with the Right Hon. Sir J. Pakingtou yesterday at the Colonial (Aye. Mr. Pailip Bennett had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet. Mr. Liddell had an interview with the Earl of Derby yesterday. Sir John Trollop and Mr. Thomas Edward Pen f.)l(-1 had interviews with Mr. Secretary Walpole yes t,!r day. • COMMITTAL or AN id:MIGRANT ViCTIMISEIt.--At yesterday (51 d x police - court . on ay ) a man, the Liverpool named Lawrence Nolan, formirly in the Dublin police, lately clerk to Mr. blaume, emigrant ship -agent, and more re i n business upon his own account in Regent ceatly carrY - IT o ppostt the Clarende Dock, as " emigr . ant agent," I, . v t a rc s et fa , Ily committed for trial at the next assizes upon a I le of felony, in having appropriated to his own use charge articles of weAring apparel and other property, be 10,gilig to all intending emigrant named Joseph Christian, a p o a t e r, who had paid for his passage from Liverpool to New York by the ship International. Ihe prisoner bad ,been en gaged in procuring the passage and arranging for Christian's , de_partnre, and the prosecutor's luggage was left at Nolau'b Awe. Soon after getting his bores on board, the prosecutor opened them, a n d di scovered that a . number of articles, amounting in value to 151., had been abstracted. The alp tertunately for the ends ofjustice, was detained in P °7:t ije Z an adverse wind, ant information was given to Superintendent Clough immediatel dispatched twotbdeZtive his possession officers, who apprehended 'A:olan, and found in ,_. oxes. I n many of the articles Aolen from the prosecutor'srs, 1 ) d statirg his the prisoner's pocke^.3 were come printed cards, would be name and a;.1,l;-ess, and that •4 every i of ?fg ) ribt i a has thus given to emigrants." The poor teiloiT, I- i _ assizes lost his passa g e, and must remain wit" ‘"` prose cute the rascal. THE unt.) B flt AiAttThrnorry. Llat evenicg W akleY, M.P.; resumed and concluded, at the Phoenix, North -street, St. John's-wood , th e ad j ourned in q uest upon Emma Styles, the wile of a stableman, rho was murdereu the 15th u lt., i n the brutal manner already described in our police reports. The jury, having deliberated half au hour, returned the following ve rdict:—" The dece ase d , M ary Styles, was brutally awl wilfully murdered by wine pars n or persons unknown. WENT CORNWALL RAiLwAY.--On Saturday last the West Cornwall Railway, between Redruth and Penzance, a distance of twenty -one miles, was opened f or th e fi rst -time, and was travelled over by the directors and a few of their friends on their w a y. to the half-ye ar l y meeting. Thi s part of the line is now read y f or use, but cannot be rendered available for the service of the public till it has been passed over and approved by the Government inspector, whose visit is now looked forward to with some interest. A. Cabinet Council will be held at the Foreign office on Saturday. RAI LWAY INTELLIGENCE ••exm• WARRINGTON AND AL IRINCIIA 62 JUNC -1 TION. 'lli.; is new tine in course ut formation, nod the first ordinary meeting was held in Liverpool on Monday. SMr. Gilbert Greensle M.P., the chairman or eirectors, presided. The CHLismAN said that this being the first meeting his observations would necessarily be very short. This rail way hod two greet features which were very favourable: the filet was, the advaatege which we possessed-in- it - geographical point of view, uniting the important com munity of Manchester with Liverpool. both from Gar ston on the Lancashire side of the Mprsey, and Birken head on the Cheshire side; and alio opening a _great highway east and west across the country from Holy bead down to the Humber.—(Hear, bear.) The other feature was the extreme cheapness et which the line Fiotild be formed. The directors hoped to complete it at Coat, of not more then 13 0001... per mile; and when they compared that wilh the cost ,of other, and neigh bouring railways, he thought they would agree with bin that that was a mut promising feature in their un dertaking. For instance, when they joined the South- Junction Railway at Altrieeheriethey came upon a rail way which cost, he believed. a sum exceeding 80,0001. Mr. BIGHF IELD—Ne_arer 100,0001. The CHAIRMAN continued—And when theyjoined the Cheshire juection at Walton, they touched s railway which he believed cost rather mote than 600001. a mile. Therefore ha thought they w:. u /d possess a m ost valuable property, for Ming as they would the great link between railways, which, in the judgrtint of some parties, were supposed to he worth at least what they cost. The report hairing been read aLd adopted, the direc tors re-elected with a vote of 6001. for their services, and" other resolution* of a formal nature passed, the pro ceedings terminated. CORN %VALI,. • The half-yearly mrez:rig of this company was held on Friday at Truro, Mr. W. M. TWeedy in the chair. The report,stated that the directors . had made appli cation to the board of Trade for power to abandon cer tain portions of the line, and to reduce the capital of the company. They had hoped before the meetin g to h ave received-the warrant of the Commissioners of hallways , by-whom thiapplication was anderstoixt lb hay+ favourably. vievhd,, buluesecm-"Veum of cettbi " unfore— seen circumstances had jailed to do .so. The directors hoped very shortly • to -receive -the warrant, and tilt, would then call a special meeting of the shareholders for the purpose of acting upon it, and for the readjust ment of the capital of the company. ' The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he had no doubt, but that in a few days after the new Ministry had taken office they would receive the, warrant, and the directors would then lose no time in' ceiling a special meeting, after which they-would no doubt take steps to obtain the necessary capital to coat plete'the.raiiway from Plymouth to Falmouth. • Resolutions were.passed, adopting the report; re-elect * Messrs. W. M. Tweedy,‘ W. Came, and G. Itimith, the retiring directors; and also Mr. G. Jones, the retir ing auditor. Ths proeeediugg coucludi.3d with a vote of thanks to the Chairman. SUREWSBURY HEREFORD. On Saturday last the half-ycarly general meeting of the proprietors in this company was -held at the Lion Room, Shrewsbury; Mr, William Ortnaby Gore, M,P., in the chair. The aftitement of accouLts showed tw rnctipts to be 201,1111.45. 10d., and the expenditure 161,7671. 13s. 7d., Waving a balance of 13,459 L 43. Bd. in favour of the company. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, observed that the works had progresied se rapidly as their contractors were able, considering the funds at their disposal. He had received a letter from Mr. Brassey, in which that gentleman stated he would be enabled to complete the line as fur as Ludlow by the middle or latter end of April. The board had, however passed a resolution that morning, enforcing the opening of it on the 20th of April, a copy of which would be communicated to Mr. Brassey, and no excuse for fur ther delay would be tolerated. _ _ Mr. WILLIAMS seconded the adoption of the report, which wa carried. The CHAIRMAN moved the forfeiture of 9,653 shares. He hoped they would be able to get the'm disposed of at par at least. DUBLIN AND BRAY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was appointed to be held on Thursday at Dublin, but, in consequence of the non-attendance of a sufficient number of shareholders on that and the follow ing day at the appointed hour to constitute a legal meet ing, no business could b transacted. SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN THE CITY. Last night hire William Payne, the coroner of Lon don, held an inquest at' the Rose and Ball Tavern, Ben nett's-hill, Doctors'-commons, on the body of Thomas Late, a workman in the employment of Messrs. Vivian and Co., proprietors of the Castle Baynard Copper Wharf, Upper Thames -street, City. The evidence of several witnesses proved that on the previous evening. (Monday), about half-past seven o'clock, Mr. Evens, the toremate.of the wharf had his attention directed to the warehouses by an unneual noise, and on proceeding to the place t.' ascertain the cause, be !mind that one of the flogre lead given way, and the ye:dents consisting of nine tens of nails iu bags, and seven toes of copper sheathinte, had fallen from the first into the ground floor. ihe deceased having hetet seen a short time previously et woik in the last-usmed floor, it was at once suspected that he was beneath the immense weight of goods that had been been precipitated below. Search having Leen.made, in the course of a few - minutes the poor fellow was disCoVered completely flattened, one side of . his body ripped open, awl life, of course, extinct. The body having been extricated, -an examinetion was, made, with . 4 view of ascer taining the cause of the catastrophe, the result of which shoi'Vid that the space on which the immense eeight of articles had been stored was only 12 feet by 9, and one of the joists having shiunk in that part which entered the wall, had, in consequence, given way, and hence the melancholy Occurrence. ' , Mee 'Alexander; the architect, of No. 30, Bedford-square,-was examined by-the coroner, with a view °flees - ping stehether any one was to blame in conetrueting the premises. That,gen thene.n depend that the floors of the building were two j ee eee thick, Lir, the goods which had beau placed OD • the floor e brd been too heavy, and he should suggest that the men employed on the peeeiste ehould be more careful in piecing Such a Weight ee loge in future. Some Pertione of the buildidg eee - egthened with cross beam=, and the same ought to ne done in that pertienlar part, or pillars might be put there, which would strengthen the promises 'and prevent a similar eusnalty. The feet of one part of the buildiegs being so s:rengthened, might have led the men to eelieve that that portion which had given way wet equatly a s so . cure. One of the joists had shrunk, and ireiteed of beilig eight inches:he the wall, was only three isee ee , 9 ,, A the weight placed on it had caused it to eeine u i p ni , t th ollt u e ry p r io e: turned a verdict . per place. The coroner having i h d 6 e v n i t n al d h ueeara D ARING HIGHW AY ROBBhELY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER AT LAMBETH.—lnformation was yesterday sent n g r h y t , , andth e fl theo o r Lower-c l oth round by the Commissioners of Police of the following daring Broad- street, an ßi d onni K s n n i robbery and attempted murder of Mr. Joseph Lewis, a Marsh, Lambeth. It appeared that he was going to • his clerk, in the "noPfilro°afdli resinedce in Msuion-street, in the latter parish, about— eleven in the evening, and when close to his own door, he manufacturers, with some instrument like a " life-preserver." his pockets , tacked by two men, one of whom knocked him was at down, as he took five shillings, and endea voured new to gtfrhoillis Thaw then commenced rifling a c y all f s ro f m or as hi s s is n ta e n ck ee . which wa teh theyand were whollypo l police-constable, e- c i nsensibleonst a ble, 442, of the L division, who immediately and d ard h t a s w the two tellows made off mediate 4 ran to the spot, but when th ey heard fo o t s t e ps co ming in the direction, without succeed ing in getting the watch, w:lich was b a n g i ng outside Mr. Lewis 'a coat, be Laving offered • a very stubborn resistance. He was taken to his own house, where a surgeon quickly attended. sod he was found - to be seriously injured; but, it is to be hoped, not dangetow.ly. ._ • The police,is said it 'd , know one of the Gllows, but at present he however , " a biding has left his u sua l h aun t s . He is only, his time," as he will be tracked and caught. CON FUMPTION OPL g receivedcoPnitiming.tronisilnl'thtelllY•earendg in on spirits entered for home the sth of Jan uary l ast was no less than 6,0!0,323/. 17s. 100. in the - United Kingdom as the net produce. DIbCoVERY OF SILVER L hAD MINES IN MON. a moullismbE.—ln the neighbourhood of Caerphilly, Mon mouthsbire, some very valuable mines of silver lead offs have just been discovered. The discovery was made by charcoal burner, who, on levellingthe ground for the pur pose of raising his hut, had occasion to remove a small tree, and whilst so doing Fo found a large mass of the ore,in close proximity to the surface. This was upwards of 10 tons in who are working the w m e in ig e h h t a , vaendiosuinndcemtuhcehn larger company guariti ties. A pit and levels are being sunk and driven for the: purpose of working the ore. Upwards of 100 tans of lewd ore hays bean raised in a few weeks from a shaft sun k in a meadow, and tbis ere having been ana l y sed. y ieldi 6 ''z• f silver and 15 cwt . of good lead to the ton. T he mineral field of South Wales has also in this neighbourhood yielded other treasure s, for several rich seams of bituminous coal and iron ore have been found, and amongst these is a fine rich vein of the red ore upwards of six feet in thickness. There can be no doubt that these discoveries will prove very productive. ' A DUMB NV EDDING.—A hew days age, a In"' a n d woman presented theni s o vve a t t he altar of the church of Reichenberg, in Bohemia, each of whom was drat and dumb. The bride, the d aug hter o f a citizen had broom , acquainted with i'er husband in a deaf ard dumb lion at Pragn ,, , wlwre both hod been educated. [he mar ri 'ge cerellionv \car performed in perfect silence. IL, questions' eie hauded to each r' : " P " the ansv pap-r, :s of tho by noes "r is tos dj J0h ,,.• Trollop; di.) , enter• .., of Sil. - .1, --. 2- 7; r,,, - m t°- Barnes . at the Poor-lau .„, in t? (wice vacateu ui - HIS bast( SUPPORTERS.— At LORD DVRBT "" ) o , " Th urs dßy last, the members ~f the gssizes of Wexfoirl%_ the exception, adopted the, f o l. the grand ittrYt w-11 ,,That the county of Wexford, yet, lowing resolatlon; nviti .a ws . sufferefk most severel7 by the eS3entially, art' policy, and i; s eon, • ner.t enorn-mus emi present freel% our opinien, it is n' 'ssential that i 1 ... g r afi' ; " t ;',; electors, at the LIQXI, 0 'zooid alone i rupport of t . ndicktes as ulll ~ a *icultural ~„ ,och LA giver . - ,i.tbereby enable thin , terests,,,nanfrow which foreigners are exempt." "V i : l , 4 taro L ACCIDENT AT \\ Et,,TMINSTER.--YC.Str dk,yafreinoobetween three And four, a serious accident ooc urr i,,ed to Eliza Murray, a ge d 1 1 years, residing at No. 2, s . a. rd , • r y Horseterry.road,' Westminster. It a ppears from her statement that she got on the feeder to get a It(4s' mantel-shelf, when the wind from the door blew her dress in the fire, which ignited her clothes. Her screams !) . 1' help brought Henry Hillier, who ran to the girl, and with difficulty succeeded in e xtinguishing the off the till the unfortunate sufferer was most dr d e a ad in fa es l Lynn, She was taken to Westminster Hospital, where Mr. • htest hopes are surgeon, quickly attended ; but not the shS ,lybubturnnott. entertained of her recovery. vary to p " t leavy THE SUN, LONDON, EVENING, MARCH 3, 1852.