The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-27 00:00:00

LITERATURE. TILE IRISH TOURIST'S ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK. If the admirable arrangements for the convenience of tourists to Ireland, by Chester and Holyhead, which have been announced for the present summer, cannot fail to draw a num e r ous sec ti on o f t h e travel ling community to the shores of our Siater Island — none of the visitors should se t f or th unnrov id e d with this admirable pocket volume. It is themost service able Irish tour bo o k th a t h as ye t appeare d. It con tains a copious amount of information, excellently arranged and clearly and agre e ably written, whilst the pages are illustr a t e d w ith some hi g hly picturesque 'views. The maps are drawn with the utmost accuracy, one being dev o t e d t o eac h o f th e four tours, which embrace the most notable features of Irish scenery. 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"The design of its compilation," says the preface, " has been, in the first place, to show the rapid, convenient, and economic means that now exist for travelling between every part of th e U n i te d Islands ; secondly, to point out, in brief terms, the more remarkable of the picturesque b eaut i es of Ire land, w ith pa ss ing allusions to the hist or i ca l and other associations of each place visited under the privileges of the tourist ticket ; and, lastly, t o d raw attention to the vast field for enterprise now existing in various parts of that country for the safe and profitable in vestment of capital." This design has been fully and efficiently carried out in all its departments, and Mr. McGlashan may be congratulated on turning out so valuable and well got-up a work of national interest. THE "'" WINNER OF THE DERBY. So many of the prophets having been" out" re specting the winner of the great race yesterday, it is interesting to observe that one, at least, evinced upon this matter a very extraordinary degree of prescience. Without directly assuming to himself the power of vaticination, the writer of a pamphlet, noticed some months back in the columns of The Sun, and calling himself " The Wizard of the North," named the -three' first horses that actually passed the winning post—Daniel O'Rourke, Barbarian, and Chief Baron Nicholson. The pamphlet in question was entitled " Who's to Win the Derby?" and was published by Vickers, as far back as January. Of the Chief Ba ron the Wizard of the North said, " We come now to Chief Baron Nicholson, game to the back bone, as his two dead heats with Kingston prove. The heats are said to have been run remarkably quick, the dis. tauce being performed in 1 minute 29 seconds ; but this cannot be so, as, in 1850, Payment won the same race in 1 minute 14 seconds, but then there was difference of 41bs. in her favour. The Chief Baron cut a very bad figure in the Malcombe Stakes at °roodwood, but he was so decidedly shin-sore that he could not raise a gallop, and ought not to have started a t l all . He is wonderfully improved upon his best e r „Year old form, and as he is undergoing a very is " re ntl preparation in first-rate hands, though per uaPe not so great as your Day's or your Scott's, we Would sooner back him at 30 to 1, than the favourite at 4to 1." Of the second horse at the winning post he said, " Barbarian is a big horse, but he is said to be unsuited to the Derby course. He won his race from the Indian Warrior by accident; but, notwith standing that circumstance, he will have to carry a dollop of specie for the Irish division, and a famous jockey has been secured for him in conse quence." This jockey rode Hobble Noble. Still more remarkable was the writer's prediction in regard to the actual winner 'of the Derby of 1852, Daniel - O'Rourke. In regard to Dan he spoke as follows :—" Daniel O'Rourke is a Compact, though mean looking little horse, of the Eu clid build, and gifted with great speed for a short distance. We expect to see him retrieve his early defeats, if not in the Derby, at least in some other equally good thing?' It must be confessed that the Rood fortune of Mr. Bowes was owing not only to the excellence of the horse itself, but to the masterly jockeying of Frank Butler, who may be said to have absolutely kited his horse in, at the critical moment, half a length beyond Barbarian ! "WHERE ARE THEY NOW?" (From Eliza Cook's Journal) The sun-rays came with floods of golden gladness When Childhood dwelt upon our laughing lips ; Bat Time has dimmed the dancing.beams with sadness, And Manhood murmurs through the grey eclipse, " Where are they now? What scented leaves and glowing buds were flinging Their fairy odo u r s round our early day ; Bat Manhood looks while bloom and branch are pringing, And s sighs amid the brightest on its way, " Where are they now ?' What starry hopes illumed our dreaming spirits But W hen Life and Love were beautiful and new ; BAge, with all the wisdom it inherits, reathes o'er the molten gems of morning dew. " Where-are they now ?" Oh • . pensive words ! how many a blissful treasure Ye serve to poi n t t o es a long•lost thing 43 ,,,. /7 rainy a hea r t th a t pours Life's richest measure Mast learn thy plaintive notes, and faintly sing, (II " Where are they now?" ELIZA COOK. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. • SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending May 22, 1852 •• • •.. £13,242 19 6 •• Ditto, May 24, 1851 ••• 13,075 18 7 £167 0 11 ••• Increase in 1852 ... • London Terminus, May 24, 1852. LONDON AND NORTD-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return of Alafac for the week ending blay 23: Passengers, parcels, mails, &c. £25,910 2 11 Merchandise ... 17,724 4 0 ' 1 Cattle .. ... 940 14 1 Total £44,575 1 0 Corresponding week last year ... 50,203 18 6 LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.— AMOLUIt of Traffic for the week ending May 23 Passengers ... Goods ... ... ... £8,988 13 1 ... 2,561 13 4 £ll 550 6 5 Total ... ••• ''' ' ' 19 7 1 12,723 eorreaponding week last year... Ting IrlY 'llme Next RAILWAY.- (Miles in work, 2231, ...Return of Traffic for the Week ending May Passengers, p 16, 1852 : arcels, hor carriages Merchandise;, ses , d and m a il s ... £5,113 16 0 Cattle..!and ..„ 5,735 1 7 •.. ... 227 4 11 Total .. Corresponding week, 1851 (2 ran £11,076 2 6 p ass engers, parcels, B, e . ues) Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ••• £7,023 7 2 ... 3,410 11 0 ••• ..£10,433 182 . Total ••• ----., LANDASUIRE AND Yonsaulan n Open.)—Traflic for week ending May t wAlr • (260 miles Corresponding week in last v.— ,—,6C 16 , 3 74 18 6 miles open) .. . 4 .: * " . . 1/44,1x15 , OATH STAFFoRDSHIRD RAILWAY. .. l5, 2 7 9 Retnrn of traffic for the week ending Ma 7 168 0Pen,112.)- 11 available Railway and canal ... Corresponding week last year ... 5 5: 0 03 1 6 1 Note. —The above is exclusive of the receipts Under the agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company. CHESTER AND HoLYIDLAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the " r eek ending May 28 : MAIN LINE. Passengers ••• ••• Parcels, H. C. and D. Goods, cattle, &C. .411 Mails ... ..• £1,350 18 4 101 9 0 596 8 10 ... 575 0 0 ~. £2,653 16 2 Total .• ••• MOLD. Passengers £3B 16 4 Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... 117 1 106 12 2 Goods, cattle, &c. "' Total •• £147 5 7 ••• ••• STEAK-BOATS• passengers ••• ar cels, H. C. and D. ... ••• ... ... .£290 16 0 27 3 8 Total £317 19 8 Sec/iv / p in , tulip C ENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the l eek g` 44 Y 23, 1852 : Passenger s (11,214), parc,els,horse2, and carriages £1,043 6 0 °'° 0 ( 1 8, cattle, &c. 921 4 1 Total .. .. 1,964 10 1 Pe r th Correspon y2sd ing week in last year... 1,780 5 6 , , 1852. C ORK of „, AND Bizmori RAILWAY.—(2O miles open)—Return 4raffic for the week ending May 22, 1852 : Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £lO4 5 9 . Merchandise, cattle , &c. „. 45 14 3 Total £l5O 0 0 Corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles open) : P assengers, parcels, &c.'" 30 6 0 0 6 1 Merchandise, cattle, Total .. ... .?,0 12 1 A VALUABLE HINT FOR THE ADMIRALTY AND ALL COUSIANDE. RS - IN - CHlEF.—Commodore Sir Henry Leeke, oramander - in-Chief of the East Indian Navy, bids fair to be a very popular man in Bombay. He has ordered all co mmandors of ve sse l s of war, on enter i ng harbour, to for ward to the Master Attendant's office, for the use of the Public and reporters of the press, a list of passengers and summary of news; and all comman d ers of the Indian navy ships who may come across any ship conveying mails or Parcels which have met with any accident, are to send aboard and offer to bring on the said mails and parcels; the Commodore telling them that in acting thus they will at once be performing their dutyobligation to and rendering au the public. rtsmi Prk .o talk Tied, - , ~~~~ ~_, k ' ; s t4 { S N, SPORTING NOTES. 'No. CCXXXIV. TEE RACE FOR TLIE DERBY. WITH. A GLANCE AT THE OAKS. TO THE .EDITOR OF THE SUN. sin„—Never in my experience have I witnessed a ' more disagreeable racing day than was that en - which the seventy-third Derby way decided. The rein cern menced early in the morning; and although it abated slightly towards mid-day, yet a drizzling sort of light mist descended during the whole afternoon. A comma , norary observes, that the course was by no means heaiy; I, however, feel quite sure that it was heavier than in the Flying Dutchman's year. At the road the ground was particularly sodden, some of the animals having slipped in neerly a foot deep; and, altogether, from the beginning to the end the turf was very holding. The attendance, thoegh very large, was nothing to be compared with what it would h ave b een h a d it been a fine day. After a couple of false starts, the twenty-seven horses that congregated at the post got off beautifully, teed laid tolerably well together to Taitenham-corner, Where they begau to tail off. Shortly alter Hobbie Noble took the lead, and maintained it for some distance, when be was headed by Berharian, who carried on the running to the end of the Stand, where Butler, on Daniel, made his final effort, coming with a tremendous rush, and winning on the post by half a length. Chiet Baron Nicholson, who ran in front from the Road, was beaten three parts of a length for second place, and had a neck the advantage of Robbie Noble, 'who was in difficulties at the distance. Alcoran, in a good place from the be ginning of the race, never got into a better, but finished as he commenced; fiftb; King of Trumps was sixth; and Stockwell, who was beaten at the distance , I b eli e v e ran in seventh. The pace was extremely slow—the slowest on record for the Derby, having been four seconds slower: than in the Merry Monarch's year, seven worse than Pyrrhus the First's, nine and a half than Cossack's, fourteen seconds inferior to Shrplice's (the fastest known), two to the Flying Dutchman's, twelve to Vold geur's, and eleven to Teddington's. I am inclined to think, that in very many material points the running of the horses yesterday during the'remainder of the sea son will be reversed in most eaves. For instance, I can not take it as Hobble Noble's true running yesterday; neither can I consider it as any criterion of Harbinger or Stockwell's abilities, the latter being evidently not the thing; or the King of Trumps, who was by no means up to the mark. In my final remarks on the Derby I spoke in a dis paraging manner of the winner's chance, notwithstand ing that in the columns of The Sun at the rather distant date of one and three-quarter years ago I gave him out as one of the most promising foals for the Derby last past, and have since at intervals spoken considerably in his favour; and, despite his two beatings last year at Doncaster and Newmarket, both of which I get down as nil, have stuck to him throughout , the Winter, as the remarks I made about him in my analysis of the Derby, written in December and January last, will testify. It was to this effect:— "Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke. by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Forget me not, was one of my earliest fancies for this race, He was one of the first foals of 1849, having been slipped on the 9th of January : as yet he has been extremely unlucky in the only races he has run. At Doncaster, when not quite the thing.' he ran second to Augur for the Champagne Staks, beating Bay Rosalind and six others His last appearance at the .Newmarket Boughton Meeting was a wretched affair, he there ran fifth to lied Hind for the Criterion Stakes. This as I ooserved at, the time, was not his true running, he being in about as good form as IVewminster was on the Derby-day ;in other words; no form at all. .1 am inclined to look very favourably upon this horse's chance, and consider that he is the pick of Scott's stable ; and will yet, if he stands the preparation. convince the world that he is not to be sneezed at.' 'leis well worth an investment at the present price." My good opinion of Daniel remained unshaken until , his wretched performance in the r: co for the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, for which I had relented him as the winner; his running here, however, knocked my calculations completely overboard; and, although in the last week or ten days the Scott party have been talking about having the winner in their stable, and with a full recollection of the Newrninster game last year, still I would not reinstate him to the position he formerly held in my estimation. Those who took my advice and got `! on" at hundreds, sixty. sixes, fifties, &c., could nave had but little chance of getting out of their money, as no very favourable opportunity has offered of hedging profitably until within the last few days, and so have been obliged to become winners against their inclination. The field for the Oaks will, in all probabiliiy, consist of Songstress, Lady Amyott, Bird-on-the-Wing, Gos samer, -Sally, Trossean, Red Hind, A t t ac k, B a y Rosa lind, Kate, Plumstead, Lady-in. Waiting; 'Bilberry, Gal vanistn,-and perhaps two or three others. I shall say the race would lie entirely with TROSSEAU, lipn HIND, and SONGSTRESS; but as to who will turn out the best I am afraid I cannot foreshadow; probably the: northern coupe will beat the Goodwood nag. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE II'URF. May 27, 1852. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES.-WEDNESDAY. Since the " Bloomsbury " year, when the Derby was won in a snow storm, there has not been so great a damp thrown over the gaiety of the greatest of our me tropolitan holidays as was produced by the 1 incessant rain which, beginning at six o'clock yesterday morning, continued determinately until within a short time of the race. A fine Derby-day is a universal holiday--is wet Derby a day of disappointment to thousands. The glories of " the road " were yesterday totally destroyed, and although from a very early hour vehicles : of every description were pouring along, there was an absence of spirit or enjoyment, and the sun, which for six succes sive weeks of drought had been smiling, now; struggled faintly through a wet blanket of clouds that : overhung the pleasure-seeking multitude, who, with a determina tion not to be disappointed, were working their way to the Downs. The Brighto n . R a il w ay Company, which had anticipated and prepared for an immense traffic, must have found their receipts at least fifty per cent. below their calculations ; thousands, it is true, were conveyed, but there was 'no fight ing for seats, nor was there any difficulty in obtaining conveyance trom the Epsom terminus to the course. In spite, however, of the elements, there was a great crowd on the Downs. If the hill, one of the principal features . of the Epsom panorama, showed an unmistakable fall ing-off in the number of carriages,- the Grand Stand, and the smaller ones on its right, showed little diminu tion in the number of visitors. The devotees of the turf were not likely to be deterred by rain from being present at a race in which their interests were so heavily involved, and it may be questioned if they ever mustered in greater numbers. 1 The show of royal, titled, and fashionable company included his Royal Highness the Duke-of Oambridge, attended by Major the Hon. James Macdonald; the Duke of Richmond, the Marquises of Dawnshire, Clanricarde, Exeter, and Drogheda; the Earls of Besborough, Dur ham, Euston, Chesterfield, Airlio, Uxbridge, Zetland, and March; Lords—Maidstone, Anson, Enfield, Lascel les, Torrington, Exmouth, Henry. Gordon Lennox, Alexander Lennox, Ribblesdale, G. Manners, Paget, F. Fitzroy, and G. Lennox; Sirs—R. P. linton, R. Peel, J. B. Mill, G. Ar m it age , R. Pigot, C. R shout, H. (I Meux, W. W. Wynn, and H. Campbell. Eon urables— Admiral Paulett, General Anson, Colonel. Stanley, S. Herbert, Colonel Boyle, Major Pitt, Major Needham, T. Stoner, Captain Roes, H. Forester, Agar Ellis, F. Villiers, Colonel Peel, Colonel Newton. Messrs.—Gre vale, Payne , Nevill, Balfour, Rush, Smythe, Mills, S. Graham, . Heathcote, Milner, W. H. Williamson, Meiklam, Bowes, Wigram, &c. There was a remark able falling off in the attendance of ladies, and their absence added materially to the gloom and dulness of the day. The racing commenced with the Carew Stakes, to which little attention was paid either in or out of the ring, and which, from the same cause that delayed the starts on Tuesday, was much behind tipe. This having bee decided, the preliminaries commenced for the Derby, for which twenty-seven starters Were duly telegraphed —two less than were enumerated on the card. The only change of any moment in the jockeys, was the substitution of W. Sharpe for Whitehouse; and the only alteration in the betting , deserving iipecial re ference was in the two favourites, the Danebury nag obtaining an unequivocal lead as soon as the ring was formed in the enclosures. The horses having taken - their canters, proceeded •to the post, and at half-past three, after a couple of failures, were started in good order. The race, which was run at anything but a great pace, was, from the dis tance, left to four, and terminated in the triumph of an animal,result from h w a h v o e s e previous running a very different thought in the Stand b t e h e t f i n t Beanrtbi catrpiaantedh.adlt won,wa party, and when were the expressions it waso e se7rtaiued that Daniel O'Rourke s a and loud first triumph amongst' the Irish had first caught the - was scarcely less thro wine up his hat and entifues! eye, , the delight'expic4sed itaying symptoms Of mire aesttric—one Noble' Marquis ,tir:siituvell to add that Daniel' straineegratification. It or stallion, who in Winners a_ gentlenaanhas O'Rourke, although by England; he is the property t r:covered and by six o'clock ~ .5 1 .undig and Cother bred two other Derby stone. the• best accounet o e F e th e The time that was lost up to this Taco was sucweeeeded, subjoin running that circumstances enabled us to collect thaet i w n er th e o it is not so detailed, or perhaps altogether so accurate, s l concluded. that 9 could bo wished, must be attributed to the absence of a accommodation for the reporters , who certainly ha ve no reason to look upon their work at. Epsom as a "l a b our e of love. Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 40 added; three The Carew 61b; four, Bst i , lb• five and upwards, Bst yrs old, ist 111 b; mares allowed 51b, tied geldings 31b, homes . been beaten, allowed 51b; twice, and having started to be sold for 150 e, 71b• the winner . thrice or more, • , quartets of a mile. Three in the usual way. 6 t 51b (Kendall) 1 3 yrs, s Mr. Gulliver's Lady Blanche,l 3 18 7st 61b (Basbaro) 2 Mr. Morris's Priam the Thit. ,Y Bs ' t 81b (W. Ahdale) 3 Count Batthyany's Wee Mickey; lb (Wakefield) 0 7st 4 Mr. Parea Little Be-peep, 3 yrs, • tslb ...(S'ffert) 0 Mr. Benstead's The Rogue, 4 yrr, 7 8 ....(Sa bi n ) 0 Mr. Sonthby' s Ap p l eton , 3 yr s , 6st 101') .. Captain Rowley' s Y e ll ow B o y, 3 yrs, 7't."'(Cs -h 3 'rton) 0 Betting 6 to 4 eget Priam the Third, 5 to 2 egst Little 80-peep, 4t o 1 agst 'Lady Blanche. Won by ! , s neck; a length -and a half between secon d and third. Run in 1 min. 19 secs. The Derby Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for three yrs olds; colts, B.t 71b; fi llies, Bst 21b; the owner of the second horse to receive 100 soya. out of thestakes, and • the winner to pay 100 soya, towards the police, and 50 sous. to the judge. • Mile and a half on the New Derby Course. (181 Subs.) Mr, Bowes's ca c Daniel O'Rourke ......... (F, Butler) 1 THE 140 N D ON, Mr. Bradshaw's b e Barbarian__ (Hiptt) 2 Mr. 0. Dorrien's Chief Bo,ron Nicholson (Kice - heric..r) 3 Mr. Merry's b c Hobble Noblo (W. Sharp) 4 The following also started, kpit were not placed:— Loud Zetlatiol'sch c Augur (Rogers) 0 Mr. Fariance's b c Joe iylillcr (Doekeray) Lord 'Enfield's br c Homebrewed (Sly) 0 General Anson's b c King Pepin (Charlton) b Mr. Howard's b c Little Harry (A. Day) 0 Lord Ribblesdale's b c Kingston (G. Brown) 0 Lord Ribblesdate's br c The Nabob (Pettit) 0 Mr. Pi Booth's b c Missive (S. Mann) 0 Duke of Riehmond's Harbinger Lord IJrfor4'a br c Alcoran (Bartnolomew) 0 Major! Martyn'S b c 'Convulsion (W. Abdale) 0 Mr. W. Stebbing's chic Alfred the Grest...(Bumby) 0 Mr. J 1 M. Stanley's b c Orelio (Pearl) 0 Mr. "Meiklam'a b c Womersley ..... .(Templeman) 0 • Mr. G. Barton's bl c Thu Surveyor - (J. Mar son) 0 Lord Exeter's tee Stockwell : 0 0 Lord Exeter's bl c Aanbros Mr. J. Clerk's b c Elcot (11 b) (Whitehoase) 0 Duke of Bedford's ch c Maidstone --(Hewlett) 0 Mr. R. S. Walker's br c .The Treasurer ...(Simpson) 0 Lord Eglinton's b c Clay:shot:is° (Marlow) 0 Mr. S. Davidson's br c Vortex . —(Maton) 0 Mr. R. eh c King of Trump ..... (LYe) 0 BETTING AT STARTING. 7 to 2 agst Little Harry—taken 4 to 1 sigst . Hobbie Noble • 11 to 1 agst Harbinger 11 to 1 agst Alcoran—taken 12 to 1 apt Claverhonse--taken 14 to L agst KirYston— taken 16 to I agst Stoclwell' - 20 to 1 agst Alfred the Great—taken 20 to 1 agst.lfC'omersley 25,t0 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke--taken 25 to 1 agst Joe Miller 25 to 1 agst Augur 25 to 1 a?st'Orelio ' 40 to 1 agst any other Lord Exeter declared to win with Stockwell. A good start was effected, after a couple of failures, Little Harry immediately after leaving the post, taking a slight lead, closely waited on by Stockwell, Hobble Noble, King Pepin, and Harbinger, King of Trumps and Orelio next, and the whole lot, with the exception of Treasurer and Maidstone, lying tip in very close order. With one or two changes of no moment they ran to the bend, where Stockwell and King Pepin gave way, and Harbinger took the second place, and Hobbits Noble the third, next to him, in a body, coming Womersloy, Chief Baron Nichol son, King of Trumps, Barbarian, Daniel O'Rourke, Al coran, Augur, and Stockwell. Harbinger was beaten in making the turn, and at the, road Little Harry showed symptoms of distress. A few strides farther he gave. way, and Barbarian took a decided lead, Hobbits Noble and Chief Baron Nicholson lying second and third, on the loWer side, and Daniel O'Rourke fourth, on their right. The race from the half-distance was left to this lot, Daniel O'Rourke, who came with a rush a few strides from the chair, winning by half a length, Barba rian beating Chief. Baron Nicholson a length for the second place, and the latter beating Hobbie. Noble by a head; Alcoran was fifth, and King of Tramps sixth. The race was rim in . 3 min. 2 secs. The Epsom Town Plate of 50 sous. (handicap) for all ages; the ninner of any race after the publication of the weights to carry 51b extra. One mile. Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux, Bst 121 b ...(F. Butler) 1 Mr. Wotton's Marchioness, 6 yrs, 7st 815 (Charlton) 2 Mr. Pottinger's Juggler, 6 yrs, Tat 515 (G. E. Sharp) 3 Mr. Parker's Ventre-a-terre, 4 yrs, Gat 101 b (Collins) 4 Betting=-5 to 4 agst Bordeaux, and 3to 1 agst any other.. The favourite made all tho gunning, and won very cleverly by half-a-lengtb, the Juggler a bad third. Run in 1-min. 50 secs. ; fie Great Exhibition Plate of 100 sovs. (handicap) for all 'ages; the winner of any race subsequent to the publication of the weights to carry slbs extra.' One mile and a quarter. Mr. Wilson's Ella, 4 yrs, sst (Kendall) 1 Mr. E. R..C:arkis _Plumstead, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Garvey) 2 Mr. Barling's Harriott, 6 yrs, 6st 3. Mr. Balehin's Bacchanalian, aged, 7st 41b (Kitchener) 0 Mr. S. Douglas's Don Pedro, 4 yrs, 7st (E. Ford) 0 Mr. Hodgson's Coral, 3 yrs, Est 71b ...., ,(L'almer) ~.0 Mr. Haysham's Domino, 3 yrs, Est 41b ...(Rickards) 0 Mr. W. ado's Bilberry, 3 yrs, Est (Fordham) Mr. Begbie's Aitchbone (car. sst 31b) (T Sheriirood) 0. Betting-7 to 4 agst Ella, 3to 1 agst . Plumsiead, and 7to 1 agst any other. Won easily by two lengths; three,lengtlas between second and third; Coral , fourth. Run in 2 min., 25 secs. The Burgh Stukes of 3 sovs, each, with 50 added; three yr 3 old, 7st 1011); four, Sat 71b.; five and uwwards, Bst 81b; mares allowed 51b, and geldings 31b. The winner to be sold for 100 sovs., and allowances lif.te be sold for less. Half a mile. Mr. Shrimpton's Arlette, 6at 121 b (601.) (Barns) 1 Mr. C. Eloinsby's Jock o' Sot, 7st Illb (40/.) (liiett) 2 Mr. Goodwin's Julia. 4 yrs, Est 91b (400 (T. Smith) 3 Duke of Richmond's Buckhound, 7st (40/.) (Garvey) 0 Mr. Greville's Greengage, 3 y rs , 7st 51b (Harding) 0 Mr. Payne's Cotton Lady, Est 51b (600 (Rickards) 0 Mr. Edney'a Incurable, 63t 91b (40/.) (C. Bradley) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Joe o' Sot, 4to 1 agst Julia, and 6to 1 eget Arlette. Won easily by a length, the same between second and third, Buckhound forth. Run in 50 secs. LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. OAKS. 7to 4 agst Songstress (2 to I Bto 1 agst Troussean(lo 1 taken freely). to 1 taken freely). sto 1 Red Hind I Bto 1 Gossamer. 10 to 1 Attack. CRICKET. THE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND v. TRE GENTLEMEN OF THE MANCHESTER CLUB, WITH. THREE PLAYERS. This interesting match was resumed on Tuesday morn ing at Lord's, and brought to a conclusion on the same afternoon. It proved to be one of the best matches, which have for many years _been witnessed at Maryle bone, and. as it approached its termination there was great e xc it em ent manifested by all parties, esp ec i a lly at the moment—the Marylebone having three wickets to go down and 12 - runs to obtain—when Hunt, who had pre viously made two beautiful catches, missed taking Nixon in the slip. This would have been a most capital catch if made, for it-was a long reach, and would have thrown additional odds in favour of the Manchester gentlemen. Nixon having been thus missed the two wickets is ran off the 12 runs, and so won the day by three: wickets. The fieldi ng on the part of Manchester was excellent throughout, whilst the bowling of Hunt and Wisdom in the last innings was very fine. The play having been resumed by the appearance of Sir T. Moncrieffe and Mr. Bathurst at the wickets; the former was soon bowled by Wisden without an increase of the score„ and was succeeded by the Earl of Winter ton. Mr. Bathurst, however, having presently contrived to run cut. the Marylebone score only amounted to 126, an i ncrease o f tw o upon the total of the pre ceding day.. Manchester then entered on their second hands, but only made 42, seven of the wickets owing their demolition to the fine bowling of Grundy. Hunt obtained 15 of this total, scoring two fours, a three, and four singles. Next to his number on this side were those of Mr. BelhousP, who made 9 by two threes, a and five sin g l es; an d o f Wi s d e n, whose amount of 7 two, end a singl e; o f ' Mr. Armstead, 7 —namely, a two was Composed of one five and a couple of singles. The total of this innings was only 42, and therefore the Marylebone embarked on their second hands to obtain 83 to tie, or 84 to win. The latter result they achieved, made wickets r e maining, but it i s ver y quest i ona b le whet h er that success would have attended the m h a d t h e " ca tch," to which allusio n has been missed been ected. How ever,. with three by Hunt, eff the Marylebone Cricliet Club won. All the scores in the inning s were small, with th e except i on o f M r. H a y g arth's 20, by a , three, three twos, an d a b a l ance o f ones; of Adam's 20 , in three fours, th ree twos, an d a coup l e o f singles; and my Lord Winterton's 7, thus made up—a three, a two, and a brace of ones. The score, at its final close, pre sented the subjoined appearance:— - . . MANCHESTER. ' Hunt; b Nixon S. Taylor, Esq., b Nixon G. F. Cooke, Esq., b Grundy... 40 b Grundy ...4 0 Wisden, b Grandy Main, s Nicbolson, b Nixon B5 b Grundy ... .....,.. 1 W. Armstea.cl, Esq., b Nixon 9 not out G. lloward, Esq., b Nixon .. 10 b Nixon J. E. Eowley, Esq., c Adams, b Grundy . . 9 b Grundy T. T. Belhouse, Esq., not out 11 cHaygarth,bGrundy 9 T. Smelt, Esq., b Nixon R. A. Barlow, Esq., b Grundy 0 c Nicholson,bGrundy 0 Byes, 2 : leg, 5 ; wide,l; no ball, 1 42 - MARYLEBONE CLUB. A. Haygarth, Esq., b Wisden... 5 c Hunt, b Wisden 20 W. Nicholson, Esq., b Wisden.. 22 b Wisden Nixon, b Wisden ............ Grundy, c Armstead, b Hunt l2 c Hunt, b Wisden ... 4 Adams, c Smelt, b Wisden, 3B b Hunt F. M. Eden, Esq., b Wisden ... 3 not out ....... ...., 1 Lord Guernsey, c Taylor, b Wisden R. Kypaiton, Esq., b Rowley.. 10 c Hunt, b Rowley... 1 Sir T. Moncrieffe, b Wisden ... 4 F. Bathurst, Esq., run out 1 Earl of Winterton, not out 2 s Hunt, b Wisden ... 7 Byes, 5 ; leg, 1; wide, 2 ; no Byes, 6 ; leg,4 ; wide, balls, 3 126 Thus the Maryiebone Club won by three wickets. ROYAL MARINES. WOOLWICH, MAY 26.—The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have signified their pleasure that the standard height for recruits for the Royal Mariue corps shall be 5 tees 7 inches until further orders. A party consisting of one corporal and six privates will embark in her Majesty's steatn-vessel Triton at Woolwich Dockyard, on Friday next, the 28th instant, for servioe on.the Mediterranean station. The Bal tic steamer repo r t s t h e arrival at New York, destinatio n , after arun although, 13 3 ug a h t " ----------------------------- aZ t s, of the Great B r it a i n steam ship. This vesse l arrived same time as th e C ana d a at her this head yesterd a y, Boston as is vivaelstated in th e ar ti c l e under than New York from Liverpool; added to this, the screw steam-ship has engines of 500-hors e 3,470 tons register, while the paddle-vPree steamer has en , addle-power only to propel gines of 800-horse power to propel 1700 tons register. It must be admitted that the triumph is complete in favour of the screw-ship Great Britain.—Herald. GOLD FROM AUSTRALIA.— The ship Statesma n arr ived in the docks from Geelong and Melbourne, Ans.! t i alia, has brought 25 boxes of gold dust from the former and 67 boxes of gold dust from the latter place, Consigned to different houses in the metropolis. Six boxes of gold dust have been brought by the Stirlingsbire, and three kaOes paC of , gold by the Martnion, from Launceston, Van 'Dimwit§ Lind! . . ~. .. ~., . • . THURSDA'Y AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, MAY 26. By the United States' msil steam ship Baltic, Captain Comstock, which arrived in the Mersey shortly before 8 o'clock this morning, we have ad vices from New York to the 15th inst. She brings 75,000 dulls. on frehrht. . triumph .in the cu e o f t h e G rea t B r it a in. -This The screw principle of propulsion has achieved a vessel 1, fc the Mersey-on the Ist instant, and-not withstandiog very unfavourable weather, which ren dered her sails - nearly' useless, - she accomplished the passage in 13 days 4 hours. On the 12th she ran a distance Of 301 miles in 0 4 hours—a speed hitherto unattained by scre w s t eamers. Au apparently we ll i n f ormed correspon d en t of the New York Herald, wr i t i ng from Washingtoreon the 13th, tntimates that he had seen a letter ,_from a dia tinguishtei gentleeten in Mexich to a friend in that city, which contained important and interesting infor mation at to the relations existing between the United States and Mexico. It was underst;od'in the)eity of Mexico ' that President Arista 'had, on the - 10th of April, after the rejection of the Tehuantepec - treaty, addreeied i'letter to President Fillmore, stating all the facts of the difficulty as regards the position_. : as sumed by Mr. Letcher the Ameeican Minister, who was informed long before the treaty was rejected, by the American C ongress that it ha d no -chance of being ' ratified—th ere b eing but one man in either 'House of C ongress i n *f avour of it. But it' was intimated to him . that the Government was willing to gr an t t h e right of w ay across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to the New Orleans Com pany, if they would cease to press the Garay grant claim—a claim which the Mexican people were unani mously opposed to, on the ground not only of its ex piration, but that it was obtained by bribery, and conveyed a vast quantity . of land-10 leagues on both sides of the road---for the purpose of colonisation. Mr. Letcher wrote to Mr. Benjamin, the President of the Tehuantepec Company, requesting him to visit Mexico and try to arr ange the matter, by aban d on i ng the Garay grant, and accept i ng a new grant f or th e right of way alone. But M r. Benjam i n did no t go. The Tehuantepec treaty wa s re j ected by t h e M ex ican Congress with but two di ssent i ent, votes . Imme diately thereupon Mr. Letcher addressed to the Mexican Government the ultimatum of the Government of the United States, which declared that , the Tehuantepe c treaty, recognising the va lidity of the Garay grant, trust be confirmed by. the Mexican Government. No other arrangement would for a moment be listened to. ' It was under such circumstances that President Arista addressed himself directly to President Fillimore. He ac knowledged the weakness of Mexico, and the great ness of the United States, , and made a touching appeal to the magnanimity of a great nation not to force a wrong upon a weak people. He de clared there must be some mysterious influence which induced the United States to endeavour to force Mexico -to ratify a treaty reviving a defunct grant. The Government and people of Mexico had every desire to throw open the Tehuantepec com munication, and he instanced the fact that the day previous to his writing a Bill had been introduced into the Mexiaan Congress authorisin g the Govern ment, to offer the right of way across the Isthmus to any company which would build a road; but, as. for the Garay grant, it would not be recognised, even if the United States forced upon Mexico the full extent of the threat contained in the ultimatum— war. The Herald's correspoedent did not know whether Arista's letter bad reached the President, but he supposed not, as the new Mexican Minister had riot been presented. ' , Further details had transpired relative to the con tents of Chevalier Hulsemann's note, to the President, from which it appears that the letter is dated April 28,nnd states that in November and December Mr. Hulsomann had remonstrated with the Secretary on account of his communications . -and interviews, and their subjects, being 'treated with ridicule and derision in certain public journals of New York and Phila delphia. The Secretary's treatment of the Kossuth affair, and particularly his speech at the Kossuth Congressional Banquet, had made it the duty of Mr. Hulsemann to Ascertain whether such sentiments as the Secretary had made expression of were those of. the Government of the- United States. The verbal. CxPlanationa and assurances made to him on these occasions had been followed by no change in ,the manner in , which his transactions with this Government were treated by the pub lic press. That, particularly, some articles pub lished in New Orleans had recently been the oc casion of the Austrian Ministry suffering considerable unpleasantness and annoyance. Under these cir cumstances he considered it his duty to withdraw from any further relations with the Government, which could only be continued through the medium of one who was a promoter of Kossuth and un friendly to the Austrian Government ; and there fore that Mr. Belmont, Austrian Consul-General at New York, would hereafter, if occasion required, be the means asuch c ommunications as the Austrian Government might have to make. The Chevalier then thanks the President for his kindness, urbanity, &c., and asks the secretary to accept assurance of his high consideration, &c. The letter is said to cover several pages of foolscap, and to be written in very ill-humour, The reply i s by th e acting Secretary , of . cmmunications as the Austrianect a l o an was pro p ose d to be State, and is dated, m ay 3d. It acknowledges the receipt of the Chevalier's letter very briefly, and merely says that such o Government may h ave occasio n t o m ake through Mr. Belmont will be resp ectfully received. 1 Among our miscell aneous items we f i n d . t h at at 1, Rochester the democr ats had ,called a mass meet i ng, relative to the enla r gement of the Erie Canal , to ou effected on the' cr e di t of the State. The Mount Morris darn which project Gen essee Valley Canal had given waythe navigation. and put a stop to It would take carry on the some weeks, and a large a mount of money, to repair the break. A bridge ' built at Darien, Georgia, for the Panama Railway, to span the Chagres river, was about to be shipped to its destination. Considerable interest had been created by a decision in the' New York State COurt of A Pa --- P e I be which the Canal law was declared to be n eeo a t, k t i Delegates in fav our of •i ii ss' ", titutifon the Presidency had been elected i n Ti oga, 1 more or The Anti-Slavery • count Society Rochester had passed some very strong resoluti on ; at condemnatory of slavery. The Louisiana Legislatureh hadpassed a law pro hibiting the emaneipatioe o l a - P n that State, ex cept on condition of their bein s aves t i out of the United States. A Bill recently reportedsen in the Maryland Legislature has a, similar prnv. A very stringent Bill against free negroes had beenion. reported in the Virginia Legislature, th e enforcement of which would drive them cut of the St ate. In the New York stockmarket there was an active demand for the various des s of 'securities, at firm prices. There was no in cription .h. - ment, the present rates of qtury for specie for s ip vibe . of butlioh in England- exchange, with of the low tation, unless at a loss to d i t a lot h. admitting _ expor- h . London was quoted at 110 .IS _ippe i r . . p Ex . ch i nge l o to 5.17 i; Amsterdam, 40 1 4 t o 4 1 110 42 , h arts, 35 6 36: Bremen, 781 to 78 1. , ; 11 ra urgh, i- to -tuoney was, more abun dant than ever. The available means of the banks were on the increase, and much difficulty was expe rienced in employing their heavy balances. Among the private bankera.'the same State of things existed, and lower fates ef interest Were the inevitable result. nie strictly prime. business Paper there was no diffi culty in obtaining money at 4,0 5 per cent., while loans had been effected as law as e , _ J- For cotton there had been a good demand, and the upward tendency in cl. Flour prices still continue . .. was still , depressed. For corn there was a E E ?f!EIY d emand. For tobacco the demand was qu . iet, without chang e in prices. Iron was littl e firms offeri Freights were for shipment. heavy, owing rather ng The folleiving is from the New York ilerald:— '" The screw steam-ship Great , Britain, Captain Mat thews; has arrived from Liverp oo l . She left that port at half-,pest_ nine..9'clock .Oil, Saturday morning, the Ist inst., and has, therefore, made the Passage in thir teen days and four hours—the sh ortest on record of a screw steamer. brings - - " The' Great Britain ,one hundred and six Passengers. She was oerrigthaaaily called the "Mon ster," but she is no larger from hn the Collins steamers. She is built of iron, and_ e a variety of circum stances,ha considered a tamous vessel. may The following is an extract of THE LOG OF THE sax AM BRITAIN. ' May I—At 9.10 A.H. lett Wellington dock ; at 10.40 stopped to put ow ners, friends, e as a with nci t lot on board steam tug; 8, P.M. exchanged slut R. M. steam-ship and • barque Argyle slur, a Africa, passed .• antrum Fine of no service. pleasant weather; • sails _ i 1 t 5 .May 2.—W r La • d, norther y, a . I 25, long Lieu, bathe - • 9 20, dis tance run 28 0 miles---e4se g winds throughout; sails of little service. A '— ' Vir. to N.E., lat. 51 17 May 3—Winu calms , long. 15 39, 232 milea—Light winds and__ . ........__ , throu g h out. _ I May 4—Wind N.B. to".b bw w. let 50 45. long 22 17, 252 milese-Most part light m winds and fine weather. May s—Wind S.S.W. to vv.b.W., lat. 50 12 long. 27 53, 216 miles — Strong breezes, increasing to heavy gales, and high cross s, to W., lat 50 ea. May 6—Wind W.S.iv. 55, long. 32 25, 170 miles—First part strong • gales, latt e r part strong breezes and high seas. May 7—Wind W. to b 'Ai_.....„._ by vir -,let, 49 48, lon g . 3, 19, 191 milesgoderate gales and squally ; latter part strong gales. en-in - a w to N.W., let. 48 53 May 8— , ~long. 40 55, 150 miles—Fresh gales and heavy squalls ; very high seas. N May 9—Wind W• • to N.N.W., lat. 46 09, long. 45 38, 254 miles—Strong winds and _decreasin g . May 10—Wind S.W. to S.W._hy W., lat 45 21, long . Si 29, 24 8 m il es —Strong winds and hazy ; drizzling rain. 57 04 May 11--Wind S.W. by W. to N.W., lat. 44 06, l on g. 268.milea—Strong winds and hazy. May 12—Wind N.W by W., lat. 42 33, long-62 55, 301 miles—Calm and clear ; ends moderate, with rain. May 13—Wind S. to E., lat 41 01, long. 68 27, 264 miles—Fresh breezes and gloomy, with fogs,; at 3.45 took pilot on board. May 14—Wind W. to N., lat. 40 28, long 74 02, 256 miles—Strong winds from the northward ; paned Sandy hour.at 10 50 A M.—m a ki ng t h e passage in 13 days 5i . This speaks well for the G. B. It will be seen that in one day she accomplished the distance of three, hundred and one miles. The Canada, one of the Cunard line which has made the shortest run on record to 'Tali: - fax, sailed from Liverpool on th e same day with the Great Britain, and therefore must have had pretty much the same weather; yet size only anticipated the G. B. seventeen hours and thirty minutes. ANNEXED ARE TWO SHORT STATEMENTS OF THE VOYAGE. "On board the steam-ship Great Britain, " New York, May. 14, 1852 "My dear Sir,—lt affords me great pleasure to inform you that I have been deputed by my fellow pa senger s to offer you their sincere congratulations on the very satisfactory result of the application of your patent scri,w propeller to the Great Britain steam-ship, en her re=ap pearance on the broad waters of the Atlantic. Our voyage of thirteen days has not only been accom plish:A in less time than might have boon anticipated, when the small proportion of power (500 horses) to the ton nage of the ship (3,500 tons) is considered, but it,has Licen performed hoth in rough and smooth sea with a compa rative degree of freedom from that disagreeable vibra tion which i.tcso generally complained of in paddle-wheel steamers. Individually, I have been a close but quiet observer of your untaring exertions in the cause of steam-screw propulsion, and most of the subscribers to this testimo nial have heard from your own lips something of the difficulties and prejudice that you have had to en counter in the introduction of your invaluable invention into the naval and mercantile services of your country, which I am sure cannot fail to render your present suc cess the more gratifying. " In conclusion, I am to thank you for your ready and straightforward explanations as to the arrangement and working of the beautiful machinery with which th© Great Britain has been fitted by the eminent firm which you represent on this occasion, and before we part, to wish you a continuance of the well merited gratification which you have experienced on this, your first trip to the United States. " EDWARD FRANKLIN, Commander, R.N. "Mr. F. P. Smith, &c., &c., &c. " On board steam-ship Great Britaile, New York Harbour, May 14,1852. " We, the undersigned passengers on board the Great Britain screw steam-ship, beg to offer our sincere con gratulations to you on the very successful termination of this your first trip, as commander of the largest steam ship afloat, and through you to the spirited proprietors, who have so efficiently restored to Atlantic navigation one of its finest ornaments. " Of the performances of the vessel, we feel we cannot speak too highly. They have been such as we believe must call for official inquiry from the highest naval authorities both of England and America, and that the -great merits of its improved machinery will thereby be brought under the notice of the public in the most em phatic manner. " We have much pleasure in bearing testimony to your unceasing vigilance and ability in the command of your noble ship, and to the very satisfactory conduct of your officers and crew throughout our passage." Signed by the whole of the passengers. " To Captain B. R. Mathews." HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT BRITAIN. (From the Liverpool Courier.) With regard to the Great Britain, it may be truly' said that she made and lost a reputation; and that now, under more favourable auspices, she is recovering her character again. The early history of the Great Britain was not unmarked by features of interest. When she was building at Bristol, she was the observed of all ob servers; and even then, in what might be called the in cipient state of the vessel, she was the theme of conver sation in this and every other civilized country. On Saturday, the 26th of July, 1845, the Great Bri tain took her departure from this port on her first voyage for New York, with forty-five passengers, and 520 tons of goods. The vessel took the north passage, and arrived at New York, on the 10th of August at noon. On her return voyage she left New York on the 30th of August, and arrived at Liverpool on the 15th of September, at 8 A.m. The Great Britain was gradually working up her way, and her reputation was established as a matchless vessel. The race, however, was short. On Tuesday, the 22d of September, 1846, the Great Britain, under the command of Lieut. Hosken, R.N., lett Liver pool at half-past eleven in the morning, with 185 pas sengers, and a crew of 90 hands. The vessel had been adapted to give her superior speed, and the circum stances under which she left this port were of the most auspicious character. The wind was fair and free, and, immediately after she discharged the pilot at the North west light-ship, the whole of her sails were set, and she ran at a speed of eleven knots per hour. In duo time the Calf of Man was sighted, and the vessel continued her course without deviation, and with a strange infatu ation, until half-past nine o'clock at night, when she ran aground in Dumdrum Bay. The disaster was never suf ficiently explained. In Dundrum Bay she remained during a severe winter, and endured the buffe:ings of the ocean in a manner which bespoke her qualities. She was finally released from her awkward position, and was towed to Liverpool by steamboats, arriving here on the 25th of August, 1847. " The ill success which had attended the vessel dis pirited her owners from further proceedi❑gs, and the Great Britain Iv in the north docks literally a sheer hulk.' Her dilapidated appearance was not calculated to lead to the hope that she Was capable of a❑ything more than being kept in port as a mornento mori of herself. To the eye of the sailor, however, and the lover of a fine ship, there was much to admire under her unsightly exterior. Her beautiful lines and evident capabilities were so apparent to the practised eye, that it was felt to be a pity that she should lie a wreck in pert; and with these views we have oft times urged that some capitalists should purchase her, and again place her in that position she ought to occupy. A peculiar purchaser was evidently required to do what was necessary. Those who bought the vessel would require in the first place to effect their purchase for much less than alio cost origi❑ally, and they would also require to ba men of capital and enterprise, to plan and execute new arrangements in the ship. For tunately Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., of this town, who had formerly acted as agents for the company, coincided in the opinions just expressed, and became the owners of the vessel. As soon as the contract was com pleted, the new owners set to work with energy to carry out their views. Three large contracts were immediately entered into for the principal part of the work required, and the contractors wrought at the same time with each other in their different contracts. " The contract for the iron work and shipwright's alterations was signed on the 23d of February, 1851, and the vessel was placed in their hands on the following day, since which time the work has been proceeding with as great rapidity as it could safely progress. One of the first operations of the contractors was to get the vessel into the Sandon Graving Dock, where she was placed upon an even keel. As soon as the vessel was dry in the Graving Dock, the civil engineer struck a straight line through the entire length of the ship, which was duly marked, and from this line all the subsequent workings were carried on. This is mentioned not so much as to the fact, but as to the results arising from it, and the consequent accuracy of the work. This accuracy will be more apparent, when we state that the bed plates upon which the engines rest were found not to vary the sixteenth of an inch from a true line. The contract em braced the whole of the repairs of the iron work, and also the shipwright's work. Its magnitude may be judged of from the fact that they erected a steam engine to aid the work, and employed 350 men during the time she lay in the Graving Dock, " It is not, however, to be supposed that the Great Britain has undergone any alteration in her Le= ; that is precisely as it was before. The only alteration as re gards the hull is the removal of the rolling plates for merly attached to her sides, which were found insuffi cient for their object. And whereas she has had for merly nothing more than an iron plate about two inches deep for a keel, she has had an oak keel 17 inches deep added, and bolted through with iron bolts, this is covered with zinc, to neutralize the effects of the water, and to make its surface smooth. The object of this keel is to prevent rolling, which it is believed it will ac complish. " We have already stated that the vessel will be un usually strong, and we are correct in saying that at the present moment she is twice as strong es ever she was, au amount of skill having been bestowed upon her fasten ings such as we believe has never been known in a ship before. To give some idea of what has been done we may Fay that her bottom, amidships, for about 150 feet in length, is entirely new, and wherever there has been any chafing, new plates of the best iron have been substituted. To increase the strength of the ship the floorings have been made - of double instead of single an iron, as formerly. The bows and ster n of the vessel have been strengthened by the addition of double angle iron framing, an d this h as again been further secured by t hree tiers of iron stringers, two feet three inches wide and five-eights of a n inch thick, riveted to the frame-work at right-angles. There have been ten new iron kelsons p thelacen the e shiph ip,, running fore and aft for the entire length of h a lf as deep again as those formerly in her; and there re box kelsons to s upp ort the engines, m ade of one and a a quarter inch plate iron, and three feet six inches deep. And not only have the owners made the vessel stronger than she was, but they have arranged all matters of de tail in such a superior manner that she will now be able to carry a much larger cargo than before—probably to t h e extent of 1, 000 tons additional. This capacity w ill be gained partly through the space saved by new boilers, and partly through the construction of a deck-house, 300 feet long, and 7 feet 6 inches high. The deck house will be used for passengers, and will thus make the lower cabin available for cargo. New bulwarks have also been erected around the ship, at an elevation of four feet six inches aove those she previousl had, and these will be of further use in protecting the deck-house in severe weather, whilst the roof of the house will form a prome nade 30 0 feet long, and perfectly protected from a ny seas the vessel may ship. The dimensions of the Great Britain now are as follow Length over all .330 feet. Beam 51 feet 6 inches. Depth from promenade deck, 40 feet 10i inches. Capacity for cargo, about ............3,000 tons. Ditto for coals 1 200 tons. _ - - An alteration has been made in the masts cf the ship, the number being reduced to four instead of five, as she formerly had; but this in no wise affects her sailing power, as she will be able to spread 6,000 square yards of canvass. Two of her lower masts, we should say, are iron cylinders, especially constructed w ith a view to giv. j u g them lightness and strength. The two centre masts ztre rigged es in a ship, carrying sails us high as ' royals,' and the first and I.e,L, masts r.),re rigged with fore and att sails, as in a schooner. 'rho cabins of the vessel are cernmedious and ele gant. The cabins of the captain and chief officer are upon deck, and have been so a rrange d t h a t th e y entirely overlook the operations of the ship. • " Tae next, and one of the most important considera tions in the vessel, is her motive power. The old engines were nominally of 1,600-horse power, but it is a tines tioa if they ever worked over 500-horse p ower; th e new ' engines, on the other baud, are nominally of 500-horse power, but there is er - ny reason to hope that they will Work up to 600-horse power. The Great B r i ta i n h as been fitted with a peir of oscillating engines, by John Penn and Son, engineers, Greenwich, and are of the collective power of 500 horses. The cylinders are 82} inches in diameter, and six feet length of stroke, and, by the intervention of cog wheels, the screw shaft sankes th ree revo l ut i ons to one o f the engine. The screw ce fan has three arms or blades, and is fifteen feet six inches diameter and nineteen feet pitch. Tnere are-six either of which can be usedindepend ently of the other if necessary. About seven hundred tons of coal can be stowed in the bunkers in the engine room, and provision has been made to take—Geo-at -500 tons in other parts of the vessel—in all more than enough to take the ship to-New York and back. The engines are of the most beautiful workmanship, and do credit to their constructors. To lessen the vibration formerly experienced from the motion of the screw and machinery, eight new wrou2ht iron beams have been placed transversely through'the vessel, which lock her Bides firmly together. The bases on which the machi nery rests are much stronger than formerly, and she has further been s t rengt h ened ' by the addition of massive iron entablature beams to the engines , which ag a i n are buttressed by a fr am i ng o f teakwood,' each piece being 20 inches deep and 3 feet wide, running on each side of the engines, transversely and diagonally, to the sides of the ship (the distance in - which this solid timber extends being 17feet 6 inches on each side of the engines), and the whole of this framing being bolted together, and through the sides of the ship, by wrought iron bolts, so as to form a solid mass of timber." EVENING ENTERTAINMENTS FOR THE PEOPLE. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) An exceedingly praiseworthy scheme of public lectures for working men has recently been set on foot in con nexion with the Museum of Practical Geology, where the directors and professors of the Government School of Mines have undertaken to deliver a series of Penny Lectures on special subjects in science and art. We remember very well when Mr. Simpson, the Edinburgh advocate, got up a Working Man's Institu tion in that city, for the delivery of a course of lectures, the admission to which was a Penny, that a very loud guffaw of laughter was raised thereat. Such phrases as "penny wisdom," " a little learning is a dangerous thing," " penny philDsophers," and such like, were very much in vogue then, as applied to Mr. Simpson and his lectures. It was certainly a startling innovation! The idea of bringing the lore of colleges, the wisdom of philosophers, the speculations of savans, the scientific knowledge of great practical thinkers, within the reach of working men, for the small price of a penny a lecture: But the laugh is now on the other side. We have now learned to smile at much that formerly went by the designation of " wisdom of our ancestors." There may have been " great giants in those days;" but we have advantages which they did not enjoy. The giants may have seen far; but we, who sit upon the giant's shoulders, see still farther than they do. We have the advantage bath of their knowledge and of our own too. The power of the Penny has only been discovered of late years. The Penny Magazine, and the Penny Cy clormdia, fairly inaugurated the discovery. Penny lec tures are the necessary corollary from it; and before long the Penny Newspaper may fairly complete it. It is true, the special lectures on practical science, now being delivered at the Museum of Practical Geology, are not designated as Penny Lectures, though in reality they are so. Six lectures in all are to be delivered— the first on Glass, by Dr. Lyon Playfair; the second, on " The reason why Fossils are collected and exhibited," by Professor Forbes; the third, on " Photography and its applications," by Robert Hunt; the fourth, " An Explanation of Geological Maps," by Professor Ram say; the fifth, on " The occurrence of Metals in Na ture," by Professor Smythe; and the sixth and last, on " Iron,' by Dr. Percy. In announcing the lectures, a register was opened, in which the occupation of etch artizan who applied for admission to the course of lec tures was enrolled; and he then paid sixpence for regis tration, vb hich entitled him to admission to the six lec tures. It is gratifying to be able to state that the de mands of working men for admission to the course were far greater than it was possible to grant; and the disap pointment of those who were too late in their applica tion induced th© professors to announce a repetition of the course for their accommodation. It will be observed that these lectures are of a very special character, being calculated to impart accurate scientific instruction on several branches of trade in which a considerable number of artizsns are more im mediately interested. In fact, the object is educational, practical, and definite. The lectures are such as might have been delivered from a professor's chair in any of the universities. The lecturers are all first-rate men of their class; and they have no other end in view but to improve the scientific culture of the artizan class. This object is very admirable, and the lectures, as a whole, are calculated to prove of great value to working men, not merely to the actual extent that they may impart knowledge, but by putting them into the way of work ing out knowledge for themselves, and informing them as to the m e th o d s b y w hi c h a true sc i en tifi c cu l ture is to bo attained. There are, however, many large classes of artisans and operatives who have no such interest in special scientific subjects, but for whom the cheap lecture sys tem might be adopted with equally great advantage. The present lectures at Mechanics' Institutes are, for the most part, of too cursory a character. Their object is rather to provide an agreeable stimulus for an even ing than to direct a man's mind towards higher culture. Now, we do not see why evening lectures, of as high an order as these delivered at our colleges, should not be offered to the working people at a low rate. We can imagine how instructive a cour s e of lectures—for exam ple, on E ng lish History--might be mad e t o suc h an audience. And to hold the attention of a thousand auditors or more, and send them away full of their sub ject, with their patriotism roused, their political views enlarged, and their knowledge extended, is really a worthy object of ambition for any public man. In the same manner, courses of lectures on English Literature might' be delivered on a systematic plan, and in a man ner that would be calculated to rivet the attention of even the most unlettered audience. It might be objected that unlettered men have no de sire to cultivate letters, and would turn aside from such lectures. But this is a great mistake. Working men are every day becoming more and more disposed to re cognise and look up to the guidance of cultivated minds. Those who read newspapers and periodicals—and the number of such is daily increasing —unconsciously ad mire thinkers and writers, who are now almost their only recognised aristocracy. You also find that work ing men especially look up to those of their own class who have acquired some degree of literary culture, and, in fact, the adulation of their fellows is, not unfrequently, the bane of self-educated men, and precociously inflates them with a sense of their self-importance, which proves injurious to their further intellectual growth and deve lopment. As a sufficient proof that the taste of working men for literary culture is growing, we need only refer to the courses of lectures, on purely literary and historical subjects, which snch men as Thomas Cooper and Henry Vincent have recently been delivering, through outu. the country, to audiences of wo d r ou i b g not that these have proved attractive, . superior excellence by For, depend highest culture, would prove still more so. . lectures of a similar kind, delivered men of the pe in rcelvesti sustainedargum argument, excellence in any forra,—in literature, . history, upon it, the popular mind is quick to politics. We have seen audiences of operatives and ar tisans delivered efollow such a r menain ofa s _closel lue h u edemonstrativek, such a tumult of applause as showed that they had stration, the quorl erat demonstrandum, fol lowed the argument, and individually shared in the tri umph of its demonstrative conclusion. There is still another series of publi c even i ng enter tainments which might be offered to working men at a low price; and which, wo firmlych, believ e , would r the most attractive, though, l3 ove probably, not the mos t instruc ti v e, of all. We allude t o pu bl ic readings L est authors. We have often from th e wished that public lecturers, instead of laying before progenY, should introduce to us their own feeble us the undying of t h e great departed. The chief works here, is that of selection, and gift wanted man who can read we ll , give us goodthe utterance. Let a Poems, or the best of Byron's, or the bestbest of Campbell's and we venture to say that he will excite of Tennyson'', plea sure in the minds of his audience thanif a greater us an entirely original " lecture" of la. he ware to give those poets. What can be more interesting,ls own on any of than Fanny Kemble's Reading s ? And for instance, gent readings merely. Apply the they are intelli exhibition of our best prose writings, or power S the and equally delightful affects ngs, or our best poetry, produced. would certainly be A series of lectures, or readings, was tried in P ar i s i n 1850, of this character, entirely composed of th e 1 the audience being though they have, we !ibouring classes; and believe been since sup pressed by the iron rule of Louis Napoleon (who smelt " socialism" or something was, on the wh o l e, of an else in them), their succe ss character; and doubtless they" exceedingly gratifwy2 will be revived again Paris is at liberty to take its once art in and social culture. These once active Parsolinverea by readings were a men of literary distinctio • of the city; n, in different p and the following are en tertainment parts which they offered to their of the . e _ :t their respective sum DC the Charlemagne L es= M. Just Olivier occupied one evening in reading I ,es from J. J. severe. eloquent rg , Rousseau, follow S cho o l ,for Husbands. by two acts of Mohere s Husbands. lie offered the least possible criticism on the Pth'sEges, but by reciting them with gusto, left them to make their can impression. At the same time, suffi cient explanation was given to put the audience in a proper position for appreciating and understending the true beauties o f the extracts. Then, again, at the Pa lais Royal (in the Nemours Vestibule), Dr. Lernsout r ead, with fine emphasis, and amidst great applause, The Two Sons-in-law. But M. Emile Souvestre, one of the most distinguished poets of France, was by far the most successful in his readings. One of these was ?h e Battle o f th e F ra nks, from C hateaubriand'a " Martyrs; ' previous to which h e put his auditors in the proper point of view by a few brief and graphic explanations. The reading of the paa spge from Chateaubriand spoke for itself. The readings of Emile -83 'aveatrtrItrere chiefly gleeit ;I at the Conservatoire de Musique, situated iu the Faubourg Poissoniere. The place ,is not far from the Clos Lezeee,,evhereeteuie ,of the hardest fighting occurred during the late revolution ; and, doubtless, many of the shaggy, wild-looking fellows, who formed the bulk of his audiences, • had been combatants I during the struggle. Yet, by the softening influence of literature, the poet was enabled, for .the time, to I tame, and mollify. and humanize these men. One of his readings was from the Memoirs .of Madame de la j Rochejaquelin, descriptive of the horrors of civil war in La Vendee, which he selected for the purpose of dis gusting his auditors with such monstrous scenes. The effect produced by this lecture was very great. But in the extracts which he afterwards read trim Michelet, descriptive of the battles of Agincourt, Poiotiers, and Cressy, the patriotic feelings of the audience kw emed to be frightfully shocked, and murmurs arose among them. At the reading which i'cllo*ed, he explained that he did cot seek to probe the old wounds of his cr,untr ; that I the misfortunes of their common mother . were Lot her shame ; but he had not come there to hai l er patriot i sm, only to enlighten it. His explanation was riceived with great applause. The readings which excited the grentestintereat were the historical and dramatic. The reading of XI icholet's chapters, descriptive of the history of Juan of Arc, produced an immense effect, .and also the reading of Maire and Corneille'. pieces. . SLveral tales were also read, of which those extracted from Cr.tteaubriand and Bernardin de Saint Pierre wernenest successful. Strange to say, the songs of Beranger fell Comparatively fiat upon the audience—for those need to be enter.. The rafthin, or chorus, so happy when ch an t e d, 4-becomes almost freezing when recited. .; Another wide field of entertainment for such evening a oj ece , s, i s to be found in the biographies of cele brated men, sprung from the people themselves, end who, by their industry and energy. nave carved fur themselves a name deep in the world's core. The life) of Benjamin Feankliu is a capital instance of this sort of subject. And we speak from experience when we say, tnat no lectures, or readings, are listened so with deeper interest than those which deal with the strug gles and achievements, the fortunes and histories of dis tinguished men. There, of course, needs considerable eompre.,sion in handling such subjects ; but by giving the salient points in a great man's life, the lecturer or ilnegctuiriref,rrtmo aintitornodcuoenen reader will rarely fail to produce a powerful effece At the same time, biographies, if well managed, enable the Such are the evenaeiengreatre commendevening h e r a t dell onefmhueisnsetftosurlynaonefdw the ios i u t l e dt m est - a va ant in th e And there is nothing extra g plan. It can at once be tried in any town or district. ST. JAYIES'S THEATRE. Mr. Mitchell's benefit last evening was patronised by one of the most fashionable and crowded houses ever collected within the walls of the theatre in King-street. This brilliant attendance was a tributejustly due to the extraordinary and successful exertions of Mr. Mitchell, in producing the elite of the modern French school, in a style never previously approached in this country. The performances, which were under the specild patronage of her Majesty the Queen, consisted of Scribe's Yelva, and two new vaudevilles, Le Piano de Berthe, and Un Ser. vice a Blanchard. A new artist, M. Tony Blonde], made his first appearance here last night, and must be pronounced a meritorious acquisition. The Queen's box was occupied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, attended by Lady 6uf field, Lady Fanny Howard, Colonel Seymour, and Sir G. Cooper. There were also present the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl and Countess of Grovesnor, the Marchioness of Westmins ter, the Sardinian Minister. the Marquis and Mar chioness of Worcester, the Marquis of Aylesbury, the Marchioness of Downsbire, the Marquis of Normanby, the Countess of Lichfield, the Countess of Waldegrave, the Esrl and Countess of Stamford and Warrington, the Earl end Countess of Shelburne, the Comtesse de Flahault, Earl Bruce, Countess of Buckinghamshire, Lord Bolingbroke, Lady W. Russell, Viscount Cannitr,g, Lori Harry Vane, Lady Frederick Beauclerc, Lady Jodrell, Sir William Abdy, Mr. and Mrs. Montefiore, the Hon. Edward Ellice, Colonel Tierney, Mr. Agar Ellis, Mr. Augustus Oom, Mr. Milner Gibioa, Mr. and Mrs. John Sanford, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Craven, Mr. H. Viilebois, Mrs. Garwood, Mr. henry Baring, Mr. and Mrs. Tunno, Mrs. Amer, Mr. W. Rose, Captain Sartoris, Mr. Kenneth Macaulay, Colonel Haygarth. LONDON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, .EXETER- HALL. This society gave an extra performance last night of Haydn's Creation, and notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the Derby, Vauxhall-gardens, &c., the Hall was exceedingly well filled. The oratorio was given in the society's usual admirable manner, and al though we could particularise many passages of the music which were really finely executed, it is almost unnees sary to do so, where all was so excellent. The solo artists were the same as on former occasions, viz.. Ma dames Birch and Fridel, and Messrs. Lawler and Lockey, all of whom were in good voice. Mr. Sunman conducted, and was very warmly received on making his appearance in the orchestra. VAUXHALL-GARDENS. As an ancient and well recognised wind'-'up to the sports of the Derby Day, the .1“yal Property eons menced its season by a Bal Masque on the usual scale of splendour. In spite of the ungenial state of the weather, the company was unusually numerous, and the proportion of masques as great as we ever remember having seen it. The crowd was of the usual description; crusaders, Choctaw Indians, Highland chiefs, Spanish cavaliers, flower girls, court dames, and debardours, all mingled together on the. most amicable footing, and everything passed off with the greatest order and hila rity. Considerable additions and improvcw&nts have been made in the gardens since last year—the circus has been abolished, and the ring, floored over, forms a large and elegant ball-room, which for the future will enable the dancers to set the weather at defiance; two or three additional supper-rooms have been added, and the lights and the music — the t w o great ingredients in the attrac tions of such a plsce of amusement—:.re even on a more liberal scale than ever. We believe that, as consider able disappointment was anticipate' from the wet weather of yesterday, the lessee, Mr. Wardell, has an nounced a second Bal Masq ue for Friday. MAYNOOTH AND THE COUNT-OUT. il ouron attention the to Maynooth the fact s o f As an impudent attempt has been made by the Go vernment journals to saddle the O pp os ition with the d re e s b p a o t n e: i i b t il m ity ay t w tb e e ll t c o ou c n a t the case. In the first place, it was at Mr. Gladstone's instance that the debate was enabled to come on at all. House, s e n , oat::: ( c t h h e o e u r gh t the Minister." t w as Minister." Secondly, the debate being adjourned from six o'clock to eight, it was the business of the Government to make the House. Canning has defined the du. the Secretary of the Treasury to b e 4. t dudes of o make a Now, riot only did the "Protestant Govern ment" , Govern ' tioned in the course of the debate men morn ing that there was likely to be a diffi culty in the not keep maake but it is a remarkable fact, that not on the subject), the Administration was present a tingle member of counted out. We leave Mr. when the House was business it was to make the HForbes Mackenzie, ;whose M'Neile at Liverpool why he °llse, to explain to Dr. And no doubt Mr. for the accident of his Napier will have some apology ready to render to absence at so interesting a mo ment, Trinity C miss in the list of Members present Dublin. We also New degate. The mbers present the name of Mr. Governm e t marked absence of any member of the Government which the obstin ate p ro fessed to cour t the inquiry, and Disraeli, to refusal of that eminent Protestant , Mr. give up a day discussion,are a suffi cient proof that for the the " count-out" w as a dodge cf the Treasury Bauch, and that their Protestantism is as much a s h am 4% their Protection.—Chronicle. in The S un THE DEA.TEL ---- on Friday last that OF THE HON. J. C. TALBOT, Q.C.— The death o f t hi s l i on. and Learned Gent l ema n was ann ounce d Ir. Talb ot was engaged in the active prose cuti o n of his pro of yesterday. It was only f essional duties, but it is feared that a too energetic applies tion to them superinduced the sudden event. On Friday week the Learned Gentleman was occupied for several hours in addressing the Committee in one of his usually powerful appeals, in favour of the proposed line of the Oxford. Wor cester, and Wolverhampton Railway, from Oxford to Brent ford, from the effects of which he felt much prostrated, but rallied sufficiently to attend the Committees last week, though he had discontinued doing so for the last few days. The Honourable Gentleman, who was in his forty-eighth year, died at Brighton on Tuesday evening, an d s i nce 1836 was one of the leading and most affluent members of the bar. The last brief he held, in the case above, was endorsed with 300 guineas. It is said to be the intention of the Parliamao tary bar to go into mourning for his memory. The causal of d eat h wa s ascribed to water on th e c h est. Mr. Talbot, 4110 was called to the bar in 1829, an d belonged to the Oxford circuit, w as a bencher of the Middle Temple, Recorder of Windsor, and Attorney - General to hi s Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, as well as a member of the Council of the Duchy of Cornwall. Ile was a son of the late Earl Talbot, and brother to the present peer. lie married a daughter of the late Lord Wharncliffe, and leaves an amiable young family to regret his loss. A CLOCK TOWER IN THE eirr.--A very interest ing ceremony took place on Tuesday by laying the founda tion-stone of what is a complete novelty—a clock tower in the city of London. The site is in the new street from London-bridge to St. Paul's, and the historical recollections of the place and its vicinity are unusually interesting. The site is that on w hi c h the old church of St. Martin's, St. Martin's-lane, formerly stood. The church was de stroyed during the Great Fire of London, but the tower was saved, and stood until it was reelently pulled down in consequence of the City improvements. FrorN the period at which the church was destroyed a chapel wag erected for the use of French Protestants, but Divine ser vice has not been performed therein f©r nearly 40 years. The churchyard adjoining contains the aglaes of many eminent foreigners, but, the graveyard having been covered over with plain flag stones, no monumental record has been Preserved. The parish of St. Martin Ungar h • of St. Mary Fag, having been joined with that . . cheap, the parishioners determined on re-erecting the tower, and at so a rectory house, preser ving the old clock and bell. Tie latter bears the inscription, " Made by one Thomas Barton, 1670." The Rev. William Johnson, the rector laid the foundation s tone of the new tower, in th e _ of the parisioners, and beneath presence of a great dumber the stone was placed` a re cord of the original foundation and subsequent demolition of the church. The remain s ed were care r of those interred fully preserved and . • ti of St. r s.nterred in the burial -ground Mar -i y, Eastcheap. UNIVE, T .ITY .../iTELLIGENCE.---OXFORD, MAT 26. The Regius Professor of Divinity proposes to begin a course of public lectures on Thursday, the 3d of June, at one o'clock, at Christ Church. These lectures are intended for students of divinity who have poled their examination AM • the de gree of B.A. EVENING, MAY r rr 27, a 1852. s,‘; t's?m, ;F, I