The Sun. — London, England, 1866-03-23 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 1866, ASSIZ •ENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—LEwEs, March 22. (Before Lord Chief Justice Erie). THE EHIGHTON 11URDER. John William Leigh, 27, described as a seaman, was charged with the wilful murder of Harriet Harton, at Brighton, on the Ist of February last. The prisoner is a stout, determined-lookingyoung fellow, wearing a small coal-black moustache. He was seated during the trial, and he did not exhibit the slightest emotion during any portion of the evi dence, not even when hie own mother was ex amined. The case appeared to create very great interest, and the court was crowded during the proceedings. Mr. Roupell and Mr. Hurst conducted the prose cution ; Mr. Kemp was retained to defend the pri soner. The learned counsel for the prosecution, in open oi ing the case t o th e the facts upon w hi c h th e c harge was sou jury, gave a br ief narrativeht to be supported, and which lay in a very narrow com aillegitimate com pass. The p r i soner , it appeared, w child, but he had been well provided san for, but dis sipated all the means that were given him, and he then seemed to have served in the Royal Navy, and was present during the Crimean campaign. He also served in China, and he seemed to have led a roving, irregular life in different foreign countries until about two years ago, when he made his ap pearance at Brighton, and he then appeared to have courted the sister of the unfortunate deceased, and they were married. The prisoner and his wife after the marriage appeared to have kept a public-house at Brentford, but he was unsuccessful in his busi ness, and the marriage appeared to have turned out very unhappily, and his wife left him and re turned to the house of her sister at Brighton, whose husband kept a public-house called the Jolly Fisherman at that place. The prisoner seemed to have remained at the house of his mother at Hack ney until the end of January, when he went down to Brighton armed with a six-chamber revolver, and evidently bent upon carrying out the deadly object he had in view. He made his appearance at the " Jolly Fisherman about half past ten o'clock at night on February 1, and he appeared to have walked de liberately into the bar parlour, where his sister-in law was sitting with two customers, and he dis charged two of the chambers of the revolver at her person, and the bullet from one of them passed through her body. The other entered at the back of the unfortunate woman, glanced upwards, and lodged under her left armpit, from whence it was subsequently extracted. The injuries, of course, were almost immediately fatal, and the deceased expired in a few hours. The prisoner, after having acted as above described, rushed into the street, and when Mr. Barnden, police superintendent, with very great courage, attempted to take him into custody, he discharged a third barrel at him, and he had al most a miraculous escape of losing his life. The prisoner was secured, and the revolver being ex amined it was found that the remaining chambers were loaded and capped, and a quantity of pistol bullets were And in his possession. The following evidence was then adduced : Mr. Hastings, cabinetmaker, Brighton, deposed that he saw the prisoner fire the revolver at the de ceased twice. She fell, and exclaimed that she was killed, and he sent for a doctor. On the following morning witness picked up a bullet in the room where deceased was shot. When the prisoner fired the first shot witness felt something strike him on the temple. He knew the wife of the prisoner. She was a sister of Mrs. Harton's. Cross-examined—Witness believed the prisoner generally carried a pistol about with him. Prisoner used to drink occasionally. Witness was not aware that the prisoner's wife was a woman of dissipated habits, or that they lived on bad terms. Stephen Loveday deposed that he was also at the Jolly Fisherman on the evening of February 1, and saw the prisoner come in and shoot at the deceased. Witness was about a yard and a half from him at the time he fired. The prisoner walked about a yard and a half closer to the deceased, and fired a second time at her. The deceased then came out of the bar room and walked towards the steps of the cellar. Witness followed her, and found her lying on the steps of the cellar, groaning. He assisted her into th© taproom, and placed her on one of the forms, and remained with her until the doctor came, which was about ten minutes after. Mr. Joseph Stevens deposed that he was a sur geon, practising at Brighton, and he remembered being called in to see the deceased on the night in question. He found her lying on a couch and ap parently very faint and ill, and a woman named Wingfield was undressing her. She said that she had been shot. Witness examined her. The bullet had lodged in the left armpit, and he extracted it from thence. (The witness produced the bullet.) The wound he referred to was such as would be caused by a bullet such as the one he produced. The deceased died about 16 or 17 hours after she had received the injuries. Isaiah Barnden, superintendent of the Brighton police, deposed that he took the prisoner into cus tody. He found him leaning against the wall of Kerrison's Hotel, at the corner of Market-street and the King's-road, about 30 or 40 yards from the Jolly Fisherman. Witness went up and said, " What is all this about ?" The prisoner replied, Stand off, or I will shoot you," and at the same moment he lowered the pistol to a level with his chest. When the prisoner said he would shoot him witness rushed at him and grasped the prisoner with his right hand and touched the pistol with his left. The pistol was discharged at the same moment, but he turned a little on one side and the ball went through his coat and trousers. Witness threw the prisoner down, and the pistol fell from his hand and some one called out that he had got the pistol. The witness then produced a powder flask containing gunpowder, a box of percussion caps, and a number of bullets that were given him by the wife of the prisoner, and also the revolver that was taken - from the prisoner. He said that it was a six-chamber re volver, three of which appeared to have been dis charged, one had missed fire, and two chambers were still loaded. Cross-examined—He had known the prisoner about Brighton for a twelvemonth or thereabouts, and he was well known at that place. He had seen him driving about in a dog -cart. He did not know anything about the prisoner while he was living a Brentford. By the Court—The prisoner left Brighton to go to Brentford about three or four months ago. He was not aware that he actually went to Brentford ; all he knew was that he lost sight of him from Brighton about the time he had mentioned. Elizabeth Sharp deposed that on the night of the Ist February the prisoner and his wife went to the tap of the Marine Hotel and had a pint of stout, which they drank together. The prisoner's wife paid g o , it. She first put down threepence, and witness, . who was the barmaid, told her the stout was fou rpeo tt • She then asked the if he had any half peo prisoner know I have not." i t:, and h e replied, " No, you then drank some stout and wen t ou t, leaving his wife d r i nkin A very short time afterwards witness heard t wo g p - istol shots from the direction of the " Jolly Fisher,,an,„ which , about forty yards off. The prisoner . wls quite sober at this time. Mr. Henry Payne, the landlord of the Marine Hotel, which is nearly opposite the " Jolly Fisher_ man," deposed that on the night in question he was in a room adjoining the bar, and on his being in_ formed that something had happened, he went out leaning into the road a n d saw th e p r isoneragainst f went the wall on th e o pp os it e s id e . Witness to wards him, an d h e po i nted a p i sto l a t him , an `'Stand back," an d h e retreate d a short d distance said, from him, and Mr. Barnden then came up, and the prisoner was taken into custody. He afterwards picked up the revolver that had been produced. Caroline Winkfield deposed that on the Tuesday before the act was committed by the prisoner she was at the Jolly Fisherman, and the prisoner cam e in, and the deceased told her that he had fire arms about him, and he should not come into her house unless he was searched. He replied, "It is nothing to you if I choose to have firearms on me to protect myself." The deceased then said to him In cross-examination the witness said that the prisoner was taken from her charge when he was seven years old, and she did not see much of him except when he came to visit her when he was at home for his holidays. She saw more of him after he returned from China, and she then particularly noticed his extraordinary conduct, and was induced to believe that he was not in his right senses. He used to complain of being thirsty when he ate the green gooseberries and drank the vinegar. In order to rebut this testimony with regard to the state of mind of the prisoner, Mr. Richard Turner, the surgeon of Lewes Gaol, was called by the counsel for the prosecution, and in answer to questions put to him he said that the prisoner had been under his charge since the 2d of February, when he was first remanded by the ma gistrates, and he had observed him particularly, and had never seen the slightest indication of insanity about him. In cross-examination Mr. Turner said that he I attributed the extraordinary conduct of the prisoner, that bad been deposed to by his mother and the • other witness, tremens, b delirium to no oth er f orm o f i nsan i ty than occasioned by his taki ng so l arge t a qu ant i ty of dent spirits. Th e e ff ect o f repeated attacks of delirium tremens wou ld b e to weaken the brain a n d cause Permanent insanity, and delirium ; tremens was not lik e l y toP ete but of course whil e the r attackod uclT ors lashed it ry might insanity be considered temporary insanity, off in a week or ten days. but e this would s pass quite satisfied that the prisoner's brain was not at all weakened, from the fact that the moment he ca me into prison be was stopped from obtaining epi - rit s, and this sudden stoppage of stimulants had no effect upon him ; but if his brain had been weakened, this pro ceeding was very likely to have produced another attack. From all he had seen of the prisoner, the conclusion he arriyed at respecting him was thAt he again, " You shall not come into my house unless I was particularly intelligent, clear- s i g ht e d, an d a ll you are searched, You are a thief, a murderer, and I his faculties were perfect, a pirate." The wife of the prisoner was present, I Re-examined—H e h a d no doubt, from the evi and he turned to her and said, " Nobody but you I deuce that had been given, that while the prisoner could have told your sister that." She denied was undergoing his sentence of imprisonment he had having done so, and the prisoner then went away. been attacked with delirium tremens, through being Richard Knight, one of the Brighton constables, suddenly deprived of the stimulants to which he had then gave the following evidence with regard to the i been accustomed, and that all the extraordinary prisoner. He said that when the pri; , oner was in the , conduct that had been deposed to was attributable lobby of the Town-hall in his charge, and he was to that malady. about to be examined before the magistrates, the Chief Justict Erie then proceeded to sum up the prisoner folded his arms and said, " I have got into caee, and he observed that the only question for the a pretty good mess over this start of mine. Three I jury to consider was w h e th er , a t th e ti me th e ac t mon ths ago it first came into my head to d o th e deed was committed, the prisoner was incapable of dis -to kill three, Then I thought again I would not I tinguishing between right and wrong, and unless _then I thought again I would. I came into this had been clearly established, it would be their Brighton for the express purpose of doing it. I duty to convict him. He then referred to the evi have had quite enough of her nonsense, and I will deuce that had been adduced on behalf of the pri have no more of it. I have only killed one out of soner, and to the circumstances under which the the three, and the other two have got to thank them- crime was committed, and said the jury must form selves that they were out of the way and that they their own conclusions as to the state of mind of the are not dead." The prisoner, he said, made this prisoner, and whether he was not perfectly well statement entirely of his own accord, and without aware that at the time he took the life of this un his saying a word to him. happy woman he was committing an act of criminal This was the case for the prosecution. wrong, for which he was responsible both by the Mr. Kemp made a very able address to the jury in law of God and the law of his country. behalf of the prisoner, and after observing that it The jury, without leaving the box, and in less would be in vain for him to attempt to controvert any than five minutes, found the prisoner guilty. of the facts with regard to the commission of the He was then asked by Mr. Avory, the clerk of crime, he said that the only answer he was instructed arraigns, whether he had anything to urge why he to make to the charge was, that at the time the crime should not be sentenced to die according to law. was committed theprisoner was not in a state of mind The prisoner, who had got up from his seat when to beresponsiblefor his actions. He said that the pri- the verdict was pronounced, replied in a loud and soner had no means to get up his defence properly, indifferent tone of voice, " I have nothing to say to and all he could do was to call a sergeant of police who justify myself." knew the prisoner when he was living at Brentford, The learned Judge, who seemed a good deal and his mother, and they would speak to his extraor- affected, having assumed the black cap, addressed Binary conduct on a great many occasions, to his the prisoner, and said that he had been convicted by drinking large quantities of brandy and other spirits, the jury upon the clearest possible evidence of the and also to his having been looked upon as a madman. crime of wilful murder, and the interests of society, This was all he was in a position to do for the priso- and also that a warning should be held out to others ner, and the jury would say, when they had heard the not to be guilty of a similar crime, demanded that evidence he should lay before them, whether they he should undergo the penalty for that offence that might not reasonably come to the conclusion that was fixed by the law. He did not feel called upon the mind of the prisoner was affected, and that he to do more than to exhort him to make a good use was not criminally responsible for the dreadful act of the short time that remained to him in this world, that had undoubtedly been committed by him. and having done this, he should now proceed to Mr. Foy, a sergeant of the metropolitan police, pass the sentence of the law for the crime of which stationed at Brentford, was then examined, and he he had been found guilty. His lordship then passed stated that he knew the prisoner when he kept the the sentence of death in the usual form. George and Dragon at Brentford, and his attention The prisoner exhibited the most extraordinary in was particularly directed to him on account of his difference both at the verdict and the sentence, and extraordinary conduct. On several occasions he he laughed as he went down the steps leading from shut up the house at 2 o'clock in the day, and kept the dock. it so until 10 o'clock at night, and he would then His wife was in court during the whole trial, but invite all the roughs of the neighbourhood to come she retired just before the sentence was pronounced. in, and he would give them beer and spirits without any payment. He would also go to the balcony in front of the house, and when a mob collected, he would throw out large quantities of silver among them, frequently as much as £lO or £l2, and upon one occasion £4O was thrown away by him, and he said he saw one person pick up 275., which the pri soner had so thrown away. He once went to his house, and the prisoner offered him half a pint of brandy to drink, and when he refused it, the prisoner drunk it off at a draught. He also used one of the downstair rooms as a stable, and placed a horse in it, and it remained there more than a week, and his conduct was so extraordinary that he said the pri soner was generally known in the neighbourhood as " Mad Leigh." He was obliged, it appeared, to leave the house by the landlords, and he committed some damage, for - which he was indicted at the Mid dlesex sessions, but when his trial came on he was suffering from delirium tremens, and was unable to plead, and he was sent back and tried at a subse quent session and sentenced to three months' hard labour. This witness likewise preyed that directly the prisoner took possession of the public-house, lie placed a placard outside, on which was written " The Cure will imitate the Devonport Brothers this even ing ;" and he used to dress himself in the most extraordinary manner, and perform various antics by tying and untying himself in a chair. He drank very hard all the time he was living at Brentford. The witness likewise proved that upon one occasion the prisoner charged a man with robbery, and while the case was under investigation he behaved in the most extraordinary manner, and called the magistrates " old boys," and they would not enter tain his complaint, and the man was discharged, and the prisoner then gave him half-a-crown. In cross-examination this witness said that the prisoner did not act in the manner he had described for the purpose of bringing custom to his house, for when people came he used to give his liquors away, and the police very frequently were called upon to remove the mob that had assembled. Mrs. Emma Motley, prisoner's mother, was then called. She deposed that the prisoner was subject to fits, and that while he lived with her he always car ried a revolver, and was in the habit of firing at the nobs of the doors and the keyholes in the different rooms. He went to China, and when he returned, about two years ago, she observed a very great dif ference in his manner. 'While he was at Brantford he would eat green gooseberries and then drink a glassful of vinegar, for the purpose, as he said, of washing them down. He used to drink large quan tities of raw spirits—nun, gin, and brandy —and sometimes gin and beer. He always slept in his clothes, and never took regular meals, but would eat a bit of bread or a cold potato when he thought fit to do so. When he first came home from China he told her that lie had got a stud of horses and six publichouses, and the first time she visited him at Brentford he was wearing a shirt died magenta co lour. She said that she particularly noticed the pri soner's extraordinary conduct in May and June of last year. After he was sent to prison she visited him, andfound him in confinement, and he was quite out of his mind, and fancied he was commanding a ship, and called all the sailors about him. She went a second time to see him, but was not allowed to do so on account of the state he was in. She had seen him drink nearly half a pint of raw spirits two or three times in the course of half an hour, and all the time he lived with her he was called " Mad Motley." While he was in prison she was informed that he was confined in a padded room, and his shoes were taken off, and when she saw him afterwards she observed marks of violence upon his face where he had injured himself, and a blister had been applied to his head. When he was discharged from prison at the expiration of his sen tence, the prisoner again went to live with her, and his conduct was just the same as it had been pre. viously. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ROYAL ARTILLERY S TEEPLECHASES —THURSDAY. The annual military meeting which took place yesterday at Eltham went off with the usual eclat. The chases were run over the same ground as last year, and, the weather being delightfully fine, there was a large attendance on the course, including a number of the aristocracy and gentry of the neighbourhood. The various contest.; were decided as under:— The Gold Cup, value 100 sovs, added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, 3 ft, for horses the property of and ridden by officers of the Royal Artillery; 12st each ; winners extra About three miles. Capt. Wortham's Oldca.stle, aged, 12st ...(Mr. Griffiths) 1 Mr Magenis's Vesta, aged, 12st (Owner) 2 Capt. Hunt's Jim Crow, aged, 12 s t 71b (i nc 71b ex.) (Mr Callow) 3 The following also ran :—Bravo, Alice gelding, Nigger, Wedding Ring, Rear-Admiral, Casual, and Potheen. Betting-2 to 1 agst Wedding Ring, and 3to 1 each agst Jim Crow and Vesta. Won in a canter by 24 lengths ; Crow a bad third. Ths United Service Stakes of 5 soya each, 3 ft, with 60 added, for horses the property of and to be ridden by officers of the navy, 12st each ; winners extra; 51b al lowed if ridden by officers who have never won a steeple-J chase. Three miles. Capt. J. G. S. Shaw's (14th Hussars) Merrimac, 13st 71b (inc. 211 b ox.) (Capt. Knox) 1 Lord Charles Kerr's (Scots Fusilier Guards) Tommy, 6 yrs, 13st 31b (inc. 211 b ex.) (Owner) 2 Meerschaum also ran. Betting-6 to 4on Merrimac. Won after an exciting finish by a head; Meerschaum fell and did not pass the post. A sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, with 60 added, for horses the property of officers in the navy, list ; winners extra. Three miles. Capt. Hon. R. Hare's Wizard, 6 yrs, 12st (inc. 141 b ex.) (Owner) 1 Gondola, Rosa, Paddy, and Old Castle also ran. Betting—Even on Wizard, and 3 to 1 agst any other. The Wizard cantered in alone, the others having either re fused or met with mishaps. The Hunt Plate of 30 soya, added to a sweepstakes of 3 soya each ; for horses that have been regularly hunted, 12st each. Capt. Hon. R. Hare's (R.A.) Wizard, 6 yrs, 12st (Capt. Tempe 1 Mr Magenis's (R.H.A.)V es t a, 12 s t „ (Owner) st) 2 Mr B. Hobart's (R.H.A.) Miss Emily, aged, 12st (Mr Robinson) 3 Lord Kingston, Royal Marines, Jim Crow, Irish Lass, Skylark, Bridesmaid, and Wedding Ring also ran. Betting--Even on Wizard, and 3 to 1 each agst Irish Lass and Lord Kingston. Won by a distance. The Consolation Stakes did not produce a race. LEWES SPRING MEETING—TuunsnAr. The Craven Handicap of 5 sovs each, 2ft, with 40 added ; for 3-yr-olds and upwards ; winners extra. T.Y.C. 25 subs, 13 of whom pay 2 sovs each. Mr Chamberlayne's Indigestion, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Whitehorl 1 Mr En g l an d' s Ethelred, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Elphick 2 Mr. H. Padwick's Mineral, 3 yrs, G s t 91b (Grace 3 Dawdle, Progmore colt, Knight of the Whistle, Bunch, and Carnizett e also ran. Betting -6 to 4 agst Mineral, sto 1 each agst Indiges tion and Carnizette, 7 to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle. Dawdle was first off, but after running a few yards Bunch, Mineral, and Indigestion went to the front, these being joined by Ethelred in the dip. A hundred yards from home Indigestion rushed to the front and won easily by two lengths. Three lengths separated second and third. Knight of the Whistle and Dawdle were next. The Castle Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 20 added; two-yr olds, Est 121 b; three, 9st 41b; selling and other allow ances. T.Y.C. Mr W. G. Benett's Pelerin, 2 yrs, Est 51b (£4O) (Mordant) 1 Mr Cameron's Venturous, 3 yrs, Bst 81b (.£4O) (Hibberd) 2 Mr D. Wyatt's Quiver, 3 yrs, Est 21b (X 10) (Milne) 3 Betting-5 to 4on Pelerin, and 2to 1 agst Venturous. The latter made play to the distance, where Pelerin drew up and won after a good race by a neck ; a bad third. The winner was bought by Mr. Fleming for 40 guineas. The Welter Cup of 50 sovs, a handicap of 5 soya each 2ft, with 30 added ; gentlemen riders ; winners and profes sionals 71b extra. One mile and a half. 11 subs. Mr W. E. Jones's Zeloo, 6 yrs, 9st 121 b (Mr Wi c kh am ) 1 Mr C. Somers's Disappointment, aged, lOst 51b (in 71b ex.) (Clement) 2 Mr. I'. Read's Llangollen, 5 yrs, lOst 91b (inc. 71b ex.) (Humpage) 3 Mr Mitchell's Varnish, 3 yrs, 9st 71b (in. 71b ex.) (Prior) 4 Betting opened at 5 to 4 on but finished at 5 to 4 agst Zeloo, 5 to 2 each agst Varnish, and 5 to 1 each agst Llan gollen and Disappointment. Llangollen made play for a mile, when Zeloo joined him, the pair going on side by side to the dip, where Llangollen was beaten and Disap pointment challenged, but Zeloo within the rails, came away and won easily by a length ; a bad third. The Town Plate, a handicap of 40 soya ; winners extra. Seven furlongs. Mr R. Porter's Fortunatus, 3 yrs, 6st 71b (Mordan) 1 Mr P. E. Puebla, 4 yrs, 7st 21b (Neale) 2 Mr llamerton's Frogmore colt, 4 yrs, 7st (Jackson) 3 The following also ran:— Vigil, Disappointment, Pyrrha Longstaff filly, Bunch, and Hopbine filly. Betting-6 to 4on Fortunatus, sto 1 each agst Vigil and Pyrrha, 20 to 1 "bar three." Fortunatus, Vigil, Pyrrha, and Disappointment were first off, and formed the leading division for quarter of a mile, when Pyrrha and Disap pointment gave way, Puebla and the Frogmore colt taking their place. Rising the hill Vigil gave way, and Puebla took a slight lead of the favourite ; but Fortunatus came out opposite the enclosure and won a good race by a head ; three lengths separated second and third; the Hopi:due filly was fourth, Vigil next. _ _ _ A Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added, for 3,yr olds and upwards ; selling and other allowances. Seven furlongs. Mr Porter's Star Cross, 3 yrs, Est 91b (.£3O) (Mordan) 1 Mr Mitchel's Varnish, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (.£3O) l'Anson 2 Mr England's Queen Bee, 3 yrs, Est 61b(£30) ...(Milne) 3 Mr D. Wyatt's Irish Jig, 3 yrs, Est 61b(.£30) (Grace) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Star Cross, 2to 1 agst Queen Bee, 6to 1 agst " bar two." Varnish jumped off in front, the favourite waiting until reaching the enclosure, where he came out and won easily by half a length. Queen Bee was a• bad third. The winner was sold to Mr. H. Wright for 40 guineas. The Two -Sr--Old Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 40 added; colts, Bst 101 b; fillies, Bst 71b; winners extra. Half a mile. Mr T. Stevens's Premier, Bst 101 b • ...(Payne) 1 Mr England's Lady Pam, Sst 121 b (inc 51b extra) E. Forster 2 Mr Padwi c k' s M y L ove, Bst 71b J. ( Grimshaw) ) 3 The following also ran :—Knight of Downe Ink, Nursery Girl, Pevensey. Betting -5 to 4on My Love, 4to 1 agst Pevensey, 100 to 15 agst Knights of Downe, and Bto 1 agst Nursery Girl. Premier made play with a slight load of My Lovo and Lady Ham for a quarter of a mile, when the favourite obtained a sliglrt advantage, but she gave way after pass ing the distance, and huger again taking up thu running AQUA tICS. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE EIGHT-OARED MATCH, PUTNEY, TIIIIP,SDAY. As the Oxford and Cambridge boat race will be rowed at so early an hour on Saturday morning next, few out of thousands will be able to witness it. Those who saw the gallant race of this morning be tween the Oxonians and the London Watermen may, in-many cases, probably be content to take it as a substitute. This race, which ordinarily pre cedes the University match, generally attracts a vast number of spectators, and did so this morning —the weather, from its peculiar fineness, being very in viting. Amongst the number assembled through the whole course were many ladies, who watched the proceedings with much interest. Queen's County, now offers to pay up the money with arrears of interest, and to add £l,OOO of her own for the erection of an hospital or ward for con valescents and incurables of all religious denomin ations, upon condition that the hospital should be placed under the care of the Sisters of Charity, with every safeguard against interference with the religion of the patients, and with free access to the clergy of all persuasions. The Governors of the Infirmary, 31 Protestants and three Catholics, met to consider this proposal, and it was negatived without a di vision. The Government have determined that all the members of the constabulary shall be furnished with revolvers, which have been already supplied to some of the men. The Cantabs were out first, at about 10 o'clock, and, after paddling up to Hammersmith, rowed briskly down through Putney. They were doing 36 strokes at first, slightly increased it, and then spurting towards the finish got up to 41. The London IVatermen, at 11 o'clock, stepped into their boat, and, under the direction of Harry Kelley, the champion, who was their captain, rowed up the river to Mortlake, it having been determined that the " spin " between them and the Oxonians should be rowed down with the tide, which was run ning very slack. TIILTSD.AY EVENING. The Chief Secretary was this day elected without opposition for the county Louth. Ile was proposed by Sir J. Robinson and seconded by the Hon. E. Bellew. lie returned thanks in a lengthened speech. The town is perfectly quiet. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC jOITRNALS. TIMES.--The condition of the political world at this moment suggests rather the eve of a coup d'etat, or the proceedings of our misguided fellow-subjects in the other island, than the ordinary course of a constitutional and self-governing country. On the one hand a small knot in the possession of power and some adherents out of doors are dark as night as to their intentions in a matter of the utmost and most immediate importance ; and on the other hand we see first one man, then another, protesting against being either a conspi ra t or or the victim of a conspiracy. On Tuesday Lord Grosvenor and Sir William Hutt broke loose from an understanding, which, however tacit, they felt to exist till repu diated, and to be against the public interest. Mr. Oliphant and Mr. Kinglake have followed their example, the former asking for statistics, through a Royal Commission,- for the new adjustment of borough boundaries and redistribution of seats; the latter giving notice of a question, with a view to proceeding by resolution, and not going on with the present bill till the introduction of a bill for the redistribution of seats. There is a good deal more than impatience here, and something more even than the highly respectable objection which every man of independence and common sense must have to a leap in the dark upon any matter whatever. There is more even than the very valid objection which open-handed diplomatists have to the secret agreements of which public treasures have some times been made the opportunity and disguise. There is the principle, which lies at the base of our whole constitutional and social system, that legislation re quires all possible information and light. The House of Commons expects to know all the facts of the case, the whole policy intended, and anything that can bear upon the question in hand. Of course, there are limits to forethought, and it is not possible to foresee the consequences of a great change beyond a very short period. But that is no reason why all that is possible should not be both known and also brought under simultaneous and comparative con sideration. To be told half a measure, and denied the least glimpse of the other half, is to be received with the right hand, while the left is kept under a cloak. Why should we have mountains of Blue books, why nightly notices of questions that must be answered, why a Parliament with open sittings at all, if it is expected to accept a proposal the chief import of which is that it will put a far more im portant one, with which it is inseparably connected, out of the power of this Parliament ? 'Whether it be, indeed, Constitutional or not, it certainly has not been the practice of the House of Commons to legislate in the dark. A dark curtain, never un drawn, may be a very convenient piece of machi nery in a novel which cannot otherwise sustain the interest of the reader, and which only dooms it to disappointment ; but in every department of real life it is a suspicious and intolerable circumstance ; nor is endured a moment longer than can be helped. In the old nursery tale it might be very undutiful to feel such a hankering after that one forbidden room, but the result justified suspicion, and the dis obedience was rewarded. But, while men of note in the House of Commons insist upon knowing all about it, and resolve not to be hoodwinked, the domino is still in vogue down in the country. In places which arrogate to themselves special interest in popular institutions there is performed the solemn farce of a secrecy worthy of the Inquisition or the Council of Ten. You have to go at least a hun dred miles from the metropolis for the best Enzlish specimens of organized hypocrisy. The theatre has driven it out of the market here, and it is only where men don't know what acting is that they are duped by the unprofessional actor. There has been a special meeting of the members of the National Reform Union " in a drawing -room" at Manches ter, attended by forty or fifty respresentatives of branch associations. The object was to obtain unanimous resolutions, as if by working men, in favour of the Bill now in Parliament. Of course everybody knows what the gentlemen who spoke on this occasion would like to see done. But the order of the day was to say nothing about anything else but the bill. There was not one of the speakers, we feel pretty sure, who had not had it dinned in his ears a hundred times over, to the very moment he rose to speak, " Now, mind, say nothing about anything else. Stick to the bill. Don't drop a word about rotten boroughs, new districts, or ballot, or anything else. Leave all that to another day." As far as this sort of men can be drilled into anything, they showed wonderful discipline, but that which was really uppermost in their minds could not help coming out, and the worthy managers of the per formance must have been a little disconcerted now and then. Here and there, in the mid s t o f po liti ca l aspirations of a loftier and vaguer character, we have some bits of common sense. Several of them let out the fact that many populous villages in the North, considerably larger than many Southern boroughs, have positively no share in the represen tation, and would get very little by this Reform Bill. They are included in no borough ; they have very few freeholders, and, we presume, only a small class of £l4 occupiers. These disclosures, of course, were inopportune, but we cannot say they were wholly gratuitous, for it so happens that nearly the whole of the Branch Reform Associations represented on this occasion are situated in villages or townships of that very class, and have therefore very little interest in the bill now in Parliament, ' except as the means to future arrangements, in cluding a redistribution of seats and an extensive alteration of boundaries. All, indeed, were im pressed with the belief that this measure once passed, they would be able to pick and choose from a dozen other measures of more direct interest to the working man. We are by no means sure they are correct in this belief. All we see in the bill is this—that if it does more than waste much valuable time, and really becomes law, it will lead to an early dissolution, to be followed by a general elec tion, in which money will flow more freely and to more purpose than it ever did before, but whether ending in a Liberal or a Conservative triumph it passes our skill to forecast. POST.—It is not difficult to understand that the approaching downfall of an Administration which includes many able statesmen necessarily inspires some regret. The feeling w hi c h we h ave ourselves expresse is, we believe, very generally expe rienced. In the course of the evening on which Lord Grosvenor gave notice of his amendment, Mr. Adderley accurately interpreted the sense of the house in the high encomium he passed on the con duct of the Colonial Secretary, aril Mr. Cardwell is not the only Minister whose services the country can ill afford to spare in the present juncture. At the same time it must be recollected that the Cabi net collectively is responsible for its departure from the sound policy and the national principles which Lord Pahnerston observed and carried out. The Premier has not been advised so plainly as he might have been that his position was untenable ; and though the reticence of his dissentaneous colleagues cannot for a moment be imputed to any un vorthy motive, the hesitation which happens to be a public misfortune is a political error it would be idle to at t. rapt to dissembl e . Th e explanations which are `:". ordinaijiy made in such cases will be construed most charitably. even as regards Lord Russell, Parlia ment and the Country will be disposed to make every allowance that can in reason be expected. But the question of con.deuce must be considered on other and higher grounds. This will not be the first time that Lord Russell has upset the coach he undertook to drive, though it is an aggravated in stance of indiscretion. He had a tractable team, an excellent start, and a straight road before him. He was not labouring under any public pressure ; there was nothing to excuse rashness ; and it was next to impossible for him to miss his way. Of course it is easy enough to go wrong, and if a man will gallop down hill to the edge of a yawning gulf the chances are ten to one that he comes to grief. Lord Russell apparently conceived that he had a special mission to fulfil, and, as Mr. Gladstone stated with re markable composure, less urgent matters were post- poned to promote its success. At the very first Council over which he presided the interesting sub ject was brought forward, and from that time to this there has been no peace in the Ministry. The Cabinet was made a nursery, and the country was invited to rock the cradle of Reform. That, how ever, the country could not be prevailed upon to do. It had nursed and racked into many of these abor tive creations, and besides, the caudle was thin and watery. For months nobody cared to know whether Reform was living or dead ; and when at last it was They started at Barnes Bridge. The watermen had the best station, and they started evenly. The watermen drew a slight lead at the first, but soon the gentlemen were level. The watermen rowed very gallantly, and were gradually overhauled bit by bit until below the bathing-place, where the Ox ford finished, with a lead of half a length. In the middle of Corney-reach another start was effected, and the watermen, as before, drew a slight lead, but were again gradually outrowed off Chiswick Eyot. There was a very fine spurt after that. t won easily by a length and a half from Lady Pam, who defeated the favourite by two lengths for second place. Pevensey was fourth, and Ink last. NEWMARICET CRAVE The PRINCE OF WALES'S ST, handicap of 25 says each Ago st lb The Duke 4 9 2 Master Richard ... 5 9 0 Argonaut ... a 8 12 :Baragah 5 8 11 Cambuscan 5 8 11 Breadalbane 4 8 10 Archimedes ... 4 8 9 Bacchus ... 5 8 8 Le Mandarin ... 4 8 7 Raglan .„ .„ 6 8 6 Longcic.wn 4 8 4 Ostreger 3 8 3 Lucky Star 5 8 2 Todleben 4 8 2 Kangaroo ... 4 8 2 Zephyr 4 8 1 Muezzin ... 6 8 1 Brootnielaw 4 8 0 Zambesi 4 8 0 Grinder 4 8 0 Paris 5 8 0 Peon .„ 5 8 0 Peeress 4 8 0 Mr. Pitt 3 8 0 Redinire 4 7 13 Siberia 4 7 13 N MEETING—APitri, 16. 'AGES of 200 sovs, added to a 10 ft, and 5 if declared. Merry Hart .A ge .. 6 st lb 7 1 Amata c 4 7 1 Vandervelde ... 57 0 Bigots ... 4 7 0 Valiant .. 5 7 0 Prince Imperial ... 3 7 0 Sealskin. 3 6 13 Agatha 5 6 13 Lima f ... 4 6 12 Pintail .„ 5 612 Endsleigh ... 4 6 12 Plutus 3 6 12 John of the isles 3 610 Renfrew 4 6 10 Tourmalin 3 6 10 The Raven 3 6 10 Il Re Galantuomo .4 6 10 Mount Palantine 3 6 9 Selim 3 6 9 Treachery g 4 6 7 Messmate 3 6 7 Gunlock ▪ 3 6 2 Hawthorn 3 6 2 Isis •.. 3 6 0 Lincoln Green ... 3 6 0 Acta3a 3 6 0 Haphazad 3 6 0 Cerops 3 6 0 Gladiator ... ~. 3 513 Claverhouse 3 5 13 Loughrea ... 3 5 12 Custalogo ~. 3 5 12 Jollity 3 5 12 Nineveh ... • 3 510 Wellesley „. • 3 510 Mrs. Allan 3 5 7 Vulture ... 3 5 7 Effervescence 3 5 7 Roland 3 5 7 Heart-breaker 3 5 7 Victorious ... 4 (p ft) Missionary Auditor Audax ... 4 7 12 ... 4 7 12 ... 4 7 12 Don Basilio Tancrede ... Beadle ... The Buck ... ~.4 7 11 ...4 7 10 ...5 710 ...4 7 7 Lord Douglas ::: 5 7 7 Vespasian ... ... 3 7 7 Wedding Peal ... 4 7 7 Mirliflor ... ... 1 7 7 Brahma ... ~. 4 7 7 Difference ~ .:: 3 7 4 _ ... Crown Prince ... 3 7 4 Xi ... ... „. 3 7 4 Sidewind 4 7 2 The NEW PLATE of 200 sovs 20 sovs each, 10 ft, for tl added to a Free Handicap of free-yr-olds and upwards. a at lb The Duke... 4 9 0 Archimedes 8 10 Master Richard 5 8 9 Kilkenny 6 8 8 Dreadalbane 4 8 7 Gemma ... a 8 7 Paris ... 5 8 5 a st Viceroy 4 6 12 Rigolotto 5 6 11 Anti-Macassar ... 4 6 11 La Mechante 4 6 10 Agatha ~. 5 610 Selim 3 610 Tourmalim ... 3 6 10 Cadiz 6 G 10 Indian Star ~. 3 6 9 The Raven ~. 3 6 8 William Pitt 3 6 8 Miss Robbie ... 46 8 ' Arabia ... 4 6 3 Chapel Royal ... 3 6 7 Caustic ... ... 3 6 7 Whitby ...3 6 7 Ulp hus ... 3 6 7 Panacea ... 3 6 7 Fortunatus ... 3 6 4 Claverhousc ... 3 6 4 Mirella 3 6 3 Professor Anderson 3 6 2 Isis ... 3 6 2 Tina ... 3 6 2 Raglan ... Zambesi ... ... 6 8 5 ... 4 8 4 Lytham ... ~. 5 8 Kangaroo ... ... 4 8 The Grinder ... 4 8 Donnybrook ... 6 8 Bromielaw ~. 4 8 Mr. Pitt ... ... 3 8 Lucky Star ... 5 8 King Charming ... 4 8 0 Muezzin ... 6 7 13 Sancho 4 7 12 Bayard ... ... 5 712 Affidavit ... 5 7 11 Peeress ... 4 710 Thalassius... 4 7 10 Audax 4 7 10 Peon 5 7 9 Furze Chat ... 4 7 9 Lord Douglas ... 5 7 9 Chibisa ... 3 7 9 Vespn sian 3 7 9 Reindeer ... a 7 8 Skirmish ... 4 7 8 The Primate ... 3 7 8 Armadillo ~. 5 7 7 Crytheia 5 7 7 3lngirinn ... 3 7 7 Confederate ... 5 7 7 Joker ...4 7 G Guinan% ... 5 7 6 Pantaloon ... 4 7 G Bigote 4 7 3 Wedding Peal ... 4 7 3 Holstein 4 7 2 Vandervelde ... 5 7 1 King Hal ... 3 7 0 Tormentor ... 3 7 0 Duke of York ... 3 7 0 Beelzebub 3 7 0 Plutus ... 3 6 13 Lucy Long 4 6 13 Merry Hart ... 6 6 13 Dolphin ... 6 6 12 Rococo Actwa, ~ 3 6 2 3 6 1 Tiady Kinghorn ... 4 6 0 Piano ~ 4 6 0 La Dauphine ... 3 6 0 Loughrea 3 6 0 Equivoque... ... 3 6 0 Alberta, by King Tom 3 6 0 Gladiator 3 5 13 Marco Spada 3 5 12 Caithness Le Magician Haarlem ... Musician ... 3 5 12 ...3 512 ... 4 5 12 ... 3 5 10 Lady Audley ... 3 510 Mrs. Day 3 5 9 Mrs. Allan... 3 5 9 War wick ... ... 3 5 9 Hasketon Maid ... 3 5 8 Lecturer ... 3 5 7 Nelly ... 3 5 7 Vexatious 3 5 7 Hedon 3 5 7 Ammunition Heartbreaker CATTERICK Acceptances for the Milban Age st lb Lozenge ... 4 8 12 Poetess ... 5 8 5 Lady of Coverdale 4 8 4 Empress of India... 5 8 2 Molly Carew ... 5 712 Gayous ... 5 7 12 Bonaparte ... 4 7 4 Minnette ... 4 7 4 Douro ... 3 7 0 Acceptances for Brough Handicap; a mile and a quarter The highest weight accepting being Bst 101 b, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion. Age st lb f Ago st lb Lozenge 4 8 12 ! Antique 3 7 1 Lady of Coverdale 4 8 6 Glares 3 7 1 The Turner 4 8 1 Bob Chambers 3 7 1 Arabia 4 1 13 Savernake ... 3 7 1 The Cripple ~. 5 7 11 Nizam 3 6 12 Ceres ... 4 7 6 Applecross ... 3 6 12 Lady of the Toes 3 7 3EI Cid 1 ... 3 619 Three pea Cent. 3 7 2 Acceptances for the Hornby Handicap ; a mile and a half Age st lb Age st lb Molly Carew 5 8 12 Dolan ... 3 7 8 Gayous 5 8 12 Hebe 3 7 7 Arabia 4 8 10 Begum 3 7 7 Professor Milne 48 6 Vagrant ... 37 7 Miss Haworth ... 3 8 1 Gelert ... 3 7 5 Claros 3 7 12 Honest Tom (late Savernake ~. 3 712 Yuba Dam) 3 7 4 DURHAM, 1866. Acceptances for the Durham Handicap; a mile and a half. The highest weight accepting being Bst, it has been raised to Bst 121 b, and the others in proportion. lb Lozenge ... ...4 e B st 12 Empress of India... 5 8 0 Gayous ... ... 5 712 The Turner ... 4 7 12 East Lynn... ... 47 11 Arabia ... ... 4 710 Honesty ... 3 7 10 Age st lb Professor Milne 4 7 4 Three per Cent 3 7 0 Lany Vane ... 3 6 12 Jura 3 6 12 Savernake 6 6 12 Declaration 3 6 9 Carperby 3 6 8 Durham Handicap ; one mile. Acceptances for the North 'and a quarter. The highest weight accept] raised to Bst 101 b, aad the otl Age st :b Gayovs ... 5 8 10 The Turner ... 4 8 8 Malta ...agedB 5 Honesty .. 0 8 5 Toe Cripple ... 2 8 4 Jura 0 7 9 ing being 7st 91b, it has been laers in proportion: Age st lb Savermako 3 7 9 Claros ... 3 7 9 Vagrant ... 3 . 7 9 Carperby ... 3 7 5 Honest Tern 3 6 IO LINCOLN SPRING MEETING.--The starter having reported Barker, the rider of Treasure Trove in the Lincolnshire Handicap, for disobeying his orders, the matter was brought before the Stewards of the Jockey Club, who have suspended him until after Epsom Summer Meeting. HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGEMENTS. March 17, at 11 30 a.m., General Hess, out of all engagements. March 18, after 6 p.m., Buckfoot, out of Welter Cup at Lewes. March 19, at 9 a.m., Agatha, out of St. Liz Han dicap and Spencer Plate. March 19, at 9 a.m., Grapeshot and Kitty Shoby gelding, out of Northamptonshire Stakes. March 19, at 9 a.m., Mount Palatine, out of the Whittlebury Stakes. March 19, at 9 a.m., all Mr W. Robinson's horses, out of Lewes spring engagements. March 19, at 9 a.m., Elastic, out of Durham en gagements. March 19, at 3 45 p.m., Guinivere and Lincoln Green, out of Northamptonshire Stakes. March 20, at 9 a.m., Charming Woman, out of Stand Plate, Northampton. March 20, at 9 a.m., all Mr Barnett's horses, out of Knighton and Abergavenny engagements. March 20, at 4 20 p.m., Molly Carew, out of Northampton en gagements. COLOURS OF RIDERS. —Mr. W. Cradock, yellow, black sash, black and yellow cap. FORFEIT Ll ST. — Stafford's forfeits have been paid. The following assumed name has been registered —Mr, W. W. Cradock. The following additional nominations, &c., for Catterick Bridge and Newcastle have been received from the clerk of the course : CATTERICK BRIDGE.—The Bedale Hunt Stakes— Grenadine (h b). The North Yorkshire Steeple chase—Mischief (h Voltigeur (h b), and Grena dine (h b). NEWCASTLE - ON-TYNE.—Stewarcis' Cup—Excel ler, Caithness, and Dawdle. On Wednesday a ball for the benefit of the In stitution for the Relief of the Indigent Blind of the Jewish Persuasion took place at Willis' Rooms, St. James's. It was numerously and fashionably attended, and among the company present were the Right'Hon. the Lord Mayor, his lordship's daughter Mrs. W. Barnett, Mr. Sheriff Wiggins, the Mayor of Southampton, Mr. John Solomon (vice-president), Mr- David Hyam (treasurer), Mr. S. L. De Symons, Mr. L. M. Rothschild, &c. The donations and subscriptions announced amounted to about £7OO. The band et the Growl* Guards was prosout. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. A special meeting of the above distinguished club was held yesterday at the club house, Albemarle-street, Picca dilly. Lord Alfred Paget, the noble commodore, presided, and after some routine business, the following programme of the season was announced : Opening trip and dinner, Saturday, 19th May ; rendez vous off the Union Yacht Club-house, Gravesend, at 1 30 p.m. ; proceed on a cruise, under the orders of the commo dore, and return to the Union to dine. First (Channel) Match, Monday, May 21, for Schooners (luggers to class with schooners), Yawls, and Cutters.-- Three prizes, £lOO, £5O, and £5O, one for each rig, the first to receive the £lOO prize. Open to any Royal Yacht Club vessels, to sail in ordinary cruising trim, with their usual fittings, to the satisfaction of the committee. Vessels to carry their usual boats, anchors, and cables. A pilot, but no extra hands, allowed. No time allowances. No re striction as to canvas or number of friends on board. Course, from the Nore Light to Dover Harbour. Entries to close at 10 on the night of the 10th. Second (Cutter) Match, Thursday, May 24, for Cutters of the First and Second Classes.—First class, a pri zo value £lOO ; second class, a prize value £5O. Course, from Grave send round the Mouse and back. Mall a minute time. Entries close on the 22d. Third (Schooner and Yawl) Match, Saturday, June 9 ; open to schooners of R.T.Y.C.—First class, prize £lOO ; second class, under 100 tons, £BO ; yawls exceeding 50 tons, £BO. A quarter of a minute time allowance. From Gravesend to the Mouse and back. Entries close on the Gth. Fourth (Cutter) Match, Saturday, June 23.—Cutters of the third and fourth classes. Third class, a prize value £5O ; fourth class, £2O. Half a minute time. Course, Erith to the Nore and back. Entries on the 20th. IRELAND. DUBLIN, March 22. The members of the Dublin Corporation have evi dently great faith in their " robes of office," and the " civic insignia," when they think they can make an impression on the Lord-Lieutenant, and enforce the claim of a deputation asking his Excel lency's assistance to get money from the Treasury. Yesterday the Lord Mayor went in state to the Castle, accompanied by Aldermen J. Reynolds, W. W. L. Joynt, and Durdin, Councillors Carroll, Bar rington, Murphy, Eakins, Mackey, Callow, Dolan, Meagher, Carey, Hamilton, and Joseph. They were attended by five of the corporation officers, carrying the civic insignia. The Lord-Lieutenant could not do otherwise than receive the deputation in State also, and so he wore the collar of the Order of St. Patrick, and the following members of his household appeared in full court costume :—Mr. Edmund Wodehousc, private secretary ; Captain Everard, assistant private secretary ; Colonel For ster, Hon. Captain Dormer, A.D.C., Mr. Camp bell, A.D.C., Captain Howard, A.D.C., Colonel Musters, Controller of the Household ; and Mr. Lowry Balfour, Gentleman at Large. The Lord Mayor read a memorial to his Excellency on city taxation, from which it appeared that the amount of local taxation in 1865 was £212,616, being 7s. Gd. in the pound on the Poor Law valuation ; and made up of seven rates—viz., grand jury, ls. 2d. ; im provement, 2s. ; poor, 2s. north and 2s. Gd. south ; police, Bd. ; sewers, 4d. ; water, ls. 3d., and vestry abolition rate, ld. The memorialists complained that the citizens are obliged to pay £40,000 per annum for the support of the Metropolitan Police force, over which they have no control, and that a sum of £6,706 per annum paid by the owners of hackney carriages for licenses is not paid to the credit of the improvement fund in aid of paving, cleansing, and lighting the city. What they de mand is that the corporation should have the con trol of this income, and then they would cleanse the Liffey, which is " a gigantic nuisance" most dangerous to health, widen Carlisle-bridge, and make other necessary improvements. When the memorial was read the Lord-Lieutenant wished to know whether any gentleman wished to offer re marks upon the subject, to which the Lord Mayor replied that Alderman Reynolds was prepared to speak ; but the alderman politely declined to take precedence and wished first to have the pleasure of hearing his Excellency. The Lord-Lieutenant was afraid that his reply would not give Mr. Reynolds much opportunity for making observations, as he had really very little to say. There could be no doubt that the two sub jects they brought before him were matters of very great importance, and he would bring them under the notice of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, ac companied with the expression of that opinion, which was all he could do. He had not the power to un lock the Treasury and give them the carriage rents. Of the two objects he thought the purification of the river the more important. The memorial stated the case fully and clearly, but it would bemore com plete if they added returns of the city t axa ti on for 0, 15, or 20 years. Alderman Reynolds promised the returns, and then procesded with his address, but he was evidently dis armed by the tone of his Eexcellency's reply. He had some arrows in his quiver, however, which had hit the mark ofteg before, and he was determined to shoot them again. \Then he read the returns of grants for public parks he :yas compelled to regret that he was not an Englishman. ju ten years Parlia ment had voted for London parks ,C 704,000, and for Phcenix-park, which was as large as the whole of them, only £43,000. However, the corpoi,c4ion had lowered their claims, and all they now asked was the £G,700 a year carriage rents. The alderman concluded with the following remarks, the last of which is rather cool : I cannot conclude my observations without reminding your Excellency that if there be a city which has a claim to what wo ask it is the city of Dublin. We lost an expen diture of at least two millions a year by the Act of Union. Our nobility, our resident gentry, our merchants, have to a great extent disappeared, and the city in its impoverished state pays £212,000 in local taxation. I wish your Ex- celloncy would kindly remind Mr. Gladstone of that fact, and if we had the advantage of a resident Parliament we would not trouble your Excellency with this memorial." The deputation then retired. A money grievance of a totally different kind has just turned up in the Queen's County, and has called forth two columns of reprobation in the Dublin Evening Post. Incredible as it may appear, a body consisting of 30 Irish gentlemen have refused to re ceive a sum amounting to several thousand pounds for the support of a county infirmary, and this re fusal has given grievous offence, proving that Ire land after all furnishes some of the most striking examples of " What money can't do." The case is this :—The late Mr. J. Grattan 13 years ago left a sum of £4,500 to the Queen's County Infirmary, which sum has not since been applied. Mrs. Grat tan Bellew, owner of the Grattan estates, in the ...3 5 7 . 0 ,3 5 7 BRIDGE, 18q6. Lk Stakes; a mile and a half. Age st lb Threo per Cent ... 3 6 13 Savernake ... 3 6 12 Bob Chambers ... 3 612 Cla,ros ... 3 6 12 Jura ... 3 6 12 Antique ... ... 3 6 12 l Applecross ... 3 6 9 ifieba ... 3 6 7 produced in the House of Commons, Mr. Gladstone himself was constrained to own that he did not half like its appearance. No one ventured to speak a hearty word in its behalf, and its parents were flatly told that their precious offspring would never be able to walk alone. Nevertheless it was all they had to show, and they could only say that they had done their best, which, as they were not asked to do anything of the kind, was confessedly a poor apology for exhibiting such a skeleton. So the affair rested up to Tuesday evening, when the fatal amend ment was announced ; and the circumstance that Ministers were, and it may be still are, determined to persevere in defiance of public opinion, must be taken into account in appraising their responsibility. It cannot fail to be observed that Lord Russell is committed to a course which does not commend itself to the judgment of the country, and he ought to be the first to perceive and recognise the fact. Practically, however, this is the least im portant point. It is inconceivable that the Liberal party can be brought to act together under the leadership of any statesman who suffers himself to be influenced by its Radical section. Mr. Bright has never yetsupported a Ministry or a policy that corresponded with the requirements and the senti ments of the people of this country. The difficuliy seems rather to be that, as Mr. Disraeli has said, " England does not love coalitions ;" and further, that, except with respect to Reform, the facility of forming a Coalition Ministry is by no means obvious. If it was thought necessary to bring in a welll-considered and comprehensive Reform Bill, that might doubtless be done without the concur rence of Lord Russell, Mr. Gladstone, or Mr. Milner Gibson, and the measure could not be im peded by their opposition. Still, what the country wants is a firm, steady Government, and it is not self-evident that a mixed Administration would be a good working machine. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM —THURSDAY. There was a small supply of wheat at our corn market to-day, for which the inquiry was slow at about the cur rencies of the week previous. The demand for barley was fair, and sales were effected at full) last week's rates. For oats the demand was quiet at previous rates. There was a fair inquiry for beans at fully late rates. Peas _main tained previous quotations. EDINBURGH —WEDNESDAY. At our market to-day there was a fair supply of coun try wheat, consisting of 839 sacks, which met a slow sale. Average, lld up. Wheat on the top, 3s 6d down average, Os 7d lip. Barley on the top, Os 6d down average, Os 8d down. Oats on the top, is Od up ..average, Os 2d up. Beans on the top, 4s Od down average, is od up. Average prices. Wheat, 45s 5d I Oats, 27s 3d Barley, 37s 6d 1 Beans ........ 44s 9d Total supply and sales. Wheat 839 qrs sold 512 Barley 777 qrs sold 538 Oats 3069 qrs sold 2044 Beans 370 qrs sold 348 Town-made flour sells as follows:—White, 40s Od; extra superfine, 38s Od ; superfine, 36s Gd ; fine, 35s Od. GLASGOW—WEDNEsDAr. The imports into the Clyde were 440 tons wheat, 212 tons barley, &c., and 10,379 sacks flour; into Grange mouth, 71 tons wheat, 303 tons barley, and 8 tons beans• The market was very quiet. Wheat tid to is per quarter cheaper. French flour was offered at a decline of Gil to ts per sack. Barley was rather less active. Beans, peas, and oats were firm, and fully as dear as last week. Foreign Mail Packet List - MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southamptofi...,,,Mar. 22. Ditto, via Marseilles April 13. Brazil and Cape Verds. by British packet April 6 Ditto, by French packet Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Mar. 24. China, Penang, and Singwore, via Southampton Mar. 22. Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 3 0 . Failland Islands Gibraltar, via zouthamipton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.... Mar. 2 3 . Ditto, via Marseilles India (Bombay), via So u th ampton. Ditto, via :Marseilles Malta, Egypt, and Aden, v i a S out h ampton ' 333 M ill a aaa r trr .. : 2 332 : 15 .. M Ditto, via Marseilles Mar. 25. Mauritius, via Southampton Ditto, via 31arseilles. April 7. Newfoundland Portugal Ditto, by private ship t o Li s b on.. United btates and Briti s h North Americ.a“,byßri-AApprriillll6: tish packet 28. Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton ........ Ditto, via Cork Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry., Mar. 23. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas and Honduras) Mar. 31. Cuba and Mexico Mar. 31. Bahamas, via New 'York Bermuda, ditto April *1 West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneriffe .... April 12' [ADVERTISEMENT.] Dyspepsia (indigestion), constlPP tion, debility, consumption, and all nervous, bilious, stoma" and liver complaints in every stage, are only aggravated and acceleraced by drugs of every description, but perfectly cur able by Du Barry's health-restoring Revalenta Arables Food, as proved by thousands of cases which had been con sidered hopeless, such as—cough, asthma, also diarrho l4 [norrholds, liver complaints, flatulency, nervousnes s ' biliousness, fevers, sore throats, diphtheria, catarrhs, colds' influenza, noises in the head and ears, rheumatism, gout Ira' purities, eruptions, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sleepless ness, acidity, palpitation, heartburn, headache, debility' dropsy, cramps, spasms, nausea and sickness, even in preg nancy or at sea, sinking fits, bronchitis, scrofula, tightness ' 2 ' the chest, pains in the pit of the stomach and between the shoulders, etc. We quot e a f ew :—Cure No. 46,276. INtriTainels Roberts, limber merch an t , of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 Yea rs' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, an d par tial deafness.—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs, of a treme nervousness, indi gest i on, gather,ngs; low spirits' and d nervous fancies. —Cure IN o 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies, lor d lieut. of atertord, of many years' dyspepsia. —No. 49,830 : Fifty years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, nervouspe a :i aathina, cough , constipation, flatulency, spasms, sickness , an vomiting—Maria July—Cure No. 54,8:6. The Rev. J ames T. Campbell, F a k en h am. Norfolk, of indigestion and torp id " ity of the liver, which had resisted all medical treatmentl b. In tins, 11b, 2 s 9 d ; 21 b , 4s 61 ; 51b, lls ; 121 b, 22" 24 4os.—Barry Du B arry and Co., No. 77, Regent-street, London; also Phillips, t ea d ea l ers, 8, King William-street ; at 61, Gracechurch-street; 4, Cheapside ; 49, BishoPegate ;; street Within ; 63, 150, an d 29 8 , O xford-street ; 330, Strand 54, Upp er Baker-street ; 103, Tottenham-court-roa d ; Upper-street, Islington, N.; Harvey, Notting-hill; C lose Brothers, 65, High-street ; an d Stubbs, Queen's -terrace, st. ~. John's -wood, L on d on; an d a ll respectable grocers and cheer mists.—Beware of snurous imitations. Births. RooTH— On the 22d inst., at 44, Camden-square, Lo ndon, N.W., the wif e o f J. WI Rooth, of 5, New-squar e, Lin coln's-inn, barrister-at-law, of a son. COKE—On the 21st inst., at 28, Warwick-square, La d y Coke, of a d aug ht er . HUBBACK —On the 20th inst., at Sydney Villa, Park - g a : dens, the wife of Captain ilubback, King's Drag(' Guards, of a daughter. Marriages. el ofy , c EsoinTofh. Blackheath, the 21st inst. a t Lewishatn , Fb w,iiaulst, R.o N Julia .,of E Maria, uia eldest odg elTupgrue.; ter Norwood. HOWARD—Smrrx—On the 21st inst. at at Friestone Church, Boston, Lincolnshire, Mr. Wm. lioward, of King street, Covent-garden, t o Mary Ann Smith, daughter of 311. ' 13. W. Smith, The Priory, Friestone. Deaths. BATT—On the 20th inst., at Standon, Hert9 Mr. j. Batt, aged 94. CANNON—On the IGth inst., at his residence Rock P ark, Rock Ferry, David Cannon, Esq., aged 84. c 1 ELD—On the 19th inst. , Francis Eld, Esq ., of S ei g hfor Hall, Staffordshire, aged 69. 1* HAYWARD—On the 20th inst., at 34, Greenwood-road, DA ston, Mrs. Catherine Hayward, aged 78. KENYON— On the 18th inst., at Grafton Lodge, near Shrews' bury, G. Kenyon, Esq., Commander R.N., aged 55. SKILBECK—On the 18th inst., at Brighton, Louisa, relict of Joseph S. Skilbeck, Esq., late of Hamilton-terrace, St- John's-wood. TRAVIS—On the 20th inst., at 8, Wellington-square, Choi" tenham, S. Travis, Esq., aged 76. TROLLOPE—On the 21st inst., at Tuubridge-wells, Cathe rine, widow of the late E. Trollope, Esq., of Doughty" street, London. ----- London : Printed and Published by W IL LIAM AN :JREW S . of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TIE; SUN Ofil Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in the Coun t y 0 111iddle3ex.—Friday, blargh 23, 1866. No. 112, MANCHES TER—THURSDAY. There was an average attendance at our market this morning. English wheat was in very limited request ;on the best samples no reduction could be noted, but other sorts were is per qr lower; foreign was also neglected. There was so little passing in flour that prices were alto gether nominal ; to effect sales a decline of Gd per sack on both English and French would have been submitted to. In oats and oatmeal no material alteration was observable, and the same may be said of beans. Indian corn sold slowly, at late rates. KRIS T OL —THURSDAY. The market was but moderately supplied with English farmers' wheat, but the demand was sluggish, and a limited business was done at p r i ces b e l ow t h ose current on this day se'eunight. In foreign there was nothing doing. Malting barley was in good demand, and last week's prices were supported. Grinding qualities are scarce, and 6d per quarter more money was obtained for them. The demand for oats was not active. I'or maize 6d per qr. advance was obtained. BURY ST. ED.I.IUND'S—WED.NrsDAY. We had a fair supply of wheat here to-day, the condition of which was much affected by the damp weather ; the trade ruled dull, at last week's prices. The show of barley was small ; last week's rates barely maintained. Oats, beans, and peas without alteration. White wheat, 53s to 55s ; old red, 46s to 48s ; new red, 40s to 44s , malting barley, 35s to 38s ; Page's prolific bar ley, 39s to 41s per qr. vorages :—Wheat, 8394 qrs, at 42s 4d ; barley, 1,490 qrs., 36s id ; oats, 73- qrs, 224; Od.