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

LITERATURE. THE IRISH TOUifIS'I''S ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK. If the admirable arrangements for the convenience of tourist s t o I re l an d, by Chester and Holyhead, 'which have been announced for the present summer, ,e.antot fail to draw a numerous secti on o f th e travel "lig Community to the shores of our Sister Island— .llo.tie of th e v i s i tors s h ou ld set f orth ueprov i ded w i t h In% admirable pocket volume. It is the most service able Irish tour book that has yet appeared. It con tains a copious amount of information, excellently a jlohged and clearly and agreeably written, whilst th e : pages are illustrated w ith some hi g hly picturesque / Lea's. The maps are drawn with the utmost accuracy, °ace being devoted to each of the four tours, which embrac e the most notable features of Irish scenery. These tours a re —th e fi rs t, from Dublin to Cork, taking in Killarney, Glengariff, and Limerick; the second, the county of Wicklow, the pleasure-garden of Ireland ; the third, from Dublin to Galw a y and Connemara (the Irish Highlands) ; and, the fourth, to the regions of Ulster, with its far-famed Giants' Ca useway, the b eau ti e s of the Mourne Mountains and lovely and itosstrevor, and the most flourishing town of '`'elftiat. Moreover, every possible information , 6 to railway travelling, hotels, &c., is to be fou nd in the pages of this volume, of the merits of which we can safely speak from intimate acquaintance with the scenes and subjects of Which it treats. " The design of its compilation," 8 ,1, a31 the preface, " has been, in the first place, to show `me, rapid, convenient, and economic means that now Islands for t rave lli ng between every part of the U n it e d - "lands ; secondly, to point out, in brief terms, the am ore remarkable of the picturesque beauties of Ire land, with passing allusions to the historical and other as sociations of each place visited under the privileges of the tourist ticket ; and, lastly, to draw 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 ef f iciently carried out in all its departments, and Mr. IVlLZlashan 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 !Pecting the winner of the great race yesterday, it is i nteresting to observe that one, at least, evinced upon t his matter a very extraordinary degree of prescience. without directly assuming to himself the power of va ticination, the writer of a pamphlet, noticed some , t uanths ba c k i n th e co l umns o f Th e S un , an d ca lli ng u irriaelf " The Wizard of the North," named the three first horses that actually passed the winning t)st--Daniel O'Rourke, Barbarian, and Chief Baron ioholson. The pamphlet in question ,was entitled ` Who's t o Wi n t h e D er b y ?" an d was pu bli s h e d by d ickers, as far back as January. Of the Chief Ba ron the Wizard of the North said, " We come now his Chief Baron Ni c h o l son , game to the back bone, as is two dead heats with Kingston prove. The heats are said t o h ave been run remarka b ly qu i c k , the clis „ u. s e brin g per f ormed i n 1 m i nu t e 29 secon d s ; b u t 'hicannot be so, as, in 1850, Payment won the same race in 1 minute 14 seconds, but then there was a difference of 41bs. in her favour. The Chief Baron e d. tt a Very bad figure in the Islalcombe Stakes at _ooodwood, but he was so decidedly shin-sore that he Ala not raise a II and ought not to have started at all. lie is wonderfully ga()p improved upon his best t w° year old form, and as he is undergoing a very car preparation in first-rate hands, though per-' "9 8 Lot so great as y oar Day's or your Scott's, we W o uld sooner b ac k him at 30 to 1, than the favourite he 4 to 1. ~ Of the seco n d h orse a t th e w i nn i ng pos t he said, " Barbarian is a bi g h orse , b u t h e i s sa id t o . unsuited to th e D ar b y course. He won his race from the Indian Warrior by accident ; but, notwith standing that circumstance, he will have to carry a doll o p of specie for the Irish division, and a famous Jockey has been secured for him in conse quence." This jockey rode Robbie Noble. Still m ore remarkable was the writer's prediction oregard to the actual winner of th e Derby 1852, Daniel O'4ourke. In regard to ' 4 l he spoke as follows Daniel O'Rourke is a c ompact, though mean looking little horse, of the E u . clic/ build, and gifted with great speed for a short di stance. We expect to see him retrieve his early ;,, e f e cits) if not in the Derby, at least in some other D ,,,, -144 , 11 .Y good thing." It must be confessed that the r . fortune of Mr. Bowes was owing not only to i"„excellence of the horse itself, but to the masterly . ir te ,Ying of Frank Bader, who may be said to have 1 14 1,. °111 tely lifted his horse in, at the critical moment, a length beyond Barbarian ! WHERE ARE THEY NOW?" Th (From Eliza Cook's ournal) , io t shn-rays came with floods ot g ur g olden gladness 13 "bell Childhood dwelt up on o laughing lips ; 9 Tim e has dimmed the dancing beams with sadness, dad Manhood murmurs through the giey eclipse, " Where are they now?" IV4st sc3nted leaves and glowing buds were flinging Their fairy odours round our early day ; 'La Manhood looks while bloom and branch are bpringing, And sighs amid the brightest on its way, " Where are they now ?" /Witt starry hopes Mantled our dreaming spirits When Life and Love were beautiful and new ; 4tit Age, with all the wisdom it inherits, Breathes o'er the molten gems of morning dew. " Where aro they now ?" 0311•. pensive words ! how many a blissful treasure ti"Yo serve t o po i nt to as a long.lost thing OW many a heart that pours Life's richest measure Must learn thy plaintive notes, and faintly sing, " Where aro they now?" ELIZA CGOIC. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. SOTJTII-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers Ind goods, week ending May 22, 852 £13.212 19 6 Ditto, May 24.,.1851 ". 13,075 18 7 •••• ... £167 011 Increase in 1852 ... 44undon Terminus, May 24, 1852. T r 141314. ° 0 X AND NO RTH -W ESTERN R AILWAY . —R e turn Of alto for the week ending May 23 : l 'assengers, parcels, mails, &c. £25,910 211 Merchandise 17,724 4 0 Cattle ... 940 14 1 Total £44,575 1 0 Corresponding week last year ... 50,203 18 6 r n IlfoNtani AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAthwAir.—Amount of raffic for the week ending May 23 : Passen V here Qoda "' "" £8,988 13 1 2,561 13 4 Total £11,550 6 5 Corresponding week laWyear... 12,723 19 7 i THE GREAT Noßamutzr RAILWAY. —(Miles in work, 2231, ....Return of Traffic for the Week ending May 16, 1852: Passengers, parcels, ca rriagos, horses, dogs, and mails £5,113 16 0 M erc handise and min era l s ,7:35 1 7 Cattle ••• *** ••• 227 411 :11,076 2 6 Total .. Corresp on di n g week, 185 1 (236 P assen gers, parcels , &c. miles] : "' 47,0 23 7 2 M erchan dise, Cattle, &c. ... 3,410 11 0 • T o tal ... ... 410,43" -0 miles e rn -)—Traffic AN HI D YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (26- 2 rl3:) —Traffic for week en din g Ma y 23 .El 6 ' 44 Corresp on ding week in last year (260 1 8 6 Danes open) .. •.. ...£15,247 7 9 .... oaTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.—(MiIes open 112•) t u of traffic for the we ek ending May 16 Railway a nd canal ••• £ 5,014 0 0 Corresponding week last year ... 5,036 0 0 Incrw L-The above is - exclu sive of the receipts available the agreement with the London and North-Western 11 2 - Company. Ire-arr Eat Awn Hot.THEAD RAILIVAL—Traffic for the ending May 22: MAIN LO N. Passengers ••• H. a and D. ••• Goods, cattle, &c. *** Italia Total Paasengera Goo, H. C . and D. '" ) cattle, &c. •.- Total ••• ... £1,3P0 18 4 101 9 0 .•• 596 8 10 .•• 575 0 0 ..• ... £2,653 16 2 ••• SOLD. £3B 16 4 ••• 1 1 7 1 ••• 106 12 2 ". --------; ... £147 .5 I „. ... £29016 0 27 3 8 Pamengers ••• - ••• Parcel s , Lt. C. and D. STEAM-BOATS. Total £317 19 8 eridiSco l . r ,„ •• ••• ••• ng Ar ai CENTRAL • RAlLWAY.—Tra ffi c for the Week.p_aY 23 1 852 : " se ngere (11,214), parcels,horses rl and carriages ... ... ' £1,643 6 0 ' ° ° (lB , cattle, 921 4 1 Total .. 1,964 10 1 Corm. ••• Pe r th Ponding week in hot year... 1,780 5 6 s - olaY 25, 1852. 4 f . Tr' AN BANDON RAILWAY.—(2O miles open)—Return eine for the week ending May 22, 1852: - Pass engers, parcels, &c. u4erehandise, cattle &c. ••• £lO4 5 9 45 14 3 £l5O 0 0 Total •• "' miles en : COrresponding week in 1851 6 0 (10 miles op ) 30 0 6 1 Passengers patcels, Bcc. Merchandise, cattle, &c. "" Total .. 30 12 1 4. O_VALUABLE HINT FOR THE ADM Leeks, r 'ltariDErts-IN- Crium.—Commodore Sir Henry fair to MALTY AND ALL i;:lornatader-in-Chief a the East Indian Navy, bid d all to _lt very popular man in Bombay. He has ordere .or. , I _ 4 roandora of vessels of war, on entering harbour, ,s,d i to the Master Attendant's office, for the use 0 p m and 8 ;,." 41 e and reporters of the press, a list of Passeng— tot' i the s iTulary of news; and all commanders of the Indian navy parcels who mss com e across any ship conveying mails or aboard cels which have met with any accident, are to send and offer to bring mi the said mails and parcels; t he . ize_runEiore telling the du`at in acting thus they will 11` be performing thei ,.. to PlAblicom.rortstriouth Aimes. Y and rendeung an obligation SPORTING NOTES. UUXXXIV. THE RACE FOR THE DER 3Y. WITH A GLANCE AT THE OAKS. TO TIIE EDITOR OF TAIL' SUN. evor in my experience have I wituessed a more disagreeable racing day then was that on which the seventy-third Derby was decided. Tile rein com menced early in the morning; and although it abated slightly towards mid-day, yet a drizzling sort of, light mist descended during tile whole afternoon. A centern porary observes, that the course was by no means heavy; I, however, feel quite sure thst it was heavier than in the Flying Dutchman's year. At the road the f;•rouncl was particularly sodden, seine of the animals having slipped in nearly a foot deep; and, altogether, from the beginning to the end the turf was very holding. The attendance, though very large, WEIS nothing to be compared with what it would nave been bad it been a no day. • After a couple of false starts, the twenty-seven horses thet cougregated at the post got f:ff beautifully, and laid tcierably well together to - Tettenl.em-corner, where they bet an to tail off , Shortly eater 'Robbie Noble took the lead, and maintained it tor some distance, when he Was tv-aded by Barbarian, who carried on the running to the cad of the Stand, where Butler, on Daniel, made his final effort, coming with a tremendous rush, tired winning on the post by half a length. Chief Baron Nicholson, who ran in front from the Road, was beaten three pasts of a length for second place, and had a neck the advantage of Hobbit) Noble, who was in difficultiea at the distance. Aicoran, in a good place from she be ginning of the race, never got into a better, but finished as he commenced, fifth; King of Trumps was sixth; and Stockwell, who was beaten at the distance, I believe ran in seventh. The pace was extremely slow—the slowest ou 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 halt than Cosaack'a, fourteen seconela inferior to Surplice's (the fastest known), two to the Flying Dutchman's, tWeiV3 to Volts 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 cases. For instance, Lean not take it as Robbie Noble's true running yesterday; neither can I consider it as any criterion of Herbingent or Stockwell'a abilities, the latter being evirleutly not the thing; or the King of Trumps, who was by no means up to tho mark. In my final rematks on the Derby I spoke in a dia~ 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 gage 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 set down as nil, have stuck to bins 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. lie was one of the first fbals of 1849, haring been slipped on the 9th of January: asyet 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 Stakes, beating Bay Rosalind and six others. His last appearance at the Newmarket Houghton Meeting was a wretched affair, he there ran filth to lied Hind for the Criterion Stakes. This. as 1 6,Mserved at the time, was not his true running, he being in about as good form as Newnzinster was on the Derby-day ;in other words, no form at all. lam inclined to look very favourably upon this horse's chance, and consider that lie is the pick of Scott's stable ; and will yet, if he stands time preparation. convince the world that he is not to be' sneezed at.' 'l e i s we ll worth an investment at the present price." My good opinion of Daniel remaiaed unshaken until his wretched performance in the nice for the Two Thousand Gaineas Stakes, for which I had selected him ' as the winner; his running here, however, knocked my calculations completely overboard; and, alehougn 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 Newtainster pare 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, eixty- sixes, fifties, &c,, cou ld eat.° 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 probability, consist of Songstress, Lady Amyott, Bird-on-the-Wing, Gos samer, Sally, Trosseau, Red Hind, Attack, Bay Rosa lind, Kate, Plumstead, Lady-ins Waiting, Bilberry, Gal vanism, and perhaps two or three mhers. I shall say the race would lie entirely with TROSSEAU, RED HIND, and SONGSTRESS; but as to who Will turn out the best I am afraid I cannot foreshadow; probably the northern couple will beat the Goodwood neg. I am, Sir, yours, &c., TUE SPIIUT OF THE TURF. 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 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—a 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 Brighton Railway Company, which had anticipated and prepared for au immense traffic, must have found their receipts at least fifty per cent. below their calculations ; thousands, it is true, were conveyed, bet there was no fight ing for seats, nor was there any difficulty in obtaining conveyance from the Epsom terminus to the course. In spite, however, of the elements, there was a great crowd, on the Downs. If the hill, ono of the principal features of the Epsom panoramas!, 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 net 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. The show of royal, titled, and fashionable company included his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Major the lion. James Macdonald; the Duke of Richmond, the Marquises of Dawnshire, Clanricaide, Exeter, and Drogheda; the Earls of Besborough, Dur ham, Ruston, Chesterfield, Airlie, Uxbridge, Zetiand, and March; Lords—Maidstone, Anson, Enfield, Lased lea, Torrington, Exmouth, Henry Gordon Lonnox, Alexander Lennox, Ribblesdale, G. Manners, Paget, F. Fhsroy, and G. Lennox; Sira—R. I'. Clinton, R. Peel, J. B. Mill, G. Armitage, R. Pigot, C. Rushout, H. Meux, W. W. Wynn, end H. Campbell. Honenrables— Admiral Paulett, General Anson, Colonel Stanley, S. Herbert, Colonel Boyle, Major Pitt, Major Needham, T. Stoner, Captain lions, H. Forester, Agar Ellis, F. Villiers, Colonel Peel. Colonel Newton. Messrs.—Gre ville, Payne, Nevill, Balfour, Rash, Smythe, Mills, S. Graham, A. Heathcote, Milner, W. H. Williamson, Meikiam, Bowes, Wigrem, &c. There was a remark table falling off in the attendance of ladies, end 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 time. This having been 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 &serving, special re ference was in the two favourites, the Danehury nag obtaining an unequivocal lend as soon as the !Ilia; was formed in t h e "e nc lo sures. Th e h orses having taken their ca n t ers, proceeded • to the post, an d at half-past three, after a couple of failures, were started iv. good order. The . race, which was run lance, left to four, a d at anything but a great er ace was, from the dis animal, from terminated in atriumh different an hwalifeheperevious running very thought in the Stand that n result might anticipated. It was at first were the expressions of triumphßFbarian had won, and loud party, and when it was aseeraid amongst the Irish that Daniel O'Rourke had first caught the judge'ste the delight expressed was scarcely less enthusiastic'— Noble Marquis Irish stallion, symptoms t of unre strainedthrowing up his bat and betraying add that Daniel gentleman r r bred h in gratification. It is as well Mundig andwCoothhears- O'Rourke, although by an Engltni; he is the property of a bred two other Derby winners, that was lost up , to this race was recovered best account of the and. by six o'clock the s stone. ports d• suc w ce e ede au d b , subjoin the •ng that circumstances enabled us to collect—that i w n e T r t h e ll o:s a e: e m i t a h e d a: rann det9ileci, or perhaps altogether so accurate, it is not so a s could be lied, must be attributed to the absence of accommodation v.iis for the reporters , who certainly have no their work at Epsom as a " labour rea son to look upo n of lov,I." of 3 secs. each, with 40 added; three The Carew Stakes 83t lib; five and inwards, Bst yrs old, ist 61b; four, 51 , and geldings , - 3 horses lllb; mares allowed b nea , :en, allowed 51b; twice, arid been having started t • , n-r thrice or more, "lb win to be sold for 1501., the ; • I , rters of a • in the usual way.- Thr ee (Ir , tiNill) 1 ess Mr. Gulliver's 1.. , :dy Elauche, 3 j 61h (Bvbein) 2 Mr.latorris's Priam the Third, 3 yrs. _ ie . 3 Count Batthyany's Wce Mickey. tan 81b(W.0.%h2rea, ,? 0 Mr. Parr's Little 80-peep, 3 yrs, 7st 4th (W -It I. ` 3 ) \ 0 Mr. Benstead's The Rogue, 4 yes, t'st 81b 0 Mr. Southhy's Appleton, 3 yrs, 6st 10th ......(Sabin) Captain Rowley's Yellow Boy, 3 yea, 75t...( Chariton) 0 Betting - 6 to 4 agst Priam the Third, 5 to 2 8 0 Little 80-prep, 4to 'I agst Lady Blanche. Won by a neck; a length and a half between second and third. Run in 1 min. 19 secs. The Derby Stakes of 50 BOYS. each, 'h ft, for three yrs olds; colts, Bbt 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; the owner of the second home to rot 'ive 100 sovs. tut of the stakes, and judge. Mile and a h alf on the Now tho winner to pay , 100 'SOYS. to war d s the police, and 50 soya. to the Derby Course. (181 Subs.) lir, BOWos'd oh o Dodd O'Rourke (I . Butler) I Mr. Bradshaw's b - c Barbarian (Hiett) 2 Mr. C. Darrien's Chief Baron Nicholson (Kilt:be:del) 3 Mcrry'a b c Elobbie Noble (W. Sharp) 4 The following also started, but were mot placed:— Lord Zetlancl'a. ch c Auger . (Rogers) 0 Mr. Farrence's b c Joe (Dockeray) Lard Enfield's br c Honaebrcwed - (Sly) 0 General Absan'i b e King Pepin (Chatlton) 0 Mr. Howard's b c Little Harry . (A. Day) 0 Lead Ribblesdale's b c Kingston (G. Brown) 0 In.)rd Ribblesda,le'a br c Tile Nabob (Pettit) 0 Mr. P. Booth's b e Missive (S. Mann) 0 flake of Richmond's Harbieger (Flannau) 0 Lord Orford's br c Alcoran (Bartholomew) 0 Major Martyn's b c Convulsion M. W. Stebbing's ch c Alfred the Great...(Butoby) 0 Mr. J. M. Stanley's b c Orelio (Pearl) 0 Mr. Meiklam's'h c Womersley ( Teteplanan) 0 Mr. G. Barton's bl c The Suivoyor (J. :‘-larson) 0 Lord Exeter's b c Stockwell (Norman) 0 Lord Exeter's 111 c Ambrosa (Boyce) 0 Mr. J, Clark's lie Elect (h b) (Whitehouse) 0 Delco of Bod:', - ird.'s ch c Maidstone ........(Howlett) Mr. R. S. Wa;ker's br c The Treasurer ...(Simpson) 0 Lord Enlinton's h c Claverhouse (Marlow) 0 Mr. S. Davidson's br c Vortex, • (Muton) 0 Mr. R. Harrison's ch c.King - of Trump .....(Lye) 0 BUTTING AT STARTING. 7 to 2 agst Little Harry—taken 4 to 1 agst Hobbie Noble 11 to 1 agst Harbinger 11 to 1 agat Alcoran—taken 12 to 1 agst Claverhouae—taken 14 to I agat Kingston—taken 16 to 1 agat Stockwell • 20 to 1 agit Alfred the Great—taken 20 to 1 agst Womersley . - c.• 25 to I agst Daniel O'Rourke—taken 25 to 1 agat Joe Miller 25 to 1 agat Augur 25 to 1 agst Orelio 40 to I agst•any other Lord Exeter clatlared 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 up 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 Hobble Noble the third, next to him, in a body, coming Womersley, 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, Hobble 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; Alcorn Was fifth, and King of Trumps sixth. The race was run in 3 min. 2 secs. The Epsom Town Plate of 50 soya. (handicap) for all ages; the %inner of any race after the publication of the weights to carry •51b extra. Ono mile. Doke of Bedford's Bordeaux, Bst 121 b ..(F. Butler) 1 Mr. Wotton's Marchioness, 6 yrs, 7st 81b (Charlton) 2 Mr. Pottinger's Juggler, 6 yrs, 7st 51b (G. E. Sharp) 3 Mr. Parker's Ventre-a-terre, 4 yrs, Est 10lb (Collins) 4 Betting-5 to 4 agst Bordeaux, and 3to 1 agst any other. The favourite made all the running, and wen very cleverly by half - a - length , the Juggler a bad third. Run in 1 min. 50 secs. The Great Exhibition Plate of 100 sovs. (handicap) for all ages; the winner of any race subsequent to the publication of the weights to carry 51b3 extra. One mile and a .qoarter. Mr. Wilson's Ella, 4 yrs, 55t... (Kendall) 1 Mr. E. R. Clark's Plumstcad, 3 yrs, 6st 3lb (Garvey) 2 Mr. 13arling'a Harriott, 6 yrs ; 6:t (Wells) 3 Mr. Balchin's Bacchanalian, aged, 7st 4ib (Kitchener) 0 Mr. S. Douglas's Don Pedro, 4 yrs, 7st ...(E. Ford) 0 Mr. Hodg,son's Coral, 3 yrs, Est 71b ... (Palmer) 0 Mr. Hayshain's Domino, 3 yrs, 6st 41b ...(Rickards) 0 Mr. W. Ha t e's Bilberry, 3 yrs, Est (F or dh am ) 0 Mr. Begbies Aitchbone (car. sst 31b) (T Sherwood) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Ella, 3to 1 agst Plumsteati, and 7to 1 agat any other. Won easily by two.langths; three lengths between second and third; Coral foarlh. Run in 2 mina 25 SEW. The.Thargli Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 50 alled; tine° Tat 101'o; four, Bst 71b.; five and uwwards, Bst 81b; mares allowed tib, and geldings 31b. The winner to bo sold for /00 sovs., and allowances if to bo sold for less. Hilt a mile. M;. - Shrimptou's Arlotto, bat 12Ih (601.) (Burns) 1 Mr. C. Hornsby's Jock 0' Sot, 7st Illb (404) (HiFtt) 2 Mr. Goodwin's Julia. 4 yrs, 6it 91b (401.) (T. Smith) 3 Duke of Richmond's Backlaouncl, 7st (401.) (Garvey) 0 Mr. Greville's Greengage, 3 yrs, Tat sib (Harding) 0 Mr. Payne'l Cotton Lady, Est slb (601.) (Rickards) 0 Mr. Edney's Incurable, bit 91b (401.) (C. Bradley) 0 Betting-5 to 4 agst Joe o' Sot, 4to 1 agst Julie, and. 6to 1 agst Arica°. Won easily by a length, the same between second and third, Buckhound forth. Run in 50 secs. THE SUN, LONDON, LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE. OAKS. 7to 4 agst Songstress (2 to Bto 1 agst Trousseau (10 1 tak©n freely). to 1 taken freely). 5 to 1 Red Hind 8 to 1 Gossamer. 10 to 1 Attack. CRICKET. THE MARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND v. THE GENTLEMEN OF THE MANCHESTER CLUB, WITH THREE PLAYERS. This interesting match was resumed on Tuesday morn ing at Lard's and brought to a conclusion on the same afternoon. It proved to be one of the beet matches which have for many years been witnessed at Maryle bone, and as it approached its termination there was great excitement manifested by al l p arties, especially at the moment—the Marylebone having three wickets to go down and 12 ronslo 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 §danchester gentlemen. Nixon having been thus missed the two wickets in rau off the 12 run 7, and so won the day by three wickets, The fielding on the part of Manchester was excellent throughout, whilst the bowling of Hunt and Wisden in the last innings was very fine. The play havi ng b een resumed by the appearance of Sir T. lloncrieffe 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 out, the Marylebone to 126, an increase of t wo upon the total of the pre ceding day. Manch es t er t h en entered on their second score only amounted hands, but only made 42, seven of the wickets owiog 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. Belhouse, who made 9 by two threes, a two, and a single; of Mr. Armetead, 7 —namely , a t wo and five singl es; en d o f Wi s d en , w h o se amount of 7 wos composed of one fi ve an d a cou ple of singles. The total of this in n i ngs was Marylebon o em b ar k e d en the i r secon d hands to obtain 83 to tie, or 84 to win. Th e l atter res ult they achieved , but it is very questionable o w nl h y eth 4 e 2 r , that andh success erf wouldthe have attended them had the "catch," to which allusion hes been made, missed by Hunt, been effected. How ever, with three wickets remaining, the Marylehone Cricuet Club won. All the scores in the innings were small, with the exception of Mr. Haygarth's 20, by a three, three twos, and a balance of ones; of Adam's 20, in three fours, three twos, and a couple of singles; and my Lord Wintetton's 7, thus mado up—a three, a two, and a brace of ones. The score, at its final close, pre sented the subjoined appearance:— _ • AcANCHESTE L. Hunt, b Nixon S. Taylor, Esq., b Nixon G. F. Cooke, Esq., b Grundy... 40 b Grundy Wisden, b Grundy - Dakin, s Nicholson, b Nixon 35 b Grundy .... ....... 1 W. Armstesd, Esq., ,b Nixon 9 not out Esq., G. Howard, b Nixon .. 10 b Nixon J. E. Rowley, Esq., c Adams, b Grundy T. T. Belhouse,'Etq., not out 11 cllaygarth,bGrundy 9 T. a melt, Esq., b Nixon ...... 0 1b w Grundy R. A. Barlow, Esq., b Grundy 0 c Nicholson,bGrundy 0 Byes, 2 : leg, 5; wide,l; no ball, 1 167 DIA RYLEBONIL CLUB. A. Haygarth, Esq., b Wisden... 5 c Hunt, b Wisden ... 20 W. Nicholson, Esq., b Wisden.. 22 b Wisden ... 10 Nixon, b Wisden ............ ..... 4 not out . Grundy, c Armstcad, b Hunt... 12 c Hunt, b Wisden Adams, c Smelt, b W Men— .. 38 b Hunt F. N. Eden,-.F4T, b Wisden ... 3 not out ....... Lor_d_.Guernsay. c Taylor, b Wisden l4 b Hunt R. Kynaston, Em., b Rowley.. 10 c Hunt, b Rowley 1 Sir T. Moncrieffe, b Wisden ... 4 F. Bathurst, Esq., run 0ut....,. 1 .Earl of Winterton, not out 2 s Hunt, b Wis den ... 7 Byes, 5 ; leg, 1; wide, 2 ; no Byes, 6 ; leg,4; wide, balls, 3 ' 126 Thus the Marylebone Club won by three wickets. AL ARINES. WOOLWOOLWICH,MA ROY Y 26.—T T he Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have signified their pleasure that the standard height for recruits for the Royal Marine corps shall be 5 feet 7 inches until further orders. A party consisting of ono corporal and six privates will embark in hor Majesty's steam-vessel Triton at Woolwich aickyard, on Friday next, the 28th instant, ror serviere on the Mediterranean station. The Bale ts the 13erdaTrespoofr the GreaartrßivraitlaiantstNeaemW etsaatrnecte time as the Canada York, after al a tl 'r e un s o le f all Ship. This vessel arrived ante-, we e e is at least oneinthis, shorter sail a u t li l s fe b r e d a e d st y in es a t t e i r 3 a n a , y a:th ß o o n B g te h ll , tor has day'slic article under than New York from 'Liverpool; added to the screw steam-ship has engines of 500-horse power only of 3,470 tons register, while the paddle-wheel steamer glee 3of 800-horse power to propel 1,700 tons register! e rt must be admitted that the triumph is complete in favour the, screw ship Great Britain.—Herald. GOLD FROM AusTnem, The ship Statesman, arrived in the doclq from 'Geelong and Mell)ourne, tru er trails, has brought '25 boxes of gold duet from the fo 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 Stirlingshire, and three packages of gold by the Earmion, from Lnuceston, Van Diemeifo Laud! , • THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 27, AMERICAN NEWS. LIVERPOOL, MAT 26. By the. United States' mail steam ship Bald() Captain Comsbck, which arrived in the Mersey shortly Wore 8 o'clock this morning, we have ad vizes from Ne P 7 York to the 15th inst. She brings 75,000 (lolls. on freight. The screw principle of propulsion has achieved a triumph in the case of the Great Britain. This vessel left the Mersey on the Ist instant, and not withstandiug 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 24 hours—e, speed hitherto unattained by screw steamers. An eppereotly well informed correspondent of the New Yorlz. _Herald, waiting from Washington on the 13th, iatimaies th it be hart seen a letter from a dis ticguishsd gentleman in Mexico to a friend in that city, .'h eh contained important and interesting infor mation Re to the relations existing between the United States and Mexico. It wee understood in the city of Mexico that President Arista had, on the 10th of. April, after the rejection of the 'Tehuantepec treaty, addreeeed a letter to President Fillmore, stetting all the facts of the difficulty as regards the position as ' steeled by Mr. Letcher, the American Minister, who was informed long before the treaty was rejected by the American Congress that it had no chance of being ratified—there being but one man in either house of Congress in favour of it. But it was intimated to him that the Government was willing to grant the right of way 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 th e purpose of colonisation. Mr. Letcher wrote to Mr. Benjamin, the President of the Tehuantepec Company, requesting him to visit Mexico and try to arrange the matter, by abandoning the Garay grant, and accepting a new grant for the right of way alone. But Mr. B en j am i n d i d no t go . The Tehuantepec treaty was reje c t e d b y the M ex i can Congress with but two dissentie n t votes. Imme diately thereupon Mr. Letch er a d dresse d t o the Mexican Government the u l t i matum o f t h e Government of the United St a t es, which declare d that - the Tehuantepec treaty, recognising the va lidity of the Garay grant, must 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 Mexican Congress authorising 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 correspondent did not know whether Arista's letter had reached the President, but he supposed not, as the new Mexican Minister had not been presented. Further details had transpired relative to the con tents of Chevalier Hulseniann's note to the President, from which it appears that the letter is dated April 28, and states that in November and December Mr. Hulsemann had remonstrated with the Secretary on account of his communications and interviews, and their subjects, being treated with ridicule and derision in curtain public journals of New York and Phila delphia. The Secretary's treatment of the Kossuth affair, and particularly his speech at the K ossu th 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 Goveretneet of the United States. The verbal explauations and est:unlaces 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. Meat, 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 ate New York, would hereafter, if occasion required, be the means of such communications 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 bis high consideratiOn, &e. The l e tt er i s sa id to c over several pages of foolscap, a n d to be written i n very is ill-humour. The reply I,y the acting Secretary of State, and is dated . May gd. It acknowledges th e receipt of the Chevalier' s l etter very briefly, an d merely says that such comm un i cations as the Aus t r i an Government may have occ as i on to make through M r . A Belmont mong will r b e mi s c respectfully ell.neoa received. s Rochester the democrats had called a mass meeting, relative to the enlargement of the Erie canal, to a carry out which projectitem s we find that at loan was proposed to be effected on the credit of the State. The - Meant Morris dam on the Genessee Valley C an al bad way and put a stop to the navigation. It would take some weeks, and a large a mount of money, to repa i r the break. A bridge, built at Darien, Georgia, f o r about to be shi the Panama Railway ed to , its to s pan the Ch ag r es r iver, Was interest had been created destinati on . Considerable y a d ec i s i on in the New a York State Court of Appeal s, e b y which the Canal -, law was declared to be unc onstitutional. given Delegates in favour of Fillmore for the Presidency had been elected in Tioga cou nt ,. The Anti-Slavery Society at Rochester had passed some very strung resolutions c ondemnatory of slavery. The Louisiana Legislature had 1 passed a law pro hibiting the emancipation of sieves in that State, ex cept on condition of their !poin— ts sent out of the United States. A Bill recently reported in the Maryland Legislature has a similar provision. A very stringent Bill against free negroes had been reported in the Virginia Legislature, the enf orceme n a e a which would drive them out of the State. In the New York stock market there . was an active demand for the various deecriptions of securities, at firm pricis. There was n (:' inquiry for specie for ship ment, the present rates of exchange, with the low pribe of bullion in England, not admitting of expor tation, unless at illOs a fi t to the shipper. , i , - -.Pper. Exchange on London was quoted - to 110 40 1 to 1 ; Paris, 5.161 to 5,171 ; Amsterdam,o 78 1 -41 ; re eeamburgh, 35i- to ad: Bremen, 781 t Th 2. •1 ° ,, n ,eY wai more abun dant thaii ever. e avaidteie means of the banks were on the increase, and tr , ---nnh ditfieulty was expe rienced in employing t h eir heavy balances. Among the private bankers the same state of things existed, and lower retea of interest Were the inevitable result. For strictly prime business paper there was no diffi culty in obtaining money at 4 to 5 er cent., while loans had been effected as law as tie . 'or cotton there had been a good demand, and the n -. l 3 vvard tendency in prices still continued. Flour was still deressed. For corn there was. a steady demand, For tobacco the ' demand was , quiet, without chana., , in Price. Iron little offering filen. Fr for shipment. a eights . were rather heav„, o _ wirig 'to the The following h is from tae New te York Isler aid : "The screw steam- s hi p Oreat Britain, Capt a i n mat thews, has arrived from LiverpsnOth She left that port at half-past nine o'clock on mad a e ur til d eitY Morning, the Ist inst., and has, therefore, this.. teen days and four hours—the honest - or record of a screw steamer. one " The Great Britain brings hundred and sixty passengers. She was originally called the ‘‘ Mon stet.," but she is no larger than the Collins t 8 eamers. v • She is built of iron, and from a allay of circum stances, may be considered t a famous vessel., The following is an extra cof THE LOG OF THE GREAT ock BRITAIN. May I—At 9.10 A.M. left Wellington d. , at 10.40 stopped to put,owners, a l u tes with H. friends,vf and;pilot on board steam tug; 8, P.N. exchanged a Argyle and ship a steam-ship Africa, passed barque o service. Huntress. Fi ne pleasant weather; sails of n lat. 51 25, long, g May 2.—Wind northerl y, T. tit baffling g- 20, dis tance run 2SO miles—esig , winds throughout; sails of little service. May 3—Wind N.W. to N -E , lat. 51 17, l ong 15 3 • 9 232 miles—Light winds an , May 4—Wind N.E. to d calms throughout s.s._., w let 50 4; long 22 light wind 3 and ti ne : W 17; 252 miles—Most p r t to Nt S•VI•, let. 50 irher)at. May 5 —Wi n d S.S.W. ne ws, increas i ng long 27 53, 216 miles—Strong u• „ to h eavy gales, and bieh crossea.to W., let 50 55 1 indong 32 25 , M a y 6-11 W .S. W. Vir— . gales, lattsr p . 170 miles—First part strong art strong bre( z.7s and high scar. r. vi. by ess., / a t. 49 48, ,long. 3. May 7—Wind W. to latter part 19, 191 miles—Moderato gales l and squally ; atter part strong M gale B—Wins. Wind V 7, to 74 ' W. ' Ist. 48 53, long. 40 55, ay sq ; • l5O miles—Fresh ga l es and heavy teall 5 very high seas. av, lat. 46 long. 45 May 9 --Wind N.W. to N.N. decreasing. 09, 38, 254 miles—Strong winds and , 31aY 10—wand S.W. to a. • Q W by W., fat 45 21, long. Rinds and hazy ; drizzli ng 51 29, 248 miles—Strong rein. May 11 —Wind S.W. by W. to N.Pir., lat. 44 06, long, 57 04, 268 miles--Strong winds and luny, May 12—Wind N.W by" W., lat. 42 33, long. 62 55, 301 miles—Calm and eloar. ; eLds 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. Mgy 14—Wind W. to N., lat. 40 28, long 74 02, 256 miles—Strong winds from the northward ; passed Sandy Hook at 10 50 A K.-=making the paseage in 13 days 5i hears. Tiais speaks well for the G. B.- I will be seen that in one day she accomplished the distance of three hundred and one miles. The Canada, oue of the Canard line, which has made the shortest run oa record to fax, sailed from Liverpool on the same day with tho Great Britain, and therefore must have had pretty much the same weather; yet she only anticipated the G. B. seventeen hours and thirty minutes. ANNEXED ARE TWO SHORT STATEMENTS OF TFIE VOYAGE "OR board the steam-ship Great Britaio, " &w York, May 14, 1852. _ _ _ " dear Sir,—=lt affords me great pleaaure to inform you that I have been deputed by my fellow pa3sengers to offer you their sincere congratulations on the very satisfactory result of the application of your patent screw propeller to the Gnat Britain seam-ship, on her re-ap pearance on the broad waters of the Atlantic. Our voyage of thirteen days has not only been accom plished in less time than might have been anticipated, when the small proportion of power (500 horses) to the ton nage of the ship 3,500 tons) is considered, but it has been perform :Al both in rough and smooth sea with u compa rative degree of freedom from that disagreeable vibra tion which isiso generally . complained of iu paddle-wheel steamers. Individually, I have been a close but quiet Qbserver of your untiring exertions in the cause of steam-screw propulsion, and most of the subscribers to this testimo nisi 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 mord 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 the 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 firs; trip to the - United States. " EDWARD FRANKLIN, Commander, R.N. " Mr. F. P. Smith, &c., &e., 860 - " On board steam-ship Great Britain, New York Harbour, May 14, 1852. " We, the undersigned passengers on board the Groat 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 yon 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 officeraand crew throughout out 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 t.be 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 320 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., left Liver pool at half-past eleven iu the morning, with 185 pas sengers, and a crew of 90 hands. The vessel had been adopted to give her superior speed, and the circum stances under which she left this port were of the melt 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 due 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 Dumdruar Bay. The disaster was never suf ficiently explained. In Dundrnm Bay she remained during a severe winter, and endured the buffetings 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 proceedings, and the Great Britain lay in the north docks literally ' a sheer hulk.' Her dilapidated appearance was not calculated to lead to the hope that she was capable of anything more than being kept in port as a moment° moil 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 port; 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 she cost originally, and they would also require to bo 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 requires, 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 opozations of the contractors was to get the vessel into the Sandell 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 oarried ou. 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 form; 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 inauffi eient for their object. And whereas she has had for merly nothing more than an item plate about two inches deep for a keel, she has bad 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 mako 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 bo un usually strong, and we are correct in saying that, at the present moment she is twice as strong as ever she was, an amount cf skill having been bestowed upon her fasten ings such as we believe has never been known in a ship befere. To give some idea of what has ,been done we may eay t h a t her bottom, amidships, for about 1 50 . , feet in length, is entirely new, and wherever there has been any chafing,have been plates of the best iron been substituted. To increase the strength of the ship the floorings have been made of &ablad d iron, as formerly. Th • en The ows e inste of single angle s t er n of the vase' have been strengt h en ed by the addition of double angle iron framing, and this e n further secured by three tiers ofiron lies again be flue-eights stringers, two feet three inches wide and of. en inch thick, riveted to the frame-work at sght ll -an e s g h l p fa , have been ton new iron kelsons place4: ll There running fore and aft for the entire length and there deep A gain as those formerly in d half as her; o , f a the ship, e deep. nnd are box kelsons to support the engines, ee a quarter inch plate iron, and three e f the vessal stronger only have the owners mad t m o ti x ere: inches f h o e n s And not d all matters of de than she was, but they have arrantgsehe will now be able tail in such a superior manner that than before —probably to I to carry a roach larger cargo d Cone'. This capacity will t h e ex tent of 1,000 tons h a he i: pace saved by new boilers, be gained partly through b tconstruction of a deek-bouee, sind pertly throungdh7t feet 6 inches high. The dea n° feet long,a f r asseneere, and will thus make hoaso ant be used available° for cargo." New bulwark:: have the lower cabin around the ship, at an elevation of four also been erected she • • I had, there Kill those plasma y feet six inches above will be of further se p ro tecting the deck-house in seve re weather, whilst u la thens roof of the house will form a promo d na de 300 feet long, perfectly protected fro m any seas the vase' may ship. The dineensicas of the Great Britain now are as f o llow ;-- l an gth over all , .330 fe e t. 51 feet G iaehes. Boax Depth from promenade deck, 40 feet 101 a lle l ic ,. Capacity for cargo, about 3,000 tons. mit° fir coals 1,200 tons. 44 An alteration has been made in the masts of the s hip, the number b ein g reduced to four in stead of five, as she forme rly 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 i ron cylinders, especially constructed with a view to giv• tog them tightness and strength. The two centre masts are rigged as in a ship, carrying sails as high es royals,' and the first and last masts are rigged with fore and aft sails, as in a schooner. " The cabins of the vessel are commodious and ele ' gent. The cabins of the captain and chief officer are upon deck, and have been so arranged that they entirely overlook the operations of the ship. " The next, and ono of the most important cons7dera lions in the vessel, is her motive power. The old engines Were nominally of 1,000-horse power, but it is a ques tion if they ever worked over 500. horse power; the new engines, on the other hand, are nominally of 500-horse power. but there is every reason to hope that they will work up to 6004aorse power. The Great Britain has ben fitted rich a pair of oscillating engines, by John Penn and San, eng:ineers, Greenwich, end are of the Collective power of 500 horses. The cylinders aro 82i inches in diameter, and six Let length of stroke, mid, by the intervention of cog wheels, the screw shaft roalzes th ree revolutions to oze of the engine. The screw or fan has three arms or blades, and is flf!esn feet six inches diameter and nineteen fret pitch. There are six boil ers , e i ther of which can be used independ ently of the other if necessary. About seven hundred tons of coal can be stovved.in the bunkers in the engine room, and provieien has been made to take about 500 tons in other parts of the vessel—in all more thins enough to take the ship to Now 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 wrought iron beams have been placed transversely through the vessel, rAnich lock her sides firmly together. The bases on which the machi nery rests are much stronger than forinerly, and she has further been strengthened by the addition of massive iron entablature beams to the engines, which again aro buttressed by a framing of teakwood each pi ece b e i ng 20 inches deep and 3 feet wid e , running on each sid e o f the engines, transversely and diagonally, 'to the sides of the ship (the distance in which this solid timber extends being 17 feet 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 Min'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 groat practical thinkers, within the reach of working men, for the email price of a penny a lecture! But the laugh is now on the other side. We have now learned to smile tit 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 further than they do. We have the advantage both 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 closmdia, 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 a t th is M useum 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 Piayfair; the second, on " The reason why Fossils arc collected ana exhibited," by Professor Forbes; the third, on " Photography and its applications," by Robert Hunt; the fourth, " An Explanation of Geological Maps," by Professa. Ram say; the fifth, en "The occurrence of Metals in Na ture," by Professor Smythe; and the sixth and last, on " Iron,' by Dr. Percy. In announcin g the lectures, a register was opened, in which the occupation of each artizan who applied for admission to the course of lec tures was enrolled; and he then paid sixp ence f or regis tration, which entitled him to admission to the six lec tures. It is gratifying to bo 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 the professors to announce a repetition of tho course for their accommodation. It will be observed that these lectures are of a lery special character, being- calculated to impart accurate scientific instruction on several branches of trade in which a considerable number of artisans are more im mediately interested. In fact, the object is educational, practical, and definite. The lectures are such as might have been delivered fiz.om a professor's chair in any of the universities. The lecturcra are all first-rate men of their class; and they have no other end in view but to improve the scientific culture of the artisan 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 methods by wriich a true scientific culture is to be attained. There are, however, many large classes of artizsns and oper a ti ves who have no such interest in special scientific subjects, but f o r whom the cheap lecture sys tem might be adopted! with equally great advantage. the n2 ep o r s e t s p en a, t rt lectures sit Mechanics' 'lnstitutes arc, for of too cursory a character. Their object is rather to provide art agreeable stimulus for an nven ing than to direct a nein's mind towards higher culture. lectures, of Now, as high an we do not see why evening order as those delivered, at our college; should not be offered to the working people at a low rate. We can imagine how instructive' a course of lectures—for exam ple, on En g li s h Ili s t or :r—rciiht be made • to s uc h as audience. teed to hold the attention of a thousand auditors or more, and send them away full of th e i r sub ject, with t h e i r pa t riotism roused, their p o li t i ca l v i ews 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 syeternaticylan, and in a man lier that would be ca!iculated 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 asido 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. Yon also find that work ing men especially look up to those of their own class who havo acctuired 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 sel!-impor:ance, which proves injurious to their further intellectual growth and deve lopment. men of working As a sufficient proof that the taste of only refer to for literary culture is growing, w e literary ne and historical y 'hotnes Cooper an d h the courses of lectures, on purely subjects, which such men been delivering . , throng If Henry Vincent have recentlyyees iDen. that doubt not the theao have proved attra ctive, ild, delivered by men depend o out the country, to auchen For, lectures of a similar rove still morn so. nerior highest culture, would p mind is quick to perceive superior . it,the popul a r • li t erature,in history, or in of we working upon f m —ln and ar °enema in any form;- i n , demonstrative argument, P° I". ' train of close with sustained and deans follow a as Roebuck, a operatives such men when ho had reached the demon stration,deexll'ir:,red byW e have seen audiences of riveted attention; ndum, break out into as showed that they had fol lowedsuch a tumult of applause andindividually shared in the tri• the argument, the quod a e u ra d tdemonstra series of public evening enter- There is still another • ta which might be offered t o working men at a umph of its demonstrative conclusion. enter tainments d the which, we firmly believe, wou ld prove ow price an most attractive, though, probably, not the most instructive, of all. We allude to public readings from the We have often wished that public best instead of laying before us their own feeble lecturers, , . should introduce to us the undying works arogeny, r f t h e great departed. The chief gift wanted authors. of the is that of selection, and a good utterance. Let a man who can read well, g i ve us the best of Campbell's P oems , or the best of Byron's, or the best of Tennyson's, and we venture to say that he will excite a greater plea sure in the minds of his audience than if he were to give us an entirely original " lecture" of his own on any of those poets. What can be more interesting, for instance, than Fanny Kemble's Readings? And they are intelli gent readings merely. Apply the same powe no the exhibition of our best prose writings, or our best poetry, and equally delightful effects would certainly be produced. A series of lectures, or readings, of thi s ehaacter, was tried in Paris in 1850, tho audience being entirely composed of the labouring classes; and though they have, we believe, been since sup pressed by the iron rule of Louis Napoleon (who smelt " socialise' or something else in them), was, on the whole, of an exceedi ng l y gr atifying character; and doubtless they will be revived again whe n their success Paris is at liberty to take its once active part in liter ar y cud social culture. These readings %I'm delivered by and the followingci t y; are specim ens of the enter t a inment A which they offered t 3 their respective audiences:—', one the Charlenrlgae Lyceum, M. J ust , Oli v i e r 00% 1 J. J followed by two act evening in reading teveral eloquent rr a fa4t.ect awl for sm . cn the Rousseau, 11 stands. Be offered the least possible critici them ta passager., but by reciting them with gusto, l ef t same time, suffi make their own impression. A: t he a udience in a cient explanation Vris given to et th;erstanding the s of Ntoliere's. . proper position for appreciating a n d, a a ll a in, at the Pa true beauties of the extracts. Then, if), Dr. Lemsout lais Royal (in the Nemours appaiuse. Vestibule), great _ v read, with fine emphasis, a nd m al l Souvestre, one of the Two 8"s-in-law. Bli-- • Tnce was by far the the most distinguished poets ef One of these was 7he most succeseful in his readings' Chateaubriand's " Martyrs;" Battle of the Franks, from i auditors in the' proper ' r I previous to which he putf and graphic explanations. I point of view by a few brie f and Chateanbriand spoke The reading of the pang for itself. The readings of Emile Sonvestre were chiefly given at the Conservatoire de Musique, situated in the Faubourg Poiasoniere.• The place is not far treiti the Clos Saint Lazare, where some of the hardest fighting occurred during the late revolution; and, doutnless, 13:illy of the shaggy, wild-looking fellows, who formed the bulk of his audiences, had been combatants during the struggle. Yet, by the softening influence of literature, the poet was enabled, for the time, to tame, and mollify, and humanize these men. Ono o f his readings was from the Memoirs of Madame de la ' I?ocliejaquelin, descriptive of the'horrors of civil war in La Vends', which ho 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 trom Michelet, descriptive of the battles of t , gincourt, Poietiers, and Cressy, the patriotic feelings of the audience seemed to be frightfuny shocked, and murmurs arose among them. At the reading which followed, he explained that ho did not seek to probe the old wounds of his country; that the misfortunes of their common mother were not her shame ; but he had not come there to flatter patriotism, only to enlighten it. His explanation was received with great applause. The readings which excited the greatest interest were the historical and dramatic. The reading of Niloticlet's chapters, descriptive of the history of Joan of Arc, produced an immense effect, and also the reading of liere and Corneille's pieces. Several tales were also read, of which those er.tracted from Chateaubriand and Bsrnardin de faint Pierre were most snecessfnl. Strange to say, the songs of Beranger fell comparatively flat upon the audience—for those need to be sung. The refrain, or chorus, so happy when chanted, b ecomes almost freezing when recited. Another wide field of entertainment for such evening audiences, is to be found in the biographies of cele brated men, sprung from the people themselves, and who, by their industry and energy, have carved for themselves a name deep in the world's core. The life of Benjamin Franklin is a capital instance of this sort of subjec t . A n d we s p ea k from experience when we say, that no lectures, or readings, are listened so with deeper interest than these which deal with the strug gles and achievements, the fortunes and histories of dis tinguished men. There, of course, needs considerable compression in handling such subjects ; but by giving the salient points in a great man's life, the lecturer or reader will rarely fail to produce a powerful effect. At the same time, biographies, if well managed, enable the ilnecgtuinreforrtino aintroducethe evening a en g t e r d e v t i d t e n s l t h o e f h u i s e e t f e u r l y a e n f d t h i net etimes v c a o g m a m n e t n in d t f h e e r t p h l e a n p . e o ft ] ee.aeenAetent rdt onceat i h n e m rbee e n it r t e s i en d w e t ni w nag o n u ye l dxt tort or district. i d nßin use atnhde theatrecrowd crowded Mitchell's ben e fit l ast evening was patronised by ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. P du g e . to ttehemost thewalls of fashionable a s tr e:re t r . onecollectedf t c within This brilliant attendance was a t r ib ute justly 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 spechl patronage of her Majesty the Queen, consisted of Scribe's Yelva, and two now vaudevilles, Le Piano de Bertha, 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 Suf field, Lady Fanny Howard, Colonel Seymour, and Sir G. Couper. There were also present the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, tbo Duchess of Sutherland, the Earl and Countess of Gtovesnor, the Marchioness of Westmins ter, tho Sardinian Minister, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Worcester the Marquis of Aylesbury, the MErehioness of Downshire, the Marquis of Normanby, the Countess of Lichfield, the Countess of Waldegrave, the Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warrington, the Earl and Countess of Shelburne, the Comtesse de Flahault, Earl Brune, Countess o f Buckinghamshire, Lord Bplingbrok,, Lady W. Russell, Viscount Canning, Lord Harry Vane, Lady Frederick Beartelere, Lady Jodrell, Sir William Abdy, Mr. and Mrs. Montefiore, the Hon. Edward Ellice, Colonel Tierney, Mr. Agar Ellis, Mr. Augustus Oom, Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. John SUnford, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Craven, Mr. H. Villebois, 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 unnoes 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 Lackey, ail of whom were in good voice. Mr. Surman conducted, and was very warmly received on making his appearance in the orchestra. 18$'2. VAUXHALL-GARDENS. As an ancient and well recognised wind-up to the sports of the Derby Day, the Royal Property com menced its season by a Bal Masque on the usual scale of splendour. In spite of the ungcnial state of the weather, the company was unusually numerous, and the proportion of masques as great as we ever remember having seen it. Tee 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 great est order and hila rity. Considerable additions and improvements 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 two great i ngredients in the attrac tions of such a place of amusement—are even on a more liberal scale than ever. We believe that, as consider ahle disappointment was anticipated from the wet weatherourioed a second of yesterday, Batterdaytmanue helessee fo , r A F l r r. ida W y. ardell, has an n MAYNOOTH AND THE COUNT-OUT. As an impudent attempt has been made by the Go ha3 defined the duties f 7.bbeninsigneas adjourned j o od u fe r nb the ee from Government i six as o'clo c k iaatao rveesrpnomueseibtitotuyrnoalfs theto sa c tl: t.o th u e t O o p n pos t i h t e ion m w s i ) th no t o h th e debate, it may be well to can attention to the facts of the ease. In the first place, it was at Mr. Gladstone's instance that the debate t the Treasury Canning g s a s enabledr to tobcoomoonmaatkaelol and cheer the 1s1" - t difficulty on the subject), Secondly, i t t h i e va d s ebg Single that not a theHtmhaookusees,e ekeep et H apr o y u s s o e i House, mister." Now, not only did the " Protestant went" not make a House (though i. Govern member of toned in the course of the n the morn ingbut that ti i : likelyt it he r r e e m w ar aL ble ac t o t, b t e h the Administration was present when the counted out. We leave Mr. p ub House was business it was to make the Ho 00 Mackenzie, whose use, to APNeile at Liverpool why h e explain to Dr. And no doubt Mr. Napier willwas absent on the occasion. for the accident of his absence have some apology ready ment, to render at ~ c , • to Trinit C ' interesting a me miss in the list of Members present the name of Mr. Government whichirked absence of any member of the the obstinate refusal professed to court the inquiry, and Disraeli, to give up a 01. that eminent Protestant, Mr. suffi cient proof that the day for the discussion, are a sal" Treasury Bench; 0 "count-out" was a dodge of the much a sham and that their Protestantism is as as their Protection.—Chronick. THE DEATH -- The death of this 1 171 .aa and Learned THE liox. „ . C. was ouneed tion to them in The Sun of yest n e on ly ta on Friday last that Dlr. Talbot w as engaged in ithewaasctiveprosecution of his pro fessional duties, but it is feared that a too energetic applies week the Learned Gentleman was occupied for several hours in addressing the Committee in one of his usually powerful superinduced the sudden event. On Friday 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 since 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 1829, and beloned to the Oxford 300 guineas. It is said to be the intention of the Parliamen tary bar to go into mourning for his memory. The cause of death was ascribed to water on the chest. Mr. Talbot, who w csv i t ric s nud e c o l rw e , d r n t° c l bencher of the Middle T e mple, Recorder of ti 4 l i e t: r a i e n y- . General to his Royal Highness the as well as a member of the Council of the ai rn e w s' all. He was a son of the late Earl Talbot , e ICV :to the present peer. He married a daughter of the dcAni late y e tr c) and leaves an amiable young wili ly to regret his loss, eoootfhfLord Wharncliff CLOCK TowER, IN THE CITY.—A very interest :Jr Johnson, n s M o g n , i n g ceremony took place on Tuesday blying the founda tion -stone of what is a complete nove llaa 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 which 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 recently pulled down in consequence of the City improvements. From the period at which the church was destroyed a chapel was erected for the use of French Protestants, but Divine ser viceplain flag stones, no monumental record has b has net been performed therein for nearly 40 years. and alsoP ,The churchyard adjoining contains the ashes of many athrye tower, parishioners s h rectoryio ner eminent foreigners, but, the graveyard having been covered over with preserved. The parish of St. Martin Ongar having b ee n The the latte r '. . boa ee n the rector, laid the foundation Barton, 1 G 70." t h h o e us i c nsc pr ri r o v n in , g . t m il e ad o e ld b el y oc o k n E a e n as d T te h b h ' oe e l m a l : P a ' s stone of the new tov.er, in th e JoinedTh t R with e deter mi n e d v.Williamoa th a tre°. presence of a great number of the parisioners, and beneath the stone was placed a re cord of the original foundation and subsequent demolition remains of those interred were care fully preserved and re-in +.erred in the burial-ground of St. Mary, Eastcheap. UNIVERSITY I NTELLIGENCE:OXFORD, MAY 26. The Regius Professor • of Divini tyto begin a course of public lectures on Thursday, the 3d of June, at one o'clock, at Christ Church These lectures are intended for divinity students of * who have passed their examination for Vie degree of B.A. i ' r