The Sun. — London, England, 1852-05-03 00:00:00

SUPPLIES ON SALE, MAY 6, 1850. —Beasts, 3,369 ; Sheep and Lambs, 24,510; Calves, 149; Pigs, 240. MAY 7, 1849 —Beasts, 3,279; Sheep and Lambs, 20,q80; Calves, 137; Pigs, '2,20. zszwa,etorn &ND :( ICI .az rzri7 :a ~.;.7., i::, Since our last re pr rt these rili. , ti huve b,en senw,n ably well, buy not to say heavily st.tpli:,d, with bn:h toitm and Country killed twat. The primo=t. lieef, Mut ton, , and La m b, are in fair revest, at full quotßtions. %Alto:wise the trade is in Et sleggi:.:h state.. . At per stone by tte Carcase. 8. d. to s. d. s. d. to a. c. Beef, inferien'...... 2 0 2 2 AtittOn:inter:or .'. 2 4 2 6 middling •• •• 2 4 2 6 ---- middling'.. 2 8 210 primelarge .. 2 i 2 8 prima .• .. 3 0 3 6 primp small.. 210 3 () t 0rk,15trg0........ 2 4 210 peal•••• .• •• a• .••• 2 8 310 -5m311.. 3 0 3 6 Lamb. 4s 21 to 5s 21. BOTLOUGII BOP ZYZASLMET. Really fine Hops—the supply of whten has bnoute very limited—are firm, and qntte 'ss' dear as last wet k. la other qualities a moderate busineeA is &mg at late rakes. Sussex Dockets, 51 12s to 616 x; WPald cf Kent, 61 6s to 71; Mid and East Kent, 6110: to 121; Yearllngs, 3 110 s to 51 10a; Old Olds. 112 s to 21 100. Per cwt. 3IO*OI7GIVAND 5PX7...a.x.E 1 Xn: 605 . The roctipts of --Potati,cs, co:s:;twise aLd I , y "Ye been tolerably good during the week; bur, the -gene ecnditiiql has fallen (.ff. Tire &mold for Most kin& Is by no means' activ , , yoq prices are Stipliort.A:' Per Ton. Per Ton. lOrksh Regents . 70s to 90S,Kentish-Red Kid. —s to s Ditto SI; —s to sCanibridge Lincoln. and W is- - iKent 6F•s to 80s beach Scotch Regents 65s to 80s Essex Shims —s to —s Werth Cups xtreshire ditto.... 50s to 609 Kent &task:Mid. —s to —8 Common Whites. to -- a French to —3 '"eVieaStie &Bet . - ;Dutch —a to —s Wick Regents.. —s to s'Chats . sto - s WOOL Both for home use and export the inquiry...has con tinued to improve, lad no dctual advance cau be noticed lu nricPs. The import: last week were 999 bales from liobart Town, - 100 from the Cape, 40 from Humburgh, 859 from Bombay, and 2,262 from Melbourne. .' TALLZOW. Since our last report only a limited business has been Going in Tallow, the deliveries 'having been only 930 oaks; yet prices are well supported. Today P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 36s per cwt. For forward deli very the nearest price is_37a 3d. Town Tallow remnius lit 353 per cwt net - cab. R ugh Fat 2; p•r 81bc. , . 1848. 1849. 1850. 1851. 1 182. Stock --, t il l s -------1--- day ...... 7,792 24,818 , 26,471 34,471 j 42,996 Price of Od, 38s 6d t 365 9d 38.. 61 to 365 - 01 Deli Y . C. I to 4Bs osod to Os ad to 37s Od 398 Od to OpOd• YerY last week .. 1,031, 1,, , 158 1,738 €93 . 930 Ditto from J une 1 ..., 94.805 93,007' 59,605 87,750 98,730 Arrivals last week . 555 929 54 610 1, 0 83 Dltto from June 1 ••• • 94,496. 111',•99 90,675 98,711 ' 10 5 192 rrlce of Town ...?.. '505 ed s. 39= 6d 3850 d 398 GI 385 Cd . . CHANCERY.--(THIS. DAY.) ( B fore he LORD CHANCELLOR We ) e are glad to b., able to state that his Lordship_bas ae far recovered from his late illness as to be able to re 'Tree his attendance on his judicial duties. His Lord 11.,qiP took seat in the Court of Chancery this.morn wg, And proceeded with the arguments iu the,part-heard appeal " In Re Sonthee." • (Before the Loans JUSTICES) SPARROW V. THE OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVER. HAMPTON RAILWAY. Sir W. P. Wool) proceeded this morning with his ar gument in this case. No business of importance was brought, bofore the other Courts. N,UEEN'S BEN C DA Y.) (Sittings in Banco before the LORD CHIRP Juan= Mr. I..bipee COLNRIDGE, Mr. Justice-BELE, and Mr. Ju.- - tee CROMPTON.) , . SIR THOMAS GAGE V. NEWMARKET.RAILWAY. Lord CAMPBELL delivered the judgment of the Court 14 this ease, which was an action, fur a breach of cove aant, The Newmarket Railway Company,. when their 1 3ill was before Parliament, contracted to pay Sir Thomas . Gage . 4,7004 for, sheep land of his they might reason ably require, the money to be paid when they took pos session, besides a sum of - 7,0001. for damages and cove rellea, and although they had severed a portion of the land they had not yet tak , :n possession nor paid the damages, and Sir Thomas, thereh4e,. brought the.present action to enforce his right. Tile matter was , argued beture the Court as a spEcial case, and the Court,were of.opinion that theirjudgmi:nt ought to pas for th 4 defendants on the wend that, as the deed coven an t e d that they were not to pay Oil . money until they absoiwely took possession. of the land, the time for paym,ot h„, i not yet arrived. It-Was, however, a source of - satisfaction to the Court that the case had been so framed that it could be carried into a court of error, where the question could, perhaps, be more satisfactorily disposed of. Judgment for defendants accordingly. COURT.-(THIS DAY.) L . (Before Sir JOHN DODSON.) 7 4 ' OFFICE- OP JUDGE PROMOTED BY HODGSON v , GLADSTONE, CLERK 'To.elay having been fixed for the hearing of this im portant case, the court was crowded with visitors, the IDs p . thy consisting of ladies: t e e '. Bayford and Mr. Dyke, a proctor, appeared for n js ishop of London, and Mr. Gladstone attended to -o n e °et hia defence in person. thi • 'Lousier) said the office of judge was promoted in ate ! ease against the Rev. Mr. Gladstone, a bachelor of and clerk in holy orders of the United Church of e gland and Ireland, touching and concerning p e tl 7, a in delinquencies, and more especially for tee holy reading prayers, preaching_ and adaninstering e e : f e e bacrament, and performing other ca'ast'e duties, according to the rites and ceremonies • a‘ ,• lan of the United Church o. England and Ire redi in a certain unconsecrated building tr chapel, com gi94,lY * known as Long Acre Chapel, in the parish of b e nartin's, without any licenae or authority, and cAi grYto, and in defiance of, the prohibition of the Lord 111 1 1. 4° P of London. The articles accompanying the I t e" ° P's prohibition had been brought into court and r eiitted without opposition. On the last court day M• e 'Aston° presented his allegations, and these bad stood . Dart I,lc':l' for admission. He (Dr. Bly!ord) was e ntirel y op d to them, because it seemed to him t h at no misteddof them were admissible. Mr.Gladtone the the majority of the articles, and s that case was properly , before the court under ° statute but he - denied the validity of the offt i `Vb; prohibition, ' or that he had committed any i 'nne which rendered him nafit to, hold the office ef knister of the chapel. Dr. Belford then went through l e 9 a_lmiious allegations of Mr. Gladstone, observing that 1 ,,,;e present case his private character was not in any 44 `'Y called into question or assailed. The allegations 1 out that Mr. Gladstone had :not been cited or ad 7 t e ° „ ni shvd • to show cause why his licence should not be c te l it led, but the law was clear upon - that point, no i l L oll or admonition being necessary; every case which im. 4 14 been decided proceeded on the assumption that those "aliniinary proceedings were notrequired. Mr:Glads:one tom e reason alleged that the Bishop Might to have assigned 1 , - "gie reason for revoking his licenee; but the law and the authorities ari were againit him on that point, the ti n o.p having it in his power to prohibit' a clergy man lf e il l-PreaChiug. without stating his reasons for d9ing.so. 0 1 - Peat alleged that he wax - lawful minister ot the th tt Pel, and authorised and bound to perform therein all e ecclesi as ti ca l duties appertaining to his office, and th at the act of_the Bishop was not such 'as: he pledged 'llleaalf to obey when- he received.heiy orders , but was affect a severe judicial sentence of perpetual Baguette h: 11 from performing .the duties of his (Ace. Now • (D r Bayford) contended that the prohibitio n 6_,in the ordinary form, and that' the Bishop at ''q proper jurisdiction in issuing it egainst . Mr. Glad -I,9tie; all the decisions supported that assertion, and it 41 ! - therefore quite unnecessary tb enter into any abe sh ifat ques tions on the eubj ect . li e tw i t went on to s ay • .at n ot withstanding the service of 'the prohibition, he W4 s bonnd, not only iu law, b u t i n conseiendo, to act" as minister of the chapel.. No*, it w as i mposs ibl e ' that`the L ours could go into the question a s t o w h at was b ind i n g ()o 4. his conscience, the mutter for its decision being'oie e ntirely of law. Be next stated that he was not justified 1 1 1 1 . abandoning his congregation whdo the e O l , Bl2 °P neglected to make any provision tell 'ioßa service at the chepel. es t - not pr eree l y come before the Court. The 'chapel . t)Lgilall s , ieelo - need to the Dissenters; but in 1758 was Purchati e di eo m thim and bectiine a chapel of emed to th Church of Sr.. Martins. It he itoftherefore si m pl y - e a ; l3el.<3 f ease, the alleged neglect of the Bishop I l en e; 4.13-L :nUli gei minister to it in the place of It r. Gladstone w° ,nld not operate in the way . mentioned by Mr. Glad because the tip arch. congregation could go to the parish The only queStion, in fact, that arose , on _the u s: allegations was whether the" prohibition was Pas s ! i n n.. ae ° Per, and'this was decided in the alfiritati.v: 07. as "1755; when the Court 114 f - , th 0414.11. V. Lowgrove," that it Wa3 6Di:rely wn ato mscre , :ion of a Bishep to reveke . a liceece, prohibit from preaching. *That Tres leiceded in lei e l:Pont decisions, and if MreGledstone !nee coritirea , a by Nvlii te , fen oo , a new state of lax W o uld be introdu ced 111 0" there WfIS no record to show had ever been ad= i,'" e l stered in that court: His' ' a ll ega tions' were wholly tl l ,"missible, and he trusted his Lordship would field tie rto be so. There was only ce.isiriaPle fact disputed, the result of Mr. Gladstono'o case proceeded entirely u en incorrect assumptioreof the law. p o iT r ? GLADSTONE then didresied the Collet and said, h ot "Pa the laW:weiesteataeed by.the Lesrued Docat.eud the ! 18 he hoped it was, but he trueted he would receive e e i Lu thilgence the Court while endeavourieg to she* is 3u "'Y that the':eillegatieni lied to do with the gent.inl fr o : of the trial, hut that they ought-to restrain the court b oc q Passing ;any sentence upon him. The Limit:led it j et ° 11 , , id admitted that no attempt had been made to • te e i i t a t i e s e eelTuff? character or that b re ecc u r t : t t i b ° e n' ll r li t i o ni s t a io Y n is ' ubi ' de " hied.Dn d 13;,, Cti a .that pity which ho "might well entertain in: his thi l s t for one his unfortunate position, ignorant of aw he directed his attention to the' fact that only to or , e u:rge was brou_ght . against him, and advised'him t ee e'l l 'unel his attentiiin, to- that alone. Now, he eon 44that the &legations' were a complete and clear i t thincation point of lams of hie conduct, and he belled, it te Court: did e not . think they .Were , ti. ,o o tild at any:rate consider them. to operate in. On of costs. • :He admitted that every person under th e• e °l itY was hound to Submit to - the authority; but Tnf e ," Must be shown-that the authority was 'legitie rcised.. The eircumstaace of the chapel' a.vin e . - ~see e4e no minister appointed to it sines the prohibition was an ituportant consideration, for he erg - iv-el th at ec t l ° clergyman or bishop was justified in narrowing• pati Lurch ac , commodation provided for the people the av a , B " . never c=old submit to an authority which legitimately exercised. Was the Apostolic ; e ai ox on to be S aside without any reason being ed , and simply by the stroke of -a bishop's pig? When he entered holy orders; beWas - „ cl If X , A'` 4_ in Cbrist, said to be one of ,2!ovid of whose viriics, 13i0193 life, awl cQnversation, netEnt learning .nd knowledge of the Scripture=, the Church w&i well assured; and was he now to he declared iocornp,..ent to perrorm the du:leis - of. to Minister of the Church v‘ithout knowing some good and sufficient Ho had kept all his religious vows and-pro- Mi6P3 in the sight of GO, and he denied any man could a ow tha., alt_rwance being_made for the infirmity of o,rrupt nature, he had .in one single instance willingly ; diaobt y. d or ever forgo ten the vows_ he took Et his cmtearation. The only fault against him was; that he had kept them too faithfully.,_-(Checting in the court.). The JUDGE —You must restrain yourself from obser ,- ' vations of that kind against the. - Bishop of the diocese. We are not here to determine upon his conduct—there is no charge spinst him.-- Mr. GLADSTONE was net awarelhat he had said any- , thing disrespectful of the Bishopp- 7 11c only asto , rtc>d that he waa t,eing himself punished fen. - a toe faithful acihor er,ce to his VOWS. UP, 4!.1 ife to the i l iflop,;,he prayed every day that: Glod Would grant 113.6, i'ci,i-ct unce to uckno , ledge the tfuir), his:(7cV.Gl;irtistege charr_cter was as ecar to 12:iin_tia .any cr*an, 'and ho wished to deft Cid it. lle 4attki. prove' not only that, the 13:shop exercisid au autiintity.w 4i c ib ( lid n o t b a l al ik to him, but the.the had violated ,be vows" hs hrgi hires , : If 4a1c , 41:' It he had been a deeply dyed malignant t &eider, guilty of the blaekeit enormity, the Bizheti could not have visited Lim Withz4niere complete, suintnary,:f r aud. eternal ruin. citcli 3 en s iinal and unlicaited., - for, he wou!d be deprived a the small pittunce he re6i , ied as ministt r of the chapel, 'and his poor children vvoull be reda&d to begg;lry - , ruin and starvatidn, fi . ‘ would be ash.•,' Med te bCg troin do. M to door, and...he': could not obtqin en honest liVeldrood by any t:th , , , r cupation, 1), cause the 1.14 assume L -s O CO Jorgye man always a clri-gynaaa." w:hy were penalties imposed upothinaT I:Dec=se a, 00(- 1 2 chu=e to prohibit him, who,on-tieing asked the grounds for his conduct, said—“ I have passed a sentence - upon )ou, and yeti must alte'p by it... I am..not bound to tell you my reasons." N w, if that- Was English justice, he_ would iay farewell to the happiness and freedom of . tne, country, and ttio security of the Established Church: - 'Thu ease had'not concluded when our teport k f ' LONDON, ••• - FINE ARTS. THE. ROYAL-ACADEMY. ..... _ _ . Ittay-day, if is 4 sl'alleeliThl4'--Yetir lie - bring the inaugura tion-iiriaGirigTeidnitriatExhibitiOn„ brought at leait the seast)ifitltaligiOrs 'of tArt!'t - hittlieeltteing eighty-four suc cessive iftteriials I ase b!o..med upon the walls of the Royal . Academy,- -Upeas theeeteession of ou r - attend anee- at- - the :private eiidee, c&Friday, we could not but remark with 'Ys.ry peculiar regret the absence fromethe catalogue of vo many named of remarkable celebrity. ' "Deprived as the nation bad prettiously,heen of the geniai of Ettp, it necessarily experienced'a'poignant feeling .of: regret at the loss of the yet i*TeAllostriona : geniue:of Turner great amongst the g reatest boar in sea•Tilews and , lands scopes. Added too' the attractions thus denied to the Collection for the presntreasdn_ by death, are others, d) want of Tidireh is attributable either to the indolent #, Or WOO incicetryeelaewhere, of some of the 'Principal Royal Adademieliinte selle President hiniselfe Sir Charles Eastlakeizzcorktibutes- .. - nothing Whatever to elle gallery: and—what will - be yet more ?serious - cause: jro dieoppointmente-not a,single work appears this year .find the hand of Sir altviii Lieds,;.er... - Again—both Mr. Dyce, and Mri Herbert . ire 'abseent treat the list of the more dietiesepaiehed „teestrihuteses tO the . .Exlibitiop, in Coneequenee, it is to bokesueakl e of tieeirJ:ibeurs ire the 4eeorutionPf ,thee New Reuses ,rif f . Pediments. Several , ertists of eensummate genius, hOWevera,are. still happily Conspicuous amonge he indreindeetriotte Members of the , toyal Academy. Foremost-both by, lositioe and repo-:: 4).tion stands, of course the - naineeof'Diniet :Mselise his production cccupyinefbe - place of Vonoue at the head' of the principal upartmeht. Retereeintirig r.: t, Hoes one of thd most , s pictneeettee ineidenis i : n . .etur national history, .nltm-ely,-"thaleeppeerance as , El, minstrel (I‘2 ) teof " Alfriclethe'§aireire-ep , the tent of ~eithrum the '..,...,, n 6," w z iraxev49 might be;,expeoted, minently rittinctiVe iii rts..clitirs.cret...: Yet, :notwith standinOtOtwonrful etaboratlnat* Work,: as a work O nrt, must WhonestlytpremotteiceCett, once- to be a feilure, and Wit ifeely &failure; ;tint: one actually dis -oeaHinginktseftipp. EverifhingS4lllStobaye been sicri-', - !iced 1001 Vilts4cif the mof(parr; - With - hie foimer picture Of " Caxton," fee detail -each _ . Sep...irate lin k in the chain iiiti t henr,,eachlAtife 144 birds, on the green -sward, each pan' in die profusely bloSsOming hawthorn being Minutely and almost netero_seePicallyedetiesd. The trouping, moreovei; ia,:nottitfitiiently centralised, while the most bijiliraztf,dyes *the -palette are squandered over ihe canvass with a prOksion-and_gorgeeusnesi vane- : gating Ote tlittilfacle from ---thn. tOpmost limits. of the comps:At/kr 4o 4.liiii very` , edge" of the fore- ground. i Vatiktiiiii Sititiseld hie e - Shown - 'himeelf, by three contribitiotit '',"`;:lifi - 'i . the galls ry, inonea=' serably more sensibli 'tit 'Whit: is owing to his- re putation„ M,T4q3,iy at: , D)l:al4i" (48), "The Tort of La: Rochelle U 900; and .!!.:The: Gulf Of Seleine" (500), re. . , ..: . veal as marvellously as eve r; the capacities which ele-vated,:: the scene pgin, Onto the Mnstercertiat,. enabling. him in the instancrbb vans to invesseeeitna newt poetry the Ely 'shin fields of irgil'; the haunts of Pliny i • and--thertsi.=- deuce of the once Itittitlity - --and ''.voliiPtiious - Lucullus. AiiiitliEnialiViazie • p a/bier-trim sf 4 gm :-., 1 b3r . ;Arp bitten into an artist t4Sf'Ahe firsts class, ' aeeid Roberts, haw adorned the walls of the Academy c with .three'really ad-' inirable compositions—one - 1 - 1' comprehen,ivo view of " Venice" (34), another ii,`,rePiesentatitin of " Antwerp" (69) and the third a grafferarChitecturel interior, truly .wonderful, both i ike persp_eteeive and chiaroscuro Of the (371) tWitliedeale of St. . St. Steehea's" .at Vienna. Really ruatchese. in :its blending of. Power, interest, and execution, the picture for the present 6esson, from the hancWif Ef's Me Ward, Surpasses, in some .respects, ttif riiiiiy F.xquiiio merit's of his - masterly pro (*time pf e last,yearf 11114rittrige' , his dies the one now ekhibitibe s iniilV Narfohafd-TilleiY, a esa,ssige in LeMere tine's " Histoire de4 gironeliTi:s.""," This time, however, ebagefeed hand of Ward' pinartTais not the Royal Victims,. taig,l4olteneeepeteteaderacithe Revolution.- The scene , re-presented is iiimpin e eleak pt. "Oliarlotte Corday going , te Execution" .(316), but In the scene:are revealed the sinister and merciless Robespierre , the , dreamy and fanatical Desttausl6tilass,l444.t.therf T >W i lth eilt Da a n e t te o rs ii,'l lv he i ' t ' h ins al - i . df , fiftture, -- nos6na6l d attitude, and eit ltehnetir apnedr personalities nression, ere preserbed to a,,miracla. i e ,' jteliespierre's fa vourite bloodhound, the,ilog - Ortifoit;' leeks almost as dangerous a personage:as, hie"'inaster—glowering up with his blood et eyetret•OaappOaching pilgrim to the ' guillotine. The nide:tied' of thebght . revealed in regard te even the most subordinate -accessory is exemplified by the red flag( r4fletthd in the-„rsmototh metal -buttons of datitlifiet 'coat, from the:blood- Robespierre"saltiloet co loured clifttbirebta of ;Charlotte Corday. 'Although W. P. Frith has foor pictures in the eihibitiOn, one of them is so very contidelibly - siaperier to the remaining three as to command for itself's peculiar and almost ex clusive attention —q Pope - making Lave to Lady Mary Wortley Montague' (336)0, work almost , painful to look tit h pon, notwithstanding the beautifeflaughinglece - of the wittiest of women-4s° bitter is. the anguish depicted on -the poor, pale face MI ,thw,peet,th • elface haggard with the to r ments ok &Wife 3 &wand-- brßpence--us "one lotig 1 ease," and which rattsie2yet ichitie flushed, it, may be even to beauty, . under the transfiguring inflieence of, an' ! 1 i igeniusexqu i si t e, Pin o d i i t n he s° l l}7 ihi ,re lir " toT s e ' f iP 'H c° ole ir r, ttb o l f e. . the bard 44 the Meesi 1 „- , hf thas; Celebrant .of , lieleise, of st : „,,,` 44, :;r i tt o rot ilia ~ ; Leek," of the . satirist !..; has thine . admirably repr e -•. t o ti c e th ua e inf t p re u l n ssi d. ,. that cruel and tented the ovirg4 i , , , 1 - * Abe , : ~i,ffect of heartless fit of laughter. Thomas Webster, besides two minor contributionw.giyes to the welcome of his many admirers two weeks, ota merit capable of materially ad vancing his reputution. "A_ Letter from the Colonies"' (153),—representiug the interior of a cottage, with the rustic postman leaning in over the window-sill, and the doubleechinned gaffo• conning the superscription, while the gammer is interrupted in counting out the money for the teestage.—=is charmingly true to nature: but still more so is the lare4r picture by the same mastet; " A School Playground"- (60), worthy of being a companion painting to hisfamoue."--Slide upon the Ice." William l'Aulready. contributes... only- one work this season, Blackheath park "i (96); F. GJodall only one, " The Last Load" (614), very iuterier to his really noble painting of the " 'Slay poler William: Dycee only 'one,. and that merely a;" Study for a -Freseo" (954); C. R. Leslie, only one, that of "Juliet" ( 154 )—n6ne`of them I distinguished by any peculiar degree of e xce ll e nc e . 'Thomas Uwins has : t,wo, one of them being (162) a ma . `bincholy caricature' . of " Jed - s," altogether lamentable in a scriptural IttOjf* demancliog so much a9lemnity of treatment. TWo contribuilens-are likewise visiblein the celleetion from the isle of , Richsed :Redgrave--J. Th e peik e eptim e l of the lovelierr p a re sp vi e o e u t es Woodland Mikiisi" (2) being - 4 delicious - snatch of .sy sy i l t y h a t n h s e c m en o e s r t y e , et es c a 4 ia te ted with airman:mite ribility an& Of nature in vegettion. P. F. Poble, besides a little 'portrait sketch of ' The May-Queen Preparing for the Dance" (279), exhitits a c h a rming 'pictine of " Marina 'lnSsoinwgeivnegr,toinhearnFyadtheormPer,wielgenp4a" gloile), to. e r Of them, works emanating frein the painter of Solomon Eagle or %if Job and the Mesliengers., Alfred Elmore's- .." Subjec t . fiora Pep ) 6'B Diaryl (248),ie remarkablefOr theadrnirable' 'uiana. ' ement of the lights introduced through the window, `'bis "Novice" (353) reprezenting a: scene 'iii the highest - degree improbable 4 Cooper - and , Cresveick have, as u,ual, a varietn e eOrilliant examples of their respec- . ttiely incomparliblel powers as landsespe paint ers ; Lee sometimes combining his peetiliar sitiiiviith that-of the ':firmer, with a suet'' indieating how well their artistic capacities harmoni c . Cope, in his " Marquis of Saince marries Griselda" 071), ,indicates much ingenuit y in 'both grouping and eolouriug,--huveausee the beholder to ' Marvel where the b eauty fi dt th at ce lies which capti - V st nod aotedthe Martais , of balece, and elicited th e im P as `. praises *f-' ehancer; ' , Ilis.-"- Portrait of Florence Cope at Dinner-time" 081, beteays a haakering, on his part, after the manner of I e'Prelßaptitteliteewho, by, elo t q cl it o p e re u s b e t n i e t as, exhibition, ot the :the way, muster .n more : than -- upital- force , ill.. the , en e and ogm 'ltuOtin. J. E. 'Millais, ' fai - exa m ple ,.. has two ,- the t iatinite eatisfaction , productions which, ; in finish, in, hardness, and •in astonishing brillPandy ofttselour; ,are absolutely [navel- Jous—the one of a Catlaoliif maiden binding the badge 'on the arm of her Huguenek lava •(474 with a woader ,eful passion in the f rvotkiqf the'enanten's face, and his ei 0 • ( w ea l :John .yet more remarkab le vvilik this ''yeate. depicting .(5 56 ) ''the drowned Ophe ia. ' o:her disciples Orthe same ee _centric school alapptirl,,,such as klunt-With - his rediacticl ""Hireling Shepherd" (392), his prim little 'poi traiture of the "!Deyclu ' iChildhOod .of • St.• Elizabeth . 'of Hungary " (1,091), andekoear'eX:lB4)little girl pulling .a blue-bell and having atethe stinse'antenent a "Glimpse' of the Fairies." Linuell has- a sweet little roadside, or field-side nook (45), called." The Sear Leaf," and An 'thony in (107) "'Beech Trees and Fern " giros the best .specimen we haVe yet witnessed of hii minute represen 'lotion of foliage. 'Horsley's "Master Slender (226) is perfectly delightful .in . its comic i _ absurdity; eind his " Madrigal—keep s . your - Time!" _ (237) Oharmitig in its turalnop. ,-- Witherington'a woodland scenes are, as ' ever, refreshing in their verdue irs coolnesitOted ;Piplearsgilfs. .tnetthelogiCal, ilhastra- It o ne, as usual, strikingly imitative of W. E. Frost, whose '" I Ny nitsbektilKhlpitii ,'.' (So9)e btttinstate 'Orden! fitly . hii . t9tlarbiornime - (4 - 1 - 5 - ); -- the --daintiest embellishment to 4e "t, fibre mareett 4,,Nilt9n, are fraught with hie .. casedkiirrelegance of conception and ' grace of eesecu- Ilion. S. realee'ii grand" anti gospel's fruit piece, en- . aged "The senesc4r_:(227), is Unhappily hung too high for exa' inali* , ,Arapog thp poArslAs, is which t department rant, knight, end Watson Gorden are conspicuously intinserious, ere those I of the Right Honourable . erijattitn---Disraeli, -.the .Earl of. Aber -afi'n!, Tlagr;o4., ishalia, -Lord Gough; and Lady' Duff Gordon, whilp, aatcigethe , , , miniatiires contributed So prominentles by the delicate handed,. Ross, are those Of Cardhitit Wissilialn; - Viscount•Cfrititlereagh, and : the buks.euf,tiliugtOltu- SelomOu's, humorous " Spates Irene teVe ttiffi"ll,ltili);ilaould..not be passed by un -IsOliced eny wore thanejones'a eleborate piCture (13) of "The Bettie lot' Bleanus," r. or. John Martin's, sublime 'Painting (1,10) ofi. e ., Tine Dee.truction of Sodom and , Gomorrah." il O For ourselves; what, what, is truly Abe most lerious mutter foe- whole of the Royal Ace 'limy Exhibition floMB-52,ati'the-islAence of the naine, of 'll:Caticis Danb from4kanng the list of contributors,. Li:ec,i'dhands gulls tibiseoefotiole,,oln sfoor PN.-01)E:adw th i fi. T el E ati R stWe b ' s t il ion Li ff U at ß tentl -b iog Yi th i e lß pr i iv 7 a . i l e O v N ie . w t: .. ini ,d, lusti ii . p l 0 y o e f d all on s t e h s e . ' ebilgehLnhdttGartcriftllY of Pdinters. , in'Water Colours— ehir 'annual , exhibitions. Although f o r os fo ici r? ra 9ontributors, here isYs as been reyeftled . ..sis usual by the nsannayiebitniiteltikie,t, 4enaslti,yib-otaiiiiiidsji3Yiemv,i4bl6l.2. single "aralire of 1 turt , s codtr.ki , g thepy !2 y, but ' t i l l 3 out of ths 322 pie ta ,the rCtrogrei4ve trom r peru _ t o ,„, ed; ,? z ,w,-9Yidenced tinythieg to c re ul a t 1 n n g e lit r t i a s jle m ei h r a me s '° : e r t v Ps : :: : ::li't:e: uly, a course, 'those _ wa y ce nspictious. ,Copley FiuidinD. render them in any a „d this not -merely-- in his,,::oeitiltciie' P:inceps, Ure viswibhlonsentht,i , President, htit as incomparably , ' jtvirit capacity as I ,7 VP' ) - our *at - WO s--is this year imintbTs ark . ° l3 s 1 • hans more ton y cver — Vrolific. - : Admirable, ho p e r, i Oi g r ug h over ia of-lisTfoductions tot the sew n ,7 e i ver s 852 MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (TtIIS,DAY.) The May general ses4onslor this couns.y comanitneed this morning IPfora S•crg , aqt ,Adams, Assistant- Judge, Mr. W'ithape„ and a full s ht , nch.of county magis trates, at the Sessions House. Clerkonwell-green. The calendar, which is unusually this s! , ,sion, 3ntain's the names of only 47 pers9na torstri...d; six of whom are • indicted with naiademeanopt. John Brown, aged 39, PrLo was found_ guilty-.of etealing 18 lbs. of lead, the property of Mr. Moss Myers, builder, was placetlYiatolhe bar,- and Sea-onced by th© Assistant-Judge.to six months' hard labotir iu the Llouso of Correction. John Kipling, - nged 12; tv.litiwas.founa guilty of st ,, al- log the sum of 14, the moneys of Mr. Joseph Holden, his employer, was _placed : tit en© bar,- sued was Sentenced to four mouthS' - .: hardriSboUr in theau - Use of Correction. - . .• John Callahan, aged 13, was indicted 'with stealing front the person ot a man unknown alandkerebief, the value of 3s. Or. O'Brien, whO nppeared for the pri= toner, said that the case-Was so clear against him that: be declined going into it, The jury having foti,)d hinci guilty the prisoner ; was sentenced to six months' hard 'shear, the As,istant-Jstege awing that he would have. been transported had he been_ known before. • Charles Pine, agett39,,,,Was indicted with stealing on the night of the 24h tzl,. two beets, the property ot Benjamin Seymour. The robbery bavtng hen provt 6, t‘..1 , 3 prisoner, in defence said that he bad tak, , tl the bo,ta to get bread, with, in comcqueence of thn _adverie ::toils which hod prevmiled for some time having keit bitwout of work. The SSISTANT-JUDGE sentenced the prisoner to three months' hard labour is-the Rouse, OfCorrection, James Smith, aged 27 , .was -found guilty of stealing 271bs. of cheese,. the ,prbperty lienrj Liekford, of_ the. value of 145., and wasilentencsed' by the-Learned A t ,44 instant-Judge to six months' hard labour in the House of Correction. • - • THE MAGAZINE :S., &c COLBUh'N'S' UNITED SERVICE We 'here Meet with ri rev,ew of a lit le work on nav lrelli!ecturt, and 4; ctr.pta . on guu carriage:•; in which a descriptiOn is Oven at full leng'h of the vorious expedienis thlt have been had recourse to for the, tilmeport ,guns, by warriors of all i:ges. "Great Pathway of the World" gives information on rte facilities afforded -,. by. the iathinos of Panama fora eomniuoication bz,tween the Atlantic and. Pacific Ooeep,'in which it is aserted that if we do not make: the attempt to improve the opportunity, the Americana' will. " Rambles in British Indi-a,"aLd "Experiment§ with Gri,pe-shot" contain the interest neCessary for those concerned in ;Arch which . this periodi cul usually :Ago ZINI'; COLE URN' S tV el V 7 if AND 1-1 U.. 11 0 (.1 KIS The first article we meet with is " My Cousin Cu rehne's Wedding," which is very amusing. There is a short notice of Miss Austen, under the head of " FemalesNovelist.9," in which it is asserted that she has not " even yet reaped her rightful share of public homage." Both Sir Welter Scott and Archbishop Whiteley have proclaimed her merits in the pages of the Quarterly Review. The " Phantom Chase" is a wild Getman ; story, full of mystery and appalling Incident—as such, truly-characteristic of the nation. " Hester Somerset," which has been so long pro gressing, has now reached the nineteenth chapter and the third volume. The entertaining and ludicrous adventures of " Young Torn Hall' are continued, dcu'itle,s to tbe' amusement of many. There likewise h long criticism on the in( rits of the exhibi tion at the Royal Academy, which is on the .whia' highly•laudatory of the various works submitted tqr, public inspection. Ti• BE N TLE Y'S. oirs.LEZLANY. The fifth number of " Unsucclisiul , Gceat .Ites , " is devoted to the Gracchi, and a detailed account is given. .of their eventful The!.secorid article treats ot 44 D •Matitiel , M. de Rowe;" which it is rn rearked•that " half the 'stories `told of 'him are no doubt untrue and the remaining ha!f exig-gerated, but sill quite enough, remains, to cousti.u,e him one of the most fOrMidahle Miff romantic cilkrac' - e)s of the, age." " Anecclotes o Ostriches" are inter,st iug; it is proved thg the beliet of the .stuOdity9f the o;itrioli is an erroneous one; .variuus pecullAri4eF. of the bird are .taken.froin the , deseriptions ot..nuroe-. roux celebrated travellers. ".Revelations of a Nervous' Klan" is a very .Istighable. 'sketch, exhibiting 'the ridicule and annoyance entailed on those who place therioelvei iti - awkWerd pOsitions. " A Recent'Vi 4 t to Thebes " presents us with'a series efits'womiers. The , 'rnighty triuinyhs that art has aciaiEve , d in its temples and palaces have never' b,eeti equalled in rtwur peciilisr style thrOugh the lapse of thirty-two cen;w: rics, and the travAier to the:.e mystic ruins beholds in their ancient grandeur what is novel to * all .his preconceived ideas of architecture and decoration. FRASER. Of a very diversified character ire th articles in .F7'aso. for May„ 'The first is a very intertisting, partly critical, portly bi , graphic, Partly historic o , summary,CoLdpilod from a copi6us ce; ";The Ikkt-pgirs,,Papers, and flstories, of the Earlier Years of the Reign of George, article rendered donbly interesting:to the mag:zine reader, by the. is • troduution of many anecdotes. The month of:May is commemorated by a poem, by Alliogbatn, P-Spring is Come," and ,by a betfutt!al collectionLnVforeign flJral poems. very charmingly translated into plguish rs 11:op rind the " Autobiorapb of Captain . D47by Gravel," 'o4l:jotted. -• 'Nursery Literittire" is tbL subject of an excellent criticism on. J y tt ina delightful paper, A Va riety or otter entertaining matters complete a very at LI active number of , ------------_ , THE GENTLE 11.1 .4 IV 'S it ,;() A ZI.N B A 11,1STO1iICAL -RA VLE W. This number. contains :a review of Dixon's " Life. of Admiral Blake," a work which' is at. present .ea-. : ::: et, in d g on ft . large -share - •of public ,attention s -The ''hpielucTelo(ts'hiiir)::, fl - 1 l i t ‘l ic i l r i g io l n e . t li F ut n t l e i n tl is ° 7lo 6 r il e ft d .. eilsrceri'birdmin scent S. !: is exe , -.-din , ily itikereting 'to" ~ ..e, ( _.o. , ..u! kt s 'or so distingui7,:oia acrid exalted a character. ' Ii- Urban; i o. - ' c A o n n g t a k i i❑ v : S v i4 e l z i: i i y :im' u n 7- s - C p f 9o nT r-ar information i l o n° r 4( m i dL a e i t i3l i c o e n W9L o 'fr n k" a ; I 'l l la vE i 3 l l : : i t .83 all mutt delis Ulrich von Hutton died ing extract i wry. plea,i, o:noome fanAl' with. ' 1 gon:-Tbuto 29.h0 A -T ug h u e. s i t, 9l l ° ;`: . not much mornshan 35 years old. ' ~s ,a , etion• into so short a j c i r C d , c i i cl i t a r t o ' ll i tf a k in d e li n s 6 h e ad hee' his d.sy 3MOUnt of do .had, however, s, stod iratimentary Ills efforti:, - 10 , 61 amped a notable imo re „, 4 3, 1 s „i g p, an d wbereyer his' pen or bi s . „;,,, o r fi bier ' sdf on c l us el a ii firable-recorT of brave sob ie,rQtnentrlivid;'tt bkitate t ,., p l ace , hip) ;awing ,the grat, me n ot , t0 , , „: u4 9 7, , , great qualities, aid did great thin g : 4 , how • ever, e, had. lie was buried in Wiwi Islazd. . By, having:' 40 ' "run. 4° ": 0 9 1 4U . , Dient 1 aie 41 over,them, oisrbows. weronoar,km to,,tbe . ! the emblem of the liglit which ho hail::stkallyg, jallo y .. .w ~ to diffaze, and, to b e glad: breeL.s,theninbieza ~,f7r. feeeciom for which hq had contended to • thm : 1,40,.,,,z; n pinirtray Ulrlon,voallutton,:aud to elooniclo.koa, , 4 1 1 ,,,,, d 4 hits been tor,ihe writerof these p2pers seingthieg bekter j: then a literary labour. - . ~• '" He has tasted all the bless edness of atandiug4Ace ,t9_, five 'with one of .God's elect, ntid -of,drawiof.l iloctirMisoll' aiiid streugai from is chivalrous sdul, , cite; aid rim:',l6" timid, all teinplatioi rind, adVersilv.. fiq wiil b' "ulth 7 dawly revia.icl d .ii hu bas .iufuod _4lO 1113 - 11 ? ' ' Ldr" a portion cr the coral grandeur thtit lingers; ro on.l But - ti.,',f gni,ve.-- '.;:orbe faithfal, through _.we.al ad.4.lsYla>et io tnananinsous purposes .and holy oonviolim.ts,is .moro nithoalt Ow than it Jvis 411 mo-centuries ago. It t.:''` l : i l :Lit i l a i h ( l )u ul , s:.: v l az :s a t i t r i , e o g e a l u s e - ii:d: t i e:a l. r t e r b i :d i l i . s b y t o k tr e nlen Cl s u e g e L i : ' .b ilg iii g e r :t e nl : u7il frPsh, embolden, and invigorate .woue;stellivlcr:fwarielicovegriurec., mory.of . :the brave." ' ND Tin INDIAN Rotrrg.—The Austrian Oovernment is at present making arrangetnents for causing mails and passengers to be conveyed in four days, instead of six as at praellt, from Tsieete to Loom 'via Q4too: MONDAY unquestionably are, the artist has frequently surpassed the very best here exhibited. Nevertheless; (81)," Bare borough Castle, Northumberland," is a noble filature, illustrative in a wonderful taanuor of the lurid effects of stormy weather. .Frederick Teiylcr, a¢aitai has a work possibly in same respect,: of more than custemary pre tensions--(34) a." S:sg Hunt in the time of .George .the Sedond," in which not merely are the costumes„ of the epoch admirably prnerv'ed, hut the young lady huntress_ affords charming evidence :of how pretty: es girls were our great-great-great -great-grandmothers. JosePh Nash contributes a few of his:naitchless witer-colodi inictures_ of the Great -Exhibition—'-the consussmatetruthialness of which may berecognised by a glance, - for'example-; at (68) the " Transept from, the Turkish department," or at (227) the " Indian Tent," that spectacle of Oriental magnifieence. - F. W. Topham. repeats himself -delight- fully inhiy Irish taketches- 7 not the least excellent 0f, , w4i4 is (86) entitled " The Morning of the Pattern.", Another. graceful, though -less ambitions pietdre, by Fredcric4 :_Taylor, must not be passed by :sub silentio (95), simply.. designated " Morning--:-going out," but; in name end aspect, chilineedy suggestive. D. c'max, 85 T - -°l3e of the prineip2l contributors; startles us with' his- singular 'painting , ( 14‘ )lof Bearitn-makena gathering - htattr on Cari ton 7,-U,ss, Cheshir e ." A s i ng ularly clever in..orior that of (1 15) The Library of Scsomore _reveals the skill, :n thi:A curieus clei>artment of.art,of F. Mac kenzie. Tao “ Stone Bo w,. Uigh •streef, Li1 3 0 1 ),7k 1,62 )% one of Oh , best arefiizect and palatine's in the spartalent,_ is from ho band of William Calrow. A multiplicity :of rithcrt. &mild L.tiention in their - turn, and among there, ns a mattor jai -flee, C. Bentley's (121) "DoVer - from the Channel," J. F. Lewis's (139), The"; Ahab` Scribe, Cairo," LI. Galtimean's- (174) liYninde Cove, Cornwall," and a brilliant rural illustration, that,of 6' A _Village Fai r ," - - --(T81) by G. Dodgier. A study of Richard-Duke ot Gloucester and' the Two Illurderers;" (220) by John -Gilbert, appears to us to resemble much more nearly a farcp,Lctor, rppresenting Polonins in-the presence of Maypole Hugh and Dennis the Hangman, fromst4ihy7i;uiot pieces; by Shop." There are; some raa by aria - Harrison, beAides snow,. , • , drnPs, and eggs, and bi r d s ' nes t s i n a b ur d a nce, by VV. Hunt. Gebrge Fripp and Alfred 17riPp;, NV. Evans, and T. M. Richardson, thOtigb - far from indolent, have pro duced nothing ibis' year likely to extend or elevate their reputations:- - - Among the visitors at the private view on Saturday were observed, the Duke of Montrose, Earl and Coun tess Grey, the . Earl of Aberdeen Earl of Bradford, Dowager Countess of Morley, th e Bishops of London, Oxford, and Winchester, Lord John, Russell and Lady illussell, I.Drd Charles Townshend and 3ady Towushend, Lord and Lady Radstock, Lord and, TAO' Montesgle„ Lord Ashburton, Lord Broughton, Lady Catherine Cavendish, Lady Frederick. Bentinck-, Miss Burdett Coutts, &e., several pf the Cabinet Ministers and foreign arnba,ssaclors, many , of the Royal Academi cians, And a gmeatnumber of amateurs and patrons of the flue arts. • • - -WAT,ER CO,LOUR . , The eighteenih annual exhibition of tholiew 'Society of Painters in Water Coleurs is now opened- to they public at their. gallery, , where we had the gratification of at tending the private view, in anticipation of the morning of the season. Altogether, this year, there ware 338 sepa rate contributions: : Several of. These, moreover, are of an uncommon excellence—ono or two being little less than miracles of art when cornpsred with the former efforts of even first-rate water colourists. Foremost among these more remarkable productions is: indisputably the marvellous pinture heel ! . Haghe, the vice-president (74), representing the "Audience Chamber of the,Magis tratesdu France de Bruges," and introducing Marguerite of Austria, Duchess of Parma, and Regent of Belgium, on the occasion of her visit to e witness that .astonishing masterpiece of the skill ofLaucelot Blondell, painter and architect In'representing one ma4terpieee; Louis Haghe -has himself produced another, for in all respects, in cor rect drawing, in elegance of grouping, and in bid- Jiancy of colouring, the painting here particularized is a truly remarliable composition. The most conspicuous picture in the exhibition—its the one just mentioned ap pears 'to us to be, if possible, of all the most meritoridus —is the 'large panoramic delineation by M. Angelo Hayee (145) of the famous charge of the 16th Lancers at Aliwal on the 28th of January, 1846—an exploit which obtained such instant 'celebrity for his Excellency the Governor of the Cape, Sir harry Smith; Prom: the unavoidable circumstance of the uniforme of the lancers and of the Oriental costumes of the Seilelas; MO_ painting in regard to colour has necessarily a spotty ap pearance, at all times disagreeable in a 'work of art=but in other respects the contribution is pectiliarly clever and effective. = Minute though the faces are, they corn prise one or two really startling likenesses. The mo ment selected by -the artist is the breaking of the . Square. Edwin Corbould—always an especial favourite has this season an exquisite illustration of an' exquisite poem, the " Godiva" of Alfred Tennyson. Already (in the picture) she has " shoviered the rippled ringlets to the knee," having" unclad herself in haste," prepare -tory . to the final moment when, " like a creeping sunbeam" she " slid from pillar unto pillar.' ; The work, though inferior-to some of the artist's former _productions, is eminently worthy of his reputation. iienry Warren has apportioned to himself the di ffi cult task of pourtrayin g (214) '" Alitinchbatk story-teller relating one of the Arabian Nights' Taw in a coffee house of Damascus," but in the effort he has 'proved, as always, surprisingly successful. The colouring, as was necessary for the scone, is gorgeous. The hunchback storyteller is manifestly a portrait. The listeners are admirably expressive in countenance; and at the door way a couple of dancing girls, with their languid looks and voluptuous apparel, are ingeniousfy introduced. E. H. Wehnert, though dimly and doubtfully as to the hero (whose face we should like to have scan) but sweetly and beautifully as to the heroine, giies us an embellishment of poor Edgar Allan Poe's now celebrated and popular poem of " The Raven." Charles Vacher has a charming little view of (243) " Nice," and Aaron Penley (112) a lovely " Sunset," with the coast scene at low water. Other artists deserve particular mention, such as James. Fahey, W. Bennett, John Abaulon, and George Opine pion, but of these it is only necessary to observe that' . their contributions are of average excellenee.. A fruit. piece (2), by Mary Harrison, arrests the notice of the visitor immediately after haying, first crossed the thres hold, and is observed as being the property of her Majesty. , _ Among - the tustinguiShed company present on Satur day at the private view, were the Archbishop of Center hay ; the Dukes of Beanfort and Newcastle; her Grace the inßw aaairnosdn D eelg u gdr c eso h : e ci icßhohaifesuvhsaSeotpui Chevalier erl and and ladies; Marquises ' Headfort,Lansdewne, Cholmondely; Earls: Ellesmere, Aberdeen, Minto, G re e , y Wicklow, Shelburne, 'Albe marle, Lovelace, Galloway, Moreton. Lisburn, Camper lowneDa La Warr, j am _ , yn Fife, Bradford, Rosehery, ter, end Bristol; A4 ll :xw ba ill rr el a l d e o S r te s r j W c o h r e c v e a s i i i e e r r , Glo Bunsen,ce u , Baron do Cetto Count Kiel- Hebeler; Lords: Colborne, Brougham, Redstock, Townsend, Lyndhurst, Colville, B o y u n p ni ,er , „. m it t . u p in: Inglis;` R• Broughton;" t g m h a t o e n o . t; Georg e A ns o c John Jervis, David Davis, & e . sea ANAT.EUI7 xHi /ON. A . private view on Sat urday of the exh ibi t i on o p ene d BIT this morning, at 121, Pall- ma i l, afforded us an ,opportu tunity of Observing the improvement made uponlast year'a collection by the 262 Pictures displayed this.season OR the walls of the gallery i mme diately opposite - the Opera House Colonnade. In several instances the amount of this improvement is by no' means incontiderable. Yet, when it is remembered that sixty•two out of the one hundred and nine amateur artists who are this year e xhibitors contribute now ,for the first time to a 'public collection, it is bet natural to. discover some specimens of lamentable inexperience, or, even at . times, it may b e, of unmiatakeeble medi ocrity. Occasionally, however, we were rejoiced on Saturday to observe &ketches cf nature by some of those amateurs -- more and more especially among the iaeie such as o frequently might have reflected honour upon some of not the least distinguished among their professional contemporaries. on enterinig the apartment , For . example, rests with a sense of _ the eye instinctively genuine satisfaction on the view of Naples" from the Hotel de Rome" ( 18 ), by Mrs. Bridgman Simpson, scanning the whole of the varied eharms of that exquisite Panaronea, as pourtrayed by the baud cf the accompli s h ed artiste from.the pellu cid waters of the bay'," outlines of Capri dee ply, darkly, beautifully blue," is the foreground, to t h e dim outlines the, distance. Again, the visitor ca nnot fail to pause w i t h similar pleasure before MreeDavidson's elegant delinea tion of (48) "La Cava, between Naples and Salerno," appreciating, as the lover of nature - cannot fail to do, in it, the truthfulness of every featur e in a landscape as admirable iu the excellence of the perspective as in the accuracy of the air distance and the delicate tinting of the foliage; Neverthelees, on the same wall of the gallery, it must be confessed that we shrank ( w i t h , sense of pain like that created by " discord in 'music or an error in grammar) from the credo colouring of (26) " Snow don from Anglesey, frokti the " brown holland alty d to aed oakum waves intende represent (35) " The Old Town of Scarborough," e atm from that fan tastic ,(51) " Sketch at Dauster Castl e , ,, which can only be best seen, as the saying goes, " a long way off ,at .a distance." Then, as for the otherwise graceful portrait of ( 37 ), " Captain Herbert L. Wihor the artist had evidently been taking a let . "' in the repreientation of male attire from the straggling pencil of Mr. Thacke ray. What on earth could have actuated the hOnoureble gentlema n w h o con tributes (6 9 ). a sketch entitled from nature "In Wimpole Park," to depict t h at ston e vase such remark a bl e accuracy and those iron rei!ings with . we cannot for the life of us conjecture. There is a capi tal interior, by t h e wa y not far from the last cont r ib ut i on , being (77), a v i ew o f " The Hall at God r i nton, " by Mr. C. Jet, ns. Half a dozen ingenious little pen and ink " Sketches" (106), m ore alter the style of H a bl o t Knight Brow ne t h an o f M. Minasi, are contributed by '. Mr. R. S. Borland, as illustrations of the " May Queen" and the "New Year's Eve" of Tennyson. a . really exquisite drawing in crayons, simply entitled (120) " A Study," is from the heed of Miss Louisa Percival. An:elite* lady, Miss Elizabeth Carr, adventures upon that most diffiailt perhaps of all thtse department s o f err, t h e outline school, of whi c h Mori'z Rozseh is incomparably the master—giving 'us (135) " Portia's Judgment," in many reapeets clever, and suest quently (153) . a "Scene from the Lady of the Itaki;,' in many rep pests execr able. A droll little pi e . titre._ by the Rev. Eivvard Bradley, called (215) "The .lechoole," tie picts a Goose of a etudent beige asked by an Owl of - a pedagogue, " How did - you coestruo -tcaelipa.c, sir ?" - Two of the most charming water-eolotirs in the gallery are (242) e jeftveurneee" and (254) " The Fisherman's Wife," both by Miss Blake, and to this lady ire particular we would apply the more eulogistic remarks with which this notice is corn mencz-d.' Assuredly the most curious production in the whole collection is the one containing the "Portraits of the Right Hon. Lady' _Eleanor Butler and Miss Pone souby," better kuowu as the ladies of Lkingoilia) who MAY 3, 1852. died, the fornr,r in 1829, aged 90, and the latter in 1831, aged 76, drag n from the life by Lady Leighton. Unequal thefigh the contributions to this amateur exhibition un qwstinanWy are, we believe that its influence upon the cultivation of art cannot fail to be eminently beneficial. SPORTING NOTES:• No. CCXVIII. TUE CHESTER MEETING. TO :THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sxll.,—, , The celebrated meeting on th e: R oo di e i s .once :more about r to he'brought toisstre. It has been _gra -dually rising in importance ever since the establish nacnt of its Cup in 1824, and' the meeting this time will dtcidrdly-possess more attractions than any that have hitherto preceded it on the banks of the Dee. Each of the small stakes have filled well, and the entry and ac .ceptance for the'Cup is without precedent. All this is owing, in a great measure, to the indefatigable exer tions of ,that. masterly enterer of sport, Air. Tupham, who deseives all the praise that can _be awarded to _and to the large, sum of public money contributed, -amounting to nettily:tixteen hundred pound,.7. To-morrow commences tre tour days' eigertaiament at " the anidctite civic of Chester." The'GreiVenor Stakes of 10 save. each, h ft, with .10 ada.:ltl, ter three yrs old. Gst 8:h; four, Bst lb;'five, 9st llb; six mad aged, 93t 31b; ()pew; the ball at two o'clock. Ttlistake has .obtained six subscribers who have to a LMO between the hours of six and seven this evening. Tie Slostyn Stakes of 10 sovs...each, with 100 added, collar Bst .61b; fillies and •geldings Bst 21b; over three qui4rwrs of a mile, is for two yrs old, and will, in all probability- attract the following to the post:—Brother to Shylock, Whalebone, filly by Orlando, colt by &mutt, Lablbton (3lbs eitra), The Belle - , Cassio. Molasses (d), Huff (d), Charming Woman, Admiral Tschitichekoff, Jaquenetta, And perhaps Hybla. Neither of Lord Egiinton's will run. This - race, I think, will be contested stoutly by Whalebone, Brother to Shylock, Charming Woman, Cassio, - and Jaquenetta. The result will probably favour CHARMING WOMAN or JAQGENETTA, Brother. to. Shylock and Cassio being their most dangeronArivals, I did entertain a respect able opinion of Whalebone for this bout; but, for rea sons which I cannot well divulge, I no longer anticipate a victory for him, . _ . . The Palatine Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 forfeit, with 100 added, for three years old; fillies Bst 71b each, with various allowances and penalties; a mile, two furlongs, and some odd yards, will probably bring together Ca lot, Bst 41b, Evadne, fest 7th, Lady:Agnes; Bst 91b (d), Captious, Bst 41b, Diamond, Bst, Caloric, Bst, Sally, Bst 71b, Ibis, Bst, and:Rachete Bst 71b, are doubtful runners. I do not hold for an instant the notion that Lady Agnes can have any chance of winning, should. she run, which is dubious, the same remark will apply to Evadne and Racheie. The running of Captious I am not quite certain of, but believe she will be sent; the result, however, will be be tween Calot, Caloric, Captious, and Diamond; and if I award the first place to CALOT or CAPTIOUS, and the next two positions to Caloric and Diamond, I think the public will have -no ream to grumble at my decision. Contrary to general expectation, I firmly believe that Paddy Bird, receiving a stone only for the year from Elungerford, will just succeed in winning the Match for 300/. by a head or so, after a close set-to. The Chesterfield Stakes of • 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, once round and a distance—a mile, one furlong, and sixty-six yards—will entice the following field to the post:--His Grace, 7st 121 b; Redmond O'Hanlon, fist 91b, or Lancaster ' 7ot 71b; Mary Ann, 7st 61b ; Lucio, :at 411 a; Richard Primmer, 7st 21b; Helen .Faucit, 7st 21b; Captain Flash, 7st 21b; Bess of Hardwick, 7st 21b ; Jemima filly, 6 st 41 b ; and perhaps Snarry and Royalty. Paddy Bird I have not placed among the starters merely on account of his being engaged in the match, which, as I before, remarked, is likely to be a close affair, and consequently give him a tie up for the day. Stilton, Joe Miller, and Poodle will not run, being reserved for the Cup on the following day. I have inserted both Lord Waterford's horses in the list of starters, but only one will go; that one, in all probability, will be Lancaster, Redmond O'flanlon being reserved for his future engagements. Weight may serve the. Jemima filly, as she is handicapped very lightly; I certainly should take no liberties with her— keep her on the winning side. Captain Flash, at his weight, looks well; Lucio also is in easy; but I must look to Lord Waterford's horse for the winner. If he should fail, then commend me to the Jemima filly and Lucio, who will otherwise probably fill the second and third places; His Grace leading the ruck. As to-morrow's publication will be too late to be of any service to the majority of my country readers, I will give them the produce of my latest accounts of the Chester Cup. The field, it is almost certain, will be the largest that ever started for this event, and will be formed of the following :—Nancy, Russborough, Mountain Deer, Ariosto, Lady Evelyn, Hippolytus, Goldfinder, Musician, Old Dan Tucker, The Black Doctor, Dac-an- Durra,e, Retail, Ringleader, Vampyre, Ephesus, Hothorpe, Cockcrow (d), View Halloo, Dulcet, Vivan diere, Harp, The Indian Warrior, Grey Tommy (d), Sister to Fencer, Stilton, Redmond O'Hanlon, Merry Bird, the High Sheriff, Poodle, Lady Amyott, Betbgelert, Kob-i-noor,Sophistry, Joe Miller, Bonita, and the Suttler or Young Hawthorn. One or two of these may be withdrawn and three or four others added, but, whatever may be, the withdrawals or additions, they can scarcely have any effect on the result of the race. Nancy, with Job Marson up, I expect will run into the fourth or filth place; her winning is almost an impossibility, good as she is. Russborough's races at the Curragh balances his account slightly on the wrong side;he is on of those who will finish at the head of the nick. Mountain Deer can have but very little chance. Ariosto, even with Nat's assistance, cannot win. Lady Evelyn is the first dangerous looking animal I come to, and if she is what her friends report her, will be a formidable antagonist on the day. Hippolytus is overdosed. Goldfinder ditto. Musician's music will not be a triumphal strain. If the owner's account is to be believed, Old Dan Tucker will make them "get out of the way," and be enabled "to have his supper " off the Coop. The Black Doctor's medicine will be eschewed, and only his party's gold swallowed by the Ring. Due au-Durras 'will, I fancy, considerably improve upon his last year's running, and give the thoroughbred sporting owner of Curraghmore a first-rate chance of making the Cup a stirrip•cup, from which he will drink a golden draught. Retail -I shall dispose of in a wholesale man ner, with Ringleader, View Halloo, Vivandiere, Harp, Sister to Fencer, Betbgelert, and Sophistry, as a per fectly hopeless lot. If they can brush up old Vampyre ho is dangerous at 6st 101 b. Ephesus, at the same weight, looks anything but bad, and Hothorpe, with the like impost, is a perfect picture, so far as training is concerned, as all say who saw him in town yesterday. He will get a place of a surety, if not be the abso lute A 1. Dulcet and Grey Tommy will not do in the present company. The Indian War rior carries several pounds too much. Stilton, des pite the overwhelming favoritism that is awarded him in the tremendous amount of cash staked upon his chance, will, to my thinking, find the penalty he has to carry for winning the Metropolitan a stopper to his finishing effort. Redmond O'Hanlon, whose penalty I completely overlooked in descanting upon his chance the other day, must succumb, I fancy, to the five pounds extra. Merry Bird ought to run well, and finish forward. The High Sheriff ditto. Poodle, notwith standing his beating at Newmarket the other day at ever so many pounds less, will this time run much better thau is expected: The remainder of the light weights are reported to be held perfectly safe by Joe Miller and Bonita, and I decidedly agree with the report. I have not made any' comments on the chances of the Con fessor, Truth, Backbiter, Hesse Homburg, Scarecrow, Grosvenor, and several others, who figure in the market, for a. very good reason, that I believe not one of them will start. In conclusion. I find from deduction the first flight should consist of Nancy, Russborough, Lady Evelyn, Old Dan Tucker, Duc-an•Durras, Hothorpe, Stilton, Merry Bird, The High Sheriff, Redmond, Witty Joe, Benita, Vempyre, and Ephesus; the first to compound in the struggle being Russborough, Vampyre, Ephesus, Benita, and Merry Bird; Nanoy, Lady Evelyn, Old Dan, The High Sheriff, and Redmond following snit as they approach the stand, thus leaving the four leading positions to be filled by DIIC-AN- DURBAN, HOTHORPE, STILTON, and JOE MILLER—the two seniors probably taking the place asserted by the old saw to be due to age in preference to honesty. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. May 3, 1852. ' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERS ALL'S—SATURDAY. _ A considerable number of the subscribers attended for the purpose of comparing books on the Chester Cup, but very little business was transacted. The" features" of the .Cup betting were an improvement in Stilton, the advance of I3enita (from the outside) to 20 to 1, and an ominous decline in Grosvenor. The Derby quotations show a nominal improvement in Hobble Noble; it was clear, neverthelev, that he still has many enemies. .Closing prices:— CHESTER CUP. 5 to 1 agst Stilton (t) 20 to 1 agst Merryßird (t, 13 to 1 sgst Hothorpo 40 to 1 agst Old D. Tucker 15 to 1 sgst Nancy (t) 20 to '1 agst Bet ita (t) 40 to 4 agst Hippolytus (t) 20 to 1 aget . Grosvenor 40 to 1 agst Joe Miller (t) - IBY. 11 to 1 agst Claverhouse 30 to 1 agst Homebrowed 40 to 1 eget Elcot (t) lut Augur. Noble eget Alcoran. ING IN TOWN. • . ;II CUP. 4 o'l agst Stilton 20 to ,1 agst iNancy 12:0'1 agst Joe Miller (t.) 20 to 1 agAt Merry Bird 12 to I egst Ilothorpe 25 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn 16 to I' agst Benita 100 to 1 agst Grosvenor 20 to.l agat.Golander 100 to 1 spit Confessor The; quotations against ltrosvenor and Confessor are I nominal; .they are not expected to start. CHESTER RACES. • Arrivals at Chester up to stx o'clock yesterday evs , ing:,,-Indisn Warrior, R uss borough, Lancast er , C ec i: crow, Redmond O'Hol.n, Sharravegue, the toMarquisFencer, •i Duc-an• Dh urr riS; Nancy, High Sheriff, Sister Cala, Ballet Girl, Flou nce, Q ueen of Spain, Diamond, nd • Prinee Rupert, Mountain Deer, Black Doctor, S ae i Richard Primmer,'Benite, lathe, Winge"l4 and a f ew; others for plates. assed through town, y es t er d a y, en route for Chester. DEE 8 to 1 agst Alcoran 8 to 1 agst Bobbie Noble 10 to 1 agst Stockwell - Offers to take 20 to 1 atom 1,500 to 1,250 on Hobbie LATEST BETT] CELESTI THE CIIINESBJUNK, KErum.--This vessel, which has excited so much attention during the last few years, will, it is said, with the whole of its valuable and i nterest i ng cos tents, be offered for sale by auction at the end of the present month, or the'beginning of June. It is at present lying in the west India pock TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (CONTINUED ON ➢IONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.). Sir,—On Wednesday the 2Sth, is few minutes after the requisite number of forty Membrs had been c lected io the House, the Beer-money to Voters Bill was offered for First Beading. On division the numbers wtre found to be 16 for 'and 18 against. Which (on adding four for the Tellers and one for the Speaker)being one less than the requisite number of forty, caused the vote to go for nothing. So that the pre.ence of one more Member on either side - of the ;louse would have caused the Bill for- supplying drink to Electors to be thrown- oat. As it was, the conductor on the Tory side adroitly postponed his motion; and so the question is to be tried-again, with a renewed chance for the beer-sellers. By way of showing what preceding legislators have thought on this subject, my domemic Attorney-General supplies the following extracts from Rogers's " Law and Practice of Elections." The Trpating del, 7 W.,3. c. 4, entitled An Act for preventing charge arid expence in elections of ".members to serve in parliament," onsets and declares, that " no person bere-fier to be elected, &e., after the " teste c,l the writ of summons to pari.ament, or alter the t,ste or issuiug out or ordering of the writ or writs of election upon the cuffing or sac...moiling of "any parliament liereafier, or after any such place " becomes vacant, &a., :ills!' or do Ocreafter, by hitaseif " or theniselvee, or by any other ways and Inca= on his " er their behalf, or at his or their charge before his or " their election, directly or indirectly, give, presmit, or " allow to any person or persons htving voice or vale at " such election, .any money, meat, drink, entertainment, " or provision, or make any present, gift, reward. or en " tertuitnnent, or shall at any time - hereafter make any " promise, agreement, obligation, ofengagement to glee " or allow any money, mess, drink, provision, present, " reward or entertainment, to or for any such person or " persons in particular, or to any such cennty, city, " town, borough, port, or 'place in general, or to or for " the use, benefit, employmen‘profit, or preferment of " any such person or persons, place or places, in order " to be elected, or for being elected, to servo in parlia " meet for such county," &c.—Shaftesbury, F. and F. 382. By a. 2, " Every person or persons so giving, &c., " shall be disabled and incapacitated, upon such election, " to serve in parliament for such county, &c., and shall tie deemed and taken to be no member of parliament, " and shall not sit, act, or vote, or have any place in " parliament, but shall be, to all intents and purposes, " as if he had never been returned or elected member " for the parliament." The only effect of this act, it is imagined, was to enact end declare that all entertainment or refresh ' ment given or allowed by a candidate, directly by him ' self or his agents, or indirectly " by any other ways or "means on his behalf, or at his charge ) " that is, " ways or means," resorted to by others at his desire or ' with his knowledge; without reference to the extent 'or extravagance of the entertainment, or to any corrupt intent, or to the effect it might have upon the result of the election, should, if given after the teste of the writ, or after a place became vacant, avoid the election; the object being, by this stern and provision, to put an end to treating at the election altogether, to estop candidates from setting up the plea of moderate or even necessary refreshment, and to take from the Committee of Privileges and Elec.- ' Lions, and from the House, all discretion as to their judgments upon the intent and effects of treating at such a time ; a discretion which, if not grossly abused from personal or political motives, had been, at that period, to say the least, frequently exercised in an arbitrary and unsatisfactory manner. In the Middlesex o a nb n e ji d et chterf oregarded which meaning of tt the act; se extent case the committee seem to have acted up to the spirit c tiev tl etn for it appears that they of no the r th e treating, ilnflue,ne e itb nor tm i ghthe have had on the election ; .L er V efo id r e ds a h r Rib ans v. Herefordshire, ' Crichete, 1 B. and P. 264 Radnorshire, semb. contra, ib. 494? moans that there is an appearance of contradiction place pointed out. Which should therefore be P eck. lookedcontrathe ; at.] Middlesex, 2 Peck. 31.—[In 'lBo4] A considerable ' quantity of provisions were provided for Mr. Mai n. waring's voters, by orders of persons proved to be Mr. M.'s agent!, who also undertook for payment. The entertainment was not proved to be by any moans ex ' travagant, nor was it charged to have been given with a view to influence votes, but only for the necessary re freshment of such as came to the poll. The coin ' mittee decided, that Mr. M. did, by his agents, commit acts of treating, whereby he was incapacitated to serve in parliament upon such election,. and vide Hereford ' shire, 1 Peek. 186.'—p. 261, 7th Edition. Although this was admitted to be the law, yet there was difficulty in enforcing it; it was therefore thought advisable to declare it in precise and authoritative tan ' guage, at the same time extending the penalties against the offence.' 4 The 5 and 6 Vict. c. 102, by sect. 22, recites that the provisions of the Treating Act having been found insufficient to prevent corrupt treating at elections, it is expedient to extend its provisions, and then enacts that, Every candidate or member, who shall, By himself or by or with any other person, or in ' any manner directly or indirectly, Give or provide, or cause or knowingly allow to be given or provided, wholly or partly at his expense, Or pay wholly or in part any expenses incurrrd For any meat, drink, entertainment, or provision to or for auy person, • At any time either before, during, or after,-any such election, For the purpose of corruptly ir.flnencing such person, or any other person, or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding such or any other 6 person, ' For having given or refrained from giving his vote at any such election, Shall be incapable of lacing elected, or of sitting in parliament for the county, &c, where too treating took place during the parliament for which such election was holden.' Upon this Act it may be observed that if a condi ' date or member knows of any treating going forward, ` and pays any portion of the expense, or, though he ' did not know of it at the time, yet contributes to the cost of it afterwards, whether it took place before, at, or after, the election, he will lose his seat for the place where the treating took place for the whole parlia ' ment.'—p. 263. Chester, C. & D. 68.--[ln 1819] One Fletcher, an ' opulent tradesman of the city, and an active supporter of the sitting members, had distributed the following tickets:— " The bearer, A. 8., is to have such refreshment as " he thinks proper, to . the value of two , gallons of ale, at " the C. .1). public-house.—J. Fletcher. " Fletcher denied that the sitting members knew any ' thing about these tickets; but admitted that they had been in the committee room whilst they were lying about: that they had been circulated amongst the freemen in the interest of the sitting members; that they had not yet been paid, and that he considered himself responsible for the amount; that he had no ex ' pectation of being repaid by the sitting members, for a party of gentlemen, friendly to their interest, had ma ' dertaken to pay the expenses of the election. A table was laid out with cold meat every day at the hotel. General G., one of the sitting members, on one °can ' sion, being in the room, desired the party to make themselves comfortable, and ordered the waiter to briny more wine. The sitting members had lived at this hotel during the election. The landlord stated, that he had received no instructions from either of the sit ' ting members about providing refreshments for any by body, and had no expectation of being paideither of them.'—p. 267. [Sitting members held duly elected there not being proof of agency.] Serjeant Maynard, in the debate on ExPence at " This bribery by drink is Elections Bill, 1673 . 4, said, 1 Whitelocke, n e- "a lay simony."- 4 Cob.! Parl. Hi st. 783 ; is6,2o32fi.:—stp. distinct 2 61. 3 2, 87 h:s 2 is nd th S e o s e ta th te wa o r f e case, , whichClifford;it is th o ccasion there voted gett i ngthe t w e T n o t r y y Li ß i e b s e t o r a r l a t o e n b t to iss u p t s o e t o ; p p a o n s d e thelrtaisi slit rally true, that on the fir s t nine teen, and on the second eighteen, anciene,‘ lay would have thrown out Serjeant Mayna r d e si mony'' altogether. The Tories ha d the genius to get a member e o t f i the on the other side of the H ouse to p ut h is name to th e but the doing is theirs. Af ter this, came the in the order nir for second o readingoindf Scotland. Bill for eur s r e e , m h o i bigot Tests provinces in the empire, each of a dif ferent by bigot, in th e common cause. bed religion, and enacting tests against all the rest, a bigot in any of th em would support the testa ag e ain I f e f r t e h n e t r n e h r i e hi the other forty-ni ne , as t h e means o f helping to sec ure his monopoly at h ome. Asin now in an A rct i c winter, A where everything sswt the spring-time, of Reform p ro d uced is rapidly going backward, t is not to be wondered that the second reading of such a Bill was rejected by 172 to 157. No gr apear t majority either; Cons i dering that the sun was in Cicorn. On Thursday the motion for a Committee " to con sider the preservation of the Crystal Palace," was re jected by 221 against 103. The arguments of the Go vernment that the thneybtahiiludgins, that n a kl t y it de w P a a s rk m h a a n d ife b s e t e ly n declared fit were,eo fit for nothing but to be pulled down. And that the Commissioners for ligation to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, to pull it down by a certain day; without establishing valid reason why the Commissioners of Woods and Fo rests should demand the execution of such an obligation, any more than if the obligation had been to pull down St. Paul's. Who and what is behind the Woods and Forests? An obligation to a public board, is only an obligation to act if the public board demands. But, why is the public beard to behave insanely ? On Friday was produced the much-expeeted Badget. The new Chancellor of the Exchequer began by prov ing most satisfactorily, that all the three forms of taxa tion, Import Duties, Excise, and Income-tax, were equally unpopular. His struggles to overcome the difficulties shieh old connexions imposed on the discussion of some of these .subjects, suggested the idea of the spirit under strong control, our forefathers were fond of introducing into the =chicory of their romance. But by degrees the resemblance altered, and at last a listener who sat beside me, burst out in the words addressed to the Hebrew prophet, " I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hest altogether blessed them." Never was such a frank concession, of what for years had been in dispute. " Punch" must not lose the countenances of the unfortunates who were doomed to sit behind the orator. " Glum" was a cold expression, which was applied by the Member for Montrose in commenting upon the scene, Still there remained the winding-up, which was to know what was finally t o be . , proposed. The guess, in ely neighbourhood, was that it was to be a rateable increase of t - sil taxation. It was .better; for it proved to he; u continuance of the Income . Tax for a year; and everything else to remain as it was. Ii is true,,A..le proposal of continuing for a year con tains the principio of wrong on the holders of tempo rary incomes, which their ostensible defenders are so incompetent to comprehend. Much was further harped, hytho ,sarno defenders, upon the necessity of di* -tendin; :the ItMotna Tax . to the lowest incomes for the sake of symnietry; refusing to remember, that those -lowest- incenses': pay at ten or eleven times the . rats of the rich in indirect taxation• But the coneraiiiiii on the Whole is not a . bad one. Time has been gained for the holders of small and of tempo rary incomes, to find out what hurts them, and who is on their side and who not. And a grand admission has been made, of the general prosperity of the country under what is called the new regime of Free Trade, which it will be difficult to get over or revoke._ At the same time the case is not without its dangers. :At nearly the coaciloion of the debate, a Conservative is/ember rose and protested, against any engagement having been made, that the preNnt arrangement should 1:0 - inare than t.-,yxporm . y and fr..r the existence of the present Parliainent. arnelmts to declaring the in tontion of goia,_T to the ulcctions en the present in yEing stAtcluent, and pursuing, a diffarent course if sub sequuntly btreng-Quourlls, Wnich it is for the country to !noir. after. friend 'or f - 17 ,- 411 . perin7ico awl tact in such matters, intimated to m., his htli-f, that; the upshot of the present proceedings h:! a union between the Ministry and what are callvd tl^ Peclito‘. It 60, bare will he nothing left for. the Lite leaders, but to take a further " Etep into the rignt," in the direction at the pt. - Tutor wishes . : There is a proverb on the subject of "sn ill winsl,7_ which will rirr)bably occur to your recollectiOn• On the whole the time is very favourable, for raising tb.e old banner of Parliamentary Reform; the first step in which, must be the keeping out the mock Liberals who will swarm at the Elections on the pretence that all dis putes are over. I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. Blackheath, 3rd May, 1852. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Meyerbeer's grand opera, Les Huguenots, was pre sented on Saturday evening , for the first time this sea son, in a s tyl e w hi c h we lieve no other house in Eli rope could comp letely equal at the present period. In' the production of this majestic chef d'ocuvre the direc tors of the Royal Italian Opera have done themselves infinite credit, and established the very strongest claim to public patronage and applause. Costa's unrivalled orchestra, the overwh-lming power and perfect drilling of the chorus, the great resources of the establishment in the essentials of spectacle, and the supereminent ca pabilities of the principal vocalists, all combine to ren der the performance of Les Huguenots, at Covent-gar den in the highest degree imposing and superb. Grisi, who is, we repeat it, the queen of the lyric stage, sustained the part of Valentine with her fall excellence of tone, vocalization, energy, and pathos. Madame Castellon, as Marguerite, sang with great sweetness. The part of Urbina was filled for the first time by Mdlle. Seguin, who acquitted herself in a very satisfactory manner, and gave the cavatina " Nobil donna" in a manner to elicit general applause. The Marcel of Formes is a mighty triumph of the great basso. One could wish the absence of a little ruggedness, but the general effect is magnificent. (The aspect of Formes in the part of Marcel is exceedingly like that of Oliver CromwelL) Polonini was careful and impres sive in St. Bris, and Tagliafico as the Count de Nevers, Soldi as the Huguenot soldier, Rommi as Meru, and Mdlle. Cotti, deserve respectively a word of praise. Mario's Raoul is well known. We were anxious to ascertain whether this delightful singer had recovered since last season that peculiar sweetness of tone for which he was formerly distinguished, but we fear, judging from Saturday night, that it has , become "a light of other days." Nevertheless he sang beautifully, and acted with his customary grace and feeling. The plaudits of the audience were loud and frequent. Mario was received on his re-appearance in the manner due to so established a favourite. Grisi's reception was enthusiastic, and the duet with Marcel in the second act, and that with Raoul in the third took the house by storm. Her performance in the scene in which the latter occurs is the acme of lyrical excellence. In fact her Valentine is fully on a par with her Norma, and to dispute her supremacy in either role, in favour of any other artiste, is sheer absurdity. At the conclusion of the third act Grisi and Mario were called before the curtain, and again, together with Formes, at the conclusion of the opera. The benediction of the poniards was executed with stupendous effect, and the final unison chorus encored. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, honoured the performances with their presence, as did his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Among the fashionable com pany present in the theatre. we remarked the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk and Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard, the Duke and Duchess of Bed ford, the Marechesa Braucaleone and Mademoiselle, the Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl and Countess of Glengall and Lady Margaret Butler, the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl of Durham, . the Earl of Bcsborough. the Earl of Car digan, the Earl and Countess of Bradford and the Ladies Bridgman, and Miss Mencrieffe, the Earl and Counte!;s of Laneshoreugh, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Templetcar - n. Viscount Clifden, Viscount Chelsea ' Visenaut and Viscountess Maidstone, Viscount Canterbury, Viscount and ViFcountess Villiers Vis countess Wentworth, Lord and Lady Foley and the Hon. Adelaide Foley, Lady Brough and Mrs. Spalding and Miss Spalding, Lady Elizibeth Butted and Miss Bulteel, Lord and Lady Blantyre, the Count and Coun t toss de Morella, Lord Arthur Hey, Lord Adolphus Varie, Count Lai) Corti, Lady Maria West and Miss West, Lsdy Georgians, Codriugton and Lady Henrietta Somerset, Liciy ['Hose Lovell, Lady Augusta Went svor:h and the Ai —IsBPS Went:Verth, Lady Peel and Miss peal, Lady Rachel Russell, and Lady Heslop and Miss Edict, Lord Colville, Baron de Sternberg, Lady De Dunstanville, Lady Mary Vyner and Mr. Vyner, Lady Virginia Sandars and Mr. Sanders, M.P., Lady Anne Charteris, and Lady Harriet Vernon and the Hon. Augustus Vernon, the Lord Chief Justice and Lady Jervis, Lady Parke and Miss Parke, Lady Macfarlane and Miss Macfarlane, Sir John Campbell,:K.T.C.S., and Lady Campbell, Sir Henry Webb, Sir William and Lady De Bathe, Sir James Ferguson, Sir George Car roll, Sir William Fraser, General the Hon. George Anasl, &c. Anson and Mrs. Anson, Sir Charles and Lady Mar sh - - LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. Traffic—Week ending May 1,1852 £8,843 7 0 Traffic—Week ending May 3, 1851 ... 10,328 11 11 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 151066 3 6 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 151,043 11 „5 Total number of Passengers—Week ending May 1, 181)2 ... 50,604 Passengers ... ...R6,383 14 3 Goods ••• ..• ... 2,459 12 9 l 8 51 8 1 4 8, 17 370 3 Total miles epTeno,tallB.ii, 17 . a4 ; ditto, London Terminus, May 3, 1852. THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—It is stated in the Royal warrant authorising the Commissioners to erect the Crystal Palace (printed by order of the House of Commons), " that a g ewo r an o y u t e n ba d yt 8 h a n e rdei thereof,natb the ea e lslodl be s e c ec r x i o b mp e e d pni seeta:loydf thee all the said buildings and erections w hi c h may be erected on t h e r e i a e n o d d f said Commis s ioners on or bef ore t h e sa i d Ist of J une, 1852, m tsha o ied ve sn d iltae a t n oe d rriap c li a ge r c and that on or before the said Ist of June, 1852, the said Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 shall, to the satis faction of th e Commissioners, for the time being, of our Woods, forests, Sze., restore the soil and surface of the park to its Corm before any part thereof the said Commissioners, ready for sowing with grass seeds, -and to sow the same." SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT ALBERT•GATE.—A very serious accident, arising from the reckless manner in which omnibuses are driven along the western thoroughfares of the metropolis, occurred on Saturday afternoon, close to Albert`- gate. Captain Gunning Sutton, brother of Sir Robert Gunning, had been riding on horseback in company with his daughter, in Hyde-park, and was in the act of crossing from Albert-gate into William-street, Lowndes-square, when the horse on which the Captain rode got in some way entangled between two omnibuses coming in opposite directions. The animal reared and plunged, and pre sently threw the Captain with great violence between the omnibuses. Captain Sutton was taken up insensible and conveyed to the residence of his brother-in-law, Captain Howard Vyse, in Chesham-street, where he was staying on a visit. Bledical assistance was instantly sent for, and Mr.. Cesar Hawkins and Mr. Teevan, of Chesham-street, were soon in attendance. On examination of the unfortunate gentleman they discovered a deep wound in the lower part of the abdomen, from which considerable hermorrhage took place. Restoratives having been administered, the Gallant Officer was restored to consciousness, and during Saturday night he had some sleep. The serious nature of the injury renders the result exceedingly doubtful, though hopes of the Captain's recovery are said to be entertained by his medical attendants. MASTERS IN CHANCERY ABOLITION BILL.—Tbe Lord Chancellor's Bill, which is waiting for the second read ing, to abolish the office of Masters of the Court of Chancery,' and to make provision for the more speedy and efficient dispatch of business in the court, contains 58 clauses. It is proposed that the first four Masters shall retire on pensions 4 Michaelmas Term next. Power is also given to the Ler_c_ , Chancellor to release the remaining Masters. The Master of the Rolls and,the Vice-Chancellors are to sit at chiunp.sf: for the dispatch of business, and chambers may be provid e for the Judges. " The Master of the Rolls and evs e rY are ol '''— h beTs. Vice •Chancellers respectively, when sitting in f Olt were shall have the same ower and jurisdiction in . I,slrct ° business to be brought' before them, As 11 t he y respectiVely sitting in open court." ointed to Major-General James Campbell .sion to command the troops in New South iv a ies, n an sucee... i i vacates the command on Sir Edward Buckley Wyniard, . elevated — l i nfa V t 0 0 U t : the appointed a inen3ber Mr. William Cotnrnissiong of the council at Sierri Leone. his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant -General. Mr. hO r ha l\ d i E been AT Ii d of the state of he able accounts have besn receive alth of 01,9 ILLNEss OF Tia. Right Rev. 'p r .. Ter, of I Meath during the vi ceroyalty Lord Clarendon. His Lee of , _ ordship is suds lug from a pulmonary affection. Dxs.TH of TH RUSSIAN n i s. 3 e r n s d ui , o r w , E. MINISTER OF FINANCE. — Th e Chevalier Count Vrontehenko, privy councillor, knight of secer ai Mission_ orders, and Financial Minister, died on the 6th ult., after a painful illness. Sotrit-EAsmtri ItAII.wA y..—lt appears that this company intend to start cheap excursion trains from London on the morning of the Bth and 9th instant, so as to convey parties to Paris the same evening, to be present at the grand military fête in Paris on the 10th instant. The excursionists are to return from Paris on the 12th, and be conveyed back via Boulogne and Folkestone to London. Fine large new potatoes were last week sold in Bridgewater market at la, per lb. EVENING, \