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

^eing 71 is kook We 10 41 4% 4 61, $/k4 5014 , Ire Other 0 6118 at 0 10 PIP' 4 ..- 110' 7 3 ...- 8 to ' 8 2 . 1 9 u f 1C e .g _keit ;, 18 1 . o 2 i 23 4 ; 9 ‘ , 3 9, 5 v 'g26 PiG , I` ~ ;.~. k i ~} !\ I ;', t Nt‘ , ?6 SUPPLIES ON • SA.LE, M. 6, 185(1—Beasts, 3,369 ; • Sheep and Lambs, 24,510; Calves, 149; Pigs 249. - MAY. 7, 1849 —Beasts, 3,279; Situp and Lmbs, 20,380 . ; .Calves, 137; Pigs, NZAVGATE AVID mazi.Dmrnrizara... . , Sind our last rt.p)rt these markets bare been season ably well, but not to say heavily supplied, with both town ar.d country killed meat. The prime:st Beef, Mut ton; and Lamb, are in fair request, at full quotations. Otherwise, the trade is in a sluggish state. At por stone , b 7 the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. i s. d. to R. • . Beef,• inferior .•.• .. 2 0 2 2 slntton,lnferier •. 2 4 2 6 .--. middling •••• 2 4 2 6 middling.. 2 8 210 --,- primelarge 2 6 2 8 1 - prime .... 3 n 3 6 .--- prime small .• 210 3 0 1'0rk,1arge...•.... 2 4 210 Veal•• ........•••• 2 8 310 1 inill.•. . 3 0 8 6 Lamb, 4s 21 to 5s 21. BOROUGH EtOP 11%.4.21E1GT. Really fine Hops—the supply ot which .has bocorne Very limited—are firm, and qu'te as dear as la-4 we , k. In other qualities a moderate busive99 is doing at - late rates. • Sussex pockets, 5112; to 6163; Weald of Kent, 61 6; to 71; Mid and East li.nt. 61 10; to 121; Yearlings. 31103 to 51 108; Old Olda, 1129 to 21 10;. per cwt. 11072.01M31 AND SPITALPZEILDS. '''. l l.;: - The receipts ot Potatoes, c oastwise and b y railway, L,N ~ have been tolerably good during the week; but the gene -1 ral condition has fallen off. The demand for most kinds is by no means active, yet prices are supported. ..... , '•ii Per Ton. I Per Ton. Terksh. Regents. 70s to 00s Kentish Red Kid. --ts to . 8 L Ditto Slums .. ... —.a to - s Cambridge Lincoln. and Wis- !Sent Regents-- 65s to 80s beach .. - ...... 60s to 70s Essex Regents 6ss to 80s Scotch Regents.. 65s to 80s Essex Shaws - Perth Cups ...... 60s to 70s Kent Shaws —s to —s Fifesbire ditto.... 50s to 60s Kent& Essx.blid. —s to —s Common Whites. -- sto -s French ~„ ..._ —8 to - lieweastle &Ber- Dutch Whites -- sto —s 3 wick Regents.. —8 to - s Chas —s to - s WOOL. Both for home use and expert the inquiry has con tinued to improve, but no actual aeivance can be notic. , d in prices. The imports lant week were 999 bales from Hobart Town, 100 from the Cape, 40 from Humburgh, 859 from Bombay, and 2.262 'mom Melbourne. T11.36740W Since our last report only a limited business has been doing in Tallow, the deliveries having been only 930 o i s ks ; yet prices are well supported. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 369 per cwt. For forward deli very the nearest price is 37s 3d. Town Tallow remains a t 35s per cwt net cash. R ngh Fat 2s p-r Blbs. 1843 1849. 1850. 185 $ . 1852 Buck thls day 7 .792 24,818 26,471 34,479 41,996 Prioe of Y. C. to 4Bs os Ot t . 38 3 ; b 6 o d i to to 36s 0 ( s l o l d to 3tss oq 6d i t0 36 3;5 9 0 d 51 Delivery last week • 1,031 1 , SS t 1.738 .93 931 Ditto from June 1.... 94,805 93,007 x 9,605 87,750 98,750 Arrivals last week . 555 929 54 610 1,083 Ditto from June 1 ... 94,496 11 0 ;t92 90,675 96,711 105,192 re" Of Town •• • • Os 6d 39 ,, 6d 38s Od 39s 61 38s Cd CHANCERY.--(THIS DAY.) (B -fore the LORD CHANCELLOR ) . We are glad to be able to state that his Lordship has so far recovered from his late illness as to be able to re sume his attendance on his judicial duties. His Lord ship took his seat in the Court of Chancery this morn ing; and proceeded with the arguments in the part-heard appeal "In Re Southee." (Before the LORDS JUSTICES.) SPARROW v. THE OXF , RD. WORCESTER, AND WOLVER HAMPTON RAILWAY. Sir W. P. WooD proceeded this morning with his ar gument in this case. No business of importance was brought before the other Courts. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco bawl? the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE, Mr. Justice COLERIDGE, Mr. Justice ERLE, and Mr. Jus tice CROMPTON ) SIR THOMAS GAGE V. NEWMARKET RAILWAY. Lord CAMPBELL delivered the judgment of the Court in this case, which was an action for a breach of cove . sant. The Newmarket Railway Company, when their Bill was before Parliament, contracted to pay Sir Thomas Gage 4,7001, 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 seve- Tepee, and although they had severed a portion of the land. they_ had not yet tak , n possession nor paid the diaosages. and Sir Thomas, therefore, brought the present action to enforce his right. The mattyr was argued before the Court as a special clasp, and the Court were of opinion that their judgment ought to pass for the defendants on the ground that, us the deed covenanted that they were not to pay.the money until they absolutely took possession of the land, the time for paym-nt had not yet arrived. It was, however, a source of satisfaction to the Court that the case bad been so frame-d that it could be carried into a e..purt of error, where the question could, perhaps, be more satisfactorily disposed of. Judgment for defendants accordingly. , , ARCHES' COURT —(THIS DAY.) (Before Sir JOHN DODSON.) THE OFFICE OF JUDGE PRoMoTED BY HODGSON v. GLADSTONE, CLERK. Today having been fixed for tae hearing of this im portant case, the urt was crowded with visitors, the majority consisting of ladies. Dr. Bayford and Mr. Dyke. a proctor, appeared for the Bishop of London, and Mr. Gladstone attended to conduct his defence in person. Dr. BATFORD said the office of judge was promoted in this case ag ainst the Rev. Mr. Gladstone, a bachelor of arts and cerk in holy oidsrs of the United Church of England and Ireland, touching and concerning certain delinquencies, and more especially for publicly übliclA ol r y eading prayers, preaching, and adminstering Sacrament, and performing other e cclesiastical duties, according to the rites and ceremonies of the United Church of England and Ire— land, in a certain unconsecrated building or chapel, com monly known as Long Acre Chapel, in the parish of Si- Martin's. without any licence or authority, and -con tras— . n I to, and in defiance of, the prohibition of t he Lord , Bishop of London. The articles accompanying the Bishop's prohibition bad been brought into court and admitted without opposition. Oa the last court day Mr. Gladstone presented his allegations, and these had stood over for admission. He (Dr. B,yford) was entirely op- Posed to them, because it seemed to him that no Part of them were admissible. Mr. Gladstone admitted the majority of the articles, and that the 0380 was properly before the court • under the statute, but he denied the validity of the Bishop's prohibition, or that he had •cofnusitted any offence which rendered him unfit to hold the efficiOf Minister of the chapel. Dr. Beyford then went through the various allegations of Mr. Gladstone, observing that in the present case his private character was not in any way called into question or assailed. The allegations tat out that Mr. Gladstone had not been cited or ad monished to show cause wh34 his licence should not be repealed, but the law was clear upon that point; no citation or admonition being necessary; every case which had been decided proceeded on the assumption that those preliminary proceedings were not required. Mr, Gladstone again alleged that the Bishop ought to have assigned some reason for revoking his licence; but the law and the various authorities were against him on that point, the Bish.op having it in his power to prohibit a clergyman from preaching without stating his reasons for doing so. Re next alleged that he was lawful minister of the chapel, and authorised and bound to perform therein all . • thee.celesiastical duties appertaining to his office, and I I " the act of the Bishop was not such as he pledged himself to obey when he received holy orders, bat was i( ef fect a severe judicial sentence of perpetual he ( fr om performing the duties of his office. Now 1 ,„„ Bayford) contended tint the prohibition 111 the Gide ary form, and that the Bishop " proper jurisdiction in issuing it against Mr. Glad stone; all the decisions supported that assertion, and it was theref ore qu i te unnecessary to enter i n t o any ab stract questions on the subject. H e n ext went on tows t hat, ~bno notwithstanding t sotnd, hs t o ari n d l i: g the service of the prohibition, he in law, but in conscience, to act as matter 'lue minister of the chapel, Now , ,it was impossible that the Court could go int o th e He next s tated rth stio t n o as to what was binding on his conscience, the at its decision being one entirely of law. hiscongregti , ti h a e a was w no h t il j t, usufi le d o in abandoning Bishop neglected to make any other provision fee religious service at t h e chap e l. This point 'did not properly come before the Court. The chapel infgthe therefore ttishop 7 i i a simply ceriwnally belonged to. the DissenterS ; but in 1758 it was purchased from them and became a ch a p e l of . e ' 'to the church of StsMaialerg,d neglect o Martins. It be a chapel of ease, the appointing a minister to it in the place of Mr. Geeh tone would not operate in the way mentioned by Mr. Glsd atone, because the congregation could go to the ,peeleh church. The only question, in fact, that arose on these allegations was whether the prohibition was legal and ,phoper, and this was decided in the affirmative as long. - ago as 1755, when the Court held e in the case of " Smith v. Lovegrove," that it was entirely within the' discretion of a Bishop to revoke a licauce, and to prohibit from preaching. That was confirmed by subsequent decisions, and if Mr. Gladstone succeeded in his defence, a new state of law would be introduced - Which there was no record to show ha d ever been ad Ogeiatered in that court. His allegations were who ll y inadmissible, and he trusted his Lordship would hold them to be so. There was only one simple fact disputed, atui:the result of Mr. Gladstone's case.proceeded entirely ...on an incorrect assumption of the kw. Mr. GLADSTONE teen addressed the Court end said, Perhaps the law'svas as stated by the Learned Docter, and not as he hoped it was, but he trusted he would receive the - indulgence of the Court' while encleavourh g to show not only that the allegations had to do with the general ?hue et the trial, but that they ought to restrain the Court from passing any sentence upon him. The Learned Doctor bad admitted that no attempt had been made to injure his character or reputation, or to say that be had cousiaitted any offence before the prohibition issued, and with that pity which he might well entertain its his breast fur one in his unfortunate position, ignorant of the Ts vv, be directed his attention to the fact that only one - charge was brought against him, and advised him to confiue his attention to that alone. Now, he con : 'tended that the allegations were a complete sad clear nstification in point of law of hie conduct, and he hoped, it the Court did not think they were admissible, it would at any rate consider them to operate in mitt . getion of cost s . Il e a dmitted that every person under l t rher' ity was bound to submit to the authority; Litt. en it must be shown that the authority was .legiti -• mutely ex erc i se d . The circumstance of the chapel h n • living no minister appointed to it since the prohibition issued was an i mportant cons id era tion, for he argued that no cl erg y man or bishop was justified in narrowing the church accommodation provided for the people in the pariah, He h e never cou ld submit to an authority which. Was not legitim ate l y exercised. Was the Apostolic eu eFes s i on t o b e set aside without any reason b e i ng assigned, and sim p l yo f bishop ' s 1,4 When h e by the stroke a - entered lanly pliers 40: • TIIE said to he ' tine of the holoved in' Christ,- of virtues, - 14ioui life, andcons;ersaiiii . 6,:' and cum perent learnier and knowledge of the Scriptures, the Church was well assured; and was he now to_ble fieelare-d -incompetent.-to perform the duties of a minister of.'the. Church without knowing some good and, sufficient reasons? Lie hurl kept all his religious vow 9 and .pro mt,es in the sight of God, and he denied any, man could ? shoW that; - allowance being - made for the infirraitY"of corrupt nature he had in otie single instance willingly disoloqcd or ever forgotten the yews he took at his conscer stion. The only fault against him was, that ho had kept theta too f4ithfully.—(Cheering in the court.) Tne JUDGE—You must restrain yourself from obser vations of that kind against the Bishop - of_ the diocese. We are not hero to determine upon his cobdiet—there is no charge against him. Mr. s L r s D p S e T e t O 01 of th e ai s Ewasnot aware op_ thathoo ta h l e y h a t r said ted a t m, - t i ha was being hitnstel( punished for a too faithful adher erce to his vows. • He bed no ill will to the bishop ; be prayed every day that God would grant him repent ance to ackno ded,c;e the truth, but his (Mr. 01':Adstone's) earacter was as dear to him as any otheitein, and ho wished to defend it. He should prove not only that the„ Bishop exercised an au , hority which did not belong to him," but that he had.violated the vows he had -biniat•lf If he bed been a deeply dyed malignant offender,' guilty of the blackest snot unity, the Bishop could not have viidted him with more Cemplete. sutrnary, and eternal ruin. His dicision was final's - rid' Uniiinited, for he wou'd be del,riied of the small pittance - he rect-i7ed as minister of the chapel, and he and his poOrchildren woold lys reduc. dto bemiry, rain and starvation. He wo:ild be toth,med to beg from door to .door, and be c. , uld not, oht,in an honest livelihood by any. othty oG cupatton, b c oise the low assumed that...oven a clergy ro , in always a nkrgyinan." And why were all these penalties imvsed upon him? Bec:iuse a bishop,chpse„ to prohibit him, who, on being a,ked the.grounda 'foe his conduct, said—" I have passed a sentence upon you, and you must abide by it. lam not bound to tell yotti. my reasons." N ,w, if that was English justice `:'he would say tarewell to the happiness and freedoui of' the country, and the security of the Eitablished The case bad-not concluded when our report left; :Le MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) The May general sessions tor this county . commenced this morning b lore Mr. Sergeant Adams, Asststant- . Judge, Mr. Witham, ard a full bet c,ll of county magis trates, at the Sessions Rouse. Clefkenwell•greeo. `,Ene calendar, which is unusually /ipt_ this session, contains the names of only 47 persons tur trial, six of whom are indicted with misderremnour. J ohn Brown, aged 30, wr , o was found guilty of stealing'. 18 lbs. of fetid, the property of Mr. Muss Myers, a builder, V 1 ,13 placed at the btr, and sentenced by the ' Assistant-Judge . to six months' hard labour in the Ijou:Bo of Correction. John Kipling, aged 12, who was found guilty of steal ing the alma of 16i., the moneys of Mr. Joseph:Walks:ea Holden, his employer. was placed et toe bar, and wee sentence d to four moethb' hard labour i❑ the House of Corrrctinn. John Callahan, aged 18, was indicted with stealing from the person ot a man unknown a handkerchief of the value ot 3s. Mr. O'Brien, who appeared for the pri soner, said that the case was so clear against him that he declined going into it. The jury having found him guilty the prisoner was sentenced to six months' bard labour, the Assistant-Jute stating that he would have been transported bad he been known before. Charles Pine, - aged 39, was indicted with stealing on the night of the 24th ult. two boots, the property of Mt. Benjamin Seymour. The robbery havog been fully proved, the prisoner, in defence said that ho had taken the boots to get br4d2" with, in consequence of the adverse winds whiat"had prevailed for some time having kept him out of work. The A SSISTANT-JUDGE sentenced the prisoner to three months' herd labour in the House of Correction. James Smith, aged 27, was found guilty of stealing 27IbS. of cheese, the property of Flinty Lickford, of the value of 145., and was sentenced by the Learned As sistant• Judge to six months' hard labour in the House of Correction. THE iIIAGAZINL.:4, &c COLBURN'S UNITED SERVICE We here meet with a review of a little work cm* naval architecture, and a chapter on gun carriages, in which a description is given at full length of the!' various expedients that have been had recourse to for the transport of guns by warriors of all ages. The "Great Pathway of the World" gives information on the facilities . afforded by the isthmus of Panama for a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, in which it is asserted-that if. we ,do not make the attempt; to improve the opportunity, the Americans will. " Rambles in British India," and "Experiments. , interest nec essa ry for twhiitsheGcornacP;nshot' contain e dinsuchd i e h t e ails, which .this periodi cal Usually po,sessei. COLBURIV'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND HUJIOURIST. The first. article we meet with is " My Cousin Ca roline's Wedding," whyth is very amusing. There is a short notice of Miss Austen, uncle. , r the head of " Female Novelists," in which it is asserted that she has not " even yet reaped her rightful share of public homage." Both Sir Wafer Scott and Archbishop Whateley have proclaimed her merits in the pages of the Quarterly Review. The " Phantom Chase" is a wild German story, full of mystery and appalling Incident—as such, truly characteristic of the nation. " Hester Somerset," which hub been so long pro gressing, hue now reached the nineteenth chapter and the third volume. The entertaining and ludicrous adventures of " Young Tom Halt-" are continned, doubtless to the amusement of many. There is likewise a long criticism on the merits of the exhibi tion at the Royal Academy, which is on the whole highly laudatory of the various works subtuitted for public inspecion. - : B ERTL E y's dII , SULLLANY The fifth number of " trnsuCC , sful - G-reat Men" is devoted to the qracchi, and a detailed account is given of their eventful lives. The second article treats,:of " Don Manuel M. de Rosa.," in which it is remarked that " half the• storks told of him are no doubt untrue and the remaining b&f exaggerated, but still quite enough remains to constitute him one of the most formidable and romantic characters of the age." " Anecdotes of Ostriches" are very interest ing; it is proved that the belief of the stupidity of the ostrich is an erroneous one various peculiarities of the bird are taken limn the'desotiptions of nume rous celebrated travellers. ",Revelations,of # Nervous Man" is a very laughable sketch, exhibiting the ridicule. and annoyance entailed. on those who place themselves in awkward positions. " A Recent Visit to Thebes " presents us with a series of its wonders. The mighty triumphs that art has achieved in its temples and palaces have never been equalled in their peouliat style through the lapse of thirty-tvvo centu vies, and the - traveller to these mystic Tdins beholds in their ancient grandeur what is novey to all his p'renoiaCeited ideas Of arehitectute and decoration. -PRASE& • • Of a very diversified character are = the articles in Fraser for May. The first is a very.-.interesting, partly critical, partly biographic, partly historical, summary, compiled from a copious source, " The Memoirs, Papers, and Histories of the Earlier Years of the Reign of George lll."—ati article, rendered doubly interesting to the Magazine reader: by the in. troduction of many anecdotes. The month of May is c ommemorated by a poem, by Allinghani, " Spring is Ci.nae," and by a beautiful collection of foreign, floral poems. very charmingly translated iiito English verse. " Hypeis,' and the.." Autobiography of Captain Digtfy Grand," are continued. " Nurser Literature" is the subject of an , excellent criticism on Lord Jeffrey, and a delightful -paper. A va riety of other entertaining thatters•Complete a very attractive number of Regina 171:uf 1:°:::71 THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE AND HISTORICAL REVIEW. This number contains a review of • Diion's " Life of Admiral Blake," a‘ work which is . at present en fiiviing a large share pf public ~attention. The hturnoica of Margaret Fuller Qssoli f !, are cote- U w ir i i i c ii h a, v n on Hutten is perus e the eccounts of so d e i x s e t e ing i u n i g sb ly ed mg scenes. It i s d' here described in character: a interestin g na ex ItE4 t o n : _ . all must desire Combe 'and. his Work...s'lEog ll'h e l' Anglo:S v axon ; Correspondence of SYlvatitiS ing extract is'ver Urban, contain to information on Sutijedts eerie familiar With: " The-follow . " Ulrich von fluit i ert e tr i d ng o ' n :— . the " 29t . h ‘. o . t August, 1523, not much mere than 35 le nothua into' so short a crowded an immens e j e41.8 °ltt, Ile had, - however, life, and troubled as had t " "t of i ta,prete k of lii mse ff - 6 t i. tnen hi s d and his iff)rts, he stamped i notable ,: aP ,, tragmentaq hi s age, and wherever his p en ni6 wrver we may ipassed, he caused a durable record of brave acb is i ""rd great 'rit-Aides, and did great things, " h t r et P* He ~,1 144 hesitate to place him among thogreat Otti a bie s ea l4b o ( f ur th ed He was burled in Ufnau Isked. By licivtin6fl' aufill?e,l!; ; ,o no li ko hn_ . went raised over them, his bones were moil the sun, the emblem of the light which he had a l w to diffee,' and to the glad breers, the - freedom for which he had contended to , Ili last. T u „ pourrky Ulrich von Hutten, and to chronicle his. deeds, has been for the writer of these papers Something better :,.. than a literary labour. "He has tasted ull the blessedness of standing face , face with one of CTiod's elect, end of drawing inspiration and strength from a chivalrous soul, erect and radiant amid all temptation and adversity. He will bo abun dantly rewar&d if he has infused into hiii , readers a Portion cf the moral grandeur that lingers round Hut ten's grave. To be faithful, through weal and woe, to magnanimous' purposes and holy convictions is more 'difficult no* than it was three centuries 80. If the Worldly r. idau punishan i nts are lesi terrible, the seductions are m ore in , v lLx t ile g: neneddneaarteh; m do not e, therefore,nyo_twmenace,but vo eeAsera rne.. fresh, dw resb, embolden, and invigorate ourselves with the me mory of the brave." TUB INDIAN ROUTE._The AuetrigaGovernment is at present making arrangements for causing mails aid, passengers to be conveyed, in four days, instead of sit mitt' present;frOlu Trieste to Lendoa via tea: a or 960 0 10 p ly f 0, 11 l weel‘• . Y for once' Iv c° leol r. ro in°l sW 63I 9 3/ I 170 5 5 12 521 9 6 00 15 310 7 6 340 '26 3 20 80 ,311 DO 300 10 $55 3 9 400 86 3 3 j9l 55 353 18 60S 30 4 51 59 4 51 15 461 SI 1" 81 1°1 le d 41 j s 231° 43 into oua' ted , 13 Los' '", 1,211' ..---" 6 6 068 ' , ‘l 7 LONDON, FINE ARTS. THE' ROYAL ACADEMY. Nity-ziny; if;itfuileriTtbis par to bring the inaugura. tien - of a Great Int nstrial Exhibition, - brought at least the. ,ii,p,vmps _of art which during.,eighty-four ape.. 'nessivoiolervlls Lave blo. med upon the Walls of the Royal ..knatijny....__Upen the occuciou_ef our attendance at the o o : EriOey, we_could not but remark with t tlec vie nli w e ' r regret the absence from the catalogue of tn t h h ee e c ei n so a ssa t; r o oi nation sifuaariy names of reolarka b t: e le a ce o l i e t b h r e ity ieniu D s 0 3p f r E iv t e t i y, a i i t. poignant feeling of regret at 13. Peri. toes , e re t ev oi lli°6 : e r dd e Ya illustrious genius- of Turner— great traitinist 'O6 greatest both in sea views and land sem-stk. Addt,dto the attractions thus denied to. the collection fin. the present *season by death, _are others, theioiant which is, attributable either, to, the ti,piericeto the. - industry els , ,,kbere; of some 'of the principal ' RoVril Academicians. The President himself, Ski;Charles Eastlake, _contributes, nothing whatever to the gallery: and—what will ho yet more serious cause'', for dissppointpent—not a ringla work appears this year from the hand of Sir Edwin Landseer. -Again—both Mr. Dyce, and Mr. Herbert are absent from the list of thepore distinguished centributors to the Exhibition, in. 6n - sequence, is to be presuMed, of their labours in the ciccpraiion iifjthe New House's of Parliament. ,Several artists!'of consummate genius, however, are,stillbappily conspicuous,arnong,the more industrious members cf the Royal Academy._ ForeMest both by position and rept : tatiou $ and4...of cenrse, the name of Daniel Meclise— piqduatiDii occupying the_ place of honour at: the head of the principal apartment. Representing its it does :one of, the most picturesque incidents in our national history, namely, the appearance as a mipstrel (122) "of "...Alfred : r the Saxon in the tent of Gfuthrum the :Dane,"„ it . prOies, es: might be expected, eminently attractive in its character. Yet, notwith stuudjeg its wonderful. elaboratiOn, the work, as a work of art; must be honestly pronounced at once to be a failure, and, : not merely a failure, but one actually dis- Pli!aiing in its :effect. Every thing seems to have been sacri . :tided as it was. for the molt pair, with his former picture of " Caxterl," far detail—each separate link in the chaih armour, each bladei of grass on the green award, • each petal in the prefusely blossoming hawthorn being naiantely„ and almost Microsceit,ically defined. The grouping.',moreOvier, is not stifficiently centralised, while the:most brilliant dyes of the palate are squandered over the canvass with a prolusion and gorgeuusness varie gatiug its surface from the topmost limits of the composition to the, very edge of the fore ground. : Clarkson Stanfield has shown himself, by three . contributions to ..the gallery, immea, surably more -sensible of what is owing to his re , ' ,panition. l'"-The Bay .of Baim" (48), "The Port of La • Rochelle" (190); and." The Gulf of Salerno" (500), re veal as mar,vellously, s ever the capacities which elevated the, cenePaihter into the meater•artist, enabling him in tbeanstance,hefore4:to invest with a new poetry the Ely sian fields of Virgil, the haunts :of Pliny, and the real . dente of .the, once haughty . and voluptuous Lucullus. Another great: seen°. painter transformed by Ambition iutofan artist of the, ` first clase, David Roberts, has adorned the walls of the Academy With three really ad mirable comixsidtions—one a comprehensive view of "Venice" (34), another a representation of " Antwerp" (69), and the third t 1 graud architectural interior, truly wonderfol, buth in porspectire and chiaroscuro o "the (371) "Cathedral of St, Stephen's" at Vienna. Really matehless in its blending of power, iatorest, and execution, the picture for the present season, from the hand of E M. Ward, surpasses, in some respects, the Many. exquisite merits of his masterly pro duction oflastyear, illustrating, as does the one now exhibiting- in the National .Gallery, a passage in Lamar tine's '° flistoire des Girondins." 'This time; however, .the giged hand of Ward pourtitsys not the Royal Victims, 'but, the Democrat Leaders of the Revelation. The scene rip - resented ,iesimPly that. of "Charlotte Corday going te-Exeautien", (316), but in the scene are revealed the sinister and ,thereileas Robespierre, the dreamy and fahatieul Deamouline, together with Denton, the inso lent aid brAWny sensualist. . . The characters with all their iersontilities of feature, costume , attitude, and ex pression, are preserved to a miracle. Robespierre's fa vourite bleodhound, the dog Brount, looks almost as dangerous - a. persohage as his master—gtoWering up with his bloodshot eyes at the approaching pilgrim to the deillotine.. The niceness of, thought revealed in regard t o even the most subordinate accessory is exemplified by the red flush.,reffoaled in the 'smooth metal. buttolis of o,4o,pierre'e shiest - dandified coat, from the blood-, onlaiired death-robe of Charlotte Corday. Although W. P.Frith has four pictures, in the exhibition, one of them is so Very considerably Superior: to the remaining three as to command for itself a peculiar and almost ex clusive attention—" Pope, making love to Lady Mary Wortley Motitsgue"(336),-a work almost painful to look upon, hotwithateadifig the beautiful laughingface of- the wittiest of s . venaen o7 so bitter is' the anguish depicted on the poor, pale tace . 4the peet the face haggard with the torments of a _life. described by Speece as "one long disease," and .:whiela must yet have flushed, it may be even to beauty, under the transfiguring influence of an exquisite, and, in some respects, incomparable genius— the getaini:'bf -the , translator of Homer, 'of the bard of. ,the Messiah, Of the . celebrant - of lleloise, of the minstrel of the ." Rape of the Lock;" of the satirist of the " Dandled." Frith has here admirably repre tiented the otiose as well as the effect of that cruel and heartless fit of laughter. Thomas Webster, besides two minor contributions, gives to the welcome of his many admirers two works of a merit capable of materially ad vancing his reputation. " A Letter from the Colonies" (153), —representing the interior of a cottage, with the rustic postman leaniig in over the window-sill, and the double-chinned g.ff.r conning the supkrecription, while the gammer is interrupted in counting out the money for the postage—is charmingly true to nature: but still more so is the larger picture by the same master, " A School Playground" (60), worthy of being a companion painting to his famous " Slide upon the Ice." William contribotes only one work this. season, . btilitacikhertflt Park" (96); F. Goodall only o n e , Th e Last . : Load" (614), very inferior to his really nobl e painting of the ~clay pole;" Witham Dyne only one, and that merely a " Stu d y for a Fres co" ( 954 ); C. R. e "Juliet"clia degree (154)—nine of them distinguiehed by only one, that an of peculiar of excellence.. Thomas U wins has two, one of them being (162) a me lanch‘ily caricature Jud .s," altogether le mentable ha is sCripturel subject demanding so much sol em nity. of tieatm contributionsent. Two co n tr ib u tions are likewise vi s ibl e i n t h e ooVection frOM theaPolo o f Richard_ Redgrav e —" The WOOdland ,Mirroe' •.(22),, being a delicious snatch of ssilvati s c enery, painted With, : consummate ability and 'kill the most delicate perception of the lovelier aspects of nature in vegetation. P. F. Poole, besides a little portrait sketch of "The May Queen Preparing for the Dance" (279), exhibits a charming picture of s+ m ar i na Singing to her Father Pericles" (411), neither of them, however, in ~any degree 'comparable to the, previous works enia6ating from the painter of Soloinon Engle or o f Joh and the Messengers,. Alfred Elmore's a s u bj ect from Pep): Diary" (248), is remarkable for the admirable mannement_ o f the lights introdade d thr e ugh the window, degree his " Islovice".(3s3), representing a scene in the highest improbable. Cooper and Croswick have, as usual,, a variety of brilliant examp les of their. respec tively; incomparable powere .as landsc a p e p ainters; Lee sometimes combining his peculiar skill with that of the former, with a success indicating bow well their artistic capacities harmabize. Cope, in his " Marq uis of Saline marries Gri se ld a " (171), indicates much ingenuity in- both grouping suadeolouring,•.but causes the beholder to Wiktvel where the' beauty of that face lies whiCh capti vated, the Marquis of Saluce, and elicite d the impas sioned praises of Chaucer. _ j3is " Portrait,of Florence Cope at Dioner-ticea'!_ (262) i .betrays a hankering, on his pith, after the manner of• the. Proßaphaelites---who, by the way, muster in more- than usual force in the present exhibition, to the infinite satisfaction, doubtless, Of the eloquent and dogmatical John Ruskin, J. E. mifb„,„, f or 'exempla, bus two: productions which, in. fieieh, in hardness, a nd in astonishing brilliancy of colour, are absolutely marve l " lous-- ! the oneof a Catholics Maiden binding the badge on the arm of her Huguenot 10ver,(478) with a wonder fol . passion in the fervour of ,the maiden's .lace, a nd his ' yet More reinarkable work ..this year, depictihg (556) the drowned. -Ophelia. Other. disciples of the same co etostric school abound, such as Hunt with his redfaced Stepherd",(s92), and Collinswith his prim little po treiture Ofahe " Devout Childhood of ;3t. ; L ,, of Hungary ".(1,091), and Lear'S (184)little girl pulling a blue-bollaand _having at the same - moment:a, !"‘ Glimpse of theFairtes." Linnell, has • a sweet - little roadside, or field-side nook 445), called :" The,S,ear Leaf," and An• thong, in (107) " Beech Trees. And giyes the best specimen we have yet witnessed of hisminute represen• tatiort of foliage. Horsley!s "Master Slender, (226)' is perfectly delightful- its comic absurdity, and .. his Madrigal—keep- lour. Timer: (237) charming ` ;in naturalness. Witheringion s woodland 66ne - s - are, ati,ever; refreshing in their wrdu *olt.4 90elbtss, and ,Pickersgill's mythological llitistrea tions,as - usual, strikingly imitative of W. E. Frost, whose ~t,Netimplvand Cupid' (309), ~but more particularly his jyt4reing7,(sl4),_ the tlaintiest embellishment to thatiee.aoriahla.veraes Of Milton, are fraught with all his cos' ()Mary elegance of conception and -grace of execu tion. S.-Lan - cies grand -and gorgeous-fruit piece, en ., titled..'! The Seneschal" ; (227), is unhappily hung too high for examination. Among the portraits, ,in which department chant, Knight, and Watson-Gordon are ,icousnicuously, industrious, -are- those of -- the Right jloneureblo: njamin Disraeli, the Earl of Aber ide. 14:7. The Chisholta,; Lord • Gough, and Lady Duff ,Gordon,i whilei amongthe miniatures contributed so ';prominently by the delicate ,hatid . of Ruse, are those ,of Cardinal Wiseman,:._ Viscount Castlereagh, and _the I'./iike of Wellington. SOlOpatift'ef humorous :" Scenes tronS.Le Tartitffe. (1,100),. snould riot be passed . .by noiiced-any more Abu'? -Jones'arelsborate picture (13) of The - Battle of Ileanee," or John. Martin's euhlime- I paintt'ng (I,t lay of .4 The Destruction Sodom . and Gomorrah For ourselves, what is aruly the most isery ) w,s .6 - litter:for regret in the *help of the Royal Aca.. Cdem, zhtbitiflri for 1852, is the absence of the name . el • r ranclii.Distity - -froin among the l; st ot. contributors. W e had the satisfaction jot* the collecotiao ! OLD- --WATER - ithe forty eighth - considerable industry has ir.ann" iwalls of the sof9o:c,ti tthi:oolr.eos°fe nUattßtseenacisßoinn_gYdritisel:pary/ieyTdaiteoOnT7tlwe xontributors, theareu-y,maar,eely. of Painters in - Water Colours.— jave been revealed-as .usual by-the visi e b x l b e i a bi i i g us ; - e exa Al m th r o , t io g O h f same time; it must ,be co r ress i e n3 d any thing like 're glance —more: part: provement. Yet, at the th e a r t it o y tt . t . " o l f ,h , t e he ol 3 d 2 h 2 an pi d e s - V u i l d a e r n ly 7d 9 a f n, course,ything :tures adorning the gallery, b a h, ' re t r ognissive•:frOM 'merit to medio crity; those whose mannerism has served to r way c o nspicuous... _ 9p , ey . _. e...n ender them in any a t.,,,,,, merely 1 his . 101 0 1 . ,5— facil e princeps, An b l :. ere visible at a er''Y in inuial - capacit y !Preeident,. but as ineoniparably the -first of all y as ptlinterS among our water colouriata-.4B.this ear: 581. naps more than ever prolific. Ad mirable , ~_ yhowepveerr ttogb WOW Of NJ, prouctios wciat svitstu.,,f.lo2 MONDAY EVENING, unquestionably. are, the artist has frequently surpassed the very best here exhibited. Nevertheless (81) Barn borough Castle, Northumberland," is a noble picture, illustrative in a wonderful manner of the lurid 'effects of sternay weather. Frederick Taylor, again, has a work possibly in some respects of more than customary pre tensions—(34) Steg Hunt in the time of George the Second," in which not merely are tha costumes of the epoch admirably preserved, but tbayoung lady huntress affords charming evidence of how, pretty as girls were our great-great-great-great-grandmothers. Joseph Nash contributes a few of his matchless water-colour pictures of the Great Exhihition—the consummate truthfulness of which may be recognised by a glance, for example, at (68) the " Transept from the Turkish department," or "at - (227) the`" Indian Tent," that spectacle of Oriental magnificence. F. W. Topharn repeats himself delight fully in his Irish sketches.not the least Excellent of which is (86) entitled " The trotting of the Pattern." Another grticetal,sthettgh less ambitious picture, by Frederick Taylor, must not b'e passed by sub silentio (95), simply designated 'j' Morning—going out," but, in name and aspect, eminently suggestive. D. Cox, as one of the principal contributors, startles us> with his singular painting (147) of " Besom-makers gathering hsath on 'Carrington Moss, Cheshire." A singularly clever interior that of (115) The Library of Stiminore Hall," reveals the skill; in this"curiens departs:sent of art, of F. Mee ker e'e. - The " Stone Bow, High-street, Lincoln," (162), , one of tht4 best architeetural paintings iti the apartment, is from the hand of William multiplicity of others demand attention in their turn, and among these, as-a matter of justiee, C. Bentley's (121) "Dover from the Channel," J. F. Lewis's (139), " The Arab Scribe, Cairo," H. Gastimeau's (174)'` Kynattee Cove, Cornwall," and a brilliant rural illustration, that, of " A Village - -Fair," (181) by G. Doclgson. A 'study of " Richard Duke af. Gloucester and the Two Murderers," (220) by John Gilbert, appears to us to resemble much more nearly a farce actor representing Polonius in the presence of - Maypole Hugh and Dennis the Hangman, from the " Old Curiosity Shop:" There are some rnasterlyifruitpieces, by Maria Harrison, besides snow drops; and eggs, and 'birds' nests in abundance, by W. Hunt. George Fripp and Alfred Fripp; W. Evans, and 'l'. M. Richardson, though far from indolent, have pro duced nothing this year, likely to extend or elevate their reputations. Among the visitors at the priiate view on Saturday were observed, the Duke of Montrose, Earl and Coun tess, 37L9ord t vv es i s nn o h f es M te o r rle Grey, the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Bradford, Lady Russell,. Lord Charles Townshend and Lady Orford,Dowager a C n o d u n the John isho Bishops Russell London, and Townshend, Lord and Lady Radstock, Lord and Lady Montesgle, Lord Ashburton, Lord Broughton, Lady Catherine Cavendish, Lady Frederick Bentinck,' Miss Burdett Coutta, &c., several of the 'Cabinet Ministers and foreign anibisaadors, many of the Royal Academi cians, and a great number of`amateurs and patrons of the fine arts. NEW WATER COLOUR EXHIBITION. The eighteenth annual exhibition of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours is now opened to the public I at their galler.e, where we had the gratification of at tending the private view, in anticipation of the morning of the season. Altogether, this year, there were 338 sepa rate contributions. Several of these, moreover, are of an uncommon excellence—one or two b&ing little less than miracles of art when compared with the • former efforts of even first-rate water colourists. Foremost among these more remarkable productions is indisputably the Marvellous picture by L. Haghe, the vice-president (74), representing the "Audience Chamber of the Magis trates du France de Bruges," and introducing Marguerite of Austria, Duchess of Parma, and Regent of Belgium, on the occasion of her visit to witness that astonishing masterpiece of the skill of Lancelot Blondell, painter and architect. In representing one masterpiece, Louis Haghe has himself produced another, for in all respects, in cor rect drawing, in elegance of grouping, and in bril liancy of colouring, the painting here particularized is a truly remarkable composition. The most conspicuous picture in the exhibition—as the one just mentioned ap pears to us to be, if possible, of all the most meritorious —is. the large panoramic delineation by M. Angelo Hayes (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, From the unavoidable circumstance of the uniforms of the lancers and of the Oriental costumes of the Seikhs, , the 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 peculiarly clever and effective. Minute though the faces are, they com prise one or two really startling likenesser. The mo ment selected by the artist is the breaking of the square. Edward H. .Corbould—always an. especial favourite— has this season an exquisite illestration of an exquisite poem, the " Godiva" or Alfred Tennyson. Already (in the picture) she has " showered the rippled ringlets to the knee," having" unclad herself in haste," prepara 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. Henry Warren has apportioned to himself the, difficult task of pourtraying (214) " A hunchback story-teller relating one of the Arabian Nights' Tales in a coffee. house of Damascus," but in the effort he has proved, as always, surprisingly successful. The colouring, as was necessary for the scene, 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 ingeniously introduced. E. H Wehnert, though dimly and doubtfully as to the hero (whose fade we should like to have - seen) but sweetly and beautifully as to the heroine, gives 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 Peuley (112) a lovely " Sunset," with the coast scene at low water. Other artists deserve particular mention, such as James Fahey, W. Bennett, John Absolon, and George Cam pio, but of these it is only necessary to observe that their contributions are of average excellence. A fruit piece (2), by Mary Harrison, arrests the notice of the visitor immediately after having first crossed the thres hold, and is observed as being the property of her Majesty. Among the distinguished company present on Satur day at the private view were the. Archbishop of Canter bury; the Dukes of Beaufort and Newcastle; her Grace the Duchess of Sutherland and ladies; Marquises : Heedfort,_ Lansdowne rave; Bishops: y Wicklow, Shelburne, Albe olmondely ; Earls: Ellesmere, .De La Warr, Jermyn, Fife, Bradford, Rosebery, y Moreton, Lisburn, Aberdeen,Camper- Love hi lac Lu e, t° 6 a l G l o tr , A ee T a ll '_. , Winchester, Worcester, Glouces ter, Bristol; Arabarradors: Chevalier Bunsen, Baron de Rebausen, Baron de. Cetto, Count Kiel nanBPgge, Chevalier Hcbeler; Lors: Colborne, d w o a w i n d , eg Brougham, Ra (lB toek, Townsend, Lyndhurst, Colville, Burghley, _Broughton; Sirs; George Couper, R. H. R. Westinacott, ILA., Anson, Byam, Martin, n' te a r, rie : and Inglis, John Jervis, David Davis, &e. AMATELID- A private view on sa " improvement made upon last EXHIBITION. this morning, a t 121_ pall-mall, of the exhibition opened th e 2 62 • p displayed this season gallery immediately opposite the ytoutipistieirrysacouoilloGoeubsetsioerncvbionyigotn'bri_Fl-suall, offirded us an opportu e. In several instances the on 6110 walls o f the amount of this Thee it is remembered one hzuldred and nine amateur tinhoutz:ixidtyeratiebloe.out oyEetti;Per°Tement 'is by no means artists wt are this y e , discover some specimens° the first time to a puhi r i exhibitors contribute now for .medi ocrity: Occasionally, collection, it is but natural to even at times, it na of lamentable inexperience, or, aY be,. of unmistakeable medi scdsoted honour upo n 8 , On" Saturday t o • oh among their professional however, we were rejoiced some of those amateurs —more ladies--such as might have sketches of nature by especially among the frequently and more of not the least distinguished on enterinog the aPsrrntemPoraries. -For example, the Hotel de Rome" (18), by rests with - a sense apartment, the eye instinctively scanning the whole of the the view of " Naples fro m of genuine satisfaction on Mrs. Bridgman Simpson , exquisite cid waters of the bay," d.accomp lished artiste from the pellu, in the - foregrolind , to the d e e ply, darkly, beautifully blue," varied i tli d e c h h a a n r d m o s f otfhe that ' _ suer ea avidson's elegant delinea te pause with distance. Again, the . v i • tn l) o n u i t i l o in t outlines of Capri in the, similar pleasure betere Mr s ,. Naples and Salerno," lion of (48) " La Cava, between appreciating , a s the love r of nature cannot fail to do, in Query admirable in : the excellence 2' . feature in a landscape as it, the truthfulness of e accuracy of the air distance and • t the e • p rspeettve as in the the delicate • • foliage. .Nevertheless, on t h e .. . tinting of the it must be 'confessed that we '- 4 _5" wall 'of the gallery, pain like that created by a (th,co ls r la d rank (with a dense of in grammar) from the crude colouringin music or an error don , from AngleseY," from thou of (26) " Snow and °skim . ~ 'COTS intended brown hulland sky " The Old Toti'n.of Scorboroup,h st° 'represent (35) tastic (51) " Sketch at DanSter Z.,' ' and from that fan be best seen, as the saying g ,,,, , ' see which can only distance." . Then, as for the othe r :°' long way off at a of (37), . 6 Captain Herbert L. Nilson," lse graceful portrait evidently been taking a lesson i n ~_.3 the artist had male 'attire from the straggling pencil`u representation of raY.- What on earth could 'have actuated of Mr. Thacke 'gentlemati who contributes (69) , ask the honourable nature "In WirepOle Park," to d e • etch entitled from , Pet that stone vase and those iron railings witn such , r . • we . caunotior the life of us conj ectur e:a! arkable accuracy nil ioterier, by theWaynot far froin the. There is a cap being (77), a view of ' The flail at ~. last contribution, C. Jenyns. Half a dozen ingenious little by Mr. "'Sketches"' (106), more after the n pen and ink - Knight Browne than , of M. • Minaal -6t119• of Hablot by Mr. It. S. -Borland, . a. . s. ye contributed the e May gee & and the ~i , ,7o Nir illustrations of Tennyson. .A really exquisite drassie,'"'3 I e " -o f simply entitled (120) " A 6tudY," is from in crayons, Miss Louisa Percival. Another hay, Lo ., the band of Elizabeth Carr, adventures upon that most difficult 1 s these departments of err, the outlino school, pt.rhaps of all Moritz . llmtzsch is incomparably the master of which (135) " Portia's Judgment, in many rea t —giving us subsequently (153) a e , scene from t r i ) le tzlever, aud Lake,' in many respcts execrable. A drollady olthe trice by tbe Rev. Edward Bradley, called little pi e (215) " The Schools," depicts a Goose of a student being an Owl of a - Pedagogue, " How did asked by „. ( 0, 1 0, 1; sir ?" 'two of the you Construe most charming water-colours in the g allery Marc (.242) .. m , and. (254) " The Fishermans Wife.. both avournen" Blake, and to this lady in particular we would by. Miss apply the more eulogistic remarks with which this notice s notice is com mene4 Assumedly the most curious e collection is the c ue containing the osi ' , uction in the *bel the • llight Ben. 'Lady Eleano r Buler Portraits of _ and Miss Pon ficiabY; • bettertnown GO the ladies of Llangollen, who MAY 3, died, the former in 1829 - , aged 90, and the latter in 1831, aged 76, drawn from the life. by Lady Leighton. Uneq'ial though the contributions to this amateur exhibition un questionably are, we believe that its influence upon the cultivation of art cannot fail to be eminently beneficial. SPORTING NOTES. No. CCXVIII. THE CHESTER MEETING. TO THE. EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—The Ccleierated meeting on the Moodie is once ' more about to he brought to issue. It has been gra• dually rising in importance ever since the establish ment of its Cup in 1824, and the meeting this time will decidedly 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 caterer of sport, Mr. Tophaw, who deserves all the praise thatcen he awarded to him; and to the large sum of public • money contributed, amounting to nearly sixteen hundred pounds. To-morrow commencee the four days' entertainment at "`the !intimate chic of Chester." The Grosvenor Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 30 added, for three yrs old, Est 81b; four, Bst 51b; five, 9et llb; six and aged, 9st 31b; opens the ball at two o'clock. This stake has obtained six subscribere, who have to name between the hours of six and seven this evening. The Mostyn Stakes of 10 SM. each, with 100 added, colts, Bst 61b; fillies and geldings Bst 21b; over three quariers of a mile, is for two yrs old, and will, in all probability attract the following to the post :—Brother to Slaylook, Whalebone, filly by Orlando, colt by Assault, Lambton (31ba extra), The Belle, Ceseio. Molasses (d), Huff (d), Charming Woman, Admiral Tschitichekoff, ' Jaquenetta, and perhaps Hyble. Neither of Lord ' Egiinton's will run. This race, I think, will ' be contested stoutly by Whalebone, Brother to Shyluck, Charming Woman, Cassio, sad Jaquenetta. The result will probably favour CHARMING W °DIAN or JaQuiterriene, Brother to Sbylock and Cassia being their most dangerous rivals. I did entertain a respect able opinion of Whalebone for this bout; but, for rea sons which I cannot well diiulge, I no longer anticipate a victory for him. • The Palatine Stakes of 15 soya. 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 y ar d s , w ill p ro b a bly bring together Ca lot, Bst 41b, Evadne, Bst 71b, Lady Agnes, Bit 91b (d), Captious, Bst 41b, Diamond, Bst, Caloric, Bst, Sally, Bst 71b, Ibis, B.t, 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 Rachet6. 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 Calorie and Diamond, I think the public will have no reason to grumble at my decision. Contrary to general expectation, I firmly believe that P a ddy Bird, receiving a stone only for the year from Hungerford, will just succeed in winning the Match for 3001. by a bead cr so, after a close set-to. The Chesterfield Stakes of 10 soya. 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, 7sl 12lb; Redmond O'Hanlon, Tat 91b, or Lancaster, 7st 71b; Mary Ann, 7st 61b; Lucie, 7st 41b; Richard Primmer, 7st 21b;' Helen Faucit, 7st 21b; Captain Flash, 7st 21b; Bess of Hardwick, 7st 21b ; Jemima filly, 6st 41b ; 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 Cap 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'Hanlon 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. Ai to-morrow'a publication will be too late to be of any service to the majority of my country readers, I will give their 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, Due - an - Darras, Retail, Ringleader, Vampyre, Ephesus; Hothorpe, Cockcrow (d), View Halloo, Dulcet, Vivan diem, Harp, The Indian Warrior, Grey Tommy (d), Sister to Fencer, Stilton, Redmond O'Hanlon, Merry Bird, the High Sheriff, Poodle, Lady Amyott, Betbgelert, Koh-i-noor,Sophistry, Joe Miller, Benito, 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 Matson 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 ruck. 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 th e Coop. The Black Doctor's medicine will be eschewed, and only his party's gold swallowed by the Ring. Due au-Durres 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 stirripecup, from which be will drink a golden draught. Retail I shall dispose of in a wholesale man ner, with Ringleader, View Halloo, Vivandiere, Harp, Sister to Fencer, Bethgelert, and Sophistry , a s a per fectly hopeles s lot. If they can brush np old Vampyre he 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 i s 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 nay thinking, find the penalty he has to carry for winning the Metropolitan a stopper to his finishing effort. Redmond (Manion, 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 than is expected. The remainder of the light weights are reported to be held perfectly safe by Joe Miller and Benita, 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, Rusiberough, Lady Evelyn, Old Dan Tucker, Duc-en-Durras, Hothorpe, Stilton, Merry . Bird, The High Sheriff, Redmond, Witty Joe, Benita, Vampyre, and Ephesus; the first to compound in the struggle being Russborough, Vampyre, Ephesus, Benito, and Merry Bird; Nancy, Lady Evelyn, Old Dan, The High Sheriff, and Redmond following suit as they approach the stand, thus leaving the four leading , positions to be filled by Dticee.el- Maltase, HOTHORPE, STILTON, and JOE MILLER—the two seniors probably taking . the , place asserted by the old saw to be du e t o a g e in preference to honesty. • I am, Sir. yours, &e, THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. May 3, 1852. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. T A.TTE RS 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 Benita (from the outside) to 20 to 1, and an ominous decline in Grosvenor. The Derby quotati ons show a nominal improvement in Ho bbie Noble; it was clear, noverthekv, that he still has many enemies. Closing prices:— - CHESTER Mir. s t Merry ßird (.. sto 1 tigst Stilton (t) 1 20 to l ag 13 to 1 agst Hotborpe 40 to 1 aost Old D.Tucker 0 15 to 1 agst Nancy (0 i u ppoly,tuv (t) 20 to 1 agst Bonita (t) 40 to 4 agst -;-- 20 to 1 agst,Grosvenor 40 to 1 apt Joe Miller (t) DEBBY. Bto 1 eget Alcoran it to 1 agst Claverbouse Sto 1 agst Hobble Noble 30 to 1 agat Homebrewed 10 to 1 eget Stockwell 40 to 1 agst Elcot (t) Offers to take 20 to 1 about Augur. 1,500 to 1,250 on Hobble N oble agst Alcoran. LATEST BETTING IN TOWN. CHESTED. Cur. • 4 to 1 agst Stilton 20 to 1 ugst Nancy 12 to 1 apt Joe 2Q to 1 agst Merry Bi r d Miller (t.) 12 to 1 ogst Hotborpe 25 to 1 apt Lady E ve l yn 16 to 1 agst Benits - 100 if; 1 ugst Grosveno; 100 to 1 D 20 to.l cgst Goldfinder - DO Confessor The quotations against tirosvenor and Confessor are nominal; they ore not expected to start. CRESTER RACES. Arrivals at Chester up to elx o ' clock yesterday Cock ing:—lndian Warrior, Russborou 1 ga, Lancaster even- Cock crow, Redmond O'Banlan, Shzrravogne, the y Duc-an-Dhurras, Nancy, Bleb Sheriff, Sister to F a e rquis . Calot, Ballet Girl, Flounce, Queen o f s pain D . neer, Prince Rupert, Mountain Deer, Black Ocoee,, 'mond, IVchard Primmer, Benito, lanthe, Win,' Sanita, b enund, and a few others for plates. Afloat() and Ilothorpo passed thro ug h town pisterday, en route for Chester. , THE CHINESE JUNK , KEYING.--This vessel, which has excited so much attention during the last few years, will, it is said, with the whole of its valuable and interesting con. tents, be offered for sale by auction at the end of the present month, or the beginning of June: +A;It . is At preceat lying in the West India Docks. 1852. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. - (CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.) Sir,-0a Wednesday the 9 8th, a few minutes after the requisite number of forty Members bad been col lected in the Rowe, the Beer money to Voters Bill was offered for First Reading. On division the numbers were found to be 16 for and 18 against. Which (on adding four for the Tellers and one to the Speaker) being one less than the requisite number of forty, caused the vote to go for nothing. So that the presence of one more Member on either side of the Rouse would have caused the Biil for supplying drink to Electors to be thrown out. •As it was; the conductor on the Tory side adroitly postponed his motion; and so the question ii to be tried again, with a renewed chance for the beer-sellers. - By way of showing what preceding legislators have thought'on this subjnt, my dommtic AttOrney-General supplies the following extracts from Rogers's " Law and Practic:: of Elections." The. Treating Act, 7 W.. 3. c. 4, entitled " An Act " for preventing charge and expence in elections, of " members to serve in parliament," enacts and declares, that " no person hereafter to be elected, &c., after the teste of the writ of summons to. parliament, or after " the teste or issuing out or ordering of the writ or " writs of election upon the calling or summoning of " any parliament hereafter, or after any such place " becomes vacant, &c., shall or do hereafter, by himself " or themselves, or by any other ways and means on his ".or their behalf, or at his or their charge before his or " their election, directly cr indirectly, give, present, or " allow to any person or persons having voica or vote at " such election, any money, meat, drink, entertainment, " or provision, or make any present, gift, reward, or en " tertainceent, or shall st any time hereafter make any " promise, agreement, obligation, or engagement to give " or allow any money, meat, drink, provision, present, " reward or entertainment, to or for any such person or " persona in particular, or to any such county, city, " town, borough, port, or place in general, or to or for " the use, benefit, employment, profit, or pre fe rment of " any such person or persons, place -or places, in order " to be elected, or. for being elected, to serve in parlia " went 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 " be 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 and declare that all entertainment or refresh ' meat 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 remit of the election, should, if given after the tes te of the writ, or after a place became vacant, avoid the election; the object being, by this stern and inflexible 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. , tions, and from the liouie, 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 case the committee seem to have acted up to the spirit and meaning of the act; for it appears that they neither regarded the extent of the treating, nor the object for which it was given, nor the influence it might have had c o ett , t 1 1 3 13 n. a ton. r e . le 2 c 6 ti 47 . fi ' Vide erefords a is l i s .r o e, R r i e b e b k a . n V. 85 ; • Radnorshire, semb. contra, i 6. [Semb. contra means that there is an appearance of contradiction in the place pointed out. Which should therefore be looked at.] Middlesex, 2 Peck. 31.—[In 1804] A considerable quantity of provisions were provided for Mr. Main ' waring's voters, by orders of persons proved to be Mr. M.'s agents, who MO 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 ' freshruent of such as came to the poll. The com- mitttc decided, ihat Mr. 3.1. did, by his agents, commit acts of treating, whereby he was incapacitated to serve parliament upon such election; and vide Hereford ' shire, 1 Peck. 136.' p. 261, ith 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 lan ' guage, at the same time extending the penalties against ' theoffence.' 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 .bat, 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 incurred For any meat, drink, entertainment, or provision to or for any person, At any time either before, during, or after, any ' such election, For tee purpose of corruptly icflueneing such person, or any other person, or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding such or any other person, For having given or refrained from giving his vote at any such election, Shall be incapable of being elected, or of sitting in parliament for the county, &a, where the treating took place during the parliament for which such election was holden.' Upon this Act it may be observed that if a candi ' 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 paths ' ment.'—p. 263. Chester, C. & D. 63.—[In 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. .D. public-house.—J. Fletcher.' ' Fletcher denied that the sitting members knew any ' thing about these tickets; bat 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 consdered himself responsible for the amount; that he hzd no ex ' pectation of being repaid by the sitting members, for a party of gentlemen, fi iendty to their interest, had dertaken to pay the expellees of the election. A table was laid out with cold meat every day at the hotel. General U., one of the sitting members, on one eeca ' sion, being in the room, desired the party to make themselves comfortable, and ordered the w aiter to bring: more wine. The sitting members had lived nt this hotel during the election. The landlord stated, that he had received no instructions from either of tho sit ting members about providing refreshments for body, and had no ex held duly elected 'of them.'—p. 267. [Sitting there not being proof of agency.] pectatio member paid by ei n t n h ) e . ; he debate on Expences at Serjeent Maynard, I Hist. 753; 1 Whitelocke .. a l a y simony."-4 Cob.! _ _ Elections Bill, 1673-4, 'a i a ll ip t This bribery by drink is 387 ; 2nd Southwark case, tillfforg, 156 2 p. 261. This is the state of law which it sets the Ors t re distinct up ge tti n g twenty Liberal u brs e oppose.lt is act of the Tory Restorationtoupte; arid the no lite rally true, that on t he first occasion there voted nine teen, and on the second eighteen, and one more wo u ld have thrown out Serjcant Maynard's " 1 ;l y altogether. The Tories had the genius to g e t a member on the other side of the House to put his r t s h i t e i eese common name to the Bill; but the doing is theirs. After this, came the order for Eecond reading of the, fifty provinces in the empire, each of a dif. Bill for removing Tests in the [' R i ve • - eS:o tautlttnd Of course, bigot stood by bigot, in treestablished religion, and enacting vr i li m ereb s i e g l o f t in ia tliTo tchretrilenl tests against all I f e f r t e h e e would support the tests Reform .As we arc now in an Aie.' again st6tL to secure helping the r e his monopoly forty-nine, as, the means of . home. c to winter, where everything the sprin g -time of reading of such a Bill to w a b s e e se i b e enirdre by d t l h 7 a 2 t t e t secondh l e s7. e backward, it is not in produced is rapidlygoing great majority either; considering that the sun was in Capricorn. n oThursday the motion o o t f io t u h e fo cry for a s Committee ~," w t a o s con sider the preservation re jected by 221 against 103. The arguments of the Go vernment were, that the building in Hyde Park had been declared fit f or so many t hi ngs, t h at i t was man if est l y fit for nothin g but to be pulled down. And that the Commissioners for the Building were under an ob 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 Foe recta should demand the execution of such an obligation, any more than if the obligation had been to pull doe n St. Paul ' s. Who and whet is behind the Woods and Forests? An obligation to a public board, is only, au chhgaticn to act it the public board demands. Thit why is the public board to behave insanely ? On Friday was produced the much-expected Budget. The new Ceaneellor 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 ddliculties which 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 machinery of their romance. But by degrees the resemblauce altered, and at last a listener who sat beside me, buret out in the words addressed to the Hebrew prophet, " I called ba the st e to curse mine enemies, and, behold, t hou altogether blessed them." Never was such a frank concession, of what for years had been in dispute. " Punch" must not lose the counten ances 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 Siasily to be, proposed. .! The guess, in my neighbourhood, was that it was to be r. rateable increase of all taxation. It was better; for it proved to be, a continuance of the Income Tax for a year, and everything else to remain as it was. It is true, the proposal of continuing for a year con tains the principle of wrong on the holders of tempo rary incomes, which their ostensible defenders are so incompetent to comprehend. Much was further harped, by the same defenders, upon the necessity of ex tending the Income Tax to the lowest incomes for the sake of symmetry; refusing to remember, that those lowest incomes pay at tea or eleven times th e rate of the rich in indirect taxation. But the conclusion 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 %rho not. And a grand admission has w hr h e a n t is calledmade, the general prosperity o f t h e coun t r y u dd er the new regime of Fred Trade, which it will be difficult ko get over or revoke. Conservative At the surge time the case is not without its dangers. engagement having been made, that the present arrangement should -11 l Memberunearly rose he e a u n c d c protested, d , the ag d a e i n b s a t t e' a an be more than temporary and for the existence of the present Parliament. This amounts to declaring the in tention of going to the elections on the present in viting statement, and pursuing a different course if sub sequently strong enough. Which it is for the country to look after. A friend of great experience and tact in such matters, intimated to me his belief, that the upshot of the present proceedings will be a union between the Ministry and what are called the Peelites. If so, there will be nothing left for the Lite leaders, but to take a further " step into the right," in the direction of the , popular wishes. There is a proverb on the subject of "an ill wind," which will probably occur to your recollection. On the whole the tune is very favourable, for raising the old banner of Parliamentary Reform; the Silt 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 Saturd a y evening, for the first time this ses. son, in a style which we believe no other house in Eu rope could completely equal at the present period. In the production or this majestic ckef d'ccuvre the direc tors of the Royal Italian Opera have done themselves infinite 9redit, and established the very strongest claim to public patronage and applause. Costa's unrivalled orchestra, the overwhelming power and perfect drilling of the chorus, the groat resources of the establishment ddp in eea rnb t ihnteieesstsileoenf performance t h i ti a hg l e s hexp o f rtindaLel spectacle, and the supereminent ca pabilities s v i o nan c p a eu l vocalists, all oaatlesl,dcaotmcb superb. ionvee Covent-gar den to t g r e a n r. - Grisi, who is, we repeat ir, the queen of the lyric the v ao p cs a a r l t imz a o at f ri ogneValentine aye,g w ith her full setzacgeell Madame en su e O c t a o a l f a n t e e t d i o i n a e u a w n i d th pa gr th e o a s i 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 cavatitta " Nobil donna" in a manner to elicit general applaifse. 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 Ferment in the part of Marcel is exceedingly like that of Oliver Cromwell.) Polonini was careful and impres sive in St. Bris, Bud Tagliafico as the Count de Nevers, Soldi as the Lluguenot soldier, Rommi as Meru, and Mdlle. Cotti, deserve respectively a word of praise. Mario's Raoul is well known. We were anxious to asi.ertain 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 bis customary grace and feeling. The plaudits of the audience were loud and frequent. Mario was rarived 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 scale 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 Marie 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 Adelizs Fitzalan Howard, the Duke and Duchess of Bed ford, the Metuchen Brancalcono and Mademoiselle, the MaYquis 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 Beshorough, the Earl of Car digan, the Earl and Countess of Bradford and the Ladies Bridgman, and Miss Mocerieffe, the Earl 1 and Countess of Lunesburough, Viscount Exmouth, Viscount Templetown. Viscount Clifden, Viscount Chelsea, Viacount and Viscountess Maidstone, Viscount j Canterbury, Viscount and Viscountess Villiers, Vis countess Glcntworth, Lord and Lady Foley and the lieu. Adelaide Foley, Lady Brough and Mrs. Spalding and Miss Spalding, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel and Miss Baited, Lord and Lady Blantyre, the Count and Coun tess de Morella, Lord Arthur Hay, Lord Adolphus Vaue, Count Laua Corti, Lady Maria West and Miss West, Lady Georgiana Codrington and Lady Henrietta Somerset, Lady Rose Lovell, Lady Augusta Went worth and the Misses Wen tworth, ort d h n . L is a t d e y rn P be e r e g l , a L nd ady M p iss o , Peel, Lady Rachel Russ ell, and Lad y Heslop and Miss Elliot, Lord Colville, B Danstanville, Lady Mary yner andnMonrp., Lady Anne a n . a Vy d n et the , e L H a o d n. y Vir a g r i t n e i r a is a e o nd and daraLady H lllr s . rn S e s t nd .v .ar e s r , m A ugu stus Vernon, the Lord Chief Justice and Lady Jervis, Lady Parke and Miss Parke, Lady Macfarlane and Miss Macfarlane, Sir John Campbell,.K.T.p.s., an d e o rg r e Lady Campb ell, Sir Henr y Webb, Sir Will!ani an d L Jamesß~the, Sir Ferguson, e th S . e George G Ca o A n l Lady s, e c. nirand Mrs. Anson, Sir Charles and Lady Mar shall, oald LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAIL WAY. Traffic—Week ending May 1,1852 ... Z 8,843 7 0 Traffi c —W e ek ending Slav 3, 185 1 10,328 11 11 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 151,066 3 6 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 151,043 11 5 Total number of Passengers 50 ending Sl a y 1, 18 7, 2 ... 50,604 Passengers ... •-•-• ..£0,383 14 3 Goods ••• 2,459 1., ditt 1 0 8'8 1 4 8 3 51, 7 17 ( : ) 31,1. LoTal3-111 miles open, 18 3, 1 1 8 7 ; 3 :2 .14 . ; TUE GREAT EXHIBITION.—It iS stated in the Royal warrant authorising the Commissioners to erect the Crystal Palace (printed by order of the douse of Commons), " that the said buildings and erections which may be erected on the said site or piece of ground Lereinbefore described, and all the materials and contents thereof, shall be completely re moved and carried away by and at the sole expense of the said Commissioners on or before the said Ist of June, 1852, and that on or before the said Ist of June, 1852, the said CommisAoners for the Exhibition of 1851 shall, to the satis faction of the Cominissioneri, for the time being, of our Woods, forests , &c., restore the 'soil and surface of tha park to its form before any part thereof was enclosed by the- said Coniraissioncrs,.really 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 oinnibuses. Captain Sutton was taken up insensible and conveyed to the residence of his brother-in-law, Captain Howard Vyse, in Chesham-street, where lie was staying on a visit. Medical assistance was instantly sent for, and Mr. Caesar 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 hermorrbage 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.--Thei 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 effi2i . en i t dispatch of business in the court, contains 58 clauses.. It s a ? proposed that the first four Masters shall retire on penseion Lords Michaelmas Term next. Power is also Chancellor to release the remaining Masters' of of the Rolls arid the Vice-Chancellors are to sit at b m be provided for the dispatch of business, and chambers may every of the for the Judges. "The Master of the Rolls andinT to t h c e th . a rdas be te rs r chambers, Vice Chancellors respectively, when s . ittitlg if they were business to be brought before then , respect of the shall have the same power and jurisdictlons: respectively sitting in open court." . ' Campbell* is appointed to South "iVales, in succession to command the troops in New y a , 1, who vacates the command on Major-General James his promotion to flit, rank . o . . Sir Edward Buckley Mr. William Commisstong is appointed a member r i c il e ° iN l :e(l of the state of health of the W." trijetottle,nalmitElerneral. beenF Clarendon. F elevatedmiilCo FINANCE.-- The of the council at Sierra Leone. a h l di o it yi li t i a ol d f s IT, h oEr e ß( e i it.—Unfav out - . 1 s e bi : 1 Ie 0 1 L ' f t 1 r'accountsl M ea th itEes' s- . d 9ll : ra r :T i n ei igLE Townsend,te h gun N.le r o 1 . \ Lordship is suffering from a pulmonary affection. DEATH 01 THE RUSSIAN . The Chevalier Count Vrontelienko, privy e • ouncillor, knight of several Russian urgers, and Financil Minister, ' died on the tlth ult., after a painful illness. ~_ , ~, SOUTH-EASTERN E A la ILWAY.-- 4 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 fete i n ' It Paris on the 10th instant. The excursionists are to return from Paris on the 12th, and be conveyed back lid Boulogne and F o lk es t o ne to London. . . . fine large new potatoes were last week sold in DriclPTAter mazW, at Is, per ii).