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MORNING EDITION IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, Mu - 4. The Loan CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'Clock. Lord HATHERTON presented several petitions from Lincoln, praying for an alteration in the Turn pike Roads Acts ; also a petition from Scotland against the Small Debts (Scotland) Bill. Lord SONDES presented a petition from Stafford, praying for a rel*al of the Uorn-lass. The Marquis of bOWNSHIRE presented a pe tition from body of persons professing the Jewish persuasion in favour of the Jewish Declaration Bill ; also 25 petitions from places in the north of Ireland against the law of Church Patronage in Scotland. He not concur in the prayer of these petitions, and he was satisfied the longer the law was permitted to remain as it was the more mischief and inconvenience there would arise. The Noble Marquis then presented a petition in favour of the existing Corn laws from se veral parishes in Down, and other places in the north of Ireland. Unless the existing protection was eons tinued to the landed proprietors, neither could the la bourer receive regular wages, nor could the landed gentry of the country maintain their station in life. Eorl FITZWILLIAM presented n petition from a plug: in Yorkshire, complaining 'di the operation of the New Poor.ltw Act. The petitioners considered the workhouse regulations extremely oppressive.—(Hear, hear.) He could only say that he thought they were mistaken in the character of the law. Also a petition from a body of Socialists, complaining of having been misrepresented in that House, and pray ing inquiry into their doctrines. He really did not know why they had selected him to present their petition. Viscount DUNCANNON presented a petition from Derby in favour of the Drainage Bill. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice, that on Monday next he would move for a Select Committee to inquire into the rate of interest paid upon Promissory Notes and Bills of Exchange. DRAINAGE BILL. The Marquis of NORMANBY mosed that the Drainage Bill be read a third time. The Duke of WELLINGTON said he wished the University of 0306111. should be excluded from the Bill, on the ground t l '.at it would interfere with local Acts. jThe Marquis of NORMAN BY said he had no ob ection t a exclude Oxford from its operation. Lord LYNDHURST inquired if there would be any objection to exclude Cambridge also. Thu Marquis of NORMANBY said there had been no allegation that any local Acts would be affected in the case of Cambridge. The Earl of HADDINGTON could see no reason for hurrying on these Blls. The session was not, he supposed, near a close.—(Hear, hear.) It could make no chfference if the third reading were postponed to Friday or Monday. The Earl of RIPON said he would propose to except Birmingham. Lord ELLENBOROUGH did not think that places having local Acts ought to be ex empted from the operation of the Bill. He implored their Lordships not to allow any trifling considerations to weigh with them, but to pass the measure. without any deviation from its main principles, and principal provisions, whereby they would confer a great boon on large masses of the people, and particularly the working classes.—(Hear, hear.) The Bill was then read a third time, when the House proceeded to consider the amendments, of which notice had been given for this stage. Tie Earl of HADDINGTON proposed as an amendment to the 47th clause of the Bill to strike out the words " Sheriff or Sheriffs," for the purpose of in. setting the words " Committees or Commissioners of Supply." T he object of the Noble Earl's amendment was to give the powers conferred by the Bill, as far as Scot land was concerned, to the Sheriffs-Substitute and Commissioners of Supply for the various counties. Viscount MELVILLE objected to the Noble Earl's proposition. The Errl of HADDINGTON replied. The Marquis of NORMANBY said that from all the information he had been able to obtain, he had reason to believe that it would be advisable to leave the machinery of the Bill in the hands of the Sheriffs. The clause was then negatived without a division. The Earl of HADDINGTON begged leave to move to add to the schedule—the Commissioners of "An Act for better improving, watering, lighting, and paving the town of Birmingham, in the county of War wick." The Marquis of NORMANBY said his Noble Friend had omitted to mention an imnortant distinction between the Commissioners of the town of Birmingham and the Commissioners of other towns, inserted in the schedule ; and also the distinction between them and the Commissioners of the town of Oxford. All these Commissioners were elected in the same manner by the rate-payers, but the Commissioners of Birmingham were self-elected. He thought it this power was cot given to those who were subject to popular control, it should I • given to those for whom the Executive was respon sible. He did not think a Town Council popularly elected was a proper body to entrust with these func tions. The Earl of WARWICK said these Commis sioners were universally looked up to and respected at B:rrningham, and in all the political excitement that bad taken place at B:riningham had done their duty. The Marquis of NORMANBY said this Bill would not transfer this power from the Town Council, but merely give the Crown a power of selection. The Earl of RIPON said his object was to prevent confusion in the town of Birmingham, since all who read the Act would find these Commissioners were able to do many things which must bring them into conflict with those whom the Crown might appoint. In answer to a question from Lord ASHBURTON, The Earl of RIPON said he apprehended the amendment would not preclude any other persons from sitting as Commissioners ; but, if it did, it would not make any difference. After a few words from Lord ELLENBOROUGH, Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and their Lordships divided, when there appeared— Content 36 Not content Majority f or th e c1au5e............ 69. —33 The Duke of WELLINGTON then proposed an amendment excluding the University of Oxford from the operation of the Act. The amendment was agreed to, and the Bill was then read a third time and passed. BOROUGHS IMPROVEMENT BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of NORMANBY, that this Bill be read a third bine, The Duke of WELLINGTON moved a proviso for excluding the University of Oxford from the opera tion of the Bill. The Marquis of NORMANBY bad no objection to the amendment. Lord LYNDHURST said he had on a former day presented several petitions from inhabitants of the bo rough of Birmingham, praying that the town might be excluded from the operation of the Bill, and, as he rose to move a proviso to that effect, he would state shortly the grounds of his motion. There had been for thirty years a local Act applicable to the town of Birming haul, and the Commissioners under the Local .Act had powers similar to those given to the Town Council under the present Bill. They had ex ercised those powers to the entire satisfaction of the people of Birmingham. He would appeat to any Noble Lord resident in the neighbourhood, whether a great improvement had not taken place in Birmingham since their appointment, than in any other town in the king dom? There was a power of appeal to the Quaver Sessions against their orders, and in no one instance had any appeal been made during the time they had exer cised their authority. He looked upon this as decisive evidence of the admirable manner in which t hey had exercised the powers with which they were entrusted, end of the entire satisfaction of the people of arming tam with the manner in which t hose powers had been administered. The Commissioners had been elected without reference to party or politics. There were persons of all denominations of party among them, and, notwithstandin g no complaint existed against them, they all performed their duty conscientiously ; whereas the Town Council of Birmingham, which it was proposed to substitute in their stead, was the most partizan body, the most radical body, in the empire. That Council was 'imposed of persons of but one description of politics, and those politics of the most extravagant kind. As an instance of that, he would mention one circumstance. The person who fill e d t h e o ffi ce of registrar of the Bu rough Courts should be a lawyer, but he was a man who was not bred to the law, and the editor or manage r of a Radical journal of that town. Thom were the first fruits of the town council. Whether would their Lordseips entrust an unlimited power of taxation to the Commissioners who bad hitherto dis charged their duty so well, or to that council of party men who pe r f ormed their duty in the way he (Lord Lyndhurst) Mentioned ? He would never consent to give such power s to a body so ;:onstituted. By those powers they m i ght purchase any property they chose, and give what price they plfltsed for it, and that with out any appeal being allowed kto be made against their iondurt. Would their Lordships countenance such a system of favouritism as that ? There was no clause io the Bill to abolish the jurisdiction of the Commis sioners, and it was ridiculous to establish another juris diction—a rival jurisdiction, for the same purposes. He would propose, therefore, by way of proviso, t}_- d , nothing in the Act should :extend to the Borr,ugh o f Birmingham. The Marquis of NORMANBY opposed the clause. p Ile s aw no reason why Birmingham in be excluded from a s y s t e m which wasarticular should devis e d f or the benefit o f l arge towns in general. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE justified the man ner in which Birmingham had been divided into wards. In every case he preferred a responsible to an irrespon. Bible body. . la reply to he Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, Lord LYNDHURST said that he should be ready to invest the existing Cbmrrissioners with all the powers itivn to the TM] Council by the preseut Act, -•- After a short conversation the clause was agreed to, and ordered to be added to the Bill. Earl STANHOPE then moved that the town of Derby should also be excepted from the operation of the Act. The Marqu:s of NORMANBY opposed the motion ) which was rejected without a division. Viscount D UNCANNON presented a petition from Portsmouth, Portsea, and the vicinity, in tavour of the Bill for relieving the Jews from their disabilities. Their Lordships then adjourned. ROUSE OF COMMONS, MAr 4. There having been but Thirty-four Membett preseni at Four o'clock, the House Adjourned till Tomorrow, PARLIAMENTARY DI VISIONS. (From the Poles and Proceedings of the 'louse of Conathonr.) MONDAY, MAY PUNISHMENT OF DPATiI BILL. Itt Commillet. Clause (Unnatural Crimes, Rape, &c.) : —Any per son convicted of any of the said offences not to be subject to the punishment of death, but to be transported beyond the seas for the term of the natural life of such person :—Ques tion put, " That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bin !"—The Committee divided -- MAJORITY-AYES, 123_. Lushington, Charles—ArtlbuttOn Maekentie, .Thomas—Resv-snire Maitland, Henry—Stockport Marsland, Thomas—Stockport Maule, Hon. Fox—Elgin Burghs Milnes, R. M..-.Politetraot Moreton, A H,—Gloucestershire Morpeth, Lord—Yorkshire Morris, D.=-Carmarthen Mtinti, U. F.—birtnitigham Mlittay, Alex.—Kirkcudbright O'Brien, Cornelius—Clare O'Brien, W. S.—Limerick Co. O'Connell, Daniel.— Dtib!inl O'Cetinzll, John—Athlone 0 4 Ferrall, It. AL—Kikare Co. Parker, John—Shetlield Parnell, Sir Dundee Pattitoii, hinds—London Pease, Joseph—South Durham Pechll, Captain—Brighton Philips, Mark—Manchester Plumptre, Joins P.—East Kent Protherce., Edward—HallfaX Prytne, Ilecirge , .—Catrlbtldge Rice, Edward Royd— Dover Roche, E. 11.—Cork Co. Roche, Willtarn..Liincrick Round, John—Maldon ttundle, John—Taeistock Russell, Lord John—Stroud Ruthertbrd, lit. Hon. A.—Leith Salwey, Lieut,-Col.—Ludlow scholetield, J,—.l3lrmingham Smith, Benjamin—Norwich Stansheld, w, IL C.— Huddersfield Steuart, Robert— , Haddington, eke. Strickland, Sir U.—W. Yorkshire Strutt, Edward—Derby Stuart, Villiers—Waterford Co. Style, Sir Charles—Scarborough Talfourd, Mr. Scrjeant —Reading Teignmouth, Lord— Marylebone Thornely,Thos,—Wolverhampton Tufaell, Henry—Devonport Turner, Edmund—lrmo Vivian, John Henry—Swansea Vivian, Sir R. H.—East Cornwall Wakley, Thomas—Finsbury Wallace, Robert—Greenock Warburton, H.—Bi idport Wilbraham, George—Cheshire Wilde, Mr. Serjeant—Newark Williams, William—Coventry innington, H. J.—VVorcesterh Winnington, Sir T. E.—Bewdley Wood, Charles—Halitax Wood, Benjamin—: outhwark Worsley, Lord—Lincolnshire Wyse, Thomas—W'aterfora Yates, J. Ashton -Carlow TELLERS. Kelly, Fitzroy—lpswich c;wart, -NOES, 61. Adam, Rear. Adm. Sir C,-.Clack. mannan Aglionby,H. A.Cotkernouth Alitsworth, Abtoii, Rowland—Hertfordshire Archbold, Robert—Kildare Armstrong, A.—King's Co. Bainbridge, E. T.—Minton Baines, Edward —Leeds Barrington, Lord—Berkshire Besinish,,F ti, -cork Bewes, r—Plyinouth Bodkin, John James—Galway Bowes, John—South Durham Bridgeman, Hewitt—Emits Briscoe, J. I, Westbury Brodie, W. B.—Salisbury Brotherton, J.—Salford Buller, Charles—Llsheand Campbell, Sir John—Edinburgh Castlereagh, Visct—Down Co. Cavendish, Hon. C. C.—E. Sussex Cayley, E. S.—lq. Yorkshire Collier, John—Plymouth Currie, Raikes—Northampton Dalmeny, Lord—Stirling D'Eyncourt, Right Hon. C. T.H Lau heti: Duncombe, Hon. W.—Yorkshirel Dondas, David —Sutherlandshire Ellis, Jno.—Newry Feoton, John—Roehdale Ferguson, Colonel—Kirka'dy h'iclden, John—Oldham Fitzroy, Hon. Henry—Lewes F leetwood, P. H.—Preston Godson, R.—Kidderminster Gordon, Robert—Windsor Greg, B. H.—Manchester Greig, Daaid—Perth sarey, Sir George—Devonport osvenor, Lord IL—Chester Hall, Sir Benjamin—Marylebone Harcourt, G. G. V.—Oxfordshire Hayter, W. G.—Wells Hill, Lord A. M. C.—Evesham Hindley, Charles—shton Hobhouse, T. Benj.—Rochester Hodgson IRd.—Berwick-on.Tweed Hope, H. T.—Goucester Horsinan,Edward—Cockermouth Hoskins, K.—Herefordshire Hughes, W. B.—Carnarvon Hume, Joseph—Kilkenny Hutt, W.—Hull Hutton, Robert—Dublin Ingham obert South Shields Jervis, S.—Bridport Jones, John—Carmarthenshire Kemble, H.—East Surrey Leader, J. Temple—Westminster ' Lennox, Lord A.—Chichester Lister, E. Canliffe—Bradford Litton, Edward—Coleraine MINORITY. t'Court, Captain—Tlamworth Bagge, W.—West Norfolk Bcntinck, Lord G.—Lynn Blake, Wm. J.—Newport, Isle o: Wight _ . _ I Herries, Rt. Hon. J. C.—Harwich Hodgson, Frederick—Barnstaple Howard, P. H.—Carlisle Inge:tre, Viscount—Staffordshire Langdale, Hon. C.—Knaresbo. roug.h Rothe : id, Beriah—Ludlow Broad ley, Henry—East Yorkshire Bruges, H. L.—Bath Law, Hon. C. E. CambridgeUn i v. Liddell, Hon. H.—North Durham Mackenzie, W. F.—Peehlesshire Morgan, C. M. R.—Brecon Morgan 0 —lllonmouthshirei Noel, William M.—Rutland Bryan 'Maj. Geo.—Kilkenny Co. Burrell, Sir C.—Shoreham flustield. W.—Bradford Butler, Hon. P.—Kilkenny Co. Byng, George—Middlesex Calcraft, John Hales—Wareham Clements, Visc.—Leitrim Co. . . Palmer, George—Esrex Parker, 11. T.—Preston Patten, J. Wilson—Lancashire Peel, Rt. Hon. Sir R. —Tamworth Polhill, Frederick—Bedford Richards, Richard—Merinethsh. Rickford, W.—Aylesbury Rushbrooke, Colonel—Suffblk Seale, Colonel—Dartmouth liarby, George—East Sussex Darlington, Earl of—Shropshire DouglAs, Sir C. E. —Warwick Dugdale, W. S.—Warwickshire Duke, Sir James—Boston Dunbar, George—Belfast _ _ DuncoMbe, Hon A.—East Retford' East, James Buller— Winchester Egerton, W. Tatton—Cheshire Egerton, Lord F. L.—Lancashire Fellowes, Edw. —Huntingdonshire Fort, J.—Clitheroe Wsbo:ne, Thomas—Cariow Gladstone, W. E.—Newarx-on- Trent Graham, Right Hon. Sir J. R. G 'Shaw, Right Hon. F.—Dublin Un. Sibthorti, Colonel—Lincoln Slaney, R. A.—Shrewsbury Somerville, Sir Wm.—Drogheda Stanley, Edward—Cumberland Stanley, Lord—North Lancashire Trevor, Hon. G. —Caermarthensn . Trotter, Jobn—West Surrey Ward, H. G.—Sheffield Wilbritham, Hon. K. .13.—Lanca shire Bt.-I;emb - roke Hawkins, J. H.—Newport, Isle of Wight ilinde, J. Hodgson—Newcastle. up, n-Tyne TELLERs. Iviglls, Sir R. H.-ox. University lDungannort, Lord—Durham CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL.. (In the Committee.) Clause (And whereas by reason of a grant of a Charter of Incorporation to the Borough of Manchester, the Coroner for the County Palatine of Lancaster, acting within the division of Manchester, the Clerk of the Peace for the said County Pa latine, and the Clerk of the Justices of the Peace appointed under an Act passed in the fifty-third year of the reign of King George the Third, for the more effectual administration of the office of a Justice of the Peace,.and to the other Jus tices of the Peace acting within the said division of Manches ter, have been deprived of their fees and emoluments arising from their respective offices within the said borough ; and it is expedient that compensation be therefore made to them in like manner as if they had been Officers of a Borough before the passing of the said Act of the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty who were removed from their offices un der the provisions of that Act : Be it therefore enacted, That the said Coroner and Clerk of the Peace z,nd Clerk to the Justices shall be entitled to have an adequate compen sation, to be assessed by the Council, and paid out of the Borough Fund of the said Borough, for the fees and emolu ments of their several offices arising within such Borough ; and that all provisions of the said Act of the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty, relating to the claim of any Corpo rate Officer for compensation, on account of being removed from his office, and to the manner of securing and determin ing the amount of such compensation, shall apply, except as hereinafter provided, to the said Coroner, Clerk of the Peace, and Clerk to the Justices: Provided always, That the state ment to be delivered to the Town Clerk by each such Officers shall set forth the amount of the fees and emoluments in re spect whereof he shall claim compensation during five year, next preceding the grant of the Charter of Incorporation to the Borough respecting which such claim is made), brought up, and read Ist :—Question put, " That the clause be read a second time :"—The Committee divides NORI rY—AYES, Godson, Richard Goulburn, H. Greer..., T. G. Grimsditch, T. Hale, R. 11. Hamilton, Lord C. Hawkes, T. Henniker, Lord Hodgson, R. Holmes, W. Houstoun, G. Hughes, W. B. Hui t, F. Ingestre, Lord Ingham, Robert Inglis, Sir it. H. Kelly, F. Kemble, Henry Knight, Henry Gally Law, Hon. C. E. Lowther, J. H. Lygon. eeneral Mackenzie, W. F. Marsland, T. Maunsell, I'. P. A'Court, Captain - I Bailey, J. Bastiet, John Blackburn, John I. Be:ling, W. Beriah Buller, Sir J. B. Y. Clive. IL H. rodringtom C. W. Dalrymple w 31r A. Darby, (leorge l*rllugton, Earl of ikalorsey, S. H. Dmzglas, Sir C. E. Drummond, H. H. I)ugdale, W. S. Dungannon,Viscount Eaton, Richard J. Egerton, W. T. Mordaunt, Sir J. Morgan,Wctavius Norreys, Lord Parke, C. W. Pakington, John S. Palmer, G. Parker, R. T. Plumpire, J. P. Praed, W. T. Rae, Sir William Richards, Richard Shirley, E. J. Somerset, Lord G. Sotheron, T. E. Stewart, John Thompson, Aid. Viiliers, Viscount Vivian, John Ennis Waddington, 1 - 1, S. Wakley, Thomas Wilbraham, R. B. Egerton; Lad Fran. Eliot, Lord Ellis, John Farnham, E. B. Fellowes, Edward Gladstone, N. Glynne, Sir S. TELLERS. Patten, John Wilson Cresswell, C. Abercromby, G. It. 4.dam, Admilal Sir C Aglionhy, H. 4. Ainsworth, Peter Alston, R. Archbold, R. Armstrong, Andrew Baring, F. T. Barry, G. S. Bearnish, F. B. Bellew, It. In. Berkeley, F. H. Hewes, T. Blake, W. J. 131ewitt, Reginald Bowes, J. Bridgeman, H. Briscoe, J. Brock lehurst"T. Brothertnii, J. Brumes, W. H. L. Buller, C. Bustield, W. Campbell, Sir John Chalmers, Patrick Clay, W. Clements, Lord Clive, E. B. (:older, J. Cowper, Hon W. Craig, W. Gibson Oivett, E. Duke, Sir James Dundas, C, W, D. Elliot, Hon J. E. F.lliee, E. Beans, G. Bwart, W. Fenton, John Fielden, J. Fitzroy, Lord C. Fleetwood, Sir H. Fort, John Gietorne, T. .JORITY—NOES, Gordon, It. Grey, Mt G. Handley, H. Hawes, B. Hawkins, J. H. Hayter, W. G. Heathcoat, John Hector, C. J. Heron, Sir It. Hill, Lord > M. C. Hindley, Charles Hobhouse, Sir J. C. Hobhouse, T. B. Hol ood, Robert Horsman B. Howard, P. It Howard. C. W. G. Hume, Joseph Hutt, W. Hutton. Robert Jervis,. I. Jervis, & Lang49l4 Hon. C. Marsland, H. Maule, Hon. Fox Morpeth, Viscount Morris, David Morrison, James Muntz, G. F. Noel, C, G. O'Brien, C. O'Connell, J. O'Connell, a J. Parker, John Parnell, Sir H. Pattisen, J. Pease, Joseph Pechell, Captain Philips, G. R. Phillpotts, John F. figct, D. R. P6nsonby, C. F. A. Prymu I. Itawdon, J. D. 128. Rice, E. B. liich, H. Rundle, John Ruthertrud, A. Salwey, Colonel Scholetield, J. Seale, Sir J. Shell, R. L Smith, J. A. Smith, Vernon Somerville. Sir W. Stanley, E.J. Stanley, W 0, Mansfield, W. R. Steuart, IL Stock, Dr. Strutt, Edward Stuart, Lord J. Stuart, W. Vi.liers Talbot, C. R. M. Talfourd, SerJeant Tattered, H. W. Thornely, Thomas Townley, R. G. Tufnell, Henry Villiers, Charles P. Vivian, J. H. Vivian, Sir R. H Walker, It. Wallace, R. Warburton, H. Ward, H. G. White, Andrew Wilbraham, G. Wilde, Sir:T. Williams, W. Wood, C. Wood, 0. W. Wyse, Thomas Yates, John A. TELLERS; rhilips t• Nark Gag, ri. }ll RAILWAY ellfAtt.E EXTRAORDINARY.--On Thursdv Int, a person named George Coinley Oaring with hint his wife and six children) took pints for himself and family by the eleven o'clock railway train from Gloucester to Bir mmgham. Soon after the train had starved, MONT. GillmQluj of North Nibley, arrived at the station-house, in the hope of intercepting Mr. Comley, who, he stated, had executed a for gery upon him to the amount of 401., and had also coniiniteed other fraudulent delinquencies, and was then tore Yoult Liverpool, where it was understood he had engaged * passage for America. After a short consultation with Mr. Walli‘ , ll police superintendent, on the best steps te be adoptt , d, a pur suit was resolved upon, and for a pay ne±ni of Mi. an engine was immediat e ly go t rea d ,, Whieh Mr. Gillma n Anil Mr. Walker started., at high pressure speech in Ile hope of overtaking the train, Which, b' 'that time, had had the advantage of about fiverii.vy ninu'ics' . start. Afro s.: a fine chase, they sucttett in getting 5..... t of the train klit Ashchureh, arta followed close; - in ifs wake , to the Spetehley silt- Lion, where, much tcl 'tile surprise and consternation ef the fa- Vgitive, his re:,,suera came up with him, and 'sadly deranged the ans had so cleverly laid for his escape. The remainder of ..is journey to Birmingham was performed in the company of Mr. Gillman, who, on arriving in that town gave hiin into the custody of the police on the charge of forgery. On Mr. Wab. ker's return to the Gloucester station, he found that the pri soner's landlord had a little too late sent a distress, in the hope of laying an embargo on his runaway tenant's luggage. it would appear that he had been carrying on the business of a clothier at North Nibley, till he suddenly decamped as above stated. Yesterday afternoon he was broup,ht to this city in the custody of Mr. Stephens, Superintendent of the Birmingham Police Force, and will this day be conveyed before the Ma. gistrates of the disbict where the offences are alleged to have been committed. His wife accompanies him back to Nibley, but his large and unfortunate family are left behind at Birmiog. ham.— Gloucester Journa • BREAD IN PARIS.--The price o f bread for the first fortnight of the present month is fixed at 27 centimes the kilogramme—about bid. the 311). loaf. THE SUN, LONDON', WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1841. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of business. Mr. EDWARD WOODTHORFL the son of the Town Clerk of t!e Corporation of London, was unanimously elected to the office of Surveyor of the Eastern Division of the City. There were five candidates, all of whom were highly re commended: ALLEOED EFFECTS OF THE SILENT AND SOLITARY SYSTEM IN THE PENITENTIARY. Ater the Sheriffs had presented the customary prison returns to the Court, Sir PETER LAURIE rose to call the attention of the members to a subject which he considered to be one of the very greatest importance. They were much indebted to Alderman Copeland for having obtained from the House of commons tnd rtlurris connected with the Penitentiary prison in Milbank. These feturns were calculated to frighten any humane mind, showing, as they did, the dread ful effects of the silent and solitary system acted upon in that plate of confinement. From them it appeared that four persons in the year 1838, three in 1839. and five in 1840 had been sent from the Penitentiary to the Bcthlem Hospital in consequence of insanity, occasioned by that tort of infliction. Alderman Thomas Woon asked whether the insanity of the prisoners enumerated was reported to have arisen from their confinement? Sir P. LAURIE read the beading of the returns, which stated as follows—" Returns of the number of prisoners sent to the Penitentiary in each of the last five years; of prisoners removed on the groend of insanity during the same period ; to what asylum removed, and the time of imprisonment in the Penitentiary previous to such removal, &c. &c." He was glad that the question had been asked. He had found in the reports of Beth!ern Hospi►al, of which he was President, that no insane persons had been received there from any other prison. Although the annual average of prisoners confined in the Penitential-) was 361, while the annual average of prisoners confined in Coldhath-fielc, prison was from 1.300 to I,boo, it was, he thought, fair to rr ason upon such premises that the system to which he alluded, and which was adopted in no other prison, pro duced the dreadful malady amongst their miserable fellow err atures.—( Hear, hear.) Alderman HUMPHERY complaiced that Sir Peter Laurie so positively attributed the insanity to causes which the returns moved for by Alderman Copeland did not so much as allude tr. Sir PETER LAURIE declared that the contrast hetwcen the Penitenti iry and all the other pitons on the subject or insanity, left no room for doubt as to the cause. The case he brought before the Court was strengthened by the re turns which were made to him last night of the numher of persons received in Bethlam Hospital from the Penitee liery from the month of March to the month of May in the present year, from which returns it apFewed that five un fortunate creatures bad been added to the list.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He did not place much confidence in the opinion expressed by Mr. H.4wes, that the existence of the malady amongst these individuals was to be traced to hereditary sources; for if there were grounds for that belief, how did it happen that the disease never exhibited itself in any other prison it: the metropolis ? He felt it to be his duty tc call upon the Sheriff to take care that vrhatev.r regula tons might be adopted as to the government of Newgate no punishment should be resorted to which was calculated to destroy the mind. He called too upon the Magistracy of England to extend their humane guardianship to the unhappy criminals, and interfere to prevent the awful in fliction of madness as the penalty of offence.—(Hear, bear.) It was but the other day he heard that five women who had been sent from the Penitentiary to the hulks be came insane by the extraordinary nature of the contrast between the former place and the open air of Heaven. Alderman LUCAS had as little respect as Sir Pete' Laurie entertained for the opinion given as to the opera tion of hereditary causes is the instances of mental malady enumerated in the returns. All the medical men wits: whom he had conversed on the subject of solitary im. prisonment declared, that if carried to excess it would lead to insanity.—(Hear, hear.) The officers in, the Army, who were obliged frequently to have recourse to Courts-martial, acted invariably upon the belief of the pernicious effects of long solitary confinement, and in sen tencing delinquents appointed intervals to counteract its baneful operation. It had been ascertained, too, that a round cell was more likely to produce insanity in the tenant than a square cell. Humanity directed that these peculiarities should be attended to. Indeed, so strongly was he impressed with the idea that excessive solitary confinement was productive of the worst consequences, that when he was a short time ago Visiting Magistrate a; Newgate, upon finding that two women were undergoing their sentence of a month's solitary imprisonment, he ap pl ed to the Lord Mayor and obtained a remission of the " solitary" portion of their sentence, after they had suf fered it eli yen days. That occurred, too, in a prison in which, from the close neighbourhood of the cells, it scarcely coull be said that solitary imprisonment could be carrier. into effect. Alderman T. WOOD said that he was perfectly aware of the importance of the subject, but it appeared to him that Sir Peter Laurie was premature in attributing the cases of insanity which had been quoted to causes vtic!' were by no means to be traced in the returns presented tt. the Cou.tt.-•-( Hear, hear.) He certainly did believe that excessive solitary confinement had a pernicious influence upon the mind, and that if any regulations existed by virtue of which such a penalty was infEcted, means should b; taken to procure a revision of them. It struck him that in appropriating punishments the constitution of the indi vidual condemned should, together with many other cir cumstances, be taken into Lccount, for there were some te whom solitary imprisonment would be a boon, while o others it would be a source of desperate exaspmation.— ( Hear, hear.) He was not quite convinced that Si, Peter Laurie was right in attributing the insanity of the persons to whom allusion had been n,a'le to eac.?ssiv, solitary confinement in the Penitentiary. Although there might have been a great mak,rity of prisoners confined in Cold Bath Fields or Clergenwell, the class of prisoner: in the Penitentiary might be much worse. One thing, at any rate, appea ed evident, from the consideration of the question, with regard to the latter prison. The Magis tracy, and not the Government, ought to exercise gaol control.--( Hear, hear.) He understood that, in the Pe nitentiary, a prisoner doomed to solitary confinement, wa , not permitted to utter a word,—that the very moving of the feet, so as to disturb the silence, was puni,hed by some additional penalty,--that, in chapel, the prisoner's hear was to be kept in a certain position,—and, worst of all, that the seat on which the unfortunate wretch was to rev himself was so constructed, that he became actually picketed. It was not, he considered, fair to a - some that the cases of insani,y, to which Sir Peter Laurie referred, had been caused by the solitary confinement ti which the prisoners in the Penitentiary wee subjected. He wished to get at the true cause,o hich might be compounded of a variety of matters harsh and intolerable in their combina• tion.—( Hear, hear.) It was certainly time to institute an inquiry, but materials ought to be obtained before a flat as sertion was made, which, after all, was very liable to be contradicted by those who had the beat means of ascertain ing the fact. Solitary confinement might be judiciously applied in some cases, but it was to be regulated by the circumstances of each particular case.—( Hear.) Sir M. WOOD said that the strong fact of the reception into Bethlem Hospital of insane persons from the Peniten• tiary applied to no other persons whatever, and therefore the inference drawn by Sir Peter Laurie was quite natu ral. It was horrible that out of so smell a numl er so many instances of insanity occurred. To be sure a not, appended to the returns stated that five out o the thirteen sentenced were insane before they en tered the Penitentiary. There were, however, no accounts of the transfer of persons from other gaols to Bethlem, and it appeared that even Near gate was a stranger to those affl cted by the malady. He was de sirous of having returns from all the prisons of the metro polis, and then the Court could make a remonstrance on the subject to the Government, who would, be had no doubt, pay the necessary attention to a matter involving so many important consequences.--( Hear, hear.) Sir Matthew Wood ended by expressing a hope that the re turns procured by Alderman Copeland would be referred to the Gaol Committee. Sir P. LAURIE said that there was the more necessity for immediate exertion, as the Government was building a model prison on the plan of the Penitentiary. The great est enemy of mankind was man, and he hoped that the Members of Parliament present would allude to the ques tion in their places in the House of Commons. ---- Sir C. S. HUNTER suggested the propriety of sending the Sheriff to communicate with the Government on the subject. __ Alderman HUMPHERY thought that Sir Peter Laurie was influenced in no small degree by the spirit of exagge ration, La in alluding to the cases of insanity contained in the returns, he had omitted the many years in which no cap of insanity at all had been sent to Bethlem from the Penitentiary. It was an act of injustice to the Governor of the Prison to jump at once to the conclusion that by the mode of punishment adopted there the unfortunate inmates wee liable to insanity,—( Hear, bear.) It was not very pro bable that a respectable man would set to work to con vert his prisoners into patients for Bedlam._-( Hear, hear.) He (Alderman Humphery) wet', knew the meaning of Sir Peter Laurie's Di:Wry at the present moment. The Worthy Knight's object was to make himself poptilaf, gild to silo% to the public, by tailing solemnly on the Members of Parliarnent present, what Mighty things he would himself accomplish if he only had a seat In the same place.— ( Much laughter.) But the Members of Parliament and the other Members of the Court of Aldermen had every atom as much humanity and sympathy for the suf ferings of their fellow•creatures as Sir Peter Laurie had, It wes perfectly ridiculous to suppose otherwise— ( Laughter.) To show such an inference as Sir Peter had dedneed from the returns was in his opinion most un fair and Unreasonable. It would be necessary before that' came to any conclusion to have returns as to the treat tent to which the 11 irntYiduala whose cases were re ' reireci to hail been siihjetted: Sir PETOt Lebnik rfpeated the 69nifast hetweeti the nurnbi eunnr*d in those bOnfined in ottiel . irrisons, and dened any man in eis 4,6 ilta* any other conclusion than that the insanity was caused by one atrocious system a solitary and silent impritcnmeut. Aldo:men LtrCell said that It itrtia nttnral for rnaokina to combine against such a prineple as that against which he *at rais4 his voice-'toe Bastille owed its destruction to the ahhoti'edee the of France entertaired fur solitary imprisbatneht.,:-4 tleari heat%) Alderman Gliint said that it toils, No Pali tit thg citiq ot the Sheriffs to reth‘.i.il'ai '4lth the Pal} bit stir: subject of prisons over Which they had no Control.= (Near, hears) The Sheriff's had power, in liewgate, tainly but what, could they do to the Penitentiary ? He begged to sad', with reference to the two women of whom Alderman Lucas bad spoken, that they had been ordered into rol;tary confinement for having threatened to do in= jury to an individual who had given information of a de= sign to escape from prison, and that so far from being re strained by this salutary system, they talked so loudly and incessantly as to disturb all who wanted repose.— ( A liugh,) - After a few words from other members, the discussion was aajourned'untl the next Court-day, when Alderman Copeland, who was unavoidably absent upon the preterit I occasion, will attend to explain his views on Ile subject. B — m T a n d e e i i n n el t o h s e ed Ne le r IMPROVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE. s e r S t i SIR,--The t th te e r r — n i s n e a a n r, sw o e f r th t e o t l h 7 e th st a ro n n d g 24 a t s h . of April, by the Rev. W. Hill, Editor, and Mr. Feargus O'Connor, Proprietor, against the persons who signed the Address of Messrs. Lovett, Collins, and others, for the formation of a " National Association for promoting the Political and Social Improvement of the People"—having been refused insertion for a week (though it reached Leeds on Wednesday evening last), that no antidate should be supplied to their unjust calumnies against tto signers of the Address, if you can spare room for it, or any portion of it, you will, by inserting it in your popular and widely-circulated Journal, serve the cause of truth and justice, and greatly oblige a number of calumniated men. Your's obediently and respectfully, HENRY HETHERINGTON. Queen's Bench, May I. FEARGUS O'CONNOR v. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE. A REI'I,Y TO THE CALUMNIES OF THE NORTHERN STAR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR. Queen's Bench, April 27, 1841. Sir,—ln the Northern Star of the 17th inst., and again last week, you have thought proper to animadvert upon the Address issued by Messrs. Lovett, Collins, and others, for the formation of a National Association for promoting the Political and Social Improvement of the People. You have, I regret to say, performed your duty with a flippancy unbecoming the occasion, and a disregard of truth unworthy of a professed advocate of the principles oft)o- People's Charter. You sommence first by falsely asserting " that this As sociation is of O'Connell, Hume, and Roebuck's concoc tion." With respect to your second assertion, I will not presume to question your prophetic capabilities, though you have, in this instance, published a false prediction. What will the people think, Sir, of a public writer in the cause of democracy who can commence with a wilful perversion of the truth—aye, a wilful perversion? Did not the Editor of the Northern Star, some mouths ago, receive a copy of " CHARTism," written by Lovett and Collins in Warwick Gaol, in which a National Association is proposed, and the rules for governing such an- Associa tion are submitted for public a pprobation ? Did not the Editor publicly promise to review that work ?—and did he not, when he found the work had elicited the approbation of all good Chartists, and even of the s opponents of Chartism, meanly break his promise by rover noticing it? The Editor of the Northern Star knew full well, when ire made the assertion, that Lovett and Collins's " Chartism" not only contained a proposal to form a Na tional Association, but defined its objects and contained its rules; and now that it is intended to reduce the pro posal to practice, he meanly attempta to rob those worthy teen of the honour they are justly entitled to from their labours in the people's cause, by basely asserting that it • is of O'Connell, Hume, and Roebuck's concccion." This may accord with the Northern Star " Chartism,' :rut it will suit no man with a spark of honour and honesty in his composition. The &itear of the Northern Star, through ignorance, :s confounding that which emanates from Lovett and Col lins's " CHARTISM" with an Association projected, and then rbout to be formed, by Dr. Black, Mr. Place, and others, among the liberal and enlightened of the middle classes, to adopt and carry forward Mr. Hume's plan of House rield and Lodger Suffrage, Triennial Parliaments, Voting oy Ballot, No Property Qualification, Payment of Mem bers, and Equal Electoral Districts. The intention was to farm an Association exclusively of the middle class, that would co-operate with the Chartists in all just and laudable measures for extending the rights and liberties of .he unenfranchised millions, and in improving their intel lectual, social, and moral condition. Mr. Hume, and :hose who act with him, thought that the working classes might be inclined to adopt so large a measure of e nun—little less, in fact, than the whole Charter— if it were f a i r ly and honestly submitted to their consideration, and wished to ascertain whether the Char .ists would join an Association formed for the purpose of carrying Charter Suffrage, without earring to the name of the Charter. He requested an interview with Messrs. Lovett, Cleave. Watson, Hetherington, Collins, and Vincent. The two latter net being in town, could not Ittend, but had a subsequent interview with Mr. Hume on the subject. Three of the former, Lovett, Cleave and Hetherington, attended. Lovett and Cleave would not yield the name of the Charter—they thought that Mr. Hume's Lodger Suffrage was a large advance towards the Charter, but would not consent to aid a new agi ation for anything leis than the Charter, or for any thing not bearing the name. I differed with my friends, and thought Mr. Hume's proposition so good and so extensive, that, though I would never abandon the agi tation far the Charter, yet, if I saw any prospect of aarrying Me. Hume's plan immediately, I would give it :ny best exertions, as I considered it, in fact, the Charter with another name. Messrs. Lovett and Cleave both set their faces against the plan, as did also Collins and Vincent at a subsequent interview ; and Mr. Hume then said that nothing could be done, and both parties must, therefore, take their own course, Your conduct, Sir, in reference to this " New Move," refl.cte little credit on you as a public writer. You are evidently deOitute of that democratic spirit of freedom and equality which is essential in an advocate of the rights of :,he people. When the Working Men's Association put forth an Address to the people of Ireland, inviting their so-opera. 'ion with the Chartists, a copy of the Address was sent round to all the Associations that we knew of, inviting the signature of their Chairmen or Secretaries—if the Ad dress met their approbation, and their suggestions and cor reciiins if it did not: The Northern Star then highly approved of the course takt,l I to outain unity and sentiment, and to give it publicity. Tha b:rne course now meets with determined hostility. It is called a " secret move" to for.. ward an Address that reflects the higha'st .honour on the 'lead and heart of him woo penned it, h. :eland in a :atter commencing thus :—" Dear Sir,—Th,„ follow ing Address is intended to be submitted TO AL,: THE LEADING CHARTISTS THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM, in circa r o obtain their signatures, WHEN IT WILL BE PRINTED AND PUBLISHED AS THEIR JOINT ADDRESS." This you call a secret move I You may, by sophistry and 'alsehood delude the unthinking, and treacherously betray their cause, but you will make no impression on the com mon sense of the working people • your falsehood and in justice only tend to destroy the influencei you once had by Jpening the eyes of the people to the real motives and objects of the conductors of the Northern Star. What can you truly and justly urge against the objects of this Association—this " New Move," as you call it ? Are you averse to the first object—" To establish in one general Jody persons of all creeds, classes, and opinions, who are desirous to promote the political and social improvement of the people ? Da you tear that it will admit some few honest men from the ranks of the middle class? What do you call Mr. Feargus O'Connor? Is he not a middle class man ? What right have you, then, to assume that Mr. Feargus O'Conner embodies in his own person all the ho nesty aad intelligence of his class? There are thousands of good men among the middle class besides Mr. O'Con nor, who are desirous of p ro m o ti ng the political and social improvement of the people, but are deterred from co-ope rating for the attainment of that object by the unprincipled conduct of the conductors of the Northern Star. Our Asso ciation opens the door to them if they are disposed to eater. Is the Northern Star averse to the second object of the "New Move," " To create and extend an enlightened public opinion IN FAVOUR OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER, and by every JUST and PEACEFUL means SECURE ITS ENACTMENT, SO that the industrious classes may be placed in possession of the franchise—the most impottant step to all political and social reformation." Or, is it only averse to the adoption of just and peaceful means for attaining the object? You, Mr. Editor, call this second object a " sprat to catch a mackerel." It strikes me, and I have no doubt many tabors also, that the tone and spirit of the Editorial articles in the Star tend to defeat the object you have in view— instead of weakening the " New Move" you strengthen it, and ensure its success. What pretext can you rake up against this second object ? " Oh," you will exclaim, " we have nothing to say against the cBJECTS, but there is al ready a National Charter Association in existence." There is no such thing in existence. Mr. O'Connor, indeed, has an Association, which is always talking about the Charter, but doing very little towards ensuring its triumph. If, then, you can find no valid ground of objection to the OBJECTS of the New Association, lay all this outcry against it ? Because you fear that some good may be ac complished by the " New Move ;" and you know. that just in proportion to its success in working out its objcts will the influence of the Northern Star decline ; which, I am sorry to say, is upheld by delusion and the humbuggery of the people. Ought not Mr. O'Connor to blush to put forth such balderdash as is contained in his letter to this week's parer ? Ought he not to be ashamed of calling men "assassins" and "traitors" and " conspirators," whom you have been compelled to speak of, in the Star of the 10th of April, in the following language :—•‘ We make no charge against the six gentleman whose names are appended to the document. We know some of them to - be INCAPABLE OF ANYTHING DISHONEST OR DIS 110NOPRABLE ; and we know nothing to the contrary of any of them." Any man who will take the trouble to read his long letter through—a letter " full of sound and fury, signifying nothing "est_ limmediately perceive that the cause of Chartism is to be sacrificed to the private and personal malignity of two as great political humbugs as ever figured in the political arera. Unfortunately for the cause of Chartism, Feargus l i O'Connor is sot satisfied with humbug, lie makes the following assertion, in his letter in this week's paper : —" I have the evidence of a GENTLEMAN, of a gentleman of wealth, of honour, and of station, that this New Muve' was concocted at Mr. Hume's, by Mr. Hume and Mr. Francis Place on their part, and by some of the signers of the New ProsFectus upon YOUR PART." That is to say, on the part of the "fustian jackets, blistered hands, and un. sh, • ern chins of Englan d, Scotland, and Wales, and the e barfooted Irish." iaesred-ba:kcai has here asserted an untruth—h e has Jr. O'Connor, • at t" and if b e ma k e th e asser ti on said " the thing tuat on the evidence or authority " o. a gentleman of wealth, ' of honour, and of station," it is noyeri;•'2"less a falsehood— or, in the cliastd language of the star—" A LIE I" Let Mr. O'Connor gitie the genii: me..7 ' ' ! ia a n ,: c e .—let him prove the truth of this assertion, Gr seknoWle,, thnt he ha§ cast an imputation upon men not warranted by fact. The Northern Star, instead t Mint/1.41g the success Of the People's Charter, by endeavouring to heal animosi ties end promote union among the people, is constantly stnititifig at all those who have far yenrs been suffering for the otieie of liberly and equality—traducing the charac tets of melt who have never, in any instance, done one act to tarnish the cause of liberty, or flinched under persecu tion and oppression when the honour of the people's cause was to be sustained , The .Northern Star begins now to feel the effects of its unprincipled conduct, in its declining influence; and hence its angry denunciation of the " New Move." Mr. O'Connor and his Editor may sneer at political education, but a glance at: the Skir will show its absolute necessity before any good can be accomplished. Mr. O'Connor welcome to the ten imbecile creatures who signet!, the dress, and then withdrew their names. Do ibey not re quire instruction ? When a time of Lila' or of ,perse cution arises, who would trust the teo poltroons who withdrew their names from the admirable address of Lovett, Collins, and others, at the dictation of Feargus O'Connor ? Who would expect victory in any cause with an army of ten thousand such men ? Nay, if Mr. O'Connor's Association out-numbered the army of Xerxes, four or five hundred firm and honest men would defeat and rout the mighty host, if it were composed of such men as the ten seceders. In conclusion, let me tender the disinterested and patriotic proprietor of the Northern Star a word of advice. Cease to calumniate and traduce the characters of men quite equal to yourself in honour and honesty ; don't expose yourself by calling upon the people to " throw the traitors overboard," or else your fate may be a " watery grave." You are betraying the people now by seeking to establish an odious despotism over the rights and opinions of men; but you mistake your powere if you imagine you will succeed. If I stand alone, I will resist your at tempt to coerce me into a submission to your will against my better judgment, while I have a mind and a will of my own. If I am compelled 'o yield to despotism, it shall be intellectual and powerful despotism ; not the ign.rrant, mean, pitiful, despotic efforts made to crush the free expression of opinion, and the honest and safe combi nation of good men in a just cause, by the despicable pol troons who manage the Northern Star. I, as one of the signers of Lovett's and Collins's Address, will exert myself to the utmost carry it into successful operation ; I despise the fellows who would attempt to injure me for acting upon the honest dictates of my own judgment. I laugh at their impotent threats ; but, at any public meeting of my impala tial and honest fellow -countrymen, I will defend the prin ciples and objects of the Address, and its superiority over the O'Connor plans, if fairly and extensively adopted by the working clas , es. Mr. O'Connor may promise his poor deluded dupes, by a Resolution of his hired Convent'on, that they shall have the Charter in three months from the present time ; but lam satisfied it will take a much longer period to move a nation. If he could obtain the People's Chaster within the time specified, of what use would it be, if the people were not better prepared to appreciate it than the ten seceders who erased their names through fear of Mr. O'Connor and his hired tools? If the people had the Charter to-morrow, and were destitute of a knowledge of their political rights and duties, how long would they retain their liberties? Brief would be the tenure of possession I However, those who really seek the liberty, prosperity, and happiness of the people, from a pure motive, are not easily crushed by unprincipled men like the managers of the Northern Star. I have no doubt the honest and undaunted signers of Lovett's and Collins's Addiess will zealously pursue their object. Let us not to diverted or intimidated. If we have but one or two hundred firm intelligent mon, properly alive to the importance of the objects we seek so accomplish, great good will be effected ; but no good can be accomplished where men prostrate their minds beforea would-be Despot, who would use the public press for vile and selfish purposes and to crush men who have maintained the principles of the People's Charter, for many years before he was ever heard of, and who have never done one act to dishonour the cause they espoused. _ . I am, Sir, a hater of despotism, whether exercised by Tory, Whig, or Radical. H. lIETEIERINGTON. THE STI{ATHBOGIE AFFAIR. We stated a fortnight ago that the Lord Advocate had intimated to the Non:lntriision leaders that, in the event of the General Assembly proceeding to depose the seven clergymen of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, he must cease to have any connection with them. Since that period there have been various indications that the Go vernment intends to take decisive measures to vindi cate the authority of the law, should the Vetnists follow up the reckless proceeding in which they have been engaged. The manner in which this is proposed to be done, is stated, by our well-informed Contem. porary the Scotsman, to ba not by a dissolution of the Assembly, which would only delay without deciding the important questions certain in that event to arise, bat by issuing peremptory instructions to the Lord Advocate to institute legal proceedings against the majority of the As sembly, in order that they may be dealt with in the same manner as other violators of the law. We trust the an nouncement made by our Contemporary will be confirmed, as it will apparently afford the most likely means of putting the sincerity of the Veteists to the test. No doubt is entertained that the C►vil Courts possess the most ample powers, not only to protect the Strathbogie brethren, but to punish those who place themselvea in opposition to the law, and that they will do both is perfectly certain. Lord Belhaven will again be appointed Commissioner to the General Assembly, but the course which Government has resolved to pursue, renders it of little consequence who the individual is that is called to preside over the de liberation of that body. The presence of Lord Dunfermline, in London, at this time, is a matter of much greater conse quence, called upon, as we have reason to believe he has been, to give his advice in the present posture of affairs. Tile Bill of the Duke of Argyll will be brought forward on Thursday. The measure about to be introduced by his Grace, will show that the Non-Intrusionists are inclined to come down a peg, from the high ground on which they were endeavouring to gain a footing. The Duchess of Argyll is understood to have been the prompter of the Duke in this great enterprise, but it seems more than doubtful, whether a measure connected by the section of the Vetoists with whom the Noble pair have been in communication, will make much way in Parliament. It may be noted, how ever, as a sign of the times, that certain of the leaders of the wild men in this city bad an interview last week with the Dean of Faculty, who has been here for some days attending the Jury Trials now in progress. After the abuse that has been heaped upon the Dean, it is not a little instructive to find the Non- Intrusionists opening up a communication with that quarter. We strongly suspect that a feasible excuse is all that the Clergy require, in order that they may back out of the dilemma in which they are placed. It is a much simpler matter to boast of a willingness to abandon the good things of the State, when the prospect of doing so is distant, than when the time draws near for giving practical r fnct to vauntings never meant to be realised.—Glasgow Paper. POZ , ITICAL PRINCIPLES OF PU-' SEYISM. From all that has been said, dear Sir, it may b© inferred that, as a religtots sect, Posey:ism is not likely to obtain great success ; but as a preparatory theological school for Catholicity, itis destines to exert the most extensive and most beneficial influence. I have, hitherto, confined my observations to the theological tenets of the new school ; but its philosophical opinions are well entitled to attention. Had its followers done nothing more than bring the philo sophy of Locke into discredit, they would have conferred on their country a boon, for which it can never be suffi ciently grateful. Such was the ascendancy this philo sophy exercised in the Universities, and in the country at large, that for a long time I believed the Thirty-nine Ar ticles would have been as soon given up, as this system abandoned. The metaphysics of Locke predispose the mind to materialism, deaden the sense for lofty speculation, and have much contributed to debase the tone of modern British science and literature. The advocacy, therefore, of sounder and higher philosophical dews by men of such distinguished talents and influential position, as these Ox ford professors, is one of the many symptoms of that great Catholic regeneration, which an all-loving Providence is gradually preparing in our country. In their political tenets, the Puseyites have not been so happy. In upholding, indeed, the doctrine of the divine origin of the civil power, in opposition to the so-preva!ent principle of the sovereignty of the people, they have again made a considerable step advance towards our Church. But by coupling with this doctrine that of the absolute indefeasibility of power, in the case even of the most atrocious and impious tyranny, they exaggerate, dis tort, at:d disfigure the Catholic tenet; and so far from checking toe progress of rtvolutionary principles, they furnish, with ti.s'ir maxim of " passive obedience," a ready instrument to despPtism, whether regal or popular, and seriously compromise the cause of legitimate monarchy, social order, and constitutional freeckm. This doctrine of " passive obedience" wag, indeed, first promulgated by the founder of the Anglican Church, that pious moael of kings, Henry the Eighth ; and was advocated by even the Anglican divines of the seventeenth century; but how ill such exaggerated opinions could retard the triumph of anarchy, the eventful hisiory of the first Charles will show. —Catholic Magazine. - ---- ---;------ THE WEATHER.—IN PON/ MAY 4 . ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, AD..LA I DE-STREET. Barometer Thermometer ...66 1 Highest 66 I Lowest ••••••••• 4 4 Wind S.—Freezing Point 32 Deg. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday afternooti; about four o'clock, a man, named James Millward, carman to Mr.. Charles, a fishmonger in Pimlico, was driving a horse and chaise-cat along Piccadilly, when by some means a portion of the harness either broke, or got so loosened, as to prevent the driver having any control of the horse, which ran off at a tremendous speed in the direction of St. Jam( s's Church. In less than two minutes the driver was pi•ched out of the cart and jammed in between the foot and dash-boards. The police stopped the horse with much difficulty, and released deceased from his dangerous position. He was so much cut and bruised, that the police conycjed him immediatily to St. George's Hospital, where, in despite of all ex...0.1(ms made by the house-surgeons to restore him, boexpiredin a few minutes. An inquest will be held upon the body to-day. SUICIDE FROM ENNUI —The C'ourner de Bordeaux mentions the arrest of an Englishman in that city on a charge of attempt at suicide ! It says, that after a rather copious dinner, and a libation of Chateaux Margeau to match, the idea of suicide came into in his head ; whereupon he went to the river side and plunged in. Some men got him out.; but a few minutes after he repeated the attempt, and was again fished up. When, however, he was a third time on the point of " plunging to endless night," the bystanders thought it would be better to give him over to the police, and he was locked up accordingly. The unfortunate Mr. Boat', the Rothbury Re gistrar and Relieving Officer, whose painful end we recorded, entered his own death in the register before he left his home for the last time.— Tyne Mercury. CALEDONIAN A SYL UNl.—Tne anniversary festival of this National Scottish Charity will take place on Tuesday next, at the Freemason's Tavern, The Chisholm, • of the H ghland Society, willpreside. Co- Prem. -icr has signified hi.; intention rn to be present on modore Nap_ it is the occasion, an, s expected that a numerous company gallant veteran. w ill assemble to weleoi: le th” CUR/I-LAWS.— w Es ' n TBURT.—In consequence of the Mayor ()t i the borough havi-ig refused to call a public meeting, to petition against; the Curt. - laws, in-compliance with a requisition of the inhabitants, nu:nerously and re snectably signed, application was Matte to Matravers, E sq ., for the loan of his factory for that parpol,,e, which w as cheerfully granted. On Friday evening sr'nnight more than 500 persons were convened, when at chair being taken, several resolutions were moved and :canard by the inhabitsnt?, and a petition prepared and adopted, . which is now in course of signature.— Wills Paper. Government have it in contemplation to repeal -the PaWnbroking Act, and in every locality in Ireland to- substitute Loan Funds, by which the poor will be accom modated with sums from 2e. 6d, upwards.-1i rick Chronicle, THE BISHOPBRIDGE MURDER. For the purpose of comparing the facts elicited on the trial with the streernent made by Donlan himself, of the circumstances attending the railway murder, it may not be niinteresing to give the second and most important , declaration em•tted by that unliappy criminal. It will be remembered that it was distinctly brought out in evidence that Doolan secreted the poker about his dress on the morning of the murder—that Redding was provided with a piece of iron by Hickie, and that Doolan and Redding inflicted the " bating," while Hickie and others looked on. It was also distinctly proved that Doolan had spent more than three weeks in Greenock, in hiding, before proceed ing to Liverpool with " Smoker Byrnes," where he was apprehended. Although false in some particulars, the murderer's own account of this horrid affair may be read VS i: b interest. The declaration bas been slightly abridged. Declares that on the evening on which be was " sacked," or discharged, he went home to his lodgings, at Gray's, ie Auchinearn, as usual, and slept there th ‘t night with Campbell. Declares that he went home to Gray's by him self, and found the other lodgers there before him, v.z., Campbell, Cux, Hickie, Redding, and Kinnary. That one of them, and as declarant thinks, Redding, said that the new ganger would be the means of discharging the greater part of the workers at Crossbill, if he were allowed to continue. Declares that after this it was spoken of to give the ganger a good beating, but declarant cannot say Who proposed this, but they all agreed to it. That the four then came out of the room and sat down by the fire in the kitchen. That Hickie then lifted the kitchen poker, and, weighing it in his hand, said that it would be a right weapon to beat the ganger with. That at this time nothing had been said by him or the other three, who had been in the room, about best ir), the ganger in Hicki e ' s p resence , b u t it kai been spoke n of ' among the men at work generally, both that day and the day before, that it would be a right thing to give the ganger a beating, and declarant had himself heard the men at tne work speaking to this effect, but no one in par ticular named who was to give the beating. Declares that Cox got the poker from Hickie, and he, Cox, said that the poker would be "my darling" for beating the ganger. That Campbell then got the poker and said there was a flaw in it, and that it would break at the first blow, and he showed the flaw to them all. Declares that he and some of the others said it would do well enough, arid it was agreed that it should be used next morning for the purpose of beating the ganger. Declares that it was also agreed the same night, that he and Redding were to' give the ganger a good beating next morning; but de clarant adds, that, so far as ever he heard, there was not the least intention among any of them to kill the ganger ; and he bin self had no such intention any more than the child unborn. Loci rogated—Deelares, to the best of his recollec tion,when Hickie had the poker in his hand be lifted one end of it to his bead, and said that was the bestplace to strike a man, or words to that effect. Declares that he and Campbell called at Nowlands', and Cox came in, and Now lands was told that the ganger was to be brat in the morn ing. Declares that all the declarant recollects of Now lands saying, is, " Take care you don't kill him ;" and de clarant, or one of the others, said there was no fear of that. That after this he returned to his lodging and went to bed as usual, and was not up during tne night, but slept soundly. Declares that next morning he and his fellow- lodgers rose about the usual hour, and had breakfast. That after breakfast they all went cut together, but before going out Cox lifted the poker, which was at the kitchen fire, and put it up under his slop, which he wore over his trousers and shirt. Declares that he that morning worn an old linen slop, which was put in, like his shirt, under his trousers, and Le wore a waistcoat over it, end it was but- toned at the wrist, so that he could not have concealed the poker under his slop. Declares that it was agreed after breakfast, between Cox and him, that Cox was to bring the poker under his slop, and Cox offered to do this of his own accord. That declarant did not see Cox lift and conceal the poker, but after coining out, and when they had crossed one field, and were crossing the second one, where a pump is sunk, Cox took the poker from under his slop, and grave it to the declarant, and then told him he had brought it out, under his slop, as had been agreed on. That Cox also carried the shovel with which he wrought. Declares that after going on a little farther, Campteli offered to give declarant his Scotch bonnet as a disguise, and declarant agreed to take it, and gave Campbell his black bat, which declarant wore when he left his lodgings, and he had made no exchange with Campbell before this. Alter some other statements the convict says after this the four went on the bridge. On the bridge he was mil carrying the poker under his slop. Declares that de clarant leant over the rail of the bridge, considering what he should best do, and some other labourers came on the bridge. That he at this time heard Mr. Rooney's voice towards the smithy, and being afraid that Mr. Rooney would know him he came off the bridge by the end next Auchinearn, and stood four or five yards from it. Declares that when stand ing as stated, three or four yards from the bridge, he heard some one on the bridge say " here he is," and the other labourers who were upon the bridge immediately separated and left the bridge, towards the smithy, with the exception of Redding, Hickie, and Cox. That the deceased man, by which he means the ganger, then came along the bridge, and made some observations on the weather, upon which Hickie struck him with the poker, at least he supposes it was the poker, on the right side of his head, and the ganger staggered towards the paling, and his hat fell off, and he shouted " murder; murder," three or four times. That Redding then struck him, and be fell. That at this time he he ;rd Mr. Rooney cry " murder, murder," towards the smithy, and be retired sixteen or eighteen yards farther from the bridge. That he then looked round and saw one of them beat ing the ganger, and the other jumping upon him, but he was by this time too far off to be able to say whether it eras Redding or Hickie who was on the ganger's body. Declares that Hickie was the first who left the ganger, and he came off the bridge by the end next Auchinearn, and ran towards the left, and turned down into the gullet to his work. That immediately afterwards Redding left the ganger and came straight to where the declarant was standing, and told declarant that the man he had beat would na be able to gang over the men in a hurry again, as he (Redding) had given bim a good beating. Declares that Redding also said, " By God, I have taken his watch also;" and he put his hand down his breast and pulled out a watch, which he showed declar ant, but the declarant cannot say whether it was a silver watch or not. The tic clarant, on seeing it, said, this will lead to a bad conse quence, and it will all be laid down on me." Declarant after this went also to the right and to the hedge which runs from the blacksmith's house to the railway, and he there met George Black, one of the labourers, whom be asked to tell Campbell to come and speak to him, and iu two or three minutes Campbell came and gave declarant back his hat, and declarant returned the Scotch bonnet to Campbell, which declarant had worn up to this time from the time he had got it from Campbell. Declares that after leaving Campbell, and considering what was best to be done, declarant thought that if he went to Port Glasgow he would probable be apprehended there, as be knew he would be suspected of has, kg heat the gauger, because he had been discharged the night before, and he therefore determined to go into Edinburgh by the way of Kirkintilloch; that he accordingly walked to Edinburgh that day passing by Kirkintilloch, and did not stop any where on the way ; that he slept one night in Edinburgh, hut as he never had been there befcre, he does not know the name of the street where he lodged, and he did not inquire the name of the people. That on the Friday morn ing he left Edinburgh for England. That he cannot tell where he slept on the Friday bight. That the first town he came to in England that he can name, is Newcastle, and as he was in no particular hurry, he spent nearly three weeks in going from Edinburgh to Newcastle ; but he cannot mention the name of any place through which he passed on the way, nor the name of any person in whose house he slept ; that he only staid one night in Newcastle, and then went on to Wakefield, and from Wakefi ld to Manchester, and from Manchester to Liverpool; but he cannot say what time he took to go from Newcastle to Liverpool. That he got lodgings in Liverpool, but he had never teen the people with whom he lodged before, and he does not know their name. That he was only a few days in the lodging when he was apprehended. De clares that hewas nut in .Greenock from the time the ganger was beat till the time of his apprehension. De clares that he never heard or knew that any reward had been offered for his apprehension, till two days before it took place, and he was then told by a person he met in the streets of Liverpool that a reward had been offered, but he did not believe it. And all this he declares to be r truth. INVERNESS, APRIL 28.—There was severe frost last week in many of our Highland districts. The Cairngorm nionntains are completely white with snow. The frost will be injurious to the progress of vegetation, A nd indeed there has been no advance of vegetation since the commencement of the present month, which has been generally wet and cold. Agricultural operations have, however, gone on uninterruptedly ; the oat sowing was completed about the end of last month, and by the end of April the iiarley will be all sown, and the potatoes planted. Tht: rains seem to have counteracted the bad effects of the fe u. st and wind, fur the braird and young grasses, though cb,:eked in their growth, still look healthy. The gardens have . suffered from the severe weather. So far as the prospects of the sportsman are concerned (and this is an important item in Highland statistics) the gamekeepers say, that the frost will 4 t:urt the broods of ptarmigan on the high hills, but will rh: t diminish the grouse. Th e practice of moor burning, w b i ,:h is carried on judiciously gr ,..:atest drawback to th e by some proprietors, is the on d e ,,,t says that in Bade. abundance of game. A corresp noch the sowing of oats has been comphh.ed fully a month earlier than usual. The lambing season ha,' been bighlY favourable. COMMERCIAL STEAM-PACKET COMP- I NY. —On Monday a special meeting of the Commercial Stea;n packet Company was held at the London Tavern, Charles Bleaden, Esq., in the chair. We have never seen a larger assemblage of shareholders present upon a similar occasion, or greater unanimity than prevailed at the meeting. To men tion the particulars is utterly unnecessary ; suffice it to . e i :._Y that the greatest harmony prevailed amongst the sliateholdp_il and that it was finally determined, for insuring the e4mr s. , success of the Company, that the shares should be ar ' s. in the instead of 5/. already paid. The Com highest order of equipment, and there can be ' lo be realised by the present season a large sum of money will the proprietors. • Frances Fur- Westminster, on CORONERS 1 NQUEST.—MPoll::::::lisoeun.bitndgurian: al e k , i o n t g hes in bu T rs u t ttor t inquest was held at the Ormond's Charlotte Furneaux, aged sixteen_ that on Saturday morn ncaux, sister to the deceased, statreed mg last she and the deceased strect, when suddenly the upper part . bl • ' a had no combust' t sin her hand Cr about in flames. Decea.semitt. her dress, nor was there any one near who could have were o o f ut he w ; set her clothes on fire. Thom as Parry, of 1 N ci. 1 9 -, Chandos-street, coach-painter, was at work on the morning in quest i on, and cr hearin screa ms he looked ou t of the window and saw deceased in the street in flames . He and other persons from the neigh bouring houses rushed out and extinguished them by throwinm B, e round deceased. She was most dreadfully' carpets, ~burnt, and he instantly conveyed her to the Westminster Hospital. Th er e was no one near who could have set fire to h er clothing. She had on a black pinafore, but there was nothing at all re vtarkable about the other materials of her dress. The Jury returned a verdict of " Death by burning," there being no evidence to show how the combustion of deceased's apparel had originated. MORNING EDITION. t SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. THE HIPPODROME RACES. STENVAIMS.—The Duke of Beaufort and Hon. Capt. Rous. The Metropolitan Racing Season commerced yesterday at the Hippodrome, with a success which, if not so entire as could have been wished, proved that the spirit and liberality of the proprietor in completing an establish ment. combining air the characteristics of a legitimate meeting of the highest order, have not been thrown away. The assemblage ernbizeed nearly all the patrons of the turf now in town, and a very respectable show of car riage cmnpany and horsemen. The doubtful appearance of the sky, however, evidently had an effect on the attendance of fashionables, and the iacrea;e in the scale of charges for admission prevented anything" like a crowd of either horsemen or pedestrians. The wea'her agreeably disappointed the forebodings engendered by the heavy rain which fell on Monday and during the night, end which, while it laid the dust is the road for the visitors, made the ground so deep and sticky on the course, that the horses sank up to their fetlocks in many parts, and ware unable to go any thing like a racing pace; the " good-un's through dirt had all the best of it. In the Steward's Stand, we ob served the Marquis c f Titciifield, Lords Albemarle, A. Fitzelarenee, Worslev, and Maidstone ; Baron de Tessier ; Sirs F. Collier, B. Hall, and C. Cockerel' ; Honourable* H. Rous, G. Anson, G. Byng, H. Wellesley' ; Colonel Peel ; Messrs. Gardnor, Houldsworth, Hawker, W. Lcy, Greville, Payne, Etwal!, Dc \Vinton, P. Williams, &c. The arrangements ter keeping the course, weighing, sld tiling, starting, &c. were judicious and satisfactory, proving that the public may rely on the same observance here as at meetings of longer existence. and that they will not be exposed tc thra tr,fling, annoying delays and disarrange ments which have been the bane of so marry places within the home circuit. The strict punctuality with which the time of stoning was obaerved is deserving of especial praise, the more so that it is a virtue which has not been sufficiently estimated at Epsom and Ascot. Some parties interested in those meetings were on the ground, and as they have at all times shown a disposition to con sult the public convenience, we Irene no doubt that so com mendable an example will not be lost upon them. Having mentiuned in our paper of yesterday that a stand has been erected for the betting fraternity, refreshments, &c., we need only add that it was full to overflowing, and that bad it been double the size the proprietor would have had no reason to complain. We understand that it is in contemplation to build a Grand Stand, on a scale commensurate to the importance of the meeting, and the patronage bestowed upon it. The racing commenced precis sly at three o'clock with— The Bayswater Free Plate of 501. for 3 yrs old 7st, 4 yrs Bst 91b, 5 yrs and upwards Out; mares, &c., allowed 31bs. Mile heats. Mr. J. Day's ch c Marius, 3 yrs (Bartholomew) 0 1 1 Mr. Balchin's Aff,ctioe, 3 yrs 1 0 0 Mr. Stirling's Tne Pocket Viper. 3 yrs. 0 0 2 Captain Gardoor's Dismal Jemmy, 4 yrs Mr. Wade's br g Turncoat, 6 yra Lord Worsley's b c by Plenipo, out of Rose bud, 3 yrs _ .2 0 0 Mr. Roe'; ch fby Nonsense, out of Alda, 4 yrs 0 0 0 Mr. Booth's Russell Frost, 4 yrs 0 u dr. Sir C Ibbotson's The Black Knight, 3 yrs Capt. Green's gr m Miss Grey, aged Mr. Waine's Saracena, 3 yrs First Heat.—Betting 9 to 4 agst the Plenipo colt— won by three parts of a length. Second Heat-5 to '2 agst Affection—won cleverly. Third Heat—Even on Maritni—won cleverly. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, with 100 added, for Five yrs old, 6at 910; Four yrs, Bst 71b; Fve yrs, ; Six yrs and aged, gat 41b. Winners once this year, 31b ; twice, slb ; thrice, 71b, matches excepted. About two miles. (6 Subs.) Mr. J. Day's Tamburini, 5 yrs (Conolly) 1 Mr. Morris's Fat Ji,elt, aged 2 Mr. Kingston's Ruby, aged Mr Houldsworth's Hampton, 5 yrs 4 Betting-6 to 5 agst Tamburini, and sto 2 apt Ruby. Ruby made slow running all the way to the distance, where be was pas t e! by Tana:Laird and Fat Jack, who made a tolerable race home, Tamburini winning by a length. The Hyde Park Derby Stakes of 25 says. each, 10 ft, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 21b, with 200 added ; a mile and a half. 18 subs, 7of whom paid 10 sovs. each. Mr. Sadler's Protection. (Conolly) 1 Mr. Bristow's Sterne The following also started, but were not placed : Mr. Stirling's The Comptroller, Mr. Houldsworth's De lusive, Mr. Skerratt's Lydia, Mr. Skerra t's b. c. by Newton, d. by Mr. Lowe, Mr. Boast's Clarendon, and Captain Gardnor's fEthon. Betting-7 to 4 agat Protection, 7to 2 agst Sterne, 5 to . 1 agat Lydia, and 16 to 1 agst Clarendon. The lot went to the hill in going out, where Newton reached the front, and made play, followed by Sterne till they rounded the turn for the straight run in, when he shut up. Sterne and Lydia went on with the running, Protection waiting to the distance, where he went up, and after a short strug gle with the two, defeated them very cleverly by a clear length. Lydia made a capital race for second. The Notting Hill Stakes of 5 soy. each, with 50 added, for 3 yrs, 6st 121 b; 4 yrs, Bst 121 b ; 5 yrs, 9st 71b ; 6 yrs and aged 9st 121 b ; mares, &c. allowed 31bs. The winner to be sold for 3001. Mile and half. Ten subscribers. Mr. Morris's Fat Jack aged ("Marlow) 1 Mr. Bennett's Whisperer, 3 yrs The following also started, but were not placed: -Mr. Bradford's ch f Jessica, 3 yrs ; Mr. Lucas's gr f T aitresi, 3 yrs; Mr. Kling's Dahlia, 4 yrs; Mr. Connop' , Hasari, 5 yrs ; Mr. J. Day's Science, 5 y re; and Mr. borin'a Isabella. Betting.-2 to 1 agst Jessica, 3 to 1 agst Fat Jack, and 9 to 2 agst Science ; Jessica and Isabella land in front all they way to the turn, for the straight run ir, where Trai tress, who lost start, took the lead from them, and was fnl lowed by Whisperer and F'at Jack to the bottom, where she declined and Whisierer went Oil ; at the distance Fat Jack challenged him and they ran bead and head to the betting stand, where Fat Jack left him and passed the chair, a clever winner by rather more than a length. The others tailed off. DERBY BETTING DURING THE RACES. In the course of the afternoon Coronation was backel at 8 to 1, Van Amburgh at 10 to 1, Marshal Soult at 14 to 1, Rosalie at to 20 to 1, Mongolian at 40 to 1, and Marius at 1000 to 2 (1000 to 5 of erwards off,red). The list for Friday is not yet completed, but the races will commence at the same hour, and will consist of the same number of stakes, &c. CHESTER RACES-Y ESTERDAY. _ _ The Trial Stakes of 15 sots. each, with 50 added. Once round. Mr. Ore's Eee's Ving, aged . . (Cartwright) 1 Mr. Graydon's Roscius, 5 yrs 2 Lord Stanley's Nightshade, 3 yrs Mr. Price's Miss Tatt, 3 yrs, and Mr. Griffith's Lugwardine, were not placed. Won easy. The Produce Stakes of 50 soy. each. Two miles. Sir R. 13ulkeley's Cerito, 7st 11lb (Whitehouse) 1 11r. Mostyn's Peter the Great, Bst lib Sir T. Stanley's f, by Stumps, Blue Bell, 7st 111 b Won cleverly. The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sots., added to a Handicap of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared ; second saves his stake. From the Castle Pole, twice round. Lord Ali'town's ch m ; Cruiskeeu, aged, ist 9113. (Stagg) 1 Mr. Goodman's ch li, Bedford, 5 yrs, ist 31b ........... Mr. B. Collett's br h, The Dean, 5 yrs, Bst3lb Sir. Price's ch c, Tuley, 4 yrs, ist 31b The fullowing seventeen also started, but were not placed:— Mr. B. Collett's Tubadeain, 5 yrs—Colonel Cradock's Galli pot, 4 yrs—Major Hay's Retriever, 5 yrs—Sir Thomas Stan ley's Cowboy, aged—Lord Eglinton's Bellona, 6 yrs—Mr. Painter's Ernest the First, 5 yrs—Mr. Griffith's Lugwardine, aged—Mr. Worthington's Northenden, 6 yrs—Lord tatiley's Rodanthe, 4 yrs—Mr. W. H. Hornby's Champagne 4 yrs— Mr. J. Taylor's Margaret, 5 yrs—Mr. Graydon's Clinker, 5 vrs—Colonel P&el's I-am-not,aware, 6 yrs—Mr. Flintoff's Plover, 4 yrs—Air. W. Orde's Queen Bee—Mr. Griffith's Tupsley, 4 yrs—Mr. Graydon's Bussorah, 4 yrs. Betting 9 to 2 agst Queen Bee, 9 to 1 apt I-am.not-aware, 10 to 1 agst Gallipot, 10 to 1 agst Cowley, 11 to 1 agst Tubal cain, and 11 to 1 agst Rover. Won by a neck. Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, v,ith 50 added by the Pro. prietors of the Grand Stand, for horses that never won before the day of entry for the Plate. Heats; Two macs. (9 Subs.) Mr. Mostyn's bc, by Tulip, 3 yrs ...( Lye) 0 0 1 1 Mr. Palmer's br c Primus, 4 yrs, Sat 21b 0 1 2 2 Mr. F. Robbin's br c President, 3 yrs Col. Anson's ch f Miss Horewood, 3 yrs 020 dr Mr. Singleton's br c Autocrat, 3 yrs. Sit 2ib 2 0 0 dr Lord Stanley's b c Sophistry, 3 yrs, 6st 12115 0 dr INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. GORHAMBURY ' 1841. TUESDAY.—Acceptances for the Gorhambury Stakes ; Isaac, aged, 9st 71b ; Arctic, aged, 9st 311) ; Beciford, 5 vrs, Bst 61b ; Clinker, 5 yrs, Bst 31b; Chvinist, 6 Ir. 31011.1.1eu., 4 yrs, Bst ; .Pandey, 4 yrs, 6st tsciencem, ! , l s b t ;; Tpuirs, phortoi, 5 yrs, Bst; Lincoln, aged, 'ast ; Genius, 83 ; y 07: Taurus, out of Perfume' The Plover, 4 yrs, 7st 111!) ; 4 yrs, 7st ; Revoke, 5 yrs, 7st 41b; Theare,, 41b; Turncoat, ti vrs, 7st ; Brocard uutc dary, 4 vrs, 7st ; Hellespont, 4 yrs, 65 t. 81b ; Grashopper, 4 yis, tilt 71b; Illndsol , 3 yrs, 121 b • Hampton, 3 yrs, sst 61b ; and by 3 yrs, sst Sib. _ Now i n ations for tEe London Handles --- HIPPODROME SECOND MEETING. we i g ht to be declar e d on T nesday week .. 1 5 ft, and only 5 if de c l are d on or berme yrs ; T urneost , 6 yes; 1 of 3 ‘ o l 7 E s D o N v E F . S I each,. CoJeckratc. Hampton, 3 Pantcy, 4 yr4;rlveer' J Dromedary, , • rs ; Ce e il, a c, 4 yrs; Whis the 25th inst., the weight 3r,,,s ; Birds, 3 yrE ;Jenny percr, 3 Yrs ;Benjamin, 4 yrs Jones, 5 3 11 ;. ma, 6 yrs . s ...;. l iro• to Plenipotentiary, 5 3rs• Be ll ' s ' J ' Specimen, 5 yrs ; Mulciber, 4 ' k filly, 4 yrs ; Fitzr yrs t Mi l ' A k °I , 4 yrs ; Vapour, 4 yrs; i-sai-or-'" `-', 6 yrs; Palmyra, 3 yes; Ruby, aged 1,, r ieus, 4 yrs; Nicholas, 4 yrs; Io 5 y rs; A , ctie, aged; Hu mility, 3 yrs; Pluto, 5 yrs . ; The ' Carrier , syrs; Wel f,;,e, 4 yrs; Chysiii.t, 6 yrs ; Carlos, 4 1.1',... a 4 . 4 ion , yrs ; The Witch of Worey_hiii . 3 'oir ; 11 yrs ; en:, yrs ; Bro. to Pnzcilower, 5 yr& ; and Isaac of York, 4 yre. NEWMARKET S.ECOND OCTOBER MEET. ING, 1841. --MONDAY. Colonel Peel's Camoleon, Bst 51b, agst Lord Exeter's Cesarewitch, 7n 91b. D..M. 200 h ft. Mr. W. S. Stanley's Flambeau, Bst 121 b agst Lord Lichfield's The Corsair, Bst. A. F. 290, h ft. Duke of Bedford's John O'Gaunt, Bst 71b aget Lord Exeter's Ab‘dos, eat llb. D.M. 200, h ft. NO MAN'S LAND RACES, IB4l.—(Tuts DAY.) Ile No Alan's Land Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 20 addel Heats, once round and a distance. Mr. Kinc , ston's Appleton Lass , 5 yr' , B st 91 b — Mr. C. Hornsby's 'Wh a l e bone, aged, Eist 111b—Mr. Wickham's Primus, 6 yrs, 93t—and Mr. Jenkitfa Doncaster, aged, 9st. Tte Whesthanipstead Stakes of 3 sovs. each, Bc. Heats„ once round and a distance. Mr. Wiekbam'; The Howdy, Mr. Cobham's Blue Ruin, Mr. Smyth's Jim Crow, Mr. Nightingale's Aggravator, Mr. J en ki ns ' Kste Kearney, and Mr. Scott's Anion. The Hurdle Racs Stokes of 5 sous. each, &c. ; list 71b each. Heats. • - Mr. Cook's Winchester, Mr. Pettifer's White Stockings, Mr. Pilgrim's Morgiana, Mr. Scott's The Moor, Mr. Horneby's Whalebone, and Mr. Edwards Chance. I r ;e