The Sun. — London, England, 1842-06-10 00:00:00

Itlis, 511,6 10134 }i 9b 77 1521 WO% A IN Ii ,t)ttbitt eptitton. " Who runs may read." • _, • " I Rgi ol G . ""4. • • ''',.. I - 6 - ; 84 ~2~ • i' l4 - 4 all t i 7,4 '4, FOR.E:EGN. ap i t i s lt i :l4 the leading articles of the Paris Journals are on the lot, res e , u 'eg elections; generally speaking, they are without os t h e 'is, There is a short notice in the Debats of the article that Jo urnal Francais on the policy of M. liuizot, in which the head attempted to show that M. Guizot's presence at Th e rd of affairs was rather calculated for war than peace. to see t c k bets congratulates the Courrier on its sudden anxiety Pro o f th "" Peace of the world preserved, and regards it as a th e L uat the organs of the Opposition are not of opinion that si eci arliour for war will do much good for their party at the led ; but it does not think the electors will be easily.nais og Courrier into a belief that M. Guizot's remaining oußlitee w ould endanger the repose of Europe, and that he t Th e be replaced by M. Thiers as the type of peace. le P s Co mmerce again notices thedeficit of the public treasury 2 lace toi‘ , It reminds the electors that this deficit amounts to ears h ir ,,! , 1 35 millions, and that the expenditure of the ordi. "ail' uget for 1842 exceeds the estimated receipts by 116 t e.el e ni t * The Comme r ce asks the electors whether they will e reen who contributed by their votes to such a result . ? !We, L o r a n, ea Messenger of Tuesday contains the following 'es e Paragraph :—" As some of our Paris Contempora- Ile ti rtinue to draw inferences from the alleged fact of the Lulalisirabassador having called upon M. Guizot for an ex tess,,,e_ on the course the French Cabinet would pursue . in ereQ„ e t eee of the vote on M. Lacrosse's motion for an in- Ne e h "I the French naval force, we think it right to state, ttiis, we do ha the most positive terms, that no such represen tetally „ as ,that alluded to ever took place. The assertion is The .I,tetinded." "En i te laes in an article on the relations between France ?lite r t e 'nde expresses its conviction that there is no danger latie kte tween the two countries, but that the prospect of an Platte, lentollen is more distant than ever. It seems to place its Llalis e th pon the desire of England to remain at peace with ;the on her own isolation in Europe; for, according j,,te r s:eeEngland is really in a state of isolation, not only ~,,11tt i :.erance, but also as respects the Continent, particu eats o rei, which our Contemporary describes as the real dish Zngland, her interests being diametrically opposed to De e s , "`eiests. - — e fietb,nated on the Paris Bourse, on Tuesday, that Baron ee„s7ild had declined to avail himself of the late ordi -1 by the Minister of Finance, permitting the con u7tol.;'l, the last loan of 150 000 000 f. to hold over the pay- % 0 ,1 4 Instalment still due, ' but had paid into the Treasury t of the monthly instalment due on the 12th instant, t. 9 14 t n n " 0 0 0 f the herses to the King of the French's carriage th. -A 11e,,k.." b e Saturday in the avenue of St. Cloud, and the pole rete. 4 by the shock. Notwithstanding the steepness of I,,"iei tele pointusl where the accdient occurred, the horses syl? e t antane oy stopped and held in without further -l i g done. An easier approach to the Chateau of St. th s 'ae i s ) , 3 ew in the course of construction. ehautl i tnatee - of Finance, whose re-election as Member of ettee e , 1 7r of Deputies was rendered necessary by his ac el Of office, has just been returned to the Chamber by ` 1 14, - "' rat college of Mirande by 250 votes, out of the total . 41 - the college, 266. 1,„„ PARLIAMENTARY. n4e met, but transacted no bus.ness of importance. Mous did not make a House. e is T 4i ke J• PURL= OPINION. hi. Ikt/rid animadverts as follows on Mr. Ferrand's recent iti lt t he House of Commons :—" The scene which took ts l e i s e House of 'Commons on Tuesday night was discre • s u r e Pther sid e .. The good sense of that assembly ought -1,7,1ent to check a t once an y t en d enc y t o i n dulge in li e --"`"),_rera; until it is the H o u s e c anno t anticipate much el - %;`Peets Mr. M. F ors t er , one of the few Hon. Mem kele f,, n a PPeared to be sensible of the disgi ace with which l ed th tea are attended, warned the House that it had not t hat sh ee r to lose; and that a repetition of the scene it 1 1 7 1 r e d was the easiest mode of getting rid of the little kete,Le,!aained. Mr. Ferrand is certainly no great acquisi t•ittteeC!luuse of Commons ; he is oftentimes in possession of b. hi g h : s _DY the judicious use of which other men would die ,r.":einselves, and benefit the country ; but he ap- C,:‘,- e n ,„ l ..'e incapabl e o f r i s i ng a b ove o ff ens i ve persona litie s , s,'"Jt Zaps so to speak the truth as to bring con_ k r "' ge discredit n it. M Ferrand has more- , ,;•r.,ee the deepest offence to r. the noisiest, most vul tlitt ael f • d isorderly secti on o f the House—the Whig-Radi o aeturers and no sooner does he rise to speak than s yte s t s '"enence to yell. On Tuesday Mr. Ferrand merely re lh i i re lnalk which had been made to him as to the conduct .4 ,14, - . 9 )ering in Switzerland—the truth of which every man st u rs,e.ad the ' learned Theban's' Reports on the commer e pesPes of that or any other aountry he has visited at r 40, cost will a t once recognise—than he was the butt of Cres pd 'Llli fury of these wild men of Lancashire. Had Mr. 2. the „ tr",. en - up his authority, he would have been unworthy f" e n, ee of any gentleman; had he withdrawn or apolo liur Aix statement, he would have sacrificed the truth. llit t i se °_ We blame. Mr. Ferrand ; the remark was, in the first wkailly.nncalled for ; it resulted from nothing that • W• e'eeded s, it ; it was apropos des bottes ; and worse than all, ek ° ,ltedes foregone conclusion' to attack Dr. Bowring per- ' , einite observes, in reference to the proceedings of the V ta ' tiesteral Assembly Having entertained no high tionsof.- any prudent or pacific measures from the It Zeh General Assembly at this time, we feel the less disap 15ent at-the results of th e i r d e lib erat i ons. B ut we were 4- prepared for the e x t ravagant pretens i ons wh i ch they Ik'kadeasided, or the extrem e p ains w hi c h t h ey h ave taken to Tit exertions of the friend s of th e E s t a bli s h ment, an d to 1 4s , the malevolen ce o f it s enem i es. If t h e resolutions of S it "betel • Assembly are to be viewed as fair exponents of 41 N s Mersa feeling of the clergy, or of th e l a y c h urc h men o f % t ule w e should despair or at least very greatly despond N l4 4r babl a . • • , e a justment of the existing disputes. The tb„,. , ha s :n substance declared that the main cause' of .IseCdt's difficulties is one of which the removal is not to a k tk etse; . ; . frs The great source of the ev il i s sa id t o b e th e 104.1_ patronage, the abolition of which i s i n d ee d for tiek4erededs and is likely to be attain e d a b ou t th e same with the abolition of primogeniture. In such cir se.* eL". It seems useless to attempt a mere palliative treat bp R' the disease is incurable, and where the relief s t a. • re, t op ilsik [srlOt compensate the trouble of the operation. So k;:litee„,.l sage exists, the main cause' of the mischief must „"ath:°l6‘latisral effects; and so long as a majority of the 4a t :_ ll l - e her condition to that cause, they will probably tlig . verify their own diagnosis by keeping the pa e .4 1sr lY and as feverish as ever." e1a14 . 1 11-:—" It is really high time that a peremptory elhs• %he t be the to the vexatious and most uncoastitu- Ne after „. 4 1 Ple clique in the House of Commons who, Il• sts ois ' l fot, are gratifying their personalpique, or venting k t as d at animosities, by gravely moving, on the most M k hiee. t4 ounded pretences, for the suspension of the elec of one constituency after another. Whilst Sir t ie , o w Lord John Russell are avowing their deli /lielAtsie-leand n as t o t h e i ncrease d e ffi c i ency o f C omm i ttees o f • te,, q Commons as a tribunal for the determination of ' 4 14 4 lyres, the Hou,e itself is as assiduously occupied in k ttor eclaring the decisions of such Committees to be ; I r. se et ,Y, and incomplete; and in handing their reports 'tea eel k, " Commissions for more thorough investigation ! fork has a l ready got some f i ve or seven suc h ver di cts th, be s ay a fresh t r i a l— t h e case o f S out h ampton i s i n some sh, t a g gentlem an ' s h an d s , un d ergo i ng a s i m il ar pro ti,ght th a t unta i nte d an d immaculate champion of s.theAssi . Connell, has a motion for suspending the en it N t tlt a fresh inquiry can be instituted into the facts, L ' i r, 414. 1 7 44 mi has been pronounced by a Committee chosen "4 ale s etenaintroduced by Sir R. Peel, and applauded by Ith e "%sell Where,' we would ask, in sober earnest to - le re • th t eu this to end ?' t be is from • .he Chronicle We cannot advert %!ti l 4 )a liei "., t e-for regulating colliery labour, proposed by Lord 4,l.4ite er 'ke_ . • - Pr . ogress of which we shall . watch with the 05.% t% those first adding our tribute of heartfelt sitisL e les l ,i,ose which have already greeted his beneficent s,,,ale'"se4s` he Bill strikes at once at the four great points 10e: s t eig, e _toployment of females in mines; the early age I,,tse.f%;:f tilting have been put to underground labour ; the the young with the working of machinery a t • -e lite:goat careful attention as well as physical strength accidentsto life and limb ; and the bar e% 41 40 . o.. apprenticing pauper children, l for along T t i e le r s m e 7k1 ,1 %; 1 7 1 1: 11: Ittin wretchedness, brutal,coess, anddemoralization, irresponsible e masters.andcruelty, the iii , s i . t* stop immediately in their . operat ion. And the P p i St e ,. q iio . ; l l ,MV the measure was introduced by Lord Ashley ii i iil i eer e ",.are in the praise due to it on its own account. 0 sickly sentimentalities, useless eriminations, :Neal clap-traps. The startling and impres tltii Ith ete „.._aimply stated and lucidly arranged. Each . ietly tovi7lble abuse and suffering—not told rhetoric k'l % it ts P , either for the House or the public, but s': 4 l4 l ,r_it given in evidence—was made to bear upon S . ,,, t dos eeeessity of the projected remedy. In the thei7tYs we say, blessings on the man by whom this 00 4 1 iss ki "ene se well. The laurels of party are vile and "ttLehi e e a red with the wreath due to this generous en , - `eas s ,, s ':We trust r will be as successfully accomplished as Val It Piel e'esly commenced." 01 1)411 tit'llr'-TE.B.DE—C 0 MMERC E E. §t h id k ;l'ittit: . ,. l Director to the East India Company, in the ,te l 7ats, d4L 'elonel Agnew, took place on Wednesday. The 'ee' ts nernbers at the elose were Mac •ee% Is 75 . t it lb - * Major James Oliphant, 782 ; 1. Clarmo t t tl C 4 ° 11.46 1 1 . - 41 b • th Brit —li North America held Its annual meeting Otu e tis 4 l44 on Tuesday, when it appeared from the Re %CZ 1_, 44 3- of the Bank was 15,000/., and the paid- V i fd it e 44447 builder ' s' Benevolent Institution held its meeting t tall t ahee t it i t „,,the Music -hall, Store-street. It appears that "" Person s connected with the trade at present. % se ks k, donations were announced. k ha n ' E 11 • 43 CCTXONEERTING. tis t as uterson Tennent, Wm. G. Johnsen, and D. R. le k kie so% ,, 'h i " 1 41 " _eed themselves as candidates for the repro e 2;st r ; 4 l t its soon as the new writ is issued. I kt itt ainasi 140 IMPROVEMENTS. QOp t ,..qOph on of the children of the City of London Na- 01 4 7. t h „Tk on Wednesday, at the Mansion House. s s lle re I se e !nere are now about 800 children, who are edu- I 4 , 0 hoo ts in White -street, Moorfields ; Shoe-lane, I• se," Old Fish -street Doctors-commons; a fourth "I l e :Plated in Aldgate, or Whitechapel. 1 'ger -‘eetvell w azn) POLICE. b Aftn Wednesday, a bricklayer named Vergo kilt , • at h. J. Bardon, of Islington, with stopping le t ‘l4 arlt Igilw aYs with • resisted wh an intent to commit a robbery. The ilriththee'l Prisoner when a struggle took place, and on . the ismer was arrested. The Magistrate penalty of 40s, and two of his comrades i‘ t tei,,. ti les ss,' f or atte Ikclrl Nre"„,,, a , te Jl e s a mpriivuantge in r t e h s e cu ß e Oyal Artillery, was coin ' P rue :_ , h s to take his trial at the Central Criminal ltba"'"ln2' a Young Woman to whom he had promised • " Zkts.. 4'l ° 4l(* t of the Croydon Magistrates on Monday, the kr ltss theuer was made as to the liability of the build eip e . Croydon Literary and Scientific Institution tts he Bench decided that it was subject to the rate, ‘e l le,At".;:,.eeueancy of those to whom it belonged. 'lt w ttel e of•ttaaY AND SCIENTIFIC e Thames;tunnel, 1,172 feet in lenth is now opened soon as the staircase on the Wapieng side is ‘t il f:, 4 thi s as a public thoroughfare. The i " " It uri, great work has been accomplished contains 150 t h e attlay cost 10,000/. ; it i s to be sold by Messrs. lh °N. th eeleisrated pianist gave a grand concert at St. Pe- t ile 22d ult , so fo ro r ' t o ti f e benefit of the city of Hain okh'llls:' Produced a . 40,000 rubles or francs. sot s - 'lt, THEATRICAL. t li,4oady Francis Egerton had another theatrical re th u Wednesda ynight. Madlle. Rachel was among the e guests. N4b e a ,/ s eext Jerrold's popular comedy o f B u bb les of the 414. ought out at the Haymar ket, Farren and Mrs. f; heir original characters. lc, h ie itieesyte will commence a short engagement next , h ie e et. Iwurk will make her first appearance for the season at the Queen's Theatre to-night, in the character of Camille, in Les ',cruces of Corneille. trin." As IT X 0 N ;s3 LE. The Duke of Wellington left town on Wednesday for Wind sor Castle, nn a visit to her Majesty. The Duchess of Buccleuch's morning parties commence at Montagu House on Thursday next, from three to seven o'clock, The grand pavilion next the Thames has been rebuilt. The Lord PI esident and Lady Wharneliffe arrived in town on Wednesday from Windsor Castle. A matrimonial alliance is about to take place between the Earl of Desart and one of the daughters of the Earl of Cawdor. The Earl and Countess of Cadogan have taken Beach Grove Cottage, Sunning Hill, during the Ascot races. The Marquis of Conyngham and family arrived early last week at Kingston, from Slaves Castle, on their way to Cowes. Lord and Lady Southampton have arrived at Paris from Bourdeaux. The Earl of Cardigan had a dinner party on Monday in Portman-square. MISCELLANEOUS. Malmaison, the once favourite residence of the Empress Jo sephine, has been purchased by Queen Christina of Spain for her residence. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Royal Visitors and Suite, left the Castle at half-past twelve o'clock this day for Ascot Race Course. The Royal Procession quitted Windsor in the following order : First Carriage--Her Majesty and Prince Albert, and the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen. Second Carriage—The Duchess of Kent, the Mistress of the Robes, Count Mensdorf, and the Master of the Horse. Third Carriage—The Duchesses of Beaufort mid Sutherland, the Duke of Wellington and the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Meiningen. Fourth Carriage—The Lady in Waiting, the Marehioaess of Exeter, Count H. Mensdorf, Duke of Brunswick. Fifth Carriage—Lady Stanley, Countess of Rosslyn, Count A. Mensdorf, and the Duke of Sutherland. Sixth Carriage—Lady A. M. Dawson, Madame de Kass, Counts Alexander. and Arthur Mensdorf. Seventh Carriage—Hon. Mrs. G. E. Anson, the two Maids of Honour, and the Marquis of Exeter. Eighth Carriage—Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, and Lord Stanley. Ninth Carriage—The Lord in Waiting, Lord George Lennox, Sir George Cooper, Bart., and the Gentleman in Waiting on the Duke of Saxe Meiningen. The Royal Cortege retnrned in the same State to the Castle about four o'clock. Sir Robert and Lady Peel left the Castle this forenoon. Her Majesty has a large dinner party this evening. The company will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen, his Excellency Count Mensdorf, the Counts Hugh, Alphonse, Alexander, and Arthur Mensdorf, the Duchess of Buccleuch, Countess of Dunmore, Lady A. M. Dawson, the Maids of Honour ; Baroness Lezhen, Duke of Rutland, Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, Duke of Wellington, Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Marquis of Exeter, Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, Marquis of Aylesbury, Mar quis of Worcester, Marquis of Isiormanby, Marquis of Blandford, Earl of Liverpool, Earl Delawarr, Earl of Jer sey, Earl of Aberdeen, Earl and Countess of Wilton, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl of Dunmore, Earl of March, Count and Countess Creptowich, Lord and Lady Stanley, Earl and Countess of Rossiya, Earl of Cardigan, Earl and Countess of Kinnoull, Lord George Lennox, Lord Seaham. Lord Cantilupe, Lord Macdonald, Lord Cur zon, Lord Leveson, Lord and Lady C. Fitzroy, Lord and Lady Haddo, Lord and Lady Loftus, Colonel George and Mrs. Anson, Hon. J. Macdonald, Sir Massey Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt, Mr. and Mrs. J. Stanley, Hon. Mrs. and Misi Caulfield, Major-General and Lady Isabella Wemyss, Mr. Wemyss, Sir T. Arbuthnot, Sir J. Shelley, Mr. and Lady C. Townely, Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Arbuthnot, Colonel Bouverie, Colonel Reid, the Dean of Windsor, the Provost of Eton, Doctor Hawtrey, Reverend D. Markham, Mr. Standish, Mr. and Mrs. Greenfield, Mr. Hop wood, Colonel Fergusson, Captain Williams, Major Draught, Mr. H. Baring, Mr. Errington, Mr. Corkran, Messrs. Fred., Francis, and George Cavendish, Mr. W. Cavendish, Mr. Cole, Baron Stockmar, Sir George Courier, Bart., Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. George Edward Anson, Madame de Kaas. The following Ladies will have the honour of joining the evening party :—The Dowager Countess of Sefton and the Ladies Molyneux, Mrs. and Miss Whitbread, and Miss Crutchley. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Gloucester and the Duke of Cambridge left town yesterday morning for the resi dence of the Royal Duchess in Bagshot Park. Their Royal Highnesses partook of a dejeune, and in the evening returned to Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Somerset and Baron Knesebeck, left town yesterday morning for the Ascot Races. Their Royal Highnesses returned to Cambridge House in the evening. Their Serene Highnesses the Duchess Ida and the Prin cesses of Saxe 'Weimar took an airing yesterday in an open carriage. _ _ _ Sir 'Robert and Lady Peel arrived in town yesterday morn ing from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. Viscount Kelburne, M. P., Mr. James Duff, M.P., Right Hon. Sir W. Rae, M.P., Mr. Campbell, M.P., Mr. John Irving, M.P., and a Deputation of Scotch Members of Par liament, had on interview with Sir Robert Peel, yesterday afternoon, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Governor of the Bank of England had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in Downing-street, yesterday. MR. HUME AND THE MORNING CHRONICLE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—My gencral regard for the persons and the po litics of the Whig party have naturally induced me to preserve a forgiving silence as to their mistakes. But advantage must not be taken of such forbearance. I confess it is somewhat too much for human patience to find the most fatal, the most irreparable, errors of the late Administration made a subject of boast, and put forward as a claim to public approval. Mr. Hume, in his speech on the Income-tax, stated that Lord Palmer ston had been the evil genius of the late Administration, and made a reference to the Syrian war, as one of the causes of the financial difficulties, and of the consequent downfall of the Whig party. Of the folly of that war— of the utter and hopeless failure of its object—of the in jury done by it to Syria, to Turkey, to Egypt, to our most important alliances, to our dearest interests—l really believed there were not now two opinions. As the mischief had been done, and one irreparable to Britain and to the devoted country of Syria, I should have beeen satisfied that it should have been repented of, and forgotten. This, however, is not it seems, the intention of some of the more indiscreet of Lord Palmerston's friends. A fierce diatribe against Mr. flume has found its way into the columns of the Morning Chronicle of the 2d inst.—the Morning Chro nicle, which indeed has always been the loudest panegy rist of his Lordship when he was most amenable to cen sure, and most distrusted by his own friends. Yet, if the controversy is to be revived, I would advise the Chronick to be more guarded.of its applauses and its vituperations. Men, women,. and children, by thousands and tens of thousands, were sacrificed in Syria and the Holy Land, in the wanton and wicked attempt to establish Ottoman dominion in Syria and the Holy Land. Universal anarchy and bloodshed have followed our successes—the very victors blush for their victories, and are the first to acknow ledge that tour interference has not been a blessing, but a curse to Syria. And what are now the prospects ? New butcheries—more horrors to restore the power of Mehemet Ali in the dominions we, in our infatuation, insisted on wresting from him. The Porte has already made overtures to the Pacha, and has called on him fi:r assistance to re-establish order in regions distracted by disorders and civil wars. In violation of treaties Syria was invaded by the Porte ; Lord Pousonby sanctioned, encouraged, recompensed the violation. The Conven tion of Kutayah was trampled on, and our fleets and armies were sent to aid the perfidy. We armed the mountaineers—we cajoled the Sheikhs—we made fine promises to the people : and the upshot of all is the direst confusion—our commerce destroyed—our Repre sentatives insulted—our influence laughed to scorn. We have put the feet of the Musselman on the necks of the Christian ; a cruel renegade is the ruler of Mount Lebanon, against whose misdeeds we protest, and he whose removal we plead in vain. It is not my wish to complete the picture, but I entreat the Chronicle to be on its guard. Ere the Syrian war was embarked on, Mr. Hume lifted up his warning voice. How happy would it have been had that voice been heard.—l have the honour to remain, &c., ARISTIDES. Reform Club, June 9, 1842. CAUTION. TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN. Sin—Thinking the following specimen of Christian liberality and good sense (especially as exhibited so near the metropolis as Highgate,) would surprise, amuse, and instruct, your readers, I am induced to take out my pencil, and copy it verbatim et literatim, as affixed by the road-side in the form of a placard, with the friendly " CAUTION" so large that those " who run may read," and posted generally throughout the village and neigh bourhood ; and who knows but by your giving it pub licity, the aim of its enlightened author may be more ex tensively forwarded ; unless, indeed (as in my own case), people will be so perverse as to think for them selves, and act in direct opposition to the " Caution" so generously given, for the sight of this placard it was which first led me to the said anathematized place, and where I shall now with my family, probably con tinue to attend. Such results so produced may be considered at " untoward" exceptions to the the author's anticipations and intentions, although the sequel may prove an illustration of ancient experience, that the more the people were persecuted "the more they multiplied." AN ENEMY TO INTOLERANCE. [Copy of Placard.] INDEPENDENT CHAPEL, miscalled CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. CAUTION. All persons who wish well to the Holy Apostolical Church of Christ, as now by the merciful providence of God by law established, are WARNED against being led away by novelty to the above chapel, and thus countenance a system which rests upon no proper au thority, but tends to foment divisions among Christians, contrary to the Apostolical exortation.-1 Cor. i. 10. PITILALITLTS. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. PARIS, JUNE 8. Accounts from Madrid reach to the Ist, by the regu lar mail. The Regent had sent Zurbano to Catalonia, thereby showing his determination to act with severity in the event of disturbances in that quarter. The Cure Minos Tome, and others mischievously disposed, had been sent to Seu d'Urgel. Filip, with his band, was in Lampourdan. News by extraordinary express from Barcelona of the 4th inst., states that everything was quiet, and that the French ship of war which had been ordered to reinforce that station had returned to Toulon. On the 31st of May the Regent had issued an order for the payment of a whole month's arrears of salary due to the different employes. The Alioniteur of last night published the followin Telegraphi c ann o u ncement from Madrid, of the 4th instant : " .Nothing yet settl e d as regards the Ministerial crisis. Redd was expected on the 5th.".: SUICIDE OF LORD CONGLETON. re! Con-,.; fete', (cormcrly. ISir Henry Parnell) put a period to his existence on Wed nesday night, at his residence, in Cadogau-place, by hanging himself with a handkerchief. No authentic par ticulars of this melancholy event have as yet transpired. The deceased Henry Brooke (Lord Congleton), who was raised to that dignity by the Melbourne Ministry in 1841, was the second son of Sir John Parnell, Bart., by the second daughter and coheir of the Right Hon. Sir Arthur Brooke, Bart. He was born in 1776, and was consequently sixty-six years of age. He married in 1801 the eldest daughter of the first Earl of Portarlington, by whom he has left a son, the Hon. John Parnell (now Lord Congleton), and five other children. His late Lordship succeeded his eldest brother in the baro netcy in 1812. He was Chairman of the Finance Committee in IS2B. In 1833 he was appointed a Member of the-Excise Inquiry Commission, and filled the post of Secretary at War in 1831. In April, 1835, he was ap pointed Paymaster-General of the Forces, and Treasurer of the Ordnance and the Navy, which offices he con tinued to hold until June, 1841. He represented Queen's County in Parliament from 1803 to 1832, and Dundee from the latter period till 1841. His Lordship was author of a well-known work on Financial Reform, and of a great number of pamphlets on currency and bank ing ; also of a work upon roads and road-making. His Lordship was a descendant of Parnell, Archdeacon of Clogher, author of the admired poem of " The Hermit." It appears that the unfortunate Nobleman had for some time past been in a low, desponding state of mind, and had in consequence been under medical treatment ; but the causes of his mental depression were supposed to be purely physical, for it did not appear that there existed any others which could account fir his dejection ; and as his Lordship continued to take his regular exercise, and observe his accustomed- hours and habits—which were remarkable for their punctual regularity—no sus picion ever entered the heads of any of his family, his friends, or domestics, that he contemplated laying violent hands upon himself: His Lordship had retired to bed on Tuesday night at his usual time, and rose on Wednesday morning between eight and nine o'clock. A barber attended to shave him shortly after nine, and on his departure his Lordship was left alone in his dressing-room, as it was supposed en gaged in the act of dressing himself ; but the butler, some short time afterwards, having gone into the room was horror-struck at discovering his master suspended by the neck, and quite dead. The alarm was instantly given, and medical assistance procured, but it was of no avail, for life's subtle spark was extinct. It is difficult to say whether the melancholy occurrence more excited the feeling of surprise or of horror when this discovery was made ; for, as was remarked by some of the family, he was the very last man who could have been supposed likely to have committed such an act, being a person of singular equanimity and mildness of manners. 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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, Jtll4E 10, 1841 in that part of Cheshire which intervenes between the Maccle:dield hills, and the flat district of Northwick Hundred, partaking of the varied surface of the one, and the rich soil and abundant timber of the other. Congleton town, in which, also many of the poorer re lations of the Parnell family lived in former days, retains still many of those original timber buildings which they tenanted, though now, for the most part, the western end consists almost entirely of handsome mansions of the merchants and other opulent residents, disposed among pleasure•grounr?s on the banks of the river Dane. INQUEST ON THE BODY. An inquest, valich did not terminate until four o'clock yesterday afternoon, was held before Mr. Waltley, the Coroner, and a Jury consisting chiefly of County Magistrates, upon the remains of Henry Brooke Parnell, Baron Congleton, at his Lordship's residence, No. 43, Cadogan-place, Chelsea. The Coroner having taken evidence of the deceased Nobleman being found suspended to the bed post in his sleeping chamber at half-past 9 o'clock On Wednesday morning, by his valet Manning, and of prompt medical as sistance having been called in, proceeded to examine the Hon. John Parnell, his Lordship's eldest son, as to the state of the deceased Nobleman's mind. The witness stated that in the early part of the month of April last his father had a severe attack of fever, which brought on delirium, and from that period his Lordship had been attended by Mr. Bolton, a surgeon, and occasionally by Dr. Chambers. The Coroner asked the Jury if he should adjourn the inquest for the attendance of Mr. Bolton, or if they would like to have the second son of the deceased Noble man examined ; but, as they made no reply, he briefly summed up, and observed that it was their duty to in quire, in all cases when a person was found hanging, whether it was the act of himself or not. The Coroner then expressed, at some length, his abhorrence at the barbarous state of the law in providing punishment upon the dead, in cases of self-murder, and after some further observations, the Jury returned a verdict of" Temporary Insanity." The family of the Parnells, from:which the late Noble man drew his origin, were, for a long period anterior to the time of Charles 11, resident at .Congleton, in the county of Chester, but, in the time of that King they par cased an estate in Ireland, and fixed their abode in that kingdoM. This estate went by the name of Rathleague, which is situated in Queen's county, and is held by the family to the present day. Among the ancestors of the deceased, the most notable was the Archdeacon of Clogher. author of the " Hermit," ana who was Prebendary of Dublin in 1713, and Vicar of Finglas in 1716. This celebrated man was the friend of Pope, Swift, Addison, Congreve, Steele, and all the literary spirits of his day. Swift's humour on one occasion made a high man bow to the Doctor. Swift, it is related, in troduced the Archdeacon to the Lord-Treasurer Harley, and, in his usual dictatorial manner, insisted upon his Lordship's going, with his staff of office in hand, into the ante-chamber, where Dr. Parnell was waiting to receive him. his Lordship good-humouredly complied, and the three great men had a day's laugh at the facetious ideas of the Dean. Besides John Parnell (now Lord Congleton), whom Sir Henry had by his wife, Caroline Elizabeth, the eldest daughter of Earl Portarlington, he has five other children, two of whom are sons, and the other three daughters. Of these ladies, the fourth child and eldest daughter is married to the Right Rev. Charles Lungley, who has, since his marriage, been elevated to the bench of Bishops, but who at that period was head master of Harrow School. The late Lord's father was always spoken of in high terms of commendation. At the time the Irish volun teers formed themselves into those redoubtable bodies, bent upon preserving themselves and their liberties, Sir John Parnell, who was the staunchest among thenumber, was the Commandant of the Mary borough volunteers. His son possessed much of the figure, and many of the mental characteristics of his father. Sir John was plain, frank, and convivial : as a financier he was able, and educated with the view to a diplomatic station ; he made no unstatesman-like figure in the Ministry of which he formed part : his countenance was no less benign than animated, and his eye, full and penetrating, bespoke his ability and talent. One of the questions in which, when Sir Henry Parnell, he appeared most conspicuously before the House of Commons, was on the night of the 13th April, 1810, when he made his celebrated speech on a motion for a Select Committee to inquire into the collection of tithes in Ireland. On that occasion he showed, with true and eloquent earnestness, the grievances inflicted by this system on Ireland. He gave it as a palpable fact. that " so great was the poverty of many thousand people • who pay tithe there, that if they existed in this country, under similar circumstances of indigence, they would be considered as entitled to parish assistance." His views of the subject were high and honest. He sought to exonerate the peasantry—to get rid of the direct pay ment by the Catholic, Presbyterian, or Quaker, to the Protestant clergyman, and lastly, to give the clergy a just and fair equivalent. Notwithstanding his strenuous speech on the subject, his party were in the minority. Another night, on which he no less signalised him self in the House, was on the memorable occasion when the Right Hun. Henry Goulburn made a motion for leave to bring in a Bill to amend certain Acts relating to unlawful societies in Ireland. This was on the 10th of February, 1825. He was opposed to the measure. He believed it to be one that would terminate in confusion and rebellion. He reviewed the various cases of affray which were said to call for such an Act, and proved them to be justifiable cases, and such as originated out of no secret societies, but the just feelings arising between man and man. He revealed the measures of the association attacked, exposed the errors of his" antagonist, and de monstrated the evils alleged to have been caused by the mal-administration of Lord Wellesley. In 1824-5, the Chamber of Commerce at Dublin, being desirous of having his opinion upon the then existing " Butter laws," he turned his attention to the subject, and produced a talented pamphlet entitled " Observations on the Irish Butter Acts." The gist of his argument I was to show that the then existing Acts were violative of every sound principle of trade, and that most erroneous opinions were entertained on the score ; but, like a man of talent, while he proposed to repeal the existing regu lations, he advanced and provided others in their stead. His treatise on "Financial Reform,"published originally by Murray, in 1830, will always rank as a sterling and authoritative book. In drawing up this valuable volume, his own clear views upon the subject. together with his active collating of the numerous Parliamentary accounts and pamphlets upon the points he treated on, tended to produce a systematic, enlarged, and copious work. On Lord Oriel's retirement from public life, the subject of this iremoir . was not only the principal instrument in carrying the Holyhead Road Bills through Parliament, but continued to be, as long as there was necessity and occasion, one of the most efficient of the Commissioners. Fully impressed with the importance of rendering the communication between Dublin and London perfect, he, untiredly, for twenty years, kept the subject in his con stant view—laboured to convince Government of the grand utility of the measure—procured the consent of all the numerous, and, in some instances, turbulent bodies of local trustees on the line of road—arranged the sea com• munication between Holyhead and Dublin, and finally accomplished his purpose. His treatise upon " Roads," published by Longman, in, we believe, 1836, was the result of much of the skill and science gained by him during his application to this subject. Telford was his intimate friend, and acknowledged to have acquired from him " so perfect a knowledge of road making in all its branches, as enabled him to produce the most valuable treatise which has appeared in Eng land on the history, principles, and practice of that species of national improvement." Such are Telford's own words. About this period he became an honorary member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. A work perhaps not so generally known, but equally excellent fur the accuracy and depth of research which characterised it, was published by Ridgway, of Picca dilly, entitled " The History of the Penal Laws against the Irish Catholics from the year 1689 to the Union." It reached a fourth edition in a very short period. On the dignity of Baron being offered to him by the Melbourne Ministry in 1841, he chose for his title the ancient name of the seat in Cheshire, where his family from the earliest times had been located. Congleton, in which the dememe of the Parnells was situated, lies beautifully in a eh ep valley, on the banks of the Dane TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN SIR,--A short time back I had the honour of delivering a farewell Address at the termination of my management of the Theatre Royal, Plymouth. The Address having been very generally noticed by the London and provincial press, I am compelled, in justice to distinguished members of the theatrical profession, to solicit some contradiction of an inaccuracy in the report of it. Whatever may be my opinion of the effects of the starring system on the provincial drama, I do not hold it honest to blame those who make the most of the favour heaped on them by the public, and who, from their position, seldom seek managers, but vice versa. I copy from the Devonport Independent of May 14, what I really did say, speaking of Messrs. Kean and Macready : " These possessing first-rate attraction required first-rate re muneration. Ido not complain of this--it is only a fair return for capital, for talent is the actor's capital. Rut this neces sarily decreases the manager's profits, as for weeks previous and sub•equent to this attraction, the business is virtually impaired by the engagement of the 'star.' Still, thelabourer is worthy of his hire.' 1 never pay them 'grudgingly-it would be unjust to do so. From Mr. Kean—and lam happy to acknowledge it—l have received repeated acts of kindness. Twice in this very theatre he played for me for nothing, making me a pre sent of his share of the receipts. This was perfectly unsolicited, and most certainly unexpected." In other respects the report, I am sorry tu say, presenting, as it does, a melancholy but correct view of prOvincial theatres, was correct. I am exceedingly sorry to trespass on your time or space by soliciting insertion of this, but I think, in justice to individuals, it is necessary.—l have the honour to be your obedient servant, May 31, 1642. J. C. HAY. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ASCOT HEATH RACES.--THURSDAY. " Why should a young, delicate, and amiable Queen, pa tronise horses and horse-racing?" We will tell you, Sir Growler. The inhabitants of a certain city, erst famous in the fairest part of Greece, wished to baptize it, and give it a name, and a God and Goddess contended for the sponsorship—the ho nour the inhabitants decided should be given to the divinity that presented them with the nsost precious gift. " The blue eyed maid of heaven," and the God , of the Sea, well-known to Etonians as the once puzzling " Quo: Ego," were fteth .armed competitors cpa a .a t p t i h e, the f e r h o r m iste a ning christening. She philo-progenitive wh b who stepped unw of old Jove's head, touched the earth, and it produced the olive-tree, emblem of peace. Neptune hurled his trident into the sandy shore, and thence bounded forth a fiery steed, emblem of war. These were the presents. The citizens of Attica chose the olive. and called their city Athens, after one of the names of Minerva. We have traced the origin of the horse to the God of the Sea. Such being the fact, is it not right that his offspring should be patronised, nay petted, by the Ocean Queen ? You have now a reason— as good as any other—why that mighty (yet how mild and delicate she looks I) woman you see standing at that window above, intently gazing at those flying coursers, should be a patroness of them. In fancy, at least, she may deem them presents from, with her, the joint monarchs of the main. Betimes this morning, bestirring themselves for Ascot, were some thousands of the good folks of London. At six o'clock the morning was beautiful, the sky chrystally clear, and the wide and long thoroughfares running westward through the heart and along the outskirts of the metropolis, were alive with per sons steering for the Great Western Railway terminus. A cool breeze ( would that it had made itself felt all day) blew east by north, and at seven o'clock all arrived at Paddington. Even the train of that early hour, reaching nearly a quarter of a mile, was thronged with passengers, carriages, and horses. It did not arrive at Slough till 20 minutes past eight. At nine Old Windsor was awake and busy, and we could at once see, from the number of vehicles of all descriptions laden with passengers, starting for the Heath, that before the races began it would be covered with multitudes of " high and low degree." The Heath at noon was a stirring, bustling, brilliant scene. The northern border of the course from beyond the weighing stand to the turn towards the east was lined outside the ropes with carriages full of men, women, and children ; and inside the ropes, between them and the barriers that bordered the course, was a compact and continuous line of pedestrians. Running westward from the Royal Stand was a can tonment of camp hotels and cabarets, filled between each race with those whose stomach as well as sight re quired to be satisfied, consoled, and comforted. East of the Grand Stand, ran a gaudy row of temporary " hells," paved, we believe, reversing the proverb, with shocking bad intentions. In front of the entrances of these leave-all-hope. behind receptacles were troops of glorious thimble-riggers, bonneters, and buffoons, without whose presence the appear ance of an English race-course would not be perfectly polished. The heat at mid-day was intense, and its stinging sultriness was increased by the cloud of dust and sand, raised by arriving car riages and horses, blown over it by a nearly easterly wind. The sward of the course, and of the slope, fresh and green on Tues day, was trodden down, and its grass had the appearance of parched and beaten stubble. _ A little before one the course was cleared, a step, if but for one reason, very proper. It prevents the royal cortege from being hemmed in by over-eager gapers, and allows all to have a distinct view of her Majesty, her princely Consort, and illus trious suite. Shortly after one o'clock, the Royal cortege was seen turning into the heath, and as soon as it was entered, the line of people on each side impatiently gave way, and had it not been for the exertions of the police, the whole line on both sides would have closed upon the procession, impeded its pro- gress, incommoded her Majesty, and deprived thousands of her affectionate subjects of a clear view of her person. Ac she passed along to the Royal Stand, the loyal shouts of some 30,000 persons greeted her ears ; the waving of hats, handker chiefs, anti parasols must, through the eye, have brought convic tion to the Royal mind of the ardent attachment of the great nation of whom she is, blessed be Providence for it, sovereign mistress. The cavalcade of outriders was, as on Tuesday, headed by the Earl of Rosslyn, Master of the Buckhounds, mounted on a beautiful and well-trained 'charger. Following the Royal carriage there were seven others, and two pony phaetons, each of the latter drawn by four dashing little greys. In the first carriage with her Majesty were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and their. Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Meiningen ; in the second carriage were the Duchess of Kent (loudly cheered), and Count Mensdorf, in the third car riage were the Duke of Wellington and the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. The veteran warrior was hailed with the loudest plaudits. In the other carriages we observed the four young Counts Mensdorf, the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis of Worcester ; Earls Jersey, Aberdeen, Delawarr, Dunmore, Liverpool; Countesses of Dunmore and Rosslyh ; Lord G eorge - Lennox, Lord C. Wellesley, Lord Rivers, Sir E. Bowater, Mr. and the lion. Mrs. Anson, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon Miss Liddell, and the Hon. Miss Paget. Just before the races commenced, nothing could look more brilliant than the Grand Stand. Its roof, broad balcony, portico at the base, and slope in front, were thronged, even to wedging, with beau. y and fashion. "" By Heavens, it was a splendid sight to see ! For him who had no wife or daughter there ; Their rival scarfs of mixed embroidery, And rainbow ribbons flaunting in the air !" On the whole we have not seen for some years so brilliant and numerous an assemblage drawn together to see the Gold Cup lost and won. As a proof of the strong desire to be at Epsom to-day, as early as five o'clock in the morning several carriages passed through Egham. The "sleeping beauties" in them—most of the ladies were fast asleep—were determined to be first among those on heath, and so avoid confusion and dust, and secure stands for their carriages. It would be careless in us if we neglected to mention, with the praise always justly due to him, the name of Mr. Careless, (careless by name, but not by nature), the right cautious and good caterer for the comforts of those who temporarily tenant the Grand Stand. To-day, if that be possible, he surpassed himself, and we heard nothing but satisfaction expressed at his exertions. The Royal Hotel at Slough ought not to be forgotten. It is a very handsome edifice, pleasantly situated, and commanding a delightful prospect. The accommo dation interiorly is, we are informed by a competent judge, excellent, and the prices wonderfully moderate. Shortly after the tough old mare Beeswing won the Cup, amid loud hurrahs her Majesty, Court, a n d suite took their departure. She and th e Duke of Wellington were cheered to the very echo, as they proceeded down the course. Besides the Royal family and noble persons already named, attendant on her Majesty, we noticed on the Grand Stand the following distinguished personages :—Duke of Rutland, Mar quis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Marquis and Mar chioness of Downshire, Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, Marquis of Westminster, Marquis of Granby, Marquis of Nor manby, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl of Wilton. Earl of Stradbroke, Earl Verulam, Earl and Countess of Sefton, Earl of March, Earl of Errol, Earl of Strath. even ; Lords George Bentinck, Inewich, Walpole, J. Fitzroy. Drumlan rig. Paget, W. Paget, Cantilope, S. Osborne, liillsborough, E. Russell, C. ,Fitzroy. Leveson, H. Lennox, Macdonald, W. Paulett, Stanley, Villiers. Maidstone, Grimstone, Mostyn, Andover; Honourables H. amts. General Upton, G. Fitzroy, A. Villiers, G. S. Byng, C. Forester, J. Macdonald, G. A n son, P onson b y, C apta i n Paulett, F. Baring, R. Colborne, E. Mostyn ; Sirs J. Shel ley, H. Peyton, F. Goodricke, F. Booth, G. Heathcote, J. Gerard, D. Baird, W. W. Wynn, W. M. Stanley ; Colonels Bouverie, Challoner, Peel, Hall ; Messrs. Magennis, Payne, racing began in Brand, Phillimore, Booth, Graham, Beauchamp, Knox, Clive ,wa P ia e nr t nr t a iev t ra , J. Bavly, Irby, Batson, Newton, Rush, Rothschild, ' o l l e. the Derby to De Burgh, F. Charlton, J. Stanley, Thornhill, Portman, T. A. ln Sra te it n h, m C i t n . o u rn te m s e after lin 11 h u e n r g A e l r aT t e h r s d e t the following order : The Windsor Castle Stakes of 100 sous. each, h fts for 3 yrs old h cu a l v t e s' crrie l d b ; 81b fil ; lies of e th g e 4 o lb aks, or 2,000 Guineas stake, 51b extra. The New Mile. 4 subs. Lord Exeter's f by Touchstone, out of Amima......( Mann) 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Misdeal .. ............ 2 Even on the filly, 2 to 1 having been previously laid on the horse. The filly made all the running, and won cleverly by half a length. The Buckingham Palace Stakes, of 200 soy,. each, h ft for 3 yrs old colts, tist 71b; fillies, Bst 31b ; 31b and 51b allowed, &c. Sivinley Course. (11 subs.) Mr. Greville's Gunter, by Bay Middleton • ....... ...( Nat ) I Lord G. Bentinck's Fly-trap... ........................ ......... 2 Lord Exeter's Albion ............................................. 3 Betting-5 to 4 against Fly-trip; 7to 4 against Gunter. and 3 to 1 against Albion. Gunter took the lead at starting, was never caught, and won in a canter, by two lengths; a fine race for second. The Windsor Town Plate of 50/. ; three years, 7st 41b ; four yrs., Bst. 41b ; five years, Fat 101 b; six and aged, 9st; mares and geldings, allowed 31b ; the winner to be sold for 1001. Mr. Graydon 's Miss Heathcote, by Velocipede, 5 yr 5......... 1 Lord G. Bentinck's African, by Mulatto, 3 yrs Lord Exeter's Patchwork, 3 yrs The following were not placed. Mr. Legg's Deci s i on 4 3 , rs, Capt. Gardnor s Ben Brace, 4 yrs ; Mr. Dicker's Little Nell, 5 yrs ; Mr. Goodman's Music, 3 yrs ; Mr. Worley's Conjuga tion, 3 yrs ; Mr. G arrar d' s Th e Dandy, 3 yr s ; Capt. Ives's Folly, 5 yrs. Betting-5 to 2 against Miss Heathcote; 4 to 1 against African and Folly. Won by two lengths after an indifferent race. Patchwork a bad third, Folly, a bad fourth. The winner was claimed by Lord G. Bentinek. The Cobourg Stakes of lOC/. each, half ft. for three years old, (9 subs.) Mr. Gregory's Barrier ...... ..Walked over. 'I he Gold Cup, value 300 sovs., by Subs. of 20 sovs, each, with 200 added; three yrs, 6st 101 b • fiur yrs, Sst Mb; five yrs, 9st ; six yrs and aged, 9st 311:; mares, &c., allowed 31b. About two miles and a half. (11 Subs.) Mr. Orde's Lee's-wing, by Dr. Syntax, aged (Cartwright) 1 Mr. Combe's The Nob, 4 yrs Mr. Pettit's St. Francis, aged 3 Mr. Thornhill's Eringo, 4 yrs ... 4 Mr. Kirby's Lanercost, aged ... Betting—Even on Lanercost, 7 to 2 agsr:St. Francis, 4 to 1 agst The Nob, 6 to 1 agst Bee's-wing, and 20 to 1 apt Eringo. Eringo was first from the post, and kept in front for a quarter of a mile; the mare then overpowered her jockey, and went away with a good lead, followed by Eringo , Lanercost lying third. The Nob fourth, and St. F r a ncis last. In making the top turn the pace became severe, but so alteration in the places was observable until they reached the Brick-kiln, where Lanercost was beaten, and at the turn he was last in the race. Eringo held the second place to the stand, where The Nob passed him, and challenged the mare ; for a moment he headed the race, but the " pride of the north " resumed her position in a couple of strides, and, after a fine race, won by half a length. St. Francis was a good third ; the others were beaten off. Lanercost pulled up lame. The race came off at half past three. • Sweepstakes of 100 sovs., h ft , fer colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b ; out of marei that never bred a winner previous to the July Meeting, 1839. New Mile. (7 subs.) Lord Westminster's Auckland (Robinson) 1 Sir G. Heathcote's Dark Susan ... Lord Exeter's Saros ' 3 Lord G. Bentinek's Muley Hassan' 3tol on Auckland. Muley Hassan led at a bad pace to the road, where Auckland took it up, and, with Dark Susan at his heels, went on to the end, winning easily by a length. Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each, h ft, for 2 yrs old colts Bst 51b, and fillies Bst 21b"; 'winners 31bs extra. T. Y.C. (3 subs.) Mr. Coleman's Jamal - (Nat) 0 1 Mr. Ford's Spiteful Col. Wyndham's Tom Thumb 3 Betting--Even on Spiteful, 7 to 4 apt Tom Thumb, and 2to 1 agst Jamal. Jamal made all the running to the stand, where Spiteful quitted the waiting system, reached his head, and made it a dead heat on the post. Tom Thumb was beaten off. The deciding heat was won by a head only. Jamal the favourite. The Grand Stand Plate of 100 sovs. (handicap.) Once round and a distance. Mr. Mare's Argos, 5 yrs, 7st (Crouch) 1 Mr. Gardnor's Monops, 5 yrs, 7st 21b Mr. Combe's Rosalind, 3 yrs, Est 101 b • The following also started :—Colonel Peel's I-am-not aware, 7st ; Mr. Wyndham's Nora Creina, 4 yrs, Est 121 b ; Mr. Shelley's Daddy Longlegs, 3 yrs, Est 101 b ; Lord G. Ben tinck's Yorkshire Lady, 3 yrs, bst 31b ; Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Alexandrina, 3 yrs, Est 101 b ; Lord Exeter's Revi sion, 3 yrs, 4st. ; Mr. Lichtwald's Miss Stilton, 4 yrs, Bst; and Mr. Graydon's Helpmate, 6 yrs, 7st 71b. Betting-3 to 1 each agst Rosalind and Miss Stilton, 9 to 2 agst Monops, 5 to 1 agst I-am-not-aware, and 6to 1 agst Nora Creina. Nora Creina, Miss Stilton, and Revision laid in front to the straight running, where Argos headed them, and after afine race, won by a neck, a dead Beat far second between Monops and Rosalind. HANDICAP FOR THE WOKINGHAM STAKES. FIRST CLASS.—Camelino, 6 yrs, 9st 101b—Johnny, 5 yrs, Bst 131b—Monops, 5 yrs, Bst 101b—athodanthe, 5 yrs, Bst 21b— Cornuto, 5 yrs, Bst—Sister to Glencoe, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b Knightsbridge, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Dahlia, 5 yrs, 7st 71b—Rover, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—Yorkshire Lady, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—Zillah horse, 4 yrs, Ist 41b—Rochester, 3 yrs, 7st 21b—Victor, 3 yrs, 7st— Escape filly, 3 yrs, Est 131b—Albion, 3 yrs, 6st 131b—Espar tero, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b —Tea Pot, 3 yrs, Est 61b—Gazelle, 3 yrs, 6st 91b—Sweetmeat, 3 yrs, Sit 101b—Singleton, 3 yrs, sst 101 b SECOND CLAss.—Currycomb, 9 yrs, Bst 1316—Miss Heath cote, 5 yrs, Bst 131b—Dromedary, 5 yrs, Bst 91b—A11-fours, aged, 9.t 21b—I-am-not-aware, aged, Bst—Mulciber, 5 yrs, 7st 101b—William de Fortibus, 3 yrs, 7st 101b—Acacia colt, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—Solomon, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—Cecilia colt, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Jeremy Diddler, 3 yrs, 7st 31b—Windsor, 4 yrs, 7st 21b Trident, 3 yrs, 7st—Decision, 4 yrs, 7st—Rapture, 3 yrs, 7st— African, 3 yrs, Est 121b—Saros, 3yrs, Est 71b—Patchwork, 3 yrs, 6st—Muley Hassan, 3 yrs, bat 101 b. THOMAS HENRY LISTER, ESQ, LATE REGISTRAR-GENERAL Mr. Lister, whose death we announced on Wed nesday, in addition to the high official capacity which he filled, was a litterateur of no ordinary pretensions. Added to these circumstances, he was related by marriage, on his own and that of his sister's side, to two of the first houses in the land ; he himself had been espoused to a branch of the old Clarendon family, and his sister to Lord John Russell. The deceased Registrar was a man constant and diligent in his studies ; those periods not occupied by the business of his office were devoted by him to the steady pursuit of literature and the fine arts, and he has earned no mean name by the productions which, from time to time, his pen has bestowed upon the world. The first work which made him known to the public was " Granby," which redounded much to his fame. Few of our readers but are acquainted with the merits of this excellent performance. Mr. Lister, no less master of a good and vigorous prose, had also essayed the heights of poetry, by ad vancing into the tragedial line. Shortly after -he had made himself known as the "Author of Granby," he produced a five-act historical play, under the title of "Epicharis," which was so far a favourite with readers, that a call .for a second edition was made upon Messrs. Colburn and Bentley. This historical tragedy, on the 14th of October, 1829, was repre sented at Drury-lane, and the four prominent charac ters of the play were supported by Young, Wallack, and Cooper ; Epicharis, the Grecian freedwoman, the heroine of the piece, was chastely and exquisitely enacted by Miss Phillips. The tragedy of Epicharis is founded on the history of Piso's conspiracy, as re lated in the fifteenth book of the Annals of Tacitus. The chief work by which Mr. Lister became known to the public was his " Life and Administration of Edward, first Earl of Clarendon," which was first published in 1838. A biography of this celebrated man had long been wanting.to our modern literature, and Mr. Lister's book admirably filled up 'the gap. The author, moreover, from his alliance with the ex isting house of Clarendon, had opportunities at his disposal which. other forerunners in the same line had lacked.; for Mr. Lister married Theresa Villiers, a niece of the, present Lord Clarendon, who belongs to a branch of the house of Jersey, who, having inter married with one of the feinale descendants of the Chancellor, was, on the extinction of his male line, raised to the Earldom of Clarendon. The unpub lished papers which he had at his disposal were, through these means, of consequence and authenticity, and served. to give his book value and authority. Mr. Lister's style had the merit of being clear and unaffected; in his works, especially where matter of historical research was needed, he showed diligence in exploring' rather deeper than the surface of authorities. His views of general questions were honest and not unphilosophical. it was soon after the passing of the Act for the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, that Mr. Lister was appointed Registrar-General, an office which he continued to fill efficiently and well to the time of his death. This act was originally passed on or about the third week in August, in the year 1836. Those who are acquainted with the history of the times, are well aware of the struggle between the Lords mid Commons upon several of the clauses and provisions contained in the Registration Marriage Bill as it was at first framed ; and the opposition which was instituted against the measure, the Dis senters being the chief parties affected by it. The subsequent measure, which, however, consentaneously came into force with it, that of the Registration of Births Bill, was, of course, by those who could not comprehend the real honesty of the Melbourne party, alleged to have been brought forward for the creation of "an enormous amount of patronage." Be that as it may, on the creation of its proper officers, Mr. Henry Lister was selected to act at the head of the whole. The number, however, of places created under him, was not more numerous than this excel lent measure demanded ; and while himself, by the Act, was " removable at pleasure," he had at his own disposal and nomination, in connexion with the Board of Guardians, a superintendent-registrar in every union-parish in the kingdom, or about 825 agents. Each union also was to have at least four registrars, making a body in all of 3,300. QUENISSET.—The Droit states that Quenisset, who since the sentence of death passed on him by the Court of Peers was commuted was confined in the prison of the Conciergerie, where he was in the habit of receiving numerous visits, was awakened on Sunday night last by the gaoler, who informed him that there was a carriage waiting to convey him to the sea coast. In a quarter of an hour afterwards Quenisset was tra velling on the Western road, escorted by two police agents. . The Berlin State Gazette publishes a Royal Ordon nance, establishing a new Order of Merit for the Sciences (ex cept Theology) and Arts. M. de Humboldt is earned Chan cellor, and M. de Cornelius, Vice-Chancellor; and among the ' Knights already created are Prince Metternich, Messrs. de Savingy, Gans, de Schelling, de Schlegel, Schoenlin, Tiek, Lessing, Meyerbeer, Schadow, Arago, de Chateaubriand, Gay Lussac, Listz, Rassun, Thorwaldsen, Horace Vernet, Ingres, Letronne, Daguerre, Fontaine, architect to the King of the French ; Mendelsohn, Bartholdv, Herschel, and Thomas Moore. The German knights are limited to thirty. The cross is to be worn suspended ronnd the neck by a black ribbon, edged with silver. ROBBERY AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE COUNTESS OF ESSEX.—A robbery has been committed at the resi dence of the Countess of Essex, No. 9, Belgrave-square. On Monday night the Countess of Essex went to a party at Lord Francis Egerton's. Her Ladyship did not re turn until between one and two o'clock on the following morning. About half-past six o'clock on Tuesday morning a man named Hatton, who has for some time been employed to clean the knives and forks, &c., rang up the servants, and made them acquainted with the fact that the hall door was open, and declared he saw it in that situation as he approached the house. The butler and housekeeper having been called up, searched the apartments on the ground floor, and discovered that from the dining-room a quantity of very valuable pro p..rty had been taken. The Counte4S of Essex was imme. diately made acquainted with the fact, and her Ladyship directly dispatched a note to the Commissioners of Police, and then ordered a most diligent search to be made. From the dining-room there were missed a pair of large silver-gilt candlesticks, a smaller pair of ditto, both pairs curiously wrought ; an Earl's coronet and " S. X. S. X." cypher, a silver-gilt oval cover, with an edge of open work, to cover a china vase ; a gold snuff box with coronet and cypher, a mosaic snuff-box, a silver tea-pot, a gold dish, with the Royal arms, end Derby, 1836, engraved on it, and worth upwards of 100 guineas ; a curious old blood-stone seal with a coronet in gold, and three impressions, one a coronet, another a hare ; a yellow topaz vinaigrette, an ormolu candlestick with coronet and cypher and long handle, two tea spoons, and a pair of silver sugar-tongs. In the fire place was found by one of the maid-servants a dark lantern. In the hall was found a small kitchen table knife, a carpenter's chisel and a stone chisel, the end of which had been softened in the fire, and then turned up, to represent a " Jemmy," a small crowbar used by housebreakers. Inspectors Forbes, Moran, and Hughes were sent to examine the premises, and they reported that they could find no external or internal marks of violence. The value of the property stolen exceeds 200/. Some of the property of Wigney, the Brighton beaker, who failed recently, is supposed to be concealed at liamburgh, andevery exertion is making it is said, to discover if such be the ease,—Globe. LITERATURE. 1 FAUST. Smith, Londo n , 1842. The present translation of Goethe' s F aus t i s th e production of Mr. Lewis Filmore, and has been un dertaken expressly for Smith's Standard Library, of which it forms one of the Numbers. The version is a spirited one ; and the famous Witch scene on the Hartz mountains, though it will not bear comparilion with Shelley's well-known translation, is rendered with much poetic feeling. No German work of fiction that has been printed for the last half century, has ap • peared so often in an English dress, as Faust; and Mr. Filmore's version may, we think, take rank among the best. It is introduced by a modest and judicious preface, wherein the author states the reasons that in duced him to undertake his difficult task, observing, that all the previous translations having been pub lished at a high price, and " more than one of them being accompanied by engraved illustrations in an ex ceedingly expensive form," it was thought that a ver sion " printed in a cheap and accessible form, would still find a large circle of readers, notwithstanding the ground that might appear to be occupied already with its predecessors." As Mr. Filmore has suc ceeded so well in his version of Goethe's Faust, we must bargain for translations from other German poets. Let him try his hand , for instance, at some of Schiller's dram as , and begin with that striking play " The Robbers," which has never been ade quately rendered into English, and to which, we doubt not, he will do ample justice. To be sure, the play exhibits frequent traces of youthful haste, and imma ture judgment; but it is full of spirit and enthu siasm, and well worthy of Mr. Filmore's attention. CHATTER! ON'S WORKS, 2 Vols. Grant, Cambridge, 1842. In this edition we have all Chatterton's acknow ledged works, both in prose and verse, together with his celebrated Rowley forgeries, which occasioned such a hot controversy among learned antiquaries, and heaped such a weight of unmerited scandal on the head of the unhappy author. The interest at tached to the controversy has long since died away, never to be revived ; but not so the memory of Chat terton, who will be long regarded, by those who are familiar with the circumstances of his Rowley forge ries, and the poems themselves, as the most remark ably precocious genius that the last century produced. At the early age of sixteen, he had fabricated dramas and lyrics of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, which per plexed some of the wisest and shrewdest critics of the age, and filled the public at large with astonishment at the powers of imagination and sensibility displayed in them; and at seventeen, he had terminated his chequered, meteoric career, by poison, under the most afflicting circumstances ! Had Chatterton lived, and kept the promise of his early dawn, he would have been with out doubt one of the most illustrious of the Eng lish poets ; for his fancy was fertile in an emi nent degree, his command of language was un bounded, his feeling unquestionable, and his faults were all those of an exuberant, but unripened intellect. In his private character he seems to have possessed much of the pride, wilfulness, caprice, and sardonic humour of Lord Byron ; and, like .him, to have been the veriest slave to his passions. But think ing of his hard lot and early grave, it is impossible to animadvert with severity on his errors ; if he yielded to every stormy gust of feeling, and was swayed by every varying mood of his mind, disdaining to listen to the cool dictates of judgment, he paid. the penalty of his infirmity—and what a penalty it was—a year's starvation and soli tude in a London garret, to be terminated only by suicide, and a pauper's burial in a workhouse in Shoe lane ! The life of Chatterton, which introduces this edition of his works, is penned in a judicious and dis passionate spirit, and the biographer has the good sense to scout, with the contempt they deserve, the calumnies which were so perseveringly heaped on Horace Walpole, for his supposed ill-treatment of the young Bristol poet. THOUGHTS AT WHITSUNTIDE. Moron, London , 1842. We recognise in this little unpretending volume of poems, the presence of an elastic fancy that disposes to enjoyment, and looks on everything with the sunny eye of hope and cheerfulness ; but we will not so far flatter the author, as to assert that we can trace in his productions any of the earnest inspiration of genius. Lord Leigh is an accomplished versifver, but not a poet. He has graceful and various scholarship ; a sound judgment, that prevents him from falling into affectations and puerilities ; and a quick ear for the melody of rhyme ; but he has not that passionate sensibility and fervid imagination, without which nothing great or lasting was ever yet achieved in poetry. The range of his powers is limited, and he seems to be aware of the fact; hence, what he undertakes to do, he does well, as is generally the case with those whose ambition and capacity are nicely adjusted to each other. We are more particularly pleased with the calth, uniform tone of good sense that pervades his writings, and forms the principal charm of his " Thoughts at Whitsuntide ; ' and though we cannot admit his claims to be considered a poet, in the true and enlarged sense of the term, yet we will readily allow that he is as far superior to " the mob of gen tlemen- who write with ease," as the " Paradise Lost" of Milton is superior to the bombastic " Satan " of Mr. Robert Montgomery. THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. The article on " Leases has great merit. The object of it is to induce the landowners of the United Kingdom to abandon the present practice of letting their farms from year to year, and adopt in lieu there of leases of from twelve to twenty. It is only sur prising that this system has not long ago become general. Leases are so manifestly advantageous to landlord as well as tenant, that we can account, for a contrary practice in England, only from some vague idea that, by obtaining leases, the tenants would be come independent of the landlord; and the county squires would thereby lose that political influence, which they seem to prize more than good rents and happy tenants. This is utterly absurd. A tenant never can become independent of his landlord ; and if only well treated, would, in nine cases out of ten, even with a long lease, be inclined to concur in his political views, or, at all events, not to oppose them. the arguments on this subject are so excellent, and expressed in such intelligible language, that we give them at length. The whole article, however, which is written by Mr. John Hannam, of North Deighton, Yorkshire, ought to be studied carefully. Were its principles acted upon throughout. England, improve ments would take place, of which the present gene ration of farmers have no idea, and rents would in time be increased at least one-third:— " One objection," says the writer, " which I anticipate, to the extensive letting of farms on lease, is, that it would make the farmer too independent—i. e. it would destroy the influence of property, and give the tenant too much control over his hind, so as to enable him to neglect or rob it. " In reply to the first part of the objection, I have only to say, that if, by .he influence of property, is meant an absolute, and, in many cases, consequently, an arbitrary command over the tenant's property, and an unlimited hold upon his free will as a farmer, and his opinions as a man—such an influence, in fact, as apper tained to property in the feudal ages—the system would operate to diminish that influence. That, however, it would injure that fair and legitimate influence which, the owner ought to have over the cultivator of the soil, I deny. The source of - a landlord's legitimate influence is not his power to do evil, but his ability to do good ; and I do believe, much as the landlord's influence is apt to be sneered at, that, in the agricultural districts, at least, where it depends upon the former in one case, in ten it springs from the latter feeling. Indeed, the connexion between the landlord and the tenant is too intimate, their interests are too much alike, and the value of a good un derstanding at all times too apparent, to cause any dimi nution of the landlord's proper influence, or any abuse of the tenant's temporary power, under the lease system. " That his temporary power, or independence, would lead the tenant to neglect his farm, is equally unlikely. His own interest is guarantee sufficient that he would not injure his land by improper management, during the earlier years comprised in his lease, while an effective stipulation, or covenant, would guard the other and hitter years. Thus, say we let a farm on lease for twenty years, the plan would be for the tenant to manage as he thought fit for the first sixteen years (a few injurious crops, according to local or natural disad vantages for such, perhaps, excepted), but to be com pelled, by a precautionary covenant in his lease, to pur sue a certain course of cropping and of tillage for the lust finir years. " Upon this plan, if a tenant's system of management was a good one, he might have his lease renewed at the expiration of the sixteen years, when he would be at liberty to pursue his own system, and the compulsory clause would never come into operation." There are several other excellent articles in this Number ; and, among the rest, an amusing one on " Indiscriminate Charity." We, therefore, recom mend the Number for June to the attention of our agricultural readers. THE LOTTERY OF LIFE. 3 Vols. Colburn, London, 1842. Lady Blessington, to whose lively pen we are indebted for these volumes, has succeeded in interest ing us deeply in her " Lottery of Life," which is a tale skilfully put together, and abounding in easy and vivid sketches of London life, such as we at once re cognise to be genuine transcripts from nature. Th e narrative, as its title imports, is an illustration of the sudden and eventful changes that often take place in the fortunes of individuals ; and the principal per sonage, Richard Wallingford, is a young man of humble origin, who having, at an early period of his life, been taken into the house of a rich banker, Abra ham Mortimer, as a sort of companion for his son, Percy, is next placed as a clerk in his patron's bank, where he becomes acquainted with the housekeeper, Mrs. Chatterton, a benevolent old lady, but awfully addicted to the telling of long stories. Shortl after Richard Wallingford has entered on his clerkship, the bank stops payment, and Percy . Mortimer, who has been playing the part of a dissipated man of fashion at Oxford, is compelled' to leave the University, and even reduced to indi gence ; by the assistance, however, of Wallingford and Mrs. Chatterton, aided by the kindly friendship of one of his college chums, Lord Mordaunt, he obtains the means of discharging his debts, and is appointed private secretary to the English Ambassador at Vienna, while Richard Wallingford, whose sister he marries, woos and wins the hand of, Lady Mary Mordaunt, through whose family influence he pro cures the lucrative and honourable appointment of Minister at the Court of Turin. The story is told by Wallingford in the first person, and contains several highly finished portraits; that of Mrs. Chatterton, ia particular, with her kind and unsophisticated heart, and unfortunate predeliction for the prolix, is main tained throughout with uniform spirit and propriety. The remark of this deaf old lady, " Speak a littl e louder, young man ; its very strange no' one will speak loud enough at present to be heard ! When I was young every body spoke loud enough ;"—this pass ing remark is perfectly true to nature, and shows with what attention the authoress has watched the. nicer and minuter points of character. LIFE OF GENERAL MACKAY. Bull, London, 1842. General Hugh Mackay, the subject of this biogra phical sketch, was Commander-in-Chief of the Scot tish forces in 1689 and 1690; he was also Colonel of the Scottish brigade, in the service of the States General, and died in 1692 of a wound received at the battle of Steinkirk, which was fought between the English and French, and lost by the former, owing, as was supposed, to the removal of Mackay from the field, in consequence of his wound. From the pre sent memoir, which is the production of one of his descendants, the General seems to have been endowed with military talents of a high order, and, as a pri vate individual, to have been remarkable for the rigid morality of his conduct, and the fervour of his reli gious feelings. He was opposed to the famous Lord Dundee ' at the battle of hilli c r an ki e , w h ere , though defeated, he distinguished hi mse lf by hi s kill and courage. The present memoir of him bears evident marks of authenticity, but has scarcely sufficient in terest for the generality of readers. HUISH ON BEES. Sherwood, London. 1842. This is a curious and intelligent work, in which we find many interesting particulars respecting the history of Bees, together with useful suggestions as regards the general management of hives, and a full and experimental examination of the various systems of native and foreign apiarians. The author is Mr. ITuish, who appears to have spared neither time nor trouble to render his volume as complete as possible. FINEARTS. BRITISH INSTITUTION. We on Tuesday attended a private view of this exhi bition, which, in addition to several paintings by the old masters, contains the majority of the best pictures of the late Sir David Wilkie, together with many of the sketches which he made during his last tour in the East. With the master-pieces of this eminent artist the public is already familiar ; and we need, there-, fore, say little more than that they are all clustered to gether in two of the rooms of the Institution, specially devoted to that purpose. Here are the famous paintings of " The Distraining for Rent," in which the pathos is so exquisite ; the " Chelsea Pensioners reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo ;" the " Penny Wedding;" " John Knox Preaching," wherein the artist took a higher and bolder flight than was usual with him ; the " Parish Beadle," which forcibly recalls Boz's admirable portrait of Mr. Bumble " Duncan Gray ;" the " Pedlar ;" and a variety of paintings on Spanish subjects, which, however, do not rank among Sir David Wilkie's happiest efforts.- Among his sketches, the most striking is, perhaps the head Of Talleyrand, which, unfinished as it is, there is no• possibility of mistaking. The South Room con tains a collection of paintings by the old masters. No. 149, " The Virgin weeping over the Dead Body of our Saviour," is by Guercino, who has delineated with consumate force awl truth the fallen mouth, and heavy relaxed arms of the dead Christ. No. 155, is one of Titian's works, an d represents "Adonis going to the chase," contrary to the wish of Venus, who is clinging to him, in the vain hope of persuading him to remain inactive by her side. The colouring of this picture has been much injured by time, hut enough remains to show how rich and lustrous it must once havebeen. No. 158, " St. Peter Repentant, is one of Vandyke's most vigorous paintings. Nothing can surpass the expression of remorse and agony that appears in the countenance of the Saint. No. 180, The Last Supper," is by Sasso Ferrato. It is by no means of first-rate excellence—indeed, the face of the Saviour is a very feeble attempt ; but as it is the avowed production of an old master, we doubt not it will always find plenty of admirers. No. 184, " St. Francis, with the infant Christ," • is chiefly deserving of notice from the masterly disposition of the drapery on the person of the Saint. The colouring, too, is vigorous, but the infant Christ wants elevation of sentiment. The countenance is not merely perplexing, but decidedly opposed to all our received notions of Christ's appearance in his boy hood. We have seen many Murillo's incomparably . superior to this specimen. No. 191, " Diogenes," Ls characterised by an expression of bitter sarcasm and distrust. The cynic is looking about with his lan therm for an honest man—according. to the old tra dition ; and it is plain to see from his countenance, that he despairs of ever finding one. On the whole, the exhibition is an interesting one, chiefly, however, in consequence of Sir. David Wilkie's sketches. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Mr. Knowles's new play of The Rose of Arragon is nightly increasing in attraction. On Tuesday, Jerrold's genuine comedy of Bubbles of Me Day will be reproduced, Farren and Mrs. Nisbett resuming their original characters. The hits at elections and bribery are ex pected to tell with redoubled foroe, from recent Parliamentary &logs. Aldlle Celeste will also commence a fresh engagement next week. This popular artiste ha+ been drawing crowds at Manchester and Leeds. The General Steam Navigation Company's vessel, the Columbine, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom House at nine o'clock A.m., yesterday, with the Dutch mail. UNSETTLED STATE OF DUDLEY.—The last few; days have furnished sad proof of the determined resistaocr, of the colliers to the terms proposed by the masters. On Wedues_ day morning, a party of colliers proceeded to Shutt Encl., and .cut the ropes at the colliery. Some of the military were marched to the spot to prevent the commission of the ofence, but they arrived toe late. Men who would work ar e p revente d from doing so by those who will not. The number of persons now out of employment in this district cannot be estimated at less than 15.000. Of these at least 14,000 are voluntarily ab senting themselves from work, and depriving their families of, subsistence. There are at least 1,000 others in a state of com parative destitution, because they are awed by others.—Wor cestershire Chronicle. THE NEW " M.P." FOR IPSWICH.-Mr. Thoma Gladstone is not a partner in his father's mercantile affairs. He is the eldest son, and fortunate it is for him that he is, as he is the dullest, we should say the only positive dull one, in the family. He is, in short, the best looking, but the leait intellectual, of all who bear the name. He will, therefore, make an admirable aristo crat, should his father's London dinners and indomitable! perseverance, backed by his son 'William's talents and rising reputation, issue—as the world whispers—ill al Peerage for the veteran money-maker. Liverpool Chronicle. Sin JOSEPH LITTLEDALE.—We regret to learn that this excellent Judge and most estimable man is la bouring- under severe bodily infirmities, and although no immediate danger is apprehended, his situation is such as to give the utmost pain to his friends, and precludes the most remote hope of his recovery. We are glad to perceive that the example e promptly set by her Majesty, of contributing to the pressing wants of the distressed manufacturers, has been followed by others of high rank and station. The Queen Dowager has forwarded 3001. to the Committee ; and his 'loyal highness Prince Albert, 200/. The Bank of England gives 500/. and the Mercers' Company 2001., and we hope to find other public bodies in the lists. The amount received exceeds 15,000/., but the sum, to be available in any degree commensurately with the wants it is intended to relieve, must double and treble this. The names of the Committee afford a sufficient guarantee. that the sums placed at their disposal will be administered jut . A.. ciously and in the most useful way. MEEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION AT MAN CHESTER.—As the time approaches, which has been fixed for the commencement of this great re-union of the lovers of science, the interest taken in its proceed ings increases. All the arrangements are progressing with spirit, and no pains or labour will be spared by the various public bodies, on whom will devolve the reception of the Association here, to give due eclat to the interesting occasion. There are to be two general evening men ings of all the members connected with the difli.rent sec tions—the first being the opening meeting of the Asso ciation, on Thursday evening, the 23d inst., at eight o'clock, when the President during the past year resigns his seat to his successor, Lord Francis Egerton, and the general preliminary business of the Association is dis posed of, the report read, &c. The second will be held on the last night of th e A ss ociation's meeting, NVednesday, the 29th instant, at eight o'clock, for closing the business of the week, when it is probable that the presidents of the several sections will deliver a resume of the proceedings in their respective sections during the morning, meetings of the week. We are glad to learn that the Society of Friends in this town have handsomely and at once acceded to a request marle to them to permit the Association to assemble for -these two evenings, in their spacious and commodious mereting h ouse, Mount-street, which, we believe, will afford si•ats to upwards of two thousand persons. The promenades soirees, which many deem by no means the least interesting meetings of the week, as affording per haps more scope than any other for friendly converse and general social intercourse, will be held on Friday t he 14th, and Tuesday the 28th inst., in the handsome su ite of rooms Is e have already described as conna.led with the Manchester Royal Insti tuition and the A therve There will also be a delightful afternoon promenade afforded by the splendid exhibition of pinks, ranuncu luses, roses, and t h e var i ous rare botanical and horticul tural production s which, on that occasion, will grace the gardens of the Manchester Botanical and Horticultural Society, at Old Trafford, and to which alt the merabers of the British Association will have free admisr,t oh , on presenting their tickets.—Manchester Guardian M. Eugene Sue, the celebrated novelist, h as ,been created by the King of the Netherlands a Kn Ott of the Order of the Lion.