The Sun. — London, England, 1854-04-17 00:00:00

THE CRYSTAL PALACE. THE NATIONAL ART COURTS. Among the various fine arts courts at the Crystal Palace, there is none which, we apprehend, will be ex. amined with greater interest than ono termed the "Nay tional Art," or inedimval court. It will not attract at= tention on account of anything like unity in its plan ; it is not a restored Gothic edifice, nor a miniature mediteval structure, but it contains, not indiscriminately scattered but judiciously arranged, many of those historic monu ments which should be treasured by us a people as sacred heirlooms of a past time, replete with stirring incidents and important events. True it is that the austere beauty of the Athenian portico, the glittering tesselation of the Alhambra, and the gorgeous system of the Byzantine age, were not imitated by medival artists. But in that glorious system of Gothic architecture, with its a we-inspiring, grandeur, there is even more to enchain and rivet the attention than in the works of other ages. This Gothic element displayed Itself in the gloomy sublimity of its arcades and cloisters ; its lofty towers piercing the clouds with their delicate traceries ; its richly groined roofs—mira cles of mechanical art—suspended in mid-air or calmly repoeing in long avenues on slender clustering pillars its highly ornamented altars and transparent screens, its . deep retiring door-ways and shady recesses ; rose, lancet, and oriel windows, through which a stream ..ls of golden light poured upon the richly sculptured materials of the pile, revealing the proposed decorations of , living artists, and the productions of an exuoerent An fancy, fell of deep mystery or joyous loyei i loveliness. intense love of nature is everywhere visible the n those wondrous piles of s culptured materials ; and as eye rests upon the beautiful figures in these courts—choiceages —the culled from the real garden of mediaeval —the mind is involuntarily led bac k to the times when mitred abbot and holy monk formed their solemn pro cessions down the long drawn cathedral aisles, and when those wondrous piles resounded, and "spoke like God, from the clouds, from their lofty towers, or al ternately sorrowed and rejoiced, like men, in the deep tones of the ir swellin g organ. True, these Gothic stone sculptures have not the elegance of the Parisian marbles, nor the elaborated finish of the Parthenon friezes ; but if we would learn well and duly the lessons which are intended to be taught by Mr. Digby Wyatt and Mr. Owen Jones, we must follow the sound advice of Mr. Ruskin and watch man with reverence "as he sits side by side the burning gems that are to reflect a ceaseless sun shine and rise into a cloudless sky ; but not with less reverence stand by him when, with rough strength and hurried stroke, he smites an un couth animation out of the rocks which he has torn from among the moss of the moorland, and heaves into the darkened air the pile of iron buttress and rugged wall ; instiact with work of an imagination as wild and way ward as the northern sea, creations of ungainly shape and rigid limb, but full of wolfish life, fierce as the winds that beat, and changeful as the clouds that shade them. The facade of the Gothic courts is formed of architec tural features taken from Tintern, Netley, and Geis borough Abb e y s , an d an a dj o i n i ng ves tibule and cloister is made up of the triforium of Lincoln Cathedral. At one end of the cloister is placed a copy of the interesting old doorway of Prior West's Chapel at Ely, one of the finest specimens of metal ornament a t ion which exists in this count r y. Mr. Digby Wyatt, in his ,, admirable book on "metal work and its arti stic design, thus speaks of this chapel and door :—" There is scarcely a single chapel in the whale of England which offers more attractions than the one under consideration. The delicacy of the stone-carving is almost marvellous, while the iron -work, though not so minute as we generally find it, is still ad mirable. The iron work, as well as the stone work, exhibits traces of German design. In examining the orna mental portions of the metal work, we shall find that those parts which imitate foliage are most deserving of attention. The roses are formed of several pieces of thin iron cut out and then turned up at the edges, while the nail which passes through and holds them together has its head worked into the form of the petals of the flower." At the opposite end is the entrance to the beautiful monument of Prince Arthur in Worcester Cathedral. Above the tomb a small open space will be filled with exquisitely stained glass by Hardman. Among the monuments intended to be placed in the court are the royal tombs from Westminster Abbey, in cluding those of Henry 111. and his Queen Eleanor, Edward 111., Richard I. Anne of Bohemia, and John of Eltham ; the tomb of Edward 11., from Gloucester Cathedral, and of Edward the Black Prince, from Can terbury. There will be also the tombs of Bishop Pore and William Longespe'e, from Salisbury, and William of Wykeham, the architect Bishop of Winchester. It was intended to have had a cast from the famous Percy shrine from Beverley Minster, but owing to the obstinate narrow-mindedness of the churchwarden, Mr. Wyatt was not able to obtain a copy. The corres pondence which took place on this subject, and which we may one day lay before ourireaders, is a curiosity in its way ; it illustrates how vast are the powers of a churchwarden, and how sadly deficient such a personage may be in a desire to promote education or a love of the arts. This shrine is undoubtedly one of the finest remains of medioaval art in England ; but notwithstand ing all the efforts made by the Archbishop of York, the Duke of Northumberland—the representative of the Percy family—Sir C. Barry, Archdeacon Wilberforce, Mr. Scott, a n d m a ny oth er p ersons , th e zea l ous an d ob stinate Dogberry refused to permit either a sketch or a cast to be taken from the monument. There will, how ever, he in the court a cast from the famous Canteloupe shrine from Hereford, and of the Lady Abbess of Win chester, the latter figure being that of which Flaxman declared that he should have been content if he could have regarded any of his own works with equal satisfac tion. This beautiful monument has been restored by M. Phyffers, a gentleman whose labours upon the new stalls of A ntwerp Cathedral are so well known and appreciated by all who have had an opportunity of inspecting them. The walls of the court are covered with a large collec tion of specimens, the majority of which have been care fully restored so as to convey as much as possible the appearance which these monumental works exhibited in the freshness of their colour and their youth. Many objections might perhaps, he made to dealing with the original monuments in this manner ; but these are merely casts, and the originals remain untouched, the restorations are not, of course open to objections which might arise on the score of destroying the character of: the original monuments. One of the most successful of the restorations is the doorway of the chapter-house of Rochester Cathedral, which is richly illuminated in gold and colours. The lower part of central panel on each side of the doorway is a quatrefoil of small lion's heads and gold rosettes. Above these, on the right side is an allegorical fi gure o f the Mosaic representation, the figure being represented with the eyes blindfold, and holding the two tables of the law in the right hand ; on the opposite side is a corresponding figure of St. Augus tine, the first p reac h er of Christianity in Britain. These figures are each supported by a r,r, inning corbel. Above these emblematical representations of the Chris tian and Mosaic dispensations are four monastic figures engaged in devotion and study, and above them are four angels occupied in praying and singing. At the top of the doorway is a small naked figure, which represents the human soul, the object of the devout care and atten tion of monks and angels, enjoying the pleasures of a beatific state. The small panels between the mouldings are full of enriched heads, many of them of most amus ing and grotesque features, and all painted natural colour. A smaller panel on the outside is formed on the one side by vine leaves running through small loop-holes, and upon the other by a small diapered column, in red and white, which supports the springing of the arches of the doorway. The spandrils of the arch and the stiles are richly ornamented with gold rosettes. The colours are of the most brilliant description, and the manner in which the work has been performed reflects the highest credit upon Mr. T. L. Coulton, who has most success fully carried out the design of the restoration as sug gested by M r. Cottingliam Around the upper part of the court is placed a series of angels from the beautiful angel choir of Lincoln Cathedral, which, many of our readers may remember, were so ably illustrated by Professor Cockerel], at the meeting of the Archaeological Institute, a few years since. In th e n i c h es at the various angles are placed a series of the finest figures from the west front of Wells Cathedral, which have been also recently ill us trated by the talented p ro f essor. T he restoration of these figures is placed under the monumentalhesup erintendence of Mr. Richardson, whose work upon remains is so well known, and whose lab ours i n the Temple Church and numerous other localities have shown with how much safety the delicate operation of' restoration may be confided to his superintendence. Conspicuous among the specimens around the walls of the court is the beautiful window o f John of G aunt, i n the castle y ar d at Lincoln, but which has been lately carefully removed from its original site fine restored vs by Lord Bronlow. N ear this is niche, reaching th e whole height of the ncoeouretas,notoc ti taken from Bishop Arcock's ch a p e l at El y, certainly n richest specimens o f it s ki nd to be met with in th e e country. On the principal side of the court is arranged a fine series of "bos ses " f rom T ewkesbury Abbey, re presenting the firmament o f h eaven. The splendid " Easter " or " resurrection " sepulchre from Horton Church, in Lincolnshire, is also in this court, and no person can look upon this beautiful work of art without feeling that although the men who carved such works neither read nor wrote poetry, yet they "lived poetry," and their buildings were epics slowly written. On this sepulchre is represented, in three divisions, Christ bear ing his cross and the weeping Magdalen gracefully kneeling at his feet, below are the armed men who kept the tomb, and above are seen merely the feet of the Saviour, for ho is fast rising out of sight. It has been prettily said, "In that hard age, such divine thoughts as these came to men like the singing of birds after a tempest." The remainder of this side of the court , is made up of two compartments of t he Lady Chapel at Ely and p or tions of the arcades and sedilia from York and Southwell Minsters. Opposite to the window of John of Gaunt is:placed one of the western entrance doors of Lichfield Cathedral, the iron work upon which is the most elaborated of any existing in this country. The work on this door is similar in style to the iron railing which protects the tomb of Queen Eleanor in Westrnuister Abbey; and was rescued from the st a t e of neglect in which it had lain for many years, and most admirably restored, by Dean Buckland. The tomb of Humphrey de Boliun, from Hereford Cathedral, ohe of the most graceful of the monuments of the lath cea :t t'arY, Occupies a pos i t i on near to t hi s d oor. A. s the b ac k of the court is placed a charming re• toratton of' the beautiful Walsingham font. It was to t'ae shrine of Our Lady at Walsingluun that thousands of pilgrims wended. their way from all parts of the country and of Europe, guided thitherthe by miracu lous light ; and it was t o l ay his offerings on the s . that the monarch Henry VIII., walked barefe.ot and bareheaded fora distan ce of three miles from theadjoin ing vill age , a nd it w as t hi s same shrine that tlee same Usury, the ‘, Defender of the Faith," did, t hh e t 0170 r of his Catholic subjects, publicly consign to the flames at • Chelsea. In front of the court, and occupying a promi nent position of the nave, are the eight restored effigies of the Crusaders, from the Temple Church, remarkable as exhibiting that purity of style which is scarcely to be met with in any other monuments of the same period. Since our last account of the works of art in the Ger man Gothic courts, considerable progress has been made in illustrating the works of Adam Kraft, Vect Stoss, Peter Visaher, and others. A writer in the Athenauna gives the following interesting description of some of the specimens in this court :—" Upon a high cornice in the German aisle are a row of dancing mannikins from the Rath-hams at Munich, fantastically dressed with bells, like jesters, the conical caps and long wide sleeves, belted doublets, pointed toes like mummers or Mores coes, the shoulders curiously shrugged, the toes quaintly turned out, thefaces twisted with a sly, ruefulgrimace and the bands assisting the dumb show of these middle-age Pucks. In the little corbels below are children read ing, fat men laughing and holding their sides, and two gossips discussing news over a horn of Rhenish wine. In the spandrils of the centre court there are some curious figures of angels fiddling and harpim2„ sur rounded by a forest-work of tracery. Below, on the left-hand side of the court, is a valuable alto-relievo, consisting of a central circle of figures, surrounded by a border of twenty-three divisions, representing scenes in our Saviour's life—his execution, his death, and his resurrection. The figures, though small, are delicate in expression, and full of quaint truth and vitality. Above the central cross is God the Father, represented as an old crowned king, and the emblem of the spirit — the brooding dove—below. Surrounded by thcpatri archs, the prophets, kings, and saints, is Christ ; on his right hand, angels are summoning the blessed, amongst whom Adam and Eve are seen unduly con spicuous ; and on the other, devils, in the shape of wild beasts, are hurrying the lost into hell. The miser is being crammed with gold pieces from an exhaustless bag—the glutton is clasped by a wild boar—and one monster has thrown his helpless prisoner over his shoulders as men might a sack. The saints are con spicuous, hugging their emblematical bulls, e agles, or lions. St. A n thony has his pig, and St. George his tame dragon ; while the peaceful-looking martyrs carry ferocious-looking weapons, typical of their mode of death. We defy any one to escape a smile at St. Stephen, who very_ru.efully carries some formidable-looking geological specimens on his psalter, like apple-dumplings in a dish. Some other relievos, on the opposite side, re present the Last Supper and the passage to Calvary, in which the brutal, truculent-looking lanzlozeck's wear medieval armour. John Knox himself could not wish better protests for the Reformation than, amid the anxious tearful beauty of the virgins, the calm dignity of maternal love and saintly aspiration we see depicted upon some of these faces. The malicious grin, the blubber sensual lip, the wrinkled sneer, the self-com placent smile, the double chin, bloated cheek, and hard, cruel forehead ; the small, crafty eye ; the stony abstract stare of the ascetic, and the swinish grin of the drunken abbot, pass before us like the monsters of Spencer's visions." THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AN!) THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTES. The following interesting circular has been published by the Society of Arts : The subject of the classes for systematic instruction in the institutions in union with this society has long been under the consideration of the council. In the replies given by the institutions to the first circular, addressed to them by the council in March, 1852, its attention was especially drawn to this very difficult subject, aid it was discussed at the annual conferences in 1852 and 1853. It appears to be an unanimous opinion that every institute should have its classes for adult instruction ; but this desideratum is at present, in most cases, ♦ery difficult, and in many cases im possible to be attained. Sufficient inducements have not as yet been generally given to the members of an institute to pursue systematic studies in its classes ; but it has been suggested that this defect might in a great measure be supplied, if stated examinations, by a board of competent authority, were to present to those mem bers the stimulus of emulation and competition, together with the honourable reward of a diploma or certificate, which might attest the merit of the examined ; and that this society might greatly benefit the institutes by under taking the requisite arrangements for the establishment of such examinations. The council is not unwilling to undertake this duty, if the institutes in union deliberately desire it ; but the best possible scheme of examinations cannot succeed if the institutes are not now, and are not likely soon to be, in a position to present to the examiners a sufficient number of candidates properly prepared for examination. Assuming, however, that in due time such candidates will be forthcoming, the council has considered what measures must be taken by the society to ensure success, if the institutes should be able and willing to do their part in this business. In order that diplomas, or certificates, may be accepted as really valuable testimonials of persevering study and superior attainment, the examiners must be men of dis tinguished reputation, and their awards must not be lightly given. The council has reason to believe that the society can obtain the services of examiners whose names will com mand confidence. The details of the examinations cannot be settled until after the conference of the representatives of the institutions, in June next. ,The following is a mere outline, intended to show how the plan would work, and to elicit the opinions of the institutions. It is pro posed :- 1. That the examinations be held at least once a year (say in March), at convenient places in different dis tricts, the institutions in each district being grouped together for the purpose. 2. That the examinations be conducted simultaneously by papers previously prepared by the examiners in London. 3. That every candidate for examination shall have been, for a eartain period (say six months), a student of a class in an institute in union. 4. That a local committee, possessing the confidence of the institutions at each place of examination, receive the papers by post from that board ; see that the papers are fairly worked by the candidates, without copying from each other, and without books or other assistance ; certify that all has been properly conducted : and re turn the worked papers by post to the board of exa miners in London. 5. That such worked papers as the examiners may approve of be divided by them into three classes, accord ing to merit. Ist, 2d, and 3d ; and thrt corresponding certificates be issued to the successful candidates. J. That each certificate state the name and age of the candidate ; the total number of lessons given to the class ; the number of lessons that he (or she) has at tended ; the subject, or subjects, on which the candidate was examined ; and the result of the examination. 7. That no certificate be awarded for any paper which gave evidence of only a smattering of knowledge, how ever extensive, or which was not well spelt, and fairly and clearly written. 8. That Ist class certificates be very cautiously awarded, so as to indicate a high standard of solid attainment. 9. That a list of suitable subjects for examination be prepared for the approval of the " Conference." That candidates be examined at their option in any of these subjects ; but that no candidate, after his first examina tion, take up more than two of the subjects in the same year ; a thorough knowledge of one or two subjects being far more important than a superficial acquaint ance with many. In putting forth this very important matter for con sideration, the council trusts that it will be borne in mind that success can only be obtained through the hearty co-operation of the institutions. Such co-opera tion may be given by the institutions in preparing and bringing forward fit candidates for examination, and by the influential friends of education, in stamping the pro posed diplomas with a real commercial value, by acknow ledging them as testimonials worthy of credit. It is hoped that few will look coldly upon an attempt to supply to the members of the literary and scientific in stitutions, mechanics' institutes, and Athenaeums, in union with the society of Arts, a portion, however small, of those advantages which are abundantly offered to the higher classes of the community in their compe titive examinations, honours, and degrees. 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Carden, to give a full explanation relative to the deten tion of a lady at his shop on Holborn-hill, on the charge of having'taken a sovereign belonging to another cus. tomer from the counter. _ _ _ He stated he had given notice to Mrs. Finch, the lady who complained, that her presence would be required ; but she had referred him to her solicitor, in whose hands she had pla . ced the matter. He had also given similar notice to Mrs. Curzon, who lost the sovereign. He was prepared to give the fullest explanation of the facts of the case, if the alderman would hear the statements of those of his assistants who were acquainttd with all the circumstances. Sir R. W. Carden said he should be happy to hear any one who could throw any light upon the subject. Mr. Tarsey said he attended for Mrs. Curzon, to con tradict any mis-statement Mr. Meeking might make, as from a letter he had written to the newspapers it ap peared he denied the fact of any such transaction as the one described taking place in his shop. sir R. W. Carden said that was his impression on reading the letter. Mr. Meeking said he wrote that letter in a great hurry to deny that any customer was detained in his shop against her inclination. Sir R. NV. Carden said in the letter he received Mr. Meeking had endeavoured to throw the onus on Mrs. Curzon of accusing and detaining Mrs. Finch. Mr. Tarsey said that part of Mr. Meeking's letter was entirely incorrect, as Mrs. Curzon accused no one, but she certainly thought it very wrong that the loss should be thrown upon her after she had paid the money to Mr. Meeking's servant. Mr. Meeking said that Mr. TarSey was wrongly in formed, and it was very desirTilere e Mrs. Curzon should be present to state what actually took place. Mrs. Curzon was accordingly sent for, and on being requested to narrate what she recollected of the circum stance, she stated that she purchased goods at Mr. Meeking's shop to the amount of 51. 75., and paid for them with a Si. note and a sovereign. Mrs. Finch was sitting near her, and the shopman placed the note and sovereign on his cheque-book, and, after endorsing the note, he closed the book upon it and the sovereign and then sent the cashier to take'the money. When the cashier came to the book he could not find the sove reign, and on her asking him what was to be done, he said he did not know, but she could do what she pleased. The young man who placed the money in the book said, to the best of his belief, he replaced the sovereign in the note. She never accused any one. Sir R. W. Carden asked what could have induced Mrs. Finch to offer to be searched, and said there must have been some insinuation thrown out to make her believe she was suspected of taking the sovereign. Mrs. Curzon said there was not the slightest thing said or insinuated to induce her to make such an offer. When the sovereign was missed she saw Mrs. Finch was about to leave, and said to her, " Of course you will not go until this is cleared up ;" and Mrs. Finch replied she was not in a hurry, and was willing to be searched. Sir R. W. Carden asked Mr. Meeting, who sent for the policeman ?—Mr. Meeking said he was not sent for by him. Mrs. Curzon said the policeman was sent for by Mr. Meeking, but no one was given into custody, for she was willing to lose the money rather than have any further unpleasantness about it. Mrs. Finch was anxious to be searched, and voluntarily undressed her self for the purpose when taken into the private room. On the following day she received an intimation from Mr. Meeking that the sovereign had been found, and she accordingly received it back ; but Mr. Meeking was wrong in stating that she promised to inform Mrs. Finch that the money was found. Mrs. Curzon's brother said he was present on the following day, and told Mr. Meeking that an apology was due to Mrs. Finch, and that if he did n*t make it he (the brother) would do so. He complained that Mr. .Meeking had sought to shrink from the responsibility he ought to have taken upon himself, and to throw the onus upon Mrs. Curzson and Mrs. Finch. Sir R. W. Carden inquired where the sovereign was found ? Mr. Meeking said the shopman found it in his cheque book, it having slipped through into the pocket. Sir R. W.Caiden—So, then, the whole mistake arose through the fault of the young man who received the money and placed it in the book, and he was sur prised how it could have happened ; for it was perfectly impossible that he could have forgotten having received the money, as it never left his possession until it was found the next day. He considered that, in justice to all parties, Mr. Meeking should have written to every one immediately the sovereign was found, acknowledging the neglect of the young man, and apologising for the unpleasant position they had been placed in through it. Mr. Meekini , said, as soon as he got at the facts of the case he subsequently wrote a full explanation, which he regretted appeared only in one of the morning papers. Sir R. W. Carden said neither the letter he had seen, nor the one he received bore the slightest reference to the finding of the sovereign (which he thought Mr. Meeking was bound to mention), although it was the most essential part of this investigation. Mr. Meeking said he wrote these letters before he had time to collect the details he had since given, and he did not wish to accuse his young man of neglect until he ' had inquired if he were guilty of it or not. Sir R. W. Carden said Mr. Meeking might have stated the fact that the sovereign was found, without imputing any offence to his young man, instead of allowing suspicion to cling to Mrs. Finch after the ordeal she had gone through. Mr. Tarsey said Mr. Meeking, on being applied to, had stated he had nothing to do with it, as none of his young men, except the cashier, had authority to receive money, which practice he thought was likely to lead to many such unpleasant disputes. Sir P. W. Carden said it was not necessary to say anything more on the subject. It was very clear that ail the unpleasantness arose from the negligence of Mr. Meeking's servant, and it was equally clear that an apology was due front Mr. Meeking's establishment to Mrs. Finch. Mr. Meeking said he hoped the alderman would ex press his opinion, after what he had heard, that he (Mr. Meeking) had not caused the detention of a person in his shop. Sir R. W. Carden said be should give no opinion upon that point. Mr. Meeking said he trusted the alderman would hear the young man who attended upon Mrs. Curzon. The young man accordingly corroborated what Mrs. Curzon stated, and added that when Mrs. Curzon asked them what was to be done about the missing sovereign, he said, " I don't know anything about it ; it rests between you two ladies" (meaning Mrs. Curzon and Mrs. Finch.) Sir R. W. Carden said after that he thought a most ample public apology was due from Mr. Meeking to both the ladies, He had inflicted a most grievous in jury upon Mrs. Finch, and ought to have made a per sonal apology in the most ample terms to that lady immediately he discovered the mistake that had been made. He (the alderman) did not impute dishonesty to the young man, but, to say the least of it, it was very great negligence.—The parties then retired. body? His answer was, that they did not know where to find it." The deceased, after leaving home, was traced to a cartwright's shop in the neighbourhood. He entered at about 10 minutes to 7 o'clock, and left it in 20 minutes or half an hour. Dr. Smith had attended a person the same evening, leaving about 7, and he was seen near the place about the sate time. One witness, Johu Adam, a labourer, in returning to the village from Peterhead, stated that he had met McDonald and Dr. Smith about 18 or 20 minutes past 7 o'clock, walking together. " passed quite near them," said this witness, " they were speaking to each other. I nodded my head to William McDonald, and he nodded to me in return. I saw Dr. Smith quite plainly. I was quite certain he was the other man. Dr. Smith had on dark clothes and a light hat. They were walking at a good pace," The witness, however, began to hesitate so much in his testimony as to excite suspicion. He said, immediately before meet ing Smith and McDonald, he had asked a man to let him know the hour, and was informed that it was 7 o'clock, the man adding that his watch was fast by the Peter head time by about half an hour. He could not explain the inconsistency of his evidence, and afterwards sail he was wrong in saying it was 20 minutes past 7—that it was a small bit of a mistake. The witness continued, in some confusion, in this strain, when The Lord Justice-Clerk sentenced him to six months' imprisonment for gross prevarication, and told him that the only way of getting his sentence mitigated would be by telling what induced him to say that he had seri the two men at 18 or 20 minutes past seven. His lordship animadverted, in severe terms, on the want of attention and energy displayed in the precognition of the witness. (This witness was not cited for the former trial.) The other evidence was to no effect ; one man, a farmer, had heard a shot fired at six minutes after half past seven o'clock ; but Dr. Siiiith had called at a house on the Saturday evening at 10 minutes to eight o'clock, and showed nothing remarkable in his manner. He returned a second time to the same house, sat down, but rose quickly, when the occupier said, "What's the matter wi' you, doctor ; are you warm ? And he said, " Yes," and began rocking the cradle. The next day (Sunday) the mother of the deceased remarked his un usual paleness. The Court adjourned till next day. Further evidence in this case was heard on Thursday, when witnesses were called to • prove that the prisoner had purchased a pistol at Peterhead, in August last, like the one found near the body ; that he had asked for powder to shoot crows on Friday, the 18th, from a shop keeper in New St. Fergus, who, however, had not any ; that he had purchased two ounces of gunpowder on the Saturday afternoon, from a merchant in Old St. Fergus, on pretence of preparing some ointment, and that he had previously bought percussion caps. The packet of powder was subsequently found, minus a quarter of an ounce, and the string twisted and not tied. The weights of the merchant were, however, proved to he defective, and there was evidence of some powder being spilt. There Was no evidence of any bullets being purchased by the prisoner. Evidence was also brought to show that the prisoner had effected three insurances on M‘Donald's life—one with the Northern Insurance Company for 499/. for five years, commencing in December, 1852 ; one with the Caledonian Insurance Company for 9991. 195., for one year commencing on the 24th November, 1852, and which was, therefore, with five days of expiring when M'Donald died ; and one with the Scottish Union In surance Company for 5001., for five years, commencing in January, 1852. The policies being on the life a third party, were not nullified by suicide on his part. The medical testimony was to the effect that the pistol had been fired close to the head, and that death must have been instantaneous. If the deceased had committed suicide, he must have done so sittin g in the ditch ; if he were s hot by another, it must have been by some one who was alongside of him, and the body must have been rolled into the ditch. The doctors could not give a positive opinion as to whether the deceased had met his death by murder or by suicide. The proceedings on Friday opened with the reading of the prisoner's declarations. lie accounted for himself. on the evening in question by stating that he left the manse some time after 7, that he went home and worked some time in his garden, and went to call on Miss Anderson at twenty-five minutes to 8. Evidence was called in exculpation, to the effect that the prisoner was in the manse up till seven o'clock ; that he came home between seven and half-past, and after being ten minutes in the house, went out to the garden and took up some dahlia roots, and was some time en gaged there. Mr. Adam Grey, Peterhead, deposed to selling a pistol to William M`Donald in September, 1848, and, on being shown the pistol found near the body, said it was his firm belief, from a notch that was on it, that that was the pistol. The Solicitor-General addressed the jury for the prose cation, and the Dean of Faculty for the defence. The Lord Justice-Clerk, in charging the jury, said they had first to consider whether there had been a murder at all, and whether the evidence absolutely precluded the possibility of suicide or accident. After the evidence of Mr. Gray, identifying the pistol as the one he had sold to M'Donald in 1848, he thought they could no longer hold that it belonged to tins prisoner, and this, the only link that directly connected the panel with the crime, being taken away, and Aden's evidence that they had been seen together that evening being altogether un trustworthy, they had not a single act which connected the prisoner with M'Donald at all in the matter of his death. The whole case might be surrounded with sus picion and difficulties, but in the view he took of the case, it came to be an unexplained murder, the evidence having failed to connect the case with the prisoner at the bar. The jury, after a brief absence, brought in a verdict of not proven, by a majority. The Lord Justice Clerk asked if the minority meant guilty or not guilty, to which the Chancellor replied, that it was a majority for not proven as against guilty. The verdict was received with hissing in the body of the court, which was suppressed by the niacers, but which broke out again as the prisoner left the duck. -- UNIVERSITY INTELLIGEN(T. OXFORD, APRIL 1 t. The subjoined is a copy of the declaration against the University Reform Bill, which being largely circulated, with a view to obtain signatures, both among resi dents and non-residents : "The difficulty of bringing together, for the purpose of a formal vote, any large proportion of the non-resident members of Convocation, makes it desirable to ascertain by another method—as was done with reference to the question of the admission •f dissenters in 1834—what is their judgment upon the bill now before Parliament. " It is proposed to make compulsory, by the said bill, certain great changes in the constitution and government of the University and its colleges. _ _ "It is further proposed to dear, by the same bill, with the property of the several colleges, and to impose cer tain new provisions for its application. "These two propositions, as carried out in numerous clauses of the bill, appear— " 1. To be subversive of the independence and legiti mate corporate action of the university, and also of the discipline secured by the collegiate system ; and to be regardless of the solemn obligations of the Visitors, the Heads, and the Fellows of the colleges. 2, To be destructive of the original purposes of the foundations, by discouraging the valuable class for whom they were intended—poor, well-conditioned, and in genious students ; making intellectual attainments the almost exclusive standard ; affecting unduly the con nection of colleges with great schools for the encourage ment of well-deserving youth in particular localities ; restraining the period of the benefits proposed by the founders ; diverting their bequests, in part, to purposes altogether alien from their intentions ; and, finally, making the fellowships intellectual prizes, rather than endowments for men fitted to serve God in Church and State. "3. To be suggestive of a new principle of dealing, not only with all trust property, but with all other pro perty in the kingdom, by act of Parliament." The names of Residents at present appended to this paper are those of the Vice-Chancellor, the Provost of Queen's, the President of Magdalen, the President of Trinity, the President of St. John's, the Warden of Wariliam, the Principals of St. Mary Hall, Magdalen Hall, and St. Edmund Hall, Drs. Pusey and Barnes, Canons of Christ Church, the Public Orator, the Lau dian Professor of Arabic, the Bodleian Librarian, the Junior Proctor, seven Tutors or Lecturer of Colleges, 10 Fellows, and three members of Convocation not on foundations. The paper is also signed by nine or ten non-Residents, among whom the most eminent is the yen. George Anthony Denison, Archdeacon of Taunton. TILE ST. FERGUS MURDER. The trial of William Smith, medical practitioner (it has transpired that he holds no diploma entitling him to prefix the honorary degree of M.D. to his name), for the murder of William M`Donald, farm servant, at Burnside, parish of St. Fergus, Aberdeenshire, on the 29th of last November, recommenced. on 'Wednesday before the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh. The former trial (on the 13th of March), it may be recol lected, came to an abrupt termination, after proceeding for one day, from the illness of a juryman. The public interest in the trial, from the former respectability of the accused, and the motive of the alleged crime—arising from certain policies of insurance effected by Smith upon the life of the deceased—has not in any degree diminished. The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and a jury was empanelled. The leading facts of the first day's evidence have been already reported. Some new testimony was, however, educed to-day. The mother and the brother of the deceased were re called to testify to the excellence of his character, and the cheerfulness of his disposition. His clergyman added his testimony to the same effect, and all the parties were positive in asserting that there had been no recent quarrels in the family. Dr. Smith was seen to call upon the deceased on Saturday, the 19th of November, and in the evening, between four and five o'clock, M'Donald left his house, stating that he had a tryst or engagement with the doctor. The nearest way to Dr. Smith's house was by the pathway through a field of the doctor's, and it was in a ditch, under the hedge which bounds this field, that the body of the deceased was dis covered by his brother next morning (Sunday). H e was quite dead, there being a wound on the right cheek and blood on the face. A pistol was lying near the body, but no marks of a scuffle were apparent. The doctor was not at home when the discovery was made ; but shortly afterwards he came towards the spot with James Pirie, the farrier, and exclaimed, holding up his hands, " God preserve us ! " Dr. Smith said at once that the deceased had shot himself, and afterwards made himself very busy with the funeral arrangements. It did not not transpire from the evidence how Dr. Smith had been acquainted of the tragical event.. Upon the Sunday morning lie called on James Pine, the farrier, and said, "Are you in, farrier ?" The roan re plied, " Yes." He said, " Come here." The former said, "What's ado ?" He said, "Willie M`Donald's gotten dead somewhere about James Fordyce's." They went away to the place together.- The doctor pointed towards the field, and said, " Come this way ; I think he is this way." The same morning (Sunday) Mr. Moir, the Free Church clergyman of the district, addressed Dr. Smith, and said, " Well, doctor, has this happened by accident or design do you think !" He said it looked as if it had happened by design. The doctor added that there had been quarrels in the family. The next Mon day evening the same parties had a conversation on the matter, and from the mystery about the event, the clergyman (to use his own words) looked Dr. Smith in the face a n d sa id, " Wh ere were you on th e S a turday night ?" He had mentioned several places where he had been. I afterwards said that if it Were a strange hand that had done the deed, it was singular that they should have looked for the lad there, as the road was seldom used by anybody b u t myse lf an d himself (th e d oc t or ). I said it was my conviction, if another person had done the deed, it m us t h ave b een : some one from th e v illage. Dr. Smith never said anything to me about insurances on any ()melon, I asked hint how he found out the SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER SPRING MEETING, 1854. The CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, for three-year-olds ; a winner of a handicap after the publication of the weights of the value of 100 sovs. clear 51b extra ; once round and a distance ; 33 subs. st lb st lb Grey Plover 8 7 Miss Sellon . 7 4 Ch c Vernlam, out of Bro to Andante Marchioness Seducer Nightshade Swiftsure 7 8 Brigadier 6 12 Ortolano Lord Hill (late Eta) 7 8 aright Phcebus Sarsfield Lady Napier Falcon Robin Hood 7 6 Cestria St. Clair The Handsome Buck 7 6 Device - - Cot tender M 7 6 Kennyside Hero 6 Syvagee Jetty Treffz 7 4 is to Aphrodite (pd) THE WTNNSTAT HANDICAP of 100 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each ; a winner of any handicap after the publication of the weights of the value of 200 sous, clear 51b, 300 or more 81b extra, but not to be accumulative ; to start at the Castle Pole, run once round and in ; 22 subs. Age. st lb Age. st Pelion 4 8 3 Dick Turpin Lerrywhent 5 8 0 Maid of Golborne 4 6 12 Evadne Guicowar 4 7 8 .Rosalba Captain Cornish.. 4 -7 -.8 Dotnino Gauntlet a 7 6 Nightshade 3 5 10 Royal George 5 7 6 Swiftsure Annie Sutherland 4 7 6 Garrulity The Hatchet 4 7 4 Nelly Hill The General Miss Agnes 4 7 2 Jephson 3 5 0 WEIGHTS for the CHESHIRE WELTER CUP of 100 sovs., by subscription of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the :9th of April ; jockeys allowed to ride on c arrying 51b extra ; the winner of any handicap of the value of 100 sovs. clear after the publication of the weights 51b, and the winner of the Trades' Cup 10ib extra, but not to be accumulative ; Grosvenor Course ; 18 subs. Age st lb Age st lb Ephesus Testator Titterstone Kennington a 10 10 Lord Lieutenant 4 910 Lerrywheut 5 10 10 Castoff The Surveyor ... 5 10 8 3lacaw 6 9 6 Revolver Captain Cornish 4 10 8 Dewstone (h .. 4 9 2 Eulogist Weights for the MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER'S PLATE of 100 sovs in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for all ages, two year olds excepted ; the winner of any handicap after the publication of the weights 51b, and of the Trades Cup 101 b extra, but not to be accumulative ; Grosvenor Course. 37 subs. Age st lb Frantic Aguila 5 7 10 Harbinger Pelion 4 7 10 Indian Warrior 5 7 6 Evadne Lerrywheut Annie Sutherland 4 7 -- 0 The General Catherine Parr Va.nderdecken Rattle 4 6 12 Eulogist 4 6 10 Sandhurst Aldford Peggy 4 6 10 Sextus 4 6 10 Itch 4 6 10 Whalebone 4 6 8 Age st lh Tay 'stock Little Tom (late Corybantes 4 6 6 Veteran La Belle 4 6 0 Tom 3 6 0 Eva 3 6 0 Comfort 3 5 10 Ossifrage 3 5 10 Falcon 3 5 10 Swittsure 3 5 10 Mishap Ruminator 3 5 6 Punch Box 3 5 6 The Empire Amos 3 5 2 -• Kennyside Hero 3 410 I _ Cheshire Marquis 3 4 Daniel O'Rourke 5 (pd.) W eights for the CHESHIRE STAKES of 15 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the 19th of April ; a winner of any handicap race after the pub lication of the weights of the value of 200 sous. clear 51b, or of the Trades' Cup 101 b extra, but not to be accumulative ; from the Castle Pide, once round and iu (about a mile and three furlongs) ; 28 subs. Age et lb Kobinoor The Reiver 4 8 0 Pelion 4 7 10 Warhawk Lerrywheut Cobnut Lancashire Lass 4 7 0 Annie Sutherland 4 7 0 Jacqueline 4 7 0 Vanderdecken Master Slender Age st lb Pantomime 4 6 10 Alexia 4 6 6 Georgey Veteran Voucher 4 6 2 La Belle 4 6 0 Barrel 3 5 12 Ghurab Turwar 3 5 10 Co►nf)rt Aria.ilne Jack Frost Puritan Alcliord Sandhurst The GRAND STAND Cup of 200 sovs. in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each ; the winner of any handicap after the publication of the weights of the value of 300 sovs. clear 7U', 000 or more and of the Chester Cup 141bs, the second in any of such handicaps 51b extra ; once round and a distance ; 47 subs. Ago st lb Pelion 4 8 3 Lerrywheut 5 8 0 Evadne 5 8 - 0 Lainhton Captain Cornish 4 7 10 Octavia 5 7 6 Annie Sutherland 4 7 6 Jacqueline 4 7 6 The General The Hatchet. 4 7 6 Gauntlet a 7 4 ✓anderdecken 4 7 4 Catherine Parr— 4 7 2 Typee 4 7 2 Scarecrow 5 7 0 Peggy 4 7 0 Alexia 4 7 10 Tirnotheus 6 6 10 Patience 4 6 10 Rosalba La. Belle 4 6 4 Corin 3 6 4 Domino 3 ti 4 New Warrior 3 6 2 Merry Monk 3 6 2 Age st lb Little Princess 4 6 0 Alas 3 6 0 Sledmere 3 6 0 Tommy 3 6 0 Middlesborough Game-lad.. 3 6 0 Mangerton 3 6 0 Swiftsure 3 5 12 Nigtshade 3 5 12 Epaminoodas 3 5 12 Ossifrage Falcon 3 5 12 B c by. Tearaway —Ballinasloe's dam 3 5 12 The Assayer 3 5 12 Sarsfield 3 5 12 Sine Qua Non 3 5 9 King Alfred 3 5 9 Bro to Andante 3 5 6 Nelly Hill 3 5 6 Sy vagee 3 5 6 Bianca 3 5 4 Juliet 3 5 0 LOTHIANS RACING CLUB AND EDINBURGH MEETING, 1854. The LOTHIAN HANDICAP of 10 soya each, h ft, and only 3 if declared on or before the 24th inst., with 60 added ; the winner of any handicap subsequent to the publishing of the weights, of 100 sous value, 61b, of ‘s , c) or more 71b extra; two miles. Should the highest weight accepting be under Bst 71b, it will be raised to that weight, and the others in proportion. Age st lb I Age st lb Rataplan 4 8 71Cassio 4 6 4 Testator a 7 10 I Miss Isabel (h b)...4 6 2 Haricot Little Jack s 7 10 Angelo 4 6 2 Lerrywheut 5 7 7 La Belle 4 6 2 Audubon 4 7 7, Massa Mungo 6 6 0 Colsterdale 6 7 51 Cecil 5 6 0 John Dory a 7 2 Vest 4 5 12 The Surveyor 5 7 0 The Greek Prince 4 5 10 *Little Davie 5 7 0 The Jealous 0ne...3 5 10 Morning Star 5 7 0 Robin Hood ..3 5 7 Ulster 4 7 0 Jonathan Martin... 3 5 7 Jan ey 4 6 12 Garrulity Jack the Giant Robert Gill 3 5 6 Killer 4 6 12 Lammas Day 3 5 6 Auchinleck 4 6 10 Xribhas 3 5 3 Augusta 4 6 10 Erycina 3 5 0 Dick Turpin 4 6 7 Bf by Charles XII. Friar's Hall 4 6 7 out of Fair Helen 3 4 7 * This horse having been entered without the know ledge of his owner, will be struck out at the time speci fied, unless specially ordered to remain in. EPSOM SUMMER MEETING, 1854. The GREAT EXHIBITION HANDICAP PLATE of 100 Boys., for all ages ; one mile and a quarter. The weights to be published three weeks before running. Little Princess, 4 yrs Kennyside Hero, 3 yrs Frantic, 5 yrs Telegraph, 3 yrs St. Stephen, 3 yrs Pollard, 3 yrs Bro to 'Grey Tommy, 4yrs Bright Phoebus, 4 yrs Inder, 4 yrs Phoenix, 3 yrs Snarry, 5 yrs Eulogist, 4 yrs Marchioness, aged Indian Warrior, 5 yrs Exeter, 6 yrs Topsy, 3 yrs Young Cecilia, 3 yrs Merry Monk, 3 yrs Sweetheart, aged Massaroni, 4 yrs , Georgey, 4 yrs Odi ham, 6 yrs Cable, 3 yrs Sine Qua Non. 3 yrs Roebuck, 3 yrs The Assayer, 3 yrs Bridesmaid, 3 yrs Regius Professor, 4 yrs The Old Soldier, 4 yrs John Bull, 4 yrs Westwood (late the Friend- Roseherry, 3 yrs less Boy) (h b), 5 yrs Sir George, 3 yrs Calot, 5 yrs N o i sette, 4 yrs The MARINE HANDICAP PLATE of 100 sovs. for all ages ; T.Y.C. (three-quarters of a mile). The weights to be published three weeks before running. Fran tic, 5 yrs Calot, 5 yrs Sir Mark, yrs Kennyside Hero, 3 yrs Box, 3 yrs Pollard, 3 yrs The Empire, 3 yrs Lord Lieutenant, 4 yrs Ephesus, 0 yrs Little Tom, 4 yrs Epaminondas, 3 yrs Nicotine, 4 yrs Henrietta, 5 yrs Student, 3 yrs Roebuck, 3 yrs N u tpecker, 4 yrs Bridesm a id, 3 yrs Longinus, 6 yrs The Queen's Own, 3 yrs Lady Constance, 3 yrs Cable, 3 yrs The PAVILION HANDICAP PLATE of 100 sovs., for all ages ; Bristol Mile. The weights to be published three weeks before running. Epaminondas, 3 yrs Kennyside Hero, 3 yrs Adine, 5 yrs Eulogist, 4 yrs Box, 3 yrs Indian Warrior, 5 yrs Bro to Grey Tommy, 4 yrs Bright Phoebus, 4 yrs Georgey, 4 yrs Oldham, 6 yrs Roebuck, 3 yrs Little Tom, 4 yrs Cable, 3 yrs Nicotine, 4 yrs Bridesmaid, 3 yrs St. Faith, 4 yrs Brown B ran dy, 3 yrs Hercules, 3 yrs Calot, 5 y ra Lady Flora, 4 yrs A RHENISH GRETNA GREEN. The Staats Auzeiger of Sunday, the 9th instant, con tains the following text of a law passed in the present session : " Male foreigners who may in our States desire to con tract marriage with a female Prussian subject, or with a female fo re i gner, h ave , in addition to their fulfilment of all other requ i remen t s o f the law, to prove by a properly attlated ce r tifi ca t e from the authorities of the place they come from th a t th e y are, according to the laws of their country, competent to contract a marriage abroad, or have, ill continuity with those laws, received a license to enter on the said marriage." The main object of this law is to protect Prussian wo men from the consequences of marrying foreigners, the legislation of whose respective countries may offer ob stacles to their settlement there being recognised in case of the death or misfortune of the husband. This half of the case has respect chiefly to Germans, the second almost exclusively to England. Every summer and autumn for two years past, there has appeared in the English papers a number of motrimonial advertisements, all commencing with "At Duisburg, by the Rev. Mr. Krummacher." On inquiry, it is ascertained that these couples consisted always of widowers marrying the sisters of their de ceased wives. It is to prevent the continuation of this practice that the second half of the law is directed. The Prussian Government will not connive at British subjects making use of its territory and institutions for the infraction of British laws. The town of Duis burg owes its distinction as a Rhenish Gretna green to the circumstances of its easy approach ableness from England ; while it is the only place in the Rhine provinces where the Code Napoleon is not still in foree, which requires a six months' domicile previous to the celebration of the ceremony. The wedding traffic at Duisburg has hitherto been car ried on according to a regularly organized plan, in which innkeepers, &c.,_ there stood in close connexion with a society in London for the promotion or 02LOCUti011 of Puob marriages. The FOREIGN VISITORS' HANDICAP PLATE of 100 sove. for all ages ; three quarters of a mile. The weights to be published three weeks before running. Bobby, 3 yrs Kennyside Hero, 3 yrs Box, 3 yrs Telegraph, 3 yrs Snarry, 5 yrs Pollard, 3 yrs Grey Tommy, 5 yrs Lord Lieutenant, 4 yrs Inder, 4 yrs Bright Phceims, 4 yrs Sir Mark, 3 yrs Topsy, 3 yrs Michaelmas Maid, 4 yrs Merry Monk, S yrs Narcissus, aged Sine Qua Non, 3 yrs Sextus, 4 yrs Memory, 2 yrs Nei va, 4 yrs Nicotine, 4 yrs Sweetheart, aged Old Rowley, 5 yrs Henrietta, 5 yrs The Assayer, 3 yrs Roebuck, 3 yrs John Bull, 4 yrs Georgey, 4 yrs Roseberry, 3 yrs Bridesmaid, 3 yrs Adelaide, 3 yrs The Old Soldier, 4 yrs Lady Flora, 4 yrs Westwood (h h), 5 yrs Blondelle, 4 yrs Calot, 5 yrs Longinus, 6 yrs MANCHESTER RACES.-JUNE 7. WEIGHTS for the MANCHESTER TRADESMEN'S CUP. Forfeits to be declared by the 18th of April. Two miles and a quarter. Eighty-four subs. Age at ib, The Nabob 5 8 7 Daniel O'Rourke 5 8 7 Little Harry 5 8 5 Rataplan Adine 5 8 2 Chief Justice a 8 0 Torment 4 8 0 Balro w nie Leopold 5 7 12 Chaseaway 6 7 6 Umbriel 4 7 6 Barbattii - Cobnut Joe Miller 5 7 5 Little Fawn 6 7 4 Lancashire Lass 4 7 4 Audubon Lough Bawn 6 7 2 Mr. Sykes 4 7 2 Crusader Captain Cornish 4 7 2 Revolver Grey T mmy 5 7 0 The Deformed Cariboo Pantomime Ireland's Eys 4 6 13 Jouvence Annie Sutherland 4 6 13 Morning Star Dove Heapy Sandhurst Dar Polly 4 6 10 Ammonia Valour Pr svost Marshal 4 6 8 Janey 4 6 8 Black Doctor 6 6 6 Peggy 4 6 6 St. Andrew Brother to Grey Tommy 4 England's Glory 6 Age st lb Cabin Boy 3 6 4 Charley Lady Vernon 4 6 4 Bracken.. Hope (h b) Richard Primmer 5 6 0 Lanscape La Belle 4 6 0 ‘ , liss Peddie Rosalba 4 6 0 Angelo Barrel Whittington Orson 3 5 12 Corin C by Tearaway, out of Ballina sloe's dam Ossifrage Sedum. 3 5 8 Surgeon General 3 5 6 Empress Catherine 3 5 6 Sarsfield 3 5 6 S wiftsure El Dorado 3 5 5 Sir James Graham 3 5 5 Ham Sir Mark Roebuck Lamprocles Cestria 3 4 12 Phoenix Blame 3 4 12 Kittle Cockle filly 3 4 12 Amos 3 4 12 Sampson (h b) Jujube Communist Erycina Kennyside Hero 4 4 7 Professor Buck 3 4 7 Honeydew 4 paid. 6 6 6 4 WEIGHTS for the SALFORD BOROUGH CUP. Forfeits to be declared by the 18th of April. One mile and a half. Eighty-two subs. Age st lb Red Liod Daniel O'Rourke 6 8 8 Adine Kohinoor Orestes Joe Miller 5 7 9 Indian Warrior 5 7 9 E vadne Lanibton Captain Cornish 4 7 6 Lough Bawn 6 7 6 War Hawk .. Calot St. Michael Eulogist 4 7 5 Lancashire Lass 4 7 5 Mentmere Lass 4 7 5 Mr. Sykes ...... 4 7 5 Octavia Jacqueline 4 7 2 The Deformed Le Jud Ty pee 4 7 2 Annie Sutherland 4 7 2 Oliham 6 7 0 13 ea py Llanforda Hobby Horse Vanderdecken 4 7 0 The Hatchet 4 7 0 Morning Star Itch Braxey Bit of Blue 5 6 12 Prince Leopold 4 6 12 Candlewick England's Glory 6 6 10 The Tempest 5 6 10 Brother to Grey Age st lb Peggy 4 6 10 Milford Whalebone La Belle 4 6 5 Hope (h b) 4 6 5 Helena (h b) 4 6 5 The Event.. Voucher.... Light ot the Harem 4 6 3 Gaslight 4 6 3 Domino 3 6 3 Curio Merry Monk 8 6 0 Sine-qua• Non Thessalian 3 5 10 Jack Frost 3 5 10 Aonimia Ossifrage c. by Tearaway, out of Ballina - s . - loe's dam 3 5 10 Empress Catherine 3 5 9 El Dorado.. ...... 3 5 9 Twinkle 3 5 8 Swiftsure St. Clair 3 5 8 Falcon Ariadne Ham , 3 5 6 Ti,ggery 3 5 6 Pyrois 3 5 6 Cestria, Blame... Jetty Treffz Syvagee 3 5 4 Maid of Mouton Ray 3 5 2 Amos 3 5 2 Conspiracy Erycin.. Daphne 3 4 12 Andromache . Professor Buck 3 4 10 4 Jack the Giant- Killer 4 St. Andrew Miry Agnes 6 10 6 10 6 10 6 10 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1854. APRIL. Newmarket Craven 17 Catterick Bridge 19 Abergavenny . . 2O York Spring 25 Malton 2B Newmarket F S Chester Spring 9 Lothians & Edinburgh 11 Newmarket S S 16 Shrewsbury l6 Lothians and EdinburghlB Lewes Bath 23 Liverpool Hunt Spring ..24 Epsom 30 Bibury 2B Stockbridge 29 Ludlow 30 Winchester 3O JII. Manchester Ascot Heath... Newcastle-on-Tyne 2O 'Hampton 2l Carlisle 26 JII Newmarket Worcester 4 Lancaster 6 Mansfield ll Liverpool l2 Ipswich 13 Stourbridge l7 Stamford 18 Nottingham 2O Goodwood 25 Ripon 51 AU( Brighton Brighton Club 4 Wolverhampton Yarmouth 8 Reading Odiham 9 North Staffordshire 9 Wolverhampton l4 SEPT] Warwick Lichfield Western Meeting 7 Rochesterand Chatham 7 Doncaster .. 12 Pontefract 18 Chester Autumn 3 ' Yorkshire Union Hunt 5 Wreakam Newmarket S 0 9 NOVE Epsom Autumn Egham 22 York 23 Hereford 24 Eccles 2B Chelmsford 29 Derby 29 Plymouth 30 Lincoln 3l AMBER. Bedford l9 Leicester 2O Manchester Autumn 2l Lanark 25 Newmarket F 0...26 Northallerton 2B )BER. Warwick Autumn 17 Caledonian Hunt 17 Newmarket H 23 Worcester Autumn 31 MBER. Cow bridge Hunt 9 THE ARCHES OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY A RECEPTACLE FOR THE DEAD.—On Saturday a deputation from the parish of Lambeth waited upon the directors of the South-Western Railway Company, to ascertain if it was true that they had let 9 of the arches of the rail way, in the most crowded part of the parish—namely, between the Waterloo-station and the Westminster road, as depositories for the dead of as many parishes and unions as the Necropolis Cemetery Company have entered into contracts with to convey their dead to Woking. The directors admitte.l the fact, and expressed regret that the Necropolis Cemetery Company had a power in their act to convey bodies from the Waterloo road station. In order to relieve themselves from the annoyance of bodies being conveyed from the ter minus, they had made arrangements to let a siding of their line, from York-street to the Westminster road—viz., 9 arches. It was urged by the deputation that the directors, by such a proceeding, would not only destroy the property adjacent to the railway, but that their own transit of passengers would be materially affected, if it were known that they would have to pass over dead bodies, infected with all sorts of diseases, and emitting an effluvium Which must, of necessity, reach the line. The deputation added that, seeing that the directors had made their arrangements with the Necropolis Com pany with no other view than that of profit, they should feel it their duty to forthwith apply to Lord Palmerston, who had done so much to remove all dangerous nuis ances, to destroy this intended charnel-house. They thought it monstrous to suppose for a moment that his lordship, as an advocate for evramural interment, would, if sincere in his expressed desire for sanitary improve ment, permit such charnel-houses as those proposed to be brought into the centre of one of the most poor and densely-populated neighbourhoods in the metropolis. Colonel Henderson, the chairman, said lie could have wished the station for the receptacle of the dead had been at Battersea rather than where it was ; and Mr. Crornbie, the secretary, remarked that he believed he was stating the views of the directors of the railway by saying that, if the Necropolis Company could obtain a piece of land at Battersea for this purpose, they would prefer it. The deputation then retired, determined at once to lay the subject before the Secretary of State for the Home Department. The proposed entrance to this depository of the dead is to be opposite to Mr. Harvey's premises in the Westminster-road. According to th e l a t es t advices, the weather in Ca lifornia had been specially favourable for digging, and probably silica the first discoveries so great a quantity of gold had not been dug as in the month of February. The Cherokee Flat Diggings were supposed to be the richest in the State ; $3,000 worth was taken out in a few hours, but when the shaft was sunk 28ft., the water came in so rapidly that a steam pump was required ta fork it. rUST. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. REPORTS OF I :OMMITTEES OF RAILWAY ; IL LS CANNOCK Lord STANLEY reported from the sub-committee that they had examined the allegations conta;ned in the pre amble of the bill, but the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, AND WOROESTRESIIIRS JUNCTION Lord STANLEY reported from the subcommittee that in the case of this company's bill for the revival of powers, &c., they had examined the allegations con tained in the preamble of the bill, but the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. FESTINIOG. linrd JoCELYN reported from the sub-committee that the parties promoting the bill had stated to the com mittee that it was not their intention to proceed further with the same. PERTH AND DUNKELD. Mr. BOUVERIE reported from the sub-committee that the proposed capital of the company is 80.0001., and the amount of loan 20,0001. The length of the pro posed railway is 84 and the steepest gradient is lin 88. There is one tunnel on the line, which is to be 350 yards long, 18 feet wide, and 18 feet high. It is intended that the railway shall cross on a level five public roads. The amount of the estimates of the cost, or other expenses to be incurred up to the time of the completion of the railway, is 70,0001. The quantity of land required for the railway is 120 acres. The com• mittee are satisfied of the fitness, in an engineering point of view, of the proposed railway, SHIPPING INT ELLIGENCA QUARANTINE NOTICE. LISBON, April B.—The Board of Health has declared Amsterdam to be " suspected of cholera" from the 20th of December last, and Copenhagen from the 22d of FebruarY last. CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL 15. ENTERED INWARDS. —The Rosevoan, from St. Michael's; Kangaroo, Harlingen ; Volante, Terceira ; Little Jenny, St. Michael's ; Railway, do. ; Jean Bart, Gravelines ; Solide, do ; Ale candrina, Salonica ; Cornet, Antwei p ; Clasina Margaretha, do. ; Luna, Hookseil ; Emden; Emanuel, do. ; Margaretha, do. ; Antina, do. ; Ida Maria; do. ; Edgar, Mauritius; Milinka, West Coast of Africa ; Prima, Leer ; Isabel, Weile ; Carleton, Callao; Affghan, Mauritius; Emperor, C a l c utt a; A ga th a Wilhel mine, Ditzum ; Drie Gebroders, Rotterdam ; FrOW Hence, Leer; tiartni, a, do.; Wilhelm, Fetkerwarderseil; Bolton, Boni bay. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Dina, for Port Philip ; Rose, River Gambia; William the Third, Port Philip ; Norma, Adelaide ; Driving Mist, Rio Ja— neiro ; William, Leer ; Accommodation, Flensburg ; 2E A, Bermuda : Banca, Launceston ; Demerara, Demo rare, • Hydra, Ha.vannah; Jonge Ball, Stetti n ; Meander, Melbourne; Mary, Hung Kong ; Alfred, Shields and Stockholm. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Angantyr, for Rio Janeiro ; Gratitude, Madras ; Osiris, Montreal ; Loch' libo, ditto and Quebec ; Gesina, Stettin ; Everhardus, Harburg; Marie, Antwerp; Louise, Hamburg; Gambia, Bathurst ; R G. Maria, Hamburg and Harburg ; Jane Cockerill, Gallipoli; Ebenezer, Dunkirk; Sarah Birkett , Nevis ; Historia, Adelaide, Port Phillip, and Sydney; Maria Christina, Santander and Corunna ; Horatio, Sae vannah and Matanzas; Candidate, Hamburg ; Spirit of the Deep, Calcutta. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Energy (barque), April 4, three miles south of Tarifa. The Sultan (s.), April 6. The T) ant (s.), with troops, and the Orinoco (1.), both on April 9. The Great Western (s.), April 12. The Arran and Stamboul, from New Orleans for Liver pool, March 12, lat. 24 N., long. 81 W. The Canada, boubd for Hong Kong, Nov. 11, off the Cape of Good Hope. The Express, from Mauritius for England, Feb. 3, 1 0 ' 19 S., long. 4 W. _ The James Booth, from London for Australia, Feb. 25, lat. 4 N. long. 23 W. The Baltic (s.), from Liverpool for New York, April 3, lat. 41 N., long. 68 W. A barque, showing 2d dist. pewit., No. 9,485, from Liverpool fur Belize, April 6, lat. 49 N., lung. 10 W. COUNTRY MARKETS. HADDINGTON—APRIL 14. The supplies of all kinds of grain larger, except beans• The 1 , -11 ~wing are the prices of grain at our mark° to-day : WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATH. I saolg.:, ° First B 4s Od 44 s 0,1 37s Od 52s II Second 76s 5d 1 41s 9d 1 34s 4d I 49s lld Third 64s Od I 37s 0.1 I 333 Od 1 46s Od Total qitantity of wheat in market, 301 qrs., 332 Sol PP fl Pt barley 353 qrs., 332 sot", • oats PO 359 qrs., 359 00 1 ' (Jeans PP 186 qrs., 152 old Average of wheat £3 16 5 3-12ths Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats . Ditto of Beans PP PP DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—APRIL 14. Wheat on the top price to-day is ls, current price is Oa and the lowest 4s Uhl, down. Oats ou the top 18 4d do oint current price is Od up, the lowest 5s 4d down. B a rley i on the top is 3d down, the current price as before, ell" the lowest is up. Pe as WWI beans on the top Era down, entreat price 2s Oil down, and the lowest as before. • Qrs. Best. 294 Wheat '6s 01 881 Oats 36s Ot t 226 Barley Us 9d.. 100 Peas & beans 503 Od Current. Inferior. 75s Od . 333 Od . 398 Od , s ou, 48s Od Average of wheat, 3/. 14s 7d. AB EADE EN —APRIL 14. The prices of grain are—Old oats, 29s Od to 31s Od; 401bs pei t.ushel; new oats, 00s Od to (Os Od, 40Iba Pe r bushel ; bere, 16s Od to 37s 6d, 531bs per bushel ; 36s od to 37s Od, 531bs p er b us h e l ; wheat, red, bus 04 . ,t ° 65s Od, 62104 per bushel ; wheat, wite, 71s Od to 78 0 Out 621bs pen bushel ; oatmeal, 24s Od to 25s Od per boll; flour, 58s Od to As Od per sa.A. Provisions—Beef, per 1 I 6(1 to 8d ; mutton, ditto, 6d t Btl ; veal, ditto, 6d. t o Bd' pork, per lb, Os ;to Os 7.1 saithon, per lb, 2s Od to Os Oa; rabbits, each, Od to Od ; tallow, pLr stone, 5s 9d to Os potatoes, per peck, Od to sOd ; 'minor, per lb, 10t1 to 1: 4 (' eggs, per doz, Os 5:1 to Os 7d ; hens, per pair, 2s 6d n 3s Od ; chickens, ditto, 2 s Oil t o 2 s ; ducks, ditto, 2s u u to 3s 01 ; tucklin,gs, ditto, 2s 6d to Os Od ; turke ys' each, 33 6 to 4s Od ; gee se , oitto, 3s Od to 4s Od • butte r for exnortation (pre s ent cure ), per cw t , 80 s to 003 ~ ditto tsumna , r wred), 00s to 00s Od ; eggs, wholesale price' per dozen, 5.1 d to Od ; elk, loaf, 9d ; 21b loaf, 4id ; fine small, Os Od to .'B 'ht ; pork, large, Os Od to Os lamb, per qr., 104 Od to Cd ; cheese, per imperial stone , bn 6d tO is. DUBLIN-Inm 14. White wheat, 40., Od .0 446 uu , r u ditto, 39s to 42s Od; barley, 16s 6d to 196 Od ; oats, 14s Od to 178 Od; rarefies'; ""Os Od to 00s Od per brl ; oqtmeal, 16a Od to l7s Od ; Lxtte flour, 22s Od to 27s Od per cwt; is dad corn. 498 Od to 48: , v per 4801b8. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, APRIL 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was but one sa l e e ff e ctea to-day, the market being exceedingly dull. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The quotations of to-day vary little from those of this day week. Among the closing quota tions were : London and N or th Western, buyers 95 ' sellers 95i ; ditto Manche s t er an d Birmingham (C), B° l l ° , 8 120 ; Midland, buyers 58, sellers 53i ; North Staffordshl o buyers ; Shrewsbury an d Bi rm i ngham, b uyers 50, sellerp 52 ; ditto (Guaranteed b y L on d on an d N orth -W ee t% Company), sellers 52 ; S out h S ta ff or d s hi re, b uyers 2i di BRISTOL, APRIL 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Exchange is closed for 111. Easter holidays, LEEDS, APRIL 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There is no variation in the shs il .,„ market to-day. Prices generally are about the same '"; those of Thursday. Lancashire and Yorkshires were dot!, at 60i, both at the first and second meeting. midla nt ' also were transacted at both meetings at 58k. The otl i f sales were chiefly in Yoik and North Midlands at - 2 20 and Kurth Westerns at 7g. y ii f A DVERTISEMENTI A most biterestln, p lewlo 01 .'iseases, without t!':e atct of me re ci c ie o i v n e e r ,li e from e a r f o llowing letter : rd li ti in " Bridgehouse, Frimloy, 3d•April, 1 85 to. l" Oratefid for the benefit I have derived from Du Barry's 1 1e .," 4 lenta Arabic,' Food, I feel it my duty to express to you my u1: 11413 1, thanks for the invariable kindnes I have met with at you' handy. MN case i an extra rd.nary o .e, and ds it may benefit ot er .o / ferers I think It but right to idece its details at your disposal; m s have suffered thes e 33 years continually from diseased l ungs, spll'iti. of blood, liver derangements, deailiess, singing in the ears. N u tb ot p , ttion, debility, shortness ot breath anti cough, and during„" o ot period taken so much in, dicine th...i; I can safely say I have laid upwards of a thousand pounds at the chemls 's and doctor's. I , 4 4. actually worn out two medical men duritrg my ailments wit hoot . 1 7i ll m ilvel to all my " ' I LO' Mg ani , improvement in my health. Indeed I wes In utter der, t o and never expected to get ov r it, when I was furtunite enoUgt be o m f y at ti t e at t n r ! n n g g become acquainted with your Revalenta Areb'ca, which, Brain e d heed, and ears are all P uo ist; praised, r . stored me t . a state lit health which I long since desPf g at, stomaeti v recovery Is ' ' a tances.— I am, resct rill k. ..TAMES ROBERTS, Wood de C t or In cani.ters, suitably pdc .k d f or all clundt,s, a.td with full ins ...• tions-1 lb., 'is 9,1 ; 2 1 •., 4. 6tl; 5 lb, 11 ; 12 ln.. '22s : supefe .-01, .perN;eYctl,uanigil.tililye erre' tined. 5 lb., 225; 10 lb , 335. The 111 lb and I 2 lb carriage fre to. receipt o. Post-office or. ier .;arry, Du ,- arry, and Co., 7 . 11 1 if street, London ; ti j es r ortnuin, Mason, ant Co., p urveyors t o her -, 4l iecadllly ; a l s o at 63, Oxford-stre.tt ; 60, G racec h urc h-street , ? Bishopsgam.street ; 4, Cheapside ; 330 and 451, Strand. -.00. MA RRI ED. Gre eti On the 15th inst., a t Minster Church. Mr. John gt. Reeve, Sheernes s , t o M ary C or d e li a, t hi r d ( l aug hter of John Usher, of the same town. DIED. rotk . On the 13th inst , Mr. Henry Wilson, Dougho s ' Canonbury, age d 43 . g o 1 1 ole On the 14th inst , at 15, Bedford.-square, George field, Esq., age d 6 6 . Jet ta On the 13th inst , 7 at Hampton Court Palace, ri w- i, e i r at tsit Augusta, widow of . the late Right Hon. Joseph •'' '- aged 71. _re- /404 LONDON: Printed and Published by MU DO Y O U 1 0, of No. 112, st ran d, Printer, at The Sun Otftoei 24° ' 0 : Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the 001112.' lilidcUi;x9x, MondAY, April 17, 1854. T 1 d ki In inat„ i Into Sum ~rtie ' . I 't 0 tA vachd f lit th, B ervice Tend ,The 'ori la treaty: *lent O n ra ti n t " ' Eve : ab 4„. bei BII?T118. OF A SON. eV/ On the 13th inst., at Staines, the wife of the Rev' Anderson, M.A., Curate of Staines. OP A DAUGHTER. the On the 13th inst., at Edwiasford, Carmarthenshir e f seat of her father, Lady Drummond. —T and CE! Opel du 3 to c LEC Op Child ING. on h 24th, of thi Fir Sec Eul ........__ 0 Ist of Out w Static. Verha, tegrre Arrive leave Arrive /'reehe Sold, certt ° ~cCea e 4nON, main 6d Kie 111 1 e, attbje,4