The Sun. — London, England, 1863-07-10 00:00:00

nER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. FA UST. TO MORROW EVENING (SATURDAY), July 11, will be repeated Gonnod'a Grand Opera, FAUST. Mdlle. Titiens, Mdlle. Trebelli, Mdlle. Taecani, Sig. Gas pier, Mr. Santley, Sig. Bossi, and Sig. Giuglini. Chorus of Soldiers, Citizens, Students, Women, Sco. Conductor, Sig. Arditi. NINE REPRESENTATIONS AT PEOPLE'S PRICES. FIRST PERFORMANCE, Tuesday Next, July H, when will be produced, with new and extensive scenery and machinery, costumes and appointments, Weber's Grand Romantic Opera, to BE RoN. the' Mise en Scene, pre pared with great care, splendour, and completen.ss F under the personal superintendrncE of J. R. Flambe, Esq. S.A the Author of the original Libretto Principal char4cters by Mdre. Titiens, Madame A iboni. Mlle. Volpini. Mdlle. t:re belli, Mr. Santley, Sig. Gassier, Si,. Bettini, and Mr. Sims Reeves. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE LAST APPEARANCE BUT ONE OF MADAME THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), July 10, will be presented NORMA. Tragedia, in 5 atti. Norma, Madame Ristori. Monday, July 13th, Madame Ristori's Concluding; Per formance. fox-office open from Ten till Six. H.EATRE-RU Al_, HAY MARKEI j . Lessee, Mr. J. B. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, a new Farce, entitled AN UNLUCKY MORTAL. After which, 46th time, a new and original comedy, entitled FINESSE; or, Spy and Counter-Spy : Mr. Buckstone, Mr. Howe, Mr. Chippendale, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wigan, and Miss Louisa Angel. To be followed by the new Farce, EASY SHAVING : Messrs. Compton, W. Gordon, Rogers ; Miss Louise Keeley, Miss Fanny Wright. To conclude with THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA. Commence at 7. T" DUKE'S MOTTO. HUNDRED AM.) FORTY-NINTH NIGHT. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. FECHTER. THIS EVENING, to commence with an O ri g inal Sketch, entitled A SUDDEN ATTACK. Messrs. Shore, Garden, 11. Widdicomb, Miss Henrade, and Mrs. Lee. After which, at a Quarter - p ast Eight, th e Romantic Drama, in Three Acts, and Pr3logne, entitled THE DUKE'S MOTTO, by Paul Feval and John Brougham. The principal character will be sustained by Mr. Fechter, etwported by Messrs. J. G. Shore, G. Jordan, J. Brougham, H. Widdhombe, F. Charles, Garden, onvenue Raymd, Dawson ; Misses Carlotta Leclercq. Kate Terry, E. ',a, and Elsworthy. Doors open at 7, commence at half-past. Acting-Manager, Mr. H. Barnett. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Sole t,,,ssee and Manager, Mr. G. Vining, THIS EVENING, at Eight o'clock, Shakespere's Play of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Mr. Walter Montgomery; Mercutio, Mr. G. Vining ; Friar Lawrence, Mr. H. Marston • Apothecary, Mr. Belmore ; The Nurse, Mrs. H. Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. To be preceded by the new Comedietta, entitled COUSIN TOM. NEw TAI E ATRE-ROY AL, ADELPHI.- Sole Pronriotor and Manager. M-„*. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, THE IRI 4 H TIGER. After which, at Eight o'clock, a new drama, entitled THE HAUNTED MAN; OR, T E GHOST'S BARGAIN, in which will be exhibited Professor Pepper's adaptaton of the Great Spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Phi:lips, Stuart, Billington C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss 11. Simms. Followed by a new Burlesque, entfled ILL-TREATED IL TROVATORE. Mr ssrs. Toole. P. Bedford, It Phillips, Ebnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer ; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and Sara, and Miss K. Kelly. • - Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR. Mr. Clifton. Followed by WHILE THERE'S LIFE THERE'S HOPE. Messrs W. El Swanborough. Parselle, Vollaire, G. Honey ; Misses Ada Swanborough, L. Thorne, F. Hughes, 3landers, and E. Bufton. After which. the Great Burlesque, ALI BABA ; OR, THE THIRTY-NINE THIEVES. Messrs. Honey, Turner, Danvers, Mesdames Ada Swanborough, Saunders, White, Button, ana Hughes. Commence at 7. THE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING DITELLIGENCE, can be had Every Evening of G. R. GLENIE. NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 10, 1863. THERMOMETER. This morning This day at Two o'clock B2 Barometer-30.29. Wind—N.W. ; light, and fine weather. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS Deer.—Morning, 9h. 17m.—Afternoon. 9h. 53m. To-Koßitow.-Morning, 10h. 29m.—Afternoon; 11h. 3m. 1, ‘ ,1 SIM LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1863. The recent dismissal of the lonian Judges was the occasion of a spirited debate in the House of Lords last night. So vehement at one time was the discussion that prevailed, and so personal and contradictory were the assertions uttered, that the demure locality of " another place" be came, for the time being, doubtful, and the solemn precinct of the Throne and the Woolsack were startled from their customary propriety by unwonted cries of " Order." The combatants, in the first place, were the Marquis of BATH and the Duke of NEWCASTLE ; and, in the second instance, the Earl of DERBY and Earl RUSSELL. Lord DERBY, with his more mature experience of the customs of the House of Peers, admonished the junior Earl of his flagrant violation of those usages in giving utterance to ironical cheers. Those who remember the happy lines in the "New Timon," descriptive of Lord STANLEY in the House of Com mons, " frank, haughty, rash," and ready to quarrel with friend and foe, until Sir ROBERT wisely removes him—. " in hope the vein to cool, To the prim benches of the Upper School," will be amused to see how effectively the lesson has been learned, and how correctly the once refractory debater can call to order a more inexperienced and ignorant new corner into these solemn precincts. Lord RUSSELL, in self-defence, assured his irritated brother earl that he had intended no discourtesy, and added, with demure gravity, that he (Lord RUSSELL) always listened to the noble earl's speeches with as much courtesy and attention as the noble earl displayed in listening to his. After this war of words, the matter at issue was for the time being satisfactorily settled, the Duke of NEW CASTLE agreeing, although under protest, to pro duce the papers, whether " half a box full" or a " whole box full," relative to the dismissal of the lonian judges. Such an agreement was the only obvious alternative. The position of a Judge is re garded by our Constitution as being of an almost sacred character, and anything that in any way calls that character in question should be subjected to , the fullest investigation. A man who holds a high judicial office, and who has held it for more than twenty years, is not to be dismissed in consequence of some legal technicalities in his terms of tenure without explanation. Lord DERBY very happily employed in this regard the forcible argument ad hominem, and inquired of the Duke of NEWCASTLE how he would himself admire an abrupt and un• expected dismissal simply on the ground that such at act was within her MAJESTY'S prerogative. Aa to the advisability of the dismissal of Sir GEORGE AIARCGRAN ana Sir ANASTASIO XIDIAN We shall pronounce no opinion unti the evidence is before us. They may h ave been wisely supplanted I b u t, if so, the wise act was most unwisely performed. It is ridiculous to assert that their discontinuance of office was a mere matter of course, because their for a period of five year s , a ppointment was only which period had expired. Such may be the letter of the law in the lonian Isles, but it is obviously not the practice, one of these Judges having held office for twelve and the other for twenty-two years ! To say, therefore, that their appointments are necessarily void, is simply astird. In the ordinary practice of lonian precedents, those ap pointments would have been extended as * a matter qeane. They were, on the contrary, declared to be at an end, and the superseded Judges were left without explanation. That explanation Lord CHELMSFORD has demanded at the hands of the Government ; and that explanation, so consonant with every English sympathy, the Duke of NEW CASTLE has very properly, but very ungraciously, promised to accord. It is very satisfactory to notice that the "Poisoned Grain Prohibition Bill" was read a second time on Wednesday. Mr. PAULL, in moving the second reading, made a most interesting speech on the sub ject. The hon. member said that the mission of small birds was of great utility, and their destruction was most injurious to vegeta tion and agriculture. He also showed that the means used by per3ons to destroy small birds, by poisoning seed wheat, &c., was dangerous to society at large. In France and Germany they now understood the value of birds, although too long they had carried on a war of extermination min Gm at a ion e against them. He did not wish to make farmers and of agriculture he as Laws more stringent, but in thkeedintthereeHse t st o o u fthe o prevent indiscriminate sl Commission had report ed that,aughitnert.he vTinhee-growing h yea rs the loss from caterpillars communes, wastBs2 ,oion ten 0. The Royal Agricultural Society's journal last year publishedte immense an services er article onrendered er nddede structive insects, and the by small birds. The great destruction caused by caterpillars was shown by its extracts from a Swiss work. It appeared "in one year an area of 860 acres of fir forest was entirely stripped of its leaves by the caterpillars of the Noctuae, and the Govern. ment paid more than 1,000 thalers for the destruction of 94,000,000 of the above dangerous insects." Mr. PAULL also said that while English sportsmen were not addicted to the practice of de stroying small birds like the sportsmen of other countries, yet nevertheless the destruction was going on at an alarming rate. A curious case in point was adduced from what took place in Hamp shire, when rookeries were abolished. Many hurt ful insects, and especially the cockchafer, increased so greatly that women and children were obliged to follow the plough to pick up the grubs. Therefore the farmers resolved to re-establish rookeries. Among the letters on the subject it appeared that the members of a single Sparrow Ciub had de stroyed 13,000 birds. Of late years agriculturists had adopted the pernicious system of employing poisoned wheat. Of course the indiscriminate sale of this article is most dangerous. A letter was read by Mr. PAULL from Col. CLIFFORD, who stated that his keeper complained to him that great mischief was occasioned by it; and one morning eight or ten pigeons dropped down dead after picking up some of tnis grain on a field a mile off. Also, Mr. BOWDEN, a magistrate for the csnnty of Derby, instanced three flagrant cases in his neighbour hood that proved the evil of this practice. The poisons used for dressing the grain were of the strongest and most deadly kind—strychnine, coca ins indicus, and arsenic. Mr. PAULL concluded by stating that he has essayed to make his bill as stringent as possible, for he considered that no one had a right to pro. tact himself in a manner that injured his neighbour. The use of poisoned grain was now become so pre ' valent thet all over the country hawkers went aboat " with strings of birds round their necks, and sold for a penny packages of poison enough to kill a whole village. The bill was read a second time upon the understanding that great alterations should be introduced in committee. It is to be hoped that notwithstanding the lateness of the session the bill will pass into law, and not be left to another year, as some suggested. The practice of destroying small birds is one that ought to be stopped at once, and if some few suffer in cen sequence of the suppressed sale of these poisons, they will only have themselves to thank for it. It is indeed a custom that exemplifies the adage of "penny wise and pound foolish," for the small tithes that were the portion of the birds have been greatly increased through the devastating inroads of insects. The French have had to rue the day when their legislators sanctioned the wholesale slaughter of these little warblers. Their harvests have failed repeatedly, and the wireworm destroyed in one department during a single year corn to the value of £160,000. It appears from the evi• deuce on all aides, that it is a crime which brings its own punishment to the holders of property who encourage the nefarious practice; but then there is the loss sustained by those who have done no injury, and the loss also of the sweet strains of these feathered songsters. There is surely nothing but evil wrought by this custom, and it is hard for the ramblers abroad to be deprived of their accustomed melody. In France the traveller hardly ever hears their notes, so cruel and exterminating has been the warfare waged. It is, in fact, one of those cases where the law should interfere at once, for the habit once adopted is sure to increase. Doubtless the spirit of emulation is now rife in every sparrow club, to achieve a more complete slaughter than any rival society has yet accomplished. As for those whom no sentiments of admiration for these ornaments of creation cau affect, they had better consider that there is great danger to human life in these wholesale poisonings of animals. The poor, the ignorant, and the starv ing are sure to fall victims to a cruel death, if this mo de is oarried on much further. All sorts of an imals are killed by the pois one d wheat, as was prove d in the t riespeoerrt in statements t s a a in nEi tha human madetlife w nest the House, and it pay the forfeit of this indiscriminate an d i ncons i derate 1 1 esyle of procedure. Th roug h a mistaken notion of economy, some have adopt e d th e pract i ce, others follow it up for the love o f m i sc hi ef, some join the sport for the excitement of the thing, and unprincipled vendors of all classes make an un worthy gain from this deleterious traffic. It is high time that all parties were checked in their unwis e and unmerciful course, and those who best appre- elate the harmony of the CREATOR'S works will readily accord their aid in putting down this work of destruction. The second reading of the Fortifications Bill produced, as might have been anticipated, a lengthened and animated debate. No sooner had the Premier briefly introduced the measure than Sir F. SMITH rose to move an amendment. The hon. baronet did not go so far as some subsequent speakers, for he admitted that it would be unwise to leave unfi3ished those works which were far a dvanced, end contented himself by proposing that no further exp ense be at present incurred on th e aBBumPti anenemymight land an d b es i ege Plymouth Portsmouth, except on such works as and th a t are in an advanced state. The hon, member for Rochdale, on the contrary, with that fervent opposition which the very name of war excit es i n the minds of the Manchester school, denounced the whole scheme as iniquitous, and suddenl y discovered that it was injurious to the honour of England to build fortifications at all. Other gentlemen brought forward their reasons for opposing the measure— some objecting to the p o sition of the forts in Tug ,. tbn, some denyi ng t h e pro b a bility, almost the pot sibiliry, of an attempt at invasion, while others maintained the superiority of an iron-clad fleet as a means of defence. It is by this time tolerably THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 10, 1863 well agreed upon by the best authorities that a union of the two rival means of defence is the rational conclusion of the difficulty. No Englishman would wish to weaken our naval force, or would be slow to entrust his country's safety and honour to the d e nt k t e h e a p t in t g he o r f e hmerusbtr be av a es limailors; to t but he i s t tr i e s n s g e t l h f- eavnid endurance of the most powerful vessel, whereas h th Mother Earth will bearaney w to put upon her. Even famous eigh M t w one may choose Monitors, wh i ch h s, w p r oduced so much excit ement a y ear or two a g o, have proved comp ara tively powerless under the heavy fire of a strong l y -constructed fort. Their turre t s could not revolve , and after a time many of them became completely disabled. Rapid as are the improvements made in fortifying ships, the ad vances made in the range and power of guns keep pace with them. Let us profit by the experience of other nations as well as by the warnings of the past, and not suffer ourselves to be carried away to either extreme, but bring both arms of defence to our aid. Let our navy be all that can be wished, equal in strength and efficiency to its old reputation and our present position, but let us support it by those sturdy fortifications which no ruse can with draw from their standing point, no hurricane or change of weather affect, no inconsiderate move ment place at the mercy of the enemy. A handful of volunteers, inside a properly constructed fort, will offer a formidable opposition to the most experienced and skilful foe. We have to thank the American War for reading us an emphatic lesson on this matter. The forti fications of Charleston and Vicksburg have played conspicuous parts in that protracted and deadly struggle. The boasted iron-clads of the North were compelled to retire discotafited from the assault on Charleston, whereas had the fortifications been less extensive and trustworthy large bodies of men might have failed to maintain Southern supre macy in those cities. We all know how the fear of the Quadrilateral turned the scale against Venice in 1859, and we have heard only too much of the terrors of Cronstadt and its surroundings. No illustration, however, comes so much home to the English mind as the recent experience of Charles ton, and the interest with which we have watched the progress of events in the gallant Southern city. The proposed fortifications at Spithead will be very similar in construction. The sea forts to be raised on No-man's Land and the Horse Land occupy the same position as Forts Moultrie And Sumter bear to Charleston: When the scheme is fully carried out, Portsmontb, instead of present ing to a hostile army the tempting spectacle of an English dockyard open to attack, will present a front as unimpressible and impregnable as Charleston or Gibraltar. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. INSURRECTION IN GEORGIA, ST. PETERSBURG, JULY 10. The Journal de St. Petersbourg of to-day pub lishes official intelligence from the Caucasus, stating that the insurrection in Georgia had already been suppressed, and that it had never assumed any serious proportions. The death of Prince Cholukoff is confimed. THE POLISH INSURRECTION. BERLIN, JULY 9. _ Letters from St. Petersburg state that the follow iog official announcement has been published in the Invalide Busse : " The body of insurgents under the command of Wysocki and Nasychi, after having been thrown back into Galicia, after the affar at Radziwilow, obtained reinforcements on Austrian territory from the detachment of Sapietra, and re-entered Poland on July 4. " Insurgent bands have been dispersed by Rus sian troops at Gagri and Rajdanu.,, The Bishop of Wilna, Monsignor Krazinski, having published a pastoral, expressing sympathy with the insurrection, has been transported to Nijni- Novgorod, whence he will be sent to Wiatka. PARIS, JULY 10. The Constitutionnel of to-day publishes an article, signed by M, Paulin Limayrac, regretting the vi® lence of the last article of the Patrie on the Polish question, because violence can only compromise the great interests which are defended by the Three Powers. di Who," says M. Limayrac, " could suppose any faltering possible in such a question under Napoleon the Third, who first understood that the interests of Europe and humanity demanded an efficacious solu tion ? How is it possible not to see, in the aban donment of Poland, the two most formidable dan gers to the future of Europe—the triumph of the revolution or the triumph of Panslavism. "The present pacific action has no other object than to avert this peril, but, we repeat, it is by firmness alone that such an enterprise can be made to succeed, by violence and menaces it will only be compromised. BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 10. The Moniteur of this morning publishes the usual monthly rEturn of the Bank of France, which shows the following result as compared with the June return:— DECREASE. Cash in hand . ............... 484 millions Treasury balance ............ 381 „ Advance LITERATURE. False Positions ; or, Sketches of Character. 2 vols. Chapman and Hall, This is a tale of very original design. The mere incidents of the story are of an unusual character, and their sequences and consequences are quite un expected. This is, without doubt, a great merit, and will be welcomed as such by the wearied readers of ordinary romances. Nevertheless, we cannot say that the plot of this story is either pleasing or satis factory. It is a series of " cross purposes" and " false positions." Evelyn Beaumont, the heroine, is all that a heroine should be—" Evelyn was beau tiful, her voice was sweetly modulated, she thought deeply, and expressed herself with the eloquence of truth "—yet we are grievously mistaken in assert ing her to be all that a heroine should be, for she is singularly deficient in tenderness. She can hate, and she does hate her treacherous uncle, Colonel Beaumont; she can be bitter, and indignant, and sarcastic ; but, as far as this history reveals her to us, she cannot love. She is, throughout her career, the victim of " false positions." Left an orphan in her early girlhood, she is really the heiress of a large estate. Her father, for some whim or to secure her from fortune-hunters, leaves two wills, the second not to be opened until his daugh ter is of age. The first will consigns the estate to his brother for the time being, with a handsome provision for his daughter. Thus is the real mis tress of the domain a guest of her uncle's, and sub ject to his petty tyranny and meanness—False posi tion the first. Colonel Beaumont is a widower with an only daughter, Lucy; he has, however, an unacknowledged son, the child of his first marriage w ith a person of inferior rank. Anxious to keep this misalliance secret during his brother's lifetime, the colonel rears his son under another name; and all the affections of his selfish heart, all the ambition of his scheming life are centred in this boy, Norman Harcourt. Norman, the hero of the tale, is brilliant and clever, but singularly cold, sarcastic, and disagreeable— " Norman was very clever ; no one could be more amusing, when he chose, or more fascinating. The very caprice of his not choosing to be so always had sometimes a strange attraction, for his fits of inspiration frequently appeared so irrespective of circumstances, that they threw a kind of charm around him—he was mysterioua ; and so dear is this quality to the heart of women, that the mystery of iniquity will not seldom have a better chance of success with them than the too great transparency of character which sometimes accompanies having nothing to hide !" As these remarks are written by a lady, it is not for us to question their correct ness. Norman is singularly proud and wilful, and the thraldom of his guardian's authority is irksome to him, more especially when he is informed that the supposed guardian is his father. Col. Beaumont, for reasons of his own, still keeping secret the fact that Norman is his lawful son, the ambitious and haughty youn g man is doome d to con ti nue d ignominy and disappointment in consequence of this reserve —False position the second. The evils of these "false positions" are, however, insignificant compared to the calamitous results of the falsest position of all w hi c h i s b rought about by the machina tions of Colonel Beaumont. The colonel is aware of the secret of his brother's second will, and knows that his niece, Evelyn, will be a wealthy heiress. He, therefore, destines her for his beloved Norman. To this end he shrinks from no falsehood, however gloomy, from no treachery, however mean or des picable. The only satisfaction we experience in the denouement of the story is the very questionable pleasure with which we behold the failure of all his scheming' after the consummation of his de signs. The story, as we have said, is far from pleasing The characters are so disagreeable that no better re sult could perhaps be anticipated from their mutual intercourse. The dialogues and descriptions are sparkling and animated, and there arc some inte resting chapters on Ireland—in which the young husband of Lucy is the victim of an agrarian murder, and which, considering the half avowed authorship of the book, will be perused with especial interest. Forbidden Fruit. By J. T. 2 vols. Smith and Elder. We will do the writer of these volumes the justice to believe—and we do believe—that they have been written with a good purpose, with the wish to en force upon society the weight of a great moral re sponsibility. We believe such to have been the writer's object, but we are inclined to think that ii has singularly failed. To preserve our children from bodily disease we do not think it neces sary to take them to the fever hospital. To warn the young of the ill effects of iniquity, it is not adisvable to expose them to " evil communications." The authoress of " Forbidden Fruit" has written her book in order to denounce the evils of marriages without affection, and to dilate upon the power and strength of love ; but she has taken a very low view of social morality, and a very poor estimate of the elevating power of true affec tion. One of her heroines, Maud, hears a mistaken report that her lover is married to another, and im mediately she becomes the bride of a man old enough to be her father. Her conduct is of course most reprehensible, and deserves punishment ; but the author rewards her after the customary fashion by removing the antiquated husband, and uniting the young widow to her early love. Far morn ele vatedand encouraging was the admirable teaching of "Emilia Wyndham:— " Not once or twice in our rough island story, The path of duty was the path of glory ," and in the case of Mrs. Marsh's charming heroine, it became the path of happiness also. If we find fault, however, with the moral teaching of the history of Maud, what shall we say of that of het. friend Lady Helen ? The beautiful quotation from De Musset on the title-page, " J'ai souffert souveut, je me Buis trompe quelquefois, mais j'ai aime," appears singularly out of place in a work which only presents love in a selfish and debasing aspect, and only likely to retain a recol lection equivalent to retr orse. The story is sup posed to be related by a young officer in the army, but the writer continually forgets this fact, and lays down her opinions as a woman with a singular oblivion as to th e individuality of the supposed in terlocutor. We have said enough, however, of a work of w hich we cordially disapprove—its own title is its b es t commentary. Let it remain, as it asserts to be, forbidden fruit. LONDON AS IT IS —I have before me the Post office Map of Lo ndon for 1863. The small cloud of houses which in 1647 stretch ed from Temple-bar to the Tower, and from theThanies to London-wall, has expanded itself, until an area em bracing more square miles than t h e n it did acres, is a continuous mass of brick and mortar..tsof Wh o can measure its e xtent, or p redi ct the it s expansion ? Will Mother Shipton's pro plihmelY eb e verified, and wil l Primrose-hill even t ually become the centre of London ? Primrose-hill ! Why, in 1647, Primrose Hill lay far away in the outskirts of London, beyond Tottenham House, and no one besides that to othless, crazy old w itch could hav e dreamed such a dream 1 Yet see how house has been joined to house, and suburb to suburb, until Highgate and Hampstead on the north, and Peckham and Clapham on the south, threaten soon to become part and parcel of this gigantic Babylon of buildings. London now encloses in its vast circumference Fulham and Ham mer-with on the west, and Bow, Stepney, and Kings land on the east. hi vain should we look for fields in Islington or Pentonville—even the White Conduit Gardens, in which the mighty ," Elevens" of the days of the Regency played their cricket matches, have disappeared. Shep herdesses' -walks and Maiden-lanes have lost their pristine features, and form regular lines of streets interlaced with water and gas pipes, and electric wires. Your Paradise rows and Pieasant-places are for the most part moral as well as material deformities. If anything green grows in them it is artificial, and the very air comes to their denizens choked with a dense floating concrete of dust and smoke. The fields lying between the Tonbridge Chapel and old Saint Pancras Church, across which, even so recently as the end of the last century, passengers use to go after dark in bands of seven or eight, armed with staves and bearing lanterns, for fear of highwaymen—what has become of them ? Skinner Street and Somers Town have sprung up, producing an ill conditioned, poverty-stricken crop of tenements, Paddington and Notting-hill have likewise fallen victims to this mania of house-rearing. Why I when I was a boy it was a delight to tramp north-westward of a summer's evening and crick a glass of ale in the gardens of the " Yorkshire Stingo 1" Now it is necessary to take rail, if one would escape from the soot and dirt of London, plant foot upon the soft award, view a waving corn-field, or inhale a mouthful of fresh air. It is in vain we look for anything redolent or bright within an easy walking. distance of th e heart of London. We are hemmed in on every side by brick and m ortar suburbs. No gardens, no perks, no meadows, no verdure, —all is d,elaced and denaturalised by street upon street,--Once a Treth, HER MAJESTY, OSBORNE, July 9. The Queen, accompanied by Prince and Princess Leiningen, drove out yesterday. Lord A. Paget attended on horseback. The Duke of Somerset arrived from London, and had an audience of her Majesty. Miss Van de Weyer has arrived at Osborne. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, MADLLE. PATTI AS NORINA. "Don Pasquale" was produced last evening, in order to enable Madlle. Patti to resume one. of tier most delightful and distinctive impersonations. As we shall ever contend that her genius lies pecu liarly in the direction of comedy—we shall ever desert that in the character of Norina it finds one of its most striking exemplific‘tions. Here also it puts forth one of the strongest proofs of its variety. As in Zerlina she exhibits the perfection of rustic naturalness, in Norina her humour has a refinement that is quite as obvious as its spirit, and we feel her exertions to be again as true as they are in the highest degree delightful. She was in ex cellent voice and spirits, and as a contrast to the vivacity of her duet in the first act, and her " Via taro sposino" in the last, her share in the lovely " Tornami a der," on meeting her lover in the garden, was marked with the utmost depth of ten derness and delicacy. There were two drawbacks, however, to the entire enjoyment of the evening. Signor Ronconi, instead of assuming Don Pasquale, as had been announced, contented himself with the much less important part of Malatesta ; and M. Naudin was the substi tute of Signor Mario in Ernesto. As Signor Ron coni can assume nothing in which he will wholly fail to gratify, his performance of the worthy Doctor was of course highly diverting, however incapable of atoning for his non-appear ance in a character of which, since the death of Lablache, he has been the only representative. Monsieur Naudin, who is especially a singer of serious opera, was less successful in replacing one of the best of lyric comedians in the lover; his great intensity, which is often so effective in its right sphere, rather tending to abate effect when used in place of ease and humour. The serenade was his best effort, which he sang with adequate tenderness. Mr. Leonard Walker's Concert. This gentleman gave an evening concert at Han over-square Rooms on Wednesday last. The rooms were very well attended, the music well selected, And the concert, though rather too long, was on the whole very successful. In fact the length was so great that although several of the earlier pieces in •he programme were passed over, it was eleven o'clock before the second part was begun. The lateness of the hour at which the performances com menced contributed in some degree to this delay, another reason being that several pieces were re demanded. Among those thus honoured was Mdlle. Parepa's brilliant and animated rendering of Auber's hiughing song from Marion Lescant, and Master Willie Pape's performance of Thalberg's ♦ariations on " Home, sweet home." Mdlle. Parepa was un questionably the prima donna of the evening, but Nldlle. Georgi, a new singer of much promise, shared her laurels. She possesses a voice of rare extent, and considerable power, and is heard to advantage in airs like the famous " I 1 segreto," or Benedict's " Sad sea waves." The former piece was among her performances of Wednesday, and it is in music of that style that she will be most popular. Herr Oberthur was the harpist, and played several solos with his usual success. His executive powers and faculty of expression were shown to more advantage In these than in the duet with the piano which he played with Mr. Aguilar. There were other well known names among the performers, and the audience appeared to derive much gratification from the evening's entertainment. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and a large circle have been invited by the Duke and Duchess of Richmond to partake of the hospitalities at Goodwood during the race week. BURIED FOR CENTURIES.—SeveraI bodies have been recently found embedded in a mass of har dened mud ; and the fortunate idea struck Signor Fiorello of pouring plaster of Paris into the moulds thus formed In this manner an exact caste was made, enclosing such parts of the contained bodies as remained undecomposed. Thus were obtained first, the body of a man stretched upon his back, his features very well preserved ; in fact, so per fectly, that his friends, were they alive still, could have sworn to his identity. Afterwards the remains of two females, a woman and a young girl, were preserved in the same manner ; so that, while of the dress only a cast re• mains, the skull bones themselves are there, resting upon the outstretched arm. At the moment of death, the left hand seems to have been clasping the dress. In the elder female the left hand is shut, one of the fingers having a ring upon it. This group consisted of ono man and three women, probably all of the same family, who were attempt ing to save themselves by flight, after having hastily secured certain objects which they valued. Silver money, besides four earrings and a finger ring all made of gold, together with the remains of a linen bag, were lying near the woman. One is struck by the fact that very many of the persons thus disclosed expired while engaged in the act of drawing their dress over their features. Two reasons may be given for this. One, that it was done in the en deavour to prevent suffocation from the mephitic vapours given off by the volcano. The other and the better, that it was customary among the Romans to hide the face, When in the act of death. Thus, true to history. Shake' spears makes Antony say of " the mightiest Julius"— .eind, in his mantle muffling up his face, Even at the base of Pompey's statue, Whkh all the while ran blood, great Casar fell, —Dish tles "411 the Year Rowed." INCREASE• Bills discounted not yet due.... 94'4 millions Bank notes .................. Current account s ............ 24 1-5 ~ BOURSE, July 9.—The market continues (bill, and prices have slightly receded, T hrees, for the Ac count, being now at 6 8 f. 55c. Little doin g in Railway Shares, but up to the p resent time the prices of yesterday have been pretty well main. tained. The market closed as follows : it per Cents 97 Do. end month -- 3 per Cents Do. end month..., 68 60 Credit Mobilier 1191 25 no. end m0nth...,1192, 50 Bank Shares 3400 Credit k oneier 1325 B A IL' Italian Loan 7l 90 Do. end month 72 A 5 New ditto Do. end month.... 72 45 Russian A us trian Spanish Threes.,, 53 50 Home Debt 'AltB. Cash. Account. Orleans ............... lOl5 .. 1016 50 Northern 995 -- —.. 993 75 Neve ditto ............ -.•-- .. -- Lyons and Mediterranean 1028 75 .. 1030 Geneva 472 50 .. 472 50 Southern ,62 50 .. 662 50 .. Western 072 50 .. 527 50 Eastern . .......... , 5OO .. Sardinian. ............ 4lO .. 412 50 Austrian 452 50 .. 453 75 Lombard ........ - .. 671 25 North of Spain _. 700 .. 700 Saragossa. Ditto to Barcelona A Tribute to the late Sir Joshua Jebb and his System of Convict Discipline. R e f err ing to the recently completed Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the System of Co n vi c t Treat ment—an abstr act of which has already a pp eared in the columns of The Sus —th e Cork Reporter observes, in its issue of Monday, that " the Report" sets at rest at once and . completely the con trovers y as to the Rev. Charl es Gibson's statistics in his po pular book on Convict Di s cipli ne . O ur Irish contemro rary goes on to remark—" It shows that A single point, of some importan ce cer tainly, it goes to confirm his views as to the di sc i p li ne of And, gentleman ex eevt to m have understated not overstated his case our convict prisons, and our treatment, generally, of the proves deserving of the remission by convict class. One important principle which the Commissioners agree should be left untouched, in our existing system, is that of he proves undergoingremitting portions of the punishment to which the convict h is is li g a o b o le d , his sentence. They think the length of the sentence should not be "unalter ably fixed,,, an d they declare that no other advantages produce an equally good effect on the convict, as the hope of diminishing t he term of his incarceration by his own propriety of demeanour.. .We are very glad to find the Commissioners of this opinion, as we have no doubt of the benefit of properly regulates relaxations and remissions of punishment, both to the convict and to society. icnonedeusectli, The Commissioners think transportation to Western Australia should be substituted, in cases of heavy sentences, for penal servitude. They also suggest that greater en couragement should be given to the emigration of English prisoners, on discharge. The extent to which Irish pri soners have emigrated they consider has been very useful. So far, as regards the general question, there remain to be considered the much controverted differences between the English and Irish systems—the former established by the late Sir Joshua Jebb, whose recent lamented death has deprived the country of a most able and zealous public functionary—the latter a modification of it, by Sir Walter Crofton, for which his friends and admirers have claimed an amount of credit that, if deserved, would show him to be one of our highest social benefactors. The two " improve ments" of Sir Walter may be described as " inter mediate prisons"—to gradually accustom the convict to self - control--and " police aurvaillance,,_after his discharge, on " ticket-of-leave." Mr. Gibson—adopt ing Sir Joshua Jebb's views --was opposed to both. And, in our notice of his work, we stated that, in our opinion, he quite established the worthlessness of the "intermediate" stage of the Irish discipline. Lusk-farm, as Mr. Gibson described it, could only regarded as a thorough delusion, and the Commissioners report abso lutely against this part of the Crofton system. And here, the Cork Reporter goes on to remark, let us do justice to the reverend author of " Life Among g Convicts," by showing how much within the truth he was, in the figures which he was charged with exaggerating. Mr. Gibson alleged that the per tentage of relapses in the inter mediate prisons was far greater than in the ordinary work ing convict prisons, being in the former 13 per cent., in the latter only 81 per cent. From the Commissioners' Re port it ap p ea rs that the ordinary prisons f rom 1857 to 186 3 give 7.l:per cent. of relapses, while Smithfield and Lusk, the "intermediates," give 18 3 per cent. Nor is this all. In 1862 these establishments showed over 21 per cent. of relapses, while the English prisons, on Sir Joshua Jebb's system, gave only 6•5 per cent. After this, the less said about the intermediate system the better. As to the question of police surveillance, the one part of the Irish plan approved of, only time perhaps can decide as to its real utility. The per eentage of relapses as above recorded, is not calculated to show its great advantage, And the general decrease in Irish crime, as the Com Cmroftonianissioners s how, has bad no connexion with it or with the arrangements, in any Way. That decrease began before Sir Walter had at all appeared on the scene. Still we surveillance no t ready absolut e ly t o conten d that the s urveil s hould not be t r i e d i n E ng l a nd, as we ll as here, and its results c ons id ere d. We canno t conclude without observing that the port re see ms fully to justify the high encomiums passed on Sir Joshua Jebb, and should somewh a t con f oun d those w h o have sought to de tract from his Merits, in the hope of thereby adding to Sir Walter Crofton's fame. The former is now no mora, and praise or blame can affect him nothing. But those who respect his memory will, in the report of the Commissioners, find th e system which he introduced and ably administered vindicated satisfactorily from the reproaches hastily or reck lessly cast on it. 74 11 : 1, to 1 .1.4 / a ;II The Queen of Prussia. Her Majesty the Queen of Prussia, who left Ostend on Monday evening, arrived at Rotterdam early next morning, and immediately proceeded to the Hague, on a visit to the Netherlands royal family. Her Majesty was expected to leave the Hague yesterday morning for Brussels. The Prince and Princess of Wales. The Duke and Duchesss de Chartres paid a visit to the Prince and Princess of Wales yesterday at Marlborough House. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales left town yesterday for Frogmore. Their royal highnesses, attended by the Marchioness of Carmarthen, Lieut.-General Knollys, and Captain G►•ey, lett Marlborough House at 10 minutes past six o'clock last evening for the Paddington ter minus, and travelled by the Great Western Railway to Windsor. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princess Mary dined with the Countess (Dowager) of Jersey last eveung, at her ladyship's house in Berkeley-square, where a select circle had the honour to meet their royal highnesses. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort have been spendin the week at Newmarket, where his grace has taken the residence formerly occupied by Lord Clifden. The Duke of Northumberland has quite re covered from his recent attack of gout. The noble duke and duchess purpose to remain at Sion House, Islewot th, until they leave for the north for the autumn. The Duc de Morny is about to form a racing establishment at Newmarket. The Duchess d'Assebourg, accompanied by the Count and Countess de Noeurs, the Baroness Schtikeman, Captain le Chevalier Masson, and Lieutenant di Platz, with a numerous suite, have left the Brunswick, Jermyn-street, for the Isle of Wight. The Earl of Strathmore has arrived in lowndes square, . _ . The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield have re turned to town from Newmarket. The Earl and Countess of Yarborough enter tained at dinner last evening, at her, residence in Arling ton-street the Earl and Countess of Zetland, Viscount and Viscountess Ingestre, Lord and Lady Otho Fitzgerald, Lady Howard, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Lady E. Hare, Colonel and Lady Emily Kingscote, Mr. and Lady Sophia Macnamara, Col. Sturt, Col. Farquharson, &c. Viscount Courtenay has returned to London from Newmarket. Lord Tredegar and family have ieft Portman square for Tredegar-park, Monmouthshire. Lord George and Lady Adeliza Manners have been entertaining the Earl Strafford, Viscount Newport, Viscount Canterbury, and a select circle at Cheveley-park during the week. THZ EMPEROR NAPOLEON AT VICHY.—It is said that the course of the waters is not alone to occupy Louis Napoleon's time there, which is to be more exclu sively devoted, than it can be elsewhere, to the correcting and setting in order of the last proof-sheets of the second volume of the "Life of Cwsar," now nearly terminated. The two volumes are shortly to appear, and the Emperor's desire to stand as a candidate for one of the vacant stalls of the academy, which was at first treated as a joke, seems to be a reality, and founded on his presumed merits as an historian and the author of a work on waich he has bestowed many years of labour and diligent research.—The Queen, of to-morrow—just published. STUPENDOUS SENTENCE Epitomising in a breath—(a breath that, we undertake to say, the most long-winded of readers will find a breather I) all the salient points in the long reign of King George 111. It is one of the opening sentences (the longest sentence, we should think, ever written) in Mr. J. G. Phillimore's Life of that Monarch :—" A mighty empire lost by folly in the West, another won by fraud and violence in the East;-- the Church returning to its intolerant and servile uoctrines ; law, rescued for a short time by Lord Mansfield from the gripe of attorneys, and made less revolting to sense and justice, but speedily restored by his successors to the old anarchy of chicane and chance ; the metropolis of Eng land for four days delivered into the hands of a furious rabble, masking the purposes of robbers and incen diaries under the colour of religious zeal; a war un dertaken in the spirit of the crusades, to put down opinion by the sword; triumphs by sea, calamities by land; a son of England squandering the blood of her soldiers, dishonouring the flag that had waved at Blenheim and Ramilies, and chased into the sea by the foes she expected him to destroy ; the fabric of public credit rocking and reeling from its foundations; taxes increased, not only be yond example, but beyond what the wildest paroxysms of a distempered fancy could have imagined that the nation would endure ; the transition from an agricultural to a merely commercial and manufacturing people becoming every year more strongly marked ; the old, frank, outspoken vices of a plain, manly generation exchanged for those of priests and courtiers, for superstition and hypocrisy ; the de cay of taste and literature; the pursuit of material interests and the study of physical science gradually superseding every other oLject ; classical studies at the university,which which had so long buoyed up, refined, and animated the heavy, rough, and sluggish English nature, degraded into a mechanical trick and drudgery, compared with which the routine of a shop is liberal—useless to those who did not submit to it ; ruinous, as the tone of thought among us at this hour too clearly proves, to those who did ; all sense of things moral and intellectual rapidly diminishing; mutiny in our fleet, revolt in our dependencies; the crimes and ill-successes that sullied the cause of freedom abroad used as an argument to fortify all that was oppres sive and illiberal at home ; the senate adorned for almost half a century by an eloquence which, if it did not take from corruption all its evil, obliged it to conceal much of its deformity, gradually stripped, as doctrines which Eliot and Hampden never knew prevailed, of its ancient spirit ; the intellect employed in public life dwindling, till mediocrity or servility the most abject, sheltering and atoning for talent, were almost the sole passport to high station in Church or State ; prerogative judges, unjustifiable prosecutions, iniquitous verdicts, cruel sentences ; one noble measure, the abolition of the slave trade, carried by great and generous Ministers, notwithstanding the bitter hostility and vile intrigues of low minded time servers and of a monarch steeled against pity, and deaf to eloquence; rebellion in Ireland provoked by oppression, and avenged by cruelties to which thescalping-knife was hardly wanting; an union with that country purchased by corrup tion more sickening than any that has been recorded since the last days of the Roman Republic; two attempts of the Commons to punish great and notorious delinquents battled in the House of Lords; the crash of falling thrones in India welcomed with delight by those who were carrying on a bloody war in Europe for prescriptive right and established domination; in social life (nor let this be thought below the notice of the historian, as it illustrates the degradation and evil manners of the time), men and women of the highest birth encouraging, by abject submission, the amazing insolence of a frivolous, illiterate upstart, the son of a menial, and educated to be a menialhimself; profligacy (closely (closely resembling that in the time of th e R egent Orleans, and not, as that was, mitigated spirit, taste, or gentleness) encouraged by the example of the heir-apparent to the Throne, and by two of his brethren—one of whom supported his mistress by allowing her to sell commissions in the army ; the other of whom, at terwards a king actually resisted by his subjects, Germans thouF h they were, did not in this country escape the imputation of the blackest and foulest crimes ; little manliness of character, little independence of thought; metaphysics, the queen of sciences, the mistress and architect of the materials out of which the adamantine basis of morality must be constructed,absolutely unknown; the most grovelling motive insisted upon in a text book for youth as the only sure support of virtue; the pursuit of wealth the only re maining indication that any power of thought remained among us ; deference to rank, authority, and riches, carried by men of liberal education and gentle blood to a pitch almost incredible; expeditions ill contrived and ill con ducted as to revive the memory of that to the Isle of Rhe, to bathe England in tears, and cover her councils and her arms with ridicule ; a piratical attack on a weak, but high minded and valiant nation, sanctioned by the House of Commons, and vindicated by flippant gibes and venal eloquence; and at last, the country saved in spite of the folly of our rulers, not only by the incomparable valour of our soldiers and the military genius of a great captain, but by the judicial madness which, when the measure of his crimes was full, precipitated a mighty conqueror to de struction, and avenged the wrongs of prostrate Europe. Such are the characters presented by the history of Eng land during the long reign of George III." The telegraphic communication between Belle Isle and the mainland, which had been interrupted, is now re-established. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING-THURSDAY. The card for this afternoon, barring the Chesterfield Stakes, which is a species of second edition of the July, presented a vast contrast to that of yesterday, and it is clear that the fourth day is a mistake. Still, the desire to witness the third performance of the quondam Derby favourite, the Scottish Chief, caused the !attendance to be both good and fashionable, and the hotelkeepers declare they never recollect a better July week. The field for the Chesterfield Stakes was better than anticipated, and, as the course was shorter than the July, and involved no kdip, the Chief's followers rallied, and laid 6to 4 kindly on him. At starting Little Gentleman led the lot for some little way, when he was passed by Becky Sharpe, Crytheia, and Washington. These held the lead to the middle of the plantations, when the crack assumed a more forward posi tion, and, shaking off Crytheia's challenge, won cleverly enough to satisfy his best friends, and over a flat course we imagine he will be found more dangerous than he was this afternoon. When the betting-ring was re-formed he re turned to his original price for the Derby, and the only other movements of note in the market were the upward tendencies of Anfield for the Goodwood Stakes, and Bar chettina for the Liverpool Cup. The Tomato case is con sidered as virtually disposed of. Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. New T.Y.C, Three subs. Lerd Chesterfield's Black Lily, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (S. Rogers) w.o, Plate of 50 soya for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age, with optional selling weights. New T.Y,C. Mr. E. 0 wen's Rosa filly, 2 yrs (£4O), sst 71b.. (Sayers) 1 Mr. H. Bird's Fietton, 3 yrs (£4O), 78t 121 b ..(J, Mann) 2 Mr. Price's hope filly, 2 yrs (£4O), sst 71b .... (Gorton) 3 The fdlowinGalso ran :—Eaton, Debden, Brilliant's dam filly, and Maritana filly. Betting-4 to 1 agst Fletton, sto 1 each agst Debden, the Rosa filly, and the Maritana gelding, 6 to 1 agst Bril liant's dam filly, and 8 to 1 agst the Hope filly. Mr. Price's filly took the lead for the first quarter of a mile, when she was headed by the Rosa filly, who came on with a commanding lead and won in a canter by six lengths, Fletton, who passed Mr. Price's filly half way up the hill, obtained the barren honours of second by half a length; the Brilliant's dam filly was fourth, Eaton filth, and the Mari tana gelding next. The winner was claimed by Mr. H, Bird, and Fletton by Mr. P. Price. The Chesterfield Stakes of 30 sous each, 20 ft, for 2-yr-olds ; colts Bst 101 b, and fillies Bst 71b. Winners extra„ Last half of B.M. 68 subs. Mr. Merry's Scottish Chief, 9st' 31b (inc 71b extra) (Challoner) I Duke of Beaufort's Crytheia, 9st, (inc 71b extra) (G. Fordham) 2 Lord Portsmouth's Becky Sharpe, 9st (inc 71b extra) (J. Goater) 3 The following also ran :—Agra colt, Senitora cqlt, Bra damante f, Washington, Rouge Crosse, The Little Gentle man, Belgium, and Hypatia. Betting-5 to 4 on Scottish Chief, 6to 1 agst Becky Sharpe, 8 to 1 agst Washington, 9 to 1 agst Belgium, and 12 to 1 agst Rouge Crosse. With an excellent start, The Little Gentleman, lying in the centre, made the running, followed on t' , e extreme left byHypatia and Crytheia, and on the right by Becky Sharpe, the favourite, and Washington, the Agra colt and Lord Gla-gow's lying up. In this way they ran into the bottom, when The Little Gentleman fell hick, leaving Hypatia with a slight lead, which she held to half way up the hill, when Challoner brought the favourite to the front, and with Becky Sharpe and Crytheia in close attendance, came on with the running to the brow of the hill, when he drew away, and won very cleverly by a length, a like distance separating the second and third. Hypatia was fourth, close up, Washington fifth, The Little Gentleman sixth, and Bradamante next. Rouge Crosse was last. Handicap Plate of 50 sous, for 3-yr-olds and upwards. New T.Y.C. Mr. J. Dawson's Neophyte, aged, Bst 121 b (A. Edwards) 1 Mr. Bignell's The Prophet, 6 yrs, 85t.... (G. Fordham) 2 Sir J Hawley's Columba, 3 yrs, Est 101 b.... (H. Covey) 3 Mr. R. C. Naylor's Supple, 3 yrs, 6st.. (A. Woodhouse) 4 Zelle, Sparkle, East Sheen, King of Italy, Indolence, and Douche also ran. Betting-5 to 4 agst Neophyte, 4 to 1 agat Supple, 10 to 1 agst Zelle, 100 to 8 each agat The Prophet and East Sheen. The latter cut out the work at a good pace, followed by The Prophet, Neophyte, Supple, and Indolence to the wood, when he dropped back, and the running was taken up by the favourite, with The Prophet, Supple, and Columba in close attendance, at the bottom, where Neophyte drew away, and won very cleverly by half a length, three parts of a length between the second and third. Supple was fourth, placed by the judge, and Indolence next. Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age. The winner to be sold for 200 soya; if for 100, allowed 71b. New T.Y.C. 7 subs. Mr, Goddard's Zeloo, 3 yrs t£100), Bst 21b .. (J. Daley) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Meriden, 3 yrs (£100), Bst 51b (Custance) 2 Mr... Angel's Reindeer, 5 yrs (£100), Bst 111 b.... (Perry) 3 Buckfoot, Whitebait, Maltster, and Black Sarah also ran. Betting-5 to 2 agst Meriden, 3to leach agst Zeloo and Reindeer, and 4 to 1 agst Whitebait. The three placed ran in front, Zeloo having a slight lead, which tale retained to the end, and won easily by a length ; Meriden defeating Reindeer by a neck for second ; White bait was fourth, and Buckfoot fifth. LATEST BETTING. LIVERPOOL CUP. sto 1 agst Oakapple (taken) 7to 1 agst Barchettina (taken) Bto 1 agat Joey Jones (taken) 100 to 7 agst lmperatrice (taken) 100 to 7 apt Erin-go-Bragh (taken) 100 to 7 agst Fantail (taken) 100 to 6 agst Carisbrook (taken) GOODWOOD STAKES. 4to 1 agst Anfield (taken) Bto 1 agst Knutsford (taken) 10 to 1 agst Bellman (taken) 10 to 1 agst Blondin (taken) 100 to 3 agst Grimstone (taken) 100 to 3 agst Zapateado (taken) GOODWOOD CUP. 4to 1 agat Buckstone (taken) 7to 1 agst Carnival (taken) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (offered) The Supposed Murder in or near Gower- street, Yesterday afternoon Dr. Lankester resumed, at the Lord Wellington, University-street, the inquiry as to the death of a man who was previously un known, but who has since been identified as Michael Quinn, a mason's labourer, aged 45, and who was found in Gower-street, shortly after 12 o'clock on the night of Saturday, the 27th ult., in a state of insensibility, and such frightful injuries inflicted upon his person as to leave no doubt but that he had been the victim of the most frightful ill-usuage. It will be remembered, that the deceased man was seen by an omnibus conductor, named Webb, to fall off the steps of No, 86 or 87, Gower -street, and that the police, believing him intoxicated, conveyed him to the station-house, where ho remained till eight o'clock on Sunday morning ; when being still insensible he was conveyed to University College Hospital, where it was found he had a fracture of the skull at the top, extending five inches, that most of his front teeth were knocked out, and one found in his stomach, that he had a contused wound on his right temple, and a cut over his eye, another on his chin, a wound on the inside of his right arm, and another on the inside of his left knee, and that some of his ribs were broken. The inquest was adjourned to ascertain deceased's identity, and en able the police, if possib.e, to discover how he came by his injuries. Bridget Walsh, of 10, Horace-street, Edgware road, with whom the deceased cohabited, said he left home at four o'clock on Saturday morning, the 27th ult , and she saw nothing more of him till she iden tified his body at St. Pancras workhouse; and Ellen Quinn, bis wife, said she had seen nothing of him for the last twelve months. W. Lyne, of 86, Bermondsey-street, said he knew deceased, wbo was in the employ of the Bermondsey vestry as a labourer. On the night in question deceased, with three or four others, came to his house, a beershop, and had with them part ot four or five pints of stout. H e l e f t with one of his mates about nine o'clock. He was not the worse for liquor, nor had he any of the in juries described when he left his place. Seeing tC• report of the case in the papers, he came there and identified him, Henry Baldwin, p orter at U n i vers i ty H osp i ta l , stated that a w oman had come there as an out patient a f ew d ays s i nce, and said she had wit nessed the ill-usage by deceased was " mur dered," She said she was looking out of window between 12 and 1 on the Saturday night and she saw several policemen ill-using him, and that a soldier 8I11:1 two other men took his part. She gave her address as Mary Roberts, 10, George. street. Inspector Gurforth, and Murray, the summon ing officer, said they had been to all the " George streets" they knew, and could not find this woman. Michael Garvey, deceased's brother-in-law, said the only persons he suspected was deceased's son, who was in the 18th Regiment, and a woman who father. lived with hi m , an d w h om n he am to e o d k F a e w rg a u y ss f o r t o l his The Coroner reiterated his opinion that it:was i mpo ssible this man c ou ld h ave sustai ne d injuries, but through the violence of others, t u h tt e e s r e ly was again adjourned, an d ultimately the inquiry lel P] sli