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 one termed the "Na tional Art," or medimval 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 mediaeval 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 mediaeval artists. But in that glorious system of Gothic architecture, with its awe-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 reposing in long avenues on slender clustering pillars ; its highly ornamented altars and transparent screens, its deep retiring door-ways and shady recesses ; its rose, lancet, and oriel windows, through which a stream of golden light poured upon the richly sculptured materials of the pile, revealing the proposed decorations of living artists, and the productions of an exuberent fancy, full of deep mystery or joyous loveliness. An intense love of nature is everywhere visible in those wondrous piles of sculptured materials ; and as the eye rests upon the beautiful figures in these courts—choice flowers, culled from the real garden of mediaeval ages —the mind is involuntarily led back 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 their swelling 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 cease l ess sun shine and rise into a cloudless sky ; but not with less reverence stand by him when, with rough strength and hurried stroke, he smite; 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 Guis borough Abbeys, and an adjoining vestibule 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 ornamentation which exists in this country. Mr. Digby Wyatt, in his admirable book on "metal work and its artistic design," thus speaks of this chapel and door :—" There is scarcely a single chapel in the whole 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 arid 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 1., Anne of Bohemia, and John of Eltham ; th e t om b o f Ed war d 11 . , f rom Gloucester Cathedral, and of Edward the Black Prince, from Can terbury. There will be also the tombs of Bishop Pore and William Longesp4e, 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 meclival 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, and many other persons, the zealous and ob stinate Dogberry refused to permit either a sketch or a cast to be taken from the monument. There will, how ever, be 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 Antwerp 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, be 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 aide of the doorway is a quatrefoil of small lion's heads and gold rosettes. Above these, on the right side is an allegorical figure of 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 preacher of Christianity in Britain. These figures are each supported by a grinning corbel. Above these emblematical representations of 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 Mr. Cottingham. 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 Cockerell, at the meeting of the Archaeological Institute, a few years since. In the niches at the various angles are placed a series of the finest figures from the west front of Wells Cathedral, which have been also recently illustrated by the talented professor. The restoration of these figures is placed under the superintendence of Mr. Richardson, whose work upon monumental remains is so well known, and whose labours in the Temple Church and numerous other localiti es h ave shown with howmuch safety the delicate op era ti on o f restoration may be confided to his superintendence. Conspicuous among the specimens around the walls of the court is the b eaut if u l w i ndow of John of Gaunt, i the castle yard at Li nco l n , b ut which has been latelyn carefully removed from its original site and restored by Lord Brownlow. Near this is a fine canopied niche, reaching the whole height of the court, taken from Bishop Alcock's chapel at Ely, certainly one of the richest specimens of its kind to be met with in the country. On the principal side of the court is arranged a fine series of "bosses " from Tewkesbury Abbey, re presenting the firmament of heaven. The splendid ss E a ster " 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 is represented, in three divisions, Christ bear iignegPuhlere 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 he is fast rising illud o a u o t e, o s f u s c i h gh d t i . v in l e t t h h a o s u b g e h e t n prettily said, s the singing of birds after a as these lik e came " t l o n m t e h u at' tempest." The remainderrtmoefntthsisofsidt:eleofLtadhey cocuhratpeisl made up of two comp at Ely and portions; of the arcades and sedilia from York and South well .14finstersi. the window of John of Gaunt is - placed or e of the Oppositewestern entrance doors of Lichfield Cathedral, the rro iron work upon which is the most elaborated of any . existing in this count r y. Th e wor k on this door is similar in s tyle to the iron railing which protects the tomb of Queen Eleanor in Westminster Abbey, and was rescued from the state of neglect in which it had lain for many years, and most admirably restored, by Dean Buckland. The tomb of Humphrey de Bohun, from Hereford Cathedral, one of the most graceful of the monuments of the 15th century, occupies a position near to this door. At the back of the court is placed a charming re storation of the beautiful Walsingham font. It was to the shrine of Our Lady at Walsingham that thousands of pilgrims wended their way from all parts of the country and of Europe, guided thither by the miracu lous light ; and it was to lay his offerings on this shrine that the monarch Henry VIII., walked barefoot and bareheaded for a distance of three miles from the adjoin ing village, and it was this same shrine that the same Hoary, the "Defender of the Faith," did, to the horror , - a f9R,", 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-Visoher, and others. A writer in the A theneum 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-haus 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, the faces twisted with a sly, ruefulgrimace and the hands 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 harping, sur rounded by a forest-work of tracery. Below, on the left-hand side of the court, is a valuable alto-I-slier°, 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 the patri archs, the prophets, kings, and saints, is Christ ; on his right hand, angels are summoning the Messed, 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 gl u tt on is clasped by a wild boar—and one monster has thrown his helpless prisoner ever his shoulders as men might a sack. The saints are con spicuous, hugging their emblematical bulls, eagles, or lions. St. Anthony 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 ruefully 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 kolzhneclt'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 Spenser's visions." THE SOCIETY OF ARTS AND 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. IThe 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 certain 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 that corresponding certificates be issued to the successful candidates. 6. 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 those 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 thaa 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 Athenzeums, in union with the society of Arts, a portion, however 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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He stated he had given notice to Mrs. Finch, the lady who carupJained, that her presence would be required ; but she had referred him to her solicitor, in whcisolands she had placed 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 tkose 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. W. 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 desirable 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 51. 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. Meeking, who sent for the policeman r---Mr. Meeking said he was not sent for by him. Mrs. Curzon said the policeman was sent for by Mr. Meeking, but tto 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 Mr.?... Finch, and that if he did net 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. CNrden inquired where the sovereign was found ? Mr. Meeking acid the shoptnan found it in his cheque book, it having 'slipped through into the pocket. Sir R. W. (Carden— 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 le could have forgotten having received the money, as 1;1 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. Meeking 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 purt of this investigation. Mr. Meeking said he wrotethese letters before he had time to collect the details he had since given, and he did not wish to accuse his you ng 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 t o c li ng t o M rs. Finch after the ordeal she had gone through. Mr. Tarsey said Mr. Meeking, on being applied to, had stated he haii nothing to do with it, as none of his young men, excerpt the cashier, had authority to receive money, which practice he thought was likely to lead to many such unpleasant disputes. Sir R. W. Carden said it was not necessary to say anything more on the subject. It was very clear that all the unpleasantness arose from the negligence of Mr. Meeking's servant, and it was equally clear that an apology was due from Mr. Meeking's establishment to Mrs. Finch. Mr. Meeking said he hoped the alderman would ex press his opinio n, after what he had heard, that he (Mr. Meeking) had not caused the detention of a person in his shop. Sir It. W. Garden said be should give no opinion upon that point. Mr. peeking said he trusted the alderman would hear the young man who attended upon Mrs. Curzon. The young man accordingly corroborated what Mrs. Curzon stated, .a.nd added that when Mrs. Curzon asked them what was to be done about th© missing sovereign, he said, " I d.on't know anything about it ; it rests between you tw•to ladies" (meaning Mrs. Curzon and Mrs. Finch.) Sir H. NV. 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. 'inch, 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 magi, 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 same time. One witness, John Adam, a labourer, in returning to the village from Peterhead, stated that, he had met INl'Donald and Dr. Smith about 1-S or 2.0 minutes past 7 o'clock, walking together. " I Passed quite near them," said this witness, " they were speaking to each other. I nodded my head to William M‘Donald, 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 M`Donald, 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 said 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' imprisonrsent for gross prevarication, and told him that the only' way of getting his sentence mitigated would be by telling what induced him to say th a t h e h a d seen 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 fo r th e f ormer 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. Smith 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 doctor; a re you warm ? And he said, rose quickly, when the occupier s a id, " Wh a t' s th e wi' n d began you rocking th e cra dl e. T he next day matt er ( ' S ‘ Yunedsa,,, a y) the mother cf 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 be 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 4991. 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 sitting in the ditch ; if he were shot 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 proceedir.g, on Friday opened with the reading cf the prisoner's declarations. He accounte! for [liaise(' 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 o•arden, and went to call on Miss Anderson at twenty-five minutes to 8. Evidence was called is 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 cution' and the Dean of Faculty for the defenc e . 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 the 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 macers, but which broke out again as the prisoner left the dock. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, APRIL 14. 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 deal, by the same bill, with the property of the several colleges, and to impose cer tain new provisions for its application. "These two propositions, a . s 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 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 ,:iscouraging 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 Wadham, 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. SPORTING IR TEL r, GENCE. CHESTER SPRING MEETING, 1854. The CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP Of 10 says, 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 Sib extra ; once round and a distance ; 33 subs. st lb Grey Plover... 7 Ch c Verulam, out of 'Marchioness Seducer Nightshade Swtftsure 7 8 Ortolano Lord Hill (late Eta) 7 8 Sarsfield Lady Napier Falcon Robin Hood 7 6 st lb Miss Sellon Bro to Andante Sir Mark = Ariel Amos Brigadier 6: 12 Communist aright Phoebus Phcenia Daphne Popsy Cestria St. Clair The Handsome Buck 7 6 Erycina Device 6 6 Cortender Syvagee Jetty Treffz 7 4 Sis to Aphrodite (pd) THE WYNNSTAT Ef ANDIOAP of 100 SOTS., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each ; a winner of any handicap after the publication of the weights of the value of 200 soya, 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. et lb Pelion 4 8 3 Dick Turpin Lerrywhent 5 8 0 Maid of Golborne 4 6 12 Evadne 5 7 12 La Belle 4 6 4 Guicowar 4 7 8 Rosalba Captain Cornish.. 4 7 8 Domino 3 6 3 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 3 5 4 The General Miss Agnes 4 7 2 Jephson 3 5 0 WEIGHTS for the CHESHIRE WELTER CUP of 100 sovs., by subscription of 20 soya, each, h ft, and 5 only if declared on or before the 19th of April ; jockeys allowed to ride on carrying 51b extra ; the winner of any handicap of the ♦alue of 100 Bove. clear after the publication of the weights 51b, and the winner of the Trades' Cup 101 b 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 5 9 8 The Surveyor ... 5 10 8 Macaw 6 9 6 Revolver Captain Cornish 4 10 8 Dewstune b)... 4 9 2 Eulogist Weights for the MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER'S PLATE Of 100 sovs in specie, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 10 soya 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 Age et lb Frantic Aguila 5 7 10 Little Tom (late Harbinger Pelion 4 7 10 Veteran Indian Warrior... 5 7 6 La Belle 4 6 0 Evadne Lerrywheut . 5 7 6 Eva 3 6 0 Annie Sutherland 4 7 0 Comfort 3 5 10 The General Catherine Parr ... 4 6 12 Falcon 3 5 10 Vanderdecken .... 4 6 12 Swiftsure 3 5 10 Rattle 4 6 12 Mishap Eulogist Sandhurst Aldford Peggy Sextus 4 6 10 KennysideHero... 3 4 10 Itch 4 6 10 Cheshire Marquis 3 4 N Whalebone 4 6 8 Daniel O'Rourke 5 (pd.) W eights for the CHESHIRE STAKES of 15 sovs. 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 sovs. clear 51b, or of the Trades' Cup 101 b extra, but not to be accumulative ; from the Castle Pole, once round and iu (about a mile and three furlongs) ; 28 subs. Age st lb ; Age st lb Kohinoor The Reiver 4 8 0 Alexia 4 6 6 Pelion 4 7 10 Georgey 4 6 4 Warhawk Lerrywheut Cobnut Lancashire Lass... 4 7 0 Barrel 3 5 12 Annie Sutherland 4 7 0 Ghurab Turwar 3 5 10 Jacqueline 4 7 0 Comfort Vanderdecken ... 4 7 0 Ariadne Master Slender ... 5 6 12 Jack Frost Puritan Aldford Sandhurst The GRAND STAND CLIP 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 71b, 600 or more 101 b, and of the Chester Cup 141bs, the second in any of such handicaps 51b extra ; once round and a distance ; 47 subs. Age st lb Pelion 4 8 3 Lerrywheut 5 8 0 Evadne 5 8 0 Lambton 4 7 10 Captain Cornish 4 7 10 Octavia 5 7 6 Annie Sutherland 4 7 6 Jacqueline 4 7 6 The General 4 7 6 The Hatchet 4 7 6 Gauntlet a 7 4 Vanderdecken 4 7 4 Catherine Parr 4 7 2 Typee 4 7 2 Scarecrow 5 7 0 Peggy Alexia 4 7 10 Timotheus 6 6 10 Patience 4 6 10 Rosalba La Belle 4 6 4 Corin 3 6 4 Domino 3 6 4 New Warrior 3 6 2 Merry Monk 3 6 2 Age st lb Little Princess 4 6 0 Alas 3 6 0 Sledmere Tommy 3 6 0 Middlesborough Game•lad 3 6 0 Mangerton 3 6 0 Swiftsure 3 5 12 Nigtshade 3 5 12 Epaminondas 3 5 12 Ossifrage 3 5 12 Falcon 3 5 12 B c by Tearaway —Ballinasloe's darn 3 5 The Assayer 3 5 Sarsfield 3 5 Sine Qua Non 3 5 King Alfred 3 5 Broto Andante... 3 5 Nelly Hill 3 5 Sy vagee 3 5 Bianca 3 5 Juliet 3 5 LOTHIANS RACING CLUB AND EDINBURGH MEETING, 1854. The LOTHIAN HANDICAP of 10 sovs 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 sovs value, 61b, of two 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 7 Cassio 4 6 4 Testator Haricot Little Jack a 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 5 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 Janey 4 6 12 Garrulity 3 5 6 Jack the Giant Robert Gill 3 5 G Killer 46 12 Lammas Day 35 6 Auchinleck 4 6 10 Aribbas 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 sove., 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 Phcebus, 4 yrs Inder, 4 yrs Placenix, 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 Odiham, 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) (12 b), 5 yrs Sir George, 3 yrs Calot, 5 yrs Noisette, 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. Frantic, 5 yrs Calot, 5 yrs Sir Mark, 3 yrs Kennyside Hero, 3 yrs Box, 3 yrs Pollard, 3 yrs The Empire, 3 yrs Lord Lieutenant, 4 yrs Ephesus, 6 yrs Little Tom, 4 yrs Epaminondas, 3 yrs Nicotine, 4 yrs Henrietta, 5 yrs Student, 3 yrs Roebuck, 3 yrs Nutpecker, 4 yrs Bridesmaid, 3 yrs Longinus, 6 yrs The Queen's Own, 3 yrs Lady Constance, 3 yrs Cable, 3 yrs The PAVILION HANDICAP PLATE of 100 sous., 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 Phcebus, 4 yrs Geor,:),ey, 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 Brandy, 3 yrs Hercules, 3 yrs Calot, 5 yrs Lady Flora, 4 yrs TIIE ST. FERGUS MURDER. The trial of 'William Smith, medical practitioner (it has transpired that he holds no diploma entitling him to prefix the honiorary 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, froxn 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. rhe prisoner pleaded not guilty, and a jury was empanelled. The leading facts of the first day's evidence have been already reported. Soma 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 cheerfulnes s of his disposition. His clergyman added his testimony to the same effect, and all the parties were positive in as aerting 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, am' it was in a ditch, under the hedge which bounds this fieldi, that the body of the deceased was dis covered by his b rother next morning (Sunday). He was quite dead, there being a wound on the right cheek and blood on the fatn3. A pistol was lying near the body, but no marks ci , f a scuffle were apparent. The doctor was not at hero e 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 tics ! " Dr. Smith said at once that the deceased had shot himself, and afterwards made himself very busy with tJie funeral arrangements. It did not not transpire from the evidence how Dr. Smith had been acquainted of the tragical event. Upon the Sunday mornine• he called on James Pixie, the farrier, and said, "Are ' you in, farrier ?" The man re plied, "Yes." _Ere said, "Come here." The former said, "What's a d.o ?" He said, "Willie M`Donald's gotten dead someewhere 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 1" 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 fro:m the mystery about the event, the clergyman (to use his own words) looked Dr. Smith in the face and said, 4 ‘ Where were you on the Saturday night ?" He had nientioned several places where he had been. I afterwardat 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 but myself and himself (the doctor). I said it was my conviction, if another person had done the deed, it must have been some one from the village. Dr. Smith never said anything to me about insurances on any occasion. I asked him how he found out the A R,HENISH" GRETNA GREEN. The Stoats Anzeiger 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 foreigner, have, in addition to their fulfilment of all other requirements of the law, to prove by a properly attksted certificate from the authorities of the place they come from that they are, according to the laws of their country, competent t o contract a marriage abroad, or have, in confirmity 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 matrimonial advertisements, all commencing with "At D u i s b urg, b y the R ev. M r . K rum mache r ." O n inquiry, it i s ascertained that t h ese coup l es cons i s t e d 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 Pru ss i an G overnment will not conn i ve a t British subjects the infraction use of its territory and institutions for infra c ti on of British laws. Th e t own o f 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 force, which requires a six month? 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 execution of 4uoh marriages. ' The FOREIGN VISITORS' Ad for all ages ; three quarto : to be published three wee' Bobby, 3 yrs Box, 3 yrs Snarry, 5 yrs Grey Tommy, 5 yrs hider, 4 yrs Sir Mark, 3 yrs Michaelmas Maid, 4 yrs Narcissus, aged Sextus, 4 yrs Nei va, 4 yrs Sweetheart, aged Henrietta, 5 yrs Roebuck, 3 yrs Georgey, 4 yrs Bridesmaid, 3 yrs The Old Soldier, 4 yrs Westwood (h h), 5 yrs Calot, 5 yrs ,NDICAP PLATE of 100 Ficvs rs of a mile. The weights is before running. , Kennyside Hero, 3 yrs Telegraph, 3 yrs Pollard, 3 yrs Lord Lieutenant, 4 yrs Bright Phoebus, 4 yrs Topsy, 3 yrs Merry Monk, 3 yrs Sine Qua Non, 3 yrs Memory, 2 yrs Nicotine, 4 yrs Old Rowley, 5 yrs The Assayer, 3 yrs John Bull, 4 yrs Roseberry, 3 yrs Adelaide, 3 yrs Lady Flora, 4 yrs Blondelle, 4 yrs Longinus, 6 yrs MANCHESTER RA CES. -JUNE 7. WETGHTS for the MANCHESTER TRADESMEN'S CUP. Forfeits to be declared by the 18th of April. Two miles and a quarter. Eighty-four subs. Age et lb 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 Balrownie 4 8 0 Leopold 5 7 12 Chaseaway 6 7 6 Umbriel 4 7 6 Barbatus 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 Eye 4 6 13 Jouvence Annie Sutherland 4 6 13 Morning Star Dove Heapy Sandhurst Dear Polly 4 6 10 Ammonia Valour Pr !most Marshal 4 6 8 Janey 4 6 8 Black Doctor 6 6 6 Peggy 4 6 6 St. Andrew Brother to Grey Tommy 4 6 6 England's Glory 6 6 4 Age st lb Cabin Boy 3 6 4 Charley Lady Vernon 4 6 4 Bracken 3 6 4 .Elope (h b) Richard Primmer 5 6 0 Lanscape La Belle 4 6 0 Miss Peddie Rosalba 4 6 0 Angelo Barrel Whittington Orson 3 Corin 3 C by Tearaway, 5 12 5 12 5 12 out of Ballina sloe's dam 3 5 8 Ossifrage Seducer 3 5 8 I Surgeon General 3 5 6 Empress Catherine 3 5 6 Sarsfield 3 5 6 Swiftsure El Dorado 3 5 5 Sir James Graham 3 5 5 Ham Sir Mark Roebuck Lamprocles Cestria Royalist 3 4 12 Plicenix 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. 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 5 8 8 Adine ........ Kohinoor Orestes Joe Miller 5 7 9 Indian Warrior 5 7 9 E vadne Lainbton Captain Cornish 4 7 6 Lough Bawn 6 7 6 War Hawk .. ... 5 7 6 Calot St. Michael Eulogist 4 7 5 Lancashire Lass 4 7 5 Mentmore Lass 4 7 5 Mr. Sykes ...... 4 7 5 Octavia Jacqueline 4 7 2 The Deformed Le Juif Ty pee ' 4 7 2 Annie Sutherland 4 7 2I Odiham 6 7 0 1 Heapy Llanforda Hobby Horse Vanderdecken The Hatchet 4 7 0 Morning Star 5 6 12 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 Tommy 4 6 10 Jack the Giant- Killer 4 6 10 St. Andrew Miss Agnes 4 6 10 Age st lb Peggy 4 6 10 Mdford Whalebone La Belle 4 6 5 Hope (h b) 4 6 5 Helena (h b) 4 6 5 The Event... 5 6 5 Voucher... . Light ot tbe H trem 4 6 3 Gaslight 4 6 3 Domino 3 6 3 Corin Merry Monk 8 6 0 Sine-qua-Non Thessalian 3 5 10 Jack Frost 3 5 10 Monimta Ossifrage c. by Tearaway, out of Balliaas- ice'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 3 5 8 Ram Toggery 3 5 6 Pyrois 3 5 6 Cestria Blame... Jetty Treffz Syvagee 3 5 4 Maid of Mouton filly 3 5 2 Amos 3 5 2 IConspiracy Erycina 3 5 0 Daphne 3 4 12 Andromache Professor Buck 3 4 10 "RES FOR 1854. ,IL. York Spring 25 Malton 2B Lothians and EdinburghlB Lewes l9 Bath 23 Liverpool Hunt Spring 24 Epsom 3O UNE. Bibury 2B Stockbridge ... 29 Ludlow 30 Winchester 3O Stourbridge Stamford Nottingham Goodwood , Ripon ;UST. EOlam 22 York 23 Hereford 24 Eccles "8 Chelmsford 29 Derby 29 Plymouth 3O Lincoln MBER. Bedford l9 Leicester 2O Manchester Autumn 2l Lanark Newmarket F 0 26 Northallerton 2B IBER. Warwick Autumn l7 Caledonian Hunt 17 Newmarket H 23 Worcester Autumn 31 Cowbridge Hunt 9 RACING FIXTI AP: Newmarket Craven 17 Catterick Bridge 19 Abergavenny . . 2O Newmarket F S Chester Spring g Lothians& Edinburgh 11 Newmarket S S l6 Shrewsbury lB Manchester Ascot Heath l3 Newcastle•on-Tyne 20 Hampton 2l Carlisle 26 Newmarket Worcester 4 Lancaster 6 Mansfield ll Liverpool l2 Ipswich 13 AU( Brightqn Brighton Club... 4 Wolverhampton Yarmouth 8 Reading Odiham 9 North Staffordshire 9 Wolverhampton l4 SEPTI Warwick Lichfield W •stern Meeting 7 Rochester and Chatham 7 Doncaster 12 Pontefract 18 OCT( Chester Autumn 3 Yorkshire Union Hunt 5 Wrexham Newmarket S 0 9 NOVE. Epsom Autumn 2 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 admitted 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 Corn. 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 inte n d e d c h arnel-house. They thought it monstrous to suppose for a moment that his lordship, as an advocate for extramural 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 chArman, said he could have wished the station for the receptacle of the dead had been at Battersea rather than where it was ; and Mr. Croinbie, 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 the latest advices, the weather in Ca lifornia had been specially favourable for digging, and probably since 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 it the State ; $3,000 worth was taken out in a few hours, but when the shaft was sunk 28ft., the water came in 49 rapidly that a steam pump was required k t 9 fork it. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES OF RAILWAY BILLS. CANNOCK. Lord STANLEY reported from the sub-committee that they had examined the allegations contained in the pre amble of the bill, but the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, AND WORCESTERSHIRE JUNCTION. Lord STANLEY reported from the sub-committee 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. FESTINIOCI: Lord JOCELYN reported from the snb-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 mileq, 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 70,000/. 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 ELLIGENCE. LISBON, April 8 QUARANTINE .—The Board of NOTICE 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 Rosevean, from St. Michael's; Kangaroo, Harlingen ; Volante, Terceira ; Little Jenny, St. Michael's ; Railway, do. ; Jean Bart, Gravelines ; Solide, do ; Ale xandrina, Salonica ; Cornet, Antwei p ; Clasina Margaretha, do. ; Luna, Hookseil ; Wilhelmina, 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, Calcutta; Agatha Wilbel mine, Ditzum ; Drie Gebroders, Rotterdam; Frow Helke, Leer; Harmie a, do.; Wilhelm, Fedtterwarderseil; Bolton, Bom bay. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Dins, for Port Philip; Rose, River Gambia; William the Third, Port Philip ; Norma, Adelaide ; Driving Mist, Rio Ja neiro ; William, Leer ; Accommodation, Flensburg ; .ZE A, Bermuda : Banca, Launceston ; Demerara, Deme rara; Hydra, Havannah; Jonge Ball, Stettin; Meander, Melbourne; Mary, Hong Kong ; Alfred, Shields and Stockholm. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Angantyr, for Rio Janeiro ; Gratitude, Madras ; Osiris, Montreal ; ...,och libo' ditto and Qu e b ec ; G es i na, 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 Sydn!_7 ; Maria Christina, S an t an d er and Corunna ; Horatio, BA: 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 Trent (s.), with troops, and the Orinoco (a.), 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, bound for Hong Kong, Nov. 11, off the Cape of Good Hope. The Expres , =, from Mauritius for England, Feb. 3, lat. 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. penult., No. 9,485, from Liverpool for Bel i ze, April 6, lat. 49 N., long , . 10 W. COUNTRY MARKETS. HADDINGTON—APRIL 14. The supplies of all kinds of grain larger, except beans. The 1 , 110 wing are the prices of grain at our markeS to-day : WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS, RBANE., First B4s Od 44s Od 37s Od 52s Od Second 76 s 5d i 41s 9d 34 s 4d 49s lla Third 64 s Od I 37s Od 338 Od 46s O ct a Total quantity of wheat in market, 301 qrs., 332 sold barley „ 353 qrs., 332 sold oats tI 359 qrs., 359 sold PS Jr, Deans ) f 186 qrs., 152 801 , 1 Average of wheat .C 3 16 5 3-12ths Ditto of Barley -12ths Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beans .. ..... ..... ..... ... 2 9 11 2-12ths PP ~ DALKEITFI GRAIN MA_RKET—APrin, 14. Wheat on the top price to-day is Is, current price is Od and the lowest 4s Od, down. Oats on the top is Id do .vn, current price is Od up, the lowest 5s 4d down. Barley' on the top is 3d down, the current price as before, and the lowest Is up. Peas and beans on the top 5s down, current price 2s Od down, and the lowest as before. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior -294 Wheat .........86s Od 881 Oats 36s Oa 33s Od ......... 355 43 226 Barley 433 9d 39s Od 100 Peas & beans 503 Od 4Bs Od ...... ... 455 01 Average of wheat, 3/. 14s 7d. ABERDEEN —APRIL 14. The prices of grain are—Old oats, 29s Od to 31s Od; 401bs per Lusliel ; new oats, 00s od to ()Os Od, 401bs per bushel ; bere, 36s Od to 378 Gd, 531bs per bushel ; barley, 36s od to 37s Od, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, red, 6us Od to 65s 0(1, 6210 s per b us h e l ; w h eat, white, 71s Od to 78s Od, 621bs per bushel ; oa t mea l , 24s Od tc 25s Od per boll; flour, 58s Od to 60s Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, per lb, 6d to 8d ; mutton, ditto, Gd to 8d ; veal, ditto, 6d to 8d ; pork, per lb, Os 5(1 to Os 7d ; salmon, per lb, 2s Od to Os Od; rabbits, each, Od to Od ; tallow, per stone, 5s 9d to Os 0(1; potatoes, per peck, Od io is Od ; butter, per lb, 10d to 12d ; eggs, per doz, Os 5d to Os 7d ; hens, per pair, 2s Gd to 3s 0(1; chickens, ditto, 2s 0(1 to 2s 6(1 ; ducks, ditto, 2 8 6d to 3s 01 ; ducklings, ditto, 2s 6d to Os Od ; turkeys, each, 3.s G 1 to 4s Od ; geese, ditto, 3s Od to 4s'Od ; b u tter for esnortation (present cure), per cwt, 80s to OOs Od ; ditto (Summer cured), 00s to OOs Od ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 51d to Od ; 41b loaf, 9d ; 21b loaf, 41d ; pork, fine small, Os Od to ,'s Od ; pork, large, Os Od to Os Od; lamb, per qr., 103 Od to Od ; cheese, per imperial atone, 5s Gd to 7s. DUBLIN—Apmr, 14. White wheat, 4O w 44s ud , rcii ditto, 395 to 42s Od ; barley, 16s 6d to 19s Od ; oats, 14s Od to 17s Od ; rapeseed, 6 0s to oOs 0(1 per brl ; oatmeal, 16s Od to 17s Od ; bakers' Hoar, 22s Od to 273 Od per cwt; lutilaii corn, 44s Od to 4Ss Od per 4801bs. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER, APRIL W. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was but one sale effected to-day, the market being exceedingly dull. BIRMINCFIAg, 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 North Western, buyers 95i, sellers 95i ; ditto Manchester and Birmingham (C), sellers 120 ; Midland, buyers 58, sellers 58i ; North Staffordshire, buyers 6i ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, buyers 50, sellers 52; ditto (Guaranteed by London and North-Western Company), sellers 52; South Staffordshire, buyers 2i dis. BRISTOL, APRIL 13. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The Exchange is closed for the Easter holidays. LEEDS, APRIL 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There is no variation in the share market to-day. Prices generally are about the same as those of Thursday. Lancashire and Yorkshires were done at 601, both at the first and second meeting. Midlands also were transacted at both meetings at 581. The other sales were chiefly in York and North Midlands at 22i, and North Westerns at 78. [ADVEBTIBEMENT.]—A most interestin, recovery from a vast cora ricatio, of diseases, without ne aid of medicine, Is rec •rded In tile fonowing letter : Bridouse, Frimley, 3d Aril, " Gratelld for the benefit I have eh d rived from Du Bar p ry's lBs4. Reva, lenta Arabica Food, I feel it my duty to express to you my unfeigned: thanks fur the invariable kin mess I have met with at your hands.. My case Is an extra military one, and as it may benefit ot"er suf ferers I think it but right to place its details at your disposal. r have suffered these 33 years continually from diseased lungs, 'pitting of blood, liver derangements, deafness, singing in the ears, consti pation, debility, shortness of breath and cough, and during that period taken so much medicine that I can safely say l have laid out upwards of a thousand pounds at the chetnis's and doctor's. 1 have actually worn out two medical men Outing my ailments wiihout find ing any improvement in my health. Indeed I was in utter despair and never expected to get over it, when I was fortunate enough to become acquainted with your Revalenta Arabica, which. Heaven be praised, restored me t., a state et health which , long since despaired of attaining. niy lungs, liver, stoma h, head, and ears are all righ4 my hearing perfect, and my recovery is a marvel to all my acquain tances.-1 am, respectful , " JasiEs Rosters, iVood Me chant." In canisters, suitably packed for all climates, aid with full instruc tions-1 lb., is 9d ;2 1 4 s 6 d ; 5 lb., 11, ;1 2 lb., 22s : super re tiencd I'aTherrY lb and 12 lb . carriage free, on , i , arry, and Co , e 77 R gent street, London; rortnum, Mason, and C o., purveyors ti her M ajestY Viccadilly ; • also at 63, Oxford-street; Gracechurch-street 0 r e ei t s o l r b o 2 5 2 t - s o ; fli l c o e o b r: ! 3 e 3 r 4. Blshopsgate-street ; 4, Cheanside ; 330 and 451, Strand. - --- B IR TII S. OF A SON. On the 13th inst., at Staines, the wife of the Rey, TV. Anderson, M.A., Curate of Staines. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 13th inst., at Edwinsford, Carraarthenshire, tl go seat of her father, Lady Drummond. RRIBD. On the 15th inst., at Minster Church, Mr. John Greeu , Reeve, Sheerness, to Mary Cordelia, third daughter of Mr. John Usher, of the saute town. On the 13th i nst. DIED. , Mr. Henry Wilson, Douglas-road, Canonbury. a ge d 43. On the 14th inst., at 15, Bedford-suare, George &hole field, Esq., a ge d co . q g On the 13th inst., at Hampton Court Palace, Charlotte widow of t h e late Right Hon. Joseph Plant*, ate, gdusa, 71. t LONDON: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tht Sun Office, N o , 112 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the °Quay of 4 . 44 - 1960 x, N9l4ey, April 17, 1861.