The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-22 00:00:00

r ~ et joi ~i .0 11th t , tif 00 I - ,A1 1.1 !‘ )1 1 ' . 10 ' !Wf" JP' r' ,or Lsoos 00 bar° iC l6iCr „ tP e il l; v 1 -159 , 0 , .01 . 1 ; 01 „11 0. °e o o s 66 for 1 ! ,p 5 11 i 0( 1' o r ref -c " r iro )0 De o ,vc tti v tit for oer i irel l the P - A and t, t ree g la yfi -11 1 8 . bed .n Vc)00. ;~~, . to t l" , i? beti tlb' !jor of. led e tot in the ,a car p, a sbl l ; 10'5 l e vee cool? .8 ft °l l is n o J 1 o ' l b ablv °s Lise re: In Go d 01° 11, lorio teo bigi e Co t noito W. IC'll' 5 API wbeietill' Dile l° r Ile ra• dente Belgians, Queen COURT CIRCULAR. and Prince Albert, his Majesty the King B . elgians, h er Royal Highness the. Duchess of the Household, the ladi es an d gentlemen of the Royal Suite, and Household, attend e d Di v i ne serv i c e yesterday morn the Chapel Royal, Buckingham Palace. 'Lis M a j esty the King of the Belgians held a diplo- Tatie levee at Buckingham Palace, on Saturday, for the . s e qption o f t h e Foreign M i n i sters . Th e following ;ternbers of the Diplomatic Corps attended !--Count de 8 Aulaire, the French Ambassador, Count de Noailles, i e b reta rY, and Baron de Talleyrand, Attacl4 to the 111 1-ass Y ; Ali Efiendi, Ottoman Ambassador ; Count . 4nr astjerna, the Swedish Minister; Baron de Bjornst- Vila, Secretary of Leg?,tion; Le General Baron Stjer se,,r.°P, on a special mission from the King . of ( p ' de nt and Baron C. de Bjornstierna, Officer rdonnance de S. M. le Roi de Suede et de 13,7: e g,e ; Mr. Moreno, Buenos . Ayrean , Minister; "de Cetto, Bavarian Minister ; Count Pollen, Sar tfo lan - Minister, and Count Revel, Secretary of Lega tin; Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister, and -g Le ho d e M o i ra, S ecretary o f L ega tion ; Mr. Alejo If i gue, Venezuelan Minister ; Baron de Brunnow, ulan Alinister, and M. de Berg, Secretary of • Lega °ll, ; Count Kietmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister ; ( V" de Hugel, Wurtemberg Minister ; Le Coi,ninan tar Marquis Lisboa, Brazilian Minister ; Mr. Everett, kahtted Sates Minister, and Mr. Secretary of Le dm p Cowit Reventlow, Danish Minister, and Baron Qa roykdorff, Secretary of Legation ; Baron de Nieu to " Austrian Mi n i s t e r, and Count Esterhazy Attachi t 11 . "7 Legation ; Mr. Murphy, Mexican Minister ; Mr. , "vsquera New Grenada Charge d'Affaires, and M. phael de Ayala, Secretary to the Mission ; Baron de thetrie, Prussian Charge d'Affaires ; Mr. Stratenu'f, Ne tll4nan,ds Charge d'Affaires ; Mr. H. F. Tiarks, Charge lll” i la tres and Consul-General in London for his Royal an, , ss the Grand Duke of Oldenburg. t er , e ' Excellencies appeared in Court dresrs, the meni trisigs. Ord ers o f K n i g h t h oo d wear i n g their respective Ili, \i the tajesty Icing Leopold entered the library, where lie r Z,Ploinati c corps had assembled, accompanied by k v a iestY the Queen of the Belgians. His Excellency ae rated an de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, then pre- I the different members of the corps. _ - vor st el ls Majesties were attended by Madame d'Hoog d'il„‘, Count Mercy d'Argenteau, and Major A. l A n t .`as de Moerkerke. tei•'e 411 de Weyer was accompanied. by M. Drouet, Th r , a ;_'y of the Belgian Legation. G am ' 'illeeri and Prince Albert walked in the Royal , : n „,s of Buckingham Palace on Saturday. 4or 0 3'al Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited t he a l j es tY and. their Majesties the King and Queen of Ile vai e ' li gians on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace. Hier au" ilighness the Duchess of Kent also visited h Tb circl e on Saturday. Hi: Royal Family were taken airings on Saturday. _ Col o — Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Satgel Bouverie Equerry in Waiting , w ent on bi s d aY afternoon to Gwydyr House, where Pal ROyal highness was received by Viscount -- w rston, Lord Colborne, Mr. Gaily Knight, and 43 0ti n ' Ys 9 , members of the Commission for . pro the 1 - ,1 and encouraging the Fine Arts in the rebuilding by Palace of Westminster. The Prince, accompanied to t h e Commissioners, and Mr. Eastlake, the Secretary 11 , ,"" Commissieu, proceeded to the new Palace at byr i n linster, where his Royal Highness was received kid fi t :' Barry, the architect, who conducted the Prince Iti"°,,Ciimmissioners to different parts of the building. lie ur s ,-ttoyal Highness and the Commissioners spent two pe as ! 41 inspecting the various extensive works in pro r-lhe Prince, attended by Colonel Bouverie, after returned to Buckingham Palace. ~,q4e , ,r Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the PEI en and their Majesties the King and Queen of the Thar% yesterday. at ur ,, l toYal Dinner P a rty at . Buckingham Palace, on ke rit lY, included her Royal Highness the Duchess of 4-4 ,, tl dY -Anna Maria Dawson, the French Ambassa vaa „ ",,!he Countess de St. Aulaire, his Excellency M. Wd t h e eyer, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleucb, lx:tiieht Hon. W. E. Gladstone. servi ce Majesty the Queen Dowager attended Divine .. 4 a 14 "., s Yesterd a y morning in the Chapel Royal St. The Sermon was preached by the Rev. -4 n W ynyard, Who took his text from Ecclesiastes, ,the a t. , verses 7 and 8. The Prayers were read by le Horsley Dakins, and the Lessons. by the Rev. ~,Irta r; l aP ,l). The Musical Service in D was by Sir G. v)eo'r„' Smart Anthem was, "My God, my God." Sir 147, e „, 0 „.mart presided at the organ. tilt ° 'lniesty was attended by the Viscountess Bar- Hon. Miss Boyle, and the Hon. W. Ashley. li sbur o t he Nobility present were the Marquises of Sa -1)4413' -I-\ 'ermanby, and Northampton; Lords Bandon, Maul er r, Wilton, Cawdor; Tyrconnell, Eliot, De ; s hice l „ l ' Ingestrie, Northland, and Palmerston; Mar •ralq,,,ss of Westmeath, Ladies Wilton, Chesterfield, Th e -r i ' t ,°n, and M. Monck. Allttkt l a ke of Wellington and Sir Frederick Trench " 4 111!' the early service in the Chapel Royal St. YesterdaY. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated at "Y 1 1• 8 3 'Z• The Sermon was preached by the Rev. M. Tt i • t4i ) b ulte of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness S t , tl a ti ni ch ess of Kent on Saturday, at Clarence House , her 48 s. - %Lurd a j i Jesty the Queen Dowager took an airing on I• lex It in a carriage: uee n fin Hi g h ness the Duchess of Kent visited the Thel„.""ager on Saturday, at Marlborough House. Viehess of -Cambridge and the Princess Mary t Nai. uor Royal Highness the D chess of Kent yes . 16 I 1• i atmaster- General and Colonel Maberley had l'jittni ti;e'lview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on t a..,Y, at his official residence, in Downing-street. etward Douglas transacted business on Saturday, Li n fhee of the Board of Trade. frontYr_Peel arrived in town on Saturday afternoon, (.1 ., 11 1ip v.. a37 ,t0n Manor, Staffordshire. ' l otd. a rLes were sent off on Saturday evening, from the 'office, for the Governor of New Zealand. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE Sir J ARRIVALS. nn and Lady Gerard, at the Clarendon Hote, t4) ‘ , ",'L -stre et, from their seat, New , Hall, near Warring. and L4neashire ; J. Crawford, Esq., at ditto; Captain I , 4 ld.„ a dY Jane Walker, in Wilton-crescent ; Lord a ria Lady Mary Fielding, at the EarlGroefnDadeiner ;ttard' Eat on - souare ; Colonel Bathurst, 441 a nd Bathurst, in Gloucester-place, from .4°ll ; Mr. and Lady Margaret Littleton, at k oar, 4therton's Grosvenor-place; Sir Horace B. Sey er,°v 4 • 11 -, from ; the New Forest, Hants; Baron Mon ,s'llri°;;ltnd family, from Brighton; Buchanan, at gent, - 1 , 44 Rotel ; Fitzherberty Esq., from the Conti- Co t ti ' t , 4 ‘ight T• L. Corry, M.P., in Grosvenor-square, A tittie' r r i of Belmore's, nn i . Castecoole, Fermanagh ; Lady '"PeiioWeS, Miss Fellowes, and Mrs. Seymour 44 41' 10 -Ur yanston-square; the Earl and Coun i t t es a s m of . kr..? bent House, Knightsbridge, from . Sa m , Plke;4llZiord Brooka and Miss Campbell, in Cheslnt k ati -1-4dY Rotham, from Brighton; the Hon. General e _ rom t, r s. -Meade and family, in Bryanston-square, f ; e( Pard' s _ o sa Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hammers -I;.ea family n in e P ; ark-crescent, from Brighton; Lord frG'm Mivart's Hotel, from Carlton Hall, 1 0 ch 4hi l , r e the D ger Duchess of Bedford and Lady firl l, - . ; kly -tt u L s o sel . l, 3 a N l c a Cl t ar e endon Hill, from a continental and family, at her house in 1. ,( ' 1?''4 , ,5t " - squa ti r i e s ; a ß a a r o n Le Couteuil de Mohay, M. the Aide-de-Camp to his Imperial Majesty , t e E ;;lti s otP- ,'„9, 1 ' of Russia Prince Zurlo, Prince Sans Serer m o ae e'"ea, at thß;unswick Hotel, Jermyn-stre . et, fro 14, 11(1 ; and the Misses Hallifax, in Port tVrik-Vee, from Mr. Chadacre Hall, Suffolk ; Andrew '''' ) ter' /7 1:8 q., and family, at the Brunswick House •.anover-s uare from ' the Continent ; M. P. " 6 4 bi4 / 1 1 and AT f rom yor . k. ou on, sq '9 B q lt E rs and-- Hutton, Esq., at Th e DEPARTURES. ' 1 , 4 41 t ktev. the Archdeacon of Waterford, for Chelten ''adY Jane Dalrymple,from Christie's Hotel, St. 11u4,-s'a•strect, for Sir. Geerge Warrender'e, Cliefden 4 t.'% l3 erks ; Captain Lloyd, R.N., for Cheltenham ; ,311,11.11111 frmNew Norfolk-street, for Hampton twin Gulick Esq. and Mrs. Gundry, from Rotel St Y J mes's' -street, for the North; Cap ('l.l3?a, for'th York *a Hotel, at Brighton ; Lord and l ios t 3. l \ l V alaingh a e and Sir Robert and Lady Frankland ?,aci , f f 'unt Cavendish-square, rn for Chequers Court, b" l i3: s ' A u• Strutt Esq and Miss Strutt, and Mrs. and ;qaoj'rkwright, froin the Brunswick House Hotel, ittor4-,ll,rsquare for the Continent ; Hodson, Esq., ' l4 117 4 .° theßev. W. and Mrs. Newbolt, from ditto, ottingharn. 4i, CHANGES. 1,1 karehioness of Douglas and the Countess of ll ott?" / ' °n a visit to the Earl of Wemyss, at Gosford blielie, itear Haddington, from Holyrood House ; the tti,: ; B3 of Cleveland and Lady Augusta Poulett, at kiet;',lgto Spa, from a visiting tour ; Colonel Car- Lom a '', at Leamington Spa, from a tour ; the Rev. yw, `Y• Somerset, and Messrs. Fitzroy . and Bos to, 41 Somerset, at Cheltenham , from Painswick House; '''sex all Q 4 Lady Headley , at Brihton, from their sea t in E t Dublin Beresford Beresford and Lady M'Mahon and family, fr N' uttn, from a tour; Mr. RO3S, M.P., at Cheltenham, tri" ll , 4 tour ; Captain Hagart, 7th Hussars, from ' O O, for Warwickshire. -- - ----- :fitts3,,,rl:;Yil-ilbaene Theatre presents this evening an ope r -a ' degree of attraction, for Mr. Benedict's new performed for the first time, and Madei_n t oi; 'kith IPleile.Grahn will appear in the new ballet of h exeityenrietta; or, the Statute Fair, in which she has ,/,' so mach attention. u t T „, 411111 1a1' ...COME -TAX LABYRINTH.—Parties whose grade Income is beneath 1501., and who have had stoppages .o Pri 4t ;lder the Income-tax Act, prove (by filling up of ti t , 4, form) befor theye Commissioners and the surveyor fiirrn issttleeto•where y reside, their yearly income !it so,,,th banded to the three " special " Commissioners t'tex,,,,:et':osetilahyouse for inspection of a clerlc, called the : i ll itl e t i r : t t o . Imeg clerk " and then, when applicants Tit to the are lucky . e a'ri order made for repayment that order is di!tributor or sub-distributor of ;tamps of f t t h h i e s t NIALI et:ili_e., delay in obtaining in which the applicants reside. Now, most o . al a return, and expense of speci o avoipilsjoners and their examining clerk, might IT-e been . oft h4:flisf,rlvben parties had proved before the Commissioners e 041,4' , _.t t their claim to return of duty stopped, those tithvtilitti aoeunbte f no h rs a : d u :l b.. a di d .s e t a r t ib o u n t c o e r a o ti f o s r ta d m er p f s or ; r a e o p d ay w -m h e y u s t h u o p u o ld n T tlrb E OxrO RD COACH ROBBERY.—OXFORD, SA irlord236:4leT, I ( l ) i ti s morning Elliott was liberated from Ox bail, himself in 5001., and two sureties I.: set , t i . e ach, by Dr. Marsham and James Morrell, jun., Il 'ere . ?: 1 a PPear at the next Oxford assizes. His sureties l.iiii,,,tnTr Charles Bridges, fishmonger, Liverpool-road, •nry 11, and Mr. Robert Goldsborough, Brown-street, c. enstons utt Lou on .l ye, omnibus proprietor. Elliott, im .. m i. e ... - to uciort. ins l iberation, left with his wife and bail for THE SUN, LONDON, MOIC , DAY MORNING, APRIL 22, 1844. BURTON CONSTABLE HUNT RACESTHDRsDAY. The Criterion Handicap of 5 sovs, each, with 20 added, for three yrs olds and upwards. Gentlemen riders. Mile and three-quarters. (7 Subs.) Mr. Hobson's Insanity, 3 yrs, 7 st 41 b (Francis) 1 Col. Thompson's Gib, 4 yrs, Bst 11Ib 2 Mr. Richardson's Orleans, 5 yrs, lOst 71b 6t04 on Gib, sto 2 agst Insanity. Won by a length, after a fine race. The Scurry Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 10 added, lOst 71b each. Heats, Half a mile. (7 Subs.) Mr. J. Milner's Beta, aged, 7lbs extra ...(Holmes) 0 1 1 Mr. E. Baxter's Magna Charta, 71bs extra 1 7 5 Mr. Clark's Maria, 5 yrs, 71bs extra Mr; Newton' Cripple Colonel Thompson's Nelson, 5 yrs 0 2 dr Mr. J. Whittaker's bm by St. Nicholas, 5 yrs 4 3 dr Mr. Maister's Paracelsus, aged , l lst The first heat was won by a neck, the second by half a length, and the third cleverly by nearly a length. The Atalanta Whip, given by the ladies, added to a Sweep stakes of 1 soy. each, fur ladies' horses, list 71b each, and 5 Subs. ; once round and a distance, was won in a canter by Col. Thompson's Hamlet , aged (Mr. 11. S. Thompson) btating his Nelson, Mr. Jordan's Grindale, and Mr. Richardson's Molly Bawn. The Farmers' Purse, with 10 sovs. added, once round and a distance, was won in two heats by Mr. Simpson'sAggravator, aged, (Mr. W. Wilson), beating Mr. J. White's•Raner, Mr. Skelton's Little Isaac, aged , a nd Mr. G. Loft's Le Grand, 6 yrs (fell), very easy. The Hack Stakes were won by Jenn -FRIDAY. TWO BETTING —FRIDAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. • 2 to 1 on The Ugly Buck. CHESTEh CUP. agst Bramble 25 to 1 agst Roscius agst Pagan 25 to 1 agst Jamie Forest agst Cattonite 30 to 1 agst Xanthus—t agst Red Deer 10 to 1 agst . Pharaoh—t agst Alice Hawthorn 1000 to 15 agst Newcourt agst Nutwith The rest as before. ------- 6 to 1 8 to 1 12 to 1 12 to 1 20 to 1 20 to 1 3 to 1 30 to 1 agst King of the Gipsies • 30 to 1 agst lonian 40 to 1 agst Apprentice No other change. agst Ratan agst Ugly Buck—t agst Leander agst Ca inpanero agst Running Rein OAKS. 11 to 1 agst The Bee—t I2oto 1 agst Assay 12 to 1 agst Princess The following horses arrived at Newmarket on Friday : Lord Chesterfield's Tiddly Winks, Lord Maidstone's The Castor, Mr. Phillingham's Skeleton, and Duke of Richmond's Red Deer. The Great Mogul, Devil-to-pay, and Emma are en route. The Ugly puck and the Wadastra colt, and some of Lord Glasgow's, are expected to -morrow. REPORTING FOR THE LONDON PAPERS. We have often been struck with the amount of un scrupulous exaggeration, assertion, and perversion of the truth, displayed in the reports which appear in some of the London paper's of meetings held in this town and neighbourhood, when we have had the means, from personal observation, or otherwise, of detecting this species of dishonesty. Though we have now seen so many instances of this sort of reporting that we have ceased to be astonished at it, we think it right occa- sionally to expose it, that at all events the public both here and elsewhere may be on their guard as to this species of deception. We had the curiosity to look at the reports of the "Ten Hours' Bill" meeting on Wednesday evening, given in the Morning Post and the Times of yesterday, and we will give a few spe cimens from each of that sort of misrepresentation which, we fear, is becoming habitual to the reporters or correspondents of these journals. The Post com mences thus : " Last night one of the largest, and decidedly the most important meeting ever held in this town, was convened at the Corn Exchange, &c. * * * The room, which is the largest in the town, was filled al most to suffocation, and the principal doors had to be closed ; many thousands went away who could not obtain admission. By this time there could not have been fewer than 4,000 persons present. On this occa sion the platform had been enlarged, and made capable of holding upwards of 300 people, and it, like the body of the room, was densely crowded. * * * Amongst the gentlemen on the platform we noticed several mer chants and manufacturers, many clergymen of the Church of England, and some of the Roman Catholic priests, as well as several Dissenting preachers. This may be said to have been one of the largest and most re spectable meetings ever held in Manchester. * * * The following letter from the Dean of Manchester to the Chairman of the Short Time Committee was read." And then comes the Dean's letter at length. Whe ther the meeting - was one of the largest ever held in Manchester, is decided by the simple fact that it was held in a room. We have seen meetings of at least 20,000 persons, and the courage of the reporter is only screwed up to 4,000 in this instance. But is the room the largest in Manchester ? Its area is, according to the statement of its proprietors, " nearly 600 square yards ;" that of the Car penters Hall is 665, the Wellington room 700, and the Free Trade Hall 1,750 square yards. As we have seen all these rooms "crammed," of course the Corn Exchange is neither " the largest room," nor could any assemblage in it be "one of the largest meetings ever held"—in a room—in Man chester. But were there 4,000 persons present ? Where could they be stowed in something short of 600 square yards of floor ? We doubt if ever this room held 3,000 persons ; we should estimate the numbers present on Thursday night at between 2,000 and 2,500. The plat form certainly could not hold 200 people, and not more than 150 were upon it. We deny that there were "many clergymen of the Church of England" on the platform • we deny that there were " several Dissent ing preachers." As to the Dean's letter paraded at full length in the Post as read, every one at the meeting knows that Mr Wray said he would not read it, as it was so long; and it was not read. Here we might stop; but we may just add, that the same misrepre sentation runs through the whole report. Certainly, if there had been "a knot of some half-dozen Leaguers" in the - room, they would not have marked their presence by " clamouring for Mr. Oastler." Here we must leave the Post and its reporter. The Times is a little more modest in its estimate of the numbers present, which it states at " between 3,000 and 4,000; being only 1,000 to 2,000 more than really were present. The Vice-Dean having handed his written speech to the reporter for the Times, it has been duly interspersed with " cheers," some, of course, in the wrong place, and others existing only in the imagination of the liberal distributor of these marks of popular approval. The same remarks will apply with still more force to the speech of Mr. 'Walter, the proprietor of the Times, which is interlarded with cheers, which certainly never were given, but instead of them such unequivo cal marks of disapprobation, as to draw from Mr. Oastler the strongest expressions of regret, and the most earnest appeals to hear Mr. Walter. None of this appears in the Times, but in two or three in stances we are told there were " cheers and inter ruption." We need not pursue our examination fur ther, than to add, that Mr. Mitchell's charge of false hood on the part of Mr. Ferrand, in reference to Mr. John Brooks, and Mr. Ferrand's characteristic mode of dealing with it, are suppressed. Manchester guardian. Ever since the accession of Sir James Graham to the Home Secretaryship, merciless executions and as merciless murders have been the order of the day. The accursed office of the hangman has been no sinecure ; and the abandoned have profited as they ever have, and ever must profit, by the murderous examples set them by their rulers. A reckless disregard .of human life is fast spreading among the people ; consequent, we verily believe, upon the inhuman executions which have re cently taken place: After the accession of her Majesty, and before the Act of Parliament was passed which vested the Home Secretary with the exercise of the most odious prerogative of the kingly office, we believe that only one execution took place in England ; and it was generally observed at the time that the crime of murder grew rarer in proportion as it became known that it was not without many tears that her Majesty could be brought, at the request of the Archbishop of Canter bury, to sign a death-warrant. But Sir James Graham was troubled with no such compunctious visitings, and the dreadful results are distressingly and alarmingly con spicuous.—Hull Advcrti. er. At the Brentford Petty Sessions on Saturday, a boy named John Kingston, aged fifteen years, was brought up before the magistrates, charged with having made a most desperate attack with a stone on a boy named Robert Edwards, thirteen years of age, by which his life was in imncinen: danger. It I ppearcd the pri soner and Edwards were engaged with other boys in loading grains at the brewery of Messrs. Coles and Co. akTmckenham, and while at work they were paid by beer instead of money, and many of them were in the habit of getting tipsy upon their allowance. The pri se ner and Edwards quarreled on leaving work, and the former, in the height of his anger, ran to him and beat him on , the head i ith a large flint stone till he fainted from pain and loss of blood. He was taken to an hospital, and had only recovered sufficiently to appeal' then in court. The prisoner acknowledged the assault, but said he was provoked by Edwards having thrown stones at him. The bench committed the prisoner for trial. MELANCIEOLY ACCIDENT —FIVE MEN KILLED.-- On the morning of Saturday last, while eight men were employed in widening and cutting a road on the side of a brae betwixt Craig and Cotton of Craig, the projecting part of the earth, on the upper side of the road, whi c h was of a considerable height, suddenly gave way and crushed them to the ground. The person who had been working nearest the outer edge of the road, after considerable exertion, succeeded in extricating himself, and then assisted a second to escape from the mass of earth. Although severely bruised, they immediately set to work to rescue the others, but, unfortunately, be fore they could succeed in doing so, the quantity of earth lying above them being so great, life was extinct in five, and the sixth is so dangerously bruised and wounded that but faint hopes are entertained of his recovery. Two of the persons killed were the contractors for the work, another belonged to Glenisla, and the other two were Irishmen resident in Dundee, who have left widows and families to deplore their untimely fate.—Dundee Courier. VALUABLE DISCO VERlES.—Alissouri is exceedingly rich in all kinds of minerals. A valuable mine of Cobalt (black oxide) has been discovered in Mene La Motto, Madison county, said to be worth several dollars a pound. A small vein of Cobalt was once marked in iCbNneogeenwn porcelain.e discoveredme t i o t u u n t and Connecticut, n. A with that exception, this is the only vein discover e d i n America. Cobalt is used in colour b n at valuable s. Eminentt G e vin geologistsofve e hcanneltheav have denied has te t o also tt ee existence of this coal is Afassouri,--Now York Sun. VISIT of PRINCE ALBERT . TO THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. On Saturday afternoon, his Royal Highness Prince Albert left Gwvder House, Whitehall, where the Commissioners of Pine Arts, of which his Royal Highness is chairman, sits, and proceeded to the new Houses of Parliament. Thei Prince was accompanied by Viscount Palmerston, Lord Colborne, Mr. Gaily Knight, Mr. Hallam, and Mr. Wyse, members of the Commission. Upon his Royal highness's arrival, he was deceived by Mr. Barry, the architect, and Mr. Grissell. The visit was understood to be a formal one, sug gested for the purpose of ascertaining the progress made in the erection of the new Houses of Legisla ture ; and by inspection of the various compartments to form an opinion as to which of them were best suited for the displaying of frescca, statues, and other works of art. His Royal Highness and the other Commissioners first proceeded to the terrace, and inspected the eleva tion of the river front, and the carvings thereon ; after which they directed their steps to the Victoria Tower, which is now thirty feet high. Subsequently to inspecting this to'a er, the majestic beauty .of which called forth the admiration of the Prince, the party proceeded up a temporary staircase, erected where the grand staircase will be, which her Majesty will ascend on the occasion of the opening of Parliament, to the guard-room, and from thence to the robing room, where Mr. Barry produced his plans, and ex plained the different arrangements of that part of the works. The great point of interest at this portion of the buildings was the Victoria Gallery, through which the Queen will pass in procession from the royal robing-rooms to the House of Lords. This gallery is to be devoted to the reception of statues and busts of all the great literary, naval, and military men of bygone times ; and the walls will be covered with fresco paintings. A considerable time was spent in this part of the building, and his Royal Highness paid the most marked attention to the architect's explana- tions of his future intentions. The party afterwards directed their attention to the royal porch or entry to the House of Lords, in which a temporary scatTolding had been erected, in order that his Royal Highness and the rest of the Com missioners might inspect the interior of the House of Peers. The stonework and elaborate carving of the interior exhibited elicited most unqualified expressions of praise from the Prince and the other Commissioner's. This building nas reached an altitude of sixty feet, and the main windows on both sides are fixed. It was explained to his _Royal Highness that the lower part of the walls, to the height of about twenty feet, are to be lined with enriched carved oak wainscoting, the upper part of the walls being coated with a peculiarly beautiful freestone from Caen, in Normandy, having enriched corbels, supporting niches, in which are to be placed marble statues of the Kings and Queens of England. It was stated that the greater part of the works of the new House of Peers were of sufficient height to receive the roof, which, we understand, is composed of wrought and cast iron, and is in a state of great forwardness. It will be covered with cast iron gal vinised plates. Phe Prince and his party next inspected the lobby, which is even in a more forward state than the House itself, the whole of it being embellished with carvings in stone of the richest description, and it will be finished without plaster or cement of any kind being used. The central hall was the succeeding object of at traction. This hall intervenes between the two Houses of Parliament, and will be made the venti lator for the entire building, by means of a tower, 300 feet in height, which will be above the ascent of smoke, and consequently will furnish fresh and pure air throughout the entire erection. The party proceeded from the central hall to the front building, intended for the Parliamentary li braries and Committee-rooms, the public halls of which were minutely inspected. In one of the halls a considerable preparation had been made for the re ception of works of art, the walls being lined with stone filled with niches, and ready to receive statues. The Prince and his party did not visit the other parts of the building, including the House of Com mons clock tower, &c,; but it was explained to his Royal Highness that this portion of the works was also in a state of great forwardness, and most parts were from eighteen to twenty feet high. It was also stated there were 700 men constantly at work. His Royal Highness and the other Commissioners subsequently visited the model rooms, which are under the direction of Messrs. Thomas and Dighton. After inspecting models of the interior of the House of Lords, they proceeded to Mr. Barry's offices, where the details and drawings were laid before the Prince, and explained by the architect. His Royal Highness Prince Albert and the other Commissioners, at a quarter past six o'clock, took their leave, having been on the premises for two hours and a quarter. The Prince, before leaving, expressed his extreme gratification at the great pro gress made in the erection of the Houses of Parlia ment, and said it far exceeded his-most sanguine ex pectations. THE TIIRED•AND-A-.HALF PER CENTS.—As far as Great Britain is concerned the result of the con version plan, as proposed by Mr. Goulburn, is this:—The dissents to the reduction of the Re duced Three-and-a-Half per Cents., and of the New Three-and-a-Half per Cents. (representing a capital of 240,000,0001.), are most certainly under 100,0001. The assents to the plan, as respects the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. of 1818, have not yet been officially stated; but we can state from the most authen tic sources, that, a very small amount of this stock, at the termination of the usual hours of daily business, re mained unassented. It is, in fact, considered more than probable that, taking the domestic as well as the foreign holders of the Three•and-a-Half per Cent. Annuities, which in the aggregate represents 250,000,0001., the Treasury will not have to provide for money payments to objectors to an amount exceeding one quarter of a million sterling; it may be, th a t not one half of this sum will be ultimately requir e d.—Ob ser ver. FIELD DAY ON WORMWOOD Scuußs.--Yesterday the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) had a field-day on Worm wood Scrubs. The regiment left their barracks at Knights bridge, shortly after nine o'clock, and proceeded, headed by their splendid band, through Hyde-park, Kensington High. street, Church-lane, into the Uxbridge-road, and from thence up Wood-lane to the Scrubs. The extreme fineness of the day induced numbers of persons to follow them to the ground. The regiment, after going through various ma noeuvres and evolutions, left the ground about half-past twelve o'clock. FOLKESTONE.—We continue to receive numerous visitors from Dover d a ily b y th e railway. In fact, the Dover people are o ur b es t cus t ome rs ; and on the part of our townsmen, we, as true friends to Folkestone , beg to thank them for their change. The Boulogne passage continues about the sam e as usual in point of numbers ; and the passengers also continue to " come like shadows, so depart." By the latter visitors the bona fide traders of Folkestone are in no way benefitted if Messrs. Baxen dale, Vantine, and Co., are.—Dover Chronicle. A DEAD CHILD DISCOVERED.—On Monday after noon last an inquest was held at the Police Station-house, Blanket-row, before Mr J o hn Thorney, coroner, on the body of a male infant, name unknown. Police-constable Raspin Cherry (No. 93) stated that on Sunday morning, about a quarter before six o'clock, as he was proceeding past the High Church Burying-ground on his way to the station-house, he observed a small box lying under the wall, which he took up and carried to the station; on open ing it, it was found to contain the body of a male child, wrapped up in a piece of new white cotton. Mr. George Ross surgeon, deposed that he had examined the body, which was that of a full-grown male child, and in his opinion had been born ten or fourteen days. No medi cal gentlemen had been called in at its birth. In conse quence of the decomposed state of the body, he was un able to say whether it had been alive ar not ; but he was satisfied it had never breathed. There were marks on the right side of the face and head, and small particles of sand attached thereto. He had opened the head, but found no internal marks. Inspector Tacey stated that no clue had as yet been obtained relative to the unnatural parent. Verdict—" Found dead." DEAL.—The atmosphere was on Tuesday so rarified that Calais was plainly discernible with the naked eye. The vessels could be seen leaving the harbour without the aid of a MONUMENT TO LORD HOLLAND.—Having heard glass.—Dover Chronicle. a desire expressed to know what was being done towards carrying into effect the object of the subscription for erecting a testimonial to the memory of the late Lord Holland, we have made inquiries on the subject, and ar happy in being enabled to state the distinguished states. man, Lord John Russell, more immediately and so appropriately charged with the execution of the wishes of the subscribers, has allowed of no unnecessary delay. The site for the testimoaial to Lord Holland, one of the most enlightened, honest, single-minded of British statesmen, has already been fixed upon in Westminster Abbey. But in order that it may be placed there the removal of three existing monuments will be necessary, and it is indis pensable that the convenience of the persons interested in these monuments should be attended to. The delay hitherto in carrying out the objects of the subscription has been occasioned by these circumstances. As soon as the site can be definitively arranged full notice will be given to artists to send in designs for the Holland Tes timonial, for it was most properly considered that until the locality was clearly defined the nature or the testi monial could not be well determined on.—Observer. CHARTIST CONVENTION IN MANCHESTER.—The Chartists have been holding a Convention in this town during the present week, but their proceedings have not excited the least interest. The Convention consists of (so-called) delegates from various parts of the kingdom, amongst whom, we believe, are Mr. Feargus O'Connor, the proprietor, and Mr. Joshua Hobson, the publisher, of the Northern Star. The proceedings commenced on Monday, in Carpenters' H ull ; s i nce then the del e g ates place, and we perceive that several a t o f each their a ynuinmthheersaainre announced to address a public meeting in Stevenson's-square, this evening. Apropos, the placard calling the meeting is headed, " Down with the Tories !" which seems to indicate that the Chartists intend to commence what in their phraseo logy would be called " a new move." The immediate object of the Convention is understood to be tG concoct some plan to resuscitate fallen Chartism, but the discus sions which have hitherto taken place are spoken of, as having been unusually languid and inane.—Manchester Guardian. • LITERATURE. BEARN AND THE PYRENEES, 2 VA Bentley. London, 1844% The author of these amusing volumes of travels is Miss Costello, to whom the public is already indebted for many graphic sketches of French scenery and manners. Though no very shrewd or profound ob server, and seldom piercing below the surface of things, Miss Costello seldom fails to excite the inte rest of her readers, for her manner of handling her subject is attractive ; she is quick to detect light and piquant paints of character, and says whatever she has to say in the easiest and most good-humoured spirit possible. There is little—if anything—in her present volumes that will be new to the reader; the ground she goes over has been trodden at least a hundred times already, still, we find her a 'most entertaining companion ; and common-place as it but too often is, never weary of her easy, unassuming gossip. The second volume of the work before us is the most en tertaining, because there the authoress is more minute and spirited in her descriptions, and conducts us to the watering-places among the Pyrenees—a theme not yet quite exhausted. We quote her account of a visit which she paid to Jasmin, a barber-poet, who resides in a small town in Gascony, and, as it seems,. has acquired great celebrity for his poetical genii* throughout France. In his diverting vanity awl simplicity of manner, Jasmin reminds us somewhat of the late James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd • " He caught up two copies of his book, from a pile lying on the table, and making us sit close to him, he pointed out the French translation on one side, which he told us to follow while he read in Gascon. He began in a rich soft voice, and as he advanced, the surprise of Hamlet on hearing the player-king recite the disasters of Hecuba, was but a type of ours, to find ourselves carried away by the spell of his enthusiasm. His eyes swam in tears; he became pale and red; he trembled; he recovered imself; his face was now joyous, now ex ulting, gay, jocose; in fact, he was twenty actors in one; he rang the changes from Rachel to Bouffd; and he finished by delighting us, besides beguiling us of our tears, and overwhelming us with astonishment. "He would have been a treasure on the stage; for he is still, though his first youth is past, rewarkably good• looking and striking; with black, sparkling eyes of in tense expression; a fine ruddy complexion; a counte nance of wondrous mobility; a good figure; and action full of fire and grace; he has handsome hands, which he uses with infinite effect; and, on the whole, he is the best actor of the kind I ever saw. I could now quite understand what a troubadour or jongleur might be, and I look upon Jasmin as a revived specimen of that ex tinct race. Such as he is might have been Gaucelm Faidit, of Avignon, the friend of Coeur de Lion, who lamented the death of the hero in such moving strains; such might have been Bernard de Ventadour, who sang the praises of Queen Elinore's beauty; such Geoffrey Rudel, of Blaye, on his own Garonne; such the wild Vidal: certain it is, that none of these troubadours of old could more move, by their singing or reciting, than Jasmin, in whom all their long-smothered fire and tra ditional magic seems re-illumined. " We found we had stayed hours instead of minutes with the poet; but he would not hear of any apology — only regretted that his voice was so out of tune, in con sequence of a violent cold, under which he was really labouring, and hoped to see us again. He told us our countrywomen of Pau had laden him with hindness and attention, and spoke with such enthusiasm of the beauty of certain misses,' that I feared his little wife would feel somewhat piqued; but, on the contrary, she stood by, smiling and happy, and enjoying the stories of his triumphs. I remarked that he had restored the poetry of the troubadours; asked him if he knew their songs, and said he was worthy to stand at their head. am, indeed, a troubadour,' said he with energy; but I am far beyond them all; they were but beginners; they never composed a poem like my Franconnete ! There are no poets in France now—there cannot be; the language does not admit of it; where is the fire, the spirit, the expression, the tenderness, the force of the Gascon? French is but the ladder to reach to the first floor of Gascon—how can you get up to a height except by a ladder!' " PENNY POSTAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sia,—l perceive the grateful feeling evinced by the " City of London Mercantile Committee on Postage" is not responded to by the country at large, as, in my opinion, it ought to be. If you think the follow ing suggestions worthy of notice, by giving them a place in your valuable Journal for the consideration of the above-named Committee, you will confer a favour on your most obedient servant, J. D. Bradford, April 20. 1. Let the London Committee obtain the consent of , the head authorities of fifteen or twenty of the principal cities and towns in England, Ireland, and Scotland, to convene meetings for the making choice of Committees for carrying into effect the following, or similar, plan ; I have no doubt the example of a few principal places will be followed by all the rest, small and great. 2. That, on three given days, to be named by the London Committee, a general subscription for a " Na tional Testimonial to Mr. Hill" be entered into. 3. That the general subscription be confined to one penny. 4. That each Committee also receive private subscrip tions of, say 11. and upwards. 5. That each Committee properly announce; by pla card, the intended subscription, say a fortnight prior. 6. That each Committee, at the expiration of the third day forward the amount received to the London Com mittee, distinguishing the general from the private sub scription. 7. That the London Committee publish in one or more of the public papers the amount of general subscription received from each place. The individual amount of the private subscription to be also published. 8. That by having boxes similar to that of a letter re ceived at a', post-office all confusion would be avoided. The number of boxes, of course, would be regulated ac cording to the size of the city, town, or village. My opinion is, that by having a certain number of days fixed upon, a greater interest would be created ; and if we are desirous of making a grateful acknow ledgment to Mr. Hill, it can be done as well in three days as a longer period. WILLS OF SIR FRANCIS AND LADY BURDETT. The will and codicils of the late Sir Francis Bur dett have been proved in Doctors' Commons by Sir Edmund Antrobus, E. Antrobus, jun., M.P., E. Marjoribanks, and W. M. Coulthurst, Esq., the ex ecutors. Deceased gives to his wife, Lady Burdett, his mansion in St. James's-place, plate, 2,5001. per annum, money at his bankers', carriages, horses, and money secured on estates, amounting to a princely income (which, alas ! she never enjoyed); to his two daughters, Mrs. Burdett Coutts and Mrs. Cave, 10,0001. each ; to Miss Meredith, living with Miss Coutts, 5001. as a token of his esteem. To his nephews and other relatives several legacies are given. He gives to his steward 2501., and re commends his family to continue him in their service. To his butler, grooms, and gamekeeper, anuuities varying from 201. to 501. per annum for life, and all his servants a year's wages and a suit of mourning. To one of his grooms, named Howard, he gives an annuity of 301. a year, coupled with a request that he will take special care of a terrier dog (which, during Sir Francis's life, was a great favourite). The re sidue and bulk of his property is given equally be tween Lady Burdett and his son. The property is sworn under 160,0001. The will of Lady Burdett has also been proved, by the sole executor, John Parkinson, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn-fields. The amount of personal property is sworn under 10,0001. Her Ladyship bequeaths her large silver inkstand (the gift of her mother) to Sir Francis Burdett. To Mrs. Otway Cave, the whole of her plate bearing lin. (Lady Burdett's) initials. To Miss Burdett Coutts, " all papers and boxes sealed and locked in Stratton-street and the Strand," to gether with the portrait of her " dear husband," by Shee. Her jewellery and trinkets to be di vided between her daughters. The cash at her bankers to be divided among Lady North, Viscountess Sandon (children of her " late beloved sister"), Mrs. Cave, and Mrs. Trevanion (her daughters), subject to a legacy of 501. to Miss Meredith (living with Miss Coutts), and other legacies to god-sons, god-daughters, servants, &c. It may be necessary to observe that the above property was her Ladyship'` private property she not having lived to enjoy the large fortune left her by her husband, which accounts for the comparatively small sum under which the personality has been sworn. The will is dated as lately as October, 1843 I re HUNGERFORD SUSPENSION BRlDGE.—During the present summer the public will be enabled to cross from Hungerford Market to the Belvidere-road, Lambeth, for the small toll of one farthing each. To the curious this bridge is worth notice, as being the only one in the me tropolis dedicated to foot passengers alone, and erected on the principle of suspension. The entire length of the bridge suspended on chains will be 1,342 feet 6 inches ; that is, the centre span or arch, 676 feet 6 inches ; those on the side 333 feet each. The width within the chains will be 14 feet, and a clear pathway of 13 feet; the height of the flooring above high water (Trinity standard), in the centre 31 feet 6 inches, at each pier 28 feet 6 inches, and at each abutment 22 feet 6 inches ; the height of each pier above the flooring 55 feet 3 inches ; the number of main plates which form the chain is 2,500, about 24 feet each in length. The total weight of iron is between 700 and 800 tons, and the estimated cost, including the approaches, is 110,0001 It will be seen that its centre span alone is nearly 100 feet greater than the entire of the deservedly celebrated Menai-bridge, which is 579 feet 10 inches. It is likewise 274 feet wider than the centre span of Hammersmith -bridge, which is 402 feet 3 inches ; and above three times as great as the centre arch of South wark-bridge, at present the largest in London. Indeed, with the exception of the wire bridge at Fribourg, in Switzerland, which is 870 feet, it will be by far the largest in existence, and will, with the Thames Tunnel, block machinery at Portsmouth, Great Western Rail:. way ! &c. &c., tend to hand down to posterity the enter prising spirit and genius of a Brunel. The Atherstone hounds are purchased by the gen tlemen of that hunt, but at present nothing is settled as to future arrangements. Several are named as likely to take the management of them. It is reported that dr. Smith, who lately hunted the Pytecbly country, has the good wishes of those subscribers who prefer sports instead of ostentation and parade, which often induces men who have more money than brains, to undertake it for a year or two, when they generally retire. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, 1844. NEWMARKET, SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A few days since we gave a list of the stakes and matches made for the ensuing meeting , we now re-pub lish a sketch of it, for the purpose of showing that in almost every instance a race may be calculated upon. MONDAY. Sweepstakes of 50 so;s7 - e - a - el;i for three yrs old, A.F. (9 Subs.) The following horses are now at Newmarket, and in training :—Lord W. Powlett's Falconer, Mr. Batson's Rhino, Mr. Phillimore's Skeleton, Mr. Coombe's Keeley, Mr. Nevili's Valerian, Mr. Goodman's Running Rein, Lord;George Bentinck's The Great Mcgul, Lord Orford's c by Elis, out of Miss Julia, Lord Albemarle's Hench man (dead). The Palace Filly Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for colts three years old; Bst 71b each. D. M. (6 Subs.) Duke of Rutland's Crenoline, Duke of Bedford's Com merce, Lord Albemarle's Robinia, Lord Exeter's Mocha, and Economy, Lorl Stradbroke's Boarding School Miss. —All here, and in work. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft_ ; for three yrs old _ fillies, Bst 71b. each. D. M. (5 Subs.) Sister to Give him a name, Mr. Thornhill's Example, Lord Albemarle's Tipoe, Lord Exeter's, Merope, Duke of Bedford's Commerce.—All here. Sweepstakes of 100 sons. each, h. ft.; for colts, Bst 91b, and Bst 51b; those by untried stallions, allowed 31b, both 51b. Lord Glasgow's c by Velocipede, out of Amulet—Mr. Thornhill's I by Albemarle, out of Egeria, 51b—Mr. Payne's Vattel, Lord Albemarle ns c by Agreeable, out of Esmeralda, 31b. All in training here. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. f., for four years old. A. F. Carillon, ist 51b—Minotaur, ist—Fraulien, 6st 111b—Asop, Est 41b. All in training Match, first half of A. M., 150, h. ft.; Mr. Greville's Molly Mop:, 3 yrs, Bst 71b, agst Lord Glasgow's f by Bay Middleton, out of Impertinence, 2 yrs, Est 71b. First half of the H.M. Match, T.Y.C., 300, h. ft.—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, Bst 71b, agst Lord G. Bentinck's Emma, sst 51b. All four in here, A Plate and Three Stakes, to close this evening, com plete the first day's list. TUESDAY. _ Sweepstakes of 300 sons. each, 100 ft., for four yrs old colt. Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 21b. B.C. New Brighton and! Minotaur will be the only starters. Cotherstone does not come, and others we believe are out of training. The '2,000 Guineas Stakes, by subs. of 100 sovs. each h. ft., for colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b, three yrs old. R.M. Col. Anson's Joe Lovell—Mr. Bateson's Rhino—Duke of Bedford's Brush and Panther—Lord G. Bentinck's b c The Devil-to-Pay, br c The Best Bower, b c The Great Mogul—Mr. Coombe's Keeley—Mr. J. Day's The Ugly Buck—Lord Exeter's c by Beiram, out of Ama • ryllis, c by Beiram, out of Agnes, c Sylvius, and c An. tenor—Mr. Ford's Chuck-farthing—Mr. Goodman's Dr. Phillimore and Running Rein—Lord Orford's Arragon, and c by Elis, out of Julia—Mr. Osbaldeston's Brothcr to Cantle— Col. Peel's Zenobia—Lord W. Powlett's c by Plenipotentiary, out of Alea—Mr. Payne's Vattel (Vat colt)—Mr. Sadler's Johnny Broome—Mr. Thornhill's Elemi—Mr. Wreforti's b c by Camel, out of Wadastra. The Coffee-room Stakes of 50 sous. each, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b, the produce of mares that never bred a winner, the property of mem - hers of the Coffee-room at Newmarket. A. F. Brush, Crosby, Mocha, Red Deer, Baveno, Voltri, are here. Henchman (dead). Match—R.M., 200, h ft, Bst 71b each.—Lord Exeter's Economy asst Mr. Greville's Jamaica. Match—T.Y.C., 100.—Mr. Osbaldeston's Escrick, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Payne's Audrey, 7st 131 b. WEDNESDAY. 501., for four yrs old, 7st 81b ; five, Bst 111 b ; six and aged, 9st 31b. B.C. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, for three yrs old, &c. A.F. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each ; for three yrs old 7st ; four, Bst 101 b. D.M. Winner to be sold for 1001., &c. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft. T.M.M. (5 Subs.) Arctic, aged 7st 41b—Golden Rule, 5 yrs, 7st 21b-1- am-not-aware, aged, Est 121b—Hyrcanian, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Barbarina, 4 yrs, sst 41b. The three last are here ; and Arctie, it is said, will arrive to-morrow. Golden Rule is scratched. Match.—T.Y.C., 200 h ft.—Duke of Bedford's Oakley, Bst 71b, against Lord Exeter's Pergularia, 4st 71b. Both here. A 501, Plato, 8.C., and two Stake, to close the nigl before, form part of this day's bill of fare. THURSDAY. The 1,000 Guineas Stakes, by subs. of 10 sovs. each, h ft, for fillies, Bst 71b each ; three yrs olds. D.M. Lord Albemarle's Robinia and Topoe, Colonel Anson's The Princess, Duke of Bedford's Liberia, Lord G. Ben tinck's Here-I-go-with-my-Eye-out and All-round-my Hat—Lord Chesterfield's The Bee—Captain Daintree's f, by Redshank out of African's dam—Lord Exeter's Merope, f, Cloak, Economy, and Pergularia—Mr. Good man's f, by Camel, out of Minikin, and f, by Venison, out of Isabella—Mr. Greville's Jamaica—Lord Maid stone's Deuce-AceMr. Newton's f, by Economist, out of his Fanchon—Lord Orford's f, by Clearwell, out of Fidelity—Mr. Osbaldeston's f, by Saddler, dam by Par tisan—Mr. Payne's Audrey—Colonel Peel's Zenobia, and f, by Slane, out of Sea-kale—Mr. W. Sadler's Emerald—Lord Stradbroke's Boarding-school-Miss— Mr. Thornhill's Example, and f, by Albemarle, out o Egeria. Eighteen in training. The Eglinton Stakes of 100 sovs_ each, h fi ; for colts, _ _ Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 21b. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Panther, Lord Glasgow's bl f by Velocipede, out of Miss Whip ; Mr. Thornhill's Elemi, Lord Exeter's Antenor, Colonel Anson's Muff, Lord Al bemarle's Candidate, Lord Maidstone's Cockamaroo, Lord Eglinton's Zanoni (dead). Colt by Velocipede, out of Miss Whip, not coming. Match—Win -farthing agst Plush, Bst 71b each. A.F Bth here. The Queen's Plate, for Mares, and Four Stakes, lo close the evening before running, will swell this into a capital day's sport. FRIDAY. The Newmarket Stakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, for three year old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 21b. D.M. Duke of Portland's c by Bay Middleton, out of Thebes, &c., by Beiram, out of Tragedy—Mr. Coombe's Keeley —Lord Exeter's Plush, Crosby, and Economy—Lord Orford's Arragon, and f by Clearwell out of Fidelity — Mr. Osbaldeston's o by the Radler, out of Miss Etty— Lord W. Powlett's Falconer—Duke of Bedford's c by Liverpool out of Princess Victoria—Mr. Payne's Vattel —Lord Albemarle's Candidate—Mr. Batson's Anni versary—Baron Rothschild's c by Defence out of Ne gress—General Yates's Slanderer—Lord Stradbroke's Repealer. The Thebes, Fidelity, and Nigress colts are not in training, Match-200, h ft, D.M.—Lord Glasgow's', c by Velo cipede, out of Amulet, Bst 71b, agst Lord Chesterfield's Tiddly Winks, Bst 21b.—Both are on the syot. Arrivals.—The Duke of Richmond's Red—Lord George Bentinck's The Great Mogul, Emma, and the Devil to Pay—Lord Glasgow's f by Bay Middleton, out of Impertinence, and sister to Give-Him-a-Name — Mr. J. Day's The Ugly Buck—Mr. Wreford's c. by Camel, out of Wadastra—Mr. Phillimore's Skeleton — Lord Chesterfield's New Brighton and Tiddly Winks, and Lord Maidstone's Deuce-Ace. The Ugly Buck and Wadastra colt were out this morning for nearly three hours, and galloped, in the presence of many anxious witnesses. They looked well, went well, and will both run for the 2,000 gs Stakes, John Day, jun., riding the Buck, and R. West his companion. Rattan was out, looking remarkably well ; in fact, the stables generally were never known to be more healthy than they are at the present time. The weather continues fine, but, from appearances, is not unlikely to change before many hours have passed. We are sorry to state that incendiarism has not ceased in this part of the country. About one o'clock this morning, a rick, belonging to Mr. Bailey, of Dulling ham, about four miles from Newmarket , was discovered to be on fire ; and was rapid was the work of destruction, that in a short time, the farm-house, out-auildings, ricks, three horses, and several pigs, were destroyed. The whole of the property is insured. FARNINGHAM STEEPLE CHASE.—THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, Bst 71b each. Gen tlemen riders. Four miles. Mr. Bryan's The Prince (Owner) : Mr. Hopkins's The Daring Ranger Mr. Roles Chance Mr. Armstrong's Commodore 4 Won in a canter by a " quarter of an hour." The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sous. each, one mile end a dis., were won in two heats, by Mr. Armstrong's Quo Minus (Owner) beating four others in a canter. DURHAM RACES.—THURSDAY. The Craven Stakes of 10 Guineas each, with 20 added. One mile and a half. Mr. Banks' Inheritress, 4 yrs, Bst (Joy) 1 Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b m byßayMiddleton, 5 yrs, BstBlb 2 Mr. Williamson's Dr. Husband, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b 3 Mr. "Walker's The Nobbler, 3 yrs, Est 101 b 4 Won by a neck after a good race. Nobbler broke down. The Maiden Plate of 501. Heats, two miles. . _ :3 to 1 20 to 1 20 to 1 25 to 1 Mr. Heseltine's The Bashaw, _ 4 yrs, Bst Mb (Bumby) 1 1 Mr. Osboru's b g b'y Slane out of Teresa, 3 yrs, 7st 21b 4 2 Mr. Thompson's Whitney, aged, Bst 71b 3 4 Mr. Dawson's Dalesman, 3 yrs, 7st Mb Won easy. HAMBLEDON HUNT RACES.—THURSDAY. The Hambledon Hunt Club Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, for 4 years, lOst 71b ; 5 yrs, llst 61b ; 6 yrs and aged, 12st ; thorobghbreds 141bs extra, once round, were won in two heats by Mr. J. H. Campbell's Somerset, aged (Owner), beating 31r. Bourke's Sir Walter, aged, and Lord Paget's horse, easily. Match, 100 guineas, h ft, Bst 71b each ; one mile.—Mr. King's ch c by Homsea, dam by Southsayer, 3 yrs, received from Mr. Greig's b c by Merchant, dam by Actaeon, 3 yrs. The Stewards' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 10 added ; 3 years old, Bst 71b ; 4 yrs, 9st 51b ; 5 yrs, lOst ; 6 yrs and aged, lOst 51b. The winner to be sold for 50/. ; heats, one mile. (9 Subs.) Mr. King's bf by Physician, out of Dick's dam, 4 yrs 1 1 Mr. Pitt's Jack Scroggins, 5 yrs Mr. C. Dorrien's Justice Greedy, 3 yrs 2 0 .The following were not pliced :—Mr. E. Hilliard's Kate Kearney, aged (h b) ; Mr. Legge's Mohawk, 5 yrs ; Mr. Sergeant's Rebecca, 3 yrs ; and Mr. Bourke's Launcelot, aged. Won easy. The Farmers' Cup, the second to receive 10 sovs., fir 4 yrs old, lOst 41b ; 5 yrs, llst 61b ; 6 yrs and aged, 12st P • winners 71bs extra, once round, was won in two heats by Mr. Mit chell's Jerry, 6 yrs, beating Mr. Judd's Courage, aged ; Mr. Stares' Cameleon, and Mr. Taylor's Miss Emma, aged. Won cleverly. The Hack Stakes of 3 sovs each, with 10/ : added,_llst each ; one mile heats. Winner to be sold for 25i Mr. C. Darnell's mby Nonsense, 4 yrs Mr. Fitts' Jack Scroggins, 5 yrs 1 2 2 Three others started. The Hurdle Stakes of 3 soya. each, with 25 added, l2st each. Two miles and a distance, Gentlemen riders, were won by Capt. Delin's Reprobate ; beating Mr. Bourke's Firefly, Capt. Poynte§ Ewer, and two others. IRELAND. POSTPONEMENT OF THE NEW TRIAL MOTION. DUBLIN, APRIL IB.—The motion of the traversers for a new trial, upon the grounds set forth in their affidavits, pas been postponed until Monday next. It is likely that the arguments upon this branch of the case will occupy the en tire of the next week. It is said, the Attorney-General, after sentence, upon the declaration of the traversers' counsel that they were deter mined to prosecute a writ of error, would intimate his assent, and merely require that the traversers should give bail for the speedy prosecution of the writ, and for their being forthcoming to suffer the sentence of the Court, in case the decision of the House of Lords should be against them. This, certainly, is the course which common justice and common sense would point out. THE REVENUE. The balance-sheet of the year's revenue is in mine respects satisfactory. When we remember the tremendous "excess of expenditure over income"—an excess of more than four millions—which stared us in the face in the beginning of 1843, it is certainly with some relief that we turn to the gratifying "excess of income over expenditure" to the amount of 2,095,427/., which closes the public accounts in April, 1844. We have at least weathered a very ugly point that was stretching ahead of us, and we are under no imme diate apprehensions of finding ourselves hard aground. At the same time "deest aliquid oblectationi nostrx ' ." in the brightest sky there is apt to be a flying cloud ; and now that we are fairly on our legs again, we cannot help looking with some little impatience at a certain very ungainly and incon venient crutch by which in our more infirm -days we con; trived to preserve our perpendicular. The neat oblong packet of paper which contains the return of our " net public re venue" puts us in mind of another more vexatious document of somewhat similar proportions demanding more peremp torily to be informed of our " net private income," and hinting delicately, but not at all ambiguously, at the ill-omened contingency of a twenty pound fine and treble duty in default of a speedy answer. Need we say how anxiously we have scanned each item of the balance-sheet in the vain hope of lighting upon one whose elastic increase promised to supersede the necessity of the income -tax ? We are now nearer the end than the beginning of the three years which we bargained for. We are in sight of the goal which the Premier held before our eyes on the first imposition of this very unpopular impost, and are beginning to pant for our liberty. But we perceive, with no ordinary apprehension, that the unseemly monster, on its extinction, will leave a gap of no less than 5,356,8881. in the national receipts. From what quarter is this to be supplied ? Our income, we have said, has this year exceeded our expenditure by two millions ; this is some help towards the desired operation. Mr. Goulburn promises us the gain of another half million from his reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Here is another and no inconsiderable assistance. But upwards of two millions and a half still remain to he supplied—a stiff and unmanageable sum ; and strain as we will, we can de tect in the other items of revenue but little appearance of that expansive power by which this two millions and a half is to be annually raised. We turn first to the Customs — the great source of receipt. We long to see the promised effects of lowering duties in raising revenue. Sir Robert Peel, it is true, was not quack enough to promise us that immediate effect from his reduced tariff. But such promises there were, and promises there still are to the same effect, if we will but " carry out the principle." What do we behold? Alas, instead of the rapid rise which we were encouraged to hope by the politico -economical enthusi • asts, a steady and uniform decline. What was nineteen mil lions and a half in October, 1842, has sunk to a little more than eighteen millions and a half in October, 1843, and is now a little less than that sum in April, 1844. The best that can be said is, that the downward progress is not so fast as it was. We may hope that we are near the bottom of the hill, where we may at least jog along without disturbance. We need hardly say, that this natural consequence is no sound argument against reduction of duty. But it is a dis appointment to any hopes of revenue which we may have been encouraged to form from the Customs' department of revenue, and affords little comfort to a mind distracted by the apprehension of a prolonged income-tax. The unro mantic taxes" preserve their dead level. Nobody expected anything better of them. Stamps are buoyant. Improving times have brought with them bargains and settlements, and have added half a million to the national revenue. But we fear that the most imaginative financier will hardly expect from that quarter a substitute for the expiring five millions. The Post-office revenue (heu 1 quantum mutatus) exhibits an insignificant rise of some 30 or 40 thousand pounds in lieu of fulfilling the bold aspirations of Mr. Rowland Hill. All that art can do has been done. The corresponding public has been, or is to be, tried with pink Queen's heads, and , scarlet Queen's heads, and blue Queen's heads, and Queen's heads with plaster behind them, and stamped envelopes, and stamped letter-paper—every artistic blandishment has been put in practice to attract to the Queen's Post-office the pennies and twopences of her liege subjects; but, alas, the p u blic appears to have made up . its mind how many letters it wishes to write, and to be impenetrable to any further allurement from St. Martin's-le-Grand. An improvement there is, no doubt, and that improvement will probably con tinue, but in so sober and ordinary a way as to forbid all the enthusiastic reliance on our countrymen's still latent propen sities for letter-writing. Mr. Rowland Hill is certainly not our Deus ex machine for our present purpose. The Excise revenue is larger than it has been for some time. The re turn before us exceeds by nearly a million and a half the net amount of duty for the preceding year. This is highly satisfactory; this braneh of the revenue, as we have often occasion to remark, being the one which may be taken as the clearest index of reviving prosperity and increas ing comfort among the operatives. But satisfactory as it may be, it hardly promises to satisfy our present requirement. And thus we remain in perplexity. Ministry as yet give no sign; the Revenue tables afford little consola tion ; and we have only to comfort our failing hearts by the recollection of the hopes with which the Premier gilded his pill two years ago. The prospect is not encouraging. But it is time we should know the worst, and be informed whe ther Sir Robert Peel intends us to have a fresh deficit, or a continued income-tax, or whether he has some hitherto un imagined device in store, which will preserve us both from one and the other misfortune. Meanwhile, as statistics are the order of the day, we may perhaps be allowed to suggest a hope that the extremely valuable information that ought to be deducible from the income-tax returns, will not be lost to the public. At present we barely know that the tax has produced about 5,000,000/., and, consequently, that the ag gregate of English incomes exceeding 150/. amounts to about 170,000,0001. But it is plain that a mass of the most valu • able facts respecting the distribution of this money among the different classes of society must be in the hands of the Commissioners, and must be producible without breach of confidence. Points may be suggested in which the informa tion would be imperfect or deceptive; but, with all its de fects, it might famish a groundwork for a more accurate es timation of the nature and distribution of national wealth, than has ever been known in this or any other country.— Times. ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF GLASS.- - The menu facturers of flint glass have agreed to a list of prices, which has been published, and came into force on the 15th instant. The increase in the price is from 20 to 30 per cent. We be lieve the article has been sold for a long time at a ruinously low price, but whether the present advance can be obtained time only can tell. We have reason to know that the revered bishop and clergy of the united diocese of Waterford and Lismore— ever foremost in the cause of their country—have deter mined on taking the initiative in that agitation to which the sentence of incarceration against O'Connell will impart re doubled vigour and determination. At the earliest possible moment after the news arrives of the sentence being carried into effect, the clergy, headed by their venerated diocesan, the Right Rev. Dr. Foran, will assemble to petition the Queen against the impolicy and cruelty of the proceeding. It has been resolved also that on the same occasion the re newed subscriptions of both bishop and clergy will be for warded to the Repeal Association. This noble example, it is needless to say, will be followed universally throughout the other dioceses of Ireland —Dublin Pilot. NOVEL EMPLOYMENT FOR CLERGYMEN.—We have heard of sailors turning clergymen, and of a ci-levant Lieute nant of the Navy becoming an Archbishop ; we have heard, too, of clergymen becoming farmers, hucksters, horsedealers, magistrates, discount brokers, mining speculators, arid en gaging in other money-making occupations ; but it was re served for the new Earl of Lonsdale to discover that they are also qualified to perform some of the duties of retired ship . masters. The Noble Earl has appointed the Rev. Henry Lowther and the Rev. John Jenkins, Trustees of the Town and Harbour of Whitehaven, an office in which we presume they will have to look after the shipping of Whitehaven, see that the moorings are in good condition, that the regulations for putting out lights and fires are strictly observed, and that each vessel be properly secured without interrupting the passages. The oble Earl has got something from the Mi nistry, and he probably contemplates giving them something in return or securing something for himself. The Rev: Henry Lowther and the Rev. John Jenkins are faithful friends and servants of their patron ; and they will use all the influence he has been able to confer on them, to keep in the hands of _ the Earl, and at the service of the Tories, the representation of the independent borough of Whitehaven. BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—Exeter must now be considered a railway town, as a locomotive engine has this week, for the first time, made its appearance within that ancient capital of the West of England. On Wednesday last, the 17th instant, the first complete passage of an engine from the present terminus of the railway at Beambridge to the new station at Exeter took place, the engine conveying Mr. Brunel, the engineer in chief, Mr. Fripp,' one of the Di rectors, and several of the assistant engineers, with Mr. Hennett, the contractor for the permanent way, on whose account the engine was engaged for the conveyance of timber and other materials down the line. The arrival of the en gine was hailed with much interest by the Exonians, lion dreds of whom were assembled to witness this novel visitor. In a few days this will become an ordinary sight, as no doubt is entertained that the public opening of the line will take place on the Ist May, as fixed; and there wil l then (with the exception of a slight break between Bristol ankl w G i l v o e u e r s s s ter, which will be completed in the course of a b c a e s a t I n a - u o n n bg y k n e e n , railway a distance t of up communication ivartis of from wa Record. E m xe i t le e s r I rehearsal of this long expectedTHE " BRIDE OF VENICE." —A general rehearsal impression DRURY-LANE THEATRE. BENEDICT'S OPERA OF there can be no doubt of its com pleteproduced on the amateurs, work took place on Friday, and from time to enter into a detailed may, that without indiscretion, state tice of the opera, but we m hartcter is full of melody, and success. It is not the that the ac that the general c • quality that might be expected from Mr. Benedict's learning ; but, fat the same companiments are of that scientific time, are not overloaded and heavy. Mrs. Shaw, Miss Ro mer, and Mr. Harrison, have, each some charming scenes and airs. The choral department is very full. The finale of the first act is full of animation, and a chorus of women, somewhat in the madrigal style, will be very effective. A. for the stage business, it is Of a novel and striking nature. stagei' h e V e e ff n e e e t t i , a s scen the e l r as y t ma se y en be eimagined,a b m osutt complicatedthereis a dou a b n l d e extraordinary kind. A YouriG INCORRIGIBLE.—Mr. Higgs on Friday ileldan h , : n qu t e t s e t b at od t y he o O f rllmeonnyd; Higgs, Head, Princes-street, West minster,ggs, aged ten years, who was i reported to h ave b een ki l l ed by a kick from hi s s i ster. 3 r. Beaumont, the house surgeon of Westminster Hospital, stated that the deceased was admitted on the 19th of March, suffering from great inflammation of the right knee, the skin of which was abraded—abscesses formed all over the body, and in the lungs and region of the heart, the conse quence of the inflammation of the leg, and he died from the effeets on Tuesday. When in the hospital, he stated that his sister had kicked him. Sarah Higgs, the mother, said she resided at 19, Orchard-street; the deceased, until his admission into the hospital, enjoyed excellent health, but he would be out all night, without shoes, in the midst of frost, snow, and rain, and in the morning she used to find him lying on the stairs or in the outhouses. His father had but one leg, and therefore could not run after him. On the 15th of March he became quite delirious; and complained of his leg, which was very much inflamed, aud said his sister had kicked him, but witness . believed this was not true. When out, which he was day and night, he was continually fighting, and often got severely beaten. The Coroner and jury ob-_ served there must have been gross neglect on the parents' part to allow him to be out all night, which could be for no good purpose, and they returned a verdict of "Died from uquirai debility." RAILWAY NOTABILIA. (From the Railway Record.) Several new lines are projected in Ireland—among others, one from Wexford to Carlow, another from Portadown to Monaghan, and a third from Dublin to Mullingar. The Edinburgh Record, in referring to the Edinburgh, Leith, and Newhaven Railway, says :—" Workmen have commenced to open the communication between the Drift tunnel, which has been carried through the foot of Scotland street to the markets, and the ground set apart for the station of the railway. Captain Kelly assumes the post of Chairman of the London and Brighton Railway Company, in the room of Mr. Par sons, who, as announced at the last meeting, has retired alto gether from the Board. Mr. Nash is Deputy. The Hunts Bank Connection Railway will, it is said, be ready for opening on the Ist of next month. Krailwas , from Gloucester toTisi;u ---- a4is projected, at a inscplrioemmeo.tinThg it.e cost of two millions and a half. A. ready communication n an y d ar is e stahied basisto with Great t Western i c o oflreland b e aive ° f c t It is stated by the e'arnarvon herald, "on authority de rived immediately by a magistrate of the county from the Commissioners of Woods and Forests," that the existing "Menai bridge is to be tried fur the purpose of railway transit, and that only in the event of probable injury to the structure, or interference with the common-road traffic, will a new bridge be required. It was officially announced by Mr. Hudson, at the late meeting of the Company, that the Newcastle and Darlington Railway would be opened on the 18th of June. A railway between Tavistock and Plymouth is talked of. It is said that the Duke of Bedford has promised great en couragement to the scheme. In two days in Easter week no fewer than 24,000 persons were carried on the Manchester and Leeds Railway. It is reported to be the intention of the Great Western Company, in consequence of the defeat of their proposed Newbury branch, to run fast coaches between Reading and Newbury. A line of steamers is about to be put on between Bristol and Newport, in connection with the Great Western Railway. A vessel will ply each way daily. A Newcastle journalist is speculating upon the results of the present railway movement, whereby, " in the course of two or three years, persons will be enabled to leave New castle-upon-Tyne in the morning and dine at Aberdeen, or even Inverness, the. same day." We hope it may be so. The Directors of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway have offered a premium of 20/. for the " best and most eco nomical plan of engine suited for the hoist about to be erected in the No. 14' arch at the Store-street station, Man chester. The second best plan to be entitled to 101. The plans are to be sent to the Secretary before the 30th inst. The Great Western Railway have it its contemplation to form a branch line to extend to Frome and Warminster, ern . bracing the towns of Milsham, Bradford, and Ironbridge. A • line for the three last named towns was provided for in their original Act of Parliament. PROBABLE REDUCTION OF THE TEA AND SUGAR DUTIES. We were yesterday favoured with the following extract from a London broker, to a gentleman of this town, dated London, April 17 : " I suppose you have heard :that Lord Sandon told Mr. M‘Fee,_ of Glasgow, that an alteration in sugar and tea was decided upon, but he did not know the extent ?" We know not what foundation there may be for this, but there is a very general belief amongst commercial men here that something of the kind is intended.—Liverpool Mercury. SUICIDE OF AN AMERICAN MERCHANT. On Friday a long inquiry took place at the Horse and Groom, Castle-street, Leicester-square, before Mr. Higgs, concerning the death of Joseph Simiani, aged twenty-six, an American merchant. William Nind, proprietor of Pagliano's Hotel, No. 30, Lei cester-square, said that the deceased had lodged in his house for the last six weeks. He represented himself as an American merchant, lately arrived from Italy, and about to proceed to New York. Not being able to liquidate the de mand witness had upon him, deceased made an engagement to meet him that morning (Friday) with his friend Mr. Rosselli, who, he stated, would become guarantee for the amount. Witness found that, at the appointed time, deceased had not risen from bed, and he waited a short time expecting him to make his appearance ; but shortly after twelve o'clock sent one of the waiters up to call him. The door was locked, and upon forcing it open, the deceased was seen lying upon the floor alive, but bleeding from a large wound in the throat. He died in about an hour. On the previous day witness told him that he could not remain any longer in the house, upon which deceased asked to be allowed to get some letters from his desk, which he stated were were of great im portance ; and he then took from the drawer a packet of letters, addressed to Mr. Roselli, Mincing-lane, City. The day of his death (Friday) witness received the following letter, which deceased had evidently written the previous day—it was written in French : " I pray you to send to Mr. Rosselli, Mincing-lane, my writing-desk, and the two parcels addressed to him. I kill myself, because lam tired of living. I have prayed to God and the most holy mother that they might take from me those thoughts, but my prayers have had no effect. It seems that that should be my destiny. Before dying I have re pented with all my heart of all my faults, and I hope in the mercy of God that my soul may be saved.: Pray for me.— I am, &c. " SIMIANI." Witness found a note addressed to him, in which deceased stated " that he owed him something; that he (witness) was master of all his effects ; but that lie was sorry there was not sufficient recompense for his trouble." From a peculiar wild ness of the eye witness had observed in deceased, he consi dered that his mind was affected. He (deceased) was in the habit of uttering the most ridiculous falsehoods, indeed, such as no person could believe. From his habits, witness had no doubt that deceased was a gentleman of education. He was latterly in pecuniary difficulties; but when he had money he was very improvident. Mr. A. Roselli, jun., merchant, of Mincing-lane, City, said that he had for a long time past transacted business with the deceased and his father. lie had heard deceased say several times lately that he was mad ; and, in witness's opinion, his mind was not in a perfectly sound state. His skull was severely fractured by a fall from his horse about nine years ago. The following is a translation of the letter he wrote to witness : " You will be astonished to hear the resolution I have taken, but lam tired of living. I have known this world long enough; but I hope to enjoy mirth and tranquillity in the next. As I have not in London a betterfriend than you, I beg you to send the inclosed letters to their addresses. Send my desk to Leghorn. No ; upon second thoughts, you had better keep it. " SIMIA.NI. ' Deceased often told him that he was connected with the house of Baring, but witness did not believe him, and thought his mind was wandering. Amongst the addresses on the letters found were the following :—" Messrs. Claude, Clerc, and Co., Marseilles ;" and " Mr. F. Richards, 25, Walter street, New York.." Thomas Blunt, the waiter, said that he found the razor with which deceased had inflicted the wound secreted under the bed. Verdict—" Temporary insanity." JURISDICTION OF THE CORONER FOR THE DUCHY or LANCASTER.—On Thursday afternoon Mr. Higgs, the Coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster, appointed an inquest to be held at the Cock Foresters, near Barnet, on the body of Robert Trigg, aged forty-eight. The Duchy of Lancas ter embraces a most extensive tract of land in London, and several parts of the environs. It includes all that was for merly Enfield-chase, from near Barnet to Enfield, and southward to Edmonton. The precinct of the Savoy, •in rpi 011 the arl (it:vas Strand, of fuoc puloia 1 npdi Clapham-common, tat a hhm l a s e ti o c jt w ohum i ri t mh room o n o no ni assemblingt its innd which jurisdiction, shoimcahet t ohtfhe et as h Cewolevkl inquestla nasd Foresters, wassa w ot great or he held was out of the duchy, and in the county, and an ad journment to some other place became necessary. An adjoining coachhouse was the only convenient place near at hand, and in this unusual place the inquiry was gone into. It appeared by the evidence that the deceased was a farm la bourer, and on Tuesday, he with other men, had been en gaged in carting timber on a truck drawn by three horses. As they were returning home, in the evening, near Trent Park Lodge, three men were riding in the truck, deceased was sit ting on the pole in front, and a lad was driving the horses. The deceased was asked to get up in front, and while in the act of doing so the pole of the carriage jerked him off, and he fell down backwards. The horses were stopped, but the wheels grazed against the right side of his head, and he bled most profusely. Surgeons were sent for, but they did not arrive for three-quarters of an hour after his death, lie having ex pired very shortly after the accident. All the party were quite sober, and there had been no quarrelling. Verdict, " Accidental death, with a deodancl of Is. on the wheel FATAL ACCIDENT FROM A STEAM-BOAT. -- On Friday Mr. llavne held an inquest in the St. Magt t ius vestry-room, Loudon-bridge, on the body of J. IY.k.se. aged twenty-four, late money-taker on boa'rd.the Fairy o'clock on Easter Monday evening, the want a a rr rangway was Wool wich steam-bort. It appeared in evidence, that ,o c a r t ow n d in ed e with passengers at the Old Shades pier, to a d ganway plank, pier. Deceased was seen at the time on diLtombfr-oliigulitaenr-. r a bo s a p r l d ap , ,i v. as as made from the after part of the deck on ellt tc t l Ll o e se and whilst they were mooring supposed deceased had immediately missed, but though lights raised. Deceased was iminedia. was other heard g i a o ng t z-ay wa fr to o r n: a t i l t i d e a fo c r ry e potahfret,,o‘uf -.tultieundeoclk,e, were imme fallen, nothing could Dragshm. body could not be found. It was not diatelv put out, but the , , found until were held over the spot where o it f The money lie had taken on Easter Mon vesterdgy morning, 'alien it was discovered by a g ar t i: o 121. ISs. 9(1., was found on his person. As saw him fall into the water, the jury returned ligiiterman floating in the water, close to the side of the Lon an open verdict of—Found drowned. Mon day, 0 (41 0, -bridge actuallyiNtrilul ftaor resume recovered his professional from duties o illness Monday as Mu. W. FARREN.--It iS with great pl e a s ure we c all attention to the notice that this di s ti ngu i s h e d come di an be h ab ass l o e Ile will appear as Sir Pete r T eaz l e i n t h e S c h oo l f or Scandal. next. to Mrs. Bailey, with her only child, a boy about nine years of age, has recently sailed in the Royal Saxon for New South Wales, to join her husband, the Rev. William Bailey, who, it will be remembered, was sentenced to be transported for life, for forgeries committed under very aggravated cir cumstances, with intent to defraud the executors of a de ceased member of his congregation. Mrs. Bailey carries out with her to the colony letters of recommendation from many influential individuals, who have kindly interested them selves in her behalf. This unfortunate and amiable lady is a grand-daughter of the late Rev. William Jones, of Nay. land, so well known by his " Catholic Doctrine of a Trinity proved," and other highly-esteemed works. Mrs. Bailey is herself an authoress, and has published several volumes of poems; amongst them are "Palmyra," "The Months," and "Musa Same," containing original hymns and translations from the Latin and Italian poets.—Heruld. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A STATION-HOUSE.- 011 Friday, amongst the night charges at Marylebone Police Court, connected with the S division, was one p7i some cr against a man named George Arnold, for having stole saws and other carpenters' tools. Mr. InspecttoorthAggs ad dressed the Magistrate, Mr. Long, in reference t. h case, and stated that accused was taken to th o e u b s t t i a lin m e n o'clO u ck e .: at Kentish-town, on the previous evening a I , he (the nspector) in a few minutes after he was locked up, entered the cell, when he hcaring a strange kind of noise, . the floor with his he a d be held the unfortunate man sitting on resting against the wall ;he was bleeding from two deep and • d wou nds in his throat , and a shar p de ssert knife , with jagged which he had inflicted the injury, was lying by his side. The wounds were dressed by Dr. Hollands, who was promptly in attendance, and the sufferer was subsequently conveyed in a coach to the University College Hospital, where he still re mains in a very alarming condition; he had expressed his regret that the inspector should have made the discovery, and had also signified his intention of completing his object whenever an opportunity might offer. He was searched prior to the key being turned upon 'him at the station, but no knife was then found, and he must therefore have had the instrument secreted beneath some bandages upon his left arm, which had recently been broken ; he alleged that he had no home, and that he was in great distress, lie was remanded. -- , 4s. (heat 71e• l ere- Teks The long ance° one from from ssian pro entsh ng er, r ti tin e [IS hi he ac. ara ble of the [ ld th e ei sir as 'th e ea tb!t .ons 11l Or b ' ffloc°'