The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-28 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S DRAWING Itoo - 111. T he Queen's birth-day was celebrated yesterday at Court, drawing -room held in St. James's Palace. ree Th r, e attendance of the nobility and gentry was very: l nu ens. The company began to arrive soon after one o c ock, glneede,co,ritinued setting ) down at the entrance for entree and a illtu:L 4l ee ntPany .luring the space of two hours. 'the state - "'us were soon filled with company, and also the an "ra's •T he be grand banqeeting.room, and a second grand s ot 7Der, which had been fitted up this season, were opened , the reception of the numerous visitors, and were also d id e : The costumes of the ladies wer e of the most splen tele eieri Ption, and were new for the occasion. The lalinis of t tPPeared in the full dress official costume, and the officers e royal in in the full dress household uniform. t h 2, 11 14 collar day, the knights of the several orders of knigh - Th ere the cellars of their respeetive orders. sad we Lord Chancellor came in state, wearing his gold gown, as at b two of his secretaries., his mace-bearer, Col y Colonel Perceval, and his purse-bearer, Mr. Haines. The le bfe ' ter of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor of England, the eleeesChancellor Wigram, and the Chancellor of the Duchy of 'ali also bore their gold gowns. thee: Lord Chief -Justices of the Court of Queen's Bench and Rove utt°°ll Pleas, and the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer port : eitihtzir splendid collars of S. S. , with the rose and The hi • Ight Ho n . th e S peaker of t h e H ouse o f C ommons came gewate,R wearing hi s go ld ro b e, an d was at t en d e d b y th e S er . °tl—at-Arnss, Sir Willi am G osse tt, an d the Chaplain to the e °f Commons. th e T m e whole of the Ladies of the Bedchamber to her Majesty, i z thi s aid ' of Hon our , an d t h e B e d c h am b er W omen , a tt en d e d Th a uspiciou s occas i on Il ee ke_Q.aeen and P r i nce ' Albert arrived at two o'clock from eta s , B44l Palace, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, Itlo a T e nd e ed by th e Mi stress o f t h e R o b es , th e C oun t ess f l adlC - leeolmbe Lady in Waiting; Hon. Misses Murray Vi t i t „.._. e rr) Alaids of Honour in Waiting ; Lord Byron, Lord in Waitrg; Captain the Hon. Arthur Duncombe, Groom in si n g,; Lord Charles Wellesley (Clerk Marshal), Equerry Nit 1144 g ; Messrs. H. W. Byng and G. Grant Gordon, oel of Waif NnOtlr in Waiting ; the Marquis of Granby, Lord in Waitingtt't Prince Albert • Captain Travers Seymour, Groom 11 °Y; and Col nel'Wylde, Equerry in Waiting to his thesd Righness. The Lord - Steward and Lord Chamberlain, Al aster of the Horse and the Groom of the Stole to Prince Pss4received her Majesty and Prince Albert at St. James's H er ' n a nd Conducted them to the Royal Closet. hlLsa " ° Y al Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived, attended Ilast:s l Anna Maria Dawson and Colonel Sir George Couper, Th e , r Her Is a es ssoyal Highness wore a most splendid costume. 4 tetti te - ' s was of the richest white satin, of Spitalfield? mantu stotnaell with elegant silver trimmings, and having e O, w en „ ° , r narnented with diamonds and amethysts. The w ead as s X e any silver brocade, of Spitalfields manufacture. s Te " elt h l as - s'ees ° s was composed of violet-coloured velvet, with 'logs * rPts, feathers, and diamonds. The necklace and ear lrheiere diamonds and amethysts. go 05.. 1 . 44 Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam heel sits attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan,Baron Knese iersarteMr. Edmond alildmay. troessis al t .Highne ss the Duchess of Gloucester, his Royal ' 7o (lol B ' 4 °e George, and his Serene Highness Prince :th e I to ,axe Weimar, were present. 141° 7al P arnily were received by the Vice Chamb t erlain, He e a f ?eled the illustrious visitors to the Royal Close . '4l data ' ajest Y's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms were Port sa l t l a the State Rooms, the Presence Chamber, and the Th e yepeery, A Part 'aell of the Guard were on duty in the ante-rooms.. iPustate Y of the Life Guards, with the band of the regiment, i n al ace u T tl h ' f° roas, was on duty in the East Court of the the. Co le s - ee tt - r e e c l e uee Guard of the Foot Guards was stationed ef , Mit a „ s 'er two o'clock the Archbishops of Canterbury, Ar '1114,114-Ibublin, the Bishops of London, Winchester, Du t r- r o ad ‘e, 'Worcester, Rochester, Lichfield,. Glnucese P,setehestol, Llandaff, Chester, Carlisle, St. David's, Chichester, t 4 44 g"gh, Bangor Sodor and Man, and Ely, entered Add4sioset when the ' Archbishop of Canterbury delivered an tans "°,f Congratulation to the Queen on the auspicious red rreiatt oer Natal day. His Grace and the . Right Reveren The afterwards retired from the royal presence. Ido c h Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Prie s !" of Gloucester, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, of s"'' George, the Prince of Leininsren, and Prince Edward ss k eie ll aty e Weimar, having entered the . Throne-room, and . her 'atti c . 55 Ing taken her usual station, the Foreign Diplo lp e , trete were producedint when the following presentations )4.l_olajesty took /all'' s , e, la Duchesse Coigny, et Madame la Baronne de k e t ',. lll °, by the French Ambassadress. blossst•l'eur d'Accia, a gentleman of Milan, and Captain Bog yn_ In the 3d Regiment of Lancers in the Austrian service, r'eaot D ietrichstei the Austrian Ambassador. : Lieutenant- General r Comte Duval de Beaulieu, et Le t ie ni tival de Blaergnies, by M. Van de Weyer, the Bel k._ ster. *Lintel Sebastiano Moreno, Attache to the Argentine tin e 4.a 1 . 1(1 son of the Minister, by M. Moreno, the Ar tsB. ~ asinister. ti e rre le , T Galitain, Conseiller d'Etat Actuel et Chambellan it essl-- 14 -SsEmpereur de Russie, by Baron de Brunnow, the Lean kintster. ke s _ t 'orate de Heiningen, Capitaine au Premier . Regiment eiss7 service de la Majestie Sicilienne, by Prince Castel the sill: Sicilian Minister. A tals e P°r eign Diplomatic Circle was attended by the French rood a'skdor and the Countess de St. Aulaire, Baron de Tatl t y Fe de Count La Grange Attaches to the Embassy, he )4, B‘roglie, le Comte et la Coratesse de Flahau . lt, and g er st s i an l in t3aron d ne de la Ronciere Le Noury , the a Countess Dietrichstein,__ s and . g4ll„ll( oller assa Fir r s't Secretary of the -L e s t Be er - et: ff elidi, ' Ottoman Ambassador; Edib Effendi, sambas Y, and M. Agol) , Secretary Interpreter to the , ; the Belgian Ministrand 11 L ladame Van de Wesr, king belepierre Attaché to the . egation ; the Bavarian 4e ds ai r ; 1 ." Baroness de Cetto; Monsieur Dedel, the Net t h . er- . 'au s -4 °lter d Mr. Stratenus, first Secretary of Lege to r ti s de Pollo' an s•• dinian Minister, and Count Revel, Secre- Po Y 4,,,, L egati o n ?'!. i • 'j Moreno, the Argentine Minister; the Moira",t e Minister Mr. and Baroness de Moncorvo ; M. Lobo de Lt ilation -eret leY, and the Baron de Lagos, Attache to . the i tti the '11 141 ,, the g de Folgoza • the Russian Minister `rat Barn Baron and 'M. Alexander de Berg, Nea iFcretary of _ Brunnow, reurconan miniiterwe Legation ; General Prince . Castelcicala, and M. G. Causfari, Secretary . of Lega tor u at n : t d e Hanoverian Minister ; the ter and --.inister arid ul ai n st ee m g e ge ilunsen ; and aladarne Minis the e e Ever and MarquisNrthe Brazilian a Lisboa;! the United States Minister Cou ntess d Miss Everett ; the B D . an ik is e h A s l e i e n r i e s t t a e r r y an e d f , s te gation• e eventlow, and Mr. de le 7 4 90 's".! Spanish Minister and the Duchess de Soto rote a: ~.,`"oevalier de Pedrorena, Second Secretary, le Attache ‘ .z alve and M. J. Antonio Lopez de Ceballos, Ler s s i and le Comte de C•scente, Attache Militaire to the Ile ; 11 4 ; 13(„aron_ de Gersdo ' r, Saxon Minister; Baron de Attach e Charge d'Affaires, and Count Rosen, 7 1 ' - e air ea L of tk,eezLegation ; Mr. Ashbel Smith, the Charge A s d Bea, A tt ,„ as, and General Terrell, of Texas ; Baron de ' , ue . to the Wurtem erg Legation, and Count tie mtowski. si_eneral circle was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the lees:reard, t h e Lord as Chamberlain, the Master of the the - 6:lan Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen:at-Arms, I rreoi t lP t al° of the Yeoman Guard, the Vice-Chamberlain, the hold, ~rer of the Household, the Comptroller of the House- President of the Board of Trade, Lord . Denman, B a l le t J ustice of the Queen's Bench Lord Chief-Justice Tin tees%Chief Baron, the Right Hon. the Speaker, the ee l' ' ll e s th w e o e r e d l I o e r h. of England, the Right Hon. the Vice-Chan ge-Advocate.lad'gram the Chaneellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the ksiestGeneral; the Hon. J. A D. Bloomfield, her 4 h i s Id is Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to 'hill; 'Os , the Emperor of all the Russias, Mr. S. March Alhert-Ps, under Secretary of State, the Treasurer to Prince eees"), Idaior-General Sir Henry ' Wheatley, G. C. H., - h • ' l 4 her olest er ' Privy Purse the Master of the Cere -40 " ° n. Sir Ed Y w a ard Butler, Lieutenant of her Majesty's 4 4, unable corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Sir Henry Robin ule % I r a C ?orge Philip Lee, Lieutenant of the Yeoman Guard; krsa f -et' Advocate, the Solicitor-General, the Attorney-Ge the A or Irela.nd the Attorney-General of the Prince of Wales, I, ° arte tt° , rn m ey- General to the Queen Dowager, Sir C. Young, 'aSt "-(r. Colquhoun, agent for the Haute Towns; the Lord . of d l 'e; the Lady Mayoress ' ; Sir George Houlton, Ensign n etts., te s t Teoluen Guard ; Sir Augustus Clifford, Bart., G l en- f is " g or e aher of the Black Rod ; the Adjutant-General t' u s e ro R s ; Mr. Sheriff Hunter, Mr. Sheriff Sidney, Mr. c s _gall es i'hiffner, Paymaster of the Household; the Hon. ALP Recorder of London, one of her .Ma ta h e : ,'ounsel • Mr" R. Ormsby Gore, Groom in Waiting t ' t ala iestY General ' Sir Ge - orge Anson, G.C.8., Groom Des: Chambers to his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; the cht ambers Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting, and e4aPhaln to t he Queen-Dowager; - the Rev. Dr. Foord-Bowes, t eoe' s 7 ul tn her Majesty ; the Chaplain to the House of Corn- Nelia4„.Colonel Cavendish, Silver Stick in Waiting ; Dr. ess'', Physician to the Queen, and to the Queen loth OA; Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, Bart., Sergeant-Surgeon 11 '0_4 ss r ' cue en; Colonels Clark Kennedy, Owen, Monteath, `Eleeli st e ar : and H. Bentinck, Aide-de-Camps to the Queen; a ssn - es tlei 'leY, and Colonel Arbuthnot, Equerries to the er sAptain Pechell, R.N., Equerry to the Queen.Dow .l4l4 :otiilyonneetlt Sir Geere Couper, Bart., first Equerry to hey N ik e s -11Khriess the Duchess of Kent ; Major. General Sir at v.litrantu_tp:orttil , l% : .iru e .e u e e jn r . r ,s y ri to ro h c i t s er ß ; oy s_ a .i l r H w ig . hn c e . ss ß th o e se D , u R k . e A. of . Pren ri il ; Bushe, Attache to her Majesty's Legation B. Heath, Governor of the Bank of rk I ,l e Painter to the Queen ; Mr. Barge (Queen's -11,4 e llAsti)', Agent for Jamaica • Mr. Edmund Nugent, Agent th ey ', tut ; Captain Kincaid,' and Captain Sadler, Exons of fliard Guard • Mr. Ellerthorp, Adjutant of the Yeoman s 1 the Queen's' Har • binger, Sir Benjamin Smith, C. S. ; to t t i C oan tsColonel Sir Frederic Smith, Gentleman Usher A s !th s e s Pr ivy Chamber • Mr. Beresford, M.P., and Mr. "bitee;tl3laekwood 'Grooms of the Privy Chamber to her g . 14 - i t ; Sir John ' Strachan, Bart. (in Waiting), Captain the 14%4 sertimer Sackville West, and Mr. Alfred Montgomery, 14.1104 en Ushers to her Majesty ; Colonel Godwin and tu s e hist •C. Blake, in Waiting), Gentlemen Ushers logHighnessPr;" R.N.• Albert • Colonel Sir J. Morillyon . .11,7 and K 11- 11" G Gentleman Usher to the Privy sqr lttl , ti e r of the Queen D ' o ' wage e r; the Master of the Temple ; It s sa,en,q Birchtield Swabei the Queen's Regi!trar ; Colonel eks, ,stelrenadier Curds, Field Officer in Brigade Waiting, k at • e llatl I Q d inners in honour of the day were given by . the p . rin taest:linistete and great Officers of State, the distinguished s , Sir i t t . " l „ited app ear i ng at all the banquets i n C ourt d resses . nit°°ert P eel, as First Lord of the Treasury, gave a grand sir his residence in Whitehall-gardens. a Aa urea Graham, as Secretary of State for the Home De the following at his residence in j h elli e Z, L , ll43 Lord Chancellor, Lord Denman, Lord Chie 1011 8 l t lie Queen's Bench ; Lord Langdale, Master of the fi eL rn s " e Hight Honourable the Speaker of the House ( 7 1 s , Or& -°48 ; the Lord Chief Justice of the Etls o f Common Pleas - the Lord Chief Baron , s tks ah e ,, Court o f li r th e Lu s h in t Right Hon.. Sir James Wigram, the Right Hon. de r rt ..:' Chief on ; the Right Hon. Sir Thomas Fremantle, .n, the ~,ccretary for Ireland ; the Hon. Mr. Baron Al , Mr. Justice Patteson, the Hon. Mr._ Justice .r dlistiema' the Hon. Mr. Justice Coleridge, the Hon. M rTiee W ig ht the Hon." Mr. Baron . Rolfe, the Hon. Mr. 3 1 - ir.h . , j e tlas e v o le l e t rn ea , ~ nih t e h eH H o no n.A l li rl . r .B J a u r s o t a i ce Cresswell, the Hon. Atto,..."era Sutton, the * Ri ht Hon. Platt,L or t d he Hon.lllayor, Mr.t the OY-General for Ireland,the Lord-Advocate of Scotland, Sia n '''. corder of Lond M Sheriff Hunter, Mr. Sheriff eveYie, M as terman e , n lllr. r L • ya •- 11, Mr. S. M. Phillips, and ss 0 Brien. b.Plotnati hen Earl o f a his received the whole of the Corps ni e l s s oe r d sai t a u niey t , h a l s residence t in f A st r 11-street. Ot th e e rs ee lved the Cl ere a n r e y l 43. Chief, the Master-General War and the Colo 43uasegteircidvnoaenactee, uthett President of ag t t h Ye e fo ß r oard of Control, the Chief. G eneral e is e • • the . Boa the Bleary Secretary Commander-in _utantt-Gtehneeral, the Quarter A, Lord Joee r, Captain Ilaldero, Ir. Sulivan, Mr. F. h- °od, _An, Sir Frederick Trench, A Colonel Peel, Mr. Oh, Des Barres, Mr. A. Maclean, Sir R. Se e l: o i‘ m ir - . "aShe n , t'a! J. Hill, Major Greene, Mr. George 110 1" Th e Qin Colonel Wilbraham. Ole g% 'ight Ho n . H . Goulburn, as Chancellor of t h e Ex entertained th e Chi e f C omm i ss i oner o f th e Woods '44olstassleresitets,„the _Chancellor of the Du c hy of Lancaster, the "I P the Paymaster - Generalof the Forces, the the the b ~•. ;,. TRE _8 UN; LON'DON, WEDNE.RDA.YRIEVENiNG, MAYA 28, 1848, Vice-President of the Board of irat' ,the Secretary to the Postmaster-General, the Covernor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, tl_e Chairman of the Customs, the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the Excise, the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the Stampa and Taxes, the Chair man of the Audit Office, Mr. Greene, M.P., the Lords of the Treasury, and the Secre!aries of the Treasury. The Earl of Liverpool, as Lord Steward,gave a grand ban quet. in celebration of the Queen's birthday, at his residence, Fife House, Whitehall, to a party of between forty and fifty of the nobility and gentry. Her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentleman-at-Arms had a full dress dinner to celebrate the day. The Queen gave a concert yesterday evening at Buckingham Palace. The following was the programme Part I. Overture (Der Vampyr) Lindpaintner Recit " Der Holle Selbst," Ilerr Pischek ( Faust) Spohr Arie " Liebe ist die Zarte Bluthe" Herr Pischek (Faust) Spoilt. Gesang " Die Boths-chaft," Maddle. Rupplin Kucken Cavatina, Madame Blaes Meerti (Catarina Cor naro) Lachner Duet " Folg' dem Freunde mit vertrauen," Madlle. Rupplin and Herr Pischek (Faust) Spohr Air " Nina julie et sage," Madame Thillon ( Ac teon) Lied " Zaar and Zimmerman," Herr Oberhoffer Lortzing Romanze de Blungini.—" Der Abschied des Troubadours," voice, Madame Maillard ; Mayseder and harp, M. Godefroid ; violin, Mr. Bla- Moscheles grove ; and pianoforte, Mr. Moscholes Part 11. Duet—" Die Schwalben and der Jager," Madlle. Rupplin and Herr Oberhoffer........ Kucken Air—" 0 mon Fernand," Madame Maillard. (La Favorite) Lied—" Die Fahnenwacht," Herr Pischek ; harp obligato, M. Godefroid ..... Lindpaintner. Fantasia sur des molifs des Bellini—Clarinet, M. Blaes Romance—" Dieu m'a conduit ver vous"— Madame Blaes Meerti Air Varid—" La Biondina"—Mad. Thillon Paer Duet—" Jetzt alter ! jetzt hat es Eile"—Herr Pischek and Herr Oberhoffer (Fidelio) Beethoven Mr. Moscheles presided at the pianoforte. Her Majesty's private band, under the direction of Mr. Anderson, was in attendance, and accompanied the vocal music. Donisetti A PROPHECY for the OAKS, 1845. In days of old when fervent spirits wrought, And Delphe's Oracle the future taught, When aged Seers, through darkest gloom of night, Were gifted to foresee, like second sight, Through chaos the events of coming strife, When man 'gainst men was doom'd to wage his life, And in old Trov Cassandra's voice wss heard, Majestic with great mind a prophetess appeared. Into the depths of darkness dared to pry, With wond'rous wisdom show futnrity ; But though Cassandra's visions are no more And Delphe's shrine has crumbled to the shore, And I am little skilled in Grecian lore, But, following such bright examples great, A humble scrawler seeks to emulate, And dares the Pythian priestess imitate. Greece, now debased, is not what once she was When the Parthenon rang with loud applause ; But to my theme—the Derby day is o'er, 'rho' many aching hearts the day deplore. The Oaks remain some comfort to impart To the desponding and the sick at heart ; Their blighted prospects still may find relief And bring a panacea for their grief. Haste to the ring, from moody thoughts relieved, The ruined fortunes yet may be retrieved, For in the race see Hope is there to-day, Let's trust that she the distance long will stay, Tho' pressed by one whom children's taught to shun The Witch of Lancashire the dangerous one ; - But see, to snatch the frighten'd from despair, The lovely, beauteous, Rose of fair Cashmere, With Lady Wildair, and a virgin guide, Called Miss Elis, Goodwood's joy and pride, Aided in glittering armour, too remark, The Maid of Orleans, glorious Joan of Arc. " Though burnt by wicked Bedford for a witch, Behold her statue placed in glory's nich ;" And with them witness moving gallantly Rogers' lively, laughing filly Glee. The start is made, and up the hill they hie, The Wild Rose making running recklessly; Miss Elis doing all a maid should dare, Yet cannot reach th' aristocrat Wildair; The Persian Cashmere, dazzling and bright, With generous ardour rushes to the fight, To save her bosom friend from dire disgrace; But she, alas 1 herself can't live the pace : Hope will not aid her, and her course is o'tr, Expiring nature can achieve no more. And see who comes, urged on with gory spur, That petted dame the Pride of Lancashire, Orleans, heroic maid, so fleet of foot, And Lady Wildair, now are coming out. They run so close, one knows not which is which ; Not Lancaster's, but wicked Bedford's witch, First meets the unerring eye of Mr. Clarke. The mist dispels, and nothing now is dark, Lancaster's beauty and the proud Wildair, Second and third will pass the Judge's chair. Bicester, May 27, 1845 ESAU. THE DERBY DAY. (From Mr. D'lsraeli's " Sybil.") " Will any one do anything about llybiscus ?" sang out a gentle man in the ring at Epsom. It was full of eager groups; round the betting poat a swarming cluster, while the magic circle itself was surrounded by a host of horsemen shouting from their saddles the odds they were ready to receive or give, and the names of the horses they were prepared to back or to oppose. " Will any one do anything about Hybiscus ?" " I'll give you five to one," said a tall, stiff Saxon peer, in a white great coat. " No; I'll take six." "Seven to four against the favourite; seven to two against Caravan; eleven to two against Mango. What about Benedict? Will any one do anything about Pocket Hercules? Thirty to one against Dardanelles." " Done." " Five and thirty ponies to one against Phosphorus," shouted a little man vociferously and repeatedly. " I will give forty," said Lord Milford. Nu answer—nothing done. " Forty to one !" murmured Egremont, who stood against Phos. phorus. A little nervous, he said to the peer in the white great coat, " Don't you think that Phosphorus may after all have some chance ?.' ' I should be cursed sorry to be deep against him," said the peer. Egremont with a quivering lip walked away. He consulted his book; he meditated anxiously. Should he hedge? It was scarcely worth while to mar the symmetry of his winnings; he stood "so well" by all the favourites; and for a horse at forty to one. No; he would trust his star, he would not hedge. " Mr. Chippendale," whispered the peer in the white great coat, "go and press Mr. Egremont about Phosphorus. I should not be surprised if you got a good thing." At this moment, a huge, broad-faced, rosy-gilled fellow, with one of those good-humoured yet cunning countenances that we meet occasionally on the northern side of the Trent, rode up to the ring on a square cob, and dismounting entered the circle. He was a carcase butcher, famous in Carnaby.market, and the prime coun cillor of a distinguished nobleman for whom privately he betted on commission. His secret service to.day was to bet against his noble employer's own horse, and so he at once sung out, "Twenty to one against Man-trap." A young gentleman just launched into the world, and who,proud of his ancient and spreading acres, was now making his first book, seeing Mantrap marked eighteen to one on the cards, jumped eagerly at this bargain, while Lord Fitzheron and Mr. Berners, who were at hand, and who in their days had found their names in the book of the carcase butcher, and grown wise by it, interchanged a smile. " Mr. Egremont will not take," said Hump Chippendale to the peer in the white great coat. " You must have been too eager," said his noble friend. The ring is up ; the last odds declared ; all gallop away to the Warren. A few minutes, only a few minutes, and the event that for twelve months had been the pivot of so much calculation, of such subtle combinations, of such deep conspiracies, round which the thought and passion of the sporting world have hung like eagles, will be recorded in the fleeting tablets of the past. But what minutes ! Count them by sensations and not by calendars, and each moment is a day and the race a life. Hogarth in a coarse and yet animated sketch has painted " Before . ' and " After." A creative spirit of a higher vein might develope the simplicity of the idea with sublimer accessories. Pompeius before Pharsalla, Harold before Hastings, Napoleon before Waterloo, might afford some striking contrasts to the immediate catastrophe of their for tunes. Finer still the mariner who has discovered a now world; the sage who has revealed a new planet ; and yet the " Before" and " After" of a first-rate English race, in the degree of its ex citement, and sometimes in the tragic emotions of its close, may vie even with these. They are saddling the horses ; Caravan looks in great condition ; and a scornful smile seems to play upon the handsome features of Pavis, as in the becoming colours of his employer, he gracefully gallops his horse before his admiring supporters. Egremont in the delight of an English patrician scarcely saw Mango, and never even thought of Phosphorus—Phosphorus, who, by the bye, was the first horse that showed, with both his forelegs bandaged. They are off I As soon as they are well away, Chifney makes the running with Pocket Hercules. Up to the Rubbing House he is leading; this is the only point the eye can select. Higher up the hill, Caravan, Hybiscus, Benedict, Mahometan, Phosphorus, Michell Fell, and Rat-trap are on the grey, forming a front rank, and at the new ground the pace has told its tale, for half a dozen are already out of the race. The summit is already gained ; the tactics alter : here Pavis brings up Caravan with extraordinary severity—the pace round Tottenham corner terrific ; Caravan leading, then Phosphorus a little above him, Mahometan next, Hybiscus fourth, Rat-trap look ing badly, Wisdom, Benedict, and another handy. By this time Pocket Hercules has had enough, and at the road the tailing grows at every stride. Here the favourite himself is hors de combat, as well as Dardanelles, and a crowd of lesser celebrities. There are but tour left in the race, and of these, two, Hybiscus and Mahometan, are some lengths behind. Now it is neck and neck between Caravan and Phosphorus. At the stand Caravan has decidedly the best, but just at the post, Edwards, on Phos. phorus, lifts the gallant little horse, and with an extraordinary effort contrives to shove him in by half a length. " You look a little low, Charley," said Lord Fitzheron, as taking their lunch in the drag he poured the champagne into the glass of Egremont. - - " By Jove!" said Lord Milford, " Only think of Cockie Graves having gone and done it I" PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS. MONDAY, MAY 26. The following Bills were read a first time : Disc, Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway. Goole and Doncaster Railway. West London Railway. Standing Orders Committee,—Resolutions reported ; 1. " That, in the case of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hast. ings Railway (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Extension) pea Lion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill." 2. " That, in the case of the North Wales Railway peti tion for additional provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to intro duc such additional provision on proving to the Committee on the Bill the consent of the owners of the lands through which the proposed deviation is to be made." 3. "That, in the case of the Newport and Ponty Pool Railway petition for additional provision, the Standing Or ders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be per mitted to introduce such additional provision, on proving to the Committee on the Bill the consent of the owners, lessees, and occupiers of the lands through which the proposed de viation is to be made." • 4. " That, in the case of the Guildford, Chichester, and Portsmouth Railway petition for additional provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the par ties be permitted to introduce such additional provision, on proving to the Committee on the Bill the consent of the owners, lessees, and occupiers of the lands through which the proposed deviation is to be made." 5. "That, in the case of the Preston and 'Pyre Railway petition for additional provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with : — That the parties be permitted to in troduce such additional provision, on proving to the Com mittee on the Bill the consent of the owners, lessees, and oc cupiers of the land through which the proposed deviation is to be made." 6. " That, in the case of the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway (Worcester Branch and Cheltenham Extension) petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with:— That the parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on omitting such clause or clauses as enable the Company to sell or lease their Railway to the Midland Railway Com pany." " That the Committees on this and the three preceding Bills do examine, in the first place, how far such Orders have been complied with, and do report the same to the House on the report of the Bills." 7. " That, in the case of the North British Insurance Company Bill, amendments on consideration of report, the said amendments arc of such a nature as to justify the House in entertaining them, if they shall think fit." 8. "That, in the case of the Athlone and Galway petition for leave to present a petition for a Bill, the Sessional Order ought not to be dispensed with." 9. "That in the case of the Southampton and Dorchester Railway petition for additional provision, the Standing Or ders ought not to be dispensed with." 10. "That, in the case of the Sheffield Waterworks peti tion for additional provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to intro duce such additional provision." 11. " That, in the case of the Portarlington and Tullamore Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis pensed with." 12. "That, in the case of the London and Brighton Rail way (Wandsworth Branch) petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with :—That the parties be permitted to proceed with their 1341." First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, tenth, and twelft resolutions agreed to.—Report to lie on the table. Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway (Hastings, Rye, and Ashford Ext;nsion),—Report (this day) from Select Committee on Standing Orders read; lull ordered to be brought in by Mr. Darby and Mr. Henry Fitzroy. NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE. Monkland and l.iirkintillocii Itaihvay,—Committee on Bill, Tuesday, June 3, at twelve. Select Committee on Group N. adjourned till Thursday, May 29, at twelve. Select Committee on Group A. adjourned till Wednesday, May 28, at twelve. Select Committee on Group Q., adjourned till Thursday, June 5, at twelve. Exeter and Crediton Railway, —Third reading, Wednes day, May 28. Eastern Counties (Ely and Whittlesea Deviation) Rail wav,—Third reading. Wednesday, May 28. Mill and Selby (Bridlington' Branch) Railway,—Third reading, Wednesday, May 28. Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester Railway,—Third read ing, Wednesday, May 28. Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway,---Third reading, Wednesday, May 28. Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal,—Third reading, Wednesday, May 28. Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway,—Third reading, Wedne day, May 28. Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway,—Third read ing, Wednesday, May 28. North \Vales Mineral Railway,—Report, Wednesday, May 28. Goole and Doncaster Railway,— Second reading, Friday, May 30. Diss, Beccles, and Yarmouth Railway,—Second reading, Friday, May 30. Edinburgh and Hawick Railway,—Report, Wednesday, May 28. Wilts, Somerset. and Weymouth Railway,—Third reading, Thursday, May 29. Berks and Hants Railway, —Third reading, Thursday, May 29. Select Committee on Group Mi., adjourned till Thursday, May 29, at twelve. TUESDAY. MAY 27. Whitby and Pickering Railway,—Third reading, Friday, May 30. York and Scarborough Railway Deviation,—Third read ing, Friday, May SO. York and North Midland Railway (Bridlington Branch), — Third reading, Friday, May 30. Ely and Huntingdon Railway, —Third reading, Thursday, May 29. Great Grirnsby and Sheffield Junction Railway,—Third reading, Thursday, May 29. London and Greenwich Railway,—Report, Thursday, May 29. Bull and Selby Railway (Bridlington Branch),—Third reading, Thursday, May 29. Exeter and Crediton Railway,—Third reading, Thursday, May 29. Eastern Counties ( Ely and Whittlesea Deviation),—Third reading, Thursday, May 29. THE LATE DREADFUL FIRE AT RAGGETT'S HOTEL. LOSS OF FIVE LIVES. The following additional facts, collected from statements made by the Earl of Huntingdon and other survivors, leave no doubt as to the origin of the fire, and that five persons at least, viz., Mrs. John Round, the lady of the Hon. Member for Mahlon, Essex; Mr. Raggett, sen , the proprietor of the hotel; his daughter, Miss Raggett, aged :7; Mss. Jones, a nurse in the service of the Earl of Huntingdon ; and a servant woman, have perished by the sad occurrence. It appears that the hotel (which Is a very capacious one) was at the time of the outbreak completely occupied by families, chiefly from the country. The Earl and Countess of Huntingdon, with their infant son, Lord Hastings, occupied the front drawing.room on the first floor, and the corresponding rooms above for their ser vants, Mrs. Jones and the nursemaid, &c. The back drawing. room was occupied by Mrs. John Round and her daughter (who had only arrived there late on Monday afternoon from Brighton, to be presented at Court as yesterday), and they had also a sitting room and other apartments on the second floor. Another suite of apartments on the drawing-room floor were occupied by Mr. Richard Poer King and his sister ; and beneath these were apart ments in the occupation of Lord Louth, the Hon. Col. Bouverie, and other gentlemen ; the remainder of the building being de voted by Mr. Raggett to his own family and domestics, and those of the families staying at the hotel. Singular as it may appear, when the fire was first discovered, the hotel had not [been closed for the night. Mr. Raggett and his daughter retired to rest shortly before twelve o'clock, as did the servants, with the exception of the head waiter and the cook, who, as well as Mr. Raggett, jun., were sitting up for those inmates who had not then returned home. Mrs. Round and her daughter had bean to the St. James's Theatre to see the French plays, and the Earl and Countess of Huntingdon to the Opera. Mrs. Round and her daughter came home a few minutes after twelve, and retired to her sitting-room, on the second floor, to partake of supper. They had scarcely sat down when the head waiter, who had seen Miss King whilst going up stairs entering her bed-room at the back of the first floor, and who had again descended, was alarmed by hearing screams of fire. On rushing up to the first floor land ing he met Miss King coming down in a distracted state, ex claiming that her bedroom was in flames, and that she feared she had set fire to the bed-curtains. He found the whole room in a blaze, and entrance impossible from the dense smoke that issued from it. The screams had attracted the attention of the inmates, and on his rushing up the second.floor stairs he saw Mrs. Round on the land ing in the same dress in which she had arrived from the theatre. He told her the house was on fire, and to make her escape. He ran down stairs, supposing the lady to be following him, and saw no more of her. Miss Round states that she was with her mother at this time, and either from the smoke or fright the lady fell on the stairs, but at the same moment a man caught her up, saying he would save her ; and seeing her, as the sup. posed safe, she ran back into the apartment occupied by her attend. ant, but was unable to proceed down stairs, on account of the in. tensity of the heat and smoke. She and Miss Raggett again went back to the front room, and opened the window ; and when the fire.escape arrived the fire was coming into the apartment. Miss Raggett was the first to go out, but did so before the conductor could get up, and fell on to the pavement and was killed. Miss Round then got out, with her attendant, and effected their escape. A minute or two before this occurrence a painful sight was wit. flossed by the crowds which had already assembled. A poor fel low servant to Mr. King, was seen to make his appearance at an adjoining window of the second floor to that from which Miss Raggett fell. The flames were in the apartment, and in the hope of immediate assistance, he got outside, and clung to the window. sill for several minutes. The flames bursting through the win dow burnt his hands so dreadfully that he let go his hold, and fsrtu. nately fell into the balcony, from which he ultimately managed, with difficulty, to scramble into the street. About three or four minutes prior to the cries of fire being raised, Lord Huntingdon had arrived home, add his Lordship states that he had scarcely put his hat down when he was startled by the alarm. His first impulse was to run to the room where his son and servants were. Mrs. Jones, the nurse, had heard the alarm, and was preparing to dress the child, but his Lordship snatched his son from her arms, and with the Countess ran out of the house, telling her to follow him. He believed she did so, but returned for some article, and must afterwards have mistaken the staircase, and got into one of the back rooms, and out of the window, from the position in which her body was found. The person whom Miss Round saw on the landing with her mother is supposed to be Mr. Raggett, sett., from the fact that the remains of the two bodies, when discovered yes. terday, were found close together, The rapidity and intensity of the firs may be accounted for from the fact that the whole of the apartments were wainscoted, and that there was three times as much wood in the building as is usual in modern houses. Although, therefore, there were ten engines in attendance within half an hour of the outbreak, and a plentiful supply of water, the whole building, with the singular exception of the sitting-room of Mrs. Round, which remains with the supper things still standing en the table uninjured and untouched, was in flames. tt the e head fir emen fac j l e y Mrs. The first aes, body abe about t discovered th ree e ,ei e u k • as , by that f I a t s h p e e c u t e n r fo A r t g u g n a a , t e ef w t o h m e a c n d Mr. d r iv e i a s d io h n il , ly at h id urn s e o d m a e he o u f h i a n a g d i nar arms, , t a e t n e t o h f e nudity, a m nd e leads in the rear of th e premises and, over the kitchen. She had evidently dropped from one of the second-floor windows. She had also a frightful wound on her head, but her body was imme diately identified by Lord luntingdon. Ihe ruins were not suffi ciently cool to commence a search for the other bodies supposed to be there until ten o'clock, when, at the earnest request of Colonel Boucher, Colonel Rolt, and other relatives of Mrs. Round, some of the brigade were induced to enter, and, after a short search, they found what are supposed to be the remains of Mrs. Round, lying on a part of the burnt flooring of the first floor, and close to them the remains of another person, supposed to be those of Mr. Itaggett. They presented a truly horrifying spectacle, scarcely anything but the mere trunks remaining. They were placed in shells, and conveyed to the workhouse of St. George's, Hanover. square, in Mount-street, as was also that of Mrs. Jones. Miss Rag. gett was conveyed to No. 8, Dover-street, exactly opposite the hotel, where she died almost immediately after. It appears that the Countess of Huntingdon has lost the whole of her jewels, the estimated value of which his Lordship stated yesterday to be as much as 3,0001. ; and those of the unfortunate Mrs. Round and her daughter, which they intended to have worn yesterday at the Drawing-room, are estimated at a much larger sum, in a ddition to the plate. Mr. K in g , who is a mercha nt from Bristol, had, in one of his apartments, a large and valuable chest of plate, supposed to be destroyed. Mrs. Round's family had, up to the discovery of:the bodies, enter tained a hope that the unfortunate lady had escaped. Her Majesty had herself witnessed the progress of the flames from the Palace, and a messenger was at an early hour sent to inquire into the extent of the damage. In the report made last evening by Mr. Braidwood, he attributes the rapid progress of the fire to the fact that the whole of the doors were thrown open, and thus a free current of air tended to in crease the flames. The inquest on the bodies is expected to take place this evening. A singular circumstance in connexion with this shocking affair occurred yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock. Lord Hunting don came to Inspector Aggs and asked if it was safe to enter the drawing-room on the first floor, as he remembered that in his flight he had left a valuable gold watch on the mantelpiece. He was referred to the firemen, one of whom his Lordship accom panied up the ladder and through the window into the apartment, and shortly after returned, having found the watch in the fender, partially melted. Prior to taking apartments at Raggett's Hotel, on Monday even ing, Mrs. Round and her daughter applied at Mivart's, but that establishment was full. Too much praise cannot be given to the police, under Superin tendent B, resford and Inspector Aggs, for the efficient aid they afforded the firemen in their arduous and dangerous duties ; and it is also a gratifying fact to mention, that Lord George Cavendish, the Hon. Charles Cavendish, and several other noblemen, during the raging of the fire, exerted themselves vigorously, in the cause of humanity. / The loss of property is estimated at littl e s h ort of 30,0004 TROTTING MATCH AGAINST TIME. -- An extra ordinary horse (of the sort, having be en engaged for the l ast two years in drawing a bricklayer's cart), belonging to a respectable tradesman of Eton, was backed two months ago to trot five miles in seventeen minutes, for 501. The match came off' on Monday evening, on Hartford bridge Flat. A great number of persons from the towns of Windsor and Eton, and the adjacent districts, were present. The betting for some days previously was two to a s n e d ve w n a te s en in m ex i Lei t l es en a t n c d on t d w it e io n n ty , - w fir a e s one on time, and very large sums changed hands upon the issue of the event. The horse ( r i s i ng . six years, and fi fteen hands high), waclimncilr'abbalydbw ridden e e e r n e w by performedyi l C tr a a t l o ' ' r e d ,. : n a professional jockey from town. The sfiecveonmdisle;sthe backers of time thus winning, and to a very large amount. The horse, which was somewhat "hustled" by the horsemen pressing upon him, did not o n ce b rea k into a gallop distance. throug h o ut the whole ln its t r i a l s it h a d performed the fi ve miles within the time with apparent ease, thus inducing the presumed knowing ones to back him to a large amount. I isps GRACE THE LORD PRIMATE.—We are sin to have it in our power to state, in the most positive cmeraeninYerh,altrat there is not the slightest foundation for a rumour put forth in an Evening Paper, of the sudden demise of the Most Re verend Prelate in the forenoon of yesterday. His Grace was at her Majesty's Drawing.room in the afternoon, dined subsequently with the Lord Bishop of London, and retired to rest at his usual hour, and, we rejoice to add, in his usual st a te of health.—Punt. EPSOM RACES.-TUESDAY. Last year, and for years antecedent, the administra tion of the Epsom races was entrusted to Sir Gilbert Hcathcote and Baron De Teissier, with Mr. Clark as judge ; the veteran, but almost worn-out " Joe Ferran " as clerk of the course, Mr. 11. Dorling steward's clerk, and Mr. Perrin as starter. This ministry had no con nexion whatever with the Jockey Club. Racing men had, in consequence, for a considerable period argued, and their opinions were fortified by the notorious Blooms bury case, and by the untoward Running Rein affair of last year, that this isolation of the Epsom executive was defective in principle, and a meeting so likely to produce disputed questions, and to moot points of racing law, ought to be, like Ascot, connected with an associa tion, which, though far from having perfect laws or un objectionable methods of carrying them into effect, must still be regarded as the legislature of the Turf. This isolation, so long, and we think so justly impugned, has been got rid of, and, for the present and future, the Epsom meeting will be under the conjoint direction and control of the two local, and of those for the time being of the Jockey Club. Within the last twelve months other changes affecting Epsom have occurred. Mr. Farrell has quitted the course of this life, and the duties of the office he so long filled are now discharged by Mr. Henry Dorling. Mr. Perrin, in consequence of not having fulfilled satis factorily to all, the arduous and very difficult appoint ment of starter, has been displaced, and succeeded, both at Epsom and Newmarket, by Mr. W. Hibburd, clerk of Ascot Heath. Mr. Clark, we are pleased to find, still retains the office of judge, so long and ably filled by him. The races commenced yesterday with a meagre list, both as. to the number and quality of the races it announced; for this no blame can with justice attach to the management, as the usual amount of stakes to be contended for was advertised, notwithstanding the de crease in the racing funds, caused by the extinction of gambling booths and tables. The list of races for the following days, exclusive of Derby and Oaks, contains the accustomed number of events, but the struggles for first places will, we fancy, cause but little excitement. We do not see the necessity for three secondary races following the almost universally interesting Derby, and we would suggest the withdrawal of one to be added to the first day. It would cause no hiatus to be regretted on the Wednesday, and would stop a gap desirable to be filled on the Tuesday. The weather was delightful, exactly suited for the enjoyment of out-of-door sports. At six o'clock in the morning the sun broke through a misty atmosphere, and shone steadily and serenely, its brilliancy being softened by fleecy clouds, and its sultriness by a moderately blow ing north-east wind throughout the day. The company was not numerous, for the celebration of her Majesty's birth-day by a Drawing-room retained most of the &tut ton in town ; and the paucity of the day's races at tracted very few of the human fractions that compose the metropolitan million and a half. This day will compensate for these drawbacks, and should the weather be as fine, and there is every appearance that it will, the Derby meeting of 1845 will be one of the most nu merous that an attendance of more than a quarter of a century shall enable us to record. We hope for the pleasure of speaking flatteringly of it, and pending its eventful circumstances, shall detail briefly the very mo derate sport provided for the opening day : The Craven Stakes of 10 soya. each; for three yrs old, Est 81b ; four, Bst 101 b ; five, 9st 41b ; six and aged, 9st 101 b. Craven Course. (8 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle, aged 1 Colonel Cradock's Pagan, aged Mr. Ford's Attorney (carried 41b over), aged . 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Sir G. Heathcote's f by Samarcand, out of La fille real Gard 6,3, 3 yrs—Lord Stradbroke's Evenus, 5 yrs—Mr. T. Dawson's Crim Con, 3 yrs—Mr. G. Maffatn's Irene, 3 yrs—and Mr. Forth's Remorse, 3 yrs. Betting-7 to 4 agst Crim Con, 3to 1 agst Knight of the Whistle, and 6to 1 agst Evenus. Crim Con made running at a strong pace, followed by The Attorney, The Knight of the Whistle, Evenus, and Pagan, all keeping well together to the turn, where Evenus was beaten. The Attorney hero obtained the lead, which he kept to the road, and there gave way, and Crim Con having had enough of it, the Knight and Pagan singled themselves out, the former with a lead of nearly a length. At the distance Pagan crept up, made his effort at the stand, and, after a close race home, was beaten by a neck. The Attorney a bad third. The effect of this running was to drive Idas back a shade, and to raise the hopes of the Jinglepot party, to what extent the quota tions on the Derby, given underneath, will show : The Woodcote Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added; for two-years-old colts Bst 61b, and fillies Bst 31b. New T. Y. C. (14 subs.) Lord Bentinck's Cherokee..., (Nat) 1 Mr. John Day's The Hero Mr. Dawson's Lord Harry 3 The following also started but were not placed :—Sir G. Heathcote's b f by Liverpool out of Carolina—Mr. W. Scott's Malt—Mr. Nord's Ipecacuanha—Mr. Baker's br c by Camel out of Daisy —Mr. E. Walker's Guzman —Mr. Boyce's Tom Sare—and Mr. Herbert's f by Elis out of Delightful. Betting:-11 to 8 agst Cherokee, 3 to 1 agst Lord Harry, and 5 to 1 agst Tom Sare. Two words will describe the race. After one false start, owing, not to the starter but to the jockies, Chero kee jumped off with the lead, made all the running, and won easy by a length. Lord Harry a bad third. The Manor Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with forty added ; 3 yrs old, 6st 101 b ; 4 yrs, Bst 71b ; 5 yrs, Bst 121 b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st 111 b. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs ; the winner to be sold for 300/. ; and the second to save his stake. Heats, two miles. (7 Subs.) Mr. Dockeray's Dalesman, 4 yrs ...(Buckle) 2 1 1 Mr. T. Dawson's Montgomerie, 3 yrs Mr. Worley's John Davis, 3 yrs Mr. Rolt's Hampton, 6 yrs Mr. C. Smith's Antonio, 3 yrs 4 dr sto 2 agst Dalesman (taken). John Davis won the first heat cleverly by a length, and was mounted for the next, but, to the chagrin of his backers, was drawn, in order that he may take his chance for the Derby. Dales man, who was second in this heat, won the two next in a canter. DERRY. From the following list of the probable starters, with the names of the riders, it will be seen that the field is likely to be larger than has hitherto been calculated upon: — Lord Stradbroke's Idas—G. Edwards Mr. Gully's Weatherbit—John Day, jun. Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel—Calloway Mr. Greville's Alarm—Nat Mr. Gully's Old England—J. Day Mr. Gratwieke's Doleful—H. Bell Mr. Mostyn's Pantasa—Marlow Lord Chesterfield's Pam—F. Butler Mr. Ford's Fuzbos—Sly Colonel Cradock's Jiitglepot—Templeman Duke of Richmond's Laird o'Cockpen—Whitehouse Mr. Wreford's Worthless—J. Howlett Mr. St. Paul's Mentor—Lye Colonel Peel's Cobweb colt—E. Edwards Mr. Waller's Columbus—Wakefield Lord Exeter's Wood Pigeon—Mann Mr. Worley's John Davis—Unknown Mr. A. W. Hill's Salopian—Arthur Mr. Gratwicke's The Merry Monarch—F. Bell Colonel Anson's hedger—Unknown Mr. A. Johnstone's Annandale—Marson Lord Glasgow's Miss Whip colt—Holmes Mr. Wyatt's Sister to Laundress colt—Crouch Lord Verulam's Corumba colt—W. Cotton Sir G. Heathcote's Gwalior—Chapple Mr. Theobald's Desperation—Boyce Mr. Lintott's Cabin Boy —Buckle Mr. Watt nd Adonis — Macdonald Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the -way—Robinson Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—W. Coleman It is not improbable that one or two of the horses enumerated above may remain in the stable. THE OAKS. The following mares were expected at Epsom last night from Goodwood :—Rose of Cashmere, Miss Elis, Refraction, and Longitude. No material change oc curred in the betting on this race. Tau OLD ENGLAND AFFAIR.—For 12,00 to 400, as printed yesterday, read 12,000 to 400, LATEST BETTING IN TOWN-TWELVE O'CLOCK. DIE 5 to 2 agst Idas—take 3 to 1 5 to 1 agst Weatherbit—t. 6 to 1 agst The Libel—taken 7 to - 1 agst Alarm 17 to 1 agst Pantasa 18 to 1 agst Doleful 20 to 1 agst Old Dagland— taken freely 20 to 1 agst Pam 28 to 1 agst Jinglepot 30 to 1 agst Fuzbos 33 to 1 agst Kedger 1000 to 30 agst Columbus 40 to 1 agst Cobweb colt 40 to 1 agst Worthless 40 to 1 agst Laird o' Cockpen 50 to 1 agst Mentor 66 to 1 agst Wood Pigeon. Jo doing. Very litti IRELAND• DUBLINT, MAY 26,—The weekly meeting of the Repeal Asso ciation was held this day in the Conciliation Hall. On the motion of Mr. O'CoNNELL, the chair was taken by Coun sellor Moriarty. The SECRETARY read a letter from the late Lord Mayor, which acknowledged, in suitable terms, the vote of thanks which had been passed to him en the last day's meeting, for his patriotic conduct during his year of office. On the motion of Mr. O'CONNELL it was inserted on the minutes. Mr. S. o'i:trimly, having handed in his own subscription for the current month, and several contributions, proceeded to address the meeting. After a few preliminary observatio.is he commented se verely on the conduct of Mr. Hume in persevering in his inten tion to move a call of the House, arid accused him of ingratitude towards the Irish people. The motion of Mr. Hume, however, was useful in one respect, for it had been the means of deciding that the law gave the British House of Commons no power over the Irish Members. The Whigs were annoyed at the Irish Members, because they would not !End themselves as an appendage to an English faction, and he himself had been taunted by the press of that party with aspiring to the crown of martyrdom. He would tell the English press, that when he joined the Repeal Association he had made up his mind to encounter any extremities or danger that might arise when acting in the service of his country. But he considered these taunts, like a great deal that came frain the other side, as mere idle vapour. lie then pro ceeded to condemn the Academies Bill. Mr. 0 CONNELL WOUld not remain silent any longer. He came there to denounce the New Colleges Bill from end to end. He spoke authoritatively in condemning this execrable Bill. They were all united on the point; there was no dissension among them. He admitted the value of education. The foulest part of the penal code was that it prevented education; but he saw no redeeming quality in the new Bill, except merely that it recognised the importance of education. He s , ught nothing for the Catholics that he would not concede to the Protestants. He did not under stand mixed education. Education, if religious at all, must be exclusive. A more atrocious Bill was never attempted. He would not bid at all for it. A fouler attempt at public pro fligacy was never made. It was a Bill to bribe and corrupt. It was replete with horrors and abominations. He pronounced his emphatical denunciation of it. It was altogether a graft from the French system of Louis Philippe. He read the resolutions agreed to by the Roman Catholic Bishops at their synod held in Dublin last week. He thanked the Catholic Bishops for the ex plicit manner in which they had condemned this abominable Bill He heard a great deal of German education, and then pro ceeded to read a report on education in Prussia, to show the pre vailing ignorance of the people, particularly on the subject of re ligion. Education, he insisted, must be religious; any other might corrupt, but could not enlighten. He would go te London, if ne cessary, to oppose the Bill. He objected to every part of it except the money pact. As to Trinity College, he repeated his opinion that the Protestants ought to have it to themselves. He wished the Catholics to have one also for themselves. Under present cir. . cutnstances, Trinity College proved a sort of snare to many Catho. lice, who were tempted to recant by the good things which it had to offer As to Lord J. Russell, his political hardihood—not to say impudence —was unmatched. He was himself the first repealer; for it was his unjust partial Reform Bills which had first greatly excited the repeal agitation. No living statesman had done such injustice to Ireland as Lord John Russell. They were all agreed about the Bill. The Government refused to alter the Bill; this he knew ; but they would all unite and rally—all Ireland together—to defeat this atrocious measure. Mr. GRATTAN next addressed the meeting is a long speech. He denied thst they were hostile to British connexion ; they were only hostile to British tyranny. They would be on their guard against a desperate Minister, who wanted no more than to reduce them to perfect captivity. The people of Ire'and were not agita tors. They were only too quiet. If they were agitators they would be up in arms against their oppressors.—( Hear, hear.) — They would not, at all events, be deluded by any insidious bribes from Ministers. They rejected the colleges Bill—nay, they would kick it over the bar of the House.— (Hear, hear.) Mr. O'CONNELL deprecated the idea of turning out in arms; it was quite contrary to his system. The people of Ireland would continue peaceable.—(Hear.) Mr. J. O'CONNELL spoke against the new colleges, and parti. cularly was very hard against the system of mixed education. German education he looked upon as equivalent to sheer infidelity, and such was the system which he argued it was sought to intro. duce here. He contended, with his learned sire, that Trinity Col lege should be left to the Protestants. Mr. BARRY, a barrister, also denounced the Bill, but was favour able to mixed education, providing there was a sufficient guarantee for the religion of all parties receiving it. The rent at five o'clock amounted to 3001., and was not likely much to exceed that sum. ACADEMICAL EDUCATION IN IRELAND. The following is a copy of the memorial proposed by the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland, in accordance with the resolution agreed to at the late synodical meeting in Dublin : "To • his Excellency Lord Heytesbury, Lord Lieutenant-General and General Governor of Ireland. " The Memorial of the Roman Catholic Archbishops and Bishops of Ireland, " Humbly sheweth—That Memorialists are disposed to co.. operate on fair and reasonable terms with her Majesty's Govern ment and the Legislature, in establishing a system for the further extension of academical education in Ireland. " That the circumstances of the present population of Ireland afford plain evidence that a large majority of the students be longing to the middle classes will be Roman Catholics ; and me morialists, as their spiritual pastors, consider it their indispensable duty to secure to the utmost of their power the most effectual means of protecting the faith and morals of the students in the new colleges, which are to be erected for their better education. " That a fair proportion of the professors and other office. bearers in the new colleges, should be members of the Roman Catholic Church, whose moral conduct shall have been properly certified by testimonials of character, signed by their respective prelates. And that the office-bearers in those colleges should be appointed by a board of trustees, of which the Roman Catholic prelates of the province, in which any of those colleges shall be erected, shall be members. " That the Roman Catholic pupils could not attend the lectures on history, logic, metaphysics, moral philosophy, geology, or anatomy, without exposiog their faith or morals to imminent danger, unless a Romaia Catholic professor shall be appointed for each of those chairs. " That if any president, vice-president, professor, or office. bearer in any of the new colleges shall be convicted before the board of trustees of attempting to undermine the faith or injure the morals of any student in those institutions, he shall be imme diately removed from his office by the same board. " That, as it is not contemplated that the students shall be pro. vided with lodging in the new colleges, there shall be a Roman Catholic chaplain to superintend the moral and religious instruc tion of the Roman Catholic students belonging to each of those colleges ; that the appointment of each chaplain, with a suitable salary, shall be made on the recommendation of the Roman Ca. tholic Bishop of the diocese in which the college is situate, and that the same prelate shall have full power and authority to remove such Roman Catholic chaplain from his situation. " Signed on behalf of the meeting, " >I D. MURRAY, Chairman. " Dublin, 23d May, 1845." The first vessel direct from the West Indies, with sugar, that has for several years arrived at Galway, is the Pacha, Leggett, from Trinidad, now discharging there. A Limerick paper says :—" The extraordinary progress of the crops, notwithstanding the continued prevalence of dry weather, has been the subject of general remark and thankfulness to Divine Providence. Not a single failure has been reported in the potato crop; on the contrary, so rapidly is it shooting forth, that the trenching of them up is going on with general celerity. Should it please Providence to continue the same favourable prosperity, the next harvest will be one of the earliest and most abundant ever remembered in this country. The rain of Thursday evening last has produced a most beneficial effect in field and garden. The growth of grass, even on light soils, was never better so early in the season. THE STOCK EXCHANGE. MONDAY, MAY 9. 6 . —Government Three per Cent. Console, 983-Al ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 101 A 101 A; Na tional Bank, 23A ; Steam-ship Building Company scrip, 54 ; Great Southern and Western Extension, 13 12ii; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 10411; Dublin to Mullingar and Athlone, 41; Dublin to Galway, 41 4 ; Belfast and Ballymena, 81 ; Dundalk and En niskillen, 5 ; Waterford and Limerick, 7a 8 ; Wexford and Car low, 4ii ; Cork and Bandon, 8i , Derry and Enniskillen, 4AI ; Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Junction, 241 ; Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junction, 5A ; Limerick and Ennis, 3i. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I see in The Sun of the 14th current, an extract article from the Times,headed" Kirkmichael and Cullicudden," beginning with—" The minister writes," and concluding thus : " He states that none of the heritors contribute anything to the poor funds, except an occasional small contribution on the Sabbath." Will you permit me, as one who ought to feel, and does feel, a deep interest in the poor of Kirkmichael and Cullicudden, to correct an erroneous impression, which the concluding statement in this paragraph is calculated to make, and which might prove in. jurious to the poor. The paragraph bears to be in reply to an address of the House of Commons, inquiring into the " Management and Support of the Poor, from 1836 to 1841 inclusive." I was not minister of Kirk michael and Cullicudden until 1843, and would not advert to any statement made by its former minister—it being but fair to as sume that he knew what he stated, as he is responsible for its accu_ racy—did I not suspect that many might read the statement, as showing :not only the present condition of the poor, but also as proving heard-heartedness and cruel indifference in the owners of the soil to their present privations. In justice to them, and with the confident hope that I may have continued proofs of their charity in benefactions to the poor, whilst they depend, as they do . now, on the contributions of the charitable, I have to state that the heritors of this parish do give more to the poor than an " occasional small contribution on the Sabbath." Most of them, in proportion to the extent and population of their estates, have, regularly, since I became its minister, made very liberal money donations to the poor. The principal heritor, besides his money donation, annually, gives meat and fuel to the poor; and from two heritors, whose estates add only one to the number on the poor's roll, I have regularly had donations for general distribution. These are facts which justice demands of me to state, and which it might be injurious to the poor to suppress. Doubtless the poor in the Highlands and Isles of Scotland are numerous, and occasionally their privations are severe; and it forms an important part of the duty of the Legislature of the country to make a searching inquiry into their condition, and to devise the means for its improvement—which should be means, at the same time, to release the soil and to relieve its owners from the heavy pressure of pauperism —whether a legal assessment be, or not, the best means to accomplish that important end ; but surely this may be set about, and ought to be effected, without denying the merit which really belongs to any set of men, or injuriously affecting their character. If the proprietors of other Highland parishes were so heartlessly indifferent to the state of their poor as those of this parish are said once to have been, I have had the good fortune never to have come in contact with such. For twenty years that I have been minister of a parish, forming a part of the Duke of Sutherland's domains, I witnessed the most munificent liberality to the poor, and to many representations in their behalf I never received an un favourable reply. Hoping that you will, in justice, give a place to the above few lines in your intelligent and talented journal, I am, Sir, your obe dient servant, JOHN MA C K ENZIE. Minister of Kirkmichael and Cullicudden. Manse of Kirkmichael and Cullicudden, May 19. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. should be much obliged if you would be good enough to correct two: errors which have accidentally crept into an article, in The Sun paper of the 22d inst., connected with the Austrian and Sardinian Railway, the original line, and which, for the sake of distinction, is called Parken•s Original Line. The errors consist in my name being given as Parker, instead of Mr. John P. Parken, and in the name of the Ambassador being called Count Pillon, instead of Count de Pollon. I am sorry to give 3ou so much trouble, and remain, Sir, your most obedient servant, JOHN P. PARKEN. New BoswelLcourt, May 24. TIIE QUEEN'S BIRTIIDAY.--Yesterday being the day appointed fur the celebration of her Majesty's birthday, the London District and General Postmen, in accordance with annual custom, shone forth in all the glories of new hats and coats. The mail-coach guards and the few remaining coachmen were similarly decorated. The procession of mail coaches through the City has of late years been discontinued, in consequence of their number being reduced•by the powerful competition of railways. We understand that A. Macpherson, mail•guard between Thurso and Helmsdale, stands fully committed for trial, on the serious charge of opening the mail-bags, and abstracting money therefrom.—.Ross.shire Advertiser. LITERATURE. SCENES AND ADVENTURES IN SPAIN from 1835 to 1840. By l'oco.11 7 1;s. The writer of this work describes many of the singular events which took place during the civil war carried on by the Carlists, and though facts of importance are not exhibited al ways with the striking effect that might be expected from an eye-witness, they bear the stamp of truth. The author performed a part in the dismal tragedy which so long afflicted Spain ; he was acquainted with the leading men of the Constitutional party, but he neither overrates their deeds nor fails to do justice, when merited, to the chiefs of the other side. We only regret that the descriptions of the stirring scenes which occurred are so few, and that lie should have filled up so much of the book with minute details of adventures at inns, conversations with the worthy I osts or their daughters, and descriptions of yentas, and cathedrals, and convents, which are already so well known to the reading public. The account of the downfal of the Liberal Ministry at Barcelona, the deceitful con duct of Queen Christina, and the plots of the new race of Absolutists which now govern Spain, is so well written, and contains so many interesting facts, that we only regret the writer did not devote more of his work to similar features in the brief history which he relates. The following conclusion of the Barcelona affair will show what confidence could be placed on the honour of Queen Christina. After having formed an absolute cabinet, after being com pelled by the public voice to break it up, she at last appealed to Espartero, and he obeyed, though un willingly, her commands. We give the result : " lle speedily formed a ministry at Madrid eomposd of men well-known for their attachment both to the Sovereign and the Constitution; hastened, in their com pany, to Valencia, presented his colleagues to the Queen -Regent, who expressed her approbation of his choice, and acceded to their programme—which ►e as the same as that originally proposed by the Duke to her Majesty at Barcelona—signed the decrees, appointing then her Ministers, received their oaths in due form, and when his colleagues had retired, her Majesty an nounced to the Duke de la Victoria her intention to embark immediately for France! " The Duke's astonishment at this startling declara tion may b© easily imagined. He implored her Majesty, in energetic but respectful language, to change her re solution, and it is even said that, on his knees, the tears flowing from his eyes, this faithful veteran besought her M ,jesty not to abandon her adopted country, her i❑fant daughters, her faithful subjects ; and pointed out the evils and the perils which must arise from adopting so fatal a course. " All was in vain. Queen Cristina embarked, shortly afterwards, in a steam-vessel fur Port Vendres, in France, leaving her two royal daughters under the chargd of the Duke de la Victoria, notwithstanding his earnest and dutiful entreaties that she would remain, and not deprive them of her maternal care at their tender age. " When Queen Cristina and her agents arrived in France, they lost not a moment in denouncing the Duke d , la Victoria, in whom her Majesty had, but a few hours previously, declared that she placed such implicit confid,nce as to leave her infant children in his charge —as a traitor, and an unpolished military adventurer!" The subjoined description of a military execution will be read with melancholy interest : " The place appointed for the execution is called the Campo del Sepulcro, an ample space at a short distance outside the city. The battalion to which the deserter had belonged, and some cavalry, infantry, and artillery of the National Guard, were drawn up in the Campo, at oae angle of which there is a tiled shed, its blank wall facing the troops. At a short distance in advance of this wall was a wooden post, from which at about a foot and a half from the ground a narrow seat jutted; three musket-balls which had evidently traversed the body of some unfortunate malefactor were imbedded in the post. " The concourse of persons was not very great ; a considerable portion consisted of women and boys. The Campo del Sepulcro is paved all over, and is used as a threshing-floor for the corn gathered from the neigh. bouriug fields. Thero were several heaps of bean-straw ready placed for being trodden out; some of them were close to the spot where the man was to be shot, and great numbers of boys were amusing themselves by, at one moment, examining the fatal seat, and the next, tumbling over head and heels on the bean-straw, cover ing each other with it, and laughing and leaping with as much buoyancy of spirit and action as though they were beguiling the time until the arrival of Punchinello, or any other puppet dressed out for their diversion. " Soon the sound of the funeral drum was heard, and the melancholy procession approached. It passed behind the ranks of the troops drawn up, and entered the Campo del Sepulcro at an open space between the cavalry and infantry. "Immediately afterwards came an ecclesiastic carry ing a large crucifix; the wounds and flagellated back of the Saviour were prominently marked. Close to the bearer of the Cross was the prisoner, attended on each side of him by a military chaplain bareheaded. The prisoner, a man of about thirty, wore a green military jacket, c iarse white linen trousers, and alpargatas, or sandals ; on his head was a foraging cap. His hands were tied before him, and fixed between them was a small crucifix ; the procession was closed by a few soldiers. The countenance of the culprit was forbidding: the colour of his face was a dark yellow ; he was perfectly collected, and kept pace with the beating of the funeral drum. The chaplains were constantly ad dressing to him short sentences in under tones, and, ap parently by the movements of his lips, he was making responses. Ever and anon the large crucifix which was carried in front of him was lowered by the ecclesiastic who bore it, so that the penitent might kiss the hands, side, and feet, which he did with apparent reverence. When the procession arrived in front of the regiment to which he had belonged, he was instructed to kneel down whilst the Town-Major of Zaragoza read the sentence in a loud voice. " A new white cotton handkerchief, doubled trian gularly, was now tied over his eyes and face, and the chaplain who had retired about two yards pronounced the creed in short sentences, which were firmly repeated by the penitent sinner, now on the brink of eternity. The effect was most solemn, singular, and affecting; the voice of the robust young man who was so soon to be a corpse, coming from under the white handkerchief ; the black brethren with their lighted tapers standing to the right and left; the chaplains performing their last duties; the solemn silence which reigned around ; and, just as the creed was being finished, the quiet approach of eight soldiers belonging to the culprit's own regiment under the command of an officer; all this, I say, was imposing and affecting. The soldiers were drawn up in two ranks —four in each. The credo being finished, and every one having retired from the soldier's side—his breast having been previously bared—the chaplain, who stood by the officer, absolved the prisoner in a clear and elevated voice. Whilst this short ceremony was being performed, the four soldiers in the front rank were ordered by the officer to 'make ready and present.' As the chaplain uttered the last word, the officer said fire!' and in a second the soldier's breast was pierced with four musket balls. lie fell dead without a groan." BEARS versus BELLS. On Saturday last, the 24th instant, being the anniversary of the birth-day of our beloved Queen, a scene, which we hope is a solitary instance of disloyalty, occurred at Downton, Wilts. In consequence of the vicar and churchwardens refusing to allow the church-bells to be pealed in honour of so important-an event, Mr. James Hobbs, Mayor of the borough, addressed the vicar as follows : POLICE TELLIGENCE. BO TV-S7 REE7'. A labouring man, named Martin Connor, somewhat advanced in years, was charged with cutting the throat of Jane Kelly by means of a razor, with intent to kit her. The prosecutrix and the prisoner lived together as man and wife, in Charles-street, Drury-lane. and had gone home drunk at a late hour on Monday night. The policeman on the brat (25 F) was dircctcd by a woman enter their lodgings at about half.past one, and on doing so he saw the woman lying on the bed, with her throat cut and blteding profusely—the man being by her side. On seeing the constable the prisoner said, " If I have done it, I'll die for it;" but he subsequently declared that she had inflicted the wound herself in a fit of drunkenness. The woman spoke in an excited manner, desiring the officer to take the man away, for he had done it. The prisoner was taken into custody accordingly, and the wretched woman conveyed to St. Giles's workhouse. Mr. Bennet, medical officer of the union, described the wounds, which were two in number, one of them being an inch and a half in length, close to the wind-pipe, but escaping the important Ves sels. A lodger in the house pro , ed that the man and woman reached home very drunk. He heard a noise with them, and was asked by the prisoner to go into the room, as bl.e (the prosTeutrix) was en, deavouring to cut his throat. Mr. Jaßntxr. thought it deeirab!e to defer the inquiry until the woman was able to attend and give evidence. lle therefore re manded the prisoner fur the pressrit. A French " teacher of languages," named George Gerrard, was charged with indecently exposing himself to a lad, named Charles Smith, under the Adelphi arches, the preceding night. He was ordered to find bail to answer the charge at the see. sions, himself in 100/., and two sureties in 50/. each. Edward Stebbing, described as a shoemaker, was charged with stealing a Newfoundland dog, valued at 101., belonging to Mr. H. A. Roberts, a law student. About a month ago, as the prosecutor was walking in Southamp ton-row, he missel the dog (a remarkably fine animal, and one dearly prized by him), which had a leather collar with a brass plate, having the owner's name, round its neck. The usual steps were taken to recover it, and ultimately a negotiation was opened with a man named Wilton, of tire same nature as that pursued by all dog stealers, and the sum of 51. was agreed upon as the price of restoring the animal to its rightful owner. In order to se cure some little delay, for an obvious purpose, Mr. Roberts affected to believe that the dog, when shown to him, was not the one he had missed ; but Wilton and his companion (of whom the prisoner was the chief in this case) declared that the dog was tho property of Mr. Roberts, and demanded the amount which he consented to pay for its restoration. The pri soner had the dog in his possession, and was the party who returned it to Mr. Roberts, by whose instructions a policeman, especially devoted to the subject of dog-stealing and stealers, apprehended the man at the bar. Mr. JARDINE intimated that he should commit the prisoner on suspicion cf stealing the collar; but on learning that it was the wish of the prosecutor that the magistrate should dispose of the case summarily, there being some doubt about the probability of proving the theft of the collar, which had never been discovered, the magistrate ordered the prisoner to pay a fine of 101., besides the estimated value of the dog an additional sum of 101. ; in default of which he was committed to hard labour for four months. MA /1 YLEBOIVE. About a week ago Lucy Templeman, living in Titchborne-row, Paddington, applied to the sitting magistrate for a summons under the new bastardy clause of the Poor-law Act, against Seymour Sadler, 8, Carlton-chambers, Regent-street, to show cause why he should not support a bastard child, begotten by him, and of which the said Lucy Templeman was the mother. The alleged father, Captain Sadler, holds the situation of Exon of the Corps of her Majesty's Yeomen of the Guard, The mother of the infant was in attendance, with her illegiti mate offipring, soon after eleven o'clock. She was accompanied by an elderly female, and a young woman, said to be her sister. They took their seats in the outer office, and at a quarter before twelve two gentlemen, whom our reporter imagined to be solici tors, arrived. They were for some time in close conversation with the mother of the infant, and it was quite evident, from what trans pired, that " publicity " would not be altogether agreeable. A proposition was in the first instance made that 3s. per week should be allowed for the infant's maintenance, but this being considered insufficient, an additional 6d. per week was offered and acceded to. This arrangement was all managed outside of the Court, and the particulars connected with the affair were not gone into before the magistrate. "TO THE REV. RICHARD PAYNE. "Sir,—As her Majesty's chief representative in this borough I feel it my duty to observe every demonstration of loyalty on the occasion of her Majesty's natal day, and therefore request that you permit the parish bells to be rung to-day, the 24th instant, in honour of so important an event. (Signed) "JAMBS HOBBS, Mayor." To this, it Is said, the Rev. Gentleman gave a very evasive reply, Ind the day being far advanced the ( worthy Mayor, determined taking the responsibility on himself, immediately engaged the only set of ringers in the parish, at his own expense, to welcome the joyous day with a merry peal. Accordingly, the ringers and him selfproceeded forthwith to the belifi•y for that purpose, when just as they had got the bells oiled—and what is termed " up"—up came the said Rev. Gentleman, and his churchwardens, in breath less rage, and demanded the ringers to desist, when his worship insisted on their commencing, and what may be termed "a jolly row" ensued—the parson declaring if the ringers offered to pull the bells in honour of the Queen, or any one else, he would have them taken into custody. On the other hand, the Mayor threat ened to put the parson into the stocks if he prevented them from so doing. In the midst of the row the ringers, fearful of the con sequences, left the bellfry, No reasonable cause can be assigned for this disloyal conduct on the part of these worthy officials. And it may here be ob served that the ringers are all respectable tradesmen—one of them at the present time, and for years past, filling the office of parish clerk, another that of sexton, and a third that of organist. The parson, till very lately, was curate of St. Michael's, Winchester, but through friends was presented with the living of Downton, worth about 7001. per annum—a sum it appears inadequate to purchase a parson's loyalty Mr. John Reeves, hoop and sieve maker, &c., is the vicar's churchwarden, and Mr. John Woodlands, tanner, &c., that of the parish. THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY AT WOOLWICH.—Yester day the troops In the garrison assembled on the Common, in review e order, at a quarter before 12 o'clock at noo n. The Royal Morse Artillery, dor th e command the Major c command a l‘,. n uo d of f e ao Major ; t troop o o S p t r H a n.gowoadyesr; troopthe erh otoo: com mand oaundi of Captain F. Warde ; and the the Rocket troop, u n der h ta Grant, in Artillery, thewere stationed right wing d on the oo r i g ht r the o f theni commandne mbaatntadliooffis Cap tain Royal of of LLieluotoetneannarit-tC-ocloolnoeoloritanat;oasnideyt,he w le i ft th w c in a g pt u ai n o der ao e th d command of Lieutenant-Colonel RawflsleY, with Captain and Adjutant Needham, of the 4th battalion. The Royal Sappers and Mners formed on the left of the Royal Artillery, under the com. mans of Captain Howarth, and Lieutenant and Adjutant Webb, of the Royal Engineers. The right wing of the Royal Marines formed under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Powell, and the left wing under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Coryton, with Lieutenant and Adjutant Maxwell. The field batteries of the Royal Artillery occupied the extreme left of the line, under the command of Col. Cleaveland. CoL Turner, C. 8., commanded the whole of the troops assembled, and proceeded along the line and up the rear, accompanied by Brigade-Major Cuppage, Royal Artillery; Brigade-Major Sandham, Royal Engineers; Captain and Adjutant Cockburn, R.A., and Lieutenant and Adjutant Varlo, Royal Marines. At precisely 12 o'clock the Royal Horse Artillery commenced firing a salute, which was followed by afeu de joic by the Foot Artillery, the Royal Sappers and Miners, and the Royal Marines, and subsequently a sa l ute was f i red from the guns of the field batteries, the bands of the various corps playing the National Anthem. Three hearty cheers were then given by the whole of the assembled troops. They were then formed into marching order, the field batteries in the rear of the Royal Horse Ar tillery, and headed by their respective bands, marched past the Colonel commanding at slow time, which concluded the duties for the day. The weather was remarkably fine, and many thousands of spectators were present to witness the scene. The workmen at the dockyard obtained a holiday, and consequently there was no admission for strangers to that establishment; but the workmen of the Royal Arsenal having obtained their holiday on Saturday last, that great national depot of naval and military stores was open, and thousands of strangers availed themselves of the opportunity to in spect it. WORSHIP-STREET. Two gentlemen, named Laden., residing at Claremont-place, Pentonville, attended before Mr. Bingham upon an adjourned sum mons, at the instance of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, to show cause why they refused to pay the extra fare for travelling from Ware to London in a first-class carriage, having taken tickets for one of an inferior description. Joseph Turton, one of the porters at the station at Ware, stated that at half-past six o'clock on the evening of the 29th ult., the de fendants came upon the platform, just before the up-train started, and presented two second-class tickets. Witness ojened the door of a second-class carriage, in which there were four vacant places, but the defendants refused to enter it, alleging that, it was already full; and after examining some other carriages of the same de scription, and making a similar objection they ultimately entered a first-class vehicle, in which they travelled to town, although they were cautioned at the time that they would have to pay the extra fare at the London terminus. John Iliff, clerk at the same station, proved that when the de. fendants entered the 6rst.class carriage, be distinctly apprised them that the surplus fare would be exacted from them on reaching town; to which they made no reply; but one of their friends, who was standing by, made the observation that the defendants would cer tainly pay it. Another servant of the company deposed to the refusal of the defendants to pay the extra fare. And three other witnesses proved that there was ample room in the second• class carriages for the accommodation of several ad ditional passengers. In answer to the charge, the elder defendant said, that he had several witnesses in attendance who would be able completely to rebut the evidence adduced in support of the charge. When they reached the platform, the train was just upon the point of start ing, and on endeavouring to obtain seats in a second-class car riage, for which they possessed tickets, they were partly repelled by the passengers inside, who simultaneously declared that the vehicles were full, and that there nas not room for another per son. On seeking admission to several other carriages, they met with a similar repulse, and on appealing to one of the por ters to procure them places, the man examined several of the vehicles, and then, without making any observation, went on to a first-class carriage, the door of which he opened and invited them to enter, which they of course did. He considered that as he had used the superior carriage for the express accommodation of the complainants, and not at all fur his own con. venience, the demand upon him for the extra fare was altogether extortionate and unjust, and be was the more strongly induced to resist it from information he had received, that it was the common practice upon these lines to entice second-class passengers into the higher-priced vehicles to secure the advantage of the additional fare. The disputed amount was, of course, no consideration what ever, but he resi,ted its payment, because he considered himself to have been unfairly dealt with. The defendants then called three gentlemen, passengers by the train, named Meredith, Cresswell, and Reeve, who proved having seen the defendants make several abortive attempts to enter the se cond.class carriages, which they considered were full. The witness Reeve also stated, that he heard the defendants request the Company's porter to procure them places, and that the latter opened the door of a first-class carriage, and invited them to enter it. Another of the witnesses said, that the vehicle in which he travelled was so densely packed that he was obliged to retain a stooping position all the way to town, from insufficiency of ac commodation. Mr. BINGIIAM said that, with the exception of the single fact ►hat the door of the first-class carriage had been opened by one of the railway servants, and the defendants invited to enter it, he saw nothing in the evidence offered in answer to the complaint at all incompatible with the testimony adduced for the Company, in whose favaur he thought the balance of probabilities rested ; and he, therefore felt bound—entirely and freely acquitting the defendants of any wish to practise unfairness—to make an order for the pay ment by them of the amount of the excess fare, together with the costs of the summons. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGI- NEERS.—MAY 20. Sir JOHN RENNIE, President, in the Chair. Mr. P. Barlow, presented, as an appendix to his paper on the atmosph ric system, the results of a series of experiments upon the force employed in drawing car riages up an inclined plane of I in 43 by a stationary engine and rope traction upon the Canterbury and Whit stable Railway. From these experiments, it appeared that the stationary engine of 25-horse power with a rope would produce an useful mechanical effect equal to the engine of 100-horsc power on the Dalkey Atmo spheric Railway, thus proving by direct facts, the deduc tion of Mr. Stephenson, as to the amount of lost power by the latter system. These statements were ordered to be printed with Mr. Barlow's paper. CE . , b g r i a d v g e e an at a Yarmouth. After giving the dimensions of the structure, lateAlr. failureT horol o e t ,. cc A oun p t ap o e f r thebytMhe. I suspension nst. ; which appear to have been altered from the o without the consent or su p erintendence of the architec t , ri t final design, a the immediate cause of the failure of the bridge AA as attri buted to the fracture of one of the main links near the point of attachment to t h e pyramid. On examination it appeared that the iron was originally of indifferent quality, and that the weld had been made so imper fectly that only one-twentieth part of the sectional area of the bar had been welded ; it was, therefore, evident that these links could never have been properly tested. An interesting discussion ensued, in which the prin ciples of the construction of suspension bridges were clearly laid down ; and it was insisted upon, from the experience of the Menai and Montrose, and other large bridges, that the platforms of such bridges should be rendered perfectly rigid, so as to prevent any undula tion, and that the chains should be merely used to sup port the actual weight of the platform and the road. The novel but ingenious plan for the bridge over the Menai Straits, proposed by Mr. Stephenson, to be con structed of a large wrought iron tube, supported by chains, was also mentioned, and the principle appeared to be considered sound. The next paper was by Mr. Grantham. It gave an interesting account of the wreck of the Vanguard iroa steam-vessel, which went on shore a ledge of rocks at the entrance of the Cove of Cork, and after remain ing there until the rocks were cut away at low water, so that a high water tide carried her off, was found to be so little injured that a few days sufficed to repair da mages. The engines were scarcely strained, and nothing was broken. This led to the mention of some very re markable instances of the power of resistance of iron vessels, and to the experiments now in progress of trial at Woolwich on the power of iron vessels to resist shot. It appeared that, with a large charge of powder, a hole g w r i e t a h t v a el h o c e i a t v y y r e c u h d a e r r g e e d , i t t h b e r ttle l l , and strikingbang fragmenttplatehe s was merely punched through th e pl ate b y the ball ; but w th i a t t h , flew about in an extraordinary manner. Sir John Rennie, President, invited the members to his approaching conversazione ; and it was announced that the paper to be read at the next meeting, of Tues day, the 27th inst., would be " On the Ancient Port of Ostia," by the President SIR HENRY POTTING ER.—This gallant officer has just received a mark of the esteem in which his services are held by the Chinese authorities in regard to the treaty lately concluded by him between this country and the Celestial Empire, in the shape of a portrait of the Imperial Commissioner, Keying, which has just arrived by a vessel from China, as a present to Sir Henry from that exalted personage. Several packages of Chinese curiosities, &c., have also arrived for the gallant gentleman, which the Lords of the Treasury have permitted to be delivered to him, duly free, in consideration of the important services rendered by him in his official capacity. ROBBERY IN THE STRAND.—Yesterday forenoon a lad, about ten years of age, was robbed under the following cireum. stances :—The lad was standing at the top of a court adjoining him better Hungerford-street, when a woman, about twenty-two a y u e o ar a s o d t ec a e ge n; g made known persuaded him to take off his boots (quite new), The boy war beaver hat fr .t o ed m Chadwick, a police-constable, but of course the his situation to w ith h is h e anxiety und for rpsroeniteencteimoef when n a as n h in e thief had decamped• the Or the ;let ;sees are —Se isice ° of the scei r of a 01t 11 111. ilea con: bil' Ott fl el° 1 t 0 o l ' i r o we a t 011 to d v d,