The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-10 00:00:00

PP" - e cti ,ll thlo lip€ o rd, D art of r. Ltteu" . taken' at th e ed armor Itsti° l . l , n ' D a if"' ,hat ?rsob i a ii List c „ ul iable ha case Corr°' reA Wit) p e . i r * tab ou° ung 133 . 6 1114 Gobi' SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET RACES. RACE COURSE, TUESDAY, THREE O'CLOCK. The list for this day, as it stood at the beginning of the week, contained five races ; one of them, however, the match between Lord Exeter's Pergulaiia and Molly Mogg, has ended in a forfeit, leaving only four to come ; of these we subjoin particulars : The Oatland Stakes of 50 sows, h ft, and only 10 ft if declared, &c. D.I. (7 Subs, 4of whom declared.) Lord Exeter's Maria Diaz, 4 yrs, 6st 81b (Pettit) I Lord Glasgow's Give-him-a-Name, 6 yrs, 7st 31b (Bell) 2 -Colonel Peel's I-am-not -Aware, aged, 7st 31b ...(Nat) 3 Betting -5 to 4on I-am-not-aware, 7to 4 agst Maria Diaz (t). Maria Diaz made slow running all the way, was challenged half a distance from home, and headed half way up the ropes, but in a desperate struggle home won by a neck, Give-him-a-Name beating the favourite 17 a head. A fin er race was never w i tnesse d. Riddl‘sworth Stakes of 200 sous. each, h. ft., for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b • D.M.; untried mar es or s t a lli ons a ll owe d 31b, if both sib. (13 Subs.) Col. Peel's Orlando, by Touchstone, Bst 21b ...(Nat.) 1 Mr. Watt's Baveno, by Bay Middleton, Bst 21b Lord Exeter's Cloak, by Rockingham, Bst 41b Betting -4 to lon Orlando ; Cloak made play for the first quarter of a mile, and then retired •, Orlando Went on by himself, and won easy by a length. After the raee 25 to 1 was laid against Orlando for the Derby. Sweepstakes of 200 soya. each, h. ft., for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b ; those by stallions, or out of mares which had not produced a winner before the 4th of April, 1840, allowed 31b. D.M. (7 Subs.) Mr. Thornhill's br f Example, by Emilius (F. Butler) 1 Lord Stradbroke's Boarding-school Miss (31b) 2 Mr. Greville's Jamaica (31b) 3to 1 on the Boarding School Miss. Jamaica made all the running at a slow pace, the others lying well up Until they were half-way up the cords ; they then closed, !lid ran a splendid race home, Example winning by a bead, and the favourite beating Jamaica by a neck. (Roge rs ) , B. C. 601., 40 ft.—L or d G. B e ntinck's Bramble " o gers), Bst 71b, beat Lord Maidstone's The Caster, twenty 71b (Nat). 2t o l on B ram bl e , who won by nearly lengths. SALE OF RACING STOCK. ~ The f o ll ow i ng l ots, t h e property- of the Duce of Beau fort, were so ld b y M essrs . T a tt ersa ll i n th e morning : VIIY, by Li ver p oo l, ou t o f T ag li o ni, 2 yrs, 20 guineas ; Yearling colt, by '1 he Saddler, out of Taglioni, 41 t k neza• Retamosa, by Reveller, with a colt foal by f"! Saddler, 40 guineas ; Esmeralda, by Zinganee, in b ° o l4 to Assassin, 100 guineas. Five other lots were Light in. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE AT WOLVERHAMPTON. WOLVERHAMPTON, MONDAY.—This day (being Easter Monday) the Anti-Corn-law League, under the denomi nation of a " Great Free Trade Meeting," made one of their magnificent provincial displays in this town. In consequence of the comparative smallness of the public buildings within the borough, a temporary pavilion was erected in the Horsley-fields, capable of holding about 3,000 persons. The principal speakers upon the occasion were Mr. Cobden, M.P., the Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., Mr. R. R. R. Moore, and Mr. Thornely, the other Mem ber for the borough of Wolverhampton. Mr. Cobden, on entering the building about two o'clock, in company with Mr. Villiers, was cheered by the assembled company. Upon the motion of Mr. J. WALKER, seconded by Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. Barker, a large manufacturer and a borough magistrate, was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN, on presenting himself, said he was painfully sensible that there were gentlemen present much more able than the individual to whom they had done honour to fulfil the duties of the chair; but he claimed their sympathy, their forbearance, and their support. This was not a political meeting. It was a free trade pavilion, and they were met simply to discuss a free trade question, in which Tories, Whigs, and Char tists might cordially unite. Neither the ballot nor the extension of the suffrage would be brought before them. They were assembled to receive a deputation from the Anti-Corn-law League, and to express their approba tion of the course pursued on the corn-law question by the two gentlemen who represented them in Parliament. He (the Chairman) did not, however, think that the corn-laws were the sole root cf the evils of which the country had reason to complain. He believed that the currency-laws required revision; but he also, at the same time, believed that by altering the corn-laws the Go vernment would be speedily compelled to alter the money-laws.—(Hear, Hear.) The speaker then pro ceeded to read an extract from the work of a living author (Sir J. Graham), entitled " Corn and Currency," in confirmation of the views he (the Chairman) advo cated; and concluded by introducing to the meeting their excellent representative, the Hon. C. Villiers. Mr. VILLIERS said that they were assembled to give a cordial reception to those distinguished men—he might say that distinguished man, Richard Cobden—who was the apostle of those doctrines of which the electors of Wolverhampton had ever been the consistent sup porters. It were to be wished that all other constituen cies in the kingdom had been equally true to their prin ciples ; if they had, much misery and suffering w ould have been prevented. Now, it could not be denied that the object of the corn-law was scarcity of food ; if such were not the object of the law, there was no sense in it. This was the blessing promised to the working man. When he (Mr. Villiers) first visited Wolverhampton this question was well put and settled by a working man. When talking to him upon the subject he (the working man) said to him, " Well, if scarcity of food is likely to improve the condition of the working classes, it strikes me they would be much better offif they had no food at aIL".,-(Cheers and laughter.) This to him (Mr. Vil liers) appeared to be a very natural deduction—if a small quantity of food would ba better for the people, then none at all would be still more beneficial.—(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Villiers next argued that the present corn-laws had already lost them many continental mar kets, and that the same system was about to rob them of the markets of the Brazils. It was at Wettenhall, near that town, he (Mr. Villiers) first learned that England had nearly lost the German market ; and he often thought, had he been a working man, how cruel he should have deemed it that persons in Parliament, who knew no thing of trade, nothing of manufactures, and nothing of commerce, should not only be anxious to cripple the business of the working classes in this country, but ab solutely to raise tip rivals in trade abroad. He (Mr. Villiers) owed his connexion with that borough to the reputation which from its enfranchisement Wolverhamp ton had stoutly and steadfastly maintained for the as sertion and support of the principles of free-trade. — (Cheers.) The late Mr. P. Thomson it was who first informed him of the probable retirement of Mr. Fryer and Mr. W. Whitmore, and told him that if he (Mr. Villiers) should be so fortunate as to succeed in obtaining the confidence of the people of Wolverhampton, he would enjoy the confidence of the most determined opponents of monopoly to be found in the country. The speaker dwelt at some length upon the part taken by Mr. Fryer, the late Member for Wolverhampton, on the question of the corn-laws. They might rely upon it, that nothing but agitation could get rid of that ob noxious law, and with agitation he believed they should succeed.—(Cheers.) He called upon them to support the League as the best instrument for effecting agitation. They went into the agricultural districts and bearded the monopolists in their own dens.—(Cheers.) If the League had done no other good it had at least done this—it had raised a discussion upon' the condition of agriculture, and his friend Mr. Cobden did not despair by discussion of convincing the landholders of the kingdom that it would be for their benefit that the corn-laws should be repealed. In conclusion, he begged leave to state, that he attended there at some personal inconvenience ; but the respect in which he held his constituents and the prominent part which for some years past he had taken in the repeal of the corn-laws, compelled him at all risks to be present on that occasion. —(Mr. Villiers resumed,his seat amidst long-continued cheering.) The CHAIRMAN next introduced to the meetin g Mr. Thornely, the other Member for the borough of Wolver hampton. He expressed a hope that his connexion with the borough would continue for many years. Mr. THORNELY, who was well received, in the course of his speech said he verily believed if no corn law ex isted at present there was not a man in the country who would be bold enough to petition for its enactment. — (Cheers.) When he and his colleague (Mr. Villiers) ac companied a deputation of the iron trade to Sir Robert Peel in autumn last, one gentleman on that occasion re marked upon the importance of the American trade. When this subject was mentioned he (Mr. Thornely) told Sir Robert Peel that he went along to the full extent with his colleague (Mr. Villiers) upon the subject of the corn-laws—that he objected not only to a sliding scale, but to a fixed duty—and that, in his opinion, so long as a protective duty on corn was maintained, the American tariff would exist in full force, but so soon as that pro tective law was repealed, the tariff would be abolished. The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said the meeting was, as he had before stated, purposely called for discussing the principles of free trade ; but all political topics were advisedly excluded. If, however, any gentleman present differed from the opinions of previous speakers upon the subject of freo trade, he would now, under the restric tion adverted to, if he thought proper, have a right to address the meeting. All he (the Chairman) would say was, that if there were any such gentleman present, he would do all in his power to obtain for him a fair, silent, and impartial hearing. He would now call upon any opponent of free trade to come forward and state his views. (The Chairman paused for a short time, but no person took tip theyhallen d ge.) It appeared (continued the Chairman) :the meeting was unanimous upon the subject.—(Cheers). He would now introduce to them their distinguished friend Mr. Cobden.—(Great cheering). Mr. COBDEN, upon being introduced by the Chair man, was received with vociferous cheering. Since their worthy Chairman had made an offer of discussion, and it had not been accepted, it might be said that they were all agreed upon the question under argument. But he (Mr. Cobden) was told, that, although silent, there were gentlemen present who, from timidity or from other reasons, objected to enter upon a public discussion. He would therefore attempt, if possible, to convert one of these stray sheep, and, if possible, send him as an apos tle or missionary of free trade into the agricultural dia. tricts.—(Cheers and laughter.) Mr. Cobden proceeded to show that the agriculturists, instead of being taxed beyond the manufacturers, were exempted from a great portion ,of the imposts paid by the latter classes of the community. He enumerated the farmer's dog-tax, horse-tax, dairy and cheese-room window-tax, toll on manure, &c. Ile (Mr. Cobden) was extensively engaged in a manufacture which required a large quantity of a certain description of manure. Some hundreds and thou sands of loads passed through turnpike-gates to his works in the course of a year, and for which he was, as a mat ter of necessity, compelled to pay a heavy amount of tollage. Now the same description of manure, which at other times passed through turnpike-gates, paid no toll at all ; and why ? Because it was placed upon the lands of the great squires and landholders.—(Cheers and laughter.) Speaking of the corn-laws generally, Mr. Cobden said there was not a man of intellect in the House of Commons who was not ashamed to advocate them. He admitted that Graham and Gladstone, Stanley and Peel, were intellectually able and distinguished men; but it was impossible to sit opposite to them and not perceive that it was nothing but the force of circumstances which induced them to maintain their present position—it was as clear as day that they were ashamed of the humiliating task which they had to perform.—(Cheers.) No doubt, while they were saddled and bridled by the Duke of Richmond and the Duke of Buckingham, they would continue their present policy, but they might rely upon it on the first opportunity which presented itself the Ministers to whom he had referred—by far the ablest members of the Cabinet—would bolt out of the course, and run in an opposite direction.—(Cheers and laughter.) After contending that agriculturists themselves would have no reason to complain of a repeal of the corn-law, Mr. Cobden next proceeded to show that low prices of bread had always a beneficial effect upon the labourer. He put it to the labourer how high prices had benefited him during the last five or six years? They had received less wages, obtained less employment, and in many cases the unfortunate workpeople had had no employment at a ll.—(Hear.) They had had their wages reduced to the lowest ebb in 1839, 1840, and 1841, when corn was high, but when prices became more natural and free, when wheat was reduced to 50s. Bd., then trade gradually revived; iron, as it had done recently, rose 20s. a ton ; em ployment became more general, and wages were aug mented. Were not these facts? No man could deny but that trade, especially in Lancashire, was in some degree improving; and he (Mr. Cobden) would go fur ther—he would prophecy that if corn kept at no higher FIGHT FOR 50L—Yesterday the fight be- rice - ; than 502., trade and commerce would continue to Improve; but if it got up as before to Ns. and upwards, " er k te : ln eu , lly and Hefferman came off near Gravesend.wages and employment would be as low and as was engaged for the occasion, and left then he tendon_a w?th the pugilists and their respective friends. scarce . as fore.---(Hear hear.) They hdb n that if they reduced the duty on corn this step would be 'a been told r ri v ri nAzri f ved at the locality selected for the contest, enter d. followed by a reduction of wages. He (Mr. Cobden) ~?1 • 1 32e d, and the combatants and their seconds there to prove that what their opponents said was e The men shook hands, and immediately coin tneneed w a not true, and he had hesitationin no saying that he could Scully r ; and after fighting an hour and ten minutes, was declared the victor. CATCHING AN OWL—On the 26th ult., four young prove that the working man weuld be better without the corn-laws, even if their abolition was to be followed came by a reduction of wages.—(Hear, hear.) Again, they 1 whilst strolling in Marlborough Forest, espied an I‘,.ew,lnaitting on her best in the hollow of an oak tree, and bad been told the working u e of the kingdom derived y 1,7,11.:_F f ulldetermined to In no benefit from foreign trade ; but if they capture the bird, they tried others did. There were classes of the comZun d it i l w no li t o , considerable benefit from the im th p o ortation n o! , lulls experiments without suacass, at last one of them der i ve d ' li t -- on th,_"Pas nothe hazardous plan of setting fire to the tree ; the Inxurics of life ; and why did not thespparties ooner proposed than carried into effect, and working man enjoy with the rich equal beneEt o ? " a ße Be which the _ d the satisfaction of catching the owl, cause there was a law to prevent the free i po tat'on of at 10/ Y alle . rwards sold for 4d., but the tree, valued b rea ,d, pork, and other necessaries of life. P3llstr r was mckl ear., 1 3 i n a blaas of fire stu d totally de - k uew Mutt mu passing in the .wevizes aper. minds of aruiera who BETTING IN THE MORNING. DERBY. 7 00 to 200 agst Mr. Crockford's Rattan—taken 4 to 1 agst Mr. John Day's The Ugly Buck—taken 20 to 1 Apt Col. Peel's Orlando—taken 30 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Campanero 33 to 1 agst Mr. Osborne's Mount Charles—taken 40 to 1 agat Sir G. Heathcote's Akbar—taken OAKS. 10 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's The Bee—taken freely 12 to 1 apt Mr. Gregory's Barricade 14 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Boarding School Miss 115 to 1 agst Mr. Thornhill's Example and Egeria filly—t 20 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Robins—taken 30 to 1 agst Mr. J. Robinson's April Noddy 30 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's All-round-my. hat. ArtnivALs.—Dukes of Beaufort and Portland, Mar 12ais of Exeter ; Earls Miltown, Stradbroke, Wilton, hesterfi e ld and Countess, Albemarle and Countess ; Lords Macdonald, C. Manners, G. Bentinck, Maidstone, buneannon, Godolphin ; Sir D. Baird, Sir W. Codring ton ; General Grosvenor; Honourables Colonel and Mrs. Anson ; Captains Rous, H. Pitt, G. Fitzroy, G. Ongley, • Wortley, H. Forester ; Admiral Pa.ulett ; Colonels Lowther, Peel, Wyndham, Hornby, Brinkman ; Cap tains Clifton, Higgins, Reed, Bastard, Archdale, Free .. ; Messrs. D. R a d c liffe, Watt, Cox, Greville, Gra ham, Newcombe, Sloane Stanley, Worrall, Mngennis, Gardner, Cockerel], Payne, Phillimore, Thornhill, Thornhill, jun., P or t man , Sh a rpe, Powell, Newton, Batson, Pierrepont, Gregory, Crommelin, Waddington, ungerford, Phillioson Towneley, Hawker, Osbal gaston, &c. B,ce. The weather continues remarkably fine. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, TUESDAY NIGHT. CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Everton 33 to 1 agst General Pollock 33 to 1 agst The Prior 33 to 1 agst Haitoe 1000 to 20 agst Nutwith—t 1000 to 20 agst What 1000 to 10 agst Naworth—t ita and the Prior. 7 to 2 agst Rattan 33 to 1 agst Campanero—t 4to 1 agst Ugly Buck I 40 to 1 agst Akbar—t 27 to 1 a ga t King of Gipsies 50 to 1 agat Apprentice—t 3 0 to 1 apt Orlando—t 50 to 1 agst Loadstone—t 30 to 1 agst Bay Momus—t 50 to 1 -agst T'Auld Squire--t 33 to 1 agst Mount Charles 1000 to 55 agst Sir George . 23 , 30, and 35 to 1 were laid against Orlando to a large 7,1 40 1 int. Offers to take 6 to 5 between Rattan and Ugly 4 •ell, to back lonian against Orlando, and to take 30 to 1 about Leander. 13 to 1 ag - st Pagan 1 4 to 1 agst Cattonite 16 to 1 agst Roscius 1 6 to 1 agst Pharaoh—t 1 6 to 1 agst Bramble—t 20 to 1 agst Alice Hawthorn —taken 500 between Tac, DEB OAKS. 10 to 1 agst The Bee---t freel 20 to 1 agst Robinia—t 12 to 1 agst Barricade—t 30 to 1 agst April Noddy—t 12 to 1 agst The Princess 30 to 1 agstAll-Round-my-Hat 12 t Offers to back Example and the Egeria filly together at o Entry for Wednesday's Plate—Colonel Peel's Garry Owen, wed ; Duke o f B e df or d' s O a kl ey, 6 yrs ; Lord Exeter ' s fby ;eladiator, out of Elegance, 4 yrs ; Duke of Rutland's Cows -111; 4 yrs ; and Colonel Wyndham's Master Henry, 3 yrs. NV" dINDSOR STEEPLE CHASES.—TUESDAY. Although this is only the second season since the es tablishment of the Windsor steeple chases, they have, from their high patronage and fashionable character at t a ll p e or ° ti u n t g set ' the count7yo.l.ld;: alr eadY attained a degree of celebrity in the to rank among the first of chases in an early hour the town began to fill with sr.holiday folk, and long before the hour appointed for bustle and the roads to the course exhibited as much was a d a w n i d ra tietY as an Ascot Cup day. The ground the Same I selected, being all grass land, and nearly ing Dn :„; °° "trY a s on the former occasion. The start ing ---" Was in a field at the back of Thompson's, a ci eto the right of the winning post, - which was judi -I,°„ll,slY.placed on the high Lammas ground called Spittal "" 15 1 in front of the cavalry barracks, from whence twozlearly the whole distance could be traced. Shortly after The o'clock the start took place for lhe Handicap Steeple Chase of 10 SOTS. each, 5 ft, with lir. J. El more ' s br g Lo s t o te a r d y d , e a d ied it (Mason) 1 CJ. Ball' s e h g Student • 2 k;a ptain Hamilton's (13th Light Drag.) Teafighter... 3 lir. B. Laud's hl h, by Belzoni lir. C. T urner ' s br h Carry Owen 5 All went efftogether, Teafighter showing the wav and t aking the first leap, closely followed by Carry Owen and th e rest. In this position they passed the stand and Vetoed the first b roo k admirably, Teafighter keeping the t ftd, follow e d b y L ottery and Carry Owen, the three :L" t rng together un til th ey came to t h e - note d b roo k ^, l a stiff fen ce a t th e ta k e off, fifteen feet wide, and tuout five feet deep. Student and Lottery took the f uf 0 k together, and cleared it admirably ; the rest, being whichdid the same. The next was a stiff bullfinch, lea ps was also beautifully cleared, and the rest of the y.. ` 414 . 15 , rarnas brook, when the Stranger fell in and broke " i : ii shoulder bone ; this invaluable horse was afterwards Eat th e b arrac k s . L o tt ery too k t h e l ea d, an d won easy, Mil itary Steeple Chase, 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, for horses bona fide the property of members of the fo ilo w : big club s : —Whi te ' s, Croekford's, B roo k s ' s , E o ailles Croxton P ar k N ew Cl u b , or o f o ffi cers on full pay, to n be ridden by the same. .." 41 1st. Shirley , 7th Hussars, b g the Orphan (Ricardo) 1 It Well's b g' Pest Captain aftZ.veel Cat ' Thompson's (13th L. Drag.) Mermaid 3 neasrtianrted fur this chase. brook, took the lead in g the L ammas l eavi ng the middle of it, but out, and mounte d. Si n . was soon Post Captain ge post, who had the lead, fell in taking a brook, and . 6 4 is throw to zu on n out ; the running was taken up by the an fill who was the first who went at the large brook, landing, pitching his rider a complete sum ' ; the rest scrambled over anyhow. Ricardo was .VOn 'mounted snt i e h whe_etp , t and gained the lead after a few fields, throughout, and won easily.. back. The s J ssie fell into the brook, and broke its ack.. La ss tllaek Steeple Chase.—Five started ; Yorkshire got thro w n ` lead for several fields, when she tell, and lea/ eleapr.ede ' F idget 'l b : fora short time. Cuirassier and Miss rabl - ' 1 " got into the great brook, which was adnu the Yorkshire Lass, who again got the the S a ec n o d n 'Wrile ill first ; but the stakes were awarded . to gi t .: ll losnt;es ho rse, the Lass having gone the wrong side xr. Tollemachher'sm:brYtonrkiabheirespLeallss (Sutton) 1 2 anvaliltirchGerl7AT FOOT HURDLE RACE. ,__ T h_e match for 201. between Badcock, ,‘ the Birming a well known and first-rate pedestrian, 21toZtiherrin, a waiter, of whom but little is known, for WaS contended yesterday, in the spacious ground _attached to Mr. Bryant's, the Bee hive Tavern, Wal- Oworeth. The novelty of a foot hurdle race compared with EV_th r pedestrian undertakings, and the anticipation of 511°1.4 drew together a very strong muster of the l en o f s elected s of contest this desertption. The distance 4. Ito determine the prowess of the candidates for 4itine was 250 yards, and to leap fifteen hurdles, each thr ee t feet four, arranged at nearly equal distances on the ground. Sherrin, of whom much was said, had the acall hi the circle, and was backed at sto 4, there t Plenty of takers. Umpires having been selected, °_ifur o'clock the men took their stations. They went bot h toether, a very excellent and even start, and were 0,, r g in the air at the same moment for the first second, and third hurdles. Badcock then made the run nag, and iu each succeeding leap gained more ground, ultimately winning by ten yards. Pal p-- were then listening to him. " ks," said they, " but every sack of flour and cask of pork brought to this coun try will be to our injury; it will by so much reduce the price of my stock and the amount of my gains." But the far mers should recollect that the people of this country were not all fed. It was because not less than 10,000,000 of the population of Great Britain and Ireland—for he always considered Ireland a part of his own country — (Cheers)—were never fed at all upon meat, that he and his friendS of the League advocated tne entire removal of all taxes upon human food.—(Cheers.) He knew no place in the kingdom where all the elements of prospe rity showed themselves so clearly, so manifestly, as they did in Wolverhampton and its neighbourhood. Free trade was all that was wanted.—(Cheers.) Why, they had every thing about them. They in Manchester had to go to America for every ounce of cotton they used, before they could begin to work ; they in Wolverhamp ton had their materials at their very door, at every step they kicked them before them.—(Cheers.) They had skilled hands and skilled fingers. able to manufacture articles from a steam-engine to a grate, and doe n to a needle; and yet here they were, with all these advan tages, with their hands tied behind them by a parcel of senseless squires, who knew nothing and cared nothing for either them or their interests.—(Cheers.) It was true, however, that they had even amongst themselves people who stood by the corn-Iw, and why ? Because it was termed a party question. There would be just as must sense in maintaining the old system in astro nomy, that the sun goes round the world, and not the world round the sun, because Newton, Copernicus, and Laplace made it a party question, as making the re peal of the corn-law a party question. He could only compare it to an absurdity which occurred in their own House of Commons. A discussion took place upon the subject of lighting the House. Some Honourable Mem bers maintained the superiority of the Bude light, and others contended for a different mode of illumination. However, at length a division occurred, and, strange to say, the Tories walked out at one door, and the Whigs at another. It was a party question.—(Laughter and cheers.) Mr. Cobden concluded by saying they knew the object of the League. Too many kind things had been said of himself and his friends. They had certainly done what they could ; but the League would be entirely powerless unless supported by such gentle men as those by whom he was then surrounded. But the question was not, as stated by their opponents, whether the League was good or bad, but whether the corn-law was good or bad.—(Cheers.) Really, as a farmer's son ashamed to see how the farmers throughout the country were bamboozled on this point, he conA:ssed he was ashamed of his order.—(Cheers.) It was not the League, but the corn-law, which was on its trial.— (Cheers.) Now, he would advise the farmers present, if, at any future meeting of the landlords they heard the speakers begin to abuse Cobden, to interrupt them by saying, " Please tell us how we are benefited by the corn laws—that is what we want to know—we want to hear nothing of Cobden."—(Cheers and laughter.) He (Mr. Cobden) cared little for the abuse heaped upon him, Such scolding as generally proceeded from the squires was, indeed, entirely unworthy of the tea-table of a ladies' boarding-school. The squires, on these occasions, were the laughing-stocks of the whole kingdom.—(The Hon. Gentleman concluded a long speech amidst vo ciferous cheering.) Mr. R. R. MOORE being introduced by the Chair:nan, next addressed the meeting, and detailed the progress of the League. A subscription was then entered into, amounting to upwards of 6001., exclusive of 1501. from Mr. Villiers and Mr. Thornely, the two Members for the borough. The meeting then broke up. THE ANTI-CORN-LAW LEAGUE The position of the principal characters in the Anti- Corn law League is about as ticklish a one as could well be imagined. Here are a few men whose names were not to be found in the book of fame yesterday or early this morning, but who are now perched on the topmost pinnacle, surrounded by a meridian glare of notoriety. Half-a-dozen cotton-spinners and calico printers have become the world's talk. Moreover, at present they are floating on the full tide of popularity. They are the idols of that numerous and important class who think that change is never out of season, and that, if we must have change, the sooner the better. Not the least nervous part of the business is that they hare achieved their own greatness. They have not been born great, nor has their greatness been thrust upon them. The fates open their hands, it is true. The era is pro pitious. It is a rare combination of circumstances to have the Premier himself a man of cotton, and a system of agricultural protection at the same time. Something or other must come of such encouragement and such provocation. The blood and spirit of manufacture em brace its high destiny. The millowners rush forward to occupy the breach which chance has opened. Cobden becomes the captain of our fortunes, and Bright " the cynosure of every eye." Their stake is aggravated by the circumstance, that they have put themselves into the most hostile possible attitude to everything great and powerful, themselves excepted. Princes, powers, and potentates, spiritual and civil, are the daily sport of their tongues. Standing on the boards of Covent-garden, it is their bold and sim ple rule to attack every individual, every class, every thing on earth, that is not likely to form part of their present audience. Sure of their cause, of its vast im port, and awful sanctity, they denounce as their enemies and the enemies of the human race, not merely every body who wags a tongue against them, but everybody who, possessing a tongue, does not give them its active and unreserved assistance. Nothing will satisfy them till the whole bench of Bishops enter in procession through the side scenes, lay down their mitres at Mr. Bright's feet, and, addressing themselves to the " gods" in the upper gallery, pronounce it the divinest of pre-' cepts and first of human obligations, "to buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest." As for the country gentlemen—poor things !—it's quite shocking to think how they come off at the hands of these universal tormentors. If, therefore, the Leaguers should chance to fall, it is quite evident they will fall heavy. Their defeat will be celebrated by injured monopolies, despised ranks, insulted dignities, calumniated persons. A hun dred several interests will demand their respective vic tims. Bright must be offered up to appease the grave indignation of the bench, and Mr. Fox the wounded feel ings of the inferior clergy ; scarce will Cobden satiate the deep vengeance of Whitehall ; the purer mactation of Mr. Villiers will hardly calm the perturbations of our fair aristocracy. The East and the West Indies will seve rally lead off perfect hecatombs of twenty guinea sub scribers. A mixed and eager crowd of great and small proprietors, young ladies with portions, young gentlemen with expectations, elder brothers with their rents halt eaten up by settlements, and dowagers with life interests, will scramble for the bodies of the smaller fry of the League, for provincial stars, youthful debutants, and the respectable seconders of the fourth, fifth, and sixth reso lotions. Another Smithfield, another St. Bartholomew, will close the awful scene. But the greatest circumstance of peril remains. If it were really a good-for-nothing cause, a mere ephemeral object, puffed up into unjust dimensions, oblivion would soon succeed on failure, and the disgraced offenders would receive from time itself a virtual amnesty. The world might never forgive, halt would soon forget. On the contrary, the warfare undertaken by these calico Titans , rude, grotesque, and fright ful as they are, is really an honest and noble one ; that is, its objects are so. They don't see it, but the greatness of their cause, the depth and importance of their principles are their chief danger. They trust to it and swagger. They think the end jus tifies the means. It must be virtuous, they think, to be pursuing a sound and beneficial object. The manner of doing it they fancy to be a minor consideration. We must, then, tell them seriously and plainly, that this is not the case ; and that they are themselves, at this pre sent moment, within an ace of leaving on the page of history a lasting lesson to the contrary. A great cause as often makes little men as it makes great men. The greatest causes have made at least the most notorious traitors and self-seekers. The man who handles a vast negotiation as he would bargain with a huckster, and puts the interests of the human race at the bottom of his pedlar's pack, is only making himself the scorn of ages. Better had he been content with the por tion of a worm, seeing that he was really no better than one, than gibbet himself for the contempt of schoolboys a thousand years to come. Of course, we cannot make the Leaguers what they are not of themselves. They must excuse the homely earnestness of our proverb " We cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear." It is for them, and fur them only, to prove to the world whether they are the benefactors of their kind, or cotton grubs. For whom, and for what, do they ask that the country should run such risks, for risks at least there are involved in a greater freedom of trade ? For whom, and for what, do they ask that important items of the revenue should be surrendered, and the vested interests of the land should be endangered ? For themselves only, or for the whole nation, themselves included ? Is it their scheme of a blessed futurity, that they are to build new mills, create new manufacturing cities, dig new docks, lay down new railways, enlarge their mansions into palaces, and their pleasure grounds into parks, add town houses to country houses, and ally themselves to the much hated, much envied aristocracy ; while, all this time, the operative, the mother of a family, the squalid youth, the sickly girl, are to go on standing at the spindles for ever, winter and summer, from half past five in the morning, by the inexorable mill clock, to seven in the evening True, they boast of their "flesh-pots." There will be all the greater demand for labour, wages will rise, and you will feed and clothe better. The potato-fed labourer will envy your portion. But "if t 6 tale of the bricks which they did make heretofore" is still laid upon them, what is this but a well-fed bondage ?—such a bondage as a free state should not allow in the helpless portion of its citizens, in its females and minors. The factory system is a great fact, one which we can not be blind to without permanent injury. The League, as a witness to it, is another great fact. It has been glad to wept that title. But there is one aspect of that ' original great fact which the League has hitherto been miserably slow to recognise. There are now in this country hundreds of thousands of women and young persons chained to the steam-engine, with no power whatever to change their employment, any more than if they were indeed cast arid forged, and welded parts of the fabric. Once in the factory, never out. IValls of adamant and nine-fold Styx surround them, and for ever close them in. Whatever power they may have to better the other terms of their rigorous service i they cannot of' themselves procure a necessary abatement of their daily toil. As a great fact, this vast portion of our people must, if left to themselves, work to their bodily and mental injury, to early decay, and shortened Is it for these, as well as for the interests of capital, that the League clamours so loudly for free trade ? If not, we can only assure them that among all the names that stink in this world, and will stink to eternity, that union of the most outrageons importunity Fith the - i4st Etclfishoesa, which the League would in that case present, will be the most thorough, universally, and deservedly loathsome and abominably.— Times. FACTORIES BILL. While we will yield to none in zeal and determi nation for a Ten Hours' Factory Bill, as a measure for which the strongest case has been made out, and which has become the plainest national duty, we must, at the same time, be excused all the trammels ofpartizanship. We will not and cannot deny that the measure is attended w ith various risks ; but only are we as sure as of anything in this world, that the performance of a national duty will not be followed by irremediable and immitigable evils. Time alone can show how far the measure will affect the profit able working of the titctories ; and time alone can show how far it will necessarily involve a proportionate or even more than proportionate reduction of wages. Let us hope for the best. It is the act of a whole nation that is called for; so all' must expect to share in the possible sacrifice. Perhaps the nation will have to lighten the fiscal burdens of the manufac turer, the manufacturer to find himself not quite so able to meet sudden bursts of demand, and the operatives to be content with a rather lower scale of wages, though sufficient, and probably less fluctuat ing than under the present system. Meanwhile we will venture a few remarks, with a view to repress too sanguine expectations, and to show the depth of the question. Apart from some unnecessary aggravations, the most essential characteristic of factory labour—tedi ous mechanical drudgery—is as old as the world. Employment of mere manual strength and skill, is the portion of nearly all the human kind. There are perhaps few who have not, on entering life, a chance or two, an opportunity or two, of bettering their con dition and lifting their beads above the crowd. But few, however, avail themselves of these openings, and ,the mass subside into o n e grea t l eve l o f toil and sor row, which our faith in the primeval curse compels us to expect must ever remain. Legislation may alle viate the miseries of this class—if only by undoing, in some instances, what it has done—but it cannot cure them. Such is the general helplessness and im providence, and perhaps we ought to add perverseness and degeneracy of mankind, that the mass will press into any employment which affords a regular and suffi cient subsistence, however miserable the subsistence, and miserable the employment. Times never were and never will be very much better in this respect. We will go back to a very simple age, long before the days of steam—before even the days of the spinning-wheel. In the "Iliad" there is a most touching description, which might stand for the type of the wool-spinner to the end of the world. The two armies having come to a stand still at the Grecian camp, neither party either advan cing or giving way, the poet likens their position to a woman, who works for daily wages and is true and just in her dealings, holding a pair of scales. She puts into them the weight and the wool she has spun, which she adjusts till the two scales are equally poised, that she may receive for her children the miserable, hard, and shamefully scanty pay,—for such is the force of the epithet employed. The in terest of this image is increased by a tradition men tioned in the most ancient life of Homer, that he is here describing his own mother, and that the genius which developed into the " Iliad" and the "Odyssey" was first cherished on the miserable, hard, and shame fully scanty pay of a female woolspinner. The Latin poet introduces another feature of the factory life in his list of the omens of a coming storm ; the spark ling of the lamps, and the heads gathering on the wicks, seen by the spinning girls at their night work : . " Nec nocturne quidem carpentes pensa puellse Nescivere by emem." In the interior of Africa Mungo Park found the woman of the house, with the greater part of her family, spinning cotton through ou t a great part of the night, and lightening their task with songs, one of which is that extempore chant on the sad case of the white stranger they had taken in. The labour of grinding corn by the hand, imposed on females or on captives, is uniformly described as being, what a de scription of the clumsy process would certainly lead a most cruel d ru d gery . At th e presen t us to expect, day, if we go into the villages of Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire, we shall often find nearly half the female population at the lace pillow, twirl ing their bobbins for many h ours o f can dl e -li g ht. a t either end of the winter day. Th e t o il i s so grea t, that it is scarcely possible for the younger hands to sustain it, amid the diversions and distractions of home ; so they are crowded into miserable little " schools," where the light of four or five con sumptive-looking " dips" is economically transmitted and condensed through twenty glass bottles to as many lacemakers. A girl of fifteen must work hard to earn half•a-crown a.week, and the sedentary nature of the employment is said to give an unhealthy keenness to the appetite. In this case it is the com petition among the lacemakers themselves—the im mense increase in their number—much more than the use of Nottingham net or any other external cause, which has lowered the remuneration to that starving point. The lacemakers of Normandy work through a great part of the winter night in their stables, among the cows, whose fragrant breath and huge warm bodies serve them for stoves. Yet all this, we may say, is nature, at least a very slight portion of art ingrafted on rural life, certainly not the result of any great tyranny—no mighty social oppression—and almost utterly beyond the reach of legislation. Why do we bring up all this ? It might, of course, seem to tell against us; but we have no fears on that head, and therefore only wished the truth to be seen as widely and deeply as the most unsparing research and the most self-denying can dour can make it. There are those who talk on the great legislative question before Parliament, as if all but continual drudgery was not the portion of man. It is his portion, and would not be so if it were not also his best and mo-t salutary portion. Nature more than art is continually chaining man to the plough and the wheel : and nature works under a lord and master. Philanthropists who close their eyes to this great truth are sure, soon or late, to defeat their own objects. But civilization does also introduce its own evils, and those not the least. It is, then, doubly incumbent on civilization to mitigate, to diminish, to soften man's necessary lot of toil and sor row. Whenever we meet with an enormous mass of suffering, brought to one head, with almost every con ceivable aggravation, and that in the midst of such wealth and power and luxury as the world has no where hitherto witnessed, there surely may be re cognized a plain duty of national interposition. The "law of suffering," as divines have called it, may be pleaded for th e consolat i on o f the sufferers,—f or th e consolation o f unsuccess f u l b e nefactors,—but sur e ly not in excus e apathy. Whatof wealthy, powerful, and luxurious we can do, we must do. More than that is not required. Society shows on its face a vast superfluity of wealth and power,—enough to squander, enough to abuse; surely this indicates a possibility of relieving that mass 1:) . poverty and labour with which it presents so strong, so strange a contrast.— Times. There has been a debate on the Civil Contingencies —always one of the most interesting items in a Com mittee of Supply. There was the old story of paying the travelling expenses of foreigners of distinction, who visited Great Britain ; •with the interesting additi on o f paying the exp enses o f Prince Adalbert of Prussia, when he went from Rio Janeiro to Para ; and some other foreign Prince, when he went from Jaffa to Beyrout, and thence to Constantinople. This may be all very cour teous, and all very generous ; and as it is well known Great Britain has more money than she knows what to do with, no doubt it is quite right for her to do so ; but the question naturally rises— do our Princes and Prin cesses, when they travel abroad, have their expenses paid by the countries through which they pass, or which they go to visit ? If so, there is something like reciprocity, though the balance would be considerably against us ; but as we do not suspect this to be the case, why John r l alone,"aeed leaving his name on the debt o r's s ide ere he had Bull plays the same part he has been doing for the last half century, though, fortunately, now on a much smaller scale. Only fancy, too, the Queen Dowager, with her 100,0 00 / alear, sending in a "little bill" for 1001., for some t rifli ng repairs to Marlborough House • and the British P arliam ent being called upon to vote 684 for watering Park - gate - street, Dublin. Certainly these Civil Contingencies are full o f t h e most i nteresting details I—Cheltenham Looker- on . O N E or TILE BROWN'S.-_A fellow of gentl eman ly appearance and a ddr ess has lately been conferring his favours on several tradesmen of Canterbury, under the nom de guerre of " Captain Bro wn ," b y g i v i ng very libe ral orders for clothes , boots, stationery, books, &c., pay ing small accounts , and getting his name inserted in the waste book, and hence to the ledger, for larger orders, and then withdrawing from the vicinity " by moonlight jnxta-position o n t h e cre di tor ' s, t h us pre senting it n th i em with a " forget-me-not" as a " first flower of spring." He took lodgings in Orchard-street, St. Dunstan's, and was thought by his landlady to be a very nice gentleman, and on his quitting his quarters he left behind him his wardrobe inclosed in a carpet bag, which thus making good th e o ld F renc h pro on inspection was found to contain a very old and dirty shirt and a sack , verb sa id to have been established at the building of the tower of Babel, " Chacun son sac." Captain Brown has the appearance of having been to sea, is about five feet six inches in height,. black h a i r , an d d ar k comp l ex i on , and betrays great impatienee to be attended to in giving orders, —Correspondent of the Kent Herold. KING GEOIIGE TIIETIIIRD AND THE SCOTCH DIVINE, —His Majesty, after the close of the American revolu tionary war, ordered 4 thanksgiving to be kept through . : A noble Scot c h di v i ne , i n th e p rese nce o inquired, " For what are we to give thanks , S t — hfi t ts l i i ik a e i t nig( T tii o n : gi r l: l ll ajesty has lost thirt ee n of your best pro vinces ? ' The King answered "No I" tiis it, then (the ciivinp 44de. ; (l'A that youi Majesty has lost 100,000 fives of y ou r aunjcets in duo c on t es t ?' " No, no !" said the " Isit, then, that w e h ave ex p e nded and lost a hundred m illions of money, an d f or th e defeat and tarnish Majesty's ar ms. ?" 'S No *AA thing, i ing. of Four said tho Ding Pleasantly: t` What, then, is the object orthe thahksgiving ?" 1 ' Oh, to give thanks that it is ' uo worm" THE INCLOSURE BILL. This is the ag6 of practical utilitarianism. Cui bono? What will it fetch ? How much per cent.? What profit will it yield ? is the interrogative reply with which, virtually and in effect, if not in so many words, every proposal is met, every scheme tested, and the merits of, we really believe, every single created thing beneath the sun be it what it may, as far as possible, estimated, in this stirring and enlight ened generation. Times have been, it is true, when the age has been more professedly :elfish—when the surface has shown more unblushingly, and in deeper colours, the external badge and symbol of the fashion able self philosophy which was current ; times have indeed been,—we might point, in illustration of our remark, to the latter part of the last century, with its infidel "philosophy " and its universal laxity of manners,—when, taking men individually, society has been more thoroughly, as well as more avowedly, imbued with the principles and practice embodied in the belief that everything whatsoever is convertible into pecuniary gain, and that all else— health, happiness, morals, religion—is as nothing in comparison with this. This, so far as general society is concerned, must, we gladly acknowledge, be con ceded in favour of the present generation, or rather against those which have preceded it ; but for legis lating upon utilitarian principles,—for embodying in public enactments, made for the benefit (!) not of the lawgivers but of others,—the detestable morality of Hobbes and Hume and Gibbon ;—for realising in practice that species of political morality which holds that man is no more than an impersonation of capital —a mere representative of so much "labour"- - that charity is only a falsification of economy—and that that " benefit of the governed," which it is universally conceded ought to be the object of every Government —is nothing else than the highest possible state of "productiveness" to which the aforesaid subject mul titude may be brought; for legislation of this sort, we say, give us the days of King William and Queen Victoria, for certainly, never before, since England was a nation, has this sort of thing been more con sistently carried out within the walls of Parliament. We might, of course, instance at once many and many a case in which this school of political doctrine has found only too practical an operation ; many such cases will doubtless occur to our readers ; we will, however, confine ourselves to-day to a single instance, not perhaps the most prominent one, but which we notice now in connexion with these remarks, because, for one reason, it is a case where there is still hope, or at least room, for change, inasmuch as it is still pending ; and, for a second, because it is a case of itself, and intrinsically, of no small moment to that much abused class, whose nominal benefit it professes to seek—videlicet, the poor. We have, indeed, often already impugned Lord Worsley's Enclosure Bill on other—perhaps more substantial, as they are certainly the first and most obvious—grounds of objection, viz. as being simply a measure of spoliation—a wrong—an injustice—be its other merits or demerits what they may. We have impeached it, too, on its own grounds ; we have shown that as a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence—as a mere question of utilitarianism, and nothing else—and supposing utilitarianism the best thing in the world, this Bill must needs entail a loss upon the poor owner (we call him the owner, for his right of common is to him as valuable and as much his own, as the fee-simple of the manor is the lord's), as depriving him of his pasturage for the sake of securing to the neighbouring landowners a few more acres of park or game preserves. We have argued the question on these grounds— but there is yet another,—one indicated in our open ing remarks, and one, we think of no less weight, oe which at least ought to be of no little weight, with any one who has at heart the very vital health, moral and mental, as well as bodily,—to say nothing of the mere pleasure and relaxation,—of the poor for whom he professes, or is supposed, to legislate. The wide green common is the poor man's park ; the heath is his garden ; the open fields are his pleasure grounds. He has none other. Near large towns especially, and, to come nearer home, in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, Lord Worsley's Inclosure Bill would be principally and especially odious, not, or at least not so much, on account of the mere loss to the neighbouring poor of the value of the land, as on account of the deprivation to the poor, pale, dingy inhabitants of the smoky brick in closures which spread far and wide in the no remote distance, of their only outlets to health and enjoy ment. No amount of money, we boldly say, could, even if the money went to them, recompense the poor of this great city for the loss of Hampstead-heath, Kennington, or Clapham-common. Lord Worsley's Bill, indeed, is, as an inclosure of these and similar grounds, diametrically opposed to the admitted prin ciple of the Legislature in sanctioning the Victoria Park and the other metropolitan improvements which have been set on foot within the last few years. It is with unfeigned pleasure, therefore, that we see that an effort at least is to be made to rescue these often assailed blessings—for blessings they are—and, if once lost, irreparable ones—from Lord Worsley's clutches. An amendment is proposed, and we ear nestly hope it will be conceded at once without op position, to the effect that the Act shall not " autho rise the inclosure of any common lands, fields, or downs, within ten miles of London, or within four miles of any other city having 4,000, or within two miles of any other city having 2,000, inhabitants." We say that the inclosure of the suburban (espe cially the metropolitan) heaths and commons would be neither more nor less than the sacrifice to Mam mon of the lives, and healths, and property of the multitude of the poor pent within the confines of our large cities. It would be legislating for them (or rather against them) upon principles which no man would think for an instant tenable, much less applicable, in his own case. Why do not gentlemen put under tillage their own pleasure gar dens, or parks, or chases ? The proceeding would, doubtless, be profitable—and the sum total of the productive land of the country would be greatly en hanced—and the economists beyond measure de lighted. "Why, then, is it not done ? Simply, be cause gentlemen know very well, when the affair is their own, that there are other things to be looked to besides the mere maximum of production, and that there are things to be sought besides money, and which no money can purchase. - Why, then, we ask, do they not apply this same rule to the case of the poor ? The suburban commons are their gardens, their parks, their pleasure-grounds. Why must they be compelled to give these up to be turned into money —and that, too, when the money, after all, will not go to them ? " They must answer to me for these things," poor Charles Lamb used to say, every time he marked the loss, one by one, of the few and little comforts and refreshments which the increasing rapa city of the age swallowed away from the unhappy denizens of the brick alleys among which he was born, and so long lived; and, assuredly, if Hamp stead-heath, or Epping-forest, or Wimbledon, or Streatham commons, are allowed to be among the things thus " to be answered for" to the helpless poor of this great city, the account will be no light one. We heartily wish Mr. Berkeley's amendment the success which it so thoroughly deserves. —Times. SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIE. Scylla and Charybdis, or Scylla and Glaucis rather, is a far more appalling story of jealousy. Scylla properly belongs to the opposite coast of Naples ; but as she and her fellow monster Charybdis are usually named together, and the latter tenanted the Sicilian coast, and the strait between them is very narrow, she is not to be omitted in Sicilian fable. Charybdis (quasi Chalybdis, Hiding? though some derive it from two words, signifying to " gape" and " absorb,") *as a female robber, who, having stolen the oxen of Hercules, was condemned to be a whirlpool, and suck ships into its gulf. But she was a horror not to be compared with Scylla, though the latter was thought less dangerou3 to pass. It has been thought by some, that by the word Scylla is meant the bitch of the sea-dog or seal—a creature often found on this coast. Be this as it may (and the seal, having a more human look than a dog, might suggest a more frightful image, to say nothing of its being more ap propriate to the water), who was Scylla? and how came she to be this tremendous monster ? From the jealousy of Circe. Scylla was originally a beautiful maiden, fond of the company of the sea-nymphs, and Glaucus (sea-green), a god of the sea, was in love with her. She did not like him ; and Glaucus applied to Circe for help, from her skill in magic. Circe fell in love with the lover, and, being enraged with the attractions that made him refuse her, poisoned the water in which Scylla bathed. The result was the conversion of her lower limbs into a set of barking dogs. They were part of her; and when in her horror she thought to drive them back, she found herself " hauling" them along with her—one creature, says Ovid, hauling many : " Quos fugit, attrahit una."—Metam, xiv., v. 63. This is very dreadful ; yet Homer's creature is more so. her proceedings exactly resemble the accounts which mariners have given of a huge sea-polypus her —a — u h u o s p t thrusts ship, and carries oft' a few seamen. There is a picture g co ig u a s n in tic of fe t e h l e er li s r o ak ve e i i . i, th o e r s d e e a c -serpent a n n t of it in one of the editions of Blain. But the dog like barking, and the terrific head and teeth, to which the imagination involuntarily gives something of a human aspect, leave the advantage of the horrible still on the side of the poet.—Leigh Hunt in Alinsuworth's Magazine. SINSWLAIt CASE OF SACRILEGE.---A girl named Carpenter, about eleven years of age, was di scovered by the sexton in St. lhomas's Church, early on Saturday week. On being interrogated, she said she went in the previous evening to hear the singing, and the singers leaving chiefly she was locked in all night. In the course of a day or two afterwards she was detected vend ing a Bible and Prayer-book (which had evidently been stolen from the church), and taken before the magis trates, but they could not bring the theft Lhome to her, & IA she was dischar4ed.-114ineshire advertiser. OUTRAGE UPON A MARRIED LADY. HERTFORD, APRIL 9.—James Bill, a young married man of respectable appearance, and who, till within a few days, filled the situation of clerk, at the Ware station of the Northern and Eastern Railway Company, was in dicted at the Hertfordshire Quarter Sessions yesterday, for an ussault upon Jane Ralph, wife of Mr. William Ralph, clerk at the St. Margaret's station, on the same line, with intent to commit a rape. Another count in the indictment charged the prisoner with a common assault. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph had been on terms of c'ose inti macy with the prisoner and his wife, and had frequently visited at each other's houses. Mrs. Ralph, at the time of the commission of this outrage, which has cost Bill both his character and liberty for some time to come, was very near her accouchement, and this circumstance, together with the fact of the assault having been perpe• trated in open.' daylight and in Mr. Ralph's Own house, has caused a very strong sensation in the neighbourhood. It may be proper to state that when the prisoner was apprehended and brought before the magistrates, ono of the justices present expressed an opinion that the case might be summarily dealt with, but his colleagues formed a more serious estimation of the offence charged, and conceived it their duty to send the matter before a jury. The prisoner was accordingly committed for trial, but liberated on finding sufficient bail for his appear ance at the sessions. The nature of the outrage, and the circumstances under which it took place, will be found detailed in the subjoined evidence. _ _ Jane Ralph—l • live at Stanstead, and am a married woman. About two o'clock on the afternoon of the 25th of March I was in my bed-room, in my own house. I heard the house door opeli, and Mr. Bill came in. He walked into the sitting-room in the first instance. I went to the bed-room door, and he asked me if my hus band was in. I replied that he was not. He then in • quired when lie would be in, and I told him about half past two. I went back into the bed-room, and Mr. Bill followed me. He took hold of the and threw me upon the bed. He used his hands in a very indelicate man ner. I called out, and told him I would tell my husband. I resisted him with all my might. I then got from the bed, but he continued his rudeness. I did not rise from the bed by his wish or consent, but by my own strength. I then went and sat down in the sitting room. I was crying very much, and I said I would tell my husband. The prisoner begged I would not do so. I told him that lie had hurt me very seriously, and he said lie hoped not, but that he would come the next evening, and see how I was. I told him that he was not to come there again, for I said he was a great villain. He requested me not to cry, and repeated his hope that I was not hurt. He did not expose his person. I told my husband what had happened the moment he came in, which was very soon after. Bill had previously left the house. Cross-examined by Mr. Ryland—l never expressed any disinclination to appear against the prisoner. It was thought that, being so near my confinement, it would be better to have the matter settled, as my having to undergo the painful necessity of appearing in Court might be productive of injury to my health. I have been 'very friendly both with Mr. and Mrs. Bill. We oftenlised to visit each other. lam quite sure that the first time I saw Mr. Bill, on the 25th of March, was when he came into my bed-room. My husband is cleric at St. Margaret's station, and Mr. Bill was clerk at the Ware station. A pilot engine came up to St. Margaret's station just before this occurrence took place. When Mr. Bill threw me upon the bed I screamed out as loud as I could. There are two cottages near to the house we live in. They are about twice the distance I now stand from the prisoner, ten or eleven yards. Both cot tages are inhabited. Sometimes there are many persons loitering about the station, but I cannot say whether that was the case on the afternoon of this day. I did not go out of the house when the pilot engine came up, nor had I been out shortly before. I was too much hurt to observe whether Mr. Bill exposed his person, but, to the best of my belief he did not. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. Ryland addressed the jury for the prisoner. The Noble Chairman, in his observations to the jury, left it for them simply to say what, in their opinion, the object of the prisoner, in going to the house of Mr. Ralph, was—whether he really intended the commission of a rape, or only the indulgence of so much impropriety as would constitute a common assault. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty on the second count, being for the minor of fence charged. Mr. Ryland then said that, with reference to the ver dict, he had not called witnesses, because such a course would have been inapplicable; but with reference to whatever sentence the court might think proper to pass, ho should call witnesses to character. The Chairman—Very well. The Learned Gentleman called the following witnesses : Mr. Frederick Clark—l have been superintendent of one of the principal stations on the Northern and Eastern Railway. I have known the prisoner three years and a half. During that period, his character, as a moral, well-behaved young man, has always been very good. Mr. John Staples—l am a coach proprietor. I have known the prisoner for two years and a half, as a clerk at the station at Ware, and formerly at Broxbourne. So far as I have heard and known him, his character for morality and proper conduct has been good. Mr. Richard Allen—l am a coal-merchant. I have known the prisoner more than two years. His character, during that period, for morality and propriety of conduct, I have always considered to be perfectly correct. Mr. John Shepherd Matthews—l am a maltster at Ware. I have known the prisoner six months. I have seen nothing whatever in his character of an improper tendency. Mr. George Hainsley—l am a plumber and glazier at Ware. I have known the prisoner six months, and have visited him repeatedly. I have always considered his character as very good._ . . At the conclusion of the examination of these wit nesses, the Magistrates conferred together, and in the course of a few minutes, The CHAIRMAN, addressing the prisoner, said—You have received a very good character from the persons who have known you, I am given to understand that you have already lost your situation, in consequence of this transaction, and under these circumstances, the sen tence of the Court will be much milder than it would otherwise have been. The sentence is, that you be im prisoned for the space of six calendar months. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TIIESDAY.—Her Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians took an early walk as usual this forenoon. The Royal Family were taken their accustomed airings. His Majesty the King of the Belgians walked in the Park to-clay. In the afternoon the two Queens took an airing in an open carriage and four, the Ladies in Waiting on their Majesties following in another, carriage. The Countess of Charlemont has arrived at the Castle, and has succeeded the Countess of Dunmore as the Lady in Waiting on the Queen. The Earl of Morton has arrived, and has succeeded Lord Rivers as the Lord in Waiting on her Majesty. The Hon. Captain Duncombe, RN., has succeeded Colonel Drummond as the Groom in Waiting. Colonel Drummond took his departure from the Castle to-day for town Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Sir George Couper, will join the Royal dinner party at the Castle this evening. The town has been quite gay to-day, owing to the Steeple-chase. The Stewards were, Viscount Seaham, Lord Glamis, and Mr. A. Ricardo. The ground se• lected was a field behind the Queen's Head Spital, and opposite to the Cavalry barracks ; and the winning flag was placed close to the Grand Stand in the field opposite the Cavalry barracks (about four miles) ; the first race was a Handicap Steeple Chase of 10 sovereigns each, 5 forfeit, with 50 added by subscription. The second, a Military Steeple Chase of 5 sovet eigns each, with 20 sovereigns added by subscription ; and . the third race, a Ha.3l( Steeple Chase of 3 sovereigns each, with 10 sovereigns added by subscription. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester took an airing yesterday in a carriage, and went to Kew to the residence of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Royal Duchess partook of a dejeune with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. In the afternoon the Duchess' of Gloucester, attended by the Hon. Captain Liddell, returned to her residence, Gloucester House. Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, visited the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at the Foreign-office. Mr. Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town yesterday from the Priory, Stanmore. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sir Thomas and Lady Kinloch, at the Dowager L ad y Kinloch's, Eaton-place; Arnold, Esq., and the Hon. Mrs. Arnold, at the Cavendish Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their seat in 'Leicestershire ; E. Copley E , SC'' itaz t ditto, from Yorkshire; Lord Maidstone, from Lord F william's, Milton Park, near Peterborough ; Captain Tollemache, from a tour ; the Misses Burdett, in St. James's-place; D. Balfour, Esq., at Fenton's Hotel, from a tour; Mrs. Kinnear and Miss Edmonstone, from Edin burgh; R F. Roe, Esq. , at ditto; Mr. Rogers, in St James's-place. DEPARTURES. Colonel Wood, M.P., from Cavendish-squa re , f or Lit tleton House, near Staines; the Hon. C. C. Cavendish, M.P., and Lady Catherine Cavendish and family, for Latimers' near Cheshunt, Bucks ; G. Fludyer, E sq ., f rom Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, for his seat in Rut landshire ; Lord and Lady E. Bruce, from Curzon-street, for Savernake Lodge, near M ar lb oroug h ; M r. Lockhart, ALP., for his seat in Lanarkshire; M. Dulac, from Fen ton's Hotel, for Paris; the Earl and Countess of Aboyne, for Orton Longueville, near Peterborough. CHANG. The Earl and Countess of Ches ES terfield, at Newmarket, from Bretby Park, Ashby-de-la Zouch ; Sir George Hodson, Bart., from Leamington Spa, on a tour ; the Earl and Countess of Kinnoull and Lord Dupplin, from Rome for Paris; Colonel and Lady Laura Meyriek, from a tour in the South of Europe, for Paris; Lieut.-Colonel Brownlow Knox, at Bannister Lodge, near Southampton, from Winchester. In consequence of the statement made in the House of Lords on the 4th of March, by the Marquis of Nor manby, respecting the suspension of the funds bequeathed by the late Rev. Wm. Tew to Ballysax school, in the county Kildare, by the Board of Charitable Donations and Bequests in Dublin, by reason of that school having adopted the system of education prescribed by the Na tional Board of Education in Ireland, the Right Hou. Lady Kinnaird, sister to his Grace the Duke of Leinster,. has given to the Rector of Ballysax parish a donation o f 251, in aid of the funds of the school. MONEY MARKET andC/TY W FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. TIMES.—The premium on gold at Paris is 13i per mille, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 49; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 65, it follows that gold is 0.64 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 434 i per mark, which, at the English Mint price o f 3/. 17 s . 101 d. per ounce foi standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 9i ; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 101, it follows that gold is 0.34 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburgh. The course of exchange at New York on London is 108 per cent., and the par of exchange between Eng land and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follow that the exchange is 1.58 per cent. against England. But the quoted exchange at New York being for bills at 60 days' sight, the interest must be deducted from the above difference. SUN.—The English Securities left off very firm, and at per cent. advance even on the high rates of the morn ing, Consols being 100 to Bank Stock for Account touched 202 k to 203. India Stock was quiet at 9 94. The Foreign market continued dull, Spanish Actives leaving off the same as in .the morning, and also the Three per Cents. Mexican rallied a little, the Deferred being 151 ; Colombian were 14i ; Brazilian new 771 to ; Belgian, 1041 ; Russian, 117* ; and Dutch Five per Cents. loot col-. The additional transactions in Railway Shares have been these:—Bristol and Gloucester were 22 to 21 ; Chester and Holyhead, 2* to s ; Eastern Counties, New, 5i ; Hull and Selby, 91 ; Lancaster and Carlisle, 24 ; South Western, 43i ; Manchester and Leeds, Half, 18 ; Northern and Eastern Scrip, 91 to 10 ; Ditto, Quarter, 41 ; and Paris and Rouen, 171 to k premium. Green wich Preference were 28 discount. London and West minster Bank Shares were 5i to 5 ; and Provincial of Ireland, New, 64., premium. The following is the official return of the exports of bullion from the port of London for the week ending Thursday last : Silver coin to Belgium ~ China bars to Rotten COURSE OF EXCHAI Amsterdam CF. 12 6 Ditto, at sight l2 4 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6i Antwerp 26 0 Ramburgh M.B. 14 0 Altona l4 0 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 70 Ditto, 3 months 25 95 Marseilles Bourdeaux 26 0 Frankfort on Maine 50,000 5,000 •dam qGE.—(YESTERDA Y.) Gibraltar Leghorn 30,65 Genoa 25 95 Milan Venice 47 • Naples 39 Palermo, per oz ll7 Lisbon Oporto s3i Rio Janeiro 23 Bahia 23 Buenos Avres NewYork,2ldys sight Philadelphia PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz. Foreign Gold, bars-13 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 3 17 5 New Doubloons-- 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9 Silver in Bars 0 4 11 i Petersburg!), 3Us 36i Berlin 7 Vienna, etTee. fl. 3 M 967 'Trieste, ditto Madrid 36i Cadiz 136: Bilbao 3 6. Barcelona 36 Seville — BANK OF ENGLAND. Yesterday a special meeting of the proprietors of Bank Stock was held in the Court-room of the Corpora tion, for the purpose of eecting a Governor and Deputy- Governor for the year ensuing. Mr. William Cotton, the Governor, presided, and the Court having been opened in the usual form, the ballot was commenced. Pursuant to a request expressed in general Court last month, Mr. W. Cotton and Mr. J. B. Heath were placed on the house list to serve in the following year, as many im portant negotiations already commenced would have to to be continued, relative to the charter, the consideration of which mast soon be brought before Parliament. At four o'clock the glasses were closed, and, after an investigation, the scrutineers announced that there had been given for Mr. William Cotton, to be Governor, 98 votes ; for Mr. John Benjamin Heath, as Deputy-Go vernor, 97 Votes; and for Mr. John Cook, whose name was put up for the latter office, one vote. The Governor and Deputy-Governor then took the usual oaths on their appointment to their respective offices, and the Court was adjourned until to-morrow morning, when the election for Directors will take place. There is no doubt but that the proprietors given in the house list, and past Directors, will be on the ballot re elected. The Court adjourned at half-past four o'clock. Mr. Thomas Pate, son of Mr. Wm. Pate, farmer, of Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, is about to present to theyitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, a beautiful skeleton, . . . (it is supposed) of a wolf, which was found in the neigh bourhood of that place. Mr. Pate is to have for his liberality free access at all times to the Museum, with the liberty of admitting any number of friends. PERILS OF AN EASTER-OFFERING COLLECTOR.— Owing to the extraordinary increase of the value of the tithes exacted by the Rector of Hackney, a strong and something like united determination to resist further payment of " Easter-offerings" exists among the pa rishioners. The following plain-speaking placard was freely distibuted throughout the parish on Saturday, and has served to increase the hostility to the clerical poll tax :—" The inhabitants of Hackney are cautioned against sub.nitting to a pious fraud, in the shape of what are called Easter-offerings. By the late commutation of tithes the Rector is to receive a fixed rent-charge of 9811. per annum, instead of, as formerly, a sum under 500/. This increase has been, in fact, obtained by including in the rent-charge nearly the whole of what has hitherto been contributed by the inhabitant; as Easter-offerings. Should, therefore, any one, not duly authorised, make any demand on them for Easter-offerings, they are re quested to hand him over to the police, in order that he may be summarily dealt with as a person endeavouring to extort money under false pretences." FATAL AFFRAY AT IIORSLYDOWN.—Last eveninfr between the hours of six and seven, a quarrel ensued in front of the bar of the Coal Smack public-house, Horsly down, between two persons of the names of Dean and Fishey, which has resulted in the death of the former. From the few particulars that could be obtained, it appears that Dean, who was the son of a coalmeter, was standing in front of the bar, using obscene language, when Fishey re monstrated with him on his impropriety. This caused high words to pass between the parties, and from words they came to blows. They then retired into the streets, where several rounds were fought ; Dean, it seems, was severely beaten, or else he received some serious injury by being thrown down. Finding what state he was in, he immediately repaired to a neighbouring surgeon, who recommended him to go to the hospital. The poor fellow started off for that purpose, and had just reached the entrance of Guy's Hospital, when he was suddenly observed to stagger, and then fall to the ground. He was picked up in an insensible state, and carried into that institution, and the house-surgeon was promptly in attendance, and en deavoured, but hi vain, to restore him to conscious ness, the vital spark having for ever flown. Informa tion of the melancholy occurrence was forwarded to the police, who apprehended Fishey last night, shortly after ten o'clock. THE BRITISH INSTITUTION.—On Thursday, the election of a keeper for this institution took place, when Mr. John Seguier, the brother of the late keeper, was chosen to be his successor. The only other candidate was Mr. John Burnet, the celebrated painter and en• graver; though some of the newspapers have nominated Mr. Unwins, the Royal Academician, much, we believe, to the surprise and annoyance of that gentleman, who never entertained an idea of the kind.—Literary Gazette. THE ROYAL NURSERY.—WhiIe her Majesty and Prince Albert are inhaling the genial and invigorating sea breeze, and rusticating at Osborne, in the Isle of Wight, the Royal progeny will be domiciled at the pic turesque seat at Eaglehurst, which has been selected as the marine residence of the Royal infants. The stately tower of Eaglehurst is not far from Calshot Castle, in the Southampton river, commanding beautiful sea views in all directions, aEd is surrounded with rich plantations. It was formerly the seat of the Earl of Cavan, and ori ginally built by the late Temple Luttrell. The lofty tower of Eaglehurst is well known to seamen as " Lut trell's Folly." I3nocou FROM CORNWALL.— Very large quanti ties of brocoli are now sent to Bristol by the steamers, for sale in the Bristol and Bath markets, or to be for warded by railway to London. The very large brocoli raised in the west of Cornwall surpass everything of the kind that can be raised in the neighbourhood of those markets.—Royal Cornwall Gazette. TAILORS' PROTECTION SOCIETY.—The journeymen tailors of the metropolis have for a length of time been using their best endeavour to establish an Association for th e purpose of protecting themselves from the vast inroads which had been made upon their interests by the recent system of competitionmals, andothers, e ln the etra hdwe,bo work outytheem - ployment of persons, females, of doors, instead of the old system when masters had all their work done on the p rem i ses. Af ter a aeries of meetings held in town, an d an arrangement ma d e f or a division of the metropolis into sections for mutual acting, a correspondence was opened with provincial towns throughout the whole kingdom, the most of which formed local societies for the same purpose, and entered into correspondence and co-operation with the central committee in London. Yesterday the committee met at the Music llall, 72, St. Martin's-lane, to receive delegates from the country. Mr. Par rott was unanimously called to the chair, and Mr. Parker acted as secretary. There were present a great number of delegates from different parts of England, such as Manchester and towns of the like its. portance, and from other large towns there were com munications by letter, all tendering adherence and una nimity to the general movement. The primary object of the association, as we understood it, from what come before the meeting, is to get up a number of petitions tek Parliament, praying for a Committee to inquire into the state of the trade, and to call upon the Legislature to enforce such Acts, now almost become obsolete, which enforced penalties upon those who employed themselves, or those who employed others, in trades to which they had not served a legal apprenticeship. The delegates assembled at ten o'clock. and continued their sitting till five o'clock. The communications from the country were all of the most flattering description as regarded heartiness in the cause, but were deeply tainted with sad details of the miserable endurance of those who were employed by these cutting establishments. The Com mittee resume their sittings to-day at the same hour, and to continue till their business be completed. The number of English visitors at Paris is at the present moment greater than it has been ever since the peace, not less than 500 passports are daily presented at the English Embassy for visa. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—.OII the 9th inst., at Brighton, Sir John Dean Paul, Bart., of Rodborougb, Gloucestershire, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of Samuel, late Lord Bishop of St. Asaph. THE SUN, LONDON", WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 16 3 1544. 1 _ I