The Sun. — London, England, 1836-07-28 00:00:00

ablate was the main evil; but by the double quick time —the prestissim o method of this new Bill, the voters will, we fear, in many cases lose their franchise. It is a very tantalising sort of liberality which gives men an elective franchise as a great boon, for the sake of which they are to forgive every folly in other matters which the donors may fall into, and then to set such restrictions upon the mode of exercising that franchise as will in numerous cases render it unavail' o l e . We are really at a loss to discern the mot,'.ve of limiting the polling at contested elections; for even the most popu lous counties, to nine lthurs, as well as to discoN.:,r the practical reasoninfr 'by • which the framers of the mea injsure satisfie,d t l7, ernselves that they were not doing an ustice, at the. Buppose a general election to take place sr time the last did—t o wit, in the last days o f. 1-Peeember and the earliest in January ; let a storm of -blinding sleet be added to the other little accesso ries of a polling day at such a season_a season when day] jg lit begins at half -past eight, and ends at half past three ; arid then let it be considered how the pollin g of the electors of a county is to be managed between eight in the morning and five in the afternoon. Two hours of this time, the worthy electors, how ever clear-sighted unran political matters, must exer cise their elective f:tan . chise in the dark ; at all events, they will not have the light of day to help them, and unless polling booths be more comfortably arranged than we ha-ie generally seen them, it will be no easy matter to h ave t h e aid of candles in them, while a December or January blast is howling through them. flSome persons, exceedingly wise in their own conceits, ay, shrug their shoulders at such objections as trfling." They may be so to very profound philo sophers, who know no more of the practical working of an election than the sage who analyses nitrate of • potash knows of the sovereign virtues of saltpetre in curing beef ; but we are very certain that, upon such matters, the election of the Representatives of the people of England. in the House of Commons must depend. Supose the clerks in a polling booth to work from its opening to its close, without a moment ' s ' cessation to eat, drink, or blow their fingers, could they do more than poll a man per minut e ? W e sup- Pose not. N ow, this Bill allows, at the very utmost, 640 minutes for each polling there booth to be op en . Ei t h er have must be more p o lli ng b ooths than hitherto there been, or some of the voters must be turned away. PFive hundred and forty votes per booth wont do in the oPulou s count i es. And this, be it remembered, is tile outside number, without any allowance for acci iientS—for he an d strugg li ngs of rival voters in fr ont of the booths, and for " lack o' the sun," half an hour in the morning, and an hour and a half in the eveni ng , We v ery seriously submit that this is rather sharp pr act i ce. It is particularly so for the aged, or the si ck, am/Infirm voters, who generally wait until the r usn and hurry of th e po lli ng are over. If they do this their under the new syst em ( an d t h ey must do so, or r i s k lives), they will find that when the hurry is over, the election is oVer, and that they cannot vote at all. We are glad to see that one Member of the House of I.tanwns) and, to the shame of the Liberals be it said, 'ory)•did bear in mind the necess i ty t h at the people should bee allowed votes a fair opp or t un i ty o f recording their Bides, and moved that, un d er certa i n conditions, a can be Might call u pon the Sheriff to erect a polling otd for every 450 voters in each district. This was licit oPposed, but reserved for insertion in a future stage sharp look-o ut f or this "future stage," and see that hi clau se makes its appearance upon it. Such a provi s sion may increase the expense, but that we consider of small importance compared with the benefit to be de rived from it—namely, that of affording a reasonable tim e for electors to tender their votes. Nine hours, with the ab a t ement of ordinary interruptions, and two hours of darkness in the winter months, are certainly no t more than enough for the polling of 450 votes in f ea ch bo ot h. Th e Bi ll contains some new regulations : ° r changine.b the places of p o lli ng in count i es upon the presentation of Justices of the Peace, or the High Sheriff; sanctioned by the King in Council. These are r egu l ations which might be abused, and such c hanges, ~.._ "ee t upon very solid grounds of particular expediency, are to be deprecated. But in these days, when ever fit t y r eader of a penny magazine thinks himself ? re - arra no ., against the world, it is in vain to contend the too6-ready adoption of a principle of change. .........Afor . nt ng Herald. Th e A • , mendments of the Lords to the Prisoners' derCounselt. Bill were last night brought under the consi a 'on of the House of Commons. The whole dis ,ussion hinged on the question whether or not the ac jd § . hould be allowed the last word. In contending 4o • the right of the prisoner's Counsel to be heard in I.e PIY to the speech of the prosecutor's, after the closing ?therof evidence, Mr. Ewart took occasion to expose an of.the perfidies which mark the political career of t."ord Lyndhurst. It appears that this Lord —noble by a l lep,al fiction —when Attorney -General, opposed a ll ' Purposing to give the aid of Counsel to prisoners, rior, the ground that it gave two speeches to the prose ng Counsel —as the present Bill does —and de carred t h e , prisoner of a reply ; and yet the same dis n'guished - Judge now lends his sanction to an amend objee,nt, rescinding the very clause intended to secure the ct for which he then professed to feel so much theolicitude.. It would be supererogatory to dwell on exposure of this tergiversation ; in regard to any "e else, -such dereliction from principle might a.ifford ground s of the gravest accusation ; but Lord with"-"Yodhurst has this advantage, that in being covered zniorminor Such a number of political delinquencies his number escape notice in the enormity of o e,raore. serious charges whiCh may be brought fga'n him. The motive by which the Lords pro ess.., ) 'R to be actuated in depriving prisoners of the .4 t , f word was, that it would be more in their favour to leave them to the commiseration of a Jury, ' 4l l grant them the right of putting, through their C ounsel, the most favourable construction on their 1 This, at first siht, to some may appear a very 1 1- ! m atle moti ve ; but "when devils w ill t h e b lackest 4 c.rnxlll/e put on, th ey d o at first suggest with heavenly h ,' , s as the L or d s do here. The duty o f t h e J ury Lnelr l _, i not to dispense pity, b ut j ust i ce. The object of Constitution is not to screen the guilty nor to inculpate the innocent, but to investigat e impartially thet truth. 'And though humanity prompts the giving t2''st° the accused the benefit of a doubt where doubt ts• yet the ends of legislation would be as much meferAted"by leaving the prisoner to the commiseration Q . l the Jury, instead of to the fullest and most favour exposition of his case, as to expose him to "Lynch ' h aw," and the dictates of vindictive passion, without .rjr?ging him to trial at all. It is surprising how men branc h in the Legislature —even in that most absurd r anch of it, the Lords—could betray such an utter Ignorance of jurisprudence as to defend the amend we on such a monstrous pretext as that on which th e e have been commenting. Why should not v i l Counsel for the prisoner have the same pri in e ge as the Counsel for the prosecution—to com mlent ma the facts and draw his inferences ? Why s hould one party be allowed the advantage of two e_ ec thes, and the other of only one ? If Counsel be teh.:essary at all, party an equal why not give each 'theor if not, and perhaps it would be in general dispense best means of accomplishing the ends of justice, decide with speeches on either side, and let the jury (~ on ?the vonsel Th i evidence uninfluenced by the appeals of ce ytabl e s would, perhaps, not be altogether ac hut,t° long-robed and long-winded gentlemen ; ctduntloubtedly, truth would be far more easily ell bia,,,e f.retio unvarnished evidence, than from the ver ge W hich the advocate on either part must of Y endeavour to obscure it. In fact, we are stro no . l . . lowed b y of opinion, that if prisoners' Counsel were al to to reply, sed r) .,_ . the counsel for the prosecution would 0 1 ,. ti _Lu e avail himself of the permission of commenting i,.._", iFvidence for the defence, and thus would save ' ' i c e . 7 Wane, without militating against the ends of jus desire tWe always suspect those of sinister motives who ti ve . O l eave to casual discretion what may be posi wol. provided for, and such is the object of those who et:11%11:11ve the prisoner to the commiseration or non of ration of the jury, instead of the merits or de it„__e...ol then cause. On the motion of Lord John ,4,_"81.11_ consideration of the Lords' amendment Akt? referred to a Select Cominittee.—Morning 41,eturtzser. We agon _ ~,,h a ve seldom had th e pain to witness such an lis t ;)I(.°' aPprehension as the O'Connellite IVlinisteria "'splay regarding the Irish Tithe Bill. Their I terror lest this question should be settled is as strange as it is painful. Why should they doubt that the in.• fluence and the industry which have hitherto been so successful in preventing the ntt.jn`stnieWt of tithe iu Ireland ) and rejecting the substitute should be so still r e Why should they tremble for the =tinned reign of folly and factious feelina House of C ommons ? the do profess to be in th e secrets of those nun wnom the enemi es o f our Pro test ' ant Mr2;;Jarchy‘have hith er t o re li e d ; b ut if we - may . ;:itigre from the piteous shrieks of distress with which they are summoned to the rescue next Monday evening in the House of Commons, there is strong reason to suspect somewhere that sense, moderation, and jus tice, are likely to be more powerfully supported, than for some time they have been in that House. Lord Melbourne —with that sort of sense and mag nanimity, which 8o much distinguish him—has given up the charge of the Irish Tithe Bill, because the Lords have expunged from it a clause which has no manner of onnection with its professed object, except as a sort of hostile flag to denote that the Bill was framed in no spirit of good-will to the Church. This high and mighty conduct of his Lordship has no pa rallel in grave political history, and we are forced into the realm of fiction to find something with' 'Which to compare it. Sterne's Mrs. Jenny, who, taking offence at a hint that " a lutestring at a guinea a yard, which she was cheapening," was too much for her, turned round and ordered " a stuff at tenpence," is the fittest prototype for the Prime Minister's proud proceeding. It is true that the Lords concur with him in the principle of the commutation of tithes for a rent charge--that, with one or two not very important ' changes, they adopt the details of the Ministerial measure ; but because the hostile principle—the O'Connell shibboleth, which had no more business where it was than a Romish scapulary upon the shoulders of a Protestant Clergyman—because that needless offence has been eradicated from the Bill, he gives it tip. But he has done more than this. In a moment of singular forgetfulness of self, and not of himself alone, but of his unhappy colleagues, he gave a rash pledge, that were a majority of the House of Commons to approve of what the Lords have done in this matter, he would resign. Before the vote was taken in their Lordships' House upon the question he made the dread announcement that if it were carried and approved by a majority of the Commons the awful event which, with a screwing of our courage to the sticking place, we have prevailed upon ourselves to write down, would take place. The House shook at the hypothetical suggestion, but whether with incre dulous laughter, or deep-felt fear, it boots not now to tell. But the Members of that House are of stony hearts and iron nerves ; and, in spite of the alternative held out to them, they did vote the O'Connell clause out of the Bill, by a majority of three to one. One part of Lord Melbourne's condition is fulfilled ; the other, which, with, such peculiar propriety in a Mem ber of the House of Lords, he had stated —namely, a majority of the House of Commons also against him —may be fulfilled when the Bill goes back to that House. This is the point upon which the dreadfully straining eyeballs of the O'Connellite Ministerialists are at present fixed. It is in vain now to lament the indiscretion of Lord Melbourne in pledging himself that if a majority of both Houses were against him he would resign. It is, indeed, very surprising and un fortunate that a Minister who is quite accustomed to find the numbers always three or four to one against him in the House of Parliament to which he belongs should, in a moment of excitement such as loses sight of all reality and probability, have talked of resigning if there were ever so small a majority against him in the House to which he does not belong. This was a stretch of devotion to his country and his cause which prudence should have forbidden ; but what is said, is said, and there is no help for it. The thing is now to make a majority in the House of Com mons ; for if it be not made—horrescimus 7Tfe rentes—the Melbourne Administration is pledged to dissolution. " The vote will be taken on Mon day night," says the O'Connellite print ; " recollect, it is a struggle in which life or death is concerned. Come, then, to the rescue—come one, come all—they are traitors who stay away." It is not thought ne cessary by the disinterested journal in question to prove that the settlement of the Irish tithe question ought to be forfeited, rather than have that legislative settle ment divorced from Mr. O'Connell's appropriation clause, with which it has no just or reasonable con nection. It knows better with whom it has to deal. It judges with a nicer sympathy of the kind of spur which will most successfully drive in the Whig-Radical stragglers. It• announces in horrid and appalling ca pitals the dread alternative—the resignation of the Mel bourne Ministry. It well knows that " Nothing could it to damnation add greater than that." Nothing could it urge so likely to prove effective with those who are most obstreperously vehement in the advo cacy of revolutionary patriotism. But the inquiry yet remains, why is there such fear ? Why such urgency of entreaty and abuse on this occasion, when hitherto a ma jority for Ministers, although diminishi ng , has still b een obtained? In th e fi rst p l ace, there may be good reason to believe that, though the p ower f u l an d most persua sive spee c h o f Lord Lyndhu rs t on Monday night was not sufficient to induce Lord Melbourne to throw off the O'Connell chain wherewith he is bound, and to yield to the demonstration of reasoning and the plead ings of eloquence, it has succeeded with Members of House of Conimons who can afford to be independent. Large as may be the phalanx of those who hold, and who expect to hold, place under the present Adminis tration—heavy as the crop of Commissionerships is likely to be from the diligent cultivation of that de sirable commodity by the present Government—and eager as the band of youthful and middle-aged patriots may be to assist in the gathering-in of the same, it would be unjust to the whole mass of Ministerial supporters not to suppose that a good many of them are accessible to reason, and honest enough to act upon its dictates. It would be equally unjust to the understandi ng of that p or ti on t o suppose th at , h av i ng read the speech of Lord Lyndhurst, apart from those incitements of party which prevent speeches in the House of Commons from receiving a calm, impartial hearing, they have not been convinced by it, and satisfied that a difference of opinion between- the two Houses upon the " appro priation clause" is no reason why Irish tithes should not be commuted for rent charge--a proposition upon which there is no difference of opinion between the two Houses. It may, therefore, not unreasonably be calculated that some of those who sent up the clause to the House of Lords will not vote against the amendment which has expunged it. It is to be borne in mind that as the next division on this clause is one upon which hangs the existence of the Administration a bare majority will not suffice. A majority in such a case, composed only of Mi n i s t ers an d t h e i r subordi nates in office, is a defeat. It would certainly be so held by any set of Ministers who were men of spirit and honour. A Ministry beaten by three to one in the House of Lords, and supported by a majority composed solely of their own votes in the House of Commons, would indeed stand in a very despi cable position before the country. No one can doubt that Ministers will vote for themselves, but many will doubt that such a majority as that is decently sufficient, after a pompous declaration that, if not supported by a majority of the House of Commons, Ministers would resign. A majority of 26 will not do. There are more than 26 in the House of Commons whose salaries depend upon the exi s t ence o f t h e Ad ministration. W e look with great interest to this di vision. We shall not imitate the example of those we despise, by calling such of our party as may absent themselves " traitors ;" out we venture to express our trust that no gentleman of the Conservative body in the House of Commons who has a due regard for his principles as a Protestant and his honour as a public man will fail to make his vote effective upon this great occasion. To turn out the Ministers is not the object. We dare say they might he prevail e d upon to stay, and we do not care though they continue to have the salaries—(seeing how necessary they are to their hap piness)—provided they be hindered from the grovel ling baseness to which their connection with O'Con nell has pledged them. We call upon the Conservative Member s t o atten d, f or t h e purpose o f stopping by one decisive vote that tendency towards a coarse, corrupt, Popish ascendancy, which is the curse of the public affairs of Great Britain at this day.—morning Post. ICE - CHANCERY.-WEDNESDAY TAYLOR V. TAYLOR. The plaintiff Taylor, who was alleged to have been con- fined by his sons, was brought up under an habeas corpus. His HONOUR inquired whether he was detained against his will by the parties, his sons, to whom the writ was directed ? The plaintiff replied that he was not detained against his will. The VICE-CHANCELLOR, asked him where be should go upon leaving the Court ? He was at liberty to go wherever he pleased. Under these circumstances his HONOUR said the writ must be discharged with costs. CONSISTORY COURT. GROVER V. GROVER. This is a suit for separation by reason of adultery, pro moted by Mr. John Grover against his wife, Louisa Grover. The parties were married on the Ist of August, 1830, and proceeded in the course of June, 1834, to Ville Dieu, in France, where an adulterous intercourse was pleaded to have taken place between Mrs. Grover and M. Amadee de Wall, rector of the post in that town, and a captain 'in the National Guard. The main facts which were alleged as leading up to the commission of adultery were that Mrs. Grover and Mr. Wall were in the habit of walking together, unattended, at an early hour in the morning in lonely lanes and fields near the town of Ville Dieu ; that on one occasion they had re mained together in the park belonging to the King of the French after the gates were closed ; and that subsequent to the return of Mr. and Mrs. Grover to London, a clan destine correspondence had been carried on between Mr. Wall and the defendant. Dr. LUSIIINGTON could not pronounce for the separa tion as prayed for by the husband upon all the evidence now before him. It was therefore his duty to pronounce against the prayer of the husband. BANKRUPTCY COURT. GEORGE LEVI'S BANKRUPTCY. The bankrupt in this case was a West India merchant, and a fiat of bankruptcy having been awarded against him, circumstances transpired during the investigation of his ac counts which rendered frequent adjournments of his final examination necessary. The debts and liabilities of the bankrupt were about 66,0001., to meet which he had good debts, cash in hand, and property, amounting only to 945/., and the creditors had also the prospect of realising a sum out of 22,0001. of doubtful debts. The investigations into the bankrupt's affairs have been most minute and extensive, the Learned Commissioner having devoted thirty-five mornings to them, independently of the inquiries of the official assignee, Mr. Clark, in tracing, if possible, property, which the bankrupt became possessed of soon before his bankruptcy to the amount of 25,0001., or 30,0001. These inquiries in a commercial point of view are of interest, par ticularly as regards the administration of bankrupt law. Mr. Commissioner WILLIAMS said the question involved in this case was one in which the commercial public were deeply interested. The claim and liabilities of the bank rupt were about 66,0301., to meet which he had only money, property, &c., to the amount of 945/., and the ex pectation of realising a portion of 22,000/. in doubtful debts. The bankrupt, only three months before the fiat was issued against him, and when the state of his books must have been known to him, took up goods from mer chants and others amounting to nearly 25,0001. or 30,000/., which were chiefly consigned to parties related to him. Of these amounts 9,462/. were entrusted to John Levi, and 9,000/. to Jacob Levi. A short time before the bank ruptcy John Levi, the bankrupt's nephew, was commissioned to go to the West Indies to collect debts, and take goods to the amount of 8,0001. or 9,000/. It had been remarked by the Learned Counsel on the part of the creditors that it was extraordinary that John Levi should have been selected for the purpose, and could the Court believe th e assert i on of the bankrupt that he would trust him 20,0001., when he knew that he had failed on the Stock Exchange, had paid his creditors only a small per tentage, and had, previously t o his going to th e W es t Indie s , been a dabbl er in the funds, or what was called an Alley man. Nor could it be be lieved that the bankrupt was indebted to John Levi to the extent of 6,000/., as stated in the accounts. H e (the Learn e d C o mmissio ner ) th o u g ht with the Learned Counsel that those statements were inconsistent. The Learned Commissioner then referred to the exertion of the official assignee in this case, and also noticed the successful efforts made in the case of Duncan Neil Smith, when out of 15,000/. or 16,000/. of debts, 14,0001. were expunged as being fraudulent. In justice to the creditors, and for the protection of the commercial interests, he felt bound to adjourn the final examination of the bankrupt sine die The bankrupt's petition, at the request of his solicitor, -as renewed for a month. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. lIOME CIRCUIT.—LEWES JuLr 27. BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.-HARRISON V. GOULD. This action was brought ,by the plaintiff, Betty Harrison, to recover from the defendant; John Gould, compensation in damages for a breach of promise of marriage. From the evidence called on the part. of the plaintiff, it appeared that she, now twenty-four years of age, was kitchen maid to Lord Egrcmont, in whose service her father was as gardener. The defendant, who was twenty-two years of age, lived with his uncle, the late Mr. Tyler, an attorney at Petworth and was articled to him. Living in the same village, the plaintiff and defendant constantly saw one another, and the latter declared himself much attached to her, made an offer of marriage, and was received. They were in the habit of being much together, and attending a Methodist chapel at Petworth, each professing to be very pious. The m arr i age d ay was at last f i xed and the bridal attire purchased ; but the defendant thought it right, ulti mately, to go from, his promises and break off the match. The defendant had professed to different persons great love for the plaintiff, and stated his intention to marry her. Mr. Tyler, in his will, left him 4,000/. to he paid when he was 23 years of age, besides leaving to his mother 60,000/. at her disposal, upon her decease to her children, of which she had six, if she thought proper. On the part of the defendant several witnesses were called to prove that the plaintiff had been guilty of great levity of condnet ; and by their testimony it appeared that she had gone to help in the bar at the Anchor, at Hor sham, and while there had allowed Mr. Newman, the land lord, to kiss her, and take other liberties, and had also spent 15s. in beer among some dragoons quartered at Horsham, and done other improper things. A number of letters from the defendant to the plaintiff were put in evidence, and caused much l aug h ter i n Court, from th e r idi c ulous style in which they were written, being filled with quotations from the. Scriptures, and vows of love and sorrow for his sinfulness. In one dated August 31, 1833, he indorsed a memorandum drawn up as follows : " In the name, and with the assistance of the'Almi g ht y and the Lord Jesu s Ch r ist, who cam e d own to save sinners, &c. I will marry no one but you. Signed--JOHANNES AURUM" (Anglice, gold, in allusion to his name). The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 150/. OXFORD CIRCUIT.---ST.IFFOR.D, JuLr 26. " THE TWA DOGS. " .-EAVIDSON V. NICHOLLS. This was an action to recover 101., lodged with the de fendant, a stakeholder in a match between two greyhounds —Yorick, the property of Mr. Shelly, and the plaintiff's dog—Topper. The race took place on the 23d of Fe bruary, in a field belonging to Lord Talbot, near Stafford, on the terms of the best of three heats. •It was admitted that Yorick won the first, but in the second and third CHANCERY COURT-WEDNESDAY: STATUE ot oEtiabt dis t ch h a e rp L ,, o f t said this ivas an appli cat i on to "ce-unancellor s order, restraining the de fendants from erecting a statue in front of Pall-Mall East. The plaintiffs contended that they had taken the lease of the ground on which they had since built upon the faith of a plan which existed at the time of their contract, and which represented the whole space, upon part of which the statue was now to be erected, as open, and not to be built upon. On looking to the plan as it appeared in the margin of the lease, this point of the plaintiff's claim would not be found to be supported, and if reference was made to the larger plan, and to the Act of Parliament under which the Corn missioners of Woods and Forests, (who had given their consent to the proposed erection) derived their authority, it would be seen that the plan and the Act were framed with reference to the whole space over which the Act was to be carried into operation, and that it related as well to the houses which were to be taken down as to those which were to be built. If the right of the plaintiffs was derived from the latter plan they would be entitled to have it carried into effect in all its parts, and the erection at the end of Waterloo-place would be as much an infraction of the contract as the erection of the proposed statue. The principal point for the Court to decide, how ever, on the present occasion, was one purely legal. It was, whether the plaintiffs were, upon the grounds stated to the Court in their behalf, and without any allegation of fraud or mistake, entitled to claim that the contract they had made for their lease, and the lease itself, was to be held to include the plan said fo have been exhibited to them at the time they agreed to take the house. His Lordship could not hold that the plaintiffs had such as right as they had alleged. With respect to the assertion that the statue might be or would be a public nuisance, his Lordship thought that as sumption was wholly unsupported, and for the reasons he had stated ho must discharge the order for the injunction which had been obtained. REX V. CARR-REX V. KIRKALDY. Mr. Carr, it appeared, is a member of the new town council at Sunderland, and agent to Lord Durham in the collieries. About the middle of 1834 a Mr. Snowball, an attorney at Bishop Wearmouth, was professionally employed in arranging the affairs of an insolvent who was indebted to Lord Durham to the amount of several hundred pounds. Mr. Carr imagining that through the manage ment of Mr. Snowball creditors to a much smaller amount had been appointed assignees, thought proper on one occasion to tell Mr. Snowball in the Lambton Coal Office that his conduct in the affair was infamous. Mr. Snowball having pondered over the affront for a period of two years, thought proper in his turn to say, in the shop of a Mr. Gully, in Sunderland, that Mr. Carr was no better than a miscreant, and had treated him (Snowball) like a brute in the Lambton Coal Office, Mr. Gully being an inti mate friend of the party to whom these epithets were ap plied : the consequence was, that next day, Mr. Kirkaldy, as the friend of Mr. Carr, called on Mr. Snowball, at a hotel in Sunderland, and, in the name of his principal, pre sented a letter, demanding in good set terms " the satisfac tion of a gentleman." Mr. Snowball, with professional caution, inquired whether " the satisfaction of a gentleman" meant Mr. Carr to fight a duel with pistols ? " Certainly," replied Mr. Kirkaldy, " of that there can be no doubt." Mr. Snowball then proposed to retract the expression he had used, if Mr. Carr would retract those which had given rise to it. Mr. K. refused to carry the message to Mr. Carr, and finally Mr. Snowball wrote a letter in reply to the challenge, stating his determination not to accept an invitation of that kind from Mr. Carr or anybody else. Mr. Kirkaldy, on receiving this letter, rung the bell, and desired the waiter to bring up the case he had left below. The case was brought up, was unlocked, and displayed to the eyes of Mr. Snowball a pair of very stylish hair-triggers. " There, said Mr. Kirkaldy, "are the pistols ; and I expect you will meet Mr. Carr at Mary's Gill in half-an-hour." This Mary's Gill, it appeared, is a very narrow ravine near the town, and about as killing as a sawpit. Mr. Kirkaldy then locked the case and walked off with it under his arm. Mr. Snowball, not at all influenced by the " persuasive" so ingeniously applied by Mr. Kirkaldy, remained of the same opinion, and was in consequence posted by Mr. Carr in the public news-room in Sunderland as a calumniator and a coward. Both parties were respectively found Guilty. During the trial the following epigram was quoted : Needless, 0 Carr I your pistols arc, Kirkaldy, curb your ire, What man of tact, could e'er expect, A Snowball to stand fire ? POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION -HOUSE. Several Shetland men applied to the LORD MAYOR under the following circumstances :—They had, they said, been led by a publication issued by Mr. Anderson, of the house of Wilcox and Anderson, merchants of London, to accept a proposal to engage in the Marquis Barbacena's estab lishment for carrying on the sperm whale fishery in Brazil for three years, at the rate of 40s. a month. The Marquis having, however, broken his agreement, the applicants were plunged into great embarrassment and poverty, and their families were no doubt, by this time, suffering intense privations. Many of those who relied upon the representa tions which had been made had contrived to get situations for themselves, others went back to Shetland from London, to which city they had all come after having made arrange ments to let their poor families receive half the money they should earn ; but the rest, those who constituted the pre sent petitioners, after having given up all chance of gain at home by entering into the engagement, looked to Mr. An derson as under obligations to make up for the losses they had sustained. Mr. Anderson, who attended most willingly the moment he heard of the nature of the application, and expressed an anxious hope that publicity would be given to the facts, stated that he admitted the existence of the engagements made by him upon the part of the Marquis of Barbacena, but declared that the complainants, instead of having any claim upon him, were greatly in his debt. The Loan IVI?.YOR asked whether an official notice had been sent from the Government P—Mr. Anderson replied that there was no doubt it. The letter which he had re ceived; intimating the fact mentioned that the parties who had complained to the Government were desirous of keep ing the price of labour low in the island, and therefore had used their influence to prevent the emigration of those who submitted to the inconceivable drudgery of working in the island. One of the men (Jeremiah Tait), said that as the Go vernment had caused the breach of contract, they would apply to the head of the Government for redress. The LORD MAYOR could not see what legal claim they had upon Mr. Anderson, whose respectability was well known, and who there was no doubt was most anxious for the good of his countrymen. Mr. Anderson assured his Lordship that he had tried every means to serve them, for they were treated as mere serfs. They were turned off at will, and if any person wished to have the poor bondsmen he was obliged to apply to the laird who owned them, and to pray that potentate for their services. It is needless to state this scene caused mush astonish ment amongst those who were present. The subject will, it is probable, be alluded to in Par liament. HATTONeGARDEIV. Yesterday, Jertnnkh Gzenard and Patrick Egan, two noted thieves, were brought up in the custody of inspector Bell, and police constables Pitchford, Armstrong, and Phi lips, of E division. At about half-past twelve o'clock on Tuesday night the prisoners entered an unoccupied house in Chichester-place, Gray's Inn-road, when they were alarmed by the police, and they made their retreat over the roofs of the houses, and entered the attic window of Mr. Burrowes, dairyman,' of No. 22. Miss Burrowes and the servant were alone in the lower part of the house, and hearing a noise up stairs., and concluding th at t hi eves had made an entry, Mi ss Bur rowes provided h erse lf w i th a loaded pistol, and proceeded up stairs with the servant, when they discovered both the prisoners coming down the stairs, and they were about to make a resistance, on which Miss Burrowes presented the pistol at them, assuring them that it was loaded, and if they did not surrender themselves quietly she would blow out their brains. The prisoners kneeled down and begged of her to spare their lives, as they had made their escape from officers. She, however, was resolute, and repeated her threat, and ordered the servant to call the police, while she stood before the prisoners keeping them in intimidation until the officers arrived and took them into custody. On . 'atching the unoccupied house a ,couple of sacks and a THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY. JULY 28, 1536. course the hares got away ; and the question was, whether the fact of Yorick hating in the s econ d h eat got up to the hedge first, WEis decisiia itt Several witnat 4 o 60'1 ikt 80140 iti ttiv&it'r 6 Yorick. The Jury found for the delennant. WESTERN CIRC UIT.—ExErEB, JULI' 25. The Jtidget opened the Commission here on Saturday last, and business commenced this morning. Mr. Baron Alderson presides in the Civil Court, and Mr. Williams in the Crown Court, There are nineteen causes and fifty-six prisoners. This morning the Court got through ten of the causes, :treat and unusual number hating been compro mised. frliefti itidg tin litisims9 of any interest on the Crown side, ror at Nisi MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—DERnr, JuLr 26. FOSTER V. ROSE THE YOUNGER. This was an action of trespass and false imprisonment. The plaintiff is a poor man, residing at Cheddesden, near Derby, the defendant being the constable to that parish, The plaintiff had, some few years ago, taken in a small piece of the waste lands of the manor (of which the Mar quis of Hastings was said to be the Lord), and built a pig stye, which he had subsequently taken down and cultivated the land as a garden, fencing it in by building a hedge and so on. He enjoyed the same without interruption till 1833, when the defendant, having failed in his endeavour's to get the plaintiff ejected from the land, thought fit to level the fences which Foster had made, and by means of a pickaxe soon laid the land once more open. Foster coming up while the work of destruction was going forward, took up a stone, about as big as his own head, which he threw at the defendant, but, however, luckily missed him ; upon which Rose went away but shortly returned, and without any war rant or authority whatever, took Foster into custody, hand cuffed him, and took him through the streets in that con dition to Derby, where he lodged him in gaol. He was sub sequently tried for the assault, and fined 20s. The Jury found for the plaintiff—Damages, 40s. During the course of the trial there was a good deal of bickering between the different Counsel engaged in the cause, to which his Lordship kindly lent his aid, and, oh servinuthe defendant's attorney whispering to his Counsel, the Learned Judge complained much of solicitors thus " ear-wigging" Counsel, which he stated to be quite a modern practice, and one that he himself never could endure ; indeed, on one occasion, he recollected the late Sir Vicary Gibbs, when at the bar, on being thus ear wigged, giving his attorney such a terrible slap of the face that it would have rang throughout Derby, and he (Mr. Justice Parke), who was present, was never so frightened in all his life. The attorneys did not seem at all to relish the anecdote. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Dumwr, JULY 25. On Saturday the Commission was opened by Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Baron Parke having been detained at Yorke by the press of causes at Nisi Prius. To-day the Judges sat at ten o'clock. The business in both Courts is extremely light. Four causes only are entered at Nisi Prius. I large knife were found, which the prisoners had for the pur 'pose of ettritYing allay theyroperty. Mr. .IfottEhs (to kig , s. guY m, tolv who is a f ne, deter mined-laoking girl)--Aleall'y e yoti have shovn great cou rage,' mild ytid are a• gobct pfateetdf of your father's pro ! pefty Miss Burrows (stAinitl)—=- - i should certaidy iliave blown out their brains, your Wforshiti f liiarli they not quietly sur rendered themselves.—(A laugh.) Mr. ROGERS—You have done yourself gre'dt credit. Waddington (the gaoler) said he knew the prisOnetc as thieves. They were committed to the House of Correction for two months hard labour. MARYLEBONE. A very genteelly-dresacd young man, named Henry Otter, was fildvuti at the bar, charged with having embezzled money belonging 1 his employer, Mr. John Lirnbirt, a grocer, tea-dealer, &c., at 22, Tottenham Court-road, to the amount of upwards of 1001, The prisoner, who said nothing in his defence, was fully committed for trial. WORSHIP- STREET. Yesterday Benjamin Bowen, a youth sixteen years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. LAURIE, jun., charged with attempting the life of Catherine Hawes, aged seventeen. The prisoner as remanded for a week. The pun woman'.; father is a master-weaver, in a re spectable way of business. UNION-HALL. Yesterday Mr. John Atkinson, one of the goveri:ors of the Yorkshire School, was charged with sending letters to Mr. Charles Bischoff, one of the committee of the above institution, calculated to excite him to the commission of a breach of the peace. The complainant stated that on Thursday last the de fendant called at the school in the Westminster-road, and having gone into the kitchen remained there for some time, when complainant seeing him there, asked him what he wanted in that place ? The defendant, however, instead of answering the question, became exceedingly abusive, upon which the complainant told him that if he had any business or communication to make, if he9sent his card up to the committee, his application would be attended to. This, however, did not appease the feelings of the defen dant, who still continued his abuse, and ultimately quitted the kitchen. The complainant added that his motive in questioning Mr, Atkinson, as to what he was doing in the kitchen, was in consequence of that gentleman having been there previously, and conducted himself in an improper man ner to the annoyance of the persons in care of the house. Shortly after the defendant left the kitchen he sent a note, of which the following is a copy, to Mr. Mschoff. The note was read by the Magistrate : " Thursday afternoon, 21st July, Quarter to One o'Clock. " Sir—The unprovoked and shameful insolence of your be haviour towards me in the school-house of the Yorkshire So ciety just now, demands from me on the instant the assurance that, as I compassionate your weakness, so shall I try to cure you of such an uncharitable infirmity. Two points are clearly established—your ignorance of yourself and your ignorance o me. Mark my words. I shall ere long correct one of these but shall give myself exceeding small trouble about the other , uncaring for the consequences.—ln nowise your inferior, subscribe myself, as in duty bound, your sincere and wakeful "JOHN ATKINSON." The complainant stated, that of course he sent no reply to the above note, and that on the following Monday he received the following letter : " 29, Great Charles-street, July 25, 183 g. " Right Valiant Sir—l have the honour of acknowledging your very kind invitation to Union-Hall per Wednesday at 12 o'clock, and doubt not enjoyment of your truly Christian and generous hospitality, which seems to me to eclipse even that of the Knights Hospitallons of St. John of Jerusalem-- but my sight is not perfect. Your friend of the cloven foot is exhibiting your old heraldic coat to admiring thousands. In passing through the Royal Exchange to-day I saw it, and was exceeding pleased with the fitness. Pardon this, but a mem ber by incorporation of the Merchant Tailors' Company I am occasionally on the shopboard. Matchless impudence and rank cowardice are befitting supporters—a lie upon oath is an excellent crest—and beware of the devil a motto in capital keeping. It may not, however, my h ero i c one , b e am i ss to caution your chivalric insanity against the dirty trick of shaking your wet inexpressibles before a kitchen fire, not of your kindling, in the presence of honourable women. Pray you avoid this lest you catch your deserts. We shall meet, if not at Philippi, in some other pleasant quarter ere Shrewsbury clock has struck the hour of summons, and I impatiently wait the delight of looking once again upon your lovely house-com mittee countenance.—Addio. From your most humble, most obedient, and most devoted servant, " JOHN ATKINSON. " P. S. Neither frank nor any direction. The MAGISTRATE asked the defendant what he had to say in' answer to the charge of sending these letters to Mr. Bischoff? The defendant, who was exceedingly excited in his manner and action, said that he was one of the Gover nors of the Yorkshire School, and havin g had business to do there relativ e t o an e l ect i on a b out to take place, he went there, and, havinc , got wet, he descended into the kitchen for the purpose of drying his clothes ; that he had not been long there before Mr. Bischoff entered the place, and rudely desired him to withdraw ; that he (defendant) being connected with the school, and having business with the Secretary, admitted that he felt indignant at the manner in which he was treated, and might have used hasty lan guage ; but the insult was of that description that he could not overlook it. The defendant was ordered to find two sureties of 201. each to keep the peace towards the complainant. LAMBETH.STREET. Yesterday a woman named Charlotte Maskell was brought before Mr. HARDWICK and two county Magis trates, for further examination, on a charge of robbing her master, Captain Davidson, of Harbour square, Stepney, of plate, jewellery, and other property, to a considerable amount. The prisoner, who had declined saying anything in de fence, was remanded, in order to give time to the officer to trace the plate, as well as for the attendance of Miss Da vidson, who is at present in the country, to identify the jewellery found in the prisoner's possession. CORONER'S INQUEST. Last night at six o'clock a Jury was empannelled before Mr. PAYNE, at the Glaziers' Arms, Water-lane, Bridge street, Blackfriars, on view of the bodies of Thomas Col ley, aged 50, and James Martin, aged 35, who met their deaths at Blackfriars Bridge on Tuesday morning last, by the breaking down of the scaffold on which they were at work. Both the men were masons. John Williamson, No. 2, Cumberland -street, John-street, Blackfriars-road, foreman of the works at Blackfriars Bridge, deposed that Mr. Mackintosh was the contractor for the repairs of the bridge. About seven o'clock on Tuesday morning witness was standing within five feet of Martin. They were underneath the second arch from the City side. There was a large block of stone which they were about to heave up to put in the pier. The deceased was pushing it with a crow-bar at one end. They were in the act of slinging it, and witness was assisting. While so occupied a beam of wood, which formed part of a beam on which their suspension purchase was fixed, gave way. It came down with a tremendous crash, bringing with it the stage on which the men stood, and where there were ' also some large blocks of stone. The deceased was knocked down, and, on being taken up, appeared without any sign of life. Witness was also flung down, and when he re covered himself he observed Colley, who was lying by wit ness's side. Two or three more were hurt. There was a small plank across Colley's ancles. Witness instantly em ployed himself to pick the men up, who were promptly re moved. Witness ordered Martin to be taken to the Guy Earl of Warwick, near Christchurch. Coroner—HoW long has die — siagebeen erected ? Wit ness—As near as I can recollect, three months. Coroner—How often did you examine it ? Witness— Almost every day ; more especially whenever they had a heavy weight on the purchase it was more particularly examined, Coroner—How long is it since you last examined it ? Witness—That morning, when every thing appeared correct. Coroner—How could you account for the timber giving way? Witness—l cannot account. for it. I h ave exa mined the timber since the accident, and have found it in a perfect state as far as regards the quality. The Coroner summed up, when the Jury returned a ver dict of Accidental Death. ch laracter of " Mrs. Ar►nytage," which gives the name to Mrs. Gore's New Novel, is admirably drawn ; she condenses in herself " the fate of a whole sex of queens." But; despite of all that, since the days of Gucncvra, has been said and sung of the sex's ruling passion being " love of sway," dominion is not woman's natural clement; she is nei ther the happier nor the better for power, and this truth is finely developed in these pages. GmthWoOD RAcEs.—lt is feared that these cele brated races will be very thinly attended, Owing to the leading Members of both Houses of Parliament being occupied with the concerns of the nation : even the Duke of Richmond, it is said, will not be able to be present. TALES OF THE WOODS AND FIELDS.—The highly-gifted author of " The Two Old Men's Tales," has again appeared with some very delightfully written volumes, " Tales of the Woods and Fields," which, for truth and depth of feeling, are equal, if not superior, to the former produc tion.. " The Country Vicarage," is a talc beautifully written. A lovely girl, brought up in the rural seclusion of a vicarage, is at length introduced within that magic and exclusive circle, where, by a marriage little suited to her fortunes and rank in life, she encounters too late that opposition in habits, senti ments, tastes and feelings which renders domestic happiness in such cases so rarely attainable. It i$ altogether calculated to irrmrint. rip.... A IA SPORTING INTELLIGEN CE. GOODWOOD RACES, YESTERDAr, Duke of Richmond's Sepoy The following also starred, but were not placed :—Lord Exeter's Toga, Mr. J. Day's The Druna,:ner, Duke of Richmond's Havildar, and Lord Egremont's Helga. Betting -5 to 2on Elis (taken), and 4to I agst Sepoy. Won easy by two lengths. The other race not over when our account left. Goodwood Stakes.--5 to 2 agst Rockingham—taken. Goodwood Cup. -6 to son Hornsea. St. Leger. -10 to I taken about Elis befcre the Drawing Rc'tM Stakes was run. BRUSSELS, JULY 22.—The first day of the races sent off yesterday flatly, partly owing to the unfortunate state of the weather, and partly to the small number of entries. With the exception of Count Duva;'s Erivan (bred by the Prince of Orange), and M. Hugue'.s Co.-iolanus, there was not' a single native horse, nor does it appear that any colts of merit are coming forward. A plate for 1001. for horses of all countries, was sharply contested between Lord Seymour's Moralto, and the Vervier Society's three-year old cult Waverer (brother to Plenipo). The latter made all the runni:yg, And won cle verly by half a length. Some wag entered a long-tailed cart horse, with a boy equipped in a blouse by way of ,a jockey. The poor animal seemed to enjoy the joke much less - than the spectators. The Princes of Cobourg occupied the Royal Stand, Their Majesties have not yet returned. A Trotting Sweepstakes will take place on Tuesday, August 2, over the same Course as this and last year's Lee Races h - ir three sovs. each, with a splendid Silver Cup added, open to• any horse, mare, or gelding, to carry list. 71b. each, abott a mile and a quarter heats. The winner to be :told for sixty guineas, if demanded, &c. Also, a Hack Race of 2 oovs. each, added to a purse of gold, open for any horse, mare, or gelding, never having won; to carry lOst. 71b. each. Heats as above. The winner to be sold far .10/., if demanded. All liorces to be shown and entered at the Tiger's Head, Lee, Kent, on the day previous, between four ynd seven o'clock. IVglys FROM THE HILLS.—A correspondent of the Dumfries - Courier says, grouse, moor-partridges, blackcocks, and all, promise a rich reward to such as meditate indulging the bump of destructiveness on the 12. th proximo. The herds, with few exceptions, speak in the warm; t terms of the crop of wings. Moor game, in particular, was neve - known to be more plentiful, GAME PROSTECTS OF THE SEASON.-Young grouse have been for some time upon the wing; as, however, the weather was particularly unfavourable during the breeding season in April, it is feared the birds will not be abunc'atit. The great, or general hatch of partrides takes place about the middle of June, and as a month must elapse from that time vfore the young are able to fly, it is impossible just yet to speok with absolute certainty as to numbers. The two last months, how ever, being dry and warm, were particularly favourable to lay ing and incubation, and abundant coveys of partridges may be expected. A cold humid atmosphere is highly unfavouratito to the propagation of these birds, and if rain falls in suck quantities as to fill the ditches, and cause the rivers and' streams to overflow, general destruction cannot fail to ensue. Pheasants are affected by the weather in the same way as part ridges, but not to such an extent, since they frequently retire to woods and plantations for the purpose of breeding ; it is very probable that they also will be plentiful. The great quantity of rain which fell in the early part of the spring, caused some destruction among the young hares, many of which were found dead in the low inundated districts; in the higher ones they did not of course sustain any injury, and if leverets are scarce, it is to be apprehended that it arises rather from human depredation than the weather. The market is now by law open for hares all the year round, and from the beginning of March to the present time leverets could be pur chased in all parts of the kingdom, and that at a very reason ablo price. The market being always open has given full stimulus to the exertions of the poacher, and it is to his efforts that the scud . ) , of this animal in the fields must be attributed. The Earl of Lauderdale still remains in seclusion in he Highlands of Scotland. That veteran statesman expressed an intention of again visiting London at the commencement of the Parliamentary session, but family affairs kept bins away. Earl Grey, and his only unmarried daughter, Lady Gere:eiana, returned to Berkeley-square on Tuesday, from a visit to ,he Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn at Bentley Priory, in order to be present at the nuptials of the Hon. Col. Grey and aliss Caroline Farquhar, sister to Sir Walter Rockliffe Farquhar, Bart., which were solemnized on that day. The Noble Earl, who is in the enjoyment apparently of excellent health, met his Noble Friends the Duke and Duchess at the Priory. KING'S THEATRE.—Mademoiselle Carlotta Grisi, the fascinating danseuse and eaneotrice, takes her benefit this evening, when the Puritani is to be performed, with a selection from La Provo, and a variety of other vocal and terpsichorean amusements. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—A numerous meeting of the Shareholders, or new Renters, was held in the Seloon, to receive the Report of a Committee appointed at a meetitg held on the 16th inst. (the Earl of Glengall in the Chair), to confer with the Sub-Committee, and for other business. Two gen tlemen were proposed as Trustees, namely, W. Flower, Esq., of Bedford-place, and Mr. Waring. The first-named having a majority was elected. Major Johnstone read the Report of the Committee, which stated that the only reduction which could be effected in the rental of the theatre, which was now unlet, was by the ground landlord, the bondholders and the renters respectively conceding a portion of their claims, but the Committee had carefully abstained from making any specific sum. A long and desultory discussion took place on a motion of Mr. Arden, seconded by Mr. Spencer, that the renters should, for the ensuing seven years, agree to accept a shilling a night, about 7501., in order to reduce the iental. MONEY MARKET—(WEDNESDAY EVENING.) —Much further information seems to be required before the policy of the Bank of England in the late advance et' the rate of discount can be perfectly understood by the monitel . inte rest. The Directors certainly appear, in the estimaton of eempetent judges, to have committed a considerable errot in the :rode of proceeding, if it was their intention by it to make motley scarce, inasmuch as there was a cause at work, of the operation of which they ought to have been fully aware, and by which they were almost certain to be coun teracted. We allude to the peculiar situation of the Consol Market, and the facility thereby afforded of raising money on very favourable terms. The transactions of the Stock Ex change in regard to money are always to be distioguished front those connected with commercial affairs, as they are rep leted very often upon .bases wholly different, and de pend in great measure upon the scarcity or otherwise e ; the stocks on which the jobbers are in the practice of leri:•ng their money. Now, it h as h appened that a singular scarc ity of Consols has existed for some time past, so ,such so that money could f requent l y b e ob tained upon if at the rate of I per cent. This state of things, as soon as the yessure upon commercial bills began to be felt, could not escape the observation of the more intelli gent discount-brokers, who' have found it worth their while to borrow Consuls for the sole perpcse of raising money for other 4 purposes, and t o a ll ow 1 per cent fin" the loan ; thus giving to the holder o f t h e stock per cent. per Annum, instead of 3 per per cent. This has been done to an ex traordinary extent, lied the e ff ect h as b een, as state d , to keel, down the value o; motley in the face of the Bank notice. If the Direc tors, then, really wanted to bring on a scarcity, they should first have urged on the Minister a funding of Exchecp..:er bills, so as to create a better supply of stock, and to bring the rate of money at the Stock Exchange to the same level as else where. As they have not done this, the only conclusion is that they are willing to sacrifice their own discount business, and care little what the state of the money market is, provided no call is made upon them for further iceues. Obscure hints are abroad, and receive attection in the imme diate circle of Bank connexion, that the ads rice to 4 3 . Per cent. ie intended by any meet's to be a final measnre, but that the Directors, unless . the exchanges take a favone ehle turn, intend to go on to 5 per cent., and even to avail thinaselves of a clause in the new charter by which they arc ;Wowed to raise the rate t o 6 pe r c ent. In this struggle, bows ver, the mixed character of a batik of issue and a bank of depo sit is likely to interpose considerable difficulties in their way. Those who have accounts in. the Bank of England can draw out notes if they please to the full extent of them, and the Directors may at length have practical proof of that truth against which they have always , contended, that the deposits are identical with circulation. The duty they have to perform was never a more responsible one than at the present time, and it is plain that a period is approaching when some change of system will he forced upon the administration of that es tablishment.—Morning Paper. Tire Scotch Fusileer Guards will arrive in town this clay from '11: Windsor, ti to t r( t . : l l i l7t h i e l dut C y ° a h t is \Vr.eianrrio' r. ordered to TIIE METROPOLITAN FOR A UGUNT. h e next Nmeber 01 the Metropolitan Magaziee_will contain the firer of a series of articles entilledr Actors." They are likely to excite a considerable sensation ia the theatrical ri' ol,. s. In the state NUMber will be found a chapter front Captain Marrvat's.- admirable new novel, " Mr. Midshipman Easy." (unpublished), besides the usual variety of Original Papers, Notices of New Books, the Arts, Drama, &C. A provincial lecturer at one of our scientific institu tions was recently exhibiting an experiment, when the bottle in his hand flew to pieces. " This is very extraordinary," quoth the savan(—" I assure you, ladle.; and gentlemen, that 1 have performed this experiment with this very same bottle at least a dozen times, and I give you my honour it never luau to pieces in this MIN' before rt is needless to add that the Match, 100, h. ft. Mile and a half.—Mr. W. Smith's The ron, Bst„ received from Captain Fairlie's Torn Beasley, 7st. 111 b. Match, 100, h. ft. Mile and a half.—Mr. W. Smith's Ru received from Captain Fairlic's Perrot, Bst. 71b. The Innkeepers Plate, of 501., added to a S.veepstakes of 5 s•., cads': Heats, T. Y.C. Winner to be sold for 100, &c. 5 Subs.- Alf, gfielley's Airy, 5 yrs, Bst. 71b Chapple 5 1 1 Captain Gardner's Skirmisher, 3 vrs, 7st. 41b.. 3 3 2 Mr. Kent's Swallow, 3 Srs, 7st. 1 5 3 Mr. G9odwin's Amazon, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b 2 4 4 Mr. J. Bay's Foona 3 yrs, 7st. 41b... 4 V. dr The first heat won by a bead, and each of the others by a length; no betting worth quotin g ; the winner claimed. The Lavant Stake s o f 50sows. eacs, 30 ft., for two yrs old ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b. half a mile. 14 Subs. Mr. Wreford's Wintonian, Brother to Hester, S. Day 1 The Duke of Richmond's c. by Muley, out of Anna... 2 Lord Chesterfield's f. by Zinganee—Oinnums' ;lam ... 3 Mr. Sadler's Sister to Delightful 5 to 2 on Wintonian, who made the play, and won by halt a length. The Drawing Room Stakes of 25 sows. each, with a ho.-ais of 10 sows. each. 26 Subs. Three of them to the bonus only, Value of Stakes, &c., 7951. Once round D. CS. Lord Lichfield's Elis f Day I Captain Gardner's b. c. by Zinganec out of 8abe1..... 2 Duke of Beaufort's Enneralda 3