The Sun. — London, England, 1850-07-04 00:00:00

TBE LATE SIR R. PEEL. It is impossible to exaggerate the feelings of prc found emotion with which the mournful intelligence of the death of Sir Robert Peel was received yester day in every circle of the metropolis. At first a feeling of incredulity was created by the startling in: telligence ; but when this had been removed beyond all doubt, the next very natural desire was for more ample information than the suddenness of the occur rence had hitherto admitted of. In order to satisfy this very natural anxiety, it will, perhaps, suffice if we embody the leading incidents connected with the calamity in the subjoined narrative, the materials for which have been gathered from sources of unques tionable authenticity : Sir Robert Peel had called at Buckingham Palace and entered his name in her Majesty's visiting book only a few minutes before the accident. Proceeding up Constitution-hill, he had arrived nearly opposite the wick gate leading into the Green park, when he met Miss Ellis, one of Lady Dover's daughters, on horseback, attended by a groom. Sir Robert had scarcely changed salutes with this young lady when his horse became slightly restiff, swerved towards the rails of the Green Park, and threw Sir Robert sideways on his left shoulder. Two gentle men who were close to the spot ran forward and raised him, holding him in a sitting posture. Dr. Foucart was the third gentleman to render assistance. Re saw the accident from a distance of 150 yards, and hastening forward reached the spot just as Sir Robert had been raised by the other two gentlemen. Sir Robert, on being raised, groaned very heavily, and in r e ply t o D r . F ouca rt's question, as to whether_ .,, he was muc h h urt, rep li e d, " Yes—very much." Durin g th e f ew momen ts which elapsed before acar rive was procured Sir Robert became unconscious, in which state he remained until after he had been *misted into the carriage. He then slightly revived, and, again in reply to Dr. Foucart, said, "I feel better." The carriage was then ordered to drive slowly through the park to Whitehall-gardens, Sir Robert being supported by Dr. Foucart and the two gentlemen who bad first raised him from the ground. They had not proceeded more than thirty yards when Sir James Clarke met the carriage, and, having heard of the accident, came up to see if he could render any assistance. Dr. Foucart requested Sir James to accompany him in the carriage to Whitehall, which Sir James consented to do. In a few minutes after he had entered the carriage Sir Ro bert became much excited, and endeavoured to raise himself up, Which it was thought necessary to prevent. He then again sank into a state of half unconsciousness in which he remained until his ar rival in W hitehall-gardens. On being lifted out of the carriage he revived, and walked, with assistance, into the house. On entering the mansion, Sir Robert 'WU met by Lady P ee l an d the mem b ers of his family, who had been awaiting his arrival in painful anxiety after having received intelligence of the accident. Lady Peel was overwhelmed with emotion, and would have flung herself into her husband's arms had not Sir James Clarke and the other gentlemen in attend ance removed her. The effect of the meeting upon Sir Robert was extremely painful. He swooned in the arms of Dr. Foucart, and was placed upon a sofa in the nearest apartment (the dining-room). From this roam Sir Robert was never removed, and so extremely sensitive to pain did he speedily become that it was only after very considerable difficulty that he could be removed from the sofa to a patent hydraulic bed which had been procured for his use. Sir James Clarke having consulted with Lady Peel, it was arranged to send at once for Sir Ben jamin Brodie and Mr. Caesar Hawkins. Dr. Seymour and Mr. Hodgson ' the family physician and sur geon , w ere also s en t for at the same time. Sir James Clarke and Dr. Foucart remained in attendance until Mr. Shaw (Sir Benjamin Brodie's assistant) came, When the former left. At length Sir Benjamin ar rived, and a consult a ti on t oo k p l ace between the six ge.ntlerhen whose n ames are a b ove g i ven. A for antdable difficulty presented itself at the very out se t of the case, from the distressing f ac t th a t Si r R o b ert ' s sufferings were so acute that he would not permit any minute examination of his injuries to be made by the medical men. The slightest touch in the vicinity of tile injured parts gave him intense agony, and the cllly manner in which he could be treated under the circum stances was to assume ' that the c omm i nu t e d fractur e of the clavicle (which was evident to the eye, on the clothes being removed) was the only one, and that the ribs were uninjured. After the consultation : Was dete rm i ned to reduce this fracture, but owing _. the e x t reme sensibility of the patient, the opera tion was not comp l etely performed, and, at the expi ration of a fe w h ours, the sufferer entreated that he might be released from the bandages, and they were according) y taken off. mitred Saturday evening Sir Robert was per im to see Lady Peel and the members of his r Ily ; but after this time it was thought advisable of exclude all strangers from the apartment, for fear passed fproducing any additional excitement. Sir Robert aibilit a restless night on Saturday, his extreme :m -altogether to touch increasing hourly, and his symptoms ...._ . becoming very alarming, which at first, eueenenelteve, some of the medical gentlemen in attend ;nil did not consider them to be. On Sunday even atonduninety, at g ' th e Pulse having increased from between eighty som e epwbiardl which it had ranged after the accident, of 100, it was deemed necessary to take Twenty n(l 'u , with a view of reducing the inflammation. leeches were accordingly applied to the left shoulder b large quantity of blood D s r.F Foucart , and a . . . Wa3 Y ob meat in tainea There was no positive improve tion • ' an d e condition of the patient from this opera throughout Monday ni h h e continued in a very precarious state the whole of Sunday and Monday. On increased, g t the alarming symptoms were greatly delerious About se ven o ' clock Sir Robert became In this state at tempted to raise himself up in bed. of the ate he continued during the greater part night, and at intervals he became much exhausted that his . several time s medical attendants were survive of hiss ufferings through opinion that he could not night In the paroxsyms oldest and d Grahameawree Sirtßheobert's thoughts were with his and re friends, and the names of Har . dinge o'clock on T frequently upon his lips. At four sound sle , ep, 0 uesday morning Sir Robert fell into a until e iwhich he continued uninterruptedly Cm gnt o'clock. On awaking, his mind was quite to red, and his medical attendants considered him There Fro much refreshed by the rest he had enjoyed. p r Le was still, however, cause for intense anxiety. em the period of th e acc id ent u p to this time (nearly 7 0 hours) Si r R o b er t h a d taken no other lorenaliCe tha n a g l ass o f c h ampagne and t h e yolk of diffi e egg beaten u p, w hi c h h e was i n d uce d w i t h some t e cult Yswallow. cine had been )cued' as h a t matter of course, Medi but throughout the m same gtened period the system had remained perfectly inactive. The pulse had greatly increased on Tues day, marking from 112 to 118, and becoming very weak. At noon on Tuesday Sir Robert expressed him self to be a little easier. This relief, was, unhappily, of s hort d urat i on. At two o'clock far more dangerous ymptoms than any which had yet been observed pre sented themselves. At this time Sir Robert began to breathe stertorously, and his senses again failed him. bte ceased to ans wer any o f t h e quest i ons addressed w him, and app eare d to b e s i n ki ng i nto a comatose state. Sir Benjamin Brodie was again sent for, and on his arrival agreed with Dr. Foucart and the other medical gentlemen that the case now assumed a most dangerous aspect. The pulse had become very weak, and marked 118. From two o'clock to six o'clock the change for the worse was progressive, the pulse Stimulant s asng to 130, and becoming gradually weaker. were administered, but had no apparent affect" and there s tertorous breathing became more and more' pam . ful Ti,e relatives were now informed that all the relief medical nosciencehope whatever could afford was ex hausted, and that Robert Peel's life being proion whatever existed of Sir Rev D r for 24 Tomlinson hours. The very old friend of Sir Robe rt ' s, was nuw , Bishop of Gibraltar (th e Dr. ) a sentfor , to administer the last offices of , the church. On the • t waa mti arrival of the prelate i nsated to Lady Peel and the members of the family that they 111;0 no , without risk of increasing the dangerous condition now the patient, be admitted to the apartment in which he fa • was lying. I n a f e w moments the whole family were assembled in the presence of their beloved relative, whose exhausted condition at this time scarcely enabled him to recognize their identity. It is not the province of the journalist to violate the sanctity of a scene like this, and therefore this Portion of our narrative necessarily omits all matters of detail. It is sufficient to say that the lamented sufferer revived sufficiently during one period of the interview to identify the features of those beloved ones surrounding his couch—towards whom he at length extended his faltering hand, and, in an atti tude ~ acs,,hesking the intensity of his feelings, whis- Pa ' A e ' t in carcely audible voice—" God bless you!" Ilar' the termination of this distressing scene Lord f orm , I ge and Sir Ja mes Graham, who had been in t) tlei of the f ata l result anticipated, were admitted Both e p r esence of the pati en t, now rap idl y s i n ki ng. . gentlemen were painfully affected ; and well might Lor d Hardinge remark, on leaving the room, dying e c ontemplation of his beloved friend upon his n g C ouch had dangers he more unnerved him than all the had enc a nd Schru m , ounted on the plains o f Moodkee At 9 o'clock Sir Robert h i as to be callous a become so exhausted members of to all external le -Tv ssions. The the his family still remained near him, with exception of Lady feelin gs rend Peel, whose painfully-excited her from .. e ered it absolutely necessary to remove h owever, taho fapartment. The sufferer's strength was, casional new ar.exhausted that, although he gave oc the 'cations . P"w'r of utter of being sensible of their presence, it soon became utterance h•ad altogether ceased, and evide n t that his end was rapidly ap- S• 4 Robert cow to exist at nine minutes after • THE SUNI eleven o'clock. Those present at his decease were, his three brothers, the Dean of Worcester, Colonel Peel, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Peel, three of his sons, Mr. F. Peel, M.P , Captain W. Peel, R.N., and Mr. Arthur Peel ; his son-in-law, Lord Villiers; Lord Hardinge, Sir J. Graham, and the medical! gen tlemen in attendance. Sensibility to pain had ceased some time before death, and his last moments were not disturbed by any physical suffering. After death an examination of the body was made, when a most important fact was, for the first time, discovered, viz , that the fifth rib on the left side was fractured. This was the region where Sir Robert complained of suffering the greatest pain, and it was probably the seat of the mortal injury, the broken rib pressing on the lung, and producing what is technically known as effusion and pulmonary en gorgement. The family were consulted on the subject of a post mortem examination, but both Mr. Frederick Peel and Captain Peel objected to allow the remains to be disturbed in any way, and the precise cause of death will therefore never be ascertained. An appli cation for permission to take a cast of the fac from an eminent sculptor, was also refused. Lady Peel continued throughout Tuesday night in a state of complete prostration, and yesterday morn ing her illness had so much increased that it was found necessary to call in Sir Benjamin Brodie. The Queen sent to inquire after her Ladyship at an early hour. The Duchess of Gloucester and other members of the Royal Family also sent to make in quiries, and his Royal Highness Prince George called personally to ascertain the state of her Ladyship. The Duke of Wellington called at one o'clock to offer his condolements. The Duchess of Inverness, the Russian Minister, and several other members of the nobility called to inquire after Lady Peel during the day. Several of the principal mercantile establishments in the City and at the west end manifested their high respect for the lamented deceased, and their deep re gret at his premature demise, by closing their win dows—a proceeding almost universally adopted in the neighbourhood of Whitehall. The flags of many vessels on the river, and also on many publ.ic build ings, were hoisted half-mast high, as a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased. The body was placed in a shell last evening, and the funeral will, it is expected, take place in the mausoleum of the family at Drayton, near Tamworth, in the early part of the ensuing week. LIVERPOOL. The following notice has been posted in the Ex change news-room at Liverpool : " It is respectfully suggested that some manifesta tion of general regret for the decease of Sir Robert Peel be immediately adopted. Perhaps an address of condolence to Lady Peel and family would be most appropriate, or a piece of crape worn on the arm or hat." _ _ _ BIRMINGHAM. The melancholy death of Sir Robert Peel has created a feeling of universal gloom among the inha bitants of this town. It is the all-engrossing topic of conversation, publicly and privately ; parties of every shade of politics expressing the deepest regret for an event which is looked upon as a great national cala mity. So profound a demonstration of sorrow has not - been evinced in Birmingham since the lamented death of Mr. Canning. TAMWORTH, WEDNESDAY. _ _ It is impossible to convey the effect produced throughout the town when the melancholy news of the death of its principal inhabitant became generally known this morning. The feeling is as if each family had been deprived of one of its members, who, whilst their glory in his public capacity, was deeply beloved for a thousand acts of private kindness and sympathy. The general sorrow has been evinced with one consent by the almost total suspension of business, the partial closing of the shops, and other external demonstra tions of mourning and respect. Yesterday was the usual rent-day for the Drayton tenantry; but the fatal accident happened so close on the time, that it was found impossible to postpone the business to a later day. As may be supposed, however, there was no dinner on the occasion ; and the gloom that pervaded the assemblage, as the dangerous condition of their friend and landlord spread amongst them, would have rendered the usually attendant festivities entirely out of place. SEARCH for SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. A copy of the following letter was forwarded to Lloyd's yesterday, from the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty:— "Her Majesty's ship Enterprise, Fortescue Bay, Straits of Magellan, April 18, 1850. " Sir,—l had the honour to report to you by the Nancy Dawson, that her Majesty's ships under my command reached Possession Bay, in the Straits of Ma gellan, on the 10th April, where I found the Gorgon. The Investigator not having arrived, I deemed it advis able to push on by myself, leaving orders with Captain Paynter to join me in the Straits on the 17th, should the Investigator not appear. " We reached this place, being favoured with fine weather; and having stayed a day at Sandy Point, for the purpose of procuring fresh beef, on the morn ing of the 16th I h a d the happiness of being joined by the Gorgon, and the Investigator yesterday afternoon; so that we are now in a condition to face the most difficult portion of the navigation, with ten days' fuel, independent of what can be spared from the discovery ships in case of need, which I have little doubt, by choosing our time, will be sufficient to take us fairly into the Pacific. Yet as the period of our arrival in Bhering's Straits is drawing on so fast, I feel myself under the necessity of proceeding from here straight to the Sandwich Islands at the time, lest by calling at Val paraiso would lessen the probability of my reaching the ice by the Ist of August. Under this conviction our provisions have been completed from the Gorgon, and with the ten days' fresh beef we have obtained here, together with the stores their Lordships have provided for the health of the crews, I have little doubt but that the ob. ject they had in view by ordering me to repair to that port will be obtained, and that the health of the ships' companies will not be impaired by foregoing a relaxation while the main object of their Lordships instructions would be lost.—l have, &c., (Signed) "RICHARD COLLINSON, Captain. " To the Secretary of the Admiralty." BRITISH BENEFICENT INSTI- TUTION. The foundation festival of this charity was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, yesterday evening, the Earl of Cardigan presiding. The institution is projected for the purpose of affording permanent incomes, without dis tinction of religion or country, to the widows and un married daughters of military and naval officers, clergy men, members of the learned professions, professors of the fine arts, gentlemen engaged in mercantile pursuits, and others who have moved in a superior station of society, resident in Great Britain and Ireland, who, by reverses of fortune, may be exposed to want, and also for the erection of alms-houses, to which the recipients of the society's bounties will have the privilege of becoming candidates as vacancies occur. From a variety of causes, but principally, perhaps, from the lamented death of Sir R. Peel, there was rather a limited attendance of guests on the occasion. The principal noblemen and gentlemen present, besides the chairman, were Lord Macdonald Lord Hubert, Lord Erskine, Colonel Verner, Mr. George Hudson, M.P., Mr. Felix Agar, Sir R. P. Jodrell, Sir C. Ibboteon, Mr. Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Hubert de Burgh, Mr. Blakemore, M.P., and Mr. Raphael, M.P. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts having been given and responded to, the Noble Chairman, in proposing Prosperity to the Institution," briefly pointed out the peculiar claims which reduced gentlewomen had upon that public in whose society they had moved in better days, but from whose sphere they had been driven by misfortune. This sentiment was echoed and enforced by Mr. Sergeant Murphy, and the ether speakers who fol lowed. In the course of the evening, a list of subscrip tions amounting to nearly 1,0001. was announced by the secretary, Mr. Richardson, who also stated that there was already a large number of applicants for the benefits which this institution has been set on foot to provide and diffuse. The distinguishing character of the institution is, that the candidates are to be chosen not by the votes of the subscribers in the usual fashion, but by the presi dents, vice-presidents, and council of the charity, audit re mains to be seen whether, worked on such a principle,it will be successful. It appears in the meantime to have made a fair beginning, and the speeches at lest night's fes tival would seem to indicate that a charity of the kind is required, there being, as was stated, among all the numerous metropolitan charities, none which had exclu sively in view the relief of decayed gentlewomen. The arrangements connected with the dinner were perfectly Unexceptionable,istedbyMiss BaansdsatioMr: Mr Ran. Holmes, sfordand Miss Mr. W. E. ssßansfo rd, Ransford, favoured__ the company w ith a c h o i ce se l ect i on of songs.' M . Toole ably officiated as toast-master. P- URBUIT Or -------S- --''''''."'"".l9' lNGULAR DIFFICULTIES. —A self-taught AR T UNDER Coggeshan, Esse rtist named Carter has recently died at He was on ,awfhere he had for many years resided. part otft.rm labourer, and by accident lost the power of every his body but the head and neck. B the force of perseverance and an active mind, however, he y acquired the power of pencil between his lips anciting and painting, by holding the , when placed there by the kind offices of an affectionatr sister. not only whiled away the grealstterri:part of fourteen years of In this manner he has almost utter physical helplessness,h i x has actually produced works which have met with to have been His The " most deli groups and compositions are said grand work fellow had cately worked and highly finished." of ph for the contemplated the preparation of some a 3 n 's e ial life re- International Exhibition, but the little extinguished by accident.wor maining in him was lately The best of his art-productions would surely b e place in the Industrial Exhibition even independentlyth a of anything like art-merit.—Builder. The hay-harvest in this neighbourhood is pro ceeding most satisfactorily—a large breadth of land was cleared and the crop secured in capital condition before the heavy rain which fell on Wednesday last and the following day retarded the operations of the husbandmen. No damage, however, to the hay already cut has resulted from the rain, whilst the standing crops have derived great benefit from the refreshing showers. In the course of the next week or ten days, should the weather continue favourable, the hay harvest will be concluded, and we hear that the crop gene rally is considered an average one. The wheat is looking very hea!thy, and there is every promise of an abundant crop. Vegetables are unusually abundant, Potatoes are plentifu', lad' we Leg: Utg,hilla of the "blight.".-Bath GarrettC• __ LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 4, 1850. NON-DELIVERY of NEWSPAPERS, SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE &c., ON SUNDAY. AMENDMENT OF THE LAW. A deputation of London newspaper proprietors waited Yesterday afternoon Lord Brougham, at the request upon the Marquis of Ciat.•ricarde ' Postmaster-General, of th e counc il o f t hi s soc i ety, de li vere d a pu bli c l ecture yesterday, at twelve o'clock, at his residence, in Carl- on the import ance o f th e possess i on o f l ega l k now l e d g e ton-terrace, to urge upon his Lordship the necessity by all classes o f t h e commun i ty an d t h e means o f dif which exists far the abrogation of the recent enactment f us i ng it. • suspending the delivery of letters and newspapers on hig T h h ly e . rooms i of the society were crowded with a Sunday. The following gentlemen attended:—Mr. In- hi sectable auditory, among whom were seve ral eminent members of' the legal profession. gram, Mr. Douglas Jerrold, Dr. Mackay, Mr. Murdo Young, Mr. Serle, Mr. Wood, Mr. J. K. Chapman, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Stiff, Mr. Ledger, Mr. J. I. Scott. Col. His LORDSHIP, in commencing his observations, Thompson, M.P., had also an interview with the Noble stated, that nothing but the earnest request of the Marquis. council would have induced him to undertake his Mr. SERLE explained the object .of the deputation. present task. He feared that the dulness of the sub- He said that a body of persons who were known as Sab- ject would cause them to spend a tedious hour, al batarians were endeavouring, by every means in their though it might not be altogether a useless one. It power, to put down all kinds of Sunday trading, and was greatly to be regretted that the limited knowledge with this view they had introduced a Bill into Peris- of the law possessed by the public in general fre t' placed newspapers in the same uq ently proved a matt er o f ser i ou s detriment to those category with fish and vegetables, so that in fact, if this who had property and rights to guard, as nearly the Bill, or indeed the recent Post-office regulations were persisted in, news being as perishable as the commodities everyday duties o f a man requ i re d him in some shape he had named, they would become stale and valueless, or another to have a knowledge of the laws of The Marquis of CLANRICARDE remarked that a Corn- his country. A man's social - position, whatever mittee of the House of Lords had been appointed to it might be, required him to be able to dis consider the provisions of this Bill. tinguieh between legal and illegal acts ; but Mr. SERLE said be need hardly impress upon his how could that be the case where the laws which Lordship, who must be perfectly conversant with the regulated these acts were not generally known ? facts, that the recent order, instead of lessening Sunday Many of the wrong were acts known labour, w ou ld, on t h e contrary , mater i a ll y i ncrease it. toguardagainst by the instructions of Perhaps, the Post-office might not feel it; but newspaper teachers both lay and clerical, if not impressed upon proprietors would to compelled to employ on Sundays, them by a natural consciousness, and yet even in ten times the amount of labour which the Post-office would, under the old system, find it necessary to use on matters of this nature persons unacquainted with the Sundays, but with this difference, that the newspaper law might find themselves incumbered with several proprietors could only accomplish that laboriously, ex . difficulties. How necessary was it for a man to know pensively, and indifferently, which the Post-office could the rights of self-defence, to be aware of the violence do cheaply and effectively. With respect to the non- which may be used in repelling an assault or an in delivery of letters on Sunday, he might cite the case of a novation upon property. What difficulties might coroner, who, in consequence of the closing of the exist in respect to the l aws of conspiracy, of corns Post-office, might be unable to hold an inquest. pounding felony, in discerning trespass from misde- Vessels might be kept in the Channel waiting meanour—laws whi c h i n soc i e t y ou ght to be gener a lly perty, but for pilots, to life, might result. Mr. and thus not only dangeTh omas,r to pro of - known. A. man should know the limits between trespass and misdem eanour , b e t wee n misdemeanour Finch-lane, news-agent, had informed him that since the on which his moral sense would new regulation his sale on newspapers on Saturdays had fallen off 25 per cent., those news papers w hi c h h e give him no guidance whatever. Equally grievous . and felony—matters had been in the habit of' dispatching on Saturday atter- might prove an ignorance of the course of judicial noon having been discontinued, because they could not procedure in criminal matters, the laws of evidence, roach their destination until Monday, and all the news- an d those rules which guided courts in the reception papers had received no end of letters complaining of the of evidence—matters upon which persons were very non-receipt of papers, and'in many cases discontinuing often and grievously deceived. It was often found that then altogether. persons committed themselves in writing to the injury the Marquis of CLANRICARDE said, no doubt news- of their own rights, from a want of knowledge of the paper proprietors bad a peculiar claim upon the atten- simple fact that a part of a document could not be tion of the Government in this matter, on account of the received without the whole. The protection of one's stamp duty, which wee always considered to include , postage. Indeed, it had been calculated by Mr. Row- own character and the avoidance of injury to that of land Hill, and it had often been remarked, that the others comprised a knowledge of the laws of scandal Post-office had a right to claim a portion of the re- and libel, and a knowledge o f the law of parole venue thereby derived by the Government. There evidence in matters of contract was not unnecessary were matter s of detail, the circumstances of which even to those who had frequent dealings with trades varied in diff e rent localities. Hi s own opinion was— men. A knowledge of the laws of usury might often and he believed the same opinion was entertained b y be of essential benefit to many classes of the com all the members of the Government—that this munity, and the law relating to wills ought to be arrangement, which the House of Commons had known to all who had property to bequeath. (His Lordship here entered into a detailed account of the . decided should be carried into effect, would be various modes of entailing property or leaving it in of such extreme inconvenience to the country, trust, explaining how frequently testators left the as it would prevent the transmission of news as law to decide . doubtful points for them, or, from want well as letters to individuals. As he had said, newspapers of knowledge, reverser ] in effect their real in e ions had a strong claim to attention in all matters having re t intentions.) .) lation to speedy conveyance by post on account of the stamp duty, but at the same time the alteration of the How many various branches of legal knowledge order must depend upon the public; the public were re- were required even by the cultivators of the soil— presented in Parliament; the Government were merely men of simple and plain habits, but who were often the executive, and although there were doubtless occa- led into difficulty from want of some proper know sions when it was well for a Minister of the Crown ledge to guide them. The laws relating to shippin g , to interfere, yet it must be obvious that there were conveyance of land ; and, in fact, most of th e p r i nc ip a l serious objections to the Executive Government being statutes, might in turn affect the interests of all put forward as opposing the wishes of the people, as ex- classes of individuals. How necessary, then, for in pressed in the late address, and on a matter upon which terest and defence of right was some general know strong religious feelings existed. It might be said that those actuated by their strong religious feelings did not lege of legal matters. Passing from the possessors of senroperty. to the possessors of offices, in what various n re o p t r n e etk t the feelings anase. vet o y f the cn country . naiderab considerable That agit might atinn or m had ad taken t ways might a man be called on to perform functions place. The motion was not hastily brought on. It was under the law, clerical and parochial offices of various and was put off from kinds, and•many others requiring a much more ex time n no u to time,nce d a due r day tended acquaintance with the law of th e l an d th an was upon which it was actually brought on. Up on a ll these generally believed. With reference to the offices of announced ly in notice th e having sessio n ' been given occasions, juries—happily for our judicial sy s t e m an d th e cha came ratter of the people, all questions of fact are , by th e oio f n o s r , ward neitherto opposet he peop th le is nor motion, their nor reprtehseen wishes tative s of those parties whom Mr. Serle had termed (it was not for him to say how correctly) Sectarians. He course of common law, referred to juries of twel ve believed, however, a motion now stood for an early day, men, taken from all classes without distinction. The and of course if the House of Commons reversed, upon Crown had no power to abolish this ancient system, cons id er ation, its judgment, he should be of opinion, and even Parliament, with its omnipotent sway, had h g i and he might say all her Majesty's Ministers would be not venture d to erect a tribunal for criminal judicature of opinion, though he was sot in a position to pledge without juries, tribu his colleagues in any way, that the original rule should nals where deeialthout had constituted other sion was given by the judge only. At be reverted to. His own opinion upon the matter was least this was the case except in ,very trivial offences, perfectly clear, because when he came into office he was w hi c h requ i re d rather a police intervention than the anxious to provide for the wants that then existed, consideration of a judicial tribunal. In France a feeling namely, the transmission through London of the mails prevailed that mere citizens were of no importance unless they stanch mon telegraph,uca hg t ion o f that came up from th e p rov i nces on S un d a y. H e , h ow - ever, found much difficulty in doing so; the matter was were in some direct conjunction with much misrepresented, but it would unquestionably be the public service. Their cry of equality and fra a great convenience to the country. In conclusion, the ternity was of no value, the word fraternity being Noble Lord said, the Government would abide by the one to which no conceivable meaning could be at decision of the House of Commons, when the matter tached in reference to them. As to equality, every came to be reconsidered next week, and would take the man there was in favour of it, fancying that the only result as the decision of the people as to whether the exception to the rule ought to be in his own case. in Post-office should be closed on Sundays or not. They would have no superiors when they were un- See discussion then ensued, in the course of which emp l oye d. B u t arm th em w ith a littl e b r i e f autho the Noble Lord remarked, that he had been informed r i ty , connec t t h em i n any way w i t h th e governmenta l that on the night the late address was moved, 100 Mem- functions, and those so e l evated no longer cried out hers were in the vicinity of the House of Commons, but for equality, but protested each that he was not in his did not think well to vote. right position.—(Laughter.) From all this pro ceeded corruption to public and private morals ; the an xiety fur influence was the bane of all. He (Lord ham) had known a Royalist Prefet b ecome a Republican functionary on the inform a ti on o f without even waiting an hour for con the news—(Laughter)—so many of the nation passed their lives either as sycophants or agi tators. In England the equality of right only was acknowledged, and distinction was open to all by honest and unfettered rivalry. This bound all classes together, made as it were the iron chain which secured the vast pillar of society— "On the huge anvil f orge d t h e mass i ve c h a i n , Compact, unbroken, clamped—the building to sustain." An ignorant jury might be in the hands of the judge, and might sometimes be called on to decide matters of law, as in the case of malicious prosecution or unfairly issuing a fiat of bankruptcy. A jury might not be able clearly to separate their own functions from that of the judge, but a general acquaintance with the principles of law might avoid the troubles arising from these facts. Jurors should weigh in cases of guilt whether the animus Aran& existed, which was not always done ; in cases of great offences juries ever conceived a revenge if it might be so called against the offenders, and recommendations to mercy were frequently tendered on absurd grounds, both here and in France, where also the juries had their circonatances attenuantes. An unpopular law also might be evaded by a jury notwithstanding their oaths, and Injustice in these ways might be done to many. Again, approaching with a reverential feeling but a bold respect many o f the popular h ar hardly representatives an House had virtually y y lawyers, and to the House s o f L eg i slature, it would there be found that f rom th e want of legal knowledge possessed by much in jury was d one to t h e common weal. The Lower those who were lawyers worshipped rather idolus pecus instead of idolus Joni. They adhered to their own fixed notions rather than any thing else. Par liament had been said to be mo ps 1- not consz tz, but magnas inter apes mops. The objections against the law Bills were, that the public mistrusted these dilet tanti lawmakers, and these objections might be re moved by a more universally diffused legal knowledge. The Lords were the hereditary judges of this country, and had always been so, and their education was superior to that of the representatives of the people I hut even in their body the judicial capacity was al most always referred to the professional peers, the general body never interfering, as it was clearly in tended at first that they should. There again would be the benefit of legal knowledge. Of what service might legal knowledge be to the younger members of the higher orders, whose wealth caused so manylpitfalls to be laid for their inexperience; and how much embar rassment and injury might be prevented by it. The mode of spreading this knowledge would be by the establishment of lectures open to all classes, and while the present system of' pupilage was by no means checked, yet the public would have better and more extended opportunities under the new system to be proposed. Three gentlemen of' high legal attainments had offered to undertake such a task, when the public should be ready to appreciate their exertions. Th ese classes would be ancillary only to the present mode of instruction, and no doubt that they would be adopted in the larger towns of this great kingdom. His Lordship, after expressing his thanks for the pa tient attention shown to him, then sat down • but almost immediately rose again and said—" ilany friends of the Society for Extending the Knowledge of the Law are at work in America--that is, to ex tend the knowledge of the English law. It is my intention, ,not at present or during the recess—being otherwise engaged—but, perhaps, in the month of January next, to visit the United States, to witness the efforts that are being made for this laudable object." On the motion of Lord BnanatoisT, the thanks of the assemblage were warmly expressed to his Lord ship, who briefly expressed his acknowledgment and retired. THE POST-OFFICE SUNDAY REGULATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUA. SIR,—.I have felt some little surprise at the apparent indifferenve exhibited by the numerous class to which I belong (viz., commercial travellers) on, and in reference to, the recent alterations in the Post-office department; the trite saying. I suppose, " What is everybody's busi ness is nobody's," influences them, or perhaps they think as a body, as I have individually thought, the absurdity of the alteration will bring about its own cure. Notwith standing this almost natural conclusion, I do think we— (oh, that we!)—as a body, ought to petition the Legis lature to rescind with all possible dispatch this well intentioned, doubtless, but I cannot help adding, most foolish regulation. Ido not know another class of her Majesty's faithful, and I may well add loyal subjects (for never a day and dinner passes but her health and blessed babies are the first toasts, cloth removed, of course)—l say I do not know another class whom this regulation so materially and banefully affects. Lord John Russell, in his remarks, quotes St. Mark, chap. 2, v. 27, " The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." I think bad he gone further into that Gospel, and taken part of the 4th verse, 3d chap., "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath days or to do evil? to save life or to kill?" an answer might have been more easily found; for who in this whole world has the teme rity to say that the timely arrival of the long sought and earnestly prayed for intelligence, has not been the means of saving life—ah, life itself, to say nothing of the thousand gratifying intelligences which make that life endurable and sweet? Besides, if it is right to free from their labour the employes of Government in the Post-office, why not in all other Government offices, po lice especially included? "The Sabbath shines no day of rest for them," poor fellows. I could say much more, but your space is too valuable to encroach much upon; and thanking you, Sir, most sincerely for all your courtesy towards me, and the noble spirit you always evince in forwarding the cause of the people, and more particularly our body, I am yours, most respectfully, A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. Norwich, July 3, 1850. ESCAPE AND RE-CAPTURE OF TWO CONVICTS. Yesterday morning, about quarter before eight o'clock, a party of convicts, with the man in charge of them, took shelter from a sudden squall of rain under building at the Charlton-pier end of the Royal Dock yard, Woolwich, when, by evident concert, two of the gang, named Griffiths and Hindmarsh, the former under going sentence of transportation for 7 years, and the !atter under sentence of 15 years' transportation, escaped in the most barefaced and daring manner, in sight of many parties, by using a five or six bar ladder, and jumping over the low wall at Charlton. A sick work man, who saw them start off when outside the boundaries of the establishment, reported the circumstance on his arrival at the yard; and the active p o li ce f orce b e i ng speedily put on the ir trail, the officers were so successful in tracing the convicts th at Gri ffi ths was retak en i n a few hours, and the last intelligence of Hindmarsh was - o the effect that there was little do u bt o f his recapture, fur he had been driven into a copse at Eyling, which was surrounded by about 40 p o li cemen. Au investiga tion into the circum . stance s of th e i r escape resulted in the confinement o f the two sent r i es w h o were posted near the wall over which the convicts had climbed, and also of the man who had charge of the gang. It is reported of one sentry that he ad m itt e d h av i ng seen a convict in the act of getting over th e wa ll ; an d o f the other sentry it is stated that h e was i n d uced to allow his musket to be examined by a convict, who declared he had never a gun in his hand before; and whilst the sol dier was interested in conversation with the keeper, the ball and cartridge were take n out of his mus k et , and the cap off the nipple, and his pouch also emptied of its contents, so that when the other prisoner bolted the soldier could not make use of his firearm. The convict keeper's explanation is to the effect that be was afraid of following the convict, whose escape he witnessed, be cause of his desperate character, the prisoner being a very powerful and determined man, whose crime had been that of manslaughter. In the course of the convicts' rambles they arrived at a hay-field, and were about to appropriate the clothes and victuals of the workpeople to their own use, but the owners disputing this unceremonious disposal of their property, a fight ensued, when by the unsparing use of stones in pocket handkerchiefs, the convicts severely in jured some of the countrymen. ESCAPE OF ONE OF TUE LIVERPOOL BURGLARS. —The three men and women apprehended under suspicion of being concerned in the recent burglaries in the neighbour hood of Liverpool, were brought before Mr. Rushton, on Saturday, and were re-committed. Half an hour afterwards the greatest consternation was occasioned by the discovery that the prisoner Mutch had escaped out of Bridewell. It is supposed that as he was being conveyed with a number of others along the passages to the cells, he contrived to crouch behind a door and afterwards to pass up the stairs, and by wrenching off the box of the lock of one of the doors, to escape through the Crown Court. Mr. Rushton was sitting in the Nisi Prius Court, so that the man had only to adopt a little caution to get off unobserved. This man is supposed to be the planner of the burglaries, and is said to be possessed of great ingenuity and acuteness. When the prisoners were apprehended, he endeavoured to escape by jurdping thrOligh the window of the railway carriage. Suspicion points towards ' Scotland as the place of his flight, but no trace of him has l be= dig,9yerede..4l42toliater Guardian. We are authorised to state that the horse from which Sir Robert Peel received his fall on Saturday last was bought at Tattersalls' on the 22d of April last, by Mr. teckett Denison, and intended to be offered to Sir R , )bert Peel. Mr. Denison rode him daily for a week. He met the troops with their bands playing, as well as omnibuses and carriages in Piccadilly—all which the horse passed without showing the smallest disposition to shy. Mr D?nison in sisted upon Sir Robert riding him for a week before he de cided on keeping him. He did so, and then requested he might have him. Th e horse had been r gularly hunted, was eight years old, and had been ridden by Lord Villiers, who thought he would su i t his father•in-law exceedingly well. For the last two 1 /1011t1.13 Sir Robert has ridclea this horse re. gawp...2i= NAVAL INTELLIGENCE PORTSMOUTH, JULY 3.--The Howe, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, sailed last night for Sheerness to be paid off. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Sir Henry Black wood, hauled alongside the dockyard jetty yesterday morning to return superfluous stores prior to re fitting. She has been already recommissioned by Sir Henry Blackwood. The Medea steam-sloop, Commander N. Lockyer, will be paid off on Friday. We are requested by Commander Lockyer to state we were in error with regard to the threat of firing upon his ship at the Mauritius. Admiral the Hon. Sir Bladen Capel, K.C.8., struck his flag last evening at sunset and went to London to attend her Majesty's levee this day. Wind S.S.W., strong gales. PLYMOUTH, JULY 2.—Her Majesty's frigate Thetis, 40, Captain H. J. Codrington, was yesterday visited by Port-Admiral Sir William Hall Gage, in the Sound, when the ship was thoroughly inspected and the men mustered and exercised with small arms. The Thetis has her boats stowed in a peculiar manner, the thwarts of the launch and pin nace are made to shift, and being fitted one in the other, and the barge inside the pinnace, they occupy very little space on the booms amid ships. When the Admiral inspected the ship the nest of boats was covered over and firmly secured to the deck for sea service. Within fourteen minutes after the order was given the boats were cleared, hoisted one out of the other, thwarts fixed, guns, provisions, and water placed in them, and the men fully armed and equipped were on board and alongside the frigate ready for any service in any direction. This smart evolution had never been performed be fore in less than sixteen minutes. The Confiance last evening towed the Thetis up Hamoaae, where she is to be paid off all standing, the unserviceable stores only to be sent ashore. When the Thetis was attached to Admiral Parker's fleet in the Mediterranean, and had her regular sea stock of water and provisions on board, she took 1,000 bags of bread and 150 tons of other provisions from Malta to the Dardanelles. Notwithstanding this great addition to her ordinary equipment, every gun was ready for action, the capstan clear for working, and a fair way left to the ship's store-room and powder magazine. Admiral Parker inspected her in this eondition, and expressed his admiration of the ar rangement effected by Captain Codrington, which was cleverly done by stowing the goods in the'tween decks, and berthing the men on the main deck during the passage. The merchant ship Eliza, Captain Thomas Pain, which left Sydney on the 11th of March, and dropped her mail at Falmouth on the Ist instant, was off here yesterday and landed Mr. Manning and Mrs. Wheeler, passengers from China. Trade was brisk at Sydney, where 14 ships were berthed fur London, and eight or nine for California. At Ho bart Town 19 vessels, measuring in all 3,200 toes, were laid on for the gold region. The Eliza has pas sengers, Captain Forbes, Mr. and Mrs. Stranger, Miss Sands, Mr. F. Smith, Mr. Crighton, and Mr. Sharpin ; her cargo consisted of 250 tons of copper ore from Adelaide, and 3,200 bales of wool, besides oil, tallow, and whalebone from Sydney. She got to the tropics in 48 days, without going below 57 or 57f deg. June 1, lat. 22 deg. 38 min. N., long. 38 deg. 10 min. W., spoke the Ellen from Glasgow for Honduras ; on the 3d, lat. 26 deg. 49 min. N., long. 39 deg. 54 min. W., the Medusa, from Ceylon to London ; on the 4th, lat. 39 deg.: 37 min. N., long. 41 deg. 19 min. W., the Vrow Johanna, from Bata via for Rotterdam, out 96 days ; and on the 19th, lat. 43 deg. 16 min. N., long. 29 deg. 10 min. W., the Caroline, from Barbadoes for Dublin, out 27 days. Wind S.W., smart breeze. WooLwictr, JULY 3.—The following promotions were made yesterday at the Admiralty, they are all dated July 1 : Mate John K. Simcoe (1848), recently serving in the Alarm, 26, on the North America and West Indies station, to be Lieutenant. Mate John Trevenan (1848), serving iu the Ocean, 80, flag-ship at Sheerness, to be Lieutenant. Mate Thomas B. Legh (1848), serving in the Fire brand steam-frigate, on the Mediterranean station, to be Lieutenant. Mate George Grey (1848), serving in the Bonetta, 3, brigantine, on the coast of Africa, to be Lieu tenant. date John Hutchinson (1848), serving as acting mate in the Herald, 22, surveying -vessel, i❑ the Pa- cific, to be Lieutenant. Mate Arthur R. Fox (1848), serving in the Helena, 16, sloop, on the North America and West Indies sta tion, to be Lieutenant. Commanders W. F. Burnett (1846), John Ormsby Johnson (1849), and T. A. B Spratt (184 S)), com menced a course of study of steam at the factory at Woolwich on the 26th of March last, and having completed the requisite period of study, were ex. amined by Mr. Trickett, assistant to the Chief Engi neer, and have this day obtained certificates of their proficiency. Lieutenant Meynell IL M. Mundy (1846) is ap pointed to study steam at the factory at Woolwich Dockyard. Sir Francis T. Baring held a levee yesterday at Whitehall, which was .attended by the following officers : Vice-Admiral Thomas Brown. Rear-Admirals-John Bret Purvis, Fairfax Moresby, C. 8., and the Hon. George Poulett. Captains-Donal Henchy O'Brien (1821), George R. Lambert (1825), and William J. C. Clifford (1847). Commanders-John Tudor (1811), Thomas Baring Bond (1825), James A. Stevens (1842), James B. Wil loughby (1846), George Harper (1847), William Critchell (1848), Gerard John Napier (1849), Richard Purvis (1849), and Arthur Mellersh (1849). Lieutenants-William Richard Smith (1841), Gran ville R. Moyle (1842), and Francis A. Close (1850). Rear-Admiral Dundas, C. 8., First Naval Lord, held a levee yesterday, and it was attended by the following officers :- Rear-Admirals-Fairfax, Moresby. Captains-Donat Henchy O'Brien (1821), William Ramsay (1838), and Arthur Farquhar (1849). Commanders-Thomas Baring Bond (1825), James Agnew Stevens (1842), Charles Starmer (1842), George Harper (1847), John Ormsby Johnston (1849), Edward W. Vausittart (1849), and J. F. Arnold (1850). Lieutenants-Thomas S. Scriven (1822), Edward Martin Hogge (1841), William Richard Smith (1841), Granville Richard Moyle (1842), Arthur Robert Henry (1842), Charles M. Aynsley (1845), Douglas Herbert (1846), Lemley Woodyear Peyton (1346), John J. S. Josling (1847), Thomas Saumares (1848), John Bythsea (1849), and Gilbert Elliot (1850). Masters-W. H. Thompson (1829), J. B. Tucker (1830), and John C. Hutchings (1838). Paymasters and Pursers-J. Mason (1808), Joseph Martin (1843), and Samuel Winter (1846). Clerks-E. J. Besuett (1843), and Aug. Ovey (1848). The Polyphemus steam-sloop is ordered round from Portsmouth to Woolwich to be made ready for sea at this port. She is to take round the furniture of Mr. Macdonald, appointed master-attendant at this yard, and will leave Portsmouth on the 11th inst. The riggers employed to bring her round are to return in the Retribution steam-frigate, and will assist in navi gating that vessel, under the charge of Lieutenant Robertson, to Portsmouth. ALARMING RAILWAY ACCIDENT. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY EYENING.—A rather alarming accident, fortunately attended by no serious consequences, occurred at twelve o'clock to-day, at the terminus of the London and North-Western Rail way, in Lime-street. A cheap trip bad been got up in Staffordshire, and a train, consiting of 22 car riages, containing probably 500 or 600 persons, started from Uttoxeter this morning for Liverpool. At each station at which the train stopped fresh con tributions of passengers were supplied, and it pro ceeded on its journey " like a snowball gathering." On arriving at the station at Edge-hill, the guard of the North Staffordshire Company, who had the charge of the train, received the assistance of two experienced breaksmen belonging to the London and North-Western Company, to conduct the train safely down the tunnel to Lime-street. As usual, these men applied the breaks as the train descended the tunnel, but the North Staffordshire guard, being igno rant of the angle of declivity, is supposed to have ne glected the same precaution. The consequence was that the train, which was an uncommonly heavy t o ahn n eed, terminus s e t m ru e c r k gde a fg f r r ao o i mn m s t , t t he ihme e t -s u stt n rr n oe n e e l gt a stone t o a i tnh frightful suchwall velocity, fsoerpcaer,atin that g the buffers actually fractured one or two of the huge blocks of freestone of which the wall is constructed. The passengers, of course, were precipitated from their seats, and about 50 of them sustained contusions more or less severe, the principal casualties consist ing of blackened eyes, cut lips, ffae deed and rsa sele erta b reose r s tt o pi has k r: aeeeysnnQecnouneft Queen's yeas the n e ni noses. Fortunately no lives were lost nor bones broken. Mr. andecxo Henry mpepnDa tier y. B s.: tosoouKtnihdte, mostbi ytehseopfaoLrfe LLondon-rod,a d , dh intelligent foeonr -srmuo Hotel, oppo si te the railway, with directions that no needful refreshment. Dr. Walton, of Seel-street, attendance, and applied the requisite remedies. So excellently for a great number of years has the traffic through this tunnel been managed, that we believe since its opening this is the only accident which has occurred. ADVICE IN STORMS.—At this season of the year, when we are so often visited with thunder storms, it is, per haps, our duty to warn parties from sheltering themselves under trees of hard wood, which generally attract the electric fluid. Soft wood is not so dangerous, and, indeed, the beech tree is said to be a non-conductor of lightning. So notorious is the fact, that the Indians, wkenover the sky wears the ap pearance of a thunder storm, leave their pursuits, and take refuge under the nearest kcpsh ,toe. Ip .Tetiessee, the people"cdifsider it a complete prOtection. Dr. Beaton, in a letter to to Dr. Mitchell, states that the beech is never known to be struck by atmospheric electricity, while otha trees an often :battered into oplintem—Seth qagette. THE LIVERPOOL COLLEGE OF CHEMISTRY. (From the Liverpool Journal.) The fourth session of the Liverpool College of Che mistry has just closed, and with successful results. During the last four mouths Dr. Muspratt has had under his tuition students from various Darts of the kingdom, besides a number of pupils residing in Liverpool and its vicinity, all of whom, he states, have made excellent pro gress and given him entire satisfaction. Mr. Deck, of Cambridge, who was more than a year under Professor Wailer, of Germany (a co-publisher with Liebig), at tended during the session. He has written that he is very anxious to return—a most fl i tt er i ng com pli ment, csnsidering the school whence he came. The senior pupil, Mr. Josepli Denson, has made such rapid strides in the science, that his papers are repeatedly read b-- fore the Chemical Society of London. One was recently read before the body on the identity of two acids, in the Methyle series—au elaborate investigation ingeniously worked ow. All must feel fully convinced that no great end can be accomplished without indomitable in dustry and inexhaustible patience. Throughout the session Professor Muspratt repeatedly submitted the pupils to examinations, during some of which severa l gentlemen of high literary acquirements were present, who expressed themselves in a most flattering manner highly satisfied with the progress of the students and their skill in solving complex synthetical and analytical problems. The gentlemen have written several compli mentary notes on the occasion, one of which, from Mr. Miles, we append:— " During my recent visits to the College of Chemistry, I have been both surprised and gratified—surprised by observing from time to time the rapid attainment of the students under your supervision, from the simplest be ginnings of the science of chemistry to the most com plex analytical processes—gratified with the manner in which your students replied to the numerous questions submitted to their understandings. During a residence of nine years at the Universiiy of Glasgow, I had ample opportunities of judging of the attainments of the students studying there, many of whom exhibited a tolerably accurate knowledge of the science of chemistry; but I must admit that, in no case of daily or periodic examination, did I ever hear students manifest such promptness and accuracy in scientific examinations as Messrs. Forster, Fairrie, Roberts, and W. Denson did on the several occasions when I have been present in your laboratory." We may obtain an insight and a very fair knowledge of nearly every other science, by lectures and books, but with chemistry this is impossible. Let the most minute description of an experiment be given to the student in a lecture or treatise, and, notwithstanding that the process is familiar to him, in the language of the lecturer, on his attempting to perform it, innumerable difficulties present themselves; and this is more particularly the case with manufacturing processes. The laboratory is the only place where a beneficial knowledge of the science can be obtained. Chemistry has justly been pro nounced a mine pregnant with inexhaustible wealth, and its ramifications are accessible to all who have the op portunity and industry to explore them. Experimental study, supplanting mere speculative philosophy, is work ing miracles on all sides. Experiment—tedious, disap pointing, perplexing—is the great lever by which the chemist can raise himself and his art, and enable him to make every day fertile with discoveries in the sphere of chemical science. The complete revolution which almost every branch of human industry has undergone, during the last half century, is chiefly owing to the chemiet, who is not merely the benefactor of a class, but of a na tion, for by him the most precious secrets of nature are wrested from their hiding places, and turned to prac tical and successful results; while the analyst lays open to us the constituents of waters, and other substances, and proves upon which ingredient their effects mainly depend. No better instance of the illative advantage of analysis can be given than the number of factories of mineral waters, &c., now in operation throughout all parts of the kingdom. Analysis pointed out the effica cious elements in the waters by which the manufacturer was enabled in many cases to prepare a much more active mixture than the native spring. Another striking illustration of the triumphs of analysis is held out in the artificial formation of ultramarine, which, accord ing to a distinguished philosopher of the present day, is the most brilliant and conclusive achievement of inor ganic chemistry. We have every reason to believe that ultimately chemistry will resolve the most exalted problem, in the animal kingdom, with which the human intellect can be engaged—the laws of vitality. Ilas it not dispelled an enormous amount of empiricism from the healing art ? In the words of a talented chemist—that invin cible weapon analysis has cut through the mantle of prejudice and error in which the medical agents of the art had been so long enshrouded; the true ingredients and offices of the various parts of food have been discovered by its all-powerful agency, and the constitution of the disease and healthy organism has, in a great mea sure, been unfolded by its irresistible power. In short, chemistry is so palpably essential, that no man can be considered a properly educated chemist and druggist who is not sufficiently versed in it to be able to give a satisfactory account of the articles in which he deals. The success of the Liverpool College of Chemistry has exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the founder and also of his friends, abroad and at home. Ile wishes it, in justice, to be stated, that he feels greatly indebted for the way in which he has beeen able to support his efforts to many of the leading mem bers of the medical profession and principal firms in the town, and especially to .Ir. William Denson, who has taken a great interest in this institution since its com mencement. Nothing is more remarkable than the progress which has been made in chemistry in Liverpool since 1)r. Mus pratt opened his college. Three years ago, it was almost an impossibility to get a retort or any piece of chemical apparatus in the town of Liverpool ; now that the town has got Dr. Muspratt's laboratory. such apparatus may be everywhere found, and other laboratories are springing up. THE GERMAN SEER. SUGGESTED BY AN ARTICLE ON POPULAR GERMAN PROPHECIES IN " BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE." THE TIME ABOUT 1750. Listen my children—heed my speech, My hand is weak, my hair is grey, Life's longest span I soon shall reach, When this frail form must turn to clay; Bat e'er I go, I fain would tell, The truths that on my senses fell. I did not sleep—l did not wake— I did not dream—my mind was clear— 'Twas light, yet morning did not break, None spoke, yet words fell on my ear; It was a trance; in life's decline They happen oft to souls like mine. I stood upon our Fatherland, But full a hundred years had flown; Still nature glorious was, and grand, While art's frail works were feeble grown; All things seemed changed—yet still the same, The great still great—the tame still tame. It was a glorious harvest morn, The sun shone fair on hill and lea, And peasants reaped the yellow corn In the same fields that now we see; I heard them speak of troubles past, And joy, that peace had come at last. Suddenly howls the furious blast, The sun is hid—the peasants fly— All heaven with storm-clouds is o'ercast, And forked lightning rends the sky— And gazing through the awful storm, I saw the Northern Eagle's form. I looked again, the storm was o'er— Though fair to view were dell and plain, There savage men the Eagle bore— And war- steeds cropped the golden grain— Then knew I that the tempest's rage Did but a feller storm presage. I could not count their serried ranks, So far they spread, so thick they stood, They spread like streams that burst their banks, They crowded like some ancient wood— I trembled for our Fatherland, Though staunch her sons in heart and hand. Around I gazed with troubled eye, When rising from the genial South As vast a host our land drew nigh, And Liberty was in each mouth. I felt the hour had come for fight T'wixt free-born right and tyrant might. For seven days the battle raged— The slain by thousands strewed the ground— With deadly hate the strife was waged, And mercy was not sought or found; Rivera for miles ran red with blood, And corpses choked their gory flood. Dire was the struggle—doubtful long— Butt Heaven bless'd the righteous side, And of the mighty Northern throng, None passed alive that blood-stained tide. My soul still sickens at the sight Of how they fell in abject flight. By yonder "Birch" that morn his horse Their chief bestrode; in power and pride; The seventh night, there lay his corse. The life blood welling from his aide— And thick the dead around him lay Who struggled for his senseless clay. The nations triumphed whilst they wept, For liberty for all was won; In death though many a champion slept Their goal was reached, their task was done, And while their tears bedewed the graves They fell not from the eyes of slaves. My children! tell your children's sons All I have said—'t will come at last— Then bid them grasp their swords and guns Nor quit them till the storm be past— " Where yonder silver birch tree ' waves One day they'll dig their tyrants' graves." J. A. E. WANT OF A MUSEUM OF NATIONAL ANTIQUITIES —At the Oxford meeting of the Archaeological Institute, Mr Britton justly complained of the want of a Metropolitan Museum for the preservation of national antiquities. In reply, Lord Northampton assured the meeting that the sub ject'had occupied the attention of the trustees of the British Museum, and was still under consideration. Something had been done, and more would follow.—Builder. THE LUNATIC ASYLUM, COLNEY HATCH..--YeS terday the committee of visiting justices of the Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum met t. 9 appoint the medical "lifilc'ers and an engineer for that establishment. There were .nearly forty medical gentlemen present as candidates, and • the• choice pf the committee foi• medical 'Officers tell . Upon . Dr. J. G. Davey and Dr. W. Charles Hood, and f or engineer ppm Air. Stephen 1191 mo, CZ Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET.— TUESDA Y norm The hurried manner in which the want of direct rail way communication obliged us to m a k e up our parcel for dispatch to Cambridge, caused us to omit the following list of the company on the heath this afternoon: —Mar guises of Exeter and Worcester; Earls of Glasgow, Orford, and Strathmore; Lords G. Manners, J. Scott, Clifden, Enfield, and S. O s b orne; Si rs J . H awley, D. Baird, T. Burke, and W. Codrington; Hons. Captain Rous, H. Forrester, F. Villiers, and H. Curzon; Messrs, Wigram, Milner, Greville, Payne, Neville, P. Williams, Meyrick, G. Fitzroy, Burne, Williamson, Newton, &c. WEDNESDAY. Previous to the races the following horses from Mr. Ford's stud were disposed of by Messrs. Tattersall:— Musician, by Laner cos t, 3 yrs... Guineas. ..• ... 1,310 Lady Evelyn, by Don John, 4 yrs ... 1,100 Payment, by • Slane, 2 yrs ••• ... 850 Penang, by Ratan, 3 yrs ... ••• 480 Don John, by T ramp ... ••• .. 3.50 Garforth by Ysixley, 3 yr s ... ••• ... 280 Mrs. Taft b), 5) rs ••• ••• ... 160 Distaffina, by 1)on John, 5 yrs ••• 180 Lady Wilciair, by Ilornsea ••• ... 130 Dirce, by Don Joh n ... ••• 100 Lady Lure well, by Llornsea, 6 yrs ... 100 Fby Pantaloon, out of Industry, 3 yrs .. 80 Fby Don John, out of Sister to Ainderby, 3 yrs 61 Meal, by Bran ... . ••• 48 Ch g b Hsrka way, 4 yrs ... ..• 41 Ferule, by Jereed, 4 yrs ... ▪ ... 41 Satire. by Don John, 3 yrs ... • ... 26 Fby Epirus, out of Cavtaide, 2 yrs.:. ... 20 Drakelowe, by Don John, 4 yrs .. 13 Tho sport this afternoon was entirely devoid of in terest, and the company thin. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three yrs old colts, Bit 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; the winner to be sold for 100 sors.. if demanded, &c. New T.Y.C. Hr. Stephenson's cby Dromedary (Flatman) 1 Lord Orford's Zat)c (F. Butler) 2 Lord Exeter's Visite (Marlow) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Zadoc, and 6to 4 agst Drome dary colt. Won by half a lengtb, Zadoc beating Visite by a neck. Run in 1 min. 17 sec. Fifty Pounds, for three yrs old, 7st 21b; four, Bst 71b; five, 9st 11b; six and aged, 9st 51b. From T.M.M. starting post to the end of R.C. Mr. Roll's Collingwood, aged (Flatman) 1 Mr. Gurney's Bullfinch, 3 yrs (carried 7st 51b) Count Hahn's Turnus (bred in Germany), 4 yrs 3 Betting-8 to lon Collingwood, who took the run ning. from Turnus three-quarters of a mile from home, and won easily by three parts of a length. Run in 3 min. 28 sec. ' Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old colts, Bst. 7lb; fillies, Bst 41b; the winner to be sold for 200 aors. if demanded, &c. Last half of B.M. Mr. Rogers's Harp (Rogers) 1 Lord Exeter's c by V en i son (Marlow) 2 Mr. Stephenson's Hippograff (F. Butler) 3 Sir S. Spry's Batterer (Bartholomew) 4 Mr. Freeman's Olivia (Flatman) 5 Betting-9 to 4 agst Harp, 3to 2 agst Hippograff, 3 to 1 agst Olivia, and 4to 1 agst Batterer. Harp made nearly all the running, and won cleverly by a length. Run in 54 sec. The Town Plate of 50 sous., with 31 (the Perram Dona tion) added, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b. Last mile and a distance of B.C. Lord Exeter's Preslaw (Flatman) 1 Mr. Gurney's Gt. Fabian (Pettit) 2 Mr. Cassidy's Aristocrat (Bartholomew) 3 Betting-7 to 4on St. Fabian. A close race with the three, Preslaw, who waited until the very last, winning on the post by a head. Run in 1 min 58 sec. BETTING ON THE CHESTERFIELD STAKES. 6to 4 agst Ariosto I 4to 1 agst Prestige 5 to 2 agst Miserrima GOODWOOD STAKES. 8 to 1 taken about Borneo to a large amount. DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Grecian 1 20 to 1 agst Hippolytus. The races commence to-morrow (Thursday) at a quarter-past one o'clock. BETTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CHESTERFIELD STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Arioito 4 to 1 agst Prestige to 2 agst Dlisserima LIVERPOOL CUP. 5 to 1 agst Cockermouth(t) 1 12 to 1 agst St. Rosalia 300 even between Vampyre and St. Rosslia, not pp. 10,000 to 40 against Kelashes winning Liverpool Cup and Goodwood Stakes (t) GOODWOOD STAKES. 9 to 1 agst Borneo (taken I 10 to 1 agst Won't-you to 14001) ( come-out-to-night DERRY. 15 to 1 agst Grecian 40 to 1 agst Ariosto (t) 20 to 1 agst Hippolytus(t) ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Handicap, from starting post of B. M. to the end of New T.Y.C.—Honeycomb, 4 yrs, Bst 101b—Meridian, 5 yrs, 7st 10!b—White Lady, 4 yrs, 7st—Preslaw, 3 yrs, ist—Pulcherrima, 4 yrs, 7st—California, 6st 21b. The following are expected to run for the Chester. field Stakes:—f by Don John, dam by Dr. Syntax, —Oleander—one of Lord Exeter's—Ariosto—Turtle—. one of Sir J. Hawley's—Prestige, and Miserrima. CARLISLE RACE`.— TUESDAY. The Claret Stakes (Handicap) of 10 sots. each, h ft, and 40 added; the second to save his stake. One mile and a quarter. (4 Subs.) Mr. oA:tome's Achrranthe:, 131 b walked over. The Grand Stand Handicap of 50 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each; the second to receive 10 sour. Twice round. (10 Subs.) Mr. Wintringhatn's Lady Bst 3lb ...(Owner) 1 Mr. Lancaster's Flash, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (G. Oates) 2 The following also rani —Mr.Wilkinson's The Squire's Daughter, 3 yrs, 63t 1 Ilb (Metcalf); Mr. Campboll'a br c by St Martin, out of Rebecca, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (T. Lye); Mr. B Murray na, Oxford Blue, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Osborne); Mr. R. Pickering's Helen, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (T. Smith). Won easy. The Hunters' Stakes of 3 soya. each, h ft, and 15 ad ded, twice round, were won by Mr. Benson's Little Queen, 4 yrs (G. Arran), beating Jonathan and Jerry. The Maiden Plate of 501. Heats, one mile and a quarter. Binnie's Barnton Boy, Est Illb (Pringle) 4 1 1 J. Gill's Esculapius, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Arnold) 1 2 3 G. Barton's Magician, Bst 61b (W. Oates) 2 3 2 Daieell's Cerito, 3 yrs, Est 111 b (Elliott) 3 dr INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. WOLVERHAMPTON, 1850. Acceptances for the Wolverhampton Stakes. Ba-,kbiter, 5 yrs, 7st 101b—Blucher, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b Snowstorm, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Inheritress, aged, 7st 31b— The Dart, aged, 7st 31b—Glauca, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Lang ton, 4 yrs, 6st 61b—Caurire, 4 yrs, 6st 41b—Roland, 4 yrs, 6st—Sir Henry Hardinge, 4 yrs, 6st—Wansdyke. 3 yrs, sst 81b—John of Berwick, 3 yrs, sst Mb—The Castle, 3 yrs, sst—c by Gladiator, ont of the Abbess, 3 yrs, 4st 61b. The rest pay 5 soya. each. READING, 1850. Acceptances for the Berkshire Stakes. R9pletion, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—Cheerful, 4 yrs, 7st 81b— Thornhill, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—The Juggler, 4 yrs, 7st 21b— The Arab, 4 yrs, ist—Comet, 5 yrs, Est 131b—Kathleen, 3 yrs, Est 121 b —Van Diemen, 4 yrs, 6st 101b—St. Ed mund, 4 yrs, Est 101b—Bacchanalian, 5 yrs, bat 71b— Hippona, 5 yrs, Est 71b—EstafAte, 3 yrs, Est 51b—The Jester, 4 yrs, 6st Ilb—Sister to Pillage, 3 yrs, sst 121 b —Calmar, 3 yrs, sst. NOTTINGHAM, 1850. Acceptances for the Nottinghamshire Stakes. Maid of Masham, 5 yrs, Sat—Maid of Lyme, aged, 7st 81b—Inheritress, aged. 7st 31b—Vanguard, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Maid of Team Valley, 4 yrs, Est 101b—The Juggler, 4 yrs, Est 81b—Jenny Lind, 4 yrs, 6st 81b—The Arab, 4 yrs, 6st 41b—Wild Rose, 4 yrs, Est 21b—Pea sant Girl, 4 yrs, Est 21b—Knight of Gwynne, 3 yrs, Est 21b—General Sale, 4st 61b—Roland, 6 yrs, 61b—Rod ney, 4 yrs, sst 121b—Minimum, 4 yrs, sst 121b—Har riott, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Elebo, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Damask, 3 yrs, sst Sib—Sister to Pillage, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Impres sion, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Humphrey, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b. IRISH FRANCHISE BILL. HOUSE OF LORDS, JULY 1. MAJORITY FOR THE £l5 FRANCHISE. Duras. Longford ss-HOXII. Richmond Lonsdale Alvanley Buckingham Lucan Brougham Cleveland Macclesfield Clarina MARQr isr,S. Malmesbury Castleraaine Winchester Morton Crofton Drogheda Munster Colchester Downshiro Nelson De Fre l yne Huntley Orkney De Ros Londonderry Powis De Lisle EARLS. Roden Douglas Aberdeen Rosso Farnham Abergavenny Stradbroke Forester Airlie Verulam . Orantley Bandon Wilton Kilmaine Beauchamp Warwick Northwick Cardigan viscomeru. Redesdale Desart Combermere ._. Rayleigh _ . Eglinton Gage Egmont Hill Enniskillen Middleton Ellenborough Strangford Stinley Skehmersdale Sandya Southampton Falmouth Galloway °leap'll liarewood BISHOP. Gloucester BARONS. Abinger Tenterdin Templemon Wynford ACCIDENT BY GUNPOWDER.—The neighbourhood of Guilford-street was much alarmed yesterday afternoon by a tremendous explosion at No. 33, the residence of Mr. Thomas Wakley, the surgeon. It appears that the valet and an under-groom were amusing themselves in the back yard by firing off powder with a fusee. A quantity in a canister, not less than a pound in weight, caught fire and ex ploded, seriously injuring one of the foolish persona con cerned, shattering the lower windows, and much alarming the neighbourhood. Mr. Wakley was im mediately sent for, and on ascertaining the nature of t he accident he had the e o o f e, th a e nd muscles of were dressed required the en thumb removed w t e o r e t h e tornh o s awaypi ta l. from e w th h e o l h e by Mr. Robertson , the house-surgeon, but he still lies in a . shatteredremoval a a n o d d t h h ti e r p t. r i n The i h p e a l po n e e r rt f - e ee l l ow e n ,s d w s o , t e t s n s ti el s s dangerous state. The other man'marvellously escaped with out injury., RELEASE OF FUSSELL, THE CHARTIST LEADER: Yesterday morning an order was dispatched from the Home office to Lieutenant Tracey, the governor of the House of Correction, Tothill - fields, Westmi ns t er, i nt i mat i n g that_ her Majesty had been pleased to remit the unexpired term (rather more than 3 months) of the sentence pronounced at the Old ' Bailey in 1848 upon Fussell, who, with others, was convicted of sedition, and the prisoner will be discharged as soon as he provides the sureties required by the se ntence. rile term o f imprisonment to which E rnes t JonesWas - senten . "d will ex pire on the 11th instant. .. _ . . - - ------ A JOKE FROM Mr. SPEAIER.—As the tellers on the Vole of 'confidence division advanced to declare the num bers, the Speaker —with doubtless a prophetic sense of the majority of 46—said, with a benignant smile at Ministers... -„" etlZtlet= will be pleased tqAcci) thOir placed."—Punch. J~ R~