The Sun. — London, England, 1850-06-06 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JUNE 5. Th e (1 sxlieen and Prince Albert, accompanied by her ti i ' / 4 4 '. 1 lighnes s the Duchess of Kent and the Prince i4 ( , ei ningen, walked and drove this morning early The Park and grounds. 4 e Prince of Wales and younger members of the Parnily walked and rode as usual. k r 'r - Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and his h y e r' y e Highn ess th e P r i nce o f L e i n i ngen , a tt en ded l'. 0 , (11(1 2, Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George th e Ppr, crossed from Gosport yesterday afternoon, in lirY royal yacht, Commander Crispin, and et' " OThorne about three o'clock. ' 1 , 4 Ron. M rs . G rey h a d th e h onour o f joining r o e party. I lleiqerday (the birthday of his Majesty the King 4 1 , 01 4101 'er) th e i r R oya l Hi g h nesse s the Duke and rid, ess „.q . Cambridge had a dinner party at Cam -les House, and her Royal Highness the Duchess Ti; trl bridge had afterwards an evening party. 4 dinner party comprised her Royal Highness Duchess of Gloucester, Count Charles Kielman i,°oe,,ltaron Koller, Austrian Charge d'Affaires ; 4 4 , 4 I V.Ydenbruck, B a r on O s ten, the Duke of Wel Ali -4 ' the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina m e t . s, the E ar l o f R a d nor , L or d F re d er i c k an d gad i August a Hallyburton and the Misses Erskina, qt il eorgiana Bathurst, Sir Charles Thornton, MTr' Augustus Stafford. e band of the Coldstream Guards attended in ;ifc 4 evet ting, and performed a number of favourite , 4 4t e };,?(Inimencing with the "King of Hanover 's 'bet e ,; and including selections from "Le Pro. Les Hugu en ot s ," and " Alma," concluding Si 3 7 ,7rorinanc e w ith the "Hanoverian Polka." -• Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had 'R e „ et view with the Chancellor cf the Exchequer to Y. Mr. John Wood and Mr. Pressly bad tt o -4 interview yesterday with the Right Hon. LEARNED 13/RDS. Fr 'vat° exhibidon of a family of goldfinches, ear -2 anti other domestic birds, took place yesterday at I,h tto B aker -street, Portman-square, which promises ' 4 4 l , t Ze extremely popular. Mdlle. Vandermarscb, etre ss of these feathered aspirants for publi 'l4fB brought her teaching to a remarkable degree ° , o4 ion and some of those results are really shln chooses L at e g. The company present cards—puts N 1 3 341E8 upon sovereigns—whispers words to one „' and the like, when the birds in question, „ . Ijl qe ti " ° lnteand of their mistress, hop out of the el i c a .ges in which they are placed, and select kt tip e i tlations from a tray of tablets, with the St - ,, 81 , of wizards. How the little creatures have to do all * this we are at a loss to conceive; )1 1 ;' n ever make mistakes. On the contrary, they ti, i leards from the pack with a certainty that pro -1,,pr0 a ntation. It is amusing so see them search for ,:kit t i l ) , °s ed card; and watch the pertinacity with th„eY Peck about the edges until they detect the ~ ,el L B e ek for; and not less so the fluttering energy rd while extracting it from the heap in whica Mdlle. Vandermarsch, wand in hand, Ith:nna the operations, but seems, nevertheless, to 4e ; bird s ent i re l y to t h emse l ves, an d no con j ur i ng do more accurate in its disclosures. The pa ts ingenuity of this lady in thus establishing a of 0 3 intelligence in a branch of the creation that A d uall Y very ready to be taugilt. are forcibly ex- Lllt:t t i,. n i _this e x hibition, which in ay be placed among 'to tt ‘ and the most interesting that the metro %ins. 1 42 34 NORAMA OF THE NILE. `,4h:jliece, showing the Nubian Desert to Don `l4-18 been added to the Panorama, and was sub illttlairst night to a party of gentlemen interested I t , losities of Egyptian scenery and antiquities, l'ep,,, re courteously invited by the proprietors to a Cortl,()ne. A most interesting addition has been kir he antiquarian collection, in a mummy, the t a k r 'lee of which were exposed to view, and ,4 ) oh, of the British Museum, whose pre !.pt L; gl owledge of the history and archwology of jilti",.gYpt is so highly appreciated by all compe 1, ti Vl delivered an appropriate lecture, replete A te ,ella details. Several of the company also qld e , 4ll "l by some very pertinent observations, a 01 44 , ‘ 1 ,c amount of research in a field of recondite lli iu. ule knowledge. A more instructive or en -01 i t. visit cannot be made in the . metropolis, i 0 % 13 at the present time in scenic illustrations, Mi e Pfulorama of the Valley of the Nile in the 444511. 01, T prOFFICE SUNDAY LABOUR. '04, 4 : 18 1 both London and provincial, is at last, ;;Il a ¶ OO late, doing its duty regarding the othi Pha- 6, p Ritation about the Post-office. We have , ~ ' t ked i n more to say than we have said repeat- N e r °En the beginning—except that the votes op L l°rity of our Scotch Members in the divi it,tilt it 4 , 41 Ashley's motion ou g ht to be r e mem- Ila reprobated ;—we speak especially of the :t l to, l 3,,Liheral Members. Of Mr. C ow a n no - I 4 ti ` l ' expect anything better; as he said him flit) ,e Free Church Assembly on Saturd a y, N ? i., 4 , 4 his shame, he is not so much Member' nll,4"uhegh as " Member for the Free S% biro could we expect anything bet '4lte Ohl in the way of information than d e g the about petitions, exposed by our con -1 hef. Courant; far less was he likely to 4,,t0e fact set forth repeatedly in the reports !ititi t r„ t tittee on Petitions, that the great mass of i to tt) .urls from Scotland were from the Highlands Ithi l 'vsons who cannot write, and to whom, of \ i v rost-office is virtually closed already, both 4 t l le l , r a nd Sunday. But the others—such as the 1 , ) ,,'% k:. Puff, Sir J. M'Taggart, Mr. Archibald lit gifk rt " p, - . 'erg us , &c.—were sent to Parliament for ' lt tf, o ?.Purposes. Not one of them will get the N to tiv hg in this matter otherwise than against ki I s 'ttions. Nay, we do not believe that 0 1 v 41 . 6 of them who does not know be ''lty 4 4 0,4. against the opinions of the great ), I Rep t6 ls constituents. The policy on which +,r 44, Y) „ v vinen act is simply this : they have tit,o'!lerally speaking, the support of the k ' t th, ' such Pnarisaical and tyrannical mea trot),,,, suPporters of such measures, though Ili f t ti4t l , are very annoying ; and the Members ItJ a 1 votes like those of Thursday, they may `in 't'v troublesome enemies without greatly ‘lk [l k th - 1,,, the Liberal bulk of their friends. The game is one ‘), t 4a t ,' - 4beral electors should, and certainly in "q 1 I . v ill, make a losing one. Liberals who lc , it lillp pery tricks are not worth the fighting ! 4, 1 4 ()instance, we do not believe that Mr. 1 )4 4 e 4 4 0 nent in Fifeshire, Mr. Balfour—a man 4 4 11 1ch ti 4 courage—would have condescended to l i,Ntp a vote. We refer to our fourth page for ,q t ,l'h ill t ,:llts on the matter from the leading jour "l'm 'stre admirable ; but would have been of I \b of u , ltes the value had they come a little I ttt c i ."re the noodledom of the country h a d 'titi e t_ elf, and before our independent Members oh truckli ng. Scotsman. I', l - 4 0 E EDITOR OF THE SUN. iAtt k 0 Sea Y I be allowed to correct a paragraph Net is red in your Sun of Tuesday last, which copied from the Literary Gazette, and ',of . this-statements as regards the talented . I t rocket apparatus for preserving lives ,tl t ,h l )i i) ,„„, ,Hi k et - Leck ; as it may be consolatory to the r * John Dennett to learn, that although ',,,` 1 11,1'.1 under a very severe attack of paralysis, y'ev e le ei and hopes are entertained of his par gentleman should not have received the aii7 ut t of the present Government in patro lent invention, would not have been 1/44 “ e d lb g, seeing that with his ultra-Tory ii ' ll 4 l , 4 6iii h a , used his vote and influence on all occa %o:,tllailci, their supporters and adherents ; but I t pt,,, ,a rleg the many years his own friends it e Lib re in power, they did no more for him However, the assertion is alto , A t , y to the fact ; Mr. Dennett having been k i ttt h ,t)e f e lc a gaged by b o th G overnmen t s f ur th ese Qtq' hi ti : t e ,ea years, and up to the present time, t .'et 4 7, Lae different coast-guard stations with o tilu t'Par atll3 at all points where wrecks are "tp ; and if the writer of the paragraph I 4,, tt lti t li t il ,tli l ell t t 'ag upon had consulted the public 41 - , t/ R the past winter, he would have seen . ','1ti t ' ,, 41 ,14, 1 %". t i0n of crews of vessels being rescued h. ` ll i n la g destruction by the means of t 11 . 11 1 a . t ir, which is supplied to, and kept b' v e k r .tae care of the commanders of the f e N vle ' it' l th or tit 15 at present engaged in preparing a ~lb4t h e x• tith e lng of Denmark. It is not the i,,°ci ot aPpointed to the situation of keeper E N NI 1 : Castle by the Earl of MalmesburY, Vttl,katiri ' 4l i but by the present Governor of the 0 poi •-43'tesbury, in 1848. In conclusion, I tPI 'a t : the kind wish of the writer, that in 41 / 1 4 a death, his amiable and highly re ~ l imy be cont i nue d i n the keepership. k 1 3 84 ph a l; Sir, y ours respect f u ll y, JOHN DYER. t h i e e independent Office, Newport, 4:110 ight' , May 23, 1850. _ I Ive1 v e "a been omitted for want of room._ th e @t r t tt jjat DGE - -The operation of floating NI '1 %I •9 11,, • t o t ),,,, f the ss the Straits to its position between ▪ b oth! 8 bridge 3 to take lace on Monday, the 10th rtndring tide• The pontoons used in turning the Vt~• '"trn - In in their. places beneath, ready to convey kiv bUrd it 4 ti n , A eu to its destination when the Eignal lth e 1., th e r host of workmen were actively employed t° be e c k and rubbish f under the fourth and • (4tt ed• 1' i s h 'le V.% h t . Ilin sui 4. 04'1 Wales C ronic . iY t ,itt rtl 4, - ,rt iVea ta .: and Oriental Company's . st . eamer illiil4,tovoNtaai...esterday at Southampton, bringing au lo„ara s„.. t inolale, Malta, and Gibrallar. Amon , st .4iit been .11 hundred Hungarian refugees who -expected at Southampton from Malta. THE "ARGUMENT" of " LA TEMPEST A." We have received a copy of the scenario, or " ar gument" of the &emetic portion of the opera, founded on Shakspere's Tempest, about to be produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. Tne conjunction, in one work, of two such men as Scribe and Halevy, has excited a more than ordinary ietereet in the musical publis ; and we therefore think that our readers se ill be glad to have the following summary of the action of the opera, by which they will be enabled to see how far the distinguished French dramatist has adhered to the form and character of Shakspere's drama ia his libretto. Tne opera is in three acts, preceded by a prologue, and the characters introduced are, fur the most part, the sanie as in Shakspere'a Tempest. On the en chanted island we have Prospero, Miranda, Caliber:, Ariel (altered from a talking and singing into a pan tomimic sprite), Sycorax (who plays a more active part than in the original drama), and an additional personage, entitled the Spirit cf the Air ; and there are ass, Alfonso, Antonio, Ferdinand, and Trinculo, together with numberless courtiers, soldiers, ma fibers, elves, and sprites. In converting the drama into the libretto of an opera, it was of course to be expected that M. Scribe would make some alterations. It is especially cre ditable to his skill that this portion of his work is so cleverly carried out, that the character, and in many instances, even the language of the drama is adhered to, as far as regards the mortal persons, the new treatment being chiefly confined to the supernaturals. The prologue is confined to the shipwreck scene. On the deck of the vessel are seen Antonio, Alonzo, and the courtiers, sleeping. Words uttered by An tonio and Alonzo in their sleep betray their con science-stricken state, and prepare the audience for the coming action. Presently Ariel appears with a chorus of sprites. They warn the sleepers of the ap proaching tempest, which immediately commences, and the curtain falls amidst all the horrors of a ship wreck. This ends the prologue. The proper action of the opera commences at this point, and it is surprising with what skill M. Scribe has concentrated the materials afforded by the ori ginal, so as to make them serviceable for operatic purposes. The first four scenes follow the drama pretty closely. After the prologue the curtain rises on theigrotto of Ariel, who is seen flitting about while his attendant spirits sing a chorus expressive of their devotion to Prospero and Miranda. Then comes a scene between Prospero and Miranda, very closely following the similar scene in Shakspere, in which the father, prescient of the speedy arrival of Ferdinand, sounds his daughter's mind. This gives opportunity for a cantabile and cavatina, in which Miranda de scribes her feelings in poetical language, of which the following is a prose translation : "An undefined, secret feeling of restless has begun to obsure my senses, and makes my heart beat quicker than was once its wont. Everything wears a different as pect for me, and all appears to me altered except my love for you. The balmy air seems to me rapturously sweet. The rivulet murmurs more musically, the perfume of the flowers intoxicates my senses. The warbling of the birds throws me into a reverie, and I delight in imitating their sweet notes—oh! ab! an undefined secret feeling of restlessness obscures my senses, &c. " I am happy—yet I sigh. I am near you—yet I long; you, hater, to whom nothing is impossible, cure me, protect me. I have seen you dispel the clouds, and lull the storm. Allay, 0 Father, that which rages in my bosom. Dispel the langour that overcomes me, the strange sadness which overpowers me, and which is both a pain and a pleasure. You see it. lam happy —yet I sigh. lam near you—yet I long. You, father, to whom nothing is impossible, protect and cure your daughter." We are next introduced to Caliban, who groans and curses under the mastership of Prospero, almost in the words of Shakspere. Caliban discloses, too, his demoniacal passion for Miranda, and vows to gra tify it. In the next scene Ariel appears at the sum mons of Prospero, and in pantomimic expression de scribes the shipwreck, the landing of the Duke of Milan and the others in different parts of the island, and the separation of Ferdinand from his followers. Tnen Prospero tells Ariel that the termination of his exile depends on the union of Ferdinand and Miranda, and commands the sprite to bring about a meeting. This last commission is effected by Ariel in a very charming scene, where he gradually entices the Prince to the spot where he first beholds Miranda, and is rivetted to the spot by her beauty. The seventh and last scene of the first act consists of the meeting and mutual astonishment and admiration of Miranda and Ferdinand, witnessed by Prospero from a dis tance. From this brief summary it will be per ceived how closely the framework of the original has been preserved. In the second act M. Scribe has taken more liber ties with his text, by introducing Sycorax as a more active supernatural agent than in the original play. The act opens in another part of the island, hard by Prospero's grotto. Near at hand is a dark rock, on the top of which are tufts of bright red flowers. Ca liban enters, bearing a log of wood, and curses Pros pero and Ariel. He then appeals aloud to his dam Sycorax to aid him, when, to his terror, she answers him from the heart of the rock, in which Prospero has confined her. Sycorax tells her son that his sole hope of emancipation is by obtaining possession of Miranda, and at her command he plucks from the rock a tuft of the flowers. These have the magic property of gratifying any three wishes expressed by their possessor. She enjoins him that his first wish shall be for her liberation, but the monster un gratefully determines first to gratify his passion for Miranda. Sycorax is left in the rock. Caliban uses his power first to imprison Ariel in a tree, and, secondly, to bear away Miranda (reduced to insen sibility) to another part -of the island. In flying off with his prize he falls in with Trinculo, Stephano, and the crew of the liing's vessel. They are drinking and boisterously singing. When tkey discover Miranda they endeavour to take her from him ; and then comes a capital scene, in which Caliban is in toxicated by the sailors. Miranda becomes more in danger and more terrified as the orgie proceeds; but having discovered the secret of Caliban's power over her, she seizes the flowers, and by their magical in fluence transfixes all the drunken rioters in the atti tudes they held at the moment. After her departure they gradually recover, and then comes a scene of wild rage, capable of very exciting musical treatment. The act concludes with a chorus of the sailors, who are led off by Caliban to the destruction of Prospero. From the foregoing outline it will be seen that the greater portion of this act is new, but the interpola tions, although less poetical in character than the su pernatural machinery of Shakspere's Tempest, are more suited to the purposes of opera, by appealing more directly to the eye, and working the action in a more condensed form. We now come to the third act, of which the open ing scene is laid in the same place as that at the com mencement of the second act. "Antonio and Alonzo, who have been wandering on the island since the morning, are discovered. Each is taunted by Ariel (invisible) and Sycorax (from the rock) with his crimes. While they are thus abused, Prospero enters and taxes them with their guilt. They are struck with terror at his supernatural knowledge of their condi tion ; and Prospero is about to dictate to them the conditions of their pardon, when he discovers that Ariel is imprisoned in the tree, and that, in the absence of her guardian spirit, Miranda had been carried off by Caliban. Ariel is released, and they proceed on their search for Miranda. They have scarcely left when she enters, having escaped from Caliban. Thinking aloud, she ascribes the misfor tunes of the day, and the strange sensations she experience, to some mysterious relation with Ferdinand's arrival. While thus soliloquizing aloud, she is addressed by Sycorax from the rock. The witch pretends that Ferdinand is a traitor, who has sworn to kill Frospero, and that he has cast upon Miranda herself a magic spell. She incites her to kill Ferdinand. Miranda enters Prospero's cell, where Ferdinand is ling asleep, murmuring the name of Miranda. Here ensues a good operatic scene, where the love of Miranda struggles with her sense of duty. She is about to kill Ferdi nand with a dagger, when the sailors, led on by Caliban, are heard without. This changes her pur pose. She awakens him, and bids him protect him self. Caliban enters, and rushes to seize Miranda; but the sailors no sooner see Ferdinand than they fall on their knees before him, and salute him as their king. Ferdinand presents Miranda to them as their queen. This brings on the finale of the opera, which, it is evident, will be very magni ficent. Caliban, finding the magic flowers, which Miranda has dropped, essays their power with a wish for the destruction of all. But their magic influence is exhausted. At a wave of Ariel's wand the scene opens, and discloses a splendid aerial palace, in which, on a throne, are seen Prospero, Alonzo, and Antonio. They unite Ferdinand and Miranda. Again Caliban appeals to his magic flowers, with the wish that all Prospero's party may be chained to the isle, and that they may never see their country. Instantly Ariel waves his wand once more, the back of the palace opens, and the sea is discovered, with a ship splen didly arrayed. They all embark on board this vessel for Milan, leaving Sycorax and Caliban to exchange mutual curses, while Ariel and his elves, to use the phrase of the " Argument," "by flying in the rigging supply wind to the sails." The foregoing is a tolerably close outline of the action of this libretto, in which it will be seen M. Scribe has arranged his materials with consummate tact, so as to construct a drama in which the action moves rapidly, the characters are sufficiently deve loped, opportunities are afforded for solos and concerted pieces, without retarding the action, and brilliant openings are afforded for ,the scene painter and the machinist. The production of an original work of • such a character by a dramatist and a composer, each of world-wide reputation, and sustained by such a phalanx of musical talent as that which is announced in the programme, constitutes it an epoch in the annals of the operatic stage in this country. We have * too long been accustomed to wait on tle eMaprile 4,i;',1,4„4.4, LO NDO SUN, and accept the verdict of foreign capitals in regard to great musical novelties. PARLIAMEN TAR Y DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House if CO11471,a111) IVED.NESDAY, JUNE 5. EDUCATION BILL. Order read for resuming adjOurTed Debate en Amend ment proposed to be made to Question (17th April), "That the Bill be now read a second time," .ind which Amendment was to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months :" Question again proposed, " That the word 'now' stand part of the Question :"—Debate resumed; Question put. The House divided: MINORITY-AYES, 58. Adair, Hugh E. Forster, Mathew Sadler, John Aglionby, li. A. Fortescue, Chichester Scholetleicl, W. Anderson, Arthur Fox, W. J. Smith, J. B. Ansley, T. C. Greene, John Strickland, Sir G. Armstrong, SIrA. Hall, Sir Benjamin Stuart, Lord D. Bass, M. T. Harris, Richard Stuart, Lord James Berkeley, Henry F. Henry, Alexander Tenisou, E. K. Bouverie, E. P. Heywood, James Thicknesse, Ralph Brotherton, J. Lushington, Charles Thompson, Colonel Brown, William Marshall, J. G. Thornely, Thomas Banbury, H H. .Melgund, Viscount Villiers, Charles Cayley, Edward S. Milues, It. M. Wall, C. B. Clay, James Milton, Viscount Wahnsley, Sir J. Cobden, Richard Mitchell, T. A. Williams, John Davie, Sir 11, Mowatt, Francis Willyams, H. Dawson, T. V. Muntz, G. F. Wilson, Matthew D'Eyncourt, C. T. O'Connell, John Evans, Sir De Lacy Pechell, Sir G. TELLERS. E wart, William Pelham. A. 1). Gibson, T. M. Fergus, John Romilly, Colonel Hume, Joseph Ferguson, Col. Russell ,F. C. H. MAJORITY—NOES, 257. Acland, Sir T. Fellowes, Edward Neeld, John Adair, R. Shafto Ferguson, Sir It. Neeld, Joseph Alcock, Thomas Fitzroy, Henry Newdegate, C. N. Alexander, .N. Floyer, John Noel, Gerald J. Archdall, Captain Forbes, William Norreys, Lord Arkwright, G. Forester, G. C. 0' nrien Sir Lucius Ashley, Lord Fox, S. L. Ogle, S. C. Bagge, William Frewen, C. H. Oswald, Alexander Bagot, William Fuller, A. E. I'acke, C. W. Bailey, , Joseph Galway, Viscount Paget, Lord G. Baillie, 11. J. Gaskell, J. M. Pakington, Sir J. S. Baines, M. T. Gladstone, W. E. Palmer, Robert Baldock, E. 11. Gooch, E. S. Palmer, Roundell Baldwin, C. B. Gordon, Admiral Parker, John Bankes, George Gore, W. R. 0. Patten, John Wilson Barrington, Viscount Gottlburn, Henry Peel, Sir R. , Bellew B. M. • Graham, Sir James Peel, Frederick Benbow, John Greenall, Gilbert Pendarves, E. W. Bennet, P. Greene Thomas Pennant, Colonel Bentinck, Lord H. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Perfect, Robert Berectord, William Grenfell, Charles W. Pigot, Sir R. Best, John . • Grey, Sir G. Piikington, James Blakemore, R. Grogan, Edward Plowden, W. H. Blandford, Marquis Gwyn, Howel Plumptre, J. P. Boldero, H. G. Hale, Robert B. Portal, Melville Booth, Sir R. G. Halford, Sir li. Powlett, Lord W. Bowles, Admiral Hallyburton, Lord J. Price, Sir Robert Boyd„John Halsey, T. P. Prime, Richard Bramston, T. W. Hamilton, Geo. A. Pugh, David Bremridge, Richard Hamilton, Lord C. Pusey,:Philip Broadley, 11. Harcourt„G: Reid, Colonel Brockman, E. D. Hardcastle, J. A. Repton, G. W. J. Bromley, Robert Thistle, Archibald Ricardo, Osman Brooke, Lord Hayter, W. G. Rice, E. R Bruce, C. L. C. Headlam, T. E. Rich, Henry , buck, Lewis W. Heald, James Richards, Richard Buller, Sir J. Y. Ileathcote, G. J. Robartes, T. J. Bunbury, William Heneage, G. H. W. Romilly, Sir John Burrell, Sir C. Henley, J. W. Rushout, Captain Busfeild,William Herbert, H. A. Sanders, George Buxton, Sir E. N. Herbert, Sidney Sanders, Joseph Cabbell, B. B. Hildyard, R. C. Scully, Francis Cardwell, E. Ilildyard, T. B. T. Seynser, 11. K. Carew, W. P. Hodges, T. L. Shell, R. L. Castlereagh, Vis. Hood, Sir Alexand Simeon, John Cavendish, C. C. Hope, Henry T. Slaney, Robert A. Cavendish, G. 11. Hornby John Smyth, J. G. Chaplin, W. J. llotham, Lord Sinollett, A. Chatterton, Colonel Howard, Lord E. Somerset. Captain Chichester, Lord J. Howard, E. G. Sotheron, T. Childers, J. W. Hudson, George Spearman, Henry Cholmeley, Sir M. Hutchins, E. J. Stanford, J. F. Clerk, Sir G. Jerilyn, Earl Stanley, Edward Clive, Henry B. Jocelyn, Viscount Stanley, E. H. Cobbold, John C. Johnstone, Sir J. Staunton, Sir G. Cocks, T. S. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Stuart, H. Coke, Edward K. Jones, Captain Stuart, J. Cole, H. A. Ker, Richard Sutton, H M Coles, H. B. Lacy, Henry C. Talbot, J. 11. Conolly, Thomas Langston, J. 11. Taylor, Thomas E. Copeland, Ald. Lascelles, W. S. Thornhill, G. Corry, H. L. Law, Hon. E. C. Tollemache, F. J. Cowper, W. F. Legh, G. C. Tollcmache, John Crowder, R. B. Lemon, Sir C. Towneley, John COM, William Lewis, Sir T. Townley, R. G. Currie, 11. Lewis, G. C. Trevor, G. R. Darner, Colonel Lewisham, Vis. Trollope, Sir J. Davies, D. A. S. Lindsay, Hon. Col. Turner, George Deedes, W. Littleton, E. R. Tyreil, Sir J. Denison, Edsaund Lockhart, A. E. Vane, Lord H. Denison, J. E. Lockhart, W. Verner, Sir W. Devereux, J. P. Long, W. Vesey„Thoinas Disraeli, B. Lowther, Colonel Villiers, Viscount Dodd,!.. Lygon, General Villiers, F. W. Drummond, Henry Macnaghten, Sir E. Vivian, J. E. Drummond, Home Mahon, Viscount Vyvyan, Sir R. R. Duckworth, Sir J. Manners, Lord C. Waddington, 11. S. Dodd, George Manners, Lord G. Walpole, S. H Duff, Jamea Masterman, J. Walsh, Sir J. B. Duncan, Viscount Matheson, Alex. Walter, J. Duncan, George Matheson, Colonel Watkins, Colonel Duncombe, A. Mauls, Fox Wegg-Prosser, F. Duncombe, 0. Maxwell, J. P. Welby, G. E. Duncuft, John Meux, Sir H. Wellesley, Lord C. Dundas, Admiral Miles, P. W. West, F. R. Dundas, G. Miles, William Whitmore, T. C. Dundas, Sir David Milner, W. M. Willoughby, Sir H. Du Pre, C. George Monsell, William Wilson, James East, Sir:J. Moody, C. A. Wodehouse, E. Edwards, Henry Moore, G. H. Wood, W. P. Elliot, John Morgan, :fl. K. G. Wynn, Sir W. Emlyn, Viscount Morris, David Yorke, E. T. Enfield, Lord Mostyn, E. 31. L. Young, Sir John Estcourt, J. B. B. Mulllngs, J. It. Euston, Earl Mare, Colonel TZLLEIS. Evans, William Naas, Lord Stafford; Augustus Farnham, E. Napier, Joseph Arundel, Earl of GREAT EXHIBITION OF THE INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS. We understand that considerable progress has been made in the preparations for submitting to public competition the design for the vast building that will be rfrquired to carry out this undertaking on a scale commensurate with the dignity of the nation. We have reason to believe that the following infor mation on the subject will be found to be substantially correct:-- The building will be about 2,300 feet long, rather more than 400 feet across, and the roofed area will probably extend to about 900,000 square feet, or up wards of 20 acres. In the centre of the south front, opposite Prince's gate, will be placed the principal entrance and offices. There will be three other great entrances in the centre of the other side of the building. Gangways 48 feet wide, clear and uninterrupted, excepting by seats, will connect the entrances, and at the intersec tions of these main lines it is proposed to form a grand circular ball for sculpture, 200 feet in diameter. Con siderable spaces surrounding the old trees (which must be carefully preserved) will be fitted up with refreshment-rooms, surrounding ornamental gardens, with fountains, &c. The vast area destined to he filled with the pro ducts of all climes will be covered with a remarkably simple iron roofing, of 48 feet span, running from end to end of the building, supported by hollow irun co- lumns, resting on brick piers, and covered very pro bably with boarding and slate. The extent of the roof covering the main avenue will be 96 feet. The lowest line of the main roofing will be 24 feet high, and the clear height of the cen tral gangway will be about 50 feet. The floor will, for by far the greater portion of the area, be formed of boarding laid on joists and sleeper-walls. The ester nal enclosures will in all cases be constructed of ' brick. The light will be principally derived from skylights. The central hall will be a polygon of 16 sides, four of which will open into gardens reserved around it. Its main walls will be of brick, and about 60 feet high. The covering of this splendid apartment will be of iron, and probably domical. As the conditions with regard to time, &c., must necessarily be most stringent, contractors will no doubt be required to deposit an actual sum of money as security for the fulfilment of their respective contracts. The whole building must be finished and delivered up by January 1, 1851. Contractors will, we understand, be required to tender on two systems, one involving a resumption, after the termination of the exhibition, of property in the materials supplied by them, and the other proceeding on the supposition that her Ma jesty's Commissioners become bona fide purchasers, and take the risk of a subsequent disposal of the building upon themselves. In the arrangement of the design it has been the aim to specify such materials and combinations as will be likely to be most valuable after the expiration of their temporary employment in the building, so that the cost for " use and waste," as it is technically called, may be the least possible; contractors will, however, be permitted, and indeed invited, to sug gest any tender for the use of other materials which may probably in their cpinion prove more economical. From the varied and distinct nature of the work, and the simplicity of the plan, a division of the con tracts into the two classes best suited to the different plants and connexions of engineering and architectu ral contractors will be quite feasible, and upon this basis it is more than probable that separate specifica tions for the sewage, the central hall, and a portion of the iron roofing and walling, and for the central offices and respective sets of refreshment rooms, &c., will be prepared. , From what we have ascertained of the actual state of the drawings, &c., we have little douht that another week pass away without some decided step being will taken by y the committee in inviting the atten tion of the vast body of intelligent and able contrac tors, whose spirit and enterprise have done so much to elevate the scientific and structural character of the public works of Great Britain. CHANCERY REFORM. — Tuesday; evening a public meeting was held at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, with the view of promoting the efforts at present being made to obtain a reform in the Court of Chancery, as regarded the time occupied and the expense entailed in the prosecution of suits. Mr. G. Walter in the chair. Mr. Acland moved the first resolution, which was as follows:—"That the Court of Chancery, which in theory is a court of equity, is practically an engine of unprincipled extortion and heartless oppression ; that many millions of property are cruelly withheld from the rightful owners by complicated and dilatory proceed ings, whilst injured suitors, reduced to paxperism by un warrantable extortion in the shape of costs, linger out a hopeless existence in our poorhouses and gaols, or seek re lief from their grievous wrongs by suicide. That this meet ing considers that the continuance of such a court is a libel upon Christianity, an outrage upon society, and a disgrace upon the Legislature and Government of the British empire." Dr. Ogilvie seconded this resolution, which was supported by Mr. Rock, of \Valbrook, and carried nem. dis. Other reso lutions, pledging the meeting to support the association in agitating for a reform in the Court of Chancery, were then agreed to, and the meeting separated, after thanking the chairman. The Trident, which left on Sunday for St. Pe tersburgh , took 200,000/. in specie for account of the Russian Government, THURSDAY EVENING, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWTON RACES. —WEDNESDAY. The Ilaydoek Stakes ut 10 scvs. cue's, h fr, and 25 added. Once round and a distance. (3 Subs.) Mr. Collingwood's Administrates-. 6 3rs (501) Mr. W. Green's Clara, 6 yrs (501.) (G. 'Whitehouse) 2 Won easy; the einuer was claimed. The Golborne Stakes of 25 sovs. each. 10 ft and 50 added, for two years old colts, Bst 51b, and fillies Bst 21b. Straight half mile. (9 Subs.) Lord Celetlon's Sister to Wanota (Marlow) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's The Black Doctor (G. Ablale) 2 Mr. J. Feeler's The Reaper ....(Whitehouse) 3 Sir G. Houston's b c by Venison, out of Venus 4 Won by a length. The Gold Cup of 100 sovs., given by the Lord of the Manor, (vide] to a Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 tt, and 5 only if declared; the second to receive 251, and the third 10 sovs. Two miles and a diatauce. (34 Subs., 17 of whom declared.) Mr. J. C. Johnson's Dux nary, 3 yr, sst 41b (Wells) 1 Colonel Anson's Champion, 4 yrs, 7st (Charlton) 2 Mr. Arrowamith's Lady Hylda, 6 yrs, ist 13Ib Mr. Thompson's b c by Gladiator, out of The Lily, 4 yrs, Est 131 b (t;. Oates) 4 Mr. Disney's King Fisher, aged, 7st 121 b... (Fowler) 0 Mr. Dawaon's Mark Tapley, 3 yrs, 6st (Arnold) 0 Won cleverly by half-a-length; Lady H) lda a good third. Plate of 50/., added to a sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, the second to receive 101. out of the stakes; for three yrs old, ist; four years, Bst 41b; five yrs and upwards, Bst 10Ibs; mares, &c., allowed 31bs. Heats, one mile and a quarter. (9 Subs.) Mr. Feeler's John Dory, 4 yrs (Whi tehouse) 0 1 1 Mr. R avvo b - s s °u n ' ' se Sweep, 3yrs .... . . (W a k e f ie l d) 1 0 2 Mr. Shamrock, 3 yrs ...(M, Noble) 2 0 3 Mr. Park's Rose Bradvvardine, 3 yrs 0 2 dr Mr. S. Lord's Brocoli, 3 yrs ............... (Scott) 3 3 dr Mr. Bond's Archeress, 3 yrs .• ...... (Oswald) 0 dr Mr. Phillips's Zaidee, 3 yrs ......... (Evans) 0 dr Mr. Jamieson's. Tower, 3 yrs ......(W. Sharp) 0 dr The first heat was won by half a length, the second by a length, and the third easily. ASCOT HEATH RACES. We subjoin an outline of the present engagements for the ensuing meeting. The Plate and other entries do not close until Saturday. TUESDAY, JUNE 11. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added, for two yrs old 4st 41b, three ist 41b, four Bst 71b, five 9st, six and aged 9st 31b; the winner to be sold for 600 sovs. if demanded, &c., unless exemption from be ing sold is claimed at the time of entrance, the horses for which thia claim is made to carry 71b extra. New mile. The Ascot Stakes of 25 sow. each, 15 ft and 5 only if declared, &c.; the second to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the third 50 soya.; the winner of any handicap after the weights are declared to carry 71b extra. Two miles and a half. Age st lb , Collingwood . a 9 0 Vampyre ... 6 8 4 Lady Evelyn Essedarius .. 4 8 2, Wanota Glauca 4 7 10 Montague Retail Jellyfish Fire-eater Bit-nibble Sauter-la-Coup The Gold Vase, given by her Majesty, add e d t o a Sweepstakes of 20 Bo y s . each, for three y rs o ld , 7st 31b; tour, 9 s t ; five, 9st 71b; six and aged, 9 s t 91b. Mares and geldings allowed 51b, &c. Two mil es . Mr. Humphries's Escape, 5 srs—Sir G. Heathcote'a br cby Sir Hercules, out of Dark Susan, 3 yrs—Lord Exeter's Little Jack, 3 yrs--Lord Exeter's Glenalvon, 4 yrs—Mr. Jaques's Mildew, 3 yrs—Mr. Merry's Mi ss Ann, 4 yrs—Mr. Nolan's Blucher, 5 yrs—Duke of Richmond's Officious, 3 yrs. The Welcome Stakes of 20 soya. each, with a bonus of 5 soya. each, by independent subscription, fur three years old; colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 21b; the winner be fore or after naming of a sweepstakes amounting to 300 save., including the winner's stake, and not having less than 10 subs., to carry 51b ; the winner of the Derby to carry 91b ; of the Oaks, 2,000 Guineas, or 1,000 Guineas, 61b. extra. Swinley Course. Lord Strathmnre'e Teeswater—Captain Lowther's The Gent—Major Martyn's The Swede—Mr. Gratwicke's The COuntess—Lord Exeter's Utrecht—Duke of Bed ford's John o'Groat—Mr. Ford's Penang—Mr. Pedlea 'a Sweetheart—Colonel Anson's f by Touchstone, out of Potentia. A Produt e Stake of 50 sovs. each, h fc, for three years old; icolts Bst 91b, fillies Rat 51b; 310 and 51b allowed, &c. To start at the winning poet, and go once round. Lord Exeter's Cora—Lord Exeter's ch e (dead) by Birdcacher out of Wee Pet, 31b—Lord Glasgow's c by Bay Middleton out of Canada. Third year of the first Ascot Triennial Foal Stakes, of 10 Boys. , each, with 100 added, fur four yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 71b; the second to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes; once round. Oddity, Irish Jig, Thringartb, the Knout, the Flapper, Ferule, Drakelow, f by the Nob out of Rosalind (dead), t by the Nob out of Premature (dead), f by Bay Mid dleton out of Octave, Tiger Cat, Kennet, the Mercer, the Clothwbrker, the Grocer, John Bull (late Roast Beef ), Traitress, Bernadotte, Fleece, Sylvia, First of May, brother' to Woodpigeon (dead), Tancred, Turban, Conde,, Macaw, Skudar, Cambric, Mary, Hotspur, Landgeave, Rochester, Rhesus, Cacus, Clarissa, Red Box, Damson, Pequite, , Vatican, Croagh Patrick, Sabredish, Repletion, Tarn Wadlin, Master Wagge, by Chitties 111. out ofßenevolence, tanton, oby Lefler cost out of Irony, Tiresome, o (dead) by Bay Middleton out of 11.R.11., Glenalvon, Osterley, Honeycomb, Nunny kirk, Crucible, Glenlyon, Mouuseer, Ancaster, Eltbiron, Wild Risse, Battlement, Awphion, c by Cmsar dam by Bizarre, Slide, Jester, Haste,. The first year of the Second Ascot Triennial Foal Stakes of Hi soya. each, with 100 added for two years old; colts,:Bst. 71b.; fillies, Bst. 41b.•' the second to receive , 50 sons. out of the !Lica. T.Y.C. Ipsus Australind, Epira, K a l ongo, c by Ascot out of Mary, Constellation, Coticul a , U arpsicord, Galaxy, The Partridge, c by Kremlin out of Christiants's dam, Comas, Pandennis, c by Plenipo out of A m i ma , M e li ta , Midas, by Beiram out of Datura, Staplefield, bc by Don f s a c C m e b ° l;a s e n u d s i a n .1 ie Lanercostab t y e V o ruettol of John mat of Miss Whip, Hesse Ilornherg, Anspach, by Epirus, out Velo cipede s s e ed r ,0 Strut,aGti n o e f r bL a ,ta. Lady yy e r Gc m eo urwat Cowl d, outßn e a 0 1 12, a M rk aid of the M oun t a i n L s c a a n ß d e a ll f: Z y Z t byy, Louts Epirus N o a u p t o l e t Glendale, Catalpa, Citadel, Hawthorn, Fochabera, f by Touchstone out of Soldier's Daughter (dead), f by Epirus out of Prism (dead), c by Charles XII., dam by Touch stone, 6 by Epirus out of Emerald, The Macaw, Miser rime, Kuook Knoll, Drill, Curl, Fortuna, The Ascot Derby Stakes of 5 0 sovs. eac h, h f t f or 71tfillies, Bst 31b; the b; the atcond hor se , c s r •or winner of the Oaks, 51 b extra. Swinl e y C ourse . three winijit years o cr t s he old; u erbcyolts to , carry 8t y Maloiscah, Mooltan, Nutcracker, Ehio, Utrecht, Royal Hart, dhillie Callum, Le Beau, Spikenard, Crossbow, Tommy; Valentine, Brington, Sergius, c by Lanercost out of Concertina, c by Charles XII., out of Cowslip, c by Velocipede out of Lady Geraldi ne . Sweepstakes of 50 sovs, each, h It for two yrs old; colts, ,Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Three quarters of a mile. Olympia • n—f (dead) by Epirus, out of Estelle—Ole ander—Sneer —c by Plenico, out of Arnitna—bro. to Drakelow—Ginevra. WEDNESDAY. The Royal Hunt Cup, value 200 soya, by subscription of• 10 sovs each, with 100 added; f or all ages ( t wo - yr.olds excepted). New mile. The winner of any handicap, plate, or stake value 100 sovs., including the winner's stake after the weights are declared, to carry 71b extra. New mile. ,Age at. lb.l Collingwood ...... a 9 8 Vampyre ......... 6 8 7 Surplice 5 8 Nunnykirk Borneo , 4 8 5 1 Wanota 6 8 3 Elthiron, 4 8 Flatcatcher Loadstone 5 8 0 The Moor 5 7 8 Honeycomb Black Eagle 4 7 7 Dulcet Newcourt Strongbow Chatterer Mildew 3 7 4 (Edipus Officious 3 6 13 Cheerful 4 6 121 The Fern Hill Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft., with 50 added; for two-years old, 7st, and three, 9st; f and g allowed . 31b. About half a mile. Beaufort, 2 yrs—Fernande, 3 yrs—Preatige, 2 yrs— Ghio, 3 yrs—f by Slane, out of Receipt, 2 yrs—Ki ng of Cymry, 3 yrs—Louis Napoleon, 2 yrs—Officiou s , 3 Sr i Britannia, 2 yr s —b r f b y K re mlin; out of Evening Star, 2 yrs—f by the Ugly Buck, out of Margellina, 2 yrs— Thea, 2 yrs—Countess, 3 yrs. The Coronation Stakes of 100 sovs.each, h ft; for three yrs-old fillies, Bst 71b each; the winner of the Oaks to carry 71b, of the 1,000 Guineas, 31b, of both, 91b extra. New mile. Clelia—Monima—Alimosa—Narbonne —Hood--f by Pantaloon, out of ludustry—f by Don John, out of sister to Ainderby—L a d y o f Sledmere—Necklace—Tiff—f by Slane, out of Exotic—f by Gladiator, out of Lollyp o p. Sweepstakes of 40 sovs. each. h ft. for three yrs ottl; colts, Bst 71b; fillies. Bst 41b; 31b and 51b allowed, &c.; the winner of the Ascot Derby or Three-yrs-old Triennial Stakes to carry 41b, of both, or the Derby at Epsom, 71b extra. Old mile. Utrecht The Blackman, and Cranberry , The Windsor St a k es o f 10 soya. each, with 10 0 added, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; th e winner of the Derby to carry 101 b, of the Oaks or Three yrs old Triennial Produce Stakes at Ascot, 71b extra; the second for the Derby, 31b extra; the second to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. One mile and three-quarters. Cranberry, c by Sir Hercules, out of Dark Susan—c by Gladiator, out of Zenobia—Valentine , Knight of St. Patrick, Beehunter, Utrecht, Ghio, Cyprus, Electricity, Black Man, f by Sir Hercules, out of Arethusa—c by Lanercost, nut of Concertina—f by Lanercost, out of Birdlime —Esplanade, Mickleton. Itybinska, Ebury, Cecil, Countess, Ploughshare, Bastilie, Matilda, Rhedy eins, Sergi us , Bender, Ellen Middleton (dead), Cariboo, c by Thistlewhipper, nut of S,ddier's Joy--Thistledown, Lammas Lass, Old Commodore, c by ErYmug , out of M 4 Y II Y - -c by Erymus, out of Patronymic—f by Erynaur, out of Earring. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 soya.; three yrs old, 7st 21b; four, 9st 21b; five, lost; six and aged, lOst Sib; to start 5t the New-mile-post, and go once round. Age at lb Clarissa ......... 4 7 0 Mrs. Taft ......... 5 6 12 Mildew ............ 3 6 6 The Cocktail ...... 4 6 5 Marquis of Co nyngham ......... a 6 4 Probity ............ 3 5 10 Durbans ............ 4 5 10 Seaman ............ 3 5 5 %Viadischgratz ... 3 4 11 Impression ......... 3 4 10 Age st. lb. Woodlark ..... 4 6 11 .... Flare-Up ......... 3 6 10 Susan Lovell 4 6 9 Elagley ............ 5 6 . 9 Sweathetut ..... 3 6 9 Marquis of Co- nyngharn fiarriott ......... 3 6 7 Br‘nnus ......... Wallflower Baroness Dolly Varden 4 6 2 Tarn Wadlin Give-and-Take 3 5 n Nautch Girl Little Jack Castanero Clelia 3 5 5 Freslaw ..... 3 5 2 THURSDAY. The Visitors' Plate of 25 for the second horse (handicap), by subscription of 5 sovs. each, the surplus, with the entrance-money cf noh-subscribers, to go to the fund. Onee round and a distance. [To close and name on Saturda%.] A piece of plate, value 500 sovs., the gift of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, added to a Sweep stakes of 20 snvs. each; for three yrs old, 64 10lb; four, Bst 51b; five, 9st; six and aged, 9st 31b; mares and geldings allowed sib; to start at the Cep post and go once round and in, about two miles and a half. Lord Clitden's Surplioe, 5 yrs—Lord Ilowth's Peep o'-day Buy, 6 yrs—Mr. Pedley's Cossack, 6 yrs—Lord Stanley's Cora zou, 5 yrs—Mr, W. Ri ward's Bolingbroke, 3 yrs—Mr. Barnes' Sotterley, 5 yrs—Sir H. Essedarius, 4 yrs—Lord Exeter's Glenalvon, 4 yrs— Lord Exeter's Little Jack, 3 yrs—Lord H. Lennox's William the Conqueror, 3 yrs—Lord Eglinton's The ''Flying Dutchman, 4 yrs—Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, aged—Mr. Ford's Lady Evelyn, 4 yrs—Lord Loasdale's Jericho, aged. The Windsor Forest Stakes of 50 sous. each, h ft ; for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each. The winner of the 1,000 Guineas, Derby, Oaks, or Corinthian Stakes, to carry 51b extra. Old mile. Officious, Clelia, Monima. The New Stakes of 100 soya. each, with 100 added; for two yrs old coltp, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b; winners previous to starting of 100 sovs. value, including the winner's own stake, to carry 51b extra. T.Y.C. Quadroon, Gay Lass, Glenbawk. Coticula, Heart of Oak, Amusement, Fanny, Forlorn Hope, Don. Pedro, Convalescent, Old Ralph Burn, Buckhound, Miserrima, Crotchet, The Partridge, Knook Knoll, Pandemus, Crmus, Hippolytus, Midas, Grosvenor, Fairy King, Olivia, Hesse Homberg, Brother to Truthteller, Merry Peal, Glendale, Citadel, Sepulchre, Storm, Kossuth, Faux Pas, Jack Robinson, c by Sir Hercules out of Adds, c by Sir Hercules out of Miss Letty, cby Sir Hercules out of Empress, Epira, Prestige, Heirloom, Turtle, Predilection, Bold Harry, Ricardus de Pick burne, Pierre do Touch, Sir Rowland Trencard, c by Charles XII. out of The Cure's dam, c by Bran out of Active (wrong nom.) The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 SOTS. each, h ft, for colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b. Old mile. C by Mus, out of Virago—Nutcracker —c by Scutari, out of Marinella—Sergius—Pontifex—Sidus—Moultan —Tbe Trump—Royal nart—Zsdoc—Mickleton—c by Birdcatcher, dam by Dr. Syntax. Sweepstakes of 50 sots. each, h fc, fur colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 31b ; 41b and 61b allowed, &c. Swinley Course. Chieftain (41b)—Tomboy—Thistledown (61b)—Clelia (41b)—Bullfinch (41b)—Cariboo (41b)—c by Scutari, out of Marinella (41b)—Tingle (41b)—Cranberry (41b) —c by Velocipede, out of Lady Geraldine (41b)—c by St Martin, out of Rebecca—Sicyon—f by Sir Hercules, out of Arothusa (41b)—Spikenard—Gasometer—Mul grave—f by Arundel, out of Mandane (41b)—Crossbow (61b)—Little Jack (41b)—Bender (61b)—Longinus (41b) —Beshrauger (61b)—)arum Scarum (41b)—Sanpltr (41b)—The Cid (41b)._ The Stand Plate of - 70 sovs. ; three yrs old, 7st 71b ; four, 9st ; five, 9st 81b ; six and aged, 9st 121 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; horses entered to be sold for 400 soya. allowed 31b ; for 300 soya. 71b ; for 200 sovs, 121 b; and for 100 sovs. 201 b. Swiuley Course. FRIDAY. Three Hundre 1 Sovereigns, the gift of the Great Wes tern Railway Company, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 aovs. each, for three years old and upwards; the se cond to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes; the winner of the Ascot Status, the Queen's Vase, the Royal Hunt Cup, or the Emperor of Russia's Cup, to carry 71b extra. Swinley Course. Yrs. st. lb. Vampyro 6 ... 8 10 Borneo 4 ... 8 5 Wanota 6 ... 8 5 Yrs. st. lb. i liissaway 4 611 The Juggler 4 6 10 Wansdyke 3 6 9 ,Docility 4 6 6 l[larriott 3 6 5 'The Swede 3 6 4 Old English Gen- Nunnykiik 4 ... S 5 Fiatcatcher 5 ... 8 211 Loadstono 5 ... 8 0 Elthiron 4 ... 8 0 Osterley 4 ... 8 0 1 Cbantrey 4 ... 7 9 tleman 4 ... 6 4 Brennus 3 . . 6 4 Queensberry 4 ... 6 3 Litt!e Jack. 3 ... 6 2 Sister to Pillage 3 ... 5 9 Bushranger 3 . . 5 9 The Wren... 3 ... 5 9 Thistledown 3 ... 5 2 Wenalvon ..4 ... 7 4 5 .:: 7 2' Tophami Cheerful 4 7 2 Suter la. Coupe.. 4 () iipus 4 ... 7 0 Quiver 4 ... 7 0 First-rate 3 ... 6 12. The Wukinghatu Stakes (handicap) of 5 goys. each, for three years old and upwards. Last three-quarters of the New Mile. Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, h ft, for two years old ; colts, Bit 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; the winner of any two years old stake amounting to 200 soya., iecluding the winner's own stake, to carry 51b; of any two such stakes 81b extra. Last half mile. Cby Velocipede, out of Lady Geraldine—c by Krem lin, out of Christiana's dam—Partridge—Vanity—The Mitre—Catalpa—Glendale. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three years old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; the winner of the Derby to carry 101 b; the second, or winner of the Oaks, 2,000 Guineas Stakes, or Windsor Stakes, 51b extra; no horse to carry more than 101 b extra. Old Mile. Cby Velocipede, out of Lady Geraldine—c by Bird catcher, dam by Dr. Syntax—Brington. The Members' Plate of 50 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each; three years old, 7st; four, 84 41b; fire, 84 101 b; six and aged, 9st; winners once in 1850 to carry 31b; twice, 61b extra; the winner to be sold for 150 soya, if demanded. &c. The Old Mile. GOODWOOD, 1850, Nominations for the Goodwood Cup—Eltbiron, 4 yrs —Windiacbgratz, 3 yrs—Justice, 5 yrs—Knight of Gwynne, 3 yrs—e by Gladiator, out of Khorassan's dam, 3 yrs—Nutshell, 3 yrs—Stultz, 6 yrs—Ellerdale, 6 yrs—King of Oude, 3 yrs—Miss Ann, 4 yrs—Probity, 3 yrs—Borneo, 4 yrs—Cariboo, 3 yrs—Officious, 3 yrs— Canez3u, 5 yrs—Collingwood, aged—Monies by Actaeon, out of Florin, 5 yrs—Peep•o'day-Boy, 6 yrs—Chanti cleer, aged—Osterley, 4 yrs—Pitsford, 3 yrs—Maria Monk by Venison, out of Flamande, 6 yrs—Cossack, 6 yrs. air. Charles Peck, of Grove House, Mahon, has named his colt foal by Melbourne, out of Giselle by Emilius, Melville; and his filly foal by Melbourne, out of Stitch, Sempstress. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. Yesterday the Royal Thames Yacht Club held their first annual watch, the prizes being 100 sovereigns for the first class of yachts, 50 sovereigns for the second, and 30 sovereigns for the third. At nine o'clock, an hour earlier than usual, the City of Canterbury steamer, chartered for the occasion, started from London-bridge, having on board Lord Alfred Paget, commodore of the club, tho members, and a large party of friends. The band of the •• Blues," undaunted by its equestrian habits, a?companied the expedition and enlivened the amuse nts of the day. The visitors had all turned out ifs smart semi-nautical attire, and as the wind blew freshly and the sun shone and the sky smiled propitiously there were cheering anticipations of an agreeable aquatic ex cursion. At Erith, us usual, the yachts entered for the race were found drawn up in due order, and the signal being given, up went their snow-white canvas with the speed of lightning, and away they glided on their course down the river. What yacht took the lead, and what the various shifts and changes of the match ss ere, it would be vain to tell. The uprer reaches of the river afford no fair opportunities for testing the sailing qua lities of such crafr, and the real merits of each are only tested when they get beyond Gravesend, and aro out of reach of the reaches. The yachts that first rounded the Nero were the Mos quito, the Cynthia, and the Cygnet. The commodore did not, according to his usual custom, sail to the Nore lihtht , use, and there gratify the company by allowing film to see each vessel wheel round the turning-point on its way back. lie was contented with announcing from a considerable distance the order in which they re turned, and thus one of the finest effects of the march was lost. The sail up the river presented no remarkable difference from that down—the brer 71 sometirre3 freshening and sometimes falling away, but never en tirely disappearing. The order in which the yachts arrived at Erith, and the time, aro as follows: Tons. h. m. a. ... 50 6 6 20 ... 12 ... 6 7 55 ... 12 ... 6 10 7 ... lei ... 6 10 35 ... 10 ... 6 11 52 Pearl ... 12 ... 6 17 32 Cynthia ... ... 50 ... @ 20 Cygnet ... ... 35 ... 6 29 40 Diana ... ... 63 ... 6 46 15 Whisper ... ... 19 ... 7 1 58 Foam •• ... 20 ~. 7 7 55 The yachts being run in three classes, of 30 tons and upwards, of 15 tons and upwards to 30, and under 15 tons, the prizes were distributed accordingly, half a minute time per ton being allowed for difference of ton nage in each class. While the little squadron of yachts was bounding on its way yesterday towards the buoy at the Nore, a mutiny, not perhaps of so formidable a character as that of which everybody has beard, but still sufficiently alarming to ruffle the tempers of many ladies and to call forth the indignant invectives from gentlemen, broke forth in the commodore's steamer. Even the archiepis copal uaire of the vessel failed to restrain the vehement wrath and disappointment of thu company. Trusting at least to lobster salads arid other marine delicacies for support during the voyage, they found themselves dis appointed. In the midst of plenty they endured the pangs cf want. Like so many cast-away sailors, they saw all kinds of fish and fowl in abundance around them of which they could not partake, and it is only wone.er ful that in the midst of their sufferings some waiter was not sacrificed, like Pedrillo, to the exigences of the occasion. The club had neglected to restrict the number of visitors to the cabin at nay particular moment. Soma mischievous person spread the report that there was a scarcity of provisions. The panic spread. Everybody rushed below demanding lobster-salads and pigeon pies. The steward, taking a leaf out of the book of the prudent bankers, paid off his eustamers in huge joints of cold roast and boiled beef served in a very dilatory manner. The cabin was the scene of the greatest confusion, anger, and dismay ; vial-fuls of wrath were poured out fret-1y on the hearts of the unhappy waiters ; piles of dirty plates were lying about on every side, and the remains of lobsters, the bones of fowl=, the empty-pie-dishes, the strange array of filthy glasses and tumblers—all reminded one more of a harpy feast or bacchanalian orgie than an English en tertainment. Salt water air may have a strong effect upon the appetite, but surely the Thames Yacht Club might take too trouble of laying down a few simple re- Mosquito ... Mazepps Frolic .:. Surprise ... Sea Nymph ... JUNE 6, The Windsor Town Pl a t e o f 50 sovs.; two yrs o ld , 153 t 61b; three, ist 101 b; four, Sst Sib; five and up wards, 93t; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the Iwinner to be sold fur 103 sore.. if demanded, &e. T.Y.C. 1850. gulationa to secure on board their steamer on such occa sions some approximation to the decencies cf civilised life in eating and di The match altogether, from the defective character (f the arrangetin wore inferior to many others less favoured by those important adjutants to a yacht race— the wind and the weather. The sky was bright and unclouded throughout the day, and the wind blew with sufficient strength to test pretty fairly the comparative sailing qualities of the different craft entered for the race. I DEPUTREFYING SEWAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE S UN. 28, New -street, Spring-gardens, June 1, 1850.. Siu,—The public having been informed by the Times and other newspapers that "Prince Albert has recently sent an exceedingly able and valuable paper to the Royal Agricultural Society of England, on the Sewage of Towns," on which occasion Lord Port man claimed for his Royal Highness the " merit of turning the same into a source of national wealth," I request you will do m e the justice at least to insert in your journal, from the accompanying printed paper, my two letters of 4th and 6th ult. (documents 4 and 6) to his Royal Highness,, iu order that 8 correct and" just judgment my be come to by the public on this subject. Whether the other matter is of sufficient import ance for your valuable journal, I leave to your judgment, and remain respectfully, Sir, your very obedient servant, RICHARD DOVER. "28, New-streeet, Spring-gardens. May . 4, 1850. "HIS ROYAL BIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, OF SAXE COBURG AND GOTHA, D.C.L., F.R.S., &c., &c., &c. •• May it pleas e y our R o y a l Highness,—The Marh Lane Express, of the 29th ult., has an article headed Royal Agricultural Society of England,' which informs the public, that your Royal Highness' has 'transmitted through Colonel the lion. Charles Grey a communica tion claiming great merit fur turning the sewage into a source of national wealth,' and that 'Lord Portman in formed the Council the plan proposed' was your Royal Highness's own plan!' and further that 'Colonel Chal loner thought of one difficulty in adjusting • your Royal Highness's filtering bed!' and 'Professor Way,' after exposing several inconveniences, and the great error of dissipating the ammonia, declared pointedly, 'the am monia is thus carried off and lost !!' Ammonia is well known to be the most_valuable fertilizer in manures! notwithstanding, Lord Portman claims merit for your Ro3 al Highness's plan, which dissipates it ! ! Lord Portman added, that the plan proposed, on the 24th ult.!! was not any suggestion,' but 'the result of your Royal Highness's own deliberate consideration'—and it would appear that charcoal, gypsum, and clay' are claimed as your Royal Highness's own deliberate considerations, ergo, discoveries, or inventions; whereas your Royal Highness can see by the enclosed document that they were published in March, 1848, by the Metropolitan Sewers Commissioners, as suggestions for facilitating public or private efforts for sanitary purposes.' Th. Hon. Colonel Phipps, in his note of the 9th of Nov.. 1849, stated that your Royal Highness had done me the honour to receive my pumphlet and other printed papers wherein my system of operations for rendering the sew- age the greatest source of national wealth is most fully stated, with the approving opinions of most of the public journalists in England, France, and America. " Colonel Grey farther informed the Council that this important subject had ' lately become a matter of in terest and study to your Royal Highness; ' whereas I have given many years of study t o t hi s al important public question. as proved by my writings to Lord Morpeth (now Earl of Carlisle), &e., &c.. &c., at very great cost not only of time but of money also! My pub lications, lectures, and exhibitions, have, I believe, proved to the people of England not only how much ammonia (i. e. the most valuable fertilizer!!!) is now annually lost to our land, but that 50.000,0001. of money is also annu ally lost to the revenue!! and further, that the public health has been sacrificed, and cholera become endemic, by the pollution of our rivers and streams with sewage! This was confirmed on the 24th ult., when your Royal Highness declared it to bo the cause of disease and pea- Weyer !' " The Earl of Carlide has done me the honour to ad dress notes (elccumcnts) to Lord John Russell and Lori Seymour expressive of the high opinions entertained of lay system and plans for treating the sewage of London and all other populous places; in consequence I have had the honour to address the following letter to them (de cumenta). By these your Royal highness will see that the highly-esteemed and respected Earl of Carlisle has not undervalued zeal for the public welfare;' and there are many proofs' how much I have ' devoted' my attention to useful matters,' like your Royal Highness, I beg also to enclose a printed paper (document), by which your Royal Highness will see that the Mark Lane Express did, in July, 1847, and again in September, 1847, call public attention to my system of treating the sewage. And by (documents) your Royal Highness will also see that so long ago as 4th March, 1848, my system, plans, and produce also had been laid before the Council of this very Royal Agricultural Society, in which Lord Portman claims for your Royal Highness the merit for a discovery which years before I had commu nicated, and given specimens also!! " I presume to leave herewith a small packet contain. ing a sample of the British Guana offered by me to the Royal Agricultural Society of England, for public good, on the 23d of February, 1848, per document. " Cholera having reappeared in this country, in Ire land, and in Germany, notwithstanding the extreme coldness of the season, there is every reason for :mild pacing it will be very malignant this summer!! then fore I presume t) inquire whether any further delay is, in consequence of your Royal Highness's late communica tion to the Royal Agricultural Society of London,iikely t) prevent her Majesty's Ministers taking the most sum mary and energetic steps, iu the present emergency; for your Royal Highness will, in my opinion, have the odiuM of the people for all contingent fatalities—too much valuable time has been already lost " I have no hesitation in saying your Royal Highness's plan, although most artistically "expressed, will not eradi cate cholera, and is impracticable in London! moreover as 'the ammonia will be carried off and lost'l it will not produce a revenue of fifty millions sterling per annum ! It will not be very difficult for me to place be fore your Royal Highness, or if needs be the British public, many other strong reasons why I cannot, in jus tice to myself, admit the claims made by Lord Portman on the 24th ult. But anticipating your Royal High. ness's sense of justice will, within five days, place the" question in a satisfactory position, I refrain from com ments upon the many foregoing facts. " I have the honour to subscribe myself, &c., (Signed) " RICHARD DOVER." " 28, New-street, Spring gardens, May 6th, 1850. "To HIS ROYAL RICHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, OF SAXE COBURG AND GuTHA,D.C.L., F.R.S., &e., •• May it please your Royal Highness,—l have just been honoured with a note of this date from Colonel Phipps, stating. he Lad • received your Royal Highness' commands to inform me, I um correctly informed, that your Royal Highness has laid before the Royal Agri cultural Society u plan for separating and preserving th, fertilizing properties of the sewage;' and he added your • Royal Highness has not addressed communica tions o❑ the subject to the Commissioners of Sewers, of other official bodies.' " Of the Let cf parr Royal Highness making a com munication to the Royal Aglicultural Society I had no doubt on the 4th inst , because I read it in the Mark Lone Express, of the 29th ult.; and I am to-day in formed the Atlueneurn, of the sth, also sets forth your Royal Highness's proposals and experiments. " But neither of these are the points en which I had the honour to address your Royal Highness; the facts being— " Ist. That your Royal Highness has not contralicteo the claim made by Lord Portman, that the merit of thi discovery, for turning the sewage into a source of na tional wealth,' belonged to your Royal Highness. 9(1. I am not aware of having stated, directly or 111- directly, that your Royal Highness has addressed com munications to the Commissioners of Sewers, or (alp., official bodies, on this question; but I do assume, by the printed papers quoted, that your Royal Highness clai ms that which, years before, I had communicated not only to your Royal Highness, but to that same Royal Agri cultural Society also. point is, whether t'fo rmerit u propound ingotfrningth t l o l th e e simle public a practicable system s ewage into a source of national wealth' belongs to your Royal Highimss or to me. desirous of Highness is patronisine whatever o w u • r il i l to b 3 C al arlational and sanitary boon, I shall have the usfb subject. your Royal Highness' commands honourndsonthis u "From what your Royal Highness has permitted to transpire, the public will be induced to give your Royal Highness credit for this great national undertaking; therefore, after so public an assumption as my Lord Portman's, it is not merely sufficient for your Royal Highness to withdraw such a claim by a note, but it is absolutely necessary that your Royal Highness should either proceed with your Royal Highness's plan, or son e other; in order to realise the expectations held out io Lord John Russell, in my letter of the 17th ult, ; and the people iu my several publi ca ti ons and writings—viz , a revenue, direct and indirect, of fifty millions sterling per annum, and to which the people are looking as the means of relieving the present oppressive taxation (first and foremost that on windows), as well as neutralizing, if not eradicating cholera from our laud! "1 presume to suggest, with all due deference to your Royal Highness, the propriety of at once undeceiving the public, by contradicting the claims of Lord Portman and Colonel Grey, in the ordinary journals of the day, and I have the honour to subscribe myself, most re• spectfully, &c., (Signed) "RICHARD DOTER. "P.S.—I tru st. our ltioyal lli;hness will cause to be avoided a coarse so public and diiagreeab!u (although the only one 1.-ft open to me), out of regard for tilt. many Noble and Honourable Members of the Royal Agr oul tura! Committee who w e r e pr ese nt ; many of whom m ust • have been aware of the lunacy of L rd fortinan's state ments; and who, however much astonished, from natural delicacy, refrained from observations on the occasion. BAPTISMAL REGENERATTON.—The Plymouth Jour nal republishes a letter by the Rev. Mr.Whidborne, addressed to the Bishop of Exeter, on the subject of Baptismal Rege neration. The letter is appropriately headed with the motto --" For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and hid that shall not be known."—Matthew, x., 26th verse. 'rime letter does not exalt the Bishop's consistency, a s one passage will show. "Mr. Gorham, say's Mr. \Vhidborne, " threatened to publish his examination whether yo ur Lord ship instituted him or no —and you refused! I de c l are d t h at I should publish mine if your Lordship did not license me, — and you consented !" S U 1 -- -' - ‘ - ' 7 •-4--nv - ; z \ r.) ',,,;": "----- -"" 4: -/' i ',.---4.--- iI 1; SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.,/ -;_ c\ - ,_,`. ' -_, . C fIRONICI4E.—The mutability of times, fasli •ns, \.l ""•,„\\ •; -- n 4 -- __-; ) wants, habit'', cud modes of thinking, has recently `....227! received a threefold illustration of a very curious t '4 ( l \• , I S .1k :.1 N. character. We are simultaneously required to dis cuss the expediency of abolishing or remodelling three ancient offices—the Lord-Lieutenancy of Ireland, the Lord Chancellorship of England, and the Laureates ship —on the ground that they are no longer is unison with our political and social condition, or that the due performance of their respective • duties has at length become superfluous, impossible, or ridiculous. Lady Morgan's clever. and instructive Letters will show how increased facilities of intercourse between London and Dublin, with'the resulting subordination of the Castle to the Cabinet, have gradually reduced the substantial powers of the Irish Viceroy below those of an ordinary Secretary of State, and converted his proconsular rank into an idle and expensive pageantry. Law reformers of all parties are agreed that the highest professional eminence is not the appropriate reward of party services, and tbat, if the Great Seal is still to be retained as symbolizing the constitn tional union of the judieial and the political element, a fall half of the labour and patronage prescriptively devolving on • its temporary possessor must be ,de tached from it. With / regard to the Laureateship, doubts seem to be entertained in many quarters, and have been variously expressed by our contemporaries, whether such a prize is honourable or degrading to lite rature—whether' in short; if it were suppressed, poetry ()tight to play the Alegrtt or the Penserosa=to give vent to her feelings in a congratulatory ode or in an elegy. Sir Walter Scott, in allusion•to the-grant'of the office (together with that of Royal -Historio grapher) to Dryden in 1670, .observes, "Thus was our author placed at the head of the literary class of his countrymen, so far as that high station could be conferred by the favour of the Monarch." But it may fairly be questioned whether the appointment was ever considered in this light, even by monarchs, much' less by the public. The names of Diyden, Southey, and Wordsworth are hardly saficieot to neutralize the unfavourable impression left by the Shadwells, the Cibbers, and the Pyes. " In twice five years the, ' greatest' living poet, • Like to the champion in the fisty ring, Is called on to support his claim or show it, Although 'tis an imaginary thing." But the more substantial Laurel, which was annually freshened by Canary, was never held by the . same tenure as the Belt: the poetic (unlike the pugilistic) champion was under no obligation to keep the ring against all comers ; and his original duties were un luckily such as (with rare exceptions) the "greatest living poet" would have repudiated with disdain. Perhaps the most elevating point of view in which a poet can be contemplated is that in which Milton is placed by Johnson :—" I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all de jected, relying on his own merit with steady con sciousness, and waiting, without impatience, the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation." Compare this with the distress ing picture, drawn by the same hand (in the Life of Dryden), of a court poet, obliged to supply " in auguratory gratulations, nuptial hymns, and funeral dirges," at the shortest warning—unable to wait (as was the well-known habit of another master of the craft) for his imagination, and consequently dispens ing with it altogether or supplying the deficiency with bombast. How often, in such emergencies, must the most practised verse-maker have found him self in the very dilemma which gave occasion for the happiest repartee in the language—.we mean, of course, that of Waller, who, when Charles 11. ob -erved that his panegyric on the Usurper was better than his congratulation to the restored Monarch, re plied, "Poets, sire, succeed better In fiction than in truth." In the olden time it was a part of the Lau reate's duty to compose the royal masques and inter ludes as well as the birthday odes and congratulatory tddresses; and one of the severest mor tifications inflicted on Dryden, through Rochester's i ifluence, was the appointment of Crowne to write " Callan'," a masque acted by the lords and ladies of the Court in 1675. It has been invidfously observed chat court-poets, who came into fashion conternpora aeously with court-jesters, are now equally out of late ; and that, if the precedents set by antiquity are to be implicitly followed, the great corporations are s well entitled to their Laureate as the Crown. Elkanae Settle was Poet Laureate to the City, and is i nmortalised in that character by Pope— " Though my own aldermen conferred the bays, To me committing their eternal praise." The heads of many feudal houses, also, might have exclaimed exultingly, with Mrs. Warren, "We keeps a poet." Nay, so fallen apparently were the pro fessors of the Divine Art in Fielding 's day, that this inimitable satirist bas ventured to include one of them amongst the humble dependents of the squire who hunted Parson Adams :—" The gentlemen of curlike disposition who were now at his house, and whom he had brought with him from London, were an old half-pay officer, a player, a dull poet, a quack doctor, a scraping fiddler, and a lame German dancing master." Yet let us not be over hasty in drawing inferences from such indications, which are utterly • - inapplicable to the present times, and must be used • with extreme caution as aids tewarda an accurate or philosophical appreciation of the past. The poets of the nineteenth century can afford to smile at the comic exaggeration of the novelist ; and no literary man need now shrink from accepting the tavours of royalty from fear lest a dishonouring re turn, in the shape of flattery or servility, should .be exacted from him. It has transpired that the vacant ~ flice was first offered (with an intimation that no poetic tribute need be paid) to a poet•full of years old honours, who, from character, fortune, social , position, liberal patronage of ,the fine arts, and , con- - ,cant sympathy with struggling genius, is pre-emi-. oently qualified to give it dignity and importance, It has been gracefully declined by him on the plea of age; but the bare offer will do good, if only by an nouncing that the detur digniori principle is to be ob served in future, and that there is a positive eagerness in nigh quarters to make even the ornamental append. ages of the Crown subservient to the intellectual pro gress of the people. Not long since we hazarded an opinion —which we see no reason to modify—that the distribution of a limited number of small pensions by the Government for the time being is not calculated to raise men of letters as a class. But an honorary appointment, purified of the eleemosynary taint by being pressed upon the acceptance of the author of the " Pleasures of Memory," stands upon a totally different footing; and in the full confidence that it will speedily receive as well as confer fresh lustre, we cordially give our vote for preserving unimpaired the time-honoured institution of the Laureateship. A CHILD STARVED TO DEATH BY ITS PARENTS. —A man named Richard Hook, and Elizabeth Bubb, sister of his deceased wife, Lave been committed to Gloucester county prison for trial at the forthcoming assizes on the charge of causing the death cf Maria hook, aged four years, (laughter of the male prisoner, by keeping her without proper food and raiment. The parties live at Churcham, in Gloucestershire, and it appears that the mother of the ill fated child die•l two years u•go, from which period her sister, Elizabeth Bubb, the other prisoner, had lived with Hook to look after his household afl•sirs. The de a c ts e h a fe s re e c( d olukei l ei % l . s a tti s .Nw. the .t youngest of Hook's children, and it appeared from the evi dence of numerous neighbours of Hook that the child had upon it except an old been grossly neglected by its unnatural parent and the woman Bubb. The witnesse o s agn s e t dt a i t iet e h d rad t t l u i r a iit t nw t g he child was ge uest that they ts n ii : te l t ri a n l og l .); i l i na n sa a t ci N v i , e ia yi e rf d ,o, i r r u t .i Ni toh s u t ri a sl st a te. and clothing r, e cotton g Je t o f f r ock. the child,l'h e little tiiey creature ‘vere m et was wi continually th a r request B o s n s , of rl;ll'ee:)ebduY food. When the neighbours spoke to Hook cryin g ab ou t hi s was opened after perfectly healthy, and that the death i , , v r o ci u v ledabn3ti. that 3 n a i d t r i t h h ne e u i s r utl ( o ) b w ml . e n a, e l s : ul u r s lgs i , n ae s - p o r t . 1 0 - p S e e r N•e rn , w attention h o cause of the child's death was the want r o 3 f : s a e n n d te t ( h t the anneceaspsapreiaersaonteleife. of Tehxetrbeonciley, weighed, and found to weigh only 61b including h when examined, pre vi n e stg a whicht ed i t b .)‘‘-' a :I r. wrapped, Barnett, one o case emaciation. It was The having been fully in .:oronersfortG-olouccloetls: the tershire, a verdict of " Manslaughter " against Bubb and Hook was returned. health,tti zareiin boor The Era Newspaper of Saturday next Rill COn ftoarri Probable W u n r:s. a-I\ aTl r e b i lt b . eatrical Fund Dit , i ii i i e e r rioal timunerrespaotrt Ascotof the Speeches delivered at the D • Touchstone's Prophecy Royal Thames Yacht Sail ing Match --and full particulars of the Great Mill for Cham pionship of England, with the Era's Remarks concerning the Referee's Decision. Sale of the Era 10,000 per week. Order of all Newsmen in . Town or Country. THE Hon DUTY.—We are authorised to announce that Mr. Hodges has relinquished further proceedings with his Bill for substituting au acreage for the Excise duty on hops, in consequence of an intimation from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the session was too far advanced to give him any chance ...... object. Ba:trinii.nail: V :i e .cit l ai, e i a l that in Sussex great uneasiness is beginning to be felt re specting , e , i ti p c a c t o ic rd n i t n: to the I n specting the payment of the second instalment of the 1848 duty, which is due in November next, and that an agitation is about to be se t a o n n d f m oo o t s f t o s r u lb e t e a s i s la fu ill i g m l o t d s r e e o rn fr stone Journal. OxyG EN ei(i?r:ciiisucs; causes ot ti hn u; rl r nt o oi ettaitCneisni inhale e L st E ar tt. c 4, . stimulus to the refreshing sleep. O f°ldr'rxiaia t c6 : 3:ii i se :• utue a 'arr : lg e dde n :lB)a i iii t il i n g all,tllllYll : tlh i v t r :s hv 1 himself inch always succeeds any exception of the general u we r a . k;l l e a s e s w European seau r l a e e m li w as ho te h , a t ‘ e ,e d b h e i e s n m em o r d r e ie o d f posical prostration. practice upon 15 E p u l r , o , in the last stage of the disease, and the o t has i l n lo e s v e . r t y • I * instance recovered. —Allen's Indian Mail. COUNTY COURTS. —A return has just been pub lished giving an account of the amount rece i ved b y the I.reaury from th e treasurers of the severa l county courts in England and Wales, from their e.,tablishment to the Ist of March, 1850. The amount so received is 2 1,5C01., the wh,le of which has been advanced to the treasurers of county courts, the funds in whose hands have been insuffi cient to defray the liabilities oflate courts of requests in their respective districts or the expenses incident to the holding of county courts in the same. DESTRUCTION OF F ARM PRODUCE. —O n t h e after noon of yesterday a tire broke out upo n t h e premises of Mr. G. Little, Farcet nn (where a steam-thrashing ma chine was being med)• five miles from Peterborough, and live large stacks of corn, three of wheat, and two of beans, were consumed. The property was insured in the Sun Fire-office. 'is ler er ed tt:e the is ind ;b0 riS, si2E" yea and the the ;, to in left 'tea the e to ight Al. Icy? knot ism 70r 05, 4" ,