The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-13 00:00:00

SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vutatt eptuton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. It ln the F rench Chamber of Deputies, on Saturday, a Bill ? p as sed for restoring historical monuments. "I. Ledru Born t d etition, signed by 25 000 Rollin presented e ts;:7. B ses a3 mg for an inquiry into the condition of the work . the Inotioti for the reduction of the octroi duties, made by T rarqiiia de la Grange, was negatived. A b ilealth of Guizot continued to improve. retivf:nts from Lucerne state that all the captives, not na th the cantr,n, had been released. Those belonging to e c anto n amount to 584, but nothing is said about their „At ft. -, 744 W API”) P"l". Sexton, alias riatb 0 -1 \ ew Court, Old Bailey, Mary A n n 27, forsdtcted a well-dressed married woman, aged was in nlasrilastektlees.r. ea ling a necklace, two printedbooks, and divers A , T tioable linen, the property of Barber Tuck, her Was i n - ,."ele were two other Indictments againsthe t r e . be fr ''' - o guilty on two indictments, and sentenced Lettil•ported for seven years. belled e &et, who stands charged with a misdemeanour, was . tri a l . ii" a ppear at the opening of . the session to take his eetreatin 'W ee '''e Was called on his recognisance, but did not rul er, 1. 4 - 6 A , °Ner was madeby o 4to g the recognisances. C mmissioner Bullock for Plas e d r g e Bracey, James Fisher, and William Tomlin, were Baal at the bar before Mr. Rawlinson, atlllarylbon p e in f n or . curet,' eta the The first two charged with having 'tree' Te house of Captain Carnac, R.N., 46, Devonshire ti l . , rortland-place of a large quantity of plate, and the the ki th " , twith receiving a ' portion of the property, knowing trial. ° have been stolen. They were fully committed for At Q sad tkru.een-square Thomas Wayland, a man between twenty tali.._, Y Years o f age, was charged with having fraudulently 414;21 i nto several reg i ments. H e did not deny the charge, fortaZgollimitted for three months to hard labour, and . e in n: list k CrY the superintending officer that if he again be rtelai' m e wolild be prosecuted for the offence, and would to transportation for seven years. 11".14 * COURT -- FASHIONABLE. the patronage to til t A._ apiaity has been pleased to grant latlirclation established at Edinburgh for the revival of t kil • I ' lu aic. The Queen and her Royal onsort have ,L. 4 ?htted 7.clation. handsome donations towards the funds of the - -urd a n d Orel, d ,Lady Francis Egerton are entertaining . a select u v eer ang the recess, at Hatchford, his Lordship's seat 14 - " zu ll• The ' Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the 4e..:1111is and Marchioness of Lom, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Percy, ,_Th ar st °l ,° l4 g the guests of the Noble Lord and her Ladyship.l -"'"lgar "" and Countess of Warwick have arrived at Car Th e ttl,s, from Warwick Castle, for the season. George t '.l°,°l 4 of Durham has contributed 500/, and the Rev. raeat,,,`,l,e'dirig the incumbent, 100/., towards the enlarge et• An ' 's Chapel Bishop Auckland. airti veC ar q ui s o*Headfo ' rt and the Ladies Taylour have Vis,„„l° ehesham-place from Ireland. . . have Itrrived-'nt,ess Ashbrook and the Hon. Miss Flower Yu, -","Thetnarle-street, from Paris. tiffft to-T.,' and Viscountess Guillamore have arriv b e e d n o n n en n . Don li 't -I•°ll,filip'suncle, B. Walter, Esq., at S °ris e /...., , Laud. R. 4te 'ardin „ b uscEzz.a.Nmous. tith Shield: iCtollartre. in lei f fi:V . e Newcastle Journal, a letter received in nx,; " 4 Week, from Sydney, states that Frost, the on; tiel:t -4 %1e in comfortable circumstances there, bei t u l g Tb °f le ave and the manager of a large mercantile A stlbs !writer ;tides he looks healthy and happy. of erectincrlPtion has been opened in Belfast, for the purpose n e'llt bf tbf is bust of Sir Henry Pottinger, to be placed i A p„,,_ , Public rooms of that town. lisot'raer irk or D ru m ao perpetrated last Saturday in the neighboure ue ta,conra • the victim was a man named Clark . p-mi i - ",, „pia that fruitful source of crime in this coun '44 ad: - ming of land. The deceased man and his brother kent of about a field, when a labourer in the employ er h;. brother his other killed him with a spade, in the presence v er The homicide has escaped from justice. tl4 k e w as a decided improvement in the price of cattle at 141,141:3' r t d 21 . of Ballinasloe held on Wednesday. Bullocks . The 7 '; per head on the ' prices of last October. I,turaefflPshire Chronicle states that guano is being mann- LlonQ 'n immense quantities in Liverpool, from sand, t(hi ts rublr.aste, sulphate of ammonia, and a brown substance. e :Ple at ins h , costing a mere trifle, is sold to careless country u. 4/. r t `o ~i • per ton, while the genuine guano is worth Th - e 7" and 8/. °Nit. tooemasons of North and South Shields are on the l striki n , to 11 i, for an advance of wages. Their demand is T he t m •le• per week. Llbolit Duke of Cleveland has given 100/. to the schools .erca4l'"e attached to the collegiate church, Wolverhamp- P'th e ,oteorne a sub scr ib er of 20/. per annum. ie hareslte of Sutherland has given permission to destroy 1,.114410; iisra:lAbeY farms e m in a jeufrihouis s t t e o n . a tb n e ts m i . nthe parish of Trent "•ecle ' I " , (Y the sale of drawings made by the late Sir A. rs oks, ott was concluded at Messrs. Christie and Blanson' s s ~Ne. aOf ,Xing. street, St. James's. The number of lots di : 'led b uoring the four days was 594, and the amount re few .p y them Was u • ds of 1 500/ The following are al' L tho se ItZ i r lt ' " 11 col which fetched large' pric ' es:—A " View of the is. oured drawing, sold at 581. 16s. ; seven small 4 n. iZ 4 od English compositions in one frame sidd for t kcs''; an English landwape, with a village i n the dis tilthil az ld cows watering in the foreground so . ld r f_o_r_t s hi a r s t . y e. - tigint.gTneas• Various other drawings sold t° sums guine , as * eree°Trt five ' he, Sir %.,`". Bciauirraelalf, do ° liar to 25/. the ur_chLana s aser t s‘isco. rthampton , Amon he Marquis of FA TAL . lEAND. Au'4431..1vi ACCIDENT TO COLONEL SHELTON, -.IIIANDING THE 44T11 REGIMENT. h,,, eonta_ the We are deeply concerned to . . have hc, fears tornunicate the particulars of an awful, and it is to 4-I`._ fatal, accident to the Gallant Colonel of the _lt 4egiment, which occurred yesterday evening in the %ne Richmond Barracks. The regiment had been ordered for an evening• CutOnel Shelton txpressPedarhadisei and at t.wo o'cl at four ' 4 ck, at which ock went out to ride: toin°llAoodctibouetianngt present,Philips his own, not being horse r extensive, one of the squares of t i h n e the horse shied ' lb st g li iithjough an. arch-way, are very barracks, which . g ood health. On going too_lo.ne.l pilot which is also, and ran away, and on pass lFo°t, st ruck quarteredthe cook re -house en of the the ;as thrown, and the horse fell heavily upon him. 4,;l44rg.raised up the Colonel was found to be badly I,° ed in the back of tho head and over the . temples. ' 4 e ass quite insensible, Zse.,4i.ate Medical as sistance an o of the 44th, d e t n h o e tw au ith e st o a n n s ding the im- IZ_itstitio the 6th, the sufferer has never rg recovered con va.".l_l.net!s. since. At three o'clock this day he was in a ),-,4,,d_ellitated state, and his dissolution was hourly ap dtqaed-7-all hope of recovery being entirely aban diksetottel Shelton was with the 44th all through the *,14114/14 ea mPaign in Affghanistan, and was one of the vitai er ettPties. lie was at the battles of Roleis, Able ti l t and Corunna, and several of the mist remark _ 1t844- .gagernents in the Peninsula ; lse served in the wviti,73:l. in Ca.nada in 1814, and was afterwards up 101146„twenty years in India, where he was distin _ eli . ','_ et?r valour and high military attainments. 4 . t;IT ..I.Shelton lost his right arm at the capture of 1 7 '4;7 ",Bn et°ek--Colonel Shelton is dead. ziL .raa Di p nanFt IN THE COUNTY MEATH. ft n o u n ` heda Al pis of yesterday contains the follow & thtt „ of a murder committed within a few miles -4. d. ~oy,„ 24,,, -ay i 4 ,_-- ----A murder was perpetrated last . Sa -a man 'toe neighbourhood of Druinconra—the victim 4et ny. amed Clarke —the cause was that fruitful It t elt a , d e tzlne in this country, the taking of land. The Vt'll a _b purer and his brother had a dispute about a field, 0 Iyitcourer in the employment of his brother killed itltticid4BPade in the presence of his brother. The '''llsed _as QBeaped from justice. The remains of the were interred last Tuesday. ,_.. 4.llEtt BRUTAL ATTEMPT 4„, AT MURDER. !if 4 el/ 4 kte ,B,,,ny..atiritß, SATURDA Y. — Yesterday the neighbourhood aft. g re ate n tettGreat Ancoats, in this town, was thrown N:r. bn possible state of alarm by the discove of f ae 7tr4 toit,l 4,i1(1 premeditated attempt at murder. [he 41 14 t bt i ti r t9'e deed —for in evtry sense of the word, as 1%4' " the e ~ Il tion of the murder was concerned, it was a -rat, - Willi deepest dye—is a man about 26 years of age, 4 e.th, ~.. an' brooks This morning he was brought up tg°Yile,g,'"gistrate by Mr. Superintendent Sawley, of the la t t • Itilarged with cutting the throat of Mary Ann - r and appeared from the evidence produced that the 1141,rf0.r so me victim 'victim had lived together as man and N 0 41:1 ,, il le liv",, t une, but had recently been separated. 'er•lirid.e‘i a t e+ house of ill- fame in Henry-street, -1.4 t1 - `l ,ll Vin aY in°r aing 13rooks came to the house to see 'knit ; • 4 111 w: learned that she was there in bed, he N' tirl at Y nt. stairs to her room, where he foundh e r _ ~I ) s .i . t e' A o ki: th ci tillil.,e name of Taylor. The latter left the ttelo. nelled Isener after some time expressed a wish to eIA 'lon , h to the Young woman. In the course of con lte I t ; ia lTht re t up. o 4 ... 3lc . ed him to round her a Clr e Z , 'orliet4"„" he put his arm round her neck . o ~. "thei' 4 ray, " r she was without. Whilst in this position t fe n e e l ck as - Ni kt long. ,?,•,!Icross her neck, and inflicted a wound several ON,, %t .4 1 1 ,ne poor girl staggered out of the room, am .e tiy going illurde!!', and tar ad %k arat P stairs she threw herself into her arms per on one of the inmates of the ttr r e 4 rltl.theedllvvoith blood. Medical aid was . instantly pro -0,44 th e Ro Id sewed up, after which she was con ' to pe wee —34 Infirmary in a state of insensibility. . AN N Ile wen uLternpted to escape, but on being charged I Witr , t4 (l hi lt "' s aid " Yes, I have done the deed ; I ha ve litki b op hilirY Ann, and can now die in peace." The pri ' t k IC,' atte"arnination, manifested perfect indifference, ~,E1,41-Ziles(4l)t4d to deny the charge. He was remanded Itl v,;: 1 41 Nivir till the fate of his victim was known. 704,,,,z kffe 4l ; - - On inquiry at the Infirmary the poor WrecAnVerY severely, but still alive, with a slight ~,•t,r , rY ' ot illet-.14,„__ RidNi kYT .-'''4"AL ON THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF Mths—frZ,lCZA cou rt - martial was held yesterday, on e,,,1-"'lle,serl"P St. 'Vincent in pi t mouth Harbour. It ,kotiii'llteilder4)f the following'office;rs s viz.:—Rear Admiral itte)*. of the/13'de Parker Cll P ' resident ; Captain G. Aile Lo Victor •c't . " l b ,, t. Ado r Ad ai „ h . , .._.apCorry of tbe Superb tZte C apt. 1,'„1._ Fitzclarence, of the Victoria and ret 1 11 .Icate Air' l .r, Thomas Hastings, of the Excellent ; 1 . atelrer Ge ar • kneatharn, Esq. ; to try Lieutenant -11-8%1, 4 ejesty , e g i t Alorris, the officers and ship's company ba t 4 hall'iihe detai;'ete brig Skylark, for the loss of the sai , cl t .k to4 4e -een , e _ d account of her loss on St. Alban a "'tit. . reBlr7snteici . %L ean uently before the üblic It appeared tbat, .141tvi,_.ndmater Orgyth aod e of the P. • • illness of Lieut. Morris, the whole kst k Vte 4 , l 8 oility of the navigation and conduction hou.l'ilr. Willianvi g Henry Crane (acting) inha rlt Vlce p , earing all the evidence, and a short but n erane, the Court, after a short trle a H i no P n that due precaution had 1:1;t;he Skylark, particularly in Mr tlZki4B:4(i?„,:ll,7ll'elr'nevgig4ahYtatd tha lead constantly going; they, I 1414 1 • eri eed If 114 nab, ~ u hire to be dismissed her Majesty's service, tea .lig r!, t-s-t„,ae. • Morris and ship's company. Mr. Crane ~Itir;l:td aaievtenis unfortunate occurrence, to have been :t b , (° llB / r and correct officer. 5q;1441.....1,1-Lictss 0E (3, - SIR GEORGE i lni °l ;t ek e deoe'kliosoNrvriitihi Nincele r e E k, , re E L ll NN A 'e L haveto state that '^ tti. e,i 'l lfia T ic e, St;a,, e _ s seri ously, we fear dangerously ill, wi.th s !. to hi s -6a nagh Castle, near Bray. He has ik v ze ak titt le iii bt,,roorri for nearly a month—the greater •ht bed We believe that Sir George is one, '. 41 ht the British =v.—Dublin Likening TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD ADVOCATE OF SCOTLAND. My dear Lord,—lt was natural that the House of Commons should hear with admiration, not uniningled with surprise, your clear and able statement u,)on cur Scottish poor-laws. That tho former feeling should be general was no more than all your friends anticipated when they learned by whom the subject was to be pre • sented to the House ; and the latter was the equally na tural result of the ignorance which too widely prevails in the Legislature regarding the institutions of a country which, pursuing the peaceful career of industry and im provement, has not, by agitating and perplexing men's minds, compelled, as it were, every citizen of the State to a more accurate and unavoidable acquaintance with them. An obvious disadvantage, however, attends this good reputation, and it has been frequently visible in the little attention which has been given to the discussion in Parliament of Scottish questions ; and, so strongly 'im pressed am I with this fact, that in a matter of such mportaace, great and inconvenient as are the evils of delay, it were far better, as I th'nk, that any measure on this subject should be well considered in this session, with a view to its being passed in the next, rather than that, in the short interval of two months, it should at once become the law of the land. In addressing to you some thoughts upon the Bill which you have brought in, I am well aware that I do so under every disadvantage, especially when I state objections to any part of it. The current of popular feeling is, at the present mo ment, against any one who may do so, and my language may be attributed to feelings of self-interest, to which I do not pretend to be insensible, but which Ido not in the least fear your assigning to me to any undue extent; while, I entertain a hope that a long residence in the north of Scotland, and I know not why I should not say it, a devotion of at least an average contribution to the claims of poverty and sickness, may, where I am known, procure for me a similar acquittal. Premising, then, that in what I have to advance, I speak solely with refi rence to rural and landward pa rishes, and chiefly, though by no means exclusively, to those in the Highlands. 1. I fear that it is not by many very clearly seen, what may be the effect in such districts of the new law ; and that a result ruinous to the landholders, and, conse quently, to other classes, will arise from the endeavour to raise its superstructure too exactly upon the Hide and straggling, and, as now considered, the uncer tain base of the old one ; and the difficult endea vour to make one enactment serve alike for north and south, for town and country. I take at once, as a fair instance, a parish near this, and presenting no very peculiar features. In this parish, it has been the practice of the Kirk session to endeavour to give aid to as great a number as possible of those who appeared to require it, and though the sums given are not large, there will, in these twelve months, have been so relieved, about 180 persons or families. I may here observe, that should it be said that all these cannot possibly be bona fide paupers, I reply that it has not been the usage of Kirk-sessions in the High- lands to be guided by the most rigid rules . as to this. In truth, they are not without excuse ; for it has so long been held, and by no mean authorities, that parochial relief in Scotland is given rather as an aid than for maintenance ; that it_ is not wonderful, that small as these funds frequently are, they are often very widely diffused ; and I will not assert, that possibly an English Poor-law Commissioner might not say, on examination of this list, " I find of these 180, not more, according to the Scots law, than 40 real paupers—of these 10 should have out-door relief ; 30 should go to the workhouse ; and as for the other 140, they may be poor, but they are not paupers." He might, however, come to a very dif ferent conclusion, and, at all events, the numbers re lieved in the parish are as I have stated. Of course, there are diversities of condition among these ; but I take it there are few of them who could not make out a board of gentlemen sitting in Edinburgh, a case of poverty. The distinction between the regular poors' roll and that of the occasional poor, it may be remarked , has in practice never been much attended to in the Highlands, the poor being rather disposed in classes, according to the amount paid to them, than divided into two distinct sections ; and under these cir cumstances, there is not one of these recipients who, in the present day at least, would not call himself a pauper, or be so called by the agent who might take him by pe tition to the Supreme Court. If; then, with the numbers of the poor thus deter mined under the whole law, you proceed under the new law to adjust their rates of allowance, let us see what will be the result in this parish. Five guineas is, I believe, a fair quotation of the eve • rage annual sum which the promoters of these changes demand from each individual or family. This gives 9451. and the expense of management, me dical attendance, and education of poor children being added, it is clear that 1,0001. will not be an over-esti mate. The nett land rental of the parish, or rather the rental after. paying Kirk, King, assessments for prisons, roads, &c., ordinary management, and unavoidable re pairs, may be stated at 2,700/. Ido not deduct mort gages incurred in improving the productiveness of the soil, legal provisions to widows and children, bad debts, or any of those ordinary drawbacks which a liberal pro prietor may well consider unavoidable ; but, taking the nett rental as I have stated it, the charge for the poor will b^ 37 pr cent. I am, of course, aware that part of this is payable by the tenantry nominally, but, it is very obvious, really by the landlords—and as for what is ex igible from feuars and the like, it will not in many in stances be worth collecting. These, in varying proportions and degrees, I know to be the circumstances, not of one, but of fifty parishes, or, possibly, many more ; and I desire to assure you, that I am unconscious of exaggeration in my statement. Its correctness is well known to hundreds, who, how ever, are, unfortunately, not legislators, and will only be attempted to be denied or explained away by those who, being acquainted with none but more wealthy countries, are ignorant of it ; or by others who may be seeking no more than a ()heap reputation for philan- Lb ropy. I may be told that lam more alarmed than is neces sary ; that things will not be so very bad ' • that we may have implicit faith in the board, and so forth. It may be so ; but this assurance will hardly have much value till the figures I have given are disproved ; and, as to the proposed board, several of whom are my valued friends, while I beg to say of one and all of those who as yet compose it, that Ido not think it possible to select, in the kingdom, the same number of individuals, better fitted by character and ability, for this or any similar duty ; nevertheless, as I cannot tell how long we may have their services, and am equally ign irant of the rules by which they or their successors may he guided, I must be permitted to express my be lief, that few will be content to hold their estates under any such doubtful tenure. But, if such be the state of matters in parishes like the one I have referred to, what will be the fate of many who possess estates in the north-west Highlands and Islands ? I firmly believe, that in many of these the nett rental will not give to the whole of those whom the kirk session would wish to relieve, any thing approach ing to the allowance which is contended for ; and, if this be so, there can be but one result. Such of these nufortunate proprietors as have no other source of in come, must follow the footsteps of those whom the an nihilation, by legislation, of the kelp manufacture, drove to Australia and elsewhere, of whom several occur to my memory, at this moment, and will, as readily, to yours. The owner of ten thousand a-year may contrive to surrender 37 per cent. ; the owner of one thousand can hardly do so ; and the natural unwillingness of all men to descend, in their own neighbourhood, from the top to the bottom of the social scale, will cause their estates to to be handed over to their creditors, who will become known to the residents or them, only through the medium of an agent, whose more stringent management may per haps induce them to doubt if they have, after all, been gainers by the change—while the undrained, neglected, and wood-stripped soil, and ruined mansion, will remind sober and patriotic observers how possible it is in legis lation for zeal to outrun discretion. 2. When giving evidence before the Royal Commis sioners in 1843, I stated it as my opinion, that paupers in the Highlands, especially able bodied ones, would ge nerally refuse to go into poor-houses or work-houses. I am still inclined to think so as to some cases. _ More recent inquiries, however, have induced me very much to modify this opinion, and I have lately heard a greater willingness to do so expressed by poor persons in my immediate neighbourhood, than I had anticipated. If this be so, there can be no doubt that a means of keeping the expenditure within something like endu rable bounds may thus be attained, while it is universally admitted that there are many classes of the poor, the solitary, the infirm, the idle, and the dissolute, for whom such relitf is the most efficient. Should such houses be encouraged, I trust, however, that the Board of Supervision will find some mode of sparing parishes the heavy charges for architect's bills, in which the counties are mulcted in the erection of prisons ; and that the Board, having procured such variety of plans as may suit all parts of the country, parishes may be allowed to remain unacquainted with the architects who drew them ; and permitted or directed, by the Board itself, to build new, or improve old, houses to the form and scale presented to them. 3. I have long been of opinion that a valuable and useful test of pauperism exists, which does not appear to have excited sufficient observation, and which may be turned to good account. I allude to the possession of land. I do not wish to enter into a discussion on what is called the allotment system, nor of many topics connected with it; but I think that the possession at a fair rent, the limit of which may easily be specified, of a certain portion of land—l leave to others to say how much—should be held to disqualify the individual, or any of his family, who holds it, from claiming parochial relief, and that the receipt of such relief should at once put an end to his holding. Such an enactment would, on the one hand, much relieve the landlord, who has land to give, and not money ; while, on the other, it would be a protection to the pt or from those cjectmcnts of which we have heard s-..; much it, Ireland, and even in Scotland. To close these remarks, I beg leave to make the fol lowing suggestions—: 1. That it be expressly enacted, that the receipt of relief; under the existing law, shall, in itself, constitute no claim whatever under the new one ; but that the local Board, or the paid inspector, be directed, as the first act of their administration, to make a new survey, and submit, to the general Board, their opinion as to those who come, in le.w, strictly under the denomination of paupers ; dividing these into two classes, viz., those to whom out of-door relief is more suitable, and may safely be given, and those to whom a Puer-house is a more fitting asylum. 2. That in all parishes, without exception, a poor house be permitted, and that unions of parishes, for this =fie, be also allowed, without limitation as to popu •; .0411 Oilitinbttildiup may bs paniporanty ab olll. gloo" 2 ' Is, W° , r ietth Gen e g two, t h' ° I 00 TO ( 0 0 4 geode id er. ow or. r• tbi a j oi° 411 TILE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 13, fitted up, and used as poor-houses, till the wants and con venience of the parish or union are ascertained. 3. That the possession of land, under the circum stance, and to the extent above alluded to, be held a bar to parochial relief being afforded to any one residing upon it, and 4. That some reasonable limit of so much in the pound on the nett or gross rental of the parish be fixed as that beyond which poors rate shall in no case be leviable ; and that this limit be varied in different pa rishes in the ratio of their rentals, which generally afford a fair indication of their relative circumstances. These amendments, if I may, without great presump tion, so style them, appear to me indispensable to pre vent consequences, which, I fear, are hardly contem plated, and which, I am sure, you do not desire. I am well aware that there are many other aspects in which the whole of this subject may be viewed, but so much has been addressed to the public, and may con tinue to be so, with reference to these, that I gladly confine myself to that which has more specially given rise to the foregoing remarks. I have striven to give to the subject of these an accu rate, and, I hope, an impartial, examination ; and now, in common with others, await, in deep and natural anxiety, the final resolve of the Legislature upon this momentous subject.—l have the honour to be, my dear Lord, yours very faithfully, GEORGE DEMPSTER. Skibo Castle, April, 1845. " A hum of half-suppressed conversationwhich would attempt to conceal the excitement, which some of the greatest of them have since acknowledged, fills that brilliant assemblage ; that sea of plumes, And glittering stars, and gorgeous dresses. Hush I the portals open ! She comes ! The silence is as deep as alit of a noon tide forest. Attended for a moment by het ro3 al mother and the ladies of her court, who bow aid then retire, Victoria ascends her throne ; a girl, alone, and for the first time, amid an assemblage of men. " In a sweet and thrilling voice, and with a composed mien which indicates rather the s.bsoroing sense of august duty than an absence of emoticn, the Queen announces her accession to th e th rone o f her ancestors, and her humble hope that Di v i ne P rov idence will guard over the fulfilment of her lof t y t rus t. " The prelates and captains and chief men of her realm then advance to the throne, and kneeling, before her, pledge their troth, and take the sacred oaths of allegiance and supremacy. " Allegiance to one who rules over the land that the great Maceilonian could not conquer ; and over a conti nent of which even Columbus never dreamed ; to the Queen of every sea, and of nations in every zone. " It is not of these that I would speak ; but of a na tion nearer her foot stool, and which at this moment looks to her with anxiety, with affection, perhaps with hope. Fair and serene, she has the blood and beauty of the Saxon. Will it be her proud destiny at length to bear relief to suffering millions, and with that'softhand which might inspire troubad ours an d guerdon knights, break the last links in the chain of Saxon thraldom ?" LITERATURE. THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW: No. V. THE STATE OF THE PEASANTRY. " Their wretched tenements seldom consisted of more than two rooms, in one of which the whole family, how ever numerous, were obliged to sleep, without distinction of age, or sex, or suffering. With the water streaming down the walls, the light distingui,hed through the roof, with no hearth even in winter, the virtuous mother in the sacred pangs of childbirth, gives forth another vic tim to our thoughtless civilization ; surrounded by three generations whose inevitabl e p resence is more painful than her sufferings in that h our o f travail ; while the father of her coming child, i n ano ther corner of the sordid chamber, lies stricken by that typhus which his contaminating dwelling has breathed into his veins, and for whose next prey is perhaps destined, his new born-child. _ The writers in this new periodical would consult their interests better, if they adhered to the topics on which they profess to comment, and forgot alto gether the theological opinions of the editor, and the parties with whom it originated. We have no means of knowing who got up this rival of the Edinburgh, or who are the chief contributors, but report says that they belong to the Free Church of Scotland, and that Dr. Chalmers and Sir David Brewster are its chief patrons. We should infer as much, however, without any other authority than internal evidence, for the train of argument on church matters, and the conclusion of arguments on other matters, are so evidently tinged with the peculiar doctrines of the party, that we can hardly doubt it is a Non-intru sionist Review. There can be no objection to this. Every sect and party have a right to establish an organ for themselves, and the public have no reason to complain of articles in accordance with the views of the editors; but the public have a right to com plain when they are led astray by skilful devices, and a conclusion is inferred not founded upon reasoning, or any way connected with the question under dis cussion. We remember no instance of such a glaring departure from the usual course of discussion, as is exhibited in the first article of this Number. It is evidently written by the Principal of St. Salvator and St. Leonard. No man in the country is so well acquainted with the subjects to which it refers— he is versed in the occult sciences—he knows well the theory of optics—has made many important discoveries in that branch of knowledge, and estab lished a title to pre-eminence which no man in this country or France can dispute ; but why does he look beyond his object ? why intrude his peculiar the ological notions on readers while discussing a subject that may have some connexion with the mountains and the man of the moon, but none whatever with May nooth and Non-intrusion. He has founded the article on a work of Salverte's, a French philosopher, pub lished some fifteen years ago, entitled " An Essay on Magic, Prodigies, and Miracles," and has treated these interesting subjects, if not profoundly, at all events in a popular manner, and well calculated to throw doubts on pretended miracles, to destroy the delusions pro duced by wizards and conjurors, and to excite the in quisitive mind to think well before it believes. The introduction to the article is splendid, the explanations of magical operations and delusions interesting and in structive, and some of the descriptions of modern dis coveries are in admirable keeping with the extraordi nary results of science and art which distinguish the present age above all others. We have read many descriptions of the effects produced by steam, but none at all to be compared to this, which combines the highest flights of poetry with universally admitted facts : " The mighty steam-engine—whether we view it in its individual grandeur or in its universal dominion over all inferior machinery—must ever be the great autocrat of the mechanical world. How wide are its provinces— how extensive its fields of enterprise—how numerous its subjects, and how diversified their aims! Over the ocean and the estuary, across the inland sea and the mountain lake, along the sinuous river and the placid stream, it passes in majestic sweep like the vapour-tailed comet athwart the planetary domains, dispensing bles sings in its course, and gifts yet unrecognised by the recipients of its bounty. The merchant and the tra veller, the naturalist and the voluntary exile, the philan thropist and the ambassador of heaven, are borne with speed and safety to the scenes of their respective labours. Man meets man, interchanging the works of their hands or the produce of the soil. Antipodes, who have hitherto been planted with foot opposite to foot, now stand in parallel intercourse and craniological proximity. The white man and the black, the serf and the freeman, the liberated slave and his repentant master, commune on each other's sufferings and aspirations, and prepare for that reign of peace which is gradually evolving from the mysterious cloud that now overhangs the nations. Nor are its labours less marvellous and less benevolent within the more limited range of our daily interests and observation. Here it stands at the mine head disem bowelling the earth of its treasures—there delivering it from its superfluous waters, or depriving it of its dele terious or explosive atmosphere. Here it has fixed its abode in the factory, giving life and motion to the va rious combinations of art which prepare for our use the necessaries and luxuries of life—there it takes its loco motive flight along our pathways of iron, shortening time and space, and uniting in one brotherhood the most distant and dissevered members of the common wealth. Wherever, indeed, its throne is reared it exer cises a beneficent sovereignty, feeding and clothing man, subjugating the material world to his use, and summon ing all his intellectual powers to make new demands upon its liberality, and draw new prizes from its trea sure house:" " The town of Marney was a metropolis of agricul tural labour, for the proprietors of the neighbourhood having for the last half century acted on the system of destroying the cottages on their estates, in order to be. come exempted from the maintenance of the population, the expelled people had flocked to Marney, where, during the war, a manufactory had afforded them some relief; though its wheels had long ceased to disturb the waters of the Mar. " Deprived of this resource, they had again gradually spread themselves over that land which had as it were rejected them; and obtained from its churlish breast a niggardly subsistence. Their re-entrance into the sur rounding parishes was viewed with groat suspicion; their renewed settlement opposed by every ingenious &intrivance; those who availed themselves of their la • bour were careful that they should not become dwellers on the soil; and though, from the excessive competition, there were few districts in the kingdom where the rate of wages was more depressed, those who were fortunate enough to obtain the scant remuneration had, in addition to their toil, to endure each morn and even a weary journey before they could reach the scene of their la bour, or return to the squalid hovel which profaned the name of home. To that home, over which Malaria hovered, and round whose shivering hearth were clus tered other guests besides the exhausted family of toil —Fever, in every form, pale Consumption, exhaust ing Synochus, and trembling Ague,—returned after cultivating the broad fields of merry England the bold British peasant, returned to encounter the worst of dis eases with a frame the least qualified to oppose them; a frame that subdued by toil was never sustained by animal food; drenched by the tempest could not change its dripping rags; and was indebted for its scanty fuel to the windfalls of the woods." THE WELLINGTON ADMINISTRATION. " From the death of Mr. Pitt to 1825, the political history of England is a history of great events an d little men. The rise of Mr. Canning, long kept down by the plebeian aristocracy of Mr. Pitt as an adventurer, had shaken parties to their centre. His rapid disappearance from the scene left both Whig? and Tories in a state of disorganization. The distinctive principles of these con nexions were now difficult to trace. That period of public languor which interyenes . between the br ea king up of parties and the formation of factions now transpired in England. An exhausted sensualist on the throne, who only demanded from his ministers repose, a volup tuous aristocracy, and a listless people, were content, in the absence of all public conviction and national passion, to consign the government of the country to a great man, whose decision relieved the sovereign, whose prejudices pleased the nobles, and whose achievements dazzled the multitude. " The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame ; a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others. His public knowledge was such as might be expected from one whose conduct already formed an important portion of the history of his country. He had a personal and inti mate acquaintance with the sovereigns and chief states men of Europe, a kind of information in which English ministers have generally been deficient, but without which the management of our external affairs must at the best be haphazard. He possessed administrative talents of the highest order. " How comes it then that so great a man, in so great a position, should hare so signally failed ? Should have broken up his government, wrecked his party, and so com pletely annihilated his political position, that, even with his historical reputation to sustain him, he can since only re-appear in the councils of his Sovereign in a subor dinate, not to say equivocal, character ? " With all those great qualities which will secure him a place in our history, not perhaps inferior even to Marl borough, the Duke of Wellington has one deficiency which has been the stumbling-block of his civil career. Bishop Burnet, in speculating on the extraordinary in fluence of Lord Shaftesbury, and accounting how a statesman, so inconsistent in his conduct and so false to his confederates, should have so powerfully controlled his country, observes, His strength lay in his know ledge of England.' Now, that is exactly the kind of knowledge which the Duke of Wellington never possessed. " This is not the occasion on which we shall attempt to do justice to a theme so i nstruc tive as the admi nistration of his Grace. Treated with impartiality and sufficient information, it would be an invaluable contri bution to the stores of o ur p o litical knowledge and national experience. Throughout its brief but eccen tric and tumultuous annals we see continual proof , how important is that knowledge 'in which lay Lord Shaftesbury's strength.' In twenty-four m onths we find an aristocracy estranged, without a people being con ciliated ; while on two sever a l occasions, first , th e p re • judices, and then the pret ens i on s, of the middle class , were alike treated with con t ume ly." THE TORY PARTY. After such beautiful writing and such scientific demolitions of long-cherished delusions, who would have expected that the whole disquisition should have ended in Non-intrusion and Maynooth ? No magic ever produced such an unexpected change ; but Sir Isaac Newton, after astonishing the world by his dis coveries, spent the remainder of his life in the vain attempt to unravel the mysteries of the Apocalypse, and fortune delights in humbling the mighty Valet ima summis Mutare et insignem attenuat deus, Obscura promens ; hinc apicem rapax Fortuna cum stridore acuto Sustulit; hic posuisse gaudet." We subjoin the conclusion of the article as confir mation of the poet's words : " The transition from the supremacy of knowledge to the decline of its power, and from ecclesiastical to civil rule, is one of the most extraordinary phases of modern times. As science has become more valuable to the State, she has, in the same proportion, sunk in in fluence and esteem; and as religion has become more pure and simple, she has, even in a higher ratio, been shorn of her inherent and inalienable rights. An oli garchy of wealth has replaced the nobler oligarchy of knowledge, and a conclave of statesmen has usurped the hierarchy of the Church. To compensate for mis government, or to quell turbulence, or, perchance, to purchase a temporary quiet, error, intellectually de basing and spiritually fatal, is about to be fostered and endowed, and that system of faith which claims a sove reignty over things temporal as well as eternal, is to be sustained by those very men who have denied to a Pro testant Church its spiritual jurisdiction, and whose hands are yet scarred with its destruction. If, in their thirst for power, hostile factions shall combine in sup port of an idolatrous creed, while Protestant truth en joys but a partial toleration, it is time that the host of evangelism should be marshalled for the combat. The shadow of the coming conflict is already cast before us: Revelation has predicted the collision, and woe be to those who are blind to its indications, or who shrink from the stern duties which they impose." This Number contains an impartial review of the writings of Charles Dickens; a useful Essay on the Improvement of Land; a graphic description of Prince Polignac and the French Carlists, in which Maynooth again figures ; and concludes with the " Past and Present Policy of England towards Ire land," -where, of course, Maynooth appears in most conspicuous characters. Of that we do not complain, it is in its proper place, but we complain that able writers should mislead their readers by forcing certain dogmas upon them at every turn, and lower themselves in public estimation by imitating the mer cenary poets who sing the praises of Macassar oil. " But we forgot, Sir Robert Peel is not the leader of the Tory party: the party that resisted the ruinous mystification that metamorphosed direct taxation by the Crown into indirect taxation by the Commons; that de nounced the system th a t mortgaged industry to protect property; the party that ru l e d I re land by a scheme which reconciled both churches, and by a series of Parliaments which counted among them Lords and Commons of both religions; that has maintained at all times the territorial constitution of England as the only basis and security for local government, and which, nevertheless, once laid on the table of the Ho use o f Commons a commercial tariff, negotiated at Utrecht, w hich is the most rational that was ever devised by s t a t e smen; a party that has prevented the Church from being the salaried agent of the State, and has supported through many struggles, the parochial polity of the country which secures to every labourer a home. " In a parliamentary sense, that great party has ceased to exist; but I will believe it still lives in the thought and sentiment and consecrated memory of the English nation. It has its origin in great principles and in noble instincts; it sympathizes with the lowly, it looks up to the Most High; it can count its heroes and its martyrs; they have met in its behalf plunder, proscription, and death. Nor when it finally yielded to the iron progress of oligarchical supremacy, was its catastrophe inglorious. Its genius was vindicated in golden sentences and with fervent arguments of impassioned logic by St. John, and breathed in the intrepid eloquence and patriot soul of William Wyndham. Even now it is not dead, but sleepeth ; and in an age of political materialism, of con fused purposes and perplexed intelligence, that aspires only to wealth because it h as faith in no other accom plishment, as men rifle ca r g oes on the ver g e of ship wreck, Toryism will yet rise from the tomb over which Bolingbroke shed his last tear, to bring back strength to the Crown, liberty to the subject, and to announce that to secure the social welfare of power has only one du t y — the People." wa a rtition f " onings," it The Times makes the followin g remark s on t h e se cThein great subject-matter is tsame, and many of the public characters who figured in the first work are made again to play their parts in this. But, though the ground traversed, the ideas and mode of reasoning, and the lan guage, are all very s imilar, yet, so great is the power of the author, that the impressions produced upon the reader's mind by a perusal of the volumes before us are as vivid and fresh as if " Coningsby" had never issued from the press. The writings of Mr. D'lsraeli, as do his speeches, bristle with points. They display much acute observation, great knowledge of individual character, the most uncompromising hostility towards false pre tensions and hypocrisy, enlarged and generous 5) mpathy for the poor or the unfortunate, and, as a natural con sequence, cordial indignation at oppression and wrong. The great object of the work is to lay bare the frame work of modern English society, in the largest sense of that word. Mr. D'lsraeli, with a quick perception and a strong hand, thrusts aside the draperies with which it is concealed, and e xposes to the gaze the unsoundness and deformity of many of its parts. The false position in which the various classes of the community stand with relation to each other, the harshness with which our social system in many respects acts upon the masses, he discusses with great talent and boldness. He exposes with biting sarcasm the political science of a certain class of our public men, who, acting upon no enlarged experience, never having deeply studied the true history and the genius of the people of England, and therefore ignorant of their real requirements, would rule this realm upon a hand-to-mouth system, without regard to any general principles or to any fixed plan. The author evide nt ly regards the Revolution of 1688 with no favourable eyes. He affirms that the real cause of the invasion was financial. The Prince of Orange found the resources of Holland inadequate, and deemed that nothing but such a Constitution as the English, cou ld h a y e th e codit that is neeessary.to raise such sums as a great war requires. When he came, the result was, that the Dutch system of finance was intro duced into this country—namely, that of mortgaging industry in order to protect property. This might have done for Holland, but was injurious to such a country as• England. It is essentially unjust ; it demoralises and finally ruins the people. Such is Mr. D'lsraeli's view of the matter. But in addition to this system of finance, the Revolution laid the foundations of that aristocratical influence, shared among a few of the great families of the kingdom, which gradually augmented to such a degree, as at length to overshadow the throne, and to control its occupier. We will allow Mr. D'lsraeli to de scribe in his own words the condition of this oligarchy, called by him " the Venetian party," towards the end of the last century : "The situation of the Venetian party in the wane of the eighteenth century had become extremely critical. A young King was making often fruitless, but always energetic, struggles to emancipate.his national royalty from the trammels of the factious Dogeship. More than sixty years of a Government of singular corrup tion had alienated all hearts from the oligarchy ; never, indeed, much affected by the great body of the people. It could no longer be concealed that by virtue of a plausible phrase power had been transferred from the Crown to a Parliament, the members of which were appointed by an extremely limited and exclusive class, who owned no reTonsibility to the country, who debated and voted in secret, and who were regularly paid by the small knot of great families that, by means of this machinery, had secured the permanent possession of the King's treasury. Whiggism was putrescent in the nostrils of the nation ; we were probably on the eve of a bloodless, yet important revolution; when Rockingham, a virtuous magnifico, alarmed and disgusted, resolved to revive something of the pristine purity and high-toned energy of the old Whig connexion, appealed to his 'new generation' from a degenerate age, arrayed under his banner the generous youth of the Whig families, and was fortunate to enlist in the service the supreme genius of Edmund Burke." MR. D'ISRAELI'S SYBIL. The following are extracts from this highly in. teresting work:— THE QUEEN'S ACCESSION. " Hark ! it tolls ! All is over. The great bell of the metropolitan cathedral announces the death of the last son of George the Third who probably will ever reign in Iltgland. He was a good man : with feelings and sympathies ; deficient in culture rather than ability ; with a sense of duty ; and with something of the con ception of; -what should be the character of an English monarch. Peace to his manes I We are summoned to a different scene. . _ _ —...„ .........______ " In n palace in a garden—not in a haughty keep, proud with the fame, but dark with the violence of ages ; mot in a regal pile, bright with the splendour, but soiled with the intrigues, of courts and factions—in a palace in a garden, meet scene for youth, and innocence, and beauty—came the voice that told the maiden she must ascend her throne I " ?L'he council of England is summoned for the first time within her bowers. There are assembled the pre lates; and captains and chief men of her realm; the priests of Coe religion that consoles, the heroes of the sword that has conquered, the votaries of the craft that has decided th a fate of empires ; men grey with thought, and fame, a ad age ; who are the stewards of divine mysteries, who have encountered in battle the hosts of Europe, who ? rave toiled in secret ca binets, who h ave struggled in the L of thousandaspirin g szastaelsa and chief pro ; men, too, some of s prietors. of provinces , yet not one of them whose heart ',does not at this m oment tremble as he awaits the first ''es them, merciful lordss strife of a premise Of the Makin who DIUlt now ascend bet tbrohe, COURT CIRCULAR, The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, walked yesterday morning in the grounds of Osborne House. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Prin cess Royal were taken airings 3 esterday in the vicinity of Osborne House. The Very Reverend the Dean of Westminster took his de parture from Osborne House yesterday forenoon. The Princess Alice was taken au airing in the parks and royal gardens of Buckingham Palace yesterday morning, ac companied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager took an airing yesterday in a carriage, and visited Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz visited the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House. We are authorised to state that the statement that her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent will give another soirée dansante on Friday next, the 17th inst. is incorrect. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended -by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, left town at twenty minutes past ten o'clock yesterday morning, in a carriage and four, for her residence, Frogmore House, near Windsor. Her Rcyal Highness returned to Clarence House, St. James's, shortly before six o'clock. _ _ Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attend by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Colonel Sir George Couper, ho noured the performance of the French Plays with her pre sence yesterday evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, honoured the Duke and Duchess of Montrose with their company at dinner yesterday. The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden visited the Queen Dowager yesterday at Marlborough House, and the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester 'House. Her Royal Highness honoured the Countess of Jersey with a visit at her residence in Berkeley-square. In the afternoon the Grand Duchess visited her daughter, the Marchioness of Douglas, at her resi dence in Connaught-place. ELIZA PRICE'S CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As the reports of the proceedings in the House of Commons, on Friday last, contain matters impeaching my conduct as a magistrate, I beg you will have the goodness to state that I have written to Sir James Graham requesting the most searching and comprehen sive inquiry. It became my duty, as I conceived, to issue the peace warrant in question. In doing this I was influenced by neither fear nor affection. It was simply a magisterial act called for by necessity; and of the mode in which that warrant was executed I had no know ledge whatever, until I became informed of it by a letter from Sir James Graham ; nor upon inquiry will it be found to bear the character of oppressiveness attributed to it. The constable repeatedly offered to pay for a bed for the woman, and even offered to allow her to sleep with his own wife ! The woman never com plained to me, or to my colleagues on the bench. The details of the case would encroach far too much upon your columns, but the result of the inquiry, I feel con fident, will show that I have not acted illegally or harshly in any degree whatever. Trusting to your sense of justice for the insertion of this note, I beg to remain your obedient servant, SAML. STONE BRISCOE. " Fir Tree House, Kingswinford, May 11, 1845." SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (RECEIVED THIS DAY.) NEWMARKET, MONDAY NIGHT. ENTRIES FOR TO-MORROW. Fifty Pounds, for three yrs old, R.ll.—Lyons, Adrianople, br f by Liverpool, out of Corranna's dam, Seaman, Captain Phoebus, Paultons, Metal. • Fifty Pounds, for three yrs old, &c., winner to be sold for 200, T. M.M.—Gannet, 3 yrs ; Petrowna, 3 yrs ; Tawney, 3 yrs ; sister to Ma Mie, 3 yrs ; and Tisiphone, 5 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, winner to be sold for 601. T.Y.C.—Mocha, 4 yrs; Prince of Wales, 4 yrs; f by Beiram, out of Manto, 4 yrs ; f by Slane, out of Seakale, 3 yrs ; Julian, 3 yrs ; c by the Grand Duke, out of Miss Julia, 3 yrs; f by Sir Hercules, dam by Comus, 3 yrs. Handicap of 20 sovs. each, D. Bt.—Oakley, aged, 9st 10lb ; Minotaur, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b; Skeleton, 5 yrs, 7st 41b; Dr. Hill, 4 yrs, 6st ; Sir Francis, 3 yrs, 6st 51b ; Adrianople, 3 yrs, st. Match—Sir J. Hawley's Bishop of Romford's Cob, Bst 71b, aget Lord Exeter's Celia, 7st 131 b. T.Y.C. 150, h ft. TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. THE SUFFOLK STAKES. 6 to 5 agst Mr. Salvin's Alice Hawthorn—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Howe's Khorassan 6 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Bishop of Romford's Cob 7 to 1 agst Mr. King's Young Lochinvar 8 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Queen Mab Very little done on anything except the favourite, who, we understand, will be ridden by John Day, jun. Nearly all the horses engaged are on the spot. DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Mr. Forth's lot—taken 2 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Weatherbit 11 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's The Libel—taken 14 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam—taken 14 to 1 agst Mr. Moqyn's Pantasa 16 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm 20 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfields's Newsmorger 20 to I agst Mr. Gratwicke's Doleful—taken. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Old England 33 to 1 agst Mr. Coleman's Young Eclipse—taken 35 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Maynooth. 50 to 1 agst Col. Cradock's Jinglepot 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Waller's Columbus—taken 2000 to 25 agst Mr. John Day's Winchester—taken The horses most in request were Idas at 2 to 1, taken to a large amount ; Weatherbit and the Libel at the odds quoted, Old England at 25 ; 22 and 20 to 1, Doleful and Young Eclipse. Decidedly the greatest " pot" was Doleful, al though from the immense number of commissions to back him, and the extraordinary timidity of layers, scarcely any thing was done. Alarm fell back to 18 to 1, but rallied a couple of points before the close, his friends f ew , an d not b y any means sweet." With regard to the Ironmaster, we are enabled to state that the Stewards met yesterday, to take a communication from Mr. A. W. Hill into consideration, but that the question of qualification remains undecided. OAKS. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch 7 to 1 agst Mr. Bennett's Hope 8 to 1 agst Lord G. Beetinck's Rose of Cashmere 11 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair 28 to 1 agst Mr. Rogers's Glee NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. For the convenience of those who may leave town by the morning trains, the races will net commence this day before half-past two or three o'clock. A draft from Sir G. Heathcote's stud was sold yesterday by Messrs. Tattersall, the prices were low. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR; I have taken up my prophetic pen for the pur pose of laying before your numerous sporting readers the probable fate of the " good things" at the forthcoming Newmarket Second Spring and Manchester Meetings. With regard to the former, which commences . on Tues. day, with the Rowley Mile Plate, a plate of 501., two sweepstakes, and a match between the Bishop of Rom ford's cob and Celia, which will be won by the former. On Wednesday the 50 sovs. sweepstakes will fall to the lot of the Duke of Bedford with Panther. The Suffolk Stakes, with eighteen acceptances, have Wee Pet, The Cob, Misdeal, and Alice Hawthorn among them, which will of course be carried off by 'tauld mare, with the Pet and Cob close up. On Thursday Celia will have to experience another beating by Garry Owen. Now for a few words on the Manchester Meeting, which opens on Tuesday. Mr. Meiklam will make 'tolerably sure of the Cup with the Best-of-Three or Philip. On Wednesday Marian Ramsay for the Filly Stakes. Mr. Meiklam to produce the winner of the Cup, and the Free Handicap to Lord Saltoun. On Thursday the Victoria Stakes for two-year-olds will fall to Mr. Dawson with Lord Harry, or Mr. Bul keley with Walter. The Kersal Stakes will produce a run between Yellowboy and Marian Ramsay, which will be rather close. I shall have the latter for the victor. On Friday the Broughton Stakes will bring together a small but tidy field, with Yellowboy for winner—the Best-of-Three and Bedale handy. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF TUE TURF. blonde Afternoon. THE CHESTER CUP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin, --Observing in your paper a statement to the effect that "an un thought-of outsider" won it. I re spectfully offer to you notiF t e hc . t accompanying pre diction, Remaining, Sir, yours truly, -- C. D. THE PROPHECY OF AGRIPPA'S GHOST, Predicted a week before the Race came off, and pub. lished in " Snowing's Chester Cup Chart," May Ist The nags are saddled, with elastic stride They gallop past, in sportive, wanton pride ; As though all conscious that the crowds around, Canvass each limb, and measure ev'ry bound. Lo where she comes of symmetry the queen A form of beauty gliding thro' the soma ! 1845. 'Tis Semiseria—favoured not alone With grace and beauty which are o'er her thrown ; 'Tis her's with lightning speedsto skim the plain, But distance foils and makes her efforts vain. On noisy Cat'rect lush along the course, (A common plate horse, and a madman's force !) Now Truc boy follows, while his backers see In fancy's sketch the joys of victory. - Next, Tyne's proud Queen, nd Strathspey gallop by Pug—Counsellor, and dense Obscurity. Next comes the Irish force ; he's wise, I hold, Who, like Sir Bobby, baits for them with gold •, For when the contest makes some cheeks look blue, Who knows ? the Irish lads may pill him thro'. There flies Intrepid—sure as I'm a seer— With six stone six he'll make the field look queer. Big are the moments now—the womb of Fate Teems with the misty future—Chance, await Upon thy slave ! and clear his dizzy pate. They're off ! they're off ! hark to th' exulting cry ! Hope thrills each heart, and brightens ev'ry eye. Onward they dash, As Jove's bright flash Thunders along the sky: Fleeting they bound, O'er the echoing ground : • While on them ev'ry eye, Is fixed as tho' life, Hung on the strife, And the hope of victory. The ship-yard past, now by the gentle Dee— Whose placid face, Reflects their colours joyously— Flows the swift race, They round the turn— With pride they burn, And tug the tightened rein ; The Stand they pass ; A gallant mass, As ever trod the plain. Hurrah ! Hurrah ! The young'uns lead the van ! Ould Ireland's star, With burning rays, Its light displays, And makes some cheeks look wan. The ship-yard turn regain'd The pace begins to tell: Many a star has waned And bid sweet hope farewell. Still, still the light weights lead: But pressing on their flank Is many a gallant steed, As past Dee's verdant bank They rush with thund'ring speed. Now o'er the rainbow train OBSCURITY would fain Her ebon mantle throw; The cloud is past, No veil is cast Over the gallant show : here droops the beauteous seed Of laughing COMEDY.* The CAT'see'r's rushing speed Falls on the banks of Dee : The PORTRAIT'S done ; And now the fun Grows dreadfully exciting. Alas, poor ghost ! I wish—almost— That you were not inditing ; For my heart shares Your throes and cares, And trembles while I'm writing. * * * * * The distance now is gained, And every nerve is strained To lead the glorious van. Dense mists arise Before my eyes, I scarce the course can scan. Shadovica away, The prophet's day Cannot be dimm'd by thee. I see it now, INTREPID'Sbrow Is flushed with VICTORY ;) While is the race Fur second place Strive TRUEBOY and " The SQUIRE," t With HESSELTINE And QUEEN of TYNE And GULLY'S SAINTLY SIRE.t * Comedy, the dam of Semiseria. f Mr. Osbaldeston, owner of Sorella. St. Lawrence. ROYAL ACADEMY BOAT-RACE. A very beautiful four-oared race took place yesterday evening amongst the gentlemen of this highly flourishing aquatic Club. A very dull, heavy, and wet morning wa• succeeded by a beautiful afternoon, and the anticipation of good sport drew a strong muster of river clubs, who accom panied the race. The distance was from Westminster to Putney. Red, 1.-1. W. Revell, 2. Hunbert, 3. Joy, Atkinson (stroke), H. C. Smith (cockswain). Green, 2.-1. G. Smith, 2. W. Howard, 3. Blunt, A. D. Cooper (stroke), Henderson (cockswain). Blue, 3.-1. C. D. Smith, 2. Mead, 3. J. A. Howard, Emery (stroke), Stackpole (cockswain). Yellow, 4.-1. Daarman, 2. Robins, 3. Gregory, H. M. Cooper (stroke), Pybus (cockswain). , The whole of the boats went away together, shortly after which yellow got a lead, which they, however, did not keep long, being soon picked up by blue, which was in its turn passed by red, which kept the lead. About the Red House, green, which was the last to start, challenged yellow, and after a spirited struggle, passed them, and came up to blue, when a beautiful race ensued between the two boats, which were oar and oar almost to Battersea-bridge, each crew ex hibiting the most determined game, as well as very pretty rowing, when by dint of a very sharp spirt, green managed to get through first, and increased the advantage all the way up, coming in about three lengths astern of the winning boat, which was very hard pulled, and could scarcely be kept in advance of the second boat. Blue was 10 or 12 lengths astern of green, and yellow about the same astern of blue. Mr. A. D, Cooper had been very ill nearly all last week, and come• quently was not in the best condition for such a powerful struggle. The gentlemen afterwards sat down to a very fine dinner at Aviss's, the Bells Tavern. CORNWALL AND DEVON WREST- LING MATCHES. A society of the natives of the above counties has lately been formed, arid new rules and regulations issued, whereby the players are to be divided into two classes ; eleven stone and above to be called the "heavy weights" and under that weight to be entitled to play as " light weights." The society comateßced their opening under the new rules yes terday afternoon, at the Brecknock Arms Tavern, Camden Town, and the attendance was very numerous and respec table, as was also that of the players, the entry being nume rous in consequence of its being open to all England, and the wrestling without shoes. The play during the day was very good, and much science displayed in this old English game. The principal bouts came off as follow : John Dyer, of Cornwall, and Bant, et the same county, both good men and heavy weights, played for some time, in which many foils took place, Dyer displaying much science; and after a severe struggle threw his opponent by the inside lock. J. Walters, of Devon, and George Bond, of Norfolk, light weights, contested for a short time, when Bond was thrown, but no back. They again entered the ring, both showing play, but Bond soon threw his man very scienti fically, by the heaving-toe, amidst loud cheers. William Mildrum, of Cornwall, and Samuel Bond, of Norfolk, light weights, were the next players, and both men displayed much science, Bond falling; but after a severe long struggle, Mildrum threw his man by the back heel. One of the " old school," J. Jury, of Devon, and Winsly, a young man of Somerset, played for some time, and much foul play took place, and the umpires ultimately turned both men out of the ring. Edward Ball, of Cornwall, and E. Pope, of Devon, two heavy weights, fine young men and good wrestlers, were the next competitors. Science was displayed on both sides, each man falling, and after a good deal of toeing Ball caught his man by the fore hip, and threw him a very fair back, amidst loud cheers. This was the best play of the afternoon, both men playing with good feeling. W HIT-MONDAY. The weather commenced very unpropitiously for the holiday folks yesterday, and threw a damper on the festivi ties of Whitsuntide. Great was the despondency of the people until noon, when it began to clear up, and the after noon turning out fine, and the lads and lasses in their sum mer gear began to make the best of their way to Greenwich, Stepney, Wandsworth, and other fairs and places. It is fortunate that there is more than one fair at Whitsuntide, for the population of the capital is now become so great, and so many thousands are determined on amusement and to forget the cares of life at this season of the year, that Green wich would not be able to hold all the pleasure-seekers. There were the usual bustle and confusion at the various piers and landing-places, and the number of steamers in re quisition amounted to 115. Of these, 26 were employed in conveying passengers to Greenwich, calling at the Tunnel-pier, and the Limehouse• hole pier, to lan d passengers for Stepney fair, and take up others for Greenwich and Wandsworth. There were twenty steamers plying between Gravesend and London. They were all well-freighted with excursion parties. There was a tremendous bustle at the pier at Greenwich, where steamer after steamer arrived in rapid succession, and fortu nate was it thstt he threatened removal of the Watermen's floating pier, by the Lord Mayor's orders, had not been car ried into effect. The fair has been shorn of come of its prin cipaln attractions , but Ric hardson's lar g e theatrical booth iad Alger's canvass temple , are s till the leading curiosities of the place. There was t he usual entertainment at Richardson's theatre, a melodrama , with a gho st and blue fire in the last scene, a comic song, and a pantomime, performed with amaz ing speed in twenty - fiv e minutes ; clean sawdust in the pit, and new deal boards for the boxes. Alger's dancing booth advertised the Polka, which the visitors danced in the " ball-room " with great vigour. On each side of the principal roadway was a long array of gilt gin gerbread and spice nut-stalls, fro,m which numerous well dressed females importuned the visitors to_taste and try, and they seemed to drive a profitable trade. Owing to the rain which fell So copiously in the morning, th e P ar k o the in rain the b a was comparatively deserted, and the usual amusements and u g e a e nhi , bo w ls er t e h d er is e p , eenxeccdepitviftoh. At for anheoiugrh eight o'clock w , effgearn to fall again, and drove the people into the houses of public entertainment. The Royal Hospital, the asylum of our brave seamen who have fought th e i r country, sbattles afforded shelter and recreation for great numbers (luring the day, and upwards of 2,000 persons w en t over the Painted Hall. The business at Greenwich, on the whole, was below of a Whit-Monday, which may be accounted for by the unfavourable weather a n d the rival fair at Stepney. It is computed by those best able to judge of the thing, that the steamers, h s , t e railway, and the coaches brought down about 75,000 persons from London and its environs, and that the expenditure in the town would not amount to less than 15,0001. up to the close of the fair, independent of the sums paid to the railway and steam-boat companies for conveyance to and from the place. The steam-boats were, as usual, over crowded. We did not hear of a single material accident, and the police arrangements, under the control of the superintendent of the R division, and Mr. Fisher, the High Constable, gave much satisfaction. Stepney fair is well laid out. The principal field contains innumerable swings, ups-and-downs, merry-go rounds, Peterson's and Johnson's theatres, the reFresentatmee of the legitimate drama. At the former a " Romantic Melo drama," and at the other a " Fairy Tale of Enchantment," were dished up to admiring audiences every 20 minutes. The appearance of Hylton's and Wombwell's menageries, with their large and gaudy paintings of the various animals exhi bited within, reminded the spectators of Bartholomew Fair in the olden time. Some minor exhibitions, including two strapping boxers, who gave exhibitions of the art of self defence, a miniature " Ducrow's Circus," Wilson's theatre, learned pigs, conjurors, tumblers, and puppet-shows, occupy the rest of the field. The field was lighted up by a brilliant jet of gas at sun-set. In another field, behind the Prince of Wales Tavern, the veteran Clarke, an old stager at Bartho lomew Fair, with his stud of horses and equestrian company, has erected a large circus ; and in another part of the 'field is the Crown and Anchor booth. Its ball-room is upwards of 250 feet in length, and the whole affair was lighted up with 30,000 variegated lamps in the evening, when some hundreds were dancing, who seemed to bid adieu to dull care for, ilia night. The police arrangements were excellent, and they preserved a sufficient space between the rows of swings to ensure the safety of the people. The stalls extended some distance from the two fields. The publid-houses were crammed with merry customers. There was not a single charge brought before Mr. Broderip at the Thames Police-court, which adjoins the fair, during the day. An extensive fair was held at Wandsworth yesterday, where there is another monster booth, similar to the one at Stepney, and Baker's very curious dramatic booth, where the company got through a tragedy and pantomime in twenty minutes, to the edification of the youngsters, and many chil dren of a•larger growth. The day was observed as a general holiday. The vans to Hampton Court were very numerous, and perhaps this is the most pleasant excursion out of London. The Cartoons afford much gratification not only to connoisseurs in - the fine arts, but also to the illiterate, while the surrounding country is teeming with beautie s . There were numerous processions of charity and Sunday schools, and several benefit societies embarked in excursions both up and down the river. There was an immense traffic on the river with the steamers, and the railway excursion trains on the Dover and Brighton Railways took upwards of 5,000 persons from the terminus at London-bridge. MILK FOR BABES !—The Rev. Hugh M'Neile, of " No Popery" notoriety, in a discourse the other day delivered in Liverpool, said—' We must Protestantize the school. We must have new catechisms and new primers. We must begin from the beginning with little children ; and instead of telling them that A stands for apple, we must have a newvocabulary. A must stand or atonement, and A for antichrist. B for burn, B for Bible, and B for bishops; and the children must be taught bow the Ro. manists burned our Bible bishops. C for council, C for creed, and C for canon; and they must be tofd how the Romish creeds and canons opposed the primitive truth. D for decretal, D for dungeons, and D for death ; and they must be told how the Romish decretals consigned men to dungeons and death. E for emanipation that let in the flood; and F for fire, faggot and faith; and the; must be told how the men of faith were consigned by Romanian to fire and faggot." Such a catechism may make good Churchmen—we must be permitted to doubt if it would make good Christians.—Norfolk News. WOOLWICH MAT 12.—Lieut.-General Sir H owar d Douglas, G.C.13., and G.C.M.G., Colonel Jackson, 6th Dra goon Guards (Carbineers), and several distinguished officers, visited Woolwich this day, and at 2 o'clock, P.M., reviewed the Royal Horse Artillery, under the command of Colonel Dyneley, C.B. The gallant Lieutenant-General when the exercises were concluded, expressed to Colonel Dyneley the satisfaction he experienced from the excellent manner in which the evolutions were performed. Lieutenant-General Sir Howard Douglas and the other gallant officers then pro ceeded to the Marshes with Major-General Sir H. D. Ross, K.C.8., to witness the new experiments with three 56- pounder guns on Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas's principle, and three 56-pounder guns, on Mr. Monk's principle, at 1,100 yards' range. Colonel Cockburn, Colonel Paterson, Colonel Lacy, Lieutenant Colonel Dansey, C. 8., Lieutenant-Co lonel Dundas, C. 8., Lieutenant-Colonel Chalmer, Assist ant Director-General of Artillery ; Lieutenant Hard inge, K.H., Royal Artillery; and Lieutenant-Colonel Bar ney, Royal Engineers; Major Sandilands, Major Strang• ways, Major Armstrong, Major Macbean, and Brigade-Major Cuppage, Captain Palliser, Captain Dupuis, Captain and Adjutant Mitchell, Captain and Adjutant Dedham, Captain and Adjutant Tireman, Captain and Adjutant Forbes, Cap tain and Adjutant Cockburn, and Captain Harrison, and a number of officers of the Royal Artillery, had previously assembled in the marcher to witness the experiments. The firing to-day was excellent, the objects aimed at being six targets 12 feet square, each placed in a line making a target 72 feet by 12, and a great number of the shots fired went through it. The whOle of the shots went so close that a ship-of-war would have been struck in every instance. The three first rounds from each of the six guns were fired at an elevation of 1 deg. 50 sec., and the two last rounds at an elevation of 1 deg. 45 sec. The following is the average re coil of the carriages on the traversing platforms during the experiments to day :—Lieutenant-Colonel Dundas's- first round 6 feet 7 inches, :second round 6 feet 5 inches, third round 6 feet 6 inches, fourth round 6 feet 6 inches, fifth round 6 feet 7 inches. Mr. Monk's first round 7 feet 3 inches, second round 7 feet 3 inches, third round 7 feet 4 inches, fourth round 7 feet 6 inches, fifth round 7 feet 4 inches. The experiments concluded fOr the day at about five o'clock P.M. TUE LATE EXECUTION AT BRECON.--FTOIII the in formation given by Thomas Thomas (lately executed at Brecon for murder and robbery) to the Rev. Mr. Joie!, the chaplain of the gaol, that gentleman proceeded last week to search for the pocket-book of the murdered man (David Lewis) in a hedge near the convict's father's house. After a long search, in which the Rev. Mr. Jones was assisted by several persons, the pocket-book was found under an ash tree ; there was no cash in it, but there were several memoranda of importance respecting the deceased's business transactions. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE OF A GENTLEMAN.Z The family of a gentleman, named Stoddart, of Lambeth road, Southwark, have been greatly distressed by the myste rious disappearance of Mr. William Stoddart, 30 years of age. It appears that Mr. Stoddart's brother went, on the 7th inst., to the Paddington terminus of the Great Western Railroad, and proceeded by railway into Berkshire. When Mr. Wil liam Stoddart took leave of his brother he stated to him that he should immediately s eturn home, but he has not since been heard of. Information has been sent to all the police stations in the metropolis, giving a description of his person and dress. WHOLESALE DESERTION OF WIVES AND FAMI.. LIES.—The parish of Clerkenwell has lately suffered severely from the wholesale desertion, by men belonging to that pa rish, of their wives and families, some of them leaving as many as six children, thus casting a heavy and permanent burden upon the rate-payers. Within the last few days twelve men have thus absconded, and to such an extent has the system been carried, that the parish has determined to adopt vigorous measures to check the practice if possible, and intend to offer handsome rewards for their apprehension. AN AMERICAN PLEA FOR ACQUITTING A MUR. DEREM—At New Orleans, a young man, named Hatch, stabbed a companion, so that he died. He was arraigned for murder, but the jury acquitted him, on the plea that " the deceased had threatened to slap his (the prisoner's) face." BEACKHEATH STOCK FAIR.—The Spring fair took place yesterday, with a good show of heavy cart and other draught horses, with a sprinkling of saddle horses of a middling character • a fair supply of milch cows with calves at their sides, and a large supply of store pigs. In the morning there were but few buyers, owing to the great fall of rain • but towards the evening, the weather being f a i r , a considerable demand was created. Cows and pigs fetched better prices than at the last fair, as did all horses of a sound and useful sort; many of an inferior character left the ground unsold. AIR. CARUS WILSON.—The following description of Mr. Wilson's place of imprisonment is given in the Jersey News :—" Mr. Wilson is confined in a cell in the House of Correction, adjoining which cell are five or six others in which convicted felons are placed. The first two days he was fed upon prison fare, coarse black bread. gruel, and soup, thickened with oatmeal ; and was not offered for breakfast tea or coffee with bread and butter, for dinner, a pound and a-half of meat cooked in any way he might direct, with bread and vegetables at discretion, and for tea the same as breakfast.' It was only after Mr. Wilson could not possibly eat the prison fare, and that he had ascertained by the prison regulations he could provision himself, that he did so. He cannot be spoken to by any one, not even by his wife, except in the presence of the turnkey. Every letter that is received by or sent from him is o pened and its contents read by the gaoler. A letter received on Wed nesdayl by Mr. Wilson from the Postmaster, and superscribed On her Majesty's service. To ybarrodk in d n openwh ic h h. t ar: take exercise has an open privy in it, Wilson is allowed to ta Wil son, beforeEse (marked) a w rk as ed d ) health. Mr. Wilson was, be forebe prejudicial to any person's el it. iver F ed u . lie T rt h o e n' s , m ‘s a 'a i s l of Queen's Bench, being remanded by the Cour t hd and the e ffl uvia from it a medical gentleman has declared to con fined in the debtors' ward, where he intercourse with the others, but now be wo uld be in solitaryd by his friends. All this tr eat ment , it must be not visited confinement, if re collected, is sanctioned by a prison board composed partly of members of the Cour t which illegally condemned Mr. Wilson—yea, even one of the members of that prison board is the constable of St. Helier's (Peter Le Suer), the plaintiff in the suit at issue ! There can be no question that this treatment is altogether illegal. Mr. Wilson has not been convicted of any crime ; his contempt of Court is, at most, only a misdemeanour, and that of a very slight degree." THE NEW LORD OF THE TREASURY.—We under stand that it is the intention of Mr. W. F. Mackenzie to oppose Sir James Graham's plan for the endowment of three Colleges in Ireland, his reason for so doing being his firm conviction that six Colleges are absolutely necessary in the this subject state of Ireland. He has not intima ted hi s views on subject to the Right Hon. Baron et, but he has communi cated them in strict confidence to a friend, who, he has every reason to believe, is in correspondence with Ministers, from the circumstance that he sailed last Saturday on a voyage to Norfolk Island, the expense s of the tri p bein g furnished b y t h e Government. —Times. OFFENCES IN THE PARKS. —The Commissioners of Woods and Forests, to prevent, as far as possible the repe tition of offences in the parks, either by damaging the shrubs, or otherwise, cause (as a warning to evil doers) a list to be fine ing or the i initials sen en of theu well names, as placed at each of the entrances to the inclosure in St. Jam es ' s togetherand the otherwith t h e parks, em ecnonnttaei of the nature of the offence of every person convicted of any misconduct in the parks during the past month—the list being altered and renewed on the first of every succeeding month. This precaution, no doubt, deters many thoughtless persons from acts of wanton mischief. BRITISH AssootAnoN.—The fifteenth meeting will be held at Cambridge in the week commencing Thursday, 19th June. The time was fixed thus much earlier than usual in order to suit the " commencement," which is on the 24th. Sir John Herschel], Bart., F - R.S., is the president for the present year. SCARCITY OF SHEEP.—During the past few days the provision market in this town has been very scantily supplied with mutton. Two causes are assigned - for this; first, the farmers at this season always hold back their stock from the market in consequence of the great improvement they make; and, secondly, the wholesale butchers here find the demand so great in London as to send all they can to the metropolis. The scarcity thus produced is almost beyond all precedent. At the Barton market en Monday there were nearly as many buyers as sheep, and at the Beverley fair on Wednesday the demand waswholly inadequate to the supply. As a natural consequence, the prices have much increased. This scarcity has been felt in many other places ; but in Liverpool t he supply, considering the time of the year, has, we learn, been extraordinarily and unaccountably heavy there being on Tuesday no less than 4,349 sheep for sale.— Hull Packet. AMERICAN Hors.—A large fresh importation has just taken place. The duty on this produce is FO high that the last imported were sold for the use of Sydney and the Channel islands. as compared a itit of coals imported into London in A p ril has sent 86,467 the same month last year. Newcast le a nd Hartlepool. There was a considerable increase in the quantity s toc ton tons ; Sunderland, 54.7 3 ; s 26 s . w a les, 11,748 r and Scotland, W. 48,2G2 ; Blvtb, 4,249 ; I orksbare, ) 3 / 4 g 1 4 s s Y•) I J r ;Os aw ich