The Sun. — London, England, 1845-04-28 00:00:00

'close of the scene, and the theatre re-echoed with the applause. The end is soon told. Clarence and Flo rentine are made happy. Goldthumb receives his son and daughter-in-law with open arms. Miss Tneker, as Mrs. Truffles, has at length a home of her :"wn, and ceases to be one of those " people who live In other peopl e ' s h ouses ." Th e app l ause a t th e con clusion was m os t ent h us i ast i c ; J erro ld was ca ll e d tor, and bowed his acknowledgments to the audience from the stage-box. To say that the play was !perfectly acted would be work of supererogation, a glance at the cast would prove that such must have been the case. The mounting was superb, and " the Manager of the little Theatre in the Haymarket " may boast, w ith t rut h , t h at h e h as pro d uce d t h e b est original English comedy that has been written since the days of Sheridan. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. AN ENVMARKET, SUNDAY AFTERNOON.-At the closing of the Craven week we published the engagements for the en. 6 ' l ; j ag meeting ; we now repeat them for the purpose of show that the promise of sport held out by the list is not t ucelY to be delusive. To this end we have placed the usual ~r no k (an a s t er i s k) b efore the names of the horses now i n the "rn, and i n tra i ning; amongst those thus distinguished, lea "ad the proportion is unusual large, will be found Worth aad Winchilsea, and Lord ly Glasgow's three fillies, wh!ch kc!ed last night. It is said that Old England and IN in lester will be here towards the middle of the week ; Wather "ns we he ar i s not coming. The Goodwood lot, which is expected either this afternoon or to-morrow, will include fraction Red Deer and Lonsitude. While on this . sub tee 4 , we should state that Mr. b Parry's Zanoni arrived last - Jot, and he will be entered for one of the plates, with the e e ,ct of bringing the question of pedigree within the ju . , ;s e t , on of he Jockey Club, and thereby deciding the objec -w, Made to his nomination for the Chester Cup. B?"' grand feature of the week will be the 2,000 Guineas Nis - s - ss , e4 .„on Tuesday, for which Ides, Worthless, Winc'hilsea, rigeon, Kedges, and one or two others are likely to -' The list, however, irrespective of this event-and its t s ,,,'" 4 ' 4 nce to those interested in the Derby cannot be over sic.. -`4"-is intrinsically good. On the first day there are eight snie, n ' s kle, of these all but the match between Cockamaroo the - mulet colt are expected to come off, and with elo ss , su l.tion of the plate, and one or two of the stakes that aw e - us evening, w ill rea li ze sport enough for any reason spthapPetite. Th e su b sequent engagements i nc l u d e a very &c - ,wguineas stakes, and several matches and handicaps, co nsiderable interest; Friday, as usual, although it li st, "",,,°,F the Newm ar k e t St a k es , i s th e wea k es t d ay i n th e week The subjoined is an outline of the bill of fare for the Horses marked thus are now at Newmarket. Haste's nev MONDAY. PBtakes of 50 so vs . eac h, f or th ree y rs o ld out of mares er those bred a w i nner; co lt s B s t 71b, filli es B s t Sib ; ss . F . by stallions which never got a winner allowed 31b. * D uke of Bedfo r d' s c El eazer -*L or d E xe t er ' s c h c T un i c .--* Lord s„„ Exeter' s c Lyons--Mr. F. Herbert's borbr f Silver sUats--*Lord Orford's c by the Grand Duke, out of Miss Osbaldeston's f by The Sadler, out of Miss Etty s Col. Peel's b f by Slane, out of Seakale-*Lord Verulani's ` A ie t ,' Sir Hercules, oat of Christina. B'.weepstakes of' 50 sovs. each, for three yrs old; colts t i a ,‘ 71 0, fillies Bst 41b • those by stallions or out of mares at never bred a winner allowed 31b. T.Y.C. I,`;ocbsd4kAelboef m li ar ed ie f , ord's c by Economist, out of Billow (31b)- s bk e Scarmentado-*Lord Glasgow's br , f L ln Y, Middleton, out oflmpertinence (31b)-*Lord Exeter s , 8 (31b)-*Alr. Osbaldeston's b c Secutor•-`Duke of A P r „,,"` 's cby Royal Oak, out of Minx's dam. -- slice Match of 300 sovs. each, h ft ; colts Bst 71b, lor Mlles Bst 41b; one to the post. D.M. t ad ssoigrd(deAaldb)_. Albemarle's b f Tisiphone-Lord Albemarle's b c Exe te Lord Exeter's c Golden Fleece-'Lord .I he s , s fJet-*L or d E xeter ' s f Deodara. jc rrY Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft ; colts Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 41b. D.M. c t`kcer. Booth's b f New Year's Day-*Lord W. Powlett's loo,abotr„!;;;Lord Sandwich's f by Jerry out of Legend. %Ns *Lord Glasgow's c by Velocipede out of Amulet, p lllaidstone's Cockamaroo ; Bst 71b each. kat b • ' • Gl as es•--*Duke of Bedford's Espoir, 9st, agst °L rd st it kr:i's Sister to Pathfinder, 7st. Duke of Bedford to 1 4 6 2 , 5 to 300, 150 ft ; A.F. * Le s d e r , --* Duke of Bedford's Panther, Bst 101 b, agst 2 / 2 1° Is Glasg ow's fby Retainer out of Purity, Bst 71b. ss h D ' L uress,• •-* Duke o f B e df ord ' s Caina n Phebus agst • Mr. sn'e's Sir Francis ; Bst 71b each ; 200, h ft. P.M. The 9, TUESDAY. -"us, Guineas Stakes of 100 soya. each, h ft, for three 4 Ito _pars old; colts Bst 71b, fillies, 8s 41b. R.M. bsit,hr`l,Albernarle's Sca r m en t a d o --• Col. Anson's Kedger- N'tom- B edford's c Leopard-Mr. Death's c Merryman eon-"leter's c Golden Fleece-*Lord Exeter's c Wood 'Ms Lord Exeter's c Adrianople-Lord Exeter's c Lyons I , tere ssully 1 , Weatherbit-Mr. Jaques's b c Moulton- Col 1 b )og l i: .2 Slane, out of Cobweb-Lord Orford's b c by Eco gsb4l; ; i4r a Ishmael-*Mr. Rogers's ch c The Prior- Le sd c'e Rutland's c by Royal Oak out of Cowslip's .dam-i -kussetradbroke's b c Miss-Mr. Wreford's b c Wmche 5w..1% Wreford's br c Worthless-'Gen. Yates's Seaman. "Istaltes of 300 sovs each, 100 ft, for four years old ; C. tom colts Bst 71b, fillies Sst 21b. B. c Pac. Lbe _Albemarle's f Robinia- I 'Duke of Bedford's Exeter's c Antonor. th, Tbe uuce-room Stakes of 50 sovs each, for three years olds, cois,_Produce of mares which never produced . a winner; ‘4 Sat 71b, fillies Bst 41b ; A. F. This stake is confined • • 1, A tne ,.. 14 , 1 b e, rs of the coffee-room at Newmarket. `"tlit e .:4.l,X,Zeter'S c Lyons-* Duke of Bedford's Prologue -I„o:e4iebniorid's br f Refraction. "esl Duke of Bedford's Oakley, 9 st, against *Mr. T. s Dfa The Counsellor, Bst ; 200, hft ; T.Y.C. L• oss - 1, -- Sir J. H aw l e y' s C omra d e , 3 y rs, B s t 71b , ags t „; Easter's Do c t or Hill 4 yrs, Bst 41b; 100, h ft; first • sks, M. 411 401• Duke of Bedford's Minotaur, Bst 101 b, agst s ismsbottom's Pineapple, Bst llb ; 100, h ft ; D.lll. WEDNESDAY. nurghley Produce Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bat 31b ; those by stallions or out of mares which have never produced a Winner allowed 31b, only one allowance. D.M. 'puke of Bedford's c L eopard-*Lord Exeter's f Pilgri iordage (31b)-*Captain Spencer's fby The Wryneck (31b)-- ,cAlbemarle's b c Zadig (dead)-Lord Orford's f (dead) amel, o u t o f A rsen i c ( 31b). S weepstakes of 100 sows each, h ft, for four yrs old. A.F. 1 It:_e s 6st e 4 bel2ler, b.Eist 71 b -e Welbeck, 7st 71 b -* Boarding -school - `4 %Ga A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs , each, h ft. T.Y.C. Sat 71 v a l 4 yr 2 . 3' 4 , s o ren, aged, B s t 81 b -* Knight of the Whistle, aged, Bishop of Romf or d' s co b , 5 yrs, Bst 21b-Prince of The 0 THURSDAY. Ile Thousand Guinea Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for es , three year old fillies, Bst 71b. D.M. phoZ.'ro Albetnarle's Alexandrina-• Lord Albemarle's Tisi st"Rvi;-Colnel Anson's Gossamer -Lord G. Bentinck's l ilte.. l .4d e - -Lord G. Bentinck's Pug-*Mr. Bowes' b As_you- Bowes's b Heather Bell-*Mr.Edwar . d's Pru *l.!e"ssLord Ezet Exeter's Topaz-Lord Exeter's Pilgrimage- 7 iiker to maisetlite.4lirr..J 4 1 : kad etn :r Jet -*Lord Exeter's Timbria-*Mr. Ford ' s ariues's Playmate-'Mr. Newtons Payne's br Rigolette-*Col. Peel's C e brno n d, s e° ,ls,_Peel's fby Slane out of Seakale-Duke of uY Glaucus out of Estelle- Mr. Roger's f eskine' Xremlin, Bridegroom's dam-Mr. Wreford's Rev eY's Lord Exeter's Wee Pet, 5 yrs, Bst 61b, agst *Sir Consrae, 3 yrs, 7st 41b ; 200, h ft. D.M. Th ey , essits',M- FRIDAY. et Stak es o f 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs / to °I colt A s el se cc ; s Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 21b. ss utland's b c by Gl aucus, out o f M ini k in- *M r. rii5 act0. , .....31 ter to P otentia-*Lord Albemarle's bk c Scar ntealcLord Exet er ' s c Wood Pigeon-*Lord Exeter's lsers' s 1 7 r1 V- 6 Lord E xeter ' s c Golden Fleece-Mr. J Slane, out of Zany's dam-Mr. 15ouveric's I,,, 4 •lls oi lig";od*M r . b f Lady Anna-Sir. t Y 8 John Davis- Lord Glasgow's br f by Bay ~• aka o , ut of I mpertinence -*Col. Anson's b c Kedges s,eol. p'ef,f.edford's Leopard -*Duke of Bedford's Prologue sf•sles. ss e i s s b f Hersey -'Col. Peel's b f by Slane, out of iKr str Wigram's ch c Elchee, brother to Teleta -110;,_4. ~a 4s y s t ° ke's c Idas-*Lord Chesterfield's Javelin- Ist - ' 4 gh a " c Winchest *Lord Milltown's br. c Fla er- R~ al atc s uzbos. Itobinson's b c R u b icon -*M r . R. W. e4,:kßuliseOrd Glasgow's Amulet colt, 4 yrs, agst *Sir R. lt f 7 1; 1 ; 200 , 118 The Bishop of R om f or d' s C o b, 5 yrs , B s t 714 em , .PD Col, s s Garry Owen, Bst 71b. agst *Duke of isotaur, 7st 121 b; 150, 25 ft. T.Y.C. Gulletritit Clise,,,A&R SPRING M EETI NG. -THURSDAY. P l ate of • was won by Mr. Irwin's 11 ; ifl 4 0 1 )107 s , llb ( MTlon - e ll y i , ne j as un.), beating Mr . . , W .. att y s' ( .11. 4 ,,,t of Al .:113 (Do ) le), and Mr. Knaresborough st U "._lll `Allll.: ri a , 3 Yrs, ist Ilb, by half a length. rh - ••), s s „ s - ge of the Madrid Stakes of 25 sove. each, 5 ft ati4 ; sel4,7,wslised over for Mr. Irwin's The Hermit. . hastier Malt.es of 5 sous. each, and 25 added, one mile r ,,3• 1 11 o9), won by Mr. Watts' Wexford, 4 yrs mihs,"tntls s " -4t g Lord Waterford's Henry, 6 yrs J. -11 r others, by a neck. The winner was claimed l`it‘ S/A,INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. Sot 11 LiI(ET SECOND SPRING MEETING. 1,4, $ 4 , 0 „, WEDNESDAY. ` l lll gnat oicuru Minotaur, 9st, agst Mr. Osbaldeston's - "aellt 8, A-P. 200, ft. Sts of 15 sous. each ;sft if declared on or ito (11 114„ 4 14 w v_ before Tuesday next. U y uo rn aged, 9st 91b—Minotaur, 5 yrs, Bst 71b— t°1:1!'„ I s tr i ns -at ,_ 3l b--111 . k Free, 4 yrs, Bst 31b—Lothario, Yr: ; '°b, ,7st Mb—Bishop of Rom ! Yr;' . tat N 7st 91 b - -Vibra r t s ion, 6 yrs, 7st 71b--Misdeal, Tam, 4 yrs, 7st 51b—Young Lochinvar, ott 111,24 21Cirride of Kildare, 4 yrs, 7st 5113—Queen Mab, 17 .ae Pet, 5 yrs, 6st 131b—Croton Oil, 4 yrs, rtllti"Yro e ,Il a aise colt, 4 yrs, 6st 111b—Buzz, 4 yrs, Est 91b itde, a j ar s, 6st 71b —Best Bower, 4 yrs, 6st 31b—Ould Yra,' 3lb --Lydia Languish, 4 vrs, Est 11b—Curn eliku'-'4,4nestt"--nPitzallen, 3 vrs, 6st—ir Francis, 3 yrs, yrs, sst 111b--Sevens the Main, 4 yrs, 4 ,,tor — Fitzb n ' " 4 , k.."Yra -gt - sat 316--Ruff, 3 yrs, sst 31b—Ridiculous Miss 114 % beodara, 3 yrs, 4st 71b. 4%arul A zsu GORHA NI BURY, 1845. 1) 4 .. 4 4% 111 rY Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 15 h ft, and only be ry, 5 5 declared. Next week. t ast 2 st—lonian, 4 vrs, Bst 71b—Mickey il t . „Olk kip_ '0 Lothario, 5 yrs, Bst 31b—Philip, 5 yrs, e p L9ede, aged, 7st 101 b Q en of Tyne, 6 yrs, AteNParricad 4tie ?ha wee c, yrs, 7st 81b—Pride of Kildare, 4 rs, b 4 - et 5 5 4 , yrs, 7st 31b—Godfrey, 4 yrs, 7st 31b— h`V-8, 7st 111--The Bashaw, 5 yrs, 7st—Hyrca jrl, ire, ""--The Devil -among -the-Tailors, It7p. at 6st 131 , niong-the-Tailors, 6 yrs, 7st— s‘ 1 11 ) „ .. - n o — Anonyme, 5 yrs, Est 131b—Europa. s it lit rtil,...'ltli tt y'eregrine, 4 yrs, Est 91b—Best Bower, 4 yrs, y ttll t - ' 4 , 4 3, l : t riguish, 4 vrs, 6st—Christine filly, 4 yrs, Est te, St i ft . s „t' 121 b-:--Ould Ireland, 3 yrs, sst 101b -3 bib--Dean Swift, 3 yrs, sst 61b—Event, "esp er ' - ' 1 .. 411 . Con., 3 yrs, sst 41b—Giantess, 3 yrs, b.lietfi „ r°, a B t tl 3 Trs, sst 313—Velox, 3 yrs, sst 11b— Nl. b ••••••IN Roe, 3 yrs, 4st 131b—Deedara, 1. (414' 1 % C,,:i t t411 ,..13 of 20 soya each, for three-year-olds. e -41 °, c by Liverpool, out of Corumba, Crim. i l, u, l it 14 4 Clans m — , • and Velox. . 1 t,i t p l ie tra 4G AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. N:4441)4)0311 GAT STAKEI3.-5 to 4 agat Idas, 6 to tO 8 c ur. o , t 4). r t ° 1 t° I agat C a t aract, 8 to 1 agst Could Ireland, 9 to 1 apt Semiseria, 14 (t), 25 to 1 eget £rueboy, 30 to 1 agst Winesour (t), 35 to 1 agst Pride of Kildare, 1,000 to 15 agst Yhoeman-ac-Knuck. DERBY.-10 to 1 agst Weatherbit (taken to 100/o—nothing else named. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Essex and Suffolk hounds, Tues., West Bergholt, White Hart; Fri., Raydon-101. Suffolk stag hounds, Tues., White Lion Inn, at Eye. Devon and Somerset stag hounds, Tues. and Fri., Dulver ton—l 1. Durham County hounds, Mon., Thornley-8. Next week will be a most important one for those who have pinned their Derby faith on the Lord of Denham, or John Day, or John Scott, or who have boldly strayed over the field. Matters must come to something like a crisis on Tuesday, or the world is much deluded. The running of Kent's and Honest John's stables at Bath, is naturally cal culated to increase the confidence in them for the great stakes on the eve of decision, which may be styled gentle men ushers to the Derby, and -lady in waiting on the Oaks, otherwise the Two Thousand Guineas, and Newmarket, and the One Thousand _Guineas Stakes. Sweetmeat's excellent performance in the Somersetshire Stakes has had the effect of putting Libel into the market, the property of the same owner, at an outside limit, giving a fearful blow to Iron master, who labours under the heavy taint of disqualifica tion. My opinion, however, is unchanged that all is right, and that 15 to 1 would be a more reasonable position for him than 1,000 to 15. Dull as the business was on Thursday at " the glass of fashion" in Grosvenor-place, yet it betrayed a feature or two of interest. The con finement of Alarm to his stable for three or four days induced a panic amongst his supporters, and put him only third in estimation, riding in the second place to Weatherbit as he had done the first to Idas before there was a screw loose, whilst a little outlay would have given the precedence over him to either Pam or Kedger. The out siders were beginning to stir on the strength of the favourite being amiss, and the hope that it might prove an epedemic ; the worthy Sir Gilbert Heathcote, or rather his friends for him, as the Baronet never speculates, introduced two eastern named animals to the notice of the book-makers, and, vastly to their delight—namely, Sutlej and Gwalior. Co lumbus, too, and Fitzallen, were dealt upon at most liberal prices. The Chester Cup will still have to undergo some startling changes before the start, and directly the Two Thousand Guineas are decided it will doubtless be the subject of the principal speculation at Newmarket. The great stake on Tuesday will bring into collision the first favourite for Epsom, John Day's lot, and probably his Son of Sheetanchor, Weatherbit, as well as the principal re presentative of John Scott's stable, Kedger, with whom the race must rest. Deeming Cowl, as I do, an extraordinary good horse, it confirms my opinion that Scott has not de ceived himself and misled his friends ; but I fancy that Idas will at any rate cut him down on the mile, whatever he may do at the longer distance and over the more uncongenial course for a horse of his frame in Surrey. I confess that my faith is pinned upon bias, and that I expect to see one of John Day's most forward stable this season second. _ _ There will probably be six - or seven at the post for this rich stake, which cannot well put less than 1,000 sovereigns into the pocket of the winner, even should the field be lost by a moiety. We may calculate fairly on seeing Idas, Ked ger, two of John Day's lot, Lord Orford's colt, and, perhaps, one of Lord Exeter's and Colonel Peel's at the post. As to the Newmarket Stakes, if Idas wins on the Tuesday, a like success will attend him on Friday, and a similar remark will apply to Kedger. Longitude, sister to Ma Mi, and Prudence, appear to me to have the best chances for the Thousand Guineas Stakes on, Thursday, and I have put them in what I imagine to be the probable order of their passing the Judge's chair. There is every indication of the coming meeting being one of the most interesting for some years past ; and I trust that the wish alone may not prove to have been " father to the thought." The very large entry for the Emperor of Russia's donation, for what ought to be called " The Czar's Cup," at Ascot, amounting to twenty-six, is worthy, in quantity and seem ing quality, of the Imperial liberality. Alice Hawthorn, Nutwith, Foigh-a-Ballagh, Ithuriel, The Cure, Orlando, Ratan, Alarm, Cowl, Kedger, and Pam, are amongst them ; but no Idas. Such a field has not been presented for eighteen years. In 1827, when Zinzanu was victorious, and eighteen subscribers, there started Mameluke, Cadland, The Colonel, Green Mantle, Bobadilla, Lamplighter, and Oppidan ; that was a race never to be forgotten as long as memory retains her seat. MELLISH. April 25, 1845. —Post. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FRom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE. A beautiful schooner, of 101 tons, was launched from Mr. Joseph White's yard, built for Sir Charles Ibbotspn ; she was named the Anaconda. She is a splendid vessel, and likely to be a fair candidate for the R.Y.S. cups. In the same vard a schooner of 130 tons is building for the Due de StackpOol, and will be launched about the middle of next month. In Hansen's yard there is building a fine cutter of 35 tons, for James Saunderson, Esq., of the R.Y.S. ; and the R.T.Y.S. cutter Fanny is being lengthened 5 feet 9 inches by the bow, the property of J. H. M. Struben, Esq. Ratsey has building two cutter yachts . of 100 tons each ; one for W. Potts, Esq., of Kingstown, Dublin ; the other is for R. W. Cooper, Esq., R.Y.S. ; they will be launched next month ; and also a schooner of 125 tons for Captain Ponsonby, R.Y.S. The annual general meeting of the members of the Royal Yacht Squadron will take place at the Thatched House Ta vern, on the 9th of May; there are 17 candidates to be bal loted for. The prospects of this national club never looked more promising. It is expected they will have more vessels afloat than ever before known ; it is said they have 96 at pre sent, and 19 more building. Mr. Joseph White is to build for the Government, but in his own yard at this port, a sister brig to the Daring, to be called the Contest. The keel will be immediately laid down, and she is to be completed by the 31st of December. Ple is building and repairing the following vessels : At Deptford, a new steamer, to be called the Termagant, 1,650 tons, to carry heavy armament ; and a frigate of 50 guns, to be called the Phmton. At Woolwich he is putting a new bow to the Amphion, 42, which is in frame. At Portsmouth, the Amphitrite, 42, has been hauled into the basin, for the purpose of being razeed to a 26, and is to have a new bow. It is reported that Sir Hyde Parker will take the command of the experimental squadron, and Sir William Montagu will be appointed the Admiral of Portsmouth in his place. ST. GEORGE'S BOAT CLUB. The St. George's " Scratch" Match took place on Friday, and was, throughout, a most dashing and spirited race. The distance selected was from Putney .bridge to Chiswick-ait, instead of from Westminster to P aney, which has hitherto been the course in such races. At a quarter to five the fol lowing gentlemen came to the starting-place : Messrs. Adams and Lane Red Messrs. B. Smith and Falls Blue Messrs. Ross and Johnson Orange Messrs. Mgiay and Warburton .........81ack Messrs. Gee and Wharton Green They started away very prettily together, and after a few strokes Gee and his partner showed in advance. Adams and his partner, Smith and his partner, and M'Kay and his part ner, being in a line with each other, and Ross and Johnson astern of all. The whole of the gentlemen sat to their work well, and rowed very prettily, and a little above Finch's grounds the leading pair were unable to retain their position, and Smith and his partner rowed into the first place, followed by Johnson and partner, who were making some very plucky efforts to overhaul them. Smith and his partner continued, however, to lead, gradually improving their position to the end of the race, and a gallant struggle occurred between Adams and Lane and Gee and Wharton for the third place, in which the former ultimately were successful. The boats came in thus at Chiswick-ait—Smith and partner first by eight lengths, Ross and Johnson second, Adams and Lane third, beating Gee and Wharton by half a length. RACES TO COME. Newmarket First Spring 28 IL. Plymouth .. ... 30 Eglinton Park Gorhambury 2O Shrewsbury Epsom UNE. _ _ Chester Tavistock Spring ...... Newmarket Second Spr l3 Manchester Ascot Sutton Park l6 Hampton Newcastle-on-Tyne 23 1 Bibury Club 25 Stockbridge .. ... r LY. _ _ Carlisle Newmarket July Meet ing Lancaster Liverpool Dudley Newton Goodwood 29 AUGI Huntingdon Horwich . 6 Brighton Abery stwith 6 Wolverhampton Plymouth Tunbridge Wells .. SEPTE: , UST. 1 Lewes l3 or 14 York Devon 2O Stourbridge Tiverton 2B Stockton ... 28 ,MBER. Warwick Rochester and Chatham 3 Abingdon Lichfield Leicester lO Doncaster OCTO Yorkshire Union Hunt... Newmarket .:.econd Oc- Idrewood .. 22 Richmond 23 Walsall Lincoln Newmarket First Octo ber Meeting BER. Newmarket Houghton Meeting 27 MBER. tober Meeting ...... ... 13 Nov} Tarporley.. ... 5 IRISH RACES TO COME. Tullow May 6 Down Royal Corporation Castletowu Park May 20 (Maze Course)......July 21 Curragh Bellewstown .........June 24 Cashel Sept. 29 Heath Carlow July 15 The Archbishop of York entertained at dinner on Thursday evening, at his mansion in Grosvenor-square, the Duchess of Sutherland and Lady Caroline Levesen Gower, the Countess de Grey, Lady Francis Egerton, Viscount Ebrington, Sir John and Lady Johnson, &c. The Earl and Countess of Eglinton hale left the Clarendon Hotel for Eglinton Castle. The Earl and Countess of Erroll and the Ladies Hay are still sojourning at Cowes. The Noble Lord is somewhat improved. The Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury have arrived at Mivart's Hotel from Alton Towers, his Lordship's seat in Staffordshire. The Earl and Countess of Albemarle have left their seat, Qui dinton Hall, to attend the Newmarket Spring Meeting. The Duke of Marlborough has taken one of the spacious man. pions in Eaton-square, adjoining Lord Aylmer's, for the season. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's and their youthful family are expected to return to Piccadilly at the end of the ensuing week, from Brighton, where they have been passing the winter. The Earl and Countess of Jersey will give a grand farewell entertainment on Thursday next to their Reyai Highnesses the hereditary Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitc. THE RAPID MAIL CARRIER—THREE HUNDRED MILES past Hour..—ln the last number of the Mechanics' Magazine there is a notice of a new plan, invented by Mr. W. H. James, for the rapid transmission of letters and light dispatches through tubular passages, at certain intervals, m which he proposes to place air-exhausting machines, which will establish a perpetual aurrent of artificial hurricane, by means of which spherically-shaped elastic vehicles, or bags, will be blown from station to station. The first cost is esti mated by Mr. James at 2,000/. per mile, and the working ex penses at from 3001. to 5001. per annum for every 50 miles. This system would enable us to transmit documentary intel ligence at the rate of 7,200 miles a day ! Instead of one ex change of letters per day between Liverpool and London, there might be twelve exchanges. Mr. Walter Long, M.P., for North Wiltshire, con tinues so much indisposed as to disable the Hon. Member from attending to his Parliamentary duties. WILL OF PROFESSOR DANIELL.—Probate of the will of the late John Frederick Daniell, formerly residing in Gower-street, Bedford. square, but late of Norwood, in the county of Surrey, Esq., professor of chemistry at King's Col lege, and Foreign Secretary to the Royal Society, has just been granted to his son, the Rev. George Freaeric Daniell, clerk, one of the executors, a power being reserved to Edmund Robert Daniell, Esq., the brother of the deceased, to prove the will hereafter; they are also appointed trustees of the estate, and guardians to the minors. The personal property sworn under 9,000/. He directs that the whole of his estate, real and personal, may be invested in good securities for the benefit of his children. The will is dated November 4, 1842. Professor Daniell, it may be remembered, died suddenly in the council-room of the Royal Society on the 13th of March last, in a fit of apoplexy, aged 55. DEATHS BY ACCIDENT COMPENSATION.—The fol lowing are the Peers who have been nominated by the House of Lords to constitute the Select Committee to whom has been referred the consideration of the Death by Accident Compensation Bill, that was recently introduced into their Lordships' House :—The Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, Duke of Richmond, Marquis of Lansdowne, Marquis of Salisbury, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Devon, Earl of Lonsdale, Earl Lovelace, Earl Ellenborough, Lord Stanley, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Redesdale, Lord Prudhoe, Lord Col chester, Lord Brougham, Lord Denman, Lord Cottenham, Lord Langdale, Lord Portman, and Lord Campbell. The Committee will meet on Monday, at four o'clock, for the first time, when a chairman will be appointed. THE BISHOP OF EXETER'S VISITATION. —A resident of Plymouth has called our attention to the rather singular fact, that although the Bishop has fixed upon a day for visiting all the other places in th e di ocese , h e h as no t nam ed one for his visit either to Plymouth or Totnes. The circum stance is the more remarkable, from the Bi s h o p' s we ll known an tipathies—we hope his Lordship i s not go i ng t o d e p r i v e us of the honour of his company, even for a day.—Plymouth Journal. 4i V. = . Week Last E, Ad ..i., ending NAME OF RAILWAY. week. t e ,a el - 6 g X X April 19 Arbroath and Forfar ••• • • • ••••• .. • . 168 152 18 Birmingham and Gloucester. •••• • • • • 3,799 2,144 18 Chester and Birkenhead .•••••. • . • . • • 490 415 17 Dublin and Drogheda• • • 714 - 22 Dublin and Kingstown - 968 20 Dundee and Arbroath .••••.•• • • • • • • • 330 258 19 Durham and Sunderland .•••••• • • • • • • 413 366 19 Edinburgh and Glasgow .••••• • • - • • • 2,439 2,092 20 Eastern Counties and North Eastern. • 4,560 4,475 19 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr ••• • • • 1,616 1,180 19 Glasgow and Greenock.. 19 Grand Junction . 19 Gravesend and Rochester .... ........ 108 - 19 Great North of England 20 Great Western .• • - Hull and Selby .. 18 Liverpool and Manchester 5,049 4,141 19 London and Birmingham .•••• • • - - • 19,002 19,095 20 London and Blackwell •••• • • • • ..... 1,020 1,104 19 London and Brighton .•. 22 London and Croydon 1,170 299 24 London and Greenwich ...... ..... .. 1,167 895 19 London and South Western .••- • • - 5,537 5,692 20 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury ...... 973 777 18 Manchester and Birmingham •-•• .• • • 3,868 3,343 19 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc- 5,637 5,274 19 Midland Counties. 10,845 808 19 Newcastle and Darlington ••••. • .• • • 1,165 469 19 Newcastle and Carlisle.... .. ... ••• .. 1,440 1,356 20 Newcastle and North Shields- - .... 365 303 - North Union and Bolton and Preston - 1,190 21 Paris, Corbeil, and Orleans.. .. _ 5,688 5,535 - Paris •and Rouen ••• •••• 4,353 19 Preston and Wyre .. 19 Sheffield and Manche5ter............ 647 523 24 South Eastern •• • • . 919 859 - Ulster. •.•.••••• • • • • • • • • • .... . ..... - 697 19 Yarmouth and Norwich ............ 212 - 19 York and North Mid1and........... 2,481 2,168 COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—Wednesday, the inquiry on the commission of lunacy instituted against Mr. Nelson was re. slimed. After hearing many witnesses, among whom was Dr. Munro (who was examined in Dalmas's case), and who gave it as his decided opinion that Mr. Nelson was of unsound mind, as well as others who were as positive that he was perfectly sane, the Learned Commissioner summed up, and the jury having retired for about twenty minutes, returned a verdict—" That Mr. Nelson was of sound mind, and perfectly capable of taking care both of himself and his property." ARMY MOVEMENTS.—The lot Dragoon Guards (King's Own) are to march in the early part of May from Canter. bury to Exeter ; at the same time of the year the 3d Dragoon Guards are to march from Ballincollig to Longford ; the 4th (Royal Irish) from Cahir to Glasgow ; the 6th Dragoon Guards do not sail this year for the Cape, but they positively will the next; Ist Dragoons (Royals) from Dublin to Ballincollig ; the Sth Hussars remain in Dublin until October ; the 11th from Dundall' to Cahir ; the 16th sail in May for Gibraltar ; the 44th have sailed for Dublin ; the depdts of the 33d and 92d move from Cork to Michelatown and Youghal ; the 61st for India; but the 60th (Rifles), as we hear, do not leave England this spring. DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT MURDER AND ROB -Imm—information of the following daring attemp atmurder and robbery has been distributed throughout the City and Metropolitan Police districts :—On the night of Monday last on Mrs. Meredith, the wife of a gentleman residing at No. 196, Upper Thames.street, going into her bed.room, between twelve and one o'clock, she was much alarmed at finding a strange man standing in the room. Al. though much alarmed, Mrs. Meredith with great presence of mind was withdrawing from the room, when the villain rushed on her, and attempted to stab her in her neck with a knife. On seeing him raising the knife she seized his arm, and in the scuffle her hand was cut, and the ruffian, extricating himself from her grasp, ran down stairs from the second floor, and effected his escape by the front door before any person could come to her assistance. The perpetrator of the outrage is described as being about forty years of age, rather tall, dark complexion and dark whiskers, dressed in dark clothes. His coat is supposed to have been torn up the back, and the front of his shirt to be stained with blood from his having been seized there during Mrs. Meredith's endeavours to detain him. MEDITERRANEAN AND EAST INDIA MAILS.— Mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon, India, and China, via Marseilles, in connexion with the packet which sailed from Seuthainpton on the 20th, will be dispatched this evening. The next mails for Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, India, and Cihnign of via Southampton, will he dispatched h ence on the ni the 3d of May; and those for the same d es ti nat i ons, via o Marseilles, on the evening of the 7th of May. Th e George morning will take out the mails for Sydney, New South Wales, on the 30th inst. (Wednesday next) ; the Severn is appointed to take out the West India mails of the morning of the 2d of May, the Britannia for the American mails of the 3 d of May. RUNNING MATCll.—Wednesday morning a second match for 51. a-side (the previous one having taken place on the Bth inst.), came off in the Kensington.road, between Jame s L ees, of Knightsbridge, and George Brady, of London. Shortly after seven o'clock the men were at their post, and every necessary ar rangement having been made, they started, Brady leading and maintaining his advantage, from which Lees was never able to dis place him, and ultimately finished as he liked, his antagonist hay. iag given up some time before the completion of the distance. Brady evidently, from the commencement, had the advantage, his speed being far greater than his opponent. Both men were in I excellent condition; the distance was one milk THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, APR AL 18,5. EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. (SATURDAY.) This is the forty-first annual exhibition of this the parent of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, and we are glad to say that the Society still keeps up its pristine reputation. We consider that this Society has done for art—for British art—(for water-colour painting is a branch of art which may be called exclusively British) —more than almost any other society in existence. Fifty years ago water-colour drawing was merely a pretty ac• complishment—to talk of water-colour paintings would have been considered absurd—sneered at by the Royal Academy— looked upon with contempt by the dauber in oils: the artist in water colours was denied the privilege of even ex hibiting his productions, so as to show the public of what water-colour drawing was capable. This Society was then founded to give him that opportunity, and from that moment we had water-colour paintings,—the artists in water colours forced the public to acknowledge them as artists, and water-colour painting now takes its rank among the arts as in all respects equal to painting in oils—in some respects even superior to it. For the creation of this branch of art we are indebted to this So. ciety ; and, therefore, it is with a feeling of gratitude that we enter the portals of the gallery in Pall-mall East. The exhibition of the present year is in every respect excel lent. Copley Fielding contributes no lets than forty-two pictures of various sizes, and, although all are good, of vari ous degrees of merit, the pictures which struck us as most worthy of admiration from the pencil of this artist, are-92, Scene on the South Downs, near Brighton ; 121, View of the Summit of Snowdon ; and 143, View of Lancaster from the coast. This last is an ex ceedingly beautiful picture, perhaps the best that Copley Fielding has in the exhibition. Samuel Prout gives us several most elaborately finished pictures of mediaeval ar chitecture ; they are all fine, and we only wish he had given us more of them. J. D. Harding gives us but few pictures this year, not exceeding half a dozen in all ; but every one is a gem. No. 26, " Berne, Switzerland— Morning as it sometimes wakes among the Alps," is a miracle of painting. The following description from the catalogue will give some idea of the scene. After describing a terrific thunder-storm, the writer proceeds " This lasted till I left Berne at five o'clock, and when distant from the city about three quarters of an hour, the sun broke through the clouds, and presented a sight the most gorgeous. Every hue of scarlet and gold mixed with the spectral grey clouds, which here and there dis charged their yet unspent stores of water. Day had, as yet, only reached the Alpine heights ; the grey and reeking landscape was lighted, but not warmed by reflection from the struggling sky, aad altogether formed one of the richest sights nature could have presented." We are in doubt whether this picture of Harding's, or No. 57, " Coast of Antrim," by H. Gastineau, is the gem of the exhibition. The following lines are given in the catalogue as descriptive of the scene : " Where darkness hears the booming echoes roar And caverned surges rock the pillared shore; Or where, extended o'er yon dreadful deep, Hangs Reda's aerial bridge from steep to steep." The boldness of the rocks—the sweep of the bridge—the boiling of the surge beneath, all are represented with a bold ness and vigour which bespeaks genius of the highest order. The drawing is perfect and the colouring very fine. Mr. Gastineau contributes several other pictures, all of which are good. W. Hunt gives some most remark able candle-light effects. His" Romish Devotion" (No. 9), is a work of a much higher order of art—it is really a fine picture. Richter's " Parting of Romeo and Juliet " (No. 203), is a beautiful picture, and displays a fine Shaksperian feeling. The Juliet is the most beautiful— the most truly Shaksperian—we have ever seen. The late hour of the day at which we write com pels us to close this hasty sketch without even allud ing to the many other exquisite works of art in this ex hibition. We hope, however, to be enabled to return to the subject. RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY Tiumc.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail• ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same week in the previous year : LITERATURE. HISTORY OF THE CONSULATE AND EM PIRE OF FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON. M .A. Thi ers . Vol: 111. This volume h as d es t roye d a ll th e f avoura ble anti cipations of a true and impartial narrative of events which the English reader was led to form from the details given in the first two parts. M. Thiers being a man of some standing in society, laying claim to the character of a historian, and well furnished with original documents for th e wo rk, was expected to re late the history of hi s coun t ry d ur i ng its most event ful period, with a correctness and impartiality which might render it not only acceptable to Frenchmen, but to all civilised nations. We certainly had looked to the publication with such expectations, imagining that a man who had raised himself from the lowest rank to that of prime minister of France, would have avoided all undue nati ona liti es — a ll party spleen and falsehood, in order to reach a more difficult and more honourable position than that of a cabinet minister— a faithful an] elegant historian. We, however, have been miserably disappointed. Throughout this volume, wherever English affairs are mentioned, truth is obscured by the most perverse and violent dis tortion of facts. A co l our i ng i n f avour o f France is given in every chapter and page, and no merit is al lowed to England, ex , :ept what he could not deny, that in every principal encounter with the fleets and troops of France, those of England by some chance or another came off best. He could not come to any other conclusion, because the fact is known to all the world, but it is evident from the excuses which he invents for the failures of his countrymen, and the extravagant praise w hi c h h e bestows on the most trivial victory, th a t if h e cou ld by any possibility have had the whole field of history to himself, the E ng li s h wou ld have been denied even the l eas t par ti c l e o f justi c e. But, luckily, this depart ure f rom t ru th brin g s its o w n punishment, and never was men dacity less successful than in the case of M. Thiers. By inventing pleas of excuse for the defeats of the French, he has done the greatest injustice to that gallant and ingenious peo ple, and made their admirals and generals utterly ridiculous. To begin with Admiral Ganteaume, who he describes as " a very brave man, a good sea man, and an excellent officer." This gentleman set out fr m Brest with a fleet of seven ships of the line, two frigates and a brig, all fast-sailing vessels, carry ing 4,000 troops destined for Egypt. After escaping the English squadron, and performing wonders, one of which was " preparing to board an English frigate," which, unfortunately for his glory, continued to manoeuvre and escape the danger, he reached the Straits of Gibraltar, and as Admiral Waeren, the only enemy in that quarter, had but four ships, and Admiral Keith was locked up in some bay on the coast of Asia Minor, the gallant Ganteaume had only to sail direct to Alexandria, land his troops, and secure Egypt to the French. But, strange to say, this very brave man was absolutely afraid of every thing like an English flag. When he saw Warren's fleet, consisting, as we have said, of four ships, he vowed he saw seven or eight, and under pretence of escorting to Toulon a frigate which did not sail to his liking, he proceeded in that di rection with his whole fleet, merely to bear the lubber of a frigate company till she could run into a French harbour. lie, of course, had no intention of entering Toulon himself, but un luckily when in the Gulf of Lyons he again caught sight of the English squadron, and "ran in conster nation into Toulon." " This fatal conduct," says the faithful historian, "lost us Egypt ;" yet he affirms, in another place, if Ganteaume had proceeded direct from Elba, where he was on the 25th of April, more than nine weeks afterwards, he might have been the saviour of the army in Egypt. But " the brave man, the skilful seaman, and the ex ce ll en t officer," had many adventures during that period. He stayed at Toulon precisely one month, and was at last ac tually forced out by the urgent remonstrances of the First Consul, but on going out of the harbour, the ship Constitution grounded, and two days elapsed before she could be got afloat. At last, he fairly put to sea with a gallant fleet, consi▪ sting of seven ships of the line and several frigates, and made sa il t owar d s Sardinia; but when almost within sight of Africa, one of his captains, in command of the Dix-Aout, most unskilfully ran foul of the Formidable, and the Gallant Admiral, so much alarmed at the damage done by this rencontre, fled again back to Toulon. There he remained for twenty days, and at length mustered courage to run the risk of looking at the English. After reaching Porto Ferrajo, then in our possession, and firing a few shots at the place, he gallantly proceeded towards his destination, when a contageous disease broke out in his squadron. He put the sick on board three ships, and consigned them to the care of Admiral Linois, and with four ships of the line and two frigates having on board 2,000 troops, he steered for Egypt, and finally anchored off the coast of Africa, a few days march to the west of Alexandria; but most un luckily about the 30th of May—(we wish to be par ticular as to dates when speaking of great events)— " he thought that he perceived the English fleet; he no longer deliberated, hoisted his boats on board and slipped his cables, without taking time to weigh an chor, lest he should be attacked at his moorings, set sail, and was not overtaken by the enemy." But, indeed, there was no enemy there. However, he met one in his flight, a solitary English ship, the Swiftsure, half-manned and half-mounted, and, says the histo rian, in language rivalling that of Caesar, " to give chase to her, to surround, ra k e , an d ca pt ure her, was an affair of a few moments." The Gallant Admiral entered Toulon with the trophy. This ludicrous de scription of Ganteaume's adventures is put forth to ac count for the loss of Egypt ; b u t un f o rtunately for his purpose, M.. Thiers is n o t sa ti s fi e d w ith disgracing French sailors, he must also exhibit French soldiers in a still more contemptible light, all for the purpose of praising Bonaparte, and proving that when he was not present the French army h a d no t fair play. This is a strange compliment to his countrymen, for Bo• naparte was a foreigner. A ny thi ng , h o wever, serves M. Thiers when he detracts from the merits of the English, and that is always. Menou, after the assassi nation of Kleber, comma n d e d i n E g ypt, a n d accord ing to Thiers was not a very bright General, though appointed to the chief command by Bonaparte, after mature deliberation. In thi s i nstance h e f o rgets his favourite, to diminish the glory of the gallant Aber cromby. Menou was a bad General, but he had good officers under him—Regnier, the gallant Friant, and the gallant Lanusse, Belliard, Verdier, and many others, to whose na mes h e pre fi xes high-sounding epithets. Unfortunately, however, they would not work together. They ca b a ll e d an d even conspired to depose the Commander-in-Chief. Menou was too powerful for them altogether—shipped off some to F n r d an p c a e l , tr p y u d n i i s s p h n ed tes o d th is e g r ra s ;ceyd theetd di scon tent prevailed, a ar my, even in the presence of the enemy, whom, M. Thiers says, the French might easily ha ve sur rounded and driven into the sea. Phrases of this kind occur so fre quently as to become ridiculous, but they are always accompanied with an if, or a h a d, or a possible, and a but. The self-confidence of the army, too, i s adduced as a cause of failure :—" Our t r oops had formed the habit of fighting in Egypt one against four—some times one against eight, and they thought that th , e , nhis againstwas a fatal English could not withstand a cbarg,, "This was e of the bayonet." And Thus,wit h the French. They had - a bad generals the staff officers quarrelled with him, and with one another like children, and cried for their beautiful France. They e gre very at ci na rcu iv m et s e ta were soured by exile, and everyone would be master , and the very English deceived them by not fighting like the wild Arabs, and standing a charge of the bayonet. Under such circumstances bribery was easy. Abercromby and Hutchinson had no merit; envious fate caused the mischief, and "all that rem a i ne d t o b e done was to capitulate." We will allow M. Thiers t o t e ll his own tale, and leave the rea der to judge if we h ave at all magnified his vain - glo r y and his contemptible excuses for every failure. The followi ng i s hi s ac count of the battle of Alexandria. In it we fi n d no for the Eng few im ert hport ;ntaenntbaugtse,nit in independent dentof . and one if, a very business, lish " were found to give way , and if Menou had done so-or-so, they " would have left the French a secure victory." "BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA. " On the 21st, before daybreak (30th VentO se ), our troops were in motion. The regi▪ ment of drom e d ar i es performed, with exactness, the duty which had b een as signed to thsm. They rapidly crossed the dry parts of the lake Ma•63tis, alighted before the head of the dyke, carried the redoubts, and turned the guns against the enemy. This was enough to deceive the English, and draw their attention towards the lake Mareotis. But, to insure the success of the plan agreed upon, and which was to be carried out on the sea-side, a precisio n was necessary, such as is difficu lt of attainment when a manoeuvre is executed in the dark, and still more unat tainable, when there is not at the head on e supreme directing mind to guide the enterprise, and co m p e t ent to compute both time and distances. " The division of Lanusse, manoeuvring in the dark, advanced without order, and created confusion among our troops in the centre. The first column, under the orders of General Silly, marched boldly to the redoubt, which was thrown up before the Roman t amp . L anusse directed it in person, and led it on to the redoubt. But suddenly he discovered that the second co l umn h a d out in o f at this firstt. the He o s r i o t idoe nassigned towards missed its way, and instead of skirting the s ea - s id e t o attack the Roman camp , ha d a pp roached too close to the pointing u ftooritt.he Unfortunately, purpose moment he received a wound the thigh, w hi c h prove d mortal ; a most fatal event , which was to ent a il deplor able consequences. The troops being suddenly deprived it, to of the command of this energeti▪ c officer, the attack slackened. The day, which now began to d awn , ena bl e d the English to di sce rn the poi▪ nt against which they should direct their fire. Our soldiers, galled simultane ously by the fire from the gunboats, from the Roman camp and the redoubts, evinced admirable firmness and bravery. But, ere long, all their superior o ffi cers being wounded, they were left without commanders, and fell back behind some slight eminences of sand, scarcely high enough to cover them. Meanwhile, the first column, which Lanusse had left to proceed towards the second, had just carried the first redan of the redoubt, erected on the hill towards the right. It then marched onwards to wards the main work, with a view to storm it, but, being baffled in this attempt, wheeled round in order to attack it on the flank. The centre of the army, under Rampen, perceiving that column foiled in its attempt, likewise turned from its object in order to support it. The 32ddemi brigade, detached from the centre, also came up to storm this fatal redoubt. These general concurrent efforts led to a sort of confusion. They pressed furiously against this obstacle, and the rapid operation, which was to have consisted in carrying, in double quick time, the line of the works, was converted into a long, obstinate attack, in which much valuable time was lost. The 21st demi-brigade, which belonged to the centre, leaving the 32d engaged before the redoubt, the possession of which was so hotly disputed, alone executed the plan originally laid down, passed the line of entrenchments, and, ad vancing boldly, deployed in the f ace o f th e English army. It received, and returned, a most tremendous fire. But it needed support, and Menou, during this time, incapable of commanding, paced up and down the field of battle, issuing no orders, but allowing Reynier to extend his line uselessly in the plain on the right, with a considerable force, without any duty to perform. " Menou was at this time advised to undertake with the cavalry, which was 1,200 strong, and of incompara ble valour, a general charge upon the mass of English foot, which the 24th had alone advanced to encounter. Menou, adopting this advice, gave orders to charge. The gallant General Roize placed himself immediately at the head of the 1,200 horse, crossed rapidly the line of the enemy's destructive fire, formed by the redoubts which our infantry were in vain attempting to carry by storm, got safely over to the other side, and finding the 21st demi-brigade at close quarters with the English, fell im petuously upon them. This gallant body of cavalry first leaped the ditch which separated them from the enemy, and then dashed fiercely upon the foremost line of the English infantry, drove them back in disorder, and cut down a great number of men. The enemy was thus forced to give way. If Menou, at this moment, or rather Reynier, supplying the place of his chief, had brought up our right wing to the support of the cavalry, the centre of the English army, thereby thrown into c infu sion, and driven beyond the works, would have left us a secure victory. The works, isolated, cut off from all support, would have fallen into our hands. But the ca'e was far otherwise. The French cavalry, after having broken the enemy's line, seeing before them still other lines to overcome, and having only the 21st demi-brigade to support it, fell back, repassing under the exterminat ing fire of the redoubts.. . . From this moment the battle could not possibly have a successful issue. The left, deprived of all energy by the death of their general, poured an ineffectual fire upon the entrenched positions, which returned it with most murderous effect. The right—deployed in the plain, near the lake Mar6otis, in order to make a diversion, which had no longer any aim in view, since the en gagement, now become general, had fixed each party in its respective position—in this way performed no ser vice whatever. Without doubt an energetic general who would have recalled it to the centre, and with this additional force have renewed General Roize's attack, might have attempted a second inroad upon the main body of the English, and thus have changed, perhaps, the fortune of the day. But General Menou gave no such commands, and Reynier, who at that moment might have taken the initiative, which he assumed inoppor tunely on other occasions in civil matters, confined him self solely to venting complaints at not receiving direc tions from the Commander-in-chief. In this state of matters, the only thing which remained to be done was to retreat. Menou issued the orders, and the division fell back, presenting a bold front to the enemy, but suf fering fresh losses from the fire of the works. " hat a spectacle war becomes, when the lives of men, when the destinies of empires, are thus confided to incapable or disunited chiefs, and when blood is made to flow in torrents, commensurate with the inaptitude or the . dissensions of those who are invested with command ! " It could not be said that the battle was lost, the enemy not having made a step in advance ; but it was virtually lost, inasmuch as it was not completely gained, for it was essential that our success should have been com plete to enable us to drive back the English towards Aboukir, and compel them to re-embark. The loss was great on both sides. The English had about 2,000 men killed and wounded, and amongst them was the brave General Abercromby, who was carried on board the fleet in a dying state. The loss of the French was about the same. Exposed during the whole day to a downward fire, both in front and in flank, they had suffered severely. The troops displayed admirable coolness. The spirit with which the cavalry charged had filled the English with surprise and admiration. The number of officers and generals wounded during the battle was greater than usual. Generals Lanusse and Roize were killed ; the General of Brigade, Silly, commanding one of Lanusse's columns, had his leg carried off ; General Baudot was wounded so severely that his life was despaired of. General Destaing, also, was badly wounded. Rampon had his uniform riddled with balls. " The moral effect was still more disastrous than the physical one. No hope now remained of being able to force the enemy to re-embark. We were about to have upon our hands, besides the English who had landed at Alexandria, the Turks, already on their march from Syria ; the capitan-pacha, about to arrive with the Turkish squadron, and to disembark 6,000 Albanians on the coast at Aboukir ; besides the 6,000 Sepoys brought from India, by way of the Red Sea, and ready to land at Comeir, upon the coast of Upper Egypt. What was to be done in the midst of so many enemies, with troops whose courage, doubtless, was unimpaired, when called upon to fight, but who, when the affairs of the colony grew deperate, were always ready to say that the expedition was a dazzling act of folly, and that their blood was sacrificed unavailingly to a mere chimera ? "In the three engagements of the Bth, 13th, and 21st of March, we had lost the services of nearly 3,500 men, of whom one-third were killed, one-third severely wounded, and one-third incapable of returning to the ranks for some weeks to come. Although the army was greatly weakened, we could, nevertheless, now, as at the beginning of the campaign, manceavre rapidly between the various bodies tending to form a junction, beat the vizier, if he should enter by way of Syria, or the capitan pacha if he should attempt to penetrate by way of Ro setta, or the English, if they should advance on the narrow tongues of land which communicate with the interior of Egypt. But the 3,500 men whom we had lost rendered this plan more difficult then ever. If 3,000 men were left in Cairo, and 2,000 or 3,000 in Alexandria, only 7,000 or 8,000 would remain to manoeuvre in the open field, even es, and thatthatupposingthe ec a s ll o t n h d e ary availableposts were forces ee e w va e c r u e a c te o d l : l without any exception. With a very resolute and able general success would have been doubtful, yet still within the bounds of possibility ; but what could be expected of Menou and his lieutenants ? " It is hardly necessary to give more instances of M. I Thiers' total want of fidelity as a historian ; but the affair of Algeziras, which in honour of the French he calls a brilliant engagement, and the flight of the French and Spanish fleets from the Bay of Gibraltar, 'pursued by Admiral Saumarea, are too characteristic to be omitted. At Algeziras M. Thiers claims a great victory, the French and Spanish fleets too—at least what of them the English and accident had spared, entered Cadiz, in a sort of triumph, and the inhabitants " filled the air with acclamation, at the sight of the Formidable, returning victoriously into the harbour ;" but it is a curious fact that all the vic tories which M. Thiers recounts were gained when the French were in full flight, either before only one half of their numbers, or before an imaginary enemy, when the Swiftsure was taken by four ships of the line and two frigates under Ganteaume. The French were flying as fast as wind could carry them to Toulon before Admiral Warren's ghost, and Jerome Bonaparte was one of the ru nawa y s — a t Al gec i ras , Linois run his ships aground to escape from Sau marez, and by aid of th e b a tt er i es , an d ow i ng t o one English ship, th e H ann ib a l, runn i ng agroun d i n t h e pursuit, even according to Thiers, she was taken. Another English ship, also, according to the same faithful narrator, was taken, but, unfortunately, the victorious Linois could not keep her, and when the combined fleets entered Cadiz in triumph, they had only saved themselves by flight, and such a dis• graceful flight ! They consisted, says M. Thiers, of nine ships of the line and six frigates, while Admiral Saumarez had only five ships of the line and several frigates ; but M. Thierstakes care not to say how many (probably not m ore tha n t wo ), ye t with this disproportionate force the Englishman took one ship of the line, destroyed two, and the forts of Cadiz saved the remainder. But this result, ac cording to the ex-Prime-Minister, did the English no honour, for it required not fewer than three English ships of the line to capture the San Antonio, and be sides the San Antonio " defended herself without that order and coolness which are indispensable to put in motion these gigantic engines of warfare," and the other two vessels were destroyed, but not by the Eng lish. They absolutely fought with each other like the Kilkenny cats, though their destruction was more complete. The English, of course, must have been at the bottom of the mischief, for agreeably to the dishonourable system of warfare carried on by "perfidious Albion,' Admiral Saumarez ordered the Superb to fire red-hot balls into the San Carlos, which took fire—ran foul of the Santa Hermenegilda, and the two friendly ships, taking each other for enemies, fought like very devils, till both blew up with frightful explosion. M. Thiers of course claims the glory of the day, or rather of the night, for it was pitch dark, and modestly says, the English could do no less than admit the, fact, and "they might be considered as having been quite beaten in these severa l encounters, but for the accidental circum stances of the night." His words are : " The English could not deny that the glory of these engagements was on our side ; and, as respected the actual loss, it was equally divided. If the French had lost ono ship and the Spaniards two, the English had left one vessel in our power, and had two so dis- abled as to be rendered quite unfit for further service. But for the accidental occurrences of the night, th e y might be considered as having been quite beaten in these several encounters. The battle of Algeziras, and the re turn of the Formidable into port, were amongst the most distinguished exploits known in the annals of our naval history ." A similar false account is given of Nelson's attack on the Boulogne flotilla. "On that occasion," says the author, " it was not an unsucces,ful attempt, it was a positive defeat. That which added still more to the delight occasioned by this brilliant action was, that we had beaten Nelson in person," Not a word is said of the French authorities being so terrified hy the very name of Nelson, that they had chained to gether all their gun-boats to prevent them being cut out. He makes no allusion to the circumstance, because he knows it to be a fact. No men tion is made of chains, though he admits an iron cable saved one boat. That boat was com manded by Gueroult, an energetic officer, and while he was defending himself on deck, the English vessels which surrounded him endeavoured to cut the cables. " Fortunately one was an iron cable, and resisted all the efforts to break it." This is the only allusion to the scheme which saved the flotilla. From these details it is evident that M. Thiers' history of every battle between the English and French must be regarded as a mere fable, and utterly destitute of truth, except the conclusion, which he could neither gloss over nor deny. He does not injure England, but he injures himself and his gallant countrymen, by perverting the truth of history, and exhibiting one of the bravest of na tions in the most contemptible light. 'What a con trast between his chicanery, his inventions, his falshoods, and his bigoted hostility to Englishmen, and the animated descriptions of Colonel Napier, in which the fullest merit is given to the French officers and soldiers engaged in the Peninsular war, and if any favour is shown, it is by the candid and generous Englishman shown to the enemy. We may read a lesson, however, of vast importance, in this single volume. Should M. Thiers ever be re stored to the Cabinet, war with England will be his darling object. His vanity makes him confident of success, and his malignant spirit will never rest satisfied till be has tried the hazardous expe riment of another bloody contest. Some have been inclined to blame Lord Palmerston for the rapidity with which he brought the Eastern question to a crisis—but Palmerston was right—he knew his man—he was admitted behind the scenes—saw the storm must come soon or late, if Thiers remained in power, and like a man of spirit he brought the question at once to an issue. He was resolved that there should be no mistake, and M. Thiers, finding he had met with his match was forced to resign. Luckily for the peace of the world, this far famed work proves that M. Thiers is utterly desti tute of judgment. THE IMPROVISATORE ; or, Life in Ray. From the Danish of Hans Christian Andersen. Translated by Mary Hoiritt. To Mrs. Howitt we owe our acquaintance with the literature of the North ; by her translations the novels of Sweden are familiar as our own. She now directs our attention to Denmark, introducing us not only to a new country, but to an author differing entirely from the preceding. Miss Bremer's tales were cele brated as descriptions of real life—as perfect delinea tions of domestic character; "The Improvisatore," on the contrary, is the history of genius, the faithful picture of a poet's trials, described with all a poet's power. In the introduction we find a sketch of the author's life; and here we have a key to the whole work. What he relates, he has himself endured : the hero's adventures are the reflection of his own. " Hans Christian Andersen," says the biography, " is one of those men who, from their earliest youth, have had to keep up a warfare with circumstances ; a man like Burns and Hogg, who seemed destined by Fate to end their lives unnoticed in a village, and yet through an instinctive sense of their destined pre-eminence in the beautiful regions of art and literature, and sus tained by an irrepressible will, have made themselves a part of the great world." Like all those who have fought their way to fame, the life of Andersen has been a constant and unceasing struggle, a continued series of frustrated hopes, an un ending source of bitter mortification. Of humble origin, reared in penury—he had no education, no hope of improvement; but the mighty spirit was strong within him—the seeds of genius find deepest root in the soil of adversity. Like many an ardent enthusiast, he battled with the storm, but unlike the majority, he lives to see his triumph. At the age of fourteen he was to become the apprentice of a tailor, when he earnestly implored his mother to let him first make a voyage to Copenhagen, to see the theatre; she reluctantly consented, and friendless and alone he reached the capital. Here he remained for many years, struggling with his fate. Here, by the aid of chance friends, he obtained the instruction he so much desired, being ignorant even of his own lan guage ; and here at length he appeared as an author. His poems obtained celebrity for a time, but the un known poet had many enemies. His rivals were powerful and relentless, and again he was doomed to despair. At this time he received a royal stipend to enable him to travel through Germany and Italy. This good fortune excited general envy—even his friends wrote to him to say they too thought that " his day was past." His day was past indeed, but it was the day of doubt and despair—the day of his triumph was to come. Full of hope he reached Italy, and there " a change came o'er the spirit of his dream." The genius which had dawned amid the northern snows, burst furth in full glory under the Italian sun. In that beautiful land he awoke to a new life—his was no common patriotism. Italy was the country of his soul, to her he turned with all the ardour of a poet—the devotion of a patriot. In the "Improvisatore" he poured forth the feelings of his soul ; the hero like himself is a child of song; in him are reflected his own daring hopes, the bitter realities of experience, the proud consciousness of genius, above all, the adoration of the sunny south. A tone of melancholy, the melancholy of his own life, pervades the whole poem; for it is a poem, though dressed in the garb of prose, though translated to a foreign language, no transformation can affect the poetic spirit breathed in every line. Though un acquainted with the original, we feel certain Mrs. Howitt has done it justice, even as we decide on the truth of a portrait, without knowing whose likeness it is, because we feel the spirit that animates it, and know that it must be real. This book changed the fate of Andersen—envious murmurs were turned to flattering plaudits, his enemies became his humblest friends—he found, like all the world, " success is %lane, and misfortune blame." This sudden altera tion is related in the biography. " Immediately after his return he published his novel, ' The Improvisatore,' which was received with universal applause—which was read and re-read, and which the public never tired of reading. That a work of such singular originality and beauty was universally admired was not at all remarkable ; but an extraordinary effect was produced which, it seems to me, tells greatly to the honour of the Danish heart. Not only did Andersen's friends, and the public generally, acknowledge the merit of his work, but they who had treated the poet with severity came now forward and offered him the band of congratulation, and among them was the rector of the school, the hard-hearted teacher of the poor youth, who had taken all possible means to crush into the dust the talent which God had given him. He now came for ward, acknowledged his fault, and deplored it, which touched the good heart of Andersen not a little. And this is but one of the many instances of generous enthu siasm which was excited by this beautiful work towards its author." We cannot join in Mrs. Howitt's astonishmentat this change of conduct, it is ever thus, it seems the stern decree of Fate during the hard struggle up the hill of fame every obstacle is thrown in the way of genius— when he has reached the summit and is above assis tance every hand is proffered. The history of the world has Ho severer trials than those endured by the young and ardent ; where can they look for counsel in their hour of need— " Who will hear the friendless lay? Who dare the modest youth approve? The world is mute—he turns away, While envy tears the laurel'd bay, By Fancy's fairy fingers wove." Andersen has passed through the trying ordeal, may he long live to enjoy his hard-earned fame. We subjoin an extract of his praises of Italy, and cne of his poetic descriptions : • " Beautiful Italy !" shouted Federigo, triumphantly. " Yes, thus stood thy image before me in the distant north. In my remembrance blew this air which I now inspire with every breath I draw. I thought of thy olive-groves when I saw our willows ; I dreamed of the abundance of the oranges when I saw the golden apples in the peasants' gardens beside the fragrant clover-field ; but the green waters of the Baltic never become blue like the beautiful Mediterranean ; the heavens of the north never become so high, so rich in colour, as the warm, glorious south. Its gladness was inspiration, its speech became poetry. " What longings I had in my home ?" said he ; " they are happier who have never seen Paradise, than they, who having seen it, are driven forth, never to return. My home is beautiful ; Denmark is a flowery garden, which can measure itself with anything on the other side of the Alps ; it has beech-woods and the sea. But what is earthly beauty compared with heavenly ? Italy is the land of imagination and beauty ; doubly happy are they who salute it for the second time ! " We had now arrived at the great blocks on which many strangers were standing. I also mounted one, and before me, clown the mountain-side, glided slowly the fresh torrent of lava ; it was like a redly glowing fiery slime, as of melted metal streaming from a furnace and which spread it out below us far and wide, to a vast extent. No language, no picture, can represent this in its greatness and its fearful effect. The very air ap- peared like fire and brimstone ; a thick steam floated upwards over the lava stream, red with the strongly refleFted light ; but all around was night. It thundered below in the mountain, and above us ascended the pillar of fire, with its glowing stars. Never before had I felt myself so near to God. His omnipotence and greatness filled my soul. It was as if the fire around me burned out every weakness within me ; I felt strength and courage ; my immortal soul lifted its wings. " Almighty God 1' breathed forth my spirit, I will be Thy Apostle. Amid the storms of the world I will sing Thy name, Thy might, and majesty ! Higher shall my song resound than that of the monk in his lonely cell. A poet I am ! Give me strength ; pre serve my soul pure, as the soul of Thy priest and . of Nature's ought to be I folded my hands in prayer, and, kneeling amid fire a nd cloud, poured out my thanks to Him whose wonders and whose greatness my soul. ' spoke to THE IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN . S►a,--Your paper being a great authority on railway matters, you will perligps find a corner for this exposition of railway schemes in Ireland:— To the People of Ireland, particularly to the inhabitants of the provinces cf Leinster and Connaught, and to these of the County and the county of the town of Galway. My Friends,—You will doubtless rejoice on the late truly wisp decision of the railway department of the Board of T►ede, in favour of the Irish Great Western Railroad from Dublin to Galway—the line which we from the first advocated as the best—and which had your strenuous co.operation all through. Look at the map, every one must admit the justice and soundness of this decision, from the enormous advantages to be gained by constructing a great line of railway along a level that brings the Irish Sea and St. .George's Channel within a few hours of the Atlantic Ocean. I wish to lay before you the course which my duty, as a friend to Ireland, impelled me to pursue during the last six months— finding that various plans were proposed having much the same object in view, though not going as far as appeared to me essential, still fearing to recommend any lest my zeal in the cause might go beyond discretion, I determined on collecting all the information possible, which together with facts that nave been obtained, during the many years I hove devoted to the subject, I sub witted to the Board ; as soon as its decision was made known it satisfied me that it carried with it the impress of good sense, and was calculated to advance the best interest of the country. Wishing to ascertain the feeling of the parties along the line and of the country generally, and requiring some calculatione which could only be made after personal inspection, I employed my friend, Professor Oliver Byrne (of whose capability and talent I entertain the highest opinion) to inspect the country between Dublin and Galway, examine the proposed lines, and give hie opinion thereon—which, in the shape of a report, together with my book, entitled " Statistical Evidence in favour of State Rail. ways itt Ireland," published i❑ 1841, I laid before the Board of Trade. The attention of the Board was drawn to portions of that work:, which were most important—namely, to resolutions of the Grand Jury of the county, and the county of the town of Galway, Spring Assizes, 1836, in favour of the line surveyed by Messrs. Bald and Henry, civil engineers, and to their valuable report on that line, and on the port of Galway, for which survey and report I paid 5501. sterling, of which sum 230/. has only been repaid, and that by the Irish Eastern and Western Railway Company. The great advantage of a breakwater at Mutton Island was also strongly recommended in that most valuable report, and all yen. tured t) hope that Parliament would grant the small sum of 10,0001., the estimated cost of that work, which was required to complete the harbour of Galway. The evidence taken before the Select Committee of the House of Lords in 1836, with a view of improving the intercourse between the United Kingdom and the North American Colonies, contained so much valuable information on the western harbours, that 1 a!so called their attention to some of the most material portions of it—namely, the evidence of Sir John Burgoyne, Viscount Bares, ford, and of his Grace the Duke of Wellington ; also the very valuable testimony of Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Walter Otway, Captain Henry Haynes, R.N., Captain Sir John Franklin, and Captain F. Beaufort, Hydrographer to the Admiralty; from all which evidence, especially that of Admiral Otway and Captain Haynes, the Board must have perceived the absolute necessity of attending to the western harbours of Ireland, and especially to Gat_ w a y—so necessary at all times, but doubly so, before the country shall be engaged in war—to avoid the great danger in which vessels trading to the United Kingdom are exposed from the enemies• cruisers. I have marked, on both maps in single red, the line approved of by the Board of Trade, and in double red, Messrs. Bald and Henry's line, both from Dublin to Galway. On map No. 1, I have shown all the lines that are proposed to be made—those that have met with the approval of the Board of Trade, that have been rejected—recommended for postponement— and those not decided upon. On map No. 2 are those approved of by the Board—to which ars added a few lines that I think will meet with the approval of the Board—one in particular from Rath. downy, on the Cashel line, to Portumna, passing through a rich and populous country, situated on the River Shannon, at Lough Derg, navigable for steamers. The branch line from Drogheda to Kells was a favourite project of mine, and I was among the first to propose its being made some years since, in connexion with the Preston and 'Pyre Railway, and paid out of my packet 3001. towards the survey and preliminary expenses. It is worthy of the deepest attention of all classes in Ire. land, and indeed I may say, of the empire at large, what Professes Oliver Byrne states in his report, as to the advantage of the steam. tugs in towing vessels out of the port of Galway, for so soon as this railway shall be completed—that moment vessels will be prepared fitted up on the principle of the screw propeller, to navigate between Galway and New York, and I have the assurance of par. ties competent to form a just opinion on the subject, that twelve days on the average will be sufficient to bring the correspondence &c., from the greatest city in the United States of America, to the capital of the British empire; a sum of one million sterling, will be ample to purchase vessels, and form the establishment necessary for such an undertaking, and I venture to state, that a company formed for this purpose will make an enormous profit from the correspondence alone, without mentioning passengers, &c. &c., whilst the charge for freight and carriage, will, I am iii. formed, be less than one half of what it is at present. I remain, Gentlemen your devoted friend, THOMAS BERMINGHAM. 16, Tichfield.terrace, Regent's Park, April 25th, 1845. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, APRIL 25.—We COW. tinue to experience a very good demand for all descrip tions of raw sugar, and a large business has again been done at full grices. Refined goods are much wanted, ai the supply is exhausted, and the refiners have sold on pro-forward delivery. Standard lumps are worth 70s. Treacle very scarce, and sale about 191. to 20s. per cwt. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, FRIDAY —The ar rivals of Grain are moderate this week. Fresh thrashed Wheats sell at fully the rates of this day sen'night, other sorts go off slowly without alteration in value. Barley as before, the demand is now limited. Oats and Shelling again rather dearer. Beans ready sale at an advance of Is. per qr. Other articles steady. The saving between driving a sheep to is a London market from Linc)lnshire, and conveying it by steam' b'+at or railway, is proved to be no less than 10 per t.—E.c.cex Herald. The committee of the Royal Free Hospital for the Destitute Sick have received the following gratifying com munication from John F. Maubert, Ralph Ricardo, and David Mies, Esqs., the committee appointed to wind up the affairs of the late Children's Friend Society :—" The committee have been induced to present you with a cheque for 1001., fiom the knowledge they have of the excellence of your in stitution, and the ready manner medical assistance is at all times atnn.ded to the sick poor." The Rev. W. Dealtry, D.D., Chancellor of the diocese, canon of the Cathedral Church of Winchester, pre bendary of Southwell, and rector of the parish of Clapham - . Surrey, has been appointed by the Lard Bishop of Winches ter to the Archdeaconry of Surrey, void by the elevation of the Venerable Samuel Wilberforce to the Deanery of West minster. DISEASE AMONG GROUSE.—In many places some disease of a destructive character is prevailing among the grouse. They are dying by hundreds. By the sides of the streams they are often found lying dead in pairs. Some and imputing the disease to the great quantity of corn they ate in the autumn ; others to the want of nourishing food. The heath and bent were badly seeded last season, and the birds now eat large quantities of the dry husks, and imme diately fly off to the water, where they drink and die.•_ Elgin-Courant. WHITE FISHING.—We learn that the cod-fishing on the west coast has be en p rosecu t e d w ith cons id era ble success this season, and the takes are still good. By our latest accounts, the price of g ood fi s h was 17/. 10s, per ton. An instance of rather novel sport occurred, in connexion with this fishing, a few days ago. As a party were sailing in a passage boat round one of the Applecross headlands, they discovered a shoal of cod on the sand in two fathoms of water. The boat con tained, amongst other things, a gaff book and a fresh herring. The latter was attached to the end of the painter; and after having been lowered amongst the cod, it was gently raised to the surface. On each occasion the bait was followed by one of the voracious fish, which was instantly gaffed and taken into the boat.—l,trerness Courier. SHORT TIME.—ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLIS.— Messrs. Barker and Co., of Thornes Mill, near Wakefield, have, for a long time worked their hands half an hour less per day than most of the mills in the neighbourhood, yet they have liberally granted them a further respite of half an hour per day, and at the . same time advanced their wages.—Leeds Times. ON WIRE AS A MATERIAL FOR BUILDING SUS PENSION BRIDGES. —Although the use of wire offers some advantages, especially superior strength, bulk for . bulk compared with bars, general opinion is not iU favour of its adoption, on account of the impossibility, nearly, cf adjusting the length of the wires, so that when the cable has assumed its proper curvature, each wire may bear its due proportion of strain, and because of the increased liability to oxidate, in consequence of the increased surface offered by wires to the action of the atmosphere. It has been proposed that each wire should be passed through a vessel of varnish imme diately after the process of drawing, and that, after forming the wires into bundles of fifty or sixty each, they should be passed through a concave vessel of oleaginous matter at a high temperature. By this pro cess it is supposed every particle of moisture would be driven of in vapour, and its place occupied by the olea ginous substance in the interior of the cable, where it would be retained by its adhesive property, while it would harden over the exterior, and prevent oxidation, by removing the possibility of moisture coming into contact with the wire.—The Builder. The annual general meeting of proprietors of the London Institution was held on Thursday, at the theatre of the institution, in Finsbury-circus, Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., president, in the chair. The report of the 3 a u ,2 d s i o t s 7 s . announcedannounce ., h t l a t l e a nce receipts the treasurer's the handsyea r as f of. 4141. 4s. 7d., the invested property of the institution being 16,2801. in the Three per Cents. Reduced, and 21,3501. in the Consolidated Annuities. During the past year very considerable additions had been made to the library, which was now in a very complete state. Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., was re-elected president, and Sir William Curtis, treasurer, and Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Hunter was chosen a manager in the room of Wm. Cotton, Esq. SUICIDE OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP OF DEnnx —By private letters received in town, we learn that Dr. Anoughlin, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Derry, died on Sunday from the effect of a wound which he inflicted on his throat with a razor on the previous Wednesday. The dis tressing fact was kept quite secret in Derry for two or three days by his relatives, who were led to think by the medical man in attendance upon him that the wound would not prove mortal. It was said Dr. rti•Loughlin was in a low state of mind for some time ; but his friends never apprehended that he would resort to violence upon himself. THE CONVI CT HOCKER.—THE CONDEMNED SER. srox.—The convict litickvr attended Divine service yes terday morning in the chapel of Newgate. The con demned sermon was preached in a most impressive manner by the Rev. Mr. Davis, the Ordinary of the prison, who took for his text the 6th verse of the 9th chapter of Genesis—" Whosoever sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God made he man." Hocker appeared perfectly collected during the whole service, and joined in the responses, to and also in the singing of the Psalms. H r isr r e,p 0 n a 5 pe. the -commandment •' Thou shalt do no mu d_e , culiarly clear and audible. Culling TIIE T E MPTATIONS or orricE.—Sir week, " The Bill Eardley Smith stat ed at a public meeting l ast s h ou ld not pass. Th ere weer, he knew, at least twel v e men in re ' would die on the floor of the House sooner than P a rliament who Sir Robert it not infallible, birrhe7lll; s hou d sldinre a Al pretected from this new lyStal of bribllTT...a rlllO4 I I I