The Sun. — London, England, 1851-04-24 00:00:00

3usiness done today ........•••••''''.",........ 1% % 33i 4 77 % A cial Lints► sad NEW S' CLOCK ; iy.were ea rl erican were very ~ Atigi !Igyptiatl DOd bu'l 385. 31 P er q uarter& rted, en th e er in favour. Two-ana. into N O , O en chargen e l i the llait it, and 1113- fro g ns ur sent . it of Is. 3, imported vi! ay, SO tbo !otion of on' I w ithdraw n ' India CO' ay afterno on on Beve l, ay. )ke up ortl ing, the b ij. n exchange' Litt may he" tither heti/ aye reelele d . The. S a l t .n 971 to 98• er-bills ha" 618. to 6P Dr. Mexica n r-and-a sh Five per ?assive 5 1 t ' 59t. from Lieb°" wined LIP 113 18 0 ; £16• 16- 43, 552 •• 9,340 8. 02 20, 45° 10,16 1 • •• 3 11 Much ,doingt well ' Tilit.S.B. 7f f 7* t CLOSIO PRICER. X 974 97 7-. 16 -16 7 5- 1 714 7 70 5t.,P 9n4 2d 54 P cLosrN a piticO• ...-_, 1 5. 59Y0 idon. 597 w it S DAY•) , cs.w., lie° d. ber DO' Pike, Noll —Arrd. Son vich Island.; -Arrd. diet' place, vra° instant, 5 13 w id saved. is seboosa r ant, but 111° nack, of tbt lank in dee? China, B.' dae, Monte I. from e river SO . Martinique' rrd. Superb ; Elizabethj anuary, and ßoyal Vio F port, Di ems istle, Babit World, lOW ; MaOrnee ditto. TO lay, did Da aorted. 'id steamer , L assisted 0 Wisbeecl.lo ank off til l° L the shore; er, Rio Sy Ladle, rev rrd. Inver CE. Y.) )arglinle‘ SAY.), 4 Is oocupi.— DAY•) ates wbids rocetdea r" interest. RTJL) .fn, re resoroel tho COur DA i t.) .. STICK' Jrai N, aD d 11. to sb ° e be ild n°` 0 that it fl ue u nder °' t r ied l e l: , e tion; ion acti n } n ; 2811 13013.ei, ,111.11111" att~ tE e lll ,l, who bad lived for som,i time in u-e f , • i... • • f atiti , ited I,is, 4 0 A whys togtinor . . " u ght"rs. kept a hi um , in 111154,4°1'th. C 4 44 Part of Miss Shirloeli N duty to wait uoi , n the. u - aq iv hile he was - so koclging in 'Oct father's hou , e; Eft he had lived with the iamily for six or e!ght Sod r'3o4tbs e "n(rion took pl ace b,-te.t. en the def , : ndant bir thcf I,Ba Shirlock, which ultimately terminated in the Pi e a child, and le d to her leaving the roof of her ex - e .'tlY, and, although di, r , r 44 . At the trial the girl gave her evidence mos . t she undercs eitt a severe cro'-sd th„ll;_llllation relative toe baker with whom it was allege -d been intimate, there was nothing elicited to shake 101:._Prettious testimony, which was corroborated by _ her t ter7er sister. In addition to this evidence, two le defenwara Put in, the first of which was written by the .d tEalilant to the plaintiff's attorney, in which he dente tha rft ea :as the father of the child, and insinuated itui t - i a ,_°- felony against the plaintiff and his 'family ; but .ately turned out that there was no ground for the d e rtstie e. The second letter was anonymous, but evi lapedla:as put in to show that although the style of the tert,,',, l “,ing differed from that of the first, yet there were te;enaracteristics about it which induced the plain itei:"t"oey and his clerk to give it as their belief that the t i w ; ti tten by the defendant. The letter recommended Aritl' a 'ntlff to get his daughter out of the way, the 641;1:Promising to provide for her until she cbtained a ai .` l4 , and enclosing 103. as an evidence of his being he e i - n tle at This letter was proved, as already stated, to 4 the the defendant's handwriting, and in his summing t hey Le arned Judge left it for the jury to say whether it I,o7r,edited that proof, observing that if they did not th e h a'd look very much like an attempt at deception on 1 to4 r t of the plaintiff's attorney; but if they did, of 111efauded to the evidence of the girl, it would be The TV to justify their finding a verdict for the plaintiff. is th ar ced Judge called the attention of the jury lette rs e difference in the handwriting of the two th e t ,2 and at the close of the charge, he placed shetZo letters in their bands, and asked them to decide li tt e t !lr 11 0 they were both written by the same hand. teidio'uod was ha (the Learned Counsel) that . the rlo her i rr.oald be in his favour, that he actually 1 the pi a .4 l brief in anticipation of the jury finding for 00 „ 14t ift It was the second time he had done . so t he si a raa of his practice, and it should be the last, .bu ki t s credibly informed that the Learned Judge httn totea°,ctaitted the same error, for be wrote upon his m a d e verdict for the plaintiff," before the jury had the bare their 10 dottminds. To the amazement, however, of nd the bench, the jury found for the defendant, depe nd u nder a oder the mi s di rect i on th a t th e r e s u it iught to thepre"Pon the an onymous l etter, an d h ence had arisen th Th th e _eut applicatien. tereZab C HIEF JusTicE could hardly think that ti e rs arl misdirection, since the Learned Counsel mipg„ admitted that he was not deceived by the sum s eti "P , but rather that it led him to conclude before krlifitt the verdict (could be for the plaintiff. . 8 I,ieeiinea,ODaa would not contend that it was a rai - , 1 4e 1 ": 1 ul Point of law; but still the manner in which m °tlbi . tit was put was calculated—unintentionally, no Th"; Mislead the jury. kit th` ly tto CHIEF JUSTICE said the Court would con: de e i d ed a Learned Judge who tried the case before it the Motion. - 'tatti Al (Be ▪ COURT.—(THIS DAY.) 4 r. J C.) , )3241 1 4 fore THE M LE CRK ustice OLERIDGE TO THE MAGISTRATES OF ,alr. V i r KINGSTON•ON-HULL. 4 "r B ON applied for a rule to show cause why a the Information should not be filed against the clerk ti e T a gistrate s of the borough of Kingston-on-Hull, ,If th e n ° nduct in his of fi ce. It appeared that a person Eeepio the me Of Jackson had been repeatedly convicted 41Itgistrates under the Health of Towns Act for st manner injurious to the health of the th e • and fined sums varying from 1/. to 51, t.Oh thsnu..th cost s . The guardians of the union in wh ic h t lote e f isll nne existed applied to the clerk of the magis 1511t 4 „, (1 r the purpose of having the convictions drawn badcarried into effect, and the particular ma1,,'41 ,,' 4 1 eenteB,"ltplained of by the guardians were that he . tqeir;wlne this, and had thrown other obstacles in Rel e l Prevent the proper carrying out of the Act. sk lt :ronted. Or I." THE CHARING-CRISS BRIDGE CO MPANY. , e l';l• tite °eK applied for a rule to show Lense why i hnald lea tlno and the demarrers to pleas in this case knli t i ti nt he set aside on the ground of certain iafor -44118. The action , which has reference to a contract k _ th o re ' rnt i ,nto by the flungerford Market Company for ' l 4 4 h - e rase of the Suspension bridge , has previously Jila i ds -04 the courts of law at Westminster. ire granted a rule. 44nIFFS' COURT --(THIS DAY.) (Befor e M r . U n d er - Sh er iff BURCHELL.) Thi s T HE ROYAL BRITISH BANK V. COX. litikr. e.re T II awn acc; no an act to recover the sum of 121. 10s. on : g oun ion t. %see/Imes,' the cashier of th e St ran d B ranc h B an k , ttk that, the defendant had kept an account with the Itepri a nd on the payment of a cheque his account w a s i4 ra ,,n, and notice - was given to him, but another t c heque was honoured, b u t d e f en d ant d i d not ma k e h'nrther deposit or pay the balance. 1 6 e . jury gave a verdict for the amount. tit t II Was the only case tried, and the C our t did not to r n minutes. In some et the other cases the at "Ys arrived just after the C ourt was adjourned. --- MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS tut. Ser gean t Adams sat this morning and t oo k b a il cf which there were seven on the paper. tit 4 4l7o ha Hare surrendered to an indictment charging itttlith violently assaulting, on the 27Th of February Ni t re. Ann Fairchild, wife of a veterinary surgeon 0, 1 1 at Paddington. i 'llac e , i t ue case being called, a surgeon's certificate was qa t b: to the Court, praying that the case might be kteb"d r , k adjourned, as the complainant was unable to 111, b be rchgh illness. ° ltll; o 4(3l2, ixtti, who appeared for the defendant, begged bid Zit s g ."' ° tlrr not to further adjourn the case. He had es in court who could prove that the complainant - 1 4. 1 1 seen walking about the street during the last t jh u e°. 4 -e Phew of the complainant was then examined by 'gilt 67E. and i n answer to t h e C our t s t a red that his 4 ec b - "1 - hot been out during the last week. He had ttow s e rin bed on Sunday and Monday last. The stir % ce rtificate was given yesterday. ) 14 t C:/bilati called t wo w i tness es, who stated that they ' ll B cOlll I • le bout on Monday and i 4 3 ; 14 11 P a T" wal g ,i a hew that she - eat. St Le hours state- by the nep hew T e d: lhely' aei ttneil JUDGE having further examined the r aid he h a d a good mind to order him into cm ;ttie d ,,t'was a gross case. Op. eleildant having pleaded not guilty, L ir e toßearlt ADAMS addressed the jury. and directed ) , - ` 1 413, ' e ttin a ve r d ict o f not gu il t y. They could see ti ltat k eehat the case was, and it was ev i dent t h at th ey irkerititt° 1!(1 adjourn it, for it was true that the com ta.tl been seen walkin g ab o ut during the present 'Ye , 'ere was so me thi ng b e hi n d w hi c h did not meet t ° ,titt lo ,r then retu rne d a ver di c t o f N o t G u ilty, an d Juerit was at once discharged from custody. ° lll t was crowded. ‘ l 4l,ltT hk, S / 7, ' 5 It (Y-s TREE r --(THIS DAY.) AGter 1 41., drb tk „, ..ISTAKE.—Mary Ann Eaton, a fashion tlbut ti c it 'l woman of the town, was charged with Itrikt t l- or . "ng, and abusive language towards Ali mendi a gentleman attached to the Egyptian %ta 1 14 s elokt il , wment stated that on the p revious . night he Il tf g a cigar at the door of a divan in Regent 10a, the defendant, whom he had never d seen Onet7tup and called him a vulgar, stupid, d t ir a ty s 1 4 i p t w 'll. l e took no notice of her at the time, bu kto t4 lth'e: k „il 3 g up and down before the door, and re 0414 a b ove and other filthy expressions, he called diV u Atirl gave her in charge. kp i i k ke j 4"., ths amused said she had made a slight ,lue person of the gentleman, whom she ha . d - } lBo llte few nights a o partaken of her hospi tttti • h ad treated ` th e n return -a. treated her very scurvily. t he ileok" k r es and appearance of complainant, s he f %oh tilot t „ 4 . l ra for that individual, and in the heat o plight have used the language imputed Ni g ; , tef,„• kt t i b l lte 4 :,aent was advised not to be guilty of i such h . Dttle'ln) and was fined 7a., which she mmedi S PORTING NOTE , No OD D, XLI. - 4 ND ENDS FROM NEWMARKET. .4. !ct% t t , --..kj t ? t , ~7 : .. EDITOR O FTe ateHmESh on the the card it „c , ti 4 t,-- , five stakes and one t at head hZlitiiieci yesterdayL only . two produced , a race, which the 4 'Nis shortest bill of fare for v a ia d ,r ay a s ee s u po d r uring ql t t l ,tl Yeitr that I Can recollect ha pen to the interests 1 t, ,, t ttti a that I have devoted my a gave his year to Plate tr.k ) ' ( l b tit a Itlii Avriouriladt.toTohaetfooturiAaynearey, oldcolt, by Drome- N, et v, kl i th,, and beat coarsenm eanter, 171b5., V c)wip,,',.4llrewitch ; Nutmeg, bad third. F l lit4 q I :°r Be; from the a winner, was a re fo c r ei a virg i. winner , , ktid g _ other the wi de ktit, °ll the 5Ol. Plate, over . the D.M., st,a kl'h t; half eirilu°' who gaveof the trashy I n , a dozen animals lo a Op . I , I' l 4 0t. 4 ' the racing was unimportantd position 4 41' ' us . .ned his proud Pp le r fo +,(18 mama' bettiri a ! 6 to 1; Russ 10144 r the Chester Cup, at t more than 1: tiae and she advanced to 10 to 1; Itah h a e n b° w r a ° s ug o h n if t() 1 ' ' 4 ( l his price at midnight was nut . , 00 -al the retired some six Na .. outside; Montague ___ oo , wich, an d The ott ijottv,,,!), unsteady; Naney,w I quotations. Sauter b` t t , \-', 'llip t , a , u . ; Were e firm at previous points, Q a Il ia ;„". Larissa were inquired utter C N of Vlalo Minister maintained I'PCII.' Ll° • • Y' figure; Hernandez, '''''t V 5 41 ts for thos.Derb at 6to 1; Teddtngton was, a h l is er po a s t it 2 io s n a a n t the lane 1 1 pti egaide of him at the same ad ,ti outlay ai. seven or eight hundred pou nd s,_ Th e k t° i to i; Theseus also advanced to 20 to 1. this kt,tlii `Jetting in the City and at the West-end, I}: '! . iilt il lii t 3 , 1 1 the Chester Cup and Derby, is pretty much O N 4 1 nt Newmarket yesterday, but, on 0 . 111,000 k tli tea, and Newmarket Stakes, is as follows . 1,0 , 00_ - tat A i rs - 6 to 5 agst Iris; sto 4 sgst Aphrodite; . 1 'll, O - 4 81)4( thl 10 to 1 is at Phlcgra. Newmarket S s ta t k i es . E 4) 1 e - °° Sir J. Hawliq's lot; oven on The Contessar, „ tjk,,-4h, Midas and 800. I`f3r,'l),g received numerous requests for my opinion on \; . " l ite r s t i tlL t of the 50 sous. Stakes, A.F., walked over for i;rhed e-tittYte'rebiz_Artisan for which the following horses 11 , ''r awn) Artisan (the winner), Ginevra (6take ,'ltkh , Hesse Homburg (paid forfeli), 800, and e : r tztl d•, it is as follows:—The last•named couple "tie t , ,(ligly nominated. the cot.ditiens stating that i; 44 4 '',, e 'ke, fur cults " not engaged in the 2,000 Guineas eB, both of these having entered and run for that TILE SUN,_ LONDON, THT.TRSDAN Fake, teereiiceordi , wkning this, and till bets tuvi.- conee , eubx thebil and v“id. Arti.ab baying been tiEti i:nly horse left in }eltrlday mornir,g, all bets mode yesterday eoncerning him are cold cific:l "'all in, sera chid or not," ac &c, these beteg no chance on the part of the fielder • f winning, consequent'y there ought to be none ofl,,sing. fi , -Id for the Newn”rket Stakes to mor row will n,t niteeid four, Niz., Harpsichord, Midar, B .o, and toe Conleci-or or Bakauio Is is considered a fore-- gone conclusion in favour of Sir Joseph, but there has been more impossible things accomplished than Midas or Boo's winning. I am, Sir, yours, &c. THE SPIRIT OF THE Tt.TRF. April 24, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES. Even on Sir J. Hawley's Aphrodite 5 to 3 agst Lord Stanley's Iris CHESTER CUP. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Treen's Rhesus, 5 yrs, 7st 12 to 1 agst Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor, 3 yrs, sst 41b —taken ' 14 to 1 agst Ld. Strathmore's Montague, 5 yrs, 7st 21b 15 to 1 agst Mr. T. Lister's Nancy, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b 15 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's The Italian, 4 yrs, Tat 51b 100 to 6 agst Mr. NI angan's Rusdiorough, 4 3 rs,Bst 6lb 25 to 1 aget Mr. Driokald's Sauter-la-Coupe, 5 yrs, slb 25 to 1 agst Mr. Campbell's Woolwich, 5 yrs, Bst DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's The Prime Minister 13 to 2 agst Sir J. Hawley's Teddiogton 10 to 1 agat Lord Enfield's Hernandez—taken freely 12 to 1 agst Mr. o,baldeston's Mountain Deer 12 to 1 agst Mr. J. Clark's The Marlborough Buck 16 to 1 agst Mr. Mt-iklam'a Constellation 20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Bonnie Dundee 25 to 1 agst Mr. Higgins's Theacus 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfiald's Heart-breaker 33 to 1 apt Sir J. Hawley's The Ban 35 to 1 agst Mr. Wilkinson's Neasham 50 to 1 agst Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor 50 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's Glenhawk ,000 to 15 agat Mr. G. Wcritworth's Azeth—taken ,000 to 10 agst Lord Clifden's Telescope—taken WEDNESDAY'S RACe.S. Handicap Ylnio 01501.ft,r four yrs old and upwards. Cesarewitch Course. __ Mr. Stephenson's cby Dromedary, Bst 71b...(Butler) 1 Lord Clifden's Strongbow, 5 yrs, Bst 71b...(nobutson) 2 Lord Exeter's Nutmeg, 4 yrs, Tat ilb...(W. Harlock) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agat Nutmeg, and 7to 4 agst Drome dary colt. The running was made by Nutmeg to the Ab. M. bottom, where it was taken up by Strongbow, who, in his turn, gave place to the Dromedary colt in the cords, and was beaten easily three lengths. Run in 4 min. 30 secs. Plate of 501 for three yrs old, 7st 71b; four, Bst 121 b; five and upwards, 9st 31b. Mares and geldings al lowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs. It de manded,&c.; and allowances if to be sold for less. D.hl. Mr. S. Roger's Vasa, 5 y rs, 83t 21b, 100/....(Rogers) 1 Mr. Thorpe's Forest Flower,car. 7st 9113, 40/(Flatman) 2 Ld eltiden's Borneo, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b, 150/ (Robinson) 0 Mr. Delamere's Fuoco, 5 y rs, 7st 7 Lb, 40/(J. A thernon) 0 Lord Exeter's fby Beiram, sst 71b, 401(W. Oarlock) 0 Mr. R. H. Neville 's cby Gkdiator, 4 yrs, 7st 51b, 401 0 51r. St. Aubyn's Ventre-1 Terre, 3 yrs, sst 111 b, 401 0 Mr. Perren's Peter-the-Great, 3 yrs, sst 111 b, 401 0 Betting-5 to 2 agat Revival colt, 4to 1 agst Borneo, 4 to 1 apt Vasa, and 7 to 1 aget Fuoco. Vista made nearly all the running, and, after a closely contested race with Forest Flower up the cords, won by a neck; Borneo a good third, and the Revival colt fourth. Run in I min. 4 secs. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, hft ; for colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; Sib allowed. D.M. Lord Orford's Firebolt Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each; for colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 3lb; 31b allowed. D.M. Duke of Bedforl's Santiage......(F. Butler) walked over Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each; for three years old colts, B,t 71b; fillies, 8:t 21b; 41b allowed, &c. A.F. Mr. Nevill's Artisan (J. Howlett) walked over. Match, 200 sovs., h ft. T.Y.C.—Major Martyn's Con vulsion, Bst 71b, received 65 sovs. ft from Lord Clifdeu'd Dlagnes, Bst 71b. The weather to•day was delightful, but the sport wretched, and the show of company very thin. Previous to the races some investments were made on Hernand , z fur the Derby, resulting in his advance to 7 to 1, 1.300 to 400 was taken about him and Ttddington joint() ; 6 to 5 and 5 to 4 laid against Aphrodite for the 1.000 Guineas, and 6 to 4 taken freely about Iris. Rhesus and Rthaborough in demand for the Chester Cup, but very little doing. In our list of arrivals yesterday we omitted Lord Tor- Anton, L , rd Charle. Manners. and Colonel Augeratein. BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK. 1,000 GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 4 agst Iris 1 5 to 4 agst Aphrodite. CHESTER CUP. 20 to I agst Montague 25 to 1 agt Sauter-la-Coup 30 to 1 agst Woolwich 40 to 1 agst Clarissa 6 to 1 agst Rhesus 0 to 1 agst Russborough 2 to I agst Bleck Doctor 4 to l agst Italian (taken) 6 to 1 agst Nancy 6 to 1 agst Prime Minister 6 to 1 agst Teddington 7 to 1 agst Hernandez 16 to 1 agst Mat lb. Buck 20 to 1 agst Theseus (tak. freely) 33 to 1 agst Neasham NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NINE O'CLCCE.. LATEST BETTING ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. sto 4 aget Iris I 5 to 4 agst Aphrodite. CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Santer•la- Coupe 30 to 1 west Woolwich 33 to l aget Knight of Avenel 40 to 1 apt Clarissa. 6 to 1 agst Rhesus 10 to 1 egst Russborough 12 to 1 agst Black Doctor 14 to 1 agst Italian (t) 16 to 1 agst Nancy 20 to 1 agst Haricot 20 to 1 agst Montague 'DE 6 to 1 agst Prime Minister 6 to 1 agst Teddingtrn 7 to 1 agst Hernandez 12 to 1 agst Mountain Deer 16 to 1 agst Marlborough Buck ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Queen's Plate, R. C. Uriel, 5 yrs—Natcracker, 4 yrs—Fernhil l , 6 yrs-- Little Jack, 4 yrs—Cariboo, 4 yrs—Dromedary colt, 4 yrs. Sweepstakes; first half of Ab. M. ; winner to be sold ay. 20 to 1 agst Theseus (tak. freely) 33 to 1 agst Neashan 50 to 1 agst Serus. for 801. &c. Alboni, Guy Mannering, Julia. Sweepstakes; T.Y.C. ; winner to be sold for 1501., Sze. Trinket, Edward of York; Christina. LATEST BETTING.—( BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. Even on Aphrodite. 6 to 1 agst Iris. 8 to 1 agst Anspach. THE 1100 RACES. This popular little meeting, hitherto held in Lord Deere's park, will take place on Saturday next at Gor hambury-park, near St. Alban's, and promises to be un usually attractive. The events for decision are five in number, viz.:— The Claret Stakes, 8 Subs. The Hunters' Stakes, 4 Subs. The Omnibus Open Stakes, 11 Subs. The Farmers' Plate. The racing will commence at half-past one o'clock and terminate at half-past 4. St. Alban's being within a short distance of Hatfield—the nearest railway station — a special train will leave King's-cross at 11 30 A IL, re turning at 6 P.M., and omnibuses will be• provided to convey the passengers from the station to the course and back—the journey by rail and road occupying little more than an hour. DURHAM RACES, 1851. Acceptances for the Durham Handicap of 10 soya. each, 5 tt, and only 2 if declared, with 100 added. A winner once, after the weights are published, to carry 51b; twice, 71b extra. Die second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 sous. towards expenses. One mile and a half. - - Mr. 11. J. Thompson's br h Wanota, aged, flit 51b; Mr. J. Osborne's b I Achyranthes, 4 yrs, .6st 91b; Mr. Ryder's b m Clara, aged, 6it 611); Mr. A. Johnstone's b g by Charles Xll.—Frill, 4 yrs, 6st; Mr. J. Gill's br c _,Esculapius, 4 yrs, 6st; Mr. Roberts' hr f Miss Lottery. 4 yrs, 6st; Mr. M. Arrowsmith nag c Oxford Blue, 4 yrs, sst, 1 Ilb; Mr. Backer's b c Tordesillss, 4 yrs, sst 111 b; Mr. George's ch c Old Claret, 4 yrs, sst 10Ib; Mr. H. J. Thompson's b c Gulab Singh, 3 yrs, sst. 71b; Mr. Harrison's bl c by Prince Caradoc, out of Miss Julia Bennett, 3 yrs, sst 51b; Mr. J. Scott's b c Presto, 3 yrs, sst. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. • The Roy& Ginuni• , ,..ion have i,sued the f..llowing prog,raunne of the manu,er in which the state opeling by her Alaj,,ty, hlteCdy announced to the public, is to be conducted : LITER A TURE. THE FEIIyILE JESUIT; )r, The Spy in the Family. This is one dale most iuterettieg and ?xtraordi nary narratives ever presented to the pubic, and is doubly interesting at the present time, wten the in trigues of that most truth despising order, tae Jesuists, are at length beginning to attract attention. The author of this work, in his preface, says " The starling assertion that truth is stranger than fiction' has seldom been more fuliy verified than in the details of this volume. The heroine whose extraordinary scheme of deception is hero recordel, introduced herself to the Rev. but a Jesuit uncle and an aunt, else a religeuse.' She stated that she had been an inmate of various convents in connexion with the Faithful Companions of Jesus' for seventeen years. These she rerresented as an order of Female Jesuits. She described herself as having been for two years a postulant in their Order, and as about to be removed to Paris, there to take upon her vows fcom which there could be no escape. Having long been con vinced of the errors of the system, and having acciden tally heard Mr. L 'a name and character, she had contrived to get to him in order to throw herself on his kindness for advice. As will subsequently appear, she was received into his family, and thence obtaineda situa tion as a governess. She returned to Mr. L--'s house on account of supposed dangerous illness, sad con tinued there till the discovery of her plots. She is still at large, and has been seen in London. Who and what she is remain a mystery. Whether she is self-taught and self-prompted in the art of deception, or whether the almost supernatural ability she displays, has keen ac quired in the school of the Jesuits, must be left for the judgment of the reader to decide, and the publication of this volume to elicit. " The statements in tho 'lntroduction' relating to the laws and mechanism of the' Community' which Marie L G had quitted, and to her escape, were furnished by herself. Fur these and for her ' Auto biography,' the writer cannot be answerable. All the remainder of the book is strictly and literally true." So startling are the events recorded in this work, that we were at first almost inclined to doubt this last assertion, that all the remainder of the book is strictly and literally true ; but we have instituted inquiries which leave no doubt upon our minds of the truth of every assertion made by the Rev. S. L. That gentle man is an excellent and exemplary minister of the Gospel, whose name, if mentioned, would be to the vs., Id anftielent guarant— of every word he asserts; indeed we regret that hia 1.;.a -heartedness, and his unwillingness to hurt the feelings of the relations of the wicked im poster whose career of iniquity is recorded in this volume, should have so far prevailed as to induce him to adopt the quasi incognito of initials. The Rev. S. L. has no cause for concealment, for his own straightforwardness and innate love of truth enabled him to discover and expose one of the most cun ning schemes that it ever entered into the heart of Jesuit to concoct, whilst, as regards the heroine, Marie Lucille G., the duty he owes to the public de mands that her names and her aliases, so far as he knows them, should be given in full length, in order that the public may be placed on their guard against the machinations of an impostor, who, to the wickedness of an Eliza beth Canning, unites the blasphemous hypocrisy of a Joanna Southcott, and the unabashable impudence of a Princes Carraboo. Marie L. G. introduced herself, as above stated, to the Rev. S. L. towards the close of the year 1848, or the beginning of 1849. She said that she was a postulant at the Convent of 1., in the neighbourhood of Lon don, and that she had also been an inmate of the convent of S. The sister of the Rev. S. L. went down by the appointment of Marie to the gate of the convent in a cab, and Marie, saying she had effected her escape, jumped into it, and became domi ciled with the Rev. S. L. and his family. She related to him her history, and stated that she had an uncle, the Very Reverend Henry Constable Clifford, who was a Jesuit, and who was stationed at Manotte, who was very high in the Church of Rome, and with whom she at once commenced a correspondence. She stated her age to be 25, and her health seemed to be very deli cate. Soon after she came to reside with the Rev. S. L. she commenced her autobiography, in which she relates her experience of 17 years of convent life in connexion with " the Faithful Companions of Jesus," and enlarges upon the reasons which induced her to quit the Roman Catholic faith. The following is the account given of Marie's manner of writing her auto biography, and we beg particular attention to it, because, by collating it with some subsequent passages of the narrative, we may be enabled to offer at least some conjecture as to the objects of those, for there were clearly several parties concerned, who were engaged in this nefarious transaction : " Marie thtermined upon preserving a record of the principal events in her life, and in particular of her some what singular mental history. This was an undertaking of no small difficulty, for having, as she said, been alto gether unused to English composition, except when writing notes at the dictation of the Very Reverend Mother, she knew neither how to form nor to arrange her sentences. Her deficiency in habits of order and method was another obstacle. Her recollections of the past, as they came to mind, were recorded on sundry scraps of paper of all sorts and sizes, in ink or in pencil, crossed and interlined, as the convenience of the moment dictated. When seated by Mrs. to review her daily or weekly task, it was often the business of nearly half an hour to collect and arrange from desk, pocket, and portfolio, the various parts; and when fairly stitched together, to prevent the truant pieces from again wan dering, they presented an amusing vnriety of size and quantity. It was a further exercise of patience to deci pher the half rubbed out pencil scrawl, or all but ille gible ink crossing; and then each sentence had to be re-made, and put in its proper place. She frequently declared that nothing but the hope of doing good would induce her to persevere, and that as this was her first, the public might be assured it would be her last, piece of authorship. As she proceeded, however, the work of composition became easier, and the latter half of the narrative required very little correction. The introduc tory account of her escape was written for her by Mrs. L—: all the incidents relating to the convent being sup plied by herself, and those which related to her arrival, by her Protestant friends." Shortly after the completion of this autobiography, her friends procured for her the situation of a governess in the family of Mr. and Mrs. S., but she soon becomes ill, and under pretence of ill-health endeavoured again to reinstate herself in the family of the Rev. J. L., failing in which, she told a most transparent falsehood, evidently for the purpose of securing her dismissal and her consequent return to the residence of the Rev. S. L. Once again located in the hospitable mansion of the Reverend Gentleman, she took care to have periodical returns of vomiting and spitting blood, so as absolutely to preclude the idea not only of removing her, but of harassing her by any allusions to her adventures as a governess. In the meantime the uncle, the Rev. Herbert C. Clifford, entered into a correspondence with Mr. L., and in the course of it stated that Marie would be en titled to a large property in Staffordshire. In the course of this correspondence be frequently expresses a de sire to have her original MS. of her autobiography, of which it should be observed Mrs. L. had made a fair copy. But it boots not to pursue the tale of in trigue and deceit, proceed we to the discovery. The ill ness of Marie was all sham ; she was in the habit of applying leeches to her gums to produce the appear ance of bleeding at the mouth, and the bulk of the fluid which she had appeared to have vomited up was bullock's blood, purchased by her from a butcher, and mixed with warm water ; her pulse she lowered by , taking doses of digitalis, and she never would sub mit to be examined by the stethoscope. The letters she herself acknowledged were forgeries, but we had better let the author himself relate the events of the morning of June 18, 1850, the trial morning : " Tuesday, June 18th, dawned in almost cloudless beauty. Marie came down to breakfast, little thinking of the dark cloud which was lowering over her, prepar ing in one short hour to burst upon her. She had ar ranged to walk across the Park to Mrs. Y--'5, and Elizsbeth was to accompany her. As soon as breakfast was over, she ran up stairs to get ready. In a few minutes more she would have been off. A knock was heard at the door. Elizabeth ran up to her, Marie, a gentleman wants to speak to you. " She turned pale. 'Who is it?' she asked anxiously. " It is only Mr. " Marie seemed relieved, and went down to the draw ing-room. " According to pre-arrangement, while Mr. Ii engaged her in conversation, Mr. S— and Mr. A'B-- arrived. Mr. L-- was watching for them, and he opened the door before they knocked. They ascended the staircase as noiselessly as possible, , and opened th e drawing room door. There they stool Mr. S-- in whose family she had lived, Mr. L whose kindness she had abused, Mr. A'B-- with whose profession 11 character she was well acquainted, and Mr. K---- t h e i r confidential friend. Why had they all assembled at that hour to confront her ? She saw it at a glance. Sh e bent her head, and there she sat, calm, modest, self possessed, without any of tho excitement so well feigned in earlier days. She did not faint, she did not move. In former days the slightest incident would throw her into a state of excitement which alarmed her friends. Now, when any one else would have been agitated, sh e sat unmoved. If there was a struggle within, there was no manifestation of it without. Her examiners betrayed more emotion than herself. _ " Two of the gentlemen placed their chairs between Marie and the door, and they all seated themselves in silence. " Mr. L---- spoke. Ile said he had invited these friends to be present, while ho entered upon matters too important fur conference with her alone, and wishing them also to hear any explanation which she might hare to give. He then stated that two facts had come to his know ledge. Her previous acquaintance with the contents of Captain Kenyon's letter, and inquiries for it at the post office; and her correspondence with Mr. Viall, full of mis•atatements, which had come into his possession. Can you,' he inquired, explain either of these?' " Marie seemed about to maintain the veracity of her statements to Mr. Viall, till assured by Mr. K--- that the Whole =attar httd been thoroughly investigated, and that such asseverations were useless. She was silent. " Mr. L-- repeated the question, whether she could ezplkin these circumstances. EXHIBITION OF 1851. " Her Majesty baying signified her royal plef,sure that arrangements ,should be made to enable her Majesty to gratify a wish very generally expressed on the part of the pu,lic to be present at a ceremony by which her Ma j. sty should open the Exhibition of the Works of In dustry of all Nations on the Ist of May, her Majesty's Commissioners hereby give notice that the programme of this ceremony, and the regulations under which the holders of season tickets will be admitted, are as follow: " Exhibitors' attendants who have been sanctioned by the Executive Committee will be admitted between the hours of eight and nine o'clock at doors speeitied on their cards, and will immediately take their places by the counters or objects exhibited by their employers. " Holders of season tickets will be admitted at all doors on the east, south, and west of the building between the hours of nine and half-past eleven o'clock, and will be allowed to take their places, subject to police regu lations, in the lower part of the building and in the galleries, except the parts railed off in the nave and . transept . . _ . . " A platform will be raised to the north of the centre of the transept, on which a chair of State will be placed. " Her Majesty's Commissioners will assemble at half. past eleven e'oluck in the transept, opposite the plat form, together with their Executive Committee and the Foreign Acting Commissioners, in full dress, or in plain evening dress. " His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, her Ma jesty's Ministers, the great Officers of State, and the foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, will take their places on the platform to the right and left of the chair of State, in full dress, also at half-past eleven o'clock. " Her Majesty, proceeding in State, with the Royal Family, foreign guests, &c., and her and their suites from Buckingham Palace, up Constitution-hill, and down Rotten-row, will enter the Exhibition building by the north entrance precisely at twelve o'clock. She;;wili ascend the platform and take her seat iu the chair of State. •• On her Majesty's arrival a choir will sing ' God Save the Queen.' •' On the Queen taking her seat his Royal Highness Prince Albert will join the Royal Commissioners, and when the music has ceased proceed at their head to the platform, and read to her Majesty a short report or proceedings of the Commission up to that time, which ne will then deliver to her Maie.ty, together with the catalogue or tne articles exhibited. Her Majesty will return a gracious answer, handed to her by the Seare- Lary of State; after which his Royal Highness Prince Albert will take his place again by the side of her Majesty. " The Doyen of the Corps Diplomatique will read an address to her Majesty on behalf of the foreign nations who have contributed to the Exhibition, to which her Majesty will return a gracious answer. •• His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury will then say a prayer, invoking God's blessing upon the under taking, followed by a short anthem sung by the choir. "A Royal procession will then be formed, preceded by the Commissioners, which will turn to the right, move to the west end of the nave by its north side, return to the east end of the nave by its south side. including the south end of the transept, and come back to the centre along the north aide of the nave; thus enabling all those present, who will be expected to keep the places which have been assigned to them, to see her Majesty and the procession. " During the procession the organs appointed will play marches, taking the music up at the Queen's approach. •• On her Majesty's return to the platform the Queen will declare • the Exhibition opened;' which will be an nounced to the public by a flourish of trumpets and the firing of a Royal salute on the north of the Serpentine; whereupon the barriers, which had kept the nave clear, will be thrown open, and the public will be allowed to circulate. _ _ _ " Her Majesty will then return to Buckingham Palace by the route by which she came. "All the doors, which will have been closed at half past eleven o'clock, will, upon her Majesty's departure, be opened again. " By order of her Majesty's Commissioners, " EDGAR, A. BOWRING, Acting Secretary. " Exhibition Building, Hyde-park, April 22. In making this announcement the occasion seems an appropriate one for directing attention to the neglected state of Hy de•park in the immediate neighbourhood of the Crystal Palace. From Albert-gate to the eastern end of the building there is as remarkable a collection of nuisances on either side of the carriage way as that our correspondent recently discovered in his ramble through the streets of Copenhagen—on one side runs a deep open ditch, filled with mud and filth, and ready, at the slight est false step to ingulph the unwary pedestrian; while a clumsy wooden railing, rotted by exposure to the wea ther, innocent of paint for many a long year, covered with a green coating of mould, and hardly able to stand from decay, is all that has been deemed requisite to con fine within proper limits the immense passenger traffic which is expected to pour along this approach. This railing seems to have been designed from the sheep hurdles used in the pasturage of the park, and which are like nothing of the kind used in any other part of England. The fuotways of the road, besides the dangers from open ditches which they present, are in a most disgraceful state of disrepair. Atter you pass Mr. Cu bitt's house—popularly called " Gibraltar," from the belief that it can't be taken—you find on your left hand, as you approach the Crystal Palace, a succession of ob jects which will not a little surprise foreigners accus tomed to well-arranged and neatly•kept parks. We say nothing of the back view of Knightsbridge architecture, hardly softened down by distance; nor do we speak of a nearer view of inclosed areas, adorned with meat safes, round which cats crawl stealthily on the copings. Even the dismal facing of dead brick wall may be forgiven, but there is no excuse for hoardings of timber so old and rotten that they are of themselves falling to pieces; for corners and angles which outrage decency; for strips of ground belonging to the park filled with ail kinds of filth and rubbish, among which dirty bits of newspaper, stale orange peel, bones, rags, broken tiles, and other rubbish are prominently visible; neither is it at all agreeable, however fund one may be of horses, to nose all the concentrated ammonia from the Knightsbridge barracks. We have drawn no exaggerated picture of the state of the park from Albert-gate to the east entrance of the building. There is still time, if the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests choose to exert them selves a little, to put this approach in something like decent order. It would cost a little money; but the public would forgive the extravagance, and even give the Commissioners credit for a share of that virtue which the old say ing places second in the rank of moralities. We fear, however, that they are too deliberative a body to save their reputation now. They took four or five months before they plucked up courage enough to allow the axe to be laid to the root of Colonel Sibthorp's tree. Two months more elapsed before, yielding to long con tinued entreaties, they consented to the telling of four decayed pieces of timber that blocked up one end of the transept. Even now their constitutional regard for the Royal woods is about to receive another severe shyck. Her Majesty's determination to enter the building in State at the north side of the transept renders it neces sary to clear away some stumps that would otherwise ob struct the progress of the State procession. Under such circumstances, and having failed in their comfortable at tempt to get the Royal Commission to do their work for them, it is mote than probable that the ditches by the wayside will still remain open—the footpaths impracti cable except in double-soled boots—the railings as mouldy with damp as ever, and, for the special amusement of our quick-witted visitors, glimpses afforded into our Crown land management which must make us more and more ashamed of it.--Timts , , . EXECUTION OF THE NRMPNETT MURDERERS. TAUNTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23.—The execution of John Wiles and John Smith, convicted at the last assizes of the murder of au aged man named Wilkins, a shopkeeper at Nempnett, under circumstances of great atrocity, and in which, it will be remembered, his aged wile was left fur dead by the murderers, but fortunately recovered so as to be the means of bringing them• to justice, took place this morning at nine o'clock, at the north corner of the gaol. The execution was originally fixed for eleven o'clock, but out of deference to the wishes of the inhabitants of Taunton, who represented the injury it would be to the busihess of the town, the hour was changed to nine o'clock. From the moment of their conviction the culprits have manifested a becoming manner, and listened patiently to the exhortations of the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Gatten, who was unremitting in his exertions, and who has deelared that he believed their repentance to be sincere. At the time of the trial there appeared to be some doubt as to which of the two was the actual murderer, but since their condemnation they both freely confessed that they each participated in the crime, and were both equally guilty, although they stated that they had no intention of perpetrating a murder when they went into the shop. Wiles was about 56 years of age, a blacksmith by trade, and, at one period of his life, in the service of the late Richard Bart Davis, M.l'., father of the present Chairman of the Board of Excise. Smith was a much younger man, and evidently a person of respectable connexions; indeed, he stated freely that his name was not Smith, but objected to communicate to any person who he really was, urging as his reason that he did not wish his relations, who were most respectable, to be marked out to the world as persons related to a man who had suffered death as a murderer. At five o'clock this morning the prisoners arose, and, after being engaged iu prayer, partook of some tea and bread and butter, and at eight o'clock they were taken to the chapel, where Divine service was performed, and the sa crament administered to them. At nine o'clock the prison bell began to toll, and the whole of the prisoners in the gaol, who were under seqtence of transportation, or who had been convicted of felony, were mustered in the yard to witness the execution. The culprits having been pinioned by Calcraft, the mournful processio n com menced, and in a few minutes, haying walked firmly up the stairs of the gaol, they appeared upon the plat- form; they then ascended the ladder with the same firth step, and having prayed with the chaplain for several minutes, and shaken hands with the reverend gentleman, the bolt was drawn, and they we re launched into eternity. Smith struggled for a minute or so, but with Wiles death appeared to be instantaneous. After hanging the immediately buried time, the bodies were cut down and buried in their clothes as they were, in the yard of the gaol. In a quarter of an hour afterwards the drop was removed. GRAY'S I NN APRIL, 9 3.—At a Pension of the Honourable S oc i qty of Gray's Inn, holden this day, Simons, Esq., and Henry Collingwood Selby, Esq., were called to the degree of barrister-at-law. ettri. 4.BOttiort NEWMARKET RACES. ---- -. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.' Queen's Plate. Uriel ... ... Dromedary colt Nutcracker ~. Sweep3takes. Ariosto Croupier ... 2 ... 3 ... 0 Won easy. THE ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. Aphrodite An,pach Iris ••• 2 Six ran. Won easy. ... 3 IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MERCHANTB AND OTHERS TZ Es p ECTING PAYMENT Of DUTI E S. — The following impor tant notice bas been issued by order of her Majesty's Com missioners of Customs :—" No tice is hereb y g iv en , that on and after the 6th day of May next, the practice of paying the duties in the long room at the Custom - house , in cases where the amount is less than 151., will be discontinued, and from which time all payments are to be made at the Treasury of the Receiver-General of Customs. Merchants and others will, however, hare the option of paying the duties to the Bank of England in sums of not less amount than 50/ (in vead of 'OO/. as heretofore), and messengers will be em ployed to convey the certificates of payment from the Ea-1k of England to the Custom-House every half-hour, until 3 o'clock in the afternoon inclusive. IV order of Commis- Macleau, Socrctary," EVENING-, 24, 1851. " A sewcely avelthle ' to' droprci from her hps. "`lt-now becomes my painful duty,' said Mr. L--, to tell you that there is too much reason to ;ear that you have been an impostor from first to last.' " Marie raised her eyes, and without manifesting the slightest emotion, gently said, 'lt is too true, sir.' " The whole party looked at one another in aniazt ment2 at her unparalleled self-control. " Well, then,' said Mr. L--, it only remains for you to tell us who you are, where you came from, and what hive been your motives for acting in so extraordi a way ?' " With great firmness Marie replied that there were some circumstances connected with her early history which she must decline to communicate. Indeed, she would rather die than reveal the circumstances under which sho had left her family. Thus much she would say, that she was a native of M--; that her father was a surgeon; that he and her mother died when she was younr, leaving her to the care of an only brother: he treated her unkindly, and she had long since left him. For two years before coming to London she had had a situation at of two little girls. Their mother and father dying, they were sent to the care of their guardian. Being again throw❑ upon the world, she had had recourse to the ex pedient of going into a convent. Growing tired of its discipline, and having heard of Mr. L— in the north, as man of benevolence and kindness, on coming to London, she determined to find him out. " Well,' said Mr. L—, 'if I were to express what I think of your conduct, it would only give you pain, and under present circumstances do little good. I presume that you have no uncle?' "' No.' " How were his letters managed?' " ' I wrote them all myself in your house, andihad them translated and rewritten by Mr. —, a teacher of languages in The teacher of languages was applied to, and the following was his explanation:— " I have called on you,' said Mr. L— , in refer ence to some letters which have been sent to my house, written by Miss G—, and translated here.' " Oh, it is Mr. L— I suppose?' Yes.' _ _ " ' Well, I am glad to see you. I was thinking of call ing upon you to know if you can tell me about Miss CliffJrd, as she has not been here for some time.' " It is a Miss G-, not a Miss Cliffird,' said Mr. L-. " No, it was a Mrs. or Miss Clifford who came here, and the letters wore sent tr% Mr. auu Airs. L louked perplexed and puzzled. " She was a short stout young lady,' said Mr. —, and she came to me, and said she wanted some letters translated for her niece, a Miss G—, at Mr. L—'s, C— terrace. She asked me if I was a Catholic. I said, "if you come to me on business I will attend to you, but if it is about religion, I have no time to talk on that subject." She said it did not matter, only she thought if I were a Catholic I could better enter into the feelings with which she wrote these letters.' "Ar. and Mrs. L---- could not yet make it out. Here was a new character appearing on the stage in the shape of a Miss Clifford. " Mr. -- proceeded, ' She told me that her niece had apostatized from the Catholic Church, and that she had been so angry with her at first that she had declared she would never write to her again, but latterly she had relented, and wished to try to bring her back to the true Church. Her niece did not speak English, so she wished the letters to be in French; besides which she should save her word by our writing them.' He then !produced two packets, one of Marie's English origi na l s , and the other her orders to him to translate them. did them up,' he added, in :case I might be out, as she said she was going to call; and I wrote the account outside, 131 pages at is. a page, Cl. 11s. - " ' But these letters were from a gentleman, a priest,' said Mr. and Mrs. L— ; 'not from a young lady.' " Mr.:— was puzzled in his turn. He rang for his French assistant, a tall, grave, young man, and they be gan to chatter away in French. "‘ Those letters, Miss Clifford's letters, were from a priest,' said —. " A priest! no.' said the young Frenchman. They were from a lady!' " Why, how could you translate these letters and think they were from a lady ?' said Mrs. L-; and she eagerly seized one of Marie's copies to show the im possibility of understanding the writer to be a lady. She ran her eye down a page. There is frequent mention of the General,' said she, the General of the Jesuits.' " It does not say what general,' they replied, 'it might be a father or brother, a military general.' " Here he talks of keeping his retreat,' she said again. " Ladies have retreats, too,' they replied. "And true enough, as she looked down page after page, she saw that they would suit equally with either of Marie's assumed characters, an aunt or an uncle." Having thus discovered the imposture, Mr. and Mrs. L. determined to institute some inquiries at the con vents of I. and S. The following is the account of the interview with the authorities of the two convents. The first visit was to 1., where the following collo quy took place:— " Mrs. L.—' We called to make some inquiries about a young person who was educated here. bhe was after wards a governess in the family of some friends of ours, and left on account of ill health. It is necessary that she should find another home ; and as our friends were not fully satisfied, we thought that, perhaps, you would favour usi with a little information respecting her.' ~ s. —~What is her name ?' " Mrs. L.—' M-- L-- G--.' " Mrs. L.—' Perhaps she was here before you?' " Oh, no! I have been Superioress of this con vent for a number of years. lam quite sure that we have bad no one here of that name.' " Mrs. L.—' She states that she was twice here: on one occasion for a period of two years; and that she has been seventeen years in a convent of your order. She says that she used to write letters for Madame D'H--' (Very Reverend Mother). S.—' That cannot be, for Madame D'H-- never has any one but a religious person to write for her. She cannot speak English, and she never comes to Englani.' "Mrs. L.—' It is just possible that this young person may have changed her name. Perhaps you may recog nise the handwriting,' producing a specimen. "S.—' This is the handwriting taught in our schools, certainly.' "Mrs. She says that Madame de la R--, who died last June, and who joined your community when she became a widow, was her aunt.' " S.- 4 Madame de la R-- was never married, and she is still living.' " Mrs. L.- 4 Perhaps you would know this young per son's portrait. I have brought it with me.' " S.—' No ; Ido not know this face. I am sure she was never here.' " After a pause the Superioress added, "Perhaps you will allow me to take it out of the room for a few minutes, to see if any one else can recognise it.' " The lady:left the room—the piano ceased, the voices in the hall dropped, and a quiet debate appeared to be going on. In a few minutes she re-appeared. " No, we do not know the person; but we think that Madame (Reverend Mother), who is now at S--, would be able to tell you. She may have been brought up there.' "Mrs. I did not know that there was any school at S--, except the poor school.' "S.—' Oh, yes! there is a very large school for an inferior class of pupils to those who are brought up here. Madame will be here to-morrow, or you could bee her at S--- this evening, if more con venient.' " They thanked her, and returned to town by the next train. They went back to Mr. and thence hastened to S--. " It was nearly eight o'clock when they entered the outer gate in the street, by the side of the Catholic chapel; and pasing through the little court, or garden to another entrance, they rang the bell. A novice in her white cap drew back the little sliding panel, and in. quired their business. " We wish to see Madame . We will not de• tain her many minutes. We have been to I--, ex. pecting to find her there, or we would not have come al so late an hour.' " The novice withdrew, and prosentli another came, unlocked the door, and showed them into a little room close to the gate. The floor was covered with oil-clotb, and there were a few wooden chairs. "Presently a third person appeared, and led them into another little room adjooining the first. It was carpeted, and a little better furnished than the other. It looked out into the large court-yard, where several nuns with measured steps were passing to and fro. A large range of buildings surrounded this court; but they had scarcely observed thus much when another messenger came up to ask the name of each. The names were given, and she withdrew. "Finally Madame --, the Reverend Mother, ap peared. Mrs. L-- again stated the case as at I—, and asked if Madame could oblige her with any particulars respecting Marie. " 0 yes! She was with us for a month about a year and a half ago.' " Only a month ! She says that she was:seventeen years in convents of your Order, and that she had been for the two last years a postulant.' " She was not with us longer than a month or five weeks. She was introduced to me by the Reverend , a priest in Liverpool, as a young person wh o had become a Catholic, and was very muc h p ersecuted by her Protestant friends. She was obliged to leave home and wanted an asylum, and he said that it would be kind if I would take her.' " She says that she was six weeks in your Liverpool convent, and two years at I—.' " She never set foot in our Liverpool convent. I brought her to town with me the same night, and we made her up a bed in the little parlour, because the house was full. She wanted to go to I--, and she was there for one day, but I sent her back again, for we have none but young ladies there, and we only employ per sons of confidence.' "`She says that she has been in convents of your Order at Amiens, Manott6, Paris, Chattiiinroux, Carrouge, Nice, and Limerick.' "' It is very true that we have convents at all these places, but she has never been in them.' " I should like to be quite sure that it is the same. Do you know this portrait?' " 0 yes! That is she certainly.' " ' Will you kindly tell me why she left you?' "' Yes. After she had been with us a little while she became restless, and said that her temporal affairs re quired her return to her friends. She showed me some sort of deed, and a lawyer's letter, and said that she should lose her property if she did not go.' " And how did she go?' 4 , She said that a friend of her family lived in Street, and that if she went to her, she knew that she could soon get back to her relations in the north. I sent, but probably the lady had, moved, for no such per son could be found. She went out another day, and came back. saying that she bad found her friend, and that sho would come for her at halt-past six o'clock. I offered to send a. re.pot,sible person to ascertain that it was all right; trot sLe said there was no occasion, as she was quite satisfied. A lady in a cab came that night, and she went. As her health was delicate, and she did not feel well enough to do any thing, we were not on the whole sorry that sne decided on leaving.' "Mrs. L-- thanked Madame ---, and rose to leave. The lady requested that her nume might not be brought forward, and Mrs. L-- promised that it should not. She was a very well conducted young person while with us,' added Madame ---, I have nothing to say against her.' Notwithstanding Marie's confession that she was an impostor, the Rev. S. L. did nut at once abandon her to her fate, neither aid he, as we are inclined to think he ought to have done, give her into custody ; but having learned from bar that certain ladies at Ghent, who kept a school, and with whom she said she was acquainted, would receive her, he shipped her off on board the Ostend packet, the steward of which saw her take the train for Ghent; on visiting Ghent some few months afterwards, the Rev. S. L. made inquiries for Marie, but no trace could be found either of her or of the ladies she had mentioned, and since that period she has been seen in London, and is probably at this moment a spy in some Protestant family. That Marie is a spy in the hands of the continental Jesuits we think is evi dent, and while we state this we at once acquit the Indies of the establishments at I. and at S. of all com plicity in the plot. On the Liverpool priest who intro duced her to these ladies much suspicion rests, but he, we are inclined to believe, was a mere sub - ordinate ; the concoctors of the plot are to be found in France, and perhaps the biographer of St. Elizabeth of Hungary could, if he chose, enlighten us as to the real history of Marie L. G. The letters from the supposed Mr. Clifford were, it is true, all posted in London (in almost every letter he states that he has sent it in the church parcel to be forwarded), but of the various letters addressed to him at Manotte, at Marseilles, at Nice, not one was returned ; there must, therefore, have been accomplices at all these places, and at all these places the French Jesuits have large establishments. The objects of the imposture were various, and it was so cunningly contrived that one or other of them must inevitably succeed. The Romish priests boast of the numbers who have recently left die An g lican Churoh for Rome, but, thoc• are far outnumbered by those who have left the Romish Church and embraced Protestantism, but who dare not make open profession of their faith until they have found refuge in some Protestant household, where they may be safe from the persecution to which they would he, by order of the priests, sub jected. Now the case of Marie L. G., should her im posture be discovered, was the one of all others cal culated to induce Protestants to shut their doors against any proselytes from Rome, and thus to " give a heavy blow and a great discouragement " to the progress of these conversions, while, in the mean time, the spy was making herself acquainted with the minutest details of . . the history of the Protestant mi nister and his flock, which were, no doubt, regularly transmitted to the Jesuit head-quarters, and there carefully recorded for future use. But this was not all, nor near all that the Jesuits hoped to accomplish by locating the spy in the family of the Rev. S. L.; the main and principle object was no doubt to endeavour to blast the character of an exemplary Protestant clergyman, and to hold him up to the world as a ca lumniator. The pretended autobiography of Marie was, it appears, fairly copied out from her rough draft by Mrs. L. Now Marie, after it had been so copied out, was exceedingly anxious to regain pos session of her original MS., and at the same time was importunately urging the publication of the autobio graphy. The autobiography was no doubt so care fully compiled as to admit of the production of direct and indisputable evidence in contradiction to every essential particular. had the Rev. S. L., therefore, acceded to Marie's desire on this point, there cannot be a doubt that immediately after the pub lication Marie and her MSS. would have disappeared, a cloud of witnesses from all quarters would have borne testimony to the falsehood of the statements contained in the autobiography, the Rev. S. L. would have been challenged to produce the original MSS., and on his confession of his inability to do so, the Holy Fathers would at once have de nounced him as an unprincipled fabricator of calum nious falsF hoods, and John of Tuam would have pro bably held him up as a pattern specimen of Protes tant " vermin." Fortunately, this cunningly-devised scheme has been rendered abortive by the straight forward truthfulness of the different members of the family, and by the plain, good common sense of Mrs. L. It, however, by no means follows that such will always be the result of these attempts, and it is a duty the Rev. S. L. owes to society to give the names and addresses of all the parties concerned at full length; and, above all, to unkennel the Liverpool priest, whose evidence would probably lead to a discovery of the real culprits. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. The Queen, with her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, drove out this morning. in a pony phaeton in Windsor Park, Colonel Buckley attending on hone back. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out this morn ing on horseback, attended by Licut.-Colonel Alexander Gordon. . . The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the Slopes and Windsor-park. The Royal dinner party this mining will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Baroness de Speth, and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. and Lady Emily Seymour. The band of the Grena dier Guards will attend and play during dinner, and her Majesty's private band will afterwards perform. The Countess of Charlemont has succeeded the Mar chioness of Douro in her duties as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. Lady John Russell has issued invitations for two grand assemblies on the 14th of May and 4th of June. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, APRU. 22. ELDON LAW SCHOLARSHIP. The eighth election of an Eldon Scholar will take place on Wednesday, the 4th of June next, at the resi dence of his Grace the Duke of Richmond, 51, Portland place, London. All applications must be left at the office of the Honorary Secretary (Mr. T. Metcalfe, 5, New-square, Lincolu's-inn) sealed up and endorsed " Eldon Scholarship—candidate's application," and with the candidate's name also endorsed. The forms of cer tificates and declarations required, together with the rules and regulations relative to such election, are depo sited with the senior tutor of each college and hall, and with the Registrar of the University. The annual value of the scholarship is 2001. for three years. TRINITY COLLEGE. The Rev. Joseph Smith, 8.D., Senior Bursar of Trinity College, succeeds to the living of Rotherfield Greys, near Henley, vacant by the death of the Rev. VT. M, Kinsey, B.D. Patrons—the President and Fellows of Trinity College. ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORIC&L• TURAL SOCIETY. The first flower show of this society for the present year was held yesterday in the Assembly-rooms at the Horns Tavern, Kennington. Some fine floral specimens, although not very numerous, were exhibited, amongst which the most noticeable were a few superb azelias and ericas, together with an elegant assortment of cinerarias. The prize for the best twelve of the latter was awarded to Mr. Robinson. The other principal prizes conferred by the awards of the censors were, the gold Albert medal for the best collection of miscellaneous plants, to Mr. W. Cole; the large silver Victoria medal, for the same, to Mr. Hook, of Brixton; medals for auriculas, to Mr. W. S. Ginger (two prizes), and to Mr. Turner, of the Royal Nursery, Slough ; for polyanthuses, to Mr. G. Smith ' • and—for the best specimen plants—to Mr. W. Cole, for a splendid erica; and to Messrs. Fairbairns, for a magnificent ez:•lia.. A collection of heartsease attracted much at tention, and procured a silver Linnsean medal for Mr. J. Edwards. The only display in the vegetable depart ment consisted of some finely grown rhubarb, from Hay and Sangster's, of Newington. For the summer exhibi tions, which aro to take place in the Surrey Zoological Gardens (by which time we trust certain horticultural bickerings shall have been appeased), several extra prizes aro offered by members, including one of a melli. ficatious kind, announced by Mr. J. M a rriott, o f Grace ohurch-street, " for the beat glass of honey in the comb, t a ken on tha humane principle." Mr. Ozkey's band was in attendance, and played a variety of pleasing and po pular airs. THE NORFOLK GIANT INTRODUCED TO THE QUEEN. —Mr. Robert Hales, whose height is said t o b e 7 ft. 6 in., and weight 34st. 6il;. was requested to att en d at Buckingham Palace on Friday week, when he had the honour of being introduced to her Majesty, Prince Albert, and all the Royal children ; and the hour's visit was, we understand, as grati fying to the Royal party and suite, as it must have been to the gentleman of such gigantic proportions. It appears that Mr. Hales had become the proprietor of the Craven Head Tavern, in Drury-lane, and for some weeks past the military have assembled in strong force to have a look at him and " take his measure," by standing by his side. From the representations made, Colonel Buckley was induced, we be lieve, to pay Mr. Hales a visit, and hence, we presume, Islas an " order made ou t f or h i s appearance at C our t." Dir. Hales has a line head, intellectual countenance, and may fairly be culled " a very good looking man." 1-18 height, is hands, and feet are no t at a ll i n p ro p or tion to bead, hi many men six feet high exceeding him in t h ose r espects to some extent. In conversation he is pleasant, an d even witty, and his general b ear i n g gentlemanly and kind. When Col. side of him at the Buckley, who is Eft. 4in., stood by Palace, her Majesty, we understand, ,the had heartily at the , la m u a g y hi s shadow never contrast. If we were to wish that would grow less," Mr. Hales, perhaps, very stout, his weight, as not coincide with us, for our readers may imagine he is above stated, being nearly 35st. OF D ITINE WEsTAIINSTER ABBEY. -- CELEBRATlONlisinurioN.—The following not i ce W OR SHIP DURING THE at a quarter to has been promulgated by the Dean and Chapter ;—" Divine worship on Sundays, ten and three; dail y, Sacrament of the Lord's Supper— eight, ten and three.Whit•Sun_day, Ascension-day, Trinity Sunday, Easter -day, Sunday a n i t on eightth after ct e l o r c 3,i Ii Divinethe service liii3 i lt .,, teri, in each the first Sunday An d o yery other SuLlyi ' STs JAMES'S THEATRE PROFESSOR ANDERSON'S SOIREES FAN- T A STIQUES,_ To " the Great Wizard of the North," as in days gone by Mr. J. H. Anderson was wont to style himself, the metropolitan public is indebted for a re vival of the taste for fantastic illusions and popular magic. The race of conjurors had become extinct, their tricks were too clumsy to excite the surprise, and too vulgar to please the taste of the present fastidious age, and the practice of " white magic" had fallen into desuetude when Mr. Anderson ap peared, and by his gentlemanly demeanour, the neat ness and really wonderful nature of his tricks, and the brilliancy of his splendid gold and silver appara tus, at once revived a taste for the mar vellous, and became the founder of the modern school of parlour magic. The magi cian himself was no longer the long-bearded, grim-looking, diabolically-adorned individual, who bad excited the terror and admiration of our child hood, he was now the well-bred gentleman, dressed in his usual evening coitume, who was amusing his friends in au eligantiy fitted-up drawing-room, which had taken the place of the cave of magic of old. The illusions also were of the most elegant and tasteful description ; the inexhaustible bottle ; the production of myriads of beautiful bouquets, the distribution from apparently impossible sources of innumerable cornets of bonbons ; the wonders of the m agic telescope; the mysterious disappearance of individuals from under extinguishers, have been sub stituted for the vulgar fire- ' eeting and red-tape pro ducing, a nd for the brutal and blood-stained fowl killings, with which of old our ancestors were amused. Mr. Anderson was the original reformer and civilizer of the art magic, and it Was therefore a graceful compliment that her Majesty paid to him when she summoned him to Balmoral Castle to per form before the Court. Since that time we believe he has assumed the title of Professor Anderson. He last night, to the great delight of a numerous audience, repeated the Balmoral performances at the St. James's Theatre, and we understand that every evening during the week :,the Royal entertainment will be repeated. The tricks were all performed with admirable neatness, and we doubt not but that the Professor's campaign will be most successful. THE TOURISTS' GALLERY. A numerous audience assembled yesterday to make the grand tour of Europe with Mr. Charles Mar shall. The artist led his unwearied companions over a vast extent of ground, first embarking them by the John Bull steamer from London to Ham burgh, and . from thence l ea di ng t h em through the great and picturesque cities o f G ermany to Vienna, withits smiling esplanades. We must not follow in our notice any strict geographical sketch of the varying scenes unfolded to th e eager onlookers. Suf. fice it to say that faithful transcripts of some of the most beautiful scenes on the Danube, of R ome , Venice, and Constantinople, received a j ust reward of approbation. Amongst the particular views we ll d e selling of commendation for theiri artistic effe c t were the "Ducal Palace of Venice, " The Bridge of Sighs," " The Great Square of St. Mark," " Lago Maggiore," and the beautiful island, "Mont s Ros a . The effect of an avalanche and the morning after a snow fall were also very fine. The Alpine scenery, the " View of Interlaken and the Jung-frau," were rendered with great skill, and produced a fine effect. Mr. Marshall carried his easy travellers an agreeable journey down the Rhine, a n d, f or th e f ee of one shil ling, he freed them from all annoyances of waiters, hotels, or Customs' officers. A lecture in structed the uninitiated, and descriptive music en livened the ever-varying scene. We can cordially re commend those who have not either time or means to make the grand route to accompany our artist for an hour or two, and we promise them th a t th ey w i ll not only derive instruction but much amusement from their trip. OUR NATIVE LAND. "Our Native Land; or, England and the Seasons," is the title of a new diorama exhibited at the Gallery of Illustration, Regent-street. It consists of anum ber of views, some apparently wholly imaginary, others representing various picturesque localities in England, arranged in four divisions, according to the seasons, and peopled with groups engaged in the rural labours or sports appropriate to the time of year. The period chosen seems rather to be the last than the present century, fur the peasants are engaged in the now almost extinct sports of the harvest home and the Maypole, while the gentry are attired in the costume and engaged in the occupations of Sir Roger de Coverly and his companions. Besides the views which are intended to convey a representation of rural life, there are several others of localities in teresting for their historical associations, or for their beauties or scenery. Amongst these are views of the North Foreland, the Town and Castle of Windsor, Greenwich H'spital, the Thames at Twickenham, Dever, &c. The diorama has been painted by Messrs. Gripve, Telbin, and John Absolon, and the numerous groups of animals which it contains, by Mr. J. F. Herring, sen. THE CHIC ESE EXHIBITION. The collector of this museum has chosen a most opportune moment for again presenting to the public this exposition of the arts, manufactures, and industrial habits of the Chinese. A commodious and elegant building bas been erected adjoining the Albert-gate, and, from its near proximity to the 'World's Fair, a more appropriate site could not have been selected for the convenience of those visitors who feel an interest in matters connected with the " Celestial Empire." Many interesting articles have been added to the collection since it was last exhibited, and an addi tional attraction is promised in the person of " Pwan ye-koo," a Chinese lady of rank, with " lotus feet two and a half inches in length," who is to be ac companied by her children, several attendants, and a native musical professor. This lady is expected to arrive in the course of a few days, and th ere can b e no doubt that her ‘‘ tiny" feet will ex c it e a d egree of curiosity quite disproportioned to their diminu tive size. THE CHINESE JUNK. This curious specimen of Chinese ingenuity con tinues still to attract numerous visitors, whose at tention is divided between wonder that such a strange barque should have made the voyage to England, and the extraordinary 'number of articles, whether em ployed for dom es ti c use or f or re li g ious worship, which meet the eye of the visitor at ev ery . i turn, presenting a curious picture of the sem i -civi condition of this singular people.. The appe arance craft of the crew who navigated this th u e n A co tl u ac h tic through tie Indian ocean . an . d across are not the least of the curiosities that attract the atten tion of visitors. FIRES YESTERDAY. THREE afternoon, about two o'clock,. the neigh. Yesterday bourbood of Blan in consequence of a fire of a dford-square, was t h rown into a state breakirg out in the private residence ' character serious c a I 1., Sherborne-street, running into the of Mr. R. Billow a , re na med sees. • of considerable c onfusion, . flames originated from some cause at present un known,nd although most of the inmates were at home a the existence of the fire was not known at the time, ab T ov h e e . until it had broken through the roof, and was seen by the neighbours on the opposite aide of the street. The engines of the London Brigade and parish were soon on the spot, and were set to work, but in spite of the exer tions of the firemen the flames could not be conquered until the whole of the upper portion of the ' premises, with the furniture therein, were totally consumed, the lower part, and its contents, seriously damaged. No. 12, in the same street, in the tenure of Mr. F. Tuokfield, and No. 10, belonging to Mr. E. T. Lance are both much damaged. Th e three houses were insured in the Sun Fire-office, but none of the furniture was insured. At an early hour yesterday morning a fire, by whir . five persons nearly lost their lives, happened on the pr n. m4es belonging to Mr. Henry Harris, stationer.L.i.lena bookbinder, No. 18, Bridge-street, Westminste r . w° discovered the flames were raging in the shop. and throe mates, consisting of Mr. Harris, his wl s e n , attempt to children, having been aroused, Y the- made rising in such escape by ' the staircase, but the smoke the latter, was ocee d to T th h e e t i ol dense bodies that they were forced s t b o ie under trap door in the roof, they all succeedietdhigaining house in safety. The and they were taken into thewnioth Englandngines of the lea to work and eventually the flames, but not untd of Companies, L es o c n ap do e n ot ß . trhigeandeoyaalndSociety,t having t e v hvaluable stock in trade, succeeded in x th ti e rig fi u rL e W m h don f ° serious damage was Fortunately Dir. Harris was premises. and also to the insured. About the same h ou r another fir e h appened at No. 4, As occupied as a lodging-house. Spitai- Id e , Kest©-street, I t commenced in the second floor, tenanted by a f e male named Eliza b e th Booth, wh o was awoke by the fire b urn ing be r • She jumped out of bed with her night clothes • flames, and b e f ore they could be extinguished, in she as terribly burned. Th e engines quickly attended , bti i th e ". fire could not be subdued until great damage was done. SOMETHING THAT THOSE WHO RIDE MAY READ.—: Since the scurrilous papers have died a natural death, throughthe more whol esome supply t f cheap literature that h as bee n provided, it m ay b e sa i d that slander has l i tera lly c ome t o a stand for now alm os t th e on ly ve hi c le for abuse is a street cab.— Punch. whose MDAIE. SONTAG.—This eminent cantatrice, anxiously advent to the boards of her Majesty's Thea m tr e e n , t is tl o y f looked for by the habitues of that establishment, received, as a souvenir of the celebrated sheance'ohf a s t hreecl recently are contained the April, at Paris, a superb album, in eloquent orations pronounced on and cbaracteristic theffoccasion by M. Dupla and M. Dufaure, as well as some sparkling h the artistic exertions of Deschamps. It is estimated t sum of 100,000 francs, for poetry, addressed to the great Germana songstress by Emile Mdme. Sontag have realised Paris. the charitable institutions of TO PARLIAMENT . —OII Thurs dayADMISSION OF JENVtghe second reading of the Oath of next (Ist Mar.. o the Bill, Newdegate, according to notice Abjuration (Jews given, will wove th at it be read that day OA month& S ;4 ;i4