The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-12 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE —(MONDAY.) Very little change took place in the value of either Eng !f,sh or forei gn Wh ea t i n t h e l arge consum i ng mar k e ts held in !he provincial districts on Saturday, but the amount of busi ness doing w as comparat i ve l y sma ll , ow i ng to the large sup plies of foreign Flour on offer at the leading outports. Grind ing and distilling Barley sold at full prices, but malting Parcels were less in request. Malt changed hands slowly, at Previous currencies. There was more doing in Oats, the value of which had an upward tendency. Beans and Peas were held at f u ll p r i ces . I n di an Corn and Flour without change. Our foreign letters state that a steady demand has sprung 11 1 ) for most kinds of spring Corn at full prices. The Wheat t rade has rul e d i nac ti ve , b ut Fl ou r continues to change hands freely in most of the French ports on English account. The receipts of E ng li s h Gram up to our market, last week, Were small. From abroad we received 31,293 quarters of Wheat, 7,516 Barley, 42,506 Oats, 64 Beans, 11z Peas, 37 tares, 774 Linseed, 3,842 Rapeseed, 1,150 sundry seeds, 13,338 sacks and 1,663 barrels Flour. A very limited quantity of Wheat came fresh to hand this Morning, coastwise from Essex and Kent; but its condition Was tolerably good. By I , nd carriage the receipts were very moderate, and by no means prime. As the show of samples of both red and white were small, and as most of the London millers are very short of stock, the demand for all kinds of heat of home produce was steady, and a good clearance W as effected a t prices equal to those obtained on this day le'nnight. The number of offers from the east coast were compara tivelysmall, but the amount of business doing for forward Shipment was limited. It is generally considered that the stocks of Wheat in Norfolk and Suffolk are beneath average ones for the time of year; yet no advance can be looked for the quotations so long as the present pressure of foreig n 'skin continues. We were heavily supplied with samples of foreign Wheat Partly afloat and ex granary. Fine qualities commanded a Moderate inquiry, at full prices, but the sales were chiefly in re tail• In the middling and inferior kinds very few sales took place, at last week's currencies. Numerous offers were .. 1 1 the market from Dantzie, but we heard of very few sales. hfleating cargoes off Falmouth scarcely any business was doin g. The show of English Barley was small, that of foreign seasonably large. Most kinds were in fair request, and late rates were well supported. Malt, the supply of which was tolerably good, sold al°wl Y, but no change took place in its value. Notwithstanding that the supply of foreign Oats was very tensive, the Oat trade ruled steady, and late rates were Well supported. We had a fair sale for Beans, at fully late rates. In - Peas very little was doing, yet holders generally were firm. In dian-corn was neglected; but several large parcels of French Flour changed hands, at full prices. The stock here 4 l illuenally large. CURRENCY PEE IMP. Whsat_ Essex & Kent, Red, New.... 328 to 408 D itto• White, New 35s 48s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red.. •.. 318 408 Ditto, White.. • • 338 408 ...nab, Red........ —s —s bltto,White.• •• .. —8 —5 .. 231 25s •• •• • • ...... 24s 268 •••••q--Grinding .... 19s 23s Malting , 2is 268 _Chevalier 288 318 .1114—Suffolk and or folk 43s 48s itruvrn „ „ 408 428 Llugston and Ware 47s 518 SE3 The season for sowing bein; t ii . d oing in Clover Seed, the rat hest other Seeds move off slol uest Linseed Cakes are in some l'Ur nlD,White, per bush. lOs to lie Red awl Its 1 28 ' Lu stard, Brown .•• • • • 9s 12s White, new • • • . ••6a 0d 880 d `',Winter ..... . 4s Od 4s 6d Old „„ „ „ ...3s Od 4s Od i t n arY, per quarter • . 405 43s ~,.o J e grass .. ~.. 24s 308 ..ver, R ed Eng. (cwt.) 448 603 White 415 565 Foreign Red.. •• .. 40s 60s White.... 38s 57s 17s 22s l ove Duty was p p aid to the 3d on the following quantities of foreign %/r Seed u -1851. 1850. London Liverpool Hull szarvirxzw:). A fair average time of year supply of foreign stock arrived in the port of London last week, viz., 1,923 head. During the corresponding period in 1850 we received 1,425 ; in 1849, . 0486 ; in 1848, 2,434; and in 1847, 1,92,8 head. 'ERIAL MEASURE. Malt—Chevalier •.• • .. 5 2i to 55$ Oats— Yorkshire and Lincobash., Feud. 16s 21s Potato Youghal and Cork, Black ....... 16s 19s Cork, White . 17s 208 Scotch, Feed..... 20s 248 Beans—Tick • • .... 24s 29s Pigeons ...... 26s 311 Peas—Grey .•• • . 25s 28s Maple .•• • • ...... 26s 29s White. •• • • •• • • 245 278 Boilers -•••• • • • • • 26a 308 Floor—Town -made. • • 33s 38s Suffolk ••••• • • • • • 27s 31s Stockta & Norfolk 27s 31s MS. . ,g now nearly over, very little tes of which are very irregular. , wly, at last week's prices. The tewhat improved request. 'Carraway •• •• ........ 31s 33s Coriander .... •• .. •• • • 15s 18s Hempseed, per quarter Linseed, Eng. Sowing • • Crushing ...... •. Odessa - . • • • • • • • • Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .. .71 Os 71 103 Foreign, per ton 615 s 61 155 Rape Cakes, pr ton 41 Os 4/ 10. Rapeseed, New, pr ist 251 05 27105 34s 358 60s 658 48s 529 44s 47. 46d 508 lI&PbRTS INTO LONDON IN THY PAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. gamburgh 475 ... tlolingen 212 ... 338 .. 2 ... 6 .. 0 Jutterdam 127 ... 392 ... ... 285 ... 0 aansterdam 9 ... -.. 13 - alais ••• „ordt mieu. Die 15 ... Boulogne P ••• , 'P 4 egkjobing l2B ... 41 ... - ... 11 ... - ... ... 3 •• , 29 ... --- ... - ... ....• '.. •• • - •• • ... 84 Total The yearly comparison of the weekly imports is as tuider:— Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1850 322 ... 725 ... 112 258 ... 7 1849 294 968 ... 226 .- 3 1848... 7BO ... 1,437 -.— 212 -.— At the outports the arrivals of stock from the Continent Were comparatively small. The following are the total im ports into the United Kingdom during the three months end ing on the sth April, 1850 and 1851:- 1850. 1851. Oxen 2,802 ... 3,647 Cows ... ... 2,213 ... 2,432 Calves ... 2,834 ... 3,884 Sheep ... ... 7,354 ... 21,768 Lambs ... ... 1 ... 6 Pigs ••• ... 123 ... 735 The show of Beasts in to-day's market was large beyond recollected precedent at this period of the year, indeed it Was equal, in point both of number and quality , to the su pp l y brought forward at Christmas in some seasons. The excess may, in a great measure , be attributed to the holding of the Great Exhibition, and the anticipated increased consumption of food in the metropolis. The Beef trade was, however, '-xeessively heavy, and prices ruled from 2d, to, in some instances, 4d per 81bs beneath those of Monday last, and a clearance was not effected. The ex treme value of the best Scots was 3s 6d per 81ba Pr,elo Norfolk, Sussex, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we re ceived 2,800 Scots, Shorthorns, &c.; from other parts of England, 450 Herefords, runts, Devo ns, &c.; and from 'eeotlaad, 500 horned and polled Scots , 400 being per rail bay. With Sheep we were very extensively supplied, how ever all breeds met a very dull inquiry, and the currencies `were fully 2d per Blbs lower than last week. The primest old Downs, out of the wool, sold with difficulty at from 3s 6d to 3$ Sd per 81bs. Large numbers of Sheep left the market Unsold. Lambs, the supply of which was seasonably large, moved off heavily, at 2d per 81bs. less mon e y , the hi g hest fi gure being 5s 6d per 8 1 bs. From the Is le of Wight 380 bead came to hand per railway. Very little business was transacted in Calves, at a fall in value of from 2d to 4d per 'be. In Pigs next to nothing was doing, and the currencies gave way 2d to 4d per Blbs. Statement and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices of Fat Stock Exhibited and Sold in Smithfield Cattle-market, en Monday, May 13, 1850, and this day, Monday, May 12, 1851. Per Bibs to sink the offals. May 13, 1850. Mayl2, 1851. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts ... ... 2 4to 2 6 2 4 to. 2 6 b S econd quality ditto .........2 8 210 2 8 210 ',rime large Oxen ........3 0 32 3 0 3 2 r - rhos Scots, &c.... ... ... ... 3 4 3 6 3 4 3 6 Coarse and inferior Sheep... ... 210 3 0 2 8 210 Second quality ditto ... ... ... 3 2 3 6 3 0 3 2 Prime coarse-woolled ditto ... 3 6 3 8 3 4 3 6 Prime Southdown ditto ... ... 310 4 0 3 6 3 8 Lamb e _ „. 4 8 5 1(1 4 6 5 6 Large coarse Calves .. • ... 21 0 3 0 3 0 3 4 Prime small ditt o • • ... 3 2 3 4 3 6 310 Large Hogs .. ••• .. 3 .2 3 6 2 8 3 4 Small Porker s '** *** ... • 3 8 4 0 3 G 3 8 Beasts . 3 579 4,718 Sheep and Lambs .. ...23,070 5).9,230 Calves ... .. . 177 268 ... Pigs .. ..... ... .. 23 0 410 SUPPLIES ON SALE, MAY 14, 1849. —Busts, 3,062 ; Sheep and Lambs, 21,020; Calves, 180 ; Pigs, 230. MAY 15, 1848.—Beasts, 2,790; Sheep and Lambs, 2T.,690; Calves, 150; P.gs, 381. Per Blbs, to sink the offal. 8 :2 d. to s. d. . Inferior Beasts... S. d. to s.d Second quality 24 2 6 Inferior Sheep .... 2 8 210 Primo large oxen_ 3 8 210 Saeond enal. Sheep 3 0 3 2 Prime Scotso g 2 c 3 4 3 . Darse-woolledditto3 4 3 6 Large coarse Calves a 0 6 Southdown Wether 3 6 a 8 Prime sraall ditto 3 6 310 L D a it i t g e e e n uto a f s th . e . w .. 00 .. 10 2 0 8 0 3 0 4 allekling Calves lB 0 24 0 Lambs •• •• •••• •• 4 6 5 6 Small Porkers •• 3 6 3 8 TOTAL mrippLl Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 I Shee. AT MARKET. Roasts. p I 12,09,12t3r0ms s t ,urp C L a 2y l 6 : B es. I P i ta 4 718 I 41.0 'feasts. 1 Sheep. I Calves. 510 1,510 s-alves. ISt NEIVGATE AND ima m Since Monday last these markets havEeNbeaniZeleLeasi'dd7ivc:htieusoei.alas.hvlasyay,. 'well supplied with each kind of Meat, Lond on country-killed; whilst the general demand h as -n as on the following terms : At per stone by the Carcase, s. d. to s. d. 13oef,infertor...... 2 2 2 4 Jblutton, inferior .. a i .......-• m iddling .• .. 2 6 2 8 ----- middling,. , ( t 1 210 ''''-- primeiarge —2 10 3 0 ---- prime ..., a . 3 4 :111 ar3ketas "--- prime small 3 2 3 4 Pork, 1arge........ 2 Wm—. ...... • 3 0 310 --- small .• • Lamb, 4s 6d to 5s Gd. 3 ' 310 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIETAISs. Nearly 2,000 tons of Potatoes arrived for these coastwise and by laud carriage last week ; and we re ceived 54 sacks from Dunkirk and 104 bags from Dordt. Si .dected 11 .,flaples are somewhat sca rce, and quite as dear ; but al l other kinds are a slow sale. Pat Ton. Per Ton. Yorksh, Regents. 90s to 110 s Wisbeach &Cam bridge ........ 80s 'to 90s Ditto Shaws, for planting 80s to —s Kent Regents...... 8 8 0 0 : . . t to o Lincoln. Regents 35s to 100sEssex Regents... Scotch Regents 85s to 955 Essex Shaws . , 7 0 0 s s to to 7 7 54 Ditto Cups l Ditto Dahlias Ditto Blues —s to o 70s 8 7 0 0 s s t t o o 9705:LKKeennttithERssexd.in .to s s Common Whites. 70s to 75s!French 555 _ 2 Newcastle &B er - !German ditt o ... 70s 'to BO wick Reg en t s 9 os t o 95s!Chats . ............ . —s to BOROUGH HOP IYILAIMILET. We have a slightly improved demand for fine colour Y Hn allo l ! at prices equ a l t o th ose o btained on Monday last. i other kinds next to nothing is doing. Factors' curre ocies as follow :—Mid and East Kent Pockets, 84s to 135 s I cwt; Weald of Kent ditto, 74s to 84s; Sussex ditto, 65s to :80s. WOOL. v ery extensive supplies of Wool arrived in the port of Loudon last week, viz. : 3,860 bales from Geelon; 1,000 from Hobart T own , 249 from Port Beaufort, 7,38.3 fr( win Port LIMP, 6,034 fr o m Sydney, 1,412 from Adelaide, 1,2 00 from Launceston, 350 from Algoa Bay, 37 from the Cape, and 12 from Hamburgh. As the sales will commence on Ti lursday text, and as the quantity of Colonial Wool to be offered thereat is fully expected to exceed by 20,000 bales t be pre vious estimate, the private contract demand is he a vy, at almost nominal quotations. TALLOW. The Weath e r b a yi ng b eco me warm, exceedingly lit tle is L NEW S 9' CLOCZ ;aturday weil„ ere taken mprised 4.r j 71d.t to 7r rat at 41cl ' il re con6do3o, y Shares Ito upon the 117I 17 by the v, me of his ' they too lig' al agents. P, r obviously to. rde rs of laC Id they wow', d a stateol!: ve seen touG . von from h, it mu st l ate when to )n promise i s 10, 0 ° ° ''' h e has re illif 1 w e believe, a greed on; xi _, e letter Or' BoOti o . ates is w ..600 3 a 0.- good 3. gut Of ial BS III‘ OO ,anca. ties. tea 1 suPP ° 2.ye they nent 2of 7i bu., Led The '' ,reff ke a ni g aup 1‘ 136/ f . dia °I 3 t Spa n- • the st Media v angenien," the Thl' have bee s 5 to 56, Sian Few depres, are Par" ; rn, miler 'we FIRFS' CLOCL p p CLOGS' DA Y.) ;ht breeze 6 and Port ,es; Ner I. SylP b ' es, Cuba; St. Marl, sere fronl he follor ona, 6, 0 of ditto , Swan, of .d to Linn n, 8,000 )0 ; Mar ion, 500 ; Id. Man- AyreS ; 1e; Ara re Stater ara, Be -43, New s; Tres ranville I k at the expected :hiedaray ith fore" erdani ; Janeiro renada ; ['mains. :ealand; Mauri- I Hope; South 'ican, of )owsprit oulding , Aril full rhe Le, with in 4; crew )00l for rth and lalmoe , mholm► 1; crew I bound ia,s nnt lay. for n. n. It to be TOS ur the Cow e y for united irtetY " I have bound irge a doing in our market, and prices are from 3d to 6d per cwt lower than on - Monday last. Today P. Y. C. on the spot is quoted at 3f , s to 38s 6d, and for forward delivery 39s per cwt. Town. Tallow, 37s per cwt net cash. Rough Fat, 2s 14 per Sibs. Letters from St. Petersburgh represent the demand as heavy. 1847. 1848. 1b49. 1850. I£sl. Stock this day ••.. • • \ 9,079 :rice of Y. C. •• .. 47s Od to 47s 6,1 Delivery last week • . 585 Ditto from June 1.... 77,212 Arrivals last week • . 4?.,6 Ditto from June 1 ... 75,666 47s Od to Os Cd 23,616 38s 3d to Os Od 25,606 1 34,713 37s °Lit& 288 3d Os Id 1t0385 Od 1,738 891 90,743 8F,6 41 273 1,30 90,878 97,841 6 to 1 12 to 1 16 to 1 20 to 1 20 to 1 25 to 1 25 to 1 1,207 I 4 ,72 96,012 94,•279 1,798 100 96,294 110,392 493 Od 393 64 33s 01 139 s 6d Price of Town ...... I 49s Ed CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) MARKER V. 3IARRER. The arguments in this part-heard appeal motion were again resumed this morniug. RICKMAN V. RICKMAN. In this case, which:: WP..5 argued before the Lord Chancellor last Monday, his Lordship then confirmed the judgment of the Vice•ChancAlor, and dismissed the petnion of appeal. Our report unintentionally stated that the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor had been re versed. THE SUN, LONDON, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BET .I.ltiG AT THE WEST. END. TEE GREAT MATCH. 1 to 8 on The Flying Dutclainan—taken SOMERSETSUIRE STAKES. 7 to 4 agst The Ban—token and afi:crwardstffaed DERBY. ngst Hernandez—taken freely agst Marlborough Buck agst The Ban agst Prime Minister agst Theseus—offers to take agst Constellation—offers to take agst Heart Breaker—taken OAKS. Offers to take 4 to 1 about Payment DURHAM. RACES (CoNcLunED).—Furnia. The New Stakes of 5 soya each and '25 added, for two and three yrs old; the second to save his stake. T.Y.C. (6 Subs.) Mr. M.eiklam's Evadne, 2 yrs, 7st 21b (T. Lye) 1 Mr. Graham's Harker, 2 yrs, 7st (Pringle) 2 Mr. Hall's bf by Hetman Plated, dby Jereed, 6st 61b 3 The following also ran:—Mr. Walker's Merlin, 2 yrs, 6st 61b (llaxby); Mr. Thompson's Jack Robinson, 3 yrs, 9st 4th (Mortlock); and Mr. Osborne's King of Troy, 2 yrs, Est 91b (J. Osborne, jun.) Betting-2 to lon Evadne, 3to 1 agst Merlin, 4to 1 agst Hetman Platoff filly, and sto 1 agst Troy. Won cleverly by a length. The Hunten' Stakes of 5 sovs each, and 20 added; ono mile and throe-quarters. Gentlemen riders. (9 Subs.) Mr. Barker's Tordesillas, lOst 101b...(Mr. Gregson) 1 Capt. Broadley's Squire of Mahon, l2st 51b (Owner) 2 Mr. J. Simpson's - View Halloo, lOst 121b...(Owner) 3 Mr. Hutton's Psyche, 4 yrs, lOat 121b...(Mr. Peart) 4 Three others started. Won cleverly by half a length. The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs each and 25 added; one mile and la quarter, 9 Subs., were won in three heats easily, by Mr. Ryder's Clara, 7st 71b (Charlton), beating Mr. J.Gill's b c by Red Deer, sst 131 b, and four others. SPORTING NOTES. No. LI. OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE GREAT NATIONAL EXHIBITION ON THE DOWNS OF EPSOM; A KEY TO THE MYSTERIES OF THE SEVENTY-SECOND DERBY. " Some there are, that by due steps aspire To lay their hands on that golden key, That ope's the palace of futurity : To such my errand is." MILTON'S Mask of COMUS. " Now bear me speak, with a prophetic spirit : For even the breath of what I mean to speak Shall blow each dust, each straw, each little rub, Out of the path which shall directly lead Thy foot to Fortune's Temple ; therefore mark I" TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—More than two years have elapsed since I published, in the columns of The Sun, my first remarks on the Derby at ot this present memorable year ; yet, during the whole of th time, I have remained true to my original selection—The Prime Minister, Newminster, Storm, and Lamartine—but, alas, that such things should be, the " understandings" of Storm and Newminster, the former in particular, have proved the fact that " Legs are not steel, and steel is bent ; * Legs are not rock, and rock is rent ;" by giving way to such an extent, that Storm may be set down as a certain non-starter ; and though in all probability Newminster may be screwed up to the sticking point, yet, what with labouring under the imputation of unsoundness, and being short of work, I cannot at the present reckoning advise any of my sporting clients to stand o n him solus for the " great go" of Wednesday week. Lamartine of late I have heard but little about; but with respect to that cele brated son of Melbourne, The Prime Minister, the last one left me of my original Derby team for the present year, I have heard the last day or two much more than I wished about him ; in fact that he, like unto the other three, was by no manner of means up to the mark, had gone amiss, &c., &c., which was demonstrated too surely yesterday, and again this morning, by the repeated offers of his opponents to lay 20, and, in some instances, 25 and 33 to 1 against him. Thus have the four animals, constituting my Derby team, after having risen in the betting to the s hort p rices, respectively, of 9 to 2, 12 to 1, 20 to 1, and 25 to 1, one by one, fallen off " from their high estate," and, "Having touched the highest point of all their greatness, From that full meridian of their glory They haste now to their setting. They have fallen Like a bright exhalation in the evening, To be seen and heard of no more. At least, this seems to be t he conclusion one must come to with respect to their Derby chances : however, the Minister not having gone, like his former companion at the top of the betting, Grecian,slick out of the market, it is " on the cards" that he may have a chance l eft yet ; but, at any rate, the public cannot complain of my selection, as hundreds to one, within the last ten months, were obtainable about the Minister, and fifties about each of the others, giving good hedging. But let me change this theme (it grows too sad for backers' nerves), and turn t o a cons i deration of those animals' chances that are sound and fit at all points. The field, I should say, would range between twenty one and twenty-five, to be selected from the following : Hernandez, Constellation, Heartbreaker, The Marlborough Buck, Glenhawk, Bonnie Dundee, Midas, Tragedian, Ariosto (d.), The Prime Minister, The Ban, Teddington, Theseus, Ipsus (d.), Guy Mannering (d.), Telescope, (v. d.), Hippolytus, Louis Napoleon,Newminster, Mountain Deer, Hungerford (d. ), The Black Doctor, Lamar tine (d. ), colt by Tearaway (d.), Gholab Singh, colt by Epirus, Enterprise (d.), Azeth, Neasham, England's Glory, and Buckhound. 1 shall begin the analyzation by extract ing that division of the field which I denominate the worth less lot, under which head the following may be classed : Tragedian, Ariosto, Ipsus, Guy Mannering, Louis Na poleon, ilungerford, colts by Tearaway and Epirus, Gholab Singh,Azetb, Neasham, and Buckhound. This leaves me seventeen animals to select the winner from, three of whom—The Prime Minister, Newminster, and Lamartine, are reported not to he "up to the mark ;" thus reducing the number to fourteen whose chances now require a careful examination at my hands to discover— " Whom th'uncontroll'd decrees of fate To victory necessitate." Sir Joseph Hawley, lucky man, is the proprietor of two rattling favourites 7 -Teddington and The Ban. The former, as being the premier in the market , demands my first considera tion ;h e is by Orlando, out of Miss Twickenham, has ap peared in public six times, and as a winner thrice • his per formances are anything but first-rate ; he made ' his debut in the Second Spring Meeting at Newmarket last year in the race for the 10 sous. stakes, where, having lost start, he was no-where to Coticula and Citadel, the fi rst and second. His next appearance was at Epsom, where he ran a fair third to the Marlborough Buck and Buckhound, beating a large field including Heartbreaker and Glenhawk. At the Newmarket July meeting, in, the race for the Chesterfield Stakes, he, for the . , first time, shines as a victor, just managing to beat Ariosto on the post by a neck! Turtle third ; Phlegra beaten off! At Goodwood, for the Eglinton Stakes, he ran a bad third to Phlegra and Bu.ckhoundl! And afterwards won the Molecomb Stakes, giving 5 1 bs to Hipp ol y tus, and beating him by a head ! This eh fsed his performances last year. In the present season he has run but once, for a2OO sove.Stakes in the Newmarket Craven Meeting, when carrying Bst 121 b to the 9st 21b of the game little Midas, he beat the latter in a common canter, as he ought to do, if Sir Joseph expects to see his portrait figuring in the gallery of Derby winners. It is said he has beaten Aphrodite in a trial ; on the strength of which he was made first favourite for the Epsom event; but, without I am sorely deceived, he is not good enough to carry off the Derby laurels. Sir Joseph's other nag, The Ban, may possibly turn out to be THE horse of the stable on the day; for it is well known the sums that have been in vested on him of late had been. in large amounts, and put on by parties who are not often on the wrong scent. I, how ever, think that he is rot equal to the task of pulling through. Both The Ban and Teddington run, I believe ; Job Mar son rides the best on the clay ; and Pearl, it is said, Wi er have the other moun.t. Lord Enfield's bay; colt Hernandez, by Pantaloon, out of Black B r ess, second fa vourite, commands my next attention. This is one of the soundest, and, if I mistake not, about the best of the favouhe rites. He made his first app( arance at Liverpool in t : July Meeting, when he beat I larpsichord and Nondescript easily, for a Post Produce Sweepstakes. At Goodwood 1b , car rying Bst 71b, was bea ten a head by Phlegra, Bst 1, f . or the Ham Stakes: Bonnie Dui Klee, 8 otic st 71b 8st 71b head b hienwo d H ernan dez ; Tne Ban , B st 101 b ; Cula, and t or three others beaten otll At the Newmarket F. 0. M., he won m the n t l:r r i hi-111;1;1a Midas,es y rr a l e l e niigatnh: heating a Maenrdry seven others ; and, at the Ho u g hton Meeting, after running a dead heat with Ariosto and Heartbr eaker for the Glasgow Stakes, was beaten half a length by them in the deciding heat. This closed his performances last ye an This year, in ,th,e.New market Craven Meeting , h e won the Tuesday s Ri 4 Ibddle in !, worth, carrying B st 71 b , f rom klookem Snivvy, Bst . , the easiest manner imagin eible ; and, afterwards dis tinguished himself by winning the 2,10 . 0 nea Stakes very cleverly,. beating Mountt . iin Deer, Glenhawk, and seven others not placed. He is " by the hand of nature marked, quoted' and signed, to do a deed of n ote," and will, mnost a ssuredl y , be fi rst, second, or thir . d, per chance the wiziNEss in the even fu struggle on the 21st instant. He will be ridden by Nat;; consequently will have the benefit of all that artistic jock( t yship can accomplish towar ds o btaining a glorious triumph 'or his owner and backers ! It is reported that Buckhound, tc oled by Kitchener, will render what assistance he can in mal Ling the running, &c., for Her nandez. Mr. J. Clarke's M. trlboreugh Buck, called half bred, by Venison, dam by Deft nce, is a superior animal, and may realise my prediction co ncerning him of the 31st . of January last, that he "is quite ca p able, I imagine, of repeat i ng on a pinch the Hotspur dose of 1849 ; consequently taking liberties with him is a remarliabi y dangerous movement." He has only appeared in public once—last year at Epsom — when he won the Woodcote Ste kes, beating Buckhound, Ted dington, Glenhawk, Heartbreal ;er, and eight others. Hehas, it is said, satisfied his friends ; b at there is one thing concerning him that does not look very n ny for his supporters—two or three of the "talent" have beep i administering pepper ad libi tum for some time past at od. :s varying from 12 to 16 to 1. His jockey's name I have not been able to ascertain. Lord Eglinton intends, I believe, starting a couple—Bonnie Dundee and Hippolytus ; the former with Marlow up, and the latter with Sharp or Lye. Bonnie Dundee, however, is evidently the horse intended; h e is by Lanercost, out of Blue Bonnet, and has been out but o ace—for the Ham Stakes last year, when he was beaten a h cad for second place by Her nandez ! The latter being be eten a head by the winner, Phlegra, who received six you ads of the second and third, which just turned the scale in hi ir favour. Phlegra was in her best form throughout the wb tale of that meeting at Good wood. 1 anticipate seeing the tan sen in the third place, at least, if not any nearer, always prov ti ing that Bonnie Dundee is up to the mark on the iniport. nit occasion. Mr. H. Hill's Mountain Deer, by Toucheton e, out of Mountain Sy l p h's dam, notwithstanding the assist ince he will receive from that talented jockey Alfred Day, will find his master again, 89 he did before, in Hernandez. Tom Dawson's hopes are centred in Constellation, by Lanercost, 01 It of Moonbeam, the property of Mr. Meikiam, of whom it is a. averted that he has improved wonderfully in his form since he min The Ban and Croupier such a close race for the Municip sat Stakes, at Doncaster, last September ; I cannot fancy him however, and think his winning a forlorn hope ; he will 1)i ridden by Sim Temple man. Mr. Higgins's chesnut colt '.Theseus, by Minotaur, out tf New Year's Day, by Jerry, wa a out four times last season, winning thrice, but in no ono cost; in ce heating a horse of any account; he is much fancied at Newmarket, and great things are expected of him- rnach mpre, i ns y e m opin ount .ion, than he can accomplish. Sam Igo gers will ha t Heartbreaker, by Don John, out o.t Dilbar, is well bred, and probably will run very forward. I have not heard who the mount has been entrusted to, bu t should say it would be Frank butler. priv l a r. te, W i i f in good England's Glory , b y Clarion or Erni hu?, out o f Pr“iiie Bird, ill, in L probability , be ridden by Wintringham ; and, front his l wrforma nces in public and good work, will 1. I a dangerous Outsider. Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor, by The Doctor, out of Betsy I Bird, is al dangerous outsider. 1 believe he wi l l be rith.ea byyoung Osborne, Mr. E. it, Clarke's Glenhawlc, by Lanercost, out of Avis, by Camel, although a remarkably fine horse to lock at, I cannot have as the absolute winner of the Derby. Dockeray, I understand, will have the mount. That game little animal, Lord Exeter's Slides, by Beiram, out etMerope, tinder the guidance of Norman, will be mu ch nearer the front than is generAy imagined. The only other horse requiring comment is a cast-off of Lord Clifden's stable — Telescope , by Lanercost, out of Gaze, the property of Mr. Neville; it will beat more than beats it. To sum up, in the absence of the Prime Minister and Co., the front rank at the finish will be composed of HER NANDEZ, TEDDINGTON, Dl ARLBOROUGH BUCK, BONNIE DUN DEE and HEARTBREAKER ; the two 11's. probably, having the best of the spin. I shall be more pointed in my decision in the course of the week. Every day this week brief notes will appear containing the latest accounts from all quarters connLcted kith the Epsom events. Mem.—lt is my opinion at the present moment that PAYMENT or APHRODITE will win the Oaks for a cer tainty, the former for choice; and that Hesse Homburg and Sister to Wanota will not be far behind. I am, Sir, yours, &e., May 12, 1551. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. HARWICH ELECTION COMMITTEE. On Saturday the Committee continued their scrutiny, the vote objected to being that of Mr. John Attwood, in respect of an estate situate at Doverscourt, near liar- wich. Mr. JAMES, Q.C., contended that the vote was a bad vote, and ought not to have been polled. Mr. Attwood had been in possession of the house for upwards of three years, had never slept in it, had kept it in an unfurnished state, with only an old man to look after it. Mr. Att wood had visited Harwich only twice in the three years, once during the period of his own electio n in 1847, when he was unseated by a Committee of the House of Com mons, and again in March last, daring Mr. Priusep's election, at neither of which periods did he sleep or stay at his own residence, but in the first place at the Three Cups Hotel, and in the second at the house of Mr. He eeltine, one of his partisans. Mr. Attwood's vote had been struck off as a bad vote in 1848, 1849, and 1850, and yet in 1851 the anomaly of its being reinstated on the register occurred. Mr. Attwood had an agent at Harwich named Alfred Haste, a retired tailor or draper, and to this individual the churchwardens, in contravention of the Act of Parliament, entrusted the preparation of the list of voters, and in pur suance of this privilege, he took the opportunity of placing on the list every servant of Mr. Attwood, whether the vote was good or bad, thus entailing great expense on the objectors. Mr. Pownall, solicitor of Harwich, gave evident© in confirmation of thesJ facts, together with Joseph Smith, Mr. Attwood's gardener. The latter admitted that prior to Mr. Prinsep's election he had come to an ar rangement with Mr. Attwood, to rent the lodge and a little bit of garden, and live there instead of in the mansion. Mr. JAMES—So that, horticulturally speaking, you were transplanted by Mr. Attwocd, in order to go up with a vote.—(Laughter.) Witness—Yes I were. The room was cleared, and on re-admission the Com mittee intimated their decision that the vote of Mr. Attwood was a bad vote. The vote of Edward Chapman, objected to on the ground of paid agency, he having received election fees as town clerk, and of Charles Sparrow, on the ground of non-occupation of a house of insufficient value, were de cided by the Committee to be good votes. Mr. Sergeant KINGLASE, Q C., then, under 11 and 12 Vic., c. 98, applied to the Committee for costs as against the other side, on the ground that the last two objections were frivolous and unfounded. The room was again cleared, and the Committee de cided that the objections taken were quite fair ones, and then adjourned to eleven o'clock this day, two votes only out of the six required to seat Mr. Crawford having as yet been established. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 10. STOCK Excruxam—The share market still continues re markably fiat, with little or no business doing. There were buyers of Bristol an d Exetera to-day sellers at 79 1 / 2 , and at 80-buyers of Great Westerns at 86, x , and sellers at 87— Ditto, 17/. di Shares, buyers 14, sellers 14% -Vale of Neath, b u yers 5 1 A 2 s., sellers 5 ciis. - Midland Stock, buyers 61 %, sellers 62. LIVERPOOL, MAY 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was very dull to day, with prices tending downwards. The transactions were as follow : - Caledonian, 14% East Lancashire, 161/8 — Lancashire and Yorkshire, 62—Ditto, 6 per cent. Prefer ence, 131,1—London and North-Western, 127 3 / 4 —Ditto, New Quarters, 47( 4 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, Preference, 12—Midland, 62—Ditto, Halves, 13% dis. —North British, 9%—South-Eastern and Dover, 27—York and North Midland, 25%. MANCHESTER, MAY 10. STOCK EXCUAHGE.—The market has been very inanimate to-day. The transactions were as fo llo w :—East Lancashire, 1614 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 61 3 / 4 —Ditto (West Riding Union), 5% dis. —Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 10/. Preference, 12—Ditto, New 61. Preference, 9-16 p.— South-Eastern and Dover, 27. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 10. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market continues flat. The only sale reported to-day was—South Staffordshire, 2% dis. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. Traffic—Week ending May 10, 1851 ... £9,410 14 4 Traffic—Week ending May 11, 1850 ... 8,040 19 6 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 16 ),45t 5 9 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1650 ... 1 3,8:0 3 2 Total number of Passengers—Week ending May 10, 1851 ... 53,040 Passengers ... £7,178 7 6 Goods 2,232 6 10 Total... ..! £9,410 14 4 Total miles open, 1851, 173'4 ; ditto, 1850, 171 1 %. London Terminus, May 12, 1851. CHILD MURDER. IN ST. PANCRAS...4Ni Saturday Mr. H. M. Wakley held an inquest at the Elephant and Castle, Camden-town, on a newly-horn infant. William Smith, labourer, found the body on Thursday night in the parlour of No. 1, Tunbridge-street, a deserted house. It was wrapped in two clean cloths and a piece of sacking. Blood was issuing from the nose. It had not been long there, and had no doubt been flung into the parlour through the win dow, which was smashed by the boys. Br. Robinson, house surgeon to the workhouse, said that the body was that of a full-grown female child, who was born alive, and lived some time. There were two very severe wounds on the parietal bone, and a deep indentation on the neck by a finger nail. The blows on the head produced congestion of the brain, and death. Verdict, " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." DARING HIGHWAY RODHERY.—On Saturday in formation was received at the chief police-stations in Lon don of a most daring highway robbery, attended with brutal violence, having been committed on the Hitchen turnpike•road, about four miles from Bedford, on Wednes day last, on the person of Mr. Peacodk, of Wilsham stead. The robbery was perpetrated, soon after nine o'clock at night, by four ruffians, who, at a secluded part of the road, rushed out and laid hold ,of the horse's head. He attempted to urge the animal oil; but they suc ceeded in turning the gig into a ditch alongside the road, where it turned over, and Mr. Peacock was thrown on to his head on the ground, when they sprang upon 'him, and while one of them placed his knee upon Mr. Peacock's neck, the others rifled his pockets. The property stolen consisted of 701. in Bank bills, a purse containing 10 sovereigns and 16 shillings, a gold Geneva watch and guard, and many valu able articles. SPlRlTS.—According to a return obtained by Mr Moffatt the quantity of spirits exported to the British colo nies in 1849 was 139,988 gallons, and in 1850 it was 123,774. The quantity exported to foreign countries and colonies in 1840 was 132,599 gallons, and in 1850 it was 185,140. The ag gregate export for the two years respectively was 322,587 and 308,914. fADvaunsnmENT.]—The wonderful efficacy of Holloway's Pills and Ointment in Caring an aged person of Rheumatism. —Mr. John Pitt, of King.street, Dudley, who has resided in that town for upwards of 65 years, with the ex ception of ten years, when he. served in har Majesty's 24th Regiment of Foot, began to suffer about four yeitrs ago most severely from rheumatism, and at times was unable to walk.. He was under various doctors, and took every kind of medicine, without deriving any benefit, and at last was effectually cured by Holloway's Pills and Ointment, and be can now walk as well as ever he could in his life.—Sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. I ROYAL NAVAL Scßo oL.—The annual meeting 01 the friends of this institution was held on Saturday at Willis's Rooms, St. James's ; Admiral Bowles, M.P., in the chair. The reporteot the council adverted to the steps which had been taken, in consequence of the decline of the number of pupils, to admit into the schools such children, other than those at present eligible, as to the corporation might seem fit. An Act for this purpose was now before Parliament, and would shortly be passed through its various stages. In framing this Act the council bad applied for powers to erect a chapel on the premises of the Royal Naval School, as the want of some consecrated place of worship for the pupils to attend was deeply felt. This chapel, which would cyst 2,0001., would be erected when the necessary funds were subscribed. The committee had caused a new and more commodious school-room to be erected, and the old school-room was now divided into class-rooms. The estimate fur this work was 2,0001., but the actual cost, including the fittings, and buds lights, was only 1,771/. 3s. The room was 100 feet by 40 feet, and 30 feet high. The examination which took place at Midsummer last showed the progress made in a ver y favoura bl e light, particularly in the classics, math ema ti cs , French, and navigation. The financial report stated, that in consequence of unusual demands upon the funds during the year, it had been found necessary to sell out 1,3001. from the funded stock, which now amounted to 6,744/. 3s. 3d. The income for the year amounted, including the sale of stock, to 7,2101. ss. 10d., and the expenditure to 6,897/. 15s. Id., leaving a balance available of 3121. 10s. 9d. This report w as agreed to, and after agreeing to several resolutions, the meeting thanked the chairman and separated, ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND.—The anniversary festival of the Artists Benevolent Society took place on Saturday evening at the Freemasons"ravern, Benjamin Bond Cabbell , Es q ., M.P., in the chair. The attendance was, as usua), numerous. After drinking the upfal loyal t oas ts, the chairman proceeded to give the toast of the evening, " Prosperity .to the Artists' Benevolent Society," which he preface d with a detail of the benefits that had been conferred on the families of deceased artists, who, but for the aid afforded them by the fund, would have had no resource beyo nd the acceptance of that cold bene volence the offspring of legal enactment. A warm appeal to the feelings of the s upporters of the institution, which at present supplied annuities to 46 widows and 26 or phans, followed, in which the chairman feelingly and effectively urged his auditors to renewed exextions, as w ay equal to the accomplishment of well to extend as to sustain the efficacy of the institution, so as to make it in every the object for which it was founded. A handiome sub scription, headed with 100 guineas, the annual donation cf her Majesty, was then announced, and the proceedings terminated. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Goro Browne, of the 21st Regiment, is appointed Governor of St. Ueleea. Colonel Browne was greatly distinguished during the Afghan cam paigns. GesE.—Many country gentlemen either get leave to shoot over another's grouuds or rents the same, and in either case, sells the surplus killed to game dealers. A pretty picture thi4 of the " English ;31`ortmato." ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) TRISTON v. HARDY. This cause, the arguments in which occupied the Court three days lust wet k, came on for judgment this morning. His lioNourt having at great length gone through the circumstances of the case, which have already appeared in our columns, dismissed the bill with costs. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGIIT BRUCE.) His Honour was occupied the whole morning with short causes and claims, none of which were of im- portance. (Before Vice-Chancellor Lord CRANWORTIL) His Lordship was eccupied the whole morning with a motion in the case of the Direct Birmingham and Ox ford Railway v. Thom, the circumstances of which ap peared in our columns on a former occasion. (Before Vice-Chancellor TURNER. ) The business before the Court to-day consisted entirely of unopposed and adjourned petitions, which were dis posed of at an early hour. QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) At the sitting of the Court this morning, Lord CAMPBELL intimated to the bar, that Mr. Justice Coleridge was too much indisposed to attend to-day. There were, consequently, only two judges on the bench, Lord Campbell and Mr. Justice Mattison; Mr. Justice Erie being engaged at Guiidhall, and Mr. Jus tice Wightman in the Bail Court. Q UEEN V. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. Sir F. THESIGER moved for a rule calling on the de fendants to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, commanding them to construct a certain opening . from their railway to the land of Messrs. Stevenson, in the township of Salford, near Manchester. He made the application under the provisions of certain private rail way Acts of Parliament, which required that such open ings should be made, on affidavits which alleged that the land adjoining the railway had been injured in value in consequence of those provisions not having been carried into effect. The COURT granted a rule nisi, and recommended that the differences between the parties should be re ferred to the Railway Board, or to some referee agreed to between them, with the view to an amicable settlement. EXCHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) VAUXHALL- BRIDGE COMPANY. The LORD CHIEF BARON delivered the judgment of the Court in this case, the question in which was, whether the Vauxhall-bridge Company were liable to be rated. to the land-tax in respect of the tolls taken at the bridge. The company were incorporated by the 49th George c. 14, which authorised them to take tolls. The 'ul timate question in the case was as to the character oiNhe tolls. The Court was of opinion that they belonge d to the body corporate, and not to the individual shareholeK.rs, who only became entitled to their shares after the pro fits became divisible, and no shareholder could exercise be. fere that time any control over the corpus of the t In the year 1797, the statute 38 of George 111., c. 5, •was passed, which was an Act to provide land-tax foil the service of the year 1798. By that Act tithes and t‘ ,11s, and all kinds of heriditaments, were made subject to the tax, and in the following year, 1799, another Act was passed making the tax perpetual, subject to redempl:Un. It was argued on behalf of the company that inasmuch as tolls were mentioned specifically in the one Act tand not in the other, they could not be made subject to the tax by virtue of the well-known rule of law -that eve ery charge must he imposed. CRIMINAL COURT.---(THIS DAN.) OLD COURT. The May sessions of the Central Criminal Court were opened this morning, before the Right Hon. the *Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman Sir Chapman Man ,hall, Alderman Lawrence, and Sheriffs Carden and Hock ; gkin son, attended by their respective Under-Sheriffs an :1 the other civic authorities. The calendar contains the names of 216 prisoner s. The grand jury having been sworn and impanrat ;114 The Learned RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge. He regretted to say that on looking •at the calendar he found that the number of prisoners charged with criminal offences was very, considerable, a nd ho therefore could not on this occasion indulge in t.l Le lan guage of congratulation that he had done on others. However there were but two or three cases the at pre sented anything like legal difficulty, and it would :not be necessary for him to detain them at any long w h from the discharge of their important duties. Theri I were three cases of murder, one of which was of a ver 3• pain ful character, being indeed the murder of a fat I ier by his son. There were also two cases of rape, in t a first of which a man was accused of having commiwA3d the offence upon his own child, a girl of thirteen y E ars of age. The other case was charged against threc men, who committed the offence after rendering their victim insensible with drink. These were the only serious cases contained in the calendar, but in dismissing' them to their important functions he must again remin el them that the cases to be tried this session were numt heavy, and dispatch on their parts would conseqi uently be very desirable. The grand jury then retired. RAMBLES in the CRYSTAL PALACE (THIS DAY.), To a speculative observer not the least inte resting picture of the Great Exhibition is the crowd by which in almost every quarter of the building he finds :kh imself surrounded. If one of the main avenues be for the ti me his scene of observation, he will have to move with the t ttmost caution through the rustling silks of the multitta les of of lair visitants lest, so great is the press in thosts quar ters, a hasty step, or a sudden turn, should lead to an accident which would change the look s of admi ration and delight into black frowns and sullen discontent a with which ladies generally regard an insult offered t c their attire; and in any quarter of the building, if he 'be not over old, we suspect his attention will run great !risk of being distracted from the magnificent objects of tart and industry around to the not less interesting specini ens of nature's handiwork which pass along, and if he l lave a spice of hero-worship in his nature, and be acqy ainted with the persons of our public characters, s's such an occasion as Saturday last ho will find him s elf, in his passage from one:end of the building to ths other, jostlir-g with the best and bravest of the land, sit't ing on the same beneh with a distinguished statesman whose name is world-spread, drinking in the beau ties of Power's Greek' Slavii with a great lawyer, who e soul he had imagined to he buried in parchment and briefs, wandering through the muchieery department wi th the Man of science; who'se name is on every lip, r ebbing shoulders withdistingui6hed warriors, the couple rors of far distant warriors, or listening to the play of tha foun tains with the poet, whose most fervid imagining ; never, could have conjured up a scene half so brillia n t and . spirit-stirring.. Senators, artists, men the most distin guished in every branch where good service i.e to he done to their country, such is the composition of the crowd which fills the Crystal Palace, and in no city or country of the globe could such an assembly of " fair women and great men" be seen as congregates under the glorious arch of glass which has been raised o'er the' treasures of all nations. The foreign 'portion of the visitors, in comparison to their numbers; is of scarcely less distinguished chi .raster, and, es far as we have yet seen, may be taken as a fair representation of the intellect and greatness of our neighbours; and there were men among this portion of the assemblage whose reputations are of no Tres 3 impe rishable renown than any of the greatest which England can boast of. Saturday sdems, by common consent, to have been, the most brilliant d a y since the o p ening; in faci, it was, the opening shone repeated in plain clothes, without the" ceremonial. All the really great and glorious in. that scene were present there, without the splen dour and glitter of a pageant. The assemblage: this morning was net so numerous, at least as fax as the male portion was concerned, and the number of lady visitors jbitiou w as as an eer ta t e a dn i ed n s ly t in the proportion of four to one. On the opening we suggested that a department of beaux would not be found useless, and as it appears that num bers of ladies who hold season tickets will visit the Ex sort of bureau of th afternoon lounge at a time when the gen tlementaw families, engaged • in . business, are unable to commissionaires, he t est ladies of build ing, would certainly whereabl uhm a e establishment certain number might b a e :tyl fur nished nished with a nienee. This subjyect, tioocwoekivclEru: tis ohneemofovseurm!eithbvuoirldt: be an arrangement of great C3lllre allot., and we shalt Certainlytido e r it e n t it u se r r n n l o r i e t gul againati anon regulations. A t s li the first excitement has sub have more time to attens d . , and the Commissioners guide the catalogue at presen mad w e o i r n se than useless. goods, A d particularly c a u re i rl s y ti i i n l beingtbc East lndia department, ma many packages having only just arrived. ive C s o a ti c c on E concert to-morrow evening That excellent , at the Princess's Concert Room, at which pia!lisAti)llAl:diEameSCSHcl74l:ll;gB Catherine Hayes will sin g for. we believe, the first time thin Misses Birch, Dolby , Williams, Messent, and Louisa season. ne will also appear , and the beneficiare will herself preside a t h e pianoforte. W e cannot doubt but that with such t attractions the concert will be fully attended. THE REPRESIOTATION OF BRISTOL.—It is stated that the Liberals intend to bring forward Edward Thomas, Esq., as a cancidate for the representation of Bristol, in con junction with Mr. Berkeley, cue of the present Members. MONDAY EVENING, MAY 12, lB5l. LITERATURE. THE LIFE OF EDWARD BAINES. One Volume. By his Son. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longnzals. A narrw.ive of a career, distinguished by so much merit and industry as that of the late representative of Leeds, must necessarily be productive of good in the perusal. Actuated by this conviction, his son has dedicated to the composition of the present volume very considerable energy and no small degree of earnestness. The accumulation of so many interest ing details relating to the departed politician, both in his private and big public capacity, evidences the de votion with which his biographer has entered upon the discharge of the duties devolving upon him self as tha originator and conductor of this literary enterprise. Materials, which must otherwise have remained for ever unknown, have through his instrumentality been collected to gether—materials important not merely as illustra trations of the life and character of the deceased, but as tending to cast a lateral light upon the contempo rary history of the nation, and upon such histories also as those relating to electioneering and to provin cial journalism. As the author of the work under consideration has himself intimated, there isia certain analogy between the destiny and the temperament of Edward Baines and those observable in Benjamin Franklin. He who was familiarly known among his associates as " the Franklin of Leeds" might not un wisely be brought into comparison with his great American prototype ; and it would be a task neither ungraceful nor unprofitable to contrast them with each other in an essay written after the manner of the incomparable Plutarch. Almost from a dozen years after the birth of Edward Baines, on the sth of February, 1774, at the village of Walton-le-Dale, in the valley of the Ribble, about a mile from the ancient borough of Preston, in Lin colnshire, his life was one of incessant application, of undeviating rectitude, of unremitting kindliness, of a benevolence that ripened into philanthropy, and of a talent for organization that gradually mellowed into statemanship. Descended from many generations of yeomen, the family residing for the most part in the North Riding of Yorkshire, he inherited from them, in mind, principles of distinguished liberality, and in body a certain robustness of constitution. During up wards of half a century his name has been intimately connected with the history of Yorkshire, and corre sponding so remarkably as it has done with the spirit of the age in which he lived, the narrative of his career has assumed to itself at once a provincial in terest and a national importance. In his rise, as in that of the great Transatlantic philosopher, there may be perceived an honesty of purpose and a reso lute assiduity such as could scarcely fail in the end to be altogether successful. We see in the narrative before us the ardour with which he devoted himself successively to the Debating Society and the Reason ing Society, to the occupations adventured upon at Preston and at Leeds, at one moment directing his energies to the Preston Review, and at another to the Leeds Mercury, with which latter publication — placed later under his joint proprietorship and editorship—his name became so widely identified. With reference to the promotion of all the schemes of social advancement, for which the first half of the nineteenth century has been rendered so re markable, his labours were ever conspicuous for their consistent uniformity and their surpris ing magnitude. Whether he felt himself called upon to forward an election or support an in stitution, Edward Baines always threw himself into the very van of the agitation, resolved, it would seem if it were possible to do so, to realize himself the desired achievement. Among all his multifarious ef forts, however, in the way of promoting the general improvement, those made by him in the cause of na tional education, not simply as a journalist, but as a legislator, were incomparably the most manifestly entitled to admiration. They illustrate more strikingly than anything else the generous tendency of his hue bition, the ardour of his aspirations as a citizen, and the fervour of his self-sacrifice both as a patriot and a philanthropist. To this feature in his biography, therefore, a conspicuous space has been allotted ; and those who are in any way curious to obtain informa tion respecting it will find themselves assisted in the desired direction by the comments of his filial com memorator. Another project assisted towards its de velopment by the late distinguished reformer was that of infant schools, and in addition to this also the scheme for the general establishment of mechanics' institutions. Besides the chapters relating to the public life of Edward Baines, those here given by his son in reference to his domestic habits and his per sonal character will be found not a jot less worthy of perusal and none the less entitled to admiration. The closing portion of the memoir, especi ally, is deserving of this praise, relating as it does with a simple and dignified pathos the declining health, the last illness, and the dissolution of the eminent and excellent man whose merits are here celebrated by the biographer. Sectarian Blr. Baines incontestably was upon some matters in which we should rather have witnessed a more liberal and eclectic spirit, but upon all subjects tending to social advancement and political reform, we regard him as a man both earnest and conscientious. As such he was invariably looked upon by his contemporaries, as such, we doubt not, he will continue to be remembered, now that he has passed from amongst us, admired as a person of remarkable intelligence, and respected as one of indisputable philanthropy. Hence we feel assured that the present memoir of his career will be received by the public at large with no trifling degree of satisfaction, while those who venture upon its perusal in these days of working, rather than of reading, will find reason to extend a considerable share of praise to the care and modesty of the biographer. FINE ARTS. VIEW OF THE DEVIL'S DYKE. Mr. Grant, of Brighton, has just published a very beautiful panoramic view of the far-famed " Devil's Dyke," a tinted lithograph, designed by F. Ford, and lithographed by H. Vizetelly, about half a foot deep and tour feet long. It displays before us, with a peculiarly felicitous effect, that extensive and pic turesque tract of country which has astonished and delighted ao many beholders from the summit of the Dyke. The variegated scene, woodland, and meadow, with here and there a little village, with its tiny church spire just perceptible, is de picted with a singular minuteness, while the fidelity of the whole coup diceil will be at once recognized by all who have visited " the Dyke." Those (few) who have not, will be tempted on seeing this picture to take a ticket for the next excursion, in order to be hold in reality a scene which even on paper appears so charming. The artists and the publisher deserve credit for producing at such a time so excellent a representation of one of the marvels of English scenery. NEW MUSIC. A COLLECTION OF SECULAR MUSIC Novello, Dean-street, Soho. This cheap volume of rounds and songs will be duly estimated by all who have the slightest love of melody. In it we have met with many of the " old familiar" breathings which charm ed us in our early youth, when the fireside of home echoed to the simple harmonies of " Gather your Rosebuds," " Bonnie Christchurch Bells," "Ye Mariners of England," and other charming ditties of the like nature. The numerous airs in this volume are beautifully arranged for three voices, presenting no difficulties and much artistic excellence. Mr. Novello deserves great praise for affording such facilities to refine the taste and mind of the million by his cheap, yet highly clas sical, musical publications, and we heartily recommend this " Collection" to all whe would fain be " merry and wise." MARRIAGE IN lIIGG LIFE.—The Earl Grosvenor who has been making a tour in the east, is expected to re turn to this country next week. This young nobleman is about to form a matrimonial alliance with the Lady Con stance Leveson Gower, the youngest and beautiful daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. The visit of the King of the Belgians is deferred to the third week in June. Viscount Melbourne, we regret to state, is in such such a precarious state of health , that but sli g ht hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery. In consequence of illness Viscountess Palm ers t on has put off her reuNion his -- s. Weekly Chronicle. It is true of many persons, that their memory is nothing but a row of hooks to hang up grudges on.—. Eliza bok's Journal. TUE Fox CLUB.—The fourth meeting of the Fox i Club, at Brookes's, was held on Saturday—Right Hon. Earl of Albemarle, Right Hon. Earl of Straff o rd, Right Hon. Lord Saye and Sele, Right lion. Ear lioof l Ch Loarrldemont, Right H o n. Earl of Camperdown, Right n. Marcus Hill, M.P., the Hon. Colone l Anson, M.P., Ri g ht Hon. Viscount Eutield, M.P., Sir Robert Throckmorton, Mr. Edward A. Sanford, the Hon. Colonel Boyle, the lion. R. Carew, Mr. 11. F. Stephenson, Sir Robert Heron, Right Hon. Sir Ro bert Adair, Mr. R. Alston, Mr. Augustus R. Stephenson, Right Hon. Dr. Lushington, Earl Fitzwilliatn, Lord Sude ley, , the Hon. Ed ward L. bdostyn, M.P., Mr. A. William Robarts, Right Hon. Earl of Gosford, Lord Jatnes C. Stuart, Lord Dinorben, the Hon. T. C. H. Tracy, Right H M.P., on. J. W. Fitzpatrick, M.P., the lion. Hamilton Dee Malley, Lord Poltimore, &c. D uncan , Lord D TEWKESBURY GRAMMAR SCllOOL. — The inquiry into the Free Gurarwmcemoetkaotirl pSitcsh,ool of Tewkesbury, endowed by Williatn Ferrari, Esq., in 1576, after bein - g six years before the Court of Chancery, has been brought to a close ; and the education of twelve boy from the borough of Tewkesbur:y , and four from the adjoining parish of Ashchurcb, mil ',:,' immediately proceeded with, in g ac iN c , o e i n •da a n f c t e e ivi t t h h e th d e in E suggested before the commencement of the suit, n eh e e r m a : was Dam your canals, your blast ;our fig and now down with approved by the Court:ailti, and over with railroads, away suspensionaway Qn fur naces, The sink ionuk following ylasto interest Gazette. with LyEocurneoleNctrmic telegraphs,ovl,mzisT.—The electors of -Kendal have resolved to return Mr. George Carr Glyn, their present Member, free of all expense, if he oni(tihgees?Li—beQr 'alebe of the p resent Parliament. It w ill allow himself to be again upon the dissolu tion the h lt o i n s believed that Mr. Glyn will not hesitate to accept our. • TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. (EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.) Sir,—On Wednesday the 7th, a long debate on the Audit of Railways Accounts Bill, resulting in little more than an impression that nothing very effectual was blecly to be don e on a n y side. As one proof of this, trio last division pres e nt e d another " tie," being of 57 against 57. Tee observers of such natural phenomena, remark it as probably a unique instance of ties on two following days. On Thursday . Petitions against Papal Aggression, with upwards of 100,C0:) signatures in the whole, were presented from Edinburgh and Ghsgow. And the Votes of that day are headed with the following curious annour:cement. "1. Public Petitions Committee,—Special Report brought up, and read as follows: " Resolved, That the Petition of Pier ce C onne lly, clerk, complaining of the forcible detentio n of hi s w if e in a convent, and praying the . House to take i n t o con sideration the whole subject of Convents and Nunneries in England, which was presented upon the 29th day , t e April last, is a Petition which ought to , be printed f or the use of Members only; an d that a special Report be made to this effect. " Report to lie on the Table. " 2. Convents, &c.,—Petition of the Rev. Pierce Connelly, for inquiry [presented 29th April], to be printed, for the use of Members only." The Petitioner and his wife appear to have been two weak people, who could not be cuutent without tamper ing with Home to the extent of the one becoming " a Roman cleric" and the other being abut up in a convent, andthey, did not know whether they repented or not; having apparently a remedy before them as easy as that of the man who to keep out the flies was advised to shu t his mouth, which was to return to' their old creed when they were tired of their new. On the same day was the debate on the Malt Tax. The supporters of its repeal stood upon its being an invasion of the principles of Free Trade, present ing a parallel to the Corn Laws. The plea is an in stance and a proof of the imperfect way in which the nature and principle of Free Trade is even at this hour understood. The Corn,,Laws were a tax on foreign corn alone, with the avowed object of putting a stop to such trade as is now carried on from Bradford in that article, and thence making au artificial trade and an artificial price for the English growers at your expense. The Malt Tax is a tax upon all malt, or if you please upon a ll barley. It just as much restrains the profitable trade which might be conducted through the intervention of your goods in barley,—obliges the foregoing of more profitable exchanges, and accepting of others which are less,—as it restrains the agriculturist from growing barley on the . lands he would prefer, and obliges him to grow some thing he likes less. There is in fact precisely the dif ference there would have been, between the Cora Laws as they were, and a law which shou ld have imposed the same tax on home-grown corn as on f orei g n ; a dillereuce which after all the agitation on the Corn-laws no body understood, but which was not the less real on that account. Whatever the consequences of such an arrangement might have been, it is clear it would not have been a struggle for what all the world meant by Free Trade, which was a struggle on the part of home producers to suppress manufacturing for foreign com merce. The outcry against the Malt Tax on this ground therefore goes for nothing. It may be a good tax or a bad tax, but it clearly is not this; and there is small chance of arriving at sound conclusions, by discussing a thing as what it is not. The repeal was finally negatived by 258 against 122. It is astonishing how much there is to do before the nature and principle of Free Trade will be even tolerably understood in the House of Com mons. There is nut a debate admitting of the introduc tion, where Protection for British Industry, and Compe tition with the Untaxed Foreigner, are not unsparingly pus forward, though the certainty is there would be a storm of cries of " Question" if your representative pro ceeded to answer them. And yet it is as clear as the sun, that what is called Competition with the Untaxed Foreigner, is iu reality competition with you at Bradford, whose trade it is to make goods for exchange for foreign coru, and who are assuredly neither untaxed, nor with out claim to be British industry. The untaxed foreigner, I apprehend, has no more to do with the subject, than if it were proposed to put down the Greenland trade in favour of home-made oils, on the ground that the blubber was got from untaxed whaler. It is the merchants, and not the whales, who are the competitors with the men of homemade oils; and unless the industry of these mer chants and their associates can be proved no portion of the common stock, it would tie pure folly to run up and down the country exclaiming that the ti.les were not Britons. It is with the industry that can bring here, and not with what it brings from, that the competition is. When you at Bradford thoroughly understand this, and can make others do the same, you will be safe and not before. On Friday, on the order for going into Committee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Bill, Amendment was proposed to add the words, " That the recent act of the Popo iu dividing England into dioceses, and ap pointing Bishops thereto, was encouraged by the con duct and declarations of her Majesty's Government.' The facts advanced appeared to amount to establishing, that the Government had been civil to the Pope and the Catholics so long as it could, and that the Pope and his counsellors had taken advantage of this to make their aggression. The absurd part of the averment, was that the one was the natural and invited conse quence of the other. As if any possible coquettings ot Lord Miuto with the Pope and Cardinals, it such there were, could by reasonable men have been construed into an invitation to partition England like the ox and sheep in the instructions for young carvers, with a flourish ot trumpets in the practicable quarters, declaring that the time was come tur putting down 'rotestantism every where by force. The Minister took high ground by declaring, that it had since become known that the ad vice given to the Pope proceeded from avowed enemies of England, acting with the object of embarrassing England with a view to neutralize her influence in the promotion of constitutional government in Europe, and that as such it had been boasted of by the authors at the time ot the transaction. The assertion of the previous communication with Lord Tinto, sinks into a twaddling story of the Pope's having tapped upon a box and said " Here is something for England;" which might have been a pound of snuff for the nostrils of the existing stall' of the church in that country. The amendment was finally negatived by 280 against 201. I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. London, May 12, 1851. Total ... 123 killed ... 188 injured. • cxf'' Ari --- CASES TREATED IN T THE MESMER] HOSPIAL. A dreadful case of despondency, with pains and noises in the head, giddiness, and dimness ot sight, in a man 56 years ot ago, is yielding in a remarkable manner. Various medical gentlemen did their best, but in vain; and month atter month life became a greater burden to him. He was admitted hero' in April, and now makes the following statement:—" All my accumulated afflictions have been gradually subsiding; indeed, some of them, the giddiness and noises in the head, together with the great nervous oppression and dismal gloomy foreboding*, have already left me, never, I hopefully trust, to return, eyesight are progressing favour. My hearing and my ably, the latter most especially, as I can now read better without glasses than I could see to read with them pre viously to being mesmerised." This patient is still an der treatment, and may be seen. We must not pass over the case of Catherine Brown, 7, King's Head-yard, Tooley-street, 57 years of age, When seven years old she tell down in a fit, and was tin• conscious for twenty-four hours. She had a similar at tack monthly till she became a patient here, last Feb. ruary; and for seven or eight days after tho fit was in• variably so weak as to be unable to attend to her avocations, and indeed was at no time able to attend to them properly. She suffered agonising pains. She was treated by numerous medical gentlemen in London and in Ireland, v. ithout the least benefit. Her agonies:fre queutly made her contemplate self-murder. She was three times in Guy's Hospital and twice in St. Teomae s, the last time for four months. She applied to a ddisupen: eery else, and the surgeon told her she bad a tie o , l her reins; and, iu attempting to extract seevitirrbtl t teeth, broke some of them. From th f ce from at p t a a c i k u : above forty-four years ago, she was never and took large quantities of laudauum in February, dical treatment. She saw Mr. Capern early wh r en under me and he mesmerised her head with contact !or a quarter of an hour. The pain instantly and entirely ceased; and from that moment sho has not experienced the fit. On leaving the slightest pain, nor has she d hi l la she e,iele sleep, her niece at Islington, infirmary that day and, feeling a great desirro to sleep, sat down in a chair found that her relatives were and tell into a sleep Pthat some doctor had given her alarmed, and supposedso too large a dose ot laudanum. She woke spontaneously in four hours, greatly refreshed, and has remained well,to this very time. RETURN relative to RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. By the Returns made to this department, it appears that ' the total number of persons of every description killed and injured on all the passenger railways open for public traffic i n Great Britain and Ireland during the half-year ending 3 1 fit December, 18 t 0, amounted to 123 killed , and 188 injured, - and that they may be classed as fellows:- 9 passengers killed, and 138 injured from causes beyond their own control. 13 passengers killed, and 9 injured, o ; weig to their own misconduct or want of caution. 40 servants of companies or of contractors killed, and 25 injured from causes beyond their own control. 34 servants of companies or of contractors killed, and 11 injured owing to their own misconduct or want of caution. 25 trespassers and other persons, neither passengers nor servants of the company, killed, and 5 injured, by crossing or walking on the railway, 1 suicide. The number of passengers conveyed during the half-year amounted to 41,067,919 1 A. The length of railway open on the 30th of 6308 relief:. June, 1850, was ... 1 The length of railway open on the 31st De - mile s . 6,6- cember, 1850, was ••• ••• •• •" Increase during the half - ye ar 313 miles. DUNCAN MACGILIWOR, RCgiStrar. Oflice of Commissioners of Railways, Whitehall, 6 _ The Coventry Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association held its annual meeting of members in the large room of the Temperance Hotel, Bishop-street, Coventry, on Tuesday evening. The room was inconvenientl y crowded with the attendance of members on the occasion. The ob ject of the meeting was to bear the accounts for the past year; ,to consider the best method of electing the ee ra. inittee for 1851; and generally to secure a better organiza tion of the reformers of this city, upon the principles laid down in the bill of ri g hts issued by the National Association, or tree trade in all its integrity ; fina nc i a l re f orm ; econo mical and equitable, Parliameatary refotro, immediate and I complete. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty aed his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Princess Royal, accompanied by their H yal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia, Prince Frederick William and the Princess Leese ee le, „ di. visited the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations on Saturday morning. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess Oriolla, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, lieut.- Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, and Count Goltz. H er Majesty and Prince Albert, with their illustrious visitors, spent two hours in inspecting the various ob jects of interest in the Exhibition, and then returned to Buckingham Palace. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended by Mr. Birch, paid a visit to the Exhibition on Satur day forenoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided on Satur day afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Na tions. His Royal Highness, attended by Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour, arrived at three o'clock at the Exhibi tion Building in Hyde park. The Royal Commissioners present were—the Duke of Buecleuch, the Earl cf Reese, Earl Granville, Lord Stanley, Lord Overstone, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Sir Charles L. Eastlake, Sir Charles Lyell, Sir Richard Westmacott, Mr. Baring, M.P., Mr. Bazley, Mr. Cubist, Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. T. F. Gibson, Mr. John Gott, Mr. Pusey, M.P., Mr. Stephenson. M.P., Mr. Shepherd, and Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P. Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr. Scott Russell, and Mr. Edgar Yo wring, Secretaries of the Royal Commission, at tended. Colonel Reid, Chairman of the Executive Committee, Dr. Lyon Playfair, and Colonel Lloyd, Special Com missioners, were present. The meeting broke up at five o'clock. Prince Albert afterwards went to a Committee meeting in the Exhibi tion Building. Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Helena and Louisa took a drive in an open carriage and four on Saturday. Her Majesty, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Prussia and Prince Frederick William of Prussia, took a drive on Saturday afternoon in a carriage and four. Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps attended op horseback. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Prussia and Prince Frederick William, honoured Her Majesty's Theatre with their presence on Saturday evening. The Royal suits con sisted of the Countess A. de Hacke, the Countess Orions, the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byn g , Lord Waterpark, Count Piikler, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Lieutenant-Colonel F. H. Seymour, Co lonel Fischer, and Major Von Boyen. Her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, also ho noured Her Majesty's Theatre with her presence en Saturday evening. In attendance were Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Caroline Murray, and Lord James Murray . . Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, her R o y a l Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal High ness the Princess of Prussia, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended di vine service yesterday morning in the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wel lesley officiated. The Finance Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations mot at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon at the Exhibition Building in Hyde-park. Present—Earl Granville, Lord Overstone, Sir Alexander Spearman, Bart.; Mr. Baring, M.P.; Mr. Cobden, Bede.. ' Mr. Cubitt, Mr. T. F. teebeon, and Mr. Pete , M.P. Colonel Reid, Chairman of the Excessive Committee, was present. Sir Stafford Northcote and Mr. Edgar Bowring, Secretaries to the Roy al Commission, were in attendance. A deputation of the trusteesi of the Middlesex and Essex turnpike-roads, headed by Mr. Bramston, M.P., and Sir E. N. Buxton, M.P., had an interview on Satur day with Sir George Grey at the Home-office. The deputation consisted of Sir John Henry Petty, Bart.; Mr. William Cotton, Mr. William Ephraim Snow, Mr. Octavius leashiter, Mr. Edward Charrington, Mr. George Offor, and Mr. George Deere (clerk and solicitor to the trustees). The Gmecil of Chairmen of the Juries of the Royal Coe mission for the Works of Industry of all Nations met on Saturday at the Exhibition Building in Hyde perk. There were preeent— Ciass 2. Jacob Bell, Esq., for Monsieur A. Dumsa. Class 3. Monsieur E. Lode. CiLss 4. Professor Owen, F.R.S. Class 6. General Poncelet. Class 7. L K. Brunel, Esq. Class 8. Barcn Charles Dupin. Class 9. Philip Pusey, Esq., M.P. Class 10. Sir David Brewster, F.R.S. Sub Jury A, Sir H. Bishop. Sub Jury B, J. H. Green, Esq. Sub Jury for Horology, E. B. Denison, Esq. Class 11. Sir James Anderson. Class 12. Dr. Schaffhault, for Professor Hermann. Class 13. G. T. Kemp, Esq. Class 14. Count Von Harrach. Class 16. Hon. Colonel Anson. Class 17. M. Van de Weyer. Class le. Henry Tucker, Esq. Class 19. Professor Holley. Class 20. William Felkin, Esq. (Ness 21. Lord Wharncliffe. Class 22. Lion. Horace Greeley. Class 23. Due de Luyne. Class 24. Lord de Manley. Class 26. Professor Roesner, for Chevalier de Burg. Class 29. Viscount Canning. Class 30. Herr Von Viebahn. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. The Duke of Wellington and the Duke of Rutland attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon was preached by the Rev. T. Randolph. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The fineness of the day on Saturday, and the antici pation of the presence of ber Majesty, caused the Crys tal Palace to fill better than on any day since the open. ing. Her Majesty's visit, however, was a private one, the public not being admitted until after her departure. The Royal party arrived at about half-past ten o'clock, and her Majesty, after a hasty glance at some of the f o reign novelties, proceeded to the British department, and examined the varied products with much care and attention. No..hiag could be more pertinent than her in quiries, and, indeed, her general knowledge in the vari ous departments of British manufacture was a matter of gratified surprise to the exhibitors. Another gene ral ral topic of conversation among them was her Majesty ' + acquaintance with the continental languages. . I !,_ n f e r 3 progress through the foreign department she nrgni. en u d heard at one moment speaking afterwards in German, with the idiom A ei st ttives of the seldom found except amongst e ducated oat _ _ e several countries. A considerable_c a ro s T ro d her Majesty on her departure, d awaited her return at the gates o f a The Duke of Wellington was al so object of considerable curiosi tyr The police coreputed,tthoeonhave by the rule of propor I otpations of . commence& It is stated sto 60,000. tdd greeted ilar assemblage French, then Ictaerren correctness sad Buckingham Palace. visitor, and was an many of the visitors. be at 40,000; and judging formed wonderful anti s___..ng admi s si on that it is intended to limit the • the influx when . the . him daily admission s . •_-,-_ THE GRkl"-- A T EXHIBITION AND INSURANCE OFFICES. The Board of Directors of the Atlas Assurance Com n, b, ve determined to give to each of the clerk s in rael;h establishment. in rotation, four days leave of ab sence; for the purpose of enabling them to view the Great Exhibition, the company paying for the ad sions. A like favour has hem granted to the ge;stle men of the Sun Office. and the Provident Clerks' Life Association. It will afford us great satisfaction to be enabled to record in our next number that this liberal example has ten followed by all the offices and bunks in London. Whetever tends to expand the mind or elevate the thoughts of individuals, cannot fail to be of value to those by whom they are employed; and the strongest inducement for earnest exertion by the clerks in' sF awn office is a knowledge of the desire of the higher au to and ties in the ostatiliAnient to promote the comfor ts and contribute to the occasional enjoyments of those who are engaged in its less inviting and mo i r;e_ c i_7: l ; :ing difties. We are glad to see the Assurance- to t;' i these the lticl in this matter, as whatever serveosexo,._ ; _,... z ..,, institutions before the public cannot fail to _ Li r ta Lats 01 some kind or ether respecting then: B ,2' u and hundreds of knowledge of their _mpertec those persons of whom there are te L n kn thou ends who have a very i objects. he high spirit of the Scot- If wo know anything i d f t h the members of them will London Assurance•offices fishnot allowß oard t s h e w m e t a c n e u l g a e s r s s u o r ... c lit y in this matter. The of se r ' a of m e o x u tr o a po e )l r.,enan in respect of the long journey t ci o ue e o n t j i o o y il element of consideration, see to be taken is s car e ccU go i x for travelling would be, by re alit how light the o b o „„ f the General Steam Navigation turn ticket, in "a - yowls. We believe the price for ,„ splen e ,with permission to remain a week' or is only thirty shillings.—. Post ten days in 14u i t C h o o m d P o a u n b y l 9 "Y,,,% don, L Magazine. _ _____—_ COMlkf°l4 LODGING HOUSES.-011 Saturday a Bill in the House of Commons was printed for the well -ordering of common lodging-houses. It is to be read a second time on Wednesday. The object of the Bill is to place under the police common lodging-h ouses , with regard to the cleanli Tie, ve ntilation, &c., as al so t o reme dy c ontagious diseases. he Bill was brought fo rwar d b y L or d Ashley. ANNIVERS ARY society held its anive xar y meeting on Friday, OF THE PERCY SOCIE TY.—This May 9, at 4, St. Maitin's-place, L o rd 13ravbrooke, its president, in the chair, when the f o ll ow ing gent l em en wera e lected on the new council : —.Robert Bell, W. 11. Black, W. Cbappell, W. Dur rant CiAn , er, T. Crofton Croker (treasurer), J. H. Dixon, F. W. Fairtiolt, \V. D. Haggard, J. U. Halliwell (secretary), the Rev. Dr. Hume, Sir E. bulwer Lytton, James Prior, W. Sandys, C. Roach Smith, and 'Thomas Wright. It wa s an nounced that Mr. Wright's new edition of " Chaucer's Can terbury Tales" had been completed during the past year by the publication of the third volume, and that one of the rib lications of the next year will be that of a third and hitherto unknown book of "Browne's Britannia's Pastorals," the manuscript of which has been recently discovered in one of our cathedral libraries ON DlY,—Lient.oololl@i Crabbe, late of the 74th Highlanders, will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar the accomplished widow of the late Henry Spooner, Esq., formerly an officer in her Majesty's cavalry. The lady, is well known and appreciated at Southampton by her exten . siva and multifariouslbenevelefit charities. --,Britills Artny Dispatch. lb% 7%