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

thethe i °3's Who had li ve d f or some time in the house of d P tatitiff, w h o, togetlier with his wife assisted by his :1° suoinas, kept a 1, ,, gif1i4 to E on IL It t e as Part of Miss Shirl-ek's duty to wait up,n the d - :tint-while he was so lodging in her father's house; 41 1 after he had lived with the family for six or eight en e d E ta a connexion took place between the defendant bi;„! 4 isa Shirlock which ultimately terminated in the of a child, and d led to her lea'ing the roof of her puent s di :e • At the trial the girl gave her evidence most re 'tlY. and, although she underwent a severe cross ezeteioacit was alleg.al 4 _, ton relative to a mixer with whore h !tad hien intimate, there was nothing elicited to s )nune revious testimony. which was c rriitiorsterl by tier tepger sist , adttition to this evidence, two ler defe,:,,ete put in, the first of which was written by the h.;',uant to the plaintiff's attorney, in which he denied eh — Was the father of the child, and insinuated a it e itr is, e of felony against the plaintiff and his family; hut it;taaely turned out that there was no ground for the d eb r , s tita tion. 'The second letter was anonymous, but „„ t kn a 4 put in to show that altheugh the style of the ter'iee:t:;:rtitetirengeydiffered from that of the that:, yet there were c haracteristics about it which induced the plain and his clerk to give it as their belief that was writt the . en by the defendant. The letter recommended pric er ai ntiff to get his daughter out of the way, the ti; o „,. Promising to provide for her until she btained a is ; I °°, aed enclosing 10s. as an evidence of his being - ;7_rtest. Thi s l eti „. „,„ g p r ectat, as already state to iv , ...a the defendant's handwriting, and in his summing they 'l'o Learned Judge left it tor the jury to say whether 'Y ere& It papa i -lied that proof, ,bservit.g that it they did not th e ,; 41 ° look very much like an attempt at deception on e oer rart of the /:•aintiff's attorney ; but if they did, of kiffi s ! , added to the evidence of the girl, it would be e l e .at to justify their finding a verdict for the plaintiff. to e t i' v arned Judge called the attention of the ju'y let ter ° difference in the handwriting of the two th e , and at the close of the charge, he placed :ehredoslfieetdterws their hands, and asked them to decide t her or no they were both written by the same hand. he (the Learned Counsel) that the tle rbeti Would be in his favour, that he actually in the D b a tiB brief in anticipation of the jury finding for the ~— " 'a tiff. It was the second time he had done so in h e -Ars e of his practice, and it should be the last; but self co credibly informed that the Learned Judge him hehea°mantted the same error, for he wrote upon his th ede Verdict f or t h e p l a i nt iff," b e f o re th e ju r y h a d th e b ar e u their m i n d s. T o t h e amazemen t, h owever , o f and the b enc h, t h e jury found for the defendant, no e babt de p e d under the misdirection that the result ought to the pt 9 o ll the anonymous letter, and hence had arisen The nt applicati,,n. there °RD CHIEF JUSTICE could hardly think that 14 1 4 i w c ila any misdirection, s i nce t h e L earne d C ounse l Diu e admitted that he was not deceived by the sum -4014, ant rather that it led him to conclude before, k lh o at the verdict would be for the plaintiff. d irec' lto WDEn would not contend that it was a mis the - , () ,, 1 lo point o f l aw; b u t still the manner in which doubt` was put was calculated—unintentionally, no T he r _ t° mislead the jury. 1 44 th 'im CHIEF JUSTICE said the Court would con deeid eti ° Learned Judge who tried the case before it Le inoijun. IL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) Ttq c (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) QUEEN V. THE CLERK TO THE MAGISTRATES OE I. KINGSTON • ON-HULL. 4113 ac AT SON appin-d for a rule to show cause whlyrks. t() the in formation should not be filed against thece fop h „ ; magistrates of the borough of Kingston-on-Hull, of ti i " s conclu c t in his office. It appeared that a person It th e , n ,, t "te of Jackson had been r.:peatedly contieted geo n • ga gistrates under the Health of Towns Act fur I tiltt r k i ?3 P i gs in manna-r injurious to the health of the t , th .,a tt p, „ and fined sums varying from IL to 51, to tile li t , - ; tvll4 costs. The guardians of the union in which ti'ltt e ;`, B4 nee existed applied to the clerk of the maws °tit 'c'r the p ur p ose o f h av i ng t h e conv i ct i ons d rawn phietititi c arried into effect, and the particular mal tildt:BPinaplained of by the guardians were that he t heir d one this, and had thrown other obstacles in litZ t Y to prevent the proper carrying out of the Act. ad c granted. theAlr 1, 8 " THE C EIARIN G•C R'' SS BRIDGE COMPANY. EAcom ~ppied for a rule to show cause why I hOuir leat ion and the demurrers to pleas in this case no t be set as id e on t h e groun d of certain tufo e ptThe action which has reference to a contract t ihe e D „ — „nito by the ' HungErford Nlarket Company for den i,."asti of the - stn.Suspensiobridge, has previously ti jk liore the courts o r law Westminster. o ttbstiiP granted a rule. q -Lt 'PPS' COURT THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under. Sheriff BuncnELL.) I , hi s THE ROYAL BLITISH BANK V. CuX. kil o ,. :as an action to recover the sum of 12/. 10s. on 41—Nawn aeciiunt. Prov,,a aa i 'lles, the caThier of the Strend Branch Bat k, ba ti k t h at the deleudant had kept an account with the ore rd % a nd on the pay men t o f a c h eque hi s boom:int was klile a ,,n, and notice was given to him, but anoth er 111 e ueque was honoured. but defendant did nut wsk I,furthitr deposit or pay the balat,ce. The jury wore a verdict for the amount. tit ten 'was the only case tried, and the Court did not minutes. In once et the other cases the at "4eys arrived just after the Court was adjourned. --- MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. 14. • (THIS DAY.) 24 : - . Sergeant Adams sat this morning and took bail bim°f which there were seven on the paper. ~ r John Hare surrendered to an indictment charging telbe w ith violently assaulting, on the 27th of February rs. Ann Fairchild, wife of a veterinary surgeon I °C at Paddington. 1 14 1 1 1 the case being called, a surgeon's certificate was fetched to the Court, praying that the case might be litte-terir adjourned, as the complainant was unable to t b li roolih qth - ,:,.;)ortiuN, who appeared for the defendant, begged `-,ourt not to further adjourn the case. He . had h - Lilles in court who could prove that the complainant J ay en seen wa lking about the street during the last the he 13". 1% nephew of the complainant was then examined by ~aatl.;„ l3 Au cE, and in answer to the Court stated that his l eap" l ._ not been out d ur i ng the last week. He had how . '" in bed on Sunday and Monday last. The snr k.s.certificate was given yesterday. TR r ; 1 , 13 ° 13 1(Ix called two witnesses, who stated that they eagercomplainant walking about on Monday and Rats i r , last, at the hours stated by the nephew that she asp °red. 4- earned JUDGE having further examined the totli." l° . T . said he had a good mind to order him into ens he 't was gross case. kr defendant paving pleaded not guilty, til qa . t Ser g'ant ADAMS addressed the jury. and directed pliti til -0 return a verdict of not guilty. They could see ,!,itta, Y 4 l4l 4 the case was, and it was evident that they va1i41.0,t,0 adjourn it, for it was true that the c , m tht'eelt ', 1 , 11 4d been seen wa king about during the present 4 6. - here was something behind which did not meet ' 4l s,Ar, l „ ll ,ty then r e t urne d a ver di ct c f N ot G u il ty, an d The Zara Was at once discharged from custody. "" n rt was crowded. - tt'ZI:11110'-ST HEE I' —Cl HIS DAY.) p ; l Yd r : MISTAKE,—IIIary Ann Eaton, a fashion inysed wtnaan of the town, was charged with IT ' l ng and abu s ive language towsrds Ati Tadsa gentleman attached to the Egyptian le°o3Plainant sated that on the previous night be L -4 ,:i l t i -tI C L i N4 a cigar ( at the door of a divan in lit-gentu qeie, eglitn"lie ue d «..n an , , hi w u j hom he had ne7er seen a vulgar, stupid, dirty k64ll:ti:itis:waillk7uPtgoaonk called tice of her at :he tirue, but as up n a o u n d o clown before the door, aud re jolia°tiose above and othr filthy expressions, he called rl,l and gave her in char. l 'ilt klt e ,:7 4 " the accused said he had made a s'ight .' 41 4'," . 1. 13, the prrion of the gentleman, whom She ba . d "d souse few nights ago parteken her tioapi rkto th a " ju return had treated her very scurvily. ill,,, ll itZ t lr.ess and appearance of complainant, she tc l him fir that individual, and in the heat of , t h t4°- er,"; Might h ave use d t h e l anguage i m p u t e d il ki ° clef lt4lt "Want was advised not to be guilty of. di d,lP:44'lo, and was fined 75., which she inam SPOUTING NOTEe , '• (11 ‘ 111) g AND ENDS FROM NEWMARKET. .. _.........._.----- , • --- .4. 000 ,n. r,7'45 TIM EDITOR , OF TH En E ate S h U o f the card i t 4 aki. - '; ; 44 t al five stakes an d ' huad s: alk,iiifittheft )estt-rday only two produced a race, which ittat ter e shortest bill of fare for a day's sport at . 2f l tv ee VI that I can recollect having thes t e e en th d e u i r a i t n e g rest, ktheeitrs that I have devoted my penld gave colt, hisi: y D e r a o r m e to -4:4441e i Il b .! AtTurliadt.toTohuet foofuri,uyneaarcyo' receiving 171b5., %11(4„ih Cesarewit .11 muse; Nutmeg, t'ver tilt-ciPr' and beat him in a tauter, fur a 501. Plate V.lll--1: kr- se L f C the winner, datacb : °lf t he ; other rom 501. Plate,the D.M., was overa bad third. the winner 81i,s , 44 4 k i B° rhat', who gave trashy k a ti Pt' - n itt a dozen animals . 14 -' If-the racing was unimportantb so t , ~.. . a position as `tetai,,,. fitie,us maintained hi s proud . Up oe 1 tor th e r, ef the e a e s b b Y e ttidneg ‘abester Cup, tlt e rittit:Ne outlay advanced to 10 to . , n more than nut 14 t( ) '' t 473 , , C 1 his price at midnight was - six points, at 6 to i l . ; It tu i s a s a bo w r a o s ug u h a 111:14 1 at Le outside• Montague retired some The lillieklvi/la Vily tinste:dy; Nancy, Woolwich, s en d Sauter I,4'etinc'etor were firm at previous quotations. . 25 and 40 1 . V 'V Clarissa were inquireu utter . at. . V(l,47:6„rtithe Minibtir main allied his position at the oatvet. uttita tor the Derby, !Pea e.h'lttchg4ide of him at the same figure, Hernandez, at 6 to 1; Tedd . ington was, vaue et C t'Utlay of sevtu or eight hundred pounds,_ ad- I th,, k t° ale .1; Theseus also advanced to SO 11. 41°I.tii. "ttiogio the City and at the West-end,tbis !N il° safe t4l the Chester and Derby, is prettyn vuite: ti and t Newmarket yesterday, but, on the 1 1, ,000 tlftie3 NeWniaricet Stakes, is as follows: — l l o _ IN ' 4 * -- 6 to 5 agst Iris; sto 4 aget Aphrodite; , 5 1 .'", 6 t 4u 4 s „P l eh; 10 to 1 apt Phlegra. Newmarket St , a t kes . t l ' - -4 Sir J• Llawluv's lot; even on The CunlebiQr, 121,44eb, ki • da . s and 800, ' Ithtfie re Pin received numerous requests for my opinion on tr s :,: t t ) t . the 50 stirs. Sake,., A .P., walked ovsr for , (4.e ,bY Artisan, for w hich the following hones . *lthdi!iltt*Pcl-Aitian (the winner), GiticYra (.take I:lllelth,''kwn), Hesse Homburg (paid forfei,), 800, an Il t 3 v . ,' U ndi it i, ai follows: —The last-named couple.. Ns -Nagly nominated, the conditions stating that 1, 4 4, 4 httlite f.)r colts net engaged in the 2.000. 'Guineas 11;' •both:uf theee,having entered and rum for that • - . -- • - - Business done to-daY• 1% % ~AOO 3 % 4 77 3 " did Lists , in- NEWS. CLOCK. 1y woe estr a rican wer e very f l e d : .; g yptian clod bulineil 883.3 d. P er quarters• rted, on the er in favou r ' h Tw0.011(1' into Nees ma charge: i the Ifaite it, and 1191 ur sent ire: it of 15. , imported aa, IV, SO 6119 etion of 1 02 • withdrawn India COP ay afternee° on Beeli ll f ay. ke up ear i l ing, the Nl ' a exchaeg es at tray 11$1. Either belie) aye re alise d , The 14°11 11 973 to 98 ' bis" 61s. to 6214 ?r. Nand-s•ooif ih Five p e r )gesive $9l. porta' from Lisboa wined up I° 1 850. £16,43,164 6 ° •• 9. 340 8 03 0 .• 20,4 50 10. 161 .• 4,311 1 00 ouch Ma, well main. TARNS. r* C LOSING ritico• 211„ 96% 97% g 7 7_16 -16 7 5- 7 1! 7% 7 ' be y 97A 2d 54 P CLosilla PBICES• 355 753 - 3;4 99% 1 5 1 A 39% don. • 59.4 SDAYI .s.w., BO' 1. her Mt" Pike, New —Acrd. Sol i rich Islands; -Arrd. ger place, Wilt instant, isolh .d saved. . is schocso ant, but 0' nack, of N. ank in deeP China, 1 3 °' I. from 0 ( 1 river 6 0 Martinique; .rd, Superb Elizabeth: smutty, B D !, Royal V 5711 port, NW stle, Vorld, Nec r c; klaornet ditto, The ay, did 1 1 ° S orted. id so aver" assisted WiebesOr snk off all ° the shore; pi., Rio J' melie, re" rrd. Loam CE. Y.) argumel lt° )AY.) s °couple° DAY•) blebsEes oceeded to interest. RTH.) 113 g all' re reou— niec : the C°tlr DA I U STICgt •ia ti, and 1J lo to oho ° 11d no t be that it eel; e nder t h tried foraction ifei ion of 3811 0°1 0 e At WO . • THE BUN, LONDON, stake, were accordingly di-qualified from winning this, and all bets concernit:g them tiro null and void. Arii-an havaig b, en rr e nit hors€ left in ye,tc , (lay tuurni!,g, ttll Gelb made yesterday concerting him are void likewise, unless particuLny specified " all in, sera ched or not," &C. &C., there being no chance on the part of the fielder of winning, consequently there ought to be none of losing. Mern.—Ttie field for the Newmarket Stakes to mar row will not exceed four, viz., Harpsichord, Midas, 800, and the Confes,or or Balsam°. It is considered a fore gone e , mclusion in favour of Sir Jos , ph, but there has b. en more impossible things accomp►ished than Midas or Bon's winning. I am, yours, &c. THE SPIRIT OF IHE TURF. April 24, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET Flll,sT SPRING MEETING. BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. Eve , n on Sir J. Hawky's Aphrodite 5 to 3 egst L rd Statile ' b Iris CHESTER CUP. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Treeu's Itrio,stri, 5 yrs, 7st 12 to 1 agst Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor, 3 3 rs, sst 4lb 14 to 1 eget L i. Strathmoro's Montague, 5 yrs, 7st 21b 15 to 1 eget Mr. T. List,r's Nancy, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b 15 to 1 ags: Mr. Meiklam'e The 4 yrs, 7et 5 h 100 to 6 egst Mr. Maugen'e Rus,borotn,th, 4 rs,Bst 61b 25 to 1 aget Mr. Drioln.ld's Sauter-la Coupe, 5 yrs, 7 , t 51b 25 to 1 egst Mr. Cemphill's Woolwich, 5 yrs, Bst DERBY. 6 to 1 aget Mr. Helfora's The Prime Minister 13 to 2 egst Sir J. Hawl. y's Teddington 10 to 1 agst Lint Eufield's Hernandez—taken freely 12 to 1 agst Mr. o:baldeston's Mountain Deer 12 to 1 eget Mr. J. Clark's The Marlborough Buck 16 to 1 aget Mr. M. ikl.no's Constellation 20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Bonnie Dundee 25 tot agst Mr. Higgins's Theseus 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Heart-breaker 33 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's The Ban 35 to 1 agst Mr. Wilkinsun's Neashem 50 to 1 agst Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor 50 to 1 egst Mr. E. R. Clark's Glenhawk 1,000 to 15 egst Mr. G. We-ntworth's Azeth—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Lord Clifden's Telescope—taken WEDNESDAY'S RAC r.S. Handicap Plate of 501. for four yrs old and upwards. Cesarewitch Course. Mr. Stephenson's cby Dromedary, Rst 71b...(Butler) I Lord Clitdeo's Strongbow, 5 yrs. Bst 71b...(Robinson) 2 Lord Exeter's Nutmeg, 4 yrs, 7st 11b...(W. Harlock) 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst 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, a❑d was beaten easily three lengths. Run in 4 min. 30 secs. Plate of 501. for three yrs old, ist 71b; four, Bit 121 b; five and upwards, 9st 31b. Mares and geldings al lowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 200 sous. it de manded,&c.; at,cl allowances if to be sold for less. D.M. Mr. S. Roger's Vasa. 5 yrs, Bst 21b, 100/....(Rogers) 1 Mr. Thorpe% F. rest Flower, car. 7st 91b,40/(Flatinan) 2 Ld eldden's Borneo, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b, 1501 (Robinson) 0 Mr. Delamere's Fuoco, S y rs,7st 7 ib, 401(J. A thernon) 0 Lord Exitter's fby Beiram, sst 71b, 401 (W. Harlock) 0 Mr. R. H. Neville's cby GI :diator, 4 y rs, 7st 51b, 401 0 Mr. St. Aubyn's Ventre4 Terre, 3 yrs, sst 111 b, 40/ 0 Mr. Perren's Peter-the-birest, 3 yrs, sst 111 b, 401 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Revival colt, 4to 1 apt Borneo, 4 to 1 agst Vasa, and 7 to 1 agst Fuoco. Vasa made nearly all the marling, 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 1 min. 4 secs. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, hft ; for colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; 31b allowed. D.M. Lord Orford's Firebolt ..... (F. Butler) walked over Sweepstakes or 50 sovs. each; for cults, Bst 71b; fillies, Sit 3 , b; 31b allowed. D.M. Duke of Bedfor 's Bucler) walked over Sweepstakes of 50 soya. Pacb; for three years old colts, S 71b; fillies, 84 210, 4lh allowfd, &c. A.F. Mr. Ne.vill's Artisan (J. Howlett) walked over. Ma , ch, 200 soya., h ft. T.Y.C.—Major Martyn's Con vulsion, Sat 7th, received 65 sovs. ft from Lord Clifden's .lagues, Bst 71b. The weather to•day was delightful, but the sport wretched, and the show of company very thin. Previous to the rats some investments were made on Hernand. z for the Derby, resulting in his advance to 7 to 1, 1 300 to 400 was taken about him and Tuddirigton jointlj ; 6 to 5 and 5 to 4 laid against Aphrodite for the 1.000 G °lncas, and 6 to 4 t..k,n trecly about Iris. Rhesus and Ru.aborough in demand for the Chester Cup, but very little doing. In our list of arrivals yesterday we omitted Lord Tor rington, L-rii Charle. Manners, and Colonel Angeratein. BE FTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK. 1,000 GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 4 agst Iris I 5 to 4 apt Aphrodite. CHESTER CUP. _ _ to 1 agst Rhesus to 1 agst Russborough to 1 sot Bluck Ductt , r to 1 agst Italian (taken) to 1 agst Nancy 20 to 1 agst Montague 25 to 1 agt Sauter-la-Coup 30 to 1 agst Woolwich 40 to 1 ugst Clarissa DERBY. 6to 1 agst Prime Minister 20 to 1 agst Theseus (tak. I 6 to 1 agst Teddington frecl)) 7 to 1 agst Hernandez 33 to 1 agst Neasham 16 to 1 agst Madb. Buck I NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NINE O'CLC LA LES BETTING ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. sto 4 agst Iris j 5 to 4 agst Aphrodite. CHESTER CUP. 6 to 1 opt Rhesus 10 to 1 opt Russborough 12 to 1 agst Black Doctor 14 to 1 agst Italian (t) 16 to 1 agct Nancy 20 to 1 agst Haricot 20 to 1 apt Montague 25 to 1 agst Sauter-la- Coupe 30 to 1 apt Woolwich 33 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel 40 to 1 agst Clarion. 6 to 1 agst Prime Minister 6 to 1 agst Teddingt( 7 to 1 agst Hernandez ,2 to 1 agst Mountain Deer L 6 to 1 agst Marlborough BY. 20 to 1 agst Theseus (tak. freely) 33 to 1 agst Neasham 50 to 1 agst Serus. Buck I ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Queen's Plate, R. C. Uriel, 5 yrs—Nutcracker, 4 yrs—Fernhill, 6 yrs— Little Jack, 4 yrs—Cariboo, 4 yrs—Dromedary colt, 4 3 rs. Sweepstakes; first half of 4. 4 1 b. M. ; winner to be sold for 801. &c. Alboni, Guy Mannering, Julia. Sweepstakes; T.Y.C. ; winner to be sold for 1501., Sze. Trinket, Edward of York; Christina. LATEST BE rTING.—(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. Even on Aphrodite. 6 to 1 agst Iris. 8 to 1 azst An'pach. THE 800 RACES. This popular little me' tine, hitherto held in Lord Dacre's park, will take place on Saturday next at Gor hambury-patk. 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 halt-past 4. St. Alban's being within a short distance of Hatfield—the nearest railway station— s special train will leave King's-cross at 11 30 Ant., re turning at 6 P.M., and omnibuses will be provided to convey the passengers from the station to the course and pack—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 it declared, with 100 added. A winner once. after the weights are publi , hed, to carry 51b; twice. 71b extra. Tee second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 soya. towards expenses. Oae mile and a half. - Mr. H. J. Thompson's br h Wanota, aged, Bst 51b; Mr. J. Osborne's b I Achyranthes, 4 yrs. Est 91b; Mr. Ryder's b m Clara, cgs d, Est 61b; Mr. A. Johnstone's b g by Charles Xll.—Frill, 4 yrs, 6st; Mr. J. Gill's br c _dEseulapius, 4 yrs, 6st; Mr. Roberts' hr f Miss Lottery, 4 yrs, 6st; Mr. M. Arrowsmith na g c Oxford Blue, 4 yrs. sst 11 1 b; Mr. Baikket's b c Tordesillas, 4 yrs, sst 111 b; Mr. George's ch c Old Claret, 4 yrs, sst 101 h; Mr. H. J. Thoinpion's b c Golab 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 Royal C , rnmi , ,ion have i,ued the f !lowing programme of the manner in which the state opecing by her Maje:-ty, already announced to the public, is to be conducted : " EXFIIBITION OF _lB5l. " Her Majesty having signified her royal pleasure that arrangements should be made to enable her Majesty to gratify a wish very generally expressed on the part of the public to be prese❑t at a ceremony by which her Ma j. sty should open the Exhibition of the Works of In nus'ry of all Nations on the Ist of May, her Majesty's Commissioners hereby give wives 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 specified 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 (he 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'elt ck in the transept, opposite the plat form, together with their Executive Committee and the Foreign Acting Commissioners, in full dress, or in plain evening chess. " 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, i❑ 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-bill, and dow❑ Rotten-row, will enter the Exhibition building by the north entrance precisely at twelve o'clock. She.will ascend the platform and take her seat in 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 of the proceedings of the Commission up to that time, which he will teen deliver to her Majesty, together with the catalogue of the articles exhibited. Her Majesty will return a gracious answer, handed to her by the Secre tary of State; after which his Royal Highnrss Prince Albert will take his place again by the aide 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 if Canterbury will then ray 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 neve by its north tide, 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 side 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 bad 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 Bulking, Hyde-park, April 22." In making this announcement the occasion seems an appropriate one for directing attention to the neglected state of Hyde-park in the immediate neighbourhood of the Crystal Palace. From Albert-gate to the eastern and of the building there is as remarkable a collection of nuisances on either hide 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, iunccent of paint for many a long year, covered with a green coating of mould, and hardly able to stand from d. cey, 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 footways of the road, besides the dangers from open ditches which they present, are in a most disgraceful state of disrepair. After yt u pass Mr. Cu bites house—popularly culled " Gibraltar," from the belief that it can't be taken—you find on your lett 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 all kinds of filth and rubbish, among which dirty bits or newspaper, stale orange peel, bones, rags, broken tiles, and other rubbish are prominently visible; neither is it at all agreeable, however fond 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 sit ners of Woods and Forests choose to exert them• selves a little, to put this approach iu something like decent order. It would costa little money; but the public would forgive the extravagance, and even give the Commissioners credit for a share of that virtue which the old sae lug 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 shock. 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 thew, it is more than probable that the ditches by the wayside will still remain open—the footpaths impracti cable except iii 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.—Tinies. EXECUTION OF THE NEMPNETT MURDERERS. TAUNTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23.—The execution of John Wiles end John Smith, convicted at the last assizes of the murder of an aged man named Wilkins, a shopkeeper at Nempnett, under circumstances of great atrocii), and in which, it will be remembered, his aged wile was left for 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 t xecution was originally fixed for eleven o'clock, but nut of deference to,the wishes of the inhabitants of 'Taunton, who represented the injury it w. uld 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 declared 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 Hart Davis, M.P.;' 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 be really was, urging as his reason that he did not wish his relatious,.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 prisuners arose, and, after being engaged in 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 sentence 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 procession commenced, and in a few minutes, having walked firmly up the stairs of the gaol, they appeared upon the plat form; they then ascended the ladder with the same firm step, and having prayed with the chaplain 'for several minutes, and shaken hands with the reverend gentleman, the bolt was drawn, and they were launched into eternity. Smith struggled for a minute or so, but with Wiles death appeared to ba instanteneous. After hanging the usual time, the bodies were cut down and immediately 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 INN, Aram, 23.—At a Pension of the Honourable Soei-ty of Gray's Inn, holden this day, William Simons, Esq., and Heury Callingwood Selby: E 3 . e in Were called to the de;r6e of batrister'at4aw. 3itittton NEWMARKET, RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Queeu'd Plate. Uriel Dromedary colt Nutcracker Sweepstakes. Ariosto Croupier ... 1 ... 2 ••• 3 ... 2 Won easy. THE ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. Aphrodite Anspaeb Iris .• • 2 64 •• • ••• ... Six rao. Won easy. ... 3 IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MERCHANTS AND OT HERS EsPE CTING PAYMENT OF DUTIES. — The following Il impor tant notice has been issued by order of her Majesty's Com missioners of Customs :—" Notice is hereby given, that on and after the 6th day of May next, the practice f 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, have• the rption of paying the duties to the Bank of England in sums of not less amount than 501 (in read of .001.. As heret.o:ore),• and n essengers will be em ployed to convey the certificates of payment from the Bank of England to the Custom-Howe every half-hour, until 3 o'clock in the afternoon inclusive. Isy order of Commia -sionera;*W. lgadesa, Secretary," THURSDAY EVENING, LITERATURE. THE FEMALE JESUIT; or, The Spy in the Family. This is one of the most interesting and extraordi nary narratives ever presented to the public, and is doubly interesting at the present time, when the in trigues of that most truth-despising order, the:Jesuists, are at length beginning to attract attention. The author of this work, in his preface, says— " The startling assertion that' truth is stranger than fiction' has seldom been more fully verified than in the details of this volume. The heroine whose extraordinary scheme of deception is here recorded, introduced herself to the Rev. as an orphan, with no near rektives but a Jesuit uncle and an aunt, also 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 represented 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 from which there could be no escape. Having long been con vinced of the errors of the system, and having acciden tally heard Mr. L 's 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 obtained a situa tion as a governess. She returned to Mr. L----'s house on account of supposed dangerous illness, and 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 been 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 the Introduction' relating to the laws and mechanism of the' Community' which Marie had auitted, and to her escape, were furnished by herself. For 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,a// 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 world sufficient guarantee of the truthfulness of every word he asserts • indeed we rgret that his kind 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 toqidopt the quasi incognito of initial?. 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 thatshe 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 determined 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 eorts and sizes, in ink or in pencil, cros►ed and interlined, as the convenience of the moment dictated. When seated by Mrs. L-- 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 tegether, to prevent the truant pieces from again wan dering, they presented an amusing variety of s za 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, oy 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 he 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 tha 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---'s, and Elizabeth 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 a 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. K-.' " Marie seemed relieved, and went down to the draw ing-room. " According to pre-arrangement, while Mr. 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 possibl e, and opened the drawing-room door. There they stood ! Mr. in whose family she bad lived, Mr. L-- whose kindness she had abu:ed, Mr. A'B-- with whose profession .1 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 ker ? She saw it at a glance. She bent her head, and there she sat, calm, modest, self possessed, without any of the 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, she 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. 1.-- spoke. He said he had invited these friends to be present, while he entered upon matters too important for conference with her alone, and wishing them also to hear any explanation which she might have to give.. " He then stated that two facts had come to his know. ledge. Her previous acquaintance with the contents of Cap(ain Kenyon's letter, and inquiries for it at the post. office; and her correspondence with Mr. Viall, lull of misstatements, which had come into his possession. Can y ou,' 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 matter had been thoroughly investigated, and that such asseverations were useless. She was silent. repeated the question, whother oho could exPisiwthege circumstsucw. APRIL 24, 1851. " A scarcely audible no' dropped from her lips. " It now becomes my painful duty,' said Mr. L--, ' to tell you that there is too much retson to tear that you have been an impostor from first to last.' " Marie raised her eyes, and without manifesting the slightest emotion, gently said, It is too true, sir.' " The whole party looked at one another in amen ment at her unparalleled self-control. 6" Well, then,' said Mr. L--, ' it only remains for you to tell us who you are, where you came from, and what have been your motives for acting in so extraordi a way ?' " With groat 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 she had left her family. Thus much she would say, that she was a native of M--; that ber father was a surgeon; that he and her mother died when she was young, 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 thrown upon the world, she had had recourse to the ex pedient of going into a convent. Growing tired of its discipline, and having beard 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, andjhad them translated and rewritten by Mr. --, a teacher of languages in street.' " 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, lam glad to see you. I was.thinking of call ing upon you to know if you can tell me about Miss Cliff )rd, as she has not been here for some time.' "' It is a Miss G—, not a Miss CliffJrd,' said Mr. L—. _ _ " ' No, it was a Mrs. or Miss Clifford who came here, and the letters were sent to Miss " Mr. and Mrs. L— looked 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.' ":Mr. and Mrs. L-- could not 3st 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, tied 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 originals , and the other her orders to him to translate them. ' I did them up,' he added, in _case I might he out, as she said she was going to call; and I wrote the account outside, 131 pages at Is. a page, 61. Ils.' " 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 us with a little information respecting her.' " S.—' What is her name ?' " Mrs. L.—' M--- L-- " Mrs. L.—' Perhaps she was here before you?' " S.—' Oh, no! I have been Superioress of this con vent for a number of years. lam quite sure that we have had 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 ~a vs that she used to write letters fur 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 Englan " 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. L.—' 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.—' Madame de la R-- was never married, and she is still living.' " Mrs. L.—'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 reappeared. " No, we do not know the person; bat 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. L.—' 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 hero to-morrow, or you could see her at 5-- this evening, if more con venient.' " They thanked her, and returned to town by the next train. They went back to Mr. K—'s, 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 at so late an hour.' " The novice withdrew, and presently another came, unlocked the door, and showed them into a little room close to the gate. The floor was covered with oil-cloth, 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 bad 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 who bad become a Catholic, and was very much persecuted home and wanted an asylum, and he said that w by her Protestant friends. She was obliged i t t o leave ould be kind if I would take her.' "h e sad say says two th y e arsat sh e convent,Bwatals._six w eeks in your Liverpool night, and w same beCause the e " She never set foot in our Liverpool convent. I brought her to town with me t he made her up a bed in the lit tle parlour, house was full. She wanted t o g o to I there for one, day, but I sent her back again, for we h ave —7, a_nd she was none but young ladies ther e, and we only employ per sons of confidence.' at "uroux C earron Amiens, Manotte, Chatea g " She says that she has been in convents of your Order Nice, and Limerick.' " 'lt is very true that we have convents at all these places, but she has n ever " I should like to be quite sure that the same. been in them.' "' 0 yes! Tha t is she certainly.' Do you know this p ortrait?' • 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 ber return to her Mends. She showed me some sort and a lawyer's letter, and said that she s lase e her property if she did not go .' s hould l o d f " And how did sh e g o ?' • She said that a friend of her family lived in --- Street, and that. if she went to her, she knew that she could soon gat back to her relations in the north. I ton4 . but probably the 44 Jai mood, for no non per. I son could be found. She went out another day, and name back, saying that she had found her friend, and that she. would come for her at halt-past six o'clock. I offered to send a responsible person to ascertain that it was all right; but she 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 an 3 thin!, we were not on the whole sorry that she decided on leaving.' "Mrs. L--- thanked Madame ---, and rose to leave. The lady requested that her name 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 not at once abandon her to her fate, neither did be, as we are inclined to think he ought to have done, give her into custody ; but having learned from her that certain ladies at Ghent, who kept a school, and with whom she said she w a s 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 bad 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 ladies of the establishments at I. and at S. of all cotn 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 r e t urne d • 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 the Anglican Church for Rome, but' these 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 or the history of the Protestant mi nister and his flock,. which were, no doubt, regularly transmitted to the Jesuit bead-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 falsehoods, 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 Highnen the Princess Royal, drove out this morning in a pony phaeton in Windsor Park, Colonel Buckley attending on horse back. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out this morn ing on horseback, attended by Lit ut.-Colonel Alexander Gordon. The Royal Family took walking and pony exercise in the Slores and Windsor-park. The Royal dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Lady Fanny Howard, the Baroness de Speth, and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. and Lady Emily Seymour. The hand of the Grena dier Guards will attend and play during dinner, and her Majesty's private band will afterwards perform. The Countess of Charlentont 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, APRIL 22. ELDON LAW SCHOLARSHIP. The eighth election of an Eldon Scholar will take place on Wednesday, the 4th of June neat, at the resi dence of his Grace the Puke of Richmond, 51, Portland place, London. All applications must be left at the office of the Honorary Secretary (llr. T. Metcalfe, 5, New-square, Lincol❑'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. W. M, Kinsey, B.D. Patrons—the President and Fellows of Trinity College. ROYAL SOUTH LONDON 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 smiles arid ericas, together with an elegant assortment ofcinerarias. 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 azelitt. A collection of heartsease attracted much at tention, and procured a silver Linntesn 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 are to take place in the Surrey Zoological Gardens (by wbich time we trust certain horticultural bickerings shall have been appeased), several extra prizes are offered by members, including one of a mem. ficaticms kind, announced by Mr. J. Marriott, of Grace ' Mr. o.key s band wa c hurch•street, " for the best glass of honey in the c omb , t a ken on the humane principle." 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 to be 7 ft. 6 in., and weight 34st. 6ib., was requested to attend at Buckingham Palace on Friday week, when he had the honour of being introduced to her Majesty, Prince Albert, and all the 'loyal 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 Heed 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 ,vas be lieve, to pay Mr. H a l es a visit, and hence, we presume , ___. an " order made out for his appearance at Courtn.". may Hales has a fine head, intellectual countenitn . ce,! , a "` fairly he called " a very good looking man." his His._ebigeandt: hands, and feet are not at all in proportion o height, many men six feet high exceeding him in t, and ev e n some extent. In conversation he is pleasant, witty, pects to and his general bearing gentlemanly and ki t n h d o . se l r V e hen Col. , : Buckley, who is 6ft. 4in., stood 3 b the s ide of him at the h d heartily at the Palace, her Majesty, we understand, laug c contrast. If we were to wish tha t " may his shadow never grow less," Mr. Hales, perhaps ; stout, his weight, as wo v u er ld y not coincide with us, for our readers may imagine bs is. above stated, being nearly 35 t C WEBTMINSTER A DBE% EL EBRATION OF D IVINE amorr.—The folloi e WORSIIIP DURING THE E 1 Dean and Chapterwing Dnotivicne has been promulgated by the .at ten and three; daily, at a quarter t o worship on Sunday® Sacrament of the Lord's Supper— Easter-day, W eight, ten and h lth: r : sun day, Ascension-day, Trinity Sunday, the first Sunda y _in e dy a a ch month, after Divine service at ten, and every ether Jiia et eight o'clock in the raornizg.'! FLORICUL. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. PROFESSOR ANDERSON'S SOIREES F. TASTIQUES. To " the Great Wizird 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, be was now the well-bred gentleman, dressed in his usual evening costume, who was amusing his friends in an elegantly fitted-up drawing-room, which bad taken the place of the cave of magic of old. Th e il lusions also were of the most elegant and tasteful d escr i pt i on ; 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 magic telescope; the mysterious disappearance of individuals from under extinguishers, have been sub stituted for the vulgar fire-eating and red-tape pro ducing, and 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 performance s 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 sball. 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 leading them through the great and picturesque cities of Germany to Vienna, with its smiling esplanades. 'We must not follow in our notice any strict geographical sketch of the varying scenes unfolded to the eager onlookers. Suf fice it to say that faithful transcript s of some of the most beautiful scenes on the Danube, of Rome, Venice, and Constantinople, received a just reward of approbation. Amongst the particular views well de sere ing of commendation for their artistic effect were the "Ducal Palace of Venice," " The Bridge of Sighs," " The Great Square of St. Mark," " Lego Maggiore," and the beautiful island, "Monte 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 hik easy travellers an agreeable journey down the Rhine, and, fur the fee of one shil ling, he freed them from all annoyances of bills, 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 that they will 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 a num 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, for 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 of scenery. Amongst these are views of the North Foreland, the Town and Castle of Windsor, Greenwich Hospital, the Thames at Twickenham, Dover, &c. The diorama has been painted by Messrs. Grieve, Telbin, and John Absolon, and the numerous groups of animals which it contains, by Mr. J. F. Herring, sen. THE CH/NESE 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 habi's of the Chinese. A commodious and elegant building has been erected enjoining 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-koe," 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 there can be no doubt that her " tiny" feet will excite a degree 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 domestic use or for religious worship, which meet the eye of the visitor at every turn, presenting a curious picture of the semi-civilised condition of this singular people. The appearance of the crew who navigated this uncouth craft through the Indian ocean and across the Atlantic, t t l h a e ntic,are not the least of the curiosities that attract atten tion of visitors. afternoon, about YESTERDAY. Yesterday ' o'clock, neigh !late. was thrown into a state d 1 Blandford-sq . in s. consequence of a fire of a YesterTdoilayßEE FIRES o hourboo ter breakirg out in the private residence R. Billows, 11, Sherborue street, running into the of Mr. sofricooonosiodhear character e confusion, above-named square. The flames originated from some cause at present un known, and although most of the inmates were at home et the time, the existence of the fire was not known until it had broken through the roof, and was seen by the neighbours on the epee:it° side 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 net 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. The 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 whie five persons near l y l ost their lives, happened on the per" mises belongin g to M r. Henry Harris, stationerL!lLa bookbinder, N o . 18 , B r i dge-street, Westminster• Th w e l": . discovered the flames were raging in the a wife, and three mates, consisting of Mr. Harris, his wl ane. attempt t 4 children, having been aroused, they ma de as rising in such , cuenndde under to t h t e h e t p escape y the staircase, but the smoke w as bl w e a dense bodies that they were foreed ta t of the house, and having placed_ e a. _ _ aii . ag i the latter, door in the root, they all succeeded I n P 6 house in safety. The several engines of the and escape theyof work and eventuall7 twerethe R taken oy al Society, into to of England Companies, London Brigade and Wes the flames, but not until fn se Fortunately Mr. Harris was h succeeded avi n a attended , e n i d m e extinguishingd, the fi o r n a to the valuable stock in trade, serious damage was insured. e hour another fire happened at No. 4, About the saw. ~ Keats - street, d spitalfieLes, occupied as a lodging•house. and also to the preana i n the second floor, tenanted by a female It commence who was awoke by the fire her•jumped out of bed with her night namedi, game*, and before they could be extinguished, clothes terribly burned. The en • engines quickly attended, she was burning She Boot h, but the fire could not be subdued until great damage w as done. ---- SOMETHING THAT THOSE WHO RIDE MAY READ."-- Since the scurrilous papers have died a natural death, through the more wholesome supply f cheap literature that has been provided, it may be said that slander has literally come to a stand—for now almost the only vehicle for abuse is a street cab. - Punch. MDME. SON TAG.—This eminent cantatrice, whose advent to the boards of her Majesty's Theatre, is anxiously are con e e l d s Ist the looked for by the habitues of that establis hment, has recentl y received, as a souvenir of the celebratedsbaric e of n t t a h i April, at Paris, a superb album, in th e occasion by M. Dupin eloquent orations pronounced on h and M. Dufaure, as well as some, s pa rkling t and characteristic poetry, addressed to the great lxhaetrmtahne s a o r n ti fts t t ic re e s x s by Emile Deschamps. It is estimated f sum of 100,000 francs, for bldme. Sontag have realised the charitable institutions of Par Is. PAELIAMENT.-01 1 Thurs dayADMISSION OF Jawshe"second reading of the Oath of next (Ist Ma3r), r. Nowdegate, a.ccording to uotioe - A,hjuratiou (Jews Bil. , tut d a y gm M 0110.6 Ou t lOU 11101 tes tt $