The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-16 00:00:00

Roads in iii g. xer• old iorrequer, an. [floured. Llol e ither good , b ". o f a work do, lilnr instaltnent..• pr sa esent cool' o predict n ,„e ?ver contrived the narrative, v ith an in ter s: syro pathie s :o , ithout tow creatures ° 'n ared ive land , fre iln o qtly huniaal f o r our regarcitrip. rib,- so n, a e vi icient fell° 01 many noble tier, his elder s 5 3,,, bewitches t'e•if ate Dalton, olatile, sistible foc i ; ' id ntsniavo is iey-like )11 oat [le share fallen and P!,, a f te r the il e e r i . 'G . , mien t' s or is kat inter"' o ie lota de lill er ; j e kyl, e l f ;erstone, DO less a r • i d t e risticalif io d, Dice w 53 w he, f a In so tad ok being ° if, • Nord e a • fome h°" ,k bl driven b tr ifee , un t a ine, P; 00 , ,en are stilihow le numb er ' u oeet and &P er. dwarf le. Th e u • , but n o t the group ° t of i n staline,. ° 00 of Fran k las to reel rest mgh the re . Von A lle o : on! ig etelu n F;Vor, orrors „ is 0 ,- et , g of the P.lOl l terings t t bel icceptance o,bo rit of biro, on o wse fotl lo and, 0 Ic• gave. 0 F , p :ailed f v9 ,el whet re faculties . e o f insult t o .° , h stage, ies te mpdra hs lo . :eray w it " ss. Th e r BEST; Atli , arks de ( iant eriS IS fled that P sd i 5 not Airt e ol Every„ ' f " eo ca f-bour't the suet' 'ron' b 6 of tn e A pr' intries. —too game P for ► "tabl' sul e t in r aiP le re a conte cis, loqueljollt ,larneitobert oa or a n essfl o y l ip" by lerbete r , but C Oll/ r/ f t ?fixed. .. e ox t. gist°'" of Doo Lord, h o f 00 0 00 )1d by li4f 6 [....re j vicli o ' h," th ere ley, de Ce gef i r et The D" gi oo; he again t 1 ,4 j I Elan norqi th' o ecinien s or d of th e We trt i3v dorr nths the 11 4 23. v MO o peei d ;he 04 diet' I da' 000 g 0 3 9 oil II '„ t if freg de ,Ptia 3 the 'I S O 01 1 atelY O IVO of of hor— ° if mi fl g o ti se@ ? ,fore of . , robe ho '4lPliffi„„oll. pg a matter that hardly needs exempli lionw Oft history bears witness to the provident direc I,4!lthe Hand of God." Mr. Cnristmas, the ned and eicquent author of 4 ".1 he Cradle of ths, th e % GiSnts," has introduced the volume to 131,,,,'''nglish public. Much, however, as we Athise with the spirit of the writer. 1 1 ,_ Work h as materially disappointed _us. ht u ir e l editor in the introduction admits that "the author a q g an A merican—a r e p u bli can b y h a bi t, e d ucat i on , 14,1 P : k in ciPle—a di ssenter from the Episcopal Chu, cip; Catty supporter of a purely voluntary prin grii o ccasion a ll y adopts a tone and takes for la t , ti ell ass umptions w hi c h on th i s s id e o f t h e At fratace:ould provok e a ki nd of mental oppositionk, Such ,su far i s ,n.ducive t o the good effect of the ti ttlen fa'ly the ease. With the author's religious sen Re ah 's we should not quarrel, with his liberal politics to ne ; 111 ,d he disposed to agree, but his intolerant th e '8 singularly inappropriate in a work relating . I kii!ieneral providence if Him " who maketh his su fe w nc :, on the just and on the unjust." For example, °' the staunchest Protestants of us all the Dili "dtnire the good taste, if they admit th e l e i t leral truth, of such a sweeping declaration as f uuwi ng :--" Coal, like the English language. 4 4% reedoin, general intelligence, or piety, is Profitensd ky 9 vain do you search the world over to le th e elsiderable deposit of this agent, except wl r . L itt rniiiish language is spoken, or where the Protes eligion is professed." Se °r.Q , ACCOUNT Of the ASCIENT CORPS ( !ttrli n NT LE-111EN-AT-ARMS. By J. Bunce Clerk of the Cheque. 4tlt a er Y h andsome volume, set forth with all the ad gde' of beautiful paper and large typogra • N eet edi cated to Lord Foley, the Captain of her 'ith I 'S .C°rPS of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; embellisher Phe r T. F alltifen y teih'itt'toe, One engraved portrait of Sir Christo of the gentlemen pensioners in a t n li t e i Ptet„ °f , %leen Elizabeth, and furnishing a full ,d 4r,ii`uiar of of the origin, history, duties, f e t c h, : %14 e3 °f (with the exception of the Yeomen o ~,;1 , °(1 , the Sergeants -at-Arms) the oldest corp vtie°l°--the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at k - Whi t h ,i'ach is the work now before us, a " t r ee thwill un doubtedly be of value to all connecter: e▪ ge ,Imourable corps to which it relates. For • t e ; n r ,"'" reader, it will possess a certain interest, toil e — 8 a chapter of the history of a by: i 'cres, s a g e . The Honourable Corps kad vilis rst instituted in the reign of Henr _ 1 1e ee4aPosed entirely of gentlemen of noble blood. lIIt ta r t a stablishment of a body-guard, so constituted Porwrites Mr. Curling, " was of more ew a t , - ,7" at the period of its institution than m i ?, ''itabi r "r• The royal Tudor was of a fierce and et' tet et „D.° disposition, and he knew it. No Plan • L'aed." l , 43 ever more imperious and violent when op - - r ted 'C lit the fit over, his disposition was also t . ens h itir 1 a certain discretion. Such a King especially 111 c t e n ; ' 4O l a guard, enumerating in its muster- n re of l S a t .:" of Carew, Blunt, Hastings, .Eac., me ; ttoe:',„" and scutcheons as old as any in the king t ' 4 ?e st e ; rl descended from knights who had fought ; 40 ,' e w - ", 11 „ e ) and who, being armed to do as 'There sworn N ' i s th e ,' ever close around the royal person. lhere no standing army, nor even a single regi 1'4),te,,,-"Ved." All things have changed since .n 1 - 1 11 aci a l . 'avv we have regiments and royal guards . "'"o ( 1 4 ,; ce l and now, happily, we have also a Sovereign tl , lrll leed ure ti . ot require them. .The venerable corps it' e Y Wse. •as " Gentlemen Pensioners" or " Spears, sie. waited u pon Henrylll. in the beginning of ",cittina'fl'oth century, y and under their present d ',44 -° ; 11 of " Gentlemen -at-Arms" some of their JS oferLtlB49, attended Prince Albert at the open th_' ‘,oal Exchange. Between these dates what d be nfolded 1" For a narrative of `fi`trs °-ti g B of th unfolded ea entf. _, e . Gentlemen Pensioners during these l trht , ni• centuries we must refer the curious to ' 4 cie n i 'ye of the Clerk of the Cheque to the " e°rPs"---2,1r. James Bunce Curling. f a , W e 1 1 „„ 27 I-E LEAMINGTON IRIS. h•Nthi,-"Te before us the first number of a new ,`,,t'itipe„Periodical published at Leamington, but pos filSylLe than aloeal interest. In addition to the th pa,,, euet 7 of tales, essays,. and poems which teqee 5 " °t magazines, and in which department y ' l :cts - 0 41 / I . n gtots -Iris promises well, one of the main ai d lt4 institution is to commemorate the spots d ith ifte,dents of historical interest connecte n t 'st 1 3 locality but as a proof that that i - .as have said, not merely of a /1461atioft8heer)ed character, we need only particularize lo cal celebrities mentioned in this number, h Shakapere.. The birthday of t I at l of Warwickshire was aptly chosen . as Of • • topt„, initiation of this Warwickshire ; 1 (1 11. ' .as We have said, a biography of Shaks -14'914a-' i ' e mbellished with a view of Anne tlath olt cottage. Th other contents of the Learning -11:11:41111..°12111.3e well for the future success of the ,E.kti FINE ARTS. IBITI ON OF WAT ER COLOUR i A v ., : A iNTINGS. . of rainters P--- - Society , ', 4 1V..: 4 to the gallery of the Old present f\ l rn l , `° l 4 t , ,, , , Zi ln e i o n l a o t ti e rs, th s e , Fall r - i mall f East, kr ts ,l ; to public view, in the Without collection e h n e a inoige enabled o the s t ~,41:er.„siPb) annual exhibition. ~.4 3 , of - ~_s' sPeaking, a collection ' l 4ll a 1m Pre decessors, the one the high merit of ti q the • , gallery has superior now h t oo( adorningu the b m e ai thej. og- n,,,, society 8 . f' lit Nor cou catter. 'r.4s(6.q.tial in most particulars to the best ye l t d p t r h o i: :ti ° 11 ,3 members and associates. (74' 'tkitneCoeasle w F n i i e le ld s i u n c g h , and , T "Re P • P cY Frederick ria3.%er, men as Georg c e ox, rpl,4 ripp, an d others, eminently ti_ Davidt and F. V% • 4 tit 41 .' and a variety of, °l 'l l, ii, each in hi s particular wa t v r , ay st e i r l s l io c g on the an7d Se t° z t'c'Y t hemselves industrious. 4 . A es n . hcialltinent, we found our attenti "Mt. l l:,,°Y the pictures hereafter particularised. on a a s r s r e e e s o ted from, Z i tlivi'i ln g view of the " Cheviot,, Hi115,,,1) by W. kINo*:4 Aloor, Northumberland," l' trpi;'l l is deliciously suffused `father.'tli " A MountainS with oeo t e h o e n glowing tin itli, s (14) has that rich and gßiniwvenofßt?heet, of the elevated ridges Ilegttrle• Iten'tley knows so well how to introduce as f 44 °%Pheric garment of , • A ,•514.1, bottler mountain scene, ltit rernadoc " (48) by the"Snowdon, take.n le c l b ' • felicity o- colouring. spot situated 014 0 Y a similar of a lc" 43 representation same f hand, ischarac A ~ , 26 6b. 'ear b Wales, ( ) ~ o ettvvs-y-Coed, I t . b and mellow -N *uranhite, has k ,,, Ity 0 ,. , as deep the part or the ~.,k t _ i: tone such . .evinces on Copley a llorth 'Nlii 4 decided and visible adv . ancement. ableg which 4141rt,4tiluifiltivottrte. than ever proves himself indefatigable have kt er ! Ac foofr ,4, ai , _ unfired ion t tion as a high a rePu-a •f l thhiomse so o reat powers 4}4 (ii rist • t. ROtoWard ) accomplishment of such a desire t, V id e4 8 the acco reputation and so far as the tokens of fruit u practice. AI dith• ee s a vvillingness m n p ot to allow that . A 0,714,1411 tbrou h a want of assiduous re conspicu ,ll4-1Q m anifest g ed, of course, still minuter kft" , 14 his larger productions, this ni . e industry on the c - °A C o 1 ‘; -- is ' 'ble even in his his c'ltribh,.P eY Ilelding vim this ~ ( I ' ‘'i ~,,,''rons to the gallery ; instance, „ , _lnorid \ ce7) t '•• fro% th,„ Upper Part :of Loch; lA tq'\'' t i 44 c 1 hi - "View from r-toorelaatris (38) cabinet gems each more 14 ete INI :1 of consummate ability. Brougham From aoChastlien, ill atiotis may be seen kelNt Loch A • A leshi 're" (66), di n this ,- effort, " A View of Ben Cruachan, look , Pitt, Nis effects capable of a te i a 'ZIA of the art when the brush . more ,„`" hands of a master. 4 4'414", rgY being produce This picture,h rflective the palette l' : 1 -444 t fail to secure the interest o a t h t d c it affords Ill;chlirlt°tri'eh'eting that . the locality is the one i t * b e; and brilliant representation . of which . ‘‘!l)t.‘4B rendered classical by the sojourn the e m s o e n e g r i t 'th "Igies of rare old Christopher N within Pie ty With ho d ld ß in o g il h e i r s , maeomdosraebworla.ercd,rversa ith ! ll P i3 r i o l ' el °eh, A n t;e s , l a a n n d under . the shadow of Cruachan. kil:ith;:tittalllaetriso toif must on this account be a favourite w voluptuous ~ View in the Vale and Blackicoods Magazine. , A thetill', 3' glow pervades the 1 A etimberla d" (105), by the en atl 4trkti nis materially , 1 4,1, veness of the picture of anu ft klf ,'„Y the introduction severally t s o nin th e e a r rtis h t, t t'tiriti,,4'4Worth Castle and Lanercost Priors ~ ‘11 1 1? of ~ ,-, Cliffs from Newhaven, o f tt i ), it .aeaford . , Y a m which Copley Nt reotarkable for the exquisite naturalness , 1 e 1 (14 u water, in the delineation of . k aaf t , l gl3 always and as it were 1 — uss T ex ne 14clet„: Other works from the same industrious . hlth "'lgable T 04,1 master are worthy of especial notice, w inevitably, s a u n c c i F. . ° Ph ° beyond our limits of enumeration. r 4,.,,atii, ~„!•„_ already d ' 1 ,411. rt b y adding to the reputation . 'it . l t ' °I 11 . faithful and tilt ) %to r f hit as 4 a .and manners, , fo r ° rustic life . his tji 3 on e • t s in 14, e, itna or two pic ure , picturesque each of them of conspicun " H ii -1,, , • A his - u g . , '4l) -`.3 examples of which, take tl3 o) rh o 4 , ktiouie” tip, liet,, , ( 31 ), his " Home" 0.2 5) , and u s excel- c° - th — 4 Eirt. - . el l. ' D. Cox still maintains his ~tv, -Istic 1 • his " Changing the Pas , (R.., popu ante ; 'll. " 1 / 4 1 ) bei,, 1.," • of agricultural t: -ty 4 , --g a cuarming sketch . i claim , k ‘ kid' in its in the progression of its persp.eocn cl hs its general animation. One producti ,:ttirs freeognised at once by the majority of the vi arilver '° th e galler having been already ein- It 4 to k e ,, d t 4 obtai n a r--iaragser number of its admirers by Zaie tt - a lt° c l copy in the Illustrated London News ; p r ‘ 4) B, p`' l9 ), a " Grou of Pilgrims in sight of St. i; -1 4 , 1'i -t -"°124e," a tvoodPen raving of which was ap or4,l,4w`eillY given in the pictorial g journal just inen i tl i trj 4t e t l its contributors were celebrating the recent hit ( .4 4 14 i tti ll 14hal ,return of the . . Sovereign . Pontiff to ti h 1-1,4. e,nral. The original is from . the brush of sc,°',(7) - 1 .: ; 'oho Callow has an ,I. Ni,"-„,e'og. a " Wreck in St. Hillier's Bay , ,d ve admirable procl_u e c r- - °l,°eive I,l2'vane, of Eton, must be congratulaten, 8 PlOttittsk . a the other exhibitors this season beauty "I"FS ofretuarkable beauty ) of a THE altogether so remarkable as to evidence a perceptible advance in an artist already highly matured in his capacities. Perhaps the masterpieces in the present collection are his Loch Vach—Death of the Otter" (83), and " Return from the Hill—Glen Tilt from Ben-y-Gloe" (100), the former dim with its vapour ous suffusion, the latter brilliant from the prominence of the figures crossing the foreground. Altred Fripp s "Irish Piper" (90), though a bold and arresting picture, is inferior in the pleasure it afforded us to a little sketch, which some might regard as a mere trifle, in which with a few dashing touches and outlines (182) he has depicted a young " Furze Cutter." F. Mac - kenzie has adorned the gallery with two architectural pictures of surprising ability, one (91) representing the north• west view of Lincoln .Minster, and the other (195) giving the south-west view of the same superb edifice. Of W. A. Nesfield's painting of" The Giant's Amphitheatre, near the Causeway" (136) we must be permitted to say that never was seen light ning of such chromatic liquidity, or sea-water of such washy greenness. " The Hhareem" (147), by John F. Lewis, is altogether the most extraordinary pro duction in the gallery. It is more than an as.tonith ing curiosity. It is one of those miracles of water colour paintings vh hick occasionally startle us by. their brilliancy. In the exquisite minuteness of its finish, the picture is comparable to the detailed oil -paintings cf Van Eyck, 'ohne in smoothness and delicacy it vies with the brightest enamel. The oluireern in all its details—the chequered wall, the carpeted floor, the dainty articles of furniture, the fluit and flowers, the coat of the gazelle, and the cos ume of the diffi-rent figures introduced, are depicted with a truthfulness worthy of all admiration. The - very texture of the silk-, and linens, and laces, and other woven fibrics of the Mussulman and his sul :anas, are rendered with the utmost regard to the accurate resemblance of their texture, the expression of the various countenances being also surpris• ;ngly felicitous. Almost approaching this singular work in minute finish are two others, not far from it, of very different characters. One is (160) the "Banquet of IVolsey to the Am bassadors," by Joseph Nash, the other (165) "Hare, woodpigeon, &c.," by W. Hunt. L. Palmer con tributes two pictures, rather exaggerated incolouring, (205) " St. Paul landing in Italy," and (217) "Robinson Crusoe guiding his Raft up the Creek." Among the more important productions in the col it,ction we noticed two charming fruit-pieces—(2o4) by Maria Harrison, and (216) by George Rosenbery, 'he latter containing a vine leaf all but capable of rustling to the wind, and a cabbage rose which only wants the perfume of that empress of tht flowers. Other works of various merit were scatterer} over the screens and round the walls of the apartment. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. M. Lafont appeared for the first time this season in his popular character of Rarnadour, in the amusing come lie. vaudeville of Les Deux Brigadiers. The play is so familiar to the patrons of the French Play that there is no necessity to rehearse the plot or the incidents. Lafont, who was quite successful in de picting the gallant bearing and amusing nonchalance of the Brigadier, was frequently applauded during the piece, and was called for at its termination. In the new comedy of Gabrielle, M. Regnier and Mdlle. Nathalie produced their accustomed effect. The piece was acted with perfect ensemble. ASTLE Y'S A uPHITHEATRE. The present is the last week during which the grand equestria❑ spectacle of the Four Sons of Aynzon can be performed, and the public are taking advantage of the short time yet remaining to witness this mag nificent drama. The house last evening was erowdeo to excess in every part, and we were particularly struck with the number of foreigners who were pre sent. The side boxes appeared filled with French visitors. SPORTING IN NEWMARKET SECO/Q BETTING ON TI THE SUFFOL 3 to 1 agst St. George (t) 4 to 1 agst Quasimotio j TELLIGENCE. D SPRING MEETING. LJESDAY NIGHT. LK /TAKES. 7 to 2 agst Herbert. 1 to 2 agst Bolingbroke 1 to 2 agst Clincher 1 to 1 agst The Nigger 2 to 1 agst Pitstord (t) 3 to 1 agst Voltigeur 4 to 1 agst Mildew (t) DE R _ . 15 to l agst Muvors 16 to 1 agst Penang 20 to 1 agst Italian 20 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum ,lIT. 40 to 1 agst Blarney (t) 1000 to 10 agst Royal Ilan (taken) 1000 to 10 agstLadyGeral dine colt (t) 1000 to 10 apt Python 1000 to 15 agst Sir Charles 1000 to 15 agst Captain Grant (t) 1000 to 15 agst Brennus 40 V.) 1 agst Nutshell (t) Mildew, Pitiford, Nutshell were backed in the course of the day for several hundred pounds; 1,000 even laid between Pitsfild and The Nigger, and the same between Penang and The Italian. WEDNESDAY'S RACES. The Champion Stakes of 50 says. each, h ft, for three yra old; alts, Bst 71b; fidies and geldings, Bst. From the R.M. starting-post to the Duke's Stand. (9 Subs.) Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux (H. Pettit) 1 Lord Exeter's Nutcracker (Flatman) 2 Petting-5 to 2 and 3tol on Bordeaux. Won in u canter by fur lengths. Run in 2 rain. 52 sec. Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. each, for three yrs old, and upwards. To run the same distance as the New T.Y.C., staring about seventy yards in advance of the New T.Y.C. starting-post, and finishing at a post on the rite of the hill. Mr. Cassidy's Diligence, 3 yrs, sst 61b (T. Smith) 1 Mr. G. Hi. , lo2on's Laundrytn aid, aged, Bst (Flatman) 2 Lord Clifnen's Wallflower, 4 yrs, 7st 12Ib ...(Pearl) 3 Mr. Lister's Hind cf the Forest, 5 yrs, Sat (Rogers) 0 Mr. Delamere's Fuoco, 2 yrs, 7st •.b ...(Dockeray) 0 Mr. Frewhitt's Juggler, 4 yrs, 7st 21b. (Miller) 0 Sir R. Pigot's California, 6.1 6lb (R Sherwood) 0 Mr. Stephenson's cby Dromedary, fist 21b (Harlock) 0 Mr. Bastard's f by a son of Glaucus and Cassandra 0 Mr. Freeman's Impression, 3 yrs, Est Olb (Hiett) 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Fuoco, and sto 1 each sgst Dili gence, Impression, and California. Laundrymaid led off, but, after running a quarter of a mile, gave prece dence to Diligence, who was never headed, and won easily by two lengths; Wallflower a very good third. Run in 1 min. 12 sec. The Suffolk Stakes of 15 toys each, 5 ft if declared, &c., with 50 added; winners extra; the second to save his stake. (25 Subs, fourteen of whom paid 5 sovs each.) Mr. Snewing's St. George, 3 yrs, sst 91b (ili t ,to Mr. Nevill's Herbert, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b Mr. Ford's Chicot, 4 yrs Est 111 b Duke of Bedford's Quasimodo, 4 yrs, ist 10Ib (in cluding 4lb extra) Mr. Carew's Eva, 4 yrs, 7st 61b (Robert Sherwood) 0 Mr. Neville's Letitia, 4 yrs ,7st 51b Mr. E. Batson's Thistledown, sst 131 b ...(T. Smith) 0 13etting--1 to 1 agst Herbert, 7 to *gilt St. George, 9 to 2 apt Quasimodo, and 5 to 1 agst Thistledown. Letitia made the running, followed by the others in a line, for nearly a mile, and was then passed by Herbert, St. George, Quasimodo, and Chicot; this lot were itt a cluster at the brow of the hill, where St. George and Herbert singled themselves out, the young one winning with great difficulty by a head, Herbert beating Chicot by a length; Quasimodo a bad fourth. Run iu. 2 min. 47 see. 'The Jockey Club Plate of 50 soya., for four yrs old, lit 21b; five, Bst 31b; six and aged, Bst 91b, the pro perty of members of the Jockey Club. B.C. Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalie Sweepstakes of 50 so's. each; for four years old colts, Bst 81b; fillies, Bst 51b; winners extra. Last three , . miles of B.C. Duke of Bedford'd St. Rosalia A Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, to which there were three subscribers, went off by consent, owing to frequent storms of hail and rain. The attendance was ♦ery select, and no one appeared to regret that the racing terminated with the Suffolk Stakes. BETTING UI."TO FIVE O'CLOCK. DEASY. 16 to 1 agst Penang 11 to 2 on the Field 12 to 1 apt The Nigger (t) 18 to 1 agst Italiaa 12 to I agst Pitsfurd (t) 30 to 1 agst Deicoon 14 to 1 agst Mi dew 33 to 1 agst Nutshell 15 to 1 agst Mayors f 33 to 1 agst Cariboo No others mentioned. BETTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DERBY. 13 to 2 on the Field 33 to 1 eget Nutshell 11 to 1 agst Pitstord 40 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum 13 to 1 apt The Nigger 1 40 to 1 agst Cariboo (t) 15 to 1 agat Voltigeur 40 to 1 apt Sweetheart 15 to 1 ag►t Mayors 40 to 1 agst Blarney (t) 17 to 1 agat Mildew 'lOO to 1 agat William the 17 to 1 agst Penang Conquerer 20 to 1 agst Italian 10,000 tol7oagstßrennus(t) 30 to 1 agst Deicoon (t) OARS. 7to 1 agst Gillyflower (t) 13 to 1 agst Countess (Mr. 10 to 1 agst Exotic Gratwicke) 13 to 1 agst Ithedycina 13 to 1 Eliza Middleton. ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Handicap Plafe. A.F.—Tulthunter, 6 yrs, Bst 71b— Fire-e„ter, 4 yrs, Sst Ilb—Vasa, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Dover, 4 yrs, 71 61b—Dolly Varden, 4 yrs, 74 31b—Pius IX., 5 yrs, 7st 31b—Jessy, 4 yrs, 7st lib—Beau Pre Belle, 4 yrs, 6st 131n—Ioue, 4 yr ,, , Est 1 Ilb—Goodwood, 4 yrs, 63; nib—Eva, 4 yrs, 6s; Mb—Thistledown, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Bastinado, 3 yrs, sst 51b—B cby Gladiator, out of Revival, 3 yrs, sst 31b. Wauota, 6 yrs, 9st, paid, awl the weights were raised. Handicap. T.Y.C.—The White Lady, 4 yrs, Bst 71b —lrish Jig, 4 yrs, 84 7 lb—B cby MLIF, uut of Virago. 3 yrs, Bat—ldle, 3 yrs, 7st 21b. Four others p a id, an d the weights were raised. Mr. Mackinnon was accidently shut out, and thereby prevented from voting in the division against Mr. Grantley Berkeley's motion on Tuesday night. HONESTY REWARDED BY A - LADY.—Yesterday afternoon a lady, residing in Arlington-street, Piccadilly, while proceeding down the latter thoroughfare, accidentally dropped a small parcel containing a pair of gloves and a quantity of lace collars. The lady, evidently unconscious of her loss, was proceeding on, when the parcel was picked up by a lad whose appearance denoted extreme poverty. The little fellow, not knowing who was the loser, eyed the package suspiciously, and then started after a gentleman who, disclaiming any knowledge of the property, led the honest lad to run after a second person, and a third, and ultimately the rightful owner, who acknow l e d g ed the t honesty of the boy by a present of a sovereign—an amount th at evidently terrified him, for it WAS Nate time before be mid be iAtlisted t 9 i9cept SUN, LONDON, RAIL WA Y IN TELLIGEN CE. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. The adjourned meeting of the holders of 101. pre ' ference shares in this company was held on Tuesday at the London Tavern, to receive the report of the committee appointed on the 7th inst. to confer with the directors in reference to a modification of the terms under which the preference shares were issued, the Hon. Captain Plunkett, R.N., in the chair. The report of the committee stated that in reply to the circular issued by the directors to the pre ference shareholders there were eight to one in favour of a modification of the terms. The committee found that in addition to the usual amount of mortgage and debenture debt of the company, the security of which, in the minds of lenders has of course been seriously disturbed by recent events, the company is at this time oppressed by a floating debt, exceeding in the aggregate 800,000/., which debt is daily on the increase in the form of growing interest and accumulating law charges ; and that the balance of debt, after realising all probable assets, which must be a gra dual operation, cannot fall materially short of 500,000/. They find, further, that this debt must within a very few months be aggravated by the ad• ditional obligation of discharging the first instalment of the Clydesdale capital, with a superadded bonus of 50 per cent., which capital and bonus amount to 675,0001. The company is at present not only with out any means, in the form of existing or authorised capital, of discharging the floating debt, but the por- ' tion of its ordinary weekly revenue not specially de voted to payment of interest on debenture is ex nausted in warding off claims for land and other de mands of urgency almost before it is received, The representations of the directors as to the onerous nature of the annual rents chargeable on the company are in no way exaggerated; that they exceed largely the avail able revenue of the company, to say nothing of the threatened attempt to fasten on the company, by pro cess of law, the so-called working contract with the Scottish Central Railway Company. The Cale &mien Railway still requires a considerable out lay, and this outlay must be made before the proprietors can reasonably look for any considerable increase in its traffic. An immediate remedy for this deplorable state of things was demanded, and which was only to be attained by bringing the annual lia bilities and expenditure within the probable means of the company, whereby such a state of credit might be obtained as would enable the company to raise an advance of capital sufficient for its requirements. The arrangement, then, which the committee nave unanimouly determined to recommend for adoption is, that the dividend on the preferential shares be reduced to •if per cent. in perpetuity, con tingent on the making of satisfactory adjustments with the other guaranteed lines; two out of ten, or in that proportion, of the directors of the board to be elected by the preference holders ; the same arrange ments as to arrears of dividends to be made in regard to the preference shares as to the other guarantees. Bearing in mind the great pecuniary loss already sustained, and every day increasing, from the existing condition of things—a loss which cannot be estimated at less than 80,0001. per annum ; the extreme danger of delay, not merely to the holders of preference stock, but to the other guaranteed interests, and the whole under taking ; and, lastly, the desirableness of offering to the other guaranteed interests an example of conces sion, the committee most earnestly recommend its adoption - . This arrangement is wholly contingent on the completion by the directors of corresponding ones with the other guaranteed and preferential interests; and the committee are happy to recognise in the chair man of this company, and those of his colleagues with whom they have been placed in communication, a ready disposition to meet the difficulties of the case. They venture to rely on the manifestation of a similar disposition by the representatives of those interests. The good effects of the example set by the 10/. pre ference stockholders at the recent meeting in north • Hating (unanimously) a committee to deal with the question are understood to have been already felt in the more satisfactory progress towards art arrange ment with some of those interests; and the commit tee have little doubt that the same results will be arrived at in their other negotiations. If; how ever, a short-sighted policy in any single instance should defeat arrangements calculated to restore comparative happiness to many hundreds of families, and if Parliament, appealed to as it must be, should hesitate or refuse to remove such an obstruction to a general adjustment so fruitful of good, the holders of guaranteed shares w ill, in that event, revert to their existing rights, and, with those others who may have followed them in their example of moderation, must await that more temperate dis potition on the part of outstanding interests which time and the experience of the disasters attendant on delay must ultimately induce. 'the CHAIRMAN said, it was a great gratification to the directors that the committee of preference share holders should have reported in favour of the mea sure proposed by the board of directors both before and since they came into office. He was glad to state that some of the guaranteed parties had shown a disposition to come to an arrangement. It was so far fortunate for the directors that they had in this instance to deal with men of enlightened minds and a general knowledge of matters, who, when the facts were laid before them arid they had made the necessary in quiries, saw that the interests of the proprietors could ' only be protected by a certain course which they re commended. Unfortunately the directors had to deal with others, who were narrow-minded, and only looked to what they could claim, and not to the circumstances of the case ; they look to words rather than things. He hoped the example set by the preference holders would be followed by the other parties, as it was the interest of all concerned that an amicable arrangement should be come to speedily. It was thought that if the great majority of the shareholders agreed in this movement, the mi nority would not be allowed to keep a large and valuable property in the state of embarrassment in which, unfortunately, the Caledonian was placed. He could assure them that it would not be the fault of the directors if satisfactory arrangements were not made with the guaranteed holders ; at all events it appeared that no one would gain anything by ob structions or delay. The preference shareholders were entitled to the best thanks of the board for the liberal spirit in which they had met the case, and he hoped the proposal would be responded to in like manner in other quarters. Mr. THORNTON, the chairman of the committee, moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. HOUGH. A conversation ensued, in the course of which it was stated that the company would be able to pay the •If per cent. to the preference holders, instead of the 7 per cent. guaranteed, provided the other gua ranteed shareholders would agree to similar terms. On a careful consideration of the subject it was found more advisable to reduce permanently the amount of the guaranteed rates of interest to fixed rates of dividend, leaving the surplus, if any, to go to the original shareholders, rather than to regulate the guaranteed dividends by any kind of sliding scale depending upon an increase in the traffic which may hereafter take place. It was necessary that the holders of original shares should have some chance of a dividend, because upon their exertions depended the success of the scheme for releasing the company from its present difficulties. Resolutions were unanimously passed, adopting the report, voting the cordial thanks of the meeting to the committee, and requesting them to continue their services until the proposed arrangements receive the sanction of Parliament. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to ,he Chairman and directors for their valuable exertions ;o promote the interests of the company. MATCH AGAINST TIME.—Sir W. N. Younge per formed the arduous task of running a mile, and leaping 100 hurdles, 3 feet 6 inches high, in 18 minutes and 30 seconds, on Monday, the 13th instant (the time specified in the agree ment being 2b minutes). The field in which the above was performed was not at all favourable, being a small rectangu lar one, with much grass in it, high lands, and a little on the descent. The course was an oval, with four hurdles on the ascending, and six on the descending side, 15 yards apart. The feat was performed in the following order and time:--The first 10 hurdles were cleared in 1 minute; the second, I ; the third, 2; the fourth, 1 • the fifth, '2 ; the sixth, ; the seventh, 24-; the eighth, 11 ; the ninth, 2,1 ; and the tenth, 2. A minute's rest between each 10 hurdles. The cheering of the spectators was loud and universal at the conclusion of the match, which was very cleverly performed, although Sir William was neither in health nor spirits.: PETERHEAD—NQUESTRIAN FEAT.-011 Tuesday night, about 12 P.M., a horse and gig, belonging to a com mercial traveller, started off from Broad-street, going along Rose-street, and down James street, at full gallop. On reaching the foot of James-street, it went right over the quay into the harbour. The pilots, on hearing the splashing in the harbour, but not knowing the why and wherefore, supposed it to be nothing else than " the sea serpent ashore," and took to their heels, at a speed little short of, if not equal to what "their worthy serpent" pursued, on his route there. A few parties were soon attracted by the circumstance, who, it seems, were rather better acquainted with natural history, and pronounced it to be, instead of a reptile, a quadruped, and by the worthy exertions of whom —to their praise be it spoken—the fancied serpent was soon got ashore, and, what is most ast , nishing, ',either gig nor horse were found to be in any way hurt. But the parties who picked up the horse and gig now betook themselves to look for an owner, and, in their search, they found a gentle man lying in Broad-street, who, from his position, might have been supposed to be studying astronomy, and who had resigned himself to the arms ofMorpheus.—lnnernass Courier Though sinking in decrepid age, he prematurely falls whose memory records no benefit conferred on man by him. They only have lived long whu have lived virtuously. Eliza Cook's Journal. • WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY.—Tho works of this line are rapidly progressing towards Knock william, and all th e arrangemen t s seem t o b e conducted in a most satisfactory manner. To-morrow the portion of the line between the Thomastown station and that just erected at Ballylowry. will be opened far the transit of passengers and traffic; and though by rail this is but a di-twice of scarcely half a mile, yet it will save a round of full three miles by the old coach road, and thus make a vast difference in the time occupied in the journey between Weterford andkonaa. THURSDAY MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE' S SISTER. MEETING IN FINSBURY LAST NIGHT. Yesterday evening a public meeting of the Non conformists of London and its neighbourhood was held in Finsbury Chapel, with the view of declaring the sentiments of that body on the Bill now in pro gress through the House of Commons for legalizing marriage with a deceased wife's sister. At half-past six o'clock S. M. Peto, Esq., IMP., was called to the chair, by which time the floor and galleries of the chapel were occupied by a very large audience, which increased as the proceedings pro gressed until there could not be less than 500 persons Rev. t present. g On the platform were anumberof in t nhods,o ministers e v aamndonggewnthleommewn we noticed thetedw h a the J. DissentingH J. Big wood, Rev. F. Trestrail, Rev. W. Reynolds, Rev. W. Leask, Rev. J. Hatch, Rev. E. Clerk, Rev. T. Binney, and Rev. J. Burnet ; J. Scoble, Dq., G Lowe, Esq., F.R S., Mr. Oliver, Mr. J. Haddon, J. .11 H 1 a r r . ri J 8., Esq.,So Soul, P r. " Chew,‘V. Griffin, E sq C. M l Williams, Parnell, and J. Danford, Esq. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the meeting said, the necessity and propriety of Nonconformists calling a meeting of this kind would be fully shown by the fact that he himself had_had the honour, during the present session of Parliament, of presenting petitions representing the opinions of 1,200 congregations of Nonconformists in favour of the Bill of Mr. Stuart Wortley for legalizing marriage with a deceased wife's sister.—(Cheers.) lie submitted that in inter fering with so great and sacred an institution as that of marriage they ought to have the indisputable sanction of the Word of God, or be ur ge d to that showc ess i t tb y hy . a t Lord the ce hr w ed o Jn altera tion d n d b al t marriage n e t h o e u rbs made sai b dn y ee s some o no m f t e thhei great sl aw s meetingo of e burst's Act, in 1835, was not justified by public ne cessity, or sanctioned by the Word of God.— (Cheers.) When that Bill was first introduced its purpose was to limit the period within which objec tions might be taken to these marriages, and when the Bill was in Committee, to meet the views of the Bishop of London and the other dignitaries of the Church in the Upper House of Parliament, the Bill was altered altogether, and it was then r e p or t e d as a Bill to sanction all such marriages of this kind as had previously taken place, and to prohibit all such marriages in future.— (Hear, hear.) The ob ject of Lord L 3 ndhurst's Act was only to sanction certain marriages which had taken place among Members of the Upper House and their rela tives, and had no reference whatever to the general well-being of the people.—(Cheers.) Great dissatis faction began soon to be felt throughout the country with that Act of Parliament, and her Majesty ap pointed a Commission to inquire fully into the ques tion ; and that Commission unanimously reported to Parliament in favour of an alteration of the existing law. He thought the religious aspect of this question had been fairly given up. The Jewish Rabbis, and almost all the learned men amongst the Jews, who were best competent to form an opinion on this sub ject, had contended that the text of Scripture appli cable to those marriages gave a sanction to them; and those learned persons put a different construction upon that text from that which the supporters ot Lord Lyndhurst's Bill did. The Jewish people, so far from holding those marriages in detestation or abhorrence, conceived they were entitled to their warm commendation ; and they were universally per mitted to take place earlier after the decease of the wife than any other marriage by a widower. That no essential grievance existed to justify the passing of Lord Lyndhurst's Act was shown by the fact that not a single petition was presented to the House of Commons in favour of it before the passing of the measure ; and whilst that measure was passing through that House its warmest advocates could only say that those marriages were contrary to the canon law of the Church of England; and that was the only objection they had to offer.—(Hear, hear.) It now became a question whether the Noncon formists of England would submit to that law.— (Cheers.) The Nonconformists were not in the slightest degree amenable to the canon law of the Church of England ; that canon law had been altered from time to time. The ancient canons of the Church of England, for instance, forbade third marriages altogether; and second marriages, although not forbidden, were as far as possible discouraged. With reference to clergymen, second marriages were prohibited, and a clergyman was prohibited altogether from marrying a widow. The greater part of those canons were not the law at the present day, but had been altogether repealed. Were they, in the nineteenth century, with the Word of God for their rule and guide, to submit to the canons of the Church of England ? No.—(Cheers.) And they were deter mined that the Act of 1835 should not much longer remain the law of the land. They held it to be the duty of the Legislature not to interfere unduly with the freedom ot action, and they thought in this re spect the Legislature had unduly interfered with the liberty of action. And what had been the result ? Why, the happiness of thousands had been destroyed. Since Lord Lyndburst's Act was passed upwards of 33,000 of those particular marriages had taken place, which the law of this country did not recog nise.—(Hear, hear.) Besides that, the whole of the children of those marriages were illegitimate, and a man who had contracted such a marriage could not recognise his wife or his children in his will without their having to pay 101. per cent. duty on their lega cies after his death, as if they had been perfect stran gers to him. lie contended that Lord Lyndhurst's Act had never been found to work well, and if it was not justified by the law of God or the law of nature, then it was unjust to interfere with the civil and reli gious liberty of the subject, and the Nonconformists were determined to persevere in their exertions until that unjust and cruel law should be repealed. The Rev. JonN HOWARD HINTON, in moving the first resolution, reviewed the various changes which had been made in the law, especially in the time of Henry the Eighth and Queen Mary. The fact of such marriages being forbidden by the 99th canon of the Church of England might be a circumstance binding upon the members of that church, but what had those out of that church to do with it ?—(Hear, hear.) It was a question never yet discussed in the present day, who were and who were not prohibited by God's law to marry. It was true that Arch bishop Parker's list had been the rule in courts of law, and had been the guide in decisions, but to no greater extent had the matter been decided. He contended that the 18th verse of the 18th chapter of' Leviticus sanctioned, by implication, marriage with a deceased's wife's sister. The verse ran as follows :—" Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime." The insertion of the words " in her lifetime" clearly implied that after the death of the wife the restriction was not to be enforced, and the law was so understood by the Jews. To allow the present unjust and cruel prohibition to continue would, in fact, be to retrace their steps beyond the reign of Henry the Eighth, for all persons were then allowed to marry who were not prohibited by the law of God, and to return again to that period of ascetic churchmanship and monastic spirit, when the people had wrested from them the larger portion of their liberties. If he might be permitted to give a word of command and encouragement, he would say to his hearers, as did Wellington, on a memo rable occasion, " Up, Guards, and at 'em," with a confident hope that they would boldly, zealously, and successfully fight the battle of truth and justice. —(Cheers.) He concluded by moving the following resolution : " That, in the opinion of this meeting, marriage with the sister of a deceased wife is not contrary to the law of God; and that its being forbidden by the 99th canon of the Church of England forms no valid reason for its Leg being prohibited by the Imperial treason to the population of the United Kingdom, te large proportion of which is not comprehended within the pa l e of the Church established by law. Mr. N. GRIFFIN, one of the Dissenting deputies, seconded the resolution. Mr. J. MITCHELL said he was desirous of address ing a Christian meeting. in a Christian house of worship, against the most iniquitous and unjust Act of Lord Lyndhurst, passed in 1835. Ho was enabled to corroborate the statement which had been made, that, according to the Levitical law, a man could marry the sister of his deceased wife, and he knew of a number of members of the Jewish Church who had contracted such marriages, and he did not know of a single instance in which they had proved unhappy. The resolution was then unanimously agreed tee The Rev. THOMAS BINNET rose to move the second resolution— " That, in the opinion of this meeting, the Act of sth and 6th William IV., commonly called Lord Lynd hurst's Act, by which marriage with a deceased's wife's sister is declared ' absolutely null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever,' was, and i., an unwarranted interference with social rights; tbat it has wrought, and must continue to work, injuriously to the happiness and morals of the community; and that the thank s of the public at large, and especially of British Nonconformists, are due to the Right Hun. Stuart Wortley, M.P,, for having in su ccess i ve sessions of Parliament, and in the face of a tenacious and unscrupulous opposition, endea voured to obtain the removal of this unrighteous and pernicious restriction." He thought it was very proper to introduce the words " commonly called Lord Lyndhuret'e Act," into the resolution. It was commonly called his Act, but it was not Lord Lyndhurst's Act, as they had already heard. Lord Lyndhurst had a particular object in view ; his Act would have been an improve ment on the previous state of the law, but the Bishop of London introduced what completely altered the character of the Act. Lord Lyndhurst proposed that the marriages that had taken place should not be I questioned after six months, and that the marriages that should take place should not be questioned atter MAY EVENING, two years. The Bishop of London went a great deal further both ways, both backwards and forwards ; he introduced the clause, that six months should not elapse with respect to the marriages that had taken place, but be pronounced valid at once and for ever ; and with respect to those that should afterwards take place, not two, ❑or ten, nor twenty years were to sanction them, but they were to be invalid altogether and for all time.— (Hear, hear.) Lord Lyndhurst and his friends said, altered as the Bill was, it would answer their purpose ; they wanted to secure a certain individual ; they pro posed a certain thing that would have secured that individual, and the Bill, even as altered, would secure him. Very true ; it would sacrifice everybody else, but they said, " never mind ; if we get our object for the one, we will let the millions go"—(Cheers)— and so they wrapped it up.— (Laughter.) Now, he contended that was not Lord Lyndhurst's Bill, but the Bishop of London's, to whom the Noncomformists were under so many and great obligations.—(Hear.) In the chapter of Leviticus, to which allusion had been made, there were two things in that law, admitting, for the sake of argument, that it was the marriage law, which bore on the particular marriage in clues. tion. One of those things had not been referred to that night. In that law there was a clause forbidding the marriage of a woman with the brother of her de ceased husband. Upon that their friends, on the opposite side of the question, took their stand, and said there was an express injunction forbidding those marriages, sod, that being so, it was the same thing for a woman to marry the brother of her deceased husband as for a man to marry the sister of his ds ceased wife. If the one, said they, was forbidden, then the other was forbidden. But it was said, in the 18th verse of the 18th chapter of Leviticus, " Neither shalt thou take a wifa to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime." It might be said, properly, that did not mean a sister, but, simply, a woman to a woman. It was said the translators of the Bible showed that the question admitted of a doubt, by puting in the margin, oppposite that text, the words, " a wife to a wife." Now he could not go t into that delicate question in a meeting like tha ; he could not give them his rea sons. It was one of the mischiefs of this law, and this controversy, that it excited a great many ques tions which were better left alone. Without at tempting to give them his reasons, he thought those reasons were sufficient. He thought those reasons founded on the nature of the thing, and agreeable to the Word of God. It was evident that the command to which be had referred applied to the marrying of one sister during the lifetime of another who was the wife of the party, but had no application at all to the marrying of the sister after the death of the wife.—(Hear, hear.) Now, as regarded the morals of the community, it was well known that hun dreds had married, in spite of the law, and let them think of the position in which the children were placed by the operation of the law. But there were others whose sentiments were not of so elevated a character, and who, finding that a marriage could not be contracted under the law, agree to dispense with the ceremony which would be useless, and live together as man and wife with out marriage. Such was the effect of this most unjust law, and what right, he would ask, had the Government to place any portion of the people in such a position ?—(Hear, hear.) There were a great number of marriages tolerated which were far more objectionable than those with a deceased wife's sister, such, for instance, as mar riages in which there was an act u al bl oo d relation ship.---(Hear, hear.) He thought marriages between cousins were open to greater objections, both in a physical and moral point of view. —(Cheers.) The law of Leviticus, he contended, gave permission to a man to marry his deceased wife's sister, and no human legislators ought to i n t er f ere w i t h hat right. Tne resolution which he proposed said, that the pre sent law worked most injuriously to the happiness and morals of the community. Now there could be no doubt about that. He knew that many persons of great respectability, education, re ligion, and high honour, were prevented marry ing, although they were satisfied in their own consciences that their marriage would be perfectly agreeable to the will of God, and though their affec tions were trammelled and interfered with, they were so anxious not to break through the law of the land, that they did not take the advantage of pro ceeding to other countries where they might have been legally married. Many persons, however, of equally high position had married in spite of the law, but their children, who were considered illegitimate, were branded with the name of bastards, and many a gentle spirit was crushed by the ignominy which perhaps awaited him. It was said the law ought to be a terror to evil doers, but in this instance, it was a terror to the good and virtuous.—(Cheers.) Ile (Mr. Binney) and Dr. Cox had given two or three pages of evidence before the Parliamentary Select Committee, on the subject of these marriages, but Mr. Roundell Palmer had undertook to say, in the House of CommonF, that they did not represent the sentiments of the Dissenters of England.—(Great laughter.) Now, he VI as astonished that a man like 111 r. Roundell Palmer, who perhaps had never been in a Dissenting chapel in his life, nor spoken to a Dissenter vis-a-vis, should have the boldness to assert he knew the Dissenters better than Dr. Cox or himself.—(Laughter.) It had beer, said by their opponents that much immorality and corruption would result from the passing of the Bill now before the House of Commons, that women would have an interest in looking forward to the death of their married sisters ; but he protested, in the name of the women of England, against so gross a libel oil female delicacy, honour, and purity.—(Loud cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman then concluded by proposing the resolution as given above. Mr. J. C. Evares seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. The Rev. Mr. BURNET moved the next resolution, and with much humour referred to the conduct of Henry VIII., in the several marriages which he con tracted. Nothing, he said, was fixed on the subject till the time cf Elizabeth, when, at her command, Archbishop Parker drew up his table, regulating the degrees of affinity within which marriage might be contracted. The whole matter was, in fact, a job. Henry wanted a little job effected, and he applied to Archbishop Cramer; Elizabeth wanted a job done also, and she applied to Archbishop Parker, and her object was to secure her own succession, which she feared might otherwise have been endangered. Again, in 1835, a certain peer wanted a job completed, and he got a very arch peer to undertake it— (Laughter)—and so the country in that way got th. Bill called Lord Lyndhurst's Bill. The Rev. Gentle tleman continued at great length, and concluded by moving a resolution to the following effect :—" That the strenuous support of this meeting be given to the Bill for legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister, now in progress through Parliament, by peti tions to both Houses, praying them to pass such Bill into law ; and that the petition to the Lords be pre sented by Lord Wharncliffe, and that to the Com mons by Samuel Morton Peto, Esq., M.P." Mr. E. MIALL seconded the resolution. He had great objections to the existing law, because the Act of 1835 was carried under circumstances which did not entitle it to respect. He had a further objection to it on the ground of its inefficiency; the rich evaded it, and the poor disregarded it. The resolution having been agreed to, The Rev. Mr. BROCK moved the last resolution, " That a deputation should be requested to wait upon Sir George Grey on behalf of the Nonconformists, and to solicit the active concurrence of her Majesty's Government in the effectuation of their desire." Mr. J. Halms, M.P., seconded the resolution, which was agreed to. Thanks were then given to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. Towards the conclusion of the proceedings, a man named Duncan, a Chartist, rushed into the meeting, with the fury of a madman and shouting at the top of his voice " I will speak, I will speak," leapt upon the reporters' table, and thence bounded upon the platform, where he began menacing and threatening everybody there. He was immediately laid hold of by several gentlemen on the platform, and a police man being on the spot, he was taken into custody, and conveyed outside. The incident for some time caused the greatest consternation, and was the means of putting a somewhat abrupt termination to the pro ceedings. Mr. Alderman Humphery paired off with Mr. William Cubitt against Mr. Grantley Berkeley's motion for a committee on the corn-laws. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—The Postmaster -General of the . United States having announced that the Government of that country is about to establish contract mail packets between Liverpool and New York, all letters, &c., intended to be forwarded by these vessels must, until further orders, be specially addressed, " By United States' Packet from Liver pool." The postage will be the same as that charged upon let ters and newspapers conveyed by British packet, viz.: —One shilling for a letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, and so on, and one penny for each newspaper. The former may either be paid in advance or left unpaid, at the option of the sender, but the postage upon newspapers must be paid, or they will not be forwarded. No particulars have yet been received with respect to the periods at which these packets will leave this country. ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL.—The Apposition yesterday was well attended. Among the audience were the Bishops of St. David's, St. Asaph's, Bangor, Manchester, Sir E Inglis, and the principal members of the Mercers' Company. A great many ladies were present. The pro ce edi ngs were begun with a Commemoration of Dean Colet, f oun d er o f th e school, spoken by the captain. Messrs. Lawrence and Cooper then recited their poems—first and second prizes—on " The Conquest of Peru." Both were much applauded. These and the other prizes having been distributed, recitations from Sophocles, Shakspeare, Terence, and Aristophanes, were given by several of the scholars, one of whom (Lord) was particularly happy in the spirit with which he delivered his parts. An announcement that, at the request of the bishops, eight days' additional holidays would be graated, terminated the proceedings. 16, 1850. THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. PUBLIC REJOICINGS. Yesterday the bells of the various metropolitan churches rung a merry peal from au early hour in the morning, and the royal standard and union jack fluttered in the breeze from many a spire. The vessels in the Pool displayed their signal flags, and presented a gay and animated appearance, whilst over Buckingham Palace, Somerset House, and other national edifices, the royal ensign unfolded its silken sides and displayed the national emblems of royalty and power in honour of the day which commemorated the birthday of her Majesty. During the morning the metropolitan railway stations were crowded with persons desirous of:availing themselves of the recurrence of this national holiday to enjoy a trip to the favourite resorts of Richmond, Hampton Court, Windsor, and other places in the vi cinity of London. The day was observed as a holiday at the Bank of England and other public establi.h• menti, and the celebration of her Majesty's birthday in 1850 will long be associated in the minds of millions of her subjects with pleasurable recollections and healthful recreations. At ono o ' c l oc k th e P al k an d T ower guns bred royal salutes, which were responded to by those at Voolwich and Sheerness. THE ARTILLERY COMPANY.—The Sun division of t' e lion. Artillery Company assembled yesterday, at the Artillery Ground, in Finsbury, under Captain Robinson, at twelve o'clock, and fired a royal salute, in honour of ser Majesty's birthday. There was a mot numerous attendance upon the occasion, and the enthusiasm was, if possible, increased by the celebrity attached to the corps upon the appointment of his Royal Highness Prince Albert as the heal of it. The Honourable Artillery Company has been under a course of drill, by Ser• 14-emit-Major Campbell, of the Royal Artillery, Wool wich. We understand that Sergeant-Major Mills, of the Scotch Fusilier Guards, has been appointed by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, under the new regulation, with a residence at the Armoury-house, to superintend the drills. It will be in the remembrance of our readers that the Hon. Artillery Company most promptly, and to a man, were assembled on the 10th of April, 1848, to meet the apprehended disturbance. INSPECTION OF THE TROOPS AT WOOLWICH.—At an early hour Woolwich presented an unusual appear ance from the number of persons from the metropolis and other places, to witness the review of the artillery, marines, and sappers and miners, stationed at this gar rison. The men having assembled with their three bands, several most appropriate airs were played by them in front of a numerous staff of general officers; after which they formed a line, and were severally in spected. Having marched by the staff in slow and quick time, the officers of the three corps were complimented on the disciplined state of their men. The inspection terminated about half-past eleven o'clock, when the thousands present separated highly gratified. STATE DINNERS.—The Marquis of Westminster, Lord Steward of the Queen's Household, gave a state dinner yesterday evening, at Grosvenor House, Upper Grosvenor-street, in celebration of her Majesty's birth day. The Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain of the Queen's Household, gave a state dinner in celebration of her Majesty's birthday last evening, at his residence in Park-lane. Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury, gave a full-dress dinner yesterday evening, at his private re sidence in Chesham-place, to celebrate the Queen's birthday. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, gave a full-dress dinner last evening, in honour of the Queen's birthday, at the Clarendon Hotel. Earl Grey, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, entertained a full-dress dinner-party in honour of the Queen's birthday, at his residence on Carlton-terrace. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, gave a state dinner to celebrate the Queen's birthday, last evening, at his official residence in Down ing-street. The Queen's Honourable Corps of Gentleman-at-Arms dined together to celebrate the day last evening. The Attorney-General gave a state banquet in cele bration of her Majesty's birthday, last evening, to the leading members of the bar, at the Albion, Aldersgate street. The annual dinner given in honour of her Majesty's birthday by the Archbishop of York, was yesterday at tended by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Bangor, Carlizle, Gloucester and Bristol, Ripon, Lichfield, Oxford, Worcester, St. Asaph, Man chester, Norwich, Cashel, Down, Limerick, Archdeacon Musgrave, Rev. Thomas Fuller, &c. ILLUMINATIONS. The illuminations, yesterday evening, in honour of her Majesty's birthday, were ♦ery general, several of them being on a most magnificent and extensive scale. There appeared to have been considerable ingenuity and taste displayed in the selection of the devices, in which gene rally the introduction of gas bad a most brilliant effect. The following were the displays at THE CLUB HOUSES. The Union, Cockspur-street—A large projecting im perial crown, encircled with a wreath of laurel, termi nated by a true lover's knot, with two stars of Brunswick, in brilliant gas. . . _ The United University, Pall-mall East—Large impe rial crown, with the royal initials V. R., in pure white lamps, with stars, lozenge, and a most splendid transpa rency representing Britannia in a marine car drawn by sea horses, and bearing a medallion portrait of her Ma jesty Queen Victoria, while Fame, in the distance, is pro claiming her glories to the world. This beautiful design was finished by wreaths of laurel, and a true lover's knot, in blue lamps. The Junior United Service Club, Regent-street—This establishment, as usual, exhibited an illumination on a magnificent scale, which occupied the entire front of the building. It consisted of a large projecting imperial crown, with the Royal initial V., encircled by the Order of the Garter, and bearing the motto, "lloni snit qui [nal y pensr," two stars of Brunswick, military flags, union•jacks, wreaths of laurel, scrolls, &c., in bril- tient gas. The United Service, Pall-mall—projecting imperial crown, with a shield containing the rose, thistle, and shamrock, encircled by the Order of the Garter, the Royal initials, V. R., supported on either side by mili tary flags, three stars of Brunswick, and wreaths and scrolls extending along the entire front of the building. fbe whole in brilliant gas jet. The Athermum, Pall-mall—The neatness of the dis play at this institution excited general admiration. It consisted of the Royal initials V. R., each initial being encircled by branches of oak, in gas. The Carlton, Pall-mall—lmperial projecting crown, the initials V. R., two stars, and wreaths of laurel, in gas. The Travellers', Pall-mall—A novel display of illumi nations, representing 10 Grecian lamps, formed by triple circles of gas jets, placed on the tops of the ordinary gaslight column, of great brilliancy. The Reform, Pail-mall—A similar display to the Travellers', consisting of 13 Grecian lamps, in brilliant gas, extending the whole length of the building, the effulgence of which was most dazzling. The Erectlieurn, St. James's-square—The Royal ini tials V. R., with wreaths of laurel in gas. The Wyndham, St. James's-square—Large projecting Imperial crown, with scrip V. 11., in brilliant gas. The Army and Navy, St. Jaines's-square—Theßoyal initials in scrip, projecting crown, stars, wreaths, &c., in gas, The Oxford and Cambridge University, Pull-mall—A large bulging imperial crown, and the Royal initials V. R., in gas. The Guards, Pall-mall—As usual at this club there was a very brilliant display of illuminations, consisting of the imperial crown, the Royal initials V. R., two stars, in gas jets. The Conservative, St. James's-street—Large project ing Imperial crown, beneath which was a wreath of 'mire], encircling the rose, thistle, and shamrock, and the Royal initials V. R. in brilliant gas jets. Arthur's, St. James's-street—lmperial crown, the Royal initials, and wreaths of laurel, in brilliant gas. Brookes's, St. James's-street—Large V. 8., and crown, in gas. Boodle's, St. James's-street—The Imperial crown, en circled by a wreath of laurel, the Royal initials V. R., with two stars of Brunswick, in gas. White's, St. James's-street—Large Imperial crown, richly coloured; the Royal initials in pure white lamps, and wreaths of laurel, in coloured lamps. c . The Military, Naval, and County S Crockford's), St. James's-street —This lies tavbiclieshCmluil niffcence rarely night exhibited a blaze of light of . n 2 g er ( l lat s e ta equalled, and might, indeed, be as nearly d sdere w d h t o h le e c e r x o t w en n t in o g f attraction of the night, eoi the this large frontage was n, sur mounted by the British c overed with devices. A large projecting imperial cr ow lion, and supported o n either_ side by flags, union jacks, &c., the Roy al initials V. B, and a shield, on which w as displayed the nat ional emblems of the rose, thistle, and s h am rock, with stars o f Brunswick and a scroll wor k , bearing 'the btf • t h e i n scription" Cor Unum — Via Una," with at either extrem ity of Roman consular fasces. The whole in brilliant gas. The Alfred Club, Albemarle-street—lmperial :crown and V.U., in gas. The Oriental, Hanover-square Large imperial crown, two stars of Brunswick, and wreaths of laurel, in brilliant gas. THE THEATREEL Iler Majesty's Theatre, Ilaymarket—A splendid im perial crown, the jewels of which were beautifully de fined in variegated lamps, and the Royal initi a l s encircled by wreath s of laurel, interspersed with ruby coloured fruit, and the wreaths joined by a true lover's knot, in variegated lamps. The Royal standard, of large dimensions, also floated from the summit of the building. Tho Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden—The Impe rial crown, the star of Brunswick, and the Royal initials V. R., in gas. The Haymarket—lmperial crown and V.,R., in gas. Drury-lane Theatre—Large projecting Imperial crown, and the Royal initials, in variegated lamps. The Adelphi, Strand—Large star in brilliant gas. The Lyceum, Wellington-street—Magnificent star, with the Royal initial V. iu the centre, in brilliant gha • The Princess's, Oxford-street—Large star, with the word " Victoria," in brilliant gas. Astley's Amphitheatre, Westminster-road —lmperial crown and V. R. in gas. St. James's Theatre—A star, and V. IL i n jets of gas. The resiGence of the Duke of Nortelke(n Imperial i )l a ster th e , Horse), St. James's-square—A.most sPidid velvet cushion, with crown of large dimensions, on a golden fringe and tassels, the jewelsre of the crown and most tastefully displayed the colour of the cushion being in variegated lamps; pure white, and wreaths of laurel in emerald-coloured lamps ; the whole terminated by a true lover's knot. _ . tui ay t er-G enera l t he R yal initials V. R. in (I , Inas The residence of Earl LT' and Vice-President of the Board of radq, 16, Bruton street, Berkalerequare — L ar g o imperial crown and V. B r in Bo' The residence of Sir John Cum Hobhouse (President of the Board of Control), Hill-street, Berkeley:square. Large jewelled imperial crown, the Royal initials, and wreaths of laurel, in varie,'4ated lamps. The Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street, was illu minated in a very novel manner, by a display of the electric light, elevated on the figure of Minerva on the top of the institution. The following were amongst the most prominent pri vate devices exhibited in celebration of the auspicious occasion:—Howell and James, Waterloo-place; Holmes, Regent street ; Nicoll, Regent-street ; Jay, Regent. street; Redmayne, Bond-street; and Warren's blacking warehouse, Strand, all of whose ,houses presented most brilliant and tasteful illuminations. Messrs. Robert Cocks and Co., music publishers to her Mjest,y, New Burlh.gtoi.-street, Regent-street--A remarkably briiliant and radieut star in gas, with V. R. in the centre. Egyptia❑ Hall, Colonel Fremont's overland Youth to Oregon and California —Star and V. R. in gar. Messrf. Doudney, court !alloys, 17, Oid Bond-stroet —A large andbriiiiant gas Et - --- Rowlano's Macassar Oil and Fialydor Warehouse, 20, Hatton-garden, displayed a splendid crown with the initials V. 1L on either side in gas. Messrs. Jay, pure, yerg of mourning to the Queen, Regent.stri vt —A spleLdid crown wiih a glory, V. R. anti laurvlß, covering the whole facade of three houses. W. Fuller, 60, Jerinyn-street, ice-pail maker to her Majesty—A handsome variegated star. Alessr , . Cutler and Reed, '25, Sr. James's-street, tailors to his Ro) 1 Highness Prince Albert—Two revolving stars, with " God save the Queen." Spurin's Royal Juvenile Library and Repository, 37, New Bond-street—A star of Brunswick,;,in brilliant jets cf gas. Messrs. Godfrey and Hancock, 3, Conduit-street, llauover-square, shoemukers to the Royal Family and patentees of the royal waterproof over-shoe—A large bulging Brunswick star in brilliant gas, with the royal initials V. R. Isherwood and Son, house and ornamental painters to her Majesty, 35, Ludgate-hill —A large star, in gas. Mrs. and the Misses Johnston, 16, Dover-street, Pic cadilly—The letters V. R. T. Price, silk-mercer to her Majesty and the Royal Family. 42, Duke-street, St. James's—V. R., and bril• liant star. Musical Repository, 41, New Bond-street—A brilliant star of Bruswick, in gas. Exposition de !Industrie Francais., George-street, Hanover-square—V. R. and a brilliant crown. Kirk, snuff-manufacturer to her Majesty and the Royal Family, Fleet-street—A star, in Yariegated Air. Owen's East India Warehouse, New Bond-street, by appointmelit to her Majesty—A splendid crown, in variegated lamps. Smith and Nephew, perfumers in ordinary to her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, 1, Prince's street, Cavendish square—A large Brunswick star, with V. R. in the centre, in gas. T. Arthur, 3, Sackville-street, paper-hanger, dtc., to her Majesty—A crown, with the initials V. R., brilliantly illuminated in variegated lamps. Vouillon and Laure, Hanover-square—V. R. and a brilliant crown. Messrs. J. and J. Holmes, shawl manufacturers by appointment to her Majesty—Two large stars, with the letters V. R. and laurel brunches, extending the whole range of their magnificent frontage, brilliantly illumi nated with gas. Mitcbell'r Royal Library, Old Bond•street—A large star, with her Majesty's initials V. R. and the motto " God bless the Queen," all in irradiated jets of gas. Messrs. Johnson and RaYey, 4, Conduit -street, bra ziers, &c., to her Majesty—The Royal initials and star, in gee. Colosseum and Cyclorama—A magnificent star at each of the entrances in the Regent's-park and Albany street. Michael Emanuel, silversmith and jeweller to her Majesty—A brilliant gas star. Messrs. Staples, purveyors of turtle to her Majesty, the Albion, Aldersgate-street—A brillianti radiant star, with the Royal initials V. R. in Egyptian capi tals, in gas. Jones and Co. (late Robson and Jones), 214, Picca dilly, decoraters to her Majcsty:and the Royal Family.— Most brilliantly and tastefully illuminated. F. West, 1. St. James's-street, Pall-mall, cutler and dressing•case-maker to her Majesty by appointment— An Imperial star in brilliant jets of gas, surmounted by a wreath of laurel, with V. R., in the centre. PORTSMOUTH.—The Queen's birthday was kept with all due observances this day at Portsmouth. There has a general holiday in the dockyard and at all the public offices. At eight o'clock the ships in harbour. including numerous yachts and merchant vessels, were all decked out in their gayest flags. At the garri son flig-staves, Mr. Hollingsworth's rooms, and at many private flag-staves, Royal standard flsgs were hoisted. At noon the Victory, the Illustrious, and Ex cellent filed Roy al salutes. The Platform battery at noon also fired a Royal salute ; and the 28th, 50th, and 82d Regiments, under command of Colonel Lewis, R.E. (in the absence of Major-General Lord F. Fitzclarence), tired feu-de -j oie along the walls of the garrison, the se veral bands playing the National Anthem, and the sol diers cheering. After the Jeu-de-joic the several bands continued to play military and other music to a vast as semblage of holiday people on the parade ground. SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL. (Abridged from Eliza Cook's Journal.) The life ef scientific men, it has been fr, quently re marked, can only be well written by a philosopher, by one equally learned and devoted to science. The latter is in a condition to detect and illustrate the discoveries of his predecessor, and the best qualified to explain their velue to the world. Points which would be overlooked by the mere literary writer are seized upon by the savant, to give power and clearness to his descriptions. Under this view, we avail ourselves of a recent memoir by the celebrated French ustronosLer, Aragu, to lay before our readers some account of the life and labours of the illus trious individual se hose name is prefixed to this article. In 1759, William Herschel, then at the age of twenty one, visited England, in company with his eldest brother. Jacob, with the view of establishing himself as a musician; but, notwithstanding his efforts, both in London and the provinces, the first two or three years of his expatriation were attended by severe privations, which he bore with great fortitude. A fortunate accident, however, placed him in a better position. Lord Durham engaged him as instructor to the band of a regiment then stationed in the north. Such was the reputation ho acquired in hi. new position that, in 1765, be was engaged as organist at Halifax. The emoluments of this situation, and private lessons, procured him a degree of case and comfort with which he had long been unacquainted. And now the native bias of his mind again manifesting itself, be took advantage of his improved circumstances to complete his diminished education, and acquired a knowledge of Latin and Italian, with no other aid than that of a grammar and au old dictionary, and at the same time formed a slight acquaintance with Greek. So great was the desire for knowledge by which he was animated dur ing his residence at Halifax, thst he found means to combine the study of a learned and obscure work on the mathematical thsory of music with his ordinary a OTIC O. avoca Lions and linguistic pursuits. For the proper linted under standing cif this work it was neceseary ter b!, q u ,se two I , CI with algebra and geometry, and in a short . tim.: e ne ' made himself completely master of rite . ment, as orgainst at the Octagon Ch apelof duties which his altered position involved a . change . I n 1766, Herschel oistaiccd a m or l 3lra u t t ive ß a ut p i p i; oi h n u t- t Oa concerts and sician was in continual request . at )1 and his school ora tories of the fashionable watering-i ttcF, . interfered greatly with his studies. His talent as a ma i • how, amid so many distracting . circumstances, he glll . -: As we have seen, studies which, already found time to pursue the scientific. ~ was attended by numerous pupils. It is difficult to ma_ attlaiitax, demanded a determination, and force of in thoi m be to m ( e p t ti w es i . th. formed his stepping-stone to mathematics, the music out of the latter in The hour had come when theoretical knowledge Ws& to guide the young musician to practical applications, completely tellige.nceturranrelle)d• circle of his ordinary pursuits, whose extraordinary boldness and success may justly excite our wonder and admiration. During Herschel's residence at Bath, a telescope of the ordinary construction fell into his hands. This in strument, although imperfect, showed him a multitude of objects in the heavens, invisible to the naked eye, and many of the known stars in their true proportions— a sight that greatly excited his ardent imagination. In the enthusiasm of the moment, he determined to posses. a similar instrument, but of larger dimensions. He waited several days for an answer from the manufacturer in London; the price demanded, however, was greatly beyond his means. This circumstance, which might have effectually checked the pursuit of a less persever ing individual, served but as an additional stimulss l % lierschel. Unable t o p u r c h ase a telescope, be,r e i sov alme . on constructing one with. his own hands, and diately commenced a number of experiments on the • h the greatest metallic alloys which reflect light w ith . g a parabolic in tensity, together with the means of givrinthe regularity form to mirrors, and the causes which s i i i t e e hiefr. Bis of the curve during the processofsoP°successtul were his per severance did not go unrewarded:he satisfaction of attempts that, in 1774, he had t telescope of 5 ft,. explor ing the heavens with a Newtonianhisown labour. But he was focus, produced entirely by ythis success excited him to not content to stop here; the course of which he gra more difficult attempts, in of 7,8, 10, a n d d telescopes dually constructed the 13th March, 1781, as thou h On of focal length. efforts, and his scientific to reward him for the unassuming ridiculed those who instruments, be bad the supreme plea sure o f discovering . d the situated boonconfines of the then known a planet, ietting from this period solar system' Herschel's reputa tion, no longer as musician, but Its co nstructor o f astrono mical t de seoFes, spread ov er th e whole of the civilised world. George 111., always inclined to protect whatever ~„" of 11 anovertan origin, se•tiee i A a pension of 300 gui neas annually on the modest di . seuverer, and assigned him a house for his residence at Slough, near London. It is not too much to say, that in the garden of this place, more discoveries were made fir the science of astro nomy than in any other place in the world. VAUXIIALL perceive that the wurid-fam e d " royal property" is aly.,ut to commence another season, under circumstances which augur fur it a renewal of all pristine glories. in addition to the customary attrac tions of Vauxhall, we understand several extraordinary and novel features of entertainment are in course of preparation, including Moscow and its Kreml. The direction of the whole will be in the hands of Mr. Robert Wardell, a gentleman already favourably known to the public as a caterer for their amusement, and as, according to the doctrine of probabilities, the long continuance of ungenial weather we have hitherto been visited with must speedily yield to more seasonable atmospheric influences, we doubt not that a brilliant career ittabolt tv open vs these Pam/.