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Q - 16 , to e nog, , 41 to , a ll Cull' stock dod 3 , oci ni e , to Irl 1513'i d to 'l7.lllo°,tir; Dohat and the truth was, that while Sir 9 and L e ~ as resigned the seals in May, 153-, , ei .1 . 0 Audley had succeeded him as Lord Keeper, and t he as Lord Chancellor in the following year, 111:.110., 24th of Henry VIII. was passed in 1533, B°, coeequently, that both these statutes were d ,t u ' ci t i i in the Chancellorship of the pliant Lor d to s e eY; and again the motive which had been assigae h ut ''Y VIII. fir passing these statutes, as wishing to i n ea on his marriage with Anne Boleyn—for tee !set at that very time st il l ed to that lady ; arid he visa th a e ct i n s a s i u ly e Slan t at Marriage, had been born; and that was the tie per in which c ontemporaneous history had been th i ; to decide in a matter o f suc h great consequence as chide The Learned C ounsel then proaceded to by the to the cases which were referre 1 . h to is CoUrt of Qteen's Beech as fur , nts - efe a)re.cedents for tohe appeal to the . Court 4 the 'g a tes, none f which he said, pest r question at all, as it did not bore iaoPrtne the 1 , 11 say of them that the question of appeal iblit,ef pulp:lnt33lol o f u t s h e es ( e ) f e 0 C e c o e n r v u u e e d a t in t un til c h i ; d ; i r f l e f ,- t r ot, i arisen t.hoasde reeec,lfia!te forgotten there just as it hal in the wtt l lo be hinga ef this case before the Privy Council. gO-4'tatirtiel use!Ccu concluded his argument, by b call le nt e C°urt they entertained any . dou t that ht.,, :PP o rtunitie s for arguing this point had not T he led. to grant him a rule. us t.',otter took time to consider. .......................................... 134114,„ efo C O Uit--,'.— r y I His D AY.) ore Mr. Justice COLEniDoE.) k r• n carxrNAL INFORMATION. itg h. IctvzlNs was instructed to mace for a rule, can to ''' °ll ajust' , iho w ee of the peace for the cotenty of De t vo . t e i 41 ed 4 ! athl e why a criminal information should no b ssadetns ionim for partiality in his office, and improp h e e r bri,i I, ult g the hearin g an information t stated o w mt The affitlavits in support of the cationan! 'kid he for tat on the 21 of January last an information was d . lat , ol , 2s e the justic- in question against a person name 1 849,' ih'4l.erdon, `• for that he, on the 24th of October, 414 Lowerhie Parish cf Ashburton,on a close of land b. ~ - oehk r d ~ ...Ewald, an estate in the occupation of one_ vtithout ~°I. Y , did use a dog and gun in pursuit of game, il / 4 11 Tftling previously obtained a licence for so do which e intormation was filed under the Stamp Act, 00 th l ' l 'd the hef or lati l f Penalty for the offence h i e th e , 0 January the de en 411 'Rlstrat N Abbot, when a hunt), n, nam ed , oat ewton ttoodie, kttre, in f dant ap a p t ea 2 r o ed i. I tstea i'„' a PPeare ether evidence that d in the employ of a gentleman . named he e t soufwthesminerfodremnaatinudn.. threelie Itime, drawingkn a field of turnips with dogs, beatin for ti led 1/ -°w ° as Lliver 11 ald which adjoined a farm i t el ° ther. - i ti el i s ti e_Y-hi r d, t h e property e , e rdoe of , w ,• rhe informer stated that he only knew of the magistrate's l ''' d - "le th quite certain they th,..4 ma ° g wi t h , ree, but he was , hound?" asked h eo cas&a strste u .tnem.. "Was it a repliedgrea; that he did 4 1 8 ' 4 4, b ut hto winch the witness ross-examiea'ion t tto t ated t h i cas a black dog. d O n n o n r did he see any Ot th,,!tiirted. saw no shot fire , called in support • es t. ',ltifo tel .o other evidence was li t ° hat) 'Lloa; but when the def-Aadan tproposed to !tow thre e Cox, and th e silo persons, named ilexter, char ° Prove that there was no t tsti "rgv the foundation for hear them, a • magistrate Mused to . ~_. tota l g that fe ld 'es , y ., he was satisfied with_ rho '" t opi atit it, trae, and should fine the (lo bo►ever, i ll k . e fill' penalty of 201. The defendant, f m there a' a ga a c "4 aMdavit stated that so far I'o is t 4 4 .ou t o • L_ etu Ni „ tation for the charge, the fact was that he qto killug fr om the Herse-hill Farm, _ where he had of H xter, the the fo r With the permission . af ' s crossing ;oiiittoti,, „,!a under the recent Act, and Ns R h P ° UN tn he was Ist,- -y p rA . - reach another farm, whore him, '" t ed th Placesv4l appointment to destroy the rats that 1° e l.lneither dog. nor gun with k ite. rh, d ,• e had seeking for (hi e ici rho he the remotest intention of 8 'Yid u eld but 'hmagistrate refused to receive th et sa c , , • s e tr, el apt,,,,, DOServing that he did not think Heater, and t art -, his tt right to mei / n def enA brother-in law, had any on the farm, tt ke ~ta p erf ‘,,,rit permission to kill hares in pursuit of ks :' 11, ectlY certain Smerdon was to the 43 . 1 .str otet l'eattd a pplications had been madetaken k on the b ad Of ,i'fir leie depositions or notes . a but they 40'1443,8'1,4.e ormation to produce in court, eeca. b et Wei ho.„teu:en resolutely refused. On the lastt i h t e would seem ttri e ,theb ui, : thltt they were applied - h , ' !siltre ßb '' began to feel that he had not - acted with iitetdore Y. inasmuch as he sent word back to L) for h is attorney at Exeter that there was no ces cnee the Il:tttl Rtatating copies of the depositions, sin case, ;I.th t "(I declined to proceed further in the c • NAlp, / mater itu ._ o atin _ , st there fire drop. 1'..4,11; k-%O.LERIDG—You may take a rule to show nisi Sc o d• igly. A litt .__ ~......., . ....I ._____ 13,4PeaT"It°'-STREET. DAY.) _...(THIS ~ i 4 4 , 44,,, TO LADIES. —BEWARE OF " TICKET . I d N in G )1 1; 41( • tr L h 401's, -A. lady named Ashcrof , residing to g soluing'h,teer',Regent's-park, made an applicationan in the Is °Y of th e 'or a summons against a sh° P °l t °o . Pro * draper's shop etts 4 ord. str Prtetor of a " tieketing" the following 4 l lut3 nte et t, for assaulting her under ltplie N s : - - she was da" l tß th s:ated that yesterday afternoon in at a .5,,,, r0 0 ,„, 5 , _ looking th e " 1 10 ,, 61, Ox ford-greet, and, on he saw in i i lb Wi ntlo w E' 11 , 0 . 77, opposite the Pantheon, s . / 4s. 6d. At t 1 14 4 i 4 °lock satin mantle ticketed 1 to let the,', 4 4 1 1; n t° the shop and asked the shopman He tptiyttit here the she had seen in the window. so c h ' e di I,%,,t'Parentiv for the purpose of fetching the tLl e ' -4 " h' - his nhe laid on the tatt,„t 4 e oxen, and on return very same t't ht - ' 4 ,_ as "'"ek satin mantle of the e ut ko, e n in, Inferior(le she had previously a be worth l ie s ti,4 de • ti, la as not to . ri oe: la t 0,.„ . 6crip 4 4 44 , a ,zhe immediately detected the intended anted, Sth tll his o ‘ ti ," t old him it was not the one shew and 4N:1,4143'2R it Was, she went out of the shop, first 1 1,: t ° he r f ' s ue saw the very same mantle thatl,ad la l l z he ,h eel „dneY• She then returned to the shop, and t os 44 sh i ' lll4 tl that he had deceived her, ss hereupon 1 4 47 for wa s Lot an honest woman, and had no m d o u n e e a •y r do a ta n 1 1 46' 4 sli,„ at ie• She then It ft the shop, related the ~l'lV4ria ! whi c h s a e constable, to whom she man ,a 114 14 1 to t' h er had been treated, and the shop 14 0 811° h: " er have the mantle she had fixed on. 111 e r th e to th ni seeing her speaking to the police o t Pa; lithitbstis;dcl°or, and said if she was prepared ° the 141,041 v. She she might have the mantle from n and e h -t feleht "nsequently entered the shop again, and the tkit'r w ere ed the article from the window. mantles, 4NY •. the several other . , 0, similar to t . she had chosen, ° ll e .' tta • . the one % tote icf,rior quality, and having her 44:144 P'eited, she rrowly watched the man t i -til s el d a ftw him dre na the mantle he bad taken kk i , , 1 - °nes f r og on the flo P or, and take one of id dap th e .°4l 14 hook over the counter, which he la ti hisp ti c ount er t htime assuring her i•t was t tli hti e ,13 .ittesarne fold, s nd , f ? waLted. She, however, was not in the ~t 4( l t i,ttrt ti t , ''" e a to have it, when he abused her 'slit,' not ' and =aid she was not an honest woman, t'tit 1 titk* gQt h,r money honestly. He followed up k rt ;'t th a 1 8 11 ,0 her 4„ by the arm, and forcibly putting her k' o let , l h e -.I), whe n he aeain abused her. For sec 8 44 1 ; 1111 M to have :summons against the man. it-31 iMmediately granted the summons. t al ------_________"._ 1 ' k. tw,,, trb Xlittto':' -LvtARI --- ay - RACES. . (il, _ (Tins DAY.) . 14 Lt ----2---- TELEGRAPH.) lk, 5,.. CTIIIC „meth 'epat 1.. ()it, m It ' e s, for three years old, T.Y.C. ... 1 The No ,•• ... ... ... ••• C 4, b we °, O Ut of Harmony ..- k by s, Pstakes, fort wo yrs old. T.Y.C. 74 'Me Vett 'Nt Of Receipt . 1 ... •• 14 ••• l? •„k0 i t ONE Tn.. ... ... ... 4 '-' &fi -'4Ol-TSA.ND GUINEAS STAKES. it Y ••• ••• ... 1 ~. 2 ti ti l it , Sa Won by a h ea d. Vi lit, 40th... ee pstakes f or th ree y rs old. 4 : l ` kil Z?' 'kil Itt‘ . titt er D b. t.''t;"!'/ 0 MEMBER FOR g kt,'„tntr!l)4ll_,ELbEsT SON OF TUE d fatal accident happened q . ...,iti 40;;TwaizSei)t,et:iddaeystasonof J. T. wa7nfi,sll3,isnqg.: 1. 141 1( 1 1 ' . 4. th e e 31'"1111g gentleman, who was very . t , 10e.. act two or three years been of kid °G of the season in the nei g hbourhoodgTyne to fish, W,,,04 Sat Last week be went up the North , i , of t, ii,,,.urda fund d h o e habit of Harrison , IL Leith I,ltl 'lt vill mi,Lortd,„ago, for the purpose of fishing n c 3oling man of the name of H M u r in e b a l r e, to be c lo k n o g u i e n r g . l'et'i t l, I l trl 4 8 he (Mr. Wawn) proposed toi l ; to 68, father's * that evening, and do, o 'el o l'll hom e seat , with lc They fished until nearly returning to 11'11 the in theinl. Humble went a __ r wanted a g li o tt o l d e . 4,,,,, if str when As M . it44.' Ila c i , afternoon,e4ro,leaving Mr. Wawn fishing. Il itli t to "ea talking absorbed 4.,.., LiaDroceed home by train Humble remained o _ left and Pr 41;4 toVrt until six o'clock', when he then of going to Mr. rrison's to et 410. hop l a i ltiit , I,r• Harrison's. When be got there, b t e o en his to as t t h o- e 4,,me,fond that Mr. Wawn had not . 40 t it ith ' tn° ught be had loitered at the d he was thi t he re the miller's son and went back and foun . soine ,lll4 Laci either. He immediately suspected that t alarm. mill to have a l 4 llein h appe n HC to Mr• Wawn, and gave the . was lli kh or tiathood was searched, but no intelligence the tcitik 1N,,,'",. Wawa that evening nor urin ofot4 l lall l ß 111,-;, Morning the searching party commenced i 'tie stream, and nearly opposite where Humble hl t k lltt o „ 4 : oa the previous evening, they discovered d a . icee 11.' il ,tlen to lltojecting above the water. They imme Ni,' ttly tge spot and found it was part of the dress t ,i a _ , the body' f h ts I,wkter 1. 1 - ° whom . in the stream in eighteen ' oat about : - Lei to. gia ;„ 0 Was lying on his back, with his c _ la P tel o y . 't iliZcl 141;',Was under him, and his hands were closely_ N I k bee„ if 44 had taken a fit. His body appeared as !I 1. ?4 4 % )n t ,,,,'` 1 4 the water from the previous evening. His ot,ti!'enlogee3', and other effects were upon him. The body Let 14 tely , 4 to the Chokesford Inn, and an express was im titt!ttenri t oft to one of his uncles at Shields, his father 7, 1 (1, - „as 015 bia Par liamentary duties in London. An in -44 - -oe .;„`..,, upon the body on Monday, when, from the It falie ',Yeti, there remains no doubt but that Mr. I . Vawn 4111).4 iatu •le t - the Water in a fit of apoplexy, to which he ~.. In tt „ e • ...4,. •.4 e ~,, th 'isitlera, Who of life we should imitate the ancient 1/,,meape:l`.o, without losing sight of the earth, trusted to 1 4 ,v2) , ,, Y si gns for their zuidance. —Eliza Cook's Journal. 1 4 ii, s'kb,,,,,r,_ fiie , t,,,,e 1 10,,, of „tut!, Rev. William Judi Upton, M.A., ltth.-,ld tit. 4Aew College has been nominated to the " 1414 44 -11 'Y of Gretion'rough, yukature; patron, Earl ... 2 Queen's Plate. R.C. ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 L. ... 2 ... 1 THE SUN, SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OF THE PRINCES OF INDIA. TO THE MOST NOBLE THE MARQUIS CF DALUO'ISIE, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA, &C., &C. My Lord,—ln your Lordship's minute of the 30th August, 1848, in which you assign your reasons fur refusing to recognise the adopted son of Appa Sahib , late Raja of Sattara, as his successor in that Princi p ility, you assert it " to be established as a general rule, beyond cavil or doubt, that while adoption by a Prince of any individual is valid so far as to consti tute him heir to the adopter's private possessions, it is of no power or effect whatever in constituting him heir to the Principality, or to Sovereign rights, until the adoption so made, has received the sanction of the sovereign power, with whom it rests to give or to re fuse it." And your Lordship states, that it was exclusively from the papers then before you—that is, upon the Minutes of the members of the Bombay Government—that you came to that conclusion. Now, the principle thus announced by your Lord ship is of the highest importance, not merely because it coestitu , es the foundation of your resolution regarding the unhappy Sattara dynasty, but far more, because, if maintained, it will necessarily lead you to a similar decision as to the numerous principalities of ceetral India—a decision, I confi dently assert, utterly at variance with justice and good faith, fatal to the moral strength of the British name, rendering the most solemn treaties of the East India Company a snare and a mockery, and justify ing, if it do not occasion, among many millions of a brave and warlike people, a feeling wholly destructive of all security for the peace, not to say the exist ence, of our Indian Empire. You adopted this principle, while yet new to Indian affairs, exclusively on the authority of those, on whose judgment you might then not unnaturally rely, but of whose qua lifications to advise the supreme Government in such a case, you now doubtless are more accurately in formed, since it seems probable that the immediate pressure of current business, that admitted no delay, may hare prevented that careful research into the subject which you would otherwise have directed. But, above all, since your Lordship can no longer be ignorant, that the rule which you consi dered to be established beyond " all cavil or doubt," is in direct conflict with the deliberate and often reiterated judgment of your predecessors, I feel that, humble as I am, I need offer no apology for thus pub licly calling upon you carefully and candidly to revise the conclusion which you have so unhappily, and (with all respect, I must say it) incautiously adopted. I make this call with the more confidence, because in the Minute to which I have referred, while griev ously mistaking the real merits of the question before you, you nevertheless announced the wholesome general principle, that " the British Government is bound in duty, as well as policy, to act on every occasion of acquiring territory or revenue, with the purest integrity, and with the most scru pulous observance of good faith, and that where even a shadow of doubt can be shown, the claim should at once be abandoned ;" and I will not insult you by questioning for a moment the good faith in which this avowal was made, however much I may feel astonished that it should find a place in such a document, and however strongly it may evince, that the fairest intentions and the highest talents may fail to secure their possessor from being guilty of gross injustice when combined with despotic power. But, accepting this declaration in its plain and simple meaning, and utterly rejecting the notion that it can be a mere cover for designs of violence and spoliation, I entreat your Lordship to observe, that the papers which have lately been printed by order of the House of Commons, demonstrate, in the clearest manner, that the rule which your predecessors pro nounced to have been established " beyond all cavil or doubt," and upon which they repeatedly acted, was, that every Sovereign Prince in India has an inherent right to adopt a successor to his so vereign rights, and that the British Government is as much bound to recognise such right, as a judge is bound to enforce the law, without any, the slightest pretence to the power of arbitrarily withholding the right which it confers upon those, who sue for its protection. You will accordingly find that, in con. fortuity with this rule, your predecessors, Lord Amherst, Lords W. Bentiuck, Auckland, and Met calfe, recognised, between the years 1826 and 1846, seven adoptions made by reigning S. overeign Princes, and seven made either by the widows or mothers of deceased princes. Furthermore, in one instance, where there was an entire failure of heirs, a succes sion, made by election of the chiefs and people of the State, was instantly recognised, in accordance with a rule which had been laid down by Lord • Metcalfe in October, 1837, and adopted by the Government of India of that day, viz., " That Where there is a total failure of heirs, it is probably more consistent with right, that the people should elect a Sovereign, than that the principality should lapse to the Paramount State, that state, in fact, having no rights in such a case but what it assumes by virtue of its power." The same papers will show your Lordship, that all pretensions to deal with the Native Princes and Chiefs of India, by virtue of certain powers which your Lordship, in your judgment upon the Sattara adoption, assumed to have devolved upon the British Government, as successors of the Emperors cf Delhi, had been formally abandoned by your prede cessors, and that it had been ruled by them, with the sanction of the Home Authorities, that in all our dealings with these princes, "we are to look only to the terms and spirit of our treaties and engagements, which we have formed with them, and bring forward no other de mand, than such as in reference to those engagements, may be. indisputably consistent with good faith." And that when a question arose, as to the sense in which the words " heirs and successors" should be inter preted in our treaty with the Raja of Oorcha, Lord Auckland at once determined it to mean "heirs by adoption," as well as " heirs natural," observing, that " upon words so distinct and positive, it was impossible to raise a question." Thus construing that treaty, and all other treaties, simi larly worded, in the teeth of the construc tion which your Lordship put upon the same words in the treaty with Setters, where you determined that the words " heirs and successors must be read in their ordinary sense, in the sense in which they are employed in olher treaties between states, that is, as meaning only rheirs natural.' " The same papers will show your Lordship the serious error into which you fell, in assuming that the Raja of Sattara had "claimed larger powers in respect of adoption than are enjoyed by old established states," the right which he claimed being precisely the same that had been invariably recognised to belong to all other sovereign princes, viz., the right to adopt a successor to his royal rights, in failure of heirs of his body—a right which, strange to say, is unequivocally admitted in the papers which autho rised you to confiscate the principality of Setters, upon the ground that the Baja had no such right : "for," says the Minute which bears the sig nature of a majority of the Court of Directors, by whose vote that measure was carried, " it is freely admitted, that if the Raja were created a sovereign in the ordinary acceptation of the term, he was unques tionably competent to adopt a successor to his royal rights, as well as an heir to his private estate." The conclusion, I leave it to your Lordship to draw, seeing that you have unequivocally ad admitted that the late Raja was such a sove reign as is contemplated in that paper ; for in the very first paragraph of your Lordship's Minute, you de signate him with great truth and propriety as an in dependent Sovereign. Recurring, then, to your Lordship's frank avowal, that no claim to territory or revenue ought to be enforced, of which the validity is doubtful, I venture to ask your Lordship, whether, with the proof now before you, that your confiscation cf the principality of Sattars, was in the teeth of the law and custom of Indie, as laid down and re peatedly acted upon by your predecessors, i n accordance, I believe, with the judgment of every officer entitled to pronounce an opinion on the sub ject—amongst them, that distinguished man, Mr. M. Elphinstone, who framed the original treaty with the Raja.—l venture, I say, humbly, but firmly to ask, whether your Lordship can honestly maintain that territory and revenue, so acquired, can be retained, consistently with that "pure integrity, and scrupulous good faith," which you say should characterise all the dealings of t he British Govern ment with the Princes of India? I have the honour to be, with great respect, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, JOHN SULLIVAN. THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD. Little enough is there congenial to the merry month of May in the pages of Blackwood, yet as ever, in some sort, is Maga delectable. The most remark able contribution after that of dear old Christopher, No. VII. of " Dies Boreales," is the paper written by Professor Gregory on "German Popular Prophecies ;" wherein the Professor seems to intimate with a de lightful credulity that some such realisation of pro phecy as the following may be expected to take place before the expiration of the present year :- 1, A great war concluded by a battle, in which the East and the North shall be conquered by the South and the West ; 2, The appearance of a powerful Prince, who shall arise as the conqueror, being thereupon constituted the Emperor of Germany ; 3, A terrible massacre of the priests ; 4, The dethronement of the King of Prussia ; 5, Absorption of all the churches of Christendom into the one Ca- tholic religion. Remembering how our venerable Ebony was bewildered somewhile back by the Previsions of Orval, afterwards proved to be fabrications, we are not surprised to find that this strange and all• believing article should be accompanied by the name of its writer, Professor Gregory, thereby re moving the responsibility of its credulousness from Blackwood. North and Talboys have a delightful eiscussion between three and six o'clock A.M., while Seward and Buller are still snoring—their confab being only brought to a clos by the sounding of the breglaast gong ! Mingled with the most bewitching facetiousness, their dialogue is characterised by the most subtle analyses in the way of poetical criticism, ChristoFher himself growing unusually eloquent. Mr. " Alison's Political Essays," collected recently from the pages of this emineat publication, are noticed in terms befitting the magazine which has been illustrated by his genius and industry. Dissenting as we do, of course, dia metrically from the commercial faith of Blackwood, we yet say that the paper entitled "Tenor of the Trade Circulars" is deserving of a careful examina tion. Nor do we shrink from acknowledging th*e amusement with which we have perused the hu morous lines headed " The Penitent Free-Trader." Surely " Tuffnell" himself will laugh, an he have any powers of risibility. " The history of a Regi ment during the Russian Campaign" is a genuine Blackwood paper, nervous, eloquent, arresting, and powerful. It affords another awful illustration of the woes and calamities of that most wonderful enter prise when the modern Sesostris, with kings and emperors as his satellites and lieutenants, penetrated into the deserts of Russia, with the largest army ever collected together by man, and took up his abode in the castellated palace of the Kremlin. The article has been suggested by Lieut.-General de Fezensac's recently published work descriptive of the destiny which befell his own regiment. Part six of " My Peninsular Medal" reveals yet more visibly the boisterous hilarity of disposition peculiar to the con tributor, a liveliness and esprit that would have made him welcoMe to the table of Major Monsoon, the home of Captain Blake, or the stable of Lieutenant Hinton. "Free Trade Finance" is a Protectionist nut which Sir Charles Wood will, of course, relish amazingly ; and " Greece Again," being a diatribe upon his Athenian policy, will be equally delightful to Lord Palmerston. " The Modern Argonauts" is little better than the most ordinary of political pas quinade ; but the morceau from " Ovid's Spring time," rendered by Mr. Ay toun, the gifted author of the "Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers," is deliciously seasonable. Such are our pencilled annotations on turning over the pages of the May number of Black wood. BENTLEY. Mr. Bell has, in the present instalment of " The Ladder of Gold," commenced a love story of the most interesting character. Richard Rawlings, deter mined to secure a high connexion for his family, fos ters it) every way po3sible the penchant of Lord Charles:Xton for Margaret, or for her fortune; and Margaret and Henry Winstone, who at length are broht clearly to understand the state of each other's hear, by the attempts made to separate them, mutu ally; confide in each other, and Henry Winstone is accepted by Margaret as her lover, at the same mo ment that Lord Charles Eton is accepted by her father as a suitor for her hand. At this interesting portion of the story the present instalment stops, and we must wait until next month to learn how Richard Rawlings sped in his wooing for Lord Charles Eton. There are several social pictures in this instalment of the " Ladder of Gold," which are very daguerotypes of English life, as it at ,present is ; among these, we would more particularly select as a subject of. special commendation the description of the meeting of railway shareholders, and that of the eventful dinner at Mr. Rawlings':, in which Mr. Mick Costiga❑ is introduced. This latter scene is the sub ject of a spirited illustration. Among the articles of permanent interest in this number of Bentley, is the commencement of a series of " Inedited Letters of Celebrated Persons ;" the present chapter gives a batch of letters from Horace Walpole to Lysons the antiquary, written between the years 1787 end 1796. Alfred Crowquill furnishes a pen and ink sketch, and a short biography of Mr. Sims Rreves. This is followed by a paper on her Majesty's Theatre, in the course of which the writer thus comments on the immense progress that dramatic musical science has made of late years, and on the perfect 'manner in which the musical drama has been repre sented of late years at the first lyrical theatre in the world—her Majesty's Theatre. The writer says— " There is nothing more surprising in the way of pro gress than the height of excellence the Italian opera has attained within the last half century an excellence which is developed i❑ its most perfect form this season at her Majesty's Theatre. To the mere attraction cf melody and concerted music, exprt ssed with sensibility and taste, have been added all the accessories requisite to bring out the passions and the action of the piece. An opera is no longer an incoherent patchwork of musical. effects, but a drama of plot .and character, in which the performers are not singers merely, but actors, and some of them great actors—Coletti and Lablache, for example. Criti cism is no longer satisfied on the stage with the attain ments that delight us in the concert-room; much more is required to fulfil the demands of the theatre—pas sionate utterance, dramatic power, feeling, energy, and judgment. To render the illusion more complete, the scene is dressed With a scrupulous attention to historical propriety, and pictorial art supplies a back-ground, that realises, as far as art can realise, the last exaction of a cultivated and pampered taste. " The performances at her Majesty's Ile itre this season may be referred to in illustration of the justice ibese temarkr. The combination cf talent collect:el within the walls of that house, which still retains a supra macy worthy of its traditions, has enabled tip , management to produce an ensemble beyond which it would be difficult to imagine the achievement of greater triumphs." We haves reviews of Mr. Erskine; Neal's' recently published biography of the Duke of Kent, and of Frank Forester's Books on Field Sports in America, besides an elaborate criticism on the writings and genius of George Sand, and several other papers of an amusing character. LONDON WEDNESDAY CONCERTS. It is worth a visit to Exeter-hall to hear the ow rture and incidental music of Beethoi en to Goethe's tragedy of Egmont, which was performed last night at the ninth concert of the spring series. The Egmont ranks high among the very few examples of dramatic music which Beethoven has left. The overture is well, known as one of the sublimest compositions of the master, but the rest of the music is almost now to this country. It coni prima two songs for a soprano voice, and several in strumental pieces descriptive of certain passages in the tragedy. The two songs belong to Clare, the betrothed of Egmont; the first, illustrating the young maiden's aspirations when her lover is gone to the wars, is a com position of peculiar wildness and beauty. The second, which describes Clare's feelings previous to her last interview with Egmont, is in a half-joyful, half-melan choly strain, that captivates and enchains the attention by its intense earnestness. The instrumental pieces, con sisting of a brilliant war march, and a number of move ments of diflerent characters, which give musical ex pression to the most prominent situations of the drams, arc all highly dramatic, and some exquisitely beautiful. In order to facilitate the public performance of the music of Beethoven, independent of the theatre, Dr. Moisen geil wrote a poem which embodied the most important characters and points of the tragedy of Egmont, with pauses and directions for the music to c ome i n . It i s a ve ry loose translation of this poem which Mr. Stammers recites at Exeter Hall, between the intervals of the music, the instrumental portions of which were exceedingly well performed by the band, under the direction of Herr Ansehuez; while the two songs of Clare are sung with a great deal of energy and enthusiasm by Madame Zim merman, Herr Dreyschcck, the piani s t, h as a l so b een performs strength are and a4oitiysing engaged at the Wednesday Concertp, and made his se cond appearance l ast 1 night . e 1 hand h The a difficulties hee sextraordin ar y ra pidity, is a • l mo st unparalleled. Some variations on th e National Anthem , " for the left hand alon e , i n w hi c h ‘• ilel:. His w hile his octave playing, for f orce nod he accomplished quite as much as tLe majority of pia nists could achieve with both hands, created an immense sensation. GOVERNMENT INTERMENTS BILL. —On to-morrow (Friday), a meeting of Members of Parliament and gentle men, will take place at the residence of W. Alexander Mac kinnon, Esq., M.P., &c., 4, Hyde Park.place, to consider the objectionable clauses and provi>ions of the Interments Bill, preparatory to the measure being brought before the Com mittee of the House of Commons. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—The amount required for the completion of the official houses for the Speaker and the officers of the House of Commons is estimated, according to a return just published, at 30,1001. The expense already in curred on this account is 74,0001. The amount of house rent paid for the temporary official residence of the Speaker, together with allowances for house-rent to the officers of the House of Commons, since 1835.6, has ranged from 1,5521. 2s. Bd. paid in 1835, to 2,5661., the amount for 1840. The total amount paid on this account has been 27,196/.lls. sd. FURTHER APPEAL IN THE GORLTAM CASE. — Before next week, we understand, another court of West minster-hail will hare the same question submitted to it, as that on which the Court of Queen's Bench have decided.— Th c Guardian. LONDON, THURSD AY EVENING, ACCOUCHEMENT of her MAJESTY. BIRTH OF A PRINCE. (From the Court Circular.) BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAT 1. This morning, at 17 minutes after 8 o'clock, the Queen was safely delivered cf a Prince. In the room with her Majesty were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, Dr. Locock, and Mrs. Lilly, the monthly nurse; and in the rooms adjoin ing were the other medical attendants—Sir Jamrs Clark and Dr. Ferguson, and the Ministers and Officers of State summoned on the occasion. The Privy Councillors present were—The Most Rev. Dr. Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury ; the Right Rev. Dr. Blomfield, Bishop of London ; the Duke of Wellington, Commander-in• Chief; Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home De partment; the Msrquii of Breadalbane, Lord Cham berlain ; and the Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse. Shortly before nine o'clock yesterday morning her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at the Palace. At ten o'clock the Queen's physicians issued the ',Mowing bulletin " - Buckingham Palace, Wednesday, May 1, Ten o'clock, A.M. " The Queen was safely delivered of a Prince at seventeen minutes after eight o'clock this morning. " Her Majesty and the infant Prince are well. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. " ROBERT FERGUSON, 241. D." His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at tended by Major Stephens, arrived at the Palace yesterday forenoon to learn the state of her 1114jesty and her Royal infant. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent returned to the Palace in the afternoon, accompanied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attented by his Equerry in Waiting, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, left the Palace for the Council-office, where a Privy Council was held, which was attended by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdcwne (Lord President), the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Duke of Wellington (Commander-in-Chief), Lord John Russell (First Lord of the Treasury), Sir George Grey (Secretary of State for the Home Department), Earl Grey (Secretary of State for the Colonies), Sir Charles Wood (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Sir John Hobhouse (President of the Board of Control), the Right Hon. Fox Maule (Secretary at IVar), the Marquis of Breadalbane (Lord Chamberlain), and the Duke of Norfolk (Master of the Horse). At the Council the Archbishop of Canterbury was ordered to prepare a form of prayer for the Queen's recovery. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Prince Albert atter the Council returned to Buck ingham Palace. About eight hundred of the nobility and gentry called during the day yesterday at Buckingham Palace to make their dutiful inquiries after the state of her Majesty and the infant Prince. From the London Gazette L' xtraordinary,m av 1. ) e.ttr T - Vri' flrs - BUCKINGHAM PALACE, Mir 1. This morning, at twenty minutes past eight .o'clock, the Queen was happily delivered of a Prince • his Royal Highness Prince Albert , se v era l Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and the Ladies of her Majesty's Bedchamber being present. This great and important news was made known to the town by the firing of the Park and Tower guns; and the Privy Council being assembled as soon as possible thereupon, at the Council Chamber, White hall, it was ordered that a Form of Thanksgiving for the Queen's safe delivery of a Prince be prepared by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, to be used in all churches and chapels throughout England and Wales, and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Sunday, the sth day of May, or the Sunday after the respective ministers shall receive the same. Her Majesty and the infant Prince are, God be praised, both doing well. The Gazette Extraordinary also contains the usual orders in Council for " Prayers and Thanksgivings" in " that part of Great Britain called Scotland." HER MAJESTY'S HEALTH. The following bulletin of the Queen's health was issued this morning ;-- BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAT 2, 1850, 9 A.M. "The Queen has passed an excellent night. "Her Majesty and the infant Prince are going on favourably. "JAMES CLARK, M.D. "CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. ''ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D.' DRURY-LANE TH.EATRE. The version of the Antigone of Sophoclee, wish Men delssohn's music, which was produced with such -success at Covent garden some years ago, v‘as very judi cioudy performed last night on the occasion of Miss Vaneenhoff 'a beaefit, fur the character of the Greek heroine is unquestionably the one in which her talents displayed to the beat advantage, %bile Creon is an t.xcellcnt character f,r Mr. VandenbotE The music was sung by the chorus of the Ito) al Italian Opera. At the conclusion Mr. and Miss Vaudenhoff were both called with enthusiasm. FREN CIL PLAYS. A most attractive novelty was presented here last evening, in the shape of a five-act comedy by Scribe, called La Camaraderie; ou, la Courte Echelle: a piece which was originally produced at the TLeatre Fru cais, in Paris, in the year 1837. Th• choice of this play ,hows great judgment on the part of Mr. Mitchell, inas much as it has enabled him to bring together all the resources of his establishment in a manner which has produced an ensemble such as the patrons of this theatre have not often had au opportunity of witnessing. The acting of four distinguished members of the Theatre Frans;ais, viz., Mademoiselle Denain, M a demoiselle Na thalie, M. Sampson, and M. Regnier, in the same piece, formed a combination of talent which could not be ex celled. It would be a superfluous task to enter into a detailed account of the plot of La Camaraderie, or to at tempt to describe the various characters which form the dramatis persona. The play has never before been per formed in this country, but nevertheless its merits are •uflicieLtly known and appreciated by all lovers of the school of the true French comedy. On the whole, the piece was admirably represented, and at the close of the third act the four principal artistes were called for ward to receive the applause or the audience. After the second act of the play the national anthem was sung by Miss Messent and M. Drayton Dorrissac—the whole of the company joining in chorus. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. On the occasion of Mr. George Bennett's benefit his daughter, Miss Jane Bennett, played the character of Mice in his excellent drama, .Retribution. The young lady bad previously acted in some of the private perfor mances at Miss litally's Theatre, but this was her first ppe arsine ein public. To the difficulties naturally be longing to a debut were added the disadvantages of sustaining a character which Lad been familiarized to [DT audience, illustrated with all the tragic intensity of Miss Glyn. However, she passed through her pro bation very successfully. She is very young, and gives instances of a careful training, while here and there were toucLes of pathos widar promise well for her future career. SURREY THEATRE. ----- On Monday evening a new three act drama, entitled The Fugitire ; or, _Duty and Honour, was piesented at this theatre with he most complete success. The author has chosen for the period of his drama the year 1746, and the Pretender for his hero. The drama has been elegantly written by Mr. Moreno, a gentleman who has on former occasions received the public approba tion for his dramatic prodactions. Prince Charles Ed ward (Mr. Shepherd), after the disastrous battle of Cul loden, becomes a fugitive, and seeks an asylum in the house of Sir Duncan Forbes (Mr. Creaw iek), h ere en countering Katherine (Mada me Ponisi), the wife of the Lord Commissioner, who, a stanch adherent' to the house of Stuart, determines to save him. She accordingly meets the Prince in the gardens of the mansion, Where they are discovered by Sir Duncan, who, not recognising the Pretender, hecomes at once a prey to jealousy. Ile follows the pair to a neighbouring cottage, where the Prince escapes, but the husband discovers his wi'e. The lady, however, keeps herself closely veiled during the return to the mansion, a n d by changing dresses with her waiting maid, Cary (Miss Lapin te), is enabled to turn the tables on her irate spouse. Still the Prince is in jeopardy, again be returns to the mansion, when the lady conceals him in her chamber. The soldiers, on the look out for the fugitive, now get a clue to where the Prince is hidden. Woman's wit again saves him; Sir Duncan's jealousy is now raised to the the highest pitch, when the Prince regard less of his own personal safety, returns to exculpate the lady, and explain away her equivocal position. It also transpires that Prince Charles has saved the Lord Commissioner's life in France. A struggle now takes place in the breast of Sir Duncan between loyalty and gratitude ; the former, however, triumphs, and he summons the soldiers to arrest Charles; they, however, are busi l y engaged in a h an d to hand fight with a party of the Pretender's adherents, who are victorious. The Prince magnanimously pardons Sir Duncan, who again takes his wife to his bosom. As a conclusion to the performances of the evening, an other new drama, entitled Lizzie Lei g h. was produced. It is an adaptation of the tale of that name, which has recently appeared in Charles Dickens's Household Words. The story has been pretty closely followed, an d t h e drama was successful. The house was crowded. A CABMAN'S ESTIMATE OF RBSPBCTABILITy.... " What do you take me for, Sir ?" said an elderly gentleman to a cabman who had been grossly insulting him. "Take yer for? Vy, I took yer for a shillin' a mile, but I find yer a thab as only gives eightpence."4runch. MA Y 2, lB5O. PUNCH'S HANDBOOK TO HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Leaving for awhile the regions of royalty, we descend far a moment to the floor of the house, a floor which Mr. John O'Connell, cf moribund notoriety, might be ex cused for a desire to die upon. The floor to which we allude is the parterre of her Majesty's Theatre—a par terre abounding in flowers, some of which are of the most exquisite beauty, some a little full-blown, some rather faded, and a few that might be weeded out with advantage to the general appearance of the locality. Among the flowers of the parterre there is a slight sprinkling of the Pinks of elegance; a large assortment of the White Stocks, Which give a sort of starched regu larity to the scene; a. strip or two of London Pride; and a goodly collection of those highly respectable tenants of the soil, that, although neither forced in the hot-beds of luxury, nor connected with the old roots of venerable :icest' at trees, are a very favourable specimen of the productions of the land in which they flourish. There may be occasionally remarked in the parterre the sudden appearance of an object surmounted with a hat, an object which is always looked upon in the light of a searecrow ameng the surrounding flowers. Some times the pleasing aspect of the place is impaired by the waddling in of a pair of ducks; but though ducks are not positively prohibited from entering the parterre, there is about them the awkward air of rune aces, and they are very seldom met with. The visitors to the realms of Opera in the height of the season include all the competent parts of that vast mass commonly termed Society, the analyration ofwhich would be a process almost too vast for the resources of chemistry, even were we disposed to submit society to all the various tests. Within the realms of Opera, how ever, there are some wonderful combinations of various qualities and properties, which amalgamate only here, as if there was something in the solening and refining air of the place which blends into harmony those matters, which are antagonistic everywhere else. We find, for instance, in her Majesty's Theatre, the laws of political chemistry suspended, as it were, in the rigorous harshness of their operation, for we witness the correction of Protectionist Acidity, the fusion of Whig Oil with Radical Vinegar, and the easy mixture of the Sublimate cf Aristccratic Alkali with the com mon Potash of the numerous essential extracts of which Society is formed. It is difficult to account for this phenomenon, when we remember that there is in the social structure a chilly ingredient which seldom can be got above freezing point, and our only solution is, that in the genial sunshine of the realms of Opera, every quality is held for the time in solution by means of that liquid harmony we have already spoken of, which could melt the snow that caps the summit of that Mountain, in his own opinion, and Molehill in other people's—an up start Lord. _ _ _ _ _ _ Besides the neutralisation of political acids, the eva poration of aristocratic airs, the giving off of vapours which are invariably dissipated at the Opera, and other great chemical results of the delightful climate, all lead ing to the harmonious blending of a variety of naturally repugnant parts, we may look upon many of the boxes as little laboratories themselves, for the formation of other unions of a still more delicate kind. Here is carried on the great science of Maternal Alchemy, the art of match-making, which consists in the ha ppy com bination of objects possessing various properties, as dis tinguished from the unhappy combination of objects.pos sessing no property at all. The mysteries of Maternal Alchemy are practised with immense success in the regions of Opera, where they can be car ried on with far more effect than in that most laborious of laboratories, a crowded drawing-room, where the fair practitioner finds herself, after all, in the position of an exhausted receiver, with no satisfactory result achieved. In an Opera-box the best ingredients required for match-making can be used to the best advantage, and we might, without difficulty, furnish a manual of mater nal chemistry for the guide of those desirous of prac tising the art. For instance, we might suggest a pro cess like the following, which has often been adopted with success. Having found the objects you :wish to bring into union, you must place them together in the same box. Use a good quantity of the essential oil of Macassar, for capillary attraction has been known to exercise a very powerful influence, and, by the means of these oils, external properties have been made to sup ply the place of a vacuum within. With the materials for combustion thus prepared, you must be careful to prevent contact with ordinary sparks, lest spontaneous combustion should take place in a quarter for which you were not prepared. I n ma ki ng up your mind as to the object you are about to introduce for the purpose of union, you must take care that, in selecting anybody, you select one that is—in chemical language—a solvent, for if you should happen to bit upon an in-solvent, not only would your labour be thrown away, but a terrible explosion might ensue, and, in any union that should take place, both the objects would be kept constantly in hot water through the inability of one of them to liquidate. The ascertaining a body to be a solvent is a very delicate process, and it is sometimes attempted by the application of a variety of tests, which, however, are not always to be relied upon, for several bodies have been known, when under the melting opera tion, to give out a quantity of gold, of which there may have been a little loose upon the surface, without its being a fixed property of the object, which has turned out to be anything but a solvent at last. There are numerous properties favourable to the for mation of a matrimonial union, but care must be taken that these ,properties are mot ,neutralised by others. of a different kind. The extract of roses in the com plexion has, for instance, been frequently known to fail, in consequence of its being made up of some deleterious compound when nature has failed to furnish the usual supply; and the pearliest of teeth will go for nothing, if the speech is sour, for vinegar will dissolve the finest pearls. In matrimonial, as in other chemistry, the re tort is serviceable when used with discretion, but a re tort must on no account whatever bo so negligently ma naged as to lead to an explosion, or blow-up. The theory of refraction and reflection is also to be studied by the match-making experimentalist, for, in giving out rays of light or sunshine from the countenance, it is use less to give them out upon anybody of such density that the rays do not penetrate; but when a refraction takes place, and one object consequently becomes re fractory, the other object has a tendency to reflection, and no union is formed. The maternal alchemist has, however, only to manage matters with care and pru dence, for success to crown her efforts, and, though the machinery is rather expensive —consisting of the cost of a box, to form what may be called "the plant"—the re sult is generally achieved in a single season, after which the laboratory may be giv e n u p f or a repet i t i on o f similar experiments by other hands. Having carried our remarks on the chemi s t r y o f ma t r i mon i a l combina tions to a considerable length, we will pause, lest we make the reader feel as if his head were a mortar, and every paragraph we pour into it a fresh drug. In treat ing of the physical aspects of our subjects, we have got for a time into a sort of Apothecaries' Hall, which we hasten to get out of, and to return to Her Majesty'„ Theatre, where we hope to be found aria by the leader next week.—Punch. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. Some few weeks since we had occasion to notice Dr. Bachhoffner's first lecture upon the Philosophy of Scien tific Recreations; that gentleman has lately commenced the second lecture of this series, and the subject•mattcr is confined exclusively to " optics" and the laws govern ing the sensationof colour. The Doctor commenced by rather a startling announcement—that he intended proving, he hoped satisfactorily to all parties, that out cf the many accustomed certainties of every-day life, two, if not many more, were incorrect. These be state.' as follows:—" That none of us see with our eyes," and " that seeing is not believing." This bold and curious assertion excited the attention of all, and anxiety was evidently paramount to unravel these seeming anoma lies. The Doctor's course of experiments proved, how ever, the justness of his correction of " proverbs so old and so' general" eventually, by illustration, satisfying all, beyond a doubt, that our present system f reasoning resulted merely from an imperfect tuition, and that many of the commonest operations connected with ourselves are scarcely understood. We must own we were not so opinionated concerning the two principles laid down as at first we had imagined, the Doctor's facts settling his assertions beyond a doubt. We strongly recommend this lecture to our readers. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. DEBUT. 6to 1 agst Bolingbroke (t) 20 to 1 agst Nutshell (t) 6 to 1 agst Clincher 25 to 1 agst Penang 8 to 1 agst Mavors 33 to 1 agst Knight of 11 to 1 agat Voltigeur (t) Avenel 13 to 1 apt The Nigger 40 t) 1 agst Blarney (t) 16 to 1 agst Pitsford 1000 to 15 agstDeicoon(t) 18 to 1 agat Ghillie Callum 1000 to 10 agst Hardinge (taken) (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mildew CHESTER CUP. 15 to 2 to 3001., and 8 to 1 in hundreds taken about Peep o'-day-Boy. No other change. THE FARMERS' PLATE AT NORTHAMPTON. This case was re-opened after the races this afternoon, when the stewards, after hearing the parties interested, de cided that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant any alteration in the decision given by the stewards at Northampton. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. The following are the acceptances for the Suffolk Stoker,— Yrs. st. lb. Yrs. it. lb. Backbiter Herbert Sauter la Coupe, Chicot ......... 4 ••• 6 11 (81b. extra) 4 ... 7 11 Bordeaux Quasimodo ... 4 ... 7 6 Thistledown Quinine ... 5 , The highest weight left in being 7st 10Ib, it was raised to Bst 71b, and the whers in proportion. WEDNESDAY'S RACES. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for four years old. It. M. (4 Subi.) Mr. Ramsbottom's Bez.bee Bunnoo, ist 121 b (S. Mann) 1 Lord Glasgow's c by Inheritor or Jerryhorse, out of Deerslayer's dam Lord W. Powlett's Rearguard, Bst 71b ... Rogers) 3 Betting-6 to 4 each agst Bieber) Bunnoo, and Inheri tor colt, and 2 to 1 agst Rearguard. Beebee Bunnoo made all the running, and won cleverly by a length. Run in 1 min. 55 sec. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, It ft ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; those got by stallions or out of mares that never bred a winner allowed 31b. D.M. (9 Subs.) Lord H. Lennox's Beehtinter, Bst 71b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Howard's Chieftain, Bst 41b (A.. Day) 2 Lord Exeter's Nuthatch, Bst 41b (Norman) 3 Betting-8 to lon Beehunter, who made all the run ning, and won in a canter by three lengths. Run in 1 min. 48 sec. Plate of ock 0011., for three years old, let 71b ; four, 8 t 121); five find ilwardi, 94 alb; mare. i 11(.1 geld ings allowed Sib. Ti,e winner to be sold for 200 soys., if demande I, and allowar ces if to be ,sold for less. D. M. Whitstone, 5 yrs,B it 1I lb (W. B Dyce) 1 Col. Peel's Vasa, 4 yrs, 7s; lllb . • (1;14v town) 2 Sir J. Gerard's Jest, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (G. Br own ) 3 Lord Batetnan's Goodwood, 4 yrg, 7st 5113 (Chs .pple) 4 Lord Exeter's Visite, 3 yrs, sst I 11b...(W. Ho clock) 5 Mr. Roger's f by the Earl of Richmond, d. vri by Gls-nous, 3 yrs, 6st I Ilb (Dockm ray) 6 Betting-2 to I agst Vasa, sto 2 agst Jest, and 4 to 1 agst Goodwood. Won by two lengths, Vasa beating Jest by a length, the latter finishing nt arly two lengths before Goodwood. Run in I min. 47 sec. _ _ Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft: for three ;yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; those get by ste ll'ons, or out of mares tit:A never bred a winner, all rwed 31b. D.M. (14 Subs.) Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux, Bst 71b (F. B utler) 1 Mr. Combo's Necklace, Bst (R )tton) 2 Lord Exeter's Nutcracker, Bst 41b .. (Fla :man) 3 Betting-2 to 1 on Bordeaux. A very hollow race from first to last, the favourite waiting into Ihe cords, and winning in a canter by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 50 sc cs. Sweepstakes of 50 BOVE. each, for four yrs oid r,nd up wards. T.Y.C. (3 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Crucible, 4 yrs, 7st Sib (Flatiron) I Lord Clifden's Rathmines, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Pearl) 2 Ld Glasgow's fby Lanercost, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Pttit) 3 Betting-2 to 1 on Crucible, who led fron► end to end, and won easily by half a length. Run in 1 min. 16 secs. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sow. each, and only 5 if dtclared, &c., for three yrs old and upwards. A.F. (6 Subs.. three of whom pay 5 sovs ft.) Mr. Barnes's Sotterley, 5 vrs. Sat 121 b (Flatman) 1 Mr. C. Marson na Pius IX., 5 yr?, ist 91b ...(Pettit) 2 Lord W. Powlett's Give and Take, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b... 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Give and Take, 6 to 4 agst Sot• terley, and 7 to 2 agst Pius IX. Won cleverly by three parts of a length, Pius IX. beating Give and Take by half a length. Run in 2 min. 22 secs. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b, not engaged in the 2,000 Guineas or 1,000 Guineas Stakes; 41bs allowed, &c. A.F. (5 Subs.) Duke of Rutland's Ondine, 7st 121 b... (Boyce) 1 Mr. Combe's The Trump, Bst 31b (R. Cotton) 2 Mr. Ford's Satire, 7st 121 b Betting-5 to 4 each agst Ondine and Satire, and sto 4 agst The Trump. Satire cut out the work at a moderate pace to the bushes, where it was taken up by Ondioe, who maintained it to the end, and won very cleverly by a length. Run in 2 min. 25 sec. Handicap Plate of 501.; for four yrs old and upwards. Cesarewitch Course. Duke of Rutland's Fire•eater, 4 yrs, Tat Sib (Cbapple) 1 Capt. Low ther's Watchdog, 6 yrs, ist llb (Dockeray) 2 Betting-7 to 2 on Fire-ester. The favourite made all the running from the ditch, and won cleverly by a length; the horses having only trotted for the first mile, it would be absurd to give the time in which the race was run. BETTING ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ONE TIIOUSAND•GUINEAS STAKES. 6to 5 agst Exotic filly Isto 1 agst California 2 to 1 agst Tiff OAKS. oto 1 agst Exotic filly 115 to 1 agst . Probity 0 to 1 agst Tiff DERBY. Offers to take 15 to 1 about Ghillie Callum. NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY. ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Queen's Plate. R.C. Sir Peter Laurie, C yrs—Sotterley, 5 yrs—Dover, 5 yrs—Fernhill, 5 yrs—Fire-eater, 4 yrs—Retail, 4 yrs. Sweepstake for two years old. T.Y.C. Beaufort—ch f by Slane, out of Receipt—Lady Stuart —Nineveh. Sweepstakes for three years old. T.Y.C. Winner to be sold for 130 sovs. Falcon—br c by the Nob out of llarmony—c by Gla diator, out if Revival—Rose Pompon—Nuthatch. Sweepstakes fir three years old. First half of Ab. M. Winner to be sold for 80 sovs. Falcon—b fby Nutwith, out of Agnes—Visite—Paul Brae—Diligence. LATEST BETTING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ONE THOUSAND GUINEA STAKES. sto 4 agst Exotic filly I Bto 1 agst California 2 to 1 agst Tiff CIIESTE Bto 1 asst Peep-o'- day Boy 0 to 1 agat Essedarius 2 to 1 agst Miss Ann 4 to I agtt Glauca 4 to 1 agit Fugleman CIIP. 16 to 1 apt Ellerdale 16 to I agst Chantrey 00 to 1 ag•t John Cosser 60 to 1 aget Col!Inwood 6 to 1 apt Bolingbroke DER .3 to 1 last Ghillie Callum OA: 0 to 1 sgst Tiff 8 to 1 agst Exotic filly 14 to 1 agst The Nigger 17 to 1 agst Mildew (t) 15 to 1 apt Probity. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—A paragraph appears in your journal of last evening, signed "11. Dempster," professing to give the results of the author's inquiries on the subject of who and what are the Fishmongers' Company. I have r either time or inclination to enter into a controversy with one who has made such vague and superficial inquiries on the subject. But I think Mr. Dempster will find on in quiry that the Fishmongers' Company appoint two free men, who act as the company's meters to prevent the Isuding and sale of unwholesome fish within the juris diction of Loudon and its suburbs, the salaries of whom aro paid by the company. Tte other statements of this astute a:.d painstaking inquirer are equally void of truth, and are gross perversions of the actual facts of the case, and 1 would recommend him before he again trou bles the public press on such a subject to consult "Her bert's Ilistory of the Twelve Livery Companies," where he will get all the information he requires, and thus save both his time and credit,—Yours, obediently, April 25, ISSO. ATER AX. SPOONER AND ROGERS' SEVEN MILE MATCH FOR Tntirrr SOVEIIEIGNS.—This interestiug 'affair came off yes terday at the Flora Gardens, Bayswater. Young Spooner, whose name has recently been so much before the public from his defeat of Ferguson, and his twenty mile match in three hours for 1004, was pitted against Rogers, a well-tried fast one of the old school, giving him half a minute start. In this half minute Rogers managed to get over about 140 yards. The style of his going seeming to be, as Lady Macbeth says, " stand not on the order of your going —but, go I" And so he did, and as he was not turned by the referee, we chari tably suppose he was walking. The consequence of this, and Spooner feeling even too much confidence was, that Rogers at three miles and a half actually cleared 240 yards, or a clear lcss of the ground, and came alongside Spooner. The betting now changed, and slight odds could be had that Rogers won. At four miles Spooner let go in fearful earnest. He walked clean away from the " ould un" at a terrific bat, and in a mile had made up eighty or ninety yards; at five miles he was about the same gistance in front; in the sixth he made it safe by coming within thirty or forty yards of Rogers, having made up the turn deficient previously. In the seventh mile he walked by his man ad lib., and won by a sovereign a yard of the distance between them. MR. LEIGH MURRAT.—This popular and talented light comedian, who so ably fills the situation and discharges the duties of stage-manager of the Strand Theatre, has an nounced his benefit for Friday night. Few actors of the day have so rapidly acquired the favourable ear of the play going part of the public as this gentleman, whose versatile histrionic ability may be equalled, but certainly is not sur passed hy any actor,in the same line of business. The bill of fare he has provided for the occasion is highly calculated to please the palates of his numerous;admirers, and will of itself be sufficient to secure him a bumper. The comedy of London Assurance, strongly cast, stands first, then comes a recitation by the venerable though never fading Mrs. Glover. This will be followed by the Elon Boy, and the en tertainment will close with an introduction to that droll fellow, Compton, as Friend Waggles. There is only one reason to apprehend disappointment. It is quite clear the little house in the Strand will turn out to be too small to ac commodate all who will be anxious to be present EAST INDIA HOUSE.—ELECTION OF A DIRECTOR. —Yesterday a general Court of the East India Company was held at their house in Leadenhall.street for the election of a director, in the room of Major-General Sir A. Galloway, K.C.U., deceased. The only candidates were Major J. A. Moore and Mr. U. T. Primp. The poll commenced at 9 o'clock and closed at 6. The result was made known shortly after 10 o'clock, when the scrutineers, accompanied by several of the directors and the candidates, entered , the Courtroom. The chair was then taken b y Captain East wick, and the numbers were announced as follows :—For thereupon er P e r u i p n o s n eP d eclared 126 ; Major J. A. Moore, 1,096 ; for Mr. w l a i s • majority 70. Major J. A. t h duly elected a director, and th e Lour t a dj ourned. CONTINENTAL TRAFFIC.—The South - Eastern and Continental. Go` mpsn i's steam-ship the Prince E rnest sailed from Folkestone harbour for Boulogne at noon yesterday, with 47 passengers and the Princess M ary arrived from Boulogne, bringing 80 passengers, amongst whom were Lady Chesterfield, the Earls of Aylesbury, Wilton, and Sandwich, the Count Avigdor, Mr. Lambton, &e., with 'several car riages and horses. T it s ARCTIC EXPEDlTlON.—lntelligence has just been received of the arrival of Mr. Roe and Commander Pullen, of the Plover, at the Mackenzie; thus establishing the fact that Sir John Franklin's party had not reached any part of the coast between Behring's Strait and the Copper Mine, whilst the check which Mr. Roe appears to have re ceived in his 'comae to the north of the Copper Mine tendato give increased importance to the quarter eastward of that position. GRAY'S INN, MAY I.—At a Pension of the Hon ourable Society of Gray's Inn, holden this day, Henry Wil liam Vincent, Esq., her Majesty's Remembrancer in the Court of Exchequer, was called to the degree of Barrister at Law. INCOME-TAX IN IRELAND.—In a return which has just appeared the amount of property assessed under schedule D, arising from securities and possessions in Ireland in the year ending April, 1849, is stated to have been 734,3521. The amount of dividends'under schedule Cin the public funds was 106,3091., and the amount of salaries m ussed under schedule E vo as 82,7321. ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN. Yesterday afternoon the annual meeting of the members of this institution was held in the Theatre, Albemarle•street, his Grace the Duke of Northumberland in the chair. It ap peared front the report, which was read by Dr. Granville that the society had been more then ordinarily prosperous during the past year. Several valuable donations of b ooks were acknowledged, and it was stated that lectures bad been delivered during the past year by the Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (Dr. Whewell), Professors Baden, Powell, Faraday, Owen,_ and Brande, Dr. G. A . Man tel ], Dr. Pettigrew, Sir C. Lyell, the Rev. E. Sidney, Messrs. Grove, Barlow, Brodie, Cowper. Hunt, Mansfield, and Cer n _ mael. The report was adopted, a vote of thanks w as ` ac corded to the chairman, and-the meeting separated. The report circulated by a weeklypaper, r a th er notoribns for its "manufactUre of conversions, that the Rev. W. Palmer, Fellow of Magda len Colle g e, Ox f ord, has seceded to the Greek Church , is, wehave reason to beli eve , ent i re l y Without fOundation.—The Guardian, NAVAL COURTS-MARTI (From the Portsmouth Times and Naval G If we were asked, what, in our opinion, is inscrutable, unintelligible, perplexing thing up, we should be inclined to answer, a naval court for its doings bailie all calculation, and are past out. We defy the man who is best versed in the law of courts-martial, and the recognised rules cf the service, to predict the effect which evidence will produce upon the judges of such courts upon any particular occaiion, or even to make a tolerable guess as to what decision they will come. In several recent eases these courts have, upon precisely a similar state of facts, pronounced diametrically opposite decisions : one officer has been acquitted, while another, to all men's eyes but the court's, far less blame able, has been condemned, and this, with a reckless dis regard of both private sufferings and public opinion, as if the Honourable Court was solely bent upon furnish• ing a naval illustration of the old adage, " One may steal a horse, while another is hanged for only looking over the hedge." The case of Commander Michell, just dismissed from the command of her 'Majesty's sloop Sappho, by sentence of a court-martial held last month, on board of her Ma jesty's slip Imaurn, Commodore Bennett (President of the Court), the chief proceedings of which will be found re ported in another column of our paper, justifies us, in our. estimation, for the reflections we have cast upon judgment afloat. _ _ The salient points of Commandeer Michell's case aro buccinetli as follow :—Sappho, through the ob stinacy of a second -master, lent her by lmaum, her own master bEing laid up dangerously ill in hospital, and the negligence or conceit of a young lieutenant, who, in spite of the express command of his captain, written in his night order, would not keep the lead going, ran upon one of the innumerable reefs in the bay of Honduras, on the 6th of December last, the weather having been thick and rainy for several previous days. We need not do more than remind our nautical readers of the rapidity as well as incal culable variability of the currents in the Gulf of Mexico and its adjacent bays, its fogs and atmospheric perturbations—rain, hail, snow, and vapours—in dreary December, and they will properly appreciate the difficul ties with which Commander Mitchell was surrounded. He appears to have been unremitting in his personal care to provide against casualties, he took the best obser vations he could in the weather which prevailed, and again and again told the master lent him from the flag-ship, that be thought he was wrong in his reckoning as to the ship's position. The master persisted in his own opi nion, and the commander, as the rules of the service require, yielded up his own judgment. After taking the utmost care that his anchors, cables, beats, &c, were fit for instant service on the occurrence of any emergency, ;and leaving strict written orders that the lead should be kept constantly going, Commander Michell went below to snatch some short repose. Sappho ran aground during his brief ab scence from the deck, upon the Seal Cays upon which her Majesty's ship Spitfire was wrecked a few years ago, where she left her bones, and everything be longing to her, except her crew, who barely saved their lives. The same was the case with twelve other merchant vessels lost upon the same reef about the same time with Sappho's disaster. Spitfire's com mander and crew were brought to trial for her loss, and honourably acquitted. But Sappho, with all her sticks, guns, anchors, and stores, was rescued from the yawning and hungry deep by the admirable skill and indefatiga ble perseverance of her commander and gallant crew, who declared at his trial, with emphatic and affecting simplicity, that his conduct had uniformly been " good. nothing but good." But let us note, en passant, that by recent rules, as the complaints of a ship's company do not damage an oppressive officer—" Discipline must be en forced, sir"—so the favourable testimony of his crew does not avail their commander on his day of trial—" He is too indulgent, sir; under such officers the service would go to the devil!" _ After a torturing suspense of three months' duration, Commander 3litchell was brought to a trial, which was protracted through thrte tedious days. He was then sentenced to be dismissed his ship, the Court, at the same time, pronouncing their opinion that the testimony of all the witnesses against the prisoner, except that of the surgeon, whose evidence was on a collateral point unconnected with the loss of Sappho, was " frivolous and malicious." We will not attempt to describe the puzzled astonish ment which, we are informed directly from Port Royal, was produced by this amazing verdict, but will pause to ask in what a position do the officers commanding her Majesty's ships now stand? If a captain diffwrs in opinion from his master as to a ship's proper course, and explains his reasons for differing (Commander Michell's case), and that master does not formally re linquish charge, the rules of the service require the captain to defer to the master's judgment. He may, to be sure, call upon the master to give up charge, and place him under arrest it he refuses, but if a mishap afterwards occurs, what is the captain's fate? Certain dismissal from his ship, and probable dismissal from the service altogether! Again, supposing the captain, after patiently unfold ing his own views, yields to the master, and the ship is lust, what then? Commander Michell's case shows that he is still dismissed his ship. The Court pronounced Commander Michell guilty of " great negligence in steering and conducting" his ship, for the proper super intendence of which he had a master sent him from the flag-ship, to whose judgment the rules of the service constrain him to deter: the Court with the same breath stigmatizing► the said master's evidence as " frivolouc and malicious," yet concluding thus: " therefore, this Court adjudges Commander Michell to be dismissed his ship." Oh, fie! on such a " therefore." Is nut its logical se quence from such premises tantamount to the reasoning of some solemn vvi,eacre who should syllogiae thus: the angles of an cquik:eral triangle are equal to two right angles, thertfure mustard is a good accompaniment to pork chops. We are almost sorry for haying entertained a ludi crous idea while discussing a case so provocative cf in dignation. so truly alarming to every naval officer who cannot, if in trouble, err lie the mo,t sweet ♦oices of Greenwich electors to his rescue, but the absurdity of this court-martial is irresistibly comic as well as cruel. We have by no means ,aid our say upon it, but we can only to-day notice a fact or two without comment for the present. Three of the six officers composing the c.nirt belonged to tl - le Admiral's flag-ship, and the day alter Commander Michell's dismissal Flag-Lieutenant the Honourable Arthur Ccchrane, the Admiral's son, was appointed to her. We make no unkind comments upon this paternal act, ss e impute no unworthy motives, but will others be equally forbearing? CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS' COMPANY.—The first half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held on Tuesday afternoon at the London Tavern; Mr. Thomas Dakin in the , chair. The secretary read the report of the directors as to the state of the company up to the present time. After de tailing matters which have already been before the public, the report stated that the directors had entered into con. tracts to supply the inhabitants along the line from Bow common to the City with gas as soon as the mains were laid down ; and they had also agreed to supply the inhabitants of Blile-end Old Town, andother places near it, within twelve months after they had commenced supplying the city of London. The receipts, up to the 30th of April, 1850, were 32,0091. 19s. ld., and the directors wished that the third call should be paid up, as they were anxious to have the amount of 75,0001. at command before commencing laying down their pipes. The works at Bow-common were pro ceeding rapidly, and the wharf at Limebouse bad been com pleted. The retort-house and station-meter -house were rapidly proceeding, and the excavations for the purifying house and for the tanks for the too large gasometers were finished and ready for the construction of the brickwork. In the event of the trustees of the Essex-roads continuing to refuse the company permission to lay down their mains, the cost of diverging from them would not exceed 5001., a cost which it might be judged better to incur than the delay The cost of the mains to Mile until the passing of the Bill end Old Town and Whitechapel would not exceed 10,0001., as no great lengths of pipe_were ;required. This report was received and adopted, and the meeting (which was a very full one) separated, after a vote of thanks to the chairman. IMPROVEMENT 01' THE NATlONAL givingup G th A eir u :r , x, R tn Y In the event o f the y Royal Academy. a to the National Gallery, would it not both be desirable and practicable to make one uniform and connected building of it, by doing away with the present entrance to the barracks, and bleastteiningentiti,eaturtioofrpsompatshserLnedecromane o a u r t eh in to t o o y T a r t ar t a h ig e ar le . v oci el um of the an inclined plane? The farthest entrance near St Maithes' Church might be done away with altogether, conilderingthe little use it is of to the public.—Builder. .A.TALEXPLOSIONAT MENAI-BRIDGE.-OCI Thurs. day evening last Mr. John Thomas, one of the firm of Messrs. H. and J. Thomas, druggists, met with his death in the fol. lowing sudden and awful manner : —lt seems he was very fond of reading chemical works, and of trying chemical ex periments. On the above evening be was making some de• tonating powder (probably for the first time), and having' had the invedients properly dried proceeded to mix'them together in a Wedgwood mortar, when the friction of the pestle caused the powder to explode. The explosion, whioh was attended with a very loud and strange report, shivered the mortar, bottles, jars, window, &c., to atoms. Mr. Thomas , immediately ran through the back door to the house of neighbour opposite, where he immediately fell, and weltering in his own blood almost instantly expired. Mr: Charlet, surgeon, of Bangor, who had just left the bridge, was imme diately sent for, and having been found at GorPhwYsiS , was on the spot in a few minutes, but too late to be of any help to the young man. It turned out that a portion of the mortar, or some other broken fragment, had entered the groin, and penetrated the main artery, the great and rapid loss of blood from which caused almost instant death. The thumb of the left hand was almost completely severed at the joint which attaches it to the wrist, a narrow piece of skin on the outside alone keeping up the connexion. Numerous small pieces of glass had also penetrated the about the face and head. The apprentice was the only person in the shop at the time. He was looking out at the window, having his back turned towards Mr. Thomas at the moment of the explosion. Two pieces, of the entire thickness of the mortar, about an inch square, lodged in his arm. Mr. Charier dressed the wounds. and we understand he is likely to do well. An inquest was held on Friday morning on the b o d y of Mr. Thomas. when a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned. 'The de ceased was a very amiable and steady young man.— cheater Courant. FATAL EXPLOSION. --PLYMOUTH, APRIL 30.—The lestwithiel powder-works, at fierod's Foot, five milci west o Liskeard, exploded at nine o'clock on Friday night, the 26th inst. There were in store tUrce or four tons of gunpowder, which went off in three different explosions. The premises were blown to pieces, and the bodies' of the two watchers, Pengelly and Truscott, shockingly mutilated. Cottages, a quarter of a mile distant, Arc said to have been unroofed and the walls damaged. The Honourable Artillery Company gave a splen did ball-at their Artillery ground on Tuesday evening last, the 30th ultimo, which was attended by upwards of 300 per The company began to arrive at nine o'clock, and shortly after dancing commenced to Adams's fashionable bind, which performed a new selection of quadrilles, polkaa, waltzes, schottisches, &c., which were greatly admired. At one o'clock an elegant supper was provided; 'after which dancing was resumed with reanimated spirit, and continued until dawn, when,the company separated, highly delighted , with the night's entertainment. Amongst the company we noticed the 1.40 rd rod Lady Mayoren, fiberiff Nicoll, kc. "...\ Fri 44.;; -- L-11- , : - ,Z • (4.) s A'' A ki ghti e1irti,......,..2,1_1:„. Vd. shtar V N