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r . Gorbsol to the T l e r r e b e tt Sir DI his w t] trines e d la w3s it4So .fie 05 An aPP e° f her 11303ittee ° case til' u l ' e d thFY dire : of the JUGS sod p• dge3 o " ibed which tha t E nstasce ° :u o bt:eit had to hieb be t es to w' to . olie s , Cost' o d i, of tb e J • riles but coun' e 'Do ne 4e d t reps f ore the redly be lo g is ;ended , . 1 ,, t he y fOllOV ll d t he WOO, /1 ir The Ctio Antd on that ith' he Court laded we Is 1) !,6 1r: i and Nrig• s divot" fir , m ation.. gr. Will 01 for rida ol W" O f of a - leSS e Tra leteg. Or the warea t. borig e t e d the co l a bout 5 v bp de ury f or - es 1° ill pi es : e h ; ex pease , es ou;11 COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, JUNE 5. The Queen and Prince Albert, ac:ompanied by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and the Prince of Leiningen, walked and drove this morning early in Osborne Park and grounds. The Prince of Wales-and younger members of the Royal Family walked and rode as usual. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Sir George Couper, crossed from Gosport yesterday afternoon, in the Fairy royal yacht, Commander Crispin, and arrived at Osborne about three o'clock. The Hon. Mt,. Grey had the honour of joining the royal dinner party. Yesterday (the birthday of his Majesty the King of Hanover) their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had a dinner party at Cam bridge House, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Camb r id ge had afterwards an evening party. The dinner party comprised her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, Count Charles Kleiman segge, Baron Koller, Austrian Chargé d'Affaires ; Baron Wydenbruck, Baron Osten, the Duke of Wel lington, the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl of Radnor, Lord Frederick and Lady Augusta Hallyburton and the Misses Erskine, Lady Georgiana Bathurst, Sir Charles Thornton, and Mr. Augustus Stafford. The band of the Coldstream Guards attended in the evening, and performed a number of favourite pieces, commencing with the " King of Hanover's March," and including selections from "Le Pro. phete," "Les Huguenots," and "Alma," concluding their p e rf ormance w ith th e "Hanoverian Polka." Sir T. Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor cf the Exchequer yesterday. Mr. John Wood and Mr. Pressly had also an interview yesterday with the Right Hon. Baronet. LEARNED BIRDS. A private exhibition of a family of goldfinches, car dinals, and other domestic birds, took place yesterday at No. 2, Baker-street, Portman-square, which promises to become extremely popular. Mdlle. Vandermarsch, the instructress of these feathered aspirants for publi city, has brought her teaching to a remarkable degree of perfection, and some of those results are really astonishing. The company present chooses cards—puts private marks upon sovereigns—whispers words to one another, and the like, when the birds in qu , stion, at the command of their mistress, hop out of the golden cages in which they are placed, and select the elucidations from a tray of tablets, with the exactness of wizards. How the little creatures have been taught to do all this we are at a loss to conceive; but they never make mistakes. On the contrary, they fillip the cards from the pack with a certainty that pro vokes admiration. It is amusing to see them search for the proposed card; and watch the pertinacity with Which they peck about the edges until they detect the cue they seek for; and not less so the fluttering energy they expend while extracting it from the heap in which it lies buried. Mdlle. Vandermarsch, wand in hand, s uperintends the operations; but seems, nevertheless, to lftve the birds entirely to themselves, and no conjuring was ever more accurate in its disclosures. The pa tience and ingenuity of this lady in thus establishing a species of intelligence in a branch of the creation that is not usually very ready to be taught, are forcibly ex emplified in this exhibition, which may be placed among the prettiest and the most interesting that the metro- Polls contains. PANORAMA.DF THE- NILE. A new piece, showing the Nubian Desert to Don gola, has been added to the Panorama, and was sub !flitted last night to a party of gentlemen interested In the curiosities of Egyptian scenery and antiquities, Who were courteously invited by the proprietors to a eo►eversazione. A most interesting addition has bee❑ 'wide to the antiquarian collection, in a mummy, the head and face of which were exposed to view, and blr. Birch, of the British Museum, whose pre. eminent knowledge of the history and archaeology of ancient Egypt is so highly appreciated by all compe tent judges, delivered an appropriate lecture, replete With curious details. Several of the company also Inanifvsted, by some very pertinent observations, a considerable amount of research in a field of recondite and valuable knowledge. A more instructive or en tertaining visit cannot be made in the metropolis, rich as it is at the present time in scenic illustrations, than to the Panorama of the Valley of the Nile in the Egyptian Hall. POST-OFFICE SUNDAY LABOUR. The press, both London and provincial, is at last, somewhat too late, doing its duty regarding the Pha risaical agitation about the Post-office. We have cow nothing more to say than we have said repeat edly and from the beginning—except that the votes • of the majority of our Scotch Members in the divi sion on Lord Ashley's motion ought to be remem bered and reprobated ;—we speak especially of the mis-call e d Liberal Members. Of Mr. Cowan no cody could expect anything better; as he said him- Self in the Free Church Assembly on Saturday, glorying in his shame, he is not so much Member for Edinburgh as " Member for the Free Church." Neither could .we expect anything bet ter from him in the way of information than h l 5 nonsense about petitions, exposed by our con temporary the Courant; far less was he likely to remember the fact set forth repeatedly in the reports o f the Committee on Petitions, that the great mass of the petitions from Scotland were from the Highlands and from persons who cannot write, and to whom, of course, the Post-office is virtually closed already, both Saturday and Sunday. But the others—such as the two Messrs. Duff, Sir J. M‘Taggart, Mr. Archibald laastie, Mr. Fergus, &c.—were sent to Parliament for very different purposes. Not one of them will get the credit of voting in this matter otherwise than against their convictions. Nay, we, do not believe that there is one of them who does not know he is also voting against the opinions of the great majority o f hi s constituents. The policy on which these gentlemen act is simply this : they have already, generally speaking, the support of the • ° Pponents of such Pharisaical and tyrannical mea lures; the supporters of such measures, though I ,_°t strong, are very annoying; and the Members "link that, by votes like those of Thursday, they may • , !collity a few troublesome enemies without greatly irritating the bulk of their friends.. The game is one Which the Liberal electors should, and certainly in 11 °e cases will, make a losing one. Liberals who ro fray such slippery tricks are not worth the fighting 1 1 *. For instance, we do not believe that Mr. -ergus,, opponent in Fifeshire, Mr. Balfour—a man sense and courage—would have condescended to give such a vote. We refer to our fourth page for some comments on the matter from the leading jour t a•s• They are admirable ; but would have been of a hundred times the value had they come a little so oner—before the noodledom of the country had °, ha d itself, and before our independent Members 'WI decided on truckling.—Scotsman. TO THE EDITOR. OF THE SUN. SlR,—May I be allowed to correct a paragraph 'bichappeared in your Sun of Tuesday last, which It appears you copied from the Literary Gazette, and which is full of mis-statements as regards the talented I nventor of the rocket apparatus for preserving lives • du.. , • , is shipwreck ; as it may be consolatory to the he rends of Mr. John Dennett to learn, that although • h e is suffering under a very severe attack of paralysis, • is still alive, and hopes are entertained of his par `lal recovery. That this gentleman should not have received the c ordial suppor t of the present Government in patro prig''ng his excellent invention, would not have been astonishing, seeing that with his ultra-Tory Liples he used his vote and influence on all 441 a against their supporters and adherents ; but I believethe that during the many years his own friends • , tt t s 4 party were in power, they did no more for him an the Liberals. However, the assertion is alto , rther contr a ry to th e fact; Mr. D en n ett h av in g been co nstantly engaged by both Governments for'these i lie tr t ten or fifteen years, and up to the present time, furnishing the different coast-guard stations with the rocket apparatus at all points where wrecks are eost frequent ; and if the writer of the paragraph I •, • j o Commenting upon had consulted the public t i ,.. ll ,rnals during the past winter, he would have seen f r nuent mention of crews of vessels being rescued -OM impending destruction by the means of this Z it utiful invention, which is supplied to, and kept i\. cl used under the care of the commanders of the tventiv e Service. Dennett is at present engaged in preparing a f a PPIY for the King of Denmark. It is not the et that be was appointed to the situation of keeper of • Carisbrooke Castle by the Earl of Malmesbury, ~,,, 1 4 1 1° died in 1841, but by the present Governor of the t i ihm _ e ae rt Y i d il Lord H e yt es bury, in 1848. In conclusion, I oin in the kind wish of the writer, that in I ,„_. event of his death, his amiae and highly e r rected family may be continued bl in the keepership. ,• I am, Sir, yours respectfully, JOHN DYER. • - H ampshire Independent Office, Newport, • 1 ..„, sle of Wi g ht, M a y 23, 1850. ,t,& 1 %.., 110 above has been omitted for want of room.— 4.14n.] -- tthotil ‘ lthilrTaANNlA. BRIDGE.--The operation of floating great tube across the Strait s t o it s p os iti on b e tween 1 15 : t c'wers of th e b r id ge i s t o t a k e p l ace on M on d ay, t h e 1 0t h thb 9 the next spr i ng t id e. Th e pontoons used in turning the e!' st ill remai n i n th e i r pl aces b eneat h, rea d y to convey sh a l i r i p o nderous b ur d en t o its d es ti nat i on w h en t h e s i gna l in t i ue .gives. A host of workmen were act ive ly em ploy e d la~ ea rlng the rock and rubbish from under the fourth and tu e to b e flo b ated.— North Wales Chronicle. T h p otti e peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer pi ee _n,ger arrived y es t er d ay a t Southampton, bringing ad her I COM Constantinople, Malta, and Gibraltar. Amongst korPaBB,engers are the hundred Hungarian refugees who - l ong -heen expected at Southampton from, Malta. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, "ARGUMENT" of "LA TEMPESTA." We have received a copy of the scenario, or "ar gument" ot the dramatic portion of the opera, founded on Shakspere's Tempest, about to be produced at Her Majesty's Theatre. The conjunction, in one work, of two such men as Scribe and 1-lalevy, has excited a more than ordinary interest in the musical public ; and we therefore think that our readers will he glad to have the following summary of the action of the opera, by which they will be enabled to see how far the distinguished French dramatist has adhered to the. form and character of Shakspere's drama is his libretto. The opera is in three acts, preceded by a prologue, and the characters introduced are, for the most part, the same as in Shakspere's Tempest. On the en chanted island we have Prospero, Miranda, Caliban, Ariel (altered from a talking and singing into a pan tomimic sprite), Sycorax (who plays a more active part than in the original drama), and an additional personage, entitled the Spirit of the Air ; and there are also Alfonso, Antonio, Ferdinand, and Trinculo, together with numberless courtiers, soldiers, ma tillers, elves, and sprites. In converting the drama into the libretto of an opera, it was of course to be expected that M. Scribe would make some alterations. It is especially cre ditable to his skill that this portion of his work is so cleverly carried out, that the character, and in many instances, even the language of the drama is adhered to, as far as regards the mortal persons, the new treatment being chiefly confined to the supernaturals. The prologue is confined to the shipwreck scene. On the deck of the vessel are seen Antonio, Alonzo, and the courtiers, sleeping. Words uttered by An tonio and Alonzo in their sleep betray their con science-stricken state, and prepare the audience for the coming action. Presently Ariel appears with a chorus of sprites. They warn the sleepers of the ap proaching tempest, which immediately commences, and the curtain falls amidst all the horrors of a ship wreck. This ends the prologue. The proper action of the opera commences at this point, and it is surprising with what skill M. Scribe has concentrated the materials afforded by the ori ginal, so as to make them serviceable for operatic purposes. The first four scenes follow the drama pretty closely. After the prologue the curtain rises on thejgrotto of Ariel, who is seen flitting about while his attendant spirits sing a chorus expressive of their devotion to Prospero and Miranda. Then comes a scene between Prospero and Miranda, very closely following the similar scene in Sbakspere, in which the father, prescient of the speedy arrival of Ferdinand, sounds his daughter's mind. This gives opportunity for a cantabile and cavatina, in which Miranda de scribes her feelings in poetical language, of which the following is a prose translation : "An undefined, secret feeling of restless has begun to obsure my senses, and makes my heart beat quicker than was.onee its wont. Everything wears a different as- pect for me, and all appears to me altered except my love for you. The balmy air seems to me rapturously sweet. The rivulet murmurs more musically, the perfume of the flowers intoxicates my senses. The warbling of the birds throws me into a reverie, and I delight in imitating their sweet notes—oh! ah ! an undefined secret feeling of restlessness obscures my senses, &c. " I am happy—yet I sigh. I am near you—yet I long; you, father, to whom nothing is impossible, cure me, protect me. I have seen you dispel the clouds, and lull the storm. Allay, 0 Father, that which rages in my bosom. Dispel the langour that overcomes me, the strange sadness which overpowers me, and which is both a pain and a pleasure.' You see it. I am - happy —yet ,I sigh. lam near you—yet I long. You, father,• to whom nothing is impossible, protect and cure your daughter." We are next introduced to Caliban, who groans and curses under the mastership of Prospero, almost in the words of Shakspere. Caliban discloses, too, his demoniacal passion for Miranda, and vows to gra tify it. In the next scene Ariel appears at the sum mons of Prospero, and in pantomimic expression de scribes the shipwreck, the landing of the Duke of Milan and the others in different parts of the island, and the separation of Ferdinand from his followers. Tnen Prospero tells Ariel that the termination of his exile depends on the union of Ferdinand and Miranda, and commands the sprite to bring about a meeting. This last commission is effected by Ariel in a very charming scene, where he gradually entices the PI ince to the spot where he first beholds Miranda, and is rivetted to the spot by her beauty. The seventh and last scene of the first act consists of the meeting and mutual astonishment and admiration of Miranda and Ferdinand, witnessed by Prospero from a dis tance. From this brief summary it will be per ceived how closely the framework of the original has been preserved. In the second act M. Scribe has taken more liber- ties with his text, by introducing Sycorax as a more active supernatural agent than ,in the original play. The act opens in another part of the island, hard by Prospero's grotto. Near at hand is a dark rock, on the top of which are tufts of bright red flowers. Ca liban enters, bearing a log of wood, and curses Pros. pero and Arid. He then appeals aloud to his dam Sycorax to aid him, when, to his terror, she answers him from the heart of the rock, in which Prospero has confined her. Sycorax tells her son that his sole hope of emancipation is by obtaining possession of Miranda, and at her command he plucks from the rock a tuft of the flowers. These have the magic property of gratifying any three wishes expressed by their possessor. She enjoins him that his first wish shall be for her liberation, but the monster un gratefully determines first to gratify his passion for Miranda. Sycorax is left in the rock. Caliban uses his power first to imprison Ariel in a tree; and, secondly, to bear away Miranda (reduced to insen sibility) to another part of the island. In flying off with his prize he falls in with Trinculo, Stephan°, and the crew of the King's vessel. They are drinking and boisterously singing. When they discover Miranda they endeavour to take her from him ; and then comes a capital scene, in which Caliban is in toxicated by the sailors. Miranda becomes more in danger and name terrified as the orgie proceeds ; but having discovered the secret of Caliban's power over her, she seizes the flowers, and by their magical in fluence transfixes all the drunken rioters in the atti tudes they held at the moment. After her departure they gradually recover, and then comes a scene of wild rage, capable of very exciting musical treatment. The act concludes with a chorus of the sailors, who are led off by Caliban to the destruction of Prospero. From the foregoing outline it will be seen that the greater portion of this act is new, but the interpola tions, although less poetical in character than the su- Shakspere's Tempest, are pernatural machinery of more suited to the purposes of opera, by appealing more directly to the eye, and working the action in a more condensed form. We now come to the third act, of which the open ing scene is laid in the same place as that at the com mencement of the second act. Antonio and Alonzo, who have been wandering on the island since the morning, are discovered. Each is taunted by Ariel (invisible) and Sycorax (from the rock) with his crimes. While they are thus abused, Prospero enters _ a . . ind taxes them with their guilt. They are struck with terror at his supernatural knowledge of their condi tion ; and Prospero is about to dictate to them the conditions of their pardon, when' he discovers that Ariel is imprisoned in the tree, and that, in the absence of her guardian spirit, Miranda had been carried off by Caliban. Ariel is released, and they proceed on their search for Miranda. They have scarcely left when she enters, having escaped from Caliban. Thinking aloud, she ascribes the misfor- tunes of the day, and the strange sensations she experience, to some mysterious relation with Ferdinand's - arrival. While thus Soliloquizing aloud, she is addressed by Sycorax from 'the rock. The witch pretends that Ferdinand is a traitor, who has sworn to kill l'rospero, and that he has cast upon Miranda herself a magic spell. She incites her to kill Ferdinand. Miranda enters Prospero's cell, where Ferdinand is ling asleep, murmuring the name of Miranda. Here ensues a good operatic scene, where the love of Miranda struggles with her sense of duty. She is about to kill Ferdi nand with a dagger, when the sailors, led on by Caliban, are heard without. This changes her pur pose. She awakens him, and bids him protect him self. Caliban enters, and, rushes to seize Miranda; but the sailors no sooner see Ferdinand than they fall on their knees before him, and salute him as their king. Ferdinand presents Miranda to them as their queen. This brings on the finale of the opera, which, it is evident, will be very magni-, ficent. Caliban, finding the magic flowers, which Miranda has dropped, essays their power with a wish for the destruction of all. But their magic influence is exhausted. At - a wave of Ariel's wand the scene opens, and discloses a splendid aerial palace, in which, on a throne, ar e seen Prospero, .Alonzo, and Antonio.. They unite Ferdinand and Miranda. Again Caliban appeals to his magic flowers; with the wish that all Prospero's party may be chained to the isle; and that they may never see their country. Instantly, Ariel waves his wand once more, the back of the palace opens, and the sea is discovered, with a ship splen didly arrayed. They all embark on board this vessel for Milan, leaving Sycorax and Caliban to exchange mutual curses, while Ariel and his elves, to use the phrase of the "Argument," "by flying in the rigging supply wind to the sails." The foregoing is a tolerably close outline of the action of this libretto, in which it will be seen M. Scribe has arranged his materials with consummate tact, so as to construct a drama in which the action moves rapidly, the characters are sufficiently deve loped, opportunities are afforded for solos and concerted pieces, without retarding the action, and brilliant ompaeonhiniogit. Thessarea production ffordedfo of an original for ;the scene painter weraonzk o and the f ofsuch a character world-wide phalanx of musical talent as that which is announced in the programme, constitutes it an epoch in the reputation, p b u y t a a tioo, dramatist and sustained tt ine composer, by s uecahe a h annals of the operatic stage in this country. We have too long been accustomed to wait on the enterprise and accept the ver lict of foreign capitals in regard to great musical novelties. PARLIA.SIEN T.\ R, Y DIVISIONS. (From the Votes and ProceedTrLys of (h e House of Comnotuc) WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5. EDUCATION BILL. Order read for resuming adjourned Debate en Amend ment proposed to be made to Question (17th April), "That ,the. Bill be now read a second time," „nd which Amendment was to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months:" — Question again proposed, " That the word ' now' stand part of the Question:"—Debate resumed; Question put. The House divided : 1 MINORITY—AYES, M. Adair, Hugh E. Forster, Mathew Sadielr, John Aglionby, H. A. Ferteseue. Chichester Scliolefleld, W. Anderson, Arthur Fox, W. J. Smith, J. B. Anstey, T. C. : Greene, John Strickland, Sir Q. Armstrong, Sir:A. Hali, Sir Benjamin Stuart, Lord D. Bass, M. T. F. Ilar/is, Richard Stuart, Lord James Berkeley, Henry F. • lienv, Alexander Tenison, E. K. Bouverie, It. I'. . Heywood, James Thicknesse, Ralph Brotherton, J. . Lushiugton, Charles Thompson, Colonel Brown, William Marshall, J. G. Thornely, Thomas Bunbury, E H. Melgund, Viscount Villiers, Charles Cayley, Edward S. Milnes, It. M. Wall, C. B. Clay, James , Milton, Viscount Walmsley ' Sir J. Cobden, Richard Mitchell, T. A. Williams, John Davie, Sir IL Mo/vitt,t, Francis Willyanis, H. .... Dawson, T. V. 1111 ,G. F. Wilson, Matthew D'Eyncourt, C. T. - O'Cog ' ell, John Evans, Sir Be Lacy Fedi 11, Sir G. MIAMI. E wart, William Pelham, A. B. Gibson, T. M. Fergus, John Itomilly, Colonel Hume, Joseph Ferguson, Col. Russell ,F. C. H. ' MAJORITY—NOES, 237. • Acland, Sir T. Fellowes, Edward Neeld, John Adair, H. Shafto , Ferguson, Sir It. Neeid, Joseph Alcock, Thomas Fitzroy, Henry Newdegate, C. N. Alexander, N. Fioyer, John Noel, Gerald J. , Archdall, Captain Forbes, William Norreys, Lord Arkwright, G. Forester, G. C. O'Brien Sir Lucius Ashley, Lord Fox, S. L. Ogle, S. C. Bagge, William Frewen, C. H. Oswald, Alexander Begot William Fuller, A. E. I'acke, C. W. Bailey, Joseph Galway, Viscount Paget, Lord G. Baillie, 11. J. Gaskell, J. M. Pakington, Sir J. S. Baines, M. T. Gladstone, W. E. Palmer, Robert Bullock, E. H. Gooch, E. S. Palmer, Rouudell Baldwin, C. B. Gordon, Admiral Parker, John Bankes, George Gore, W. R. 0. Patten, John Wilson Barrington, Viscount Gouiburn, Henry Peel, Sir R. Bellew, R. 31. Graham, Sir James Peel, Frederick Benbow, John Greenall, Gilbert Pendarves, E. W. Bennet, P. Greene Thomas Pennant, Colonel Bentinck, Lord 11. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Perfect, Robert. Bcresford, William Grenfell, Charles W. Pigot, Sir R. Best, John Grey, Sir G. Pilkington, James Blakemore, R. Grogan, Edward Plowden, IT. H. Blandford, Marquis Gwyn, Bowel Plunaptre, J. P. Bolden), H. G. Ilale, Robert B. Portal, Melville Booth, Sir R. G. Raiford, Sir H. Powlett, Lord W. Bowles, Admiral Haliyburton, Lord J. Price, Sir Robert Boyd„John Halsey, T. P. Prime, Richard Bramston, T. W. Hamilton, Geo. A. Pugh, David Bremridge, Richard • Hamilton, Lord C. Pusey,lPhillp Broadley, H. Harcourt,"G. Reid, Colonel Brockman, E. D. Hardcastie, J. A. Repton, G. W. J. Bromley, Robert Hastie, Archibald Ricardo, Osman Brooke, Lord Hayter, W. G. Rice, E. R Bruce, C. L. C. Headlam, T. E. Rich, Henry , Buck, Lewis W. Heald, James Richards, Richard Buller, Sir J. Y. Heathcote, G. J. Robartes, T. J. Banbury, William Heneage, G. H. W. Romilly, Sir John Burrell, Sir C. Henley, J. W. Rushout, Captain Busfeild,William Herbert, IL A. Sandars, George Buxton, Sir E. N. Herbert, Sidney Sandars, Joseph Cabbell, B. B. Hildyard, R. C. Scully, Francis Cardwell, E. Hildyard, T. B. T. Seynser, 11. K. Carew, W. P. Hodges, T. L. Shell, It. L. Castlereagh, Vis. Hood, Sir Alexand Simeon, John - Cavendish, C. C. Hope, Henry T. Slaney, Robert A. Cavendish, G.H. Hornby John Smyth, J. G., Chaplin, W. J. Hotham, Lord S wollett, A. Chatterton, Colonel Howard, Lord E. Somerset, Captain Chichester, Lord J. Howard, E. G. Sotheron, T. Childers, J. W. Hudson, George Spearman, Henry Cholmeley, Sir M. Hutchins, E. J. Stanford, J. F. Clerk, Sir G. Jermyn, Earl Stanley, Edward Clive, Henry B. Jocelyn, Viscount Stanley, E. H. Cobbold, John C. Johnstone, Sir J. Staunton, Sir G. Cocks, T. S. Jolliffe, Sir W. G. Stuart, H. Coke, Edward K. Jones, Captain Stuart, J. • ' CUle . ,ll. A. . Ker,,Richard Sutton, HII Ooles, 11. B. Lacy, Henry C. Talbot, J. H. Conolly, Thomas Langston, J. H. Taylor, Thomas E. Copeland, Ald. Lascelles, W. S. Thornhill, G. Corry, 11. L. Law, Hon. E. C. Tollcmache, F. J. Cowper, W. F. Legh, G. C. Tollemache, John Crowder, R. B. Lemon ' Sir C. Towneley, John Cubitt, William Lewis, Sir T. Townley, R. G. Currie, H. Lewis, G. C. Trevor, G. R. Darner, Colonel Lewisham, Via. Trollope, Sir J. Davies, D. A. S. Lindsay, Hon. Col. Turner, George Deedes, W. Littleton, E. R. Tyreil, sir J. Denison, Edmund Lockhart, A. E. Vane, Lord 11. Denison, J. E. Lockhart, W. Venter, Sir W. Devereux, J. T. Long, W. Vesey„Thomas Disraeli, B. Lowther, Colonel Villiers, Viscount Dodd, s,. Lygon, General Villiers, F. W. Drarnmond, Henry Macnaghten, Sir E. Vivian, J. E. Drummond, Home Mahon, Viscount Vyvyan, Sir R. R. Duckworth, Sir J. Manners, Lord C. Waddington, H. S. Dodd, George Manners, Lord G. Walpole, S. U Duff, James Masterman, J. Walsh, Sir J. B. Duncan, Viscount N atheson, Alex. Walter, J. Duncan, George Matheson, Colonel Watkins, Colonel Duncombe, A. Mauls, Fox . Wegg-Prosser, F. Duncombe, 0. Maxwell, J. P. Welby, G. E. Duncan, John 31eux, Sir H. Wellesley, Lord C• Dundas, Admiral Miles, P. W. West, F. R. Dundas, G. Miles, William Whitmore, T. C. Dundas, Sir David Milner, W. M. Wiroughby, Sir H. Du Pre, C. George Monsen, William Wilson, James East, Sir:J. Moody, C. A. Wodehouse, E. Edwards, Henry Moore, G. H. Wcad, W. P. Elliot, John Morgan ' :H. K. G. Wynn, Sir W. Emlyn Viscount Morris, David Yorke, E. T. Enfield , Lord Mostyn, E. M. L. Young, Sir John Sstcourt, J. B. B. Mailings, J. R. Easton, Earl Mare, Colonel Evans, William Naas, Lord Farnham, E. Napier, Joseph MUM. Stafford, Augustus Arundel, Earl of GREAT EXHIBITION OF THE ___ INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS. We understand that considerable progress has been made in the preparations for submitting to public competition the design for the vast building that will be required to carry out this undertaking on a scale commensurate with the dignity of the nation. We have reason to believe that the following infor mation on the subject will be found to be substantially correct:-- The building will be about 2,300 feet long, rather more than 400 feet across ' and the roofed area will probably extend to about 900,000 square feet, or up ward& of 20 acres. In the centre of the south front, opposite Prince's gate, will be placed the principal entrance and offices. There will be three other great entrances in the centre of the other side of the building. Gangways 48 feet wide, clear and uninterrupted, excepting by seats, will connect the entrances, and at the intersec tions of these main lines it is proposed to form a grand circular hall for sculpture, 200 feet in diameter. Con siderable spaces surrounding the old trees (which must be carefully preserved) will be fitted up with refreshment-rooms, surrounding ornamental gardens, with fountains, &c. The vast area destined to he filled with the pro ducts of all climes will be covered with a remarkably simple iron roofing, of 48 feet span, running from end to end of the building, s u p por t e d by hollow iron co lumns, resting on brick piers, and covered very pro bably with boarding and slate. The extent of the roof covering the main avenue will be 96 feet. The lowest line of the main roofing will be 24 feet high, and the clear height of the cen tral gangway will be about 50 feet. The floor will, for by far the greater portion of the area, be formed of boarding laid on joists and sleeper- walls. The exter nal enclosures will in all cases be constructed of brick. The light will be principally derived from sky 1 ights. The central hall , will be a polygon of 16 sides, four of which will open into gardens reserved around it. Its main walls will be of brick, and about 60 feet high. The covering of this splendid apartment will be of iron, and probably domical. As the conditions with regard to time, &c., must necessarily be most stringent, contractors will no doubt be required to deposit' an actual sum of money as security for the fulfilment of their respective contracts. The whole building must be finished and delivered up by January 1, 1851. Contractors will, we understand, be required to tender on two systems, one involving a resumption, after th e , termination of the exhibition, of property in the materials supplied by thew, and the other proceeding on the supposition that her Ma jesty's Commissioners become bona fide purchasers, and take the risk of a subsequent disposal of the building upon themselves. In the arrangement of the design it has been the aim to specify such materials and combinations as will be likely to be most valuable after the expiration of their temporary employment in the building, so that the cost for " use and waste," as it is technically called, may be the least possible; contractors will, however, be permitted, and indeed invited, to sug gest any tender for the use of other materials which may probably in their opinion prove more economical. From the varied and distinct nature of the work, and the simplicity of the plan, a division of the con tracts into the two classes best suited to the different plants and connexions of engineering and architectu ral contractors will be quite feasible, and upon this basis it is more than probable that separate specifica tions for the sewage, the central hall, and a portion of the iron roofing and walling, and for the central offices and respective sets of refreshment rooms, &c., will be prepared. From what we have ascertained of the actual state of the drawings, &c., we have little doubt that another week will not pass away without some decided step being taken by the committee in inviting the atten tion of the vast body of intelligent and able contrac tors, whose spirit and enterprise have done so much to elevate the scientific and structural character of the ; public works of Great Britain. CHANCERY itaroam.—Tuesdasl evening a public me eting was held at the Crown and Anchor, Strand, with the view of promoting the efforts at present being made to obtain a reform in the Court of Chancery, as regarded the time occupied and the expense entailed in the prosecution of suits. Mr. G. Walter in the chair. Mr. Acland moved the lira resolution, which was as follows :—" That the Court of Chancery, which in theory is a court of equity, is practically an engine of-unprincipled extortion and heartless oppression ; that many millions of property are cruelly withheld from the rightful owners_ by complicated and dilatory proceed ings, whilst injured suitors, reduced to paaperisna by un warrantable extortion in the shape of costs, linger out a hopeless existence in our poorhouses and gaols, or seek re lief from their grievous wrongs by suicide. That this meet ing considers that the continuance of such a court is a libel upon Christianity, an outrage upon society, and a disgrace upon the Legislature and Government of the British empire." Dr. Ogilvie seconded this resolution, which was supported by Mr. Rock, of Walbrook, and carried nem. dis. Other reso lutions, pledging the meeting to support the association in agitating for a reform in the Court of Chancery, were then agreed to, and the meeting separated, after thanking the chairman. The Trident, which left on Sunday for St. Pe tersburgh, took 200,0001. ip specie for account of the Et 14311411 Government. SPORTING INTE - LLIGENCE, NEWTON RACES.—WEDNESDAY. Tl:e Hay dock Stakea or 10 sceis, - en's, h ft, end 25 added. Ones round and a distance. (3 Subs.) Mr. Collingwoou's AdmiuistraiOr, 6 -) rs (501) Mr. W. Green's Clara, 6,yrs (501.) (G. Whitehouse) 2 Won easy; the winner was claimed. The Gelborne Stakes of 25 sour. each. 10 ft and 50 added, for two years old colts, Bst 51b, and fillies Bst .21b. Straight half mile. (9 Subs.) Lord Caledon's Sister to Wanota (Marlow) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's The Black Doctor (G. Abdale) 2 Mr. J. Fowler's The Reaper ....(Whitehouse) 3 Sir G. Houston's b e by Venison, out of Venus 4 Won by a length. The Gold Cup of 100 soya., given by the Lord of the Manor, added to a Handicap of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared; the second to receive 251, and the third 10 sovs. Two miles and a distance. (34 Subs., 17 of whom declared.) vv J s o i h n n it s h o , n 3 's i, D ad u y x , e i ti ) r l y d , a 3 , 6 yrs yr , s, Sat 4lb (Wells) 1 Mr. Thompson's b e by Gladiator, out r. J. Colonel Anson's Champion, 4 yrr, 7st ... (Charlton) 2 I % M I r C r 0 . 3 4 yrs, 6st 131 b (G. Oates) 4 Mr. Disney's King Fisher, aged, 7st 121 b... (Fowler) 0 7 0 s c t 131b The Lily, Mr. Dawson's Mark Tapley, 3 yrs, 6st (Arnold) 0 Won cleverly by half-a-length; Lady Hylda a good third. Plate of SU, added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, the second to receive 104 out of the stakes; for three yrs old, ist; four years, Bst 41b; five yrs and upwards, Bst 101bs; mares, &c., allowed 3ibs. Heats, ene mile and a quarter. (9 Subs.) Mr. Fowler's John Dory, 4 yrs (Whitehouse) 0 1 1 Mr. Robson's Sweep, 3 yrs (Wakefield) 1 0 2 Mr. Lawsou'a Shamrock, 3 yrs (M. Noble) 2- 0 3 Mr. Park's Rose Bradwerdine, 3 yrs 0 2 dr Mr. S. Lord's Brocoli, 3 yrs , (Scott) 33 dr Mi. Bond's Archeresi, 3 yrs (Oswald) 0 dr Mr. Phillips's Zaidee, 3 yrs (Evans) 0 dr Mr. Jamieson's Tower, 3 yrs (W. Sharp) odr The first heat was won by half a length, the second by a length, and the third easily. ASCOT HEATH RACES. • We subjoin an outline bf the present engagements for the ensuing meeting. The Plate and other entries do not close until Saturday. TUESDAY, JUNE 11. The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added, for two yrs old 4st 41b, three 7st 41b, four Bst 71b, five 9st, six and aged 9st 311); the winner to be sold for 600 soya, if demanded, &c., unless exemption from be ing sold is claimed of the time of entrance, the horses for which this claim is made to carry 71b extra. New mile. The Ascot Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft and 5 only if declared, &c.; the second to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the third 50 sovs.; the winner of any handicap after the weights are declared to carry 71b extra. Two miles and a half. Age at lbf Age st lb Collingwood .a 9 01Clarissa Vampyre 6 8 4 1 , Mrs, Taft Lady Evelyn Essedarius Wanota Glauca 4 7 10 nyngham a 6 4 Montague Retail Jellyfish Fire-eater Bit-nibble Sauter-la-Coup 4 7 0 The Gold Vase, given by her Majesty, added to a Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, for three yrs old, 7st 31b; four, 9st; five, 9st 71b; six anti aged, 9st 91b. Mares and geldings allowed 51b, &e. Two, miles. Mr. Hnmphries's Escape, 5 yrs—Sir G. lleathcote'a br c by Sir Hercules, out of Dark Susan, 3 !yrs—Lord Eieter's Little Jack, 3 yra—Lord Exeter's I Qlenalvon, 4 yrs—Mr. Jaques's Mildew, 3 yrs--Mr. Merry's Miss Ann, 4 yrs—Mr. Nolan's Blucher, 5 yrs—Duke of Richmond's Officious, 3 yrs. The Welcome Stakes of 20 sovs. each, with a bonus of 5 sovs. each, by independent subscription, for three years old; colts Sat 71b, fillies Bst 21b; the winner be fore or after naming of a sweepstakes amounting to 300 soya., including the winner's stake, and not having less than 10 subs., to carry 51b ; the winner of the Derby to carry 91b ; of the Oaks, 2,000 Guineas, or 1,000 Guineas, 61b. extra. Swinley Course. Lord Strathmore's Teeswater—Captain Lowther's The Gent—Major Mertyn's The Swede —Mr. Gratwicke's The Countess—Lord Exeter's Utrecht—Duke of Bed ford's John o'Groat—Mr. Ford's Penang —Mr. Pedley's Sweetheart—Colonel Anson's f by Touchstone, out of Potentia. A Produce Stake cf 50 soya. each, h ft, for throe years old; colts Bst 91b, fillies Bst 51b; 31b and slb allowed, &e. To start at the winning post, and go once round. Lord Exeter's Cora—Lord Exeter's ch c (dead) by Birdcatcher out of Wee Pet, 31b—Lord Glasgow's c. by Bay Middleton out of Canada. Third year of the first Ascot TrienniafFoal Stakes, of 10 arms. each, with 100 added, for four yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 71b; the second to receive 50 Boys. out of the stakes; once round. Oddity, Irish Jig, Thringartb, the Knout, the Flapper, Ferule, Drakelow, f by the Nob out of Rosalind (dead), f by the Nob out of Premature (dead), f by Bay Mid dleton out of Octave, Tiger Cat, Kennet, the Mercer, the Clothworker, the Grocer,Johu Bull (late Roast Beef ), Traitress, Bernadotte, Fleece, Sylvia, First of May, brother to Woodpigeon (dead), Tancred, Turban, Conde, Macaw, Skudar, Cambric, Mary, Hotspur, Landgrave, Rochester, Rhesus, Cacus, Clarissa, Red Box, Damson, Pequita, Vatican, Croagh Patrick, Sabredash, Repletion, Tarn Wadlin, Master Waggs, f by Charles XII. out of Benevolence, tantoe, oby Lauer cost out of Irony, Tiresome, o (dead) by Bay Middleton out of H.R.H., Glenalvon, Osterley, Honeycomb, Nunny kirk, Crucible, Glenlyon, Mounseer, Ancaster, Elthiron, Wild Rose Battlement, Amphion, c by Cmseir dam by Bizarre, Slide, Jester, Hasta. The first year of the Second Ascot Triennial Foal Stakes of 10 sm. each, with 100 added for two years o:d; colts, Bst. 71b.; fillies, Bst. 41b.; the second to receive 50 soya. out of the stakes. T.Y.C. Ipsus, Australind, Epira, Kalongs, c by Ascot out of Mary, Constellation, Coticula, Harpsicord, Galaxy, The Partridge, a by - Kremlin out of Christiana's dam, Cnmus ' Pandennis, c by Plenipo out of Amima, Melita, Midas, f by Beiram out of Datura, Staplefield, b c by Don John out of Miss Whip, Hesse Romberg, Anspacb, Tessera, Ginevra, Vermuth, Balsanso, c by Epirus. out of Lady Strut, b fby Cowl out of Celandine, c by Velo cipede out of Lady Geraldine, by Lanercost out of L Sc a an ß d e llez Glendale, Catalpa, Citadel, Hawthorn, Fochabe rs, f by al, v z a a , n tbyy, LouisEpi u s N o s u p t o ol Napoleon, D h, a xt r k a i S d u o s f a t n h , e Ha the Mountainrt o Touchstone out of Soldier's Daughter (dead), f by Epirus T is l e i e c h h3lbft; thefor winner of the Derby to carry 101 b; the second horse, rs o it u mo t ne o e, f ,K P cu r bo i yo s m kEK ( p d inr e ou a l s d l p, out c r ol b i f, y c E, C uoi h r lae:r Fortuna. o s i : ur Ai d a a m e a b w y The Ascot y e a rs Derby oid; e S o t l a t k s Stakes Satof 5 7 0 1 b l ov fi s i . lie e s a , c B h a , t or winner of the Oaks, slb extra. Swinley Course. Mahascah, Mooltan, Nutcracker, Ebio, Utrecht, Royal Hart, Ghillie Callum, Lo Beau, Spikenard, Crossbow, Tommy, Valentine, Bringt o n, Sergius, c by Lanercost out of Concertina, o by Ch ar l es XII., out of Cowslip, c by Velocipede out of Lady G era ldine. Sweepstakes of 50 nova, each, h ft for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. Three quarters of a mile. Olympian—f (dead) by Epirus, out of Estelle—Ole ander—Sneer—c by Plenipo, out of Amima—bro. to Drakelow—Ginevra. WEDNESDAY. The Royal Hunt Cup, val ue 200 goys. by subscription of 10 soya. each, with 100 a dd e d ; f o r all ages (two yr-olds excepted). N ew mile. The winner of any handicap, plate, or st a k e V alue 100 soya., including the winner'a stake after the weights are declared, to carry 71b extra. New mile. Age st. 11%1 Collingwood a 9 8' Vampyre Surplice 5 8 71 Nunnykirk Borneo Wanota Elthiron Flatcatcher LoadstOne The Moor 5 7- 8 , Honeycomb Black Eagle Dulcet Newcourt Strongbow - 4 7 ' 5 Chatterer Mildew 3 7 4 (Edipus .... Officious Cheerful The Fern Hill Stakes of 15 sot's. each, 5 ft.. with 50 added; for two - years old, 7 st , and three, 9st; f and g allowed 31b. Abou t half a mile. Beaufort, 2 yrs—Fern ande, 3 yrs—Prestige, 2 yrs— Ghio, 3 yrs-1 by Slane, out,of Re ce i pt, 2 yrs— Ki ng of _ Cymry, 3 yrs—Louis Napoleon, 2 yrs—Officious, 3 yrs Britannia, 2 yrs—br f by Kremlin, out of Evening Star, out of Margellina, 2 yrs -2 yrs—f by the Ugly yrs— Thea, 2 yrs—Countess, 3 yrs. • The Coronation Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft; for three yrs-old fillies, Sit 71b each; the winner of the Oaks to ysetGae4ililabd:hat3lb and 51b allowed, ___Minsosa—Narbo,noneut—ufHLouoldly—Narbonne Buck, carry 71b, of the 1,000 Guineas, 31b, of both, 91b extra. for John , three ou t New mile. Clelia—Monime to Ainderby—Lady of Sledm e r e— Necklace—Tiff—f by Sweepstakes Slane, colt colts, u B t s t of n E x ob f; o 4 t o i c fillies.— soy f o h s. Pantaloon, out of Industry—f by Dfo t orn .y o r f s si o st ld er ; (So.; the winner of the Ascot Derby or Three-yrs-old Triennial Stakes to carry 41b, of both, or the Derby at Epsom, 71b extra. Old mile. Utreoht The Blackman, and Cranberry, The Windsor Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 100 added, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; the winner of the Derby . to carry 101 b, of the Oaks or Three yrs old Triennial Produce Stakes at Ascot, 71b extra; the second for the Derby, 31b extra; the second to receive 50 sovs. out of the stakes. One mile and three-quarters. Cranberry, a by Sir Hercules, out of Dark Susan—c by Gladiator. out of Zenobia—Valentine, Knight of St. Patrick, Beehunter, Utrecht, Ghio, C yprus, Electricity, Black Mao, f by Sir Hercules, out of Arethuia—c by Lanercost, out of Concertiva—f by T. ....anercost, out of Birdlime—Esplanade, Mickleton. Rybinska, Ehury, Cecil, Countess, Pl oug hshare, Bastill e , Matilda, Rhedy cin 3, Sergius, Bender, Ellen Middleton (dead), Cariboo, c by Thsttewhipper, out of Soldier's Joy--Thistledown, Lammas Lass, Old Commodore, c by Erymus, out of Mayfly—c by Erymus, out of Patronymic_f by Erymus, out of Earring. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 SOU.; three yrs old, 7st 21b; four, 9st 21b; five, lOst; six and aged, 10 at 51b ; to - start at the Now-lily-Pots *ad St once round. Age at. lb. Woodlark 4 6 11 Flare-Up Swan Lovell Hagley 5 6 9 Sweatheat t Marquis of Co nyughatn Harriott 3 6 7 Brennus Wallflower 4 6 3 Baroness Dolly Varden Tarn Wadlin 4 6 0 Give-aud-Take„ 3 11 Nautch Girl 4 5 10 Little Jack Castanero Clella.. ..... . Preslaw ...... UNE 6, Wiodzor Town Plate of 50 sovs.; two yrs old, sst Gib; three, 7st 101 b; four, Bst Sib; five h ild up ,:ards, gat; mares and geldings allowed 31h; the slimwr to be sold for 100 sovs., if demanded, &c. THURSDAY. The Visitors' Plate of 100 s,vs.. and 25 f^r the second horse (handiclip), by subscription of 5 sovs. each, the surplus, with the entrance-money of nor-subscribers, to go to the fund. Once round and a distance. I'o close and name on Saturday.] A piece of plate, value 500 aovs., the gift of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, added to a Sweep stakes of 20 toys. each; for three yrs old, 6it 101 b; four, Bstslb; fire, 9st; six and aged, 9st 31b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; to start at the Cap post and go once round and in, about two miles and a half. Lord Clifden's Surplice, 5 yrs—Lord Howth's Peep o'-day Boy, 6 yrs—Mr. Pedley's Cos. tck. 6 yrs—Lard Stut.ley's Cam zou, 5 yrs—Mr. W. Edward's Bolingbroke, 3 yrs—Mr. Barnes' Sotterley, 5 yrs—Sir H. k'igot's Es!,kdarius, 4 yrs—Lord Exeter's Glenalvon, 4 yrs— Lord Exeter's Little Jack, 3 yrs—Lord H. L.nnox's William the Conqueror, 3 yrs—Lord Eglinton's The Flying Dutchman, 4 yrs—Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, aged—Mr. Ford's Lady Evelyn, 4 yrs—Lord Loasdale's Jericho, aged. The Windsor Forest Stakes of 50 sov?. each, h ft ; for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each. The winner of the 1,000 Guineas, Derby, Osks, or Corinthian Stakes, to carry 51b extra. Old mile. Officious, Clelia, Monima. The New Stakes of 100 SOTS, each, with 100 added; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b; winners previous to starting of 100 soya. value, including the winner's own stake, to carry 51h extra. T.Y.C. Quadroon, Gay Lass, Glenbawk, Coticdla, Heart if Oak, Amusement, Fanny, Forlorn Hope, Don Pedro, Convalescent, Old Ralph Burn, Buckhound, Miserrima, Crotchet, Ile Partridge, Knook Knoll, Pandemus, emus, Hippolytus, Midas, Grosvenor, Fairy King, Olivia, Hesse Romberg, Brother to Truthteller. Merry Peal, Glendale, Citadel, Sepulchre, Storm, Koasu►b, Faux Pas, Jack Robinson, c by Sir Hercules out of Adela, c by Sir Hercules out of Miss Letty, c by Sir Hercules out of Empress, Epira, Prestige, Heirloom, Turtle, Predilection, Bold Harry, Ricardus de Pick burne, Pierre de Touch, Sir Rowland Trencard, c by Charles XII. out of The Cuie's dam, c by Bran out of Active (wrong nom.) The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 sous. each, h ft, for colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 41b. Old mile. C by Mus, out of Virago—Nutcracker—e by Scutari, out of Marinella—Sergius—Pontifex—Sidus—Mooltan —The Trump—Royal Hart—Zsdoc—Mickleton—c by Birdcatcher, dam by Dr. Syntax. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h fc, for colts 83t 71b, fillies Bst 31b ; 41b and 61b allowed, &c. Swinley Course. Chieftain (41b)—Tomboy—Thistledown (61b)—C1e1ia (41b)—Bullfinch (41b)—Cariboo (41b)—c by Scutari, out of Marinella (41b)—Tingle (41b) —Cranberry (41b) —c by Velocipede, out of Lady Geraldine (41b)—c by St Martin, out of Rebecca—Sicyou—f by Sir Hercules, out of Arethusa (41b)—Spikenard—Gasometer—Mul grave—f by Arundel, out of Mandane (41b)—Crossbow (61b)—Little Jack (41b)—Bender (61b)—Longinus (4tb) —B:ishranger (61b)—Harum Scaruw (41b)—Sampler (41b)—The Cid (41b). The Stand Plate of 70 sous. ; three yrs old, 7st 71b ; four, 9st ; five, 9st 81b ; six and aged, 9it 12113 ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; horses entered to be sold for 400 soya. allovted 31b ; for 300 soya. 71b ; for 200 soy., 121 b; and for 100 SM. 201 b. Swinley Course. 1850. gulations to secure on board their steamer on such occa sions some approximation to the decencies of civilised lire iu eating and drkiting. The match altogether, from the defective character of the arr,mgeinl-nl , , were interior to many others less favoured by those important adjutants to a yacht racv— the tsind and the weather. The sky was bright and unclouded throughout the dsy, and the wind bier- w i th sufficient strength to test pretty fairly the comparative sailing qualities of the diffcreut craft entered for the race. DEPUTREFYING SEWAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU.N. 28, New-street, Spring-gardens, June 1, 1850. SlR,—The public having been informed by the Times and other newspapers that "Prince Albert has recently sent en elceedingly able and valuable paps to the Royal Agricultural Society of England, on the Sewage of Towi;s," on which occasion Lord Port man claimed fur his Royal Highness the merit ut turning the same into a source of national wealth," I request you will do m e th e j us ti ce at least to insert in yourjournal, from the accompanying printed paper, my two letters of 4th and 6th ult. (documents 4 and 6) to his Royal Highn ess , i n or d er th a t a correc t and just judgment my be come to by the public on this subjec.. Whether the other matter is of sufficient import• lAnce for your valuable journal, I leave to your judgment, and remain respectfully, Sir, your very ob.dient servant, RICHARD DOVER. "28, New-streeet, Spring-gardens, May 4, 1850. " HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT, OF SAXE COBURG AND GOTHA, D.C.L., F.R .6., &c., &c., &c. " May it please your Royal Highness,—The Mark Lane Express, of the 29th ult., has an article headed ` Royal Agricultural Society of England,' which informs the public, that your Royal Highness' has transmitted through Colonel the Lion. Charles Grey a communica tion claiming great merit for turning the sewage into b source of national wealih,' and that ` Lord Portman in- formed the Council the plan proposed' was ' your tioyal Highness's own plan!' and further that 'Colonel Chal loner thought of one difficulty in adjusting ' your Royal Highness's filtering bed!' and 'Professor Way,' a fter exposing several inconveniences, and the great error o' dissipating the ammonia, declared pointedly, 'the am monia is thus carried off and lost !!' Ammonia is welt known to be the most valuable fertilizer in manures! notwithstanding. Lord Portman claims merit for you; Ro) al Highness's plan, which dissipates it ! ! Lord Portman added, thut the plan proposed, on the 24th ult.!! was not any sugeation,' but 'the result of your Royal Highness's own deliberate consideration'—and it would appear that charcoal, gypsum, and clay' are claimed us your Royal Highness's own deliberate considerations, ergo, discoveries, or inventions; whereas your Rua! Highness can see by the enclosed document that they were published in March, 1848, by the Metropolitai. Sewers Commissioners, as suggestions fur ficilitatieg public or private efforts for sanitary purposes.' Th, Hon. Colonel Phipps, in his note of the 9th of Nov. 1849, stated that your Royal Highness had done me the honour to receive my pamphlet and other printed papers wherein my system of operations for rendering the sew age the greatest source of national wealth is moat full) stated, with the approving opinions of most of the public journalists in England, France, and America. " Colonel Grey farther informed the Council that this important subject had lately become a matter of in terest and study to your Royal Highness;' whereas 1 have given many years of study-to this al important public queStion, as proved by my writings to Lord Morpeth (now Earl of Carlisle), &e., &c., &c., at ven great cost not only of time but of money also! My pub lications, lectures, and exhibitions, have, I believe,proveo to the people of England not only how much ammonia (1. e. the most valuable fertilizer!!!) is now aunually lose to our land, but that 50 000,000/. of money is alio annu ally lost to the revenue!! and further, that the publi, health has been sacrificed, and cholera become endemic, by the pollution of our rivers and streams with sewage! This was confirmed on the 24th ult., when your Roya; Highness declared it to be the cause of disease and pea•• thence!' " The Earl of Carlisle has done me the honour to ad dress ❑otes (documents) to Lord John Russell and Lore Seymour expressive of the high opinions entertained of fay stam and plans for treating the sewage of London end all other populous places; in consequence I have had the honour to address the following letter to them (do cuments). By these your Royal Highness will see ill,: the highly-esteemed and respected Earl of Carlisle has not undervalued my 'zeal fur the public welfare;' and there are many proofs' how much I have ' devoted' my 'attention to useful matters,' like your Royal highness. I beg also to enclose a printed paper (document), b) which your Royal Higlonesiewill see that the Al ark Lane Express did, in July, 1847, and again in September. 1847, call public attention to my system of treating thf sewage. And by (documents) your Royal Highness will also see that so long ago as 4th March, 1848, my system, plans, and produce also had been laid before th, Council of this very Royal Agricultural Society, in which Lord Portman claims for your Royal Highness th, merit for a discovery which years before I had commu nicated, and given specimens also!! " 1 presume to leave herewith a small packet contain ing a sample of the British Guana offered by me to th, Royal Agricultural Society of England, fur public good, o❑ the 23d of February, 1848, per document. . " Cholera having reappeared in this country, in Ire land, and in Germany, notwithstanding the extrem, coldness of the season, there is every reason fur antici eating it will be very malignant this rummer!! there for, I presume to inquire whether any further delay is, it consequence of your Royal Highness's late communica tion to the Royal Agricultural Society of London, likely to prevent her Majesty's Ministers taking the most sum mary and energetic steps, in the present emergency; tot your Royal Highness will, in my opinion, have the odium of the people for all contingent fatalities—too much valuable time has been already lost "I have no hesitation in saying your Royal Highness's plan, although most artistically expressed, will not eradi cate cholera, and is impracticable in London! moreover as 'the ammonia will be carried off and lost'! it will not produce a revenue of fifty millions sterling per annum! It will not be very difficult fir me to place be tore your Royal Highness, or if needs be the Britisl pnblic, many other strong reasons why I cannot, in jus tice to myself, admit the claims made by Lord Portman on the 24th ult. But anticipating your Royal High ❑ess's sense of justice will, within five days, place th, question in a satisfactory position, I refrain from com ments upon the many foregoing facts. "I have the honour to subscribe myself, &c., (Signed) " RICIIIIID DOVER." " 28, New-street, Spring gorlens, May 6th, 1850. "To BIS ROYAL BIGIINESS PRINCE ALBERT, OF SAXE COBURG AND Gunte, D.C.L., F.R.S., &c., &c. " May it please your Royal llighness,—l have just been honoured with a note of this date from Colonel Phipps, stating, he had ' received your Royal Highnc ss' commands to inform me, I am correctly informed, tha , your Royal Highness has laid before the Royal Agri cultural Society a plan for separating and preserving th , fertilizing properties of the sewage;' and be adder your ' Royal Highness has not addressed communica- Lions on the subject to the Commissioners of Sewers, oi other official bodies.' " Of the Let of your Royal Highness making a com munication to the Royal Agricultural Society I bad use doubt on the 4th inst , because I read it in the illarA Lune Express, of the 29th ult.; and I am to-day in formed the Alhaneuni, of the sth, also sets forth your Royal Highness's proposals and experiments. " But neither of these are the points on which I ha , the honour to address your Royal Highness; the frets being— " lst. That your Royal Highness has not contradicted the claim made by Lerd Portman, that the merit of tle discovery, ' for turning the sewage into a source of na tional wealth,' belonged to your Royal Highness. " 2d. I am not aware of having stated, directly or in directly, that your Royal Highness has addressed com municationst to the Commissiorers of Sewers, or other official bodies, on this question; but I do asseme,e3s claims the printed papers quoted, that your Royal Higb that which, yearsbbenfeosre:: but hadl to communicated sa mu m ni e ca ß te:d y n o ot A o g n r l i y . to your Royal Highness, eultural Society also. lwhethere ingturni p g o t T o h th e e si p m u i b l l e ic p a ui p n r t s i c s ti eab sewage ingtoaessos or ree to me. of nationa s eW s ealth' belongs to your Royal Highness Royal Highness is desirous of patronisine whatever be a national and sanitary boon, I shall ' yo willu have the honour of receiving your Royal Highness' commands on this subject. "From w eed your Royal Highness has permitt e d t o transpire, the public will be induced to give your Royal Highness credit for this great national undertaking ; therefore, after so public an assumption as my Lord Portman's, it is not merely sufficient fir 3 our Royal Highness to withdraw such a claim by a note, but it is absolutely necessary that your Royal High p nes n s , o s r h s o o ti a ld e either proceed with your Royal Highness's plan, other; in order to realise the expectations held out to Lord John Russell, in my letter of tho 1i th ult.; and the people in my several publications and writings—via , a revenue, direct and indirect, of fifty milli sterling per annum, and to which the people are looking as the means of relieving the present oppressive taxation (first and foremost that on windows), as well as neutralising. if not eradicating cholera from our land! "I presume to suggest, with all due deference to your Royal Highness, the propriety of at once undeceiving the public, by contradicting the claims of Lord Portman and Colonel Grey, in the ordinary journals of the day, and I have the honour to subscribe myself, most re spectfully, Sze., _ (Signed) "RICHARD DOTER. " P.S. — I trust your Royal Highness will cause to be avoided a course s o p u bli c an d di s agreeable (alth ou g h the only one l e f t open tome), out of regard for t he many Noble and Hono ur abl e M e mbers of the Royal Agricul tarsi Committee who were present; many of whom must have been aware of the fallacy of Lord rurtman's state ments; and who, however much astonished, from natural delicacy, refrained from observations on the occasion." BAPTISMAL REGENERATION.—The Plymouth Jour nal republishes a letter by the Rev. Mr.Wbidborne, addressed to the Bishop of Exeter, on the subject of Baptismal Rege neration. The letter is appropriately headed with the motto nothing covered that shall not beyir;eidvabesoarltelnnde,e —" For there is and hid that shall not be known."—Matthew, x., 26th verse. The letter l d l o s e h s o n m o . t t G li o e rh ß a i , s , l , : , o , p s s ay c s on i‘ s i is r t . en \s c , passage threatened to publish his examination whetlllearelc'olaurredLothrdi Lord ship iunisdtiptuutueldisitilimmiloire no y — o and L ;;o r u d Lef ip us u e, i / c ( not license me,-- and and you consented:" FRIDAY. Three Hundrel Sovereigns, the gift of the Great Wes tern Railway Company, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three years old and upwards; the se cond to receive .50 soya, out of the stakes; the winLer (f the Ascot Stakes, the Queen's Vase, the Royal Hunt Cup, or the Emperor of Russia's Cup, to carry 71b extra. Swinley Course. Yrs. at. lb. Vampyre 6 ... 8 10 Borneo 4 ... 8 5 Wanota 6 ... 8 5 Nunnykiik 4 ... 8 5 Fiatcatcher 5 ... 8 2 Loat?stone 5 ... 8 0, Elthiron 4 ... 8 0, Yrs. st. lb. iliiEs:way 4 6 11 jThi) Juggler 4 6 10 'Wans d y k e 3 6 9 Docility 4 6 6 Marriott '3 6 5 !The Swede 3 6 4 Old English Gen- . . _ . Osterley 4 ... 8 0 1 Chantrey 4 ... 7 8 Glenalvon ,4 ... 7 4 1 Tophana 5 ... 7 2 Cheerful 4 ... 7 2 Siuter la Coupe.. 4 ... 7 0 CElipus 4 ... 7 0 (44iver 4 ... 7 0 First-rate 3 ... 6 12 tleman 4 ... 6 4 Breanus 3 ... 6 4 Queensberry 4 ... 6 3 Little Jack. 3 .. 6 2 Slater to Pillage 3 ... 5 9 Bushranger 3 ... 5 9 l'he Wren 3 ... 5 9 Thistledown 3 ... 5 2 The Wokingham Stakes (handicap) of 5 soy's. each, for three years old and upwards. Last three-quarters of the New Mile. Sweepstakes of 20 sova. each, h ft, for two years old ; colts, 84 71b; fillies, Bst 41b; the winner of any two years old stake amounting to 200 sons., including the winner's own stake, to carry 51b; of any two such stakes Blb extra. Last half mile. Cby Velocipede, out of Lady Geraldine—c by Krem lin, out of Christisna's dam—Partridge—Vanity—The ntre—Catalpa—Glendale.. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three years old; colts, Bst 7lb ; fillies, Bst 31b; the winner of the Derby to carry 101 b; the second, or winner of the Oaks, 2,000 Guineas Stakes, or Windsor Stakes, 51b extra; no horse to carry more than 101 b extra. Old Mile. Cby Velocipede, out of Lady Geraldine—c by Bird catcher, dam by Dr. Syntax—Brington. The Members' Plate of 50 soya., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each; three years old, Tat; four, Bet 41b; fire, Bst 10Ib; six and aged, 9st; winners once in 1850 to carry 31b; twice, 610 extra; the winner to be sold for 150 soya. if demanded, &e. The Old Mi!e. GOODWOOD, 1850. Nominations for the Goodwood Cup—Elthiron, 4 yrs —Windischgratz, 3 yrs—Justice, 5 yrs—Knight of Gwynne, 3 yrs—e by Gladiator, out of Khorassau's darn, 3 yrs—Nutshell, 3 yra—Stultz, 6 yrs—Ellerdsle, 6 yrs—King of Oude, 3 yrs—Miss Ann, 4 yrs—Probity, 3 yrs—Borneo, 4 yrs—Cariboo, 3 yrs—Officious, 3 yrs— Canezou, 5 yrs—Collingwood, aged—Monte* by Actaeon, out of Florin, 5 yrs—Peep-o'day-Boy, 6 yrs—Chauti deer, aged—Osterley, 4 yrs—Pitsford, 3 yrs—Maria Monk by Venison, out of Flamande, 6 yrs—Cossack, 6 yrs. Mr. Charles Peck, of Grove House, Melton. has warned his colt foal by Melbourne, out of Giselle by Emilius, Melville; and his filly foal by Melbourne, out of Stitch, Sempstresr. ROYAL THAMES YACHT CLUB. Yesterday the Royal Thames Yacht Club held their first annual match, the prizes being 100 sovereigns for the first class of yachts, 50 sovereigns fur the second, and 30 sovereigns for the third. At nine o'clock, an hour earlier than usual, the City of Canterbury steamer, chartered for the occasion, started from London-bridge, having on board Lord Alfred Paget, commodore of the club, the membere, and a large party of friends. The band of the " Blues," undaunted by its equestrian habits, accompanied the expedition and enlivened the amuse ments of the day. The visitors had all turned out in smart semi-nautical attire, and as the wind blew freshly and the sun shone and the sky smiled propitiously there were cheering anticipations of an agreeable aquatic ex cursion. At Erith, as usual, the yachts entered for the race were found drawn up in due order, and the signal being given, u p wen t th e i r , snow-white canvas with the speed of lightning, and away they glided on their course down the river. What yacht took the lead, and what the various shifts and changes of the match were, it would be vain to tell. The upper reaches of the river afford no fair opportunities for testing the sailing qua lities of such craft, and the real merits of each are only tested when they get beyond Gravesend, and are out of reach of the reaches. Tho yachts that first rounded the Nore were the Mos quito, the Cynthia, and Cie Cygnet. The commodore did not, according to his usual custom, sail to the Nore lighthouse, and there gratify the company by allowing them to see each vessel wheel round the turning-point on its way back. Ile was contented with announcing from a considerable distance the order in which they re turned, and thus one of the finest effects of the match was lost. The sail up the river presented no remarkable difference from that down—tbe breeze sometimes freshening and sometimes falling away, but never en tirely disappearing. The order in which the yachts arrived at Erith, and the time, are as follows: Tons. h. nu s. t Mosquito ... ... 50 6 620 Mazeppa 12 6 7 55 Frolic ... 12 ... 6 10 7 Surprise ... 15 ... 6 10 35 Sea Nymph ... 10 ... 6 11 52 Pc arl ... 12 ... 6 17 32 Cynthia ... ... 50 •.• 6 20 22 Cygnet ... 35 ... 6 29 40 Diana ... 63 ... 646 15 Whisper ... 19 ... 7 1 58 Foam • ... 20 7 7 55 The yachts being run in three classes, of 30 tons and upwards, of 15 tons and upwards to 30, and under 15 tons, the prizes were distributed accordingly, half a minute time per ton being allowed for difference of ton nage in each class. While the little squadron of yachts was bounding on its way yesterday towards the buoy at the Nore, a mutiny, not perhaps of so formidable a character as that of which everybody has heard, but still sufficiently alarming to ruffle the tempers of many ladies and to call forth the indignant invectives from gentlemen, broke forth in the commodore's steamer. Even the archiepis copal name of the vessel failed to restrain the vehement wrath and disappointment of the company. Trusting at least to lobster salads and other marine delicacies for support during the voyage, they found themselves dis appointed. In the midst of plenty they endured the pangs of want. Like so many clit.away sailors, they saw all kinds of fish and fowl in abundance around them of which they could not partake, and it is only wonder ful that in the midst of their sufferings some waiter was not sacrificed, like Pedrillo, to the exigences of the occasion. The club had neglected to restrict the number of visitors to the cabin at any particular moment. Some mischievous person spread the report that there was a scarcity of provisions. The panic spread. Everybody rushed below demanding lobster-salads and pigeon pies. The steward, taking a leaf out of the book of the prudent bankers, paid off his customers in huge joints of cold roast and boiled beef served in a very dilatory manner. The cabin was the scene of the greatest confusion, anger, and dismay ; vial-Ms of wrath were poured out freely on the hearts of the unhappy waiters ; piles of dirty plates were lying about on every side, and the remains of lobsters, the bones of fowls, the empty-pie-dishes, the strange array of filthy glasses and tumblers—all reminded ono more of a harpy least or bacchanalian orgie than an English en tertainment. Salt water air may have a strong effect upon the appetite, but surely the Thames Yacht Club might take the trouble of layihg down a few simple re- SPIRIT of the PUOLIC 0 VASA C i.l RON ICLE.—Theniiitability of times, fail/fins, wants, habits, and modetsenc, thinking, has Fegiitly receive d a threefold illuateration of a verya:Clitious character. We are simaktatiedualy. requireettai dis cuss the expediency of aboli,gpAor r , Todelling three ancient offices—the Lord-LieUtenanCy of Ireland, the Lord Chancellorship of England, and the Laureate. ship —on the ground that they are no longer in unison with our political and social condition, or that the due performance of their respective duties has at length become superfluous, impossible, or ridiculous. Lady Morgan's clever and instructive Letters will show how increased facilities of intercourse between London and Dublin, with the resulting subordination of the Castle to the Cabinet, have gradually reduced the substantial powers of the 'Hill Viceroy below those of an ordinary Secretary of Sate, and converted his proconsular rank into an idle and expensive pageantry. Law reformers of all parties are agreed that the highest professional eminence is not the appropriate reward of party services, and that, if the Great Seal is still to be retained as symbolizing the constitu sienal union of the judicial and the political element, a full half of the labour and patronage prescriptively devolving on its temporary possessor must he de. tached from it. With regard to the Laureateship doubts seem to be entertained in m an y quarters, an d have been variously expressed by our contemporaries, whether such a prize is honourable or degrading to lite rature—whether, in short, if it were au ppreesed, poetry ought to play the Alegru or the Penserosa—to give vent to her feelings in a congratulatory ode or in an elegy. Sir Walter Scott, in allusion to the grant of the office (together with that of Royal Historic). grapher) to Dryden in 1670, observes, "Thus was our author placed at the head of the literary class of his countrymen, so far as that high station could be conferred by the favour of the Monarch." But it may fairly be questioned whether the appointment was ever considered in this light, even by monarchs, much less by the public. The names of Dryden, Southey, and Wordsworth are hardly sufficient to neutralize the unfavourable impression left by the Shadwells, the Cibbers, and the Pyes. "In twice five years the greatest' living poet, Like to the champion in the fisty ring, Is called on to support his claim or show it, Although 'tis an imaginary thing." But the more substantial Laurel, which was annually freshened by Canary, was never held by the same tenure as the Belt : the poetic (unlike the pugilistic) champion was under no obligation to keep the ring against all corners ; and his original duties were un luckily such as (with rare exceptions) the "greatest living poet" would have repudiated with disdain. Perhaps the most elevating point of view in which a poet can be contemplated is that in which Milton is placed by Johnson :—" I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all de jected, relying on his own merit with steady con sciousness, and waiting, without impatience, the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation." Compare this with the distress li''r picture, drawn by the same hand (i n th e Lif e of Dryden), of a court poet, obliged to supply " in auguratory gratulations, nuptial hymns, and funeral dirges," at the shortest warning —unable to wait (as was the well-known habit of another master of the craft) for his imagination, and consequently dispens ing with it altogether or supplying the deficiency with bombast. How often, in sueb emergencies, must the most practised verse-maker have found him self in the very dilemma which gave occasion for the happiest repartee in the • language—we mean, of course, that of Waller, who, when Charles 11. ob served that his panegyric on the Usurper •was better than his congratulation to the restored Monarch, re. plied, "Poets, sire, succeed better In fiction than in truth." In the olden time it was a part of the Lau reate's duty to compose the royal masques and inter ludes as well as the birthday odes and congratulatory addresses; and one of the severest more 'ifications inflicted on Dryden, through Rochester's influence, was the appointment of Crowne to write " Calisto," a mqsque acted by the lords and ladies of the Court in 1675. It has been invidiously observed that court-poets, who came into flphion contempora oeously with court-jesters, are now Equally out of Late ; and that, it the precedents set by antiquity are co be implicitly followed, the great corporations are is well entitled to their Laureate as the Crown. Elkanae Settle was Poet Laureate to the City, and is i nmortalised in that character by Pope-- " Though my own aldermen conferred the bays, To me committing their eternal praise," The heads of many feudal houses, also, might have , xclairned exultingly, with Mrs. Warren, "We keeps a poet." Nay, so fallen apparently were th e pro fessors of th e Divine Art in Fielding 's day, that this inimitable satirist has ventured to include one of them amongst the humble dependents of the squire who hunted Parson Adams :—" The gentlemen of curlike disposition who were now at his house, and whom he had brought with him from London, were in old half-pay cfficer, a player, a dull poet, a quack doctor, a scraping fiddler, and a lame German dancing master." Yet let us not be over hasty in drawing inferences front such indications, which are utterly inapplicable to the present times, and must be used with extreme caution as aids towards an accurate or philosophical appreciation of the past. The poets of the nineteenth century can afford to smile it the comic exaggeration of the novelist ; and no literary man need now shrink from accepting the !avours of royalty from fear let a dishonouring re rum, in the shape of flattery or servility, should be exacted from him. It has transpired that the vacant office was first offered (with an intimation that no poetic tribute need be paid) to a poet full of years and honours, who, from character, fortune, social position, liberal patronage of the fine arts, and con ktant sympathy with struggling genius, is pre-emi nently qualified to give it dignity and importance. It oaa been gracefully declined by him c n the plea of , ge; but the bare offer will do good, if only by an nouncing that the detur digniori principle is to be ob served in future, and that there is a positive eagerness iu high quarters to make even the ornamental append ages of the Crown subservient to the intellectual pro gress of the people. Not long since we hazarded an ;)pinion—which we see no reason to modify—that the distribution of a limited number of small pensions by !he Government for the time being is not calculated to raise men of letters as a class. But an honorary appointment, purified of the eleemosynary taint by being pressed upon the acceptance of the author of the " Pleasures of Memory," stands upon a totahy different footing; and in the full confidence that it will Speedily receive as well as confer fresh lustre, we cordially give our vote for preserving unimpaired the time-honoured institution of the Laureateship. A CHILD STARVED TO DEATH Br ITS PARENTS. —A man named Richard Hook, and Elizabeth Bubb, sister of his deceased wife, have been committed to Gloucester county prison for trial at the forthcoming assizes on the charge of causing the death cf Maria Hook, aged four years, daughter of the male prisoner, by keeping her without proper food and raiment. The parties live et Chuicharn, in i;loucestershire, and it appears that the mother of the ill fated child died two years tgo, from which period her sister, Elizabeth Bubb, the other prisoner, had lived with Hook to look after his household affairs. The deceased was the young est of Hook's children, and it appeared from th e evi dence of numerous neighbours of Hook that the child h ad b ee n grossly neglected by its unnatural parent and th e continuallyH the ok: aboutcryin hist r n eglect of the child, they were m e t with ae for g wo man Bubb. The witnesses stated that the child w as ge nerally in a very dirty state, and that it was frequently left cottonsittin f n s itting i roc a k. chairl,hfeor littleil ur e s re t a o t g u e r t e h: l during coldest wait. o after they of last winter, with no cl.thiug upon i they request it except that an old food. When the neighbours spoke t o would mind their own business. Th e b dy was opened Webury-on-Severn, who death l,rove a by th iN a l t r t . iiileum stomachbl e, siir N g v e a o s n , perfectlyof cause of the child's death was the b want of healthy, and that the Theextreme emaciation. when ent weighed, and found to weigh only 61b., including rented an appearance of and the necessaries of life. v i n es i t Ni g h a ic t h ed it by 7: l r v,. r ß a a p r p n e e d it a c proper iaeioanm. it a nh t ele t dt e . cloth Ip t wo i r o taeh n i. tershire, a verdict of " Dianslaeuegahs , one of the coroners for Gloucea teerh”avainggainbsteepn u fu b l b ly an in d - Hook was returned. The Era a verbatim rNewspaperreport of of th e Saturday speeches tab Drury-lane Theatrical ildeexlivter;%edillaTtli; Fund Dinner Touchstone's Prophecy for Probable Winners at Ascot The Royal Thames Yacht Sail ing Match—and full particulars of the Great Mill for Cham pionship of England, with the Era's Remarks concerning the Referee's Decision. Sale of the Era 10,000 per week. Order of all Newsmen in Town or Country. THE HOP DUTY.—We are authorised to announce that Mr. Hodges has relinquished further proceedings with his Bill for substituting au acreage for the Excise duty on hops, in consequence of an intimation from the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the session was too far advanced to give him any chance of accomplishing his object. We learn that in Sussex great uneasiness is beginning to be felt re specting the payment of the second instalment of the 1848 duty, which is due in November next, and that an agitation is about to be set on foot for obtainin g its remission.—.3faid . s t o ne Journal. OXYGEN GAS A CUBE FOR CHOLERA. --Dr. Macrae, civil surgeon at Howrab, has, according to th e Indian Tim e s, d i scov ered a new and most successful mod e of pa tients. He causes them to inhale treating cholera ox ygen gas, which communicat es a strong certainng stimulus portion of to the f ra me, and finally throws the patient into Oa awakening, he finds himself restored to health, with the exception of the general weakness physical prostration. _ D which always succeeds any Dr.Macrae has tested his mode of prac ke upon 15 European seamen, who have been carried to the 'fiewralt Hospital iu the last stage of the disease, and the patient tua in ev Mail. ery instance recovered.—.4l4o 4 's Indian COUNTY Cortts.—A return has just been pub lished giving an liOeount of the amount received by the Treasury from the titaattivrs.of the several county courts in England and Wales, from theirestablishment to the Ist of March, 1850. The amount so received is 21,5001., the whole of which has been advanced to the treasurers pf county courts, the funds in whose hands have been insuffi cient to defray the liabilities of late courts of requests in their respective districts or the expenses incident to the holding of county courts in the saute. DESTRUCTION or FARM PRODUCE.—On the after noon of yesterday - a tire broke out upon the premises of Mr. G. Little, Farcet En (where a steam-thrashing Ma' chine was being used) five mite from Peterborough, and five large stacks of corn, three of wheat, and two of beans, were consumed. The property wits insured ia the Sus • Firs-9210"