The Sun. — London, England, 1850-07-01 00:00:00

I Y HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Gardoni made his rentree here on Saturday in the character of Teobaldo, in Bellini's opera I ntletti ed I Montecchi, which has been produepd in , aai-r to enabl e the artistes engaged in La Temrqii to in dulge in a little rest. Gardoni does not seem to Irtve suffered in health or in voice from his sojourn h t. St. Petersburg!), and we presume, there fore, that the unfavourable reports which were rife con - earning his health, some six weeks since, are without foundation, and on his entrance he weo most enthusiastically greeted, and the cordiality of his welcome evidently affected him. He Ns-4s in ex cellent voice, end sara- the music of Bellini with ex quisite taste, feeling, and f xpres,ion. The " L'Atuo, ah was the very acme of delicacy and pathos. The great character of the opera is Romeo, and never since the days of Madame Pasta have we seen so perfect a Romeo as Mademoiselle Parodi. The intense pathos, the impassioned fer vour, the agonised despair of the boy-lover were given by her to the life. The scene with Teobaldo at the funeral was given with the utmost intensity of feeling, and the concluding scene at the tomb of Juliet, ending with the death of Romeo was heartrending in its pathos. As an histrionic dis play, the Romeo of Mademoiselle Parodi is one of the highest order of tragedy. The Giulietta of Madame Feezz.alini was beautiful ex ceedingly, and considered as a vocal display it was perfect. The beautiful cavratina in the first act " Dalla gioja e dal place " was exquisitely rendered, and the duet which immediately follows with Romeo, "Si fuggiere, " was, on the part of Madame Frezzolini and of Mademoiselle Parodi, a perfect triumph of vocalization. The opening scene in the second act as performed (the first ta , ,cl second acts are thrown into one in the representation), "Ne alcun ritorna," was rendered with intense feeling and expression, and in the concluding scene of the opera she rendered most efficient support to Made moiselle Parodi. Both ladies were called on at the conclusion, an I frequently during the course of the opt ma. Gardoni also had similar honours paid to him. The orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Bal fig, rendered the music with amazing precision and accuracy. To the credit, of Mr. Balfe, be it spoken, he has given us the opera as composed by Bellini, instead of the hotch-potch of Bellini and Vaccaj, which has been usually given.. We trust that this example will be always followed, and that Vaccaj will henceforth be laid on the shelf. After the opera we bad the last scene o f L es Metamorp h oses, w i t h Carlotta Grisi and Amalie Ferr aris. The theatre was well and fashionably attended. . ROYAL ITALIA:S . OPERA. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal High ness Prince Albert honoured th e performance at the Royal It a li an Opera with their presence on Satur day evening. The royal party was no sooner perceived than the National Anthem was again called for, and sung by the' principals, as on Thursday night, amid the loude st demonstrations of loyalty. H er M ajesty and the .Prince were accom panied by hi s Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia. In the royal suite were the Visc.yuntess Jocelyn, the Hon. Miss Dawson, and the hon. Miss Paget, Lord Dufferin, Colonel the Hon. Chariles Grey, and Colonel Bouverie ; and Count Herrman Puckler and Count Charles de Goltz in attendance upon the Prince of Prussia. THEATRE ROYAL .4, DUBLIN. The new opera of Charles the Second was produced last night for the second time with increased success. It is the production of Mr. Maci'arren, an English composer of the first rank, who has ob tained a well- earned reputation from his former opera o f Don Quixote, and various other works of high in !..Tit. His laudable object in the present composition seems to be to ori ginate an English school of grand: opera, and Charles the Second is, in our opinion, a most successful essay. The melodies, harmony, and ace ri ng a r e p er f ec tly original, which may indeed ba said of all music by the Battle composer. We regret that our confined space this evening prohibits an extend( criticism, espe cially as the success of this opera lvas most decided in Dublin, and we have no doubt that even its present Popularity will increase on each successive repetition. The first ballad, " She shines leefore me like a star" (Mrs. Weiss) is a charming flowing melody. The duet (King and Rochester) which follows, is very original. "Hope and fear," the first song for Fanny, is a charming morgeau, as also the duettino, "Oh ! blest are young hearts" (Miss Pyne and Mrs. Weiss). The finale to the first act, which is of unusual length, contains wcontinued flow of original melodies, har monised in Mr. Macfarren's peculiarly novel and 'artistic style: The striking song' and chorus, " Here's to the maid" (Harrison), which . comes in the course of the finale, and also the beautiful quartett, a".oh, father, prove not so unkind" (Harrison, Pyne,-Weiss, and Mrs. Weiss) met with a decided encore. " Nan of Battersea" (Weiss), commencing the second act, was alio called for a second time, .aye were " Canst thou deem my heart is changing" (Miss Pyne), " Though o'er life's pleasures (Harrison), the madrigal, " Maidens, would you 'seape undoing," and a "Poor simple maid" (Miss Pyne). Indeed, we do riot remember:to have heard so many encores in a new Opera. A large portion of the audience yesterday evening consisted of the musical professors and ama teurs of the city, and their gratification was repeatedly expressed. Much, as a matter of course, is due to the artistes, for whose powers the music is particularly well adapted. Miss Pyne acquitted herself in her 'usual highly-finished, artistic manner, justifying amply the opinion of the Musical World, which pro nounces her the English prima donna. Nothing can be chaster than her style, nor more. brilliant and per fect than her execution. Our old fe.vourite, Harrison, sustained fully his reputation, obtaining an encore in , every song. His pure and beautiful tenor is charac terised by even an increase of power and sweetness. .Mr. Weiss has made rapid progress in his profession %ince we first heard him here some years since, having won, in the opinion of competent judges, the position , of primo basso of the English opera; he also gives his music with artistic skill ; and in his purely .English ballad, obtained an encore. Mrs. Weiss, in the Pagr, was all that could be wished for; her voice tells admirably in the concerted pieces ; and in the -song, " She shines before me," she received well merited applause. Mr. Corri, in Rochester, acquitted himself as usual, with talent and effect. Altogether the opera was admirably produced ; and the orchestral arrangements, under the control of Mr. Lavey, were, as they always are, perfect. —Duldin Evening Packet, June 27. THE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE OF CAVALRY.- (THIS DAY.)—The usual half -yearly change of quarters of the household Brigade of Cavalry took place this morning, as follows:-1st Regiment of Life Guards, from Windsor to the Regent's -park Barracks ; the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, from the Regent's -park Barracks to the barracks in Hyde park; and the Royal Horse Guards (Blum), from Hyde-park Barracks to Windsor. SUICIDE OF THR PROPRIETOR OF THE KENTISH Towx ASSEMBIN-aooms.—O n Saturday Mr. Wskley, M.P., held an inquest at the above Assembly-rooms, on the body of Mr. James Ware, aged 37, the proprietor. John Edwards, an omnibus driver, said that on the previous day he had been asked by the wife of the deceased to go to his bed room, which was locked. He went up and entered the room through the window, when he found th e d e ceas e d lyi ng i n his bed, bleeding from a wound in his throat, which ex tended frbm ear to ear. He was then alive, and once ex claimed " Oh I" but expired in about twenty minutes. Two razors were found lying by his side. Other witnesses stated that deceased was of a very nervous temperament, and was a martyr to the gout. The daughter of the deceased was called to prove his state of mind, but she was too much affected to be able to give her evidence. Verdict, " That the deceased died in consequence of a wound in the throat, inflicted by himselt while in a state of mind which is to the jurors unknown.' Mr. Allom, the artist, has Just completed a great moving panorama the illustratin g the passage of 11 l be Constantinople, and Bosphorus, which will be exhibited in a few days at the n v building adjoining ining the Polytechnic Institution. From the reputatioiell-which Ur. Allorn possesses, doubt not that he wilt both as an architect and an ar t t N t . s e. t, render this subject very attractive. The sketches were made and comprise by him during a long sojourn in the between the views of the principal places of interest I Sea" ine Y lu in df o plains of Troy and the Black grand mosques and palaces, baths, harems, and _slave market in the beautiful city of Constantinople. tshepreach worthyed • ST." MARY-LE-STRAND P AROC HIAL SCHoo Ls. - --- Yesterday (S un d a y) a ve ry excellent sermon wa in the pari s h c h urc h b y th e R e v. J. F. Denham, rector, on behalf of the funds of the above schools. Previous to the sermon ' a b eaut if u l ant h em , com p o sed by the organis . , Mr. Beale, fromthe 25th chapter of Matthew, was m ost ably and efficiently sung by the children, which refl ec ted great credit on the schoolmaster and schoolmistress. At the end of the sermon also Handers Hallelujuli chorus was performed s by a choir an d some of the c hild ren. A lib era l co ll ec tion wa made at the church doors. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston gave a grand banquet on Saturday evening at the Noble Viscount's man sion Carlton-gardens, the guests at which included Vis count Jocelyn, Ili. p., Lord Norreys, M.P., and Lady Norreys, Lord an d s ady Holland, Lord and Lady Ashley, Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., the Lord Advocat e o f Scotland, Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour, M. Panizzi, and the Countess de Rossi. After the banquet the Noble Vi scoun t ess o p ene d her salon s to a brilliant circle of the nobility, carps diplomatique, &c. His Gr ace the Duke of Wellington honoured the circle with his presence, arriving shortly before eleven o'clock. Co un Mr. Alexander Shirreff, superint e nd en t o f the East i char try Dock, i n consequence of his ge giving orders to ds a man, a notorious bad character, named John mSpencer, a li as John Perceval, in the dock, on Tuesday orning, th e 25 th instant—this man, about half-past three on the same day waylaid Mr. Shirreff, and came behind him while walking down the dock, and with a violent push knocked himinto the dock, into water 18 feet deep, and hardly any way to get out. Mr. Shirreff would to a cer tainty have been drowned, had he not proved himself to be an excellent swimmer, and gained the wharf, and was rescued ta: ere ehis ruen, who saw the act at a little distance. The police inielill!Faiye pursuit ot the fellow, and every hope is enter courtln t he will be captured, and meet his deserts before a of justice, THE LATE ARCHillsoor OF CANTERDuRy.—The marble monument to th lir. Richard Westrnacoettmleiznory bury Cathedral, nearly of the late Dr. Howley, by ' .s just been erected in Canter 01,130site the throne. LITER AT [IRE. ,IIOR SINGS AT MAT L 0 GK. By R. ?: 7 ton D.C.L,, Author of " Titian," a.l Art Novel. This is the Look fir the circulating, libraries. Wel come will be its companionship to the se.,-sid, ,o journer, welcome to the dra,wing.room table. !.,:d the ticLe;or's easy chair. The fastidious critic p,,,sibly, pry out en occasional carelessness, or want of polisn r f style, but it i%; evident these . p:. , ,t;•es have laudably been penned in no senile spirit of prehension of hypercriticism, nor by a hand that taices delight in writing in a white kid glove , and with a diamond-tipped or mow-quill stylus. Had the author chosen to s toop to the exercise of the profitable craft of " bookmaking," he might have spun out half' a dozen regular novels, at least, trout the materials he he has comprised in the volumes before us ; but he has contented himself with presenting a succession of masterly and vivid sketches, with putting forth his easy strength in a series of most entertaining stories, adopting as a framework, whereon to hang them, the idea of assembling a party of choice spirits at the New Bath Hotel, at Matlock. The conversational discus sion of some subjects, arising out of these stories, gives him scope for developing, through the medium of the raconteurs, some admirable, ideas on artistic matters, upon which few can be more competent to descant than the erudite author of " Titian." The remarks which usher in the tale of " Velasqus z and his Mestizo" are especially noticeable in this respect, and were we not necessarily restricted to a brief and hurried mention of the work, we would gladly give some extracts from these and similar acute and mas terly observations. We would direct attention, too, to an able delineation of the c hara c ter and motiv e principles of Richelieu, and a parallel between him and Cardinal Mazarin. But the principal attraction will, of course, be found in the tales themselves, many of which are of a highly humorous cast. Indeed, ge nuine humour, devoid of the slight grossness, eems to be as much the forte of the writer as his enviable faculty of grouping a mass of historical and legendary information without any apparent effort or display or pedantry. We can do little more at present than mention the titles of what we consider the best of the novelettes, from the opening one, " Ensign Sim mons of the Tenth," to the " Petrified Piper," the last of the t w enty -six. The " Millionaire malgre lui" is a capitally worked out notion. " The Major's Story" must prove a special favourite. Ye who love the ghostly may revel in the " German Student,"ithe "Legend of Bleeding-heart Yard," and " Recollections of the Second Sight," mid those who can appreciate really good Irish legends and stories . will find a source of thorough enjoyment in the en tire of the concluding volume, the cream of which consists, to our mind, in " Captain Rock," a narra tive rendered the more interesting from the actual truthfulness of the incidents, and even the non concealment of the names of the parties chiefly con cerned ; and the last and longest of the series, the " Petrified Piper." Neither must we pass over the " Last Throw of the Dice," or the " Great Will Case ;" while in " Beatrice d'Este" there is material for a romance of the legitimate tri-tomed length. Of the original of the hero of the " Phrenologist" a most amusing account is given in the postscript, and verily, " Bot Smith," as he was designated, must have been one of the most curious fishes of the Mersey. Few, we venture to predict, who have once made acquaintance of the gentle and joyous party, whose " Sayings and Doings" in the regions of the Peak are chronicled by the pen of a ready writer—of Sir Julian Tressilian and his Heiress dame—of the author Butler—the artist, now a R.A.—the Irishman "of high but not boisterous spirits and good nature in every word and look," and of the gallant major, for whom the watch of Josephine proved, in the end, a charm to win a titled bride upon the moon-lit Derwent, but will gladly spend an oft-repeated half hour in their entertaining and instructive society. Dr. Mackenzie has produced a work which cannot fail to become, and deservedly so, a familiar favourite with the novel-reading public, and one which shows that his leisure hours have been so creditably and pleasantly employed that we trust to see, ere very long, another offspring of his accomplished pen. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACK WOOD. Thoroughly national as Maga is in its character, we are in no degree surprised to find Christopher taking up the cudgels, or, in other words, brandishing his crutch in behalf of any cause affecting the fair fame of Scotland. Especially are we always ready to put the very best construction on his predilections when the reputation of Edinburgh appears to be in jeopardy. Hence it is that we can at once compre hend the fervour with which Blackwood enters upon the discussion of that long " vexed question" the London and Edinburgh Chess Match. It may seem to the superficial observer somewhat late in the day for the Edinburgh Magazine to adventure upon any inquiries into a contest so long since settled; yet the revival of the subject becomes less startling when we bear in mind the fact that it has been not long since brought under the examination of the Quarterly. This contribution to Maga is deserving of a careful perusal, and we are satisfied that it will ctford the fullest entertainment to the admirers of the royal game, no matter whether those chess-players be of the old and careful school of Phillidor or of the modern and storming school of De la Bourdonnaye. The opening article for July, being a bio graphical account of the " House of Guise," is readable, although restricted too much to the narrowing limits of criticism. "My Penin sular Medal" is happily concluded. Would that we could say the same of " The Green Hand," the longest " short yarn" that was ever perpetrated. A bitter onslaught is made by Blackwood upon the "Jew Bill," yet we can forgive the acerbity from our conviction of the attack being conscientious. What is meant by violets welling through the ground like water, and anemones trembling like a bridal veil, in the poetical contribution en titled " The Year of Sorrow, Ireland, 1849," we cannot for the life of us conjecture. " The Pic tures of the Season," a rather scrambling notice of the art exhibitions this year in the metropolis, does honour to the principal contributors to the Royal Academy. Another paper in the July number alone remains unmentioned, we mean the intelligent article on " The Industry of the People," another excellent preparation for the year of the Exposition. 'THE SUN, FRASER. " The English in the Nineteenth Century" is the title of a prophecy of the future destinies of the An glo-Saxon race ; after having unsparingly exposed the faults and the foibles of the individual Englishman, his money-worship, his rank and title-worship, his hypo crisy, his love of barbarous sports, his credulity, his inconsistency, his prejudices, the writer thus proceeds to discourse on the English in the aggregate : " '['urn, upon. the othe - r hand, to the effect that this peculiar compound islander has produced upon the world. Mark his aggregate in place of his individual action. His foibles, faults, peculiarities disappear—good, bad, indifferent, vanish. All his characteristics blend and form a whole which can be paralleled nowhere among any existing people. This is no egotism, no partiality. none of the base coin befoie paid to offer incense to per sonal self-love. The truth or falsehood of the point is open to the decision of the whole world. Fact, evidence, all are clear for the use of those who choose to make use of them. The unaccountable, cool, proud, exclusive, money-making, prejudiced Englishman, is lost in the magnitude of the effect produced by his united action. It is here that he stands with his majestic front, a giant among:: the inhabitants of the earth, an indomitable crea tion viewed by his achievements, by his spoken lan guage, by his extent of dominion. History will paint him in this light; coming nations will sketch him thus i❑ fancy, perhaps after he has utterly disappeared from own seagirt land. The individuals that hewed the stones of the Egyptian pyramids were as diverse in cl;a reefer as the Englishman, and of as little moment indi vidually to the work which they achieved. Those won derful architects live in the aggregate of their stupendous labours. The labours of Englishmen will be more en during than the pyramids, although they may not be of porphyry. The durability of the mightiest human ef forts is not linked to a decomposing material, they sub sist in words ever fugitive and ever perishing, but con tinually renewed. That which runs a race with time cannot consist of what time annihilates." LONDON, Barnett 's pamphlet on this sulji=ct, to do justice to " the gorgeous raise en scene of tue opera at het. Majesty's Theatre," to" the poetry to be found in the dancing of the bullet sprite who floats before the eyf., to mthic in the air, as the Ariel of our dreams," to "that wonderful realisation in look, gesture, and bearing, as the monster Caliban, of that marvellous old man " Lablache, and "the eriquis,ite vocalization and gentle grace of the Countess artist" as Miranda. The gross ignorance of M. Ledru Rollin in all matters relaticg to Englmd and the Eng!ish is well exposed in a re view of his recently published book. The review is preceded by a sketch of his political career. We have the first chapter of a new novel, " The Heirs of Gauntry," which promises well ; and a paper on the Island of Cuba concludes the Fraser for July. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO SIR ROBERT PEEL. We regret to announce that en accident of a very serious nature occurred to Sir Robert Peel on Sa turday evening, as he was proceeding up Constitu tion-hill on horseback. Sir Robert left his residence in Whitehall-gardens shortly before five o'clock, at tended by his groom, and passing through the park, had arrived nearly opposite to the new entrance into Grosvenor-place, on Constitution-hill, when his horse suddenly shied at something that was pie-sing, and, kicking up its heels, threw Sir Robert over its head on his face, in the road. Although rendered insen sible by the fall, Sir Robert for the moment retained hold of the reins, and the horse being thereby sud denly checked, fell heavily upon Sir Robert, the animal's knees striking him between the shoulders. There were several persons passing near the spot at the time, and among the rest Sir James Clarke, her Majesty's physician; the Rev. Canon Wood, chaplain to her late Majesty the Queen Dowager; Commo dore Eden, nephew to the Earl of Auckland ; and the Rev. Henry Mackenzie, vicar of St. Martin's-in-the- Fields, who, with Mrs. Mackenzie, was walking through the park. The first persons to raise Sir Robert from the ground were two gentlemen named Towll and King, one residing in Chesham-place, and the other in St. Paul's Churchyard. The Right Hon. Baronet was then completely insensible—his features were slightly abrased, and his face perfectly pallid, indeed, so much changed, that it was some moments before his identity was discovered. Sir James Clarke, on observing the accident, hastened forward to render all the assistance in his power ; and Com modore Eden, who was the first to recognise Sir Robert, gallopped off to give the first information at the Right Hon. Baronet's residence, and endeavour to lessen the shock to the family on receiving the in telligence. Another gentleman gallopped off to St. George's Hospital, and returned immediately with one of the medical assistants and a cabriolet to re move Sir Robert. Mr. Mackenzie just previously ob serving an open carriage approaching, in which were two ladies, Mrs. Lucas, of Bryanston-square, and her daughter, had explained to them the serious nature o' the accident, upon which Mrs. Lucas at once in sisted upon alighting and placing her carriage at Mr. Mackenzie's disposal. Sir Robert had at this time shown symptoms of returning animation, and t-ir James Clarke having expressed his opinion that his removal might be effected, was lifted into the car riage, and supported by the two gentlemen who had picked him up, and attended by the medical officer from St. George's Hospital, was driven slowly home. On Sir Robert's arrival in Whitehall-gardens he was immediately placed in bed and subjected to a medical examination. Sir Benjamin Brodie, Dr. Seymour, Mr. Caesar Hawkins, Mr. Hudson, and Mr. Jackson, the family surgeon, were very soon in attendance, and after a careful examination had been made the following bulletin was issued : " Whitehall-gardens, June 29. 7,P.M. " Sir Robert Peel has raft with a severe accident by falling from his horse. There is severe injury of one shoulder, with a fracture of the left collar-bone. There is en at reason to hope that there is no internal injury." It is gratifying to be enabled to add, that Sir Ro bert's head is uninjured. After Sir Robert had been placed in Mrs. Lucas's carriage he partially recovered sensibility, and at tempted to replace his hat upon his head. He subse quently sank into a kind of stupor, from which there it too much reason to fear he has not yet perfectly recovered. The agony of mind exhibited by Lady Peel and all the younger members of the family on being in formed of the accident, may be more easily imagined than described. Sir Robert and Lady Peel were en gaged to dine with the Earl and Countess of Jersey on Saturday evening. The party was, of course, put off on the instant of the catastrophe becoming known. The Viscountess Villiers and all the members of the family (with the exception of the eldest son, Mr. Robert Peel, who is in Switzerland) arrived at Whitehall• gardens within a very short period, and re main in attendance. Almost immediately after the accident his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Prussia, arrived at Sir Robert's residence in Whitehall-gardens, to make inquiries after the Right Hon. Baronet. His Royal Highness Prince George called at seven o'clock, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sent to make inquiries. Viscount Palmerston was one of the first members of the nobility who sent to ascertain the state of Sir Robert, and to inquire after Lady Peel and the fa mily. The Noble Viscount received a written reply from Captain Peel. The answer to inquiries up to a , late hour on Sa turday evening was, that Sir Robert was progress ing as well as could be expected, and that he had had some slumber. A great number of the nobility and gentry called in Whitehall-gardens during the evening. The intelligence of the accident caused a deep feel ing of regret among all classes, and formed the ab sorbing topic of conversation in every circle. At nine o'clock yesterday morning the following bulletin was issued, after a consultation, at which all the medical gentlemen in attendance were present : " Sir Robert Peel has had an indifferent night, but there are no more unfavourable symptoms. " Sunday—nine, A.M." The Queen and Prince Albert sent to inquire after the Right Hon. Baronet at an early hour yesterday morning. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duchess of Gloucester also sent to ascertain the state of the Right Hon. Baronet. At one o'clock yesterday, after a second consulta tion, the following bulletin was issued : " Sir Robert Peel is quite as well as he was—per haps a little better. " Sunday, one, A.m." The Duke of Wellington, who had called on Sa turday evening, paid a second visit this afternoon to make inquiries after Sir Robert. During the whole day Whitehall-gardens were crowded with the car riages of the nobility and gentry, calling to make in quiries. At six o'clock last evening the following bulletin was issued, after a short consultation : " The symptoms under which Sir Robert Peel la boured yesterday have not subsided, but no new symp toms have arisen to cause more alarm. " Sunday, 6 P.M." A fourth consultation was to be held last night. It is earnestly hoped that, in the event of the unfavour able symptoms not increasing, a change for the better will take place on Tuesday—the third day. We believe we may state that the accident occurred thus :—Sir Robert Peel has for many years past ridden a favourite bay mare. This animal being somewhat old, Sir Robert was strongly advised to obtain a more sure-footed horse, and the animal from which he was thrown was purchased, at the recom mendation of Mr. Beckett Denison, M.P., at Tatter sall's, only a few weeks since. it is not a young horse, as has been stated, but 8 or 10 years old. This is followed by an article on American poetry, in which we have various specimens from the American t p h o o e s t e s. of O ri f a tte ee s k erious poems here quoted, we consider Longfellow, canza far superior to those of any other , his earlier speaking, d whose reputation has been made by the • po r e a camar ader ie, has not fulfilled the promise of Bosto n and Poe is of the quaint or, more which is our utter of the " affected " school of poetry, properly thatyoung ladies his imitators ; of Poe, and his models in imitators in America, we say, as England, and 133 eon said of very poets of this school are great (with whom, by the bye, we observe The nursery lisps forth ,‘ i ~ alwayssmell of they stutter favourites)— tlhread w a o nd th bu ,q tt u er ir .' e ' s of Sir Charles of Estienne," America has recently I T: , e the s legendary id Q es ua th k e e y r balladpoet Whittier, is Longfellow and reams of Poe. Peter t thei Yindar, of Boston, their equal seen the advent of a genuine witty asatirist,,reer _a po v t who may take his place by the siHdeoookf, Thomas Ingoldsby, or Theodore —we mean James Russell Lowell, " Fable for Critics" and whose "Biglow )upersbe„ are replete with quaint rhymes, shrewd satire, an d outrageously laughable puns. We shall keep a look out for the appearance of fresh productions from the pen of Mr. Lowell. "Leaves from the Note Book of a Naturalist" are continued, and we have a review of a batch of recently-published books of travel. The neglect, and worse than neglect, of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, or their under lings, are well exposed in an article on the recent report of the Committee of the House of Commons; end the cause of University reform is ably advocated in an article on Oxford. In an article on The Tempest as a lyrical drama, the writer takes advantage or the opportunity afforded him, by a review of Mr. Morris MONDAY E 4 fENINa, JULY 1, 1850. On tl-e mind of the Attorney- G ‘Yho, as coun sel for the dismissed clerk, suggested that the Tree bury might protect the suitors by requiring sureties from an embarrassed c',ik—a solution of the diffi culties cf his case not likely to prove very satisfu. - tory to the suitors, who naturally think it quite enough to have the trouble of obtaining judgment against their debtors, without having to wait for a second judgment against an insolvent clerk or his surety ! Mr. Justice Erle thus expressed himself : "lum of the same opini6n. The j,nigu f a county court may discharge the clerk in case cf inability; bt,t the, clerk haws right to raise the question, whether that inability exists, and that question is for a jury to decide. The question has been referred to a jury, and they find that though the relator was dismissed or inability, no other inability except insolvency could be charged upon him. That Seems to me the Lull effect of the finding. So that there is no actual mental or bodily inability, but circumstances are found to exist, such that it is very probable that the mind might be affected, harassed, and distracted by them, or the man's principles of common honesty might be endangered. But then these circum stances are merely evidence. " The fact of insolvency does not—as a conclusion of law—import the inability spoken of in the statute. There may be, and often is, a state of hopeless insol vency without any fault of the individual, and hefting him in a coarse of ordinary prudence and the most com plete honesty." These remarks, also must be understood as exclud ing the consideration of the clerk's pecuniary respon sibilities. It can scarcely have been meant that a dismissal must be postponed until that officer absconds with the money of the court, or commits some other irremediable act of fraud or embezzlement! Such, however, is clearly the legal effect of the judgment. This decision, by giving a dismissed clerk an ap• peal to a jury, renders the power of dismissal prac.; tically useless for the purpose of maintaining proper discipline among those officers. The verdict of a jury may be reasonably required before punishment is inflicted or property taken away —cases in which strict proof may fairly be imposed. But to require similar evidence as a preliminary to the dismissal of improper persons from offices of a public or private nature is to afford impunity to mis conduct and incapacity. What would become of any private establishment if its master could not change his servants except on such proofs of " inability or misbehaviour " as would ensure for him the verdict of a jury ? A dismissed clerk may now drag his successor through the following stages—viz., 1. Dismissal by the judge. 2. Approval by the Chancellor. 3. Motion fur rule nisi for a quo warranto. 4. Motion to make rule absolute. 5. Pleadings and trial of the quo war ranto before a jury, with any given number of new trials should there be a legal flaw, or a doubt in the evidence, &c. 6. Writ of error. What man of sense would accept on such conditions an office of small emoluments, such as most of the clerkships are ? One year's cost of litigation might be ruinous. The worst characters whose removal is most necessary are invariably the most troublesome and litigious, and therefore the most certain of im punity. The circuit in which I act as judge, includes as many as twelve court towns, the officers are conse quently numerous, and hence my experience respect, ing them has been various. During the last three years I have frequently felt it my duty to dismiss clerks or bailiffs. In spite of care and caution in the selection, men will turn out differently from what we are led to anticipate. Few, perhaps none of these dismissals would have been established before a jury, though the evidence of misconduct was clear morally. That evidence could commonly have been such as leads in Scotland to a verdict of "Not proven." Unless courts of justice possess public confidence they will be practically useless. Lsgal subtleties will not be substituted as a guide for the prudential maxims of every-day life. Men of business will not trust an embarrassed banker, nor employ an insolvent agent to collect their debts or pay their workmen; nor will they resort to a court in which the clerk is wanting in honour or in solvency ; they will prefer leaving their debts in the keeping of their debtors ! The County Courts have been only three years in existence, they were founded to establish a more pure and efficient administration of the law. The suitors, by whom alone these courts are supported, have a claim to the services of honest and trustworthy offi-, cers even higher, if possible, than private individual possess, to honest servants in the care of their own property and affairs. The commercial community has an imperative right to a redress of this grievance, simultaneously with an extension of the responsibility of the county clerk, arising from the custody of larger sums o money. Serious, however, as is the mischief, it admits or redress by means of a very simple remedy. All that is required is an explanatory amendment of the original County Courts Act, which may be engrafted on Mr. Fitzroy's Bill. The equivocal words, "inability or misbehaviour," should be cancelled. Power of dis• missal should be given for sufficient cause, subject ti the Chancellor's approval, which should be mad , final, as appears to have been the real intention of th, County Courts Act. No one supposes that the cx. isting facilities of ulterior litigation can be favour• able to any but to men of bad character, or that tae power of dismissal will be open to abuse when sub• jected to the superintending control of the higheal and most responsible legal functionary of the realm. I remain yours faithfully, A JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURTS. June 19, 1850. THE POST-OFFICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—You are perfectly right in asserting that the suspension of the collection and delivery of letter by the Post-office on a Sunday is illegal. The whole mass of Post-office Acts contemplate, in spirit and in words, the effectual, speedy, and uninterrupted deli very of letters ; and the very latest of these Acts, 10tb and 11th Vic. (to which the Royal assent was given July 22, 1847), is specially entitled " An Act for giving further facilities for the transmission of letters by post," &c. All the Acts contemplate, in -, volve, and go for facilities of transmission, and one of them enacts severe penalties against any official per-, son or persons who shall detain or delay letters in transitu. Under this clause, a party advising his agents to apply for and demand on a Sunday of a local post master, a post parcel or letter, arranged between them to be so posted as to be in that postmaster's bags and possession on such Sunday morning, and taking care to have witnesses to prove the application for such post parcel or letter, and the refusal to deliver it on demand, or such closure of the office as shall amount in practice to detention and delay in delivery of such letter, &c., will have a right of action, and would inevitably recover damages of the official, so without legal authority detaining and delaying such parcel or parcels, letter or letters. Let some dozen companies, who can " sue and be sued," &c., and have pecuniary strength for the con test, take up the cudgels of the law in this atrocious matter, and Lord J. Russell will soon learn that if facilities of transmission must be acquired and ar ranged by nothing less than Acts of Parliament, facilities of detention and delay (caprices, crotchets, I should say) can only be legally valid and enforced by an equal power and authority, and not by the mere bye-law power of the Post-office, called into action by incomplete, and therefore incompetent au thority, and operating in utter abrogation of esta blished practice, and contrary to the whole tenor, scope, and meaning of the Act or Acts in which such bye-law power is given and validated. The bye-law power to which I allude, and on which our no-lawyer Chancellor of the Exchequer and his co-blunderers rely, is conferred by the 9th clause of the 2d and 3d of Victoria, and runs thus :—" And be it enacted, that all post letters shall be posted, for warded, conveyed, and delivered, under and subject to all such orders, directions, regulations, limitations, and restrictions, as the Postmaster General, with 'the consent of the Lords of the Treasury, shall from time to time direct." This is only a bye-law power, or power in a minor degree, which must be exercised in accordance with, not in contravention of, the major power and purpose of the Post-office Acts, which, both in spirit and letter, and (till last Sunday) in long-established practical interpretation thereof, contemplate and provide for sure, speedy, uninter rupted, and daily facilities of transmission of post letters, &c., by the national post. When the public, by its representatives, surrendered to the Post-office the legal right to the m onopo l y of postal business, &c., the implied covenant, nay, the spirits of all the Acts and many of the words, justify me in saying the expressed covenant with them was, ' that the Post-office should work in th e i r interest, and on their behalf, without failure, lathe s , or intermis mission, de die in diem. Most corporations have Acts in which a power to make bye-laws is contained ; suppose the main con dition of a corporation were that it should keep up a minimum capital of half a million stirling, would any 133 e-law power of limitation, restriction, &c., entitle the directors to meddle with that main provision ? No. Their power of limitation, &c., must be exer cised on minor details which shall not affect or con travene the major and main condition of their incor poration. A deed alone can extinguish a deed—an Act of Parliament alone interfere with the essen tials of a preeeding Act. The power to stop the post l on a Sunday, with ou t A c t o f P ar li amen t, i s beyond all al possibility of c on t ra di c ti on , un d er suc h an the e na b l in g clause as that I h ave quo t e d, an d on which at any on legal party rely, a power to stop thepost , hour, or time, or day, or days, of the l laic) w d or induced exercisers of such power eek that the may I ?e' c- w an d e undeniable! to think fit. This is peremptory No—this clause must be tesatefficle,eqAtiocutd., t c h o e yen w a l o t l s e , meaning and tenor of the Po . st- Victor's, and liabilities, just as the interpretation . clause (2 . 0) of the last Post-o ffi ce Act, 10th and llth SIR ROBERT PEEL'S HEALTH. It is with much satisfaction that we announce the following bulletin issued this forenoon, by the medical gentlemen attending on the illustrious Baronet:— " Whitehall-gardens, Monday, July 1, 11 A.M. " Sir Robert Peel passed a comfortable night, and this morning some favourable symptoms present themselves." Her Majesty and Prince Albert sent early this morn ing to know the condition of th© Right Hon. Baronet. An anxious crowd of persons congregated during the morning in the neighbourhood of Whitehall-gardens, making inquiries of Sir Robert's health. Among the many of the nobility who called in the course of the forenoon, we noticed the Duke of Welling. ton, Lord John Russell, Lord Stanley, Prince George of Cambridge, Baron Rothschild, Earl Aberdeen, Mr- Alderman Thompson, Earl Jersey, Mr. Disraeli, Lord Palmerston, the Duke of Richmond, and Earl Granville The following incident in !elation to the late de bate on Mr. Roebuck's motion is current at the clubs a t th e west-end of the town :—On Thursday night, about half-past nine o'clock, the Government being very anxious that some independent Members, representing large constituencies, should speak in favour of Lord Pxlmerston's policy, sent a request to a certain Hon. Baronet, Metnberfor a metropolitan borough, hoping he would speak, to which he assented. Two similar messages were subsequently sent, to the same effect, by two other members of the Government, and he was re quested to get up immediately after Mr. Sidney Herbert sat down. This he did, when to the great surprise of all those who saw what had occurted, Sir George Grey was put up in his place. The Honourable Baronet having waited some time for an explanation, and not receiving any, expressed the greatest indignation at this most extra( rdinary and uncere monious proceeding, and demanded an explanation from the Minister, which was accordingly given. [ADVERTISEMENT.] A New Novel, entitled " Adelaide Lindsay," edited by the author of "Emilia Wyndham," " The Wilmingtons," &c., is announced for hi masmbeedcioamteeaspxemaruaenhhe object ofgeneral ce i Theau thoro fE admiration, i N r V at y ion nd , h t a h n a i; any work published under her auspices must be sure of public favour. The merits of this new story, however, it is confidently s t ated, would recommend it to. marked notice, independently of this circumstance, it being one of those touching illustrations of domestic life which every one is qualified to appreciate who is attracted by purity of senti ment and a narrative of deep interest, TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD LEO ItM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the 2641, little of interest. was brought forward, except the sPcond rending of the Accidents on Itailvays Bill. The intention of the Bill appeared to be to provide tun speedy medical as sistoic, in cases of accident on railways, without being impeded by thr, question of mho was to pay. Trough brought forward by two Members for an important county ; the Bill never got fairly before the licuse. It was in fact what huntsmen call " mobbed ;" and there was no admission fur an im- partial actor to join in the discussion. The railway men were as lively as hawks, conceiving apparently that the bones of the public were not what they were bound to set. It is not, however, to be taken for granted that the Bill was exactly what it ought to be ; and as it was thrown out on the second reading by 108 against 53, there is opportunity for mending it against another time. What is clear is, that such a Bill ought not to pre judice the question of who is to pay the final expenses of cure. These must fall upon the railway proprie tors if culpable neglect in them or their servants can be legally proved ; on the sufferer if it cannot; or in case of his inability, on the pariah. But the demand that in cases of accident the railway agents should be bound to send for the nearest medical assistance, and be responsible for the expenses of what the French call " the first apparel," is as plain as that an emi grant ship should carry a surgeon. The only objec tion to making every railway train carry a surgeon, is that the provisio❑ would be excessive. But if this is forborne as excessive, the proprietors are bound to have recourse to the succedaneum which is not excessive, which is to Feud for the nearest medical help, under responsibility if neglect be proved. Nobody can do this so well as the railway servants. They know the countrr, and the traveller does not. Suppose a Londoner's leg torn off between Carlisle and Edinburgh, and though his whole breed, seed, and generation were there to help him, there would be no chance of the arteries being tied through the exertions of any messenger but a railway ser vant. Nobody else would be let in or out the rails. The truth is that railway proprietors have got a mo nopoly, and, like other monopolists, they do not like its being interfered with. On Thursday the debate on Foreign Policy was resumed. Nothing very remarkable was elicited, except the incapacity of the Austrian party to con ceive of the existence of any but their own friends. " We shall incur the of all Europe " mean ing the despots of Europe, and overlooking the fact that if an English Minister thought fit to lift up his little finger with such an object, four-fifths of any popu lation in Europe would be found in his train. "We have seen the territories of our allies invaded "—mean ing that after the owners of the house had recovered possession, honest people saw with pleasure somebody help to hold. If these men had been asked which of the characters in the drama of the Good Samaritan were their neighbours, they would infallibly have said the thieves. This is the consequence of looking at mankind as existing only in their rulers ; and small diplomatists are unable to escape from the trammels of the habit. On Friday the debate was resumed. The Member for Southampton (Cockburn, Q.C.) opened with a speech scarcely equalled in the contemporary annals of Par liament. It is credit enough for an ordinary writer, to have been early in predicting his eminence. One testimony to his success was too curious not to be matter of history. For the first time in the records of Parliament, the staid British senators rushed to "felicitate" the speaker when he sat down, after the manner of the more mercurial debaters of Paris and of Brussels. Such an innovation tells its own story. The Protectionist party produced a regular plan for a coalition between Russia, France, and the United States, to send a joint messenger to England to dic tate the law, according to the precedent enforced on Venice by the treaty of Cambray. As if the Bour bons had not put a French army in pledge in Algeria, Russia was not to he assailed in Poland, and America would not be convulsed in all her southern limbs by the appearance of a couple of black regiments from Jamaica. When men take the lead in forming coalitions against their country, they ought to pos sess the qualities of foresight and discretion, required to make a corporal for patrole. It would have been but reasonable that some state ment should have been permitted, why an old and as ever . ) body believes an earnest Free Trader, was obliged to vote for the Government in opposition to his most distinguished fellow-labourers. To every body else, explanations of this kind are secured with punctilious minuteness. The explanation must only he made in the Free Trade, or your Temperance Hall, instead. The truth is, that the honest reputa• tion of every man in the House of Commons, —his escape from letters such as I am fa miliar with, intimating in no measured terms that his constituency think they have elected a traitor that will not, a coward who dares not, or a fool who cannot, put forward their just claims to attention in the House—are at the mercy of a power unnoticed by writers on the Constitution, and against which there is no remedy but in the appeal to popular hearing instead. There are things in heaven and earth un known to your philosophy. You must send two staunch opponents of the Government at the next el ec ti on , and then you will be heard like other people. The Resolution was finally carried in favour of the Government by 310 to 264. If the Free Traders had voted with the Government, the majo rity would have been 60. Every now and then there happen things so unaccountable, that men look at them with a suspicion that they are the com mencement of an unknown chain of causes and effects. That class of politicians was looked to once, as likely to rule the world. Holland, Genoa, Venice, Carthage, floated before the eyes of the pub lic, in evidence of the competence of commercial mag nates to guide a state. The terrors of their enemies must by tbis time be anything but unmanageable. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, July 1, 1850. TO WILLIAM HAWES, ESQ , CHAIRMAN OF THE LONDON COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF DEBTOR AND CREDITOR. Sir,—ln my late letters I have (I trust with good feeling) expressed my dissent from the general tenor of your objections to an extension of the jurisdiction of the County Courts from 201. to 501. My present communication will, nevertheless, prove to you that I am no blind partisan of their defects. It will also satisfy you that you cannot feel more strongly than I do the commanding claims which the creditor has to every security the law can be:made to afford him. You have earned large claims on the commercial community by your exertions in procuring an amend ment of the bankruptcy law. Let me call your atten • tion to a case which hitherto has probably escaped your notice, for as yet it does not appear to have ex cited that attention which its importance—especially to the mercantile world—demands. In " Regina v. 0 wen," decided within the last few weeks (viz., on the let of the present month), the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench laid down the two following propositions let. That insolvency is not a valid legal ground for the dismissal of a county clerk—the official recipient of all the money that passes through the court, and the official assignee of all the property of insolvents who apply to the court for relief. 2d. That a dismissal for whatever cause (though pronounced by the judge, and approved by the Chancellor as required by the County Courts Act) is not final until the grounds of dismissal shall have been established by a trial before a jury. Tnis decision was pronounced under remark able circumstances, namely, by two only of the judges, the majority being absent, and in direct oppo sition to the opinion of Lord Cottenham, who as Cnancellor had confirmed a dismissal for insolvency. Yet, notwithstanding the high position and high judicial talents of that distinguished authority, com bined as they habitually were in the exerc;as of his administrative functions with untiring industry and masculine common sense, there can be no doubt that this decision of the Queen's Bench forms the existing law on the subject to which it relates. The grounds on which the judges proceeded appear in their judgment. Lord Campbell, C.J., said : " Though the judge dismissed him (the dismissed clerk) for inability, his only inability was great pe cuniary embarrassment and want of money to pay his debts, which did not affect his mind, or hinder him from the discharge of his official duties. If hereafter this Etste of pecuniary embarrassment should affect his mind, or hinder him from performing his duties, there may be either on the score of inability or mis behaviour, a ground f dismissing him. Great pecuniary ditreulty may exist with great official ability, for we know that when William Pitt the younger was making his country the admiration of the whole world, ho was under the pressure of those great pecuniary ob ligations which were afterwards discharged by the grate ful country which paid his debts." The errors of the most distinguished persons, when founded on a mistaken view of facts, may without presumption be pointed out by those to whom these facts are daily familiar. The observations just quoted assumed that the office of county clerk is one for which skill, talents, and assiduity are requisites. Now to all who are practically conversant with its duties, it is well known that that office is essentially one of trust and pecuniary responsibility. The county clerk is not merely a keeper of the records, he has to receive and pay all debts recovered ha the court, with the costs. He in fac', the banker of the court. Neither the genius cf Mr. Pitt nor the eloquence of Mr. Sheridan can fit an insolvent fir such an em ployment. These consideration', though they seem to have escaped the Court, were not without their influence tests cei-tain wo:ds used in such Act, wLicla are b have, and bear, always such and such interpretations, " unless such interpretations are repugnant to the subject-rn,tUr, and inconsistent with the context in which they z,re found." Again and again I advise some cautious and pc cu niarity strong parties to vindicate the national rights by an appeal to the laws. Newspapers, by an express clause, are left' in the option of parties to send by post or otherwise at their discretion. Let the railway, companies carry them a half a farthing api ece ! If it he worth while a com pany might be fs)rmed to do so without violation —I should say, with and by permission of law. To conc:ude, it is a dead fraud, robbery, and con fiscation for any Government to er:force a Sunda.) - stamp-tax on n Sunday paper, .and then, by me fusing its hitherto means of conveyance and delivery, to put the proprietor to the enormous extra expense and trouble of private postage, expresses, agents, and new local delivery —I am, Sir, yours respectfully, J. J., Barrister-at-Law. Inner Temple, June 28. The laws would give a much stronger and better lesson to Puritanical idiots than anything on earth besides. RATING OF TENEMENTS BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Ste,—This iniquitous Bill, which creates a distinc tion in law between the rich and the poor, comes on at 12 o'clock on Thursday next for the third reading. From the title of the Bill persons are led to believe that small tenements are not rated at present; such is not, however, the case, small tenements are rated, but the magistrates have power, on the recommenda tion of the overseers, to exclude very poor persons from the rates. To get rid of this power of excusing widows and paupers from paying this Bill is intro duced, which creates a difference in the treatment of the poor and the rich unknown to the laws of Eng land in any other case. Why not at once do away with the power of excusing, instead of going in this roundabout way to make the paupers pay ? The owners of cottage property desire no favour, but they have a right to demand that their property shall be treated in the same way as other property. Because from the poverty of the tenants of such property there is a greater difficulty of getting pay ment than from tenants of other property, the land lord is to be called on to pay the rates, whether he can get his rent or not. In some large towns there are persons who collect their rent weekly, but not one cottager in a thousand pays his rent weekly. In the country they pay half-yearly or yearly, so that an argument used by a supporter of the Bill, that the landlord swept off everything, falls to the ground. It is no argument in favour of the Bill that towns have applied for such Bills; the intention of all such Bills is to prevent the building of houses for the poor in such towns. Villages and towns conspire against the poor to drive them out—the villages, when under the control of great landowners, by not allowing anj , houses to be built, and the towns by getting such Bills as these. Do not talk of your model lodging-houses, and pass sanitary laws, whilst you pass a Bill which•will do more to prevent improved dwellings being erected for the poor than anything whatever. Go through our villages, and inquire how many cottages have been erected by the " Squires ;" not one in a thousand of the great landowners ever build cottages, their plan being to drive the poor to live in other parishes, although they may work on their estates, so that when they are old or ill other parishes have to keep them, though they have had their work. The proprietors of an estate extending over 7 or S villages, with an aggregate population of not less than 4,000, have not erected a cottage for the last century. The owners of an adjoining village to this estate have never built a cottage, although many have fallen down on, each estate. This is the state of almost every village in England, and I have seen a great many hundreds of them. Let an inquiry be made into the number of cot tages that has been built in Berks, Wilts, Hants, and Dorset by persons owning not less than one-fourth of the parish. Instead of passing such a Bill as this, better pass a Bill to compel every owner of a large amount of land to provide a proportionate number of labourers' cottages, instead of causing these men, as they fre quently do, to walk five or six miles every night and morning to their work, or to sleep in a barn or stable, and only return to their families on the Saturday night. It is possible that in large towns men may have built large numbers of cottages and made a good per tentage of them, but that cottage building is generally profitable is not true, or we should not find cottages so bad and so crowded as they are. If I possess property on which it shall be very difficult for me to collect the rents, on what principle of justice can you make me answerable for the rates ? I ask no favour, but only equal law equally applied. I am, Sir, &c., TIMOTHY BROWN. FOREIGN POLICY. ANALYSIS OF THE DIVISION ON MR. ROEBUCK'S MOTION. PREsEyr. Ayes 3lO Noes ............ ... 264 Tellers , . . 2 Tellers . 812 • 266 Pairs 9 Pairs ... 9 Absent Whigs.... 2l Absent Conserve - • tives, including 342 both Protectionists 313 and Peelites Speaker ..........N... 1 - 313 656 PAIRS. Traill, G. Bernard, Lord Grosvenor, Earl Blandford, Marquis Fordyce, A. Deedes, William Hastie, Alexander Pundas, George Hiunley, Charles Hope, Sir T. Williamson, Sir 11. Lopes, Sir R. Trelawny, J. S. DPNeill, D. Busleild, W. Powell, Colonel Grogan, H. St. George, C. • CONSERVATIVES ABSENT WITHOUT PAIRS-38. Adare, Lord (abroad) Jermyn, Lord Alford, Lord (abroad) Lewis, Sir F. Bailey, J., jun. (ill) Lincoln, Lord (abroad) Baring, Hon. F. (abroad) Northland, Lord (abroad) Bell, M. (ill) PoWlett, Lord W. lienbow, John Rendlesham, Lord Boyd, John Renton, J. C. Brackley, Lord (ill) Robinson, G. (ill) Oharteris, Hon. F. (abroad) Seymour, Sir H. Clive, H B. Smyth, J. C. Currie, H. (abroad) Somerton, Lord Denison, E. B. Stephenson, It. Douglas, Sir C. Sturt, H. G. Frewen, C. IL Sutton, J. M. Goddard, A. Urquhart, D. Gore, W. 0. - West, Frederick Greene, Thomas Wynn, Right Hon. C. Hayes, Sir E. Wynn, Sir W. Ilouldsworth, Thomas Vyvyan, Sir R. WHIRS ABSENT - 21. Adair, llugh Lawless, Hon. C. Anderson, A. (abroad) Loveden, Prvce • Armstrong, R. M'Namara, Major Arundel and Surrey, Lord Maher, N. Bell, John (ill) O'Connell, John Bennet, John Power, N. Colebrooke, .it E. Rothschild, L. Crawford, W. S. Townsend, Captain Grattan, Henry Ileathcoat, John Horsman, E. Walker, liichiird (ill) Westenra, Hon. J. (ill) MR. AND MRS. CHARLES LEAN.—We have much pleasure iu announcing, for the information of our Limerick readers, that on Monday, the Bth of July next, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will commence a brief engagement in the city of the violated treaty, under the management of Mr. Joy, of whose efficiency our Limerick and Cork friends had ample proof during the visits of Miss Hayes They will open with the tragedy of the Gamester, Mr. Beverley being sus tained by Mr. Kean, Mrs. Beverley by Mrs. Kean, and Stukel►- by Mr. John W. Calcraft, the gifted manager of our Theatre Royal. The Wife's Secret, Hamlet, Strathmore, and King Rene's Daughter, will then be presented in succession, all supported by Mr. and sirs. Kean, Mr. Calcraft and the first talent of this city. After about a week in Limerick, Mr. and Mrs. Kean, and the very efficient company under Mr. Joy, will proceed to Cork, where a series of most attractive performances will be presented, and in a style fully as excel lent as ever characterised our metropolitan management.— Dublin Evening Packet. The Bishop of London has licensed the following gentlemen to curacies within his diocese :—The Rev. Mat thew Harvey Hole, 8.A., St John's College, Cambridge, to St. John's district Church, Notting- hill—the Rev. Edward Hepps Jodrell, M.A., Queen's College Oxford, to Camden town Chapel—the Rev. William Clarke Moore, M.A.. St. John's College, Oxford, to St. Mary's Church, Newington— the Rev. Thomas George Onslow, Theological Associate of King's College, Loudon, to St. Paul's Church, Deptford—the Rev. Septimus Green Wood, 8.A., Clare Hall, Cambridge, to St. Thomas Charterhouse Church, St. Luke's, Old-street read. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION, BROMPTON. - Yesterday (Sunday) the Bishops of Lincoln, Worcester, and Oxford, attended the newly consecrated chapel attached to the above hospital for the purpose of successively advocating the charity from the pulpit. On each occasion the sacred edifice was crowded, and after the morning service by the Bishop of Lincoln a collection was made amounting to the handsome suns of 264/. 118. 4d. The afternoon service realised 501, and the appeal of the Right Rev. Rishop of Oxford last night terminated in a third collection, amount ing to 79/. 17s. rd., making an aggregate during the day of nearly 400/. The founder and many of the nobility and supporters of the charity were among the crowded congre gation of last evening. BoROUGU of SouTuIARK the electors of the boroug h v of Southwark nr publick is tor r n b e 6. e t i h n e g l d in the course of a few days, to take into consideration the cc - duct - of Sir William Alolesworth, Bart., one of their repr - sentatives. The great body of the electors were strongly n favour of Mr. Roebuck's motion expres sive o f confidence !ri the Government, and great dissatisfaction has been caused a mongst them by Sir William Molesworth's opposition to it. It is intended that at the proposed meeting resolutions shill s b i e gn su h b i m s i s t e t a ed t, c i a n lli o n r g u der po t n ha t t h t e h H e o f n ee . I B in a g ron o e f t hfoisrtheownisthtittuoenie ts may be tested. Nathaniel Hart, Esq., is appointed treasurer of the Island of St. Christopher. Robert Henry Harper, Esq., is appointed Provost Marshal of St. Christopher. SPORTING INTELLIGENC4. NEWMARKET JULY MEETING. • It will be collected, from the sutjoined outline of the F tandirg and proposed e:pgagen.e ar, that the three.days are likely to afford the usual quantum 47,f sport: tfiti et tendance, however, in consequence ef the clo,ing of the , Newmarket line, is likely to tall short, eutwitirvanding the Eastern Counties directors have advertised sr eclat trains in connexion with coaches from Cambridge, s o timed as to bring the journey within - thrsc boars. The customary mark is prefixed to the borsei alr.:,ady on the spot, or or whose arrival before the coelmer.c.-treat of the meeting no doubt is entertair:ed. Some others are expected from Sir J. Hawley, Mr.' Greville, aad Mr. Payne. TUESDAY. A Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 am. Each, and 5 only if declared, &c. Now T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 10 sows. each, for three years old and upwards; the winner to be sold fop 300 nova., if de aneed, &c. The July Stakes of 50 soya. each, 30 ft, for two years old cults, Bst 71b; fillies, 83t 51b; the second to save hid stake. New T.Y.C. (Old.) Hernandtz—Bauterer—*e by Kremlin, out of Ce cilia—*Whisper—*Okander—*Telescope —Edward of York—Lady Jane— f by Melbourne, out of Ninny— Bonny Dundee—*Midas—*c by VeLison, out of Ratan's dam—*Meli ta—*Pb leg ra —*Oliv ia ,Ariosto Brun • now—*c by St. Francis, dam by Jerry—Sister to Miami—Merry Peal—f by Bay Middleton, out of Venus *Grecian Bobadil Bold Harry Hatherton— Mungo—Dancing Jack—Catalpa —*t by Slane, out of Paluayra—"t by Jerry, out of Arethusa—ef by Pants loon, out of Virago —* Miserrirna—*Hippogriff—c by Old England, out of Nitocris—Aristippus (dead)-- Glendale. Match, 1001., h ft. Last half cf New T.Y.C. (Old.) Sir J. llawley'd Slang, Bit ?lb, agst Mr. Barneas Daughter of the Sea, Bst 31b. Match, 1501., h ft. R.C. Captain Hervey's Sylvan, 5 yrs, Bst 71b, agst *the Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalia, 4 yrs, Bst 121 b. WEDNESDAY. Fifty soya, for three yrs old and upwards, To stag at the starting post of T.M.M. aad run to the end of R.C. The Town Plate of 50 soys., fur three yrs old. Last milo and a distance of B.C. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for two yrs old. The winner to be sold for 200 sov. Last halt cf B.M. Sweepstakes of 10 boys. each, for three yrs old. The winner to bo sold for 100 sovs. New T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for three yrs old and up wards. The winner to be sold for 150 soya. B.M. THURSDAY. A Selling Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each for three years old. B.M. Sweepstakes of 10 sovv. each, for two and three years old. The winner to be sold for 200 soya. Now T.Y.C. Handicap Sweepstakes of 1$ govt. each, 10 ft. To start at the starting post of 8.M., and run to end of New T.Y.C. The Chesterfield Stakes of 30 sore. each, for two years old; colts, Sit 71b; filiies , Bit 41b. The winner of the July Stakes 91b, and the second 4lb extra. Last half of 13. M.. Christina—f by Don John, dam by Dr. Syntax—Ba dajoz—•f by Slane, out of Blanchie—*Argo—*Santiago —c by Jenny, out of Maid of Kent—*l by Epirus, out of Castasidr—The Duchess of Leeds—Glenhawk—*Olean der—*ltegia—f by Melbourne, out of Ninny—Cnsaus— *Forlorn Hope—*Phlegra—*Midas—*Ben More—*c by Venison, out of Ratan's dam—Anspach—Ariosto—Con stance—*Furtle—Teddington—Sister to Miami—Merry Peal—Julia—*Prystige—The Bride—Count Swivel — *Lady Stuart—* Scandal—Jaruac—Catalpa— * f by Slam', out of Palmyra—lEJlus—*f by Pantaloon, out of Virago—*Miserrima—*c by Taurus, out of Fair Jane— *r by Dromedary, out of Nightcap—*Norton—*Mirage —•Castellon. Match, 200, 50 ft. A.F. (No day mentioned.) 'Mr. Foriter's The Arab, Sit 71b,against "Mr. Lister' Peasant Girl, 8:t 41b. SPORTING NOTES. No. XII. " There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures." SITAKSPERE. Theri is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood'—you know the rest, And most of us have found it, now and then; At least we think so, though but few have guess'd The moment, till too late to come again. But no doubt everything is for the best— Of which the surest sign is in the end: When things are at the worst they sometimes mend." At least I have found it so; for after having been knocked off my perch on the Lerby, and in the fore part of the Ascot week; with the victory of Lord Eglinton's equine wonder of the world, the tide of fortune turned, and has since continued to flow steadily in my favour; for, with the exception of the First Triennial Stakes at Stockbridge, my anticipations of the last week were verified in every instance, and they would have been in that likewise had not Lord H. G. Lennox been of opinion that Compass was quite good enough to dispose of the crack, Cariboo, and therefore sent him instead of my selection, The Beehunter, to represent the Goodwood stable. The racing at Newcastle requires but few remarks:— England's Glory, a ciandidate for the Derby, 1851, won the Tyro easily ; Elthiron, 7st 71b, just managed to beat Roland, 6st 21b, by a head for the Northumberland Plate, the latter having only a neck the best of Glauca, 7st 71b, who, by the bye, will do a clever thing yet before the year is out ; The Maid of Team Valley, with a re spectable weight up, won the Members? Plate so very easily that she must not be despised for any race she may be entered fur at a reasonable weight; Mickleton at last found himself in such company that he could manage for once to be A 1, winning the Lottery Stakes cleverly by a neck; and, as a finish to the northern meeting, Cantzou, with her race in hand from end to end, won the Gold Cup from Achyrantes easily by a neck ! There are several meetings during the present wr ok, but only two requiring notice at my hands, the Carlisle, and Newmarket July. At the former, the Cumberland Plate, to be run on Tuesday, will attract to the Fort a small field, consisting of Lady Ilylda, 6 yrs, Bst 61b ; Ada Mary, 4 yrs, 7st ; Reality, 5 yrs, Est Glb ; Jenny Liud, 4 yrs, 6st; and, possibly, one of the light weights, Mark Tapley, Seiguor of Holderness, or French Susy. The result however, I anticipate will be in favour of Jenny Lind, with one of the light weights or Ada Mary second. For the July Stakes at Newmarket, run likewi,e on Tuesday, the following are the probable starters : Oleander, Phlegra, colt by St. Francis, Venus filly, Miserrima, Ilippogriff, Virago and Pelmyra fillies, Ilatherton, Whisper (doubtful). colt by Kremlin (doubt ful), Olivia (doubtful), Ariosto (doubtful), and Grecian; the last named, according to all accounts, and his soli tary public performance, the winner ; yet it would be advisab!e for the admirers of the Grecian hero, in case Oleander or Miserrima should be inclined by winning to render them miserable, to keep them on the safi side, for they're both clippErs in a small way of business ; Phlegra, the Venus fitly, and Ariosto are the next best, though possessing no chance of bowling the Greeks over. The Chesterfield Stakes depend so much on the re sult of the July that I will not latzard an opinion, merely remarking, that Oleander, Prestige, Phlegm, Turtle, Miberrimp, and Ariosto, are the roost formidable of the 43 nominations; on Wednesday evening, in the columns of The Sun, I will give a final opinion. For the Liverpool Cup, run next week, the Wild Rose of Wadlovs's stable, at Est 51b, Cockermouth at Est 131 b, The Maid of Team Valley at 6st 121 b, Backbiter at 7st 91b, Saucy Dick , at 7st, Winditchgratz at sst 71b, and that very slow coach, the Seignor of Holdernesa at sst, seem to me to have a great pull over the remaining forty. three entries. At the present time I should select Wild Rose an.' Cockermouth to du the deed of note, the for mer fir choice if they mean mischief with him ; in disehgratz, if it comes to a struggle, must be content to f p a l r ay wa s r e d cond . pro fi b i a ld b l i e, acrd Backbiter irdor fourth, wil, I butl n( f ) a n n , c a y r , n e r r u ;r v a e o r l y e anon.—l am, Sir, yours, July 1, 1850. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. VAUXHALL-GAIMNS.-DISASTER TO THE BAL- Loox.—On Saturday evening his Excellency the Nepaulese Ambassador (who, on the Saturday previous, was unable to be present at the ascent of the Nassau balloon) visited these gardens, accompanied by his br( ther and a very large suite, to witness the ascent of Kr. Green and Mr. Rush. They were received by Mr. Wardell, the lessee, and conducted to the firework-ground, where they inspected the aerial ma chine; and, shortly after their arrival, at a quarter to eight o'clock, the ascent took place. The balloon rapidly attained a great elevation, and took an easterly direction. The Ne paulese visitors afterwards promenaded the gardens, attract ing the attention of the crowd who were assembled; and, having witnessed the whole of the entertainments, the fire works, &c., and expressed their gratification, retired. In the mean time the balloon had made its May through the clouds tuwards Gravesend, beyond which place its descent was accompanied with imminent peril to the lives of the aeronauts. At a quarter to nine o'clock or thereabous it passed over that town, its course being directly eastward, but from some cause which has not transpired, it afterwards descended in the river near the Jenkin buoy. A barge which was at a short distance from the spot made to wards it; the crew succeeded in rescuing both Dlr. Green and Mr. Rush from the balloon, which was rapidly floating down the river. The Revenue cutter Fly also proceeded to the rescue, and having grappled the balloon found it impos sible to check its progress until, by discharging muskets Into it, they made vents fur the escape of the gas. It then col lapsed and was placed with the aeronauts in the barge and taken to Gravesend, where it arrived about four o'clock y ea _ ter d a y morning. Mr. Green and Mr. Rush shortly aft e r returned to London. The first - named gentleman is v e ry' much hurt on the head and face, probably from his forts to keep on the balloon, which was continually roll ing and turn ing over on the surface of the water. THE HARVEIAN ORATION. —On Saturday' ac cording to ancient usage, this oration was delivered at the Royal College of Physicians, Trafalgar- eq u . in the Pre sence of Dr. Paris, Pre, ident of the Coll e e of the council in their robes of office, aud g e'n '''' u er in : e r r a°llll: was delivere , ' fcssion. The oration, which was in Latin, Wage of other d stinguished members o f the m edical pro.. e a n s Lers . among other topics to the rava^e% Dr. Wilsor, of St. George's liospitel, and rd or forth re marks of approbation from the audience. lill i usry3n • b ..verance past year, and the degree:of skill, P e fl:ofessi ' thropy exhibited by the me dieel do l c ' trine, °' trying period. The, riew•fang it , d ee e also t o ' homoeopathy, and 111 - esmerisal' h ' r ldid not , Criticised. The 'LeamedVr4us of 1,3 bute of respect to the ge discovery. has bestir,• o f cho era An actor in Mobil e ~ skull. theatre for a " Yorides 7`