The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-02 00:00:00

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' j the et) 111 of Qqeen's Bench as Court o precedents for the appeal to the of IN , On ficiegate°, none of p ear t" question at all, which he did said, not bore a p . th "l i r a soY of them that the question of appea to hi% PP e r llouse of Convocation had ever arisen d b 9 winds of those concerned in them;_ in Let, it had ,ait,e_uhozffiscoceiLt tee detiabiaregasdooucfrot ,a this hifs e Counsel concluded th ey y se feu qnite forgotten there just es it had in the whole . before hi, :h a e rg r am ri e v n y t, C h o y u c n ah c l i l l. at t not entertained any doubt t) be6t, 4trpPortunities for arguing this point a TC,", ) , 1 d, to grant him a rule. the COU RT took time to consider. B AIL CO URT.—(THIS DAY.) (Before lir. Justice COLERIDGE.) CRIMINAL INFORMATION. ki"TA VVR.Ir ' in g 1 1 ,-. 'S was instructed to move for . a rule, can to sh ow a justice of the peace for the county of Devon fil e a u : c ause why a criminal informaticn shoul it el n r o u t p b , e r eutrit4aditist birn for partiality in his office, and u i nd gam in 1 _ t iring the h , aring an information .. P er the on h ated that The affidavits in support of . the application dL at on the 2,1 of January last an information was Gen uefore the just ie, in question hestagaint a person named 18 49, i er l'e ,&,, dun, ' for diat-be, on t 4th of October, call e d . 1 -' . "le Parish cf Ashburton, on a close of land ItieharkErwer i ., Heald, an estate in the occupat . ion_of am on e e With nnr t k 'arY, did use a dog and gun in pursuit of g do.: in --q,"aviDg previously obtained a licence for so Act whi ch "'he tag was filed under the Stamp ()a the t he 01 , the penalty for the offence at 2 . 'fore t h e 16 th . of January the defendant appeared tott ri 4 MaglStrat.) at Newton Abbot, when a hunts ondiaalei Catre, in the employ of a gentleman named ate. , eY, aPPeared in support of the information. .He 4e, 'n , S, I , env that he saw Smerdon and three tatae t , i t 4l.4 o l "irg a field of turnips with . dogs, beating for a llied it I va as Lower Heald, which adjoined a farm bra ttier .' erae 3 .- hill, the property ef the magist . ra n te's 1 k ew Sraerd:l-law. The irlformer stated that he on) , I lad e , 4 0 11 Of the. three, but he was quit h e nu ce n r d t ? a , vi t,, ,g with them. " Was it a grey - aof nistrate, to which the witness replied thath a e sthkee i y d d lie . 4rl ew, but it was a black dog. On cross-examination any tttqt: !tarted. No other evidence was called in support gamineemation; but when the defendant proposed to ae,.. three Parsons, named Ilexter, Cox . , and fil o 'V, to prove tha there was no foundation them,fo stetine:arge, the magistrate refused to hear .n i f4 rap r , th at he was satisfied with t h e 1 ,,, - 'endith-ta evidence, and should tine the a, hetv" in the lull penalty of 201. This defendant, i kitif t . a e n t ' i n his affidavit, stated that so far from there l' , as t .„ Y foundation for the charge, the fact was that he !t4ea tn .ti n illi ng from the Hersey -hill Farm, where ho had ile/IC:ill hares, with the permission of Heater, . the th e t t, :ill under the recent Act, and vcas crossing floi 4 ll t x ) 4 P field to reach another farm, where he was Ir ! fst Y l, Pelie es a lie had neither dog nor gun with .r Rate o l" t t nal he (he remotest intention of seeking. receive t his .), the field but the magistrate refused to rece fil e te'luerice, °lasers, in that be did not think Hexter, i itt antl lit 2f his " br(glher-in- law, had any right to " 44 I t it - m e u'letidnt permission j to kill hares on the farm, ba le a —l,Perfetly certain Smerdon was in pursuit th o e f k i s a ti;t ri , "'Peat -d applications had Leen made to the 'earit—tea tit' the depositions or notes taken on aad c g af the in formation to produce in court, but they ._ 14)11 + h 'ials been resolutely refused. On the last occu that huw;ever, that they were applied fur it would seem g li riet ef,Ja!tiee began. to feel that he had not acted with 114 "raerdtjuLaritY, inasmuch as be sent word back to forr attorney at Exeter that there was no nec t e: e jarurel„lB granting copies of the depositions, since illtd th 1. had declined to proceed farther in the case, )4.1 titter must ther e f ore d ro p. Rule tii ttase,ttle COLERI ordD in GE—You may take a rule to show )11/ si accgly. lki l T._(THISDKEAY*) Lft.o'-STREE ~, .. TIC TING" wABE -- )3 --°IITANT ** —BE a,q)ze,,, _ TO LADIES. named Asher° , application to at petk.d ~.tturs.---A lady mad© an i n the r, tiagraeet, Regenes-part,again a r. , n " au°P—e4i's shop I residing t ja ltpl e'Y uf ti t i n f°r a •sammon ~ ticketing" draP ()lowing oxr e proprietor of a tire •qd-strect for assaulting her under the I I utiLten ' 4 ces-- s PPl 'ea t • yesterday tas4i, .L.ll 3,eted that 00 100 1 saw in diaper ""totlgh Oxford -street, and, Pantheon, she 111 `-" 4 hhon N ..- site the Fan • a U. 4s' fid. l ) Wilk' .-' °. , "PP° ticketed to let afternoon h.lig b in e a v‘ t -a a a li e ~. c'w 4 black satin mantle the shopman He her Ceat into the shop and asked window. tileti 1401:etthe mange she had seen in the se of fetching the the titre) stcer, arparently for the . purpose " same of the very but Pattern' a black Satin mantle seen, eB tllit e ,, 8 had chosen, and on his return he laid worth (If t. 43 t he had previously b tie), s . . one she . . asnot to i t alr o ti 'a in de.)eripti(ll intended the one -tepotit4ll 101. She immediately detected the NI op I°.ll, and told him it was not out she wanted, went ro tas w. 15 saying it was, she mantle that had first :Iteek 111141°,,w she saw the very same and d to the shop, whereupon of the shop, and 14 the e„f "neY• She then returned ~, said s:l°Ptnan that he had and had no n mo ear ;`), Pay f•,.,-e w as not an hottest woman, o shop, and n h e ,%0 cl on ,' ), Inantle, She then left tu she related t h,s , ey Inanaa-''ae izet a constable, to deceived her, the shopmaon. h fse t al which she had been treat w ed h , o a m n e d Th 41 to let h had fixed up er •vi she her have the mantle s , police-officer , 9 k n itle ts l ) , oa k an, seeing her speaking to the P , d to pay was prepared b 4 In - the de w, and said if she Ititid alley down, she might have mantlethesho_ aga i n, a the te ' t i v e She consequently entered the P Over the s, e 01144 fetched the article from the window. other mantle from the , t rtti 3 1 "Pere suspended severa she had chosen' .lit :I smillar to the one 4telpiei ' h 44 inferior quality, watched having the man kid di_a`.4l eteited, slie narrowly feeel .i!tinctly SAW him drop the mantleke one of the In fetiatteaa Windovv on the floor, and ta ter, which he laid was ilpon jlea froln 4 hook over the coma her it he had tak . en . A t4 s r s ;:, counter at the same time assuring.as not t o be "tlPeda-e 611 '' We i nted She, however, '''' ineat asect to have It, w honest woman, B ° 11141 , , and ref ' . • when he abuted her in the did ertast and said she was not ‘ i ti by not get her money honestly. putting he h ibly I lllt ( f tthil4Lag her b hand forc d her. For suc 4 dlict et, ab°ls, when he again abuse against the man' an He followed up 4 et, wished to have a summons h% summons. . 401143 f immediately granted t D A MEMBER FOR, OtT it i 14 Or TUE ELDEST SON OF THEE hapPenea ikl kr.41141.1:18--Ori Saturday a fatal of accident h,l/'_ ll Ho Twizell, eldesthsoon was very fon At o e t habit of 47!, t:(.:r t he fit'setaLgentlemm th w years be-n i'nhbourhoo4 of 1/";'? tig a or b n in the J. T. `yawn ,_ Fla Last)n of t_e season t,...u(l week he went up the Harrison's, o r t wai l • oatarda oft from Air. bel-aiginL t o ? aith .....,..Y mornin g set name et, Humble, to Choller for, uat vlisJ'ilig man of the North ue Tyne to risk, returning to ) proposed t ; 4 _, lirid„....a, 'or the purpose of fishing near e r '!! , ll, IC father's Elie (air. I,Vawnea.ag, a good i and until nearly f et ;t r i !0 teist seat, that evThey fished un nt a little doe,: elo i n a,a e with him. when Humble . we As Mr. 141, taskStrearntne lafternoon.,..r g .al Wawn wantedt. Harrisonfishu.'s to get 4 .44„, 11 , had been talltittiv; of going to Mr. Isith"}i'9 Proceed herne by train rtma left and pro teeded, is PiOrt l . - 'cluck , when he then his asto kishoa to Dlr. 4 1•81 O Humble to n to the 11,_ tat , 6 ,00errison s. When n had not )seen have a titl'ie. ,h e '' ncl that Mr. lyaw at the l absorbed mill to . as tio With tha°lght he had loitered k and fomn ne w thi r there ei'vslailler's son, and.went, that some _. A gave the ce was ti tg h ad iiier. Ile immedlatel3 suspected alarm. La, Ileighhe,„ipened to Mr Wawn,natonuo intelligence the bi,l l Ot AL4409 searched, during nor - enned belut• INText' ]Pawns. that evemng commenced party Humble ll ad spß , R. raorning the searching ~, , eft hr -.e stream and nearly oppe- discovered ap '' tvitiii hp ell th '.. they immediately has,. se oat ..._ . epre‘ious evening,ter. They h e dress of !titled t o pro he above the "tawas part of t. eighteen Irleh es lave, 4 L sPet, and found i in site where ;a at about k with his co Ili te. Itater 1,9°133' le,„, Hie ~',,JoLe was fling on and. , . closely b hands were .. it Qect '.°4 Was tinder him, -Is body appeared as 1 r of whom was rte stream . in /14 1 " If h d His v.ttth e n in to A be . 0 a taken a fit. His the previous Evening. The him. T bo.dy. ,a, ,Ilaela, {water from ti, !etll,l, ,Y, an other effects were upon dexpres. qlriately s e e u to the Chokeeford Inn, father 14, $ 44(111 in London. An the !p B t. W `q? Dna Parliamentary duties h ideasgiuvek when, from n ~,t orf to one of his uncles a . n atShields, his fa in -1113011 the body on Monday, to which u lexy, tit;lll,4 en, there remains no doubt b t that Mr. %yaw he N ee lil ta the water in a fit of apop tto l. the anni" l'ttp4,4llett,Tll S OCIETY.-Yesterday society's t o , y rile . RAL in the Bart, M'P" th,1:44,1 ettng of this society was held at the . ti,tr, bptit.-street ; Sir Charles Lemon, During the year 18,517fthe t ot Zte we; ;Indley read the report. - 691/. amounted to 1 , 51, 1 ' id ears '3' 222/ T la N. yhlssued and the receipts exceeded those of '4lt . ; th e r . • he expenditur:d.- disburse t• 4 b,857( ~gBe.elpts were 0,330/. 43..,„1. alnsd. 6d. th e liabilities. ,.s. 9d. Ilit r!ltlrepti.t3,°.ti Itcill.e; Sex.clusiveolvalluZ'at 13,2051. 1 " t44/ ! (1 4 1.111)e l' at' Visit° ocietl3: was dens, the pre khe y a , wa _ , .rsto t e go . r ease of 858 . and other ot,g 4r LaB2, being an crease the council th o `', l l f or 4,' The report was adopted, thanks were voted to exhibi s 44N1 '4O Year Nvere elected, , 4°4 n and exclusivoverf 1N .11.1. "RaA r t BENEVOLENT . t0a1t•'ri04.......,,...-,OIdESTIC S ERVANT S ' . 4 , 1•44 annual general meeting of Rooms—Lord .s t g el l t lt - iesteraa • , er..s-nare committee 44,, %%Iv .3, at the Hanov ki report of the co of i t o os 't th at „eller in the chair. Th® amounted to upwards fund of ‘,7 sobs,,,_`,',la n umbe r of members amoun this institution a were 1,60 ~/ 1 . 17,.1,200. ‘-r„!,?era, and that they Possessed a e p r ermauent 9 _ . 1,4 d.; th e total receipts of the la . at , . the year, 14,/•1 yensions, 171. 10s. The inv€ 3 :stments were, to No'.. Therkle• at 3 per cent. Consols ; purchased in 10d. The li 4tlon Was a balance in hand of 711. 17s. • 'en 8, etabOdyin the principles of the society, N, Jr.opoed .., g e the meet h'ilich, all, supported, were agreed to, and adjourned. N . 4 10 1 . as Very fully attended by females, 'Nil -At 4 ST GREAT BRITAIN. having t,‘,B Nab after n ITUTIoN O F . 'l,laltiltiltitttioawoaoniatliie .aunnual Tee t t t i e n , g of the members of Albemarle- street, his itlearemtlis bake of A- odrtihutrnhebTerad in the chair. It ap- h 4t th h ill the report, which was read by Dr. Granville,eraus I,4etingtttke letY had been more then ordinarilyp ru o g f p books gie kitn4,ll:AL Year. S.everal valuable donations 1,11,11ep,," neli:ltlaig..,t,he past year by r, ver e a _, , ,iged, and it 'was stated that lectures had Trinity - )1) Professors Laden, 14 . ip, I:arkieuylewe (Dr. W/BbeNhves the Master of irmily l'oVee,j3l,Firlelt. Sir (3.1 the Rev. E. Sidney, al essrs. Gael,' I,"t'alt, Brodie, C o wl, er, Hunt, Brands, ' Dr. G. A. Mantel), Mansfield, and Carp- VOttitt tart _ r eTr . t d P d - vote of thanks was Re- W ail a ante , a . separated. "" C as aicirtil9 We4log "IN"- THE SUN, SOVEREIGN RIGHTS OF THE PRINCES OF INDIA. TO THE .710 ST NOBLE THE 'MARQUIS OF DALHOUSIE, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA, &C, &O. My Lord,—ln your Lordship's minute of the 30th August, 1848, in which you assign your reasons for refusing to recognise the adopted son of Appa Sahib, late Raja of Sattara, as his successor in that Princi pelity, you assert it " to be established as a general rule, beyond cavil or doubt, that while adoption by a Prince of any individual is valid so far as to consti tute him heir to the adopter's private possessions, it is of no power or effect whatever in constituting him heir to the Principality, or to Sovereign rights, until the adoption so made, has received the sanction of the sovereign power, with whom it rests to give or to re fuse it." And your Lordship states, that it was exclusively from the papers then before you—that is, upon the Minutes of the members of the Bombay Government—that you came to that conclusion. Now, the principle thus announced by your Lord ship is of the highest importance, not merely because it constitutes the foundation of your resolution regarding the unhappy Sattara dynasty, but far more, because, if maintained, it will necessarily Lad you to a similar decision as to the numerous principalities of central India—a decision, I confi dently assert, utterly at variance with justice and good faith, fatal to the moral strength of the British name, rendering the most solemn treaties of the East India Company a snare and a mockery, and justify ing, if it do not occasion, among many millions of a brave and warlike people, a feeling wholly destructive of all security for the peace, not to say the exist ence, of our Indian Empire. You adopted this principle, while yet new to Indian affairs, exclusively on the authority of those, on whose judgment you might then not unnaturally rely, but of whose qua lifications to advise the supreme Government in such a case, you now doubtless are more accurately in formed, since it seems probable that the immediate pressure of current business, that admitted no delay, may have prevented that careful research into the subject which you would otherwise have directed. But, above all, since your Lordship can no longer be ignorant, that the rule which you consi dered to be established beyond " all cavil or doubt," is in direct conflict with the deliberate and often reiterated judgment of your predecessors, I feel that, humble as I am, I need offer no apology for thus pub licly calling upon you carefully and candidly to revise the conclusion which you have so unhappily, and (with all respect, I must say it) incautiously adopted. I make this call with the more confidence, because in the Minute to which I have referred, while griev ously mistaking the real merits of the question before you, you nevertheless announced the wholesome general principle, that " the British Government is bound in duty, as well as policy, to act on every occasion of acquiring territory or revenue, with the purest integrity, and with the most scru pulous observance of good faith, and that where even a shadow of doubt can be shown, the claim should at once be abandoned ;" and I will not insult you by questioning for a moment the good faith in which this avowal was made, however much I may feel astonished that it should find a place in such a document, and however strongly it may evince, that the fairest intentions and the highest talents may fail to secure their possessor from being guilty o f gross injustice when combined with despotic power. But, accepting this declaration in its plain and simple meaning, and utterly rejecting the notion that it can be a mere cover for designs of violence and spoliation, I entreat your Lordship to observe, that the papers which have lately been printed by order of the House of Commons, demonstrate, in the clearest manner, that the rule which your predecessors pro nounced to have been established " beyond all cavil or doubt," and upon which they repeatedly acted, was, that every Sovereign Prince in India has an inherent right to adopt a successor to his so vereign right., and that the British Government is as much bound to recognise such right, as a judge is bound to enforce the law, without any, the slightest pretence to the power of arbitrarily withholding the right which it confers upon those, who sue for its protection. You will accordingly find that, in con. fortuity with this rule, your predecessors, Lord Amherst, Lords W. Bentinck, Auckland, and Met calfe, recognised, between the years 1826 and 1846, seven adoptions made by reigning sovereign Princes, and seven made either by the widows or mothers of deceased princes. Furthermore, in one instance, where there was an entire failure of heirs, a succes sion, made by election of the chiefs and people of the State, was instantly recognised, in accordance with a rule which had been laid down by Lord Metcalfe in October, 1837, and adopted by the Government of India of that day, viz., " That where there is a total failure of heirs, it is probably more consistent with right, that the people should elect a Sovereign, than that the principality should lapse to the Paramount State, that state, in fact, having no rights in such a case but what it assumes by virtue of its power." The same papers will show your Lordship, that all pretensions to deal with the Native Princes and Chiefs of India, by virtue of certain powers which your Lordship, in your judgment upon the Sattara adoption, assumed to have devolved upon the British Government, as successors of the Emperors of Delhi, had been formally abandoned by your prede cessors, and that it had been ruled by them, with the sanction of the Home Authorities, that in all our dealings with these princes, " w e are to look only to the terms and spirit of our treaties and engagements, which we have formed with them, and bring forward nd other de mand, than such as in reference to those engagements, may be indisputably consistent with good faith." And that when a question arose, as to the sense in which the words " heirs and successors" should be inter preted in our treaty with the Raja of Oorcha, Lord Auckland at once determined it to mean "heirs by adoption," as well as "heirs natural," observing, that " upon words so distinct and positive, it was impossible to raise a question." Thus construing that treaty, and all other treaties, simi larly worded, in the teeth of the construc tion which your Lordship put upon the same words in the treaty with Sattara, where you determined that the words " heirs and successors must be read in their ordinary sense, in the sense in which they are employed in other treaties between states, that is, as meaning only ' heirs natural.' " The same papers will show your Lordship the serious error into which you fell, in assuming that the Raja of Sattara had "claimed larger powers in respect of adoption than are enjoyed by old established states," the right which he claimed being precisely the same that had been invariably recognised to belong to all other sovereign princes, viz., the right to adopt a successor to his royal rights, in failure of heirs of his body—a right which, strange to say, is unequivocally admitted in the papers which autho rised you to confiscate the principality of Sattara, upon the ground that the Raja had no such right : "for," says the Minute which bears the sig nature of a majority of the Court of Directors, by whose vote that measure was carried, "it is freely admitted, that if the Raja were created a sovereign in the ordinary acceptation of the term, he was unques tionably competent to adopt a successor to his royal rights, as well as an heir to his private estate." The conclusion, I leave it to your Lordship to draw, seeing that you have unequivocally ad admitted that the late Raja was such a sove reign as is contemplated in that paper; for in the very first paragraph of your Lordship's Minute, you de signate him with grea t t rut h an d propr i e t y as an in dependent Sovereign. Recurring, then, to your Lord's re ven s u h e i p o u gfrhatn to k a h v e o w e n a or th ce a d t , n o o f cl w ai h m ieh to t t h e e rr v it a o l r i y dit o y r is doubtful, I venture to ask your Lordship, whether, with the proof now before you, that your confiscation of the p r i nc ipality of Savant, was in the t ee th o f the law and custom of India, as laid down and re peatedly acted upon by your predecessors, in accordance, I believe, with the judgment of every officer entitled to pronounce au opinion on the sub ject—amongst them, that distinguished man, Mr. M. Elphinstone, who framed the original treaty with the Raja.—l venture, I say, humbly, but firmly to ask, whether your 'Lordship can honestly maintain that territory and revenue, so acquired, can be retained, consistently with that " pure integrity, and scrupulous good faith," which you say should characterise all the dealings of the British Govern ment with the Princes of India? I have the honour to be, with great respect, Your Lordship's most obedient servant, JOHN SULLIVAN. LONDON, THE MAGAZINES. BLACKWOOD. Little enough is there congenial to the merry month of May in the pages of Blackwood, yet as ever, in some sort, is Maga delectable. The most remark able contribution after that of dear old Christopher, No. VII. of " Dies Boreales," is the paper written by Professor Gregory on "German Popular Prophecies ;" wherein the Professor seems to intimate with a de lightful credulity that some such realisation of pro phecy as the following may he expected to take place before the expiration of the present year :- 1, A great war concluded by a battle, in which the East and the North shall be con que r e d by the South and the West; 2, The appearance of a powerful Prince, who shall arise as the conqueror, being thereupon constituted the Emperor of Germany ; 3, A terrible massacre of the priests ; 4, The dethronement of the King of Prussia ; 5, Absorption of all the churches of Christendom into the one Ca tholic religion. Remembering how our venerable Ebony was bewildered somewhile back by the Previsions of Orval, afterwards proved to be fabrications, we are not surprised to find that this strange and all-believing article should be accompanied by the name of its writer, Professor Gregory, thereby re moving the responsibility of its credulousness from Blackwood. N orth and Talboys have a delightful discussion between three and six o'clock A.M., while Seward and Buller are still snoring —their confab being only brought to a close by the sounding of the breakfast gong l Mingled with the most bewitching facetiousness, their dialogue is characterised by the most subtle analyses in the way of poetical criticism, Christopher himself growing unusually eloquent. Mr. " Alison's Political Essays,' collected recently from the pages of this eminent publication, are noticed in terms befitting the magazine which has been illustrated by his genius and industry. Dissenting as we do, of course, dia metrically from the commercial faith of Blackwood, we yet say that the paper entitled " Tenor of the Trade Circulars" is deserving of a careful examina tion. Nor do we shrink from acknowledging the amusement with which we have perused the hu morous lines headed " The Penitent Free-Trader." Surely " Tuffnell" himself will laugh, an he have any powers of risibility. " The History of a Regi ment during the Russian Campaign" is a genuine Blackwood paper, nervous, eloquent, arresting, and powerful. It affords another awful illustration of the woes and calamities of that most wonderful enter prise when the modern Sesostria, with kings and emperors as his satellites and lieutenants, penetrated into the deserts of Russia, with the largest army ever collected together by man, and took up his abode in the castellated palace of the Kremlin. The article has been suggested by Lieut.-General de Fezensac's recently published work descriptive of the destiny which befell his own regiment. Part six of " My Peninsular Medal" reveals yet more visibly the boisterous hilarity of disposition peculiar to the con tributor, a liveliness and esprit that would have made him welcome to the table of Major Monsoon, the home of Captain Blake, or the stable of Lieutenant Hinton. "Free Trade Finance" is a Protectionist nut which Sir Charles Wood will, of course, relish amazingly • and " Greece Again," being a diatribe upon his Athenian policy, will be equally delightful to Lord Palmerston. " The Modern Argonauts" is little better than the most ordinary of political pas quinade ; but the nzorceau from " Ovid's Spring time," rendered by Mr. Ay toun, the gifted author of the "Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers," is deliciously seasonable. Such are our pencilled annotations on turning over the pages of the May number of Black wood. BENTLEY. Mr. Bell has, in the present instalment of " The Ladder of Gold," commenced a !ove story of the most interesting character. Richard Rawlings, deter mined to secure a high connexion fur his family, fos ters in every way possible the penchant of Lord CharlesEton for Margaret, or for her fortune; and Margaret and Henry Winstone, who at length are brought clearly to understand the state of each other's hearts, by the attempts made to separate them, mutu ally confide in each other, and Henry Winstone is accepted by Margaret as her lover, at the same mo ment that Lord Charles Eton is accepted by her father as a suitor for her hand. At this interesting portion of the story the present instalment stops, and we must wait until next month to learn how Richard Rawlings sped in his wooing for Lord Charles Eton. There are several social pictures in this instalment of the " Ladder of Gold," which are very daguerotypes of English life, as it at present is ; among these, we would more particularly select as a subject of special commendation the description of the meeting of railway shareholders, and that of the eventful dinner at Mr. Rawlings's, in which Mr. Mick Costigan is introduced. This latter scene is the sub ject of a spirited illustration. Among the articles of permanent interest in this number of Bentley, is the commencement of a series of " Inedited Letters of Celebrated Persons ;" the present chapter gives a batch of letters from Horace Walpole to Lysons the antiquary, written between the years 1787 and 1796. Alfred Crovrquill furnishes a pen and ink sketch, and a short biography of Mr. Sims Reeves. This is followed by a paper on her Majesty's Theatre, in the course of which the writer thus comments on the immense progress that dramatic musical science has made of late years, and on the perfect manner in which the musical drama has been repre sented of late years at the first lyrical theatre in the world—her Majesty's Theatre. The writer says— " There is nothing more surprising in the way of pro gress than the height of excellence the Italian opera has attained within the last half century an excellence which is developed in its most perfect form this season at her Majesty's Theatre. To the mere attraction of melody and concerted music, expressed with sensibility and taste, have been added all the accessories requisite to bring out the passions and the action of the piece. An opera is no longer an incoherent patchwork of musical, effects, but a drama of plot and character, in which the performers are not singers merely, but actors, and some of them great actors—Coletti and Lablache, for example. Criti cism is no longer satisfied on the stage with the attain ments that delight us in the concert-room; much more is required tr.) fulfil the demands of the theatre—pas sionate utterance, dramatic power, feeling, energy, and judgment. To render the illusion more complete, the scene is dressed with a scrupulous attention to historical propriety, and pictorial art supplies a back-ground, that realises, as far az art can .realise, the last exaction of a cultivated and pampered taste. "The performances at her Majesty's Tbeitre this e.ison may be referred to in illustration of the justice these remarks. The combination cf talent collected within the walls of that house, which still retains a suFrt-rnacy worthy of its traditions, has enabled the management to produce an ensemble beyond which it would be difficult to imagine the achievement of greater triumphs." We haves reviews of Mr. Erskine; Neal's recently publishu-d biography of the Duke of Kent, and of Frank Forester's Books on Field Sports in America, besides an elaborate criticism on the writings and genius of George Sand, and several other papers of an amusing character. LONDON WEDNESDAY CONCERTS. It is worth a visit to Exeter-hall to hear the overture and incidental music of Beethoven to Goethe's tragedy of Egmont, which was performed last night at the ninth concert of the spring series. The Egmont ranks high among the very few examples of dramatic music which Beethoven has left. The overture is well known as one of the sublimest compositions of the master, but the rest of the music is almost new to this country. It com prises two songs for a soprano voice, and several in strumental pieces descriptive of certain passages in the tragedy. The two songs belong to Clare, the betrothed of Egmont; the first, illustrating the young maiden's aspirations when her lover is gone to the wars, is a com position of peculiar wildness and beauty. The second, which describes Clare's feelings previous to her last interview with Egmont, is in a half-joyful, half-melan choly strain, that captivates and enchains the attention by its inlease earnestness. The instrumental pieces, con sisting of a brilliant war march, and a number of move ments of difierent characters , which give musical ex pression to the most prominent situations of the drams, are all highly dramatic, and some exquisitely beautiful. In crder to facilitate the public performance of the music of Beethoven, independent of the theatre, Dr. Moisen geil wrote a poem which embodied the most important characters and points of the tragedy of Egmont, with pauses and directions for the music to come in. It is a very loose translation of this poem which Mr. Stammers recites at Exeter Hall, between the intervals of the music, the instrumental portions of which were exceedingly well performed by the band, under the direction of Herr Anschuez; while the two songs of Clare are sung with a great deal of energy and enthusiasm by Madame Zim merman. Herr Dreyschcck, the pianist, has also been engaged at the Wednesday Concerts, and made his se cond appearance last night. The difficulties he performs are astonishing. His left hand has extraordinary strength and agility, while his octave playing, for force and ra pidity, is almost unparalleled. Some variations on the " National Anthem, for the left hand alone, in which he accomplished quite as much as the majority of pia nists could achieve with both hands, created an immense 1 sensation. GOVERNMENT INTERMENTS BILL.---OR to-morrow (Friday), a meeting of Members of Parliament and gentle men, will take place at the residence of W. Alexander Mac kinnon, Esq., M.P,, &c., 4, Hyde Park.place, to consider the objectionable clauses and provisions of the Interments Bill, preparatory to the measure being brought before the Com mittee of the House of Commons. HousE or COMMONS.—The amount required for the completion of the official houses for the Speaker and the officers of the House of Commons is estimated, according to a return just published, at 30,1001. The expense already in curred on this account is 74,0001. The amount of house rent paid for the temporary official residence of the Speaker, together with allowances for house-rent to the officers of the house of Commons, since 1835-6, has ranged from 1,5521. 2s. Bd. paid in 1835, to 2,5661., the amount for 1840. The ee r nest i w w e i e L k i total amount paid on thi s accoun t h as been 27,1961. I 15..5d. FURTHER A PPEAL IN THE G ORH AM CASE: Before .- havewe the same understand questionan oth another court d of t e lV i te,s ast West minster that on which the Court of Queen's Bench have decided. — The Guardian, THTTRSD AY ACCOUCHEMENT of her MAJESTY. BIRTH OF A PRINCE. (From the Court Circular.) BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAY 1. This morning, at 17 minutes after 8 o'clock, the Queen was safely delivered of a Prince. In the room with her Majesty were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, ..Dr. Locock, and Mrs. Lilly, the monthly nurse ; and in the rooms.adjoin ing were the other medical attendants—Sir James Clark and Dr. Ferguson, and the Ministers and Officers of State summoned on the occasion. The Privy Councillors present were—The Most Rev. Dr. Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury ; the Right Rev. Dr. Blomfield, Bishop of London ; the Duke of Wellington, Commander-in• Chief; Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Home De partment; the Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Cham berlain ; and the Duke of Norfolk, Master of the Horse. Shortly before nine o'clock yesterday morning her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at the Palace. At ten o'clock the Queen's physicians issued the following bulletin : "Buckingham Palace, Wednesday, May 1, Ten o'clock, A.M. " The Queen was safely delivered of a Prince at seventeen minutes after eight o'clock this morning. " Her Majesty and the infant Prince are well. " JAMES CLARK, M.D. " CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. " ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D." His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at tended by Major Stephens, arrived at the Palace yesterday forenoon to learn the state of her Majesty and her Royal infant. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent returned to the Palace in the afternoon, accompanied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon his Royal Highness Prince Albert, attented by his Equerry in Waiting, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon, left the Palace for the Council-office, where a Privy Council was held, which was attended by his Royal highness Prince Albert, the Marquis of Lansdcwne (Lord President), the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Duke of Wellington (Commander-in-Chief), Lord John Russell (First Lord of the Treasury), Sir George Grey (Secretary of State for the Home Department), Earl Grey (Secretary of State for the Colonies), Sir Charles Wood (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Sir John Hobhouse (President of the Board of Control), the Right Hon. Fox Maule (Secretary at War), the Marquis of Breadalbane (Lord Chamberlain), and the Duke of Norfolk (Master of the Horse). At the Council the Archbishop of Canterbury was ordered to prepare a form cf prayer fur the Queen's recovery. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in Waiting. Prince Albert after the Council returned to Buck ingham Palace. About eight hundred of the nobility and gentry called during the day yesterday at Buckingham Palace to make their dutiful inquiries after the state of her Majesty and the infant Prince. (From the London Gazette Extraordinary ; May 1.) BUCKINGB AM PALACE, Mer 1. This morning, at twenty minutes past eight o'clock, the Queen was happily delivered of a Prince ; his Royal Highness Prince Albert, several Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and the Ladies of her Majesty's Bedchamber being present. This great and important news was made known to the town by the firing of the Park and Tower guns; and the Privy Council being assembled as soon as possible thereupon, at the Council Chamber, White hall, it was ordered that a Form of Thanksgiving for the Queen's safe delivery of a Prince be prepared by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, to be used in all churches and chapels throughout England and Wales, and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Sunday, the .sth day of May, or the Sunday after the respective ministers shall receive the same. Her Majesty and the infant Prince are, God be praised, both doing well. The Gazette Extraordinary also contains the usual orders in Council for " Prayers and Thanksgivings" in " that part of Great Britain called Scotland:' HER MAJESTY'S HEALTH. The following bulletin of the Queen's health was issued this morning : BUCKINGHAM PALACE, MAY 2, 1850, 9 A.M. "The Queen has passed an excellent night. "Her Majesty and the infant Prince are going on favourably. "JAMES CLARK, M.D. "CHARLES LOCOCK, M.D. 'ROBERT FERGUSON, M.D.', DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The version of the Antigone of Sophocle', with Men delssohn's music, which was produced with such success at Covent-garden somo years ago, was very judi ciously performed last night on the occasion of Miss Vaneenhotf 's benefit, fur the character of the Greek heroine is unquestionably the ono in which her talents are displayed to the best advantage, while Creon is an excellent character for Mr. Vandenhoff. The music was sung by the chorus of the Royal Italian Opera. At the conclusion Mr. and Miss Vandenboff were both called with enthusiasm. FRENCH PLAYS. A most attractive novelty was presented here last evening, in the shape of a five-act comedy by Scribe, called La Camaraderie; ou, la Courte Echelie: a piece which was originally produced at the Th 6 itre Francais, in Paris, in the year 1837. The choice of this play shows great judgment on the part of Mr. Mitchell, inas. much as it has enabled him to bring together all the resources of his establishment in a manner which has produced an ensemble such as the patrons of this theatre have not often had an opportunity of witnessing. The acting of four distinguished members of the Th6itre Francais, viz., Mademoiselle Denain, Mademoiselle Na tlialie, M. Sampson, and M. Regnier, in the same piece, formed a combination of talent which could not be ex celled. It would be a superfluous task to enter into a detailed account of the plot of La Camaraderie, or to at tempt to describe the various characters which form the drape is persona. The play has never before been per fumed in this country, but nevertheless its merits are sufficiently known and appreciated by all lovers of the school of the true French comedy. On the whole, the piece was admirably represented, and at the close of the third act the four principal artistes were called f ward to receive the applause of the audience. After the second act of the play the national anthem was sung by Miss Mestent and M. Drayton Dorrissac—the whole of the company joining in chorus. SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE. On the occasion of Mr. George Bennett's benefit his daughter, Miss Jane Bennett, played the character of Alice in his excellent drama, Ret r ib u tion. The young lady bad previously acted ‘ in some of th e private perfor mances at Miss Belly Iheatre, but this was her first appearance in pu blic. To the difficulties naturally be longing to a debut were added the disadvantages of sustaining a charac ter whi ch had been familiarized to her audience, illustrated with all the tragic intensity of miss Glyn. However, she passed through her pro bation very successfully. lat is very young, and gives instances of a care f u l training, while here and there were touches of pathos which promise well for her future career. SURREY THEATRE. _ a new th ree act d rama, ent i t l e d On Monday evening The Fugitive; or, Duty and Honour, was presented at this theatre with the must complete success. The author has chosen for the period of his drama the year 1746, and the Pretender for his hero. The drama has been elegantly written by Mr. Moreno, a gentleman who has on former occasions received the public approba tion for his dramatic product ions. Prince Charles Ed ward (Mr. Shepherd), after the disastrous battle of Cul loden, becomes a fugitive, an d seeks an asylum in the house of Sir Duncan Forbes (Mr. Creswick), h ere en countering Katherine (I‘l!tdame Ponisi), the wife of the Lord -' C om missioner ; . who, a stanch adherent; to the house .of Stuart, determines to save . him. She accordingly meets the Prince in the gardens of the mansion, wh ere t h ey are discovered by Sir Duncan, who, not recognising the Pretender, becomes at once a p re y to jealousy. He follows the pair to a neighbouring cottage, w here the Prince escapes, but the husband di scovers h i s wife. The lady, however, keeps herself closely veiled during the return to the mansion,. and by changing dresses with her wait in g maid, Cary (Miss Laporte), is enabled to turn the tables on her irate s po u se. Still the Prince is in leopar d )" , again he returns to the mansion, when the lady conceals him in her chamber. The soldiers, on the look out for th e f ug iti ve , now get a clue to where the Prince is , hidden. Woman's wit again saves him; Sir Duncau a jealousy i s now pitch, when the Prince raised to the the highestregard less of his own personal safety, returns . to exculpate the lady, and explain away her, equivocal position. It also transpires that Prince Charles has saved the Lord Commissioner's life in France. A struggle now takes place in the breast of Sir Duncan between loyalty and gratitude ; the former, however, triumphs, and he summons the soldier s to arrest Charles; they, however, are busily engaged i n a h an d to hand fight with a party of the Pretender's a dh erents, who are victorious. The Prince magnani mously p ar d ons Sir Duncan, who again takes his wile to hi s b osom. As a conclusion to the performances of the ev en i ng, an other new drama, entitled Lizzie Leigh , was produced. It is an adaptation of the tale of that name, whi c h h as recently appeared in Charles Dickens's Household Words. , and The story has been pretty closely followed, the drama was successful. The house was crowded, A CABMAN'S ESTIMATE OF RESPECTABIL ITY ,. " What do you take me for, Sir?" said an elderly gentleman to a cabmanwho had been grossly insulting him. " T a k e yer for? Vy, I took yer for a illin a mile, but I find y er slab a 4 only giVOS eightpouce."...Punch. EVENING, MAY 2, lB5O. PUNCH'S HANDBOOK TO HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. Leaving for awhile the regions of royalty, we descend for a moment to the fluor of the house, a floor which Mr. John O'Connell, a moribund notoriety, might be ex cused for a desire to die upon. The floor to which we allude is the parterre of her Majesty's Theatre—a par terre abounding in flowers, some of which are of the most exquisite beauty, some a little full-blown, some rather faded, and a few that might be a eeded out with advantage to the general appearance of the locality. Among the flowers of the parterre there is a slight sprinkling cf the Pinks of elegance; a large assortment of the White Stocks, which give a sort of starched regu larity to the scone; a strip or two of London Pride; and a goodly collection of those highly respectable tenants of the soil, that, although neither forced in the hot-beds of luxury, nor connected with the old roots of venerable ancestral trees, are a very favourable specimen of the productions of the land in which they flourish. There may be occasionally remarked in the parterre the sudden appearance of an object surmounted with a hat, nu object which is always looked upon in the light of a scarecrow among the surrounding flowers. Some times the pleasing aspect of the place is impaired by the waddling in of a pair of ducks; but though ducks are net positively prohibited from entering the parterre, there is about them the awkward air of raree ayes, and they are very seldom met with. The visitors to the realms of Opera is the height of the season include all the compor.ent parts of that vast mass commonly termed Society, the analysation ofwhich would be a process almost too vast for the resources of chemistry, even were we disposed to submit society to all the various tests. Within the realms of Opera, how ever, there are some wonderful combinations of various quaLties and properties, which amalgamate only here, as if there was something in the softening and refining air of the place which blends into harmony those matters, which are antagonistic everywhere else. We find, for instance, in her Majesty'a Theatre, the laws of political chemistry suspended, as it were, in the rigorous harshness of their operation, for we witness the correction of Protectionist Acidity, the fusion of Whig Oil with Radical Vinegar, and the easy mixture of the Sublimate cf Aristocratic Alkali with the com mon Potash of the numerous essential extracts of which Society is formed. It is difficult to account for this phenomenon, when we remember that there is in the social structure a chilly ingredient which seldom can be got above freezing point, and our only solution is, that in the genial sunshine of the realms of Opera, every quality is held for the time in solution by means of that liquid harmony we have already spoken of, which could melt the snow that caps the summit of that Mountain, in his own opinion, and Molehill in other people's—an up start Lord. Besides the neutralisation of political acids, the eva poration of aristocratic airs, the giving off cif vapours which are invariably dissipated at the Opera, and other great chemical results of the delightful climate, all lead ing to the harmonious blending of a variety of naturally repugnant parts, we may look upon many of the boxes as little laboratories themeelves, for the formation of other unions of a still more delicate kind. Here is carried on the great science of Maternal Alchemy, the art of match-making, which consists in the happy com bination of objects possessing various properties, as dis tinguished from the unhappy combination of objects pos sessing no property at all. The mysteries of Maternal Alchemy are practised with immense success in the regions of Opera, where they can be car ried on with far more effect than in that most laborious cf laboratories, a crowded drawing -room,• where the fair practitioner finds herself, after all, in the position of an exhausted receiver, with no satisfactory result achieved. In an Opera box the best ingredients required for match-making can be used to the best advantage, and e might, without difficulty, furnish a manual of meter nal chemistry for the guide of those desirous of prac-• rising the art. For instance, we might suggest a pro cess like the following, which has often been adopted with success. Having found the objects you ;wish to bring into union, you must place them together in the same box. Use a good quantity of the essential oil of Macassar, for capillary attraction has been known to exercise a very powerful influence, and, by the means of these oils, external properties have been made to sup ply the place of a vacuum within. With the materials for combustion thus prepared, you must be careful to prevent contact with ordinary spades, lest spontaneous combustion should take place in a 1 quarter for which you were not prepa re d. I n ma ki ng up your mind as to the object you are about to introduce fur the purpose of union, you must take care that, in selecting anybody, you select one that is—in chemical language—a solvent, fur if you should happen to hit upon an in-solvent, not only would your labour be thrown away, but a terrible explosion might ensue, and, in any union that should take place, both the objects would be kept constantly in hot water through the inability of one of them to liquidate. The ascertaining a body to be a solvent is a very delicate process, and it is sometimes attempted by the application of a variety of tests, which, however, are not always to be relied upon, for several bodies have been known, when under the melting opera tion, to give out a quantity of gold, of which there may have been a little loose upon the surface, without its being a fixed property of tho object, which has turned out to be anything but a solvent at last. There are numerous properties favourable to the for mation cf a matrimonial union, but care must be taken that these ;properties are not ,neutralised by others. of a different kind. The extract of roses in the com plexion has, for instance, been frequently known to fail, in consequence of its being made up of some deleterious compound when nature has failed to furnish the usual supply; and the pearliest of teeth will go for nothing, if the speech is sour, for vinegar will dissolve the finest pearls. In Matrimonial, as in other chemistry, the re tort is serviceable when used with discretion, but a re tort must on no account whatever be so negligently ma naged as to lead to an explosion, or blow-up. The theory of refraction and reflection is also to be studied by the match-making experimentalist, for, in giving out rays of light or sunshine from the countenance, it is use less to give them. out *upon anybody of such density that the rays do not penetrate; but when a refraction takes place, and one object consequently becomes re fractory, the other object has a tendency to reflection, and no union is formed. The maternal alchemist has, however, only to manage matters with care and prte; deuce, for success to crown her efforts, and, though the machinery is rather expensive —consisting of the cost of a box, to form what may be called " the plant"—the re sult is generally achieved in a single season, after which the laboratory may be given up for a repetition of similar experiments by other hands. Having carried our remarks on the chemistry of matrimonial combina tions to a considerable length, we will pause, lest we . make the reader feel as if his head were a mortar, and. every paragraph we pour into it a fresh drug. In treat ing of the physical aspects of our subjeots, we have got for a time into a sort of Apothecaries' Hall, which we hasten to get out of, and to return to Her Majesty's Theatre, where we hope to be found again by the reader next week.—Punch. Sst 121 b; five and upwards, 9it 31b; mares and geld ings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 200 sews., if demanded, and allowances of to be sold for less. D. M. Mr. W.Ed ward's Whitstone,s yrs,gst 1116 (W. Boy c,a) 1 Col. Peel's Vasa, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (Flatman) 2 Sir J. Gerard's Jest, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (G. Brown) 3 Lord Bateman's Goodwood, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Chapph ) 4 Lord Exeter's Visite, 3 yrs, sst 111b...(W. iforlocli ) 5 Mr. Roger's f by the Earl of Richmond, dam by Glaucus, 3 yrs, 6st I Ilb (Dockeray ) 6 Betting-2 to 1 agst Vasa, sto 2 agst Jest, and 4to I agst Goodwood. Won by two lengths, Vasa betting Jest by a length, the latter finishing nearly two lengths before Goodwood. Run in 1 min. 47 sec. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, for three yra old; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; those got by stallions, or out of mares that never bred a winner, allowedi 3!b.. D.M. (14 Subs.) Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux, Bst 71b (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Combe's Necklace, Bst (R. Cotton) 2 Lord Exeter's Nutcracker, Bst 41b (Flatman.) 3 Betting-2 to lon Bordeaux. A very hollow race from first to last, the favourite waiting into the cc rds, and winning in a canter by two lengths. Run in 1 min. 50 arcs. Sweepstakes of 50 SOW. each, for four yrs old and up wards. T.Y.C. (3 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Crucible, 4 yrs, 7st Slb (Flatman) 1 Lord Clifden's Rathmines, 6 yrs, Bst 71b (Pearl) 2 .1.41 Glasgow's fby Lanercost, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (Pettit) 3 Betting-2 to lon Crucible, who led from end to end, and won easily by half a length. Run in 1 win. 16 secs. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, and only 5 if declared, &c., for three yrs old and upwards. A.F. (6 Subs.. three of whom pay 5 sous ft.) Mr. Barnes's Sotterley, 5 yrs. Bst 12Ib (FJatman) 1 Mr. C. Marson na Pius IX., 5 yrs, 7st 9lb ...(Pettit) Lord W. Powlett's Give and Take, 3 yrs, 6st 121 b... 3 Betting-5 to 4 agst Give and Take, 6 to 4 agst Sot- ; terley, and 7to 2 agst Pius IX. Won cleverly by three parts of a length, Pius IX. beating Give and Tako by half a length. Run in 2 min. 22 sees. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies,Bat 21b, not engaged in the 2,000 Guineas or 1,000 Guineas Stakes; 4lbs allowed, &c. A.F. (5 Subs.) Duke of Rutland's Ondinc, Tat 121 b (Boyce) 1 Mr. Combe's The Trump. Bst 31b (R. Cotton) 2 Mr. Ford's Satire, 7st 121 b Betting-5 to 4 each agst Ondine and Satire, and sto 4 agst The Trump. Satire cut out the work at a moderate pace to the bushes, where itwas taken up by Ondine, who maintained it to the end, and won very cleverly by a length. Run in 2 min. 25 sec. Handicap Plate of 50L; for four yrs old and upwards. Cesarewitch Course. Duke of Rutland's Fire-eater, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (Chapple) 1 Capt. Lowther's Watchdog, 6 yrs, 7st 11b (Dockeray) 2 Betting-7 to 2on Fire-eater. The favourite made all the running from the ditch, and won cleverly by a length; the horses having only trotted for the first mile, it would be absurd to give the time in which the race was run. BETTING ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ONE THOUSAND-GUINEAS STAKES. 6to 5 agst Exotic filly Isto 1 agst California 2 to 1 agst Tiff OAKS. 10 to 1 sgst Exotic filly 115 to 1 agst Probity 10 to 1 agst Tiff DERBY. Offers to take 15 to 1 ahout Ghillie Callum. NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY. ENTRIES TOR THURSDAY. Queen's Plate. R.C. Sir Peter Laurie, 6 yrs—Setterley, 5 yrs—Dover, 5 yrs—Fernbill, 5 yrs—Firs-ewer, 4 yrs—ltetail, 4 yrs. Sweepstake for two years old. T.Y.C. Beaufort—ch f by Slane, out of Receipt—Lady Stuart —Nineveh. Sweepstakes for three years old. T.Y.C. Winner to be sold for 150 sous. Falcon—br cby the Nub out of Harmony—c by Gla diator, out of Revival—Rose Pompon—Nuthatch. Sweepstakes for three years old. First half of Ab. M. _ Winner Co bo sold for SO sovs. Falcon—b fby Nutwith, out of Agnes—Visite—Paul —Bullfinch—Dolly's Brae—Diligence. LATEST BETTING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ONE THOUSAND GUINEA STAKES. sto 4 agst Exotic filly 1 Bto 1 agst California 2 to 1 twat Till' CHESTER CUP. 8 tol t Peep-o'-day Boy 16 to 1 agst Ellerdale 0 to I agst Essedarius 16 to 1 agst Chantrey 2 to 1 agst Miss Ann 30 to 1 agst John Cosser 4to 1 apt Glauca 160 to 1 agit Collingwood 4 to 1 apt Fogleman DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Bolingbroke l4 to 1 agst The Nigge r 3to 1 agst Ghillie Callum ' 17 to 1 agst Mildew (t) OAKS. .0 to 1 agst Tiff I 15 to 1 apt Probity. Bto 1 agst Exotic filly I CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF CARLISLE AND DISTRICT. This match was commenced at Carlisle on Tuesday. It is the first grand match of the season. The following is the score of the first day's play : ENGLAND-FIRST INNINGS. Adams, b Lawrence 0 Clarke, b Wright ...... Parr, run out.. Box, b Thompson 27 Chatterton, b Anderson N. Felix, Esq., b Thompson ..... ........ .... ... 12 A. Alynn, Esq., b Anderson Guy, b Wright ➢lartingell, not out Wisden, not 0ut.... 1 Hillyer Byes, 7; wide, 7; no ball, 4 .. Total 147 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—A paragraph appears in 3 our journal of last evening, signed "H. Dempster," professing to give the results of the author's inquiries on the subject of who and what are the Fishmongers' Company. 1 have neither time or inclination to enter into a controversy with one who has made such vague and superficial inquiries on the subject. But I think Mr. Dempster will find on in quiry that the Fishmongers' Company appoint two free men, who act as the compan3's meters to prevent the landing and sale of unwholesome fish within the juris diction of London and its suburbs, the salaries of whom are paid by the company. The other statements of this astute and painstaking inquirer are equally void of truth, and are gross perversions of the actual facts of the case, and I would recommend him before he again trou bles the public press on such a subject to consult "Her bert's History of the Twelve Livery Companies," where he will get all the information he requires, and thus save both his time and credit.—Yours, obediently. April 25, 1850. VERAX. SPOONER AND ROGERS' SEVEN MILE MATCH FOR THIRTY SOVEREIGNS.—This interesting affair came off yes terday at the Flora Gardens, Bayswater. Young Spooner, whose name has recently been L.• o much before the public from his defeat of Ferguson, and his twenty mile match in three hours tor 100/., was pitted against Rogers, a well-tried fast one of the old school, giving him half a minute start. In this half minute Rogers managed to get over about 140 yards. The style of his going seeming to be, as Lady Macbeth says, " stand not on the order of your going —but, go !" And so he did, and as he was not turned by the referee, we chari tably suppose he was walking. The consequence of this, and Spooner feeling even too much confidence was, that Rogers at three miles and a half actually cleared 240 yards, or a clear less of the ground, and came alongside Spooner. The betting now changed, and slight odds could be had that Rogers won.. -At four miles Spooner let go in fearful earnest. Ile walked clean away from -the " ould un" at a terrific bat, and in a mile bad made up eighty or ninety yards; at five miles he was about the same distance in front; in the sixth he made it safe by coming within thirty or forty yards of Rogers, having made up the turn deficient previously. In the seventh mile he walked by his man ad lib., and won by a sovereign a yard of the distance between them. Ma. LEIGH MURRAY.—This popular and talented light comedian, who so ably fills the situation and discharges the duties of stage-manager of the Strand Theatre, has an nounced his benefit for Friday night. Few actors of the day have so rapidly acquired the favourable ear of the play goingt part of the public as this gentleman, whoses notver sae histrionic ability may be equalled, but certainly i sur passed by any actor in the same line of business. The bil fare he has provided for the occasion is highly calculated to please the palates of his nunieroustadmirers, and will of itself be sufficient to secure him a bumper. The comedy of London Assurance, strongly cast, stands first, then rec it a tion by the venerable though never fading Mrs. comesGlover. a This will be followed by the Eton Boy, and the en tertainment will close with an introduction to that droll fellow, Compton , as Friend Waggles. Th ere i s only one r eason to apprehend d isa pp o intment. It is quite clear the little house in the Strand will turn out to be too small to ac commodate all who will be anxious to be present EAST INDIA HOUSE.—ELECTION OF A DIRECTOR. —Yesterday a general Court of the East India Company was held at their house in Leadenhall.street for the election of a director, in the room of Major -General Sir A. Galloway, K.c.8., deceased. The only candidates were Major J. A. Moore and Mr. 11. T. Prinsep. The poll commenced at o'clock and closed at 6. The result was made known shortly after 10 o'clock, when the scrutineers, accompanied by several of the directors and the candidates, entered the Court-room. Th e cha i r was then taken by Captain East wick, and the numbers were announced as follows :—For Major J. A. Moore, 1,096 ; for Mr. H. T. Prinsep, 1,026 ; majority 70. Major J. A. Moore was thereupon declared duly elected a director, and the Court then adjourned. CONTINENTAI. TRAFFIC.—The South-Eastern and Continental Company's steam-ship the Prince Ernest sailed from Folkestone harbour for Boulogne at noon yesterday, with 47 passengers; and the Princess Mary arrived from Boulogne, bringing 80 passengers, amongst whom were Lady Chesterfield, the Earls of Aylesbury, Wilton, and Sandwich, the Count Avigdor, Mr. Lambton, &c., with several car riages and horses. THE ARCTIC EXPEDlTlON.—lntelligence has just been received of the arrival of Mr. Roe and Commander Pullen, of the Plover, at the Mackenzie; thus establisbing the fact that Sir John Franklin's party had not reached any part of the coast between Behring's Strait and the Copper Mine, whilst the check which Mr. Roe appears to have re ef ived in his course to the north of the Copper Mine tends to give increased importance to the quarter eastward of that position. GRAY'S INN, MAY I.—At a Pension of the Hon ourable Society of Gray's Inn, holden this da y , Henry, Wu._ liam Vincent, Esq., her Majesty's R e membrancer in the Court of Exchequer, was called to the d e g ree of Barrister at Law. INCOME-Tax IRELAND. —In a return whi c h has just appeared the amount of property assessed under schedule I), arising from sec urities and possessions in Ireland iu the year ending April, .1349, is stated to have been 734,352/. The a mount of dividends ander schedule Ci n th e public funds was 106,3091., and the amount of salaries as_ owed gado; actiodalo B WM 82,7326 !, ,!.; , ~;L.,t _ _ -,f,. -. \ NAVAL COURTS-MARTIAL,. .::''7 . -'77 - - ---- d 0 , (From the Portsmouth Times and Naval QaZette;) .-: i : 4 :. -- , -1-, g '' . ti If we were asked, what, in our opinion, is \ the most , f . sj :s. si inscrutable, unintelligible, perplexing thing upon earth; e r e-, ,'_.:..'' i' we should be inclined to answer, a naval courtemartial;_ , - - 24,r, A I for its doings baffle all calculation, and are pas/441fiing , ti , ~ „, ..,:s- - out. We defy the man who is best versed in th 6 !We& i : Ifn . 1 1-P 4 courts-martial, and the recognised rules of the service, to predict the effect which evidence will produce upon the judges of such courts upon any particular occaeion, or even to make a tolerable guess as to what decision they will come. In several recent cases these courts have, upon precisely a similar state of facts, pronounced diametrically opposite decisions : one officer has been acquitted, while another, to all men's eyes but the court's, far less blame able, has been condemned, and this, with a reckless dis regard of both private sufferings and public opinion, as if the Honourable Court was solely bent upon furnish ing a naval illustration cf the old adage, " One may steal a horse, while another is hanged for only looking over the hedge." The case of Commander Michell, just dismissed from the command of her Majesty's sloop Sappho, by sentence of a court-martial held last month, on board of her Ma jesty's ship Imaum, Commodore Bennett (President of the Court), the chief prcceedings of which will be found re ported in another column of our paper, justifies UF, in our estimation, fur the reflections we have cast upon judgment afloat. The salient points of Commander Michelest case are succinctly as follow :—Sappho, through the ob stinacy cf a second-waster, lent her by Imaum, her own matter being laid up dangerously ill in hospital, and the negligence cr conceit of a young lieutenant, who, in spite of the express command of his captain, written in his night order, would not keep the leaf going, ran upon one ot the innumerable reefs in the bay of Honduras, on the 6th of December last, the weather having been thick and rainy for several previous days. We need not do more than remind our nautical readers of the rapidity as well as incal culable variability of the currents in the Gulf of Mexico and its adjacent bays, its fogs and atmospheric perturbations—rain, hail, snow, and vapours—in dreary December, and they will properly appreciate the difficul ties with which Commander Mitchell was surrounded. He appears to have been unremitting in his personal case to provide against casualties, he took the best obser vations hecould in the weather which prevailed, and again and again told the master lent him from the flag-ship, that he thought he was wro ng i n hi s rec k on i ng as to the ship's position. The master persisted in his own opi nion, and the commander, as the rules of the service require, yielded up his own judgment. After taking the utmost care that his anchors, cables, b: ate, &a, were fit for instant service on the occurrence of any emergency, ',and leaving strict written orders that the lead should be kept constantly going, Commander Michell went below to snatch some short repose. Sappho ran aground during his brief at scence from the deck, upon tho Seal Cays upon which her Majesty's ship Spitfire was wrecked a few years ago, where she left her bones, and everything be longing to her, except her crew, who barely saved their lives. Tho same was the case with twelve other merchant vessels lost upon the same reef about tke same time with Sappho's disaster. Spitfire's com mander and crew were brought to trial for her loss, and honourably acquitted. But Sappho, with all her sticks, guns, anchors, and stores, was rescued from the yawning and hungry deep by the admirable skill and indefatiga ble perseverance ot her commander and gallant crew, who declared at his trial, with emphatic and affecting simplicity, that his conduct had uniformly Leec " good, nothing but good." But let us note en passant, that by recent rules, as the complaints of a ship's company do not damage an oppressive officer—" Discipline must be ere forct d, sir"—so the favourable testimony of his crew does not avail their commander on his day of trial—" He is too indulgent. sir; under such officers the service would go to the devil!" After a torturing suspense of three months' duration, Commander Mitchell was brought to a trial, which was protracted through three tedious days. He was then sentenced to be dismissed his ship, the Court, at the same time, pronouncing their opinion that the testimony of all the witnesses against the prisoner, except that of the surgeon, whose evidence was on a collateral point unconnected with the loss of Sappho, was "frivolous and malicious." We will not attempt to describe the puzzled astonish ment which, we are informed directly from Port Royal, was produced by this amazing verdict, but will pause to ask in what a position do the officers commanding her Majesty's ships now wand? If a captain differs in opinion from his master as to a ship's proper course, and explains his reasons for differing (Commander Michell's case), and that master does not formally re- linquish charge, the rules of the service require the captain to defer to the master's judgment. He may, to be sure, call upon the master to give up charge, and place him under arrest if he refuses, but if a mishap afterwards occurs, what is the captain's fate? Certain dismissal from his ship, and probable dismissal from the service altogether! Again, supposing the captain, after patiently unfold ing his own views, yields to the master, and the ship is lost, what then? Commander Michell's case shows that he is still dismissed his ship. The Court pronounced Commander Michell guilty of " great negligence in steering and conducting" his ship, for the proper super intendence of which he had a master sent him from the flag-ship, to whose judgment the rules of the service con train him to deter: the Court with the same breath stigmatizing the said master's evidence as " frivolous and malicious," yet concluding thus: "therefore, this Court adjudges Commander Michell to be dismissed his ship." Oh, fie! on such a " therefore." Is not its logical se quence from such premises tantamount to the reasoning of some solemn wiseacre who should syllogise thus: the angles of an equilateral triangle are equal to two right angles, therefore mustard is a good accompaniment to pork chops. We are almost sorry for having entertained aludi-, crous idea while discus:4ng a case so provocative of in dignation, so truly alarming to every naval officer who cannot, if in trouble, evoke the most sweet voices of Greenwich electors to his rescue, but the absurdity of this court-martial is irresistibly comic as well as crud. We have by no means said our say upon it, but we can only to-day notice a fact or two without comment for the present. Three of the six officers composing the court belonged to the Admiral's flag-ship, and the day after Commander Mlchell's dismissal Flag-Lieutenant the Ilonourable Arthur Cochrane, the Admiral's son, was appointed to her. We make no unkind comments upon this paternal act, we impute no unworthy motives, but will others be equally forbearing? CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS' COMPANY.—The first half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held on Tuesday afternoon at the London Tavern ; Mr. Thomas Dakin in the chair. The secretary read the report of the directors as to the state of the company up to the present time. After de tailing matters which have already been before the public, the report stated that the directors had entered into con tracts to supply the inhabitants along the line from Bow common to the City with gas as soon as the mains were laid down ; and they had also agreed to supply the inhabitants of Dlile-end Old Town, andother places near it, within twelve months after they had commenced supplying the city of London. The receipts, up to the 30th of April, 1850, were 32,0091. 19s. ld., and the directors wished that the third call should be paid up, as they were anxious to have the amount of 75,0001. at command before commencing laying down their pipes. The works at Bow-common were pro ceeding rapidly, and the wharf at Limehouse had been com pleted. The retort-house and station-meter-house were rapidly proceeding, and the excavations for the purifying. house and for the tanks for the two large gasometers were finished and ready for the construction of the brickwork. In the event of the trustees of the Essex-roads continuing to refuse the company permission to lay down their mains, the cost of diverging from them would not exceed 5001., a cost which it might be judged better to incur than the delay until the passing of the Bill. The cost of the mains to Mile end Old Town and Whitechapel would not exceed 10,000/., as no great lengths of pipe.were :required. This report was received and adopted, and the meeting (which was a very full one) separated, after a vote of thanks to the chairman. IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY.-- In the event of the Royal Academy giving up their rooms to the National Gallery, would it not both be desirable and practicable to make one uniform and connected building of it, by doing away with the pres en t entrance to the barracks, and ass under thence eem an e arc hway out i nteT a r t a i t a h i g e a level u a o r t e t b h y e and o f p r s e m p basement, letting t the an inclined plane ? The farthest entrance near St. Martin's Church might be done away with altogether, considering the little use it is of to the public.—Builder. FATAL EXPLOSION AT MENAI-BRIDGE.—OR Thurs day evening last Mr. John Thomas, one of the firm of Messrs. R. and J. Thomas, druggists, met with his death in the fol. lowing sudden and awful manner : —lt seems he was very fond of reading chemical works, and of trying chemical ex periments. On the above evening he w a s maing some de tonating powder (probably for the first time), and having had the ingredients properly dried proceeded to mix them together in a Wedgwood mortar, when the friction of the pestle caused the powder to explode. The explosion, which was attended with a very loud and strange report, shivered the mortar, bottles, jars, window, &c., to atoms. Mr. Thomas immediately ran through the back door to the house of a neighbour opposite, where he immediately fell. and weltering own blood almost instantly expired. Mr. Cb ar ler, surgeon, of Bangor, who had just left the bridge, was _ a w a s imme diately sent for, and having been found at Gorphwy t - help a on the spot in a few minutes, but too late to be of any to of the mortar, the young man. It turned out that a portion_ ed the groin, or some other broken fragment, hadentered rapid log of 'and penetrated the main artery, the great and thumb blood from which caused almost instant death. The of the left hand was almost completely severed at the joint which attaches it to the wrist, a narrow piece of skin on th e outs i de alone keeping up the connexion. Numerous small pieces of glass had also penetrated the flesh about the f ace and head. The apprentice was the only.personi the shop at the time. Ile was looking out at the window, having his back turned towards Mr. Thomas at the moment of the explosion. Two pieces, o f the entire thickness of the mortar, about an inch s quar e, lodged in his arm. Mr Charter dressed the wounds. and we underst and he likely is to do well. An inquest was held on Friday morning on the body of Mr. Thomas, when f Accidental de a th" a verdict o was returned. The de ceased was a very amiable and steady young man.—Cheater Courant. FATAL EXPLOSION.—TLYMOUTH APRIL 30.—The Lestwithiel powder-work s , at Herod's Riot, five miles west o Liskeard, exploded at nine o'clock on Friday night, the 26th inst. There were in store three or four tons of gunpowder, which went off in three different explosions. The premises were blown to pieces, and the bodies of the two watchers, Pengelly and Truscott, shockingly mutilated. Cottages, a quarter of a mile distant, are said to have been unroofed and the walls damaged. The Honourable Artillery Company gave a splen did ball at their Artillery-ground on Tuesday evening last, the 30th ultimo, which was attended by upwards of 300 per sons. The company began to arrive at nine o'clock, and shortly after dancing commenced to Adams's fashionable band, which performed a new selection of quadrilles, polkas, waltzes, schottisches, &c., which were greatly admired. At one o'clock an elegant supper was provided ; after which dancing was resumed with reanimated spirit, and continued until dawn, when the company separated, highly delighted with the night's entertainment. Amongst the company we noticed the Lord and Lady Mayoress, Sheriff Nicoll, &c, POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. some few weeks since we had occasion to notice Dr. Bachliedfuer's first lecture upon the Philosophy of Scien tific Recreations; that gentleman has lately commenced the second lecture of this series, and the subject•matter is confined exclusively to " optics" and the laws govern ing the sznsationof colour. The Doctor commenced by rather a startling announcement—that he intended proving, ho hoped satisfactorily to all parties, that out (f the many accustomed certainties of every-day life, two, if not many more, were incorrect. These he stated as tullows:—" That none of us see with our eyes," and " that seeing is not believing." Thii bold and curious aesertion excited the attention of all, and anxiety was evidently paramount to unravel these seeming anoma lies. The Doctor's course of experiments proved, how ever, the justness of his correction of " proverbs so old and so: general" eventually, by illustration, satisfying all, beyond a doubt, that our present system of reasoning resulted merely from an impertect tuition, and that man) of the commonest operations connected with ourselves are scarcely understood. We must own we were not so opinionated concerning the two principles laid down as at first we had imagined, the Doctor's facts settling his assertions beyond a doubt. We strongly recommend this lecture to our readers. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. DERBY. 6to 1 agst Bolingbroke (t) 20 to 1 agst Nutshell (t) 6 to 1 agst Clincher 2.5 to 1 agst Penang 8 to 1 agst Mayors 33 to 1 agst Knight of 11 to 1 agst Voltigeur (t) Avenel 13 to 1 agbt The Nigger 40 t) 1 agst Blarney (t) 16 to 1 agst Pitsford 1000 to 15 agstDeieoon(t) 18 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum 1 1000 to 10 agst Hardinge (taken) (taken) 20 to 1 agst Mildew CHESTER CUP. 15 to 2 to 3001., and 8 to 1 in hundreds taken about Peep o'-day- Boy. No other change. THE. FARMERS' PLATE AT NORTHAMPTON. This case was re-opened after the races this afternoon, when the stewards, after hearing the parties interested, de cided that the evidence was not sufficient to warrant any alteration in the decision given by the stewards at Northampton. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING. The following are the accertances for the Suffolk Stakes.— Yrs. st. lb. Yrr. tt. lb. Backbiter Herbert Sauter la Coupe, Chicot ......... 4 ... 6 11 (81b. extra) 4 ... 7 11 Bordeaux Quasimodo ... 4 ... 7 6 Thistledown Quinine ... 5 9 • The highest weight left in being 7st 101 b, it was raised to 86t 71b, and the others in proportion. WEDNESDAY'S RACES. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, for four years old. R.M. (4 Subs.) Mr. Rarnsbottom's Bcebee Bunnoo, 7st 121 b (S. Mann) 1 Lord Glasgow's c by Inheritor or Jerryhorse, out of Doerslayer's dam Lord W. Powlett's Rearguard, Bst 71b ... (S. Rogers) 3 Betting-6 to 4 each agst Beebee Bunnoo, and Inheri tor colt, and 2 to 1 agst Rearguard. Beebee Bunnoo made all the running, and won cleverly by a length. Run in 1 min. 55 sco. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h ft ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; those got by stallions or out of mares that nevir bred a winner allowed 31b. D.M. (9 Subs.) Lord H. Lennox's Bechunter, Bst 71b (Flatman) 1 Mr. Howard's Chieftain, Bst 41b... (A. Day) 2 Lord Exeter's Nuthatch, Bst 41b " (Norman) 3 Betting-8 to lon Beehunter, who made all the run ning, and won in a canter by three lengths. Run in 1 min. 48 sec. Flute of 50 'ova., for three years old, Tat 71b ; four,