The Sun. — London, England, 1851-05-12 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE —(MONDAY.) Very little change took place in the value of either Eng pah or foreign Wheat in the large consuming markets held in the provincial districts on Saturday, but the amount of busi ,s doing was comparatively small, owing to the large sup- Plias of foreign Flour on offer at the leading outports. Grind ing and distilling Barley sold at full prices, but malting Parcels were less in request. Malt changed hands slowly, at Previous currencies. There was more doing in Oats, the value of which had an upward tendency. Beans and Peas Were held at full prices. Indian Corn and Flour without change. Our foreign letters state that a steady demand has sprung 11 P for most kinds of spring Corn at full prices. The Wheat trade has ruled inactive, but Flour continues to change hands freely in most of the French ports on English account. The receipts of English Grain up to our market, last week, Jr% small. From abroad we received 31,293 quarters of Wheat, 7.516 Barley, 42,506 Oats, 64 Beans, 112 Peas, 37 ta res, 774 Linseed, 3,842 Rapeseed, 1,150 sundry seeds, 13,338 sacks and 1,663 barrels Flour. A very limited quantity of Wheat came fresh to hand this mornin g , coastwise from Essex and Kent ; but its condition Was tolerably good. By land carriage the receipts were very Moderate, and by no means prime. As the show of samples of both red and white were small, and as most of the London Itillers are very short of stock, the demand for all kinds of Wheat of home produce was steady, and a good clearance 'Was effected et prices equal to those obtained on this day 4 ennight. The number of offers from the east coas t w ere compare i 4 vely.small, but the amount of business do i ng for forward leiliPment was limited. It is generally considered that the Iteeks of Wheat in Norfolk and Suffolk are beneath average Iltlea for the time of year; yet no advance can be looked for the quo t ations sso long as the present pressure of foreign 0 1 our continues. We were heavily supplied with samples of foreign Wheat P: tr. tly afloat and ex granary. Fine qualities commanded a el et lerate inquiry, at tuff prices, but the sales were chiefly in r e Lai 1. In the puddling aad inferior kinds very few sales ok place, at last week's currencies. Numerous offers were . the market frum Dentate, but we heard of very few sales. tet floating cargoes off Falmouth scarcely any business was do t ag . ' The show of English Barley was small, that, of foreign tat teOnably large. Most kinds were in fair request, and late tat es were well supported. , V.alt, the supply of which was tolerably goad, sold 1 10 wly, but no change took place in its value. Ic;otwithstanding that the supply of foreign Oats was very extensive, the Oat trade ruled steady, and late rates were Well supported. • TN had a fair sale for Beans, at fully late rates. I et Peas very little was doing, yet holders generally were err 24 I radian-cornwas neglected Fre rich Flour changed hands, ; but several, large parcels of at full prices. The stock here i 8 u mumally large. • CURRENCY FEB ILIPERLIL MEASURE. Whi tat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • • • • • 525 to 553 Red, New.... 328 to 408 Oats— Yorkshire and Ditto,White, New 35s 48s Lincolnsh., Feed. 16s 21s Norfolk and Lin- Potato coin, Red. •. •. 31s 403 Toughs' and Cork, Ditto, White ••• • .. 338 408 Black .••• • .. 163 19s Irish, Red •••• • • —a --a Cork, White . .... 17s 20s Ditto,White • • .... — s — s Sco tch, Feed. •• •• 20s 24s 14 3 , e—01d .. • . ........ 23s 25s Beans—Tick ......... 21s 29s New... •• •• ...... 24s 26s Pigeons altrley—Grinding .. • 198 23s Peas—Grey .. • • ...... 25s 28s Malting .•• • . • . 21s 26s Maple . ..........263 298 ~. . Chevalier •••• • •• 2 8 5 31 s Wh i t e... •• • ..... 245 275 'll4—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• . . •• 26s Ws f01k............. 433 435 Flour—Town-made .. • 335 38s Brown .•. ••—.. . . 40s 42s Suffolk ..... 273 31s Kingston wad Wars 47s 51s Stockta & Norfolk 27s a 1 s SEEDS. The season for sowing being now nearly over, very little is doing in Clover Seed, the rates of which are very irregular. )dost other Seeds move off slowly, at last week's prices. The best Linseed Cakes are in somewhat improved request. Carraway •••••• • • • • .. 31s 33a Coriander ••.. • • •• •• 153 184 Hempseed, per quarter 340 35s Linseed, Eng. Sowing.. 60s 65s Crushing 48s 52. Baltic .......... 44s 47s Odessa •. • • 460 bOs Linseed Cake,pr. ton— English •• •• .71 Os 7110: Turnl9,White, per bash. 105 to 155 Red wad Green.... lls 126 Mustard, Brown ••• • .. 95 12s White, new • • • ... 6 s O d 8s Od 4, aares•Whiter •• • • .. ..4s Od 4s 6d Old ... Canary, per quarter • 405 43s nYe gross • • ... 243 3us Clover, Red Eng. (cwt.) 44s 60s White .......... 415 56s F ore i gn B e d...—. 405 60. White •• • • 385 57s Trefoil 17s 225, Duty was paid on the following quantities of foreign Clover Seed up to the 3d inst.:- 1851. 1850. London ... 87,307 Liverpool Hull SMITEIVIELD. • A fair average time of year supply of foreign stock arrived in the port of London last week, viz , 1,923 head. During the corresponding period in 1850 we received 1,425; in 1849, 1,486; in 1848, 2,434; and in 1847, 1,928 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON IN THE PAST WEBK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Foreign, per ton 615 s 61 15: Rape Cakes, pr ton 4/ Os 4/ lis Rapeseed, New, prlst 2510 s 27103 liarnCurgh ••• ••• 475 .•• ••• Rarlingen 212 ... 338 .. 2 ... 6 .. 0 l'otterdam 127 ... 392 285 ... 0 Amsterdam 9 ... ••• 13 Calais ......... Co Dot dt Aim MP- 15 ••• ••• ••• 3 el. „ nottiogn ap Neg kjobing... 128 ... 29 •• • .. ... - ... - ••• ...... •• • "''. ••• 84 To tai yearly comparison of the weekly imports is as I:l3ldev: Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 185 1 3 ....... 322 ... 725 ... 113 ... 258 ... 7 184 9. 294 ... 963 ... 226 ... 3 184 8.... 7BO ... 1,437 .. ... 212 ... At the outports the arrivals of stock from the Continent Were comparatively small. The following are the total im ports Foto the United Kingdom during the three months end -148 on, ilia sth April, 1860 and 1851 :- 1850. 1851. Oxen ... ... 2,802 ... 3,647 Cows ... 2,213 ... 2,432 Calves '2,834 ... 3,e84 sheep 7,354 ... 21,768 'Lambs 1 ... 6 pigs ... 123 ... 735 The iow of Beasts in to-day's market was large beyend reeolhleted precedent at this period of the year, indeed it !rim e( ;gal, in point both of number and quality, to the supply " ( mg ht forward at Christmas in some seasons. The excess 111 eY, in a great measure, be attributed to the holding of t h e ureat Exhibition, and the anticipated increased consumption of fo ed in the metropolis. The Beef trade was, however, eZees sively heavy, and prices ruled from 2d, to, in come instances, 4d per 81bs beneath those of Monday lest,' arid a clearance was not effected. The ex treme, value of the best Scots was 3 s 6d. per 81bs. From Norfolk, Sussex, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we re. _teived'. 2,800 Scots, Shorthorns, &c.; from other p arts of d, 450 Herefords, runts, Devons, &c. ; and from. Scotian d, 500 horned and polled Scots, 400 being per rail- Way: With Sheep we were very extensively supplied, how ever all breeds met a very dull inquiry, and the currencies Were, Belly 2d per Blbs lower than last week. The primest Old De.vins, out of the wool, sold with difficulty at from 3s 6d to 3s ad per 81bs. Large numbers of Sheep left the market unsold. Lambs, the supply of which was seasonably large, Moved off heavily, at 2d per Bibs. less money, the highest figure being 5s 6d per Blbs. From the Isle of Wight 380 head came to hand per railway. Very little business was transacted in Calves, at a fall in value of from 2d to 4d per 81bs. In Pigs next to nothing was doing, and the currencies gave way 2d to 4d per Blbs. A Statement and Comparison of the Supplies and Prices of Fat Stock Exhibited and Sold in Smithfield Cattle-market, on Monday, May 13, 1850, and this day, Monday, May j 2, 1851. Per Blbs to sink the offals. May 13, 1850. May 12,185 s. d. e. d s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior Beasts ... 24t0262 4 to 2 6 Second quality ditto .•• 2 8 2 10. 2 8 210 Prin to large Oxen •• ... 3 0 32 3 0 3 2 Prime Scots, ti c.... ... 3 4 3 6 3 4 3 6 Coen a:5 and inferior Sheep... ... 210 3 0 2 8 • 210 Sewn d quality ditto ... 3 2 3 6 3 0 3 2 Prin* coarse-woolled ditto ... 3 6 3 8 3 4 3 6 Prime Southdown ditto ... ... 310 4 0 3 6 3 8 Lambs:... ... 4 8 51( 4 6 5 6 Large coarse Calves ... ... 210 3 0 3 0 3 4 Prime small ditto ... ... 3 2 3 4 3 6 310 Large Hogs .. •-. ... 3 2 3 6 2 8 3 4 Small Porkers ... ... 3 8 4 0 3 6 3 8 Beasts ... 3,679 4,718 Sheep and Lambs .. ... 23,070 29,230 Calves ... ... 177 268 Pigs .............250 410 SUPPLIES 013 SALE, MAY 14, 1849. —Beasts, 3,062; Sheep and Lambs, 21,020 ; Calves, 180 ; Pigs, 230. MAY 15; 1848.—Beasts, 2,790; Sheep and Lambs, 21,690; Calves; 180; Pigs, 381. Per albs. to shik the offal: s. d. to s. d. a. d. to s.d Inferior Beasts..... 2 4 2 6 Inferior Sheep • • 2 8 210 Second.quallty •• •• 2 8 210 Second oaf. Sheep 3 0 3 2 p r ime large Oaea•• 3 0 3 2 Coarse-weolledditto3 4 3 6 Prime Scots •• •• 3 4 3 6 Southdown Wether 3 6 3 8 Large coarse Calves 8 0 8 4 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 0 0 Prime small ditto •• 8 6 310 Large Hogs •••• • • 2 8 8 4 az C a lves ..18 0 24 0 Small Porkers •••• 3 6 3 8 Lamas, .. .. Quarter old Pigs ..16 020 0 ... T 4 AL 6 sur s 6 SUPPLY AT IdARICET. 0 }toasts. Sheep. Calves. Piga 4.718 I 29,230 268 1 410 FOREIGN S UPPLY. Be age. le. I Sheep. Calves. .510 1 1,510 1 198 60 WEI.VGATE AND LEADErrE.42,L, Sidra Monday last these markets have been seasonably well supplied with each kind of Meat, Lond on as well as country-killed; whilst the general demand has ruled heavy, on the following terms: At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. s. d. d. Beef,inferior...... 22 2 4 M utton , inferior ••26 2 10 niddling .... 2 6 2 8 middling • 3 0 3 dmelarge •• 210 3 0 prime •• ••• 3 6 !Time small •. 3 2 3 4 Pork, larg e•• ••• • • 2 6 3 4 3 o 310 small ...,.... 3 6 alO Lamb. 4s 6d to 5s 6d. " BOROUGH AND SPITILLPIELD S. Ne arly 2,000 tons of Potatoes arrived for these markets coastwise and by laud carriage last week ; and We received 54 sacks, from Dunkirk and 104 bags from Dordt. Selected samples are somewhat scarce, and quite as dear; but all other kinds are a slow sale. Per Ton. Per Ton. Yorksb. Regents. 90s to 110 s Wisbeach &Cam- Ditto Eibaws, for bridge platuing ....... 80s to —s Kent Regents Bos to 85s Lincoln. Regents 85s to 100 s Essex Regents Bos to 85s Scotch Regents.. 85s to 95s Essex Shaws Ditto Cups) Ditto Blues ..-.... 80s to 90s Kent & Essx. Mid. —s to —s Ditto Dahlias ... 70s to 75s Kentish Red Kid. —5 to s Common Whites. 70s to 75sTrench Whites sss to 70s Newcastle &Ber- German ditto wick Regents.. 90s to 95s Chats —s to s BOROUGH 110 P 117.ARIEET. We have a F lightly improved demand for fine colory Hops, at prices equal to those obtained on Monday last. In all other kinds next to nothing is doing. Factors' currencies as follow and East Kent Pockets, 84s to 135 s per cwt; Weald of Kent ditto, 74s to 84s; Sussex ditto, 65s to 80s. Very extensive supplies of Wool arrived in the port. of London •last week, viz.: 3,860 bales from•Geelong, 1,000 from Hobart Town, 249 from Port Beaufort, 7,383 from Port Philip, 6.034 from .ydnoy, 1,412 from Adelaide, 1,200 from Launceston, 350 from Algoa Bay, 37 from the Cape, and 12 from Hamburgh. As the sales w►ll commence on Thursday next, and as the quantity of Colonial Wool to be offered thereat is fully expected to exceed by 20,000 bales the pre vious estimate, the private contract demand is heavy, at almost nominal quotations. TALLOW. The Weather having become warm, exceedingly little is Ewe. )CK. ay were ken for d 4,000 1 to 71d., 41d. to fidence, es Were used to ),000/., really ,elieve, ed on► . upon Li E doing. in our market, and prices are from ; lower than on 'Monday last. To-day P. Y. is quoted at 38s to 38s 6d, and for forward cwt. Town Tallow, 37s per cwt net cast 2s Id per 81bs. Lettors from St.. Petersburg demind as heavy. 1847. 1848. 1849. Stock this day •• •.• •1 5,079 47s Od Price of Y. C. •• .. / L 0478 6d Delivery last: week • • 585 Ditto from June 1. •• . 77,212 Arrivals laFt week 425 Ditto from June 1 ... 75,6C6 8063 23,616 47s Od 385 3d to OsOd to 050 d 1,207 ' 1,'7 2 96,012 94,279 1,798 100 96,291 110,3J2 495 Od ; 39s 6d 3d to 6d per cwt . C. on the spot delivery :395 per ;h.. .Rough Fat, gh represent the. Price of Town ......1 49s Sd 1850. 1851. 25,606 I 34,713 37s Od to 38s ad Os od to 33s 6d 1,733 891 90,743 gP,611 273 1,120 90,878 97,841 34s Od 1 398 6d CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) MARKER V. MARKER. The arguments in this part-heard appeal motion wore again resumed this morning. HICKMAN V. HICKMAN. In this ease, which was argued before the Lord Chancellor last Monday, his Lordship then confirmed the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor, and dismissed the petition of appeal. Our report unintentionally stated that the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor had been re versed. ROLLS' COURT.--(THIS DAY.) TRISTON v. HARDY. This cause, the arguments in which occupied the Court three days last week, came on for judgment this morning. 1113 HONOUR having at great length gone through the circumstances of the case, which have already appeared in our columns, dismissed the bill with costs. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Vice-Chancellor KNIGHT Bancs.) His Honour was occupied the whole morning with short Causes and claims, none of which were of im portance. (Before Vice-Chancellor Lord CRAtawortTn.) His Lordship was occupied the whole morning with a motion in the case of the Direct Birmingham and Ox ford Railway v. Thom, the circumstances of which ap peared in our columns on a former occasion. (Before Vice-Chancellor TURNER.) The business before the Court to-dayconsisted entirely of unopposed and adjourned petitions, which were dis posed of at an early hour. QUEEN'S BENCH: -(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) At the sitting of the Court this morning, Lord CAMPBELL intimated to the bar, that Mr. Justice Coleridge was too much indisposed to attend to-day. There were, consequently, only two judges on the bench, Lord Campbell and Mr. Justice Paulson; Mr. Justice Erie being engaged at Guiidhall, and Mr. Jus tice Wightreau in the Bail Court. Q UEEN v. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. Sir F. THESIGER moved for a rule calling ou the de fendants to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, commanding them to construct a certain opening - from their railway to the land of Messrs. Stevenson, in the township 01 Salford, near Manchester. Lie made the application under the provisions of certain private rail way Acts of Parliament, which required that such open ings should be made, on affidavits which alleged that the laud adjoining the railway had been injured in value in consequence of those provisions not having been carried into effect. The COURT granted a rule nisi, and recommended that the differences between the parties should be re ferred to the Railway Board, or to some re:ere° agreed to between them, with the view to an amicable settlement. EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) VLUXHALL•BRIDGB COMPANY. The LORD CHIEF BARON delivered the judgment of the Court in this case, the question in which was, whether the Vauxhall-bridge Company were liabld to be rated to the land-tax in respect of the tolls taken st the bridge. The company were incorporated by the 49th George 111., c. 14, which authorised them to take tolls. The ul timate question in the case was as to the character of the tolls. • The Court was of opinion that they belonged to the body corporate, and not to the individual shareholders, who only became entitled to their shares after the profits became divisible, and no shareholder could exercise be. fore that time any control over the corpus of the tolls. In the year 1797, the statute 38 of George 111., 0. 5, was passed, which was an Act to provide land-tax for the service of the year 1798. By that Act tithes and tolls, and all kinds of heriditaments, were made subject to the tax, and in the following year, 1799, another Act was passed making the tax perpetual, subject to redemption. It was argued on behalf of the company that inasmuch as tolls were mentioned specifically in the one Act and not in the other, they could not be made subject to the tax by virtue of the well-known rule of law that every charge must be imposed. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY OLD COURT. The May sessions of the Central Criminal Court were opened this morning, before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, Alderman Sir Chapman Marshall, Alderman Lawrence, and Sheriffs Carden and Hodgkin son, attended by their reqiective Under-Sheriffs and the other civic authorities. The calendar contains the names of 216 prisoners. The grand jury having been sworn and impannelled, The Learned RECORDER proceeded to deliver his charge. He regretted to say that on looking at the calendar he found that the number of prisoners charged with criminal offences was very considerable, and he therefore could not on'this occasion indulge in the lan guage of congratulation that he had done on others. However there were but two or three cases that pre sented anything like legal difficulty, and it would not be necessary for him to detain them at any length from the discharge of their important duties. There were three cases of murder, one of which was of a very pain. ful character, being indeed the murder of a father by his son. There were also two cases of rape, in the first of which a man was accused of having committed the offence upon his own child, a girl of thirteen years of age. The other case was charged egainst three men, who committed the offeace after rendering their victim insensible with drink. These were the only serious cases contained in the calendar, but in dismissing them to their important functions he must again remind them that the cases to be tried this session were numerically heavy, and dispatch on their parts would consequently be very desirable. The grand jury then retired. RAMBLES in the CRYSTAL PALACE (THIS DAY.): To a speculative observer not the least interesting picture of the Great Exhibition is the crowd by which in almost every quarter of the building he Linda himself surrounded. one of the main avenues be for the time his scene of obesrvation, he will have to move with the utmost caution through the rustling silks of the multitudes of of fair visitants lest, so great is the press in those quar ters, a hasty step, or a sadden turn, should lead to an accident which would change the looks of admiration and delight into black frowns and sullen discontent, with which ladies generally regard an insult offered to their attire; and in any quarter of the building, if he be not over old, re suspect his attention will run great risk of being distracted from the magnificent objects of art and industry around to the not less interesting specimens of nature's handiwork which pass along, and it he have a spice of hero-tiorship in his nature, and be acquainted with the persons of our public characters on such an occasion as Saturday last he will find himself, in his passage from one end of the building to the other, jostling with the best and bravest of the land, sitting on the same bench with a distinguished statesman whose name is world-spread, drinking in the beauties of Power's Greek Slave with a great lawyer, whose soul he bad imagined to be buried in parchment and briefs, wandering through the machinery department with the man of science, whose name is on every lip, rubbing shoulders with distinguished warriors, the conquerors of far distant, warriors, or listening to the play of the foun tains with the poet, whose most fervid imaginings never could have conjured up a scene half so brilliant and spirit-stirring. Senators, artists, men the most distin guished in every branch where good service is to be done to their country, such is the composition of the orowd which fills the Crystal Palace, and in no city or country of the globe could such an assembly of " fair women and great mon" be seen as congregates under the glorious arch of glass which has been raised over the treasures of all nations. The foreign portion of the visitors, in comparison to their numbers, is of scarcely less distinguished character, and, as far as we have yet seen, may be taken as a fair representation of the intellect and greatness of our neighbours; and there were men among this portion of the assemblage whose reputations are of no less impe rishable renown than any of the greatest which England can boast of. Saturday seems, bY c o m mon consent, to have been the most brilliant day since the opening; in fact, it was the opening scene repeated in plain clothes, without the ceremonial. All the really great and glorious in that scene were present .there, without the splen dour and glitter of a pageant. The assemblage this morning was net so numerous, at least as far as the male portion was concerned, and the number of lady visitors was certainly in the proportion of four to one. On the opening we suggested that a department of beaux h be ib r i s tio of u ladies as an would not be f oun d useless, an d as i t appears that Rhonum bers afternoonhol ds e loungea season a tickets ta ti time of theire ill wh v e is n i t th tie r gen tlemen Ex -engaged .in business, are unable to attend them, the establishment of a sort of bureau des , commissionaires, where a party ,of ladies of a certain number might be fur nished with a guide to conduct them over the build ing, would certainly b e an arrangensent of great conve nience. This subject, however, is one of sums import ance, and we shalt certainly return to it again when the first excitement has subsided, and the Commissioners h ave more time to attend to internal regulations. As a guide the catalogue at present is worse than useless. Advances are still being made in the arranging of goods, particularly in the East India department, many packages having only just arrived. MADAME' SCHWAB'S CONCERT.—That excellent pianist Madame Schwab gives a concert to-morrow evening at the Princess's Concert Boom, at which Miss Catherine Hayes will sing for. we believe, the first time this season. Misses Birch, Dolby, Williams, Messent, and Louisa Pyne will also appear, and the beneficiarc will herself preside at the pianoforte. Ilte cannot doubt but that with such attractions the concert will be fully attended, THE REPILESENTATION OF BRISTOL. — It is stated that. the Liberals intend to bring forward Edward Thomas, Esq., as a cancidate for the representation of Bristol, in coil. junction with Air. Berkeley cue of the pregent Members.. LONDON, MONDA Y SUN, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT THE WESDEND. THE GREAT MATCH. 11 to 8 on The Flyii.g Dutcluaan—taken SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES. 7 to 4 east The Ban—taken and afterwards offered DERBY. 6 to 1 sgst Hernandez—taken freely 12 to 1 agst Marlborough Buck 16 to 1 agst Tho Ban 20 to 1 agst Prime Minister 20 to 1 agst Theseus—offers to take 25 to 1 agst Constellation—offers to take 25 to 1 agst Heart Breaker—taken OAKS. Offers to take 4 to 1 about Payment DURHAM RACES (CONCLUDED). —FRIDAY. The New Stakes of 5 sovs each and 25 added, for two and three yrs old; the second to save his stake. T. Y.C. (6 Subs.) Mr. Meiklam's Evadne, 2 yrs, 7st 2lb (T. Lye) 1 Mr. Graham's Harker, 2 yrs, 7st (Pringle) 2 Mr. bf by Hetman Platoff, dby Jereed, 6st 61b 3 The following also ran:—Mr. Walker's Merlin, 2 yrs, 6st 61b (Haxby); Mr. Thompson's Jack Robinson, 3 yrs, 9st 4th (Mortlock); and Mr. Osborne's King of Troy, 2 yrs, 6st 9lb (J. Osborne, jun.) Betting-2 to lon Evadne, 3to 1 agst Merlin, 4to 1 aost Hetman Platoff filly, and sto 1 agst Troy. Won cleverly by a length. The Hunters' Stakes of 5 soya each, and 20 added; ono mile and three-quarters. Gentlemen riders. (9 Subs.) Mr. Barker's Tordesillas, lOst 101b...(Mr. Gregson) 1 Capt. Broadley's Squire of Malton, 12 it slb (Or.uer) 2 Mr. J. Simpson's View Halloo, lOst 121b...(Owner) 3 Mr. Mutton's Psyche, 4 yrs, lOst 121b...(Mr. Peart) 4 Three others started. Won cleverly by half a length. The Selling Stakes of 3 soya each and 25 udded ; one mile and ga quarter, 9 Subs., were won in three heats easily, by Mr. Ryder's Clara, 7st 71b (Charlton), beating Mr. J.,G bc by Red Deer, sst 131 b, and four others. Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor, by The Doctor, out of Betsy Bird, is also a dangerous outsider. I believe he will be ridden by young Oslyrrn e.Mr. E. R. Clarke's Glenhawk, by Lanercost, out of Avis, by Camel, although a remarkably fine horse to look at, 1 cannot have as the absolute winner of the Derby. Dockeray, I understand, will have the mount. That game little animal, Lord Exeter's Midas, by Beiram, out of Merope, under the guidance of Norman, will be much nearer the front than is generally imagined. The only other horse requiring comment is a cast - off of Lord Clifden's stable—Telescope, by Lanercost, out of Gaze, the property of Mr. Neville; it will beat more than beats it. To sum up, in the absence of the Prime Minister and Co., the front rank at the finish will be composed of ITER NAMDEZ, TEDDINGTON, MARLBOROUGH BUCK, BONNIE DUN DEE. and HEARTBREAKER ; the two li's, probably, having the best of the spin. 1 shall be more pointed in my decision in the course of the week. Every day this week brief notes will appear containing the latest accounts from all quarters connected y, ith the Epsom events. Diem.—lt is my opinion at the present moment that PAYMENT or APHRODITE will win the Oaks for a cer tainty, the former for choice; and that Hesse Homburg and Sister to Wanota will not be far behind. I am, Sir, yours, &e. May 12, 1851. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. lIAREVICII ELECTION COMMITTEE. On Saturday the Committee continued their scrutiny, the vote objected to being that of Mr. John Attwood, in respect of an estate situate at Doverscourt, near• Har wich. Mr. JAMES, Q.C., contended that the vote was a bad vote, and ought not to have been polled. Mr. Attwood bad been in possession of the house for upwards of three years, had never slept in it, had kept it in an unfurnished state, with only an old man to look after it. Mr. Att wood had visited Harwich only twice in the three years, once during the period of his own election in 1847, when ho was unseated by a Committee of the House of Com mons, and agein in March last, during Mr. Prinsep's election, at neither of which periods did he sleep or stay at his own residence, but in the first place at the Three Cups Hotel, and in the second at the house of Mr. He 'chine, one of_his partisans. Mr. Attwood's vote hal been struck off as a bad vote in 1848, 1849, and 1850, and yet in 1851 the anomaly of its being reinstated on the register occurred. Mr. Attwood had an agent at Harwich named Alfred Haste, a retired tailor or draper, and to this individual the churchwardens, in contravention of the Act of Parliament, entrusted the preparation of the list of voters, and in pur suance of this privilege, he took the opportunity of placing on the list every servant of Mr. Attwood, whether the vote was good or bad, thus entailing great expense on the objectors. Mr. Pownall, solicitor of Harwich, gave evidence in confirmation of these facts, together with Joseph Smith, Mr. Attwood's gardener. Tho latter admitted that prior to Mr. Prinsep's election ho had come to an ar rangement with Mr. Attwood, to rent the lodge and a little bit of garden, and live there instead of in the mansion. Mr. JAMES that, horticulturally speaking, you were transplanted by Mr. Attwood, in order to go up with a vote.—(Laughter.) Witness—Yes I were. The room was cleared, and on re-admission the Com mittee intimated their decision that the vote of Mr. Attwood was a bad vote. The vote of Edward Chapman, objected to on the ground of paid agency, he having received election fees as town clerk, and of Charles Sparrow, on the ground of non-occupation of a house of insufficient value, were de cided by the Committee to be good votes. Mr. Sergeant KINGLAAE, Q C., then, under 11 and 12 Vic., c. 98, applied to the Committee for costs as against the other side, on the ground that the last two objections were frivolous and unfounded. The room was again cleared, and tho Committee de cided that•the objections taken were quite fair ones, and then adjourned to eleven o'clock this day, two votes only out of the six required to seat Mr. Crawford having tie yet bten established. RAILWA Y SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, MAY 10. STOCK EXCHAIMIL—The share market still continues re markably fiat, with little or no business doing. There were buyers of Bristol and Exeters to-day at 79%, and sellers at 80 - buyers of Great Westerns at 86%, and sellers at 87 — Ditto, Shares, buyers 14, sellers 14 1 / 2 -Vale of Neath, buyers 5% dis., sellers 5 dis.- Midland Stock, buyers 61%, sellers 62. LIVERPOOL, MAY 10. STOCK EXCHA.NOV--The share market was very dull to day, with prices tending downwards. The transactions were as follow Caledonian, 14%—East Lancashire, 16!g— Lancashire and Yorkshire, 62—Ditto, 6 per cent. Prefer ence, 13 1 A—London and North-Western, 127%—Ditto, New Quarters, 4% p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, Preference, 12—Midland, 62—Ditto, Halves, 13% dis. —North British, 944 2 —South-Eastern and Dover, 27—York and North Midland, 25%. MANCHESTER, MAY 10. SrocK EXCHAKGE.—The market has been very inanimate to-day. The transactions were as fbilow :—East Lancashire, 16 4 --Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6134 —Ditto (West Riding Union), 5% dis. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 101. Preference, 12—Ditto, New 6/. Preference, 9.16 p.— South-Eastern and Dover, 27. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The market continues flat. The only sale reported to-day was—South Staffordshire, 2% dis. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. Traffic—Week ending May 10, 1851 ... £9,410 14 4 Traffic —Week ending May 11, 1850 ... 8,040 19 6 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 160,451 5 9 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1850 ... 143,8 a 3 2 Total number of Passengers—Week ending May 10,1851 ... 53,040 Passengers ... £7,178 7 6 Goods ... ... 2,232 6 10 Total... £9,41014 4 Total miles open, 1851, 178 1 ,4 ; ditto, 1850, 171 1 4. London Terminus, May 12, 1851. CHILD MURDER IN ST. PANCRAS...4)n Saturday Mr. H. M. Wakley held an inquest at the Elephant and Castle, Camden-town, on a newly-born infant. William Smith, labourer, found the body on Thursday night in the parlour of No. 1, Tunbridge-street, a deserted house. It was wrapped in two clean cloths and a piece of sacking. Blood was issuing from the nose. It had not been long there, and had no doubt been flung into the parlour through the win dow, which was smashed by the boys. Dr. Robinson, house surgeon to the workhouse, said that the body was that of a full-grown female child, who was born alive, and lived some time. There were two very severe wounds on the parietal bone, and a deep indentation on the neck by a finger nail. The blows on the head produced congestion of the brain, and death. Verdict, " Wilful murder against, some person or persons unknown." DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—On Saturday in formation was received at the chief polioe;Stations in Lon don of a most daring highway robberY, attended with brutal violence, having been committed •on the Hitchen turnpike-road, about four miles from Bedford, on Wednes day last, on the person of Mr. Peacock, of Wilsham stead. The robbery was perpetrated, soon after nine o'clock at night, by four ruffians, who, at a secluded part of the road, rushed out and laid hold of the horse's head. He attempted to urge the animal on; but they suc ceeded in turning the gig into a ditch alorgeide• the road, where it turned over, and Sir. Peacock was thrown on to his head on the ground, when they sprang upon him, and white one of them placed his knee upon Mr. Peacock's neck,the others rifled his pockets. The property stolen consist lof 7CI. in Bank bills, a pur=e containing 10 . sovereigns and 16 shillings, a gold Geneva watch and guard, and many valu , able articles. SPIRITS. —According to a return obtained by Mr. Moffatt the quantity of spirits exported to the British colo nies in 1849 was 129,988 gallons, and in 1850 it was 123,774. The quantity exported to foreign countries and colonies ing 840 was 182,599 gallons, and in years respectively was 322,587 itwaslBs,l4o. The ag gregate export for the two ea and 308,914. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —The wonderful efficacy 0f... Holloway's Pills and Ointment in Curing an aged person of • Rheumatism. —Mr. John Pitt, of King-street, Dudley, who i has resided in that town or upwar served ds of tin hart years Majesty's 24th , with the ex ception of ten years, when he Regiment of Foot, began to suffer about four years ago most severely from rheumatism, and at times was unable to walk. He was under various doctors, and took every kind of medicine, without deriving any benefit, and at last was effectually cured by Holloway's Pills and Oihtmen_t, and he can now walk as well as ever he could in his life.—sold by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. ROYAL NAVAL SCHOOL. —The annual meeting of the friends of this institution W. 2.3 held on Satur ay d at Willis's Rooms, St. James's; Admiral Bowles, M.P., in the chair. The report ot the council adverted to the steps which had been taken, in consequence of the decline of the number of pupils, to admit into the schools such children, other than those at present eligible, as to the corporation might seem fit. An Act for this purpose was now before Parliament, and would shortly be passed through its various stages. erect In framing this Act the council ha d applied for powers to a chapel on the premises of the Royal Naval School, as the want of some consecrated place of w orship for the pupils; to attend was deeply felt. This chapel, which would cost 2,0001,, would be erected when the necessary funds were subscribed. The committee had caused a new and more comtnodious school-room to be erected, and the old echool-room was now divided into deal-rooms. The estimate for this work was 2,000/., but the actual cost , including the fittings and bude lights, was only 1,7711.35. The room was 100 feet by•4o feet, and 30 feet high. The examination which took place at Midsummer last showed the progress made in a very favourable light, particularly in the classics, mathematics, French, and navigation. The financial report stated, that in consequence of unusual demands upon the funds during the year, it had been found necessary to sell out 1,3001. from the funded stock, which now amounted to 6,744/. 3s. 3d. The income for the year amounted, including the sale of stock, to 7,210/. ss. 10d., and the expenditure to 6,897/. 15s. Id., leaving a balance available of 3121.105. 9d. This report was agreed to, and after agreeing to several resolutions, the meeting thanked the chairman and separated. ARTISTS' BENEVOLENT FUND.--The anniversary festival of the Artists' Benevolent Society took place on Saturday evening at the Freemasons' Tavern, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The attendance was, as usual, numerous. After drinking the usual loyal toasts, the chairman proceeded to give the toast of the evening, " Prosperity to the Artists' Benevolent Society," which ho prefaced with a detail of the benefits that had been conferred on the families of deceased artists, who, hut for the aid afforded them by the fund, would hav e had no resource beyond the acceptance of that cold bene volence the offspring; of legal enactment. A warm appeal to the feelings of the supporters of the institution, which at present supplied annuities to 46 widows and 26 or phans, followed, in which the c hairman feelingly and effectively urged his auditors to renewed exertions, as well to extend as to sustain the efficacy of the institution, so as to make it in every way equal to the accomplishment of the object for which it was founded. A handsome sub scription, headed with . 100 guineas, the annual donation of her Majesty, was then announced, and the proceedings terminated. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Goro Browne, of the 21st Regiment, is appointed Governor of St. Helena. Colonel Browne was greatly distinguished during the Arlghan cam paigns. . • GAM— R.Many country gentlemen either get leave to shoot over another's grounds or rents the same, and in either case, sells the surplus killed to game dealers. A pretty picture is this of the " English portnian." SPORTING NOTES. No. LI. OUR CO \TTRIBUTION TO THE GREAT NATIONAL EXHIBITION ON THE DOWNS OF EPSOM; A KEY TO THE MYSTERIES OF THE SEVENTY-SECOND DERBY. " Some there are, that by due steps aspire To lay their hands on that golden key, That ope's the palace of futurity : To such my errand is." MILTON'S Mask of COWLS. " Now hear me speak, with a prophetic spirit : For even the breath of what I mean to speak Shall blow each dust, each straw, each little rub, Out of the path which shall directly lead Thy foot to Fortune's Temple ; therefore mark !" SHAKSPERE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—More than two years have elapsed since I published, in the columns if The Sun, my first remarks on the Derby of this present memorable year; yet, during the whole of that time, I have remained true to my original selection—The Prime Minister, Newminster, Storm, and Lamartine— but, alas, that such things should be, the "understandings" of Storm and Newminster, the former in particular, have proved the fact that " Legs are not steel, and steel is bent ; Legs are not rock, and rock is rent ;" by giving way to such an extent, that Storm may be set down as a certain non-starter; and though in all probability Newminster may be screwed sip to the sticking point, yet, what with labouring under the imputation of unsoundness, and being short of work, I cannot at the present reckoning advise any of my sporting clients to stand on him Bolus for the " great go" of Wednesday vszek. Lamartine of late I have heard but little about; but with respect to that cele biate.d son of Melbourne, The Prime Minister, the last one left me of my original Derby team for the present year, I have heard the last day or two much more than I wished about him ; in fact that he, like unto the other three, was by no manner of means up to the mark, had gone amiss, &c., &c., which was demonstrated too surely yesterday, and again this morning, by the repeated offers of his opponents to lay 20, and, in some instances, 25 and 33 to 1 against him. Thus have the four animals, constituting my Derby team, after having risen in the betting to the short prices, respectively, of 9 to 2, 12 to 1, 20 to 1, and 25 to 1, one by one, fallen off " from their high estate," and, "Having touched the highest point of all their greatness, From that full meridian of their glory They haste now to their setting. They have fallen Like a bright exhalation in the evening, To be seen and heard of no more." At least, this seems to be the conclusion one must come to with respect to their Derby chances : however, the Minister not having gone, like his former companion at the top of the betting, Grecian,slick out of the market, it is "on the cards" that he may have a chance left yet ; but, at any rate, the public cannot complain of my selection, as hundreds to one, within the last ten months, were obtainable about the Minister, and fifties about each of the others, giving good hedging. But let me change this theme (it grows too sad for backers' nerves), and turn to a consideration of those animals' chances that are sound and fit at all points. The field, I should say, would range between twenty one and twenty-five, to be selected from the following : Hernandez, Constellation, Heartbreaker, The Marlborough Buck, Glenhawk, Bonnie Dundee, Midas, Tragedian, Ariosto (d.), The Prime Minister, The Ban, Teddington, Theseus, Ipsus (d.), Guy Mannering (d.), Telescope, (v. d.), Hippolytus, Louis Napoleon,Newminster, Mountain Deer, Hungerford (d.), The Black Doctor, Lamar tine (d.), colt by Tearaway (d.), Gholab Singh, colt by Epirus, Enterprise (d.), Azeth, Neasham, England's Glory, and Buckhound. 1 shall begin the analyzation by extract ing that division of the field which I denominate the worth , less lot, under which head the following may be classed : Tragedian, Ariosto, Ipsus, Guy Mannering, Louis Na poleon, Ilungerford, colts by Tearaway and Epirus, Gholab Singh, Azeth, Neasham, and Buckhound, This leaves me seventeen animals to select the winner from,_ three of w hom—The Prime Minister, Newminster, and Lamartine, are reported not to ho "up to the mark ;" thus reducing the number to fourteen whose chances now require a careful examination at my hands to discover— " Whom th s uncontroll'd decrees of fate To victory necessitate." Sir Joseph Hawley, lucky man, is the proprietor of two rattling favourites—Teddington and The Ban. The former, as being the premier in the market, demands my first considera tion ; he is by Orlando, out of Miss Twickenham, has ap peared in public six times, and as a winner thrice; his per formances are anything ut first-rate; he made his debut in the Second Spring Meeting at Newmarket last year in the race for the 10 soya. stakes, where, having lost start, he was no-where to Coticula and Citadel, the first and second. His next appearance was at Epsom, where he ran a fair third to the Marlborough Buck and Buckhound, beating a large field including Heartbreaker and Glenhawk. At the Newmarket July meeting, in the race for the Chesterfield Stakes, he, for the first time, shines as a victor, just managing to beat Ariosto on the post by a neck Turtle third ; Phlegra beaten off! At Goodwood, for the Eglinton Stakes, he ran a bad third to Phlegra and Buckhound!! And afterwards won the Molecomb Stakes, giving 51bs to Hippolytus, and beating him by a head ! This closed his performances last year. In the present season he has run but once, for a 200 sove.Stakes in the Newmarket. Craven Meeting, ss nen carrying Bst 121 b to the Oat 21b of the game little Midas, he beat the latter in a common canter, as he ought to do, if Sir Joseph expects to see his portrait figuring in the gallery of Derby winners. It is said he has beaten Aphrodite in a trial; on the strength of which he was made first favourite for the Epsom event; wburtr,ywoigthoiuhtelpanersbsyorelalyurdeelsc.eiv,seidr, j li o e s i e s phl n g a ot ot o h o e denough r nag Theto Ban, may possibly turn out to be THE horse of the stable on the day ; for it is well known the sums that have been in vested on him of late had been in large amounts, and put on by parties who are not often on the wrong scent. I, how ever, think that he is not equal to the t ask of pullin through Job Ma . Both The Ban and Teddington run , I believe ; r son rides the best on the day ; and Pearl, it is said, will have the other mount. Lord Enfield's bay; colt Hernandez, by Pantaloon, out of Black Bess, as second fa vourite, commands my next attention. This is one of the soundest, and, ill mistake not, about the best of the favou rites. He made his first appearance at Liverpool in the July Meeting, when he beat Harpsichord and Nondescript easily, for a Post Produce Sweepstakes. At Goodwood, car rying Bst 71b, was beaten a head by Phlegra, Bst 11b, for the Ham Stakes : Bonnie Dundee, Bst 71b, a head behind Hernandez • The Ban, Bst 101 b; Coticula, B st 71 b; and tw o or three others beaten off ! At the Newmarket F. 0. M., he won the Triennial Stakes by a length, beating Merry Peal, Payment, Phlegra, Midas, The Ban, Catalpa, and seven others ; and, at the Houghton Meeting, after running a dead heat with Ariosto and Heartbreaker for the Glasgow Stakes, was beaten half a length by them in the deciding heat. This closed his performances last year. This year, in the New market Craven Meeting, he won the Tuesday's Riddles worth, carrying Bst 71b, from Hookem Snivvy, Bst 41b, in the easiest manner imaginable; and, afterwards dis tinguished himself by winning the 2,000 Gui nea Stakes very cleverly, beating Mountain Deer, Glenhawk, and seven others not placed. He is " by the hand of nature marked, quoted, and signed, to do a deed of note," and will, most assuredly, be first, second, or third, per chance the WINNER in the eventful • struggle oaths 21st instant. He will be ridden by Nat; consequently will have the benefit of all that artistic jockeyship can accomplish towards obtaining a glorious triumph for his owner and backers! It is reported that Buckhound, tooled by Kitchener, will render what assistance he can in making the running, &c., for Her nandez. Mr. J. Clarke's Marlborough Buck, called half bred, by Venison, dam by Defence, is a superior animal, and may realise my prediction concerning him of the 31st of January last, that he "is quite capable, I imagine, of repeating on a pinch the Hotspur dose of 1849 ; consequently taking liberties with him is a remarkably dangerous movement." He has only appeared in public once—last year at Epsom-- when he won the Woodcote Stakes, beating Buckhound, Ted dington, Glenhawk, Heartbreaker, and eight others. He has, it is said, satisfied his friends ; but there is one thing concerning him that does not look very rosy for his supporters—two or three of the " talent" have been administering pepper ad libi tum for some time past at odds varying from 12 to 16 to 1. His jockey's name I have not been able to ascertain. Lord Eglinton intends, I believe, starting a couple—Bonnie Dundee and .Hippolytus; the former with Marlow up, and the latter with Sharp or Lye. Bonnie Dundee, however, is evidently the horse intended ; he is by Lanercost, out of Blue Bonnet, and has been out but once— for the Ham Stakes last year, when he was beaten a head for second. place by . Her.. nandez ! The latter being beaten a head by the winner, Phlegra, who received six pounds of the second and third, which just turned the scale in her, favour. Phlegra was in her best form throughout the whole of that meeting at Good wood. 1 anticipate seeing the tartan in the third lace, at least, if not any nearer, always providing that Bonnie Dundee is up to the mark on the important occasion. Mr. H. Hill's Mountain Deer, by Touchstone, out of Mountain Sylph's dam, notwithstanding the assistance he will receive from that talented jockey Alfred Day, will find his master again, as he did before, in Hernandez. Tom Dawson's hopes are centred in Constellation, by Lanercost, out of Moonbeam, the property of Mr. Meiklam, of whom it is asserted that he has improved wonderfully in his form since he ran The Ban and Croupier such a close race for the Municipal Stakes, at Doncaster, last September ; I cannot fancy him, however, and think his winning a iorlorn hope; be will be ridden by Sim Temple man. Mr. Iliggins'e chesnut colt Theseus, by Minotaur, out of New Year's Day, by Jerry, was out four times last season, winning thrice, but in no one instance beating a horse of any account; he is much fancied at Newmarket, and great things are expected of him—much more, in my opinion, than he can accomplish. Sam Rogers will have the mount. Heartbreaker, by Don John, out of Dilbar, is well bred, and probably will run very forward. I have not heard who the mount has been entrusted to, but should aay it would be Frank Butler. Mr. Wintringham's England/6 Glory, by Clarion or Emi lius, out of Pun ie Bird, will, in all probability, be ridden by Wintringham ; and, from his performances in public and private, if in good work, will be a -claugeroll3 outsider. EVEN IN G) LITERATURE. THE LIFE OF EDWARD BAINES. Onc - Volume. By his Son. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longn:ans. A narrative cf a career, distinguished by so much 'merit and • industry as that of the late representative of - Leeds, must necessarily be productive of good in the perusal'. Actuated by this conviction, his son has dedicated to the composition of the present volume very considerable energy and no small degree of earnestness. The accumulation of so many interest ing details relating to the departed politician, both in his private and his public capacity, evidences the de votien with which his biographer has entered upon the discharge of the duties devolving upon him self as the originator and • conductor of this literary enterprise. Materials, which must otherwise have remained for ever unknown, have through his instrumentality been collected to getherr--materials important not merely as illustra trations of the life and character of the deceased, but as tending to cast a lateral light upon the contempo rary history of the nation, and upon such histories also as those relating to electioneering and to provin cial journalism. As the author of the work under consideration has himself intimated, there isla certain analogy between the destiny and the temperament of EdWard Baines and those observable in Benjamin Franklin. He who was familiarly known among his associates as " the Franklin of Leeds" might not un wisely be brought into comparison with his great American prototype ; and it would be a task neither ungraceful • - nor unprofitable to contrast them with each other in an essay written after the manner of the incomparable Plutarch. Almost from a down years after the birth of Edward Baines, on the sth of February, 1774, at the village of Walton-le-Dale, in the valley of the Ribble, about a mile from the ancient borough of Preston, in Lin colnshire, his life was one of incessant application, of undeviating rectitude, of unremitting kindliness, of a benevolence that ripened into philanthropy, and of a talent for organization that gradually mellowed into statemanship. Descended from many generations of yeomen, the family residing for the most part in the North Riding of Yorkshire, he inherited from them, in mind, principles of distinguished liberality, and in body a certain robustness of constitution. During up wards of half a century his name has been intimately connected with the history of Yorkshire, and corre sponding so remarkably as it has done with the spirit tof the age in which he lived, the narrative of his career has assumed to itself at once a provincial in terest and a national importance. In his rise, as in that of the great Transatlantic philosopher„ there may be perceived an honesty of purpose and a reso lute assiduity such as could scarcely fail in the end to be altogether successful. We see in the narrative before us the ardour with which he devoted himself successively to the Debating Society and the Reason ing Society, to the occupations adventured upon at Preston and at Leeds, at one moment directing his energies to the Preston Review, and at another to the Leeds Mercury, with which letter publication — placed later under his joint proprietorship and editorship—his name became so widely identified. With reference to the promotion of all the schemes of social advancement, for which the first half of the nineteenth century has been rendered so re markable, his labours were ever conspicuous for their consistent uniformity and their surpris ing magnitude. Whether he felt himself called upon to forward an election or support an in stitution, Edward Baines always threw himself into the very van of the agitation, resolved, it would seem if it were possible to do so, to realize himself the desired achievement. Among all his multifarious ef forts, however, in the way of promoting the general improvement, those made by him in the cause of na tional education, not simply as a journalist, but as a legislator, were incomparably the most manifestly entitled to admiration. They illustrate more strikingly than anything else the generous tendency of his am bition, the ardour of his aspirations as a citizen, and the fervour of his self-sacrifice both as a patriot and a philanthropist. To this feature in his biography, therefore, a conspicuous space has been allotted; and those who are in any way curious to obtain informa tion respecting it will find themselves assisted in the desired direction by the comments of his filial com memorator. Another project assisted towards its de velopment by the late distinguished reformer was that of infant schools, and in addition to this also the scheme for the general establishment of mechanics' institutions. Besides the chapters relating to the public life of Edward Baines, those here given by his son in reference to his domestic habits and his per sonal character will be found not a jot less worthy of perusal and none the less entitled to admiration. The closing portion of the memoir, especi ally, is deserving of this praise, relating as it does with a simple and dignified pathos the declining health, the last illness, and the dissolution of the eminent and excellent man whose merits are here celebrated by the biographer. Sectarian Mr. Baines incontestably was upon some matters, in which we should rather have witnessed a more liberal and eclectic spirit, but upon all subjects tending to social advancement and political reform, we regard him as a man both earnest and conscientious. As such he was invariably looked upon by his contemporaries, as such, we doubt not, he will continue to be remembered, now that he has passed from amongst us, admired as a person of remarkable intelligence, and respected as one of indisputable philanthropy. Hence we feel assured that the present memoir of his career will be received by the public at large with no trifling degree of satisfaction, while those who venture upon its perusal- in these days of working, rather than of reading, will find reason to extend a considerable share of praise to the care and modesty of the biographer. FINE ARTS. VIEW OF THE DEVIL'S DYKE. Mr. Grant, of Brighton, has just published a very beautiful panoramic view of the far-famed " Devil's Dyke," a tinted lithograph, designed by F. Ford, sad lithographed by H. Vizetelly, about half a foot deep and tour feet long. It displays before us, with a peculiarly felicitous effect, that extensive and pic turesque tract of country which has astonished and delighted so many beholders from the summit of the Dyke. The variegated scene, woodland, and meadow, with here and there a little village, with its tiny church spire just perceptible, is de picted with a singular minuteness, while the fidelity of the whole coup d' ccil will be at once recognized by all who have visited " the Dyke." Those (few) who have not, will be tempted on seeing this picture to take a ticket for the next excursion, in order to be hold in reality a scene which even on toper appears so charming. The artists and the publisher deserve credit for producing at such a time so excellent a representation of one of the marvels of English scenery. NEW MUSIC A COLLECTION OF SECULAR MUSIC Novello, Dean-street, Soho. This cheap volume of rounds and songs will be , duly estimated by all who have the slightest love of we!ody. In it we have met with many of the " old familiar" breathings which charmed us in our early youth, when the fireside of home echoed to the simple harmonies of " Gather our Rosebuds," " Bonnie Christchurch Bells," "Ye Mariners of England," and other charming ditties of the liLe nature. The numerous airs in this volume are beautifully arranged for three voices, presenting no difficulties and much artistic e x cellence. Mr. Novello deserves great praise for affording such facilities to refine the taste and mind of the million by his cheap, yet highly clas sical, musical publications, and we heartily recommend this " Collection" to all whe would fain be " merry and wise." MARRIAGE IN lIIGII LIFE.—The Earl Grosvenor who has been making a tour in the east, is expected to re turn to this country next week. This youNg nobleman is about to form a matrimonial alliance .with. the Lady Con stance Levecon Gower, the youngest and beautiful daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. The visit of the King of the Belgians is deferred to the third week in June. Viscount Melbourne, we regret to state, is in such such a precarious state of health, that but slight hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery. In consequence of his I illness Viscountess Palmerston has put oft her reunions.— Weekly Chronicle. It is true of many persons, that their memory is nothing but a row of hooks to hang up grudges on.—Eliza Cook's Journal. THE Fox CLUB.—The fourth meeting of the Fox Club, at Brookes's, was held on Saturday—Right Hon. Earl of Albemarle, Right ' Hon. Earl of Strafford , Right lion. Lord Saye and Sele, Right Hon. Earl of Charlemont, Right lion. Earl of Campardown, Right Hon. Lord Marcus Hill, M.P., the Hon. Colonel Anson, ?iI.P., Right Hon. Viscount Enfield, M.P., Sir Robert Throckmorton, Mr. Edward A. Sanford, tha lion. Colonel Boyle, the Eon. R. Carew,Mr. 11. F. Stephenson, Sir Robert Heron, Right lion. Sir Ro bert Adair, Mr. R. Alston, Mr. Augustus R. Stephenson, Right Hon. Dr. Lushington, Earl Fitzwilliani, Lori_l_Sude ley, the Hon. Edward L. Mostyn, DEP, Mr. A. William Robarts, Right lion. Earl of Gosford, Lord Jams C Stuart, M.P., Lord Dinorben, the lion. T. C. H. Tracy . the lion. Hamilton Right lion. J. W. Fitzpatrick, 51. P., Duncan, Lord De Manley, Lord Poltimore, Src. TEWKESBURY GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—ThO inquiry into the Free Grammar School oft Tewkesbury, endowed by William Ferrari, Esq. , i n 1576, r being six • and the close years w before the Court of Chancery , has been brought to a ; e d uc ation of twelve boys fromth Ashborougchurch h of Tewkesbury, and four from the adjoining paris e h of NVi'l be immed i ate ly proceeded wit h, in accordance with the scheme sugge sted before the commencement of the suit, and now approved by the Court. The following toast was given after the dinner at your coal pits, down with your railroa Queenston, last w eek :—" Dam your canals, blast y our fur withn fur naces, e e s , your sinkth, away e l e ctric telegraphs , and over with your suspension bridges."— Quebec Gazette. ELECTION MOVEMENT.—The electors of Kendal on the Liberal interest have resolved to return Mr. George Carr Glyn , their present ]Member, free of all expense, ifhe upon the dissolu w ill allow himself to be again nominated - ' tion of the present Parliament. It is believed that Mr. Glyn will not hesitate to Accept the honour. MAY 12, 13851, TO 'lll - 1E 'SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD COURT CIRCULAR. REFORM ASSOCIATION. Her Majesty and his Rep.'. Highness Prince Albert, (EvERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.) with the Princess Royal, accompanied by their Royal Si.'n• - (3t ..n tiVeduesday the 7th, a long debate on the Highnesses the Prince and Princess , of Prussia, Prin ce Audie of Railways Accounts Bill, resulting in little Frederick William and the Princess Louisa of Prussia, more Shea lan impression that nothing very effectual was visited the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations on likely to be d one on any r id e . A s c ue proof of this, Saturday morning. The Royal suite consisted _of the the Is st division presented anothsr " tic," being of 57 Countess Orion, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Lieut.- again i 57. The observers of such natural phenomena, Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, and Count Goltz. Her tema :' it as probably a, unique instance of ties on two Majesty and Prince Albert, with their illustrious folios ring days. visitors, spent two hours in inspecting the various ob- On Thursday Petitions against Papal Aggression, jects of interest in the Exhibition, and then returned to with upward , s of 100,e00 sign a t ures i n t h e whole, were B uc ki ng h am P a l ace . prose ace d from Edinburgh and Glasgow. And the His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended Voaes of that day are headed with the following curious by Mr. Birch, paid a visit to the Exhibition on Satur anno unci talent. day forenoon. "1. .1 ?üblic Petitions Committee,-Special Report His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided on Satur brough I sup, and read as follows:- day afternoon at a meeting of the Royal Commission "Re toleed, That the Petition of Pierce Connelly, for the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Na clerk, t :empiaining of the fotcible detention of his vvifo tions. His Royal Highness, attended by Lieut.-Colonel in a cc invent, and praying the House to take into con- F. H. Seymour, arrived at three o'clock at the Exhibi siderati kea. the whole subject of Convents and .Nunnerier, tion Building in Hyde park. in Engl ac d, which was presented upo n the 29th day i . of The Royal Commissioners present were-the Duke of April la at ,is a Petition which ought to be printed for Buccleuch, the Earl of Rosso, Earl Granville, Lord the use of Members only; and that a Special Report be Stanley, Lord Overstone, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, made to th is effsct. M.P., Sir Charles L. Eastlake, Sir Charles Lyell, Sir "Rep( at ; to lie on the Table. Richard Westmacott, Mr. Baring, M.P., Mr. Bazley, " 2. I nuneeetn este -Petition o f th e Rev. Pierce Mr. Cubitt, Mr. Cobdee, M.P., Mr. T. In Gib son , M r . Connell:, ,„ for inquiry [presented 2 9 th Apri l ] , to be John Gott, Mr. Pusey, M.P., Mr. Stephenson, M.P, printed, fo r the use of niembers only." Mr. Shepherd, and Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P. Sir The P ?,i itioner and his wife appear to have been two Stafford Northcote, Mr. Scott Russell, and Mr. Edgar weak pee is le, who could not be content without tamper- Bowring, Secretaries of the Royal Commission, at ing with Ifome to the extent of the one becoming " a tended. Roman c k;rie" and the other being shut up in a convent, Colonel Reid, Chairman of the Executive Committee, and they f did not know whether they repented or not; Dr. Lyon Mayfair, and Colonel Lloyd, Special COM having s pioarently a remedy before them as easy as that missioners, were present. of the min who to keep out the flies was advised to saw The meeting broke up at five o'clock. Prince Albert his mew fa, which was to return to their old creed when afterwards went to a Committee meeting in the Exhibi they wet 6 tired of their new. Con Building. On the ,:came day less the debate on the Malt Tax , Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Helena and The sure tellers of its repeal s to o d upon its being an Lo u isa took a drive in an open carriage and four on invasion ,of the principles of Free Trade, present- Ssturday. lug apc ri illel to the Corn Law s . The pl ea is an in- H er Majesty, accompmiod by their Royal Highnesses stance an d a proof of the imperfect way in which the the Prince and Princess of Prussia and Prince Frederick nature an ei principle of Free Trade is even at this hour William of Prussia, took a drive on Saturday afternoon understo' td. The Corn t Lares were a tax on foreign corn in a carriage and four. Colonel the lion. Charles Grey alone, wi , its the avowed object of putting a stop to such and Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps attended trade as it i now carried on from Bradford in that article, on horseback. and them ie making an artificial trade and an artificial The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the price for the English growers at your expense. The Prince and Princess of Prussia and Prince Frederick Malt Tax: as a tax upon all malt, or if you please upon all William, honoured Her Majesty's Theatre with their barley. E t just as much restrains the profitable trade presence on Saturday evening. The Royal suits con which mil ;1 it be conducted through the intervention of your sisted of the Countess A. de Hacke, the Countess Oriolla, goods in , of eley,-obliges the foregoing of more profitable the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, exchange s, and acce pting o f o th e rs w hich are less,-as it Lord Waterpark, Count Piikler,_ Colonel the Hon. restrains ele agriculturist from grow in g barle y on the r F Charles Gr e y, Li eu t enan t-Colon e l F. H. Seymour, Co lauds ho e t ould prefer, and obliges him to grow some- lonel Fischer, and Major Von Boyen. Her Royal High thing he le kes less. There is in fact precisely the dif- ness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by her Royal femme Gil !re would have been, between the Corn Laws Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, also ho as they Fora; ;-e, and a law which should have imposed the noured Her Majesty's Theatre with her presence en same tax ol a hems-grown corn as on foreign; a difference Saturday evening. In attendance were Lady Fanny %Mai aft, r all the agitation on the Corn-laws no- Howard, Lady Caroline Murray, and Lord James body uncle rstood, but which was not the less real Murray. on that act ount. Whatever the consequences of such Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, an arranges nent might have been, it is clear it would not with the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, her have beer. a struggle for what all the world meant by Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal High- Free Trail , a, which was a struggle on the part of home ness the Princess of Prussia, the Ladies and Gentlemen producer;; to suppress manufacturing for foreign coin- of the Court, and the domestic household, attended di merce. 't:7: no outcry against the Malt Tax on this ground vine service yesterday morning in the private chapel in therefore floes for nothing. It may be a good tax or a Buckingham Palace. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wel bad tax, Es at it clearly is not this; and there is email lesley officiated. chance of: i arriving at sound conclusions, by discussing a The Finance Committee of the Royal C omm i ss i on thing as iw hat it is not. The repeal was finally negatived for the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all by 258 age inst 122. It is astonishing how much there Nations met at two o'clock on Saturday afternoon at is to do te afore the nature and principle of Free Trade the Exhibition Building in Hyde-park. Present -Earl will bo of re le tolerably understood in the House of Corn- Granville, Lord Overstone, Sir Alexander Spearman, mons. ln iere is not a debate admitting of the introduc- Bart.; Mr. Baring, M.P.; Mr. Cobden, M.P. ; M r . Lion, whe r. a Protection for British Industry, and Compe- Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson, and Mr. Peto, M.P. Colonel tition wi tl r the Untaxed Foreigner, are not unsparingly Reid, Chairman of the Executive Committee, was put tore- ird, though the certainty is there would be a present. storm of cries of " Question" if your representative pro- Sir Stafford Northcote and Mr. Edgar Bowring, ceeded to , answer them. And yet it is as clear as the Secretaries to the Royal Commission, were in attendance. sun, that what is called Competition with the Untaxed A d e putation of the trustees iof the Middlesex and Foreigner, is in reality competition with you at Bradford, Essex turnpike-roads, headed by Mr. Bramston, M.P., whose tre id aitis to make goods for exchange for foreign and Sir E. N. Buxton, M.P., had an interview on Satur corn, and • who are assuredly neither untaxed , nor with- da y with Sir Geor g e Gre y at the Home-office. The out claim to be British Industry. The untaxed foreigner, deputation consisted of Sir John Henry Pelly, Barb; I apprchc 13 d, has no more to do with the subject, than if Mr. William Cotton, Mr. William Ephraim Snow, Mr. it were pi's posed to put down the Greenland trade in Octavius Mashiter, Mr. t Edward Charri ng t on , M r . favour of h erne-made oils, on the ground that the blub ber G eor g e Offer, and Mr. George Dacre (clerk and solicitor was got I non untaxed whales. It is the merchants, and to the trustees). not the wis ales, who are the competitors with the men of The Council of Chairmen of the Juries of tho Royal home-ma tic oils; and unless the industry of these mer- Commission for the Works of Industry of all Nations chants as ad their associates can be proved no portion of met on Saturday at the Exhibition Building in Hyd e . the come 30 a stock, it would be pure folly to run up and park. There were present down the. -country exclaiming that the fishes were not Class 2. Jacob Bell, Esq., for Monsieur A. Dumas. Britons. it is with the industry that can bring here, and Class 3. Monsieur E. Lade. not with what it brings from, that the competition is. Gass 4. Professor Owen, F.R.S. When you at Bradford thoroughly understand this, and Class 6. General Poncelet. can make , .others do the same, you will be safe and not Class 7. 1. K. Brunel, Esq. before. Class 8. Baron Charles Dupin. On Fri 31iy, on the order for going into Committee on Class 9. Philip Pusey, Esq., M.P. the Eccles: nstical Titles Assumption Bill, Amendment Class 10. Sir David Brewster, F.R.S. was props is ed to add the words, " That the recent act Sub Jury A, Sir H. Bishop. of the Pe p 3 in dividing England into dioceses, and ap- Sub Jury B, J. H. Green, Esq. pointing .13 ishops thereto, was encouraged by the con- Sub Jury for Horology, E. B. Denison, Esq. duct and declarations of her Majesty's Government.' Class 11. Sir James Anderson. The facts iedvanced appeared to amount to establishing, Class 12. Dr. Schaffilault, for Professor Hermann. that the G overnment had been civil to the Pope and the Class 13. G. T. Kemp, Esq. Catholics iso long as it could, and that the Pope and Class 14. Count Von Harrach. his couns el !ors had taken advantage of this to make Class 16. Hon. Colonel Anson. their aggai esion. The absurd part of the averment, Class 17. M. Van de Weyer. was that t tie one was the natural and invited cense- Class Is. Henry Tucker, Esq. quence of 7the other. As if any possible coquettings of Class 19. Professor Bailey. Lord Mints with the Pope and Cardinals, it such there Class 20. William Felkin, Esq. were, coul cl by reasonable men have been construed into Class 21. Lord Wharncliffe. an iuvitati on to partition England like the ox and sheep Class 22. Hon. Horace Greeley. in the inst rt tenons for young carvers, with a flourish of Class '23. Dec de Luyne. trumpets iii the practicable quarters, declaring that the Class 24. Lord de Manley. time was mime for putting down Protestantism every- Class 26. Professor Rcesner, for Chevalier de Burg. where by force. The Minister took high ground by Class 29. Viscount Canning. declaring, •th at it bad since become known that the ad- Class 30. llerr Von Viebahn. the Board of Inland vice given tc. the Pops proceeded from avowed enemies Mr. John Wood, Chairman of Chancellor of the of England', acting with the object of embarrassing Revenue, had an interview with the residence in England with a view to neutralize her influence in the Exchequer on Saturday, at his official promotion 4if constitutional government in Europe, and ing-street. that as such, it had been boasted of by the authors at the The Duke of Wellington and the Duke of Rutland time of the transaction. The assertion of the previous attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, communicat iioll with Lord Minto, sinks into a twaddling St. James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. story of the Pope's having tapped upon a box and said Wesle y , and the sermon was preached by the Rev . T. " Here is it t esething for England;" which mig ht have Ran dol p h. ....5e...nen . been a pow ia of snuff for the nostrils of the existing --- e-- staff of the . Church in that country. Tho amou dment was finally negatived by 280 against 201. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The fineness of the day on Saturday, and the antici pation of the presence of her .Majesty, caused the Crys tal Palace to till better than on any day since the open ing. Her Majesty's visit, however, was a private one, the public not being admitted until after her departure. The Royal party arrived at about half-past ten o'clock, and her Majesty, after a hasty glance at some of the foreign novekies, proceeded to the British department, and examined the varied products with much care and attention. Nothing could be more pertinent than her in quiries, and, indeed, her general knowledge in the vari ous departments of British manufacture was a mattEr of gratified surprise to the exhibitors. Another gene ral topic of conversation among them was her Majesty's acquaintance v.ith the continental languages. In her progress through the foreign department she might be neard at one moment speaking French, then Italian, and afterwards in German, with the idiomatic corsrVnthe seldom found except amongst educated native s greeted several countries. A considerable crowd 0 her Majesty on her departure, and similara Buckingham Palace. awaited her return at the gates u assemblage of the visitors. isitor, and was an The Duke of Wellington waa number at 40,000; and judging object of considerable curiosity Is to ocfa ra l a . many The police computed;the n n9 aro formed wonderful anti by the rule of proportion, tsiil7oLueodoi_ when the shilling admission that it is intended to Hash the cipations of the edoamilym&c2eiss.siorlits I am, Sir, yours very sincerely, AN OLD REFORMER. London, MI by 12, 1851. CASES TIIIEATED IN THE MES, HOSPITAL. A dreadful tease of despondency, with pains and noises in the head, gi tidiness, and dimness of sight, in a man 56 years of age , is yielding in a remarkable manner. Various medic al gentlemen did their best, but in vein; and month st.er month life became a greater burden to him. Ile wee admitted here in April, and now muhes the following ei atement :—" All my accumulated afflictions have teen gradually rubsidieg; indeed, some of them, the giddiness lend noises in the head, together with the great nervous, oppression and dismal gloomy forebodings, have already left me, never, I hopefully trust, to return. My hearing veld my eyesight are progressing faveur• a:lle', the hitt+ n• most especially, as I can now read better without glass a than I could see to road with them pre viously to being mesmerised." This patient is still an der treatment,, and may bo seen. We must no t pass over the case of Catherine Brown, ad 7, King's He-yard, Tooley-etreet, 57 years of age, When seven pears old she fell down in a fit, and was un. conscious for twenty-four hours. She had a similar at. tack monthly till she became a patient here, last Feb ruary; and foot seven or eight days after the lit was in variably so -weak as to b© unable to attend to her avocations, wed indeed was at no time able to attend to them properly. She suffered agonizing pains. She was treated by nu merous medical gentlemen in London and in Ireland, without the least benefit. Her agonies:fre quently made her contemplate self-murder. She was three times in. Guy's Hospital end twice in St. Thomas's, the last time iEer four months. She applied to a dispen sary also, and. the surgeon told her she bad tie dolou; reux; and, in attempting to extract sev eral of b e teeth, broke geomo of them. From the first attaac.nk, above forty-four years ago, she was never tree fromerpmie_ and took large quantities of laudanum when pd dical treatment . She saw Mr. Capern early in February, u and ho mesmerised her head with cont acc f o r a quarter entirely ceased; of an hour. The pain instantly sad and from that moment she has ee xperienced the fi • On leaving the slightest pain, nor has she bad infirmary that day she called P usher niece at Islington, sat down in l a chair and, feeling a great desiretou-sleep, that her relatives were and fell into a sleep so profoundat .ainunl.some doctor had given her alarmed, and supposed She woke spontaneously tool arge a dose of in four hours, greatly refreshed, and has remained well to this very time. RETURN relative to RAIL WAY ACCIDENTS. d By the Returns made to t epartment, it appears that the total number of persons of evely description killed and passenger railways open for public traffic and 18S injured, injured on all the Great Britain and Ireland during the half-year ending in nst December, 1850, amounted to 12'3 killed, 3 a e l e that they may be classed as follows passengers killed, and 138 injured from causes beyond their own control. 13 passengers killed, and 9 injured, Owing to their own misconduct or want of caution. 40 servants of companies or of contractors killed, and 25 injured from causes beyond their own control. 34 servants of companies or of contractors killed, and 11 injured owing to their own misconduct or want of caution. 26 trespassers and other persons, neither passengers nor servants of the company, killed, and 5 injured, by crossing or walking on the railway. 1 suicide. BEAT IxamITION AND INSURAVCE THE G OFFICES. Beard of Directors of the Atlas Assurance have Co m determined to give to each of the c l er k s i n paDY • establishment,, in rotation, four day s l eave of ab- L„ e , i , r ; o r t he purpose of enabling th em to view the Great Exhibition, the company Paying for the ad missions. A like favour has been granted to the gentle men of the Sun Office, and the Provident Clerks' Life Association. It will afford us great satisfaction to be enabled to record in our next number that this liberal example has been followed by all the offioes and banks in London. Whatever tends to expand the mind or elevate the thoughts of individuals, cannot fail to be of value to those by whom they are employed; and the strongest inducement for earnest exertion by the clerks in an office is a knowledge of the desire of the higher authori ties in the establishment to promote the comforts and contribute to the occasional enjoyments of those w ho are engaged in it s l ess i nv iti ng an d more laborious . duties. We are glad to see the Assurance-offices ts klig the lead in thi s matter , as whatever serves br ingto these inquiry institutions before the public cannot fail to e xcite 01 SOlllO kind or cther respecting them, in th e mindsdreda of f those persona of whom ther e are tens and w of their hundreds thousands who have a very imperfect WI° ledge objects. spirit of the Scot hers of them will t A hi ' s s m ur a i t n te c ;.. °l:fi T c h e e tisti C Boards rkdnsowweafneyelthainstroedf thheLeohninidgioehninn respect of the long journey question of' extra expens l e a , not to enjoy allow a t monopoly he o managers f of liberality t i h n et element of consideration, see- • to be taken is scarcely a t , for travelling would be, by rß ing how light the chai:g t e h e believe the price for Company's splendid o y t ea w ithpermission to remain a week or is only thirty shilliegs.—Past _ _ the double adgd:azuyinbsci9oivnoYD:ogneufl"; L O DGING 1-101ISES. --------„,,,. -- —On Saturday a Bill in tChOeli O hrous i e of Commons was printed for the well-ordering o f common lodging-houses. It is to be read a second time on Weduesday. The object of the Bill is to place under the police common lodging-houses, with regard to the cleanliness, ventilation, &C., as also to remedy contagious diseases. The Bill was brought forward by Lord Ashley. ANNIVERSARY or THE PERRY SOCIETY. — T hia society held its aniverary meeting on Friday, M ay 9, at 4, St. Martin's-place, Lord Braybrooke, its president, in the chair, when the f o ll ow i ng gentlemen were elected o n the new council :—Robert Bell, W. H. Black, W. Chappell, W. Du rant Cooper, T. Crofton Croker (treasurer). J. H. Dixon, F. W. Fairholt, W. D. Haggard, J. U. Halliwell (secretary), the Rev. Dr. Hume, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, James Prior, W. Sandys, C. Roach Smith, and Thomas Wright. It was an nounced that Mr. Wright's new edition of " Chaucer's Can terbury Tales" had been comple ted during the past year by the publication of the third volume, and that one of the pub lications of the next year will be that of a third and hitherto unknown book of " Browne's Britannia s pastorals," the manuscript of which has b een recently discovered in one of our cathedral libraries. ' ON Drr.—Lieut.-Colonel Crablx, late of the 74th Highlanders, will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar the accomplished widow of the late , Henry Spooner, Esq., formerly an officer in her Majesty s cavalry. The lady is well known and appreciated at Southampton by her exten sive and multifariousibeaevolent charities.. Dritish Arms/ Dispatch. Total ... 123 killed ... 188 injured. The number of passengers conveyed during the half-year amounted to 41,087,919 1 ,4. The length of railway open on the 30th of June, 1850, was ... ... 6,308 miles. The length of railway open on the 31st De cember, 1850, was 6,621 miles. Increase during the half-year 813 miles. DUNCAN MACGREGOR, Registrar. Office of Commissioners of Railways, Whitehall, 6 May, 1851. Tha Coventry Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association held its annual meeting of members in the large room of the Temperance Hotel, Bishop-street, Coventry, on Tuesday evening. The room was inconveniently crowded with the attendance of members on the occasion. The ob. ject of the meeting was to bear the accounts for th e past year; to consider the best method of electing the com mittee for 1851; and generally to secure a better organiza tion of the reformers of this city, upon the p r i nc i ples la id down in the bill of rights issued by the National Association, or free i trade in all its ntegrity ; financial reform ; econo mical and equitable, Parliamentary reform ) immediate and complete. tWs: rt ele- ASP ;ed er ids led )181 pat , s ■ ■ ■