The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-16 00:00:00

'• l f e , Roads in •ver. 011 iorrequer, an moo red. Lt",, , either good, bau o f a w ork ri os. „ . iihsr instalmenL )e present cow. .0 predict hslcto ever contriv e the narrativaeit w ith an in ter sympathi es ,:,,a ithout noor's c reatures ° l . O ared his , O , ive land, I reilnd in d ctly hum an !, tot ou r regdrU strir nly son, r , ieient fell" i d many no ble his elder Leh b ew itches to b D i r ate Dalton' isei 'olatile, ,sistible fagtp ; P ' • it i ntstntint : st bis key-like in . or ne share l i n jar I fallen snot , ns, after tbe ? e O l . ) German iv3o,l is first inter rie „le, [iota de gu llets Jekyl, $ 11(4 ,1 tba ;erstone, an r , less $ qt no lv said cteristio -ai l o ud) oice wa s w ho, if a ms l3 )ok being 49 _ a ifford 001011, re someholyby , driven h" tr i f ti Juntsinso 14 i c oo' 3en are stil boo . he numb er ' moot and daPortevort de. Th e , but n 0 t he „„ of of group , t instilme," $ of Fra",po has to ref 'i s er est ough th e ',. ll ,berg . Von A tle '' rig e tcbingW e r; [errors o f ~,,e u ti• ~ it is ng o f the Pr a J eh ;terings Or , acc eptanc e w ho irit of h im A ions hose fonn,uBol; v , and vi jo. gave." P : ir3 ro ol‘ called*-eDi ye! wheth er ill ye faculties eo f l insult to ° p the ,h stage , i? e , is temP° r , 6 l , rl ,lo o ' keray etA li• sss. Th e r J iff' HE S- .ah t. ' la rles Xi* 0 ( it o liant ser shed the A fl ail' s not ir ;lilt Every„ esc p If-houm scs t. from the 0 1 of th e A lter untries• off some Pr le fat s uite e sin etblc tl 30 terer?: we a con t c o l an eloque P om Rob er oa t or an ,0. _, e o 0I hip" by Je' be r but coroP te, iilt d o refixe . ori t the "His py Lord Bpo th of th tl 3B by bete - Jere w e i ddi; th," ther e ` - ie p, r de Cov er 1, of " The D i. ects 'oo; 's again V i ed! Than ooll 3 Pf th e peciniero o tel ed of t he , 31P We trusliorP onths the ifor' ; io t the l ijec arl i :c t,ov he Q" aht"" 3 y th°tlrie' the k 11 P - t " f i r ' equ ee`) ,1 9 vv the 10 11 en telf not r e re 1 0 bort - n alf oe lin l 7 o b e fore - of os ‘ rposo _ Pliryia g a matter that, hardly needs exemplification,. w all hi t bears the provident tO4 o f ory witness to . d,ire.ce lear t he " Hand of God." Mr. Christmas, th T, , °e'd and eloquent author of " The Cradle of the thela, Giants,' has i n t ro d uce d t h e vo l ume t o iy,,,, t riglish p u bli c. Much, however, as we li t r tt hise with the spirit of the writer, 14 wo rk has mater i ally disappointed litL editor in the introduction admits that " the author . ito . ,rican—a republican by habit, education iiidaPrkirleiPle—a dissenter from the Episcopal Church, t i pie hearty supporter of a purely voluntary pri f n ; trtaiL Occa,lonally adopts a tone and takes A o t li)tr2l assumptions which on this side of the f - f ro : would provoke a kind of mental opposition cat,ris ii , e°hducive to the good effect of the work." Such Il li e , r ailY the case. With the author's religiousn , 1 11 1 ' s ;'ve should not quarrel, with his liberal politics iota ~° ll' ,d be disposed to agree, but his intolerant alogularly inappropriate in a work relating ti li), tie reral providence of Hint " who maketh his sun ftw 131 1 the just and on the unjust." For example. al bill ° f the staunchest Protestants il l , admire the good taste, if thoefy us s admit e f en „ral truth, of such a sweeping declaration as li4f ° r “ ° _,'‘iog :--" Coal, like the English language. ttoC e .e r u°rn) general intelligence, or piety, is Pro fi te n s c; toy, 44 vain do you search the world over to iler, lbit°asiderable deposit of this agent, except w lliqtrnPsh language is spoken, or where the Protes eu gion is professed." AC COUNT of the ANCIENT CORPS t , " 1511.E.11711L &RES-AT-ARMS. By J. Bunce ' n g) Cl er k of the Cheque. tk4i ter kelhandsome vo!ume, set forth with all the ad ea of beautiful paper and large typogr o a f pl th iest edic a t ed to Lord Foley, the Cataih e...s. h e e y i: R itba ragorps of Gentlemen•at-Arms ;P mb 111 . fl o c] kufautifully engraved portrait of Sir Christ 4 iga' 4 cf a c i°n) one of the gentlemen pensioners in the kti eo Queen Elizabeth, and furnishing a full ano lervic'tar ac count of the origin, history, duties, and Listd el cif (with the exception of the Yeomen of tht. , a ad and the Sergeants -at-Arms) the oldest corps k.b,"ag--the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-atk le h Such is the work now before us, a work ~, Willi v7lll u ndoubtedly be of value to all connecter 1'):!ue honourable corps to which it relates. I , e ral reader, it will possess a certain inter . esi, Ek e -41 8 a chapter of the history of a by i ; OttA a g e • The Honourable Corps was, 4,4,;,''5t instituted in the reign of Henry V 1 11., d turnposed entirely of gentlemen of noble constituted !td eattlblishment of a body-guard, so ort„ SorP,lslnted,, writes Mr. Curling, " was of m yw a , lirl e at the period of its institution than may ,4rittibr,,lptr• dispositionoy Tudor was of a fierce a t nd_ , and he knew it. No Plan a ed..t, 113 e ver more imperious and violent when op edl 'at the fit over, his disposition was also terii ttitiiredY a certain discretion. Such a King especially e„'"a auc h a guard, enumerating in its muster-roll f 7lik a r; l ° l Carew, Blunt, Hastings, &c., men o L 'ttc,! ° and scutcheons as old as any in the king tal'ilie7ll descended from knights who had fought and who, b e in g • armed to do as sworn,lPtri ilia " er e ever c l ose aroun d t h e roya l person . There 'tit ll no standing army, nor even a single regi th,,stderlibodied,,, All things have changed since x t ` i , l4l l 43l ,, 2 ‘ T uNv we have regiments and royal guards . d_ a o l e ` s ' and now, happily, we have also a Sovereign e ll d not require them. The venerable “ corp td 9 w a i t s as" Gentlemen Pensioners" or Spears," vin es upon Henry VIII. in the beginning of ;141114;:itntil century,and under their present de 1114eiltin " Gentlemen-at-Arms" some of their 184 9, attended Prince Albert at the open- tal e ,, coal Exchange. Between these dates what t j, e d4: e°lll d be " unfolded !" For a narrative of 6'ee 1 ; 68 of the Gentlemen Pensioners during these peperitfal centuries we must refer the curious to 411 ci a , -r f a tive of the Clerk of the Cheque to the e— e°rPa"—Mr. James Bunce Curling. L ‘e 21 1-8 LEAMINGTON IRIS. 'llthi -a l'e before us the first number of a new puiiiisheti at Leamington, but pos eintr4°re than a local interest. In addition to the filth" p Variety of tales, essays,. and . poems which o,?Zea'P B °f magazines, and in which departmrn . t "lets7Mn iris promises well, one of the main w„, i c ° 4, 4 l ts institution is to commemorate the spots Oit , eats of historical interest connected tt is ocality ; but as a proof that that of in; ,tit til l as we have said, not merely 4 , t q rit,)ed character, we need only particularize k,ll.Nyt,l",*,'ooal celebrities mentioned in this number, bis Ptit illiam Shakspere. The birthday of t ' 1 4, 4 ; 4 . 4 'Warwickshire - was aptly chosen as c)hts;nf l nitiation of this Warwickshire magazine. , As we have said, a biography of Shak s -1:4)k. is Qtnbelli s h e d w i t h a v i ew o f A nn e Hath -11 4. eottage The other contents of the Learning tkl(lli4callir.°4lllse. well for the future success of the A x FINE sRT • 111 )3IT1ON OF WA , TER COLOUR ' A li,' PAINTINGS. Society Painters of us la i v , It t n ~ the gallery of the Old 11 East, has enabled . to .er e 1 Pall-mall collection just di v . 0 ours, 5, merits o f the t'li„'rlalinate the tort '' t°• ' in the present (being y li , Public view, Without being, i ltse r P) annual exhibition. the mtki° - superior to . tit al speaking, a collection the DOW aflorning .t of tl; Its Predecessors, the one i n ",°f the society's gallery has the the best yet pro p Ills' e qual in t particulars to f ,I b , most Nor could this ki t° iI Y its members and associates.Cutter t4rl e the case while such men as George and David Cox, G') an c and --, y.% ding, ~ ,oN „ . opley Fiel • ck Taylor, and k . " 4 0 t e J.' ripp, and Frederick _ eminently f others, ti t4tit4ll;;l 40 d a variety ° , way , still con °`4.15 each in his particular Traversing the I t o is ' industrious. I t auelw themselves • Rs a arrested es- Piah het,Part we found our attention An articularised. tlPcltd.ls3' i hereaftEr p _ i s 11 as seen from , ,14Ing view of the " Cheviot H,, ' 01) by IN V. Lirt;i'lt Aloor, Northumberlan.d, the h glow of the with bh er ? is deliciously suffused t Scene on Riven Roe, z ilea% ,t A Mountain and , ortb 1,,, er. glowing tint :411 h wale, (14) has that rich to introduce as 4 i e m (.1 iler:tky knows so well how to ridges of liq'"4lopheric- garment of the elevated,,Snowdon, taken 4EttypAtother mountain scene' is charac hand, 4 i, `rettlad " ( 8) by the same t 1 1.. oc, 4 A o f colouring. I,Nti rr ,„"Y a similar - felicity a spotsituated _ , N . -'s representation 4 ear b il ut Wales," (06) 0 -..ettws-y -Coe.., I . North,eep and mellow. litilit• ra nwhite, has a °I of the on the part t ‘tti q YLf tone such as evinces Copley .leld,. a decided and visible advancement..,indefatigable I li 4:1 1? to proves himself t, , ore than ever which have klr,4dellitivation of those great powers reputation as a IV lti Y llecitij ,er red for him so high • r , af itnu kens of ru . 'a •e°lQurist • and so far as the to aBqt ' t of such a ii, sire ' °Wards the accomplishment reputation t„' v itle n • not to allow that , 2 , (li r ,. es a willingness . tice. siduous prac '41,-",,a',.lsh throu h a want of as• 441 v s.l° tna nifest g ed, of course, still . ore conspicu mdustry on the 1'4.'14,,,11is larFor productions, this in I)tril,-'°Pley Fielding is visibleeven in his minuter this his l'lrictillons to the gallery ; instance,mil Lumond ( m):'" from the Upper Part :of L Castle, , 1 14t1 ,, 41 41 hi s i, View from Brougham each i° ;144 ;"°relaria" (38), cabinet gemsom h i s more c, r qsp; ll ; ,. of consummate ability. From achan look '''l; '°lls effort, " A View of Ben Crumay be, seen t44l'" Loch A A • i " lesh re ( 66 ), , I. li tti , ‘ we, rg) in this :t)art uous effects capable of being produced palette and the ~• rl or nm e l lt of the art when the brush more picture, •TEl.,,,'e hands of a master. This of the reflective °lett`alltiot fail to secure the interest lb 4tOr • it affords 11 ) Been- ) y • g that the locality of which the one lu ‘ ,,, , rich and brilliant representation is lta 'eiti ß r d dclassical by the sojourn among , v tli . ea ere the seer ,fth °tes of r old Christopher North, tiop °rlitch. t. are onversa holding his memorable c within 1,4 with ,taiblniere d Buller, and Seward,_ r C uachan. ~' ' ss p" . _,l4e,ch oyes and under the shadow of urite with Nlth'")°action mu , st on this account be a fav u rt4,l ereaders of Li'l k od's Magazine. A voluptuousvale of 4014 411 ,, , ac wo 0 4 . A glow pervades the " View in the •. and artist, 1 ,4 4) ‘.4inaberland" (105), by the same en ,44:.rattiV n of the picture is materially and 'tft-t;',ll,Y thee in troduction severally to the right The I)ttir,ti Aaworth Castle and Lanercost Priory. The k ll 3) t ' c'f Seaford Cliffs from Newhaven, of I ,'''t q,',11 remarkable for the exquisite naturalnesshCopley :iqar, tla,d water, in the delineation of whic "c" i sNiR 15 al ways, and as it were inevitably,. us and .ti def i; Other ork from the same industrious kith 4",hble s worth notice, of es F. tile. c 4,, , master are w To " oeyond our limits of enum • eration. tt, 4)1, with reputation already the reP 1,:1,.11144 , out adding to . 1 `llllekt °Y him as a faithful and con 'ilitit;'°l' of rustic life and manners, usual I ,tll e ' s one or t . pictures it : l his excel +4, ' 1 41 " of cam:4MM ", . , , each of them c his " ni g" 'N I b •s examples of which, take 130\ tl4, (castinle" ( 3 \ • ~ II b h ' It et ~ 1 ) , his oin e" (123), and l ..n i l t °ll art' ti • rt '• D. Cox still maintains . his claim the PtiS- Lir e •, r,, latic yopularitv ; his " Changing k 4ti k° s ) be ‘. sketch of agricultural e.. ti er Y, b .g a charmi ng ‘'s a • eautiful in the progression of its perspe Ivill be in its general animation. One productionv.. titoris recognised at once by the majority of the m l . Ike wer to the gallery as having been already e . t 4 Eti: l , 4 t 0 obtain a larger number of its admirers by 'lll'-ltv%l \ copy in the Illustrated London Ne.s l' ls t t ' 4l o) , Et " Group of pilgrims in sight of Sr.S I;r:Prilt 1-41ae," a wooden raving of which was ap- N°rled-,,•`e,'Y given in the pictorial g journal just men n - t t,t" (I °o its con trib to s were celebrating the rece . 4.5te .la"lPbal ret u f r Sovereign Pontiff to his (-,_ ra t , r,,,.., , urn o the . . • from , the brush of ,',ViLI 4 `-'.Lueelral. The original is du,. llq, 5a... • -... admirable pro 1,,, a .7,70.•_ ,rohn Callow has an ...,8 Bay, jet, t • Y`' W . uei ng, a " Wreck in St. Hillier 'a we °Nye ,Evans, of Eton, must be congratulated,.season ilti pitt._"lYolad all the other exhibitors this , n - " I4 e 1 btin f ark bl of a go rota $ * beauty, beauty THE SUN, altogether so remarkable as to evidence a perceptible advance in an artist already highly matured in his capacities. Perhaps the masterpieces in the present collection are his Loch Vach—Death of the Otter" (83), and " Return from the Hill—Glen Tilt from lien-y-Gloe" (100), the former dim with its vapour ous suffusion, the latter brilliant from•the prominence of the figures crossing the foreground. Alfred Fripp's "Irish Piper" (90), though a hold and arresting picture, is inferior in the pleasure it afforded us to a little sketch, which some might regard as a mere trifle, in which with a few dashing touches and outlines (182) he has depicted a young " Furze Cutter." F. Mac kenzie has adorned the gallery with two architectural pictures of surprising ability, one (91) representing the north. west view of Lincoln Minster, and the other (195) giving the south-west view of the same superb edifice. Of W. A. Nesfield's painting of" The Giant's Amphitheatre, near the Causeway" (136) we crust be permitted to say that never was seen light ning of such chromatic liquidity, or tea-water of such washy greenness. " The Hhareent" (147), by John F. Lewis, is altogether the most extraordinary pro duction in the gallery. It is more than an astonish ing curiosity. It is one of those miracles of water colour paintings Ns hich occasionally startle us by their brilliancy. In the exquisite minuteness of its finish, the picture is comparable to the detailed oil-paintirgs f Van Eyck, while in smoothness and delicacy it vies with the brightest enamel. The nhareein in all its details—the chequered walls, the carpeted their, the dainty articles of furniture, the fruit and flowers, the coat of the gazelle, and the cos :ume of the different figures introduced, are depicted with a truthfulness worthy of all admiration. The very texture of the silks, and linens, and laces, and other woven fabrics of the Blussulman and his sul ranas, are rendered with the utmost regard to the accurate resemblance of their texture, the expression of the various countenances being also surpris ingly felicitous. Almost approaching this singular work in minute finish are two others, not far from it, of very different characters. One is (160) the "Banquet of Wolsey to the Am • bassadors," by Joseph _Nash, the other (165) " Hare, woodpigeon, &c.," by W. Hunt. . L. Palmer con tributes two pictures, rather exaggerated in colouring, (205) "St. Paul landing in Iraly," and (217) "Robinson Crusoe guiding his ILA up the Creek." Among the more important productions in the col lection we noticed two charming fruit-pieces—(2o4) by Maria Harrison, and (216) by George Rosenberg, ibe latter containing a vine leaf all but capable of rustling to the wind, and a cabbage rose which only wants the perfume of that empress of the flowers. Other works of various merit were scattered over the screens and round the walls of the apartment. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. 11. Lafont appeared fur the first time this season in his popular character of Ramadour, in the amusing corn iie-vaudeville of Les _Deux Brigadiers. The play is so familiar to the patrons of the French Plays that there is no necessity to rehearse the plot or the incidents. Lufunt, who was quite successful in de picting the gallant bearing and amusing nonchalance of the Brigadier, was frequently applauded during the piece, and was called for at its termination. In the new comedy of Gabrielle, M. Regnier and Mdlle. Nathalie produced their accustomed effect. The piece was acted with perfect ensemble. ASTLE Y'S A *1 PHITHEATRE. The present is the last week during which the grand equestrian spectacle of the Four Sons of Aymon can be performed, and the public are taking advantage of the short time jet remaining to witness this mag nificent drama. The house last evening was crowded to excess in every part, and we were particularly , •truck with the number of foreigners who were pro• sent. The aide boxes appeared filled with French visitors. SPORTING IN NEW MARKET bECON: BETTING ON TI THE 81.37F0L 3 to 1 agst St. George (t) I TELLIGENCE. D SPItING MEETING. LIESDAY NIGHT. L.K srAKEs. 17 to 2 agst Herbert. 4 to 1 aist Quasimouo to 2 agst Bolingbroke to 2 agst Clincher to 1 agst The Nigger to 1 agst Pitstord (t) to 1 agst Voltigeur to 1 spit Mildew (t) to I agst Mayors DER; w 1 as Perong BT. 40 to 1 agst Blarney (t) 1000 to 10 agst Royal Hart (taken) 1000 to 10 agstLadyGeral dine colt (t) 1000 to 10 agst Python 1000 to 15 agst Sir Charles 1000 to 15 AO Captain Grant (t) 1000 to 15 apt lirennus 20 tO I agst Italian 20 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum 40 t,) 1 agst Nutshell (t) Mildew, Pitsfotd, and Nutshell were backed in the course of the day for several hundred pounds; 1,000 even laid between Pitsfild and The Nigger, and the same between Penang and The Italian. WEDNESDAY'S RACES. The Champion Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old; e,,lts, Bst 71b; fillies and geldings, Bst. From the H.M. starting-post to the Duke's Stand. (9 Sobs.) Duke of Bedfird's Bordeaux (lt. Pettit) 1 Lord Exeter's Nutcracker (Flatman) 2 Petting-5 to 2 and 3to 1 on Bordeaux. Won in a after by four lengths. Run in 2 min. 52 sec. Handicap Piate of 50 sour. each, tor three yrs old, and upward:. To run the same distance as the New T.Y.C., starting about seventy ) ards in advance of the New T.Y.C. starting-post, and finishing at a post on the rite of the hill. Mr. Cassit4's Diligence, 3 yrs, 53t Gib (T. Smith) 1 Mr. G. Hob Eon's Laundrymaid, aged, Bst (Flatman) 2 Lord Cliftlen's Wallflower. 4 yrs, 7st 12Ib ...(Pearl) 3 Mr. Litter's Hind cf the Forest, 5 yrs, Bst (Rogers) 0 Mr. Delsinere's Fuoco, 2 yrs, 7st gib ...(Dockeray) 0 Mr. Frewhitt's Jugghfr, 4 yrs, ist 21b.. (Miller) 0 Sir R. Pigot's Calitornia, 63t 61b (R. Sherwood) 0 Mr. Stephenson's cby Dromedary, Est 21b (lIarlock) 0 Mr. Bastard's f by a son cf Glaucus and Cassandra 0 Mr. Freeman's Impression, 3 yrs, Est 91b (Hiett) 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Fuoco, and sto 1 each agst Dili gence, Impression, and California. Laundrymaid led off, but, after running a quarter of a mile, gave prece dence to Diligence, who was never headed, and won easily by two lengths; Wallflower a very good third. Ron in 1 min. 12 sec. The Suffolk Stakes of 15 toys each, 5 ft if declared, &c., with 50 added; winners Extra; the second to save bis stake. (23 Subs, fourteen of whom paid 5 soya each.) Mr. Snewing's St. George, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Hiett) 1 Mr. Nevill's Harbert, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b Mr. Ford's Chicot, 4 yrs 6st 111 b Duke of Bedford's Quasinaudo, 4 yrs, 7st 10Th (in cluding 41b extra) Mr. Caraw's Eva, 4 yrs, Tat 6lb (Robert Sherwood) 0 Mr. Neville's Letitia, 4 yrs 7st 51b Mr. E. Batson's Thistledown, sst 13ib (r. Smith) 0 Beiting-2 to 1 agst Herbert, 7 to *apt St. George, 9 to 2 agst Quasiaiudo, and 5 to 1 agst 'Thistledown. Letitia made the running, followed by the others in a line, for nearly a mile, and was then passed by Herbert, St. George, Qua,ireodo, and Chicot; this lot were in a duster at the brow of the hill, where bt. George and Herbert singled themsdvi s out, the young one winning with great daliculty by a head, Herbert beating Chicot by a length; Qussirnodu a bud fourth Run in 2 min. 47 sec. The Jockey Club Ple...e of 50 soya., for four yrs old, ist 21b; Live, Bst 310; six and aged, Bst 91b, the pro perty of members of the Jockey Club. B.C. Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalia Sweepstakes of 50 suva. each; fur four years old colts, Bst 81b; fillies, Bst .51b; winners extra. Last three miles of B.C. Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalia A Sweet stakes of 10 80v3. each, to which there were three subscribers, went off by consent, owing to frequent storms of hail and rain. The attendance was very select, and no one eppPared to regret that the racing terminatud with the Suffolk Stakes. 13EI'TING UP TO FIVE O'CLOCK. DEABY. I to 2 on the Field 16 to 1 agst Penang 2to 1 agst The Nigger (t) 18 to 1 agst Italian 2 to 1 agst Pitsford (t) 30 to 1 agst Deicoon 4 to 1 agst Mi dew 33 to 1 agst Nutshell 5 to 1 agst Mayors 33 to 1 agst Cariboo No others mentioned. BETTING ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DEBBY. 33 to 1 eget Nutshell 40 to 1 agst Ghillie Callum 40 to 1 agst Cariboo (t) 40 to 1 apt Sweetheart 40 to 1 apt Blarney (t) 100 ~to 1 agst William the Conqueror 10,000 tol7o apt Brennus(t) 13 to 2 on the Field 11 to 1 agst Pitsford 13 to 1 agst The Nigger 15 to 1 agst Veliigeur 15 to 1 apt Mayors 17 to 1 agst Mildew 17 to 1 a gst Prnang 20 to 1 agst Italian 30 to 1 apt Deicoon (t) OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Gillyflower (t) - 13 to 1 agst Countess (Mr. 10 to 1 agat Exotic Gratwicke) 13 to 1 agat Ithedycina 13 to 1 Eliza Middleton. ENTRIES FOR " THURSDAY. Handicap Plato. A.i.f:TuFtliunTe;,6 yrs, Bst 71b— Fire-e , :ter, 4 yrs, Sst lib—Vasa, 4 yrs, 7st Gib—Dover, 4 yrs, ist 61b—Dolly Varden, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Pius IX., 5 yrs, 7st 31b—Jessy, 4 yrs, 7st Ilb—Beau Pre Belle, 4 yrs, 6st 131b—Ions, 4 yrs, Est 111b—Goodwood, 4 yrs, Gst 1 Ilb—Eva, 4 yrs, 6st Mb—Thistledown, 3 yrs, sst 101b—Bastinado, 3 yrs, sst 51b—B cby Gladiator, out of Revival, 3 yrs, sst 3tb. Wauota, 6 yrs, 9st, paid, and the weights were raised. handicap. T.Y.C.—The White Lady, 4 yrs, Bst 71b —lrish Jig, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—B cby Mus, out of Virago, 3 yrs, Bst lobe, 3 yrs, 7st 21b. Four others paid, and the weights were raised. Mr. Mackinnon was accidently shut out, and thereby prevented from voting in the division against Mr. Grant ley Berkeley's motion on Tuesday night. HONESTY REWARDED BY A LADY.—Yesterday afternoon a lady, residing in Arlington-street, Piccadilly, while proceeding down the latter thoroughfare, accidentally dropped a small parcel containing a pair of gloves and a quantity of lace collars. The lady, evidently unconscious of her loss, was proceeding on, when the parcel was picked up by a lad whose appearance denoted extreme poverty. The little fellow, not knowing who was the I, , ser, eyed the package suspiciously, and then strsted after a gentleman wbc, disclaiming any knowledge of the p ro p ert y , led the honest lad to run after a second person, and a third, and ultimately the rightful owner, who acknowledged the honesty of the boy by a present of a sovereign--an amount that evidently terrified bun, for it 1116.5 601310 tirllo before 0414 b . siagutail 0 accept it. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY l6, RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. The adjourned meeting of the holders of 101. pre ference shares in this company was held on Tuesday at the London Tavern, to receive the report of the committee appointed on the 7th iest. to confer with the directors in reference to a modification of the terms under which the preference shares were issued, the Hon. Captain Plunkett, R.N., in the chair. The report of the committee stated that in reply to the circular issued by the directors to the pre ference shareholders there were eight to one in favour cf a modification of the terms. The committee found that in addition to the usual amount of mortgage and debenture debt of the company, the security of which, in the minds of lenders has of course been seriously disturbed by recent events, the company is at this time oppressed by a floating debt, exceeding in the aggregate 800,0001., which debt is daily on the increase in the form of growing interest and accumulating law charges ; and that the balance of debt, after realising all probable assets, which must be a gra dual operation, cannot fall materially short of 500,000/. They find, further, that this debt must within a very few months be aggravated by the ad ditional obligation of discharging the first instalment of the Clydesdale capital, with a superadded bonus of 50 per cent., which capital and bonus amount to 675,0001. The company is at present not only with out any means, in the form of existing or authorised capital, of discharging the floating debt, hut the por tion of its ordinary weekly revenue not specially de voted to payment of interest on debenture is ex hausted in warding off claims for land and other de mands of urgency almost before it is received. The representations of the directors as tothe onerous nature of the annual rents chargeable on the company are in no way exaggerated; that they exceed largely the avail. able revenue of the company, to say nothing of the threatened attempt to fasten on the company, by pro cess of law, the so-called working contract with the Scottish Central Railway Company. The Cale donian Railway still requires a considerable out lay, and this outlay must be made before the proprietors can reasonably look for any considerable increase in its traffic. An immediate remedy fur this deplorable state of things was demanded, and which was only to be attained by bringing the annual lia bilities and expenditure within the probable means of the company, whereby such a state of credit might be obtained as would enable the company to raise an advance of capital sufficient for its requirements. The arrangement, then, which the committee have unanirnouly determined to recommend for adoption is, that the dividend on the preferential shares be reduced to Ali per cent. in perpetuity, con tingent on the making of satisfactory adjustments with the other guaranteed lines; two out of ten, or in that proportion, of the directors of the board to be elected by the preference holders ; the same arrange ments as to arrears of dividends to be made in regard to the preference shares as to the other guarantees. Bearing in mind the great pecuniary loss already sustained, and every day increasing, from the existing condition of things--a loss which cannot be estimated at less than 80,0001. per annum ; the extreme danger of delay, not merely to the holders of preference stock, but to the other guaranteed interests, and the whole under taking ; and, lastly, the desirableness of offering to the other guaranteed interests an example of conces sion, the committee most earnestly recommend its adoption. This arrangement is wholly contingent on the completion by th e di rec t ors o f correspon di ng ones with the other guaranteed and preferential interests; and the committee are happy to recognise in the chair man of this company, and those of his colleagues with whom they have been placed in communication, a ready disposition to meet the difficulties of the case. They venture to rely on the manitestation of a similar disposition by the representatives of those interests. The good effects of the example set by the 10/. pre ference stockholders at the recent meeting in nomi !wing (unanimously) a committee to deal with the question are understood to have been already felt in the more satisfactory progress towards an arrange ment with some of those interests ; and the commit tee have little doubt that the same results will be arrived at in their other negotiations. If, how ever, a short-sighted policy in any single instance should defeat arrangements calculated to restore comparative happiness to many hundreds of families, and if Parliament, appealed to as it must be, should hesitate or refuse to remove , such an obstruction to a general adjustment so fruitful of good, the holders of guaranteed shares will, in that event, revert to their existing rights, and, with those others who may have followed them in their example of moderation, must await that more temperate dis potition on the part of outstanding interests which time and the experience of the disasters attendant on delay must ultimately induce. 'I he CHAIRMAN said, it was a great gratification to the directurs that the committee of preference share holders should have reported in favour of the mea sure proposed by the board of directors both before and since they came into office. He was glad to state that some of the guaranteed parties had shown a disposition to come to an arrangement. It was so far fortunate for the directors that they had in this instance to deal with men of enlightened minds and a general knowledge of matters, who, when the facts were laid before them and they had made the necessary in quiries, saw that the interests of the proprietors could only be protected by a certain course wbich they re commended. Unfortunately the directors had to elt al with others, who were narrow-minded, and only looked to what they could claim, and not to tl.e circumstances of the case ; they look to words rather than things. He hoped the example set by the preference holders would be followed by the other parties, as it was the interest of all concerned that an amicable arrangement should he come to speedily. It was thought that if the great majority of the shareholders agreed in this movement, the mi nority would not be allowed to keep a large and valuable property in the state of embarrassment in which, unfortunately, the Caledonian was placed. He could assure them that it would not be the fault of the directors if satisfactory arrangements were not made with the guaranteed holders ; at all events it appeared that no one would gain anything by ob structions or delay. The preference shareholders were entitled to the best thanks of the board for the liberal spirit in which they had met the case, and he hoped the proposal would be responded to in like manner in other quarters. Mr. THORNTON, the chairman of the committee, moved the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Mr. Houou. A conversation ensued, in the course of which it was stated that the company would be able to pay the 4i per cent. to the preference holders, instead of the 7 per cent. guaranteed, provided the other gua ranteed shareholders would agree to similar terms. On a careful consideration of the subject it was found more ads isable to reduce permanently the amount of the guaranteed rates of interest to fixed rates of dividend, leaving the surplus, if any, to go to the original shareholders, rather than to regulate the guaranteed dividends by any kind of sliding scale depending upon an increase in the traffic which may hereafter take place. It was necessary that the holders of original shares should have some chance of a dividend, because upon their exertions depended the success of the scheme for releasing the company from its present difficulties. Resolutions were unanimously passed, adopting the report, voting the cordial thanks of the meeting to the committee, and requesting them to continue their services until the proposed arrangements receive the sanction of Parliament. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the Chairman and directors for their valuable exertions to promote the interpsts of the company. MATCH AGAINST TIME.—Sir W. N. Younge per formed the arduous task of running a mile, and leaping 100 hurdles, 3 feet 6 inches high, in 18 minutes and 30 seconds, on Monday, the 13th instant (the time specified in the agree ment being 25 minutes). The field in which the above was performed was not at all favourable, being a small rectangu lar one, with much grass in it, high lands, and a little on the descent. The course was an oval, with four hurdles on the ascending, and six on the descending side, 15 yards apart. The feat was performed in the following order and time :_The first 10 hurdles were cleared in 1 minute; the second, l ; the third, 2; the fourth, Ib; the fifth, 2 ; th e sixth, 2*; the seventh, 2*; the eighth, t}; the ninth, 2i; and the tenth, 2. A minute's rest between each 10 hurdles. The cheering of the spectators was loud and universal at the conclusion of the match, which was very cleverly performed, although Sir William was neither in health nor spirits.: PETERHEAD—NQUESTRIAN FEAT.—On Tuesday night, about 12 P.m., a horse and gig, belonging to a com mercial traveller, started off from Broad-street, going along Rose-street, and down James-street, at full gallop. Ou reaching the foot of James-street, it went right over the quay into the harbour. The pilots, on hearing the splashing in the harbour, but not knowing the why and wherefore, supposed it to be nothing else than " the sea serpent ashore," and took to their heels, at a speed little short of, if not equal to what "their worthy serpent" pursued, on his route there. A few parties were soon attracted by the circumstance, who, it seems, were rather better acquainted with natural history, and pronounced it to be, instead of a , reptile, a quadruped, and by the worthy exertions of whom —to their praise be it spoken—the fancied serpent was soon got ashore, and, what is most ast nishing, neither gig nor horse were found to be in any way hurt. But the parties who picked up the horse and gig now betook themselves to look for an owner, and, in their search, they found a gentle man lying in Broad-street, who, from his position, might have been supposed to be studying astronomy, and who had resigned himself to the arms of Morpheus. — Inverness Courier Though sinking in decrepid age, he prematurely falls whose memory records no benefit conferred on man by him. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously. Eliza Cook's Journal. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAILWAY.—Tho works of this line are rapidly progressing towards Knock william, and all the arrangements seem to be conducted in a most satisfactory manner. To-morrow the portion of the line between the Tucanastown station and that just erected at Ballylowry will be opened for the transit of passengers and traffic; and though by rail this is but a cliAance of scarcely half a mile, yet it will save a round of full three miles by the old coach road, and thus make a vast difference in the time OcCUPitil in tin 1 911111 7 intim; Wiltsgml and MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER. MEETING IN FINSBURY LAST NIGFIT. --- Yesterday evening a public meeting of the Non conformists of London and its neighbourhood was held in Finsbury Chapel, with the view of declaring the sentiments of that body on the Bill now in pro gress through the House of Commons for legalizing marriage with a deceased wife's sister. At half-past six o'clock S. M. Peto, Esq., M.P., was called to the chair, by which time the floor and galleries of the chapel were occupied by a very large audience, which increased as the proceedings pro gressed until there could not be less than 500 persons present. On the platform were a great number of ministers and gentlemen connected with the Dissenting body, among whom we noticed the Rev. J. 11. Hinton, Rev. J. Big wood, Rev. F. Trestrail, Rev. W. Reynolds, Rev. W. Leask, Rev. J. Hatch, Rev. E. Ckrk, Rev. T. Binney, and Rev. J. Burnet ; J. Scoble, Esq., G. Lowe, Esq., F.R S., Mr. Oliver, Mr. J. Haddon, J. Harris, Esq., M P., W. Griffin, sq , E. Miall, E.q., Mr. J. Soul, Mr. Chew, Mr. J. C. Williams, Mr. Parnell, and J. Danford, Esq. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the meeting said, the necessity and propriety of Nonconformists calling a meeting of this kind would be fully shown by the fact that he himself had,had the honour, during the present session of Parliament, of presenting petitions representing the opinions of 1,200 congregations of Nonconformists in favour of the Bill of Mr. Stuart Wortley for legalizing marriage with a deceased wife's sister.—(Cheers.) He submitted that in inter fering with so great and sacred an institution as that of marriage they ought to have the indisputable sanction of the Word of God, or be urged to that course by some great social necessity. It would be the business of this meeting to show that the altera tion made in the law of marriage by Lord Lynd burst's Act, in 1835, was not justified by public ne cessity, or sanctioned by the Word of God.— (Cheers.) When that Bill was first introduced its purpose was to limit the period within which objec• tions might be taken to these marriages, and when the Bill was in Committee, to meet the views of the Bishop of London and the other dignitaries of the Church in the Upper House of Parliament, the Bill was altered altogether, and it was then r e p o rt e d a s a Bill to sanction all such marriages of this kind as had previously taken place, and to prohibit all such marriages in future.— (Hear, hear.) The ob ject of Lord Lyndhurst's Act was only to sanction certain marriages which had taken place among Members of the Upper House and their rela tives, and had no reference whatever to the general well-being of the people.—(Cheers.) Great dissatis faction began soon to be felt throughout the country with that Act of Parliament, and her Majesty ap pointed a Commission to inquire fully into the ques tion ; and that Commission unanimously reported to Parliament in favour of an alteration of the existing la w beenHefathiroluyghgtivtehne up. The Jewish aspectvvisoh Rabbis, and this question had almost all the learned men amongst the Jews, who were best competent to form an opinion on this sub ject, had contended that the text of Scripture appli cable to those marriages gave a sanction to them ; and those learned persons put a different construction upon that text from that which the supporters of Lord Lyndhurst's Bill did. The Jewish p eop l e , so far from holding those marriages in detestation or abhorrence, conceived they were entitled to their warm commendation ; and they were universally per mitted to take place earlier after the decease of the wife than any other marriage by a widower. That no essential grievance existed to justify the passing of Lord Lyndhurst's Act was shown by the fact that not a single petition was presented to the House of Commons in favour of it before the passing of the measure ; and whilst that measure was passing through that House its warmest advocates could only say that those marriages were contrary to the canon law of the Church of England; and that was the only objection they had to offer.—(Hear, hear.) It now became a question whether the Noncon formists of England would submit to that law.— (Cheers.) The Nonconformists were not in the slightest degree amenable to the canon law of the Church of England ; that canon law bad been altered from time to time. The ancient canons of the Church of England, for instance, forbade third marriages altogether; and second marriages, although not forbidden, were as far as possible discouraged. With reference to clergymen, second marriages were prohibited, and a clergyman was prohibited altogether from marrying a widow. The greater part of those canons were not the law at the present day, but had been altogether repealed. Were they, in the nineteenth century, with the Word of God for their rule and guide, to submit to the canons of the Church of England ? No.—(Cheers.) And they were deter mined that the Act of 1835 should not much longer remain the law of the land. They held it to be the duty of the Legislature not to interfere unduly with the freedom of action, and they thought in this re spect the Legislature had unduly interfered with the liberty of action. And what had been the result ? Why, the happiness of thousands had been destroyed. Since Lord Lyndhurst's Act was passed upwards of 33,000 of those particular marriages had taken place, which the law of this country did not recog nise. —(Hear, hear.) Besides that, the whole of the children of those marriages were illegitimate, and a man who had contracted such a marriage could not recognise his wife or his children in his will without their having to pay 101. per cent. duty on their lega cies after his death, as if they had been perfect stran gers to him. He contended that Lord Lyndhurst's Act had never been found to work well, and if it was not justified by the law of Gud or the law of nature, then it was unjust to interfere with the civil and reli gious liberty of the subject, and the Nonconformists were determined to persevere in their exertions until that unjust and cruel law should be repealed. The Rev. JOHN HOWARD HINTON, in moving the first resolution, reviewed the various changes which had been made in the law, especially in the time of henry the Eighth and Queen Mary. The fact of such marriages being forbidden by the 99th canon of the Church of England might be a circumstance binding upon the members of that church, but what had those out of that church to 'do with it ?--(Hear, hear.) It was a question never yet discussed in the present day, who were and who were not prohibited by God's law to marry. It was true that Arch bishop Parker's list had been the rule in courts of law, and had been the guide in decisions, but to no greater extent had the matter been decided. He contended that the 18th verse of the 18th chapter of Leviticus sanctioned, by implication, marriage with a deceased's wife's sister. The verse ran as follows :—" Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime." Th e i nsert i o n of the words " in her lifetime" clearly implied that after the death of the wife the restriction was not to be enforced, and the law was so understood by the Jews. To allow the present unjust and cruel prohibition to continue would, in fact, be to retrace their steps beyond the reign of Henry the Eighth, for all persons were then allowed to marry who were not prohibited by the law of God, and to return again to that period of ascetic churchmanship and monastic spirit, when the people had wrested from them the larger portion of their liberties. If he might be permitted to give a word of command and encouragement, he would say to his hearers, as did Wellington, on a memo rable occasion, it Up, Guards, and at 'em," with a confident hope that they would boldly, zealously, and successfully fight the battle of truth and justice. —(Cheers.) He concluded by moving the following resolution : " That, in the opinion of this meeting, marriage with the sister of a deceased wife is not contrary to t h e l aw of God; and that its being forbidden by the 99th canon of the Church of England forms no valid reas on f or it s being prohibited by the Imperial Legislat ure to the population of the United Kingdom, a lar ge proportion of which is not comprehendedwithin the pale of the Church established by law.' Mr. N. GRIFFIN, one of the Dissenting deputies, seconded the resolution. Mr. J. MITCHELL said he was desirous of address ing a Christian meeting, in a Christian house of worship, against the most iniquitous and unjust Act of Lord Lyndhurst, passed in 1835. He was enabled to corroborate the statement which had been made, that, according to the Levitical law, a man could marry the sister of his deceased wife, and he knew of a number of members of the Jewish Church who had contracted such marriages, and be did not know of a single instance in which they had proved unhappy. The resolution was then unanimously agreed tut The Rev. THOMAS BINNET rose to move the second resolution— " That, in the opinion of this meeting, th e Act of sth and 6th William IV., commonly called Lord Lynd hurst's Act, by which marriage with a deceased's wil'e's sister is declared ' absolutely null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever,' was, and is , an unwarranted interference with social rights; that it has wrought, and must continue to work, iteuriouety to the happi ness and morals of the community; and that the thanks of the public at large, and especially of British Nonconformists, are due to the Right lion. Stuart ‘Vorttey, M.P., for having in successive sessions of Parliament, and in the face of a tenacious and unscrupulous opposition, endea voured to obtain the removal of this unrighteous and pernicious restriction." He thought it was very proper to introduce the words " commonly called Lord Lyndhurst's Act," into the resolution. It was commonly called his Act, but it was not Lord Lyndhurst's Act, as they had already heard. Lord Lyndhurst had a particular object in view ; his Act would have been an improve.. ment on the previous state of the law, but the Bishop of London introduced what completely altered the character of the Act. Lord Lyndhurst proposed that the marriages that had taken place should not be questioned after six months, and that the marriages that should take place should not be questioned sifter two years. The Bishop of London went a great deal further both ways, bath backwards and forwards ; he introduced the clause, that six months should not elapse with respect to the marriages that had taken place, but be pronounced valid at once and for ever; and with respect to those that should afterwards take place, not two, nor ten, nor twenty years were to sanction them, but they were to be invalid altogether and for all titne.— (Hear, hear.) Lord Lyndhurst and his friends said, altered as the Bill was, it would answer their purpose ; they wanted to secure a certain individual ; they pro posed a certain thing that would have secured that individual, and the Bill, even as altered, would secure him. Very true ; it would sacrifice everybody else, but they said, " never mind ; if we get our object for the one, we will let the millions go"—(Cheers)— and so they wrapped it up.— (Laughter.) Now, he contended that was not Lord Lyndhurst's Bill, but the Bishop of London's, to whom the Nonconformists were under so many end great obligations.---(Hear.) In the chapter of Leviticus, to which allusion had been made, there were two things in that law, admitting, for the sake of argument, that it was the marriage law, which bore on the particular marriage in ques tion. One of those things had not been referred to that night. In that law there was a clause forbidding the marriage of a woman with the brother of her de ceased husband. Upon that their friends, on the opposite aide of the question, took their stand, and said there was an express injunction forbidding those marriages, acd, that being so, it was the same thing for a woman to marry the brother of her deceased husband as for a man to marry the sister of his de ceased wife. If the one, said they, was forbidden, then the other was forbidden. But it was said, in the 18th verse of the 18th chapter of Leviticus, " Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime." It might be said, properly, that did not mean a sister, hut, simply, a woman to a woman. It was said the translators of the Bible showed that the question admitted of a doubt, by puting in the margin, oppposite that text, the words, "a wife to a wife." Now he could not go t into that delicate question in a meeting like tha ; he could not give them his rea sons. It was one of the mischiefs of this law, and this controversy, that it excited a great many ques tions which were better left alone. Without at tempting to give them his reasons, he thought those reasons were sufficient. He thought those reasons founded on the nature of the thing, and agreeable to the Word of God. It was evident that the command to which he had referred applied to the marrying of one sister during the lifetime of another who was the wife of the party, but had no application at all to the marrying of the sister after the death of the wife.—(Hear, hear.) Now, as regarded the morals of the community, it was well known that hun dreds had married, in spite of the law, and let them think of the position in which the children were placed by the operation of the law. But there were others whose sentiments were not of so elevated a character, and who, finding that a marriage could not be contracted under the law, agree to dispense with the ceremony which would be useless, and live together as man and wife with out marriage. Such was the effect of this most unjust law, and what right, he would ask, had the Government to place any portion of the people in such a position ?—(Hear, hear.) There were a great number of marriages tolerated which were far more objectionable than those with a deceased wife's sister, such, fur instance, as mar riages in which there was an actual blood relation ship.—(Hear, hear.) He thought marriages between cousins were open to greater objections, both in a physical and moral point of view.— (Cheers.) The law of Leviticus, he contended, gave permission to a man to marry his deceased wite's sister, and no human legislators ought to interfere with that right. The resolution which he proposed said, that the pre sentabtohuet co t m ba m t. unit li ye e law worked most injuri ous ly t o th e h a ppi ness N kn ow ew the t r b e at cou m lil an b y e no and mdoourablts of persons of great respectability, education, re ligion, and high honour, were prevented marry ing, although they were satisfied in their own consciences that their marriage would be perfectly agreeable to the will of God, and though their affec tions were trammelled and interfered with, they were so anxious not to break through the law of the land, that they did not take the advantage of pro ceeding to other countries where they might have been legally married. Many persons, however, of equally high position had married in spite of the law, but their children, who were considered illegitimate, were branded with the name of bastards, and many a gentle spirit was crushed by the ignominy which perhaps awaited him. It was said the law ought to be a terror to evil doers, but in this instance, it was a terror to the good and virtuous.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Binney) and Dr. Cox had given two or three pages of evidence before the Parliamentary Select Committee, on the subject of these marriages, but Mr. Roundell Palmer had undertook to say, in the House of Commons, that they did not represent the sentiments of the Dissenters of England.—(Great laughter.) Now, he was astonished that a man like Ilr. Roundell Fulmer, who perhaps had never been in a Dissenting chapel in his life, nor spoken to a Dissenter vis-a-vis, should have the boldness to assert he knew the Dissenters butte] than Dr. Cox or himself.—(Laughter.) It had beet, said by their opponents that much immorality anti corruption would result from the passing of the Bili now before the House of Commons, that women would have an interest in looking forward to the death of their married sisters ; hut he protested, in the namt of the women of England, against so gross a libel or: female delicacy, honour, and purity.—(Loud cheers.) The Rev. Gentleman then concluded by proposins the resolution as given above. Mr. J. C. EVANS seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. The Rev. Mr. BURNET moved the next resolution, and with much humour referred to the conduct of Henry VIII., in the several marriages which he con tracted. Nothing, he said, was fixed on the subject till the time of Elizabeth, when, at her command. Archbishop Parker drew up his table, regulating the degrees of affinity within which marriage might be contracted. The whole matter was, in fact, a job. Henry wanted a little job effected, and he applied to Archbishop Cranmer ; Elizabeth wanted a job done also, and she applied to Archbishop Parker, and het object was to secure her own succession, which she feared might otherwise have been endangered. Again, in 183.5, a certain peer wanted a job completed, and he got a very arch peer to undertake it— (Laughter)—and so the country in that way got the Bill called Lord Lyndhurst's Bill. The Rev. Gentle tlernan continued at great length, and concluded by moving a resolution to, the following effect :—" That the strenuous support of this meeting be given to the Bill for legalising marriage with a deceased wife's sister, now in progress through Parliament, by peti tions to both Houses, praying them to pass such Bill into law ; and that the petition to the Lords be pre sented by Lord Wharncliffe, and that to the Com mons by Samuel Morton Peto, Esq., M.P." Mr. E. Mreen seconded the resolution. He had great objections to the existing law, because the Act of 1835 was carried under circumstances which did not entitle it to respect. He had a further objection to it on the ground of its inefficiency ; the rich evaded it, and the poor disregarded it. The resolution having bean agreed to, The Rev. Mr. BROCK moved the last resolution, " That a deputation should be requested to wait upon Sir George Grey on behalf of the Nonconformists, and to solicit the ective concurrence of her Majesty's Government in the effectuation of their desire.' Nr. J. Iliauts, M.P., seconded the resolution, which was agreed to. Thanks were then given to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. Towards the conclusion of the proceedings, a man named Duncan, a Chartist, rushed into the meeting, with the fury of a madman, and shouting at the top of his voice ' I will speak, I will speak," leapt upon the reporters table, and thence bounded upon the platform, where he began menacing and threatening everybody there. He was immediately laid hold of by several gentlemen on the platform, and a police man being on the spot, he was taken into custody, and conveyed outside. The incident for some time caused the greatest consternation, and was the means of putting a somewhat abrupt termination to the pro ceedings. Mr. Alderman Humphery paired off with Mr. William Cubitt against Mr. Grantley Berkeley's motion for a committee on the corn-laws. POST-OFFICE NOTICE.—The Postmaster -General of the United States having announced t hat the Government of that country is about to establish contract mail packets between Liverpool and New York, all letters, &c., intended to be forwarded by these vessels must, until further orders, be specially addressed, " By United States' Packet from Liver pool." The postage will be the same as that charged upon let ters and newspapers conveyed by British packet, viz.: —One shilling for a letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, and so on, and one penny for each newspaper. Tho former may either be paid in advance or lett unpaid, at the option of the sender, but the postage upon newspapers must be paid, or they will not be forwarded. No particulars have yet been received with respect to the periods at which these packets will leave this country. ST. PAUL'S ScnooL.—The Apposition yesterday was well attended. Among the audience were the Bishops of St. David's, St. Asaph's, Bangor. Manchester, Sir R. Inglis, and the principal members of the Mercers' Company. A great many ladies were present. The proceedings were begun with a Commemoration of Dean Colet, founder of the school, spoken by the captain. Messrs. Lawrence and Cooper then recited their poems--first and second prizes —on " The Conquest of Peru." Both were much applauded. These and the other prizes having been distributed, recitations from Sophocles, Shakspeare, Terence, and Aristophanes, were given by several of the scholars, one of whom (Lord) was particularly happy in the spirit with which he delivered his parts. Au announcement that, at the request of the bishops, eight days additional holidays would be graated, terminated the procee4i_ap _ 1850. THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY. PUBLIC REJOICINGS. Yesterday the bells of the various metropolitan churches rung a merry peat from an carly hour in the morning, and the royal standard and union jack fluttered in the breeze from many a spire. The vessels in the Pool displayed their signal flags, and presented a gay and animated appearance, whilst over Buckingham Palace, Somerset House, and other national edifices, the royal ensign unfolded its silken sides and displayed the national embh ma of royalty and power in honour of the day which commemorated the birthday of her Majesty. During the morning the metropolitan railway stations were crowded with persons desirous of:availing themselves of the recurrence of this national holiday to enjoy a trip to the favourite resorts of Richmond, Hampton Court, Windsor, and other places in the vi cinity of London. The day was observed as a holiday at the Bank of England and other public establish multi, and the celebration of her Majesty's birthday in 1850 will long be associated in the minds of millions of her subjects with pleasurable recollections and healti ful recreations. At one o'clock the Park and Tower guns tired royal salutes, which were responded to by those at 1 Woolwich and Sheerness. THE ARTILLERY COMPANY.—Tho gun division of t' lion. Artillery Company assembled yesterday, at the Artillery Ground, in Finsbury, under Captain Robinson, at twelve o'clock, and fired a royal salute, in honour of tier Majesty's birthday. There was a most numerous attendance upon the occasion, and the enthusiasm was, if possible, increased by the celebrity attached to the corps upon the appointment of his Royal Highness Prince Albert as the head of it. The Hunoureble Artillery Company has been under a course of drill, by Ser. ;east-Major Campbell, of the Royal Artillery, Wool wich. We understand that Sergeant-Major Mills, of the Scotch Fusilier Guards, has been appointed by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, under the new regulation, with a residence at the Armoury-house, to superintend the drills. It will be in the remembrance of our readers that the Hon. Artillery Company most promptly, and to a man, were assembled on the 10th of April, 1848, to meet the apprehended disturbance. INSPECTION OF THE TROOPS AT WOOLWICH.—At an early hour Woolwich presented an unusual appear ance from the number of persons from the metropolis and other places, to witness the review of the artillery, marines, and sappers and miners, stationed at this gar rison. The men having assembled with their three bands, several most appropriate airs were played by them in front of a numerous staff of general officers; after which they formed a line, and were severally in spected. Having marched by the staff in slow and quick time, the officers of the three corps were complimented on the disciplined state of their men. The inspection terminated about half-past eleven o'clock, when the thousands present separated highly gratified. STATE DiziNnne.—The Marquis of Westminster, Lord Steward of the Queen's Household, gave a state dinner yesterday evening, at Grosvenor House, Upper Grosvenor-street, in celebration of her Majesty's birth day. The Marquis of Breadalbane, Lord Chamberlain of the Queen's Household, gave a state dinner in celebration of her Majesty's birthday last evening, at his residence in Park-lane. Lord John Russell, First Lord of the Treasury, gave a full-dress dinner yesterday evening, at his private re sidence in Chesham-place, to celebrate the Queen's birthday. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, gave a full-dress dinner last evening, in honour of the Queen's birthday, at the Clarendon Hotel. Earl Grey, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, entertained a full-dress dinner-party in honour of the Queen's birthday, at his residence on Carlton-terrace. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Chancellor of the Exchequer, gave a state dinner to celebrate the Queen's birthday, last evening, at his official residence in Down ing-street. The Queen's Honourable Corps of Gentleman• at-Arms dined together to celebrate the day last evening. The Attorney-General gave a state banquet in cele bration of her Majesty's birthday, last evening, to the leading members of the bar, at the Albion, Aldersgate• street. The annual dinner given in honour of her Majesty's birthday by the Archbishop of York, was yesterday at tended by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Bangor, Carltdo, Gloucester and Bristol, Ripon, Lichfield, Oxford, Worcester, St. Asaph, Man chester, Norwich, Cashel, Down, Limerick, Archdeacon Musgrave, Rev. Thomas Fuller, &c. ILLUMINATIONS. The illuminations, yesterday evening, in honour of her Majesty's birthday, were very general, several of them being on a most magnificent and extensive scale. There appeared to have been considerable ingenuity and taste displayed in the election of the devices, in which gene rally the introduction of gas had a most brilliant effect. The following were the di-plays at THE CLUB HOUSES. The Union, Cockspur-street—A large projecting im perial crown, encircled with a wreath of laurel, termi nated by a true lover's knot, with two stars of Brunswick, in brilliant gas. The United University, Pall-mall East—Large impe rial crown, with the royal initials V. R., in pure white lamps, with stars, lozenge, and a most splendid transpa rency representing Br.tannia in a marine car drawn by sea-horses, and bearing a medallion portrait of her Ma jesty Queen Victoria, while Fame, in the distance, is pro claiming her glories to the world. This beautiful design was finished by wreaths of laurel, and a true lover's kuut, in blue lamps. The Junior United Service Club, Regent-street—This establishment, as usual, exhibited an illumination o❑ a magnificent scale, which occupied the entire front of the building. It consisted of a large projecting imperial crown, with the Royal initial V., encircled by the Order of the Garter. and bearing the motto, '•Muni suit qui mal y pence," two stars of Brunswick, military flags, union jacks, wreaths of laurel, scroll:, &c., iu bril liant gns. The United Service, Pall-mall—Projecting imperial crown, with a shield containing the rose, thistle, and ,hamrock, encircled by the Order of the Garter, the Royal initials, V. R., supported on either side by mili tary flags, three stars of Brunswick, and wreaths and scrolls extending along the entire front of the building. The whole in brilliant gas jet. The Athermum, Pall-mall—The neatness of the dis play at this institution excited general admiration. It consisted of the Royal initials V. R., each initial being encircled by branches of oak, in gas. The Carlton, Pall-mall—lmperial projecting crown, the initials V. R., two stars, and wreaths of laurel, in gas. _ . The Travellers', Pall-mall—A novel display of illumi nations, representing 10 Grecian lamps, formed by triple circles cf gas jets, placed on the tops of the ordinary gaslight column, of great brilliancy. The Reform, Pall-mall—A similar display to the Travellers', consisting of 13 Grecian lamps, in brilliant gas, extending the whole length of the building, the effulgence of which was most dazzling. The Erectheum, St. James's-square—The Royal ini tials V. R., with wreaths of laurel in gas. The liiynoliam, St. James's-square—Large projecting Imperial crown, with scrip V. R., in brilliant gas. The Army and Navy, St. James's-aquare—Theßoyal initials in scrip, projecting crown, stars, wreaths, &c., in gas. The Oxford and Cambridge University, Pall-mall—A large bulging imperial crown, and the Royal initials V. R., in gas. The Guards, Pall-mall—As usual at this club there was a very brilliant display of illuminations, consisting of the imperial crown, the Royal initials V. R., two stars, in gas jets. The Conservative, St. James's-street—Large project ing Imperial crown, beneath which was a wreath of laurel, encircling the rose, thistle, and shamrock, and the Royal initials V. R. in brilliant gas jets. Arthur's, St. James's-street—lmperial crown, the Royal initials, and wreaths of laurel, in brilliant gas. Brookes's, St. James's-street—Large V. 8., and crown, in gas. Boodle's, St. James's-street—The Imperial crown, en circled by a wreath of laurel, the Royal initials V. R., with two stars of Brunswick, in gas. White's, St. James's-street—Large Imperial crown, richly coloured; the Royal initials in pure white lamps, and wreaths of laurel, in coloured lamps. p2s blishent l The Military, Naval, and County Servic e Club (late Crockford's), St. James's-street — Thi s night exhibited a blaze of lib© considered e g st :iffcenc m e rare ast ly the crowning equalled, and might, indeed, bei the whole extent of y attraction of the nig ht, as n with devices. A large ea this large frontage was c over ed projecting imperial crown, surmounted by the British either side by flags, union-jacks lion, and suppoilcr! on _r2 v R and a b `hflags, shield, on which wa; &c., the Royal initials emblems ma of the rose, thistle, and displayed the national s h a mrock, with stareof Brunswick• and a scroll wor k, • the inscription CorUnum—Via Una," with at bearing , building either extremity of the Roman consular fasces. The whole in brilliant gas. The Alfred Club, Albemarle-street—lmperial :crown and V.& in gas. The. Oriental, Hanover-square Large imperial crown, two stars of Brunswick, and wreaths of laurel, in brilliant gas. THE THEITREV. Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket—A splendid im perial crown, the jewels of which were beautifully de fined in variegated lamps, and the Royal i n iti a l s V.R,, encircled by wreath s of laurel, interspersed with ruby coloured fruit, and the wreaths joined by a true lover's knot, in variegated lamps. The Royal standard, f large dimensions, also floated from the summit of the building. The Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden—The Impe rial crown, the star of Brunswick, and the Royal initials V. R., in gas. The Haymarket—lmperial crown and V. R., in gas. Drury -lane Theatre—Large projecting Imcerial crown, and the Royal initiate, in variegated lamps. Tile Adelphi, Strand—Large star in brilliart gas. The Lyceum, Wellington-street—Magnificent star, with the Royal initial V. in the centre, in hrilliaut gas. The Princess's, Oxford-street—Large star, with the word " Victoria," in brilliant gas. Astley's Amphitheatre, Wes tminster-road —lm p erial crown and V. R. in gas. St. James's Theatre—A star, and V. B. 'n jets of gas. The residence of the Duke of Norfolk ( M as ter of the Imperial Horse), St. James's-square—A most velvet did cushion, with crown of large dimensions, or! golden fringe and tassels, the jewels of ve the clown and the colour of the cushion being mostt as tefully displayed aelinineritairdls-coVlOußre' in pure in dlamps; nera in variegated lamps; white, white, and wreaths o Granville Pa) master-Ge 1 and Vice-President of the Board of true lover's knot. the T w he ho r l e e si t e e e r n m c i e n o a f t e d E b a y a rradeN tahuer Roy als 11 16, Bruton street, B e rkelersquare—Large imperial crown gild Y. It, in 4010. The residence of Sir John Cam Hobhouse (President of the Board of Control), Hill-street, Berk.,ley-square. Large jewelled imFerial crown, the Royal initials, and wreaths of laurel, in variegated lamps. The Puly;echntc bistitution, Regent-street, was illu- minated in a very novel manner, by a ttispliy of the electric light, elevated on the figure of Minerva on the top of the institution. The following were amorgst the most prominent pri vate devices exhibited in celebration of the auspicious occasion :—Howell and James, Waterloo-place; Holmes. Regent•street ; Nicoll, Regent-street ; Jay, Regent street; Itedmayne, Bond-street; and Warren's blacking warehouse, Strand, all of whose .houses presented most brilliant and t aste f u l ill um i nat i ons. Messrs. Robert Cocks and Co., music publishers to her Majesty,l New Burlingtou-street, Regent-strest--A. remarkably brilliant and radient star in gas, with V. R. in the centre. Egyptian Hall, Colonel Fremont's overland route to Oregon and California —Star end V. R. in gas. Messy. Doudney, court , allors, 17, OA Bond-street —A large and britiiant.gas st4r. Ruwhind's Macassar Ott and Kalydor Warehouse, 20, Hatton-garden, displayed a splendid crown with the initials V. R. on either side in gas. Messrs. Jay, purveyors of mourning to the Queen, Regent-street—A splendid crown with a glory, V. R. and laurels, covering the whole facade of three houses. W. Fuller, 60, Jermyn-street, ice-pail maker to her Majesty—A handsome variegated star. Mesa,. Cutler and Reed, 25, St. James's-street, tailors to his Royal Highness Prince Albert—Two revolving stars, with " God save the Queen." Spurin's Royal Juvenile Library and . Repository, 37, New Bond-street—A star of Brunswick, in brilliant jets Li' gas. Messrs. Godfrey and Hancock, 3, Conduit-street, Hanover-square, shoemakers to the Royal Family and patentees of the royal waterproof over-shoe—A large bulging Brunswick star in brilliant gas, with the royal initials V. H. Isherwood and Son, house and ornamental painters to her Majesty, 35, Ludgate-hill —A large star, in gas. Mrs. and the Misses Johnston, 16, Dover-street, Pio cadilly—The letters V. R. T. Price, silk-mercer to her Majesty and the Royal Family, 42, Duke-street, St. James's—V. R., and bril liant star. Musical Repository, 41, New Bond-street—A brilliant star of Bruswick, in gas. Exposition de 'lndustrie Francais', George-street, Hanover-Square—V. R. and a brilliant crown. Kirk, snuff-manufacturer to her Majesty and the Royal Family, Fleet-street—A star, in ♦ariegated lamps. Mr. Owen's East India Warehouse, New Bond-street, by appointment to her Mujesty—A splendid crown, in variegated lamps. Smith and Nephew, perfumers in ordinary to her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, 1, Prince's street, Cavendish square—A large Brunswick star, with V. R. in the centre, in gas. T. Arthur, 3, Sackvilie-street, paper-hanger. &c., to her Majesty—A crown, with the initials V. R., brilliantly illuminated in variegated lamps. Vouillon and Laure, Hanover-square—V. R. and a brilliant crown. Messrs. J. and J. Holmes, shawl manufacturers by appointment to her Majesty—Two large stars, with the letters V. R. and laurel branches, extending the whole range of their magnificent frontage, brilliantly illumi• nated with gas. Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond•street--A large star, with her Majesty's initials V. R. and the motto " God bless the Queen," all i❑ irradiated jets of gat. Messrs. Johnson and Ravey, 4, Conduit-street, bra siers, &c., to her Majesty—The Royal initials and star, in gag. Colosseum and Cyclorama—A magnificent star at each cf the entrances in the Regent's-park and Albany. street. Michael Emanuel, silversmith and jeweller to her Majesty—A brilliant gas star. Messrs. Staples, purveyors of turtle to her Majesty, the Albion, Aldersgate-street—A brillianti radiant star, with the Royal initials V. R. in Egyptian capi tals, in gas. Jones and Co. (late Robson and Jones), 214, Picca dilly, decoraters to her Majestyand the Royal Family.— Most brilliantly and tastefully illuminated. F. West, 1. St. James's -street, cutler and dressing-case-maker to her Majesty by appointment— An Imperial star in brilliant jets of gas, surmounted by a wreath of laurel, with V. 8., in the centre. PORTSMOITTIL—The Queen's birthday wall kept with all due observances this day at Portsmouth. There was a general holiday i❑ the dockyard and at all the public offices. At eight o'clock the ships in harbour, including numerous yachts and merchant vessels, were all decked out in their gayest flags. At the garri son flag-staves, Mr. Hollingsworth's rooms, and at many private flag-staves, Royal standard flags were hoisted. At noon the Victory, the Illustrious, and Ex cellent filed Royal salutes. The Platforsn battery at noon also fired a Royal salute ; and the 28th, 50th, and 82d Regiments, under command of Colonel Lewis, R.E. (in the absence of Major-General Lord F. Fitzelarence), fired feu-de-joie along the walls of the garrison, the se veral bands playing the National Anthem, and the sol diers cheering. Afier the Jeu-de-joie the several bands continued to play military and other music to a vast as semblage of holiday people on the parade ground. SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL. (Abridged fridn Eliza Cook's Journal ) The lite of scientific men, it has been frequently re , marked, can only be well written by a philosopher, by one equally learned and devoted to science. The latter is in a condition to detect and illustrate the discoveries cf his predecessor, and the best qualified to explain their value to the world. Points which would be overlooked by the mere literary writer are seized upon by the savant, to give power and clearness to his descriptions. Under this view, we avail oursolvei of a recent memoir by the celebrated French astrunuer_er, Arago, to lay before our readers some account of the life and labours of the illus trious individual u hose Lame is prefixed to this article. In 1759, William Herschel, then at the age of twenty one, visi , ed England, in coin; any with hi. eldest brother, Jacob, with the view of establishing himself as a musician; but, notwithstanding his efforts, both in London and the provinces, the first two or three years of his expatriation were attended by severe privations, which he bore with great fortitude. A fortunate accident, however, placed him in a better position. Lord Durham engaged him as instructor to the band of a regiment then stationed in the north. Such was the reputation he acquired in his new position that, in 176.5, be was engaged as organist at The emoluments of this situation, and private lessons, procured him a degree of case and comfort with nhich he had long been unacquainted. And now the native bias of his mind again manifesting itself, he took advantage of his improved circumstances to complete his diminished education, aid acquired a knowledge of Latin and Italian, with no other aid than that of a grammar and an old dictionary, and at the tame time formed a slight acquaintance with Greek. So great was the desire for knowledge by which he was animated dur ing his residence at Halifax, that he found means to combine the study of a learned and obscure work on the mathematical theory of music with his ordinary avoca tions and linguistic pursuits. For the proper under standingd of this work it was necessary to be acquainted with algebra and geometry, and in a short time he made himself completely master of these two scia nc,s. In 1766, Herschel obtained a more lucrative appoint ment, as orgainst at the Octagon Chapel at Bath;_ but his altered position involved a chang e of duties which interfered greatly with his studies. ilia talent as a mu sician was in continual r(quest at the concerts and ora tories of the fashionable watering-place, and his school was attended by numerous pupils. It is difficult to ima gine how, amid so many distracting circumstances, he found time to pursue the scientific studies which, already at -Halifax, demanded a determination, and force of in telligence rarely to be met with. As we have seen, music formed his stepping-stone to mathematics, the latter in turn led him to optics. Th hit e oeo h u o er u r wt r had og,no dr de ri c n o aa m nr yd e when theoretical knowled j g ru e ssutli w yts a ,e a x v,ct,o so x guide the y oung m usician to practical applications, completely o u t o f the boldness circleof and his s t o ic r c d e i s a s ar m y ay pu admiration. Durieg Herschel's residence at Bath, a telescope of the ordinary construction fell into his hands. This in strument, although imperfect, showed him a multitude of objects in the heavens, invisible to the naked eye, and many tef the known stars in their true proportions— a sight that greatly excited his ardent imagination. In the enthusiasm of the moment, be determined to possess a similar instrument, but of larger dimensions. He waited several day s for an answer from the manufacturer in London; the price demanded, however, was great ly _ beyond his means. This circumstance, which mig h t have effectually checked the pursuit of a less Ptriseevgr ing individual, served but as an additional otinsu e s e . y . Herschel. Unable to purchase a telescope, andbe re.l on constructing one with his own hands,enta on the imme diately commenced a number of exper t i h m e A parabolic tensity, together with the means of alter g the regularity form to mirrors, and the causes which Wishing. the Pr of the curve during the ofprocess soPsuccessful were his severance did not go unrewarded;theivinggreatest in- Newtonian telescope of 5 ft. ing the heavens with a hisown labour. But ho WWI success excited him to by attempts that, in 1774,he bad the focus, produced entirely;satisfaction of explor geis course of which he gra telescores c f . 7,8, 10, and even 20 ft. dually constructed on the 13th March, 1781, as though his scientific efforts, and to rebuke o aforeilfot f oca l o c difficult al cont e nt lengt t h o . attempts, stop il e I t e n ridiculed the unassuming appearance of his those who , he bad the supreme pleasure of discovering instrument it s uated beyond the contines of the then known a planet, s to reward him for thiting from this period Herschel's repute solar s) stem. • ‘. but as constructor of astrono mical ttlfteol , ov er the whole of the civilised world. George 111, always inclined to protect whatever reputa tion, no longer as m s ;:a r s e i a c d tan, . as of Ilanoverien origin, settled a pen-ion of 300 gal twleas annually oe the modest dtmcovf rev, en d aFriped turn a house for his residence at Slough, near London. It is not too much to say , t h at in the giatieu of this place, more discoveri e s were made fur the sc i ence o f astro nomy than in any other place in the world. V. AUXUALL (iARDENS. ‘Ve perceive that the world-fam e d " royal property" is shGut to commence another season, under circumstances which augur fur it a renewal of all pristine glories. In adtlitlon to the customary attrac tions of Vauxhall, we understand several extraordinary and novel features of entertainment are in course of preparation, including Moscow and its Kreml. The direction of the whole will be in the hands of Mr. Robert Wardell, a gentleman already favourably known to the public as a caterer fur their amusement, and as, according to the doctrine of probabilities, the long continuance of ungenial weather we have hitherto been visited with must speedily yield to more seasonable atmospheric influences, we doubt not that 4 brilliant caw is slant to opc on the/ girtollh, •