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

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. - - - Gardoni made his rentrie here on Saturday in the character of Teobaldo, in Bellini's opera I Capuletti ed I Mantecchi, which has been produced in order to enable the artistes engaged in La Tempe.q(i to in dulge in a little rest. Gardoni does not seem to have suffered in health or in voice from his sojourn at St. Petersburgh, and we presume, therefore, that the unfavourable reports which were rife con cerning his health, some six weeks since, are without foundation, and on his entrance he was most enthusiastically greeted, and the cordia!ity of his welcome evidently affected him. He was in ex cellent voice, and sang the music of Bellini with exquisite taste, feeling, and expression. The " L'Amo, ah l'amo" was the very acme of delicacy and pathos. The great character of the opera is Romeo, and never since the days of Madame Pasta have we seen so perfect a Romeo as Mademoiselle Parodi. The intense pathos, the impassioned fer vour, the agonised despair of the boy-lover were Riven by her to the life. The scene with Teobaldo at the funeral was given with the utmost intensity of feeling, and the concluding scene at the tomb of Juliet, ending with the death of Romeo was heartrending in its pathcs. As an histrionic dis play, the Romeo c f Mademoiselle Parodi is one of the highest order of tragedy. The Giulietta of Madame Frezzolini was beautiful ex ceedingly, and considered as a vocal display it was perfect. The beautiful cavatina in the first r-ct " Della gioja e dal piece " was exquisitely rendered, and the duet which immediately follows with Romeo, "Si fuggiere, " was, on the part of Madame Frezzolini and of Mademoiselle Parodi, a perfect triumph of vocalization. The opening scene in the second act as performed (the first a d sceond acts are thrown into one in the representation), "Ne alcuu ritorna," was rendered with intense feeling and expression, and in the concluding scene of the opera she rendered most efficient support to Made moiselle Parodi. Both ladius were called on at the conclusion, and frequently during the course of the opera. Gardoni also had similar honours paid to him. The orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Balfe, rendered the music with amazing' precision and accuracy. To the credit of Mr. Balfe, be it spoken, be has given us the opera as composed by ThAlini, instead of the hotch•p o t c h o f B e lli n i an d V acca j, which has been usually given. We trust that this example will be always followed , and that Vaccaj will henceforth be laid on the shelf. After the opera we had the las . t . scene of Le s Metamorphoses, with Carlotta Grisi and Amalia Ferraris. The theatre was well and fashionably attended. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal High ness Prince Albert honoured the performance at the Royal Italian Opera with their presence on Satur day evening. The royal party was no sooner perceived than the National Anthem was again called fur, and sung by the principal!, as on Thursday night, amid the loudest demonstrations of loyalty. Her Majesty and the Prince were accom panied by his Royal Highne-s the Prince of Prussia. In the royal suite were the Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon.. Miss Dawson, and the Hon. Miss PagFt, Lord Dufferin, Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, and Colonel Bouverie • and Count Herrman Pucker and Count Charles de Goltz in attendance upon the Prince of Prussia. THEATRE ROYA L, DUBLIN. The new opera of Charles the Second was produced last night for the second time with increased success. It is the production of Mr. Macfarren, an English composer of the first rank, who has obtained a well- earned reputation from his former opera of Don Quixote, and various other works of high merit. His laudable object in the present composition seems to be to ori ginate an English school of grand opera, and Charles the Second is, in our opinion, a most successful essay. The melodie s , harmony, and scoring are perfectly original, which may indeed be said of all music by the same composer. We regret that our confined space this evening prohibits an extended criticism, epe ciallv as the success of this opera was most decided in Dublin, and we have no doubt that even its present popularity will increase on each successive repetition. the first ballad, " She shines before me like a star" (Mrs-Weiss) is a charming flowing melody. The duet (King and. Rochester) which follows, is very original. "Hope and fear," the first song for Fanny, is a charming morceau, as also the duettino, "Oh ! blest are young hearts" (Miss Pyne and Mrs. Weiss). The finale to the first act, which is of unusual lengtv, contains a continued flow of original melodies, har monised i n M r . M ac f arren ' s peculiarly novel and artistic style. The striking song and chorus " Here's to the maid" (H arr i son ) , w hi ch comes in the course of the finale, mid also the beautiful quartett, " Oh, father, prove not so unkind" (Harrison, Pyne, and Mrs. 14 , eiss) met with a decided encore. "Nan of Battersea" (Weiss), commencing the second act, was also called for a second time, as were "Canst thou deem my heart is changing" (Miss Pyne), "Though o'er life's pleasures (Harrison), the madrigal, " Maidens, would you 'scape undoing," and a " Poor simple maid" (Miss Pyne). Indeed, we do not remembeisto have heard so many encores in a new opera. A large portion of the audience yesterd ay evening consisted of the musical professors and ama teurs of the city, and their gratification was repeatedly expressed. Much, as a matter of course, is due to the artistes, for who,e powers the music is particularly well, adapted. Miss Pyne acquitted herself' in her usual highly-finished, artistic manner, justifying amply the opinion of the Musical World, which pro nounces her the English prima donna. Nothing can be chaster than her style, nor more brilliant and per fect than her execution. Our old favourite, Harrison, sustained fully his reputation, obtaining an encore in every song. Lis pure and beautiful tenor is charac terised by even an increase of power and sweetness. Mr. Weiss has made rapid progress in his profession since we first heard him here some years since, having won, in the opinion of competent judges, the position of prime basso of the English opera; he also gives his music with artistic skill ; and in his purely English ballad, obtained an encore. Mrs. `Veils, in the Page, was all that could be wished for; her voice tells admirably in the concerted pieces ; and in the song, " She shines before me," she received well merited applause. Mr. Corri, in Rochester, acquitted himself as usual, with talent and effect. Altogether the opera was admirably produced ; and the orchestral arrangements, under the control of Mr. Lavey, were, as they always are, perfeet.-- , -Bublin Evening Packet, June 27. THE HOUSEHOLD BRIGADE OF CAVALRY.-(THIS DAY.)—The usual half -yearly change of quarters of the Household Brigade of Cavalry took place this morning, as follows :—let Regiment of Life Guards, from Windsor to the Regent's -park .Barracks; the 2d llegimt nt of Life. Guards, from th e Regent's-ptik Barracks to the barracks in Hyde park ; and the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), from Hyde-park Barracks to Windsor. • SUICIDE •OF THE PROPRIETOR OF THE KENTISH Toww ASSEMBLY , aooMS.—On Saturday Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the above Assembly-rooms, on the body of Mr. James Ware, aged 37, the proprietor. John Edwards, an omnibus driver, said that on the previous day he had been asked by the wife of the deceased 'to .go to his bed room, which was locked. He went up and entered the room through the window, when he found the deceased lying in his bed, bleeding from a wound in his throat. which ex tended from ear to ear. He was -then alive, and once ex claimed " Oh I" but expired in about twenty minutes. Two raaors werefound lying by his side. Other witnesses stated that deceased was of a very nervous temperament, and was a martyr to the gout. The daughter of the deceased was called to prove his state of mind, .but she was too much affected to be able to give her evidence. Verdict, " That the deceased died in consequence of a wound in the throat, inflicted by himslt while in a state of mind which is to the jurors unknown. Mr. Allow, the artist, has just completed a great moving panorama illustrating the passage of the Dardanelles, Constantinople, and the Bospborus, which will be exhibited in a few days at the new building adjoining the Polytechnic Institution. From the reputation which Mr. Allom possesses, both as an.ar chitect and an artist, Nv,e doubt not that he will render this subject very attractive. T he sketches were made in . the East •and by him during a long g be t t h w e ee g n ra t n h d e comprise sojourn views of the principal places of interes . t lying plains of Troy and the Black Sea, incluctin mosques and palaces, baths, harems, and slave market in the beautiful city of Constantinople. ST. MARY-LE-STRAND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLs.— Yesterday (Sunday) a very ex cellent sermon was preach e d in the parish c h urc h b y th e Rev. J. F. Denha ,the worthy rector, on behalf o f th e f un ds of the above schools. Previous to the sermon' a beautiful anthem, composed by theorganise,ostably Mr. B ea l e, f rom the 25th chapter o f M att h ew , was most and efficiently sung by the children, which reflectedi great credit on th e schoolmaster an d sc h oo l m i stress. At t of the sermon also Handel's Hallelujah chorus was performed by a ch o i r and some of the children. A liberal collect i on was made at the church doors. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston gave a grand banquet on Saturday evening at the Noble Vi-count's map • sum in Carlton- gardens, the guests at which included Vis count Jocelyn, M.P. Lord Norreys, M.P., and Lady Norrevs, Lorda, and ' ady Holland, Lord and Lady Ashley, Hen. W. C vper. M.P.. the Lord Advocate of Scotland, Sir Hamilton and Lady Seymour, M. Paniazi, and the C. unless de Rossi. After the banquet the Noble Viscountess opened her Salons to a brilliant circle of the nobility, corps diplonzatique? &c. His Grace the Duke of Wellington honoured the o circle with his p resence, arriving shortly before eleven 'clock. Mr. Alexander Shirreff, superintendent ( f the East Country Dock, in consequence of his giving orders to dis charge a man, a notorious bad character, named John S pencer, ali as J o h n Perceval, in the dock, on Tuesday Morning, the 25th instant—this man, about half-past three on the same day waylaid Mr. Shirreff, and came behind him while walking down the dock, and with a violent push knocked cked an hirn into the har dock, i n t o water 18 feet deep, and taints y way to g e t out. Mr. Shirreff would to a cer a h ave been d rowned, had he not, proved himself to be an excellent swimmer. and ga i ned the wharf, and was rescued by r his men, who s aw t h e act at a little distance. The police t a a r n l e n e. tac,2tai77 pursuit of th e f ellow, and every hope is enter n t he will be captured, and meet his deserts before a court of justice, THE LATH A !mai:limo'. marble monument to th Mr. Richard Westrna oeOF CANTEhBURY.—The memory of the lut e Dr. Howley, by bury Cathedral, rater nearly t t , has just b een erected in Canter- Y opposite the throne. THE SUN. LITERATURE. MORNINGS AT .111 AT LOCK . By Shelton Mackenzie, D.C.L., Avatar of " Titian," an Art Novel. This is the book for the circulating libraries. Wel come will be its companionship to the sea-side so journer, welcome to the drawing-roorn table, and the bachelor's easy chair. The fastidious critic might, possibly, pry out an occasional carelessness, or want of polish of style, but it is evident these genial pages have laudably been penned in no servile spirit of ap prehension of hypercriticism, nor by a hand that takes delight in writing in a white kid glove, and with a diamond-tipped or crowquill stylus. Had the author chosen to stoop to the exercise of the profitable craft of " bookmaking," he might have spun out half a dozen regular novels, at least, from the materials he he has comprised in the volumes before us ; but he has contented himself with presenting a succession of masterly and vivid sketches, with putting forth his easy strength in a series of most entertaining stories, adopting as a framework, whereon to hang them, the idea of assembling a party of choice spirits at the New Bath Hotel, at Matlock. The conversational discus sion of Lome subjects, arising out of these stories, gives him scope for developing, through the medium of the raconteurs, some admirable ideas on artistic matters, upon which few can be more competent to descant than the erudite author of " Titian.' The remarks which usher in the tale of " Velasqut z and his Mestizo" are especially noticeable in this respect, and were we not necessarily restricted to a brief and hurried mention of the work, we would gladly give some extracts from these and similar acute and mas terly observations. We would direct attention, too, to an able delineation of the character and motive principles of Richelieu, and a parallel between him and Cardinal Mazarin. But the principal attraction will, of courke be found in the tales themselves, many , of which are of a highly humorous cast. Indeed, ge nuine humour, devoid of the slight grossness, seenas to be as much the forte of the writer as his enviable faculty of grouping a mass of historical and legendary information without any apparent effort or display of pedantry. We can do little more at present than mention the titles of what we consider the best of the novelettes, from the opening one, " Ensign Sim mons of the Tenth," to the " Petrified Piper," the last of the twenty-six. The " Millionaire malgr4 lui" is a capitally worked out notion. " The Major's Story" must prove a special favourite. Ye who love the ghostly may revel in the " German Student,"itbe "Legend of Bleeding-heart Yard," and " Recollections of the Second Sight," and those who can appreciate really good Irish legends and stories will find a source of thorough enjoyment in the en tire of the concluding volume, the cream of which 1 consists, to our mind, in " Captain Rock," a narra tive rendered the more interesting from the actual truthfulness of the incidents, and even the non concealment of the names of the parties chiefly con cerned ; and the last and longest of the series, the " Petrified Piper." Neither must we pass over the " Last Throw of the Dice," or the " Great Will Case ;" while in " Beatrice d'Este" there is material for a romance of the legitimate tri-toured length. Of the original of the hero of the " Phrenologist" a most amusing account is given in the postscript, and verily, " Bot Smith," as he was designated, must have been one of the most curious fishes of the Mersey. Few, we venture to predict, who have once made acquaintance of the gentle and joyous party, whose " Sayings and Doings" in the regions of the Peak are chronicled by the pen of a ready writer—of Sir Julian Tressilian and his Heiress dame—of the author Butler—the artist, now a R.A.—the Irishman "of high but not boisterous spirits and good nature in every word and look," and of the gallant major, for whom the watch of Josephine proved, in the end, a charm to win a titled bride upon the moon-lit Derwent, but will gladly spend an oft-repeated half hour in their entertaining and instructive society. Dr. Mackenzie has produced a work which cannot fail to become, and deservedly so, a familiar favourite with the novel-reading public, and one which shows that his leisure hours have been so creditably and pleasantly employed that we trust to see, ere very long, another offspring of his accomplished pen. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACK WOOD. Thoroughly national as Maga is in its character, we are in no degree surprised to find Christopher taking up the cudgels, or, in other words, brandishing his crutch in behalf of any cause affecting the fair fame of Scotland. Especially are we always ready to put the very best construction on his predilections when the reputation of Edinburgh appears to be in jeopardy. Hence it is that we can at once compre hend the fervour with which Blackwood enters upon the discussion of that long " vexed question" the London and Edinburgh Chess Match. It may seem to the superficial observer somewhat late in the day for the Edinburgh Magazine to adventure upon any inquiries into a contest so lung since settled ; yet the revival of the subject becomes less startling when as bear in mind the fact that it has been not long since brought under the examination of the Quarterly. This contribution to Maga, is deserving of a careful perusal, and we are satisfied that it will afford the fullest entertainment to the admirers of the royal game, no matter whether those chess. players be of the old and careful school of Phillidor or of the modern and storming school of De la Bourdonnaye The opening. article for July, being a bio graphical account of the " House of Guise," is readable, although restricted too much to the narrowing limits of criticism. "My Penin sular Medal" is happily concluded. Would that we could say the same of " The Green Hand," the longest " short yarn" that was ever perpetrated. A bitter onslaught is made by Blackwood upon the "Jew Bill," yet we can forgive the acerbity from our conviction of the attack being conscientious. What is meant by violets welling through the ground like water, and anemones trembling like a bridal veil, in the poetical contribution en titled " The Year of Sorrow, Ireland, 1849," we cannot for the life of us conjecture. " The Pic tures of the Season," a rather scrambling notice of the art exhibitions this year in the metropolis, does honour to the principal contributors to the Royal Academy. Another paper in the July number alone remains unmentioned, we mean the intelligent article on " The Industry of the People," another excellent preparation for the year of the Exposition. i Barnett's pamphlet on this subject, to do justice to "the gorgeous mice en scene of the opera at her 'Majesty's Theatre," to " the poetry to be found in the dancing of the ballet sprite who floats before the eyes, to music in the air, as the Ariel of our dreams," to "that wonderful realisation in look, gesture, and bearing, as the monster Caliban, of that marvellous old man " Lablache, and "the exquisite vocalization and gentle grace of the Countess•artist" a 3 Miranda. The gross ignorance of M. Ledru Rollin in all matters relating to England and the English is well exposed in a re view of his recently published book. The review is preceded by a sketch of his political career. We have the first chapter of a new novel, " The Heirs of Gauntry," which promises well ; and a paper on the Island of Cuba concludes the Fraser for July. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO SIR ROBERT PEEL. We regret to announce that an accident of a very serious nature occurred to Sir Robert Peel on Sa- mrday evening, as he WAS proceeding up-Constitu ion-hill on horseback. Sir Robert. left his residence in Whitehall-gardens shortly•before five o'clock, at tended by his groom, and passing through the park, had arrived nearly opposite to the new entrance into Grosvenor-place, on Constitution-hill, when his horse , itdenly shied at something that was passing, and, kicking up its heels, threw Sir Robert ever it. bead on his face, in the road. Although rendered insen sible by the fall, Sir Robert for the moment retained hold of the reins, and the horse being thereby sud denly checked, fell heavily upon Sir Robert, the animal's knees striking him between the shoulders. There were several persons passing near the spot at the time, and among the rest Sir James Clarke, her Majesty's physician; theßev. Canon Wood, chaplain to her late Majesty the Queen Dowager; Commo dore Eder, nephew to the Earl of Auckland ; and the Rev. Henry Mackenzie, vicar of St. Martin's-in-the- Fields, who, with Mrs. Mackenzie, was walking through the park. The first persons to raise Sir Robert from the ground were two gentlemen named Towli and King, one residing in Chesham-place, and the other in St. Paul's Churchyard. The Right Hon. Baronet was then completely insensible—his features were slightly abrased, and his face perfectly pallid, indeed, so much changed, that it was some moments before his identity was discovered. Sir James Clarke, on observing the accident; hastened forward to render all the assistance in his power ; and Com modore Eden, who was the first to recognise Sir Robert, gallopped off to give the first information at the Right Hon. Baronet's residence, and endeavour to lessen the shock to the family on receiving the in telligence. Another gentleman gallopped off to St. George's Hospital, and returned immediately with' one of the medical assistants and a cabriolet to re move Sir Robert. Mr. Mackenzie just previously ob serving an open carriage approaching, in which were two ladies, Mrs. Lucas, of Bryanston-square, and her daughter, explained to them the serious nature of the accident, upon which Mrs. Lucas at once in sisted upon alighting and placing her carriage at Mr. Mackenzie's disposal. Sir Robert had at this time shown symptoms of returning animation, and sir James Clarke having expressed his opinion that his removal might be effected, was lifted into the car riage, and supported by the two gentlemen who had picked him up, and attended by the medical officer from St. George's Hospital, was driven slowly home. On Sir Robert's arrival in Whitehall-gardens he was immediately placed in bed and subjected to a medical examination. Sir Benjamin Brodie, Dr. Seymour, Mr. Cmsar Hawkins, Mr. Hudson, and Mr. J.wkson, the family surgeon, were very soon in attendance, and after a careful examination had been made the following bulletin was issued : " Whitehall-gardens, June 29, 7,P.M. " Sir Robert Peel has m• t with a severe accident by tailing from his horse. There is severe injury of one svtoulder, with a fracture of the left collar-bone. There is g rra: reason to hope that there is no internal injury. It is gratifying to be enabled to add, that Sir Ro bert's head is uninjured. After Sir RDbet t had been placed in Mrs. Lucas's carriage he partially recovered sensibility, and at tempted to replace his hat upon his head. He subse quently sank into a kind of stupor, from which there it too much reason to fear he has not yet perfectly recovered. _ The agony of mind exhibited by Lady Peel and all the younger members of the family on being in formed of the accident, may be more easily imagined than described. Sir Robert and Lady Peel were en gaged to dine with the Earl and Countess of Jersey on Saturday evening. The party was, of course, put off on the instant of tbe catastrophe becoming known. The Viscountess Villiers and all the members of the family (with the exception of the eldest son, Mr. Robert Peel, who is in Switzerland) arrived at IVhitehall-gardens within a very short period, and re main in attendance. Almost immediately after the accident his Royal ilighne*s Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Prussia, arrived at Sir Robert's residence in Whitebdll-gardens to make inquiries after the Right lion. Baronet. His Royal Highness Prince George called at seven o'clock, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sent to make inquiries. Viscount Palmerston was one of the first members f the nobility who sent to ascertain the state of Sir Robert, and to inquire after Lady Peel and the fa mily. The Noble Viscount received a written reply from Captain Peel. The answer to inquiries up to a late hour on Sa turday evening was, that Sir Robert was progress ing as well as could be expected, and that he had had some slumber. A great number of the nubility. and gentry called in Whitehall-gardens during the evening. The intelligence of the accident caused a deep feel ing of regret among all classes, and formed the ab sorbing topic of conversation in every circle. At nine o'clock yesterday morning the following bulletin was issued, after a consultation, at which all the medical gentlemen in attendance were present : " Sir Robert Peel has had au indifferent night, but there are no more unfavourable symptoms. " Sunday—nine, ♦.M." The Queen and Prince Albert sent to inquire after the Right Hon. Baronet at au early hour yesterday morning. The Duke and Duchess of Cambr►dge and the Duchess of Gloucester also sent to ascertain the state of the Right Hon. Baronet. At one o'clock yesterday, after a second consulta tion, the following bulletin was issued : " Sir Robert Peel is quite as well as he was—per haps a little better. " Sunday, one, A.M." The Duke of Wellington, who had called on Sa turday evening, paid a second visit this afternoon to make inquiries after Sir Robert. During the whole day Whitehall-gardens were crowded with the car riages of the nobility and gentry, calling to make in quiries. At six o'clock last evening the following bulletin was issued, after a short consultation The symptoms under which Sir Robert Peel la boured yesterday have not subsided, but no new symp toms have arisen to cause more alarm. " Sunday, 6 P.M ." A fourth consultation was to be held last night. It is earnestly hoped that, in the event of the unfavour able symptoms not increasing, a change for the better will take place on Tuesday—the third day. We believe we may state that the accident occurred thus :—Sir Robert Peel has fur many years past ridden a favourite bay mare. This animal being somewhat old, Sir Robert was strongly advised to obtain a more sure-footed horse, and the animal from which he was thrown was purchased, at the recom mendation of Mr. Beckett Denison, M.P., at Tatter sall's, only a few weeks since. It is not a young horse, as has been stated, but 8 or 10 years old. FRASER. " The English in the Nineteenth Century" is the title of a prophecy of the future destinies of the An glo- Saxon race ; after having unsparingly exposed the faults and the foibles of the individual Englishman, his money-worship, his rank and title-worship, his hypo crisy, his love of barbarous sports, his credulity, his inconsistency, his prejudices, the writer thus proceeds to discourse on the English in the aggregate : " Turn, upon the other hand, to the effect that this peculiar compouLd islauder has produced upon the world. Mark his aggregate in plice of his individual action. His foibles, faults, peculiarities disappear—good, bad, indifferent, vanish. All his characteristics blend and form a whole which can be paralleled nowhere among any existing people. This is no egotism, no partiality. none of the base coin before paid to offer incense to per sonal a, if-love. The truth or falsehood of the point is open to the decisii,n of the whole world. Fact, evidence, all are clear for the use of those who choose to make use (S them. The unaccountable. cool, proud, exclusive, money-making, prejudiced Englishman, is lost in the mf,gnitude of the effect produced by his united action. It is here that he stands with his majestic front, a giant among the inhabitants of the earth, an iadomitable craft lion viewed by his achievements, by his spoken lan guage, by his extent f dominion. History will paint him in this light; coming nations will sketch him thus iu fancy, perhaps after he has utterly disappeared from own seagirt land. The individuals that hewed the stones of the Egyptian pyramids were as diverse in cha racter as the Englishman, and of as little moment indi vidually to the work which they achieved. Those won derful architects live in the aggregate of their stupendous labours. The labonrs of Englishmen will be more en during than the pyramids, although they may not be of porphyry. The durability of the mightiest human ef forts is not linked to a decomposing material, they sub sist in words ever fugitive and ever perishing, but con tinually renewed. That which runs a race with time cannot consist of what time annihilates." This is followed by an article on American poetry in which we have various specimens from the American Poets. Of the serious poems here quoted, we consider Boston ca those of HaHeck far superior to those of any other ; Longtellow a , r wh d ose . reputation has been made by the speaking, s, m poe a m erie, has not fulfilled the promise of an f d Poe ,, i s of thr , quaint or, more his earlier which is our utter o properly the . affected school of poetry, andhis av i avers ion ; of . Poe, and his models in young lad i es America,. we say, as po g et f (with whom, by the I B ?' ) n • g ro l2 ri n s d a ' id of very a ) ways tem 11 s in o all th h is school are great bye, we observe that favourites)— _ ~.t r ey_stutter _ " The nursery licps forth worth ballad America has recently ll S ir '' l c u ha e r a l d es and of bu E tt , e . r. " __ ex P iL e rje witty satirist byTh The legendary Besides(e l r' u dt : h k re ir poet Whittier, is s u ti i e r nne,'; es of Longfellow t t e n l e l o Navdavne advent t r e n u f m a s of g a poet who may i eke his place by the side of Peter,Pindar,. Thomas Ingoldsby, or Theodore 11 L. _..00.., as their equal —we mean James Rut.sell Lowell, of Boston, whose " FAble for Critics" and whose " Biglow Papers" are replete with quaiet rhymes, shrewd r satire, an d ou trageously laughable puns. 11, , e shall keep a look out for the appearance of fresh production s from the pen of Mr. Lowell. "Leaves from the Note Book of a Naturalist" are continued, and we have a review of a batch of recently-published books of travel. The neglect, and worse than neglect, of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, or their under lings, are well exposed in an article on the recent report of the Committee of the House of Commons ; and the cause of University reform is ably advocate d in an article tin Oxford. In an article on The Tempest as a lyrical drama, the writer takes advantage of the opportunity afforded him, by a review of Mr. Morris SIR ROBERT PEEL'S HEALTH. It is with much satisfaction that we announce the following bulletin issued this forenoon, by the medical gentlemen attending on the illustrious Baronet:— " Whitehall-gardens, Monday, July I,'ll A.N. " Sir Robert Peel passed a comfortable night, and this morning some favourable symptoms present themselves." Her Majesty and Prince Albert sent early this morn ing to know the condition of the Right Hon. Baronet. An anxious crowd of persons congregated during the morning in the neighbourhood of Whitehall-gardens, making inquiries of Sir Robert's health. Among the many of the nobility who called in the course of the forenoon, we noticed the Duke of Welling ton, Lord Jehn Russell, Lord Stanley, Prince George of Cambridge, Baron Rothschild, Earl Aberdeen, Mr. Alderman Thompson, Earl Jersey, Mr. Disraeli, Lord Palmerston, the Duke of Richmond, and Earl Granville The following incident in relation to the late de bate on Mr. Roebuck's motion is current at the clubs at the west-end of the town :—On Thursday night, about half-past nine o'clock, the Government being very anxious that some indepeneent Members, representing large constituencies,: should speak in favour of Lord Palmerston's policy, sent a request to a certain lion. Baronet, Memberfor a metropolitan borough, hoping he would speak, to which he assented. Two similar messages were subsequently sent, to the same effect, by two other members of the Government, and he was re quested to get up immediately after Mr. Sidney Herbert sat down. This he did, when to the great surprise of all those who saw what had occurred, Sir George Grey was put up in his place. The Honourable Baronet having waited some time for an explanation, and nut receiving any, expressed the greatest indignation at this most extraordinary and uncere monious proceeding, and demanded an explanation from the Minister, which was accordingly given. [ADVERTISEMENT.] A New Novel, entitled "Adelaide Lindsay," edited by the author of "Emilia Wyndham," " The Wilmingtons " &c., is announced for immediate appear a n ce . The author of Emilia Wyndham" has become so much the object of general admiration, that any work published under her auspices must be sure of public favour. The merits of this new story, however, it is confidently stated, would recommend it to marked notice, independently of this circumstance, it being one of those touching illustrations of domestic life which every one ie qualified to appreCiate who is attracted by purity of senti ment and a narrative of deep interest. LONDON, NraNbAY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the 26th, little of interest was brought forward, except the second reading of the Accidents on Railways Bill. Tne intention of the Bill appeared to be to provide for speedy medical as sistance in cases of accident on railways, wi ;bout being impeded by the question of who was to pay. Though brought forward by two Members for an important county, the Bill never got fairly before the House. It was in fact what huntsmen call " mobbed ;" and there was no admission for an im partial actor to join in the discussion. The railway men were as lively as hawks, conceiving appareeitly that the bones of the public were not what they -Were bound to set. It is not, however, to be taken for granted that the Bill was exactly what it ought t o be ; and as it was thrown out on the second reading by 108 against 53, there is opportunity for mending it against another time. What is clear is, that such a Bill ought not to pre judice the question of who is to pay the final expenses of cure. These must fall upon the railway peopeie tors if culpable neglect in them or their servants can be legally proved ; on the sufferer if it cannot; or in case of his inability, on the parish. But the demand that in cases ef accident the railway agents should be bound to send for the nearest medical assistance, and be responsible for the expenses of what the French call " the first apperei," is as plain as that an emi • grant ship should carry a surgeon. The only objec tion to making every railway train carry a surgeon, is that the provision would b e excessive. But if this is forborne as excessive, the proprietors are bound to have recourse'to the succedaneum which is not excessive, which is to send for the nearest medical help, under responsibility if neglect be proved. Nobody can do this so well as the railway servants. They know the country, and the traveller does not. Suppose a Londoner's leg torn off between Carlisle end Edinburgh, and though his whole breed, seed, and generation were there to help him, there would be no chance of the arteries being tied through the exertions of any messenger but a railway ser vant. Nobody else would be let in or out the rails. The truth is that railway proprietors have got a mo• nopoly, and, like other monopolists, they do not like its being interfered with. On Thursday the debate on Foreign Policy was resumed. Nothing very remarkable was elicited, except the incapacity of the Austrian party to con ceive of the existence of any but their own friends. " We shall incur the of all Europe " mean ing the despots of Europe, and overlooking the fact that if an English Minister thought fit to lift up his y p . o l e v u- e i l a it t t i l o e n fi i n n ge E r u w r i o t p h e su w c o h u a ld n o b b e j e f c o t i , in fo d u r in f histh S t r o a f i a n n . have seen the territories of our allies invaded "—mean ing that after the owners of the house had recovered possession, honest people saw with pleasure somebody help to hold. If these men had been asked which of the characters in the drama of the Good Samaritan were their neighbours, they would infallibly have said the thieves. This is the consequence of looking at mankind as existing only in their rulers; and small diplomatists are unable to escape from the trammels of the habit. On Friday the debate was resumed. The Member for Southampton (Cockburn, Q.C.) opened with a speech scarcely equalled in the contemporary annals of Par liament. It is credit enough for an ordinary writer, to have been early in predicting his eminence. One testimony to his success was too curious not to be matter of history. For the first time in the records of Parliament, the staid British senators rushed to "felicitate" the speaker when be sat down ' after the manner of the more mercurial debaters of Paris and of Brussels. Such an innovation tells its own story. The Protectionist party produced a regular plan for a coalition between Russia, France, and the United States, to send a joint messenger to England to dic tate the law, according to the precedent enforced on Venice by the treaty of Cambray. As if the Bour bons had not put a French army in pledge in Algeria, Russia was not to be assailed in Poland, and America would not be convulsed in all her southern limbs by the appearance of a couple of black regiments from Jamaica. When men take the lead in forming coalitions against their country, they ought to pos sess the qualities of foresight and discretion, required to make a corporal for patrole. It would have been but reasonable that some state ment should have been permitted, why an old and as everybody believes an earnest Free Trader, was obliged to vote for the Government in opposition to his most distinguished fellow-labourers. To every body else, explanations of this kind are secured with punctilious minuteness. The explanation must only be made in the Free Trade, or your Temperance Hall, instead. The truth is, that the honest reputa• tion of every man in the . House of Commons, —his escape from — letters such as I am fa miliar with, intimating in no measured terms that his constituency think they . have elected a traitor that will not, a coward who dares not, or a fool who cannot, put forward their just claims to attention in the House—are at the mercy of a power unnoticed by writers on the Constitution, and against which there is no remedy but in the appeal to popular hearing instead. There are things in heaven and earth un known to your philosophy. You mustsend two staunch opponents of the Government at the next election, and then you will be heard like other people. The Resolution was finally carried in favour of the Government by 310 to 264. If the Free Traders had voted with the Government, the majo rity would have been 60. Every now and then there happen things so unaccountable, that men look at them with a suspicion that they are the com mencement of an unknown chain of causes and effects.. That class of politicians was looked to once, as likely to rule the world. Holland, Genoa, Venice, Carthage, floated before the eyes of the pub• lic, in evidence of the competence of commercial mag nates to guide a state. The terrors of their enemies must by this time be anything but unmanageable. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. Loi,don, July 1, 1850. TO WILLIAM HAWES, ESQ., CHAIRMAN OF THE LONDON COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF DEI3TOR AND CREDITOR. Sir,—ln my late letters I have (I trust with good feeling) expressed my dissent from the general tenor of your objections to an extension of the jurisdiction of the County Courts from 201. to 50/. My present communication will, nevertheless, prove to you that I am no blind partisan of their defects. It will also satisfy you that you cannot feel more strongly than I do the commanding claims which the creditor has to every security the law can be:made to afford him. You have earned large claims on the commercial community by your exertions in procuring an amend ment of the bankruptcy law. Let me call your atten • tion to a case which hitherto has probably escaped your notice, for as yet it does not appear to have ex cited that attention which its importance—especially to the mercantile world—demands. In " Regina v. 0 wen," decided within the last few weeks (viz., on the Ist of the present month), the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench laid down the two following propositions :- Ist. That insolvency is not a valid legal ground for the dismissal of a county clerk—the official recipient of all the money that passes through the court, and the official assignee of all the property of insolvents who apply to the court-for relief. 2d. That a dismissal for whatever cause (though pronounced by the judge, and approved by the Chancellor as required by the County Courts Act) is not final until the grounds of dismissal shall have been established by a trial before a jury. Tnis decision was pronounced under remark able circumstances, namely, by two only of the judges, the majority being absent, and in direct oppo sition to the opinion of Lord Cottenham, who as Chancellor had confirmed a dismissal for insolvency. Yet, notwithstanding the high position and high judicial talents of that distinguished authority, com bined Its they habitually were in the exercis e of his administrative functions with untiring industry and masculine common sense, there can be no doubt that this decision of the Queen's Bench forrns the existing law on the subject to which it relates. The grounds on which the judges proceeded appear in their judgment. Lord Campbell, C.J , said:— " Though the judge dismissed him (the dismissed clerk) for inability, his only inability was great pe cuniary embarrassment and want of money to pay his debts, which did not affect his mind, or hinder 'him from the discharge of his official duties. If hereafter this state of pecuniary embarrassment should affect his mind, or hinder him from performing his duties, there may be either on the score of inability or mis behaviour, aground f dismii.sing him. Great pecuniary diffeulty may exist with great official ability, for we know that when William Pitt the younger wee making his country the admiration of the whole world, he was under the pressure of those great pecuniary ob ligations which wore afterwards discharged by the grateful country which paid his debts." The errors of the most distinguished persons, when founded on a mistaken view of facts, may without presumption be pointed out by those to whom these facts are daily familiar. The observations just quoted assumed that the office of county clerk is one for which skill, talents, and assiduity are requisites. Now to all who are practically conversant with its duties, it is well known that that office is essentially one of trust and pecuniary responsibility. The county clerk is not merely a keeper of the records, he, has to receive and pay all debts recovered in the court, with the costs. He is, in lac', the banker of the court. Neither the genius of Mr. Pitt nor the eloquence of Mr. Sheridan can fit an insolvent for such an ern , ploy ment. These considerations, though They seem 'to have escaped the Court, were not without their influence JUL Y 1, on the mind of the Attorney. General, who, as coun sel for the dismissed clerk, suggested that the Trea sury might protect the suitors by requiring sureties from an embarrassed clerk—a solution of the diffi culties of his cave not likely to prove very satisfic tory to the suitors, who ,naturally think it quite enough to have the trouble of obtaining judgment against their debtors, without having to wait for a second judgment against an insolvent clerk or his surety ! Air. Justice Erle thus expressed himself :- 4.1 am of the same opinion. The jadge of a county court may discharge the clerk in case of inability; but the clerk has a right to raise the question, whether that inability exists, and that question is for a jury - to decide. The question has been referred to a jury, and they find that tboligh the relator was dismissed for inability, no other inability except insolvency could be charged upon him. That seems to me the full eff,:ct of the finding. So that there is no actual mental or bodily inability, but circumstances are. found to exist, such that it is very probable that the mind might be aftcted, ha.rassed, and dittracted by them, or the man's principles of-common honesty might ip eneangered. But they these circum• stances are merely evidence. " I'he tact of insolvency does not—as a conelu,ion of law—import the inability spoken of in the statute. Thyzro may be, and often is, a state of hop. less inst.& v.-ney without any fault of the at.d beralliug him in a co:irsr) of ordinary pt udenee and the most corn , pltto honesty." These reurnk.. , , also must be understood as exclud- ing the consideration of the •clezk's pecuniary respon sibilities. It can scarcely have h, err meant that a dismissal must be postponed until that officer -absconds with the money of the court, or commits some other irremediable act of fraud or embezzlement ! Such, however, is clearly the legal effect of the judgment. This decision, by giving a dismissed clerk an ap peal to a jury, renders the power of dismissal prac tically useless for the purpose of maintaining proper discipline among those officers. The verdict of a jury may be reasonably required before punishment is inflicted or property taken away —cases in which strict proof may fairly be imposed. But to require similar evidence as a preliminary to the dismissal of improper persons from offices of a public or private nature is to afford impunity to mis conduct and incapacity. What would become of any private . establishment if its master could not change his servants except on such proofs of " inability or misbehaviour " as would ensure for him the verdict of a jury ? A dismissed clerk may now drag his successor through the following stages—viz., 1. Dismissal by the judge. 2. Approval by the Chancellor. 3. Motion for rule nisi for a quo warranto. 4. Motion to make rule absolute. 5. Pleadings and trial of the quo war ranto before a jury, with any given number of new trials should there be a legal flaw, or a doubt in the evidence, &c. 6. 'Writ of error. What inan of sense would accept on such conditions an office of small emoluments, such as most of the clerkships are ? One year's cost of litigation might be ruinous. The worst characters whose removal is trost necessary are invariably the most troublesome and litigious, and therefore the most certain of im punity. The circuit in which I act as judge, includes as many as twelve court towns, the officers are conse quently numerous, and hence my exparienCe respect ing them has been various. During the last three years I have frequently felt it my duty to dismiss clerks or bailiffs. In spite of care and caution in the selection, men will turn out differently from what we are led to anticipate. Few, perhaps none of these dismissals would have been established before a jury, though the evidence of misconduct was clear morally. That evidence would commonly have been such as leads in Scotland to a verdict of "Not proven." Unless courts of justice possess public confidence they will be practically useless. Legal subtleties will not be substituted as a guide for the prudential maxims of every-day life. Men of business will not trust an embarrassed banker, nor employ an insolvent agent to collect their debts or pay their workmen; nor will they resort to a court in which the clerk is wanting in honour or in solvency ; they will prefer leaving their debts in the keeping of their debtors ! The County Courts have been only three years in existence, they were founded to establish a more pure and efficient adtninistration of the law. The suitors, by whom alone these courts are supported, have a claim to the services of honest and trustworthy offi cers even higher, if possible, than private individuals possess, to honest servants in the care of their own property and affairs. The commercial community has an imperative right to a redress of this grievance, simultaneously with an extension of the responsibility of the county clerk; arising-from the custody of larger sums of money. Serious, however, as is the mischief, it admits of redress by means of a very simple remedy. All that is required is an explanatory amendment of the original County Courts Act, which may be engrafted on Mr. Fitzroy's Bill. The equivocal words, " inability or misbehaviour," should be cancelled. Power of dis missal should be given for sufficient cause, subject to the Chancellor's approval, which should be made final, as appears to have been the real intention of the County Courts Act. No one supposes that the ex isting facilities of ulterior litigation can be favour able to any but to men, of bid character, or that the power of dismissal will be open to abuse when sub• jected to the superintending control of the highest and most responsible legal functionary of the realm. I remain yours faithfully, A JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURTS. June 19, 1850. THE POST-OFFICE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—You are perfectly - right in asserting that the suspension of the collection and delivery of letters by the Post-office on a Sunday is illegal. The whole mass of Post-office Acts contemplate, in spirit and in words, the effectual, speedy, and uninterrupted deli very of letters • and the • very latest of these Acts, 10:h and 11th : Vic. (to which the Royal assent was given July 22, 1847), is specially entitled " An Act for giving further facilities for the transmission of letters by post," Sic. All the Acts contemplate, in volve, and go for facilities of transmission, and one of them enacts severe penalties against any official per son or. persons 'who shall detain or delay letters in transitu. Under this clause, a party advising his agents to apply for and demand on a Sunday of a local post master, a post parcel or letter, arranged between them to be so posted as to be in that, ostmaster's bags and possession on such Sunday morning, and taking care to have witnesses to prove the application for such post parcel or letter, and the refusal to deliver it on demand, or such closure of the office as shall amount in practice to detention and delay in delivery of such letter, &c., 'will have a right of action, and would inevit ably recover damages of the official, so without legal authority detaining 'and delaying sue parcel or parcels, letter or letters. Let some dozen companies, who can " sue and be sued,"•&c., and have pecuniary strength for the con test, take up the cudgels. of the law in this atrocious matter, and Lord J. Russell will soon learn that if facilities cf transmission must be acquired and ar ranged by nothing less than Acts of Parliament, facilities of detention and . delay (caprices, crotchets, I should say) can only be legally valid and enforced by an equal power and authority, and nOt by the mere bye-law power of the Post-office, called into action by incomplete, and therefore incompetent au thority, and operating in utter abrogation .of esta blished practice, and contrary to the whole tenor, scope, and meaning of the Act or Acts in which such bye-law power is given and validated. The bye-law power to which I allude, and on which our no-lawyer Chancellor of the Exchequer and his co-blunderers rely, is conferred• by the 9th clause of the 2d and 3d of Victoria, and runs thus :—" And be it enacted, that all post letters shall be posted, for warded, conveyed, and 'delivered, under and subject to all such orders, directions, regulations, limitations, and restrictions, as the Postmaster General, with the consent of the Lords of the Treasury, shall from time to time direct." This is only a bye-law power, or power in a minor degree, which must be exercised in accordance with, not in contravention of, the major power and pnrpose of the Post-office Acts, which, both in spirt and letter, and (till last Sunday) is long-establishe d practical interpretation thereof, contemplate and provide for sure, speedy, uninter rupted, and daily facilities of transmission of post letters, &c., by the national post. When the public, by its representatives, surrendered to the Fost- o ffi ce ie legal right to the monopoly of postal business, &c., the implied' covenant, nay, the spirits of all the Acts and many of the words, justify. me in saving the expressed covenant with them was, that the Post-office should work in their interest, and on their behalf; without failure, laches, or intermis mission, de die in diem. Most corporations have Acts in which a power to make bye-laws is contained; suppose the main con dition of a corporation were that it should keep up a minimum capital of half a million stifling, would any bye-law power of limitation, restriction, &c , entitle the directors to meddle with that main provision ? No. Their power of limitation, &c., must be exer cised on minor details which shall not affect or con travene the major and main condition of their incor poration. A deed alone can extinguish a deed—an Act of Parliament alone interfere with the essen tials of a preceding Act. The power to stop the post on a Sunday, without Act of Parliament, is beyond all possibility of contradiction, under such an enabling clause as that I have quotpd, and on which the non legal party rely, a power to stop the post, at any hour, or time, or day, or days, of the week that the exercisers of such power may be cajoled or induced to think fit. This is peremptory and undeniable! No—this .clause must be tested, pond the whole meaning and tenor, of the Post-office Acts, covenants, awl liabilities, .just-.as theinterpretatiou clause (20) of the last Post-o ffi ce Act, .10th and 11tti Victoria, r 1850. tests certain words used in such Act, which are to have, and bear, always such and such interpretations, " unless such interpretations are repugnant to the subject-matter, and inconsistent with the context in which they arc found." Again and again I advise some cautious and pecu niarily strong parties to vindicate the national rights ' by an appeal to the laws. Newspapers, by an express clause, are left in the option of parties to send by post or otherwise at their discretion. Let the railway companies, carry them at half a farthing apiece ! If it be worth while a com pany might be formed to do so without violation —I should say, with and by permission of law. To conclude, it is a dead fraud, robbery, and con fiscation for any Government to enforce a Sunday stamp-tax on a Stinday papei, and then, by re fusing its hitherto means of conveyance and delivery, to put the proprietor to tli'enormous extra expense and trouble of private postage, expresses, agents, and new kcal delivery.—l ath, Sir, yuurs respectfully, J. J., Barri.iter-at-Law. -Inner Temple, June 28. 1. 1 .5' Toe Laws would give a much stronger and better le!,son to Puritanical idiots than anything on varth betides. RATING OF TENEMENTS BILL. TO THE EDITOR' OF THE. SUS. Siu,—This iniquitous 13ill, , which . creates u distinc- Lion in law between the rich and the poor, conies on st. 12 o'clock on Thursday next for the third reading.' From the title of the Bill persons are led to believe that small tenements are not rated at present; such is not, however, the case, small tenements are rated, but the magistrates have power, on the recommenda tion of the overseers, to exclude very poor persons froin the rates. To get rid of this power of excusing widows and paupers from paying this Bill is intro duced, which creates a difference in the treatment of the poor and the rich unknown to the laws of Eng land in any other case. Why not at once do away with the power of excusing, instead of going in this roundabout way to. make the paupers pay ? The owners'of cottage property desire no favour, but they have a right to demand that their property shall be treated in the same way as other property. Because from the poverty of the tenants of such property there is a greater difficulty of getting pay ment than from tenants of other property, the land lord is to be called on to pay the rates, whether he can get his rent or not. Irt some large towns there are persons who collect their rent weekly; but not one cottager in . a thousand pays his 'rent weekly. In the country they pay idf-yearly or yearly, so that . an argument used by a supporter of the Bill, that the landlord swept off everything, falls to the ground. It is no argument in favour of the Bill that towns have applied for such Bills; the intention of all such Bills is to prevent the building of houses for the poor in such towns. Villages and towns conspire against the poor to drive them out—the villages, when under the control Gf great landowners, by not allowing any houses to be built, and the towns by getting such Bills as these. Do not talk of your model lodging-houses, and pass sanitary laws, whilst you pass a Bill which will do more to prevent improved dwellings being erected for the poor than anything whatever. Go through our villages, and inquire how many cottage's have been erected by the " Squires ;" not one in a thousand of the great landowners ever build cottages, their plan being to drive the poor to live in other parishes, although they may work on their estates, so that when they are old or ill other parishes have to, keep them, though they have bad their work. The proprietors of an estate extending over 7 or S villages, with an aggregate population of not less than 4,000, have not erected a cottage for the last century: The owners of an adjoining village to this estate have never built a cottage, although many have fallen down on each estate. This is the state of almost every village in England, and I have seen a great many hundreds of them. Let an inquiry be made into the number of cot tages that has been built iu Berks, Wilts, Hantr, and Dorset by persons owning not less than one-fourth of the parish. Instead of passing such a Bill as this, better pass a Bill to compel every owner of a large amount•of land to provide a proportionate number of labourers' cottages, instead of causing these men, as they fre quently do, to walk five or six miles every night and morning to their work, or to sleep in a barn or stable, and only return to their families on the Saturday night. It is possible that in large towns men may have built large numbers of cottages and made a good per centage of them, but that cottage building is generally profitable is not true, or we should not find cottages so bad and so crowded as they are. If I possess property on which it shall be very difficult for me to collect the rents, on what principle of justice can you make me answerable for the rates ? I ask no favour, but only equal law equally applied. I am, Sir, &c., • TIMOTHY BROWN. FOREIGN POLICY. ANALYSIS OF THE DIVISION ON MR. ROEBUCK'S MOTION. PRESE.NT. . . Ayes .. 310 Noes ........... ... 264 Tellers ... 2 Tellers 2 312 :4 66 Pairs Absent Whigs «. 2l ' Absent Consorva - tives, including 342 both Protectionists 313 and Pselites Speaker ...... 1 656 PAIRS. Trail!, G. * Bernard, Lord GrOsvenor, Earl Blandford, Marquis Fordyce, A. Deedes, ‘Villiarn Haste, Alexander Dundas, George lltudley, Charles Hope, Sir. T. . Williamson, Sir H. Lopes, Sir R. Trelawny, J. S. lsl.qsreill, D. Busteild, W. Powell, Colonel • Grogan, H. St, George, C. CONSERVATIVES ABSENT NVITIIOUT PAIRS-38. Adare, Lord (abroad) Jermyn, Lord Alford, Lord (abroad) Lewis, Sir F.• Bailey, J., jun. (ill) Lincoln, Lord (abroad) Baring, Hon. F. (abroad) Northland. Lord (abroad) Bell, M. (ill) Powlett, Lord W. Benbow, John Rendlesham, Lord Boyd, John Renton, J. C Trackley, Lord 011) Robinson, G. (ill) Charteris, Hon. F. (abroad) Seymour, Sir 11. Clive, H 11, '. Smyth, J. C. Currie, 11. (abroad) 4ornerton, Lord Denison, E. B. Stephenson, R. Douglas, Sir 0. Sturt, 11. G. Frewen, C. H. Sutton, J. M. Goddard, A. . Urquhart, D. Gore, W. 0. , West, Frederick Greene, Thomas. . . Wynn, Right Hon. C. Hayes, Sir E. Wy,nn, Sir W. Houldsworth, Thomas Yyvyan, Sir R. WHIGS ABSENT • 21. Adair, Hugh Lawless, Hon. C. Anderson, A. (abroad) Loved en, Pryce Armstrong, It. M'Namara, Major • Arundel and Surrey, Lord Maher, N. Bell, John (ill) O'Connell, John Bennet, John Power, N. Colebrooke, , ir E. Rothschild. L. Crawford, W. S. Townsend, Captain Grattan, Henry • • Walker, Richard (ill) Ileatheoat, John Westenra, Hon. J. (ill) Horstnan, F. Ma. AND MRS. CHARLES. KEAN.--WO have much pleasure itt announcing, for the information of our Limerick readers, that on Monday, the Bth of July next, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kean will commence a brief engagement in the city of the violated treaty, under the management of Mr. Joy, of whose 'efficiency our Limerick and Cork friends had ample proof during the visitant Miss Hayes. They will,open with the tragedy of the Gamester, Mr. Beverley being sus tained by Mr. - Kean, Mrs. Beverley by Mts. Kean, and ' Stokely by Mr. John W. Calcraft, the gifted manager of our Theatre Royal. ' The Wife's Secret, Hamlet, Strathmore, and King .Rene's Daughter, will then be presented in succession, all supported by Mr. and Mrs. Kean, Mr. Calcraft and the first talent of this city. Afteiabout a week in Limerick, Mr. and Mrs. Kean, and the very efficient company under Mr. Joy, will proceed to Cork, where a series of most attractive performances will be presented, and in a style fully as excel lent as ever characterised our metropolitan management. — Dublin _Evening Packet. The Bishop of London has licensed the following gentlemen to curacies within his diocese :—The Rev. Mat thew Harvey Hole, 13. A., St John's College, Cambridge, to St. John's district Church, Notting-hill—the Rev. Edward Repps Jodrell, M.A., Queen's College Oxford, to Camden town Chapel—the 'ltev. William Uarke Moore, M.A., St. John's College, Oxford, to St. Mary's Church, Newington — the Rev. Thomas George Onsldw, Theological Associate of King's College, London, to St. Paul's Church, Deptford , --the: Rev. Septimus Green Wood, B.A. Clare Hall, Cambridge, to St. Thomas Charterhouse Church, St. Luke's, Old-street read. HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION, BROMPTON. Yesterday (Sunday) the Bishops of Lincoln, Worcester, and Oxford, attended the newly consecrated chapel attached to the above hospital for the purpose of successively advocating the charity froin:the pulpit. On each occasion the sacred editice.was crowded, and after the morning service by the Bishop of Lincoln a collection was made amounting to the handsome sum of 2041. Ils. 4d. The afternoon service realised 501., and the appeal of the Right Rev. Risher) of Oxford last night terminated in a third collection, amount ing to 79/. 17s. rd., making an aggregate during the day of nearly 400/. The founder and many of the nobility and supporters of the charity were among the crowded congre gation of last evening. BOROUGH or SOUTHWARIE.—A public: meeting of the electors of the borough of Southwark is to be held in the course of a few days, to take into consideration the con &let of Sir William blolesworth, Bart., one of their repre. senfatives. The great body of the,electors were itiongly in favour of Mr. Boebuck's metion e xpressive of confidence in the Government, and great dissatisfaction has been caused amongst them by Sir William Molesworth's opposition to it. It is intended that at the proposed meeting resolutions shall be submitted calling upon the Hon. Baronet forthwith to re sign his seat, in order that the feeling of his constituents may be tested. • Nathaniel Hatt, 'Esq., is appointed treasurer of the Island of St. Christopher. Robert Henry Harper) Esq. is appointed Provost Marshal of St. Christopher. ' S U. N - -• - ... .., SPORTING INT * 7 ..4E *:- ..,..*'*4 . E. NEW MARKET J U y- AtErrix - 1 , 3.-P- . It will be collected, from the s I:jpilied-To t itt 4%4 1 :- . _ - . 'ctauding and proposed eagageos :i) - i - Akrut the Ateii-d — .1,, , are likely to afford the usual qu utotn'ef , : sport; Ihe - z a t..- , tend/Ince, however, in consequenc-oPthe'-e4oein' Newmarket line; is .likely to fall ii(iliteinAtiv. l oloo4dipg the Eas:ern Counties directors I:ave advertised (lima trains in connexion with coaches frem Cambridge,. SO - timed us to bring the j,,urney within thr e e, hours. Tha euitomary mark is prefixed to the horses already on the spot, or of whose arrival before the commencement of the meeting no doubt is entertained. Some others are expected from Sir J. Hawley, Mr. Greville, and Mr. Payne. . . . TUESDAY: A Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sm. each, and 5 only if declared, &c. New T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of. 10 sous. rsGch , for three years old and upwards; the winner to be suld for 300 soya., if de u aide], &c. T. M.. The July Stakes of 50 sots. each, 30 ft, for two years Old colts, Sit 71b; tallier , B,t 51b; the 6CCUtid to SAVO his stake. New T.Y.C. (Old.) Ilerra.vdt z—LaPt , r,..r—''..; by Kremlin, out of et - cilia—• Whisper—*Oleaudt•r--• foleseope —Edward of York—Lady Jane—l by Nltlhourre, out 01 Nippy— Bonny Duodee- 4 'Nlida.t—*e by VeLison, out cf liatates duce—*.lielitajPttlegra—*Olivia Arioatu now- I 'c by St. Fiancia, cl.tn by Jerry—Sister to Miltni—Merry Peal—t' by Bay Aliddli-ton, out of Venni' *Grecian Bobadil Bold Barry liatburton--• Mungo—Dancing Jack—eatelpa—l't by Slane, out of Palmyra—l': by Jerry, nut cf Arethura—*f by loot, out of Virago— * Aliserrima—*Litppogriff—c by Old England, out of Nitocria—Ariatipptis (dead) — Glendale. Match, 1001., h ft. Last half of New T.Y.C. (Old.) Sir J. Hawley's Slang. Bst 71b, agat Mr. Barue's Daughter of the Sea, Bst 31h. Match, 1501., h ft. P.C. _ Captain Hervey's Sylvan, 5 yrs, Bst 71b, agst *the Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalie, 4 yrs, Bit 121 b. WEDNESDAY. Fifty soya. for three yrs old and upwards, To start at the starting post of T.M.M. sold run to the end of R.C. The Town Plate of 50 says., fur three yr. old. Last mile and a distance of B.C. Sweepstakus of 10 sovs. each, for two yra old. The winner to be sold for 200 sovs. Last half of B.M. Sweepstakes of 10 SOYP. each, for three yrs old. The winner to be sold for 100 sm. New T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 10 says. each, for three yrs old and up wards. The winner to be sold for 160 soya. B.M. THURSDAY. A Selling Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each for three years old. B.M. sweepstakes of 10 i.ove. each, for two and three years old. The winner to be sold for 200 soya. New T.Y.C. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft. To start at the starting post of 8.M., and run to end of New T.Y. C. The Chesterfield Stakes of 30 sous. each, for two years old; colts Bat 71b; fillies, 8»t 41b. The winner of the July Stakes 91b, and the second 4lb extra. Last half of i 3. DI.. Christina—f by Don John, dam by Dr. Syntax—Ba dajoz—q by Slane, out of Blanchie—*Argo—*Santiago —c by Jenny, out of ►Maid of Kent—*l by Epirus, .out of Castaside—The Duchess of Leeds—Glenhawk—*Oleati der—*llegia—f by Melbourne, out of Ninny—Cosaus— *Forlorn Hope—*Phlegra—*Midas—*Ben More—*c by Venison, out of Ratan's dam—Anspach—Ariosto—Con stance—* Turtle—Teddington— Sister to Miami—Merry Peal—Julia—*Pr. , stige—The Bride—Count Swivel — *Lady Stuart —* Scandal—Jarnac—Catalpa— * f by Slane, out of Palmyra—Al)lus—*f by Pantaloon, out of Virago—*bliserrima—*c by Taurus, out of Fair Jane— *f by Dromedary, out of blightoap—*Norton—*Mirage —•Castellon. Match, 200, 50 ft. A.P. (No day mentioned.) *Mr. Pouter's Tho Arab, kist 71b,against *Mr. Lister' Peasant Girl, Bst 41b. • SPORTING NOTES. No. XII. " There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat ; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures." SHAKSPEKE. "`There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the iluod'—you' know the rest, And most of• us have found it, now and then; At, lsast*we.think so, though but few have 'guested The torrent, till too late to come again. But uo doubt everything is for the best— Of which the surest sign is i❑ the end: When things are at the worst they sometimes mend." At least I have found it so; for after having been knocked off my perch on the Lerby, and in the forepart of the Ascot week; with the victory of Lord Egliaton's equine wonder of the world, the tide of fortune turned, and has since continued to flow steadily in my favour; for, with the exception of the First Triennial Stakes at Stockbridge, my anticipations of the last week were verified iu every instance, and they would have been in that likewise bad not Lord U. G. Lennox been of opinion that Compass was quite good enough to dispose of the crack, Cariboo, and thereore sent him instead of my selection, Thu Btehunier, to represent the Goodwood st inle. The racing at Newcastle requires but few remarks:— 'Englithd'a Glory, a candidate for the Bet by, 1851, won the Tyro easily ; Eltbiron, ist 71b, just msnaged to beat Roland, Est lib, by a head for the Northumberland Plate, the latter having only a neck the best cf Glauca, 7st 71h, wbc, by the bye, will do a clever thing yet before the yezr is out ; The Maid of learn Valley, with 'a re spectable weight up, won the Blembers! Plate do very easily that she must not be despised for any race she may be entered for at a reasonable weight;. Mickleton at last found himself in such company. that he could manage for once to be A 1, winning the Lottery Stakes cleverly by a neck; and, as a finish to , the .northern meeting, Csnesou, with her race in hand from end to end, won the Gold Cup from Aehyrantes easily by a 38 neck 1 ,-- 313 There are several meetings during the present week, but only two r e quiring notice at my hands, the Carlisle, and Newmarket July. At the former, the Cumberland Plate, to be run on Tuesday, will attract to the post a small field, consisting of Lady Hylda, 6 yrs, Bst 6lb ; Ada'Mary, 4 yrs, let ; Reality, 5 yrs, Est 61b ; Jowly Lind, 4 yrs, Est; and, possibly, one of the light weights, Mark Tapley. Seignor of Holderness, or French Susy. The result however, I anticipate will be in favour of Jenny Lind, with one of the light weights or Ada Mary second. For the July Stakes at Newmarket, run likewise on Tuesday, the following are the probable starters: — Oleander, Phlegra, colt by St. Francis, Venus filly; Miserrima, Hippogriff, Virago and Palmyra fillies, Hatherton," Whisper (doubtful), colt by Kremlin (doubt ful), Olivia (doubtful), Ariosto (doubtful), and Grecian; the last named, according to all accounte, and his soli tary public performance, the. winner ; yet it would be advisable for the admirers of the Grecian hero, in case Oleander or Miserrima should be iEclined by winning to render them niiiierable, to keep them on the safe side, for they're both clippers in a small way of business ; Phlegra, the Venus filly, and Ariosto are the next beet, though possessing no chance of bowling 'the Greeks over. The Chesterfield Stakes depend so much on the re sult of the July that I will not hezard an opinion, merely remarking, that Oleander, Prestige, Phlegra, Turtle, Mi,errimo, and AriOsto, are the most formidable of the 43 nominations; on Wednesday evening, in the column' of The Sun, I will'give a final opinion. For the Liverpool Cup, run next week, the Wild Rose of Wadlow's stable, et List 51b, Cockermouth at 6st 131 b, The Maid of Team Valley at Est 121 b, Backbiter at 7st 91b, SaUcy Dick at 7st, Windiscbgratz at sst 71b, and that very slow coach, the Seignor of Holderness at sst, seem to me to have a great pull over the remaining forty three entaes. At the present time I should se:e:A Wild Rose and • Cockermouth to do the deed of note, the for• mer for choice if they mean mischief with him ; W in di,,chgratx, if it comes to a struggle, must be content to play second fiddle, and Backbiter will, I fancy, run very forward, probably third or fourth, but no nearer; more anon.—l am, Sir, sours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. July 1, 1850. VAUXHALL-GARDENs.—DISASTER TO THE BAL.- LOON.—On Saturday evening his Excellency the Nepaulese Ambassador (who, on the Saturday previous, was unable to be present at the ascent of the Nassau balloon) visited these gardens, accompanied by his brother and a very large suite, to witness the ascent of Mr. Green and Mr. Rush. They were received by Mr. Wardell, the lessee, and conducted to the firework-ground, where they inspected the aerial ma chine; and, shortly after their arrival, at a quarter to eight o'clock, the ascent took place. The balloon rapidly attained a great elevation, and took an easterly direction. The Ne paulese visitors afterwards promenaded the gardens, attract• ing the attention of the crowd who were assembled; and, having witnessed the whole of the entertainments, the fire ' works, &c., and expressed their gratification, retired. In the mean time the balloon bad made its way through the clouds towards Gravesend, beyond which place its descent was accompanied witk imminent peril to the lives of the aeronauts. At a quarter to nine o'clock or thereabons it passed over that town, its course being directly eastward, but from some cause which has not transpired, it afterwards descended in the river near the Jenkin buoy. A barge which was at a short distance from the spot made to wards it; the crew succeeded in rescuing both Mr. Green 'and Mr. Rush from the balloon, which was rapidly floating down the river. The Revenue cutter Fly also proceeded to the rescue, and having grappled the balloon found it impos sible to check its progress until, by discharging muskets into it, they made vents for the escape of the gas. It then col lapsed and was placed with the aeronauts in the barge and taken to Gravesend, where it arrived about four o'clock yes terday morning.. Itlr. Green and Mr. Kush shortly after returned to London. The first-named gentleman is very much hurt on the head and face, probably from his efforts to keep on the balloon, which was continually rolling and turn in., over on the surface of the water. f.orth repeated ' Tits lIARVEIAN ORATION. —On Saturday, 0 - cording to ancient usage, this oration was delivered at i t ' . Royal College of Physicians, Trafalgar-square, in the P ho r. :ol , s , e f n t c h e e o c f o ll un r c . i l l 'a in ris t , h P ei r r eF ro id b e e l s it o o f f c t a h i e ce C : o a l n le d g a e, l = ini e: roe4i al i f scas e : 7 l s l p — ermo: delivered by blage of other distinguished members of t o cholera during the fession. The oration, which was in Latin, Dr. Wilson, of St. George's Hospital, and n am ia o rts z o o f th ap er pro to b p a i t e ir tforotnhiethreala.augdeisenc:. Allnsmnwas made past year, and the degree of Ail!, peoe ro 7 e r s a s i . lce l and philan thropy exhibited by edicalcioiCtri ton during that trying period. The new.fsou -le lre al nes of bydropathy. homceopathy, and Mesmerisinilvdid 8 0 touched upon aed yen's skull; ' the m 1 criticised. The Learned Po of Har ve y o Mit - the alma' tri bute of respect to the' genius o ' for his great discovery. in Mobile has 1.1 , eqUesthed his head to tb. An actor theatre for a' I , l e Vije P. ori 0 all