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attorney, who had lived for some time in the lictue of the plaruliff, who, together with his e fe assisted by his two dauoare, b. kept a ieogin e iie ure in Ealswortto I.; was part of Miss 6hirlock s duty to wait upon the d - fencLut while he was so lodging in her father's house; and after he had lived with the fa ad!y for six or eight months a connexion took place between the defendant banirdth of Miss Shirlock, which ultimat e ly terminated in the a child, and led to her leaving the roof of her Parents. At the trial the girl gave her evidence most discreetly, and, although she underwent a severe crees examination relative ton baker with whom it was alleg-d the had been intimate, there was nothing elicited to shake her previous testimony, which was corroborated by her Younger sister. In addition to this evidence, two let ters were put in, the first of which was written by the defendant to the plaintiff's attorney, in which he denied that he was the father of the child, and insinuated a charge of felony against the plaintiff and his family ; but it ultimately turned out that there was no ground for the i mputation. The second letter was anonymous, but evi dence was put in to show that although the style of the handwri t i ng differed from that of the first, yet there were Certain characteristics about it which induced the plain tiff's attorney and his clerk to give it as their belief that it was written by the defendant. The letter recommended the plaintiff to get his daughter out of the way, the writer promising to provide for her until she (brained a situation, and enclosing 10s. as an evidence of his being ,in earnest. Thi s l et t er was p ro v e d, as a l rea dy state d, to be in the defendant's handwriting, and in his summing aP the Learned Judge left it for the jury to sey whether they credited that proof, observing that if they did not L t would look very much like an attempt at deception on the part of the plaintiff's attorney; but if they did, of course, added to the evidence of the girl, it would be sufficient to justify their finding a verdict for the plaintifi. The Learned Judge called the attention of the jury to the difference in the handwriting of the two letters, and at the close of the charge, he placed the two letters in their hands, and asked them to decide Whether or no they were both written by the same hand. Se satisfied was he (the Learned Counsel) that the verdict would be in his favour, that he actually in dorsed his brief in anticipation of the jury finding for the plaintiff. I t was th e s e cond time he had done so in lae Course of his practice, and it should be the last; but he Was credibly informed that the Learned Judge him self committed the same error, for he wrote upon his notes " Verdict for the plaintiff," before the jury had . i n k etie up their minds. To the amazement, however, of bar and the bench, the jury found for the defendant, to doubt under the misdirection that the result ought to depend upon the anonymous letter, and hence had arisen present t th e e rewasan a y pplicatien. h The LO RD C HIEF J USTICE could hardly think that misdirection, since the Learned Counsel himself admitted that he was not deceived by the sum- IT, but rather that it led him to conclude before hand that the verdict would be for the plaintiff. Mr. CROWDER would not contend that it was a mis qjrection in point of law; but still the manner in which the Point was put was calculated—unintentionally, no do ubt —to mislead the jury. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE said the Court would con sult the Learned Judge who tried the case before it decided the motion. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE.) 7414 QUEEN V. THE CLERK TO THE MAGISTRATES OF KINGSTON•ON-HULL. er Mr. WATSON applied for a rule to show cause why a urinal information should not be filed against the clerk to the magistratesof the borough of Kingston-on-Hull, for misconduct in his office. It appeared that a person Of the name o f J ac kson h a d b een re p ea t e dly c o nv i c ted i • 1. 7 the mag i strates un d er t h e H ea l th of T owns Act f or keeping pigs in a manner injurious to the health of the 'nhabitants, and fined sums varying from 11. to 51, e to gether wi t h costs . Th e guar di ans o f t h e un i on i n w hi c h nuisance existed applied to the clerk of the magis trates for the purpose of having the convictions drawn °llt and carried into effect, and the particular mal tractices complained of by the guardians were that he tl a. not done this, and had thrown other obstacles in ir via— ,' to prevent the proper carrying out of the Act. Rule granted. • 'T a i . i-CKSON V. THE CHARING-CROSS BRIDGE COMPANY. r- PEACOCK applied for a rule to show caus e wh y the 4l replication and the demurrers to pleas in this case should not be set aside on the ground of certain infor• Italities. The action, which has reference to a contract entered into by the Hungerford Market Company for the purch ase o f the Suspension bridge, has previously b een before the courts of law at Westminster. LORDSHIP granted a rule. SHERIFFS' COURT —(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Under- Sheriff BuucliELL.) THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK V. cox. This was an action to recover the sum of 12/. 10s. on an overdrawn account. Ur. James, the cashier of the Strand Branch Bank, Proved that the deiendant had kept an account with the bank, and on the payment of a cheque his account was overdrawn, and notice was given to him, but another areall cheque was honoured, but defendant did not make any further deposit or pay the balance. The jury gave a verdict for the amount. This was the only case tried, and the Court did not sit ten minutes. In some of the other cases the at torneys arrived just after the Court was adjourned. MIDDLES EX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) Mr. Sergeant Adams sat this morning and took bail eases, of which there were seven on the paper. ..Sir John H are surren d ere d to an i ndictment charging him with violently assaulting, on the 27th of February last, Mrs. Ann Fairchild, wife of a veterinary surgeon residing at Paddington. Oa the case being called, a surgeon's certificate was banded to the Court, praying that the case might be further adjourned, as the complainant was unable to attend through illness. Mr. BODKIN, who appeared for the defendant, begged of the Court not to further adjourn the case. He had 'witnesses in court who could prove that the complainant h ad been seen walking about the street during the last d ay or two. The nephew of the complainant was then examined by the JUDGE, and in answer to the Court stated that his aunt had not been out during the last week. He had seen her in bed on Sunday and Monday last. The sur te"'s certificate was given yesterday. Mr. BODKIN called two witnesses, who stated that they 1 .1 % * the complainant walking about on Monday and Ras in last, at the hours stated by the nephew that she "'",, 11 1 bed. b .' 1 . 110 Learned JUDGE baying further examined the -- Puew, said he had a good mind to order him into cus tody. It wa s a gross case . The defendant having pleaded not guilty, the ir. Serg eant A DAms a dd resse d t h e jury. and directed PI to return a verdict of not guilty. They could see v alil lY What the ca s e w a s, a nd it was evident that they ~Ell,ted to adjourn it, for it was true that the corn elant had b een seen walking about during the present th e There was something behind which did not meet Th e • th e „ ury then returned a verdict of Not Guilty, and ei endant was at once discharged from custody. The court was crowded. 1.4 A RLBRO'-STREE r -(THIS DAY.) Vo S LIGHT MISTAKE.—Mary Ann Eaton, a fashion tuiceressed woman of the town, was charged with g insulting and abusive language towards Ali Man Effendi, a gentleman attached to the Egyptian i , Th e J• Iva s complainant stated that on the previous night he et re s moking a c i gar at t h e d o or of a divan in Regent hefoets When the defendant, whom he had never seen for e l . :' came up and called him a vulgar, stupid, dirty th e Or. He took no notice of her at the time, but as p ear ept walking up and down before the door, and re , a , 04 11 1 the above and other filthy expressions, he called s lahle and gave her in charge. elist a r re ,ace the accused said she had made a slight ea i d 'he in the person of the gentleman, whom she had talit e a had some few nights ago partaken of her hospi , ProlW had in return had treated her very scurvily. 411 „ the d ress and appearance o f comp l a i nant , s h e th e ", took him for that individual, and in the heat of to h:oment might have used the language imputed eli atak qqendant was advised not to be guilty of such a etel Paid again, and was fined 75., which she immedi , " SPORTING NOTEE4 ODDS No. XLI. —0 AND ENDS FROM NEWMARKET. S T ,. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. for '`Oat of five stakes and one match on the card .14 -brut yesterday only two produced a race, which ti e - e rnt the shortest bill of fare for a day's sport at hea - Itev h te rs that I can recollect having seen du ring the Af tt;Years that I have devoted my pen to the interests -date",,racing world. The four-year old colt, by Promo ttrodh' 'mai by Mulatto out of Lunacy, gave for a hi s s c ra p r la r e aver ,s ho w, and beat him in a canter, all e ,„."a Cesarewiteh course; Nutmeg, receiving 171bs. was a bad third. ' V a ., l ag for sex, from the winner, 81is , ta e i,r won the other 501. Plate, over the D.M., ead-hg Borneo, w h o gave I . the winner trashy de ecru" h alf a dov-ti anlitiaA., dposition a.. tta rh at. If the racing wai u h n is im o .p p f r o o r d t t l h is .. e nt the betting l're,„llat; Rhesus maintained bp,,, —l er for the Che --. Et 1 4er Cup, the' r i -arge outlay advanced to a l t o 6 to to 1; ' hal It u i s a s d b o w r a o s u g o h d 14, ae, and his price at midnight wee • IA , lat and _ the outside; Montague retired i points, some t es ni x ore than 1at,,,,,. ^ ,a 8 'very unsteady; Nancy, Woolwich, late Doctor -uocitor were firm at previous quotations. to i ° a„Pe and Clarissa were inquired utter at 25 and 4 0 14, 4 T he and d an T te h r e Prime Miaister maintained his position at t he he w " affairs for the Derby, at 6 to 1; Teddington was, bpe ve r, along s id e o f him at Lhe same figure; Hernande z, a m ' Ina outlay o f seven or eight hundred pounds, ad- Ta e ed to 8 t o 1 ; Theseus also advanced to 20 to 1. te;? betting in the Chi and at the West-end, this th e : 1 4, on the Chester Cup and Derby, is pretty much G • aul e a a at Newmarket yesterday, but, on the 1,000 ina e o . Eta and Newmarket Stakes, is as follows:--1,000 , tit tle _ to n .' 4- -6 to 5 agst Iris; 5 to 4 apt Aphrodite; 5 to 1 s, Anspach • 10 to 1 apt Phlegm. Newmarket Stakes 6 to t,? 4 o n , Sir J. Hawley's let; even on The Confessor; • ,,ythe 4 B trea l ere sdi n un a igt of l the receivedidasso numerousßo requests for my opinion on a s n o d vs. Stakes, A.F., walked over for , ft tle aY, by Artisan, for which the following horses withdrentered :—A rtisan (the winner), Gin, vra (•take keit h aw n), nesse Hombur g ( pa id forfeit), 800, and were ound; it is as follows: —The last-named couple w ee wrongly nominated, the conditions stating that it 4,,,7 8 !!ike f or co l ts "not engaged in the 2,000 Gu . ' m e 3 a both of thes e having entered and rue for ineas that nal Prices. -6% - 11 —3% LaNiga - 43% 12 —2b% —l74i —271 :otr s. _7B ots, s of the 018 010, pondents.) 0 i.CIAL N o gg,, 0 0' , yestercisf!_„e 00 ,1 000 Alfier i ' ket 14 way ail and Ep o s hares a gw" sdr. 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D ETS° C° c i rzsos, g oof le pot be a ra te os should it 14 • and th a ' u o d e r .„ 0 rtlY P who trl fu' °tic' 16 s an 11 A ; ° s ot.° 0 0 .6 rgY 113613 0 .00C16211 TTIF, SUN, salcf- , , were eccordn gly di , qualified from wkining this; and uil bets coaccruing them ar' null and void. havdig bLen ti.e 6nly horse kf‘, iu 3estteday mornii , g, made yesterday concerning him ere void likewhe, nub es partioafirly spk-cified " all in, scra'ched or not," &c. &c., there bring no chance ou the part of the fielder of winning, consequently there ought to be none of losing. Mei:D.—The field for the Newmarket Stakes to-mor row will not exceed four, viz., Harpsichord, Midas, 800, and the Conressor or Balsailio. It is considered a tore gone conclusion in favour of Sir Jost ph, but there has been more impossible things accomplished than Midas or Boo's winning. I am, Sir, yours, &c. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. April 24, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMA RKET FIRST SPRING MEETING. BETTING ON TUESDAY NIGHT. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. Even ou Sir J. Hawley's Aphrodite 5 to 3 agst Lord Stanley's Iris CHESTER CUP. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Treon's Rhesus, 5 yrs, 7st 12 to 1 agst Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor, 3 yrs, sst 41b 14 to 1 sgst Ld. Strathmore's Montague, 5 yrs, 7st 21b 15 to 1 agst Mr. 'l'. Lister's Naucy, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b 15 to 1 agsi Mr. Melklam's The Italian, 4 yrs, 7st s:b 100 to 6 agst Mr. Mangan's Russborough, 4 rs,Bst6lb 25 to 1 agst Mr. Drilikald's Sauter-la-Coupe, 5 yrs, 7,t 51b 25 to 1 agst Mr. Campbell's Woolwich, 5 yrs, Bst DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Mr. Halford's The Prime Minister 13 to 2 sgst Sir J. Hawley's Teddicgton 10 to 1 sgst Lord Enfield's Hernandez—taken freely 12 to 1 agst Mr. O,baldeston's Mountain Deer 12 to 1 agst Mr. J. Clark's The Marlborough Buck 16 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Constellation 20 to 1 agst Lord Eglintou's Bonnie Dundee 25 to t agst Mr. Higgins's Theseus 30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Heart-breaker 33 to 1 agst bir J. Hawley's The Ban 35 to 1 agst Mr. Wilkinson's Neasbam 50 to 1 sgst Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor 50 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's Gleuhawk 1,000 to 15 sgst Mr. G. Wentworth's Azeth—taken 1,000 to 10 agst Lord Clifden's Telescope—taken WEDNESDAY'S RACES. Handicap Plate of 501. for four yrs old and upwards. Cesarewitch Course. Mr. Stephenson's cby Dromedary, Bst 71b...(Butler) 1 Lurd Chtden's Strongbovr. 5 yrs. Bst 71b...(Hobinson) 2 Lord Exeter's Nutmeg, 4 pa, 7st 11b...(W. Harlock) 3 Bitting-5 to 4 agst Nutmeg, and 7to 4 agst Drome dary colt. The running was made by Nutmeg to the Ab. M. bottom, where it was taken up by Strongbow, who, in his turn, gave place to the Dromedary colt in the cords, and was beaten easily three lengths. Run in 4 min. 30 secs. -- --- Plate of 501. for three yrs old, 7st 71b; four, Bst 121 b; five and upwatda, 9st 31b. Mares and geldings al lowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 200 stArs. if de manded,&c.; a d allowances if to be sold for less. D.M. Mr. S. Roger's Vass. 5 yrs, Bst 21b, 100/....(Rogers) 1 Mr. Thorp,-'s For.t.t Flower, car. 7s, 91b, 401(Flatman) 2 Ld Cht den's Borneo, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b, 1501 (Robinson) 0 Mr. Delamere's Fuoco, 5 yrs,7st 71b, 401(J. Athernon) 0 Lord Exeter's fby Beiram, sst 71b, 401(W. Harlock) 0 Ar. R. H. Neville's cby Gladiator, 4 yrs, 7st 51b, 401 0 Mr. St. Aubyn's Ventre -1 Terre , 3 yrs, sst 111 b, 401 0 Mr. Perren's Peter-the-Great, 3 yrs, sst 111 b, 401 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Revival colt, 4to 1 agst Borneo, 4 to 1 agst Vass, and 7 to 1 agst Fuoco. Va:n, made nearly all the running, and, after a closely contested race with Forest Flower up the cords, won by a neck; Borneo a good third, and the Revival colt fourth. Run in 1 min. 4 arcs. Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h ft ; for colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; 31b allowed. P.M. Lord Orford's iirebolt ....• (F. Butler) walked over Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each; fur colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 3'b; 31b allowed. D.M. Duke of Bedfor , i's Santiago......(F. Butler) walked over Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each; for three years old colts, Sst 7113; fillies, Bst 21b; 41b allowed, &c. A.F. Mr. Nevill's Artisan (J. Howlett) walked over. Match, 200 soya., h ft. T.Y.C.—Major Martyn's Con vulsion,Bst 71b, received 65 soya. ft from Lord Clifden's Maples, Bst 71b. The weather today was delightful, but the sport wretched, and the show of company very thin. Previous to the races some investments were made on Hernand. z for the Derby, resulting in his advance to 7 to 1, 1,300 to 400 was taken about him and Teddingto❑ jointly ; 6 to 5 and 5 to 4 laid against Aphrodite for the 1,000 Guineas, and 6 to 4 taken freely about Iris. Rhesus and Ruisborougla in demand for the Chester Cup, but very little doing. In our list of arrivals yesterday we omitted Lord Tor rington, Lord Cherie. Manners, and Colonel Angerstein. BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK. 1,000 GUINEAS STAKES. 5 to 4 agst Iris 1 5 to 4 agst Aphrodite. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Montague 25 to 1 agt Sauter-la-Coup 30 to 1 agst Woolwich 40 to 1 ugst Clarissa 6 to 1 agst Rhesus 10 to 1 agst Russ,borough 12 to 1 agst Blsek Doctor 14 to 1 agst I(shan (taken) 16 to 1 agst Naucy DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Prime Minister I 20 to I agst Theseus (tak. 6to 1 agst Teddingtou I freely) 7 to 1 agst Hernandez I 33 to 1 agst Neasham 16 to 1 agst Marlb. Buck I NEWMARKET, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NINE O'CLCCE. LATEST BETTING ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. sto 4 agst Iris I 5 to 4 agst Aphrodite. CHESTER CUP. 6 to 1 agst Rhesus 10 to 1 agst Russborough 12 to 1 agst Black Doctor 14 to 1 cgst (t) 16 to 1 ugst Nancy 20 to 1 agst Ht ricot 20 to 1 egst Monteguo 25 to 1 agst Ssuter•la- Coupe 30 to 1 sgst Woolwich 33 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel 40 to 1 apt Clarissa. BY. 20 to 1 agst Theseus (tak. freely) 33 to 1 agst Neasham 50 to 1 agst Serus. 6 to 1 agst Prime Minister 6 to 1 agst Teddingtun 7 to 1 agst Hernandez 12 to 1 egat Mountain Deer 16 to 1 agst Marlborough Buck ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Queen's Plate, R. C. Uriel, 5 yrs—Nutcracker, 4 yrs—Fernhill, 6 yrs— Little Jack, 4 yrs—Cariboo, 4 yrs—Dromedary colt, 4 yrs. Sweepstakes; first half of Ab. M. ; winner to be sold for 801. &c. Alboni, Guy Mannering, Julia. Sweepstakes; T.Y.C. ; winner to be sold for 1501., See. Trinket, Edward of York; Christina. LATEST BETTING.—(By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. Even on Aphrodite. 6 to 1 agst Iris. 8 to 1 agst Anipach. THE 1100 RACES. This popular little meeting, hitherto held in Lord Deere's park, will take place on Saturday next at Gor hambury-park. near St. Alban' ' s and promises to be un usually attractive. The events for decision are five in number, viz.:— The Claret Stakes, 8 Subs. The Hunters' Stakes, 4 Subs. The Omnibus Open Stakes, 11 Subs. The Farmers' Plate. The racing will commence at half-past one o'clock and terminate at half-past 4. St. Alban's being within a short distance of Hatfield—the nearest railway station — a special train will leave King's-cross at 11 30 A.m,, re turning at 6 P.M., and omnibuses will be provided to convey the passengers from the station to the course and back—the journey by rail and road occupying little more than an hour. DURHAM RACES. 1851. Acceptances for the Durham Handicap of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, and only 2 if declared, with 100 added. A winner once, after the weights are published, to carry 51b; twice, 71b extra. The second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 10 soys. towards expenses. One mile and a half. Mr. H. J. Thompson's br h Wa n o ta, aged, Bst slb; Mr. J. Osborne's b f Achyranthes, 4 yrs, Est 91b; Mr. Ryder's b m Clara, aged, 6st 61b; Mr. A. Johnstone's b g by Charles NlL—Frill, 4 yrs, 6st; Mr. J. Gill's br c .2Eseulapius, 4 yrs, 6st; Mr. Roberts hr f Miss Lottery, 4 yrs, 6st; Mr. M. Arrowamith na g c Oxford Blue, 4 yrs. sst 1 llb; Mr. Backer's b c Tordesillss, 4 yrs, sst llb; Mr. George's ch c Old Claret, 4 yrs, sst 101 b; Mr. H. J. Thompson's b c Golab Singh, 3 yrs, sst 71b; Mr. Harrison's bl c by Prince Caradoc, out of Miss Julia Bennett, 3 yrs, sst 51b; Mr. J. Scott's b c Presto, 3 vrs, sst. ritorD V.4 Eiuttou NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY•) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Queen's Plate. Uriel ... ... Dromedary colt Nutcracker ~. Sweepstakes. Ariosto Croupier ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 1 ... 2 Won easy. THE ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. Aphrodite An.pach Iris ••• 1 ... 2 ... ... .. ... Six ran. Won easy. ... s IMPORTANT NOTICE To MERCHANTS AND . OT HERS RESPECTING PAYMENT OF DUTIES. —The f m oll a o j w es i t of , impor tant notice has been issued by order of her Com missioners of Customs :—" Notice is hereby givelio,fsthaat.o and after the 6th day of May next, the practice the duties in the long room at the Custom-house, h p , case s ying where the amount is less than 151., will be discontinued d from which time all payments are to be made at the Tress ' ury of the Receiver-General of Customs. Merchants and others will, however, have the option o f paying the duties to the Bank of- England in sums of not less amount than 501 (in read of !001. as hereto ore), and messengers will be em ployed to convey the certificates of payment from the Bank of England to the Custom-House every half-hour, until 3 o'clock in the afternoon inclusive. Is t order of commis zieners--W. Maclean, Secretary," LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 24, THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The Roy& Corntniz;,ion have io,?..ueft the f,illowing programme of the twanner in which the state opehing by her Alaji-sty, already announced to the public, is to be conducted : - , •ExillniTiox OF 1851. " Her Majesty having signified her royal plessure that arrangements t,houtei be made to enable her Majesty to gratify a wish very generally expressed on the part of the pu , dic to be present at k ceremony by which her Ma j. sty should open the Exhibition of the Works of In custry of all Nations on the Ist of May, her Majesty's Commissioners hereby give notice that the programme of this ceremony, and the regulations under which the holders of season tickets will be admitted, are as follow: " Exhibitors' attendants who have been sanctioned by the Executive Committee will be admitted between the hours of eight and nine o'clock at doors specified on their cards, and will immediately take their places by the counters or objects exhibited by their employers. " Holders of season tickets will be admitted at all doors on the east, south, and west of the building between The hours of nine and half. past eleven o'clock, and will be allowed to take their places, subject to police regu latkni, in the lower part of the building and in the galleries, except the parts railed off in the nave and transept : . . . . " A platform will be raised to the north of the centre of the transept, on which a chair of State will be placed. " Her Majesty's Cocernizsioners will assemble at half. past Eleven o'cleck in the transept, opposite the plat form, together with their Executive Committee and the For eignActing Commissioners, in full dress, or in plain evening dress. " His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, her Ma jesty's Ministers, the great Officers of State, and the foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, will take their places on the platform to the right and left of the chair of State, in full dress, also at half-past eleven o'clock. " Her Majesty, proceeding in State, with the Royal Family, foreign guests, &c., and her and their suites from Buckingham Palace, up Constitution-hill, and down Rotten-row, will enter the Exhibition building by the north entrance precisely at twelve o'clock. She;will ascend the platform and take her seat in the chair of State. " On ber Majesty's arrival a choir will sing' God Save the Queen. " On the Queen taking her seat his Royal Highness Prince Albert will join the Royal Commissioners, and when the music has ceased proceed at their head to the platform, and read to her Majesty a short report of the proceedings of the Commission up to that time, which he will then deliver to her Majesty, together with the catalogue of the articles exhibited. Her Majesty will return a gracious answer, handed to her by the Secre tary of State; after whichl his Royal Highness Prince Albert will take his place again by the side of her Majesty. The Doyen of the Corps Diplomatique will read an address to her Majesty on behalf of the foreign nations who have contributed to the Exhibition, to which her Majesty will return a gracious answer. '• His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury will then say a prayer, invoking God's blessing upon the under taking, followed by a short anthem sung by the choir. "A Royal procession will then be formed, preceded by the Commissioners, which will turn to the right, move to the west end of the nave by its north side, return to the east end of the nave by its south side, including the south end of the transept, and come back to the centre along the north side of the nave; thus enabling all those present, who will be expected to keep the places which have been assigned to them, to see her Majesty and the precession. " During the procession the organs appointed will play marches, takiiw the music up at the Queen's approach. " On her Majesty's return to the platform the Queen will declare 'the Exhibition opened;' which will be an nounced to the public by a flourish of trumpets and the firing of a Royal salute on the north of the Serpentine; whereupon the barriers, which had kept the nave clear, will he thrown open, and the public will be allowed to circulate. " Her Majesty will then return to Buckingham Palace by the route by which she came. "All the doors, which will have been closed at half past eleven o'clock, will, upon her Majesty's departure, be opened again. " By order of her Majesty's Commissioners, " EDGAR A. BoWRING,. Acting Secretary. . _ _ " Exhibition Builoing, Hyde-park, April 22." - In making this announcement the occasion seems an appropriate one for directing attention to the neglected state of Hy de-pat kin the immediate neighbourhood of the Crystal Palace. From Albert-gate to the eastern end of the building there is as remarkable a collection of nuisances on either aide of the carriage way as that our correspondent recently discovered in his ramble through the streets of Copenhagen—on one side runs a deep open ditch, filled with mud and filth, and ready, at the slight est false step to ingulph the unwary pedestrian; while a clumsy wooden railing, rotted by exposure to the wea ther, innoc e nt of paint for many a lung year, covered with a green coating of mould, and hardly able to stand from decay, is all that has been deemed requisite to con fine within proper limits the immense passenger traffic which is expected to pour along this approach. This railing seems to have been designed from the sheep hurdles used in the pasturage of the park, and which are like nothing of the kind used in any other part of England. The footways of the road, besides the dangers from open ditches which they present, are in a most disgraceful state of disrepair. Atter ye u pass Mr. Cu bitt's house—popularly called " Gibraltar," from the belief that it can't be taken—you find on your left hand, as you approach the Crystal Palace, a succession of ob jects which will not a little surprise foreigners accus tomed to well-arranged and neatly-kept parks. We say nothing of the back view of Knightsbridge architecture, hardly softened down by distance; nor do we speak of a nearer view of inclosed areas, adorned with meat safes, round which cats crawl stealthily on the copings. Even the dismal facing of dead brick wall may be forgiven, but there is no excuse for hoardings of timber so old and rotten that they are of themselves fallicg to pieces; fur corners and angles which outrage decency • for strips of ground belonging to the park filled with al l kinds of filth and rubbish, among which dirty bits of newspaper, stale orange peel, bones, rags, broken tiles, and other rubbish are prominently visible; neither is it at all agreeable, however fond one may be of horses, to nose all the concentrated ammonia from the Knightsbridge barracks. We have drawn no exaggerated picture of the state of the park from Albert-gate to the east entrance of the building. There is still time, if the Commis sioners of Woods and Forests choose to exert them selves a little, to put this approach in something like decent order. It would cost a little money; but the public would forgive the extravagance, and even give the Commissioners credit for a share of that virtue which the old say ing places second in the rank of moralities. We fear, however, that they are too deliberative a body to save their reputation now. They took four or five months before they plucked up courage enough to allow the axe to be laid to the root of Colonel Sibthorp's tree. Two months more elapsed before, yielding to long con tinued entreaties, they consented to the telling of four decayed pieces of timber that blocked up one end of the transept. Even now their constitutional regard for the Royal woods is about to receive another severe shock. Her Majesty's determination to enter the building in State at the north side of the transept renders it neces sary to clear away some stumps that would otherwise ob struct the progress of the State procession. Under such circumstances, and having failed in their comfortable at tempt to get the Royal Commission to do their work for them, it is more than probable that the ditches by the wayside will still remain open—the footpaths impracti cable except in double-soled boots—the railings as mouldy with damp as ever, and, for the special amusement of our quick-witted visitors, glimpses afforded into our Crown land management which must make us more and more ashamed of it.—Times. EXECUTION OF THE NEMPNETT MURDERERS. TAUNTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23.—The execution of John Wiles and John Smith, convicted at the last assizes of the murder of an aged man named Wilkins, a shopkeeper at Nempnett, under circumstances of great atrocity, and in which, it will be remembered, his aged wite was left for dead by the murderers, but fortunately recovered so as to be the means of bringing them to justice, took place this morning at nine o'clock, at the north corner of the gaol. The Execution was originally fixed for eleven o'clock, but out of deference to the wishes of the inhabitants of Taunton, who represented the injury it would be to the busihess of the town, the hour was changed to nine o'clock. From the moment of their conviction the culprits have manifested a becoming manner, and listened patiently to the exhortations of the chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Gatten, who was unremitting in his exertions, and who has declared that he believed their repentance to be sincere. At the time of the trial there appeared to be some doubt as to which of the two was the actual murderer, but since their condemnation they both freely confessed that they each participated in the crime, and were both equally guilty, although they stated that they had no intention of perpetrating a murder when they went into the shop. Wiles was about 56 years of age, a blacksmith by trade, and, at one period of his life, in the service of the late Richard Hart Davis, M.P., father of the present Chairman of the Board of Excise. Smith was a much younger man, and evidently a person of respectable connexions; indeed, be stated freely that his name was nut Smith, but objected to communicate to any person who be really was, urging as hi s reason th a t he did not wish his relations, who were most respectable, to be marked out to the world as persons related to a man who had suffered death as a murderer. At five o'clock this morning the prisoners arose, and, after being engaged in prayer, partook of some tea and bre a d an d butter, and at eight o'clock they were taken to the chapel, where Divine service was performed, and the sa crament administered to them. At nine o'clock the prison hell began to toll, and the whole of the prisoners in the gaol, who were under sentence of tr a n s p or t at i on , or who had been convicted of felony, were mustered in the yard to witness the execution. The culprits having been pinioned by Calcratt, the mournful procession commenced, and in a few minutes, having walked firmly up the stairs of the gaol, they appeared upon the plat form; they then ascended the ladder with the same fi rm step, and having prayed with the chaplain for s evera l minutes, and shaken hands with the reverend gentleman, the bolt was drawn, and they were launched into eternity. death Smith appeared p p struggled eer e dto b fuer instantaneous. a After but hangingwith Wiles itthe the usual time, the bodies were cut down and immediately i buried in their clothes as they were, n the yard of the gaol. In a quarter of an hour afterwards the drop was removed. Simons, Esq., and H enr y GRAY' S I NN , A PRIL , 23.—At a Pension of the Honourable Soci.ty of G r ay' s Inn, holden this (by, William Collingwood Selby, Esq. , were called to the de gree of hamster-at-law. LITERATURE. THE FaIIALE JESUIT; or, The Spy in the Family. This is one of the most interesting and extraordi nary narratives ever presented to tine public, and is doubly interesting at the present time, when the in trigues of that most truth despising order, the,Jesuists, are at length beginning to attract attention. The author of this work, in his preface, says— " The startling assertion that truth is stranger than fiction' has seldom been more fully verified than in the details of this volume. The heroine whose extraordinary scheme of deception is here recorded, introduced herself to the Rev, as an orphan, with no near relatives but a Jesuit uncle and an aunt, also a' religeuse.' She stated that she had been en inmate of various convents in connexion with the 'Faithful Companions of Jesus' for seventeen years. These she represented as an order of Female Jesuits. She described herself as having been for two jeers a postulant in their Order, and as about to be removed to Paris, there to take upon her vows from which there could be no eser.pe. Having long been con vinced of the error s o f t h e system, an d having ueciden tally heard Mr. name and character, she had con.rived to 1, - ;, , t to him in order to throw herself on his kindness fir inlviec. A% will sulpequently appear, .cle was received into his family, and thence obtained a situa tion as a governess. She returned to Mr. house on account of supposed dangerous illness. and con tinued there till the discovery of her plots. She is still at large, and has been seen in London. Who nand what she is remain a mystery. Whether she is self-taught and self-prompted in the art of deception, or whether the almost supernatural ability she displays, has been cc quired in the school of the Jesuits, must be left for the judgment ( f the reader to decide, and the publication of this volume to elicit. " The statements in the 'lntroduction' relating to the laws and mechanism of the Community' which Marie had quitted, and to her escape, were furnished by herself. For these and for her Auto biography,' the writer cannot be answerable. All the remainder of the book is strictly and literally true." So startling are the events recorded in this work, that we were at first almost inclined to doubt this last assertion, that all the remainder of the book is strictly and literally true ; but we have instituted inquiries which leave no doubt upon our minds of the truth of every assertion made by the Rev. S. L. That gentle man is an excellent and exemplary minister, of the Gospel, whose name, if mentioned, would be to the world sufficient guarantee of the truthfulness of every word he asserts; indeed we regret that his kind heartedness, and his unwillingness to hurt the feelings of the relations of the wicked im poster whose career of iniquity is recorded in this volume, should have so tar prevailed as to induce him to adopt the quasi incognito of initials. The Rev. S. L. has no cause for concealment, for his own straightforwardness and innate love of truth enabled him to discover and expose one of the most cun ning schemes that it ever entered into the heart of Jesuit to concoct, whilst, as regards the heroine, Marie Lucille G., the duty h e owes t o the public de mands that her names and her aliases, so far as he knows them, should be given in full length, in order that the public may be placed on their guard against the machinations of an impostor, who, to the wickedness of an Eliza beth Canning, unites the blasphemous hypocrisy of a Joanna Southcott, and the unabashable impudence of a Princes Carraboo. Marie L. G. introduced herself, as above stated, to the Rev. S. L. towards the close of the year 1848, or the beginning of 1849. She said that she was a postulant at the Convent of 1., in the neighbourhood of Lon don, and that she had also been an i nmate of the convent of S. The sister of the Rev. S. L. went down by the appointment of Marie to the gate of the convent in a cab, and Marie, saying she had effected her escape, jumped into it, and became domi ciled with the Rev. S. L. and his family. She related to him her history, and stated that she had an uncle, the Very Reverend Henry Constable Clifford, who was a Jesuit, and who was stationed at Manotte, who was very high in the Church of Rome, and with whom she at once commenced a correspondence. She stated her age to be 25, and her health seemed to be very deli cate. Soon after she came to reside with the Rev. S. L. she commenced her autobiography, in which she relates her experience of 17 years of convent life in connexion with " the Faithful Companions of Jesus," and enlarges upon the reasons which induced her to quit the Roman Catholic faith. The following is the account given of Marie's manner of writing her auto biography, and we beg particular attention to it, because, by collating it with some subsequent passages of the narrative, we may be enabled to offer at least some conjecture as to the objects of those, for there were clearly several parties concerned, who were engaged in this nefarious transaction : " Marie d.-tertnined upon preserving a record of the principal events in her life, and in particular of her some what singular mental history. This was an undertaking of no small difficulty, for having, as she said, been alto gether unused to English composition, except when writing notes at the dictation of the Very Reverend Mother, s he knew neither how to form nor to arrange her sentences. Her deficiency in habits of order and method was another obstacle. Her recollections of the past, as they came to mind, were recorded on sundry scraps of paper of all sorts and sizes, in ink or in pencil, crossed and interlined, as the convenience of the moment dictated. When seated by Mrs. L-- to review her daily or weekly task, it was often the business of nearly half an hour to collect and arrange from desk, pocket, and portfolio, the various parts; and when fairly stitched together, to prevent the truant pieces from again wan dering, they presented an amusing variety of sizs and quantity. It was a further exercise of patience to deci pher the half rubbed out pencil scrawl, or all but ille gible ink crossing; and then each sentence had to be re-made, and put in its proper place. She frequently declared that nothing but the hope of doing good would induce her to persevere, and that as this was her first, the public might be assured it would be her last, piece of authorship. As she proceeded, however, the work of composition became easier, and the latter half of the narrative required very little correction. The introduc tory account of her escape was written for her by Mrs. L—: all the incidents relating to the convent being sup plied by herself, and those which related to her arrival, by her Protestant friends." Shortly after the completion of this autobiography, her friends procured for her the situation of a governess in the family of Mr. and Mrs. S., but she soon becomes ill, and under pretence of ill-health endeavoured again to reinstate herself in the family of the Rev. J. L., failing in which, she told a most transparent falsehood, evidently for the purpose of securing her dismissal and her consequent return to the residence of the Rev. S. L. Once again located in the hospitable mansion of the Reverend Gentleman, she took care to have periodical returns of vomiting and spitting blood, so as absolutely to preclude the idea not only of removing her, but of harassing her by any allusions to her adventures as a governess. In the meantime the uncle, the Rev. Herbert C. Clifford, entered into a correspondence with Mr. L., and in the course of it stated that Marie would be en titled to a large property in Staffordshire. In the course of this correspondence he frequently expresses a de sire to have her original MS. of her autobiography, of which it should be observed Mrs. L. had made a fair copy. But it boots not to pursue the tale of in trigue and deceit, proceed we to the discovery. The ill ness of Marie was all sham ; she was in the habit of applying leeches to her gums to produce the appear ance of bleeding at the mouth, and the bulk of the fluid which she had appeared to have vomited up was bullock's blood, purchased by her from a butcher, and mixed with warm water ; her pulse she lowered by taking doses of digitalis, and she never would sub mit to be examined by the stethoscope. The letters she herself acknowledged were forgeries, but we had better let the author himself relate the events of the morning of June 18, 1850, the trial morning : " Tuesday, June 18th, dawned in almost cloudless beauty. Marie came down to breakfast, little thinking of the dark cloud which was lowering over her, prepar ing in one short hour to burst upon her. She had ar ranged to walk across the Park to Mrs. y—'s and Elizabeth was to accompany her. As soo n as breakfast was over, she ran up stairs to get ready. In a few minutes more she would have been off. A knock was heard at the door. Elizabeth raa up to her, Marie, a gentleman wants to speak to you. " She turned pale. ' Who is it?' she asked anxiously. is only Mr. K—.' " Marie seemed relieved, and went down to the draw ing-room. According to pre-arrangement, while Mr. K engaged her in conversation, Mr. S--- and Mr. A'B-- arrived. Mr. L-- was watching for them, and he opened the door before they knocked. Toey ascended the staircase as noiselessly as possible, and opened the drawing-room door. There they stood! Mr. S-- in whose family she had lived, Mr. L-- whose kindness she had abu. oil, Mr. A'l3-- with whose profession 1 character she was well acquainted, and Mr. K-- their confidential friend. Why had they all assembled at that hour to confront her ? She saw it at a glance. She bent her head, and there she sat, calm, m o d est, se lf. possessed, without any of the excitement £0 well feigned in earlier days. She did not faint, she did not move. In former days the slightest incident would throw her into a state of excitement which alarmed her friends. Now, when any one else would have been agitated, she sat unmoved. If there was a struggle within, there was no manifestation of it without. Her examiners betrayed more emotion than herself. "Two of the gentlemen placed their chairs between Marie and the door, and they all seated themselves in ailence. " Mr. L-- spoke. He said he had invited these friends to be present, while ho entered upon matters too important for conference with her alone, and wishing them also to hear any explanation which she might have to "lle then stlted that two facts had come to his know ledge. .11Pr previous acquaintance with the cont ents o f Capatin Keny on ' s l e tter, and inquiries for it at the post office; and her correspondence with Mr. Viall, lull of misstatements, which had come into his p ossess i on . Can you,' he inquired, explain either of these?' " Marie seemed about to maintain the veracity of her statements to Mr. Viall, till assured by Mr. K-- that the whole matter had been thoroughly investigated, and that such asseverations were useless. She was silent. " Mr. L---- repeated the question, whether she could xplstin these circumstances. "A scarcely nEdible no' dropped from her lips. " It now becomes my painful duty,' said Mr. L---, ' to tell you that there is too much reason to tear that you have been an impostor from first to last.' " Marie raised her eyes, and r,it,hout manifesting the slightest emotion, gently said, 'lt is too true, sir.' The whole party looked at one another in amaze ment at her unparalleled self-control. " Well, then,' said Mr. L--, it only remains for yqu to tell us who you are, where you came from, and what have been your motives for acting in so extraordi a way?' " With great firmness Marie replied that there were some circumstances connected with her early history which she must decline to communicate. Indeed, she would rather die than reveal the circumstances under which she had left her family. Thus much she would say, that she was a native of M--; that her father was a surgeon; that he and her mother died when she was young, leaving her to the care of an only brother: he treated her unkindly, and she had long since left him. For two years before coming to London she had had a situation at of two little girls. Their mother and father dying. they wi,re sent to the care of their guardian. Being again thrown upon the world, she had had recourse to the ex pedient of going into a convent. Growing tir,d of its discipline, and having heard of Mr. L— in the north, as man of benevolence and kin , lnes9, on coming to London, she determined to find him out. ." Weil,' said Mr. L—, •if I wtr© to express what I think of your conduct, it would only give you pain, and under present circumstances do little good. I presume that y ou have no uncle?' fi 4 No: " How were his Letters managed ?' "' I wrote them all myself in your house, andibmd them translated and rewritten by Mr. --, a teacher of languages in The teacher of languages was applied to, and the following was his explanation:— "' I have called on you,' said Mr. L— , 'in refer ence to some letters which have been sent to my house, written by Miss G—, and translated here.' " ' Oh, it is Mr. L— I suppose?' ... yes: " Well, lam glad to see you. I was thinking of call ing upon you to know if you can tell me about Miss Cliff.rd, as she has not been here for some time.' It is a Miss G-, not a Miss Clifford,' said Mr. L-. " ' No, it was a Mrs. or Miss Clifford who came here, and the letters were sent to Miss G--.' " Mr. and Mrs. L- looked perplexed and puzzled. " She was a short stout young lady,' said Mr. and she came to me, and said she wanted some letters translated for her niece, a Miss G-, at Mr. C- terrace. She asked me if I was a Catholic. I said, " if you come to me on business I will attend to you, but if it is about religion, I have no time to talk on that subject." She said it did not matter, only she thought if I were a Catholic I could better enter into the feelings with which she wrote these letters.' _ _ ":Mr. and Mrs.L—J--COuldis;ticlii;l:itOut. Here was a new character appearing on the stage in the shape of a Miss Clifford. " Mr. -- proceeded, She told rue that her niece had apostatized from the Catholic Church, and that she had been so angry with her at first that she had declared she would never write to ber again, but latterly she had relented, sad wished to try to bring her back to the true Church. her niece did not speak English, so she wished the letters to be in French; besides which she should save her word by our writing them.' He then ►produced two packets, one of Marie's English originals, and the other her orders to him to translate them. I did them up,' he added, in case I might be out, as she said she was going to call; and I wrote the account outside, 131 pages at Is. a page, 6/. 11s.' " But these letters were from a gentleman, a priest,' said Mr. and Mrs. L-; 'not from a young lady.' " Mr.' was puzzled in his turn. He rang for his French assistant, a tall, grave, young man, and they be gan to chatter away in French. •" Those letters, Miss Clifford's letters, were from a priest,' said " A priest! no.' said the young Frenchman. ' They were from a lady !' " Why, how could you translate these letters and think they were from a lady ?' said Mrs. L-; and she eagerly seized one of Marie's copies to show the im possibility of understanding the writer to be a lady. She ran her eye down a page. There is frequent mention of the General,' said she, ' the General of the Jesuits.' "' It does not say what general,' they replied, it might be a father or brother, a military general.' " Here he talks of keeping his retreat,' she said again. " ' Ladies have retreats, too,' they replied. "And true enough, as she looked down page after page, she saw that they would suit equally with either of Marie's assumed characters, an aunt or an uncle." Having thus discovered the imposture, Mr. and Mrs. L. determined to institute some inquiries at the con vents of I. and S. The following is the account of the interview with the authorities of the two convents. The first visit was to 1., where the following collo quy took place:— " Mrs. L.—' We called to make some inquiries about a young person who was educated here. sho was after wards a governess in the family of some friends of ours, and left on account of ill health. It is necessary that she should find another home ; and as our friends were not fully satisfied, we thought that, perhaps, you would ravour us with a little information respecting Ler.' " S.—' What is her name ?' " Mrs. L.—' M-- L-- "Mrs. L.—' Perhaps she was here before you?' " S.—' Oh, no! I have been Superioress of this con vent for a number of years. lam quite sure that we have had no one here of that name.' " Mrs. L.—' Sho states that she was twice here: on one occasion for a period of two years; and that she has been seventeen years in a convent of your order. She says that she used to write letters for Madame D'll--' (Very Reverend Mother). " S.—' That cannot be, for Madame DTI-- never has any one but a religious person to write for her. She cannot speak English, and she never comes to England.' " Mrs. L.—' It is just possible that this young person may have changed her namo. Perhaps you may recog nise the handwriting,' producing a specimen. "S.- 6 This is the handwriting taught in our schools, certainly.' " Mrs. L.—' She says that Madame de la R--, who died last June, and who joined your community when she became a widow, was her aunt.' " S.—' Madame de la R-- was never married, and she is still living.' " Mrs. L.—' Perhaps you would know this young per son's portrait. I have brought it with me.' " S.—' No ; Ido not know this face. I am sure she was never here.' " After a pause the Superioress added, "Perhaps you will allow me to take it out of the room for a few minutes, to see if any one else can recognise it.' " The lady:left the room—the piano ceased, the voices i❑ the hall dropped, and a quiet debate appeared to be going on. In a few minutes she re-appeared. " ' No, we do not know the person; but we think that Madame (Reverend Mother), who is now at S--, would be able to tell you. She may have been brought up there.' "Mrs. I did not know that there was any school at S--, except the poor school.' "S.—` Oh, yes! there is a very large school for an inferior class of pupils to those who aro brought up here. Madame will be hero to-morrow, or you could see her at 5 this evening, if more con venient.' " They thanked her, and returned to town by the next train. They went back to Mr. K-'e, and thence hastened to S---. " It was nearly eight o'clock when they entered the outer gate in the street, by the side of the Catholic chapel; and pasing through the little court, or garden to another entrance, they rang the bell. A novice in her white cap drew back the little sliding panel, and in quired their business. " We wish to see Madame . We will not de tain her many minutes. We have been to I-, ex pecting to find her there, or we would not have come at so late an hour.' " The novice withdrew, and presently another came, unlocked the door, and showed them into a little room close to the gate. The floor was covered with oil-cloth, and there were a few wooden chairs. "Presently a third person appeared, and led them into another little room adjooining the first. It was carpeted, and a little better furnished than the other. It looked out into the largo courtyard, where several nuns with measured steps were passing to and fro. A large range of buildings surrounded this court; but they had scarcely observed thus much when another messenger came up to ask the name of each. The names were given, and she withdrew. "Finally Madame --, the Reverend Mother, ap peared. Mrs. L-- again stated the case as at I-, and asked if Madame - could oblige her with any particulars res.pecting Marie. " 0 yes! She was with us for a month about a year and a half ag;o.' " Only a month ! She says that she was seventeen years in cotivents of your Order, and that she had been for the two last years a postulant.' " She was not with us longer than a month or five weeks. She was introduced to me by the Reverend ---, a priest in Liverpool, as a young person who had becom e a Catholic, and was very much p ersecuted by her Protestant friends. She was obliged to leave home and wanted an asylum, and be said that it would be kind if I would take her.' " She says that she was six weeks in your Liverpool convent, and two years at I--• " She never set foot in our Liverpool convent. I brought her to town with me the same night, and we made her up a bed in the little parlour, because the house was full. She wanted to go to I-, and she was there for ono day, but I sent her back again, for we have none but young ladies there, and we only employ per sons of confidence.' " She says that she has been in convents of your Order at Amiens, Slanotte, Paris, Chattauroux, Carrouge, Nice, and Limerick.' " •It is very true that we have convents at all these places, but she has never been in them.' " I should like to be quite sure that it is the same. Do you know this portrait?' "6 0 yes! That is she certainly.' Will you kindly tell me why she left you?' Yes. After she bad been with us a little while she became restless, and said that her temporal affairs re. quired her return to her friends. She showed me some sort of deed, and a lawyer's letter, and said that she should lose her property if she did not go.' " And how did she go?' "'She said that a friend of her family lived in --- Street, and that if she went to her, she knew that she could soon get back to her relations in the north. I sent, but probably the lady had moved, for no such perm 1851. son could be found. She went out another day, and Dame back, saying that she had found her friend, and that she would come for her at halt-p..IA six o'clock. I offered to send a responsible person to ascertain that it was all right; but, she said there was no occasion, as she was quite satisfied. A lady in a cab came that night, and she went. As her health was delicate, and she did not feel well enough to do anythin, we were not on the whole sorry that she decided on leaving.' "Mrs. L-- thanked Madame ---, and rose to leave. The lady requested that her name might not be brought forward, and Mrs. L--- promised that it should not. She was a very well conducted young person while with us,' added Madame ---, have nothing to say against her.' Notwithstanding Marie's confession that she was an impostor, the Rev. S. L. did not at once abandon her to her fate, neither did he, as we ar e i nc li ned to th i nk he ought to have done, give her into custody ; but having learned from her that certain ladies at ° Ghent, who kept a school, and with whom she . said s h e was acquainted, would receive her, he shipped her off on I board the Ostend packet, the steward of , which sa w h er take the train for Ghent; on visiting Ghent some few months afterwards, the Rev. S. L. made inquiries for Marie, b u t no t race co uld ba found either of her or of the ladie s s h e b a d men ti one d, and since that period she has been seen in London, an d is probably at this moment i a spy in s ome P ro t es t an t f am ily. That Marie ea spy in the h an d s o f t h e cont i nenta l J esu it s we think is evi dent, and while we state this we at once acquit the ladies of the establishments at I. and at S. of all com plicity in the plot. On the Liverpool priest who intro duced her to these ladies much suspicion rests, but he, we are i nc li ne d to bel i eve, was a mere su b • ordinate ; the c oncoctors o f t h e plot are to b e f oun d in France, and perhaps the biographer of St. Elizabeth of Hungary could, if be chose, enlighten us as to the real history of l\larie L. G. The letters from the supposed Mr. Cliff or d were, i t is true, all posted in London (in almost e ver y l etter he states that he has sent it in the church parcel to be forwarded), but of the various letters addressed t o hi m at Manott e , at Marseilles, at Nice, not one was returned ; there must, therefore, have been accomplices at all these places, and at all these places the French Jesuits have large establishments. The objects of the imposture were various, and it was so cunningly contrived that one or other of them must inevitably succeed. The Romish priests boast of the numbers who have recently left the Anglican Church for Rome, but' these are far outnumbered by those who have left the Romish Church and embraced Protestantism, but who dare not make open profession of their faith until they have found refuge in some Protestant household, where they may be safe from the persecution to which they would he, by order of the priests, sub jected. Now the case of Marie L. G., should her im posture be discovered, was the one of all others cal culated to induce Protestants to shut their doors against any proselytes from Rome, and thus to " give a heavy blow and a great discouragement " to the progress of these conversions, while, in the mean time, the spy was making herself acquainted with the minutest details of, the history of the Protestant mi nister and his flock, which were, no doubt, regularly transmitted to the Jesuit head-quarters, and there carefully recorded for future use. But this was not all, nor near all that the Jesuits hoped to accomplish by locating the spy in the family of the Rev. S. L.; the main and principle object was no doubt to endeavour to blast the character of an exemplary Protestant clergyman, and to hold him up to the world as a ca lumniator. The pretended autobiography of Marie was, it appears, fairly copied out from her rough draft by Mrs. L. Now Marie, after it had been so copied out, was exceedingly anxious to regain pos session of her original MS., and at the same time was importunately urging the publication of the autobio graphy. The autobiography was no doubt so care fully compiled as to admit of the production of direct and indisputable evidence in contradiction to every essential particular. had the Rev. S. L., therefore, acceded to Marie's desire on this point, there cannot be a doubt that immediately after the pub lication Marie and her MSS. would have disappeared, a cloud of witnesses from all quarters would have borne testimony to the falsehood of the statements contained in the autobiography, the Rev. S. L. would have been challenged to produce the original MSS., and on his confession of his inability to do so, the Holy Fathers would at once have de nounced him as an unprincipled fabricator of calum nious falsehoods, and John of Tuam would have pro bably held him up as a pattern specimen of Protes tant " vermin." Fortunately, this cunningly-devised scheme has been rendered abortive by the straight forward truthfulness of the different members of the family, and by the plain, good common sense of Mrs. L. It, however, by no means follows that such will always be the result of these attempts, and it is a duty the Rev. S. L. owes to society to give the names and addresses of all the parties concerned at full length; and, above all, to unkeunel the Liverpool priest, whose evidence would probably lead to a discovery of the real culprits. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY. The Queen, with her Royal, Highness the Princess Royal, drove out this morning. in a pony phaeton in Windsor Park, Colonel Buckley attending on horse back. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out this morn• ing on horseback, attended by Lieut.-Colonel Alexander Gordon. The Royal Family took walking and pony exorcise in the Slopes and Windsor-park. The Royal dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Baroness de Speth, and Lieut.-Colonel F. H. and Lady Emily Seymour. The band of the Grena dier Guards will attend and play during dinner, and her Majesty's private band will afterwards perform. The Countess of Cbarlemont has succeeded the Mar chioness of Douro in her duties as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. Lady John Russell has issued invitations for two grand assemblies on the 14th of May and 4th of June. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, APRIL 22. ELDON LAW SCHOLARSHIP. The eighth election of an Eldon Scholar will take place on Wednesday, the 4th of June next, at the resi dence of his Grace the Duke of Richmond, 51, Portland place, London. All applications must be left at the office of the Honorary Secretary (Mr. T. Metcalfe, 5, New-square, Lincoln's-inn) sealed up and endorsed " Eldon Scholarship—candidate's application," and with the candidate's name also endorsed. The forms of cer tificates and declarations required, together with the rules and regulations relative to such election, are depo sited with the senior tutor of each college and hall, and with the Registrar of the University. The annual value of the scholarship is 2001. for three years. TRINITY COLLEGE. The Rev. Joseph Smith, 8.D., Senior Bursar of Trinity College, succeeds to the living of Rotherfield Greys, near Henley, vacant by the death of the Rev. W. M, Kinsey, B.D. Patrons—the President and Fellows of Trinity College. ROYAL SOUTH LONDON FLORICYL TURAL SOCIETY. The first flower show of this society for the present year was held yesterday in the Assembly-rooms at the Horns Tavern, Kennington. Some fine floral specimens, although not very numerous, were exhibited, a mongst which the most noticeable were a few superb azelias and ericas, together with an elegant assortment of cinerarias. The prize for the best twelve of the latter was awarded to Mr. Robinson. The other principal prizes conferred by the awards of the censors were, the gold Albert medal for the best collection of miscellaneous plants, to Mr. W. Cole; the large silver Victoria medal, for the same, to Mr. Hook, of Brixton; medals for auriculas, to Mr. W. S. Ginger (two prizes), and to Mr. Turner, of the Royal Nursery, Slough ; for polyanthuses, to Mr. G. Smith ' - and—for the best spec i men plants—to Mr. W. Cole, for a splendid erica; a nd to Messrs. Fairbdirns, for a magnificent azlirt. A collection of heartsease attracted much at tention, and prooured a silver Linnrean medal for Mr. J. Edwards. The only display in the vegetable depart.. ment consisted of some finely grown rhubarb, from Ilay and Sangster's, of Newington. For the summer exhibi tions, which are to take place in the Surrey Zoological Gardens (by which time we trust certain horticultural bickerings shall have been appeased), several extra prizes are offered by members, includi ng one of a m o t i r i a . ticatious kind, announced by Mr. J. Marriott, of Grace church-street, " for th e b es t glass .o_f _ake Y honey in ' the comb, taken on the huma ne p r i nc ipl e ." 's band wa s in attendance, and played a variety of tiofpleasing and po pular airs. THE NORFOLK GIANT INTRODUCED TO THE QUEEN. —Mr. Robert Hales, whose height is said to be 7 ft. 6 in., and weight 34st. 61b., was requested to attend at Buckingham Palace on Friday week, when he had the honour of being introduced to her Majesty, Prince Albert, and all the Royal children ; and the hour's visit was, we understand, as grati fying to the Royal party and suite, as it must have been to the gentleman of such gigantic proportions. It appears that Mr. Hales had become the proprietor of the Craven Head Tavern, in Drury-lane, and for some weeks past the military have assembled in strong force to have a look at him and e take his measure," by standing by his side. I,d'romwe the representations made, Colonel Buckley was induced, ._.._ be lieve, to pay Mr. Hales a visit, and hence, we resume, ; f a r ' . an " order made out for his appearance at Hales has a line head, intellectual countenance, a nd may t fairly be culled "a ve ry good looking faa n n to his height, hands, and feet are not at all in proportion tio t hose respects to many men six feet high exceeding him kind. When Col. some extent. In conversation he is i plaenadsant, and even witty, and his general bearing gentle o maa N ): d b the side of him at the laughed heartily at the Buckley, who is 6ft. 4in., Palace, her Majesty,"may his shadow w e understand, s tsoh that - never contrast. If we were to his Weight, as grow less," Mr. hales, perhaps, would not coincide with us, for our readers may imagine be is very stout, above stated, being nearly 35st. WI t TMINSTEE 11 _ A I . . ,, Ey. — CELEBRATION OF D IVINE W onsifir DURING THE EiIIIBITION.—The f o ll owing notice has been promandChapter :—" prom u l g ated by the Dean worship on Sundays, at ten and three ; daily, at a quarter to and three. Sacrament of the Lord's Supper-- eight, ten rlf . t•S day Ascens• d , a _. Ns 1 . an , fon- ay,Trinity Sunday, Easter-a 3, first Sunday m each month, after Divine service at ten, the and ev ery other Sunday at eight o'clock in the morniog.". Y~ / - - 5 , ‹ F ll `` S ST. JAMES'S T 1-7E4.31-lE:ft, 1 PROFESSOR ANDERSON'S Sdpirf 44`St&10 TASTIQUES. a - is : - " To " the Great Wizard of the North," a u days gone by Mr. J. H. Anderson was wont to style himself, the metropolitan public is indebted for a re vival of the taste for fantastic illusions and popular magic. The race of conjurors had become extinct, their tricks were too clumsy to excite the surprise, and too vulgar to please the taste of the present fastidious age, and the practice of " white magic" had fallen into desuetude when Mr. Anderson ap peared, and by his gentlemanly demeanour, the neat ness and really wonderful nature of his tricks, and the brilliancy of his splendid gold and silver appara tus, at once revived a taste for the mar vellous, and became the founder of the modern school of parlour magic. The magi cian himself was no longer the long-bearded, grim-looking, diabolically -adorned individual, who nad excited the terror and admiration of our child hood, 1:1,.= was now the well-bred gentleman, dressed in hii usual evening co.,turne, who was amusing his friends in an elegantly titted-up drawing-room, 'which had taken the place of the cave of magic of The illu inns als-) were of the most elegant and tasteful description : the inexhaustible bottle; the production of myriads of beau iful bouquets, the distribution from apparently impossible sources of innumerable cornets of bonbons ; the wonders of the ma g ic te lese"Pe; the mysterious disappearance of individuals fr om under extinguishers, been sub stituted for the vulgar fire-eeting and red-tape pro ducing, and for the brutal and blood-stained fowl killings, with which of old cur ancestors were amused. Mr. Anderson was the original reformer and civilizer of the art magic, and it was therefore a graceful compliment that her Majesty paid to him when she summoned him to Balmoral Castle to per form before the Court. Since that time we believe he has assumed the title of Professor Anderson. He last night, to the great delight of a numerous audience, repeated the Balmoral performances at the St. James's Theatre, and we understand that every evening during the week the Royal entertainment will be repeated. The tricks were all performed with admirable neatness, and we doubt not but that the Professor's campaign will be most successful. THE TOURISTS' GALLERY. A numerous audience assembled yesterday to make the grand tour of Europe with Mr. Charles Mar shall. The artist led his unwearied companions over a vast extent of ground, first embarking them by the John Bull steamer from London to Ham burgb, and .from thenc e l ea di ng t h em t h roug h t h e great and pi c turesque cities o f G ermany t o Vienna, withitssmiling espl anades. We must not follow in our notice any strict geographical sketch of the varying scenes unfolded t o th e eager onlookers. Suf fice it to say that faithful transcripts of some of the most beautiful scenes on the Danube, of Rome, Venice, and Constantinople, received a just reward of approbation. Amongst the particular views well de selling of commendation for their artistic effect were the "Ducal Palace of Venice," " The Bridge of Sighs," " The Great Square of St. M ar k , " " Lego Maggiore," and the beautiful island, "Monte Rosa." The effect of an avalanche and the morning after s snow fall were also very fine. The Alpine scenery, the " View of Interlaken and the Jung-frau," were rendered with great skill, and produced a fine effect. Mr. Marshall carried his easy travellers an agreeable journey down the Rhine, and, for the fee of one shil ling, he freed them from all annoyances of bills, waiters, hotels, or Customs' officers. A lecture in structed the uninitiated, and descriptive music en livened the ever-varying scene. We can cordially re commend those who have not either time or means to make the grand route to accompany our artist for an hour or two, and we promise them that they will not only derive instruction but much amusement from their trip. OUR NATIVE LAND. " Our Native Land; or, England and the Seasons," is the title of a new diorama exhibited at the Gallery of Illustration, Regent-street. It consists of a num ber of views, some apparently wholly imaginary, others representing various picturesque localities in England, arranged in four divisions, according to the seasons, and peopled with groups engaged in the rural labours or sports appropriate to the time of year. The period chosen seems rather to be the last than the present century, for the peasants are engaged in the now almost extinct sports of the harvest home and the Maypole, while the gentry are attired in the costume and engaged in the occupations of Sir Roger de Coverly and his companions. Besides the views which are intended to convey a representation of rural life, there are several others of localities in teresting for their historical associations, or for their beauties or scenery. Amongst these are views of tha North Foreland, the Town and Castle of Windsor, Greenwich linspital, the Thames a t T w i c k en h am , Dover, Sze. The diorama has been painted by Messrs. Grieve, Telbin, and John Absolon, and the numerous groups of animals which it contains, by Mr. J. F. Herring, sen. THE CII/NESE EXHIBITION. The collector of this museum has chosen a most opportune moment fur again presenting to the public this exposition of the arts, manufactures, and industrial habits of the Chinese. A commodious and elegant building has been erected adjoining the Albert-gate, and, from its near proximity to the World's Fair, more appropriate site could not have been selected for the convenience of those visitors who feel an interest in matters connected with the " Celestial Empire." Many interesting articles have been added to the collection since it was last exhibited, and an addi tional attraction is promised in the person of " Pwan ye-koo," a Chinese lady of rank, with " lotus feet two and a half inches in length," who is to be ac companied by her children, several attendants, and a native musical professor. This lady is expected to arrive in the course of is few days, and there can be no doubt that her " tiny" feet will excite a degree of curiosity quite disproportioned to their diminu tive size. THE CHINESE JUNK. This curious specimen o f Chi nese i ng enuity con tinues still to attract n umerous v i s it ors , whose at tention is divided between wonder that such a strange barque should have made the voyage to England, and the extraordinary 'number of articles, whether em ployed for domestic use or for religious worship, which meet the eye of the visitor at every turn, presenting a curious picture of the sem i - civilised condition of this singular people. The appe arance of the crew who navigated this uncouth craft through the Indian ocean and across the Atl ant i c, are not the least of the curiosities that attract the atten tion of visitors. THREE FIRES YESTERDAY. Yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock, the neigh bourhood of Blandford-square, was thrown into a state f e d era ble confusion, i n consequence of a fire of a s e er i c Z si character breakirg out in the private residence of Mr. R. Billows, 11, Sherborne-street, running into the a b o ve-named square. Tho flames originated from some cause at present un known, and although most of the inmates were at home at the time, tbs existence of the fire was not known until it had broken through the roof, and was seen by the neighbours on the opposite side of the street. The engines of the London Brigade and parish were soon on the spot, and were set to work, but in spite of the exer tions of the firemen the flames could net be conquered until the whole of the upper portion of the premisfs, with the furniture therein, were totally consumed, t he 12. lower part, and its contents, seriously damaged. No.knk', in the same street, in the tenure of Mr. E. Tuc' s both and No. 10, belonging to Mr. E. T. Lance,. are in much damaged. The three houses were the Sun Fire-office, but none of the furniturew At an early hour yesterday morning a fire, d on the pre five persons nearly lost their lives, henna ansbyinwsuhriedeb. hap paned and raises belonging to Mr. Henry Harris, When bookbinder, No. 18, Bridge-street, yY r they made an attempt to iilr i i the w i wife, and shop. a u Thed three i ce - discovered the flames were raging embailtdesr,enconbsaisvtiinngg been was rising in such escape b ' y the staircase, a table under the weretrap door forced to ascend to the top dense of the bodies house, t a h u a d t h they avinj f;s placed ue ceeded in gaining the latter, the next hour© in safety. The n M aroused, r . ii th a e r r smoke with several engines of the a d u o d or th in ey th w e e r r o eß o t t oa , yh t a h eln ey si,no a cTety, and West of England Companies, firemen set to work and eventually Lesoenapdoenofßtrii;ad° the ' having attended, anguishing the flames, but not until i a a g ecwxas done to the valuable stock in trade, the premises. Fortunately Mr. Harris was a s s e un r cd i c o ea u el s sdoe d d a t o m insured. same hour anoth er f i re happened at No. 4, KeAutbe street,u. be Spitalfields, o ccup i ed as a lodging-house. It commenced in the second floor, tenanted by a female name Elizabeth Booth, who was awoke by the fire b ur ning her. She jumped out of bed with her night clothes in flames, and before they could be extinguished, she was terribly b urned. The engines quickly attended, but the fire could not be subdued until greet damage was done. 0 1 1 1ETIIIN G THAT THO S E WHO RIDE MA Y READ.— Since more the ,sc,huorlreisloounisepsauppeprsl3a have died natural death, through the cheap literature that has been Provided, it may be said that slander has literally come to a stand—for now almost the only vehicle for abuse is a street cab. Punch. MDME. SONTAG.—This eminent cantatrice, whose advent to the boards of her Majesty's Theatre, is anxiously looked for by the habitues of that establishment, has recently received, as a souvenir of the celebrated seance of the Ist of April, at Paris, a superb album, in which are contained the eloquent orations pronounced on the occasion by M. Dupla and DI. Dufaure, as well as some sparkling and characteristic poetry, addressed to the great German songstress by Emile Deschamps. It is estimated that the artistic exertions of Mdme. Sontag have realised the sum of 100,000 francs, for the charitable institutions of Paris. ADMISSION OF JEWS TO PAILLIAMENT.-011 Thurs day next (Ist May), on the second reading of the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill, Mr. Newdegate, according to notice given, Will lIIOTO that it be read that day pix months. -2% -3% - 32 - 15% - 38 34 -7% - 14 - 43 -3g - 2014 - 43% -13 - 33 - 13% Easl~~;