The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-30 00:00:00

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IS LAND ENG t ooce . coolll i sae nu t - eolli ° be 0 3 'a r to° getout • IT BB °S ' ) 0 11 gnOrnid [S pi t goo C hief ;01.0—G Est.DY was d colic ill for b° i°g ;ifr po_ his up , th : so , av D4 l ' ester Tero of • ound g u ti b e jori iestiOnt o f Ib e IS Ch (111 c iti °ll 011 One bi o k, so ho d naked , P`" ILT') vet AO % ' n 3aro-° of coliS Eiv - ri the : ?", Ora gl l eq 1; , ss ivisio t d e 0 0 '0 en 031/ 0 0 0 e! onc e e 5 04 5, 90 Ithf wets 0 0 9 Le e 9 tb o larg y io 11 oil of hie di f f ) 111 ,riJb ° 8 1 ) 'vs fostie n I vo° g ra re 00 r'l' ;our lot b °° of o ;ictlDg e o ' 0° ) ~o t i ppm de dr the d e fog' id the „lid o 3e f e ' e e Lot'ed o§e„ roe p a C o that o padjar;:op bee° vitY'l LONDON, k OSBORNE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS. ` 4 ' • begged to ask the Hon. Member df th -rl eoster (Mr. Greene) whether it was the in tention De f i l eorarni ss i oners of the New Houses of Parliament q)—and that gallery—(pointing to the reporters' 't?....( t r" - end the strangers' gallery immediately above „It t .'„ a tighter.) 'QM IiCREENE said the Commissioners were anxious tit er embers should have a trial of the House before any th at "ions v c lions ere made in it ; and no w that the y had had "bat co la they would be able to form a j ud g ment as to urso it would be best to adopt. k te t t ; It OSBORNE asked if he was to understand if ( Jo t h 're were to be allowed to make th , Bir sugg estions Gr ee e matter Y—(Laughter, in the midst of w hich Mr. k r ia c' u s reply was l os t.) test th . uIUNTZ thought one day was not sufficient to , e House ; b u t it would be quite impossible to hear ti tt4 et- ? house if ever y Member were allowed to be eon til'7 talking to his neighbour.—(Hear, hear.) elitli r i; , •C l 'REENE said it was not possib le for him to de -11%4 elw many sittings it would require to test the of the House. It was for the House itself. I lea: G • GREY was understood to s a y that there would to ~- 1. 4 3 cal day s it t i ngs , but the sittings would b e confined titivate business. 4 1)1 r L I PORE did not think Hon . Members would be v 'ere Vidge of the merits of th e House if the sittings " 11, 3" to extend to private busine ss.—(Hear, hear.) o a r t ,. ; . t., , R EVi r EN wished to put a que stion to the Speaker me of order. In former sessions when the Home th e a t n 1 2 o'clock there was no formal adjournment, but 4 ,tiin -Pe.Ake r merely vacated the chair and resumed it 411 0 , - at five o'clock.—(Hear, hear.) Now he wished to thi 4 "„ A whether that course would be followed on jeur n —ells iou, or whether it would be necessary to ad -6; and count again when they met in the old House '4 ° o 'e „ l cck.—(Hear.) kdj e , 'ix - BAKER said it would be necessary to formally Air cn and count again in the old House. tf th: ... 1 - 4 LIOT, who spoke from the gal ler y at the end wh t.th House facing the Speaker, said he did not know tha t vs er the Speaker could hear him, but this he knew, to er ': e could not h ear w hat was passing on the floor r ` c) the chair.—(Hear, and a laugh.) t(4,te;tfiti the liE thought it would be necessary, in order b House, to have an examination at the he knew of no better party to examine than ri„.!"arry himself.—(Hear, hear.) ' 4 e subject then dropped. (LEFT sITTING.) P on `ERIIATIONAL PEACE AND UNIVERSAL PENNY i th, day at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. The appear t he opening of the doors presented a very imposing With r , s a nte, being fitted up on, either side and in the cent re tue t h u i W s of stall., on which were to be fotmd ladle, , 9rna and work, foreign curiosities, shells, paintings both in oil to colours colours, and every other article calculated to epee . Purchaser. The object of the bazaar was to . wel 140v Elihu Burritt on his return to this country and tc , aid the ov a. event for the promotion of peace and the establishment Ilunierniversal ocean penny postage. The bazaar was most As °IIBI Y and fashionably attended. tttrr , ft proof of their enjoyment of the pleasures of t''Ve" society, the Princes of Nepaul have taken a box for thoil,L i ht'a performance at her Majesty's Theatre during .. " 41 ' 41 Ce in London. PROVIDENT CLERKS MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION AND BE NEVOLENT FUND. The managers of this laulable and prosperous in stitution met yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of electing three annuitants, in addition to those already dependent on the bounty of the society. John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., occupied the chair. Mr. P. H. BYItNE, the Secretary, having, at the request of the Chairman, read the advertisement con vening the meeting, Mr. JONES said, in accordance with a resolution passed at their last general meeting, they were now assembled for the purpose of carrying out the object for which it was passed. He would just mention that the statements of the candidates had been all fully inquired into by the Board—personally as regarded London cases, and by the local committees as re garded country cases—and they were satisfied that they were all most deserving persons; but there must necessarily be three of them unsuc cessful. That was, of course, a matter of great regret to the board, but the unsuccessful now must look for ward for success on a future occasion. This was one of the pleasing opportunities which the managers had of carrying out the objects of the association, and it was most gratifying to them to be now engaged in this good work.— (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said he could only express that feeling of sympathy which everybody must have with those who were compelled to seek the •assistance of the institution ; and he believed it only remained for him to declare the poll open, and that the managers would proceed to take the votes. The manager, then proceeded to register the votes, a process which lasted until three o'clock, when the poll closed. Mr. R. H. JONES, who occupied the chair in the absence of Mr. John Abel Smith, M.P., thew said — Gentlemen, as the proceedings of theday have now been brought to a close, it is my duty to state to you the result of the ballot. When we commenced the busi ness of the day, you will remember I alluded to the regret which we all in common felt, that some of the candidates must be disappointed ; I now repeat the observation which I then made, and beg to add that this circumstance is one of great regret to us ; but, in order to relieve all anxiety upon this point, I will state at once the result of the poll, and reserve any further observation which I may have to make until after the announcement. The number of votes, then, which have been polled for the different candidates are as follows : IV. B . 1,057 G. T. ••• 513 A. B. .. ... .. ... 1 ,421 A. W. R. ... 2,696 11. K. ... •.• ... 992 J. W. ... ••• .. 327 I, therefore, declare that the election has fallen on W. B. for an annuity of 251. per annum, and on A. W. R. and A. B. to yearly annuities of 151. each. — (Cheers.) I have, in connexion with this election, to announce, that since we came into the room, we have had a further donation to the benevolent department of ten guineas from James Clark, Esq.—(Cheers)— and I wish very much that I could be enabled to in duce many others to look favourably upon the institu tion, and to show their interest in its welfare in a similar manner.—(Cheers.) Nothing would give the managers of the institution greater pleasure than to have the power and means at their disposal to give assistance to every party requiring it— (Hear, hear) —and Ido hope that though same have been disappointed, they will, on a future occasion, meet with that success which they per haps had reason to expect to-day. When we declared the vacancies we had no idea that the number of candidates would be so numerous. I will take this opportunity of stating that as regards the business of the association we continue to make a very satisfactory progress.iDuring the present year we have had about 45 new members to the benevolent department ; and therefore the appeal which we made at the last annual meeting has not been altogether in vain. I hope that number will be greatly increased during the , year, especially as every one who has paid the least attention to the working of the association sees the amount of good which it has been the means of accomplishing. Then, as regards the assurance department, I find, on a comparison of the present period with the corresponding period of last year, that there is an increase of about 6,0001. in the amount assured, which of course is very satisfactory to every one connected with the association. I am not aware that I have any further observations to make, except to say, with reference to the unsuccessful can didates, that it is the intention of the board to present them with a donation of five guineas each, as some little recompense for the expense they may have in curred— (Hear) —but it must be apparent to all that we must husband our funds, and act according to the means at our disposal, and not according to our wishes and feelings. I would say with regard to this election, that the managers have endeavoured to act in the fairest and most impartial manner to wards all parties. They have shown every desire to act with the strictest impartiality, and I think—at least I may say for a certainty—that no one can bring any charge against them of pursuing a different line of conduct. It has always been their custom to act straightforwardly and honestly, and though they observe a certain amount of secrecy in their proceedings, they do so with the intention of sparing the feelings of those who become re cipients of the society's bounty.—(Cheers.) The Chairman concluded by intimating that he should be happy to answer any inquiries which might be put to him with respect to the association. Mr. COLEMAN said be had great pleasure in moving a vote of thanks to John Abel Smith, E-q., ALP., for his kindness in taking the chair on that occasion ; and, in support of the motion, he would simply say that the uniform kindness which ho had shown to the association ever since its forma tion deserved the warmest thanks of every member of their body. They were now presided over by the worthy chairman of the board, Mr. R. H. Jones, Mr. John Abel Smith having been pre vent ed return ing again to the meeting ; but, though the latter was not present in person, he was glad to see that he was so by deputy ; for every one would agree with him that the portrait which was suspended in the room was a most excellent likeness of Mr. John Abel Smith, to whose valuable and disinterested aid the society was so much indebted.—(Cheera.) But, al though he felt be had a right and title to speak in such praiseworthy terms of that illustrious friend of the association, he could not place second, in point of usefulness end importance, the board of management, at the head of which was the Hon. Gen tleman who now occupied the chair.—(Hear.) He entirely responded to the sentiment uttered by Mr. Jones, as he had no doubt the other members would, that it was very desirable that all the candidates who applied for assistance from the association in the shape of annuities should be successful, and he hoped and trusted that their future prospects were such as to leave no doubt that those who had been disap pointed would ere long long be placed on the list of annuitants.—(Hear.) He had great pleasure in coupling with the vote of thanks to Mr. J ohn Abel Smith the names of Mr. Jones and the rest of the board of management.—(Cheers.) Mr. NISSEN seconded the motion, and said he would present the benevolent department of the asso ciation with a donation of ten guineas as a humble token of his appreciation of the great benefits it the means of conferring upon the members.—(Hear., Mr. J. G. NEELD returned thanks to the members for the votes which they had given to Mrs. A. W. R. who had been one of the successful candidates. s). The vote of thanks to Mr. John Abel Smith and the Board of Management having been put arid car ried unanimously, The CHAIRMAN regretted that Mr. John Abel Smith was not present to answer for himself, because he was much better able to do so, but be might say that he had uniformly devoted con siderable attention to the association, and might be at that very moment doing more, perhaps, on its behalf than he could venture to mention.—(Hear, hear.) As regarded himself and colleagues, he could only refer to their past exertions as a proof of what they had done, and hope that for the future they should continue to meet with the approbation of the members but, at any rate, he could assure the meeting, that if they failed in doing so, it would not be from any w ant of desire on their part. w as Mr. TA,PLINT complained that the candidates for annuities, in direct opposition to the fundamental principle of the association, bad given publicity to their names, and thus made it look more like a cha ritable society than the benevolent department of an assurance office. He was quite aware that the board of management was not responsible for the conduct of the applicants, they having adhered to the original plan of simply giving the initials ; but he thought the matter was one which should not be allowed to pass by without some allusion being made to it.—(Elear.) The CUAIRMAIS said, so far as the individual feelings of the board went, they were opposed to publicity being given to the names of the applicants, and they bad shown their opinion of the matter lgy simply ad hering to the initials, but he did not think it would be advisable to interfere with the course which the candidates themselves might think it advisable to pursue. —(Hear.) The meeting then separated. A very fine full length portrait in oil of John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P., the treasurer of the institution, by the celebrated painter Saye, was exhibited in the room during the proceedings. The likeness is the most faithfully accurate we remember to have seen in any case, and seemed to strike everybody who en tered the room. This painting is the result of a subscription among the members, and is destined to ornament the Board-room of the society. THE LORD CHANCELLOR AND LORD JOHN RUSSELL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sts,—l observe in your paper of last evening a declaration made by Lord John Russell which surely ought not to go unnoticed. It embodies a fact and encourages a sentiment which I often see advanced by our aristocratic legislators with the greatest ap parent innocency, but which if made, even in our nurseries, would justly stand condemned and corrected as selfish, low, and derogatory to all right ideas and feelings of duty and honour. It was said by his Lordship that he would " resist the reduction of the present pension to such an amount as that the highest talent could not be procured to fill the office of Lord Chancellor." Sir, is Mammon for everlasting to be held up as a fit object for worship? Shall pelf be thus calmly and continually extolled as the all-glorious result at which the highest talents aim"? I ask, Sir, seriously, if it be a fact—if it be a fact that our best high-minded and gifted men are looking chiefly to money ? If so, it surely ought only to be mentioned with deep re gret, and alluded to as an evil, a low debasing evil, to which we must bow, though reluctantly. But his Lordship made his declaration (as I often see made in the House) as if the motive of money was, as a matter of course, the great object of am bition among our learned, pious, patriotic and highly gifted men. To me who have long been accustomed, in humbler life, to see purer, higher, and nobler motives instilled and acted from, such gross ideas and aims do seem nothing less than diabolical corruption. Sir, when we look to the in comes of the men to whom such declaration has refe rence—incomes where it is no longer a question of can we live upon so little ? can we be comfortable with such a sum ? nor even, can we not be very luxurious ? but incomes far exceeding any rightful and reasonable requirement—l do say, under such effluent circumstances, to hold up an additional thou sand or two as the high motive which is essential to secure great, good, and talented men, is a libel, a gross libel, on the Christianity, the genius, and talent of the age ; or a horrid fact, which ought only to be spoken of with disgust or sorrow. If it be a fact, it requires immediately the pruning knife, or the hatchet itself, of our religious and moral teachers ; if it be not a fact, our political guides ought not to let one set of pensioners lead the public blind fold on behalf of other pensioners. A high-minded talented aspirant for honour will mount the pedestal of fame if you give him 9,000, but will refuse and creep into shame, obscurity, and nothing, sooner than take 8,0001! ! Is this the doctrine noblemen and statesmen preach in the ears of a moral and religious people ? If such wickedness is to be encouraged by the State, why pay the Church our millions to preach against covetousness and sin ? A half•starving cottager with a question of nine loaves or eight loaves, honour or shame, would act a higher part. Yours truly, DALETH. Cheltenham, May 29, 1850. P.S. We must remember that these men pretend to think it an honour and a duty to stand high and be useful in a state ; then I wish to know wherein money makes it a duty or no duty. r" - ------ > b i 'tirb i „„ : a st, rt. 1,4 1 '`‘a — to `et tho men ap r iinst their m ,i. 1 bo e ire a seditious fen..,w, and if I had it in ru) . , P ° : r ' v. ,, i ei : e lld all such fellows as you out of the con t ~ tio u , who exhibited great firbearance en the ccca itn,;• ta , lily replied, " I think, sir, this anger and abuse 4440 lily for, we are prepared to prove that the r t 4 be en grossly violated; you are en administr.ll ,, b 10 te e . 8 , 3%., and out" not to abuse those wh , o ed o t ic e werr.2e.tirried. Mr. Rose upon this gr r a t r i es who Iphii"jt but with the intimation that the parties ,t 1 41 ( 1 4 , t ' 3r it should have no support from him,. and ,., . 1 , 11 lith e " 1 1% care to let the magistrates who adjlill-• le iiikatter know who and what they were. Daniels,. 1 tliti,,, oadavit, swore that there was no foundation, fc,re irlititetions which Mr. Rose had cast upon him t , .l e. itty, Ce „ r ,f . , t4 trY and lecturer to the Miners' Provin 6 .n_ let i • " u '' was well known to be a reipectahle and i siv e %., lth. 1 'an• h us ice NV time to consider the e. -0 IGHTDUN took rPli eation. 7 tARIAL PARLIAMENT (THIS DAY.) , t ,Th 11 ° . USE OF COMMONS. ni1v e .41 ,,, 40 ,_ It took the Chair at few minutes before 'lt 4 ne House sat to-day for the first time in the ftperhiTtse, which has been fitted up temporarily. "a 4 14 ea t of its fitness. The new Chamber is situ ated the Presearrth end of the building, in a direct line wit h . is L qfe et ! l ntlee of Lords. The length of the Chambe r ita width 45 feet, being one-third lessthe Ile e :men the House of Lords, which is exactly L R Ls ti k et Wi do pe tk aker's Chair is placed at the north end „"lee„, Position, that sup osing all the doors open Pier 'eln, the Chaneellor p on the Woolsack and the ret e t h - °ll hie Chair, would exactly face each other. i. Cod Speaker's Chair is the reporter's ga Ni m .f." °er them again is the stranger's gallery, d :01l of tun round the aide for the accommo f i les e mbers ; Ze and over the bar, at the south end, is ,Ttotana gallery and a gallery intended for the Itt„,,,, a tin,n of ladies. The difference of accommoda l : 4 14t et r,_ t he old House is not very great, it being ca 'e hold 277 Members on the floor, 133 in thi side tte, w l e v, ll , tind 66 in the lower gallery over the bar; in all ,Sol i u ti , ila „the old House accommodates 456 Members, " door, and 160 in the galleries. The chamber 44,1145 t- oth Z six windows on each side, which are in " of stained glass ; but there will be :ta d n:t coloured decorations, as all the fittings Itid ed " tl e 4 _ lB are of oak. The ceiling is of oa k, ,„ 48 1 e i „,)," 40 eighteen compartments, by mould ed 1 7 0 01)1„," L ePace being divided into panels. The C,(1),mhe '40",037 south et the bar has a similar ceiling. . on ' l 4 ' ch ir on, perforated for the purposes of ventilati . iitelliaPPrehension has prevailed that it would be as 14 . t t o hear as in the House of Lords, but, as far as ' t hat: a t Present able to judge, we are happy to say teat A ,; 14 0 ground for this. e4t ti„, 4l NI House assembled to take their seats for the r, we , and after the SPEAKER had taken the Chair, FATTEN moved that the following lion. - eritit i el l be the Select Committee to inquir e into the Ali . 8 Of the Act 9 and 10 Vie., c. 106, intituled, ki es qet for making preliminary inquiries in certain )4r. 'f aPplicui for Local Acts:"—Mr. W. Patten, one, Mr. on or k grd e ri , Mr. Hume, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Sir John Se t F erguson, er, Mr. Wrightson, Sir John Pakington, Sir 01r, f r y .R Mr. Tatton Egerton, Mr. Brotherton, hod, ta„nd Mr. Sotheron. 1 ,', 41 ..Q.7,'„,", NAL would not oppose the motion of the , kero, - .Lieresn, but he hoped that he would not I )4 1 ' 4 ) do away with all preliminary inquiry. • 134°TliEll •TON would support the motion; but beeelialidered that preliminary inquiries were absolutely tb sary, bAft . SL ASEY also supported the motion. Nerto 4 ,, lcia le discussion, in which Mr. Headlam, Mr. T. e e l -4 ' and Mr. Hume took part, the motion was alt V,: zes - ` IC GREGOR moved that Mr. Alexander Hastie 0 110 1 ''Ed from further attendance on the Committees k No. 13 of Private Bills, in respect of h is ~w "erk es a Member of the Committee on the G10. 2 *,0 4r ea nd Slaughter Houses Bill in Group No. 2. Strap PATTEN opposed the motion. "oiti ig er s were ordered to withdraw, and the House ; When there F or .. . the motion 41 A gainst it ... 183 f b, Majority ... ...--142 ' e rtlf:,;" 44 . Member was accordingly not excused from -- attendance at the Committee. te f i lh e PRIVATE BUSINESS. Ws' amendments to the Licensed Victuallers' Bill' n eral Fire and Life Assurance Company (No. 2 ) Th kith eunsider and reed to. r g ed agreed f ollowin Bills were read a third time and iek:Y Companies Clearing Association. ark r j ( L oudon) Dock. If t o " e weastle, and Berwick Railway ( Arrangements i 'enuent for the Purchase of the Great North of ittid Rail, &c.) '4ltlfellowin way all. a s amended, were considered and 4 to:— g „itdf f ,"l Railw ay . hqiir,t waterworks. kNo -il g end H e i r i ng Syke Turnpike-Road. idlnlnkke and Eamont Bridge Turnpike-road. hi'," Great Western Railway of Ireland. 1 ,q4 vv i e , e e Harbour. Waterworks. Ta e o ne, Millthorpe, and Lancaster Turnpike Road. No;Pacchester Bonding Bill was read a second ti me . 4eed to be committed. PETITIONS. or I S ERESFORD presented a petition fr om Exeter Si h e l Sunday labour in the Post-o ffi ce. f rot Q ' t ‘ 4 4 EORGE STRICKLAND presented a petitio n Of - e • if the boroug h • P re '.mayor , a ld erme n, and burgesses of to tliki e . tit r, praying for an alteration in the mode o, kepi an ) the burgess list in the different corpora te towns It t P tuid Wales. 'Rollo, A lderman HUMPHERY presented a petition from kr.la.rk against the Interments Bill. B athp ra C ;C in a presented a petition from a pl a ce near tike phie g that at least one delivery of letters ma y l, -'o",011 Sundays. r r presented a petition from the trustees of d ertninster Savings Bank p raying that the rate tot. rarest allowed to depositors 111 savings banks may i t i r redu ce d . t `t h .thZ 4IONSELL presented a petition frem the trustees kinlerick Sayings Bank, praying that the Savings igt y li hnight be referred to a Select Committee. Mp h ",ARLEY presented a petition from a congre th-e°l.Dissenters at Ball's Pond,. Islington, _p e r e aying i t nolition of Sunday labour in the Post-om , tl ttl or , ',HALL presented a petition From a place in the qst ' it ir. (4l B, inaudible in the gallery, itt favour of extra ' t • i k e i "t iT erliavnts. -- ZUE.presented a petition from the inhabitants t l at i t r li e- " w ich, complaining that the public authorities 'if - " r ed Greenwich Park to be enclosed so as to in tit r m with the recreation and enjoyment of the public. httti" ci r Hume) had spent a portion of his holiday t here . k r - LY , arid could attest the truth of that complaint. m• SULLIVAN presented two petitions, one from 'ro te "Y i ur and Corporation of Kilken ny, and the other t e be r L atge number of inhabitants of that city, praying elieved f rom the odious tax of ministers' money. THE UNIVERSITIES. k r 711' to a question from Mr. GLADSTONE, "4 4 ,., 1 'E;YW00D said when the quesstion of the ad tea% debate came on this evening it was not his in• 4 ttti e t ti . ,to press his motion, as he himstilf was perfe ctl y ltt eu with the objects of the Commi!ision about to be brid.V °o t through the Chancellors of Oxford and Cam- Grid= TH SUN, SPORTIN THURSDAY VVENING, MAY 30, 1850. in the discharge of their duties, end bore testimony, in strong terms, to tht. %cry efficient nature of the sccre tary's services. Mr. CUURTON at, d othe gentlemen also spoke in warm terms of Mr. Blakeman's zeal and ability. /Ir. BLAKEM&N returned thanks, and addressed the meeting at some length on the gratifying prospects of their affairs. A vote of thanks was then passed to the president, after which the meeting separated. LITERATURE. THE SCOTTISH CAVALIER. An Historical Romance, By James Grant. 3 Vols. Mr. Grant is favourably known as a writer of historical romance. The delightful " Memoirs of Kirkaldy of Grange," and the more elaborate " Ro mance of War, have have rendered him deservedly popular with many readers. The " Scottish Cavalier" cannot fail to enhance its author's literary reputation. Truth and fiction are harmoniously blended in its pages, and the very spirit of the times of which it treats is infused into the characters who Lake part in its adventures. Of its value in an historical point of view, and of the rich anecdotal information with which it abounds, we quote the following sketch of the famous "Scottish Guard" of the French Kings, so well known to the readers of " Quentin Durward" : " ORIGIN OF THE ROYALS,' OR FIRST REGIMENT OF Mr. Higgins's Scarcasm, 3 yrs, 7st llb (Crouch) 0 Sir G. Heathcote's Lady Sarah f, 3 yrs, 6,t 71b Mr. Drew's Master Mu:lay, aged, Btt 61b (Hackett) 0 Mr. Newcombe's Tuscan. 5 yr 9, 7st Illb (Dock. , ra3) 0 Betting-2 to 111 gs t the Handsome Doe-7 to 2 apt Hind of the Forest—and 6 to 1 ac , st Claymore and Laun drymaid. Won by a length. Zan in 50 sec. Thu wit.- ner was sold for 61 soy& THE OAKS. 5 to 1 agst Eliza Middleton. 7 to 1 agPt TinglQ. (From the Chronicle.) Yes'erday was the " Derby Day." Long before this announcement is in our readers' 12nds, everybody whom it can possibly concern has been made aware that all the " favourites" were beaten, and that Voltigeur (a horse whose father was Voltaire, and who was ridden b y Marion), is the winner of th e D e rby f u r 1850. The owner is the Earl of Zetland, the head of English Free masonry. Yesterday, as the " Derby Day," was remarkable in two points of view. First, it was the first really sum mer day of the year. The fine weather, long looked for, came at last. Even the trifling showers which, last year, made the earlier hour or two of the Epsom pilgri mage a matter of nervousness, were absent. The morn ing was something cloudy, though it did not realise that awful bundle of tautologies (every one of which repeats another), LIGENCE THE LONDON ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF TRADE. The annual general meeting of the members of this association was held at Exeter Hall last night. The meeting was rather thinly attended. George Cot tam, Esq., the president of the association, took the chair. Mr. BLAKEMAN, the secretary, read the report of the committee of management fur the year ending the 31st of March last. The report congratulated the association on the increasing number of its members, and the extended confidence reposed in it by the trading community of the metropolis, and of many of the manufacturing and other provincial towns • as by this means they increased the facilities for render lug that assistance and protection to the members for which the association had been established. Since November, 1848, subscriptions had been received from 1,248 traders, and 23 honorary members had been elected. There had been also a great increase in the collection of debts for members. During the year 1849, and up to the 29th of March, 5,330 persons had been written to for payments of debts due to members, and though the large majority of debts sent in for collection were deemed to be bad or doubtful, payments had been obtained amounting in the entire to 8,0131. 95.. 9d., in addition to which a considerable sum had, no doubt, been paid per sonally, which, through inadvertence, had not been notified at the office. The results of all applications for debts had been registered, thus supplying a timely caution and valuable information to subscribers in all cases where credit was required from them by the same parties. The committee had petitioned in favour of the Bill for the improvement of the bankruptcy law, and the Bill for the extension of the jurisdiction of county courts. They had established communica tions and continued in friendly correspondence with nearly every Trade Protection Society in the United Kingdom, through the medium of which much useful information had been interchanged, and the practices and connexions of swindlers were more fully and promptly exposed. Traders, both in the metropolis anal in the provincial towns, received the earliest inti mation of all fraudulent attempts, and thus by means of mutual co-operation mnch of the important informa tion possessed by each society was made available for the general good of all traders who became their supporters. The statements of accounts was then read, from which it appeared that up to the 25th of March, 1850, the total receipts were 1,419/. Os. 7d., and that the balance in the banker's bands and in the bands of the committee was 45/. 18s. 10d. The PRESIDENT, in moving the adoption of the re port, congratulated the association on the rapid pro gress which they had made, and expressed himself strongly as to the necessity of union and co-open I tion among the traders of the West-end. They bad enrolled upwards of 1,200 members during the past year, but be hoped that in the ensuing year each member would bring at least one additional sub scriber, because the greater their number the greater would necessarily be the amount of information which they received and interchanged. Mr. HEAL seconded the motion. He said that their money had been expended with the strictest economy, and in a manner which was best calculated to benefit the s ubscribers. They had collected upwards of 8,0001. of bad debts for members within the year; and in addition to that, 3,000 inquiries had been made at the office, averaging ten a day, and in all cases useful information had been obtained. He expressed his belief that the retail traders of London suffered more by means of bad debts than by all the taxes united for which they were liable, and any society which wou! enable them to get rid of this great evil must be of the greatest utility.—(Hear, hear.) In conclusion, he mentioned a case in which be would himself have been victimized by a reverend gentleman, who had given him a reference to a person in the Bank of Eng land, were it not for the information received through the society. Mr. GREENE bore evidence to the successful nature of the labours of the association for the past year, and said that no less than .16,000 letters had been fo: warded to members from the office. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. ROGERS moved the next resolution, to the effect tbat the progress of the association was highly credit able to the committee of management, and that it was a highly gratifying fact that 1,272 traders had become members during the past year. The motion was carried unanimously. A. vote of thanks was then passed to the auditors, after which, on the motion of Mr. Jeffreys, a vote of thanks was given to the committee of management, and their re-appointment for the ensuing year was confirmed. Mr. MITCHELL moved that the future annual meet ings of the society be held in the month of February in each year. Mr. CIIURTON seconded the motion, which was agreed to. Mr. HEAL moved the thanks of the meeting to Mr. Blakeman, the secretary, and the other officers of the association, for the zeal and industry shown by them THE LINE. "Louis, surnamed the Saint, King of France, having taken the cross, sailed with a splendid retinue of knights, nobles, and soldiers, bent on the delivery of Jerusalem from the profanation of the Moslem; and, landing in the East, laid siege to Damietta (in Lower Eg) pt), which be triumphantly won by storm. But after enduring innumerable hardships and disasters by the sword and by pestilence from the fcetid waters of the marshy Nile and the Lake of Menzaleh, he was overthrown in battle at Mansoura, and made captive by the Soldan. This was about the year 1254, when Alexander 111. was King of Scotland. In these Eastern wars, St. Louis was twice saved from death by the valour of a small band of auxiliary Scotch crusaders, commanded by the Earls of March and Dunbar, Walter Stewart, Lord of Dundonald, and Sir David Lindsay of Glenesk. These brave adventurers had the good fortune to rescue the French monarch, first from the scimitars of the followers of the King of the Arsacides, a Mahommedan despot, and afterwards from the emissaries of the Comtesse de la Marche. " Our good King Alexander sent ambassadors to con gratulate St. Louis on his delivery from these double peril., and on his return from this first crusade, the two monarchs agreed, that in remembrance of these deeds of fidelity and valour, there should remain in France, in all time coming, a standing company or guard of Scots men, recommended by their own sovereign,' and who should in future form the Garde du Corps of the most Christian King. Such was the origin of the bravest body guard that Europe ever saw, thus established by though our ancient historians are fond of dating its tformationhe Great f o r f o and Gregory C gu h a a r r d lem th a St. Louis marched with him to the second crusade in the year 1720. It was then led by the Earls of Carrick Scotland. m th e da days of and Atholl, Sir J. Stuart, Sir W. Gordon, and other brave knights, most of whom perished with Louis of a deadly pestilence before the walls of Tunis, and under the towers of Abu Zaccheria. " This noble band of Scottish archers remained con stantly in France, and were the only military corps in that country until King Charles VII. added a few French companies to increase his guards, still giving the Scots their old pre-eminence and post of honour next the royal person. The leader was styled Premier Capitaine of the Guards, and, as such, took precedence of all military officers in France. When the French Sovereign was annointed, he stood beside him ; and when the ceremony was over, obtained the royal robes, with all their embroidery and jewels, as his per. quisite. When a city was to be stormed, the Scottish archers led the way; when it surrendered, tlee keys were received by their captain from the hands of the King. Twenty-five of them, in testimony of their unspotted fidelity,' wore over their magnificent armour white bo quetons of a peculiar fashion, richly laced and embossed with silver. Six of them in rotation were ever beside the royal person—by night as well as by day—at the re ception of fereign ambassadors —in the secret debates in the Cabinet—in the rejoicings of the tournament, the revels of the banquet, the solemnities of the Church, and the glories of the battle-field. The Scottish hearts formed a zone around the monarchs of France; and at the close of the scene, the chosen twenty-five had the privilege of bearing the royal remains to the regal se pulchre of St. Denis. "It would require volumes, instead of a chapter, to recount all the honours paid to the Scottish Guard, and the glory acquired by them in the wars of five centuries. Led by Alexander Earl of Buchan, Great Constable of France, they performed good service in that great battle at Banje-en-Anjou, where the English were completely routed ; and at Verneuil, where Buchan died sword in hand, like a brave knight, and covered with renown, at the same moment that Swinton, the gallant Laird of Delswinton, slew the boasting Clarence with one thrust of his border spear. In 157 P, the guard consisted of a hundred cuirassiers, or hommes-des.armes, a hundred archers of the corps, and twenty-five 'keepers of the king's body,' all Scottish gentlemen of noble descent and coat-armour. They , saved the life of the tyrant Louis XI. at Liege, and Pavia fought around the gallant Francis in a circle.-until four only were left akivep and thern , and not WI then, the King fell into the hands of the foe. In gratitude for their long-tried faith and unmatched valour, they were vested with all the honour and confidence the King of France could bestow on his nearest and dearest friends;' and thus in a little band of Scottish archers originated the fashion of standing armies, and the nucleus of the great permanent forces of France. 'By this means,. says an old Jacobite author, our gentry were at once taught the rules of civility and art of war; and we were possessed of an inexhaustible stock of brave officers, fit to discipline and to command our armies at home, and ever sure to keep up that respect which was deservedly paid to the Scots name and nation abroad.' " As Sir James Hepburn's regiment of Pikemen they returned to Scotland in 1633, being sent over by Louis XII., to attend the coronation of Charles I. t adhered Edin burgh. On the commencement of the great and disastrous civil war, eight years after , the y loyally to the King, and were then by the Cavalier army first styled the Royal Scots. On the reverse of Charles's fortune and subversion of all order, they went back to France, and, under Louis of Bourbon, Duc d'Enghien, shared in all the dangers and glories of that campaign I on the frontiers of Flanders, so famous for ending in the utter destruction of the Spanish host, the death of the brave Conde Fuentes, the fall of Thionville, Philipsburg, Mentz, Werms, and Oppenheim, till the waters of the Rhine reflected the flash of their armour ; and there fell the vetern Hepburn, with his helmet on his brow, and the Rag of St. Andrew over him. Returning in 1678, they re-entered the Scottish army as the Earl of Dumbarton's foot; and eight years after served against the ill-fated Monmouth, and suffered severely, being attacked at Sedgemoor by his cavalry in the n ight, their position being discerned through the darkness by the glow of their lighted matches. " At the union in 1707, on the incorporation of the forces as the British establishment, and when Scottish blood and Scottish treasure were more than ever re quired to further the grasping aims and useless wars of that age , the ReYa l s , in consequence of their high standing in arms and venerable antiquity, were num bered as the Ist, or Royal Scots Regiment of Foot—a title they have since maintained with honour, and on a hundred fields have upborne victoriously the same silver cross which the brave archers of Atholl and the spear men of Buchan unfurled so gloriously on the plains of Anjou, and at Veruuil, on the banks of Aure." Walter Fenton, the " Scottish Cavalier," is one of this gallant band and among the heroic and perilous adventures recorded in this volume, is an account of that famous instance of Scottish gallantry which gave a name to an island of the Rhi ne — an i n cident beauti fully commemorated by Aytoun in "the Island of the Scots," one of the " Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers." Some of the characters of this historical romance are necessarily historical. Among these are Annie Laurie and the Poet-soldier, Douglas of Finland, the writer of the still favourite ballad which bears the name of his faithless mistress, " Annie Laurie." If that only is " well" which" ends well," then indeed the story of the " Scottish Cavalier" can have no claim to that qualifica tion. It might with propriety have for its motto the mournful lines of Coleridge— " Constancy lives in realms above, And life is thorny, and youth is vain ;" for, interesting as it is at the commencement, the conclusion will be found most repugnant to the taste of all lovers of romance. Mr. Grant will hardly find favour with his lady-readers, we should imagine, after thus selecting as the - heroines of both his truth ful and fictitious narratives the fickle Annie Laurie and the inconstant Lilian Napier. The punishment which awaits the latter is a kind of poetical justice which is so far satisfactory; but to our thinking the • I conclusion of the tale is somewhat revolting. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, MAY 29. The Queen and Prince walked, at an early hour this morning, in Osborne park and grounds. His Royal Highness the Prince of WaleF, and younger members of the Royal Family, walked and rode as usual. . There was no addition yesterday to the royal dinner r- I party. The Bishop of Toronto had an inter v i ew w ith Earl Grey yesterday at th e Colonial-office. The Chevalier Bunsen,, Prussian Minister, had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. The Bishop of Rochester had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet, at the Home-office. Earl Grey gave a grand dinner t o th e Cabinet Ministers last evening , at his residence on Carlton - terrac2, EPSOM RACES.—WEDNESDAY. For the first time since 1798 the Epsom programme announced a race to precede the two great events of the meeting, in the shape of a Free Plate of 501., an addi tion to the ordinary quantum of sport acceptable to the visitors, and cf editable to the management. Apart from this, the arrangement of the stakes, and of the business of the course, was in every respect as of old—the same officers, the same preliminary routine of saddling, can t,- ring, &c., and with the same satisfactory results to the public and the parties engaged in the actual business of the meeting. It is almost superfluous to state that, with a race for its staple "feature," on which speculation reached an unprecedented amount, and on which the quotations have shown the most extraordinary fluctua tions, a vast concourse of people were attracted to the Dowrs. From the London-bridge terminus trains were started from an early hour, at as short intervals as was consistent with safety, not without some confusion—ren dered unavoidable by the ruAl for the carriages—but happily without accident. So continuous was the pres sure at this station, that it was found impracticable to forward many of the later applicants in time for the first race; fortunately for them the alteration in the order of running threw the Des by back full half an hour be yond the time at which it has usually been run, and thus none were disappointed of their anticipated treat. The Epsom line did not engross the whole of the trade, a considerable number of " quiet, easy-going" people, having no relish for a squeers, preferring the route from Waterloo-bridge to Kingston, and thence by road to the Downs, the difference of time and expense being so trifling, that we are almost inclined to think that those who adopted it bad the best of it. By mid-day Epsom was so completely blocked up that although the betting fraternity assembled, as of old, opposite the Eagle, the transaction of business to any extent, was out of the question. In the din which prevailed during the short time the attempt was perse vered in, we could make out that the four favourites were in great favour, and Pitaford on the decline, but the actual prices of the favourites all our industry failed to elicit. We will therefore, change the venue to the Downs. There the crowd was prodigious, extending from the commencement of the rails to and some dis tance round, Tattenham Corner, filling up the course itself, and the space between the running ground and the carriage enclosure .on both sides. We canuut say that the bill was so well covered with equi pages, or that the assemblage was so fashionable, as we have seen on many Derby days, but we can safely affirm that numerically it has never been ex ceeded. The task of keeping this enormous and motley assemblage in order, and of clearing the course, was as signed to the police, under Superintendent Hughes and Inspector Beckerson and May, and it is due to them to state that it was most admirably performed. The Grand Stand was literally crammed, anti so dense was the crowd in the betting enclosure that it was almost as difficult to ascertain the movements there as it was in the town. The struggle for the premiershiplaidbetwecn Clincher, Bolingbroke, and Mildew, and for some time was so close, that it would not have been easy to decide which had the call ; 9 to 2 was taken about each; ultimately Clincher settled down as first favourite, Mildew second and Bolingbroke third, the Nigger, who was backed for an immense strike, closing at six to one. Pitsford de clined to 12 to 1, and Voltigeur, after being a long time almost on the shelf, came into favour, the last quota tion against hint being 16 to 1. Nothing else was in much request. For the Handicap Plate, which was fixed for two o'clock, sixteen horses out of an entry of twenty-three started, Joc o'Sut winning by a neck. The Der by came next, and so little time was occupied in weighing, and other preliminaries, that by half-past two the tele graph was hoisted; it indicated 24 runners, two more than ae anticipated would be found at the pest. We should state here that, shortly before the commence ment of the races, the trainer of Bolingbroke objected to Deletion's being allowed to start until his mouth had un (invite an examination; this was ordered, but no veteri nary surgeon being forthcoming he was permitted to run under protest. (From what took place at Bath there can he no doubt his ago is right). The course having been cleared, the flag was hoisted on the stand as a signal for the competitors to be conducted to the front of the Grand Stand. Faddling, centering, mad the customary parade succeeded, and shortly after three o'clock the horses were conducted to the paddock, and having been formed by Mr. Hibburd into order for starting, appeared at the poly, without any delay the flag was lowircd, and in the short space of 2 minutes and 50 seconds, the time occupied in running the race, the cares and speculations of a year were closed by Voltigeur, "one of the safest horses in the race," as many consider, d him the day before, passing the chair a very easy winner; next to him came all the favorites, a ith the exception of Boling broke, who never showed in the race, and was " nowhere" at the finish. Mayors, who ran forward to the turn, broke clown near the road, aid was pulled up. Lord Zetland and his friends are understood to be e ery large winners, some of them, we suspect, netting more than they would have done had their horse been at a hedging price. The " ring" loses almost to a man, and the set tling, we fear, will be a very heavy one. Two races of small value followed the Derby, and kept the mass of the company on the ground until be tween five and Nix o'clock. We have only to add that the weather was remarkably fine throughout; and that the day passed off, as far as we are enabled to speak from personal observation, without a single drawback. The Town Plate of 50 Rfbitil_ (handicap), for all ages One mile. Perhr:ps it may be my unlucky lot we,r,Sce wincer again—yet sfill I truit, thltt it 16rteinate, fl friends tioiil adopt my Wilich would h. - ,va borne them out in triumph, mote frequently than I Lad the slightest right to untieipate. A word in the ears of the wise: let thew oppose me for The Oaks to-morrow—though I will do my best to fight thin battle for them, as writ as tor YATES. SOYER'S MAGIC STOVE. THE WEATH E IZ.—....4e mean daily r ea di ng of the barometer in the pas t week was 29.456 in. The mean tem perature was 55 deg. 5 min., and was rather higher than the average of the same week in seven years. Ou Tuesday the mean temperature was 6 deg. above the average of the same day ; on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, it was more than 1 deg. below it. SIGNS or THE TlMES.—Yesterday afternoon, at the city of Bristol, Mr. G. C. Harril, auctioneer, sold the rever sion or remainder in fee simple of an estate situate in the parishes of Marlborough and West Alvington, South Devon, for the sum of 3,020/., the reserved price upon which, and at which the biddings commenced, being only 1,5001. Mr. Oabaldeston's Joe o' Sur, 6 yre, Bst 101b(F.Butler) [lon. S. Herbert's Radulphus, aged, Bst 121 b ...(Sly) 2 Mr. Gurney's Bullfinch, 3 yrs, 6st 61b ...(E Sharp) 3 Mr. Burgess's Slashing Alice, 4 yrs, Bst (Dockeray) 0 Mr.C.Horneby'sThe Old Fox, 4 yrs,Bst(Horusby, jun.) 0 Mr. H. Wadlow's Stanton, 4 yrs, Bst...(Whitehouse) 0 Mr. Bingley's Christiana, 4 yrs, Bst (Thick) 0 Mr.Dennistoun'4Ferryhill,syrs,7st 101b(R.Sherwood) 0 Mr.R.Cooper'sPassion-fiower,syrs,7st 101b(C:Planner) 0 Mr. J. Day's Mignon, 6 yrs. 7st 71b (Rob. Sherwood) 0 Lord Strathmore's g byEpirns,4 yrs,7st 101b(J.Smith) 0 Duke of Richmond's Ilarum•Sce,rum 3 yrs, Est 710 0 Mr. Osborne's Sobersides, aged, 6st 71 1 ) ...(G. Mann) 0 Mr. Dorrien's Chariclea, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (Hiatt) 0 Mr. Marson na Rubina, 3 yrs, sst 91b (T. Smiih) 0 Betting-4 to 1 agat Bullfinch, sto 1 apt Stanton, 5 to 1 agat Joe o' Sot, 6 to 1 agst Slashing Alice. Radulphus, with Bullfinch in company, made the run ning to the road, where they were joined by Joe o' Sut, who waited with them to the stand, and, obtaining a slight lead, kept it to the end, and won by a neck, a length separating the second and third. Run iu 1 min. 47 sec. The Derby Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old; coltr, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; the second to re ceive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and The winner to pay 100 sovs. towards the police, and 50 soya. to the judge. One mile and a half. Lord Zetland's Voltigeur, by Voltaire (J. Marson) 1 Mr. B. Hill's Pitsford (A. Day) 2 Lord Airlie's Clincher. Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger (Elliman) 4 Hr. Ford's Penang (H. Sly) 0 Mr. W. Edwards ne, Bolingbroke (Rubinson) 0 Captain Bastard's Mildew (Bartholomew) 0 Mr. Hussey's Royal Hart (Simpson) 0 Mr. Gannon's Deicoon (J. Sharp) 0 Mr. Gurney's St. Fabian (1?. Pettit) 0 Mr. Greville's Cariboo (Rogers) 0 Mr Davidson's Charley Mr. Meiklam's The Italian (Templeman) 0 Lord Exeter's Nutshell (Norman) 0 Mr. Lister's The Knight of Gwynne (Dockeray) 0 Count Batthyany's Valentine (Crouch) 0 Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum (S. Mann) 0 Mr. Merry's Brennus (1 Pris.ce) 0 Lord Eglinton's Mayors (Marlow) 0 Major Martyn's The Swede (W. Abdale) 0 Mr. Disney's Captain Grant (D. Wynne) 0 Mr. Moseley's Alonzo (Whitehouse) 0 Sir G. Ileathcote's Dark Susan c01t...(R. Sherwood) 0 M. S. Herbert us Aegean (U. Edwards) 0 BETTING AT STARTING. 7 to 2 agat Clincher 9 to 2 agst Mildew 5 to 1 agst Bolingbroke 6 to 1 agst The Nigger 12 to 1 agst Pitsford 16 to 1 agst Voltigeur 20 to 1 agat Deicoon 33 to 1 agst Nutshell 40 to 1 agst The Italian 40 to 1 agat Ghillie Callum 50 to 1 agst The Swede 1,000 to 15 agst any other. Penang and Deicoon got away together, and, with The Nigger, Mildew, The Swede, and Ghillie Callum laid up, Voltigeur next, in company with Clincher, cut out th e work to the mile post, where Penang died away. Del coon went on with the running at a good pace, followed in rotation by Mildew, The Swede, and The Nigger, Ghillie Callum, Clincher, and Voltigeur remaining in their original positions. They went on thus to the road,_ where Deicoon was beaten, and Mild ew took the had, Clincher and The Nigger waiting on him, Ghillie Callum and Cariboo next, and Pitsford, who laid off for the first half mile, well up. Mildew was beaten at the distance, and Voltigeur and Clincher then singled themselve d s out, the former taking the lead opposite ,the l d who came opposite ning home a very Imoney by half a length, The Nigger fourth, Mil mom xth Mayors laid for dew fifth, and Ghillie Callum si . • n Mil ward in the early pal t of the race, but brcke down at the t e h a e s easy t a w n i d n , n e b r e a b t y i g a C P: n i t n a g ent ,Fits hr an f o o u t r h n d e , turn, and was not persevered with. The race was run in 2 min. 50 see.- The Carew Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 sovs. aided; three yrs old, 7st 10lb; four, Bst 111 h; five, 9st 21b; six and aged, 9st 61b; mares and geldings allowed 31b; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs. if demanded, fee. 'Three-quarters of a mile. Mr. Hornsby's Old Fox, 4 yrs, BstBlb...(Hornhy, jnn.) 1 Mr. 11. Hill's Equiria, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (Raton) 2 Mr. Ilebson's Lanudrymaid, aged, 9st 31b ...(11. Bell) 3 Lord Strathmore' s Hood, 3 yrs, ist 71b... ..... (Pettit) 4 Mr. Drewitt's Mr. Milner, 4 yrs, Bst I Ilb (Abrnhams) 5 Betting-5 to 4 eget Equiria, sto 2 agst Laundry maid, and 4to 1 agst The Old Fox. Equiria made the running until half way up the distance, when he gave way, and The Old Fox, taking the lead, won easily by a length. Run in 1 min. 16 sec. The Burgh Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. The winner to be sold fur 100 sovs., if demanded, &e., and allowances if to be sold for less. The winner to be sold by auction immediately alter tie race, and any surplus over the selling price to go to the Fund. Half a mile. Mr. Hobson's Laundrymaid, aged, Bst 61b (Hornsby) 1 Mr. Ha) ter's The Handsome Doe, 6st 71b (Gower) 2 Mr. Lister's Hind of the Forest, 7st lllb (Abdale) 0 Mr. Cooper's Dorset, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (C. Planner) 0 Duke of 'Richmond's Claymore, 3 yrs, 6 st 71b(Collins) 0 Mr. Ramsbottom's Tole, 3 yrs, 63t, 71b (E Sharp) 0 " The sky is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily with clouds comes on the day." But shortly after eleven o'clock the sun attained full power, and by the time we reached the Downs, every line in the well-defined horizon was brought out in as clear and bright a sunshire as we ever saw. The very vul garities of fair and booth, aggregated in gigantic fashion along the course, took something of poetry from the sunlight, while the natural beauties of the locality, which no corruption of Cockneydom can spoil, were de liciously developed in the brightness of the day. The second—and more " sporting " peculiarity of the day, was the utter overthrow of the whole race of im postors called " Derby Prophets." The entire lot, upon whose absurd audacity, or circumambient mystification, whole droves of yokels and cockneys are not ashamed to risk their savings, were held up as laughing-stocks in the eyes of thousands upon thousands assembled. Not a shuffle nor a wriggle remained to these unlucky hum bugs. But what of that? Every horse upon which a " Prophet " had staked (natant quantum) his character and his judgment, was defeated. But the race of fools is as enduring as that of knaves, and next Derby we shall hare the whole squad in full prophecy again, each certainly contradicting all the rest, but each boldly ap prising his gang of dupes that " there is bat One Horse, and * * * is his Prophet." Setting aside all the cant and twaddle, the "Derby" is a flue sight. As to calling it a development of " na tional" taste, that is all trash. You collect an immense mass of people upon Epsom Downs, no doubt; but where is the common object which is necessary to make the assemblage a " national " one? Every class sends its representative, but no two classes send representatives with similar views. Nearly the only attendants who at tend because there is a " race," are composed of that oddly constituted body called the " ring. ' It is their business, just as it is the stock-jobber's business to be near the Stock Exchange, the political jobber's to be in the House, and the music jobber's to be at the Opera on the first night of a bought composition. But out of the myriads who line the course, how many care about the three minutes' work called the race? Not the " car riage aristocracy," who naturally enough like a charming scene, and the rare novelty of being sur rounded, in perfect safety, by every variety of amusing rascaldom. Not the professional man, who treats his wife and daughters to a day's fresh air, in anticipation of the long vacation and the Ramsgate first floor. Not the gool-natutei, lihtleas guardsman, who comes down in dog-cart or drag, and is very likely shying at little Napoleans on a stick while the Derby is being run. Not the attractive occupants of those vehicles profanely called " loose boxes," whose inmates are sometimes in troduced as wives, but never to wives. Not the smart articled clerks, or seedy copying clerks, who go down in a state of hilarity and come up in a state of beer. Not the small tracksman, who drives down his taxed-cart, with a full-faced spouse in front, and a thin daughter crouched in the rear. Not the sturdy mechanic, who arrives from the railway footsore and weary, and un dergoes the rating of his termagant consort all the way there because the road is dusty—all the time ho is there because he has not provided her a better place, and all the way home, because he is drunk. Not the hundreds upon hundreds of vagabonds of every kind, from the " ring the bull" men down to the " balls and rolling" gentry, of whom the police, in any more rational and less constitutional country, would make a splendid battue on the Derby day. What do all these people care about " Mr. Gratwicke's b c," or " Mr. Has ch c," or " Sir G. Heathcote's br f?" Fireworks, fountains, or fiddlesticks would, if similarly favoured by prestige, and the puffs of public house-keepers, draw as ' large an assembly. But, take it for what it was, yesterday's Derby was a scene worth seeing. The superb amphitheatre was densely crowded; the carriages displayed even more than their usual attractions, in the form of pretty faces and pretty dresses; the weather was brilliant, the mob was orderly, and the horses ran—very fast. Whether, as the winners affirmed, the great race was a beautiful display of animal power, or whether, as the long-faced losers averred, the affair was obviously a " sell," was, upon the grounds we have stated, of not the slightest consequence. The day was a perfect success, and there seemed to be an unanimous feeling that " Oak-apple day" was more brilliant in gold-leaf than usual. (From the Advertiser.) EPSOM, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—How to narrate anything "new, novel, or ,entertaining" anent a Derby day, is beyond my range of diversity. Never was there a more exquisite one in point of weather, and never were the Downs more enormously attended. The road reminded one of ancient times, when there was no other mode of transit, and yet the rail conveyed its thousands, with a celerity . and precision upon the direct route from London-bridge which admitted of no complaint, and extorted eulogies from the veriest of " Young Rapids," as it did from the surliest of the old safety-coach school. The A division of police clearing the course, the su perb stand, the commanding enclosure, the inspection of the saddling after the lounge in the paddock, rendered that which was in former times a scene, or continuous scenes of turmoil and inconvenience, one unbroken chain of comfort. If we admit that in the good old times, or bad old times, we could get a tolerably fair peep at the tits in the Warren, there we must stop, as upon the old course, un cleared into the bargain, no man ever saw the race run for the Derby. Then, again, the luxurious caterings of Mr. Lumley and the solidittes of Mr. Careless at his monster booth, with no end of liquids, at a moderato cost for indu bitable quality, made things pleasant for those who did not choose to traverse the hollow or scale the bill, where pic-nits were progressing in profusion. After all, John Bull is not so unsociable, an animal as he has been traditionally accounted. Most extraordinary interest attached to the great event, as I have over and over again adverted to, and its openness has been evinced by the wiuuers being from 20 to 1, layers, to 25 to 1, takers, at starting. But trivial attention was paid to the Epsom Town Plate, a mile, which Joc-o'-Sot won from Radulphus, mainly owing to the fine riding of I3utlor, Bullfinch run ning up a fair third. Some proceeded now, instanter, to the paddock, where Bolingbroke, Clincher, Mildew,The Nigger, with Ghillie Callum well fortified with flesh, Deicoon, and Voltigeur challenged attention, and all the usual variety of opinion was Offered. A friend of mine, who bad stood hard as a bran against the son of John o'Gaunt, who was walking in the shade, as typical of his running there, said " What a superb horse he is; I shall be ganimoned no longer; I'm off, and will get out at any price ; and so he did; and with strong subsequent play in the Champagne Sakes to drown the recollection of his fatuity. Lord Zetland was so nervous, teat he abandoned his intention of coming down to see the race, and trusted to the telegraph to put him out of his agony. Butler rode Clincher, in spite of all the rumours. to the contrary, and had he not made the struggle which he did with the winner, between the road and the dis tance, he might have got second. At length all was settled, the canters taken, and they w ent to the paddock to commit themselves to the cus tody of Mr. Ilibburd. Mildew, in the saddling, showed some temper, and d little, but be was so b l o omin g , and went so "clique "were fond to madne ss . wsweellate that his It was a game of up and down with the three fa vourites, but their closing prices stood thus:-4 to 1 agst Clincher, 9 to 2 agst Mildew, and 5 to 1 agst Bolingbroke. The Nigger's mark was 7to 1, and Pits ford receded to 10 to 1, whilst Deicoon was offered agst at 30 to 1, and a Noble Lord, and one or two others, came to the Leviathan, and " tumbled to Voltigeur " at 20 to 1. Mr. Davis stated after the race, that Voltigeur was the worst horse in his book ; but I may observe, that he will be about the best nag in the settling, as the public have stuck to him, and there is a coterie of coachmen and flunkies at the west-end, who, officed by the big wig of the Earl of Zetland, have won their moneys to a eurte which will probably induce many of them to leave ser vice, and set up establishments of their own ! Deicoon, with Penang, cut out the work at a jolly pace up the hill, the immortable Bolingbroke being nearly the last off, and about the very first to cry," hold, enough !" His work for the Derby was most mysterious, as I ventured some time since to observe, and I imagine that no one will be particularly anxious henceforth for the pass-word to the stable, or to purchase h im out of chancery as the winner of the Emperor's Pla te at Ascot. ~u A more thundering impostor never presented himself .. ,ed th hills of Surre, and he i in every respect nu " to e lay the founda y tion-stone s for a horse hospital for lunatics. But to return, Mildew went up at Tattenhaidme led over the ma, and looked wel l to Cthoerndcisr. , tance, from whence, that is, from the Lhotndeoufntiltrowaidthtoviehla. distance, Clincher tried to m ake a fig tigeur. there was no red the e d 'As they drew towards the S tand jecke t withthe shadow of a doubt as to the white spots,.. Voltigeur eventual l y earlwhite dth,e, cahlength a in co a u d - - P l° (41°4 ; 1 " with " prettyfollowed by The Nigger and vance of Clincher , W ho was o Mildew. Now, a braggard is a . humbug . and a cur; a Falstaff without his wit, and a Pistol without a tithe of his voca bwullary of euphuism-, but it is an act of justice to the Advertiser Sir Oracle to remark, that I landed two cut of Loy three in Voltigeur and Clincher, Mr. Clark put ting my No. 1 No. 3, and my No. 3 No. 1. It may also .be recollected, and I know that it has been, though the multitude who flocked to " The Pro- Oct" after the " funking" encounter, that Mounseer, my third on the Roodee, vas the first for the Chester Cup! After various experiments, which have extended over a period of nearly twelve months, M. Soyer has succeeded in bringing to perfection his magic stove, the first idea of which was broached in his admirable manual of gastronomical science, " The Modern Housewife," published last summer, and the first edition of which was exhau s t e d i n l ess t h an a wee k. The magic stove was exhibited to the public at No. 5, Charing-cross, on Saturday and on Monday last, and a more efficient, portable, clean, and ornamental cooking apparatus it is impossible to imagine. The whole apparatus can be placed in a bat, and the cook ing is conducted on the dinner table, without smell, without smoke, and without even soiling the cloth. The apparatus itself is rather ornamental than other wise. It consists of a round copper, in shape and size somewhat resembling a counting-house inkstand, with a furnace opening, and a flue passing from this opening near the bottom of one of its sides, through the middle, and up the centre to the top ; on this top is placed a frying-pan, stew-pan, saucepan, kettle, or coffee-pot. Adjoining the stove or copper is a vessel with two reservoirs for spirits of wine, or any other kind of spirit, one at the bottom the other at the top. To the bottom reservoir are affixed two burners with their wicks; one of the burners is placed oppo site the opening of the flue in the stove, the other burner is under the other reservoir. In connexion with the upper reservoir is a tube, or blow-pipe, pas sing from the centre of its apex, down by its side, under it, and opening in the wick that burns at the mouth of the flue. The spirit in the upper reservoir being heated by the burner beneath it, a gaseous va pour is generated, which, rushing out of the blow pipe, and coming in contact with the burner at the mouth of the flue, is ignited and passes in a volume of flame through the flue, and fries, stews, or boils whatsoever is placed over it. It will cook l lb. of rump steak in five minutes. It is the cheapest and most commodious cuisine portative ever constructed. A little explanatory book is sold or given with it. And, to make everything complete, M. Soyer gives receipts and instructions for the cooking of about a dozen-and-a-half dishes, by means of this pocket kitchen of his. He has, moreover, fitted up a small box, in size and shape like a lawyer's deed-box, with a complete apparatus for cooking and sending up a dinner for twelve persons. The magic stove will go on cooking for about 48 minutes with one charge of spirits of wine, the cost of which is just fourpence-halfpenny. We have par taken of chops and steaks cooked by the magic stove, and they are certainly far superior to those cooked by any of the ordinary methods. The heat is so intense that the exterior of the chop or steak is at once car bonised, and thus the juices are retained without the chop being burned, so that it is at the same time crisp and succulent. To the sportsman, to the sailor, to the soldier in camp or in bivouac, the magic stove must be invaluable. It will enable pie - me parties to vary the eternal pigeon pie and cold roast fowl w ith chop or steak or some warm viand, and will emancipate the bachelor living in chambers from the thraldom of his laundress ; while to families, as a sum mer cooking-apparatus, it will save more than its cost in coal, and enable them to keep their domiciles cool by doing away with the necessity for a kitchen fire, as it will boil water or coffee as efficiently as it will cook chops or steaks. On the occasion of persons wishing to use it in the open air there is a cover which prevents the lamp from being blown out even in the most tempestuous weather. This will render it in valuable at sea. We understand that Captain Austin Las directed that all the ships engaged in the northern expedition shall be supplied with magic stoves. _ - MR. ALBERT SMITH'S ENTER- TAINMENT. Mr. Albert Smith, by his various comic writings, and also in no small degree by his social qualities, has achieved a very general popularity ; it was, there fore, natural that the announcement of an entertain • meat to be sustained by himself in propria persona should attract a crowded audience. After illustrating in his amusing works many ludicrous phases of Eng lish social life, Mr. Albert Smith, in a happy mo ment, bethought himself of a new field for his pen, and started off to the East (at least as much of it as he could hop, skip, and jump over, in a very brief tour) to make acquaintance with, and possibly to quiz, the Orientals. Some results of his visit have recently been embodied in a volume which is not only amusing, but useful. On Tuesday evening he gave, at Willie's Rooms, some gleanings from his experiences in the shape of a descriptive discourse, inter spersed with songs, and illustrated by scenic views. He calls his entertainment "The Overland Mail," and he supposes himself to start from Suez, on the return journey to England. Of course his monologue is a mere touch-and-go affair, seizing a few salient points, and putting his brief experiences in the best point of view to raise a laugh. Mr. Albert Smith, we need not say, is very droll on the oddities of his travelling companions. To avoid being boxed up in a fly with several " overland babies," he betakes him self to the back of a dromedary, and records his painful reminiscences of that uneasy mode of travel in a capital comic song. We then have a graphic description of the external aspect of Cairo, and the internal comfort and thoroughly English character of Shepherd's Hotel. Here be meets with an original oddity, whom he nicknames " undecided Mr. Parker." This personage, who is pleasantly afflicted with an inability to make up his mind to anything, was hit off by Mr. Albert Smith with considerable power of comic impersonation. After this, we have a passage up the Nile in a kandjia, or Nile-boat, and Mr. Albert Smith here throws down the gauntlet to enthusiastic writers on Nile travelling, by giving a groteKluely humorous description of the desagremens of this mode of travelling. We are sorry to say, too, that his Pyramids and his Sphynx do not quite come up to the high mark of the poets. Tne remainder of the entertainment consists of descriptions of Alexa ndria, Malta, and the journey homeward to Boulogne, all touched off in the same humorous strain . The in terspersed songs are clever and were well sung, espe cially " The Matrimonial Mother," " The Boat on the Nile," the song of the sailor with his tin fiddle, and a patter song, "The fast ma n. " The scenic illus trations are beautifully painted by Mr. Wm. Beverley. Some of them are really fir e pictures, especially that called "The Kandjia , " " The Street " Malta," and " The Po rt of Sucz. Mr. Albert Smith rattled off his de scri p tive and vocal portion of the entertainment w ith ease and point, and the tra velling characters introduced were cleverly embodied. He was much applauded throughout. Tne entertain ment is announced for repetition on Monday next. GRAY'S INN. MAY 29.—At a numerous meeting of the benchers and others in the hall of this society this day, the following students for the bar were declared to have dis tinguished themselves in the voluntary examination for ho nours in the law of real and personal property and convey ancing, in the hall of this society, on Thursday and Friday last, and were classed in the following order :-1. Mr. Na thaniel Lindley, Middle Temple. 2. Mr. John Whitcombe, Middle Temple. 3. Mr. Joseph Graham, Middle Temple; Mr. William Crawford, Middle Temple ; and Mr. Henry Kingsmill, Lincoln's Inn— sequales. 4. Mr. Edward Steers, Inner Temple. 5. Mr. James Marshall, Gray's Inn; and Mr. William Freeman, Lincoln's Inn—mquales. 6. Mr. James Bridge Davidson, Lincoln's Inn ; and Mr. William Llewellyn Te ry, Inner Temple—xquales. 7. Mr. Thomas Freeman Morse, Lincoln's Inn. Mr. Lindley received the Lecturers' prize, consisting of a set of " Vesey's Reports (20 vols). Mr. W. D. Lewis has been again appointed the, so ciety's lecturer. A VETERAN.—We regret to announce the death o one of the most distinguished officers of the French army f General Count de Vittre, Grand Officer of the Legionunt d e ,? Honour, &c. Charles de Raity de Villen euve, .. Count Vittre, was descended from an old and n oble family of Poi tou, was the comrade of the Emperor at the Military School, and took a glorious part in the carn.Pan of Russia, where he was severely wounded. He alsodeirsetinhgeuishhaedd huinindseerlfhiisn the Spanish expedition in 1823, where orders General Changarnier , the Duke de h Count imnt,h d e nd seu l% Nr l n:iatm A tree . Carrel, who, on account of histvalour4geanyeeral )7! e of the Bayard of the 9th cenur was uncle to M. Hugues d e co writer of Paris.— Gal i g ne ! f - :ASI en a p u distinguished r. politi cal .—Last night th ese E VAUXHALL --THE Jo 6 A es LIU gardens were opened with ing a mas for t he se a son whic a s a prehliminary enis about entertainment to the p to take place. The g ardens are in good order, and the ar rangements, under the superintendence of the well- known l esse e of former seasons, Mr. Wardell, all that the frequenters of the p l ac e can desire. As was stated in the bills, " all the res ources te of the far - fa med establi shment " were made avail able, and certainly there was no want of the necessary at tractions to induce the company to enter, and plenty to pro tract their stay when they had entered, the gates. The walks and avenues were brilliantly illuminated ; every ac commodation was given for dancing, and for eating and drinking. Three excellent bands were in attendance, the incessant music of the instruments of which kept the com pany in continuous movement. For some hours the merri ment and frolic were kept up by hundreds of persons in cos tumes of all ages and countries, and in costumes not referrable to any age or clime. There were many groups from Epsom, who seemed determined to prolong the " Derby " day by the addition of several h ours from its successor. No signs of exhaustion were perceptible in the votaries of pleasure, and it was not till the " professionals " were completely worn out that the patrons of the place retired. The whole went off in good style. VISIT OF THE DUCHESS or KENT TO THE HIGH.. LANDS. -We learn that her Royal Highness the Duchess of Rent is expected to arrive at the Castle of Abergeldie, in this county (a lease of which she has taken) about the end of June. When her Majesty arrives at Balmond, her Royal Highness will be in the immediate ueigbourhood of her august daughter.—Aberdeen Journal. COLOSSEUM. —Among the numerous visitors to the Colosseum, Regent's Park, on Tuesday, were the ambassador from the Prince of Nepaul and suite. CHESTER AN HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.--Traffic for the Week ended May 26, 1850: C. C. - and 1. Main Line, 2,685/, Is. Bd. ; Mold, 2s. Od. ; Steam - boats , 2161 . 11s. Od. ; Total, 8,02 E/. 14s. Bd. IT 11 - -12! ,;,•ty