The Sun. — London, England, 1851-04-10 00:00:00

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'1 2 13 . ev19f ble 5 0 7, ne t AO" - lii tt A ; 'chic el a f Brat Pl'„o 11 pro.- o rry A riCE , ,f e moatiii this 'KV' f 11, co O esiratO P i dt s Mr. 1 3 ! rI ii 5 0.'11 p 0 c pC an P rs bert ° had b it ot 4 Araeric*.d! catch ch 7,111, seater O p ja viorigri le d ern Pl ° Y r tio r vere P 111/1° of AYLESBURY ELECTION. m the AYLESBURY, W EDNESDAY, Ara 9.—The town during d . ay has been r. , markably quiet, and but for the ap • Pearanee of a numb er o f b oys b ear i ng p l acar d s, i nscr ib e d " Bethel: for ever," and " Ferrand and Protection," &c., no person would imagine th 4 a great contest was about to take Place between the supporters of Free-trade and the friends of Protection. Xotwithstanding the apparent want of excitement, there can be no doubt that a severe struggle is expected, and both t at tles appear con fid ent of success. The general i mpress i on , b ° :"Ter, appears to be that th e principles of Free• rade will „_clronnpli.mt, notwithstanding the strenuous exertions e the Pr o t ect i onists , tr l e n ta of the course o f t h e d ay M r. B et h e ll h as v i s it e d the dis ie Hartwell, S tone , D enton, an d H a ddeTham, where w _believe Lis canvass has been very successful. :Ir. Ferranti has been employed in canvassing the voters in "q,,listricts of Risborough and Haddenham. 'ae nomination will take place at eleven o'clock to-mor- Iv, at the County.hall. s TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. y 11 3' attention has been drawn to a parag . raph in tirir paper of last night copied from the Honolulu Tzmes . , to 1-? s e ir.ect that five white men bad been seen by the Russians .. 0 1: miles south-east of Point Barrow ; will you allow me to Zisgest the probability of these bLing the exploring party PloYed in the neighbourh-od cf the Mackenzie, under the command of Commodore Pullen, R.N. ? I am, Sir, &c., W. E. P. H. April a, MADLLE. MONTI. ni- Th i- e .Penella, whose (faith - at her Majesty's Theatre te „,tio•'coked for with such interest, presents in the story utti)rlser life a curioug and touching chapter of that strange his trtiY, the Trials of Genius. For, to the rare attribute of h es e g' l nius, and that of the highest order, Madlle. Monti on sa in contestable claim. She is au artist in the widest passionate the word. Endowed by nature with a deep and de,e s e ns e of the beautiful, she has cultivated its R h e v T Pm not in one; narrow sphere only, but wherever 0 -as been able to command the instruments of creative ti ‘,.lculpture and painting, studied with a close applica feehnuave the Ideal to base on the highest principles that whici f for the Ideal of Grace, and that gift of expression, birth seem intuitive in her organization. Neapolitan by Conti birth_ daughter of a sculptor - of eminence—Madlle. Pressionwas surrounded from earliest youth by im kid ,„ 8 1 of all that was most beautiful in form Past Her years of childhood were scarcely take the the heaviest misfortune that can over stif. le children of art fell on her father, and so on her iva3 le successful sculptor lost his sight. His future o,,,ustkened for ever. Failure, poverty, despair frowned daughter hosehold. The energy and genius of the artist's _i:,faretuns alone saved him. Young as she,was, her utmost mit .4t rY could not be exp . ected at once to command very either in the profession so mournfully lost to str ehr , t i ber, or in painting, to which her own natural talent sc ou r Pointed. B u t th e young Monti felt that she had c tno : talent, and one of a kind which had sometimes led Milan Itada b a o t und to greatness They were now settled at the magnificent . Scala she had watched the Professor actica and had said to herself when some noted the L I of mute eloquence drew down the thunders of °abaft "ed ancor Jo son Mima ." She obtained a scul l:4 l7 engagement, sorely against the wish of the ol e d . sog et t o 2 f t o o r Whom the pursuit of such an n art a s l e f e e me e d ar a d pe med " in hit child. Scarcely more tha h Y had one of th a PPrenticeship to her difficult vocation, when seern a „„ °" opportunities offered itself, which Providence true ',;;; 111 times to place specially as stepping-stones. for b e to 11 :11 8_, on its hard road to Fame. Masamello was tak r "Yeu• The Fenella— the celebrity of that day -4- suddenly ill, was utterly unable to appear. The young was in despair the audience impatient. The vieti o l.'7,Onti, with a just self-confidence, declared her co.n ht at she could take the part. But just fifteen, with eeeksix-months' study in the most difficult of professions, trh;'ll months vras a bold : venture, but it won a full success. laSelf t w h,, Fe t O,ella took the house by storm. The bound was Z' B ll - 07: 'ugliest pinnacle reached at once, and thelicefor !talr Piing Monti was famous as the first Mima in and therefore in the world. The first success at he r ns ivas followed by successive triumphs at Venice, at b eeon . Naples, at Rome, at Turin, and at Vienna. To l ead_ : character of Fenella, Madlle. Monti adds the Ite-aglart§ in th e ballets d'actio* of " Merope," " Niobe," Piec es . ' and " L'ASsedio di Corinto," as being her master It • 11"81 interesti ng t o k now th a t h er con ti nue d success in othersprofession has not led •Madlle. Monti to sacrifice all lie u , a rt. She continues to ate I con constancy of a l talent. lle r l k MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—The Queen's box EL the Maje sty's Theatre was on Tuesday evening; occupied by Yia sc i„! i l l and Countess of Cawdor, the Viscount and distli,: e ! .e ,ss Emlyn and party. Amongst the noble and th e i r - eatsued individuals also honouring the thFatre with ::copire;seence oa this occasion were the following -His 4s ee the Duke of Wellington, the Prince Demidoff, his Y the Russian Miner, the Baroness Brunnow ki iii Partl, their Excellencies the Swedish and Norwegian thestn, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the th e rs Clanricarde, the Marchioness of Conyngham, th e lirkinis of Douglas and the Princess Mary of Baden, 411 of Lonsdale, the Earl Mountcharler, the Earl of tt l 4l4 , ° °h s the Counteis of Glengall, and Miss de Horsey, th e e Earl Gifford, Earl Bruce, the Right Hon. Lord Stanley, li en _Yi , epunt and Vi sc o u nte s s Dupplin, and the Ladies ter, ri etta and Geraldine Somerset, the Viscount Can -BDarY, Lady Hope Purvis, Viscount Ranelagh, Lord CluYs, Lord Templemore, Lord William Lennox, Lord littlest Bruce, Lady Blanche Dunlop, Lord Curzon, the 0 . E. Toler, the Hon. R. C. Neville, Colonel the so n• ton :and . the Hon. Mrs. Upton, Hon. A. D. i Mr. Byng, Hon. F. Cadogan, Hon. Mr. St uart Wortley Hon. Mrs. Somerset and Miss Somerset, p',. e3e°l2. Mrs. Goie' and Miss Gore, Hon. Mr. Norton, Miss t r Bon Spencer Otway,• Hon. Capt. Carew, Hon. 41 rthureunningham, Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander , eodford, Bart., Lady and the Misses Woodford, Sir John li „Yley, Bart., and Lady Bayley, Sir Thomas Barrett Len 'Rd Bart., and Lady Barrett Lennard, Col. Dixon, Major b r,llinmond, Col. Harcourt, Major Loftus, Col. 'Thornton, i V i° 4 and Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Dennistoun, Col. Wildman, the es siaa Consul-General, Sir H. Webb, Bart., Sir Charles bbotson, Bart., &c. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Her Majesty the Queen L il a his Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the per feraree at the Royal Italian Opera with th. ir psesence on ) , - , eB e „,"Y evening. Her Majesty and the Prince were accom tit.""'u by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Princess Royal. In the royal suite were the Marchio :ess of Do uro , t h e H on. ' Mi ss S eymour , C o l one l B uc kl ey, fj,.11 Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon. Among the o,:donble company ;present in the theatre we remarked b" Grace the Duke of Devonshire, the Marquis of Ayles hil.rY, the Marquis of Douro, Lis Excellency the Sardinian thiVster (Marquis D'Azeglio ), the Countess of Malmesbury, s i s ,arl and Countess of Besborough, the Earl and Countess v.nradford, and the Ladies Bridgeman and Miss Moncrieffe, flit Exmouth, Lord Colville, Lady Stanley of Alderley 13 4 the Hon. Misses Stanley, Viscount Cranbourne, the ro ll Hon and Baroness Von Stentz, Lady Bateman and the Lord a IiSS Hanbury and Hon. Mrs. White Melville, L o a kNyard and Miss de Burgh, Lord Arthur Hay, and Tar)! Gordon Lennox, M.P., Lady Adelaide Paget, Il sn i a uY Alfred Paget, Lay Stanley, Baron de Sternberg, s ' 7, r a. Dyce Sombre and party, Lord Adolphus Vane, 11 13 6 , - * H ugh Rowley Hon. John Fortescue, M.P., Major the 11 — • Needham. Hon. E. Lascelles, Mr. Erskine, Mr. 4 4 0 1)ert (la Burgh, Lord Broughton and the Hon. Misses geeabetut2e Miss Burdett Coutts and party, Col. Brownlow Mei ; aI •P., Hon. Orlando Bridgeman, Dowager Lady iesworth and party, Sir John and Lady Burgoyne, C,pt. r °ll , Ur. Buckley, Captain Steele, Mr. Raymond Barker, .., ( It . tie te M ll e t ke ,azie, Madame Ralli and party, Mr. De Bla ot a ' "'aJer Horace Pitt, Sir William and Lady de Bathe, s'eurge Armytage, Mr. De Lizardi, Capt. De Bathe, Chewton, Sir Henry Webb, Mr. Orm, Col. Blaine, ki l st „ G age, Lieut.-Colonel Cromlsie, Mr. Lister Kaye, Mr. D irr .'"ean, Sir John Lowther, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Gecrge )1e; In gten, Mr. William Rose, ..gra ta, ece. Sir Charles Marshall, Col. bl ot , „ .4.A or THE HOLY LAND.—The folloing th e k ers of the aristocracy and gentry have recently vi w sited princ e beautifal painting :—Her Royal Highness the Q att ce s k a I)lary of Cambridge and suite, the Archbishop of pasi,, e , t ru a k rY; the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, accom- Lo"" °Y Lord Albert, Lord Ronald, and Lady Constance ,1 1 ( lower and party; the Duke of Northumberland, the Marchioness and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis and kit,,elnoness of Douglas, the Marquis and Marchioness of % g ar; the Earl and Countess of Ducie, the Earl of St s • the ns, Earl J ermyn an d party , th e Bi s hop of St. Asaph, Lord 13 " ° P Sodor and Man, Lady John Russell and family, Ste Radstock and party, Lady Stanley, the Hon. Niss a ltd ei eY and party, the Chevalier Bunsen, Lady Goulburn Pa rt ,,PTY, Sir Gardner Wilkinson Colonel Fielding and Wyatt, Fsq , Eliot Warburton, Esq., Dr. Pet W. Lane, Esq , W. H. Bartlett, Esq., David, rts, Esq., Francis Ainsworth, Esq., &c. ee . i f t ILA 'INFIRM aRY.—The annual meeting of the o rders and pat ron s o f thi s i ns tit u ti on t oo k pl ac e ye.s the I V ,at the L on d on T avern ; M r . Ald erman H oo p er in oAchair. T he report stated that the past year had been e 5 unexampled prosperity; within the last three months tip_Mdividual had presented them with the munificent dona ,:a Uf 3,0004 accompanied by no restrictions, but merely a rezggestion that the donation should be applied towards pur ti!isSe a site for erecting the intended new hospital, and Liat all unnecessary expenditure should be avoided for the e xternal part of the building in order the better to provide l e e,lnforts forhe sufferers destined to become inmates within _`'.! walls, a'd that no the funded property of the in atltetion should be pliedafor the purpose of the building ; ala s • . . one condition, that the name of the donor should be e . A legacy of 1 ,0001., free of duty, had also been Wit h la .to the in s titution by th e late Jeremiah Olive; and one t, lOO l. from the late Mr. J. J ones. They had obtained a °Pen which they would be e na bl ed to erect an hospital re a pable o f accommo d a ti ng 50 i nmates ; but the committee nntl that the building should not be commenced the amount of subscriptions toward s that fund had L, 4 s hed 5,00.1., independent of the cost o f t h e site. They b~now in hand for that purpose, in c l u di ng the 8,0001•, 1,7,e a lluded to, 4,3001. During the Past fourteen years o iuu Patients had been relieve' by this ution, 500 a ti lir b°ut had been under cure by operativest surgery. 2, An .._ aili ary society, consisting of the poor patie n t s who had `e1;0111 relieved by this institution, had been formed, and pre en:4 this charity annually with between 401. and 50/. ; lect s ° P e Patient at Newmarket had during the past year col tilt 111 small sums 211, which he bad sent as a donation to V g institution. The tetal receipts for the past year, includ- J a balance left, and 660/. belonging to the building fund, Troanted to 2 50a. 13s lid ; and the expenditure to 1,206/. s e a r '. 7 d. The s ' urgeon's r . eport stated, that of the 537 patients ally le g the year 246 had been discharged cured ; 173 materi le4vrelieved ; incurable; 33 discharged for irregulanry ofa e lb g 8 0 still under treatment. The report was adopted, b, the for the ensuing year elected, and after a vote of thanks "" chairman, the meeting separated. IiEp TH LANTic. Or THE OCEAN IN THE SOUTH AT fon,w,. —Letters dated Washington, March 10, publish , the bor our l e ,g_PaSsage from a letter of Lieutenant John R. Golds -1114,e6", United States navy, formerly assistant in the coast TO Y. It is dated United States ship Saratoga, Cape pa s , a n ' ape of Good Hope, L'ec. `ll, 1850 :—" During our 4 0 ,„ e ge from Rio de Janeiro to Saldanha Bay, Cape of Good as,r ',; t ehig in lat. 28 21 S , and long. 29.17 W., wesounded s tt ,, °tit amed bottom at the depth of 3,10 d fathoms, or three *Z. lf-miles. Our sounding apparatus was a 321 b. shot, tesll..vvith wire, line attached to a small line of 5,000 szerlaseen obtained, ( solb. 4 ” r t' e ug, and sufficiently strong to bear a weight of were as good and fair as any I have . the line up and down and as taut as it Pr ti o . " and when attempting to haul it on board, after tee Minutes. curin ll a j fe ce. rr so h u e n t d i ings, it parted . about : 50 fathoms from the me occupied in sounding was one hour and tioot,kV 4 ounrieff, the present Solicitor- General for Qetkdv --, ato be th e new L ord-Advocate As the Lord te must cr t ... be Member of Parlia men t, a vacancy will 4 1 " 04, 1 7 Air. Monerieff in Rinrosa-shire.—GiaFgow TILE SPORTING NOTES. No. XXXII. SCRAPS FROM NEWMARKET. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The race for the Column Stakes yesterday did not end exactly in ti,e manner I thought it would, but it was very early doing so; the horses that I selected to fill the three first places did accomplish that feat, only, instead of Ariosto's being first and Payment second, as !diced in my N ,, te4, they reversed the order of things; but Merry Peal Was absolutely third. Payment won very easily, and at once and for ever extinguished Ariosto's Derby pretensions; and at the satne time established her right to an equal fa vouritism with Aphrodite and Iris for the Oaks. S he is evidently in ber spring form of last year, and " come what will, come what may," she, like unto the mighty mower of human grass, will fly through the roughest day. Teddington was brought out for tt e 2 , 0 sous. Stakes, and found so many admirers, after achieving a ridiculously easy victory over Midas, that he was forthwith elevated to the rank of second favourite for the Derby, at 8 to 1 ; he has much improved on his last year's form ; but, in my opinion, is barely good enough to win the great event of the present year. The betting on the Heath during the afternoon underwent some important changes in additon to Teddington's sudden advance for the Derby. The Black Doctor and the Knight of Avenel at 10 and 15 to 1, and the colt by Gladiator, out of Khorassan's dam, at 20 to t, were in considerable force for the Chester Cup; as was Constellation at 13 to I for the Derby. For the Port Stakes to-morrow I have reason to believe that Officious will not run ; in consequence the race will lay entirely with Beehunter and The Knight of Avenel, and although the former is such an immense " pot " for it, it would by no manner of means surprise me to find The Knight the winner. The latest betting (up to half past twelve this day) is as follows :—Port Stakes-6 to 5 on Beehunter, sto 4 agst The Knight of Avenel. 2,000 Guineas-5 to 4 agst Grecian, offered; sto 2 agst Mountain Sylph colt; 7to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's lo'. Chester Cup -10 to 1 on the field ; 15 , o I agst os night of Avenel ; l e to agst The Italian ; 20 to 1 agst Gladiator colt ; 25 to 1 each agst Hesse Homburg and Woolwich. Derby-6 to 1 agst The Prime Minister, offered ; 8 to I agst Teddington ; 8 to 1, 17 to 2, and 9to 1 laid to a large amount agst Grecian (this, after the enormous extent of pepper administered lately, looks queer); 15 to / agst Constellation; Marlborough Buck not mentioned. Mem.—A report has been in circulation for some time past that Lady Evelyn is in " queer-street," and that she has been put to the stud ; the re;:ort is not altogether without foundation, but rumour, as usual, has considerably embeL fished the actual state of the case. I shall return to the subject next week. __ am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. April 10, 1851. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. - - NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING.—WIDNESDAY. Subscription Plate of 501., for three yrs old, 7st ; four, Bst 71b ; five, Bst 91b ; six and aged, 9st 21b. T.Y.C. Colonel Peel's Longinus, 4 yrs. (Flatman) 1 Duke of Bedford's Newport, 5 yrs ... (F. Butler) 2 Mr. Etwall's Knight of the Thistle,3 yrs ...(Hammond) 3 The following also ran :—Mr. W. Edwards's Prima Donna, 3 yrs (Sharp)—Mr. Barnes's Sotterley, 6 yrs (Rogers)—Mr. Batson's Abderhaman, 3 yrs (J. Mann) - and Lord Exeter's Clelia, 4 yrs (Norman). Betting-2 to 1 agst Newport, 7to 2 agst Sotterley, 4to 1 agst Longinus, and 5 to 1 agst Clelia. Longinus made all the running, and won by a length. Run in 1 min. 17 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for three-yrs-old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 31b ; the winner to be sold for 2001. First half of Ab. M. (5 Subs.) Mr. Delamere' Forlorn Hope (Bartholomew) 1 Mr. Barnes's Trinket ......... ......... .........(Chapple) 2 Colonel Peel's Black Sea (Flatman) 3 Mr. Ramsbottom's Alboni Mr. Combe's Naptha.-... ...... ......... ...(J. Marson) 5 Betting-2 to 1 agst Trinket, sto 2 agst Forlorn Hope, and 3 to 1 agst The Black Sea. Forlorn Hope made the running, was never caught, and won in a canter by three lengths, Run in 52 secs. The winner was claimed. Sweepstakes of 200 goys. each, h ft; for colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst; winners extra. D.M. (7 Subs.) Sir J. Hawley's Teddington, Sat t 21b ( 51b extra) (Marson) 1 Lord Exeter's Midas, 9st 21b (inc. 91b extra)...( Norman) 2 Betting-8 to lon Teddington, who waited to the cords, and won in a canter by a length. Run in 1 min. 53 secs. The Column Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 41b; those by untried stal lions, &c., allowed 31b; both 51b. R.M. (26 Subs.) Mr. Delamere's Payment, Bst llb ..(Bartholomew) Mr. Greville's Ariosto. Bst 41b ......... . ...... (Flatman) 2 Sir J. Hawley's Merry Peal, Bst llb (J. Matson) 3 The following also started :—Mr. Howard's Christina, Bst 41b (A. Day)—Mr. Batson's f by Venison, out of Lady Sale, Bst llb (Sly)—Col. Peel's f by Slane, out of Palmyra, Bst 41b (Rogers)—and Mr. Mare's Hatherton, Bst 41b (W. Abdale). Betting-2 to lon Ariosto, 7to 1 agst Palmyra filly, 7to 1 agst Payment, and 7to 1 agst Merry Peal. Merry Peal took the lead on starting, waited on by Ariosto, the Palmyra and Lady Sale fillies; this lot remained in advance to the bushes, where Ariosto took up the running, which he carried on at a good pace into the bottom ; Payment, who laid off in the early part of the race, then joining issue, quitting him half way up :the cord, and winning easily by two lengths, Merry Peal a bad third. Run in 1 min. 51 secs. Payment coughed repeatedly before starting, and was not backed by her party for a shilling. Handicap Plate of 50/. for three yrs old and upwards. A.F. Lord Clifden's Sagacity, aged, 7st 71b (Chapple) walked over. BETTING AFTER THE RACES. I'ORT STAKIS. 6 to 5 on Beehmater. 16 to 4 agst Knight of Avenel 2,000 GUINEAS STALES. 6 to 4 offered on Grecian. CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 sgst Black Doctor 125 to 1 agst Hesse Homburg 16 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel 30 to 1 agst Woolwich (t) 20 to 1 agst c out of Khoras- 133 to 1 agst Nancy sates dam DERBY. 6to 1 agst Prime Minister Il4to 1 agst Newminster 8 to 1 agst Teddington I 16 to 1 agst Constellation S to 1 agst Grecian 150 to 1 agst Neasham 12 to 1 agst Marlboro' Buck 1,000 to 100 laid once agst Grecian, and 500 even between him and Teddingttn. Plenty of offers agst The Mountain Sylph colt, but no backers. Beehunter, Officious, William the Conqueror, and Knight of Avenel arrived tbis evening. WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NINE O'CLOCK. ENTRIES FOR THURSDAY. Handicap Plate of 501 T.Y.C. Bushranger, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Despair (late Hope), aged, Bst 71b—Corypbee, 3 yrs, 7st 121b—Sagacity, aged, Bst 71b— Visite, 4 yrs, Bst—Second Chance, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Forest Flower, 6 yrs, Bst 71b—Fernande, 4 yrs, Bst—Beaufort 3 yrs, 6st 121 b. Subscription Plate of 501. D.M. Winner to be sold for 300. Bushranger, 4 yrs—Gardenia, 6 yrs—Newport, 5 yrs— Knight of the Thistle, 3 yrs—Flare-up, 4 yrs - Harp, 3 yrs—Herbert, 5 yrs Mummery, 3 yrs Ventre a Terre, 3 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each. D.M. Girdle, Flare-up, Quasimido, Fernande. LATEST BETTING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PORT STAKES. Even on Beehunter. 1 6 to 4 agst Knight of Avenel. 2,000 GUINEAS STAKES. 10 to 6 agst Grecian 5 to 1 agst Mountain Sylph 4to 1 apt I Newminster colt CHESTER COP. 10 to 1 agst Black Doctor 20 to 1 agst c. out of Kho-• 17 to 1 agst Knight of Avenel an 25 r t a o ss l ag 's The rest as before. s d t a H m esse Homburg CHELTENHAM STEEPLECHASES.—WEDNESDAY. The United Hunters' Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, and 25 added. About 2 on the flat. Gentlemen riders, &c. (18 Subs.) Mr. Cartwright's Thurgarton, aged, lOst 101 b (Chesuas) ' Mr. Gain's Seignor of Holderness, 9st 121 b . ..... (Archer) Mr. Quartermaine's Harry, list Mr. Clowes's Dr. Husband, lOst 101 b (Darling) The Guard Steeplechase Handicap of 20 sovs, each, h ft, 5 ft it declared, with 1001. added, the second to save his stake. Nearly four miles. (23 Subs., 14 of whom de clared.) Mr. P. Barling's Bedford, 9st 121 b. (Archer) Mr. Elwes' Tipperary Boy, 9st 121 b (Ablett) Mr. Elmore's Mulligan, 10st (Hewett) Mr. Wilmcnt's Ironside, lost (Pearson Mr. Kirby's Linkboy, 9st 101 b (Frisby ) Mr. B. na Cayenne, 9st 71b ..... ...(S. Darling) The Selling Steeplechase Stakes of 5 sovs. each and , added ; the second to save his stake. About three mile. (12 Subs.) Mr. Walk r's Victss (O re SO . . ___ ••• (C : Boyce` Mr. Golby's Ploughboy (80i) (Owner ) Mr. Newman's Freemason (300 . ... ... . (Owner) The following also ran :—Mr. Price's Lady Godiva (M) Horlock)) - Mr. Palmer's Parson's Daughter (Archer) -Mr. Smith's Tantworth (Burrows)—and Captain Lindow's The Captain (Burrows). The Welter Steeplechase Stakes of 5 sovs. each, gentlemen riders, I:3st 71b each. (5 Subs.) Mr. E. Griffiths's Boxkeeper (Owner) .1 Captain Warrener's Friday ....(Sir J. Malcolm) 72 Major Crommelius's Major .. ••• (Owner) 3 The Farmer's Steeplechase Stakes of 2 soya. each and 10 added, about three miles (7 Subs.), were won by Mr. Gard ner's Midnight, beating two others. SHREWSBURY RACES. Nominations for the Cleveland Handicap. Age st lb Age st lb Windischgratz ... .. 4 8 12 1 Flash Raby Cyprus... Sauter la Coupe 5 8 5 Flareup .. 4 6 2 Melford ..... The Alp Haricot ...- 4 7 8C by John o' Gaunt, Eva ,... 5 7 6 dam by The Sad- Prior of Lanercost ... 4 7. 6 dler, out of Miss Egret .. ... ........... 6 7 4 Etty 3 5 9 Zadoc ........ 4 7 3 Newman Noggs .. ... 3 5 7 Achy ranches Abbess of Jervaux 4 7 0 Waterfall Glen Saddel ... ..... 6 7 0 Burndale, brother to Panope VV ilmont ... 4 6 9 Goldfinder Snowdrift 1 Leap Year Candlewick 4 6 6. Colibri ... . ...3 4 6 Acceptances to be declared on or before April 20. The Shropshire Sweepstakes (Handicap) of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, with 501. added, to close and name on April 20. Present subscribers—the Viscount Newport, M.P., R. A. Blaney, Esq., M.P., E. H. Balldock, Esq., M.P., 3 . Meiklam, Esq., Ruben Clive, Esq., b'r. Norton Hickman ' Mr. Weldon, E. J l ; I rwin, Esq., J. B. Minor, Esq., Mr. Robins, Mr. Ed iund Jones • Mr. Winch , Mr. Palmer, Mr. Burton, ,Mr. E. Corbett. YOUNG COLLINS, THE JOCKEY.—It is a singular coinci dence that for two years in succession a Goodwood horse should not only win the Newmarket Handicap, but be very near carrying off the Metropolitan too; and naturally enough, that circumstance, coupled with the quarrel between the trainer and the rider of Cheerful, is exciting a good deal of conversation in sporting circles. Kent, it seems, has lost the services of his smartest light weight, through some exhibition of temper on the part of his son, and it is much to be regretted that somebody is attacking the unimpeach able character of the youthful jockey through the medium of the advertising columns of the Street Calendar. Such an exhibition of spite is unworthy of honourable men, and now that it is acknowledged that no censure whatever can attach to the lad, it is to be hoped he will be allowed to serve others as well and as zealously as he has hitherto served the pa trons of the Goodwood stable. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE We understand that the accomplished daughter of Rear-Ad miral the lion. F. F. Berkeley , C.B , M.P., one o f the Lords of the Admiralty, and niece of the Duke of Richmond, will be led to the hymeneal altar, on Saturday next, by Captain Armytage, of the Guards, son of Colonel Army. tap, late of the Grenadier Guards. . UN, LONDON, THURSDAY THE FRIMLEY MURDER. (From the Times.) The decision of the Government with reference to the fate of three of the principal actors in the Frimley tra gedy has relieved us from the necessity of any longer keeping silence on a subject which seems to call loudly for the animadversion of those whose duty it is to watch the administration of criminal justice. The Learned Judge who sentenced Levi Harwood and James Jones to death did not accompany his judgment with the usual announcement that the pri soners had no mercy to look for in this world. The matter, therefore, seemed to be left completely open to the discretion of the Secretary of State of the Home De partment; end we were unwilling, wbilesuch was the case, to invade, by any premature observations of our own, the awful prerogative of mercy which the constitution reposes in his hands. But now that the fate of these men has been decided, and the Secretary of State has come to what appears to us the just and reasonable con clusion, that the lives of the two crimina ls a re j ustl y forfeited to the law we feel it our duty to pre sent our view of the remarkable proceedings which have terminated in this result. After the mur der of the Rev. Mr. Holiest last autumn, our readers are aware that a prciclamation was issued, offering pardon and reward to any person who should make known the perpetrators of the crime; and to this general offer there was but a single exception—the person, namely, by whose hand Mr. Holiest met his death. Four persons were taken into custody on suspicion of having been engaged in the robbery and murder, property belonging to the deceased gentleman was found upon one of them, and a chain of circumstantial evidence con- Lectcd each of them with the other, and all of them with the crime. But the matter was not left to circumstantial evidence; a witness of the murder survived in the person of Mrs. Holiest—a lady whose testimony is entitled to the greatest weight from the extra ordinary courage and self-posses ion which she dis played throughout. She identified three of the men as concerned in the robbery—one, Levi Harwood, as having personally attacked her; another, Jones, as having been engaged in the scuffle with Mr. Holiest; and the third, Hiram Smith, as having fired the fatal shot. Under these circumstances an offer is made to confess, and made by the very person to whom the only evidence which was attainable pointed as being the one person exempted from the proclamation—the man who fired the fatal shot. Strange to say, this person was admitted as ap prover—that is as an accomplice who is to receive a pardon if he speak the truth, and whose evidence is only to be believed if corroborated in material points by the testimony of unexceptionable witnesses. What could induce the authorities to consider that Hiram Smith was a witness of truth we cannot imagine, nor from what quarter he was to receive the necessary corroboration, when as to the very matter on which his evidence was required he was contradicted by the only untainted wit ness who could be called. Hiram Smith had of course the strongest interest that man could have to shift the guilt of having fired the fatal shot from himself to Levi Harwood. Life, imptinity, and reward, would be the results of success, and death the punishment of failure. He did not come forward like an ordinary approver to detail a crime of which he had been a participator, but rather to exonerate himself and cast up on his accom plices the principal and prominent guilt in the transac tion. He was therefore triply discredited—first, as being a person, by his own confession, of infamous cha racter; secondly, as having, from the peculiar circum stances of the case, a strong interest to misrepresent the facts; and thirdly, as being contradicted by the only person, other than the criminals and their victim, who was present on the occasion. Under these circumstances he was admitted an approver, and the authorities thought fit to put forward his testimony as fitting ground for the jury to act upon in a question of life and death. We cannot imagine a more injudicious use of the power of admitting accomplicies to betray the secrets of their companions in crime. Perhaps it may be urged that the admitting an accomplice to give evidence is at all times a most unwelcome and distasteful expedient, only to be resorted to or justified by necessity, and that where that necessity exists such a practice tends to pre vent the perpetration of crime by sowing mutual dis trust among its perpetrators and by preventing their ulti mate impunity. We may grant this—but whore was the necessity here? In the first place the approver was, as we have shown, not likely to be believed, nor, indeed, deserving belief from a jury; and, in the next place, except as to the matter of the fatal shot and the incri mination of Samuel Harwood, he did not carry the case any further than the circumstantial evidence and the direct testimony of Mrs. Holiest. The result has proved that the admitting Hiram Smith as an approver was unnecessary, for the jury, totally disbelieving him and putting his evidence aside as of no value whatever, has yet found sufficient evidence to convict Harwood and Jones. The judge has not hesitated to sentence them on that evidence, and the Secretary of State is most properly about to suffer the law to take its course. The admission, therefore, of such a person as Hiram Smith as an approver, the placing him before a jury as a per son on whose evidence any one in any matter would be justified in reposing the slightest reliance, is a most de plorable error in itself, and one which in its consequences tends to bring contempt on the administration of justice, and has caused no little risk of defeating its ends alto gether. The jury having convicted Levi Harwood and James Jones, against whom there was other evidence than that of tha approver—having acquitted Samuel Harwood, against whom there was no sufficient evidence without that of the approver—and having distinctly recorded their conviction of the falsehood of the statement which transferred the guilt ef firing the shot from himself to Levi Harwood—the embarrassing question naturally arises, what is to be done with the approver? He has given at the trial substantially the same statement as that on the strength of which he was admitted as a witness for the Crown; and on the strength of his evidence he claims impunity and reward. He has done all that was expected from him, and if the judge and jury have been less credulous than the authorities who admitted him as a witness, that, he would doubtless urge, is their fault and not his. On the other hand, is it to be tolerated that because a man, in addition to the guilt of robbery and murder—a murder not consisting in construction of law, but as there is too much reason to believe, perpe trated by his own hand—lays upon his soul the addi tional guilt of perjury, he is therefore to escape the punishment which will overtake his guilty but less criminal accomplices? Surely not. Hiram Smith was admitted as an approver on the condition that he should give true evidence. The falsehood of his statement should have been seen through in the first instance; but because its manifest infirmities were overlooked it is not the less false. He claims the performance of the con tract, his own part of which he has signally failed to perform, and after the addition of perjury to his other crimes he has no right to complain if he were placed in a situation no worse than that which he would have oc cupied bad such perjury never been committed. It ap pears to us, therefore, quite fair that ho should be left to take his trial upon the same evidence as that which has convicted his accomplices, and we regard this course as the more necessary since, unless it be adopted, ' it will hardly be possible, without an apparent violation ' of distributive justice, to inflict upon those accomplices 1 that punishment which the law and the interest of 2 society alike require that they should undergo. It could never be tolerated that persons convicted only as princi pals in the second degree should suffer capital punish ,r went, while the person whom the same jury undoubtedly i would, had they had the opportunity, have convicted of being the actual perpetrator of the crime, should escape unscathed. It is a stern necessity which requires society - thus to vindicate its outraged rights, but it is a necessit y , 2 and the rule which that necessity prescribes must be ad ministered with no faltering hand. 0 - 4 PREPARATION AND BLEACHING ;0 OF FLAX. 3. We have had occasion so often to notice the useful 1 tendency of the scientific discourses at the Royal Poly -2 technic Institution that further comment would be un -3 necessary, but our attention has been specially directed V. to Mr. John H. Pepper's lecture on " the Preparation '• and Bleaching of Flax," which afforded much satisfac tion. The lecturer commenced his observations by speaking in the highest terms of the kind philanthropy of Mr. Beale Brown, who had at his own charge lectured at the Polytechnic, for the sole purpose of awakening in the minds of agriculturists a sense of the great value of the culture and growth of flax; that, about nine mil lions were paid annually to foreign countries for this article which we might very well raise ourselves. After a brief description of the preparation of the plant, a section of which might be described by three concentric circles, viz., the epidermis or outer bark, the liber or inner bark (wherein the fibre resides) called the heart, and centre circle, composed of woody matter, termed the boon; after explaining the:retting, rotting, or rusting:Abe breaking and scutching, and the heckling, the lecturer alluded to the various new chemical processes which had been devised to get rid of the troublesome operation of retting, and stated that a handsome fortune would re ward the discoverer of a new, complete, and expeditious plan of preparing the flax yarn; but care was required in all chemical processes to prevent the weakening or partial destruction of the fibre. All flax contained, how ever, colouring matter, which it was necessary,to:get rid of in the best kind of goods, white and fair linen of course being an absolute requisite of civilised life. Bleach ing agents might be considered under three heads-Ist, Absorptive agents, such as charcoal; 2d, Deoxydising or hydrogen giving agents, as in the preparation of white indigo by protoxide of iron; 3d, Oxydising agents, which were very numerous, and of these chlorine was the most valuable. After alluding to the first and second, which were not used for bleaching fabrics, the lecturer pro ceeded, by a number of experiments, to show the agency of chlorine. This important element was discovered by Scheele in 1774; but it was the celebrated French chemist Berthollet who who first thought of applying it to bleach cloth, and in 1787 Mr. Milne, of Aberdeen, and the celebrated Watt introduced it into the bleach fields of England. In 1798 Mr. Tennant discovered that the alkaline earths, such as lime or barytes, might be united with chlorine, and serve the same purpose. From that period chloride of lime has been manufactured on an enormous scale, and is used for bleaching in large quantities. Some flax was now rapidly deprived of colours by chloride of lime, the lecturer explaining that the lecture-table process would be too quick for useful purposes, and rotted or destroyed the ilex. Six weeks were usually required, and some idea could be formed of the value of chlorine when it hod been stated that as much cloth could be bleached in six weeks on a 100 square yards as was formerly conducted on 100 acres in six months. 22 distinct operations were counted by the lecturer as required for bleaching cotton, which only lost one twentieth of its weight E whilst from thirty to forty were necessary for linen goods, and they lost one-third during the processes. Mr. Pepper observed, that the philo sophy of bleaching depended on the evolution of oxygen, and a conclusive experiment was finally shown, in which dry chlorine did not bleach, whilst the damp gas in• stantly removed the colour, the decomposition of water supplying the oxygen gas. PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS. From the tes and,Proceedings of the Howe of Commons ) •-- WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9. SMITHFIELD ENLARGEMENT BILL. Order for Second Reading read; Motion made, and Ques tion proposed, " That the Bill be now read a second time :" Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day six months." Question put, "That the word' now' stand part of the question. ,, The House divided : MINORITY—AYES. 121. Arkvrright, George Forester, G. C. Morris, David Baird, James Fox, R. M. Mullings, J. li. Bankes, George Proven, C. IS. Newport, Viscount Barnard, E. G. Galiwey, Sir W. P. Noel, Gerald J. Barron, W. H. Gibson, T. M. O'Brien, Sir Lucius Beresford, William Gilpin, it. T. O'Flaherty, Anthony Blackstone, W. Gooch, E. S. Osborne, Ralph Blair, Stephen Gould, Wyndham Parke, C. W. Blake, M. J. Milford, Sir,lienry Palmer, Robert Blimdford, Marquis Halsey, T. P. Fechell, Sir G. Boldtso, George 11. Hamilton, G. A, Reid, Colonel Brooke, Sir A. B. Ilastie, Alexander Renton, John C. Bramston, T. W. Henley, J. W. Reynolds, John Brocklehurst, John Hervey, Lord A. Rice, E. It. Buller, Sir Y. Hildyard, T. B. T. Richards, Richard Bunbury, W. Ilindley_Charles Rushout, Captain Burghley, Lord Hornby, John Scott, Francis Barroughes, 11. N. Hudson, George Seymer, H. K. Chaplin, W. J. Hume, J. Sidney, Alderman Chatterton, Colonel Ilumphery, Ald. ' Smollett, A. Cobboid, J. C. Inglis, Si R. Stafford, Augustus Cocks, T. i. Jerilyn, Earl Stanley, Edward Coles, 11. B. Johnstone, Sir J. Stanley, E. 11. Copeland, Ald. Jollitle, Sir W. H. Siephenson, Reinert Cubitt, William Jones, Captain Thornhill, George Currie, 11. King, P. J. Tyler, Sir G. Davies, D. A. Knightley, Sir C. Vesey, Thomas ' Deedes, W. Knox, Colonel Wyse, R. 11. D'Eyncourt, C. T. Lacy, 'H. C. Waddington; David Duncan, Lord Lennoi, Lord A. Waddington, H. S. Duncombe, T. Lennox, ,Lord G. IL Wakley, Thomas Duncombe, A. Locke, Joseith Wall, C. B. Duncombe, 0. Lockhart, A. E. Walmsley, Sir Y. Dundas, George Lockhart, W. Williams, John Dunne, Colonel Lygon, General Williams, W. Du Pre, C. George , Mackenzie, W. F. Willoughby, Sir IL Edwards, Henry Mackie, John Wortley, J. S. Evans, Sir De Lacy Macaghten, Sir E. Wynn, H. W. Evans, John • : M`Gregor, John Evelyn, William J. Hagan, W. H. Farnham, E. B. ' Maher, N. Filiner, Sir E. Maunsell, T. P. Forbes, William Meux, Sir Henry TTLLSIta. D u ke, ar James biasterman, J. MAJORITY-NOES, 246. --- - Adana, Sir T. D. Floyer, John .Norreys, Lord Adair, Hugh E. Foley, J. H. Norreys, Sir D. Adair, R. Shafto Fordyce, A. D. O'Brien, J. Aglionby, 11. Forster, Matthew O'Connell, John. A.nstey, T C. Fortescue, Chichester O'Connell, M. O. Armstrong, Sir A. Fortescue, J. W. Ogle, S. C. Arundel, Earl of Fox, W. J. Ord, W. Ashley, Lord Freestun, Colonel Ossulston, Lord Bagge, W. Fuller, A. E. Oswald, Alexander Bagshaw, John Glyn, G. C. Owen, Sir John Baillie, 11. J. Goddard, A. L. Paget, Lord A. Baines, M. T. Grattan, Henry Paget, Lord Clarence Baldock, E. H. Greene, John Pakington, Sir John Baring, Sir F. Greene, Thomas Parker, John Barrington, 'Viscount Grenfell, C. Pascoe Perfect, R. Bass, M. T. Grenfell, Charles W. Peto, Samuel Bell, Jacob Grey, Sir G. Pilkington, James Bellew, R. M. Grey, Ralph W. Plumptre, J. P. Benbow., John Grosvenor, Lord R. Fonsouby, C. F. Berkeley, Admiral Guest, Sir John Portal, Melville Berkeley, Henry F. Gwyn, Howel Power, Dr. Berkeley, C. L. Hall, Sir B. Price, Sir Robert Bernal, Ralph Hallyburton, Lord Pugh, David Birch, Sir T. Hanmer, Sir J. Itawdon, Colonel Bowles, Admiral Harcourt, G. G. Ricardo, Osman Boyle, Colon& Hardcastl J. A. Rich, Henry Brine, M. Harris, Captain Hominy, Colonel Brockman, E. D. Harris, Richard Hominy, Sir John Brotherton, Joseph Hatchell, John Russell, Lord J. Brown, W. Hawes, Benj. Russell, E.' Bruce, C. L. C. Hayter, W. G. SalweY,,Colonel Buck, L.tW, Heald, James Sandars, George • Bunbury, E. H. Heathcoat, John Sanders, Joseph Burrell, Sir C. Henry, Alexander Seymour, H. D. Cabbell, B. B. Herbert, Sidney Seymour, Lord Campbell, W. F. Harwood, James Shafto, R. D. Cardwell, Edward Heyworth, Lawrence Sibthorp, Colonel Carew, W. I'. Higgins, G. G. Simeon, John Carter, J. B. llildyard, R. C. Smith, J. A. Caulfeild, J. M. Hill, Lord E. Smith, John B. Cavendish, C. C. Hill, Lord M. Smyth, John George Cavendish, GAL Hobhouse, T. B. Somerset, Captain Charter.s, Francis Hodgson, W. N. Somerville, Sir W. Childers, J. W. Hollond, Robert Spearman, U. J. Clay, James Hope, Henry T. Stanford, J. F. Clay, Sir W. • Hope, Alexander Stanley, W.O. Clerk, Sir 0. Horsmo.n, Edward Stanton, W. S. Clifford, H. M. Howard, E. G. Strickland, Sir G. Clive, 11. B. Howard, P. H. Stuart, Lord J. Cochrane, A. D. Hutchins, E. J. Stuart, H. Cockburu, Sir A. Hutt, William Stuart, John Coke, Edward K. Jocelyn, Viscount Sutton, J. H. Colebrooke, Sir T. Kershaw, James Tancred, H. W. Colvile, C. R. Knox, W. S. Tenison, E. K. Compton, 11. C. Labouchere, Henry Thicknesse, R. A. Corbally, M. E. Langston, J. H. Thompson, Colonel Cowan, Charles Lascelles, W. S. Thornely, Thomas Cowper, W. F. Lawless, Cecil Tollemache, John Craig, Sir W. G. Legh, G. C. Towneley, John Dalrymple, Captain Lennard, T. B. Townshend, Captain Darner, Colonel Lewis, 0. C. Traill, George Dawson, T. V. Long, W. Trevor, G. R. Denison, J. E. Lopes, Sir Ralph Tafnell, H. Dick, Quintin Mackinnon, W. A. Verner, Sir W. Divett, E. M'Neill, Duncan Verney, Sir H. Douglas, Sir C. 111`Taggart, Sir J. Vivian, J. H. Drummond, Home Mahon, Viscount Walpole, Spencer Drummond, Henry Mandeville, Viscount Walleye, J. Duckworth, Sir J. Marsh-11, J. G. Wawn, J. T. Duncan, George Matheson, air J. Wegg-Prosser, F. Duncurt, John Matheson, Colonel Welby, 0. E. Dundas, Sir D. Mollie, Fox Wigram, L. T. Ellice, Edward Melgund, Viscount Willcox, Brodie Ellice, E., jun. Miles, William Wilson, James Ellis, John Monsell, William Wilson, Matthew Elliot, John E. Moody, C. A. Wodehouse, E. Emlyn, Viscount Morison, Sir W. Wood, Sir Charles Evans, William Mostyn, E. Wood. W. F. Ewart, William Mowatt, Francis Wyvill, M. Fellowes, E. Mulgrave, Earl Yorke, E. T. Ferguson, Colonel Mundy, William TELLERS. Fitzpatrick, J. W. Naas, Lord Christopher, It. A. Fitzwilliarn, G. W. Napier, Joseph Fitzroy, Henry SMITHFIELD MARKET REMOVAL BILL; Order for Second Reading read ; Motion made and Ques , tion put, "That the Bill be now read a second time." Th! House divided : MAJORITY—AYES, 230. Acland, Sir T. Evans, William Morison, Sir W. Adair, Hugh E. Evart, William Mostyn, E. M. L. Adair, It. A. Fello w es, Edward Mowatt, Francis Aglionby, 11. A. Fitzroy, lion. 11. Mulgrave, Earl Ansley, Thomas Fitzwilliam, G. W. Mundy, William Arbialmott, lion. H. Floyer, John Mure, Colonel Armstrong, Sir A. Foley, J. H. Napier Joseph Arundel, Earl of \ Fordyce, A. D. Norreys, Lord Ashley, Lord Forster, M. O'Connell, M. J. Bagge, William Fox, W. J. Ossulton, Lord Baines, M. T. Frecstun, Colonel Oswald, A. Baillie, li. J. Fuller, A. E. Packe, C. W. Baldoek, E. 11. Gilpin, Colonel Pakington, Sir J. Baring, Sir F. T. Glyn, G. C. Parker, John Barnard, E. G. Goddard, A. L. Perfect, Robert Barrington, Viscount Gordon, Admiral Peto, Samuel Bass, M. T. Greenall, G. Pilkington, James Bell, Jacob Greene, John Plumptre, J. P. Bellew, B. M. Greene, Thomas Portal, Melville Berkeley, 11. F. Grenfell, C. Pascoe Power, Dr. Berkeley, C. L. G. Grey, Sir George Price, Sir R. Bernal, Ralph Guest, Sir John Pugh, David Birch, Sir T. Hall, Sir B. Rawdon, Colonel Blair, Stephen Hall, Colonel Ricardo, Osman Blandford, Marquis Hallyburton, Lord Rich, Henry Booker, T. W. Hanmer, Sir John Robartes, T. J. A. Bowles, Admiral Hardcastle, J.:A. Romilly, Colonel Boyle, Colonel Harris, Captain Romilly, Sir J. Braniston, T. W. Harris, Richard Rushout, Captain Brisco, M. Hawes, B. Russell, Lord John Brockman, E. D. Heald, James Russell, Edward S. Brotherton, J. Ileatlicoat, John Russell, F. C. Bruce, C. L. C. Henry, Alexander Salwey, Colonel Bunbury, E. H. Herbert, Sidney Sanders, G. , Burrell, Sir C. Heywood, James Seyikter, 11. K. Burroughes, H. N. Heyworth, L. Seymour, H. D. Cabbell, B. B. Biggins, George Seymour. Lord Campbell, W. F. Hildyard, B. C. Slaney, It."A. Cardwell, Edward Hill, Lord E. Smith, John Abel Carew, W. H. I'. Hill, Lord Marcus Smith, J. B. Carter, J. B. Hindley, Charles brnyth, J. G. Cavendish, C. C. Hobhouse, T. B. Somerset, Captain Cavendish, G. 11. Hodgson, W. R. Somerville, Sir W. Charteris. Francis Holland, Robert Sotheron, T. H. S. Christopher, R. Hope, A. Spearman, H. J. Clay, James , Howard, , ,E. G. Stanford, J. F. Clay, Sir W. Howard, I'. 11. Stanley, E. 11. Clerk Sir G. Hate'nell, John Stanley, W. 0. Clive, It. B. Hutt, William Stanton, W. H. Cockburn, Sir A. Jermyn, Earl Strickland, Sir G. Cocks, T. S. Labouchere, Henry Stuart, Lord J. Coke, Hon. E. K. Lacy, 11. C. Stuart, H. Colebrooke, Sir T. Langston, J. IL Tancred, 11. W. Colvile, C. R. Lascelles, W. S. Tenison, Edward K. Corbally, M. E. Lawless, Cecil 7 hickneme, R. A. Cowan, Charles Legh, G. C. Thompson, Colonol Cowper, W. F. Leonard. T. B. Thornely, T. Craig, Sir W. G. Lennox, Lord A. Tollemache, John Dalrymple, Captain Lewis, G. C. Talhell, Henry Darner, Colonel Lindsay, Colonel Tyler, Sir G. Davies, D. A. S. Lockhart, A. E. Vane, Lord 11. Dawson, T. V. g, W. Verner, Sir, W. . Denison,"J. E. Lopes, Sir Ralph Verney Sir H. Divett, Edward Mackie, John Vivian, J. 11. Douglas, Sir C. Mackinnon, W. Walpole, S. II Drummond, Henry M`Neill, Duncan Wawn, J. T. Drummond, Home Mahon, Viscount Welby, G. E. Duckworth, Sir J. Mandeville, Viscount Willcox Brodie Duncan, George Marshall ' ,J. oti. Wilson, Matthew Duncuft, John Marshall, W. Wodehouse,Echnund Dundas, Sir David Matheson, Sir J. Wood, Sir Charles Edwards, henry Matheson, Colonel Wood, W. P. Egerton, 51r I'. Maule, Fox Wyvill, Marmadake Egerton, W. T. Melgund, Viscount Young, Sir John Ellice, Edward Miles, William TELLE3II. Ellice, E., jun. Moffatt, George Ellis, John Monsell, William Grey, R. W. I Elliot, John Moody, C. A. . Haytcr, W. G. 40 --------. _ _ MINORITY-NOES, 65. Arkwright, George Filmer, Sir E. Muntz, G. F. Baird. James Forbes, William O'Brien Sir Lucius Barrow, W. 11. Gallwey, Sir W. P. O'Connell, John Blake, M. J. Gooch, E. S. O'Flaherty, Antkony Boldero, Henry nalsey, T. P. Osborne, Ralph Breeklehurst, J. Hamilton, G. A. Pechell, Sir G. Sunbury, William Hastie, Alexander Renton, J. C. Burghley, Lord Henley, J. W. Reynolds, John Chaplin, W. J. Hildyard, T. B. Richards, Richard Chatterton, Colonel Hernby, John Scott, F. Christy, Samuel Hudson, G. Smollett, A. Coles, 11. R. Inglis, Sir R. H. Stafford, Augustus Copeland, Alderman Keogh, William Taylor, Thomas E. Cubitt, William Knightley, Sir C. Vesey, Hon. T. Devereux, J. T. Lennox, Lord H. G. Wakley, T. Duke, Sir James Lockhart, W. Walmaley, Sir J. Duncombe, T.; Mackenzie, W. F. Williams, John Duncombe, A. Megan, W. 11. Willoughby, Sir H. Duncembe, 0. Maher, N. Wortley, J. 8 Dundas, George Masterman, John Du Pre, C. G. Mitchell, T. A. Evans, Sir De Lacy Moore, George 11. Evelyn, W. J. Mullings, J. R. TELLER& Sidney, Alderman Hume, Joseph BANK OF EN GLAND,-.4 Court of Proprietors was held yesterday for the election of directors. The pro ceedings commenced at ten o'clock, and at four' o'clock the following gentleman were declared duly elected :—Thomas Baring, Esq., Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq., Edward Henry Chapman, Esq., Robert Wigram Crawford, Esq., William Cotton, Esq., Benjamin Buck Greene, Esq., John Oliver Hanson, Esq., John Benjamin Heath , sq., irk'man D. Hodgson, Esq., Henry Lancelot Holland, Esq., Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq., Charles Frederick Huth, Esq., Alfred Latham, Esq., George Lyall, jun., Esq., Thomas Al asterman, Esq., Alexander Matheson, Esq., James Morris, Esq., George Warde Norman, Esq., John Horsley Palmer, Esq., Sir John. Henry Pelly, Bart., Henry James Prescott, Esq., Thomas Ch ar les Smith, ,Esq., Thomas Matthias Weguelin, Esq., Francis Wilson, Esq. TY roGRAPHICAL CUIIIOSIM-I\re have been shown a very interesting specimen of typographical ingenuity—an architectural elevation of the Free Church College on the Mound, composed wholly of moveable types. The effect, at a little distance, is that of a wood-cut or engraving, and, considering the nature of the materials, is really wonderful. The work, which is to be forwarded to the Great Exhibition, is the production of Mr. R. Ramsey, a compositor in one of the newspaper offices in town.—EdinburghCourant. A well-known impostor, named Evan Griffin, WAS yesterday committed from the Marylebone Police-court for a month for Bhammiug Ata Li the atm& EVENING, APRIL 10, 1851, THE QUARTERLIES. THE ZOI ST for April. No. The present number of the Zoist contains two most interesting cases of the cure of tetanus or lock-jaw in horses by means of mesmerism. These cases are so important that we make no apology for giving them entire. The cases are communicated by Dr. Elliot son. The first case is by Mr. H. S. Thompson, of Fairfield, near York, the other is by Mr. South, veterinary surgeon, New Bond-street. MR. TROMPSON'S CASE. " Understanding that a case of lock-jaw or tetanus in a horse has been successfully treated by Mr. Amor, of Bond.street, I have thought that an account of a case of lock-jaw in a horse, treated by myself, several years ago, and in which the animal recovered, may not be altogether uninteresting. " A valuable yearling colt was suddenly seized with lock-jaw. As I was from home, staying at a friend's house in the neighbourhood, my groom immediately dispatched a messenger to inform me, and in the mean time aunt for a veterinary surgeon. I arrived a few minutes after the veterinary surgeon, and asked him what treatment he prcposed. He said bleeding, and, if possible, giving calomel and opium: if he could not get anything down the throat, then to give it injections in the first place of oil and opium. I next asked him if ho had seen many instances of tetanus. He answered that he had seen many. • How many had he cured?' • None!!' I then told him, as that was the case, I should prefer killing the colt my own way; and I immediately set two men to work, one on each side, to rub the animal from the head to the tail with a piece of flannel steeped in oil, hartshorn, and camphorated spirits, and to make the friction as light and as rapid as possible over the animal. When the men were tired, I put two others to take their places. I had the satisfaction in two hours of finding the animal could turn his head slightly, and that it could separate its teeth about half an inch. This process was continued for several hours, and there was a further improvement. I then ordered some sheep to be brought up, and two to be killed every two or three hours, and their warm skins to be wrapt round the body and neck, and partially over the head. The colt the next day could move about, bend his neck, and drink freely. I continued this treatment for two days, i. e., friction and sheep skins, and at the end of a week a slight stiffness only in the limbs was observable; but the eyes were still turned up and drawn inwards. The friction was still persevered with for an hour or so each day, and the animal kept warm. The last thing that got quite right was the direction of the eyes. It was nearly five or six weeks before they looked quite natural. The colt got perfectly well; I sold it for a good price, wind it won several races afterwards. Its name was Cable, by Sheet Anchor. At the time I pursued this treatment with the colt I was altogether ignorant of the benefit of mesmeric manipulations, though I had been long aware of the great use of friction and animal heat in cases of strains, rheumatic affections, and swelling of the joints and limbs. " The first time that I witnessed the good effects of animal heat in recent strains was when I was quartered with my regiment in Ireland. A horse I was training sprained the fetlock so severely that it could scarcely put its foot to the ground, and the joint was much swollen. I was recommended by an old man, who had had great experience with horses, to apply a lamb skin hot from an animal recently killed, The effect was al most immediate; the horse very soon appearing free from pain: and with no other applications than fresh skins, and light friction, it was soon quite sound again. The application of a sheep skin, warm from the animal, in cases of strains, or rheumatic affections of the loins and back of a horse, is a very old and common remedy with country farriers; and I know of none so efficacious. The skin is generally left on until it becomes offensive: but I am convinced, from experiments which I have wit nessed, that the application of fresh skins is far more effective. Of the use of friction every horse owner is aware. After severe work, or when the legs are at all swollen, hand-rubbing is the usual and constant practice of all good grooms; and I have often seen hard swel lings removed by the use only of constant friction with the hand. H. S. TMOMPSON. " Fairfield, near York, Feb. 28, 1851. "CASE BY MR. 110IITH. " Sir,—l hope you will excuse the liberty I have taken in writing to you respecting the case of tetanus that you saw at my Infirmary. Should you, Sir, con sider this case worthy of forwarding to the Zoist I shall be very happy. Your obedient servant, S. "To Dr. Elliotson. G. SOUTB, v . " On the 25th Dec., 1840, I was sent for to see a horse that was very ill, and on my arrival I found him suffering with a general spastic rigidity of the muscles; the jaws were completely closed. I had him removed to my Infirmary with the intention of Carrying out the new views on the subject; and, if possible, to put him into a comatose or sleepy s ta te. Having had the oppor tunity of seeing the operation of mesmerism in the human subject, and with a satisfactory result, I con cluded that some relief might be given to the horse; and, with the kind assistance of Mr. Amor and a fried, we commenced our operation at 5 o'clock re.ar., and con tinued till 12 r.m., and during the latter part of the time be was sleepy, frequently nodding his head, and nearly falling. We made passes with contact from the back of his head to his tail, and down his face. "26th, 8 AM. I recommenced my former treatment with the assistance of Mr. Amor and my assistant; we kept at him until 11 P.N. At 6 P.M. I was visited by Dr. Ashburner and Mr. Amor, who kindly assisted in the operation. '27th. Treatment continued to 31st; water well mes merised, and likewise gruel, were frequently offered, but ho was unable to partake of the slightest quantity. " Jan. Ist. Treatment continued; and oefore leaving him two quarts of water were strongly mesmerised, and drunk by him. " 2d. Treatment continued. " 3d. Ditto, ditto; symptoms better; not so much rigidity of the muscles or excitement; and with great difficulty ho partook of a little hay. There was thus decided improvement on the 9th day; and from this time he continued to mend. " 4th. Symptoms batter; treatment was persevered in. and he steadily improved, so that on the 25th Feb. I sent him home perfectly well. "*,* Those who thought Miss Martineau mad for de claring she cured a cow may ponder on these two cases, and begin to remember that cows, horses, and other brutes, are, like us, flash and blood, and brain and nerves; and, like ug, eat, drink, and feel, and walk, and above all things take physic like ourselves with advan tage.—Jome ELLIGTSoi. Dr. Elliotson might have added that in cases of animals the opponents of mesmerism are precluded from repeating the old exploded libels of collusion and imposture, with which they were wont to greet both mesmeriser and mesmerisee, when any mani festation of the curative powers of mes merism took place in the human subject. They cannot treat these horses as they endeavoured to treat poor James Wombwell, who had his leg am putated without feeling it whilst in a state of mes meric sleep, in 1842, and who has been the object of the unceasing persecution of certain parties ever since_ They have not scrupled to forge pretended con fessions in his name. The whole history of this dis graceful affair is given in the present number of the Zoist. Colonel Davidson contributes some interest ing illustrations of mesmerism in the native human and brute inhabitants of India, attributing to the stare of the tiger and of the serpent mesmeric effects by which they produce coma in their victims before they seize them ; and Sir Charles Isham relates some curious in stances of spectral, visual, and acoustic illusions. Mr. Lloyd, of Naburn,near York, relates an interesting case of tetanus in a youth successfully treated with mesme rism, from which it appears that this usually fatal disease readily yielded to mesmeric treatment. Among the curiosities of mesmerism may be mentioned the report of Dr. Motherwell, of Melbourne, in Austra lia, of a clairvoyante who traced the whole course of Sir John Franklin. The paper was communicated to Dr. Ellietson, who transmitted it to the Zoist, with a request that only a portion of it should be published at present. The following is the report : "Friday evening, Ist October, 1850.—A letter writ ten by Sir John Franklin, in 1838, was placed in the hands of a clairvoyante by Dr. - Motherwell. She said that she saw the writer in Hobart Town, the place where that letter was written; and upon being requested to trace the writter from thence, she described with com plete accuracy several events in Sir John Franklin's life an the Australian colonies, and ultimately followed him to England. She then commenced following him upon his expedition to the North Pole: and the following is substantially and nearly verbatim the account which she gave from time to time of the expedition : "'I see the vessel Sir John Franklin is in; there are other vessels with him; they are all starting together. I think there are three or four of them, and they are sailing now: they are passing land just now which is very high. Shall I follow the vessel Sir J. F. is in, because they are beginning to separate? (Told to fol low the vessel.) I see land now; it is very low, and seems inhabited by natives who are quite astonished and are running down to look. The vessels are beginning to come near each other now, and I see floating in the sea those large white cliffs; they are icebergs. • • • " I forward the whole MS. t o the editers of the joist, but request that the rest may not be published at pre sent; for it by no means follo ws that, because those parts of her enunciation whi ch can be at present vellr are perfectly correct, be, the remainder what is equallyknown t t o o . Indeed the case may n reg ard to wh mast a be correct, cerebral sympathy rather than clairvtoyance. The best clairvoyants wander egregious y, an . d he pr . e- Ib r • cumstance she is to a certainty incorrect. e ieve sent, however gifted, is no exception, because in one car clairvoyance; but I place implicit re lance in no clair generally. more error than aeon voyant; and, as there is racy I in the whole clairvo)ance of every person, however minute and abundant the accuracy, shall defer publi cation of the remainder till we have tidings of Sir John F ra nklin and can verify her statements.—J.ELLloTSON,' ianiel 1 THE FARMERS' Contains a masa of interesting bucolic matter, and is illustrated by two admirably executed engravings, the subject of the first plate being a grey"horse, " Lincoln," the property of Mr. Charles Poulton, of Reading, to which was awarded the first prize in class 3 at the meet ing of Royal Agricultural Society of England, held at Exeter in July last year, as the best roadster. The se cond is the portrait of a long-woolled ram, belonging to Mr. W. Game, of Aldesworth, in Gloucestershire, for which the first prize was awarded at the same meeting; and a noble-looking animal he must be, judging from the picture. EAST Houss.—Yeaterday a ball o t was taken S E P a i st India House for the election of six directors, thein a t thei room of Mr. William Butterworth Bayley, Mr. Rus sell Ellice, Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., Mr. Ross Donnelly Mr. John Masterman, M.P., and Major John l'Airatnhgulresilßolge,' who go out by rotation. At six o'clock the glasses were closed and delivered to the scrutineers, who re ported tlpit 'the election had fallen on Mr. John Cotton, Mr. John Loch, Mr. Charles Milk Mr. Wm. Henry Chicheley Plowden, M.P., Mr. Henry Shank, and Mr. Henry St. Geo. Tucker. A Court of Directors was also held at the East India House, when the thanks of the Court were voted una nimously to Mr. John Shepherd (Chairman), and Sir James Weir Hogg, M.P. (Deputy Chairman), for their great appli cation and attention to the af f airs of the East India Com pany during the past year. We are requested to contradict, on authority, the statement that " the elder brother of the Bishop of Oxford bad been received into the Church of ROM a few days . MAGAZINES, &c.-(CONTINUED.) 1 SHIPPING. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. i Returns have been published relative to th e s hippi n g ! Four articles in the present number are devoted to the registered during the year ending December 31, 1850. review of worles the recent publication of which has ex- In England the number of sailing-vessels registered cited attention in the reading world. Of the graphic was as follows:-Under 50 tons 6,675, tonnage 202,424; volumes of the gallant Major Edwardes it is happily ob- above 50 tons 11,718, tonnage 2,410,160. In Scotland served, "All is written in a plain, unpretending, straight- 1,278 sailing-vessels under 50 tons were registered, forward, military style; by no means deficient in either amounting in tonnage to 38,531; and above 50 tons 2,154, elegance or force of diction, and perfectly intelligible in equal to a total tonnage of 452,864. In Ireland the every line. We are not mystified by affectation, or any numbers were 1,057 under 50 tons, tonnage 29,570; exuberant display of Eastern metaphor, phraseology, or above 50 tons 1,098, tonnage 204,183. In the Isle of Man nomenclature; there is no studied exhibition of oriental the sailing-vessels registered were, under 50 tons 315, learning, to render a glossary indispensable at the end tonnage 7,471; above 50 tons 37, tonnage 2,815. In of ever)? sentence. We meet with no abuse of Guernsey under 40 tons 31, tonnage 949; above 50 any one, no undue assumption of exclusive per- tons 110, tonnage 15,547. In Jersey, under 50 tons 158, sonal superiority; but a disposition to do justice to all tonnage 3,881; above 50 tons 188, tonnage 28,396. The parties concerned, in a simple narrative of events. steam- vessels registered were-in England 470 under The author is evidently of a buoyant, happy, contented 50 tons, total burden 11,423; above 50 tons 425, total temperament, and wishes to render his readers as happy burden 97,253; in Scotland 38 under 50 tons, total bur ns himself. Young and successful, he looks on the den 1,064; above 50 tons 131; total burden 29,763; in bright side of life's picture, and casts its shadows. All Ireland 12 under 50 tons, total burden 398; above 50 this is wholesome and invigorating, and when we close tons 102, total burden 27,281; in the Isle of Man and the volumes, so far from being wearied by their perusal, the Channel Islands 7 steamers above 50 tons were re we• feel sorry they are not longer." T h e republication gistered, amounting in tonnags to 1,130. of the works of the deathless Bunyan, the all but inspired The number of vessels that entered and cleared coast author of the most sublime and beautiful allegory ever wise, including their repeated voyages, is thus enema penned by man, is admirably noticed; so aro Lord Elks. rated :-Inwards-In England 101,361 sailing-vessela, mere's edition of Ainares " History of the War of the Ski_ tonnage 8,009,681, and 10,782 steamers, tonnage liars Vespers," and " Roche's Vanities of Literature." 2 ,313,664; in Scotland, 16,766 sailing-vessels, ton- On the latter, the delightful and rare work of the nage 1,042,971, and 4,467 steamers, tonnage 983,760; , Octogenarian of Cork, wo could dwell at length with 'u 4 340 Ireland, steamers, tonnage 1,303,489 ; in the 16,403 sailing-vessels, tonnage 1,191 ; 243, of M pleasure, did our limits at present permit it. and Sir John Stevenson, whose name will go down to isle an 1,337 sailing vessels, tonnage 40,094, and posterity linked with the great lyrist to whose ~ _ 225 steamers,3 tonnage 35,448. Outwards-In England verse he wedded the exquisite strains of the 11' ,07 9 ,Wiling, an d 10,447 steam - vessels. tonnage Green Isle, is commemorated in a well-penned memoir, 124,131, i and 2,264,026. In S co tl an d 17,322 sa ili ng accompanied by a full-length etching of the friend and and 8 4.603 st lm-vessels, tonnage 1,028,376 and coadjutor of Thomas Aloore. " Maurice Tierney" finds 1,01 ,634. In e lreland 7,360 sailing and 4,534 steam himself unexpectedly transported to the banks of the vessels, tonnage 438,532 an d 1,338,732. I n the I sle of St. Lawrence. " A Yarn a b o ut our Forefathers" opens Man 740 sailing and 172 steam-vessels, tonnage 19,621 a most amusing history of a f a mily resident in " the and 24,517. of sailin g good old times" in the western city of Skibbereen, la The mo v ement vessels engaged the colonial superba; and in " Leaves from the Portfolio of a trade in our ports was as follows :-England, 4,264 British M vessels entered inward, tonnage, 'Manager," we have a delightful gossip on the dramatic 1,258,478, and 214 productions of Joanna Baillio. Jonathan Freke Slingaby foreign, tonnage 72,171; cleared outwards, 3,912 is glorious this month, in his version of the " Hymn of British, tonnage 1,135,734; and 233 foreign, toa st. Patrick," " The Lover's Complaint," " Love in nage 73,233; Scotland entered inward s , 514 B r i t i s h Reality," and "The Bachelor's Memories"-the last an and 8 foreign,: tonnag e 178,574 and 3 ,778; cleared exquisite' ballad. In the third mentioned of these lays outwards, 508 British, 12 foreign, tonnage 171,626 occurs the following enigmatic, clue to the name of the and 3 , 029 ; Ireland entered inwards 318 British and bard's " Fayre Ladye," and although he states that- 15 foreign, tonnage 90,012 and 6,129; cleared outwards " Not one in a thousand that try will make out of it 248 British and 57 foreign, tonnage 68,626 and 16,082; The name of the maid most beloved of his heart," Isle of Man and Channel Islands entered 30 British Yes we commit it to the investigation and ingenuity of our sell and no foreign, tonnage 4,004; cleared 73 British, readers. He thus propoundeth:- tonnage 9,482. The total number of steam-vessels en " And now to conclude with a stiffish conundrum- gaged in the colonial trade, entered inwards at our ports, A part of the stern of a boat o'er the wave, was 399, tonnage 73,249, and of those cleared outwards Seven hazels whose barren twigs cast no fruit under 'em, 369, tonnage 72,267, all being British vessels. Is the name of the fair one who holds me a slave." The number of sailing-vessels engaged in foreign trade which entered inwards and cleared outwards at our ports (including repeated voyages) is as follows:--• . England entered inwards 10,811 British vessels and 11,244 foreign, tonnage 1,868,088 and 1,767,567; cleared outwards 11,076 British and 13,159 foreign. tonnage 2,110,924 and 2,041,295; Scotland entered 1,510 British and 1,834 foreign, tonnage 223,272 and 185,578; cleared 1,738 British and 1,799 foreign, tonnage 282,752 and 195,793; Ireland entered 1,016 British and 871 foreign, tonnage 155,000 and 169,288; cleared 4 33 British and 704 foreign, tonnage 96,497 and 130,588; Isle of Man and Channel Islands entered 1,148 British and 330 foreign, tonnage 43,529 and 24,720; cleared 1,230 British and 278 foreign, ton• nage 40,260 and 19,709. The steam-vessels entered and cleared at our ports to and from foreign porta were r -Inwards, 3,877 British, and 959 foreign; tonnage, 853,520 and 204,759; outwards, 3,705 British, and 936 foreign; tonnage, 803,919 and 202,133. These numbers exclude the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The first receive no steamers engaged in foreign trade, and for the latter the numbers are 194 British and 9 foreign entered, tonnage 18,430 and 639; cleared 195 British, 6 foreign, tonnage 18,593 and 355. The number of sailing vessels built and registered during 1850 was 610 timber. tonnage 117,033 and 11 iron, tonnage 2,078; and of steam-vessels 18 timber, tonnage 3,862; and 50 iron, tonnage 10,722. There were sold and transferred 2,261 sailing and 95 steam-vessels, amounting in tonnage respectively to 351,012 and 15,148. The number of British vessels wrecked was 692, tonnage 127,188, four of which were steamers, whose total burden amounted to 1,462; and there were broken up 119 sailing-vessels, amounting in burden to 4,850 tons, and 10 steamers, the tonnage of which equalled 946. The number of colonial-built vessels registered in the ports of the United Kingdom was 33, amounting In burden to 19,382. The colonies furnishing them were Newfoundland, Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Soot* and Prince Edward's Island. There were also 57 foreign built vessels registered in our ports, amounting in ton nage to 10,499. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON ♦ND NORTH-WRSTERN RAILWAY.—Return Of Traffic for the week ending April 6 : Passengers. parcels, &c. £23,833 16 10 Merchandise ... ... 18,291 17 3 Cattle ... ... 901 17 9 Total ... £43,027 11 10 Corresponding week last year 44,019 13 8 Note.—The returns as published are exclusive of the traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, Nerth Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the North Staffordshire Company. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. (Miles open, 112.) Return of traffic for the week ending Ap-il 8: Railway and canal .- £4,813 0 0 Corresponding week last year ... 4,401 0 0 Note.—The above is exclusive of the receipts available under the agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company. LANCASWIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles operi.)— Traffic for week ending April 6 ....£15,154 9 3 Corresponding week in last year, (2 . ,4 miles open) .. ...£11,827 19 11 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—TraffiC for the week ending April 6 : MAIN LINZ. ... £90.4 14 5 ... 58 7 7 ... 468 10 2 ... ... 575 0 0 Passengers ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. Mails Total Passengers Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. Total ••• ••• ST/SIM-110AT%. Passengers •.• Parcels, H. C. and D. ... THE SPORTSMAN. Peep-o'-day Boy, the winner of the Cheater Cup in 1848, figures as the principal embellishment of the pre sent number, engraved by E. Hacker, from a painting by Harry Hall, of Newmarket, and is accompanied by a well•designed engraving by H. Beckwith, called " The Fox Hunter." Divers appropriate papers fill the pages of this well-conducted periodical, among which may be mentioned a contribution by Lord William Lennox on Captain Rous's book on the Laws and Practice of Horse Racing, with a slight memoir of the gallant author. CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. Under the instructions of the council of this increas ing institution„ the secretary, Mr. C. Manby, has pro• duced a catalogue of the works contained in its library up to the termination of the past year. Considerable pains and trouble must evidently have been bestowed by him in getting up a catalogue of engineering literature, displaying such excellence of arrangement and especial adaptation for reference on subjects connected with Civil Engineering. It is formed on a simple alphabetical system, giving, under the au thor's name, an entire transcript of the title-page of each work and tract, the subject entries being made as brief as possible, and the cross references being so multiplied, that scarcely any subject can escape unnoticed. The utmost attention appears to have been paid to collating the titles, and ensuring completeness, accuracy, and the avoidance of clerical errors. The publication of the present catalogue will prove of the utmost service to the institution, as tending to induce a presentation of any scientific and technical works which may be wanting to render the library complete. It is, indeed, highly sea sonable, and creditable both to the character of that ex cellent body and to Mr. Manby's own industry and faculty of lucid classification. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen will hold a Privy Council on Monday next, the 14th instant, at Buckingham Palace. Summonses were issued yesterday from the Privy Council-office, to the Minis ters and Officers of State. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the Prin cess Alice took a carriage drive yesterday. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Al fred, and the Princesses Helena and Louisa, took their ac customed exercise yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday at Buckingham Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, his Serene highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, .his Excellency Monsieur Van de Weyer (Belgian Minister), Monsieur de Mareacalchi (French Chargé d'Atlaires), Lady Fanny Howard, Viscount and Vis countess Barrington, the Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Colonel Hon. Charles and Mrs. Grey, and Sir Charles Lyall. Lord Lyttelton had an interview with Earl Grey yester day, at the Colonial-office. A deputation from the Institute of British Architects, con sisting of Mr. Fowler (Vice-President), Mr. Mocatta (Chair man of the Committee), and Messrs. Scoles and Nelson (Honorary Secretaries),ltad an interview with Lord Seymour esterday, at the Office of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in Whitehall-place. Lord Monteagle had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Down ing. street. The Oxford University Commission met yesterday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Down ing-street. Present, the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, J. L. Dampier, Esq., the Rev. Professor Powell, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (Secretary). THE FRENCH REFUGEES IN ENGLAND. We have been requested to publish the following letter:— " 71, Dean-street, Soho-square, London, April 7. " We, the undersigned French Republicans, refugees resi dent in London, lay before the English people the following declaration : " The expulsion of the Republican exiles from Switzerland on the threats of Russia, Austria, and Prussia is now sought to be accomplished, as regards England, by trickery on the part of these Powers. " But England, who had no idea of such a proceeding, would be in this case ruled by the foreign towers. " There is a coincidence, however, which is very remark able. At the moment when the Governments of Europe de mand of the British Cabinet that we shall be put out of the pale of humanity, the mercenary journals of the counter revolution in France redouble their accustomed violence against us; and two individuals (for diplomacy as not but official agents) unite to accuse us of the basest and most de testable designs. " Who aro these two individuals? One of them is a Frenchman, who is not a political refugee, although he has assumed that title, and whose coning to this country has not no is t to our knowledge been sat isfactoril y accounted for.. Tate i n dividual, after having ma de before a police magistr various allegations of a m ost odious character against us, has since, in an official examination made by order of theich supe w'h .de rior authorities, been oblige d to den y their truth, nial has been duly recorded in a former report addressed to the Government. " The other is a native of this country, who has forfeited the confidence of the political party whose cause be pretends to espouse, and who seeks to recover his lost popularity by exatting among the masses old and nearly forgotten internal. tional hatreds. The antecedents of this individual were, however, so well known to us that not one among us would enter into any communication with him, notwithstanding which is otwithstandin n g o all the advances he has made to that effect, doubt our inexpiable crime in his eyes ; but the English pub lic will have no difficult in divining that, with ou t our b e i ng either assassins or incendiarie:,, we may be fully justified in regarding with distrust such a false democrat as Mr. Feargus O'Connor. We, therefore, declare in the most solemn manner that whosoever attributes to us, the French Republicans, refugees, now residing in London, designs such as those individuals have attributed to us, or in any manner similar to them, is a vile slanderer. " We make this solemn declaration, not because we dread to be driven from the refuge we have found in this country, for the revolution which has had power in France may re sume that power, and in so doing exact, perhaps, too large a satisfaction for the wrong of which we should be the victims —an idea which never entered into our minds. " We make this declaration voluntarily, we make it freely, we make it without after-thought, without any fear of me naces ; we make it in the name of the eternal principles of brotherhood and concord among nations and peoples—prin ciples for which we now suffer the pains of exile. " We may be calumniated, but the world will never be lieve that men, the very first act of whose advent to power was the destruction of the scaffold—men who accomplished a great revolution without shedding a single drop of blood, without committing an act of violence, without imprison ment, and without confiscation—the world will never believe that we are assassins or incendiaries. " J. P. BIZJEAC. " LCMARD. " F. BERTRAND. " J. MADAX. " V. CHUTE:LET. " E. FERVRE. " C. DELISCLUZE. " E. M. .u, J. DE Moxr.o Übr• " DIBON. " GU STAVE NAQ " DrroNT. " F. PARDIGoN. " TREMOND. " PETIT-JEAN. " G. PHiLirrE. " D. PERZo O . " THEODORE KAIICIiER. " IloUssir n. " RiBEYBoLLA. " LANGERON. A. RICATEAIr. " LEDIIU ROLLIN. " SVIREAC. " LIOVNI. 4, L. VILLAIN. LABAT. a GOGUIN." " VARCANNITZ. A WOMAN KILLED BY HER Husniitip.—ln the case of the unfortunate woman, Esther Curtis, wh o di e d n e ar Gloucester, on Saturday evening, from the effects of brutal 7 as mentioned in this ill-uswe from her husband, a g,ardener The man has consequently been paper of yester d a y, the coroner s iury have returned a ver- dict of manslughter. com mitted 6741641' ... £2,006 12 2 ••• MOLD. 1• -33 18 2 ▪ 1 19 2 ... 70 11 10 ... £lO6 9 2 ... £ll3 8 10 14 0 7 Total ... ... ... £127 9 5 LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—Amount of romans for the week ending April 6:— Passengers Goods -.4696 9 1 21 10 0 Total ... ... ... £917 19 1 Corresponding week last year ... 802 1 4 DRURY-LANR THEATER.—BENEFIT OF ME- BEN. 'ans. —Mr. Benton, whose assiduous a ttention to the duties of the fre:-list office has won for him the approbation of a ll who have known him there, takes his benefit to-morrow night, when, no doubt, the attendance of his friends will prove that they duly appreciate the civility and atten tion which they have always experienced at his hands. VACANCY AT THE NATIONAL GALLE R • r . Th , situation of housekeeper to pwl t ai h lnl is sg. institution has become vacant, by the sudden decease of Mrs. rich ray rooks,b w hi while the sagacity me plans.--Eliza Cook's Journal. late occupant. PROVIDENT SOCIETY.-0/1 and o i ni:fdtr4Urilsttu7sa r and es lEa Ry e vi c n oi s o ch m se , their friends sa3- of nigh t this institution s t a ii r tn o u w t it d eb e ne d w a m s ee h t e i 11l of the members and at Exeter Hall, Lord j chair. After a few observations r l r Z e o m ber h t is G L r n o r s d v s e h n i o p r on the objects e of perseverance, although the meeting, the secre tary read the repo r t, whichs h t t stated that the society was formed by Mr. Sc u ll e y, b y se to t o had nine onl l y iun b d e hundred established peun ds. wt There were the funds amounted and gentlemen contributors to th e e funds, u w n e d r s e , severallo well as noblemen 0 mui! bus proprietors, and it had so far increased in public estima tion that Prince Albert, through his secretary, Colonel Phipps, and only last Monday week, forwarded to Mr. Sculley a cheque on Messrs, Coutts for 251., in aid of the society. At the conclusion of the report, his Lordship said he had on being requested to preside considered the matter, and from inquiries made had come to the deter mination to consent, believing that no other class of men had been so much maligned, were CO hardly worked, and were better worthy of support. There were his budget, stated no less than 3,000 omnibuses running, employing about 11,000 men, and Sir Charles Wood, who no di uht would be a subscriber to the funds of the society, ill that there was paid to the revenue as hackney carriage duty for the number of omnibuses he had named, no less a cum than 400,000/. Besides this, wages were shod paid, ve hi cles t h e pUblic for omnibus travelling, appro ved of the society, which he and horses bought and fed, groomed, and together with numberless incidental expenses, which no less a sum than 2,000,0001. a year, paid by could meet. He highly addressed the meeting, and should henceforward himself support, and endeavour to make his friends do likewise. Mr. Owep l Mr. Joseph Payne, and nd several other gentlemen having i , g etr o in furtherance of the urged the notice of th e society upon the public, the Rev. Pr. Ainslie moved the adoption of l the report, which was carried unan imously, and objects in view of the T b ; I.. opolitan utiona Omnibus Servants Be nefit Society" were passeu Thanks were voted to the Noble Are Aror.o r GY . WHICH rated. edged the compliment, the meeting separated' Chairman, who having aCknowl WAS SADLY NEEDED. The every one knows, a long way frorn 3 good Ministry ; but still it is the best of its kind, for it must be confessed that, as far • as it has gone—and we have it will p b r e e io so g u , t , good n 1 O s t_ u a?li d . boo s vet go further—it hasproved ' Out Ministry."—Punch. itself in every re spect,BREITERSI VICTU & I'ro printed by order o f th e 11AoLuLsEetSi e.— f Commons, 59,676.urnappaearrsettubrant in England th e num b er o f b re wers is 2,261, and of victu allers 35,808 persons are licensed to sell beer to be drunk on the premi ses , an d 3,350 are licensed to sell be er not to bo drunk on the premises. 25,851 victuallers brew their own b eer ; 12,497, who brew their own beer, are licensed to sell it if drunk on the premises ; and 951 persons are allowed toof sell beer not to be drunk on the premises. The amount malt consumed by each class is, in bushels, as follows : Brewers, 17; victuallers, 7,154,519 ; persons licensed to sell beer I to , ha 6B3 drunk on the premises, '2,884,249 ; and 341,878. In Scotland there are 151 brewers, and 14,971 persons licensed to sell beer not to be drunk on the premises, victuallers 178 of whom brew their own beer. The brewers There are 95 brewers in Ireland, who 118,024 bushels. consume 831,981 ' bushels of malt, and the victuallers con sumevictuallers. consume 1,164,702 bushels of malt, and there are 13,793 DILEMMA. —An editor in the AN f E D ITORIAL ichig in western part o is in a fix. He dunned a subscriber whic.bhe refused to pay, and threat for e a h i t s o s ufibosicrti the lion, Courier. °Ator if b e stopped the paper... Nag p,,k • . . ~ „. o the waits TIC is Si scan. Y.) 17s. greet Idant • • of A in wod ay he a th• ,h de- Wit , . [ don's id de- ibree it to' d witil ,ertsorl t;1~ ', ,;` ;; ~'