The Sun. — London, England, 1853-06-02 00:00:00

THE MELBOURNE and COLONIAL HOUSE INVESTMENT COMPANY.—Applicants for Shares In this Company are requested to take notice that the LETTERS of AL LOTMENT will be ISSUED on FRIDAY NEXT, the 3d inst. ; and those who do not receive a letter by Saturday's pest may consider that the Directors have been unable to comply with their request. By order. A. KINTREA, Managing Director. 13, Gresham-street, City, June 1, 1853. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYhfARKET. *Under the management of Mr. Backetone. THIS EVENING, Tunis 2, • . Wil be performed THE MOUSETRAP. Characters by M l 9• Tilbury, Buckstone, and W. Farren ; Miss L. Howard, Mrf• Fitz " william, and Mrs. Stanley. After which, MR. BUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR. NASS US. To be followed by THE BOARDING SCHOOL BALL. To conclude with MAKE YOUR WILLS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD -STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cbsrles Kean. Last Night but Two of Mr. T. P. COOXE. THIS EVENING, jells 2, Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal coaracter byr3lr. C. Kean. To be followed by BLACK-EYE r 3 SUSAN, in which Messrs. T. P. Cooke, Wright, and Mu MurraY Will Perform. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. __- ROYAL ISCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. TRIS EVENING, Jun 2, Will be performed A.S.S. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Suter, Mrs. Macnamara and Miss Wy n dh am. SuAfte and Rosiere; r which, A FAST TRAIN—HIGH PRESSURE EXPRESS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Baker, and Suter. To be followed by THE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Roxby ; Mrs. F. Matthews, and Misses Robertson and Ellis. After which, A BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. To conclude with TRYING IT 03T. Principal character by Mr. G. Mathews. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madsen Celeste. THIS EVENING, Jura 2, Will be performed MASKS AND FACES; B. Before and Behind *he Curtain. Principal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, L. Mur ray, and P. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Woolgar. After which, A DESPERATE GAME. To be followed by THE PRETTY GIRLS OF STILSBERG. To conclude with GOING TO THE DERBY. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager., Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, JUNE 2, Will be performed A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE. Cha racters by Messrs. Farren, H. Farren. and G. Coeke ; Mesdames Anderton and Bartlett. After which, THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jent Bugs, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with MACBETH. Supported by Mr. Samuel Mac beth, Mr. F. Robson, Mrs. Sarah Macbeth, and Mrs. A. Phillips. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. ASTOUNDING NOVELTY.—Arrival of the celebrated and intrepid M. ALPHONSE THEVELIN, the First Gymnasiarque 2Erien of France, and Inventor of the Cybistique Games under the French and Belgian Ba'loons, who w 11 make his 4th Appearance in this Country TO-NIGHT. THIS EVENING, Jusa 1, And during the week, the Entertainments will commence with the highly successful Hippo Hums, with new scenery, costumes, and appointments, entitled THE CHASE, er LIFE OS THE TURF— illustrating a Sporting Man's Career. To be followed by M. Alphonse Thevelin in his incredible Per formance of LES JEUX CYBISTIQUE ; or, The Four Trapeze— with the wonderful Vaulting Traverser Amen of 130 Feet from the Rack of the Stage to the Centre of the Ring. To conclude with brilliant Scenes in the ARENA by the most talented Artistes of the day. _ Hor.-oram upen daily frum Eleven to Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. THIS EVENING, Gigantic Panorama of the BAY and FORTS of CHUSAN. Splendid Menagerie. including Six Elephants, Fon- L ons, Two Tigers, T wo Giraffes, Camels, Leopards, Llamas, &c. Grand Military Ban.', Conducted by Mr. Godfrey.—Vocal and Instrumen tal Concert ; Two Sonar by Miss Cecily Nott ; Solo Clarionet, Mons. Wuille, and Cornet • a Piston, Mr. Phillips ; Brilliant Dis play of Fireworks ; Feast of Lanterns ; Attack on the British Fleet; Exp7osion of Chinese Fireships ; Graisd Tableaux. Doors open from 9in th. morning. Feeding the Animals at 5. Concert 6. Fire works half-past 9. Admisson is. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following !laces at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTING 53-N.E., strong breeze —overcast. SountamrroN W. , strong breeze -partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—N., gentle breeze -- overcas t. ASING STOKE- .E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICH—N., strong breeze —overcast. STROOD—N.E.,__ gentle breeze —overcast. CAMBRIDGE — N., strong breeze—cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Tuesday manning at nine o'clock : LIMERICK—N., calm—cloudless. 1-I AsTINGs--N.N.E., strong breeze—evercast. SOUTHAMPTON—W., strong breeze —overcast. FOLKESTONE-N., strong b reeze overcast. DA BING STOKE-N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. GREENWICII-N.E., strong breeze —overcast. STnooD—N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Trtr4 DAY --Morning 1 min. after 11 Evening 29 min.aft. 11 To-Monnow—Morning 0 min. after 0 1 Evening 56 min.aft. 11 THTZ WEATHEIi.—SuN °rims, JUNE 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SIIADE. 60—highest since noon yesterday. 51—lowest this morning and during the night. 60— this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'28. WIND, N. - Moderately strong breeze, and very cloudy weather. p ;„ 44 1 4 A',, LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1853. The Funds have long since come to be regarded as the political barometer. Simultaneously they are promising both in the French and in the Austrian capital a decided improvement —at Paris in reference to Turkey, at Vienna in refer ence to Switzerland. Whether much reliance can . be placed in either augury as affording indication • of a more amicable settlement of the two principal difficulties of the hour, remains to be discovered. It is unquestionable, . however, that at the Bourse, yesterday evening, the Three per Cents, closed at 79.50, the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. at 102, and the Bank Shares at 2.685, showing a mani a fest recovery from the recent depression. It is . equally assured that credit has revived in the Viennese money market in consequence of a rumour to the effect that negotiations are about to be reopened between Austria and Switzerland. It is believed, in fact, that there is at length - some reasonable hope of their differences being speedily and satisfactorily arranged. Meanwhile, though nothing decisive has yet been learnt as to •the proceedings of the CZAR on receiving intelli gence of the rejection of his ultimatum by the Divan, it is conjectured from circumstances of peculiar significance, that the Cabinet of St. Peters burg, will not resort to extremes at this mo ment in regard to the supreme councils at Constantinople. From information received from the latter metropolis, bringing correspondence to the 19th ultimo inclusively, it appears that the note submitted to the Sublime Porte on the pre vious day (the 18th) by Prince MENSCHIKOFF— aIthough intolerably arrogant in its tone—could not be construed in any way as amounting to an open declaration of hostilities. It is true that the document asserted with the utmost insolence the `.` right" of the AUTOCRAT to the Protectorate of the Greek Christians--it is true, moreover, that it informed the Divan, in language the most in sulting because the most uncalled for and autho ritative, that, in the event of the SULTAN not guaranteeing the protection of these Greek Chris tians in the manner demanded, the EMPEROR of Russia would know how to protect them himself whenever his interference appeared to be required by circumstances ! Nevertheless, neither of these intimations would seem to indi cate a resolve in the mind of the CZAR to enforce his demands by an instant rupture with the Turkish Government. Notwithstanding that the note is haughty to a degree, it cannot be regarded as declaratory of war between NICHOLAS and ADD .I.-MEDJID. Everything, indeed, indicates the correctness of our former assertion, that the re cent conduct of the AUTOCRAT has been the co nduct —th ere i s no other word for it—the cond uct of a bully. Now bullies, we all kno w , are ver :Iy -noisy but th ey seld and very blust er i ng .. do other ra' when matters arriv e a t a cr i s i s, of .their refrain f rom the enforcement Pretennsiils. They swagger and growl ° to the l ast /110. m pcs , ,ible, of keep:int , may be, for the sake, if invariably th e 11 0 p a y yie yieldt tiler e arances—but a l mos t their antagonists. Itiflrin det ermination of from all th e i nfortaatio m thaat ba act ually appear, n ° us • from Const an ti no le true in all respects to th e tllat bearii. s y e t reached the of CZAR is noble prototype. lie forwa r d s to thleisla lime Porte, through hi s _ Ambassador convention couched in the form of an ultimatunt For whatever Lord JOHN RUSSELL or the tali of CLARENDON may assert in the way of extenua tion, a demand like the one recently submitted t o the Divan by Prince I NIENSCIIIKOFF, a demand requiring to be answered or affirma tively' time, within a given andnegatively unusual brevity, must be regarded at t i l v ia e t ly time one of We repeat, as nothing less, tha n an ultimatum. therefore—the AUTOCRAT forwards to the Sublime Porte, through his Envoy Extraordinary, a con vention couched in the form of an ultimatum. He receives on the 12th ultimo a positive rejec tion of this ultimatum by the Divan —a rejection, howbeit, conveyed in a note expressive of the utmost goodwill towards Russia—assuring her, at the same time, in terms the most clear and con ciliatory, that henceforth all privileges hitherto enjoyed by them should continue to be secured to the Greek Christians owning allegiance to the Sultan ABD-m-MEDirin. To this resolute and honourable document Prince MENSCHIKOFF, on the part of his Imperial Master, answered the Divan in a note, dated the 15th ultimo, announc ing to it the rupture of diplomatic negotiations between the Russian and Turkish Governments. Nevertheless, while announcing his speedy depar ture from Constantinople, the Ambassador from the Courtof St. Petersburgh recommended the Sublime Porte to profit by the brief interval that would intervene, so as to modify its recent determina tion. In this very proposal it is obvious that there was weakness, that there was a " letting down," that there was a readiness to concede, that there was a disposition to temporise. What was the rejoinder of the Divan ? It came as early as the 17th ultimo. It was a reply worthy of a Cabinet inspired by the policy of RESCHID PACHA. It expressed the regret of his Majesty the SULTAN at the announced cessation of relations ; but, in doing so it affirmed his inflexible determination not to accede to the proposed convention ! There upon came that elaborate document forwarded on the 18th ultimo to the Sublime Porte, by Prince MENSCHIKOFF, to which we have already more than once made especial reference. It was after this that the Russian Ambassador hastily quitted Constantinople, to be followed by the rest of the legation forthwith to St. Petersburgh. Throughout all this it is manifest that, for once, the Czar NICHOLAS has thrown aside all considerations of dignity and prudence, and has momentarily de generated into the mere blusterer. If his Russian MAJESTY counted upon frightening the Divan into a relinqishment of the desired powers of the Protectorate, he has deceived himself most egregiously. He has found his ambition effectually foiled by the resolute patriotism of the Turkish Go vernment. He has recovered to a knowledge of his diplomatic defeat at Constantinople, to find the Divan prepared to summon to its aid, at the first emergency, the united forces of France and England. The lawless aggression which he fancied, doubtless, might be carried out quietly enough within the shadow of the Council- Chambers of Constantinople, has suddenly ex panded into a difficulty of vast and momentous importance. He finds himself all at once placed between the horns of a rather formidable dilemma—compelled either to withdraw those pretensions which he has recently advanced with so much arrogance, and thereby to be de graded in the eyes of the Oriental population, or to enforce his demands by a declaration of war, in which he would have to fight alone against the banded forces of the chief Powers of Christendom. What says the CZAR in this dilemma ? Western Europe awaits, with solicitude, of course, but without trepidation, the announcement of the re solution arrived at in this political quandary —or, as Brother Jonathan might term it, this " tarna tion fix"—by the despotic Government of St. Petersburgh. On Monday we alluded to the changes z•ecom mended by the Common Law Commissioners, the effect whereof will be to remove almost all the existing restrictions as to witnesses, and to render admissible the testimony of every person who can afford any information or throw additional light on the subject under investigation at the moment. The ()illy remaining bar will be that imposed by domestic or professional confidence—the wife or lawyer not being bound to betray the secrets con fided to their charge, in consequence of the pecu liar relationship existing between the parties. These privileges will, we should hope, be univer sally approved of ; and we may therefore con gratulate the country on the speedy prospect of having nothing further to desire on this very important point, or so far as the admissibility of oral testimony is concerned. But there are many other points connected , with the Law of Evidence to which the Commis sioners directed their attention, and which they have discussed with great ability—noticing arguments for and against the different alterations that have from time to time been suggested, and finally deciding in favour of that for which the most valid and substantial reasons could be adduced. One of the most striking topics, on which the greatest diversity of opinion has existed among learned and experienced men, relates to the sanc tion or obligation by which the actual truth may be elicited, and every possible protection and bar rier obtained against deceit or mendacity to pre vent a person from " bearing false witness against his neighbour," and thus committing a crime, not only of the most serious consequence to society, but in express violation of one of the direct commandments of the DEITY. Many intel ligent persons, whose opinions are entitled to the greatest weight, have asserted that nothing but a solemn appeal to the DEITY will afford the requisite amount of security against untrue or inaccurate testimony, while others, of equal acuteness and intelligence, insist that nothing is gained by the frequent repetition of judicial oaths, but that, on the contrary, the great " familiarity" with the process " breeds contempt," so that the sacred obligation is habitu ally despised, and recklessly violated. There is, indeed, much to be said on both sides of the question, and it requires a nice discrimina tion to decide wisely and judiciously as to the most suitable course to be pursued. There is no doubt that the multiplicity of oaths, as well as the rigid and undeviating exclusion of the testimony of those who believed that they were bound by the precept " swear not at all," were productive of very injurious consequences to society and individuals. The former led to a carelessness and indifference as to the solemn obli gation, and, in fact, operated as a direct incentive to perjury. The latter frequently led, not merely to the rejection of trustworthy evidence, and the consequent failure or mal-administration of justice, but also to the punishment—we might almost say the "persecution"—of men of upright and moral characters, because they refused to do that which they honestly and conscientiously deemed to be wrong, and in direct opposition to the precepts of the SAVIOUR. In both respects remedial measures were intro duced, which, although not altogether adequate to the exigencies of the case, were yet important steps in the right direction. As we have recently stated " Custom-house oaths" and fiscal swearing of every description we're virtually abolished— written declarations taken and subscribed before a magistrate, and which, If wilfully and delibe rately untrue, subjected the offender to stringent penalties, were substituted in ,many other cases. Not only were the Test and ColKporation Acts re pealed, but the universities and other corporate bodies were authorised and required to accept de clarations in lieu of oaths. Affidavits were no longer to be required from churcLtwardens or persons acting in the execution of turnpike trusts. Powers of attorney, for the transfer or re ceiving the dividends of stock, were therreeforward to be verified by declaration in place of a_ifidavit ; and the same rule was established in all relating to the taking out of patents, and dealing with pawnbrokers. Magistrates were also prohibited from taking voluntary oaths in matters not re lating to judi c i a l i nqu i r i es , so th a t we h a d no long er a quack doctor calling on GOD to witness that the g oo d s i n the efficiency of hi s me di c i nes , tor the multitude of almost miraculous cures, nor traders making oaths a n d efthe best which e they s g d u e ay a l l i t t were free o from be adulterati on, that could obtai ned. Complete rev o l u tion was eff ec t e d i n the year 1835, introduced, which them provisions were oaths. The vrillec.system of voluntary and trifling HURST, in his admirable speech to by Lord LYND ing—" Nec Delis interesitsPeech .on. Tuesday even dus"—was then ree ngn ia l al isi, vindice no- It is only to be regretted that rail It for the first time. a VOL 9 , plete remedy was THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1853, not applied, and " political swearing" placed in the same category. We shall, however, trust to the exertions of the Learned Peer above alluded to for having the matter placed upon a satisfactory foundation, and thus giving addi tional efficiency to these solemn appeals in the only cases in which they may still be considered indispensable. On the other point, the affirmations of Quakers, Moravians, and Separatists were ad mitted in judicial inquiries of every kind ; but stirthere was a casus omissus in the Act which required amendment. Other persons not belong ing to any of the sects above mentioned might have conscientious objections to taking an oath, and yet be perfectly willing to give true testi timony in every point at issue, and yet no power was allowed to the presiding Judge to bake their affirmations or receive the testimony in the only form in which they would be willing to give it. Much mischief occasionally arose from this serious omission in the remedial statute. After full and mature consideration of all these points, the Commissioners arrive at the conclusion, and we think with much propriety, that, as a gene ral rule, judicial oaths should still be retained— stating, at the same time, that it admits of a question whether the religious sanction should be made indispensable in cases where that sanction is admitted to have no existence, and recommending that, except in the cases of sects who object on religious grounds to the taking of oaths, it should "be left to the Judge to ascertain whether the objection professed by the witness be sincere or not, and that if he be so satisfied, the witness should be admitted to affirm instead of taking an oath." This is, perhaps, the best decision that could be arrived at on a point so doubtful. The judicial discretion has rarely been abused, and we believe it may be safely trusted on the point referred to. It will, at all events, be a decided improvement on the existing system. Mr. SLADE'S Election Tales of Canterbury will hardly rival the interest which the Tales of its Pilgrims, from the pen of CHAUCER, once excited. Had they, however, been published before 1853, and (much more) previously to the St. Alban's Election Tales, by the same author, they would have been the first-read-column in every news paper. It is true, there is not here an EDWARDS holding the entire list of bribed electors in his hand, and divulging name after name, all destined to be called on in a day or two, like a poor female before a magistrate, to swear to their own shame. Lists of the bribed this time had very prudently vanished past the possibility of recal, and memory was most conveniently defective ; still there were incidents in plenty, and exposures of a general system sufficiently extravagant to keep alive the unabated attention of a crowded court. Canterbury is one of the boroughs in which the old freemen are still numerous ; they amount to 946 of the electors, the ten-pound householders numbering not more than 1,306. Hence, like Norwich, Liverpool, or Nottingham, it is one of those boroughs where the family influence is com paratively small, but the money influence omni potent. In such boroughs the battle of the Long purses quite enlists the old English party spirit, almost extinguishes all sense of dishonour, and he who " comes down with the dust like a man," is the candidate cheered at public meetings as "the man who deserves to win." Mr. BUTLER JOHN STONE, one of the lately unseated candidates, con fesses to this species of JOHN BULL pugnacity. He paid 1,300/. for his election expenses. When he had paid great part of this sum, he learned that 1 the Marchioness of CONYNGH AM had opened the 4‘ Bifron's Purse," and was coming down with her thousands for her son-in-law, Sir WILLIAM SOMERVILLE. When, said he, "I heard this, I felt fairly in the fight, and that I would not be beaten even by her"—aud in the tournament of purses Mr. JOHNSTONE was not beaten. As to being unseated on an election petition, why that's no more dishonour than being disabled by the musket ball of a vanquished enemy. It may happen to any man, to the bravest most likely of all ; sic volvere Parcas, is the consolation for that. As a sample of the same feeling on the part of electors, a man held up a purse to Lord PELHAM CLINTON, who, after his defeat, was gazing on the field of C battle from a window in the Rose Hotel, exclaim ing, " This here's got the election—if you have some next time, we'll get you in." As might be expected, the contributions levied on gentlemen who aspired to represent the Archi episcopal. City, were in proportion to the honour. The Hon. GEORGE AUGUSTUS FREDERIC PERCY SIDNEY Smr:HE, had, in 1841, to pay 1,0001. a-piece for each of his names, and another 1,0001. for luck probably-4,000/. in all ! In 1847 ho was more gently dealt with : he and Lord ALBERT CONYNGHAM were let off with 9001. each. Per haps it was because Mr. SMYTHE by this time had softened down from Conservative to Liberal- Conservative. "He was neither red, pink, nor blue; in short, a nondescript, a good card" according to Alderman BRENT. Mr. JoHNsToNE, as we have seen, got through with 1,3001. at the election of '52. Mr. GirPs, his colleague also paid I,osol.—defending his seat in vain afterwards cost him another 1,000/. Of course the colour-ticket system was abundantly illustrated by the evidence. Nothing, however, fund, Alderman BRENT'S sons (and other appoint ments obtained by him on political grounds also), and Mr. G. DAVEY'S comfortably-diminished Ex chequer penalty, the Whigs at Head-qualters are fairly vieing with the late Ministry. We hope the House will deal even-handedly with both parties ; it will all come in aid of the new Reform Jill. Mr. KINGSFORD, jun., a solicitor, who admitted that 8501. had passed through their office in 1852, had a little skirmish with the all-powerful Com missioners over some papers connected with Mr. JOHNSTONE'S defence. As solicitor, he had a lien upon them. Mr. SLADE—" We must have them." Mr. KlNosFon,i)--" I protest, as they will compromise many persons." Mr. SLADE— "On that very account we must have them. ' Mr. KINGSFORD, jun., quite non-plussed, sends for Mr. KINGSFORD, sen. He also protests ; it is of no use ; Mr. SLADE only gives him Friday to consider of it. He declares that Mr. JOHNSTONE himself objects to their surrender. Mr. JOHN STONE steps forward and corroborates the state ment. It is all unavailing ; the unmoved Corn missioner assures Mr. JOHNSTONE that "they have power to put him where they would put Mr. KINGSFORD." Reprieve till Friday—that is .all. On Friday it appeared that none of the gentle men were disposed to become martyrs, and, with mournful protests " against such an unconstitu tional demand," they handed over the papers to the MINOS of the Commission. Mr. SLADE for bore to ask whether 8501. could be constitution ally employed for election purposes ; perhaps he expected that the papers so unwillingly surren dered would answer that question. ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS DAY.) CLARE COUNTY. At the sitting of the committee - Francis Conolly, a butcher, of Ennis, stated he had been present when an agreement was made between Mr. Macnamara, Sir John Fitzgerald, and the Butchers' Guild, of Ennis, for their services. Their instructions were to head the mob, and to give no quarter to any man who interfered in the election for Col. Vandeleur. They were "to use their discretion, and strike any such man, gentle or simple, on the head, to knock him down, and kick him for falling." By "giving no quarter," witness explained that he meant that " they were not to spare any such man, but to leather him well." They were to use stones and sticks, and even knives, to terrify Vandeleur's voters. They were to have 301. for their services, which was to be divided among 75 of them. was elicited additional to what was already known, BURY ST. EDMUNDS. This committee sat for the first time this morning ; Mr. Walpole in the chair. The member petitioned against is Mr. Oakes. — The counsel for the petitioners are Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, Mr. E. James, and Mr. Hawkins ; for the sitting member, Mr. O'Malley and Mr. Rodwell. Mr. E. James, who opened the case for the petition. ers, stated that the allegations of the petition were bribery by direct pecuniary payments, and also by the payment of publicans' bills, treating by opening public houses to the voters, and by numerous dinners given by Mr. Oakes, for which tickets were given to the Conser vative voters. There had also been a performance at the Bury theatre, for which the Conservative voters re ceived tickets, at which the performances were, the learned counsel remarked " The Country Squire, in honour of Mr. Oakes, and the Unfinished Gentleman, in honour of whom he could not say." SLIGO. In this case Mr. Sergeant Kinglake occupied the en tire morning in opening the case for the petitioners. The Liverpool and Peterborough committees also sat, but there was no evidence of importance. FRENCH PLAYS. The money disbursed by this means was some , times of surprising amount. In 1841 Mr. SMYTHE reckoned that he spent 2,0Q0/. in this way, and the opposite party quite as much ; 4,0001. in all spent in colour tickets I Colour tickets, as might be expected, were not, however, the only kinds of bribery employed at Canterbury ; in many in stances sums of money were directly given. Higher game was hawked for in much nobler style. Alderman BRENT, who for more than twenty years has been, active on the Liberal side, " had been appointed Deputy-Lieutenant of the county," ' " had good appointments for four of his sons." " One was made about 17 years ago, another 14, another 3, another just as the Whig Government went out and the Derby Government came in. Two of the sons were in the Custom-house with ad vancing salaries beginning at 1501. per annum. Two in Somerset-house at from 901. to 1001." Again, Mr. G. DAVEY had been exchequeted to the tune of 1,9001. "Lord CONYNGHAM agreed to use his influence with the Excise for witness, if witness would use his power for his Lordship at the election, and they both performed their pro mise." That is, Lord A. CONYNGHAM got in for Canterbury and the Liberals, and G. DAVEY got off 1,8001. of the fine. The Whig Lord and the Excise agreed to let off a Whig election agent for 1001. It would seem that other Government ser vices and secretaries will need to undergo scrutiny as well as the Dockyards and the Secretary to the Admiralty. It was but to be expected that Mr.. FORBES MACKENZIE and W. B. should figure in the remi niscences of Tory candidates for Canterbury. No one heard, therefore, with surprise that the for mer gentleman had paid £5OO of Mr. Griirs' expenses, out of a political fund subscribed for that purpose ; or that Lord PELHAM CLINTON had seen Major BERESFORD, who sent down the money that was to pay the expenses of the elec tion ; but it was hardly looked for that Colonel ROMILLY would be by far the most interesting witness. Most unexpectedly, he found all his election bills paid, and that at costly Can terbury. " Whence Alderman BRENT got the money, he could not tell ; he had no legal knowledge—no knowledge at all. It was not from the Reform Club ; it was not from Mr. COPPoCK ; nor from Downing Street ; nor from the Treasury ; from nowhere that he had any knowledge of. He could conjecture, he should snppose, the money came from a source which was notorious as supplying funds of that kind for carrying on elections. It did not strike him as very ixld, under the circumstances, that his election expenses should be paid. He had heard a rumour that a fund of that kind existed, and was managed by the Reform Club. lie believed the person who was supposed to have connection with' this fund was, when the party was The appearance of Mademoiselle Rachel, last night, attracted the fullest house of the season. Every desira ble place was occupied ; the private boxes presented an animated and interesting aspect, and there was generally that kind of excitement among the audience which is only to be found on great occasions. The Phedre of Racine, when first brought to the notice of the Londoners, some 12 years ago, came as a sort of literary curiosity. It had been read as a French lesson, but no one had a notion of seeing it put on the stage in a visible shape, and the educated portion of the audience loved to compare it with the plays of Euripides and Seneca written on the same subject. Now, thanks to the frequent engagements of Mademoiselle Rachel, it has become as familiar to a certain section of the public as Hamlet or Othello. The progress of the action is admitted as a matter of course, and an audience of three years' standing k nows as we ll how to look for the several " points" which the play affords as an habitue of the lyrical drama knows how to pick out the favourite songs of an opera. Mademoiselle Rachel has lost none of her supremacy over her hearers ; she is still the impersonation of passion, decorated, but not weakened, by all the refine- ments of histrionic art. in, power, the Secretary of the Treasury !" The Commissioners are to meet again after the evidence has been printed. Will they send for Mr. HAY TER ? Between Colonel ROMILLY'S mysterious COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen held a Court at three o'clock yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Norfolk, K.G., Lord Steward, the Mar quis of Breadalbane, K.T., Lord Chamberlain ; the Earl of Mulgrave, Treasurer of the Household ; and Lord Drumlanrig, Comptroller of the Household, had an audience of her Majesty, and presented the joint address from the Houses of Lords and Commons respecting Cambridge. Mr. Sheriff Carter and Mr. Sheriff Croll, accompanied by the City Remembrancer, were presented to the Queen, at an audience, by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.8., Secretary of State for the Home Department, to receive her Majesty's commands relative to the reception of addresses of congratulation on the birth of a Prince, from the Court of Aldermen and from the Court of Common Council. Her Majesty was graciously pleased to appoint Satur day next at three o'clock, for the reception of the addresses on the throne. The follo . wing Commissioners of Lieutenancy of the city of London attended as a deputation to receive the Queen's commands for the reception of an address on the auspicious birth of a. Prince, from the Commissioners of Lieutenancy of the city of London, viz., Mr. James Bentley, Mr. T. C. Holt, and Mr.. George Alliston, accompanied by Mr. Henley Smith, clerk and treasurer. The deputation was presented by Viscount Palmer ston, at an audience, to her Majesty, who was pleased to appoint Saturday next for the reception of the ad dress on the throne. The Duke of Genoa (brother of the King of Sardinia), attended by the Marquis d'Azeglio, Sardinian Ministgr. had an audience of the Queen, on his arrival in this country. His Royal Highness was introduced by the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., the Queen's principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Major-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., her Majesty's Master of the Ceremonies. His Royal Highness was attended by the following gentlemen of his suite :—Marquis Caray de St. Marson, Count Della Valle, Marquis Rapallo, and Count Avo gadro de Colobiano. Mr. Buchanan, her Majesty's Minister Plenipoten tiary to the Court of Denmark, was presented to the Queen at an audience by the Earl of Clarendon, to take leave on proceeding to his post. The Earl of Clarendon had an audience of her Majesty. The Queen was attended by Earl Somers and Lieu tenant General Sir Edward Bowater, the Lord and Groom in Waiting. Prince Albert, attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, visited the Duke of Genoa, yesterday afternoon, at Mivart's Hotel. The Queen had a dinner party yesterday, at Bucking ham Palace. The company included the Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Genoa, the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, the Sardinian Minister, the Cheva lier Massimo d'Azeglio, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Mar quis and Marchioness of Breadalbane, Countess of Somers, the Earl of Clarendon Lord John Russell, Mar quis de St. Marson. Count Della Valle, Marquis Rapallo, Count Avogadro de Colobiana, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and Col. Wylde. Prince Albert rode out on horseback yesterday morn ing, attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros. ord Charles Fitzroy has relieved Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey in his duties as equerry in waiting to the Queen. Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros has relieved Lieut.-Col. the Hon. A. Gordon in his duties as equerry in waiting to Prince Albert. Her Majesty's private band attended in Buckingham Palace on Tuesday evening, and performed the following compositions : Ovcrtu re, " Trophy" Selection, " Freischutz" Coro Marziale, " In Memoria di Wel lington" Romance. Beethoven. The Countess de Neuilly visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday. Marschner. Weber. The Duchess of Kent visited the Duchess of Gloucester yesterday. Mr. Temple had an interview with the Duke of New castle yesterday, at the Colonial-office to take leave. Mr. D. Button and Mr. Fearn had also an interview with his Grace yesterday. Mr. Norsian Macdonald and Mr. C. Rolleston had interviews with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday. Dispatches went sent to the Governors of the West India Islanis yesterday from the Colonial-office. A deputation from the salt trade had an interview with Sir Charles Wood at the Board of Control yester day, on the subject of the importation of salt into India. The deputation was introduced by Mr. Tollemache, M.P., a c companied by Mr. Cornwall Leigh, M.P., Mr. Brockle hurst, M.P., Mr. E. C. Egerton, M.P., Mr. Kershaw, M.P., Mr. t'urner, M.P.. M r . G reena ll, M.P., Mr. Thicknesse, M.P., and Mr. Heyworth, M.P. The Shipowners' Association of Liverpool, represented by Mr. Turner, M.P., and Mr. Mann ' • the Blackburn Commercial Association, represented by Mr. Fielden, M.P., president, and Messrs. D. C. Aylwin and Millett, also accompanied the deputation. The salt trade was represented lor Mr. Worthington, Mr. Ashton, Mr. Thompson, Nr. Firth, and Mr. Bradburne, THE DUKE OP GINOA. His Royal Highness the Duke of Genoa went to Buckingham Palace yesterday afternoon at three o'clock, and had an audience of her Majesty. His Royal High ness wa s accompanied by his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, and Count Grosselio and Count Avograno, officiers d'ordomance. The Marquis de St. Marson and Count De la Valle, aides-de-camp to his Royal Highness were in attetdance. The Duke was presented to the Queen by the Earl of Clarendon, principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. 'Shortly after the Duke's return to his hotel, the Prince Consort arrived from Buckingham Palace, and had an interview witl his Royal Highness. It is understood that the Prince waited upon the Duke for the purpose of conveying g, personal invitation for his Royal Highness to dine with her Majesty last evening at Buckingham Palace. The Duke walked out early yesterday morning through some of the principal thoroughfares at the west end. His Royal Highness, who was accompanied by his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, honoured the establishment`of Mr. C. F. Hancock, of Bruton-street, with a visit, ti inspect the "Ascot Royal Hunt Cup." At noon, lis Excellency Count Walewski, Ambas sador of France, was honoured with an interview by his Royal Highness. Among the other foreign Ministers who paid their respects to his Royal Highness were the representatives of Turkey, Portugal, the Brazils, &c. The Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Clarendon, and other members of the Administration, and a great many members of the aristocracy, also called upon his Royal Highness duriig the day. At five o'cicck his Royal Highness, accompanied by his Excellent. the Sardinian Minister, and attended by his aides-de-iamp, walked in Hyde-park, and had an opportunity of seeing Rotten-row crowded with eques trians. • • APPROACHLNIG MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.--A matri monial alliance will shortly. take place between the Lady Emily de Burgh, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of the Marquis of Clanricarde, and Viscount Dungarvan, grandson and heir apparent of the Earl of Cork and On•ery. COURT OF CHANCERY.—It appears that the total held on behalf of suitors in the Court of Chancery of the va rious petty stocks now about to be paid off or converted is 469,000/. This amount the Lord Chancellor, by a recent order, directed to be converted into the 1101. per Cent. Stock, except in instances where the parties interested might signify an opposite desire before the time at which the power of choice will cease. Subse quently, however, the fall in prices has rendered the ad vanta,ve of accepting stock instead of money less certain, and the Chancellor, therefore, now intends to postpone his final decisiori until the latest period—namely, to-mor row, the 3d inst. REGENT'S CANAL COMPANY.—The dividend declared at the meeting of this company, held yesterday, was Bs. per share, and the report was adopted. The traffic is stated to have shown a' steady increase, the amount during the last six months having reached 639,242 ton nage. The receipts from tolls was 20,7431., leaving a profit of 11,4661., showing an improvement upon the preceding half-year of 1,2501. After paying the pro posed dividend and carrying 5731. to the reserve fund, a balance will remain of 1251. . _ ..-.... - FAILURE AT MANCHESTER.—The Manchester advices mention the failure of Mr. B. Mirasyedi, a, Greek mer chant, for 26,000/. CONCERTS. As the season advances concerts become rather numer ous. Two or three in the morning and half a dozen at night, seems to be about the average. Miss ALLEYNE GOODE'S.—Last evening, Miss Alleyne Goodegave a concert at the Hanover-square Rooms. The beneficiaire is not at present well known to the public ; but the success which attended her efforts, despite an almost overpowering degree of nervousness consequent upon the nature of the undertaking, sufficiently testified to her musical attainments and the estimation in which she is likely to be held by the musical profession. MR. FREDERICK CHLTTERTON'S.—Assisted by a very fair corps of talent, including Miss Birch, Miss Bans ford, the Misses Cole, and Miss Poole, with Herr Staudigl, Mr. T. Williams, and Mr. Frank Bodda, Mr. Frederick Chatterton gave yesterday, at the Hanover square Rooms a concert, which was we ll a tt en d e d. Although Mr. Chatterton is the harpist—why not harper ?—to the "Duchess of Gloucester and the Courts of France and Belgium," he was so modest as to restrain himself in his concert to two pieces, neither of which is absolutely new, but which, by their brilliancy of execu tion, delighted the audience. MRS. ANDERSON'S.—We have seldom seen a more numerous and splendid concert audience than that which assembled yesterday, at the Royal Italian Opera, to listen to Mrs. Anderson's annual musical festival. There was little or no novelty in the programme ; but if the music was, for the main part, familiar, it was not the less good, while it was executed by a corps of artistes so numerous and so illustrious as to confer a very great degree of interest upon the performance. There were not less than 27 pieces selected for the occasion, and the performance of which lasted from half after one o'clock until half after five—keeping, however, the great ma jority of the brilliant audience enchained to the last, and we hope leaving to the benjficiaire those substantial ad vantages to which her late accident so peculiarly entitles her. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Yesterday a court was held for the purpose of re ceiving the return of the livery upon the recent electioi of Chamberlain. The form of announcing the election of Sir John Key, Bart., to the office having been gone through, the newly elected Chamberlain was called upon, according to the usual custom, to name his securities. The TOWN' CLERK stated that Mr. Glyn and Mr. Mills, of Lombard-street, bankers, were the gentlemen nominated. (Hear, hear.) Alderman COPELAND moved that the two sureties be at once accepted by the court, without the ceremony of inquiring. Alderman FINNIS seconded the motion, which was unanimously agreed to. Sir John Key was then sworn in. Mr. SHERIFF CROLL handed in the following resolu tion, which had just passed by the livery :--" That this common hall has learnt, with much regret and indig nation, of the fraudulent invasion of the rights and pri vileges of the livery of London, by designing and wicked persons not possessing the franchise voting at common hall elections as freemen and liverymen • and this com mon hall intimates to the Cou r t o f Aldermen the pro priety of adopting measures to prevent a recurrence of like cases at future elections." Alderman WIRE immediately rose to move that tho resolution of the livery be approved by the court, and referred to the general purposes committee. As sitting magistrate, when two cases of the kind were brought before him, it supplied him with the full opportunity of witnessing the course of deception resorted to. He would follow up that motion by a proposition em powering the City solicitor not only to prosecute any parties whom the magistracy should think it necessary to commit for the alleged offences but to collect evidence with a view to the prosecution o f persons who instigated to the commission of them. A discussion ensued, which ended in the unanimous adoption of a resolution to instruct the City solicitor to collect the evidence submitted to the magistrates in the several cases brought before them for perjury and pre varication, and to take such measures as might be con sidered necessary. THE ALDERMANIC GOWN. The LORD MAYOR said that Sir John Key had called upon him for the purpose of tendering his resignation, but had consented to retain it until some existing diffi culty as to the successor in the ward of Bridge Without should be removed. (Hear, hear.) ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY. WOOLWICH, JUNE I.—An examination of candidates for admission as gentlemen cadets at the Royal Military Academy took place during the past month, when the following twenty-five passed, nine of that number being from the Ordnance School at Carshalton, and, having been approved by the Master-General, they are ordered to join at the academy on its re-opening after the summer vacation _— Townsend A. de Moleyns. Arthur T. Storer. Algernon A. Stewart. John P. Vansittart. Edward A. Slessor. John Gamier. George W. Stockley. Charles E. Webber. John SL H. R. Eppes. Samuel P. Lynes. Edward C. Macnaughton. Frederick W. R. Clements. James M. Maitland. Charles D. Chalmers. Henry Anderson. _ _ Thorrias G. Poulden. Bowes L. Forster. George E. Callander. William T. Bugden. Shearman G. Bird. Charles G. Slade. William M. Tollner. Arthur W. S. O'Neill. Henry W. Dicken. Arthur Harness. MONEY ORDERS. The following circular has been issued by the Post. office authorities : " General Post-office, May, .1853 " 1. On and after the Ist of July next, an additional commission will be charged for the issue of a duplicate money order, or for stopping the payment of an order. " 2. The payment of an additional commission —viz., 3d. on all sums not exceeding 21., and 6d. on all sums between 21. and 51., must invariably be made by postage stamps transmitted with the appliCation ; and unless this be done the application will not be entertained ; when, however, the same letter includes applications both for the stoppage of payment and re-payment to the remitter, only one fee will be required. 3. All applications for duplicates must be addressed to the president of the London, Dublin, or Edinburgh money-order office, according as th e or d er was issued in England (or Wales), Ireland, or Scotland ; but ap plications to stop the payment of orders must be ad dressed to the president of the chief money -order office of the kingdom where the order is payable.' RE-OPENING OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, OXFORD.— This church, which has been closed for some weeks, for the purpose of adding to it a chancel, was re-opened on Tuesday. The bishop of the diocese, attended by the archdeacon and about fifty of the' clergy, was present. The bishop preached on the occasion. After the sermon the offertory was read while the contributions were col lected. The amount collected was 321. 15s. Upwards of 100 persons remained and partook of the Holy Com munivn. THE MAGAZINES. - . The Dublin University.—we miss in this month's number the poetical contributions which generally form one of its chief attractions. " Sir Jasper Carew" is continued in two chapters. He meets with an extraordinary adventure in the mountains, and forms a friendship with an old man, who is engaged in some mysterious affair. After a few visits have passed between them he suddenly dies, declaring himself the son o f J o h n L aw, a mighty financier. " The Ancient Music of the Hebrews, and their Temple Music in particular," is exceed ingly interesting. It is truly observed, that if the Jewish music had been only sensual, exclusively devoted to amusement and personal gratification, it would be only in the province of the antiquarian to make it his study ; but, on the contrary, when it was sanctified from all time as the means of praise and the method of adoration, the' Christian reader must take a lively interest m those songs of Zion which sounded through the vast spaces of the temple upon the holy hill, and which the sons ofJudak remembered with tears when they sat by the waters of Babylon." " The Tree of Knowledge" is a very mysterious and melancholy story concerning an aspiring youth who carried on his pursuit of know ledge to a blameable extent. He was not content with knowing what others knew, but he must find out something peculiar for himself. He ended by destroying the life of his young and lovely wife, and ruining his own chances of happiness and peace for ever. The tale is written in a superior style,, and may contain a useful warning to those who forget discretion in discoveries of marvels, and who in their haste to get wise are apt to make them selves the victims of folly. The writer on " The Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853" remarks, that if any stranger to Ireland for years—one who had left it in famine, poverty, and distress—now returned, and found it in such prosperity and power, he would scarcely be able to credit his own senses. After making several observa tions on the various benefits that may ac crue from this mighty undertaking, it is said that this is an opportunity for Ireland that has never yet been, and never may again present itself. The hundreds who come will see that Ireland is not behind hand in the arts that adorn life ; they will carry away with them memories of the genius and worth of the people. We have no fear for Ireland ; and when at length the vast structure which stands upon the lawn of the Royal Dublin Society shall be removed, —when it shall have passed away, even as it arose, like a beautiful vision, still may its influences be permanent and beneficial,—may it have served, like the exquisite inventions of modern science, to gather together the images of every beautiful and luminous object that came within its field, and, so fixing them by the light of truth, leave an enduring picture of itself upon our native land. Colburn's United Service.—The " Military Orga nisation of Prussia" .is one of the chief papers in this number—its object being to give ample and minute details of Prussia's defensive powers, and also the amount of the peace establishment. It is to be continued. The " Anchor Trials " will be interesting to professional readers. The " Cruise of the Ida" is continued, and it is followed by an article on the abstruse subject of the " Distinction between Civil and Astronomical Time." Among the most interesting of the remaining subjects may be mentioned " A Wild Buffalo Hunt," and " A French Account of the War in China." Bentley's Miscellany. —The present number com mences with " Aspen Court," which is one of the most entertaining articles. The seventeenth chapter, " A Night with the Speaker," gives an animated sketch of the house and its characteristics. Ame rican literary celebrities, is a paper founded on some contributions of M. Ampere to the " Revue des deux Mondes," under the title of " Promenade en Amerique," in which he describes his impressions of many of the literary characters whom he visited. The next article is also a literary one, being " Table Talk about Thomas Moore," which is a very amusing description of the poet and his pecu liarities. "Half a Day in Ireland," is a lively comic account of Irish characters and conduct. " A Journey from Westminster Abbey to St. Peter's," leaves the author at Pisa. In mounting the celebrated leaning tower, he asserts that " you feel as if you had got by mistake into Lord Rosse's telescope." MISCELLANEOUS. The Farmer's Magazine has two illustrations— one representing " Songstress," and the other an Hereford ox, which obtained the first prize of 251. at the Smithfield Cattle Show. The chief subjects treated of are the " New Timber Tree," " Clover Sickness," and "On Lime." The " Agricultural Biography" is continued.—The National Miscellany is a new competitor, and promises well. It gives us a criticism on the Poems of Alexander Smith, and articles on " Public Picture Galleries," " The Pre-Raphaelites," and the continuation of "Social Life in Paris."—The best of the plates in the Sportsman is the one entitled " The Burn," repre senting a stag standing in the water looking cau tiously round, while a sportsman with a gun creeps up an over-looking hill. The " Racing in May," of course, includes an account of the Derby. " Rough Sketches on the comparative state of La Chasse in England and France" will prove in teresting to sportsmen. There is a variety of other subjects of similar interest.—Sunday Read ing for Christian Families supplies a void long felt, by providing an interesting miscellany of serious subjects, which are not sermons.—Le Follet's chief attraction is, as usual, its plates ; but it has an amusing sketch entitled "To be Let." M IRACULOUS ESCAPE OF TWO HUNDRED EMIGRANTS.-SHIP ON FIRE. The recent arrivals from Australia furnish the details of a most marvellous escape from destruction by fire of the emigrant ship John Melhuish, Captain Jenkins commander, with upwards of 200 passengers on board, in 1at..39.11 S., long. 19.57 E., while on her voyage to Sydney from London. The alarming occurrence took place on the 11th of December last. On that day three seamen, named John Hedges, Dennis 3/Mee, and John Salmon, with the chief mate Hall, and the purser, R. Irons, were engaged in the main hatchway hold, getting the ship's stores forward ; the seamen being the whole of the morning engaged in the after part of the hold, the mate being en gaged in the fore part. Just before 12 oclock the mate ordered the seamen to remove a case which was lying against a brandy cask, part of the ship's cargo in the fore part of the hold, and then asked for a light. The light being handed to him, the mate went with it at once to where the brandy cask was, but for some cause he almost di rectly afterwards ordered the men to replace the case, and afterwards to again remove it. After moving the case a third time, the mate ordered the three seamen to go on deck to pump ship, and he followed ; but while the men were at the pump he was seen to go down the hold again with a naked light, and proceed at once in the direction of the brandy cask, and about ten minutes afterwards the passengers were startled by his rushing up from the hatchway enveloped in a blue flame, with consternation and fear depicted on his face, exclaiming, in a loud sort of scream, "The ship's on fire, the ship's on fire." He ran into one of the passenger's berths, where blankets being thrown over him, the fire about him was put out. One of the passengers, named Hayward, suspecting that the mate had been taping the brandy cask, and had let the spirit escape and ignite, lost no time in st r ippi ng off his coat and waistcoat, and with some water, which his wife supplied him with, he succeeded in partly ex tinguishing the flames. Perceiving, however, that the fire was being fed by the spirit, which was escaping in large quantities from a hole in the brandy cask, round which the flames were most intense, he jumped down and put his thumb in the hole to prevent the escape, but the hole being large and rough the brandy continued to flow, which igniting, the blue flame ran up his arm, and set fire to his shirt, hair, and clothes. Fortu nately, at this juncture, Captain Jenkins jumped down to his assistance, and prevented, with the aid o la bucket of water, Mr. Hayward meeting with a horri ble death. The pumps being got into operation, hose were laid down to the lower hold, and a stream of water brought to play on the casks on fire, the passengers passing down wet blankets and wet sails to throw over the flaming spirit, which partly overflowed the deck. By these arrangements, with the coolness and firmness dis. played by the captain, the fire was extinguished, and the brandy cask got on deck. It was quite evident had not Mr. Hayward acted in the prompt and heroic manner he did, the brandy cask, , with the increased quantity of fire around it, must soon have burst ; and the fact of there being no less than 270 casks and cases stowed along with it, nothing could have prevented the instant destruction of the ship and,'the 240 souls on board. Just as the fire was put out, the mate came out of the cabin and, sitting on the covering of the hold, said to the captain. " Some - villain has been at the brandy,' when the captain, whose suspicions were excited by the informati o n he had received, eyed the mate intently, who turned away his face, and said no more. In the afternoon of the same day an inquiry was instituted by order of the captain, and, at the close of the proceed ings, the mate was placed under confinement. An inquiry was also held on the purser, who, however, was declared innocent of any participation with the mate. The passengers subscribed for a gold watch and chain an a testimonial and acknowledgment of his heroic con duct,- and it was presented to him on the 13th of Dec. The female passengers also presented Captain Jenkins with a gold watch, as a testimony of their approval of his conduct on the occasion. On the ship's arrival f I Melbourne the chief mate was handed over to the au thorities to undergo trial, on the charge of breaking cargo. BATTERSEA-PARK —Yesterday a bill in the Common was printed, brought forward by the Government, to enable the Battersea-park Commissioners to give 1,5001. for the purchase of common rights over the site Of the park, to the churchwardens of the parish• ~~ NEWTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH) ORDER OT RUNNING. Trial Handicap—Two. Golborne Stakes—Quarter to three. Handicap Plate—Half-past three. Leger—Quarter past four. Selling Race—Five. PULL ARRIVALS UP TO TEN O'CLOCIC. o f , Trial Stakes—ltalian, Koh-i-noor, Humphreh Jacob, Evening Star, and Martha. Blig ht Golborne Stakes—Barrel, Kenn side Hero, May, Thessalian, Mountain Maid, and Oatlands. bl .„ Handicap Plate—ltalian, Le Juif, Jupiter, bolo Ithuriel, Ibis, Harp, Morning Star, Cripple 1 " te . 640 Jim, Carrier, Game Tommy, Ploughboy, Jac ob, ds, Languish filly, Mushroom, Minerva, and fillY b y Leon. Newton St. Leger—Whalebone' and Marla Be. ADDITIONAL ARRIVALS.—RobinHood, Mail Burndale. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCCXXXII T *,O NEWTON SLIMMER MEETING.—Five out of th e sis to be run to-morrow are at present net entered fq. St performances co mmence a t two o'clock wi th al flo Helen's Purse of 40 sovs., added to a sweepstalogib°ooe sovs. each, h ft, for two and th re e-year-olds. Gr ° course. This stake has yet to name. din f t t The second and princip a l s t a k e o f the day, of the only one requiring consideration, is the Ler" Manor's Gold Cup, value 100 sovs. , added to a b Las d sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, &c., two to%po; a distance. Weathergage, at the head of the lit i re foll capable, I fancy, of giving 111 b. to Woolwich , t .,“„1 f o rm will not do this turn. Woolwich, who is in o 3 1 3" ,:"At 1° and condition at the present time, at 7st 61b, ° "°, n ti s have the race in hand. His most dangerousoPlnirighi his next door neighbou r i n th e weights, Gho l3u "" e 'fof 'who, at 6st 131 b, for a fi v e-y e a rs - o ld, has n ° can 'tiO complaint ; but I must con f ess t o a profound obsell, rl , is to the intentions of this gentleman after his scratcloeo. the spring, when he was struck out of all his eng s e 0 31. Little Davie, . at Est 121 b, has got a f e w pounds to DI I A comparatively with others in th e race , to win lie v e. beri' Juif I have no f anc y f or a t t h e di stance . Sir P' 3 0 ,4,4 though reputed only a mile horse, has once `,? 1 : sir doubled the distance ; an d, cons id er i ng t h a t he,4, 5 1 40 year old, with the f ea th er f or th a t age o f 6st u i f o ol' his back, he may perchance run up very close to r o wich. Morning St ar i s genera ll y ec l ipse d in le, noon by a, brighter luminary ; and Athena Pallas upon as a secondary planet. Carrier seems to have pe all his carrying qualities, and Angelo is a r i Pi. $l O , feather weight, M ar y Ai s l a bi e , i s out o f the 3u03l 6" ; gether. I have disco vere d no thi ng that has a eL it, n g li beating WOOLWICH. Si r Robert and Gholab ow ds he runs) will not improbably occupy the sec ° , third places. / A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THE ASCOT ST S P„ - 401 rather small acceptance, numbering only tvirer i A e has been obtain e d t o thi s , one o f th e pr i nc ipal s"" - :,,0 0 the Ascot Meeting. Chi e f B aron Ni c h o l s on 15 4 %0 horse, and notwithst a ndi ng h e w ill carry the t°,l; i " g bt of Bst 71b, will, lik e ly enoug h, run forward. the Shire at Bst 61b, has no chance. Lady ad the same weight a s th e p rece di ng , seems t o hal e 'L v tio ° handicap made expressly f or h er , f or w ith the of one or two, she has beat th e m a ll a t the ' c ;lior° Adine, I should fancy to be a non-st ar ter. Bu ci cT;t: tY or Lamartine, will p ro b a bly b e f oun d a t the former will run very well. Russborough, tu e ,, gi oie; who tied the winner o f th e St . L eger, w ill, I the) be the hope of the Middlebain party, and vill, e 'es mean anything, they are d angerous . F a th e r im3- 1 000, out of the question a t 7 s t 131 b ; b u t C onv ulsion #0 tidily at 41b less. Poodle, or Little D 3vie bof o , not do it. Herbe r t w ill e ith er s t o p 11 ,b l' Go d or go to assist Lady Evelyn. Phantom the distance too far, and Ammonia not be able the pace. Hirsuta, according to my thinking , use at Est 111 b ; and Follow-me-Lad is just as bad. ill l o Ki ng Coombe's Nervou s i s over d ose d. Pepin pt . re o ' out of his distanc e . W a t er f a ll i s f ar too slow. - II tt , o'-day-Boy and Master Norton, together with 3 0 , rest of the three years' old, I cannot bring rer elf „ lieve have got the sli g ht es t c h ance . I s h ou ld be i' e iglo, to look for the thr ee fi rs t h orses t o th e h e avy vn.` o lll' taking LADY EVELYN as th e w i nner , w ith Reseu °- second, and Day's horse third. rrvia . THE SPIRIT OF THE - LENHAM AND MID KENT RACE S ' WEDNESDAY. pS MAIDEN PLATE of 10 sovs, added to a s w ee P o is 2 sovs. each. S econ d h orse t o sav e his Weight for age. Heats, one mile and a dis• 1 Mr. Davis's Cato, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b 0 (J. Dockeray) Mr. Whitehouse's Cataplasm, 3 yrs, 7st 41b 0 (Archer) 1 Mr. Borrow's Violet, 3 yrs, 7st 41b carried Bst 21b (Pain) Mr. Higgins' Tedshead Lass, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ti (Nightingale) 0 Mr. G. Drews' The Client (h b), 4 yrs, Bst 71b ( If (Knight) 3 j r Mr. Roses 'Amnia, 4 yrs, Bst 71b.....(Martin) Mr. C. Formby's John Bull, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Sherrard) °,39' MID KENT HANDICAP of 5 sovs each, with 6 0 One mils and a half. " 1 Mr J. Hewitt's Wzlmont, by the Hydra, srg (I) fiel 7st 121 b (Wake iOlb ; Lord John Scott's Young England, 5 yrs, '8 0 ( t !, ,: 8 0 ) Mr. Yonge's Isabella, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b The following also ran : —Sweetheart, .......... ( 1 ' Mayday, Lady Blanche, the Friendless Boy, Little George), Ethelwolf, and Don Pedro. A . CHILSTON PARK STAKES of 3 sovs . eac h, with P the second to save his stake ; weights for o. e winner to be sold, & c . T w i ce roun d an d a u:s ioce" Mr. Wilmont's Billy B oy , 4 yrs (601.), ht) (Ri t g sll Mr. Sherrard' s F r i en dl ess B oy, 4 yrs (60/.), %,ra) (her 3 r o ) Mr. Land's Mi ss T a lb o t, 5 yrs ' (601 . ) , Bst 81b ( 4 The following also ran, Field Marshal, Un i°l ' and Miner. The HUNTERS' STAKES did not fill. ASCOT HEATH RACES. TUESDAY. oil* w , 4 , NOMINATIONS PON THE GOLD VASE. - 4) r o Mr.. Milner's Grapeshot, 3 yrs ; Lord e ete ;lo o.° s brose, 4 yrs ; Lord Exeter's Dove, 3 yrs ; oi r iz a ttit'o Indian Warrio r , 4 y rs ; D u k e o f Ri chmon d's rj yrs i Mr, J. M. St an l ey ' s Cariboo , 6 yrs L LA, r ies Knight of the Shi re , 4 yrs ; Mr. E. It. rs; It, Sykes, 3 yrs ; M r . Merry's Hobbie Noble, ! a Y:ioir e tir Merry's Lambt on , 3 yrs ; Capt. L o wther's , Yep 3 yrs ; Baron R o th I' schild's Orestes, 3 yrs ;r,,, 134nre' schild's Break-o'-day Boy, 3 yrs ; Lord Cadet' 3 yrs ; Mr. Thellusson's Rataplan, 3 yrs. WEDNESDAY. t 1 t THE ROYAL HUNT CuP H ANDICAP. ouS.,yen" ners extra. New mile. IP - s_o 6 11 10 Khadijah ...... • • 6 3 6 10 Dove ............ •• 4 6 I LI Old Rowley •". 6 6 1 0 Hothorpe ..... 6 6 1 0 Antigone ..... "• 4 9 Ducrow ........... . 3• 6 6 9 Diomedia ..... " 4 6 9 Tested ......... •-• • • 4 Jullien • • ....... 6 9 Sir John Ba rle y' 4 6 $, Corri .......... ••• • e *; 4 6 d Mountain Ficr w . 4 6 , King Pepin 3 6 0 . Beverlae ......... 3 6 Tamerlane .... • . 3 6 Chilton . ......... 6 5 Catspaw ........• . 4 6 Octavia ........ • 3 6 Break-o'daY -13* 3 5 TCB Surpriseeorriryt s b e h a n n t t .. e .. s . Far me r ............... 3343 6 : 6 6 - o il ' ! P reven tion ••••'• 3 6 Koh-i-noor ••" • 3 6 Huncarnuoca •• • 3 Lad " Flora ; .- 0 .• or byo cn in Ste' 5 1 G a laor 3 1 6 Omni() ........... 3 .0 The Friar ..... 6 Timid Fawn Yrs st lb Robbie Noble 4 8 10 Daniel O'Rourke 4 8 7 Chief Justice 6 8 7 Chief B. Nichol- son Little Harry 4 8 2 King of Trumps 4 8 2 Knight of the Shire 4 8 0 Indian Warrior 4 8 0 Nutshell 6 7 12 Grey Tommy 4 7 12 Hurworth Pelion 3 7 8 Azael 4 7 7 Lambton Pharos Father Thames 4 7 4 Telescope Eradne Sally Warfoot colt 4 7 4 Glenluce 4 7 4 Alfred the Great 4 7 3 The Italian 6 7 2 Cheddar Little Savage 4 7 0 Puritan Kiteflyer 4 7 0 Hambletonian lan the 5 7 0 Broughton 3 7 0 Dulcet Benita 4 6 12 RES FOR Jul.-- h, thesis denote the 0011 racing. 0 Lanaberton (1) ••••••••'0 Stockbridge ft)••••••••••" g 5 Harrogate (2) .. ',O Knighton ••••".•••••••10 Winchester () .•••••••••".0 Newcastle (3) • •••••••''',so Ludlow (2) . . ....... • • • " • " . • . . ' . • ' 7 "_ -- - RACING FIXTII The figures within paren day's Newton (2) Ascot (4) Hampton. (2) 15 Beverley, Hull, &c. (2) 15 Tenbury (1) l6 Bibury (1) 22 Macclesfield (2) 22 ct ..ttp•W' to THE RAJAH OF COORG AT VAUXHALL ing tt lar hieed g ir e , a, aur i tio n ttyne l n u lt : c vipohri o nlo f visitors was attra c t e d las t e ' e o l 'i coo 1 i a these gardens, amongst whom were the itailtharocetes seeertmeud and The i the s l lt ewesdisplay a i t thel e ' the fi a ar P le.c P sii, e ,,o3 : iv i 0 also much admired. greatly, ti„tiOil ESCAPE OF A THlEF.—Yesterday 311 009 lave 1 Nlt ri iit t 1.10 0 00A 0 1:7),I :a p naAeu l edf a dßtsp: C ec vita: afternoon uospfs a oreaoo t gonienf the Scotland-yard police-statiee' I,oo,et° man l o t: : a l oe e dwpi o n. ra f gitsr t ee h tne e oet r m itohw o ceak s most notorious ouaffini 1 il o .e,ra t o eoi torinlinogua s : itoo p i is, . i i i;:.,,.. itti oi!je oiifi re : ,theiong others, when, from the pressure ,fieuu,ijarge; and UnitedßPEasosrbymthmetroffiNlcTeErns usnTnAoTtEiscedit,spiitc!Deiki:lttrie passengers, 0 and confined, the. reopei, States mail steam p . fic coT us ship aci , sailed i from the Mersey for New York, with th e pfeie foundland, New Brunswick,theUnited . S'o9ti* X" et; Nova o 0 chancliZe on board. a very large cArgq Of V I " - fterunootied, abosuatsthree3nowiattactiav liiire:: beingmeaasnitivdseerrdiyoarya narrow t-- ""/ ~, ~"'" :<. 1 • I ti '1 ;