The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-17 00:00:00

CIRCULATION OF THE LONDON MORNING , PAPERS. THE MORNING ADVERTISER. The Stamp Returns of the circulatfcn of the MORNING NEWSPAPERS in 1850, the latest pubtititid, give the following results : MORNING ADVERTISER . . . 1,549,843 Daily News 1,152,000 Morning Herald . . • . . 1,139,000 Morning Chronicle . . • . . 912,547 Morning Post • • • . 829,000 It will be observed from this statement that. omitting the " TimeS," the circulation of the MORNING ADVERTISER was then far above that of its morning contemporaries. Early in 1851 the MORNING ADVERTISER was permanently enlarged to a double sheet, and since that time it has met with a measure of success, both as regards the extent of its circulation, and the number of its advertisements, which has no parallel in the annals of English ;ournalism. Were the Stamp Returns to be given down to the present time. the relative circulation of the MORNING ADVER- TISER to its four morning contemporaries (assuming that their circulation has undergone no diminution) would be as follows : MORNING ADVERTISER . . . 2,220,000 Daily News 1 152,000 Morning Herald . . . . . 1,139,000 Morning Chronicle . . . . . .912,547 Morning Post . . . . . . 828,000 It will be seen that the present circulation of THE MORNING ADVERTISER is nearly double that of the two greatest of its four contemporaries, and approaches to treble that of one of their num ber. This vast addition to the circulation of THE MORNING ADVERTISER, obtained in less than two years, is the result of its progress in all parts of the country, and among all classes of society. 8o proud a position among its contemporaries is to be regarded as the best tribute that could be paid to its thorough independence of all parties and Governments, and its earnest advocacy o f th e popular cause. January, 1853. Published every Morning, at 127, Fleet-street, London. TFIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager THIS EVENING, JAN. 17, Will be performed the popular and highly successful Comedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain—by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, and Stuart ; Mrs. Stir ling, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss F. Maskell, and Miss Rosa Bennett. After which, the gorgeous Extravaganza, entitled LEO THE TERRIBLE. To conclude With the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and SETTLED. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Yestrls. THIS EVENING, lAN. 17, Will be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON 1N A SMOCK-FROCK, Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Horncastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter, Horncastie, and Templeton ; Madame Vestris, Xiss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosins Wright will appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Allcroft, 15, blew Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JAN. 17, Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, Uncle Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Cullenford, 0. Smith, and Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, Miss Laura Honey, and Mrs. Keeley. After which;the gloriously successful Comic Pantomime, called NELL GWYNNE ; or, Harlequin Merrie Monarch. Principal Danseuse, Mdlle. Auriol ; Clown, Flexmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, JAN. 17, Will be performed Shakspere's Play of KING JOHN. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, Ryder, Addison, Meadows, J. Vining, Terry, Graham, F. Cooke, Everett, Vezin, and Cathcart; Miss Phillips, Miss Desborough, Miss Murray, Miss Kate Terry, Mrs. Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pan taloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leelercq. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, JAN. 17, Will be presented LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, jun., Hoskins, Cooke, Edgar, Bender, and Clifton; Miss Anderton and Miss H. Gordon. After which, ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen blab and the World of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, with his highly-trained dogs. Box-office open from Eleven till Four, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. . Crowded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions THIS EVENING, J. 17, And during the Week. the Performances will commence with UNCLE Tom's CABIN (50th time). After which, Batty's peerless Scenes in the Arena. To conclude with the successful Pantomime of FORTUNIO AND HIS HORSE COMRADE ; or, Harlequin and the Seven Gifted Men. On THURSDAY, JAN. 20, another Grand JUVENILE NIGHT, on which occasion the Pantomime will be played—first followed by brilliant Pieces in the Circle, and concluding with a Laughable FARCE. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven. Box-office open daily from Eleven to Font'. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. l'nts DAY —Morning 1 min. after 7 I Evening 24 min.aft. 7 o-Moscow—Morning 48 min. after 7 1 Evening 18 min.aft. 8 DAILY WEATHER TABLE. MONDAY, JAN. 17, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock on Saturday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HAsTrNos—S.S.W., strong breeze—rain. SOUTHAMPTON—S.W., strong breeze—rain. TUNBRIDGE—S.W., hard wind—scud, rain. BASINGSTOKE—N.W., hard wind—overcast. GREENWICH—S., strong breeze—rain. SwrN. noN—S.W., strong breeze—rain. LuoliToN—S.W., strong breeze—rain. CAMBRIDGE—S., gentle breeze—rain. YARMOUTH— S. strong breeze—rain. HOLYHEAD—S.W., strong breeze—rain. LANCASTER—S.E., strong breeze—heavy rain. WHITBY—S., strong breeze—rain. DARLINGTON—E., Nig breeze—overcast, snow. SHAD—E., strong breeze—snow. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Friday morning at nine o'clock : LIMERICK—S.W., calm—partially cloudy. MULLINGAR—S.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. HOLYHEAD—N., gentle breeze—fine. LANCASTER—N., gentle breeze—cloudless. WHITBY—N.W. gentle breeze—principally clear. DARLINGTON—W.N.W., strong breeze—cloudless, sharp frost. SNAP—W., calm—partially cloudy. THE WEATHER.--Smt OFFICE, JAN. 16. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 44—highest since noon on Saturday. 33—lowest yesterday morning, and during Sat. night. 40—yesterday at noon. BAROMETER, 29'26, but fell in the night as low as 29.11 WIND, S.E.—Dull, with rain all day. JANUARY 17. 41—highest since noon yesterday. 34—lowest this morning and during the night. 38—this thy, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'32—still rising. WIND, N.N.W.—Morning, fine; afternoon, dull. r 4. \ . 4 7; At Itc, E4AS :, ? . LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1853. ‘ The companion picture to the Kafir War— namely, the unfortunate war against the Bur mese—is becoming, with every successive mail, more and more highly coloured. The intelligence from the Irrawaddy serves, rather painfully, to remind us that every age, that every state, that every crisis, is not blessed in the hour of conflict with the ripened genius of a HowE, or the matured energies of a RADETZKY. We have learnt, by a bitter experience, the folly of that extravagant system which squanders in modern warfare gold, and time, and blood, and life, for the sake of re taining in supreme command some very well-in tentioned but evidently worn-out octogenarian. Judging from the course pursued in this respect, for a considerable time past, by England, it would seem that, as a nation, we place less reliance upon youth than upon senility. It would appear even that the British Empire itself, grown grey in glory, has become enamoured of congenial age—placing the symbols of authority, in all but a few exceptions, within the grasp of veterans, serviceable for more than the " sear and yellow leaf" over which MACBETH lamented. It is thus, indeed, o f late, almost invariably. If the coun cils of the SOVEREIGN are broken up by a minis terial crisis—the chances are that the particular statesman selected, is the very one whose decrepi tude has compelled him formally to retire from public life, or to refrain from participating as fre quently as of yore in the stormy contests of the Legisla,ture. If another struggle is kno wn t o have commenced along the frontiers of our mag nificent dependencies in Hindostan, the sea-cap tain entrusted with the responsibility of conduct ing our fleets to the scene of action, is some old flag-officer, who ought to have been spared the ailments encountered among the swamps near Rangoon, and to have been permitted to wile away the closing years of an h onoured and protracted existence, dragged in a bath-chair al ng the shady side of the tranquil ronienade at Cheltenham. Instead of this, Admiral AUSTIN is sent out to die on the coast of Burmah—a victim to the system of which we have long complained— surrounded at the period of his decease not by chalybeate-spas, and fashionable physicians, and all the other accessories of a favourite water ing -place, but by death in a thousand shapes of anything but a heroic character—death not by the bomb, or the bullet, or the bayonet, but by jungle fever, and the Asiatic cholera, and dysentery. Looking nearer home in regard to the less destructive field of politics, we find the Pre naiership proffered, under a great emergency, to a leader wh,o is himself compelled to decline the ten dered sway because of his age and consequent indis position—the veteran and venerable Marquis of LANSDOWNE. It was not thus when PITT was Minister at one-and-twenty. It was not thus when SYDNEY SMITH Was post-captain while yet a stripling—or when the eventful career of HORATIO NELSON was closed in the forty-seventh year of his age at the great battle of Trafalgar. No. But the times would seem to have alto gether changed. England has grown older, and in obedience to some preposterous non sequihcr, is " therefore" confiding her destinies not to men in the prime of their manhood, but to men totter ing on the verge of dissolution.. And so General GODWIN is still in command of the British Forces collected together to oppose the warlike Burmese —an octogenarian remains in supreme power on the banks of the Irrawaddy ! " Genius when young is Divine." It was the apophthegm addressed by SIDONIA to CONINGSBY —and illustrated by a thousand resplendent recol lections. England, in this particular, as in some other things, does not appear to coincide with the FY -CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. It matters not that AL - Plc - ANDER was little more than a boy when he opened his Oriental conquests at the head of the soldiers of Macedonia. It signifies nothing that NAPOLEON was in the bloom of youth when he routed the veteran Austrians on the plains of Lombardy—when he overthrew the pride of the Mamelukes under the shadow of the Pyramids— when, with his good sword, he renewed more than the success of MONTECUCULI, and won his way to the iron crown and the golden throne of CHARLE MAGNE. It is nothing that CESAR was not so old when he baffled the tactics of POMPEY, or that SCIPIO was so young when he triumphed over the giant mind and practised warriors of HANNIBAL. England is stubborn against the logic of experience. She sends Admiral AUSTIN to die' near Rangoon, and fills up the vacant post by a sailor-chief like Sir FLEETWOOD PELLEW---. gallant enough, no doubt, as becomes one bearing the name of our glorious ExMouTH—but ill suited to the occasion and the emergency, as having closed his services on the salt water as far back as 1816, the year of the renowned victory of his progenitor. Within that interval of six and-thirty years, we may not unreasonably pre sume, we may not unreasonably hope, that the naval system has advanced, and that rather con siderably too, beyond the naval system with which ' Sir FLEET WOOD PELLEW had by 1816 become accustomed to. Yet it is to an unpractised flag officer like this--unpractised, we mean, in the use of all our maritime resources in steam, as well as in our improved system of gunnery, and, in fact, in the whole of our later and very considerable inno vations--that the ships-of-war off the coasts of the Burmese territories have been confided. A likely means, forsooth, for rousing General Gon wm from his prolonged and disastrous torpor— that torpor which has produced in delays, death, and discomfiture the fruits of the over-prudence of an octogenarian. Every successive budget of intelligence from Hindostan reveals, alas ! only the more plainly, and, thence, of course, only the more painfully, the melancholy consequences of the timorous course followed dur ing so many months by General GODWIN, as Commander-in-Chief of the forces assembled on the Burmese territory. England, meanwhile, is pay ing dearly for this in men and even in provisions, but still more seriously in time and in reputation. A single instance will be sufficient evidence of this without going further down the whole lamentable catalogue of calamities and extravagances. There was Sir J. CHEArs—according to the last dis patches—still lying inactive at Prome with 7,000 troops, waiting to be attacked by a " rabble force of Burmese," inferior to his own in all respects, even in point of numbers, subsisting all the while upon inadequate supplies of salt-junk, ob tained at very considerable expense from Calcutta and this, remember, in the very heart of a country prolific in herds of bullocks. So much for our military prowess and military promp titude t Then, again, our larger steamers are no longer enabled by depth of water to paddle up and down the current of the Irrawaddy. The Burmese have, consequently, grown " impertinent," it is the phrase of the Bengal Hurkaru, in their various attacks upon the armaments of England, attacks which have been multiplied by delays and encou raged by impunity. Such is the evidence of the benefits secured by our naval energy, 'skill, and discrimination I Meanwhile—this being our position—numerous misfortunes were anticipated as upon the eve of crowding upon our troops simultaneously about the period of the de parture from Bombay of the latest fragments of intelligence. It was expected, for example, that an army of 20,000 Burmese, was about to descend in the hope of recapturing Martaban. It was thought that 10,000 more were about to advance suddenly upon Dalla, for the purpose of a vigorous, and, if possible, decisive demon stration. It was deemed, moreover, by no means unlikely that a third body of the enemy, headed by a well-known chieftain, might, by crossing the river Sitang, and penetrating the country of Pegu, make a‘bold assault upon Ran goon, such must prove terribly destructive, if not altogether triumphant. At such a crisis—after such • experiences —with Europe observing the march of our arms—with the prestige of our authority in India at stake, is it (we ask the question again and again) rational that in this, as in so many other instances before now, the fortunes of war, if not in some measure the fate of England, should be confided to the clouded vision and weakened grasp of a brave but exhausted octogenarian. The Chairman of the late Committee on Church rates, Mr. TRELAWNEY, published, last Septem ber, in our respectable Dissenting contemporary, the Nonconformist, a long and very able let ter, which we may properly consider as the Report of that Committee. Some of its members would probably have objected to the definite proposal with which the letter concludes, and it is just possible that a very stiff Churchman would still main tain, in the face of the evidence, that Church rates are necessary ; but the vast majority of candid rap of all parties will agree with the im partial conclusions of the late Member for Tavi stock, that " the evidence entiles him to consider six propositions as conclusively established : "I. That the law is inadequate for its pur- pose. " 11. That it is uncertain. " 111. That it is expensive. " IV. That it is unjust to Dissenters. "V. That in special cases it is unjust to Church men. " VI. That it is unnecessary." On the first three propositions, there will be no difference of opinion. If there could be any, the facts mentioned by Mr. TRE LAWNEY under these heads would satisfy the most incredulous ; all our readers, however, are familiar with the Braintree case. That the tax is unjust to Dissenters, many fairminded Churchmen, as well as those who are unscrupulous sticklers for the last penny of tribute to Ecclesiastical Supre macy, would be inclined to dispute. It is hope less to reason with the latter ; the former we confidently refer to Mr. TRELAWNEY'S admir able summing up of the evidence on this point. Admitting that at Common Law the repair of the fabrics, and the necessaries for public worship, are a parish charge ; that they may be considered, theoretically, as deducted from the rent by every tenant who hires a property, liable to Church-rates ; and that to give them up is there fore to make a present of their amount to the owners of the property—he observes, " that it may, indeed, be right to continue a certain charge which has existed for many centuries, but it does not follow that the public are always bound to ap ply its produce to the same objects ; and if it has ceased to give satisfaction to apply a portion of the national wealth to the purpose of diffusing particular tenets, those who disapprove of such application have a right to its discon tinuance, and those who insist upon it are bound to demonstrate its conduciveness to the public good." Ile proceeds to show from the evidence of Dr. LIISHINGTON, and Mr. HODGKIN, a barris ter, and member of the community of Friends, that the tax originated in Catholic times, when it was as a tax equal, and therefore just, dissent being scarcely known, that the legislation for a long time after the Reformation was based on complete, uncompromising intolerance of dissent ; but that the legal toleration of dissent necessarily altered the state of the question, "the tax ceased to be applicable to purposes in the benefit of which all could partake, and then became unjust." We may add that the liability of newly-created property to Church-rates is defensible on no ground whatever. Such property certainly has not been liable to Church-rates " from time im memorial ;" and, so far as it goes, they hinder the improvement of property, like copyhold ten ures and charges. The smallness of the impost is an argument cutting both ways. The injustice of Church-rates to Churchmen themselves in the case of district churches paying their own expenses, and those of the parish church also, has often been felt, is sufficiently obvious, and was established by clerical evidence ; indeed, we remember more than one church-rate having been defeated by Churchmen in these circum stances. The last, and main point, is, that Church rates are unnecessary. Most cordially do we wish that Mr. TRELAWNEY may gain the concurrence of all parties here. He ought to gain it. The facts he adduces of what has been voluntarily done by Churchmen themselves (especially by Dr. Hoox at Leeds, and Mr. BURGESS at Chelsea) as well as byDissenters, amount to moral demonstration; Mr. REID NEWSO ME, churchwarden of Headingly, gave very instructive evidence on the ease with which a voluntary Church-rate canbe made. He charged the house-rental of each person occupying a sitting. " Out of a rate of 521.105. 7d. somade, 45/.55. 9d. was raised ; and out of 53 persons, only 5 refused an appeal to them for the requisite funds." All that is needed, therefore, to meet the expenses of worship, is an Actof Parliament legalising such volun tary rates, and making it the duty of Churchwardens to call together the inhabitants, and declare the amount needed for the year. But how is the fabric of the churches to be upheld ? Now here there must be a little concession on the part of the more extreme Dissenters. If Church men will pay their own expenses for wor ship, as their part of the adjustment, cannot Dissenters agree to regard the churches themselves as valuable public property, which the nation should not allow to become dilapidated ? Some Dissenters will reply, of course, that while the Churchmen are tenants of buildings which have cost them nothing, and while Dissenters have to repair chapels of which they themselves have borne the cost of erection, Churchmen ought at least to keep their buildings in repair, and be grateful too. We admit the plausibility of the reasoning ; but we appeal to them as men who must wish to rescue Religion from the contentions, heartburnings, and reproach of Church-rate Meetings, to concede a little for the sake of their common faith. We, would, if we could, induce Churchmen everywhere to emu late Dissenters as successfully and efficiently as they have done at Leeds ; but, failing this, we would beseech Dissenters not to ride their hobby of principle to death. As a large section of the nation, they are in part landlords of the national churches ; and if a landlord, from some cause, cannot compel a tenant to keep his house in repair, why, as a man of prudence, he must repair it himself. Now of all the proposals yet made, Mr. TRELAWNEY'S must be, we should think, the least exceptionable to Dissenters in regard to the mode of raising the money. He would raise it from Church property entirely. The Marquis of BLANDFORD has sup plied him with a fund. The Marquis, it will be remembered, brought forward a scheme for Church extension, through a fund to be raised by sel ' ling a large -• part of the advowsons now in the hands of the Lord Chancellor. Mr. TRE LAWNEY would apply this fund to Church Repairs. The MARQUIS wants to build 600 new churches ; Mr. TRELAWNEY would save the old ones from going to ruin. For the details—which, indeed, except as to the proposed application of them, are the Marquis of BLANDFonn's—we must refer our readers to Mr. TRELAWNEY'S admirable letter. It is quite clear that, if Dissenters will be moderate and Churchmen just, here is a fund which would amply suffice for the repairs of all our churches. To all who wish for a settlement of this harassing question, we would merely say, in conclusion, that it should be strongly pressed upon the attention of the present Govern ment., Mr. TRELAWNEY himself, the author of the letter to which we have called attention, most handsomely declined to oppose Lord ALFRED HARVEY at Brighton, and may, therefore, fairly ask, at their hands, for the consideration of his proposals. All parties are unanimous that a more exceptionable mode than the present one of raising funds for the repair of churches and the conduct of worship could hardly be devised ; and it may well be demanded of a Ministry which is to be one of deeds and of progress, that it should abolish this nuisance by some means. Sir ROBERT PEEL, whom so large a portion of the pre sent Cabinet venerate as their highest authority, stated distinctly that the subject could not be left unsettled, " and yielded to no other in emergency." The Whig Members of the Ministry must be willing to renew their former attempts under more favourable circumstances; and even Lord DERBY (who was in office when Mr. TRE LAWNEY wrote) when previously in the Cabinet, having stated that " the present condition of Church-rates has al ways been considered a very great grievance from which her MAJESTY'S Government are prepared to grant substantial relief," added, " Suppose that, year after year, the Church should be triumphant in maintaining the' payment of these rates to the uttermost farthing, and maintaining every abuse connected with their collection and distribution, does my Ron. Friend think that such a course of proceeding would be advantageous to the interests of the Church, or lead to the promotion of true religion ? Does my Hon. Friend consider the heartburnings, the acrimonious revilings, the profanation of the Church where these meetings take place, by which, year after year, the cause of true Religion is violated and profaned?' say that such . calls for ' a state of things imperatively re lief." Zealous Dissenters, w e know, covet these opportunities of damaging the Church, which they are sure of doing in e ver y contested rate, whether they lose or win ; but more mo derate Dissenters, and all Churchmen, aware of their true interest, would, we think, do wisely, Mr. TRELAWNEY'S proposition on th e p resent by a combined and vigorous movem ent, to p ress Liberal-Conservative Government. The'farmers themselves are, we perceive, making a little stir again about the Malt Tax. Between two and three hundred highly respectable persons of this " depressed class" met at the Royal Hotel, in the ancient capital of that pre-eminently agri cultural county, Norfolk, to " call the attention of the public to the grievous, oppression of the Malt and Hop Duties on the producing and con suming classes of the kingdom." So at least ran the circular by which the meeting was convened. It was composed, so far as the speakers were con cerned, of hearty, thoroughgoing Protectionists ; and the Chairman, H. J. STRACEY, Esq., is the reputed Tory candidate for East Norfolk at the next election—a circumstance which, though un supported by anything said at the meeting, led some to suppose that political objects were at the bottom. The Chairman, however, and his farmer friends, all treated Free Trade as a thoroughly settled thing; they did not even gnash their teeth at it; they only wanted it carried out thoroughly; good. old Protectionists, too , they neither spoke long ingly thereof, nor complained contemptuously that the unreachable grapes were sour. They had but one burden to 'their song—that consistent Free traders, cons i s t en t friends of the co n sumer , con sistent " lighteners of the springs of industry," ought to grant them the repeal of the Malt Tax. The only Senator amongst them was Mr. EDmoND WODEHOUSE, Deputy Lieutenant, and one of the East Norfolk Members, who elicited no small measure of rather noisy dissent ; because, although thirty years ago he had voted with Lord W ESTER N for the repeal of the Malt Duty, he had told Mr. CAYLEY at the present time that the eircumstancess„were, changed,..and he could not support the repeal now. The farmers, when asked by him, loudly declared that five millions could be spared ; and one of them, a shrewdish son of the soil, told the County Legislator, that when he could convince him that no pensions and sinecures were paid out of the revenues of the country; and that the luxuries of the rich were taxed in an equal proportion to the necessaries of the poor, he would then believe that the five mil lions could not be spared. Excellent tuition this for nascent M.P.'s, and for old . Protectionist M.P.'s too, —and to receive it from their-own tenant-farmers ! Assuredly we shall soon have the good old stock county members turning hearty financial reformers. Had We been present we could scarcely have avoided reminding the worthy farmer that he was not a short time ago, while clamouring for Corn Laws, so anxious to lower the price of the " necessaries of the poor ; " then, however, a Corn Tax meant a higher price for wheat ; now, a Malt Tax means, as he thinks, a lower price for barley. Let all that pass, however, and let ustake our East- Norfolk farmer friends for pure patriots—the im portant question is—Are they on the right tack ? Now, we dp think there would be many advan tages in really cheap malt, especially if the Licens ing System were abolished, and the trade made as free and open as that in most untaxed articles. If everybody were as much at liberty to make and sell beer as to sell haberdashery and grocery, we should no doubt have abundance of it, both unadultered and cheap. Competition would in sure both genuine quality, and a reasonable price. It would also be procurable of numberless re spectable venders besides the publican and the beer-shop keeper ; it would be a trade open not only to persons of moderate capital, but to every cleanly, good cottage housewife, who wished to earn honestly a few additional shillings per week by selling it to her near neighbour. Best of all would it be if the cottager could brew his own monthly bushel of malt at home ; the wife, who in times of weakness often needs such nourish ment, enjoying it with her husband ; the grains serving for their pig, and the fresh yeast itself being no mean aid to the weekly cottage baking. Nothing would be better for the morals of the working man than thus to withdraw him from the drugged beer and evil companions of the public-house, and to retain him in th© bosom of his family to enjoy his humble luxuries and comforts there. One of the resolu lutions passed at the meeting distinctly expressed the wish " to see again the spigot and the mash tub in the dwellings of the labouring poor." Is this, however, chimerical to hope for ?—that is, if the Malt-tax were repealed. We hardly think it is. Notwithstanding the growing partiality, even of working men, for tea and coffee, we are confident that agricultural labourers at least do not consume anything like the beer they wish for, and need. Their wages and the price of malt together make it an impossibility. Now their wages are certainly somewhat improving, emigra tion- is reducing their number ; and more work for each, better pay, and better living, is the present course of things. If, then, the bushel of malt be reduced 75 per cent. to them—if they will be able to get for four or five shillings, or less, what now costs them fully seven or eight— their improving wages may enable them to com mand this important luxury—or necessary, as it would perhaps be fairer to term it. If, how ever, the price be reduced by the full amount of the duty (and a less reduc tion would not materially increase the consumption), where would be the benefit to the farmer ? For, patriotic as we be lieve tho gentlemen of the Norfolk Hotel to be, we still fear they would scarcely trouble themselves to meet together if they did not imagine them selves to be promoting the farmers' interest. We reply that the only possible advantage to them would be scope for increased profitable production of barley. Barley is now proportionably the best priced of all grain. It has risen rather than dropped since the Budget was thrown out, prov ing that the present supply is insufficient ; but taking off the duty would have one very impor tant consequence : it would make it profitable to malt qualities, which now will scarcely pay for the manufacture, because while the same high duty is paid on all qualities none but the best barley will afford to pay it. Hence foreign barley, which generally is inferior to our own, would be very largely imported, and at the same time lands which will furnish but second-rate qualities here would be encouraged to grow them. There might be at first some rise of price, and it might be slightly sustained for some time, but we think the only benefit the farmer, as a producer, could ultimately reap, would be a better market for increased produce. If he cannot increase his produce, the foreign producer would alone be benefitted, since it is admitted on all hands, from Mr. DISRAELI to the Royal Hotel speakers, that the country will not tolerate the present prohibi tory duty on foreign malt a day after our own Malt Tax is repealed. We think the gain to the consumer would be by far the greatest, but unless it would make beer, as extensively as bread, a domestic manufacture, we do not think it would compensate the community for the loss of five millions of revenue. We are, however, thoroughly pleased to see our farmers meeting. They need to meet much more. Like every other class they will improve themselves by discussion. We want to see far more of the municipal spirit amongst them, and there must be more of it, if they are ever to have the influence they ought to have in public matters. We hope the time will come when every union of parishes will become a kind of municipal district, enjoying similar privileges and powers with those of our present corp ora t e t owns. T he farmers are as thoroughly comp e t ent to form corporate b o di es, to elect magistrates, and manage their own local affairs municipally, as their more favoured bre thren of our cities and towns. LORD JOHN RUSSELL. As considerable misapprehension appears to exist re garding Lord John Russell's position in the present Government, and as it has even been stated, in quarters usually better informed, that failing health would pro bably before long oblige him to give up the duties of the office which he now holds, both his private friends and political supporters will be glad to learn the true facts of the case, which we can give from authority. The per manent arrangement made on the formation of the pre sent Government, and one made on public, not private grounds, was that Lord John Russell should lead the House of Com Mons and have a seat in the Cabinet without office, and that Lord Clarendon should be the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ; but subject to this arrangement, Lord John, at the urgent solicitation of some of his colleagues, agreed to take the seals of the Foreign-office till the meeting of Parliament, at which time he would hand them Over to Lord Clarendon. No change has since been made, and Lord John will, ac cordingly, in the course of a month, give up his tempo rary post to his successor. COURT or COMMON ConNoth.—On Thursday next, the first meeting of the Corporation of the City of London, "in Common Council assembled," since St. Thomas's day, will be held at the Guildhall. Several important notices of motion, chiefly affecting the sanitary condi tion of th e citizens, for the opening of the Guildhall library free to the public • as to the progress of the city improvements, and on other business, already appear upon the notice paper, in addition to which a further supplement, it is expected, will be issued to-day. The Marquis of Breadalbane returned to Park-lane on Saturday, from Windsor Castle, where his lordship re ceived hi s appointment as L or d Chamberlain. EARL GRANVILLE.—The noble earl was sufficiently recovered from the effects of his recent accident, to leave his residence in a carriage, on Thursday, to attend the Cabinet Council held on that day at the Foreign Office. With this exception, his lordship has remained at his house in Bruton-street during the past week. TERMINABLE ANNUITIES.—A memorial, signed by the chairmen of 61 leadin ass urance offices, representing a capital of at l eas t 100,000,00 01 ., was presented on Friday, by a deputation to Lord Aberdeen. It sets forth the glaring injustice of the operation of the income tax on the purchasers of terminable annuities. THE NEW COMEDY. —We understand that Mr. Douglos Jerrold's new comedy—to be produced at Windsor Castle on Friday next, and on the following evening at the Princess's Theatre—bears the title of St. Cupid ; or, .Dorothy's Portune.—Athenceum. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder, &c.—Dr. Denis Cronin has removed from Leicester-place to 35, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, where he may be consulted, as usual, from ten till two, on his treatment of affections of the kidneys, bladder, and prostrate gland, in their connection with diseases of the stomach and liver. Urinary Analysis (the importance of which to the successful treatment of disease is now fully acknow ledged) conducted daily, in accordance with Dr. D. Cron.n's new theory. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool on Saturday were estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 Ame rican were taken on speculation. The market closed with animation, and prices of all kinds, compared with Friday's rates, were extreme, ex cept Egyptian, Brazil dearer, and Maceios d. to id. up. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 500 Pernam and Maranham at 6id. to 74d, 200 Egyptian at lid. to 10d, and 1,200 Surat at 31d. to 41d. per lb. Railway Shares were dull at lower prices. The railway meetings announced are the fob lowing :—Australian Agricultural, Jan. 21, London Tavern ; London, Brighton, and South Coast, Jan. 28, Bridge House Hotel ; Maria Antonia, Feb: 14, Florence ; Paris and Rouen, Jan. 29, Paris ; Western of Switzerland, Jan. 22, Lausanne. There are various arrivals from different quar ters, and the news they bring is of general interest rather than of special import. The United States accounts describe the money market as being easy, vessels having arrived at New York with upwards of three millions of dol lars in gold from California. The accounts by the Overland Mail from India are fully given in another column. On the whole they read well, and the prospect of the Burmese war being terminated is, of itself, a subject for con gratulation. There are dates of November 8 from Sydney and November 12 from Melbourne, by this opportu nity. The " diggins " were yielding as plentifully as ever. In the week preceding the date of these advices, there had arrived at elbourne, by the escort, 65,605 oz., and at Geelong, 12,714 oz. The ratio of production, therefore, is evidently main tained. Notwithstanding the enormous influx of emigrants, and the high price of food, the want of labour is much complained of. The following graphic account is from a private letter written at Melbourne : " I left home for the Bendigo gold field on the Ist of the month. Rode up 100 miles in three days, over the most execrable roads you can co nce i ve . G o t kicked on the leg by a vicious brute of a horse, which laid me up in my brother James's tent two or three days. Turned my horse out amongst the ranges in hobbles to pick out a livelihood as he best could, oats being 60s. per bushel of 40 lbs. Walked here 15 or 20 miles each day, as the circumstances required, purchasing gold from the various storekeepers and diggers, scattered over a country 20 or ' 30 miles square—lumping home to my tent it may be 20 lbs. weight of gold, first having carried away all my pockets, then tiring both arms, and at length carrying the bag at the end of a stick over my shoulder, covered with a handkerchief or a piece of calico, purchased in that behalf at one or two shillings per yard. Go and look after my horse in an interval of two or three days, walk about the ranges all day in a drizzling rain. Can not find him, but meet in with a man instead, who tells me he saw an animal very like mine going in search of lost bullocks or horses, with a heavy man upon his back with a blanket folded up for a saddle, and a piece of rope as stirrups ; which circumstantial detail sends me home swearing ! Oh, not at all. Reach the tent wet and weary, every thing uncomfortably moist, and the fire smoking most consumedly, no grog allowed at the diggings, warm tea imbibed instead. Next day sallied out with a keener relish for a bargain, calculating my horse's loss at 301., consequently, returned with a very light scrip—at this kind of work about a fortnight, when I succeeded in investing all the money I had brought up with me, viz., 3,0001. Went out again to look for my horse, and lo ! I find him, returned to my brother's horses, but my friend had forgot to leave the hobbles on him. This slight omission I heartily forgave led him to the tent in triumph tied him up to the chimney-post for the night, with a nose , bag full of oats to amuse him, and draw his attention away from the smoke. Started in company with two friends for town—they carrying gold, also carried revolvers. Mine transmitted by the armed escort at 6d. per oz., without responsibility. Rode 50 miles, and swam one river, besides getting bogged times innumer able. Reached one inn at sun-down completely baked, both horse and man. The former shoved into a stable Without bedding, with doubtful oats, and de cidedly musty hay, and all the mud of all the swamps of each of one of the 50 miles caked hard upon him. Next morning, at six o'clock, horse saddled—looking grey-houndish--hostler touches his cap—` 30s. to pay, Sir.' Something to myself, Sir ?" D—n yourself, you villian, look at my horse, utterly neglected.' A good whip played a little around his face and shoulders, and the cavalcade depart amidst showers of the warmest expressions, and handfuls of mud or stones. That night home, knock into a comfortable bed, and thorough wash. Stiffish next day, and horse with decided symp toms of elephantiasis in the legs. Mounted another, and rode into town to inquire about the price of gold —gold, 675. 6d. Australian steamers delayed at Sydney for want of men. In next day, and the next, and at length to-day the steamer has arrived. Gold, 635. 9d. In the afternoon sell for 695. ; and your friend is richer by some 1401. or 1501., but alas still twelve and a half stone weight to the contrary notwithstanding. There, my dear friend, you have a vile picture of two or three weeks divertisement to the diggings—for the remainder see envelope." Buenos Ayres letters of late date have been re ceived by the steamer Tay. Political disturbances had arisen, and a contest, which might degenerate into a war, was going on with Urquiza. The local demand for goods was therefore languid, although credit and confidence are described as being strong. The Money Market was tranquil. At Rio de Janeiro, on the 2d Dec., an average business was doing. The imports were on a large scale. Money was easy. Coffee less firm. Exchange 271 d. to 28d. The Stock Market is firm this morning, but very inactive. With finer weather, a revival of confi dence at Paris, and the further arrivals known to be on the way from Australia, two vessels that had left Melbourne having about 700,0001. on board, there may be expected to be a slow improvement unless something new and untoward occurs. The interview between the Governor and Deputy-Go vernor of the Bank of England, and Lord Aberdeen, last week, is supposed to have had reference to the in come-tax, in its bearing upon terminable annuities, a matter in which the insurance offices are also greatly interested. Consols have been quoted 992 The settlement of the account takes place to-morrow, and this likewise has its influence upon prices, various " puts" being likely to come off. The New 3 per Cents. are 1034 if, and the 3 per Cents. 10 Bank Stock is steady at 225. Exchequer ills have been at 61s. to 655., and India Bonds at 78s. premium. The Foreign Securities have been quiet. Mexi can are dull, at 23 -1--the Ministry having again resigned. Equador Bonds have been at 4- to 5. Grenada Deferred are worth 12k. Brazilian New Bowls are at 984. Chilian Stock is firm at 106. Tie Turkish Loan is at 1 premium. Portuguese 4 per Cents. are supported at 40. Spanish Threes are 23 for the New Deferred, and 47 fortheThrees. French 44 per Cents. are worth 104 75, with the Exchange at 104 75. Dutch 4 per Cents. bring 972 to 981. The Railway Share Market opened rather more buoyant than on Saturday, having participated in the improvement in the Funds, but has since be come flat: The advance • was at first generally about 4 per cent. Among the exceptions now are North British, which have dropped 1 2 to ; South- Eastern, which are down 11., and York an North Midland 4 to 1. Midland and Lancashire and Yorkshire are cheaper. French shares are steadier. The Gold Companies have risen. Some of the Companies have excellent advices, and their staffs remained with the agents, among them the Freehold. Land Companies are flatter, though property had further risen in Australia. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the (Vidal List.) Business aone. Bank Stock 3 pe Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3/ per Cent. Annuities.......... 1036 ii Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, Expire 10th Oct., 1859 Ditto 30 Years, Expi re sth J an ., 1860 6l India Bonds, £lOOO 7B Ditto, under £lOOO 75 Consols for Opening 18th January Exchequer Bills lid. March. Juno. £1000.... PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Austrian Scrip, 5 per Cent 1 8 016 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent 986 Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent ..... ....... 106 Danish 5 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent B6 Equador Bonds 4h. Grenada Bonds, Deferred, Mexican 3 per Cent 23i i Portuguese 4 per Cent. 4O 39i Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. I)itto 4:3 per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent ....... ........... 93:1 4 3 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 4701 } Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 23 Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun, 5 p e Turkish Loan, 6er Cent., 1852 i P French Reutes, 4i per Cent ....... -... 104 f 75c Ex: 25f 15c Dutch Exchange 2i per Cent 661 x d Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.... ..... , THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening 18th January 99i x 4 Tnn INvesioN.—We understand that the Government have lately been making inquiries at the vari ous rail ways for the purpose of ascertaining what number of carriages, waggons, and engines could be placed at their disposal, and what facilities could be afforded in the event of any sudden emergency, for the conveyance of troops, horses, and artillery to any given point. These inquiries are merely made wiih the object of ascertaining how far the railways may be rendered serviceable in concentrating and rendering available the military resources of the country should the necessity unhappily arrive. LAW INTEILIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) QUEEN'S BENCH. • 'SHE QUEEN (ON MR PROS ECIITION OF DR. ACHILL]) V, NEWMAN. This case, in which a rule for a new trial had been obtained, stood this morning second on the list of cases to be argued before the Com t. Sir Frederick Thesiger suggested that it would he more convenient if a day were fixed specially for hearing the arguments. Lord Campbell said Mr. Justice Erie was at present engaged elsewhere, and the Court were unable to have the assistance of Mr. Justice Crompton, as he had been one of the counsel at the trial. Under these circum stances, he thought it would be better to place the case first on the list for Thursday next. That day was accordingly fixed for arguing the rule. ROLLS COURT. YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY V, HUDSON, M.P. The Solicitor-General (Mr. Bethell), Mr. Roundell Palmer, and Mr. Flobhouse with him, opened this case, which is a bill filed against the M.P. for Sunderland, to account for the proceeds of certain shares, amounting to 50,0001., alleged to have been misappropriated by the defendant in his character of director. Sir F. Kelly, with Mr. Rolt and Mr. Grove, were de fendant's counsel ; and as his case was not opened, we forbear, for obvious reasons, giving a detailed report. SHERIFFS COURT-(THIS .DAY). (Before R. Gurney, Esq.) BROOK V. FOWLER AND CO. - IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO COMMERCIAL TRATELLERIL The plaintiff in this case is a commercial traveller, and defendants are extensive shawl merchants in the city of London. The damages were laid at 501., for compensa tion for having been dismissed from defendants' service without due notice. Mr. Ernest Reed (instructed by Mr. H. Read and Mr. Drew, Coleman-street) stated the case, viz.—that in August last plaintiff was engaged as a commercial traveller for the firm of Fowler and Co., for six months certain, at the yearly salary of 1301. and 245. per dap for expenses. Plaintiff went his first journey, and was out about six weeks. No complaint was made of him on that occasion, and he took a second journey, but on his return he was informed that his further services would be dispensed with, and he was paid three months' salary, and offered one month's salary in lieu of notice, which he refused to accept. The plaintiff was called, and deposed to these facts. Mr. Pollock, for the defendant, called Messrs. Mat thews and Camplin, of the firm, and denied that the agreement was for six months certain. They conST.cre7ed plaintiff had been out too long on his last journey, and had not been as successful as they expected. They had no complaint to make, and dismissed him because it did not pay. They offered the money in lieu of notice, be cause they did not wish to part unfriendly, or that he had been discharged so that it might in the slightest way tend to his prejudice. Several other witnesses were called to prove there was a general understanding and custom to give or accept a month's salary in lieu of notice. Mr. Reed contended that, although the witnesses spoke to a custom, none of them had shown the terms under which they were engaged. In this case the en gagement was annual, to be terminated at the end of six montits, but plaintiff was entitled to notice at least for three months, as he was paid quarterly. His Honour did not think the documents put in made out that plaintiff was engaged for six months certain, but there had been a general hiring, and it was well understood in the trade that a month's notice must be given. There was no ground for imputing negligence to the plaintiff, who was entitled to a verdict for one month's salary, 101. 16s. Bd. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 15. The Duke of Cambridge and the Prince and the Prin cess Augustus of Coburg, also the whole of the visiting company have left the Castle to-day. The Rev. Dr. Philpott waived this afternoon on a visit to the Queen. The Marquis of Breadalbane had an audience of her Majesty to-day, and kissed hands on being appointed Lord Chamberlain. Those who had the honour of dining with her Majesty this day were the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Lein ingen, Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, and the Rev. Dr. Philpott. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance after dinner in the Castle, and played the following pieces :- o , ierture, "Le Vampyr" Lindpaintner. Choeur et Priere, " Guillaume Tell" Rossini. March, " Occasional Oratorio" Handel. Allegro Molto, Minuotto, Trio and Finale, }Mozart. Sinfonia, No. 3, JAN. 16. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, with the Duchess of Kent the Prince of Leiningen and the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe,i attended divine service in the private chapel of the Castle this morning. The ladies and gen tlemen of the court and the domestic household were also at the service. The Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley read the prayers and the Rev. Dr. Philpott read the communion service and preached the sermon. Lieutenant-Colonel Sir L. Mitchell had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle on Saturday at the Colonial office. _ _ Sir James and Lady Graham arrived in town on Saturday from Windsor Castle. Mr. J. A. Jackson had an interview on Saturday with the Duke of Newcastle at the Colonial-office. _ _ --..__ The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone arrived in town on Saturday from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office this day at s two o'clock. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS. The Hon. W. Villiers Stuart, brother of Lord Stuart de Decies, and who represe n t e d th e county of Waterford in severaiparliaments, is the new Under -Secretary for Ireland. Mr. Robert Handyside is the new Solicitor-General for Scotland. The Earl of Aberdeen has appointed Mr. Clinton Dawkins to be his second Official Private Secretary, in conjunction with Mr. J. H. Cole, of the Treasury. Mr. Dawkins was late her Majesty's Consul-General at Venice, and was formerly Private Secretary to Lord Aberdeen at the Foreign -office. The Duke of Newcastle has appointed Mr. Henry Roberts to IA his Private Secretary at the Colonial-office. The Duke of Argyle, Lord Privy Seal, has appointed Mr. J. P. Campbell to be his Privatb Secretary. The Lord Advocate of Scotland has appointed Mr. J. Boyd Kinnear to be his Private Secretary for Official and Parliamentary business. Sir Charles Wood has appointed Mr. T. G. Baring to be his Private Secretary. Mr. Robert Lowe, Secretary to the Board of Control, has appointed the Hon. F. A. H. Chichester (of the Board of Control) to be his Private Secretary. Mr. James Wilson, Financial Secretary, has appointed Mr. R. Wilbraham (of the Treasury) to be his Private Secretary. The new Lords in Waiting are all appointed, and con sist, with one or two exceptions, of the noblemen who resigned their offices on the appointment of the Derby Administration. . CITY HOSPICE AND SOUP KITCHEN. The anniversary of this society was held on Saturday, in the London Tavern. The chair was taken by the -Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. Amongst the gentlemen present were Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Rev. Dr. Barber, Rev. Mr. Whittington, Rev. Mr. Quickett, Rev. Joseph Browne, Rev. Mr. Horne, &c. The report stated that, at the commencement of the labours of the society, the number of beggars met with in the city soliciting alms, was 169 daily ; and that through the vigilance of its officers, the nu m b er h ad been reduced t o e i g ht or ten per day. That the average number of beggars applying for relief daily, in the followinc, months was—in S e pt em b er, 28 ; October 29 ; November, 12 ; December 11 ; January let to 10th 6. That 56 poor destitute women had received shelter and protection in the hospice, many of whom have been pro vided with situations, and are now respectable members of society, and that 14 are occupied at needlework. That since the institution was opened in August last, 2,303 meals had been given to beggars, 13 beggars had been apprehended, and eight had been con victed. A liberal supply of food had been given at the hospice to 22,714 of the casual poor, and I-4, i' distressed poor had received relief at their own homes._ The lavatories and water-closets had accomnl9_ 16,540 men and 10,959 women, making a total of 2 i aled on persons. 1,360 poor destitute persons were u r d eg ing, d and Christmas-day . with roast beef and plum pudding, distributed half a pint of porter each, and tickets w d , . ,I t 9 e d 9 among 4,300 o f t h e really deserv i ng resident poor, who The free registry contained the nam 6 es had been provided were also f urn i s h ed with a su b s t an ti a lC o h f ri 7 t Christmas for situations and employment ; 9 families. During the last ten weeks for, mo s t o f w h om h ave o bt aine d situations 7, 'of God on the ir poori respectabledestitute house persons had been conducted to the institution. The committee hope shortly Sabbath by members of the committee an d to offi ho ce in rs a of th i posi tion to add to their scheme for effectually suppressing mendicancy Sir F. KELLY made an eloquent and earnest appeal em igration and destitution. on behalf of the charity, which he said was as yet only struggling into existence. After the passing of resolutions pledging the suppo r t appointed of themeeting, a deputation was Board and the guardians of the city unions, . t o wait on tfohre furthering Poor-law the objects of the society. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCLXII. ANALYSIS OF THE SEVENTY-FOURTH DERBY. -- Having disposed of the Malton lots, I shall next re• view those at Middleham, beginning with FOBERT'S at Spigot Lodge. Lord Eglinton's b C VANDERDECKEN (own brother to Flying 'Dutchman), by Bay Middleton, out of Mr. New' comen's Barbelle, by Landbeck out of Darioletta, by Amadis, foaled at Danebury in March 1850, was the first colt publicly speculated upon for the ensuing Derby —lO,OOO to 150 having been booked at Bath as far back as the 25th of April, 1850, at which time all agreed.that he was as promising a juvenile as his celebrated brother was at the same age. His couple of performances last yeas were execrable, and show how completely he has run to seed. In the first at Goodwood, for the Ham Stakes, hs figured in company with the Potentia colt, Hobby horse, and Talfourd, at the extreme tail, and, what is more' was regularly beaten off. In the other at Newmarket , for the Buckingham Stakes, he actually finished a bad third to Estrella and Kitty of Coleraine filly. H e is a large slashing-looking animal, and stands above sixteen hands high, but wants filling up ; and to us there seems no sign of accomplishing that this year. He will, as a m atter of course, be of no use for the forthcoming Derby. Lord Eglinton's ch C T HE F OWLER, b y Ir i sh Bird catcher, out of Roulette, not being able to stand train ing, was sent to the right about some time since. Lord Eglinton's b c ERYCT HON , b y M e lb ourne ou t of Bellona, and ch c SIR WALTER, by Faugh-a-13allaght out of Rosa, are of no use for the Derby. The ch c CUSWOP.TH, by Ithuriel, out of Olive Oil, nominated by Lieut.-Col. Wyndham, and the b c STRAP JACKET, by Lanercost, out of Lunacy, were the Po' perty of Lord Eglinton, but having proved themselves thorough rips, were sold at the Liverpool July Meeting last year—the former for four guineas, and the latter for five guineas —as being fit for nothing better than cal ) work. Strait Jacket was, however, kept in training until the Eccles Meeting in the following month, when, as the property of Mr. Lawless, he ran last, I believe, to a lot of t ras h f or th e Grand Stand Plate, value 16 1 .0 and was immediately afterwards turned off as useless. TOM DAWSON, of Tupgill, has a trio of Derbyites—quadrupedalp not Parliamentarian—namely : Mr. Meiklam's bl C THE HATCHET, by Poynton, 0.6 of Consolation's dam, who has exhibited his qualities to, the public four times, win n i ng once ; Mr. Wilkins' b z PEGGY (own sister to Nancy), by Pompey, ou t of Hawise, nominated by Mr. Baxter, the defeated of three fields ; and his own b c GEORGY, by Malcolm, out of Dervegild, who is, so report says, to be the representr tive of the stable at Epsom. In my opinion, however, if they have got no better than him or the other two for the Derby day, they may as well keep the lot at home in their stables. Georgy is a horse of the Lindrick staraP and if he is a much better animal than that horse, I Do wofully deceived. He is reported to be a small wonder in his way; but this will end, as many reports do, I° mere puff. (To be continued.) LINCOLN SPRING MEETING.--It was thought a week or two back, that this meeting had come to an untimely end from want of funds and bad management ; but I 3°l glad to hear that such is not the case. The authorities have bestirred th emse l ves, an d t h e consequence i s , that with three hundred and.thirty-five pounds added money' and under the stewardship of the Mayor of Lincoln, IT% Mr. Peart a s s t ar t er , an d Mr. R. Johnson judge, an d trust handicapper, we may expect to see a couple of dal" good sport. EPSOM STEEPLECHASES.—The following horses d , good work f or th e steeplechases and hurdle race on "eid, nesday next :—Half-and-Half, The S crew , C ar dinal ge ing, nearer, Gulnare, Perjury, QuiCkstep, Sam ii c l ss it Simon the C e ll arer, Odi ham, Young Lottery, and to Susan—the last six at Epsom. Young Lottery seem have recovered from his lameness. THE SPIRIT OF THE Tl:jo' WEIGHTS FOR T: IE CHESTER cur. lb Yr s g ilt 0 Ammonia 4 0 Brasey 4 0 6 Agnes Wickfield ...• 4 6 0 Ninnyhammer Tho Q ueen 3 0 Defiance 3 512 Banshee 44 1 Lady in Waiting A 515 Bit of Blue 5 0 Happy Toe 4 6 Trifle 4 ,12 The Carrier 4 '4 j.,1 Common Sense 4 ` Lady Harriett 13 I Tested 4 Grapeshot 3 1 ' The Deformed - A 5 10 Surprise 4 0 6 1 Burndale 4 0 Convict 3 Corybantes 3 ,-' 1 0 Charley 3 3 Madeline 4 5 3 The Sutler Richard Primmer 4 ", 3 'Termagant 4 3 Coral 4 5 g Missive 4 5 a Recommendation .l 5 Audubon 3 5 3 , Valour 3 5 ; Moscow Beverlac 3 6 Goorkah - By Faugh-a-Ballaugh b. m. out of Minia- e 6 ture 5 u 3 Mr. Moor Snowdon D un hill 3 Soxtus Tickton 3 5 6 Placid 3 ,u 6 Ann Eliza 3 6 Peggy 3 6 b c by Simoom, out of Master Jack's 6 dam 3 4 Fairplay 3 6 4 Ida 3 5 e 4 Young N orva l 3 bc by Crozier, out 5 of Summerhill 3 Brother to Grey 3 3 P Tommy cby Burgundy, out 6 4 Lady Harkaway 3 6 4 Sally Barnard Prevention 3 6 5 TaN ;stock St. Andrew Pastrycook Hatchet 5 3 Helena b cbtyof Bgu theem... 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Effie Deans Friday 4 Tremble 3 Minerva 4 The Dandy Malice 3 4 Black Jack 3 4 i Lady Gough f b C o thersione„ out y of Wedlock 3 4 i o Lord-Lieutenant ••• 3 .0 bGShrewbiocyposw3hliaitrcokLeyass. 3 : 4, 4 4: li i o o o Auchinlock , .. 3 10, Charity 3 110 Talfourd Deerhound 3 ", 0 Rosalba .. .. 7 dam bv - Free, 3 4 ..m by Rainbow Jacqueline 3 4 Nerva 3 Mr. Treen's f by i f Knight o f the 4 ' Whistle bc by The Ugly f Buck, out of Lady 3 4 Ledger Ann Page Tacony - Elizaid~eten Waterfall 5 6 0 Harp 5 6 0 Wasp 5 6 0 Houlakin . 4 6 0 Babette 4 6 0 Richmond 4 6 0 Pelopida,s Forfeits to be declared on o before the let of Feb. EPSOM SPRING MEETING. htir DO Additional nomination for the City and Sl i m Handicap : Richard Primmer, 4 yrS. OUNDLE STE Weights for t] ?,EPLECIIASE. ;he Handicap. 11% s••t • i v TO 0 Trust-Me-Not ..... .• 10 Tho Unknown ••• •" 10 g Daphne ............ .•• 1 0 Simple Peter.• •••• • '• 10 g P 011................ •• ' 10 4 Ex-Minister....... .• • 10 4 Forest Lad ....... 10 The Forward I%!l's' st. lb. Crinissus Abd-el-Kader ll 10 Peter Simple ll 7 Ploughboy ll 6 Johnnie Barrie ll 0 Proceed.. The Deer Ringleader Talisman ••• lO 10 fant at Paisley MARGARET TIM; • and who was recommended to mercy by at the Glasgow • * t3 O ill C u ir n c d u e i r t C v o e u ry rt fdoirsttrhesesimnguredierros oil siey.ELL —Margaret Bell, who was I her 0 4, the il l 0' haveher sentence of death commted ; and her life Ott' Ile spared, in consideration of thencircumotances 0 ing her conviction. I f