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TAB WIZARD of the . NORTH REDIYIVJJS. Why then, the DERBY'S mine oyster, Which I with knife will open. But when ? Why, when every source of intimation has been thoroughly probed and exhausted. The pamphlet (priee Is., or by post Is. 2d.), will bc as complete a guide to the Win n er as well-founded data, or an insight into all the large " books " can make it. Every Tip, Prophet, or other authority will be ransacked, and nothing will be left undone to get at the great secret. Orders should be given at once for it. G. Vickers, Holywell-street, London, and all News Agents, THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, Macs 3, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in five acts, ca'led NOT SO BAD AS WE SEEM; or, Many Sides to a Charac ter. Supported by Messrs. B. Webster, Barry Sullivan, Keeley, Buckstone, Leigh Murray, Stuart, Howe, Miss Rosa Bennett, ,hiss A. Vining, Mrs. Leigh Murray. To conclude with, at second price, the Comedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Veatria, THIS EVENI4O, Mann 3, • Will be performed A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK-FROCK, Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Homeastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. _ . After which, the popular new Fairy Extravaganza entitled THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. Matthews, Suter, ilorncastie, and Templeton; Madame Vestris, Miss Julia St. oeorge, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Mies Wynd ham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosins Wright will appear. To condole wits LITTLE TODDLEKINS. `tole Agent tor the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aileron, 15, New B ne.airttt. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Prorrletor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Kum 3, The historical Drama of JACK SHEPPARD, by Mrs. Keeley Miss F. 7 diaskell, Miss Keeley. and Messrs. 0. Smith, Parselle, Emery, ke. Aftre which, at second price, the Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, U Cl', Tom's Cabin, by Mr. Alfred Wigan, Mrs. Keeley, Miss Wool gar. Madame Celeste, &c. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EV.NUCCI , , MAgar 3, Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After which, THE SPITALFIELDS WEAVER, in which Mr. Wright will appear. To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled I.IARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the tinging Tree.. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farrell. THIS EVENING, Maim' 3, Will be presented ROMEO AND JULIET. Supported by Messrs. Compton, N. Farren, jun., Hcskins, Cooke, Edgar, Bender, and Clifton ; Mrs. Bartlett and Miss Davenport. Alter which, the TYROLESE MINSTRELS, who had the honour of appearing before her Majesty, will appear in their National Costume. To conclude with THE SWISS COTTAGE. Compton. Box -„trice open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence of Ur. E. Chatterton. • Natztiek, Mr. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. LAST WEEK BUT ONE of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEMENT, Ben= Routine of Equestrian Achievements. THIS EVENING, 31Anca 3, And daring the Week, the Entertainments will commence with the superb Spectacle of MAZEPPA. AND THE WILD HORSE, reproduced with all its original magnificent nTects. To be followed by an incomparable display of Equestrian and ymnastic wonders in the Scenes of the Arena. To conclude with a popular Farce. beers open at Halo-vast Six o'clock. To commence at Seven. Pox -office open daily from Eleven, to Four. Stage Manager. Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONIX TUN DAY —Morning 14 min. after 7 I Evening 43 min.aft. 7 To-noß.now—horning 22 min. after 8 Evening 5 min.aft. 9 JON BRIDGE. in a manner to cozen him with a message through his sons, and after having received a peremptory communication requiring his instant reply in per son at Platberg. There it was, accordingly, that, on the day already specified, namely, the 14th, the Governor of the Cape and the Chief of the Basutos had their long-delayed interview, to the end that they might, if possible, come to some definite and satisfactory understanding. The description furnished us of their " talk" is amus ingly characteristic. General CATHCART reite rated the demand already made by him both in his message and in his proclamation. He re quired 10,000 head of cattle and 1,000 horses io be given up to him by the Basutos, to be after wards distributed by him among those boers and others who had been the victims of such sys tematic and whols3ale depredations. He offered this as the condition of peace. He reminded MOSHESH that the result of its refusal would be the commencement of war, and hinted to him pretty clearly that that war would probably re solve itself into a war of extermination. He in formed him candidly that if his propositions were not agreed to by the Basutos, he should feel himself called upon to take from them by force of arms three times as many cattle and horses as had been originally demanded. At the first mention of the alternative of peace or war, MOSHESII remarked sententiously, " Peace is like the rain that makes the grass grow, while war is like the wind which dries it up,"—implying that he appreciated to the full their relative advan tages and disadvantages. When the threat of severe measures being resorted to in case of neces sity was repeated, he seems to have lost patience, or at any rate to have shown that he had, as the saying is, " a spice of the devil" in his composi tion. "Do not talk of war," said he, " for however anxious I may be to avoid it, you know that a dog when beaten will show his teeth." With this kind of converse, the in terview was carried on and brought to a conclu sion. The three days' grace were definitively agreed upon, within which time the 10,000 head of cattle and the 1,000 horses were to be forthcoming—or, in the event of their non-arri val, war was to be declared upon the Basutos by the English Governor. Having failed in our pacific efforts, we were to employ fire and sword with a view to extort compensation. The dog showed his teeth ! MOSHESH had not spoken idly or at random on the 14th of Decem ber. By the 18th only 3,500, instead of the stipulated 10,000, head of cattle had been brought into the British camp at Platberg, by his son NEHEMIAH. Upon the next say, the appointed interval having expired, our troops were set in motion, and upon the day following, the 20th, a fierce conflict took place between the belligerents in the vicinity of the vast droves of cattle col lected together on the Berea Mountain. The result of all this was as could alone have been an ticipated. The Basutos, after making a resolute resistance, and thereby causing a deplorable loss of life on both sides, were compelled to yield to the superior skill and discipline of their European antagonists. MOSHESH himself, on the 20th, sent in his written submission to the Governor, and• on the 23d his Excellency announced the satisfactory settlement of the difficulty by a formal Proclama tion. So the quarrel has terminated. It remains yet to be seen, however, if it may not be produc tive of still more widely-extended disasters : for already it has become known in the colony that our old foes the Kafirs, who have been watching the course of these warlike proceedings with some degree of curiosity and solicitude, are disposed to view as a defeat the withdrawal of our troops from the Orange River Sovereignty. Incited to a renewal of hostilities by this misapprehension, they may compel the Governor again to resort to those efforts at warlike re:aliation which have already cost this country so many lives, so much anxiety, and such enormous and repeated dis bursements. GOD grant that another most bitter lesson may not thus be afforded to our rulers, showing them again in characters of blood the criminal extravagance of over-economy in the conduct of the warlike operations of a civilised Government ! " Many a true word spoke in jest." Our con temporary Punch affords weekly illustrations of the accuracy of the athge. Sound and whole some, but rather unpalatable truths, are constantly enunciated in its columns, which, although ap pearing as facetice, too clearly show where the shoe pinches to be very agreeable to those re sponsible for the grievances thus indicated.. One of its happiest and most telling hits appeared last week, when it declared, that, "to ensure peace with our French neighbours, we should not only mend our manners, but reform our customs." This is, indeed, the truth. There can be no surer or more effectual guarantee for a con tinuance of peace and friendship between neigh bouring nations than that derived from mu tual interest and the rapid exchange of the staple productions of each land. French wines and Eng lish calicoes may be bartered with considerable profit to the contracting parties. Our own absurd and impolitic regulations, however, create difficul ties that impede, nay more, prohibit, these use ful and important exchanges. By what may be considered a prohibitory duty, we prevent the cheaper wines of France from being commonly used, and thus check the feelings of amity and good-will that would spring up towards profit able customers, who, in turn, would supply the commodities for which our English artisans are so justly celebrated. A tax of some 200 or 300 per cent., however, excludes the low-priced wines, and our sensitive neighbours act in a simi lar spirit towards us. It is not merely, however, in fiscal matters, or by exorbitant duties, that we inflame the anger of our continental brethren. Many absurd and vexatious regulations are enforced, that occasion the greatest annoyance to travellers, and injuri ously affect that intercourse which it should be our aim to stimulate by every practicable means. The searching the baggage, and occasionally the persons, of visitors is by no means calculated to create a friendly feeling in their minds, more especially when we consider the rough and uncere monious manner in which it is conducted, and the total disregard for the convenience of lei victims. It may be asserted that these ob- noxious proceedings are necessary, so long as a large proportion of the national revenue is col lected by duties le'ried on importations from other lands. But, supposing it were even so, surely we might endeavour to mitigate the inconvenience in every possible way consistent with the precau tions that should be taken against smuggling. Why, for instance, should there be a compulsory examination of the luggage at the port of arrival? Why might not that luggage be sent on in bonded carriages to the place of destination, in place of detaining the traveller at the seaport town where ho has landed, complaining with deep acerbity against the troublesome regulations that so un necessarily retard his progress. It is the more annoying, too, because his own country has set an example that prevents much of the inconvenience, and that without the slightest danger to the tprro u revenue.neekesdin g They do, indeed, "m anage th ese thi n gs better in F rance. " F or some time past, any person to the Fr enc h me t ropo li s may h ave h is examined. in Paris. On expressing a wish to that effect, they will be taken charge of by the railway company, wag gons. Th ere is thusand n odel conveyed a i_n n locked-up o a o w a g - most o wing days He can, at th e t ermination of his y journey, nn a y t a o n n e c e o . proceed to his h o t e l , see his go o d s exam i ne d thetitniheisthleaitsuniraeyonbem:t and convenient f or at any oth e r e a nt , to himself. It perversely is hard to say why we refuse to adopt a rule in every respect so beneficial why we so doggedly persevere in the old course. We are happy to find the efficient and ,energetic Chairman of the South - Eastern Railw ay c ompany has at length taken the subject up; and f rom what we know of Mr. MACGREGOR, we are con vinced that he will not relinquish his exer tions until the matter is placed on a satisfac tory basis. Among the notices we find that lie will to-morrow (Friday, the 4th instant) ask the Secretary of the Treasury— " Whether the Lords of the Treasury will allow an examination to be made by the officers of her ma.) . csty's Customs, at the examination-room at the London-bridge Terminus of the South Eastern Railway, of the baggage of passengers leaving Paris for London by the 7.30 p.m. train, and crossing from Calais to Dover by her Majesty's mail-packets, under such regulations as may be thought necessary for the protection of the revenue, with a view to do away with the inconvenience and detention now suffered by passengers when the voyage of the mail packet is so lengthened as to prevent that examination taking place at Dover in time for the passengers to leave thereafter by the train in correspondence with the mail packet which arrives in London at 7.50 a.m." We shall await the reply with some anxiety. It will then be seen whether the authorities are still so obstinately bent on maintaining the objec tionable principle, and rejecting the simple but very palpable amelioration now suggested. We would venture to remind the Lords of the Treasury that these are not the times when obvious reforms can be disregarded, or pooh-poohed in deference to the prejudices or interests of a few officials strongly biassed in fa vour of long-continued abuses, and thinking a rude and gruff bearing essential to the perform ance of their duties, and distinguishing marks of their Anglican temperaments and Anglican educa tions. With all due deference to such an authority as Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, the Magistrates are not " the largest Ratepayers in the county." We acknowledge that all taxes paid by occupiers, theoretically, fall ultimately upon landlords ; but, practically, they do not, unless the amount be considerable. A farmer would give neither more nor less for his farm rif the County Rate were doubled or halved. Yet it would be a great mis take to think that the occupier does not grudge a needless penny in the pound in the County Rate. It galls him just as the unfair deprivation of a shilling annoys every Englishman more than the needful payment of a sovereign. We should therefore be glad to see Sir Jonx, and all the County Members, not merely acknowledge, per force, the excellence of representative taxation, but accept it as cordially and spontaneously as Mr. DISRAELI did in his speech on the Budget. He "saw no objection to the Ratepayers being introduced into the immediate management of the County Rate." After deducting the interest of the county debts, and other things fixed by Act of Parliament, the amount which admits of mo dification is, perhaps, like our national expendi ture, less than that which does not. Yet, in the lesser case, as in the greater, that is no reason why the Taxpayers should not assess themselves by their own Representatives. The extravagance of some Town Councils, elected by Ratepayers, was alleged against Mr. GIBSON'S Bill. We should cite them as an argument iu its favour. The thing chiefly to be feared is excessive parsimony, and public inconvenience in consequence. Yet the contrary turns out to be the case. Ratepayers feel daily the need of things which the better ac commodated gentry imperfectly appreciate ; and when allowed to use their own money for their own convenience, they have proved willing to in cur the cost, provided they could have the com fort. As to the police especially, nearly all the exposed property in the country belongs to the Ratepayers. We should not be surprised if it appeared in a few years that the Ratepayers did spend more than the Magistrates, but we should be very much surprised if they did not take good care to have an adequate return for their outlay. We cannot believe that any disrespect is in tended to the " Great Unpaid." They would still remain a kind of rural House of Lords, and would be in no way degraded by leaving money matters to a rural House of Commons. They do not assess the vastlymore important Poor's Rate, and should, we think, be rather pleased than otherwise to throw upon the representatives of the Ratepayers the assessment of the County Rate also. We regard the alteration of placing the election of all the members of the Financial Board in the hands of the Guar dians as a decided improvement, and we have very little doubt that the majority of them will be chosen from the magistrates themselves. The farmers cannot easily spare time to leave their business, and responsibility to the electors will be quite a sufficient check upon the Financial Board. We must confess that the farmers and the guar dians have shown by no means the interest in the measure which it behoves them to do. The pecuniary saving we regard but as a small part of the advantage; the habit of self-government is in finitely more. Lord CRANWORTH was unwilling the other day to allow parties who wished it to dispense with juries, because he deemed them valuable schools for training men's judgments. We think municipal government of every kind of the highest value for the same purpose. Even if magistrates were not very generally elected to the Financial Boards, there are an ample number of farmers, men sufficiently sensible, shrewd, and in telligent in county matters, to raise and adminis ter the County Rates. The. 00 - 2' however, of measures like Mr. Gissorei f ; r • I ' o 3l „ o 9 ing out the latent talent in all depapnents „if practical life, with which Englaw,l everywhere abounds. Muni cipal government cLiates municipal ability. We should be gratified to see the principle of municipality far more fully developed in the rural districts. Why should not our Boards of Guardians 9 become country councils ? Why should they not choose their own Mayor ? Why should they not have in their unions all the powers of Town Councils? Or if the business of guardian of the poor and municipal duties were too heavy a task for some, why not create at once our unions into municipalities, and leave the Ratepayers and the candidates to decide whether the same indivi dual should be a guardian and councillor too ? An annually elected magistrate, and a bench of union magistrates, nominated by the Crown, at the suggestion of the councillors, would impart great confidence to the administration of justice in the country districts. Above - all it would tend to elevate the farmers in the social scale, to dis cipline them to self -management, and to afford legitimate objects of generous ambition to the ability which it wasted or unexercised, because it has no appropriate field. We speak from know ledge when we assert that farmers, in country matters, are quite as competent as shopkeepers, manufacturers, and merchants in town matters. If we would raise them to a level with the towns, we should at least not refuse them the same fran chises. AFRICAN MAIL STEAMERS.—The African Mail Steam ship Company have made arrangements to establish a semi-monthly mail to the west coast of Africa, to sail from Liverpool on the 10th of each month, the existing service from London on the 24th of each month being continued. The vessels composing the new line are to be called the Northern Light, the Southern Cross, and the Pleiades, and the first will sail in October next. They will be of iron, of 1,100 tons burden, and 300- horsepower, with screw propellers. NEW GOLD COMPANY.—A new gold company has been advertised, called the London and Liverpool Aus tralian Gold Mining and Steaming Company, with a capital of 120,0001., in 11. shares. It presents no new features, except that a distribution of 20 per cent. of the profits is proposed to be made to the staff, but the pro moters have the honesty to make the remarkable state ment, that they require 6,000 shares for their trouble in bringing the company out, whereas among many similar concerns the plan hitherto has been for the directors to appropriate to themselves, without notice, as many paid up shares as they m i g ht deem sufficient. AUSTRALIA.—Some time since a little party of gen tlemen holding high Government situations,. obtained leave of absence to visit Australia, with the view of exploring certain districts, which the Colonial-office had already been informed were singularly enriched with this precious metal. This little band, accompanied. by an intelligenfmineralogist and geologist, and anned with the requisite power and the highest official introductions, appear to have been indefatigable in their under - i%al .ing. We are now informed that their reports fully con firm the first advices, and that the " London and Livers Pool, Australian Gold Mining and Streaming Company" just announced, is a commercial result of the news thus• re ceived. It would further appear that the principle w. ith which the adventurers commenced—the tie of a comm, Mn interest—is to remain intact, and the effective minin staff about to sail forthwith are to have their service, 3 responded to by a like arrangement with the company in England.—Morning Paper. THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY AND DEATH OF A GEN TLEMAN IN THE WATERLOO-ROAD.---Mr. Payne, the cor.)--- n aW7( lat e esear e aast , youl a oeu e tuta: l B:p d rpelpd a iyce n inquest yesterday, at St. George's workhouse 3i • Mint-street, Southwark, on the body of Thomas Phili p Pickstock, a gentleman of independent property, NO) o dead e ciahoai.ouueusd hour to o roo n enfbu the medt ehes pavement ahnr, ce morningtas.:ed Ajt huijoernufyy juror h h rurae e edsts au N d iVrnadnayo returned hdhl e a r ei san l W aterloo-roar ya o euu- tog r r dsn o ed a i doe ( ( e; : rr with he robbery. Medical evidence having been give n " That the deceased died from a disease of the heart, t he result of natural causes." DAILY WEA7HER TABLE. THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1853. State of the wind and weather at each of the following places at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations are arranged in order of latitude. HASTINGS—W., gentle breeze —overcast. SOUTHAMPTON—S.W., gentle breeze—foggy. FOLKESTONE—S.W., fresh breeze—rain. BASINGSTOKE—W., gentle breeze —overcast. GREENWICH—W., gentle breeze —overcast. STROOD—S.W., gentle breeze—rain. SWINDON—W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—N. W., gentle breeze—cloudy. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Tuesday morning at nine o'clock : MULLINGAR— N., strong breeze —overcast. H ASTINGS —Calm —overcast. FOLKESTONE—W. gentle breeze --overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N.N#., gentle breeze—overcast. BA SINGSTOKE—N.E., gentle breeze—snow. GR EENWICH—S.W., gentle breeze —snow. STROOD--W. gentle breeze--partially cloudy. SwINDoN—W.. gentle breeze —snow. Litigirros—S.W gentle breeze —snow. HO LYHEAD—N.N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER—N.W., calm— cloudless. WHITBY—N., gentle breeze —snow. DARLINGTON—W., gentle breeze - overcast, showers, BROW'. S 11A P—N., calm—snow. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICB, MARCH 3. THERMOMETER, IN THB SHADE. 3S—highest since noon yesterday. 27—lowest this morning and during the night, -7A—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'0'2—a rise of nearly half an inch since esterday. WIND, N. by W.—Fine cool breeze, and sunshiny 'weather. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THB LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE 1 :E BATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENING. With all other News arriving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latest Trains. ~~ I 51 > 4 lan LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1853. It 'will have been observed, through the ac eoußts received on Monday from the Cape, that thtre has been more bloodshed in those ill-fated regions of the African Continent. Governor 'CATHCART has had to follow up, by a war upon the Basutos, his severe and successful measures for the suppression of the rebellion of the Gaikas, the Tambookies, and the Hottentots. In this struggle, as in the previous contests, his Excel lency has, if we may employ so large a term in reference to so petty a collision, come out victo riously. Not, however, it must be remarked, without losses sufficiently lamentable to counter balance all the consequent advantages. The o rigin of the recent movement may be easily enough explained. There had been repeated de predations on the neighbouring tribes, those under Our own protection, on the part of the thievish race of the Basutos. The latter had re peatedly made incursions upon the country of the adjacent Boers, and besides levying a sort of black mail, according to their wont, had com mitted divers mur ders, and be en gu ilt y o f var i ous other atrocities. It Was deemed advisable, there fc,re, by General CATHCART that we should avail 'ourselves of a momentary 1, 1 1 . . 1 , giving our troops ePPortunity to wreak a the' desired leisure and offenders, if we summary vengeance upon th e found it impracticable to force them into making some reasonable reparation. Actuated by thi s determination, his Excellency advanced with a moderate force early in December, and took up his position in the Orange River sovereignty. The total number of those under his comma n d amounted to not more than 2,500 men of all arms ; but these, under the direction of able officers like Colonel EYRE, proved in the end sufficient for the emergency. Resolved to carry out the tenor of his proclamation, at once and boldly, to the letter, or in other words to administer " justice," at all hazards, according to his distinct promise, the Governor encamped at Commissie Drift, a spot situated midway between the Berea Mountain and. the River Caledon. Thither ho summoned to appear before him the chiefs MOSHESH, and ATALITS.INE, and SYKONYELLA, and MOROKO, and 0; ERT TA AYBOSCH—di recti ng his summons, how ever, Particularly to MOSHESH , as the prin cipal chi e f of the Basutos. After seve ral evasions at l ength , the last _mentioned warrior , on the 14th Decemb er , ma d e hi s appearance befor® tish cam General C ATHCART i n the Bri p at Platberg, whither the Governor had proceeded with his troops for the purpose of distan ce the being withi n more easy l from the "great place" of the guilty trib e , Bossiou. M osm , sir , indeed di p d ace called Th a b a not present him self before the G. overnor until after he had tried THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1868. moyMIT AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 6,500 bales, of which 600 America n a and 400 Egyptian were taken for export, and 600 on speculation. The market was her_ vy, and prices in favour of buyers, except Egyptian, which com manded extreme prices, and Sea Island, which were id. per lb. higher. The sales comprised 5,000 American, 250 Pernam and Maranham at 6kd. to 7id. 30 Bahia at 6d., 500 Egyptian at Rd. to is. 2Rd. , 500 Surat at nd. to 4id., and 60 Sea Island at is. Bd. to 2s. 2id. per lb. Railway Shares were dull, at rather lower prices. The six weeks' average price of wheat is 455. sd. per quarter. The public sales of wool were brought to a ter mination last evening, and the following report is furnished by Mr. Henry P. Hughes : " The attendance of our manufacturers and dealers was large, that from the continent very small, and but few purchases made for foreign account. The assort ment for this period was unusually good, comprising many well-known first-rate flocks which should have been here early last year, but arrived much after their usual time, owing to the great difficulty in obtaining hands in the colony to work the ships home. Since my last circular our trade has continued in the same uninterrupted healthy state. Previous to the commencement of these sales many hold ers in the North sold out freely, and stocks in general were very much reduced, so that the whole of the quan tity now offered was freely taken at an average advance of ld. to lid. per lb. on October sales. South Ameri can merino wool was in good request, and sold at full rates. East India, owing to the scarcity of foreign wool under is. per lb., was very much sought after, and sold readily at about id. per lb. higher." It appears that the rumours yesterday morning about the falling off in the gold yield were so far exaggerated that the receipts at Melbourne had recently been at the rate of 5,000 to 8,000 ounces daily, not weekly. Great as this reduction is, com pared with , previous weeks, it is nevertheless partly to be accounted for by the extensive " prospecting " for new " diggings." Passengers arrived by the Roxburgh Castle state that the yield certainly was diminishing in many localities, and that there was a-general impression that the Ovens district was no longer attractive for the ordinary and unskilled miner. Mr. Hargraves, the discoverer of gold in Australii, had, on the contrary, expressed his opinion that there were (Told fields yet unexplored that will last out the present generation. In a private letter now be fore us, and dated as early as November 5, at Mel bourne, it is stated :—" The news from the gold fields is not at all encouraging' at the present moment, and the old hands are leaving the well worked gullies to discover new. I assure you I am anything but sanguine as to the re sult of our expedition, and shall consider myself lucky if I only get enough gold to keep me while I am here." The return of the sailors to their ships is signifi cant as to the smaller gains at the "diggings;" and the great decline in freights now to be expected here will be a boon to our merchants, as well as to consumers in the colony. The Funds are dull again, and there is no al teration in the price of Consols. The present values are 99i r. The Bank of England is charging 3 per cent, for loans on Exchequer Bills. This is not helping the Government, and the " advertised" bills have dropped to 3s. premium. Such a coarse is, to say the least, quite contrary to the ust , ll harmony between the Bank and the Treasury. East India Stock is at 265 to 266 g. The Bonds are 455. premium. Bank Stock is firm at 228. The foreign market is very brisk. Grenada De ferred Stock brings 11 to'ti. There are said to be negotiations in progress between England and the United States for the great canal. Mexican Bonds have advanced to 241 and 25, and Peruvian to 107 and 108. Buenos Ayres Stock is at 62. Sar dinian Bonds have been marked 95 to ±. New Spanish Deferred Stock is at 24 to and the Cei Lificate at 7. The Swedish Loan brings 12 discount. The Greek Bonds of 1824 and 1825, ex over-due Coupons are in demand, and scarce at 7. The purchases are by influential Dutch houses, and it is said the Goverment at Athens has bought up the gerater part of this Stock. Holders are looking for a great rise, whether with reason time will determine. Gold Mine Shares have been flatter, and sellers predominate. British Australian Gold are down ; Colonial, to ; Great Nugget, ; and Port Philip, to -g. The Australian also are to cheaper. The Land Companies Shares are generally heavy, Agricultural, North British and Scottish Investment, being most affected. Peel River even are not so good, although the advices from the company's estate read exceedingly favourable. In the Australian Bank Shares less is doing, and they are cheaper to buy, except South Australia, which have risen. Crystal Palace Shares are higher. Australasian Coal Mining Company's Shares are being well paid upon, this being► the last day. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : _ 1853. 1852. 15,281 14,396 Great Western North Western . 43,049 41,11 South Western Brighton Midland South Eastern Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire York and North Midland Newcastle and Berwick . 8,403 8,819 . • 7,065 7,669 .. 21,092 20,373 ~ 9,886 9,625 ~ 8,907 7,648 . 12,441 10,572 . 17,328 16,525 • 6,791 7,561 • 9,698 12,748 The Railway Share Market is lower by about i per cent., but there is not much doing. The French lines are not so high. Upper India have been done at i prem. BRITISH FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business cone. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities looa 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities__ ..... Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock India Bords, £lOOO 45 Consols for Account 10th March 99a A Exchequer Bills 14d. £lOO0.. £5OO l2 Small l2 Ditto Advertised 3 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Br enos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 62 Granada Bonds, Deferred, Greek ex over-due Coupons Mexican 3 per Cent............ ................... 24i i 5 Peruvian 6 per. Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 4} per cent lo3s 4 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent 241 i i Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 7 P • Swedish Loan Dutch Exchange 24 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates.......... HALF-PAST TWO. Consols Ditto March Account 994 fi WooDIN'S CARPET-BM.—W. S. Woodin, the cele brated polyphonist and delineator of comic character, has removed from the,Marionette Theatre in Adelaide street to the Myriographic Hall, hitherto known as the Salle Robin, 232, Piccadilly. His opening evening on Monday last at his new home was attended by a fashion able and delighted audience, who filled every portion of this elegant salle. Mr. Woodin's popularity is so firmly established that we may expect a lengthened continuance of his unequalled entertainments. THE ENGINEERS LIFE-OFFICE.—The annual meeting of the Engineers Masonic and Universal Mutual Life Assurance Society took place on Tuesday at the So ciety's-office, No. 345, Strand. From the report of the directors, it appeared that during the year 1852, 333 proposals for assurance had been received, of whom 251 had been completed, assuring the sum of 60,380/., and producing annual premiums to the amount of 1,9751. lls. 2d. Forty-eight proposals for the assur ance of 15,9001. h a d b een declined, and 34 for the assurance of 7,1501 . s t oo d o ver for completion o r fur ther consideration. The net income from premiums was shown to be 10,0511. 15s. 5d., after deducting short term, purchased, and lapsed policies, and those under which claims had arisen. The number of deaths among the members during the past year had been five, to the amount of 1,2001. The chairman having answered satisfactorily several questions respecting the financial position of the society, the report was unanimously adopted, and a suggestion having been made on the part of the members, and agreed to by the directors, for the circulation of a b a l ance - s h ee t b e f ore f u t ure annua l meetings, the meeting separated with a vote of thanks to the chairman and officers of the society. MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA.—The next mails for Aus tralia, &c., will be made up at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, to-morrow morning, the 4th inst., to be forwarded by the Indus mail steamer, from South ampton (and from Singapore by the new contract packets). The mails that had been shipped on board the Australian screw mail packet, which put back to Plymouth on the 25th ult., disabled, will be forwarded by the Indus ; great difficulty will, however, be expe rienced, it is expected, in their correct delivery, as the major part of the addresses on the letters and news papers are much de.":l2cd in consequence of the salt water having penetrated the bags. Letters and news papers will also be forwarded to Australia by the over bald. closed mail to India, on the evening of the Bth i n stant, via Marseilles, but both must be pre-paid. QUEEN* ANNE'S BOUNTY.—Yesterday, the annual ac counts of Queen Anne's Bounty for the year 1851 were issued. The receipts were 204,1291. 10s. 10d., and the .disbursements 20 4,3321. 6s. sd. The first fruits in arrear were 491. 4s. Bd., and the yearly tenths due 421. 10s. Icl. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY). OLD COURT. (Before Lord Campbell.) MURDER. Charles Saunders, aged 32, described as a labourer, was indicted for the wilful murder of Thomas Samuel Toiler, a commission agent, residing near Chadwell heath. The prisoner is a slightly-made middle-sized man, of dark complexion, and of forbidding appearance ; he was attic ed in the prison garb, and maintained a sullen, almost stoic, indifference throughout the trial. Mr. Cook conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh defended the prisoner. Mr. Cook briefly stated the facts of the case, and then called the following evidence. William Clowser, aged thirteen-and-a-half years, living at Chadwell-heath, said—On Tuesday, the Bth of Febru ary, I remember going about a quarter past 9 in the morning to school, from a place called Barley-lane—it runs out of the road from Chadwell to Ilford. On my way to school I noticed a man standing at a hand-post at the corner of the lane ; he held a stick in his hand, and was not a very tall man. That person was the prisoner.. The prisoner here said in a low tone—That is a lie, I was not there at all. Witness continued—After I had proceeded a little way I looked back and saw the prisoner go up to the man and hit him on his head and knock his hat off. He picked up his hat and ran away towards Chadwell. The prisoner went after him and gave him another hit on the head which knocked him down. I then ran away to school. Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—l noticed the deceased come up the road to the hand-post where the prisoner was standing. They walked together for about three minutes before the prisoner struck the deceased. Thomas Willis, a gardener, said—On the morning of the Bth February I was working in a garden near the road leading from Chadwell to Ilford, nearly opposite to Barley-lane. About nine o'clock my attention was called to a noise, but I cannot say what it was. On look ing over the pailings I saw a man struggling with the deceased. I called to the man twice to leave off. He did not leave off. I got over the pailings into the road, and went towards them. When I got about a-quarter of a yard to the prisoner, I saw him take a knife from his pocket and run it into the man's neck. The deceased was on the ground, and the prisoner was standing up. He stooped down when he used the knife. He thrust it into the neck under the ear. I did not see the deceased move afterwards. He was not struggling with the pri soner when I got into the road. I went up to the pri soner and said, " You have killed the man." He said, "He tried to murder me, and now I have murdered him." William Clark came up at the time. When this conversation took place the prisoner had a knife in one hand and a stick in the other. The knife was covered with blood. I went to Chadwell for the police ; when I returned to the spot with a policeman, the prisoner was not there. Soon afterwards I saw him in custody. The poor man was lying on the road when I returned with the policeman. Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—When I went for the police, the prisoner left the body, and proceeded towards Ilford. William Clark, examined by Mr. Cooke—l am a labourer. On the morning of the Bth of February, about nine o'clock, I was pushing down Barley-lane to wards London. Had gone down the lane nearly a quarter of a mile, when I heard something which in duced me to look back, and I then saw one man beating another with a stick. One knocked off the other's hat, and the man who was attacked cried out "Murder." I turned towards them, and shouted out to leave off. I saw the deceased knocked down. The prisoner is the other man. The deceased received a great many blows with a large stick. The deceased held up his hand. I advanced towards them, and saw the former take a knife from his person and cut the deceased's throat. I saw Mr. Willis. We both went for the police. The pri soner went away at a running pace in the direction of Seven Kings' Water. The deceased never moved after he was knocked down. J. Gaywood, butcher, at Chadwell-heath, said—l know the deceased. He told me he was a commission agent. He was in the habit of going to London. I believe he went every day. He generally walked on foot. Chadwell-heath is about ten miles from London. He appeared to be a very quiet mau. He was married, and had three children. He was about 48 years of age. Barley-lane is the way to London. It is about a mile from the deceased's house. About 9on the morn ing of the Bth I heard that Mr. Teller was murdered. I did not go in search of the prisoner, but I went round to serve my customers. I proceeded to a place called Littleheath, and stopped near the end of Barley-lane. At this point there are three roads. The prisoner came up when I was serving a Mrs. English, a customer of mine ; she keeps a beer-shop and a chandler's shop. The prisoner came to the door, and asked for a half pennyworth of tobacco ; he said he had got a box to put it in, and he asked for a inciter match. The articles were given to him ; he then left the house. I had never seen him before, but I particularly noticed him through the window as he went out, as my dogs followed, which was a rather rare cir c u ms t ance , as th y are very shy of strangers. He walked away towards Barley-lane. I followed him, and when I overtook him he was at the end of the lane with a policeman. I did not observe that he had a stick with him when he was in the shop. When I came up to them I said to the policeman, " You have just ; got him in time—l was just after him my self." I Krought Willis to see the prisoner, and he said, "That is the man." The prisoner made no answer. I took the prisoner and the policeman to Ilford gaol in my cart. On the way the prisoner said, "I will tell you the truth—he once attempted to murder me, and now I have murdered him ; lie once hindered me from getting 4d. and a night's lodging, and something to eat ; four or five others I would have served the same if I had had time." I asked him if he knew him, and he said "Yes ; I did not do it for want, but fo: something I have known of him before." I asked him what he had done with the knife, and he replied, "It is no use looking for it ; it is a moral impossibility to find it. I have broken the blade off in the ground, and buried the other part." I asked what he had done with the stick, and he said he had thrown it away on the common. I asked him what Common, and lie said among some furze. I also asked him if he had smoked the tobacco which he had bought, and he replied " No." Mr. Sleigh said he had no questions to ask this witness. William Coll said—On the morning of the murder I was at Aldborough-hatch-gate about a quarter or 20 minutes past nine. I saw the prisoner there '• he ope ne d the gate, and went through into the forest. His gate is about a mile and a half from the end of Barley-lane. He was walking fast. John Metcalfe—l am a police officer, stationed at Chadwell-heath. On hearing of the murder at a quarter past nine, on the morning of the Bth, I went to Barley lane, and I there found the dead body of Mr. Toller. I knew him well ; he was a very peaceable and inoffensive man. I found him lying on the footpath, with his throat cut. The body was quite warm, and there were marks of blows, as if he had been beat with something. The body was removed to the Greyhound Inn, Chadwell, where the inquest was held. I heard from Willis a description of the person who com mitted the deed, and I went in search of him. About ten minutes past ten I was standing at the corner of Barley-lane, and I observed the prisoner coming down towards me from Little Heath. His appearance agreed with the description given by Willis. I went and met him, and asked him where he came from? lie said he came from Chelmsford and Romford—that was the con trary direction. I observed spots of blood on his coat and trousers. I asked him how they came there ? He said .he had cut his finger with a flint stone. He showed me the wound—he had a piece of rag on his finger. The wound seemed to have been recently cut. I did not take him into custody, but followed him down the lane, and past the very spot where the dead body was found. I noticed the bottom of his trousers were wet. I met Gaywood, the butcher, at the top of the lane, and he brought Willis to identify the prisoner. Willis, on seeing him, immediately said, ," That is the man." I then took him into custody, and conveyed him in Mr. Gaywood's cart to Ilford. The prisOner on the way said he would tell the truth, but I cautioned him that what he said would be produced against him in evidence. (The witness corroborated almost to the letter the conversation which took place in the cart as deposed by Gaywood.) I saw the stick produced in a stubble field, near the Seven Kings' Water, about a quarter of a mile from the spot where the body was found. (The stick was a short, thick knotted one of black colour.) All he had upon him was two books and a silk handkerchief. None of the things known to be in the possession of the deceased were missing. Edward Toiler, brother of the murdered man, said the deceased was 48 years of age. Mr. Edward Sullivan, assistant to a surgeon at Ilford, deposed to seeing the body of the deceased at the Grey Horse Inn, at Chadwell, on the day of the murder. There were several severe wounds on the head. There was also a wound from one side of the throat to the other. It had been committed by a sharp instrument, and was the immediate cause of death.' On cross-examination—the witness said he agreed with the opinion expressed in a medical work, that in sanity was very often transmitted from one generation of a family to another. A man named Smith, a bricklayer, a t Chadwell, said he was in the habit of coming to London with his cart. He came to Lot don on one day at the end of December last. On his return he met Mr. Toiler, whom he knew well, on the Mile-end-road. We had been waiting for him in order to get a lift on the i oad. While I stopped to give the horse some corn, the prisoner came up and asked me for a few half-pence for a night's lodging. I told him I had nothing to give him—that I worked for all I got, and I asked him why he did not go to work as he was as well able to do so as I was. Mr. Toiler then came up and said, "He will not work—he is a regular impostor : I have seen him before." I then went away for a few minutes to attend to the horse, and while I was standing aside I heard they were on the quarrel. On returning to them they were still at words. Toiler said, " I have a good mind to give you into custody." I told the prisoner the best thing lie could do was to toddle off about his business. Toiler said, "We have nothing to give you," and as the prisoner was going away he turned round and said, "I sh ou ld lik e to' give you something." We then went into a public-house and got some refreshments. We saw nothing more of the prisoner. I knew the spot in Barley-lane where the body was found perfectly well. I have seen the prisoner frequently in that lane. About four days before the murder was committed, I noticed him about a quarter of a mile from the spot with a short stick under his arm. Mr. Sullivan was recalled and said he visited the pri soner frequently at the gaol, having been called to attend him for the wound on his finger. I had conversations with him on each occasion, and it appeared to me that he was labouring under a delusion, not only that Mr. Toiler was determined to murder him, bat that severa other persons were in a conspiracy against him to lake his life. This concluded the case for the prosecution. Mr. Sleigh having addressed the jury on the part of the prisoner, proceeded to call exculpatory evidence. [The trial was proceeding when we went to press.] ELECTION COMMITTEES-(THIS DAY.) SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCLXXXIV. THE DERBY - LOTS AT COMPTON AND ST. ALBANS. I am glad to report that Lord John Scott, whose ill ness created considerable sensation in the sporting world, is now convalescent. He has a couple of Derby nags in training, under the care of M. DAWSON, at Compton, near Ilsley, one of whom—the b c PUG ORROCK, by Pantalo on , ou t o f T es t y, a w i nner twice in eight runs—is not likely to start for the Derby. The b c THE REIVER (brother to Elthiron, Wind hound, and Hobbie Noble) is by Pantaloon, out of Phryne, by Touchstone—Decoy by Filho da Puta— Finesse by Peruvian—Violante by John Bull, a splen did pedigree and blood will t e ll. H e was on e of the earliest foals of his year nomi na t e d f or th e D er by, hav ing put in his first appearance o n th e f ace o f this sublu nary ball at Cawston Lodge, o n th e 30th o f January, 1850. His name was introduc e d t o th e r i ng at Tatter sail's on the 31st of May last y ear , an d 30 to 1 was booked in hundreds. He made his debat at Ascot in the race for the Fourth Triennial Stakes, winning by a head from Cheddar, who swerved at the finish. This performance was considered very unsatisfactory, more especially, as Auld Acquaintance—a rather inferior 11111 —finished at Cheddar's head ; and the consequence was he did not rise in the betting, being quoted, both before and after the race, at 20 to 1. His next performance was at Newmarket, where, with the odds of 7 to 2 on him, he won the July Stakes, without an effort, by ten lengths, beating Dove, Amazon, and Blue John. The following day he walked over for a sweepstakes, Tal fourd withdrawing his stake. At Doncaster, for the Champagne he was the favourite, at 6 to 4 against the field, but ran home absolutely last—a position which hie jockey could have converted into second had he pleased, but that would have been tiring him to no purpose, as he was anything but up to the mark, and had no chance with his conqueror, Vindes• This was his last performance. He has been backed to win a great deal of money—between seventy and eighty thousand, at least—which, in my opinion, cannot be said to be lost as yet ; he is enjoying excellent health at the present time ; and, if he can do sufficient work before the Two Thousand Guineas comes off, will run for that race. Six meeaths ago he was my selection for the Derby ; and I entertain hopes that he will run un commonly well. Not having examined the Reiver my self closely, I subjoin his description by a good judge —"He stands about fifteen hands three inches, and is of the same colour as Hobbie Noble ; has a white star on his forehead, with a dash of white on his near hind heel ; his head is very intelligent, bespeaking what he possesses—a most perfect temper ; his neck, though well set on, is rather short ; and in depth of brisket and obli quity of shoulders he is faultless ; with plenty of height, behind the saddle he is unobjectionable ; well ribbed up with powerful loins ; long to the hocks, which are large, and short thence to the fetlock ; he has a clubby off forefoot ; and his foremost understandings are somewhat stiltyish ; he is a larger boned, and decidedly much finer, animal than his brother, Robbie Noble." WATERFORD The committee to inquire into this petition met this morning for the first time, the Hon. Owen Stanley chairman. Mr. Calvert, Mr. Huddleston, and Mr. Hay appeared in support of the petition, and the sitting members were represented by Sergeant Kinglake, Mr. Meagher, and Mr. Power. Mr. Calvert stated that this petition was founded upon moral grounds —upon the grounds of loss of occu pancy between the time of the lists being sent in and the time of pollihg ; on the receipt of parochial relief by some of the voters within twelve months of the time of polling ; upon several cases of bribery and kidnapping. Several persons, too, had voted for the county, having only a borough qualification ; and, by an old act, such persons were liable to a fine of 1001. Considerable in timidation had also been employed by the Roman Ca tholic priests. The learned counsel argued at some length that the register of persons qualified to rote was not deeisive, but that it was competent to the committee to strike off the vote of any one on the register who had, between the time of the register being made and the time of polling, quitted the occupation from which he hal derived his qualification. The learned counsel stated that he would bring forward one case of this sort, and take the opinion of the committee upon it, as that would at once decide the question. The learned counsel at once applied to the committee to be allowed to ex amine the witnesses by means of an interpreter, as several of them could only speak the Irish language. Upon the poll-books being put in in the usual manner, Mr. Meagher objected to their reception on the ground of their not having been sealed by the candidates, and thus properly authenticated. Mr. Calvert denied that, if there were any doubt as to the authenticity of the poll-books, that it would be his duty to prove their authenticity, as there was prima facie evidence of their being genuine already. The committee decided upon allowing the admission of the books. The evidence was then gone into. CHATHAM. The committee sat this morning at 11 o'clock, when Mr. Serjeant Wrangham addressed the committee on behalf of the sitting member. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DA Y.) CAUTION TO PLAY-GOERS, Alf red /lemmings was brought before Mr. Bingham charged with creating a disturbance in the gallery of the Queen's Theatre, Tottenham-street. Mr. Henry Reeves, comedian, stated that in August last he' had a brass collar stolen from the neck of a valuable dog at the door of the Queen's Theatre, and in consequence of information he received he went to Cumberland-mews, which is the haunt of several dog stealers, and gave a party in charge, but not having suffi cient evidence against him, he was discharged. Since then he (witness) had been repeatedly annoyed when at tending to his professional duties on the stage by some person calling out, " How about the dog's collar ;" and in order to put a stop to this system of annoyance he applied to the constable of the theatre, who adopted pro ceedings to detect the offending party, and the result was the apprehension of the prisoner. Joseph Conden was in the gallery of the Queen's Theatre last night, and heard the prisoner call out as loud as he could, "How about the dog's collar I" Mr. Reeves was on the stage at the time, and the perform ance was interrupted in consequence. Mr. Bingham severely lectured the prisoner on his offensive conduct, and, as a caution to him for the future, ordered him to find two sureties to be of good behaviour for the next six months. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glocester at Glocester liouse yesterday. A deputation, to present a memorial from the mer chants of London, Greenock, Liverpool, Poole, and Bristol, engaged in the trade and fisheries of Newfound land, had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yes terday at the Foreign-office. The deputation consisted of Mr. T. H. Brooking, Mr. T. N. Hunt, Mr. T. B. Job, Mr. T. H. Newman, and Mr. Schenk. Sir T. Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yester day, at the official residence in Downing-street. A deputation from the townships of Hanley and Shel ton had an interview yesterday with the General Board of Health, at their office, Whitehall. They were introduced by Mr. Ricardo, M.P., the Hon. E. F. Le veson Gower, M.P., and Mr. Smith Child, M.P. The deputation consisted of the following gentlemen : Messrs. C. Bailiff, Ridgway, Dimmock, Clemenston, Brownfield, and Keeling. LONDON SACRED. HARMONIC SOCIETY. Haydn's celebrated oratorio of "The Creation" was performed at Exeter Hall last night by the London Sacred Harmonic Society. The solo parts were ably sustained by Mrs. Sunderland and Miss Henderson, Mr. Lockey and Mr. H. Philips. Mrs. Sunderland gained great applause in the beautiful recitative and air, " With verdure clad," and gave equal satisfaction in the first air of the second part, "On mighty wings." Mr. Lockey was encored in one of the finest passages in the oratorio, " In native worth," which he gave with great effect. Mr. Philips's powerful voice was well suited to the prominent part he sustained. Miss C. Henderson has a very pleasing voice, and th oug h th e port i on wh i ch devolved on her was slight, she attracted attention by her finished interpretation of it. The choruses were rtiven with great precision and spirit. Those especially worthy of notice were the first, "And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters," and " Achieved is the glorious work." At the commencement of the evening the " Cantata" for the birthday of the Queen ,was per formed, and w as we ll rece i ve d. One of the best pas sages in this composition is the madrigal, "Through the realm." The hall was well attended, and the numerous audience seemed to derive great satisfaction from the performance. THE NEW _BISHOP OF LINCOLN. The Rev. John Jackson, M.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford, has been nominated to this see, vacant by the death of the Right Rev. Dr. Kay, the late lord bishop. Mr. Jackson is a canon of Bristol, rector of St. James's, Westminster, andchaplain-in-ordinary to the Queen. Mr. Jackson's name appears in the first class, "In Litmis Humanioribus," in the Easter term of 1833, along with those of Mr. Sergeant G ase l ee , D r. Jelf, Principal of King's College, London ; Mr. R. Lowe, Secretary of the Board of Control ; Mr. Henry H. Halford, Regius Professor of Modern History, and others. In 1834, Mr. Jackson obtained the Ellerton Theological Prize, for the best essay, the subject being "The sanctifying influence of the Holy Ghost indispensable to human sal vation."—Morning Post. The ecclesiastical advancement of the Rev. John Jackson, Incumbent of St. James's, who has just been appointed to the vacant see of Lincoln, has been unpre cedentedly rapid. Not more than ten or twelve years have elapsed since the rev, gentleman was simply the master of a proprietary school at Islington, from which he is supposed not to have received more than 3001. or 4001. a year. About the time we have mentioned, the Rev. Mr. Harvey, rector of Hornsey, placed Mr. Jackson in a small chapel in his parish, which answered the purpose of a chapel of ease. There the rev, gentle man soon attracted as large a congregation as the place would hold, and became a great favourite, out of the pulpit as well as in it. Matters went on this way until about seven or eight years ago, when a vacancy occur ring in the incumbency of St. James's parish, the Bishop of London offered the living to the Rev. Mr. Harvey, of Hornsey. The latter rev- gentleman, shrinking from the responsibility of undertaking the care of a parish containing 20,000 souls, and a parish, moreover, com prising a large part of the aristocracy of London, de clined the offer, though the living of St. James's is worth 1,200/. or 1,400/. a year, while that of Hornsey is only worth between 500/. and 6001. But though declin ing the offer himself, Mr. Harvey, knowing that, for private reasons, the bishop was anxious to have the va cancy filled up at once, suggested that he could not do better than give it to Mr. Jackson. The metropolitan prelate at once acquiesced, and Mr. Jackson received the incumbency of St. James's on 'the following day. And now, in the brief space of about seven years, he is elevated to the See of Lincoln, one of the most im portant bishoprics in the country.—Morning Advertiser. ADELPHI TH EATRE.—Flexmore and Ms patrons had ample reason to be satisfied last evening with the over flowing house and the admirable performances which signalised the benefit of the renowned pantomimist. Every available spot was occupied before the rising of the curtain, and many must have been compelled to turn back from the doors. After the performance of the second and third acts of The Green Bushes, the beneficiaire made his appearance in the well known ballet of Esme ralda, and his entrance was greeted with a tumultuous burst of applause that shook the building to its founda tions. Madlle. Auriol, who acquitted herself splendidly, was likewise received most enthusiastically. In the se lections from the pantomime of Harlequin Nell Gwynne, the several scenes went off with extraordinary eclat, not the least delightful to the spectators being that in which the Flexmorean imitations of the most noted terpsicho reans were presented. The entertainments were wound up shortly after twelve with a resplendent pyrotechnic display, proclaiming "Flexmore's Thanks" in characters of flame to the multitudinous band of his admirers. Vivat Plex. VALUE OF PROPERTY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE CRYSTAL PALACE.—The Woodman's Arms, Wirstow hill, Norwood, the nearest public-house to the New Crystal Palace at Sydenham, was on Monday sold, after a spirited competition, at Garraway's, together with the goodwill and the unexpired lease for seventeen years, subject to an annual rental of 1001., for the enormous sum of 6,300/. THE IRISH MAGISTRACY.—The Lord-Lieutenant has been pleased to approve of Maurice J. O'Connell, Esq., of Lakeview , being appointed a deputy-lieutenant for the county f Kerry, in the room of Pierce Ma hony, Esq., deceased. The Lord Chancellor has appointed Michael D. Keatinge, Esq., of Woodsgift, a magistrate for the county of Kilkenny. John Scully, Esq. of Clifden Castle, has been appointed a magistrate for the county of Galway. W. KING has a trio of the Baron Rothschild's in training at St. Alban's ; two of whom—the b c SPREAD EAGLE, by the Sea, out of Charl o tt e W es t, nom i na t e d b y M r. M a rtin, who has never run ; and b c GIINNERSBURY, by Ponta' loon, dam by Touchstone, a loser in the two races he has started for—are of no account for the Epsom OW. The Baron's " gem" is the b c ORESTES, by Orlando, dam by Bay Middleton, out of Vitula, bred by Mr. Vi r • E. Hobson, of Kettleby Thorpe, near Brigg, Lincoln' shire, who nominates him ; he was sold by Mr. Hobson about a year ago to Mr. Oldaker, who transferred him to the Baron for a stiffish sum. His only appearance in public was at the Epsom Summer Meeting, for the Woodcote Stakes, which he won easily by a length , beating Sylphine (second), Gossip (bad third), Da,gobert (fourth), and nine others, including Speed the Plough, and Rataplan. He was introduced to the polite atten - tions of the book-makers at "the corner" on the 7th of June, at 25 to 1. His noble owner has backed him for a large stake, and anticipates, as does his breeder, the victory at Epsom. He is in capital condition at the pre sent time, and will not run before the Derby day. 111 , this horse I expect seei ng th e fi rs t, secon d , or t hi r d ; and think him more likely to be the first than any other. I shall publish a summary of these observations on the seventy-fourth Derby to-morrow, and then take the opportunity of more definitively stating my opinion of the merits of these candidates for Derby laurels. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. P.S.— I cannot take leave of the Derby without ev, pressing my satisfaction at l earn i ng th a t "Th e Wizard of the North" intends to give the world another pars P h. let upon this great national event. Last year I differed with many of the Wizard's arguments and conclusions , but on the whole, he displayed such a thorough know:, ledge of his subject, and handled his "facts and figures with so much adroitness, that anything proceeding from his pen must always be welcome, because interesting, to the genuine turfite. It is said the Wizard goes for complete outsider. LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. The TRIAL STAKES of 5 sovs. 3 yrs old, Est 4113 ; 4 yrs, Set 41b • 5 yrs, 9st ; six and a ge d, 9 st 31b . M ares and geldings allowed 41b. One mile and a quarter. (5 subs.) Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 4 yrs The AINTREE STAKES of 60 sovs. One mile. Mr. Harper's Worcester, 5 yrs, Est 91b ...... (Waldie) 1 Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 4 yrs, 7st 101 ......... Sir R. Newcomen's Lalage, 4 yrs, Est 31b .............. Mr. Walker's Game Tommy, 3 yrs, sst 71b........ t Betting-6 t o 4 ags t G ame Tommy, and s to "%I-as; Lady Agnes (t a k en ). W on i n a canter by two DAP half a length between second and third. The OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES of 5 SOW. each, old added for 3 yr s o ld s an d upwar d s ; w i nner to be °- for 1501., &c. One mile. Three subs. Mr. Southwood's b f by Liverpool Junior, out of 1 Fair Louisa, 3 yrs, (501.) 6 s t 131 b (Kendall) Mr. Merry's Desdemona, 3 yrs, (501.) sst 51b ......... Mr. Grimer's Cripple Kate, 5 yrs, (301.) Bst 31b.....• 2tol on Southwood's filly. Won by half a length•_ s The LIVERPOOL SPRING CUP o f 100 sovs., b y su bs. 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 60 sovs. added. One rrow and three quarters. Four subs. 1 Mr. Eglinton s Llanfoda, 3 yrs. 4st 131 b 2 Mr. Spence's St. Michael, 4 yrs, Est 61b 5 Mr. J. Osborne's Little Davie, 4 yrs, Est 61b Lord Waterford's Bellewstoun, 5 yrs, Est 121 b • Mr. Megson's Weath ergage , 4 yrs, B st 71b "0 Lord Caledon's Kitefiyer, 4 yrs, Est 131 b 0 Mr. Palmer's Doubt, aged, Est 101 b 0 Mr. Saxon's Caurire, aged, sst 51b 0 Mr. Harper's Worcester, 5 yrs, Est 41b 0 Mr. W. H. Scott's Cheroot, 4 yrs, Est 21b Betting-5 to 2 agst Doubt, 3to 1 agst Weathergi 0, 0 5 to 1 each against Bellewstoun and Little Davie. W 0 by half a length ; a nec k b e t ween second and t hird' Bellewstoun a good fou r th ; W eat h ergage and Dou bt next. A complaint was made by Carroll against Llanford* on the ground that he hung upon St. Michael near the finish, but it was afterwards withdrawn. The race w g ' s run in 3 min. 23 secs. The Grand National Steeplecase Handicap, of 20 so"' his each s , hf ft, with 100 so vs . a dd e d ; t h e secon d to salef takes, &c. About four miles. 62 subs., 28 whom paid 5 sovs. each. Capt. Little's Peter Simple, aged lOst 101b..(0lliver) Mr. Mason's Miss Mowbray, aged, lOst 121 b.......•• ; Mr. Mason's Oscar, aged, 10st 21b Mr. Barnett's Sir Peter Laurie, aged, 11st 81b ...... Mr. Drake's Knight of Gwynne, aged, list 21b.....• Mr. Higginson's Bourton, aged, list 21b Mr. Lucas's Tipperary Boy, aged, lOst 101 b g Mr. Osb orne ' s Abd-el-Kader, aged, lOst 101 b Lord Wat er f or d' s Duc-an-Dh ' urras aged, 10st 10Ib.-• Captain S co tt' s Vi c t ress, aged, lost 0 0 61b Mr. G. B our k e ' s C arr i g, aged, lOst 51b Mr. Land' s Th e G enera l , age d , lOst 41b Mr. J. Robe r t s rid Fi e ld M ars h al, aged, lOst 41b 0 Mr. Cartwright's Maurice Daley, aged, lOst 21b,„„I•-• 0 Captain D. Lane's Betsey Prig, aged, lOst Mr. Hudson's Poll, aged, 9st 101 b Mr. Megson's View Halloo, aged, 9st 101 b Mr J. G. Henderson's Maley, 6 yrs, 9st 101 b........• Mr. Brotherton's Clatterbox, aged, 9st 81b Mr. J. Henderson' s C ra bb s , age d , 9 st 21 b Mr. Morris's Th e D war f, 6 yrs, 9st Ol b ...... ; ......... ; Betting at starting--5 to 1 agst Miss Mowbray, 1 agst Oscar, 6 to 1 agst Duc-an-Dhurras, 7 to 1 gi r Bourton, 10 to 1 agst Peter Simple, 12 to 1 agst Peter Laurie, 12 to 1 agst Victress, 15 to 1 agst 100 to 6 agst View Haloo, 20 to 1 agst Ab-del-Kal he and 25 to 1 agst an y o th er . W on by four length°, . same between second and third. Sir Peter Laurie bad fourth. d ed ' The Scramble Handicap o f 3 sovs. eac h , an d 20 ad uisa Half-a-mile, was won by M r . S out h wood ' s F a i r P 7 filly (Kendall), b ea ti ng J u pit er , M ay Blossom , LAIo ,e, and Apple Blossom, by a length. WARWICK SPR TuEs: LING MEETING.. WAY. \'VILLOUGHBT RANDICAr• t lb Yrs s 9 1 Tom Gurney 5 9 10 King 9 10 Tipperary Boy .• • • a 5 Gaylad 5 9 .." The Hero a n FREE HANDICAP. yrs9t lb 6 Burndale ........... 4 6 Cheroot ............ 4 6 Priam the Third... 4 6 ." 0 bg by Idas ........ 4 6 Foramorz ........... 3 4 103 Black Jack......... 3 4 9 ACCEPTANCES FOR THE Yrs st lb Sir Robert 6 10 12 Trifle 4 10 6 Doubt a 10 5 Smuggler Bill a 10 3 Peter Simple a 10 0 ACCEPTANCES FOR T. Yrs A lb Conmore 4 8 7 Heroine a 7 5 Kt of the Thistle 5 7 5 Odiham 5 7 3 Presto 5 6 9 Flora 5 6 7 ACCEPTANCES FOR THE ' GREAT WARIVICIESRIBH HANDICAP. t 'l b Yrs st lb( Y r " 0 5 6 0 Cariboo • . 6 8 71 Harp ...... Conmore ............ 4 7 5 Happy J0e......... 4 5 12 be Juif............. 5 7 5 Water f a 11 . .......... 3 35 7 Poodle .............. 4 7 4 Corybantes ....... 0.. Koh-i-N oor 4 7 2 Katty D ar l in g ..... 3 12 Montague Doubt 7 Isabella a 6 10 Lampedo ........... 3 4 4 Littlelrrywitet 4- - _ 6i Angelo .............. 3 4 4 6 4 Foramorz ........... 3 4 REPRESENTATATION OF CLITHEROL—Richard F°l4' Esq., o f R ea d-h a ll, L ancas hire, late a direc tor of the East Lancashire Railway, is spoken of as the new an didate in the Liberal interest for the vacant seat for thie borough. I