The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-25 00:00:00

AUSTRALIA. —Parties about to proceed to Australia can be assured in- the PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 76, Cheapside, London, upon the whole Term of Life Scale, without payment of extra premium for voyage to or residence there. Loans granted on personal security. ED WARD BAYLIS, Resident Manager and Actuary. THE CONSERVATIVE ;AND SOCIETY. —The , ALLOTMENT of the LA av at KIRKSTALL - ROAD , Leeds, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Is fixed for SATURDAY , the 2d of July, at the Offices, 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, . On the same day, the Members on the Order of Ri g hts will London also be privileged to select the Lots on the Wood Green Estate, Tottenham, Middlesex. The Allotment of the Putney College Estate, East Surrey, will be on MONDAY, the 20th of June, at the Offices of the Society. The remaining Lots on the Ealing Rectory Estate, Middle sex, will be allotted to the Members having rights, on Sarvarar, the 28th inst. The Seventh Public Drawing for Rights of ChoioeGe onneral the Society's Estates will take place at the Third Quarterly Meeting of Members, in Freemasons Hall, Great Queen-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 15th of June, at 3 o'clock ; Viscount Ranelagh in pateai Persons taking shares on or before that date will partici in the advantages of this drawing. Shares, 501. Monthly pay ments Bs. per share. No share registered until first payment be re ceived. Applications for shares to be addressed to CHARLES LE WI S GR UNEISEN, Secretary. 33, Norfolk-street, stra nd, May 25, 1853. THEATRE NOYAL, IiIAYMARKET. 'Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, MAY 25, Will be produced (lath time) THE MOUSETRAP. Characters by Messrs. Tilbury, Chippendale, Rogers, Bucketone, W. Farren, and Edwards ; Mrs. Poynter, Misses A. Wonlds, Louisa Howard, Mrs. Fitzwilliam, and Mrs. Stanley. After which, MR. RUCKSTONE'S ASCENT OF MOUNT PAR NASSUS. To be followed by OUR MARY ANNE. To conclude with DR. DILWORTH. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, MAr 25, Will be performed the Tragedy of MACBETH. Principal cha racters by Mr. and Mrs. C. Kean. To be followed by THE PILOT. Characters by Messrs. T. P. Cooke, Wright, W. Lacy, Ryder, Graham, Everett, F. Cooke, and Saker ; Mrs. W. Lacy, Mrs. Daly, Misses Vivash and Desborough. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Valdes. THIS EVENING, MAY 25, Will be performed A.S.S. Characters by Messrs. F. Mathews, Suter, and Rosiere ; Mrs. Macnamara and Miss Wyndham.• After which, A FAST TRAIN—HIGH PRESSURE EXPRESS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, Baker, and Suter. Te be followed by THE LAWYERS. Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F. Matthews, and Roxby ; Mrs. F. Matthews, and Misses Robertson and Ellis. After which, A DIVERTISSEMENT; To conclude with TRYING IT ON. Principal character by Mr, C. Mathews. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Hirectress, Madasne Celeste. THIS EVENING, Mu 25, Will be performed GOING TO THE DERBY. After which, THE GREEN BUSHES. Characters by Messrs. P. Bedford, Parselle, H. Bedford, 'and C. J. Smith ; Madame Celeste, and Miss Wo agar. To be followed by TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Cha racters by Messrs. Keeley, Cullenford, and Alfred Wigan Mrs. Kee!eY, Mrs. Wigan, and Miss Mary Keeley. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. LOINCO and Manager., Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, MAT 25, Will be performed THE MILLER OF DER WENT WATEN. Characters by Messrs. 11. Farren, Shalders, G. Cooke, Clifton, and P. Charles ; Mesdames F. Turner and Anderton. To be followed by THE WANDERING MINSTREL. Jem Bags, Mr. F. Robson. To conclude with MACBETH. Supported by Mr. Samuel Mac beth, Mr. F. Robson, Mrs. Sarah Macbeth, and Mrs. A. Phillips. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. :Immense success of the Holiday Novelties. Second Week of the EQUESTRIAN GALA. THIS EVENING, MAY 25, And daring the week, the Entertainments will commence with the Uglily successful Hippo Dturta, with new scenery, costumes, and appointments, entitled THE CHASE, er LIRE ON THE TURF — in which will be represented a FOX CHASE, with REAL FOX and HOUNDS. illustrative of the daring and celebrated Aylesbury Leap of the Hone over a Dining Table—the Race—Steeplechase , &c.. &c. T be followed by an unprecedented display of Equestrian and .Gymnastic Achievements in the ARENA, introducing Mr. Cooke's lughly-trained Horses and Ponies—supported by the eminent Artistes of the Establishment; and the Premier Horseman, Mr. Alfred Cooke, en I his talented Family in the new classical and beautiful .Act enti,led THE KING OF THE AIR, or SHINING HERA.LI) OF AUttolt A, which has been nightly received with perfect .enthusiasm. ow open daily from Eleven to Four. Stago Manager, Mr. Iv. Wcst. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Open for the Scasou. Tho Zoo!ogical Collection contains a variety of interesting speci mens, and the Gardens throughout have been improved and beautified. The Pictorial Represeiitation is an extensive VIEW •ol' the BAY and FORTS of CHU- 4 AN . , painted by Messrs. Danson, and at dusk is represented the attack of the Chinese fire-rafts on the Br Mats fleet, explosion-ships, &e.—Grand Vocal and Instrumental -Concert. l:r•gagennent of the eminent vocalist, Miss Cicely Nott. 'Conductor, Mr. Godfrey. -An extra Military Band during the day time ; arid at dusk a grand display of Fireworks, combined with the :Feast of Laiiterns and other displays.—Doers open irons 9 in the morning. Admission, Is. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tqt , DAY —Morning 15 min. after 3 1 Evening 36 miu.aft. To-MoitEow—blornirg 0 miu. after 4 I Evening 27 min.aft. 4 THE WEATHER.—Son °mos, MAY 25. THERMOMETER, IN TUE SHADE. 68—highest since noon yesterday. 55—lowest this morning and during the night. 70— this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'81—going down. WIND, S.E.—Fine breeze, and sunshiny weather. THE PUBLICATION OF " THE SUN" COMMENCES EVERY AFTERNOON AT THREE O'CLOCK, AND THE LATE OR THIRD EDITION, CONTAINING THE ;DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT THE SAME EVENING, With all other News aniving up to the hour of Post, AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. EXPRESS EDITIONS will be forwarded after the Post is closed by the Latt!,sst Trains. , clop LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1853. Measures are to bo taken to carry the recom mendations of the Cammon-Law Commissioners into practical operation even during the present e ession. This is as it should be; and much credit i s due to Lord JOHN RUSSELL and his coadjutors for the early avowal o f their intentions, and the promptitude displayed in carrying out the valu able suggestions offere d for the further ameliora ti,on of the Superior Courts of Common Law. It is indeed a subject on which carelessness or apathy liv ould not now be tolc (rated. We have become a xi; ition of Legal Rei!ormers. The abuses and gi ievances that sprung. up during successive gene ra tions have been um rparingly exposed, and re it tedies have been pointed out by experienced and kilful men, fully competent to deal with the sub , ject, which, although not altogether adequate to the exigencies of the use, are yet calculated to remove some of the m ost glaring evils, and that • without endangering the entire system, or being ilculated to produce greater evils than those al7 bout to be removed. But although speed and e z iergy were imperatively demanded, we do not tli e less thank the Go v ernment for showing that or ► the important suls,ject of Legal Reform the spur is not required to. stimulate and excite them in . to action. We have already all tided at considerable length to the recommendationgs relating to the " Trial by Jv try," the Constitutic e i of the Juries, and other po into relating to Jll3 :lies, especially the removal of the power of coercing verdicts by withholding Tic t essary refreshments; until the health, perhaps 1;i to lives, of innocent gentlemen were imperilled, b °cause they could not; return a verdict in opposi .. t i: L n to their honest aE t d conscientious opinions. r I ap e o v ra e t ry suggestion of the Commissioners on this ri r , hey nt subject we f ally and cordially concur. tl. ey have adopted have assigned rea eons in support of the views a tha t must convince every dis pi assionate an anothe r eked person. There i s an tt se proc ee di ngs at r the re(.ommendation relating to trial, whi c h, a lth oug h it Is ay Wear to the s ye t it , itiated of com p ara ti ve l y ti •ivial im i portanc e , f r ss e ti q e uel e ctl e y ilt t u h s l e I p y iv t o u t rn o s n . w hich. the questi on at i 7 here are few persons aftoreric who havestrug- S uperior Courts, or - wit nestled the attended the g lea between the intellectual gla 1 tot occasionally noticed. with surpriseerstl who have zeal and. 4 3nergy displayed in oilt :wonting to obtain " the ' right of opening " the c Anse—the candid ad m i s sions, the apparently injurious and uncalled-for concessions that are fre( alya mde, in order to sho e t that the "onus _robs tat" lies on the party whose first act is to reri cove the chief difficulties 1 from his adver sar y . Thai astonished auditor, who a thocate marvels at the amiab le c; Indo t ur nc e of having th , e little knows the vasty ilnoiof e Adv the case during first and the last word---Q f makecolour eve doubt the original statement—, .so as to ry ful point appear in the most favourable light, depreciating the m atters on which his opponent may rely, and creating a natural bias ile ev n the minds of the Arbiters , even before a partic ofevidence has been brought forward. But the last word is of still greater moment, more especially since the testimony of the parties has been admissible. Any hesitation or discrepancy elicited in the course of a stringent and searching cross-examination was sei*ed on with an iron grasp, and subjected to the most severe and apparently unanswerable com ments. A simple explanation, a few brief sen tences, might place the wafer in a correct point of view—but that explanation could not be ren dered, those sentences uttered, and the party not only saw his cause lost, but his character irre trievably damaged, through the absurd rigour of the regulations adopted by the Court. How frequently has it occurred that the plain tiff has refused to produce evidence on a particular point, and thus exposed himself to the imputation of concealment, of withholding the testimony essen tial to the clearing up of his case, and removing every doubt and difficulty—the real object being merely to compel his adversary to produce a wit ness, and thus give the " rigkt of reply." How often has a defendant's counsel—to the horror and astonishment of his in, ! s ant client--steadily refused to produce a witn•v: to rebut evidence, the value of wllich he enddavours laboriously to reduce, when he might distinctly and unequivo cally negative it. He, however, is doing his duty to his client, for he is butptoo painfully aware of the impression that may be made by his astute opponent on other doubtfta points, should he abandon the vantage ground he has attained ßoh by giving the general reply to N a 'adversary. t parties, then, were subjected to serious inconve niences by reason of this rlation. The Com missioners are, therefore, desirous of removing the grievance, and, so far as practicable, placing the litigants on equal terms. They recommend that each side should be allowed to address tke Jury twice, whether witnesses be called for the defence or not—that the leading counsel shouldhave the opportunity of explaining away or accounting for any discrepancies between the evidence actu ally given and the opening statement. With that object they propose ;.! That the counsel for the second party should. 'have the opportunity of addressing the Jury twicv first, on opening his case, and again at the cloe of his evidence, and that the counsel who begins, in the event of his opponent not announcing his. intention to adduce evidence, should, in like manner, have the oppor tunity of addressing , the Jury a second time at the close of his case." Another and a very important point relating to the proceedings at the trial is, that a power of adjournment is given to the presiding Judge, sub ject to such conditions as to costs and otherwise as the justice of the case may r equire. Hitherto, if a Jury was once sworn in, the record could not be withdrawn except by mutual consent. A ver dict should be given, or a non-suit submitted to, except, as we have stated, by mutual consent, or when there was no prospect of a verdict, and the health of some one or more of the Jurymen had been endangered. The stringency of this rule frequently led to a failure of justice, or, at all events, to ruinous expenses and very vexatious delay. After the most elaborate preparations had been made, briefs prepared, counsel feed, and wit nesses in attendance, it was at the last mo ment, after the trial had commenced, dis covered that a link was wanting in the chain of evidence—some formal deficiency which it would require some days to repair. Perhaps one attest ing witness to the execution of some document might be absent from ill-health, or some unavoid able casualty. Perhaps that the Judge might de cide that the correct stamp had not been im pressed on the document, and that, therefore, it could not be admitted in evidence until the omis sion had been supplied. In any of these cases, and in a variety of others, too numerous to par ticularise, all the previous preparations should go for nothing, and the ulftwate decision be post pened for an indefinite period, from causes not in the slightest degree affecting the substantial merits of the suit. These evils will henceforward be remedied by allowing the Judge to adjourn the ,oeie for such time and on such conditions as he may think proper ; and -many expensive and tedious applications for new trials will thus be averted. Every Legal Reformer, every disinterested person, must cordially concur in these valuable recommendations of the Commissioners in refer ence to the proceedings at the trial. There are others of no less importance relating to the Law of Evidence, to which our space will not admit of allusion this day, but which are well worthy of careful and attentive consideration. One way or another Convocation will certainly be rendered unnecessary. The House of Com mons will either become the grand arena of theo logical discussions, or wit apt rid of them, as Mr. M. O'CONNELL advised, bASP cutting the painter," and dissolving all connexicon. between Church and State. Thanks to Spoonetistm for this pleasant dilemma. It is quite clear to every one but themselves that Lord SHAFTESBURY and Mr. SPOONER are serving the guns of the Anti-State- Churchmen most admirably. If they really prefer the alternative of disendowing the State Church to that of a trivial endowment to Popery, why let them go on. They, as - well as other legislators, have a full right to enforce their own views as best they may, and take the results of discussion. Let them, however, fay u nderstand that the public mind of the whole nation, a small section of bigots excepted, is rapidly adopting the prin ciple of religious equality. While people of com mon sense laugh to hear such orators as Mr. LUCAS and other supporters of the Duke of TUSCANY preaching their creed, they do not laugh at the creed itself. Religious equality is a perfectly JOHN Bum, conception. It is that fair play which is so dear to his heart. Probably nothing has in terfered with its having become generations ago the settled practice of the nation, so much as the unfortunate union between Popery and anti national politics. Dissenters were for a long time excluded from civil privileges, solely because it was held necessary to keep from power the co-reli gionists of MARY and PHILIP, and the professors of a creed which requires implicit obedience to a hated foreign Bishop. Dissenters themselves were content to lie under disabilities rather than hazard (as they thought) the danger of actually witnessing what they had only seen the pictures of in Fox's " Book of Martyrs." All that feeling is now nearly vanished. Indeed, but for Tuscany and the MAnws, and Cardinal WISE MAN with his new Hierarchy, it would have quite died away. The universal sentiment amongst honest and practical men now is, that all creeds must be dealt with alike. RICHARD CoDBEN, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and .fir ROBERT PEEL, with all our Liberal Stateswen7 and most even of those professing Conservative principles, have been of one mind on this point. It is in the face of *IA now Almost universal feeling that Mr. SPOONER sees tt to snub the Roman Catholics on the Maynooth question. Having failed in his grand attempt on the endow ment of 30,0001., he had the good luck, in the Committee of Supply on Thursday evening, to mulct the college to the amount of 1,237/. 135., a sum which the Government proposed to Tote for repairs. The vote was made as galling as It could be to the Catholics, for Mr. WILLIAME4 having proposed to disallow with it 2561. ss. Bd. for the " repairs of the chaplain's house in Dublin Castle," "the Royal CIVI and apartments in basement," and " IrishtoVurch," this amend ment was lost, and the r of Maynooth alone running Ti disallowed. Now, it is not -seallpto be wondered at, if this become the signal. for an ecclesiastic and fight throughout the Committee of Supply. safe a majority of 37 should vote whole windows, Catholics, was walls, and water-tight roofs for Protestants, r. Luc ') majority of 20 refuse the same mercies for more . than most of us could stomach in the same LUCAS and We cannot, therefore, bla me :m combining with tliaond the Catholic members for wards, to ferret out Anti-State-Churchmen after and to end with every protestant chaplaincy, a g r and charge Regium Donum. W e are rather aur-sri upon he Irish on the other hand, that their sed, language Was po moderate This may, no—doubt, be attributed, to their con sciousness that the refusal of the 1,2371. , was worth to them fully ten times its amount. They would not have minded procuring the refusal if they could have done it, and for the same reason as a beggar on the pavement hires another wo man's baby. Nice little slices, and some large ones, too, of ecclesiastical bounty were therefore mercilessly brought to light in the State Larder, and the right of the favoured Church to these savoury tit-bits pertinaciously denied. Great, indeed, was the variety with which the House was entertained. It seemed much like an irrup tion of her Ladyship of the parlour into a sud denly-suspected kitchen. Now, a suspicious crust in the shape of 501. each to two poor clergymen of Heligoland, who passed for rich on that annual sum ; now some luscious pastry-4001. a year for a chaplaincy in Gambia, and as much for another in the Falkland Islands, with a population of 200 only—looked very doubtful ; presently a glorious luxury in the form of 7901. a year, and 951. 15s. for contingencies, turned up at Hong Kong ! What could that mean ? The under-cook explained that Hong Kong was a very bad place for the health, and that, accordingly, generous diet was essential, and X. s. d. was a most approved recipe for miasma. Even Mr. LUCAS and Mr. MIALL sympa thised with the sufferers, and did not divide. And thus the rummaging of shelves and cupboards went on, till at length a door was opened, and not less than 38,4921. worth of loaves and fishes, laid by to quiet " Nonconforming, Seceding, and Protestant Dissenting Ministers" in Ireland, were exposed to view. Sir J. V. SHELLEY and Mr. BRIGHT denounced it as became them. Lord C. HAMIL TON, Member for Tyrone, flew at the Man of Peace, on behalf of his injured constituents, with all the fury of wronged honesty. Sir J. YOUNG declared his belief that, if religious endowments were withdrawn, the very name of religion would soon die out of the land. Mr. COBDEN and Lord JOHN followed, however, with calmer counsels, agreeing very much in their main views, though voting differently. Both argued that to equal dealing by all sects the country must soon come. Both preferred endowments for religion, Mr. COBDEN, however, chiefly, he thought, because he had been brought up in the Church ; Lord JOHN, from higher reasons of State. Mr. COBDEN, there fore, voted against the grant, as the House had refused the Maynooth grant for repairs; Lord JOHN voted for it to keep the Presbyterians in good po litical temper. One remark in his own homely style, Mr. COBDEN chopped, which deserves the attention of all the hot, one-sided religionists of this country and of all countries. "He had always gone to Church himself. His mother took him there, and, as a general rule, he thought they all went where their mothers had taken them." Yes, fully nine tenths of every community owe their religion to their mothers ; they go " where there mothers took them." There is a world of anti-bigotry in that simple fact. The furious and bitter apostate.may, scornfully repudiate the implication ; but the crowd of fol lowers whom he apostrophises, of what religion are they ? Of the religion of their mothers. It might well soften the mischievous asperities of warfare between sects if each would remember the educational, the domestic origin of their faith. Account for it as we will—and it is by no means difficult to do so—the broad fact is before every one, that Dissenters' children grow up - for the most part Dissenters ; Roman Catholics' children Roman Catholics ; and the children of Church men Churchmen. We commend this plain truth to the notice of the Protestant Alliance. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 25,a1185a TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —My attention has been drawn to a paragraph in The Sun newspaper, headed " Shocking case of desti tution and starvation at Buriton, near Petersfield." As this statement is incorrect in several particularsj beg you 'will do me the justice of inserting the following statement. Thomas Searle, of the parish of Buriton, was taken ill on Friday the 29th of April. I visited him on the next day, and he was also on that day attended by the medi cal man, and plentifully supplied with animal food by his employer. On the following Tuesday he died suddenly in a faint ing fit, produced not by starvation, but by exhaustion, resulting from improper exertion while labouring under influenza, complicated by subacute inflammation of the lungs. Thinking it a proper case for inquiry, I sent to Mr. Fey, the Superintendent of the Police at Petersfield, sug gesting the propriety of an inquest being held on the body, in order to ascertain the precise cause of death. The verdict was, as you have correctly stated, "Died by the visitation of God." When in work, Thomas Searle was in the receipt of nine shillings per week ; when sick, he had ten shillings per week from a benefittsociety of which he was a mem ber, receiving at the same time eight loaves of bread from the parish. With regard to rent, it is now nearly three years since he has paid any. It may not be superfluous to add that, a week before he was taken ill, he had received fifteen or sixteen pounds of mutton from a relative living at Portsmouth. The statement circulated by you in reference to my ecciosiastical income and preferment is incorrect in every particular.--I am, sir, your obedient servant, JOHN M. SUMNER. Buriton-rectory, Petersfield, May 23, 1853. [The paragraph alluded to was from a corresponden —ED. Suii.] SPECIMENS OF SCULPTURE. Among the numerous works of sculpture at the pre sent Exhibition of the Royal Academy there are two which we are induced to notice with especial approba tion. One of them is part of a monument in marble, to be erected to the memory of a most excellent man and an eminent judge—the late Right Hon. Sir John Bernard Bosanquet, one of her Majesty's Justices of the Common Pleas. It is a relievo, representing " Religion consoling Justice in her grief," and displays artistic and mental powers of no ordinary kind, being admirable in composition, treatment, and depth of sen timent. The other work to which we would direct attention is a sketch for a proposed colossal statue, the idea of which appears to us so fine and new in art that we feel assured it will soon be commissioned by some patron of art to be carried out to its full heroic propor tions. It represents "The High Poet-priest of Science - advocating the great modern precept, STUDY NATURE,' inscribed on the tablet held in his hand." From this or iginal and all-embracing conception an unquestionably grand yet simple ideal statue can be made of a stupen dou3 venerable man, greater than "Plato the wise, or large-browed Verulam —a man who, in due time, is to come and impart to the human family the clear light of science, poetry, and reverence, with a lustre and charm such as have never yet been witnessed—at least in the historical period. To illustrate the intention of the sculptor more fully, we here give the passage quoted by him in the Catalogue of the Exhibition from Emerson's Representative Men. It is this—" The world still wants its poet-priest, a recon ciler, who shall see, speak, and act with equal inspira tion : for knowledge will brighten the sunshine ; right is more beautiful than private affection ; and love is compatible with universal wisdom." To intimate also the full meaning of the precept inscribed on the tablet, we subjoin the words of Du Marsais, who says pro foundly, that " without the study of Nature man can have neither firm principles nor true happiness ;" and the great Bacon himself remarks that the sublime object of this high study is " not to build a capital or erect a pyramid to the glory of man, but to found the temple of the universe in the human intellect !" Both this fine sketch for a statue and the preceding monum.sntal re lievo in marble are by the same sculptor, Mr. Joseph Edwards—a name at present but little known, but not to remain so if true merit is to meet with deserved success. THE ()BLEARS Rem - ILL—On the 2d of June his Royal Highness the Comte de Paris will receive confirmation in the Ronasai Catholic Church ; and at the same time his brother, the Due de Chartres, will be admitted to the Holy Communion. The Princess and the Duchess of Orleans are expected at Claremont at the end of this month, from their residence at Kitley, near Plymouth. ENROLLED PENSIONERS.—Yesterday the enrolled out pensioners of Chelsea Hospital commenced their annual drill—the north division assembling in Regent's-park, the south on Kennington-common, the east in the Tower ivoat, and the west in Hyde-park. The whole of the me tropolitan divisions, including those from Greenwich and Woolwich, will be reviewed in Hyde-park on Wed nesday, the Ist of June. ACCIDENT IN HYDE PARS.—Mr. Stanley, of 16, GrosvenoT-square, met with a severe accident in Rotten row on Mo-aday afternoon. He was cantering his horse, and came in contact with another gentleman who was riding fast, by which a fracture of the upper portion of the tibia, with displacement, occurred. Dr. J. B. Daniell was passing near the spot, and accompanied Mr. Stan ley to his house in .a cab, when Sir Benjamin Brodie was 'sent for. M EE TING OF LETTIIR-CA.RRIERS.—A meeting of the General Post letter-carriers was held on Monday even ing at the Bell Tav ern, Wood-street, preliminary to petitioning the Postmaster-General for an advance of wages. Every one must feel that this meritorious and hard-working class of the community are very inade quately paid for their arduous labours, and we cannot doubt that, on their case being properly represented at head-quarters, an addition will be made to their salaries. AYTOUN ON POETRY. LECTURE THE SIXTH, AND LAST. Everything considered, the last has proved, in all re spects, and in very truth, the " crowning" lecture of the brief but most interesting series recently delivered by Professor Aytoun on Poetry and Dramatic Literature. It bore reference, as the syllabus pithily intimated, to perhaps the most attractive portion of the glorious theme, upon several of the beauties of which the gifted and accomplished author" of the " Lays of the Scottish Cavaliers" has lately descanted In terms of singularly genial and comprehensive appreciation : "A Review of Modern British Poetry in its most remarkable Forms, with Illustrations." At the commencement of his dissertation yesterday, Professor Aytoun at once - inti mated his resolve to abstain from criticism upon the dif ferent poetical writers now living—conscious that there might be an indecorum in his venturing to pronounce any judgment upon authors numbered amongst the ranks of his own immediate contemporaries. AlthoUgh we cannot but admit the delicacy of this determination on the part of the Lecturer, we must, nevertheless, acknow ledge for ourselves, that, in hearing it, we experienced a sense of genuine and grievous disappointment. We should have listened with such sincere and unaffected gratification to the expression of opinions entertained upon this one important section of our current litera ture by a critic so peculiarly competent to analyse these latest indications in a metrical form of aspirings after the True and the Beautiful. We should have liked to hear his estimate of the, variable genius of Alfred Tennyson. We should have hearkened with eager curiosity to his comments upon the stately and or nate verse of Bulwer Lytton. We should have lent an attentive ear to the sentence pronounced by him upon the occasional, but too often vague and nebulous splendour, of the " Festus " of Philip Bayley—upon the simple but heart-born aiad impassioned lyrics of Charles Mackay upon the delicate and refined merits scattered profusely through the " Van Arteveldt" of Henry Taylor—upon the pomp of Croly, and the elegance of Milman, and the melody of Talfourd, and the pathetic energy of Marston, and the alternate sweetness and solemnity of Wilson. Among the survivors of the previous generation we should have rejoiced to hear—besides that graceful tri bute to the classic charm of Samuel Rogers—allusion also to the fragmentary productions of Bryan Procter, to the austere but generous muse of James Montgomery, and to those unequal, but frequently exquisite, fruits of the poetic genius of' Leigh Hunt, whose memory will be kept green in the hearts of his fellow-countrymen less by his " Story of Rimini," than by minor pieces like his dainty and vivacious liries to one of his little children, or his wonderful description of the miracles worked upon the violin by the wizard hand of Paganini. Among the recently dead we should have liked to have found men tion of poor Thomas Hood and of gentle Bernard Bar ton. Among the humbler minstrels, humbler we mean by their origin —among those whose lips have drawn music from the oaten stops—we should have welcomed, even though in passing reference, Critchley Prince, still living, and Ebenezer Elliot, and Robert Nicholls, both of whom have not very long departed. Among the younger aspirants, again, might have been particularised William Allingham, and Sydney Yendys, and Alexander Smith, each of whom has giv . en promise of much future excellence, and the last mentioned of whom in particular has lately elicited from so many quarters language ex pressive of cordial admiration and unstinted encourage ment. Professor Aytoun, however, refrained as we have said, wisely, though we doubt not likewise some what reluctantly, from passing any analytic remarks upon the writings of his immediate contemporaries. He restricted his observations almost exclusively to the review of some among the principal poets of the pre ceding generation. Beginning with Walter Scott, the Lecturer cha racterised the author of " Marmion" as essentially the Poet of Action—speaking of his metrical writings as at once bold, energetic, and picturesque. William Wordsworth he admitted to be sometimes (!) unfortunate both in the selection of his subjects and in the manner of their treatment account ing for this by observing that the late Poet Laureate oc casionally mistook meanness for sublimity ! Neverthe less, he avowed his admiration for many of the contem plalive poems of the writer of the " Excursion," retarding his genius as equally poetic and philosophic. Yet, in the very utterance of this avowal, there was per ceptible an unconscious recognition of the uncertain reputation acquired by the bard of Rydal Mount. Professor Aytoun, like every admirer of Wordsworth we ever met with, was particularly anxious to impress upon his hearers that he (the late Mr. Wordsworth) was "a great poet," that he was really " a great poet," that he was unquestionably "a great poet." We don't ever think of insisting so eagerly upon the fact that Tasso was a great poet, or that Camoens was a great poet, or that Dryden was a great poet. We take it for granted that that must be suffi ciently obvious at the first blush, and that any direct announcement to that effect were wholly superfluous. Not so with the admirers of the late Mr. Wordsworth. Not so even with discriminating admirers like Professor Aytoun. Everywhere they appear solicitous to thrust upon the acceptance of our judgment the assertion as a dogma beyond ,the reach of contradiction that he was really a great poet —in spite of his Betty Foys, and his Goody Blakes, and his Peter Bells, in spite of his spades and wheel-barrows, in spite of his drivelling puerilities and his most detestable meannesses. In proof of the accuracy of this dogmatic declaration, the Lecturer displayed one of the jewels, rather more than "five words long,". that "on the stretched forefinger of all / rime are to sparkle for ever - -one of the gems which Wordsworth[has contributed to the treasures of our poetic literature. And even there the pensiveness of the verse was horridly broken in upon by the word "jollity"—about the most inappropria,te word that could by pos ibility have been introduced—yield ing an offensive rhyme to the subsequent phrase " equa lity." Enough, however, and "to spare" about that "old man (decidedly not) eloquent" of whom it was long ago said so admirably in " English Bards and Scotch Reviewers"— " So well he paints the Idiot in his glory, One thinks the bard the hero of the story." Speaking of Lord Byron, the Lecturer yesterday ob served that his popularity had of late years been gra dually dying out—yet scarcely had he closed his first sentence in any way expressive of admiration for the poet of " Childe Harold," when his words were greeted with a cordial outburst of applause, the only applause during the whole of these six lectures which may be said to have in any way approximated to the enthusiasm ! That, we take it, is plain enough answer that the noise made in his own day by the name of Byron, was something more than an ephemeral notoriety. Admitted that Lord Byron gave the glorious tribute of his homage to the refined and exquisite genius of Alexander Pope—for whom, as we have before now re marked with regret, that Professor Aytoun cherishes little else than sentiments of the most unseemly contempt—but surely it was scarcely fair to visit that offence upon the head of the former poet, in such a manner that the Lecturer may be said to have avenged his prejudice against Pope by depreciating Byron's reputation I Somewhat greater generosity was evinced by Professor Aytoun towards others of the contemporaries of Scott and Wordsworth— towards Percy Shelley, towards John Keats towards Samuel Coleridge, and towards Thomas Campbell. Cur sory mention was made of Robert Southey ; and speci mens were had from the poems of Keats and Shelley— the selection from the former being almost, as a matter of course, taken from his immortal and delicious " Ode to the Nightingale." Ultimately we hope to welcome these six lectures in another form, on the occasion of their collective pub lication. Differing from him though we do, diametri cally, in several particulars, we nevertheless may be per mitted, we trust, to congratulate Professor Aytoun upon the eminently successful completion of his intellectual enterprise--recognising, as we have done throughout, the sensibility of the poet, the learning of the scholar, and the shrewdness of the critic, even at those very moments when our views were most conspicuously marked in their divergence from each other. Among the crowded audience assembled together yesterday, at Willis's Rooms, to hear the -last of this attractive series of lectures, we observed the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duchess of Cleveland, Duchess of Buc clench, Countess of Wilton ' Earl and Countess of Eglinton, the Countess of Powis, the Marchioness of Londonderry, Countess of Lichfield, Countess of Jersey, Lady Emily Foley, Lady Heathcote, Lady Borough and Lady Henrietta Firmer, Lady Augusta Paulet, Lady Willoughby D'Eresby, Lady Agnes Duff, Lord and Lady John Manners, Lady Colchester, Dowager Lady Blantyre, Lady Eastlake, Lady Antrobus, Lady Naas, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Sir Hugh and ,Lady Hume Campbell, Viscountess Newark, Viscount Mandeville, Lord Dynevor, Lord John Scott, Lady Wilson, Hon. Mrs. Rous, Hon. Mrs. A. Liddel, Mrs. Disraeli, Col. Wildman, Captain Ro bertson, Mr. Charles Hamilton, Mrs. Montagu Gore, Mrs. Hillyard, &c. THE QUEEN'S LATE ACCOUCHEMENT.—We did not announce the fact of her Majesty having inhaled chlo roform during her late accouchement, because we did not thing the profession justified in prying into the do mestic arrangements of the palace. As, however, another journal has thought fit to comment on the subject, we may now mention the particulars. Dr. Snow administered chloroform to the Queen, in the presence of Sir James Clark, for the last hour of parturition. A handkerchief, on which a small quan tity of chloroform had been dropped, was held to the face. Her Majesty was never completely insensible, but she expressed herself satisfied with the anodyne effects produced. Should further information be required, we are confident Dr. Snow will, with his usual courtesy, afford it, to all such as consider themselves entitled to ask it. Uneasy, indeed, would be the head which wears a crown if Royalty might not avail itself of all those means for the alleviation of suffering which Providence has placed within the reach alike of rich and poor. Who would desire her Majesty to suffer one avoidable pang, that she might satisfy the morbid sensibility of the timid, or the domineering coarseness of the bigot ? If the employment of chloroform be hurtful in parturition, then should the profession unite in forbidding its administration to the humblest mother in the realm ; but, if its use be advantageous, surely no one has a greater right to its benefits than that gracious lady under whose beneficient rule we have the happiness to live. If it be desired to retain popular feeling in favour of that freedom which the British press now enjoys, the sacred pale of the family circle must be exempt from our criticisms. To this exemption there must be no excep tion—not even in favour of the Palace. We mention especially the home of our beloved Sovereign, because certain persons have been accustomed to allow them selves an unwonted license, when commenting on what is reported to them from its precincts, taking advantage of the fact that the Queen is the only lady in England who can be insulted with impunity. --Medical Min EPSOM RACE S. (THIS DAY.) (BY BLEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) LATEST BETTING ON THE DERBY. 2to 1 agst West Australian (taken freely). sto 1 agst Orestes (taken freely). 6to 1 agst Honeywood. 10 to 1 agst any other. Mr. Sykes Nightshade CAREW STAKES. Ten ran. THE DERBY. WEST AUSTRALIAN SITTINGBOURNE CINEAS Twenty-eight rau. SECONDARIES' COURT-(THIS DA Y). (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.-JOB V. MONK. This was an action to recover damages for breach of • promise of marriage. Defendant having suffered judgment to go by default, the present was an enquiry to assess the damages. Mr. H. James appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Clarkson for the defendant. On the jury being sworn, Mr. Charnock said he was happy that they would be spared trouble, and all parties the pain, of going into the case ; and as it had been agreed between the parties that a verdict should be taken for 1001., he was instructed to say that the de fendant did not impute the slightest blame to the Plaintiff, and would deeply regret if she was at all pre judiced by circumstances which were insurmountable. The learned counsel said that the defendant was exceed ingly ill from consumption. Mr. H. James was perfectly willing to accept the offer, as there was not the slightest imputation on the fair fame of the plaintiff. The damages accepted, however, were not to be taken as an estimate of the damage done to the feelings and health of the plaintiff, but as an ad mission on the part of the defendant of his impropriety, and it was well that he had avoided the necessity of evidence being gone into. A verdict s;as taken by consent, but on the part of the plaintiff it was agreed the writ should be retained, in consequence of the illness of defendant. It is to be re gretted that the young lady has also been thrown on a sick bed. THE CITY TERMINUS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING HERALD. Sir,—ln your report of this day's paper of the pro ceedings in the Court of Common Council of Saturday, I am represented to have opposed " the introduction of a railway into the City." My observations and opposition were directed and confined to the bringing the proposed railway south of Holborn valley. I am also represented to have moved " a similar amendment" to the one rejected. I enclose you a copy of the amendment I proposed, which you will see differed materially from the former amendment. Requesting the favour of your correcting the errors.—l am, Sir, your your most obedient servant, H. DE JERSEY. 2, St. Ann's-lane, Aldersgate, May 23, 1853. " That this court are of opinion that the railway sta tions of the proposed 'City Railway Terminus' should be restrained north of Holborn valley ; but this court are of opinion that so soon as the necessary funds can be obtained for that purpose, a viaduct from Holborn-hill across Holborn-valley to Skinner-street should be erected by the corporation, and new streets formed con necting Holborn and Skinner-street or the Old Bailey with Farringdon-street, out of the funds to be so pro vided ; that it be referred to the coal, corn, and finance committee to report how and when the requisite funds may be raised and paid for the required improvements." ELECTION COMMITTEE. CORK. The members of this committee assembled yesterday, at 11 o'clock, for the purpose of considering their deci sion. They remained in consultation till half-past four, and then announced— " That the evidence adduced before the committee shows that during the election for the county of the city of Cork, riotous and tumultuous proceedings took place in the said city, and that serious outrages and assaults were committed on the persons and property of several electors and others. " That intimidation was exercised upon, and threats used towards, several voters for the purpose of in fluencing their votes. " That in consequence of a riotous disturbance at one of the polling-booths in the Lee ward, the deputy-sheriff adjourned the poll till next day, when it was again opened, and that the polling proceeded with. " That it appears that at the last election for the county of the city of Cork, meat, drink, and entertain ment were provided to Some extent for the refreshment of voters. " That no sufficient evidence has been brought before the committee to connect the sitting members or their agents with the providing such meat, drink, and enter meat. " That Francis Stack Murphy, Esq., and William Trant Fagan, Esq., are duly elected citizens to serve in this present Parliament for the county and city of Cork." NEW ELECTION COMMITTEES. Yesterday the General Committee of Elections met again and nominated the following committees : BURY ST. EDMUND'S.-Mr. Walpole (chairman), Lord W. Graham, Mr. J. Martin, Mr. O'Flaherty, and Mr. Dod. PETERBOROUGH.-Mr. K. Seymer (chairman), Mr, Philip, Mr. Shafto,, Mr. J. H. Hamilton, and Mr. Geach. DURHAM.—Mr. Bramston (chairman), Colonel Caul field, Hon. W. S. Knox, Mr. G. Duncan, and Mr. Vance. ATTWOOD'S BANKRUPTCY. A meeting of the credi tors of Mr. John Attwood, who was unable to fulfil his engagements in the iron-market on the 27th of last month, was held yesterday, at Wolverhampton—Mr. E. H. Cresswell in the chair—when Mr. J. E. Coleman, the accountant, stated that, although the amount in volved was large and presented some difficulties, it was anticipated that a favourable result would be obtained. The outstanding contracts for iron, if cautiously managed, would, it was thought, entail no loss on the estate ; and the entire claims, there was reason to believe, could be reduced from 516,0001. to about 112,0001. To meet these liabilities the assets consisted of a balance of 14,0001. due from the agents of Mr. Attwood, W. Short and Co. ; the estimated balance from pledged iron, 22,0001. ; and the proceeds of real and personal estates, valued at 96,0001. ; showing a total of 132,0001., or a surplus of 20,0001. This statement was exhibited with the full impression that the respective assets were un dervalued, and that the several items would be realised, should the liquidation be prudently conducted. With regard to the estate at Harwich and Lyme Regis, those amounts had been taken irrespective of considerations connected with supposed political influence, the calcula tion being founded on the rental which they produced. In conclusion, it was intimated that Mr. Attwood placed himself entirely in the hands of his creditors, and was fully prepared to adopt any sugges ti on f or t h e fi na l ar rangement of his affairs. It should be mentioned that the whole of the engagements of Mr. Attwood, with the exception of about 10,0001., are associated with pur chases of iron, and that the produce of the contracts now on hand will not be forced uton the market. THE EARL OF HARRINGTON V. RAMSAY.—In the Brompton County Court yesterday, this case came before Mr. A. Amos, and a jury. This important case, which is without a precedent, was, whether a parole agreement for three years renewable, subject to six months notice to quit previously to Christmas, 1850, was necessary the tenant holding (the defendant) being a nurseryman, and conse quently requiring the three years to mature his crops. The notice to quit was not given at Midsummer, 1850, to expire at Christmas, 1850, and the tenant held accord ing to +he agreement for another three years. The question raised on the part of the plaintiff was, that as the agreement was not in writing, the statute of frauds, passed in the reign of Charles 11., would not admit of any such holding.. The defendant's counsel argued, that as the land was partitioned, and that notice had not been given to his client, nor did the deed of partition have any schedule affixed nominating the rents to be paid agreeably to the partition, and the defendant paying under protest, could not be a party to the partition. As the tenancy had not been de termined by the conjoint notices of those holding under an undivided moiety, no new tenancy had been created to those who did not think fit to acknowledge by accepting receipts agreeably to the partition. Mr. Morris, butler to the Earl of Harrington, proved that the land was not worth more than 51. per acre, and the dwelling•house not more than 101. per annum. Evidence was put in on the part of Mr. Price, accountant, of Gerrard-street, Islington, who has collected the rents for both parties having moieties in the estate, viz., the Earl of Harrington and the trustees of the Baroness de Graffenerid's villas, from 1839 to 1853, that as the latter property had been sold to the Royal Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851, about Michael mas last, for the purpose of erecting the National Gallery, the rent of the whole land was worth 801. per annum. The lands, &c., sought to be taken possession of by the noble plaintiff were worth nearly the whole of the 801. per annum. The counsel for the defendant argued that that being more than the 411. claimed, it was out of the jurisdiction of the court. His Honour thought otherwise, and the question was p u t t o t h e j ury, who found for plaintiff with respect to the tenancy, and that the premises were worth more than 501. per annum. His Honour thought the latter plea was not good. The defendant, it was understood, would appeal against the decision of the court. CORNWALL RAILWAY. The works connected with this line between Stoke and Saltash-passage are now progressing vigorously. The men are at work on the proposed deep cutting through Keyham Barton, and the line may be marked out by the works for some distance on the Saltash side of Weston Mill-lake. Preparations have been made for the commencement of the Royal Albert-bridge at Saltash, and as the necessary machinery has been erected the men will be set to work. The site has been recently visited by the contractor, Mr. C. J. Mare, the late ma), for Plymouth. COUR U L A It OSBORNE, TUESDAY. .HER MAJESTY'S BIRTHDAY. The Duchess of Kent drove out in an open carriage yesterday morning, attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson. • The Queen and Prince, with the Duchess of Kent, Princess Helena, Princess Louisa, and Prince Arthur, attended by Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, drove out in the afternoon. This morning being her Majesty's birthday, the band of the Royal Marines assembled on the Terrace, at Osborne, at a quarter before 7 o'clock, and played a selection of music in honour of the day, viz. : THE MATINALE. Chorale Selection (St. Paul) Marsch, " National" Selection, " Elijah" Mendelssohn. SECOND PERFORMANCE Von Cannger. Mendelssohn. Marsch Overture, " Lucia di Lammermoor" Waltzes, " Faust" Galop, " La Clochette" Strauss. • Donizetti. D'Albert. . Koenig. MINISTERIAL ENTERTAINMENTS. THE DUKE OF NORFOLK. The Duke of Norfolk, Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household, gave a state dinner last evening in celebra tion of her Majesty's birthday at Norfolk House, St. James's-square. The company consisted of Lord Foley, Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms, the Earl of Mul grave, and Viscount Drumlanrig, Treasurer and Comptroller of the Household ; Major-General Sir George Bowles, Mr. Shiffner, Paymaster of the House hold ; the Rev., Dr. Wesley, Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal ; Lord Uamoys, Lord in Waiting ; the Hon. Lieutenant-Colonel Boyle and Mr. Ormsby Gore. Grooms in Waiting; Colonel the Hon. Arthur Upton, Field-officer in Brigade Waiting ; the Hon. Spencer Lyttleton, Marshal of the Ceremonies ; the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, the Earl of Gosford, Lord Edward Howard, Lord Monteagle, Lord Poltimore, Lord Staf ford, Sir Charles Young, Garter King of Arms ; Mr. Dendy, Rouge Dragon ; Colonel Wylde, Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince Albert ; Sir John Steachan, Bart., Captain Courtenay Boyle, R.N., Mr. Ramsden, Mr. Des Vceux and Mr. William Abraham Taylor, Gentleman Ushers ; Mr. Wm. Rose, Col. James Jones, and Mr. E. M. Browell, Secretary to the Lord Steward. THE MARQUIS OF BREADALBANE. The Marquis 'of Breadalbatie, Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household, gave a State dinner, last evening, in celebration of her Majesty's birthday, at his residence, in Park-lane, to the following distinguished guests :—Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain ; the Marquis of Ormonde ; Earl Somers, Lord de Tabley, Lord Byron, and Lord Rivers, Lords in Waiting ; Lieut.-General Sir. Edward Bowater, Hon. Col. Hood, Major-General Berkeley Drummond, and Captain Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, Grooms in Waiting ; the Hon. Frederick Byng, Mr. Charles Heneage, Sir John M. F. Smith, Sir William Martins, Mr. Arthur Black wood, Mr. Henry Greville, Colonel Diggle, Mr. Alfred Montgomery, Mr. Edward Hobhouse, and Colonel Stephens, Gentlemen Ushers ; Mr. Norinan H. Mac donald, Comptroller of his Lordship's department ; Sir James Clark, Physician in Ordinary to the Queen ; Sir Alexander Campbell, Bart., the Duke of Roxburghe, the Marquis of Conyngham, the Marquis of Stafford, Sir Edwin Landseer, and Sir Roderick J. Murchison. THE EARL OF ABERDEEN. k The Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury, gave a State BanqUet yesterday, in honour of thelday, at Argyll House. The following were present :—The Duke of Cambridge, attended by the Hon. Sir James Mac donald ; the Duke of Atholl, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Leinster, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Marquis Camden, the Marquis of Normanby, Earl Fitzwilliam, the Earl of Clare, the Earl of Shaftesbury, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of Airlie, the Earl of Had dington, the Earl of Albermarle, the Earl of Galloway, Earl Spencer, the Earl of Essex, Lord Overstone, Lord Wharncliffe, Lord Broughton, Lord Panmure, Lord Ward, Lord Beaumont, Lord Ashburton, Mr. Clinton, George Dawkins, and the Hon. Arthur Gordon. VISCOUNT PALMERSTON. Vicount Palmerston, Secretary of State for the Home Department, gave a grand dinner to celebrate her Majesty's birth-day, at his residence in Carlton-gardens, yesterday. The company consisted of the Lord Chan cellor, Lord Campbell, the Speaker of the House of Commons, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Jus tice of the Court of Common Pleas, the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, Mr. Vice-Chancellor Kin dersley, Mr. Vice-Chancellor Stuart, Mr. Vice-Chan cellor Page Wood, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Alder son, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Justice Erle, Mr. Baron Platt, Mr. Justice 'Williams, Mr. Justice Talfourd, Mr. Baron Martin, Mr. Justice Crompton, the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, the Dean of the Arches (Sir John Dodson), the Judge of the Admiralty Court (Dr. Lushingtan), the Secretary for Irelend (Sir John Young, Bart., M.P.), the Lord Advocate of Scotland, the Solicitor-General for Ireland, Mr. Sheriff Carter, Mr. Sheriff Croll, Sir James Duke, Bart., and Mr. Masterman, M. P.'s for the City of London, the President of the Poor-law Board (Mr. Baines, M.P.), Mr. Horatio Waddington, the Hon. H. Fitzroy, M.P., and Mr. R. W. Grey. DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. The Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for the Colonies, celebrated her Majesty's birthday by a state dinner yesterday, at his residence in Portman-square, to the Commander-in-Chief, the Military Secretary to ditto, the Secretary at War, the Deputy Secretary at War, the Quarter-Master General, the Private Secretary of the Commander-in-Chief, the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, the principal storekeeper, the Clerk of the Ordnance, the Inspector-General, the Judge-Advocate-General, the Secretary to the Master-General, the Parliamentary and Under-Secretaries for the Colonies, the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, the Lieutenant- Governors of Tobago, Nevis, Grenada, and Mr. M‘Donald, late Governor of Sierra Leone. The Bishops of Quebec, Cape Town, Antigua, Montreal, and Nova Scotia. Sir Thomas Mitchell (Australia), the Chief Justices of Antigua, St. Helena, Honduras, and Ja maica, the Attorney-Generals" of Newfoundland and Grenada, the Solicitor-General of Canada, &c., &c. CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. The Chancellor of the Exchequer gave a full-dress dinner in honour of the day yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The following were pre sent :—Sir William Molesworth, M.P., the Right Hon. E. Strutt, M.P., the Right Hon. E. Cardwell, M.P., Lord Stanley of Alderley, Viscount Canning, Colonel Maberley, the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, the Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the Board of Customs, the Chairman and Deputy- Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue, the Chair man of the Audit-office, Sir Alex. Spearman, the Hon. E. P. Bouverie, M.P., the Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, M.P., Secretaries of the Treasury ; Lord A. Hervey, M.P., Hon. F. Charteris, M.P., and Mr. John Sadlier, Junior Lords of the Treasnry ; Sir Charles Trevelyan, Assistant-Secretary of the Treasury ; Captain Gladstone, M.P., the Hon. F. Lawley, and Mr. R. W. Wilbraham, Private Secretaries. SIR CHARLES WOOD. Sir Charles Wood, President of the India Board, gave a State Dinner, to celebrate the day, at his residence, in Chesham-place, yesterday, to the Chairman of the East India Company, the Deputy Chairman of ditto, the Right Hon. Vernon Smith, Sir James Weir Hogg, Lieut.- General Sir George Pollock, the Hon. Leslie Melville, Sir Herbert Maddock, Mr. Butterworth Bayley, Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., Lieut.-General Sir John Littler, Mr. Shepherd, Mr. Prinsep, Sir Erskine Perry, Mr. Mangles, M.P., Mr. Chas. Mills, the Hon. John Elliot, Mr. J. C. Melvin, Sir Thomas Redington, Mr. Plowden, Mr. Martin Smith, M.P., Mr. Lowe, M.P., Mr. Hali day, and Mr. T. G. Baring. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL. The Attorney-General celebrated her Majesty's birth day by a grand banquet at the Albion, Aldersgate-street, which was brilliantly illuminated in honour of the occa sion. The company included the Queen's Advocate, the Solicitor-General, Serjeants Allen, Channell, Goulburn, Kinglake, Merewether, Manning, Murphy, Storks, Shee, and Wilkins, T. 0. Anderson, Esq., Q.C., W. J. Alex ander, Esq., Q.C., B. Andrews, Esq., Q.C., W. Ather ton, Esq., M.P., Q.C., J. Baly, Esq., W. Bliss, Esq., Q.C., J. M. W. Bramwell, Esq., Q.C., G. M. Butt, Esq., M.P., Q.C., J. Campbell, sq., Q.C., Mr. Cham bers, Esq., M.P., Q.C., R. D. Craig, Esq., W. T. Daniell, Esq., Q.C., W. Elmsley, Esq., Q.C., B. S. Fol lett, Esq., M.P., Q.C., W. B. Glass, Esq., Q.C., J. Greenwood, Esq., Q.C. R. Gurney, Esq., Q.C., T. E. Headlam, Esq., M.P., Q.C., Hugh Hill, Esq., Q.C., C. Hoggins, Esq., R. Inghvm, Esq., M.P., Q.C., E. James, Esq., Q.C., W. M. James, Esq., H. J. Keating, Esq., M.P., Q.C., C. J. Knowles., Esq., Q.C., J. H. Roe, Esq., K. Macaulay, Esq., R. Malins, Esq., M.P., Q.C., J. Mellor, Esq., M.P., Q.C., R. Pashley, Esq., Q.C., M. Prendergast, Esq., Q.C., J. Rolt, Esq., Q.C., W. C. Rowe, Esq., Q.C., J. Russell, Esq., Q.C., F. W. Sl a d e , E sq ., Q.C., C. T. Swanston, Esq., J. T. Teed, Esq., Q.C., C. Temple, Esq., Q.C., S. Warren, Esq., Q.C.. W. H. Watson, Esq., (lc., J. W a lk er , E sq ., Q.C., C. H. Whitehurst, Esq., Q.C., F. Whitmarsh, Esq., Q.C., J. W. Willcock, E sq ., Q . C ., T . Ph i nn, Esq., M.P., J. Wilde, Esq., W. N. W e l s b y, Esq., W. H. Bodkin, Esq., W. Clarkson, Esq., T. H. Terrel, Esq., J. S. Willes, Esq., J. Wickens; Esq., F. J. Hamel, Esq., J. Timms, Esq., J. G ar di ner, E sq. T. Clarke, Esq.,W. H. Watson, Esq., H. T. Holland, Esq., J. Butt, Esq., J. D. Fitzgerald, Esq.,. &c. ROYAL BODY GUARD. Her Majesty's Royal Body Guard of Gentlemen-at Arms had a full-dress dinner, in celebration of the birth day, at their mess-room, in St. James's Palace, yester day. ILLUMINATIONS. In the evening the usual illuminations took place al the theatres and clubs, and at many of the leading estab• lishments of retail trade. Amongst the latter were con. spicuous - St. James's Theatre, a large star in jets of gas, and the initials V.R. Mitchell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street, a large Brunswick star, in the centre the letter V., surrounded by the motto " God Bless the Queen," all in irradiated jets of gas. St. George's Gallery, Hyde-park-corner, a star. Messrs. Futvoye and Co., goldsmiths and importers, Regent-street, a brilliant star of gas jets, with V.R. R. Ackerman, printseller, Regent-street, a large star and V.R. in brilliant gas, with a magnificent royal standard. Messrs. Jay and Co., purveyors of mourning by ap pointment to her Majesty, a brilliant display of gas jets running along the whole front of their warehouses, a wreath entwining the lower part of faccade above the balcony, at each end two stars, a V. R. in the centre, and the whole surmounted by a crown. St. James's Theatre, a large star in jets of gas, an d the Initials V. R. Mitehell's Royal Library, Old Bond-street, a large Brunswick star, in the centre the letter V., surmounted by the motto, "God bless the Queen," all in irradiated jets of gas. St. George's Gallery, Hyde-park-corner, a star. Bramah and Co., 124, Piccadilly, patent lo cksmit h to her Majesty and the Royal Family, a large imperial crown and V. R., in variegated colours. Messrs. Godfrey and Hancock, Conduit-street, Be; gent-street, shoemakers to her Majesty, a large star an'! the royal initials V. R. in gas. Messrs. Robert Cocks and Co. music publishers 1 ° her Majesty, New Burlington-street, a brillian t star in gas, with V. R. in the centre. Rowland's Macassar Oil and Kalydor Warehouse/ 20, Hatton-garden, displayed a crown with the initiO V. R. in gas. Messrs. Staples, purveyors of turtle to her Maie st3s the Albion, Aldersgat e - s tr ee t, a brilliant radiant ta!' with the royal initials V. R. in Egyptian caPitals gas. FIELD-DAY AT WOOLWICH. The annual review of the troops stationed i n g al at Woolwich, to celebrate the birthday of the Sovereif ; was attended yesterday by an unusually large Win n !, of visitors from London. From an early hour nine!, boats crowded with passengers were plying in rapiclnlota cession, while the railway authorities at London-1;0'1,6, could hardly supply trains fast enough for the rilui tudes that thronged about their doors. At ten o'cloasc, a.m. the whole of the troops in garrison off &V on sembled in review order, and proceeded to the Coaan,, where they were drawn up in the following order •f • Royal Horse Artillery across the extreme end p d of Common, facing downwards, u n der the comm a e s Lieut.-Colonel Strangways ; the troops of the line , o f tending the whole length of the Common, consisting n two battalions of the Foot Artillery—the right ha ttal ; under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Biggins , the left battalion under the command of Lieut. - ut Otway ; the Royal Sappers and Mine r s, under the '-';; mand of Adjutant Fitzroy Somerset, Royal Eng in „„ ee d of the battalion of Local Pensioners, under the coinn 3 7der staff-officer Major Forbes • the Royal Marines, 11 „ - der the command of Lieut.-Colonel Jolliffe ; two 9-P° ll ;: cr bt field-batteries, the gunners dismounted, and three 6-pounder batteries, across the lower part of the, - 6 ° ti mon, under the command of Lieut.-C o l o nel And ers On the formation of the troop s i n t o li ne , t h e coo o 4, of the whole was tak en by C o l one l Wllinyates, K.C.H., commandant of the garrison. Lieut.-General Lord R ag l an , G.C.B , MasterG e r ne o of the Ordnance • his Roy a l Hi g h ness the Duked i , - of bridge ; Frederick William Gustavus, Grand .. _.P. ° "" e D. Mecklenburgh-Strelitz ; Lieut.-General Sir bar i ble Ross, K.C.B. ; Lord Panmure Colonel Lau'. er , -- rsi Maule ; Major-General Lewis, C. 8., Royal Engi n i - or Colonel Blanchard, C. 8., Commandant of Itor' e ral gineers, at Woolwich ; Colonel Cater, Director-G en t of Artillery ' - Lieut.-Col. Hardinge, SuPe„ Pij i - D e el dent of the Royal Military Repository ; Bloomfield, Royal Horse Artillery ; Li eu t.-Colone l liner, Assistant Adjutant-General ; Li eu t.-Colonel p v' n " c al field, Royal Artillery; Lieut.-Colonel M'Adara) Marines ; Brigade-Major Bingham, and Captain of son, Acting Assistant Deputy Quartermaster-Gen e per s, Artillery, and Brigade-Major Walpol e , R o y a l Eng i n i3 ;o l with of number of officers of the Royal Artillery , Engineers, and Royal Marines, arrived on the Co - 0 about a quarter before twelve o'clock. There W ere A dol pFesent at that time the Duke of Beaufo r t, Lord `"" hus Fitzclarenee, Sir George Wombwell,' &c. e pt)" Precisely at twelve o'clock a royal salute of t/ r $ O ,l one guns were fired by the Royal Horse Artillery'o' immediately after seven guns were fired in quick S t, O sion by the Royal Horse Artillery, and a running fire feu de joie commenced from the right of th e front rP r ' e g, the battalions to the left of the line, and up the r i e s. Seven guns were then fired from the light field bat a nd and then a second running fire up the front ray' ,, the down the rear. Seven guns were again fired ll f o, Royal Horse Artillery, followed by a third runiv n g' d the The whole of the troops then presented arms, 31) fter bands played the National Anthem. Th e troops , 5 66 wards ordered arms, and took off their caps, and three hearty cheers for her Majesty. a tY The Master-General and his staff then inspent e- ive. troops, riding down the whole of the front o f the „ e i3 On returning to the flag - staff, the troops broke int o ° ',,J column to the right, and marched past at sl° 1( quick time, and after marching forward the foot oie talions marched home at quick time to barracks• oh field-batteries remained on the ground and went Or: t y the evolutions of a field, and on marching 0 4 1 ground in single file for the inspection of his Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Royal .'"' e pr Artillery came forward and went through they' lutions, twenty rounds of ammunition having t ba served out to each of their guns, and the guns o f L ti° field-batteries. At the conclusion, at half - past o'clock, the royal and distinguished visitors le ft 0 0 ground in carriages, and passed from the CO through Charlton on their way to London. The, i , was kept a strict holiday in the dockyard and arse° PORTSMOUTH. 'Ore Yesterday, being the anniversary of her 3 43 J,„ birthday, the royal standard was hoisted at suilr'di the King's curtain, in this garrison. The whole : 4 0. troops in the garrison off duty formed on the rainci o v; and were reviewed. At the conclusion of the opell a royal salutes were fired by th e ar till ery an d sb l t"po harbour and at Spithead. The fleet, as usurtl , dressed out with gaily-coloured flags and pennant' PLYMOUTH. The Queen's birthday was celebrated here with I P rejoicing, the day being kept as a gener al 17 4 Sir There was a grand review of th e t roops by Genectstol H. Smith, at which there were present 30,000 5Pe,, 0 19 on Mount Wise. Salutes were fi re d from the EV?" garrison, the Battery at Mount Ed gecum be, r ships, and Admiral Corry's squadron. The Mount Edgecumbe threw his park open to the Pa WINDSOR. 0 0 3 , The birthday of our beloved Sove re i gn was cel e d ' $ 0 1 " here with the most sincere demonst ra ti ons of to 7 s O h " respect, At an early hour the bells of St. Geerg e fi llicr, St. John's churches sent for their merry pea l ' were continued at intervals throughout the nine o'clock the Ist Regiment of Life GuAr'''Gfv' manded by Colonel Howard, marched into theiio Park, fired a feu de jeie, and gave three Mierhonour of the day. The Ist battalion of Soot s Guards, commanded by C o lo ne l Ed en , p e rforme d , s t ", 0 1 ' homage in the Great Park at noon . A ro yal s S L II I , s fired from the corporation ord nance i n the 133 C' l e al ti t . acre at the same hour. At one o ' c l oc k a r( T a , fi ore a r was fired from Fort B e l ve d ere , w hi c h was 11-o'ol by the Adelaide frigate on th e l a k e o f Virgiut o ts In the evening about 40 of the principal inhabs ; tot e i; the borough dined together at the White 1 : 131. "i st l i4 the dinner was served up in Mr. Pile's proverbs °cid of excellence, a good supply of venison beinerVif• re by her Majesty ; the chair was taken by Darts w e d Holderness, mayor, when the u sua l l o yal t ess Aie e ve ,j; given, and drank with great enthusiasm. 1 %7,0' ing the houses of the royal trad es p eo ple were '- illuminated. GREAT ROWING MATCH. 4 ,0 .s. of i t .;# The great match between William Pocoelc , e , beth, and Henry Clasper of Newcastle-upon . . .LW; place yesterday afternoon, in the presence of 5 _..„40 0 ,d course of persons, who availed themselves of. 7, vourable positions along the course from wh fi c i t, °f it e r view could be 'obtained of the river en Pass , i z of ° te° steamers which accompanied the match, 31 ;:d ere a ir boats of various descriptions. The match ha theffetlr, the liveliest interest in the aquati c c ircles, as te r. $ g test itself was one of the mo s t exc iti n g ellalle-0 era - of men had earned considerable p o pularity P '" of scullers and oarsmen, and a very large un,r_p o c 10 1 0 1 ; depended upon th e i ssue o f th e con t es t. rudf a sparlo in London was only equa lled by that of p rey ea t Newcastle, and as much diversity of o piniou l ; pl to respecting their riv a l c l a i ms t o su p er iority, t ot 1 0 10 01 , match was made, Pocock giving his oPP ° , I3 for ~ore row on the London river, the contest being a 5.- Iv icl and the distance from just above Putney Vr i ..F bi s e , convenient than starting from the piles, bu t ch o p byE utyomt,muuacihnnsnhsoerntt of thethaner backers, b th a eu n s r ucl as cor u s it e ; jog ryr ieo to test the capabilities of the men. At a little after three the whole of the L c's the s olv having been arranged, the men drew towa r h r et o loou - re fil places, attended by their cutters. Both, ery , ca o ier. ably well, and had evidently been traine u s f ize a rid r jr aill Pocock having the advantage of superior w ere `vite at they seemed each very confident, an d be fo rourvet: cheered by their friends. Pocock was t ta rt ti t he slight odds. At the moment after the din th fairly effected Claspar took a slight lead, le 3 : ieo gth.i . dozen strokes increased it to about a ha, i ama siug re this position both took their water with and thes f or dity for about a couple of hundred gallsyards,,i_%t, par had forced a trifle in advance but ti 4., D so al! beth man wa,s not so easily to be'disposetuber„ s chnotu beautiful rowing on both sides brough t a 'l° l 3 ,- the distance had been accomplished, up exciting c . ee ci each other. Nothing could exceed the as ina iotai Jo t " ter of the race at this moment, w hich W graclualpel the most gallant manner until Poco b cc , th e slightly in advance, closely presse d „.. _ t 3 e 7 reg l ijast, 4 who made the most desperate b u t gt o pride of place " all the way to the fi n fi, o 7 c ock v . ", oil l A they were, they were ineffectual,. " and the h ef : l 4 l °{ o '; eight seconds—the distance, eons' e 11 7 e goo. o piu out, being done in very capital tim • the b by efo b r o e th en m te e rt n a was irled of. such as to increase . 3, it whi c e j t° _ This ga llerY/ uo th jo THE STANDISH GALLERY. „ cro beg , will be remembered, was some yea,r a 'Lli r . s o cw, ‘ the King of the French by . the e,a l a w, gos oy bou gh o l d now on view at Messrs. Christiblin a uction. 0 30, 0° 08 previous to its dispersion by pu no less Oa ip was said to have cost the collecto r u.a exoe n t epo sp. , os s, there are no paintings of partic .a l ti l ngs o f . h o s rec iiri ir gallery. It consists ciefly of wits vie school, a few of the Italian Maste,s wor ks. is P o j of the modern French and Eugus'.` Italian s ci l pioto P 4 r tr i l a b i s t s of ar e thatnumerous by Velasquez and Zarbaran. Of the tie. , de o f ty s sebas h ioo• bert are pictures bearing the names , peuierte by fto the Guido, Guercino, Caravaggio, at Bethle ns af interiors era is tb oEfnwglhihsethh master b ; y b ut himself the most hnetreer e n s r t e i n a l sooo 10:t v i r: most interes eo ti o n el • modern French artists are numerous, am 3 wer e % so w ,ghtuharnechdbenseftffaescrtet.ivsileferurraie _ spaoc, join ewe rrexese...l, formed, in excellent condition. fa al Th b e er r° o rtist* during the entire day by a e and fashionable purchasers in Voss • ~--