The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-07 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. The Nohility, Gentry', Subscribers to the Opera, and the Public, are respecWally informed, that the THEATRE WILL RE-OPEN On SA72LIRDAY, APitIL 10, 1847, When will be performed Donizetti's Opera, L'ELISIR D'AMORE. Adina, Madame Oastellan ; Nemorino, Signor Gardonl ; Belcore, Signor F. Lablache ; and Dr. Dulcomara, Signor Lablaclie (his first appearance this serson). Betwaan the Atts of the Opera will.be presented (for the first time this season) the &aspired Divertisement, entitled LE BACCHANTE, by Maae. Ladle Grahrfl (her first 'appearance this Toon), ;Mlles. Corran Honer% M. Dor, and Corps de Balet. Te ooncliada wilt the new successful Ballet, in Two Tableaux, by M. Paul Tagifoni, the music by Signor Pugni, entitled TUBA. ; OU, LA FEE ALTX FLEVRS. Principtg characters by Mdlle. C. Rosati, Mdlle. Marie Taglioni, M. PauLraglioni, &c. First 'Tableau—Le Moreska; Mdlle. C. Rosati.' Les Clochettes (an Indian dance) Milks. Lamoreux and Julien; Ladies and Children of Corps de Ballet. Scene Dansante—L'lndifference, Mdlle. Rosati and M. P. Taglioni. Second Tableau—Soto Le Fee aux Fleurs, Lea Animation des Flours, Mdlle. M. Taglioni. Les ,Eillits, 3ldlles Corran and Honore. le Lys, MAl_ , Marie Taglionl. Mdlle. Montfort. Les Marguerites kicUle. Julien, Bertin, Thevenot, and Laraoreux. Different Flexes Carps de Ballet. La Bouquet—Le Rose, Mdlle. C. Rosatti ; Les Marguerites,:Mlles. Julien and Lamoreux ; Les males. Cor ran and Honore, with the Corps de Ballet ; L e Lys, On Saturday, April 17th, will be prodcced to the first 31otlintioerti.n Lie country) Verdi's Opera " I Due Foscari." Yerdre, Opera " Ernani " will be repea" HER MAJESTY'S THEATItE. The Nobility, Subscribers, and the ruhlic, are r espectfully in °rimed, that there will be an EXIRA Nicarr On THURSDAY , Argil. lb, 1847. Bellinrs celebrated When will be performed (Srst time this season) Opera ? IT It IT AN I. Principe' Characters : —Eivira, Madame C as tellan ; Giorgio, Signor Lablaehe ; Artura, Sig nor Gardoni ; Ri c cardo. Signor ent, in Coltti. which With various Entertain naen ts in the B a llet Departm Mdlle. Luc le Grahu, Mdlle. Mane Taglone, and Mdlle. Rosati, will appear. THEATRE ROYAI. Dlt (5 RY-LAN E. nil 3 EVEN 'NO Will be ferforreed the Opera of MARITANX. Charles the Second, Mr Borr oa ; Don C telar de Baza.n, Mr. Harrison ; bon Jose, Mr. Bretton ; W.arq u s de S i antar,m, Mr. llorncastle ; Ls.zrillo, Miss TLAsaacs -, V.ar.tana, Miss Rainsfoith. :Mier wh i c h (th•rd—rime) the New and Original Oriental SiPec tade, called THE DESERT; or, The Imaun's Daughter. In which the Two Elephants, upwards of Sixty Horses, and the Camels will appear' The Imau Fuze( Mr. Howell ; Halez, Mr. Rafter ; Barek, }tr. W. H. Payne ; ola, Mr. Harley Maleck. Mr. T. Mat thews ; Ahabeck, Mr. Hutchison ; Kuzliraga, Mr. L. Lee • Princess Ipomaye, 31155 Messent ; Nilda, Miss Collett ; Girgee, Miss ' IL Isaacs. THEATRE ROYAL, HAY MARKET. Under the Managem ent EVENlNG _ _ Wlll be performed the new and original Comedy, called THE SCHOOL FOR SCHEMING. Principal characters by Messrs. Far ren, Stuart, Buckstone, Howe, Selby, Bendel., Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Rumby, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Fortescue, Miss Bennett, Miss Rey nolds, &c. After which (third time) the Grand Astronomical Extravaganza, ailed THE NEW PLANET; or, Harlequin out of Place. To conclude with the Comic Drama, called THE LIGHT TROOPS OF Sr. JAMES'S. Master Thomas Smallbones, Mr. Buckstone ; Maids (1 Honour to the Queen, N; rs. Clifford, Mrs. Seymour, Mrs. Yarnold, Miss Carre, Miss Telbin, and Mrs. Buckingham ; Jane Roberts, Miss Reynolds. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. t nder the direction of Madame Celeste THIS EVEN NG Will be performed the original Drama, called THE FLOWERS Or THE FOREST ; a Gipsy Story. Cheap John, Mr. Wright ; Ishmael, Mr. 0. Smith ; the Kinchin, Mr. P. Bedford; Leybourne, Mr. Worrell ; Cynthia, Madame Celeste ; Lemuel, Miss Woolgar ; starlight Bess, Mrs. Fitzwilliam; Lady Agnes, Miss 'Harding. To conclude with the Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford, Ihr. 0. Sm th, Mr. Collen"ord,Madatne Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, 111 , s Ern; Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. rRISCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. • THIS EVENING Will be presented (for the third time in this country) Scribe and Anber's celebrated Comic Opera, in Three Acts, called THE BAR CAROLE. The principal characters by Messrs. Walton, Bodda, Leffler, and Allen; Miss E. Harmer and Miss Anne Romer. Alter which, Shakspere's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. The principal characters by Messrs. H. Hughes, Ryder, J. Vining, C. Fisher, Wynn, and Compton ; 3llss Winstanlcy (her first appearance in London), Mrs. Stirling, Mrs. 11. Hughes, Miss S. Flower, Miss Anne Romer, Miss Marshall, and Miss Smithson. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. 'Crider the Manazement of Mrs. Keeley. THIS EVENING. Third night cf a New Piece. To commence with the Drama of MARTIN CJIUZZLEWIT. Young Bailey, Mrs. Keeley; Saircy Gamp, .Ni r. Keeley ; Peel:miff, Mr. Matthews ; Tig,g, Mr. Wigan ; Chuzzlewit, Mr. Emery ; Pinch, Mr. Meadows. After which, second time, a New Vaudeville Extravaganza, called CRC OE THE SECOND. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Keeley ; Miss Dickenson, Miss Tume”, and Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with the splendid new Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE ENCHANTED FOREST; or, Bear, Eagle, and Dolphin Principal characters by Mrs. Keeley, Miss Miss Bromley, Miss E. Daly, Mrs. Woellidge, Miss Illeks, Miss Arden, Mr. Keeley, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Bender, Mr. Kinloch, Mr. Bellingham, and Mr. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. Taird Appearance of Mademoiselle ROSE CHERI. THIS EVENING, the Performances will commence at a quarter rest Seven o'clock, with (third time in this country) a new Comedy, entitled 'LE SECRET 1)U MENAGE. M. Dorbeuil, M. Langeval ; Madame Dorbeuil, son Epouse. Madlle. Angele ; Madame Demur ' Cous'ne de Madame Dorbenil, Madame Deluc. After which (third time this season) the Comedie-VaudeviVe of lIN CHANGE MEN T DI MAIN. Alexis Rtimanouski, 31. Rhozevil ; Elisabeth, Maine Rote Cheri (tier second appearance this season). To conclude with (third time in this country) a new Comedic- Vaudeville, entitled LA PROTEGEE, SANS LE SAVOIR. Helene Madlle. Rose Cheri. Boxes, 6s. ; Pit, as. 6d. ; Amphitheatre, 3 , . ; GallerY , 2s. Boxes and Stalls may be engaged at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Bond-street; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which is open daily from Eleven till Five. ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. THIS MORNING The celebrated ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS, Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood, and Germon, will have the honour of Resuming their inimitable ENTERTAINMENTS, at the St. James's Theatre, TO-MORROW EVENING, April B.—doors *pen at Eight 'o'clock; and will give a grand day performance on Wednesday Morning, April 7, commencing at half-past two o'clock. The evening per formances will be continued every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and the day performances every Wednesday morning. Boxes and stalls at Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE , Under the patronage of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family. Proprietor and Manager Mr. W. Batty. This 'Unique and Royal Equestrian National Temple of Arta will continue its:powerfully attractive Entertainments every evening, at Seven o'clock ; presenting an unusual display of talent in all its varied branches of Equestrian, Gymnastic, and Dramatic productions ; com bining Mr. Batty's numerous stud of highly trained Horses and Fairy Ponies, with his magnificent Syrian Camels, Elephants, Wild Zebras, Deer and Oxen, to‘be brought into action in the new grand Easter Spectacle of Lord Byron's THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS ; or, THE CORSAIR AND THE AVENGER'S STEED. With New Scenery, Marine Panorama, Decorations, and Gorgeous Appointments, on a scale of magnitude unequalled in this Amphi theatre. The Scenes in the Circle will present the unequalled performances of La Petite Isabella, Madame Dumos, Mons. Dumos, 31, Leonard, Herr Henrique, and Laurents Wag first appearance of the great English rider, Mr. Powell, and popular provincial Artiste of Equita tion, Mr. Bell. A splendid pageant, uniting the Artists of the Arena on their highly trained Steeds, led by Mrs. Batty. The Exercise as sisted by the re-appearance of the celebrated Hibernian clown, Mr. T. Barry, and Mr. Twist, the grotesque. For detail see full Pro gramme. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot. Box Office open from Eleven till Four. Box Book-keeper, Mr. Sheffield. - Performance commences every evening at Seven o'clock, doors open at Half-past Six. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Under the Management of Mrs. Frances Daridge, Lessee. THREE NEW PIECES, and the truly wonderful BEDOUIN ARABS, from the Theatre Port St. Martin, Paris, their First Ap pearance in England. TIIiB EVENING The performances will commence with a new Drama, called THE DISCARDED DAUGHTER. Count Carsdorf, Mr. T. Fredericks; Julia, Mrs. Ware. After which, a grand ORIENTAL FESTIVAL in the HALLS of ABD-EL-K.A.DER (the Emir of the Desert), introducing the won derful and novel Feats peculiar to the Native Bedouin Aral) Tribes, attended by their Marabouts (Priests), &e. in their national costume. After which, a new Farce, by Mrs. sysling, entitled KISSING GOES BY FAVOUR. Duke de Bassompicre, Mr. Tindell ; Marchio ness de Lanny, Mrs. Ware. To conclude with a romantic Drama, named the TWO BROTHERS OF PISA. Count de Outien, Mr. Neville; Theodora Bemanati, Mrs. enry Vinin;. Boxes, 25., Pit, is. ! Gallery, 6d. Doors open at Six, commence at Half-past Six. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. THIS EVENING (third time), THE FORGERS VOW ; or, %IDI BAROSSA, the BEDOUIN CHIEF OF JARRA. Principal charac ters by Miss Vincent, Miss Lyder reuse, M'sa Julia Johnson, Mrs. G. Lee, Mrs. Cooke ; Mr. N. T. Hicks, Mr. Dale, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Searle, Mr. Bird, &c. After which, DONZELLA, THE HEROINE OF CASTILE. Don zella (commonly called the Rose of the Rock) Miss Vincent. To conclude with a Nautical Drama, in Three Acts, entitled, A REEFER'S WRONGS ; or, THE WRECK OF THE AURORA. Supported by the entire company. Bozos, Is.; Half Price, 6d. Pit, 6d. ; Gallery, 3d. Private Boxes forPartiots df FOpX, from 103. 6d. ; and Parties of Eight, 11. Is. THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, APRIL 6. TIiZIMOMETZP, Lowest, 40 ; Highest, 53 ; Noon, 52. BAitozawrzu, 29 85.—WIND, N.W. ; fine. I,IIGEL W &TER AT LONDON-BRIDGE 'TEM DAT. Morning .. 37 minutes atter 5. Evening .. 59 minutes after 5. 4 -7 6 2, 6 • ''. 3 , ' s °. •at 4 ' . aRI ',•‘' , • '-• ' , ..-..t.“ li ... • m, ;,.,..114 , i „,:.,t..., , ,.. ._ '"-• ! p•77 . • . ' • • •- -•-... , inaltilT. t`ate. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1847. Farewell —we trust a long farewell has been taken by the Agrancesados to all their greatness in the Spanish capital. Queen ISABELLA has given a brilliant testimony of her disinclination to succumb to the tyrannic influence of Louis PutmPrE or of his truckling Minister. Queen ISABELLA has done more—she has evinced a capacity in ridding her councils of unpatriotic interlopers beyond w h at could have been at all anticipated, and calculated to enlist for herself those popular affections Which during her girlhood have been so unhappily estranged. W e are disposed to congratulate the Spaniards upon the course just adopted by their SOVEREIGN, though it were of course premature to commend the embryo Cabinet for a liberality that is merely hinted and an independence that is only supposititious. By a gradual process of liberalization the Govern- ment of Spain has risen from the slavish. ness of ISTURITZ to the indefinite obse, (piousness s of SOTOMAYOR, and has now passed intoithePtaaas of the more generously disposed p Ac ift-W!r i 7 , 4 . ether the programme of the new Admiuis _:as been merely coloured with de )7l , ep o` , or the purp ose of inveigling th e naul emission and confidence, or wh e th er .?. :! does of that programme are to be • ; is• 4, the lapse of a few months, probably of a f ew wets, will sufficiently testify. That such an abrupt secession from the Afraneesado policy should inspire the Parisian organs of CHRISTINA and Gniz oT with a suspicion that Mr. BunvEu is at the bottom of the whole transaction ; t'at they should con- / 4 "7•_ i2CI 4 ,4 - TIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1847 ......-----.—...----.--____ ceive in the first ebullition of at tthheeir Courtchagr chagrin 1 : that the -English Amba ssador Madrid has been the M proinmciapaatlhionrsittiyr itsobraitnntahteuex pulsion of SOTOATOR from p I t i c i i o s o u s n a n r e e c e a s a s a vi ry s i , on however,ar asthetoyobarseersvpeletnheattie. these sus- iindgowhethrsaetlfhaafroinmorheearserdecfreingthtthfuralllydofmro—m from n e :t r t i b c: a t Duke pE BI ONTFE the banishment of ElissiraAittEhßero t ls o la th j e Es m rr ar h r a ia a ge li o gn f the can tly shown her partialityliiay fora these m pr o o re pit c io o u ns a ti a t u u- - g tional Admin istration . \ u ries of her unpropitious youth be fulfilled and de veloped ! It would be a cruel prevarication, never theless, to screen the ultimate miseries of Iberia by attempting to impart an air of undue importance to these temporary improvements and evanescent ad vantages. Whatever may be the immediate conse quences of the late Ministerial changes, it is impossible to forget for an instant that the threads of the destiny of Spain are still held in the grasp of Louis PHILIPPE. If that monarch be not really, as Mrs. MALAPROP says, like Cerberus, " three gentlemen in one," he unquestionably comprises in his own proper person all the invidious characteristics of the three Parcae. As far as the Peninsula is concerned, the French KING holds at once the spindle, the wheel, and the shears. He retains more than a life-interest in the sway exercised over the Spanish dominions : he re gulates, in short, the destinies of Spain, by having secured the reversion of its dynastic privileges to the offspring of his youngest son. Congratulate . ourselves and Spain therefore as we may upon the instalment of Senor PA CHECO in the presidential chair of ISABELLA'S per sonally selected Cabinet; rejoice as we may over the probability of a comprehensive and benignant amnesty ; exult as we may over the auspicious birth of the Pacheco Administration, over the indisputable discomfiture of the pimping polity of the Afrance sados, and over the rumoured restoration of ESPAR TERO to those dignities and immunities which his prowess, his genius, and his patriotism had nobly earned—it would be folly to conceal from ourselves the conviction that these boons can merely be- of temporary duration unless the laws of nature and the dispositions of a whole people be miraculously transformed. Happily, however, there is invariably a residuum of Hope after the most Pandorean torrent of affliction, and this Hope beams brightly enough from the embers of the traitorous Afrancesados. Courage, then, to those lovers of fatherland who may evince in cherishing the financial prosperity of their country, in maintaining an honourable friendship with disinterested states, and in conducting the in ternal administration with sobriety, probity, and regularity, as heroic, though scarcely so chivalrous and picturesque a patriotism, as that evinced by Spanish Hidalgos of the olden time. Men now a-days cannot assert their loyalty to the con stitution, or their devotion to the land of their birth by donning hauberks of " twisted mail," or couching lances of tough ash, but they may much more effectually, if not so picturesquely, become the preux-chevaliers of a nation by adroitly fingering the red tape, and judiciously arranging the portfolio. We are not indisposed to be sanguine therefore as to the benefits which may be derivable from PACREco and his colleagues. It is a lamentable fact that, for the most part, the occupants of the magisterial bench seem to be wholly insensible to the serious responsibility attached to the functions which they have to drs - charge. The responsibility can scarcely be said to be of a personal character, for, except in cases where wilful malice can be substantiated, the law effectually screens the magistrate from suffering, either in his person or pocket, for any consequences, however injurious, that may have resulted to an accused party, from the inadequate performance of his judicial functions. But, notwithstanding that their personal responsibility, for the reason stated, is practically next to nothing., they still lie under a very heavy moral respomibility to the public, proportionate to the extensive powers with which the law has clothed their office. It grieves us to repeat. that there is a wide-sprea d in • difference to the strength of this public obligation, as evidenced by the repeated blunders and serious errors into which the magisterial body are constantly fall ing ; and even where this feeling of indifference does not exist, on account of the lax manner in which' the corps of justices is organized, the public suffer just as much in another way, as though it did, owing to the gross ignorance and incompetency of a large proportion of those who are placed in the commission of the peace. Neither can we expect to rid ourselves of these objectionable blots, which affect the administration of justice in the hands of the minor functionaries of the law, until the system by which they obtain their authority be en tirely revised. It is notorious that the magisterial bench is filled by men whose qualifications for the dig nity have been inconsiderately measured, not by their intellectual capacity, but by their personal influence, as connected with property. If a person resident in a county is desirous of elevating his social position among his neighbours, he frequently induces his tenantry to vote for the political party, from whom the aim of his ambition is not kept a secret, and through whom, by a seasonable hint to the Lord- Lieutenant, he is in due: time raised to the bench. In this way individual vanity is gratified, the re quirements of the public, that the magistrates should be selected from men of intelligence, and somewhat versed in the laws of their country, being almost altogether unheeded. Considering, however, the hap-hazard mode, and the heterogeneous materials out of which the justices of peace are constituted, it is matter of wonder that the administration of the law is so well conducted as it is ; and, at all times, it is far more gratifying to admire than to criticise and reprehend the manner in which the servants of the Crown, in their several departments, perform their duties to the State. The admirable efficiency that ordinarily stamps the judicial conduct of the successive Chief Magistrates of the city of London is deserving of the highest eulogy ; and we always feel chagrined when anything occurs calculated to de tract from the efficacy of their example. A man, who called himself JOHN BAKER, was charged before the LORD MAYOR on Saturday with having shouted out, " There goes a Bobby !" whilst two of the City police were following two thieves. The latter took the hint and made off. The police, considering this exclamation an interference with their duty, inquired of BAKER what he meant by it, and . ultimately took hi m i nto custo d y. Thi s was . en unjustifiable act. A man is not to be de prived of his liberty because he happens to exerci se his lungs and voice in the manner above-mentioned, and because others choose to presume it was done for a sinister object. Such a proceeding constitutes a dangerous precedent where the liberty of the sub ject is concerned, and alarms people as to the extent to which the police may, even for the most trivial circumstance, be inclined to stretch their authority ; and it is no justification of such a step to allege, or prove, that the prisoner has not borne a reputable character. It may be that the prisoner was both abu sive in his language and violent in his demeanour when addressed by the police; but had they any right, in the first instance, to interrogate him as they did ? We think not. They clearly exceeded the limits of their duty. It was proved that, two years since, the pri soner had been tried for stealing a watch. The pri soner declared that he was honourably acquitted, and had since been honestly employed, whereupon the LORD MAYOR remarked, " the magistrates well know how frequently juries acquit in cases of guilt, in con sequence of th e i ngenu i ty o f counse l, th e t am p er i ng wiethre exceedingly witnesses, and oth er c i rcums tances." These however y ill-ti me d o b serva ti ons , w hich, true, ought ght never to be made from the seat o f , u justi ce . In in until found guilty, and . the eye of the law a man is considered innoc ent it is highly unbecoming a to weaken the h who ha s b een value of thi s presumption tcre,ge years, o ffmanth- and tried after t a e c r q a ui l t ap tea se — o to f two surmise,at, and parti cularlyhis release from th e grasp o f the law, naot mtoanh.ow.ed nocence of the crim e c h arge d , b ut to the dexterit 3' of 111- his counsel. Such extra-judicial rem ar k s may be quoted and successfully h an dl e d b y a malignant person, inflicting great pain upon another, who has been under the misfortune of having stood a trial for an offence - of which, in the opinion of every candid mind, he was then considered to be wholly innocent. The theory of the law, to which we are alluding, is equally wholesome and bene- vols3nt, presenting a fine moral bulwark against the shafts of malice and the assaults of tyranny. It is base d upon a sound principle, and ought not to be tampered with. It is a principle that ought to be rig.idly maintained, however dubious its application may appear to be in any given instance ; and, least of all, should its sanctity be invaded by those who, by their position, are expected to be it 3 most faithful :guardians. All danger of a deficiency of food in Ireland is now happily dispersed; the enormous quantity of bread- stuffs that have been imported into that country have had the effect, not only of bringing down the markets to more reasonable rates, but of inducing persons who had hoarded large quantities of corn, and other cereal produce, to bring forth their secret stores to the world. Few persons will be found to regret the disappointment that awaited those heartless men, who, with ample supplies in their possession, saw des titution prevailing in their respective neighbour hoods, and the people suffering under all the pangs and horrors of starvation, and still, not satisfied with a fair and ample profit, retained that abundance in their own handi which, if offered to public coin petition, would have alleviated the general misery and preserved the lives of many who perished, the victims of these sordid spirits. They hoped to obtain famine prices ; they heeded not the wretchedness of the million, that whole families should be swept away, that pestilence occasioned by the want of a sufficiency of the common necessaries of life, should prevail throughout the length and breadth of the land, provided they could obtain an increased price and still greater gains. Mammon took possession of their hearts, and they were blinded to every consideration save that of pelf. But happily they have reckoned without their host ; a counteracting influence was in operation ; free trade had been established, our ports were no longer closed to the productions of other climes, monopoly had been banished from our shores, and commercial enterprise, unshackled by vexatious restrictions or protective im- posts, secured abundant supplies of every description of food. No greater evidence could be required of the soundness of the views and the correctness of the arguments of the Free-traders, or of the fallacies of the Protectionists. The principle has been subjected to a test of the greatest severity. A fearful crisis was to be surmounted. All the ordinary calculations were displaced by the extent of the calamity. An insufficient and scanty supply under the recent cir cumstances of the country could not be considered as fatal, or even injurious, to the doctrines of free trade; indeed it would be hard to conceive any state of the law by which the difficulties occasioned by the mys terious visitation of PROVIDENCE, in the destruction of the chief part of the nation's food, could have been averted. But the happy result is conclusive as to their soundness and efficiency. What would have been the state of the country had Sir ROBERT PEEL postponed his great experiment for even a single session ? We shudder at the contemplation of the harrowing details that must inevitably have occurred. No stronger confirmation could have been afforded of the soundness of the Ministerial policy in leaving the supplies of the country to be provided from the legitimate sources. Had the British Government en tered the markets of the corn-exporting countries as extensive purchasers, the immediate effect would have been an enormous increase in the prices of provisions of every description, the cessation of all private enterprise, the banishing all those who would not venture to encounter so power ful a competition. Had the Government once at tempted the task, or hesitated in giving the required pledge, they could not have halted or held back. They should have undertaken the supply, not only of Ire land, but of Great Britain, and we should have seen a famine prevailing throughout the entire land. The scenes of Skibbereen would have been re-enacted on English ground ; the artizans and labourers, even of this great metro polis, would have seen their helpless children pining from the inadequacy of their food, and piteously demanding the abundance to which they had been accustomed. That such scenes have not taken place we owe to the firmness of the Premier and his colleagues ; their strict adherence to the sound principles of political economy has saved their country from this accumulated misery. For this they have been reviled and insulted ; reproach and obloquy have been heaped upon them for conduct that should have secured, and most undoubtedly will eventually secure, the national gratitude. Not the least curious part of the secret hoarding that has been brought to light is the re-appearance in the markets, not only of Dublin, but in all parts of the country, of large supplies of sound potatoes that were kept back during the months of pressure and scarcity, in the hope that the most exorbitant prices would have been obtained. The object, however, has failed, t:suba elnetott hon ea speak p oe t w h ua ekel would rate oehf isaei many a bye r e o e enn nd most monthst oot s hg n i s v g i an h c e ue r a, a i wet language . he t h l s It is ihffisme cii o mri e m ppn r e ot n olsy: t i strong to expose its atrocity. Madrid journals of the 30th ult. have arrived. One of the appointments in the new Cabinet, that of Senor Perroa DIAZ to the Ministry of Commerce and Public Instruction, is very significant. He is the author of an exceedingly clever pamphlet against the Montpensier marriage. The Heraldo announces that Senor BAHAMONDE had accepted the office of Minister of Justice. In his opening speech to the Cortes, a sketch of which we gave yesterday, and a full re port of which is published in the Madrid Gazette of the 30th, Senor PACHECO, speak ing in the name of the Ministry, said that " With regard to foreign affairs, their policy would be to live in harmony with all nations, but not to form with any that kind of close intimacy which could only take place at the expense of Spain herself. They had taken office at the moment when Spain had contracted alliances, all of which should be equally respected, without predilection in favour of one more than another. At home they would be guided by the laws, the spirit of which they would seek to follow, and so rigorously, that should there exist any doubt as to the true meaning of any laws, they would adhere to ;he letter of them, and then come before Parliament for its ratification of their conduct. They meant to propose a law in favour of the press, submitting it to a tribunal independent of the nomination of the Sovereign, and acting upon the true principles of jurisprudence. He accepted the vote of the Chamber, withdrawing authority to regulate the budget and pub lic debt, for the reason that, on principle he should al ways treat such authorisations as limited to the session." It was generally believed in Madrid that PACHECO could command such a majority in the Cortes as to render a dissolution unnecessary. General FuLGtoso, the brother of the Duke of Ittarizmuts, has been dismissed from his command of New Castile and Madrid, and General CoRDOVA has been appointed in his room. It is said that PEZUELL will also be dis missed, and be succeeded by Josa DR LA CONCHA. Senor PACHECO has announced a new act of amnesty. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 30.--The Three per Cents. closed at 321 for cash ; the Five per Cents., at 20+ ; the Debt without interest, at 51 ; and the Coupons, at 17. We have received the Paris papers of Sunday. The change of Ministry in Spain has brought out the Opposition papers in grand force, and they all contain the most biting and caustic remarks on what the Constitwionnel calls the " tumbling down of the castle of cards, which M. GUIZOT had erected with so much care in Spain. If the evil," continues the Constitutionnel, " was limited to the destruction o this card castle, it would be of no great consequence The caprice which has destroyed it may perhaps build it up again. But we have been deceived, not only as to the duration of this mighty work, but also as to its results. Nothing was to be changed in Europe. On the contrary, we find everything changed—alliances and antipathies. It is in Spain alone that nothing is changed. The marriage has not modified either the ideas, the customs, or the manners of the country. It h still the land of complaisant Cortes, of ephemeral t s:t:ii s t i s . 1 o ' : : n o l e Tinc: one of anot her ask s s p Courteas whether u pi r ta : l: o tu r to e oh n ffe c tn e jhe , oecu a es i roa i sn d smiet; : oaafr p utc a tiic l i a ‘live c rti e liteshtT r eh e i es v er o Ao l t u intloe: return of M. BaEssox to Madrid is impossible or is ardently desired. It thus concludes:—" We do not see in the recent transactions in Spain anything like a triumph for any party. There can be neither conquerors nor conquered where everything changes so rapidly and without serious cause—it is ridiculous to sing a song of triumph for the success of an influence which is so easily obtained ; it would be madneis to make it a bails of any system of policy." The National is less grave, but more annoying'. It says—" sooner :had the new Ministers entered upon office than they boldly faced those same Cortes who a week before had given such signal proof of confidence in their predecessors !—so turns the wheel csf fortune ! M. PACHECO, after having uttered a few words of explanation, obtained a majority of 154 votes against 56. As to M. SERRANO, be found him- self at liberty, and nimbly presented himself to the fiscal who had commenced his prosecution, and who, in the politest terms, begged of M. SERRANO not to give himself any further trouble about the matter.' Mr. BULwEE triumphs all along the the line ; the Minister of Justice, whose appointment will complete the Cabinet, will be chosen from among his friends. The Progressists have voted with M. PACHECO, their precursor ; and the new President of the Council, in the exposition of his programme, has not hesitated to declare that his foreign policy shall be exclusively national, which was loudly applauded, as a reaction against France. Mr. BULWER could not have said better, those being, in fact, the very words used by that Ambassador in a celebrated letter to M. SERRANO. Allons, all this is promising—we have received the dowry, but we shall pay the interest. Is it possible that one should be so roughly handled five months after so signal a victory ? Give us then back the blood of PHILIP V." The Journal des Debats affects to treat the change with indifference. It says— " The choice of the new councillors chosen by Queen Isabel is not calculated to inspire the least uneasiness. Most of the members of the new Cabinet are men who have given pledges to the monarchical and constitutional cause, and who held a more or less conspicuous station in the ranks of the Moderate party. As respects us, however reluctant we may feel to mix up the interests of France with those of Spain, we never practised a system of exclusion, and do not consider ourselves bound to support an) political party in particular. In her present situation, France, as well as Spain, is specially interested; first, in the maintenance of a good harmony amongst the great bodies of the State; and, secondly, in the political preponderance remaining in the hands of the Moderadoes. 'We anxiously desire that a perfect ac cord should exist between the Throne and the Chambers, because it is the basis, the essential condition of the representative Government. We desire it, particularly at this moment, when Spain has scarcely emerged from an agitation inseparable from the election of a new Le gislature, and when, if she be sufficiently strong to bear the action of free institieions. she may not be as well prepared to bear their abuses. However extraordinary the change of a Ministry may appear, immediately after a vote of the Chambers giving it an unequivocal proof of their confidence, neverthele,s, as notwithstanding the change of persons, it is not likely that any important change will ensue in the political system, as most of the present Ministers have been chosen amongst the party which has hitherto directed public affairs, we confidently trust that a good understanding will continue to subsist among the great powers of the State. If we consider as a paramount inter est for Spain and France the preponderance of the party called, Moderate, it is because we ere persuaded that it is the most capable to direct the Spanish Govern went in a regular and pacific coin se, and that it is alone likely to insure to the country a few years' repose, which a . mischievous spirit of intrigue is constantly endeavour mg to disturb. We do not mean to say that one party should remain for ever in possession of the Government. This can no more be expected in Spain than in England or France. The Progressista party may have its day ; its turn will certainly arrive ; but we do not regard this as an opportune moment for its accession to power. In the present situation of Spain the Moderate party, taken generally, offer all the elements necessary to achieve a legitimate and rational progress. The programme of M. Pacheco is a proof of it. Nothing would authorise us to doubt the sincerity of the assurances of the new Minis ters, and we should only see the necessity of reminding them of their promises if they were to forget them." The Presse also affects resignation under its afflic tions, but the acts of the inspirers of these two journals betray their alarm. CHRISTINA was closeted three times on Sunday with Louts PHILIPPE, and after each conference M. GulzoT was sent for. The accounts from the corn markets in France are for the most part more favourable, prices being gene rally lower. Count Roy, Peer of France and Minister of Fi nance under the restoration, died on Saturday night. M. Row was the largest landed proprietor in France It is said he leaves a fortune of 2,000,000 f. (80,000/., per annum. The Three per Cents. were done in the Passage de l'Opera on Sunday at 78f. 75c. BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 5. Boulogne and Amiens , 16 34 — Dutch Rhenish, 4—Northern •f France, I'2X—Paris and Ly o ns , s%—Sambre and Meuse, 614. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—The Qu een an d P r i nce Alb ert walkrdthsmorning ou the Eastern Terrace and Slopes. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice took walking and pony exercise to-day. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena was also taken an a i r i ng. In the afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert rode out in a pony phaet on and pair , the Prince driving. ViscountessiSerene llighn, ss P r i nce L ow- Lieut.-Colonel Seymo ur at tended on hors - back. The Royal dinner party at the Castl e , t hi s even i ng, Low enstein, sn expecteds tei n , very Rev. the Dea n of., Windsor and L a d y Ch arlotte Neville Grenville, and Colonel Hall ( comman di ng the Ist Regiment of Life Guards)... The band of the Ist Life Guards att en d d ur i ng d i n- Viscount n d Emly n , t h e Hon. and din ner. Her Majesty's private band will afterwards at 'end in the Castle. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited the Royal Hospital at Chelsea On Mond a y. The ' Tur ki s h Minister and Princess Callimaki, re turned to town yesterday, after a short sojourn at Brighton. AL Van do Weyer transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt held a quarterly meeting yesterday at the Trea sury. There were present Lord Langdale, (Master of the Rolls), the Governor of the Bank of England, and the Deputy-Governor. ' Mr. Iligham, Secretary and Comptroller-General, attentli'd, and Mr. William Rus sell, Accountant-General to the Court of Chancery, was also in attendanee. Mr. Thistleton had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. The Marquis of Lansdowne, (Lord President), was better yesterday. NUMEROUS AND EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES.—On Monday information was given to the police of the fol lowing ro bb er i esl —From the kitchen of Green, Esq., 24, Han s -pl ace , Chelsea, two silver table-spoons, six silver dess er t- s p o ons, eight silver tea- spoons (crest, a small tower), silver fish slice, soup ladle, cheese knife, sugar tongs, and wine strainer, together with a a quan tity of plated articles. On the 30th ult., from the house of Mr. Cadbury, 21, Newington-place, a silver scent box, with an engraving of Windsor Castle, 150 mother-o'- p?arl counters, and other articles of value. On the same day, from the house of the Rev. G. M. Gleig, 25, Thurlow square, Brompton, a double bottomed silver watch, and some valuable plate. Stolen on the evening of the 2d instant, from the Bell public-house, Little Tichfield- s t ree t, f o ur silver table-spoons, six tea-spoons, gravy spoon, sugar tongs, five salt spoons , two mustard ditt o , a gold pin, four damask table clot hs, a variety of ot h er art i cles, an d about los. in copper monies. On th e same d ay, f rom the shop of Mr. Barnes, laceman, of 30 4, R egent-street, a n immense quantity of Honiton l ace - work in cloaks, d re sses, scarfs, flounces, cardinals, capes, shawls veils, bridal squares, &c. On the 30th ult., f rom the Ra i lway Hotel, Nine Elms, Vaux hall, by a man, who under fa l se pretences obtained a , lodging for the night, and absconde d earl y in the morning with a 101. Bank of England note, one 51. ditto, and three sovereigns ; and on the 31st ult., frora Mr. Davey , 6 6, Ronpell-street, Lambeth, a rosewood work box, inlaid with ivory, containing 121 . in g old, a few shillings, gold brooch, two franc pieces, and valuable papers. IMPORTA NT TO WEAVERS.—A. case of considerable importance t o weavers i n genera l was tried before Bailie Battles in th e P o li c e court, Perth , on M o nd a y. John Mill er , a young lad, a weaver , residin g in the Newrow, was ao , ,aispd of having purluieecl a certain quantity of c l ot h from a we b h e was weaving to Mr. James Swan, manu f actur i ng age nt, and J. Boyd, also a weaver, was ch arge d w i t h h av ing been accessory to the theft by selling th e c l ot h . O n confession of the parties it was pro ve d t h at a square o f t he web had been stolen, hut Miller all ege d t h at i t was his own property, as he had made th e we b goo d as r equired by the billet in quantity and qu a lity, h av i ng the square over. The Bench, however, decid e d t h at t h e squa re, under any such cir cumstances, could not be conatitutial the property of the weaver, and sentence of fourteen days' imprisonment was passed against Miller, and sixty days against Boyd. he havin g b een prev i ously conv icted of a similar offence. Perth Co ur i er . THE NEW R ACE C OURSE A T /0 ANCIIESTER.—THE QUEEN'S PLATE. —We understand that our represents tire, Mark P n ili ps, of Norfolk, as h er Majesty's Master of the Hor , e, a re - Esq. ' having preferred to the Duke quest that his Grace would transfer the usual sum given as her Majesty's plate, and sometimes termed " the Queen's guineas," from the old race course to the new one, has received an answer from the Duke of Norfolk, active heth a stating that hi s G race was please d to t ran sfer th e pl ate as reque a t e d. It w ill accor di ng ly form oae of the prizes of the aun races a t Whitsuntide, for which tine. the must prs r e e p ar ga a tirdouss the ee erections being made anti hecourse n t t the ne w course, itself,—Manchester Times. MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of last Night.) The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday was firm at Friday's rates. Sales, 3,000 to 4,000 bales, including 3,000 bales of American at bid. to lid. per lb. Shares were steady. Although Consols were seriously depressed yesterday, yet the price of Railway Shares, at Messrs. Lamond and Co.'s sale, was fairly maintained, and many were dis posed of. The following are a few of the principal sales : Waterford, Wexford, and Valentia ...... £0 4 6 Taw Vale Extension and Dock . 2 13 0 Derby, Stafford, and Worcestershire .... 0 8 0 Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Louvain b. la Sambre 1 2 6 South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and Goole 1 18 6 London and Blackwall, No. 1 Eastern Counties, York Extension 4 12 6 South-Eastern and Dover, No. 4 4 2 6 North Staffordshire Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B) 1 5 0 Liverp. Manch. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1 7 6 Newcastle and Berwick, New 8 5 0 The returns of the receipts of the quarterly revenue, which were made public this morning, have given a con siderable degree of satisfaction in all circles here. That trade has increased was pretty well an ascertained fact before the official receipts of the Customs and Excise were known. Indeed, the ports of London and of Liver pdol have, for the principal portion of the quarter which has just ended, been in a most active state. The deliveries of goods of all sorts have been large, and almost exclusively for instant consumption—cotton and co ern excepted—not on speculation. Nothing further has transpired relative to the re ported loss of the West India mail steam-packet Tweed. It is considered certain, that should the intelligence un fortunately be true, that the number of passengers could not have been as great as has been stated. Much solicitude is still felt in the City relative to the influence that may be produced on the Money Market by the recent resolve on the part of the .directors of the Bank f England, in . restricting the movements of the discount firms of the City. In consequence, the result of the next weekly meeting of the court on Thursday is looked for with anxiety. The Funds opened well this morning on account of the revenue, but have gone back since. Consols were 884 e, and are now 88. Bank Stock is worth 199} to 200 ex dividend. Exchequer-bills have realised Is. to 4s. premium. The Scrip is discount. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active Bonds have been 240, and the Three per Cents. 36 to 35k. Por tuguese Four per Cents. are 341; Brazilians have been 844. The Spanish Investments are very buoyant. Shares are very dull, but steady in price. BRITISII FUNDS. ONE CLOSING O'CLOCK. PRE ES. Bank Stock .. .. .. .. .. •• 26014 199% ex dv 19934 Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities 87NA ex div 86% Three per Cent. Consols Annuities 88 1 4% 88 57 3 4 New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Anna. 88 3 4 Ni ex dlv 88k Long Annuities, Expire •Jan. 5,1860 .. 9 1-16 ex div 9 1-16 India Bonds, 1,000/. .. Ditto, under 1,000/. .. 2 p Consols for Account .. .. 88 1,4 %88 India Stock for Account .. 24634 247 Three per Cent. Consols, Scrip .. . Exchequer Bills. 13id. 1,0001... Ditto, Small dis 2d. 3 1 4 p 3 5p ONE O'CLOCK. • 84 1 4 ▪ 38 • 34X 34 ▪ 24;4% 2p 873 247 CLOSIN t FOREIGN FUNDS. PRICES. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent 83% Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent. 38% Portuguese Four per Cent 31 3 4 Ditto, for the Account 341 4 Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 24 74 Ditto, for the Account • . •• 237 Ditto, Passive Bonds .. 5% Ditto, Deferred ..........16 16 Ditto, Three per Cent .. 35% Ditto, for the Acc0unt......354 36 35 1 A 35% Venezuela Bonds, 2 per Cent 40% 40% Ditto, Deferred .. 12% Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Two-and-a-Halt per Cent .. 58 7 / 4 34 59 58% Ditto. 1 per Cent. Certificates .. 91 91% 90% 90% BUSINESS CLOSING PAID. DONE AT PRICES. ONE O'CLOCK. Bristol and Pieter .. 75 .... 74%.......... 7434 Buckinghamshire ..61.45..... par % p•... • . 1 p p Eastern Counties .. 20 .... 19 !4 19 •• .. 18% 4 Do. l'erpet., 5 par Cent. No, 1. 6/. 13s. 4d. 1,4 p• • •• .. 34 p Ditto, York Extension .. 5 34 .. 4% 3 4 •• 4% East Lincolnshire .. 4 .... 6 34 Great North of England . ..100 •.••• • • • • • Ditto, New .. .. • • .. .. 5 .... 59% • ........• Great Western .. • . 85 ....114 116 • Huddersfield and Manchester .. 16 ••••• • • • • • Ditto, ditto, Extension 5 .... 5% .....• •. • • Hull and Selby .. • • .. .. 50 .• •••••• • • •• Ditto, Half Shares 25 .... 51 ...... •• • • Lancaster and Carlisle .. .. 50 .... 63 .. •••• • • • • Leeds and Bradford . • .. .. 35 .... 78% .. Leeds and Thirsk • • • • .. 22% ••••• • • • • Ditto, Preference 6 per Cent... 3% .... 5 .• ••..• • • • L o ndon, Brighton, end S Coast • • 50 .... 52 Ditto, Quarters • .. .. 7 ...• .. London an North-Western ..100 .• •• .......... Ditto ditto, New Shares • • .. 2 .... 12% .... • • Ditto, 40/. Shares M. &B. .• 40 .. —• ••••. • • • • • London and South-Western • • 41/. 6s. 10t1.. • —••-• • • . • • Manchester and Leeds .. • . .• 82 .... 104% ••• • _ Ditto, Half Shares .. 38 .... 4834 Ditto Fifths .. • • .. 5 •• • • 0 %. 10 ••• • • • , Ditto, Sixteenths .. 6%.... 77 Midland .. • • .. ..100 ....115? 114%..• Ditto, New ~ • . 36 .• 39% 40 Ditto, New .. 2 .• • • 45 4% • • Midland, Birming. & Gloucest.• .100 ....124 ..... Ne ,vcastle and Berwick .. 20 .... 2 , i% ..••. • .. • Ditto, New .. . • . . 5 .... 8 .... • ..... Ditto, North Shields.. • • .. 25 .... 31 N .. • • Norfolk .. • • .• .. —lOO .• .. .......... North British .. 25 •• • • ••••• • • • . • Ditto, lief Shares' 12% .• • • 153 Ditto, Quarter Shares • • .. 2 .. 4 3 3 Ditto, Extension .. • . %.• 114 ••••.. • • • • Ditto, Thirds • • .. -• .- 1 .... 3% . • North Staffordshire 5 •• .. • • •• Ditto Scrip (late Churnet and Blythe) • • • . .. 2 .• .. 4 ...... North Western • • .. .. 4 .... ...... •• • . Portsmouth Direct • • .. .. 3% •• • . 3 1 A .. Preston and Wyre • • 23 .... 34% 35% . . Ditto, Half Shares (A) .. 8% Ditto, ditto (B) .. 1% g. • • 1% •.• • . Scottish Midland .. • • 17 4 .. 20 1 4 •••• • • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham .. 3% .... 4% 1 A . ..... . South Eastern and Dovor .. • . 33% .. 3.1% ........ • South Wales .. .. 10 .... 8 7% • Vale of Neath .. 2 .... % • ..... York and Newcastle .. .. 25 3414 31 Ditto, Preference .. .. 4 .... 7% •• • ••• • • York and North Midland .. 50 .... 84 •• ••• • • Ditto, Preference • • .. 2 .... 11% •• •• .... • FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens .. .. 20 .... 16% •• ..... Demerara .. .• 2rs 334 .. ...... • • Dutch Rhenish • • . • .. .. 7 .... 4% .... • • Northern of France .• .. • • 8 •• • • 13 1 .4 Ys Paris and Lyons .. 8 .... 534 .. • ....• PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES. Real del Monte, Unrezistered —3% .• •• •• • 59Y 116 63 1 ,4 104% 4?41/4 7 7 % 114 t% 39 , 4 4 3 4 124 26' 31!;) 20 1 2 4 IA 3fi 4 7% ,G% 3% 4% 13% S•X COURSE OF EXCHANGE.---(YESTERDAY). Amsterdam .. .. .. C.F. 12 4% Gibraltar.. •.. •• .. Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 2 Leghorn .............. 30 45 Rotterdam ...... 2U. 12 5 Genoa •• .• 26 &ntwerp • .. .. 25 85 Milan ... • . — Elimburgh .... • • M.B. 13 11 Venice .... .. .. • • ...... &Bona ...... Naples ...• .. ...., .. • • 40% Paris, 3 days' sight .. • . 25 60 Palermo, per 0z........ 120% Ditto, 3 months .. 25 90 Lisbon .... . ...... ..... 53% Marseilles •••• • • • ..... 26 Oporto ••••• • • • • ....... A 4% Bourdeaux. ... .. 25 95 Rio Janeiro .. •• • • 26% Frankfort on Maine.... 121% Bahia .. •• .• ••• • .. Petcrsburgh, 3 U 5......— Buenos Ayres •• • ... Berlin ••.. • ..... .. •• • • New York, 21 days' sight Vienna, effcc.flo •••• 10 4 Philadelphia • • .... Trieste, ditto. Madrid . Cadiz • • ... : . ..... .. 36% New Dollars Bilbao.. ••••••• • • • • . . . Portugal Gold Coin Barcelona •• ••••• • • • • . Spanish Doubloons Seville.• ••••.•• • • • • • Silver in bars .... —O5 0% RELIGIOUS FANATICISM AT READING.—SOIDe ex citement has been occasioned in this town of late by a series of -prophetic announcements by a section of religionists—called by some the " Latter Day Saints," but whose tenets are very peculiar and very difficult to define—of the final termination of the world, and that on the 31st of March we were to hear what was termed by this party the " Mighty Angel's midnight roar." In credible as it may appear, the fact is beyond contradic • tion, and a number of periods had been fixed for this event, but hitherto the predictions had proved as false as the notion was absurd and ridiculous. We will not go so far as to say that these pretenders to prophetic powers had many credulous followers, but the circum stance -had given rise to very much observation, owing to a tradesman doing an extensive business, and living in one of the greatest thoroughfares of the town, having for months past been a convert to these sentiments, and that such seems to have been the strong convictions of his own mind of the veracity of the announcement that his shop window has abounded with pamphlets on the subject, and he has been known to have engaged himself in promulgating these notions amongst the halt-educated and easily beguiled inhabitants of rural districts. As the day approached the interest increased amongst some people, and towards the evening for the prophesied " mighty roar," the " faithless" gathered near his shop in numbers rather too thick to be pleasant, and with the view to prevent the demolition of his windows, as well as "to save his bacon," he found it necessary to put up the shutters, and a number of policemen were kept parading the street for several hours to preserve order. Vat ions were the rumours of what this deluded and much-to-be pitied individual proposed doing, and we Will mention only one as showing the extravagances of mind of religious fanatics. It was reported that he intended to dress himself in white and proceed to a high hill about a mile or two from the town to meet the Saviour. COAL IN SOUTH AFRICA.—The attention of the Colonial Government has been directed to the coal fields in the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. The beds of coal which were discovered some years since at Coles berg, are not available, owing to their distance from sea coast ; but recent information goes to show that the coal-fields of the new settlement at Port Natal promise to be the means by which steam navigation is to be ex tended in the Southern Hemisphere. The following official notice, issued from the Colonial-office at Natal will direct the attention of the colonists to the value of this mineral product :—"lnquiries having been addressed to this office by parties interested in steam navigation, relative to the quantity and price of native coal to be obtained at Port Natal, his Honour the Lieutenant- Governor requests that landed proprietors who may have found coal, of quality equal to that brought to this market from the northward, in situations more favour able for conveyance to the port, will forward specimens of the coal to this office. The Lieutenant-Governor will also be glad to receive information upon this subject from any oue disposed to furnish it. "By command of his Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, (Signed) " D. MOODIE, Secretary to Government." The masons employed at the Sunderland Pier have given notice to their masters for an advance of wages from 275. to 30s. a week, intimating that unless this de mand be complied with they will have their work. It is only three weeks since their wages were advanced from 244". to 275. 'a'weok. The demand appears unreason able.--Newedsrte Paper. DEATII;or THE HON. MRS. WARNEFORD:This lady, intittigi i .:in-law of the late Sir Charles Wetherell, expired, liefelit the past week, at her seat, Warneford place, Wiltihire, at the advanced age of 81. She was daughter Orthe late and sister of the present Viscous - it A-librook, and in 1789 married the late Colonel Warne curd, the representative of one of the wealthiest tstaities in Wilts. By this union, amongst other issue, she had Lady Wetherell, who, by the melancholy event, becomes one of tte richest heiresses iu the empire. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. LATEST BETTING' ON MONDAY NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Euclid colt I 12 to 1 agst Campanile 6 to 1 agst Vanish (t) 14 to 1 agst Kesheng 6 to 1 agst Sting 16 to 1 agst Discontent 6 to 1 agst Footstool 20 to 1 agst Queen of the i 0 to 1 agst Lynceus Tyne TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 2to 1 agst Planet I 9to 2 agst The Liberator CHESTER CUP. 1,000 to 15 agst Maid of Lyme (t) 20 to 1 agst Dulcet 25 to 1 agst Mendicant (t) 25 to 1 agst The Lamb (t) DE 5 to 2 agst Van Tromp— taken to 2001. 9 to 1 agst Planet (t) 4 to 1 agst Epirote .BY. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Martin 35 to 1 agst War Eagle 40 to 1 agst Bingham 40 to 1 agst Red Hart (t) • 20 to 1 agst Liberator 50 to 1 agst King of 25 to 1 agst Morven 500 to 100 agst Planet and Epirote—taken. The betting very flat, and only Planet, The Liberator, Glentilt, Mr. Martin, and Red Hart, in any request. ERRATUM —ln the hurry of dispatching our report from the course, we stated that the Craven Stakes was run in 2 min. 9 seconds.; it should have been 2 min. 19 seconds. ARRIVALS.—Duke of Rutland, Marquis of Exeter, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl and Countess of Eglintoun, Earl of Suffield, Earl of Stradbroke, Earl of March, Earl of Glasgow, Lord Godolphin, Lord Charles Manners, Lord George Manners, Lord Edward Russell, Lord Clifden, Lord Alexander Lennox, Lord Henry Lennox, Lord C. Fitzroy, Lord Newport, Count Bathyany, Hon. Horace Pitt, Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Anson, Hon. F. Villiers, Hon. Henry Forester, Hon. Captain Roux, General Charritie, Colonel Bouverie, Colonel Peel, Colonel Hornby, Captain Higgins, Mr. Greville, Mr. Cockerell, Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. Gregory, Mr. G. Rush, Mr. Newton, Mr. Payne, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Portman, Mr. Lowther, Mr. S. Batson, Mr. John Stanley, Mr. Ouseley Higgins, Mr. Magennis, Mr. G. H. Moore, Mr. Gully, Mr. Drinkald, Mr. Bolt, Mr. R. Neville, Mr. Crommelin, and Mr. Read. TUESDAY. The stewards not having thought it requisite to prc pose any new stakes in addition to the standing engage ments, the list for this day's sport presented an unpre tending total of three races, of which the one, i, e., the Newmarket handicap, alone excited any interest. A wet night was followed by a fine day, and the company in consequence, swollen by fresh arrivals by the morning trains to Chesterforkl, was more numerous than on Monday, still, however, below the average. The ball opened at half-past two, with the Tuesday's Riddles worth; this and the next stake having been brought to an issue, an interval of ono hour was allowed, and at four o'clock a larger field than we had calculated on were brought to the post, and in due course the judge's fiat passed a stake worth upwards of 1,1001. to the account of the Honourable Member for Dublin. The winner has since been named " Claremont,". Tha fol lowing is a brief report of the running:— The Riddlcsworth Stakes of 200 Sovs. each, h ft, for the Produce of Mares covered in 1843, D,M. (6 Sub.) Col. Peel's King of Naples, Set 71b, by Slane...(Nat) 1 Duke of Bedford's Fistiana, Bst 41b Mr. Wreford's Will Doe, Bst _ 3 Betting-6 to 4 each agst King of Naples and Fist iana, and 7 to 4 agst Wild Doe. They walked for about a distance, and then set off at a steady pace, "Wild Doe leading, with the King of Naples next ; they ran so to the cords, when they closed, and ran a severe race in, the King of Naples winning by a head, and only a head between the second and third: Time, 2 min. 14 sec. Sweepstakes of 100 Sovs. each, h ft, for the Produce of Mares covered in 1843, not engaged in the Riddles worth. D.M. (7 Sobs.) Mr. W. S. Stanley's Bela Donna, by Slane, Bst llb Lord Stradbroke's c. by the Saddler, Bst 71b Lord Glasgow ns. Sorrel, Bst llb . Betting 5 to 4 on Lord Stradbroke's Marpessa colt, and 6 to 4 agst Bella Donna. Bella Donna made all the running, and won cleverly by a length; Sorrel a bad third. Time 1 mm. 48 sec. The Newmarket Handicap of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, &c., with 200 added, for three year olds and upwards; the second to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes; Clermont course; 77 subs, 39 of whom declared. Mr. Gregory's ch c Claremont, by Euclid, dam by Taurus, 3 yrs 4st 10lb thwaite, Colonel Phillip, R. Clifton, Esq,, the lion. G. Noel, Viscount Ne7ille, Captain Peel. Major Ogilvie, Captain BrorAley, Cantaiu G C..r,tain Rushbrook, Captain Wa)lnale, Cart sin Westor. Sir TT. Burgess, Captain Harford, W. H. 1Y el.s, Esq., A. W. Tollernache, Esq., Captain Stanford, 'l'. 11. Clifton, Esq., A. M. Alleyne, Esq.., 31.4j0r Mountjoy Martin, Captain Bulkeley, IL Sutton, Esq., Sir J. Brown, 1). Baillie, Esq., G. W. Walker, Esq., &c. The line of country selerited by the stewards (the Mar quis of Worcester, Viscount Druunlanrig, Major Mount joy Martin, A. W. Toilernache, Eq., 2d Life Guards, and T. IL Clifton, Esq.,) was as follows:—The starts took place near the paling oic the Great Park, between Sheet street and Spital-roud, \with a long run to the first fence (a stiff hedge on a bank, with a ditch on the taking off side), over a moderate !mica into Bone lone, several loads of straw and manure being laid down in the lane for the security of the horses, and to prevent the chance of an accident. A open fence led out of the lace through a garden into a grass field, over - a good fence, into 31r. Thompson's paddock, and another leading into the winning field, passing in front of the grand stand, over a flight of bushed hurdles, which were removed for the run in. The next was an easy fence on to the first brook, 12 feet wide, with an artificial four-feet fence on the taking-off side, into a large field, in which was placed a flight of posts and rails, over a couple of good leaps into another part of Bone-lane, where similar precautions had been taken by laying down straw to pre vent mishaps. The course then continued out of the lane, through a small field, over two close fences into the turning field, with another rasper into the starting field, on to the second brook of between ten and eleven feet wide, with a four-feet fence on the taking-off side, crossing Spital-road into Captain Bulkeley's park, at Clewer, where a circle of nearly half a mile was made, over two fences; again crossing the Spital-road on to the " Big brook" in Mr. Dyson's field, with fifteen:feet o f water to clear, and an artificial fence of about four feet on the taking-off side. [At the steeple-chases of 1843 and 1844, this brook was upwards of eighteen feet in width. It was, however, considered advisable by the stewards to have the water drawn off this year to its pre sent width.] Upon clearing the "Big brook" the course then Clore to the left, over the first fence taken at the start, where the line was re-entered, and then there was an excellent straight and long run home to the winning' post, the whole distance being about a furlong short o four miles. For the Sovereign Sweepstakes to-day the course was shortened by about a mile. It will be the same to-morrow for the Five Sovs. and the Two Sovs- Sweepstakes. The line of country, the whole of w hich was grass laud, was in excellent order, for the sport. The sport came off as under, the first race being for The Hounslow Brigade Stakes of 10 sous. each, h ft, with 201. added ; the second horse to save his stake ; 12st each for horses bona fide the property of officers of the Household Brigade—viz., the Ist and 21 Life Guards, the Royal Horse Guards, and the Brigade of Foot Guards. Gentlemen riders. A winner of 501. public money to carry 51b; of 701., 71b; and of 1001., 101 b extra. Distance, about four miles. Mr. J. Leslie's (Ist Life Guards) Charon (Earl Strathmore) Mr. R. Hesketh's g g Seven Stars ...(Major Ogilvie) Lord D - la - 0 Major M. Martyn r s Advance (Lon .:ruinlanrig) Viscount Neville's b h Pearl (Captain Broadley) Charon came in several minutes in advance of Seven Stars, who threw its rider, and fell in taking the leaP into Bow-lane, The Major, however, was soon again mounted, the gelding taking the remainder of the leaps admirably. Advance and Pearl were pulled up at the second brook. The betting was 3 to 1 asst Charon, 2 to 1 agst Ad vance, and 4 to 1 agst Pearl. Sweepstakes of 5 soya, each, pp, with 251. added by pub' lic subscription ; the second horse to sage his stake; 12st each. The winner to pay Si. towards expenses , and to be sold for 1501. if demanded; the own ,r of the second horse not to have the exclusive right of claim ing the winning horse, but the stewards to decide 06 to the purchaser. Mr. Chillingworth's Camphino (Bradley) 1 Mr. 'l'. Hussey's Qu;cksilver O Mr. R. Sutton's British Yeontan (Owner) Mr. Mr. Phllpott's Shamrock (Owner) Mr. James's ch m Orange Peel (Sait) ° Mr. R. Clifton's b g Cornelius (Barker) 0 Mr. G. R. Walker's b g Comrade (Owner) Mr. Neale's g g Richard of Brampton (Rackley) Captain Johnstone nd Sweet Brier (Captain Pi•el) Mr. J. Lambert's b g Henault (M r. Keen) o Mr. J. Elmore's hr g Oulton was disqua lified fros uf running, it not having been named at the time entering. of The winner was claimed by Mr. Sutton , the o wner the second horse declining. The Military Open Race for a Sweepstakes of 10 soil' each,• sft, with 15 added; llst each. The winner t: pay 51 towards expenses, and the second horse to sal f his stake. For horses bona fide the property °, officers in the army on full pay. A winner of 100 f in a Steeple Chase to carry 71 b; of 2001 . 141 b; and ° 300/. 211 b extra. Four miles. Mr. Little's Carlow, 12 st (Captain W. Peel) Cin Hon. G. Noel's b g Lopez (Owner) Captain Gambler's ch g Forester (Mr. Broadley) Lord B. Cecil's Mortgage (Owner) '4 Mr. D. Baillie's b m Mirific ............................... dr Mr. A. M. Alleyne's The Magpie ........................ dr Viscount Neville's b h Pearl ...................... 'b e at This was a splendid race, t(lrminating in . a dead between Carlow and Lopez, Forester and Mortgagr being well up. Betting even on Carlow and Faros° against the field. The stakes were divided. Sweepstakes of 1 soy. each, with 5 added, if five borS,os. start ; the second horse to sav e his stake ; list eue!',. The winner to be sold (upon the same conditions as the second race) for 25 1 ., if demanded. Di stance abOtp three miles. Mr. Neale's b g Villager (Rackley) 1 Mr. A. Sail's ch g The Lion Mr.•Crawley's g m Miracle ... ( ( gw v4 n ne e r r) ) ou o Mr. Harris's b h Nonsuch Mr. Hunter's br m The Nun (Reeves) be Villager came in a winner in a canter , taking tfe fences and brooks in beautiful style. The rest ice,4, " nowhere." The Lion fell, after having cleared t`.o first brook, throwing its rider, who was for some insensible. Mr. Sait, however, shortly afterwards fto covered sufficiently to remount his horse and ride bac . c b the weighing stand. This was the on l y accident wiP occurred during the day. Captain Blair officiated as judge. COLOURABLE OWNERSIIIP.—There is a provision 1 "a the new County Courts Act u nder which an allegeos ownership to property can be speedily settled. It 1) , 1 frequently occurred, on a creditor obtaining an exe a; tion, that the property on the premises of his debtor P.- been claimed under a bill of sale, or some ot her eonVe i nient instrument, or a friendly landlord has been 1 311/3 „ f; to claim the property against the executio n credit-- Such matters in many instances have been " colourablto or, in plain language, actual " frauds," but the p o r lj ,4 l have refrained from litigating the alleged ownershlP ' 0 account of the law experses necessarily attendant 2.4 such a proceeding. Now, however, the Legislature 1.-5 provided a very simple remedy in such cases, and 11 . . 1/ given power to the new County Courts to come to a o'7: wary cision in respect to a claim. The following Pr: vision in the Act (9 and 10 Victoria, chap. 95, sec. 1 1 1 is very explicit oa the matter:—" And be it enact „ that if any claim shall be made to , or in res p ect of, tiP.7i goods or chattels taken in execu tion under the p rocess,„ any Court holden under this Act , or in res p ect of t°; p ro ceeds or value thereof by any landlord for ratty I, by any person not being the party against whom s°o process has issued, it shall be lawful for the c lerk of sibs Court, upon application of the officer charged with tb * execution of such process, as well befo re as after 011 Y action brought against such officer, to issue a sumninfl calling before the said Court as wel l the p art y issuin, " such process as the party making such claim, and there; upon, any action wbich shall have been brought in ° l ll i of her Majesty's suprrior Courts of R ecord, or in 04 local or interior court, in resp ect of such claim, shall ‘,"-, stayed, and the court in which suc h action s h all been brought, or any judge thereof, on proof of the is s : 4 of such summons, and that the goods and chatters we so taken in execution, may order the party bringtl such action to pay the costs of all proceedings ha r ho s such action after the issue of suc h s ummons out of;0 County Court, and the judge o f the Count y Court adjudicate upon such claina , and make such order L 7, 0 tween the parties as to him shalt s eem fit, and such 0; shall be entorccd in like manite r as any order made to any suit brought in such Court." By the new rules ! Il e claimant is to be deemed the plti;ntiff, and the exee t .4l o '' creditor the defendant in the sunnvonv. dh E t l‘ du OF SHIPS determined ns l P tead s t et A do N t D mh aeSta memorialise a s di sraeeTe fors of arieTy thise, itt:isi• MANCHESTER COMMERCIAL Associallor r ,c; Secretary, ith reference to the plunder of boats ships lying in the harbour at Gibraltar • 11 1 5 especially as to the circumstances of two indiv'iclutio seized in the act, on the 7th of January last, to be Spanish revenue officers, were, by o rder e d the Governor of Gibraltar, Sir Robert Wilson, delire i . i b over to the Spanish authorities, without being dealt rili o by the British. On this subject, a letter, of wbich t h e following is a copy, was received by the chairman of t, association yesterday, from the chairman of the Gilarol77, Chamber of Commerce:—" Exchange-buildings, 01 raltar, March 12, 1847.—Sir—Mr. Prescott having n°, l/1 ; municated to the Exchange committee of this et,: through one of its members, the kind interest taken te i r the Commercial Association of Manchester, in a uni t " to in which the Exchange committee had occasion ,o appeal to Lord Grey, agai nst an act of Sir R. Wilson, tr,4 Governor of Gibraltar , who had thought fit to obst rt % the course of justice, to the prejudice of the coraine r . c r , of the place, I am instructed to convey to you, as ebt li g e man of that body, the warm thanks of the Exchan o Committee for the part taken by the Commercial .6.06„0 ciation on that occasion. Lord Grey, in answer to tv oo appeal made to him from this, states that he disappr °l „ , of the conduct of Sir Robert Wilson in the case 0 1- e plained of, and that he had given his Excellency instrillbe tions not again, in a like matter, to interfere with 1. . 4 administration of justice in this city.—l have the holl; to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, M. H. 131 ' 1 ' To Chairman of the Gibraltar Exchange Committee. James Aspinall Turner , Es q ., President of the C0n210,70 cial Association, Ma nchester. It will be seen tnie although, of course, the exact terms of the reproof ha not transpired, the official notification being co nvey the Gibraltar Chambe r of Commerce and the mere77o laic there, by the Governor's secretary, it is sufficiently he that his conduct has met with the reprehension oL'io home Government, and that his instructions Will,!l`or probability, prevent in future the recurrence similar leniency to the plu nderers of British proverU Manchester Guardian. We understand the Governor, Trustees, and mittee of the Incorporated Society of Lit:o3o(4_4oot tuallers. have again appointed their g rand annuel,,"„ot banquet to take place at litr. Itou*e's, the Whit ev°' Rouse Tavern. Lord E.Rthseli's Sting, 4 yrs, Bst 61b Sir C. Monck's Vanish, 4 yrs 7st 21b The following also start€d but were not placed:—Mr. %V. Cuthbert's Queen of Tyne, Lord Orford's Footstool, Mr. Wigram's Kesheng, Mr. Pemberton's Best Bower, Lord Miltown's Duc an Durras, Colonel Feel's Campa nile, Mr. R. H. Nevile's Remorse, Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum, Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance, Lord Exe ter's Cocoa Nut, Lord Stradbroke's Lyneeus—Lord G. Bentinck nd Devil-me-care, Mr. Hargraves nd Bit nibble, Colonel Peel's Palma, Lord March nd Vampyre, Lord Glasgow's Discontent. Betting-3 to 1 agst Euclid colt, sto 1 agst Vanish, 6 to 1 agst Footstool, 7 to 1 agst Sting, 12 to 1 agst Kesheng, 12 to 1 against Lynceut, 12 to 1 agst Campa nile. and 20 to 1 agst Queen of Tyne. Won by a length ; Sting beating Vanish by a bead, Lyncru4 fourth. Run in 3 min. 9 sec. Further parti culars in our next. Match, 500, h ft, T.M.M.—Mr. Greville's Alarm, Bst 41b, received forfeit from Mr. Mytton's The Baron, Bst 1119. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - - SlR,—The sporting season for 1847 may be said to have commenced at Northampton, the two previous meetings of Coventry and Warwick not being of that attractive metal likely to draw thereto the sons of the turf, and only forming a sort of prelude to the com mencement of the regular business of this season. The Handicap, wonderful to relate, was won by the top weight, a rarity now-a-days, and proving the superiority of that celebrated son of Freney, Wolfdog: Bst 11Ib is no joke to carry two miles against a couple of even mode rate feather-weights, for such are Halo and the colt by Euclid; Magnet with 7st being a tolerable fourth. This animal ran very gamely at Croxton, beating that very tough nag Rough-and Ready easily, for the Granby Handicap. From this, as well as from the rest of the running, both at Northampton and Croxton, there is nothing to be deduced which will throw any light upon the Derby and leading handicaps now in the market. The speculators at the Corner have been rather wide of the mark in their fancies this year, and I aminclined to think are so still us far as regards the Two Thousand Guineas, Chester Cup and.the Derby. For the Oaks I am very confident they are on the right scent (some portion of them, at least). For the Derby I may as well remark that the chances of Philosopher, Lunedale, Pavilion (a second Clear-the-way), Black Dwarf, Mr. Martin, Chris topher, Sister to Cobweb colt, Horn of Chase, Conyng ham, Epirote, Glontilt, The Liberator, Allertonian, Bingham, Cossack, War Eagle. and Oxonian, are rather obscure ; and the Planet is not likely to shine to much advantage on the Downs, though he may do so at Newmarket. The first favourite (Van Tromp) and the field for my money against those enumerated above. Should the Liberator, by any manner of accident, win the Derby, he will indubitably swamp the ring; his owner alone stands to win with him about 70,0001.; but notwithstanding the Liberator being a fine animal, and in the most splendid condition imaginable, he can no more face the Epsom hill than he can fly ; at the road the Liberator's chance of the " rint" will he gone—vanished into thin air will be all his owner's golden dreams. he same critique will apply to Bedlam, and fit enough would be the building in St. George's-fields for any man mad enough to back such a thorough brute as Bedlam. During the present week the pretensions of Epirote, War Eagle, Halo, Bingham, Red Hart, Clarendon, and some half-dozen others, including Planet, to Derby honours, will be set at rest, or confirmed, as the case may be; in ten cases out of twelve, I consider the former will be the case, and a nice case many will have made of it. On Tuesday one of the great events of the week will be decided, in the shape of the Newmarket Handicap, for which a field of twenty may be counted on. From the light weights I select Discontent, from the middle weights Queen Anne, Tern Tulloch, Due- an-Durras, and Best Bower; and from the top weights Footstool, Lady Wildair, and Sting. As the last three row in the same boat it is guineas to pounds on Footstool against the other two. With this nag, Tom Tulloch, and Discon tent, I hope to pull through, reserving the Best Bower for my sheet anchor in case of a storm. On Wednesday the Column Stakes, one would fancy, ought to be a certainty for Epirote; but the field, I am afraid, he will find difficult to stall-off. For the Port Stakes on Friday Sir Tatton Sykes, if quite in trim (dubious), will be first past Mr. Clarke, with lago and Sting following close; if the baronet is queer, then, in my humble opinion, it is a toss up be tween the honest gentleman and the son of Echo, and Echo returns a stinging answer. It is my purpose every Monday to comment upon those doings of the past which are likely to have any influence upon future events, and to endeavour to peep into the womb of futurity.—l am, &c., April 5. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. THE WINDSOR GRAND MILITARY AND AN , NUAL STEEPLE CHASES.-FIRST DAY. WINDSOR, MONDAY EVENING. This day, being the commencement of the Newmarket Craven Meeting, led many persons to expect that these annual races would this, their fifth year, be shorn of a great portion of those celebrated sporting charac ters who, upon every former occasion, have taken part in the sports and pastimes of a Windsor steeple-chase. Although the attractions at Newmarket caused the ab sence of several who had heretofore been present, yet in point of numbers the steeplechases of 1847 wore quite as well attended as they have been during the past sea sons. No exertions have been spared by the stewards to render the sport as attractive as usual ; and, we may add, Mr. J. Thompson, the indefatigable clerk of the course, upon whose shoulders have rested the carrying out the whole of the admirable arrangements, has ex erted himself for several weeks past most industriously 4, render himself deserving of the thanks of the stewards and the public. The attempt which was made by a Rev. Gentleman of Windsor (the Rev. Mr. Gould, the assistant curate) to put a stop to the spirt, by endea vouring to obtain signatures to a document for its aboli tion, not only most signally failed, j)ut induced those who were in its favour (not only in Windsor, but else where) to redouble their exertions to promote and add to the subscriptions, and thus increase the value of the various stakes to be run for on each day. A great number of carriages were on the ground, filled with elegantly dressed females, and the grand and other stands had their fair complement of visitms. Amongst those who were present were the Marquis of Worcester, Viscount Drumlanrig, the Earl of Strath more, 14Qrd Cecil, Sir Edward I'oore, Colonel Mickle. rel le( ch 134