The Sun. — London, England, 1847-05-28 00:00:00

~----- MAN ian G°' a ll the aed that ); tweets and the of this Lets, 50 e a ern, time i n the ode her i rpose, sorrow 'ember tituced s proo Ice Are to the o pre' role Of ufflarie worst THE LONDON WEATHER. The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Tunes:-- Sir,—The weather recently has been of so extraordi nary a ehar:cter, particu!arly the changes in the tem , - perture, that I am induced to send you a copy of my register for the past few (Lys. Sunday last exhibited excessive electrical influences early in the day, which increased as the sun progrv=sed to the meridian. The lowest point of the atmospheric temperature of the prs rious night was 63 deg. of Fahrenheit, and at one o'clock P3t. the shade thermometer indicated 82, and the sun aspect 106 ; the latter advancing to 115 at half-past two o'clock, and the former to 87 at three o'clock. At ten o'clock th e h ea t was 73. and wai not below 65 during the night. On Monday the air was in a more negative state, and the temperature 20 deg. lower, as will be seen by the annexed table. Lass night the lowest point was 50, Which presents the extraordinary eiffererete et 37 deg. between that and the shade of Sunoay, and ot 65 deg. between that and the sun register. There is no doubt that severe thunder-storms occurred on Sunday.—l Sir, your übscribvr, IL P. Bermondsey-square, May 26. Lowest Highest Highest previous in the in the Barometer, night. shade. sun's aspect. inches. May 22 ... 56 76 ... 91 ... 30.04 23 ... 63 ... 87 ... 115 ... 29.94 -- 24 65 ... 68 ... 81 ... 29.84 25 51 ... 6' ... 80 ... 30.05 •-- 26 50 ... 74i .. 98 ... 30.16 Z: IS. It will be seen that to-day the temperature has s• been very high ; wind S.E., as it was or. Sunday. Last Year the shade th•-rmometer did not exceed 90 on the 22d of June, and the sun temperature was not above 1 116 Au g , 1, 4 , -.- ASCOT HEATH RACES. "! The following is an outline of the present engagements. The nominations made on Tuesday last : k TUESDAY, JUNE 1. ' At The Trial Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 50 added ; for • S't two yrs old, 4st 41b ; three, 7st 41b ; four, Bst 71b ; ''ltl five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b. Th e n ew m il e . Ilib The Ascot Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft, and 5 only 1' declared. Two miles and a half. yrs st lb ACCEPTANCES. Annandale 5...8 7 1r Pi neapple a.. .8 5 :11K Footst0 0 l '‘ .. 41. Wood Pigeon 5...7 13 t 42: .! n _s li f oo tu rwy d n r . ! .i. 7 . 44.... 11 1 02 3 i '1 ~.,'- e undus . 6...7 8 T he e Mangler $ 5...7 6 1. ""ftotess 5...7 6 de Plaudit Plant .. * , . ..agenet -st,'lscilla Tomboy a... 7 5 .4.pte Attorney L..7 3 '4l.lllhowla h F.T h e P Ik g !....ca r i ° a 4...7 1 4 ., et Runner 5...6 13 Y g ranger yrs st lb Br c by Velocipede, dam by Emelius 4...6 11 Morocco The Nob 4...6 9 5 6 7 (Alkali Maid of Motherwell 3...6 7 Crozier /Correct Card Mu millo 3...6 3 Clermont 3...6 3 Geraldine Aliwal 3...5 10 Vanity 3...5 7 B I by Elis or Ve nison, out of Odessa 3...5 3 Vampyre.. lanais - 3...4 10 • Ti, ' t o The rest paid 5 soya. each. YTS yrs : .le,w, Gold t a ke s Vase , o 2 g o i v e s n ov a b . y each, er Majesty, three added yrS old, t o 7s a t ul t ) four, 9st five, 9st 7113 ; six, and aged. 9st 91b ; ; ve, - - mares and geldings allowed 3 lbs, &c. Two miles. I_ l9 Landsdale's Jericho 5 Mr. J. Day's The Hero 4 e"'",111 Exeter's Cosachia 3 Mr. Gully's Mendicant 4 tki• Anson's Bingham... 3 Lord Caledon's Wanota 3 . - lik e of Bedf or d' s B r idl e 3 I Mr. Clake's Miles' Boy 3 .„.., Captain Harcourt's Ellerdale, 3 yrs. - e welcom e S ta k es of 20 sovs. eac h , w i t h a b onus, & c. 'l e l ter- - 3 Yrs old colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 21b. Swinley Course.,,, 15in gballi, Pell Mel Mon'pensier, So Nice, Themis, Vronets, the Liberator, , Sultana, b f' by Provost, out of t lo ra a l W hirl, J.iyful, Allertonian, Miami, Red Hart. De son he, Lionel, Mr. Martin, the Swallow, b e by Veni. ant of sister to Cobweb. Clementine, Halo, Quick ad, m argarvt of Anjou. ad d, , of 50 sows. each, h ft, for the produce of . tr's covered in 1843 ; colts, Bst 91b, and fillies, . .. b re , 6l b; those by stallions, or out of mares that never i '.. e rf u.a winner , allowed 3 1 bs, if both, slbs. Old mile. • ne , s Ter (511)0, c (d. ad) by Lanercost. out of Came : a ta ,."ro, Prestwich (31bs), cby the Nub, out of . Pre a lb je (51131), c (dead) by ralleyrand, out of . Sequidelle . lb s i ited Hart (31bs), Cheapside (51bs), Field Mouse tv e , 1 f s o t r ak 3 e iyrs old colts, .. - „: 1 7 'no. and fillies, Bst 41b, got by untried stallions, " . li p ° ,,,, u t of Untried mares; it both untried, allowed 31b. .., ::::„.. I1371 : 08 . o T f h s :l 4 e c c i o vs nd e t a o ch sa j v h e his ft' 11310, — ;.' k e b 1 the Nob, out of Premature, Tom Tit ta, I) u.Y . tnercost, out of the Mountain Sylph's iddi Pion c'eter Goodall,ch c by Eniihus, darn by Bay - . , ee A t • . niac e g t Tatrby of 50 soya. each, &c. Swinley Course. ; b3 r 1 1, k A /4 , 111 14i n , Papa, c by Sir Hercules out of Harmony, ' I'l atafr I s latoff out of Marmora, c (dead) by Het ' „" ' ' AV, I • ° I ,U,YOf , Valance, Mathematician, Mirmillo, • "n , fby if7''the-Witip,, c by Muley Moloch out of tlit of kis e4ellack out of Oxygen, bc by the Saddler 4 , Co sun s I r ,.„, e et b c by Venison out of Sister to Cob kwo.yrs..o7, , k;onyngham, Marpessus. Bst 7 1 1,. "" Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, h ft; colts, , ii.. r , LP, and fillies, Bst 31b. Three-quarters of a mile. ' 44 • Jobe Day's the Alderman's Walk, Lord Exeter's '•.,beneer, Mr. Ford's Brother to Crimmins, Mr. Ford's It UPlic itY, General Grosivenor's Sir Oliver, Mr. Greville's ' r... °431 Yn s . G, Heathcote's Own Brother to Khorassan, k-.ore' L o ' n , th lr ai ,, by • Maley Moloch out of Young an's -- da - m — , - M -2 r - . c Pay - ne's Glendower, Mr. Robertson's ',..nflict, Duke of Richmond's Hornpipe, Mr. Wreford's Iliad Deer. ' 4 ,, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2. h e Royal Hunt Cup of 200 toys., with 100 added. New mile. . Age at lbl Age st lb en dicant n Traverser ... 4.. 9 3'Cosachia 3...6 10 t ntler .. • .... • - . 6...8 7 Elimea ' Y Wilditir ..... 5...8 4 Kismet .... ..... rYniaid triot ............... 6...8 - 4 Kimbblesworth t ui 4 1 ,e 1 0 Acid uead ............ 4...8 4 Christopher tiod To ar brigeon ...... 5...7 131Widred 11' 11 ' 4 , e gle ........ 3...7 13,Daughter of the 4...6 10 fri-.._gcl°d ......... 4...7 12 Star to n ........... . a... 7 12 Marie Louisa 1 en ................ 4...7 10 Dromedary 3...6 9 3...6 7 3...6 7 cli t Sim .. ............. 5...7 10 1 Crozier vi ss ,„.• ''' ......... 4...7 9 1 Alsatia ' eceus".4o ......... 4...7 9 1 Bedouin g of ~•• ... ...... 4...7 B'Correct Card tri ne • Forest 3 ..,7 7I Wee Bit • Ma r • ........ . 3...6 12 Deriades e.„. Swift.,,:._ tu ... 3 ...? 4 Gabbler t , . 1: ... 5...7 2 Jolly Dick ; ee ii ni ; ....... ............. 5 3 . ..... 7 7 2 St. Leon 2 Fistiana e P n ic t 'awn ...... 5...7 2 lonia Swaij w•... •• 4...7 2 Wintonia est,,,, wall a ..... 3...7 0 Que• n Diary ttit,,,i;e •• •. 3...7 0 Don Caesar I 3...6 7 3...6 7 3...6 7 5...6 7 3...6 7 3...6 5 3...6 4 3...6 3 3 6 2 3...6 2 3...6 0 3...5 13 3...5 13 3...5 9 ti kailueth ...... 3...7 0F by Don John out *di e ••• ........ 3...7 0 of Prize-flower's -.... e 1,•......... 3...7 0, dam ut- Pr n ti. added ; f . 11 ill Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 50 ' L k., lie' two. yrs old, 7st ; and three-yrs, 9st; fillies, wed 3lbs. About two miles. i t . r be ft , yrs. yrs. as, ft r . . tra;;':? Camelford 3 Sir R. Pigot's b cby C A . tn 3 Horn of Ells out of Manta... 2 Wort e .................. 3 Mr. Bristow's Fernhill 2 ers Grist 2 Colonel Peel's Isis 3 4..... eaversh ELM 2 Mr. Drinkald's Goodboy 2 li r ,Gghtly 1t,,1-1- Conway' s Chris Conceit 3 k l 7Pher 3 Count Batthyany's Pole , „ I te of Richmond's mills t ftornpipe ' 2 I Mr. R. Bu ) ce's Jollity 3 e'eep , takes of 50 %ors. each, h ft. for the produce of f t bares covered in 1844; colts, fist 71b, fillies, list 41b 'l`.y . c . p n kr. W. Edwards's f by Plenipotentiary, out of Jou,- - k . 4l Lord E xeter ' s S wo rd Player, Duke of Richmo n d a ,ttflection. It:, Coronation Stakes, of 100 soy& each, for 3 yrs old e'''l l4,B , Bst 71b each. The winner of the Oaks 7lbs ; " 313 Guineas, 31bs ; of both, 9lbs extra. The . 1 , _lNew mi1e. 74t,,,,.1Y Lurewell, Maid of Saragossa, .f by Hetman lts 4 A I ou t Of Macremma, Cosachia, Millwood, Rest bY Vi ri eot, b f by Muley Molock, out of Janus, bl f Tin, (; a pricot, out of Factory Girl, Miami, Mango be wi n ' s , t er to Sorella, Clementine, Meeanee. ' for 3 . '' s °r Stakes, of 10 sovs. each, and 100 added, Wi n i,„ 7 „ r e old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 21b. The - 31 b " °/. the e extra the De rby, Nibs extra, and of the Oaks, I....l:llthertZPd The second for the Derby, 3 1 bs extra. oidsby to receive 50/. One mile and three 5,a7 1 7: Grey tutle e cie r .ie J Pit° te b a le; ll h h b 0.... A rti c h n _ u John, out a t u dY Lo " 4. _,,, a. -re wen Mani p.o medar ~,tiv e , r , "n YlPek °Lin g Man ~ ...4),,,_ . It Ti ;Ze , t ki ule Maid " Birc h E ids re Ma rlow . r( t i l : U PSide 1111 ° I . Naples G Ai Y ess Rentley, ou t o f vto amel 4;„ rigle Hudson The t r .! Co "Y of the Lure e4thett , oe ii Nut ' o So Nice rd lo n i a C (dead ) by , out of v titt r t e t e rnan Plat o ff -cana ls Voro neta C by H e t ~ut o p ia , ...„, e l eterraor a ' i out of .... zotian I:44;rni QII) ; litel°B indso,r 7TstlolbP; Wthr e late of 501., for two y rs old, four, Bst alb ; five, Sic., gat ; Ferina Mirmillo Lady Lift Apple Blossom Mathematician Allertonian Pampeluna Bellerophon Oregon Vampyre Pell Mell George Stephenson Go Lightly Will-o'-the-Wisp Old Brompton Horn of Chase Miss Martin The Hosier F by Redshank—Oxygen The Admiral Cascade Watchdog Mr. Martin Alsatia Wiseacre Maid of Athens Mangosteen Ziska F by Lanercost, out of Camp -follower Breast Knot Foreclosure Cossack Wolverton Lionzl Administrator Saga more Margaret of Anjou ' e, . . 3 b„..,-1,4 TH.E SUN, Lots/DONi_ FRIDAY MORNING-) MAY 28, Mo. mares and geldings allswed 31bs ; the winner to be sold 5 yrs, 6st 7lbs (Edwards)—Mr. Peck nd Factory Girl, 5 ~ for 100 L, &c. T.Y.C. yrs , s st 21b (J o h nsos ). 1 Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each and 50 added ; for three sto 2 uest Miss Burns, sto 1 a gs t Th e Sl ayer ' s yrs old, 7st ; four, B s t ; fi ve , B s t 41b ; s i x an d age d, D aug ht er , eto 1 agst Dart, 7to 1 egst Sheraton, 8 to I Bst 71b ; the winner to be sold for 3001., &c. THURSDAY, JUNE 3. agst Cranebrook, and 10 to 1 against Allia nce . W on b y a head. A Piece of Plate, value 5001., given by his Majesty the Plate of 70/., the second to receive 10/. Three-yrs-old 7st; four yrs, Bst 41b; five yrs. Bst 91b ; sx' yrs wed Emperor of all the R us sias, added to a Sweepst a k es of' 20 sovs. each ; for three yrs, Est 101 b; four, Bst 51b; aged, Bst 121 b. Mares, &c., a ll owe d 31b. H eats, two five, 9st ; six and aged, 9st 31b; mares, &c., all o wed miles. Sib. About two miles and a half. Lord Chesterfield's bf by Do n J o h n out Doh), 4 yrs Jericho, 5 yrs of Gatnelass, 3 yrs (Oates) 2 1 0 1 Eryx, 4 yrs Alarm, 5 yrs Mr. Lancaster's Monsieur Perrot, 4 yrs ... 0 2 1 2 Pyrrhus the First, 4 yrs Mathematician, 3 yrs Mr. Peck's Cock Robin, 3 y rs The Hero, 4 vrs Mendicant, 4 yrs Mr. Arrowsmith's b fby Inheritor out of Maid of Motherwell, 3 yrs Poynton, 4 yrs Tiffany, 3 yrs 0 0 dr Horn of Chase, 3 yrs Gritnston, 4 yrs Mr Carr's Butterton, 3 yrs Sir Talton Sykes, 4 yrs The Liberator, 4 yrs THURSDAY. Christopher, 3 yrs Sting, 4yi s The St. Leger Stakes of 10 soya. each. Mile at,d W(.lfilog, 5 yrs Mr. Martin, 3 yrs three-quarters. Mr. S. L. F , x's Executor Watchd g, 3 yrs lago, 4 yrs (Templeman) 1 The Visitors' Plate of 100/. (handicap) by subs. of 5 sovs. Mr. Brooke's Luminous each. Once round, and a distance. Mr. Fostsr's Runtb us The New Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 100 added, for Comme-it-fact and Wild Boy also ran. two yrs old. T.Y.C. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas. Three miles and Mr. Bateman's Baccanalian Lord Lonsdale's c, by Red- a die. Lord Chesterfield's Game Lass filly, 3 yrs Count Batthyany's Ptole- shank,outofßridegroom'a Mr. Disney's Burgundy, 4 yrs (Holmes) 1 mxus dam 2 Count Batthyany's Egre Mr. May's Senga Mr. Meiklam's Alliance, 4 yrs mont Mr. Mostyn's Mastiff 2to lon Burgundy. Won easy by three lengths. Duke of Bedford's Duplicity Mr. Mostyn's Daughter of Te e Selling Stakes Race was not run when our ac Mr. Bristow's Fernhill Toscar count left. Lord Caledon's bl c, by Si- •vlr. R. H. Nevill's Dover NEWTON (LANCASHIRE) RACES.—WEDNESDAY. !DOOM, out of The Queen Mr. Osbaldeston's f, by Car- The Drawing Room Stakes of 20 soya each, and 15 Lord Caledon's Sister ts dine! Puff, out of Croton added; for two-yrs-old fillies, Bst 51b. Golborne Wanota Oil's dam Course. (3 Subs.) Lord Chesterfield's The Pub- Mr. Payne's Glendower Sir J. Gerard's Lucy A5ht0n........... (E. Edwards) 1 lican Mr. Payne's Woodcraft Mr. Legh's Maid of Mona Mr. E. R. Clarke's Munches- Sir R. Pigot's colt, by Elis, 5t02 on Lucy Ashton. Won in a canter in 54 secs. ter out of Manto The 'Trial Stakes of 10 sovs.:each, and 25 added: Ape Mr. Cooper's Slug Major Pitt's Hellos . . and a quarter. -(5 Subs.) Sir J. Gerard' s P an t asa , 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (E. Edwards): .1 Mr. Copeland's Goldsmith Mr. Pitt rid cby Tory Boy, Mr. Death's Glitter out of Rachel Mr. J. Clarke n a R a t c liff e , 6 yrs , 9st 2 1b Mr. Drinkald's Good Boy Duke of Richmond's Nectar Betting -4 to lou Pantasa, who won in a canter ; • in Lord Exeter's Tisiphon e Mr. R o lt' s S ea - room 2 min. and 27 sec . Sir H. Fleetwood's Colum- Baron Rothschild's c, by The Gold Cup, given by the Lord of the Manor, added bine Touchstone, out of Lan- to a handicap of 20 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if de- Mr. Francis's Little Red guish dared, the second to receive 25 soya., and the third Riding Hood Baron Rothschild's f, by 10 sovs. Two miles and a distance. (54 Subs., 22 of Mr. Godwin's Own Sister to Touchstone, out of Sar- whom declared.) Dextrous casm Mr. L. Keegan's Burgundy, 4 yrs, 7st (Abdale) 1 Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher Lord E. Russell's Cracow n S ,s ag e a o c m ity m , o 5 11 f yrs, au t 5, s 3 t i r 91b s , Lord Eglinton's Eryx, 3 yrs, Est 21b 2 M M r r .. M er ° a s n t s Y t n Ot s i Mr. B. Green's Assault Mr. Sandford's The Sheriff 3 Mr. Greig's c, by Earl of Lord J. Scott's Rundisford 4 Richmond, out of Single- Lord strathmore'sSincerity The following also ran :—Mr. larke's the Maid of 4st 12Ib ton's dam Lord Strathmore's Sweet Lyme, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Brandwood)—Mr. Worthington's Mr. Greville's Dunrobin Sauce Hooton, aged, 7st 41b (Hutchinson)—Mr. Heap's Brown Mr. E. Griffith's Dinedor Mr. Thornhill's Iron Crown Fly, 4 yrs, sst 121 b (Simpson) —Lord Stanley's Meanee, Mr. E. Griffith's Hagley Mr. Trelawny's f, by Hark- 3 yrs, sst (Charlton)—and Mr. Copeland's Marlow, 3 Mr. Gully's Edie Ochiltree away, out of Frederica yrs, sst (G. Sharp). Mr. A. W. Hill's Volley Lord Waterford's Wilmot Betting-6 to 4on Burgundy, sto 2 agst Eryx, and Mr. C. Lily's Brilliant 7to 2 agst Maid of Lyme. Burgundy made all the running, and won by two length. Run in 3 Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, and only hft if declared, , m in. and • 53 secs. Sec., for three yrs old; colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 41b. Swinley Course. - The Scurry Stakes of 5 so vs . eac h. Th e w i nner to be Madge Grey Timour Diphthong sold for 501, and the last , to pay the second horse's Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for three yrs old; colts, stake. Golborne Co urse . G e n t l emen r i ders. Mr. T. Parker nd Vesture,aged .T. ... Parker) 1 Bst 71b; and fillies, Bsl 31b; those by stallions or out Sir J. Germ d' no s The 5 yrs of mares that never bred a winner allowed 41b; if both. ~ Snob, Sir T. G. Ilesketh nd Admiral, 6 yrs 610. Swinley Course. Sir J. Gerard's Mermaid, 4 yrs Seducer, 61b Moonlight, 41b 4 F by Assassin, out of Esme- The Rover's Bride (dead), Won by a head. Plateof 70/three ralda, 41b 41b . ;for yrs old, ist ; four, Bst 41b ; five Crozier, 61b Tom Fool (dead), 41b and upwards, Bst 101 b ; mares, &c., allowed 31b. Epirote, 41b The Positive Young Man, Heats, one m i l e an d a h alf. Stultz, 41b 41b Mr. Critchley's Lyme, 3 yrs 1 1 Mr. Greenwood's Che (- sf rfield, aged . 0 2 C by the Snob, out of the F by the Saddler, out of . _ . Mr. Disney's Panic, 4 yrs Premature, 61b Mr. Copeland' s W rit o f E rror, Mr. J. Osborne's Faith- F by Little Red Rover, out of Purity, 41b , less, Mr. Davvson's Shylock, Mr. Edleston's N)clia, C by H. Platoff, out of Va- Mr. Owen 's Lad ) Shrewsbury, also starred. lance. 61b The first heat was won e l e s er l y an d t h e second easily Mirmillo, 41b Nestor Buckskin The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 soya. each, h tt for three yrs old colts, Bst lib; and fillies, Bst 410. Old mile. Jesuit (dead) George Barnwell Montpensiec sli rmillo C by Sir Hercules, out of 'haws Buidhe Harmony 3 c by Venison, out of Sis- Voronetz ter to Cobweb Ile Precocious Youth tbdiel The Stand Plate of 701. Swinley Course. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Once round. FRIDAY. 300 soya. given by the Great Western Railway Com pany, added to a Handicap of 10 soya. each, for three year olds, &c. Swinley Course. Yrs. st. lb. Yrs. at. lb. Dulcet Poynton Antler Patriot The Laundrymaid 4 8 5 Allertonian Lady Wildair ... 5 8 3 Buckskin Wood Pigeon ... 5 8 1 Stultz. Bokhara Reminiscence ... 3 7 10 Projectile Nydia, the Blind Daughter of the Girl Bravissimo Lynceus 4 7 8 Bedlam 3 6 5 Jinglepot The Polka Colleen Bawn ... 5 7 3 Vanity Forest Flower ... .5 7 0 Bedouin 3 6 2 Alkali Gift ...... 3 6 0 Kismet Camera Obsura 4 7 0 Venison, out of Bridle Whirligig 3 6 12 Old Port ......... 3 5 10 Tragical Cosachia Correct Card.— 3 6 10 Don Omar The Wokingham Stakes, of 5 sou. each, for three years old (handicap). Last three-quarters of the new mile. The Borough Members' Plate, of 501., added to a sweep stakes of 5 sovs. each. Winner to be sold for 1501. The old mile, &c. Sweepstakes, of 50 son. each, h ft ; for three year olds, &c. I f by Lanercost, out of Camp Flower, 41b ; Coningsby I Dr. Goodall, 41b The improvements mentioned some time back as having been in progress ou the race-course are now completed, and will form a grateful addition to th e corn _ . Ftinebon Outpost, 41b Cutaway, 41b Bella DoLna Lady of the Lune, 41b Chenpside, 61b Tallyho PEDESTUI N WHITSUNTIDE SPORTS AT TURNHAN - GREEN.—On Morality and Wednesday, trials of speed and agility in the shape of biot and hurdle-raeing came off on the 3.16-common, Turnham green, for prizes given by John Smith (the Regent-street pe), wha has lately taken the Derby Arms, in the immediate neighbourhood of the s-round. On Monday a race for novices, 100 yards fir 3i., was contested between Henry Smith, jun. and Samuel Smith (brother to the Pet), who made a promising first appearance, by winning by half a yard, after a fast' rattle for a young one. The next was a race of 440 yards, over eight hurdles, for a prize of st, for which John Smith, Thomas Thompson, Edward Smith. and flat.- rington contended. John Smith, giving three yards start, came in first for the first hea., hut was appealed against, and disqualified. Thompson, of Turnham-green, who came in si cond, declared the winner of the first event. Second heat—Edward Smith, 1; Thomp son, 2; Harrington, 3. Third heat—Thompson, 1; E. Smith, 2; Thompson thus becoming the winner. Several minor races followed. On Tuesday, a splendid hurdle race, three hundred yards, over eight hurdles, three feet six inches high, in heats, was con tended for a silver cup. John Smith, Brian of Bradford, Edward Smith, Thomas Thompson, Joseph Robinson, and Brown, appearing at the scratch. First heat E. Smith put on the steam, and led well to the sixth hurdle, when John Smith put on the steam, and led in by a couple of yards. Second Heat—This brought five to the starting point, Robinson (Caunt's Pet) having retired. Thomp son led to the fourth hurdle, when Brian went up, chal lenged, and passed him; the rest in a cluster. Thus they ran to the sixth leap, when Brian and John Smith singled themselves out, and Brian defeated him by a yard. Third Heat—Five started, John Smith, E. Smith, Thompson, Brian, and Brown. All went away admi rably, taking their hurdles in first-rate style; Smith and Brian were leading, and Thompson third, when Brian burst his shoe, and fell in the rear, Smith going in a winner by six yards. We should observe, that Brian and Smith gave their opponents three yards' start in each heat. Between the first and second heats of the hurdle race a walking match of ten miles wasAlecided between T. Dance, Thomas Ravenscroft, and 'Thomas, of Chelsea, for a silver snuff-box. Ravenscroft being out of condition, resigned, after the first two miles, when Dance and Thomas carried it OR at a great pace to the fifth, keeping close together. Finally Thomas, who walked exceedingly well, left his opponent upwards of 160 yards in the rear, who, however, walked on spi ritedly to the end. The mile race between Edwin Smith and Samuel Hearne, was won by Hearne by 20 yards. Cottisford Ferina Pampeluna CORNWALL AND DEVONSHIRE WRESTLING These annual matches commenced on Monday at the Brecknock Arms, Camden Town, the prizes given being 501. in the Devon style, and 501. in the Cornish style, besides a champion's belt, which excited unusual emula forts of the visitors to the Grand Stand. The lawn has been considerably extended, and will now afford suffi cient space for a promenade, which from the increased number of races each day, has long since ceased to be practicable on the race course. At the back of the stand a high wall has been erected, to shut out any nui sance or annoyance that might otherwise arise from the booths and stables in that quarter. Trees have been planted within the enclosure, which in a few years will affdrd a delightful retreat from the heat of the sun, and, with the addition of seats, will, in this respect, place Ascot on a footing with Goodwood. In many other re spects the convenience and comfort of the visitors have been consulted, and as it is beyond a doubt that her Ma testy and Prince Albert, with her illustrious visitors, will be present on the first and third days, we look confidently for a brilliant meeting. Lion between the two counties; and induced the best players to come up to London to compete for the prizes. Cornwall sent up Thomas Gundrey, their champion, W . Hodge, Trezise, Waters, Bray, Chipman, Oliver, &c. Devon sent up its champion, W. Chapple, together with Snell, Ellicombe, Layman, Toogood, Eyres, and Flyn, from Ireland. The last-named threw his man yester day two back falls in a most masterly style. Bray played a most beautiful turnout with J. Dyer, and won both falls. Chipman, of Cornwall, cleverly thre w Hutchins, of Devon; W. Snell, of Devon, floored W. [lodge, of Cornwall, after a very long and sharp bout. The ring was next occup;ed by the two county cham pions, Gundrey and Chapple, and after one of the most eeien.ific bouts of wrestling ever witnessed, Gundrey fl:eired Chapple with the lett hip, in a most masterly wyle. Bartlett (e). downed Toogood (D); thpa Good man (C), played Eilicombe (I)); being two very powerful moo, they played very hard fir near two hours, Good man winning one back in that time. It being too late to play out, their turn, they wer- to be called again, at two this afternoon, when all the above men were to be matched together for the Devon prizes. Wednesday the wrestling at the Brecknock Arms was resumed and brought to a conclusion, after a fairer dis /day of wrestling than had ever been witnessed in Lon don. The play commenced at two o'clock, when Good man - (e) and EiliA:ombe (D) were again antagonised for the second fall, won alter an arduous: struggle by Goodman. Snell (13) also threw Hodge (C) a second time. Bartlett (C) performed the like to Toogood (D), and Gundry (C) won his second from Chappell (D). In this bout the interest of the day was almost concen trated, as being the acknowledged champions and repre sentatives of their counties; it was a statwart struggle for twenty minutes, when Gundry manfully raised his opponent and threw him by the back heave, amidst the most deafening cheering from one party. Oliver (C), the little wonder, now tripped Bowden; and Bray (C), the stiff built and wily Uly,ses, toppled over Flynn (Ireland), the powerful and straightforward Ajax, whose goon-humoured, manly play was much praised. Tresize (C) now threw Goodman (C), and Waters (C) threw Chipman (C), and Gundry (C) was opposed to Snell (D), whom he disposed of in fifteen minutes. Of the third round we shall merely state that Bray threw Roper, and afterwards Tresize (C) and Roper (C) wrestled for the fourth prize, won by Tresize, flooring his opponent by the back hitch. Gundry now defeated Waters and Bray, and Waters subsequently threw Bray. The prizes were, therefore-Ist, Champion's b e lt an d 151. t o G un d r y (C); 2d, 101. to Waters (C); 3d, Si to Bray (C); and 4th, 31. to Tresize (C); thus confirming our previous opinion—the Cornish men having borne aNay the prizes, although the wrestling was conducted in the Devonshire style. Gundry, the winner of the chief prize on Tuesday, won the same last year, and has held the ring for many years ; his fine wrestling, and man liness, and good temper deserve all praise. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE VERSALL'S- I'H UKSDA Y. Nothing transpired to encourage a belief that either the Noble Lord or the " Prince," the absentees alluded to iu Wednesday's paper, will meet their engagements; independent of these parties some others have been in quired after, of whose ability and willingness to pay there can be no doubt, but whose negicct to mak.- arrangements of some kind, no excuse can be offered. Considering the depressed state of the ring, we scarcely need observe that most of the subjoined qaotations are nominal. THE ASCOT STARES. 6 to 1 agst Sir J Hawley's Humdrum 8 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Clermont 10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Mirwillo 10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Vampyre—taken 15 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Plaudit—taken 15 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Nannette colt 15 to 1 agst Mr. Coombe's Sister to the Nub 20 to 1 agst lend Exeter's Wood Pigeon—taken THE EMPEROR'S VASE. 6 to 4 agst -Ir. Gulley's Mendicant—taken 5 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poynton 6 to 1 agst Lord Lonsdale's Jericho 6 to 1 agst Mr. Elwes'3 Sir Tatton Sykes 10 to 1 agst Sir J. Gerard's Grimston Offers to back Jericho agst the Hero ST. LEGER. 4 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—taken to 100/. ,000 to 30 agst Mr. Stephenson's Black Dwarf—tak( - B ,000 to 25 agst Mr. S. L. Fox's Executor—taken 5 000 to 20 agst Mr. Merry's Limestone—taken ,000 to 5 agst Mr. O'Brien's Liberator—taken DERBY. 20 to 1 agst Mr. B. Gr.'eu's Flatcatcher—t. to 1501. 1,000 to 25 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—taken 1,000 to 25 agst Mr. John Day's Nil Disperandum—t. MANCHESTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Wilton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added; three yrs old, 6st 41b; four, Bst 41b; five, Bst 121 b; six and aged, 9st 21b; mares and geldings allowed 31bs; win ners once in 1847, 31bs; twice, 51bs extra. One mile and a half. (6 Subs.) Mr. S. L. Fox's Meaux 3 yrs (G. Oates) 0 Mr. Ewbank' s Louisa Newell, 3 yrs (Abdale) 0 Mr. Meiklam's Lightning, 6 yrs Mr. Eskrett's Exhort, 5 yrs Mr. G. Arnold's Alice, 6 yrs ............... After a dead heat between Louisa Newell and Meaux, they divided the stakes, and Meaux walked over. The Pendleton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 40 added, for two yrs old colts, Bst 51b; and fillies, Bst 21b; the second to save his stake. About three quarters of a mile. (4 Subs.) Mr J. Lillie's The Great Western (Marlow) 1 Mr Green's Miss Margaret Mr. Meiklam's Otterburn The Manchester Trades Cup of 20 sovs., added to a Handicap of 20 soya. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if de clared. Two miles and /I (lista/lee. (38 Subs.) Mr. R. Stephenson's Sheratoo, 4 yrs, 7st 21b(Simpson) 1 Mr. H. Phillip nd br m by Talleyrand, 5 yrs, 6st ............................................... (Abd a l e ) 2 Harland's Coss,ick Maid.A, yrs, Est 7lb (RY DEATH CAUSED THROUGH DISSECTION.--ft will be in the recollection of our readers that the late Harvey Leach, the celebrated Gnome Fly and Man Monkey, left orders, that after his decease his body should be given to Mr. Liston, of University College Hospital, for disposal. Mr. Liston handed the body over to hi s i nt i mate friend and companion, Mr. Potter, for dissection—who, whilst e ngaged in his labour, pricked hislinger with the lancet, This caused little care beyond placing his hand in a sling for a day or two; but on the third day Mr. Potter was attacked with fever—abscesses formed on his hand, w hich extended up the muscle of his a rm an d over h i s , chest, causing great agony; death eventually put a period to his sufferings, and on Saturday his remains were interred in the Kensal-green Cemetery. Count D'Orsay has presented his statuette of O'Connell to the committee of the Central Relief Society in Dublin, with the moulds and necessary apparatus for taking casts. He writes to say that he makes the com mittee a present of the copyi ight of the figure, and trans mits the models in the hope that the sale of the casts will realise a sum which may assist in relieving the dis tress of the poor. PROGR ESE OF CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY IN PRUSSIA . .r. - (Ryder) 3 Il e f o llowing also ran:—Mr. Stewart's Cranebrook, 4 yrs, Bst (Marlow) — Mr. Pedley's Miss Burns, aged : 74 101'. (A. Day)—Mr. T. Wurthindton's Sh,arston, 4 yrs, ist 71b (Whitehouse) —Mr. Meiklaues Alliance, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (Duncan) —Mr. Hea,seltine's The Slayur's Daughter, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b (Longstaff)—Mr. L. Fox's Shelforth, 4 yrs, Est 91b (Oates) —Mr. SitZPll ad Dart, —The Prussian Government, not content with accord ing full and complete publicity to trials, has given direc tions that the courts set apart-to the public shall be are ranted in arephictu.atres, so as to a!1 , 1% , all ims, - ,ors to se and hear all that passes. The public part of the new court of the criminal tribunal at Merlin is even fitted up with stuffed seats covered with velvet. EAST LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY, A special general meeting of the proprietors of the East Lincolnshire Railway was held yesterday, at. No. 36, Great George- street, Westminster; Mr. George Hussey Paeke in the chair. The CHAIRMAN intimated that the meeting was a formal one. under Lord Wharcc'iffe's Act, to agree to the several Bills the company had pending in the present session ui Parlitlm-nt. Drafts of the following ails were then submitted to the meeting and approved of:— " A Bill to amend the East Lincolnshire Railway Act, 1846, and to authorise a deviation in the line of such railway, at and near Boston ; and the construction of a branch railway to join the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway, near Grimsby." " A Bill to authorise the East Lincolnshire Railway Company to purchase an existing lease of the Louth Navivati• n." 1 IRELAND. THE NEW LORD LIEUTENANT. DUBLIN, MAY 25.—His Excellency the Earl of Claren don will be sworn in before the Lords Justices and Privy Council, at three o'clock, p.m., to-morrow (Wednesday.) In consequence of the very recent death of the Ea-t of Besborough, there will be no public entry. On arriv in-, at Kingstown, his Excellency will proceed to the Castle in his private carriage. His Excellency intends, before the close of the week, to return to London for a short time, in order to make arrangements previous to his taking up his abode at the Castle. THE DEATH OF MR. O'CONNELL. The intelligence of the death of Mr. O'Connell, re. ceived this morning, produced a profound impression, extending through all parties. The Dublin Evening Post, published this afternoon, thus refers to the event :—" Although his country must for some time have been prepared for the announcement we make this evening, yet the shock caused by the death of Daniel O'Connell will be felt in every city, town, and hamlet in Ireland—by whatever manner of men—by whatever class of religionists—by whatever section of politicians—these may be inhabited. All ranks, all denominations of people feel, and a ll w ill acknowledge, that a great man has fallen in Israel.' But it is an ac knowledgment, also, that will be echoed by England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany—by the two Americas —by the world. " There has been no other man born in Ireland who bas identified the story of his life with the annals of his country. For forty years it may, with perfect truth, be affirmed that he has made the history of Ireland. " The death of O'Connell ! What a crowd of asso ciations do these three words suggest 1 To the Catholics of Ireland—we care nothing about their miserable dis sensions—the words will be full of sorrow ; but they will„,at the same tinae, , , awaken a feeling of that gra titude which slumbered, we are afraid, in" the bo som of too many of them, and- kindle anew that ad miration with which they were so long accustomed to follow his career, and to hail his triumphs triumphs, too, which, it must be remembered, were theirs also. We do believe that amongst the Liberal Protes tants of Ireland the sentiment is similar. Nay, amongst those Protestants who were hostile to the religion of the man, and to the great cause of which he was the moving, energetic, and indefatigable leader —amongst even these, we believe, there is a feeling of regret that he is gone, and an acknowledgment of his transcendent powers. "At any rate, all men will acknowledge this truth, that for nearly half a century he was the foremost man in Ireland. That we have owed to him that indomitable agitation which wrung the freedom of his country from hostile statesmen, and from the reluctance, in some de gree, of a proud and bigotted Legislature. That eman cipation would arrive at last may be assumed. But, if he had not arisen—if he had not acted as be did act, the blessing might not have been conceded in the time of the present generation. Ant also " A Bill to enable the Great Northern Rail way Company to take a lease, or to purchase, amongst other things, the Est Lincolnsbire Railway." Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting terminated. ILYONS AND AVIGNON RAILWAY A meeting of the English shareholders in this rail way took place yesterday at the London Tavern, for the purpose of considering the necessity of an immediate dissolution of the company. D. Paul Esq., in the chair. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement con vening the meeting, Mr. WILKINSON addressed the meeting at some length. He said that there was some analogy between the case of the present company and that of the Bor deaux and Cette Railway Company, yet that in many respects they were very different. In the latter case there was no course open to them but to dissolve, but there were far brighter and better prospects for their com pany. The object of the present meetingwas - to express strongly and unanimously to the 'French Government the conviction of the English shareholders, that unless some important modification was made in the terms of the contract it was impossible to carry it into execution, and that if these were not made it was necessary to abandon it at the risk of losing the caution money, namely 400,0001., but that if the French Government acceded to reasonable terms the English - shareholders were prepared to carry out their engagements to-the letter.—(Hear.) The Journal de Chemins de Fer showed that there were 200,000 French shareholders who were whollyfavourable to the part which they were desirous of taking. A long discussion ensued, which was very uninteresting ; resolutions were, how ever, agreed to, embodying Mr. Wilkinson's views, and a committee was :appointed to carry them out—the ex pense to be borne by a levy on the shares of sixpence per share. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, MAY 27.—Wind E., light breeze, and fine clear, sultry weather. DEAL, MAY 26.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W.—Arrd. Blakeley, Manilla ; Caroline, Valparaiso ; Newport, Monte Video; Amy, Havannah; Cornucopia, ditto; Palma, New Orleans. Sld. the greater part of the out ward bound. OFF PLYMOUTH, MAY 26.—Wind S.—Queen, Calcutta. LIVERPOOL, MAY 26.—Wind W.S.W., light.—Arrd. Don Juan, Wells, BAhia, sailed Ist. ult. ; Auckland, Philadelphia. Sid. Robert Henderson, Bombay; Anjer, ditto; Broad Oak, Brazils; Urania, Rio Grande; Fame, ditto ; John Tomkiuson, D,merara; Shamrock, Barba does ; Arcole, New York; Wolga, St. John's, New Brunswick; Tamarac, Quebec; Mutual, Montreal; Junes, Sisters, and Henry, Newfoundland. LIMERICK, MAY 25. —Wind S.W.—Arrd. Cumber land, Blan,!ha(d, New York. Sld. Coquimbo, Boston ; Uhfirli-,, Quebec. " This is a glory which no enemies of the man can dissociate from his name. BELFA.-r, Am( 25.—Wind S.W.— Arrl. Swiss Boy, Perkins, New Orleans ; Coverdale ditto. CLYDE, MAY 25.—Arri. Gauntlett, M'Gregor, Per nambuco; Georgina, New York. Sld. Peruvian, Mon treal KINGSTOWN, MAY 25.—Wind W., fre‘h.-‘—Arrd. Fokkes, London(' rry and Newfoundland. PENZANCE, MAY 24.—Two casks of palm oil (two tutu.) ant a quantity or deals and hulks, some covered with b irnac'es. have been picked up here. OFF HASTINGS, MAY 26 . — Westminster, New York. PLYMOUTH, MAY 26.—Wind S.—Sld, Sharon, China ; Born.o, New York. RELATING FO A WRECK. A dispatch has been received at Lloyd's, from the Admiralty, announcing Lieut. Gardner, Admiralty Agent, on board the Contract packet Achilles, having, on the 7th inst., lat. 42. 30. N., long. 9. 35. W., tallen in with a barque, waterlogged and abandoned, with mizen- mast, stump of foremast and bowsprit standing, inairimast gone by the board, name illegible. From ap pearances had been a long time abandoned. She was drifting towards the Corrobrda Rocks, distant seven leagues. S FATE OF THE WINDBOUND VESSELS OFF MALAGA, &c. Malaga, May 17th, 1847. Sir,—ln allusion to my last of the 14th inst., I have to inform you that the westerly wind still continues, and the vessels windbound still lying at anchor on the coast. The schooner Juno, of Hull, Hedgecock master, and the brigantine Lucy, James White master, have bore up for this port literally without provisions, to take them to Gibraltar or Cadiz, and should an easterly wind spring up, they are desirous of not stopping in the Straits, as many will have to do, and perhaps lose their passage through. There is a scarcity of provisions at Gibraltar and Cadiz, as well as a ll a b out the south coast of Spain. A Spanish revenue steamer came from Cadiz to tow a Sardinian vessel, loaded with grain, through the Straits for Cadiz, in consequence of the scarcity there, and to avoid similar riots to those of Seville and Grenada. The distress amongst the shi ps i s very great, and at present little hopes opesof an easterly wind springing up. The master of the Juno considers the number of the vessels anchored on this coast to be about 1,100, all wind bound. (Sighed) LLOYD'S AGENT. W. Dobson, Esq., Secretary, Lloyd's. THE OBSTRUCTION IN THREAD NEEDLE -STREET. Yesterday, Mrs. Banke well known in the city as the " Old Lady of Threa dneedle -street," came before the Lord Mayor to complai n of an obstruction which had been laid at her door by a person of the name of Peel. The Court inquired whether she, in return, laid the obstruction at Peel's door ? The old lady hoped that the Court would not make fun of her. It was no joke. The Lord Mayor asked what was the nature of the obstruction complained of ? Mrs. Banke said that it was a heap of rubbish which prevented her from getting into her cellar. She had upwards of nine millions of bullion in that cellar, of which she was unable to get at a mite or mors,il ; whilst, owing to the badness of the times, she was actually at her wits' end for a awereign. " With regard to the subsequent agitation for the repeal of the legislative union, it is needless tollay that we regretted, not, perhaps, so much the agitation, as its ostensible object. That agitation has. been of-great service to Ireland. To its success, and above all to the great victory achieved over the Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland and the late administration, we owe the endowment of Maynooth, the Bequest Act, and the Irish Colleges. We have no doubt that other good fruits will follow." Thel,rd Mayor desired to know how long the ob struction complained of had existed ? Mrs. Banke re plied, ever since 1844. The rub')ish had been shot before her cellar-door in that year, and had remained there ever since. Till lately, she had not ro much minded the inconvenience, bee uie she had only to put her hand in her pocket to answer all calls upon her. But now her pocket was empty, and she could not get in:o r The lord Mayor wished to know the nature of the rubbish, which, as she alleged, had been shot at her cel'ar-door by P• el ? The old lady s-iid it was a parcel of s'uff which was called 'link Chart r. The rubbish had been carted at her door by Peel, at a time when he was the Government head carter. REPEAL ASSOCIATION. • A notice was posted at the door of Conciliation Hal], this day, of which the following is a copy:— " Alas! alas! O'Connell is no more. The Association will meet at one o'clock to morrow, to issue an address to the p•-ople of In land on this most awful and disastrous occasion." The Lord Mayor suggested that Mrs Banke should apply to the present driver of the Government cart. Mrs. Banke said that she had done so, but to no pur • pose. The one Iva.: as bad us the other ; there was not a pin to choose between them ; for what thi. one said, 'that one- stuek to . : She would be glad if his Lordship 'would order Peel to take his rubbish away. The Lord Mayor regretted, that, though he was the Sovereign of the City, he was not an absolute monarch ; he had no power to remove an obstruction which was sanctioned by Act of Parham. at . - Mrs Barrio said it was a Sul and a shame, when here she was in trouble and difficulty herself, and with all sorts to rack and ruin foofrpeowapniteodfePheirdhingefpu,Pwlhnehreear'sanshdegohiandg ample means of relieving them in her cellar. The Lord Mayor perfectly agreed with t h e complain ant. He would try what could be don e . Punch. Banke thanked his Lordship, and withdrew.— THE RAILWAY CATASTROPHE NEAR CHESTER. From an early hour the quay in front of Conciliation Hall was densely crowded with persons of every rank and sha•'e of opinion, whose anxiety to obtain informa tion on the subject was intense and impressive; and a-- soon as the announcement had been made that O'Connell was no more, they all separated to make way for a suc cession of inquirers, who could scarcely be persuaded that their fears had been realised. It is stated that the remains of Mr O'Connell will be conveyed to this city, and that a public funeral has been determined upon. The drawing up of the address, to be proposed to morrow, has been entrusted to Mr. O'Llea, a member of the Irish bar. at the between isthraedejaeoefetthtee bthoedireasillwyaiyng, the broken bridge and the Chester station, w as own _ menced yesterday (Tuesday), at half-past one o'clock, wo ls rk h h e ou in se q , uest which on before Mr. Hostage, the coroner, and a highly respect. able jury of twelve gentlemen of Chester, of which Sir Edward Walker, of Chester, was the forernan. The only witnesses examined were those who could identify the bodies. ive Clayton, the e ngine-dr . r who had so na rrow an escape himself, identified the body of the t k s o er; and the bodies of the two coach drivers h • aving been identi fied by their friends, the inquest was then adjourned to the Chester Infirmary, where the body of Roberts, the • -* having been conveyed thither, though • guard, is b ing, .it seems the house surgeon, who saw thethtther , men carrying it the Roodee, examined the head , on and found it so frightfully fractured that life was then extinct. Clayton having identified the body as that of Robarts. The CORONER intimated to the jury that he should got examine any further witnesses that day, and declared the inquest adjourned to ten o'clock on Friday morn i ng next, at the Town-hall, Chester, when the inquiry as to the probable cause of this catastrophe will be entered into. Amongst the part! s present at the inquest, were the law-clerk of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Com pany,' who s aid he attended for the purpose o f o ff er i ng every facility in the power „of that compa n y for makin g 1 every investigation. Co behalf Holyhead Railway Company (the owners of the bridge), Mr. Munt appeared, and voluntarily offered to procure the attendance, on Friday, of Mr. Robert Stephenson, the engineer-in chief of the company, and also to have Mr. Betts, the contractor for the bridge, in attendance. Mr. Lee, the resident engineer of the Chester and Holy head R tilway, was also present during the proceedings yes te. day. The CORONINI, when intima'ing• that he should have scient,fic evidence on Friday, said he should require the attendance ache engineers of the Cluster and Holyhead RAU% lIV Cotnpury. He also said ti•at he had requested an ei,gine:q• to examine the strueure, and to furnish him with a r.-port as to the prohabl.- cause of the occurrence on behalf of t he Crown.— Manchester Guardian. ADJOURNMENT OF THE CORPORATION. This being the usual day of meeting, the Town Council assembled. The Lord Mayor presided. On the motion of Mr. Cornelius M'Loughlin, seconded by Wr. Thomas Kirwan, it was resolved, in consequence• of the death of Mr. O'Connell, and as a mark of respect to the memory of that great man, to whom the country owed so much, that the corporation should adjourn for three weeks. AMERICA. Among the items of intelligence in the papers last re ceived from New York may be mentioned the construc tion of two iron steamers, intended for commercial uses in South America. These boats have been ordered by a company quartered in New Granada, for purposes of general improvement, with a capital of 200,000 dollars, and will navigate the Magdalena river, plying between Santa Marta, on the Carribean Sea, and Honda, the head of navigation on the Magdalena —a distance of about 600 miles. The river being very shallow at cer tain seasons (having at some points only about three feet water in the channel), the boats are constructed with flat bottoms, and so as to draw, with their engines, the necessary fuel, and 60 tons of freight, only two feet nine inches. They are 150 feet on deck, six feet hold, se a l n h d as the t i w r o es e t n i - - g 2 i s n f e e s e h b i e g a h m p , r 4 e o s s f u e r e e t ) oovfe horse r s a o ll. E ach power ves , mated speed is 12 miles an hour. The tonnage is 232 tons, and they are fitted for the accommodation of 20 passengers—a number with which, it is said, the com pany will be perfectly satisfied, if they can obtain so many, for several years to come. Anticipations are en tertained that these boats may effect a great revolution in the trade of New Granada, by developing the re sources of the interior and collecting them on the sea• board. The Magdalena, although one of the finest rivers in the world, and accessible for more than 500 miles from its mouth, has yet been of comparatively little benefit, owing to the strength of its descending current. Another point of information contained in these papers is, that the proposed chain bridge over the Niagara river, near the falls, is now surveyed and about to be commenced. It will be 700 feet long, and 200 feet above the river, and it will afford a continuous route from Michigan by the Great Western Railroad in Canada West. At present the time occupied in reaching Buffalo from Detroit is about 40 hours, but it is calculated that by the proposed route it may be accomplished in 8 or 10. The bridge is to be completed by the autumn of 1848, at a cost of 225,000 dollars. Twelve and a half cents (about 6d. sterling) is the proposed toll for each passenger, and the revenue is calculated to give a return of 22i per cent. on the outlay. Through the same channel we have also accounts of an addition to the mining discoveries which now seem to be taking place in all parts of the world. In the state of Missouri lead is said to have been found in great abun, dance, and not inferior iu quality to the Galena or any other mine. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. By the Owen Glendower, arrived at Portsmouth, we have received Cape papers to the 27th of March. We ex•ract the following from the South African Commer cial Advertiser of that date:— m the frontier represents the Governor as nea r ly CA froPE TOWN. MARCH 27, 1847.—The latest intelli genceready for active operations, and a forward movement oeverels o e nel m Somerset ae had been chi:patched to Kat River for the purpose of raising men from that settlement for soave service. The s a u g b ain i s s t smio t t h i e or chief re stit Pato.uto oof ci plunder. wh col people there were perfectly willing to serve as a Burgher force to the end of the war, but they refused to enli s t or serve as "Levies." A m o st injudicious method hod was adopted to overcome their scruples, by threats of for feiture of lands and other matters, under an erroneous impression, it would se em , that the lands there are held by a sort of military tenure, or on condition of military service whenever called for. The people, who are n ) fools, though their jackets are not very sound, speedily put this to rights by exhibiting their " titles," and upon a more reasonable tone being adopted by the authorities, some 350 active men joined Colonel Somerset to act against the Chief Pato, as was then (March 17th) gene rally understood. The nevrdO;;rnor, like all new men, requires an oc cualesiodniffaelrheiinatefmlraossesolodf ex the n i c n e , t h a i s s t c o o lon y c . h a And a n c t d e r o n ( e f hint is, that with Hottentots threats are not only un availing, but invariably lessen the authority of the party that . employs them. The H o tte n t o t w ill li sten to reason• mg, and, if fairly overmatched in argument, he will admit it and yield ; but if be happens to be in the right, let not the educated man rely upon ingenuity or cunning words, for these pass by the unlettered men as idle wind. Right or wrong, however, he hardens himself against threats. He holds them to be open war, and only thinks how he may defeat them. Those who know the Hotten tots, and deal with them according to their nature, are able to lead them against any enemy, and from one end of Africa to the other. And under such men they are and have been in every war the right arm of the colony. Treat them, then, as men; beware of hurting their spirit, which, in their circumstances, is naturally j e al ous , b ut , above all, observe the strictest truth and justice in s p eec h and deed. The thing they chiefly insist upon is to be " treated like other people." They are not so nice about what that treatment may be, as that it shall be equal. The country looks with some trepidation to the be ginning of /his second Campaign. The miseries of the last twelve months were caused chiefly by the bad be ginning of the last. one.. A second Burn's-hill would be fatal. says the The Zuid Afriketan publishes the Bill of Indemnity, enacted by the new G overnor, " to indemnif y all per sons in regard to ce rtain acts done durin g the recent existence of martial la w." the Gilbert Henderson, h a d Another emigrant ship , rgeopnoer.atshore i n Algoa Bay, in a '° brisk gale," BREAD FROM `SEAT MEAL.—It is stated by a r espondent of the Salisbury Journal, that b rea d i s c m ° a r de and sold at Mere containing the whole of the pro duce of the wheat without any dressi ng , an d that the price is only B d . the 41b.loat, while th e ot h er b akers ' bread is 1 0 d. and lid. It is a matter of surprise that the former description of bread is . not mad e an d sold in this city; but, instead of such being the ca se , t h ere i s a dif ficulty in obtaining it, even it ordered, an d t h e same price is charged as for other bread. Bread from wheat meal is recommended as both wholesome and nutritious ; it is, in fact, highly conducive to health.— Western Luminary. , - „ V .. 4 rar 1 w~ IRISH POOR RELIEF. SECOND REPORT OF Till: co m missroyEßs, Relief Commission-office, Dublin, May 15,1847. Moy it please your Lordships—We beg,, , leave to submit a second monthly report of our proceedings under the Temporary Relief Act, 10 Vic., cap 7. One thousand two hundred and forty-eight elec toral divisions are under the direct operation of the , Act, and many others have means remaining which enable them to hold back; many, however, still re quire an organised system of relief, and we feel con siderable disappointment that this progress should have been so slow, seeing no good reason why the measure might not by this time have been in full ac tivity all over the country. The means were, to the best of our belief, within the reach of all the local bodies, through whose agency it was to be worked, and without whose assistance nothing could be done ; but delays have arisen in many parts from the great disinclination which seems to be gradually arising against the commencement of an extensive system of out-door relief, and a vague impression of other more favourite systems of meeting the difficulties. Some committees have certainly worked with zeal and ability, and are proceeding to carry out th measure with charit a bl e feelings, united to the firm ness necessary to prevent its degenerating into abuse. Others are equally well disposed, but experience difficulties which they cannot find means to overcome without inconvenient delay. Some are negligent from an aversion to this first essay of an out-door provision, as above mentioned, or from a desire to force on a continuance of the system of public works as the general means of relief; some from animosities and dissensions among them selves ; and others from a want of willingness and energy to undertake the task. In addition to these causes there his been,-in many districts, an assumed excuse afforded , for deferring the necessary proceedings under the Act, by the circum stance of old committees or parties having sufficient funds remaining in hand to provide for the most urgent wants of the moment. So long as hopes were entertained that, by the delay of the requisite preparations, the continuance of the expenditure on the public works could be enforced, on the plea that those works were to remain in acti vity till the other measure should be ready, a great negligence was observed in many districts ; and it has been only by the determination shown in a con siderable reduction of the works, that a certain degree of activity has at length been produced. This has been the only means in our power of sti mulating the Committees to exertion, except by re monstrances through the medium of our inspectors. Amidst the awful extent of distress that prevails generally over the country, and with extreme inten sity in the west, and in parts of the interior, much alleviation has been afforded by the benevolent efforts of individuals, and of associations, and even by the active sympathy of foreign countries. The public works provided for a very large number of distressed persons, but as the extent of the calamity was gradually developed, together with the necessity for providing for the wants of millions of unfortunate beings, all of these means having been found totally insufficient, and the Legislature has deemed it neces sary to meet the emergency, by an arrangement as proposed by this Act, for the seeking out of every distressed individual. We make this statement to show the enormous arrangement that is dependent on this commission, the great demands that arrangement must necessarily involve, and the real difficulties that must arise in its establishment, particularly when so much opposed to the desire and feelings of so many of those on whose assistance we are dependent for carrying it out, and who are only reluctantly led to lend that assistance because no other means remain for saving numbers from absolute starvation. In the development of this great temporary reli.-1 operation, we are met by many objections to our le gulations, by assumed difficulties, and by remon -trances against the effects of the act itself ; with the latter of course, we have nothing to do, except to show that such effects, whether good or bad, are inheren. in the measure, and not arising from our adeninistra. lion of it. The first and most reasonable complaint brough forward is, that it will have the result of feeding vas numbers of able-bodied men, who will be kept in idle. ness. We are hardly bound to explain why the insuffi ciency and enormous expense of a public work sys tem have precluded the continued application of that remedy for this inconvenience; but we point out the anxiety of Government for the promotion of legitimate public works, and for the encouragement of private works, and we urge the importance of all proprietors, farmers, and of individuals in general, affording as much employment as may be in their power. It must be confessed that, notwithstanding every effort that can be made, there will still remain a vast multitude of able labourers to be fed without employ ment, and suggestions have been offered as to the propriety of establishing some useful labour in return for the rations ; but they all tend rather , to the ad vantage of effecting that object than to the means by which it could be accomplished. We concur in the principle, but consider that the result can be only very partially attained. This we have endeavoured to explain in our circular of the 22d of April. Demands continue to be strongly urged upon us to admit of the administration of relief in aid of wages on the plea that a man cannot support a large family on his wages, although all above fifteen years of age are allowed to be distinctly entered on the lists. The principle we have laid down has been so com pletely understood and established in England, that it is only necessary to advert to it, in order to explain, that, even under the present circumstances of Ireland, there is nothing peculiar to justify its relaxation; on the contrary, we consider that it is essential to avoid at this moment the introduction of a system which we are satisfied is in its nature pernicious, and calcu lated to add considerably to the future embarrass.. ments of the country. Independent of the encouragement that would be given by this provision from a public fund to early marriages and their natural result, large families, without any prospective means for their support, it is not apparently perceived that the same argument would be equally available for the partial support of small families, or of the single labourer, and that wages would be no longer regulated by the 'rdinary competition of supply and demand, but would become absolutely at the caprice of the employer. If any deviation were made from this regulation at the present commencement of out. door relief, it would be found extremely difficult to rectify it here after! and we should be accused, and with justice, of having been the means of inflicting a very serious permanent injury on the community. Dissatisfaction has been expressed from many parts at the inadequacy of the amount c.f ration that we have defined as the scale for distribution. Under the present dearth it would be impossible to afford relief to the degree that every charitable person would de sire; it must be reduced to what is strictly neces sary; and we have the authority of the Central Berar d d scale,ofthat Health, it reasonable , to whom re as weh b a le, u vea nd ah e m r i t t h tv e d!nirproP°4e circumstances of the case- We find it difficult in many di4tricts to obtain the establishment of soup kitchens, as the medium in part of relief. Dry meal is universally greatly pre ferred, and, it is feared, chiefly on account of the opening it affords for abuses, and many Committees, yielding to this popular feeling, or to avoid increased trouble, insist on its use. Other injurious deviations from our regulations are also frequently pressed upon us ; and it may be deemed a matter of surprise that persons who appear to have the greatest dread of the introduction of fir.- measure of out-door relief, should, in many case, , , advocate proceedings that would greatly add to its evils. A. very difficult question has been re p ea t e dly sub mitted to us, viz., the extent of holding in land, or of property in stock, &c., that should disentitle a per son to gratuitous relief. We consider that this can with reason only be dealt with according t each individual case. Abstractedly it nsay be thought that the possession of any property should preclude person from being considered destitute ; but, inde pendently of the cruelty of this principle, it becomes a question of policy whether a man should be drivel) to permanent destitution, when, by some temporary relief afforded him, he might hereafter, by such re served means, be enabled to gain an independent live lihood. The substitution under the Act of relief by food for that by public works, as hitherto afforded, is ex tremely unpopular with all classes. There is a natural prejudice in favour of the useful effect that must, in certain degree, be produced by the latter, and for money payments ; while the very great abuses t•. which the system gave rise are overlooked, as are also the demoralising effect of the semblance of labour f full amount of wages, an d th e itnpossibilit by°l. Y means of meeting the extent of measure e e m o e f r g relief,e nc are The public works, as a course of rapid reduction, as the new we believe e fo io rc u e s d a i r n ra to n g o e pr ei t i i t o s n of ; measure th eJ. d thaendßoard of Works are effect ing this object with firmness, combined with d ue consideration f or t h e circumstances of each locality, so as not to press on the distressed population more than is abs o l u t e l y necessary to stimulate the relief committees to proceed with the means of distributing food under our Act. It is anxiously hoped, that a large mass community, now absolutely requiring food, will gradually be absorbed by the prosecution of such the legitimat e bps works as can be recommended on b of the of commer:surate public utility, with a duo arnouct of work for the expenditure, by undertakings, by public companies, boards, and by the efforts of indi vidual proprietors to establish as much labour as shall be in their power. The Legislature has been led by the circumstanei s of the times to deem it absolutely expedient to pro• vide for the present distress by the searching measure of unproductive out-door relief. As commissioners for carrying out this measure, our efforts are earnestl 3 engaged in the. endeavour to avoid the permanent evils to which it must be liable ; but it is manifest that, while we indicate the means I by which, to the best of our judgment, this object is to be effected, the interests of the country are in the hands of the local bisdies and of local influences, in whom alone the power exists to bring it to the most favourable results of which it is susceptible. While some are aware that such is the ease, and are making laudable efforts to carry their districte through the existing calamity as rapidly and with as little mischief as possible, we regret to sav that there are others so short sighted, so indolent, or so perverse, as to leave events to take their course, and conse quently to allow of mal-practices 'which they might prevent, or even connive at them for the purpose of self-advantage. We accompany our report with the circular orders we have issued since our last. We have the honour to be, my Lords, your most obedient humble servants, J. F. BURGOYNE. D. M•GREcou. T. N. REDINGTON. R. J. Roura. E. T. B. TWISLETON. HARRY D. Jonas. To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, &c. &c. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ........_ PO RTSMOUTH, MAY 26 .—Yesterday evening Colonel Campbell, D eputy-Lieutenant of the county of Hants, entertained the Conde de Montemolin, the Duke de Medina Sidonia, his Excellency the Marquis de Villa franca, Colonel Merry, General Montenegro, Captain BarloW,ll.E., Captain Pasco, R. N.,, Major and Mrs. HarveY, Captain and Mrs. Conway Gordon,. Captain Stawiarski, Dr. Rolph, and "other distinguished per sonages, at a grand banquet at his mansion, Northend, Kingston. This morning the Count and his suite attended a solemn mass at the Catholic chapel, Gosport, where the remains of his mother are deposited. The service was performed by the Rev. Ramon Doria, his Highness's chaplaia. After service the distinguished party were present at the inspection of the 42d Highlanders, in Colewort barracks in this citadel, in their full Highland costume; thence the distinguished party, accompanied by Captain Pasco, of the Victory, proceeded to the vic tualling establishment, Clarence-yard, and thence to Hasler Hospital, which establishments, under the com mand of Sir Edward Parry, afforded much gratification to the party. This afternoon the 43d Light Infantry, under com mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Forlong, K.H., were in spected in review order on Southsea-common, by Major- General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, G.C.H., in order Ito gratify these distinguished foreigners; the manner in which this most efficient regiment went through the various manoeuvres incidental to field operations excited the admiration of the immense assemblage congregated to witness them; and, in the words of Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, when he last inspected them, "left nothing to be desired." The Admiral-in -Chief's barge attended upon the august party in all their peregrinations afloat, under the guidance of Captain Pasco, of the Victory. They re turned to town this afternoon by an express train on the South-Western Reilway. The Hecate steam.,loop, Commander West, arrived at Spithead last evening from the west coast of Africa station. The Commodore, in the Penelope, arrived at Whydah on the 12 - h of March, and gave the Hecate her orders to proceed home on tne ,ame day; she accord ingly left fir Fernando Po for coals, which having pro cured, she left on the 22d, takine the Waterwitch, 2, Commander 'F. F. Birch, in tow cl,ar of the i , land, she being bound to Kabenda to fail in with the Commodore, having on board one of the chi. fs of the Bunny, who had seized English propertk. on board a merchant vessel's boat; the culprit was th refute taken in the WaterwitA fir the di :piss .1 of the Comm , dory, Th e Hecate arrived at Sierra Leone on the ufternoon of the 14th of April undrr sa I ow). flaying shipped suffi cient coal to take her to the G iinlea, she lett on the • vening of the 17th of April, and screed there en the 21st, completed fuel Fine. left on the 28tti for Goree, where she arrived on the 30th, 1. ft in the afternoon of the Ist instint, and arrived at Tene:iffe on tr.e 9th„ and left, after coaling, on the 14th for Spithead. All the officers who left England in the Hecate have returned ;n her with the exception of Mr. Fox, the master, whose death we recorded some months since. The Hecate has been in commission since December, 1843, and was employed on the coast of Ireland, under Com mander J. P. Bower, until 1845, when that officer was promoted. Commander West then succeeded to the appointment, and she left England on the 23d of June, 1845, for tho coast of Africa. She has made three captures during her slave trade suppression service; one was shared with the Prometheus, and one of the others had 549 slaves on board. When she left the station, the coast and squadron were healthy, but the slave trade was thriving. It is estimatsd that the number of cargoes successfully landed forms a striking contrast in amount to the number of prizes made by the cruizers. The Grampus, 50, Captain Martin, the Juno, 26, Captain Blake, and the Spy brigantine, Commander Woolridge, were in the bay at Otaheite in the beginning of February last—all well; also the French Urania, 60; two other 50's, two brigs, two schooners, a steam sloop, and some transports. The Juno was taking in stores and completing provisions for six months from a transport which arrived from Valparaiso on the 11th of January. Our letter says, " The French have several forts commanding the approaches to the town, and watch-houses and towers built on hills at the back of the town to prevent surprise ; they are still fortifying the place. The soldiers have charge of one end of the town, and a number of seamen the other : they expect 1,200 soldiers to reinforce them hourly. Some of the tribes have marched in and submitted to the French. David Thomas, the gunner's mate, who ran from the Vindictive, is strongly posted in the mountains with about 1,500 men ; he watches the French so closely that they dare not venture out of the reach of the guns ; his men frequently fall upon the guards in the night at the watehhouses and massacre them. In the beginning of December last, 400 French troops marched out to attack him ; in one skirmish they (the French) lost fifty men, and David so harassed them that very few lived to return. They intend to attack him again when the reinforcements arrive. The French are training and arming the tribes who have sub mitted; they are fine men, most of them exceeding six feet in stature. I think the French will soon be sorry for putting too much confidence in them. They (the French) have effered a very large reward to any one who shall take or kill Thomas, who has about 20 more Englishmen with him, and frequently comes into the town in disguise, but the French do not know him. They have lost an immense number of men since they have been here ; one vessi 1, the Urattie, has lost 400. Provisions are very scarce and dear ; the only fresh neat to be get is a tew sue,ll pigs and fowls ; there are ' Jolty actinic in the isl :nd, but the French cannot get at them, for they have only possession of as much of the island as their shins can fire over, and when th. ir 1,I?00 men arrive to reinforce them, I think they will soon eat them-elves out of this. A Fr- nch ..fficer said the other day, $ This is a seco nd Algeria ;it has cost us more teen and money than it ever w.ii be worth." The labourers in her Majesty's d o eky ar d petitioned l the Admiralty last week r.r a n increase of their se g d. which has been f. , r 7i , an) years only 12s. Thei r l,c i stipend. which h eve b,-en gra i , u,ly pleased to grata their request, and have increased it to 14s. a wei k until Angus, nnct, in consideration of th, high prices of pro visions. Tne Joseph Stnes convict ship, haviiie taken on b , ard prisoners at Cowes, cam e re *-,piliead la s t n ia t. The Hecate s t eam sloop. Vortiteut,ch.r West, is elen z . +i ,- le the jetty, receivir e the store=s which she i; to take to Woolwich, wi;h which site will leave this evening or o-m,brrew morning. The Clarence victuellinfe establishment stopped making; relief" bread last night by Government order. The following are more detailed particulars of the capture of the Penelnpe's three prizes :—On the 17th of March she fell in with the Flying Fish, in chase of a -laver which she had been after four days and nights. the (Penelope) joined the chase, and continued all night. On hbeuttret n hh e ree l r ole On the following morning she sep.irated. The h The Penelope tired at her. er hu a t . the Seen about tight o'clo• and then v s e he hove to ; sh a to ; the shot went over l h . . she threw nothing overboard was a magnificeet sal l er ho , u It on the mzni r ng did of n e o th t as e h l e B a t v i h i; gh she had put seven shot eblu:inrwdetrh d kins h g er doo e w. r e e nr w : fine vessel of 100 tons, with a She was a over board r t d h e F fo i r y k only about 2 feet , 11 inches high for 300 slaves (t4 t oec hro b l e lgh s :h w e ed r m up a o ln u s . a d ti l , a h n e d g o ot on fre th sl e i at Kabenda, which she left on the 22d for Congo ~ ingusF,is.kasna._t ell 28th h e r 0 f a and March fil l filled and, where she arrived on the 23d in the afternoon. About tanks. kmsi.l miles s Sobffe Cong o h , ft L o lj made for St. Helena. On the 30th saw a sail, chased: and came up with her in about three hours ;found her d to be the schooner Felteidadawith 312 slaves on boar „ mostly women and children, 17 ' , men in irons, a sick and miserable looking mass. On the 4th of April, about one, P•sr., she fell in with another vessel, and came up with her at sunset, After a hard chase, she having thrown everything overboard. She was the Joanita, named after her captain ; she was :from Rio, empty, bound to the coast fitted for slaves, a fast sailer, which they think no sailing vessel would ever have captured. At Kabenda tho Commodore inspected- the Lorne, Bittern, Heroine, Sealark, and Lily ; all. well. The Penelope remained at St. Helena on the 12th of April; all well. WOOLWICH, MAY 26.—The Driver steani.sloop, C a p_ tain C. 0. Hayes, Cciiimtinden was paid off yesterday at Woolwich, on her return from the East Indies and China station. The Atholl troop-ship, Master Commander Pearn, was paid wages in advance to day at Woolwich, and will embark two companies of the Royal Artillery, under orders for Ceylon, to relieve the two companie a at that station. The Ampti In steam-frigate, CNA .in Woodford J. Williams, is still at Greenhithe. THE FALL IN CORN.—That important functionat.y the bellrnan, way again called on : motning to an nounce to tho town a pieco of nows of less questional)le character than his I,st week's proclamation :—" Oh y es, oh yes, oh yes ions ! Great tact ! Chimp bread and flour ! L Mark-lane, Monday. hien, women, and children, inhabiting Bury Sr. Edmund's ,are with great joy informed T th, re was a lar,re arrival of w:ieat and flour in the London market yesterday. and tn2t who:-.t was Cs. to 8, pr quarter cheaper, a.id flour ss. per sack lower, with sae. God save thy Queen and the free traders."—Bury Post. the .nfor aließC 3liv er , ies anal a the ;bill ell to r oa 10 0 was I the . 10 0 000 ce of the 11 in 9e' con -35r. 'day . mail reek T 75 ich pity ore tps ad