The Sun. — London, England, 1847-06-28 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. The Queer' and Prince Albert, the King of the 13e1- glans, the Lulif s and Gentlemen o f the Court, und the domestic, household, attended Divirle service yesterday in the private chapel, in Buckingham Palace. Pryers were read by the Hon. and Rev. C. Leslie Courtenay. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Liddell. Their Royal Hi g hnesses the Duchess of Cambrid g e and the Princess Mary visited their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena, took their usual airings yesterday, in the royal gardens. The Queen and Prince Albert went, on Saturday morning, to the Royal Academy to inspect the marble statue of her Majesty by Gibson. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were attended by Lady Caroline Cocks, Major-General Bowles, and Lord Alfred Paget. The Queen and the Queen of the Belgians, accom panied by Prince Alfred and the Princess Alice, took an airing on Saturday in an open carriage and four. Lord Alfred Paget, Equerry in 'Waiting, attended on horse- back. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back on Saturday, accompanieel by his Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, and at tended by Colonel Bouverie, Equerry in Waiting. Prince Albert visited her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Marlborough Howe. His Majesty the King of the Belgians held a diplo =sac levee on Saturday, at one o'clock, at Buckingham Palace. It was attended by Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador, Count de Noailles, Secretary, and Monsieur de Rabaudy, Chancelier of the Embassy ; Count Dietrichstem, the Austrian Am bassador ; Baron de Cetto, Bavarian Minister ; Baron de Moncorvo, Portuguese Minister ; Count de de Kielmansegge, the Hano verian Minister ; Baron Hugel, the Wurtembeig Minister ; Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister ; Prince Lowenstein, Secretary of Legation, and Count Redern ; Le Commandeur Marques Lisboa, Brazilian Minister ; and M. Piexoto, Attaché to the Legatior.; Count de Reventlow, the Danish Mi nister; Col. Iturregui, the Peruvian Minister; Prince Cal limaki. the Ottoman Porte Minister; Mr. Bancroft, Ame rican Minister; and Mr. J. R. Brodhead, Secretary of Le gation; Count SchimmTlpenninck,Netherlands Minister; and M. Stratenus, COnseiller of Legation; Senor X. Isturiz, the Spanish Minister, and the Chevalier Pedro rens, Secretary of Legati on ; Senor Mora, the Mexican Minister, and M. J. de Lizards, Attacl,6 to the Legation ; Baron de Beust, the Saxon Minister; Mr. Colquboun, Diplomatic Agent for the Hanse Towns; Count Adrien de Revel, the Sardinian Charge d'Affaires; Baron de Rehausen, Swedish Chargé d'Affair6;; M. de Koudriaff sky, and Baron do Nicolay, Secretaries to the Russian Legation. The reception was also attended by M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian Minister ; Mr. Charles Drouet, First Secre y of Legation ; M. D ele p ierre, Count de Secretary of LeAa tartion ; Mr. Castellain , Consul for Belgium ; Lalaing, and le Vicomte de Yonghe. The diplomatic corps having assembled in the library, their Majesties the King and Queen of tho Belgians entered the apartment, when their Excellencies were severally presented by M. Van de Weyer. The King was attended by Major de Moerkerke, Aide-de -Camp ; and the Queen was attended by the Countess Vanderstraten, Dame du Palais. The Countess de St. Aulaire, wife of the French Ambassador, and the Countess Dietrichstein, wife of the Austrian Ambassado r, were presented to her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians on Saturday. The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Queen of the Belgians, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, honoured the performance at the St. James's Theatre, on Saturday afternoon, with their presence. The royal suite con sisted of the Marchioness of Douro, Lord Alfred Paget, and Colonel Bouverie. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, honoured the performance at the Royal Italian Opera House, on Saturday evening, with their presence. In attendance were the Marchioness of Douro, the Countess Vander straten, Lord Byron, Major de Moerkerke, Lord Alfred Paget. and Colonel Bouverie. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and hic Royal High ness the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, at tended Divine service, yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St... James's. The prayers were read by the Rev. T. — Helmore, and the Lessons by the Rev. J. C. Haden. ',The sermon was preat.hed by the Rev. Dr. Wesley. The The chant and service were by Sir George Smart. Anthem was "In thee, 0 Lord" (Weldon). Sir George 'Smart presided at the organ. The Bishop of Norwich, Clerk of the Closet, attended. The Queen Dowager was attended by the Dowager Lady Clinton and Earl Howe. Among the nobility present were Ladies St. Germans, Wilton, Fortescue, and Ebrington ; the Duke of Beaufort • the Marquises of Anglesey and Ormonde ; Lords Bandon, Fortescue, Wilton, St. Germans. Ebring ton, and Falkland. The Duke of Wellington, the Duke and Duchess of Bt. Alban's, and Sir Fred. Trench attended the early service in the Chapel Royal. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the sermon. His Royal Highness Prince George visited her Ma jesty the Queen Dowoger yesterday at Marlborough House. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge attended Divine service yesterday in Grosvenor Chapel. Their Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary attended Divine service yesterday morning in St. Michael's Church, Chester-square. Baroness Hammerstein and Baron Knesebeck were in waiting on the Royal Duchess. Their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar honoured Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston with their company at din ner on Saturday, at their residence in Carlton-gardens. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge honoured Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston with his company in the evening. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Hammerstein, Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmund Mildmay, honoured the performance at the Royal Italian Opera House with their presence on Sa turday evening. The Committee on Education of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council held a meeting on Saturday, which was attended by the Lord President of the Council, Lord John Russell, the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of Minto, the Earl of Auckland, Viscount Mor peth, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the Right. Hon. T. B. Macaulay. Mr. Kay Shuttleworth was in attendance. Sir R. Ferguson had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon on Saturday. Mr. Wyse had also an interview with the Noble Earl. Father Mathew had an interview with Lord John Russell, on Saturday, at his official residence in Down ing-street. The Marquis of Salisbury had an interview with Sir George Grey, on Saturday, at the Home Office. The Chairman of the Customs had an interview, on Saturday, with the Earl of Clarendon. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWCASTLE RACES.—FRIDAY. The Royal Victoria Whip Stakes of 5 sovs. each, p.p., with 15 added; for three yrs old, 7st, four yrs, Bst 31b, five yrs, Bst IMb, six yrs and aged, 9st. Mares, &c., allowed 31b. !tee d te du sa rin v Winners during the week, 31b extra. Horses having started daring h th is e s w th e k e e k , and and not won allowedw w o in n nerte he e3ellbd. for TheseT hese if demanded. Heats. One mitts. 150 1. , Mr. S. L. Fox's Psalmsinger, 5 er, 3 yrs 1 2 3 Mr. J. Scott's The Alderman's yrs (Joy) 3 1 1 Mr. W. H. Johnstone 's Milden, 5 yrs Mr. Pedley's T anais, 3 y rs 4 6 2 Mr. F. Nico ll ' s Roland, aged - 5 8 Mr. Meiklam' s Daring, 3 yrs 7 3 5 Mr. M. Dawson's f by Camel or Nonsense, 3 yrs 2 7 dr Mr. Merry's B E adinage, sac 4 dr h heat won easy. The Stand -keepers Stakes, for hunters, of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added, gent. riders. Once round and a dis. Mr. Bank's Grand Seignor, 4 yrs . .............. (Mr. Baker) 1 Mr. Lambert nn E leanor, aged .. ......... . .. ............... 2 .. . 3 Mr. Foster nd Gipsy Queen, ag easy.ed ...... ......... . Won _ - hIANCHESTER.—Fammr. Nearly all the subscribers at Newcastle, and nothing done. LATEST BETTING AT NEWCASTLE. GOODWOOD Cur.-2 to 1 agst The Hero (t)-9 to 1 agst Erya (t)-12 to I agst Wolfdog (t)-25 to 1 agst i)lendicant. GOODWOOD STAKES —l2 to 1 offered on the tolltleld-5 to 1 agst Stultz (t)— 15 to 1 agst Vatnpyre (t)— 20 Burgundy (t). ST. LEGER.-5 to 2 asst The Cossack-6 to I agst Van Tromp (offered currently)-11 to 1 agst Mr. Martiu-11 to 1 agst Red Hart— 25 to 1 agst Eryx. MARY LE B ONE VESTR BATES AND WASHHOUSES. On Saturday Earl MANVERS resumed the adjourned debate upon the motion of Mr. Williams, M.P., that the Commissioners of Baths and Washhouses be not autho rised to expend any money until their plan, estimate, cost, and probable annual expenditure be laid the before ti on e the Vestry. His Lordship fu l ly approved of m which would, he was satisfied, be supported by every man who had the interests of the parish, and especially of the poor of the parish, at heart. Sir WALTER STERLING, while supporting the motion, cautioned the Vestry against rejecting the measure, a s their successful opposition to the Health of Towns Bill had involved them in the charge of being opposed to 'sa natory reform.—(Hear, hear.) Messrs. BELL and LONDON, com missioners, opposed the ,motion. Mr. M'EVELYN, a commissioner, denounced the motion as a dishonest scheme to get rid of the proposition t o build baths and washhouees, which would prove a self supporting institution. Mr. WILLIAMS, M.P., replied. After an interesting discussion, a division was taken, when their appeared 15 for, 33 against the motion. The Vestry shortly afterwards adjourned. CAUTION TO INNKEEPERS AND TRADESMEN.—A ;person of Jewish caste, five feet six inches high, between thirty and forty years of age, of gentlemanly air, and showily dressed, last week visited the Regent Hotel, 'Leamington; and, after leaving a bag containing 130 sove reigns in the landlord's hat ds for several days, requested cto have them on his departure ; but suddenly re unembered he had a remittance to make, and requested a cheque for 81., in exe7aange for eight sovereigns, which was given ; but the landlord, suspecting an inten tion to alter the cheque, gave notice to the bank, and shortly after it was brought back to him, having been cashed only for the right amount, but having evidently had a "y" and a "0" inserted, which had afterwards .(from the party being in some way apprised of the :suspicion) been erased. A similar attempt was made tupon a clergymen, but defeated by referring the stranger Vo the post-office for a money order.—Bury Post. 0 f the over l/ ' 119 68 : ,at ne,,, ling 1" nce ll : thel tb In 00.7 n f sarisfore. is i n er Of Ave r to 511 4 spolls' mets l 7 o u-' o glvi'l 0 op n v Or Y beia T hef hote l° wor ot t' n tere' s 005" rorei be • 01- 1 : 3 4 .• ionov to s lc aod ati o d 0 1 ' it boO rill ea ° tr i ii/P i tl 4to 130 ' ilje tO Iced fe 14 let ' d og r 11.3 theft te t hv i. oe l P iv% br- JS:o 4 14 ( je t' g 9 ° "„e 0 30 t o It ~ed• 1 he v o P , Ga s ot, or e ov a tl etl v eer! ,r 0 be pie• 0 p 0 bo g [O lt 'e f „ „A 'l 4° o id THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY. MORNING, JUNE 28, 1847. ?EXHIBITION OF PICTURES AT WESTMINSTER HALL. Government is at lergth eliciting the artistic genius which has hitherto remained comparatively dormant among our fellow-countrymen. The screens in West minster Hall sufficiently testify that the munificence of the Legislature has not been misdirected. Only one question forces itself upon us as still problematical, after a prolonged inspecaon of the paintings—What will the State do with the intellect it has thus summoned into development? Will it, like the fabricator of Franken stein, abandon the spirit it ha ambition of thats evoked at the verspiry it mo ment when the powe is attested? We cannot think that this generous movement will be productive of such miseries as a conclusion like that would necessitate. There is a glorious but mournful warning on the wall—No. 15—one of the latest, and certainly one of the best of poor Haydon's—" The Banishment of Aristides, illustrative of the Injustice of Democracy!" With that visible manifestation of the woes incident to the atelier before us, we cannot dream that the Government will encourage merely to forsake. From the multiplicity of the productions suspended in Westminster Hall, one hundred and twenty distinct paint ings. it would be impossible to give an accurate analysis of tee merits of the collection from the recollection of a single inspection, and within the compass of a single notice. The remembrance of a first visit to an exhibition so novel and so copious in pro mise as the present, is necessarily one of the most embarrassed and confused that can be conceived. Sup posing due attention is paid to each individual composi tion, the recollection of the whole would necessarily be a combination of excellencies and blemishes, of incidents and emotions, of hues and distances, and groupings and passions. Bearing this in mind, we principally confined our attention to those pictorial creations the predominant talent of which has been in a very signal manner pro claimed by the combined judgments of the Marquis of Lansdowne, of Sir Robert Peel, of Samuel Rogers, of Richard Westmacott, of Richard Cook, and of William Etty. Looking then to these directly, we were irresist ibly reminded of the proverbial impossibility of making any selection of this character in such a manner as to sa tisfy any single individual,with the exception, of course, of the successful competitors and their particular friends. Taste is so variable in its nature, so diverse in its mani festation, and so impossible to reduce within arbitrary rules, that its definition has baffled even the astuteness of Alison. It has even pronounced its own fickleness by merging into the adage, chacun a son Out—that adage, moreover, showing in a remarkable manner that each man has son gout—his particular taste. Art, how ever, is anything but simply a thing appreciable by what is commonly called taste. Taste cannot make an exe crable picture a masterpiece, nor distort a masterpiece into a monstrosity. The genius of art appeals irresis tibly to persons of all imaginable tastes (so-called), though it appeals to them undoubtedly through an ex traordinary number of different channels. Still wherever the genius of art is imprinted upon the canvass, there, be certain, is attracted the admiration of those who are competent to appreciate the productions of that art; and precisely from such a consideration are we prepared to express our supreme astonishment at the classification of the nine pictures to which prizes have been awarded. We are amazed at the particular classification, and we are satisfied the public will be amazed likewise. Fore most among the " Premiums of Five Hundred Pounds" is No. 17, " Burial of Harold at Waltham Abbey," by F.R. Pickersgill. Supposing the visitor were taken blind fold from the entrance-gate of the hall, and relieved from the bandage opposite this Prize A, No. 1, we do not hesitate to say, that his surprise would be that the pic ture by Mr. Pickersgill is considered by the Fine Arts Committee as the best painting in the exhibition—nay, we do not hesitate to say that his predominant sentiment would be a sentiment of disappointment. For a moment we do not deny that the " Burial of Harold" is clever—comsummately clever—but we do assuredly protest that in our estimation it is very far indeed from being the masterpiece in the exhibition. The grouping is anything but graceful, presenting as it does the curve of so many buttocks around the corpse of the slain monarch; and, saving the sombre green of the female dress and the glittering mail of the soldier, the colour is feeble. Immeasurably beyond this in point of subject in point of inspiration, and in point of drawing, is the painting by G. F. Watts, No. 28, " Alfred inciting the Saxons to prevent the landing of the Danes, by en countering them at sea." The vestures of the great king, as he steps upon the plank of the galley, seem to be caught up in the storm of heroism, and the Saxons respond toithe trumpet tones of his voice by their daring visages and the appropriate energy of their movements. The conception is grand and truly historical, but the colouring is miserably deficient. No. 31, " The Battle of Meanee," by Edward Armitage, is a spirited battle scene, suggested by the school of Horace Vernet, but for anything in the shape of poetry, of ingenuity, of truthfulness to nature, or of power in the portraiture of passion, it is a blank. Very different is the 11th pic ture as marked in the catalogue, " Edward" Generosity to the People of Calais during the Siege of 1346," by Paul Falconer Poole. The incident chosen by the artist is one of the noblest in the history of our common country. Edward 111. and the Black Prince are represented in the centre of the pic ture distributing alms to the poorer inhabi tants of Calais who have been thrust out of the city gates, to the number of seventeen hundred, by Jean de Vienne, the Governor. The composition of the entire picture is masterly, and domestic passion shines out "conspicuously in the different groups. The whole is conceived in the loftiest style of art, and the combination of colour is marvellously beautiful. J. Noel Paton has a dainty and imaginative picture (No. 24), " The Reconciliation of Oberon and Titania:' it is swarming with invention, both bewitching and fantastic. Another noble limning is that of " Wisdom" (No. 95.) by James Eckford Lauder. Several of the unrewarded paintings struck us as ‘ evidencing superior ability. HONESTY REWARDED.—On Monday evening, a lat in the employ of Messrs. Maxwell and Son, law book sellers, Bell-yard, Fleet-street, was sent out on business for his employers into the City. On passing the obelisk at the end of Farringdon-street, he saw lying on the ground, in the mud, a piece of paper folded as a letter; on looking at it he found it to be an unsea led letter, addressed to Mr. Asher, British Museum, containing several bank-notes. The lad immediately returned to his employers' house of business, and handed the letter and notes to the head clerk in the counting-house, stating to him when and where he had found them. The clerk, on examining the contents, found enclosed two 401. and five 101. Bank of England notes, amounting in t he whole to 1301. He then directed the lad to go imme diately to the Museum, and make • uiries for and a th sc e e r r e ta h in e f i e f ue M d r. m A n sh A er she e r ou h ld ad h ll e teft s:e n e andn. On n o would goi ng t that Mr. return Ashe r t h ilth r e ee n e e iv x e t d morning. eninngoies app ear s e Bank l in the course of the afternoon, and for safety had p l aced d them e in an old envelope directed to him, and I :h them in the breast pocket of his coat, and did nO 3 t a di e s d dis cover his loss till going to rest at one o'clock in the morn ing. He hastened early in the morning to the Bank, ar rived before the hour of business, took the only remedy in his power to save, if possible, his property, ascertained the numbers, and stopped the notes. Ho then went, in a low, desponding mood, to the Museum, where the lad was waiting for him. On Mr. Asher being pointed out to the lad, he inquired if he had lost anything. Mr. Asher answered, with great emotion, " Yes; have you found anything?" To his great delight the lad an swered he had found some bank-notes. Mr. Asher ex claimed, w ith evident emotion, " Thank God.' The lad directly gave the notes to Mr. Asher on his describ ing to the honour of that gentleman, he e d m b g; ack a 101. note. The lad, with much acu t eness, "if he could make use of the note." Mr. bin aquudt ere d Asher, recovering from his surprise, said, " No, you cannot; but you shall go with me in a cab to the Bank and obtain the change." 'they proceeded accordingly to the Bank, and obtained the change. Mr. Asher handed the ten sovereigns to the lad, and, on leaving, took down his name and address in his pocket-b in ook, and poohrmised the lad to do everything that laid his power elp. him; he would obtain for him a good situation, and pro be could, his future interest and wel mote, in every way fare, for the truly, honest, upright, straightforward manner in which he had acted in this transaction. It may be added th it at the time Messrs. Maxwell's lad found the money, another lad was with him, to whom he afterwards gave four sovereigns, and placed the re mainder of the money in St. Clement's Savings'-bank. POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. —The highly interest ing lectures of Dr. Bachheffner, on the application of electricity to telegraphic purposcs, so recently given in the above establishment, have led to t iction of a series of workinc, models of Cook and Wheatstone's electric telegraph, and the electro-magnetic clocks of Mr. Bains, the property of the Electric Telegraph Company, and as these models are used and exhibited by two as sistants of the company, who attend daily for that pur pose, the working of this extraordinary and valuable application is thus practically laid before the public, more particularly the simple yet lucid illustrations of Dr. Bacbhoffner, on this subject, must be fully in the re collection of the numerous visitors to this institution. We trust that the Learned Professor may be induced to resume this highly interesting subject at no very distant period. The gem eagraver to this estab lishment, Mr. Gifford, has engraved on carnelian an admirable portrait of the elephant, that died on the 11th of this month; ex hibiting in the gallery of the Royal Academy. P fE benefitU IC of H t S h P i I s T AeLx. excellent FOR THE B ENEFIT OF T HE ROYAL ORTHO PAEDIC Majestynve e s i s e i n s g t h a a t en N di V ) tp i l k l r i oi s n ' s caen ß dA o D o l m bue s er , ht : snadnoedfr of ft e lmo btpatronageeriird ge . A lent g i r n a s n t d i tuftuiolindrweisisii:hbealigivfoenr thisthe Royal her j o h u f l i lien, with h's band, will be there, and there cannot be a doubt but that this will be one of the most fashionable reunions of the season. LITERATURE. THE PRACTICE of the COUNTY COURTS, under tile 9 and 10 Victoria, chap. 95. Third Edition. By John Jowl, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. There is, perhaps, no subject on which sound and accurate information is more urgently required by the public, than that relating to the operation a nd mode of working , of the new Act for the Recovery of Small Debts throughout the kingdom. A most important alteration has been effected in the law. New tribunals have been constituted, to which questions respecting almost every cause of action not exceeding 201. in amount must be submitted. A new code has been established, by which the great majority of the affairs of daily life will be affected ; proceedings will, of course, become more frequent in proportion to the fa cilities afforded. Legal practitioners cannot be con sulted without a heavy fee, for which, in many in stances, no allowance can be made. It, therefore, becomes a matter of general importance, and of deep interest, that some competent person should interpret the new provisions of the law—should simplify and free them from legal technicalities—and should present them in such a shape that they may be intelligible to the many, and enable even those most ignorant of law to acquire a knowledge sufficient for their guid ance, to learn what is required of them, by what means they can enforce payment of their just de mands, and how they may be enabled to resist un founded claims. Mr. Jagoe, who has already attained a high character as a legal writer, has accomplished this task; but he has done something more. He has produced a work which will be equally acceptable to the legal practitioner, and to the public in general; to the professional, and to the unlearned reader, while its great accuracy and perspicuity, its admirable arrangement, and collection of cases on analogous statutes, which may form precedents for, and guide the decisions of, the new courts. Its copious index, affording the greatest facilities for reference, will re commend it to the former ; its great simplicity and clearness will make it most useful to the latter. The appendix contains the Act itself, the rules of practice for the courts, framed by the Lord Chief Baron and his judicial brethren, and the several districts into which the country has been divided, while the trea tise itself contains the law of contract, tort, and evi dence, as applicable to actions in those courts, em bracing all the subjects within their jurisdiction. "Each chapter," as the author correctly states in his preface, "is in itself a separate treatise, giving the proceedings and proof for plain tiff and defendant, from the entry of the plaint to the judgment." In selecting the cases cited, Mr. Jagoe has not restricted himself to those reported in this country ; he was aware that a code, in many respects similar to that recently introduced, has existed in Ireland for many years ; that the Civil Bill-law, as it is termed, has been administered by men of standing and ability ; and that the more important topics have been dicided by the highest legal authorities appeals, on certain conditions, existing in every case, to the going judge of assize, by whom, if there is any serious difficulty, it is reserved for the consideration of his judicial brethren. Mr. Jagoe appears to have studied those decisions with assiduity and effect, and to have culled from amongst them such as appeared to have reference to the ques tions likely to be mooted before the new tribunals. The important and much disputed point of the right of a creditor to bring several actions against his debtor at the came time is discussed, and the decision of the Bristol judge, Mr. A. Palmer, in that respect, would appear to be justified upon the authori ties produced, whatever may have been the intention of the Legislature in framing the law—whatever may be the sound policy that should prevail— the judges have only to interpret the law as it exists on the face of the statute, and to bring to their aid the lights which are afforded by the rteorded opinions of eminent men, who have brought their learning and experieklce to bear on a similar question. " Splitting demands" was prohibited by the Irish statutes in nearly the same language as in the present Act ; and the decision of the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench in that country (Bushe), was in accordance with that of the English Chief Justice (Lord Tenterden), who in the " King v. the Sheriff of Hertfordshire," reported in 1 Barnewall and Adol phus, p. 672, decided " that the two items formed per fectly distinct debts, that when the defendant incurred the debt stated in the first item the plaintiff might have sued for it in the County Court, and his having incurred another and distinct debt with the plaintiff afterwards, should not have the effect of depriving plaintiff of his remedy in the County Court for the first debt, and if he might still have the remedy for the first debt, he has it of course for the second also." From the above and the other cases cited, Mr. Jagoe comes to the following conclusion : " The principle deducible from these cases is, when the division is the result of mutual stipulation it is valid; but if the division be ex parte and arbitrary, the plaintiff shall not be permitted to split the demand to bring it within the jurisdiction of the court. If the considera tion for the action be single and entire, it cannot be divided ; but if separate and distinct, several actions are I maintainable." The chapter on arbitrations and the various forms in serted in reference to that mode of settling disputes will be found most useful for those who are willing to refer matters to the decisions of their neighbours and friends. It contains, also, in addition to the forms prepared by the Judges, no less than sixty new forms, prepared with much care and accuracy for the use of the officers and practitioners of the courts. The general observations on the statute and prac tice of the court, at the end of the volume, refer most ably to the policy of the law, and offer valuable suggestions for its improvement. The recent case of Thomas Kinnear, who was discharged from cus tody by the Court of Common Pleas, in the beginning of the present month, on the ground that a debtor should have notice before he was committed, is given at length, and its applicability to the present Act is argued by Mr. Jagoe. He says— We shall consider how far the foregoing decision on the repealed statute is applicable to this Act. Section ninety-nine leaves the judge no discretion, and if it stood alone he should either commit or discharge the defend ant ; but section 100 enacts, that the judge has power, whether he shall have made an order for committal or not, to rescind or alter any order previously made (meaning the order of the court upon which the sum mons - issued), and to make any further or other order for the, payment of the debt forthwith, or by instal ments, or in any other manner which he may think reasonable and just ; but if an order was made for the payment of a debt by instalments or otherwise, after an order of commitment was made, the party could not be committed without a new summons served on him, and making the inquiries directed by section ninety-nine, which is evidently what the Chief Justice of the Com mon Pleas meant by notice to the defendant ; there is no power to make an order in the alternative, that if the debt or instalments were not paid that the defendant should be committed,' and no order can be made, altered, or rescinded without sufficient notice to the defendant. The decision in Kinning's case, and the able observa tions of the Chief Justice, apply with equal, if not greater force, to this than to the former statute." We are glad to find that the merits of Mr. Jagoe's work are appreciated, as it has already attained a third edition. We shall, however be surprised if it does not run rapidly through many other editions, and attain the extensive circulation and popularity it so fully merits. Tl - :e new erection of narrative of the first journey of the kind, these two volumes by Sir George Simpson command a very onsiderable sbare of attention; nor are they, with the exception of certain indications of monomania, in regard to the Emperor Nicholas and Siberia, of a character unworthy of a very general and distin guished approbation. if, 2,000 years ago, the Romans thought it necessary to have a direct line, when probably their passenger trains , only carried a few recruits for the 20:h legion, and goods trains were unknown, I knew enough of Man cheiter men to know that in the nineteenth century they would not long cons( nt to be carried ten miles round, even though they were thereby enabled to exchange com pliments with the men of Birmingham. I may now, on the part of myself cal the great body of the landed proprietors of this line, return thanks to the company for the spirit, liberality, and justice, which has distin guished all their transaetims.—(Cheers.) I think, also, that I am bound to return thanks to those who have had the carrying out the works, for the manner in which they have become the protectors of the property through which they have gone, and for the ex amples of steadiness, industry, and obedience to the laws which they have met, and which all similarly engaged ought to imitate.—(Cheers.) Many gentlemen present are probably struck with the contrast which this ancient town presents to its former position—its origin being lost in remote antiquity. Gentlemen, on the east of our town stands a monument to Ethelfrida, the daughter of Alfred the Great ; and on the west we hare met to inaugurate a monument of the reign of Queen Victoria.—(Cheers.) That mound was raised by Ethel frida for the purpose of protecting the town from the incursions of Pagan barbarians, who were in the habit of laying it waste, while this day we are met to cele brate the completion of a w o rk w hich presents in itself the triumph of science, of knowledge, of civilization. The period that has passed between the time when Ethelfrida flourished and the reign of Victoria is not less than ten centuries. but was rejected in the second reading by a majority o 154 to 94. In 1844 the company, which had been virtually dissolved, was resuscitt d under the title of ' The Trent Valley Railway Company.' In the following sear the Bill was obtained, the capital being 900,000/. The first sod was turned by Sir Robert Peel in November, 1845, so that the whose has been completed in less than twenty months. The entire construction has cost 1,050,0001., being about 21,000/. per mile. By means of the Trent Valley Railway the distance between Manchester and Liverpool and the metropolis is shortened rather more than one hour's travelling." RACES TO COME. The following is the list of fixtures already made for he season of 1847: JUNE. Carlisle Liverpool Nottingham Goodwood ............... 27 Leominster .•., ........ 25 ,UST. York ~ 18 *Egham Derby 24 *Hereford *Huntingdon . 26 *Canterbury .. 27 Stourbridge 22 22 22 . 23 =ER. Bedford . Walsall . Richmond . *Lincoln . Newmarket, F. 0. 2B Sandbach OBE&. I Newmarket, H. . 25 cessity of a national system of education. Parliament have all the materials for the a noble structure. REMARKS ON EDUCATION IN 1847 By the lion Amelia Murray. Condensation is an art in literary composition which is now-a-days—namely, when most required from the extraordinary multiplicity of publications—very little understood. Hence we may literally say or this miniature treatise by the Hon. Amelia Murray— duplex libelli dos est. It is useful as a brilliant ex ample of the advantages and beauties of condensation ; it is useful as a token that the cause of education among the poorer classes is a cause which finds sym pathy—and what is more, ardent co-operation—in the highest circles of the community. The lady who has written this practical plea for the poor is one who has mingled in all the gaieties and magnificence of the Court of Victoria ; her book is even, in a particular manner, on the title-page, "dedicated, by permis sion, to the Queen and the Prince Consort ;" her book bears about it the atmosphere of Pimlico; her book has received the distinguished approval of the most ac complished of foreign monarchs, King Louis Philippe. And yet this little book, penned, as it were, under the shadow of Buckingham Palace, associated with the name of our Sovereign, and carrying with it the prestige of a commendation from the Tuileries, is one of the homeliest books we ever saw. Its argu ments are profound, but they are conveyed in the language of the most singular simplicity. It speaks the words of wisdom, but the wisdom is like the lispings of a child. Since Mrs. Chapman wrote her incomparable letters, we do not remember a volume of similar dimensions so filled with home truths. The lion. Amelia Murray has studied the exigencies of education with an intense longing for the spread of knowledge among the people. Government and po pular opinion are conspiring for the realisation of her w ishes, and the wishes of all similar philanthropists. But while others have contented themselves with wishing, like the married couple in the story book, who longed for the black pudding, the lion. Amelia Murray has been acting for the promotion of her favourite project. The appendices to the brief work before us are, perhaps, its most valuable contents, showing as they do the necessity of instruction as a prevention to crime, and the blessings that are inse• parable from secular and religious tuition. When we see the highborn thus striving to promote the welfare of the lowly, the noblesse struggling for the amelioration of the tier &at, we are, indeed, justified in being sanguine as to the future reserved for our selves and our posterity. Already we have had the utterances of the Parliament, of the Cabinet, of the Press, of the different religious bodies in the empire, of private individuals, and of public assemblies—we have now in these clever " Remarks on Education," by the lion. Amelia Murray, the utterances, so to speak, of the Palace : all are unanimous upon the ne- NAIMATIVE OP' A JOUJUIEY ROUND THE WORLD. Two Vols. By Sir George Simpson. Often as this tc , rraqueous globe of ours has been circumnavigated, it remained for the Governor-in- Chief of the Hudson's Bay Company's territories in North America, Sir George Simpson, to be the first individual who ould travel round the earth overland. The narrative of this remarkable journey is contained in these two handsome and interesting volumes. Sir George announces on the title-page, that his pere grinations were as far back in date as the years 1841 and 1842 ; and he apologises in a manner for the tardy appearance of the work by telling us in rather indifferent grammar, in Ike preface, that his numerous occupations, of an offi cial character, have heretofore " precluded him from bestowing an earlier and requisite attention to the sub ject." Although we cannot acco mpany the author in all the sentiments expressed by him during the course of his lucubrations, we are perforce carried along with him in imagination during the whole of his curious progress through Europe, America, and Asia, fas cinated by the bonhommie of his style and allured by the singularity of his proceedings. For example, we are lothe to hearken to his extravagant eulogiums upon the Imperial monster of the North, whom he mentions in this wise : " The present Czar's personal qualities, physical, and intellectual, and moral, must induce every man's judg ment to acquiesce in the homage which his feelings are constrained to pay. Nicholas," he co ntinues, "is uni. versally allowed to pres en t the noblest mould f form and feature, to be the ablest and most laborious sovereign of the age, and, what is higher praise than all in an indi vidual of his exalted station, to set before his people the brightest example of all the domestic virtues." At first such egregious toadying of a man univer sally execrated by civilised nations is incomprehen sible, but a cursory glance at a map of North America will speedily explain the enigma ; it will demonstrate the wherefore of such unexampled civi lity on the part of the Governor-in-Chief of the Hudson's Bay Company, by revealing the contiguity of their magnificent possessions to the enormous ter ritories colonised by the lieges of the Emperor Nicholas. Sir George Simpson seems generally to keep what is termed in sea-faring parlance his "weather-eye open." Even in his dedication he evinces a wholesome reverence for their High Mightinesses, the Directors of the Hudson's Bay Company. And upon a precisely similar, and ex ceedingly comfortable, and decidedly accommodating principle, he becomes the earnest panegyrist of his Imperial Majesty the Despot of all the Russias. Not only this, but he degenerates into the extenuation of the preternatural cruelties perpetrated in the icy wil dernesses of Siberia ; nay,he proceed to such outrage ous lengths in uttering encomiums on the very pater nal Government of St. Petersburgh, that he holds up the system of banishment into Siberia as one emi nently in accordance with the dictates of wisdom and philanthropy, and rather serving as a model for imita tion than otherwise. Protesting, therefore, in language as emphatic as we can just now select against this miraculous malversation of truth, and expressing our abhorrence alike of the man who wields the sceptre of the infamous Catherine with such congenial brutality, and of the system by which he consigns so many thousands of our fellow-creatures to the lingering agony of expatriation in the wintry wastes of Siberia, we turn from this disagreeable portion of Sir George Simpson's narrative to the pleasanter passages, in which he depicts his wandsr ings and ponderings in many remote quarters cf the globe. At the outset we cannot resist expressing our admiration at the inextinguishable gco 1 humour of Our author throughout the whole of this remarkable journey. When other men would have become soured by the petty calamities incident to the tra veller, he continues the same blithe, cheerful, viva cious being he proved himself to he on starting. The hobbles resulting from insufficient conveyances, from lumbering carriages that refuse to budge an inch further through the mud, from restive horses that suddenly, in the very crisis of a roadside dilemma, throw up their heels, snap their reins asunder, and gallop " over the hills and far away," from ignorant guides, uncleanly lodging, and unpalateable fare, only proves fresh provocations to the facetiousness of Sir George Simpson. Instead of bewailing the incon veniences attendant upon his out-of-the-way pere grinations, he seems, on the contrary, to have revelled in the consciousness that a thousand casualties were perpetually conspiring against his comfort. Sir George displays a wonderful aptitude for seeing things in their ludicrous light, and he avails himself of this capacity upon every reasonable and unreasonable oc casion. Besides this, he is a keen observer of animal and vegetable nature—of the picturesque in scenery, and the characteristic in town life and village life. His chapters flow, one after another, each presenting a different spectacle to our con templation, like the sliding glasses in the galantee-show. Every page, moreover, reflects upon its surface, so to speak, the trees, and the waters, and the mountains, and the houses, and the human beings actually seen by the writer as he proceeded o nwards, as vividly as on the disc of a camera obscura. A better idea, however, may be afforded of the character of the work under consideration by giving a condensed description of the route taken by the traveller, than by referring to the prominent features of his narrative, or the most conspicuous characteristics of his style. Having embarked on the 4th of March, 1841, at Liverpool, on hoard the British steamer " Caledonia," of 1,300 tons, and 450 horse power, Sir George Simpson proceeded in a westerly course from the mouth of the Mersey. After encountering a variety of adventures, such as only occur to voyagers on the tempestuous Atlantic— , catching a glimpse of a whale, getting involved in t he very same hurricane in which the unfortunate " Pre sident" disappeared, mistaking a field of ice for land, and a star for a "revolving light"—they entered the harbour of Halifax on the 18th of March. On their way thither they had passed by the Great Bank of Newfoundland. From Halifax they " steamed" on to Boston, where they disembarked from the " Cale (lonia," and, leavirg that pleasant city with as much dispatch as possible, proceeded by railroad first to Lowell and then on to Nashna. Nashna is described by our author as one of the most precocious towns in that mostprecocious of all civilised countrie3, America, having sprouted into maturity with the rapidity of a mushroom. Thence he hastened forward by a coach and-four to Vermont, and, exchanging that convey ance for a sleigh, clattered on towards Montpellier. The party, however, were not destined to reach that assemblage of villas without a preliminary stoppage -m the road, in consequence of the vehicle sticking perversely in the mud, and the horses bolting no less perversely, and defying their pursuers until after a "chase of several miles." On leaving Montpellier they at once crossed into the Canada territories, reach ing Montreal by passing over the ice of the St. Law rence. Their journey then appears to have assumed a rather, formidable character, seeing that they had to travel slowly up the river in canoes, stopping now to dine, now to bivouac, and now to diverge through the thickets around the portages—a portage being that portion of the banks which is situated between the summit and the bottom of a cascade or a rapid. Arrived at Lake Superior, Sir George expatiates at some length on the riches imbedded in the vicinity of the Thunder Mountain, were the soil is prolific in its deposits of copper, tin, gold, and silver. Leaving Fort William behind them the travellers pa Idled up the river Kaministaquoia, passing severally through the Lake la k.:roix, Lake la Pluie, and the I.ak3 of the Woods. Here they pressed forward to the Rat Portage, to Fort Alexander, hard by Lake Winipeg, to Assihiboine river, and onwards across the gigantic prairies, by Fort Ellice, Fort George, Kootanie Fort, and Fort Colville, until their arrival at Fort Vancouver—a spot latterly invested with extraordinary interest, be ing situated on that river Columbia in the Oregon England and America. Sir George Simpson had in this manner crossed the t er ritories so long disputed by American continent by a road of five thousand miles in the brief period of twelve weeks. Instead of being exhausted by this enormous distance, he made eccen tric excursions first northwards to New Archangel and Sitka, in the Russian territories, and thsn south wards to Port St. Francisco, to Monterey (since then the scene of a battle), and to San Barbara, in Cali fornia. From the latter harbour he made an elliptical course, touching at the Sandwich Islands, and re turning Thence he to e the m v R e d u sds directly t settlementa crossthaet Nraecwifitracnhdanpgasel: sing the extreme point of the promontory of Kam stchatka, entered the port of Okotsk. The narrative at this point is so wonderfully dismal in the depicted cold ness and desolation of those northern regions, that we shall content ourselves with a mere enumeration of the principal stages of his subsequent journey. Having boated up the river Okota, he went on horseback, through pine forests, to Yakutsk, downwards by the Lena (one of the vastest rivers in the world), passing by the gold country near the Yenisei, and reaching the capital, Krasnoiarsk ; thence to Tomsk, to Omsk, to Tobolsk, and to Ekaterineburg, in the centre of the Uralian mountains, where there are in abundance amethysts, diamonds, topazes, gold, silver, iron, and platina, principally the property of M. Yakovleff and Count Demidoff. Lucky Demidoff ! lucky Yakovleff! the silver sp oons i n your mouths when you were clothed in swaddling garments must have been encrusted with precious stones, and as large as soup ladles ! On to Kazan, on to Novgorod (where is the largest fair in the world), on to Moscow (the phoenix of cities), on to St. Petersburgh, down the gulf of Finland, down the Baltic to Hatnburgh, and then to London, where Sir George Simpson arrived just at the close of the October of 1842, having jour flied round the world.' overland in the wonderfully short time of nineteen months and twenty-six days ! Wonderfully short, however, it cannot long continue to be regarded, seeing that steam promises soon to render the route a trip of comparative facility. As a OPENING of the TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY.— SPEECH OF SIR ROBERT PEEL. Saturday having been appointed for the opening of the Trent Valley Railway, the train started from the Euston-square station at twenty-five minutes past nine o'clock ; but for fully an hour before many persons had arrived at the station in order to take their places in time. At the starting of the train from Euston-square there were fourteen or fifteen carriages, each containing eighteen persons. At Rugby, and various other places on the way, a great number of individuals joined the company, and on the arrival of the train at Tamworth there could not have been fewer than 700 or 800 persons in the carriages. On reaching Nuneaton, the first sta tion after leaving the London and North Western line, a large concourse of persons were assembled to greet the arrival of the train, which they welcomed with loud cheers, and with every demonstration of delight at the opening of the new mode of conveyance to and from their little village. The train, which left Rugby at forty minutes past eleven, reached Nuneaton at half-past twelve and Atherstone at ten minutes to one. Here the villagers were dressed in their holiday attire. Crowds of persons came from all parts of the surround ing country, and all the children of the Sunday and other schools were brought out, under the care of their teachers, to witness the interesting sight. The station was decorated with flowers and evergreens, and flags were to be seen floating in the air in various directions. As the train arrived and departed it was greeted with hearty the A.s and waving of handkerchiefs. A similar reception met the train on its arrival at Polesworth, which it re ached at fifteen minutes past one. But it was on its airi gal, at twenty minutes to two, at Tamworth, that it was greeted with the greatest enthusiasm. An excellent band of music was engaged for the occasion. The first persons who were seen on the platform were Sir Robert Peel and his lady, and other members of his family. The Right Hon. Baronet went up to a number of the gentlemen as they quitted the carriages, and cor • dially shook them by the hand. Sir Robert appeared in excellent health and spirits. Shortly after the arrival of the train, the company pro ceeded to a commodious tent, beautifully fitted up for the occasion, where they sat down to a cold collation. The number of persons who partook of the collation, which was served up in excellent style by Mr. Bacon, proprie tor of the Queen's Hotel, Birmingham, could not have been less than from 1,200 to 1,300. Among the noble men and gentlemen present, we observed Lord Sandon, M.P., Sir R. Peel, M.P., Lord Ingestre, M.P., Lord Anson, lion. Colonel Anson, M.P., Sir C. Douglas, M.P., Sir W. S. Davide, M.P., Captain A'Court, M.P., Mr. Hud son, M.P., Captain Carnegie, M.P., Mr. G. C. Legh, M.P., Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P., Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Sir P. D. Egerton, M.P., Mr. Ricardo, M.P., Mr. George Glyn, Chairman of the London and North- Western Company; Mr. Houldsworth, Chairman of the Manchester and Leeds Company; Mr. Edward Tootal, Chairman of the Trent Valley Company; Mr. Edmund Peel, late Chairman of the Company; Mr. Yates Peel, the Bishop of Lichfield, &c. Mr. TOOTAL, chairman of the company, presided on the occasion, and was supported by Sir Robert Peel on the right, and by Viscount Ingestre on the left. The company having partaken of the refreshment , The CHAIRMAN rose and proposed the health of her Majesty, which was drank with great applause. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts followed, and were received in the most enthusiastic manner. The CHAIRMAN then rose and said, that the next toast he had to propose was one which he was sure they would all heartily respond to. There were times at a hich all men felt themselves incapable of doing justice to the subject in hand, and that was one of them. He never felt more embarrassed in his life, and although he might put a good face on the matter—(Laughter)—they might believe him that the trial of that day was one of the most severe that he had ever under gone. He, however, felt extreme gratitude for the support which they had given him. When he first pro posed to have a formal opening of the Trent Valley line, he never anticipated that he would be surrounded by so much rank, talent, men of science, men of business, and railway directors, as be then saw present. He had in the first instance been anxious that the chair should be taken by the chairman of that great company, the Lon don and North-Western, under whose patronage this line was that day opened, but that Hon. Gentleman, (Mr. Glyn) declined to do so. He was next anxious that their late chairman, Mr. Edmund Peel, should fill the position, but he having also declined, the charge had reverted on him (Mr. Tootal), and be trusted that their kindness would make up for his deficiencies.—(Cheers.) He had to acknowledge a debt of gratitude he owed to the Right Hon. Baronet on his right (Sir R. Peel) for the manner, when introduced, he waited upon him for the first time at Drayton Manor House to request his support. The Right Hon. Gentleman at once saw him, and listened to his explanations ; and whether is was from the extreme kindness of the Right Hon. Baronet, or from the honesty of the cause he (Mr. Tootal) represented, the Right Hon. Baronet had continued to pay the utmost attention to him whenever he subsequently felt it necessary to call upon the subject. They had had a hard struggle, but there they were at last —(Cheers.) In 1839 the Bill was first introduced into Parliament, supported with the utmost interest of the Right Hon. Baronet, who continued that support until they were finally success ful. On the 13th of November, in the year before last, the Right Hon. Baronet, while labouring under a fit of the gout, neglected his important avocations to cut the first sod of their line.— (Cheers.) That was, under the circumstances, considered one the most imprudent things the Right Hon. Baronet had ever done ; but it showed how deeply he had at heart the interests of their line.—(Cheers.) He knew that by going the most direct and shortest route from Rugby, the centre of England, to Glasgow, Liverpool, Manches ter, and other places in the north, they would be effecting a saving alike of time and money to the commercial interests of the country ; but the spot where they were then assembled (Tamworth) might now be almost called the centre of England, with respect to time, the mode in which they now reckoned distance. — (Cheers.) He recollected that on a former occasion Sir lt. Peel mentioned that this was the route formerly taken by the Romans to the north, and how correct they were proved by the fact that Telford followed in the same line at the short distance of 2,000 years—(Cheers)—and by the exertions of the directors they had that day opened that line, by which one hour would be saved in the dis tance between London and Liverpool—(Cheers)—the system of miles being now out of fashion ; and when the electric telegraph was completed, as it would be in a short time, they would be enabled to communicate their thoughts to John o'Groat's and back in half the time it now took to write them. At the period of cutting the first sod the Right Hon. Baronet expressed his opinion that they would be enabled to travel, when this line was opened, from London to Manchester in 64 hours. They had, by their arrangements, improved upon that 25 or 30 per cent., and he (the Chairman) expected that they would shortly complete the distance in 4i hours — (Cheers) —although when, in 1839, he talked of doing it in 7i hours, he was looked upon as a visionary and a madman, but it was now proved that he was only a little before the time.—(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Baronet, true to the support be had given to the railway through out, had that day, at no little personal sacrifice, honoured them with his company; and without attempting to pass any eulogy on the Right Hon. Baronet, which he was sure would be out of place, he begged to propose the health of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P.. one of the most ardent of our s upportars.—(Chee rs. ) The toast having been drunk with three times three and one cheer more, Sir ROBERT PEEL rose, and spoke nearly as follows : —Mr. President, Ladies, and Gentlemen—lt is with much pleasure I rise to respond to the kind manner in which my health has been proposed from the chair, and the equally kind manner in which it has been received. — (Cheers.) There is only one statement made by ros Hon. Friend, the Chairman of the day, which I will not confirm—that in which he has informed the meeting that I have made any sacrifice in being present to-day. — (Cheers.) That statement is, lam sorry to say, so at variance with the fact, that I cannot let it pass; for I assure you, that it would have been a great disappoint ment to me if anything had occurred to render my absence necessary from this assembly.—(Cheers.) I will not forget the occasion on which we are met—that here men of all political opinions meet upon neutral ground. I shall not forget that on this day all political differences ought to be forgotten—and even on this day railway animosities ought to be suspended. — (Cheers.) Let the memory of all former grievances be forgotten as to the broad or the narrow gauge, if, un fortunately, they were doomed to be renewed to-morrow. —(Cheers.) We have met this day to celebrate the completion of a great work, which reflects equal credit on the company who undertook it, the contractor who carried it out, and, lastly, I will add the men whose sinews and industry have brought it to a successful issue. —(Cheers.) Gentlemen, without having any personal interest in it, I have given to this line my best support, because I have always felt that it must be ultimately completed. Although there might be a long struggle before the Committees of Parliament—though the land owners might be kept in suspense—and though large sums might be transferred to the pockets of those whose genius we honour, while we have no peronal sympathy with their gains—(Laughter)—l felt that the time must come when the Trent Valley line would be completed.— (Cheers.) My Hon. -Friend has reminded me, that, on a former occasion, I said that the Romans had pur sued the same road to the north as that of this line. I am obliged to my Hon. Friend for so reminding me, and I am sure it will not abate from the merits of a Stephenson, because, 2,000 years ago, the Romans found it necessary to open up a north-western—a great north western—communication, the termini being London and Chester.—(Cheers and laughter.) That line was opened by a celebrated engineer, who appears to have united in his own person engineer and contractor—being the Ste phenson and the Brassey of his day—Julius Agricola.— (Cheers and laughter.) Gentlemen, when that engineer found it necessary to make a road to Chester, he deter mined to take the the direct line, although the gradients were not favourable.—(Cheers.) He used no tunnels, he made no embankments or cuttings, but he went through the valleys and up the hills.—(Cheers and laughter.) His stations were not badly chosen, for leav ing Wolverton about a mile to the right, he went to Weedon ; from thence, between Hinckley and Nuneaton, to Atherstone, and on to Fazeley, one mile from Tam worth ; from thence he proceeded by Lichfield, on to Chester.—(Cheers.) I take it that if Mr. Stephenson has not taken quite so direct a line by the Trent Valley, that he has improved on the gradients of Julius Agricola, while it must be admitted that this line is as good and his stations as well ehose4,—(Cheers.) I thought that Newcastle "Athousand w yearse netahneirectloeuednedtewmipelgasteexpa And, gentlemen, ad miration the wonderful contrast p resente d to u withoutud. (Cheers.) This day we are met to celebrate thecosm .— com pletion of a work as part of a system which is • probably destined to effect a greater social revolution than any invention since the art of printing was disco vere d.— (Cheers.) I believe that the effect of railways must be for good, and that they will promote the moral and social welfare and political security of the country.-- (Cheers.) Within a few months our bodies will be carried along this railway with the fleetness of the wind, and our thoughts, by the agency of the telegraph, with the fleetness of ightning.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, let us hope that these combined influences will be for our good, by drawing closer family affections, and facilitating the intercourse of life—(Cheers)—while they tend to promote civilization and the advancement of knowledge. —(Cheers.) As regards their political security, I believe that we shall not have cause to regret their construction. In a country like this it is impossible to do more than support a limited army ; and, in the event of war, which may God in his mercy avert, we might be exposed to the most fearful consequences, for it is difficult to say what effect steam navigation may have on maritime warfare. Of this, however, I am sure, that railways would enable us to concentrate our limited forces on any point that might be required ; and I have no doubt, then, that the spirit of Englishmen would enable them to combat successfully against any enemy, even if numerically superior, by being conveyed by this new element of transport without fatigue. Gentlemen, it is only by drawing closer the " great metropolis" of the empire with the great towns, each of which may be said to form a metropolis of their districts, and getting a cheap conveyance, if we are ex posed to the rivalry of other countries, that we shall be enabled successfully to compete with them ; but I have no fear but by . the means of railways, and the increased facilities of intercourse, that we shall continue suc cessfully to compete with them, and add to the prosperity of agriculture and manufactures.—(Cheers.) I also hope that the result of bringing closer the sister country to us will be to increase its prosperity, and unite us in bonds of mutual good feeling, and strengthen in us all the loyalty and affection to our graeious Sovereign, who, if zeal for the interests of her country and examples of domestic virtue constitute claims upon the affections of her subjects, has at least as strong a claim on those affections as any Sovereign that ever sat upon the throne. The Right Hon. Baronet sat down amid loud applause, which lasted some minutes. On its subsiding, Sir R. PEEL again rose, and said—Gentlemen, I am happy in being permitted to give a toast by the Chairman of the meeting. It is a matter of pride and gratification to me that I am allowed to propose " Success to the Trent Valley Railway, " and with that toast I should wish to associate the names of George Carr Glyn, Esq., the chairman ; Charles Lawrence, Esq., the Deputy Chairman ; and the rest of the Directors of the London and North - Western Company. Gentlemen, these na r es of themselves afford a tower of strength to the railway, and are calculated to afford a guarantee that they will properly carry out the affairs of the company, and that they will attend to the interests of the public with industry, zeal, and integrity.—(Cheers.) The pe culiar feature of railways is, that they unite in their management merchants of the highest station and inte grity, who are influenced not by a desire of pecuniary aggrandisement by means of the direction, but to serve the interests of the shareholders and the public,— (Cheers.) That their motives are not influenced by pe cuniary considerations is proved by the fact that they could easily the better promote them in other pursuits ; and I refer with confidence to the means which are taken since religious subjects have been mentioned, to attend to the wants and interests of those employed such as we do not witness in other employers. I most unfeignedly hope that while the interests of the public are attended to in the way they now are, that Parliament will never consent to interfere with them—(Cheers)--in a vex atious seirit, or under any circumstances adopt regu lations which shall have the effect of driving from the management such men as a Glyn or a Lawrence into other pursuits more profitable to themselves, but by which others would be introduced who could not give to to the public, by their position and well-known integrity, such guarantees for good management and the safety of the passengers. All the advantages supposed to be likely to arise from diminished fares, or the interference of Go vernment, would be entirely neutralised if they tended to throw the management into inferior hands in the place of the gentlemen I have named, who, as I have before said, would more profitably employ their time and money. In conclusion, I beg to propose " Success to the Trent Valley Railway," coupling with it the names of George Carr Glyn, Esq., Charles Lawrence, Esq., and the Directors of the London and North-Western Rail. way.—(Loud cheers.) The toast having been drunk with due honours. Mr. GLYN returned thanks, and briefly alluding to the position in which the London and North-Western and Trent Valley Lines formerly stood to each other, passed a high eulogium on the promoters of the latter company for their perseverance in bringing the line to a successful issue. The next toast, which was proposed by Colonel Car negie, M.P., was that of " The Mayors and Corpora tions present and represented at the meeting." The Mayor of Manchester returned thanks. " The Members for the counties and boroughs of Staffordshire and Warwickshire," were then proposed by the Chairman, and responded to by the Hon. Colonel Anson. Mr. W. YATES PEEL then proposed " The health of Mr. George Stephenson," whom the Hon. Gentleman warmly eulogised for his distinguished professional at - tainments. Mr. STEPHENSON, in returning thanks, characterised the atmospheric system as very good in theory, but as a gross delusion and humbug in practice. With regard to the broad gauge, he had no hesitation in saying that it would have been found equally impracticable but for his (Mr. Stephenson's) engines. When the broad gauge was first laid down it was found impossible to work it, until they sent to Newcastle for his engines and received the aid of the " Star of the North."—(Laughter.) The CHAramix next proposed " The Directors of other Railway Companies vtlio were present on the occasion." Mr. HUDSON returned thanks on behalf of himself and his brother directors. He could assure those present that they always had the interests of the public as well as their proprietors in view in all the measures they adopted. He was happy to see that meeting graced by the presence of so many ladies, for whom they (the di. rectors) considered themselves trustees, especially as many of their number hal invested their little all in rail ways.—(Cheers.) .. The Chairman," " The Engineer," " The Officers of the Company," " The Contractors," and " The Vice- Chairman," were then successively given and duly acknowledged. Five o'clock, the time for starting, having struck, the company, whh the exception of those who reside in the locality, took their seats in the carriages, and the I train started amidst the cheers of the as tembled specta ,ors, reaching the Boston-square station at a quarter past ten o'clock. The length of the Trent Valley . Railway is abou fifty miles, and runs through a singularly rich and beautiful district of country, which is nearly a dead level throughout. In an interesting article in the current number of the Monthly Railway Record, there is a history of the circumstances under which the line originated and has been brought to the successful issue which was this day celebrated at Tamworth. " The company," says that able journal, " which pro jected this line, was originally formed in 1838, as the Manchester and Birmingham Extension, its ob ject being to shorten the distance between Man cheater and London, by avoiding the circuitous route of Birmingham. The line then proposed was from Stone to Rugby, with a branch uniting the Derby and Birmingham Railway—the total length being a' little better than 62i miles, and the estimated cost 1,045,0001., the saving in distance being twelve miles. In 1839 the Bill was brought into Parliament, and not withstanding a most strenuous opposition on the part of the London and Birmingham Company, was read a second time by a majority of forty-eight—Sir Robert Peel giving it his support, which he continued until finallyisuccessful. The Bill then went into Committee; but its inquiry having been protracted, by opposition, over a period of nearly five months, although it ob tained a favourable verdict, it dropped iu consequence o the session coming to a close. In the following year no steps were taken in Parliament ; b u negotiations were carried on with other com panies to see whether any arrangements could be effected to carry out the line. They only resulted, made to th however, in an offer which was , e promoters by the London and Birmingham Company to pay them twenty thousand pounds, on condition that they c i would abandon the a i e ' me. This proposition 55 . 59 submitted to a meeting of the proprietors, when, prin cipally through the exertions of Mr. E. Tootal, the de puty-chairman —one of the first and firmest supporters of the line—the offer was unanimously rejected. Arrange ments haying shortly afterwards been made for the line to commence at Stafford, and come into connexion with the Grand Junction, instead of a ith the Manchester and Birm in g ham, as had been originallytt d, the title proposed, the company was formally dissolved, and re-organize d under , of ' The Stafford and Rugby, R ailwa y . Company. In 1841 a Bill was introduced into the lime 9f Commons for the company, Writtle Newmarket Lancaster Mansfield AUG Ripon 2 Brighton Norwich Wolverhampton _ _ Chelmsford Reading ll Lewes ll Yarmouth SEPTE: Warwick Knntsford 8 Aberdeen Doncaster l4 Leicester Lichfield OCT , Stafford 5 Newmarket, S. 0 ll EGYPTIAN HALL.—THE BossEsmArts.—Thie boys of the Royal Caledonian Asylum, in full costume,. accom panied by their band, visited the exhibition: of the Bosjesmans, or Bush People, on Friday. Nothing could exceed the surprise and delight expressed by the Afri cans when the drums and fifes struck up the national airs of Scotland. The Bush people stood immovable, in really graceful and picturesque attitudes. The :Bosjes mans communicated to Mr. Tyler, the gentleman under whose care they are, their anxiety to examine the in struments and see where the sounds came from ; ac cordingly the fifers and drummers were marched to the platform inside the barrier. The sudden crash of the drums made the Bush people retire backwards,. appre hensive of some danger ; in a few minutes they redvanced and listened with apparent ecstacy to the soft a ad melo dious notes of the fife. The younger Bushmen,, who at all times evince a vein of considerable humour, wished to take one of the fifes into his own keeping, no doubt to soothe the irritable temper of his better half. Altoge ther the exhibition was highly entertaining and, amusing. The rooms were crowded. ALARMING FIRE IN THE NEW NORTEC•E OAD.— Oo Friday morning, at about a quarter to three o'clock, a fire, which at first threatened the entire destruction of several large buildings in the New North-road, broke out on the premises of Mr. Edward Davis, 2, Steven's place, in that locality. The fire was first perceived by the police-constable on duty, who lost no time in giving the necessary alarm, and Acting-Inspector Saur ders, of the H division of police, with a strong muster of con stables, was quickly on the spot, and but for their exer tions it is more than probable that a great sacrifice of human life would have been the result. Ladders having been procured, the individuals who only a few seconds before were fast locked in sleep, were taken from the up-stairs window in a state of nudity, but provided with a covering in the constables' great coats. The brigade men were successful in confining the flames to the base ment of the premises in which they broke out, but it is stated that property amounting to upwards of 3001. is destroyed. The premises are insured. The cause of the fire is not known. EXPORT OF POTATOES TO IRELAND.—It iS a Curi ous circumstance that a large part of the new potatoes brought to the Liverpool market during the last ten days have been bought up for Irish consumption, and dis patched to Dublin. The Irish, with their delightfully mild climate, ought to be able to beat us hollow in the growing of early potatoes.—Liverpool Times. A supplement to the Gazette of Friday contains the official documents relating to the capture of Canton by the British troops, the principal of which has already appeared in The Sun. The Duke of Wellington gives a grand dinner on Wednesday next at Ansley House. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, JUNE 25.—The ar rivals are only moderate. Millers supply themselves sparingly with wheat at a reduction of 2s. to 3s. per quarter. The demand for oats and shelling is quite in retlil at late prices. Beans are slow sale at rather less money. Among the visitors to the Free Exhibition of Arts yesterday, were the children of the Royal Caledonian Asylum, with their band. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—We cannot better describe the state of the crops in the hilly district of the high peak, than by using a phrase almost univer sally made use of : " They never looked better or for warder." The late rains have made a wonderful im provement. As examples, we may state that a patch of wheat belonging to Mr. John Wright, of Ch inley, near Chapel-en-le-Frith, is now in full ear, a thing almost un precedented in that high and bleak locality. A field of clover belonging to Mr. Slack, of Hayfield. has been cut, and yields an abundant crop. Hay grass will be forward, and a heavy crop. Potatoes are looking admirably, and no traces of disease have yet appeared. Another cir cumstance deserves especial attention. The large tract of celebrated hill pastures is abundantly stocked with ley cattle, both cows and horses, which augurs well for the future supply of roast beef of Old England, and sturdy drudges to car r y on th e o p era ti ons o f t ra d e an d agriculture, and proveathat breeding has been carriedon extensively in this arid the adjoining counties.—Derby Reporter, June 25. FOREIGN FRUIT AND VEGETADLES.—The impor tations of fruit from the Continent has increased during the last few days, and extended to other articles than those which were brought during the previous week. The steam-ship Magnet, from Rotter dam, brought 176 baskets of potatoes, 26 baskets of cherries, and the large quantity of 188 sei ves o f gooseberries; the Britannia steam-ship, from the same port, 28 baskets of cherries, 17 baskets of cucumbers, several of melons, and various other articles; the Ocean, from Rotterdam, 260 baskets of potatoes and 33 baskets of other description of raw vegetables; the James Watt, from Havre, 656 baskets of different ‘ kinds of fruit, the growth of France; and the Antwerpen, from Antwerp, 7 baskets and 75 sieves of fruit of different descriptions, the production of Belgium. Subsequently the Giraffe steam-ship arrived from Rotterdam, and brought 422 baskets of cherries, 14 baskets of fresh cucumbers, and 140 baskets of potatoes ; the City of London, from Rotterdam, 40 baskets of potatoes and 99 baskets of cherries ; the Soho, from Antwerp, 244 baskets of cherries ; and the Columbine, from Havre, the exceed ingly large quantity of 2,177 baskets of various kinds of fruit, the growth of France. It will be seen that the importations of fruit from the Continent have been of an extensive nature, and have comprised some from Hol land, Belgium, and France, although those from the latter country, now that they have once began to take place, are by far the most extensive , and the fruit, gene rally speaking, of better quality. ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—We have heard of a most diabolical outrage committed near Ballinrobe, on Thurs day night last by a party of men who assembled and cut down the greater part of a field of wheat. We regret there is no clue to those ruffians.—Mayo Con stitution. In addition to the pension of 1001. a year, so gra ciously conferred by the Queen from the Civil List upon the children of the late lamented Thomas Hood, her Majesty has granted a pension of 2001. per annum for his life, to Mr. Leigh Hunt, from the same fund, in con sideration of his many brilliant contributions to English literature. The decision of her Majesty has been no tified to the veteran writer by Lord J. Russell in terms of kindness and cordiality, and will be appreciated by the republic of letters, to whom Mr. Leigh Hunt's ser vices and sufferings are so well known. The public is already aware that the amount of annuities from this fund for literary, scientific, and public services is limited to the grant of 1,2001. in each year, on the responsibility of the first Minister of the Crown, the returns of wt.ich are to be regularly laid before Parliament. The appro priation commences on the 20th of June. In the amoun t already granted, we feel assn i ral that the pub li c Niece will recognise the taste and the.edin- , deration which have in fluenced the selection.—Observer. Harriet Martineau has returned from her travels in the East ; she arrived on a visit to her relatives, Mrs. and Miss Martineau, at Beacondale, Norwich, on Tues day last. We understand she made daily copious notes, which it is her intention of publishing. She was absent above eight months. The work will be looked for with much interest. The Hon. Wm. Temple, her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador at Naples, has arrived in London ou leave from the Queen, after an uninterrupted ab sence o f e i g ht years in discharge of his diplomatic duties at the Court of the Two Sicilies. Mr. Chilton, Q.C., of the South Wales Circuit, will succeed the late Mr. Daniel Leahy as Judge of the Lambeth and Greenwich District County Court. — Observer. was wiii bfiers a t The changes c onsequen t u p on lie death of Mr. Charles Sherid an , w h o a p followel Attach e : T h e to H t o h n e . British Emba ss y a t P ar i s Richard Edwards, first paid Attacl36 at T S h t e . P l e i tersb i t i irgh, is t e o n b r y e is to be first paid Attache Elliott, second Mr. g who is first ; and will be suc c eeded_ t a b t:S a t i .._ i P s' etersbur h on. Corbett is to be Wombwell , unn aid JosephAt- Hume Burnley will position at Madrid.—Observer. occupy a similar Her Majesty has conferred upon that pious and good man, the Rev. Theobald Mathew, better known as paid Attaf-I Mathew,nFtaoacwthhéeurnaptaid aAtst, aca a h:ck pen sion NlXrr. . of 300/. a - ye.ar. Lord John Russell, who communicated the fact to the Reverend Gentleman, stated that her Majesty conferred that mark of her royal bounty upon him in consideration of the sacrifices he had made for the promotion of morals and the services he had rendered thereby to the poorer classes—indeed to all classes—of his fellow-countrymen. The greatest credit is due to the Noble Lord for the handsome manner in which this well-earned tribute has been paid to the public and private virtues of that worthy man ; and all honour must be accorded to her Majesty for acquiescing in the arrangement of her Ministers in respect of these matters, and sanctioning with this fiat of her approbation his labours in the cause of temper mice and litimanity.—Observer. for ress hen ,s of /no the e all in Of . pO' 0 133 ‘ cOn' :OW , e of `f y 1' i the nt a t aulfr ordi" id, V ) D r e' r ie ! 101111. 1 '{` ,~, ", '.l, ~'~ . ',~ j• . ~+; ';~ , k. s