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tuiptrial Varlianunt. ~--- HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions from the of the Archdeaconry of Essex and various other ,er grant to the College of May on of the sees of St. Asaph and parties, ag ainst any furt resented several petitions St. Asaph and Bane:::,;. )resented by the Bp. of Bf,ngor, Bangor. and against intemperance The Bishop of St. DAVID'S agains Similar The Earl of RODEN said he had received se ns on the slhject of the grant to Mavnooth re directly opposed to the bill. These e should re- he second reading Others were of a mere general nature r lor4ships not tor to any endowment of the Roman Catholic College of May- rs prayed their lordships to appoint a com mittee to intpire into the tenets, doctrines, and class books taught in the College before making any further grant. He thought nothing could be more fair than such a proposal. The noble earl, after giving notice that on a Dot h ; an . . future day he should move for the appointment of such a committee, presented a considerable number of petitions from all parts of the country against any increased zrant. Lord CLARE, in presenting some petitions which had been entrusted to the late Marquis of Downshire, passed an eloquent but well-merited eulogium upon that noble man, whose sudden death he considered a great public and private loss. . _ Lord LYTTELTON'S bill for giving compensation to the heirs or executors of those killed by accidents was then read a second time, on the understanding that it should be referred to a select committee ; and their lordships ad journed. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-MOND AY On the motion of Mr. J. YOUNG, a new writ was or dered for the county of Denbigh, in the room of Sir Wat kin `Williams Wynn, Bart., who since his election has ac cepted the office of Steward of Her Majesty's Manorial Courts in the county of Denbigh ; and a new writ for the county of Peebles, in the room of Mr. W. F. Mackenzie, appointed one of the Lords of the Treasury. Several railway bills were read a second time, and or- dered to be committed ; among them were—the Liver pool and Bury Railway (Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool Railway and Bury Extension) Bill, and the Chester and Holyhead Railway (Mold Branch and Purchase of Ches ter and Birkenhead Railway (No. 2) The Wallasey Improvement Bill was read a third time and passed. A number of petitions against any increased grant to the College of Maynooth was presented. On the motion of Mr. T. S. DUNCOMBR, a new writ was ordered for the borough of Leominster, in the room of Mr. Greenaway, who has accepted the Children Hundreds. Mr. T. S. DuNcoNtnE moved to rescind the eleT.enth section of Standing Order No. 87, which requires com mittees on railway bills to make a special report of the reasons which induce the Committee to adopt or reject the _ reco adations of the Board of Trade. The hon. mem ber said he thought the time had arrived when some ex planation ought to be given respecting railway reports eman ting from the Board of Trade, or otherwise corn ees of that house would become mere puppet-shows, ever could give satisfaction to the house or the nded the Board of Trade, and con tended that its decisions had met the general approbation of the public. He thought that the House ought to give this standing order a fair trial to the end of this session, and that any alteration in it, if alteration should be deemed necessary, should be postponed till that period. He hoped the house would not rescind the order. After the debate, the motion was withdrawn. Sir G. CLERK d Sir R. PEEL then moved that the order of the day be Dune resolving itself into a committee of the read for tt whole bon persisted; b ]se on the grants to Maynooth. INGLis objected to commencing so important a at so late an hour as a quarter past 10 o'clock. I press his objection to a division if Sir R. Peel c hoped that he would yield to this most reasonable req Sir. R. PEEL regretted that Sir R. Inglis should have n objection. He considered this measure oportance ; and no effort should be want- taken SL to be of ing on his part to conduct it to a successful termination. The Committee was ultimately fixed for Wednesday. The Customs (Import Duties) Bill was, after some dis cussion, read a third time and passed, and the House ad journed. --o- HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY . Several petitions were presented against the proposed grant to Maynooth, and one or two in favour of it. The Earl of Powas stated that it was his intention on Tuesday next to move the second reading of the bill at pre sent lying on the table, relative to the St. Asaph and Ban gor dioceses ; but he should reserve to himself the power of making such alterations andaFiendments in the bill as the circumstances of the 13.11 might require. Upon Lord DALHOUSIE'S moving the third reading of the Land Clauses Consolidation Bill, Lord BROUGHAM renewed, at much length, the objec tions he bad so often urged to the constitution of the hail- way Department of the Board of Trade, which, as he con tended, had frustrated any advantage which might have been expected from the establishment of such a tribunal, and increased and exaggerated all the evils it was intended to prevent. He complained, too, of the undue favour shown by Parliament to railway speculations; and would hould, as in France, have taken the have preferr d that it s whole subject into its hands, and greatly restricted the number of railroads to be undertaken, instead of affording, by measures like that at present before the house, every possible facility to railway legislation, end removing every difficulty by which the exercise of the extreme powers of companies against individuals had been hithertoobstructed. He gave some instances of the hardships to which small proprietors were exposed, and announced his intention of proposing a clause by which some of the " systematized injustice lately introduced would be obviated. Lord DALHOUSIE declined to enter again upon a dis cussion of the constitution of the Railway Board, or the amount, or the evils of railway speculation ; and contented himself with giving a positive contradiction to most of the allegations with which Lord Brougham's speech had abounded. The reports of the railway committees would prove whether those of the board were useless or not. He contended that it was absolutely necessary for the forma tion of railways, that such powers as the present bill be stowed of taking compulsory possession of land for the sake of materials, and of deviating from the intended line where it was found expedient that it should be granted ; and denied that there was not ample security against op pression, and sufficient means of recovering the fullest compensation. The power of making deviations was es pecially necessary, as companies were not allowed pre . ,• viously to survey ti some observations from Lord Ashburton, the Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of Wioclielsea, and Lord Campbell, the bill was read a third time and passed, as were also the Scottish Land Clauses Bill. The house adjourned at a quarter before nine until Thursda HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY I by Mr. Hume and Mr. Bright, e oaths and his seat for Greenock, in the room Mr. Baine was introduce of Mr. Wallace. A number of p ions in favour of and against several railway bills were presented. The Bradford Gas Bill was read a third time and passed. Mr. GRERINE moced that the time for reading the fol lowing bills a first time be extended till Monday, the 28th day of April :—The South Eastern Railway (London and Greenwich Widening and Extension) Bill ; the South Eastern Railway (Tonbridge to Tonbridge Wells) Bill; i Eastern Railway (Branch to Deal, and Ex ten- Canterbury, Ramsgate, and Margate Railway) ailway (Maids - one to Roches. Eastern Railway (Ashford to Hasting After a short discussion the motion was agreed t ber of petitions wen e presented against the May- 3th Col 14e Bill .sented, praying the house to ,servance of the Lord's day, i law f gainst t Lie sees of St n this day fortnight I ler Majesty, ielati Mr. C. BULLER postponed biect of New Zealand, until Humz postponed, on 3f motion relating to tl av week to the motion on the s day fortnight. ialf of Mr. Wakley ge of Surgeons until WYSE gave notice that on this day week he should )r copies of all charters presented to the Univer- Mr. S. CRAWFORD gave notice that in committee on the Maynooth College Bill, he should move that the grant of £30,000 for defraying the expenses of repairing the college be paid out of the funds in the hands of her Ma jesty's Commissioners for Crown Lands. Mr. EWART postponed his motion until a future day, relating to the effects of indirect taxation on the poor. In answer to a question by Mr. RICARDO, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, it was in tended that the auction duties should cease from the time the resolutions passed, but it was necessary to continue taking an account until the bill received the sanction of parliament. It was not intended, if the bill passed, to call for any auction duty since the passing. Several motions on the paper were postponed, and the house adjourned at a quarter before six o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-WEDNESDAY On the motion of Mr. T. Egerton, a new writ was or dered for the borough of Woodstock, in the room of the Marquis of Blandford, who had accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. In answer to questions from Lord Ashley, Sir R. PEEL said it certainly was his intention to pro pose some other measures with regard to the academical education of the people of Ireland. (Hear, hear.) It bad been his wish to proceed with the Maynooth College )tber business, but as it ght that the intended meaßure of the go- leaving tt nooth Co >mtnencing an g upon the bill before the horse .gird reading of the Maynooth Bill e measure he intended tc ]ad some bear ral outline of e day being read for the Speaker lir, on going into committee on the May- Grant from the Consolidated Fund) Bill, t forward bia notice of motion, pis house, that any provision WARD brough opinion of he present bill, ought to aken from or the purposes of tical purposes ... -- The motion was seconded by Captain M. Berkley, and supoorted by Mr. M. Gibson, Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Roe buck, and Lord J:-Rwell, Jt was opposed by Sir T. s already applicable to ecciesias Ireland, -- Fremantle, Sir W. James, Sir J. Walsh, Sir .1, Graham, and Sir R. Peel • and on the motion o f M. Colquhoun, the debate was adjourned till the following evening. HOUSE OF LORDc:3.----TabitsDAv. The Royal Assent wai.. bills, the gtvEn by Commission to the fol lowingrds Commissioners being the Lord Chancellor, Lard wharncliffe, and the Duke of Buc cleuch he Sugar Duties Bill, the Glass Duties Bill, Mutiny Bill, the Marine Mutiny Bill, the Thames Navigation Bill. and Britten's Divorce Bill. Messengers from the House of Commons brought up the London Orphan Asylum Bill, and veral other Bills. The Duke of RICHMOND wis!,ed to ask the Noble Lord opposite whether the Ecclesiastical Commissioners had come to any resolution with respect to the sale of the property under their care? Eord\VIIARNCLIFFE was understood to say, that the commissioners had come to certain resolutions on the subject, and that he should shortly be prepared to lay the papers before their lordships. The Earl of Powis re-introduced his bill for preventing the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor, which was read a first time, after which the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-THURSDAY Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET proposed a resolution in structing committees on railway bills to fix the tolls and maximum rate of charges, which was agreed to alter some discussion. The adjourned debate on Mr. Ward's amendment was resumed by Mr. Colquhoun. Several other speakers having addressed the house, a division took place, when there appeared—for the motion to go into committee, 322 ; against it, 148 ; majority, 174. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY Lord BACH:GRA If presented a petition trom Tradesmen in London, praying for a revision in the Insolvent Act, and in particular, of the £2O clause. He thought the same safeguards should be applied to Debts undir £2O as those above. Lords Cottenham and Campbell coincided in this opinion ; and the Lord Chancellor said he would mention what course government intended to take on Monday (last night.) The Duke of Norfolk presented petitions from English Roman Catholics in favour of the Maynooth B;11, and after a few remarks from Lords Lansdowne and the Marquis of Londonderry the house adjourned. lIOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY In moving that 'he house resolve itself into a commit tee en the Irish and Scotch Banking Acts, Sir R. PEEL explained the measures which government intended to bring forward upon this subject. lie proposed that the Bank of Ireland should still remain the banker of the go vernment, reeeiving, as at present, 31 per cent. for their advances, for a period of ten years certain, which debt was to be the foundation of its issues. The bank was to make the same returns of its weekly issues as are made by the Bank of England. To the 19 banks of Scotland, and also those of Ireland, the right of issuing notes below £5 value, he proposed to confirm, conditionally, that they should find security in specie for the r over-issue beyond certain prescribed amounts, to be fixed upo❑ by forming an average of 13 lunar months, from the 27th April, 1844, and compelling all such banks to publish returns of their wteklv issues of each description of issue, above and be low £5 He would also require the names of all the part ners in such banks, and their periodical publication as in England. These new regulations should come into effect in the Ist of January next. The scheme met with the ap probation of Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. P. M. Stewart, Mr. Colquhoun, Mr. Home, Mr. Shiel, and others, and the resolution was ordered to be brought in. After an ar rangement being made that Mr. Law should move on bringing up the report on the Maynooth bill last night, the House went into committee, and the grant was proposed and agreed to. Sir James Graham then moved the second reading of the Phy-ic and Surgery bill, which, after a short conversation, in which Mr. Wakley and others took part, was read a second time. On the motion that the College of Physicians and Surgeons Bill he read a second time, an amendment was proposed by Mr. Wakley, but ulti mately postponed till last night. Some other business having been gone through, the house a ijourned. PuitEIGN AND COLONIAL, There is a rumour in circulation that Aden has been declared a free port. SPAIN.—A royal decree has been published, author ising the marriage of her Majesty Queen Maria Christina of Bourbon to Don Fernando Munoz, Duke of Rianzares. Reports from Syria have been received of the plague having broke out at Jerusalem, and that the number of deaths is forty a day. M. de Saussure, the celebrated naturalist and chymiat, died at Geneva on the 17th instant, in the 77th year of his age. The Countess de Survilliers, widow of Joseph Bona parte, and formerly Queen of Spain, died at Florence on the Bth instant, of a fit of apoplexy. She had long been in a state of ill health. The booksellers of Cologne have concluded an engage ment among themselves not to publish or sell any wri tings against Rome, or in favour of the religious move ment in Germany. This is a specimen of the spirit of popery in the nineteenth century. The Delhi Gazette describes a tremendous storm which has spread desolation through a range of six hundred miles, from Ferozepore all along the Himalaya to Cawn pore. Lightning, thunder, and deluges of rain marked this visitation. The tents of the marching regiments had a foot of water in them, and the camp became a swamp. A letter has been received at Havre from the captain of the Latour d' Auvergne, of that port, stating that he has discovered on the south-western coast of Africa, on an island which is not named, a bed of guano, superior in quality even to that of Ichaboe. The quantity, however, is small. THE INTENDED ATTACK ON ADEN BY THE ARABS Extract of a letter received at Lloyd's, from their agent at Aden, dated March 29 :—" The &talk threatened by the Arabs has not taken place. They had assembled in force to the number of £20,000, but, as usual. they quar relled amongst themselvcs, had a fight, and the whole force may be said to be broken up." BARBADOES.—The Barbadian alludes to the loss of £5O sterling in Jamaica Bank notes, by a young gentle man who arrived hence at Barbadoes by the last packet. By the annexed paragraph from the same paper, it will he seen the vacuum pan is in successful operation in Barba does:—We have seen a sample of the most beautiful sugar we ever looked upon, made at Mellowes by the vacuum pan. It resembled the most brilliant and transparent sugar-candy. NEW TRADE WITH CHINA.—We perceive, by some recent New South Wales papers, that Mr. Benjamin Boyd is about to open op a new trade for the Australian colonies with China. The objeet of the voyage is for the purpose of endeavouring to introduce among the Chinese the staple comodity of the colony,—wool, and pening a market with that greit nation. Accounts from some of the Northern parts of China, to which some time before Mr. Boyd sent samples of Australian wool, have prompted to this extended enterprise.—Globe. WEST INDIES.—The Trent steamer has arrived with the West India mails. The papers reach to the 25th of March from Jamaica, and the files from the other islands are to corresponding dates. It is pleasing to find that the planters are in a measure satisfied with the late govern ment arrangements for the reduction of the sugar duties. The liberty they will now enjoy of establishing refining houses is accepted as a boon, and it is thought many of the merchants will enter into the business as a profitable speculation. A TOWN IN DANGER.—The small but industrious town of Graus, in Arragon, is threatened with annihilation. A portion of the conical rock at the foot of which it is seated has, from the effects of the thaw after the long-continued frost, begun to separate to the extent of 15,500 cubic me tres, or 20,000 cubic yards. The whole of the inhabitants, seeing the impending danger, have left their houses, many of them with so much precipitation that they have not stayed to take their furniture with them. An engineer. employed by the snunicipality, has surveyed the moun tain, and reported that there are no means of preventing the fall. THE OVERLAND MAIL.—The usual extraordinary ex press, in anticipation of the overland mail from India by way of Calcutta, reached London on Monday morning, bringing news from Calcutta to the Bth March, Madras to the 4th instant, and China to the 4th Feb. The news brought by this conveyance is destitute of interest. The Punjaub remained perfectly quiet, and was not likely to be disturbed until the arrival of the cold weather. The Scinde campaign appears to have been at an end, Beejur Khan, the only remaining malcontent, having offered to butte...tier, oil we euuuiiwu tnat Ills lire would be spared, and some land allocated to him. The war in the Mah ratta country appears also to have burnt i'self out. With regard to the Punjaub, the government was on the alert, but had evidently no intention to act on the aggressive. It was, however, quietly concentrating its troops on the north-west frontier, in order to be prepared for war, should the sikhs attempt to cross the Sutlej. The gover nor was at Calcutta promoting the cause of education and internal improvement. Affgbanistan was quiet. Akbar Kban remained, when last heard of, inactive at Jellala bad. For the rest, there is nothing which has not been anticipated by the last advices from Bombay. From China there is no news, foreign or domestic of the slight est interest. ANECDOTE OF THE DUKE OF YORK.—About the year 1810, while his Royal Highness, in company with his late Majesty King George IV. was reviewing the troops of the eastern district on Leaden Heath, near Colchester, then commanded by the Earl of Chatham, an old soldier was observed by His Majesty mounted on an infirm hack, and, stuck by the veteran's appearance, requested to be in formed who he was. The commander-in-chief replied that it was old Andrews, the oldest soldier in the service, hav ing served in the respective reigns of George the First, George the Second, and George the Third ; and that be was then on half-pay. An aid-de-camp was immediately despatched to require the attendance of the veteran soldier, and, on his obeying the summons, a long and interesting How old are you ?" asked the y years old, your Royal High and have been seventy ye,,rs in conversation took place. Duke. "I am now ninet ness." replied Andrews, " the service. tioserviug Lou ne was dressed in an old suit of regimentals, his Royal Highness asked how long he had them ? " About forty years," he answered ;at which the Duke took up the skirt to feel the texture, and re marked, that such cloth was not manufactured nowa days. " No," said Andrews, " nor such men neither !" The reply so amused the Duke and Prince, that the vete ran was ordered to be placed f.r the future on full pay, thus rendering the residue of his days comfortable. An drews died at the age of 97, and was buried in the church yard of St. Mary's, Colchester.—Araval and Military Sketch-Look. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. IRE LAND. There has been a great increase in emigration from all the Irish out-ports, this season, especially in Limerick, from whence vast numbers of the agricultural population are departing for the United States and Canada. FATAL OCCURRENCE.—On Sunday night week, at the county gaol, Nenagh, some irregularity had taken place in the attendance of the turnkeys as sentinels round the walls, and while two of them with carbines were thus engaged, two others were sent by the governor to see that all was right. One of the latter, Robert Purtill, an active and efficient officer, was challenged by one of the former, named :stills, who instantly discharged his carbine at him, and the contents (a ball) entered his breast and passed out at his back. He continued to suffer front the wound until Monday evening, when he died. Mills remains in custody, but it does not appear that he had any ill will against the deceased. The coroner's jury returned a ver dict of " manslaughter " against him. DEATH OF A SARSFIELD.—Died at Cork, on the 19th instant, at an advanced age, Simon Count Sarsfield. As his nearest male relative, he succeeded in the year 18-13 to the title, and part of the property, of Peter Count Sarsfield, better known as General Sarsfield of the Spa nish service. As there have been many incorrect reports going for the last few years through the newspapers re specting the family of General Sarsfield, it may not be amiss to give the true particulars here. His father, Patrick Sarsfield, a cadet of the family of Sarsfield of Johnstown, near Carrigtwohill, in the county of Cork. was born on the 19th August, 1747. At an early age he entered the Spanish service, in one of the Irish Brigade regiments, called the regiment of Ultonia (or Ulster), and ultimately attained the rank of Colonel. lie inter married with the daughter of a brother officer named Waters (of the Cork family of Waters), and had sole issue Peter Count Sarsfield, who was by birth a Spanisrd. Colonel Sarsfield died in the infancy of his son, and about the same time, or a little before it, the family in Ireland became impoverished, and sunk into obscurity. The consequence has been, that no correspondence was ever attempted, at either side, between General Sarsfield and his family at home. Tee subject of the present obituary was born about the same time as General Sarsfield. His father being unable to support him, he entered the Bri tish army as a private soldier, and served as such all through the Peninsular war. He lost an arm at the siege of Badajoz, for which he received a pension of one shil ling a day, with which, for a period of over thirty years, he supported himself and a bedridden sister. He died in very moderate circumstances, General Sarsfield having left little behind him except his sword and the law . — •vie had won with it.—Cork Constitution. THE MAYNOOTH GRANT. During the past week the meetings in various parts of the country, and the petitions to parliament against the Maynooth grant have been so many that enumera tion is out of the question. Never has there been so ge neral an expression of feeling against any measure ; nor has there ever been a measure which, if carried, will do greater violence to the sentiment. of the country. Several mornings last week, the mails, which arrived at the General Post-office, London, were crammed with ex tra mail sacks and bags, containing petitions against the proposed grant to the Roman Catholic College of May noLth. In some districts at the west end, the regular letter carriers required the aid of assistants, to deliver the multitude of petitions to the respective M.P.'s to whom they were addressed. On the second division on the Nlaynooth Bill becoming known in Hull, it was determined to send another petition, against the third reading ; and cn Tuesday evening, on one day's notice, the largest public meeting (of male in habitants) ever known, except a' elections, was held in the public rooms. Nothing could exceed the solemnity and interest of this meeting; and the petition was signed with the greatest alacrity. A very numerous meeting of Dissenters was held yes terday week at Bury, for the purpose of petitioning Par liament against the grant, Thos. Greig, Esq. in the chair. A petition against the grant was proposed, but was met by an amendment to the effect that the Roman Catholics and ethers had as much right to hive grants of money as any Protestants. Some confusion and uproar ensued, and the meeting was dissolved without coming to any con clusion. A meeting for the same purpose was held at Little Bol ton, on Wednesday ; the school-room, which will con tain 1000 persons, was completely filled, and in the ab sence of Peter Rothwell, Esq. who purposed to attend, but was detained in London, the Rev. J. Lyons officiated. Speeches warmly reprehensive of the government measure were delivered, and resolutions in accordance were unani mously passed. The Rev. Fielding Ould was amongst the argumentators. A similar meeting was held in the Wes leyan Chapel, Little Bolton, on Toursday evening, John Walker, Esq. of Bradford House, in the chair. The reso lutions were similar in spirit and were carried unanimously. The Ref. J. Osborne, of Manchester, addressed the meet ing at great length and with much eloquence. WILL CONCESSION STILL THE REPEAL AGITATION? Repealers themselves shall answer this question ; and first let us see what is the language of the great head of Repeal—Daniel O'Connell himself. In a letter dated the 18th instant, accepting an invitation to a public banquet in Cork, the arch demagogue says : " Whilst the Irish brooded in sorrow and irritation, but in silent acquiescence, over the grievances which afflicted their country, no relief was afforded—no conciliation sug gested by the government. On the contrary, even in our earlier movements v e were emphatically told t at con cession,'—that is to say, justice to Ireland ' had long at tained its limits.' That assertion is now emphatically retracted—and the loud cry of Irish agit.ition has pene trated into the interior cabinet of the ministry, and (force and fraud having been found useless) is endeavoured to be quelled by acts of benevolence conferred in a concilia tory manner. Let us then persevere. We have every incitement to persevere. Every concession made by England is a fresh proof of her former injustice. It increases the strength of the repeaters and diminishes the power and numbers of those who are opposed to repeal." Again, at the weekly meetings of the Association, at the Conciliation Hall, he says:— " The Minister might entertain the idea that by giving a bribe to the people of this country in the shape of an ab sentee• tax the repeal agitation could be stopped. He would be candid with those planners of the destruction of Re peal, and at once tell them that nothing less than Repeal would do. (Loud cheers.) At the same time he would take all he could get. (Hear, hear.) Gifts always put him in good humour ; and at the present juncture they had that effect in an especial degree, as being evidence that their enemies saw that Ireland should be treated as a great country, and no 10. ger handed over to the mercy of a faction." Mr. E. B. Roche, at the same meeting, said— " The people of Ireland would never be guilty of flun keyism' to the Minister; they received the bill per se as a good measure, and they tendered bim their humble thanks for it, as for as it went. Tbey would, at the same time, show the people of England that they still kept their eyes on the main question, and were not t') be diverted from it by sweet words. He told the British Minister that the people of Ireland were not to be ' talked over,' and that they would be satisfied with nothing less than unbounded justice to their country." Surely the opini ms of these gentlemen, and our expe rience of the effect of past concessions, ought to be quite as potential evidences of the amount of conciliation to be expected from this measure as the opinion of Sir Robert Peel or of his colleagues ! LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—APRIL 24TH. (Before Sir L. SHADWELL.) DOLLAND V. REED AND DELL Mr. BETFIELL moved for an injunction on behalf of Mr. Dotland, of St. Paul's Church-yard, London, the ce lebrated optian, to restrain the defendants from engraving his name on any telescopes manufactured by them ; or from selling any telescopes with his name, or any colour able imitation of it engraved thereon. The learned coun sel stated, that the plaintiff inherited the discovery and reputation of his eminent ancestor, John Dollond, who, in the year 1758, invented the Achromatic Telescope, which was considered at that time, and down to the pre sent, as, perhaps, the greatest discovery every made, and which had eluded the observation of the immortal New ton. John Dollond had the friendship of all the eminent men of science of that day and the learned counsel eulo gised in the highest terms the Achromatic Telescope, and stated that a patent had been granted for it in the reign of George 11. The great reputation the Achromatic Teles cope had attained, had given occasions to all sorts of e. , - lourable imitations of the plaintlfrd name, such as " Dol land," " Dolood," and " Do'and," and sometimes it was spelt correctly ; and with these names so fraudently engraved thereon, telescopes were sold in this country, as well as abroad ; and they were often brought by the pub. lic to the plaintiff's shop, where they were instantly de tected as never having been made or sold by the plaintiff. These practices were a great injury to the plaintiff, both pecuniarily, and in his reputation as an optician ; and be had for some years been endeavouring to find out by whom such frauds were committed, but without success, until the present occurrence. The present application was in tended to put a stop to such fraudulent practices. In the present instance, the defendants had engraved the plaintiff's name correctly on some telescopes ; and the fact of their doing so became known to the plaintiff in the early part of the present month, in consequence of a workman of the defendants calling at the plaintiff's shop to make an enquiry ; and in the course of doing so, be inadvertently produced two telescopes out cf a bag (where he had others) to the plaintiff's clerk; who, upon seeing them, saw they had never been manufactured or sold by the plaintiff, and instantly pronounced the name of the plaintiff engraved thereon to be a forgery. The man be came confused, and said he should loose his situation for what he had done, and hoped the clerk would not mention it to the plaintiff. The clerk replied he should, and did so; upon which the present application was made. The Vice-Chancellor.--It is the clearest case I ever knew. It appears to me, to be a matter of a great impor tance ttlat this should be made publicly known, because, if theseinferior telescopes are used by merchant vessels, by yachts, and so on, they might produce the greatest mischief. Mr. Bethell.—The mischief, your honour knows, to merchant ships, and all persons buying them, can scarcely be calculated. From these telescopes of Mr. Dolland, I believe the greatest benefits in the world have been derived to all persons who have had occasion to use _ them. I The Vice-Chancellor.--Yon may take the injunction. THE COURT 4- FASHIONABLE WORLD HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL.—The Queen gave the first state ball for the season, at Buckingham Palace, on Friday night. Upwards of one thousand of the nobi lity and gentry attended. The company began to assemble so3n after nine o'clock. Among the guests were Viscouut and Viscountess Palmerstone, Lord and Lady Stanley, Sir Edward Cust. Viscount and Viscounteß: Sandon, the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, Mr. and Mrs. Cardwell, and Sir Howard and Lady Douglas. The dresses of the whole were very varied and superb. The Queen opened the ball with the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and all went off with great eclat. It is rumoured in Court circles that her Majesty and Prince Albert will, after their visit to Ireland, proceed to Lisbon, there to visit the Queen of Portugal, whose royal consort is a cousin of Prince Albert. At the levee on Wednesday, Earl Powis and the Bishops of Hereford and Bangor presented to her Majesty nume rous petitions from different parts of Wales and the bor dering counties, against the union of the sees of St. Asaph and Bangor. Her MAjesty and Prince Albert paid their contemplated visit to the Great Britain steam-ship, on Tuesday after noon. The day was remarkably fine, and many thousand persons assembled at Greenwich to witness the embarka tion of the royal party. Her Majesty expressed herself highly gratified with her visit, and remained on board nearly three quartets of an hour. Just previous to her departure her Majesty addressed Captain Hosken, and said, " I am very much gratified with the sight of your magnificent ship, and I wish you every possible success in your voyages across the Atlantic." Prince Albert asked when it was intended to start on the voyage, and upon Captain Hosken informing his royal highness that it would be either the latter end of July or the beginning of Au gust, the Prince remarked, he supposed that. Captain Hos ken wished to save the equinox. Captain Hosken replied, that was not so much the object as to make one or two voyages as speedily as possible, in order that the public may be perfectly convinced of the safety of the ship. Viscount Melbowne fell on his left side, whilst alight ing from his carriage, a few evenings ago, and was se verely though not dangerously, hurt. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On the 10th instant Sir J. Graham Montgomery, of Stanhope, led to the hyme neal altar Miss Alice Hope Johnstone, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of John James Hope Johnstone, Esq. of Annandale. The tenantry upon Sir Graham's es thte in Peebleshire, along with a number of the respectable inhabi►ants of the town and country, celebrated the joyous event by dining together in the Tontine Hotel, Peebles. The rejoicings were on an extensive scale, and the locality was illuminated far and near by bonfires. Good cheer was also liberally dispensed to all classes of the community. FASHIONS FOR9MAY. (From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine cf Fashion.") The great novelty of the season for silk dresses are those in pyramidal and transversal stripes, frequently shaded on each side the stripe till the colour blends with that of the ground ; there is also a new style of check, which is of a different texture where the check is formed. Bareges of new designs, taff tas foulards de Chine in wide checks like ribbon, moire, balzorines, 'c., are all now in demand. Dark colours prevail in all new mate. rials, and those of silk are as yet most fashionable. The forms do not vary. The demi puritanic and very high bodies, but open en calcr, showing the chemisette, or guimpe, are prevailing styles; some are with rivers or rolling collars ; gimp, fringe, and lace for the usual trim mings. The newest trimming is with fringed ribbons a la .Ninon. placed apart, rising half way up the skirt in gradual shades. Black mantelets will still be worn, trimmed with a double row of lace ; they are rounded behind and reach very low, with scarf ends in front ; some also are made of lace or imitation, and trimmed with fringed ribbon. Scarfs of embroidered muslin are finished with lace, and the mantelets douariere have broad frills of muslin fes. tonne's. Scarfs of the Arab or Alperine style are also fashionable, with wide stripes of different colours ; they are usually of very thick soft silk. Collars are worn quite high to the throat with slain gui,npe if the dress is high, but embroidered guimpe for a low dress ; the embrodiery on collars is very deli cate, points d'armes and plumetis intermixed and trim. med with lace. Candezona will be much worn this spring ; they are generally pointed behind with two or three rows of work. For pailles de riz, leghorns, and all fancy bonnets of gauze or crape, beautiful flowers are used ; but for the inside coques of ribbon are preferred, some times delicate foliage is used. Veils and voilettes appear indispensable, varying according to the degree of ele gance required. The principal novelty are the gauze line or crape bon nets, in three shades of the same colour; open straws are lined with pink or paille crape, silk, or ribbon and orna mented with flowers or fruit, intermixed with foliage ; the forms are rather more spread from the cheeks. Ribbons of several shades of the same colour are much worn on caps as well as bonnets. THE NEWSPAPER PRESS OF LONDON. (From the London Journal, April 12.) NO. V.—BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON This Journal is almost entirely devoted to matters con nected with the Sporting world. Its principal features of attraction are therefore constituted by intelligence respect ing the Turf, accounts of Regattas, the proceedings of Yacht Clubs, and narratives of Prize Fights, Pedestrian Exploits, and all kinds of Information relative to manly pursuits, Games of Skill or Chance, &c. &c. Its " No tices to Correspondents" settle all disputed points in re ference to the rules and customs of the above departments. From the regulations of a brutal prize-fight to the eti quette of a genteel game of ecarte, is this Journal an un doubted authority. The result is, that Bell's Life has not a class circulation like many of its weekly contempo raries; it is seen on the table of the peer, and in the par lour of the public-house; it is read alike in the club and the tap-room. In political principles it is very liberal, and advocates the popular cause, But then the Tory sportsman who reads it cares nothing for its politics • ' all he regards is the peculiar infoirthation of its special de partment. Some years ago 1341's Life was famous for its wood-cuts, caricaturing the ,prominent vices or foibles of the age. The poetical accisopaniments to these graphic designs were of the richest/and raciest kind of humour ; indeed, they were remarkably clever, and, we should con ceive, might be resumed/with advantage to the journal. " Poet's Corner" was also a famous feature in Bell's Life. The metrical epistles pf Scroggins, and other supposed characters, were in their class inimitable. They were humourous and witw, but never ill-natured—satirical, but never personal. / The poetry that now appears at times in Bell's Life, is •tvritten by a clergyman residing in the Isle of Wight. This is not, however, the only instance of clerical talent being employed in the composition of humourous poetry ; for, en passant, be it observed, that tilt) e amazingly clever legends, which have appeared in " Bentley's Miscellany", and " Colburn's New Monthly Magazine", with the signature of " Thomas Ingoldsby' attached to them, emanated from the pen of a reverend gentleman of the name of Barham. Mr. Grady is the aquatic reporter for Bell's Life, and with the aid of one of his s-ns, he collates and arranges the minor sporting intelligence. Mr. Dowling is the principal editor. This gentleman manages the more im portant business connected with the Sporting world. lie is said to be the mast graphic and spirited delineator of a prize-fight that the sporting world can boast of. His income, arising from his situation, is upwards of £BOO per annum. Indeed, every one connected with the edi torial department of Bell's Life most liberally paid. The proprietor of Bell's Life in London is Mr. Clement, the late owner of the Morning Chronicle. This gentle man spares no expense in obtaining intelligence, or in maintainit , g the reputation of his journal. as the principal organ of the Sporting World• He was lately offered the sum of £75.000 for Bell's Life, but did not feel disposed to part with so valuable a property. Tile circulation of this journal is 25.000 weekly. The profits arising from the advertisements alone are £9O weekly. NO. VI.-THE OBSERVER The Observer is the property of Mr. Clement, the owner of Bell's Life in London. The Observer is a journal which publishes no country edition on the Satur day. but appears on the Sunday morning, and is chiefly circulated amongst the upper classes. Great expense is incurred in obtaining the very latest intelligence up to the hour of going to press : thus if any event of importance occur in London or its vicinity even so late as twelve o'c ock on Saturday night. nr very early nn 5t...) ay moirning, the Observer will be sure to record it. And this is not done in a few words. The most minute details relative to the occurrence—be it an accident, an offence, or any event of moment—will be given with the mention of the fact. The reader of the daily journals on the Mon day morning will invariably perceive numerous quotations from the Observer. The circulation of this journal is not extensive. It is now under 5,000 copies. Its advertisements are, how ever, numerous and well paid ; and it is an especial organ for the insertion of " Births," " Deaths," and " Mar riages." The principal editor is Mr. Doxat, a gentleman of ex tensive information, great experience, and considerable learning. Mr. James Grant, the celebrated author of " Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons". " Impressions of Ireland", &c., is one of the chief writers engaged upon the Observer. The notices of new works and theatrical reviews in this journal, are written with great talent and impartiality, and are quoted as good authority. THE XANTIIIAN MARBLES.—Our readers are doubt less aware that an enterprising English traveller has res cued from impending destruction those beautiful produc tions of classic art, which were discovered by him in Asia Minor, at a plAce which cccupies the site of the ancient Halicarnassus—the whole being now deposited in the British Museum. They have been found on inspection to rival the most splendid efforts of the best periods of ancient sculpture, and to vie with the celebrated Elgin marbles in beauty and perfection. They present, amid a variety of objects, statues of sea-nymphs and deities, of the most perfect design and execution, and we understand they have already furnished our English artists with many models for the exercise of their skill. Among other in• stances, we have been much struck with an exquisite group of the Graces executed as an engraving on steel by Messrs. Perkins and Bacon, as a label for an article of deserved fame and reputation, which has but too often been imitated and counterfeited bar unprincipled empirics. We allude to ROWLAND'S celebrated KALYDOR for beautifying and the complexion! Further particulars of which appear in our advertising columns. RAILWAY INTALLIGEACE. The directors of the Grand Junction have made satis- factory arrangements with the different authorities for crossing the river Mersey at Runcorn, and have, in con sequerce, abandoned the branch by Marsh Gate.—Rail way Chronicle. It Is in contemplation to run a line of r ail wa y betwech the town of Tipperary and the city of Cashel, with ex tension (if requisite) to Holy Cross and Thurles, thereby connecting the Limerick and Waterford line with the Great Southern and Western. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The 'works on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, in the neighbour hood of Penrith, are progressing most satisfactorily, and are in a state of great forwardness, notwitlistandit:g the difficulties that have been encountered. Considerable proeress has also been made with the bridges across the rivers Eamont and Lowther, both of which will presently be arched over. PRESTON AND WYRE RAILWAY.—A. special meeting of the shareholders in this line was held at Fleetwood, on Wednesday last, to decide upon the bills for the proposed branches to Blackpool and Lytham. After a long discus sion upon the general management of the concern, the branches were approved of, and the directors authorised £200,000 for the purposes of the company. Three Man chester gentlemen are to be admitted to the board as soon practicable. The East India directors have resolved, before private companies start into existence, to have the whole continent of India surveyed with the view of laying down a general system of railway communication. A proposal has already been made to an eminent engineer to proceed to India for the purpose of undertaking the necessary survey : and in structions have been given to the Governor-General to lend all the assistance in his power in furtherance of this stupendous work. NEW RAILWAYS—YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE LIST.—Toe Huddersfield and Manchester line has passed the preamble. The Huddersfield and Sheffield Company have also passed their preamble. The Barnsley Junction has been thrown out in committee on the preamble. These lines are in connexion with the Sheffield and Man chester. The Hewood Branch Extension of the Leeds line and the Burnley Branch have proved their preambles. The Oldham Branch is still in committee. The Black burn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne has been recom , knitted to have clauses restrictinz the tolls inserted, in compliance with the recent orders for the day. The Blackburn, Thrwen, and Bolton - preamble is proved. THE EAST COAST RAILWAY.—The object of this line is to supply an important link to connect Great Yarmouth and the eastern coast with the western, midland, and northern districts. Commencing at Lynn it proceeds by Sutton Bridge, and Holbeach, to Boston, joining the Bos ton branch of the Cambridge and Lincoln line, and passes by Spilsby and Louth, to Grimsby and the Great Grimsby and Sheffield line. Such a line will bring the markets of Norwich and Manchester nearer to each other by 25 miles than any other line, and will give extensive local accom modat;on. Mr. Fulton has surveyed the line, and finds it practically a dead level, without works or embankments of a serious nature. Sir John Rennie is engineer iii chief of this line, and the proposed capital is £J,000,000. — Railway Chronicle. YORK AND CARLISLE, AND DURHAM, WESTMORE LAND, AND LANCASHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY --On Wednesday last, a meeting of the provisional directors of the York and Carlisle, and Durham, Westmoreland, and Lancashire Junction Railway, was held in Kendal. An executive comn ittee was appointed to have the manage ment of the affairs of the company, and to allot the shares. It was stated that the applications for shares were immense —and a limit was placed upon the number of shares that any one party could receive, in order to prevent specula tion, and to insure their extensive distribution. We understand that the Durham and Lancashire Junction Railway is now amalgamated with the York and Carlisle Company, and all the companies affected by the new line cordially co-operate with it, viz., the Lancaster, Carlisle, Stockton and Darlington, and Great North of England Railway Companies.—Lancaster Gazette. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A railway accident, which terminated fatally, occurred on the Lancaster and Preston line on Thursday afternoon, near the Scorton Station. It appears that the unfortunate sufferer was a Mr. Hoyle, tea dealer, residing on or near the Green Area, Lancaster, and was intending to return to his borne by the first and second class train, which leaves Preston at four p.m., and which would be consequently due at the Scorton Station soon after half-past four. It would seem that the deceased had felt himself pressed for time, and in consequence, in order to insure his reaching the station and so saving the train, he got upon the line, and was in the act of attempting to cross it, when the train came suddenly upon him and knocked him down, the wheels of the engine passing over his thigh, and literally separating the limb from the body : he was also otherwise mutilated arid crushed, but his sufferings were speedily ended, his death having been almost instantaneous. Verdict of the coroner's jury, " Accidental death." UTILITY OF THE ELECTRIC TICLEGRAPH.-011 the 19th instant, a gentleman, a passenger by the twelve o'clock down train to Bristol, from the Paddington ter minus of the Great 'Western Railway, discovered, shortly before the train arrived at niugh, that he had lost his purse, containing Bank of England notes to the amount of £9OO, besides £2 lOs in gold and 8s 6d in silver. Im mediately on the arrival of the train at the Slough station he proceeded direct to the office of the electric telegraph in a state of great excitement, not knowing whether he had been robbed of his money in the railway carriage, or lost it before he entered the train. Information of the loss was instantaneously transmitted to the superintendent of the electric telegraph, at the Paddington station, who immediately proceeded to the booking-office where the gentleman paid for his ticket, where the purse and its contents were found untouched. Within five minutes from the time of the loss being made known at Slough, the gentleman had the satisfaction of knowing that by means of this extraordinary invention his property was safe, and shortly afterwards received it by the following train. It will be recollected that by means of the electric railway the murderer Tam'll was apprehended and brought to justice. EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON.—Deputations from the respective hoards of the Edinburgh, Leith, and Grant on and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railways have met, and all differences that existed between them have been mutually and satisfactorily arranged. The land in Canal street is immediately to be made over to the Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantor), in exchange for the accommodation they afford the Edinburgh and Glasgow and the North British in permitting their junction at the southern ex tremity of their station, at the north bridge. The com pletion of this station will afford unknown facilities to these valuable undertakings. The Granton branch will be open in July or August next, and the Leith branch, with the great tunnel under the new town of Edinburgh, will be completed by the Ist of May, 1846, by which time the station will also be formed for the accommodation of the Edinburgh and Glasgow and the North British, which companies Cully expect to complete their works by that date. Satisfactory arrangements have also been entered into with the Town-council of Edinburgh, as regardk the construction of the tunnel under the Custom-house, in Drummond-place. We are glad to find that the proprie tors have now the certain prospect of having the railway completed, and are likely to be amply remunerated for all their trouble and anxiety. AN ARGUMENT AND A PROTEST. The Rev. G. S. Faber, of Sherburn House and Pre bendary of Durham, whose name has been associated with the defence of Protestant truth for upwards of half a cen tury, has addressed the following excellent letter to the Cnurch and Stale Gazette : " In the year 1829, I published in the Standard and the St. James's Chronicle, a series of letters, respecting the measure, which was insidiously denominated catholic Emancipation, but which really was a complt t- crinsti tution.ll amalgamation with a body of religionists whom our rulers collectively and solemnly declared to be ido lator s. •• My argumeet, at that time, ran thus :—The true question is, not so much whether Popery be or be not idolatry. but whether you, gentlemen legislators can ex pect a bles,ing upon the country from Almighty God. if you deliberately insult him, by first declaring Popery to be idolatry, and by ❑ext engrafting it upon our Protestant constitution. " Now, if this argument were of acy weight in the year 1829, its weight is plainly increased a hundred fold in the year 1845. " In the year 1829, you only effected a close and imme diate union with what you yourselves had declared to be idolatry. But now, in the year 1815, after declaring it to be idolatry, you, these very declarers, are invited to vote the Hin;ilie money for the parpr..o nr training a uurribor of individuals, that so they may the better and more effec tually teach this idolatry. " Such is a plain statement of the case : and I really cannot conceive a more gross'and daring insult to be of fered to Almighty God, than first to declare that Popery is idolatry, and next to vote away the public money for its support and encouragement. "Some have strangely argued, that, because a grant has already been made to Maynooth, the principle is given up, and the question has become a mere question of amount. " I see no evidence that the country is pledged to a perpetual continuance of this grant to Maynooth ; but, even if it were, the argument before us would amount to this. We have done wrong once: therefore teems/ con tinue to do wrong upon a still larger scale ' _ ' In truth, the whole series of measures respecting the Romanists have been avowedly a matter of supposed po litical expediency: for, certainly, they, who have de clared Popery to be idolatry, cannot base its support and enconragement upon a religious principle. " What, then, is the true nature of this pretended ex pediency? " Verily, it is worthy of the cause. For it is no other than the Jesuitical principle so admirably exposed by the immortal Pascal; that it is lawful to do acknowledged evil, in order that expected good may come. In a word, it is no other, at the bottom, than an infidel distrust of God : a relying upon our own miserable devices, instead of faithfully doing our duty, and then, in Christian faith, leaving the issue to the Almighty. " The de laration of our lawgivers that Popery is ido latry, is nothing more than a parallel declaration of the Protestant Church of England in her rubrics and in her homilies. On this point, she has faithfully borne her tes timoney ; and, whatever may be the sentiments of those who look " Rome-ward," no consi,tent member can sl ght it. Should this fatal measure pass, I see no other method of averting the wrath of heaven than a solemn na tional protest against the fearful sin when perpetrated by our lawgivers. Under this impression, I beg at least, be fore I descend into the grave, which at my age cannot be very far distant, to record my own individual protest against a well-nigh unexampled insult to the Supreme Moral Governor. April 29, 1845. CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIV" RpooL snIyPARA favour of the SIR,—As your influential • - bas ari .. and patriotic paper the extended circulation ' j beg I. - in the county of Chester, lowing a ;;aress.—l am, Sir, ..nsertion in your next publication of the fb Your very obedient Servant, ROBERT DE lIOLLINGWORTIL f• 'fo THE PROTESTANT INHABITANTS OF THE COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER. FELLOW PRO TESTANTS : —l t is impossible to view th 3 Ministerial prop os iti on f or a permanent national en dow : ment of the Ro man Catholic college of Nlaynooth witll, the most serious apprehensions. As a measure of it is of a most alarming nature, making us, contrail conscience, abettors in the support and propagation 00 religious error. Great as is this evil, it is as nothing wil l _ compared with its n ecessar y consequences : it is but t forerunner of others, wholly changing the governmen t f this great empi re , hith er t o con d ucted on pure ly Protest' ant principles. I call, therefore, on Protestants of all d en ominations' of all sects,—of a ll s h a d es o f po li t i cal op i n i ons , to coma forward united in reprehension, and in one mass to Tne morialise the sovereign forthwith for the immediate disso lution of the present Parliament, which does NOT represent the feelings of the English nati on , an d w hi c h, by forcing with indecent precipitancy this alarming proposition._ through its second rea di ng , th ere b y d er id es an d sets 0 naught the opinions of the people, daily and stronglY ei pressed by countless petitions. I will not allude to the certainty of Divine callretributio for national as we ll as i n di v id ua l d el i nquenc i es , but ; on all not by su pi neness tacitly to acquiesce in this worse than abandonment of the Protestant faith. This measurehas refere nce ne i t h er to honours, wealth, nor pos ition ; 1 : equally conce rns th e h um bl est and p rou de s t amongst gg and my only w i s h i s t h at t h e county palatine o f Ches te r ;. may set an exa m pl e , t o b e f o ll owe d , 1 dou b t not , inne' ately by every county in the kingdom. I have the honour to be, Fellow Protestants, Your very obedient SerVAnt, ROBERT DE lioLLINGWOUT“ - Hollingworth Hall, April 26th, 1815. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING• 2000 GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Idas (offered) 7 ~ 2 „ Winchelsea (offered) 4 „ 1 „ Col. Ansons Kedger. CHESTER CUP. 7 to 1 agst Cataract, 5 yrs, 6st 10Ih (offered) 8 „ 1 „ Obscurity, 4 yrs, sst 121 b (offered) 8 „ 1 „ Ould Ireland, 3 yrs, sst 9 „ 1 „ Semiseria, 5 yrs, 7st Blb 14 „ 1 „ Fitz-Allen, 3 yrs, sst (tkn. and aft. offered) 20 „ 1 „ The Era, 5 yrs, 8-t 41b (taken) 20 „ 1 „ Ratan, 4 yrs, Bst 41b (taken) 20 „ 1 „ Portrait, aged. 6st 101 b 25 „ 1 „ Zazoni, 5 yrs, Bst 12Ib (take 30 to 1) 25 „ 1 „ Trueboy, 5 yrs, Bst 41b 30 „ 1 „ Winesour, 5 yrs, 84 6lb (taken) 30 „ 1 „ St. Lawrence, aged, Bst 9lb (offered) 30 „ 1 „ Yheomun.ac-knuck, 4 vrs, 7st (offered) 33 „ 1 „ Pug, 3 yrs, 4st 81b (offered) 50 „ 1 „ Mickey Free, 4 yrs, 7ct 13Th (offered) 50 „ 1 „ Staley, 4 yrs, sst 71b (offered.) Several inquiries within the list day or two after Fitz to to,. Allen have had the effect of suddenly elevating him price quoted above, at which he was backed to-day ponies and other sums. If we add to this, that a similar movement on Wednesday placed Portrait at 14 to ; taken freely ; that Winesour fell back to 30 to 1 and th ,,. Era to 20 to 1, the latter not taken ; and that Ratan w .. 1 in considerable favour at 20 to I;—we shall have the only new features in the betting since Tuesday. price was named agst either Old Ireland or Semiseria day, and the betting, considering that another week "di intervenes before the day of the race, was never s o d on any previous occasion. Except 22 to 1 being taken Lu_. a small amount about Clear-the-Way, there was nothing done upon the Derby. noticisero BETTING AT TATTERSALL'S—TxuasnAIt -2000 GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 4 agst Lord Stradbroke's Idas (taken) 6 „ 4 „ John Day's lot 4 „ 1 „ Mr Wreford's Winchelsea 5 „ 1 „ Col. Anson's Kedger. CHESTER CUP. 5 to 1 agst Cataract 8 „ 1 „ Obscurity 9 „ 1 ~ Old Ireland (taken) 9 „ 1 ~ Semiseria 22 „ 1 „ Ratan (taken) 25 „ 1 „ Portrait 25 „ 1 ~ Trueboy 25 „ 1 „ Winesour (taken) 25 „ 1 ~ Fitz-Allen (taken) 30 „ 1 „ Pug 30 „ 1 „ Yheomun-ac-Knuck 50 ~ 1 ~ Aristides (tnken) favnosurieouteens,cenowd of was done uopthoenrehiothresers niof tioned, Ratan, Fitz-Allen, and Wi nesour a lone were qs any force; the disposition to b ac k th e fi rs t two of ! ce l' • th N ree oth leinagding of lot was general, and the outl a y cons id era bl e . The Pr' returned were the last taken. DERBY. 4 to 1 agst Jobn Day's lot. 5 „ 1 „ Lord Stradbroke's Idas 11 „ 1 „ Mr Gully's NN'eatherbit 12 „ 1 „ Mr Greville's Alarm 14 „ 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's Pam 15 „ 1 „ Colonel Anson's Kedger (aken) 22 „ 1 „ Mr. Ferguson's Clear-the-Way (t) 25 „ 1 „ Mr Gully's Old England (taken) 25 „ 1 „ Mr Wreford's Worthless 27 „ 1 „ Mr Mostyn's Pantasa 40 „ 1 „ Mr Coleman's Young Eclipse (take 50) 50 „ 1 „ Mr A. W. Hill's The Libel (t) 50 „ 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Sutlej (t) 50 „ 1 „ Mr Waller's Columbus (t) 1000 15 ~ Mr A. W. Hill's Ironmaster (t) 1000 15 „ Mr Heseltine's Fitz-Allen (t) 1000 10 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Gwallor (t) 1500 even between Ironmaster and The Libel t the Idas, Weatherbit, Pam, and K e d ger were steady at prices quoted, but were not backed t o an y great ex t : no t Alarm s price is nominal—report says that he bas ties been out for two or three d a y s . 22 t o 1 t a ken in ag about Clear-the-Way, 25 to 1 f ree ly a b ou t Old E ng ') to o 1 wa similar odds to a small amo un t a b ou t Worthless, 5 'for ; to £lOO about Sutlej, and 5000 t o 50 a bout G se re Ironmaster dropped from 40 t o It o 1000 t o 15, nor de' the new favourites, the Libel and Columbus, in enr mand. BATH AND SOMERSET COUNTY MEETING' TUESDAY. Produce Sweepstakesofsosov mile.each,s. h ft for thr ee-Y olds.—One ies: Mr. Wreford, jun.'s Worthless .. Ml ' 5 Mr. Hook's Bastion .. Mr. W. Etwall's ch c by Elis—Mopsa ........ • • " 4 Mr. I. Day's b c by Bubastes—Zelinda ............ 4tol on Worthless. Won easily by half a leng` d The Weston Stakes of 15 s ovs eac h, 10 ft w ith 25 a dd for two-)ear olds.—The straight half mile. 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Prince ss Ali ce . (Abdal e) Mr. Treen's Astonishment ..... . .............. • • ' on by a head. The Somersetshire Sta W kes of 25 sovs each. 15 ft and 0011 sif declared, &c.—Two miles and a distance. . 1 Mr. A. Hill's Sweatme a t. Mr. King's Young Lochinvar Lord G.l3entinck's Pug . ..... Won by a length, Pug wa s b ea t en t wo - . lengths, '— St. Lawrence by half a length. pa The County Members' Plate of £so.—Heats, a Pa ) 1 Z (Matron, 5 3 0 ..• ••• • " 4 4 ........ ' 2 ......... 3 v Mr. Gregory's Barricade... Mr I. Day's Seaport Mr. A. H. Poole's Spring-b0k...... Mr. Henderson's Jane Mr. Griffiths's Fox-whelp WEDNESDAY. n e 113i16 The Amateur Handicap of 10 sovs each, 5 ft. --- • -n and a distance. (5 subs.) Capt. Boyd's The Conqueror .. w alked °l° ( Tree') 1 Match of 100 sovs. h ft Mr. Okedon's Jellalabad Mr. Goldstone's Tiny ....................... Ci to 4 on Tiny. 2°- f The City Cup of 100 soas. added to a Sweepstakes o 1 sovs. each, h ft.—Two miles and a half• Lord G. Bentinck's Plenitude (Abda' Mr. Dixon's Glendower ..................... • • 2 to 1 agst Plenitude. with 100 The Dyrham Park Stakes of 25 sovs. each , I added, for three-year olds.—One mile. - Mr. Wreford's Worthless ...... (J. D a Y ,3 • Lord G. Bentinck's Miss Elia .................. • ' 11 to 8 on Worthless, 2 to 1 agst Miss Ells' o b, I The Bath Handicap of 25 sovs each, 10 ft , a nd 5 ° O. declared, &c.—One mile and a half and a distan 1 subs. 2 declared.) n g t io Sir S. Spry's Subduer.. .• • ................ • • ‘`' Mr. King's Sparsholt ... ae, • Won by a length easy. (10 a The York Handicap of 5 soya each, with 2 0 ,8 beat subs) was won in three one mile heats by Roderic' ing five others. EPSOM SPRING MEETING.-FitwAf. The Epsom Trial Plate of £5O, given by Sir (i',..•: cote, added to a Sweepstake of 5 sovsnel;light 1 e e a p t s h t c ak ot e e s , Mr. S. Scott's b c, by Wintonian, out (Wheeler) 0 Sir G. Heathcot e' s .. Sir G. Heathcote's Gwalior, brother to Bukhara. • '.. Shrine s o f ch s ' b o b; G ea l c a h u ' cu w s i , th of t2s , : l fdd O ed 1 / Mr. Westley's Jessie Hammond .......... •• 0 0 of Mr. T. Smith's Seafowl .................... 0 2 d r Mr. Wilson' s F re y s t o p ... ............... 3 3 r Mr. Balchin's bc by Slane. out of Gaiety . •• • 2 dr Mr. Lintott's Young England ............ • • " , Sweepstakes of 3 soya each, with £ 25 adde IN,Ml‘iirrr... Caffall's ll Vi r lt d s y lire's Sir Diggory Diddle (late P is : 0 1 0 1 cretion)(C. Paine) 0 1 2 Mr. Matthew's Tub Thumper ............ • • 0 0 3 Mr. J. Ling's Botherem .................. • • 0 2 0 Mr. Thompson's Anne Perenna .......... • • 0 0 d i • s M Fa id ir as. P . l . ay .. .... .................................. .. 0 2 0 0 ° Mr. York's Bletsoe Lass .............. ••• '