The Express.
London, England, 1855-07-09 00:00:00

Tea Heights °read Croat, attended by the efficers of the
Order, then entered the Throne-room.
. .

Tbelnestiture commenced by the reception at the door of
tbeTinsoeroom of Vice-Admiral JamesWhitle y Deans Dun-
dee, by the two Junior Knights Grand Cron present, pre-
ceded by the Genealogist (bearing the ensigns of a Knight
Geond Cries on a crimson velvet cushion, and the Gentle.
Naas Usher of the Order. Admiral Dundee knelt near the
Queen, and her Majesty was graciously pleased to confer
the honour of knighthood upon him with the sword of State.
The Admiral kissed her Majesty's heed, and the Queen,
assisted by Prince A'bert, placed the ribsnd of a Knight
Grand Cross (Military Division) over Sir James's right
shoulder, and delivered to him the star. Sir James again
humid the sovereign's hand and retired.
Lieutenant-Genenl the Duke of Cambridge was intro-
duced with the like ceremonies between the two Junior
Knights Greed Crass, and preceded by the officers of the
Bath, when the Queen was graciously pleased to invest his
royal highness with the Abend and hedge of a Knight Greed
Cross (Military Division) of the order ; and having delivered
to him the star, the royal duke kissed, her Majesty's hand
end withdrew.
beat. General Sir De Lacy Evans, General Sir James
Meedonnell, and General Sir Hew Dalrymple Ross, were
severally introduced with the like ceremonies, and were
reepectively invested by her Majesty, assisted by the Great
Muter, with the insigaia of a Height Grand Crow (Military
Divisioe) of the Order of the Bath
The investiture of Knights Grand Cross having terminated
that of Knights Commanders of the Order of the Bath nem-
emceed, ley the introduction of Sir Charles Augustus Fitz-
roy, who was condoned to the Queen between the genealo-
gist and gentleman usher of the order, the former besting
the ensigns of a Knight Commander on a crimson velvet
cushion, when her Majesty was graciously pleased, assisted
by Prince Albert to place the ribbed, with the badge of a
knight commander (Civil Division) over Sir Charles's neck,
and delivered to him the star. Sir Charles kissed the Queen's
hand and retired.
Colonel Proby, Thomas Cantley (Eest India Company's
service), end Colonel Justin Shiel (late her Majesty's minis-
ter to Persia), were introduced, had the honour of knight.
hood conferred upon them by the Queen. and were invested
by the Sovereign with the ensigns of a Knight Commander
(Civil Division) of the order.
Lieutenant General George Charles Earl of Lucia, Rear
Admiral James Hannay Phinaridgo. Major General James
Thomas E al of Cardigan Major General George Buller,
Rear Admiral Henry Dade Chads, General Edward
Mieella (Repel Marion), Admiral Frederick William Lord
Aylmer, Lieutenant General Thomas William Brotherton,
Rear Admiral Maurice Frederick Fitzbardinge Berkeley,
and Roar Admiral Fain's: Moresby, were severally intro-
duced by the Genealogist and the Gentleman Usher of the
Order of the Bath, bedtime honour of Knighthood conferred
upon teem by the Queen, end were afterwards invested by
her Majesty with the insignia of • Knight Commander
(Military Division) of the Order.
Major. General William Cater (Royal Artillery) was In-
troduced between the officers of tee order, and kneeling
before the Queen, received from her Majesty the hedge of
a Companion of the Bath. General Cater Mond the Save-
reign's hand end retired.
Captain Lord John Hay (Royal Navy), Colonel the Hon.
George Frederick Upton, Major George Ashley Maude,
Captain Lord George Paulin (Royal Navy), Captain the
Hon- Thomas Serynko Carnegie, iI.N , Lientenant-Colonel
Gloucester Gambier, Major Charles Lawrence D'Aguilar,
Captain Thomas Wren Carter (Royal Navy), Captain
Henry Francis °ruins (Hoye Navy), Camels Sidney
Colton Deere', Colonel Sir Thomas St. Vincent Hepe
CoehrsneTroubridge, Bart., Captain Lord Edward Remelt,
Colonel Fortune Graham (Royal Marines), Captain Chas.
Eden (Royal Navy), Major John Williamson Lovell, Cep
tain William John Cavendish Clifford (Royal Navy), Cap-
tain Henry Shank Maine (Royal Navy), Colonel Nee.
Thomas Lake, Lintesant.Colonel the Hon. Robert Airia
George Miami), Lieutenant Colonel David William Pays-
ter, and Dr. William Rae, Inspector of Hospital,, were is
ttoduced with the like ceremony, and severally received
from her Majesty the insigaia of a Companion of the Bath.
The Knights Grand Cross, by command of the Queen,
were evils called ever Is the Throne Room, and then
retired from the royal grenade. The Count de Emden
was pre ant at the esterseey, attended by Captain Burnell.
The Queen gave ithelfesess to Viscount Palmerton and
Visseent Muffin's.
The overt was Weeded by Eul Spencer, Lord Steward ;
the Marquis of Breadalbasse, Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke
of Weakness, Master of the Horse ; the Marquis of Aber-
eons, Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert; Lord Foley,
Captain of the Mom Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; Viscount
Sydney, Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard;
Viscount Combennere, Gold Stick in Waiting, the
Berl of Mulgeave, Treasurer of the Household ;
Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice. Chamberlain, Viscount Dram-
!MAC Comptroller of the Household ; the Earl of
Listoieel, Lord in Waiting ; the Hon. Mortimer Sackville
West, Groom in Waiting; Major General Wylde. Groom is
Waiting to Prince Albert; Lord Alfred Psget, Equerry in
Waiting; Colonel &moat, Equerry in Waiting to Preen
Albert; Lieutenant-Colonel Tophun, Lieutenant of the
Moo. Corps of Gentleman-at-Arms; Sir George Lee, Lieu-
tenant of the Yeoman of the Guard ; Colonel Hogg, Silver
Bitch Major Harmer, the Standard Bearer;
and Mr. Joseph Skip Lloyd, Clerk of the Cheque of the
Hoe. Cone of Gentlemen-at Arms; Sir William Martins,
Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State; and Lieutenant-
Colonels Nevill and Cooke, Sale ethers of the Hoe. Corps
of Gentlemen-at-Arms.

The Duke of Cambridge was attended by Colonel Tyrwhitt.
The Yuman of the Guard were on duty under the cont.
sued of Captain Parker Rkkford, the Rion in Waiting.
A Hurd of Honour of the Orenadier Guards, with the
band of the regiment, was es duty is frost of the Palace.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen an Saturday'.
The Queen and Prince Albert went to the Crystal Palace.
at Sydenhani, on Saturday evening, accompanied by the
King of the Belgium, the Pelletal Royal, the Count de
Flandree, and the Princess Charlotte ofßelgium.
The Royal suite consisted of the Duchess of Athol!, La
Marquise d'Yee de Bavay, Lord Alfred Paget, Colonel
Seymour, the Master of the Household, Colonel de Moor
Werke, and Captain BurnelL
The Royal party quitted Buckingham Palace at ten
misuse pest 8 *Woe % and were joined at the Crystal
Palace by the Deane of Kent (attended by Lady Anna
Maria Dawson). Her Majesty and the 'Liu of the Bel.
glans and the Royal circle dined in the Crystal Palau, and
returned to town at a quarter before 11 o'clock.
Yesterday her Majesty sad the Prince with the Prises
of Wales, the Princess Bayal, the Prisms' Alice, the ladies
sad gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household,
attended Divine service is the private dispel of Bucking-
ham Palace. The Hon. and very Rev. the Dean of Windsor
°Heisted.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday, at the
Foreign-office, Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were: Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chan-
cellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of
Clarendon, Lord John Russell, Lord Panmure, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood,
the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Sir William
Molernorth, Viscount Canning, and the Earl of
Harrowby. The Council eat one hour and a quarter.

Despetehes Were received at the Colonial-00n en Satur-
day from the Oeveraon of Ceylon, Bons Hong, sad
Mauritius.
Despatches were seat ea Saturday to the Governer of the
Falkland Isla/Lb.

Voirr OF TEE LINO or THE BELGIANS TO
Woomica.—(Tats DAY.)--This morning his Majesty
Um Lag of the Belgium, lus Royal Highness Pilate
Albert. and his Royal Highness Coast do Fleadra. at•

tended by the Equerry in Waiting, leR Buckingham
Pulses at 9 o'clock, in an open carriage and four, with out-
riders, for Woolwicb. The Royal party impacted the
Royal Artillery, the Military Repository, and other objects
of interest.

The Queen, Prince Albert, the King of the Bel.
ems. Princess Charlotte, Coast de Plandres, and suite.
elated the Crystal Palace, on Saturday evening. They
arrived at seven o'clock, partook of rsfreshmeats in the
Queen's apartments, and left the Palace at 9.45 p.m. They
mere revolved by Scott Rouen, E q , Mr. Grove the secre-
tary, 'ad Mr. Chalice Bourse. the Mac manager.

Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to approve
of the resolution passed by the Court of Directors of the
But India Company, on the 4th Instant, appointing the
Bight Hm. Viscount Canning Gsvernor-General of India.
The Earl of Westmoreland arrived in London on
Friday night from the Austrian capital The noble earl
waited on the Bul of Clarendon on Saturday at the For/io-
dic'.

Viimount and Visoountess Palmerston entertained,
at dinner, an Saturday evening, at their mansion on the
'Terrace. ?fogadMr, the Ambassador of Fracas end its
Countess Persiguy, the Sardinian Minister, the Denish
Minister and Madame Osholme, the Duc d'Orsutts, the
Neapolitan Minbter and the Princess Cart', the Earl and
Countess of Shaftesbury, Lord and Lady Holland, Lord and
Lady Wodehoase, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith and
Mrs. Smith, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. A. Craven, Mr. Beaumont,
M.P., and the Hon. F. Byng. The Viscountess had an
assembly after the banquet.
The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland bad a
large party assembled at Sion House, Isleworth, on &tar-
dily. The dinner circle included the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Westminster, Lord Muocsster, Lord Robert
Grosvenor and Min Grosvenor, Lord Richard Grosvenor,
Lady Adelisa Fitsalan Howard, the Hun. Captain Egerton,
Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, and Sir John Ramsden.

The Earl and Countess of Wilton had a grand
dinner on Saturday ►asst, at the family maucion in Glrw
wino, square. The Duke and Duchess O'Aumalr, attended
by Madlle. Caller and M. de Ceutouir, diocd with the Noble
Earl and Conntese—tbere being Feeent to meet their Royal

Highnesses the Right Hon. Hei;jSain and Mrs. Disraeli, Sir
William Fraser, &c.
The members of the Fox Club had their annual
fish dinner, on Saturday, at Greenwich. There were pre-
sent the Earl of Scarborough, Hon. Edward Coke, Lord
Mostyn, Earl of Albemarle, lion. B. S. Carew, S:r H. Fer.
guam Davis, M.P., Lord Panniers., Viscount Falkland,
Right Hon. Edward Ellice, M.P., Earl of Yarborough,
Earl of oJsford, Colonel Fergusson, M.P., Mr. Frederick
Hondas, M.P., Mr. Alston, Right Hon. Dr. Lushington,
Hon. H. Derma, Sir H. Cholnelsy, Mr. Stephenson,
Right Hon. Sir B. Hall, H.P., Mr. Augustus Stephenson,
Capt. Towasttesd, M.P., Mr. Edward Ellice, M.P., Viscount
Ebringtom, H.P., Viscount Milton, M.P., Mr. Roberts,
Lieut.-Colonel Adair, M.P., Lord Camp, Lord Sudeley,
Earl Fortino*, Sir Arch. Macdonald, Earl of LaMar,
Right Hon. Mr. Fi.spauick, Cil. Bolder°, Lord Marcos
Hill, H P., Lord ?ultimate, and Viscount Duncan, M.P.
Mr. G. Dundee, M.P., writes to a eotemporary

tt I tun sorry to perceive, by your article of today, that my
remarks in the house of Commons last eveniog on the
subject of the armed popular demonstration with which Mr
Daticombe threatened as for Sunday next should have led
you to the conclusion that! recommended the use of artillery
'omit my fellow•subjects. All I meant to convey by the
expression the crash on the pavement of the trail of a six-

pounder' was the moral effect that would be produced by
the presence of a military force, u the necessity for having
sash a tome at band was seriously to be apprehended in the
event of a demonstration of the nature of that contemplated
by Mr. Dunconsbe actually taking place. after-explana-
tion in the house showed sufficiently that this was the mean-
tog of my observations. In regard to the term' canaille,'
I applied it only to that part of the assemblage in Hyde pas k
hot Sunday which might with pulse: propriety be so desig-
nated and would certainly be so considered in any country."
The Rev. W. Blunt, curets of St. Botolph, Al&
gate, differs from the statements of the Ile,. Mr. lingo,
curate of St. Botolph, Bishopegre, respecting the character
of Houndaditch (situated in the parish of the former). " Ihe
eaistenoe of the evil Mr. Hugo complains of," says Mr. Blunt,
" is perfectly notorious ; but had he known the population of
the district even so well as I do, and also the circumstances
under which the evil (the ' Sunday fair') exists, I feel quit*
sure that a clergyman with Mr. Hugo's kindliness of beast
and active ministerial experience would have written in
milder terms."
Miss O'NEttx.—During a debate in the lions. of
Lords one evening last week, no little sensation was caused
by the entry into the hones of Sir Augustus Clifford, bear-
ing on his arm the unparagoned Mime O'Neill, now Lady
Wrixon Becher. A correspondent of the Liverpool Albion,
who was present, observes, " She is now some six and-sixty,
but does not look an hour more than fifty, and still retains
much of the expression of face which rendered her previously
inimitable in the portrayal of the affections as distinguished
from the mere tragic passions ; for even the Siddona' votaries
sonfessed that in all the softer emotions the 'auntie' femi-
nine beauty of Min O'Neill rendered her the very imper-
sonation of the sentiment she expressed. Probably no
woman ever trod the stage in modern times who
so entirely escaped the voice of calumny ; and that,
no doubt, tends to enhtnee the traditional esteem
in which the memory of her professional greatness is held.
She might have been a Countess, with the devices of •
princess ; but she was content to be t►e wife of a baronet,
whore widow she now is, and with whom she long lived as
happily in domestic retirement as she had done brilliantly in
the eyes of the public; for her emoluments for some years
before she retired [which she did without • farewell] were
from twelve to fifteen thousand per annum, and would have
been as much more had there been railways then as there
are now, which permit of the multiplication of oneself, as it
were, for managerial purposes. Her eon, the present ba-
ronet, aged twenty-eight, is said to be desirous of joining
the diplomatic service."

PRINCESS MARCELLINE CZARTORYSI(I'S
MATINEE MUSICALE, ON JULY 13, AT THE
MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OF BREAD.
ALBANS'S.

The Marquis and Mszehioness of Breads.lbane have
in a mat kind and graesful manner granted the wie of
their house to the Literary Association of the Friends of
Poland, for the performance of a concert in behalf of the
»fugue. The noble marquis had previously accepted the
presidency of that society, an office which is no sinecure.
It wu anything lint that to the late lamented Lord Dudley
Stout ; and it is with • full knowledge of its arduous
nature that his successor it willing to assist and befriend
the victims of a groat cense. Perseverance and enlightened
exertions in behalf of the unfortunate which give trouble
and taks time are the runt form of benevolence.

The Princeet Marcienine Curtoryski, with the consent of
her illustrious angle the Prince Adam Caartoryeki, is
waning over from Paris expressly for the purpose of giving
a Mating% Musicale, the proceeds of which will be devoted
exeluively to the relief of such of her countrymen in sone
u are disabled by age and infirmity from earnieg a liveli-
hood. The musical talents of this satiable princess are
held to be of the highest order by those who are qualified
to judge, and have baud her in her own house. They
could scarcely be devoted to a nobler object than the
prima.
The concert will be supported by Madame Clara Novelle,
Madentolealle Faecal, Mademoiselle Ilnderederfr, Madame

Anichial, Madamelune Math de Villas.. Signor Beletti,
Sigaor Mebane, Signor Plant, and conducted by Mr.
Liadatty Slyer. Monslaw Louie Eller, a very disdagniebed
performer ea the violle, whose talent has sicked so mush
admiration in Paris, is musing parpoesly to play at the ma-
eat, which premien to be a very brilliant one. The
patronage bestowed upon this charitable undertaking is
most select. Tickets may be proems& at the else of the
Literary Amociatioa, 10, Dalse.street, Bt. James's.

TEE Viatica" or Yzorm—The Rev. Richard
J. P. newts has bow Waikato' by the Bishop of Bath
sad Wells to the viewer of Yeovil-ram-Prestos.

YESIESDAY'S HYDRPARK DEMON-
STRATION.
RIOTS IN BILORAVIA.

Da mow hails; edlieb generally prevailed in the
elrMplr en Eldenbirj in 111111111 aka with the announced
=pillion of a Hyie•park deffileastratioa yesterday has been
by the event, not M keno been altogether withc rat
althea. the meek bee been less serious eh,*
teas eneidpited by wag genseally well-informed people.
It was MOM that exteseive preparations had been wade ty
the page authorities, orals/ under direction' from tie
aolasoalitte to wet any emergency that might arise, and
that um*, military were ready for action should events
of maffieleratly grave importance demand their intimation ;
and It was even rumoured that Mr. G. F. Dundee's recom-
mendation to employ a few six-pounders had not bora
eltegether lost sight of. Another rumour was that the
Uxbridge Yeomanry Cavalry had been summoned to Lon-
don, and that troops of the line had come up by railway.
Notwithstanding this threatening admixture of truth and
fiction, the people began to pour iato Hyde-park is the
attozonene by two s'elocke anif there had Domino seek thing
as a policeman or soldier is existence, and by three a con-
course hid assembled little ,inferior in point of numbers
to the monster gathering of the previous Sunday, the park
being left to their undisputed and almost undivided maps-
tion ; for the police, by a very prudent provision, were not
paraded upon the ground in strong detachments, nor hidden
behind trees, or in the gardens near the barracks, or is
the Humane Society's house, as was the case before,
not more than about twenty men of the A division
being vi,ible, st►tioned is couples in various parts of the
park, quite away from the g 1 gathering point, and
with peremptory instructions to be very careful in their
general conduct, and especially to refrain from auy
interference with the people. The bearing of these men was
throughout the afternoon of the most 'sampler, character,
and a little of their moderation shown by the force on Sun-
day week would have averted much of that which
now exists between them and the people. Yesterday, in
order as far as possible to ensure good conduct upon the
put of the constables employed, all the new men were
weeded from the division, and sent on street duty, only the
old and experienced officers being retained for using ser-
vice. Another wise provision of the authorities was the
stationing of policemen at the park gates, and especially at
the entrance to the grand drive, to warn the occupants of
carriages not to pus that way, owing to which only two or
three gigs and 2 couple of horsemen passed along the drive
during the afternoon. Those who thus faced the crowd
were received with cries of "Go to church"
from a lot of noisy boys, but, to judge by their
laughter, more to their amusement than annoyance.
The crowd, finding nothing to expend its energies ups,
gradually ►roke up into clusters, and meetings, if they
could be so Piled, were held in various parts,where speeches,
often displaying great ability, and always moderation of
tone, were delivered by persons having the appearance of
working men. The Sunday Trading Bill, of course, formed
the principal topic of the speakers, who yesterday gummed
a hearty pleasure that it was "done for—for they didn't
west that, and wouldn't have any more Sunday legislation."
Lord R. Grosvenor was spoken of respectfully, as a good.
meaning but visionary nobleman; end Mr. Dundee's ea-
fortunate six-pounder reeJnimendation, mentioned by
almost every speaker, was received with ridicule and
laughter, rather than with marks of indignation. Alto-
gether—with the exception of the boys, who will always be
in mischief—the conduct of the men was beyond cavil,
although the aggregate of the assemblage was less respect-
able in point of drawl than on the previous occasion.
Everything proceeded, if noisily, at least peaceably,
until about 6 o'clock, when a crowd of boys, finding no car-
riages to hoot at in the park itself, rushed out at the Apley-
house.gate, and commented hooting carriages passing down
Grosvenor-place, following t►em into Beigrave-equare,upon
the east side of which they found a quantity of straw spread
over the ' go way, in consequence of the illness of a lady
in an adjoining and to which, piling it into heaps,
they proceeded to set fire, to the terror of the neighbour.

hood. A gentleman cousin oat of one of the houses expos-
tulated with them upon their conduct, but the only reply
vouchsafed by the mob was a volley of stonee, which had

the instant effect of driving him in-doers, and his assailants
then proceeded to smash the windows of that and the adjoin-
ing houses, breaking all in the lower rooms, which were
not protected by sun•blinds. They then proceeded
down Ha'kin-street, emasbing the windows on either side,
and out to Orosrenor•place (at its tipper end), where they
did the same. Then retracing their steps along the east
side of Belgrave-equare, they recommenced operations in
Upper Belgran.street, smashing all the lower windows in
discriminately ; and along the east side of Etton-square,
where, especially at Fineness Hotel, the smashing was
frightful. Wilton street was next submitted to a similar
I process; and in the lower part of Grosvenor-place scarcely
a pane of glen in the lower apartments was left whole.
They neat tried their bands in Grosvenor-street West, in-
habited principally by tradesmen, and wore In full opera-
tion when the approach of a strong detachment of the D dha
sion of police pat a stop to their wanton spoliation, and
scattered them at once. DetaehmenU from the A, B, L.
and other divisions were speedily upon the spot, and pre-
vented anything like a nooramoneement of hostile opera-
tions. They took pommies of the parts attacked, prepared
to give every protection that might ►e required.

It was immediately after the commencement of the out-
rages just recorded that an occurrence took place at the
upper end of Grosvenor plain, nearly opposite Halkin-
street, which threatened for a moment or two to mums the
serious features of a popular outbreak. An inspector (of
what dietitian the reporter was not near though to see) was
passing southward from the park, accompanied by three
constables, when a stools was thrown, which struck one of
the latter on the face. The officer turned round, end
mixed a man whom he supposed had thrown the stove, but
he denied the fact. The constable, however, persisted ; and
with his companions pomaded to dreg the man along,when
the crowd interfered for his rune, dosing upon the
police, who at once drew their truncheons, and laid
about them right and left. The people gave back
blow for blow, using sticks and stones freely, and
in the sod bonnetted the police,who beteg quite overpowered
by numben were compelled to give up their prisoner, the
inspector giving the order to go home, saying " We are not
among Englishmen, or they would not treat us so." Elated
by this triumph, the mob exhibited symptoms of a disposi-
tion to use their power arbitrarily, by refusing to allow car-
riages to pass, but the second vehicle arriving happened to be
the cabriolet of Lord Cardigan, whose features beteg recog-
nised, the word was passed along, and the crowd opening
with a loud outburst of eheers, his lordship passed freely
along, with all the triumph of a popular ovation, which
he acknowledged by bowing from side to side. Di.
redly afterwards the police arrived in forth, and with very
great temper and moderation cleared the carriage way, and
advised the people to disease. Gradually the crowd
thinned, many people passing back into t►e park, but the
majority trudging homewards.
The window breaking which has been described occupied
not more than a quarter of an hour in its accomplishment,
and, according to the unanimous testimony of eye-witnesses,
wee entirely the work of boys and lads of the lowest grade,
sympathised with, and peihaps incited, by some of those
disreputable characters who de always to be found present
at large assemblages of the people. A pedal feeling of
regret was expressed among all the respectable dames that
such an act of wanton aggression should have occurred. No
one seemed to know why the outrage had oceurnd, but it
was generally supposed to be " • hint" to the aristocracy
to let the people aloe' for the future.
The polies were kept on duty during the whole of the
evening, and large numbered people combined to assemble
io and near the park until desk, but fortasately without
the occurrence of further outrage.
Among those whose windows have been more or less in-
jured are his Ezeellesey Count Kielmansegge (the Hano-
verian Minister), Sir James Graham, the Dowager Countess
of Somers, the Doke of Marlborough, Farrenee's Hotel, the
Earl of Gifford, the Hon. Mrs. Arden, Sir J. Boiler Ent,
M.P., Admiral Sir George Seymour, Sir Duncan Macdougall,
the Earl of Sefton, the Archbishop of York, the Duke of
Montrose, Lord Charles Wellesley, sad very many ethers.
Admiral Seymour, on owing out et hie beeps Is remonstrate

with the nob, respired a violent blow on the head wit► a
large stone, sad before he could get within doors he received
a mesa blow with a similar a%lnile on the side of ►ii. head,
from which the b:ocd Sawed freely. He was assisted ism
the holes by his servants. The distraction at the Doke of
Illarlberough's, at Finance's Hotel, the Hanoverian Minis.
ter's' end Lord Charles Wellesley'e was very great.

SPORTING.

LIVERPOOL JULY MEETING.
PROGIA AtalE OF THE bl'oll r.

Tan CaOXlllll eTAIELII 01 10 sow. each, b ft, with 10 added; 3-yr.
olds, est 10Ib , four, fiat 2lb ; 6.e, eat 10lb; ate and earl. gat; mares
and gebilass allowed 21b. One inCe sad • quarter. (5 subs.)—To
MIN 011 Tuesday night.
The WIMP( STaa.a of 15 sow. each, 5 ft, with SO added ; for tr.
olds; waits, rat 71b; cities, rat llb ; the second to twelve 34 MM. out
of the stakes • whalers of 100 mom clear 310 tetra. T. Y.C. (19 s W.)
—eby ktelburre—Steesme Depositor, Artillery, Tilly (Sib), Lady
Flames, Ooldld+l, Dramattat Highilytr, Early Morn, Omar
Pasta, dater to Stta. itlaby, Aberdeen, Cloudy, Alfred, Night Hawk,
Van Duck, eh f by Surplios—Kowena (910), Duplicity, the liar of
Lone (31b).
Tian Barran' Tserprostst, a handicap sweepstakes of 10 son.
each, h ft. wth a piece of plate et Heron. value added, for 3-yr.
CM. and upwards. A wiener ot any handicap atter the publication
of the weights of 100 sow. enar, Slo; two, or 204 lova clear, lulb
extra, but not to be accumulative ; the second tomes hi. stake. One
mfleandahalf. (17 rubs.)
Age bAye l
Red Lion 6 st
It 17
nines A 3
6 st
10
Knight of SC George... 4 9 0 The Spinner 4 6 9
The fatly Bird(includ- Medal
Mg 1011) extra)
Meteors
Jack the Giant Killer 6 7 4 Lanoewood 3 6 2

Cathedra Pan 5 6 12.
Exile of Erin ....- ...... 4 611 =acti7 3 4 6
Jett. Veda ....... -.-.. 4 6 10 New Holland (paid)
Tae UNCJABIRE OAKS oflOrees. each. h It, win, 130 added, for
3-yr old gain, Nit 7lb each; the winner of the Oaks 'at Epsom, 71b •
snood, bib; and the winner of the One Thousand Gaines. Makes,
Sib; or of any other sweepetakes 01 the value of 100 roes. clear, 3lb
antra. but not to exceed 71b; maidens up to the timeof etarting hav-
ing Iwo beaten twice allowed 310; three or more, Sib ; the mooed to
receive 30 con. out of 'ho maker,. (Inc.' round. Mcourkine. bf by
Melb3urne—Mystery. Cu'eavy, Cloud, Anton. Veneers, eta to Firefly,
She to my Fancy (6 b(, Into, Iby Maloo'm—Windlus. Phyleoe, Dame
Judith, Ellernalre, Illarebios.ces, Blooming Heather, The Lady of
Lyon*. Catastrophe, Harriet, Saban, Cho:mien, Myrtle, Lady Tattoo,
Lady Spin% Cornucopia, Capucine, The Medway, Cypriana, Bison
Valuta, Juliann, Wagner, Foir May, Julia, Bee Clear, f by Cotberstone:
—Maid of Saragena. Wiliiii. Plato ible, Tangent, The Fruiter. Gretna
(dead). The Hennaed (dead).
Tug daLuao Cranes of S .ion. each, with 25 added; 2 n olds and
upwards. Optimal selling weights, he. T.Y.C. To deacon Tuesday
night.
Tag UNTTID KNOWN Taunus' STARIi (UAIMICAT) of 5 NOM
each, 3 ft, with 60 added, for 3-yr-olds sad upwards; the neied to
receive 10 govt. out in the rtakes, and the Mat to pay the stake of the
third horns. To be ridden ty peoferlonal trainees or flve yous'stand.
ins, is One mile and a quarter. (13 subs )
Age . at lb Age et lb
Billy Richardson 6 13 5 Spencer
Kitetlyer
Royslist 4 12 11 Dalkeith paid 6 it 5'
Euleght 5 12 10 et. Andrew paid 2 13 5
Merges Rattler 4 IX 4 Bracey ..... .. .... pant 6 12 13
Lady Poneontiy 4 11 2 Amalgamation ...paid 4 12 1I
Gain
Puritan
I Wont
Billy Thatkwray 4 11 0 1 &limestone paid 3 11 0
Jupiter
Laster 3 10 12

line MASYSIT'S Ii:ATA7Ai Hioitl7lleAT;-3:31.:C01d5, 7st flb; four,
get; live, t.et tilli; ax and aged, bat 91b. Two miles. To close and
name en Wedneaday evening.
lug DADDY fleetness of 10 s vs. each, with 80 added; the second
to save his stake. The. wittier of a handicap of the value of lOU
rays. near, after the publication of the weights, Sib extra. One mile.
(II tubs.)
Age at lb Age et lb
The Early Bird
Haight of St. liwarge .. 4 8.0 Itylmone
'Webb 4 b S Blanca ........ ......... 4 6 8
The thicken
Annie Sutherland
The At gayer 4 7 2
Toe Unmoor. D•r, In specie, value 200 sort, added toe Handicap
Sweepstakes of 25 DON each, 15 ft, and only S if declared. The winner
of say swoecetakes. cup, cup stakes, or plate, of the clear value of
500 soya, alter the weights appear, Sib; of two such races, 101 b
extra; bat this In any mute to be the extreme penalty. 714 winner of
the Amot Stakes, Northumberland Plate, or Cumberland Plate, bib
extra, or of any other handicap race of the value of 200 son. clear,
31b; of 400 soya., Mb; ~r of any two of such last-mentioned handl.
mm alb extra; the second to rusive 541 tors. out of the stakes. (72
subs, 36 of whom declared.)
Age et lb Age at lb
Domino (toe 31b *airs) 4 610 Cock Pheavant (Ice 316
Clem kah
Arltba4 4 8 5 Blanes 4 7v
Joe Miller
tarts
Jack the Giant Killer 3 7 10 Ma of the North
Ammoala 6 7 8 I Shoreham
Seducer
Elastic
A HANDICAP PLAT. of 50 soca The winner to be wild by auction,
itz. ; if entered, to be sold for 1041., allowed alb : if for 80/., 10Ib ; if
toe SOS, 14Ib ; if for 301., IMD. T.Y.C. To clam on Wednesday

evening.. .
A Swat I,TAXIN of 3 vers. each, with 50 added; 2-yr-olds and up-
wards. Optimal selling weights, ate. T.Y.C. To chime on Wednes-
day evening.
las kULINTIN BIENNIAL FTAKEN of 10 SEM each, with 100 added
by the Leone; foe 3 yr.olds : 'oft', est lolb ; Mike, Bat 6th; the
second to rewire SO lore. out of tho stake.. One to the post. Stable
turn in. (15 subs.) Crown PLteon, The Professor, Combos, Neop-
to!emns, Blue Peter, Twilight, Colo., b f by Cowl—Yeang Deduce,
Rotherham, Grey Chicken. Careless, Noddy. Mystlo, Custom, Cock
of the North, Elfeatort, lfick.aton, The Knowing Bird, Donald,
flprnmr, Lord Al!red, limb .ma, Wastage, Duke of Hamlboo, Volun-
teer, ID'. Blab', Casey. brother to Royal flart, Trlteme, lloddam.

►AIDAT.

Tim Orstarr &rages, of 13 WV.. each, 10 ft. with 50 added. for
two sod 3.y.01d5; 2-yr-olds. 7st 41b; three, oat; GI lee and geldings
allowed alb; winners of plates or sweepstakes in the present year
amounting to 100 sows. clear, alb extra; the second to save his stake.
T.T.C. (throbs.) To name on Tonga, night.
Toe Psouncs STARS'. of 200 son. each, h ft, for 3.yr.olds ; colts,
Est 10lb; Mhos, 54 Slb ; stallions or mares whose peodaos have never
won allowed 210; both 61b; the products of marts which have bred a
winner of the Derby or St. Leger, 71b extra. One to the post. Stable
Tara lA—t.haruble (131 b), Oleagyle (la). Simone (Sib), Paletot (31b),
Dirk Hatteraick (31b). Chime, bc by Velll43o—Vezation (31b), Hor-
gan La Faye (ilb). I by Pyrrhus the First—MPG Whip (61b).
Tog LICOISID VICTOALLIIie BAMIXCAP PEAT. of 2)0 nova added
to • sweepstakes of 3 son. eseb ; the second to modes 30 eon. out of
the stakes. Winners of 100 sovs. clear after the pUbillat/011 of the
weights. Sib; twice, or 200 sort more, 101 b nitre. One mile.
(42 albs.)
Age et lb
5 9 0

Type
Snowdon Dunhill 5 • i

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

WOOLWICH, JUL: 7.
The following companies of the Royal Artillery
have born ordered to be tilled up to their complement of 14
non-essimisnolied officers, 120 partnere, and 1 trumpeter
ssoh,and to leave their present stations and proceed to
Bheerneas and Shoeburyness. :—Captlen N. Mac Kay's
Company, No. 6, of the Bth Seashore, from Portsmouth, to
Shoeburyooss; Captain H. A. Vernon'. Company. Ne. 6, of
the 3rd Battalion, from Plymouth, to Sheerness; Captain
the Hon. W. Yelverton's Company, No. 1, of the 9th Bat-
talion, from Alderney, tol Seoebueynses; Captain A. G.
Burrow's Company, No. 4, of the 4th Battalion, from Shoe-
buryness, to Sheerness; Captain E. H. Fisher's Company,
No. 1, of the 7th Battalion, from Dover to Sheerness.

PORTSMOUTH. JULY 8.
The Powerful, 84, sailing ship, Captain Massie,
arrived at Spithead lmt night from Sheerness. She is to
take 600 seamen and Marines to the Mediterranean. She is
ordered to sail :o-morrow, calling at Plymouth.
The Cruiser, 17, screw sloop, Command. r the Hon. G. H.
Douglas, lett Spithead last night, fur Piyinoste, with the 10
Ace's sad 170 Russian prisoners brought to this country
by the Bitrefordskiire transport, from the Crimea. The
Herefordshire has come inte harbour to land about 30 inva-
lids ; she has also brought home sod disembarked some con-
demned stores.

The Charlotte Jane, sailing transport, sailed today for
the Crimea with drafts of the 4th, 20th, and 50th regiments,
numbering 15 dicers and 310 men.
The Emerald i le is to embark tomorrow drafts of the
19th, 38th, and 44th regiments, numbering 15 Akers and
230 men,

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The Myrmidon, 2, paddle.steanser, sailed last night for
the wind Africa.

Imperatriz, steam transport, arrived this afternoon from
the Crimea, last from Malta. Another steam transport is
aiming up to Spithead this afternoon.

SHEERNESS, Jute 8.
A court-martial astethbled on hoard the Waterloo,
120 guns, flag ship, yesterday, to try Captain Arthur
Forbes and 'Mr. Richard H. Warreo, the toaster of the
Calypso, on a charge of bavicg run her on shore on the 21st
day of February last, on the Diamond Shoal on the north-
west coast of the island of Antigun. The court was com-
posed of the following cflicers: Commodore Christopher
Wynn, superintendent of Chatham-yard, mid in command
of the Wellesley, 72 guns, President ; Capt. John Jervis
Tucker, in command of the Formidable, St guns; Capt.
Lord Frederick Kerr, in command of the Waterloo; Capt.
Arthur Cumming, in command of the Olatton, 14 guns,
floating battery ; Capt. Frederick B. P. S,ymour, in com-
mand of the Meteor, 14 gone, floating battery. At the
conclusion of the trial, the Judge• Advocate read the sen-
tence of the court to the following effect :
Thatlifter hearing the evidence that had been adduced by
the different witnesses, and very maturely considering the
same, the court is of opinion that her Majesty's ship Calypso
took the ground in consequence of due care net having been
taken bythe commander and master on sppro,chiog a dan-
gerous coat, neglecting the Admiralty instructions relative
to outing of the lead, and for their using an unauthorised
Out, by which a miscalculation might bare been made of
the di►tance run. They were clearly of opinion DIA both
were to blame, and they do adjudge Captain Arthur Forbes
and Mr.Riehard H.Worren to be ly reprimanded, and
further that Mr. Richard H. Warren be put hack on the list
of muter for the term of two years. The court expressed
their highest satisfaction at the efficient warmer in which
each of them had most judiciously acted elite the accident
in wiling the ship off again.

DUBLIN, Jutv 7.
The following detachments embarked at an early
hour this morning in the transport ship Liflies, 1,468 tone
register, for the seat of war, viz.. 183 men of the 14th, 97
men of the 62d, and 230 men of the 90th Regiments. This
decors who go out with these drafts are Captain Young,
Lieutenant Vernede, and Ensigns Le Meander and Maiony,
of the 14th; Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Neynce, and Lieu-
tenants Palmer, Davenport, Matchel, Donde+, and Hume,
of the 62nd ; and Captain Close, Lieutenants Evory, Hey-
dock, Goodrich, and Wilmer, and Ensigns II Word,
Moultrie, and C 5 sties, of the 90th. The vessel will pro-
bably sail to-morrow. The 66th Regiment in this gerrisoa
expects to embark for the Crime on Monday.

MALTA, Jolts 27.
This morning, the new large iron screw sweeter Oneida,
2,317 tone, Ne. 272 transport, arrived here from Kingtown, Dublin.
with le °Moire, 183 non.commbsioned officers sod *Allem, 4 private
servants, a women, and 180 bongs on board. Tine veeael let Liver-
pool on the I lth, and Kingstown on the afternoon of the 17th Instant,
thereby making the passage In a little over nine daes. Fhe met with
severe weather in the Atlantic, which awed the homes to suffer
greatly, end during the voyage six horses have died or been destroyed,
to prevent glanders epreaditir. At daylight on the 74th, when
off the coast of Africa, soil about 90 re Pea to the westward of
Algiers, an alarm of fire was given, at which time the emote wee
like a cloud so high as the tunnel, and flames elms througe one of
the iron gratings. Every preparation we n.ade In the way of
lowering the bads, throwing the powder overboard, stopping the
engine, and lying in ewe to land, In cam the fire peered ; but fortu-
nately—through the esertions of the Queenbi regular temps, the ore.
are of the ship (iarticulerly the chief engineer), and the llrenen—it
was got under in about en hour and a half. It luckily happrred that
it was very calm. The tire originated entirely in the heating of the
boilers, which set fire to the wink% caelnire and one of the deck..
there ern be no doubt that the government valves which were close
to the heated lookers eared the steamer, as the diet engineer let O.
the steam through thus,* valve., closing the total one, mid the, wean
appeared to check the fire at once. It was most fortunate that the,
draught upward+ was sulliciebt to prevent the smoke testing much
aniceget the hereto, and that oonsequently they did not break loose.
This was the secant time that thole was an alarm or fire, but in the
first isMance, when In the Atlantic, it was quickly got under.
The oaralry draw belong to the 4th and Sth Draeoon Guard', and
the 4th Light Dragoons ate on board, and aleo the foil .wing officers:
—far llalskl-va ; Capt. Marshall, 4th Light Dragoons; Lieut. Brine,
Royal Engineers; LI. ut. William, 10th Humus; Meats. Poluni.
Hay, and Richards, sth Dragoon Dilates; Lieat.-Celonel Straton and
Lieut. Croker, 77th Regiment; and Lieut.-Col. Hon. H. Ilandeoek
end lady. For Malta, Lieut Cleather, 79th Highlanders; and for
Cenetentinople, Major Heyman and Capt. Fermi, Turkish Cavalry;
Psymaster dander' and Veterinary Surgeons Ford and Scott, Turkiah
Contingent, and Dr.Lealie.

CONDITION OF THE SOLDIERS IN THE CRIMEA.—
The following passage is taken from a soldier, letter, pub-
lished in the Hampshire Independent, and dated Beloitlava.
June 14:—" We are getting worse rations than we had
sometimes in the winter, and now thry have every convey-
ance to get it up, and the railway is completed to within two
miles of Sebastopol. We get our pay regular, and it takes
the whole of it to get us a hit to eat, for we cannot eat salt
meat this hot weather, end here it is very hot, I asst.re you.
The fever is nothing so bad as it was in Turkey last year.
Dear brother, I cannot conclude this epistle without making
I you acquainted with how we are d, aed wish the
different things our good and kind friends in England were
good enough to send out for the troops in the Crimea; but
do not think me dissatisfied, for every one is so; fir of what
has been sent to us a greatsr portion our officers take for
themselves, such as brandy, wines, pale ale, preserved meats
of every kind, tea, coffee, &o. They have the pick of all;
and what they do not want themselves they put into the
stores, end sell it out to us at English prices. They have
even taken several large casts of different things that have
been labelled for the non commissioned offizers of the
Soots Fusilier Guards;' and everything they have taken
bad been labelled ' for lot battalion Scot. Pueilier Guards,'
presented to them ; and the small portion we have bees
allowed to have we have had to pay for, and that dearly,
and they have the presumption to call themselves gentlemen.
It ought to be expand to the country. The working soldier
gets nothing but hard work and bard living ; but I em in
health, thank God, and am where I can get a small loaf for
10d., about a pound and a half.
A BALAHLAVA DRAGOON AT FORT PlTT.—Robett
Evans, 13th Light Dragoon,, a young man full of vigour
and with the best inclination to make use of his sabre in
behalf of his country, was, in the ever memorable chime of
Balaklave, within six yards of the enemy's gun., when hie
horse received a shell in his chest, and from the rapidity
with which he was advancing completely turned heels over
head, falling on Evans; while in this position the shell
burst in the chest of the horse, laying it open to the hind
quarter. The young man laid lengthways under the horse
with his legs between those of his ;loot wounded animal, at
every convulsive struggle of which Evans's legs were severely
injured by the shoes of his horse, the youth's head, breast,
and body being so completely ender the animal es to prevent
his calling for assistance. While the horse breathed Evans
took every opportunity of breathing else, but as life
ebbed from the poor horse the weight become greater, and
Evans found the difficulty of fotebiog his breath increased.
When the horse was dead the weight was inpufferable. In
this position his groaning attracted the attention of two of
the 17th Lancers and one of his own regiment returning
from the charge, who happily released hint. The
lengthened pressure rendered him quite frantic fur 9 'era
hours. He was taken by a doctor of the Rifles inside a
battery, and had no use of his arms and legs for four days;
his left ankle joint was figured, and with this and the lace-
rated state of both legs from the struggles of the horse, he
was a month in the hospital at Scutari. Hohelt Evans
entered Fort Pitt January 20, 1855, where his youthful
weans°. and the severity of his ease excited thc sympathy
of manyinfluential persons, the Earl of Darnley, Colonel
Eden, Major Boys, Rev. Mr. Whiston, and others. Upon
the Queen's flit visit Evans was in bed, but his case and
the anticipated amputation of his leg was told her Mojesty.
When her Majesty was inspecting the wounded the second
time, Evans was in the ranks with his crutches, hAdinst his
card. The Queen immediately asked if he was the youth
whose leg was to have been amputated. She then feelingly in-
quired of him bow he wee, whether he felt much pain, and
whether he was under chloroform ? This youth, who has
• married brother; in the 13th Light Dregooss, is very well
educated ; his father is still in Fort Pitt on his crutches,
awaiting the complete heeling of • wound from amputation,
performed on the morning of March 28, 1855.

fribe expreMlL

TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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la ast le lit the 0111 N. 111. Bouverfoareat. by Two •'i ca tli•
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HIGH WATIR AT LONDON BRIDGE.
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LONDON, MONDAY, JULY 9.

TER Court of Queen's Bench in Ireland has been
the scene of another trial of some public interest. It
appears from the description given of himself by Mr.
RICHARDSON. the plaintiff; that he is a gentleman
who cashes bills sometimes, and thinks it unnecessary
to say whether be ever kept a gambling-house, and
equally so to explain whether another suit to which
he was a party arms oat of a loom of 2,0001. con-
tracted in a hell in Jermyn-street. The purity of his
character has moreover been established by a judicial
decisiou, for he was discharged at Marlborough-street
on a criminal accusation connected with a bill trans-
action. This worthy was the friend of Mr. EDMUND
O'FLanalTY, the quondam Commissioner of
Income-tax in Ireland, and now employed, as
is said, during his retirement at New York,
in the humbler capacity of clerk in a transatlantic
store. Mr. RICHARDSON also states that he made the
acquaintance of the defendant GREGORY at that
critical period in the life of the latter when, for some
unexplained reasons, he suddenly disappeared from
the Turf. Mr. GREGORY seems to have been deep in
the confidence of OTLaueare, and to have regarded
with especial admiration the Commissioner's peculiar
power of softening the Hebrew heart. Together
they engaged in the patriotic task of restoring Irish
credit in the discount market, with what success the
facts we are about to state will show. The litigation
arose thus. O'FLAIIERTY had induced the plaintiff
to discount two bills—one drawn and the other in-
cepted in the name of GREGORY. RICHARDSON, in
his simple way, imagined that the official had brought
the bills merely as the friend and agent of GREGORY,
and was of course amazed when the latter, instead of
taking them up at maturity, denied the genuineness of
both the signatures. It was to try this question that
the jury was impasnelled in the cause of "Richard-
son c. Gregory." An Irish trial on such a subject
could hardly pass off without a little fun ; but as we
have other objects in view in referring to the cause,
one specimen mast suffice. The plaintiff's counsel
took occasion, in his opening, to mention Sir
James GRAHAM as one of many friends of
O'FLaniarr who had "left him Us the lurch" in
money matters. This turned out to be a
blunder between two names; but the mis-
take was not explained until Mr. FITZGIBBON
had improved the occasion by a philosophic gene-
ralisation of his own. "It was a fact," he said,
" that great men had engaged in felonious transac-
tions, and would do so to the end of the world." A
very comfortable doctrine truly for Administrative
Reformers. The result of the trial was, that the
jury found both the bills to be forged, and the plain-
tiff lost his money.
It will be remembered that about this time last
year this Mr. EDMUND OTLAHERTY appeared as the
brightest star in a little constellation of Government
protegla who attracted the particular notice of the
House of Commons. It was not long after the ap-
pointment and subsequent disappointment of Mr.
15TONOL and the curious display of speculative
genie' by the Secretary of the then CHANCELLOR
of the Excinonza, that the latter functionary
gained a signal triumph in the matter of
EDMUND OTLAHERTY, whose retirement across the
Atlantic had just then taken the world by surprise.
He had in the previous April, though then deemed
faultless, been removed from his financial post, and
the Government consequently suffered neither in
purse nor in character by his having absconded in
the month of July. If idle rumours had reached
them they had consulted their dignity and their
duty by turning a deaf car to everything that affected
the character of their trusted servant. We do not
recur to the subject now to twit a Ministry
happily defunct, with the forgeries or other misfor-
tunes of their emplorga ; nor would we add to the
chagrin which must be felt in aristocratic circles
at the dishonour done to official dignity
by the humble position now occupied by
the ex-Commissioner ; but dropping the cri-
minal part of the affair, the revelations in the
story are very interesting in another:point of view.
We get • glimpse of the sort of life led by Mr.
OTLATIERTY probably before and certainly during
his tenure of office. We see the associatn with whom
he consorted, and the atmosphere of jockeying,
gambling, and discount that qualified him, notwith-
standing the lack of nobility, to become the recipient
of ministerial patronage. The case always puzzled
us. We never could make out why EDMUND OTLA.
MERIT bad been chosen for the office. Bat the
cause of "Richardson v. Gregory" has thrown a
new light not only on the particular instance, but
on the general principles that regulate the se-
lection of public servants. Of course we do not
mean to suggest that the leading rule is veiled in any
obscurity. That a duke is more worthy than a marquis,
and a marquis more worthy than an earl, and so on
through all the grades of the peerage, is an elemen-
tary axiom of the grammar of administration, free
from those exceptions that used to make the rules of
our juvenile horn-books so fruitful a source of com-
plexity and castigation. Beyond this primary prin-
ciple we do not pretend to have advanced in the
science of patronage, though there are doubtless rules
by which adepts could balance the claims of a baron's
cousin against the pretensions of a baronet's son, and
assign to every man his due position in the hier-
archy of office. But the most perfect system
will sometimes break down. It does occasionally
happen that no candidate possessed of the rank
indicated by the graduated tables of aristocratic sue-
°cession, appears to fill a vacancy. We would
not impute any slackness to the lordly inheritors of
office, and we feel bound in justice to admit that these
occasional lapses are attributable to accidental cause
rather than to any want of that alacrity to serve the
State which is well known to be the natural fruit of
hereditary rank. Mr. OTLAHERTY'S appointment
seems to have been just one of those instances where
the absence of a privileged candidate compelled the
Minister to make his selection upon some crude prin-
ciples of his own devising. We need not say that snob
exceptional cases tarnish matter of the deepest interest
to " common fellows," whose ordinary privilege it is to
sit at the feet of noble and most noble raises, and blew
the British Constitution. We have for area bees
content to see the loaves of office allotted to tasseseed
class whose natural fuod they are; but we venture
to say that Englishmen have always watched with
jealousy the crumbs that fall from their mestere
table. After the demands of Rink were satisfied,
the country has at all times steadily insisted on the
claims of Merit. We had supposed auk was &sow
rule that, when no aristocrat's essilisb -

all the world were equally eligible ; but appointments
such as 071411111TV11 and others suggest that a

new class is in course of being interpolated,
to filch from patient Merit her residuary inhe-
ritance, in default of illustrious birth. Not
only is she postponed to the scions of nobility, but
habiluls of the betting ring, and frequenters of
hells are, it seems, also to take precedence. Against
this we must raise our voice. We admit that the
Turf has supplied us with many illustrious statesmen
►oth in put and present times; we are willing to
allow that a gambling-houss in St. James'. affords
valuable opportunities for becoming familiar with
the tone of that class from which our governors are
in the first instants, chosen ; but we take our stand
upon the traditions of the Constitution, and fearlessly
assert that such advantages by themselves ought
not to confer priority. We purposely avoid
all mention of the nicer cases, where these quali-
fications are strengthened by some touch of noble
blood. It is only the ignoble devotees of the Turf
and the dice-box whose pre-eminence we are com-
plaining of. To this class it is now clear that Mr.
O'FwaiErtrE belonged, and in the absence of any
other explanation of his elevation we can only sup-
pose that it was due to the antecedents by which
he was distinguished. We must protest against the
cue being drawn into a precedent for confining to a
single section of society the few appointments that
may remain after the list of well born exclusives
has been exhausted. For this remnant of good
things we hold it to be the undoubted and imprescrip.
live right of the public to compete, without any
special preference being shown to jockeys and gam-
blers. Happily, the risk of such affairs as that of
OTLARERIT is now considerably diminished. By
his superior tact, combined with large and compre-
hensive views of DE BRETT, our present PREMIER has
been ably, as yet, to fill up all, or most, of the vacan-
cies that have occurred without travelling beyond the
simple rule of aristocracy. We have the greatest con-
fidence in the continuance of his success. But if ever
he should find an appointment lett on his hands, we
trust that he will not reject an otherwise worthy
applicant for ignorance of rouge et noir or unfami-
liarity with bills.