The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-22 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

DIFIAPPEARANCE OF • A COLLECTOR OF TAXES.—
W. Royle, who for some years has filled the situation ci
collector of the assessed Mace and the poor rata for the
townships of Ramage, Rusholme, and Withington, has
absconded, and it appear. that he was deficiust in the
amounts reoeired for poor-rates sad tam, to the extent
altogether of about 7001. His relativ: s express a beltei that
he has drowned himself. The late Macs. B. and J. Mot-

train, who were uncles of Hoyle, became his sureties to the
extent of 6001., and this awn is legally recoverable from
their executors. In the case of a deficit in the ameesed taxes
it is understood there is • power to collect the whole amount
so hut, by levy upon the township. In the mattes of poor.
rates, however, the cam is somewhat different, there being,
it is stated, a personal liability on the overseen to sake good
any deficiency caused by the misconduct et their collector.
In this instance, however (ea in meaty others, doubtless),
there is this anomaly, which would make the ease one of con-
siderable hardship on the overseer of Withington for es.
ample,—vis , that, though the overseer recommended the
appointment of the collector, he had no power to discharge
him, the collector being, in fact, the servant or agent of the
hoard of guardians. It is rumoured that Mr. Hoyle specu-
lated in railway shares, by which he is said to have lose
about 3001., and that the remainder of his deficit is supposed
to arise from the repayment of money borrowed on his in-
dividual account.
A GANG OF SWINDLERS.—The Gardeners' area-
els otutions agricultural implement maker% hop and seed
merchants, and the public generally, against a nest of
swindlers, apparently an organised gang, who have opened
establishments in the city of Manchester, and profess t.
carry on business in various lines. Several orders have bees
received by various implement makers for ploughs, harrows,
dibblers, clod-crushers, carts, Imagoes, chaff cutters, and
chalk mills, from such parties, having really. no ennui riot
with agricultural pursuits, and,destitutir of capital, not having
the slightest pretension f.r setting themselves up es agents
for the sale of agricultural implements. It is well known that
where these worthies have succeeded in procuring imple-
ments they have been immediavely sent to some auctioneer
and sold to the best bidder at half the cost price. Honestly
intentioned men, who commence business end require credit,
ought to be able to give satisfactory reference to some well
known party, not to each other, as the practice is, with the
partite above alluded to; and implement-makers, hop and
seed merchants, at a distance, should refuse to part with
their goods until they have received answers to their in-
quiries from persons on whom they can place implicit
reliance.

•
NEW SYSTEM OP POTATO-GROWINO.—MY. Menem;
formerly curator at the Leeds Botanical Gardens, and long
and favourably known in the horticultural world, hea
published a communication on the importance of de•
{aching all the superfluous shoots from the potato eats. "By
doing sc," he says, " I have found a very considerable in-
crease in the weight and sire of a potato crop in eomporison
with those growing near. of the same kind, on a similar
soil, where the tops had all been left on as they sprang up
and, as they frequently do, with six, eight, or ten stems.
The detached shoots, if taken off with Can, will be toundl
perfectly well rooted, and to need no further support irons
the parent tuber; and, therefore, if each be separately
planted with care in a coiled position, leaving just the top
above the surface, about six inches apart in the row, and
about from two to three feet between, according to the kind
and soil, and watered afterwards to settle the soil about
them, and then trsated as the others, excellent mope will be
produced, little inferior to that from the original set, bad the
whole of its shoots been left on it, and the crop will prove
finer." He adds " Where manure of a rank nature is
applied to the sets it ought judiciously to be laid over, and
not under the sets. I have seen the evil effects of Pei@ proles
ice too often.'

BANKRUPTCY OF THE MAESTIO IRON C*MTANY.--.
Saturday being the day appointed for the last examinatioa
of the bankrupts, at the Bristol &strict court of bankruptcy.
a great deal of jets rest was manifested, and a number of cre-
ditors appeared to prove their debts as well against the sepa-
rate estates of some as against the joint estate of all the part-
ners. The assignees are Messrs Renshaw, of London;
flampton, of Maestig ; and C. B. Tripp, jun., of Bristol.
Some discussion ensued in reference to some of the proo&
tendered, but the last examination could not be proceeded
with, inumach as there had not been time for the plaintiff,
to prepare their balance-sheet. The total amount of &hes
proved against the company is 67,0001. Two large
claims to prove, one for 19,0001. and anothe.
for 6,0001„ it was agreed should stand over fee`
discussion till the next meeting under the fish
The following particulars of this important bankruptcy hag
been furnished to our Bristol correspondent:—The true •
debts amount to nearly 70,0001. ; the liabilities ea note
given to partners, but now in the hands of other parties, s
13,0001.; rents, wages. and salaries. about 40001. Tb
works have been carried on for twelve months under
deed of inspectorship, which expired on the 25th March last.
the fiat bearing date the 27th of March. There are in the
company seven partners—namely, Mr. WM. Stothert, Mr.
George Wood, Mr. John White Little, Mr. J. C. Speeder,
Mr. W. Brunton, Mr. J. Rusher, and Mr. W. H. Buck-
land. The available usets amount to about 63,0091., and are
as follows:—Plant, estimated value, at cost price, 52,000/ ;
horses, tools, &c. 4.0001.; stock of minerals, 5,0001 ; mans.
factored stock, 2,0001. Besides this the Maestig iron Com-
pany has a claim against the Vale of Meath Brewery Com-
pany, of which company they are partners, for nearly 70,000/
for which sum they hold the bills of the latter company as
security fur cash advances. The official assignee, Mr. E. M.
Miller, has paid a sum amounting to nearly 1,0001. totes.
workmen employed upon the iron works, to whom a very
large sum is still due for arrears of wages. The statute on",
requires that 40.. shall he paid to each workman in full, and
should that provision be rigidly adhA red to the poor fellows
will be minus to, for them, a serious extent. Ihe creditors
have, however, been applied to for their authority to the of-
ficial assignee to pay the remainder of the wages due in full.
The last examination was adjoureed till the 29th June next.

ANOTHER ABUSED CHARITY.—At a reocrA vestiri
meeting at Cheltenham. Mr. W. H. Gainnett intro-
duced the subject of Pate's Charity. He Said some
years ago a committee had been appointed in vestry
to watch the affairs of this charity, and they, were is-
structcd to report at every Easter vestry. They bad not re-
ported for three years. but had this year drawn up a does-
meat, which he would read. Mr. Owinnett then read
the report, which stated that the gross rental of the
property in 1844 was 792/. 2a. Id., and the expenditure:ma
account of the charity 7401. 181. Id. The last of the old
leases would fall in in 1855, when the funds applicible to the
charity would be greatly increased. It was estimated its
1822 that the annual rack-rental, wren the old lessee fell in.
would amount to 4,2001., but more recent estimates reduced
the probable amount to half that sum. At all events the
inc. me of the charity would be double the amount at present
realised. He trusted the intentions of the founder with re-
spect to the alms houses and the grammar school Would them
be carried out in all their integrity.—Mr. R. S. Lingwood
said, before any improvements could be introduced they
must co-operate with the trustees, the masters and 'fellows of
Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He thought if those gen-
tlemen were memorialised by the parish, some good might
result. He begged to propose the followingrettluti.m
That the system of education at the Free Grammar Reboot is not
adapted to the general wants of the inhabitants of Cheltenham, and
that it would be mac advantageous to those who are mooted to avail
themselves of the charitable intentions of the founder, if the course of
inatruccon given in the said school were enlarged sad extended to
other branches of literature and science and to muimercii.land gene.
rateducation, and that, inarmuch so ample powers ore given under
the act of 3 Si 4 Vic. cap. 77, for improving the con litlon and
extending the benefits of grammar schools, it is the ni.ition of tide
meeting that a provisional committee of rate-payer -old be sp.
pointed to consider if any and what stir ought now to ha taken by
the Inhabitants of Cheltenham to soul themselves of the mean.
afEnted by the raid act, to extend the benefits of the Free Oratimaa
School in this town.
Mr. G. Rowe seconded the resolution, which was unani
monsly agreed to.

LITERATURE.
Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowl! Buxton.
These memoirs will teach the world to do fa,
justice to the character of a true English gentleman.
During his life Sir Thomas enjoyed an extensive re;
putation as leader of a respectable and powerful
party ; but, as he appears in the narrative of his life
now published by his son, he will command the love
and reverence even of those who are indifferent or
hostile to the objects which were the great aim of hie
existence.

The life of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton divides it-
self naturally into three epochs from his birth in
1786 till his selection by Wilberforce to succeed him
as the leader of the anti-slavery movement in 1821
from the latter date till the passing of the act
emancipating the negroes in 1833; and from that
time till his death in 1845.

it is in the middle period that we find Sir Thomas
displaying the full energy and power of his character
as a public man. He had succeeded to the leadership
of a movement already matured as to its aims by the
co-operation of many minds, and possessing numerous
and enthusiastic supporters iu all parts of the king-
dom. What was wanted in a leader was that neogs
nised integrity and sincerity which commands respect,
that benevolence of disposition which seeks its
ends without endeavouring unnecesearily to wound or
irritate, and that inflexible moral courage
which no blandishments or intimidation, either
from men in power or from the multitude, can
compel to stop, or even pause for a moment in its on.
ward way. 1 hese qualities in their highest excels
lenco were combined in Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton,
and to that happy combination was mainly owing the
passing of the Negro Emancipation Act in 1833.
In the first period of his career these high and cont-
mending qualities could not, of course, find scope to
display themselves. In the third his want of en-
larged philosophical views rendered abortive his at-
tempts to originate further advantageous movements
in the course he had chalked out for himself.
But in both of these periods, quite as
much as in that to which we have already adverted,
the noble qualities of the man rendered him uniformly
lan object of admiring love.
The predominant natural features of his character
were courage of the very highest order; an ardent
and inflexible will; the warmest and tenderest be-
nevolence; and a constant flow of playful good-
humour. The judicious course pursued with him in
youth by his mother had allowed the healthy im-
pulses, which led him throughout life to relish so
intensely rural pursuits and field sports, folly to de-
velop themselves. His own energy and perseverance
enabled him to earn the highest honours at
college, and imbue himself with a good
classical and literary education. The benignant
influence of his early and intimate association
with the Gurneys and their circle, purified and

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elevated his moral sense, inspired him with the ambi-
tion of being truly useful, and infused into him a deep
pervading sense of religion, alike superior to mere
forms or to undue disregard of them, which continued
to be the motive and guide of all hie actions through
life.
Of his energetic fearlessness many examples might
be cited,—his springing into the vs at Cromer te
rescue the ship-wrecked man • and others. Perhaps
the following adventure with a mad dog will convoy
as clear an idea of his courage and the motives which
animated and controlled it as well as any other :
Whew I rot to Ilacapetead I saw Prime weer with mud, sad
running Aviary, and biting at everything. I saw him bite e
rr Wert
a doses dogs, two bout and • man. of mune I was excdingly
alarmed, being persuaded he wax mad. I tried every effort to stop
him, or kill IM, or to drive him into some outhouse,
but la vain. At last he sprang up at a boy and reed
him b Om breast; happily I woo ter him, and toothed bins
oe witb my whip. He then set off towerds london, and role by bts
side. waiting to swan opportunity of stopping him. 1 continually
"poke to I but he paid no regard to coaxing or roolding.
may amppme I was seriously alarmed, dreading the immense me-
tric( he might do, hating seen him do m much in • few preceding
Mouths. I wee terrilled at the idea of his getting into Cuoulen-town
WA
LOW= ; sad at length considering that if ever there was an owe.
ern tbat justified • rink of life, this w sit, I deterinned to catch hint
we're 'Welly, he ran up to lhoor'• gate, and I threw mrsailf from
my horse upoa him, and naught him by the leek; he bit at me, and
struggled. but without effect, and I succeeded in securing
him, wi
tleth-
out his biting me. When I wired the dog, isble to bold
ithur
Were so deeperate that it seemed at find almost importa
him, dill lifted hire up in the air, when he was more easily maimed,
and I mutt from ling the bell. I was afraid that the fosm which
was poring his mouth in hie furious efforts to bite
I bold him nuriatigtot into some stretch and
ne da
bend me Injwhile •l
put
ury, so with
VEnoerret in my pocket, and forced on my glom, then
I did the same with my other hand, and at last the
row opened the door, saying, "What do you want 1"-
!ar beelogitt you a road dog," replied I : and telling him to get •
strong obra, I walked into tbe yard, carrying die dog by his nick. I
woe deurreised mot to kill him. am I thought if be sbould prove not to
be mad, it weald be such a satisfaction to tee three penmen whom he
lasd tam. it wads the pardoner (who woe in • tern fright) secure
the collar mond kW seek, and fix the other end of the chain to • tree,
and thee wariest to its furthest range with all ray force, which was
nearly ethaured by hie frantic smooth e, I dung biin away foga me
Andreas, bath. lle made a deeper to bound alter me, but finding
Unser reeled, be uttered the most Minot yeil I ever beard. All that
day be did nothing but nob to and fro, shactoduir info
foam whim
runitfrom his Jaws; we threw him meet, and be matched at it with
ztlormattlyt ag
the chain .:.I.,,,dThernte,
ao ila4whelohl.wet:tuto,
Rowed brims the prongs of • pitchfork, and then lined ...we
'armorer mad kW neck; when I pulled up the fk, he spr
rang
up up and made a dash at me, which snapped the old or
chain in
Ile diet in tarty-eight bouts from the use he went mad.
Of that still higher quality, the inflexible moral
courage, with which natural disposition strengthened
by high principle enabled him to withstand all attempts
to turn aside from what he believed to be the path
of dqty, Lis resistance to the blandishments of go-
vernment to make him yield to their convenience
when urging on negro emancipation will be the best
specimen. In 1832 ministers were urgent with him
not to trouble them with this ticklish question. Ills
daughter thus narrates the assaults made upon him
dunsg a forenoon's ride to make him withdraw the
motion which men in office felt so inconvenient :
Me father aid I went out on horseteck directly after breakfast, and
a raimorabie rife we had. lie Organ b saying that he hail mood eo
Ow, bet divide be could not. tie said I could not conceive the pain
of it. that almost sumberleth ties and intereetx were concern
their
; thst
his Mesas would be driven to vote against hint, and thus seats
word be eathingered. But then hie mind turned to the sufferings of
the dielosarts mil of the slaves; end be said alter all he mum
welaa the real amount of euffeting and not think only of that which
came seder Ms sight; and that If be were in toe West Indio he
should feel that the acimexua to Howland ought to go straight on ate
corideratere. In shoot, by degrees his mind was mode
up. When we got near the home, every minute we met somebody
or WSW, who rotWSW, baetilv rode tip to us. "Come on to-aigit
" yes."-" Pooltively !" Positively:" and, with • blank counte-
rime, the lapiree cursed his hose's bead sad rode away. Ido not
know hew lathy times this occurred. In St. Jarneeepark we met
Mr. Strut' Mee, Next told to my great eatishiction that be
stead,
after • would dleide. Auguotus Ihdrymple came up, sod,
after the usual queries, said," Well, I tell you frankly I mean to
make as attack upon you to-night" "On what point !" " You said
err time ago that the planter* were popeyed to religicus intone-
roe " 1 did, and will maintain it."
But this forenoon-skirmishing was as nothing to
what he bad to endure in " the house" at night :
Lord Altera proposed toe amendment of adding "conformably to
the resolutions of Ilia .' Then came the triad. They ;privately', be.
sought my father to give way, sad sot to prom them to a division.
"They hated," they said, " dividing against him, when their hearts
were el foe Idol; it was merely a nominal it Ifs tenth, why should be
split bolos! He was sure to be beaten, white was the lee of Onming
them all into ditkoilty, sod making them vote sprat Dim ". ' lie told
ma that lie thought he bad a hundred applicationn of thin kind, I. the
coarse of the emoting ; in abort, nearly every friend he bad in the
bome came to Mm. and by all considerations of reason and friend-
ship teemmbt him to glee way. Mr. hymns was alma( the only
penes who Wok the other side. I watched my father with lode-
forbore anxiety, seeing the members, one alter the other, come and
alt down by Mr, and jadging but too well from their gesture., what
ther earned woe One of them went to Mot four times, and at led
rot up • ore to Idea with these words, " Immovable se mar I" To
so y wade Hoaree who was under the gallery, they went repeatedly,
bet with so rasome, for he would ealy send him • mirage to perse-
vere. My melerowited to me one gentleman. not a member, who
was awe Wm air the gallery, es having been to a high
militate all the worth, exclaiming, " Oh,
he won't stand.
Ora, hell yield. I'd pee • hundred gats& -I'd give •
th urea to have him divide ! Noble, noble! What
3 ;lOW is " according to the varioua changes in the
sepia of thing!. Among others, Mr. 11- came ears to try
kin eloper*: Now, don't to 63 obstinate; just put in this
one word lotereet, it makes no real difference, and then all will be
easy. Tom erW sang alienate the goveroment Now," sold he "
,lnst UN Lord Milker, you have consented." My father replied, " I
dget think I exaggerate when I say I would rawer your bead were
oq and Mine too; lam sere I bad rather yours were." What a
trial it Wall He raid afterwards that he could compare it to nothing
hut a within/ tootb-drawing the whole cretins.
His inflexibility had its reward, though at the
time be was left in a minority:
saw T. a. Maconlay ymterday be told me one thing, which has
magi osespisit my miM ever 'lra, and which furnished the subject
miter M my amditatioes, as I rode by the light of the stare to
trios last night. Ile mud, "You know how entirely every
body dinapprefett of your count in your motion, and
you moy wroog, very hard-bearted, very headstrong ,;ut
two or Oboe dap after the dilate Lord Attire', said to me,
''' Hut dirties of Sastan's has settled the slavery gumtree. If be
ma pat ninety to vote with him when be is wrong, and when most of
those really intimated in the subject vote against him, he can rem-
ould it, majority when he is right. The ration is eettled : the
eat am it, and they wilt take it up. No reported Memo.
rylvi:td to added, "sir James Graham told me yesterday that the
goversommt meet in a week; they will;thon divide themseires into
committees os the three or four le•diro. gueataatia fur the toroth* of
settling them. Mayery is one." Now, its sot eo conch the het that '
smarmiest are rum to take tato their own hands the queetion to
the purple of train it, which occupied my mind, as the considers-
Dos of thl Wade by which we were led to that division. to which
loOn important 110IIsequenoes attach. It certainly was not the wisdom
Of my 'swam, for, with the exception of me own fa *tic,
Nam
Boers, gtrpvs Johnston, and one or two others, they were all '
diner' ay at names -.:'h-.:'hme: Brougham, when be heard of my
e
-.....sitleaep said Is the Mon mad! Dees be mean to set without
mesas? Me must giv elegy." It really wan not tne wisdom of my
ecturienge, and as certainly it was not either my own wvotom or
yeechatiog, I felt, it is true, clear that I wen right, but I did not bad
it eat takeapts!a the reason why I was so Cleat.
The opening sentence in his daughter's account of
Oho mognwg's ride will have shown how much of re-
luctance to give pain or engage in contests was com-
bine* with this firmness. The following sketch of
Sir Thomas, in his hours of privacy, completes that
picture'
Ills public liberality, which Is act generally known, was ell)
equaled by his private acts of geoerosty and charity-acts snitch
were only knows to sorrel( and the riciplente oi his bounty. Ile ap-
peared totally usable to deny relief where it teemed to be required,
although be might feel it had not me merited. ternetimea, when
be had relieved the same permit several times, he would give me di-
rections to write rather a sharp note, stating that be could attend to
so further applications. In the course of the day be would ark me
whether 1 bad sent the note. Ile would tben hesitate, read over tho.
applicent'a letter met smith, and then !mitten back in his armchair
mid robing his spectacles upon ids foreheed, would look me ateadily
in tlis fete. " What do you think of it, Nixoti! -the poor old villain
rem**o be In • lead way, shall I send hirn a Odle more 1" On my
declining to glee sa opinion, be would continue, " Well, then, send
him *amber sovereign, and as this to the seventh time he has pro-
mised never to apply to me again, tell him that I give him a trifle
this one, but only on condition that I am ne
void to ste bis hand-
writing any more. I don't with to hurt the poo fellow's feeling.,
but tuition to him, in the very eintlot terms mairinable, that I'll nee
hi. no* stretched before send him another halfpenny." Then
✓islog logo ant of th ,he would look back before butting the
door, to beg me o notes to put it tob sharp," and to let him the the
letter borate seeding it off. ouch was the mon-be could not bear to
Sias a sooteent's pain.
Sir Thomas's letters to his children, and hie letters
from Italy, are full of the playfulness of a cultivated
mind froc from all pretence or assumption. But we
prefer as examples of his amusing powers one or two
sketches of public characters. In his account of a
beef-steak dinner he gave in the brewery, to the Whig
cabinet, he hits off Lord Brougham to the life:
I nest led them to the steam engine; lirouoham amended the
tattle aad conmenced a lecture en et power, and told many c
tasty(
other ariethethe ; and ohm we left the engine, he went on lecturing
as to the other parts of the machinery,. that !teeth Guroey rid he
mnderstood brewing better than any vonain en the premises. I bad Mr.
pow ap with his amounts, to explain Mow moth our horses esoch coot
per anaurn, and Brougham entered into Lino calculations upon the
subject. To describe the variety of his conversation in iroporible
" From gram op!, from lively to mere.
At dieser I gave but two. " The King," and ...Me memory of
Gang* In wed. birthday Owes. We bad no epeeth.es ; but con.
'readout Sowed, or rather roared like a torrent, at our end of the
table. The Chancellor lost not a moment. he wan always eating,
mimtp, tales, or laughing. Ills powers of laughing seemed on a
Dive tb his ,er capacities. Talking of grace before dinner, he
said, " I like the Dutch arse. beet; they sit pert ctly still and quiet
for a death or two. I thought it •ery solemn." lie inpired the
wages of thedrapeen. I told him about 458. weekly, and we Allow
them to provide substitutes fur a day or two in the week; but we M-
alta oa Deur paying them at the at of Min. per week. " Yee," raid
he, I %Mermaid ; these rich and employ curate:, and tho
ante "or the drsytnen get
abou (botheredh eatery ax ththe of the
clergy." Alter dinner we took them to the stables to we the Worm.
' bornebogy said, " Now the Cnancellor will be at a boa ; t
eal eventa
he tames nothing about bone." However fortune favour eve or
he *Mated ono of the beat of them, and pointed out his merits. Mom
one that be
seemed very
upon he hick, and ride him round
the Mrdebicti he seemed very willing to do." And thus ends my
bistory of the Lord Chancellor.
And the following account of a dialogue between
the elder Rothschild and another of his guests is
equally rich:
peps," emu —, "that your children are not too food of money
!e I
and MAIM" w the exclusion of inure important things. lam lure
you would Dot wbb that" Rothschild: lam mare I should wish
that 1 miik Mai to give mind and sop, end heart, and body, and
en= Is he; that is the way to be happy. It requires a
ev
eflielemei. rod • great deal of caution to make a great for-
t:Mt end Irma pmabwee got It, it moires ten times as much wit to
keep is. If 1 Were WIMP to all the projects proposed to me, 1 should
ruinzimiThogyMor lush tome business, young man, said he to
It; allekho pear brewery, and you may be toe great brewer of
Loader Be • brewer, sad • Maker, end a merchant, and a menu.
lecturer, and you will MOO be to the Gamete. One of my neiglabours
ha a veep ill-tampered man; be tries to vex roe, and has bat
• great Mari ler swine, rem to my walk. No, when Igo out, I hear
pal Root, grant, sgussli. squeak ; but this does me no harm. lam
always in good humor. Sometimes, to amuse myself. I give a hog.
gar soar. Ifs thlalui It ls s mistake. and, for fear I should rind
It ask tabs mos as bard ma be ma. 1 whim you to gtv• • beggar
a glimassaisimss; basso, smear

In floe, u we hinted at the outset of theft remarks,
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton will be found by the
reader of his life to have been, from first to last, one
of the noblest specimens on record of the true Eng-
lish
gentleman• As tor his public career, would that
we had at present half a dosen public men with his
deep conviction and indomitable strength of purpose
to urge on those reforms for which the nation is so
anxious

however, to peroeive herb
swet was afterwards more apparent,
that the beet notes of le° lay In the lower part of the
scale; that, as it rose, its volume diminished; and that her
flights into the regions " In sit" were nude with some effort
and attended with a small degree of shrillness. But this
defect was net strongly peroeptible her voice, taken
altogether ,Van ergs* of 'angular power and beauty. Her
whole personation of the character was marked by genius
sad feeling. The last stn of the second act, in which
Linda, overwhelmed by the curses of her aged father, and
the news of her low's haseboul, gives way to sudden in-
sanity, was one of the finest specimens that we have ever
witnessed of the ass of music as the language of (nylon.
The wild ravings of distraction were only the more truthful
sad pathetic from the brilliant execution of the vocal po-
ngee which conveyed them. This scene (the most etrikiup
feature of the opera) made an immense impression on the
audience. In the concluding scene, Linda's gradual recovery
by the soothing voice of her lover, was an affecting piece
getting on the part of Madame Tadolini, and she executed
the final rondo with great brilliancy ' • but it is a mere string
of unmeaning Nourishes—a bad imitatlon of the finale in the
Sennambula." lier reception throughout the opera was
most triumphant. Mr. Reeves, also, had great mucus in the
character of Carlo—as great, indeed, as it was posaible to
have in a poor part, which neither affunis 'cop for the
talents of the actor, nor in calculated to exhibit the higher
qualities of the singer. In the duet in the first act, "Ba
quel dl," between Linda and Carlo, both parts were sung
with equal beauty, and both performers were equally ap-
plauded ; but it was in the air in the second act, " Se
unto in irs," that Mr. Reeves produced the great
eat effect. In it the beauty of his voice fa vole, Dee
surpaued on the Italian stage), his purity of style,
and warmth of expression, were fully displayed. Er
reception was most favourable; but we hope to set: I.lm in a
part of a higher order and more worthy of his powers.
Co.etti gave great dramatic effect to the character of
Linda's aged father, end his voice contributed
much to enrich the eoccertedl pieces. Leablache gave
importance to the small part (he never hesitates
to take small parts, and never tails to give them
importance) of the Prefect, by the benevolence of hi.
'spat and the natural simplicity of Inv action. As the faith.
ful bo, Pierotto, Mdlle. Schwartz was charming. The
musical merit of this opera in by no means great It has
some agreeable airs, mere outlines, to he filled up by the art
of the performer ; but the simplicity of the drama and the
homely interest of the subject engage the attention and feel-
ings of the audience; and whoa well performed (so it was
on this occasion) tt sever fells te be well received.

Joao farts.
TILE VERNON GALLERY.
The private view of Mr. Vernon'. noble gift to the
British notion of one hundred and sixty paintings by
British artists, valued at something like 40,0001., took place
on Saturday at the house of the donor, No. 50, Pall-mall.
Mr Vernon pewees (or rather possessed) a larger collection
of pictures of the English school, bought with great libe-
rality and with equal taste, but he has permitted the trus-
tees of the National Gallery to weed the collection down to
160, having himself, in 1842, previously reduced the num-
ber of works he hail brought together by 110 pictures by
English artists, sold at Christie's Rooms in the May of that
year. The collection is new about as perfect a representa-
tion of the English school (the present school especially) as
gnat taste and a liberal purse could well bring
together. It is true that there are fine speci-
mens of certain artiste elsewhere and so indeed
we may say of all great collections—of the Louvre,
the Dresden Gallery, the Berlin Museum, the Pitti Palace,
and the Florence Gallery. of Peers collection of Dutch
pictures, and of
.Mr. Hops 's collection of the same school.
Mr. Sheepshanks • marvelloue gallery of the English school
is the only collection in any way making the least approxi-
mation to the Vernon gift. Mr. Rogers has very line Sir
Joshua., and the Marquise( Lansdowne the best of Newton's
works, yet many of our greater English artists will be seen
no where else to the same advantage as in the Vernon
gallery. Lord Ilervey's remark, that Lord Burlington's
villa at Chiswick was too small to live in and too
large to hang to your watch, will occur to the
moollection of many who visit the Vernon collection for the
first time. The house in which Mr. Vernon has assembled
so many tine works of art is one of those harpsichord houses
which toady Mary Wortley Montague delighted to laugh at
and lived to die in. The rooms are Large enough for a private
family to lire in with ease and eh genes, all very well for
sideboards and wine coolers, but oholly unfitted for the re-
ception of a collection of pictures demanding a gallery to be
seen in. The rooms are four in number: The dining-room,
front drawing-room, back drawing-room, and boudoir, a sort
of octagon room at the academy. To these are added a stair-
case leading to the garrets, commanding a capital light, but
narrow and inconvenient. Such, then, is the house in which
the Veroon gallery is at present to be seen; we my at pre-
sent, because it is quite clear that a British gal-
lery for British art must at once he built, and
what is more, at the expense of the British nation. It is
false economy, and something worse, to refuse a proper grant
for the erection of a public gallery fit to receive what indi.i-
duel munificence has given to the public.
The Vernon gallery contains 160 paintings, 11.25 dead sod
46 living British artiste. S•r Joshua Reynolds is eilmirably
repreeented by one of his half-portrait, half.poetic little pic-
tures, bought by Mr. Vernon at Mr. Harman's sale, and
entitled " The Age of Innocence." It is one of the very
best of Reynolds's pictures, and withal in the best preserva-
tion. The catalogue gays it cost Mr. Vernon 1,450 guineas;
but, if we remember rightly (and we were present on the
occasion), the price was 1,620 guineas. Be this as it may,
there is nothing like it in the National Gallery, and nothing
better at Mr. Rogers's, in St. James's place. Of the four
Gainsboroughs the largest is the best —" Landscape—
Sunset"—in the east-end corner of the dining•reona, though
there is another nearly as good in the same room.
The small picture of " The Young Cottager'," upstairs, is as
exquisite example of Gainsborough's art in another manner.
The Richard V. ilaons see four in number, and though small,
unusually good. We prefer the companion views in Italy,
two small upright pictures with nothing in them of subject,
but all suasbine and redolent of Italian skies and Italian
poetry. The two pictures by the same artist in the National
Gallery, the "Elate" and the " Maecenas Villa," give no
notion of the excellence of Wilson's art in his smaller pic-
tures. His sunshine is something between Claude and Cuyp
—not so suffocating as Claude, or so watery as Cuyp, but
quite as truthful. Of Loutberbourg, an artist too little
known, there is • smell landscape on the staircase part'cu-
'Rely good. Lawrence is represented by a female portrait
altogether of his own hand—a head in oval, dashed in from
a couple of sittings, and though small quite equal to main-
tain his position in art in the present collection The Call.
coos nine is number, are all good ; the best is " Littlehamp-
ton Pier," one of Lord De Table 's pictures, bought by Mr.
Vernon at the sale In 1827—and the ni at beet, a very small
picture, a " Coast Scene."- after Vandervelde, and quite
equal to the best of that (treat master. The (boat Wilkie.
are "The Newsmongers, a picture of his middle period,
and ",The Bagpiper " a picture in his early style • both
are so well known, tiat it is irufncient to mention 'them..
" The First Ear-ring " end " The White Boy's Cabin,"
are inferior specimens of the same master. Bird's " Bale
for the Wretch is a very clever picture is early
style. There is little wanting to make it a Wilkie—see
wonder then that Wilkie was alarmed at the reputation el
Bird, and that be withdraw for a year to husband hie
strength for a greater effort. Constable is seen to advant-
age in a large landscape representing a distant view of the
mill in which he was born ; and Collins, by his " lisppy se
a King," bought at Mrs. Knott's sale for 2.W. guineas ; and
by his " Prawn Fishers," a small but exquisitely finished
picture, exhibited at the Academy in 1831. ' Sterne and the
Grieette," engraved by Don, is a good example of Newton ;
and a small landscape on the staircase by Patrick Nsamyth.
quite a Vanderheyden in its way. The Stothards, we ate
sorry.to say, are not very excellent; end the large picture
by mitten, "the Discovery of the Brady of Harold," is
somewhat disappointing.
The pictures by living artists are numerous and good.
There are four Turners—two large and two small. The
large ones represent " King William 111. landing at Tor-
bay," and a " Composition Landscape from his own poem
of " The Fallacies of Hope." The two smaller are "Views in
Venice." All are excellent. 'the Stanfield", also four in
number, arechoice specimens of the master—" The Entrance
to the Zuyder Zee" is perhaps the beat. David Roberts will
be represented hereafter by " The Interior of St. Paul's at
Antwerp," now at the Royal Academy exhibition, and
Uwins by has " Claret Vintage," also in the same collection.
The two landscapes by Lee are favourable specimens of his
manner; and the single Creswick is excellent, and warm in
tone. A little landscape by Linnell (on the staircase), and a
couple of sea.pieces by Cooke will repay attention ; nor when
landscapes ere being sought for should the poetic picture by
Denby be overlooked, or the more prosaic but still beautiful
pictures by Mr. Sidney Cooper.
The collection contains six pictures by Edwin Landseer,
and all six deservedly admired. The two prominent com-
positions are " The Peace" and " War." of last year's ex-
hibition, but some will be found to prefer, as we ourselves
do in some respects, " The Highland per and Dogs,"
" Spaniel' of King harles's Breed," " The Dying Stag,"
and the " high Life and Low Life Dogs." Mulready is seen
to greater advantage at Mr. She, pshanks's, at Rutland-
gate, and yet we have in the present collection " The Last
In" (the schoolmaster bowing the last buy " in") and "The
lora," exhibited in 1842 Here is certainly Welniter's best
work, his "Dame School," a long picture, full of truthful
incident and beauty, here, too, is Illaclise's noble concep-
tion of the " Play Scene in Hamlet" (with subject matter in
it for at least ten good pictures) and his small painting of
" Melvolio and the Countess," careful in its diem er,
rich in its humour, and growing mellow in its tones
with age. UM is Etty's most poetic picture " Youth
at the Prow end Pleasure at the Helm," a scene
of surpassing pomp and beauty worthy of Spenser or Dry-
den, and without any of that dirty colouring. which his ad-
mirers lament so much in the present exhibition. Another
excellent work (one of eleven by the same artist) is a circu-
lar picture, called " The Bathers:" two female H
figures play-
ing with a swan—a picture of the year 1841. ere is
Eastlake's " Christ weeping over Jerusalem," so admirably
engraved by Cousins, and his " Head of a Greek Girl, in
Greek costume," warmer in colour than his usual manner.
Here too Is Leslie's " Sancho aid the Ditches," one of the
very best of his works, and his " Uncle Toby, looking into
the eye of Widow Walloon," of which he has been obliged
to make so many repetitions. Of the works by younger
artists the best are by Mr. E. M. Ward, Mr. Augustus Egg
and Mr. F. Goodall. The pictures by Mr. George Jones,
Mr. Howard, and others' belong to the interior part
of the collection, and look poor and puerile by
the ride of works by younger and better artists.
The collection will, we are told, be open to the public on
and alter Thunelay next, and as the house is email, only
a few persons will he admitted at a time. Tickets will be
issued at the National Gallery. We trust, however, that
before the public are admitted something will be done to-
wards a better catalogue of the pictures than that given to
the visitor, on Saturday. A mere dry catalogue of the sub-
ject and the painters' names would be infinitely better than
a constant repetition of childish criticisms, idle epithets of
compliment, and language still worse. Every artist is an
" esteemed master;" and every picture " a charming exam-
ple." 'there are also mistakes of moment ; and what the
compiler ran mean by calling the Windmill in Mr. Stan-
field's "Entrance to the Zuyderinevitable
Windmill," we are quite at a loss to understand. We
should add that Mrs. Jameson's Handbooks and Mr. Wor-
aura's recent catalogue of the National Gallery, are good
A examples of what catalogues should be like.
I
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UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL
OXFORD, MAT 20•—TRINITY CoLLEOtt ExeCTIONII.
There will be an election at 'Trinity College of two reliefs. on Monday,
June le. Natives of any county In England (Ewes and Gloucester
on the preeent oemelon excepted) wbo have token the degree of B.A.
are eligible. Candidates will be molted to deliver in person to the
president certificates of the place of birth and tratimonlala of oviduct
oo or before Monday, June ), when they will roxles notice of the
time fixed for their examination.
There will also he an election of three mcbcdars on the above diiy.
The founder direct. that the scholars should be chosen from his
manors; but if no such Caritbdateei properly qualified eppear on the
day ul election 'l`rinity Monday), then they shell be eupplird from
any county of England, and moat he above lb end under tO years of
sp, and will be required to present in person to the president rents-
fiesta of baptism and testimonials of good conduct, together with a
Latin epistle to request permission to offer themerlers on June 14,
when the examination will begin.

ST. Agar's CtIOACta, NUTTING RAW, WAS NZ OP NET/
on Thureday, the restoration ‘.l the edifice having Lien onopleled.
It le now one of the wort splendid parish churches la the country.
The repairs have been In progrees upwards of live year'', and have
cost above 7,0001.

NAVAL.
PORTeIIOTTIt, MAT 21.—Fire Queen, et , was docked
yesterday. to make good defects—Amphion. sco st.-fr., and Priem,
et.. 14., have been placed under the orders of Itear.Admirol the lion
It. 0. Miscikay, who hoisted his flag in the tatter, and 1110/2..AV1 to
Dublin to wafer with the Lord Lieutement. Ilia teat would he 'defied
to the Amphion, at Kingstown, during 1:11.1 stay at Into in.—
Meta, 140, is about to go out of Mammon into the Sound, and the
Graves Si, le at the Greet Nom. If it le Maned to form • channel
feet this summer, theme will some to Spltheati mid join the
M. Vincent, 120, Prince Regent, 97, Powerful, el. Inliern-
peoe. Ito, and Howe 170; and Mould It be wished to
astern. • larger number of ship, .1 few of ear of ever
served in • test, the Trafalgar, 120; Superb, DO; Hellenic. 71 ; Olen.
hem. 36; Vindictive, SO; and lon, 47, am be added, which, with 11
steamer* reedy for sea in the harbour, would make an inivelng force,
and for the performance of evolutions not more than • sufficient num.
bee.—Theet., barbeen cornenheamied at this port, by Lieut.
J. IL Turner, and is to have • complement of 60 °Hoene end men for
service in the lieditemneen as a packet ; she is armed with four
heavy 37-ponaders, which she will land at the dockyard. Malta, and
will retain only a few light bran guna The Lowe, IJii, was taken
into dock yesterday, and has been ordered to be et Bpititead by the
30th inst., MOM of the leth proxinio.—The Mercury, tender, io
placed at the disposal and eveietenee of Capt. lieechy. on the surveying
service at Misted; she is now i• dock making good repairs. - • The Sea-
flower fu also to dock repairing &fem. • Cie Scourge, et , ts ma .7 tar
sea, and remains in harbour waiting orders.
DRTUNTORT, MAT 20.—Tba Caledemie, 120. Capt. T. W.
Carter, sailed out of harbour iota the sound this afternoon. she
was to have Vet out Oi her bow early in the week, but the prevailing
equally weather prevented her.
Wiroterica, Mel St.—Rifleman d , which has been re.
orally fitted with the engines of the Tenger, of 120 borwspower, her
owe reigned, of 202 Mem-power baring been foetid too powerful for
the vessel, wee tried dawn the river ymterday. Her 'peed at the knot
to Long Heath was Misdeed notated wheel knots through 'lir water.
This is nearly two thole more than she drained with her termer en-
gines, although her bra-power be. been reduced needy one-half.—
Tlideat iron M. Lieut. Slab, Is under orden to leave for 'lethal% to-
morrow, to embark • pert, of the Itnyalptiernee for Patemouth.—
Lent. Ladd, who has bees for some tMe appointed to the Candor
Holyhead PL. joined his novel yeeterney. The ikradm, however, will
not leave for some days, aa the eaperimests with the dynarnmeter,
to Annette her effecUve power, are not yet complete.—Virago st. Is
ordered to be ant to Sheeran's to be got reedy for mast that port --
Lewelly-n iron 5t.... has been taken into dock to he fitted with bilge
tew water
truirni P47;11.14;1'111 harbour.. on le o be
payed over with Mr. Hay's compontion, the other Me with that ot
Heron Wetteraledl, to test the ndative merits of each material in
preserving the hull from oxydiantion.—Knoonnter screw et. rlisp,
built by lir. Mitcham, with engines of 230 hope-power. by Mr. J.
Henn, wee tried down threw!. on Priday.—Myrtle et-v., fitttng foe •
gun vessel, In the teas, niptdly cempieUng lar• engsermetita.
SMersettßee, MAY 18.—The lion. G. Elliot, ewe-admiral
of the blue, this clay hoisted his flag on board the OWNS. •• 0507.
mender-In-Mid st the No.re.
AUMIRALTY, May 20.—PRomortow.—W. H. Stewart, to
be commander. AreolunizeTh—Lent. Y. P. Coll, to command
Camebon, romans menet Naval Met:odor.: K. Wilmn, to gun
Josef; R. Oran, to Caledonia.—Asenitant SurgeonsNlCol•oll,
to Merlin ;J. P. Lawrence, to Medusa J. Item, meirreed 111.ohir
Hospital —Acting Anistant.Surgeon ; K. T. Watkins, to Mo Josef.

MILITARY.
The first division of the 38th Foot, under the command of
Lieut.-Col. Sir J. Campbell, arrived In the Blenheim. troopahip, at
Bald., Nova licotia, from Jarnairsi, on the 24th ult.—ern the 3rd
inst. the heed-quarter division of the 82nit Regiment. under the com-
mand of LiruL-Col. Plater embarked at Ilaldol in this ship, for De.
vamped, where lb. depict la now stationni. This regiment telt Eng.
hind for Gibraltar in January, 11137. proceeded to .1 uncles 'oily in
1140, to Canada in 180, and, in 1817, moved to Bahia". N.Y., pre-
watery to Ito return to England, having tbua completed 11 years
service abroad.
ROYAL AIMILLERT.—The disturbances which broke nut
on Wednesday and Thuroday rooming. between the gunneol of the
Royal Ai tilkey, have been quieted, In consequence of the ringleaders
lln the affray baring been eunfined to barracks. These men will be
brought to a court-reartial, u will elm thew privates of the Royal
Marion who took SD souse pert la the riot. Numerous pickets,
armed with bayonets, bavesince patrolled the streets et night to pre-
serve order.
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MEDICAL
ROYAL CoLLE(II or SUKOEOI4B.—The following gentle-
m. n baring undergone the en:emery examination. fur the diploma
were ',knitted members of the college at the meetinv of the court of
examiners on the 19th MM.: Meson. T. W. Ford, New-ood, M.
PUICTILB J. N. Cffin, Dell:misfit; C. Carey, U.her'. Islandr, Dublin ;
M. Simpson, Mud Mill., county Down; S. 8. Shaoklee, Mull; 1.. 11.
Bird, Illnalnahura ; 11 C. Shepard, Coke, Monmouthshire; T. E.
King.town, Dublin . .1. K. Morgan, Mui.tone; It. Muekey,
Laxgret, Somenetahire ; lt. llorold, Kerry ; and J. Key, Old-street.

SPORTING.
EPSOM RACES.
EPAOW, SATURDAY NiOler.—The entries for the Craven
stakes and plates closed this afternoon ; as has been the cam
at most places this year, they are somewhat below the
average. and smaller fields than usual may be anticipated ;
all, however, have tilled, so that there is not likely to be any
falling off in the quantity of sport. With regard to the pre-
parations on the course, we have an improvement to mention
which cannot tail to be acceptable to trainers. The Derby,
it is known, will be run over the new course, a full descrip-
tion of which was given in this paper some weeks since.
The horses will, a
s ual be brought in the first instance
into the paddock, soobligingly placed at the disposal of the
lessee by Sir Gilbert Reatheote, and will be raddled in front
of the Grand Stand, hat instead of being taken round the
course to the starting post, a distance of a mile and a half,
they will, after taking their preliminary canters, return to
the paddock, from which they will be conducted through a
gate a short distance below toe commencement of the old
Cup course, direct to the post, the distance to which from
the paddock is not above 60 or 60 yards. A barrier of posts
and chains will be carded front the paddock to the starting
post, beyond which nu person will Le allowed to pass ;
the horses, therefore, from the time of saddling to
the start will be effectually protected from the annoyances
which have so long formed a most objectionable prelude to
the race. Mould and tan have been most liberally used,
particularly over the newly made ground and round 'rattan-
' ham corner, and the course (thanks to this precaution and
to some heavy showers) is in better condition for running
thee is generally supposed. There are several minor im-
provements: amongst them may be noticed a balcony
thrown out in front of the Grand Stand for the use of Sir
Gilbert Reathcote's friends. The email wooden stand at the
end of the inclosurs has been prepared for the use of the
Earl of Chesterfield and party. The refreshment rooms will
be under the purveyorahip of Mr. Lumley, who has again
had the good taste to engage Mr. Davis, chef de cuisine to
the Jockey Club. Those who may not have the intro to
The
the
stand will find Mr. Careless at his per close at hand.
railroad arrangement* have been sufficiently advertised to
prevent the necessity of our saying more than that they aro
on the most ample scale.
The following are the engagements for the four days :
TURisDAY.—ChAvEN Smile of 10 son each, for 3-ye.
olds and upwards. The last It mile of the New Derby Course
out.—The
Cur, Sagacity, Bromides, Chat, Confederacy, fby Velocipede of
Yw Wdfro&
WOoDeuTE STAKES Of 10 son. each, with 100 added, for
2.yr.olds, the second to receive 50 soy!. out of the stakes. T.Y.C.—
Cartier, Lepides, Whist, Consul, gm Henry If ershollre, Cwssrlan,
Kissawas, The Witite Laity, Westow, Abbot of Meaux, c by Slane out
of Partiality, fby Omar out or Emily by Muley lb b), f Em
out of Soldier's Joy, o by Sir Ilercules out of Emprees, c by
Venison out of Odom, Traitress, Syrup, 'Macadam, f by Jeered on
of Rhodanthe, °lama, Parthingak, Brother. to Eldon, Charts.
MANOR STARES ol 6 sovs. each, with 40 added. for 3-yr-
olds and upwards. Nests. The tut mile of the New Derby
Comm.—Gabbier, The Magnet, Red Doe, Mischief, ?imago, Mies
Nipper.
UORToN STASES of 5 sore. each, with 30 added, for &y-
-et& and upward.. Heats. The lust ti mile of the New Derby Course.
—Embram, Miriam, Titbit, WlC:ea, Activity, Pbarato,f by Law.
cost ere of Allpll, Sir Edmond, Wooat. Leildator.

Oak.
HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—OS Saturday even-
ing there w, re two dibuts at this theatre—of Madame
lad"liiii and Mr. Sims Reeves. They appeared in Doni-
zetti's " Linda di Chamouni." Madame ladolini has for a
number of years enjoyed the highest reputation in Italy,
both as an actress and a singer ; and our countryman, Mr.
Reeves, is well acquainted with the Italian stage, having
performed with distinction in some of thema prindonna cipal theatres
of that country. The fame of the pri is of such
long standing, that she must be what the French call " d'un
certain Gge ;" but however certain or uncertain her age
may be, time has not yet made much impression on her per-
son or powl ra. She is of about the middle height, round
and full in Swore, though her embonpoint by no means in-
jures her appearance or impairs her grace and lightness.
tier feature, are handsome and expressive, and her whole
impact, when she presented herself in the attire of the young
Savoyard girl, was exceedingly pleasing. The first phrases
of her recitative instantly arrested attention by the lull, rich
tones of her voice, and the beautiful clearness of her elocu-
tion ; and the subsequent air, " 0 Inca di quest' anima,"
was so exquisitely sung that it was redemanded, and re-
peated amid acclamations from every part of the house.
Nothing c, uld be finer than the expre,sion of innocent love
and happiness which breathed through this pretty melody,
and its vocal execution was of the Most finished kind—bra-
haat hat deliato, Scold but not ovarokargeL It enabled um,

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING: MAY 22, 1848.

WID617111DAT:DIIIIIIT STAILIA of 60 son, nob, hit, for
3-yr Aide; aka, Set 71b; 1111104 Sat 21b; the second to receive 100
py, Ng sois sakes, and the winner to pay 100 ems towards es-
t/ewe, ba. The Now Derby Cowes; [The nominations amount to
215, of whisks about IS or 11 are expected to woe the pod. In the
fiat of sole& OWNS milsennith we have prenatal en asterisk against
those tai
COMM Smis, of 6 son. with 30 added, for &ge-
oids and Inwards three quarte o nalle—Conwt, Neetor, Black-
well, Lapis, The Magnet, Activity, Helf.deience, lleadhy, Mischief,
Famine, Lilen (late Growl), epaulet% Chesnut, Eliznew
St/RO/1 STAKES of 5 gore. each, with 30 added, for 3-yr-
olds and upwards Pleats. 11a11• Bedoidn, The Car-
dinal's Mew, Blackeeek, Johnny, Free Trader, Dean Neill,
TII Ellmea.
BRSDAY.—EPIOII FOUR-TEAR OLD STAIIIN ol 50 aovs.
h ft. Derby Worse.—Cutaway, Lady Lurewell, Neaten., Mac%
*die, The preooclous Youth, e. by Ilennan Platoff, out of Valence.
DUittLiN STAL Fin of 10 Bove. tacit, 3 It it declared, &C.
The last mile end a quarter of the new Derby Courne.-014 Port, The
Cur, Freelance, Nectar, Flattens lapis, Nourmahal, Fogleman, Con-
federacy.
GRAND STAND PLATE of 200 *nem., added to a handicap
of 10 soon each. Great Metropolitan Stakes Comm.—St. Dcmetri,
Whinstone, Plaudit, Hydrangea, Halm Boy, Fergus, Forest Plower,
Palms, sir Martin, Captain Pepper, Nestor, 'trap, Maitingale,
Fauna, nhuffbus Mr. Caudle, rsoi.inost, Cooler, Sir Valentlialono.
lliNlllll4 STARTS of 5 soya. each, with 30 added, fur
11-yrwlils and upwards. Heats. The Lot mile and a quarter of the
new Derby Cocrve.— Mignon, Jr tinny, Activity, No.go, Pimento.
COON AK STAKES of 6 eon. each, with 30 added, for
a-yr-olds and upwards. Heats. 1 fby Lantrcost out
of Abigail, The Magnet, Genuine, Marquis of Conynghstn, OUtter,
Mite Nipper.
FRIDAY.—OAKS STARES of 60 son. each, h ft ; for 31r-
ow Atka, lieA 71b earl; the second to receive 100 writ. out of the
makes, and the winner to pay 100 sots. towards eapenses, he. New
Derby Cuomo. [There are 122 411Oea engaged, end two or three and
twenty are expected to run; they will be mlected from the lot enu-
merated amongin the arrivals. We nova placed as asterisk against
the probable starters.]
M 6111111141 PLATY of 50 roes.; for 3 yr-olds and upwarle.
Matropolnan Stake. (Surer.— No-go, Tlt.bit, Embers, Whim), Car-
dined.. Nieto, lapis, Met of my Hoot, I by Lanereost out of Abigail,
Confederaoy, Genuine, Ileadingly, Wadley, Fergus, pimento,
Logis-
lator, Miss Nipper, Latitat, c by L-kneroust out of Carolina.
DERRY AND OAKS STA% Es of 50 eons. each , with 30
added. Heats. I mils—Self.defence, Comet, Nectar, Vistiana,
Bedouin, Whirol, latilv, Activity, Johnny, Genuine, itial Doe, f by
ANDscan, Pantos, balm Cu Edmund, Wee Bit, launus, Martingale,
Oast Off, Lrgia/stor.
110Rnlit ARRIVED OR EXPECTED.
ENOAORD IN IRE DRRIST.--• Reabotough,•Eaule'a Phan',
.Greet Weaters, .(beer, •Aponge, *Tim Fiddler, Lancaster, *Glen-
dower, nalf-Defener, latitat, *Weathercock, Walidostrut. The Moor,
Glitter, Sproish Cheihul, lapis, IWluduw, Ileadingley, •Dterand-er,
Me Sheriff, •2111 Draperantium,•Surrlice, viamtlawne,•Fern, vseim
boy, *Shebat, vlervetrlac, •Springy Jack, Brother to Lunedale.
Back-
biter, ense lower, vibe gibiger, arugleman, Cupid, Confralciacy,
EtiOitonn IN TYR OAKil.—•Mosa 001411, • Mita Harrison,
*Lady Mary, sCrolt AAotres, •f out of Ninny, •Camphine, •Tesa-
lion, *Grammar, •Pralrle Bird, vlotline, vlaila Monte:. vitrflection,
*Manna, vntster to Satirist, •Attraction, •Tealpßone,•Alphein, AM to
Wilfred filly, Sider t, Talentlosieno, Nourmahal, Red Doe. Same-e,
•Aeptais, 01VA-win, °Lope, Soforrow, *Lady Elisabeth,
Lydia Oily.
EnOsoitn IN THE GRAND STAND PLATS, WOODCOTE,
e. Plaudit, Sir Martin, Gimlet, Farthingale, Trap, Yountia.
gale, ('in wain, Vore.t. Mower, Palma, µt. Dernetri, Nestor, Fgremont,
Nournothal, it) nip, Wept colt, lady Lurewell, British Consul, be-
sides a great number for the Craven Stater, and Platte.
LATIfvT BETTING AT THE WEST-END.
DLItRT.-6 to 4 apt Surplieo, 7 to 1 and Nil Desperan.
duos (t), 7tolop G t ktuLAirer, II to 1 apt Ithyloca, 10 to I apt
Rodney Jack (t), 15 to 1 spot 7,oadatone, 20 to 1 apt nom Boy, 31
to l apt Stinger, 4010 1 apt Great Western (11, 40 to 1 opt(aar,
SO to I ago Eagle's Plume (t), 50 to 1 apt Fiddler (t), , to 15
OFern.
AK..-11 to 1 agst Col. Peel's two (t), sto 2 apt Cpmba.
6 to 1 apt Go-lt-apirL 10 to 1 apt Vexation (t), 10 to 1 apt Sutra tit
Nalfls, 12 10 1 51101 Attraction, 12 to 1 apt llolphone, 12 to 1 sot
Queen of the May, 12 to I apt lady Elizabeth (t), 15 to I apt Mien
Lydia 11112 It). 15 10 .gel Anpuctu (t freely>, i 6 I Wisanta, 16 w 1
apt Sams (1), 20 to I apt Mita Ilarrlson (t'•.