The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-22 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

BALMORAL, SEPT. 20.

Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
attended Divine service yesterday in the parish church
of Crathie.
The service was performed by the Rev. Dr. Paul,
one of her Majesty's chaplains in Scotland.
The Viscountess Jocelyn, the Hon. Mary Seymour,
the Earl of Derby, Colonel Hon. C. B. Phipps, and
Lieut.-Colonel Hon. A. Gordon, were in attendance.

Earl Fitzhardinge had an interview with Mr.
Secretary Walpole yesterday, at the Home-office.
The American M►nister, Mrs. Abbott Lawrence,
Colonel Lawrence, and Miss Lawrence, left town on
Monday, on a visit to the Earl of Carlisle, at Castle
Howard.

HER ITIAJESTY'S SOJOURN IN THE

NORTH.

CRATHIE, MONDAY.—On Saturday ber Majesty
made short excursions around the castle and by
Crathie-bridge to the north side of the river. His
Royal Highness Prince Albert went into Balmoral
Forest, and was very successful, having killed three
fine stags. The Royal Family rode out on ponies
through the grounds and in the neighbourhood of the
castle.
Yesterday her Majesty, accompanied by Lord
Derby and other members of the suite, again at-
tended Divine service in the parish church of Crathie.
The Very Rev. Dr. Paul, of Tullynessie, one of her
Majesty's chaplains for Scotland, officiated, and
preached an eloquent discourse from Mark viii. 38.
The audience (which, as usual, included several
groups of strangers) was a large one. Yesterday
afternoon her Majesty and Prince Albert, drove down
by Ahergeldie so far as ``CralgOLlSle,
.and at Corbie-
hall, where the royal vegetable garden is located, both
alighted from the car;iege,
and conversed familiarly
with the old gardener and his wife, two patriarchal
relics of the last century, respected over the whole
country aide. Her 11.1ajesty and his Royal Highness
returned to the castle in the evening.

WAS THE DUKE of WELLINGTON FSEIt .. VIT OUIDED?
—ln Rush's "Residence at the Court of London," the fol-
lowing anecdote is recorded : " Until this occasicn I was
under an impression that the Duke of Wellington never was
wounded; but Sir George Walker said, that not long after
the storming of Badajos, be was struck by a random musket
ball in the side, in an affair with the French, on the bor-
ders of France. It was merely a slight wound and was
dressed on the spot. The Duke on receiving it exclaimed,
Hit at last '•' and seemed much pleased."

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
(From the Weekly Dispatch.)
The death of the Duke of Wellington has proved to
all the greatness of his life. Nothing could be more
quiet—let us not be misunderstood in using the word
—more common-place than his closing scene ; there
was no climax, no catastrophe, no heroic sacrifice in
battle, like the fall of Nelson ; no exhaustion by stern
mental strife, as in the fates of Pitt and Canning, no
sudden stroke of unforeseen accident, as we misterm
it, as in the loss of Peel. The Duke died at an age
when death must, in ordinary cases, have been long
expected—of a disease that often strikes old age
fatally—epilepsy; and this was caused probably by a
paroxysm of the morbid appetite for food, which it is
especially necessary guard against at that period of
life. His danger, if we may believe the accounts,
was apparent to himself, and much underrated by
the apothecary who was summoned, Mr. Hulke,
although that person had attended him on the occa-
sion of a previous similar attack. However, the Duke
has quitted life, as far as we may pronounce for
another, happily • in the fulness of years, and without
the painful and humiliating decline of faculties., He
has died a natural death, and, we hope, a very
easy one. The time of his ceasing to breathe could
not be exactly determined. And so passing away,
with as little to startle in the event as death
can bring, the event itself causes one deep,
strong, unanimous sensation. What may be the effect
in other lands we know not—we almost care not; the
great country which he served is enough to estimate
his memory and to treasure it. He has, as much as
one man can embody a common cause, saved Europe;
but we do not expect Europe to repay its debt, or
even to understand it. It was the single misfortune
of the Duke's life that he served those who were every
way less worthy than himself. In this we do not
speak of the nations no so mainly helped to redeem
from intolerable and disgraceful bondage, but of those
who led and represented them. In England he has
long been looked upon as a piece of living history.
The past had more of him in men's minds than the
present, but, had a present arisen that needed his help,
the old faith in him would have been shown, as of
old. Indeed, in the two latest crises of our policy,
both within the period of the shortest memory, he
was looked to as the arbiter of all differences. The
Russell Ministry could scarcely rule, and none were
ready to succeed them; the Duke's moral authority
composed the difficulty, and on the weight of his
decision the effete continued in power. The nation
was in possible peril from the freaks of irregular and
unscrupulous authority in France ; all sane men
asked, what insurance against the danger will the
Duke think sufficient ? He had not outlived his
service or his fame; and he dies when neither could
have been much increased. Moreover, he passes from
us at a time when all enmity and all envy are disarmed
—when he is understood as he would desire to be.
This is great fortune. The earlier part of his Euro-
pean career was subject to all the spleen of party.
The somewhat shallow, and the not too honest persons
who then represented the people's cause, never divided
or classed the progress of the French revolution and
its consequences. In the origin of the great war,
which was only stayed, till 1814, by a hollow truce,
the French, maddened and brutalized as they were by
the education of serfs, fought for the inherent rights
of mankind against the paltriest and most presump-
tuous usurpers of them. They claimed national exist-
ence against the miserable conspirators of Pilnitz.
Disgraced as their cause might be, it was, in its main
essentials, holy. The disgusting egotism of many in-
dividuals polluted it ; the horrible selfishness of one
engulfed it. Men who are striving against the charla-
tan tyrannies of Napoleon the Little should begin by
rightly estimating him whom, for antithesis' sake,
they call Napoleon the Great. That Napoleon sub-
stituted bloodglory for the defence of patriots and free-
men ; he substituted aggression, lust of conquest,
brigandage, for republican virtue; he derided equality,
and threw baubles to dupes as badges of slavery; he,
the ancient enemy of France by blood and feeling,
the avenger of Paoli—he, the Corsican, the son of a
conquered land, whose schoolboy dreams were hatred
to his island's oppressors—crushed France and stood
upon its ruins, its possessor, its tyrant, governing
the estate and the human cattle upon it with
skill indeed, but with skill exerted only for his own
personal purposes. France was his, and that was the
sum of his regard for it. But half-minded men never
analyse causes; when party spirit works they wilfully
confuse them. When Napoleon reigned, it was
England fighting for existence against a tyranny as
frightful as that which France had discomfited.
France had taken the place of aggression. Our Li-
berals could not see this. To them, as to some French-
men of the present day, who, as children, are unable
to give up the bauble glories of the Empire, Napolean
was the vindicator of freedom against tyrants, the
child of the Republic. He hated and despised both.
When Wellington entered the field of European con-
test, it was in opposition to the idol of these twaddling
dramatic romancers, these would-be politicians, who
preferred a story book in weekly or daily parts, in
which their favourite might triumph, to the serious
justice and the hard practical facts they had no skill
to appreciate. They felt for Napoleon as they would
feel for Madame Laffarge or Ainsworth's Jack
Sheppard. We are tracing Wellington's career in
tracing these contrasts. He and Napoleon were
indeed impelled on different courses in widely
different spheres of action, but the moral
distinction was as great as the material. 'Wellington
was no hero for slipslop sentimentality. The Li-
berals of England thought that they were doing
service to mankind when they were mocking at
his plain, patient genius, and thwarting his efforts to
arrest a plague that dazzled them by flashing its in-
fluence in lightning meteors. But the English sym-
pathy, the heart of the people, as we remember well,
was with the English general. They did more than
illuminate for his victories—they rejoiced in the ap-
portionment of the rewards which they were well
aware they had to pay. Even after the retreat from
Moscow they could hardly believe Napoleon Bona-
parte to be anything less than personally invincible ;
but they honoured Wellington as the man that could
beat all his generals. The cynical Opposition carped
and hindered—the paltry Government was afraid of
supporting to its utmost, and with full avowal, the
soldier who did its choice unwonted honour. Welling-
ton had to win success, that he might have the power
to compel from his employers the means of success
afterwards—and he did it. He conquered reluctance
at home as enemies abroad, and forced enthusiasm as
well as victory. He has been compared to Napoleon :
he should be contrasted with him. For ourselves, we
decidedly
say that he was the greater man. He un-
dertook his task under all the obligations of morality
and honour, and he beat the man who would own
none of them. This ought never to be forgotten
in the estimation of noted men. It is the
first interest of mankind to give the prize to those
who deliberately choose to serve their fellows in com-
pliance with the laws of right, and not to those who
make mankind serve them in utter defiance of these
laws. If merely to produce a given quantity of
change, regardless of the means which bring it about,
or the ends for which it is accomplisbed, be the mea-
sure of greatness, the conscienceless must transcend
those who have conscience. Good is heavily weighted
while evil is free. We are not comparing abilities,
but deeds ; the men as they stand in history self-
sculptured. The use of all qualities is the glory of
the possessors. Wellington and Bonaparte acted
upon opposite principles ; they never could have un-
derstood one another. Wellington's unselfish devo-
tion was to his country, personified to him, as a soldier,
in that country's Sovereign. If we could imagine
him at a conference in another world, it would be
carrying out the Queen's interests to the utmost of
his power. Bonaparte so completely mistook him,
that one of his calculations was that the Wellesley
family, after what they had achieved for England, must
be expecting to reign in it. He could not understand
the dignified humility of true glory, the fame that
is won by working for a great cause without a second
thought, that imperishable and ever honoured
fame that comes as an unsought accident to the per-
formance of duty. Again, as a soldier, we cannot
allow 'Wellington to be less than Napoleon's superior.
The successes of Austerlitz and Jena were in a great
degree Napoleon's own ; but even there he had no
worthy competitors. At Marengo he was beaten.
Desaix released him from defeat. At Wagram he
would have perished with all his army, had the Arch-
duke Charles trusted in his own victory. What
Wellington achieved he owed to himself, even to the
formation of his armies out of the most unpromising
materials. Lamartine has thoroughly estimated him
when, in his narrative of the battle of 'Waterloo, he
treats him as the most perfect and illustrious imper-
sonation of the English character. Wellington des-
paired of nothing. He might ',be slain with his last
follower, as he made up his mind to be at Waterloo,
but he would not be beaten. When but one of his
staff was left beside him, and he was asked what was
bathttilneg byas out-
daringouta
to be done in case of anything happening to himself,
he had but one order to give, " to die to the last
man."
his Napoleonenemies
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such
daring Wellington. As he had been obliged to
cover with his fame the sins of his patrons at the
opening of his career, so he suffered in the dis-
grace of others when he had helped to win Europe
for them. The tyrants of the Holy Alliance made
him appear an accomplice in their iniquity, though he
was in nowise responsible for the abuse of the power
which be had so mainly contributed to recover for
them. This is admitted and comprehended now.
When we turn to him as a statesman, we have the
same character, but employed on a subject respecting
which his mind was not specially instructed. There
were the same sense of right, the same simple single-
mindedness, the same disdain of hollow convention,
the same disregard of personal consequences; but there
were, also, the pride of birth and the habit of aristo-
cratic predilection, and the absence of philosophical
training which might countervail them. What he

could discern he saw rightly ; but he could not see
enough. In the case of Catholic emancipation, he
I perceived a coming civil war, and with the courage
that would rather bear obloquy than inflict such
miseries as civil war entails,
he magnanimously
i yielded his political preferences. Reform he opposed
I because be " could not see how the King's Govern-
ment was to be carried on." He professed no thee-
! retical distinction of right; he never said that the
aristocracy ought, as a moral choice, to have the
government of England • but he had a machine that
would work, with which, indeed, he
had secured
England's safety in 'the Catholic emancipation
against England's will, and he did not wish to
see the machine broken till he was sure that another
could be provided. When the Reform Bill had done
that, he accepted it, and, in his way, he
did his best
with it. Never a violent partisan, in the latter years
of his life he has been almost released from party
altogether. As Commander-in-Chief he has inde-
pendently pursued the good of the service, and applied
the nation's forces to their most effectual purpose. He
has been an arbiter between factions,
with the power
of the House of Lords to enforce his decrees. Of that
institution he may almost be said to be the saviour, in
h
moderating its opposition
when opposition was most
dangerous. The Peerage was instinctively grateful
to him. He held its decision* often and continuously
in the proxies he had in his pocket. To the last it
would have been a desperate attempt
Lords to thwart his will or oppose his j to move the
udgment. He
had a veto, at least, upon all that was proposed in the
British Legislature. He is gorse. The Northmen's
image of death is finer than that of other climes ; no
skeleton, but a gigantic figure that envelopes men
within the massive folds of its dark garment. Wel-
lington seems so enshrouded from us, as the last of a
mighty series, the greatest closing the
procession.
The robe draws round him and the era is past. His offices
and honours lie like a wreck and spoil on his empty
path. They must only be taken up by worthy bands
It will be an additional reproach upon all insuf-
ficiency, that it struts in the garment of the Duke of
Wellington. Royal personages are bruited as his
successors in his greatest function, that of Comman-
der-in-Chief. Let them shun the comparison. Let
them pause before they revive ideas which it is wise
in their order to obliterate.
It will be difficult
enough to arrange for the due performance of that
anomalous office. We require at once a security that
it should not be made an instrument of party bribery
by a Minister of War, and that it shall not be re-
moved from the animadversions of public opinion in
the House of Commons. There is a Gordian knot to
be loosed as intricate as the East Indian Government.
But, in any case, the Commandership must not be
the prize of blood, or interest, or connexion. Prince
Albert would begin his tinPopularit b assuming
such a dignity, to the exclusion
of men who have
earned their experience in hard soldierly life. The
insult of placing the Duke of Cambridge in such a po-
sition is not to be surmised without proof. As to the
minor means of patronage, even
to b
the riband of the Garter we are entitled to demand
a strict account. There is no
patron-
age now. If an institution, even
order
must
of chivalry is to be upheld, it irresponsibles such
he
has
asso-
ciating to it only such as mankind will willingly
honour. If public assent does not confirm the new
knight in his election, his companionship is dis-
graced. We know the suddenness of selfish action,
or we should not advert to such topics in this article.
By the memory of the past we charge the dispensers
of the future. And here we pause, not from having
exhausted our subject, but of necessity, being content,y
and
for the moment, to yield our concurrence in many
points on which men are agreed, "d
to propound
such differences as we need not fear to maintain.
an
Many among our readers will have to talk of the
subject of this article to satisfy the interest of
present
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spoken to children's children with increased
and affection.

7HE ESSEX MAGISTRATES. =TREIR LAW
AND THEIR GALLANTRY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The Essex magistrates, when they decided
the charges against Mr. Simpson and Monsieur and
Madame Poitevin, declared their perfect consciousness
that the eyes of Europe were upon them. I certainly
was not previously aware that Europe occupied her
visual organs in gazing on such intellectual objects as
the Solons of the Ilford beach; but, if it be so, and if
her ears as well as her eyes were employed on the oc-
casion in question, I cannot but think that she must,
like myself, have been very much at a loss, on bearing
the decision at which these learned gentlemen arrived
with regard to Madame Poitevin, whether most to
admire their gallantry towards the sex, or their pro-
found knowledge of the law which they professed to
administer.

The magistrates were sitting in the character of a
jury, end in that character were called upon to give
the accused the benefit of any reasonable doubt, and
this obligation, which applies to every case whether
decided by a jury or by magistrates acting in their
judicial capacity, surely was not the less imperative
because upon this occasion the offence charged was
one created by statute, and the person accused was a
foreigner and a lady ; but, if it turns out so far from
y which the weaker sex
there being a doubt, the law was clearly in favour of
Madame Poitevin, and neither the care which doubt
engenders, or the sympathy
commands, were necessary to lead to her acquittal.
What will Europe say, when, having withdrawn her
gaze from these her favourite sons,
and the sound of
the oracular words which proceed from their lips
having died away, she exercises her judgment on their
proceedings?
It will be recollected that the alleged offence was
committed by Madame Poitevin in the presence of and
in company with her husband, he being
not only
actually present, but taking a part in the transaction ;
and therefore, unless there was something in this case
to take it out of the general rule as to the presumed
coercion of the wife in offences committed by her, in
the presence of and jointly with her husband, she was
undoubtedly entitled to an
acquittal. It is true that
raises a legal presumption of
coercion, which is capable of being rebutted by evi,
dente ; but in tais case no such evidence was given,
and therefore the presumption of law remained in full
q nzala ill se, there is no
force in favour of the female defendant ; and although
there is some question as to the extent to which this
rule applies to certain offence
this rule of law simply
authority for the position that', it does not extend to a
statuteable offence of this description, but on the con-
trary, the reported decisions, Rex V. Price' 8 C.
and
p. 19, Anon. Matth. Dig. Cr. Law, 262, clearly
I show that it does. am quite aware that these are
decisions which, it has been contended, take all cases
below felony out of the operation of this rule;
.but I
believe that on examination of all those cases
be found that their effect has been misconceive will
d by
those who have drawn a distinction which in thd,
e
more recent cases is, after consideration, repudiated,
and, therefore, I think I am justified in contending
t
that the decision of.the Ilford Bench exhibits on the
part of those who pronounced it a want
knowledge, as well as the absence of that courte legaldsy and
consideration which a lady and a foreigner might
have expected at the hands of English magistrates
and English gentlemen.
The difference between the proceedings at Ilford
and the course pursued by Mr. Arnold in the case
of
which was heard before him, who so determinedly
refused to permit his feelings or his private opinions
to interfere with the construction which, as a lawyer,
he felt himself called to put upon the statute which it
was his duty to interpret, is so self-evident as to in-
duce even those who are the most anxious that our
country gentlemen should
with which their position as justices of the peace in-
vests them, seriously to doubt whether even that con-
the close adminis-
sideration ought to weigh against
tration of justice i and whether if unpaid services
ought not to be altogether dispensed with on the
ad-
ministrators ; but be this as
judgment-seat, something like a decent knowledge of
possess that influence
to be possessed by its ad-
the law ought at all events
advise the S 1 Bench, while the pre-
sent system continues, for the sake of their own
kind enough to
credit, to request that Europe will be .
deliberations.
shut her eyes during their present
it may, I should strongly
Temple, Sept. 18, 1852.—1 a, Sir, keg T. B.

ex-
citement exists at Oldham
LIE OLDHAM ELECTION..--A great deal of
in reference to the ensuing
blic-
dinary degree of bustle;
election in the room of Mr. Duncuft, deceased, and although
the election cannot take place until November the most
active exertions are being made by the two eandidates, Mr.
Heald and Mr. IV. J. Fox. The town presenhouse exhibits
ts an
almost every every pu
flags and banners with devices indicative of the political sen-
timents of the respective candidates. There has been a re-
port that Robert Owen, the Socialist, wuld offer himself
but there does not seem to be any foundatoion for the rumour.,
Oldham has been generally remarkable for the fervour, not
to say violence, it exhibits at elections, but party spirit has
never been so strongly manifested as upon this occasion.
There are meetings almost every night. at some of which
such a spirit of turbulence has been exhibited that the friends
of Mr. Fox thought it advisable to appeal to the magis-
trates to take some steps to protect the inhabitants. The
consequence is that placards are now posted on the walls
deprecating the use of flags and banners, and stating the
determination of the magistrates to prevent riotous
assemblages. Already many windows have been broken,
and other injury done to property. On Saturday, in
spite of a drenching rain, the supporters of Mr. Heald had an
open air meeting near the town. All passed off quietly, bat
in the evening the town was in an agitated state, and
the merits, or rather the alleged demerits of both candi.
dates were discussed by the respective parties with conside-
derable warmth. The placards and other articles put for-
ward attract public attention in a very high degree, and
when the time for the election draws nearer the contest will,
no doubt, assume a still more formidable character. The
general opinion at Oldham seems to be that Mr. Fox will
be
returned again.
THE COMMANDERSHIP.M•CHIEF OF THE ARMY. --It
----..t
is, •
m e understand, coafldently reported that the post of Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Army will be offered to Lord Ilar-
dinge.-- Chronicle.

SPORT/NG NOTES.
No. CCCXII.
A FEW WORDS ON THE MANCHESTER

MEETING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU.N.
Sits,—A tolerably good programme has been issued
by the Manchester sporting executive decision to-
for
morrow and Friday.
The Wilton Handicap of 100 sus., added to a sweep-
stakes of 5 soya, each, two miles 240 yards, out of a
strong entry will, in all probability,
have a good field at
the post; but the race, to my fancy, will be entirely
with Lerrywhent. Banshee, and Black Doctor; who,
perchance, may finish first, second, and third, in the
order I have placed them. I
The Autumn Welter Handicap should book a cer-
tainty for Warwick, if be runs.
The Champagne Stakes, notwithstanding the penalty
that Exact will have to carry, if they mean her, will be
monopolised by this slashing daughter of Birdcatcher.
Lambton will not start.
The Chesterfield Handicap, about a mile and a quar-
ter, like unto the Wilton, has an uncommonly strong
entry, and will no doubt likewise attract a good field,
including Timid Fawn, Warwick, and Kiteflyer, who, I
opine, will catch the judge's eye pretty nearly in the
order I have placed them.
A good deal of betting this morning, at the following
prices:-10 Sovs. Stakes (Leicester)-2 to 1 agst Bor-
deaux; 4 any other; Warwick and Koh-i-noor are said
to be non-starters. Eglinton Handicap-3 to lon tho
field. Marchmont Stakes-6 to 4on Lambton, and sto
2 agst Goorkah. Wilton Handicap (Manchester)-7 to
2 each agst Black Doctor and Lerrywhent; 5 to 1 each
agst Little Davie and Barbata. Champagne Stakes-6
to
e4r
baegnsat
colt,
ot oiloaffgesrte Ed t
agsth lb e ,a
Lambton. Autumns to 1 agst the
Verbena
Welter Handicap-2 to 1 agst Warwick, 4to 1 any
other. Chesterfield Handicap-3 to 1 agst Warwick, 4
to 1 agst Timid Fawn, 6 to 1 agst Little Davie, 8 to 1
each agst Lough Bawn and Barbata.—l am. &c..
Sept. 22. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
BEDFORD RACES.—TUESDAY.
The Preparation Stakes, of 5 sous. each, 3 ft. Gentle-
men Riders.

Mr. J. Rogers's Chorus walked over
Two years old Produce Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 10 ft.
Duke of Bedford's Dromedia, 7st 131 b
Mr. T. Price's bc by Don John, Bst 21b (J. Sharp) 2
Mr. H. D. Bonlton's Winter, Bst 21b (Bartholomew) 3
Mr. G. Ongley's Fame colt, Bst 41b (Norman) 4
Betting-5 to 4on Dromedia. Won by two lengths.
Bedfordshire Stakes, of 20 soya. each, 10 ft, and only 5,
&c., with 70 added. Two miles.

Sir W. Booth's Azael, 3 yrs, 6st 91b ... (Charlton) 1
Mr. C. Alston ns Ibis, 3 yrs, Est 121 b (Wells) 2
Mr. 11. Littledale na Maria, Bst 81b... (T. Sherwood) 3
Lord Caledon's Aaron Smith, Bst 71b ... (W. Sharp) 0
Hon. F. H. Vernon na Harp, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (E. Jones) 0
Mr. Stephenson's Waverly, 3 yrs, ist 41b (Thurgood) 0
Mr. Frith na b f Counsellor, 3 yra, sst 121 b (Kendall) 0
Mr. W. Hale's Bilberry, 3 yrs, Est 1 llb ... (Palmer) 0
Betting-5 to 4 agst Azeel, sto 1 each egst Waverly
and Bilberry, 6 to 1 agst Aaron Smith, and 8 to 1 agst
Maria. Won by ten lengths.
The race is in abeyance in consequence of an objection
made by the owner of Bilberry that the other horses bad
not carried the proper weight. It appears that the
highest weight left in was under Bst 71b; it was raised—
after adding penalties of 51b each to Azaci and Aaron
Smith for running—to that weight, and the others in
proportion, instead of raising it upon the original weight.
Bilberry carried weight according to the articles, but
having met with an accident early in the race, did not
run the course, so that there is a chance of the race being
void.
Two Years Old Plate of 10 sova. each, with 50 added;
lomew) 0
(Charlton)mann) 23
winners 31b extra. Half a mite.
Mr. D. Lane's Charley, Bst 71b
ht t al
ee I
smwa i sf t Maid,osti 0 Bst
B 4
al br
th (J.o 4.,
(Sly) 1
Mr. Wanchope's Bridget, Bst 41b
'!lLici
Mr. Liley's Tavistock, Bst 101 b (Thick) 0
Mr. Rayner's Tittle Tattle, Bst 41b (J. Sharp) 0
Mr. Flintoff's Whalebone, Bst 71b (Wells) 0
Betting—Even on Charley, 5 to 2 agst Bridget. Won
by half a length.
The Town Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 25 added. Heats,
a mile and a quarter.
Murr.. SEh.
ftritn.
Opitaornk'se
Mr. Rogers's. Chorus, 4 yra, 7st 111b...(J. Mann) 1 1
Mr. Wycherley's Derby, 3 yrs, 6st (Wells) 5 2
Mr. Sparks's Presto, 4 yrs, Bet (J. Sharp) 4 3
Mr. Anderson's The Chase, 3 yrs, 6st (Rook) 2 0
Mr. Chapman's Diligence, 5 yrs, 7st 71b
Drayton) 3 0
Each heat won cleverly.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
20 to 1 against Azael.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—TIIESDAY.

MANCHESTER CHAMPAGNE STAKES.—Even on Exact.
THE CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP (MANCHESTER).—
4to 1 eget Young England (taken), 5 to 1 agst Timid
Fawn (t), 5 to 1 agst Evadne (t), 7 to 1 agst Grief (t),
8 to 1 agst Bilberry (t).
Shire), 25(0 to,
215atgost1 Le Juif
CESAREWITCH STAKES.-13 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn
2(t5),t0210
atogslt
Knighta gstL i nodf ri
theek (t
agst Alonzo
(t), 30 to 1 agst Mrs. Birch (t).
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
YORKSHIRE UNION HUNT MEETING, 1852.
The Juvenile Handicap of 5 soya. each, &c.; for two
years old.
The Judge, Bst 51b—b cby St. Laurence, out of Sister
to Meteor, Bst—br c by British Yeoman, out of Gholab
Singh's dam, Bst—Audubon, 7st 121b—Pride, 7st 10Ib—
bc by Jago, ought of Daughter of Toscar, 7st 101b—The
Buccaneer, 7st 10113-13 f by Melbourne, out of Gaiety,
7st 81b—Charity, 7st 71b—Auchinleck, 7st 61b—Zeta,
7st 61b—Polly, 7st 61b—St. Andrew, 7st 41b—Malice,
7st—Miss Agnes, 6st 101 b—b fby Venison, dam by The
Saddler, fist 81b—ch c by Velocipede, out of Luxury,
Est 61b—Tickton, 6st 61b—Sweetness, Est 61b—Rattle-
cap, 6st.
The York and Ainsty Handicap of 15 soya. each, 10 ft,
and sonly if declared on or before Monday next.
Sir Charles, 5 yrs, Bstslb—Lough Sawn. 4 yrs, Bst 41b
Maid of Team Valley, 6 yrs, Est 41b—Unity, 4 yrs,
Tat 101b—Garforth, 5 yrs, 7st 101b—The Proctor, 4 yrs,
785 81b—Conmore, 3 yrs, 7st 61b—The Alp, 6 yra,
7st 41b—Lerrywheat, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—Little Davy, 3 yrs,
7st 41b—Tiew Hallo, 6 yrs, 7st—St. Michael, 3 yrs, 7st
—Cleveland, 3 yrs, 6st 71b—Recommendation, 3 yrs, Est
—Florence, 3 yrs, sst 121 b.

MESSRS. HOWARD AND CLINTON TO THE SPORT-
ING PUBLlC.—Conscious that we have discharged our
duty to the public, by sparing neither money nor
exertion, in obtaining the best and choicest informa-
tion from the most influential, and even from the
most closely-guarded stables, we have hitherto been re-
warded by ample success. Being equally aware of the
many enemies that our success has produced, we beg to lay
before you the following cursory remarks in the Morning
Post of yesterday (Tuesday). The public will, we have no
doubt, respect the opinion and judgment of such a man as
Argus, a man of discriminating judgment and known honour.
" The present is the age of wonder, and on so great a scale
are thq operations of a firm, calling themselves Messrs.
Howard and Clinton, carried on, that a journal of their own,
published by subscription, has been established by them,
for the retailing of information; the changes in the market,
or in their own opinions, being conveyed daily to the public
through the columns of a morning contemporary, in cypher.
Some of these numbers were handed about at Doncaster, and
scanned with a degree of avidity that shows how eagerly in-
formation on racing is sought after by the speculative
classes. Some condemned, but all were amused by them ;
and upon the principle of rendering unto Comex, &c.,1 cannot
but admit their luck, in finding out the secrets of the pri-
son-house,' must be either very wonderful, or else that they
mustihave resources at their command such as we are wholly
unacquainted with. And it was still more amusing to hear of
parties, some of them old stagers, too, candidly admitting
the fact of their subscription to their lists, and the confidence
in the investment of their moneys. The proof of the pudding
is in the eating, and I should not be surprised to hear of this
firm becoming a great fact' in the racing circles.—Anaus.
Sept. 20, 1852." Fee for subscription to Cambridgeshire,
1 guinea ; to Derby, 3 guineas. Any one meeting, 10s. 6d. ;
telegraphing extra. Address, H. and C., Post-office, Coventry-
street, Soho._Post-office orders payable to Henry Howard.—
Morning Paper.

SONNET ON HEARING THE FIRST TID-
INGS OF THE DEATH OF THE GREAT
DUBE OF WELLINGTON.
Lift up the wail, and let the dirge he rung;
The roll of muffled drums appal the ear;
The Dead March peal; the fun'ral hymns be sung—
The Nation's Hero lies upon his bier.
A Beacon-light hath vanish'd from the earth ;
A Master-spirit from the human race 'A
worthy, foremost in the ranks of worth,
Is missing from his old accustom'd place.
The Conqueror's halls are desolate, at last;
Where comrades triumph'd mourners sob instead;—.
The " Iron Duke " to Death's domain has pasted.
The Patriarch hath bow'd his hallow'd head.
His country weeps—Oh ! melancholy day!
Her long familiar Pride for ever snatched away.
The Warrior and the Statesman well combin'd;
The Patriot frankly blended with the Sage;
The noblest Man of Mark, among his kind,
Who, world-wide, shap'd the fortunes of our age.
From our lov'd Lady, on her firm-built throne,
E'en to the humblest dweller of the land,
Soon as the dismal tidings shall be known,
One universal sorrow will expand,
One deep, affectionate, and yearning grief
To lose—the honest
j.Mja„nA—utthheor f , matchless
No Spartan epitaph—no niggard fame—
Shroud the transcendent glories of his name !
But let his grateful countrymen decree—
" Britain ne'er lost a son, Great Wellington, like thee !"
lßusraCll:Sioenfinets."
Inner Temple, Sept. 16, 1852.

FASRION.—THE DIPTHERA .BONNET.—Madame
Duhav D'Golberg, whose
lised Europe as the presidin
namer oids known throughouatscir
astonished her votaries by the produdeetsisonoforrchhiaopeabu. The
history
of this novelty is somewhat curious, and peculiarly
marks the character of the Parisians. Madame D'Golberg,
about to retire fall of honours was struck with a desire to
leave
a something which should' attach
"glory to her
name." Fired
with
the notion, and in the pure srit of a
Frenchwoman, she seized upon a skin of polished leather, and
in an instant converted it into a bonnet. Yes, a bonnet—
charming as ever claimed Paris as its birthplace! Madame
has secured a patent for her ingenuity, and has conferred upon
Messrs. Jay, of Regent-street, the exclusive right of the sale
in this country of those made in black and violet. The pos-
session of these bonnets has already become a perfect furor in
Paris ; and the really beautiful way in which the material is
made subservient to every style of wearer, from the truly co_
quetish to the sombre or demure, fully justifies this distinc-
tion.—Morning
THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—Notice was issued
Yesterday, at the National Gallery, Trafalgar-square, that it
was closed for the annual vacation until the 25th of October,
when it will be re-opened to the public. The Vernon col-
Pall-mall, is closed for the
col-
lection at Marlboroligh House,
same time.

NAVAL 1 TELL/GENCE.

APPOINTMENTS.

I The followinz; officers have been re-appointed to the
screw-sloop Encounter on being re•cominissioned :
Chief Engineer, James B. Ciosh; assistant engineers,
Samuel Clement?, James Itoffey, and Philip J. Gruchy.
Assistant-Engineers—Robert M'Ewen, to the Blen-
heim, .60, screw-steam guard-ship, Portsmouth; ai,d
Frederick J. Devaux, to the Encounter.
PRIZE-ISONEY FOR THE GLADIATOR AND JACKAL.—
Messrs. Woodhead aria Co. have given notice to Captain
John Adams and the officers and crew late of her My.-
jesty's ship Gladiator, who are entitled to share in the
proceeds arising from the capture of the slaver, name
unknown, on the 21st of August, 1850, by the Jackal,
tender to her Majesty's ship Gladiator, that the distri-
bution thereof will be made on the 19th day of October
next, at No. 1, James-street, Adelphi, and where the
list will be recalled every Wednesday and Friday for
three months:---Flag, 761. Is. 7d.; captain, 1421. 135.;
second class, 261. Is. 10d.; third, 201. 17s. 5d.; fourth,
121. 10s. 6d.; filth, 71. 16s. id.; sixth, 61. ss. 3d.; seventh,
41. 3s. 6d.•, eighth, 21. Is. 9d.; ninth, 1/. 6s. ld.; tenth,
15s. 7d.

PRIZE-MONEY FOR THE FIREFLY.-Mr. Chippendah
has given notice to the officers and company formerly of
her Majesty's steam-sloop Firefly, John Tudor, Esq.,
commander, that an account of money received for the
Brazilian polacca brigantine Independencia, captured on
the 31st of January, 1850, will be deposited in the re-
gistry of the High Court of Admiralty.
Ajax, 56, screw guard-ship, Captain Quin, discharged
her powder and shells at Spithead yesterday morning,
and in the afternoon got up steam and went into har-
bour to be refitted. She will ho taken into dock.

Bull-dog, 6, steam-sloop, will come out of the Ports-
mouth steam-basin dock on the 27th inst., and be fur-
ther fitted as an advanct steamer in the basin.
Collingwood, 80, will be taken out of dock at Ports-
mouth, about the 16th of October.
Dauntless, 33, screw-frigate, Captain Halsted, sailed
yesterday evening from Spithead, for the West Indies.
Growler, 5, steam-sloop, Commander Stoddsrt, has
been taken alongside Portsmouth Dockyard, and is dis-
mantling and returning stores, previous to being paid cff.
IlightlYer, 21, screw-frigate, Ciptsin H. J. Maven,
irom
Portsmouth, on her way to the 'Pest Indies,
anchored in Plymouth Sound on Monday.
Vesuvius, 6, steam-sloop, will be taken out of the
Angle dock at Portsmouth this day, and p further fitted the sea-basin; sh? hasho ennew opnereBd•
PORTSMOUTH, TursDAY EVENING.—The Ocean
Queen, American line
this morning, to embarrk Packet, arrived at Si. Helen's
stock for Now Yorir. WinPdaTngera and take on board
DOR T,' M
en
dv.., moderate and cloudy.
ood lighter, having
be suppEVONP
gaff; lied with ONDAY a
new.will
and the wind proving in
her favour, sailed this morning for
WOOLWICH, SEPT. 2 I.—TRE TumbrOke.
STEAM-VESSEL.—The preliminary triNalA, OR DANUBE
f this vessel on
Mr. this
Zohrab,
Saturday last proving satisfactor
orte,Tihne-
consul-general at Loudon for the Ottom
vited a large party to be present at her 6naaln
taarnsttwelve
Tuna left Blackwell yesterday at a quarter-g
o'clock, having on board Mr. Zohrab
general, Madame Zohrab, M. Paul Musurus, Esaccnryl.
and Dilaver Effendi, secretaries to the Ottoman le ge"
tion; his Excellency the Turkish Minister and Madal-
Musurus were unavoidably prevented from being pre-
sent; Chevalier, Madame, and Miss de Soveral, of the
Portuguese Legation; Mr. Ellis, chairman of the Gene-
ral Screw Steam Shipping Company; Captain John
Ford, superintendent, and several directors of the com-
pany; Mr. Geo. Crawshay, jun.; Mr. Seaward, and Mr.
Brunel. The coals taken on board having been more suit-
able for fine boilers, with which she is fitted, than those
used on Saturday last, she proceeded down the river
with evidently greater speed than she attained during
her preliminary trial, and on her arriving at the mea-
sured mile her speed was tested, and found to be 10.6
knots, equal to 12i miles per hour, and nearly half a
knot greater than on:the previous trial. The result gave
general satisfaction, as it was not expected she would
have realised that speed, as the builders were limited to
a very short length, and to ensure that she would not
draw more than four feet of water. The vessel is, con-
sequently, very fiat-bottomed, with broad bows, and
throws up a large wave upon them, which makes her
speed the more surprising under these drawbacks, which
were unavoidable owing to the difficulty of navigating
the Danube in summer with steam-vessels of any other
dimensions. The Tuna returned to Blackwell at a
quarter before seven P.M., having extended her trip to
beyond Shellhaven, at Sea Reach.

TRIP to CHERBOURG from WEYMOUTH.
The recent trip in the Wave Queen steamer, arranged
by Captain Cosens, of the Princess, who accompanied
the party, consisting of about 150 passengers, admits of
more local description in reference to the natural beauty
and scenery of the neighbourhood. The voyage may be
said to require seven and a half hours; and, with a good
band of music, and the great novelty of passing from
Weymouth to Cherbourg, can only be appreciated by
those who have taken a two days' trip. Alderney is
viewed on the right about twenty miles distant, then
a delightful view of the country around Cherbourg, ex-
tending from Barfieur to Cape La Hogue. The view of
the breakwater, three miles in length, is magnificent, the
wonder of the world, and the greatest of Napoleon's
works. The guard-ship passed, you anchor inside the
breakwater till the tide serves to proceed into the har-
bour, with music playing and decked with colours.
Having passed the ordeal of the Customs' department,
and obtained accommodation at the hotels, a ramble to
the cafe), the cathedral, built in William the Conqueror's
time, &c. The next morning at seven visit the Roman
Catholic cathedral again during the time of service, after
breakfast a view of the arsenal, docks, &c., planned by
Bonaparte; the whole are extensive, and progressing to
completion. The fortifications are most formidable. On
arriving at the surface of the mountain at the interior of
Cherbourg, a panoramic view of fifty miles in extent
presents itself, and is a rich treat. The armoury, har-
bour, gardens, &c., are most interesting. This is no
flattering description, and a trip is strongly recom-
mended both with regard to health as well as recreation

A FEW FAIR and UNFAIR THINGS AGAINST
THE FAIR SEX.
BY AN OLD BACHELOR.
The mcn who flatter women do not know them suf .
ciently, and the men who only abuse them do not know
them at all.
Romances generally end with a marriage. And
many young girls, when they leave school, would wish
to go through the romance of life—as they do most
romances—by beginning at the end.
Women should rule but not govern. Scandal, with
many women, is an occupation. They pick characters
to pieces in the same way that they pick their nosegays
to pieces—because they have got nothing else to do. If
you wish to learn the worst fault of a woman, praise
her highly to her friends.
Woman is a most beautiful book, that too frequently
is condemned for its errata.
You can generally tell bow popular you are with a
lady by the length of time she keeps you waiting whilst
dressing to receive you.
A fan is a most handy little instrument for those
who have lost the art of blushing.
Vows are the bad money—the I 0 U's and post obits
with which the man pays a woman the debts of his
heart.
If a young lady has a purse with two ende—silver in
one end, and gold in the other—she is sure to open the
gold end first.
The only time when women talk much amongst one
another, is when they are waiting for the gentlemen
after dinner.
The eyes of a pretty woman are the interpreters of
the language of her heart. They translate what her
tongue has a difficulty in expressing.
If you wish to close a lady's lips, ask her age.
Few women keep a diary after their first love.
her,
alO woman
ve isa
Tell me how many ladies' maids a lady has had, and I
will tel Ip own
hher h taesmlpoevred madly will laugh at his mad-
.
A man
soons
uponas
such a subject. h e ha s got cured
With
ed of it ;
nneevsserals augh
madness, of which she never sees the folly.
I don't know which is worst—a man wti
money, or a woman who plays at card 0 marries for
s•
The signal for conversation amongst
pretty girl begins to sing. women is when a
Women will forgive everything
bring a bore—everything in a in a man except his
pretty. woman except her being
Female forgiveness, illimitable be, has,
however, its limits.
A woman will forgive an angry
word, or a sneer, or a- r a slight
shrug
elevation of the Hose of the shoulders,bo
or
a cup
of hot tea which she , or a pinch, or a screw
the
hands
may have received from
of another woman; broughtto forgive
her being she may even be h
prettier . but to her dying day a e will
never forgive her ,
when she has none
wearing diamonds
herself!
Women are like oranges—the finest looking are rarely
the best.
To •
paint angels painters have borrowed the likeness
of man.
of woman; to • devils,the likeness
paint

-,---------- N NEILD.—This gentle-
THE LATE 00111.4
man was the grandseaud three children, one son and two
CrAfrD.ECamden, a rich sugar-baker
fiofvewoatiptphl De alr'.'i:,,•na
of Wapping,
St. es 's-street, and Mr. John Mangles.
Neild, jewellers of 6—. s of Mr. Neild are six first cousins,
'vi relation
daughters. Twhehodaubglhatu
jers married, respectively, Mr. James
The only 11
etresided some time at Huxley, Berks, and
ngldren of Mr. John Mangles, ship-chandler,
died in the C r s, Bath: the sixth and remaining cousin is
the only daughter, of the late John Camden, of
Teign d nt of Glover. James Neild, father of the
monethhi,lDevon, latterly an amateur painter and a friend
and fellow-
wholly to this his only child, he was god-
father2so 000/, reverted
deceased, diedstu intestate,e and his property, amounting to
commander R.N., whose name is
h t f eof our earliest modern explorers
tjoatuusesasMtanagloes'on
fi,almE'igliyatpr°t and the Holy Land.
WELSH SLATE TRAFFIC.—The development of the
slate traffic on the Chester and Holyhead line is gradually
proceeding, and in a short time there is no doubt that it will '
form a most important item of revenue. The branch lines
of rail from the great slate wharfs at Port Penrhyn and Port
Dinorwic have been connected with the tramways at the
quarries, and in a short time, it is hoped, there will be a
communication at Carnarvon between the line and the tram-
ways leading to the great slate basin. In order fully to in-
sure an
.adequate supply of slates, the company have pur-
chased a large piece of ground at Saltney, near Chester,
whereon they can range and stack the slates carried along
the line. This piece of land-is eight acres in extent, and on
It no fewer than 80,000 tons of slate can be securely stowed-
This will prove an immense depot, from which the wants of
the surrounding districts can be fully supplied. The great
quarries of Penrhyn and Llanberis are now connected with
the main line, and the consequence will be a vastly increas-
ing amount of slate traffic by railway,
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY..--It is provided
by the 142 d section of the Common Law Procedure Act
that in future the bankruptcy or insolvency of either the
plaintiff or defendant shall not abate an action in
mon law courts.the com-