The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-24 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

THE POETICAL WORKS of I). ill. MOIR
( Delta). Edited by. Thomas Aird. .Blackwood.

Under the signature Or Delta, the late David Mac-
beth Moir has long been favourably known to the
readers of Blackwood's liagazine, and his premature
death last summer was deplored not only by the large
circle of friends who had known him and had loved
him for his admirable and endearing qualities in do-
mestic life, but by a very widely-extended list of
literary acquaintances, to whom the "triangular"
signature hadlong been associated with grateful and
pleasant reminiscences. In the biography prefixed
to the poems in these volumes, Thomas Aird has, in
a most interesting and very delightful manner nar-
rated the principal incidents of Delta's career, and
has done justice to his many most estimable charac-
teristics. His indefatigable attention to the duties of
the medical profession, left Mr. Moir few opportuni-
ties . for indulging his taste for literary
pursuits, but those opportunities were seized upon
with avidity, and the multitude of his compositions
cuonmdeprostihtionecs:rcumstanceF, quite surprising. Those
now collected together, will be perused
with general interest. Foremost among them in the
"Domestic Verses" is one little poem—"A Lament for
the Death of a beloved Child"--which has long ren•
dered the name of Delta famous. Speaking of this
poem, " Casa Wappy," Mr. Aird surmises that "it has
drawn more tears of mothers than any other dirge of
our day." In every line it is the heart that speaks,
hence no wonder its great and widely diffused popu•
laritv. The late Lord Jeffrey, writing to
Moir, says
of the " Domestic Verses," " I cannot resist the im-
pulse of thanking you with all my heart for the deep
gratification you have afforded me, and the soothing,
and, I hope, bettering emotions which
you have
excited. I am sure that what you have written is more
genuine pathos than anything almost I have ever
read in verse, and is so tender and true, so sweet and
natural, as to make all lower recommendationsindif-
ferent." After such a tribute further commendation
is surely needless. As an evidence of the variety of
the themes which occupied Delta's muse, we may
mention that the contents of these volumes are divided
into " Domestic Verses," "Elegiac Effusions,"
" Poems on Flowers," "Poems Suggested by Cele-
brated Scottish Localities," " Occasional Poems,"
(among which are the stanzas for the Burns' festival),
" Sonnets," " Poems in reference to Childhood,"
"Echoes of Antiquity," " Songs," " Ballads,"
" Tales," and " Miscellaneous Poems"—many of
which are excellent in various degrees—all are
pleasing—and some few, such as " Casa Wappy," are
singularly beautiful. Withont obtaining for Delta
any considerable reputation as a poet, these volumes,
with the memoir which they contain, must win for
him from all who examine them a very sincere re-
spect and cordial sympathy, sentiments eminently
due to his upright character and gentle heart.

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD
REFORM ASSOCIATION.
(CONTINUED ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.)
Sir,—On Wednesday the 19th, was the adjourned de-
bate on what was denominated the " Colonial Bishops
Bill." The Bill presented a wonderful scarcity of light
as to its objects and effects. It was to " relieve" the
Colonial Bishops-from something; but what, was to a
great extent left to the imagination of the reader. In
the present temper of the public, there is little inclina-
tion to relieve the Bishops from anything, unless it were
the trouble of holding offices which they traitorously
abuse, and revenues which enable them to serve the pur•
inses of the enemy. The word passed round the
benches, that the Bill was a Puseyite proceeding; and
the feeling against it was so strongly manifested, that
the promoters were obliged, to consent to passing to the
other Orders of the Day, which is a polite way of send-
ing a Bill to the tomb of all the Capulets.

The adjourned debate on Maynooth College was re-
sumed; and on its being continued till six of the clock,
Mr. Speaker adjourned the House without putting the
Question, as is the rule in like cases.
In the course of the afternoon, a question was asked
on the subject of the new Burmese War. The proper
Ministerial organ made reply, that all possible prompti-
tude had been used to give the Burmese Sovereign the
opportunity of " submission." The which was mani-
festly received by the House as a full and satisfactory
establishment of the justice of the war. No inter-
ference of a third party being permitted in cases of
questions asked, there was no opportunity for shaking
this comfortable assurance of the House by any intrusive
sitting. And thus it is, that we go on with eyes virtu-
ally closed, in courses which every now and then result
in a claim upon three millions of your earnings, and
which if history be really the old almanac out of which
must be picked the new, may end in something in com-
parison with which, the paament of three millions will
be a bed of roses. It may be a subject of speculation,
to calculate what would have been said if a Burmese
force had been transmitted to some part of the Anglo-
Indian frontier, with adjustment to a day, for leaving
room for the " submission" of the Anglo•ludian autho-
rities. For all this insolence, depend on it, iu one way
or other, you will some time pay.
On Thursday the Militia Bill was proceeded with in
Committee. A stout debate was kept up, in support of
exempting the proposed Militiamen from corporal
punishment during the periods of assembling for train-
ing and exercise. The conductors of the movement
did not make the best of their case. They had in their
favour the fact, that certain " punishments extending to
life and limb" were by the existing law not applicable to
Militiamen in their chrysalis state of "assembling for
training," but only on arriving at the full-blown condi-
tion of being "embodied." The business-like way
therefore would have been, to try to add the " corporal
punishment" to the "life and limb." As it was, the
motion was negatived by 132 to 87.
Another stand was made for limiting the age to
twenty-five instead of thirty-five. And here a curious
fallacy was held out by the Government, and met with no
inconsiderable number of supporters on the opposite
side of the House. They said, "If you limit the age to
twenty-five, what an unfair thing upon the men under
twenty-five!" And much was gravely talked, of "limit-
ing the area," and " increasing the liability upon the
individual." As if the question was anything, but
whether a certain number of men to be taken from the
public, are taken with least damage to the individuals
and to the public, from men of one age or of another.
I take leave to put the question in its nakedness, and
submit, that if it were proposed to limit the age to those
between eighteen and eighteen years and a quarter, with
the effect of there being exactly the demanded number
of men of that standing in the country, neither more
nor less, hardship upon the individuals would not enter
as an element at all, provided it to be substantially
proved that the total of suffering to the individuals and
their connexions would be less in this way than in any
other. Under all the disadvantages of the case, it is
not wonderful that the motion to insert " twenty-five"
was negatived by 89 to 52.

Another motion, for not quartering the Militia on
inns, &Lt., without consent of the occupiers, was nega-
tived by 105 to 54.
After this a question was raised, which goes far to
change the whole complexion of the Bill. The Ministry
had inserted in their Bill a clause (25) to the effect that
so much of an existing Act (42 G. 3) "as authorises
Her Majesty to order and direct the Militia, or any part
thereof, to be drawn out and embodied in cases of rebel-

lion and insurrection, shall be repealed." They had
volunteered this insertion, and gone to the House and
the country for support upon the credit of it. And now,
upon an accidental expression of opinion from a tingle
Member on the Opposition side of the House, they
jumped at the withdrawal of this clause. From the
gleeful reception of the Government's move by the
agricultural portion of the House, it was clear they
looked forward to the Militia as a sort of Corn Law
Guards, in the course of the renewed struggle which is
to take place on that vestion. A Member on the Op-
positiun side (I think the medical Member for Finsbury)
told them plainly, that the abolition of the Corn Laws
had only been carried under the imminent\ likelihood
of popular commotion, and the present piece of prudence
was intended to prevent the operation of the like influ-
ence again. For my own part, I entirely adhere to the
opinion of this Member, as likevvi.e to the notion which
piaroomneisewlay"
I think I collected from' some of my constituents, that
or another, Militia is to be one of the
yourself wron
The Ministrtgriadti by
compensations." you exa-
mine who finally 2 •
-iik-atihne anticipation of this result.
y it, I think you will not find
was carried by 200
imp()) t against 61.
dtbnot venture for post present on more than moving eobtuse bo "pponed." Which
On Friday taut matter was brought before the
House, in the form of
reported
dangers orateqdueion from Lord Palmerston
oonf
sthpeaisnu.bjevvethoefn
dangers to the Constitution
thet the length of being
" reported," nobody doubts gbeurtsdanger is real. The
subject was received with coldness by the House, and
with more than coldness by the Ministy.
the whole was confirmatory of the belief, that
effect on
f
the Ministers do not mean to peril themselves that though
ealyes uselessly
by unnecessary energy, there is scarcely n
retrogradation, commercial or political, any Species °f
they
would not receive with that patience which is so easilyey
supplied when the heart is with the event. The result
is to involve them in the next heave of the political
ocean, and make them partakers both in the cause and
in its consequences.
On the same night was produced the postponed debate
on the withdrawal of the Ministerial proposal to repeal
the power of calling out the Militia to act against
that
inst the
more,
it was confirmed and
remark upon
every previouspeople at home. It is needless to say
rested their case upon
" the feeling of the House;" and if the radiant bearing
strengthened. The Ministers r
head.
As might be
of the agricultural party may be taken as evidence of
feeling, there YI a 3 no want on that
expected, the Government's own clause was expunged,
under a mAjJrity of 151 to 61.
AN OLD REFORMER•
I am, Sir, yours very sinoerelY,
Blackheath, May 24, 1852.
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COURT CIRCULAR.
OS BORNE. SATURDAY, MAY 22.
Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and
the Royal children, attended by the Viscountess Joce-
lyn, the Hon. Matilda Paget, the Hon. Mary Seymour,
Lord Charles Fitzroy, the Hon. Colonel Phipps, and
Colonel Viyide, arrived at Osborne yesterday afternoon
at twenty minutes past six o'clock.
SUNDAY.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. attended
by Lady Fanny Howard, Sir George Couper, and Lieu-
tenant. Colonel F. Seymour, arrived at Osborne yester-
day afternoon at 20 minutes before three o'clock, from
London, on a visit to her Majesty.
The Queen, the Prince, and the Royal Family, walked
and drove in the park and gardens.
The party at dinner included her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, the Hon. Co-
lonel Phipps, Sir George Couper, and Lieutenant-Col.
Seymour.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper, left her
residence, Clarence House, St. James's, at a quarter be-
fore eleven o'clock on Saturday morning; for her Ma-
jesty's marine residence, o,borne, Isle of Wight. Her
Royal Highness travelled to Southampton by the London
and South-Western Railway.
A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock on Satur-
day afternoon, at the Foreign-office, D awning-street. It
was attended by the Earl of Drrby, the Lord Chancellor,
the Earl of Lormiale, the Marquis of Salisbury, Mr.
Secretary Walpole, the Earl of Malmesbury, S►r. John
Pakington, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke
of Northumberland, the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, the
Right Hon. J. C. Herrics, and Lord John Manners.
The Council sat two hours end a half.

A deputation, headed by Mr. Brotherton, M.P., and
the Etrl of Shaftesbury, consisting of Mr. Grant and
Mr. Mawdsley, from Manchester, and Mr. Tice, from
Ashton, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole,
on Saturday, at the Home-office.
Sir George Bonham, Governor of Hong-Kong, has ar-
rived in town, and bad au interview with Sir John
Pakington, on Saturday, at the Colonial office.
A deputation from St. Giles-in-the Fields and St.
George, Bloomsbury, consisting of Messrs. George Fitch,
Alexander Marshall, Frederick Sanders, James Slater,
Henry Cooper, Thomas Savage, Smith, and Chipper-
field, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole at
the Home-office, on Saturday.
Mr. Forster, M.P., and Mr. Macgregor Laird had
an interview on Saturday with the Right Honourable
J. W. Henley and. Lord Colchester, at the Board of
Trade.
A deputation on the affairs of Jamaica, consisting of
Mr. Edward Thompson, Mr. Girod, and Mr. William
Smith, had an interview with Sir John Pakington on
Saturday, at the Colonial-office.
Sir Thomas Phillips had an interview on Saturday,
with Mr. Secretary Walpole, at the Home-office.
Dispatches were received at the Colonial-offiCe on Sa-
turday, from the Governors of Van Diemen's Land,
South Australia, and Hong-Kong.
Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
office, from the Governors of the West Indian Colonies.
The Duke of Wellington attended the early service
yesterday, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The ser-
vice was read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the sermon
was preached by the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Boyle.

MR. LUMLEY AND HER MAJESTY'S
THEATRE.
(From the Chronicle.)
It is matter of notoriety that, owing to a series of the
influences to which every theatrical management is ex-
posed, the direction of her Majesty's Theatre has for
some time been carried on in the face of difficulties which
would have crushed any manager of less energy, tact,
and resolution than Mr. Lumley. It is not necessary
that we should enter into the nature of the difficulties to
which we allude, some of them being obvious to all who
are acquainted with the administration of our large
theatres, and others being still sub judice. We have
hitherto abstained from any observations upon the sub-
ject, less, perhaps, in the hope that the difficulties in
question would cease to exercise their obstructive agency,
than because of our belief that it would not be long be-
fore the leading subscribers to her Majesty's Theatre
would make such a demonstration that we should, in
recording it, be enabled to speak of those diffi-
culties as things gone by. We had this confi-
dence, that the untiring zeal and loyalty Mr. Lum-
ley has always displayed in labouring to preserve to the
patrons of ker Majesty's Theatre that course of high-
class entertainment for which he originally made the
establishment celebrated over Europe could not fail to
be duly appreciated, and, in his hour of trial, to be re-
membered, by the body of noblemen and gentlemen to
whom the manager of an Italian opera must look for
sanction and support. The representatives of the upper
classes, upon whose continuous succour the Italian opera
must be dependent in England, have had Mr. Lumley's
management under their eye for several years, and we
felt assured that the system of direction, the individual
steps of which we have recorded, week by week, through
so many brilliant seasons, was sure to receive, not only
a fair, but a kind and considerate verdict, from such a
jury as had been, for those seasons, impanelled in the
boxes of her Majesty's Theatre. Therefore, without
taking up any of the numerous topics which have been
for some time floating upon the surface of town-talk in
connexion with the Haymarket opera (one flagrant in-
stanc e excepted, in which common morality rather than
managerial rights was the question), we have merely
continued to accord to her Majesty's Theatre that jus-
tice which is due from the public preiss to a public
establishment.
The demonstration we anticipated was made on Satur-
day last. A meeting of noblemen and gentlemen, in-
terested in supporting the director of her Majesty's
Theatre, had been invited to assemble that day in the
concert-room of the theatre. The names of the distin-
guished persons at whose requisition the meeting came
a
together are sufficient to show its nature. These names
those of the Duke of Cleveland, the Duke of Lein-
eter, the Marquis of Clanricarde, his Excellency the
Baron Brunnow, and Sir Ralph Howard. Upwards of
100 influential patrons of the opera were present, among
them being the Duke of Leinster, Duke of Cleveland,
Marquis of Clanricarde, Marquis of Worcester, Sir
Anthony de Rothschild, his Excellency Baron Brune
now, his Excellency the Marquis d'Azeglio, his Excel-
lency Baron Rehausen, Earl of Shelburne, Earl of Har-
rington. Lord Ward, Viscount Clifden, Lord Cran-
bourn, Viscount Anson, M.P., General the Hon. H.
H. Cavendish, Sir Ralph Howard,
Bart., M.P., Sir John
-Bayley, Bart., Hon. G. S. Smythe, M.P., Mr. Crombie,
Sir William Abdy, Bart., Lord G. Paget, .M.P.,
Sir
B
Andrew Barnard, Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Sir Thomas
Lennard, Lord Wm. Lennox, W. M. Tbackeray,
Henry Baring, M.P., Mr. Budd, Colonel Dixon, R. W.
Packe, M.P., Mr. Norman Macdonald, H. Brereton
Trelawny, M.P., C. Barry Baldwin, M.P., General Sir
A. Woodford, Mr. Bligh, Mr. George Tudor, Mr.
Franks, Mr. Albany Fonblanque.
The general tone of the meeting was most satisfactory
to those who see in the preservation of the present di-
rection a guarantee that her Majesty's Theatre shall
present to its subscribers the highest musical or choreo-
graphic talent available for their entertainment. Ample
justice was done to the exertions of Mr. Lumley, and
habitues of many years' standing bore testimony to the
eminence to which he had raised the theatre. The
false and malignant rumours which bad been spread in
reference to that gentleman were adverted to and con-
demned, and one of the most distinguished noblemen
present, while admitting that differences of opinion
might fairly exist as to certain details of management,
upon which no two men would probably agree, briefly
sketched the history
with every advantage of exclusive
of the Haymarket managements
from the time of Mr. Taylor, to show that whereas,
patronage and absence
of rivalry, former directions had invariably failed, Mr.
Lumley, with extraordinary opposition and divided
support, had hitherto kept her Majesty's Theatre
in a position worthy its reputation. Such ballets, it was
observed, as Mr. Lumley bad put upon the stage had
perhaps never been seen elsewhere in the world, and
there was scarcely a great lyric artist in Europe who
had not appeared upon his boards. The only new
singer of eminence who had not been heard at her Ma-
jesty's Theatre was Madlle. Wagner, and Mr. Lumley
could not, when doing all in his power to secure that
lady, foresee the course to which her friends would advise
her.
The strongest assurances were given that such assist-
ance should be afforded as would enable Mr. Lumley to
carry on effectually the management of the theatre, and
resolutions to that effect were agreed to. The resolutions
were in substance as follows:
" 1. That, considering the beneficial influence which
her Majesty's Theatre has exercised for nearly a century
in promoting and extending the musical taste of the
country, it is desirable that measures should be taken
by this meeting to support her Majesty's Theatre.
" 2. That, considering the energy and perseverance
which the director of this establishment has displayed in
the cultivation of the highest works of art, and in pro-
viding for the public taste and amusement, during a
period of extraordinaryedifficulty, this meeting will sup-
port and assist the director in his efforts to surmount
the difficulties of the establishment. _

THE LATE "AFFAIR OF HONOUR."
The Hon. G. S. Smythe and Colonel Romilly, the
two combatants in the " affeir of honour" which came
off on Friday last, left town, attended by their seconds,
Captain the Hon. Captain Vivian, M.P., and the Hon.
John Fortescue, M.P., by the South-Western Railway,
at an early hour in the morning, and proceeded as far as
the Weybridge station, where, by previous arrange-
ment, they had agreed to alight. The appearance of
four strange gentlemen at this quiet station was calcu-
lated to excite no little observation, and with a view to
disarm suspicion of any hostile intentions the pistol cases
carried by two of the gentlemen were for the nonce con-
verted into something like sketch-books, with which the
party trudged away us if intent upon an artistic excur-
sion in the neighbourhood. They had not gone very
far before an impression that they might possibly be
watched seems to have entered their minds, and one
of the party returned to the station and chartered the
only " fly" in attendance for the purpose of conveying
them some little distance into the interior. A difficulty now
arose ss to how the combatants should be disposed. It
was not very desirable that two gentlemen entertaining
such deadly intentions should be " cooped up" within
reach of each other's noses inside on old postchaise for
three or four miles. At length it was fseogested that
Mr. Smythe should mount the box, and that Colonel
Romilly should go insideewith the seconds. Mr. Smythe
readily yielded his assent to enjoy the fresti uik. and
away the party drove some two or three mile-, nu'li they
arrived at the boundary of Lord Ellesmere's 1141ektbild
estate, where all the gentlemen alighted, auu having
given the coachman an injunction not to leave his
horse, they struck a path across some greensward, and
entered a wood on the rising ground above. A dell
on the other side of this wood, partially hidden from
observation in every direction, was selected as a con-
venient spot for the settlement of the dispute. Mr.
Smythe having declined to withdraw the expres-
sions of which his colleague complained, and
the duty of measuring the ground > having fallen
upon Captain Vivian, the gallant officer proceeded
with his task quietly and deliberately, marking 12 paces
in a very business-like manner. The principals were
then conducted to their positions, and Mr. Fortescue was
on the point of putting the ominous question, "_Are you
ready, gentlemen?" when a cock pheasant, Which had
been a quiet observer of the scene thus far, suddenly
rose within a few yards of the combatants, and with a
loud cry dashed into the adjoining wood. This unto-
ward circumstance occurring at such a moment caused
no little excitement among the party, who at first feared
they had been surprised. The alarm having subsided,
the combatants resumed their places and exchanged-
shots, as is known, without Effect, when Colonel
Romilly having expressed himself satisfied, they
left the ground. The party returned to the station
in the manner of their arrival, and thence to London
by railway, but not a word was exchanged by the
principals.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. ccxxxir.

THE PROBABLE FATE OF THE CANDIDATES
FOR THE SEVENTY-THIRD DERBY, AND
THE WINNER SELECTED.

(Concluded from No. CCXXXL)

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,—Ia my last observations I commented upon the
northern horses; I now resume my task with Mr. Steb-
bings'.
ALFRED THE GREAT, by Orlando out of Dominus, by
Bran out of Kalmia. This horse formerly rejoiced in
the name of Fortunio, and is said to be at the present
time the property of Mr. Shafto, which, however, I
cannot state for a fact. He has appeared in public bat
once—at Doncaster, when a two years old, where, with
Bst 71b up, he won a sweepstakes over the T. Y. C.,
beating Lady Harriet, Bst 41b, by a neck; Vortex,
Hyacinth, and Helen Faucit being in the latter's rear.
At this time he was not properly prepared, and there
are some doubts entertained about his going to the post
on Wednesday thoroughly in form. Ido hold with the
general opinion expressed of this horse, and consider he
is tnore likely to be victorious over the Doncaster than the
Epsom course.
Dawson, this year, will have his stable represented
by Mr. Harrison's ch c KING OF TRUMPS, by Velocipede
out of Mrs. Gill, by Victor out of Lady Fractious. It
is well known that this horse until lately has been doing
very little work, and although Dawson is a very clever
man in the art and mystery of training, he cannot ac-
complish an impossibility—in three words, he cannot win.
That mysterious animal WOMERSLEY, by Birdcatcher
out of Cinizelli, by Touchstone out of Brocade, about
whom so many extraordinary reports have gained cre-
dence during the winter, has at last come in earnest,
having been backed rather stiffly during the past week.
He is perfectly dark, and I believe has scarcely been
subjected to what we may call a trial. His blood is
undeniable; his size, form, and style of going very good;
but for the same reason which I remarked just now con-
cerning the King of Trumps, /am afraid will not stand
much chance of finding his way home victoriously in the
Derby fray.
It is said that the last-named animal's stable com-
panion YOUNG HAMMOND, by Ithuriel out of Easter,
will also run. Like unto Womersley he is as yet per-
fectly dark: in my opinion he will turn out to be a re-
spectable handicap horse—nothing more.
The Wizsrd of the North's Derby string is, as usual,
somewhat long, consisting, for the most part, of very
inferior horses. DANIEL O'ROURKE, by Irish Bird-
catcher out of Forget-me•not, by Hetman Platoff out
of Oblivion, by Jerry, it seems is the pick of the stable,
and, in my opinion, a very bad
pick, too. This horse
was one of my earliest fancies for the race under con-
sideration, having been one of the finest foals I ever
saw, and likewise one of the most unpromising looking
three years old. Last year his two performances did not
say much in his favour, having been beaten in the first
by Augur, and in the second getting no better place than
a bad fifth to BA Hind. His exhibition this year for
the Two Thousand was quite on a par with• his previous
performances. Notwithstanding that he will be tooled
by Bu'ler, by which I consider he will have as good as
7lb advantage over many horses in the race, he has no
chance of obtaining a place.

The other four, KINGFISHER, HYACINTH, PHANTOM,
and MARINELLA COLT, I have not the smallest fancy for
whatever; three of them, however, will probably run.
I cannot conceive for an instant how Major Martyrs
can imagine he has any chance of winning a race like
this with such a horse as CeemuLsiosr; he had much
better let him remain at home in his stable. 1
Mr. Farrance's JOE MILLER, by Venison out of Wit-
tioism, although the winner of the Chester Cup in a
canter, will be no winner here.
Kent's couple, I presume, will both start; HOME-
BREWED, however, only to do the needful for his stable
companion.
HARBINGER, by Touchstone out of Cuckoo, after his
trial with Officious, was considered to be quite good
enough to win the Derby. I do not understand this
species of reasoning, but I expect he will run well; and,
as he will have the great assistance of Nat,
will possibly
finish forward.
W. Daimon will send THE SURVEYOR, by the Doctor
out of Fairy Queen, to the post. Notwithstanding, this
nag, it is said, will have the skilful aid of Job Matson,
the idea of his winning is perfectly ridiculous.
That carefully preserved horse, CHIEF BARON NI-
CHOLSON, by the Baron out of Ally Croaker, it is
rumoured has not been altogether the thing at times
ex-
pressed, has been taken too much care of. His perform-
ance with Kingston last
during the last three months
1)°,11.,ut it seems that in
year;
stamped
eidf
hiitmcaans
abehosroseof
good
not
bbottomea t all
surprised and possessedh oirnf
race.
The attraction of Day's lot will be centred in LITTLE
fistgauYriengverpyofwoerrus; rdinshtahiel
HARRY, by Epirus out of Fraudulent, who, without he
of seeming the " blue
ribbon of the Turf" for his owner I,
his last year's form,
cannotis very
possesswonderfully
the
bestimproved
chanceupon
his trial the magnates of the stable were perfectly masa
will out out the afterwards invest-
ing large sums upon his chance; and as be is in the
fied of his capabilities by immediately
best of condition, and will be steered by that clever
jockey Alfred Day, I think', he is certain to be one of the
first three. .
work for him.
ELCuT S 'chance is completely out!
Dockeray will have the colt by liettnan Platoff, dam
by Camel, at the post—more about him I do not know.
BARBARIAN, MISSIVE, and ORELIO, I shall dismiss in
VORTEX, it is Said,
a few words, not having the least idea that either can
finish any where near the front, much less 3 be a winner.
Last ou the list that I consider worth a remark, but
by no means the least, is Mr. Merry's 6,500/. speculation,
BOBBIE NOBLE, by Pantaloon out of Phryne, by Touch-
stone, out of Decoy, by Filho d_ T
a Puta out of Finesse, by
Peruvian—Violante, by John Bull. e;8
-,---horsey couple
of performances last year were certainly the beat in
public that any candidate for the present Derby has
accomplished np to the present_
some time;
ae but so strange are
the reports made about him, from good, some
t d'
an_ so con ra ictor
from bad quarters, a Y are they,
ossible to give
that it is almost imp
decided opinion of his chance until his arrival at Epsom.
If he is what some of his backersareptohritnhiai to ~_,
w, y
the Derby is certainly over; but a I k comparatively
few but the stable know of what
noti
goingventure upon na
in that
mysterious quarter, 1 shall
_pon giving an
at all,
opinion about his chance . .
firm opinion conclusion, it is my on that the
13y way of
Bobbie Noble, Al
front rank will consist of
ands, cora; Cla-
verhouse, Ilarry, btarbln •
Kingston, Little ger, and
•
that the first of these to succumb at the finish will be
Kingston, Claverhouse
_ giving up th
Harbinger and
BOBBIE NOBLE, LITTLEe
ghost next; thus
leavingfill the three first places.
HARRY, and ALCORIN to
be given to-morro es.
The latest particulars will
TO MOUNTAIN DEERW.
•
will pro-
bably and SISTER
for the Woadcote to-morrow.
bably be first and second
I am, Sir, yours, &c,,
THE SPIRIT OF TIIE TURF.
May 24, 1852.

.
" 3. That, with a view of establishing an immediate
and available source for the purpose of carrying on and
conducting this establishment during the present season,
a fund be raised, to which all friends and well-wishers
of the theatre be invited to become subscribers, and that
a committee be appointed for the purpose of receiving
such subscriptions, ,and applying the same in such
owaayaeraies stehfehyesrhall
Majesty'sco
consider most conducive to the in-
terestsA
committee was then nominated, pod subscription-
papers having been opened, the friends of the theatre
requested to pay their subscriptions to Messrs.
.I.lopf k
ti nh ?a
sanwdaCs Co.,
ebna nykaesrsse,d3t,
oltheigge Regent-rstreet. e
Duke
of
A vet© of
Leinster, who had most efficiently presided, and
the meeting separated.
N

Yrs st lb
Grecian
Radulphus
Bordeaux 5 8 5
Hothorpe 4 8 0
Ringleader
Fugleman
Edward of York 4 7 10
Deceitful 4 7 10
Tonic
Catalpa
Thornhill
Heroine
Runnymede

Sir Robert ...... ... 5 7 6

. ENV METE.C;;;;;:i-----A
Bill, which was introducedr Non TihritTrEsdaam;b7LoßrdlLJlo.l7n BlLL.—This
Interment
rMm re.h
tWAael pt oilse
t,
ohas e just been printed By it the pre-
reyealed. Powers are given to
parishes severally to eleschtorbulersfasl
thbaohardths,reeto. cTohnessisetboofanrdost
new burial grounds, to be
srare also given to
purchase new
tooldeing.interment
amroerteotbheanpesremveinttepderstoon
ateint board
different
paid for out of the poor-rates.
parishes to combine for the purpose of
accommodation, and in that case there isP
to be composed of the several burial boards of
parishes so combining. The Secretary of State, Citliort
allin-
spection, has power to close any or
graveyards of the metropolis. Ho can issue, such
regulations as may seem to him proper to tbe
protection of the public health, and has a veto on all the
proposed sites for new cemeteries. Such is a general outline
of the provisions of the Bill, which, it is said, will not be
pressed this session.
DEPARTURE or THE ASIA.—Qa Saturday ulcer-
noon at one o'clock, the Royal Mail steam-ship Asia, Capt.
Judkins, sailed from the Mersey for New York direct, with
the mug MO, 60 pas;ellgerof and A NiX ATerage freigl2t.

Kingston—taken
--_____,----- ,
SPORTING INIELLIGENCE,
TATTERSALL'S—SATuRpsy.
DERBY.
4 to 1 apt Mr. Merry's Ilobbie Noble—taken
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taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. Stebbing's Alfred the Great—take,
2155
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2255 ttoo
11 aa
agat
Lmorr.dpZaerrtlaannocle:ss Ajouagu
Millerr
„,3° to 1 ag.t Mr. J. M. Stanley's Orelio
"° t° 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Daniel O'Rourke
30 to 1 agst Mr. S. Ilawke's Woinersley—taken
33 to 1 agat Mr. Dorrien's Chief Baron Nicholson
_33 to 1 agat Lord Exeter's Stockwell
_ a*: obbie Nuble and Little Barry were in high favour,
a ° after a considerable outlay, closed at a marked im-
provement. A desireto di get out," of Hobble Noble

INDISPOSITION 01' THE CHIEF BARON.---
We un-
derstand that the Chief Baron was prevented from attending
Divine service yesterday at St. Paul's with the other judges,
in accordance with the universal custom, in consequence of a
rheumatic attack, which likewise prevented him from ap-
pearing at her Majesty's state ball, and at that of the Duke
of Wellington, recently given in honour of the Princess Mary
of Cambridge.
_

It is wits sincere regret that we have to announce
the death of the Hon. Lady Airey, widow of the late Gen.
Sir George Airey, and a sister of the late Lord Talbot de
Malahide. Her Ladyship has been for many years a resident
in Paris, where she was respected and beloved by a large cir-
cle of friends, who deeply deplore her loss.—Galignyngs
,Messenger.

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 24,

was obvious in various quarters. Alcoran, Harbinger,
Claverhouse, Kingston, Alfred the Great, Augur, and
Daniel O'Rourke were steady at Thursday's quotations,
and Womersley- in considerable demand at an advance
of several points. Tde King of Trumps and Orello, on
the other hand, were quoted at a great discount. Nothing
was done on the Oaks.
EPSOM MEETING.
The subjoined list of the engagements for the ensuing
meeting includes the entries made on Saturday afternoon.

TUESDAY.
The Craven Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 30 added;
three yrs old, 7st llb; four, Bst 71b; five, Bst 131 b; six
and aged, 9st; mares allowed 6lb and( geldings 31b.
Last mile and a quarter of the New Derby Course.
Baron Rothschild's oh c by Pilegon, out of Marinella,
3 yrs—Lord Zstland's b g Radulphus, aged—Mr. Henry's
Butterfly, 3 yrs—Mr. Walker's Cavan, 3 yrs—Mr. Mor-
ris's Hungerford, 4 yrs—Mr. Drake's Doctor Puff (h-b).
5 yrs—Mr. E Parr's Sani a, 3 yrs—Mr. Boyce's Young
England, 5 yrs—Lord Exeter's litx, 3 yrs—Lord Exe-
ter's Phlegethon, 4 yrs.
The Horton Stakes of 3 sow. each, with 30 added;
three yrs old, 7st lib; four, Bst 71b; five, Bst 131 b;
six and aged, 93t. Miresallowedslb, and geldings,
31b. The winner to be sold for 1001., but if entered,
to be sold for 801., allowed 71b; if for 601., 141 b; if fur
401, 211 b, over and above other allowances; to be
auction, by aucon, and the surplus to go to te fund.
One mile.

.
Mr. Hale's Grand Duchess, 3 yrs (to be sold for 401)
—Mr. Armstrong's Sabra (SOO —Mr. Whiting's Dame
Tattle, 3 yrs (40/)—M.jor igartyn's Lady baba, 3 yrs
(601)—Mr. Rayner's Presto, 4 yrs (60/.)—Mr. Morris's
Haresfoot, 3 yrs (400
The Manor Plate (handicap) of 100/, for all ages.
Winners after publication of the weights, 51bs extra.
Oae

Yrs at lb
Iracundus
'Jack inthe Corner a 6 10
Handsome Doe
Nliss Julia 6 6 9
timid Fawn 4 6 9
Bushranger 5 6 7
Nautchgirl 6 6 7
3ardanapalus 4 6 7
Ars. Birch 4 6 7
the Incurable 4 6 7
Abderrhaman 4 6 7
Chaplet
:Follow me Lad ... 4 6 0

!ornelius 4 6 0

_Frantic -
Faux Pas 4 7 6 of Fury ,. 3 6 0
Douse 5 7 4 Prince Rupert 3 5 12
Dulcet a 7 4 Gay Lass 4 5 12
Kilmeny
Narcissus 5 7 0 Greengage 3 5 10
Merryman
Filho
Banker 4 7 0 Lady Isabel
3 5 6
Paquetta 46 12 Freestone ..... 35 6
Marchioness
Eva 6 6 12 Miss Bundy 3, 5 0
The Heriot ......... 4 6 10,Snarry
The Woodcote Stakes of 10 soy. each, and 100 added,
for two yrs old; colts, Bit 61ba; and fillies!, Bst 31b; the
second to receive 251. out of the stake, and the winner
to pay 101. towards expenses. T.Y.C. Three. quarters
of a mile.
Mr. J. Ayling's Rattle—Duke of Bedford's Gossip—
Mr. J. Clark's Lady Emily—Mr. E. R. Clark's Mr.
Sykes—Lord Clifden's Molasses—Mr. Drinkald's b o
by Mathematician, out of Alibassa—Mr. Farrance's ch f
I Miss Emma, by Epirus out of Margellina—Mr. Fox's
Tonic—Mr. Hayter's Friday—Mr. Hornsby's Blondel—
Mr. Howard's Milesian—Mr. J. Lee's John Bull—Mr.
Liley's Bracelet—Mr. Lomae's Deerhound—Mr. Ma-
genus's a by Lanercost out of Moonbeam—Major Mar-
tyn's Tamarlane—Mr. Merry's Valour—Mr. Merry's
Desdemona—Mr. Oldaker's Orestes—Mr. Osbaldeston's
Sister to Mountain Deer—Mr. Payne's Speed the Plough
—Mr. Payne's Hybla—Mr. Payne's Gloomy—Duke of
Richmond's Dagobert—Sir C. Rushout's Ethelbert—
Mr. Spencer na Prevention—Mr. J. M. Stanley's Mas-
sens—Mr. J. M. Stanley'a Mustang—Mr. H. Stebbing's
Moscow—Mr. Stevens's Idyl—Mr. Thelluson's Rata-
plan (brother to Stockwell)—Mr. E. Why's Don
Quixote.
The Heathcote Plate (handicap) of 50 sous. for all ages;
the winner of any handicap after publication of the
weights, 51b extra. Half a mile.
Bordeaux, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b —Thornhill, 6yrs, Bst 21b—Joo
o' Sot, aged Bst—Arlette, 5 yrs, ist 91b—The Heriot, 4
yrs, 7st 71b; Yellow Boy, 3 yrs, 7st 51b—Hamiltonian, 3
yrs, 7st 3!b—Humphrey, 5 yrs, Mt—Doncaster, aged,
7st; Fuoco, 6 yrs, 7st —The Incurable, 4 yrs, 7st—Wee
Mickey, aged, 6st 121b—Janina, 3 yrs, Est 101b—Seno-
rita, 3 yrs, Est 101b—The Rogue, 4 yrs, Est 71b—Apple-
ton, 3 yrs, Est 71b—Lady Blanche, 3 yrs, 6st--0:1 f by
Young Lochinvar, out of Madcap's dam, 3 yrs, sst 121 b.

WEDNESDAY.
The Derby Stakes of 50 sous. each, h ft, for three yrs
old colts, Bst 71b, fillies, Bst 21b; the second to receive
100/. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 100 Boys.
towards the police and regulations of the course, and
50 sors. to the judge. One mile on the New Course.
(181 Subs.)
It is generally thought that seven or eight and twenty
will run; the horses arrived are given below.
The Carew Stakes of 3 soya. each, with 40 added; three

-
yrs old, 7st 61b; four, Bst 71b; five and upwards, Bst
11lb; mares allowed 51b, aad geldings 31b, maidens at
the time of naming allowed 31b, horses that have
started twice and been beaten, allowed 51b; thrice or
more, 71bs; the winner to be sold for 1501., if demanded,
&c. Three quarters of a mile.
' Mr. Parr's Lade Bopeep, 3 yrs—Me. Benstead's The
Rogue, 4 yrs —Mr. Gulliver's Lady Blanche, 3 yrs—Mr.
Morris's Priam the Third, 3 yrs—Count Battbyany's Wee
Mickey. aged—Mr. Southby's Appleton, 3 yrs—Captain
Rowley's Yellow Boy, 3 yrs.
The Epsom Town Plate (handicap) of 50 sous. for all
ages; winners of any race after weights wore published,
51b extra. One mile.

Bordeaux, 5 yrs, Bst 121b—tioroine, 6 vra, Bst; Dul-
cet, aged, 7st 121b—Marchioness, 6 yrs, 7st 81b—Presto,
4 yrs, 7st 71b—The Heriot, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Jack-in-the•
Corner, aged, 7st 61b—Juggler, 6 yrs, 7st 51b—Butterfly,
3 yrs, Est 111b—Old English Oak, 3 yrs, Est 111 b-
- 4 yrs, Est 101b—Maria, 3 yrs, 6st.
The Great Exhibition Plate of 100 sovs. (handicap) for
all ages; winners of any race after the publication of
the weights, 51b extra. One mile and a quarter.

_
Yra at lb _
Yrs et lb
Vatican
Iris
Forester ..• 6 8 8 Adine
lanthe 4 8 3 Domino
Croupier
Hungerford 4 7 12 of Passion
Edward of York... 4 7 12 Plumstead
Tonic
Merry Peal 4 7 12 f by Lanercost
Heroine
Faux Pas 4 7 7 Mary Ann .. ...... 3 6 0
Frantic 4 7 7 Hari-tat
Bacchanalian
Marchioness
Xenophon
Iracundus .... .... 4 7 0 Pluck
Buckthorn ......... 3 7 0 Ingratitude 4 5 10
Don Pedro 4 7 0 Surprise
Bushranger 5 6 10 Hampton... 3 5 6
Yellow Boy 3 6 10 Nitchbone ... ...... 3 5 0
Mariana
Coral
The Burgh Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 50 added, for
three yrs old, 7st 101 b; four, Bst 71b; five and up-
wards, Bst 81b, mares allowed 51b, and geldings 31b;
the winner to be sold for 1001., but if entered to be
sold for 801. allowed 71b, if for 601. 141 b, if for 401.
211 b, over and above allowances; the winner to be sold
by auction, and any suplus to go to the fund. Half
a mile.

Duke of Richmond's Buckhound, 4 yrs (401.)—Mr. C.
Hornsby's Joc o'Sot, aged (400—Mr. Armstrong's
Equal, 3 yrs (60L)—Mr. Greville's Greengage, 3 yrs
(600—Mr. Morris's Haresfoot, 3 yrs (40L)—Mr. Good-
win's Julia, 4 yrs (401.)—Mr. Payne's Cotton Lady, 3
yrs (601.)—Mr. Shrimpton's Arlette, 5 yrs (601.)—Mr.
Edney's Incurable, 4 yrs (400_

THURSDAY.
The Darden's Stakes of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, if declared
at ten the night before running, the second to save
his stake, and 50 soya. added; three yrs old, 7st llb;
four, Set 71b; five, Bst 131 b; six and aged, 9st; win-
ners
twice in 1851,- to carry 31b; thrice, slb extra;
winners thrice in 1851, and once in 1852, 71bs extra;
maiden four yrs old and upwards, and horses which
run in any race on the day of the Derby, allowed
slbs; mares and geldings, allowed 31bs; horses en-
tered to be sold for 3001. if demanded, allowed 31bs;
for 2001, 91bs; for 1001., 121bs; for 80L, 161bs; for
601., 21Ibs over and above other allowance's. One
mile and a quarter.
R-opened, t close on Wednesdaevening.
Thee Two Year Old Stakes of 10 son. each, and 50 ad-
ded; colts, Bst 71bs; fillies, Bst 31b; winners before
starting, 51bs extra. Half a mile.
Mr. J. AL Stanley's o Massena—Mr. J. Arnold's c by
St. Martin out of Madeline—Mr. ay Pne's Gloomy—
Lord W. Powlett's f Guava—Mr. Magenis's Pantomime
—Mr. Reeves's Deerhound—Mr. Howard's Vaultress
Mr. Douglas's Playful—Mr. Gulliver's Chilton—Mr. E.
R. Clarks Little Swift—Count Bitthyany's Pearl—Mr.
Greville a Frenzy—Mr. Osbaldeston's colt by
Cather
atone out of Fugleman's dam.
The Grand Stand Plate of 100 sovs., added to a Handi-
cap Sweepstakes of 10 son. each; the winner of any
race, after publication of the weights, to carry slbs
extra. Great Metropolitan Stakes Course, starting
from the winning chair. Two miles and a quarter.
Cariboo, 5 yrs, Bst 121b—Elthiron, 6 yrs, Bst 71b—
The Ban, 4 yre, Bst 21b—Musician, 5 yrs, Bst—Story.
teller (ad 51b extra), 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Ringleader, 4 yrs,
7st 21b—Ballet Girl, 5 yrs, 7st—Narcissus, 5 yrs, 6st
101b—Mouse, 5 yrs, 6st 101b—Piesto, 4 yrs, bet 1011)
Combatant, 6 yrs, 6at 21b—Normauton, 6 yrs, set 21b—
Cobnut, 5 yrs, 6st—Scarecrow, 3 yrs, sst 12ib—Irene,
4 yrs, sst 10ib—Pelopidas, 3 yrs, Set 91b—Follow me
Lads, 4 yrs, sst 71b—Blood Rvyal, 3 yrs, Set—lngrati-
tude, 4 yrs, 4st 12112—Surprise, 3 yrs, yrs
121 b.
The Cobham Plate of 50/ for all ages; winners of any
race, after publication of the weights, 51b extra. Three-
quarters of a mile.
Thornhill, 6 yrs, Bst ?lb—Heroine, 6 yrs, Bst 5113
Knight of the Thistle, 4 yrs, Bst 51b—Dulcet, aged, Bst
2lts—lloncaster, aged, 7st 71b—Merryman, aged, 7st
71b—Iocureble, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Fuoco, 6 yrs, Tat 51b—
Hambletontan, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—Northman, 3 Yrs, 7st 4lb
—The Rogue, 4 yrs, 6st 121 b.
The Selling Stakes of 3 sous. each, and 40 added, for
three yrs old, 7st lib; four, Bst be
five, Set 131 b•
six and aged, 9st; the winner to
be sold for 1001; if
entered to be sold for 801, allowed 71b., if for €Ol,
141 b; if for 401, 211 b over and above the allowances;
the winner to be sold by auction, and
any surplus to
go to the fund. Winners in 1832, ;jib mks. Three-
quarters of a mile.

1852.

Mr. W. Hales's Grand Duchess, 3 yrs (401)--Doke of
Richmond's Bnckhound, 4 yrs (401)—Mr. Armstrong's
Equal, 3 yrs (601)—Mr. Payne's Cotton Lady, 3 yrs
(400—Major Alartyn's Lady Isabel, 3 yrs (4ul)—Mr.
H. Smith's May Day, .1 yrs.
Match, 100 80V. Etwes's Vests, list
ags Captain Little's Balltil ch, lOst 4113.
FRIDAY.

The Members' Plate of 501.; three yrs old, 7st 41b; four,
Bst 101 b; five, 9st 21b; six and aged, 9at 3lb; mares
allowed 51b, and geldings 3ib; maiden four yrs old
allowed 71b; five and upwards, 101 b. The winner to
be sold for 2001, if demanded. One mile and a quarter.
Mr. Parr's Little Bopeep, 3 yrs—Mr. Wilson's Ella,
4 yrs—Mr. Stevens's Sleeping Partner, 4 yrs—Mr.
Drake's Doctor Puff (h b), 5 yrs—Mr. Shrimptun's
Miss Bundy, 3 yrs—Mr. Magenis's The Ileriot, 4 yrs.
The Wks Stakes of 50 soya. each, h ft, for three yrs
old fillies, Bst 71b each; the second to. receive 100/.
out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 100/. towards
the police and regulations of the course, and 30 soya.
to the judge. One mile on the New Course. (123
Subs.) About 17 exp.cted to start.
The Railway Plate of 50/. (handicap) for all ages. Win-
ners, after publication of the weights, 51b extra.
Three-quarters of a mile.
(To close and name cn the Derby night )
The Derby and Oaks Stakes of 3 Will. each, and 40
added; three yrs old, 7st lib; lour, Bst 7lb; five,
Bst 131 b; six and aged. 9st; males allowed 51bs, and
geldings 3lbs; horses that started once at this meet-
ing, and being beaten, allowed 31b, tnice slbs; the
winner to be sold for 120/., but if entered to be sold
for 801., allowed 71bs; if for 601., 14ibs; if fur 501.
211bs, over and above all other allowances. The
winner to be sold by auction, and any surplus to go to
the fund. One mile.

(To close and name on Thursday night.)
The Foreign Visitors' Plate of 100 sovs. (handicap), for
all ages. The winner of any race after publication of
the weights, 51b extra. Tfiree-quarters of a mile.
Yrs at lb Yrs st lb
Iris
Forester
lanthe 4 8 5; Mariana
Longinus 5 8 s;Yellow Boy 3 6 11
Croupier 4 8 oStapleton
Tonic ... ......... 4 8 O'Lady in Waiting 3 6 10
Hungerford
Catalpa
Knight of the __ei by Venison out _

Thistle 4 7 101 Passion
Merry Peal... 4 7 __..9 Tho Roguo
4 6 5
Leybourne
Heroine
Fauxpas . .
Dulcet a 7 51Scavenger
Jon o'Sot
Buckthorne 3 7 2Harriott .. 6 6 0
Haresfoot
Xenophon
Narcissus
Father Thames ... 3 7 01Sprig of Shillelah 3 5 11
4 7 0!
Iracundus