The Sun.
London, England, 1852-07-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING JULY 29, 1852,

SPORTING NOTES.
No. CCILMV.V.

six and aged, est; mares and geldings allowed 31b;
the winner to be sold for 300/. it demanded, &e. 1111.:
- e usiie. (11 ititra)
1.1.ri Exeter's Phkera, 4 yrs
Mr. Fiemes's Old Rowley, 3 yrs
Duk., of Rehmerld'. S oil 4, 2 yr 5............ (Wells) 3
Mr. Mageuis's Al,hrodite, 4 yrs ...... ( Day) 4
Mr. Dorrien's GivAnlet, 4 yrs
Mr. Blount na Lydia Languish f, 2 yrs (Keneall) 0
Mr. Parkinson's Lithograph. 3 yrs
Mr. E. R. Clarke's Lady in Waiting, (Bartholowinew) 0
Lord Derby's Lis, 4 yrs . (Holmes) 0
Betting-5' to 2 agst Stella and Aphrodite, and sto
1 each agst Lithograph and Old Rowley.
Won by a neck—half a length between second and
third ; Aphrodite a good fourth. Run in 52 sec.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, and 50 added ; for three-
year olds, Est 71b ; four, Bst 31b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six,
and aged, 9.it 2:b ; the winner to be sold for 300/., &c.
One mile. (6 Subs )
Mr. Payne's Cotton Lady (1001) sst 31b (Rickards) 1
Mr. Williams's Maria, 3 yrs (1000 sst 31b ...(Well,) 2
Mr. Morris's Florence, 3 yrs (1004) sst 71b (Carroll) 3
Mr. Armstrong's Sabra,3 yrs (200/.) Cit. lib (Osborne) 4
Battiug-7 to 4 ugst Maria, and 2 to 1 agst Cotton
Lady.
Maria made all the running to the distance, where
Cotton Lsdy went up, and won by a length. Florence
a bad third.
Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, h ft; for three yrs sale
colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b., &c. One mile. (5 Subs )
Duke of Richmond's harbinger
LATEST CUP BETTINGID ON THE COURSE.
2 to 1 apt Stilton 7 to 1 agst Teddington
9 to 2 agst Kingston 12 to 1 agst Frantic
6to 1 agst Little Harry—t. 20 to 1 agst Allegro.
Tne sport to-day, reduced by a couple of walks over,
to seven races, was scarcely so interesting as on Tues-
day, but was remarkable for the extent of the fields for
the two principal events, for one of which, the Stewards'
Cup, no less than thirty. five went to the post, the only
drawbacks were the accident to Sackbut, whose rider's
arm was broken, and a trifling shower towards the close
of the racing. The attendance was fashionable, but in
number below the average on the Goodwood Stakes
day. To-morrow there will be nine or ten races, in-
cluding the Cup, and many other prizes of great value
and interest, to commence at twelve o'clock; should the
weather continue fine we anticipate an immense company.
GOODWOOD, THURSDAY MOANING.
LATEST CUP BETTING.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
2 to 1 eget Stilton—taken to about 8001.
9 to 2 sgst Kingston—taken to 2001.
5 to 1 agst Little Harry—taken.
7 to 1 agst Teddingson—taken.
12 to 1 agst Frantic.
12 to 1 agst Newminster.
15 to 1 agst Allegro.
20 to 1 egit Heroine.
BRIGHTON, 1852.
Acceptances for the Brighton Stakes; the highest weight
accepting being 7st 61b., it has been raised to Bst 71b,
and the others in proportion.
Yrs at lb Yrs st lb
Montague
Cockcrow
Musician 5 8 5 Ischia
Hesse Homburg... 4 7 12 Stamford ... 4 6 8
Ballet Girl 5 7 12 Hugo
Harpsichord ...... 4 7 10 Ethelwolf
Follow-Me•Lads... 4 7 10 Cornelius
Gladiola
Phlegethon ......... 4 7 6 Termagant 3 6 2
Honlakin ........... 3 7 5 Proudfoot
Lithograph 3 7 5 rester' 4 6 0
Sharavogue ......... 3 7 2Surprise
Athena Pallas ... 3 6 131Snarry 3 5 1
NEWMARKET
2.
SECONDBS OCTOBER MEETING,
1

THE 1:17-'71.4DS FOTZ TO,MORIIOW'S RACES AT

GOOM-iyOOD.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR —1
extreme!y OlrSiile choice, Montague, was
very nearly accomplishing the winning feat yesterday in
.
race for the stakes ; had he done so, the fielders would
have had a strong turn of fortu:.e, for, except by the
l_mtnediate friends of the stable, he was scarcely backed
I,r a shilling until my prognostication appeared last
Peek, when that particular class of individuals, who take
ma as their guiding star, made stvAr investments at
atiou9 prices, averaging from 50 to 25 to 1; many of
them to my knowledge, however, considering, like the
rest of the sporting world, that his chance was a very
hopeless Oil; ; the sunning yesterday all but pulled my
Judgment off triumphantly, he baying finished a mode-
'-;150 second to Weathergage. Haricot, my fancy for the
third place, into that 'on but beaten two
running
Doti
from Montague; Caribco was a had fourth, and
"ou Pedro a wretched filth. The remaining, sixteen
Were
scattered all over the field. The great " pots,"
arPtise. Bushranger, and Musician, were disposed of
fail'
The race abiAnded in casualties, Sackbut having
by which young Garvey's arm was broken, and
tha Wizard of the North's couple, Champion and Back-
biter, brunght their racing expectations to a period by
breaking down.
The Drawing-Room Stakes resulted in the complete
"kat of Filius, who got into inextricable difficulties
Within the distance, and finished third to Sackbut and
Ilex; Lady Harriet, Red Hind, Houlakin and Hugo
composed the roar, proving that distance is not tke forte
ill any of this lot.
The Stewards' Cup caused a large seld to muster at the
Post, numbering no less than thirty-five; the result was
/Tinewhat unexpected, Kilmeney and Evadne occupying
the first and second placa—about either of whom 10 to
I.4.euuld have been obtained, while Billy Bar, the favou-
rite, Was priced at 5 to 2, and was lost in the quadru-
pedal crowd.
The races for the other stakes not being of a par-
. ticularly interesting nature, I shall not comment upon,
* the exception of the 300 Soya. Sweepstakes for
fillies, where a grrat deficiency of common sense was
shown by not starting the Lady Harriet against Hir-
-8114, instead of running her for the Drawing-Room
ztaltes, as she was sure of being defeated for the latter,
and almat2t certain of winning this.
~,The fields for to-morrow's races will, in all probs.
vt!'ll37, be:rather large than otherwise, and thus fit-
ingly wind up the best meeting that we have had for
B"is years.
The Nassau Stakes—Red Hind, Hirsute, and Toga
Oily. Flirt, as I stated before, it is reported will not run.
Chesterfield Cup—Officious, Croupier, Herbert, Mon-
tagu®, Ringleader or Le Juif, Hothorpe or Sackbut,
.„411xpas or Greengage, Tonic, Sir Robert, Dulcet.
•Lvadne, Benita, Knight of the Shire, Old Rowley, and
11:10,_t 1 improbably three or four more. The race will pro-
ioly terminate in favour of MoNTAGUE, FAUXFAE, or
NIGHT OF THE SHIRE, Evadne being well up.
The Nursery Cup—Felion, filly by Touchstone out
of Kitty Coleraine, Exact, Auld Acquaintance, Las.
"Iles, Charming Woman, King David, Hobbyhorse,
Phryin, Peach, Torment, Golden Plover, one of Tom
g
Taylor's colts, Veteran, Cuckoo filly, Jack the Giant
'cider, Pearl, and Psaltery. Many other horses en-
gaged in this stake are in the neighbourhood, and some
of them may be brought forward as runners, but my
"counts give me the above lot only as the probable
Eeld. I can discover nothing that the distance will suit
better than YHRYGIA. Should she be bowled over it
tcuY possibly be by Psaltery, Hobby Horse, or the
Cuckoo filly; the first named, however, the most likely.
100 Soya. Stakes—Teddington in all probability will
Walk over.—l am, Sir, &c.,
July 29. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

TUESDAY.—Lord Exeter's Dove against Lord Ribbles-
dale's Torment, Bst 41b each, T.Y.C., 100, h ft.
FRIDAY.—Lord Exeter's Ilex agst the Duke ol
Bedford's Huge, Bst 71b each, Cesarewitch Course, 200,
13 It.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
GOODWOOD RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Drawing-room Stakes of 25 sows each, with a
bonus by an independent subscription of 10 soya. each,
for three-year olds; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; the
Winner of the Derby or Oaks to carry 81b, the second
for either 41b extra. Once round. (12 Subs. to the
stakes and 11 to the bonus.)
Lord Clifden's Sackbut (Templeman) 1
Lord Exeter's Ilex .............................(Norman) 2
Sir R. pigoes Filius ............................. A. Day) 3
Duke of Bedford's Hugo ..................... (F. Butler) 0
Mr. E. Farrance's Lady Harriet .........(H. Goater) 0
Duke of Richmond's Red Hind ..........••(J. Green) 0
Duke of Richmond's Boolakin ............ ...(Flatman) 0
Betting-5 to 2 agst Filius, 7to 2 each agst Lady
Harrietin and Sackbut, 4 to 1 agst Ilex, and 6 to 1 agat
uiakin.—Red Hind, who was got off with very little
trouble, took a decided lead immediately after leaving
the _ post, and, with Lad Harriet lying
fo:holimoulakin in her wake, second, and Ilex
running to the turn
Sackbut,
where Lady Harriet dropped back, and Ilex,
At .s_ s and Filius became second, third, and fourth.
distance Red Hind was beaten, and Ilex went on
by sackbth the etics. fling; at the stand, however, he was joined
by three pa"rtwahv't headed him in a few strides, and won
head; the others - length, Ilex beating Filius by a
Sweepstakes of were tailed off. Run iu 5 min. 47 see.:
300 sou. each, h It, for three yra old
881 71b
10lb, of the each; the winner of the Derby to carry
Stakes 3lb e Oaks 51b, and of the 1,000 Guineas
Mr. , extra. Craven Course.
Payne 's Hirsute
Mr. Farrance's Com-na.Q. Sense
Betting-6 (a. Goater) 2
favou.ritemand 7 to 4on Common Sense. The non-
ade all the running and won very cleverly
by a length. Rua in 2 min. 24 sec.
Sweepstakes of 300 soya. each, It ft, for colts, Bst 71b
each; the winner of the Derby to carry 1011 of the
2,000 Guineas, Gratwicke, or Drawing-Room Stakes
Sib extra. Craven Course.
Lord Exeter's Stockwell walked over.
The Cowdray Stakes of 10 Boys. each, h ft, witis4o
added, for two yrs old, est 71h; three, Bst 91b; four,
9st Sib; five and upwards, 9st 121 b; mares allowed
31b; the winner to be sold for 150 sovs. if demanded
&e. T.Y.C.
Mr. Sherring's Rage, 2 yrs (Kendall) 1
Mr. IL King's Hermeine, 2 yrs (T. Sherwood) 2
Betting-7 to 4on Rage, who won in a canter by
eight lengths. The race was not timed.
Goodwood Stakes, of 25 soy. each, 15 ft, and only 5 if
declared, ssc. (winners extra), the second to receive
100 soya. out of the stakes, and the winner to pay 15
soya. to the judge. Two miles and a half.
Mr. T. Parr's Weatherage, 3 yrs, sst 61b (Wells) 1
Mr. I. Day's Montague, 6 yrs, 7st 31b (G. E Sharp) 2
Mr. I. Anson'a Haricot, 5 yrs, 7st ......(J. Osborne) 3
Mr. Greville's Cariboo, 5 yrs, Bst 61b ...... (Fiatman) 4
Mr. W. Harrison's Chief Justice, 5 yrs, Bst 71b (Lye) 0
Mr. n. Pitsford, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (A. Day) 0
Gen. Anson Backbiter. aged, Sst 31b (Templeman) 0
Lord Waterford's Cbekerow, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (D 1 ) 0
Mr. Foster's Musician, 5 yrs, 7st 31b Mann)°e 0
Mr. Begbie's Follow me Lads, Est 10113 ...(J. Mann) 0
Gen. Anson 's Champion, 6 yrs, Est 121 b (Charlton) 0
Mr. Douglas's Don Pedro, 4 yrs, sat 71b (T. Smith) 0
Mr. Etwall's Bushranger, 5 yrs, Est I Ilb ...(Esling) 0
Lord Clifden's Sackbut, 3 yrs, sst 131 b (Garvey) 0
Mr. Thellasson's Cornelius, sst I Ilb (A. Cowley) c,
Mr. Whieldon's Benita, 3 yrs, Set 1b (T. Sherwood) o
Mr. Winch's The Brahmin, 3 yrs, sst
31b 31b...(Kendall
rrard)) 0
Lord Clifden's Termagant, 3 yrs, sst (She
Mr. Msgenis's Surprise, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b ...(Carroll) o
Mr. Owen's Stamford, 4 yrs, sst Illb ...... (Rickrson) ards) 0 0
Mr. E. B. Clark's Missive, 3 yrs, salBlb (F. Dati
Betting-5 to 1 agst Surprise, 6 to 1 agst Haricot. 8
to 1 agat Musician, 8 to 1 agst Bushranger, 10 to 1 agst
Don
Pedro, Justice, 10 to 1 agst Cariboo, 12 to 1 agst
Pedro, 15 to 1 agst Weathergage, and 20 to 1 agat any
other.
Cockcrow took the lead at starting, followed by Fol-
low-me-Lads, Benita, Cornelius, and Surprise, a ruck of
horses next them, and in the rear Pitsford, Backbiter,
and the Brahmin. They travelled without any altera•
tion worth notice to the turn out of the straight running,
where Surprise joined Cockcrow, and immediately after
deprived him of the lead, which she held on reappearing
in sight, the followers then being—Haricot, Bushranger,
Musician, and Weathergage ; Don Pedro, Montague,
Stamford, and two or three others also lying up. In de-
scending the hill Surprise gave way, and Haricot went
on with the running, waited on by Weathergage, who
collared her at the commencement of the rails, quitted
her inside the distance, and won very easily by two
lengths, Montague, who took the second place near the
stand, belting Haricot as far; Cariboo was a bad fourth,
and Dori Pedro fifth. Sackbut fell near the extreme
turn, Champion broke his leg shortly after, and Back-
biter broke down near the distance. The race was run
in-4 min. 54 sec.
The Steward's Cup of 300 sous,, added to a Handicap
Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each. T.Y.C.
lord J, Scott's Kilmenoy, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b ...(Barker) 1
Mr. Meiklam's Evadne, 3 yrs, 6et, 81b ...... (Aldcroft) 2
Lord Waterford's Sharavogee,3 yrs, 6st 111 b (Doyle)
Mr. Drinkald's Snarry, 3 yrs, Sat 71b (T. Sherwood) 4
Lord Derby's Croupier, 4 yrs, Bst 4lb ...(J. Holmes) 0
Lord Zstlund'a Itsclulphus, aged, Bst 21b ...(A. Day) 0
0
Ur. Cooper's lanthe 4 yrs, Bst. .............. (Flatman)
Capt. Lane's Guy dannering, set (Bartholomew) 0
Lotd Clifden's Hothorpe, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b ......... (Sly) 0
Mr. Barnard's Newport, 6 yrs, 7st 91b (G. E. Sharp) 0
Duke of Richmond's Ploughboy, 7st 91b...(J. Green) 0
'lr. Morris's Hungerford, 4 yrs, 7st slis ...(13asham) 0
Mr. Ilogers'a Leybourne, 4 yrs, 7st 81b...(11ammond) 0
Lord Derby's Iris, 4 yrs, ist 71b (Charlton) 0
Lord Waterford's dies Hayes, 7st 41b (f. Smith) 0
Duke of Richmond's Buckhound, 7st 41b ...(J. Man) 0
Mr. Y. King's Narcissus, 5 yrs, 7st 31b (Guppy) 0
Sir W. Booth's Timid Fawn, est 131b...(J. Osborne) 0
Mr. Bickham'a No Chance, 4 yrs, 6st 131 b (G. Mann) 0
Mr. Duncombe's Alf. the Great, Est Illb (A. Cowley) 0
Air. E. Parr's &mita, 3 yrs, est Illb (Biota) 0
r. Meiklam'e Paddy Bird, 3 yrs, Est 71b ...(Wells) 0
R. Cooper's Jullien, 3 yrs, est 51b...(Kendall) 0
Los' Westminster's Plot, 3 yrs, Est 51b...(Chillman) 0
Lord k'llifden'4 Billy Bar, 4 yrs, est 21b...(J. Goater) 0
Lord 13/ ssee's Knight of the Shire, 6st 21b (Harding) 0
Mr. Wstso3's Merryman, aged, sst 131b...(Jaggard) 0
Mr. E. B. C; ark's Plumstead, 3 yrs, sst 12Ib(Carroll) 0
Capt. Rowil.,y'p7. Yellow Boy, 3 yrs, sst 1 tib(Quinton) 0
Lord Clifden'e Sagacity, aged, sst 11 lb ('roovey) o
Mr. J. Gill's Hecate o, 3 yrs, s,it 101 b ... (Rickards) 0
Mr. Ingram's Dividend, 3 yrs, sst alb... (1). Decker) 0
Mr. Stuckley's Coral, 3 yrs, set 91b (Palmer) 0
t.rr. Begbie's Aitchhone, 3 yrs, Set 51b (S. Steggles) 0
Jacques'a Anchinleck, 2 yrs, 4st 71b (Bundy) 0
Betting-5 to 2 eget Billy Bar (taken), Bto 1 each
agat Kilrneney
xpeirttm, and d PBlvn rnd ate - and' 12 to
and Rad l'Phus 10 to 1 each agst New-
eney
1 opt spy other.
Kilmeney, who madeeallilythteogreuthuentinign, hwriontobntiellegesyseiridy throughout,cl
cle-
verly
by two lengths, this same
tbheitrwdee
third, and a length
in 1 name. 14 sec,
between annd fourth. Run
Sweepstakes of 10 southree yrs, Bst; s
.
each; for two yrs old, „s.
four Yrs, Bat 81b; 311).
I.
five yrs, Bst 1211);

HOUGHTON MEETING, 1852.
TIIESDAY.—Duko of Bedford's Exeter, 4 yrs, Bst 71b,
egst Lord Ribblesdale's Lapidis, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b, T.Y.C.,
200, h it.
FRIDAY.—Lord Exeter's Mountain Flower, Bst 71b,
agst Lord Clifden's Chedder, 7st Sib, T.Y.C., 300, h ft.
RADCLIFFE, 1852.
Acceptances for the Free Handicap; the highest weight
accepting being 7st 71b, it has been raised to Bst
51b, &o.

Oshaldeston, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—The Cutler, 4 yrs, 7st
41b—Caurire, 6 yrs, Est 121b—Taly, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b
Stranger's Daughter, 5 yrs, Est 101b—Trancred, 4 yrs,
6st 81b—Evadne, 3 yrs, 6st 81b—Butterfly, 3 yrs, 6st
71b—Farmer's Boy. 3 yrs, fiat 61b—Imagination, 4 yrs,
sst 81b—Rachete, 3 yrs, sst 81b—f by Lancrcost out of
Jemima, 3 yrs, sst 21b.
WOLVERHAMPTON, 1852.
Acceptances for the Patshull Handicap.
Truth, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Champion, 6 yrs, Bst—Le Juif,
4 yrs, Bst—Ringleader, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Sir Robert, 5
yrs, 7st 101b—Young England, 5 yrs, 7st 81b—Caurire,
6 yrs, Tat 61b—Candlewick, 5 yrs, 7st Ilb—Cleveland,
3 yrs, Est 51b—Paddy Bird, 3 yrs, 6st 51b—Sir Charles
Napier, 3 yrs, 6st 31b—Morning Star, 3 yrs, sst 41b.
Acceptances for the Hulyoake Stakes.
Goldfinder, 4 yrs, Bst 71b—Doubt, 6 yrs, BA Ilb
Champion, 6 yrs, 7st 101b—Ringleader, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—
Lough Bawn, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Weathergage, 3 yrs, fist
61b—Lindrick, 3 yrs, 6st 21b—Cleveland, 3 yrs, 6st 21b
—Paddy Bird, 3 yre, Est 21b.
The highest weights accepting in each of the above
being 7at 111 b, they have been raised to Bst 71b, and the
others in proportion.

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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FLOM vcv WNVIING PAPERS OF TIIIS DAY.
TIMES.—Side, by side in oil-report of yesterday
will he sound the elntien hiltoeies of two men who
-h2ve filled during the la•-t two eea7s insienificant
space'in the publlo e‘,ei. Sir George Grey, after
having been dtfeated by a combinatien of territorial
influence which it appeared from the first next to
possible to counteract, takes leave of friends and one •
mies, supporters and opponents, with dignity, ur-
banity, and good temper. So little does be eppear
cast down by his defeat, that he is hardly conscious it
is a defeat at all, and, while dwelling on the kind and
warm-hearted support of the minority, forgets the
existence of the majority. He is the very Horace
Skimpole of electioneering ; his mind is fixed on all
that is bright, lively, and agreeable, and the more
repulsive features of the contest are either quite for-
gotten or sedulously concealed ; so well does detest
become him, that one is elruost consoled for his not
obtaining the victory. In the ovation of Sir James
Graham at CarEsle we trace none of that even and
tranquil temperement equal to either fortune
which in Sir George Grey's case lends a grace to
disaster, and gilds even the harsh features of dis-
appointment. Sir James is a man of another mood.
He has none of the stoicism of his brother Ba-
ronet in Northumberland. Considering who he is
and what he has done, the exuberant and boisterous
delight with which Sir James hails his election
for the second-rate borough of Carlisle is absolutely
preposterous and unreasonable. For a young gen-
tleman just entering public life, who views in his re-
turn to Parliament the realization of his early dreams
and the means of making that burning eloquence so
often admired by his mother and sisters the theme of
admiration to the British public, such ecstasies might
be well enough ; but for a veteran of thirty Parlia-
mentary campaigns, the colleague of Lord Grey and
Sir Robert Peel, and long in Opposition, the friend
and intimate confidant of Lord Derby, such exulta-
teflon appears strange and unaccountable. What
would this man have done in defeat, who is thus trans-
ported by victory ? But Sir James did better things
than exult in his small success, and, if he did not
shine as a stoic, we must admit that he made ample
amends by his admirable qualifications as a cynic.
With considerable tact, and without exposing himself
to the charge of prejudging the case against Major
Beresford, Sir James contrived in the pleasantest
way in the world to convey to his audience, and
through them to the country, the fact that Major
Beresford's correspondent, Mr. Frail, is a notorious
agent of electioneering corruption, and not only frail
in himself, but the cause of frailty in others. This,
taken in connexion with the authenticity of the letter
found upon him, which the Major does not attempt
to deny, makes, as Sir James undoubtedly intended
it should, a very pretty case against the Secretary. at
War, and goes a long way to anticipate the decision
of the House of Commons. That very fluctuating
quantity, Sir James Graham's dread of democracy,
—which was small at the time of the Reform Bill,
gradually increased up to 1841, remained stationary
till 1846, and then rapidly diminished till th
esu le pt
re-
sent year,—has been greatly reduced by the rof
the election for Carlisle. The ballot he does not look
upon with disfavour. Bat Lord Derby's plan o
to
f a
militia franchise, and of consulting the people as
the policy to be adopted, he indignantly repudiates.
With biting irony he exposes the Babel of contra-
dictory professions which have been put forth by
e.
a
Ministry, no two of whom speak the se language.
The fun reached its climax when he assured his au
only
uart thing he could see looming in
bottle into which a conjuror
debieerifeuetur that
e was a the h e
the
4
was to jump. Having made this undeniable and un-
mistakeable hit, Sir James, according to the advice
of Lord Chesterfield, tempted fortune no further,
and sat down amid a whirlwind, of cheers and
laughter. Whatever be Sir James s other merits,
it cannot be denied that he has contributed more good
jokes than any other man, Mr. Bernal Osborne not
excepted, to the facetice of the present election. The
" screw" and the " artful dodger" Disraeli, and the
quart bottle, are productions of no ordinary meri •
t, and
allow a happy versatility of mind in one of the most
ponderous and argumentative debaters in the House.
Still—shall we confess it ?—there is something pain-
ful in these brilliant exhibitions which all the charms
of whit, humour, and eloquence, cannot make us wholly
forget. In whatever direction Sir James Graham
strikes be cannot avoid hitting a quondam friend. It
has been the infelicity of his life to act with and repu-
diate every party in turn. When we hear all these good
things said of others, we cannot but remember what
excellent sallies might be made on the career, past and
present, of the author of so much merriment. The
advocate of reform in Parliamemt, the opposer of it in
municipal boroughs,: the opposer of an eight-shilling
corn duty, and the supporter of the sliding scale, now
the opponent of any duty whatever—these are spec-
tacles of human inconsistency which exhibit that
conflict in the conduct of a single man which strikes
him as so singular in a whole party.
To no man, except to Lord Derby himself, in this
present day has it been granted to undergo so many
transformations as Sir James Graham. This,, how-
ever, is to b© said in favour of the Baronet over the
Earl. Both began life with liberal aspirations, both
deserted the cause of progress and reform, but Sir
James Graham has returned to his original predilec-
tions, while Lord Derby has removed himself as far
as possible from the brightest associations of his early
years, and seems anxious to forget that he was one of
the principal instruments in carrying out the great
social and political revolution of 1832. Yet, while
even we, whose sentiments Sir James Graham is ex-
pressing, and whose opinions he is so
diff admirably ad-
vocating, cannot repress a feeling of idence and a
doubt of the stability of a man whose career has been
chequered with so many changes, Lord Derby is
visited by no such compunction, but, after having been
false to Reform and to Protection, to Whigs and to
Conservatives, to the party he left and the party he
adopted, hides his policy in impenetrable obscurity,
and requires to be trusted and supported merely ,
on the strength of his chivalrous character and
undeviating consistency. Chivalry, according to this
definition, consists in adopting all opinions in turn,
and adhering to none of them, and is the attribute
rather of the Coudottieri, who sell their swords to
every cause, than of the true knight or devout Cru-
sader, whose faith knows no change, and whose
allegiance to his cause never wavers. The abolisher
of ten Irish bishoprics now relies on his seal in
support of the Irish Establishment. The advocate
of the Reform Bill bids us rally round him as the
consistent opponent of Democracy. the
emancipator
of the West Indies claims credit for his devotion to
the colonial interest—the champion of Protection,
for
his intention to do justice to all classes alike—the
author of the present system of Irish education, for
his efforts to place the schoolmaster under the
authotity of the clergyman—the mover of the address
condemnatory of Orange Lodges seeks to enlist the
furious zeal of Orisegemen in his cause. Surely, this
is not chivalry, is not consistency, Ms Sea reely be
honesty. The change may possibly be conscientious,
but it has been too violent to give the changeling --1
right to claim that we should take his measures 117„,
4
or
trust from the steadiness of his character '—
the
uniformity of his principles.
ADVERTISER.—The speech of Sir James Gra-
ham, at Carlisle, on Monday, is one of the raciest
and happiest which the Right Hon. Baronet ever iet
sde-
livered from the hustings, or in the House
of
Com-
mons, or on any festive occasion. It wee too
remarkable for the variety of topics on which
touched. From the absolute horror which Lord
Derby entertains, according to the Noble Lord's
Ow
t
account, of the progress of democracy, down
bribing capabilities of Mr. Frail, the Shrewsburyo the
barber, whom Major Beresford'a notable epistle
touching the necessity of finding a "good anePistlet
man," has brought into such general notoriety_cisafe
there was hardly a mooted point to which Sir James
jam"
did not refer. With regard to Mr. Frail, the Shrews-
bury shaver, the Right Honourable Baronet ,°n'rou-
ideated some new information, which the Secretary
at War would doubtless have preferred being
etary
kept from the public. But as the whole
the Derby affair is to be brought before the
ofhe
House of Commons, as soon as the new h
Parlia-
ment assembles, we are content for the present
let matters remain as they are, with, howeve_,thisth
r
single observation—that Major Beresford, with all
lhia
bombast and bluster, has not yet been bold enough
to deny that the letter to which we have so often
referred, was in his handwriting. To assert, in general
terms, as the Major has done, that he has not been
a
party to any case of bribery in connexion with the
late election at Derby, is nothing. Major Berea-
ford's affirmations, even were they accompanied 'with
a profusion of those oaths and cursings with which
he is in the habit of so freely. interspersing his
Private
conversation, would not, with those who know the
Secretary-at-War, go for much. But in this in-
stance they will not go for any thing at all. Iv
e re-
assert, speaking from the personal assurances of those
who knew the handwriting of the Hon. and Gallant
Gentlemar, and who have seen the epistle in question,
that it is in his handwriting. What construction he
will put on the letter, is another matter. Possibly he
may adopt, when compelled to admit that the hand-
writing is his, the very ingenious theory of the
Standard, and aver that he never dreamt, when
penning the note in question, of countenancing a re-
sort to bribery, but was simply anxious to retain
the services of a competent poll-clerk. Whether the
Gallant Officer will or will not be able to convince a
Committee- of the House of Commons of this, is not
for us to say. That remains to be seen. We must
exercise the virtue of patience until we see what
transpires •
in connexion with the ugly-looking
affair on the meeting of Parliament. Sir James
Graham points our, with snore than his wonted
force and felicity,
the strange medley of opinions
on every conceivable subject, which exists in the
Derby Cabinet. There
is not a principle, from the
purest absolutism down to the post levelling demo-

cracy, which has not its renresentatie e in the Mi
nistry whom accident lies called into existence,
and still chooses to keep in being. In Vee person
of the Premier we have a man whose horror of
democracy is as greet as that which is felt by
despot whose throne is established in the icy regions
of the north ; while in the pereon of the Ceence]er of
the Exchequer, the Premier in the House of Com-
mons, we have not only an abettor
of political demo-
cracy of the most ultra character, but a man whose
rampant Socialism cannot fail to endear him to the
hearts of Robert Owen and Louis Blanc; for if Mr.
Disraeli was serious in what he said some months ago
about enfranchising the industrial classes, and invest._
ting them with powers which the great mejority of
their number never coveted or dreamt of attaining, he
has an undoubted right to have his name placed in the
category of the abettors of Socialism. " What," saYB
Sir James Graham, "ate the elements supposed to be
the ingredients of dereoercie power ? Universal
suffrage—the ballot. What, then, is the language
with regard to the extension of the suffrage used
by the leading Member of the house of Com-
mons ? He proposes the enfranchisement of
labour. Well, what is that ? That is very much
of the character of the wildest propositions we have
heard of in France. It is not education—it is
property—it is not successful industry that to
not
is
be taken into account, but it is dealing with the
humblest class first—those upon whom undue in-
fluences may be brought directly to bear. It is going
the whole length of universal suffrage, without any
safeguard." But by far the most practically im-
portant part of the speech of the Right Hon. Baronet
is that in which he refers to the ballot. The lan-
guage of Sir James, without being so explicit as it
might have been made, leaves no room to doubt that
be is prepared to give in his unconditional adhesion
to the ballot, whenever he thinks that the proper
moment has arrived. But hear what he says on the
subject. " With regard to the ballot," he remarks,
e I have always told you that I cannot myself be
satisfiedbribery a n
thatd intimidation,
ball o t is notl a
Atevents,
specious end attractive remedy. You must be very
security
t y
tl3 ag a against
careful—l mean those in power—that you do not
abuse your power or overstrain it, otherwise the de-
mand for the ballot will be universal." We have
no reason to doubt that in thus expressing him-
, self on the subject of the ballot, Sir James
Graham is giving utterance to his honest convic-
tions in favour of the right of secret voting ; but we
have no idea that we do the Right Hon. Gentleman
any injustice when we assume that when he thus
alluded to the ballot he had an eye to the Premier-
ship—an office on which his heart and his eye have
been notoriously set for the last three years. Nor
can we withhold from Sir James the credit of being
an excellent tactician, in thus taking care to let the
country know that he is prepared, should he be
called to office, to bring forward a measure in favour
of secret voting. The country was clamorous for
the ballot before—it will become doubly so now
after what has been seen and experienced in the
course of the elections just brought to a close.
Never was bribery so gross and flagrant, and never
was it carried on to so great an extent as on the pre-
sent occasion. The ballot would have prevented
this wholesale bribery. And there is no other
remedy for the evil. In respect to Ireland again,
the intimidation and coercion far exceeded any-
thing ever before seen or heard of. The ballot
would have greatly diminished, if it had not entirely
prevented, that gigantic evil. The events of the last
six weeks, both in England and Ireland, will do more
to advance the cause of the ballot, than scores of dis-
cussions on the subject. It is now sure to be adopted.
Sir James Graham is shrewd enough to foresee that
the ballot will be among the first questions which
will be carried. He plainly intimates that he will
be quite prepared to propose the measure. It would
not surprise us much to see the Netherby Baronet
I make the ballot the stepping-stone to the Premier-
ship. Fortunately for his atribitious aspirations,
though unfortunately for themselves, both Lord John
Russell and Lord Palmerston are resolutely opposed
to it. We especially regret that the latter Noble
Lord persists in his hostility to the vote by ballot.
Were he to express himself in the same terms on the
subject, as Sir James Graham did at Carlisle, he
would be compelled, by the force of public opinion,
to accept the Premiership before the first fortnight
of the session had passed away, however indisposed
he might be to assume the responsibilities of that
office.

steamer=, although their attendance must have been
clearly observab!e from that place.

Pehr:ceentgdlnnegsd
and a
STOC,'YTON-ON: TA:ES.
THE FATAL RAILWAY A cCIDENT AT
We regret to b`Atti ilit i:vvo of rlio passengers whovi
were so severely iejerea be the eol'isicti oun e
Leeds Northern Raiheay, on Wecinesdey last, have
since died. One, a lady, named Mrs. Cunningham,
from the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, expired on
Saturday morning; but, from the medical testimony
adduced at the inquest, which was held on the sam. e
dly, the jury came to the conclusion that she died
from natural causes, and not from the effects of the
collision. The other, Mr. Grainger, C.E., of Edin-
burgh, the engineer in chief of the line, sustained a
compound fracture of the leg, and mortification su-
pervening, he died on Sunday morning. Au inquest
on Monday afternoon. before Mr. Settle,
on his body was held at the Borough Hall, Stockton .
etlllle-leloereoslier for Stockton ward. The driver of tho
(George Welborne) which ran into
WES teken before the magistrates on
in jeopardy the lives of the public, none
ltuhgegpasgses,,otgraeirnetrain
Friday, and charged under Lord Seymour's Act
watilthhaptutitmineginivieg died ; and he was committed to
Clarence Railway Companies,
prison for six weeks.
At the inquest, Mr.. Blanshard, barrister, ap-
peared on the part of the Leeds Northern and
0r Nerthallerton, appeared on beahtalfthoef junctiontheenonoef
whose lines the accident occurred ; and Mr. Fowle,
driver, Welborce ; another professional man being
present to watch the preceedings on behalf of the
friends of the deceased. Several gentlemen connected
with the two companies were also in attendance.
before. the magistrates in reference to
The CORONER requested the jury to dismiss from
their minds all they had heard of the accident, or the
river, and to begin the inquiry as if it
the
was totally new to
said
Mr. Blowhard the companies for whom he
were anxious that the jury should have all
appeared
non that could be adduced. The compa-
niesfull inquiry was due both to the re-
the inforrae
feeling, thatof
in criminating any person or
accident ;
had but one, deep regret, at the
a•erilntion that, under Lord Camp-
presentat.of ale deceased and the public. Whether
Ives
just orapanY was liable to damages in a
Camp-
bell's Act,
whichthec
be had no doubt they would be
civil action,
liberally.
disposed to meet
of
the medical attendants, and of a
The evidencedeceased, having been given,
relation of the
the
not, inquiry
h e
wouldm
olen, pointsman and signal keeper at
George
. Matfl'ee Clarence and Leeds Northern
the junction 0
Lines, near
whencollision took place between a goods
said—l was present on Wed-
nesday
train and
a Pashill, and due at Stockton etas 4O P.M.
WU from Ferry
had five vans on, three trucks, an en-
The:Der train. The passener train
The driver of the goods traiu was
gine, and tender'
Edward Calvert was the driver of
George Welborrsiu,
but I don't know the name of the
the passenger
havet two signals in use at the junction,
fireman. Ibeth sides, and the other red on one
goods
ke
ut
one is red on
noeoon,cts
aatchie ththooer. I
Leeds
Nmoarnthaegre them
for
both
for the Leeds Northern.; it is to
afsoindrdetwhaenhdiCtels:orhexite le in or out of the station along a curve
let trains either .
is red on bothsolely sides, is used for
signal, which
when a passenger train is coming
the Clarence line;
redlhoen
Clarence. .
from Ferr 11'11 other
both
i or Hart-
down the
lepool, we use . the
off the signal slantways—to let the
between the station asingdnaithew.
which i 3
.
sides—by turning
train come in. 1 take care to satisfy myself that the
clear before I do that ; if it is not
line is perfectly
buff
_,
thei When the train whistles
clear I keep the
signal u
if line is clear. The pas-
I turn the Wedoesday night whistled about a
senger train on
ff, down to within 40 yards of the
quarter of a mile
The switches are at the same place as
signal post. Th-
the signals. I turned offthe signal when the train
first whistled. The
train ran to within 40 or 50
yards of the signal post before I turned it on again
train and the goods train. The
to stop the passenger train
up
from the goods station,
goods train was coming
distance from the signal as
and was about
train.the same
The signal was for both trains
the passenger
my
hand as well to the goods
to stop, and I waived
train tried to stop • it was
train. The passenger .
ht *l ' •
rate of seven or eig mi wasu hour just
going at
the
to the points, which about the
before it canee
that point, or rather less. I have been a
usual speed
at
guard of a passenger train, and can judge of speed.
There is a strong incline on the Clarence line towards
Stockton. I thought the passenger train travelled at a
less speed after I showed the signal. . I noticedl
no dif-
ference in the speed of the goods tram. t was tra-
velling at about the same speed as the passenger train.
The trains were meeting each other when I first saw
them on the same line; they were both on the down
line of the Clarence. The Leeds Northern use the re-
verse line to the Clarence. The wrong line of the
Clarence is used for engines to get upon the Leeds
Northern. The line upon which the goods train was
travelling was the wrong line of the Clarence. I could
not see either the goods engineman or the fireman
when I looked out for them. I saw Calvert, the en-
gine-driver of the passenger train. I was out upon
the line, not far from the signal post, all the time from
the passenger train first whistling. The passenger
train got first to the points. I placed the points so as
to allow the passenger train to gut upon the curve
leading to the staeien. Almost instantly the last
waggon of the goods train was at the points, and
when it got there the truck struck the passenger train,
as it was taking the points and going upon the Leeds
Northern. The goods train struck the tender of the pas-
senger train, and took the end or side oft; it then struck
the luggage van, and then the carriages, two or three
of which were smashed, one very much so. Some of
the passengers were hurt. I saw them thrown out,
but cannot say how they were hurt. I heard that
Mr. Grainger was in the train, and I saw him. Both
trains were in motion at the time of the accident. I
saw George Welborne soon after the smash took
place, but I had no conversation with him about it.
He was walking alongside his engine backwards and
forwards with his arms across. He rendered no as-
sistance to the parties. I thought he seemed much
concerned about the matter. After I put the red
signal on the trains had not time to stop. The train
going against the incline could have stopped easier
than the passenger train coming down the incline. I
saw no man at the end of the goods train looking
out, or walking before it to guard it. It is customary
in such cases for some one to go forward. It is
safer for a man to go first. It is customary for the
fireman to go forward when goods trains aro shunt-
ing. The five vans were close goods vans, and are
high and lofty. It is more necessary to send a man
forward when the train consists of high vans than
when they are open trucks. The signals are diso
signals. At the time of the accident there was a se-
maphore signal. It was near the other. We had
left off using it for about three weeks, and ever since
that time we 'have used the disc signals, and flags
were used too; but I did not understand it.
After some further evidence, the jury returned a
verdict of " Manslaughter" against the driver of the
goods train.

WRECKERS at the MOUTH of the THAMES'
SHEERNESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—The recent
attack by boatmen upon the wreck of the schooner
Renown, which went ashore on the Nore Sand on
Saturday night, and the prompt and vigorous steps
adopted by the naval authorities to stop the alleged
wreckers in their work of destruction, has produced
commotion
Some along
difficulty
this a n and
hasthe
no
opsomsiatellrange amount
of of
coast(Essex).
been experienced by our correspondent in collecting
all the facts relating to the conduct of the parties ac-
cused,involving, as they do, the character of a large
number of boatmen, many of whom have distin-
guished themselves for their mal and humanity in
rescuing life. For some time past there has un-
doubtedly existed a system of obtaining salvage by
force from vessels thrown on the sands in the vicinity
of the mouth of tho Thames. Numerous remon-
strances have been made, but with no salutary effect;
and the existence of such evils led the commander-in-
chief of this port, Admiral Jocelyne Percy, to dis-
patch
two war vessels to the wreck.
The spot where the schooner went ashore on the
Nore Sand is about three-quarters of a mile on the
west of the Nore light, and within gunshot of the
Waterloo (flag) 1. ship,
lying abreast of the dockyard.
The crew, it will be recollected took to their long-
boat for the preservation of their lives, and made for
the port. After communicating with Mr.Edgecornb,
Lloyds' agent, the mate and some of the crew rr
turned to their vessel, which they found to be sn
charge of the Coast Guard. Up to this time she
had escaped the notice of the boatmen, but after the
the men bad got into the rigging and had com-
menced stripping, a
host of boatmen bore down,
and, as before noticed, took possession of the ves-
sel. This reaching the ears of the roaster, he at
once put himself in communication with lit% Edge-
combe, who waited upon Admiral Perch and the
African, with a party of Marines on board, was
at once ordered to proceed to the Sand and
drive away the boats. The Admiral was urged to
direct the African to remain by the wreck until
such steps could be taken by the owners of
the schooner as would ensure the proper care of her
property. The African went out and after some
threats from her commanding officer mei
that the rines
would fire upon the boatmen if they did not disperse,
they hurried off. After waiting about some time,
and seeing that they apparently had cleared away,
the African returned to her post. Ere naaay hours
had elapsed the Admiral received information
aft
the boats had returned, and that the demolition_ o
the wreck was proceeding more rapidly than befor.e..
He forthwith ordered the Wildfire to the spots witt;
Several
boats to adopt more rigorous measures. see
boats were spoken, and the men observed that they
were perfectly justified in what they bad done. They
.
had worked for the interest of those belonging to the
ship, and what they had removed the officersca of the
....re
Wildfire would find at Southend, lodged in the
of the receiver of droits, and, producing the. cdertihn-
cate of what they had received, they a
de e____.t e
interference of her Majesty's officers. T.he. \l'M-
rolubite any
fire remained by the wreck, and P
consent of
one interfering with it without
teethe owners.
Lloyd's agent, or those representing
The men withdrew, and the Wildfire brought up
an anchor within a short distance of the Sand, where
she continued up to the period of our correspondence
leaving Sheerness (five o'clock last evening). Since
sunk
the occurrence the wreck has gradually
into the
ro babilf
,t , of any
aands, and there seems very littlep
portion being recovered. The so-called salvors"
appear to chuckle at the event, and observe that had
it been left to them, they would have got everything
out of her, as they had done on former occasions, when
the owners reaped the benefit.
Some of the boatmen who took part in the. work
have issued a statement in explana.tion
.of their con-
duct, but it does not notice the
.interference of the
Government vessels, the caution given. them as to the
th.er retug to
manner of obtaining salvage, and
dispersed rn
h iny
the
African.,,They declare that about seven o'clock on the
morning of Sanday they discovered a vessel to be on
shore on the Nore Sand. At eight they arrived at
the wreck, and found eight feet of water on her deck,
and the mate and one (Aber crew in the rigging, who
was taken off. All hands immediately turned to,
with the mate's consent, to save as much of the cargo
and stores as possible, for the interest of all parties
concerned. 'They remained. by. the
inwreck for such
middle
purpose, working up to their . water, for five
hours, and succeeded in saving 116 cases of bottles,
the
whole
of the sails,
.anchors, chains, spars, and
tackle, and proceeded with the whole for Southend,
where, on her arrival, the materials were handed over
to the authorities, and officially taken charge of by
them. They add that in laying the statement before
the public they do so invindication of their character,
and to refute the aspersions of the agent at Sheerness.
The document is signed by George Dstyal,
master of
the New Dart, and Abraham Robinson, mater of the
Hamburgb, for:themselves ; and Thomas Robinson'
master of the Susannah, . . William Robinson; Four
Brothers, John Jenson, William John_ Elliott, Ocean
Child, Samuel Robinson, Nancy, William Frost, As-
sistance, Henry Absalom, Mary.
There does seem to be some difference of opinion as
to the conduct of the men in the minds of the repre-
sentatives of Lloyd's at Southend and Sheerness. The
officer of the former port, in his report of the disaster
to the schooner, records the amount of salvage
brought in by the boatmen from the wreck, but makes
no mention of the interference of the Government

The deceased (Mr. Grainger) had effected a policy
for 1,0001. in the Railway Passengers' Assurance
Company, the surgeon of which (Mr. Holt) was dis-
patched to his assistance from London as soon as the
news of the accident was received ; but the state of
prostration in which the patient remained from the
time of the occurrence till his death rendered it im-
possible to perform the necessary operation of ampu-
tating the limb. The 1,0001., which of course Mr.
Graieger'a relatives will have the benefit of, is the
largest claim which has yet arisen on account of this
new principle of life assurance.

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY.—The elections being now
terminated, and the excitement connected with them
having greatly abated, the military and police are re-
turning to their former stations. In Clare, Limerick,
and one or two other counties, however, where the
rival parties are still in a state of exasperation, the
arrangements for the preservation of the peace are
still continued.
THE POTATO CROP. —Very unpleasant accounts
have been received from some parts of the country as
to the spread of the potato blight. 'l'h® intelligence
on this subject is very contradictory, as in former
yerrs. The accounts generally describe the crop res
still free from disease, and the quality of the potatoes
as excellent. There can be no doubt, however, that
the crop is seriously affected in some quarters, al-
though, perhaps, not to the extent represented. A
letter from Trim says—" I have now gone through
the entire county of Meath, and I fear the greater
portion of the potato crop is blighteed." The rafieponer
rts
from other counties state that ther never
or sounder crop in any p.revious year. The Neicry
tif ing account of the
Telegraph has the following gra YA
h -
harvest prospects in the county Arena
" The heavy atmosphere is cointact)dtehreedpobtyatoexcpreorpi.encAeds
farmers as somewhat prejudicia
been
very slight in the
yet indications of disease haveent
to Armagh market.
large supplies of potatoes
8 any way affected. On
Very few tubers, indeed,
ritrked improvement in the
the contrary therevewryere
potato crop this year, as continra,sted with the same eECII-
- of last year. The potatoes sold in the market at so
are ery and floury.
low a price as 3d. and 4d. r.
the coun Armaeh •ll
The cereal and green crop-se it:
prove even more than an average, with good harvestwi
weather."
In the county of Cork reaping has already com-
menced. The Cork Constitution of yesterday says—
.' A field of bißck rertary oat, belonging to Captaiet
Atkins, J.P., Waterpark, was reaped on Friday, an in-
dication of an early harvest. Mr. Uvedale, residing
near Monks-town. relped two acres of here barley,
which he has thrashed for market. Yesterday some fine
white oats, grown by blr. Peard, of Coole Abbey, were
disposed of in the Corn Exchange, the first of the har-
vest, at 9a. 2d. per barrel."
DEPARTURE OF THEFLETF4thoem
fiCeoeYtEl.eTTQlietw uCeors.
Cork
Reporter of yesterday says:—"
generally stated that the order
town to-day, and it is
for its departure has been issued by way of revenge for
the rout of the Derbyites in the city and county at the
late elections. If this be so, it is as paltry and miserable
an exhibition of spite as could well to conceived, and
furnishes us with an additional illustration of the
chivalry' and magnanimity of Lord Derby.
of Lord Derby; for, although the Duke of NWe
rthumv.:eay
r-
land issued the order, we do not think that ho was the
author of it. There is too much generosity in the na-
ture of British tar' to rent his spleen in 'etch a way.
The act is quite characteristic of the ill-tempered and
w7h
narrow-minded Premier. en his candidates next ap-
pear at our hustings, this last proof of his kindly feeling
towards us will be a new and cogent recommendation for
them with the electors."
COLONEL Bane:en—The Dublin Express of this morn-
ing says;—" Colonel Bruen who wasn attacked
febelwdte
iaser.
-
evening, rioua illness on Saturday even
Accounts brought by the mail from is
mCaorW u
Carlow, that arrived
at half-post four o'clock
yesterday afternoon, eeeverci
this gratifying intelligence."
RATIONAL I.7IEKIBITION AT CORIL--On that
_Monday the
number of visitors to the Exhibition far exceededtere, ving
of any previous day since the opentege. Tot. sixpence,
been over 3,724 who paid the admission_ine ,ers. Every
besides a large number of season-tictteetlyb
crowded; and
portion of te buildin was
were it not fohr th admirable sr;aineg difficulty would
ee:ents of the police
and executive committee, the. 31e
through the different
have been experienced in p,„O
halls, so great was the thArobing.
al,Coom—There is no
unhappy men since our
THE CONVICTS litlrf
these
change in the coaappear resigned to their fate,
last publication.. ahoyather listlessly. They are kept in
but seem to a with ra
turnkey in charge of each, but who
separate cells, - in the cell longer than is necessary to
ain
! the
does not rem
due supervision of those in his care.
f,atisfY him for
ill be executed, it is stated, between eleven and
TneY , kon Saturday. For eight or nine days
twelve.
Sentence cloc
after his sentence Kirk refused to take food or nourish-
ment a any kind, but he has now given up that deter-
mination, uud both partake of the diet set before them.
teioce the trial no person has visited Kirk but his wife,
on one occasion; and there was but one person, a rela-
tive of M'Cooey's, called to see him.—Louth Advertiser.
ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP OF ARMAGH.—The
Aticry Examiner says—" We understand that the 4th
of August has been fixed on as the day for holding, in
the Cathedral Church of Armagh, the election of a
prelate to succed the Most Rev. Archbishop of Dublin
ie the archiepiscopal dignity vacated by his translation
to Dublin."
FATAL RIOTS IN DOWNPATRICR.—The Northern
Whig, of Tuesday, contains the toliowingt—" Tap out-
reges in Downpatrick, during the election of last week,
hove terminated fatally in one case, end it is feared
will be attended with a similar result in the cases of
others now under treatment in the infirmary. The ill-
fated victim was a person named Crail, a tenant on the
Fordo estate, and was, it is stated, among the toretoost,
on Friday lest, in the onset made upon the friends of
Mr. Sharman Crawford. Indeed, it was in en octet
that the unhappy man lost his life. The mob was en-
geg(d in teeteng an unfortunate end unaided man who
run down Irish-street from the Shambles at the top
of the hill towards the Market-house, through avast

COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY.
Her Majesty and his Royal highness Prince Albert,
accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princess Alice
and Princess Helena, and attended by the Countess of
Gainsborough, drove over to Carisbrooke Castle yester-
day afternoon. The Hon. Colonel Grey was in attend-
ance on horseback.
Her Royal Highness tho Duchess of Gloucester, at-
tended by Lady Caroline Murray and the lion. Eleanor
Stanley, also drove to Carisbrooke.
Lord Alfred Paget had the honour of being invited to
dinner yesterday.

Her Serene Highness the Princess Rohmlobe Lan-
genbourg, with Prince Charles and thu Princess Ade-
laide, arrived at Clarence House, St. James's, yesterday
morning. Her Serene Highness, with the young Prince
and Princess, returned to Frogrnore in the afternoon.
The Duke of Leeds had an interview with Mr. Secre.
tart' Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. Mr. Drax
had also an interview with the Right hon. Secretary:
The Bishop of Cape Town had an interview with Sir
John Pskington yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The lion. H. Butler Johnstone, M.P.,and Mr. r:
Gipps, M.P., had an interview with Mr. Secretary Wai
polo yesterday.
Mr. Thomas Somers Cocks, jun., had an int°rvi°l7
with Sir John Pakington yesterday. gest 11°'
The Judicial Committee of her Majestr Council
nourable Privy Cuenca sat yesterday
Chamber. The Lords present were—Lord the Admiralty
Lord Justice Knight Bruce, the Jadge °nt we., given in
Court, and Sir Edward Ryan. J,",r2,0,e,0n and Watson
the appeal from. British Guiana.
Hacket."
:end Cranworth,

01(7/. to 800/. each•
finding himself hard run by an opponent, in the contempia..
purchase must
A RATHER ExrEroavu SzA.T.—We understand
that the representative of a certain district of Scotch burghs,
tion of the election just concluded, purchased a certain
some-
number of houses for 25,ocol..whsoichthcaatrrtiehdewaidth them
where :.bout tdttet n votes. Thep ropertY, we are assured, is
not worth more than 15,0001.,
securedofw
ebeyn
7t ditional votes
On cool reflection we shoubi fancy tl
whahvicehsttohoeallhoinni.
at
tthleenrittatne,
that be will be of the
same opinion as us—that he i'las paid too dear for his whistle.
..—,ei dreriiSCr..

LITERA I mess of his assailants, who rained Vows non hies boast
ADVENTURES and BECOLLECTIONS of: every step. His senses, were gone, yet he ran on bard,
COLONEL LcINDMAN. 2 Vole. Collura. ; and still suffered a heating :sufficient, in the opinion of
the sea who looked on but dare not interfere, to. kill half
These volumes contain a series of very amusing and
a bdszen !nen. Dhanah,.. the butchery, and while five or
rentarkehle occurrences, well calculated to attract at- six men were eatteg ens heed with bludgeons, the drat.
tern ion and interest. The scene is laid principelly in goons were erelered by Mr. M.Cance tbo-charge up the
America, but there are some pe.rtions eltete bed in street. They did so. They endeavoured to disperse ;Ls
Eogland, which are very entertaining. The time was' mob, but did not succeed in doing so before the de-
in the latter end of the last century and the commence- i ceased, who was one of the assailants, had fallen under
tnent of the present one. The following passage de- the feet of one of the horses. ii wee, taken up insensible,
scribes en adventure in America ;*-- and he died shortly afterwards.An inquest was held
`•With the heteaue much coweteld we pushed off, and on Saturday, when a vereict was returned according to
witleent much labour to the rowers we ran down with the I the circumstances, without imputing blame to the mill-
strong current to the Dv-Pith of the Chippewa Creek. I tart'. There are about seventeen others in the infirmary,
taut here describe that the two currents 0f the nagara mdfering from various wounds received during the re-
an.l Chippewa Creek, uniting nt this piece, eausel v(r,ilytiantge
is s a
scenes
,erfa.rhe riots, and many others are under
lent! shoal of send to eunend from the upper side of Chip-
p
pews ere( k, over which the wetter wire too inconsideralote
to all .w r. heat to pass ripen it, so as to enter the coot
—thus rendering it necessary to follow the Niagara to
wine d stare e across the mouth, befere taere weuld be
water sufficient for the boat to turn hot) the creek with-
out touching. Lrialer many other eircumeteaces, ti e
p ,ssiuthe creek le.ore it Le came
necessity of thus g
inw.icable to enter it, would have htteu quite lIIIIVOICay
of remark, hut here, %Wain half a mile of the
fiat cascades above the. falls of Niagara,
where the current was already rurnireg with great speed
arid increasing in swiftness at every yard, tae turning
out of that torrent into the current was very naturally
subj, et of the utmost importance, and required CODS:-
derable coolness, courage, and experience, since, it it
were attempted too 8000, the bow if the boat would
touch the sand, upon which the rapid current following
the boat, impelling it forward with great force, would
instantly catch the stern and swing the boat round, and
before it could be possible to recover the full command
of the direction of the course it weuld. inevitably have
entirely passed beyond the rocks, and be carried away
into the falls. On the other hand, to delay the turning
into the creek until the boat should have completely
cleared the shoal required much nerve and a perfect
knowledgo not only of the locality, but also of the
degree of reliance which might be placed in the implicit
obedieoce of the boatmen to the orders of the guide.
" As we approached the creek we kept hugging the
shore closer and closer, and I freely admit, the sight of
the tumultuous waters us they dashed up the 'Tray,
preparetery to their taking the final plunge over the
frightful cliff into the retak's puff below, caused me to
wish myself well out of it. Our steersman was inex-
perienced, wanted nerve, and in every respect was to-
telt- unfit for the important trust ho had undertaken;
and the result was, that he turned the bows into the
creek too soon, so that the current caught the stern of
the boat immediately on the bow, striking the shoal, and
sent it round, by which the bow lost its hold of the
sand,
and away we went, twirling round and round,
passing the creek at least one hundred yards before it
was possible to recover the command of the steering.
"The soldiers and others on shore, who were wa'tch-
int; our arrival, now ran along ou the rocks, by the
water's edge, calling out to do this, do that, do all sorts
of things; no doubt with the beat intention, but with
the worst possible etreet, for it merely diverted the a*t•
t ‘ntien of the crew from co-operating in any no course.
I was in the middle, the usual place of passengersenoers in
these bateaux, but instantly scrambled over the wild
beasts' cages, as w ell as I could when in such a hurry,
and ran to the bows, ordering the men to pull together,
and the steersman to keep the head towards the land.
We were riot thirty yards from the shore, yet our side
movement with the current rendered it exceedingly
doubtful if we should be able to go that thirty yards
ahead before the stream would carry us past the water-
mill, and if we passed that point no hope could be en-
tertained of our eseepieg the frightful horrors of being
ground to atoms in the whirlpool below the falls, wherein
every tree of the larger dimensions is reduced to
splinters.
" The men pulled heartily, their lives depending on
their exertions, and as the boat was approachiug a large
mass of stone, which I foresaw it would almost, if not
quite graze, I leans:] out with the lug rope fastened to
the boat, expressly for hauling her up the current, coiled
in my hand, and flinging a few turns of it round the
rock, I threw myself down in the water on my back,
with my feet against the rock, the only means
I had of holding the rope from slipping away
with the boat. I finally thus succeeded in stopping the
boat, perhaps but for a few seconds, yet long enough to
give time for several of the zsalous people who had fol-
lowed us along the shore to come to my cid, which I
seriously needed, being nearly suffocated by the water
dashing over my face, and forcing itself into my mouth,
nose, ears, and eyes. I was rescued, but the boat was
torn out of our hands by the violence of the torrent, and
away went the boat and every one in it.
" The screams of the men on board, and the cries of
distress put forth by the powerless spectators on shore,
were most terrific: just as the boat was on the point of
entering; some of the first of the cascales the towing
rope, one hundred and twenty feet long, dragging after
the boat, having a strong piece of wood well fastened at
its extremity to aid in the hauling of the boat, most pro-
videntially caught between two rocks, and saved the
boat and people. The dragging back the boat into
Chippewa Creek was an operation both tedious and
dangerous.

EALTH OF LuNDON 1)01-tiNG THE WEEK.
(From the Registrar-Galen:l'a li, pert )
Ia the we etc (het ended last Saturday, 912 deaths
were registered in the metropolitan districts. In the
motel: that ended 10th July, the mean temperature rose
sutlecady to 70.9 degrees, which was eleven degrees
r then it had been in the week preceding. Next
weck it declined to 67 3 degreee, and list week it was
65 degrees. lu the same three necks the deaths have
het n respectively 1,080, 921, 912.
In the corresponding weeks of the ten yearn 1842.51,
the average number of deaths was 1,046, which, with a
correction for increase of population during that period,
and up to the present time, becomes 1,151. The present
return, therefore, shows a mortality less by 239 than the
estimated amount.
But notwithstauding the mortality is still below the
average, it will he seen that fatal sickness amongst
children, eo frequent in London in the summer months,
has increased exceedingly in the last Week. Though
the last two returns are nearly the same as regards the
total number of deaths, they differ materially in the
proportions assigned to particular causes. In the pre-
vious week 48 persons, mostly children, sank under
diarriesa; last week the number rose to 94. The deaths
by cholera have risen from 4 to 10; those by scarlatina
irocu 31 to 45. Fatal cases produced by pneumonia have
declined in the same time from 45 to 26; those by
disease of the brain from 25 to 10; while those referred
to enteritis have increased from 4 toll; those to disease
of the liver from 7 to 14.
The following are 10 cases of cholera in detail regis-
tered 104 week.—
On 17th July, in William-street, Kensington, a brick-
layer, aged 57 years, died of cholera (24 hours).
Oct 19th July, at 8, Nightingale-street, Marylebtme,
the widow of a gardener, aged 66 years, English cholera
($ hours); exhaustion (24 hours).
Oa 20th July, at 34, Tom's-buildings, Somers-town,
the son of a silversmith, aged 16 months, cholera Asia-
tics.—"
Mr. Matthews, the Registrar, says The dust
is not taken away us often as is required;: for the inha-
bitants are poor, and dustmen will not remove it without
remuneration.
On 223 July, at 17, Church-row, in the sub district of
Camden Town, the son of a traveller, aged 6 months,
died of " cholera infantum (3 days)." With reference to
Weiler's place, in the same sub-district, where a child
died of disease of the lungs and bowels, who had previ-
ouly suffered from hooping-cough and measles, Mr. Hall
observes that " the neighbourhood is crowded and un-
healthy."
Oa 223 July, at 18, Cecil-court, Long-acre, the son of
a lieen:,ed victualler, aged 7 months, " diarrhea (three
days), cholera (12 hours); collapse."
(in 19th July, at High Hill Ferry, Upper Ciapton, tbe
h
daughter of a blacksmith, aged 18 months, " English
ellraoclhe r
Eta
ne(o3voerebdoudristc)h runs
."lir.
quits. ontai.gne statesthist :lid a
e
is so offensive that inclose to
hours.
very hot weather it is enough to
knock one down."
On 20th July, at 7, French He
Male servant, aged `,4 years, cholerarn-yard, Holborn, a fe-
male
Oa 20th July, at 31, Red Lion
n-street, Holborn, the
daughter of a poulterer, aged 11 months, " English cho-
lera (3 (lays)."
Co 23d July, at 14, Well-street, Mile-end Now Town,
a weaver, aged 73 years, " cholera (48 hours)."
On the 18th July, at 58, Beresford-street, Woolwich,
a lighterreau, aged 77 years, " diarrbore (2 days) ;
cholera (6 hours); consecutive fever."
Stnall•pox was fatal to 28 children and 5 adults.
Three deaths occurred in the Small-pox Hospital, all on
the 18th of July. The following are the particulars of
the cases :-
1 An apprentice to a smith, aged 15 years, brought from
Streatlae,ea•place, Brixton-hill, died of " small pox, con-
fluent, unmodified (21 days)." He had been inoculated
when three and a half years oh at Tedbury: no cicatrix,
bat some pits left by the eruption.
A dressmaker, aged 20 years, brought from Chapel-
row, Clerkenwell, " mall pox, confluent, unmodified
(13 days)." She had been vaccinated in infancy at
Chertsey; one doubtful cicatrix.
A female servant, aged 26 years, from Warwiik-street •
Ecelestornsquare, " small pox, confluent, unprotected,
11 days."
At 2, Edward-street, in subdistrict of Lambeth
Church, second part, the son of a labourer, aged one
year 10 months, died on the 17th of July, of small-pox,
9 days, without previous vaceinnation. Mr. Wheatley
the Registrar, states, that this was " the only child in
the family omitted to be vaccinated, and the only one
who took the disease. In the same sub-district at 9,
Queen's-place, on the 17th of July, the son of a smith,
aged two years, died of general cachexia, one month,
tollowing the rapid supervention of variola after scarla-
tina, without vaccination. This is the second fatal case
in this family, none of the children in which had been
vaccinated, and all took the infection. At 57, James-
street, Lambeth, Waterloo, second part, the son of a
maser), aged two years, died of small-pox, 11 days.
Mr. Dews adds, that the deceased had not been vac-
cinated; two other children in the house who had been
vaccinated took the disease, but are recovering. Ho was
informed that small-pox had been in James-street for
some months past. At Coldbath-lane, Hackney, a
butcher, aged 20 years, died from confluent small-pox,
11 days. The deceased, says Mr. Steib, had never been
vaccinated, owing to prejndice against it on the part of
the parents.
In the east hub-district of Islington the son of a spin-
ner, aged 2 years, died, on the 17th July, at 29, Bri-
tannia-row, of scarlatina maligns. Mr. Butterfield re-
ports that " this row is a long narrow-street, containing
a large population; au open sewer crosses the bottom of
it, wiech since the hot weather has beta very offensive."
In the same row, at No. 57, on 19th July, a glaaecutter,
aged 34 years, died of typhus from long-continued
anxiety; and at No. 48, a dressmaker, aged 16 years,
died of consumption (six months). In the same sub-
diettiot, at 12, Greenmares.laue, on 15th and 18th July
respectively, the daughter and son of a tailor died, one
of pertnssis, the other ot scarlatina. The west sub-dis-
trict of Islington contains the Small-pox and the London
Fever Hospitals, in the latter of which two girls died of
scarlatina, a woman of typhus, and a girl of pleuro-
pneumonia, pericarditis. Besides the deaths in the two
hospitals, three deaths occurred from scarlatina, one
from small-pox, one from hooping-cough with measles,
and two from diarrhoea, in this subdistrict.
In St. George, Southwark, epidemic disease seems to
prevail considerably at present. The district consists of
three sub-districts: in that of Kent-road a child died of
scarlatina, two of small-pox, one of pooping cough; in
that of Borough road three children died ot scarlatina;
and in that ot the London-toad three of scarlatinaand
one of cliarrheel.
'
Last Week a labourer died in St. Saviour s workhouse
at the great age of 100 years. A boy, old, 5 years ,
at Orchard Cottages, West Hackney,of
"coup-de-soleit
idents d Mine 1 d
(1 day)." Six persons wore acc
on aty h
July, in the
hafting : a boy, aged 14 yeae a weaver, aged 76, on
r"
Thames, off theBelvidere-rrod;
d watchmaker, aged 75, on
the 16th, in the river Lea;
Battersea a men on
the 12th, in the Baths, llaiston;
st
the 22d, aged 20 years, .in the Thames; a boy of 16
Bruton-hill, on the 18th; and II
years in a pond, at Br,
d at Hampstead, on the same
agedl7, 'n a Pon
porter
three weeks 17 persons have been re-
gistered who
dey. the list
have
lost thei lives in the Thames and
London whilrst bathing.
other waters in

RI OF LONDON HACKNEYS.
, ein London: they were then, says Mr.
coaches are said to have made, their
firstweresentparts; 3 51(12,7:5-°l;as7Dette,sy ~ London," " only twenty in number,
c -h in 11-mg
ablesofcerwtaeinfiinndnst,bwe where
they did not ply
of
itnhet hcapital
t streets, tc
tood." en years later, however,
for the whole
publishing who sys n.nted them
rr to
thest
a proclamation, in which he declares that
~ the great number of hackney coaches of late time seen
and kept in London, Westminster, and their suburbs,
and the general and promiscuous coaches there were not
only a great disturbance to his majestie, his dearest con-
sort the queen, the nobility, and others of place and de•
gree, in their passage through the streets, but the streets
themselves were so pestered, and the pavements so
broken up, that the common passages were hindered
and made dangerous, and, besides, the prices of hay
and provender made exceedingly dear; ' Wherefore,
concludes the proclamation, ' we expressly command and
forbid that no hackney or hired coaches be used or
suffered in Loudon, \Vestminster, or the suburbs thereof,
except they be to travel at least three miles out of the
same ; and also that no person shall go in a coach in
the said streets except the owner of the coach shall con
stantly keep up four able horses for our service when
required.' " This ridiculous order, as might have been
Expected, met with very brief attention.—Builder.

IMPORTANT DECISION UNDER THE RECENT EMI.
cativriov IciT.—At the Liverpool Police Court, on Saturday,
Richard Bootbroyd, an emigrant, claimed a payment of 101.
and the return of passage money, from Mr. J. S W
.de olf, as
charterer of the emigrant ship Ottillia, bound for Port
Plnilip, which vessel had taken her departure on Sunday,
the 16th of July, instead of Monday, the 19th, causing him
thateir the
property, to the
and other passengers to be left behind. Mr. Blair, barrister,
i attended for the plaintiff, and Mr. Harvey, solicitor, for the
lleefttt2nodnals'lti.orev,l r,
without
hßoliai Blair
money.sotanteeyd,passengers had been
Amount,
he understood, of about 1,0001., being on board. Mr. Har-
vey, on behalf of the owners of the vessel, expressed great
regret that any passengers should have been left behind, and
gave a promise that all the property should be taken care of,
aud be delivered to the various owners as soon as they arrived
out. Ile proposed that they should be taken out then
vessel on Monday, for which they should pay usual
charge, subject to an abatement of W. each, under the cir-
-1
After the conc •of
cumstauces.conclusion the evidence on both
sides, Mr. Blair submitted that the case had been er.tirely
proved.
Mr. Mansfield,
in delivering judgment, said there was
no doubt it was intended that the ship should sail of i Mon-
day morning, but that, for some reason or another, 0: a time
had been altered. There appeared not to have bee n suffi-
cient notice given to the paisengers of that alteratior . The
decision of the bench was, that the passage money slat ould be
returned, and that the defendant should pay 51. us CV I npensa-
tion.—Lirerpool Albion.
MALTA, JULL 22.—The Echo, °closes to 14,9 .eenstown
put in here on the 13th Wet. leaky,

-- -
ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME CIRC WT.—ilaidstone, July 27.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Befuro Lord Chief Justice JERVIS and
a Common Jury.)
RICKETTS V. inmate
This was an action to recover damages far a breach of
promise of marriage.
Mr. Fortascue and lir. G. Denman were for the plain-
tiff, Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Bovill were counsel
for the defendant.
Mr. FORTE/ZIT, in opening the case, said that the
plaintiff in this action was Miss Elizabeth Barbera
Ricketts, a young lady of great respectability, the
daughter of a deceased naval officer; and the defendant
was Mr. Duadas Irving, a young gentleman who was
very respectably connected, and the sou of a retired Go-
vernment officer. Miss Ricketts, after the death of her
father, which occurred while he was engaged in the
Coast Guard service in Ireland, by the upsetting of a
boat, lived with her mother in the neighbourhood of
Biackheath, her mother being in the receipt of a pension
from the Government, which enabled them to live in a
position of great respectability, but of course not of ex-
travagance or splendour. The defendant, Mr. Irving,
also lived with his parents at Greenwich, and it appeared
that in November, 1950, the plaintiff and the defendant
were introduced to one another at a party, and he paid
her attentions which eventually ripened into affection,
and resulted in an offer of his hand. At the period
the plaintiff was about twenty-three, and the defendant
twenty•four years old, and there was no doubt that very
soon after the parties became acquainted a sincere affec-
toe sprang up between them. At this time the defen-
dant was employed as an extra clerk in Deptford dock-
yard, at a salary of 801. a-year, and upon his making
an offer of marriage to the plaintiff, his mother, on be-
ing consulted, very prudently suggested that such a ea-
Lary would be inadequate to the support of a wife, and
that he had better wait until he obtained some promo-
tion and an increase of salary, which it appeared he
anticipated he should shortly receive. The mother of
the young lady was also anxious that his parents should
be made acquainted with his intention to marry her
daughter, but the defendant requested that this might
not be done, as he said his father :was very old, fiend
also in a bad state of health, and that if he got worse
he should be taunted with having been the occasion of
it by exciting him upon the subject of his intended mar-
riage. For this reason it appeared that the mother of
the plaintiff forbore to make any formal communication
to the friends of the defendant, and the young people
continued to correspond with each other in terms of af-
fection down to the month of March, 1852. About this
time it would seem that the mother of defendant had
become acquainted with what was going on, and that
she was averse to the match, for it appeared that
upon one occasion, when the young lady went to pay. a
visit to her house, she acted in such a manner as to
_in-
duce the plaintiff to think that she had been treated
rudely, and on her informing her mother, on her return
home, of what had happened, she forbade her going to
the defend ant's house agsen. Very soon f
afterh this,
in
said in_
tohnehios letters,mother, he
consequence, as the nefendant
of a lung conversation he had had i
asked bile plaintiff to release himafbrsoweranthdis promise, and
e
upon her declining to do so ho
and finally
himselfli alto-
gether from her mother's house,
the match.
A great mass of correspondence was put in. It 1453
of the most commonplace description, and, on the part of
the defendant,
mostly consisted of statements with re-
gard to his duties and how hard he was worked, there
being enoughin them, however, to show the nature of
the connexion that existed between the parties. The
defendant would seem to have had plenty of time, not-
withataading hat complaints of hard work, for nearly
the whole of the letters appeared to have been written
while he was " on duty" at the dockyard.
Mrs. Sarah Eleanor Etickette, the mother of the plain-
tiff, was examined, and she proved the facts as stated by
the Learned Counsel in his opening speech. She saidt
she considered the defendant was engaged to her daughter
two years ago, and after that period he came to their
house three or four times a week and every Sunday, and
was received as her daughter's suitor. Her daughter
visited at his father's, and the defendant frequently made
presents to her. The defendant's visits ceased altogether
on the 21st of March. On that day he had asked her
daughter to break off the engagement, and she told him
to say what he had to say to witness, and he then said
that he wished the plaintiff to consider the matter very
seriously, and write to him and break off the engage-
ment. Witness asked him his reasons for such a course
of proceeding. but he gave her none, except that he had
had a long eonversatioe with his mother.
Cross-examined—Witness was the widow of a naval
officer, and oho had a pension of steely pounds a year.
The defendant became acquainted with her daughter at
a party given by Mr. Teeelcr, the at,eireey in her be-
half en the present occasion. Mr. Taylor was a friend
of the family. The plaintiff had been to school with
the defendant's sisters, and they recognised he: at the
party and introduced their brother to her. When
the defendant first made her daughter an offer, she
told him that she thought the marriage would not be
prudent while he wad only in the position of extra clerk,
with a salary of 801. a year. It was never intended that
the marriage should take place until he procured some
better appointment. Witness heard from her daughter i
that the defendant's mother had behaved rudely upon
one occasion when she visited there by not coming into
the room to see her. She did not after this say that the
defendant should not see her daughter again, but she
told her never to enter the Irving.' house again. The
defendant wished to see her daughter after March 9 1 st,
but he was not allowed to do so. It was after the dis-
agreement to which sho referred that the detendant said
he had had a long conversation with his mother, and
that, in consequence of that conversation, he wished her
daughter to consent to break off the engagement. The
defendant's father was very old, and his family consisted
of four eons and four daughters. When the defendant
first made the offer of marriage to her, she did not cent-
'. taunicate with his mother or any of his family. The
- defendant wished her not to communicate with his
friends, as he said his father was very old and imbecile,
and, it he was told ot his intention to get married, they
would always be taunting him with refitting him id.
She considered the defendant had a right to please
hicneelf.
Mr. CHAMBERS asked the witnese whether sho ex-
. pected mere would ha any happiness for the young
people when their mothers had quarrelled?
The witness replied that she did not wish to in-
terfere.
Mr. Cuamnans, In a very humonreus end clever
speech for the defendant, said that this was iLe dullest.
love crease he had ever listened to or been engaged in
during the whole course of his professional I;fe Ho was
not surprised at it, for it was perfectly clear -th; t noneof
that amatory and poetical affection which was calculated
to win the female heart had ever been. feltbt thetry ial
tde-
fendant, and he was sure that after the present
young lady would find a much more advantageous and
affectionate suitor, and one, too, who would snow her the
difference between such love as appeared to exist in the
breast of the defendant and true and ardent aff,ction.
He submitted to the jury that it was a
for both parties that the match had been broken thing
indepudently of the want of means of the cleteenndfa;t forto
support a wife with anything like comfort or respect-
ability, he asked them what earthly chance of happiness
there was for them when their mothers had
quarrelled
aoex-
don her parent, or
and the young lady would have been compelled to aban '
the defendant meet haavfi co heu
e
irrioed
the disgrace of deserting and breaking off
ite
with his own aged mother? It appeared to him that
there was not the least prospect of happiness forth
young couple, and that it was moat fortunate for them
that they had not entered into a connexion which wculd
-only have been productive of misery and unhappiness.
'`The Learned Counsel then referred to the correspene
t donee that had been put in, and said he had listened
--very attentively to all the letters as they were read,
• because ho expected they would bo found full of expres-
sions of love and affection day after day. They con.
tained, however, nothing of the sort—they were the
most commonplace things imaginable, for the defen-
danteitistead of talking alteut his own love, endeavoured
to amuse the young lady by talking to het about other
people's business and the nature of his duties at the
dockyard. His attention too appeared to be particularly
attracted to the subject of the vieleaNing department,
for on no less than two or three occasions the burden of
his letters to the young lady consisted in an earnest
entreaty to her not to eat too much plant pod-
ding or mince pie, for fear she should make herself
ill.—(A roar of laughter in which the Learned Judge
joined.) As to anything like poetical affection, such as
had been suggested, why there was nothing of the kind,
and the only thing
find in the whole
the defendant • n case was that in one of the letters of
in L____, e said that he would meet the young lady
'" lan'N and bring her a Punch's Almanac to make
her laugh after
edoianenleard.—(Renewed laughter.) The
Learned
uorfgainagopu even supposing they shonelddabye opinion
at thethat
u rayn thatan.
eondltional promise
= • broken, under. of marriage had been made and
damages
would thecercumstunces the smallest amount of
case. be sufficient to meet the justice of the
The CRIEr JUSTICE having
The jury, after a short ete summed up,
diet for the plaintiff—Damttgleisbejsaiion, returned a ver-
CROWN SlDE.—(Before U
Elizabeth Campeny, 52, wasir. Justice M.Atiae.)
attempting to murder William Campeny,
for feloniously C
casting him into a pond. ampeny, her son, by
The circumstances of the cgs© were of rather
traordinary character. It appeared that the
an eX•
had the care of a tollgate at Ilawkhurst, for whichisoner
received 3i. 6d. per week. She had two _ h she
children—the
boy William named in the indictment, and
a younger
child seven years old, named Sarah—and it appeared
that her husband was a lunatic, and unable in any way
to provide for the support of the family, and that the
prisoner was consequently in a state of deep distress.
On the 23d of Jane it appeared that the prisoner and
both her children were found struggling in a deep
pond
close to the tollgate at Flewkhurst, and on their being
rescued from the water the boy made a statement to the
effect, that his mother had called him and his sister to
the side of the pond to see a fish, and that while they
were looking at it they all slipped into the water by
accident. Re afterwards reiterated this story, and said
that his mother took him to the side of the water to
show him the G
—Bll, and that she laid hold of him and
threw him into the pond, afterwards threw in his sister,
and then jumped in herself, and upon this evidence the
.prisoner was committed to take her trial upon the pre-
sent charge. . Al: bps
,
t e upon being now examined re-
ppopktius itth y r _the prisoner having thrown him and
a_eisSernierto the pond. :but when the Learned Judge
qtfedernhed hics closely upon the point ho reverted to his
/4they all s
4141 statement, asserting that lipped acci-
"trentiilly into the water.
' Mr.' Jastice MttrLE upon this put it to the jury whe-
Sher they could place any reliance epert
(he
the testimony
given by the boy, and they 51 once returned a verdict
of Xoi Guilty.