The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-04 00:00:00

THURSDAY

Edward Bulger Lytton, Henry Dukinfield, John Trol-
lope,mas M.outganery Cuninghame, John B. Johnstone,
George Sc union, M.P, Robert Price, M.P., Tho-
Willoghbv Jones, James MailiTson, MX,. W.
s
Clay, M.P. John Hall, Benjamin C. Brodie, Ralph
Howard, M.P., James Duke, M.P., J. F. Herschel], Lu-
cius O'Brien, M.P.. Alexander Campbell, James Clark.
SlRS—Herbert Maddock, Charles Fallowes, David
Brewster, Archibald Islay Campbell, Robert Walter
Carden, George Nicholls, Minto Townsend Far-
quhar, Charles Barry, John Kirkland, Thomas Hubert,
K C.B.
DEAN—Carlisle.
QUEEN'S COUNSEL—Hogging, Andrews, Kenyon Par-
ker, John Stuart, M.P., Mathews..
REVEREND DOCTORS —Sy corns, Alexander E. Sketch-
ley, Spry, Hastings Robinson,Vivian, Wesley. Kynaston.
REVERENDS—John Jackson, William S. O. Du San-
top, Wadham Barbin
Richard Burgess, Henry CU-
, Charles BarinT, Henry Blacken-
ford Radelyffe, Thomas Cator, John Clarke Haden,
William, Perceval Baily, Thomas Gregory, the Chap.
lain-General.
DccTons7—Locock, Holland,
SERGEANTS—Thompson, Channel].
H. Ashley.
Travers Twiss, William

The Accountant in Bankrupter,
MESSIEURS —Layard, William; Too,
Ewart, M.P.,
Charles Edward Jenkins, Eliott Lockhart, M.P.,W.
Lockhart, M.P., Freshfield, M.P., Portal, M.P.. Sander-
son, William Payne, Verschoyle, William •Paynter,
Merivale, ex-Sheriff Nicoll, Hugh Seymour, Baillie,
Grenfell, M.P„ H. T. Erskine, Helbert Helbert, W.
Cecil Pecbell, W. H. Stone, P.
Somerset Butler, IL?.,
Judd, W. R. Dalton, Munro (of Novar), Francis Caven-
dish, Moody, M.P., J. E. Blunt, Peter Maze, James N.
Merriman, Thomas Field Gibson, William Cavendish,
Hastings Russell, E. Turat Carver, Colston, Adolphus
Samuel B. Cook, Wyndham Goold, :,M.P., Merriman,
Tancred, M.P., Chides-
tHugerFhorßteteture, M.P., Hashes, H. W
lip Bennet, M.P., W. Raymond
Gingell, Buck, M.P., R. Monckton Milne's, M.P., Her-
bert Wodehouse, Robert Rintoul, Charles Bruce, M.
Wyvill, M.P., Babbage, Arthur Russell, Styleman le
Strange, Nouaille Budge, F. Mowatt, M.P., Fellowes,
M.P., Baring, William Fergusson, Daniel Mildred,
Somers, .Charles Mills, John Shaw Lefevre, H. Hussey
Vivian, Frederick Dundas, Philip Pleydell Bouverie,
Ootavius Morgan, M.P., Thomas Fellowes Reade, Mau-
rice
O'Connell, 51. P., De Horsey, Hume,
Alexander G.
Mackenzie, Cartwright, A. Waddington, M.P., William
Cubitt, M.P.,llughan, Archibald Peel, Beauchamp Proc-
tor, William Strachey, Sutton Elliott, W. D. Starling,
Jones (ot Pantglas), Keith Edward Abbott.
FIELD. MAnSHAL.—DLIke of Wellington.
GENERALS. -- Sir James DenniP,_ K.C.8., Taylor
Ewart, C. 8., Clitherow, Mac lanes, Sir George Scovell,
Edmund F. Waters, GB., Sir Charles Egerton, Macdo-
nald, C. 8., Thackeray, McLeod, Cavendish.
COLONELS.—P. F. Nevin' Spencer Stanhope, Wood,
Peter Hawker, Monino, Sandham, Peel, Dick, M.P., Sir
Ord Honyman, Gordon Drummond, F. Abbott, C. 13.,
Cowell,Erl oof Cardigan, Crombie, Hugh Baillie, Stepney
KIEL,
4 James Jones, Alves, Clifford, M.P. Blan-
shard, C. 8., Lord George Paget, Gawler, John T. Les-
a
lie, C. 8., Ridley, Matson, G. T. Greene, Vicars.
MAJORS.—Graham, Bladen Neile, De Salle, Arthur,
R. D. White.
EdwardCAP Sutherland,
T AI Ns .
—She rs°l3'm'Coy, Tomkin son, J. A. Ewart,
Warre, George Stevenson, Maher,
J. W. Wallington, Arthur Taylor, D. E. Wood, Hig-
ginson, Henry Hitchins, Charles Wright, Shea, •
rhesiger,
Ouvry.
LIEUTENANTS.—.T. S. Warden, Hon. Somerset Cal-
thorpe, Ward, W. Pulteney Scott, Clutterbuck, H. A.
Sparke, Edward Howard, W. Drummond Short, E. F.
Wingfield, Whitahed li, Hawkins, Frederick C. Keppel,
Hon. A. Fraser.
ENSIGN —Winniett.
ADMIRALS.—Sir W. Beauchamp Proctor, Bart, Hous-
ton Stewart, C. 8., M.P., Purvis, Sir James A. Gordon,
K.C.8., Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., Sir Thomas Briggs,
Sir Hugh Pigot, K.C.8., K.C.H., Price, Sykes, Sharpe,
Sir Charles Napier, Hon. W. Gordon, Byng, Sir J. W.
Loring, K.C.8., K C.ll-, Sir George A. Westphal, Sir
Henry Dart, Lord Radstock, Earl Cadogan.
CAPTAINS (ROYAL Navy).—Sir. G. B. Pechell, Mx.,
W. H. Henderson, C. 8., William Loring, Hon. J. R,
Drummond, Chaos, Houstonn, James Scott, C. 8., W.
H. Hall, R. Fanshawe Stopford, Samnarez, Collier, Sir
Baldwin W. Walker, Lord C. Paget, James Stopford,
John M`Donell, M. J. Currie, Townshend, M.P., Ellice,
Farquhar, Thomas Gill, Thomas Sparke Thompson.
CAPTAINS (TRINITY HOUSE).—W. Pixley, John
Tulford Owen.
COMMANDERS (ROYAL NAVY).—Tudor, Edward A.
Inglefield, H. W. Hill, F. Beauchamp Seymour, Glad-
stone, Richard Purvis, George Wodehouse.
LIEUTENANTS (ROYAL NAVY).—Grut, Charles Bullen.
Lord John Russell was prevented from attending the
levee by a severe cold.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the
Royal suite, returned to Buckingham Palace after the
levee.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
FROM TDB MORNING PAPERS OF Tins DAY.
TlMES.—Between Manchester and London there are
ld not be more
in the
but if they wore Antipodes they cou
or generally
but two degrees of latitude and as many of longitude,
contrary. Whatever is right hero,
rest of the world, is wrong in that favoured region be-
tween the Ribble and the Mersey. There they go by
the rale of the road, of which the proverb says :
" The rule of the road is a paradox quite,
To those who are driving along;
If you go to the left, you are sure to be right.
If you go to the right, you are wrong."
When the country is threatened with invasion
_
Manchester recommends an immediate disarmament,
while its maxim against the Protectionists at
home, who are wriggling as fast as they de-
cently can out of their creed, is Si optas pacem,
bellum para. A declaration of war against this country
from all nations in Europe
would not excite half the
ecstasies in the Army and Navy Club that Lord Derby's
simple acceptance of office has at the head-quarters of
_
the League. We only hope that in the actual event of
war our three-deckers will be got ready as quickly as
tens of thousands are subscribed against the agricul-
tural inve,siou. The arsenals of free trade are already
teeming with manifestoes, candidates, motions, tracts,
an a
d all the mterials of controversy. The plan is to
seize the hostile fleet in the harbour at once, and burn it,
before it can get room for its manoeuvres in the open
son. It is absolutely
any Frenchman can be so little of a gentleman as to
attack us unawares; but from English gentlemen
there is nothing too bad to be expected. His only
is too
policy is to force them, will or nill, into fighting at
impossible, says Mr. Cobden, that
once; and no challenge
insult too gross, no tauut too cutting for this pur-
pose. Free Trade, which we have all been picturing as
the sister of Ruhens' "Peace and Plenty," is suddenly
transformed into a gaunt virago, mouthing shrill defi-
ance, and shaking her fist in the very face of the object
of her suspicion. Wen provocative, no
ave beea roundly lectured of
eul
country—asatio ofsifoldwieerws
laastetnfotrheaddmefiettnienegntfhethsis
d
at war! The 'Pry same Peaceable gentleman, whose
good taste is oCended with a supposition so compli-
mentary to the neighbouring earnedaslraeialorys
autocrat, is proclaiming
irreconcilable war with some of our own statesmen,
whose greatest offence, on his own admission, is that they
disclaim the attempt to bring back the corn-laws. And
of course we come in for our share of these amenities.
To the best of our reccllection Mr. Cobden has
scarcely opened his mouth for the last two or three
years without sliding
somehow or other into abuse of The
Times, with some scheme for swamping The Times with
a flood of penny
ester papers cons • -
aiming nothing but news
from Manch, or with some allusion to the possi-
bility of The Times ibeing one day pp
suressed. The
liberty of the press is destroyed at Paris; it may
be at London; and should that come to pass, Mr. Cob-
den intimates that he will neither be surprised nor indig-
nant, as it will, in his opinion, be no more than we de-
serve. One tinng is very clear, that we have far too
mach liberty for Mr. Cobden,mu and that if, after helping
to destroy half-a-dozen Governments in succession, he
should one morning find e
siimself President of the British
Republics we may expect an early communication from
him, of course of a friendly character. On the present
occasion Mr. Cobden takes not the peaceable, but the
high moral line, and denounces our " immorality" in
recommending forbearance and
a fair trial. In order to
establish a case so flattering te his
own pretensions, and
so little to ours, he assumes that the new Ministers came
into power by being pledged to Protection, and that they
were so pledged up to their acceptance of office, and ELT-
gees that they are bound, for the sake of public morality,
to propose in office what they advocated in Opposition.
Now every lawyer knows that if you make out your own
case you may have your own minion. Certetinly,were alias
Mr. Cobden describes, there might be some grounds for
his vituperation. But the case is far otherwise. In
justice to Mr. Di
inionsraelihe mwe are
h bound to say that, what-
three abstract opay ave admitted in favour of
Protection, he has for two or three years strongly urged
upon agriculturists the wisdoca of dropping that de-
mand. His predecessorin office, and Alr. Cobden him-
self, cannot but remember that when
they have had to
reply to him, it has been on the ciairn to some relief
from the burdens alleged to press unequally on the
landed interest. He did so at the risk of breaking with
his more bigotted friends, and, in fact, did lose ground by
doing so. The same may be eaid, in a lees degree, of
Lord Derby ; and all must remember that more
than a twelvemonth since it was anxiously
debated in the agricultural world whether his
Lordship had given up Protection or not ; and at
one time there were so Many
examples of the same
kind that we described is as a rot amengs.
the Protectio-
nists, or something of that sort. sr
—ere, then, is our case.
We have been for years urgingedupen the leaders of " the
country Party," as theyc
a they
themselves, to give up all
idea of a corn-law, whether.
ble, and to wishedaddress
it or not, simply
because it was impossible, ress themselves to
objects of a more practicable character, Some of them,
particularly Mr. Dis.raeii,
common
what
we advised, most
probably because their own sense told them it
While in this • •
position, that is to
was the only course.
protection as an opinion, 'b
t having
say, while holding
sarrendered it for so
ummoned to form ti. 'l' t ri-
i his friesals are s an A minis r
:and simply n
1 default of
others. The oe-
tion, if they can,
are summoned has no more to do
sion on which they n
it has with Poperywith
ewaith Protection
than
There is, then, nothing ?t•
t,O
Protestantism.
_.l. in thaccessione
circumstances
of their that
to power
circumstances
we
r existing osition ll
should qualify their
be Protection as 'aw !f leopiniov,
have described to nn
as two
but not as a demand, and as clear of pledgee
ould Now, in
, silence c • make them.
Ow,
or three years
this case, we should like to know where's the immorality
the new Chancellor of the Exchequer
of demanding for
he stood before he accepted office
liberty to stand where
has been
. __a
what ho has been doing these two Ye' —liberty to do
liberty to make no snore pledges than he was already
to thatwhich h bad
policy e
under—liberty to adhere
?
long ago urged oa lus potty 115 the only pQntble one

EVENING,

Are we first to give advice, arid then, _ when a mate has
been taking it ter two years, to turn round and abuse
him for doing so? Our political duties relate not to the
" country patty," though the men themselves have as
much claim to consideretion as the men of Manchester,
or any other men, but to their policy; and ne that no-
hey is now very much what it has 1.3...01) for two teet;ra
and what we urged upon theta, we don't see why we
ere suddenly to es3ume that it is a fraud on the coun-
try. On the other hand, where is the virtue, the high
morality of trying with all the force of spei eh-
naking, mul:itudes, and money, to drive these
men to resume • demands which they have long
ceased to make? We can see a certain policy in
pressing hard on an antagonistic party, in irritating
it, in piquing it, in goading it, in maddening it, and
making it forget all the wisdom which experieece, may
have taught. It is the policy which Mr.- Cobden has
adopted in thisinetance; but so far from te being the
policy of morality, it seems to us, besides its intense
illiberality, simply atrocious. It may; - be -politic I;tit it
is false and foul, for it proceeds on a false neeumPticn as
to the facts of the case, and appeals to the Most deplor-
able weaknesses of humanity. What else is it but
simple wickedness to pique and taunt a man back into
an error from which he has long since been struggling to
escape? Mr. Cobden himself betrays the falsity of the
premises on which he founds these charges of immo-
rality, when he lets oat, in a subsequent passage of his
speech, " They are all anxious to get rid of it (Protec- '
tion), no doubt." So this high moral authority manu-
factures his facts just as it answers his purposes. When
he wants to stir the country against the new Ministers,
he says they are really practising to bring back
Protection; when he wants to make them out
contemptible, he calls Protection a tin kettle tied
to their toils, which they wish to get rid of. Of course
we are not objecting to any decided and vigorous policy
if cause can be shown for it. Should it appear that the
Government will gain ground by forbearance, and will
appeal to the country with a better chance of success in
July or August than this or next month, and that it
will appeal on the ground of protection, then compel the
earliest possible appeal. We have already given it as
our opinion that the brightening prospects of agricul-
ture will every month weaken the case for protection,
and we now find the scarcity so great in the States
of the Zoilverein that the duties on the importation
of corn, flour, and vegetables are suspended by
decree till August 31. But this policy, mainly
compelling an early appeal, should not be enter-
tained without some thought of the consequences,
and what Government we are to have in the place of
the present, and, possibly, also, of the past. Nor
should it be overlooked that if the appeal be precipi-
tated by violence, the war of classes, which has been
almost slumbering for these two years, may be revived
into dangercataactivity. These consideratione enter into
the question of policy, for it is not at all clear that
when Mr. Cobden urges an immediate settlement of the
controversy, he is not taking the very course to revive
and perpetuate it. We object to no policy which can
be proved to be such, so as it be honest. But we do
object to a policy which proceeds upon falsehood, which
plays upon weakness, which panders to malignity, and
which, under the disguise of patriotism, seeks only the
incidental advantages which strife and confusion may
possibly bring to its particular authors.
HERALD.—Mr. Disraeli's admirable address to the
electors of Buckinghamshire describes in a few words
the position of the Queen Ministers in reference to the
great social and economic questions, the advocacy of
which unquestionabiy gave to them the position which
entitled thorn to be called to the councils of their Sove-
reign. Their first care, says the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, must be to provide for the exigencies of the
public service—but, he adds, that they hope, " at no
distant day," to establish those principles which they
have advocated in opposition. These words indicate a
complete appreciation of the position of the Ministry
and of their duties. They have not been invited to the
councils of the Queen because they aro Protectionists,
bat bf cause they exercise such an influence in Parliament
and the country as to offer a reasonable prospect of their
being able to carry on the Government of the country.
They owe, indeed, that influence to the fact, that in the
schism of 1846 they continued true to the principles
upon which the Conservative party was originally consti-
tuted, and as the reward of that fidelity they. now pos-
sess the " following" of the Conservative portion of the
community. It is, nevertheless, true that they have
not been called to power by their advocacy of Pro-
tection. In this respect their position is peculiar,
perhaps anomalous. Other parties have succeeded
in this country to power, because they advocated
some principle for which the country and Parliament
had declared, and which, therefore, its advocates were
called in administration to carry out. This is not the
case with the present occupants of the Treasury bench.
Parliament had not condemned a single principle held
by their predecessors—not a single vote had affirmed
any one of the maxims of policy upon which the Pro-
tectionists are at issue with their opponents. The late
Ministry fell, not because they were at issue with Par-
lioment upon any ono principle upon which the affairs
of the country are to be managed, but because, by per-
sonal incompetence and internal dissensions, they were
incapable of governing the country, even with a Parlia-
ment that approved of their principles. The Country
party have been been invited by their Sovereign to
her Cabinet, not because the Parliament demanded a
policy of which they were the representatives, but be-
cause, in the broken and distracted state of parties,
they alone had the elemenss of power suffi-
cient to give to a Ministry the means of existence—
or even to supply to the Sovereign the materials of
an administration. Tho duty of a Cabinet called to
direct public affairs under such circumstances, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer has most clearly and forcibly
expressed. They are bound, in the first instance, to
meet the exigencies of the public service which have
induced the Sovereign to appeal to their assistance;
after this they are bound to endeavour to impress upon
the course of public affairs the principles which they
believe essential to the welfare of the country. These
duties the Chancellor of the Exchequer promises that
the new Ministry will perform. In the performance of
the first of them they have a right, let us say, to the
cordial and generous support of every loyal subject of
the Queen—in the inevitable postponement of the
second they have an equally clear right to the forbear-
ance and indulgence of their friends. They have " re-
canted" no declaration—they have altered no opinion—
they have abandoned no principle; and Mr. Disraeli
promises that at no distant day they will obtain the
concurrence of the country in putting into prac-
tical operation the great principles or policy to
which they have committed themselves in opposi-
tion. To the solemn and deliberate decision of the
country the Queen's Ministers refer the determination
of the great question of social policy upon which they
are at issue with the Free-traders. We say the deliberate
decision, for it must not be forgotten that Ministers
are practising no surprise. So far from it, the complaint
of their opponents is that they are giving the country
too much time for reflection. Neither do they attempt
to disguise the issue which will be submitted to the
nation. They neither practise deception nor surprise.
They distinctly warn the countay of the time and the
consequences of the appeal. They give ample time for
preparation for everything that can tend to secure the
true expression of the national opinion. There is not a
politician in the empire who does not now know that a
general election is intended by Ministers at the close of
the present session, and that, if the new Parliament ex-
hibit the decision of the country to be in favour of a proton
tive system, Ministers are prepared to shape their policy in
obedience to that decision. It is not often that a great
political question is thus fairly and calmly submitted to
the judgment of the nation. The course proposed is one
from which only faction can shrink, and which nothing
hat political dishonesty can seek to embarrass or interrupt.
Those who desire a premature appeal to the country can
only do so because they dread its deliberate judgment,
and desire to snap, if possible, a declaration of opinion
in opposition to the true sentiments of the nation. If
we were to sit down to frame the very method in which
the sense of the constituencies of the empire could be
fairly taken on the question of free trade—would it be
possible to frame a plan better calculated to attain the
object than that which Ministers propose? Would we
not say, that, in order fairly to collect the opinion of the
country, due notice should be given of the intended appeal
to that opinion—that ample time should be given to every
constituency to deliberate upon the modem which it would
express its sentiments. But this is the very mode which
Ministers propose to adopt, and while they refer to the
constitutional decisions of the people at a
.general elec-
tion the question of Protection, they esk in the mean-
time for tne support of Parliament in providing for the
indispensable exigencies of the public service. These,
we take it, are the views pat forward, with singular force
of expression, in two sentences of Mr. Disraeli's ad -
dress. Equally remote from any base abandonment of
their own opinions, and any unworthy attempt to force
those opinions upon a reluctant country—Ministers man-
fully avow their principles—candidly acknowledge
g that
in the present Parliament they ought not to be enforced;
and fearlessly and in good faith refer to the decision of
the country, after an interval amply sufficient to secure
a deliberate expression of opinion, the question of the
re that
ultimate triumph of those principles. Sure w a
any attempt to interfere with a course so fair, ,
rate, and so just, will only bring upon
it the contempt and indignation which fa
sea weseoeh oti eema
this
es-
couutry is always sure to provoke.

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THE EXPORT TRADE.---ACCOrditig tO the monthly
accounts relating to trade and navigation (yesterday
printed) the declared value of British and Irish produce and
manufactures exported from the United Kingdom was, in
the month ended the sth February, 4,821,718/. In the cor-
responding period of the preceding year the amount was
4,817,8701., and in the like period of 1850, 4,069,4311., show-
ing an increase in the three years to some extent.
THE POPULATION AT TUE CAPE.—Yesterday a
return to Parliament was printed, from which it appears that
the colony of the Cape of Good Hope at the Census of May,
1549, contained, as was considered, an area of 118,256 1/;
square miles. The population in whites was 39,840 males'
and 36,1550 females, and the coloured population 90,252 males I
and 94,694 females, the estimated population being in
western and eastern divisions of the colony, 265,,..,the
141,609 males and 143,670 females. It is stated that‘ -tre
number of the coloured population, from their wandering and
unsettled mode of life, cannot be accurately ascertained, but
it is supposed to exceed that given in the return.
DEATH OF THE PROVOST OF GREE,Nocii.
Paterson, who has for three years filled the office .07 chiefl r
magistrate of Greenock, was, after spending Saturday in his
usual health attending busily to the duties of his office,
expectedly cut off boil) midnight, almost un-
lie was attacked, sy after retirng to rest,
without warning.
coughing, which induced him to with a lit of
oillcl not clear his throat of arise. He felt as if he
obstruction, and a few
minutes after, remarking toisawil wife that he was dying, in-
stantly expired.— Greenock Advertiser.
THE DUTY ON RAILWAYS AND STAGE CAE'.
MAGES.—Last yeacratrhrieaincome to the Excise arising from
railways and stage
a Parliamentary ges was very great. It is stated in
Paper
was 287,3311. justlls3 printed, that the duty on rail-
waysPros2l, '
,as mach as 2 ,y4d., and from stage carriages
'f'S. B%tl. was realised.

MARCH 4, 1852.

SPORTING NOTES.
No. =XXI.
ANALYSIS OF THE GREAT NORTHAMPTON-
SHIRE
(CNicludoi from No. 180.)

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sra,—Lord Derby's; Criel, )rs, Sit 31b, if in form
on the day, possesses a mod( rate chance of achieviei.ae a
triumph, and only a moderate one; but as he is out of
wcrk at the present time, he must be considered a very
improbable starter, there being but a abort space to pre-
pare him for this race: Mr. Palmer's Doubt, 6 yrs, 7et
Bfie, is the only representative of Saunders's powerful
stable; but notwithstanding the rather light weight al-
lotted to her, I doubt her having any chance for this
race. Clothworker, 6 yrs, 7st 71b, I consider makes the '
last-named perfectly safe; and although they nearly ran
him off his legs last year, he seems to be coming out in good
term again. Torn Dawsen has three animals in the entries,
his OWO, Mark Tapley, 5 yrs, 7st 61b; Mr. Williams's
Chief Juslice, 5 yrs, 7st 51b; and Cyclops, 4 yrs, 53t
Sib. The last-named reauires no consideration what-
ever, es his winning is a peefi ct impossibility; as to the
other two, it does not seem at all clear which they in-
tend; and, moreover, their chances being so much on is
par, they are sure to be equally successful with either
one or the other. Tom is always mystifying the public
with his handicap horses; rarely allowing the Simon
Pare to be known until he can no longer keep it a se-
cret. The public and stable money are on both; but
which carries the larger amount of the latter I am un-
able to specify. Each stands a very fair chance of
running forward in the race; and it is not
at all impossible but that the winner may
be fcund in one of them, but of this more
aSir non. Tom Taylor has a trio at work at Bretby, in
Rowland 7'renchard, 4 yrs, 7st 61b;
Herbert, 6 yrs,
7st lib; and Jemima filly, 3 yrs, 4st 9!b. The fitly is a
perfectly hopeless speculation. Herbert I should fancy
would be the pick of the lot, Sir Rowland Trenehard
having, at the least, half a stone too much on his back.
Lord Waterford's Cockcrow, 4 yrs, 7st 611), is a very un-
likely starter, as he will, I presume, be reserved for
Chester. Jim Rogers has a couple of nominations—
Mr. Crawford's Darkie' 5 yrs, 7st 51b, and Mr. White's
Pluck, 3 yrs, sst 21b. Darkie has a few admirers who
think him good enough to ,win on this occasion; but,
remembering his exhibition at Newmarket last Octo-
ber, I cannot recommend him as worthy an invest-
ment. Saunders s light weight, Pluck, appeared in
public once last year, when she ran a dead
heat with Lady Blanche, at Marlborough, for the 10
Soya. Sweepstakes, and in a deciding heat beat the Lady
by half a length. She is well bred, being by Venison
out of Dauntless; but the course is dreadfully against
her and all other three years old. Combatant,6 yrs, 75t,
will never do. Mr. Parkinson's Grand Duke, 4 yrs,
7st, is in my opinion overrated; he was thought good
enough to win the Goodwood Stakes last year, but he
neither did that nor anything else worth doing; and I
doubt his accompiishing anything noticeable at Nor-
thampton. Count Bathyany's aged Jack•in-the Corner
may as well remain there. Stebbing has a couple of
nags figuring in the entry, namely, his own Knook
Knoll, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b, who I believe is
not intended for this bout, and Mr. Morris's
Haresfoot, 4 yrs, Est 61b, who will represent their inte-
rests. Mr. Drew's Ballet Girl, 5 yrs, Est 31b, has been
backed by its owner to win him a tidy little stakes; it
being his opinion that she possesses as good a chance as
any in the race; and really 6st 31b for a five years old, if
the animal is at all above the grade of a donkey, ought to
oblige her to get somewhere near the mark. Captain
Scott's Mayday, 6 yre, 6st, the identical weight and age
of Mrs. Taft when she accomplished the feat of winning
the Cesarewitch, will not enable her to go and do like-
wise. Lord Clifden's Harpsichord, 4 yrs, 6st, has such
comical legs, that even light weighted as he is, I do not
feel inclined to venture the smallest fraction of cash
upon his chance; and as his Lordship has a couple
of others to represent his interests in this stake, I '
presume he will trust one of them in preference
to his musical instrument. The other two are Royalty,
3 yrs, 4st 81b, and Poodle, 3 yrs 4st 51b; the last-named
probably the starter, who, if he 'has any running in him,
ought to show it on this occasion. Ingratitude (Mr.
Magenis's), 4 yrs, sst 81b, is an almost certain runner,
but I doubt her powers being good enough to beat her
her competitors. Blood Royal (Mr. Thompson s) 3 yrs,
sst 71b, I know nothing about; and Old Rowley, 3 yrs,
sst 51b, with the Delia colt, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b; Farmer's
Boy, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b; Surprise; 3 yrs, 4st 91b, and Virago
filly, 3 yrs, 4st, ferns a light-weighted but hopeless class;
Old Rowley, however, much the best. My present im-
pression is, that CARIBOO, under the guidance of Nat,
will be the winner; and that if he is destined to be de-
feated, it will be by Clothworker, Toni Holtby, or Daw-
son's ha; se.

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
March 4, 1852.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL SPRING MEETING—WEDNESDAY.
The Trial Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added by the
Earl of Sefton; three yrs, 6st 41b; four, Bst 41b; five,
9st; six and aged, 9st 41b; mares and geldings allowed
41b. One mile and a quarter. (8 Subs.)
Mr. Russell na Sir Charles Napier (E. Harrison) 1
Mr. Buckley's Royal George, 3 yrs, 6st 41b...(We115) 2
Mr. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 3 yrs, Est (Carroll) 0
Mr. W. T. Rothwell's Lenny Whent, 3 yrs (Aldcroft) 0
Mr. Wilkins na Allendale, 3 yrs, fist 41b (Doyle) 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst Sir Charles Napier, sto 2 agst
Lady Agnes, and 4 to 1 agst Royal George. Won easy
by a length. Run in 2 min. 22 sec.
The Scramble Handicap of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added;
the second to save his stake. Half a mile. (10 Subs.)
Mr. Owen's cby General Pollcck, Est 41b (D. Doyle) 1
Mr. W. T. Rothwell's Emerystone, 7st 61b (Mahon) 2
Mr. Johnson's Lady Jersey, 6 yrs, Bst 10lb (LiveseY)
Mr. Jeffery's Forest Deer, 4 yrs, SA sib (W . Sharpe) 0
Mr. Harrison's Toy, 4 yrs, Sat 31b (C. Sharpe) 0
Mr. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 3 yrs, 7st 10lb (Metcalfe) 0
Mr. Hall's rby H. Platoff, 3 yre, Gst 61b ...(Wells) 0
Betting-5 to 2 agst Forest Deer, 6to 1 agst Lady
Jersey, and sto 1 agst Lady Agnes. The winner not
mentioned. Won cleverly by three parts of a length,
Forest Deer a bad third, Lady Agnes fourth. Time
55 secs.

The Liverpool Spring Cup of 100 soya. i❑ specie, by Subs.
of 15 Boys, each, 10 ft, &c., with 60 added; the second
to save his stake. One mile and three quarters. (30
Subs. 13 of whom paid 5 SOV9. each.)
Mr. Stewart's Banshee, 3 yrs, sst 111 b... (Wells) 1
Mr. Cotgreave's na Abbess of Jerveaux...(Charlton) 2
Mr. Morris's Hungerford, 4 yrs, Bst slb ...(Barham) 3
Mr. O'Reilly's Kilquade, 4 yrs, 7st 13ib ...( Arnold) 0
Mr. E. Jones's Meltord, aged, 7st 111 b (Thick) 0
Mr. R. E. Oliver's Ischia, 4 yrs, 7st 71b (Crouch) 0
Mr. J. Walker's True Girl, 4 yrs (W. Sharpe) 0
Mr. J. Scott's Don Carlos, 3 yrs. Est 31b (E. Harrison) 0
Mr. G. White's Snowdrop, 3 yrs, Est llb ...(Carroll) 0
Betting-7 to 2 agst Hungerford, 3to 1 agst Abbess
of Jerveaus (t), 6to 1 each agst Ischia and True Girl,
and 12 to 1 agst Banshee.
Won in a canter by a length and a half; the same
between second and third; Ischia a had fourth. Bun in
3 mins 14 secs.

The Grand National Steeplechase Handicap of 20 sous.
each, h ft, with 1001 added; the second to save his
stake, and the winner to pay 25 sots. towards the
expenses. About four miles. (60 Subs., 22 of whom

paid 5 sous. each.)
Mr. Mason's Miss Mowbray, lOst 41b...(Goodman) I
Mr. Cartwright's Maurice Daley, 9st 41b.. (Boyce) 2
Mr. Barnett's Sir Peter Laurie, list 21b (Holman) 3
Lord Waterford's Sir John, aged, 1 Ist 101 b (Ryan) °
Mr. Osborne's Abd-el-Kader, eto.ed, llst 41b (Wynne) 0
Mr. Davenport.nd Peter Simple llst 21b(Davenport) 0
Mr. Atkinson's Chieftain, lost 101 b ......(garrison) 0
Mr. S. Darling na Bourtan, 10st 101 b (S. Darling) 0
Mr. P. Barling's Bedford, 6 yrs, lOst lolb...(Ablett) 0
Captain Little's Agis, aged, lost 101 b .....•••• Archer
0
Lord Waterford's Warner, aged, 110
81b (Archer) 0
Mr. Higgins's Maria Day, aged, lOst 61b...(Frisby) 0
Mr. Mangan's Dolly's Brae, 5 yrs, lOst • (Frisby) 0
Mr. Courtenay's Silent Friend, 9st 121b......(Parry) 0
Mr. Goodwin's La G'azza Ladra, 9st 121b,..(Neale) el
Mr. Choyce's Bedford, 5 yrs, 9st 121b...(A. Taylor) 0
Mr. R. Jones's M'lon, aged, 9st lolb ...... (J(. Sadler)rasker) 00
Mr. Bourke's Carrig, aged, lost 41b (Debeau) 0
Mr. Palmer's Victress, aged, 9st 71b (Bradley) 0
Mr. Murphy's Lamienne, 5 yrs, 9st 71b (Meehan) o
Mr. J. Bird's Cogia, 6 yrs, 9st 61b
Mr. Henderson's Maley, 5 yrs, 9st 61b (Co 0,..) ,
g-6 to 1 agst La Gazza Ladra,l 9
ttoo
11 -
asst assto
Mr. Elmore's Everton, aged, 9st 61b
Mr. Ilarding's Royal Blue, 6 yrs, 9st (Steeve-i7sj) "
qto 12agst Cogin,
Awbßadre-ntetelirfK,
la2d et rn, 1 10ag 8 tot
Missl a,rr st
Mowbray,Chieftain,
15 to 1 agst Maurice Daley, and 20 to-1
agst any other.
Lord Waterford declared to win with Warner. Won
easily by two or three lengths,
Sir Peter Laurie a good
third.
of 5 sous. each, and 30
jaindds:e:63libb;s ;
maidens having s 6 yrs and aged, 1
The Option3alyrSsellniladg Stakes ,
7st 101 b • ; 4 yrs, 9st 101 b; 5 yrs,
lost
if
rermore,
trtled Olbt;wminaer,e4sinasn;dthgreiclde:
6lbs; and
sold for 1301., allowed 121bs. The winner
to be sold, demanded,
allowed
for 1501.; and if entered, to be
121bs; 50/ , 181 b 31bs; if for 1001., 71bs; SOL,
(5 Subs.) 9; and 301., 281ba, &c. One mile.
Celeste,
Mr. Stebbing's br f}, Irish Birdcatcher, out of
3 yrs (3n/YY
Mr. W. T. Rotil uit ) .......
Mr. Hall's bra fby (50/ ) . 2
s Emerystone, 3 yrs • .....
Hetraan Platoff, 3 yrs (501.) ......3
Mr. Harriie
n s
Toy, 4 yrs (301.) ............
.................... 1
The weather was very fine, and the company the most
numerous seen at Aintree for many years. The meeting,
in fact, Went off with great éclat.
COURSING.
WATERLOO MEETING.--TIIESDAY.
The Waterloo Cap.
Mr. Cooke's Cerito bt Mr. Randall's Lopez.
Mr. Swan's Soda Ash bt Mr. Gradwell's Sefton.
Mr. Day's Mocking Bird bt Mr. Astbury's Bounce.
Mr. Gibson's Stanley bt Mr. J. B. Nielson's Exchequer,
Mr. Boron na Japhet beat Mr. Wombwell's Rattler.
Mr. Slater na Housemaid beat Mr. Simson's Security.
Mr. Bagge's Tcndresse bt Mr. J. B. Marshall's Grecian.
Mr. Gordon's Genevra bt Mr. Scott's Kate.
Mr. J. Robinson's Positive bt Mr. W. Bailey's The Throe
Blues.
Mr. A. Graham na Bella bt Mr. Hope's Hubert Da
Burgh.
igr, Dunlop's Wellington bt Mr.
Mansfield.
Mr. Deakins Dance zm a bt C
y Mr. C. Lee's Not:-
Condition.
Mr. G. J. Henderso 'L - 111 a Ig's Nother-
. Watson's M
Henderson 'a suasion bt r. i- iller of
staffe.
Mr. Sharpe's
Mr. J. Blundell's Br "enht bt Mr. Corbett's Cricketer.
Moore's Baronet.
lda bt Mr.
Uughie Graham
Mr. Arderis's Mc:chant bt Mr. Virilson's Jamie Forrest.
Cerito bt Soda Ash First Ties.
Bella bt Positive.
I
Stanley bt Mocking Bird 1 Dancetsw" bt Wellington.

I Larrienn bt Hu ghieGraintri.
i Brenhilda bt Merchi.nt

Ileulemaid
Tendresso bt GE?: (Via.
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Mr. J. Ito:::ineou 13Qnnio

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Mr. Randall's Raven l t Mr. W:.14) ria Sam Wo/kr.
Mr. A. Graham nd Fanny ht M. Davy s' Maalvvorm.
Mr. Deakint'sPriam b M:.

BIRMINGRA,iI DISTRICT COUR7 OF
BANKRUPTCY, March 3.
(Before Mr. Commiseiorter BALGUY.)
THE STOUEBRIDGE AND BROMFGROYE BANKS.
The adjourned last examination of Mem:. Rudoids
and Wragge vs as reenmed this morning.
Mr. Powell, barrieter, of the Oxford Circuit, appeured
for the assignees; Mr. T. f 3. .fames for the bankrupts;
and Mr. Eigie, of Worcester, for various creditors.
It appeared, from a short inquiry into the state of
the Bromegrove Bank that when it stopped its dents
amounted to 227,8.'6/. 9s. 2d.,
to evict I,s.hioh there were
only 13:0004 Daring 11 years Rutferd had
drawn out of the bank 56,8.59/. 14;. 10d.
The bankrupt (Mr. F. Rufford. me.) was now ex-
amined with regard to his separate estaete. In 1840
he had drawn out 21,425/., which he hasi epent prin-
cipally upon property at Belhroughton, w here he
/re-
sided. His household and other personal expenses
were at the rate of about 3,430
per annum, a great
portion of whieh was spent in travelling. He ahonld
say one-half. Slime the year 1847, then the bank
was insolvent, the amounts he had drawn were gr.( aster
than previously, but his private expenditure had Icoen
less. Formerly he had received remuneration for We
various offices he held in public companies, but of late'
he had received none, and. that accounted for his having
drawn more money than formerly out of the bank. Ho
had paid in one sum 4,2671. for expenses incurred in his
election as Member for the city of Worcester. That
was the amount of the agent's bills, but his election alto-
gether had cost him more.
His 11(mA:en—I suppose there were other expenses
beyond agent's charges?—The bankrupt replied that
there were; his personal expenses during the five days
the election lasted might be 2001.; but his extra expenses
while in Parliament, as Member for Worcester, were not
more than 1001. per annum.
By Mr. ELGIE—At the time he put up for Worcester
his account with Glyn's was very satisfactory, and he
was told that his election would cost him only a mode-
rate amount. If he had known that it would cost him
4,0001. or 1,0001. he should not have offered himself.
His Hoivoun—A prudent man would have said, " Gen-
tlemen of Worcester, what do you call a moderate sum?
There aro many opinions in electioneering as to mode-
rate expenses?"
Mr. ELGIE was anxious to know how the 4,267/. had
expended at Worcester?—The bankrupt replied that he
never examined the bill sent to him. The purity of elec-
tion gentlemen began to open houses in the city, and he
could not himself say how the money was expended.
Mr. Rufford, sen., was allowed to pass without any
question being put to him.
Mr. POWELL said it was not the intention of the as-
signees to offer any opposition to the bankrupts passing
their examination, and they would reserve any observa-
tion they might feel it their duty to make until the cer-
tificate meeting.
Mr. ELGIE would not resist the bankrupt passing, but
he called ugon his Honour to refuse protection to Mr. F.
Rufford. A great deal of money had gone, and the
creditors wished to know where it had gone to. He (Mr.
Elgie) contended that, according to the 255th section of
the Bankruptcy Act, inasmuch as the bankrupt, in the
management of the Bromsgrove Bank, had kept his
books imperfectly, carelessly, and negligently, with the
intent to conceal the true state of his affairs, he was not
entitled to protection. It was found that for several
years no less a sum than 100,000/. had never been posted,
until the bankruptcy, and this could have been for no
other reason than to conceal the state of his affairs from
the parties in the bank.
Mr. JAMES, on the other hand, contended that the
real meaning of the clause to which Mr. Elgie referred
was an intention on the part of a bankrupt to perma-
nently mislead and prevent the true state of his affairs
ever being made known to his creditors. Now here
there was no concealment. The creditors were made
fully acquainted with the bankrupt's affairs. There
might have been some irregularity, but there was no
concealment.

His HONOUR concurred in the ♦iews expressed by Mr.
James, and allowed the bankrupt to pass.

SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.

On Monday last, by permission of the directors of the
submarine telegraph between England and France, a se-
ries of interesting experiments were made by Mr. Reid,
telegraph engineer, of University-street, London, for the
purpose of testing a pair of double-needle instruments
and two new batteries which he had constructed. One
of these instruments was placed in the company's offices
at Dover, and the other in the French office at Calais,
with a battery to each. Two of the submarine wires
were then connected with the instruments, and put in
circuit with the batteries. The length cf the submarine
cable in the Channel is about 24 miles, and about five
miles of land telegraph on each side, making in round
numbers a circuit of 68 miles. The battery that was to
work this distance formed a strong contrast to the
present battery now in use, the length being only
4 inches by 11 deep, and the weight 11b. 5 cz.,
while the old common battery used on the lines
is 36 inches long, 7i inches wide, si inches
deep, and weighs 64.1 b. Some of the telgraph
clerks in the office smiled incredulously when Mr. Reid
connected the miniature battery with the instrument,
but were surprised to find the signals to and from Dover
and Calais quite equal to the signals they were receiving
from their former batteries. The next experiment was
for the purpose of testing an improvement in the double-
needle instrument, and will require the utmost stretch
of faith on the part of our readers to believe. It was as
follows :—The miniature batteries were removed from
the instruments cn each ;aide of the Channel, and a
piece of zinc, tbroo-fourths of en inch square, and a piece
of silver to correspond, were then introduced into the
mouth of the operator at the office in Dover, and instruc-
tions sent to do the same at Calais. The wires, at-
tached to these pieces of metal were then connected with
the instruments, and by this simple moans, and by the
simplest of all batteries, the telegraph clerks sent
several messages to and fro from England to France.
The next experiment was similar to this, only is
larger piece of zinc and a larger piece of silver wore in-
troduced into the mouth of the operator. The result
was an improvement of the signals. These experiments
were witnessed on the Dover side by Captain Baldock,
Mejor Hammond, and by Messrs. Cheshire, Ed-
en the French side by M. Morley,
8s
Vice-.
Feiscred-sC:oancnsedu,lE; Evans;.
n.sM;
Th oris wris,
as
onh irectotre evening of Frenchof telegtondraphas;
2,1
March 1. The next day, March 2, the experiments
were repeated with the same success. The instruments
packed up and sent to London. It was
with the miniaturriceehsaotftesrtioecTain.usnmdist,tB:edc.aolilllthoenecoom,cmlocekr:
theystaw: se'
rduringpe these operations the miniature bat-
tpctwehirhar:ylevunemgdile,ts wouldand
seemedbeconie
perfectlyexhausted;
to on
maintainth e i
tits reverse,
i t
character.im
From
iswemt'y and batteries. They
conclude a new revolu-
tion rpimeesrsweinthts
telegraphswill income more simple, more easy to understand, and
will eventually not only become as familiar as household
words, but familiar and useful as household servants.
-:11
theseinr, r oeg x

chief
viEeefrspnTelEoart
eSploso'fEl
itcheSesicshuoiuGprOtK,7)nN yesterday,
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et I ir
whichn
l Alexanderm E N
Dt
hAaal e ktt
portte ha
re ,
on Monday from Amsterdam, was charged with smuggling
121 b. of cigars; and Moses Metcalfe, steward of the ship Cor-
nucopia, was charged with smaggling 6lb. of foreign manu-
factured tobacco, live bottles of -brandy, two bottles of 1101-
lands gin, one bottle of rum, a keg containing three gallons
of wine, and three bottles of wine. A number of other
charges of a trifling kind were at the same time brought
against other seamen, but the two former were remanded for
further examination, and in the other cases small penalties
were imposed.
THE IMPORTERS Or COTTON.—Last year the im-
porters of cotton lost large sums of money; this year they
are clearing from a halfpenny to three farthings a pound, or
from 20s. to 30s. par bale. When you multiply these gains
by a million, or a million and a half, they become something
consilerable. This great interest never was in a more satis-
factory state than it is at present.
SMALL-PDX AND VACCINATION HOSPITAL, UPPER
altliteb lea teM
disposalr s .
of Henryher
executors,
havingtor s e
sum of
11"L°1
moneyvAY.—
more than ever useful institution.
Esq , and Henry Dintoo, Esq., they have generously given
the sum of 470/. to this harplelasceOdglesr
disease
This act of benevolence comes very opportune, as the claims
for admission of patients efflieted with the dreadful .
of smallpox, and particularly the e
creased the admissions to 652.
rr —This
~ MAJORITY OF THE MARQUIS OF BAT-•
when the
young nobleman came of age on Monday
last, feat, the
epidemic of last year, me
event was celebrated with great rejoicing
aatc Longs_3 enied by
family seat in Wiltshire. The Marquis,
ndePd Divine
the members of his family and friends,
given at
sham. In the evening a magnificent
160 guests. Among the banquet
were laid for
service in the morning at the parish church of Horning-
the baronial hall of the mansion,
who
w the auspicious
ttehneaol gw°
been
Marquis with their presence to commemorate_, . Lord
Jahn
Viscount Enn) n,
advent were Lord Ashburton, Lord Edward Thyme,
parties where
ehconoured the young
Thyune, Lord William The-ans.,.
..
is A. A'Court Holmes,
Lord Charles Thynne, q.
trlitiancis Thynne, Mr. Arthur
-Viscount Dungarvon, 11-,* une, Mr. Humphrey Mildmay,
Thynne, Mr. William ToY
and erentry of the neighbourhood, and
the leading clergy '7, see surrounding estates. The
ere regaled in their respective
the principal tenantrY
Marquis's expense. It should be
furnished with a liberal sup-
ply were cot forgotten, nearly 4,000
mentioned that thehalping
rloesctaliotliesthaet
men and sr°s'en fare anal strong ale to
substantial . make merry on
ply of subs
the occasion.
Cspte• IVarburtor, R.M., hag been changed from
Fork llill tn _ ,
havingbeen permanently appointed to
the latter district.
~
0 l'aearry
iseeecrime OF LORD 11FCTOIt CF MARISCHAL COL•
LEW,'
ANLF.DESS.—This Electiun took place on Monday.
;Dere had been a meeting of the students on Saturday, when
Lord Glenelg was nominated along with the Earl of Eg-
segton, the late rector. The former Noble Lord was brought
forward as (in the language of his supporters) " the friend
of our Church, our colonies, and our literature;" but the re-
sult proved that tic Earl of Eglington continued to possess
the confidence at a large majority of the students. The
Noble Lord had a majority of 4 to I in the Angus Na_t_imotnc;n3;
to 1 in the Mar Nation • 26 to 11 in the Buchan 3Sr
_s_i: ,i,
and 21 to 13 votes in the Moray Nation. His Lo d hiptl,
official engagement will prevent ail addressing the studen
personally.—.Edihburgh Advertiser.
The town-clerk of Foikstone has received an inti-
mation from the Lords of the TreasurY that the port is to be
late so raised to the fourth class. The imports . have of
now being
con-
siderably increased, that the Custom-house is
made one-third larger, to afford ACCOmandatiou,Soutk-
Zstern c =cue.

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