The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON,

SPORTING NOTES.
• No. CCXCII.
TRE PAST RACING OF THE WEEK.

• -----
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
rutteing the last three or four days has
some Peculiarities
,attached to it which require notice,
mete ur less affecting what is yet to come.
a The Taut.ton Stakes et Taunton on Monday were
t‘vi.laLot_rmegrot_te conclusion it it was thought, for Madame
"arton Or Sleening• Partner ; the consequence was
fae_ • ‘x. rowel Odtham was the only one sent to
,"d this ceuple, the rest being frightened away. Ho
evrietvactit.or a purpose, for, after a good race, he won very
of another specimen of the glorious uncertainty
tart certainties.,
Ot the racing at Radcliffe the runnirg of Exact is a
oP!,"linent feature; on the first day winning the Two
haers 011 Stakes,easily by two lengths, beating, among
rs, Broughton—the horse of dubious pedigree—who
,
not live the Pace. Yesterday she won the Bury
aFt7e, almost as easily as the preceding race, from Au-
-I,,it°trile;fittonly
difference being that the race was drawn
Monday Little Davie wins the Wilton Cup by
thneeeh'„heating, among others, Lerrywhent. Yesterday
e.o.vetly be,
1 -I"tttA animal wins the Manchester Cup
for s beating Mary Nobbler (who beat him in the
the aleclerc'e() easily; Mary Nobbler running second in
animal Iry deco) and third iu the Manchester Cep. This
ib of o.,bornC's (Little Davie) will be a very useful
)I,4'g fur seine of the small autumnal handicf;p9; but as
race for the Wilton Cup, when there was only a n .11
betweenthp, him and Mary Not bler, and the same ontvi:eo
bav—it.,art, and Lerrywhent, who carried fist 91b to Little
65t, it is evident that Lerrywhent is three or
f°tlcriPontids better than Little Davie.
?.%'' laces seem to have been the order of the day at
vi.,;?""', Lough ,Bawo having had great difficulty in
kela-,,ilug (110 Stewards' Cup from Barbata, and only by a
the4tild,O:tan. previous to his defeat by Exact, had woo
t. Ititi'n Pack Stakes with the most luxurious easel
wagthB; being an additional certificate of exec -
e4ch6 invExact.
j'gtlaut Races have furnished ono great fact in
reethi;TYLeasy victory of Frantic for the Queen's Plato
'wing had a chance with him from end to end
likeing double nearly all the way, and, had his jockey
ddß' eu°ttueir(ifl
e° Plater-
yhave.7one in alone; and yet he beat some
Plater- in the shape of Dame Tattle, Sanita,
The It •
useful Runnymede Stakes were won by Azad, a very
Aora- horse who will be heard of satisfactorily in
°. or the small races at the Newmarket October
teting.
Bilbe
bu, rrY, receiving 381bs for the year from Hesse Hom-
leZt,"lY just Managed to win by a very short length;
hemp colieeding to Constantine 241bs for the year,
4...n.F him cleverly for second place.
./315,' I anticipated, Aaron Smith non the Tradesmen's
,ine at Derby yesterday; but I did not at all anticipate
1111.,"g Weatherv,a(7B in the second place; anti, like
thje;°011:8 fl.)' in the amber, wonder how the devil Iva got
0/That there was some great mistake made in the trials
for what
__,.._-,atette some time ago is now quite clear;
‘,ll „
aLd ~-",alcing her but a good animal after the first ordeal,
tted one after the second, she comes out yesterday
Ittre„,,P"es of a field of four, all of whom I had, on the
to 11-„ "`" of the aforesaid supnosed to be superio
This.rurining has unde,ceiv.ed me on that point.
LiGd i• race infer the Grand Stand Plate, between. the.
filly, Don Carlos, and Cerinettu, terminated in
oatvhW,°' the first-named by a short half-length; 'the
jt '3vo m. ade a dead beat of it for second.
of 6i• B-rtaY Intention to publish to-morrow a small budget
news,—l am, Sir yours, &c.,
4-g. 26' * THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

PORTIN G INTELLIGEN CE.

The T EGLIAM RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
'lltkctpare'Plate of 50 sovs. (handicap). Threo-
kr. II quarters of a mile.
kr. ,j °4lPson'3 Royal Blood, 3 yrs, Tat 71b (Hiett)
‘,l:
kr. s-. f's's Heroine, 6 yes, Sat 121 b (Flatman)
k. malt's Ventre-a-Terre, 4 yrs, 76t (Barker) 3
kr, Tkasett's Elaresfoor, 4 yrs, 7st 101b...(Flammond)
00
krt: tan,ysa
kr, Cernas's Carbuncle, 6 yrs, 7st 41b...(G. Mann) 0
kr, -handler's
Lady Isabel, 3 yrs, 7st (Arthur)
AI -um:idler's Prince Rupert, 6st, 101 b ...(Rickards) 0
liebtar."l Freestone, 3 yrs, Est 101 b .........(Sabin) 0
Xr lar:ings Rage yrs sst„Kendall)( 0
pton's Micia-aelm'as Maid, sst 71b (Bandy) 0
rolee. 13-5-3 to 1 agst Blood Royal, and 4 to 1 agst He-
tile h '''age went off with the lead, which she held to
„, slf.d. .
she to the three horses
rimed distance, when gave way
race bbY the judge; Blood Royal winning, after a close
11411 'Et 1Y a heck ; Heroine beating Ventre-a-afsetrhrreowbyn
after erigth. The rider of Michaelmas Maid
aw
ahskePtiassing the winning chair, and was good deal
The it; Ruts in 1 min 17 sec."
dr,,agna Charta Stakes, of 5 sovs, each, with 30
:eil"; two yrs, old, 7at; and three, 9st; mares and
r,,-"Legi allowed 31b; winners extra, and allowances
'"rMaidens; the winner to be sold for 200 soya., if
demandedltri, az.e.,• T.Y.C. 1
9 .....
~kr, LQiilietlll,,bY's Pride,6 t 61b ............... (Sabin)
Air b -, 3 Tavistock, 7st 31b ............... (G. Mann) 2
Mr, A. Anxiety, 6st 81b ..................... (Hiett) 3
It usathcote's T bolski 6st 111 b (Arthur) 4
tilideTtti''g-7 to 4' agat Pride,' 5 to 2 each agat Anxiety
betwealistock, and 3to 1 agst Tobolski. A fine race
,Nten.ve the first two, Pride, who made all the running,
%Is ictirn',,lDY a neck only. Run in 1 min. 17 sec.
to ...eu's Plate of 100 guineas; three yrs old, 7st 71b;
Mile' -8t; hve,Vst 71b; six and aged, gat 101 b. Two
lir. Gs and a distance.
Ilr.Revills'a Frantic, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Flatman) 1
Mr. E%tler'N Dame Tattle, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Hemmond) 2
I,,fir. G, ji4t r' a Sanita 3 yrs, 78t 71b ..... (Hiett) 3
air. to --,:eTs Butterfly, 3 yrs, 78t 71b ...(Kendall) 45
9st 711) C
, batliw4ll a Fly Trap, S yes,
y,
'° to 16'9 to 4 on Frantic, 5 to 1 agst Fnußtterfl )and
i LIN _ Dame Tattle made all the run-
byt-rig alga any other.
the I'l half-way up the distance,. when she was passed
hsh, ourite,-who won in a canter by a length and a
TliaeidA_ Runpaateinar3' Smtiank.oeltdB,osfee 10 sovs, each, h ft, with 25
10st; four, list lib; five, list
81b; six
three
aged,yr
list 101 b; the second horse to save
_ stake, Th©, his
stake,
and
winner to be sold for 250 soya. if da-
d allowances if to be sold for less.
'fleeted,
riders.acc.,s
One mile and a half.
kr‘x. Gentlemen
'sßordeaux, 5 y•rs, lOst 101 b (Mr.L.Fox) 1
x,e4l3t.Rowley'sßeebeeßunnoo, s:yrs, lOst101b(Owner)
`ilr lindsburgh'sHambletonian,lost (Mr.Osbaldeston) 3
Betting-2 to lon Bordeaux, who waited on Ham-
tilstonian into the distance, and won in a canter by
threehi lengths. Run in 3 min. 2 see.
"the Egh;nl Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 25 added;
three yrs oida, ist; four, Bst 41b; five, Bst 10Ib; six
and d Illbmares and geldings allowed 31b;
a" extra.9at ; b for 900
vinnera - Horses entered to be sold -
8,"4. allowed 31b; 1501. 91b; 1001. 121 b; 801. 161 b; and
1,),°1., 211 b. Heats, one mile. (5 Subs.)
it":,,r• William's Amber Witch, 6st 91b (Kendall) 1 1
IT; Sherrinies Woodlark, (80/.), 7st 51b (Hiett) 2 2
Mr. ' Si,' Scott's Gaiety f', (501.), Est 31b (Rickards) 4 3
rririllY's Miss G.,idsmidt (501) 4st 13lb (Steel) 3 4
ta,-,'e first het eras won by a length, and the second by
-,ngths. -
-LI, wilt be
fromthe returns that the two first races
Produced "en - and that the sport, eked
out b., , very close contests,
eha:, "eats, was up to the
tunnyrnede average; in
tarhi Ltev, however, it was mediocre, the Queen's Plate
ea„eng out as
date tolerably good, exciting very
great a certainty as' almost everybody
ii.y, eted it would e, and the other Brenta,.l_
a`..4l° jeterest. Theo,eather was delightful , and the attend-
els,'' showed a marked falling -eft
but, compared with previous " grand
ST. LEGER BETTING.
6 to 4 agat Stockwell.
4 -- 1 Daniel O'Rourke (taken).
12 ...... 1 Caracara (taken).
bn; 1,2 I Harbinger.
back_-fl'ef,` O'Rourke, in the course of the meeting, was
-paw:, for about 1,500/.; 600 to 40 was laid against
1" O'llourkO and Songstress.
The R&DCLIFFE RACES.--ThESDAY.
_.
of
5 Stewards, Cup of 40 sovs., added to a Handicap
I):a't,; each; the winner pays 5 sovs. towards ex-
,„(.l e and the second saves his stake. One mile.
ale, Hi.4ba.)
1,1,.r. Ilutlystlne's Lough Bawn, 7st 51b (Alacroft)
,l,
(Carroll) -
-'l% W ---'1 Barhata, 3 yrs, 481 121 b
Mr. i,i alters,
ar Maid of TeamValley,7st 91b (Osborne) 30
141 r. liar- `ave'd Osbaldcston, 7at 121b...(W. Sharpe)
kr„Tua,svBea's The ltalian, 5 yrs, 7s7t 9:o7ib••••••(.6(aLtyesi
00
kr. J. ‘4ll°.4's Lady Jerey 6 yrs, 8
Btatinln's na. Sisfe-r to:Ecnc'er, byre,lssat 182tlob(5Vbaeledlees)ton0,
"Mt, t„g,-7 to 4 agst Barbet% 3to g
L'etw,,,„'" t agst Lough Bawn. Won by a head, same
:Uh --1 Bee'ind and --
5 Rad.s,
~,,e
_third.
Stakes
of 5 sovs. each, and 25
added,"e.otnitsS, ts-aLt e7gber.
1 fillies and geldings, Bst 21b; the
I:4111er ta besold for 1001, unless entered for less;
b.
or 801, „
Wilatie . attoffeed 51b; 601.,
1141 t 1.8 "ea. this year, 510
91b.; 401., 1411); 30/., 211 ,
extra. One mile and a
kr,' ' (7, Subs.)
(AHcroft) 1
ki,, iawson!s Da and Martin (301.) ‘ * ~ 2
Virvtaia Se LYad H • keth (30/0
\\T o j'ttyra,4g End cs
. (300 ............. ..(Wells)
......... (Carroll) 3
Thet•- -alfat lengebanlT: winner sold for 58 guineas.
'r"-rialltrida-p Of 5 soevs. each, and 25 added. One
sir IT. i., mile and a dis. (12 Subs.)
kr,,,u3Yriton':a
kr. l_tv.iklimagination, 4 yrs, sst 81b (N. eaolfet),
21
ara's Evidne, 3 yrs, Est 131 b •••(Alder )
kr. 4 *,rthington'a Rachetee, 3 yrs, Sat 51b (Carroll) 3_
4r, j aorgceave's Ozbaldestuo, Sat 51b .. (W. Sharpe) v
.mr, s: borne's'The Cutler, 4) rs, 7st 4lb(Osborne) 0
(%tipt.',.X.'b's Cluriri, 6 yrs, 6st 121 b (Astel) 0
Saone Taly, 5 yrs 6st 12lb (Wells) 0
teinttibk-7 to :4 agst 'Rachetee, 5 to 2 ugst Osbaldes-
TbnOa ° 1 agst Evadne, sto 1 eget Cauriri. Won by
e . .
three
S'takas of 3 soya. each, and 20 added, for
a yrs old, 7st 121 b; four, 9st; five, 9st 71b; six
th'n, ailed, 9st 101 b; mares and geldings allowed 31b;
1 i) winner to be sold for 1201., it' entered for 1001. al-
-1.41 51b; for 801, 101 b; for 601., 141 b; for 401., 211 b;
(jr 301, 281 b. The second saves his stake. Heats.
14r'arnile and a quarter. (5 Subs.)
. walker's Alma 5 yrs (301.)...(Charlton) 5 1 1
1t1,.r "4->erne's Cripple Kate (301.) ...(Carroll) 4 2 2
mr: Wilkih's Ma blossom, (401') ..... (Wells)
1 3 3M. j,-,"t"-aion'a Du3xbur ~ 5 yrs (301.) (Ce rse) 2 0 dr
' 4.llempsoil's Rose, yrs (301.) (AiderOit) 3 0 dr
Won by a bead.
'llin WEDNESDAY.
f,, , Bury sweepstakes of 5
Purse of 30/,, added to a fiat;
~‘,,s. each, for two yrs old, 7st, and three yrs,
~_
Itihti Ise 3 ell d geldings allowed 31b; winners of aelear 5 1.
ilozYdear, Sib; two,
Thr h. stake ay, 51,0
extra. The
TthheeTswecooynedarcsavoclsd Stakesis on.
11„. _ ee-quarters of a mile, (8 Subs.)
u; .I. o,torne's I Exact, 2 yta (Osborne, jun.) I
'''-'• , Chilton's c Audubon, 2 yrs
Bett: ..........
Ilag""-5 to lon EEttet. Won by a neck'
..... (Carroll) 2

The Manchester Cup of 501., added to a handicap of
10 setae. each, h ft, and 3 only if declared; the winner
to pay 10 sovs. towards expenses, and the saeJnd to
save his stake. One mile and three-quarters. (20
Subs., 11 paid.)
Mr. Bathwea's Lerry Wheat, 3 yrs, est 91b(Alderoft) 1
Mr. James na Sister to Fencer, 5 yrs, Est 51b (Veele) 2
Mr. W. Phillips's Mary Nobbler, aged, 6st alb (Hall) 3
Mr. Worthington's Rachetes, 3 yrs. 6st 71b (Carroll) 4
Mr. Henderson's Crabbs, aged, 6st 91b ...(Morton) 5
Mr. Shepherd's Alp, 6 yre, Bst (Osborne) 6
Betting-6 to 4 agst Mary Nobbler, 2to 1 egst berry
Wheat, 5 to 1 agst Sister to Fencer, 5 to 1 agst Crabb,
and sto 1 agat Alp. Won by a neck; two lengths be-
tween second and third.
The Scurry Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 20 added. Three-
quarters of a mile. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Chilton's Audubon, 2 yrs, est (Carroll) 1
Mr. Walker's Alma, 5 yrs, Bst 21b
Mr. Wilkins's May-Blossom, 3 yrs, 6st 715 (Aldcroft),
Captain Scott's Day and Martin, ist 41b (Osborne),
and Mr. Saxon's Cv.uriri, Bst 51b, also ran. Won by
two lengths.
DERBY RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Produce Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 50 added;
colts Bst 71r, fillies and geldings Bst 315. One mile
and a half. (16 Subs.)
Mr. R. E. Oliver's ch f Babette, Sat ...(Whitehouse) 1
Mr. W. Jepson's Bess of Hardwick, Bst (W. Sharpe) 2
Mr. G. Barton's Bethgelert, Bst 411) ......(G. Oates) 0
Mr. John Scott's Don Carlos, Bst 41b (Harrison) 0
Mr. Copeland's Director, Bst 71b (Marlow) 0
Betting—Even on Bethgelert, and 3 to 1 each twat
all the others. Won by a head after a fine race with
three; half a length between second and third.
The Grand Stakes of 5 toys. each, and 40 added, for
three yrs old and upwards. One mile and a half.
(3 Subs.)
Lord Chesterfield's Infidelity f, sst 91b...... (Ashmall) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Carinetta, 3 yrs, sst 51b (501.) (Wells) 0
Mr. J. Scott's Don Carlos, sst 51b (501) (Sherwood) 0
7to 4 on the filly. Won by a head; a dead beat for
second place. The winner was sold for 105 guineas.
The Tradesmen's Plate of 100 soya., added to a handi-
cap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared; the
winner to pay 20 soya. expenses, and the second to
save his sake. Two miles. (26 Subs., 15 of whom
declared.)
Lord Caledon's Aaron Smith, 7st 81b . (W. Sharpe) 1
Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage, 3 yrs. 7st 21b (Charlton) 2
Mr. R. E. Oliver's Sir Rowland Trenchard, 7st 71b.. 3
Mr. T. Parr's Carinetta, 3 yrs, 6st 91b (Wells) 0
Mr. Drinkald's Suarry, 3 yrs, sst 6lb (T. Sherwood) 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst Weathergage, 2to 1 agast
Snarry, 3 to 1 agst Aaron Smith, and 4 to 1 agat Sir
Rowland Trenchard. Won cleverly by half a length,
Sir Rowland Trenchard a bad third, and Carinetta
beaten off.
The Maiden-Plate of 30 soya, added to a Sweep-
stakes of 5 sovs. etch, for three yrs old and upwards,
about one mile and a half (4 Subs.), was won easily in
two heats by Mr. Coates's Hated, 3 yrs, 6st 131 b
(Charlton), beating Lord Chesterfield's Eller, 3 yrs,
7st (Ashman), Doctor Buck, 3 yrs, 7st 41b (West),
and The Drag, 5 yrs, Bat 615 (White).
TAUNTON RACES.—FIRST DAY.
The Taunton Stakes of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, and 3 only if
declared, with 30 sovs. added. One mile and a half.
(11 Subs.)
Mr. G. Drewe's Odiham, 4 yrs, Bst (G. Knight) 1
Mr. Crossing's Madame Wharton, 4 yrs, 8s sib 2
Mr. T. Stevens's Sleeping Partner, Bst 71b... (Yates) 3
Won by half a length.
The Ladies' Plate of 251., added to a Sweepstakes of
3 soya. each, for three years old and upwards, once
round and a dis,(3 Subs.), was wen in two beats by Mr.
Elvves's John of Berwick, 5 yn, 9st 51b, beating Surge,
7st 81b, and Fazeley, 9st 101 b.
The Innkeepers' Plate of 20 soya. and a Sweepstakes
of 3 soya. each, were won cleverly in two heats by
Sleeping Partner, 4 yrs, Bst Sib (Yates), beatings Phan-
tom and John of Berwick.
A Handicap of 2 Soya. each, and 15 SON'S. added; one
mile and a half, was won by Mr. Carlile's Surge, 7st
71b, beating Madam Wharton, Bst 101 b, and Cingari,
7st 101 b.

ROYAL IRISH AURIcuLruRAL EXHIBITION

IN KILLARNEY.

We have often referred with admiration to the perse- ;
vering and successful exertions of the Royal Agricul- .
tural Society, and of the Royal Dublin Society also,
during all the distress and difficulties of the past eight
years. Their annual exhibitions—latterly fully equal
to any similar displays in England or Scotland—have
given a decided impulse to agricultural enterprise. The
recent exhibition in Galway, under the auspices of the
former soaiety, afforded most gratifying evidence of
steady improvement in Connaught, which had been
not very long since in a state of utter prostration.
We are happy in being enabled to announce that the
next annual exhibition of the Agricultural Society
will take place in Killarney, and that we can con-
gratulate our friends in Kerry and the adjoining
counties upon an arrangement calculated to confer so
much advantage upon that part of the country. The
ueceesary preliminary steps for effecting that object were
taken, before the close of the Galway Exhibition, by
Mr. Pierse Mahony, with the earnest co-operation of
that sterling friend of Ireland, Mr. William Dargan, who
has gen erously volunteered to give the necessary indem-
nity to the society, on his own account for 500/. But we
are confident that the gentlemen of Kerry will gratefully
and thankfully decline his offer, which, however, has se-
cured the holding of the Cattle Show for 1853 in Kil-
larney. We have learned that Mr. St. John Jeffreys,
of Blarney. Castle, although he has not an acre in Kerry,
has joined Mr. Mahony in tendering his subscription to-
wards the indemnity fund of 5001. In short, the matter
is settled, Lind it only now remains to adopt all needful
measures l!'or rendering it completely successful. We
have some reason to believe that the Queen and Royal
Family contemplate a visit to this city during the Great
Exhibition of 1853, which owes its origin to the public
spirit and munificent enterprise of Mr. Dargan.
From the Irish capital her Majesty and her illustrious
consort might proceed, by the railway constructed by
him, to visit the far-famed scenery of Killarney, at the
opportune period of the Cattle Show. This would in-
deed be a royal progress, the very anticipation of which
would cheer the hearts of her Majesty's loyal and
devoted subjects in this portion of her realm. The Irish
and English Yacht Clubs would have it in their power to
choanytinrigbuthteeitroitihegeautstaesfutlonresisBsa3ndatgßloanrytryofßetyheanedveantt
the
greatar e deeply ee
advantagespl y
atyretnagonfadga engaged; and,ryh
toohf
e becausehacvoou nt
r ywew see
e
and r
prospect pf feelings
negts
ear-
nestlycooperation,
eaLmdecanorsdioalf
heonn"thee"pi promptth
promoting the grand object we seek to accomplish.
When our gracious Sovereign paid her first visit to
Ireland, the country was but struggling out of the diffi-
culties of a terrible famine. That period of disaster has
passed away ; and with the brighter prospects that now
open upon us, we would hail with joy the second advent
of our beloved Queen, to receive renewed pledges
of affectionate loyalty from her Irish subjects,—Dublin
Evening Post.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.
THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.— (Miles in work, 285 i
.Return of Traffic for the Week ending Aug. IS, 1852
Passengers, parcels, carriages,
horses, dogs, and mails ... £8,490 12 7
Merchandise and minerals ... 5,274 1 2
Cattle ... ... 308 9 8

Total .. ....£14,073 3 5
Corresponding week, 1851 (2414 miles)
:
Passengers, parcels, &c. £10,553 19 2
Merchandise, Cattle,&c. ... 4,229 8 3

Total ... ... ...£14,783 7 5
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles
open,)—Traffic for week ending Aug. 22, £21,137 14 11
Corresponding week in last year (260
miles open) .. ... ... ...£19,128 7 8
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY....Traffie for the
week ending Aug. 22:

RAILWAY.
Passengers, parcels, &c.
Goods ••• ••• •••

... £3,397 14 4
... 670 12 11

Total .. ... ... £4,068 7 3
STEAM-BOATS.

Passengers

TOTAL.
Passengers, parcels, &c.
Goods ... •••
•'•

... £461 0 2

... .£3,158 14 6
670 12 11
...

Total ... £4,529 7 5
Corresponding week last year ... 5,060 1 2
SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week
ending Aug 22, 1852 :
Passengers (23,203), parcels, horses,
and carriages £1,913 13 7
Goods, cattle, tkc..........824 10 0

Total .. 2,738 3 7
Corresponding week in last year... 2,316 1 2
Perth, Aug. 25, 1852.
CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.—(2O miles open)--Return
of Traffic for the week ending Aug. 21, 1852 :
Passengers, parcels, &c. . £156 12 10
Merchandise, cattle ,&c.... 25 2 1

Total ... £lBl 14 11
Corresponding week in 1851 (10 miles open) :
Passengers, parcels, &c. 35 3 1
Merchandise, cattle, &c. 0 1 3

Total ..

••. - £25 4 4

CHILD MURDER.—Last night considerable excite-
ment prevailed in the neighbourhood of the Adelphi in con-
sequence of the discovery of the body of a
by a young man of the name of William Busby,efemale infant,
on the roof
of the stables belonging to Mr. Pugh, of Salisbury
had Police-constable 129 F, who, on his a Wharf,
had notla seen any one in the Adelphi-ter race during the
he was on duty there, conveyed the body in a wrapper to
St. Martin's workhouse, and left it in charge of the officer of
that place. On examination of the body of the child several
marks were discovered which leaves little doubt that the in-
fant met its death from violence.
DIRECT LONDON AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY
(REmnicyrox's LINE).—At a meeting recently held before
the Master in Chancery (Senior) in the above matter, his
Honour, after some inquiries, directed the official manager,
Mr. Turquand, of Old Jewry Chambers, to return Cs. 3d. to
the seripholders. This order Mr. Turquand is at present
carrying into effect, so that the shareholders should imme-
diately present their scrip at his office.
FREEMASONRY IN ARDIAGEL—The freemasons in
Armsgh city arid county are resolved that the mystic craft
shall have a worthy home in that city. Arrangements are in
active progress for the erection of a hall for the brethren,
ibAveihericnhitacosusramaiiiee:ooelo)fdreetrhoefnit
hare
craft. desirous
The t:iem designateb er
for the Egl int on
Masonic Hall, in compliment to the Viceroy, who is a distin-
guishedthe borough,
the project in qu'esi't,—himself a Mason—most favourable to
Forms and other preliminaries have
aniniberal subscriptions from influential
quarters are already promised.

ZePIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS,
FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
TIMES.—In one of the Western Stares of Ame-
rica, before civilization had entirely conquered nature,
considerable annoyance was experienced from the
multitude and ferocity of the indigenous bears, and
to such a pitch did the evil arise that it was taken
under the immediate cognizance of the local Govern-
ment. With the view of accelerating the extinction
of this troublesome tribe, these authorities recurred
to the ingenious and highly popular machinery of
" bounties"--that is to say, they promised to pay fro:
the common treasury a certain sum for every bear's
head that was produced. To be sure, it was already
the interest of every man to lend his best aid to the
extirpation of a plague from which he, as well as ail
the rest, was suffering; and, if the work properly
pertained to the people, it could hardly be requisite to
pay the people for doing it. However, the terms
were published, and the coffers of the State were
pledged to a fixed premium upon slaughtered beers.
The new pursuit thus opened was followed with ala-
crity by a good many woodsmen, but to none did it
appear so profitable as to a certain citizen, highly dis-
tingui-hed for his intelligence, but not hitherto re-
markable for excellence in sportsmanship. At last
the steady and increasing supply of bears' heads
from this quarter attracted some close inquiry, when
it was discovered that the producer bed been privately
breeding the animals to a very large extent. The
" bounty" awarded by the State was sufficient to
render bears a profitable agricultural stock, and was
accordingly made instrumental in perpetuating the
identical race it was designed to extinguish. On the
practice being denounced as unlawful, and the pre-
miums being withdrawn from this home manufacture,
the proprietor, it is said, at once turned his whole
stock into the woods, and thus supplied the neighbour-
hood with rather more bears, upon the whole, than
they had enjoyed before the first experiment of
"bounties." Whether this story is either very true
or only very well imagined we are not much con-
cerned to decide, but if any reader is ieclined to dis-
miss the former supposition as intrinsically unlikely,
we can help him to a fact of the present day which is
v cry little behind the American anecdote. The
French Government pays a " bounty" upon the cap-
ture of herrings, not, indeed, with a desire to sweep
the sea of these savoury little creatures, but with
the " higher aim," as it is termed, of fostering a
hardy school of mariners. It appears that these
prize scholars repair to the British shores to fish
but, as the work comes by no means so naturally io
them as it does to us, they are in the habit of pur-
chasing herrings from our Scarborough and Yar-
mouth sailors, and presenting them for payment as
their own proper and original produce. So noto-
rious has the practice become, that overseers are now
appointed to secure the Government in fair play ; and
at this very moment a fine French steamer of war,
with a couple of tenders, is stationed off Shields—not
to protect, as Mr. Webster would express it, " the
hook and line, bob and sinker" of these honest fisher-
men, but to keep a watch over their doings, and see
that they perform the part for which they are paid.
On the whole bargain, therefore, the French Govern-
ment first pays a gratuitous " bounty" on the take of
fish, which are not taken by the alleged takers; next,
provides an encouragement extraordinary for the very
rivals which it is aiming to surpass; and, finally, in
order to stop the cheat, is obliged to find men-of-war
to prevent its own traders from defrauding its own
exchequer. A more delightful illustration of Pro-
tection it would be hard to find. This is
the species of favour for which our North Ame-
rican colonies have recently been petitioning.
It is said that their fishermen ought to have " boun-
ties ;" that is to say, that, over and above the natural
inducements to take fish for sale, there should be a
special premium on every cod's head and shoulders,
payable by the State. Nothing less, it is declared,
will put the colonists on a level with the Americans,
and maintain that " hardy school of mariners" to
which we must resort in the contingency of war.
Now, it should be understood—if, indeed, there can
be any misconceptions after the late discussion of the
subject--that the fisheries lie off our own coasts, and
not off the coasts of our neighbours ; that three miles'
apace, measured from the shore, is secured to us ab •
soiutely : and that to the more distant grounds of the
north we are many leagues nearer than the Ameri-
cans. The consequence of these advantages is that
our fishermen can employ a smaller class of vessels
than their rivals, and thereby start with a less expen-
sive outfit. The best fishing grounds lie at their
very doors, and they can use light manageable
nets with great effect. It was urged, too, by Mr.
Everett, in his note to Lord Aberdeen, that all the
rough materials of the trade—such as timber
and iron, canvass and cordage, hooks and lines—were
cheaper in the colonies than the States, and that the
former were notoriously favoured in all facilities
for salting and curing. It was in consideration, in-
deed, of the superiority thus enjoyed by the colonists
that the protective duties of the States were instituted
—an arrangement by which the Americans are sad-
dled with a halfpenny a pound on all the fish they
consume for the satisfaction of going out to fetch it
themselves instead of having it brought to their doors.
Now, with the views of the United States Government
in this respect we will not at present concern our-
selves. They have made it a duty not only to purvey
fish, but to create fishermen, and fishermen have been
forthcoming. On the other hand our colonies, it is said,
are being fast excluded from their natural avocations
under the operations of the system thus artificially
maintained, and it is proposed accordingly to set them
on their feet again by taking a leaf out of the Ameri-
can book, and protecting our seamen as well as theirs.
But, we ask, where is this competition to stop? We
may describe the whole rivalry as a race for the
working of the fisheries. The fish require men to
take them, and there is a struggle between two States
which shall supply these men. The British colonies
have the precedence of natural superiority, which the
Americans encounter by artificial encouragements
on the other side. These encouragements it is
proposed again to counterbalance by colonial
" bounties,' in which event the Americans must
Either increase their own protection or retire from
the field. They are not very likely to adopt the lat-
ter alternative, so that the only discernible result
is a race of folly which would end in making a
dish of salt fish about as costly as a haunch of New
Forest venison—a joint estimated, we believe, all
forest charges included, at the value of 1;0 guineas,
or thereabouts. But the experience of commerce is
now sufficient to prove that these artificial arrange-
ments are never desirable. If our colonies, with all
their inalienable advantages of situation and produce,
cannot find encouragement enough in the ordinary
wav of trade to practise fishing, the conclusion is, not
that fishing should be made still more attractive by
pecuniary bounties, but that some other calling must
supersede it. We need hardly say, however, that
such an event is utterly improbable. No doubt the
aweherrin fishers, even
colonists
konliisteslyto fa
wouldbeilfor tof t
gl a b oi.
unty, but they are
not The
Yarmouth
boatmen would still be t
atpremiumg of a shilling
if Holland or Denmark g bes
on every fish.
HEIIALD.—" There is no doubt," says the Times
of yesterday, " that the correct principle of taxation
is, that every one should contribute to the yearly ex-
penditure of the country in a fixed proportion to the
amount of property in his possession during that
year ;" and he informs us that he is supported in this
opinion by Mr. Farr, in his evidence before the Select
Committee of the House of Commons. We take
leave to differ from these high authorities, and shall
briefly state our reasons for so doing. A man may
possess property in land, houses, shipping, or rail-
ways, and yet the produce of such property forms
the incomes of many individuals besides himself; and,
therefore, to tax him because he is the possessor, and
allow all these others to escape taxation, would simply
be a gross injustice. "Let the tax,' says our contem.
porary, " be levied on the value: of the property, no
matter what they may be, the land in fee, a post in
Somerset House, the Treasury, skill in healing human
disorders, or in playing on the fiddle." We ask what
is the property " in possession" of the man whose income
is derived from " playing on the fiddle," or from his
" skill in healing human disorders?" What is the pro-
perty "in possession" of a man with an income of
1,000/. a year in Consols ? and what the property lc in
possession" of another who "has the reversion of rents
twenty
of 1,0001. a year after the death of another peeve',
Again, how are we to ascertain the " capitalised value
possessed
dhority on
oftalthoughthese
industriale se
incomes incomes,
may
become called
doubled
no pe r
real t y , "
value,
lhue
en,
their nominal amount in pounds sterling re-
mains the same ? How repeatedly have we been told
by the Times that the pound sterling has double the
such subjects, the editor of the Economist,
admitted
power now naonwotbteor whatalleg edit
hpiogsbse
a year
than 1 000/. year 189
now was equal to more , a-0 ;
If,
and in this we perfectly agree. therefore, by
pysouemarcrehasahsgionorg: time back that an income of 8001.
Legislative enactments, you compel the labouring
classes, who produce all our material wealth, to part
with twice as much of their labour, or the produce of
that labour, to provide the pound sterling wherewith
to pay the professional man or tax-gatherer on behalf
"
of the fundholder, and yet estimate the capitalised
value of their inherent property" (we like the phrase)
by a common rule, and tax them accordingly,
would there not be good reason to come
plain of injustice and fraud, greater even
than can betal any class under the existing
system, bad as it may be ? The really true and
equitable principle of taxation is, that every member
of a community should contribute to the public ex-
penditure of the country in proportion to the amount
of national produce or income annually received by
;
him. The Times has altogether failed to fathom the
depths of this most important subject, and to enable
us to reach the bottom we must first ascertain the
source of all incomes and if we admit this to be the
soil of this country and its dependencies, and the in-

EXCURSION TRAINS.
A speedy alteration must be made in the system o,
excursion trains, or it will become totally impossible to
pass along any of the great lines with a reasonable
amount of safety. What are passengers to do? If the
danger only menaced those who travelled by these ex-
cursion trains, we should have an easy remedy; but the
fact is that an excursion train is somewhat in the nature
of a cannon ball, which sweeps the surface of the line at
uncertain intervals, and which does not invariably share
the destruction it scatters around it on its progress.
Perhaps it would be the safest thing a passenger could
do to take his place about the centre of an excursion
train. The train by which he travels will probably run
saeloonthgetrhsewlhiniee,h hinuetythbaet wwaiiltlihgat the various
only affect the is nt
atott
Gsnom pas-
sengers in the first two or three enrrieges. It will also,
in all probability, be run into by other trains, but then
the passengers in the last two or three carriages will be
the victims of that mishap. Meanwhile, the circumspect
traveller will sit calmly in the midst of the ruin around
him, with his lint and diachylou ready for application,
and perorate at his ease against the imprudence et
those who have availed themselves of the regular
conveyances on lines which are travelled over by excur-
sion trains. The system is an outrageous one, and from
every point of view from which it may be regarded ie
obnoxious to the reproach of fraud and of a wilful dis-
regard of human life. If the companies can afford to
carry passengers at these reduced fares, why do they
not give every traveller along the line the benefit of the
reduction in price? We say if they can afford to do it
—that is, to carry out the operation with perfect se-
acuity to the passengers; for it is a highly criminal act
to run more trains along any hue of railway than the
staff of the company can properly and efficiently manage.
Now, the method by which these excursion trains aro
run at so very reduced a scale of fares is simply this:—
a particular company engages as many servants as may
be requisite for carrying on its regular business. There
is just as much to do upon any line of railway as the re-
gular servants of the company can accomplish with
reasonable security against accident. Suddenly the
thought strikes some sharp-witted member of
the board that, as there is still the perma-
nent way, the unemployed carriages and loco-
motives, and the clerks, porters, and servants
of the company, it would be a very bright idea to send
an additional number of trains along the line at reduced
fares. The mere existence of a discrepaeeY
between the
regular and the fortuitous fare will be sufficient to attract
the public. Who would not go to Manchester and
back, or to Bath and back for 55.? If there were no
other inducement, it would be enough that the toll was
for
is preposterously small. All that the company care
is that the receipts should cover the costs of the journey
and the deterioration of the rolling stock, and leave,
something of a margin over. All that remains is net
_
profit—gained, no doubt, at imminent risk of life and
limb to the public—but still it is gained. Accidentsd
with frightful frequency—but it
may occur now and then—and just now they are oc-
curring
found that the impulse which prompts pa,SengerS
avail themselves of these cheap trains is a continuous.s
one, while the terror caused by a railway trasedal
fleclt
transitory in its effect, and does not materially a
receipts.
which
The frightful accident at the Bolton station,
con-
we recorded yesterday, is a very fair instance of the
.ri
sequences which result from running excursion trainsaree
so very wanton a manner. The details of the story
given in a very few words, The L3O train from
of
Liver-
pool was due at Bolton at 7.20, but in consequence
is practicallyto
t Bolton
gross mismanagement was taco hours late. 11- me
just ou the other side of Bolton that the lice
the passengers by this train had to be sorted out—s., ,s
were going to Manchester some to Yorkshire—for lu, `z
into two. Late as this train arrived at 1301 t", itwilad
meaty, proportionately, still later. The carriages were I
been indiscriminately packed, and twenty minutes
lest in separating the Yorkshire from the Maric
passengers. " Only those persons," writes our
eta_corres-
pondent, 4, who have seen the Bolton and Preston,
set.-
tione, and have observed how far short they are omien
of
vents, and not only deficient in number, but
in
ful con-
the right stamp, can form an idea of the branches
disgraceful
train
fusion which such a scene presents." Whiled- still
of which we have just spoken was standing
there came up a second train—an excurr_ ,
cl eremps,
from Liverpool—with 36 carriages. We should, P
the first
have said that there were also 36 carriages inunext came
train. While these two were standing
thecrheester), and
up a luggage train (from Liverpool to
Man
length, or in
luggage trains are not often deficient is
a fourth
trails
general powers of obstructiveness. Thenarrivede.eleetw to
train. This was an excursion train from
0 a fifth—a
Manchester, with 25 carriages. Then
game length.
luggage train laden with timber, and of
enormousle of the line,
It is said that these five trains occupied a mil hto render
which was hopelessly blocked up. As thos mpp
thous
g ore aal-
the situation of the unfortunate
assen"er
extends along
ling, it appears that the line for this mile
a curve which is well nigh covered
in
w
was ith a series of
ve dark.
small bridges and tunnels. The night .
d at ray a
ce place
At the distance of a mile from Bolton, au ointemaii, and
called Bullfield, stands the cabin of a oat. The enor-
-250 yards beyond this cabin a
signal cPried extended
mous length of trains we have el_e.s_eee the cabin
from the station to midway b"
wero in this
and the signal post. When matterstit
dstill, a sixth
position, and all five trains at a
g r train from Liver-
train—the regular late P
' assen-inell speed. The points-
pool to Manchester—came up at toll
signal
in order to
man should have shown the light
but he
check the speed of the advancingt at a train,
quarter to 9had
quietly walked away from his p0..._
having first clean-
and it was now nearer 10 than 9
nothing e boon the or-
guished the signal light, P
as a- Peaextraordinary
dinary practice when there
was
driver of the advancing
in the condition of the line.
The
e until he arrived at
train did not sight the obstruction
the signal post—a distance of only yards from the
in ran with frightful
125
last carriage, into which his
train
smashed to pieces, and
violence. Three carriages were circumstance that
it may be considered a most fortunatewas only a luggage train
the train which was run into a
laden with timber, or we should have had to speak of
providentially, not more
far more terrible catastrophe.
r, but fifteen persons re-
than ono life is in serious danger,
i most alarming descrip-
ceived wounds and injuries of
accident, and from the
descrip-
tion. From the nature of
ol and Manchester train was
speed at which the Liverpool
travelling, we scarcely know how to express our wonder
that the consequences of the collision were not infinitely
more severe.
of the accident, obviously
The immediate cause
the .
his
post pointsman from his
enough, was the absence
of
the
signal on an evening
post and the withdrawal
~
teu upon the line. The
e
_ ine. ;
when such wild confusion oils
s to have quitted his station un-
wretched man, who seem •of
stupidity and fatigue,
der the influence of a combination of hours ft haccident
occurred suicide about a couple 3er t e
can be said of his share in
occurred, so nothing more ed scheme m
the matter. The best arrant! aytheevery now
effect and then fail in producing'
but - through
in the case of the
miscon-
duct or carelessuess of individuals;
railway company of which we are now speaking it is the
is in f ult. As long as they con-
Whole sa stem which ilai an insufficien t
tinue to work their line with or detective
staff, accidents will occur
over and
overneglect
again. The
best evidence of their mismanagement andchoke may
be found in that long mile of railway, _ up, as it
was on Monday night, with a series of overdue luggage
and excursion traius.
The first remedy that should bo
applied is the introduction of an extensive change in the
if, indeed, they
system of excursion trains, ,fares.
the regular be lowered.
abolished altogether. Let