The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-29 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN POLITICAL

SUMMARY.

The Courier of last evening, referring to the result of
last night's division in the Commons, says :—" Every
artifice that ingenuity and desperation could employ, were
most dexterously and assiduously put in requisition as snares
for th 9 Radicals; but of the many tiaps not one can
boast its rat. The Radicals were sufficiently true to
the people and to their own principles to prefer
steady, consistent, and enlightened Reformer, like
Mr. 6haw Lefevre, who agrees with them upon many
points, though he may differ with them upon a few, to a
steady, consistent, and incurable opponent of Reform,
like AI:. Geultarn, with whom they never did and never
can, while they are faithful to themselves, entertain a single
political sentiment in common. The union among the
Liberals last night was not, however, so complete ai it
might have ben; for illness depri•.-ed their cause of some
v.allus and honest co-operation, wink. accidents of another
kind interposed still further to abridge the number of the
majority."

The'Globe observes, with reference to some of the obs
jeetions urged against the Ministerial plan of education—
'. The Times yesterday repeated its objections to the nefa-
rious Whig project of education,' and declares that the
great and 'only indispensable' object of the present
Government since their accession to office has been and
is the destruction of the Established Church. Now,
we, who respect the Church and desire its safety,
feeling assured that if destroyed the danger will be front
within, not from without--front over zealous friends, not
fern concealed enemies—and roost of all from those who en-
deavour to convert it from a religious to a political insti-
tution—,how'd feel some alarm were we in the habit of be-
ing much influenced by what the Times says upon any
subject. If a grant of 30,0001. can peril so excellent an
institution, surely 60,0001. would be enough to sweep it
away altogether, and the condition on which the extreme
left' will give their support to the t' camarilla" Govern.
niont may be an inc,•ease to that amount, and the Joint es-
fnblishruent of Popery and infidelity as the State
Tnere is, too, some fear of ; and we think it very
wrong of the Times to pus naughty thoughts into people's
heads which othsrwise would not have got there."
The Standard speaks of the postponement of the Minis-
terial education scheme in the followitg- terms :—" The
this g calling itself a Government' made another exhibi-
tion of its talent for halting, last evening. The scheme'
for National Education, which was to come before the House
of Commons on Friday next, is to be postponed to Friday
jortniyht The reason for this second thought is sufficiently
notorious. Having surveyed the opposite camp, and having
also rem irked the gaps in their ow, ai ray, and the signs of
not liking the jib.' which ,ere too evident among their
followers, our courageous Ministers came to the conclusion
that it would be far from expedient to risk a general en-
gagement on Friday next; and acco, dingly the word was
given to break up and decamp, and to re-for.n 20 miles in
the rear 1 This is a beautiful specimen of the ' fresh vi-
gour' with which the Mini•try were said to be animated.'
The Times of this morning, in the course of a leading
article on the subject of the Slave Trade, makes the start-
ling assertion that it is carried on at ten times the cost of
human suffering inflicted when it was a traffic carried on
by all nation-, and subject to regulations ; and adds--
" The letters by the last mail state, that in the port of Rio
cle Janeiro, there were no less than thirty-six vessels fitting
out for this detestable traffic in human beings, as openly as
colliers in the Thames. In January last, in the port of Rio
alone, 1,042 slaves were brought in three ships ; and in
February 6,137 slaves were brought in ten ships. As the
destruction of life in these voyages, owing to the strict
precautions used against capture, is seldom less than one-
half, these transactions for one Brazilian port, and during
two months only, involve the sacrifice of more than 14,000
human beings."
The Morning Chronicle, in commenting on the Rev. R.
Wilberforce's Letter to Lord Lansdowne, on the abject
of National Education, says i--" The object of the pro-
posed grant of public money is to raise the character of
the teachers by insuring their higher degree of fitness.
But the reverend opponent deprecates the effect upon the
teachers of bestowing upon them an education which
must raise them above their present rank in life.' The
rank in life of a schoolmaster is, then, a law one in the
writer's estimation. The God-like work of training the hu-
man being, so that its developing faculties may best expand
according to the design of the Creator ; the ministery of
knowledge to the young mind, and of goodness to the
young heart ; the formation of individual character,
and through that, the elevation of national character, is, in
his view, the function of a low station, for no better reason,
so far as we can perceive, than that it is not paid for at the
rate of thousands per annum. He wants to keep the
schoolmaster humble. He would make him know his
place as a dependent upon the vicar. He will tolerate no
attainments that shall take the wind of public respect out
of the sails of the clergyman. Nothing so good as an in—
telligent schoolmaster must live too near the parsonage.
This degradation is amongst the most malignant strokes
anti education policy."
The Morning Post states that the Government Educate

tion scheme will be stoutly opposed bYalii6eestablisherr
clergy, and then goes on to praise the Archbishop of Can-
terloury for his very gentle and tolerant opposition to the
scheme :—" That it will encounter the ' determined' oppo-
sition not only of a part, but of almost all the devoted and'
serious clergy of the Establishment, we readily and grate-.
fully acknowledge. But why accuse the clergy of ' fierce-
ness' ? What is there in their conduct to justify such a
Icharge ? The opposition of the clergy to the Government.
Education scheme is headed by the Archbishop of Canter-
bury, a man who, above all men living, combines mildness:

of language and demeanour, with firm devotedness to the

principles of the National Church. Why is the opposition.
of such a man to he held up to odium as a ' fierce' oppoi,,i-
-lion? Why, but that the Radical party finds it more co n-
venient to impose upon the ignorant by falsehood than to
convince the intelligent by the arguments of truth a ad
soberness."

The Morning Advertiser remarks, in reference to thee
Ministerial Education scheme We have been not a
little amused by the depreciation, on the part of one of our
Liberal allies, of the idea that Education is to he a party
question. There are two reasons why it should be so
treated ;—one, that the Tories will have it so—being
steadily resolved that no good shall be done while maudlin
Liberals and milk.and.water politicians give them the
power of preventing it ;—and the other, that whether tee
Tories so treet the matter or not, there is that essential dif-
ference between the parties that it is impossible it shotat3
be otherwise."
The Morning Herald thus speaks of the Anti.Edu ca-
tion Meeting- which took place yesterday at Willi s's
Rcoms We merely wish to direct attention to the im-
portant meeting for the promotion of National EducAttori
on the principles of the Established Church, which was
e'd at Willis's Rooms yesterday, and a report of which
appears in our columns. The list of influential names
comained in that report, the ',umbers who were present,
and the numbers who were prevented from being present
by want of accommodation, all concur in proving that a
spirit is now at work which must be fatal to the Govern.
meat measure."

gsycot di &Armen Gazette truly says, "all
-ofilt. Scotland, and Ireland are resounding her •
g re
proses. :Every important city and town in the em ire aT
now sendltspi
up addresses to the Queen, thanking her
.or
her late gi..riousspirit of independence..

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

ASCOT RACES.-TUESDAY.

In our annual_... notices of these popular races we have
seldom omitted to point out the necessity of a grand
stand, an accomodation so indispensible in hot, dusty, or
rainy weather, that it is astonishing it has not sooner
been provided ; the delay is made the more unaccountable
by the fact that, as a speculation, it could not fail to suc-
ceed. However, " better late than never"—the stand
is now erected, and if not quite complete in
all its internal embellishments, is sufficiently so for
the accommodation and comfort of the visitors.
A short account of it in its rise and progress will not be
out of place here. It is built by one hundred shares of
1001. each, of which 5/. are to be paid off every year, so
that, at the end of twenty years, it will be free of all
charge, and will be appropriated solely to the benefit of
the races, under the trusteeship of Lord Errol, Cap-
tain Seymour, T. R. Ward, Esq., and M. Gilbertson,
Esq. In the meantime the sharholders will reeeive
five per cent. in addition to a bonus out of the
profits ; the remainder, after paying off the 5/. shares,
will be applicable to the purposes of the race fund. It
stands between the Queen's and the old betting stand,
occupying the site formerly appropriated to six or seven
wooden stands Its elevation from the ground is 52
feet, its length 971 feet, or, including the balcony, which
extends beyond the building, 121 feet. The drawing-
' room, or grand floor, is 90 feet in length, and is provided
with ten rows of benches, placed above each other ;
both in front and at the ends of the room the win-
dows extend from the ceiling to the floor. The roof is
leaded, and will accommodate nearly 1,800 persons ; we
should have stated that the grand floor will hold ten or twelve
hundred. There are several refreshment, retiring, and play
rooms ; in fact, the conveniences are infinitely more
numerous and complete than at any other building of the
kind we have yet seen. A very handsome balcony, sup-
ported by Corinthian pillars, extends the whole length of the
building, the colonnade beneath it affording shelter from
damp, rain, or heat to those who, for the convenience of
betting, prefer the basement. The only entrance is at the
back of the building, under an elegant colonnade, the car-
riage approach to which is by the Great Reading road.
To prevent confusion there arc distinct staircases to
the grand floor and the roof. The building is thrown
well back, and as the straight course in front has
been carried out about thirty feet, the turn from the
old mile into the straight running is vastly improved.
There is another improvement connected with it which
ought not to be passed over. Those who have
been in the habt of attending these races must have no-
ticed and perhaps felt the annoyance occasioned by the
formation of the betting-ring right in the centre of the
course—to remedy this, and accommodate the specu-
lators themselves, a space of fitty-five feet from the rail-
ing to the colonnade has been enclosed in front of the
Grand Stand for the wie of betting men and
others wh, have paid for admission to the latter—the
ring is formed here, and business is carried on with-
out requiring the services of tne police to disperse
ther.a, as was the case when they were driven to the sorry
accommodation of the old betting stand ; there is also a
spacious room appropriated to their use on the basement
fl‘bor should the weather reader shelter desirable. The
general appearance of the stand is light and elegant in the
extreme, but there is one grand fault—the seats in the
principal floor and on the roof are not sufficiently elevated
above each other to permit a good view to all. This, we
bear, will be altered by next season.
We shall dismiss this portion of our subject by stating
that the extent of patronage bestowed upon the new build.
tag yesterday, proved that we were right in looking to it as
a. desideratum. The grand floor was full of well-dressed
females, whose beauty and elegance were not concealed
by the heavy architecture which disfigures many other
buildings of a similar character. The leads were pa.
tr onized by hundreds, and the betting and play rooms
w ere as Lull of animation as the mania f-r specu-
lation could make them —in two ways, the com-
p; my yesterday proved incontestibly that the invest.
re ent will be as profitable to the shareholders as it is ac-
ciTtable to the public. The minor stands, under which
head we must now class the old betting one, did not appear
to suffer much from their stupendous rival; their receipts,
we understand, were satisfactory.
By one o'clock the assemblage on the heath had as-
sttmed an appearance which proved that the races had
not lost their wonted interest ; the promenades were
as numerous and as fashionable as ever; the carriage
enclosure was nearly full, and the stands, great and
small, presented a display of rank and fashion highly
gratifying. All now were on the qui vice for the arrival
of the Queen and her illustrious visitors, but it was
not until twenty minutes past one that their impatience was
ga-atified by a glimpse of the royal liveries at the commence.
ment of the new mile. In a few minutes the procession ap.
proached the grand stand ; it consisted of 11 carriages and
four, beaded by the Earl of Errol and the customary out-
rid,2rs. Her Majesty was greeted with cheers from all parts
of the course, and a similar compliment was offered her il-
lusteions visitors; these greetings were repeated when her
Majesty appeared at the window of the royal stand, and were
acknowledged with her Majesty's accustomed affabilly and
grave. Her Majesty was accompanied in her carriage
..by her august Mother, his imperial Highness the He-
reditary Grand Duke of Russia, and his Royal Highness
.Prince William Henry of the Netherlands. In the
next carriage were the Prince and Princess Leiningen,
Lady Litteton, and the Earl of A Ibeinarle. The other
.marriages conveyed the Princes Dolgorouky, Bariatinsky,
and Jouhrousky, Count and Countess Woron-
z,w, Count Tolstoy, Count Bentinek, Count Or-
) off. Countess Potot-ka, Earl and Countess of Ux-
I ridge, and their daughters, the Ladies Eleanor and
(...!otistance Paget, Countess Cowper, Col. Yourjvitch,
L aiy Flora Hastings, Lady Fanny Cowper. Lord Ful-
Ig ail, Lord Torrington, General Kaveline, Baroness Leh-
izen, lion. G. S. Byng, Miss Paget, Mrs. Campbell, Hen.
Miss Anson, Colonel Berkeley, Major Keppel„ll. Patkui,
Mini, Littleton, &e.

Her Majesty took her departure after the rare for the
Vasc, accompanied by her Royal guests and suite. Be-
sides the noble and distinguished personages included in
in th e Royal party, there were on the course the follow-
ing tr. embers of the fashionable world :
ke And Duchess of Beaufort, Duke of Rutland, Mar-
quis Exett.r, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Earl of
Wilton, Earl of L,chfirld, Earl Stradbroke, Earl of Jer-
sey, Earl of March ; Lords Villiers, G. Bentinek, Jocelyn,
Brid port and Lar4v, Andover, Russlyn, G. Lennox, C.
Man ners, Rivers, W. Paulett ; Sirs J. Shelley, G. Dom-
vine and Laity D. Baird ; Honourables, G. Anson and
Lad v, A Villiers, J. Villiers, H. Rous, J. Macdonald,
Hot; F. Baring, Hon. Miss Hood, General Grosvenor,
F. Betkeley; Colonels Chaloner and Peel; Messrs. Gre
vine, Thornhill, jun., F. Craven, Shelley, Portman, M.
Foulis, Worrall, Crommelin, Seymour, F. Charlton,
Payne, Hunter, S. Stanley, Biggs, J. Stanley.
Before entering into details of the sport, we should
state that the Police arrangements were on the same ex.
tensive, scale as usual, and not less effective. Sir F. Roe
was in attendance at the Royal Stand, having under him,
Messrs. Gardiner, Leadbitter, and Fletcher. The police
were under the control of Superintendents May (A) and
and Grimsell ( L), and Inspectors Pearce (A) and Rus-
sell (A). Their exertions, in keeping the course and
preventing disorder, were perfectly successful. Imme-
diately after the the arrival of her Majesty the start took
place for the first race, which came off as follows :
.Her Majesty's Plate of One Hundred Guineas; 3 yrs.
'7st. 21b. ; 4 yrs, 9st. 21b. ; 5 yrs, 10st.; 6 yrs and
;aged, lOst. 51b. From the New Mile-post, once round

:and in.
Mr. Pettit's St. Francis, 4 yrs ( Conelly) 1
Lord Westminster's Sleight-of- Hand, 3 yrs . . 2
Lord Albemarle's Domino, 3 yrs 3
Mr. Bowes's Epirus, 5 yrs... 4

Lord Exeter's Adrian, 5 yrs 5
Lord G. BentiAck's Grey Moms, 4 yrs
Cap tarn Gardnor's b. c. by Rowton, out of Bustle, 3 yrs 0
Mr. Balchin's Launehawdy, 4 yrs 0
A bout an hour before starting, Lord Geo. Bentinck de-
clare d that his horse would start, but that as be was cough-
ing, the jockey would pull him up the moment he was
beater 1.

The' betting had previously been slight at even on him ;
it was now changed to 2to 1 agst him (taken)-3 to 1
agst St. Francis-4 to 1 agst Sleight of Hand— and 4to 1
agst Epirus. Grey Momus went off with the lead at a
good pace, followed by Epirus and St. Francis, on
either side to the Royal Stand, where the second place
was fiLled by Epirus. At the first turn Adrian
displaced Epirus, who contented himself with
the next position, St. Francis still following him. At the
old mile-turn Adrian and St. Francis challenged the Grey,
and ran at his side to the road, where Adrian declined.
The Grey mainta;ned his lead till within a distance of
home, where he was beaten. St. Francis immediately took
up the running, followed by Sleight of Hand and Domino,
kept them at his stern to the end, and won cleverly by a
length. Domino was a good third ; Grey Momus, the
Bustle colt, and Launchaway did not pass the post.
The Ascot Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft , and only 5,
&c., with 100 added. Second to receive 50 sevs. out
of the stakes. Two miles and a half-43 Subscribers,
22 of whom declared.
Mr. Forth's ch. f. by Merchant. out of Turquoise, a fea-
ther (a lad)
Mr. Dolphin's The Skater, 6 years, 7st. 51b... ........ ... 2
Mr. Dixon's Hyllus, 3 yrs. 5.t. 101 b 3
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Colman's Calmuck, 6 yrs, Bst 131 b; Lord Chesterfield's
Industry, 4 yrs, Bst , Lord Jersey's Joannina, 4 yrs, 7st
61b ; Mr. Shelley's Bay Hampton, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ; Mr.
Garrard's Coroborough. 5 yrs, 6.t 13Ih ; Fulwar Craven's
I wish-you-may-get-it, 4 yrs. Est 13Ib ; Mr. Faulconer's
Slender, 4 yrs, 6st 11lb ; Lord Aib,rnarl. 's Bullcalf, 4
yrs, 65,; Duke of Richmond's Gitifusionee, 3 yrs, sst.
Betting-7 to 2 agst Industry (taken)-9 to 2 agst
Joannina-6 to 1 agst Bullcalf-10 to 1 agst The Skat r
—lO to 1 apt I-wish-you-tray-get- it-12 to 1 agst Cal.
muck-12 to 1 agst Turquoise—and 100 to 8 agst Slender.
Bullcalf and Slender started nearly abreast, followed by
Hyllus and Corriborough, with the crowd close at their
heels; their positions were preserved with little variation
to the Swinley starting-pest, the first two still keeeping
abreast, and even then, the only difference that we could ob-
serve being that The Skater, Confusionee, and Bay Hampton
were now lying forward. At the road which crosses the
course just before the straight running, Bullcalf and Slen-
der died away, their places being supplied by The Skater
anit.l Bay Hampton, who alternated the lead till they had
corn pleted the turn, when Bay Hampton shut up. Hyllus
and the Turquoise filly now challenged the Skater, the three
being quite clear of everything else in the race, the struggle
home was beautiful, the feather beating The Skater by a
neck, and Hillus b.: half a length only. I.wish-you-may-
get-it was a bad fourth. The little fellow who rode th
winner displayed remarkable patience and ability. e
The Ascot Derby Stakes of 50 sous. each, h. ft. ; for
3 yr old colts, Bst. 61b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b.; the winner of
the Derby 51b. extra. Swindley post in. 17 subs.
Mr. W. Ridsdale's Bloomsbury (51b. extra)
Lord Lichfield's bl. c. The Corsair '
2
Lord Exeter's ch. f. Macremma
5 to 4 on Bloomsbury.

The Corsair cut nut the work, or rather the play, for
vork it was not, till they entered the straight run-
n:ng, where Bloomsbury challenged, and the pace be-
ewe something like a racing one. The contest home
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was interesting, and although the winner of the Epsom
Derby added its namesake of Ascot to its wreath, it was
not without a taste of the whip—he won by half a length;
Macremma was nowhere. Lord Lichfield has objected to
Bloomsbury, as we stated yesterday.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. ; for 2 yr old colts,
Bst. 91b. ; fillies. Bst. 31b. Last three quarters of the
new mile. 7 subs.
Lord Exeter's c. Stamboul, by Reveller, out of Ga-
lata Darling 1
Earl Grosvenor's f. Diploma
Lord Albemarle's b. f. Clove

Even on Diploma, and 6t04 on Stamboul. Diploma
had the honour of leading the van at a slow pace, and
looked amazingly like a winner to the distance, where
Stamboul went to her, and she gave up almost instanter.
At the stand Stamboul was left to himself, and he won
easy by a length and a half.
Her Majesty's Gold Vase, added to a sweepstakes of
20 sous. each. For 3 yrs old, 7st. 31b. ; 4 yrs, 9st. ;
5 yrs, 9st. 71b ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st. 91b. Two miles. M.
and g. allowed 31b. Horses that have never won, or
received 100 gs. for running second, before starting al-
lowed as follows:-3 yrs 41b., 4 yrs. 71b. ; 5 yrs.
121 b. ; 6 yrs and aged, 1816. ; winners of matches
and only considered as maiden; the 'win-
ners of the Derby and St. Leger of 1338 ..nd
1839, 101 b• extra; the winners in 1838 or 1839 of the
Oaks, Ascot, and Goodwood cups, Riddlesworth 2,000
guinea Stakes, Newmarket Stake 3, and the second horses
in the Derby and Great St. Leger, to carry four pounds
extra. Extra weights for winning not to accumulate.—
Ten subs.

Mr. Thornhill's Mendizat,al, 6 yrs (Conolly) 1
Mr. Rayner's Quo Minus, 4 yrs
Lord Exeter's Atemdar, 4 yrs
Duke of Richmond's f. Confusionee, 3 yrs
2 to 1 on Mendizabal (tk.) and 3 to 1 agst Qub Minus (tk.)
Confusionee lead to the first turn, where Aleindar took up
the running, and with the filly for a second, carripd it on
to the distance, whore the favourite dispossessed her of the
lead, defeated Quo Minus's, or rather, Robinson's push at
the finish, and won by half a length.
The St. James's Palace Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. ;
for colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41b. Old Mile. Seven
Subscribers.
Mr. Thornhill's Euclid (Conolly) 1

Lord Exeter's c. by Sultan, out of Velvet
Any odds on Euclid, who won easy by two lengths
A Plate of 501_ ; 3 yrs, 7st. 101 b. ; 4 yrs, Bst. 91b ; 5
yrs, 9st. 31b. ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st. 91b.; m. and g al-
lowed 31b. Th e winner to Le sold for 100, &c. Three
quarters of a mi le,
Capt. Gardner's Dchiltree, 4 yrs Pelvis 1
Mr. Bulkeley's c. by Actaeon, out of Christabel ... 2
Mr. Shelley's Grdd, 4 yrs . /3
2 to 1 on Ocra iltree, who made all the running, and won
cleverly by half a length.
Owing to a want of punctuality in running the races,
this plate was not decided until 20 minutes to six o'clock,
instead of half-13,15t four, as advertised ; this is one hour
and a half too late for a race course 24 miles from Hyde-
park Corner.

SHIPPING INTELLWENCE.
(LLOYD'S.) ,2

CUSTOM-HOUSE, MAY 28.

Entered Inwards.—Coq, Harsait, Cherbourg ' • Jaine,
Aristide, Brette-villais ; Le Jama, Chanilon, Nantes;
Maria, Cyder, Guernsey ; Francis and Romulus, Vella,
Trieste and Malta; Cunningham, Gladson, Odessa; St.
Leonard, Redwood, Dunkirk ; Mayflower, Headly, Ho-
bart Town; Marys, Law, Bahia; West Indian, Simpson,
Jamaica ; Prinoess San Josephine, Moller, Stockholm ;
Frau Margaretha, Ammerman, Brake; Dispatch, Gruzu-
lier, Santander ; Amirabile, Souza, Venice ; Dominica,
Pearson, Anti:pia.
Entered Outwards.—The Menai, Phillips, for Ostend ;
Margaret'', Preston, Gibraltar and Cadiz; Emerald,
Neilson, St. Vincent ; Caledonia, Cheesman, Hamburg ;
o=-car, Barrett, Gibraltar and Cadiz; Brankenmoor,
Smith, South Australia ; Edward Pubinson, Parsons,
Calcutta ; General Brock, Leath, Cape Coast Castle ;
Soho, Whitcoinbe, Antwerp ; Britannia, Straurick, Havre ;
Ludlow, Thom , Montreal ; Harlequin, King, Boulogna ;
Ramona, Middleton, Calais ; Hope, Ackham, Sydney ;
London, Tait, Cape of Good Hope.
Cleared out. with Cargo—The Miranda, Johnson, An
tigua ; Amelia Thompson, Dawson. Sydney; Caledonia,
Cleisman, Plaza burgh ; Tancred, Adamson, St. Lucia ;
Neptune, Feyer, Emden; Toronto, Greiswold, New Y,•*l; ;
Prince Saxe Co burg, Ladd. Rotterdam ; Attwood, -
jor, ditto ; Vanguard, Walker, Singapore and I),n aig;
Peace, Bucken, Antwerp ; Menai, Phillips, o.itenu ;
Orynthia, Telford, Demerara, and Hondurus.

Cleared out in Ballast—The Scotch Lass, Kearny, Co-
penhagen ; Friendship, Par,:all, Archangel ; London,
Hudson, ditto; Dorothy, Robinson, R.ga; Providence,
Peacock, Que bee ; Eliza, Way, Newfoundland Co-
quette, Read, Antigua.

FATAL OCCURRENCE.—Iesterday morning an
accident by which one man was killed, nod another dread-
fully injured, occurred at he brew-house of Messrs. Truman
and Co., in Brie; Spital•fields. They were about to
repair the paveme tit in one of the buildings in which 20 im_
mense vats are ranged in two rows of 10 each, raised abou
five feet from the ground. The unfortunate deceased, Wm.
Turner, was the mason, who about half-past six was prepa-
ring to relay the stones under the first of the vats, which is
str.ted to have co ntained a quantity of beer equal to 200
barrels; and the foreman of the works, named Coe, was
near him giving directions when en iron support of the vat
broke, and it sunk'. to the ground, crushing the barrel be-
neath its enormous weight, and causing the instantaneous
death of Turner. Coe was severely injured, and was con-
-1 vexed to the Lond on Hospital.

THE CROPS.—We are delighted to hear from
' several respectable agriculturists in various parts the
county, that the apple blossom was not so seriously injured
by the unseasonable frost last week as they had anticipated,
The accounts are highly favourable with regard to the
growth and general appearance of the corn.— Western
Luminary.

TUMULT IN GLAsuoW.—Thursday having
been appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's birth,
the soldiers in garrison here fired Vett de joie in honour
of the occasion, and the shops were pretty genera:ly
closed during the afternoon along the principal streets,
while flags and branches of trees decorated the
windows of the extra loyal. There was a boat-
race or, the Clyde, betwixt six and seven, which at-
tracted a considerable crowd. Many of the citizens were
struck and grossly abused in the vicinity of the Cross,
the common method of annoyance being to tear their coats
to pieces and destroy their hats. A great number of
rioters were apprehended, some of whom, on being taken
to the office, were found to have their pockets filled with
stones. About half-past ten o'clock two hundred miscre-
ants armed with :stobs marched up from the green with
furious cries, for the purpose of creating a disturbance.
Seeing that real. .langer was now very probable, Captain
Miller, with a s'crung force, rushed in and succeeded in
capturing about two cart loads of the weapons, amidst
the cheers of the more peaceably disposed portion of
the crowd. We are sorry to state, however, that he re-
ceived a severe wound near the eye with a stone during the
affair. The Magistrates, Dean of Guild, and some of the
Commissioners of Police were _in attendance in the office
during the evening, assisting with their advice. Many of the
officers were severely struck and maltreated. Their con-
duct altogether is described as having been most cool and
determined. A great number of the public lamps
in Gallowgate and London-street have been broken.
In the police-court yesterday (Friday) a vast number of the
fellows apprehended on the previous evening for maltreat-
ing the respectable inhabitants, assaulting the officers, and
breaking lamps, t vere convened before Bailies Kidston and
Lcadbetter, when , after a patient investigation, 25 of them
were found guilty , and sentenced as follows, according to
their degrees of delinquency, viz.—four to 30 days' con-
finement in Bride well ; 11 fined in two guineas each ; nine
one guinea; and one bs. The remainder were remanded.
_Glasgow Constitutional.

AWFUL VISITATION.—A few days since a
man wbo is known in the eastern part of the metropolis by
the name of Ly ing Tom, and who obtains a living by
shipping sailors and boarding and lodging them, in other
words, " a crimp," was standing on the pier-head of the
new entrance to the London Dock, at Shadwell, waiting
for a ship which he expected would arrive that day, when
he observed to a person standing by, " my eyes, she
won't be up to-day." He had no sooner uttered the
words than he put his hand up to his face and exclaimed,
" Oh ! my eye is out," and appeared in the grei test pain.
A waterman, 'as med James Forfar, believing he was jest-
ing, told him to put his eye in again, but on looking at his
face he was horror-struck at finding that one of thspan's
eyes bad started from the socket and had fallen upon his
cheek. He was advised to obtain immediate surgical as-
sistance, but before he left the pier-head he endeavoured
to replace the eye in its original position. He is now
confined to his room at his abode in Old Gravel-lane, St.
George's East, and, it is feared, will lose the sight of both
eyes. He is said to be notorious in the district as a liar,
and from this be had obtained the soubriquet of " Lying
Tom." The- occurrence is the subject of general conver-
sation in the neighbourhood of the docks.
A TEETOTALLER IN HIS CUPS.—At the
Town Hall on Monday Mr. R. Waterhouse, who not only
styles himself a teetotaller, but a "professing Christian,
or religious character," was charged with being found dead
drunk, lying on his back in the street. He was removed to
the station-house. The defendant assured the Magistrates
that he never drank spirits. All thts arose from a bilious
attack. He was seized with the attack, and, to ease his
pain, he took medicinally a small quantity of brandy, which
overcame him. Despite his assurances of abstineuce and
sanctity, the bench fined him ss. for being drunk.
ETON COLLEGE ABUSES.—We some time
ince noticed a question on the Law of Marriage, likely tos
undergo a legal inquiry, concerning a privilege claimei by
the Provost, and we believe exercised at Eton for nearly
a century past--the refusal to marry by any other than
his own license. The cause, from the t;me we first no-
ticed it, has been proceeding until within these few days,
when the Rev. Dr. Goodall, having discovered iris error,
wrote an apo!ogizinsr letter to the Archbishop, who has
consented to stay all further proceedings upon his promis-
ing never to offend in like manner again.—Reading Alen
SIR WILLIAM FOLLETT.—We learn that
the health of this distinguished advocate is so far restored
as to require only a temporary, but, for the time, total ab-
stinence from business to effect an entire restoration ; and
that, with that view, he has been advised to go abroad for
some time, as the only means of escaping the tempting
urgency of clients.

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LLANELLY RAILWAY.—This line will be
opened from Llanelly up to Llandebie, 16 mile=, in July,
and the mineral produce abcunding in this district will be
brought down to the harbour.—Cantbriari.

On the 17th inst., at Edinburgh, the Rev.
Archibald Alison. LL. 8., F. R S., and F. R. S. E. Sonior
Minister of St. Paul's Chapel, Edinburgh, Prebendary
of Sarum, &c., in the 82d year of his age. Author of
Escay on Taste," and several volumes of Sermons. He
was an eloquent preacher, a man of great learning, and
elegant acquirements, and much respected and beloved by
an extensive circle of friends and acquaintances.