The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-25 00:00:00

COURT CIE:Ci;.L.I.n.

WINDSOR, THURSDAY.—The Hon. W. Cooper left
the Castle yesterday, and the Hon. Miss Paget took
her departure to-day.
The review of the troops in the Home Park did not
take place to-day, as was intended, the weather proving
eery unfavourable.
The Royal Dinner party at the Castle this evening
is expected to include her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, their Serene Highnesses the Princes Ernest and
Albert of Saxe Coburg, Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount Mel-
bourne, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Hill, Hon. Miss Pitt,
Ron. Misses Lyttleton, Col. Reid of the Life Guards, Col.
Townsend of the 1-Ith. Col. Brown of the Rifles, Major
Irton, Captain Hill, Captain Fletcher, Lady LyttletoA,
Lady C. Dundas, Hon. Miss Cocks, Lady C. Barring-
ton, Baroness Lehzcn, Viscount Falkland Count Kole-
Wrath, Baron Alvensleben, Hon. C. A. Murray, Sir F.
Stovin, Lord A. Paget, and the Hon. Coi. Grey.

Lady Anne Maria Dawson, ister of the Earl of
Portarlington, has been appointed a Lady of the Bed-
chamber to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent.
Mr. Hudson and •Mr. Proctor had an interview wish
the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his offi-
cial residence in Downing-street, on the subject of the
tobacco trade.
The Lord Chancellor came to town yesterday from
his residence at Copse Hill.
The Spanish Minister transacted business yesterday
at the Foreign-office.
Dispatches from Genera Napier, Governor of the
Cape of Good Hope, were received yesterday at the
Colonial•office. Dispatches were also received from
the Governor of Sierra Lecne.

FASHIONABLE IN TELLIGEN CE•

ARRIVALS.
Captain and Mrs. Hamilton Ward, at the Sackville
Hotel, Sackville.strcet, from Wiesbaden; Gen. Murray-,
at ditto ; the Hon. Col. Leicester Stanhope, C. B. ;
Lord Western, from Felix Hall, Essex; the Hon. Wm.
Bathurst ; Lord and Lady Lyttleton; the Hon. Major
and Lady Augusta Baring; Lord and Lady Sydney ;
Lord John Fitzroy; Lady Mary Keith, at Mivart's Hotel,
Brooke-street, from Scotland; the Hon, W. Cowp'r,
1!1 Stanhope street, from Windsor Castle ; Viscount Vtl
hers, in Berkeley-square, from Cambric4reshire ; Count
Baptiste Metaxa, from Cheltenham ; the Hon. Captain
and Lady Mary Hood, in Hanover-square, from East.
nampbtead Park, Berks; Lord Lynedoch, in Stratton-
street, from Herts; Lord and Lady Langdale ; Lord
Denman; Colonel Hornby ; the Hon. Col. Geo. Anson ;
Sir John and Lady Coleridge; Admiral Sir Edward
c?drington, G. C. B. ; Mm. Sir Geo. 11artin, G. C B. ;
Right Hon. Richard Lalor Shiel ; Mr. De Horsey, M. P. ;
pght Hon. Sir Henry Parnell, M. P. ; Lord and Lady
4elnima Eliot ; Lieutenant- Col. Yorke ; Right Hon. Sir
Alexander Johnstone ; Lord Carrington ; Right Hon. Sir
John Bosanquet; Mrs. Wescomb, Miss Wescomb, Miss
Bullock, and Mr. Douglas, at Long's Hotel, Bond-street,
from the Grove, Witham. Essex ; Mr. and Mrs. Bythe
sea, at ditto, from Staple-hill, Freshfield, Bath; Count
Esterhazy, at ditto, from a tour; Mr. Macfarlane, at ditto,
front Liverpool • Mr. Campbell, at ditto, from ditto; Le
bile de Sallo, and' M. Cotonna, at ditto, from the Con-
tinent.

DEPARTURES.
Mrs. Sherburg, from the Sackville Hotel, Sackville-
atreet, for Warwick; Mr. Butt and the Misses Edwards,
~,,from ditto, for Stone, near Newcastle ; Captain and Mrs.
'-;righton, from ditto; the Marquis of Salisbury and Lori
Cranborne, for Hatfield House ; the Countess de Solis,
,or Dover; Lieutenant-Colonel Raikes ; U. Ashton,
'IN.; Colonel and Mrs. Ogden, at Long's Hotel, Bond-
:greet, for Liverpool; Mr. Halkett, from ditto, for So-
Inerset ; Mr. and Mrs. Scarficld, from ditto, for the Con.
tinent ; Mr. Armstrong, from ditto, for Paris; Mr.
:3kearatine, from ditto, for ditto; Lord Lyttleton, from
l'iliVart's Hotel, Brook-street, for his seat, Hagley Palk,
Worcestershire; the Duchess of Bedford, from ditto, for
Oakley House, Bedfordshire ; Lord S.y and Sole, from
ditto, on a tour • the Hon. Francis and Mrs. Baring, from
ditto, for Brighton; Lord Cremorne, from his house, in
reat Stanhope.street, for Dawson-grove, Ireland; Sir
Jc 41n Campbell, for the north: Vice-Admiral Sir William
H all Gage; Lord Abergavenny, for Eridge Castle; Lady
liCalcolm, for Warfield Lodge ; Mrs. Vesey, for Hampton
eourt Palace ; Robert Gordon, Esq , M.P., for Dorset-
a hire ; Mr. Escourt, M. P., and Miss Eatcourt, for Rome ;
4:Major and Mrs. Montagu, for Paris ; Mr. Tepden Hodges,
0r Kent ; the Duke of illmitros, for Buchanan Castle,
; Lord Charles Pelham Clinton, fur Cromer; Mr.
Vernon Smith, M. P , for Northamptonshire; William
Iglscton, Esq., for Norfolk.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
1 ttf Cambridge, and Princess Augusta of Cambridge
"ill arrive at Cambridge House on Monday next, from
Cliatsworth, the seat of the Duke of Devonshire.
His ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE GEORGE OF
a_kMBRIDGE,—His Royal Highness is expected at
C umbridge House on Tuesday next, from a tour of
47 ltrly two years on the Continent. Orders have been
4.„4 en to prepare for his reception on that day, and the
Du ke and Duchess of Cambridge have arranged to be
41 t own to welcome their son.
f ~ ',Vhe Duke and Duchess of Somerset remain at
'toxier House, their seat in Devon, and will probably
~‘u
in Lin there until January, when the Noble Duke and
A-) 'hese return to town for the season.
m• Tie Countess Dowager of Carnwath has arrived
L . `"`" from Ayrshire, Where her Ladyship has been
stay ~..
me since the festivities of Egliaton.
Tile Countess of Jersey is visiting the Duke of
Devonshire, at Chatsworth, during the visit of their
Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess and Princess
jt!lgus!a of Cambridge.
His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury left
Addington Park, his seat near Croydon, on Wednesday
noreit.---, for Stanmer Park, the seat of the Earl and
~‘'out.tess of Chichester, in Sussex. His Grace was to
l'ave consecrated a new church in that neighbourhood
esterday morning.
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, have left
'Chesterfield House for the Earl's hunting,- box, in Not-
' lingharnshire, where the Earl and Countess intend to
I ;Pass the winter, the intended sojourn at Paris being
Igiten up.
Lord Ashburton has left the Grange, the family
!eat in Hants, for a tour of his recently purchased estates
'al Devonshire. His Lordship returns to Hampshire
-next week.
.ARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-011 Tuesday
jest, at Hanmer, Lord Charles Lennox Kerr, brother
..°I. the Marquis of Lothian, to Miss Hanmer, sister
.431 Sir John Hanmer, Bart. The Rev. John Murray
'°lRe„.i4ted at the ceremony, and a select party was present
'4", tar, solemnisation.
, IN Ere POLICE ARRANGENIENTS.—aI Thurs-
day instructions to the following effect were issued to all
the divisions of police. The duties of providing bag-
gage waggons or other conveyances for troops, and of
teilfetting soldiers, are in future to be undertaken by the
'elation-house
and the superintendents are to keep in every
station-'house in their respective districts accurate lists
'Of the persons from whom baggage-waggons, &e., are
10 be obtained, and of licensed victuallers and others
'upon whom soldiers arc to be billetted, specifying in the
Batter cases the places at which soldiers are already quar-
tered. Very precise directions are given for ensuring a
fair and equal distribution of the burden amongst those
fable to it, and for so keeping the lists that upon the ap-
plication of the military at the station-house their quarters
Will be ascertained without further difficulty. These
idsuties have hitherto been performed by parochial con-
',,43les under the orders of the high-constable in every
'4'3ttict. In another matter it is directed, that brokers
i'44 tiPpraisers, as well as all constables, must now be
e-:°"1 in by the Commissioners of Police or their offie
li";17, :.copies of the New Testament and of the Hebrew
''.a are to be kept at the station-houses, and in every
cgs''' of distraint a police constable or officer sent to the
, itl'iet e to
,t, swear the appraiser to a just valuation of the
-e°ls°"' seized. The appraiser, if a Catholic, to be sworn
,ior°,:l a testament marked with the cross ; and if a
,' 0-'`uPon the Bible, in the appointed form.
L D T-1
t ....RIMY REDIVI vus.—Drury-laneTheatre
tb ° he' opened on Saturday by Mr. Hammond, late
st° In wager of the Strand Theatre. He has for
ir,:e.4l weeks had more than a hundred workmen rout-
-14°14 every dirty corner of the establishment, and has
firvtas_t,
.succeeded in. cleansing this Augean stable. The
,tit. "Diem that strikes attention is the stage e this is
et, 1/:elY new, and instead of the old circular or half-
th°tln e'happ, it is now brought fire feet farther towards
lic) inksch;ence, and in a direct line with the extreme
th, the reby brineinff the performers into the body of
:"nse. To effec't t7his improvement two seats of the
pui),?r Parts elf them, are necessarily sacrificed, but the
th it must derive all the advantages of the alteration,
op t gives the singer. or actor of weak voice a fair
43,Portunit-
m yof being heard. The new stage was laid
dere--..d r. Brecknell, of the Strand, and may be consi-
tOrn a chef d'cruvre, the thousand pieces of which it ie
le„hel:4)sed being as true a.s the best made biliard table.
cam stalls in the dress circle are of stamped moreen,
teijered Expressly for the purpose from Leeds. The
%vats in front of' all the boxes are of crimson striped, and.
the °red silk taberet. Every door in the house, of which
,otle are upwards of fifty, has been covered with criin
are enir,h, except. the Queen's state apartments, which
.
siEl ;,', ght scarlet. In the lobbies and the splendid
env we noticed the various lounges and ottomans are
' tole red •
with rich green damask, trimmed with gold
v „tired cold. Messrs. Burnett, of the Piazza, Co-
t:,:i-itgarden, executed the work, and supplied the ma-
teli4,2 of the foregoing ; whilst Mr. Foulkes, of
.Ruie•
thox-;i.re,t.
w° understand, will decorate the private
the s• The cupola of this beautiful building is one, 1
lehi4finst chaste description, and being.nove cleansed,
Zrland iiit has not been for the last sixteen years, the
eel• 0,,--er- sheds a fine light upon the classic figures
rife R
lio --ANDSONIE MEN OF AnotherPAßlS.--
" i3-eirt Publication is forthcoming. The success of the
tio, 1" Femmes de Paris" has given rise to a competi-
th '.and a pendant to it is about to be published_ under
e title of ii
1. first
taitihe . Les Beaux Hommes de Paris." The
Gad, r" is' to contain the portrait of M. Theophile
the `vet', the literateurwho for the Antinous of
passes
%iPital.
Ileee e.,_
remesee-___

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AL CIPHR ON.
Illooone, London, 1839.

" Besides " Alciphron," which is an original
poem, this elegant little volume contains the "pi-
curean," a romance written in poetic prose, and
published about twelve years since. We cannot
rank " Alciphron" among the happiest of Mr.
floore's productions. It is as polished as ivory,
and studded with brilliant imagery ; but it is defi-
cient in human interest, and there is a general mo-
notony in its style, of which the reader too soon
begins to weary. The author is never so success•
ful as in short lyric effusions. His genius cannot
remain long on the wing, as was manifested in his
elaborate poem the g‘ Loves of the Angels," which,
amid much that was beautiful, contained,
long and heavy passages, exceedingly languid
in their character, notwithstanding the pains be-
stowed on them. " Alciphron" is another instance
in point ; it frequently flags, and were it not for the
bright flashes of fancy with which it is occasionally
irradiated, would be read quite as a task. The
volume is ffot up in a style of uncommon elegance,
and the illustrations by Turner arc worthy of the
pencil of the most poetical painter of the day, with
the sole exception of Martin.

JACK SHEPPARD. 3 Vols.
Bentley, London, 1539.
The romance of Jack Sheppard is here com-
pleted, and it is due to Mr. Ainsworth to say, that
he has maintained the interest of his narrative
throughout with unflagging spirit. Incident fol-
lows incident in rapid succession, till we take leave
of the " unfortunate" hero at the foot of Tyburn
tree, whose last moments—and more particularly,
the account of the rescue by Biueskin at the foot
of Holborn-hill, which is frustrated by the inter-
y9ntion of Jonathan Wild—are described with a
miauteness and vigour that wear all the semb!ance
of roality. But by far the best portion of the tale
is that wherein the circumstances attending Jack's
last extraordinary escape from the condemned hold
at Newgate, are detailed; here kir. Ainsworth has
put forth all his powers, and has been worthily as-
siqed by Cruikshank, whose Plates in illustration
of this incident, are full of that truthful spirit with
which he inforces all his sketches. The dialogue
in the condemned cell of Newgate between Jack
Sheppard, and his remarkable visitors, Figg, the
prize-fighter, Sir James Thornhill and Hogarth,
the artists, and Gay the poet, is not devoid of
discrimination, but we think that the characters of
the different speakers might have been brought out
with more effect. However, the chapter reads plea-
santly and trippingly, and will, we doubt not, be a
favourite with the majority of readers. Of Cruik-
shank's numerous illustrations, we cannot speak
too favourably. They are executed with much
skill and liveliness, as if the artist had a hearty re-
lish of his task : and even the more serious and
tragic sketches—such as the murder of Sir Roland
Trenchaid by Jonathan Wild and his Jew myrmi-
don—evince graphic abilities of a high and rare or-
der. Mr. Ainsworth, we perceive, is about to
bring the renowned Guy Faux on the tapir. If he
he as successful with this new romance, as he has
been with his present one—which, we hear, is a
great favourite with its numerous readers—he will
have no cause to complain of neglect on the part
of the public.

PRICE OF SUGAR.

EFFECT OF MONOPOLY.

Table showing the ex-duty price of West India Sugar
in Alincinf,hne, and comparing the same against that, of
Foreign Sagars'

London, October 25, 1839.
The Gazette of this evening will quote the Per Cwt.
average price of British Plantation Mus-
covado Sugar, exclusive of duty, at
The actual quantity of Sugar sold on account of the
importers, in the week ending the 19th instant, accord-
ing to the returns made upon oath by the West India
Sugar Brokers, in conformity with the Act of Parlia-
ment, and on which the above price is computed,
consisted of 1,227 hhds. 101 tierces, and 123 barrels ;
and not of 2,000 hhds., as estimated in the market.
The great difference, on many occasions, between the
number of hhds. actually sold and the number estimated
to have been sold, has given rise to a variety of remarks
in Mincing-lane, principally with a view to establish the
accuracy of those who collect daily reports of sales,
for publication. Amongst other things it has been
hinted that the brokers neglect to make correct reports ;
that sales of Sugar are effected which are not included
in their statements. We cannot for a moment credit
rumours of such a character—the Sugar Brokers of
Mincing-lane are notoriously as respectable a class of
persons as any who transact business in the City of Lon-
don, a set of men who scorn equivocation of any kind,
and consequently are most unlikely to infringe any law,
particularly one which aPplies itnmediately to their vo-
cations; besides the Act is.itriperative, and inflicts a pe-
nalty of five pounds for each hogshead of Sugar omitted
to be returned, which p4nalty may be recovered by any
common informer, the law having provided that on the
payment of the fee of one shilling, the book in which
these returns are entered by the Clerk of the Grocers'
Company, may be inspected by any person ; and that a
conviction may be obtained before the City Magistrates,
upon the testirrony of one credible witness; but, as we
ha.ve before stated, we are assured that the Brokers of
Mincing-lane, as a class, stand far too high to need the
provision of a penalty in the Act to compel them to
this duty, and that the error, which is so evident, arises
from the bustle and confuLion natural to markets, which
too frequently prevents collectors of the sales following
up their task with accuracy.
The best descriptions of Manilla Sugar, all of which
are raised by free labour, have with difficulty realised
225. 6d. per cwt. ; this week the average price of them
may be taken at 21s. per cwt„ being 17s. 3d. per cwt.
less than the average price of West India Sugar.
Our Correspondent, whose letter under the signature
of a Jamaica Proprietor, we inserted in The Sun on
the 22d inst., instead of showing good reasons for main-
taining West India Sugar at an excess of 16s. per cwt.
above all other kinds of Sugar, only proves that Jamaica
is governed by vicious laws, but which instead, as re-
gards colonial produce, of operating prejudicially upon
the colonists, secure to them the monopoly of the best
market in the world for Sugar. The Jamaica proprie-
tary are unscathed ; the taxes raised in their island,
whether as our Correspondent states, directly for the
payment of exorbitant salaries, keepir'e in repair the
Government buildings, for canals and roads, and for
otherwise improving the estates of a few influential pro-
prietors, or indirectly, for the protection of the shipping
or other classes of various denominations, foreign to Ja-
maica interests, and which together he estimates as
equivalent to a charge of 13s. per cwt. on all the Sugar
exported from Jamaica—supposing the charge to
amount to 13s. per cwt.—the payment is neither more
nor less than a loan of money, to be returned to the
Payers with enormous interest at a future day in the
price the mother country pays them for their Sugar, &c. ;
in other words, the British community pay all the Ja-
maica taxation in the money the monopoly compels
them' to pay for colonial produce—and the Jamaica pro-
prietors escape untaxed. It is therefore palpable to
common sense, that so long as this country fortifies Ja-
maica with the means to defray the direct and indirect
taxation of which our Correspondent complains, the
white populatien will not exert themselves •to alter or
improse the laws, however wicked and scandalous they
may be. We at home have so many jobs to contend
against and counteract that it can scarcely be expected
we should fight the Jamaica man's battles for him ; no,
he must put his own shoulder to the wheel. We
readily credit our Correspondent's description of the
rascality of the job laws, which a long reign of Toryism
have engrafted on the Jamaica Constitution ; but as the
colonists will not vindicate their right to be equally and
impartially taxed—and that merely for the sake of re-
venue—it behoves the people at home to compel them
to abate the nuisance, and that they will most effectu-
ally accomplish by firmly demanding the abolition of a
monopoly which operates as a curse on the many both
in Great Britain and in Jamaica. Our remarks apply
of course to all our Sugar colonies, as well as to Ja-
maica ; we have particularized the latter, because our
immediate notice is attracted to that island by the sig-
nature of our Correspondent, who, besides the two
heads of expense already noticed, sets forth a third, as
a reason why we should pay a higher price for his than
for fbreign Sugar ; he accuses the merchants and con-
signees of extravagant charges for the management and
sale of his Sugar ; to that we reply, let him make his
arrangements as the foreign Sugar-growers do; he has
the power so to do, the excess of charge should there-
fore be his loss, not our's. We shall advert more par-
ticularly on another occasion to his complaints on this
ground.

The South-Eastern Railway is proceeding very
satisfactorily in the neighbourhood of Tunbridge, and
every effort is made to forward the work towards Lon-
don, so as to meet the Brighton line near Merstham
where the two will join. The cuttings at Penshurs,
Old Park and Chiddingstone, which are the principal
works on this line of railway, except in the neighbour-
hood of Dover, are now considerably advanced ; and it
is expected that the lino will be opened down to Tun-
bridge, simultaneously with the Brighton line to Mors
tham.—Brighton Gazette.

BASE COIN.—The counterfeit sovereigns in
circulation are supposed to contain about one-third
platina and copper, the remainder gold of an inferior
quality, to the value of about 13s. in each sovereign.
These counterfeits are well executed, but have no
sound.

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OXFORD, OCT. 24.—A Congregation was this day
holden for granting degrees, &c., when the following
were conferred

Masters of Arts.—Rev. Thomas Yard, Exeter Col-
lege ; Rev. William R. Tucker, Wadham College ;
George Mellish, University College ; Frederick Dau-
beny, Brazencose College ; Hart Ethelstone, Brazen-
nose College.

Bachelors of Arts.—George Addison, Magdalen Hall;
Arthur Henry Anson, Balliol College.
Incorporation.—Mr. Cope, Magdalen Hall, from
Trinity College, Dublin.

The Rrgius Professor of Hebrew has given notice
that he will continue his Lectures on the Psalms, on
Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at two o'clock,
during the present Term.
The RTgius Professor of Medicine has issued notice
of a Course of Lectures on Anatomy ; to commence on
Monday, the 28th instant, at two o'clock.
The Professor of Chemistry has given notice that he
will commence his Lectures on Tuesday, the 29th inst.,
at eight o'clock in the evening, in the Laboratory.
Professor of Moral Philosophy has announced
a continuation of his Lectures on the Republic of
Plato, en 'Thursdays and Saturdays, at nine o'clock in
the morning, in the Hall of Exeter College.
The Professor of Political Economy will resume his
Lectures on Colonisation, on Tuesday, the 29th inst.,
rind three following days, at two o'clock.
The Sedlian Reader in Natural Philosophy will con-
tinue his Lectures on Newton's Principia, Wednesday,
30th instant, at two o'clock.

The Rev. Dr. Elsdale, of Corpus Christi College, has
resigned the Head Master.bip of Manchester Free
Grammar School, from indisposition.
The Rev. E. A. Davis, of St. John's College, has
been appointed to the Curacy of Martley, Worcester-
shire.

The Rev. Peter G. Blencowe, late Fellow of Wad-
ham College, has been presented to the Rectory of
Putley, Herefordshire, by the Bishop of Hereford.
The Rev. Chas. A Ogilvie, late Fellow of Balrol
College, has been presented by the Bishop of Hereford
to the Rectory of Ros,, Herefi)rdshire.

SPORTING te`I•ELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S-THURSDAY.

The attention of the " select circle" assembled in the after-
noon at Hyde Park-corner, was almost exclusively to the
Cambridgeshire Stakes, which, as the quotations below will
testify, underwent three or four changes of some moment. The
principal one affected Scott's two; a strong feeling in favour
lletmanof Platoff- having had an adverse effect on Mickleton
Maid, inasmuch that, before the betting closed, 3 to I was laid
against her, and only sto 2 offered against the horse. Opera's
advance Was not less rapid—nine points less than were offered
on Monday having been taken two or three times. Lanercost
colt was, nominally, a better favourite ; but the " demand" was
not by any means brisk. Little or nothing was done on the
Derby. Latest odds :

CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
5 to 2 ag,t Hetman Platoff—taken, and aft. offered
3 to 1 agst Mickleton Maid—taken
6 to 1 agst Opera
10 to 1 agst Lanercoit
20 to 1 agst Roscius

THE DERBY.
33 to 1 agst Maroon—taken
40 to 1 agst Lucetta colt—taken
50 to 1 agst Bokhara—taken
50 to 1 agst Sophocles—taken

STAFFORD RACES.-TUESDAY.

Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, with 25 added. Heats, twice

round and a dis.

Mr. Fowler's br m Prudence, 4 yrs (Calloway) 0 1 1
Mr. Worthington's b c Northenden, 4yrs, Bst 71b ... 1 2 2
Mr. Collins', b m Query, 4 yrs, Bst 61b
Mr. Turner's gr g Jim 'Crow, 5 yrs, 9st .. 0 0 dr
Mr. Knox's ch li George, 4 yrs, Bst 21b
Hack Stakes of 50 sovs value Heats, once round and a distance.
Mr. Dawson's Jenny Jones, 5 yrs, II st
Mc. Peake's b m Jane, 5 yrs, list
Mr. Spilthury's b m Daisy, 5 yrs, 1 Ist 0 2 0
Four others started, but were not placed. Daisy walked over
for a fourth heat, the first and second having been objected to.
Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, and 25 added ; for maiden horses,
&c. Heats, one mile and a distance. (11 Subs. )
Mr. Martin's b f Juvenile, 3 yrs ... . (Arthur) 0 0 1 1
Sir. Moss's bl c Ascanius, 4 yrs, Bst 1 Ilb ... ...... 0 0 2 2
Mr. Skerratt's bm by Zinganee, 4 yrs, Bst 1 llb 0 0 0 3
Mr. King's b f Tivy, 3 yrs, 7st I 11b
Mr. Flintoff's b f Elegance, 3 yrs, 7st. I llb
Five others started, but were not placed. The second was a
dead heat between Ascanius and Tivy.

WEDNESDAY'.

Sweepstakes of 3 sous each, and 25 added, for all ages. The
winner to be sold for 1001, &c. Mile and a half heats.

Ten subs.
Mr. Fowler's Prudence, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ( Calloway) 1 I
Mr. Moss's b m Frailty, 4 yrs, 84 51b
Mr. Worthington's Northenden, 4 vrs, Bst. 71b ... 3 3
Mr. Turner's Jim Crow, 5 yrs, Bst 13Ib 0 4
Mr. Ogden's St. Leonard, 4 yrs, Bst Mb
Mr. Cowley's b f Bustle, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b 0 bd
Mr. Collins's b m Query, 4 yrs
The Cavalry Stakes of 50 sovs value. Heats, once round and

a distance.
Mr. Shelley's hr m Shall-I-come-soon-enough, 4 yrs 1 1
Mr. Hay.kin's, 6 yrs, list 121 b

. _
Three others started, but were not placed.
Hurdle Sweepstakes of 3 soya each, with a Purse added, for all
horses. Mile and a quarter heats, with four leaps in each heat.
Me. Godwin's d m Duenna, aged, 12st. 61b
Mr. James's b g Lansquenet, 6 yrs, 12st 61b.
Mr. Careless's b g Powick, 5 yrs, I Ist 31b
I3ucephalus, 6 yrs, 12st 21b, and Sarah, aged, I2st 11b, were
not placed.

A RC H IM ED ES & QUEEN of the EAST.

On Thursday (yesterday) the splendid new steam-
ship, the Queen of the East, 800 tons burthen, built
by Messrs. Curling and Young, for the Hon. East
East India Company, fitted with engines of 110 horse-
power each by Messrs. Seaward, the celebrated en-
gineers of Mill-wall, left her moorings at Blackwall at
20 minutes past 11, and proceeded down the river
against a strong flood tide and wind. The Archi•
merles, wishing to try her speed with so fine a vessel,
left her moorings at the same time, and in passing
through Bugaby's Hole, the Queen was obliged to
ease her engines in consequence of the numerous craft
floating up the river—Archimedes not wishing to take
undue advantage of her Majesty, very politely stopped
his engines and allowed her to come up within two
lengths, when both made the best of their way to the
Halt-way House (about eight miles), by which time
the Archimedes was upwards of three-quarters of a mile
a-head, when the helm was put hard a-starboard, and
about he came in twice his length. On meeting her
Majesty the Archimedes doffed his bunting in com-
pliment, and fired two guns. It is worthy of remark,
the superiority of the Queen,both in tonnage and power,
and the acknowledged perfection of Messrs. Seaward's
engines, could give but slight hopes of the Archimedes
even holding way with the Queen of the East, but the
result of this day has proved these matters are not alto-
gether founded on theoretical calculations.

COURT OF CCMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of bu-

SIIICSS.

THE DESIGNS FOR THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.
Mr. HEPPELL wished to be informed by the Chair-
man of the Royal Exchange Committee whether the
documents which have appeared in the newspapers stating
that three architects were appointed umpires in the
matter of competition relative to the plans for the Royal
Exchange, and that' the Committee had called upon
these three architects to form a design themselves, were
genuine?

- Mr. R. L. JONES said that he had not compared the
newspaper accounts with the original, but he believed
them to he correct.
Mr. HEPPELL begged also to be informed whether
these three gentlemen had had the delicacy, good taste,
and sense of justice, to accept this offer.
Mr. R. L. JoNEs--We have not yet received their
answer.

Deputy GODSON gave notice, in the absence of Mr.
Anderton, of a motion declaratory of the ineligibility of
any person who had not paid twenty shillings in the
pound to his creditors, or who had been guilty of fraud
or misdemeanor, to the situation of Remembrancer,
Comptroller, City Solicitor, or other officer annually
chosen.

After a report had been read recommending that the
offices of City Solicitor and Comptroller of the Bridge
House should be separated, the Lord Mayor announced
that on that day week the election for the office of City
Solicitor would take place.
On a motion made by Mr. WHEELER for bringing in
a Bill to reduce the number of 'Common Councilmen
in Bridge Ward, a division took place, and the motion
was carried by a majority of 60 to 46.

CITY OF LONDON THEATRE.—Among the
many Jack Sheppard' already before the public, at al-
most all the Minors in the metropolis, we must not
omit noticing the very amusing and successful adapta-
tion from Mr. Ainsworth's novel at this theatre. The
cast was excellent. Miss Vincent enacted Jack Shep-
pard with great spirit and vivacity. She, however,
hardly looked the character. Blueskin, Jonathan
Wild's factotum, was very ably represented by Mr.
Dunn ; and Mr. Gardiner, late of the St. James's, made
an excellent Owen 'wood, the carpenter of Wych-
street. Setting aside the questionable morality of con-
verting a highwayman into a hero, and representing on
the stage burglaries and murders, we say candidly that
Jack Sheppard will doubtless have a long run with
our play-going friends in the City.
A DEVOTED LOVER.—What will not a man
do that is really in love ? What would not lat that
time have done for Jemima ? Had she but said the
word, I would have encountered a legion of tigers ; I
would have essayed to discover a passage to the North
Pole ; I would have voyaged round the world in a fish-
ing-boat ; I would have traversed the continent of
America on all fours; I would have scaled the highest
point of Mont Blanc, and vegetated a month, or longer,
amidst its eternal snows ; I would have approached
nearer than ever human being did before, the crater of
Mount Etna ; nay, I would have dashed into it, if I had
thought there were any chance of getting out again,-1
would have done all this, and a million times more;
anything--everything, in short, 'within the range of pos-
sibility, for Jemima.—Walks and Wanderings in the
World of Literature, by the Author of " The Great
Metropolis," 4.c.