The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-08 00:00:00

THE DERBY.

25 to 1 agst Marley Hill.
30 to 1 agst Dervish.
33 to 1 agst Marsyas.
50 to 1 agst Torn (late Mountain Hawk).

The Room will be opened on Saturday.

ROCHESTER RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

WARWICK RACES.
SETTING AT LEAMINGTON—TUESDAY NIGHT,
CESAREWITCH.
1000 to 30 agst King Pepin (taken).
1000 to 30 agst Winter (taken).
WEDNESDAY.
AVON STAKES of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, for two-yr olds,
7sti three, 9st. Certain penalties and allowances.
)4.1%,„1r.C. (4 subs.)
r• bland's Sylphine, 3 yrs, 9st 31b... (Hiett) w. o.
.ICLLING STAKES, of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, for 3-yr-
olds and upwards. Optional selling weights, &c. One
vrnaile. (4 subs.)
• Shepherdson's Ithuriel filly, 4 yrs, Bst 41b
(Meacham) 1
Mr• S. Scott's Fermentation, 3 yrs, sst 31b) (Salter) 2
sti• 'qr. Hank's Eccentricity, 3 yrs, sst 71b (Midgley) 3
4.. Betting-2 to 1a st Ithuriel filly, sto 2 agst Fermen-
ili°n, sto 1 agst Egccentricity. After the first 100 yards
Ithuriel filly and Fermentation ran nearly head and head
? the end, the former obtaining the victory by a.nec_k.
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bad third. The winner was afterwards sold for
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guineas.
`-',llRar WARWICKSHIRE STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50
added ; 3-yrs-old colts Bst ',7lb, and fillies Bst 21b ,
certain winners extra. One -mile and three quarters.
• (7 subs.)
W, Gulliver's Chilton, Bst 71b (Marlow) 1
Mr. Osbaldeston's Sylphine, Bst 21b. (Hiett) 2
Betting —7 to 4 on Chilton, m -ho made all the running
and won by a length and a half.
WARWICK Cur, value 200 sovs ~ by subscription° of 10
sovs. each, with 100 added ; three-yr-olds, 7st •, four,
Bst 71b • five, 9st 111 b ; six ai id aged, 9st 51b. Certain
penalties and allowances. 'Three miles. (27 subs.)
The second horse to receive 3 0 sovs. out of the stakes.
Mr. Barber's Goorkah, 3 yrs, 7st (Clement) 1
Mr. Greville's Adine, 4 yrs, Bst 31b (Flatman) 2
Mr. Howard's Little Harry, 4.y rs, Bst 71b...(A. Day) 3
Lord Exeter's Ilex, 4 yrs, Bst 7lb (Marlow) 4
Lord Clifden's Sackbut, 4 yrs, Bst (G. Mann) 5
Mr. Saxon's The Black Doctor, 9st 111 b (Abrahams) 6
Betting-2 to 1 agst Goorkah (taken), 2to 1 agst
Little Harry, 3to 1 agst Adine, 6 to 1 agst Ilex. Black
/Doctor went off with a decided lead, Goorkah, Sackhut,
Little Harry, Adine, and Ilex., following in the order
flamed. In crossing the meadc iws they ran in two divi-
tens of three each—a wide g: .p being between them.
No change of moment occurred until they proceeded up
the Lammas land, when they be igan to close up, Sackbut
Goorkah's quarters, and Ilex taking fourth
Place. At the top of the hill r lex further improved his
t'aitioo Little Harry at the sa. me time drew up. Black
octor continued his lead acros s the meadows again, the
others then clustering in his wake. On making the turn
for the straight, Black Doctor h aving done his duty, left
`-r°orkah in possession of the lead, with Little Harry
and Adine in close attendance A good race ensued.
,;4 s)°rkah, however, maintainer I the lead the remainder
the distance, and won very c leverly by half a length,
Was
Second beating the third by the same distance. Ilex
"as a bad fourth, Sackbut nex t. Black Doctor pulled
It.k) and walked in.
4LTER Cur, value 100 sovs., the rest iu specie by sub-
scription of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if de-
clared, &c. Winners extra. Gentlemen riders. Pro-
fessionals Gibs extra. One mile and a half. (21 subs.,
wilo of whom pay 5 sovs. each...)
r• 0. Ilawkes's Milcote, 6 yrs, lOst 41b (including
Mr
extra) (Whitehouse) 1
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li, Elwes's Farmer's Bo:57, 4 yrs, lOst 61b (in-
cluding Cubs extra)
-wir. Davies's Gay lad, aged, 10. st 61b (Owner) 3
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The followi alsoran :—A•g is, Thirkleby, The Hero,
and Clevelandg
Betting-5 to 4 agst Farmar's Boy, 4to 1 agst Cleve-
I'd, and to 1 agst the Hero.
tneti,ileote made pray, and aft e r the first half. mile, Far-
-8 Boy took second place and went vigorously. to
,it,o_K to reap the harvest of s access, but in the finishing
COUNTY rt Was beaten by a head. ,Bad third.
°2II,IITY STAKES of 100 sovs.,, added to a Handicap of
sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c. Cer-
am winners extra. 11 mite. The second horse to
receive 80 sovs. out of the stakes. (49 subs, 26 of
'horn declared.) The highest weight acccepting
being Bst 31b, it was raised 'to Bst 71b, and the others
k 7• eepting in proportion.
nouglas Laue's Conmors., by Malcolm, 4 yrs,
'et gib
(J. Mann) 1
Lo;_,Wilkins's Peggy, 3 yrs; st 131 b (Bates) 2
~?'„Chesterfield's Gladiole, (3 yrs, 7st 71b (including
t 01:op extra)
rd
The Exeter's Nutpecker, 3yr s, 6st 41b (S. Steggles) 4
followin also ran :—Allonzo, Kohinoor, lanthe,
lidlewick, Ma g ssa Mungo, a=id Tavistock.
teeitting-2 to 1 agst Kollin oor, 4 to 1 agst Conmore,
T 4.„; each agst Gladiole and Massa Mungo,. Bto n 1
agst
afte,,J"ek• Peggy and Kohinoor went off in front, but
1%4. few strides Kohinoor took up the running, with
Ise Pecker second, Tavisto,elK third, Massa Mungo,
logttY, Gladiole, and Candlewick forming the next lot.
the „e,,Swan Meadow Massa .Mungo went up and too,
f 011",, and Peggy, Gladiole., Nutpecker, and Conmore
*a:l-el' him round the turn Tinto the straight, where he
outs Is
beaten. Conmore, who ,ad been lying off, came
leekatbt the half distance, and at last won cleverly by a
short i, Peggy beating Gladiole for second place by a
other
head only. Nutpecker, well up, was fourth ; the
s beatenthroe off ; Kohinoor some lengths in the ex-
thje rear. On returning to scale, the owner of Peggy
tlb.e"ed to Conmore, on account of not having carried
teat' extra for winning at Yarn south.
adde. ANDI
(31j411 cap- of 10 covs. each, h ft, with 50
bY the members. or 2-yr-olds. The second
or subs)T.Y.C.
(24 save his stake. Winners extra. T.Y.
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OG-Brlev_ll.le's Remorse, fist 1 01b Mann) 1
(Wilson) 2
(Harding) 3
viteslicieston's fby Touch stone out of Museo-
„:11, f,;;T•lai,. Est 101 b
(It g also ran—Balimoral, St. Clair, Horatio,
arshal, and Wave.
tillusetot.vin,f?"-7-3 to 1 each agst Jack Frost and filly out of
ittort:e s dam, sto 1 agst Field-Marshal, 6 to 1 agst
and Lurie' Horatio made phi y, with Balmoral second,
Y third, until the:y were near the distance,.
teedellatehie_first two named dro:pped off. Jack Frost nu-
reorse .Y tips* up the running;, followed by Lurley, Re-
length'thaenyd
finishedfinished, Jack Prost winning easily by a
fourt
b and ahalf. Bad thkrd. A head between third
t2tre The others beateaa off, St. Clair being in the
Tew roe rear.
capl4. 01;%.1,(Handican) of h 0 sovs., added to a Handi-
e
ts. each, 2 ft : ,for 3-yr-olds and upwards.
s'erov
_ er, xtra. One mile. (32 subs.)
. Calot, by Touchstone, 4 yrs, 7st 71b
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Cal s Eliza, 3 yrs, E;st (Clement) 1
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s The Courutess of Theba, sst 71b
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Reaper, Simplicity, Chaffwax. Won'
a,tel thircia length ; two lengths between the second
broke ~e We regret to add that Conmore fell and
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OP.dNLNG OF THE LORD WARDEN
BOTJJL, DOVER.

This magnificent establishment, adjoining the railway
company's station at Dover, was opened yesterday, when
the directors invited a number of their friends to cele-
brate the occasion by a banquet.

The hotel, which stands upon a commanding position
close to the new pier, is built with the view of accom-
modating continental travellers and families sojourning
in the town. The rooms are spacious and elegantly fur-
nished, and everything appears to be done to promote
the comfort of visitors. There are sitting rooms and bed
rooms en suite on every floor, billiard rooms, saloons,
and coffee rooms, baths, and all the other appurtenances
of a first-class establishment. There are upwards of 80
sleeping apartments, and the building is calculated to
accommodate nearly 200. The charges, we understand,
have been fixed by the company, and are in every respect
similar to those of the Pavilion Hotel, at Folkestone.
At five o'clock a very elegant entertainment was served
in the coffee room, covers being laid for 140 guests.
The chair was taken by Mr. James Macgregor, M.P.,
chairman of the South-Eastern Railway Company, and
among the gentlemen present were—Air. Rice, P
Mr. Waddington, M.P., Mr. Whatmam, M.., Sir
James Duke, M.P., Mr. A. Pellatt, M.P., Mr. Lee,
M.P., Sir J. Anderson, M.P., Mr. Renshaw (Deputy
Chairman of the Company), Colonel Whitty (Com-
mandant of the Castle), Sir Norton Knatchbull, Sir
John Kirkland, the Mayor of Dover, the Mayor of
Canterbury, Mr. M. Young, Mr. Finnigan, &c., &c.
Mr. Harker, from London, officiated with his usual
ability as toastmaster.
After the usual loyal and constitutional toasts had been
disposed of,
The CHAIRMAN said—l now propose you should drink in
solemn silence to the memory of a man for whom I am
sure every one present has felt the deepest reverence
and gratitude, and by whose will and permission this
house was built—l speak of that illustrious hero, the
late Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, his Grace the
Duke of Wellington. (Hear, hear.) It is one of those
incident; in my life which can never be forgotten by
me, that it was my good fortune to negotiate with that
illustrious man, as the representative of the Wardens of
this port, for a site for the elegant edifice in which we
are assembled, and to arrange with him the design for
its erection. But such a subject as the foundation of a
house, though it is intended to provide a commodious
and hospitable abode or resting-place f visitors from
all nations, is trivial, and sinks into total insignificance
when we speak of the hero of a hundred fights,
who has conferred such great benefits on the country
which has the honour to claim him as one of its sons.
Proud, indeed, may the country be which gave birth to
Arthur Duke of 'Wellington. (Cheers.) I believe if he
had any particular attachment to one locality it was this
town. The great duke loved Dover, not only from its
proximity to those places in which his fame was attained.
not only because the compliment was paid to him of
making him Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports—an
office previously held by Lord Liverpool and Mr. Pitt,
and other distinguished individuals—but because he was
loved by the people of Dover, who appreciated his great
qualities and his eminent services. (Cheers.) I there-
fore ask you, with all due reverence, to do honour
to his immortal fame. (Cheers.) Having had some
correspondence with the illustrious warrior on the subject
of railway management, I only give expression to an
opinion which I seriously entertain, when I say there
is not a railway manager in England who may not pro-
fit by his suggestions upon those points to which his
attention was particularly directed. So great, indeed,
was his talent, that there was no subject so small which
he would not take up and deal with successfully—none
so large which his colossal intellect could not grapple
with effectually. On all matters of importance he gave
directions which none but a master-mind could impart.
(H.?ar, hear.)
The company then drunk in solemn silence to "The
Memory of the late Illustrious Duke."
The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Governor-
General of India, the present Lord Warden, and the
Assistant Wardens of Dover." He said—lt would ill
become.me to ask you to drink the health of Lord Dal-
housie, a nobleman whom I may venture to speak of as
a friend, without passing some eulogium on his charac-
ter and conduct. It will be in the recollection of all
present that he held a most important office in England,
that of the President of the Board of Trade, and all
questions relating to railway extension were then re-
ferred to him by the Legislature, and the reports which
he made have been referred to constantly, from 1844
and 1845 up to the present time, as containing the best
counsel which has ever been offered to the country on
that important subject. I regret that his enlightened
and comprehensive views were not carried out, for if
they had, I believe a great benefit would have been con-
ferred on the country. I hope, however, that the time
has now arrived for considering the subject of railway
extension in the spirit recommended by Lord Dalhousie,
and that Parliament will at length recognise the wisdom
of his recommendations. (Hear.) I have always looked
upon railway extension as a kind of philosopher's
stone, and it is unfortunate that it has not
received the attention it deserves. (Hear, hear.)
I speak with no disrespect of those hon. members who
constituted the committees of the House of Commons.
When a subject so important and extensive was referred
to numerous committees, not acting in concert, why,
the natural result was that they arrived at different
opinions. I thought it was only due to Lord Dalhousie,
now that he is so great a distance from this country, to
say these few words as to the services which be has
rendered in regard to railways, and to congratulate him
also on his brilliant career in India. While charged
with the government of that vast territory he
has met with no mischance. All he has done
has been attended with success, and he has raised
his character as the representative of a great
monarch to the highest pitch of human excellence.
I Believe that his conduct has given entire satisfaction
to the country, and I have no doubt, when he returns
home, he will hold some of the most important offices
in the State. (Hear.) Lord Dalhousie is a man in
whom the nation may well place confidence, for he is
no partisan, and looks to the conscientious discharge of
his duty as the polar star which should guide him in all
he undertakes. (Cheers.)
The tos+, with which was coupled the name of the
Mayor of Dover, one of the assistants, was drunk in a
bumper.
The MAYOR briefly returned thanks.
The CHAIRMAN gave the healths of the two Members
for Dover, Mr. Rice, M.P. and Lord Chelsea, M.P.
Though Mr. Rice was of different politics to himself, he
must do him the justice to say that he was a most useful
member of Parliament. He (the chairman) had been a
member of the House of Commons but a short period,
but he had seen enough to know that the fullest freedom
of discussion prevailed there, and that every one had an
opportunity of rebutting arguments and condemning
theories which he believed to be unsound or absurd.
If he (the chairman) advocated principles at variance
with the politics of the Government, he gave them the
fullest credit for having the good of the country at heart,
and for the sincerity of their opinions. He could not but
admire the commanding abilities and convincing eloquence
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Nor could he fail
to feel the force of the powerful and effective speeches
of that prince of' bottle-holders, Lord Palmerston. (A
laugh.) Who, lie should like to know, would attempt
attack such men as these in the house ? (Hear.) He
could not refrain from mentioning also Mr. Walpole,
the late Secretary for the Home Department, an able
and most accomplished man, who was universally re-
spected. It was impossible to sit and listen to the
three individuals he had named without being most
perfectly convinced that what they said was dictated
by their own consciences, and that they supported or
proposed nothing which they were not satisfied was
best for the common weal. (Cheers.)
The toast having been responded to,
Mr. RICE returned thanks on behalf of himself and
Viscount Chelsea, who was absent. From what the
hon. chairman had said he was almost led to hope that
the eloquence of the Government benches had made an
impression upon his mind. (Laughter.) As to the
town which he represented in conjunction with his col-
league, he thought it must be apparent to every one
that the fact of its being the great point of communi-
cation with the continent must always make it a place
of importance. Great improvements were now going
on in the harbour, and when they were completed it
would be one of the finest harbours in the world. (Hear,
hear.) He recollected perfectly well the festival which was
given to celebrate the opening of the South. Eastern line.
The chairman of the company at that period declared
that the line would become the great link of communi-
cation with the Continent, and that prophecy was re-
ceived with loud cheers, not only by our own country-
men, but by many foreigners who graced the meeting,
and he (Mr. Rice) was most anxious to be present at
the opening of this hotel, because the fact of their as-
sembling for such a purpose was the best tribute they
could pay to the truth and justice of the observation of
the chairman made on the occasion to which he referred.
Within his recollection of Dover, a boat used to cross
over to Calais, in which six unfortunate passengers were
" cribbed, cabined, and confined," and which occupied
a longer period in the passage across the channel than
would now suffice to bring the traveller from London-
bridge to Paris. He had no doubt the time would yet
come when excursionists would take tickets at the South-
Eastern Railway station to frank them to Pekin, and
that we should see numbers of small-eyed men in Dover
with high-cheek bones and long tails. (Laughter.)
Sir NORTON KNATCHBULL proposed "Prosperity to
the Lord Warden Hotel and its Proprietors, the South-
Eastern Railway Company," and expressed a confident
hope that they might look forward to the ultimate pro-
sperity of the undertaking, for they possessed at the
head of it a gentleman not only of great ability and
experience, but one who had a strong determination to
carry to a successful issue whatever he deemed would
be of benefit to the company. He recollected the time
when the Wardens of the Cinque Ports invited the late
illustrious Duke of Wellington to an entertainment,
and though he (Sir N. Knatchbull) could not now say,
as Lord Brougham did on that occasion, that they were
assembled to do honour to a great man, still he did

think this was a great day in the annals of the country ;
and he hoped that the inhabitants of Dover, and parti-
cularly those who were likely to be benefited by the
establishment of the hotel—for there was room for all
—would act in a spirit of friendship and cordiality, and
try and pull together in order to promote the general
interests of the town. The princely hospitality which
they had extended to their friends on the present occa-
sion would be a sufficient guarantee for the liberal and
efficient manner in which the establishment would be
conducted for the future. (Hear.)
The toast was responded to most enthusiastically.
The CHAIRMAN--I feel greatly flattered by the man-
ner in which my hon. friend has spoken of the company,
but at the same time the truth compels me to say,

that we have endeavoured to do our best to promote the
interests of the company, and to do justice to the pro-

prietors, and considering the magnitude of our interests
and the complexity of our affairs, it is perhaps not asto-
nishing if we have not met every requirement, or worked
out our resources to the extent we may have expected.
I believe that the county of Kent is deeply indebted for
its prosperity to the enterprise of the South-Eastern
Railway Company. (Hear). I may be permitted to say, as
far as I myself am concerned, that the man who has the
management of so large an undertaking, has no common
labour to discharge. I envy not the individual who
dares to say that he can produce results which will differ
much from those we have presented to the public. On
the one hand we have a proprietary of which, by the
by, I am myself a striking emblem, which likes to
wring all it can, from what after all is a somewhat
ill-paying property. I confess lam one of those who
participate in the disappointment that has been expressed
as to the result which has attended the arduous labours of
the directors. Then, on the other hand, we have had to
meet—and we have done so like men—the wants of the
public, who say, "let not your dividends interfere with
those enjoyments and that luxury and safety which we
demand of you ;" and likewise be it remembered we
have had to carry out a system which 10 years ago was
in its infancy ; for at that time we were comparatively
ignorant as to the exact arrangement and strength of
platforms, and the proper construction of locomotives ;
but there is one thing I can say without difficulty and
without fear of contradiction, and it is this—that if, in
praising the directors, my hon. friend alluded to their
good intentions he has done them no more than
justice, and has not over-estimated their deserts. The
picture which he has presented to you in that respect
is not one to which I find any difficulty in replying, for
our intentions, have been most sincere and honest, our
sole object being to advance the interest of the South-
Eastern Railway. (Hear, hear.) My hon. friend has
alluded to the advantage of having the co-operation of
the inhabitants of Dover, where the Lord Warden Hotel is
situated. Now it is gratifying to me to be able to state,
that in spite of all competition—in spite of the vast
stock of boats on the Thames—and, I will add, in spite
of the town of Folkstone, which for some time has been
looked upon here as a kind of bug-bear—the traffic to
and from Dover has doubled during the last 10 years.
(Hear, hear.) This fact no man can deny, for it is
proved by evidence which has been adduced before the
House of Commons. There can be no doubt that Dover
has one most important advantage over all other towns
in the kingdom. It possesses, so to speak, the key to
all the Continental traffic, for it is naturally the nearest
point of approach to the continent. There is now a rail-
way, 365 miles in length, from Paris to Bordeaux, which
is on the confines of Spain, and to this the town of Dover
is the key. In a few days the Northern of France Rail-
way will be opened to Switzerland, rid Strasburg and
Basle—a distance of 400 miles—and to this line also
Dover will be the key. I may mention, also, that there
is in the course of completion a line which will perfect
the communication between Dover and Marseilles, only
100 miles remains to be constructed, and when that is
done, that communication between the two ports will
be immediate. (Hear.) lam quite satisfied that if we
receive the prompt and ready assistance of the towns-
people, Dover will continue to retain the pre-eminent
position which it now holds with regard to the conti-
nental traffic. That is a matter, however, which very
much depends on the facilities which Dover chooses
to give. (Hear, hear.) •I
regret, however, to be obliged
to say that delays are interposed at Dover which a
spirit of liberality might exclaim against. I allude to
the difficulties which have been thrown in the way of
forwarding luggage direct to London without examina-
tion by the Custom-house officers at Dover. (Hear,
hear.) Notwithstanding the Lords of the Treasury
and the Commissioners of Customs have given directions
that the luggage of passengers from the continent might
be examined at London, I have only heard of two in-
stances in which persons have been able to avail them-
selves of the privilege. (Hear.) Among the guests invited
to this entertainment, was my hon. friend, Mr. James
Wilson, the Secretary of the Treasury. A hope has
been expressed that the arguments used by him and the
rest of the Government may have had same effect on
my mind. (A laugh.) Now, I candidly confess they
have had this effect upon me—they have convinced me
of the sincerity of those who advanced them. (Hear.)
For,my friend, Mr. Wilson, I entertain the greatest
respect. If he were now present, I might allude to him
at greater length ; but this I will say, that he has ac-
complished a far more extensive reform in the depart-
ment of the customs than has ever yet been effected in
this country. He has relieved the Customs of those
tedious forms and antiquated rules which were of no use
whatever, for they only created delay and annoyance ;
and if the authorities of Dover had only acted with
the same spirit—for as many as 100 clauses were passed in
less than twenty minutes, so great was the attention and
consideration the bill received before it was presented
to the House of Commons—we might now boast of more
satisfactory arrangements with regard to the luggage of
passengers along the South-Eastern Railway. (Hear.)
Let it be recollected that the baggage of passengers in
the French boats which run from London, is examined
during the voyage along the Thames, and that an im-
provement equally satisfactory has been effected relative
to passengers arriving at Folkstone. It will, therefore,
rather puzzle the public to find out a reason why an
obstacle should be interposed at Dover to facilitating the
traffic, especially as the company has received the co-
operation of the Customs and the cordial assent of the
Treasury. The result of such an arrangement as we
propose is now to be seen at Folkestone. We have now
tidal trains from London to Paris every day ; they per-
form the journey in ten hours, and the consequence is
the hotels at Folkestone are so full that they are unable
to accommodate all the visitors who arrive there. I have
not the least hesitation in saying that if the authorities
of Dover would come forward in a frank and liberal
spirit, and afford the same facilities for traffic, the in-
crease in the number of passengers here would take
place to a much larger extent. I may observe, in con-
clusion, that I never entertained the slightest doubt that
the establishment of the Lord Warden Hotel would be
the means of conferring a great benefit, and not, as some
might suppose, an injury on the other hotels in the
town. (Cheers.)
Mr. RICE, M.P. for Dover, proposed the health of the
chairman, and passed a high eulogium upon him for the
assiduous attention which he had devoted to his Parlia-
mentary duties, but he was sure he had, by mistake,
taken his seat on the wrong side of the House of Com-
mons. (A laugh.) It was unnecessary to speak of him
in his other capacity, for they were all aware of the effi-
cient manner in which he presided over the affairs of
the South-Eastern Company. The confidence reposed in
him by the shareholders was a convincing proof upon that
point, and he trusted he would long continue to occupy
a position which he so worthily and ably fulfilled.
The CHAIRMAN observed, in reply, that if any man
ought to feel flattered by having confidence reposed in
him in periods of difficulty, he was that man. Looking
at the difficulties with which he had to contend, it was a
marvel to him that he had been able to secure the good-
' will of the proprietors for the last nine years. Railway
property had been too long ill-used by the owners of it,
and by the Legislature ; but he believed the time had
arrived for a beneficial change, and that the system at
length adopted by the Legislature for dealing with it
would tend very much to restore it to prosperity. The
hon. gentleman concluded by proposing " Prosperity to
the North of France Railway Company. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. TISSANDIER returned thanks on behalf of that
company, and expressed the happiness he felt in being
able to give an assurance of the friendly understanding
which existed between the Northern of France Railway
Company and the South-Eastern Company.
The CHAIRMAN next gave the toast of "The Visitors"
coupling with it the name of Sir John Kirkland, his
predecessor in the chair of the company, whom he
eulogised in warm terms as a most honourable and up-
right man, and as one whom, of all others, he should be
disposed to set up as an example for his own imitation.
He was generous enough to become a director of the
company during the time of its greatest embarrassment,
and they were all greatly indebted to him for the ser-
vices he then rendered. (Hear, hear.)
Sir JOHN KIRKLAND briefly acknowledged the com-
pliment. He was bold enough to say now that a good
prospect of success was before them, and he should be
glad to find that anything he had done had in any de-
gree conduced to such a result ; but he thought he took
a step most conducive to the interests of the company
when he vacated the chair for so efficient a successor as
Mr. M‘Gregor.
he c
The'
Hhealth of the Recorder of Dover" (Mr. Lons-
dale) was next drunk, and replied to by that learned
gentlemen.TAlßMAN then proposed " The Press," in a
tocchnomemunppislpeliinnotngti
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ey speech, in which he alluded to the almost
member power
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meeting.

Mr. ALURDO YOUNG, in responding, observed that a
free people would always have a free press, for the one
could not exist without the other. (Cheers.) Indeed,
the press was but the mirror of public opinion, and
would always reflect the virtues as well as the vices of
the age. The people had only to be true to them-
selves, and they might surely depend on the
support of an honest and independent press. It
might occasionally fall into error, but that arose more
from accident than intention, for it \Yu seldom guilty of

misrepresentation or wilful injustice. On the contrary,
the Press endeavoured to do its duty fearlessly, and to
the best of its ability. Its purpose was to expound the
truth, and nothing but the truth, and in so doing it
appealed to a discerning and an independent people.
The toast of the " Ladies" wound up the entertain-
ment, which, we may add, passed off with the greatest
eclat.

A professional company of vocalists enlivened the
proceedings by singing some excellent songs and glees,
in the intervals between the speeches.

MUSIC.

BY ELIZa COOK.
(From Eliza Cook's Journal.)

"The man who bath not music in his soul ;" but non-
sense,—where is the man whose soul is entirely without
it ? It is true that we have known two upright animals
in the course of our life who appeared perfectly deaf to
the influence of "sweet sounds, "—who pronounced music
to b• an insufferable " noise," and invariably told their
daughters, in a very snappy manner, to "leave off sing-
ing ;" but then neither of these worthies could merit the
name of man in its full sense ; they were coarse, hard,
rude pieces of human granite, whose very voice was an
infliction to a moderately-attuned ear, and whose uncouth
guffaw laugh made decent surroundings dumb. Such as
these are the exceptions to humanity, thank Heaven !
We have also known a very gifted and intellectual young
man who once seriously declared to us that he could
find music in omnibus wheels. We have a secret sus-
. picion that a certain interesting young lady used to
step out of one of these vehicles rather frequently on a
visit to his sister, and that Cupid had rosined the
wheels which played so pleasantly on the fiddle-strings
of his heart. Yet we could not help respecting the
exquisite benevolence of ear which, under any cir-
cumstances, could detect melodious breathings in
rumbling " Waterloos " and rattling " Favourites,"
and always held this young man as a balance against
the brace of soulless individuals just alluded to.
But in the average of biped creation, who does not
entertain some spark of affection for " music ?" We
should like to know where the being can be found who
has not attempted, in his or her lifetime, some musical
instrument. Be it recollected that exquisite cremonas,
rosewood horizontals, brazen-faced bugles, silver-
trimmed flutes, richly-decked harps, and the long list of
legitimate orchestral agents, are not the only sources
that develop the strong and innate love of harmony
which pervades mankind. It would be false and ridicu-
lous to assert that the natural love of food can only be
exhibited towards artistically-wrought dishes and stall-
led sirloins, and it would be equally so to declare that
the love of music can only be testified by execution on
ivory keys and mystic strings. The dirty, shoeless
urchin in the courts of St. Giles's never heard of a
"gamut," and the names of Handel and Beethoven are
as foreign to him as the mines of Golconda ; yet we may
see him carefully selecting a halfpenny Jew's-harp, exa-
mining its tongue with scrutinizing intensity, and
fitting it to his teeth with as ready an aptitude as
Paganini when he shouldered his magic violin.
Away he goes, pouring his whole energy of hands
and breath into the melody of Sid a Gittin' Upstairs.
He may be elbowed into the kennel, or jostled
against the wall, but he is not to be diverted
from his study ; mouth, Jew's-harp, and finger, form an
indissoluble trinity, and it is a query whether he would
not play on if London were in flames, as Nero did while
the seven-billed capitol was blazing. The boy is poor
even to hunger, ragged even to semi-nudity, ignorant
even to barbarity, yet the universal and imperishable
essence flings its sparks from the rough crucible : there
is "music in his soul."

We often stand in the sweet spring time with watch-
ful eyes at the corner of some "Mews," when the fresh
bundles of green-meat, smelling of clover-bloom and
daisy-roots, are pitched down in refreshing plenty. We
see a tribe of young vagabonds gather round with the
sly caution of felonious intent, as eager and stealthy in
their purpose as jackals about a carcase. What is it they
want ? There are no concealed lollipops, no latent
stores of battledores and peg-tops in those bundles.
No ; but there are materials for " squeakers," and
the emerald reeds once gained, are soon converted into

"wind instruments," and the gang of youngsters
into a most appalling horn band. It may be ad-
mitted that the notes elicited are about as pleasing
to the well-organized ear as the curious chro-
matic scale sent forth by the sharpening of a saw ; never-
theless, there may be some " Kcenigs" and " Bau-
manna" in the crew, although their powers may ever
be unknown to fame for lack of cultivation. They are
happy in the production of a sound, harsh as it may be ;
they are delighted with their own abominable attempts
at harmony, and the outlandish too-tooing that issues
from their fragile pipes serves to proclaim the mighty
influence of " music."

We hear the errand-boy chinking his home-made cas-
tanets with unceasing activity, while he whistles Rory
O'More with a shrill fulness that overpowers omnibus
wheels. He goes through the Aurora IValtzes in a style
that evinces he has paid some attention to the Pro-
menade Concerts, and has even picked up The Pollacca
in 1 Puritani, with very fair accuracy. What does he
know of bars and rests, of crotchets and minims ? No-
thing. Who taught him to accent the stroke of the
castanets in just the proper place ? No one. The
joyous spirit of nature has alone instructed him : " there
is music in his soul."

Look on the tribes of children " coming home from
the fair," and who shall say that drums, fiddles, whistles,
and trumpets are not in the ascendant ? The staring
eyes of the happy wights have gazed wistfully on the
gingerbread-stalls, where watches with real gold faces
make merrily, and the rattle of crisp and
cracking
causes more excitement than the dice
at eek oright
They have lingered at the spots where
r o time
spice-nutsr
s
a display of yellow swords, scarlet guns, plum-pudding
horses, and rainbow-tinted waggons, have tempted them
to break the tenth commandment most outrageously. Fat
ladies, wonderful pigs, and astonishing dwarfs, have each
in turn made strong impression on squandering propen-
sities ; but the pence and sixpences have withstood all
attacks, until a most insinuating whistle or imposing
trumpet inspires with irresistable desire of possession,
and not all the coaxing entreaties of friends and rela-
tives, who naturally consider such things as household
nuisances, can induce the little obstinate wretches to
change their minds, and whole establishments are
thrown into fits by extemporaneous fantasias performed
by three separate members of a family, on three separate
instruments, in three separate keys, and in three separate
times ; but, despite of headaches produced by concertos
on the drum, and misdirected letters caused by theim-
mediate vicinity of an incessantly-scraped tambourine—
despite the St. Luke's tendency of such homage to
Apollo, we never can find it in our hearts to whip the
offenders, for they love the noise they make, and there
is " music in their souls."

We believe that music is born with us; it is one of
the ethereal agencies that spiritualize our coarser senses,
and it forms one of the links of divinity. It is an uni-
versal essence, the power of which is bestowed in vary-
ing degrees of intensity, and experienced under very
differing emotions. Like the nervous fluid, it has a
secret and impenetrable action, and operates as strongly
and as unequally. The same melody will affect a dozen
distinct persons in a dozen distinct ways. The
phlegmatic and the sensitive will each yield to the influ-
ence of a fine National Songfant of unusual excitement
• but while the first expe
riences a merely strong stimu-
arid vulgar patriotism, the latter will be affected to an
aching of thrilling sense and enthusiastic delight.
The Highlander, whose fresh mountain nature is
incorporated with the pibroch and reel, moves very
differently to the strain of Tulloelt Gomm, compared
measure as he would to a single knock at his
ball-door. Yet music is recognised by all of woman-
bornto the Almacks gentleman, who listens to the
as something at once mighty and impalpable,
and the acute sympathy with it lies so near the
surface in many bosoms, that an old fiddler can
it. Let him strike up a merry and popular tune. It
is makeenough
instantaneous sftaacnetsangeroouws and peremptory demand upon
brighter, feet become affected
with involuntary twitchings__heads are inclined to in-
dulge in most significant " nods and becks," and the
rising steam of exhilarating joy finds a safety-valve in
" hands four round, down the middle, and up again."
We have seen an old woman of eighty-four get so ex-
cited under the application of Money Musk that her
white hair and rheumatics were at last entirely forgotten,
and she was found tripping it away with the youngest,
and even indulging now and then with an extra pirouette.
She certainly did seem a little ashamed when the dance
was over, and sneaked quietly into the nighest arm-chair ;
but as soon as ever she found sufficient breath, she roundly
and amply justified "making a fool of herself' by laying it
all torthe music ;" and what do you think, gentle reader,
of a respectable retired naval officer, whose best leg was
his wooden one, and whose sense of decorum was a pro-
verb among his friends—what do you think, we say, of
this gentleman rushing into the thick of Sir Roger de
Coverley on the pretence that the pretty girl at the
piano played so capitally that " he could not stand it any
longer." We honoured them both for the bit of " spon-
aneous combustion," and thought the " music in their
soul " among their most valuable possessions.
We remember once undertaking the care of an infant
nephew for an hour, and by dint of letting him pull
down the scarlet bell-ropes, giving him a valuable chim-
ney ornament to break, and talking to him about all
matters which we are supposed to be capable of under-
standing at ten months, we kept him tolerably still until
a young visitor went to the ivory keys and played
divers quadrilles and polkas. Our nephew immediately
turned into a very solid sort of quicksilver : he wriggled,
he jerked, he bolted up, he plumped down, he flung out
otokke
to the right, then as suddenly sprung to the left ; he
chuckled while he put his doubled fist inall othuer
purposes
of screamed with delight when he all but went over our
a
shoulder. His aspiration toward the ceiling was
alarm-
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care
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while its music was actively de-
veloped.
our
arms
And what a power of music there is in the soul of that
clever old lady, Dame Nature ! What a glorious 2Eolian
harp she manages to make between the strings of the
-gusts of the north
the "forte " and
usly she softens the
mountainw,idnidm.
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" breves" of bass, and how tenderly she arranges the rapid
chromatics in the treble, while the dark-plumed dancers
bend to the tones in perfect and stately measure. Now
she indulges in a plaintive wail, and anon she bursts on
the ear with a triumphal march. Mendelssohn must
surely have taken lessons on this grand wind-harp.
Take up that fair-skinned sea-shell, with its lips so
delicately rouged, and hear what a sweet murmuring
ditty those lips are giving. We imagine it is some na-
tive echo which it learnt in the crystal chambers of the
Syrens, while it rested there once on a coral ottoman,
as we brought away the ghost of a rich melody the

Put

first time we went to "Her Majesty's Theatre.
your ear close ; what do the pink lips tell 7
Of a wandering breath of mysterious love
From the caverns below to the planets above.
There, put it gently back again between the orange star-
fish and bright blue muscle : they may miss their dainty
ballad-singer, for aught we know, and make a complaint
to the great orchestral director, touching our wanton
derangement of his band.
Just listen to the " big waters" when they are "ele-
vated" under the influence of a strong draught of "nor'-
east." Hear those billows come galloping on, with their
white manes flying like a troop of wild sea-houses. Wha 1
a magnificent bass they make as they dash over the
' green rocks, and roar in the face of the iron cliffs. What
a " stunning" reunion is got up when Neptune quarrels
with Boreas ; when the conch-horns of the Tritons peal
la7hsbt
tntaih.egr
s‘eafg,wed,nao.hai
ngovtihtesiehLtr
overflowing"
sthnih,sohegetwauaest.nbd: p. arry caverns, and the yell* laughter o
the Nereids rings over the deep-mouthed din of ocean-
d
strife.
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certainly
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produce.
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wave beats. his superb voice into a penny trumpet ; but
singer on the
.boards, for no manager would desire such
See yonder in the east—that thickening leaden cloud.
the clever old
.lady's double drum ; and all the " boys"
in the crack regiments put together cannot handle the
sticks as she can. Let the e7tectric message be once sent,
j listen to the grand " roll" she will execute. See how'
the kings of the forest will lay down their arms, and the
wild marauders of the jungle hold their peace, before the
simple but sublime battle-music in Nature's soul.
Let us sit beside the wimplin stream as it takes its
' lonely way through the briary wood, and mark what
delicious harmony it makes with the help of pebbles,
rushes, and lily-leaves, gentle and sweet, ever like an
old-fashioned madrigal or one of the quaint love-strains
sung by a melancholy ill-used Strephen in praise of a
cruel Amarantha in the days of Dryads and shepherd's
' crooks. What an undying cadence it keeps : now sing-
' ing rather boldly as it tumbles headlong over the rugged
fragments of stone sprinkled here and there ; then mur-
muring with a persuasive gurgle as it creeps along under
the blackberry's trailing limbs ; and whispering still more
softly as it glides beside the lips of the convolvulus.
Now it breaks out with a sort of plashing chorus over
a fallen alder-trunk, as if the broken bubbles were each
uttering a lady-like and tuneful scream at the sudden
shock received by their crystal system. Then off it
hurries round that sedgy willow-shadowed corner, as
merry and melodious as a laughing child. Sing on,
sweet brooklet ; there is precious music in thy soul to
soothe the sorrowful and charm the glad.
Now listen to the Hullah society of feathered pupils
in the orchards and valleys. There is not a tuning-fork
among them ; every note is in a different "pitch," every
measure is unequal, and yet the harmony is unbroken.
The rook keeps " cawing" in most brasen and Billings-
gate-like style"; the robin whistles with a sort of conceited
melancholy air ; the wood pigeon is quietly trying one
little tune over and over again ; the cuckoo is doing the
same ; the family of finches are all gabbling at once like
ladies over a tea table or gentlemen after dinner ; the
lark
swiftas hard r
are
and
doingas fast
their a s
utmosthe cant
o;
the
elbl the
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meyaiePnlgoadus and
dis pipe
the
uproar ; " and myriads of self-taught
singers are each " practising nobody knows how many
" hours a day ;" yet the concord is perfect ; no out-of
tune jar is heard, no confusion disturbs the dreamy lis-
tener. Flat, sharp, and natural are allin the ascendant
at once ; but the swell of music falls arounds us without
a false accentuation or a grating tone.
How different is the human arrangement of Costa's
band. Let Signor A's fiddle-string be a thought lower
than Signor B's flute, and the consequences are serious.
Let the large trumpet be a degree flatter than the little
flute, or the triangle a point sharper than the cymbal,
and the pit and grand tier would go into convulsions.
Costa is a fine leader unquestionably, but he will never
be able to keep his instrumentation as complete as the
dear old lady Nature does. But perhaps we are tiring
our readers by our love and admiration for such " wan-
dering minstrels." Our own attempt at a morsel of ex-
tempore prose may prove dull and weary ; and while
we are conscious that our liberal patrons have to expend
three halfpence to get us into their houses, it would be
ungrateful to weary them, and cause them to spend
more money by "giving us a penny to go into the next
street." We will fling down our pen at once while we
possess a chance of being supposed to have an echo of
sweet music in our soul.

DEPLORABLE DEATH FROM DESTITUTION. Last
evening Mr. Brent held an inquest on Elizabeth Julia
Creed, the illegitimate infant of a sempstress, who
perished from want under the following circumstances.
Harriet Creed, the mother, who was the very imper-
sonation of destitution, stated that she gave birth to
deceased at 15, Wilson-street, Clerkenwell, where, with
another poor woman, who attended her, she was allowed
to remain by the kindness of Mrs. Blount, the landlady,
for six weeks. She was supported by her landlady and
the nurse. At the expiration of the six weeks she left
the lodging, in a heavy shower of rain, and wandered,
with her infant in her arms, in all directions. On the
following morning she found herself in Holloway, where
some labouring people compassionating her condition,
allowed her to sleep in their apartments a few hours ;
after which, herself and infant, who were wringing
wet, had again to turn out amidst torrents of rain,
and thus she wandered until night, when, upon arriving
at Mr. Braithwaite's, grocer, Britannia-row, Islington, he
allowed them to sleep in his house that night. The next
morning the infant appeared to be dying. Mr. Braith-
waite sent her to Mr. Gill, the parochial surgeon, who
gave her an order to enter the workhouse. On her way,
a woman advised her not to go to that workhouse, but
to St. Pancras workhouse, which she accordingly did,
and there obtained an order to see a medical man, who
could not be seen until the following morning, upon
which she renewed her wanderings until night, when
she succeeded in hiring an empty room at 4, Mount
Pleasant, where, huddled in their damp rags, they slept
on the bare boards until morning, and, upon awaking,
she found the infant dead in her arms. Mrs. Blount
(whose humanity was highly eulogised), Mary Fitz, the
nurse, and Mr. Gill, the surgeon, corroborated the
mother's pitiable tale. The jury returned the following
verdict :—" The deceased died from want and exposure ;
and the jury deem the mother very culpable in not
having at once obeyed Mr. Gill's directions to proceed
to the Islington workhouse."
SUPPOSED SUICIDE OF A SURGEON AT BROMLEY.—
On Tuesday evening an inquest was taken by Mr.
Baker at the Bromley Arms, Bromley, Middlesex, on
view of the body of Mr. Edward Wallace, aged 51, sur-
geon, Carlisle-terrace, Bromley, who is supposed to
have committed suicide by swallowing some prussic
acid. The deceased, who was married, and who had
considerable practice in the parish, had for some weeks
past suffered great depression of mind, alleged to have
been caused from domestic troubles. He was also in
pecuniary difficulties ; and a bill for 101., which had run
three months, became due on the day of his death. On
Friday last he appeared more than usually melancholy.
In the evening of that day, he was found seated in a
chair apparently dead. Two medical gentlemen were
called in, who stated that life was extinct, and on smell-
ing his mouth there was discerned the effluvium of
prussic acid. A search was then made, when a phial,
which had contained prussic acid, was found on a shelf
entirely empty, and the cork was removed. Upon this
statement being made several of the jury observed that
they considered a post mortent examination of the body
necessary to ascertain if the deceased had taken that
poison. The inquiry was then adjourned for that
purpose.

PROGRESS OF THE TELEGRAPH 13Y SEA AND LAND.--
.The progress of the telegraph at home and abroad will,
it is calculated, soon outstrip the stretch of the railway
system, in consequence of its successful submarine
extension. The submarine lines now in daily operation
are, the line between Dover and Calais, 20 miles ; be-
tw,ten Dover and Belgium, 70 miles ; between Orford
ness and Holland, 115 miles ; between Donaghadee
and Portpatrick and the Great and Little Belts, a total
extent of submarine telegraph of 255 miles. This extent
of submarine telegraph is the result exclusively of Eng-
lish enterprise. By the Mediterranean Electric Tele-
graph, contracts for which have just been entered into,
England will be united with Piedmont, Corsica Sar-
dinia, Algeria,
gyonvpaatr.nid various Thiscommerce
foreign again
Governments. i s
exceed under
"the
auspices of English enterprise, with the concurrence
and ud of h
The vast capabilities that will be thus placed at the
command
calcula-
tion, and almost perplex contemplation. Continued from
the coast of Africa to Bombay, the electric link is to be
comiected with the 3,000 miles of telegraph now con-
structing in the Indian Empire, and thence to Australia,
to supply which some time since the Australian Tele-
graph Company, for communication with India, Van
Diernen's Land, and the whole interior of New South
Wales, was projected, but the credit of which appears
likely to be taken from the mother country by the Ame-
ricans, who it is said, propose to do it for her. Nearer
home the telegraphic wires have just been completed
between Cork, Dublin, Belfast, and Killarney. They
have within the last few weeks been carried from Corn-
hill to the London Docks, and are being taken on to
the end of Scotland.
EAST INDIAN IRON COMPANY.—At the meeting of
the East Indian Iron Company held yesterday the reportpresented by the directors was unanimously carried.
It was explained by the chairman (Mr. Aglionby,
M.P.) that the delay in bringing the undertaking into
active operation had been caused by the lengthened ne-
gotiation with the Board of Control and the India-
house
respecting a charter, and an extension of the pri-
vileges connected with the lease of the mineral districts
in wich the business of the company is conducted.
These arrangements having now been satisfactorily con-
cluded, the directors, with the view of bringing the com-
pany into profitable working, have determined upon
making a call of 2/. 10s. per share, a dividend of 7 per
cent. being stipulated to be paid to those who supply
the present capital before any distribution shall be made
among the old proprietors, represented by deferred
shares. The points principally discussed related to the
large quantity of ore available exclusively for the com-
pany, its generally excellent quality, and the efficiency
of the works at present in active operation, and it was
stated that the extension of railway communication in
India, and the demand for shipments of iron to other
markets, insured a degree of success, which would be
increased by the improvements about to be introduced
in the manufacture under the new management. At
the close of the proceedings a pledge was given that if
the call shall not be responded to on an adequate pro-
portion of shares, the directors will consult the pro-
prietors on the further steps it may be considered neces-
sary to adopt.
LAND AND ASSESSED TAXES RECEIPTS.—Under the
16th and 17th Vict., cap. 68, receipts for land and as-
sessed taxes, or for the income tax, are, from the 4th
ult,, exempted from duty.