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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL'S.-THURSDAY.

Owing to the attractions at Salisbury, the attendance
at " The Corner" was very scanty.
The only offer made, was to lay 25 to 1 to 50/. against
Acrobat for the Derby.
It was stated that at the club, in the early part of the
afternoon, 6,000 to 200 was laid against him.

SALISBURY RACES—THURSDAY.
Second Year of the THIRD WILTSHIRE TRIENNIAL

STARES for three-yrs-old: One mile and a half.

Mr. Snewing's Dan Cupid by Orlando, Bst 41b,

(H. doater) NV. o.
The TRIAL STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added.
Weight for age. One mile.
Mr. T. Parr's Defiance, by Old England, 4 yrs, Bst 71b
(Flatman) 1
Baron Rothschild's Orestes, 4 yrs, Bst 71b...(Simpson) 2
Mr. Po wney's Cineas, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ('Vlaton) 3
Mr. Sargent's The Queen's Own, 3 yrs, bat 101 b (Blake) 4
Mr. Rives's colt, by Cowl, out of Argan Lass, 3 yrs,
6st 101 b (J. Goater) 5
Betting-7 to 4on Cineas, 4to 1 agst Defiance. Won
easily by two lengths ; four lengths between second and
third ; bad fourth. Cowl colt beaten off.

The WILTSHIRE STASES, of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and
only 5 if declared, &c. ; with 1001. added ; the second
to save his stake. Two miles.
Mr. T. Parr's Trifle, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b (Flatman) 1
Mr. Saxon's Cleveland, 5 yrs, 6st 61b
Mr. Magennis's Pantomime, 4 yrs, 7st 51b (Wells) 3
Mr. H. Hill's Ireland Eye, 4 yrs, 7st 41b...(Castleman) 0
Mr. G. Drew's Vixen, 3 yrs, sst 21b ...... (Coventry) 0
Mr. J. H. C. Wyndham's Bridesmaid, 3_yrs, sst

(Fordham) 0
Mr. J. Parker's Cheshire Marquis, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b
(Alder) 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst Pantomime, 4to 1 agst Trifle,
6 to 1 each agst Vixen and Cleveland.
Won by three-quarters of a length—three lengths be-
tween second and third. Bridesmaid was well up with
Pantomime— Cheshire Marquis fifth, Vixen sixth, and
Ireland's Eye last throughout. The winner pulled up
lame.

FIRST YEAR of the SALISBURY BIENNIAL STAKES of

10 sovs. each, with 50 added, for two-year-olds. Half
a mile.
Mr. W. B. Bulkeley na Namur, by the Hero, Bst 71b

(A. Day) 1
Mr. Howard's c by Collingwood, out of Tarella, Bst 71b

(Wells) 2
Duke of Richmond's c by Robert de Gorham, out of
Wilderness, Bst 71b (Flatman) 3
Mr. R. E. Cooper's f by Lanercost, out of Nun Apple-
ton, Bst 31b (G. Manning) 4
Betting-7 to 4 agst Namur-2 to 1 agst Tarella colt-
Won by a head ; Wilderness colt a bad third.
The City Bowl did not fill.
The weather was delightfully fine, the town full of
visitors, and the attendance on the course very numerous.

CROXTON PARE
ACCEPTANCES for the GRA:
mile and a half.

Age st lb
Red Lion
Ethelwolf
Lamartine 6 11 5
Poodle
Titterstone (h b) 6 11 5
Warwick 3ll 4
Sackbut 5 11 21
Jan ey 4 10 13
ACCEPTANCES for the GoLI
Granby Handicap to carr;
Age st lb
Ethelwolf
Lamartine 6 11 11
Titterstone (h b) 6 11 11
Sackbut 5 11 10
Cleveland
Itch

RACES, APRIL 4.
BY HANDICAP. About a

Mr. Spence's St. Michael
engagements at 9.30 a.m., ]

Age st lb
Bourton a 10 13
Captain Flash
Georgy
Peter Simple a 10 7
Gerard
Star of England a 10 4
Drayton horse
El Dorado 3 9 7
I Cue. The winner of the
101 b extra. Two miles.
Age st lb
Jan ey.
Half-and-Half all 2
Gerard 5 10 12
Drayton horse
Communist 3 9 3

was struck out of all his
[arch the 9th.

TQ THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR,—Pardon the liberty I take in soliciting your
powerful aid, by communicating to the public the fol-
lowing simple but important mode of escape from
dwelling•houses on fire, when all communication with
the street-door or roof may be cut off from the inmates,
or in localities where the regular fire escapes may be
few and far between, or tardy in their arrival to save
life.

The plan I beg leave to suggest is in the possession of
all, both rich and poor, and at all times at their immedi-
ate command. It is simply to take from a bed a quilt,
blanket, or sheet, lower it through the window to police
or people who may be on the street, requesting them to
hold it out by the corners tight, and let those who feel
inclined to save their lives drop down into it. By this
simple means valuable lives might be saved from an
awful death by fire, or being dashed to pieces upon the
pavement.—l have the honour to be, sir, your humble
and obedient servant,

Brighton, March 9, 1854.

ARTHUR GUINESS.

THE MELBOURNE AND COLONIAL HOUSE INVESTMENT
COMPANY.—The first annual meeting of the shareholders
of this company was held at their offices, No. 13, Gres-
ham-street, yesterday. In the unavoidable absence of
the chairman, Lord Drumlanrig, one of the directors,
John Jamieson, Esq., was moved to the chair. The
report read by the secretary, Mr. Wilson, explained in
a full and satisfactory manner all the preliminary pro-
ceedings of the company, and stated that very extensive
premises had been taken on lease at Bow ; contracts
for the construction of various edifices had been con-
cluded, and extensive and gratifying orders had been
offered both for the Australian and home trade. The
directors, in consequence, obtained power at this meet-
ing to execute work for the home market, and their
buildings may be extensively purchased for agricultural
purposes, schools, churches, and stores, while for erec-
tions on doubtful or short leases they offer great advan-
tages, and will be extremely useful for fishing and hunt-
ing lodges. The retiring directors were re-elected, the
necessary resolutions passed unanimously, and a sum of
5001. per annum was voted to the directors, who, how-
ever, declined to receive any remuneration until the
company should be in a condition to pay a dividend. It
was stated that no necessity would arise for a call on
the shares for a considerable time. A vote of thanks
being passed to the chairman, the meeting separated.
THE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN A POLICE STATION.—
Since the examination and committal of James Tucker,
on the charge of firing a loaded pistol at Mr. Umpleby,
with intent to murder him, some further facts have
come to the knowledge of the police, which will be
adduced in evidence on the trial of the prisoner, who,
it appears, on being apprehended, in High-street, Shore-
ditch, was conveyed in a cab, guarded by the prosecutor
(Mr. Umpleby) and metropolitan police-constable, G 193.
During the transit the prisoner contrived, unseen by either
the prosecutor or, the offier, to secrete beneath the cushions
the following articles, viz.:—A bullet mould, several balls
that had every appearance of having been recently cast,
a quantity of gunpowder, and a large clasp knife. On
the driver of the cab hearing of the attempt that was
made at the station-house, he searched the vehicle and
discovered the articles enumerated above, which he at
once took to the station house in Smithfield, and de-
livered them to Mr. Cole, the inspector on duty. The
bullets have been tried, and found to fit the bore of the
pistol exactly, so that the prisoner's statement, relative
to the gunsmith returning the weapon loaded, falls to
the ground. Other facts have come to the knowledge
of the police, but in the present state of the affair it is
considered advisable to observe a strict silence.
THE QUEEN'S COLLEGES IN IRELAND.—It is an-
nounced that through the influence of Lord Clarendon,
her Majesty's Foreign Secretary, who is also the Chan-
cellor of the Queen's University, a communication has
been made to the President of the Belfast College to
recommend some young gentlemen, of approved apti-
tude for the acquisition of foreign languages, who are or
have been students in the college, for appointments to
public offices under the Government at Hong Kong.
The salary which will be allotted to those who may be
successful is 2001. a year, to commence on their arrival
in China, their passage being provided at the public
expense. Their advancement in the public employment
in China will depend entirely on the ability and steadi-
ness which they may manifest in conducting the affairs
which may be committed to their charge.
THE BRAZILIAN MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday.
—The Thames, Captain Strutt, belonging to the Royal
Mail Company, left this afternoon with the usual
monthly Brazilian mails.
She has taken forty-eight
passengers, 10,0001. in specie and jewellery, and an aver-

age cargo.
EAST INDIA RAILWAY COMPANY. —There appears
some misunderstanding as to the nature of the contract
recently entered into between the East India House and
the East India Railway Company, many persons sup-
posing that in the event of the railway company being
unabl to raise the whole of the required capital, those
shareholders who pay their subscriptions will be mulcted
in their interest or otherwise prejudiced. The contract,
however, is quite explicit upon that puint, and the only
penalty to which the railway company are liable, in the
event of any failure on their part, either to find the capi-
tal or make and work the railway, is a cancelment of
the contract by the East India Company upon repayment
of the capital which may have been previously raised.
Independently of the security afforded to the shareholders
by this arrangement, th© company have the power at
any time after any portion of the line shall have been
opened to the public for three months to resign the
whole of the works to the Government, and to claim
their capital in full.
NOTTINGHAM TRADE.—We have no alteration to
report in the state of trade from our last weeks' state-
ment. The improvement in the glove trade is confirmed ;
and several German buyers have appeared upon 'Change
during the week, the avant couriers of those daily ex-
pected, whose coming the unsettled stat 3 of the affairs
of Europe has undoubtedly delayed, and even rendered
doubtful. Both lace and hosiery are therefore as be-
fore ; and it will be recollected that we announced a
certain degree of activity in the home trade as having
set in. We regret to observe that in the Preston fac •
tory districts things are assuming a formidable aspect.
On the 3d inst., a proclamation was issued by the ma-
gistrates, in which the public meetings of operatives
were proclaimed down, and in consequence of the riotous
condition of the populace, all persons were warned
against collecting in numbers in the public streets.
Another proclamation of the 6th inst., intimates that in
consequoicc of attacks on the strangers from Ireland
and elsewhere proceeding to their work, these operatives
will be escorted thither by the military. We trust that
no collision may ensue,—Nottinghamshire Guardian.

ar-7- r

THE CHARGE OF CORRUPTION AGAINST
IRISH MEMBERS.

The select committee appointed to investigate this
charge met again yesterday morning, shortly after
twelve o'clock, and resumed the inquiry. The members
of the committee were all present, namely, Mr. Hen-
ley (chairman), Lord Hotham, Lord Barrington, Mr.
Granville Vernon, Mr. :Kuntz, Mr. Keogh (the Irish
Solicitor-General), Mr. Butt, Mr. Bright, Mr. Macart-
ney, and Mr. G. H. Moore. A considerable number
of Irish members were in the committee-room through-
out the day, listening to the proceedings ; and the crowd
behind the bar was quite as great as on previous days.
Dr. Gray was recalled and asked by the Chairman
how many names he could give of persons who could
corroborate the general statements he had made be-
fore the Committee ?--Witness replied that he could
furnish the names of five such persons—namely,
first, Patrick Fottrell, solicitor, of Lower Gardner-
street, Dublin, who could make a general statement refer-
ring to the case of which he (Fottrell) knew something ;
second, Thomas Arkins, sword-bearer to the corporation
of Dublin, who could speak to money having passed for ,
Parliamentary services ; third, Mr. Samuel Bindon, a
barrister, of 21, Lower Gloucester-street, Dublin, who
had mentioned to witness a special case, subsequently
referred to by Mr. Lucas in Parliament, of a man who
had offered him (Mr. Bindon) 97. to procure him Parlia-
mentary support in promoting him in the Customs ;
fourth, Mr. Keogh (the Irish Solicitor-General)' who, in
1851, in a conversation with witness, spoke of " Pat.
Somers, and those fellows who lived by selling places"—
(a laugh)—and, fifth, Mr. James Walker, solicitor, of
Sligo, and sometimes resident in Dublin, son of Alder-
man Walker, who had told witness he knew of persons
who had purchased place, in a conversation witness had
had with him in Dublin subsequently to Mr. Butt's mo-
tion for the present committee. Witness added a sixth
name, that of Mr. F. Stonor, formerly of Boswell-court,
Lincoln's-inn, and now a colonial judge, who had made
a general statement to him of corrupt practices. Mr.
Stonor accompanied Mr. Townley when that gentleman
contested Sligo. When asked if he could give the names
of any other persons, witness replied, that if he were to
name every man who had expressed a strong conviction
to him as to the existence of the corrupt practices in
question, his statement would include the names of al-
most every political friend that he had.
The room was then cleared for a short interval, and
on the re-admission of the public,
Mr. Lucas, M.P., was re-called—He explained that
he wished to withdraw the admission of indiscretion on
his part, made on a former day, in holding a conversa-
tion with Dr. Gray in the lobby, when the room was
cleared, whilst that gentleman was under examination.
He considered that, instead of being indiscreet, he very
prudently and properly made the statements he did to
Dr. Gray on that occasion, and that if there was any
indiscretion it was on the part of the committee in press-
ing Dr. Gray to divulge that conversation. He (witness)
now declined to say how many persons he had had con-
versation with in reference to corrupt practices. In
mentioning certain names to Dr. Gray, he had not the
sightest wish or intention, but quite the contrary, that
they should be made the subjects of investigation before
this committee ; and Dr. Gray appeared to have divulged
those names tothe committee under protest and duresse.
He absolutely refused, with great respect, to give the
committee any clue whatever to cases which bad been
mentioned to him in the course of private and con-
fidential intercourse. He disclaimed, in the strongest
and most unreserved manner, giving any credence
whatever to the rumour implicating Mr. Burke Roche,
\I.P., in anything like corrupt practices, after reading
in the Tablet the paragraph, to which witness's attention
had been called by the Irish Solicitor-General in his pre-
vious examination. Although he adopted the responsi-
bility of that paragraph, he had nothing whatever to do
with its writing or its insertion in the paper.
The room was again ordered to be cleared, and, after
remaining closed for upwards of an hour, the Chairman
intimated to Mr. Lucas that the committee wished him
to be again in attendance before the committee to-mor-
row (this day).
Mr. Keogh, M.P., the Irish Solicitor-General, was
next called, and the Chairman having called his atten-
tion to the statement made by Dr. Gray, that in a con-
versation between them, he (Mr. Keogh) talked of
"Paddy Somers, and fellows like these, who live by
selling places," and asked whether he made that remark
to Dr. Gray, Mr. Keogh said he had no recollection of
having done so, but he did not mean to say that he did
not. He had reasons for believing such an expression
might have been used by him, though he had no recol-
lection of it. Being asked by the Chairman to give
those reasons, be referred, as one, to the attempt to sell
the office of postmaster of Ballymote, in which he was
engaged as counsel for the defence, on the prosecution,
by the Crown authorities, of the party concerned.
There was nothing in the case to implicate Mr. Somers ;
but he believed that public appointments both in
England and Ireland were given upon the recommenda-
tion of the members of the House of Commons who sup-
ported the Government of the day. At one time, when
the Government of the day was Whig, the county of
Sligo was represented by two Conservatives, and the
borough of Sligo by a Whig and three or four appoint-
ments were given to the family or connections of a Mr.
Walker, resident in the borough ; the inference being
that they were obtained through the influence of the
borough member with the Government. He recollected
when he was going circuit some few years ago, seeing a
paragraph in a Sligo newspaper which caused some
amusement in the town and neighbourhood. It was to
the effect that it was a great inconvenience that parties
in the town would not make up their minds as to how
much would be given for the situation of postmaster
there. (A laugh.)
By Mr. Macartney—He did not know of any pecu-
niary transactions of that kind with which Mr. Somers'
name was mixed up ; but he heard it stated in Sligo
that such transactions had taken place in connection
with Mr. Somers.
The Chairman—By whom did you hear that statei ?
Mr. Keogh—l should require a moment's considera-
tion to answer that. I heard it stated in the bar-room,
but I am not able, at this moment, to fix upon the per-
son who made the statement.
By Mr. Bright—Since the representation of Sligo had
been changed Mr. Walker, of Sligo, had received another
appointment. He had received three appointments from
the former member, and one from the present.
By Mr. Butt—There was a general rumour in the
district of Sligo that those places were obtained for pe-
cuniary considerations.
By Mr. G. H. Moore—He (Mr. Keogh) had not heard
him (Mr. G. H. Moore) speak more specifically of the
sale of places than in his speech at Ballina, referred to in
the course of the inquiry. In the speech which witness
also made on that occasion he did not recollect expressing
a strong concurrence in what he (Mr. G. H. Moore) had
previously said on that subject. Mr. Moore made an
excellent speech on that occasion, and though witness
could not recollect a tithe of what he said, he had a dis-
tinct recollection that Mr. Moore spoke three hours,
viz., from eight to eleven o'clock. (Laughter.) Witness
followed him in a speech of ten or fifteen minutes' dura-
tion. Witness, in the course of his speech, had no re- I
collection of speaking of the sale of places, though he I
might talk of Irish members selling their couutry for I
place, which was a very different thing. (Laughter.)
He had used this expression over and over again, that if
a member received patronage from the Government of
the day he must be supposed to be a supporter of the
Government of the day ; and that position was true of
the members of both sides of the house, and equally true
of English as of Irish members.
Mr. Bright—Then you speak from your own expe-
rience, being a member of the Government ! (Laughter.)
Mr. Keogh—No one knows better than Mr. Bright

that what I stated is true. (Renewed laughter:)
Mr. Bright—And if those who did not support the
Government asked for patronage, they would not
get it ?
Mr. Keogh—They would not ; and they ought not
either. (A laugh.)
Mr. Granville Vernon—Did you accept your pre-
sent office with any view to bestow patronage on any
person to whom you are under any obligation ?
Mr. Keogh—Certainly not ; and I should be glad if
the committee would examine me as to the bestowment
of any patronage on my part, for they would find that
the only case in which I sought patronage from the Go-
vernment of the day was where a lady, very much re-
spected in the town of Athlone, and who was post-mis-
tress there, having committed some irregularity which
the Post-office authorities would not overlook, and
having a large family entirely dependent upon her, I
used my interest to procure the situation to be given to
a male member of the family, to keep them all from
ruin.
By Mr. Granville Vernon—He thought he never
charged the selling of places on Irish representatives
on any public occasion, though he might have used some
such expression as their selling their country.
By Mr. Butt—He had no recollection of speaking to
Dr. Gray on the subject of the appointment obtained by
Dr. Power, as stated by Dr. Gray, and he did not be-
lieve any such conversation took place.
The committee adjourned until to-morrow (this day.)

THE COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT WIGAN.--At the Con-
clusion of the proceedings yesterday in this case the
jury found the following verdict :—" We find that the
deaths of the 89 persons under consideration were occa-
sioned by an explosion of fire-damp occurring within the
workings of the Arley Mine, at the Ince-hall colliery on
Saturday, the 18th ultimo. We find that the explosion
occurred in or close to Pilkington's drift, and was ignited,
as we conceive, from Pilkington's shaft. The origination
of the gas which exploded was we believe from a sudden
and accidental outburst from some point not far from
the seat of the explosion ; and we would point to the
fall in Woodcock's place as the only likely source shown
for the emanation of such an outburst. We give it as
our opinion that the general management and ventila-
tion of the mine in question from the time of the former
lamentable explosion to the present has been satisfactory,
and the system of working under the peouliar circum-
stances of the pit uncensurable. Under the circum-
stances of these awful explosions, we would strongly re-
commend to the managers that as far as possible the use
of gunpowder in the working places within the mine be
wholly discontinued."
COMMONS ENCLOSURE.—The Enclosure Commissioners
have given their sanction to the following proposed en-
closures, and a bill is accordingly before Parliament to
authorise their being proceeded with :—Heaver-wood-
common, Lampeter-common and the Undergrove, Iping-
marsh, Cardigan-commons, Barlby, Church Brough In-
take,
Curdridge, Porlock-common, Bursledon, the Oak-
cutts-woods, Wootton Courtney, Hawkridge-common,
Tinhead, Cowleaze. A bill is passed every year to au-
thorise the enclosures which the commissioners sanction.
They do not report, however, in any of the instances
now before Parliament that they have required any al-
lotment for exercise and recreation ; it appears by their
report that they consider the ground unfit for that pur-
pose.