The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-24 00:00:00

ILLLY ItIII.I2.K.ETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2l 10s to 4/ ; Clover
ditto, 3/ 0; to 51 Os ; and Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 104 per
load. Both II ty and Straw moved off slowly, at barely
stationary prices.

CUMBIT:dI,AND. Meadow Hay, 21 12i to 41 0; ;
Clover ditto, 31 53 to 41 163; and Straw, 1/ 63 to
11 103 per load. A fair averne supply, and a sluggish
demand.

WitrrEctlAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 41 03 ;
Clover ditto, 31 5s to 51 Os; and Straw, 1153 to 1/ 103
per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
For the Week ended May 17, 1849, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in Enland and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
I WHEAT. I BARLET. OATS. I RTE. I BEANS. I PEAS.
PRICE .. I 4ts 9d 28s Od I 17s 8d I 25s 8d 30s 7d I 29s Ild
DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. I aye. I BEANS. I PEAS.
is lOd Is Od Is Od lOd Is Od is Od

CHANCERY.—(Tais DAY.)
Continued indisposition prevented the Lord Chancellor
sitting in his court at Westminster to•daj.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
His Lordship the Master of the Rolls heard petitions
;o-day, none of which presented any feature of interest.

VICE-CHANCELLOR
e(hearing of motions TIIS DAY.)
(Before
of ENGLAND.)
sC HonourE VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS
to-
day, but no cage calling for a special report came before
CthpeAroNcreCdeEd
the Court during the morning.
(Before the Vice-Chancellor limouT BRUCE.)
The case of Longhorn v. Smith, which came before his
Honour upon further directions, occupied the Court the
greater part of the morning.
(Before the Vice Chancellor WIGRA M.)
REYNELL V. SPRYE.
The further arguments in this part heard cause occu-
pied his Honour the whole morning.

BOW-STREET.—(THIS DAY.)
Martin Obuni, a respectably dressed young man, who
described himself as an assistant to an artist in Bond-
street, was charged with damaging one of the benches
in the Green Park.

A park-keeper (No. 6) stated that he this morning
saw the prisoner carving the letters of his name upon
the bench, when he took him into custody.
The prisoner said he did not know that he was doing
anything wrong.
Mr. HALL thought that the prisoner, who was twenty-
two years of age, had come to the years of discretion,
and must know very well that it was as wrong to dis-
figure public as private property. The prisoner might
just as well walk into a private house, and practice his
art of wood-cutting on a gentleman's table. The Act of
Parliament empowered him to inflict a penalty of 51.;
but, taking into consideration that the prisoner's wages
were only a guinea a week, he would only fine him 208.,
or send him to prison for ten days.

MARLBRO'-STREET—( THIS DAY.)
AN ABSURDITY IN THE LAW.--Captain Warriner,
gentleman staying at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street,
was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having
committed a nuisance against the shop door of a house
in Jermyn-street.
Bishop, 72 C, stated that this morning, about half-
past two o'clock, he saw the defendant committing a
nuisance in the doorway of No. 132, Jermyn-street. As
there bad been frequent complaints made by the pro-
prietor of the house, he took defendant into custody. De-
fendant was perfectly sober at the time.
Mr. Clark, the occupant of the house in question, here
hadstepped
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the floor into the kitchen, the ceiling of which was com-
pletely saturated with the filthy fluid. He therefore
trusted the worthy magistrate would inflict the highest
penalty the law allowed.
Mr. BINGHAM said it certainly was a very filthy nui-
sance, and if he had it in his own power, he would
certainly inflict the highest penalty the law allowed
him; but, unfortunately, the law only allowed him to
deal with the case by fine, when the person charged was
in liquor at the time of committing the. offence. It had
been proved that the defendant was sober when caught
in the act of committing the nuisance. - The proper re-
medy for the complainant to adopt, would be to sum-
tdhoeorchvya,ragse.totally
mons the defendant to the County Court, for wilful
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ings. _

Defendant readily agreed to this proposal, and the
parties having thanked the magistrate, left the court.

THE DERBY.

In the " golden age" of the turf, when the old-
fashioned mode of travelling had not been superseded by
railways, the journey to Epsom was, to the journalist,
one of the most prolific subjects of the Derby-day, and
its incidents, from " the Elephant" to the Downs, were
productive of almost as much amusement as the race
itself. Steam, however, has materially diminished this
fruitful source of excitement, and we now rarely hear of
broken limbs and panels, of drunken postilions, or extor-
tionate tollkeepers. The glories of the road have de-
parted, and the journey, with prudent, quiet-going people,
is simply a case of getting into a railway carriage at
London-bridge, out of it at Epsom, and on by the
" bus," or a-foot to the Downs. We do not mean to
say that the road is deserted; on the contrary, great
numbers remain faithful to old predilections and cus-
toms, postmasters still hold out for and obtain high
prices, and the innkeepers are astonished with an amount
of patronage which, however unfavourably it may con-
trast with former times, affords some consolation for the
almost total absence of business during the rest of the
year. Still the falling off is so marked, that the ques-
tionable features which once made " the road" so cele-
brated will be looked for in vain. Even the gathering
in front of " the Eagle," on the morning of the race,
has fallen into disuse, the betting mee, to avoid the
clamour and crush hich have invariably made the
transaction of business at this time-honoured, but most
particularly inconvenient, spot, so difficult, reserving
their operations for the enclosure on the course. No
one will deny that these changes are improvements, '
when it is borne in mind that whereas in bygone
times, in order to avoid the crush at Ewell, and
secure a good berth on the Downs, it was necessary
to be stirring with the lark, one can now devote
a considerable portion of the morning to business in
town, and reach the scene of action long before
the commencement of the races, at ene-fourth of the
expense which the trip would cost by the road. The
changes on the Downs are not less important—the ring
on the hill is one of the " has beetle of the ancient re-
gime, and pedestrians can now move about with little
danger of being trodden under foot; the horses are sad-
dled in front of the stand, without interruption from
the mob, are started without those Vexatious failures
that have so often given the victory to animals which, on
Olt.hpelafiten;althsetrruagleis,
to
n theirview merits,
fro m could
the
commencementhave won a
and the Grand Stand has become, what it always ought
to have been, the centre alike of business and pleasure.
To sum up, Epsom, from being one of the worst-con-
ducted meetings in the kingdom, is now nearly every-
thing which money, labour, and experience can make it.
Under ordinary favourable circumstances the success
of Epsom races has never been a matter of doubt; but
inclemency of the weather;
good
we have this year seen the Metropolitan,maannda,gienmfeanett :
b
nearly all the spring meetings, prove the most complete
fauiltufrreosm, not from
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and so inauspiciously did the present meeting commence,
thatr a wn
d day." Happily
e had s t
rong misgivings as to the fate of the
g our fears proved groundless, the
morning broke favourably, and, saving that one or two
heavy showers between eleven and twelve o'clock excited
some apprehensions, more agreeable weather for the
sport could not have been desired.
The Grand Stand was thronged in all parts, and the
assemblage, in the aggregate, was immense, but decidedly
below the average in every respect. Most of the magnates
of the turf were present, still it is not to be gainsayed,
that in the item of "rank, beauty, and fashion," there
was a marked falling off. Admitting this, however,
there can be no doubt that the parties interested in
must
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cuniarych their
ke e ing u
sense,pth popularityhave
met w thetfh th emeeting, o
endeavours to meet the public taste fairly entitle them.
And now for the Derby, the only event calling for any
notice beyond the official return. As will be gathered
from what we have already said, little or nothing
was done in the town, but from the " offers" it was
not difficult to make out that Nunnykirk was on the
" go." This was more obvious on the course, and
it will be seen that he closed at nearly double the odds at
which he left off on Tuesday. This decline was partly
attributable to a belief that he was short of work, and
partly to a misunderstanding in the stable as to the
jockeys. Chatterer also went out of favour. On the
other hand, Tadmor and the Flying Dutchman were in
immense force, and left off at 2 to 1 each.
The race was fixed for half-past two, and by a few
minutes after that time the horses, 26 in number, includ-
ing no less than six from John Scott's stable!—were
conducted to the post, and started without a mistake.
The result of the race will be a heavy blow to the
" ring," scarcely a man, we should say, escapes., Lord
Eglinton and his friends, and the " public,' win all the
money. The Carew Stakes came off about four o'clock.
and the heats being run in quick time, the races were
brought to a conclusion at an early hour.

The Derby Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs
oh]; colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 21b; the second horse to
receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, and the winner to
'my 100 sovs. towards the police regulations. Mile
and a half. (237 subs.)
Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman (Marlow) 1
Mr. Godwin's Hotspur (Whitehouse) 2
Colonel Peel's Tachnor (Nat) 3
Lord Clifden's Honeycomb (Robinson) 4
Lord Eglinton's Elthiron (Prince) 0
Mr. A. Nichol's Nunnykirk (Marlon) 0
'dr. Bowes's The Knout (F. Butler) 0
Sir C. Monk's Vanguard ..(J. Holmes) 0
Mr. 11. Hill's henry of Exeter (W.Boyce) 0
Lord Stanley's Uriel (Bumby) 0
Duke of Rutland's c out of Flambeau's dam...(Pearl) 0
Mr. Pedley's Old Dan Tucker (Templeman) 0
Mr. Watt's Chatterer
Sir J. irawley's Vatican (Rogers) 0
Sir C. Cockrell's Tlaibalt (lf. Darling) 0
Mr. Gratwick's Landgrave (Kitchener) 0
Mr. Disney's Montague (W. Abdale) 0
Sir G. Heathoote's Companion (R. Sherwood) 0
Mr. Farrance's Tho Old Fox (Horns iv, jun.) 0
Mr. Nicholi's Woolwich (W. (haps) 0
Mr. B. Green's Westow (Winteringham) 0
Lord Exeter's Glenalvon (Bartholomew) 0
Mr. Burgess's The Crowner (out of Sou-
venance) (J. Sharp) 0
Mr. Campbell's Robert de Brus (II. Bell) 0
Lord Bateman's Goodwood (Sly) 0
Mr. Jaques's Chantrey (G. Simpson) 0
Betting-2 to 1 agst 'radmor —2 to I agst Flying
Dutchman-6 to 1 agst Nunnykirk —lO to 1 agst Chat-
terer-20 to 1 agst Vatican-25 to 1 agst Honeycomb-
-25 to 1 ngst Elthiron-30 to 1 agst The Knout-30 to 1
agst Uriel-40 to 1 agst Old Dan Tucker-40 to t agst
Robert de Brus-50 to 1 agst Hotspur-50 to 1 agst
Montague. Lord Eglinton declared to win with the
Flying Dutchman.

Westow went in front immediately after starting, and
made play at a moderate pace, followed by Chantrey,
Tadmor, Vatican, Elthiron, Uriel, Henry of Exeter, and
Nunnykirk, the Dutchman and Old Dan Tucker lying
close up. This order was maintained for rather more than
a quarter of a mile; Westow then dropped into the ruck,
and Vatican assumed the command, Uriel, Elthiron,
Hotspur, Tadmor, and Nunnykirk lying with him, im-
mediately in their wake coming Old Dan Tucker, the
Duke of Rutland's colt, and the Flying Dutchman. On
reaching the turn the front rank was thinned by the de-
feat of Elthiron and Nunnykirk, the leading horses from
this point to the corner being Vatican, Uriel, Hotspur,
and the two favourites. Vatican and Uriel were beaten
before they got to the road, and the race was left to the
Flying Dutchman, Hotspur, and Tadmor, the former
being first, the half-bred horse at his side, and Tadmor
third. Colonel Peel's horse was in difficulty half way
up the distance, but Hotspur made a gallant fight of it,
and was so nearly level with his opponent opposite the
Stand that the issue appeared very doubtful; the Dutch-
man, however, ran the stoutest, and won by half a length.
Tadmor struggled on to the end, and was not beaten
more than a length from the winner. Honeycomb laid
off in the early part of the race, but passed his horses one
by one in the straight running, and obtained a bad fourth
place. Uriel was fifth, and the Duke of Rutland's colt
sixth. Chatterer never showed in front. The race was
run in three minutes; twelve seconds slower than last
year.
The Carew Stakes of 5 sovs, each, with 30 added; three
yrs old, 7st 101 b; four, Bst 1 llb; five, 9st 21b; six and
aged, 9st 61b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The
winner to be sold for 150 sous., if demanded, &c.
Three-quarters of a mile.
Mr. C. Hornsby's Bokhara, aged... (Hornsby, jun.) 1
Colonel Peel's Taffrail, 4 yrs
Mr. Drinkald's Resolution, 5 yrs 0
Mr. Waller's Pottinger, 5 yrs
Mr. Formby's br m out of Guzman's dam, 4 yrs 0
Mr. Carew's Philosopher, 5 yrs ... ... 0
Mr. Dawson's St. Oswald, 5 yrs 0
Mr. Bull's Mogador, 5 yrs 0
Mr. Death's Plebeia, 3 yrs ... 0
Mr. S. L. Fox's Faith, 4 yrs ... 0
Betting-7 to 4 agst Philosopher and Taffrail, sto •1
agst Resolution, and 7 to 1 agst Bokhara. Bokhara
made all the running, and, after a severe race, at the
finish won by a head, Pottinger a gbod third. Run in
1 min. 22 sec.

The Burgh Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added; three
year olds, Bst 21b; four, Bst 11lb; five, 9st; six and
aged, 9st 41b. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The
winner to be sold for 80 sovs., if demanded, Scc. Heats,
half a mile.
Mr. Burgess's Hind of the Forest, 4 yrs (J. Sharp) 1 1
Mr. J. Day's Colocynthus, 4 yrs ...(Wakefield) 7 2
Capt. Richard's Landrail, 4 yrs ... ... (Sly) 2 3
Sir C. Cockerell's Kennett, 3 yrs . (Brooks) 6 4
Mr. Price's Gabbier, 5 yrs... ... (W. Oates) 5 5
Mr. Greville's Paquita, 3 yrs... ...(Dockeray) 3dr
Mr. Drinkald's Grief, 3 yrs ... (Rodney) 4dr
First heat-2 to 1 each agst Grief and Landrail; won
by half a length, Paquita a bad third. Second heat-
7to 4 agst the Hind; won by two lengths. The winner
was claimed.
BETTING ON THE COURSE.
THE OAKS.
11 to 2 agst Sister to Arkwright
11 to 2 agst Clarissa
6 to 1 agst Glauca
6 to 1 agst Woodlark
12 to 1 agst Imperatrix— taken
12 to 1 agst Escalade
14 to 1 agst Lady Superior.
ST. LEGER.
2 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman

Tbirb Mbition

EPSOM RACES.

(THIS DAY.) -BY EXPRESS.

The Epsom Four Years Old Stakes of 50 sm. each, &c.
Mr. Roles Comet ... ... ... ... walked over
The Durdans Stakes of 10 sous. each, &c.

Sylvia ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 1
Paquita ..• ••• ••• ••• ••• 2
Miss Flower ... ••• ••• ••• 3
Won by a length.
The Grand Stand Plate of 2001., &c.
Swordplayer ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 1
Countess colt ... ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 2
Backbiter e•-, ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 3
Eagle's Plumo ... •• ••• ••• ..• ••• 4
Won by a length.

LITERATURE.
ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL.

We are glad to find that every successive
number of this popular journal not only fulfils the
anticipations we formed at its outset, but exhibits an
improvement both in the diversity and excellence of
the papers. In the third number, Eliza herself treats
us to a delightful little lecture on "People who do not
like Poetry," against which uninteresting class she
has naturally, she tells us, a very strong prejudice.
Her remarks on this subject are as truthful as they
are excellent. People who do not like poetry are,
however, to our thinking, more to be pitied than cen-
sured. They are themselves the greatest sufferers.
There is a column in this journal devoted to "Dia-
mond Dust," which is of peculiar merit and interest.
It is a collection of thoughts and maxims briefly
expressed, but with that brevity which is the soul of
wit. Peter Parley continues his " Lessons for Little
Ones," and side by side with this article is a lesson
for housewifes on the important subject of " Shirt-
buttons," the writer of which is evidently such a
sufferer from his wife's carelessness in that particular
that he has taken the pains to parody the "Mari-
ners of England," thus combining the sublime
and the ridiculous in a very amusing, end it is to be
hoped, beneficial manner :
" Ye married men of England !
Each one whose wife will leave
All buttonless, a thousand times,
A collar or a sleeve," &c.
An article on " Young Men's Mutual Improve-
ment Societies" bestows on those praiseworthy insti-
tutions a deserved eulogium, and another on "Clubs"
treats those fruitful sources of domestic discord
' with a severity which we will not take upon ourselves
to decide whether or not they merit. Silverpen's
story, the " Now Crockery Shop," besides being in-
teresting in subject and delightful in point of style,
is worthy of a commendation, inasmuch as it advo-
cates for the poor a share in these beauties
of art hitherto considered (most erroneously)
the exclusive property of the rich. "It is
time to say," observes this author, " that Art
is invested with a sublime prerogative when it can
elevate the common round of daily life. Therefore,
good Felix Summerly and thy disciples, beautify
what thou canst for the people, and not only adorn
the houses of the rich and high, but give beauty to
poor places, and set it, as a holy thing, before us,
about us, and around us." Heartily do we reiterate
this aspiration. Through the eye the heart and
mind are most powerfully instructed ; and why should
the almost irresistible lessons taught by the
Beautiful be denied to that large class
which so much requires their elevating influence ?
" A Dream of the Steadfast" contains a very beau-
tiful definition of love, and a picture of that " con-
stancy" which Coleridge has told us " lives in realms
above," but which, according to the author of this
pathetic little tale, is sometimes to be found on earth
also. The variety of papers in Eliza Cook's Journal
renders it impossible to analyse each individually.
Besides those already mentioned, are articles on
" Fools," " Rooks and Rookeries," " The Inside of
an Omnibus," " Pride," a poem by Charles Swain,
" May," &c., &c. Should the Journal continue as
well as it has commenced (and judging from these
earlier numbers it bids fair to do so), Eliza Cook will
become a popular journalist, as well as a popular
poetess.

DEATH OF MISS EDGEWORTII.—DUBLIN, MAY 23.
—lt is stated in Saunders's Noes Letter of this morning
that an illustrious Irishwoman, Maria Edgeworth, is no
more. She died after a few hours illness, at Edgewortha.
town, on the morning of Monday. Up to a very recent
period she had been in the possession of excellent spirits and
health.
WOODEN BREAD.—Dr. Percy does not specify dis-
tinctly the class of cases for which this now article of
belly timber is suitable; but we should think it espe-
cially adapted to parties on board wages,—Punch.

1849.

I NATIONAL BANK OF IRELAND.

The foul to.-n;11 atinual meeting of the proprietors
of this bank was hid yesterday, at one o'clock, at the
offices, Old Broad-street; T. Lamle Murray, Esq., in
the chair.
The following directors were present:—

T. Lamie Murray, Chairman ; John O'Connell,
M.P. ; Maurice O'Connell, M.P. ; Anthony
O'Flaherty, M.P. ; Robert Sutton, Augustus Vigne,
Octavius Ominanney, J. B. Henshaw, James Reade,
J. C. Ruding, and Christopher Fitz-Simon, Esqs.
Among the shareholders we observed—

Sir B. W. Wall, Captain Sir Burton Macnamara,
the Rev. Horace G. Choliriondeley, the Rev. Dr.
Magee, the Rev. Thomas Madge, Alderman Hackett,
of Clonmel ; and J. L. Wheeler, Joseph Wheeler, W.
L. Wheeler, E. Smithwick, of Kilkenny; Robert
APMahon, of Limerick ; Edmund Power, Charles
Rule, George Coxhead, john Pitman, Rowaud Ronald,
A. K. Hutchison, E. Bedford, William Handley
Peter Daly, Joh❑ Hardy, and John N. M'Kenna,
The SECRETARY (N. S. King, Esq.) read the ad-
vertisement convening the meeting, and also the
following