The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-16 00:00:00

MARCH 16, 1849.

lows :—East Lancashire, Preference, 6 per cent. 7%—Shrewsbury
arid Birmingham (A), s%—Ditto, Preference, 9% —Tork, Newcastle,
and Berwick (Original Newcastle and Berwick), 25% ex div.—Ditto
(Newcastle Extension), 18%ex div.—Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 7.7(t.

NE WC ASTLE-ITPON-TYNE, Mutat 15.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The business done in the Stock Exchange to-
day has been as follows : —Caledonian, 23%—Edinburgh and
Northern (Newport), 6%—Hartlepool Dock and Railway, New
Fifths, 9—Newcastle and Carlisle 102—York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick (original N. and B), 2514—Ditto (G. N.T. Purchase), 8.
GLASGOW, Meilen 14.-
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The following are to-day's transactions :
Aberdeen, Preference, 525. 6d.—Clydesdale Junction, 60—Edinburgh
and Glasgow (Stirling Midland Junction), 5 per cent. guaranteed,
15%—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 53—Ditto, Halves (No. 2),
6%—Glasgow and Garnkirk, 40—Great Northern, 111. 4s.—North
British, Preference, 265. 6d.—Scottish Central, 24%.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
VICE•CHANCERY COURT, March 15.
Before Sir J. WiGnAm.
PELLY V. WATHEN.
In this crse, which had not concluded when our re-
port left, his Honour allowed the exceptions.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
John Terry was brought up for final examination
upon the charge connected with the disappearance of
some important papers which had been stolen from a
room in the Salutation Hotel, in Newgate-street, where
Mr. Budd, the owner of them lodged.
Mr. Wilde, instructed by Mr. Wakeling, attended for
the prisoner.

At the couclusion of the proceedings, Alderman GIBBS
said, I shall send the case for trial, but I shall take your
own recognizances in the sum of 801. and one surety in
the sum of 401., to appear at the Central Criminal Court.
The witnesses were then all bound over, and bail was
put in for the prisoner. _ _

- LAMBETH.
This day having ken appointed for the examination
of Miss Harriet Martin, the governess of the National
Infant School in South Lambeth, before Mr. Norton, on
a charge of barbarous cruelty, in having placed, as she
herself had confessed, a child of three years of age on the
top of a highly-heated stove, and frightfully injured the
poor little fellow's posteriors, - &c., the court was much
crowded by persons anxious to hear the proceedings, but
as the child was still pronounced not to be out of danger,
the case was adjourned for a fortnight.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
The general betting was extremely flat; it was never-
theless very important in its influence on the position of
the principal favourite for the Northamptonshire Stakes,
inasmuch as the anxiety to get on was so great that at
one time anything above 6 to 4 would have been taken;
a reaction at the close sent him back to 7 to 4, layers;
Velox and Giselle were the only other animals in
favour for it. Do-the-Boys had several backers for
the Metropolitan Handicap, for which The Tartar made
his debut ; we believe 20 to 1 would have been taken.
The other movements consisted of an improvement in
Honeycomb for the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, in
Joc-u'-Sot, Cosssack, and Rathmines for the Chester
Cup, audit) Tadmor for the Derby. Latest quotations:—
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.
7 to 4 agst Mr. J. D. Bay's The Tartar, 5 yrs, 7st 91b
8 to 1 agst SirJ. Hawley's Fernhill, 4 yrs, Est 81b
8 to 1 agat Mr. Gregory's Loupgarou, 3 yrs, sst 21b
11 to 1 agst Mr. Bell's Velox, 3 yrs, sst 31b
15 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's Giselle, 6 yrs, Est 121 b
—taken
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.
7 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Lugar, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b—t
10 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Canezou, 4 yrs, Bst lib
15 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Peep-o'-Day Boy, 5 yrs,
Bst 71b—taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. Gordon's Do-the-Boys, 3 yrs, sst—t
16 to 1 agst Mr. J. B. Day's
.The Tartar, 6 yrs,
7st 121 b
20 to 1 agat Mr. S. L. Fox's Executor, 5 yrs, Bst 31b
—taken
NEWMARKET HANDICAP.
5 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Canesou, 4 yrs, Bst 71b
TWO THOUSAND CUINEAS STAKES.
3 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Honeycomb—taken
5 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Uriel
CHESTER CUP.
12 to 1 agst Mr. F. Clarke's Joc o' Sot, 5 yrs, Est 111 b
—taken
16 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Halo, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b
—taken
30 to 1 agat Mr. Pedley's Cossack, 5 yrs,: 9st llb—t
33 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Rathmines, 5 yrs, 6stbalb
—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Eddison's John Cosser, 4 yrs, 7st 21b
—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. M. Blake's Ballinafad, 5 yrs, 7st 21b
—taken
1,000 to 20 agst Colonel Anson's Blaze, 4 yrs, 7st 6113
taken and offered
1,000 to 20 agst Colonel Peel's lodine, 4 yrs, Est 81b—
taken and offered
1,000 to 20 agst Colonel Peel's Taffrail, :4 yrs, Est 121b—
taken and offered
1,000 to 20 agst Mr. R. Chapman na. Wide-awake, 4
yrs, 6st 101 b—taken and offered
DERBY, 1849.
3 to 1 agat Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman
6 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Tadmor
20 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Uriel
25 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Strongbow
33 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Escalade—taken
DERBY, 1850.
50 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Pontifex
50 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Sidus
50 to 1 agst Lord John Scott's Windhound
50 to 1 agst Mr. E. R. Clark's Old Commodore
50 to 1 agst Mr. Henry's Pitsferd
50 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Paul
Tho above bets were all taken to about 1001. each.

FINE ARTS.
PORTRAIT OF FIELD-MARSHAL HIS
GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
Painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence; engraved by
Samuel Cousins.
A proof impression of the engraving, just com-
pleted from the celebrated picture by Sir Thomas
Lawrence, representing the great soldier as standing
on the field of Waterloo, has here enabled the multi.
tude to possess copies of the original painting, trea-
sured up in the collection of Sir Robert Peel. Mr.
Cousins has not only faithfully followed the details,
the likeness, the lights and the shadows, but has
embodied the very sentiment expressed on the can-
vass by the brush of Lawrence. The whole scene
has about it the severity befitting the companion in
arms of the Prince-Field-Marshal Blucher.

PORTRAIT OF LORD GEORGE BEN-
TINCK. Painted by Samuel Lane ; engraved
by Samuel W. Reynolds.
Before the engraving of this interesting memento
of the deceased leader of the Protectionists was com-
pleted, we took occasion to draw towards it the atten-
tion of the admirers of Lord George, as being a re-
presentation of the only portrait for which (with the
exception, of course, of M. Claudet's daguerreotype)
the departed nobleman was ever known to have sat. Now
that the plate has been finished we may award to it
an amount of commendation to which it is justly
entitled as being one of the most faithful likenesses
yet published. Every follower of Lord George,
whether on the turf or in Parliament, will be eager
to possess a memorial so appropriate of the gallant
but ill-fated Bentinck.

PHARAOH'S CHARIOT HORSES. En-

graved by C. W. Wass, from the original Painting
by J. F. Herring.
Who does not remember Herring's great painting
of Pharaoh's Chariot Horses, which was the great
painting of the British Institution of 1848 ? Who
that visited the exhibition can forget those marvellous
three heads of grey horses, exhibiting such power
and such poetry ? The flashing and expressive eye,
the floating mane, the dilated nostril, the foaming
mouth, of those three marvellous horses, attracted all
visitors to the oval picture which was pronounced the
chef-diceuvre of Herring. That, however, which con-
stituted the great beauty of the picture also constituted
the greatest difficulty of the engraver, viz., the absence
of all strong contrasts of colour—grey, blue, and white
being the only colours which Mr. Herring had em-
ployed. This, which to an inferior artist would have
been a difficulty insuperable, has become in the hands
of Mr. Wass a source of triumph—his plate is per.
feet. He has succeeded in completely reproducing
all the spirit, and all the tone, and all the power of
the original. It is one of the most spirited and
forcible engravings that we have seen for
many a long day. It is far and away the
best engraving that has ever appeared from
any of Herring's pictures, and we are almost inclined
to consider it as the very best plate that Mr. Wass
has yet produced. It cannot fail to add greatly to
his reputation. We hail the appearance of this
engraving as a proof of the progress which art is
making in the provinces. It is the speculation not of
a London house, but of a provincial publisher, Mr.
Gilbert, of Sheffield, who purchased the original
picture from Herring, and gave Mr. Wass the com-
mission to engrave it. We are happy to learn that
his subscription-list is such as his spirited conduct
deserves.

NAPLES AND SICILY. —We are informed, upon
authority, that certain steam-vessels are now in course of
equipment in this country destined for the service of the
insurgent Government in Sicily; and it is reported that
upwards of 1,200 men, fully clothed, armed, and organ-
ized, are ready to embark for the purpose of taking part
in this conquest.--Morning Paper.
SUICIDE IN TUE REGENT'S PARK.—At the early
hour of seven o'clock yesterday morning, James George,
ono of the park constables, and Sergeant Hockaday, of
the S division, observed a gentleman upon one of the
seats in the park, near Hanover-gate, and he was in
such a position as to induce them to imagine that some-
thing of a serious nature had taken place. They
hastened to the spot, and there beheld a man respect-
ably attired, and between 30 and 40 years of age, quite
dead and cold, his brains having been blown out by the
discharge of a pistol, which had beyond all doubt beea
fired off in his mouth, so that his head was literally
shattered to pieces, and the seat on which he reclined
was in a complete pool of blood. The pistol lay at his
feet, and he had in his pocket a quantity of gunpowder
and percussion caps. He had also in his pocket a case
containing two raisers, and the supposition is that if the
pistol had not effected its work, he would have re-
sorted to the other instruments alluded to. The body,
which has not yet been identified, was without loss of
time conveyed to Marylebono workhouse, where it awaits
a coroner's inquest,
ST. ANNE'S, Sono.—A vestry was held yesterday
for the nomination of guardians to the Strand Unions fortn
the ensuing year, when a long discussion ensued as
and
the disposal of the pauper children from Toot
the recommendation of the Poor-law Commissionersnions. This
establish a union school district with othernanud ultimately
proposal met with the fiercest opposition, u
to
Unanimously:—
the following resolution was carriedireeted to write to the
" That the vestry clerk bt?
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district school, as it is
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to-
gether; and the gufatrhdeiairiasobwenlncghchildren
arreespmoonrseiblliekefol;
the management o
to give that attention to economy and the wishes of the
rate-payers, than under a system where the responsibi-
lity becomes divided." A petition against the window-
tax was also unanimously adopted.
THE MURDER OF MISS JEFFIRIES.—BRISTOL,
MARCH 15.--The inquest concluded this day. Some
further evidence was taken, but no fact of importance
transpired. The little girl, Margaret Sullivan, was re-
called and questioned, and her extraordinary statement
read over, which she still declared to be true. The
coroner summed up at very considerable length, and the
jury then retired, and in a short time returned, sad
amidst the most breathless attention of a densely crowded
room, returned a verdict of " Wilful Murderagainst Sarah
Harriet Thomas." The prisoner, who had been very
firm throughout the day, at the announcement of the
verdict sank back in her chair, and appeared completely
paralyzed. She was then committed to Gloucester for
trial, where the assizes commence on the 29thin st.