The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-29 00:00:00

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.

TIMES.—In Sir Robert Peel's deeply affecting speech
at the Mansion-house, there occur two masterly sketches,
which, though a contrast was the last thing Sir Robert
intended, a reader will naturally compare. The subjects
of both are heroic; but the first is an achievement of
war, the second of peace. The accidents of the occasion
had brought them together; when Sir Robert looked
round at the men with whom ho had been invited, and
when he had also been reminded by his host of his ear-
liest triumphs of legislation, he could not fail to think
of the absent chief who, at the time Sir Robert himself
first entered public life, was standing at bay on the
shores of the Atlantic against the conqueror of the Eu-
ropean continent. Oa the other hand the place and the
entertainment suggested with not less force the noble
deeds of a wealthy
and generous corporation towards a
distant province, which still appeals, as it did centuries
ago, to the better fortunes and genius of this island. If
we now compare what Sir Robert did not intend to com-
pare, it is not for the purpose of disparaging either the
necessity or the glory of war. We are aware that the
fruits of just and honourable war do not pass away with
its monuments, its captains, its final treaties and awards.
Its chief fruit is that supremacy of justice and truth
which is the fJundation not only of peace, bat of human
society. Its chief benefits are those which a world may
enjoy without knowing the benefactor. The fortunes of
ages may be cast in the die of one hostile collision.
Yet there are features on the peaceful side of the
parallel which possess a peculiar force in a country hap-
pily at peace, among men of peaceful pursuits, 2nd in
the midst of that wealth which war may defend, but
peace alone can create.
" I entered public life," said Sir Robert, " when
Spain was occupied by the French armies—
by not less than 360,000 French soldiers ; when after
the battle of Talavera, the Duke of Wellington retired
from Spain, and when he withdrew about 30,000 of the
British forces within the lines of Torres Vedras. There
was great dejection--great depression. There were
prophecies that the British army must evacuate the
Peninsula; there was a public proclamation from Bona-
parte that he himself would take the command in Spain,
and that his crossing the Pyrenees would be the signal
for the British leopard rushing into the sea, or retiring
to escape disgrace and death. Naval preparations were
made for the withdrawal of that army from Torres
Vedras, in case it should be necessary; but there was
one who never saw that necessity, and who determined
to maintain his position—(Cheers)—who did this by
such gallant confederates as my Noble Friead the Mar-
quis of Londonderry and the immortal warriors of that
time.—(Cheers.) He at length advanced from those
lines, and the leopard never paused in its career until
the British standard was floating over Paris, and the in-
dependence of nations was secured by the glorious exer-
tions and inspiriting example of the Duke of Wellington.
--(Loud cheers.) He is still spared to us, and I think
I am but echoing the universal sentiment—the universal
prayer—that he may long be spared to us to enjoy the
full reward of his fame, and that his country may wit-
ness the lustre of his declining years—(Cheers)—which
will not be eclipsed even by the meridian splendour of
his early days.—(Loud cheers)."
Nothing ever was more splendid than the achievement
here related—nothing more necessary to the welfare of
Europe, and possibly to the interests of universal huma-
nity. It is, then, with no invidious or unthankful pen
that we point out the sequel, after the lapse of one single
generation, as far as human eye can trace it. The Pe-
ninsula, liberated by Wellington, has effaced, if it ever
recorded, that fact. The last thing it wishes to believe
is that it owes anything to British arms. A public
and most disinterested service, accomplished at a
vast sacrifice of blood and of treasure, and which has
tied an everlasting millstone round the neck of British
industry, has been repaid with political insult, fiscal
prohibition, and commercial repudiation. In that capital
to which the Duke marched from Torres Vedras, and
where " the independence of " nations was secured,"
there is now installed the heir of the dethroned Na-
poleon—a man, indeed, of honour and of peace, but ill
qualified to resist the destinies of his family and of
France. At his almost unconscious bidding the legions
of Gaul are once more at Rome. Revolution has long
since severed the bulwark which the allies vainly thought
to raise against France, by the union of Catholic Bel-
gium with Protestant Holland. The vast and compli-
cated machice of Austria is all out of gear. The com-
bination of territories which still calls itself Prussia
just holds together, ready to fly asunder at the slightest
excess of regal or popular domination. Germany is no
longer in ,any sense one. Absolutism also has com-
mitted her infractions of the European settlement. It
has defrauded Sicily of its just expectations. It has
extinguished the nationality of Poland. We have ap-
parently Legun a period of war. Thus the hero of Torres
Vedras and of Waterloo has lived to see all his work
undone, and territories, Governments, and national
rights once more left to be settled by the sword. It is
impossible to say what misery, what degradation we
might ha ve witnessed or even endured but for the
triumph of the allies in 1814 and 1815; but the very
fabric they, -raised has vanished away. From this glorious
but perishable work we will now turn to the other side
of the con treat

" It is.now nearly 240 years since a Sovereign of this
country, desirous of making a settlement' in Ireland,
sought th,a assistance of the city of London. He invited
their co-o Aeration in restoring what were then called the
ruinated cities of Londonderry and Coleraine. If there
be any pa sty in this country which has reason to look
back with pride on Ireland and its connexion with Ire-
land, it is the city of London.—(Cheers.) It is the
city of London—which has done more than Parliament
or proprie tors to promote the interests of that country
—which has forgotten the consideration of temporary
gain, which has foregone present interest, which has
sought a coopensation for these sacrifices by promoting
the perma ne nt welfare of the district with which it was
connected. —(Loud cheers.) I hope after the lapse of
240 years that the city of London may be enabled again
to promote the welfare of that country.—(Cheers.) It
will act now upon views more liberal—more comprehen-
sive then hefore. It will not seek, as it heretofore dii,
to expel the natives from the soil. It will seek to ele-
vate their character, to encourage their industry, to find
for them permanent employment, to instil the principles
of order--ox respect for the laws—of submission to au-
thority.—(Loud cheers.)"
This was a work of peace. It was done under the aus-
pices of a King whom it has long been the fashion to
contemn as though incapable of a single enlightened
idea, or energetic act. Its humble aims were the repara-
tion of rui ncd cities, and cultivation of wastes. Though
it did expel the natives from the neighbourhood of those '
strongholds which were meant to be the nucleus of the
scheme, it was not really a
substitution of races. Mer-
chants, " planters," " undertakers," were its chiefs.
Through many difficulties, through several rebellions.
through wars, through famines, through changes of
dynasty, it has endured to this day, and is now the
chief element of prosperity in Ireland. Bat for Ulster
we should scar cely have hope. The estates belonging
to the city of London are an oasis in that social and
almost physical waste. The cost of that plantation
probably did not exceed the contributions of Llnd
alone to one year's expenses of the revolutionary war.
But the work Still endures, flourishes and expands. I.
is not written on treaties and maps, but on the people
and the soil. It bids fair to last out the world, so
that to the end of time a cultivated country and a
prosperous people will be a living record of the planta-
tion of Ulster under James I. vve would not push the
contrast too far. The captain " through whom the Lord
has given deliverance" to his country leaves his glorious
vestiges on the face of the earth, as well as in the page
of history. All posterity is his debtor. We are only
showing the civilian a rival field of honour, whose visi-
ble trophies are far more enduring than the trophies of
war. There is nothing more worthy of British enter-
prise than the introduction of British wealth, arts, and
industry into Ireland. Nor is this appeal wholly un-
called for. It was only the other day that an Irish peer
was vilifying by anticipation the motives of those men
who might purchase Irish property, with the double in-
tention of founding an estate and doing good to their
country. He stigmatized it as greediness under the
cloak of philanthroPS', and even desired to see it
thwarted by the savage prejudices of the native
population. As if all care for others was not as•
sociated with some degree of care for oneself! As
if it was not the order of Providence, and the very con-
stitution of our natures, to make interest and duty as
much as possible one! All experience warns us against
the freaks of a merely gratuitous philanthropy. Surely
to purchase an estate, depreciated though it be, to banisb
oneself to a distant province and an unmanageable
people, to bury one's fortune in a doubtful hope, to seek
no other benefit but that which involves the reclamation
of the soil and the regeneration of the people, is at least
as honourable as to have served under a Strongbow or a
Cromwell, and to receive for one's prowess the estates of
a chieftain or a Church. No gentleman will charge a
great soldier with ambition or cupidity because while he
serves his country he also wins prizes and pay, ranks,
titles, and honours ; nor is it usual to charge Peers with
selfishness because they are jealous for the Constitution
to which they owe their pre-eminence. By the same
rule let no one venture to impugn the motives of those
who may wish to link the aggrandizement of their fami-
lies with the renovation of Ireland.

CHRONICLE.—The munificent hospitalities of the
Chief Magistrate of the city of London have presented
us this season with a series of tableaux in which every
Englishman may find some gratification for his patriot-
ism, bis national pride, his professional sympathies, or
his party attainments. The dignitaries of the Judicial
Bench and the luminaries of the Bar, the prelates of the
Church, the Government of today, and the distinguished
men who formed the Government of yesterday, have
passed in succession before the public eye. The various
notabilities of our age and country are here exhibited to
us, not as we see them elsewhere, half lost among the
busy crowd that fills the stage of life—but grouped as
history will group them, when time shall have lent to
the view the effect of distance, and giving unity and
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pass in artistic effect all similar exhibitions with which
we have been favoured in the course of the present ses-
sion. Here, and here only, the centre figure in the piece
stands forward with a brear th and prominence which
necessarily reduce all the other characters who bear a
part in it to the subordinate position of accessories—a
prominence fairly due to tie lonz and honouraYe career
which has made him, in the eyes of the European public,
the ono great statesman of the age—a prominence ac-
knowledged alike by his enemies and his friends, by the
feeble Government which listens deferent'illy to his
sug,,,ettions, and by the heterogen 30113 party
which nurses its enmity to the ex-Mtnis:er as a
means of preserving its own cohesioa, and in

whose political horn-book the letter P stands
indifferently for Perfidy and Peel. And when—if
our readers will pardon us the use of so bold a trope—
the principal personage stepped out of the canvass and
became himself the painter, his rapid yet delicate sketches
of those who had shared his power and his fall derived
their greatest charm from the touch of feeling which
gave them warmth and softness of colour, and from the
frequent and affectionate reference to the personal tie
which had connected the originals with himself. He
saw arouud him the men who had fought by his side
through the brief combat of 1845—who had composed
the strength of the Government formed in 1841—and
who with him had sacrificed place and power, and
that popularity which is more precious than either,
to their honest conviction of their duty to their
country. It was not in the nature of man to remain
proof against the emotions suggested by such a
scene; Sir Robert felt its influence, and we admire
far less the felicitous diction which reminds us
of his happiest oratorical efforts, than the sim-
ple, hearty, and genuine feeling which glows
through and animates the whole. But the most remark-
able characteristic, as it strikes us, of Sir R. Peel's
speech, is its calm and retrospective tone. Standing
once more amongst his old associate!, in the hall which
he had entered again and again as the organ of a power-
ful Government and as the leader of a not less powerful
Opposition, the speaker falls not unnaturally,
and certainly not ungracefully, into the contem-
plative strain of the retired statesman. He I re-
traces the busy past, but casts not a single glance into
the busy future. The interests of party and the objects
of personal ambition, once familiar to his mind, occupy
it now no longer. Father Anchises, enjoying the plea-
sures of memory in the myrtle groves of the Elysian fields,
is not more serenely reflected than he. As he bestows a
word or two of remembrance upon each of his old friends,
it is impossible not to feel as if they were dead and bu-
ried, and he himself,
,as dead to the turmoil of life as
they, moralising over their graves or pointing to their
pictures on the wall. There they are, the ghosts of a
departed Administration, called up one by one to receive
each his tribute of friendly and affectionate panegyric.
There is Sir James Graham—" the Minister with whom
I was in daily communication respecting the internal
affairs of the Empire, and who brought to the perform-
ance of that duty the greatest talents, the greatest assi-
duity, the greatest skill in that department." There is
Goulburn—" my earliest political friend, with whom I
shared every vicissitude of fortune, who, by his financial
knowledge and by his judgment, conciliated the respect
of this great city, in whose integrity the most un-
bounded confidence was placed, and whose ad-
ministration of the finances of his country was as
eminently successful as those of any preceding
Chancellor." There again, to the right, is Lord
Aberdeen —" my noble friend, who was charged in
critical times with the administration of the foreign
affairs of the empire, who gained the confidence anti
goodwill of every foreign Minister with whom he had
to act, who gained for the court of his Sovereign an
influence that was wholly due to his personal character,
and who made the influence which he had obtained
subservient to the great end of his political lite—the
removal of obstacles which prevented a good under-
standing between foreign powers, and the maintenance
of universal peace, so far as that was consistent with a
scrupulous and undeviating regard to the interests and
the honour of our own country." And, lastly, there
is "the Duke," who was in the full merechan of
his fame when he, Sir Robert, made his entrance into
public life, forty years ago. Forty years ago! A states-
man who can look back through forty years of uninter-
rupted toil may well speak as one who has borne the bur-
den and heat of the day, and is ready to welcome the cool
and passionless eventide of life. But although it may be
quite natural and becoming for Sir Robert Peel to dis-
course about his old friends and political adherents in
this meditative mood, we are much mistaken if the public
does not regard them in a very different light. The
circle by which he was surrounded was not, after all,
the spectral company to whom we have likened them—
but a party of live gentlemen, sipping their port, hale
and hearty, and retaining in unimpaired vigour all those
rare qualifications for high and responsible office which
they exhibited a very short time ago. The ablest
administrator who ever held the seals of the Home
Office is not in his coffin, and has no intention of
dying for these thirty years to come. Tho success-
ful Chancellor of the Exchequer, who had the
knack of always turning a deficit into a surplus,
and was never behind-hand with his Budget, is
alive and well, and in full possession of his sound arith-
metical mind, memory, andu nderstanding. And yet all
these respectable personages, though not dead and
buried, aro at present as completely lost to the nation as
if they were. They are neither useful as a Government
nor as an Opposition—and, to all appearance, they con-
sider this a perfectly proper and satisfactory state of
things. Involuntarily we catch ourselves comparing the
men who sat at the Lord Mayor's table on Wednesday,
with those who were guests at the same board a few
weeks back. Sir George Grey enjoys the high and
well-merited respect of his opponents as well as of his
political friends—but is he as good a Home Secretary as
Sir J. Graham? Does anybody possessed of ten pounds
of his own in the whole circuit of the United Kingdom,
think Sir C. Wood as able a financier as Mr. Goulburn?
If Lord Grey were to-morrow to surrender his place to
Mr. Gladstone, can any one doubt that the colonists
would be gainers by the change? Is Lord Palmerston
—but the parallel is growing ridiculous—and we can
only ask, is this to last for ever? Is the country to be
for ever deprived of the talents and industry of her best
official servants and her most intelligent men of busi-
ness, and condemned to the sterile incompetence of a
makeshift Administration, which cannot govern well,
and which is not restrained from governing ill by the
check of a powerful and united Opposition. We say that
this is not as it should be, when these men are ciphers in
the political world—and, much as we lament that discus
ganization of parties which everybody talks about, and
nobody helps to repair, we must tell them plainly that
the largest share of the blame rests with themselves.

IRELAND AND THE CORPORA-

TION OF LONDON.
Yesterday the members of the Corporation who were
called together on Thursday last, at the Mansion-house,
by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the great object of benefiting
Ireland by the purchase of land in that country, assem-
bled in one of the large rooms of the building.
The LORD Mayon, upon taking the chair, informed
the meeting that since he had had the honour of presid-
ing upon the occasion on which he had convened the
Aldermen and Common Councilmen, to consider a matter
of such deep consequence, in every point of view, to Ire-
land, and as a matter of course to the United Kingdom,
it had been Isis good fortune to receive encouragement
from most influential parties, to persevere in the grand
object then submitted for the consideration of the friends
of that unfortunate country. It was with the highest
feeling of gratification, he had to announce, that in
consequence of a letter which he had received from
an individual in the most elevated rank in Ireland,
resulting from the late meetiug, to which he alluded,
he had waited upon Lord John Russell and Sir
George Gray, and received from those Ministers the
itrongest assurances of support and assistance, in carry-
ing out any plan suggested for the advantage of Ireland
by the Corporation of London. He was not at liberty at
present to make public the important contents of the
written communication to which he referred, but he
wished to impress upon the meeting the fact that nothing
could exceed the admiration with which the .personage
from whom it had issued contemplated the proceedings
of the gentlemen who had, in the discussion which took
place on Thursday, so wisely and benevolently expressed
their feelings and wishes with regard to the future condi-
tion of Ireland. He would leave it to the meeting to de-
termine what course it would, under the extraordinary
circumstances in which he considered the Corporation of
London to be placed with regard to Ireland, the public
acknowledgment of the benefit rendered to
Ireland by the instrumentality of the Irish Society,
and the probabilities of remuneration, be most
proper to select for adoption. In his opinion the
most eligible mode would be to assemble a Court of
Common Council, to take the question into their most
serious consideration; but he was ready to be guided by
the counsel of his friends around, all of whom he knew
to be the friends of Ireland.

The Lord Mayor's observations upon a subject of
such vital importance to the interests of the empire were
received with the most marked respect and approbation;
and it was unanimously agreed that a requisition should
be signed, calling upon his Lordship to convene a Court
to consider the propriety of appointing a committee to
inquire into the subject of purchasing land in Ireland,
and thus extending the benefits of civilization and the
encouragement of the adequate reward of labour in that
country.
Several gentlemen, amongst whom were Mr. R. L.
Jones, Mr. Pewtress, Sir Peter Laurie, Alderman and
Sheriff Finnis, Mr. Milard, Mr. Dakin, Mr. Holt, Mr.
Wire, Mr. J. Dixon, Mr. H. L. Taylor, Mr. Bennoch,
Mr. Harrison. in fact, the mass of the antagonist politi-
cians of the Corporation, expressed opinions in direct
accordance with those to which the Lord Mayor had
given utterance; and the requisition was at once drawn
up, and presented to his Lordship, who stated that ho
received it with much gratification, and would appoint
as early a day as would best suit the convenience of the
members of the Corporation for the discussion of the
question.

FIRE AT THE ARMY AND NAVY CLUB•HOUSE.--.
Last night, between nine and ten o'clock, considerable
alarm was caused in St. James's-square and its imme-
diate vicinity, in consequence of a report being raised
that the Army and Navy Club. house was on lire. Mes-
sengers were immediately dispatched in various direc-
tions for the assistance of the firemen, and forthwith the
Brigade and West of England engines attended, when
the firemen found that the flames were raging amongst
the joistings under the first-floor back; and, had it not
been for the opportune discovery, there is no doubt that
the whole of the premises would have been destroyed.
From the examination made after the fire was put out,
there is no doubt that the outbreak was occasioned from
one of the timbers running into the kitchen chimney,
' and, the soot becoming ignited at an early hour of the
evening, had fired the timber. The premises were fully
' insured in various offices.
THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—Her 1114jesty the Queen
Dowager, attended by Lord and Lady Howe and Lady
Gore, left Tonbridge-wells at 11.15 A.M., yesterday, by
special train for Croydon. The Hon. James Byng, ono
of the directors of the South-Eastern Railway, received
the Queen at the Tonbridge-wells station, and accom-
panied her 313jeStY to Croydon, where, on the arrival
of the trait),
Mr. Browne, also ono of the directors of
the South-Eastern Railway, was present to receive her
Majesty.
The arrangements were conducted (much to
the satisfaction of her Majesty) under the direction of
Mr. Finnigan, superintendent of the line, who travelled
in charge of the train. We are glad to find that her
Majesty's health is much improved by her short s'ay at
this delightful waterin place.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTEL-

LIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, THUBSDAY.—This being the anniver-
sary of her Majesty's coronation, the troops composing
the garrison were formed on Sitithsen common at twelve
o'clock in contiguous columns, quarter distance, to fire a
feu de joie in honour of the occasion, in the followie.,
order:—The Royal Artillery, with six eeld-pieces; the
Royal Sappers and Miners, the Royal Marines, the 77th
Regiment, the 91st Regiment, the Royal Marine Artil-
lery, with six field pieces.
The whole of the bands (as one) were sta'ioned on the
right of the line. Major-General Lord Frederick Fitz-
clarence and staff arrived on the ground shortly before
the above hour, when the troops deployed into line,
formed open column, and marched past his Lordship in
quick time, the bands playing the Grenadiers' March.
The line having resumed their original deployment fired
the first round of the feu de joie, the artillery seven
guns; the line then fired, and seven more guns by the
Marine Artillery followed; and the second and third
rounds were fired in a similar manner. The line then
advanced and presented
,arms, the bands playing " God
save the Queen." Three cheers were then given by the
line, the general acting as fugleman. The troops then
went through sundry reviewing manceuvres under his
Lerdihip's direction, which occupied about two hours,
to the gratification of many thousands of Fpectators of
all grades, who had come from tar and near to witness
ness tho interesting events of the day. The ships in
harbour and at Spithead dressed at an early hour, and
saluted at noon as usual.

The Royal yachts are this day ready for sea and are
moored. at their summer buoys in the harbour. They
were taken out to day round Spithead for trial. Both
are in a high state of efficiency and most elegantly re-
fitted. They will be brought into requisition for the ser-
vice of her Majesty.

APPOINTMENTS.
Com. nander—William Charles Aldham (1844), of the
Superb,. 80, at Portsmouth, to the Swift, 6, at Devonport,
for special service, as we stated on Wednesday.
Surgeon—John Sloan, M.D. (1838), to La Hogue
steam guard-ship at Sheerness.

Acting Master—Edwin Rowe (second master, 1848)
.0 the Swift.

Mates— Richard Onslow and Henry Hawkes to the
Swift.

Midshipman—C. E. K. Brett to the Swift.
Naval Cadet—Henry F. Nicholson to La Hogue, at
Sheerness.

EXERMSING SQUADRON.—Her Majesty having re-
solved to. visit Ireland, we may expect a few ships to be
commissioned to accompany the Royal squadron thither.
PLYMOUTH, JUNE 27.—The Basilisk and Niger
steamers returned to this port on Monday. The Niger
is alongside the Dockyard, and will have eight teet
added to her funnel, which will be complete by Tuesday
next.

The Rollo tender, manned with seamen-apprentices,
which arrived here on Saturday from Portsmouth, put to
sea on Monday, in company with the Nautilus tender,
similarly manned, from this port. Report states that
the apprentices at this port have the advantage in gun-
nery and broad-sword exercise, and that the appren-
tices at Portsmouth have the advantage in seamanship.
Tice Swift, 6, has been put in commission by Com-
mander Aldham, who bad charge of the Sphynx. She
is to be fitted with all dispatch, and was first reported to
sail in a few days for the Pacific, to be under the orders
of Rear-Admiral Hornby, and to go by the way of the
Cape and Van Diemen's Land ; but it is now said that
she is to proceed to Ireland to take the Irish state pri-
soners aboa d. The following officers have been ap-
pointed to her :—Lieutenant—James E. Bickford ;
Mates—Henry Hawkes, Richard Onslow ; Paymaster
and Purser—Arthur A Speed (acting) ; Second Master
—E. Rowe ; Surgeon—John H. Patterson.
ROYAL MARlNES.—Cartaiu Walsh, First Lieutenants
Drury road Elliott, and Second Lieutenants Blankley,
with 184 men, the due proportion of non-commissioned
officers and drummers, making 200 of all ranks of Royal
Marines, have embarked on board her Majesty's ship
Queen, 110, Captain Wise.

CRICKET.
COUNTY OF SURREY V. COUNTY OF SUSSEX.

More than a quarter of a century has passed since
these two counties have been arrayed against each other
on the cricket field, and therefore the present match ex-
cited far more than the usual amount of interest. In the
course of yesterday there was a large quantity of fine
play exhibited by the different competitors, much to the
gratification of the numerous spectators who had as-
sembled at the Oval to witness the respective efforts of
the antagonists. When time was called the score stood
as follows, by which it will be seen that upon the first
innings Sussex headed Surrey by 23 runs. When the
third wicket of Surrey fell the score was 55:

TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY.
The only bets to any amount were 700 to 200 agst
Impresion, and 200 even between three awl the field for
the July Stakes; 7 to 1 to about 1001. agst Thringarth;
and 1,000 even between six and the field for the Liver-
pool Cup; and the quoted odds agst Tophana and Col-
ling wood for the Goodwood Stakes. Subjoined are the
closing prices:—

JULY STAKES (NEWMARKET).
to 2 agst Mr. Freeman's Impression—taken to 2001.
4 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's Tordesillas
6 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Habet
200 even on Sisyphus, Tordeaillas, and Impression agst
the field.

LIVERPOOL CUP.
9 to 2 agst Sir R. Pigot'a Essedarius, 3 yrs,Ast 61b
7 to 1 ag:4 Mr. Bowes's Thringarth, 3 yrs, 58t—taken
to 100/.
9 to 1 :gst Mr. Disney's Keleshea, 5 yrs, 6st I2lb
10 to 1 ag-t Mr. Eddison's John Cosser, 4 yrs, 7st
15 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Montague

1,000 even on the field agst John Cosner, Thringarth
Essedarius, Keleshea, Montague, and Maid of Masham.
GOODWOOD CUP.
15 to 1 agst Lord Egliuton's Belus, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—t
Offers to take 9 to 4 about Canezou.
GOODWOOD STAKES.

10 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Plaudit, aged, Tat 71b
10 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Fernhill, 4 yrs. 7st 131 b
12 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Clermont, 5 yrs, 7st 61b—t
14 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Tophana, 4 yrs, bit 81b—
taken to 501.
15 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's St. Antonio, 4 yrs, 64 71b
18 to 1 ngst Mr. Rolt's Coßingwood, 6 yrs, 9.t 81b—
taken to 501.
18 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Fire-ester, 3 yrs, 6st 31b
20 to 1 ngst Duke of Richmond's Syrup, 3 yrs, 4st
91b —taken

4 to 1 laid agst Glen Saddel winning the 300 sovs.
Sweepstakes at Goodwood, and Flying Dutchman the
St. Leger (taken).

DERBY,IBSO

18 to 1 agst Mr. Henry's Pitsford—taken
30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Penang—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Gordon's William the Conqueror
1,000 to 30 agst Duke of Bedford's John o' Groat—taken
40 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Moultan—taken
1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Gannon's Deicoon—taken.
NE PPCAS LIE-UPON-TYNE R ACES.—TIWRSDAY.
The Tyne Stakes, of 10 soya. each, the second to save
his stakes ; for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies,
Bst 41b. Three-quarters of a mile. (13 Subs.)
Lord Z•tland's Cantab...
Mr. Bowes's Itybinvka
Mr. Wentworth's Ithania

... 1

... 2

... 3

Won by a length.
The Members' Plate, of 501, added to a handicap of
10 soya, each, 7 ft, and only 5 if declared; the second
to save his stake. From the Newcastle Turn in. (15
Subs, three of whom declared.)
Mr. Merry's Miss Ann, 3 yrs, 4st 71b... ... 1
Mr. J. Lillie's Spilead, 6 yrs, ist 81b ... 2
Mr. S. L. Fox's Sir Robert Sloper, 4 yrs, 6st Mb 3
. .

The following also ran :—Mr. Ilesseltine's Andalu-
ian, 3 yrs, 53t 21b, and Mr. Laidlaw's Lady I-am-off,
4 yrs, sst 121 b.

Won by a length. The winner is objected to for car-
rying 31b over weight, and not declaring it until after the
race. The matter is referred to the Jockey Club.
The Gold Cup, of 150 sovs., by subscriptions of 10 soya.
each; for three yrs olds, 6st 101 b; fuur yrs, Bst tilb;
five yrs, 9st; 6st and aged, 9st 31b; mares and geld-
ings allowed 31b. Two miles. (15 Subs.)
Mr. Merry's Chanticleer, 6 yrs ... (Marlow) 1
Mr. J. Cookson's Camphine, 4 yrs ( rempleman) 2
Any odds on Chanticleer, who won as he pleased.
The Gateshead or Lottery Stakes of 10 sovs. each, pp,
with 50 added; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and
fillies, Bst 41b; the second to save his stake. Two
miles (25 Sub,).
Mr. Bowes's Thriagarth (J. Holmes) 1

Mr. Johnstone's Snovt storm ...
Mr. M. Daw•son's Lammermoor

... 2
... 3
... 4

Mr. Meiklam's Roland

Won by a length.
The Innkeepers' Speculation Plate of 251., added to a
Sweepstakes of 5 sous. each, 3 ft. Heats, from the
Newcastle Turn (10 Stabs.)
Mr. 11. Baker's Present, 3 yrs... ...(Bisham) 1 1
Mr. J. Cookson's Camphine, 4 yrs ... 4 2
Mr. T. Walker's Penny Post, 3 yrs ... 0 3
Mr. Dawson's c, by St. Martin, out of Madeline, 3 4
Mr. T. Dagg's Isabella Noel, 5 yrs ... ... 2 0
Won in a canter.
WINCHESTER RACES—TrtuasDAY.

Tho Great Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft. New
mile (16 Subs.)
Mr. Payne's Glauca, Bst 51b ... walked over
The Original Hampshire Stakes of 25 soya. each, 15 ft,
and only 5 if declared, with 50 added, the second to
save his stake. Two miles and a distance (21 Subs,
14 of whom declarei).
Duke of Richmond's Vampyre, 5 yrs (Flatman) 1
Mr. Greville's Puffy, 3 yrs, sst 71b, carried sst 131 b 2
Mr. 13,3ath's Antagonist, 5 yrs, 7st 10113 (S. Mann) 3
Mr. Etwall's Mesaman, 4 yrs, Est 31b ...((r. Brown) 4
2to 1 on Vampyre. Won by half a length.
The Foal Stakes of 25 sovs. each; colts, Bst 91b; fillies
and geldings, Bst 61b. New mile. (5 Subs.)
Mr. J. Day's Bernadotte, (allowed 51bs) ...(A Day) 1
Mr. Payne's Glenlyon (allowed 31bs) (Flatman) 2
Even betting. Won by half a length.
Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft; colts Bst 71b, fillies
Bst 41b, &c. Three quarters of a mile. (6 Subs.)
Mr. W. Etwall's Soldier's Joy c Bst 41b (Flatman) 1
Mr. Dorrien's Cldrielea, Sat llb (W Howlett) 2
Captain Delme's Festive, Sat llb ... (S. Mann) 3
Betting-2 to lon Claricles, and 7to 2 agst each of
the others. Won easily by a length.

Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles.
Mr. J. Powney's The Hero, 6yrs,l Ost 21b (A Day) 1 1
Mr. Nicholls's Rosalinda, 5 yra, 9s t l llb (E. Parr) 4 2
Duke of Richmond's Buffalo Gal, 3 yrs (Kitchener) 3 dr
Mr. Nevin's Diana, 3 yrs, 7st slb ...(J. Sharpe) 2dr
Mr. Tubb's Fair Helen, 3 yrs, 63t 51b (Abraham) die.
Betting-5 to lon the Hero, who won both heats in
a canter.

Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each and 20 added. Heats, one
mile.

Duke of Richmord's Pell Mell, 5 yrs (Flatman) 1 0 0
Mr. Osbeldeston's Chat, 5 yrs... ... ••• 0 1 2
Mr. Southby's Streamer, 4 yrs ••• .. 0 0 3
Mr. Nicholl's Fisticutr, aged ... ... ... 0 2 0
Mr. Judd's Red Rfibin, 4 yrs ... ... ... 0 0 0
Mr. J. Day's Colocynthus, 4 yrs ... ... 00 0
Mr. Etwall's fby Emilius out of Pelerine, 3 yrs 0 3 dr
Mr. Dawson's St. Oswald, 5 yrs ... ... 2 odr
Mr. Smith's Fugitive, 6 yrs ... 0 0 dr
Mr. W. Sadler's Master Murray, aged ... 0 0 dr
Captain G. Delme's Snatch, 3 yrs ... 0 odr
Mr. Kimber na Antelope, 4 yrs 0 dr
The first heat was won by a length and a half, the
second by a neck, and the third easy.
GOODWOOD STAKES BETTING.
14 to 1 agst Giselle—taken.
16 to 1 agst Emma Donna—taken.
16 to 1 agst Antonia—taken.
16 to 1 agst Remembrance—taken.
20 to 1 aget Syrup—taken.
22 to 1 agst Collingwood—taken.

INSCRIPTION FOR THE PROJECTED MONU-
MENT IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, TO THE
MEMORY OF JOHN FIELDEN, ESQ.
By CHARLES SHARP MIDDLETON,
Author of " Hours of Recreation."

To Fieldea's justly honoured name,
Whose country's grateful love we claim,
This monumental stone we raise,
A lasting tribute to his praise.
He was a man of goodly parts,
Lov'd and caress'd by honest hearts,
And e'en by nature seem'd design'd
The benefactor of his kind.
From honest humble ranks he sprung,
Oh, pride of birth! let every tongue
Bespeak his best and noblest claim,
The architect of his own fame.
And rear'd to fortune's gilded fans,
Still virtues glitter'd in his train ;
Link'd to one cause, he did contend,
The people's joy, the poor man's friend.
And when we would his praises tell
In words that should bespeak him well,
Let this suffice, the best we can,
He liv'd and thus he died—A SAN.

RAILWAY SH.AItE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, JUNE 28.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—Very little business was done to-day, it being
a ccount day, The market was, however, flat, and the closing prices
for Great West,rn, New 171. Shares, which was the principal atX"
in which business was done, was 3i dis.
LIVERPOOL, JUNe
STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was very
'Preference, Quarters, 7%
day. The sales are—East Lancesbl_r?"
) Fifths, 3% dis.—Ditto,
Lancashire and 'Yorkshire (M.
t and little business transacted to.
(L. and Bury), Halves, 1011 d s.—London and North-Western, 132
—Ditto, New Quarters, P. Ditto, Quarters, (C.), 3% P.—Man-
, and Lincolnshire, 4%—Midland, 69%—Ditto,
chester, heid„nZ scottish Central, 24—York, Newcastle, and Bet.
ions
wiiialc s . x Ec-ri."-AtroCzh.—masAThe)N,ec6
HtpreEarnsCsTaeEnc; to-day were as follow :
cent. till 02,83.
, JUNE
s % dis.
Manchester and Birmingham (C), Quarters, 3 5-16 p.—Clltheros
(No. 1), 7% c.—Whitehaven and Furness, 12% dis.—Wharldales.
2% die. —West Riding Union, 4 11-16 dis.—North Staffordshire, 4%
dis.—Dover (No. 4), 6 13-16
BIRMINGHAM, JUNE 28.7
STOCK EXCHANGE —The transactions to-day were as follow :
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 5% ex in., next accoount
Ditto (B), dis.—Ambergate, 5% dis.—North Staffordshire„ 4%
dis., next account—South Stafordshire, 4% dia, next account.
YORK, JUNE 27.
STOCK EXCISAYGE.—Tho transactions to-day have been as fol-
low:—Great Northern, 10% Ditto, Preference, 21. 19s. —North
British, Preference, 21. 9s. 6d.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (New-
castle Extension), 14%—Di:to (G. N. E. Purchase), 4%.

DREADFUL FIRE IN ESSEX.—Last night (Thurs-
day), about ten o'clock, the quiet village of Layton.
stone, Essex, was aroused by an awful conflagration on
the estate of W. Payze, Esq. It originated among the
stacks of bay, and, as soon as the calamity was known,
three parish and also a private engine were taken to the
spot. Water was fortunately available, for the ready
assistance afforded by the neighbours for miles round
from pumps and ponds ; and it is but an act of strict
justice to state that two hours hard labour were devoted
to the extinguishing of the fire. By twelve all further
danger had ceased, but a very extensive loss of hay,
straw, &c., amounting to two loads, destroyed, and one
stacks of straw,
the consequence. The cause was unknown. Insured
as also fifty loads of hay, damaged was
in the Plicenix Office for loss, which is estimated at 6002
THE LATE COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN SOUTH STAT.
FORDSHIRE.—A coroner's inquest, summoned to inquire
into the cause of the deaths of the several unfortunate
men killed in Mr. Morris's pit at Great Bridge on Tues-
day last, commenced its proceedings yesterday (There-
to their immediate interment, it
dawaise)aacusmedoourrwnsiiined.thg,awvhieewn, after viewing the bodies of the

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