The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-02 00:00:00

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Even on Mendicant
5 to 1 agst Jericho

the distance, when Woodpigeon wen; op. took the lead
from Vampyre, and opposite the Royal Stand was
a length in advance, but stopped near the finish,
and only won by a neck. Vampyre beating
Glory by a length, the latter a length before Sister
to the Nob, Mangler fifth, and Plaudit sixth. Run in
4 min. and 34 sec.
A Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h ft ; for two year old
colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 31b. Three quarters of a mile.
(12 Subs.)
Mr. P,:ync's Glendower (Nat) 1
Field Marshall Grosvenor's Sir Oliver 2
Duke of Richmond's Hornpipe
Betting 5 to 2 on Glendower, who made all the running,
and won by four lengths. Run in 1 min. 26 sec.
BETTING ON THE EMPERORS VASE.

5 to 1 against Sir Tatton
Sykes
13 to 1 agst Wolfdog
TUE EMPEROR'S VASE —Sir Joseph Hawley has pur-
!based Mendicant of Mr. Gully, the price is either 2,000
Ur 2,500 uine s to be made up to 3,000 should she win
ase.g
the V a
Bohn Day, jun., the trainer, was taken ill on Monday
night, and is reported to be in a dangerous state.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SON.
SIR,—Out of eleven races at the Manchester and Newton
meetings
named the of ,
third of the other two. If the like success should attend
Illie.Z antieipations of the Ascot sport, those who take me as
pioneer will reap a rich harvest.
,
'Lae average, as far as the number of stakes and entries
the but in consequence of the serious defalcations upon
late Derby, speculation has, as yet, been very limited,
mid stands but little chance of being increased before the
and day of the week—Thursday. The list gives eight and
wentY races for the four days, eight on Tuesday, eight on
tiAineeda, eiht on Tursday, and only four on Friday, but
Ito day containing at lheast one race ofinterest, or, in other
Vai a betting race.
p; he ball opens with the Trial Stakes of 5 sous. each, &c.
crive subscribers—all likely to start, the two-year-olds, Iron
W"n and Embrace can have but little pretensions to beat
lowa"ta, Alsatia, and Prussic Acid, notwithstanding their al-
beeanoe of three stone ; and Wanota's late running having
Alsatiane!? inferior, I shall place my trust in Prussic Acid and
for the two first places.
Theore Ascot Stakes are destined to fall to the lot of Messrs.
fault
O? or Greville, with Clermont or Mirmillo, and in de-
field- ' them to Plaudit, Hydrangea, or Nannette colt. A
.oflowi at least fifteen may be expected to start, consisting of
telng:__

AnnandalePin - .
vrs. st. lb.
yrs. st. lb.
4 . . 6 12
........ • •• •
5 8 7 Hydrangea
Woo 9Ple ..... . ..... a ... 8 5 Nannette colt
ePigeon 5 . . 7 13 '4ister to the Nob... 4 ... 6 '._)_
Titsirndrarn .... 4 ... 713 Alkali
Giant angler . ..: ..
:: 5 ... 7 61Mirmillo ... 3 6 3
?land ?-8 ............ 5 ... 7 61Clermont .
Th..t. ........ . 5 ... 7 5 Odessa filly 3 ... 6 3
3 ... 5 3
i7rttigei!et 6 .., 7 s,Vampyre
bill 1 e Gold Vase in the absence of ~.lendicant the race
Jen. kaY entirely between Jericho, The
.11elo,. and' Bridle.
the -he'll) for choice, although in my opinion it is little better
tad -:,,,a,t°ls up between him and The Hero; if a three year
Stio.'us, it will most certainly be Bridle. The Welcome
Clete 'es, With a field of seven or eight, including Miami,
dnentina, Mr. Martin, The Swallow, and Halo, 7211 pro-
tl 0a a splendid race • the winner of the Oaks and (Acme
alsitar‘e Placed on equal' ground, by each having 6lbs. pe-
ime to carry,Arand consequently one pound more than H alo.
-"r• Martin and six more than the Swallow ,
if Mr •,
win ' Martin starts, to him and Clementina I look for the
rtiller, otherwise to the latter and Miami.
e 60 taws. Stakes over the Old Mile to the Goodwood
Stables; and the 50 soya Stake over the New Mile to Dr.
in or the Premature colt.
... abB n.A
-scot Derby Stakes has sixteen nominations, of which
~. ut three will " show," viz., Harmony colt. Mathemati-
'gas Con
''.. Yngbam, and perhaps, Mirmillo, the decision thus--
... I
.. •••
Mathematician 2
.. . .. . .-••
A sliarrnony cell, or Mirmillo ... .. .... •3
dower weepstakes of 50 soya., for two year olds, with Gip-
. cello (1), Hornpipe (2), Fencer (3), among the entries,
will°nudes the first day's sport.
Wednesday, at half-past one, a large batch of hortsees
Ito c°llect
widal Hunt e
together at the new mile starting post,for h
cups', "P. Their names and merits too much space
_ at 0:,!. -rY, therefore I shall take a flying leap to the omega
.It, tb. -aa, and distinctly assert that Lady Wildair, 5 yrs, Bst
Bt. L3o°lleenitawn, 5 yrs, Vat 21b; Gabbier, 36st 41b
11,10 st -tio,, Yrs, 6st 211) ;or Fist iana, 3 yrs, yr5,65t21.13: will
uantri •-"u`tably win this Cup, as to being more precise in a
For 141) of this kind, it is barely possible.
Gooahe Fern Hill Stakes, Camelford, Grist, Hornpipe,
of tts Y, Ibtolemceus, Jollity, and, perhaps, Isis, will start;
tes.,u,e'se, Grist, Isis, and Hornpipe, are the best ; more depo-
ihrr.ll not.
The ww:"Y Stakes to Cossack in a canter.
Italie • anuser Stakes of 10 sous. each. 72 Subs. and 11
Admiral, Vorone::—Epirote, Lady Lurewell, or Papa, So-nice,
Tlae A ~`4'.o2tonian, Mirmillo, Mathematician, or All.ertonian,
Poreelu,in Watchdog, Mr. Martin, or Alsatia, Liska, and
fol), '"re, or Cossack (latter 101 b extra, both very doubt-
added, vin's of these may not start, and others may .be
of th:._ in either case it is not likely to alter the decision
8„ T race. Mr. blartin Epirote, or Day's starter being
-a to vsin ,
set 8 •
to the Dn.v Stakes, for two yrs old, upon reflection, I assign
The
ul'e of Ric
Stakes hmond.
A.V.B•94eiwtihtili n
Is. fe Coronation
are likely to fall to the lot of Mr.
Clen..aentina, or Sir J. Hawley with Miami. The
Clem '
.lIL be
entina Bst 101 b 1
Miami, 9st '
The enss,.sacbia, Bst 71b
3
doebt.i. rndsor Piate, a T.Y.C. spin will have EvFnus (a
Tttell'asta,.,rter), Mistress Jean, or Chippeway, for victor.
hate E,,--ert NA's. Stakes, with 50 added, T.Y.C., ought to
t: On litlas, or the Bishop of Romford's cob, home first.
4)ltinstirrld„ aY her Ma'esty's Plate will be an easy conquest
. Tisa field or Footstjool.
in all "-'" for the Emperor of Russia's Plate will,
• . The //Probability, be composed of the following :
' Woleag, •er°, Sting, Sir Tatton Sykes, Christopher—
the "g, Jericho, Mendicant, and Poynton; two of these,
but Rero and Christopher, before Thursday, may be scratched,
Mof that nothing is known as yet.
endicant's performances have made her first favourite,
and Justly so, she is the best mare of the last and present
ears, and if she does not win the Plate, will be too near to
pleasant
bawson's representative Poynton has much improved
n
yea s form ; he will be a difficult nag to stall off.
Jericho, lasto, one of the gamest animals that ever appeared on
the turf, will be sure, by his well-known quality, to be close
up at the finish.
Sir Tatton Sykes will run forward, but not forward
enough.
o ,
W If-dog Jericho, and Sting will be in front at the
Grand • Stand, and in the last few strides we shall see
- whether the indomitable spirit of Wolf-dog, the gameness of
Jericho ' , or, the blood and staying qualities of Sting will be in
the ascendant; but which ever wins, the other two will be
' bear his h
D eels. have a sliht enchant in favour of the
.„.___Pg and Jericho,l and fully e gxpecpt to see in one or other the
o "Lner.
~
.., The New Stakes, pregnant with the fate of many a candi-
.
I'-‘ .--454),0rb1y honours next year, is as good as ever, and Mr.
• -7,s' ^. • . ,
. ...- )11rIthsh.14 Flatcataer and Assault, setting at defiance
-r 0tit.;:,411,/
' s ,z. hi, ,-1_,..*- ,11-'- - - •-•' • will ompro riise be-
-7, '44l4b.drecl'SoVs. Stakes be a c .
for
litae"Fril. Aar snd',PiPtbong, or a walk over without,
o to Epirote or
‘..: ozitr. ,
~ ,
..
the: ,'Bows. Stakes will g
kitrite;„Si.'Jaines'a Palace Stakes to the Harmony
fcooulrttho.r
0o Spider being third, and Voronetz, as usual,
to
ed,n '
11e8„ „Friday, fur the Railway Stakes, I shalllook
tuns, '‘ 'lawn, Stultz, Vice- onsul, or Odessa fillye,nfo_orrlr-
-110 ' 8 faVOinne ; and to Bravissimo and Mount Call f the
I°o Member's Plate.
Nut --1:.50
his
Stakes will be decided in favour of Coningsby,
lth this race ends the Ascot Meeting of 1847.-1 am, &c.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

COURT CIRCULAR.
the Coot,R 1 TUESDAY.Majesty, Prince Albert, and
Tii went to Ascot races to-day.
o'ciotei joYal cortege left the Castle at a quarter-past twelve
The
Past fi "'"gust party returned to the Castle at twenty minutes
Th vs o'clock.
lag t,„° I)Uke of Wellington arrived at the Castle this morn-
- a visit to the Queen.
Georer m
-.lllesty gave a grand banquet in the evening in St.
Liall. The service of gold plate was used. The
eauificent "St. George candelabrum" was placed in the
entre of the tatle, which was brilliantly illuminated with
b_yridelabra of large size, and richly sculptured in gold.
Of gold dishes were ranged the entire length of the
table the larger sort resting on engles of silver and on
the plateau, among the different centre pieces, were arranged
aeveral beautiful plants in flower, inserted in vases of silver
gilt.

A buffett of gold plate was erected at each end of the hall,
that at the eastern extremity containing a number of racing
cups, including the "Lincoln Cup " and two Goodwood
Cups, won by Fleur de Lis, the/property of his Majesty
George IV.
Among the remarkable articles on the buffett was the
brilliant Huema, composed of pure plates of gold, closely in-
laid with precious stones, having pearls for its eyes, and
having suspended from its beak a large and valuable ruby.
The Band of the Ist Regitnent of Life Guards was in at-
tendance during dinner.
Lord Camoys has arrived at the Castle, and has succeeded
the Marquis of Orrnonde as the Lord in Waiting to the
Queen. Major the Hon. A. N. Hood has succeeded Sir
Frederick Stovin as the Groom in Waiting, and Lord Alfred
taget (Clerk Marshal) has relieved Lieutenant-Colonel the
'1". C. B. Phipps in the duties of Equerry in Waiting to
her Majesty.
Chancellor
Bishop of St. David's had an interview with the
%..,hancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi-
dence in Downing-street. Mr. Morris, M.P., had also an
Interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman.
Ajeputation, consisting of the Right Hon. Lord Sondes,
the 14:1ght Hon. S. R. Lushington, Mr. J. Wildman, Mr. N. I
Can."4lhull, the Mayor of Faversham, Alderman Cooper, of
terbur_
Deputy y Alderman Neame, Mr. E. D. Hilton, the
ititl:„7 Of Margate, and the Mayor of Rochester, had an
Mr.
'Am with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday.
aL r. Riddell had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at
make Colonial-office. Mr. F. t
the
zstephen French transacted business yesterday at
Unice of the Board of Trade.
CZ". Hananel De Castro, director of the Australian Mining
interY. and Mr. Thomas Hanson Peile, solicitor, had an
the lionor with Mr. Milner Gibson yesterday at the office of
ard of Trade.
gton, and Mr. Davill,
xtfroiir
Windsor Railway, had an interview with Lord
view de
310 t hnleu tn
a:terel
Pr. on Dlonday, at the office of the Woods and Forests.
Itla,narr;i:l including Lord Barrin
Martino:lring. chairman, Mr. Wilson, director, and Mr.
it.o the Kent Water-works, had an inter-
-7704.s
anTonda isith Lord Morpeth, at the office of the
Kuista,llaicge: Ighness the Grand Duke Constantine of
the 11Iu,eum Pao ',led by
penal Admiral Luke and his
suit-, visited
f Practical Geology on Monday. His Int-
ss
officers. was Conducted over the establishment by its

H AY MA.R
E THEATRE.
Who do they take me for 9
Such is the title of a pleasant
one act drollery produced
sooth to say the hero, Mr. O'Reilly, (Mr. Hudson) lulls
at this theatre last evening, and
to the 4. Illustrated Illuminated Pictorial Annual," comes
like Hamlet's father, ill .. such' questionable shape," that
the question may well be asked.
They call him not "King, _
but .. Baronet,'; not 4. Royal Dane" but "Gentleman of
icrtnne ;" not " Hamlet " Sir Terence o'l3ri.an
O'ogherty O'Donnolly,"'&e. Ecc. tee., the gentleinan with
the long name and the longer' purse; and he
answers "
itxy. Anahem " in the most amusing manner pos-
answe.er? "', who are they to whom he returns the
of a certainA he are Pickings (Mr. Tilbury), a rascally steward
r.,
-4" DUDlCa§tlet Whose estate he wicks IQ buy

for a song, and who, mistaking O'Reilly for the baronet with
the long name, gives him 3,000/. Lot to bid against him.
Prudence Pickings (Mrs. Humby), the niece of the steward,
who, having met O'Reilly at a ball, has fallen desperately in
love with him, which love O'Reilly returns. Mrs. Dorring-
ton, a rich widow, who is affianced by her aunt (as young
ladies are affianced on the stage and nowhere else),
to the baronet of multitudinous names, without
ever having seen him, and Colonel Templeton (Mr. Howe), the
lover of the widow, who is ready to shoot any one who shall
dare to gainsay his pretensions. After an amusing half hour
of ludicrous contretemps O'Reilly has the 3,0001. and marries
Prudence, Templeton buys the estate at its full value and
marries the widow, and Mr. Pickings, the unjust steward,
remains the steward minus 3,0001., which he has paid to
O'Reilly. Hudson was effervescent as a bottle of cham-
pagne. Mrs. Humby was quaint and amusing as is her
wont, and Tilbury, Mrs. Seymour, and Howe did what little
they had to do excellently well. Mr. Clark, that great man
in little parts, had the little part of an innkeeper. He had
not threescore words to say, but he made every word tell, and
the farce was announced for repetition amidst loud applause.
Question—(by Mr. Hudson at the conclusion)—" Who do
they take me for ?" Answer—(by the audience)—" One of
the most amusing eccentrics that ever appeared on the
stage."

THE MAGAZINES.
BLACK WOOD.
Not upon the principle of "contraries" alluded to
by Rory O'More, but because of the extraord nary
importance of the subject at this period of scarcity in
nutritious articles of consumption, we take the last
article in the present number (ccclxxx) of Black-
wood, the first into consideration. The subject is
not just now " the rage" from having tickled the
passions of the population. It is neither a ruffianly
diatribe upon the dead Liberator, nor an idolatrous
panegyric upon Jenny Lind, nor a squib upon the
poses plastique, nor a sneering criticism upon " Tan-
cred,' nor a zoological dissertation upon Bosjestnans.
No ; the theme is the homeliest conceivable, and for
that very reason we have selected it. The heading
runs thus-3 On the Nutritive Qualities of the
Bread now in Use ;" and it is written " by Professor
Johnston." The paper is really a little master-piece
in its way—a pearl from that casket of nature which
was first opened, and the treasures of which
were first tolerably well rifled by Justus Liebig.
We would gladly see this article copied from the
pages of Blackwood, and distributed throughout
every household in England, Ireland, Scotland,
and Berwick-upon-Tweed. 'We would see it lying
on the tables of the palace and the cottage, in the
libraries of the nobility and the kitchens of the
crofters. Professor Johnston has been actuated by
the most benevolent motives in the composition of
these few pages; and the best of it is his benevolence
is not comprised in rhetorical flourishes, it is a prac-
tical evidence of his philanthropy. But to come to
the point at once, the reader may ask, "what is the
purpose of this remarkable contribution? It is this.
Professor Johnston maintains that white bread (mis-
called the best bread) is immeasurably inferior in the
way of nourishment to brown,or even black bread,(mis-
called the worst bread). He not merely asserts this :
he proves it, first by analytical calculations and
secondly by the facts accumulated from actual expe-
riments. He insists that the whole wheat, the wheat
not separated from the bran, or, in other words, the
grain mingled with its husks, affords much more
nourishment than when it is carefully sifted down to
pure flour, for the gratification of a fastidious taste.
We will give the very simple and explicit demonstra-
tion of this, in the words of Professor Johnston him-
self. He proceeds thus :
" The solid parts of the human body consist, princi-
pally of three several portions : the fat, the muscle, and
the bone. These three substances are liable to constant
waste in the living body, and therefore must be con-
stantly renewed from the food that we eat. The vege-
table food we consume contains these three substances
almost ready formed. The plant is the brickmaker.
The animal voluntarily introduces these bricks into its
stomach, and then involuntarily—through the operation
of the mysterious machinery within—picks out these
bricks, transports them to the different parts of the
body, and builds them into their appropriate places. As
the miller at his mill throws into the hopper the ua-
ground grain, and forthwith, by the involuntary move-
ments of the machinery, receives in his several sacks
fine flour, the seconds, the middlings, the pollards, and
the bran ; so in the human body, by a still more re-
fined separation, the fat is extracted and deposited here,
the muscular matter there, and the bony matter in a third
locality, where it cannot only be stored up, but where
its presence is actually at the moment necessary.
" Again, the fluid parts of the body contain the same
substances in a liquid form, on their way to or from the
several parts of the body in which they are required.
They include alse a portion of salt or saline matter
which is dissolved in them, as_we dissolve common salts
in our soup, or Epsom salts in the pleasant draughts
with which our doctors delight to vex us. This saline
matter is also obtained from the food.
" Now, it is evident that that food must be the most
nourishing which supplies all these ingredients of the
body most abundantly on the whole, or in proportions
most suited to the actual wants of the individual animal
to which it is given.
" How stands the question, then, in regard to this
point between the brown bread and the white—the fine
flour and the whole meal of wheat?
" The grain of wheat consists of two parts, with which
the miller is familiar—the inner grain and the skin that
covers it. The inner grain gives the pure wheat flour;
the skin, when separated, forms the bran. The miller
eannot entirely peel off the skin from his grain, and thus
some of it is unavoidably ground up with his flour. By
sifting, he separates it more or less completely; his se-
conds, middlings, &c. owing their colour to the propor-
tion of brown bran that has passed through the sieve
along with the flour. The whole meal, as it is called, of
which the so-named brown household bread is made con-
sists of the entire grain ground up together—used as it
comes from the mill-stones unsifted, and therefore con-
taining all the bran.
The first white flour, therefore, may be said to contain
no bran while the whole meal contains all that grew na-
turally
huapton is the
the gr
compositionain.
the seed ? How much do they respectivelycontain
the several constituents of the animal body ? of
How
much of each is contained also in the whole grain ?
" 1. The fat. Of this ingredient a thousand pounds
of the
Whole grain contain 2Blbs.
Fine Flour 2O
Bran
So that the bran is much richer in fat than the interior
part of the grain, and the whole ground together (whole
meal) richer than the finer part of the flour in the pro-
portioti of nearly one-half.
"2. The muscular matter. I have had no opportunity
as yet of ascertaining the relative proportions of this
ingredient in the bran and fine flour of the same sample
of grain. numerous experiments, however, have been
made in my laboratory, to determine these propor-
tions in the fine flour and whole seed of several varieties
of grain. The general result of these is, that the whole
grain uniformly contains a larger quantity, weight for
weight, than the fine flour extracted from it does. The
particular results in the case of wheat and Indian corn
were as follows :—A thousand pounds of the whole
grain and of the fine flour contained of muscular matter
respectively,—

Wheat grain. Fine flour.
Wheat 1561b5. 1301bs.
Indian corn 140 110
Of the material out of which the animal muscles is to
be formed, the whole meal or grain of wheat contains
one-fifth more than the finest flour does. For maintain-
ing muscular strength, therefore, it must be more va-
luable in an esual proportion.
" 2. Bone material and Saline matter.—Of these mi-
neral constituents, as they may be called, of the animal
body, a thousand pounds of bran, whole meal and fine
flour, contain respectively—
Bran 7oolbs
Whole meal ... 170 „
Fine flour
" So that in regard to this inportant part of our food,
necessary to all living animals, but especially to the
young who are growing, and to the mother who is giv-
ing milk—the whole meal is three times more nourish-
ing than the fine flour.
" Our case is now made out. Weight for weight,
the whole grain or meal is more rich in all those three
essential elements of a nutritive food, than the tine flour
of wheat. By those whose only desire is to sustain their
health and strength by the food they eat, ought not
the whole meal to be preferred ? To children
who are rapidly growing, the browner the bread
they eat, the more abundant the supply of the materials
from which their increasing bones and muscles are to be
produced. To the milk-giving mother, the same food,
and for a similar reason, is the most appropriate.
" A glance at their mutual relations in regard to the
three substances, presented in one view, will show this
more clearly. A thousand pounds of each contain of
the three several ingredients the following proportions :
Whole meal. Fine flour.
Muscular matter ...•• 1561ba. 1301bs.
Bone material l7olbs. 60lbs.
Fat

Total in each
" Taking the three ingredients, therefore, together,
the whole meal is one-half more valuable for fulfilling
all the purposes of nutrition than the fine flour—and
especially it is so in regard to the feeding of the young,
the pregnant, and those who undergo much bodily
fatigue."
In the arguments derivable from chemical analysis,
we think the foregoing is conclusive enough in all
conscience. But Professor Johnston has more to
say in explanation of his views, and emphatically
observes, that his "theoretical considerations come in,
only to confirm the results of previous experiments.
Thus, from the experiments of Majendie and others
it was known that animals which in a few weeks died if
fed only upon fine flour, lived long upon whole meal
bread. Th. reason appears from our analytical investi-
gations. The whole meal contains in large quantity the
three forms of matter by which the several parts of the
body
to man
him
are sustained, or successively renewed. We may
feedgupon bread
we
e,adanmd
uwstatebravoenlyti,iebuatppuanrleT
we wish t
cruelty to restrict him to the coarser kinds of bread.
The
loay ecoh.arity which should supply him with fine white
Instead, would in effect kill him by a lingering
starvation."

Having expounded so far, Professor Johnston calcu-
lates the extraordinary saving that must arise from
the employment of the whole wheat, or brown bread,
or mixture of flour and bran, just as God himself has
mingled the two ingredients for our consumption.
" First, The amount of husk separated by the miller
from the wheat which he grinds, and which is not sold

for human use, varies very much. I think we do not
over-tstimate it, when we consider it as forming one-
eighth of the whole. On this supposition, eight pounds
of wheat yield seven of flour consumed by man, and one
of pollard and bran which are given to animals—chiefly
to poultry and pigs. If the whole meal be used, how-
ever, eight pounds of flour will be obtained, or eight
people will be fed by the same weight of grain which
only fed seven before.
*' Again, we have seen that the whole meal is more
nutritious—so that this coarser flour will go farther than
an equal weight of the fine. The numbers at which
we arrived, fr ‘m the result of analysis, show that, taking
all the throe sustaining elements of food into considera-
tion, the coarse is one half more nutritive than the
fine. Leaving a wide margin for the influence of cir-
cumstances, let us suppofe it only one-eigth more nutri-
tive, and we shall have now nine people nourished
equally by the same weight of grain, which, when eaten
as fine flour, would support only seven. The wheat of
the country, in otner words, would in this form go one-
fourth farther than at present.*
Those are surely considerations that should console
the multitude under the ravages of the potato murrain.
Earneetly do we commend the matter, not merely
to the reflecthn of the public, hut to the domestic ex-
periment of individuals. By testing the assertions of
Professor Johnston, the people will enhance the fat
and the osseous and muscular portions of their bodies,
and materially decrease the drain upon their purses.
To bound from one extreme to the other, we will
transcribe the best out of four graceful sonnets by
Elizabeth Barrett Browning ; it is entitled " Moun-
taineer and Poet" :

" MOUNTAINEER AND POET.
" The simple goatherd who treads places high,
Beholding there his shadow (it is wist)
Dilated to a giant's on the mist
Esteems not his own stature larger by
The apparent image; but more patiently
Strikes his staff down beneath his clenching fist—
While the snow-mountains litt their amethyst
And sapphire crowns of splendour, far and nigh,
Into the air around him. Learn from hence
Meek mortals, all ye poets that pursue
Your way still onward up to eminence I
Ye are not great, because creation drew
Large revelations round your earliest sense,
Nor bright, because God's glory shines for you."
Of geographical variety there is abundance in the
present number. One contributor carries us in ima-
gination with Sir George Simpson in his overland
journey round the world, through "North America,
Siberia, and Russia :" another pictures to us the pre-
sent condition of " Constantinople and the declining
state of the Ottoman Empire;" another portrays the
characteristics of " A Turkish Watering-place ;"
and a fourth in a pleasant chattering review of Onzoo
and Typee, by Herman Melville, gives an agreeable
summary of " Pacific Rovings." Three serials are
continued; namely, the third chapter of "How to
Build a House and Live in it •" an additional
Letter to Eusebius in pursuance of the "Hum Ca-
tullianm" and the sixth miserable " Letter on the
Truths contained in Popular Superstitions." A clever
paraphrase of "The Hymn of King Olaf the Saint ;"
and a capital critical chapter on the literary labours
of " Prosper Merimee," comprise the remainder of
the June number. For its pleasant, and instructive
contents, Blackwood still continues conspicuous and
seasonable.

DOMBEY AND SON. No. IX. By Charles Dickens.
Plain Joe, Sir—Joey B.—Josh Bagstock—Joseph
—rough and tough old J., Sir, will certainly go
off one of these days in a frightful fit
of apoplexy. The manner in which he is
described, namely, as " greatly swollen as
to his face," as " puffy," as excessively blue in comr
plexion, and so forth, affords the reader a sympa-
thetic determination of blood to the head. At one
time, indeed, Major Bagstock is said to have " swelled
and swelled, and rolled his purple face about, and
winked his lobster eye, until he fell into a fit of
wheezing which obliged him to take a turn or two
about the room." At another he is depicted as being
so painfully influenced by mental excitement and
talking in wheezy whispers that he " sat gurgling in
the throat and watering at the eyes until dinner was
ready." A very phenomenon of an apoplectic
Major is this Major Bagstock, and " Joe B. is sly,
sir, de-vilish sly." In the present chapters Carker
goes down to Leamington, finds Dombey entrapped
by the charms of Edith Granger, and takes an ex-
cursion with the affianced, the Major, and Mrs.
Skewton over Warwick Castle. The character of
the venerable but blooming Mrs. Skewton, who is
always apostrophising Nature and Heart is cleverly
sustained. The following sentence contains a bitter
moral most bitterly expressed. Mrs. Skewton's maid
appears late in the evening, according to custom, to
prepare her gradually for night.
"At night, she should have been a skeleton, with dart
and hour-glass, rather than a woman, this attendant ;
for her touch was as the touch of Death. The painted
object shrivelled underneath her hand ; the form col-
lapsed, the hair dropped off, the arched dark eye-brows
chanced to scanty tufts of grey ; the pale lips shrunk,
the skin became cadaverous and loose ; an old, worn,
yellow nodding woman, with red eyes, alone remained in
Cleopatra's place. huddled up, like a slovenly bundle, in
a greasy flannel gown."
Florence completes her visit at Sir Barnet Sltettles',
and returns home. Previously, however, to her de-
parture she is attended by the delicate attentions of
one visitor :
" This was Mr. Toots, who after renewing, some
weeks ago, the acquaintance he had had the happiness
of forming with Skettles, Junior, on the night when he
burst the Blimberian bonds and soared into freedom
with his ring on, called regularly every other day, and
left a perfect pack of cards at the hall door ; so many
indeed, that the ceremony was quite a deal on the part
of Mr. Toots, and a hand at whist on the part of the
servant."
The introduction of Florence to the lady, who is to,
be Mrs. Dombey the second, is a beautiful piece of
natural and pathetic description.

ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. The gardens
opened for the season on Monday, and the weather was most
auspicious for the occasion. If variety of entertainments
ground a claim for public favour, the proprietors have as-
suredly established that claim. The orchestra is admirably
decorated, or rather re-painted. The ballet of Robert and
Bertrand was well got up, and the artistes, Miss Wright,
Mr. Milano, &c., acquitted themselves admirably. The
boxes in the amphitheatre were enormously crowded. Of
the wonderful performances of the Bedoun Arabs it would
be hopeless to convey any idea. The evening's entertain-
ments were enlivened and varied by a capital brass band,
and a genu-ine band from the Hartz Mountains under the
direction of Herr Kettler. Thu gardens still retain some of
the old attractions, in the shape of the Hermit, Neptune in
the Marine Car, &c. In the Waterloo Ground, the "Piece de
Resistance consisted of a magnificent structure, modelled
with every regard to architectural correctnsss after the
Grand Square of St. Mark," Venice, the Palace of
the Doge, and Cathedral and Tower of St. Mark.
It is a most transcendentally beautiful and successful work
of art; it forms the greatest attraction in the royal property."
When this scene was illuminated by the pyrotechnic display
the effect was everything which could be wished. Great
credit is due to Mr. Darby, the pyrotechnist, for we never
beheld a more brilliant display. II Diavolo made his usual
descent from the top of the tower on a wire, amidst the fire-
works. A number of views were shown, which are well
executed. and represent the following places :—Tivoli, near
Rome—lleidelburg, on the Rhine—Platz Town, on ditto—
Durham, winter and summer —Valley of Chamouni, Savoy—
Salt Plains, Tunis—Tin Mine, Cornwall—Peak Cavern,
Derbyshire—Wells Cathedral, moonlight—Ehrenbreihtstein
—Fountain Abbey. Every attention was paid to the visitors
under the auspices of Mr. Lewis and Mr. Ryan, and we hope
the spirited exertions of the proprietors will be met by a
liberal encouragement on the part of the public.
TRINITY MONDAY.—On Monday, according to an-
nual custom, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, as the blas-
ter of the Trinity House, accompanied by the elder and
junior brethren, assembled in the Grand Hall of the Trinity
House, and after partaking of a slight dejeuner, proceeded to
the Tower and embarked in their statebarge 8, attended by:
the officials of the Trinity House, the Master and Wardens of
the Watermen's Company, and Captain Fisher, the harbour-
master, and a strong muster of the Thames police. His
Grace was loudly cheered by a large body of spectators on
his embarking, as also by the numerous vessels and steamers
as they passed down the river. On the arrival of the party
at Deptford, his Grace landed, the procession then moved on
towards St. Nicholas Church, the children belonging to the
Seamen's Orphan School being drawn up in line. The sermeat
was preached by the Rev. Mr. Melvill, chaplain of the Tower
and to his Grace. The church was crowded in every part.
At the conclusion of Divine service, the Duke of Wellington
returned to town in an open carriage and pair, the Brethren
of the Trinity returning in the usual manner to Trinity
House.
The Duke of Wellington purposes to give a grand
entertainment on the 14th instant, at Apsley House, in cele-
bration of the baptism of the infant daughter of Lord and
Lady Charles Wellesley. The Queen has been pleased to
signify her intention to stand sponsor in person to the
infant.
TRAGEDY EXTRAORDINARY. —At the Queen's
Theatre, in Manchester, on Monday, the sock and buskin
were laid under peculiar contribution in the representa-
tion of King Richard 111. Mr. Wyndham took a
benefit, which, we trust, really proved what it was
hoped to be ; and a quintet of comic actors, including
Messrs. Sloane and Wyndham, undertook the novelty
of strutting through the crooked-backed tyrant, one
act of the tragedy being apportioned to each actor. Of
course so startling an announcement as five Richards
in the field astonished the " gods," who, as the
several tragedians appeared, scarcely knew whether
to laugh or cry. At length the climax of the tragic
farce arrived, Mr. Sloane dashing upon the stage as King
Dick. In the midst of a very grave soliloquy the risible
muscles of the audience were disturbed, and this in-
decorous facial expression in the midst of a solemn
tragedy was quickly followed by a loud guffaw, which
Richard's philosophy could not scorn. Hastily stepping
to the front of the stage, and, with his well-trained
tragic face, he said, " Ladies and gentlemen, pray don't
think we are playing comically, for I assure y-ou that we
are playing tragedy as earnestly as we can. You'll
oblige us much if you wen't laugh." The people again
hardly Wafter whether to laugh or cry; an in a ew
mements wards the curtain felt amidst peals of
laughter. •
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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
HOUSE OF LORDS, June 1.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack shortly after Five o'clock.
The Bishop of GLOUCESTER presented several pe-
titions from the clergy and laity of the city of Gloucester,
and other parts, praying the House to adopt some mea-
sure to put a stop to Sunday travelling upon railways.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.
Messengers from the Commons brought up a large
number of public and private Bills.
POOP. REMOVAL. (IRELAND).
This Bill, after a short conversation, in which Lord
Denman, Lord Brougham, and Earl Grey took part, was
read a second time.
TOWNS IMPROVEMENT BILL.

On the motion of Lord CAMPBELL, this Bill was
read a second time.
NAVY PRISONS BILL.
On the motion of the Earl of AUCKLAND, the
House went into Committee on this Bill.

The Earl of HARD WICKE;aid, that though not an
opponent of the Bill, he was only a weak supporter, and
he was, therefore, exceedingly desirous of modifying its
principle, for he believed that the punishment against
which it was directed was not unpopular in the
profession.; The men in the navy, when they
committed a fault, expected corporal punishment—they
looked for it, as they said, as their due, and did not
complain when it was inflicted. But this Bill im-
posed a punishment which was, of all thing's,
most detested by them, for they would
barter their liberty for no advantage whatever.
He said he did give the Bill his support, although the
measure was of very doubtful character ; for the mo-
ment the vessel went out to sea the lash was resumed,
and this Bill served rather to satisfy the public mind
under the eye of the press. He meant to propose an
amendment on the first clause to the effect of retaining
the entire control in the sole hand of the captain. He
moved that these words should be struck out.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in a voice almost
inaudible, intimated, as we understood, that he
_would
consider the amendment.
The Kul of SHAF FESBURY reported progress, and
their Lordships resumed.

- CONFERENCE.
Mr. GREENE and a deputation from the Commons
appeared at their Lordships' bar, on behalf of the Com-
mons, and asked for a conference on the Poor Relief
(Ireland) and the Landed Property (Ireland) Bills.
The conference was agreed to,
and appointed to take
place immediately in the Royal Gallery.
After a short absence, the Members of their Lord-
ships' House appointed to confer with the Commons
returned, and
Lord CLARENDON read the reasons why the House
of Commons disagreed with certain amendments made
by their Lordships in the trish Poor Relief and the
Landed Property (Ireland) Bills.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that he would
take those amendments into consideration, and bring
them forward on Thursday next.
NAVY PRISONS BILL.

The House then resumed on this Bill, and
The Earl of AUCKLAND said that he believed every
care had been taken to preserve the characters of the
officers, and he was quite assured that the punishment
by flogging was not half so much as it was ten years ago,
and the modification was merely intended to save them
from an unpleasant difficulty.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that he was
quite at a loss to understand what her Majesty's Govern-
ment meant by this Bill, for the fact was that a discretion
was left with the officer in command to inflict the
punishment of flogging if he thought necessary, but it
restricted him from doing otherwise than sending the
offender to prison, unless he chose to consult the admiral
when he was in port, for he could not inflict the punish-
ment of flogging without the admiral's consent. But it
at sea he might elect to inflict which punishment he
chose, and, in fact, the whole of the law ought to have
been put into the Bill.
The Earl of AUCKLAND said that he thought that
the Noble Earl opposite had quite misunderstood the
principle of the Bill, for it was intended to restrain cor-
poral punishments, and if possible prevent them.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said that it was
clear that the election of which punishment he chose
was in the hands of the officer ; and rightly so, for it
might be necessary to inflict punishment, and sometimes
severe punishment too, for the sake of preserving dis•
cipline. A ship at sea without discipline was as much
as lost, and it would be unjust to make an officer re-
sponsible for the safety of his vessel, and yet deprive
him of the necessary authority over his men.
Earl GREY said the object of the Bill was clear ; it
gave the election of two modes of punishment to the
captain when at sea, but in harbour the election lay with
the Admiralty.
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH still maintained
that the Act was imperfect in the respect he had pointed
out to their Lordships.
After some further conversation, the amendment,
with a slight alteration suggested by Lord Brougham,
sites agreed to.
The Bill then passed through Committee.
The House resumed.
THE FACTORIES REGULATION BILL.
This Bill was read a third time and passed.
RAILWAY BILLS,
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that on
Thursday next he would move for the appointment of a
Select Committee to consider whether it was expedient
that any measure should be passed to suspend alt or any
of the Railway Bills now before Parliament, and to
enable patties to proceed with them in another
session ; also to consider whether any alteration should
be made in the standing orders of the House in relation
to such Railway Bills.
Lord BROUGHAM was glad that the Noble Mar-
quis had given notice of that motion.
SUPERVISION OF POOR-LAWS IN IRELAND.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE gave notice that on
Thursday next he would move the second reading of the
Supervision of the Poor-law in Ireland Bill.
BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY.

The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second read-
ing of the Bankruptcy Law Amendment, and Debtor
and Creditor Bills, with the intention of referring them
to a Select Committee, to investigate the whole question
of bankruptcy.
The Bills were read a second time, and the Select
Committee nominated.

NAVAL SERVICE OF BOYS BILL

This Bill was read a third time and passed.
The House then adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS, June 1.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
THIRD READINGS.
The following Bills were read a third time and passed:
Aberdeen Harbour.
Caledonian Railway (Branches to Canonbie, &c.)
Dublin and Belfast Junction and Navan Branch Railway.
Dublin and Drogheda Railway (Purchase of Navan
Branch, &c.)
Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway.
Eastern Counties Railway Extension (Cambridge to
Bedford, &c.)
Eastern Counties Railway (Maldon, Witham, aad Brain-
tree Railway Purchase).
East Lincolnshire Railway (Deviation at Boston and
Branch to Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction
Railway at Grimsby).
East Lincolnshire Railway (Louth Navigation Purchase).
Glasgow and Shotts Road.
Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct Railway.
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan Railway (Amend-
ment, Deviations, and Branches).
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Branches at
Port Glasgow).
Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock Railway (Amendment
and Branches to the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock,
and Ayr, the Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston, and
the Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow Railways,
and to Haugh Pits).
Great Southern and Western Railway Extension (For-
tarlington to Tullamore).
Lowestoft Railway and Harbour (Alteration near Reed-
ham).
National Mercantile Life Assurance Society.
Norfolk Railway (Branch from Wvmondham to the
Norwich Extension of the Ipswich and Bury St. Ed-
mund's Railway, and the proposed Thetford and Reed-
ham Railway near Diss).
Norfolk Railway (Yarmouth Extension, Szos.)
Paisley, Barrhead, and ilurlet Railway.
Saffron Walden Rates.
bouth Staffordphire Railway (Cannock, Wyrley, and
Norton Branches, &c.)
Wakefield Market.
LORDS' AMENDMENTS.

The Lords' amendments on the following Bills were
considered and agreed to :
Caledonian Railway (Branches to Wilsontown, to
Fauldhouse, and to Biggar and Broughton).
Caledonian Railway (Branches from the Clydesdale
Junction Railway to the Douglas and Lesmahagow
Mineral Fields, and to Strathavon).
Caledonian Railway (Extension of Motherwell Branch
of Clydesdale Junction Railway to Auchiaheath
Mineral Field, with Branches to the Wishaw and
Coltness Railway, Canderside, and Hamilton).
Claridge's Patent Asphalte Company,
Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society. •
CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS.
The reports of the following Bills were considered and
agreed to :
Birmingham, Vir
holver ckhampton,Deviation and.
Stour Valley Railway
(No. metwi)
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway
(No. 2) Branches.
Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway and Aust
Ferry.
Coventry,Nuneaton,Birmingham, and Leicester Railway.
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway.
Dundee and Newtyle Railway.
Dundee and Perth Railway (Alteration and Extension,
and Inchture, Polgavie, and Inchmichael Branches).
Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge, Royston, and
Ware line, &c.).
Eastern Counties Railway (Enlargement of London and
Stratford Stations and Amendment of Acts).
East Lothian Central Railway.
Edinburgh and Bathgate Railway (Deviation and
Amendment).
Liverpool Gas.
London and Nerth-Western Railway (Atherstone and
Whiteacre Branch).
London and North-Western Railway (Coventry and
Nuneaton Branches).
London and North-Western Railway (Newport Pagnell,
Olney, and Wellingborough Branch).
London and North-Western Railway (purchase of the
o(slid
Lynn
Docks).
Earl of Ellesmere's interest in the Manchester South
Junction and Altrincham Railway).
Railway (Portobello and
Wolverhampton London
and anEd
y North-Westernuaay Brunch, &c.)
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