The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON', WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1841.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.
Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of business.
Mr. EDWARD WOODTHORFL the son of the Town Clerk
of t!e Corporation of London, was unanimously elected to
the office of Surveyor of the Eastern Division of the City.
There were five candidates, all of whom were highly re-
commended:
ALLEOED EFFECTS OF THE SILENT AND SOLITARY SYSTEM IN
THE PENITENTIARY.
Ater the Sheriffs had presented the customary prison
returns to the Court,
Sir PETER LAURIE rose to call the attention of the
members to a subject which he considered to be one of the
very greatest importance. They were much indebted to
Alderman Copeland for having obtained from the House of
commons tnd rtlurris connected with the Penitentiary
prison in Milbank. These feturns were calculated to
frighten any humane mind, showing, as they did, the dread-
ful effects of the silent and solitary system acted upon in
that plate of confinement. From them it appeared that
four persons in the year 1838, three in 1839. and five in
1840 had been sent from the Penitentiary to the Bcthlem
Hospital in consequence of insanity, occasioned by that
tort of infliction.

Alderman Thomas Woon asked whether the insanity of
the prisoners enumerated was reported to have arisen from
their confinement?

Sir P. LAURIE read the beading of the returns, which
stated as follows—" Returns of the number of prisoners
sent to the Penitentiary in each of the last five years; of
prisoners removed on the groend of insanity during the
same period ; to what asylum removed, and the time of
imprisonment in the Penitentiary previous to such removal,

&c. &c." He was glad that the question had been asked.
He had found in the reports of Beth!ern Hospi►al, of which
he was President, that no insane persons had been received
there from any other prison. Although the annual average
of prisoners confined in the Penitential-) was 361, while
the annual average of prisoners confined in Coldhath-fielc,
prison was from 1.300 to I,boo, it was, he thought, fair
to rr ason upon such premises that the system to which he
alluded, and which was adopted in no other prison, pro-
duced the dreadful malady amongst their miserable fellow-
err atures.—( Hear, hear.)
Alderman HUMPHERY complaiced that Sir Peter Laurie
so positively attributed the insanity to causes which the
returns moved for by Alderman Copeland did not so much
as allude tr.
Sir PETER LAURIE declared that the contrast hetwcen
the Penitenti iry and all the other pitons on the subject or
insanity, left no room for doubt as to the cause. The case
he brought before the Court was strengthened by the re-
turns which were made to him last night of the numher of

persons received in Bethlam Hospital from the Penitee-
liery from the month of March to the month of May in the
present year, from which returns it apFewed that five un-
fortunate creatures bad been added to the list.—( Hear,
hear, hear.) He did not place much confidence in the
opinion expressed by Mr. H.4wes, that the existence
of the malady amongst these individuals was to be
traced to hereditary sources; for if there were grounds
for that belief, how did it happen that the disease
never exhibited itself in any other prison it:
the metropolis ? He felt it to be his duty tc
call upon the Sheriff to take care that vrhatev.r regula-
tons might be adopted as to the government of Newgate
no punishment should be resorted to which was calculated
to destroy the mind. He called too upon the Magistracy
of England to extend their humane guardianship to the
unhappy criminals, and interfere to prevent the awful in-
fliction of madness as the penalty of offence.—(Hear,
bear.) It was but the other day he heard that five women
who had been sent from the Penitentiary to the hulks be-
came insane by the extraordinary nature of the contrast
between the former place and the open air of Heaven.
Alderman LUCAS had as little respect as Sir Pete'
Laurie entertained for the opinion given as to the opera-
tion of hereditary causes is the instances of mental malady
enumerated in the returns. All the medical men wits:
whom he had conversed on the subject of solitary im.
prisonment declared, that if carried to excess it
would lead to insanity.—(Hear, hear.) The officers in,
the Army, who were obliged frequently to have recourse
to Courts-martial, acted invariably upon the belief of the
pernicious effects of long solitary confinement, and in sen-
tencing delinquents appointed intervals to counteract its
baneful operation. It had been ascertained, too, that a
round cell was more likely to produce insanity in the
tenant than a square cell. Humanity directed that these
peculiarities should be attended to. Indeed, so strongly
was he impressed with the idea that excessive solitary
confinement was productive of the worst consequences,
that when he was a short time ago Visiting Magistrate a;
Newgate, upon finding that two women were undergoing
their sentence of a month's solitary imprisonment, he ap-
pl ed to the Lord Mayor and obtained a remission of the
" solitary" portion of their sentence, after they had suf-
fered it eli yen days. That occurred, too, in a prison in
which, from the close neighbourhood of the cells, it scarcely
coull be said that solitary imprisonment could be carrier.
into effect.

Alderman T. WOOD said that he was perfectly aware
of the importance of the subject, but it appeared to him
that Sir Peter Laurie was premature in attributing the
cases of insanity which had been quoted to causes vtic!'
were by no means to be traced in the returns presented tt.
the Cou.tt.-•-( Hear, hear.) He certainly did believe that
excessive solitary confinement had a pernicious influence
upon the mind, and that if any regulations existed by virtue
of which such a penalty was infEcted, means should b;
taken to procure a revision of them. It struck him that
in appropriating punishments the constitution of the indi-
vidual condemned should, together with many other cir-
cumstances, be taken into Lccount, for there were some te
whom solitary imprisonment would be a boon, while o
others it would be a source of desperate exaspmation.—
( Hear, hear.) He was not quite convinced that Si,
Peter Laurie was right in attributing the insanity of the
persons to whom allusion had been n,a'le to eac.?ssiv,
solitary confinement in the Penitentiary. Although there
might have been a great mak,rity of prisoners confined in
Cold Bath Fields or Clergenwell, the class of prisoner:
in the Penitentiary might be much worse. One thing, at
any rate, appea ed evident, from the consideration of the
question, with regard to the latter prison. The Magis-
tracy, and not the Government, ought to exercise gaol
control.--( Hear, hear.) He understood that, in the Pe-
nitentiary, a prisoner doomed to solitary confinement, wa,
not permitted to utter a word,—that the very moving of the
feet, so as to disturb the silence, was puni,hed by some
additional penalty,--that, in chapel, the prisoner's hear
was to be kept in a certain position,—and, worst of all,
that the seat on which the unfortunate wretch was to rev
himself was so constructed, that he became actually
picketed. It was not, he considered, fair to a -
some that the cases of insani,y, to which Sir Peter Laurie
referred, had been caused by the solitary confinement ti
which the prisoners in the Penitentiary wee subjected. He
wished to get at the true cause,o hich might be compounded of
a variety of matters harsh and intolerable in their combina•
tion.—( Hear, hear.) It was certainly time to institute an
inquiry, but materials ought to be obtained before a flat as
sertion was made, which, after all, was very liable to be
contradicted by those who had the beat means of ascertain-
ing the fact. Solitary confinement might be judiciously
applied in some cases, but it was to be regulated by the
circumstances of each particular case.—( Hear.)
Sir M. WOOD said that the strong fact of the reception
into Bethlem Hospital of insane persons from the Peniten•
tiary applied to no other persons whatever, and therefore
the inference drawn by Sir Peter Laurie was quite natu-
ral. It was horrible that out of so smell a numl er so
many instances of insanity occurred. To be sure a not,
appended to the returns stated that five out o
the thirteen sentenced were insane before they en-
tered the Penitentiary. There were, however, no
accounts of the transfer of persons from other
gaols to Bethlem, and it appeared that even Near gate was
a stranger to those affl cted by the malady. He was de-
sirous of having returns from all the prisons of the metro-
polis, and then the Court could make a remonstrance on
the subject to the Government, who would, be had no
doubt, pay the necessary attention to a matter involving
so many important consequences.--( Hear, hear.) Sir
Matthew Wood ended by expressing a hope that the re-
turns procured by Alderman Copeland would be referred
to the Gaol Committee.

Sir P. LAURIE said that there was the more necessity
for immediate exertion, as the Government was building a
model prison on the plan of the Penitentiary. The great-
est enemy of mankind was man, and he hoped that the
Members of Parliament present would allude to the ques-
tion in their places in the House of Commons.

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Sir C. S. HUNTER suggested the propriety of sending
the Sheriff to communicate with the Government on the
subject.
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Alderman HUMPHERY thought that Sir Peter Laurie
was influenced in no small degree by the spirit of exagge-
ration, La in alluding to the cases of insanity contained in
the returns, he had omitted the many years in which no
cap of insanity at all had been sent to Bethlem from the
Penitentiary. It was an act of injustice to the Governor
of the Prison to jump at once to the conclusion that by the
mode of punishment adopted there the unfortunate inmates
wee liable to insanity,—( Hear, bear.) It was not very pro-
bable that a respectable man would set to work to con-
vert his prisoners into patients for Bedlam._-( Hear, hear.)
He (Alderman Humphery) wet', knew the meaning of Sir
Peter Laurie's Di:Wry at the present moment. The Worthy
Knight's object was to make himself poptilaf, gild to silo%
to the public, by tailing solemnly on the Members of
Parliarnent present, what Mighty things he would himself
accomplish if he only had a seat In the same place.—
( Much laughter.) But the Members of Parliament and
the other Members of the Court of Aldermen had every
atom as much humanity and sympathy for the suf-
ferings of their fellow•creatures as Sir Peter Laurie
had, It wes perfectly ridiculous to suppose otherwise—
( Laughter.) To show such an inference as Sir Peter
had dedneed from the returns was in his opinion most un-
fair and Unreasonable. It would be necessary before that'
came to any conclusion to have returns as to the treat-
tent to which the 11 irntYiduala whose cases were re-
' reireci to hail been siihjetted:
Sir PETOt Lebnik rfpeated the 69nifast hetweeti the
nurnbi eunnr*d in those bOnfined in
ottiel. irrisons, and dened any man in eis 4,6 ilta*
any other conclusion than that the insanity was caused by
one atrocious system a solitary and silent impritcnmeut.
Aldo:men LtrCell said that It itrtia nttnral for rnaokina
to combine against such a prineple as that against which
he *at rais4 his voice-'toe Bastille owed its destruction
to the ahhoti'edee the of France entertaired
fur solitary imprisbatneht.,:-4 tleari heat%)
Alderman Gliint said that it toils, No Pali tit thg citiq ot
the Sheriffs to reth‘.i.il'ai '4lth the Pal}
bit stir:
subject of prisons over Which they had no Control.=
(Near, hears) The Sheriff's had power, in liewgate,
tainly but what, could they do to the Penitentiary ? He
begged to sad', with reference to the two women of whom
Alderman Lucas bad spoken, that they had been ordered
into rol;tary confinement for having threatened to do in=
jury to an individual who had given information of a de=
sign to escape from prison, and that so far from being re-
strained by this salutary system, they talked so loudly and
incessantly as to disturb all who wanted repose.— ( A
liugh,) -
After a few words from other members, the discussion
was aajourned'untl the next Court-day, when Alderman
Copeland, who was unavoidably absent upon the preterit
I occasion, will attend to explain his views on Ile subject.

B—mTandee iinneltohseedNeler
IMPROVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE.
s e r St
i SIR,--The
tthteerr—n isneaanr,swoefrthteo tlh7ethstaronndg24atsh.
of April, by the Rev. W. Hill, Editor, and Mr. Feargus
O'Connor, Proprietor, against the persons who signed the
Address of Messrs. Lovett, Collins, and others, for the
formation of a " National Association for promoting the
Political and Social Improvement of the People"—having
been refused insertion for a week (though it reached
Leeds on Wednesday evening last), that no antidate
should be supplied to their unjust calumnies against tto
signers of the Address, if you can spare room for it, or any
portion of it, you will, by inserting it in your popular and
widely-circulated Journal, serve the cause of truth and
justice, and greatly oblige a number of calumniated men.
Your's obediently and respectfully,
HENRY HETHERINGTON.
Queen's Bench, May I.
FEARGUS O'CONNOR v. THE NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION FOR THE POLITICAL AND
SOCIAL IMPROVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE.
A REI'I,Y TO THE CALUMNIES OF THE NORTHERN STAR.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR.
Queen's Bench, April 27, 1841.
Sir,—ln the Northern Star of the 17th inst., and
again last week, you have thought proper to animadvert
upon the Address issued by Messrs. Lovett, Collins, and
others, for the formation of a National Association for
promoting the Political and Social Improvement of the
People. You have, I regret to say, performed your duty
with a flippancy unbecoming the occasion, and a disregard
of truth unworthy of a professed advocate of the principles
oft)o- People's Charter.
You sommence first by falsely asserting " that this As-
sociation is of O'Connell, Hume, and Roebuck's concoc-
tion." With respect to your second assertion, I will not
presume to question your prophetic capabilities, though
you have, in this instance, published a false prediction.
What will the people think, Sir, of a public writer in
the cause of democracy who can commence with a wilful
perversion of the truth—aye, a wilful perversion? Did
not the Editor of the Northern Star, some mouths ago,
receive a copy of " CHARTism," written by Lovett and
Collins in Warwick Gaol, in which a National Association
is proposed, and the rules for governing such an- Associa-
tion are submitted for public approbation ? Did not the
Editor publicly promise to review that work ?—and did he
not, when he found the work had elicited the approbation
of all good Chartists, and even of the sopponents of
Chartism, meanly break his promise by rover noticing it?
The Editor of the Northern Star knew full well, when
ire made the assertion, that Lovett and Collins's
" Chartism" not only contained a proposal to form a Na-
tional Association, but defined its objects and contained
its rules; and now that it is intended to reduce the pro-
posal to practice, he meanly attempta to rob those worthy
teen of the honour they are justly entitled to from their
labours in the people's cause, by basely asserting that it
• is of O'Connell, Hume, and Roebuck's concccion."
This may accord with the Northern Star " Chartism,'
:rut it will suit no man with a spark of honour and honesty
in his composition.
The &itear of the Northern Star, through ignorance,
:s confounding that which emanates from Lovett and Col-
lins's " CHARTISM" with an Association projected, and then
rbout to be formed, by Dr. Black, Mr. Place, and others,
among the liberal and enlightened of the middle classes,
to adopt and carry forward Mr. Hume's plan of House-
rield and Lodger Suffrage, Triennial Parliaments, Voting
oy Ballot, No Property Qualification, Payment of Mem-
bers, and Equal Electoral Districts. The intention was
to farm an Association exclusively of the middle class,
that would co-operate with the Chartists in all just and
laudable measures for extending the rights and liberties of
.he unenfranchised millions, and in improving their intel-
lectual, social, and moral condition. Mr. Hume, and
:hose who act with him, thought that the working classes
might be inclined to adopt so large a measure of e-
nun—little less, in fact, than the whole Charter—
if it were fairly and honestly submitted to their
consideration, and wished to ascertain whether the Char-
.ists would join an Association formed for the purpose of
carrying Charter Suffrage, without earring to the name
of the Charter. He requested an interview with Messrs.
Lovett, Cleave. Watson, Hetherington, Collins, and
Vincent. The two latter net being in town, could not
Ittend, but had a subsequent interview with Mr. Hume on
the subject. Three of the former, Lovett, Cleave and
Hetherington, attended. Lovett and Cleave would not
yield the name of the Charter—they thought that Mr.
Hume's Lodger Suffrage was a large advance towards
the Charter, but would not consent to aid a new agi-
ation for anything leis than the Charter, or for any-
thing not bearing the name. I differed with my friends,
and thought Mr. Hume's proposition so good and so
extensive, that, though I would never abandon the agi-
tation far the Charter, yet, if I saw any prospect of
aarrying Me. Hume's plan immediately, I would give it
:ny best exertions, as I considered it, in fact, the Charter
with another name. Messrs. Lovett and Cleave both set
their faces against the plan, as did also Collins and
Vincent at a subsequent interview ; and Mr. Hume then
said that nothing could be done, and both parties must,
therefore, take their own course,
Your conduct, Sir, in reference to this " New Move,"
refl.cte little credit on you as a public writer. You are
evidently deOitute of that democratic spirit of freedom and
equality which is essential in an advocate of the rights of
:,he people. When the Working Men's Association put
forth an Address to the people of Ireland, inviting their
so-opera. 'ion with the Chartists, a copy of the Address was
sent round to all the Associations that we knew of, inviting
the signature of their Chairmen or Secretaries—if the Ad-
dress met their approbation, and their suggestions and cor-
reciiins if it did not: The Northern Star then highly
approved of the course takt,l
I to outain unity and sentiment,
and to give it publicity. Tha b:rne course now meets with
determined hostility. It is called a " secret move" to for..
ward an Address that reflects the higha'st
.honour on the
'lead and heart of him woo penned it, h.:eland in a
:atter commencing thus :—" Dear Sir,—Th,„ follow-
ing Address is intended to be submitted TO AL,: THE
LEADING CHARTISTS THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM, in circa r
o obtain their signatures, WHEN IT WILL BE PRINTED
AND PUBLISHED AS THEIR JOINT ADDRESS." This you
call a secret move I You may, by sophistry and
'alsehood delude the unthinking, and treacherously betray
their cause, but you will make no impression on the com-
mon sense of the working people • your falsehood and in-
justice only tend to destroy the influencei you once had by
Jpening the eyes of the people to the real motives and
objects of the conductors of the Northern Star.
What can you truly and justly urge against the objects
of this Association—this " New Move," as you call it ? Are
you averse to the first object—" To establish in one general
Jody persons of all creeds, classes, and opinions, who are
desirous to promote the political and social improvement
of the people ? Da you tear that it will admit some few
honest men from the ranks of the middle class? What
do you call Mr. Feargus O'Connor? Is he not a middle
class man ? What right have you, then, to assume that Mr.
Feargus O'Conner embodies in his own person all the ho-
nesty aad intelligence of his class? There are thousands
of good men among the middle class besides Mr. O'Con-
nor, who are desirous of promoting the political and social
improvement of the people, but are deterred from co-ope-
rating for the attainment of that object by the unprincipled
conduct of the conductors of the Northern Star. Our Asso-
ciation opens the door to them if they are disposed to eater.
Is the Northern Star averse to the second object of the
"New Move," " To create and extend an enlightened public
opinion IN FAVOUR OF THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER, and by every
JUST and PEACEFUL means SECURE ITS ENACTMENT, SO that
the industrious classes may be placed in possession of
the franchise—the most impottant step to all political
and social reformation." Or, is it only averse to the
adoption of just and peaceful means for attaining the object?
You, Mr. Editor, call this second object a " sprat to catch
a mackerel." It strikes me, and I have no doubt many
tabors also, that the tone and spirit of the Editorial articles
in the Star tend to defeat the object you have in view—
instead of weakening the " New Move" you strengthen it,
and ensure its success. What pretext can you rake up
against this second object ? " Oh," you will exclaim, " we
have nothing to say against the cBJECTS, but there is al-
ready a National Charter Association in existence." There
is no such thing in existence. Mr. O'Connor, indeed, has
an Association, which is always talking about the Charter,
but doing very little towards ensuring its triumph.
If, then, you can find no valid ground of objection to the
OBJECTS of the New Association, lay all this outcry
against it ? Because you fear that some good may be ac-
complished by the " New Move ;" and you know. that
just in proportion to its success in working out its objcts
will the influence of the Northern Star decline ; which, I
am sorry to say, is upheld by delusion and the humbuggery
of the people. Ought not Mr. O'Connor to blush to put
forth such balderdash as is contained in his letter to this
week's parer ? Ought he not to be ashamed of calling
men "assassins" and "traitors" and " conspirators,"
whom you have been compelled to speak of, in the Star
of the 10th of April, in the following language :—•‘ We
make no charge against the six gentleman whose names
are appended to the document. We know some of
them to- be INCAPABLE OF ANYTHING DISHONEST OR DIS-
110NOPRABLE ; and we know nothing to the contrary of any
of them." Any man who will take the trouble to read
his long letter through—a letter " full of sound and fury,
signifying nothing "est_ limmediately perceive that the
cause of Chartism is to be sacrificed to the private and
personal malignity of two as great political humbugs as
ever figured in the political arera.
Unfortunately for the cause of Chartism, Feargus li
O'Connor is sot satisfied with humbug, lie makes the
following assertion, in his letter in this week's paper : —" I
have the evidence of a GENTLEMAN, of a gentleman of
wealth, of honour, and of station, that this New Muve'
was concocted at Mr. Hume's, by Mr. Hume and Mr.
Francis Place on their part, and by some of the signers of
the New ProsFectus upon YOUR PART." That is to say, on
the part of the "fustian jackets, blistered hands, and un.
sh,
• ern chins of England, Scotland, and Wales, and the
e
barfooted Irish."
iaesred-ba:kcai
has here asserted an untruth—he has
Jr. O'Connor, • at t" and if be make the assertion
said " the thing tuat
on the evidence or authority " o. a gentleman of wealth,
' of honour, and of station," it is noyeri;•'2"less a falsehood—
or, in the cliastd language of the star—" A
LIE I" Let Mr. O'Connor gitie the genii: me..7'' !iaan,:ce
.—let him prove the truth of this assertion, Gr seknoWle,,
thnt he ha§ cast an imputation upon men not warranted by
fact.
The Northern Star, instead t Mint/1.41g the success
Of the People's Charter, by endeavouring to heal animosi-
ties end promote union among the people, is constantly
stnititifig at all those who have far yenrs been suffering for
the otieie of liberly and equality—traducing the charac-
tets of melt who have never, in any instance, done one act
to tarnish the cause of liberty, or flinched under persecu-
tion and oppression when the honour of the people's cause
was to be sustained,
The .Northern Star begins now to feel the effects of its
unprincipled conduct, in its declining influence; and
hence its angry denunciation of the " New Move." Mr.
O'Connor and his Editor may sneer at political education,
but a glance at: the Skir will show its absolute necessity
before any good can be accomplished. Mr. O'Connor
welcome to the ten imbecile creatures who signet!, the
dress, and then withdrew their names. Do ibey not re-
quire instruction ? When a time of Lila' or of
,perse-
cution arises, who would trust the teo poltroons who

withdrew their names from the admirable address
of Lovett, Collins, and others, at the dictation of
Feargus O'Connor ? Who would expect victory in
any cause with an army of ten thousand such men ?
Nay, if Mr. O'Connor's Association out-numbered the
army of Xerxes, four or five hundred firm and
honest men would defeat and rout the mighty host, if
it were composed of such men as the ten seceders. In
conclusion, let me tender the disinterested and patriotic
proprietor of the Northern Star a word of advice.
Cease to calumniate and traduce the characters of
men quite equal to yourself in honour and honesty ; don't
expose yourself by calling upon the people to " throw the
traitors overboard," or else your fate may be a " watery
grave." You are betraying the people now by seeking to
establish an odious despotism over the rights and opinions
of men; but you mistake your powere if you imagine
you will succeed. If I stand alone, I will resist your at-
tempt to coerce me into a submission to your will against
my better judgment, while I have a mind and a will of
my own. If I am compelled 'o yield to despotism,
it shall be intellectual and powerful despotism ; not the
ign.rrant, mean, pitiful, despotic efforts made to crush the
free expression of opinion, and the honest and safe combi-
nation of good men in a just cause, by the despicable pol-
troons who manage the Northern Star. I, as one of the
signers of Lovett's and Collins's Address, will exert myself
to the utmost carry it into successful operation ; I despise
the fellows who would attempt to injure me for acting upon
the honest dictates of my own judgment. I laugh at their
impotent threats ; but, at any public meeting of my impala
tial and honest fellow-countrymen, I will defend the prin-
ciples and objects of the Address, and its superiority over
the O'Connor plans, if fairly and extensively adopted by
the working clas,es. Mr. O'Connor may promise his poor
deluded dupes, by a Resolution of his hired Convent'on,
that they shall have the Charter in three months from the
present time ; but lam satisfied it will take a much longer
period to move a nation. If he could obtain the People's
Chaster within the time specified, of what use would it
be, if the people were not better prepared to appreciate
it than the ten seceders who erased their names through
fear of Mr. O'Connor and his hired tools? If the
people had the Charter to-morrow, and were destitute
of a knowledge of their political rights and duties,
how long would they retain their liberties? Brief
would be the tenure of possession I However, those who
really seek the liberty, prosperity, and happiness of the
people, from a pure motive, are not easily crushed by
unprincipled men like the managers of the Northern Star.
I have no doubt the honest and undaunted signers of Lovett's
and Collins's Addiess will zealously pursue their object.
Let us not to diverted or intimidated. If we have but
one or two hundred firm intelligent mon, properly alive to
the importance of the objects we seek so accomplish, great
good will be effected ; but no good can be accomplished
where men prostrate their minds beforea would-be Despot,
who would use the public press for vile and selfish purposes
and to crush men who have maintained the principles of
the People's Charter, for many years before he was ever
heard of, and who have never done one act to dishonour
the cause they espoused. _

.
I am, Sir, a hater of despotism, whether exercised by
Tory, Whig, or Radical.

H. lIETEIERINGTON.

THE STI{ATHBOGIE AFFAIR.

We stated a fortnight ago that the Lord Advocate had

intimated to the Non:lntriision leaders that, in the event
of the General Assembly proceeding to depose the seven
clergymen of the Presbytery of Strathbogie, he must cease
to have any connection with them. Since that period
there have been various indications that the Go-
vernment intends to take decisive measures to vindi-
cate the authority of the law, should the Vetnists follow
up the reckless proceeding in which they have been
engaged. The manner in which this is proposed
to be done, is stated, by our well-informed Contem.
porary the Scotsman, to ba not by a dissolution of the
Assembly, which would only delay without deciding the
important questions certain in that event to arise, bat by
issuing peremptory instructions to the Lord Advocate to
institute legal proceedings against the majority of the As-
sembly, in order that they may be dealt with in the same
manner as other violators of the law. We trust the an-
nouncement made by our Contemporary will be confirmed,
as it will apparently afford the most likely means of putting
the sincerity of the Veteists to the test. No doubt is
entertained that the C►vil Courts possess the most ample
powers, not only to protect the Strathbogie brethren, but
to punish those who place themselvea in opposition to the
law, and that they will do both is perfectly certain.
Lord Belhaven will again be appointed Commissioner to
the General Assembly, but the course which Government
has resolved to pursue, renders it of little consequence
who the individual is that is called to preside over the de-
liberation of that body. The presence of Lord Dunfermline,
in London, at this time, is a matter of much greater conse-
quence, called upon, as we have reason to believe he has
been, to give his advice in the present posture of affairs.
Tile Bill of the Duke of Argyll will be brought forward
on Thursday. The measure about to be introduced by his
Grace, will show that the Non-Intrusionists are inclined to
come down a peg, from the high ground on which they were
endeavouring to gain a footing. The Duchess of Argyll is
understood to have been the prompter of the Duke in this
great enterprise, but it seems more than doubtful, whether
a measure connected by the section of the Vetoists with
whom the Noble pair have been in communication, will
make much way in Parliament. It may be noted, how-
ever, as a sign of the times, that certain of the leaders of
the wild men in this city bad an interview last week with
the Dean of Faculty, who has been here for some days
attending the Jury Trials now in progress. After the
abuse that has been heaped upon the Dean, it is not a
little instructive to find the Non- Intrusionists opening up
a communication with that quarter. We strongly suspect
that a feasible excuse is all that the Clergy require, in
order that they may back out of the dilemma in which
they are placed. It is a much simpler matter to boast of
a willingness to abandon the good things of the State,
when the prospect of doing so is distant, than when the
time draws near for giving practical r fnct to vauntings
never meant to be realised.—Glasgow Paper.

POZ,ITICAL PRINCIPLES OF PU-'

SEYISM.

From all that has been said, dear Sir, it may b© inferred
that, as a religtots sect, Posey:ism is not likely to obtain
great success ; but as a preparatory theological school for
Catholicity, itis destines to exert the most extensive and
most beneficial influence. I have, hitherto, confined my
observations to the theological tenets of the new school ;
but its philosophical opinions are well entitled to attention.
Had its followers done nothing more than bring the philo-
sophy of Locke into discredit, they would have conferred
on their country a boon, for which it can never be suffi-
ciently grateful. Such was the ascendancy this philo-
sophy exercised in the Universities, and in the country at
large, that for a long time I believed the Thirty-nine Ar-
ticles would have been as soon given up, as this system
abandoned. The metaphysics of Locke predispose the
mind to materialism, deaden the sense for lofty speculation,
and have much contributed to debase the tone of modern
British science and literature. The advocacy, therefore,
of sounder and higher philosophical dews by men of such
distinguished talents and influential position, as these Ox-
ford professors, is one of the many symptoms of that great
Catholic regeneration, which an all-loving Providence is
gradually preparing in our country.
In their political tenets, the Puseyites have not been so
happy. In upholding, indeed, the doctrine of the divine
origin of the civil power, in opposition to the so-preva!ent
principle of the sovereignty of the people, they have
again made a considerable step advance towards our
Church. But by coupling with this doctrine that of the
absolute indefeasibility of power, in the case even of the
most atrocious and impious tyranny, they exaggerate, dis-
tort, at:d disfigure the Catholic tenet; and so far from
checking toe progress of rtvolutionary principles, they
furnish, with ti.s'ir maxim of " passive obedience," a ready
instrument to despPtism, whether regal or popular, and
seriously compromise the cause of legitimate monarchy,
social order, and constitutional freeckm. This doctrine
of " passive obedience" wag, indeed, first promulgated by
the founder of the Anglican Church, that pious moael of
kings, Henry the Eighth ; and was advocated by even the
Anglican divines of the seventeenth century; but how ill
such exaggerated opinions could retard the triumph of
anarchy, the eventful hisiory of the first Charles will show.
—Catholic Magazine.

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THE WEATHER.—IN PON/ MAY 4.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, AD..LA I DE-STREET.
Barometer
Thermometer ...66 1 Highest 66 I Lowest ••••••••• 44
Wind S.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday afternooti;
about four o'clock, a man, named James Millward, carman
to Mr.. Charles, a fishmonger in Pimlico, was driving a
horse and chaise-cat along Piccadilly, when by some
means a portion of the harness either broke, or got so
loosened, as to prevent the driver having any control of
the horse, which ran off at a tremendous speed in the
direction of St. Jam( s's Church. In less than two
minutes the driver was pi•ched out of the cart and jammed
in between the foot and dash-boards. The police stopped
the horse with much difficulty, and released deceased from
his dangerous position. He was so much cut and bruised,
that the police conycjed him immediatily to St. George's
Hospital, where, in despite of all ex...0.1(ms made by the
house-surgeons to restore him, boexpiredin a few minutes.
An inquest will be held upon the body to-day.
SUICIDE FROM ENNUI —The C'ourner de
Bordeaux mentions the arrest of an Englishman in that city
on a charge of attempt at suicide ! It says, that after a rather
copious dinner, and a libation of Chateaux Margeau to match,
the idea of suicide came into in his head ; whereupon he went
to the river side and plunged in. Some men got him out.;
but a few minutes after he repeated the attempt, and was again
fished up. When, however, he was a third time on the point
of " plunging to endless night," the bystanders thought it
would be better to give him over to the police, and he was
locked up accordingly.
The unfortunate Mr. Boat', the Rothbury Re-
gistrar and Relieving Officer, whose painful end we recorded,
entered his own death in the register before he left his home
for the last time.— Tyne Mercury.
CALEDONIAN A SYL UNl.—Tne anniversary
festival of this National Scottish Charity will take place on
Tuesday next, at the Freemason's Tavern, The Chisholm,
• of the H ghland Society, willpreside. Co-
Prem. -icr has signified hi.; intention rn
to be present
on
modore Nap_ it is
the occasion, an, s expected that a numerous company
gallant veteran.
will assemble to weleoi:le th”
CUR/I-LAWS.—
wEs'nTBURT.—In consequence
of the Mayor ()tithe borough havi-ig refused to call a public
meeting, to petition against; the Curt.-laws, in-compliance
with a requisition of the inhabitants, nu:nerously and re-
snectably signed, application was Matte to Matravers,
Esq., for the loan of his factory for that parpol,,e, which
was cheerfully granted. On Friday evening sr'nnight
more than 500 persons were convened, when at chair
being taken, several resolutions were moved and :canard
by the inhabitsnt?, and a petition prepared and adopted,
. which is now in course of signature.— Wills Paper.
Government have it in contemplation to repeal
-the PaWnbroking Act, and in every locality in Ireland to-
substitute Loan Funds, by which the poor will be accom-
modated with sums from 2e. 6d, upwards.-1i rick
Chronicle,

THE BISHOPBRIDGE MURDER.
For the purpose of comparing the facts elicited on the
trial with the streernent made by Donlan himself, of the
circumstances attending the railway murder, it may not
be niinteresing to give the second and most important
, declaration em•tted by that unliappy criminal. It will be
remembered that it was distinctly brought out in evidence
that Doolan secreted the poker about his dress on the
morning of the murder—that Redding was provided with
a piece of iron by Hickie, and that Doolan and Redding
inflicted the " bating," while Hickie and others looked on.
It was also distinctly proved that Doolan had spent more
than three weeks in Greenock, in hiding, before proceed-
ing to Liverpool with " Smoker Byrnes," where he was
apprehended. Although false in some particulars, the
murderer's own account of this horrid affair may be read
VS i: b interest. The declaration bas been slightly abridged.
Declares that on the evening on which be was " sacked,"
or discharged, he went home to his lodgings, at Gray's, ie
Auchinearn, as usual, and slept there th ‘t night with
Campbell. Declares that he went home to Gray's by him-
self, and found the other lodgers there before him, v.z.,
Campbell, Cux, Hickie, Redding, and Kinnary. That
one of them, and as declarant thinks, Redding, said that
the new ganger would be the means of discharging the
greater part of the workers at Crossbill, if he were allowed
to continue. Declares that after this it was spoken of to
give the ganger a good beating, but declarant cannot say
Who proposed this, but they all agreed to it. That the
four then came out of the room and sat down by the fire
in the kitchen. That Hickie then lifted the kitchen
poker, and, weighing it in his hand, said that it
would be a right weapon to beat the ganger with.
That at this time nothing had been said by him or
the other three, who had been in the room, about best-
ir), the ganger in Hickie's presence, but it kai been spoken
of' among the men at work generally, both that day
and the day before, that it would be a right thing to give
the ganger a beating, and declarant had himself heard the
men at tne work speaking to this effect, but no one in par-
ticular named who was to give the beating. Declares
that Cox got the poker from Hickie, and he, Cox, said
that the poker would be "my darling" for beating the
ganger. That Campbell then got the poker and said
there was a flaw in it, and that it would break at the first
blow, and he showed the flaw to them all. Declares that
he and some of the others said it would do well enough,
arid it was agreed that it should be used next morning for
the purpose of beating the ganger. Declares that it was
also agreed the same night, that he and Redding were to'
give the ganger a good beating next morning; but de-
clarant adds, that, so far as ever he heard, there was not
the least intention among any of them to kill the ganger ;
and he bin self had no such intention any more than the child
unborn. Loci rogated—Deelares, to the best of his recollec-
tion,when Hickie had the poker in his hand be lifted one end
of it to his bead, and said that was the bestplace to strike
a man, or words to that effect. Declares that he and
Campbell called at Nowlands', and Cox came in, and Now-
lands was told that the ganger was to be brat in the morn-
ing. Declares that all the declarant recollects of Now-
lands saying, is, " Take care you don't kill him ;" and de-
clarant, or one of the others, said there was no fear of that.
That after this he returned to his lodging and went to
bed as usual, and was not up during tne night, but slept
soundly. Declares that next morning he and his fellow-

lodgers rose about the usual hour, and had breakfast. That
after breakfast they all went cut together, but before going
out Cox lifted the poker, which was at the kitchen fire,
and put it up under his slop, which he wore over his
trousers and shirt. Declares that he that morning worn an
old linen slop, which was put in, like his shirt, under his

trousers, and Le wore a waistcoat over it, end it was but-

toned at the wrist, so that he could not have concealed the
poker under his slop. Declares that it was agreed after
breakfast, between Cox and him, that Cox was to bring
the poker under his slop, and Cox offered to do this of his
own accord. That declarant did not see Cox lift and
conceal the poker, but after coining out, and when they
had crossed one field, and were crossing the second one,
where a pump is sunk, Cox took the poker from under his
slop, and grave it to the declarant, and then told him he
had brought it out, under his slop, as had been agreed on.
That Cox also carried the shovel with which he wrought.
Declares that after going on a little farther, Campteli
offered to give declarant his Scotch bonnet as a disguise,
and declarant agreed to take it, and gave Campbell his
black bat, which declarant wore when he left his lodgings,
and he had made no exchange with Campbell before this.
Alter some other statements the convict says after this
the four went on the bridge. On the bridge he was
mil carrying the poker under his slop. Declares that de-
clarant leant over the rail of the bridge, considering what he
should best do, and some other labourers came on the bridge.
That he at this time heard Mr. Rooney's voice towards the
smithy, and being afraid that Mr. Rooney would know him
he came off the bridge by the end next Auchinearn, and
stood four or five yards from it. Declares that when stand-
ing as stated, three or four yards from the bridge, he
heard some one on the bridge say " here he is," and the
other labourers who were upon the bridge immediately
separated and left the bridge, towards the smithy, with
the exception of Redding, Hickie, and Cox. That the
deceased man, by which he means the ganger, then came
along the bridge, and made some observations on the
weather, upon which Hickie struck him with the poker, at
least he supposes it was the poker, on the right side of his
head, and the ganger staggered towards the paling, and
his hat fell off, and he shouted " murder; murder," three
or four times. That Redding then struck him, and be
fell. That at this time he he ;rd Mr. Rooney cry
" murder, murder," towards the smithy, and be retired
sixteen or eighteen yards farther from the bridge.
That he then looked round and saw one of them beat-
ing the ganger, and the other jumping upon him, but
he was by this time too far off to be able to say whether
it eras Redding or Hickie who was on the ganger's body.
Declares that Hickie was the first who left the ganger,
and he came off the bridge by the end next Auchinearn,
and ran towards the left, and turned down into the gullet
to his work. That immediately afterwards Redding left
the ganger and came straight to where the declarant was
standing, and told declarant that the man he had beat
would na be able to gang over the men in a hurry again,
as he (Redding) had given bim a good beating. Declares
that Redding also said, " By God, I have taken his watch
also;" and he put his hand down his breast and pulled
out a watch, which he showed declar ant, but the declarant
cannot say whether it was a silver watch or not. The tic-
clarant, on seeing it, said, this will lead to a bad conse-
quence, and it will all be laid down on me." Declarant
after this went also to the right and to the hedge
which runs from the blacksmith's house to the railway,
and he there met George Black, one of the labourers,
whom be asked to tell Campbell to come and speak to
him, and iu two or three minutes Campbell came and gave
declarant back his hat, and declarant returned the Scotch
bonnet to Campbell, which declarant had worn up to this time
from the time he had got it from Campbell. Declares
that after leaving Campbell, and considering what was best
to be done, declarant thought that if he went to Port
Glasgow he would probable be apprehended there, as be
knew he would be suspected of has, kg heat the gauger,
because he had been discharged the night before, and he
therefore determined to go into Edinburgh by the way of
Kirkintilloch; that he accordingly walked to Edinburgh
that day passing by Kirkintilloch, and did not stop any
where on the way ; that he slept one night in Edinburgh,
hut as he never had been there befcre, he does not know
the name of the street where he lodged, and he did not
inquire the name of the people. That on the Friday morn-
ing he left Edinburgh for England. That he cannot tell
where he slept on the Friday bight. That the first town
he came to in England that he can name, is Newcastle,
and as he was in no particular hurry, he spent nearly three
weeks in going from Edinburgh to Newcastle ; but he
cannot mention the name of any place through which he
passed on the way, nor the name of any person in whose
house he slept ; that he only staid one night in Newcastle,
and then went on to Wakefield, and from Wakefi ld to
Manchester, and from Manchester to Liverpool; but he
cannot say what time he took to go from Newcastle to
Liverpool. That he got lodgings in Liverpool, but he
had never teen the people with whom he lodged before,
and he does not know their name. That he was only a
few days in the lodging when he was apprehended. De-
clares that hewas nut in .Greenock from the time the
ganger was beat till the time of his apprehension. De-
clares that he never heard or knew that any reward had
been offered for his apprehension, till two days before it
took place, and he was then told by a person he met in
the streets of Liverpool that a reward had been offered,
but he did not believe it. And all this he declares to be
r truth.

INVERNESS, APRIL 28.—There was severe
frost last week in many of our Highland districts. The
Cairngorm nionntains are completely white with snow.
The frost will be injurious to the progress of vegetation,
And indeed there has been no advance of vegetation since
the commencement of the present month, which has been
generally wet and cold. Agricultural operations have,
however, gone on uninterruptedly ; the oat sowing was
completed about the end of last month, and by the end of
April the iiarley will be all sown, and the potatoes planted.
Tht: rains seem to have counteracted the bad effects of
the feu.st and wind, fur the braird and young grasses,
though cb,:eked in their growth, still look healthy. The
gardens have
.suffered from the severe weather. So far as
the prospects of the sportsman are concerned (and this is
an important item in Highland statistics) the gamekeepers
say, that the frost will 4t:urt the broods of ptarmigan on
the high hills, but will rh: t diminish the grouse. The
practice of moor burning, wbi,:h is carried on judiciously
gr,..:atest drawback to the
by some proprietors, is the
onde,,,t says that in Bade.
abundance of game. A corresp
noch the sowing of oats has been comphh.ed fully a month
earlier than usual. The lambing season ha,' been bighlY
favourable.

COMMERCIAL STEAM-PACKET COMP-INY.
—On Monday a special meeting of the Commercial Stea;n-
packet Company was held at the London Tavern, Charles
Bleaden, Esq., in the chair. We have never seen a larger
assemblage of shareholders present upon a similar occasion, or
greater unanimity than prevailed at the meeting. To men-
tion the particulars is utterly unnecessary ; suffice it to. ei:._Y
that the greatest harmony prevailed amongst the sliateholdp_il
and that it was finally determined, for insuring the e4mrs. ,
success of the Company, that the shares should
bear's. in the
instead of 5/. already paid. The Com
highest order of equipment, and there can be 'lobe
realised by
the present season a large sum of money will
the proprietors. •
Frances Fur-
Westminster, on
CORONERS 1 NQUEST.—MPoll::::::lisoeun.bitndgurian:
alek,iontghesinbuTrsutttort
inquest was held at the Ormond's
Charlotte Furneaux, aged sixteen_
that
on Saturday morn-
ncaux, sister to the deceased, statreed
mg last she and the deceased
strect, when suddenly the upper part .
bl • '
a had no combust' t sin her hand Cr about
in flames. Decea.semitt.
her dress, nor was there any one near who could have
were
oofuthew;
set her
clothes on fire. Thomas Parry, of 1 N ci. 19 -, Chandos-street,
coach-painter, was at work on the morning in question, and
cr
hearin screams he looked out of the window and saw deceased
in the street in flames. He and other persons from the
neigh-
bouring houses rushed out and extinguished them by throwinm
B,e round deceased. She was most dreadfully'
carpets, ~burnt,
and he instantly conveyed her to the Westminster Hospital.
There was no one near who could have set fire to her clothing.
She had on a black pinafore, but there was nothing at all re-
vtarkable about the other materials of her dress. The Jury
returned a verdict of " Death by burning," there being no
evidence to show how the combustion of deceased's apparel
had originated.

MORNING EDITION.

t SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
THE HIPPODROME RACES.
STENVAIMS.—The Duke of Beaufort and Hon. Capt. Rous.
The Metropolitan Racing Season commerced yesterday
at the Hippodrome, with a success which, if not so
entire as could have been wished, proved that the spirit
and liberality of the proprietor in completing an establish-
ment. combining air the characteristics of a legitimate
meeting of the highest order, have not been thrown away.
The assemblage ernbizeed nearly all the patrons of the
turf now in town, and a very respectable show of car-
riage cmnpany and horsemen. The doubtful appearance
of the sky, however, evidently had an effect on the
attendance of fashionables, and the iacrea;e in the scale
of charges for admission prevented anything" like a
crowd of either horsemen or pedestrians. The wea'her
agreeably disappointed the forebodings engendered by
the heavy rain which fell on Monday and during
the night, end which, while it laid the dust is
the road for the visitors, made the ground so
deep and sticky on the course, that the horses sank up to
their fetlocks in many parts, and ware unable to go any-
thing like a racing pace; the " good-un's through dirt
had all the best of it. In the Steward's Stand, we ob-
served the Marquis c f Titciifield, Lords Albemarle, A.
Fitzelarenee, Worslev, and Maidstone ; Baron de Tessier ;
Sirs F. Collier, B. Hall, and C. Cockerel' ; Honourable*
H. Rous, G. Anson, G. Byng, H. Wellesley' ; Colonel
Peel ; Messrs. Gardnor, Houldsworth, Hawker, W. Lcy,
Greville, Payne, Etwal!, Dc \Vinton, P. Williams, &c.
The arrangements ter keeping the course, weighing, sld-
tiling, starting, &c. were judicious and satisfactory,
proving that the public may rely on the same observance
here as at meetings of longer existence. and that they will
not be exposed tc thra tr,fling, annoying delays and disarrange-
ments which have been the bane of so marry places
within the home circuit. The strict punctuality with
which the time of stoning was obaerved is deserving of
especial praise, the more so that it is a virtue which has
not been sufficiently estimated at Epsom and Ascot. Some
parties interested in those meetings were on the ground,
and as they have at all times shown a disposition to con-
sult the public convenience, we Irene no doubt that so com-
mendable an example will not be lost upon them. Having
mentiuned in our paper of yesterday that a stand has been
erected for the betting fraternity, refreshments, &c., we
need only add that it was full to overflowing, and
that bad it been double the size the proprietor
would have had no reason to complain. We
understand that it is in contemplation to build a Grand
Stand, on a scale commensurate to the importance of the
meeting, and the patronage bestowed upon it.
The racing commenced precis sly at three o'clock with—
The Bayswater Free Plate of 501. for 3 yrs old 7st, 4
yrs Bst 91b, 5 yrs and upwards Out; mares, &c., allowed
31bs. Mile heats.
Mr. J. Day's ch c Marius, 3 yrs (Bartholomew) 0 1 1
Mr. Balchin's Aff,ctioe, 3 yrs 1 0 0
Mr. Stirling's Tne Pocket Viper. 3 yrs. 0 0 2
Captain Gardoor's Dismal Jemmy, 4 yrs
Mr. Wade's br g Turncoat, 6 yra
Lord Worsley's b c by Plenipo, out of Rose-
bud, 3 yrs _

.2 0 0

Mr. Roe'; ch fby Nonsense, out of Alda, 4 yrs 0 0 0
Mr. Booth's Russell Frost, 4 yrs 0 u dr.
Sir C Ibbotson's The Black Knight, 3 yrs
Capt. Green's gr m Miss Grey, aged
Mr. Waine's Saracena, 3 yrs
First Heat.—Betting 9 to 4 agst the Plenipo colt—
won by three parts of a length. Second Heat-5 to '2
agst Affection—won cleverly. Third Heat—Even on
Maritni—won cleverly.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, with 100 added, for Five
yrs old, 6at 910; Four yrs, Bst 71b; Fve yrs, ; Six
yrs and aged, gat 41b. Winners once this year, 31b ;
twice, slb ; thrice, 71b, matches excepted. About two
miles. (6 Subs.)
Mr. J. Day's Tamburini, 5 yrs (Conolly) 1
Mr. Morris's Fat Ji,elt, aged 2
Mr. Kingston's Ruby, aged
Mr Houldsworth's Hampton, 5 yrs 4
Betting-6 to 5 agst Tamburini, and sto 2 apt Ruby.
Ruby made slow running all the way to the distance, where
be was paste! by Tana:Laird and Fat Jack, who made a
tolerable race home, Tamburini winning by a length.
The Hyde Park Derby Stakes of 25 says. each, 10 ft, for
three yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 21b, with 200
added ; a mile and a half. 18 subs, 7of whom paid 10
sovs. each.
Mr. Sadler's Protection. (Conolly) 1
Mr. Bristow's Sterne
The following also started, but were not placed :
Mr. Stirling's The Comptroller, Mr. Houldsworth's De-
lusive, Mr. Skerratt's Lydia, Mr. Skerra t's b. c. by
Newton, d. by Mr. Lowe, Mr. Boast's Clarendon, and
Captain Gardnor's fEthon.
Betting-7 to 4 agat Protection, 7to 2 agst Sterne, 5
to .1 agat Lydia, and 16 to 1 agst Clarendon. The lot
went to the hill in going out, where Newton reached the
front, and made play, followed by Sterne till they rounded
the turn for the straight run in, when he shut up. Sterne
and Lydia went on with the running, Protection waiting
to the distance, where he went up, and after a short strug-
gle with the two, defeated them very cleverly by a clear
length. Lydia made a capital race for second.
The Notting Hill Stakes of 5 soy. each, with 50 added,
for 3 yrs, 6st 121 b; 4 yrs, Bst 121 b ; 5 yrs, 9st 71b ;
6 yrs and aged 9st 121 b ; mares, &c. allowed 31bs.
The winner to be sold for 3001. Mile and half. Ten
subscribers.
Mr. Morris's Fat Jack aged ("Marlow) 1
Mr. Bennett's Whisperer, 3 yrs
The following also started, but were not placed: -Mr.
Bradford's ch f Jessica, 3 yrs ; Mr. Lucas's gr f T aitresi,
3 yrs; Mr. Kling's Dahlia, 4 yrs; Mr. Connop', Hasari,
5 yrs ; Mr. J. Day's Science, 5 y re; and Mr. borin'a
Isabella.
Betting.-2 to 1 agst Jessica, 3 to 1 agst Fat Jack, and
9 to 2 agst Science ; Jessica and Isabella land in front all
they way to the turn, for the straight run ir, where Trai-
tress, who lost start, took the lead from them, and was fnl-
lowed by Whisperer and F'at Jack to the bottom, where
she declined and Whisierer went Oil ; at the distance Fat
Jack challenged him and they ran bead and head to the
betting stand, where Fat Jack left him and passed the
chair, a clever winner by rather more than a length. The
others tailed off.
DERBY BETTING DURING THE RACES.
In the course of the afternoon Coronation was backel
at 8 to 1, Van Amburgh at 10 to 1, Marshal Soult at
14 to 1, Rosalie at to 20 to 1, Mongolian at 40 to 1,
and Marius at 1000 to 2 (1000 to 5 of erwards off,red).
The list for Friday is not yet completed, but the races
will commence at the same hour, and will consist of the
same number of stakes, &c.