The Sun.
London, England, 1846-06-03 00:00:00

quillity certainly prevails on this side Lahore, and if it
be not deceptive, shows how wonderfully the native
mind can aclaptaself to circumstances. The road from
Lahore to Ferozepore is reported so safe, that goods
move up and down without escorts. The only grumblme•
we have from Lahore, and which seems too well founded,'
is that regarding post. office arrangements, which con-
' tinue very inefficient indeed. That which prohibits the
prepayment of letters at, and compels prepayment to, La-
hore, is very unjust, and a positive breach of contract be-
twen the Government and the public. It is not the fault
of the public that proper arrangements are not made, and
why should they suffer because a certain department is
inefficient? We hope the Postmaster General will
speedily put matters to rights, as we understand he is on
or beyond the Sutlej. We regret to learn that a Court-
martial was definitively ordered to assemble at Lahore
on the 13th instant (Monday last) for the trial of
Captain Cecil, of the I2th Regiment N. 1., Brigadier
Eckford to be President. Ten hies of rupees, the money
we presume expected from Mooltan, had arrived at
Lahore on the 7th of April, under escort of a Mahom-
medal' regiment.
A letter from Lahore give an interesting account of a
trip from Loodianah to that place via Jullindur and
Umritsir. A gentleman started palkee (laic, and tra-
versed that part of the country where bearers are un-
known; but, he says, people of all callings were ready
to carry him, and seemed to regard it as great amuse-
ment. He was attended only by a mounted guard of
Selchs, who had fought against us in the recent battles.
The people of :he country were civil and attentive, and
did all in their power to facilitate the traveller's pro-
gress. A letter from Loodianah says the artillery had
arrived there, " rejoicing in prospect of not having to
spend the hot weather without a roof over their heads."
—Mofussilite, April 17.
LAHORE, APRIL 10.—The Ranee is very ill ; the
troops are exceedingly healthy—her Majesty's 80th have
only 41 men in hospital, and of these only one case of
fever and ono of dysentery. When the filth has been
cleared away we shall not know the place.—Agra ,
Chronicle, April 18.

PRICE OF BULLION, &C.
Company's Rupees.
Sycec silver ... 104 12 0 to 105 0 0 per 100 saml
Min gold bars ... 15 8 oto 16 3 0 per sa. wt.
Gold dust ... 15 8 oto 16 8 0 ditto.
Spanioi dollars ... 221 10 0 to 221 12 0 per 100.
Mexican dollars ... 221 0 0 to 221 4 0 ditto.
Sovereigns .. 11 3 6to 11 4 6 ditto.
Madrasgold moburs 16 4 oto 16 8 0 ditto.
—Bengal Ilui karu, evening edition, April 18.

LIEUT.-COL, MARCUS BARR, C.B.
We deeply regret to have to insert, in our obituary of
this day, the death of the above lamented officer. His
name is now added to the list of eminent men who have
nobly fallen in the service of their country.
In our columns we have frequently recorded the gal-
lant achievements of this distinguished soldier, not only
at the splendid victory of Maharajpoor, under the walls
of Gwalior, on the 29th of December, 1843, but also at
the recent glorious victories of Moodkee, Ferozeshah,
and Sobraon, on the banks of the Sutlej, during which
campaign Colonel Barr held the high office of Acting
Adjutant-General of her Majesty's forces. Thus he
saw the commencement, progress, and final success of
a series of triumphs which will be ever memorable in the
history of India.
Some extracts from a letter by Major-General Sir
Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.8., with which we have been
favoured, conveying to the family of Colonel Barr the
s
nintelligence,
will
be read
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says
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Camp,t oLtaht et e ma ea
on the road to Simla:—
" Would I had a far less painful duty to perform than
that of telling you I have lost one of my dearest and
most valued friends! you a brother—an honour to his
family, and to his profession, and to his country!
" You will be aware he was severely wounded in the
battle of Sobraon; the large bone of his left arm was
much shattered by a musket ball. It was not ampu-
tated, and although, while at Ferozepore, we were in
constant alarm for his welfare, he reached I(ussowlee, a
hill station near Simla, in charge of the very able surgeon
of his own regiment; where, it appears, the wound had
sloughed, and the artery must have become diseased; for,
on the 26th of March last, a violent hemorrhage ensued,
and our noble Marcus sank under it!
" You know the friendship which existed between me
and Marcus. I know by your letters to him how brothers
and sisters can love! Judge, therefore, of my incompe-
tency to write all I feel; nor can I attempt to offer any
consolation—no mortal can! Our appeal, trust, and hope,
is in heaven! to where lam sure he is gone—for he was
a ' good man'—and where we must strive to meet him.
" No soldier ever lamented the loss of his friend and
comrade more than I do. For his future' I hope in the
belief of a Christian—for the past' I know nothing in
his career to regret. He was man' in every sense of
the word—a truly honest and upright Englishman !
time had not diminished his amiable nationality. He
was universally beloved and respected throughout India.
As a soldier he was preeminent, and the tears of sorrow
rolled down the veteran cheeks of that bravest of men,
our Commander-in-Chief, Sir Hugh Gough, when we
talked of our most valiant comrade this day ; for yes-
terday we had good accounts of him.
" When the heart is full, it is eased by pouring forth
its contents before a friend ; such is my case when I
thus
write and dwell upon my painful loss to the brothers
and sisters who have been so bereaved !"
Sir Harry Smith, we understand, writes still more
touchingly, and with surpassing kindness, as regards his
late friend and the feelings of the family. But enough,
we trust, has been said for the satisfaction of those who
have expressed so much kind solicitude.
The military career of this valiant and much esteemed
officer is now closed ! His grave has been honoured by
the deep regrets of his brave and excellent friends
Lord Gough, Sir Harry Smith, and his other gallant
comrades.
No doubt these feelings will be responded to by a
grateful country, to which he was fondly attached, and
for whose honour and interest, in the disharge of a sacred
duty, ho 3 ielded up his breath !
" HOW sleep the brave who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blest !"
IVorcester Chronicle.

SINDE.

Scanty and unimportant as are our tidings from Sinde,
hey are more voluminous than those from any other
quarter of India. The results of the conquest now touch
us very nearly : a pressure in the money market, of
almost unprecedented severity, being ascribed to the
drain of specie, to the extent of nearly a million sterling
annually, required to pay the army necessary for the
maintenance of Young Egypt. This is the first, the
most prominent and permanent, of the blessings of open-
ing the navigation of the unnavigable Indus for the
ships of all nations, and courting the commerce of
countries which had none to confer. Our former dates
from Sukkur extended to the 28th, at which time the
Belooch battalion and Captain Bailey's battery—the
first of the long line of corps returning from Baha-
wt.lpore—had arrived. The other corps came in in
succession, all well, and resumed their former quarters.
On the downward march of her Majesty's 17th it was
feared that Lieutenant Gardiner had been murdered. At
Bagoodrah he had one day at noon gone out shooting,
and was missing till next day. He had lost himself in
the jungle, when darkness overtook him. He was ex-
hausted, and slept all night on the ground. He descried
I village near him in the morning, and thither he re-
oaireci and made known his wants. The people gave
milk and such bread as the country supplied, treated him
with kindness, showed every attention to his wants, and
then guided him to camp in safety. Uniform testimony
is borne to the honesty and kindness of the people in the
Bahawulpore dominions. Captain Brett's battery is sta-
tioned in the fortress of Bukkur; all the spare ammu-
nition is returned to store. General Hunter once more
takes command at Sukkur, Captain Bignell, 69th Ben-
gal N. 1., acting as Major of Brigade. The circumstance
of a Bengal officer having command of a station now
entirely occupied—as it is in future intended to be—
by Bombay troops, has occasioned considerable dis-
cussion, and but for the personal popularity of the
gallant veteran himself might have caused more.
Stone embankments to protect the cantonments from the
inundations of the river were being constructed ; and it
seemed to be considered that the large expenditure re-
quired for this would have been much more advantage-
ously made in removing the cantonments themselves
from the margin of the stream. Sir C. Napier, with his
staff, reached Roree on the 4th of April. He imme-
diately crossed over to the island of Bukkur to inspect
some alterations then being made on the fortifications.
Next morning he left for Hyderabad, where he arrived on
the 7th by steam. Cn the sth, the European portion ofthe
late "Indus field force" proceeded down the river in
steamers, consistingof the Ist company Ist and Ist company
2d battalions of artillery and her Majesty's 86th Foot—
the guns being sent down in boats. Rowland's troop
FL A., the horses of the two batteries, and the 12th
and 18th N. 1., marched the same morning for Hy-
derabad. The head-quarters of the 3d cavalry had
taken the place of the mounted portion of the Bun-
delkund Legion, and were to be stationed at Klaangur,
with outposts at Shahpoor, Meerpoor, &c. The
Jeltranee and Janeedra freebooters last season trans-
ferred by Sir C. Napier from the hills to the plains,
were under the considerate management of Lieu-
tenant Hamilton, turning out much better citizens than
might have been expected. Sir C. Napier reached
Kurrachee on the 15th, and seemed to have recovered
from his fatigues. The officers and men wounded during
the late battles on the Sutlej having got easily and well
down the river, arrived at Bombay on the 26th and 27th.
Twelve have died on the way, Colonel Ryan, of her Ma-
jesty's 50th, among the number; above two hundred
reached this presidency. Many of them are sick; the
hurts of most of them very severe. Every kindness and
attention has been shown them, and all the kindly and
generous sympathy accorded them of which they are so
eminently deserving. It is hoped that a considerable
portion of them may be sent home in the fine ship Here
fordshire now in harbour. The last steamer for the sea

RAILWAY MEETING.
(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)
A meeting of the shareholders of a Manchester Rail-
way, under Sir Robert Peel's recent orders, requiring a
further testimony of the feelings of the shareholders in
favour of the prosecution of the undertaking, was held
in Manchester on Saturday last, and although a motion
for the continuance of the company was made, and se-
conded, and supported—by the directors, an amend-
ment for the immediate winding up of the concern, was
carried by the shareholders.
Considerable surprise was excited at the meeting by
the discovery that the acting directors of the company
had taken up only twenty-five shares a-piece ; and that.
consequently, none of them had rendered themselves
responsible by signing the deed for more than 5001.
It appeared that, on the onset of the project, the di-
rectors had looked after their own interests, and at a
very early meeting passed a resolution that each of the
body should be entitled to have 250 shares, with a fur-
ther control over all the shares that might by any
chance remain unappropriated. Having thus protected
themselves for any emergency—either for the making
of a little fortune, by the sale of 250 shares or upwards,
in case the railway mania continued long enough to
batch and bring out the scheme—or, on the other hand,
to have the pi ivilege of taking only a homoeopathic al-
lotment of shares, in case the tide of affairs should have
taken a turn ; the directors had nothing to do but luxu-
riously to occupy their seats at the board with perfect
composure. The announcement of this act of self-pre-
servation and protection on the part of the board of
directors electrified the meeting ; and it may be consi-
dered a pity, that this instinctive quality of a director—
this provision of human nature—was not previously
known, as it would, doubtless, have operated upon the
minds of the shareholders who have been called together
to act upon advice and counsel, emanating from similar
sources. The fever having passed its height (before the
scrip could be fairly out), the homeropathic dose was
taken by one and all of the directors, the quantity vary -
ing from 15 to 25—the highest number of shares taken
by any director being 25. This was the extent of
the confidence of the directors in the undertaking—this
was the amount of their responsibility—and it was
quite enough to govern the decision of the meeting, and
to induce the shareholders to give the like measure of
confidence to the directors. Assertions that the whole
number of shares had been, unfortunately, exhausted
before the directors had time to think of themselves,
might be attempted to be made—arguments of all kinds
might be adduced—the engineering report might make
the difficulties to vanish as dew before the sun—a tunnel
of three miles through the hardest stone in the moun-
tainous county of Derby offered no obstacle worthy of
consideration—the engineer's wand was to be passed
over it, and magic seemed to be supplying the place of
navigators. The Captain of the traffic tables, big with
numbers and prospective profits, might bring all in
array in the most favourable light. The lawyer might
try to seduce the shareholders with a notion that it
would not cost more than sixpence per share, in addi-
tion to the expenses already incurred, to pass the Bill
through both Houses of Parliament, and get the sanction
of the Legislature—a lopping off of part of the original
line, and a consequent reduction in the amount of
capital, might be suggested. Indignation might be put
on by an aspiring director, who had enjoyed the brief
authority of his office, with its concomitant sweets, and
a more experienced director might try the effect of
his persuasive powers ; but all to no effect—the spirit
of the autumnal dream of 1845 was changed—the
castles were found to be built only in the air—the en-
gineer's wand had lost its magical effect—a conviction
had been wrought in the minds of the shareholders
that the only parties benefited by making the line
would be the officers of the Company and the inha-
bitants of Leek, who wanted an outlet for their obscure
town to be made at the risk and expense of other par-
ties ; in short, the shareholders had come to their
senses, and the Sheffield, Buxton Leek, and Crewe
Railway was consigned to the general vortex for all such
schemes of absurdity.
A proposition was afterwards carried that a Com-
mittee of three gentlemen, selected from the share-
holders, should be appointed to investigate the ac-
counts, and an immediate return of a portion of the
deposits was ordered, and the meeting was then dis-
solved.

son leaves next week for Kurrachee, from which time till
the end of the monsoon our communication with Sinde will
be closed. Some negotiations in which the Governor of
Sinde had been engaged with Ali Moored, were, it is said,
likely to open the eyes of his Excellency to the pecu-
liarities of his Highness's character—if, indeed, the sup-
posed belief of the former in the virtues of the latter has
all along been anything more than a convenient pretence
for his own advantage. Sir C. Napier is a clear-headed
and an acute man enough ; and the infirmities of the
Khyrpoor Ameer too pre-eminent to be easily over-
looked. Had this discovery been admitted, his claims
on the Turban would never have been backed by us, and
there would have been no Meeanee or Dubba—nc
70,000/. of prize money, or 10,0001. a year of Governor's
.;glary for Sinde; and, it may be added, there would,
possibly, have been no mutinies in the Bengal army—no
sacrifice of 2,000 lives by sickness—no deficit of three
millions in the Company's revenues since 1842—and no
money crisis in India, where Company's paper was re-
fused fur security, and discounts could scarcely be effected
at eleven per cent. We shall not pretend to strike the
balance as to which of the alternatives would have been
most advantageous.

ARRIVAL OF THE WOUNDED FROM THE
SUTLEJ.
On Sunday and Monday the steamers Victoria,
Berenice, and Medusa, arrived from Kurrachee, bringing
with them five officers and upwards of 200 men who had
been more or less sev( rely wounded during our late
operations on the Sutlej. Many seemed to suffer from
sickness as well as from the hurts they had received ;
some were sadly maimed indeed, and all were objects of
the most heartfelt and generous sympathy. It was sad
to see fine young men, in the prime of life, disabled of
a leg or an arm, or cut up in the face and person, as so
many were. Save in the cases supplied by Sinde, we
have long been out of the way of such things, and cus-
tom luckily comes not to aid in reconciling us to them.
Every care and attention was bestowed on them, and
they are, we believe, likely to be fortunate in having a
first-rate vessel for their conveyance home. A good
many had died on the journey—and it was remarkable
that the most of those who did so were men who had
been hurt in the lower extremities—those who had only
lost an arm or so did well.—Bombay Times, April 29,
FAILURES IN BOMBAY.
The failure of one European and one native house,
combined with the prevalence of rumours as to the insta-
bility of other establishments, has tended to create a
very uneasy feeling amongst the mercantile public during
the last week or so. We hope. however, that the dis-
trust which has been apparent will not be long exhibited,
and that, above all, parties will be cautious how they attach
credit to idle reports, which are the natural offspring of
unfounded alarm, and cannot be too strongly deprecated.
The scarcity of money is a temporary evil, and will soon
right itself ; but were anything in the shape of a " panic"
to occur, it might be productive of most disastrous
effects, which would not be easily or quickly remedied.
—Bombay Times, April 16.
The paragraphs which recently appeared in this paper
and the Bombay Times, respecting the failures in Bom-
bay, and the scarcity of money, have occasioned
subjectedsome
alarm in the country; numerous letters on the
have been received, inquiring the names
Euroofthn house,
Messrs. that have stopped payment. Only one European
Messrs. W. and T.
tEjedemAoinododayn,dhaCvoe.., aTnditeosen,e
wnaetrivee.
firm, Pestonjee Curse
have been.unabflemtoonmeyeentotnhteiinrueenagatogebmeenates:
ganredt
atiothsoa3u'g,
not reduced rates
have heard from those who
se-
verely felt,
inttheerebsta,nwkes have th •
atnhe scarcity o
areof
fully
competent to speak on
conditiont e subtin* ecftn, i
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Bombay Gentle-
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4.trying times.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTUGUESE VEGETABLES.--A further importation
of potatoes has taken place at the port of Liverpool. A
vessel, called the Fernandez, which has arrived at that port
from Lisbon, had on board, in addition to a cargo of oranges.
oil of olives„ and wine, 100 boxes of potatoes, and the large
number of 350 boxes of onicns, the produce of the place.
The importations of potatoes and other vegetables from Por-
tugal appear to assume a degree of importance, both with
respect to the extent and quality of the articles, which until
lately was not the case.

RAPID PASSAGE—. The last trip of the Princess
Royal steam-ship, frdm Glasgow to this port, at which she
arrived on Friday, was accomplished in fifteen and a half
hours, or at the speed of upwards of fourteen miles an hour.
If further improvements in naval architecture and engine-
building continue to be developed, the wide ocean itself
• will become one general " railway," or certainly a water
level, and on which no inconvenient curves will have to be
made to avoid hills or favourite country seats, and the gra-
dients to be encountered only strong head gales.—Liverpool
Standard.
A WHITE CROW.—Last week one of the gamekeepers
at Eglinton shot a white crow. The bird has red eyes.
r
About twenty years ago a nest of young erors, from the
same rookery, was sent to our office, of which one of the
bitalonsrd w s
,birds
dwah it
white,e one
ipl arl
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cmrey, and one with white . A grey,
Letter.
DEATH OF MISS WAGSTAFF, THE VOCALIST.—We
regret to announce the decease, from consumption, of bliss
Eliza Wagstaff, a vocalist well known at our concerts a few
years since, who was a pupil Hof the Royal Academy of Music,
and professor of singing lately at Leamington. Miss Wag-
staff was the daughter of Mr. Wagstaff, who is the organist
of Battersea Church, and for many years has been a
violinist in the Opera, Ancient, and Philharmonic orchestras;
an excellent musician, and. highly esteemed by his brother
professors.
A printed letter has been circulated by Mr. Peter
Dixon, lately one of the directors of the Newcastle and Car-
lisle Railway, in whi ch he sets forth his reasons for retiring
from the board of m anagement of that undertaking. His ob-
jections to the tour se of business pursued by his colleagues in
office are various, hut they seem to be particularly levelled
at the high rates f.or coal transit, and, what is more impor-
tant than all, to the system of declaring larger dividends
than the revenue, derived from traffic has actually produced.
This is a chare;e so serious in itself, that not the least delay
on the part of the Company should be suffered to take place
in refuting or explaining the circumstance alluded to, as an
allegation of the kind is likely to do serious damage to the
interests of the concern, without a prompt answer is afforded.
Mr. Dixon also accuses his colleagues of making important
arrangements without proper deliberation, and expresses a
strong opinion against the success of the extensions and
branches, which it appears will involve a further outlay of
Wtohethan three
n'
more
about 600,0001. The. original shares of the Company can
according to
per cent. upon the ai mount, of capital subscribed.—Times.
hissc a rccaellcya
lbaet
odne
The Toxophilit
Society, under the patronage of his
se,mthede
ia; venue
eu investment,isilot equal
Royal Highness I trince Albert, are to have their annual
meeting to shoot fc it the gold and silver medals presented by
their president, tl to Earl of Aylesford, on Friday, the 19th
of June. They 1 lava. fixed upon Friday, the 26th of Jane,
for a ball at the 7400.

nod deal of
C(PArLocmutheT BAo mmboa
Since our last issue our market has relaxed a g
to
the tightness then existing. This is attributab'x in
part* the
money from Benares and other places naturally seeking _
YIST Times,
1.1 Mal'
K EL T)
most profitable locality, and in part, also, to a readier rate of
and payment for imports. The opium speculators have rea-
son to expect also remittances from China; and the general
result has been a more satisfactory state in the money
circles.
Government securities have profited by this change, and
may be quoted at 1 per cent, more favourable to the seller.
Exchange is about our last quon., 2s. ld. 2s. 114.,
at ten months' date. We believeo tati
a farthing mor to e
has obtained in some quarters, but to no great
extent. been
Bank Stock is more inquired after, at better rates.
GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Transfer Stock Paper Five per Cent., prem. 44 0 to 15 0
Bombay Five per Cent. ... •.. Old Sicca Five ditto, according to prem. 2 Bto 3 0
um .. ... ... prem. 10to 3 0
New Company'sber
Five per Cent. ... prem. 4 oto 4 4
•••
discount 6 Bto 7 8
numbers
Third, 4 ditto •••
New Company s 4 ditto ... discount 48to 5 0
BANK SHARES.
'

Company's Rupees.
Bengal Bank ... ... 4,000 prem. 2,600 to 2,650
Union Bank ... ... 1,000 190 to 195 200
Agra Bank ... ... 500 „ 280 290
/
North-Western Bank ... 500 °ld 190 200
uew 100 130
Ocientia Dili „! .. LOW 500 paid) NO ... 200

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY
_EVENING, JUNE 3, 18,

SIXTEENTH REPORT FROM THE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY BILLS
CLASSIFICATION.
Mr. Pakington reported from the Select Committee ap-
pointed for the Classification of Railway Bills according
to the resolutions adopted by the House, that they have
considered the several matters referred to them, and
agreed to report as follows :
Your Committee recommend that the Monkland and Kir-.
kintilloch Railway Bill be removed from Group No. 10, and
placed in Group No. 61.
Your Committee recommend that the Caledonian Railway
(Clydesdale Junction Railway Deviations) be removed from
Group No. 10, and placed in Group No. 61.
Your Committee recommend that the Great Leinster and
Munster Railway (No. 1, Carlow to Kilkenny), and the
Great Leinster and Munster Railway (No. 2, Kilkenny to
Clonmel), be referred to Group No. 65.

COURT CIRCULAR.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty yesterday, at Buckingham Palace.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess
Alice, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and
four, accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended
by Baron Kneseheck, left town yesterday for Cirencester,
to honour Earl Bathurst with a visit. His Royal High-
ness travelled via Great Western Railway.
The King of Saxony has conferred on Mr. Colquhoun
the rank of Commander of the Civil Order of Merit of
Saxony.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governor of Gibraltar.

PUBLIC THOROUGHFARES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIRS I take the liberty of addressing you on the sub-
ject of re-paving Great Russell•street. What I have to
complain of is, that the Paving Board or the Committee
of Allanagement for St. Paul's Covent. garden, in sub-
jecting the inhabitants, as well as the public, to the
greatest inconvenience and loss by having the causeway
stopped at this season of the year—the busy time com-
mencing at the market, when the number of carts, &c.,
is considerably increased. Surely the parties might
have chosen a more proper time (say two months back),
when the inconvenience would not have been so great.
By inserting these lines you will greatly oblige
AN INHABITANT.
Great Russell-street, Covent-garden,
June 2, 1846.

SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
The settling for the Derby and Oaks took place yes-
terday, and, as we anticipated, went off pleasantly. The
only great winners were Mr. Gully and his friends, to
the extent, it is said, of 40:000/, in addition to the two
stakes, which exceed 9,000/ There were a '2ew losers
of from 1,000/. to 4,0001., but the bulk of the money has
come from the pockets of the backers of- horses—i.e.,
"the public," wh,), like the eels, are " used to it," and
suffer quietly. Paying and receiving was not brought
to a close until nearly half-past six o'clock. A little
betting took place afterwards, at the following prices:—
THE EMPEROR'S VASE.
7 to 2 agst Mr. Greville's Alarm
7 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Wolfdog—taken
8 to 1 agst Lord Lonsdale's Jericho
8 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Mentor
10 to I agst Col. Peel's Orlando
15 to 1 agst Mr. G. H. Moore's Corranna
15 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Pen colt—taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Wall's Crown Prince
25 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Khondooz
900 even between Jericho and Mentor.
We are authorised to state that Pyrrhus the First,
Old England, Weatherbit, and Winchester, will not go
to Ascot, and that Mendicant's appearance there will
depend on the Handicap to come out this day.

DERBY.
4,000 to 80 agst Colonel Peel's King of Naples
4,000 to 80 agst Mr. Payne's Sister to Cobweb c.—t.
2,000 to 40 agst Mr. Worley's Old Port—taken.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
MANCHESTER RACES—TUESDAY.
Free Handicap of 10 sous. each, and 30 added. One mile
and a quarter. 4 Subs.
Mr. Fox's Psalmsinger, 6st 41b (Abdale) 1
Mr. Flintoff's Princess Royal
Mr. Phillips' b f Physician, out of Theano
Mr. Dawson's Step• and- Fetch-it
The Manchester Cup of 1501., added to a Handicap of 2 soya.
each, 10 ft, the second to receive 30/. Twice round and
a dis.
Mr. Hesseltine's The Slayer's Daughter, 3 yrs (Edwards) 1
Mr. Critchley's Cur de Lion, 4 yrs
Mr. Meiklam's Philip, 6 yrs 3
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Worthington's Hooton, 6 yrs—Mr. Whitelock's Fair Rosa-
mond, 5 yrs—Mr. Hobson's Bedale, 4 yrs.
Plate of 501., for three yrs old. 7st ; 4 yrs, Bst 41b ; 5 yrs,
Bst 91b ; 6 yrs and aged, Bst 121 b ; mares, &c., allowed 31b ;
the second to receive 10/. Heats, two miles and a dig.
Mr. Griffith's Lucy, 5 yrs (Styche) 2 1 1
Mr. W. Scott's Driffield, 3 yrs
Mr. Mostyn's Chartist, 3 yrs
Mr. Bowler's Alicia (late Ada), 4 yrs
Mr. Hopwood's Gothic, 4 yrs
Mr. Morriss's Alice, 5 yrs

CRICKET..
VISIT OF PRINCE ALBERT TO LORD'S.—MATCH LN HONOUR
or N. Fxr.tx EsQ.—Shortly after the resumption of this
match yesterday, his Royal Highness Prince Albert rode into
Lord's cricket ground, and remained a spectator for nearly
two hours, during which his Royal Highness manifested great
interest in the proceedings. His Royal Highness was warmly
greeted, and was instantly waited upon by Mr. Kynaston and
Mr. J. H. Dark, the proprietor of the ground, of whom he
made numerous inquiries as to the nature of the game, in the
course of which Mr. Dark exhibited to the illustrious visitor
a bat, a pair of spiked shoes, and a new ball, the uses of
which he had the honour of explaining. His Royal Higli-
ness, with great urbanity, expressed his acknowledgment's
to Mr. Kynaston and Mr. Dark for the information they had
afforded him, and ere he departed, intimated his gracious in-
tention of quickly paying another visit to " Lord's."
The ground was again crowded by nobility and patrons of
the game.

Mi. Felix's side went in for 162 to tie. Box and G. Parr
were sent in, and a finer exhibition has rarely been wit-
nessed. 59 runs were scored ere the first wicket fell, 65 ere
the second had been taken, and 96 before the third was
levelled, Parr having carried out his bat when "time" was
called, with 58 runs attached to his name.
Mr. Taylor, Mr. Mynn, DAtin, Clark, and Dean, have to go
in for 66 runs to win, and odds were laid that they ac-
complished the task. It is one of the most exciting contests
we have seen.

SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY. Handers oratorio,
Judas Maccabeus is to be performed at Exeter•hall on Friday
next, to celebrate the centenary of its composition.
The number of witnesses summoned to give evidence
in the trial of Lecomte is said to be forty.
We understand that Mr. Cubitt has sold the noble
mansion built by him in Chesham-place, to the Hon. Richard
Cavendish.
The King of Saxony has conferred on Mr. Colquhoun
the rank of Commander of the Civil Order of Merit of Saxony.
WEST INDIA PINE-APPLES.—By advices received
from the Bahamas, it appears that from the dryness of the
season the crop of this delicious fruit for the present year is
very early and most luxuriant, and nearly 10,000 are an-
nounced by the Tweed steamer, which will be due at South-
ampton on the 7th instant. Since they first became an ar-
ticle of import, a great improvement has taken place in
their cultivation, the English mode having been success-
fully introduced; in addition to which, the time for cutting
and packing them has been ascertained, so that they arrive
in a state very fit for the table. Along with these there was
to be made a shipment of turtle, in a live as well as a pre-
served state.
THE CORNHILL AND LIME-STREET WARD SCHOOLS.
—The interesting ceremony of laying the foundation atone of
these ward schools took place yesterday afternoon, between
four and five o'clock, at the school-house St. Mary-Axe, in
the presence of a large company of ladies and gentlemen,
and of eighty of the children assembled for the occasion.
It was performed by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, who
was attended by the Rev. Charles Farebrother (his Chap-
lain), the Mace-bearer, the Sword bearer, Alderman Eire-
brother (the President), Alderman Sir John Pirie, Bart. (the
Vice-Presidant), William Chaplain, Esq. (Sheriff), the City
Marshals, the clergy of the three parishes, and a great num-
ber of gentlemen and municipal officers, who assisted at the
ceremonial. The procession was arranged at the church of
St. Mary Undershaft, at a quarter before four o'clock, and
proceeded immediately to the site, where, with the company
present, it awaited the arrival of the Lord Mayor and
Sheriffs. Prayers were read by the Rev. Charles Farebrother,
and the deeds, coins, &c., with which the vestry-clerks of
the three parishes had come prepared, were used in the cere-
mony. The children, who appeared extremely happy,
joined in a prayer, and in an appropriate address to the
Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, and the Rev. Gentlemen pre •
sent. They!afterwards sang the Hundredth Psalm, and the
company separated, making contributions to the fund as they
passed out. _ . .

TRAGICAL EVENT.—A tragical event occurred the
day before yesterday at La Villette. A young man who is
a drummer of the National Guard in that commune, and
who was employed in a sugar refinery, had fallen in love
with a girl, but her hand had been refused to him by her
parents. As the girl returned his love, however, they con-
tinued to have clandestine meetings, and the day before
yesterday, whilst walking together in the country, the young
man, in despair, told the girl that he saw no chance of their
union, and that the best thing they could do was to destroy
themselves. At first the girl, more attached to life than her
lover, refused; but at length she yielded to his entreaties,
and consented to the with him. As he was in uniform at
the time, he drew his sword and plunged it in her bosom.
She fell bathed in blood, and suffering great pain, implored
him to put an end to her. He attempted compliance, but
the sight of her blood paralyzed his arm, and the other
wounds that he inflicted were trivial: He was, besides, so
overpowered with emotion, that he was unable to plunge
the sword into his - own body. Such, at least, it appears,
is the account that he gives of the transaction, and it is said
to be confirmed by the girl, who was found by some persons
who were passing, and removed to an hospital, with little
chance of recovery. The young man is in custody.—
Galignani.
DEATH BY DROWNING.—WiIIiam Howe, aged 20, in
the employment of Messrs. Henry Meng and Co., brewers,
Tottenham-court-road, was drowned on Monday, while
bathing in the Thames, near Datchet. He had been to
Windsor, with porter, and on his return he and a fellow-
workman decided on a dip in the river, and hence the acci-
dent, the deceased having sank into a hole from which bal-
last had been taken. Verdict of the Coroner's jury, "Acci-
dental Death."

AN ENGLISHMAN'S TREATMENT.—There is now a
poor man in Mansfield, belonging to Papplewick, whose wife
is confined to her bed through illness. Having been removed
from Mansfield to Papplewick six years ago, the poor man
applied at his place of settlement for assistance.' He met
with relief then by being offered work to break stones by
piece work, and actually travelled fourteen miles a day
(seven there and seven back), for the scanty pittance he
could earn at stone-breaking—a description of work he had
never been accustomed to. Here is an Englishman's treat-
ment in England! Where is the Englishman of ordinary
feeling who does not blush that his country should thus be
disgraced? Dr. Cursham, the vicar of Mansfield, has
written to the Poor-law Commissioners upon this subject,
and we hope to be enabled to afford the public further infor-
mation as to this extreme case of hardship. The name of
the individual referred to is, we believe, Frangoies ; his age
621—Nottingham Review,