The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-08 00:00:00

TIIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY
_EVENING, JULY 8, 1846.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET JULY MEETING.
TuESDAY.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sot's. each, and only 5 ft., if de-
dared, t6r t.Lrue years old and upwards New T.Y.C.
(12 Subs., 10 of whom declared.)
Lord Lonsdale's Miss Milner colt, 3 yrs, ist 31b (A. Day) 1
Mr. P. P. Rolt's Evenus, 6 yrs, 9st 71b
Mr. Wesley's Elimea, 3 yrs, sst 10Ib 0
The followirg also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Philimore's Skeleton, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b; Mr. Pettit's Alvanley,
5 yrs, ist 81b ; Mr. R. Boyce's Colleen Bawn, 4 yrs 7st Sib ;
Lord Exeter's Cocoa Nut, 5 yrs, 7st slb ; Sir J. Hawley's
Brother to Valentissimo, 3 3 rs, 7st slb ; Mr. ShelleN 's
Hawkesbury, 4 yrs, Gst 911.); Lord Exeter's Lebanon, 3 yrs,
Est 31b ; Mr. Wigram's Metha, 3 yrs, sst 101 b.
Betting-4 to 1 agst Skeleton, and 6to 1 each agst Evenus,
Colleen Bawn, Brother to Valentissimo, Miss Milner colt,
and Hawkesbury. Lebanon and Elimea made the running,
Colleen Bawn, Skeleton and six or eight others lying well up
with them to the corner of the plantations ; the Miss Milner
colt hero took a slight lead, followed by Evenus and Elimea,
the latter makinc so close a race of it that the judge could
net place a second, but wither of them reaching the Miss
Milner colt, who won by half a length; Skeleton fourth, and
nearly all well up. Run in one minute and fifteen seconds.
The July Stakes of 50 sovs.• each, 30 ft., for two years old
colts Bst 71b, and fillies Bst 51h ; the second to save his
stakes. New T.Y.C. (25 Subs.)
Sir J. Ilawley's Sister to Deer Chase (Sly) 1
Colonel Peel's Vert-Vert ...
Mr. Pedley's Cossack'
The following also started, but were not placed :—Lord
Exeter's c by Iletinan Platoff, out of Marmora—Lord Exe-
ter's f by Hetrnan Pistol'', out of Galata—Lord Lonsdale's f
by Redshank, out of Oxygen— Col. Anson's Don Caesar—Mr.
W. Etwall's Sister to ...'Egis—Mr. Newton's b c by Red-
shank, out of Jenny Jumps's dam—Lord E. Russell's Eldon.
Betting-7 to lon Cossack, who took the lead, followed
by Marmora colt and Eldon, close up, with whom were Sis-
ter to Deer Chase, Vert-Vert, and Don Caesar. They ran
thus to the top of the hill, where Sister to Deer Chase took
up the running, went through with it, and won easy by a
length; 'Vert-Vert beating the favourite by a head, and
Deer Chase a good fourth. Run in 1 minute 14 seconds.
We have only time to add to the above brief return of a
poor day's sport, that the betting was flat, and the weather
cold, but the attendance quite as full as is usually seen at a
July meeting.

LITERATURE

CHARACTERS OF GREAT MEN. By Thomas

M•,` evin.

This pamphlet is nothing e than the rept.int of a
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lecture detivered In a repeal reading roem at llutilin. It
is altogether and essentially Irish. The convolution of
the sentences, the idiomatic earnestness, the conven
tionality of phrase, the very looseness of the treatment,
are all peculiarly and especially Irish. We like it none
the less for that—indeed, we like it only the more for its
striking nationality of tone and manner, and, because
likewise the matter is entirely divested of factitious
embellishments or party insinuations. 'Whatever may
be our difference of opinion on the minor points of the
characters of Napoleon, Franklin, and Washington—
however much we may disagree with Mr. 111• Nevin in
thinking Napoleon insincere, and Washington a genius—
we must acknowledge that his estimate of those illus-
trious personages is, on the whole, judicious. In his re-
verence, however, for the writings of Thomas Carlyle—
that d-cp thinker and plain speaker of this our day !
we go heart and soul, lip and hand. Rugged, and even
blundering he is, if measured by the prettinesses and
the petty euphonisms of letters ; but there isa profun-
dity in his thoughts, a sweetness in his pathos,
'an awe in his solemeity, and a sparkle in
his hilarity, which few of the more sedate
and ornate writers can ever hope to evince. Still we will
confess that a fondness for the books of Carlyle can arise
solely from a peculiar sympathy for his genius in the
reader ; a man cannot school himself into a lore for
those rare volumes—that love, as Goodman Dogberry
saith of reading and writing, " comes from nature."
Mr. M'Nevin possesses this sympathy, and here, and
there he affords us a glimpse of it in the course cf this
clever essay.

JOHN BULL'S neiP
_7'O_BOULOGNE AND

CALAIS.
•
We like the notion of this little volume excessively: it
does credit to the ingenuity of Mr. Aird, the intelligent au-
thor of the "Student's Self.lnstructingFrench Grammar."
-file object of the hook is simply to afford the casual visitor
of France every facility for the acquirement of so much
of the language of that country as will enable him to
engage in ordinary conversation, and to minister to his
various exigencies on the journey. Knowing that
the ordinary course of tuition presented very con-
siderable obstacles to all who are desirous of obtaining
such knowh dge, and intimately acquainting himself with
the most facile means of instruction to be adopted under
the circumstances, Mr. Aird h,s produced a volume pre-
cisely calculated to supply the deficiency. ln three ex-
tremely short and extremely agreeable lessons the
reader is thoroughly initiated into the necessary myste-
ries of the French tongue ; and if, after studying
" John Bull's Trip," he be not able to maintain a
pleasant chat with any one amongst our neighbours
across the English Channel it is altogether his own fault
—not the book's ! The author has linked with
these lessons a very comical narrative of
the travelling adventures of Mister John Bull
and his cara sposa ; from one portion especi-
ally, we oat an the village fete at Portel, we should
be tempted to make a quotation did our space permit.
The humour of the occurrence would be however
wholly destroyed by any abbreviation, while to transcribe
it entirely is impossible in the at present crowded state
of our columns. A certain eccentric little personage,
entitled Professor Pol:chinella, adds amazingly both to
the amusement and instruction derivable from " John
Bull's Trip." With Mrs. Bull we can commend the
Professor for a " real native," and we can moreover advise
any visitor of France who is ignorant of the la+ guage to
obtain this little volume as his most agreeable and use-
ful travelling companion.

(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
NEW A Ric ET—Tuzs.DAY NIGHT.
ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY.
50!. tor all ages.
Wolfdog, 4 vrs, Bravissimo, 3 yrs, Cantley 3 yrs.
The Town Plate, last mile and a dis. B. C.
Smuggler Bill, Queen Anne, br c by Colwick out of the
Czar's dam Cant Rufus, Bravissinw (Brother to Yalentis-
shno), Leaconfield, Jro
Sweepstakes, Now T. Y. C.
Samphire, Fugitive, Sharpsli,on.r. Serciligle.
LATEST BETTING.

LivEhroot, Cur.— 3 to 1 ag:st Mendicant, (t).
GODWOOD STAKES —9 to 1 agst Camera Obscura (t.),
10 to 1 agst The H ru, 20 to 1 agst Connaught
_Ranger (t),
33 to 1 agst Bold Archer (t).
ST. LEGEK.-5 to 1 im the field, 12 to 1 agst Grimston
(t), 25 to 1 agst Fancy Boy. 40 to 1 agairst Vanish.
LATEST BETTING AT .MANCHESTER—(TEIESDAY.)
LIVERPOOL Cur.-3 to 1 agst Mendicant ( t), 9 to 1 agst
Satyr (t), :0 to 1 agst My Mary (t), 12 to 1 agst The Con-
juror (t), 14 to 1 agst Yardley (t), 15 to 1 against High-
wayman, 18 to 1 agst Telemachus (t), 18 to 1 against
Lightning (t), 18 to 1 agst Rowena (t), 18 to 1. agst Intrepid,
25 to 1 agst Polish (t).

GOODIOOD STAiis.-9 to 1 agst Camera Obscura (t`,
10 to 1 agst The Hero (t), 20 to 1 apt Jenr.y Wren (t),
20 to 1 agst The Giantess (I), 25 to 1 agst Jonathan Wild
(t), 25 to 1 agst Connaught Ranger (t), 25 to 1 agst Pe-
titioner.

ST. LEGER.-5 to 1 agst Pyrrhus the First (t), 5 to 1 agst
Sir Tatton Sykes (t), 8 to 1 agst. Brocardo (t).
WORCESTER RACES-TUESDAY.
The Severn Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 25 added. Mile and
a quarter. (10 Subs.)
Mr. E. Peel's Spithead, 3 yrs, 7st (H. Bradley, jun.) 1
Mr. J. Thompson's Hope, 4 yrs, Bst llb
Mr. Clay's Pal, 3 yrs, 7st 3
Fair Charlotte and Borrani were not placed. Won by a
length. _ _

The Two-Year Old Stakes of 10 soya. each, and 25 added.
Half a mile. (4 Subs.(
Mr. E. Griffith's Lady Litt, Bst 21b
Lord Caledon's f by Simoom, out of Pergama, Bst 21b 2
Mr. Pearce's Yellow Rose, Bst 21b
A good race, the favourite beaten by half a length.
The Worcestershire Stakes of 20 sous. each, 10 ft, and 5 only
if declared, with 100 added; the second saves his stake.
Two miles. (20 Subs ; 12 paid.)
Captain Harcourt's The Druid, 3 yrs, Est 61b (Duncan) 1
Mr. Parr's Dulcet, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b
Mr. A. W. Hill's Ironmaster, 4 yrs, 7st 41b ... 3
Mr. I. Day's Zela, 5 yrs, 6st 61b

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Won easy.
The Members' Purse of 50/. ; 3 yrs old, 7st 12Ib ; 4 yrs, 9st
41b; 5 yrs, 9st 121 b; 6 yrs and aged, lOst ; mares allowed
31bs, and half-bred horses 71bs. Heats, two miles.
Mr. G. Dumble's Rosin the Beau, 3 yrs (Whitehouse) 1 1
Mr. Collett's Nannie, 3 yrs 2 2
Mr. Herbert's Powick, 4 yrs
Two well-contested heats.

AWFUL THUNDER-STORM.—PEIVRITH, JUNE 6.
Yesterday afternoon one of the most terrific arid awful thunder
storms ever remembered, accompanied with hail, visited Pen-
rith and its neighbourhood. Tne morning was fine and clear,
the sun shining brightly, and scarcely a cloud was visible to
dim the horizon. Soon after noon the air became quite sul-
try and overpowering, and thunder was occasionally heard
at a distance. About three o'clock the sky suddenly became
dark and lowering, and the clouds might be seen moving
through the air in different directions at a rapid rate. About
four o'clock daylight was almost shut out by the sudden darken-
ing and overhanging clouds, and about this time an awful
clap of thunder was treat d, accompanied with lightning, and
after a short interval one of the most severe and tremendous
hail showers commenced that was ever witnessed by the
oldest inhabitant living in the neighbourhood, and continued
with unabated fun• for upwards of half an hour ; the hail
stones were the largest ever seen, being about the size of a
common Spanish nut ; and the streets were cov. red with
them fur some time, until the rain fell in torrents. During
the continuance of this severe hail-stoan the thunder
raged in one continuous and awful roll, no interval
between each peal intervening ; and the air seemed
literally in one electric flame of fire, flash sue-
e, ,ding flash without any intermission during the con-
tinuance of the storm. The fury of the tempest
did not last above an hour, but during that time most of the
streets of Penrith were sheets of water, and the dwelling

houses in low situations were mostly inundated We have
not as yet heard of any damage done by the lightning, but
a considerable number of skylignts and windows in exposed
situations have been broken by the force and size of the hail-
stones, arid nearly all the glass frames in the gardens of the
neighbourhood have been destroyed or damaged by the seve-
rity of the storm. It is supposed that great damage will
have been dune to the standirg crops in the country by the
hail- storm ; but as yet we have not heard the particulars.
It is only about a week since the mountains overhanging
Keswick were covered with snow, which seems very extra-
ordinary at this season of the year.
DEATH FROM A PISTOL-SHOT.—Yesterday afternoon
Mr. William Baker, jun., deputy-coroner, held an inquest
at the Black Bull, Kingsland- road, on the body of Mr.
Charles James Kampf, aged 21, who had lately come into
possession of some property, and had within the last few
months opened a grocer's shop, at 31, High-street, Kingsland.
William Bellamy, an assistant to the deceased, said that on
the evening of Monday, the 22d of June last, the deceased,
who had been out, returned home at half-past eleven at
night. Witness, on attempting to close the door, was told
by the deceased to let it alone and go to bed. He left the
deceased at the door smoking a cigar, and he heard nothing
of him till the bell rang the next morning, when he went
down stairs and saw his master in a chair, with the pistol-
wound in his thigh. He said, " I hope the Lord will take
moset. 'Ol
out
afterwards said, " that whilst he was taking a
coat, and it uf
his
pocket the trigger caught the lappel of his
_ .exploded." He had had the pistol in his pos-
session about tw
thinking that he ttlmonths, and had tired it at the back of
the Saturday, in consequence of
entered into possession
thieves there. On coming of age he
had observed that hisu ?f. considerable property. Witness
know the ause. He Accitsbewere depressed, but he did not
young ]advent Woodford. Dureinngketcheillasg company
ttofosrltnightc.t his
with a
life he had complained of not being able
constable 287 N gave testimony to the same effect.ee Ticielt-
quiry at this stage was adjourned to procure the attendance
of the surgeon, to ascertain whether or not deceased had
made any statement to him respecting the affair.
Sir T. Wilde is to succeed the late Chief Justice Tin-
dal. Mr. Jervis will be Attorney-General, and it is said that
Mr. Romilly will be the new Solicitor-General.
The Earl of Liverpool will retain his office as Lord
Steward of her Majesty's Household. The Earl of Granville,
it is said, will be appointed Master of the Buckhounds. It
is Captain Henry Eden, R.N., who is appointed Private
Secretary to Lord Auckland, the new First Lord of the Ad-
miralty.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The last meeting for the
summer was held yesterday afternoon,Fah,the rooms of the
society in Regent-street, Mr. Soli,-
The exhibition included a collection of interestingSi nt hrve t
reit
jtsaiierrs.
of fruit and plants from China, recently brought
Fortune, the Society's collector. An interesting objectr wasi.
a clove tree in good bloom and perfect fruit, from the gardens
of the Duke of Northumberland at Sion-house, bearing this
condiment in high perfection, for which the society awarded
the Silver Knightian Medal to Mr. Carter, gardener to the
Duke.
THE FATAL EXPLOSION AT THE DROITWICH SALT -
WO RKS.—DROITWICH, TUESDAY.—The shocking affair which
happened here on Friday last, turns out to be et a much more
extraordinary character than even appear( d• at the time of
its occurrence. Yesterday afternoon, the coroner for the city
of Worcester (where one of the unfortunate sufferers died at
the hospital), commenced an inquiry at that institution,
before a respectable jury, touching the origin of the
accident, but in the absence of necessary witnesses
the proceedings were adjourned until Thursday next.
Since Friday, the proprietors of the works where the acci,
dent happened have surveyed the ruins of the premises, and
find that at the lowest computation it would take a thousand
pounds to putt hem in sufficient repair for use. The origin of
the disastrous affair cannot be ascertained with any degree
of certainty, there never having been a similar accident at
these or any other salt -works at Droitwich within recollec-
tion. The force of the explosion may be jut'ged from the
fact, that two carts, with the horses attached to them, were
actually blown into the river Satwarpe, and the scalding
renderednr' e'e
it c ap
i" g from the tanks, rushed into the stream, and
too hot to bear the baud in, besides destroying
the fish
Thclteh
Wli A.T CONSTITUTES A DOCTOR ?—A bastardy case
Thursday bht before the magistrates at the Town Hall, on
seemed to 'the Putative father being what was called a
doctor.
title or not, and tBOl
have some
in the absence of the "doctor,"
guide them in the me doubt whether he had claims to the
amount of the order, they required seine
questioned on the matter,erious subject. A witness on being
I,;yaive the following enlightened in
formation. Mr. Birley
lii.
replied,
him whether he was a
doctor or not, the witness
Why, eoes he gire (advice?" pvVil, "lie is." Mr. Birley—
pay
.fin. it."—Bolton Free Press. tness—" No ;he makes cm
DOMESTIC SEA GULL.—A respectableaf correspondent
transmits to us the following scrap
naturaldei history:—
the in Garnet
i
" There is in the possession of a gentlemanre
Hill, a sea gull, of e large species, frwomi
lsga Craig,
m his
which he has brought up from the nest, and hi
has proved.
most serviceable by destroying the snails and slug's
garden ; but in addition to this description of feeding, be has
, acquired a taste for sparrows, and scarcely a day passes on
which he does not regale himself with four or five of them.
His system of catching them is this :—He is upon the best
terms with a number of pigeons which this gentleman has ;
and, as the sparrows feed along with them, he mixes in the
group, and, by stooping, assumes as much as possible their
appearance, and then 'sets' at the sparrow as a pointer dog
. would do his game; the next instant he has his prey by the
back, and swallows it without giving it time to shut its
get"... Glasgow Artrald,

cessful competitors of the season. The usual loyal r T WENT Y-SECOND REPORT FROM
and national toasts were given, and drunk with enthu- THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON RAILWAY
siasm, and after spending a pleasant evening, the com- BILLS CLASSIFICATION.
pany bri,ke up at an early hour. The Select Committee appointed for the Classification of
During the or,t,rt.iininent, the CuAnulAN adverted to Railway Bills according to the resolutions adopted by the
the peiforinunce of one of the succes!ul candidates of House, have further considered the several matters re-
the last season, a Mr. Pewters, who swam with ease ferred to them, and agreed to report as follows:
one hundred yards in a minute. I Your Committee recommend that the London and South-
Letters from Mr Sergeant Talfourd and Mr.Wakley Western Railway (London-bridge Extension) Bill ; the
were read, expressing their regret at not being able to Eastern Counties Railway (Tottenham to Farringdon-street)
attend the meeting of the societ Bill; the North Kent Railway (City Extension) Bill, be
y. I referred to a distinct Committee, Group No. 67.
Your Committee recommend that the Sheffield and Lin-
colnshire Extension Railway Bill; the Ely and Huntingdon
Railway (Bedford Extension) Bill, be referred to a distinct
Committee, Group No. 68.
Your Committee recommend that the Eastern Counties
Railway (Wisbech to Spalding) Bill be referred to a distinct
Committee, Group No. 69.
Your Committee recommend that the Sligo and Shannon
Railway Bill ; the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine Junction
Railway Bill; the Galway and Kilkenny Railway Bill; the
Dublin and Enniskillen Railway Bill; the Londonderry and
Enniskillen Extension Railway Bill, be referred to a distinct
Committee, Group No. 70.

DEATH OF LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
TINDAL.
(From the Times.)
The earthly career of the late Lord Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas has been terminated rather suddenly. About
ten days ago he attended the hearing of an Irish appeal is
the House of Lords—" Sheehy v. Lord Muskerry." On
leaving the House he complained of excessive heat, and ap-
peared to be almost fainting. He was, within a few hours,
seized with paralysis of the left leg, extending, as we under-
stand, to the hip-joint ; and, after the lapse of two or three
days, his medical adviser recommended him to proceed to the
seaside. N 1 about delay he repaired to Folkestone, accom-
panied by his son, Captain Tindal; but there he unhappily
experienced a renewal of his alarming malady. Several
members of his family were summoned, though little more
than in time to witness his dissolution. He expired on Mon-
day evening at half-past seven o'clock, to the inexpressible
grief of his family and numerous friends,as well as to the great
regret of the public at large—for he was one of the most
popular as well as the most eminent judges that ever adorned
the bench of justice.
Sir Nicolas Conyngham Tindal was in the 70th year of
his age, having been born in 1776. There was, however, a
general impression that his birth took place some years earlier
than that date, for, though hale and vigorous, he seemed to
be rather older than threescore-and-ten. It is also generally
supposed that he was a native of Buckinghamshire; but of
this there can be no doubt, that he is descended from an old
Essex family, and that his father, Robert Tindal, who was a
solicitor, resided for many years, if not the whole of his life,
at Chelmsford, in Essex. There is a Mr. Tindal, brother to
the late Chief Justice, who practises as a solicitor in Ayles-
bury, but we have every reason to believe that the subject
(,f this notice was born at Chelmsford. After the usual
course of school education, he entered at Trinity College,
Cambridge, in the year 1795, and within four years of that
period—in 1799—he took the degree of A. B , and that of A.M.
in 1802. In the former year lit was eighth wrangler and
senior Chancellor's medallist. In the month of October,lBol,
he was elected a f Ilow of his college, and held the fel-
-I,,wship for eight years. Immediately after taking hia
Master's degree, lie became a student of Lincoln's Inn, by
which society he was eventually called to the bar. His
connexion with Lincoln's Inn probably gave rise to the com-
mon error that he had been a Chancery barrister; but, on
the contrary, his practice was limtted to the common law
courts. Shortly after his admission to Lincoln's Inn, he en-
tered upon practice with very considerable success as a spe-
cial pleader, and Lord Brougham stated )esterday that he
had been among the number of his pupils. There can be no
question that a young law student could hardly have
chosen a safer guide, for a man more thoroughly learned
than Mr. Tindal even then was, in every department of
the law, could scarcely be found within the range of the
profession, and he was especially celeb ated for what is
called " black letter le irning." His high reputation brought
him so many clients that at a very early age he thought
it safe to go to the bar, and accordingly we find that he was
called in Trinity Term, 1809. In the ssme year he married
the youngest daughterof the late Captain Thomas Symonds,
R.N., and of course resigned his fellowship. A numercus
family were the issue of this marriage, but the
wife of Sir Nicolas Tindal died many years ago. In the
Court of King's Bench, and on the Northern Circuit, every
year brought Mr. Tindal additional reputation as a lawyer,
but very little fame as an advocate. He was never at a loss
for a case; he could always expound a principle; he could
give the history of any statute, and with great perspicuity
set forth its provisions; he could argue any point, however
apparently hopeless, and impeach the validity of any legal
document, however apparently sound; but a knavish witness
could elude his examination, and an apathetic jury were
never warmed by his eloquence : yet he had what the pro-
fession calls a "capital business ; and a large income re-
warded his learning, his industry, and his high reasoning
faculties. The natural process lay which lawyers seek ad-
vancement in their profession is to get into Parliament. Mr.
Tindal, however, enjoyed a distingnished opportunity of ap-
pearing before one House of Parliament long before his elec-
tion as a Member of the other. A Bill of pains and penalties
was preferred against the Queen of George IV., and in
one of the most extraordinary proceedings that our history
records Mr. Tindal was called upon to bear his part. He,
conjointly with several others, was counsel for the Queen.
How far his astuteness and knowledge rendered him an
efficient assistant to her Majesty's Attorney-General was a
matter not very apparent at that period. That he was capable
of giving valuable hints to his more showy brethren, Lords
Brougham and Denman, there can be no doubt, but his
oratory was not of the order to neutralise the dazzling in-
genuity of Copley, or to cope with the wily manoeuvres of a
cloud of Italian witnesses. Hence, though he enjoyed the
honour of being a Queen's advocate, he obtained with the
public little additional reputation from his share in this ex-
traordinary inquiry. We now follow him to the House of
Commons, to which assembly in the year 1824 be was re-
turned by the Wigton district of burghs; and here also we
can say but little for his qualifications as a public speaker.
His manner was cold, dry, and unimpressive; his political
and historical knowledge displayed itself to small ad-
vantage; it bore upon few questions, and not even upon
those with much power. One would have expected
that his talents and learning as a lawyer must
have often enabled him to enlighten the House on
legal difficulties, but yet he had not a popular mode of dis-
cussing even questions of law. Nevertheless, a better man
for the office of Solicitor-General could not be found amongst
the Tory lawyers in the month of September, 1826, when
Sir C. Wetherell became Attorney-General, in consequence
of the elevation of Sir John Copley, afterwards Lord Lynd-
hurst, to the Mastership of the Rolls. At this time Mr.
Tindal became Sir Nicolas, but he still remained without
any very material increase of professional fame, nor was he
called upon during his tenure of office to assist in any im-
portant prosecution on behalf of the Crown. Sir J. Copley,
who had represented the University of Cambridge, became
Lord Chancellor in the year 1827, during the Canning Ad-
ministration ; thereupon a vacancy occurred in the repre-
sentation of that constituency, and Sir Nicolas Tindal soli-
cited its suffrages. Mr. William John Bankes, though also
a Tory, went down to Cambridge to oppose him ; the result
of the polling was, 479 for Sir Nicholas Tindal, and 378
for Mr. Bankes, He had been chosen for Harwich
at the general election in 1826, but of course readily
withdrew from that borough to enjoy the honour of
representing alma mater. Eventually, however, he became
perfectly satisfied with two years' possession of this much-
envied distinction. Gout, irritability, and Sir Thomas
Wilde, combined their united virulence to drive poor Lord
Wynford almost beside himself. The chief seat in the
Common Pleas therefore became vacant, and a prize within
the grasp of the Solicitor-General. Sir Robert Peel repre-
sented Oxford, Sir Nicolas Tindal Cambridge ; the one was
leading Minister in the Lower House, and the other second
law officer of the Crown ; the one proposed Catholic emanci-
pation, the other supported it ; the one retained his place
in the Cabinet and lost his seat fur Oxford ; the Member
for Cambridge gave up his seat fur that University, but
obtained a seat upon the bench ; and in the month of June,
1829, became Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, which
position he occupied during the long period of 17 years, al-
though, under the 6th of George IV., cap. 83, he might, at
the end of 15 years, have claimed exoneration from the toils
of that high station. Death, however, has at length de-
paved him of its honours and relieved him of its labours.
Sir Thomas Wilde will soon occupy the situation
which he filled on the bench, although few
men are qualified to supply the place which he held in the
public esteem. If he had any faults, he certainly possessed
many most shining qualities as a judge. Gentlemen of the
bar who practise in a given court may never be able to agree
amongst each other. or with the public, respecting the merits
of any judge who occupies a seat on the bench of that court;
still less can they be brought to anything like an admission
that any judge at any time was ever wholly faultless. The
public, however, are not remarkable for such nice discrimi-
nation ; but, with less knowledge and far less fastidious-
ness, they pronounce an unqualified opinion, either to the
great discredit or the infinite honour of the personage who
may at the time have become the subject of their notice. As
to the merits of Chief Justice Tindal the bar may be divided,
but the public are unanimous. They looked at his " sum-
mings-up" as among the most masterly exhibitions
of judicial sagacity, and they regarded his calm, thoughtful,
and tranquil inflexibility as the impersonation of British jus-
tice. They admired the vigour and promptitude with which
he would cast the light of a clear and searching intellect upon
some vast accumulation of minute facts, inferences, and ex-
positions,—how be would track out a plain and palpable
path amidst some labyrinth of contradictory evidences. The
world viewed with admiration the manner in which he threw
aside the sophistries and disentangled the forensic perplexi.
ties with which cases are sometimes enveloped,—how he dis-
sipated the obscurities, lopped off the irrelevancies, curtailed
the redundancies which had been imported into the cause by
the weak or wily advocate, and, finally, how he reduced the
real point in dispute to its strict and indisputable merits.
Such was the impression that the character of Chief Justice
Tindal made upon the community at large; and, whatever
criticism his alleged eccentricities might occasionally pro-
voke among the members of the Bar, all was forgotten in the
intervals between one term and another, while his impertur-
bable temper, the unit......menity of his
independence of spirit, his high integrity, and greatjudictal
abilities were always present to the mind of every observer.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

TUESDAY, JULY 7.
The following Railway Bills, with the Lords' amendments,
were agreed to :
Bristol and Exeter (Crewkerne Branch).
Newmarket and Chesterford.l
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate.
London and South-Western (Farnham and Alton Branch).
Kilmarnock and Troon (with an amendment).
Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow, and Dublin.
Morecombe Harbour and Railway.
St. Helen's Canal and Railway.

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, JULY 5.
DEPARTURE OF LORD TIEYTESBURY.
The departure of Lord Heytesbury has been arranged
for to-morrow ; but it is stated, that in consequence of
the receipt of an official communication yesterday, his
Excellency is to remain until Monday, the 13th instant,
and that an undress levee is to be held at the Castle in
the forenoon of that day.

RETURN OF THE EXPERIMENTAL SQUADRON TO COVE.
The Cork Examiner contains the following :
"CORK, FRIDAY MORNING.—At nine o'clock this
morning, a pilot, who was standing on the cliffs, sud-
denly announced that the expected fleet were coming in
the harbour ; but it was some time after, even with the
aid of glasses, before they could be described by less
practised eyes, for though the morning was fine, it was
rather dark, and hazy, particularly out at sea ; but as
they quickly neared, under the influence of a strong
southerly wind, they rapidly lost their shadowy
appearance, and took the sl ape of googly men-
of-war, with every stitch of canvass set.
.The
St. Vincent led, closely followed, however, by the
Queen ; the remainder, four in number, being far in
the wake. All the ships quietly anchored in the man-
of-war roads, there being no firing, or any bustle on
shore, except among the bumboat women, who, rigged
out in new flaring toggery, were preparing to supply
the fleet with bread, vegetables, &c. It is said here,
ith what truth I know not, that their stay is to be
of considerable duration. There is also another rumour,
but one not so generally credited, for they believe the
news is too good to be true'—namely, • that the fleet
are to be paid oft whilst here.' Just as I write, I per-
ceive two of her Majesty's steamers coming into the
harbour."

THE IRISH MAGISTRACY.
The Limerick Chronicle says :—" We have it from un-
doubted authority that the following letter was addressed
by the Lord Chancellcr to W. S. O'Brien, Esq., M.P.,
on the subject of his accusation against R. E. Phillips,
Esq., magistrate of this county :
" Minute of the Lord Chancellor upon the complaint
_ _

against Mr. Phillips, J.P.
" I have now before me a full note of the evidence
of the witnesses on the trial of the action by M'C"r-
mack against Mr. Phillips, with a summary of the
Judge's charge. The Learned Judge certifies to me
that as the Judge v:ho heard the evidence, and had an
opportunity of observing the demeanour of the wit-
nesses, he should have found the same verdict had he
been a juror in the case. I have attentively perused the
evidence now before me, and reconsidered the case, and
I do not feel myself called upon to take any further step
in the matter.

(Signed) "EDWARD B. SUGDEN, C.
" ' June 23, 1846."'
THE HARVEST.-FREE TRADE.
-- . .

Nothing could be more favourable than the weather,
and the reports of the crops continue to afford the pro-
mise of abundance. But, nevertheless, prices are not
very materially affected. Corn is somewhat lower, but
butcher's meat and all other kinds of provisions are
enormously high. Old potatoes are Is. 4d. to ls. 6d.
per stone, fully treble the ordinary price ; and new po-
tates are 3d. to 4d. per pound ! Bread alone is mode-
rate in price, and the working people are living upon it,
as far as their means enable them to purchase.
The Coleraine Chronicle, a Tory paper, after giving a
cheering account of the crops, says:—" We trust that,
in the coming winter, we shall have a cheap loaf, and yet
care little for Corn Bills or foreign competition."
The Limerick Chronicle, another Tory paper, says :
" The reduction of 14s. per quarter in the duty upon
wheat has had no apparent influence upon millers' and
bakers' prices in this city. Generally speaking the
local prices of corn, flour, and oatmeal are without
material reduction.