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_ 9 OCTOBER 22, 185.
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ney ; Lascelles, Trinity Hall ; Cowie, Trinity Hall;
Bedingfield, St. John's; Maud, Trinity Hall; Pur-
vis, Jesus ; Worthington, Trinity Hall ; Hicks,
Corpus.
Third Class—Darnell, Trinity Hall; Farmer, Tri-
nity Hall; Formby, Trinity; Hornby, Christ's;
Hyde, St. John's; Pattinson, Catharine Hall; Ri-
chards, St. John's ; Troughton, Queen's.
The name 3 in the third class are arranged alpha-
betically. Oae or two students are not classed.
The professor also announces that his lectures for
the Michaelmas term will commence on Friday, Oct.
31, at eleven o'clock A.M. The subject of the lec-
tures will be the " Law of Things" (Hallifax's
Analysis, Book ii.) Gentlemen desirous of joining
the law class are requested to write down their names
at Mr. Deighton's.
The Downing Professor of the laws of England
will begin his course of lectures at Dawning College
on Monday, October 20, at half-past eleven o'clock,
with an introductory lecture on the County Courts.
Undergraduates attending these lectures with the in-
tention of obtaining the professor's certificate (which,
by grace of the senate, Oct. 31, 1848, is now re-
quired in certain cases for the degree of S.A., hono-
rary M.A., and 8.C.L.), must be provided with a
professorial ticket, for which they may apply to the
registrary, or to their college tutor. Terms of at-
tendance to others, two guineas. Gentlemen to put
down their names at Mr. Deighton's.
DIVINITY.—The Margaret Professor of Divinity
will deliver a course of lectures on the Liturgy of the
Church of England : he will begin them on Friday,
November 7, one o'clock, in the Arts School, and
will continue them on subsequent Wednesdays and
Fridays of term. He will thank those gentlemen
who mean to attend the course to leave their names
at Mr. Deighton's; those who come with a view to a
certificate, adding a (C) to their signature, with their
year and college. He requests freshmen to defer
attendance to a future occasion.
LIEBREW.—The Regius Professor of Hebrew will
resume his lectures on the Psalms on Saturday, the
26th of October, at half-past eleven A.M., in the Arts
School, and continue them every Wednesday and
Saturday at the same hour, till the end of the term ;
also that his Elementary Hebrew lectures will be
resumed at his rooms in Trinity College, on Wednes-
day, the 29th of October, at one P.M., to be continued
every Wednesday and Saturday during the same
period. Gentlemen who wish to attend eitber course
of lectures are requested to leave their names at Mr.
Deighton's.
ANATOMY.—The Professor of Anatomy will com-
mence his course on the anatomy and physiology of
the human body on Tuesday, October 28, in the
Anatomical School. The lectures will be delivered

on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at one
o'clock, until the end of the term. Those gentlemen
who purpose to attend are requested to enter their
names at Mr. Deighton's.
MEDlClNE.—Lectures on subjects connected with
the study of medicine for the ensuing year:—

MICHAELMAS TERM.
Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, by the
Professor of Anatomy, on Mondays, Wednesdays,

and Fridays. Begin Oct. 22. -
Human Anatomy and Physiology, by the Professor
of Anatomy, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur-
days, at one o'clock. Begin on Tuesday, Oct. 28.
Institutes of Medicine and Preservation of Health,
by the Downing Professor of Medicine, on Mondays,
and Fridays, at 12 A.M. Begin Oct. 27.
Medical Clinical Lectures, by the Regius Professor
of Physic, at the Hospital, on Friday, at 10 A.M.
Begin Nov. 7.

LENT TERM.

General Pathology, by the Regius Professor of
Physic, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at
10 A.M. Begin Feb. 9.
Human Anatomy and Physiology. Course con-
tinued on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
Chemistry, by the Professor of Chemistry, on
Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, at 12
A.M. Begin Feb. 24.
Medical Clinical Lectures, by the Linacre Lec-
turer, at the Hospital, on Thursdays, at 10 A.M. Be-
gin Jan. 15.
Materia Medica and Pharmacy, by the Downing
Professor of Medicine, on Tuesdays and Saturdays,
at 10 A.M. Begin Jan. 27.

TIL
On Mondaythe Freemasons' Tavern 'l:4lgrbelatie meeting*
was held in
nCigOhtUaNii: COURTS.
Queen's-street, of the
solicitors of the metropOliaitaterested- in the practice
of the county courts. Mi. Clarke, a solicitor, was
called to the chair. •
•
The CHAIRMA.N said tyss, ealhaig of the present
and
detidnigso viu•sass athneiiruvpitraetsiel PW
, to the profession to meet
,
courts, and to determine emtheittonurisne tthheey county
pursue in the circumstances
ins, which they were
placed. Greet 'complaiati had Loden made, but no
one seemed disposed to .ct, and hence the necessity
that had now arisen of 7seriously considering how to
remedy the evil. Had they 'acted as they ought to
have done, they would not now be placed in their pre-
sent degraded position. It vas well known to them all
the great change that hadlaken place in the jurispru-
-1 dente of this country. He remembered when the change
was first proposed, that ale large houses throughout
the metropolis laughed atahe idea of the county courts,
and said they were confident they would never be-
come the law of the land: The result, however, had
been that these courts were established, and many of
the houses he alluded to, and 'in which formerly ten
or twelve clerks were employed, liaw employed only
two or three. It was known to the gentlemen present
that in the last session of Parliaftent the attorneys
had been charged by no less rs °nage than the
Attorney-General of having Consisined together to
oust the barristers from the practice of the county
courts. Now they all knew at this was an
entirely unfounded statement, :t no such orga-
nization existed.—(liear, hear.'" • tathern show the
her that no unfriendly feeling existed, and in any
arrangement which they might determine to propose
to the bar, let them make this condition, that the
bar should meet them fairly in the position in which
they were placed, and if they did not do so, the bar-
risters might depend upon itthat they would eventually
be ousted from the county courts. If the 9th and 10. h
sections of the Act were, repealed, which enacted
that no barrister could act without being instructed
by an attorney, it would lead to a system of touting
which would be disgraceful to the profession. It was
to consider of a remedy for the present state of things
that the meeting had been called that night. The
functions of an attorney arid of a barrister were quite
different, and had hithertd been kept quite distinct
in this country; but now in the county courts they
had combined the duties of attorney and advocate,
and hence the feeling .that prevailed that the
attorneys wished to make a monopoly of the
county courts. Such being the case, he thought it
would be advisable that some arrangement should be
made, and he would suggest that in actions above 201.
they should propose that counsel should be instructed,
and that in actions under 201. that barristers should
not appear. He thought 'that such an arrangement
would be a good one.—(No, no.) At all events he
thought it was a subject fir their consideration. He
believed the most formidable opposition they had to
contend with was on the.kround that the suitor had
to fee both barrister and Attorney. On the Northern
Circuit an arrangement ~had been come to, under
which the barristers had agreed to take a brief of one
guinea. In the superior courts, as they were aware,
the junior barristers made half-guinea motions, and
there was no reason, therefore, why it might not
be arranged that fees of one guinea should be given,
and that the barristers should agree to divide,
where in cases of a guinea fee. As to the powers
possessed by the judgets of the county courts, he
would observe that these judges were armed with a
power which the judicial bench had not possessed
since the time of William Rufus. Talk about arrest
upon mesne process! why, the gaols throughout the
country were filled with prisoners from the county
courts, and some of these prisoners were imprisoned
for the non-payment of a few shillings.—(Hear.) As
an instance of the arbitrary conduct of some of the
county court judges, ha knew the case of a man who,
happening to put his hat on his head on the threshold
of the court on leaving, he was recalled by the I
judge, and although he protested he intended no in-
sult to the court, he was, nevertheless, ordered
into custody till the' rising of the court. In
another case in which he himself had pleaded a
set-off in an action before another county court
judge, the latter peremptorily refused to allow
him to prove his plea—told him he might bring a
cross action, and threatened him with the conse-
quences if he persisted.—{aear.)sTow the advantage
of having a bar in the county courts, he thought
would be that the judge would not dare to pursue such
conduct to a member of the bar; and he (the chair-
man) was of opinion that the firmness and independ-
ence of the bar bad proved to be the bulwark of their
liberties. Even the judges of the superior courts feared
tho independence of the bar, and he believed the
judges of the county courts would pay more attention
to what fell from a gentleman of their own profession,
and who might be of higher standing in the profes-
sion than the judge himself,
than they would pay to
attorneys. He thought therefore an arrangement
with the bar would be, an advantge to them, and that
by having an occasional bar, they would have better
law and a better chanCe of justice to the suitor,
taking care that under any arrangement that might
be made the public would not be made to suffer.
The chairman concluded by suggesting a resolution
to the following effect, and which be hoped would
breeefeotrwmietd, with
ethoebisristaiug
pprobation :--." That a committee
power oft
tow eandtdy
to
ofotuher their
attorneysnu mbeoo,f
who
metropolis (with
shall place themselves in communication with those
barristers who are desirous of forming a metropolitan
scuodunottybecrourtbar,
preliminaries,inorder to arrange a scale of fees
ilp which
counselcounty-court bu •
sinews may be conducted to the advantage
and attorneys, without affecting the suitor."
Mr. ELIOIART thought that the arrangement made
with the barristers would be on the understanding
of
that one attorney should not give a brief to another.
Mr. LEWIS, of Boswell court, was of opinion that
any opprobrium that existed in the present case
should rest on the proper quarter, and he thought
that the present meeting, instead of being held
in Freemasons'-hall, should have been held in a
certain hall in Chanceryslane. Until the last mo-
ment the Law Institution had always been behind-
band in defending the legal profession.—(Hear.)
He was of opinion that the evil complained of arose
not from the want of a bar, but from the ap-
pointment of incapable and intemperate men as
judges, except in a few cases, and he
thought they ought not to separate without ex-
pressing a hope that the Law Institution would
take up the subject. He concluded by moving
a resolution as follows :-" That a requisition to
the council of the Law Institution, and to the ma-
naging committee of the Metropolitan and Provincial
Law Institution, be drawn up, and signed by mem-
bers of the profession, requesting the council to take
the necessary steps for promoting a proper under-
standing between the two branches of the profession
on the subject of county courts advocacy, and, for
tbat purpose, to call a general meeting of the profes-
sion at large on the subject at an early day."
Mr. DEVONSHIRE seconded the resolution.
Mr. SasaN, as secretary to the Metropolitan and
Provisional Law Institution, felt certain that that
body would give every support to the object
of the meeting. He differed with Mr. Lewis as to
the opinion he had expressed respecting the Law Insti-
tution, as he (Mr. Shaen) could say, speaking from
some years' experience, that that institution spent
an immense deal of time and money to do good to the
profession. He could not help saying that he thought
the law constituting county courts should be altered,
and that there should be an appeal to the superior
courts, by which means greater justice would be
done between man and man, and there would be a
resolution. To
the
greater uniformity in the decisions of these courts.
Mr. POOLE was opposed to
be no great benefit to the barristers, and would be a
attempt to alter the present system would, he thought,
profession, and h
oldest member in the had practised in
great loss to the attorneys. He was, perhaps, the
the colonies, where advocacy was open to solicitors as
well as to barristers.
Mr. Hariarsori agreed with the last speaker as to
the practice of the colonies, where advocacy was open
profession, and he thought
theyt were bothaching that state of things in
this country. If the reforms 'n the law went on
both branches of the profession'must
be amalgamated.
branches
rapidly
He thought the
attorneys should not give up the posi-
tionde, and he would
they had lately ma
resolution.
Mr. SAUNDERS, a barristerabaving been permitted
among the barristers as
Let
all, he said,
to the conduct of attorneys. them
to speak, shortly addressed the meeting. He denied
that there wa: any complaint
come
together,
some r,
furthernd if
the
discussion,to n
in which Mr. Fitch,
eys invaded the pro-
vince of the barristers, •
latter must invade the
province of the attorneys.—(Hear and laughter.)
After
Mr. Parsons, and other gentlemen took part, the re-
solution of Mr. Lewis was put and agreed to.
Thanks were then given to the Chairman, and the
getata the
r
meeting separated.

THE STRIKE AT THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
Tl;a3lllius.—Yesterday morning the workmen at the ter-
minus of the Great Northern Railway, at King's-cross, re-
sumed their labours, a settlement of the differences between
the men and the contractors having been wade on Monday
afternoon.

COURT OF AL DER itEN.
Yesterday a Court was held for the dispatch of
public business.
THE NEW CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION BILL.
Sir PETER LAURIE withdrew the motion of which
he had given notice relative to the qualification of
aldermen, and the limitation of the period for which
they should be elected, according to the New Cor-
poration Bill. His object in withdrawing the motion
was, ohat he might have an opportunity of taking
the whole subject into consideration in a special
court, for the appointment of which it was his inten-
tion to apply.
THE RECENT CITY VISIT TO PARIS.
Alderman WILSON brought up the report of the
Privileges Committee, with the draft. of resolutions of
thanks to the President of the French Republic and
the Prefect de la Seine, &c., on the late visit of the
Lord Mayor and Aldermen, &c., to Paris.
Agreed to unanimously.
THE CITY BALL TO THE QUEEN.
Alderman WILSON also brought up the report of
the Privileges Committee, on the reference to consider
the invitations given to the Aldermen on the occasion
of the Queen attending the ball on the 9th of July
last, and the ceremonial observed on that occasion ;
and for payment of the bills and accounts, &c., re-
specting the same.
Agreed to unanimously.
The report on the reference upon the present state
of the municipal constituency was read. It recom-
mended that, as the subject was before the Court of
Common Council, a committee of the Court of Alder-
men should confer with the Freedoms Committee of the
former court, and make such suggestions as might
appear to be necessary in accordance with the opinion
of the tatter.
Unanimously agreed to, and the committee ap-
pointed to take measures accordingly.
A report was brought up from the Immanuel Hos-
pital Committee on the communications from the Ord-
nance-office and Commissioners of Westminster Im-
provements, respecting the purchase of the site of the
hospital. It recommended that the City should not
agree to the sale of the property.---Unanimously
agreed to.
A report from the General Purposes Committee ad-
vised that a lunatic asylum for the poor of the city of
London should be built. It was adopted ; and mea-
sures were ordered to be taken accordingly.
THE NEW PRISON AT HOLLOWAY.
Alderman COPELAND rose to move "That it be re-
ferred to the Gaol Committee to consider and report
whether any and what steps shall be taken in respect
of the appointment of a governor and other officers to
the new prison at Holloway." In submitting the
motion to the Court he expressed a hope that the
gaol, or rather the splendid palace, which they had,
after a long fight with the Government, been com-
Tgelled to build, would prove to be advantageous. For
he purpose of rendering it really serviceable, the
Court were bound to obtain all the important facts
connected with the improved system of other prisons,
and to adopt whatever appeared to be calculated to
carry out the great objects of the magistracy.—
(Hear, hear.) He apprehended that this city was
behindhand iu the great points of prison discipline,
and that the staff of officers to whom the duties de-
volved were not qualified to carry into effect the en-
larged and enlightened plan it would be necessary to
adopt in a spacious building, possessing all the facili-
ties of bringing into play those philanthropic inten-
tions which could not be acted upon in the contracted
area of Giltspur-street prison.—(Murmurs.) He be-
lieved that the magistracy had done all that could be
done to render that gaol efficient, but the building
was not at all adapted for the purposes of a gaol, and
he called upon the Court to take it into their consi-
deration that the eyes of the public and of Govern-
ment were upon them in the matter of the new prison,
and to secure themselves from the condemnation
which would attach to their body if they did not
exercise great caution in gathering the necessary
knowledge from the best sources of information.
Alderman WILSON seconded the motion.
Alderman CHALLIS (the Chairman of the Gaol
Committee) said that no body of officers could be
found any where who performed their duties with
more zeal and ability than the officers of Giltepur-
street Compter.—(Rear.) He could show that no
gaol was, or could be, better managed or better ar-
ranged. He admitted that it was not adapted to the
new system, but the new prison could, at the cost of
100,0001., be fitted to all emergencies, and the most
effectual means were being taken to bestow upon it
the improvements which the American and continental
prisons, as well as the best models in this country,
were capable of suggesting.—(Hear, hear.) He
Aldermandis-
approved
would h
eCsooprerlya ninddebeed-
caapupsrpoviet dwoafs
premature,th
if such observations as had been just made should go
abroad, to the disparagement of able and assiduous
emotion
and of
officer', without being met by a complete denial.—
(Hear, hear.) In fact, if the Court were to sanction
such a course of condemnation, they must involve
themselves in the charge by continuing in employ-
ment persons who were not qualified, by their expe-
rience and talents, to occupy in the new building
situations similar to those which they held in the old.
His great objection, however, to the motion was, that
it was premature.—(Hear, hear.)
Alderman LAWRENCE thought it would be quite
time enough to talk of the appointment of officers for
the new prison some months hence. The change
which might take place in prison discipline in a very
short time might be such as would require very dif-
ferent qualifications from those possessed by the
officers at present employed.—(Hear.) Giltspur-
street Compter would in all probability be still neces-
sary to be retained for the safe custody of remanded
prisoners, as well as for the confinement of prisoners
sentenced to undergo short punishments, and New-
gate must be still the place of reception for those who
were waiting for trial. It might be advisable to send
some of the officers of these prisons to the prison at
Holloway, in which the improved discipline was to
be carried out. At all events, the adoption of the
motion at the present time could not be attended with
any beneficial effect.

Alderman WIRE utterly disapproved of the con-
demnation of the officers, which, he contended, was a
reflection upon the Court itself. He believed that if
the motion passed a door would be opened at once
to all sorts of jobbing corruption.—(Hear, hear.) He
assured the Court that he had himself received up-
wards of 200 letters, soliciting his aid in procuring
the situations with which it was supposed the insti-
tution would abound, and he wished to check the
active efforts which were thus being made to subject
every member of the Court to the most intolerable
annoyance.--(Hear.)
Alderman COPELAND replied. He denied, in the
most positive manner, that Giltsper-street Compter
was a well-arranged prison. He considered it to be
the very worst he had ever known, and he would re-
fer to the entries in the books for the last two or three
years in proof of the accuracy of his statement.
The motion was then negatived.
Alderman FAREBROTHER moved " That it be re-
ferred to a committee to inquire whether it is desi-
rable that the provisions contained in the 20th section
of the Central Criminal Court Act, authorising the
payment of a salary in lieu of fees to the officers of
that court, be carried out in the case of the clerk of
that court; and if so, to report as to the amount of
such salary, taking into consideration the various
officers payable by him, and the general expenses in-
cident to his office." n the course of his observations
on the subject, Alderman Farebrother took the op-
portunity to speak in the highest terms of the learn-
ing, zeal, and ability of Mr. Clarke, whom, he said,
he had had the honour, when Lord Mayor, to ap-
point to the office which had been filled with so much
advantage to the country, in the opinion, not only of
the citizens of London, but of the judges of the land.
The motion was agreed to unanimously.
Upon the motion of Alderman WiLsont, the fol-
lowing motion was agreed to unanimously :
"The Court of Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Com-
mons, in Common Council assembled, having agreed
to the following resolution, That every person who
shall occupy premises in the city of London for a
period of a year and a day, and shall pay scot and
bear lot, shall be a freeman and citizen, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits aonndfprormiuvititlyetghNeevsir,tohalnitdohfebevaobstuoebvres-
ject to all the duties thereof,' that it be referred to the
Privileges Committee to consider and determine upon
the expediency, or otherwise, of directing the beadles
of
ff
at
if ilepseersvoeoraslqwoaarldifia,edinio omaking
conformity
St. Thomas's-day next, to insert therein the names
resolution.'—Adjourned.

CITY SEWERS.
Yesterday the Commissioners assembled at Guil6.
gall ; Mr. Deputy Peacock in the chair.
As there was no notice of motion or business of any
kind upon the paper, an opportunity was taken by one
of the members who are in the habit of complain-
ing of the indefatigable labours of the Great Central
Gas Company, to denounce that company for the
hundredth time on account of the confusion and in-
convenience occasioned by the unavoidable removal of
the pavement for the extension of its operations.
Mr. HENRY BLAkE lamented the extraordinary
monomania under which his worthy friend, who was
really sane 'upon most other questions, seemed to
suffer the tnoinent tin excuse presented itself for a..

/tacking the justly-popular measure; and he hoped
that any further allusion to it would be humanely
discountenanced by the Court.—(Laughter.)
Mr. H. L. TArr.ou said he considered that the
state of the pavements in the City of London, arising
from the injurious operations of the company, was
such as to call for inquiry of the most serious kind, as
the Court would find to be the case when application
would be made for the payment of the enormous ex-
penses incurred.
Mr. HAYWOOD, in answer to a question from the
Chairman relative to the pavement expenses, said that
the company had already paid the sum of 16,000/. for
the disturbance and restoration of the pavement occa-
sioned by their works, and that the Court had not
paid, and would not be called upon by the Great
Central Gas Company to pay, a farthing towards that
object.

SUPPLY OF WATER.
The report of the medical officer of Health, in al-
luding to the state of Windsor-street, 13ishopsgate, as
to the supply of water, stated that, upon inquiry, it
had been found that the New River Company had not
a high service main near enough to afford to that lo-
cality the necessary supply.
The Court immediately decided that the premises
in which the deficiency of water was complained of
should be supplied forthwith, and directed the chief
clerk to write to the directors of the New River Com-
pany, requesting that a high service main might be
laid on accordingly.—Adjourned.

TIM NEW Y ORK YACHT CLUB.
The return of Commodore Stevens, the gallant
commander of the America, to New York, has been
celebrated in that city by a sumptuous banquet. The
subjoined extracts from Commodore Steven's reply to
a toast in his honour will be read with interest by
those who witnessed the recent matches at Cowes,
and with pleasure by the personal friends of the gal-
lant Commodore :
" Gentlemen" (said Mr. Stevens) " you may per-
haps have observed that my hair is somewhat grayer
than it was when I last met you. I'll tell you how
it happened. In coming from Havre, we were
obliged, by the darkness of the night and a thick fog,
to anchor some five or six miles from Cowes. In the
morning early the tide was against us, and it was
dead calm. At nine o'clock a gentle breeze sprung
up and with it came gliding down the Laverock, one
of the newest and fastest cutters of her class. The
news spread like lightning that the Yankee clipper
had arrived, and that the Laverock had gone down to
show her the way up. The yachts and vessels in
the harbour, the wharfs, and windows of all the
houses bordering on them, were filled with thousands
of spectators, watching with eager eyes the eventful
trial they saw we could not escape; for the
Laverock stuck to us, sometimes laying to, and
sometimes tacking around us, evidently showing
she had no intention of quitting us. We
were loaded with extra sails, with beef and pork, and
bread enough for an East India voyage, and were
some four or five inches too deep in the water. We
got up our sails with heavy hearts—the wind bad in-
creased to a five or six knot breeze ; and after waiting
until we were ashamed to wait longer, we let her get
about 200 yards ahead, and then started in her wake.
I have seen and been engaged in many exciting trials
at sea and on shore. I made the match with Eclipse
against Sir Henry, and had heavy sums, both for
myself and for my friends, depending upon the result.
I saw Eclipse lose the first heat and four-fifths of the
second, without feeling one-hundredth part of the
responsibility, and without suffering one-hundredth
part of the trepidation I felt at the thought of being
beaten by the Laverock in this eventful trial. During
the first five minutes not a sound was heard, save,
perhaps, the beating of our anxious hearts, or the
slight ripple of the water upon her sword-like stem.
The Captain was crouched down upon the floor of the
cock-pit, his seemingly .unconscious hand upon the
tiller, with his stern, unaltered gaze upon the vessel
ahead. The men were motionless as statues, with
their eager eyes fastened upon the Laverock with a
fixedness and intensity that seemed almost super-
natural. The pencil of an artist might, perhaps,
convey the expression, but no words can describe it.
It could not, nor did not, last long. We worked
quickly and surely to windward of her wake.
The crisis was past ; and some dozen of deep-
drawn sighs proved that the agony was over.
We came to anchor a quarter, or, perhaps, a
third of a mile ahead, and twenty minutes after
our anchor was down the Earl of Wilton and his
family were on board to welcome and introduce us to
his friends. To himself and family, to the Marquis of
Anglesea and his son, Lord Alfred Paget, to Sir Bel-
lingham Graham, and a host of other noblemen and
gentlemen, were we indebted for a reception as hos-
pitable and frank as ever was given to prince or pea-
sant. From the Queen herself we received a mark of
attention rarely accorded even to the highest among
her own subjects ; and I was given to understand that
it was not only intended as a -courtesy extended to
myself and friends, but also as a proof of the estima-
tion in which she held our country ; thereby giving a
significance to the compliment infinitely more ac-
ceptable and valuable. Long may the bond of kin-
dred affection and interest that binds us together at
present remain unbroken. As a further proof of the
feeling of the Government and the people towards us,
I will mention the following act of kindness :—We
had the misfortune the day before the race with the
Titania to knock off a part of our outer shoe. This
rendered it necessary that we should haul her out ;
and we repaired to the Government dock at Ports-
mouth for the purpose. On the instant the applica-
tion was made, an order was issued by the Admiral
to repair her in the shortest time possible. If
you could have witnessed the vigour and good-
will exhibited, from the Admiral down to the
humblest mechanic of the yard, to complete her for
the nest day's race, you would, I am sure, have felt
the obligation (rendered so doubly binding by the
manner in which it was tendered) as deeply and
sincerely as ourselves, and would regret, as much and
as sincerely as ourselves, that any cause of quarrel
should arise to separate two nations that want but to
be better acquainted with each other's good qualities
to become and to remain fast friends. She was
docked at twelve and finished by eight o'clock the
same evening. For this important service no remu-
neration, in any shape or way, would be listened to.
The Admiral, in expressing the pleasure it gave him
to do us a service, endeavoured to prevail upon us to
believe the obligation to be altogether on his aide. I
trust, with confidence, that if occasion should occur,
this delicacy and feeling will be as promptly and as
delicately reciprocated. In the race with the Titania,
I suspect—although I do not know the fact—that too
much of her ballast was taken out. It gave he an
advantage in going before the wind, but told very
much against her in returning. There was a steady
breeze and a good sea running, and she fell so rapidly
to leeward as to be hull down, and nearly oat of
sight. We beat her, according to the secretary's re-
port, three or four minutes going down, and some
forty-eight or fifty minutes in returning, on a wind.
In the race for the Queen's Cup, there were, I think,
seventeen entries, most of which, I believe, started. In
addition to them there were seventy or eighty, or, per-
haps, one hundred, under weigh, in and about the har-
bour, and such a sight no other country save England
can furnish. Our directions from the sailing com-
mittee were simple and direct; we were to start from
the flag-ship at Cowes, keep the No-man's buoy on
the starboard hand, and from thence make the best of
our way round the island to the flag-ship from which
we started. We got off before the wind and in the
midst of a crowd that we could not get rid of for the
first eight or nine miles ; a fresh breeze then sprang
up that soon cleared us from our hangers on, and sent
us rapidly a-head of every yacht in the s uadron
At the Needles there was not a yacht that started.
with us in sight, so that the answer said to have been
given to a question from a high,,p_ersonage—of who
was first ? " The America ;"
Who is second ?"
"The" re is no second ;"—was lit Werally true. After
ing the Needles, we were overtaken by the royal
steam-yacht Victoria and Albert, with
her Majesty
and her family on board, who had come down to
witness the trials of speed between the models adopted
by the Old World and those of the New. As the
steamer slowly passed us, we had the gratification of
tendering our homage to the Queen, after the
fashion of her own people, by taking off our hats, and
dipping our flags. At this time the wind bad fallen to a
light breeze, and we did not arrive at the flag-ship
Until dark. I could not learn correctly at what time, or
in what order, the others arrived. The cup before
half
you
is the trophy of that day's victory. promised,lu
jest and half earnest, when I parted w ithis promise is
u y to bring
it home to you. The performances ofaw "that what is
this
,
another exemplification of the old
oftentimes said in jest is sometimes done. in
cupearnest."
it, their t o
I am requested by the gentlemen thisowmg
beg youi acceptance of as a testimony of
gra-
titude for the interest you have so keenly felt, and so
of an and kindly expressed, in our welfare and suc-
cess. I have but to regret that the late hour at which
I made up my mind to attempt a reply, has put it out
of my power to make it what it ought to be (and,
perhaps, but for that, what it might be), more worthy
of your acceptance. With your permission, I will
proposers a toast—" The health of the Earl of Wilton."
The Commodore's speech and toast elicited loud
cheers. "The Royal Yacht Squadron of England,"
The rresident of the United " " kter ALP

RAIL
B The share market has been again
'the only
.-The
sale reported on 'Change
Wilts, Somerset, n
Sroc
dull to-day. - wry-mouth, 91.
ExcsAsWABYRISSTHOL,AROcrE. 2MA
1.
aLwERPOOL, OCT. 21.
STOCK EXCH.&NGX.--- The share market has been very
active to-day for Midland Stock, but generally. quiet for
other things. The transactions were as follow: —Birkenhead,
Lancashire, and Cheshire, 10% dis.—Chester and Holhead,
Preference, guaranteed 51,1 per cent., 151i—Lancashire and
Yorkshire, 541—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 2 dis.
—London and North- Wntern, 114—Ditto New Quarters,
214 p.—Manchester, Sheffiei,ll, and Lincolnshire, Preference,
11%—Midland, 491,4—South-Eastern and Dover, 18%—
York' and North Midland, 19.
MANCHESTER. Ocr. 21.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been firm to-
day, although the business done has been but limited.
The transactions were as follow :—Lancashire and York-
shire, 543:;—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 256
P.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters (No.
1), 101 A—Midland, 491X,—North Staffordshire, 8% dis.

ETS.

BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 21.
STOCK ExamNcE.—The market was very active to-day,
and prices generally were a trifle firmer. The transactions
were as follow :—London and South-Western, 81—Shrews-
bury and Birmingham (A), 6% —Ditto (B)► 414—South
Staffordshire, 3 dis.

GLASGOW ♦ND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic for
the week ending October 18, 1851 :
Passengers (20,341), goods and
parcels, horses and carriages•. £3,893 16 8
Corresponding week in last year
for Glasgow and Ayr, and
Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car-
lisle Railways
GlisgcT, WOK 20.

~. £3,074 2 9