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LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1851.

would not allow the present session to pass without doing
something which would cause it to be handed down also in
connexion with the reform of our judicial proceedings.
Contrasting the vast amount of business which the five
judges of the Court of Chancery had to do with
what the fifteen law judges were called upon to go
through, it would seem that in the former case it was
impossible for human industry to accomplish it.
Yet they expected these five judges to do all that. They
had only themselves to blame for a great many of the evils
complained of. They had refused to appoint additional
masters, although the officers of these functionaries were
crowded day after day, and hour after hour, with suitors
who were unable to obtain justice- He would call upon
them, therefore, to add to the power of that court. The
fact of having increased the number of judges created addi-
tional labour for the masters. The difficulty in the Masters'
offices arose from the fact that there was a centralised place
of business to take accounts, and these were furnished through
the medium of agents. He would briefly illastrate that
difficulty by an example. suppose in Birmingham, or any
other great commercial town of this country, a dispute arose
about accounts in a large partnership concern. It was at
once brought into the Court of Chancery, instead of being
referred, as it ought, to some local parties of experience and
judgment. Of course agents were to be employed here, and
all the business was to be transacted through agents at every
step in the proceeding. The Master to whom the case was
referred had no power to compel the attendance of wit-
nesses, and at each additional movement the agents had to
send to the country for evidence or instructions. Thus were
proceedings lengthened out to a most immoderate extent.
Again, he would ask them to contrast the duties per-
formed by the courts of common law with those of the
Court of Chancery, and see how much assistance was neces-
sary to make the courts of equity equal to the business which
comes before them. If the Hon. Member for Newark, in-
stead of turning out the Commission for a little sport in that
House that night, were to go before the Commissioners and
answer their questions, he would do much more to promote
the object he had in view, than by adopting the course
he had pursued. If the addition of any lay members to the
Commission at the present time were at all desirable, no
doubt no two Hon. Members could ba a greater acquisition
than the two whose names had that night been mentioned.
Mr. HENLEY was more hopeful of the results of the
Commission before he had heard the speeches delivered that
night by three Hon. and Learned Gentlemen, who were
members of the Commission. He had not heard the slightest
symptom that they thought anything like a true remedy for
the abuses complained of was wanted. What was needed
was, not a tinkering up of the system, but a sweeping away
of its abuses; and he hoped the Government would direct
their serious attention to it.
Mr. J. EVANS could hardly believe, when he heard the
Master of the Rolls speak to-night, that it was the same
person who, as Solicitor-General, had introduced the reform
of the courts of law in Ireland. The Hon. and Learned
Member for Aylesbury had cautioned them against proceed-
ing upon extravagant clamour and unfounded complaint.
What did he consider unfounded complaint? Were the
abuses of the Masters' offices matter of unfounded com-
plaint? There was a greatly mischievous system, and yet
what was proposed to remedy it? Unless they corrected it,
it was useless to increase the number of their judges. Let
them see what was going on in the courts of law. In all his
long experience of Westminster Hall, he had never known
the courts there so devoid of business; the public found
them too expensive, and the business was in consequence
transferred to the county courts. But from what he had
heard that night he expected little from this commission,
and he trusted the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) would at-
tend to the suggestions of the Right Hon. Member for Co-
ventry, and superintend in his own person the accomplish-
ment of these great reforms which were needed. He wished,
too, the Right Hon. Member for Ripon (Sir J. Graham)
would act on the commission. The, whole system should be
reformed in a comprehensive manner, and not bit by bit.
Sir J. GRAHAM, with reference to the allusion male by
the Hon, Gentleman who last spoke as to his services, begged
to say he was weary of inquiry. They had on this subject
inquired much and done little. For two sessions he had
devoted a large portion of his time, together with the
Hon. Member for Oxfordshire, to the subject of Chancery
reform, and the commission was, in addition to themselves,
composed of some of the most distinguished lawyers in the
House, as the Master of the Rolls, Sir George Turner,
the .Honourable Member for Midhurst, and the Solicitor-
General. They were perfectly unanimous in their
report; they had exhausted the inquiry upon some
very important subjects—namely, the payment by fees of
the greater portion of the officers attached to the Court of
Chancery. They went into great detail, and presented two
reports, which, with the evidence and interrogatories, were
before the House. These reports, too, contained detailed
recommendations. Now, he had heard the speech of the
Master of the Rolls with pleasure, indicating as it did an
adherence to his desire to reform those courts; but he must
also say that his final judgment smacked too much of his
court ; for he said as to the Bill that they must wait. "Wait"
was the ominous word. With the unanimous agreement that
he had mentioned in their report, and with the facts before
the House now two sessions, yet nothing had been done.—
(Hear, hear.) He could not conceive a more fatal omen with
respect to this Bill. This might appear only of minor impor-
tance ; but still the Lord Chancellor was appointed on the
distinct understanding that he should be subject to any regu-
lation Parliament might impose with respect to his staff of
officers. They had reported against his having seven secre-
taries and a secretary in bankruptcy, yet these were still re-
tained ; they had reported against the Lord Chancellor's two
gentlemen-at-arms, who were pqid by fees to the amount of
7501. a year each ; also against cbaffwax and tape, yet these
were all retained. He mentioned those things to show how
fruitless were investigations and reports if there was not a
spirit to act and improve in conformity with them. There
was a passive resistance in the Court of Chancery, which
seemed somehow to overcome all attempts at reform. The
Noble Lord at the head of the Administration could not reap
greater favour by any act of energy than by giving, effect,
before the close of the session, to the recommendations which
they had proposed in these reports. Why should they not
abolish the hour-warrants in the Masters' offices in this
country, as Sir E. Sugden had done in Ireland when he held
the office of Lord Chancellor there?

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—They ara abolished.

Sir J. GRAHAM. was not satisfied With the attendance
given by the Masters in their offices; they came there later
than the Judges and left earlier. He was sure that if the
Government would set about it in earnest they would, in a
very short time, with the entire approbation of both Houses
of Parliament, with immense satisfaction to the public, and
to their own infinite credit, easily make great, extensive, and
most satisfactory reforms in the administration of justice in
this country; and it was very painful to him to see how good
an opportunity of effecting these reforms was at present being
neglected. Public opinion was ripe for the change; and the
profession itself, if it understood its own interests, ought to
be anxious to see the change carried into effect. There was
nothing like a beginning in such matters; and some practi-
cal proof of their determination to do something was much
wanted. - - . .

Lord J. RUSSELL said he was ready to admit that there
were many , reforms to be made in the Court of Chancery ;
but at the same time he should say that there was no great
encouragement to make those reforms when one found that
the complaints remained the same after the reforms had
been effected. Now the complaint of the length of time
occupied in Chancery suits had been in a great degree
remedied by the appointment of additional judges. There
had during the last six years been more than one occasion
on which it appeared that there had been no further appeals
to be heard in the court. It was true that there were con-
siderable arrears at the present moment ; but it was also
true that the court was now in a far better condition than
that in which it had been placed fifteen or twenty years ago.
His Right Hon. Friend the Member for Ripon had ex-
pressed his surprise that the hour-warrants should be allowed
to go on at the present day. But the fact was, that
more than a year ago orders had been issued, under the
directions of the late Lord Cottenham and of the late
Lord Langdale, by which a great change had been
effected in the system of hour-warrants. He be-
lieved that the hour-warrants had been replaced by a
much less objectionable mode of proceeding. He should,
however, observe that with respect to such a very compli-
cated system of property as that which prevailed in this
country, it might not be easy to conform to the doctrine that
they ought not to inquire but to act. The difficulty was,
how to act in the right direction. He believed there never
was a country in which there had prevailed such a compli-
cated system of property, and such complex relations con-
nected with land, and with titles to every description of pro-
perty in the most distant parts of the world, as that which
prevailed in these kingdoms. If he were asked why he did
not attempt at once to resolve all the difficulties of the ques-
tion, he should ask in his return how it would be possible to
explain the whole Newtonian theory in a few words. There
was frequently great difficulty in dealing with the accounts
which were brought before the Court of Chancery. The
accounts in the War-office and in the Navy-office were kept
upon a uniform and intelligible system; and if Parliament
had provided thirty years ago that the accounts of merchants
should be kept in a similar manner the duties of the Court
of Chancery would have been considerably lessened. But if
a number of partners in a mercantile establishment had
kept their accounts for a period of thirty years in a manner
so confused that they were at length obliged to come before
the Court of Chancery to decide on their rights, that Court
would necessarily have a most troublesome and onerous
task to perform. At the same time he should confess that
it seemed to him there was no part of the business of the
Court of Chancery which so obviously required amendment
as the mode of dealing with complicated accounts;
in his opinion such questions ought to be de-
cided on the principles which usually regulated the dealings
of mercantile men, and the duty to be entrusted to the Lord
Chancellor and to the Masters in such matters ought to be
merely to decide upon points of law and upon titles. With
respect to the question of fees he had to state that he be-
lieved the Lord Chancellor was fully sensible of the necessity
of effecting a change in that respect; and the fact was, that
he had already abolished fees to the amount of 20,0001. a
year. He had to observe, in respect to the office of chaff-
wax, that that office bad, he believed, been already abolished.
It was true that some reductions might be made in the
seven secretaries of the Lord Chancellor; but it should be
remembered that the Lord Chancellor was at the head of a
great department, and that he should naturally have some
assistants to aid him in carrying on the business of
that department. With regard to the proposal that gentle-
men not members of the legal profession should be placed on
the commission, he had to state, that he had no objection to
adopt that proposal ; but he should add, that he believed it
would be impossible for those gentlemen to get an insight
into the technical details of the profession without devoting
very considerable attention to the subject. Let the commis-
sion make its report, and if next year they should be able
to effect any important reforms through the labours of that
commission, lie believed they would have reason to congra-
tulate themselves on the fact that they had been able to deal
effectually with a matter which two centuries ago had baffled
the genius and the sturdy will of Oliver Cromwell.
After a few words from Mr. J. STUART, the motion was
agreed to.
The report on the Court of Chancery and Judicial Com-
mittee Annuity) Bill was agreed to.
Mr. FREWEN moved the second reading of the Seques-
tration of Benefices Bill.
Sir G. GREY said he had heard no reason fcr the adoption
of that measure, and he should, therefore, move that it be
road a second time that day six months.
Mr. FREWEN said that the Bill was framed. for the
removal of what he thought was an admitted evil. He felt
that he had reason to complain of the conduct of the Right
Hon. Baronet in the matter, and he wished to give notice
that ho would for the remainder of the session oppose any
measure brought forward by the Government after twelve
o'clock at night.
The gallery was then cleared for a division-, but none took
place, the Bill (a 3 we understood) having been rejected
without a division.
The other business was then disposed of, and the House
adjourned at Ten minutes to One o'clock.

REPRESENTATION or AYRSHIRE.-Mr. Alexander
Oswald, the sitting Member for Ayrshire has addressed a
letter to the electors of that county, stating that he does not
intend to offer himself as a candidate at the next general
e!ection. Referring to his past Parliamentary conduct, he
states that he sees nothing to regret in his vote in support of,
free trade, nor in the opposition which he gives to the Eccle-
siastical Titles Bill.— Edinburgh Witness.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWCASTLE-ONsTYNE.—Tnur.sns.Y.
The Gateshead or Lottery Stakes of 10 sovs. each, p.p., with
.50 added; for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies,
Sst 41b; the second to save his stake. Two miles. (14
Subs.)
Mr. H. Stebbing's the Cutler..., (llumby) 1
Lord Eglinton's Pandemus
Mr. H. Templeman's Nan Darrell f
Captain Harcourt's Colsterdale
Betting. - 6 to 4 agst Colsterdale, 7 to 4 agst The Cutler,
5 to 2 agst Pandemus, and 6 to 1 agst the Emilius filly.
Pandemus made the running to the distance; The Cutler
then challenged, and after a fine, race won by a head; the
same between second anathird, and Colsterdale only a length
behind them.
The Gold Cup Stakes of 10 sovs. each, p p., with 50 added;
3 yrs old, Est 10th; 4 yrs, Bst 51b; 5 yrs, 9st; 6 yrs and
aged, Ost 31b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. From the
new Mile Post, once round. (14 Subs.)
Mr. Wrather's Maid of Masham, 6 yrs (G. Abdale) 1
Lord Stanley's Uriel, 5 yrs .. (J. Marson) 2
Betting.-5 to 4on Maid of Masham, who took the lead at
starting, was never headed, and won cleverly by a length.
The Grand Stand Stakes of 10 soya. each, b ft, with 50
added; for two yrs old, 6st 121 b; three yrs, Bst 121 b;
fillies and geldings allowed albs; the second to save his
stake. T.Y.C. (11 Subs.)
Mr. G. White's Snowdrop, 2 yrs (Arnold) 1
Mr. A. Nichol's Miss Sarah, 2 yrs ......... ..... (Charlton) 2
Mr. Chilton's Liberty, 2 yrs... .............. (J. Osborne) 3
Mr. Carter's Farmer's Boy, 2 yrs ...(G. Oate) 4
Mr. H. Walter's Flora Macdonald, 2 yrs ..... ......(Wells) 5
Betting-6 to 4on Miss Sarah, 2to 1 agst Farmer's Boy,
and 4 to 1 agst the others.
The running was made by Flora Macdonald and the Far-
mer's Boy till about half a distance from home, where Miss
Sarah took it up, and carried it on till within a stride or two
of the chair, but was beaten on the post, after an excellent
race by a neck.
The Members' Plate of 50 sovs., added to a Handicap of 10
801,3. each, 5 ft; the second to save his stake. From the
Newcastle Turn in. (15 Subs.)
Mr. J. Osborne's Oxford Blue, 4 yrs, Est 51b (J. Osborne) 1
Mr. R. Barrow's Abdallah, 4 yrs, 6st 51b ... (Hammond) 2
Mr. H. Stebbing's The Cutler, 3 yrs, sst 121b...(Hayhoe) 3
Lord Eglinton's Belus, 5 yrs, 7st 611 ... (J. Sharpe) 4
Mr. H. Walters's Maid of Team Valley, Bst (M. Noble) 5
Mr. G. Barton's Madame Wharton, 3 yrs, sst 41b (Wells) 6
Betting-6 to 4 agst Oxford Blue, 2to 1 agst Abdallah,
3 to 1 agst Belus, 3 to 1 agst The Cutler, and 4 to 1 agst
each of the others. fhe Cutler, Belus, and Abdallah ran
nearly abreast across the flat, and up to the distance-post,
where Oxford Blue went in front, and after a capital race
won by a neck.
The Innkeepers' Speculation Plate of 20 sovs., added to a
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, the second to receive 10 sovs. ;
three yrs old, 7st 101 b ; four, 9st ; five, 9st 71b ; six and
aged, 9st 101 b; mares and geldings_ allowed 31b. The
winner to be sold for 200 sovs., &a. Heats, from the New-
castle Turn in. (6 Subs.)
Mr. White's Clara, aged-251. (Charlton) 5 1 1
Mr. Pedley's Fifty-three, 2 yrs-25/. ...(Aspinall) 1 2 5
Mr. Weatherell's Lady I-am-off, 6 yrs 25/.(lrvine) 3 4 3
Mr. Faucus's Reversion, 5 yrs-50/. ... (Livesey) 2 3 3
Mr. Thrift's Fleur-de-Seine, 6 yrs-501. (G. Oates) 6 5 4
Mr. Gaman's Cools, 6 yrs 25/ (J. Osborne) 4 dr
SALISBURY RACES.—FRIDAY.
The Wilton Park Stakes of 10 sows. each, and 50 added; for
two years old, colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, 8s 31b; winners
extra. T.Y.C. (13 Subs.)
Mr. E. Cooper's Julien, Bst 71b
Sir J. B. Mills's Aitchbone, Bst 71b
Mr. Hayter's Tested. Bst 71b .. (W. Day) 3
Mr. Arnold's cby St. Francis, Bst 71b (W. Alston) 4
Betting-6 to 4on Julien (t), 2to 1 agst Tested. Won
cleverly by a neck, a length between second and third.
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas ; three years old, Bst 21b ;
four, 9st 61b ; five, lOst; six and aged, lOst 31b. Three
miles.
Mr. Campbell's Woolwich, 5 yrs, lOst ...(Hiett) 1
Mr. J. Arnold's Pitsford, 4 yrs, 9st 61b...: . (A. Day) 2
Mr. Farrance's cby Cardinal Puff, 3 yrs, Bst 21b (W. Day) 3
Betting - Even on Woolwich, sto 4 agst Pitsford. Won
cleverly by a length.
The County Members' Plate of 501., added to a Sweepstakes
of 5 sovs. each. One mile and three-quarters. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Herbert's Letter-press, 3 yrs, 7st 31b...(W. Harlock) 1
Mr. Waring's Manifold, 4 yrs, Bst 31b
Mr. H. Robiwon's Confidence, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (W. Day) 3
Mr. Evans's Mr. Toots, 5 yrs, Bst 101 b........ (Delamore) 4
Even on Confidence, and 2 to 1 agst Letter-press. Won
by a length.
The South-Western Railway Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 25
added, Heats, oue mile. (7 Subs.)
Mr. S. Herbert's c by Sir Hercules, out of Adela,
3 yrs, fist 61b
Mr. Stollard's Woodsprite, 4 yrs, 9st 41b (Maton) 1 4 2
Mr. King's Bryce Snailafoot, 5 yrs ... (Benskin) 3 3 3
Mr. Shrimpton's Arlette; 4 yrs, 9st 41b ... (Burns) 0 2 dr
Mr. Wilkin's Ima, aged, lOst 21b (Carlisle) 0 dr
The first heat was won by a neck, the second by a length,
and the third by two lengths.
IPSWICH RACES.—FRIDAY.
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, 2 miles.
Mr. Rayner's Presto, 3 yrs, 7st 51b ...(Pettit) 2 1 1
Mr. Higgins's Theseus, 3 yrs, 7st 51b . 1 2 dr
Mr. Berkeley's c out of Mrs. Bull, 3 yrs, 7st 51b ... bolted.
The Town Members' Plate of 501. Heats.
Mr. Sare's ch fby Pantaloon out of Virago, 3 yrs 1 1
Mr. S. Roger's na Belissima, 4 yrs ...... .......
Mr. Bird's Mrs. Taft, 6 yrs ...
Mrs. Smith's Drakelowe, 5 yrs 4 dr
Mr. Roger's Jubilee, 3 yrs
Mr. Vincent na Ethereal, 4 yrs dis
The Hurdle Race, two miles, was won in 2 heats by Mr.
Land's General (owner), beating Mr. Sait's Urania, aged,
and Mr. Abel's Slashing Jack, 5 yrs.
The Closing Stakes of 2 sovs. each, with 10 added, won in
2 heats, by Mr. Abel's Slashing Jack, 5 yrs, beating Mr.
Sait's Urania and Mr. Roger's Present.

THE, CRYSTAL PALACE.
(From the Times.)
Mr. Paxton, with all the helings of a parent, ha:,
coma to the rescue of the Crystal Palace in this crisis
of its fate. Starting from a somewhat different direction,
and redolent of Chatsworth, ho proposes an application
of the building su.wtantiantially the same as that advo-
cated by "Dmaarius." Perhaps the latter dwells a little
more on the floe arts, en fetes, and other miscellaneous
aces of a recondite or popular character, while sir. Pax-
too has chiefly in his eye those purpuees to which the
gardens and coniervat9ries of our aristocracy or
of the nation have hitherto been appled. Put
together Chatsworth and Kew, the Botanic and
Z )ologicd Gard:2ns in Regent's-park, the Jardin
des Plantes, the subterranean oiangery at Versailles, and
the cloisters of the convent, and the aggregate will al-
most make up what Mr. Paxton would give ns in Hyde-
park. Another suggestion is made in both pamphlets,
but more expressly in the one than in the other. " De-
uarius " would let into the building the gay chivalry
of the park, only making them pay a heavy toll.
Mr. Paxton is also prepared for their admission. We
have our doubts on this point. Such a feature, to the
extent that would be expected in the Crystal Palace,
would not be so convenient to the equestrian as it
would be inconvenient to the pedestrian crowd. It would
be a pity to sacrifice the nave to so extraneous a pur-
pose; the larger aisles are broken by staircases, and the
smaller would not satisfy the mounted interest. There
are comparatively few days during the London season
in which Rotten-row is not available. A riding-school
ought to have a circuit so as to admit of a gallop. On
the whole, the balance is against the plan, at least as far
as we can now see our way, and Mr. Paxton has wisely
said little about it.

Eighteen acres of pleasure ground under cover is a
thing to bo appreciated by country people quite as much
as by Londoners. and by Belgravians quite as much as
by City folk. We shall best express our estimation of
the idea when we say, that should it be realized, we
shell seriously recommend our country friends to come
up in the winter for the benefit of the air. In the
greater part of this beautiful island it is scarcely possible
for delicate ladies and children to get exercise for the
greater part of the year. One day it snows, another day it
blows; it rains, or it burns; it is dirty, or it is dusty, or
otherwise intolerable. For the stronger sex, indeed, and
for such ladies as cell and will claim its privileges, we
hold with Charles 11. that there is nut a day in the
year in which one cannot take a walk out of doors.
But our ladies are not made for rough weather. Their
dress is not compact or weather-proof; it is soon
drenched by the rain, draggled by the mud, faded by the
heat, or loaded with the dust. The female complfexiou
is soon freckled by the sun, parched by the frost, or
roughened by that violent degree of exercise which is
necessary to keep the blood flowing in our usual winter
weather. The ground underfoot is generally so rough
or so wet that enle:s a lady could put oa her husband's
boots, and unless she can afford new shoes for her .little
girls once a fortnight, that alone is a serious obstacle to
walking. The commonalty of this metropolis, who,
it they have not always the purest air in the world,
have hundreds of miles of pavement to walk on, and
hundreds of miles of houses to protect them from the
blast, with doorways and omnibuses in the event cf
rain, little know how difficult it is to manage a " con-
stitutional" walk daily in the country. The father of
the family, healthy himself, and full of sanitary
thoughts, asks day after day, at dinner, whether Mary
and Bessey have had their walk, and is almost
as often met with some allegation of sk7,,ey
influence cr elemental strife. We assuto Lon-
doners, then, that if they can get what is proposed to
them in the cast-off shell of the Great Exhibition, they
will be tester off, so far, than most country people—that
is, country people so genteel as to care fur complexions
and dirt. The omnibus, returned by that time to
threepence, will take the children from any part of thie
metropolis to the Crystal Palace, where they will
be able to walk, or to play, or to sit, for a couple of
hours, among as beautiful shrubberies, and flowers, and
fountains, and lakes, and rockeries, and streams, and
statues, and other ornaments and curiosities of nature
and art, as money and taste can bring together. 'he
daughters of the 'squire or the rector on the fat soil of
the tens will have reason to envy the privilege.

It is not a little remarkable that the idea-which these
ingenious and hitherto most successful projectors have
chiefly to fight against is that which seems inseparable
from their plans. That the Crystal Palace is a colossal
greenhouse, or " blue-house" as somebody has called it,
is as much a condemnation us it is a fact. But the
English idea of a greenhouse is derived from the
familiar domestic example, which is a sqtare lean-to,
built against a garden wall, or the side
of a house ; with rows of flower-pots rising
above one another, with a stone pavement always
damp, with sliding sashes that always stick, with small
panes always leaking at the sides and foul at the joints,
with a warming apparatus always cut of order; the
plants always infested with vermin, the atmosphere
always an invisible steam, and the whole fabric operating
as a still, of which the adjoining apartment is the damp
and unwholesome condenser. That is the greenhouse,
cud when a set of horticultural enthusiasts propose to
send the population of London to take the air in a
greenhouse, popular prejudice will be apt to think that
any open suburb, be it only Kennington common, will
do better for the purpose. Mr. Paxton, as well as
" Denarius," meets this prejudice boldly and successfully.
lie talks of the old tropical conservatories, and even of
the palm-house at Kew, as a place that an Englishman
runs through without stopping, lie is confident of a sys-
tem of warming and ventilation which will secure what
climate we please; southern Italy for gentle promenaders
in winter, and the east wind; a specimen of the tropics,
if necessary, and fine bracing air for those who can walk
quick, but do not like muddy boots er wet clothes.
For the present boarding round the lower tier of tle
building he proposes to substitute glass, which he says
will immediately and marvellously improve the appear-
ance of the building, and do more justice to its architec-
tural design. This glass he would remove in summer,
leaving nothing but a vast roof hanging over green-
sward and shrubbery. The pillars he would clothe with
creepers. Our Parisian neighbours have usurped—we
had almost said spoilt—the tit'e of Champs Elysies;
nor is the English taste quite so ambitious; but the ex-
ample of our own public gardens, and of those at Paris,
shows to how many instructive and recreative purposes
a garden may be applied. No place so suitable fur bo-
tanical, mineralegioal, and ornithological collections. As
for ornament, with perhaps the exception of the organs
and the silks, there is not an object in the whole of the
present nave which might riot remain with safety, if there
were the funds for its purchase. We will volunteer a
hint of our own, not because we have any wish to see
it adopted, but merely to show the capabilities of such
a winter garden. At least a quarter of the British
Museum is occupied with stuffed birds and beasts, and
other physiological collections. Would they not be
much better placed, besides setting at liberty a great
deal of vaiueble space, in the Crystal Palace?
In these days no project is complete without a finan-
cial statement. Mr. Paxton, like " Detrains," gives
us an estimate of expenditure, but leaves others to de-
cide whether it shall be met by a national grant, or by
making the building self-supporting. He has nppa-
parently set his heart on presenting the Crystal Palace
tree to all nations, leaving pence for the door at St.
Paul's. Wo are afraid that the " self-supporting"
system is that which suits us the best. It is the
self-supporting system that has made the Zoolo-
gical Gardens and the Great Exhibition what
they are. If the Vy inter Garden is to answer, let it be
selt-supporting. The moderate tariff proposed by " De-
narius," which will give every one the ruu of the build-
ing four days in the week, winter and summer, for a
penny etch admission, will raise enough far all neces-
sary purposes. If the expenses of continual repair
are likely to be considerable, they admit of Nag
readily calculated. It is easy to estimate an annual ave-
rage of panes to be replaced or new puttied, of saAs
bars to be renewed, of gutters to be new painted or
lined, of new calico, and all the other expenses. There is
here no incalculable element—no massive walls gradu-
ally settling into the quicksands below, no subaqueous
piers, no sculptured walls mouldering under the wear
end tear of the elemeate. Everything here is comprised
in the books of prices, and when " Denarius" and Air.
Paxton estimate the substantial maintenance of the build-
ing, the former at 5,500/. a year, the latter at 4,0001., we
have no doubt that they are speaking within compass,
the slight difference in their estimates arising only from
variety as to the items included.

THE SHAKESPERE SOCIETY.-A very :curious and
valuable discovery has recently been made among the papers
and evidence of the Mostyn family. It is an original play
of the time of Shakespere, even the title of which has not
hitherto been recorded ; and it has been with the utmost
liberality placed by the owner in the hands of Mr. Payne
Collier, the director of the Shakespere Society, for imme-
diate publication by that body. The story is a very remark-
able one, of a highly popular character, and it relates very
much to the achievements of two magicians of the middle
ages, to promote or to defeat the marriage of the daughter
of one of the Earls of Chester with a Prince of Wales. The
drama is entirely in the handwriting of the author, Anthony
Monday, who subscribes the manuscript, and who was one
of the most notorious dramatists contemporary with Shah..
spere, Ben Jonson, Massinger, &c.

METROPOLITAN COMMISSION OF SEWERS.— An
adjourned Court of Sewers was held yesterday at their
offices, 1 Greek-street, Soho; Lord Ebrington in the chair.
The following were the Commissioners present Captain
Dawson, Messrs. Bendel', Lewes, P. Hardwick, and Thomas
Ilawes. Among the works ordered were the following:—
Works at Swain's-lane, Highgate, 442/. ; for laying down
1,015 feet of 18-inch, 30 feet of 12-inch, and. 60 feet of 9-inch
pipes in George-row, Bermondsey district, 2701. ; for con-
structing 750 feet of sewer, 3 feet 5 inches by 2 feet 3 inches,
in King's-road, St. Pancras district, 337/. 10s. ; constructing
785 feet of sewer, 3 feet 9 inches by 2 feet 3 inches, in the
Seven Sister's-road, llolloway district, 37014 mounting
Ordnance maps, IC4/., &C.
Rates were made on the Green-
wich, Richmond, tcld P.avensboume districts; and certain
parties summoned to appear having been heard, the Court
separated.
HOLYHEAD, JUNE 25.—0 n the arrival of the mail
packet St. Colombo (steamer), Davis, from Kingstown,
about 12',
A itt she ran into the schooner Thetis, Fell, of
and for Yarmouth, from Runcorn; she had come to anchor a
little to north-west of the pier head, right in the steamer's
track, and had no light up. She almost immediately fiiled
and went down, only her topmasts and yards are to be seen
above water; crew saved in their own boat. The steamer
was delayed a little, in consequence of home damage to her
paddles.
[ A nvsnrisEMEN r.)—Holloway's Pills, an excel..
lent Remedy for Coughs, Colds, Pulmonary Complaints, and
other Diseases of the Chest.—Mr. J. C. Rheinhardt, chemist,
of Hull, states that Mr. Stinger, formerly of the Hull glass-
works, was pronounced to be so far gone in consumption that
the medical men had given him up as incurable. On seeing
Holloway's Pills advertised, he thought he would give them a
trial, and after taking a few boxes his cough abated, his flesh
became firm,
his appetite improved, and now his health is com-
pletely restored. This admirable medicine is a certain remedy
for the most obstinate cases of asthma, old eoughs, recent colds,
and all diseases of the chest and lungs.—Sold by all druggists,
and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand,
London.

When made up in From what When
PLACES. General Post-office port port dis-
London: patched. due.
America (by Brit. pkt.) N July 4 .. .. Liverpool .. July 5
America (by U.S. pkt.) N July l .. Liverpool .. IJuly 2
America (by U.S. pkt.) M July 2 .. Southampt. Arrived
Africa (West coast) .• N 14th of the month Plymouth July 3
Alexandria* .• N;l9th & 30th of mo. Dover .. June 28
Belgium • . .. • • N Daily .. Dover .. Daily
Brazil W9lll of the month Southampt. July 12
Buenos Ayres .. .. 31 9th of the month Southampt. July 12
CaliforMa(viaChagres)M'id & 17th of month Southampt. July 5
Cape of Good Hope Nll4th of month Plymouth.. July 3
Constantinople* .... Nlth 17th 27th of mo Dover .. June 30
Central America .. Ml2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. July b
Channel Isles • • .. N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Southampt. Ta. Tk.Sa
Chili .. . 31,17 th of the month Southampt. July 20
Franco & N Twice daily .. Dover .. Twiceclaily
Greece* • • .. • • N7th 17th 27th ef mo Dover .. Juno 30
Hamburgh N;Tuesday & Friday London .. Tues. Sat.
Holland .. • . MP Wednes. & Satur. London .. hfoe.Tht=
Honduras .. N 17th of the motaCi;Southampt. July 20
Ireland .. •.M & N Twice daily .. Holyhead .. Twicedaily
India (via Sonthamp.) 31;20th of the month Southampt. July 23
India (via M arse:leg) N 7th& 24th ef month 'Dover • •IJuly 1
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) .. M 20th of the month gouthampt. July 23
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) N 7th& 24th of month Dover .. July 1
Mexico .. 312 d of the month..(Southampt. July 5
Madeira 31 9th of the month 'Southampt. July 12
Malta. N 17t11,17 th,l9 th,27th
Dover June 23
& 30th of month
Naples* .. N sth 15th 25th ofmo ;Dover • • July 2
Papal States* .. N sth 15th 25th of mo Dover .. ;July 2
Peninsular . • .. 7th 17th 27th of mo, Southampt. ;July 6
Peru • • • • • • • • M 17th of the month Southampt. !July 20
Tuscany* Nlsth 15th 25th of tno; Dover • • ;July 2
West Indies M 17th of the mouth Southampt.' July 20
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) 32 2d of the month ..;SouthanaptiJuly 5

The mails to those countries thus marl
I reach racket vi al Marseilles -
CALIFORNIA.—MaiIs to and from California
aro now despatched and due by every Amerb

!Southarupt. !July 5
Ked (*) are conveyed by

la, via the United States
ican packet.