The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1851.

PICTURE of the TVATERLOO BANQUET.
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lug Lan:1:1; with the appe4.raoce of thi3
celebrated painting. It must, nevertheless, from that
very circumstance, be peculiarly interesting to all
parties indiscriminately to examine the original pic-
ture themselves, and net obtain their only notion of its
merits from a plate which, with all its indisputable
excellence, affords but an indifferent representation
of the many artistic beauties of Mr. Salter's master-
piece.
Oa Saturday we had the gratification of
nttendintr the private view of this production, at No.
16, Old Bond-street, prior to its being opened to public
examination. The painter could scarcely have selected
a more fitting time for the display of his great work,
the rapid influx of visitors to the metropolis from all
quarters bringing among us thousands who will gladly
avail themselves of the present opportunity. Fifteen
years have elapsed since the picture was commenced,
but the lapse of time has only tended to the improve-
ment of the painting, mellowing the colours, and in-
vesting the whole scene with new end melancholy
associations of interest. Among upwards of eighty-
one portraits of illustrious warriors, statesmen, and
sovereigns introduced in the group, nearly half the
number, namely, thirty-nine, have within this narrow
interval passed awas—so that day by day the picture
is assuming to itself a more truly historical character.
Scarcely any will need to be reminded that the
moment chosen by the artist is when the Duke has
risen to address his assembled comrades on the anni-
versary of the 18th of June, 1815—that the scene
is in the noble apartment called the Water-
loo Gallery in Apsley House—that among
the decorations of the banquetting-chamber
are Stothard's shield, presented by the _ City
of London, the porphyry candalabras presented by
the Emperor Alexander, and the silver plateau pre-
sented by the Portuguese Government. Along the
walls are arranged paintings of the highest value, by
such masters as Velasquez, Titian, Vandyck, and
Correggio. Among the men of note gathered round
the old veteran, besides his late Majesty King Wil-
liam IV. and his late Majesty the King of Holland,
are the IV.,
Pozza di Borgo and Prince Castelcicala.
Here we recognise the features of the unfortunate
Colonel Gurwood, who edited the "Despatches ;" of
the brave Sir John Waters, who " sharpened his
spurs" to some effect in tbe:Peninsula; of the Marquis
of Anglesea; General O'Malley!; and, not least among
them all, Sir James:Macdonnell, who closed the gates
of Hougoumont. To the production of this noble pic-
ture Mr. Salter dedicated six of the best years of his life,
applying tojt all his energies and abilities. By at-
tending upon several occasions himself at the
Waterloo Banquet, he was enabled to impress upon
his labours the most faithful air of similitude ; and
by taking the long table by a lateral perspective, he
introduced the faces of all the guests without any
unnatural derangement of their position. Each
countenance has been severally acknowledged to be
a successful portrait, and while respectively indivi-
dualized, a very harmonious effect has been thrown
over the whole production. Those who are only ac-
quainted with the picture by means of the engraving,
should visit the original if they would do justice to
the powers of Mr. Salter, and derive pleasure them-
selves from looking'upon " the counterpart present-
ment" of the annual banquet commemorative of
Waterloo.

LITERATURE.
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Scott, London. Chapman and Ball. 1851.
The practice of e,:prcssing philosophical ideas in
poetry is perhaps as old as poetry itself. And there
is this advantage in it, that the author is not under
any necessity of developing Us vi hole system as in
prose, but is free to select only such portions of it as
he can explain with satisfaction to himself. In " Le-
lio," the principal poem in the volume before us, Mr.
Scott attempts the solution of an ethical problem,
namely, whether the careful discipline of the con-
science would not suffice to deter men almost univer-
sally from crime. In filling up his plan he often
trenches upon the domains of politics, and insinuates
opinions in harmony with the new social theories now
just beginning to influence the speculations and po-
licy of statesmen. Possessing a clear logical mind,
with much fancy and imagination, he has been en-
abled to ievest his subject with numerous attractions.
To augment these he has imparted to it the form of a
drama, and introduced a sufficient number of charac-
ters to awaken a strong interest by their contrast,
clashing and mutual relations. Properly speaking, he
has not aimed at telling a story, but yet with very
great skill contrives to suggest a story to the mind,
which feels deeply for the fate of the beautiful
Ilya, who constitutes the charm and fascination of
the work. The defects of the poem are abruptness
and obscurity ; here and there the author is evidently
engaged in a conflict with his materials, in which he
is occasionally worsted. This is the result of imper-
fect experience. But it would be injustice not to
admit that the faults are amply compensated for by
the beauties of the poem, which are of a rare order,
as every reader of taste and judgment will acknow-
ledge. Tne imagination is dilated and elevated by
being thrown completely out of the ordinary track of
speculation, plunged into Hades, whirled away into
the solitudes of infinite space, made to witness the
development of grand historical scenes, and then
plunged into the stream of human passion and the
idolatry of beauty, which at times absorbs it irresis-
tibly. Mr. Scott's command of language is also ex-
traordinary, but the consciousness of possessing this
power sometimes betrays him into the use of epithets
more startling than pleasing, and which, from the
strangeness of their application, shed a vagueness over
passages otherwise remarkable for their truth and
replete with originality. In one of the speeches of
Lelio occurs an allusion to the crucifixion,
which suggests to the mind a picture of extreme
sublimity. Nor does it by any means stand alone,
it forms part of a series of bold suggestions. We
extract it for its, beauty and brevity :
" Ha! hark! what makes the earth shake as recoiling
From a dark deed done on it—the pale stars
Glare down like spectre eye-balls, thro' the shroud
Of dead creation—the beleaguer'd Sun
Hisses thro' the quick-gasping air as if
His fires were dying out. Behold, behold!
I see the awful shadow of a cross
Outlin'd upon the gloom, while on it bangs
A glorious form, whose nail-riv'n limbs betray
The agony of a God! The immortal brow
Is stalled enduringly 'gainst crushing pressure,
As if the weight of the world's years, upheav'd
Into material mass, were resting there
In most gigantic torture—'Tis enough—
Enough, the life within me bath no eyes
To gaze on that mysterious misery!"
We were about to say that the lines which we shall
next quote present a complete contrast with those
above, but the contrast lies in the means, not in the
result. Throughout his poems, Mr. Scott's ideas
lead him involuntarily into the precincts of sadness
and melancholy,—
" medio do fonte leporum
Surgit amari aliquid, quad in ipsis floribus angst."
Here, for example, where the dreaming beauty ima-
gines herself in an eastern paradise filled with flowers
of all hues, and trees of exhaustless luxuriance, she
discovers an emblem of the world's pleasures in fruit
glittering like spheres of gold :
alethought
I wander'd 'mid a garden, a fair garden
Of eastern richness, where the giant leaves
Fann'd fitfully the aromatic air.
Close by the waters of an eloquent stream
There grew two noble trees, the one was studded
With balls of golden fruit, that on the eye
Flashed forth their blinding beauty, while among
The drooping boughs a spotted serpent twin'd
His graceful length, and lifted their bright burden
Full on my gaze. The other tree then rustled
Its leaves in the faint breeze, and as they hid
The sun's warm kisses from each golden globe,
The shaded eye could see through its thin zind
Funereal ashes! On the second tree
I look'd, and as its modest fruit distill'd
A winning odour, to my lips I drew it,—
Suddenly a fine vapour rose from earth
Where the tree grew, and thicken'd into shape.
Transfix'd I stood—it was the shape of man!"
In shadowing forth the temptations of life, Mr.
Scott displays an extensive knowledge of the world,
not accompanied by a cynical distrust, but full of ear-
nest hopefulness. He is buoyed up by a strong trust
in the excellence of human nature, which when ripened
by the united operation of social and political institu-
tions will enjoy complete freedom and boundless
prosperity. Of this state of things, towards which he
supposes society to be tending, he draws a picture re-
markable for its vividness and magnificence.
To some this will appear nothing but a sketch
of the millennium, while those who understand the
tendencies of Mr. Scott's mind, will seek to discover
its realization in the establishment of the new political
system. The reader skilled in poetical interpretation
would be amused at the attempt to decipher the
author's hidden meaning, and when he has really dis-
covered it, will not grudge the pains bestowed on the
search. In the poem of " Hervor" the author dis-
closes still more frankly his political predilections.
Under pretence of relating an old Scandinavian tra-
dition, he sketches in outline the features of nearly
all the reigning Sovereigns in Europe, and this with
so much sarcastic bitterness, that he would appear to
be resolved on rivalling the philosopher of Ferney.
We perceive that many of our contemporaries have
misunderstood his intention altogether, and fancied
him to be merely fantastic where his lines are most
pregnant with meaning ; but the true reader of
poetry will make no such mistake. Extravagance of
incident and description is purposely mixed up with
exuberent richness of imagery, and an extraordinary
display of lyrical boldness and beauty. We select
one passage, not as the best we could choose, but as
a specimen of that union of the grotesque with the
poetical and the touching, of which we have just
spoken :--
" Ten skeletons tripped twelve tombs about,
In the ghastly joy of their midnight rout,
Their loose ribs rattled in time, as they
Footed it well to their minstrel's play.
lie bad fasten'd a head on a hollow bone,
Like the laugh of a demon in pain was its tone,
As mounting up shrilly, or sunk to a lull,
It oozed thru' the holes of that fleshless skull.

" The graves of the dead men fell and rose
To the unblest melody's swell and close;
The stars glimmer'd measuredly forth, and the moon
Moved in the sky to that fearful tune !
Ha! ha! and they shriek'd to the step, and sung,
As each round another his white bones swung.
The eleventh one blew where his mouth should be,
While the twelf.h thing sat on the sands, for he
Wanted a partner to share his glee.
But his marrowless limbs seem'd about to stir,
And he look'd with his eye-holes, and pointed at her 1
" Hervor ! no sight like that hath crest
Thy path; yet shrink not, or all is lost—
Bravo girl! brave girl ! now she shouts aloud,
And rushes forth on that spectral crowd;
The music ceased, and the dancers fled,
And the maid stood alone with the night and the dead
"The dead! the dead ! what is there in
The silent corpse that mouldering lies,
With its hard lips and lightless eyes?
There is nothing in that sight to win
A single tremor from the brave.
But standing by man's mortal grave
We feel as if it could not keep
The immortal in its gloomy deep,
And the' no sight its form reveals,
The shroudless spirit round us steals;
'Tis this that bids us hold our breath,
This half-read mystery of death,
Unfolding, like prophetic scroll
Upon the vision of the soul.
'Tis then the boldest well may fear,
When this dark phantom rises near,
And they are held within, unseeing,
The shadow of its awful being !
"Twelve neighbouring mounds upheav'd on high
Their solemn stillness to the sky,
And a flame rose over each, to show
Tho fiery spirit, still burnt below.
But on her father's grave there play'd
A loftier light than on the rest
Its pale stream tell on the royal maid,
And sparkled in stars on her mailti vest,
The moon shot down her tremulous gaze
On the sands that glanced in her clouded rays;
And the only sound, save the maiden's breath,
Was the sea-wave, lashing that isle of death."
In the shorter poem, which conclude the volume,
the author may possibly be said to have made still
greater displays of genius than in the larger works
which occupy its commencement. Some of these, as
the " Soul and its Dwelling," and " Life and Death,"
exhibit a wealth of poetical thought, a force of feel-
ing, and a comprehensiveness of metaphysical specu-
lation to be found in equal degree in very few, if any,
living pets. He has, moreover, studied with great
success the art of versification. His lines are polished
and harmonious, and the language is adapted with
remarkable felicity to the ideas running beneath it in
a full and deep current. The volume may not make
its way rapidly, but it will irresistibly make its way,
because there is that in it which stirs the most preva-
lent emotions of the soul. No one can read it with
indifL•rence. Some will approve warmly, others will
angrily condemn,
but all who take it up must feel
that they are in the company of no common man ;
and in this Consists the vitality of poetry, because
that which haunts the mind of the reader, and makes

him reflect and meditate, whether he will or not. must

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PROTECTIONIST AMENDMENTS TO
THE PAPAL AGGRESSION BILL.
(From the Morning Advertiser.)
We were enabled to announce, exclusively, on
Thursday last, the amendment, if it be not a mis-
nomer to call it by the name, which Mr. Thomas
Duncombe means to move in Committee on the Papal
Aggression amendment which, if adopted,
would have the effect of destroying the measure alto-
gether.
We are now to a position to lay before our
readers another amendment, of a very different cha-
racter from that of the Member for Finsbury, and
which is to be moved by Mr. Spencer Walpole,—the
Learned Gentleman who, it is well known, would
have been Attorney-General had Lord Stanley suc-
ceedcd in forming an Administration. The import-
ance of this amendment will be readily understood,
when the reader has glanced his eye over the pro-
visions which it contains. It is as follows,:—
"If any person shall do, or assume to do, any act,
deed, matter, or thing, under or by virtue of a cer-
tain brief, rescript, or letters apostolical, purporting
to be given at Rome on the 29th of September, 1850,
and signed by the Bishop of Rome, pretending to
constitute within the kingdom of England, according
to the common rules of the Church of Rome, a
hierarchy of bishops named from sees and. with titles
derived from places belonging to the crown of Eng-
land ; or if any person shall, under pretence of any
authority from the Bishop or See of Rome, assume
or claim to have or exercise any authority, juris-
diction, or power over any province, diocese, district,
or territory within the United Kingdom : or if any
person shall hereafter obtain, or cause to be pro-
cured from the Bishop or See of Rome, or shall
publish or put in use, within any part of the United
Kingdom, any brief, rescript, or letters apostolical,
the person so offending shall, for every such first
offence, pay the sum of one hundred pounds, to be
recovered by action of debt, at the suit of any person,
in one of her Majesty's superior courts of law, and
for the second offence, in addition to the penalty of
1001., he shall be adjudged to depart out of this realm
within a time to be limited in such judgment, and
should be disobey the order, it shall be lawful for the
Secretary of State for the Mime Depaitment to give
him in charge under warrant to a Queen's messenger,
in order to his being conducted out of the, kingdom.
In the event of the person so adjudged refusing to
depart, he shall be liable to be sent beyond the seas,
as is provided in the case of Jesuits and members
of religious orders, under the 10th Geo. IV.,
cap. 7." It is possible that some alterations may
be made in this amendment before it is brought
forward, but we have reason to know they
will be of a character to render its tendency
more stringent. In the Bill, as it stands, the in-
formation can only be laid against Popish prelatic
offenders by the Attorney-General, but in terms of
this amendment, any person can inform, and see that
the law is enforced. In the Bill, the parties assum-
ing prelatic titles only, are liable to be punished ;
the,amendment will provide that persons addressing
Popish priests by prelatic titles, or in any way re-
cognising their right to them, will be equally liable
to be proceeded against. For the second offence, the
parties will render themselves liable to deportation
out of the country ; and should they disregard the
order, they will be liable to transportation to our
penal colonies. It is not for us to say what may be
the fate of the amendment; but it is one of very
great importance in itself, because it will not only
receive large support in the House of Commons, but
meet, to a very great extent, the views of the coun-
try. The amendment derives additional importance
from the fact that it is to be brought forward by the
prospective Attorney-General of the Stanley Admi-
nistration.

HER MAJESTY'S SUMMER EXCURSION.—We be•
lieve it may be announced with some degree of confidence
that her Majesty will, during the ensuing summer, pay a
visit to their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, at
Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire. The mansion has now
been in preparation for the auspicious event for a period
close upon five years. It has been furnished in the most
costly and princely style, and apartments are being expressly
prepared for the use of her Majesty and her Royal Consort
and suite. Dunrobin is situate in the extreme north, up-
wards of 1,200 miles from London, and the country around
abounds with scenery of the most magnificent description.—
Sunday Paper.
GRAND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE MIDDLE TEMPLE.

—The following is the programme of the entertainments to
be given by this ancient society to the Judges and the Bar
of France, who may honour this country by a visit to the
Great Exhibition. Upon the announcement of their arrival,
they will be invited to breakfast, at half-past eleven, to be
given in the magnificent hall, at which the Bar, in costume,
will attend and receive them in state. After which, they
will be conducted over the beautiful church, and shown the
other curiosities of the Temple. On a subsequent day they
will be invited to a grand dinner in the hall, at which the
barristers of the Middle Temple will be present in full bar
costume. No students can be admitted on this occasion, on
account of the large number of the Bar of the Inn. The
only toasts allowed to be proposed will be " The Queen" and
"The Judges and the Bar of France, who this day honour us
by their presence." A full band will be stationed in the gal-
lery. On a subsequent day to be named, to suit the conve-
nience of the French Bar, a grand hall will be given in the
Middle Temple Hall, to which no English ladies will be in •
vited but the relations and personal friends of the Bar of the
Inn, each member to be limited in numbers. This will be
the first ball given in the hall of this inn since the days of
Queen Elizabeth, who honoured it with her presence, and
who danced there.

CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN THE NORTH.—A con-
ference of deputies from the various co-operative societies of
Lancashire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire, was held at Bury, Lan-
cashire, on Good Friday, being one of a serious of meetings
of this kind to derive information and counsel for the general
good. Upwards of half a day was spent in detailing the
principles on which their respective societies were founded
and the extent of their success. The meeting of the delegates
(80 in number, and representing 44 societies) resulted in the
following motion :—" That it would be advantageous and be-
neficial to the various societies if unity of action was esta-
blished for mercantile transactions, and therefore this society
recommends the establishment of a central trading depot."
A committee was appointed to consider this motion and re-
port to a future meetiag.

SINGULAR CASE OF SUICIDE AND ABDUCTION.—
On Saturday Mr. H. M. Wakley held an inquest in the Royal
Free Hospital, on Marian Walden, a married woman, aged
eighteen. Henry Philpot, of 13, Boston-street, King's-cross.
where deceased also lived, said that
heard deceased's shrieks, and g •onWednesday last he
intol. the hall, saw her
running down stairs, aile she exclaimed, " I have done
it. I have done it." She foamed oxuetaolfrateht mouth, and fell
insensible in the passage. With the least possible delay, he
conveyed her in a cab to the hospital, and on the way she
muttered, "I have taken oxaliacid." David Thomas
Walden (humpbacked and dwarfish) said that he had been
married to deceased eleven months. On Monday he beat her,
gave her a black eye, and caused her nose to bleed, because
he suspected that ehe had been drinking rather freely. Dur-
ing the last five weeks she was very dejected, and repeatedly
exclaimed, " I c,nnot live, I must die." .He asked her
to explain what she meant: and, on being pressed
to tell the cause of her grief, she
was going said," I will tell all.
About five weeks ago, while Idown Brewer-street,
I was forced by a gentleman into a cab,which drove off with
me. Soon after I was put into the cab 'I
lost my senses, and
s
when 1 recovered them I found myself lying in Oxford-
street. The gentleman who draggeddimhne into the cab is an
artist living in Portland-place. He
die. I don't know where he lives." ired me. I must
Witness promised to
forgive her, and endeavoured to quiet her, but in vain. She
had twice before attempted suicide, but prompt remedies
saved her life. Dr. Robertson said the deceased had been an
out-patient of the hospital for some weeks for sore throat
and another complaint. On making a post-mortn z am
nation of the body, he found that deceased had e x
died front
the effects of oxalic acid, of which she had taken a large
quantity. The jiiy returned a verdict "That the deceased
had destroyed herself, but what was her state of mind when
she committed the act there was no evidence to prove."
REMOVAL OF SMITHFIELD MARKET.--In reference
to this object the Butchers' Company have lodged a petition
to the House of Commons—as the representatives of that
particular trade—paying that the Government Bill may not
pass into a law. The reasons they, as men practically ac-
quainted with the details of the matter, assign for their oppo-
sition to the removal of the market, are-1. That London,
as a metropolis, depends for its supply of live cattle on the
market of Smithfield. 2. That the central position of this
market is admirably adapted for the c:istribution of the
supply in every direction of the metropolis and its suburbs.
And 3. That this ready and easy distribution of a Supply
is most important to the public as well as to butchers, as
thereby prices are kept down as well as equalised throughout
the metropolis. The company have also memorialised the
Court of Common Council to apply to Parliament for power
to close Smithfield-market at an earlier hour, so as at once
to promote dispatch in business, and facilitate the public
convenience.
DINNER TO BENJAMIN WEBSTER; ESQ..--A dinner
was given yesterday evening, at the London Tavern, to
Benjamin Webster, the respectable lessee of the Haymarket
and Adelphi Theatres, by the artistes, male and female, of
those establishments. The compliment coming from the
companies of the two theatres, which for several years have
been under Mr. Webster's sole direction, must have been
most gratifying to his feelings. It was no public demon-
stration, composed of persons drawn together by curiosity,
or love of eclat, but a sincere and spontaneous testimony to
the worth of an honourable and kind-hearted man, whose
exertions have ever been directed to promote the best in-
terests of the drama, and to render those by whom he was
surrounded happy and comfortable. The chair was appro-
priately filled by Mr. James Wallack, an early friend and
theatrical associate of Mr. Webster, and now his stage-
manager at the Haymarket. Mr. Wallack was supported in
his duties by Mr. Buckstone and Mr. Paul Bedford, at the
foot of the right and left-band tables. About sixty persons
sat down to dinner, the presence of the ladies, and of Mr.
Webster's children giving peculiar interest to this most de-
lightful re-union.—Sunday Paper.
NELL GwYNNE TAVERN.—The anniversary dinner
took place on qk cdnesday last. Benjamin Webster, Esq.,
presided, and James Wallack, Esq., was in the vice chair.
They were surrounded by a numerous body of friends and
patrons of the drama. Theusual toasts were given from the
chair, and then followed " Success to Nell Gwynne and
Messrs. Archer and Holt," which toast was drank with the
greatest enthusiasm, and responded to by both parties.
" The Prosperie y of the Drama," and other toasts were pro-
posed and handsomely received. The whole arrangements
gave great satisfaction, and confirmed the increasing reputa-
tion of this excellent tavern.
FORGED BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES.—On Saturday
an individual, under pretence of hiring lodgings during the
Exhibition, passed three forged IC/. notes in Brompton, and
on Thursday uttered in a like manner in Brompton forged
notes amounting to 601. He is about 28 years of age, rather
tall, sallow complexion, light hair, and sandy whiskers under
the chin ; dressed in black, blue cravat, and a hat with or-
namental band.

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\rational Bank 6% per cent. 60 0 0 10 0 0 15
I'ortltof Scetlandßank 51. percent. 20 0 0 210 0 2/.175.
R,oyalßank of Scotland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 131
Crnionßank of Scotland 81. percent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 90
Western Bank •.•• •• •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 71
Alliance Fire and Life 3%1.pr cent. le 0 0 le 0 0 21
British Guarantee
Oaledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 23
City of Glasgow Life 6l. per cent. -25 0 0 2 0 0 31. Se
Colonial Life .... - 50 0 0 1 0 0 21. Os.
F.ldinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21
Eng. t Scot, Law Life 51. percent. 50 0 0 217 6 2%
Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 013 L us
gational Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1248.0 d
North British Incur. •• 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 1 28
Scottish Union Inarnee. 63(1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 24a .6d
Standard Life .••• .. - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 4 5 0 I 1134
United Dep.Acsurance Si.per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 'l7s 6d
IVEISCEMMANIEOI7SI.
Dividend Amount
Nam,. of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
X. a. d. Z. a. d.
Assam Tea •• .. •• •• - - 20 0 0 20 0 0 5
\notion Mart •• •• •• •• 21. 58. 50 0 0 - 2634
kustralianAqriculturl 11. 100 0 0 30 0 0 15
Australian Trust - - 61. per cent. - 85 0 0 20
knglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10e. 10 0 0 10 0 0 203(
Ditto. Half Shares - - 2 10 0 6
British American Land - -- 38 10 0 14%
Canada ......... ••
Uppr Canada Bonds fif. per cent. - - -
Ditto ditto - - 107%
City Navigation Bends 31 per cent. - - 96
Gen. Revers. Sic luvest. 513. c.Sibs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 9134
Equitable Reversienry 5 p.c. & bs. 61 100 0 0 100 0 0 1099
Ditto New - 50 0 0 210 0 234
Gen.SteamNavigatien 10 p.et.&bs. 15 0 0 14 0 0 28
riudson's Bay. ••••• • • - Stock. - 208
i Htmgerford ...... •• • . V. ss. - 100 0 0 47
London Institution ... - - 78 15 0 7
New Zealand Company - 25 0 5 25 0 0 -
Ditto, New ........ - 25 0 0 12 10 0 -
Russell Institution •• • • - - 26 5 0 -
Peninalr& Orient.Stm. 81. percent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 66
' Reversionary Int. Soo. 4341. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 HO
Royal Mail Steam •• • • 4/. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0
C South Australian..... 11. per share. 26 0 0 25 0 0 274%
Van Diems.n's Land.. - 100 0029 0 0 3

THE SURREY BURGLARS.—On Saturday John
Isaacs, known as the captain of the Surrey gang, who had
previously been committed by the magistrates of Lewes for
the Uckfield burglary, was brought up at the Town-hall,
Horsham, together with Samuel-Harwood and James
house the Hamil-
ton, all three being charged with breaking into of
Mrs. Stoner, at Kirdford, nearPetworth, in June last, and steawith
l-
ing therefrom various articles of property, in conjunction
the two men who were executed last week for the Frimley
murder. The circumstances of this, which resemble those of
the Frimley burglary, we stated when Samuel Harwood was
formerly before the magistrates. A variety of evidence tend-
ing to implicate the prisoners was adduced, and Hamilton's
statement, which we gave in a former number, was read over,
when all three were fully committed to take their trial at the
next assizes.
REPRIEVE or MuuDrErus.—Maria Clarke, who
was convicted at the last Suffolk assizes for the murder of her
infant child, by burying it alive, has had her sentence com-
muted to transportation for life. Very strong recommenda-
tions were forwarded to the Home-office through Mr. Dasent,
the counsel who defended this unhappy woman, to the effect
that she bed only.lieen confined a very short time, that she
had spent the night wandering about in the inclemency of
the weather, and that she was obviously, and from various
causes, quite incapable of knowing what she was about or
of being accountable for her actions. Bridget Lyons is also
reprieved. Her conviction was chiefly obtained through the
accusations of her husband, Patrick Lyons, who has, since
the sentence passed on him, revealed the truth—that his wife,
although present, not only had no part in the murder for
which they were condemned, but, on the contrary, did all
she could to dissuade him from the commission of the brutal
I and savage act.

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STATUE OF LORD GEORGE BENTINCIL—The model
for a testimonial statue to the late Lord George Bentinck,
will be in the Exhibition at the Crystal Palace. It has been
greatly admired, and Prince Albert on his visit last week,
inspected it for 4010 time.—Lynx Advertiser.

THE ARMY AND NAVY.
(From the United B,_rvice Gazette.)
TATTOO IN THE LIMERICK GARBlSoN.—Considering
the advanced state of the spring, and the length of
time which has tranepired since the period at which the
tattoo of the soldiers should be extended, it is strange
that not the slightest symptoms have as yet appeared of
an intention to give the troops serving within the
Limerick District the henefit of the indulgence. It is
now nearly a whole mcnth since ono of the bravest
generals in the service caused the tattoo of the soldiers
serving within his district to be prolonged; and surely
when the conduct of other regiments deserves equal
favour, the withholding it is not only incousistent with
the customs of tha service?, but to all intents and pur-
poses unjust. What delight can any career have in
campelling the men under his command to be in bed
during the grey twilight?
PRGTECTIoN AT TARGET PALL-PRACTICE.—A cor-
respondent suggests that, with the view of guarding
against accident to the markers at target practice, the
target should 'be divided by lines into eleven different
compartments, the centre ones running down the whole
length of the target, being numbered from one to five
(three occupying a square contiguous to the bull's-eye),
and the side compartments consisting of three each,
being the remaining numbers of 6,7, and 8, and 9, 10,
and 11; and that the numbers should be so lightly
drawn as only to be visible at a distance of thirty yards.
At fifteen yards to the left front, it is proposed that a
guard box of sheet iron, just large enough to shield two
men, be placed, with one man to watch and report each
shot, while the other man telegraphs the same by hold-
ing up the number of the compartment within which the
shot has struck the target—or he might note down in a
book the position of each consecutive shot. The former
plan, however, would be the best, and the number ex-
hibited could always be made out by means of a recon-
noitring teleScope.
STAFF, EAST latmEs.—Major-General Henry God-
win, C. 8., has been appointed to the Staff in the East
Indies, vice Major-General Sir Dudley St. Leger Hill,
deceased. Major-General Godwin proceeds to the
Bengalfresideecy. This appointment cannot fail to
give satisfaction in India. Officers and men in that
country have confidence in those generals who have
had local experience, and General Godwin's has been
purchased in peace and in war. After a fair share
of Peninsular service, including the battles of Tarifa
and Barossa, and the memorable pessarea of the Douro,
he went to India, in command of the 4?st. Ho then pro-
ceeded vu the expedition to Burmab, and distinguished
himself greatly in the storming of Martaban, Tantabain,
and the battle of Sembike. He subsequently returned
to Madras and commanded a division of the army.
Brevet Colonel William Turner, Unattached, has been
granted the Good Service Pension of 1001. per annum,
vice Fella, deceased. The grant has operation from the
14th ultimo.
THE ADMIRALTY AND THE EASTER HOLIDAYS.—
The Right Hon. the First Lord, Sir F. Baring, Bart.,
has proceeded to his country seat, Stratton Park, Harts;
his private Secretary, Captain Charles Eden, has gone
to Wimbledon. Rear-Admiral Deans Dundas, C. 8.,
left town this morning for a country tour. Rear-Ad-
miral Berkeley, C. 8., is staying at Glen Usk Park,
Crickhowell. The Hon. W. Cowper has proceeded to
Brighton. Mr. Secretary Parker is at Rotherham.
PRESERVATION OF SHIP'S COPPER. MT. Peacock,
who hes been permitted by the Admiralty and the Pe-
ninsular and Oriental Company to try various expe-
riments, with a view to the preservation of the bottoms
of iron ships, has now brought forward a composition for
preserving the bottoms of coppered wooden vessels. The
Admiralty have offered him the opportunity of trying it,
and have ordered at all the dockyards, that the next
new coppered bottom ship shall receive a coating of
the liquid, in order to test the merits of the invention.
Captain Herbert Schoenberg., promoted last year for
his gallantry when in command of the Cormorant, 6,
steam sloop, on the coast of Brazil, has come home in the
Brazilian packet.
Commaander Rivers, who a short time since proceeded
to the coast of Africa in command of the Volcano steam-
vessel, has come home invalided is the Brazil steam-
packet. He could scarcely have reached his station.
He only commissioned the chip in December lest.
THE WEST INDIA SQUADRoN.—The Commander-in-
Chief, Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, G.C.8., was at
St. Vincent, March 10, and was to leave the following
day for Bermuda to hail the arrival of his successor Vice
Admiral Sir G. F. Seymour, C. 8., G.C.H. Commander
Bennett, of the Imaum, was at Port Royal, March 14.
AD3IIRAL SIR E. CODRINGTON, G.C.B.—We regret
to hear that this venerable end most distieguis hed officer,
the second senior Admiral of the Red, is so seriously ill
that it is not expected he will live out the right. The
gallant officer is now in the 82d year of his age.
By letters from her Majesty's ship Herald, surveying
vessel, Capt. Kellett, C. 8., dated the beginning of March,
Simon's Bay, ate are sorry to announce the demise of
Paymaster and Purser Thomas Woodward, of that ves-
sel. The Herald may be hourly expected. She has
been in commission for an unusually long period, Capt.
Kellett's appointment being daled Feb. 8, 1845.

A MAN SHOT BY A CLERGYMAN.
(From the Carlisle Journal.)
We have this week to record one of the most lamentable
occurrences that have over fallen within the sphere of
our duties in this neighbourhood, resulting in the loss
of a valuable life, in the prime of manhood, by the hands
of a clergyman of the Church of England. The scene
of this shocking catastrophe is Walton—a village about
three miles north of Brampton—the victim one of the
most respectable and respected yeomen of the district.
and the unfortunate cause of the death the clergyman of
the parish.
The deceased was Mr. William Armstrong, of Sorbie
Trees, in Bewcastle, a large farmer and considerable
land-owner, about 38 years of age, married and having
two children. He was a man highly respected in his
neighbourhood, open hearted, generous, and hospitable.
On Wednesday ho visited Brampton for the purpose of
making arrangements for the completion of the pur-
chase of some property which he had recently bargained
fey. It was market day, and meeting with a number of
friends from different parts of the country, had drunk
somewhat freely, and when he left Brampton, about
eight o'clock in the evening, was apparently the worse
of liquor. He was on horseback, and proceeded home-
wards by way of Cambeck Bridge and Walton. At the
inn at Cambeck Bridge ho had stopped and had more
drink, about eleven o'clock at night—stopping about a
quarter of an hour, in company with two friends—Mr.
Thomas Richardson, of Solmain, and Mr. Elliot. All
three left the public-house together, and Mr. Armstrong
soon cantered forward, leaving his friends behind, and
was not again seen alive.
We now remove the scene to the parsenego house at
Walton, about a mile from the public-house at Cam-
beck Bridge. At Walton, a little beyond the parish
church, the road diverges in three different directions—
leading on the extreme left to Walton Mill, in the
centre to Bewcastle (the homeward road of the deceased),
and on the right to the parsonage house, occupied by
the Rev. Joseph Smith, the incumbent, and his family.
The distance between the Bewcastle road and the par-
sonage road is about 40 yards. It was now about hail.-
past eleven o'clock and a fine moonlight night. From
the main road to a gate leading to the shrubbery at the
entrance of the parsonage grounds is a distance of 66
yards, and from this gate to the front door of the par-
sonage is 45 yards.
Mr. Smith had not gone to bed—but all the rest of
the family had retired. About half-past eleven o'clock
he heard a knocking at the study window : this was
soon after repeated. Mr. Smith proceeded to the study,
did something to the window-shutter for the pur-
pose of making a noise, then armed himself
with a six-barrelled revolving pistol, which he kept
loaded in a drawer in the study, and proceeded to the
front door, making a great noise in opening it, stepped
outside, fired the pistol three or four times, and then
went back into the house—closing the door after him.
Nothing more was seen or heard till about seven o'clock
in the morning, when the body of Mr. Armstron
discovered just inside the gate, quite dead On
out-
side of the gate there were marks to show that thea
13 orse
had been fastened up there, and that it had stood a
considerable time. Shortly afterwards Mr. Armstrong's
pony—a white one, it way be necessary to remark--Was
found at Walton Eigg, about a mile from Walton, on its
way home.
On a peat ?notion examination of the body of the de-
ceased, it was found that there were two bullet wounds
—the first and fatal one bad entered the right breast,
about four inches below the nipple—had passed through
the liver, entered the posterior wall of the stomach,
passing thence by the lower cavity of the chest on the
left side, without wounding the lung, and finally lodging
close to the skin between the tenth and eleventh ribs.
Here considerable swelling was exhibited on the outside,
and a bruised and blackened appearance was presented.
The second ball had entered at the back part of the
right shoulder—coursed along beneath the shoulder
joint, and made its exit in front of the shoulder, and
was found, on the body being stripped, lying under the
right arm-pit.
The bullets, which were about the size of a small bean,
hat passed through a topcoat, a dress-coat, a thick
waistcoat, a linen shirt, and two flannel shirts—at what
distance the shots must have been fired, to perform such
fatal work, it must be for others better acquainted than
ourselves with the force of gunpowder when exploded
tour inces in
through revolving barrels of f h exploded
through to
decide.
As may readily be imagined, there was very great ex-
citement amongst the inhabitants of the village and
neighbourhood, and wherever the fatal recurrence be-
came known, the strongest feelings were excited.

THE NEMPNETT MURDER.—The execution of John
Wiles and John Smith, who, it will be remembered, were
convicted at the recent assizes at Taunton of the wilful mur-
der of William Wilkins, a shopkeeper, residing at Nempnett
Somersetshire, under circumstances of peculiar atrocity, i'
fixed to take place on Wednesday next, the 210 instant.
Both admit committing the robbery, but each endeAvou!.s to
shift the guilt of murder upon the other. The chaplain ?f,
Wilton county gaol, where they are now under sentence
tccvi
death, has been most unremitting in his bringendeavours to
an
the unhappy culprits to a sense of their ay. fill condition,leclt
ids
his religious admonitions seem to have taken fl t
expected a detailed confession will be made by one if not both
of the murderers. The execution will take place at the north-
west end of the prison, and the usual and proper precautions
have been taken by the prison authorities.
THE PULSE or THE LionsE.—During 849 is, per-
haps, the most favourable time forcounting the pulse and
pulse is 3.2,
2S ; it is set
respiration of any horse in health; the average
it rarely rises as high as 36, or sinks below
higher ✓by veterinarians, but the foregoing is considered most
correct. In ordinary breathing the respirations are six per
minute ; during sleep not more than four. This it is very
important to know, because disordered respiration forms one
very important
part
Hof veterinary surgery. In judging of
"
that material pointwind
gallop a horse out of breath,
agitate his respiration, and then let him rest in quiet, and his
disturbed heaving at the flanks will speedily subside, if
sound; if the horse's lungs are diseased the breathing will
require several minuted ter kubsidence.

SPORTING NOTES.
No, XXXVIII.
ODDS AND ENDS FROM NEWMARKET.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sr ,—Ere this meets the eyes of the public Balsamo
or the Squaw vi iil have won the f") 0 Sovs. Stakes, A.F.,
Coticula and Barcelona will have run home first and se-
cond for the 200 Sovs. Stakes, and Uriel and Bordeaux
wiil have won their respective matches; but, with the
exception of the struggle between Balsamo and the
Sartaw (the former in the Derby and the latter in the
04k.), they will not have any effect upon any race of
consequence in the womb of time. For the 2,000 Gui-
neas, to-morrow, the field, it is presumed, will consist of
the following:—Newminster, cult by Touchstone out of
Mountain Sylph, The Confessor, Hernandez, Aolug,
Midas, Cnmus, Glenhawla, and, perhaps, Exeter and
Buckhound. Newminster's arrival at Newmarket on
Saturday was telegraphed up to town immediately, and
completely electrified some of the list proprietors, who
had been laying twenties and thirties against him; it is
said, however, that he is not quite up to the mark,
but whether so or no, he shall be my cock-
boat—my forlorn hope en the occasion. Leav-
ing hina out of the question, I must still stand to
my colours in the order I planted them last week; at the
same time believing that very little space will divide the
squire's colt from the Confessor and Hernandez. The
other horses in the race I have no fancy for whatever.
The 300 Sovs. Stakes will be contested by Bor-
deaux, Tomboy, and Nutcracker, and they will, in all
probability, find their way home as I have placed them.
No other change of any importance, with the exception
of a report concerning
Phlegra, whom, it is said, has
either broken down or gone dead amiss.
The betting this morning show 3 but a slight alteration
since Saturday on the Newmarket events; the only dif-
ference is in Newioinster anal Exeter for the 2,000
Guineas (the former finding backers at 10, 8, and 7 to
1, the latter being minus them at 20 to 1), and Aphro-
dite, Pussy, and Phlegra for the 1,1300 Guineas; the Irat-
named is quoted at 5 to 4,6 to 4 taken freely; the second
at 10 to 1, and the third at. any price that
may be
required. I am, Sir, yours, &c.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
April 21, 1851.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
INTEw:IARKET, SATuaDAY NI . GHT —The following are
the recent arrivals:—Mountain Sylph colt, Faux-pas,
Minimum, Joe o'Sot, c by Touchstone out of Camp Fol-
lower, c by Hetman Platoff, dam by Camel, Barcelona,
Glendale, Cariboo, Clarissa, Old Dan Tucker, Edward
of York, CT leuhawk, Ginevra, Balsamo, Buckhonnd, 800,
Anspach, Hernandez, The Squaw, Theorem, Uriel,
Newminster, Croupier, Iris.
Aphrodite, Confessor, Juggernaut, areas, and one or
is o others are expected before to-morrow or Monday.
The late Sir Gilbert Hea.thcote'a horses in training
will come to the hammer, at Tattersall's, on Monday,
the sth of May, and the brood mares and young stock
shortly after. There can ba no doubt, from the supe-
riority of the blood, that many of the lots will realise
great prices.
BETTING ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
2,000 GUINEAS STARES.
2to 1 agst Confessor I to 1 agst Glenhawk (t)
3 to 1 agst Mountain Sylph c I 8 to 1 agst Hernandez (t)
1,000 GUINEAS STARES,
11 to 8 agst Aphrodite I 3to 1 agst Iris.
CHESTER CUP.
8 to 1 agst Rhesus (t) 20 to 1 agst Italian
15 to 1 agst Kent's lot (t) I 25 to 1 agst Haricot
16 to 1 agst Nancy 25 to 1 agst Backbiter
16 to 1 agst Rtn,sborough 33 to 1 agst Kt of Avenel
16 to 1 agst Montague 1,000 to 10 agstLadyEvelyn
NEWMARKET. SUNDAY NIGHT.
ENTRIES FOR MONDAY.
50/. Plate; last three miles of B.C.
Fernhill, 6 yrs; Fireater, 5 yrs; Nutcracker, 4 yrs;
Cariboo, 4 yrs; b e by Dromedary, dam by Mulatto,
4 3 rs.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous_ eLch, for tbreoyrs old. Winner

to be sold for 200/. T.Y.C.
Crouper, Trinket, Harp, Guy Manncring.
Handicap. T.Y.C.

Westport, 5 yrs, Bst 71b; b f by Slane out of Palmyra,
3 yrs, Est 7!b; Nondescript, 3 yrs, sat Mb.
California and Merry Peel pay forfeit in their matches
with Bordeaux.

Cnceus arrived here yesterday afternoon. Confessor
and Aphrodite will not be here unlit to-morrow.
A great deal of rain has fallen this evening, and the
prospect of fine weather, favourable in the extreme until
this afternoon, has voxishe.l.
LATEST BETTING AT NEWMARKET.

MONDAY MORNING.
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
5 to 2 agst Mountain Sylph colt.
3 to 1 apt Confessor.
6 to 1 agst Hernandez.
OAKS.
7 to 1 agst Hesse Homburg.
8 to 1 agst Iris.
8 to 1 agst Aphrodite.
HUNTING APPOINTMENTS.

Carmarthenshire hds. will meet on Tuesday at Llan-
boldy Village, at 11.
Pytchley lads., Wed., Pea-green; Thurs., Oundle-
wood-1131.
Lord Southampton's hds., Thurs., Wakefield-lawn
—l2.

Captain H. Lewis's harrs., Tues., Thurs., and Sat.,
13ambleton-11.
Tindale hds., Wed., Rothley Village-10.

" NOT TO BE DONE."

The gentleman who bet 501. that Grecian won the
2,000 Guineas, with an officer late of the 44th Regiment,
and who has just sold out of that regiment, is particu-
larly requested to send his name and address to the
Porter at Tattersail's Rooms before he pays that bet, as
it was returned as a commission, and is payable not to
that officer, but to the party who inserts this notice.