The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-02 00:00:00

BATTY'S HIPPODROME.

This huge edifice at Kensington, erected upon the mo-
del of the Hippodrome of Paris, and capable of holding
several thousands of spectators, opened yesterday after-
noon, and with all the éclat which the speculator could
wish for. The day was fine—a fact of no little import-
ance, aeeing that the performances take place in the open
air, the seats occupied by the public being the only por-
tion of the building that is under shelter. From the
vast dimensions of the oval ride some idea may be formed
of the increased effect which feats of horsemanship and
theatrical parade would be likely to receive under these
circumstances. The programme consisted chiefly of
races between male and female charioteers, with other
equestrian contests; the great extent 6f space traversed
by the competitors, and the energy which they die-
played in hurrying on their steeds. wearing an excited
aspect of reality. A Madlle. Clementine Soullier,
daughter of the principal artist engaged by Mr. Batty
for these revels, demonstrated in the course of the after-
noon the " haut eeole" in a very superior manner,
wanting only the tall and commanding figure of the ac-
complished Mdlle. Caroline, whose consummate address
and finished elegance in this department of equitation
are among the most agreeable recollections of the art that
rhehgpeeeoci rmt osu n
exploits
oltfi bt
uydoef, their thea withw wi
gh hi abilitys
speed
p in
oof thtehgarto we have. The miscellaneous incidents comprised an os-
trich race, in which three of these ungainly birds glided
r fullyome
and
te
iomsuninfitdi
there
shouts
justified;
thearel l
eowvtheoval,
were
of urged
rope, hung a perilous height in the air ; also those of
another worthy, who in a suit of glittering *rale" as-
cended an inclined plane upon the top of a sphere, and
upon itsb the respect.
sok
descended on the other side with an ingenuity that
gained him a perfect hurricane of applause. Altogether
the entertainment was excellent of its kindi. et us
ts
of construction, the cheapness of schnise.re, a t
Mr. Batt
add, that the magnitude of the Hippodrome,an 11.hoeveelly.
celloace of the artists, conspire toprom's
the success ho so well

AL G---Ti—IDENS.
To hazard II J" etc chanpetre, at
summer resort was opened lea
night
have beet), eriencing bitter east winds,
to calculate on fine weather
scarcely been 3 - •
and have scarc
r, was certainly a bold experiment, tint
Thi
~s i
tdhelightful place of
ue.
pn was determined, if possible, to add another item.
Mr. Ward—: of the Ist May, 1851, and to mark the 120th:
to: the ;glories the Royal Vauxhall-gardens. The expe-
opening
most successful, and, considering the season of
the crowd of masquers was certainly much larger
af
o season
eaasnohno whennra tgoVrg eawAnt HalX
I il
a been
e "
been expected. These were of the -usual
than ear
_]d
*ptiOu, and their antics have been described so often that
it would be out of place now to dwell on them. ~ Them was
the usual numbers of counts without territories, C,ffiCers with-
out troops, lawyers who had never held a brief,
rill: 7etzniadsbave
and court
dresses whose wearers certainly we • had not seen in.
the royal suite at the morning's pageant .De-
ourdeurs, too, there were in great 'numbers—all too
adntdh ew
thises
tccheran:e
e °
delicate for their professed employment—nuns linked with.
gentlemen on the turf, here a Greek fraternizing with gi
Grimaldi, there a Court lady strolling about with a plough"
withb plough-
boy; ;
haldil,sphhosiwtiehvitert,ombh:
rapidly about, though sharp atm biting enough, and partak-•
together in high spirits. and:
mingling together
and the jokes which ili!..
ing on the whole rather too' much of the personal, were all.
received with impenetrable good humour, and the tome we,
sarcasm was the only weapon of attack and defence which
on with spirit until a late hour,
saw used throughout the evening. The dancing
atest de
la,
which had been Provided contributed in the We eit. qla,
amusem '.
to the full enjoyment of this part of the
were certainly cal..
appearance which the gardens presented
(rem ined to keep
culated to assure us that Mr. Wardell is ,..., days ago we
ey preeented last
up the reputation of the royal property.been'"
and thethexcellen.
described theimprovementswhich had,,
y, that judging of the
onlLeshl
Tended place of enter-
that he ionftetrhermeceforso, was
carried : cdaurrrinie:
Ittions when he delares
ents for the comfort and
The ewer. excellent, and we feel great
convenience of the visitors
.raolv
be has renderme
that everything passed off
‘ntaiginhint;ent
pleasure in bearing our ti d
creditable manner.
Mr.
of WardellEurope. i s not.T too pnireviossnt
in the most satisfact

the metropolis, and to
Inhabitants of
. paned to the public
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CREMOItiII GA80.09.---This place
of
aitusd
occasionalrecreationamusement
was yesterday o
with what was called in the.lll
The
8, place is in the best
advertisements a
has operated upon the vegetation of backwardness of the season
the foliage of the trees
" Grand Victoria Fite." _...e ad
thew beds, and upon
order, and all that art can d
toi,:ibtoerisn:
effect'ed. The entertainments. do to assist nature has been
the patrons of the place can lie
of everything by which
music, acrobatic ne entertained—a good band of
minations, dramatic performances,
exhibitions,
rope-dancers; dancing, illu-
similar class. Between and manfother things of a
ascent was added to een
six and seven o'clock a ballot)*
was Mr. the attractions, the " intrepid aeronaut"
soared into the Hampton, who left the earth in gallant style, and
clouds ami •
dst the applause Of several thou-
sand persons. The balloon took its course south-easterly,
and continued in
sight fora longer time than usual, in con-
sequence of the clearness of the skies. Later in the evening:
the grounds were crowded with company,
and da'lcing was,
kept up till past eleven o'clock.
D
ATH of Ma. MOTET._-_IVe regret to have .to
record the death of Mr. Richard John Mosey,
superinten-
dent of the police of Edinburgh, which took place on Tues
day morning at 'an early hour. —Edinburgh Witness. [ll
was to Mr. Moxey's intelligent discharge of his duty that tbs.
apprehension of Mrs. Manning Tills owing.]
Four engineers from Glasgow, who wete at the
Vale of Leven fitting up some machinery, hired a boat and
two sailois for the purp?se of having a sail on Loch Lcraond,
but a sudden pot of wind swamped the boat, and they were
all thrown into the water. Only the two boatmen were got
out alive. The others perished.
.1 s T L--
GREENWICII 10 ri A . NOTICE TO VISITOES,-.»
strangers who may be desirous of inspecting the buildiro
, of the nospital will, by applying at the Painted Hall, 4).
tain guides to conduct them, to whom it is recpaastnd tian
t
I
) no gratuities may be offered. . •
. _ .

POOR-LAW—LA WofSETTLEMENT
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR, —The official intimation to Parliament with re-
ference to the question of the law of parish settlement,
appears to indicate an intention to adopt bit. James
Graham's proposition of consolidating 1,500 parishes
into 600 unions or " circles," or some scheme so closely
approximating to this, that upon comparing the two, it
is possible they may assume an appearance like unto a
distinction without a difference.
Assuming that the views of Sir James and the autho-
rities agree, what is it that Sir James proposes, but the
utmost amount of centrilization that the public will pro-
bably submit to; this change, however, would {lot abate
the evil attending the present law; but it would retain
all the inducements that now influence interested par-
ties to resort to the many devices that are adopted to
thwart settlements, and the same motives to progress in
the present work of demolition, which now prevents pre-
sent and future settlements being obtained, and with
union settlements, similar modes would be practised,
the object of which would be to burden some other
union with the maintenance of the needy applicant.
A writer in a local paper, of a recent date, says—
.. My way of removing drunken paupers would be simply
to give them into the custody of the police, take them
before a magistrate for being drunk, pay the passage
across the water (which is another parish), and save all
unnecessary removing according to law."
In the principal of this economical way of dealing with
the question of removal of paupers there is nothing new;
nor is the taking of fatigued paupers to a public-house
for refreshment anything novel; neither is it new for
paupers to become so intoxicated, that after a profound
sleep, and upon, restoration to their senses, for them to
discover that they are no longer in the parish which had
treated them so kindly, but in some other parish, at a
distance from their benefactors.
Such proceedings have been justified, upon the ground
that when doubts exist as to the ultimate result of re-
moval, under a doubtful settlement,
thite intention, avoid-
ts an easy and
equally efficient mode of compassing
iag litigation, and ridding the parish of a pauper family.
b
That it is an easy mode must allowed,s but it is illegal
notwithstanding; and, however much some of us may be
attached to such summary
these things are not to be done and a lawless proceedings,
with impunity.
The idleness of such lawless proceedings is illustrated
in a case of settlement and removal, which occured last
summer in a country union!—
" A widow with three children were inmates of the
union, the mother was a native of Liverpool, and she
applied to the board of guardiansfor 34 to pay her ex-
penses home; she stated that if she had the means to
return home amongst her friends and relations she could
get a good living (legally the request could not be
granted), but appearances were so much in favour of
getting rid of the expense of the woman and her family
so cheaply, that one of the guardians agreed to pay the
31. out of his own pocket. The woman had, however, a
settlement in the union, end shortly after her arrival in
Liverpool was compelled to apply to that parish for
relief. The authorities at Liverpool inquired how she
got there, and she told them the whole truth."
This is one of many examples of the law of settle-
ment, the woman absolutely belonging to the union, yet
one of the guardians benevolently advances sufficient
means for the pauper to reach a distant town, who
shortly after have to incur the risk and liability of remo-
val to the settlement which she had so recently left.
It happens, in this case, that no misapplication of the
union funds took place, the money being advanced by a
guardian, of course no loss could be sustained ; neither
was there any loss; for, says the report, "he (the
guardian) is still minus that sum; but this irregular pro-
ceeding caused the town of Liverpool to incur all the
expense attending the removing the woman and family
beck to the settlement in the union which she had been
enabled to leave by mistaken generosity."
Change the law from parish into union settlements to-
morrow and the succeeding day will witness that the
same process to check, frustrate, and prevent settlements
will be resorted to by most if not every union through-
out the kingdom.
In the union referred to one of the persons interested,
and who is watching the working of this question, with
a view to immediate advantage to the union in which he
is interested, says,—" We consider a strict attention to
removal as one of the most vital questions to which we
can direct the attention of the parish authorities, and we
feel assured that at the present moment our out-door
relief list, and the books of the union workhouse have
scores of names upon them of paupers that do not belong
to us, and which might be speedily taken off if removals
were rightly attended to."
A complaint is here urged against the officials for the
want:of energy and stringency with the cases of paupers,
so that by the disribution of the poor to other places,
the parish in question may be relieved from maintenance,
and by this means a saving to them will accrue.
The writer cannot be censured, ho is only moved to
• action by one of the lowest but predominant motives that
influences mankind, namely, that of self-interest; and,
unhappily, it must so continue while the law defines a
division of land, be that division a circle, a parish, or
union, as a place for the purpose of defining a legal set-
tlement.
The retention of any spot, be it what it may, can have
no beneficial effect with regard to paupers, and while
one union is engaged in removing a family from
being to them a burden, some other union will be si-
milarly employed in forcing some other finaily to the
opposite union, and in these cases all parties are, and
will, under union settlements, be injured, and neither
benefited ; and worse still, to inflict all this mischief,
heavy expense is and will be incurred, which the
payers of poor-rates must discharge.
This expense frequently reduces payers to paupers,
without the payers obtaining any real advantage, bill
the consequence to families, which untowardly get in-
volved in the gulf of settlement, the result is; most
distressing, while, on the contrary side, who can esti-
mate the advantage that would result by rendering set-
tlement tree ?
Every one will readily admit that this is a most diffi-
cult problem to solve, but, to meet the difficulties of this
complex question, there has been devoted much anxiety,
deep thought, and great care to mature, upon principles
of equity, a plan to abolish parochial settlement, and
render relief to the'necessitous universal, without injury
to any existing interest, the whole of which has been
embodied into a petition, presented to Parliament last
session, and ordered, by the House of Commons, to be
printed, and is among the public petitions, twenty-first
report, March, 1850, Appendix 455, No. 4,116.
The enormities of the present system are so great, and
as all interests are involved in this question, it, there-
fore, demands the attention of every man in the king-
dom, so that when reflection is satisfied of the magni-
tude of the mischief it produces, it will not be much
longer tolerated in any form—be that form parish or
union.—l am, Sir, your most obedient,

6, Hollywood-place, Fulham-road.
April 14, 1851.

W. B. WEST.

MONEY MARKET—The quotation of gold at Paris
is about 3 per mine discount, according to the
new tariff, which, at the English Mint price of
31. 17s. 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives an ex-
change of 25.10; and the exchange at Paris on London at
short being 25.05, it follows that gold is 0.20 per cent.
dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Ham-
burgh the price of gold is 426 per mark, which, at the Eng-
lish Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold,
gives an exchange of 13.51; and the exchange at Harn•
burgh on London at short being 13.54, it follows that gold
111 0.18 per cent. dearer in London than in llamburgh.
The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at
60daps'
betw sight is 1101 per cent., and the par of exchange
it for n England and America being 109 23-40 per cent.,
favour w a that the exchange is nominally 0.67 per cent. in
ence ofoi England; and after making allowance for differ-
leaves nont"" and charges of transport, the present rate
States Profit on the importation of gold from the United

ALLEGED 11 .
and
BY POISONING
—The mother AT MANCHESTER.
Mary Wadding f4stepfather of a girl aged 16 years, nanaed
on the horrible Coy Hardy), are in custody at Manchester,
ministering suspicionarsenic. of having murdered her by ad-
and Ann Waddinguu ifle names of the parents are James
lamplighter), and the 4the male poner being by trade a
prior
retased was an illegitimate child of
the female prisoner,
,rohher marriage with Waddington,
by a man named Hardy.
street, Manchester, and t,!.Prisoners resided in Boundary-
service, resided with' them7:Vaughter, who had been at
picion of foul play was causedave., time of her death. Sus.
the mother's and step-
father's accounts of her death to Y,
she died during the night of ViedTsrlice, which were, that
inaY last, and was found
dead in her bedroom on Thursday
wdefsets bince ascer-
ments beiog much at variance with other ing, these state-
tained. She was found to have aco
:iulination being
arsenic in her stomach upon a post-morte,erzable quantity of
yzeKdtat.nd ill from
made, and the mother stated that she was
some cause on the day previous to her death ( c
n.er said
that she had no suspicion of the cause. 'l'he rneo'td,Y),but
she had had poison in the house, but had throw
The statement that deceased bad been sick on IVedielvay•
contradicted by neighbours, who had seen her out of Z,,is
and quite well, up to eight o'clock on Wednesday night'.
Martha Fernhead, a woman who had lived neighbour with
the prisoners eight months ago, says they used to beat the
deceased very much when deceased was out of place. On
one occasion she heard him (the male prisoner) run up.
Stairs in his strong shoes, and ask her if she bad got work
yet? Heard her on one occasion say "No," and the male
prisoner then said, with an oath, " Madam, I've worked
alig onsrugh to keep you—l'll kill you." On these occa-
iel,l3utd heard him kick or throw her down, and turn her
out of t
She had heaousa. This occurred two or three times a week.
de-
ceased many a
both the father and mother say to the de-
" a time they wished she was dead. The motive
for murder is supposed to have been to obtain possession of
71. in club money, and which was paid to the prisoners on
the day after her death by the secretary of a sick-club, of
which deceased was a member.

MIDDLESEX HOSPlTAL.—Yesterday a quarterly
general court of the governors of the above important charity
was held is the board-room of the institution ; Thomas Hunt,
Esq., occupying the ehair. Owing to the great attraction of
her Majesty opening the Exhibition in Hyde-park, the at-
tendance of governors was much smaller than usual, but the
proceedings were not without interest, and the ordinary
routine business wgs satisfictorilygonethroug
ewan.Thpearteipenotrst
stated that the average weekly attendance
was fifty, while the average of out-patients fora period of
five years had been nearly 10,000. The chairman announced
the receipt of a donation of 101., presented, in grai:iatuuldde,b)
the friend of a patient who had died in the cancer ward; and
having further stated that Captain Maude, R.N.,
pre-
side, in the absence of the Duke, of Northumberland, at the
anniversary festival, on the 11th of June, thanks were voted
to the chairman, and the meeting separated.
ROYAL ORTITOPCEDIC HaSPITAt.—On Wednesday
the number c.f medical and surgical officers of the above im-
portant hospital was increased by the election of two assis-
tant surgeons. The ballot closed at four o'clock, and the
result was declared in favour of B. E. Brodburst, Esq.,
M.R.C.S., and W. Adams, Esq., F.R.C.S. ; the numbers
being—for Mr. Brodhurst, 329; for Mr. Adams, 240 ; and
for Mr. H. Coote, 141. The staff of the Royal Orthopcadic
Hospital is now exceedingly efficient and talented, and it
only remains for the friends of the charity to increase their
exeitions in order that the much-desired increase of accom-
modation may be afforded by the erection of a more suitable
hospital.