The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY

SPORTING NOTE&
No. XLIL
ODDS AND ENDS FROM NEWMARKET, WITH
A PEEP INTO THE MYSTERIES OF THE
CHESTER CUP.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—Yesterday's racing at Newmarket came off
exactly as I anticipated it would; Ariosto beat Croupier
fur the 100 Sovs. Stakes, and Aphrodite won the
1,000 Guineas Stakes; the last-named performance
was accomplished very easily by two lengths ; Ans-
pacts and Iris, the couple I selected for seconds in
command, weresecond and third; the others were beaten
into fits, never, in fact, having had a chance. As far
back as the 23d of January, I predicted the success of
Sir Joseph's magnificent daughter of Bay Middleton
and Venus. Her victory, as a matter of course, made
her first favourite for the Oaks, which race, it is my
opinion, she will win ! It also had the effect of send-
ing her stable companion, Teddingtora up some two or
three points for the Derby, making him at 4
to 1, absolute premier for that event. There was
a couple of curious moves on the Heath
yesterday, concerning the Chester Cup ; one was the
advance of Rhesus from 6 to 1, to 7 to 2, taken freely;
and the other 200 to 1, taken an infinity of times, of the
Leviathan principally, that The Black Doctor won the
Cup and Derby. Nothing else worth noting down
transpired.
In consequence of several very important scraps of in-
firmation nut having come to hand up to post time this
morning, it is not my intention to touch, in a decisive
snner to-day upon the Chester events, but to defer
.ng so until Monday; however, 1 will lay before you
a list of the probable starters for the Cup, with a few of
its mysteries which I have obtained an insight into.
The field will number between 25 and 30, to be selected
from the following: Rusaborough, 4 yrs, Bst 61b;
Woolwich, 5 yrs, Bst; Vatican, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b; Back-
bite, 6 yrs, ist 91b; Vampyre, aged, 7st 71b; Duc an
Durras, 6 yrs, 7st 51b; Sauter la Coupe, 5 yrs, 7st 51b;
The Italian, 4 yrs, 7st 51b; Clarissa, 5 yrs, ist 31b; Spot,
5 yrs, 7st 31b; The Knight of Avenel, 4 yrs, 7st 31b;
Montague, 5 yrs, 7st 21b; Rhesus, 5 yrs, 7st; Sir Richard,
5 yrs, 7st; The Cocktail, 5 yrs, 7st; Seaman, 4 yrs, 7st;
Haricot, 4 yrs, Est 121 b; Lady Eden, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b;
Brother to Dough, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b; Prior of Lanercost,
4 yrs, 6st 101 b; Mickleton, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b; Gladiator
cult, 4 yrs Est 101 b; Strap, aged, Est 41b; Eva, 5 yrs,
6st 41b, King of Oude, 4 yrs, 6st 41b; Panope, 4 yrs,
6st 41b; York.you're-wanted, 4 yrs, Est 41b; Wallflower,
5 yrs, 6st; Tarn Wadlin, 5 yrs, 6st; The Flying Gout,
5 yrs, sst 121 b; Sprite filly, 4 yrs, sst 10lb; Brington,
4 yrs, sst 101 b; The Black Doctor, 3 yrs, sst 41b;
Naucy, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b; Hesse Homburg, 3 yrs, sst 31b;
Miss Helen, 3 yrs, 4st 41b. Murphy's heavy weighted
horse, Russburough, will carry nearly -all the Irish hopes
and money; he, however, I write it distinctly, CANNOT
WIN! He may, perchance, as he is in first-rate trim, ob-
tain the fourth or filth position. Woolwich and The
Black Doctor, from the same stable, represent distinct
interests, aud both run to win; neither will be far out.
Vatican is the Lope of the Fytield division; he is well
up to his work and will run home in front. Backbiter
represents Scott's lot; he is a dangerous horse to be
against, but I cannot fancy he will turn out the winner.
Vampyre is a doubtful starter, should he run, he will
not be far in the rear. Due an. Durras is an out-
side fancy of mine; his price, 66 to 1, is well worth
taking for the off chance, if money is in abundance.
Senter la Coupe has many friends, who expect he will
be about the mark; lam not among the number. The
Italian, Dawton's hope, I anticipate seeing in the first
flight, if not the absolute winner! Clarissa, Spot. The
Knight of Avenel, Montague, Sir Richard, The Cock-
tail, ned Seaman, have no attractions for me. Rhesus,
by his party considered a certainty, will no doubt be
found somewhere near the winner; but, as the identical
horse to do the deed, I cannot have him. Haricot and
Mickleton will run well. The Gladiator colt is no go.
Strap I should take in preference to Eva, The King of
Oude, Panope, or York-you're-wanted. I prefer Tarn
Wadlin to Wallflower, The Flying Gout, or Sprite filly.
It would not surprise me to see Brington stumping along
in front. The Black Doctor will beat Nancy; and Hesse
Homburg, should she run, will do the same thing

likewise.
At the present moment, it is my opinion that the final
struggle will be between Woolwich, Vatican, Backbiter,
Duc-an•Durras, The Italian, Rhesus, Strap, and the
Black Doctor; and I should award the place of honour
to The Italian or Due an-Durras; with Rhesus, Strap,
and Woolwich in attendance.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.
THE SPIRIT OF '1 HE TURF.
April 25, 1851.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.
TR URSDAY
The betting on Wednesday night was on too limited
a scale to render a formal quotation necessary. We need
only mention that Aphrodite was again backed at evens,
and that Iris declined to 6 to 4, and that the Mountain
Deer was backed at 12 to 1, Theseus very freely at 20
to 1, Iris (for the Oaks) at 8 to 1 to 1001., and Payment
for a similar amount at 12 to 1.
The One Thousand Guineas Stakes betting this morn-
ing was languid, and at the previous quotations. 13
to 2 was taken to 3001. about Teddington, and
50,000/. to 2501. laid against the Black Doctor winning
the Chester Cup and Derby.
The Queen's Plate of 100 guines; for four yrs old, Bst
91b; five, lOst 71b; six and aged, lOst 121 b. R.C.
Lord Stanley's Uriel, 5 yrs (F. Butler) 1
Mr. Stephenson's c by Dromedary, 4 yrs (Robinson) 2
Lord Exeter's Nutcracker, 4 yrs (Marlow) 3
Betting-5 to , 4 agst Nutcracker, sto 2 agst Uriel,
and sto 2 agst Dromedary colt. Uriel, who had the
race in hand from first to last, waited on the favourite
to the hill, and won in a canter by two lengths. Run
in 7 min. 25 secs.
Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h ft, for three yrs old;
colts, Bst 71b. D.M.
Mr. Greville's Ariosto (Flatman) 1
Lord Stanley's Croupier • (F. Butler) 2
Betting-4 to lon Ariosto, who made all the running,
and won in a eautkr by two lengths. Run in 1 min.
5

sees.
The 1,000 Guineas Stakes of 100 sovs. each, la ft; for
three yrs old fillies, Bst 7lb each; the second to save
her stake. D.M.
Sir J. Haarley's Aphrodite (J. Marson) 1
Mr. Gratwick's Anspach (Flatman) 2
Lord Stanley's Iris (F. Butler) 3
Mr. Delamere's Fortuna (Bartholomew) 4
Mr. Harris on's Trickatress (Ternpleman) 5
Mr. Gratwieke'a The Squaw (Kitchener) 6
Betting-6 to son Aphrodite, 2to I aget Iris,
and 8
to 1 agst Anspach. Trickstress and the Squaw went
ff in front and cat out the work to the T.Y.C. post,
where the three favourites went up, left them in a few
strides, and finished the race, Aphrodite going on with
the running and winning in a canter by two lengths. Iris
a bed third. Run in 1 min. 50 secs.
Sweepstakes of 10 sove. each; for three yrs old colts,
Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41h. The winner to be sold for
80 sovs. if demanded, &c. First half of Ab. M.
Mr. Delamere's Guy Mannering (F lat re an) 1
Mr. C. Blanton's Julia (J. Howlett) 2
Mr. Ramsbottom's Alboni (S. Rogers) 3
Betting-6 to 4 agst Alboni, 7to 4 agst Julia, and 2
to 1 agst Guy Mannaring. Won in a canter by two
lengths. Run in 52 secs.
Sweepstakes of 10 sm. each, for three yrs old; colts,
86t 71b, fillies, Bst 41b. The winner to be sold for 150
sovs., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C.
Mr. Barne's Trinket (Flatman) 1
Major Pitt's Edward of York (Dockeray) 2
Mr. Howard's Christina (A. Day) 3
Betting—Even on Trinket, 2 to 1 agst Christina, and
4to 1 agst Edward of York. Won easily by a length.
Run in 1 min. 14 secs.
The last train leaving half an hour after the race we
have only time to add that the weather on the whole
was favourable and the attendance moderately good. The
result of the 1,000 Guineas Stakes had the effect of
raising Teddington to 5 to 1 for the Derby, taken freely.
BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK.
CHESTER CUP.
7 to 2 agst Rhesus (taken freely).
DERBY.
4 to 1 agst Teddington (taken freely).
OARS.

3 to 1 agst Aphrodite.
NEWM ALIKE r, MURSDBE AY NIGHT, NINE o'CLocK.
LATEST ['TING.
CHESTER CUP.
7to 2 agst Rhesus (t) 112 to 1 agst Italian (t)
.1 to 1 agstßussborough(t) 12 to 1 agstßlackDoctor(l
DERBY.
4 to 1 agst Teddington (t) 13 to 1 apt Mountain Deer
l 3 to 2 agst Prime Ministel 17 to 1 apt Theseus
—taken. 50 to 1 agst Serus
7 to 1 agst Hernandez

OAKS.
3 to 1 agst Aphrodit6.
The only stake that has filled for to-morrow is the
Lwo and three yrs old Selling Stakes, for which Guy
Mannering, Firebolt, b f by St. Francis, out of Prioress,
2 yrs old, are named.
EPSOM RACES.
Handicap for the Aristocratic Race.
Agis, 6 yrs, 12st 121b—Thringarth, 5 yrs, 12st—
Kissaway, 5 yrs, list 121b—Warwick, 4 yrs, llst lolb—
Lscape, 6 yrs, Ilst 61b—Reindeer (h b), aged, llst 21b—
Mogador, aged,
lOst 121b—Miss Spring, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b,

ThCeUvßi Ao
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59, ,wAh
or uhenit
yesterday in anticipation of enjoying good sport were
2l
Dublin
most miserably disappointed; a walk over by Chatter-
box for the Wellingtons being the only event of the day.
The attendance was thin.
Wellington titakes, 30 soya. h ft. Three yrs old Course.
Mr. Watts's b c Chatterbox, Bst... (Foley) walked over
The following paid forfeit:—Mr. Irwin's oh h Balli-
nafad (dead), aged, Bst 131b—Mr. Murphy's ch
Dough, 6 yrs—Lord Waterford's oh f Modesty, 4 yrs,
7st 21b—Mr. Irwin's ch c Independence, 4 yrs,-7st 21b—
Lord Waterford's b o Bullion, 4 yrs, Tat—and Mr. J.
Bond's b c Larry's-the-Lad, 4 yrs, let.

BBIGIITON.ELECTION OF HIGH CONSTABLE.
The annual court leet for the hundred of Whalesbone and half
hundred of Dean was held on Easter Tuesday, at the Town
Had, Brighton, before F. 11. Gell,
"cl., acting for the
steward of the lord. After the jury had been absent for
nearly an hour, Mr. Gell was sent for into the jury-room,
and on his return he announced that Mr. Montagu David
Scott was unanimously elected high constable. This an-
nouncement was received with great cheering, particularly
as Mr. David Scott is the son of an old and respected inhabi-
tant of the town.
LINCOLN'S INN, ArruL 24.—The undernamed
gentlemen were this day called to the degree of barrister-at-
law by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, viz., Wil-
liam David Cathcart Monypenny, Esq., Clarke Watkins
Burton, Esq., John Heyward Jenkins, Esq., John Caldeeott,
Esq., and Charles Barrett Russell, Esq•

LITERATURE.

ROVINGS IN--- THE PACIFIC, from 1837 to
1849. By a Merchant long resident at Tahiti.
Reader, have you an hour to spare ? We hope so, for
your sake, and we say, get the book bearing the above
title, and if you like that kind of interest which at-
taches to, or derives from, the love of adventure and
spirit of truth, begin reading it at once. We believe
the sequel to be a matter of course. Nay, more,
yielding perhaps too readily to a first impression, we
might feel inclined to warn you against a certain
amount of danger, but for the distance which sepa-
rates us from the scenes the author describes, and
doubt not but many would be found willing to ex-
plore at all hazards the regions and scenes he so
vividly portrays, were it not for that damper upon
the spirits of many a would-be traveller, the igno-
rance of which is part of. the bliss of a savage, as our
author proves it, (page 93,) when he says, "the natives
do not understand the value of time. All our persua-
sions could not induce them to quicken their move-
ments, eec."—viz., the full knowledge of the value of
time, and the necessity to make the best of it. But
ere we proceed further in our account, one word
about the writer. Of him, whoever he may be, we
know nothing, save through his work; but if aught
can justify envy, we verily believe we must plead
guilty to the charge. Three things there are we do
envy him for, his free and independent spirit, his life,
his book. His name would pleasingly associate in
our memory with these interesting records of his
singularly chequered career ; but known or unknown,
this affects not the work before us, and if this be his
first appearance before the public, which we are in-
clined to believe, we can only say that we hope it
may not be the last. But let us start with him, and
like him crave a clear stage . and no favour. The
opening of this work introduces him to the reader
under circumstances which may well claim his best
sympathies, and a limine, we admire his fortitude
under a certainly most trying ordeal. To begin the
world thus is hard—to exchange the comforts of home
for the hardships of a seafaring life—to sink the feel-
ings of the gentleman into the patient endurance of
the common sailor, must be painful indeed. Luckily,
we find him imbued with that indomitable energy
which enables him to rise superior to his assumed
station, and a voyage which might have been expected
to prove a sad subject of lamentation becomes hu-
morously entertaining, and personally interesting. As,
for example, (page 19.) when we have the writer's
messmates introduced to us. Living pictures are
those of the boatswain, of old sails, of chips, of the
steward. Wish you to know how a poor sailor fares
on hoard ship? "Beef! heavens, what an halluci-
nation; the fagged end of a birchen rod steeped in
brine possesses as much delicacy and flavour." Again,
(page 23)
" Old horse, old horse, what brought you here?
You have drawn turf fur many a year,
With knocks and kicks and sore abuse,
Now salted down for sailor's use."
Or else, would you see the frailty of human nature
acknowledged, and the spirit of mischief, fresh from
school, at work—due allowance being made for the
apology offered—proceed to page 27; but we leave
the gem where we found it. May be you would like
to know the writer's poetic view and graphic repre-
sentation of a storm at sea :
" I had reed of boundless seas, waves rolling moun-
tains high, and similar expressions calculated to inspire
awe and dread; but I cannot say that my notions of stu-
pendous grandeur were realised: the visual horizon is
too close upon you, you lose the idea of boundless apace,
and the waves never rise above fifteen or twenty feet,
(quite high enough it any of them should happen to
break on board you). It they met with obstacles op-
posing resistance, foam might ba dashed to the height of
sixty feet, or even higher, and spray might he carried to
the height of three or four hundred feet; but as for ves-
sels riding upon the tops of mountains, seething billows
rising in overwhelming masses above the topmast head;
all I can say is, I never witnessed anything of the kind:
instead of being alarmed at the mad howling of the
blast, it bad, on the contrary, quite an exhilarating
effect. But it is not between decks where one would en-
joy this sensation, particularly if it was your watch be-
low and you felt disposed to sleep; it is scarcely possible
to conceive a more helpless or uncomfortable situation
than to be embowelled in a vessel, kicking and plunging
like a racehorse in traces. Your body, without any vo-
lition of your own, is first rolled to one side, then to the
other; now you are almost perpendicular, anon you will
be standing on your bead. You bend your knees and
form an acute triangle with your body to try and fix
yourself, but you get the skin chafed off at the hold-
ing points—the crupper-bone and knees—and desist in
despair. You stretch yourself to the fullest extent,
making your head and heels the holdfasts, at the immi-
nent risk of becoming bald. A deceptive lull takes
place, you relax your extensors for a single moment,
and the next sees you sprawling upon the deck, with en-
franchised chests, mess-kids, tin plates, pots, and all the
miscellaneous rubbish usually to be met with on board
ship, all bent on performing an Irish jig. In the gale
off the Cape the courses or lower sails were battled up,
and we were under closed-reefed topsails, scudding be-
fore it. Four men were stationed at the helm, two at
the wheel, and two at relieving tackles; the weather
helmsman, whose movements guided the others, kept
glancing over his shoulder, eyeing the seas that appeared
ready to leap on board. At last in his nervousness he
gave a sudden jerk to the helm; his mates seconded the
impetus, and brought about the very consequences be
tried to shun. The vessel broached to, the starboard
quarter gallery was carried away, the cabin passengers
were washed out of their berths, sea after sea broke over
us; confusion and dismay reigned paramount; the mate
lost his presence of mind, and I expected we should have
all gone to the bottom. The men were shouting and
swearing, the ladies were shrieking, a couple of 'prentices
and myself were struggling to gain footing, for a heavy
green sea of many tons weight had broken over the
quarter-deck, which knocked us down, and continued
washing us to and fro, till I secured a grip of the cap-
stan. Presently the captain rushed out in his nightcap
and drawers ('twas past ten, r ei.). Without evincing
more than ordinary concern, he gave a tew short orders,
clear and distinct, which were attended to by those who
best understood them, whilst I maiutaintel my loving
embrace of the capstan. Presently discipline was re-
stored, and the vessel was again staggering before the
gale. The sea that broke over the weather bulwarks in
a green mass carried the small mite of a 'prentice away
in the body of it like a scarecrow, arms and legs ex-
tended. Look out, Jack!' was the cry choked in my
throat by the rushing of many waters; but Jack had no
need of admonition, for when the turmoil was over, I
observed him quietly dropping from the main rigging."
But we hasten and reach Sydney ; there we find the
future merchant entering upon a new phasis of his
existence, and we gladly leap with him from the fore-
castle to the quarter-deck. Leaving to the reader his
account of a two years and a half's residence in New
South Wales, we sail with him to New Zealand, and,
exploring that country, see strange sights, meet
strange people, and gather strange knowledge, ever
seeking fresh scenes and encountering fresh adven-
tures, one of which we deem exceedingly curious, as
evincing an amount of coolness, self• command, and
devotion little to be expected from a savage :
" It was fortunate, perhaps, that we failed on this oc-
casion, as it soon afterwards became known ashore that
two of the seamen had smuggled two slave women be-
longing to the chief on board, and had contrived to con-
ceal them from the knowledge of any one; and bad we
succeeded in getting out, the probability is, we should
have been met by the natives in their war canoes, and the
vessel Would have been plundered. On resuming our
berth, the chief suppressed all outer show of knowledge
or resentment till the dead of night. The crafty savage,
accompanied by a single attendant, then stole softly on
board, and suddenly stood over the sleeping men as they
were lying in the forecastle. He aroused the delinquents
by a gentle grip on their throats, and their horror may
be imagined, on starting from sleep, to find themselves
in the clutch of the justly incensed chief, whose eyes
were glittering with ferocity. I was told the fellows
were completely paralysed, and made no attempts at de-
fence or resistance; not that either would have availed,
as the two athletic savages could have destroyed with
their tomahawks all in the forecastle before they had re-
eovered from their fright. The chief enforced silence by
waving his tomahawk with one hand and placing the
fore-finger of the other on his lips. The trembling
women sank speechless to the deck; and the guilty sea-
men, with nervous trepidation, opened their chests and
made signs for the chief to take anything he pleased as
payment. Lie weeded them pretty decently, taking from
them their Sunday clothing, their whole stock of money,
amounting to between four and five pounds, and every
other serviceable article. Seizing the women by the hair
of the heed, he then dragged them up the forecastle
ladder, and forced them to descend into the water by the
chain cable, and having secured his booty, be quietly
got over the vessel's side and paddled after the women
in the same noiseless manner he bad come on board.
Not a soul but those in the forecastle knew anything of
this summary proceeding, the news of it being carefully
kept from the officers and myself. Of course no such
occurrence could have taken place had a proper anchor
watch been maintained; as it was, every soul lay buried
in sleep. The chief administered a severe flogging to
the women, and, not content with rifling the seamen's
chests, the opportunity for plundering the vessel with an
apparently justifiable motive was too great for his cupidity
to withstand."
The following advice may be useful to some :
" I am no geologist, botanist, or agriculturist, and can-
not judge of the mineral resources of New Zealand.
Botany is an amusing pursuit for the leisurely researches
of superfluous talent in old countries; but I should have
thought that our Pharmacopoeia and alimentary lists
were already replete with the agencies of life and death;
nor do I see that civilized life, with all its aids, is ex-
tended to greater length of days than savage life. Many
are of opinion that New Zealand will make a fine grain
country : this may be; but my opinion is that it would
be a much finer one it its bogs and marshes were filled
up by its tumultuous jumble of hills. This earth of ours
must have been sorely troubled with the colic when New
Zealand sprang into creation. It bears marks of having
b
been upraised from the deep by the mightiest throes and
wildest eructations: it
possesses some good harbours,
valuable as whaling stations, and it has limited capabi-
lities of furnishing an export of timber. So long as the
British Government maintain an expensive establish-
ment, and capitalists go there, the settlements around
head-quarters will thrive, but an inversion of the order
of things will take place; those who brought wealth will
lose it, and the poor will become rich; the hard-working
labourer and the astute store-keeper will be the- princi-
pal recipients and holders of the money introduced into

the country. I certainly am not favourably impre-.sed
with the unrevealel resources that are yet to be brought
to light in New Zealand, and am of opinion that our
Australian colonies would have benefited far more if we
had suffered any other nation than our own to colonize
it. Some dread that it might have nursed a naval power
that would one day compete with our own, and interfere
with British commerce in the Pacific. It is true that
our formally taking possession will keep others from it,
but it will prove rather an expensive act of diplomacy,
or I am greatly mistaken."
And now we are fairly roving from place to place,
and visiting not only those islands in the Pacific
where aught is to be done in a speculative point of
view, but also where aught is to be seen worthy of
the attention of the philosopher; and in course of time
we reach what we consider the most singularly inter•
esting part of these volumes—the description of Auth
Luna, or Split Island, and witness wonders performed
by mere men, with a degree of ease and coolness which
baffles our notions of the possible. We can hardly
refrain from quoting the following incident :
"There is a little soil ou the summit or wall-like
ridge of the island yielding a growth of coarse grass,
and a peculiar variety of scrub. The natives have like-
wise succeeded in rearing a few cocoa-nut trees. The
ascent to a novice is rather perilous, and made the wink;
you have to wind your• way up larerally, and at one
point you have to pass round the salient projection of a
bald rock where the footing is shelving and not fourteen
inches broad, the rock overhead bulging forward, while
below you have a sheer fall between 200 and 300 feet
in depth. I was for giving it up, when Emery took the
lead, telling me it was the only dangerous spot; but then
he was barefooted, and for years had been habituated to
go so; the tenderness of my feet would not allow me to
dispense with shoes, and the slippery soles made my case
more perilous; false shame prevented my retreating, but
at the time I ceukl not help considering that the object
to be obtained was scarcely worth the risk. When I
had sidled half way ecross this very awkward pass, my
arms extended and fingers stretched out nervously
clutching at any little unoveuness of surface, and whilst
I was hesitating where next to put my foot, groping in
vain for come fissure into which I might thrust my fin-
gers, or for some root that I might grasp, I caught sight
of the frightful descent, my head swam, and I was turn-
ing sick. At this moment of imminent risk, a native
daringly swayed himselt outside me, striking me smartly
on the back as he passed: this recalled my senses, and
arrived in safety on firmer toting again. Toe rapidity
with which this bold action was performed is surprising;
for a moment the man's body must have been off the
centre of gravity, and I believe the poor fellow endan-
gered his life to inspire me with confidence, for bad I
slipped when he was passing me, he would have been
involved in certain destruction."
We at length reach Tahiti, and there again the au-
thor's pen assumes a new duty—an ungrateful one,
we fear, but likely to do good; but we leave his re•
marks to the comments of the reader; thence we
proceed to pearl fishing—then to an interview with
the natives of an island said to have been till then un-
visited by white men, which proves the cause of ra-
ther an awkward predicament for our merchant, or,
as we might now say, our hero, and now his vessel
wanting repairs, we follow him to Valparaiso, where
new scenes await us. But here we must, however,
reluctantly yield to necessity, and pause, not, how-
ever, without indulging the expectation of reverting
on a future occasion to these entertaining volumes,
and tracing further the author's course, were it but
to have with him a concluding glance at the new El
Dorado, the land of promise, the all-attracting Califor••
nia. Meanwhile, reader, trusting that you are, like our-
selves, restricted by the negative agency of time and
space, we would end as we commenced, and say, only
devote a leisure hour to the opening of the work, and
we doubt not but it will recommend itself to a con-
clusion with more force than all we could say in its
favour.

111 USICAL EDUCATION; with Practical Obser-
vations on the:Art of Pianoforte Playing, including
a Model of a Scale of Practice for Pupils of all.
Ages. By Eleanor M. Geary, Professor of Music.
.2Vew and revised Edition.
We are rejoiced to find that the public has de-
manded a new edition of this admirable work, and
cannot but augur favourably for the cause of good
music, from the extensive circulation of Miss Geary's
excellent observations on the art of pianoforte play-
ing. Herself one of the most perfect pianoforte per-
formers of the present day, and at the same time are
of the most successful of teachers, Miss Geary has in
this little work given us the results of her extensive
experience, and has shown, both to professors and
pupils, not only what they are to do, but what they
are to avoid. She has laid down a model of a scale of
practice extending over a series of ye ars, a regular
adherence to which will, without fatigue and without
injustice to other studies (Miss Geary recommends
that on no occasion should more than two hours
in each day be devoted to practice), constitute a
brilliant pianiste. We fully agree in opinion with
Miss Geary that desultory practice should never be
indulged in, and join with her in deprecating the bad
habit, too common with junior governesses and ama-
teur teachers, of "telling a child the names of the
notes she is to play, and in many cases actually
placing her fingers on the notes she is to strike."
At the conclusion of the work we have some valuable
observations on the various methods of teaching the
harp and the guitar. Miss Geary has rendered good
service to the cause of sound musical education by
the publication of this excellent little work.

THE CHARTIST PROGRAMME.
The following programme was adopted by the
Chartist Convention on the 10th of April :
" The paramount duty of a Chartist National Con-
vention is to promote Chartist organization—to keep
that organization distinct from every other political
movement or alloy, and to spread through all classes
political and social knowledge to the utmost of its
power.
I.—lt is, therefore, resolved, for the better reorgani-
zation of Chartism:—

"1. That, since by each and all of the franchise mea
sure>: now before the r eop (exo.pting that embodied in
the Charter), the middle class would gain tar more votes
than the woiking class, which would place the latter in
a more powerless position than at present, the Charter
must be agitated for in its entirety—that the omission
of any one of its points would impair the utility of the
remainder, and that, therefore, popular support must be
withheld from all franchise measures falling short cf its
provisions.
"2. That the clause in the original Bill for the Char-
ter, specifying that every malo adult should havo the
vote, unless convicted of crime, be modified to imply a
deprivation of the vote merely while undergoing punish-
ment for crime, since, the punishment for an offence once
undergone, no after penalty ought, in justice, to attach
to the individual.

" 3. That a national petition for the Charter be pre
sented to Parliament, such petition to be prepared on the
following plan :—Simultaneous meetings for passing the
petition to be held in every town or borough, where
practicable. At such meetings two tellers to bo ap-
pointed to count the numbers present; tho petition, to-
gether with a declaration affirming the numbers in favour
of such petition, to be signed by the tellers and the chair-
man of the meeting.
" 4. That, iu anticipation of a dissolution of Parlia-
ment, all boroughs where the Chartist body are strong
enough to contest the election, forthwith fix on candi-
dates pledged to the Charter in its entirety, form election
committees, subscribe funds, commence agitating the dis-
trict, and bring their influence to bear on the constitu-
ency. That a here the candidate cannot go to the poll,
a Chartist be put in nomination on every hustings in
the kingdom, when it is possible to seize that opportu-
nity for spreading Chartist knowledge.
" 11. Municipal and parochial power should be vested
in the hands of the people, since disfranchisement in local
matters is as unjust as the restriction of the elective fran-
chise. There.ore it is resolved—
" 1. That the assistance which Chartist organization
may derive from municipal and local power be not lost
sight of, and that practical steps be taken in all townships
and parishes (where democratic organization is in exist-
ence) to contest the municipal elections.
" 2. That addresses be issued to the people relative to
municipal and parochial legislation, and that the ques•
Lion of municipal and parochial universal suffrage be
brought before the public on principles analogous to those
of the Charter.
" 111. It is further resolved that the agitation for the
Charter be carried among the trades, to strengthen both
movements through mutual aid; that communications be
entered into with the executives of the trades' unions,
the various trades' bodies and associations of working
men, fur that purpose, pointing out the reciprocal advan-
tage to accrue from e co-operation between the two
great sections of reformers.
" IV. That the agricultural counties be divided into
districts; that tracts and Eddresiea to farmers and la-
bourers be prepared and issued.
" That missionaries, taking with them a supply of
such tracts and addresses, be sent into the several
districts, and that public meetings and lectures be
held in the rural towns for the purpose of establishing
localities.
" That missionaries be also sent to the Irish people,
and the colliers, miners, and railway labourers.
" The expenses, where necessary, to be borne by the
National Chartist Fund.
"The Convention is further of opinion, that the best
way to enlist sympathy with the Chartist movement is
to show its bearings on the grievances of all suffering
classes, that those classes may be taught to see in
Chartism the leverage of their hopes; that the best way
to impress and weaken class government, is to show those
who yet support it that the Chartists would do them
more good than class government can or will afford;
pouring one continuous stream of agitation on class go-
vernment, from eve-y portion of the toiling community;
attacking every one of its monopollec; assailing every
one of its strongholds, and breaking them down in detail,
even to their foundations.
" The Convention is also of opinion that a political
change would be inefficacous unless accompanied by a
social change; that a Chartist movement, unless accom-
panied with social knowledge, would result iu utter
failure; and we ought to enlist, not merely the politi-
cian, but the man of business; that we cannot claim or
receive the support of the labourer, mechanic, farmer, or
trader, unless we show that we are practical reformers—
that power would be safely vested iu Chartist hands—
that we know their grievances, and how to redress
them; that the Charter would confer on them a positive,
immediate, and permanent benefit, and at once increase
alike their comforts and resources.
"The Chartist body should, therefore gaud foyfard