The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVEN IN G- MAY '26, 1.856.

THE APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF
TEE ROUSE 0]! LORDS.

The following is the report of the Select Com-
mittee appointed to inquire whether it is expedient
to make any, and, if so, what provision for more
effec' ually securing the efficient exercise of the
functions of the House of Lords as a Court of
Appellate Jurisdiction ; and, further, how any such
provision would affect the general character of the
House ; and to report their opinion thereupon :
" That the committee have met, and, in pursuing the
important inquiry intrusted to them, have examined
several of the leading counsel employed in the business
of appeal at your lordships' bar, and subsequently the
Lord Justict-Clerk, the Lord Justice-General of Scot-
land, the Master of the Rolls, Vice• Chancellor Stuart,
and Lord St. Leonard's.

" Among these witnesses there appears to be a very
general agreement as to the expediency of retaining the
appellate jurisdiction of the House, and in this view the
curmaittee entirely concur.
" Although some of the witnesses have stated that the
working of :he present tribunal is perfectly efficient and
satisfactc,ry, and testimony has been generally borne to
the wisdom and impartiality with which the law has
been administered by it, yet there is a great preponder-
ance of opinion in favour of some change in the manner
in which the appellate business of the House of Lords is
at present conducted.

" The principal objections raised by the witnesses
against the present constitution and practice of this ulti-
mate Court of Appeal are as follow :
"1. That none of the Law Lords, except the Lord
Chancellor, being bound to attend, there is an uncer-
tainty as to the number of those peers who may assist at
the hearing of any case-; and that the attendance of
peers who, from want of professional knowledge and ex-
perience, decline to interfere in the proceedings, takes
away from the solemnity of the tribunal, and leads to
misconception on the part of the public, when their pre-
sence is only required in order to make a house.
" 2. That delay, sometimes inconvenient to the suit-
ors, and prejudicial to the regular administration of jus-
tice, is caused by the house not being able to sit during
the whole of that portion of the year during which the
inferior courts are open.
"3. That the administration of Scotch law has been
at all times unsatisfactory from the want of familiarity
with the Scotch law, consequent upon the law lords
being exclusively English judges.
" 4. That there is an unnecessary expense attending
some of the forms of proceeding.
" 5. That the mode of delivering judgment, and the
absence of official dress, deprive tiie house of the 'so-
lemnity which attends ordinary judicial proceedings.
" The committee have carefully considered these ob-
jections raised by the witnesses, and also the various sug-
gestions that have bean made with a view of meeting.
them ; and they have to submit the following as the con-
clusion to which they have come :
" 1. It appears from the evidence, that for the last 10
or 15 year. the appeals have been heard sometimes by
as many as four law lords, sometimes by three or two,
and instances have been adduced where appeals have
been beard and decided in this house, with advantage to
the law and satisfaction to the public, by the Lord
Chancellor or one law lord alone. The committee are,
however, of opinion that, considerinq the importance of
the causes brought to this ultimate Court of Appeal, the
house shou'd, as a general rule, be able to reckon on the
attendance of not less than three law lords to assist in
the hearing of all appeals ' • but in making this recoin-
mervietion, the committee by no means wish to discou-
rage the atten lance of other members of the house.
" Although during certain p-riods the number of law
lords in regular attendance on the appellate business has
been adequate to meet the requirements of the public
and the profession, experience has proved that such at-
tendance cannot always be relied on. Hitherto, those by
whom this duty has Veen discharged have been for the
most part ex-Chauc allors. The committee are of opinion
that the attendance of others equally qualified to sit
with those peers in judgment on the decision of the in-
faior courts would be best secured by the creation of
other lerrel offices, is connexion with the Howe, of
Lords, with such malaries as would insure their ac-
ceptance by the most eminent judges. The committee
are, therefore, of opinion that it is desirable that two
offices should be created, to be held by two law lords,
whose duty it should be to assist the house in the per-
f irmance of its judicial duties ; and they accordingly re-
commend that her Majesty should be empowered to ap-
point two lords to be deputy-speakers of the House of
Lords, with felaries attached to their offices. The com-
mittee do not propose that these appointments should
interfere with her Majesty's power to appoint unpaid
deputy-sixalzers of the house.

" As the lords holding the proposed offices would be
intrusted with judicial duties of the highest importance,
and as the committee believe experience to afforl the
only sure test of /he fitness of even eminent lawyers for
such duties, they would further recommend that persons
who have held some high judicial office in the United
Kingdom for not less than five years should alone be
elizible for these appointments. _ _

" They recommend that the office of a paid deputy-
a the house should be held by the same tenure
as the office of a judge, and that awry such person shall
receive, out of the consolidated fund, a yearly salary of
6,0001., or such yearly sum as, with any pension to
which he may be entitled for past services, will make up
a yearly income of 6,00)'„ so long as he shall hold the
said office.

I "2. With respect to the delay which now occurs in
bearing appeals, from the sittings of the house not being
co-extensive with the sittings of the inferior courts, the
committee advise that the house should be enabled to
authorise its sittings to be resumed or continued for the
hearing of appeals only at such times as may be deemed
expedient for the exercise of the appellate jurisdiction,
notwithstanding the prorogation of Parliament.
"3. The committee have paid great attention to the
important evidence which they have heard on the subject
of Scotch appeals. Nearly all the witnesses who spoke to
this part of the subject admit that very material advan-
tages have been derived by Scotland in the course of the
administration of the law by the House of Lords, and
some of them are of opinion that it is still advisable to
keep the appellate jurisdiction entirely distinct from the
Scotch bench and bar ; hut on the ether hand, arguments
were urged, with considerable force, against the anomaly
of the final court of appeal from Scotland being so con-
stituted as never to comprehend a Scotch judge, or any
person necessarily acquainted with Scotch law. It ap-
pears that the majority of the bar, and the Writers of
the Signet in Edinburgh, are in favour of one of the
members of this Appellate Court being a Scotch lawyer.
It is not proved that this is the opinion either of the mer-
cantile classes or of the community at large in Scotland.
The committee are,of opinion that no fixed and invari-
able rule should be adopted on this subject.
"4. The committee recommend to the attention of
the house the complaints which they have quoted above
as to the unnecessary expense of some of the proceedings
of the house, particularly in respect to the printing of
the cases. They are of opinion that this, together with
other suggestions for the prevention of delay, are ques-
tions which will be beat dealt with by the Lord Chancel-
lor and the lords who assist him in hearing appeals.
"5, The committee have heard much conflicting evi-
dence as to the best mode of delivering judgments. It
is argued, on the one hand, that the great principles of
law are best elucidated by separate judgments, when
the judges in the Court of Appeal differ in opinion, and
that the separate declaration of opinion is satisfactory to
the suitors, as.proving that great attention has been paid
to the cause. Oa the other hand it is ur .asd, that such
divisions diminish the authority of the tribunal of ulti-
mate rasort, and tend to produce uncertainty in the law,
without any countervailing advantage ; and the example
of the Judicial Committee, where differences of opinion
are not expressed, has been quoted as favourable to the
deliberation being in private, and the opinion of the ma-
jority given as the collective judgment of the tribunal.
The committee are of opinion that this is a matter of dis-
cretion, which must be left to be arranged among those
who hear and decide the appeals ; but they recommend
that those who hear the appeals should have leave to sit
at the table, and deliver their opinions sitting.
" The attention of the committee has been drawn to
the difficulty which may. in some cases, be felt hereafter,
of appointing the most fit persons to judical offices con-
nected with the House of Lords, if it can not be done
without conferring on them hereditary peerages; and it
appears to the committee advisab!e, that any person ap-
pointed to such an office should be enabled, by autho-
rity of Parliament, to sit and vote in the house, and
enjoy a I the rights and privileges of a peer of Parliament,
under a patent conferring a peerage for life only, if the
Crown may have granted, or shall grant, the same to
such persons in preference to an hereditary peerage ; pro-
vided always, that not more than four persons shall have
seats in the house at one time as peers for life. ,

"The committee recommend that in all raspects, ex.
cepting these where change has been recommended in
this report, the functions of the Lord Chancellor and the
rights and privileges of the whole body of peers shall
remain unaffected.

"And the committee have directed the minutes of evi-
dence taken before then to be laid before your lordships.
"May 20."

RAILWAYS AND DOCKS.—The surveyor of the Liver-
pool Dock Trustees reported on Thursday that the can•
nesion between the lines of railway belonging to the
trustees, at the north end of the Sandon dock, and the
high lines of railway communicating with. the Lancashire
and Yorkshire and London
,and North-Western R
way* are now completed, 'and that a circuit. by rail is
now complete on_ the dem( quays. . •
A. SCOTCH LAWYER, CAUGHT !—A. lawyer, says the
Berwick Advertiser, lately pleading in a sheriff's court,
in a case of right of way, thus addressed the bench :
" My lord, the road in question is of na use whatever ;
indeed, it is rather a nuisance, as it is only frequented
by blackguard boys and profligate young men and women.

I knoww-the road." Sheriff—"Youhave walked the
road ?" Lawyer—" A hundred times." Sheriff—" You
give, yourself a bad character." (Laughter.)
THE HOLY COAT.—The Messager de lac Cliaritj says :
—"lt is known that our Saviour wore, according to the
custom of the Jews, three garments—a tunic, a , robe,
and a cloak. His cloak was divided on Golgotha, his
robs is at Treves, and his tunic, which the Virgin Mary
wove for him, is at Argenteuil, two leagues from Paris.
According to a firmly-established tradition, the holy
robe' was brought from Constantinople to the west of
Europe, and it is to Charlemagne that this treasure is
due. St. Gregory, of Tours, in his ' Glory of the
Martyrs,' says:-.=' The tunic without a seam was brought
to France in the reign of Charlemagne, and placed in
the convent of Argenteuil, where his sister and daugh-
ter were nuns.' In all times the robe has been held in
groat veneration.'" To the above story, repeated by the
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LITERARY ASSOCIATION OF THE
FRIENDS OF POLAND.

On Saturday the 24th anniversary of the Literary Asso-
ciation of the Ft iends of Poland took place at the rooms of
the institution, Sussex-chambers, Duke-street, St. James's,
and was very numerously and inluentially attended.
Ths Marquis of Breadalbane, the president, occupied the
chair, and amongst the noblemen and gentlemen present
were the Marquis of Townshend, Earl Fortescue, the Earl
of Harrington, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, Earl Fitz.
william, the Earl of Zetland, Viscount Raynhatn, M.P.,
R. Monckton Wines, Esq., M.P., Joseph Ferguson, E4q.,
M.P., Isaac Butt, Esq., M.P., Colonel H. Solway, the
Rev. Dr. Worthington, &c.

The noble CHAIRMAN, in opening the business, observed
that as the present period was especially critical as regarded
the interests of that unhappy country, which demanded the
eare of that association, and formed the bond of their union,
he (the noble president) was most anxious that nothing
should be said or done there that day that could iu the
least prejudice its present position or future prospects.
In the first place, he must express his regret that the
events of the last year afforded no grounds of congratula-
tion, as he believed it might truly be said, that the great
Polish question had made no progress, either in the war or
by the peace. But though it had not advanced, neither
had it retrograded. It remained exactly as it was, founded
indeed on those immutable principles ofjustice and huma-
nity, its nature could not be changed. The flagrant im-
morality of the original act of spoliation must still be con-
sidered one of the greatest political curses and blunders
ever perpetrated by the European powers. (Applause.)
Though the nature, however, of the original act could not
be changed, its results and consequences might be, and
even now, by just concessions, and by a wise and benig-
nant rule and policy, great political ameliorations might
be made, and liberty and happiness prevail where there is
now only slavery and wretchedness. However ardent
their owe feelings might be at that meeting, however
warmly interested in the important subjects that must
arise in their own minds, he (the noble President) did hope
they should agree on that occasion, that it would be peon-
burly me wise to enter too closely into the various topics of
political excitement, for thus advantage was often afforded
to parties holding inimical opinions. He urged his Polish
friends to receive this advice from one who had ever felt
the strongest) sympathy for them in their attachment to
their beloved country, illustrious by so many heroic cha-
racters. roland as a nation must ever remain renowned in
history, and the Poles illustrious fur all their glorious deeds.
Throughout the world they already possessed the esteem
and admiration due to their inflexible constancy, and
patience amids'e the trials they had encountered, and when
duty called them to war they had ever been in the fore-
most ranks to prove their courage and prowess. It might
he destined for the inscratable purposes of Divine Provi-
dence that the restoration of Poland should be
aceioved under the olive tree of peace rather than during
the thunder of war. Already to the throne of Russia had
ascended a monarch, whose disposition seemed more fa-
vourable to improvement and liberal ideas and views. He
therefore urged the patriotic Poles, whilst they still retained
that constancy and courage for which theglvere prover-
bial, to be guided by prudence and moderation, as by that
means their most ardent desire for a happy future to Po-
laud was most likely to be accomplished. By that means
it might be designed that those noble patriots now exiled
in foreign climes might again breathe the air of their be-
loved country, its nationalities be recognised and secured,
and a governnient suited to its wants and wishes, with just
and generous laws, be firmly established. (Loud applause)
Earl FORTESCHE moved the first resolution, !` That,
whilst our minds remain unchanged as to the merits of the
great Polish question, still, considering the inudiar circum-
eLeuces of the present period, this association does not con-
sider it expedient to take any course or pronouaee any opi-
woe that might in the lease prejudice the cause of I'olaud
in the opinion of any of its friends. Its determination,
therefore, is to wait events, in the anxious hope that some-
thing may yet be done for the Polish nation, if not com-
mensurate with its wants and wishes, yet permanently
conducive to its general prosperity, and not inconsistent
with its national honour." The noble lord observed,
whilst agreeing with the recommendations of his noble
friend, the president, upon the desirability of expressing
their opinions with calmness and forbearance at the pre-
sent time, he bagged leave to declare that he gave up none
of the opinions he had ever hold as to the immutable jus-
tice of the cause of Poland in her right to a restoration to
her nationality, and of his deep regret that the question of
such restoration had not been made a part and parcel of
the terms of the present peace. (Cheers.)
Mr. FIIRGUSON, M.P., seconded the resolution, and it
was carried unanimously.

Mr. W. L. BIRKBECK, the hon. sto•etary, read the v.
p3rt, which, after noticing the concert given by the Princess
afarcAline Czartoryski, at the house of the Marquis of
Breadalbane, from which the fonds of the association de-
rived a clear profit of 4351. 18s. 6d., stated that the total
income of the association for the current year had amounted
to 7391. 14s. 61., and the expenditure to 8901., of which
2161 11s. had been expended in relieving 535 cases of dis-
tress. The council alleged that the rejection, at the great
meeting on the Bth of August, in St. Martin's-hall, of a
petition to Parliament in favour of Polish independence,
and the formation of a Polish legion, was due to the efforts
of the gentlemen who considered that all measures for the
benefit of Poland should be postponed until Lord Palmer-
ston had been dismissed from office, and that occurrence
had prevented a general manifestation of public feeling in
favour of Poland throughout this country. It was not
until the month of November last that arrangements were
made for the enlistment of Polish volunteers in
the pay of England, under the name of " Cossacks of
the Sultan ;" but, notwithstandinc, the short period
which elapsed before peace was concluded, and the dis-
couragements which Polish volunteers had previously met
with, about 2,000 men enrolled themselves, and now
formed a body conspicuous for their soldier-like appearance
and excellent behaviour. The report referred to several
occasions in which Polish refugees had rendered essential
service to the allies during the war, and particularly to the
i ostanca of the brave Capt. Dymock's interpreter, who, by
addressing the Russian soldiers in their own language, and
telling them that they were surrounded, had induced them

to fly, leaving their artillery, at.the passage of the Ingour.
The report expressed a hopo that the English Government
would use its best endeavours, in pursuance of the pledge
given to the Polish volunteers for the purpose of inducing
the Turkish Government to maintain this valuable force,
notwithstanding the termination of the war, and after no-
ticing the petition addressed to her Majesty, and the me•
morial presents I to Lord Palmerston on behalf «..f the as-
sociation during the progress of the negotiations at Paris,
it proceeded to point out that the war had demonstrated
the insufficiency of Germany as a barrier to resist the en-
croachments of Russia;' and showed that the assertions so
frequently made by persons unacquainted with Poland,
that tkere were no longer Poles to be found except amongst
the nobility, and the political refugees was a mere inven-
tion unsupported by a shadow of evidence. That, wherever
on opportunity had been offered by the Polish private sol-
diers of bearing arms against Russia, they had seized it
with the utmost eagerness, and had thus formed the fallacy
of the statement that the class from which they aro taken,
the peasantry have lost their ancient patriotism, and been
converted into Russians. The report concluded by stating
the determination of the association to fulfil its primary
duty of proelaiming the truth respecting Poland.
The Rev. Dr. WORTHINGTON moved theadoption of the
report, and expressed his regret that the restoration of
Poland had not formed a part and parcel of the recant ne-
gotiations for peace. At the same time he must confess
that he felt much astonished at the silence of Poland dur-
io the recent war.
The Earl of HARRINGTON seconded the resolution. Ho
had hoped that the late war in which we had been engaged.
With Russia would have led to some advantages for, if not
to the restoration of, Poland. He confessed, therefore,
that he was much disappointed with the terms of the con-
clusion of peace, and did not approve of it because he could
not believe that it was a permanent peace, but merely a
cessation of arms. Be it, as it may, he thought this was
not a time when they should desert the cause of Poland.
The noble lord cited the will of Peter the Great, the main
point of which was to secure the subjugation of Poland in
order to aggrandise the whole power of Europe in the
hands of Russia, and contended that, in order to secure
the balance of power in Europe and a permanent and last-
ing pe ice, the restoration of Poland as a barrier to the fu-
ture aggressive policy of Russia was indispensable.
The resolution was put and carried non. con.
The fLogro MAYOR. in !moving a vote of thanks to the
Princess Alercelline Czartoryski for the course she had
taken with a view of alleviating the sufferings of her dis.
tressed and :exiled countrymen, expressed his deep sym-
pathy in the cause of Poland, and his admiration of the
objects of that institution.

kr. MONCKTON MILNES, M.P., seconded the resolution,
and observed that he never anticipated that the late war
would work the regeneration of •Poland, because he con-
curred with a great French statesman who knew a great
deal about Russia, who remarked that the moment the
war touched the question of Poland then Russia would
make peace. (Hear. hear.)
The Marquis of TOWNSHEND moyed, and Earl FITZWIL-
LIAM seconded, the re-election of the Marquis of Breadal-
bane as oresident of the association for the ensuing year,
which was carried unanimously amidst loud applause, and
the noble chairman returned thanks..

On the motion of Mr. REALES, seconded by Lord RAYN-
HAM, his grace the Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Har-
r..wby, the Earl of Scarborough, the Right 'Hon. the Earl
of 11.-ufn;ton, Earl Fitzwii lam, the Earl of Shaft3sbury,
E trl Fortescle, and the EArl of Zetland, were elected
vice-presilents, and the council have also been appointed
for the ensuing year.
A deputation from the Polish Historical Society, com-
posed of ColOnels Szyriva, Smolinski, and Zaba, presented
an address expressive of their gratitude for the services
rendered to their country by the friends of Pelabd.

Thanks were voted to the Marquis and Marchioness of
Breadalbane, for permitting the matinee musiecee of the
Princess Czartoryski to be given in their mansion, and for
the generous hospitality and courteous reception which
they extended to the company present on that occasion,
and to the distinguished artists who generously offered
their gratuitous services.
The Earl of ZETLAND moved, and Captain SZULCZEWS3I
seconded, a vote of thanks to the noble chairman for pre-
siding over the meeting ; and after an acknowledgment
from him; and a fear words from Mr. L. Eirkbeck and Earl
Fitzwilliam, the meeting separated.

FOREIGN SuGAR.--Returns, moved for by-Mr. Mof-
fatt, M.P., show that the gross quantity of unrefined
foreign sugar entered for home consumption in 1855
amounted to 2,321,431 cwt., against 2,439,291 cwt, in
1854( 1,531,978 cwt. in 1853, 682,526 •owl-. in 1852,
and 1,379,040 cwt. in 1851. The quantity.of refined
sugar and candy retained for home consumption was
277,897 cwt. The aggregate quantity of sugar of all
Sorts obtained for home consumption last year was
2,599,331 cwt. Of the unrefined sugar 862,931 cwt.
were imported from Cuba, 255,741 from Port Rico,
561,512 from Brazil, and 376,864 cwt. from the Philip-
pine Islands.

ATTACK ON A FAMILY BY A BULL. On Tuesday morn-
imf last, a bull being driven to a slaughter-house, near
Wbitmore-lane, in Cardiff, dashed into Mary Ann-street,
and, being closely prassed by his pursuers, rushed into
a house, where the inmates, five in nutulser, 'were at
breakfast, and commenced an indiscriminate attack.
Among them was a blind man named Harding, about
who was knocked down and so much
SO years of age,
injured that his life is in danger. A man natned Elias
Williams was severely gored in his side by the infuriated
animal ; the whole of the articles of furniture, including
a clock, were smashed to pieces. A female and some
children were extricated through the window by a min.
tianlan, 'who removed the fastenings with his bayonet
from the outside. The bull having broken a staircase and
through a partition-wall, turned round- into the street,
and dashed up Charles.a.-reet :Ind out of the town, when,
aft,..r a revere Q ittse, !te, eriven into an outlio 1,4 and
steured.

Sporting Intelligence.

TATTERSALL'S.-SATURDA.Y.

Room, terrace, and yard presented an animated ap-
pearance, The assemblage comprised numbers of turfites
from all parts of the kingdom—all anxious to ascertain
the latest indications of the Derby aspect, and to regu-
late their speculations accordingly. The transactions
were, however, comparatively few ; in fact, the close
approach of the Derby was never in our experience
marked by so little betting.
The strength with which Vandermulin was again sup-
ported somewhat weakened the position of Wentworth ;
whilst the former advanced to 6 to 1 taken to "money,"
the latter fell back to 7 to 2 offered.

At the commencement Fazzoletto showed a slight ten-
dency to improvement, but it was quickly checked by
the disposition which was manifested to lay against him,
and sto 1 was currently offered at the close. Cannobie
returned with increa,ed force to 8 to 1, and Artillery
was in good demand at 9 to 1. 25 and 30 to 1 were
laid against Flyby-Night. 40 to 1 offered against the
Coroner. At 1,000 to 15 the investniects on Puck ex-
ceeded 15C/. 1,000 even was betted between Artillery
and Vander/11On. 400 to 200 on Wentworth against
Cannobie. Bto Ito 1501. against Coroner, Ellington,
and Yellow Jack. 9t02 to 2001., and 4tol to 1001.
against Cannobie and Vandermulin coupled.. 375 to 25
against Fazzoletto winning the Derby and Mincepie the
Oaks, and 600 to 25 against Vandermulin and Mincepie
for the Facnc events.
CLOSING PRICES.
THE DERBY.
7to 2 agst Wentworth (offered)
sto 1 agst Fazzoletto (taken and offered)
6to 1 agst Vandermulin (taken)
Bto 1 agst Cannobie (taken and offered)
Bto 1 agst Artillery (take 9to 1)
25 to 1 agst Ellington
25 to 1 agst Rogerthorpe (taken)
30 to 1 agst Fly-by-Night
1000 to 30 agst Bird in Hand (offered) •
. 40 to 1 agst Coroner (offered) •
50 to 1 agst Astrologus (taken)
50 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken)
50 to 1 agst Barbarina colt (taken and offered)
50 to 1 agst Puck (taken)
c THE OAKS.
3to 1 agst Mincepie (taken .to 1001.)
4 to 1 agst Mermaid (taken)
Seto 1 agst Kalipyge (taken)
9to 1 agst Tyne (taken)
10 to 1 egst Cerva (taken)

LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST-END.
THE DERBY.
7to 2 agst Wentworth (taken to 4001.)
11 to 2 agst Fazzoletto (taken to 2001., and aft.
offered)
6to 1 agst Cannobie (taken freely)
9to 1 agst Artillery (taken)
9to 1 agst Vandermulin (taken)
20 to 1 aget Ellington (taken)
28 to 1 aget Bird in Hand (taken and offere 1)
30 to 1 aget Fly-by-Night (offered)
40 to 1 agst Barbarina c (taken and offered)
50 to 1 aget Puck (taken)
50 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken)
13 to 1 aget Ellington and Bird-in-Hand coupled
(taken)
12 to 1 tpZet Yellow Jack and Bird-in-111nd (t)
First, Second, or Third.
2 to 1 aget Cannobie (taken)
2 to 1 agst Fazzoletto (taken)
4to 1 aget Yellow Jack (taken)
5 to 1 agst Ellington (taken)
10 to 1 agst Cotswold (taken)
OAKS.
2to 1 agst Mincepie (taken)
RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.

On Tuesday, the 27th, and on Thursday, the 29tb,
trains ut the usual• first and second class fares will run
from London to Epsom from 7 a.m. to 11 10 a.m., and
from Epsom to London after 7 p.m.
Additional fast trains will run from London to Eirom
from 11.16 a.m. to 1.30 p.m., returning from Epsom
from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
On the Derby day and• Oaks day, WednaQday, the
28th, and Friday, the 30th, trains will run at the usual
first and second class fares from London to Epsom from
7 a.m. to 9 a.m., and from Epsom to London after 8
p.m.

Additional fast trains will ran from London to Epsom
from 9:5 a.m. to 1.20 p.m and from Epsom to Loudon
from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
On the Derby day and Oaks day a special express
train will also leave the London.bridge term►nus at 1:45
p.m. precisely, arriving at Epinm iu time for the race.
The ordinary trains between London and Croyden, and
London and Epsom, will be entirely suspended during
the hours above advertised.

EXCURSION TRAINS.—For the special accommodation
of visitors to London during the Peace Festival, the
London, Brighton, and South-Coast Railway Company
propose to run excursion traits from all their stations
every day, from this day (Monday) to Saturday, inclu-
sive. It may, therefore, be expected that a vast number
of excursionists will avail themselves of the opportunity
of adding to their list of sights and entertainments "
trip to Epsom on the Derby Day."

YACHTING.

ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB.
RYDE, MAY 22.

YACHTS AT AND OFF THE STATION,

Georgians, Capt. Thellusson.
Shadow Sir Gilbert East, Bart.
Surprise
Extravaganza

GLASGOW, MAY 20,

A rendezvous of yachts belonging to this club will
take in Gourodc Bay, on Tuesday, the 3i June, at ten
o'clock a.m., for the purpose of cruising in flout for a
few days.
The regatta will take place at Dunoon in the month
of August, the date to be fixed hereafter.

PROGRAMME OF THE LONDON FIREWORKS ON THE
29TH INST.—Lord Palmerston will let off the squibs and
crackers ; Sir James Graham, the serpents ; Mr. Glad-
stone, the Roman candles ; Lord John Russell, the blue
lights ; Lord Aberdeen and Sydney Herbert, the Cathe-
rine wheels, to honour of the grandmother of their friend
Nicholas ; Bernal Osborne and Lome, the rockets ; the
Marquis of Lansdowne, the Lord Chancellor, and Sir C.
Lewis, collecting thesticks; and Wils 'n acting as gene-
ral powder-monkey on the occasion. It is also expected
that Mr. Disiaeli will be in attendance with a few heifer
matches to help his rivals to strike a light, in case of any
failures in the exhibition. Prince Albert will also be pre-
sent. His faded popularity well entitles him to be called
" the light of other days,"—Phiz.
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LA W INTELLIGENCE.—May 24.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Phillips.)
IN THE MATTER OF JAMES IRVING SCOTT.
This insolvent, the proprietor and editor of two news-
papers called the Reporter and a penny newspaper called
the London Evening News, whose case was before reported,
was further heard.

Mr. Fisher now appeared as counsel for Mr. Taylor, p
printer; and Mr. Macrae supported.
The point raised was a vexatious defence to Mr Tayloi's
action, but the necessary evidence was not produced, and
another adjournment was opposed. It was remarked that
the insolvent had been four months iu prison.
Mr. Commissioner Phillips declined to grant a further
adjournment, and ordered the insolvent to be discharged.
lie was accordingly discharged.

AN EXCELLENT DETERMINATION.
His Honour intimated his determination to rise at four
o'clock, and in the midst of a case, when that hour arrived,
adjourn the court. It is to be hop;-!,cl that the learned com-
missioner will not relax the resolution he has adopted on
the present occasion.