The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY E V ENING, MAY 6, 1.858.

PARLIAMEYTARY DIFISION.

HOUSE OF COMMONS-MAT 5.

MARRIAGE LAW AMENDMENT BILL.
Order for second reading ; motion made, and question
proposed, " That the bill be now a second time."
Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now,"
and at the end of the question to add the words " upon
this day six months." Question put, " That the word
now' stand part of the question." The House
divided—Ayes 174, Noes 134.

AYES-174.
Adair, H. Fortescue, Hon. F. Pease, Henry
Akroyd, E. Fortescue, C. 51. Pechell, Sir G.
Anderson, Sir J. Fox. W. J. Peel, Sir It.
Ashley, Lord Gard, R. Percy, J.
Atherton, W. Gaskell, J. Pilkington. J.
Ayrton, A. Gibson, Milner Potter, Sir J.
Bagwell, John Gifford, Earl of POWS% Francis
Bailey, C. Glyn, G. Pugh, D.
Baines, Rt. Hon. M. Glyn, G. Ramsden, Sir J.
Ball, E Goderich, Viscount Ricardo, 0.
Baring, T. Greene, John Ridley, George
Barnard, Thomas Grenfell, Charles W. Robertson, P.
Bass, M. Gray, Captain Roupell, W.
Beach, W. Grosvenor, Earl Russell, H.
Biggs, John Gordon, Brampton Salisbury, Enoch
Bland, L. H. Haddo, Lord Scholefield, W.
Bonham-Carter, J. Hadfield, George Shafto, R.
Botfield, B. Hamilton, Lord Claud Shelley, Sir J.
Br'and, Hon. 11. Hanbury, Robert Sibthorp, Major
Bright, John Handley, H. Smith, J. A.
Briscoe, John Hankey, T. Smith, J. B.
Brocklehurst, J. Hardcastle, Joseph Smith, A.
Browne, Lord John Harris, J. D. Smyth, Col.
Bruce, 11. A. }Lessard, Michael Somerset, Colonel
Buckley, Gen. Hayter,Sir W. Somerville, Sir W.
Butler, C. S, Headlam, T. Spooner, R.
Byng, G. H. C. Holland, E. Stanley, W.
Caird, J. Horsman, E. Stapleton, John
Calcraft, J. Howard, C. Steel, John
Campbell, R. Hudson, G. Stirling, W.
Clay, James Ingham, R. Sturt, C.
Clifford, Lt: Col. 11.111. Jackson, W. Talbot, C.
Clive, George Jervoise, Sir J. Thompson, General
Colebrooke, Sir E. Kershaw, J. Thornely, T.
Collier, R. P. King, L. Tollemache J.
Colvile, C. R. Kinglake, A. Truman, C.
Coningham, W. Knatchbull-Huguessen Turner, J. A.
Coote, Sir C. H. Lewis, Sir G. C. Villiers, C.
Crawford, R. W. Liddell, H, G. Vivian, H. H.
Crook, J. Lindsay, W. Waddington, H.
Darner, L. D. Locke, J. Watkins, Col.
Davey, R. Locke, John Wegeelin, T.
Denison, W. H. Luce, T. Western, S.
Dillwyn, L. L. Mackinnon, W. We.sthead, Joshua
Duff, L. Mackinnon, W. Whitbread, S.
Duke, Sir J. Malins, Richard White, James
Ebrington, Viscount Marsh, M. Wickham, H.
Elliott, J. E. Martin, C. Williams. W.
Elphinstone, Sir J. Martin, P. Wood, Sir C.
Eiton,;Sir A. IL Martin, J. Wood, W.
Evans, T. W. Melgund, Lord Woodd, B.
Bwart, W. Mellor, John Wortley, Major
Evart, J. Miller, Taverner Wrightson, W.
Fenwick, H. Milnes, R. Wyld, James
Ferguson, Sir Robert Morris, D. Wyvill, M.
Fitzroy, Henry Napier, Sir C. Young, A.
Foley, H. W. Nicoll, D. TELLERS.
Foljambe, Francis North, F. Bury, Viscount
Forster, Charles Paxton, Sir J. Schneider, Henry
NOES-134.
Adderley, C. S. East, Slr J. Matheson,Sir I.
Alexander, J. Edwards, Henry Miller, Stearne
Arbuthnott, Gen. H. Egerton, Sir P. Mills, Arthur
Baillie, H. Egerton, Edw. C Morgan, 0.
Baring, A. Eloho, Lord Mowbray, J. R.
Bennet, Capt. P. Estcourt, T. Naas, Lord
Bentinck, G. Ewing, Crum Newark, Viscount
Blake, J. Farnham, E. North, Col. J.
Boldero, Col. H. G. Fellowes, E. O'Brien, P.
Bovill, W. Finlay, A. Ogilvy, Sir J.
teyd, J. Forester, Col. Packe, C.
Brady, J. Forster, Sir Geo. Pakenham, Colonel
Sraraley-Moore, J. Gallwey, Sir W. Palmer, R.
Bramston, T. W Gavin, Major Patten, Col.
Bruce, Major Gladstone, W. Pennant, Col. E.
Bruen, H. Greenall, Gilbert Pevensey, Viscount
Buller, Sir J. Greville, Colonel F. Philipps, J.
Bunbury, W. B. Grogan. Edward Portman, W.
Burghley, Lord Hamilton, G. A. Rushont, Capt. G.
Burrell, Sir C Hardy, G. Russell, F. W.
Cairns, H. Hay, Lord John Scott, F.
Cavendish, W. Hayes, Sir E. Seymer, 11.
Cavendish, G. C. Heathcoate, Sir W. Shirley, E.
Clark, J. Holford, R. Smollett, A.
Cole, H. A. Hotham, Lord Stanhope, J.
Collins, T. Hunt, G. W. Steuart, A.
Conolly, T. Inglis, John Stewart, Sir M.
Cooper, E.J . Johnstone, H. B. Sturt, H.
Cowan, C. Johnstone, Hope Sullivan, Michael
Cox, W. Kendall, N. Trefusis, C.
Cross, R. A. King, J. Trollope, Sir J.
Cubitt, W Kinnaird, A. Waldron, Laurence
Dalkeith, Earl Knatchbull, W. Warren, S.
DELTIC Sir H. R. F. Langton, W. G. Welby, W.
Deedes, William Langton, li. G. Whiteside, J.
De Vero, S. E. Lennox, Lord H. G. Williams, B.
Divett, E. Lockhart, A. E. Willson, A.
Drummond, H. Lowther, Col. H. C. Winnington, Sir T.
Du Cane, C. Lygon, Hon. F . Wyndham, General
Dunbar, Sir W. Macarthy,lAlex. Wyndham, H.
Duncan, Viscount Macartney, George Wynne, J. A.
Duncombe, A. Macaulay, Kenneth Yorke, E.
Dundas, G. Mackie, J.
Dunlop, A. Maguire, J. F. TELLERS.
Dunne. M. Mainwaring, T. Hope, Alexander
Du Pre, C. March, Earl of Puller, Christopher

For Against
F Tolleinache Lord Henniker
Capt Pryse Lord E Hi I
Sir G Grey Lord Emlyn
C Fitzwilliana Colonel Gilpin
Mr Grace Mr Dod

For Against
Lord Galway Mr Lefroy
Mr 0 Ricardo Col Freest=
Mr B King Col Cartwright
Mr Rich Lord tovaine
Mr Blaney Sir J Hamer
Mr Heneage lair Monsell
Mr Alcock ? Mr Close

Lard E tirnee it W Wynn
Sir B Brydges Mr Mangles
Lord Raynham Mr Oreaves
Mr A Russell Mr E G Duff
Mr Willcox Mr Davison
Captain Vivian Mr Lyall
Sir II Cotterell Earl of Lincoln
Mr Ellice Mr Miles

Mr J Foley N r Egerton
Sir E Bus on:1 Mr Whitmore
Mr C Paget Mr Barrow
Mr T G Baring Col Knox
Mr C Buxton Mr Beresford

BILL TO FACILITATE THE SALE AND
TRANSFER OF LAND IN IRELAND.

The object of the bill is to perpetuate a Land
Tribunal in Ireland, in which the mode of pro-
ceeding adopted by the Incumbered Estates Court
is to be continued, and the principle permanently
established of rendering titles unimpeachable which
have passed the ordeal of investigation by the
court.

The application of that principle, however, is to
be considerably extended so as to embrace as many
classes of cases relating to titla as can be brought
within one consistent plan, so as to lead to a gene-
ral improvement of titles to land in Ireland.
The jurisdiction of the court is no longer to be
restricted to particular clastes of estates in land, or
to the particular circumstances within which the
action of the commissioners has been hitherto con-
fined. 1
The court will now be empowered to entertain
petitions for a sale of any estate in land, whether at
the instance of an incumbrancer or owner, or
whether the owner's estate is incumbered or main-
cumbered ; and it will be invested with the power
to confer unimpeachable titles by the simple con-
veyance of one of its judges, after the title 113 s been
subjected to a scrutiny, aided by registry searches,
and public and other notice of proceedings, in ac-
cordance with the method practised by the Incum-
bered Estates Court. _

The bill also authorises any vendor or vendee,
upon a private contract of sale of land to apply to
the court for the purpose of having the title sub-
jected to a like investigation, and of procuring a
like unimpeachable title for the vendee or a con-
veyance by the judge.
The bill further makes the new tribunal a court
for the investigation of title, and sale, and convey-
ance of lands ordered to be sold by the Court of
Chancery or the Court of Bankruptcy, and confers
an indefeasible title on such conveyance.
The provisions of the bill also authorise the
owner of land, held in fee simple, to apply to the
court for a like investigation, and for a judicial de-
claration of a good and indefeasible title, so as to
enable him to transfer his estate, or offer it in the
market with a parliamentary title, and thus to give
the owner the means of a fair competition for his
estate with those which have been already sold ju-
dicially by the court.
On the whole, the scope of the measure is to put
;he stamp of an unimpeachable title on land,
whether sold by the court or by private persons,
and also on land unsold, with a view to future sale,
so as to raise its marketable value, and invest the
owner with a title which may be capable of imme-
diate transfer on such sale.
The policy aimed at by the bill is, therefore, not
only to secure a present facility for the transfer of
land, but to promote a general simplification of
titles in the country.
Clauses have b3en also introduced, similar to
those contained in the Encumbered Estates Act,
for the purpose of effec ins partitions and exchanges
of land by a simple proceeding.
The bill purposes to make the court self-support-
ing, instead of being as heretofore a burden of
18,000 Z. per annum on the public resource..
Two of the present Commissioners of the Encum-
bered Estates Court are to be raised to the rank of
ljudges and to preside over the new Court ; they►
are to act separately, and subject to a direct appeal
to the Court of Appeal in Chancery.

CANCER llosPrre The sixth annual meeting of this
institution was helELd7yesteeday in the board room, Pic-
as read, showed that thanks were
the chair. The report,
Pic-
cadilly ; 0. Ferrer
Marsden and the other meiscluiwncdaelreoeffincienresn. tlyltdvetiaestotoDhre.
increasedregretted tthoatthteh
eexbuilding
ici ated
had
annot
consequentlydurin g the y
the
beenof delayed. The
erection of the new hospitalP had
president of the institution, the Earl f withsi
te d
theth e
countess and other patrons, had several tAihmairlealsie;
13nc1e in hand
institution at Brompton. The general
at the commencement of the year way
which with the donations, &c.. as also 3,000/.o.bf osr3hr.oswde.ii
on mortgage, made a total of 7,9221. #3. 4.1 ,
balance remained of 321. 103. 11d., in additionw to the
a
funded stock. The report having been adopted, Lb:
meeting closed with thanks to the chairman.
THE FATAL COLLISION WITH THE BRIGAND STEAMER
—Of the two missing boats, containing 21 souls, the
passengers and portion of the craw of the Brigand
steamer, which foundered with the barque William
Campbell, after being in collision in the Irish Channel,
not the 1.,a,t tidings has yet been heard, and it is feared
that the worst has befa'len them. Indeed, is would ap-
pe:r ar,inost beyond dT,ubt that one of them went down
within a few minutes after leaving the sinking vessel. A
shriek was heard by the few who remained on hoard the
Brigand, and they fancied they perca,ved in thedarkne-s
of the night one of the boats go down in the gulf creatd
by the sinking of the barque William Campbell. Res-
pen ing the other boat, it is possible she might have
been swamped. There was a heavy cross sea running,
with
_a strong N.N.W. wind blowing. There were in all
11 passengers on passengers on board the Brigand,
some
of them females, and in their terror to escape
ru,hed into the boats in their night clothes, without
ti,et.i:ige hasable to save any other clothing. The Board of
an investigation
the necessary instructions to institute
into the catastrophe.

THE LIBERAL PARTY AND ITS
PRESENT POSITION.

The fact is, the Liberals have been in office too
long. For the last 11 years, with the exception of
a few months during which Lord Derby was in
power, they have had the cards entirely in their
own hands. They have had three Premiers
out of their own ranks, each representing
a distinct section of the party, and each
naturallyjealous and distrustful of the others.
Lord Palmerston united with the Opposition
to overthrow Lord J. Russell in 1852. Lord J.
Russell united with the Opposition to overthrow
Lord Palmerston in 1858. Neither of them can
work in concert with Lord Aberdeen ; neither of
them can work in concert with the other. There is
a large party which could be happy with either
were the other away, but which will not pledge
itself absolutely to the exclusion of the other Of
thispartya strong Liberal phalanx might be formed,
were the rival leaders quietly diposed of. But we
have little hope that any length of opposition will
break down the jealousies among them. It is how-
ever, possible that a fewyears may raise soma man
in the Liberal ranks of sufficient practical al ility,
and with sufficient fitness for command, to rally
under his standard the shattered forces of the Li-
beral party. But, suppose, this should not be the
case ; suppose the various knots on the left, in-
stead of welding into one solid mass, dissolve away
into their constituent elements, what worse is the
prospect of the Liberals ? It is only what has hap-
pened 100 times before. Every party after a few
years comes to a dead-lock ; the party vanishes or
Is destroyed, but the same principles still live, the
same circumstances prompt the same measures, the
same evils suggest the same remedies, and some
new party, springing up from a quarter where no
one expected it, at last carries them into effect.
Political parties, like everything else in this mov-
ing age, are in a state of perpetual transition.
There is hardly a leading man, living or dead, who
has not been connected with different parties.
Pitt, the idol of the Tories, was a thorough-geing
Radical ; Burke, the idol of the Whigs, was the
most obstinate of Conservatives ; Peel, who started
among the Tories, ended by founding a powerful
section of the Liberal party. Canning before his
death was coming rapidly to Liberalism ; and Lord
Palmerston, his successor, is classed among the Li-
beral leaders. There have beencoalitions and divi-
sions, compromises and changes, till nothing old re-
mains. It would be as hopeful a task to draw a sharp
line between the descendants of the Saxons, the
Danes, and the Normans of the 11th century, as be-
tween the successors of the Tories, the Whigs, and
the Radicals of 30 years ago. It need hardly, then,
be taken as political prodigy if the fortuitous com-
bination of atoms which for ten years or more has
gone under the name of the Liberals should never
more appear before the world as a distinct political
party. We shall be well content if from either side
of the house, or from a fusion of different elements
in both, there arise a body of men with views suffi-
ciently advanced to meet the progressive spirit of
the age, and sufficiently sober to answer the de-
mands of practical statesmanship. That such a
party will arise, whether by a complete modifica-
tion of all existing political divisions, or by fresh
life being given to some of the many sections into
which the Liberals are now divided, all history and
experience concur to teach. Of one thing we may
be perfectly sure—that, whatever may-become of
the Liberal party, Liberal principles are just as
safe, and the progress of Liberalism quite as cer-
tain, as if its leaders were dwelling together in
unity, and dispensing patronage among their aris-
tocratic friends with their former openhanded pro-
d igali ty. —Leeds Mercury.

THE DERBY GOVERNMENT.

(From the Morning _Herald.)

Eager aspirants for office, their advocates and
satellites, indulge in a strange kind of warfare
against Lord Derby's Government, and permit
their fierce resentment to betray them into start-
ling inconsistencies. The chief fault laid to the
charge of the present Ministry is their undeviating
success. Had they blundered on in the usual
fashion no bitter invectives would have been hurled
against them, and disappointed members of a weak
Administration would not have taken up the pen.
Jealous political crit cs have during the laid few
weeks run through a regular si ries of predictions,
none of which have been realised, and accordingly
they now fall back upon the dogmatic style. The
British public are told that such and such things
must be done, and that other contingencies are ab-
solutely impossible. In other words, the views of
a small section of intriguing legislators are to be
regarded as the will of the nation, and against their
decision no appeal is to be allowed. The Whig
clique that has so long mismanaged affairs are re-
presented as possessing a prescriptive right to office,
and for the leader of a party more numerous than
their own to dare to wield authority is " flat bur-
glary." In tones of solemn mockery the people were
on Monday last informed by a confidential com-
munication published in the columns of a contem-
porary that Lord Derby has no right whatever to
dissolve, and that if beaten by a factious combina-
tion his only resource would be instant resignation.
In these shallow platitudes the writer discloses his
own weak points. Nothing do the Whigs dread more
than a dissolution of Parliament. They are fully
aware that a general election would still further re-
duce their rapidly-diminishing band ; hence their
spasmodic attempts to make the public believe that
such a constitutional appeal is impossible. The feel-
ing of constituencies has of la'e been hostile to what
may be termed intermediate parties. By interme-
diate parties we mean those who filch a little from
one opponent and a little from another, yet poSseis
no very decided views of their own. The Peelites,
who in some degree partake of this character, were
at the last general election almost extinguished.
Their chiefs—men of remarkable ability and experi-
ence—escaped the fury of the storm, but the rank
and file perished almost to a man. Or all interme-
diate parties the Whigs are decidedly the most
objectionable. Fighting under the Conservative
banner one day and under Radical colours the next,
they remain steadfast to nothing but their devotion
to place. The conviction gains ground that the
Whigs have had their day ; and at the next general
election, come when it may, fearful will be the
havoc committed in their disninished band.
The horror betrayed by politicians of this school
whenever a dissolution of Parliament is mentioned,
cannot, therefore, excite surprise. A hint at what
they consider a terrible doom throws them into
convulsions. Ea-Ministers rush wildly into print,
and by every form of sophistry endeavour to show
that a dissolution is impossible. An attentive
observer of what is passing in the political world
cannot have failed to notice the systematic matter
in which the conflict has been waged. The chief
aim of Lord Derby's opponents has been to raise
an issue by which he might be compelled to resign,
without an appeal to the country. "Let us fight
it out between ourselves and not allow the people
to interfere on either sid'e," has been the burden of
the song chanted by members of the late Cabinet
and their organs. The budget was to be opposed,
and so was the India Bill. Lord Derby, however,
stood firm, and his antagonists quailed. They per-
ceived that the noble earl was in earnest, and did
not intend to be frightened from the vantage-
ground. Rumours of a vote of confidence were
also circulated, but they all gradually died away.
Two ideas were brought home to the convicions of
the captious and incapable Whigs. Tne first
was that they could not by fair means obtain a
vote hostile to Ministers, and the second was
that the people were determined to rail round
them, and see tttat they had fair play. In spite
of the furious denunciations of interested organs,
in spite of the animosity by which they were
everywhere pursued, and in spite of such dis-
graceful tactics as those adopted by Lord Palmer-
ston and his colleagues when Mr. Monselt's
motion and Mr. Locke King's County Franchise
Bill were under consideration, Ministers are popu-
l.r, and their popularity increases daily—aye, even
hourly. Old prejudices are rapidly disappearing.
Go into what circle one will comparisons may ba
heard which wou'd not sound pleasantly in the ears
of Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Vernon Smith, Sir G.
C. Lewis, and a host of legislators of this quality.
The fact is that the people are heartily disgusted
with the Whigs, and have at length obteined an
insight into the deceptions by the aid of which they
have for so long a time managed to wield the ascen-
dancy. As an illustration of this, we need but
refer to criticisms in independent j ,urnals, both
metropolitan and provincial, and to the undis-
guised sentiments of the majority of reflecting men
in all parts of the kingdom.
No Minister has a rich: to dissolve Parliamen
exc,-pt upon scene great question. Such is the
purport of the p teous lamentation of a disappointed
follower of Lord Palmerston, published in the
cr,aoirtely, vultnownuailsd otfih,ave ltynnborining contemporary devoted c xel 11-
sisely to the support of the ex-Minister. Wiwi',
great
questionapsaki
mt Ileirssgtori a
roavnewi
)allii3iei
cJahlse:dirniteotnhttehasepuert
ohi
spring
of last year, Lord
siitu,ncies of the United Kingdom ? Some of the
then Ministerial candidates suPprted the member
for Tiverton as the apostle of peace, and others as
the vigorous prosecutor of the war. One Palmer-
stonian declared that China was to be crushed ;
another, that the struggle was at an cud. Au en-
thusiastic politician even went so far as to assert
that England was not engaged in a conflict with
the Chinese Government, but with counterpart of
a certain English legislator—the restless and indo
'liftable Yele Lord Malmesbury's expeaurer in a
letter addressed to the ex-Premier, of the artifices

practised upon that memorable occasion will not
be easily forgotten. This certainly was not the way
in whicha great question ought to have been treated.
But Lord Palmerston and his organs are aware that
on that occasion there was no great question before
the people. Electors were distracted by a variety
of discoadant cries, and the consequence was that
the Minister boasted of a majority which he did
not actually command. Lord Palmerston met the
new Parliament at the head of a smaller number of
followers than Lord Derby, and the vote upon the
Conspiracy Bill restored the natural order of things.
The present premier may not possess a clear ma-
jority of the House of Commons elected under such
circumstances, but recent divisions have shown
that he has obtained its confidence in a remark-
able degree. An appeal to the country will place
in his hands those full powers of which he stands
in need. Hence the Times and those whom it sup-
ports endeavour to prove that an appeal to the
country is impossible—that Lord Derby cannot
exercise this prerogative. If these politicians had
no fearlof the results of such an ordeal we should
not hear this language. They would welcome a
general election that promised to give them an ac-
cession of strength, and they may well shrink from
one that will spread confusion and havoc amongst
their ranks. We could mention the case of several
constituencies in which the electors are only wait-
ing for an opportunity to place in the hands of their
Whig represeetative a dismissal. Whenever the
word goes forth their broken and scattered forces
will be subjected to fresh humiliations, and many
a Whig candidate will deplore the obloquy into
which the principles of his party have fallen. The
wailings of the Times, and the feeble echoes to
which they'give rise in other directions, carry their
own condemnation and point a peculiar moral.

Among the foremost to break away were Physician,
Sweet William, Night Ranger, Vanity, and
Pincess Royal. The la st-men ioned .one passed the
grand stand before she was stopped ; Night
Ranger and Wouvermans alternately led until
entering the Dee side the last time. On nearing
the half-mile post the Peer took second place,
Botany, being third, Sweet William, Jordan,
Vanity, and Night Ranger next. On rounding the
Grosvenor-bridge turn the Peer took up the
running, and Wouvermans and Botany dropped
back. At the last turn Vanity drew forward, and
at the distance the Peer was beaten, Jordan,
Physician, going in front, Vanity, and M. Dobler
being next. On reaching the Stand Vanity de-
prived Jordan of the lead, and won easily by half-
a-length, the second beating the third by a head,
two lengths between the third and fourth.
Saunterer was fifth, the Peer and Sweet William
next, Botany, Wouvermans, an'i Palmister behind
them, close together. The others were widely
scattered, the last let past the post comprising
Pensioner, Melissa, Sunbeam, Adamas, and King
of the Gipsies. Beaten far off and shut in the
crowd were Princess Royal and Sprig of Shillelagh.
The latter broke down. One Act also broke
down and returned to the saddling enclosure with-
out making the circuit of the c.)urse. The rider of
Melissa broke a stirrup leather soon after starting.

CITY PLATE.

Sir Colin
Master Bagot .
Maggie Lauder
Seven rao.
SCRAMBLE HANDICAP.

The Argosy .
Church Langton .
Captain Wedderhurn
Five ran.
HER MAJESTY'S PLATE
Fisherman

Gamma di Vergy

LATEST DEBBY BETTING.
G to 1 aght Toxopholite
10 to 1 agst Lon range

The excellence of the business arrangements and
the regularity with which the proceedings were
conducted, attested the zeal and earnestness with
which the officials worked. An admirably disci-
plined body of police, under the direction of Mr.
Hill, the chief constable, preserved order on the
course, and cleared the running ground, prior to
each race, with a temper and promptitude worthy
of all commendation. In the weighing department,
under the management of Mr. Horsley, the busi-
n:ss was conducted without noise and bustle, and
Mr. Topham, the Clerkof the Course, was as us:ial
actively engaged in superintending the management
of the meeting.

Special trains in connection with all parts of the
country were "put on," and owing to the many
competing, lines which now run inio Chester, an
extraordinary scene of confusion was pre6ented at
the railway station. The screech of the engine whis-
tles, the shouts of the passengers, and the clamour
at the various entrances, were perfectly stunning.
The railway authorities, however, had taken every
precaution to insure the safety of the passengers,
but all their efforts were ineffectual to prevent
people dashing wildly into wrong trains, or stop-
ping 50 persons from crowding into comparments
which would only hold a dozen. Tile officials,
however, behaved in the most praiseworthy man-
ner, and amidst all the rushing and rioting, no se-
rious accident we believe occurred.

CATTERICK BRIDGE. —The objection which was
made against Kelpie for the Triennial Stakes, at
the recent meeting at Catterick, has been overruled.
The stakes have, therefore, been paid over to his
owner.

BLINK BONNY.—It was reported at Chester, on
Tuesday, that tlis celebrated mare was dead. In
answer to a telegram, Mr. I. Anson states that
although the mare, who is suffering from inflam-
mation, is very "low," yet no fatal consequences
are at present apprehended.