The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, :Al A Y 7, 1859.

WEYMOUTH and CHANNEL ISLANDS
STEAM PACKET COMPANY (Limited).—SUM-
MER SERVICE.—Steam Communication between the
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY of ENGLAND and
GUERNSEY and JERSEY, via Weymouth.
Through Booking from all the principal stations on the
Great Western Railway.
The steamers sail from Weymouth every Tuesday, Thurs-
day, and Saturday, at eight a.m.
Further particulars at the. Railway Stations, and of
JOSEPH MAUNDERS, Managerand Secretary.
Weymouth, May 1, 1859.

WEYMOUTH ana CHANNEL ISLANDS
STEAM PACKET COMPANY(Limited).--STEAM
COMMUNICATION between the GREAT WESTEitN
RAILWAY of ENGLAND and the WESTERN RAIL-
WAY of FRANCE, via Weymouth and Cherbourg.
Through Booting from all the principal stations on one
line to the principal stations on the other (Paddington to
Paris excepted).
The steamers sail froth Weymouth every Tuesday, Thurs-
day, and Saturday, at six a.m. (carrying- the mails both ways).
Further particulars at the Railway Stations, and of
JOSEPH MAUNDERS, Manager and Secretary.
Weymouth, May 1, 1859.

THE LONDON.—The attention of Gentlemen
1 is especially drawn to the advantages offered in these
elegant and spacious Saloons, which fulfil all the require-
ments of a West-end club of the most aristocratic and exclu-
siye character.
Won trouve dans la Salle, de Lecture non seulement lea
meilleurs journeaux Anglais, mais aussi Allemand, Francais,
et Beige.

F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street,

THE .LONDON.—S AWYE R'S famous
LONDON DINNER, consisting of two soups, two
entrees; joints, two sweets, cheese, and salad, at a
fixed charge of 2s. Gd. (attendance, 3d.), is served from Two
till Eight in the spacious Saloon.
In the Coffee-room, Dinners from the joint, with vegetables,
cheese; and salad, is. Gd. (attendance 3d.), and soup, fish, en-,
trees, &c., a la carte, are served front One till Nine o'clock.
Ladies' Private Rooms and Dining Saloons. Spacious and
well-ventilated Wine,. Coffee, and Smoking Saloon.
An extensive and carefully selected stock of Rhenish, Mo-
selle, and other Wines, imported expressly for the London
Dinner. Open on Sundays from Four till Nine.
F. SAWYER, Proprietor, 191, Fleet-street.

THE PATRICIAN. This Establishment is
now Open for first-class DINNERS, LUNCHEONS,
&c. The PATRICIAN DINNER, in the large Dining-room,
at 2s. 6d., comprising Soup, Fish, Entrees, Joints, Pastry,
Cheese, &c. The %Vines with corresponding economy. In
the Coffee-room, Dinners and Refreshments kla carte. Spe-
cial attention is invited to the numerous Private Apartments
for the Patrician Dinner, at ss. The Smoking and Chess-
room combines comfort and elegance. The lavatories, vesti-
bules, and spacious entrance, with the general unique arrange-
ments, ensure an acknowledgment that this noble Mansion is
worthy of its title:—THE PATRICIAN. Open at Five on
Sundays. Wedding Breakfasts and Ball Suppers, with first-
class attendance.
Orders, addressed to J. HOLMES and CO., The Patrician,
New Coventry-street, will have the best attention.
N.B.—Whitebait, in perfection, served daily. Hampers
packed for the Derby.

iIVANS'S • MAGNIFICENT MUSIC and
SUPPER ROOMS, COVENT-GARDEN.—Gentlemen
visiting. London will find their evening enjoyment largely
provided for at the above establishment.
THIRTY VOCALISTS. Short and interesting interludes
between the musical portion of the entertainment, embracing
au amount of singular ability never before pregented to the
public.
The performances considerably increased. Books of Words,
&c. Admission, Sixpence, commencing at Eight o'clock pre-
cisely. Suppers after the theatres for gentlemen.
The DRAMATIC GALLERY, now the finest in the world,
alone worth a visit. One hundred and sixty portraits, the
greater number first class in art; and original paintings.
THORLEY's .MUG.

WHAT are the Wild Waves saying? Keep
up your Channel Fleet, and, buy your Teas of the
East India Tea-Company, where sound 'lea, Black, Green, or
Mixed, can be bought, in 61b bags,.at 2s. per lb., and Coffee, in
the Berry. at 10d.—Warehouse, p, Great St. Helen's-church
yard Bishopsgate. . .

EPPS'S COCOA.—Epps, homccopathic chemist,
London.--,-This excellent preparation, originally pro-
duced specially for the use of homoeopathic patients, having
been adopted by the general public, can now be had of the
principal grocers. Each packet is labelled James Epps,
homoeopathic chemist, London.

NTINEGAR. Patronised by her Majesty's
Government.—CONDY'S PATENT PURE CONCEN-
TRATED MALT VINEGAR.--Families, by using this de-
licioui Vinegar, insure purity, and effect a saving of 50 per
cent. See Report of Dr. Letheb', City Officer of Health ;Dr
Hassall, of the "Lancet" Commission, and others. Sold by
the Trade, in bottles labelled and capsuled. Whalesalo, 63,
King William-street, London.bridge, E.C. —Six Quart Sample
sent free to any Railway for 3s. 6d.

HART'S • PATENT ECONOMISING GAS
BURNER, the great desideratum of the age to all con-
sumers of Gas. . By its use the objections to the introduction
of Gas into private dwellings are removed, inasmuch as every
particle of gas. on reaching the orifice of the burner, is fairly
consumed, and thus the diffusion of those noxious vapours so
injurious to health, and destructive to works of art, bindings
of books, &c., is entirely prevented.
'rho burner can hp fitted by the most inexperienced hand to
any chandelier or bracket. .
May be had at the Depot, 69, Fleet-street, E.C., price Two
Shillings each : one sent on receipt of 30 postage stamps.

REFRESHMENTS in HYDE PARK.
Herr KUHN, of the Restaurant and Cafe. 21, Hanover-
street, Hanover-square, Purveyor to the Royal Italian Opera,
Covent-garden, begs to inform the nobility and gentry, that
from Saturday, the 7th instant, REFRESHMENTS will be
PROVIDED near the Piccadilly entrance of Rotten-row, in
a TENT erected for the purpose. Ladies and gentlemen can
be served without alighting.

GREY HAIR RESTORED TO ITS
NATURAL COLOUR. Neuralgia, Nervous
Headache, Rheumatism, and Stiff Joints Cured by F. M.
HERRING'S PATENT MAGNETIC BRUSHES, 10s. and
15s. Grey Hair and Baldness PREVENTED by P. M. ll.'s
Patent Preventive Brush. Price 4s. and 6s. Offices, 32.
Basinghall-street, London, where may be had, gratis, the
Illustrated Pamphlet, " Why Hair becomes Grey, and its
Remedy." Sold by all Chemists and Perfumers of repute.

SAND HEARING.-SPECTACLES.-
K.; POWERFUL TELESCOPES.—OPERA, RACE, and
PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. Messrs. S. and B. Solo-
mons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe
—opposite the York Hotel, W.—Opera, Race-course, Field,
and general Out door Day and Night Perspective Glasses.
very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and
18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show distinctly
persons to know them at two-and-a-half and three miles,
and an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's
Coast Guards are making use of them as day and night glasses
in preference to all others ; they are also preferred for deer-
stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele-
scopes 34 inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen
and known at 34 miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles dis-
tance ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece, Jupiter's
moon's, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly
seen. All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with
increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal
Letters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable,
newly-invented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket
Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be
seen and known one and a half mile distant. They an-
swer every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera-
houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four
to six miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-
stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers,
and tourists. Price 30s.—Spectacle Lenses of the greatest
transparent power. The great advantage derived from this
invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and
strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ
their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with those
lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they do not re-
quire the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further
powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most
remote part of the world by sending one of the glasses out of
their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the
eyes they can read small 'print with it, and those who have
not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—
New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily
powerfully small newly-invented instrume. for Deafness,
entirely different from all others, surpasses anything of the
kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being
of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables
deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assem-
blies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the cars
is entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that
possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.
Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W.

WILLS OF PERSONS LATELY
DECEASED.

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and the Right Hon. Lord Alfred Hervey, his executors),
who duly proved the same in the London Court of Probate
on the 28th of April. The personalty was sworn under
£90,000. He has left to each of his younger sons a small
annuity, and a legacy alike to each ; a few bequests to ac-
quaintances; and a year's wages to each servant. The re-
sidue of his personal estate he leaves to his eldest son (the
Marquis), to whom he has devised all his other estates and
property.
The will of William Alers Hankey, Esq., of Fenchurch-
street, banker, and of Hyde-park-gardens, has been proved
in. Louden. The personalty is L 250,000. The executors
are John Alers Hankey and Thomas Alers Hankey, Esqrs.,
the sons. The deceased assumed the name of Hankey in
Royal letters patent. Bequeaths to each of his
unmarried daughters an annuity of £5OO, to be
increased on the death of either, and pecuniary legacies to
each of £2,750, as well as an equal share with all the sons
twolBls ub iyi m a
ments ; and such of the furniture, plate, linen, china, 'Sze.
and daughters in a sum of £lO,OOO under marriage se ttle-
(except books), as they may select ;. and tohis daugh.ter, Mrs.
Mary Sewell, a legacy of £5,000, in addition to £5,000 on
band for immediate use. To his younger sons, William,
marriage, and a further pecuniary.legacy to herself and hus-
Stephen, and Alfred,
a legacy of £lO,OOO to . each ; and to
his eldest son £5,000 beyond his share in the residue of
have also left to them the
venom' and real estates in England, Jamaica, and else-
where, which is be divided between him and his other
son, Thomas Alers Harkey, who
testator's share-in the banking business in Fenchurch-street.
All outstanding interest in the late pal tnerships to be shared
by the said two sons, John and Thomas, equally with his
partner, Mr. Thomas Hankey, who is left a legacy of £5OO
as a mark of respect. The will is dated July 22, 1852.
The will of the Rev. Alexander Scott, M.A., formerly of
the West Indies, but late of the city of Bath, was proved
in London the 28th ult., by his son, George Sydney Scott,
bEadsqo.e,
st,hceallsoeldeßexttenceuytsor.
and
Wiltshire,
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and the property known as Parkside, St.
sworn under £120,000. His two estates in the island of Bar-
and coach-house, with the furniture and
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gh, will, by the law of Scotland, to his son.' He pass
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State of
Massachusetts, N.A
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died on the 30th • 18 "9
The residue of his estates, real
and personal, to his son, George Sydney Scott. The testator
1856, March, a ; his will bears date July 28,
-

DEATH OF D.R. LAS DNER,

A, telegram from Paris announeeti.the death in that city
of Dr. Dionysins Lardner. The event is stated to have
taken place on, Thursday evening. 'This eminent and ex
tensive labourer in the field of scientific literature was the
son of a Dublin solicitor, and was born in the Irish metro--
polls, April 3, 1793 ; so that at the time of his decease he
had just-completed his 66th year. The "Men of the Time'--
contains the following interesting notice of Dr. Lardner.
"He received the ordinary education obtained in Irish
schools at that period ; and at the ate of 14 was placed in
his father's office, where he remained about four years.
Disliking the profession, ho entered himself at Trinity -
College, Cambridge, in 1812. In 1813 he gained the first
prize in Aristotelian logic, a subject with which he had been
'wholly unacquainted before the previous November. lie
next gained 15 or 16 prizes in metaphysics, pure mathema-
tics, natural philosophy, astronomy, and moral philosophy ;
and in- 1817 he received the degree.,of Bachelor of Arts.
From this period until 1827 he.reniained in the univer-
sity as a resident member ; and in the interval published
three treatises on geometry, trigonometery, and tho differen-
tial and integral calculus, in addition to the first six books
of Euclid, with a "commentary, followed by a treatise on
solid geometry. The latter work became established as a
class book, and obtained for its author considerable
reputation. It was followed by a popular treatise upon
the steam-engine, based upon a course of lectures de-
livered by Mr. Lardner before thelloyal
,Dublin Society;
for which, besides the customary acknowledgment,
he was presented with a gold medal. This work, the first
popular exposition of a series of contrivances unparelleled
in the annals of mechanical science, has been revised and

enlarged as the progressive improvement and extension of
steam power rendered necessary, and passed through many
editions. It contains the refutation of those absurd reports
which have been generally circulated, imputing to the author
opinions as to the impossibilityof the Atlantic voyage which
are precisely the reverse of those he really expressed. During
the same interval, 1817-27, Dr. Lardner contributed articles
on mathematical subjects to the ' Edip.,rf,,,h Encyclopedia,'
.M944ooiPalia ;' d which are
somewhat extensive treatises upon algebra and trieoine='
try. He next wrote for the Library of Useful Know-
ledge,' a series of articles on various branches of natural
philosophy, including an elaborate analysis of Newton's
optical discoveries.' In the year 1827, upon the establish-
ment of the London University (now University College),
Dr. Lardner, at the invitation of Lord (then Mr.) Brougham,
accepted the Professorship of Natural Philosophy and
Astronomy; and in the following year removed to London.
Here his first labour was the projection of a popular Cyclo-
pedia, to which the most eminent writers of the day might
be induced to co-operate. The plan was communicated by
Dr. Lardner to his friend and publisher, Mr. John Taylor,
himself a man of considerable literary attainments. They
next secured the co-operation of Messrs. Longman and Co.
the publishers, and some of the most eminent literary and
scientific men of the day, as contributors, among whom were
Scott, Southey, Mackintosh, Moore, Herschel, Brewster,
Lindley, Powell, &c. At Dr. Lardner's request Sir John
Hetschel wrote for The Cabinet Cyclopedia' his celebrated
Preliminary Discourse upon Natural Philosophy, the great-
est work of its class since the days of Bacon. Herschel like-
wise prepared for the series his well-known Treatise on As-
tronomy,' Sir David Brewster contributed a treatise on optics,
the department of physics in which he has obtained the highest
rank. • Dr. Lardner wrote for the series treatises upon
hydrostatics and pneumatics, heat, arithmetic, and geometry.
The ' Cyclopaodia' consists of 135 volumes. Meanwhile Dr.
Lardner was an occasional contributor to the Edinburgh
Review, and other periodicals, of papers on physical science
and its application to the industrial arts. Between 1830
and 1840 he was much engaged •by railway companies in
the scientific-and 'engineering departments of the evidence
upon their bills passing through Parliament. In 1840 Dr.
Lardner left England for the United States, where he re-
mained until 1845. In the interval he lectured to crowded
audiences in every principal town of the Union, and ex-
tended his tour to Cuba. These lectures were subsequently
published in two large volumes, of which 15 editions have
been sold. On his return to Europe, in 1845, Dr. Lardner
settled in Paris, where he has since resided. In 1850 ap-
peared his elaborate work of railway statistics, entitled
Railway Economy.' In 1851 Dr. Lardner wrote for the
Times a series of papers upon the Great Exhibition, since.
republished in a volume. upon
next undertook an elementary
course of treatises, under the title of Handbook of Natu-
ral Philosophy and Astronomy,' the second edition of
which, in six volumes, appeared in 1855. In 1853 he com-
menced a series of essays on physical science and its appli-
cation to the industrial arts, entitled ' The Museum of
Science and Art,' the publication of• which, in cheap
periodical volumes, started with nearly 50,000 subscribers.
He has since completed a volume on animal physics pre-
sentir,-; a popular view of the structure and functions of the
human body and those of the inferior animals. Several
original papers have been read by Dr. Lardner to the Royal
Astronomical Society, and published in their Transac-
tions.' Dr. Lardner has been twice married ; first to Miss
Flood, a descendant of Henry Flood, well known in Irish
Parliamentary history as the contemporary of -Henry
Grattan. By this lady Dr. Lardner has one surviving son,
a commissary general in the British army. The doctor
married, secondly, the only child of the late Lieut.-Colonel
Spicer, of the 12th Lancers, by whom he has two
daughters. Dr. Lardner has resided in Paris, and at one
time held the important appointment of foreign corre-
spondent to the Daily News. Dr. Lardner graduated ori-
ginally at Trinity College, Dublin; but subsequently re-
ceivesl honoraty degrees from Cambridge and other univer-
sities,"—Morning Herald.

BA IL WAY INTELLIGENCE.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK.

Miles Opened. Receipts.
Railways. .A.--_, '. -,
1850. 1858. 1859. 1858.
£ £
Ballymena and Portrush 35 35 - -
Bedale and Leyburn • 10 10 103 88
Belfast and Ballymena 65 65 1,296 1,090
Belfast and County Down 2O 17 522 295
Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June 32 32 2,834 2,761
Blyth and Tyne 2O 13 1,668 1,635
Bristol and Exeter llB 117 5,986 6,011
Caledonian l9Bl 1981 12,917 12,398
Ches.&Holyhead(withMold) 94 ' 94 - -
Cockermouth & Workington 8 8 196 264
Cork and Bandon; • 20 20 292 291
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6} 61 158 • 199
Deeside l7 17 211 253
Dublin & Belfast Junction 56 56 1,284 1,234
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,810 1,836
Dub. & Wicklow(in.Kingst ) 401 401 1,943 2,262
Dundalk and Enniskillen - 62 35 779 437
Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 554 566
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun. 31 31 900 964
East Anglian 674 674 858 970
25
E.Counties,Nrlk., & E.Union 489 489 ~,,218 23,915
East Kent 194 - z?,l -
E.Lancashire(in.lllackburn) 111 . 105 6,452 6,136
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edinburgh, Perth, & Dundee 78 78 3,003 3,315
Forth & Clyde Junction
~ 304 283
Furness ' 22 22 1,182 1,469
Glasgow & South-Western lB3l 1831 7,277 7,074
Great Northern 283 283 20.536 23,283
Great North of Scotland
-4 t.Southn. & Westn.(lrind ) 229 204 8,173 7,374
;mat Western 466 466 30,051 28,046
lull and Holderness
inverness & Aberdeen June. 57 15 716 -.
Irish South-Eastern 1 251 251 301 291
Killarney Junction 4l 41 608 399
Lancaster and Carlisle (in
Kendal and Windermere) 1 100, 6,601 6,585
Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) 289 289- 23,553 23,104
limerick and Foynes 26 20k. 162 139
Llanel • 46' . 558
London don & North-Western . 791 ,2 35-5, 65,295 62,631
408
London and Blackwall 5 1,409 1,334
London & South-Western
Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast 2021 183; 14,009 13,133
L'derry and Enniskillen
Loud., Tilbury, & Southend 4 40 1,483 1,153
Man.,Slieffield, & Lincolnsh 173 mit 11,038 9,493
Manch. S.Jun.&Altrinchain 9 0 892 808
Maryport and Carlisle
Midland
Midland G t.Wes tn. of Irind 177 177 4,031 3,982
Monand 52 1, 1,369
Monmoutlish. 52 Rail. & Canal 44 0 2,252 2,482
Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 2,933 3,129
Newport,Abcrg.,& Hereford 50 43 1,383 1,272
North British (in. Dalkeith) 149 149 5,026 5,019
North Devon 35 35 • 389 294
North-Eastern 7364 720 32,430 38,872
North London 9 9 2,383 2,373
North Staffordshire 233 233 7,727 6,283
North-Western 464 464 - -
N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 10 _ - -
Oxford, Wore., & Wolver. - . 94 94 4,329 4,025
Peebles lB 18 195 191
St. Helen's Can al& Railway 30 30 2,080 1,910
Scottish Central - 3,020 2,882
Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,403 3,352
Shrewsbury & Birmingham 294 294 1,722 1,583
Shrewsbury and Chester , 4B 48 2,850 2,568
Shrewsbury & Hereford
Shropshire Union 29 29 1,010 1,010
South Devon
South-Eastern 3Ol 301 17,932 16,229
South Wales l7l 171 6,000 6,292
S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 2,549 2,708
Stockton and Darlington
Taff Vale 54 54 14,290 4,312
Ulster 52 36 1,710 1,411
Ulverstone and Lancaster
Vale of Neath 251 251 1,772 1,890
Warrington and Stockport l2 12 - -
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 340 282
Waterford and Limerick
West Cornwall 274 274 615 631
W.HartlepoolHarbr.&Rail. 39 39 3,450 3,148
Whitehaven Junction l2 12 521 453
Whitehaven & Furness Jun. 35 35 653 499
W'haven,CleatorotEgrmnt. 7 7 379 302
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 807 976
Austrian B2B 673 30,796 27,021
Belgian Eastern Junction 264 264 265 321
Buffalo and Lake Huron
Detroit and Milwaukie lB5l 140 2,119 1,489
Dutch Rhenish
Grand Trunk of Canada 879 849 10,083 9,830
Great Indian Peninsula l3O 884 3,555 1,695
Great Luxembourg 122 38 2,171 1,010
Great Western of Canada 345 283 7,588 A 0,900
Lombardo-Venetian 285 285 - -
I,yons and Geneva 142 107 4,246 3,809
Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 284 224 8,541 7,012
Maria Antonia' 2l 21 219 253
Northern of France 574 574 42,965 38,187
Norwegian Trunk 44 44 01 767
Paris, Lyons, & Medlterrn B4l 781 67,974 61,380
Paris and Orleans 922 857 47,793 42,877
Paris and Strasburg 979 838
.43,504 40,635
Royal Danish 0 69 418 570
Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,054 1,444
Southern of France • '777 773 15,197 11951
West Flanders
768
W. and N.W. of France 7IG 593 . 35,227 30,929

PORTSMOUTH.—AdmiraI Keppell has issued a
notice to the electors of Portsmouth, in which he says :
" A circular having been placarded by the committee of Sir
James Elphiustone and the Hon Thomas Bruce, to the
effect that I had already recommenced a canvass for the
borough, I take the earliest opportunity of informing you
that the above statement is entirely without foundation.
Her Majesty's Government having considered it necessary
for the safety of the country to have recourse to the unusual
measure of offering a .£lO bounty for seamen, I have thought
It my duty to apply to the First Lord of the Admiralty for
employment." A speedy renewal of the late contest, how.
~ver, is expected, as a placard has been issued which says :
--" It is now generally believed that Sir F. Baring was
right in stating that Sir J. Elphin.stone will go to the India
Board. Do not promise your votes to any one ; for your
old and tried friend Lord Nionck will certainly be a midi,
date in thneext election,"

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

CHESTER SPRING MEETING.
- SUBSCRIPTION ROOlll, THURSDAY NIGHT.
For the Derby, 5 to 1 each was taken about Musjid and
the Promised Land to some rnoneyr.but at the close those
odds were offered on the field. Glenbuck was not much in-
quired about, and after 50 to 1 had been laid 40 to 1 was
taken and afterwards offered against him.
' TWO THOUSAND.
sto 4on ProMised Land (taken)
6to 1 apt Nimrod (offered)
14 to 1 agst Craton (taken)
14 to 1 agst Cynricus (taken) .
THE DERBY.
6to 1 apt Musjid (taken and offere4)
sto 1 agst Promised Land (6 to 1 laid once)
9to 1 agst Marionette
25 to 1 agst Reynard (taken and offered)
2000 to 60 agst Old Robert (taken)
40 to 1 agst Glenbuck (taken and offered)

TIIE OAKS.
4to 1 agst Ariadne (taken)
8 to, 1 agst Mayonaise (offered)
10 to 1 agst Rosabel (taken)
14 to 1 agst Lady Kington (taken)
FRIDAY.
The Flying Handicap of 5 soya each, with 50 added.
Winners extra. Half-a-mile. 6 subs.
Mr. Raffatie's Twilight, by Mountain Deer, 3 yrs, Bst 71b
(French) 1
Mr. Barber's Tomboy, 3 yrs 6.t 71b (J. Snowden) 2
Lord Howth's Fencing Master, 3 yrs, Bst. (Fordham) 3
Mr. Gulliver's Macbeth, 2 yrs, Est 41b (Grimshaw) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Twilight, 2to 1 agst Tomboy, 4to 1
agst any other.
Twilight waited to the distance, where she came out, and
won by a length; a head between the second and third ;
half a length between the third and fourth:
Biennial Produce Stakes, of 10 sovs each, with 50 added ;
; colts, ,fist 91b; fillies, Bst 51b-.-- The seeond
to save his stake. T.Y.C. 9 subs.
Mr. G. Forster's Slut, by West Australian, Bst 21b
(Aldcroft) 1
Mr. Flintoff nas. Curlew, Bst 91b (French) 2
Lord Strathmore's Balloon, Bst 51b (Norman) 3
Betting—Even on Slut, 5 to 2 agst Balloon
Slut and Balloon led apparently to the distance, where
Slut took the 'lead and won by half a length; two lengths
between the second and third ; bad fourth.
The Eaton Stakes of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 30 added, for
3 -y-r-olds and 4-yr-olds. Winners extra. Grosvenor
Course. 9 subs.
Mr. Shelley's Lifeboat, by Sir Hercules, 4 yrs (including
slb extra), 9st 41b (L. Snowden) 1
Mr. W. Smith's Never Despair, 3 yrs, Est 111 b
(W . Fordham) 2
Betting-15 to lon Lifeboat, who led all the way, and
won in a canter by six lengths.
The Stewards' Cup of 300 sovs in specie, added to a Handi-
cap SweePstakes of 15 sovs each, h ft. The second to re-
ceive 50 sovs out of the stakes. Winners extra. One mile
and 7 fur. 52 subs.
Mr. J. Thompson'sTunstall Maid, by Touchstone, 4 yrs,
6st 131 b (Bullock) 1
Mr. G. Forster's Underhand, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (Aldcroft) 2
Mr. 'Williamson ns Master Bagot, 5 yrs, 7st' 71b (in-
cluding 10lb extra) (Charlton) 3
The following also ran :—Prioress, Tournament, Fisher-
man, Pensioner, Bevis, Thornhill, Harraton, and Ambush.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Fisherman, 4to 1 agst Prioress, sto
1 Tunstall Maid, 7 to 1 agst Underhand, 10 to 1 each agst
Bevis, Ambush, and Pensioner.
Leamington was declared not to start at 1.30 p.m.
The running was made alternately by Tournament and
Master Begot. About half a mile from home Bevis and
Pensioner went on in advance, but on entering the straight
Master Bagot -again 1 ook the lead. At the distance Tunstall
Maid came out, and half way up Underhand, coming with a
rush, made an effort to overhaul her, but failed in the at-
tempt, and was beaten by three-quarters of a length ; a
head between the second and third ; ton lengths between
third and fourth; Pensioner was fifth.
Handicap Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 50 added. The second
to receive 10 sovs out of the stakes. Winners extra.
7 furlongs. Six subs.
Mr. Barber's Sheffield, by Annandale, 3 yrs, 7st
(L. Snowden) 1
,Mr. Dawson's Gibside Fairy, 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Bullock) 2
Mr. S. Rich's Adelaide, 3 yrs, 6st 71b .... (Pritchard) 3
111 t. Gascoigne's Magic, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b (Sadler) 4
Betting—Even on Sheffield, 2 to 1 agst Gibside Fairy, 3
to 1 agst Adelaide.
The favourite took the lead at the distance, and won by
a length; bad third.
The Cheshire Stakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, with 10 added.
Winners extra. Second to save his stake. From the
Castle polo once round and in. 26 subs., 12 of whom de-
clared.
Mr. Douglas's Botany, by Melbourne, 4 yrs, Est 121 b
_ _

(Edwards) 1
Mr. Payne's Production, 3 yrs, sst ((lrimshaw). 2
Mr. W. Smith's Never Despair, 3 yrs, sst llb (Fordham) 3
Betting-3 to lon Botany, who made all the mulling,
and won very easily by a length ; bad third.
The Ladies' Purse of 50 sovs, for 3-yr-olds and upwards.
Optional selling weights, &c. Once round and a distance.
8 'subs.
Mr. James's Knockburn, 4 yrs (£5O), Bst... (Smethurst) 1
Mr. -West's Mathematics, 3 yrs (£5O), Gst 101 b.
-.(James) 2
Mr. J. Evans's Surprise, 6 yrs (X. 50), Bst 101 b (endall) 3
Mr. Johnson's The Bat, 3 yrs (£0O), Est 101b(J. Harrison) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Mathematics, 2to 1 agst Knookburn.
WOn by a length ; bad third.
THE INJURED JOCKEYS.—We aro glad to state that
Wells is progressing most favourably, and that Ashman
has already quitted the Infirmary.

A Match, which is likely to become one of the most ex-
citing of modern times, has been made for one of the Octo-
ber meetings at Newmarket between Toxopholite and North
Lincoln, the former giving 121 b for the year; Ditch mile.

HORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-
MENTS.

Cu April 28, at 10.20 p.m., MargMargeryDaw out of the Chester
p.

April 30, after 6 p.m., Matlas out of the Wiltshire Stakes
at Salisbury.
May 2, at 9 a.m., Wrestler and Accurate out of their en-
gagements at Bath and Salisbury.
May 2, at 9 a.m., Laodamia, Broadbrim, and Timandra
out of the Chester Cup.
May 2, at 1 p.m., Table Bay and The Poet out of the
Craven and Handicap Plate at Salisbury.
May 3, at 9 a.m., Kilbride out of her engagements at
Salisbury (put to the stud).
May 3, after 8 p.m., Tournament and Hibernian out of
the Longleat Stakes at Salisbury.

The Doncaster Spring Handicap of 10 sous each, h ft, and
only 3 if declared on the 10th of May at 12 o'clock at
noon, with 100 added ; winners of any handicap of the
value of 100 sovs after 4th May 71b, of two or one of 200
sovs value, 101 b extra ; St. Leger Course ; 48 subs, if
the highest weight accepting be under Bst 121 b, it will be
raised to that weight, and the others in proportion.
Age st lb Ago st lb
*Saunterer 5 9 0 Empty Bounce .... 4 5 11
Skirmisher 5 8 7 Ambush 3 5 10
Prioress
Misty Morn .. 4 7 12 *Pan
Theodora .
Mr. Sykes a 7 7 Shafto 3 5 9
Simpleton
*Tunstall Maid 4 7 3 Far West 3 5 7
Hungerford. .. a 7 3 Bc by Vatican out
Malacca 6 7 0 of Lady Mary .. 3 5 6
Little Cob
_ _

*Pensioner
Broadlands
Hamlet ... 5 6 11
Trabuco 4 6 8
Abron 4 6 8
Ancient Briton 4 6 7
Dispute
Sunrise 6 6 4
Princess R0ya1.... 4 6 4
Meadowdale
Gladiolus.
Coxwold 4 6 0
Turret . 4 5 13
Ronconi 4 5 13

Orleans
Clara Webster .... 3 5 5
Appendix
Gibside Fairy
Griffin 3 5 2
*Mutineer 3 5 2
Paul Jones
Hibernian 3 5 0
Antidote 3 4 13
Premium
Tom King 3 4 12
Blackmail
Eclipse

Those marked thus * having been entered without the
knowledge of their owners, will be struck out by the time
prescribed, if not specially ordered to remain in.
The Bath Handicap of 10 soya each, h ft, if declared by
eight o'clock the evening before running, with 100 added ;
winners of any handicap after May 5, of 200 soya value
(including the winner's own stake),slb, and oftwo or more
such handicaps, 101 b extra; once round, about ono mile
and a half. 29 subs.

Age st. lb.
Tournament 5 9 4
Skirmisher
Laodamia
Ancient Briton
Little Cob
Tame Deer
Apollo
Fadladeen 4 7 43
Malacca 6 7 7
Thornhill
Glee Singer
Findon
Heir-at-Law 3 6 7
Petra 3 6 0
Commodore

Age st. lb
Independence 3 6 0
Orleans
Hibernian 3 6 10
The Poet
Ardea 3 6 9
Linda 3 5 7
Schism
Tragedy 3 5 5
Olympias
Blackmail 3 4 12
Lassie 3 4 10
Table Bay 3 4 10
The Gem
Eclipse

THE SUSPECTED POISONING OF A
FEMALE BY A SURGEON.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

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On Thursday evening Mr. William Carter, the coroner
for East Surrey, held an inquest at Richmond, on the body
of the female who was supposed to have been poisoned by
Mr. Thomas Smethurst, a surgeon, with whom she lived,
at No. 10, Alma Villas, Richmond-hill.
Considerable excitement has been caused in the town
since the occurrence, it being the opinion of all classes that
she had been slowly poisoned.
The evidence of. Drs. Julius and Bird, respectable prac-
titioners of Richmond, went to show that they were called
in to visit the female, who was supposed to be a married
lady, and they prescribed for her acoordin to the disease
from which she was suffering. Their medicine took no
effect, and from the extraordinary change in the system the
police were made acquainted with certain circumstances,
which led to awarrant being obtained against Dr. Smethurst.
The unfortunate lady died on Tuesday morning,
same .evening Dr. Smethurst was apprehendeco,t,.
Mortlake,
mortem examination was made by Dr. Palmer, l th
in the presence of Drs. Bird and Julius,from. p in-
foul The
flamed state of the stomach they ausPeV
intestines were accordingly sent up ecalyTaylor,
of Guy's Hospital, for analysation. tSgcli.not being com-
pleted, the further inquiry
the 13th ins . was adjourned until Friday next,