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

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 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 W estern 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, Manager and Secretary.
Weymouth, May 1, 1859.

WEYMOUTH and CHANNEL ISLANDS
STEAM PACKET COMPANY(Limited).—STEAM
COMMUNICATION between the GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAY of ENGLAND and the WESTERN RAIL-
WAY of FRANCE, via Weymouth and Cherbourg.
Through Booking from all the principal stations on one
line to the principal stations on the other (Paddington to
Paris excepted).
The steamers sail from 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
-I- 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-
sive-character.
L'on trouve dans la Salle de Lecture non seulement les
meilleurs journeaux Anglais, macs aussi Allemand, Franca:'
et Beige.

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

THE LONDON.—S AW Y E R'S famous
LONDON DINNER, consisting of two soups, two
fish, two entrees, joints, two sweets, Cheese, and salad, at a
fixed charge of 2s. fid. (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. M. (attendance 3d.), and soup, fish, en-
trées, &c., a la carte, are served from One till Nine o'clock.
Ladies' Private Rooms and Dining Saloons. Spacious and
welt-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, Entrées, Joints, Pastry,
Cheese, &c. The Wines with corresponding economy. In
the Coffee-room, Dinners and Refreshments ala 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, yesti-
bales, 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. .

DEATH OF DR. LABONER.

A telegram from Paris announces the death in that city
of Dr. Dionysius 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-
polis, 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 age of 11 was placed in
his father's office, where he remained about four years.
Disliking the profession, he 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 remained in the univer-
sity as a resident member ; and in the interval published
three treatises on geometry, trigonoinetery, and the 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 ti.„ popular treatise upon
the steam-engine, based upon a course of lectures de-
livered by Mr. Lardner before the Royal Dublin Society ;
for wWch, besides the customary acknowledgment,
he was presented with a gold medal. This work, the first
popular exposition of a series of contrivances uuparelleled
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 impossibility of the Atlantic voyage which
are prdeisely the reverse of those he really expressed. During
the same interval, 1817-27, Dr. Larduer contributed articles
on mathematical subjects to the 'Ediltburgh Encyclopaedia,'
and the Encyclopaedia Metropoli*si ;' and which are
somewhat extensive treatises upon algebra and trignome-
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.) Breugham,
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 Cycle-
pxdia 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
Henschel wrote for The Cabinet Cyclopaidia 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 ' CycJopsedia 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
Railvay Economy.' In 1851 Dr. Lardner wrote for the
Tunes a series of paper: upon the Great Exhibition, since
republished in a volume, He 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, entitle 3 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-
senting 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-
ceived honorary degrees from Cambridge and other, univer-
sities."—lfor i Herald,

2 r-t. INTELLIG_ENCR.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOIL TILE WEEK.

Miles Opened. Receipts.
Railways. r_-___,..______, ,______.._____,
1859. 1858. 1859. 1858.
£ £
Ballymena and Portrush 35 35 - -
Bedale and Leyburn lO 10 103 83
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
Clies.&Holyhead(withMold) 94 . 94 - -
Cockermoutli& Workington 8. 8. 196 264
Cork and Bandon; 2O 20 292 291
Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 64 6} 158 . 199
Deeside l7 17 211 253
Dublin & Belfast Junction
Dublin and Drogheda 63 63 1,810 1,836
Dub. & Wicklow (in.Kingst ) 404 401 1,943 2,262
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath l7l 171 554 566
900 964
Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun. 31 31
East Anglian 674 671 858 970
25,218 23 91
E.Counties,Nrtk.,&E.Union 489 489 ,5
East Kent l9l - 231 - •
E.Lancashire(in.lllackburn) 111 105 6,452 6,130
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 3,005 3,315
304 285
22 22 1,182 1,409
iF,outrullei
s&s Clyde Junction
Glasgow & South-Western. 1834 1834 7,277 7,074
Great Northern 283 283 20.536 23,288
Great North of Scotland
3t.Southn. & Westn.(lrlnd ) 229 2031 8,173 7,374
;mat Western 466 466 30,051 28,046
lull and Holderness .
knverness & Aberdeen June. 57 15 716
Irish South-Eastern 251 251 301 291
Killarney Junction
Lancaster and Carlisle (in
Kendal and Windermere) 100 100 6,601 6,555
Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) 289 289 23,558 23,104
Limerick and Foynes 2O 20 162 139
Llanelly 4G 35 558 4(
London & North-Western
London and Blackwall
London & South-Western 321. 287' 15,350 14,501
Loud. Brighton, &S. Coast. 202 183 14,009 13,133
L'derry and Enniskillen
Lond., Tilbury, & Southend. 42 40 1,483 1,153
Man.,Sheffield, & Lincolnsh. 173 17:15 11,038 9,493
Manch. S.Jun.& Altrinchan I 9 1 892 808
slaryport and Carlisle
Midland
61474,031 30.2
52 1,468 1,369
4 34,100 31,1298
Monkland 52
n 17
Midland Gt.Westn. of Irind. i
Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 2,252 2,482
Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 2,033 3,129
Newport, Abcrg.,& Hereford 50 43 1,385 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 6 2,383 2,373
North Staffordshire 233 233 7,727 6,283
North-Western 46i 464 - -
N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 101 - - -
Oxford, Wore., & Wolver 94 04 4,329 4,025
Peebles lB 18 195 101
St. Helen's Canal & R ailway 30 30 2,080 1,910
Scottish Central
Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,403 3,352
Shrewsbury & Birmingham 294 295 1,722 1,583
Shrewsbury and Chester
Shrewsbury & Hereford
Shropshire Union l,OlO 1,010
South Devon
South-Eastern ' 3Ol 301. 17,932 16,229
South Wales l7l 171 6,000 0,292
S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 2,549 2,708
Stockton and Darlington
Taff Vale 54 54 '14,290 4,312
Ulster - 36 1,710 1,411
Ulverstone and Lancaster
Vale of Neath 254 251 1,772 1,890
Warrington and Stockport. 12 12 - -
Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 340 282
Waterford and Limerick
West Cornwall 271 274 615 631
W.Hartlepool Harbr.&Rail. 39 39 3,450 3,148
Whitehaven Junction l2 12 521 453
Whitehaven & Furness J un . 35 35 563 499
W'haven,Cleator,drEgrmilt. 7 7 379 302
FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 807 976
Austrian B2B 673 30,796 27,021
Belgian Eastern Junction 204 261 265 321
Buffalo and Lake Huron .:. 161 161 840 1,009
Detroit and Milwaukie lB5l 140 2,119 1,480
Dutch Rhenish lOB4 1084 2,949 2,774
Grand Trunk of Canada 879 849 10,1:83 9,830
Great Indian Peninsula l3O 881 3,555 1,695
Great Luxembourg -122 38 2,171 1,010
Great Western of Canada 345 283 7,588 10,990
Lombardo-Venetian 285 285 - -
Lyons 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 44 091 767
Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn B4l 781 67,974 61,380
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Strasburg 979 838 43,504 40,035
Royal Danish 69 69 418 570
Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,054 1,444
Southern of France 777 773 15,197 11,951
West Flanders
W. and N.W. of France-
_ _

PORTSMOUTIL—AdiniraI Keppell has issued a
notice to the electors of Portsmouth, in which he says :
" A circular having been placarded by the committe,e of Sir
James Elphinstone 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-
ever, 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. Elphinstone will go to the India
IBoard. Do not promise your votes to any one ; for your
old and tried friend Lord Monck will certainly be a candi-
date in thneest election,"

SPORTING. INTELLIGENCE.

CHESTER SPRING MEETING.
SUBSCRIPTION ROOM, THURSDAY NIGHT. •
For the Derby, 5 to 1 each was taken about Musjid and
the Promised Land -to some money, 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 agst Nimrod (offered)
14 to 1 agst Crafton (taken)
14 to 1 agst Cynricus (taken)
THE DERBY.
sto 1 apt Musjid (taken and offered)
sto 1 agst Promised Land (6 to 1 laid once)
9to 1 agst Marionette
2:5 to 1 agst Reynard (taken and offered)
2000 to 60 agst Robert (taken)
40 to 1 agst Glenbuck (taken and offered)
THE OARS.
4to 1 agst Ariadne (taken)
Bto 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, Est 71b (J. Snowden) 2
Lord Howth's Fencing Master, 3 yrs, 85t.... (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 soya each, with 50 added ;
for 2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 91b ; fillies, Bst 51b. The second
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 (Freneh) 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 -yr-olds and 4-yr-olds. Winners extra. Grosvenor
Course. 9 subs.
Mr. Shelley's Lifeboat, by Sir Hercules, 4 yrs (including
51b extra), 9st 41b (L. Snowden) 1
Mr. W. Smith's Never Despair, 3 yrs, Est 11Ib
(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 101 b extra) (Charlton) 3
The following also ran :—Prioress, Tournament, Fisher-
man, Pensioner, Bevis, Thornhill, Harraton, and Ambush.
Betting —5 to 2 agst Fisherman, 4 to 1 agst Prioress, 5 to
1 Tunstall Maid, 7 to 1 agst Underhand, 10 to 1 each agst
Bevis, Ambush, nand Pensioner.
Leamington was declared not to start at 1.30 p.m.
The running was made alternately by Tournament and
Master Bagot. About half a mile from home Bevis and
Pensioner went on in advance, but on entering the straight
Master Bagot again look 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 ; ten lengths between
third and fourth ; Pensioner was fifth.
Handicap Stakes of 5 soya each, with 50 added. The second
to receive 10 soya out of the stakes. Winners extra.
7 furlongs. Six subs.
Mr. Barber's Sheffield, by Annandale, 3 yrs, 7st

Sn,oNsden) 1
Mr. Dawson's Gibside Fairy, 3 yrs, 7st 91b .. (Bullock) 2
Mr. S. Rich's Adelaide, 3 yrs, 6st 71b --(Pritchard) 3
Mi. Gascoigne's Magic, 3 yrs, Est 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 pole 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 (Grimshaw) 2
Mr. W. Smith's Never Despair, 3 yrs, sst llb (Fordham) 3
Betting-3 to lon Botany, who made all the funning,
and won very easily by a length ; bad third.
The Ladies' Purse of 50 soya, for. 3-yr-olds and upwards.
Optional selling weights, &c. Once round and a distance.
8 subs.
Mr. James's Knockburn, 4 yrs (£5O), Sst... (Smethurst) 1
Mr. West's Mathematics, 3 vrs
...(Jarnes) 2
Ai... tau, o yrs (X5O), Bst 101 b (11 end:lllj
Mr. Johnson's The Bat, 3 yrs (L5O), Est 101b(J. Harrison) 4
Betting-6 to 4 agst Mathematics, 2to 1 agst Knoekburn.
Won by a length; bad third.
THE INJURED JOCEIEYS.—We aro glad to state that
Wells is progressing, most favourably, and that Ashmall
has aluady 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.

:ORSES STRUCK OUT OF THEIR ENGAGE-
MENTS.

April 28, at 10.20 p.m., Margery Daw out of the Chester
Cup.

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., Laocialiailiroadbrim, 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 Doncastei Spring Handicap of 10 sovs 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 soya after 4th May 71b, of two or one of 200
soya 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
Ago at lb
*Saunterer 5 9 0
Skirmisher 5 8 7
Prioress 6 8 0
Misty Morn .
4 7 12

Theodora. 6 7 10
Mr. Sykes a 7 7
Simpleton
*Tunstall Maid 4 7 3

Hungerford. a 7 3
Malacca 6 7 0
Little Cob
*Pensioner.. 4 6 11
Broadlands. 4 6 11
Hamlet .
Trabuco 4 6 8
Abron
Ancient Briton 4 6 7
Dispute
Sunrise 6 6 4
Princess R0ya1.... 4 6 4
Meadowdalo
Gladiolus.
Coxwold 4 6 0
Turret
Ronconi 4 5 13

Age st lb
Empty Bounce 4 5 11
Ambush 3 5 10
Puritan 4 5 10
*Pan

Quoen Bess.. 5 5 5
Shafto 3 5 9
The Burgomaster 3 5 9
Far West 3 5 7

B c by Vatican out
of Lady Mary 3 5 6
Heir at Law 3 5 6
Orleans
Clara Webster 3 5 6
Appendix
Gibside Fairy
Griffin 3 5 2
*Mutineer 3 5 2
Paul Jones
Hibernian
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 tho 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
Skirmisher
Laodamia
Ancient Briton
Little Cob
Tame Deer
Apollo
Fadladeen 4 7 8
Malacca 6 7 7
Thornhill
Glee Singer
Findon
Heir-at-Law 3 6 7
Petra
Commodore

Age st. lb
Independence .... 3 6 0
Orleans
Hibernian 3 5 10
The Poet
Ardea 3 5 9
Linda 3 5 7
Schism - 3 5 7
Tragedy 3 6 5
Olympias
Blackmail
Lassie .3 4 10
Table Bay 3 4 10
The Gain
Eclipse
4 (pd)

THE SUSPECTED POISONIXO OF
FEMALE BY A SURGEON.

CORONER'S INQUEST.

On Thursday evening Mr. William Carter, the coroner
for East Surrey, held an inquest at Richmond, on the body
of the femalo 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.

Tho 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 acoording 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 a warrant being obtained against Dr. Smethurst.
The unfortunate lady died on Tuesday morning, and the
same evening Dr. Smethurst was apprehended. A post
mortem examination was made by Dr. Palmer, of Mortlake,
in the presence of Drs. Bird and Julius, and from the in-
flamed state of the stomach they suspected foul play. The
intestines were accordingly Bent uP to Dr. Alfred Taylor,
of Guy's Hospital, for analysation. Such not being com-
pleted, the further inquiry
the 13th ins . was adjourned until Friday next,