The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-21 00:00:00

LITERATURF.

Songs of the CavalLvs and Ro,tndhead3. By
George W. Thornbury, author of "Nature and
Art. Hurst and Biacket,."
We have from time to time admired Mr. Thorn-
bury's animated effusions as they appearei in the
Magazines, in the form of rollicking, fighting,
drinking songs and ballads of the Caval.er and
Puritan epoch, when long pikes, and longer
prayers, headlong battles,• and hypocritical cun-
ning, pottle-deep revelry, and fanatical ven-
geance, curiously and wildly amalgamated in car-
rying on the contest for ambitious rule. The sub-
jects afford more scope for dashing, daring, happy-
go-.lucky sort of outpourings than for deep poetic
thought or elevated sentiment ; and our auth,T,
thoroughly identifying himself with the spirit of
the cause, has presented us with a characteristic
and valuable collection of stirring compositions.
There is a freedom and exuberance of expression
in most of them, which evince a highly- perJeptive
mind, and rich descriptive powers. The clash of
the sword-blades, the rattle of the bulltt, the
flaunt of the helm-plume, the reeking wine flagon,
the roaring jollity, and the exciting scenes stir-
rcuuding " 011 Noll" and his doings, are vividly
and graphically set forth in these chauntings ; and
we are b erne into the thick of the " troublous
times," whetter we will or no. We as cordially
congratulate Mr. Thorubury on his exhibition of
verse as wa did on his specimens of prose. His
lately published volumes, "Art and Nature," are
doubtless by this time in many a well-selecte 1
library, and his present production may be worthily
placed on the same shelf. We would venture to
suggest to the author a degree more attention to
the measure of his rhythm. He has been a little
careless in the construction of such a verse as the
following :

" An 1 I seem to myself alone with the dead,
In a twilight purgatory,
Till I sit and croon the merry oil tune,
That I made for ➢Zargery."
Mr. Thornbury is too soundly gifted to hermit him-
self to be indifferent to the melodious " scanning"
of his songs ; and, like all sterling and sensible
writers, he will take our hint in kindly feeling.
We shall expect to see more poetry from- his hand,
for his talent promises largely, and we bel'eve will
not disappoint the public. We cannot resist giving
a portion of "Rupert's March" to our readers.
Numerous temptations present themselveS in his
miscellaneous poems, and we would fain make ex-
tracts of " The King of Champagne," " Regrets,"
" Hatve,t Rhymes," and many other sweet arid
glowing lyrics, but we must content ourselves with
the following, referring our readers to the volume
itself for the ample verification of our high estimate
of its author :

"RUPERT'S MARCH.
" Girabine slung, stirrup well hung,
Flagon at saddle-bow merrily swung ;
Toss up the ale, for our flag, like a sail,
Struggles and swells in the hot July gale.
Colours fling out, and then give them a shout—
We are the gallants to put them to rout.
" Flash all your swords, like Tartarian horjcs,
And scare the prim ladies of Put itau lords ;
Our steel caps shall blaze through the long summer
days,
As we, galloping, sing our man Cavalier lays.
Then banners advance ! By the lilies of France,
We are the gallants to lead them a dance.
" Ring the bells back, though the sexton look black,
Defiance to knaves who are hot on our track.
' Murder and Ere !' shout louder and higher ;
Remember Edge-hill and the red-dabbled mire,
When our steeds we shall stall in the Parliament hall,
And shake the old nest till the roof-tree shall fall.
" Froth it up, girl, till it splash every curl, -
October's the liquor for trooper and earl ;
Bubble it up, merry gold in the cup,
We never may taste of to-morrow night's sup.
(Those red ribbons glow on thy bosom below
Like apple-tree bloom on a hillock of snow.)
" No, by my wor,l, there never shook sword
Better than this in the clutch of a lord ;
The blue streaks that run are as bright in the sun
As the veins on the brow of that loveliest one ;
No deep light of the sky, when the twilight is nigh,
Glitters more bright than this blale to the eye.

" Well, whatever may hap, this rusty steel•cap
Will keep out full many a pestilent rap ;
This buff, though it's old and not larded with gold,
Will guard me from rapier as well as from cold ;
This scarf, rent and tern, though its colour is worn,
Shone gay as a page's but yesterday morn.
" Here is a dint from the jags of a flint,
Thrown by a Puritan just as a hint;
But this stab through the buff was a warning more
rough,
When Coventry city arose in a huff ;
And I met with this gash, as we rode with a crash
Into Noll's pikes on the banks of the A.,11.
" No jockey or groom wears so draggled a plume
As this that's just drenched in the swift-flowing
Froom.
Red grew the tide era we reached the steep side,
And steaming the air of old B trbsry's hide ;
But for bratch of that oak that saved me- a stroke,
I had sunk there like herring in pickle to soak.
" Pistolet crack flashed bright on our track,
And oven the foam of the water turned black.
They were twenty to one, our poor rapier to gun,
But we charged up the bank, and we lest only one;
So I saved the old flag, though it was but a rag,
And the sword in my hand was snapped off to a jagg.
" The water was churned as we wheeled and we turned,
And the dry brake to scare out the vermin we burned.
We gave our halloo, and our trumpet we blew;
Of all their stout fifty we left them but two;
With a mock and a laugh, won their banner and staff,
And trod down the cornets as thrashers do chaff.
" Sa idle my roan, his back is a throne,
Better than velvet or gold, you will own.
Look to your match, or some lorm you may catch,
For treason has always some mischief to hatch ;
And Oliver's out with all Haslerigg's rout,
So I'm told by this shivering white-livered scout."

The Rose of Ashurst. By the author of "Emilia
Wyndham," "Evelyn Marston," kc. 3 vols.

Hurst andßlackett.

In the works of this authoress there is always I
something more than mere display of talent, or
the sole purpose of creating an amusing narrative.
To be appreciated they must be considered in their
true light ; and it will be seen that, in a simple man-
ner, some of life's sternest lessons are disclosed, and
the hardest struggles, the most bitter trials, are
not those that meet the eye of lookers-on, but the
hidden conflicts the spirit at war wages within
itself, the bitterness of its own that only the heart
kr weth of. In the present instance, one of the
most painful phases of.society is shown—that of an
idle and unprincipled individual, marring and de-
stroying the peace and prosperity of a worthy
family. Paul Lewis is an apt illustration of that
class of intellectual' idlers who consider their talents
to exempt them from exertion, instead of being an
additional 'inducement to labour, and who commit
the still greater error of believing they have a claim
on all who belong to them. "Unstable as water,
thou shalt not excel," is the doom of their lives, I
and its evil influence extends to others. There
could not have been a greater contrast than that
between the brothers Walter and Paul. It is a
question whether the former was just.fied in sacri-
ficing the prospects of his son to the claims of his
brother. if it had been a matter of per-
sonal advantage it would have been diffe-
rent, but the future welfare of a promising
child was beyond the idle requirements of ono like
Paul, who did not even yield gratitude for the ser-
vices of his brother. Kate Lewis, the w.fe of
Walter, is a noble character, generous and kind-
hearted; without the least trace of weakness in her
disposition, she was always firm and resolute in her
manner when occasion required. It is a-touching
scene, in which 'Walter Lewis is called away to
attend his last patient in a contagious fever, at a
time when the young surgeon was sinking under
exhaustion of body and mind, having returned
home worn out with attending upon the fever-
stricken village. Just as he was on the point of
retiring to rest, a fresh summons arrived from one
lying in the last stage of illness. By that intuitive
perception often visible at such critical junctures
both husband and wife felt that the voice of the
messenger was as the destroying angel's trumpet.
Walter Lewis was ready at the call ; to the agonised
entreaties of his wife that he would first take rest,
he replied, " Nothing can authorise the honourable
soldier to forsake his post. This is my mounting
of the breach. It is here that I command the for-
lorn hope." In this spirit he set forth—to soften
the horrors of his return, he could only say,
" Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord."
After the death of Walter Lewis, the interest of
the story is centred in the heroine, Amy Grant,
the Rose of Ashurst, and Fabian Lewis, the son of
Walter and Kate, and whose early years of high
promise had caused such delight to his father and
mother. The sudden death of Walter, in the priMe
of life, cut shott the means of continuing the youth's
education ; but at the last hour the father thought
of the idle brother to whom he bad advanced so
many sums, and wrote to him, imploring him to
refund by degrees, as best suited him, the money
owed, in order that Fabian might not lose what no
after advantage could replace, the benefit of early
study. To this rightful claim, coming as it were
from another world, Paul made answer to- the
widow and fatherless in a manner peculiarly his
own. He repudiated the idea of loans, except as
regarded the sum of two hundred pounds once ad-
vanced by Walter to free him from prison. He
proposed to invest this sum in procuring Fabian a
situation at Mr. Bowish's, a mercer in the City,
where he had been himself once employed/ and in
procuring necessaries, &c., for his outfit. The in-
dignation of a high spirit like Kate's may be
Just anger.
i
ima-
gined, nor was she unsupported in her
Amy Grant, who had hastened to her n affliction,
was awaiting with her, alike the answer from Paul
and the arrival of Fabian. The failure of the one
made them tremble for the appearance
' of the other.
They need not have done/ for Fabian s talent was

different to that of his uncle ; i e was no way w. r
fitful eeniue, that could never command or ton ro'
himself, but one whose mind, young, as he wag, was
equal to any emergency. If he telt disappointeielit
more keenlytean one less gift, d with susceptib
he possessed more fortitude to endure than one of
I the • common herd could have dow.. To
the surprise and indignation of his kind
friends he expressed his - determination to
comply for the time with Paul's suggestion, since
he could never, with their present means, complete
his education. It was a struggle to his mind to
keep to this resolve, but he ovarcame, and set forth.
Meanwhile, Amy, in her turn, was caleil upon to
give up her lives. She had relinquished a situa-
tion of great advantage to herself, as governs-s in
a noble family, in order to be .with Mrs. -Lewis,
who was afflicted with a dangerous illness, in con-
sequence of her over-exertion iu attendiug to her
husband. She was desirous to occupy herself with
something wherewith to obtain means of affording
necessary luxuries to her friend, and, if porsiele,
to lay by something towards that future which
hung so darkly over Fabian. Te fulfil this pur-
pose her plans were unromantic, they consisted in
her taking the place of attendant at a little inn
close-by, which was kept by a worthy couple, who
were Kate Lewis' best friends. It may seem quits
out of charac.er to suppose a hero and a heroine
reduced to such straits of respectability as that one
hould serve leshind a counter and the other wait
on customers at a bar,- but it is the prieciple that
actuated them to cast a;ide. their worldly a Ivan-
tages to serve distress that made them remarkable,
not where. they were nor what they did. They
chose a harder path in a common line, than if they
had set out on exploratory voyages, or engaged in
the hardships of the most arduous cempaign. They
were not of the unscrupulous class who believe the
end sanctions the means, but where no harm was
done, and they only were the sufferers, they were
brave and unmoved. Nor had they any fool sh pride
or false shame to deter or draw them back, it was
the cause which led them to work, not the effect of
that work, which subdued them. Over minds
so intent on an important object, over hearts
so wrapt in the welfare of others, over spirits
that had sacrificed self at the shrine of duty,
what power could the world possess? Upon them
(to take an illustration from Coningsby)v "the
conventional Euperiorities of life pro luced as
little effect as a flake falling upon the glaciers of
the high Alps." The incident of Lord Raymond's
arrival at the inn, and meeting in a humhl.. cepa
city her whom he had considered the ornament of
his cousin's circle, and the grace of Lady St. Elvis'
drawing-room, is an exciting passage. In the con-
cluding scenes the power of the authoress is dis-
playedin the fitful career of Paul. The generous
conduct of his ill-used nephew was the only thing
that at all affected the ,indifferent nature of this
man. When he felt what he had been doing he
was grieved ; before he would' not dwell upon it,
but turned away. It will not appear an extraor-
dinary instance of good fortune that Fabian is at
last rescued from his ungenial occupation, and re-
stored to his chosen vocation. The time he had
spent in humble pursuits had been of more service
to him, than what he could have gained from the
lore of sages, or the treasures of collegiate research.
He had learned to know himself, which "know-
ledge is power." He had ruled over his own incli-
nation, and in that gained a victory greater than
his who taketh a kingdom ; and, lastly, he had
practised the virtue, the hardest for human nature,
and the highest, " which blesses him that gives,
and him that takes." Amy Grant had nut lost in
the estimation of others, nor in that of her own
conscience, by waiving for a time her peculiar
fancies. She had resolutely withstood the tempta-
tion of worldly greatness which even in this lowly
sphere had found her out. She had the sorrow to
know that she had not been able to carry out her
grand project of doing something, as she had first
intended, to restore Fabian to his right place.
The sweet temper and high qualities which more
than her beauty made the " Rose of Ashurst" re-
garded, did not allow her to repine 'nor to be un-
grateful if she coull not succeed, The early hours
of her young life, when we meet her wandering
among the wild flowers, like her in the spring time
season of beauty, were not without their profit.
Their promise was fulfilled in the sunshine, hers in
the shade. She had always through life the idea
of duty, and to realise that entailed many hard
ships and sufferings ; but, by beginning with
small, she became prepared for great things. It
is peculiarly on this that the authoress's stress is
laid here as elsewhere. She would show the diffi-
culty of an ardent spirit resting on common-place
things, but she would alio show that the end
crowns the work, and the zeal is not without profit.
" Self-sacrifice is to the soul what the dream of
the patriatch, withea still higher meaning, repre-
sented steps of that ladder which lead from
this world to the gates of heaven, and upon which
the angels are seen ascending and descending."

Marguerite's Legacy. By Mrs. T. F. Steward,
Author of " The Prediction." 3 Vols. Hurst

and Blackett.

Whatever faults may be found with this work.
it cannot certainly be charged with want of
originality, or paucity of incident. The scene
changes from Ireland to France. The characters
include French emigres and politicians, Irish par-
venus and peasants, Engl:sh noblemen, negroes,
pirates, and dwellers in the French provinces. The
epoch is supposed to be towards the close of the
Imperial dominion, and some of the remarkable
events of the day are interwoven with the story.
It open-4 with the meeting of two long parted
f. iends, Cecile de Polignac and Marie de Perigord,
who had formed part of the brilliant court of Marie
Antoinette, and had been forced to leave France
by the revolution.‘ Cecile had become a convert to
the Hugenots, and having married a cure of that
persuasion, when happier times arrived they had
returned to France, and settled at Montauban.
Marie hal become the wife of a Marshal, and wan-
dered about Europe like many other emigres. They
met again in middle life, Cecile, Madame de Munci,
being the mother of au only son, and Marie, Ma-
dame d'Estaing, having an only daughter. i•ve-
ever, the romance that the novel reader would be
likely to anticipate, is not realised, as Pauline
d'Estaing is already married to an eminent French
statesman, M. D'Argenson. She is beautiful and
gifted, but somewhat wilful and imperious. She is
devotedly attached to her husband, and pro-
vok- d. at the neglect and indifference she meets
with from him. Their adventures form a promi-
nent part of the story, indeed its central point.
Madame d'Estaing procures the post of secretary
to M. D'Argewon, for Louis de Monci. He enter-
tains an enthusiastic admiration for his patron, who
is a man of great abilities, but with a cold reserved
demeanour, having a high character for public and
private virtue. lie is finally discovered to be a
treacherous, designing, and vindictive man, whose
virtues are all assumed for an end, and who hesi-
tates at no crime. The deception as to his charac-
ter is cleverly maintained. Marguerite, wbo gives
the name to the book, is a poor Irish girl, supposed
tip be an orphan, whom Madame d'Estaing had
kindly adopted during her exile, and who is the
devoted friend of Pauline. She subsequently disco-
vers her father, who has entered the Spanish
army, and made a large-fortune. Her legacy is
an old illuminated Testament, filled with notes
and directions by her mother, who had been a
Hugenot. This book sustains_ and supports her
through the many trials of her life, and makes her
the comfort and solace of all around her. The story
becomes more complicated towards the conclusion ;
events thicken, the characters increase in number,
and the plot becomes more intricate. Suffice it to
say, .therefore, that the interest is well sustained,
and the must exciting interests are wisely de-
ferred till the end. Itwould be difficult for the
most experienced novel reader to divine the direc-
tion which the events take, and this alone will be to
many a great recommendation. Perhaps the most
pleasing part of the book, however, is the first
volume, in which Madame d'Estaing writ -s for her
, friend a history of her adventures in Ireland, as
schoolmistress, and the obstacles she encountered
from the arrogance of some genteel people, who
t
thought the manner of the Parisian Court lady not
sufficiently distinguished. Talleyrandis frequently
hatt.)
and the
introduced, and appears in a favourable
story is certainly improbable, but
the timlieg
events prove a sufficient excus might, plot e. The
with advantige, be less intricate ; it reminds the
reader somewhat of the old school of fiction, though
that cannot certainly be said of the style, which is
The authoress, in her anxiety
clear and sparkling.
to introduce celebrities, has occasionally marred
the effect. The greatest part of the work is written
in the form of lettera, though it opens and con-
cludes differently. It is a work which testifies an
unusual amount of talent, a power of striking and
graphic delineation, a great amount of skill in dis-
cerning and depicting the prominent features of
varied characters, and the art of attracting
and
en-
chaining the attention of the reader. In conside-
ration of these merits there are few who would not
be willing to overlook its errors and deficiencies.

May Hamilton. By Julia Tilt-, Authoress of
" Lays of Alma," " Laura Talbot," &c. 1 Vol.
Booth, It-gent-street.
This is an interesting story of domestic life, told
in an unpretending and attractive manner. . It
narrates the fortunes of a young orphan girl, the
only child of wealthy and indulgent parents, who
is suddenly reduced to poverty by the death of her
father, and, by the loss of her mother shortly
after, is left almost unfriended. It is written in
the form of an autobiography, but the first two
chapters, for some unexplained reason, are in the
third person. The story is full of interest, though,

at last, of a painful (that acterf and the incidents are
no inproballs, The plot is well arranged and the
story effectively to d, though the autheri ss would
do well to pay mor • a ttent on to her style. There
is a certain wain, of elejauce, which sometimes
noon the reader in the middle of an otherw; se
at •iking passage. These is a little carelessness '
in the co att ;inn of her sentences. Such fau, is
as these are easily :amended, and should not be
allowed to mar the works of one who can write
with both vivacity and pathos. Toe pictures of
the vulgar and helpless Mrs. Ardor), her formidable
mother, neglected children, and distracted husband
are ably, th•iugh rather extravagantly, drawn. The
chief interest of the narrative lies in May Ham 1-
ton's unfortunate attachment, and the love story is
told with much feeling and interest. It is a tale
likely to attract the reader and to engage his atten-
tion ; while, from its brevity, it will not weary any.
The moral is also excellent, as it shows how little a
striking appearance or fascinating manner are to be
accepted as a test of character, and that sterling
worth and steady principle will not fail in the end
to assert their superiority, although cast into the
shade by more dazzling acquirements. As an in-
teresting story of domestic life, with a proper mix-
ture of sentiment, it commends itself to the nu-
merous class who admire romantic fiction.

TAE UNSCCCEsSruL PARLIAMENTARY
CANDIDATES AND THE RIsFO.R3I
QUESTIo Y.

A public meeting of the working men of London
was held yesterday evening, at the Cowper-street
Sclicol-room, City-road, "to express regret and
sympathy with the unsuccessful Parliamentary can-
didates at Manchester, Huddersfield, Rochdale, and
Oldham, and• to take the sense of the working men
of Lei' on as to what reforms ought to be demanded
ft om the new Parliament." The room—an immense
o e—was crowded. There could not have been less
than front Buo to 1,000 persons, nearly all of whom'
belonged to the operative classes.
The chair was taken by Mr. S. LUCAS.
Mr. WILES, on ris.ng to move the first resolution,
said he regretted the exclusion of Messrs. Cobden,
Bright, and others, because it showed the low and
enslaved state of the constituency- of England.
(" No, no," and cheers.) Much was said of negro
slavery, but there was a worse slavery in th a coun-
try. What must be the state of the working clauses
when thousands of the poor crowded the' workhouse
doors, and could not obtain relief ? (Hear, hear.)
The white slavery of England was at least as bad as
the black slavery of America. Having been re-.
quested by the chairman to confine himself strictly
to the resolution, he would read what he had to pro-
pose, viz., "That this meeting views with regret the
exclusion from Parliament of Messrs. Cobden, Bright,
Gibson, Miall, and Fox, at a time when they laboured
successfully in che cki ngd icta torialpo we r and promot-
ing beneficial reforms in Church and State, advanc-
ing popular education, substituting international
arbitration for war, and an open int -rcourse betwee; t
all the nations instead of secret diplomacy, reducing
the burtnens of taxation, extending free trade, and
establishing amicable relations with all the peoples
of the earth : and this meeting thankfully aeknow-'
ledges th- great services these eminent men ren-
dered to the commonwealth, and desires to see
them speedily replaced in positions of public use-
fulness, for which their superior talents and moral
wor, h pe:uliar:y fit them." If, he added, the
people of England all possessed the franchise, there
was no place in the country where such men would
be rejected. Mr. Cobden had made the aristocra:y
succumb to the trade of England. He had enabled
the people to procure bread cheap. (Laughter,
and a voice, " Sevenpence a loaf.") The gentleman
who m+ de that exclamation forgot that the price of
bread during the French war was twice what ithal
been recently. (Hear' hear.) If Mr. Cobden had
done nothing else, he had immortalised his name
by securing the abolition of the corn laws.
(Cheers.) Mr. Bright, they all knew was the able
coadjutor of Mr. Cobden. As to his peace views,
he was known to have always held them. Mr.,
Gibson was the great instrument of obtaining the •
repeal of the newspaper stamp ; Mr. Miall was
the uncompromising advocate of religious liberty ;
and as to Mr. Fox, there was no man more
worthy to represent the working classes. (Cheers.)
He had never pandered to them, but had alwaps
advocated their rights and interests. As regarded
the representation, it was well known that there
were in this country about 6,000,000 adult male,
and that of these only 1,000,000 had the franchise.
This state of things ought to be done away with,
and the remedy for the evil included the establish-
ment of the ballot. (Cheers.)
_ _

Mr. CVNNINGTON seconded the resolution.
Mr. LAURIE moved as an amendment that Sir
Joshua Walmsley should bs included in the tribute
of symp3thy expressed in the resolution, contend-
ing that his services in the cause of the working
classes entitled him to that distinction. (Cheers.)
Mr. HEALEY, in seconding the amendment; sai
in his opinion the gentlemen excluded from Par-
liament would be of more use out of the house than
they would have been in it. (Cheers.) If there
was a man more worthy than another of the pro-
posed expression of sympathy and regret it was Sir
Joshua Walmsley. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN observed that the mover and
seconder of the resolution Were quite willing that
the name of Sir Joshua Walms!ey should be added
to the resolution, and it would therefore be in-
serted. (Hear, hear.)
A person in the body of the meeting here rose to
address the meeting. He observed that the real
question was whether Messrs. Cobden and Bright
were the friends of the working classes. He was
an advocate of high wages, and what had they done
to promote that object ? hear.) Distress
and misery had increased to an awful extent, and
when any measures were proposed in Parliament
for the benefit of the working classes those gently
men opposed them. (Cries of "Name.") When
the Ten Hours Factory Bill was proposed, Cobd in
and Bright were found opposingit. When Lord ft.
Grosvenor proposed a measure to benefit the work-
ing bakers, Mr. Bright spoke against it. Again, Sir
H. Raiford repeatedly proposed a measure to put nn
end to the truck system, and Messrs. Cobden, Bright,
and Gibson male powerful speeches in oppositima
to it. Now, because they were expelled from the
House of Commons, they began to talk about Par-
liamentary reform. (" Hear, hear," and "1~10,
no.") Every man who had read the newspapers
atm:dye:3r must know that what he had been
saying was correct. (A voice, " Not as to Fax.")
No ; and the name of Mr. Fox, the most popuLer
of the unsuccessful candidates, was introduced _to
secure the carrying of the resolution. (Hear, hear.)
He was himself a Spitalfields weaver, and he could
speak from experience of the distress of his class.
(Hear, hear.) He concluded by moving as nn
amendment that the expulsion of Messrs. Cobde
Bright, and Gibson from the House of Commons
was a just retribution for their opposition to mea-
sures for the social benefit of the working classes.
Another person in the body of the meeting, who
stated his name tolbe THOMAS GALE, seconded this
amendment.

The original resolution and the amendment et-
pre.lsing disapprobation of the conduct of Messrs.
Cobden, Bright, and Gibson, were tlien submitted
to a show of hands, and the Chairman declared the
former carried. The numbers appeared to be pretty
nearly equal.
Mr. J. J. LOCKIIART enlarged at some length
upon the defective state of the present representa-
t on, and the injustice which it involved to the
working classes, aid concluded by moving—" That
this meeting is of opinion that any measure of re-
form in the representation of the people to satisfy
the country at large should at leabt contain—firir,
manhood suffrage ; second, a more equal distribu-
tion of electors to population ; third, no property
qualification for members of Parliament ; fcirth,
vote by ballot ; fifth, triennial Parliaments.
(Cheers.
er8B). O'BRIEN seconded the resolution, re-
serving his right, he said, to go hereafter for the
whole six points of the Charter.
Mr. BLIGH, who declared himself to be an un-
compromisuig Chartist, moved an amendment in
favour of annual Parliaments and the payment of
members.

Mr. `YELLS seconded this proposal.
Mr. HURST. who said he had been a factory ope-
rative in Manchester for 20 years, observed that
the Chartists of that city, who were likely to kw'w
Mr. Bright best, had done all in their power to se-.
cure his return at the last election. (Hear.)
The resolution as proposed to be amended was
then put and carried.
Mr. J. P. ADAMS proposed a resolution declaring
the meeting to be in favour of a scheme of national
secular education, to be supported by the money
now paid to the clergy.
This resolution was seconded by Mr. HEALEY
and carried unanimously.
Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and
the meeting separated.

EMIGRATION To AUSTRALIA.--A ponderous blue-
book, of the light•coloured species, just issued to the
public by the printers of Parliament, contains a mass of
copies or extracts of despatches relative to emigration to
the Australian colonies (in continuation of Paper No.
42 of session 1855). It occupies a space of nearly 200
pages.
A telegraphic account from St. Petersburg of the
15th states that the ice had on the previous day began
to break up on the Neva. That important fact was
announced to the inhabitants by a salute of guns fired
at sunrise and sunset. It is expected that the naviga.
tion of the Gulf of Finland wil lbe fully open between
the 20th and the 25th inst. The second division of the
Russian experimental squadron will leave Cronetadt in
the early part of May.

THE NEW BEADING-BOOM AND LIBRA-
BIBS OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

The new Reading-room of our National Museum
and Library is now substantially completed. We
announced on Thursday last that it would be

opened to public view on the Bth of May for a week
only, and that on the following week readers will
be admitted to its use under the usual regulations
of the trustees. In the meanwhile our readers will
be interested by an account of one of the most re-
markable public buildings and architectural won-
ders of modern times. The Times, in a leading
article on the 7th of May last year, contained a
general description of the building then in progress ;
and we humbly conceive that, by our then pro-
test against any false economy or miserable stint
of means for embellishment, we contributed to the
perfection of interior decoration. With the ex-
ception of a brief article in the Builder, of the 24th
of March, 1855, when the foundations were just
laid, accompanied by woodcut plans of the in-
tended area and interior, we are not aware
of any public notice of this marvellous work.
Its site, in the internal quadrangle of the
Museum, has concealed its progress from
the public eye, although the lofty awl capa-
cious edifice occupies an area of 48,000 super-
ficial feet. This site was indeed its proper and only
situation from the obvious necessity of the new
Reading-room being adjacent to the vast magazines
of books and manuscripts contained in the various
apartments of the Museum. In the public view,
therefore, the magnificent structure when visited
will appear to have been created by the wand of a
magician. Except to a few favoured visitors it is
unknown and has been unseen.
The present number of volumes in our great
public lir,rary is upwards of half a million but
even that large fig ire does not 'comprise the far
lArger collection of separate and distinct articles—
in tracts, pamphlets, and manuscripts. They an
legion, and not yet accurately cat tiogned or com-

piited., Probably, theeuormous quantity of pamph-
let, political, theological, and scientific of Great
Britain, since the Reformation, cons itute the Bri-

tish Museum Li brary the largest collect' an of printed
literature in the world. Maps also form a rela-
tiiely considerable portion. The rate of increase
is enormous. In the Parliamentary return for the
year ending the 24th of December, 1856, not yet
published, it will appear that the last annual addi-
tions number 10,434 volumes, including music,
maps, and newspapers, of which 753 were pre-
sented, 4,018 purchased, and 5,831 acquired by
home copyright. The number of distinct articles
in these volumes was 27,516. In addition, the
Library had accumulated numerous maps, charts,
and plans, variously obtained. The number of
pieces•of =pie alone added was 2,347. In gross,
the total additional articles that year numbered
42,639. Of the complete works accumulated in the
12 months 1,908 were presented, 2,005 purchased,
and 7,933 were acquired under the Copyright Acts.
In the same year, also, each article being stamped,
the number of stamps used was 162,940 1
The number of books returned to the shelves of
the General Library was 110,873 ; to those of the
Royal Library, 8,869 ; to those of the Grenville
Librar , 1,018 ; to the closets iu which books are
kept .om day to day for the use of the readers,
79,598 ; making a total of 200,358, or 604 per diem.
Adding the number of volumes returned to the
shelves of the Reading-rooms, about 144,000, the
whole amounts to 3741. 358 or 1,175 per diem.

The whole number of readers within that year was
0,209, or an average of 181 per diem, the Read-

ing-rooms having been kept open 293 days. Each
reader had, therefore, consulted on an average 6A
volumes per diem.
Thus had our giant Library outgrown its local
habitation since its foundation in 1753, and when
the first contents of " Montagu House," Blooms-
bury, consisted of the SloAne Collection, including
Only a few books, the Harleian.MSS., and the Cut-
tonian Library ; Parliament providing no money,
but by act authorising the provision of 30,0001. by
a Lottery ! The old mansion continued perfectly
sufficient for the whole miscellaneous? contents of
the Museum until a few new rooms were added for
the Egyptian antiquities obtained in 1801, and for
the Townley Marbles. In 1823 the present entirely
now building, designed by Sir Robert Smirke, be-

came necessary. -Montagu House was finally
levelled with the pound in 1845, the new portico
:being only finished April 19, 1847. It is worthy of
record that in the month of July, 1759, only five
readers attended the public reading-room.
The utter insufficiency of the institution for book
room and accommodation for readers existed during
the last four Parliaments, and without a remedy.
The public, the trustees, men of letters in the
Legislature, in vain devised various plans, and de-
manded pecuniary aid from the Commons. Select
committee reports and annual returns followed in
rapid and abortive succession. The blue-books
and other Parliamentary papers and privately
printed statements would almost fill a private
_library. ' It is sufficient now to rcfrr our readers
to the two volumes of reports in 1835 and 1836,
and to the various Parliamentary returns asked
for since 1850 ; to similar Parliamentary volumes
on Public Libraries in 1849 and 1850 ;
and, lastly, to the effective Report of the Royal
Commission (with 800 appended folio pages of
evidence) appointed in 1850 to inquire into the
c mstitution and government of the Museum. The
practical result was an unanimous representation of
the Commissioners that " the subject of additions
to the Museum was one which must evidently, at
no distant period, engage the attention of her Ma-
jesty's Government. Mr. Hume, fortunately, was
an active member •of the Commission, and con-

curred from honest conviction in the necessity of
an early and munificent grant of public money.
The tßoyal Commissioners, reporting the inade-
quacy of book-room, the injury to the valuable
contents of the library by the existing reading-
room arrangements, the slave-labour of the attend-
ants, and the bad accommodation of the readers,
stated that " these circumstances have suggested
to Mr. Panizzi a scheme of extension by which the
buildings to be constructed would consist of new

of space ; its " suburbs," or surrounding libraries,'
750,000. The building is constructed principally of
iron, with brick arches between the main ribs, sup-
ported by2o iron piers, having a sectional area of 10
superficial feet to each, including the brick casing,
or 200 feet in all. This saving of space by the use
of iron is remarkable, the piers of support on which
our dome rests• only thus occupying 200 feet,
whereas the piers of the Pantheon of Rome fill
7,477 feet of area, and those of the Tomb of Mahomet
5,593. Upwards of 2,000 tons of iron have been used
in the construction. The weight of the materials
used in the dome is about 4,200 tons—viz., up-
wards of 200 tons on each pier. The first standard
was only fixed in January, 1855. The framework
and scaffolding upon which the dome rested were re-
moved on the 2d of the following June. No sub-
sidence or " set" of material was observable on the
wedges being removed. The entire dome was roofed
in and copper covering laid in September, 1855.
The roof is formed into two separate spherical and
concentric air chambers, extending over the whole
surface ; one between the external covering and
brick vaulting, the object being the equalisation of
temperature during extremes of heat and cold out
of doors ; the other chamber, between the brick
vaulting and the internal visible surface, being
intended to carry off the vitiated air from the read-
ing-room. This ventilation is effected through
apertures in the- soffites of the windows, and pat tly
by others at the top of the dome ; the bad air pass-
ing through owlets provided around the lantern.
In order to obviate the effects of condensation, all
the skylights, lanterns, and windows throughout
the building are double. The quantity of glass
used amounts to about 60,000 superficial feet. In
order to guard against the consequences of an
avalanche of snow falling from the dome on to the
surrounding libraries, the building has been carried
up outside perpendicular to suc a height above
the spring of the arch as to form a gallery nine feet
in width, provided with proper outle% by which
the snow is intercepted.
This vast Dome contains ample and comfortable
accommodation for 300 readers. Each person will

have a separata table, 4 feet 3 inches long. He is
screened from the opposite occupant by a longitu-
dinal division, which is fitted with ahinged desk

graduated on sloping racks, and a folding -shelf for
spare books. In the space between the two, which
is reces3ed, au inkstand is fixed, having suitable
penholders. Thus the whole table top is free from
writing implements or other embarrassments, and
every precaution is taken to preserve the books if
the readers will but use common care.
The framework of each table is of iron, forming
air-distributing channels, which are contrived so
that the air may be delivered at the top of the lon-
gitudinal screen division, above the level of the
heads of the readers, or, if desired, only as each end
pedestal of the tables, all the outlets being under
the coutrul of valves. A tubular fuotrail also passes
frum end to end of each table, which may have a
current of warm water passed through it at plea-:
sure, and be used as a fuotwarmer if the readei
have a slow circulation, or perchance there comes a
Moscow winter.
The atta!ogue tables,- with shelves under, and
air-distributing tubes between, are ranged in two
concentric circles around the central superintendent's
enclosure or rostrum, the latter being fitted with
tables, ticket boxes, and with dwarf partitions sur-
mounted by glassscceens, dividing a passage leading
to the surrounding libraries. The pedestals of the
tables form tubes communicating, with the air
chamber to ow, which is six feet high and occupies
the whole area of the Reading-room. It is fitted

with hot-water pipe,,, arrange in radiating Itne3.
The supply of Irein air is obtained from a shaft 60

feet high,built on the north side of the north wing
about 300 feet distant, communicating with a tun-
nel or sub-way, which has branches or loop-lines"
fisted with valves for diverting the current either
wholly through the heating apparatus, or through
the cold-air flues, or partly through either, as occa-
sion may require. The air channels are of suffi-
cient capacity to admit a supply of fresh air for 500
persons at the rate of 10 cubic feet per minute, and
at a velocity not exceeding .1.0 Lot per second.
For summer ventilation steam pipes, placed at the
summit of the roofs and dome, will be heated, and
extract the foul air when the external and internal
temperature is unfavourable for the purpose.
The new lebraries now deserve description.
Their arrangement is equally remarkable and origi-

nal as the other parts of this immense and ingeni-
ous structure. It is calculated that the inner lib-
rary shelves in galleries within the Dome-room wilt
contain 80,000 volumes. Two lifts are place] at
convenient stations for the purpose of ritisii,g the
books to the level of the several gallery tiocrs.
The bookcases are of novel and simple construc-
tion, the uprights or stau dards being formed of mal-
leable iron galvanised and framed together, having
hard wood insetted between the iron to receive
the brass pins upon which the shelves rest. The
framework of the bookcases forms the support for
the iron perforated floors of the gallery avenues,
and which are generally eight feet wide, [he central
six ft et, being appropriated to the perforated floor,
and bite remainder being a clear space between the
back of the books and the flooring, and by which
contrivance the light from the skylights (in all cases
extending to the full width of the avenues) is
turown down the back of the books on each storey,
so that the lettering of the backs may be easily
discerned throughout the book ranges.
The shelves are formed of iron galvanised plates,
edged with wainscot and covered with russet hide
leather, and having a book-fall attached. They are
fitted at each end with galvanised iron leather
covered, and wadded pads placed next the skeleton
bookcase framing, to prevent injury to the binding
when the books are taken out or replaced. Between
these pads the skeleton framing of the cases forms

an aperture, by which a current of air may pass
and ventilation be kept up throughou•. The
shelves rest upOn brass pins, the holes for which
are pierced at three-quarters of au inch apart from
centre to centre ; but by a contrivance in cranking
the shaft of the pin, which may be turned upwards
or downwards, this interval is practically halved,
and the positiou of the shelves may be altered three
eighths of an inch at a time. There are 2,750,000
of these holes !

MSS. rooms and a new enlarged reading-room, In all cased, except against the external walls, the
which would enable the trus,erse to devote the pie- bookcases are double, the books be-ng placed beck
sent MSS. rooms, including that at present made to back, a lattice of iron work being tilted for their
over to . the Grenville Library, to the printed longitudinal separation, Thus, throughout the
books. This report lay dormant almost for four whole interior of the new building there are no
years. "Questions" were constantly asked iii the walls, the division being in all cases formed of a
• House of Commons as to the intentions of the Mi- double range of books, back to back. The only
maters of the day. The answer a were of the usual exception is at the shelving provided for news-
circumlocutive character. The ordinary annual papers, a single range of which necessarily occus
vote was now and then opposedby individual mein- , pies too space of two ranges of woks. Three
berg, on the ground of theindecisionor indifference thousand superficial fret of cases are provided for
of the Government to the recommendations of the newspapers.
Commission. Actually the trustees one year de- For convenience, of access to the galleries the
dined to take more than half of the sum proposei staircases have been placed r-o that, throughout the
to be voted for the purchase of books and other ohs building, they are within 40 feet of each other.
jects of acquisition, assigning as a true reason that The building contains three miles lineal of book-
the Museum would be inadequate for the reception cases, and which in ail the cases are eight feet high ;
of increased contents. Matters thus continued in assuming theni alt to be spaced for the averaged
status quo. In the meantime tae difficulty of find- octavo book size, the entire ranges .form 25 miles of
ing room for the current accessions t 3 the Library shelves. Assuming the shelves to be filled with
became daily greater. book, of paper, of average thickness, the leaves
The plan first suggested by Mr. Panizzi, and placed
.edge to edge would extend about 25,000
alluded to by the Commis:4°nm, bad to be aban- miles, or more than three times the diameter of the
doned on the ground of expense and delay.. As a globe !
last resort, Mr. Panizzi proposed to the trustees The cost, about 150,0001., includes the fittings
that a building should be erected in the inner quad- and furniture and the neces4ary shelves for the
raugle of the Museum. By this scheme the cost of working of the existing library estatliehment ;
purchase would be avoided. This proposal was a, e The decoration of the interior dome is happily
companied by drawings, showing the ground plan, an exception to the monotonous and dingy shadews
and a general detail Of the manner in which it was usually adopted in this country. Light colours and
proposed that the interior arrangements for the ac- the purest gilding have been preferred. The great
commodation of the readers and of books should be room, therefore, notwithstanding its circular shape,
framed. Tie architect of the trustees, Mr. Sydney has au illueeineted and elegant aspect. The decor-
Smirke, was directed to confer with Mr. Panizzi on rative work may Le shortly describe! :—The inner
the-details of this plan, and reported favourably surface of the dome is divided into 20 cowpart-
upon it It is a remarkable circumstance that, a!- mente by moulded' rib.., which are gilded with leaf
though some modificetione were made by Mr. prepaied from pure gold, the soffii es being in orna-
Panizzi in his original plan, they were ultimately meutal patterns, and the edges touching the adjo'n-
abandoned, and the soh me, as lie first conceive I ing margins fringed with a leaf-pattern scollopee
it, carried out. Mr. Smirke has the great merit edge. Each compartment contains a circular
that, baying aside all professional jealousy, he has herded window, 27 feet high, and 12 feet wide,
always shown himself ready to carry out the plan with three panels above, the central one being we-
of the original designer ; and the result is a build- dalliun-shaped, the whole bordered with gilt mould-
' ing, than which none are better, few perhaps so ings and hues, and the field of the panels finished
thoroughly, adapted to the purposes for which it is iu encaustic azure blue, the surroundhig margins
intended. Ultimately, on a "Supply night," on being of a warm cream colour. The details of the
the 3d of July, 1854, Parliament, by its'last even- windows are treated in like manner,—the spandril
ing vote, on the " "
miscellaneous estimate," granted panels blue ; the enriched column and pilaster caps,
• 55,2251. for the
British Museum establishment," the central flowers, the border moulding and lines
towards its ordinary expenditure, and 101,1421. for being gilded ; the margins cream colour through-
irnew buildings and fittings." In this latter gross out upon the tops of the main ribs' rests. The
estimate there was .an item of 61,0001. " for the mould rim of the lantern light, e hich is gilded and
erection of a building within the interior quad- overcoated to correspr nri, is 40 feet diameter. The
ripple, for the purpose' of affording ..increaFed ac- sash is formed of gilt moulded ribs of a ray-like
commodation." One member only "thought the pattern, emanalieg from a central medallion, in
sum a great deal too much." Such. was the first which the Royal monogram is alternated with the
vote for the great national monument we are now Imperial Crown.
describing, The first grant was not half enough, The under cornice, f. one which the dome springs,
as. will Bowe be seen; ' still it was a'beginniege, and is suitably massive and almost wholly gilded, the
laid the foundation. Within three years the vast fringe being formed into panels bounded by lines
structure has been completed, at the Cost of terminating at the ends with a gilt fret ornament.
150,000 i., or about that sum when all the "ex- 'Each compartment of the cornice is marked by a
tras" are accounted for. bold enriched gilt console, which forms atone° the
The building is circular. It does not occupy the support of the main rib and a base for statuary.
entire quadrangle, there being unavoidably a clear I The feet of there ribs is designed for colossal marble
in' ervel of from 27 to 50 feet all round, to give light statues, the advent of which art we ardently in-
and air to the surrounding buildings, and as a gu,ird yoke.
against possible desiructien by fire from the outer Between the cornice and the floor the space is
parts of the Museum. The dome is 140 feet in . filled with the bookcases and galleries of access, the
diameter, its height being 106 feet. In this diwen- ;,csrnice, standards, and !alleles of which are wholly
sion of diameter it is only inferior to the Pantheon !gilded, the panels of the soffites of the latter being
of Rome by 2 feet ; St. se
Peer's being only 139 ; St. blue, having gilded ornaments therein.
Maria in Florence, 139 ; the tomb of Mahomet, ; The tables and attendants' enclosures Ire of
Bejapore, 135 ; St. Paul's, 112 ; St. Sop; ia, C. - ' wainscot,. the chairs of mahogany, the doors being
op
etantinl n
e, 107, and the church at Darmstadt, 105. covered with Kamp-tulicon.
In other particulars our new dome is far superior. I The main entrance into the new reading-room is
The new reading-room contains I,2so,ooocubic feet direct from the Great Hall,:and there are secondary

entrances via the King's Library and the Great
Northern Library rooms.

filed in the diocese of London instead of in the dio-
cese of Bath and Wells. 4. That the Archbishop
having summonedthe defendant to appear before him
at Doctor's-commons, the archdeacon duly attended ;
and, as no charges had been proceeded with against
him, he was entitled to be dismissed. 5. That
more than two years bad elapsed between the
alleged commission of the last offence charged, and
the day on which the archdeacon was cited to ap-
pear before thearchbishop of Bath. A second pro-
test had also been filed to the effect that, inasmuch
as the 29th article was not in the imprinted Book
of Articles mentioned in the statute of the 13th of
ElizAbeth, the defendant could not be puni-hed
under that act for any alleged contravention of that
article. He (Dr. Phillimore) suggested that these
protests, should be disposed of before they went
into the merits of the ease itself.

We should not do justice if we omitted to give
credit to those who richly deserve it for individual
aid in this invaluable service of the public. To
Mr. Panizzi, as wa have shown, is due the merit of
the first conception of a single and sufficient struc-
ture. His indefatigable industry and his untiring
interest in the Museum have been devoted to the
daily inspection of the works, and he has originated
constant and valuable suggestions in the course of
their progress. Some of the trustees have given a
similar attention and individual aid. The archi-
tect, Mr. Smirke, has his merit in the preparation
of the original and first designs. The contractors,
Messrs. Baker and Fielder, share no common de-
serts in their professional labours. Indeed, tbe
skill, perseverance, and ingenious resources of their
managing partner, Mr. Fielder, have been beyond
all praise. All worked together, we understand,
without vanity or jealousy, to complete a public
reading-room worthy the Museum and their coun try.
It is gratifying to record that such a vast and lofty
building has been completed without loss of a single
life or any serious accident.

Dr. Bayford objeCted to this course as being
likely' o protract the proceedings to an enormous
length.
The Court, however, decided to hear Dr. Philli-
more on the fifth article of the former protest.
Dr. Phillimore said the archdeacon had preached
three sermons on the Holy Eucharist—the first
on the 7th of August, 1853 ; the second on the
6th of Nov., in the same year ; and the third
on the 14th of May, 1854. The charges relating to
this last, however, the court below had not re-
garded as proved, for the archbishop' did not make
the least reference to it in his sentence ; and it
would, therefore, not be competent for the pre-
sent court to entertain any charges in connexion
with the third sermon. Mr. Ditcher made an ap-
plication to the archbishop on the 20th of October,
1854, and the commission was issued on the 30th
of November in that year. It met on the 3d of
January, 155, and made its report on the 10th.
The alleged articles against the archdeacon were
served on the archdeacon on the 4th of August,
1855. The citation of the archdeacon to attend at
Doctors'-commons was dated the sth of May last ;
and that to appear at Bath was served on the ICth
of June. Now, he (Dr. Phillimore) contended
that the proceedings were not instituted within
the meaning of the 20th section of the Church
Discipline Act till this last date ; and that, there-
fore, the suit was barred by the statute. The object
of the preliminary commis-ion was not to inquire
whether " further proceedings" should be taken, but
whether there were any grounds "to institute pro-
ceedings" at all. Such was the language of the sth,
7th, 13th, and other clauses • and the 20th clause
must therefore be construed in conformity with
that use of the term. The point had, moreover,
been decided by Sir H. Jenner, in the else of
" Brooks v. Cresswell" (R. ,bertson's Ecclesiastical
Reports, vol. I.), where it had been held that the
proceedings commenced from the date of the cita-
tion. The same thing 'had also been decided by
the learned judge himself in the case of the "Bishop
of Hereford v, Thompson" (Robertson's Eccle.ias-
tical Reports, vol. II.) At any rate it must be
admitted that the qaestion was one of very grave
doubt ; and, such being the case, the defendant
was entitled by every principle of English juris-
prudence to the benefit of that doubt.
Dr. Deane was also heard on the point.
Dr. Bayford contended that the commencement
of the proceeding dated from the ,notice of the
'archbishop to issue the commission ; or, at any
rate, front the time a copy of the criminal articles
were serves upon the archdeacon, which was on
the. 4th of August, 1855, three clear days within the
two years from the date of the first sermon. But
that was not all. The court at Bath was the mere
creature of the Cl-rgy Discipline Act, and to this day
was literally without a name. It would be absurd,
therefore, to hold it bound by the rules which had
been establishe I by long •usage in the regular
courts of law. Moreover, the alleged " citation"
was not a " citation" in any technical sense, it was
merely a notice when and where the court would
be held. Anyhow, Mr. Ditcher had done every-
thing in his power to expedite the proceedings, and
if delay had occurred the court would not hold. him
responsible for the lathes of the archbishop, whom
it had been found necessary to compel by manda-
mus to proceed at all. Lastly, the Court of Queen's
Bench had virtually decided by the manner in which
it spoke of the case, that the proceedings at Bath
were the continuation of a suit already begun, not
the commencement of a new one.

The vexed question of the new catalogue need
not be mooted. In fact, the real pr)gress of that
laborious and unprecedented undertaking is now
unquestionable. The amalgamation of the several
catalogues, which are drawn up on various
plans, with one catalogue prepared on a uniform
plan, is proceeding rapidly. • Letters A, B, C,
D, E, F constitute about one third of the en-
tire catalogue, and this portion completed will be
placed in the new reading-room on its opening ;
it will be comprised in 500 volumes. The comple-
tion of this Herculean work is now under the re-
sponsible superintendence of Mr. J. Winter Jones,
the intelligent successor of Mr. Panizzi in the
keepership of the department of printed books, Mr.
Panizzi being now the Principal Librarian.
It may be the subject of vain regret that such a
public building, so perfect and grand within, has no
archi,eccural exterior or outward presence. But it
must be obvious to all our readers acquainted with
the limited area of the Museum ground, and with
the extensive buildings already erected, that no
sufficient or tolerable new frontage existed consis-
tent wilh the proper and more important objects of
the new erection. An improved reading-room was
the public want and con,tant demand—an object of
utility, not of ornament. Further, any exterior
architecture would have been at an enormous cost,
for which the House of CL,mmons would not have
been justified in providing the means. We must,
for our generation probably, be content with this
large gain of reading accommodation, superior to
any afforded by our, continental rivals.
We intended to have given the statistics of the
chief foreign libraries, of Paris, St. Petersburg,
Munich, Copenhagen, Berlin, Vienna, Dresden,
Madrid, and the Vatican—not for vain-glorious or
jealous comparison—all more or less possessed of
invaluable and particular treasures, but our limits
will nut now permit the detail. The fact, h)wever,
may be sated, that in number of volumes is the
British Museum excelled by the Imperial Library
of France alone. Ours, ere many years, with the
increase of room and publications, may obtain pre-
cedence in bulk. In value we are already without
a rival, and now in sumptuous accommodation for
readers we surpass every similar institution in the
world. The completion of the new reading-room
is an era in the reign of Victoria.—Times.

LAW .INTELLIGENCE.--April 20.

ARCHES COURT.
(Before Sir Jolin Dodson.)

ARCHDEACON DENISON'S APPEAL.
DENISON, CLERK, V. DITCKER, CLERK.

This was an appeal from the decision of the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, sitting at Bath as pro-dio-
cesan in the matter of certain articles administered
at the ins'ance of the Rev. Joseph Ditcher, vicar
of South Brent in the county of Somerset, to the
Venerable George Anthony Denison, vicar of East
Brent, and Archdeacon of Taunton. The proceed-
ings bad been instituted under the 13th of Eliza-
b-th, intituled "An Act for the Ministers of the
Church•to be of Sound Religion," under the pro-
visions of which the latter g-ntlernan had been
sentenced to deprivation of all his eceesiastical pro-
motions for an alleged infraction of the 28th and
29th Articles. The material pirt of the pro-dio-
cesan's judgment, it may be remembered. was in
the following terms :
" That whereas the said archdeacon, in a sermon
preack7d by him in the Cathedral Church of
Wells, on Sunday, the 7th of August, 1853, did
advisedly maintain and affirm,
" 'That the 'Body and Blood of Christ, being
really present after an immaterial and spiritual
manner in the consecrated bread and wine, are
therein and thereby given to all, and are received
by all who come to the Lord's table f and,
" That to all who come to the Lord's table, to
those who eat and drink worthily, and to those who
eat and drink unworthily, the Body and Blood of
Christ are given; and that by all who come to the
Lerd's table, by those who eat-and drink worthily,
and by those who eat and drink uuwo:thily, the
Body and Blood of Christ are received;'
" We, t';e said archbishop, with the as iist mice and
unanimous concurrence of our assessors did deter-
mine that the doctrine in the said passages was
directly contrary and repugnant to the 28th and
29th of the said Articles of Religion mentioned
in the aforesaid statute of Queen Elizabeth, and
that the construction put upon the said Articles
of Religion by the Venerable the Archdeacon
of Taunton—viz., that the Body and B ood of
Christ become so joined to, and become so present
in, the consecrated elements by the act of consecra-
tion, that the unworthy receivers receive in the
elements the Body and Blood of Christ is not the
true or admissible construction of the said Articles
of Religion, and that the true and legal exposition
of the said Articles is, that the Body and Blood of
Christ are taken and received by the worthy re-
ceivers only, who, in taking and receiving the same
by faith, do spiritually eat the Flesh of Christ and
drink his Blood, while the wicked and unworthy,
by eating the bread and drinking the wine, with-
out faith, do not in anywise eat, take, or receive
the Body and Blood of Christ, being void of faith,
wh-reby only the Body and• Blood of Christ can be
eaten, taken, and received." . . . And where-
a4 the said sermon or discourse contains the follow-
ing among other passages, . . .
" It is not true that the consecrated bread and
wine are changed in their natural substances, for
they remain in their very natural substances, and
therefore may not be adored. It is true that wor-
ship is due to the real, though invisible and super-
natural presence of the Body and Blood of Christ
in the Holy Eucharist, under the form of bread
and wine'—we, the said Archbishop, with the as-
sistance of our sail assessors, did determine that
the doctrines in the said passages are directly con:
trary and repugnant to the 28th and 29th of the
said Articles of Religion." In another passage of
the judgment similardoctrines set forth in a sermon
preached in Wells Cathedral on the 6th of Nov.,
1853, were likewise condemned.
The two articles referred to are in the following
terms :

Dr. Spinki was proceeding t,) address the cour
on the same side, but

Sir J. Dodt,on'adjourned the discussion till this
day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-4pril 20.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Mr. D. W. Harvey, the
commissioner of police, and Mr. J. Macgregor, and
Mr. M. Ware, two memb2rs of the committee of
the Ragged School Shoe Black Society, attended at

the justice-room.
Mr. Harvey, addressing the Lord Mayor, said—
It has been frequently represented to the presiding
magistrate in this court, that the police interfere
with boys who are endeavouring to earn, as it is
stated, au honest livelihood by cleaning the shoes of
those who apply to them, such boys not belonging
to the society known as the Boys Shoe Black So-
ciety. In order that the public may understand
the principles upon which bo h this society and the
police act in reference to these boys, it is necessary
that their minds should be disabused, and that
they should understand how utterly impracticable
it is to pursue the course that has been suggested,
namely, of allowing every boy to obtain what is called
au honest livelihood without the intervention of
Vie police ; whereas, we wish to represent to
your lordshp that unless these boys submit to
government, and are under those regulations which
the gentlemen who are here representing the society
feel necessary, the result must be that they must be
all forbidden ; becau-e if it is once understood that
any boy may place himself where he pl4asea in the
City with his box and brushes, pressing to clean the
shoes of pasers-by, the inconvenience will become
altogether intolerable ; while, on the other hand, if
boys have their allotted localities, and submit to
wholesome regulations, it is a great advantage to
them, 'and not loss to the public.
Mr. Macgregor, as a member of the Ragged
School Society, begged leave to explain the matter.
There are two sorts of shoeblacks—those who are
under regulation, and those who are free to do as
they please. The boys who are under system be-
long t four societies, all of which are managed in
the same way by gentlemen connected with the
Ragged School. The b-Irs are selected for good
conduct from the Ragged School ; they are under a
regular t.ystem of discipline and control ; they come
at fixed hours ; they go to fixe places ;
they go in fixed numbers, and they have a fixed
rate of payment proportionate to their earnings. A
regular system of discipline and of promotion, of
reward and punishment is established, and theirre-
ligious and intellectual education, as well as their
advancement in life, and their preparation for emi-
gration, is attended to. This costa a considerable
deal of trouble, birt I am happy to say that, al-
though very expensive, the whole expenses from
one end to the other are, in the oldest of the four
societies, entirely borne by the boys ; and this isthe
first instance of a self-supporting reformatory insti-
tution in the world. The othr boys seen in the
streets earning money by shoe blacking are wholly
without control, they leave at such times as they
please, in such numbers as they please, and forsuch
purposes as they please. No person is responsible
for their conduct, and the question is whether
the boys shall be wholy left without control,
or whether the discipline that is now extended
to those in the' Shoe-black Society 'shall be such
a warrant to the public for their good
management as would jus ify the publice in com-
mitting to the'police that exercise of their discretion
which is already vested in other cases in the streets
The earnings or amount of money taken by the
Shoe-black Society have been about 2,5001. during
the past year. We think some arrangement ought
to be made by which the boys who do not belong
to the society should not become an annoyance to
the public

" XXTIII. —Of the Lord's Supper. —Th e Supper
of the Lord is not only a sign of the love that
Christians ought to have among themselves one to
another, but rather is a sacrament of our redemp-
tion by Christ's death, insomuch that to such as
rightly, worthily, and with faith receive the same,
the bread which we break is a partaking of the
Body of Christ ; and likewise the cup of blessing is
a partaking of the Blood of Christ. Tran,subatan-
tiation (or the change of the substance of the bread
and wine) m the Supper of the Lord, cannot be
proved by Holy Writ, but is repugnant to the
plain words of Scripture, overthroweth the nature
of a sacrament, and hath given occasion to many
superstitions. The Body of Christ is given, taken,
and eaten in the supper only after a heavenly and
spiritual manner. And the mean whereby the Body
of Christ is received and eaten, is Faith. The
sacrament of the Lord's Supper was not by Christ's
ordinance reserved, carried about, lifted up, or wor-
shipsa"
IX.—Of the wicked, which eat not the
Body of Christ in the use of the Lord's Supper.—
The wicked, and such as be void of a lively faith,
although they do carnally and visibly press with
their teeth (as St. Auaustine saith) the sacrament
of the Body and Bloodp of Christ, yet in no wise
are they partakers of Christ ; but rather to their
condemnation do they eat and drink the sign or
sacrament of so great a thing."
Dr. Phillimore and Dr. Deane appeared for the
archdeacon • Dr. Bayfurd and Dr. Spinks for Mr.
Ditcher.. Mr. Ditcher and half a dozen other
clergymen were present, but the case did not ap-
pear to excite much general interest.
.Dr. Phillimore said he bad tendered in the court
below a protest containing five pleas against the re-
port of the commissioners who had sat at C:eve-
land, and upon the report of whom the subsequent
proceedings were all founded. If these pleas, or
any of them, ware held to be valid, they would put
an end to the casa ; and it would, th-refore, pro-
bably be the most convenient course to argue the
protest first. The Ave pleas of the protest were as
follows :-1. That the proceedings of the commis-
sioners were null and void by reason of the rejec-
tion of a plea tendered before them, and celled re-
cusatio judicum. 2. That the commissioners had
refused to hear the defendant either by himself or
by his agent upon the subject on which he stood
charged. 3. Because the requisitions of the at itute
with respect to the filing of the depositions, pr,-
ceedings, and report of the commistioners had not
been, complied with, the documents having teen

Lord Mayor—l am glad the Commissioner
bas come to see me upon this subject, because, like
many others, I have felt the great evil likely to
arise from what we wish to be a great advantage to
the public. I at one time thought that one boy had
as much right to sand in the street and black shoes
as another. During the last two or three months I
have been watching and have paid great attention
to these boys, and I believe that the pretence of
blacking shoes has been made the means of congre-
gating pickpockets and thieves, whose system is al-
most as well organised as that of the Shoe-black:
Soc'ety. Certainly, the boys belonging to the so-
ciety do conduct themselves most properly, and
since I have occupied this chair not a single charge
has been brought against them. If after this the
Commissioner complains to me of annoyance to the
public occasioned by boys who are not under the
control and government of the society, I shall im-
mediately endeavour to put a stop to it. I should
feel myself perfectly justified in punishing any boys
who obstruct the public streets by blacking the
shots of passers-by, unless they are under proper
control. If you were to form a brigade for sweep-
ing crossings as well as for blacking shoes, I believe
you might employ about 1,000 boys in the metro-
polis, and I am sue that passengers would willingly
give them a id. or ld. for their labour. Unfortu-
nal ely the prasent-crossing sweepers are a vary dis-
reputable class, and on a dirty day as soon as they
have got a pocketful of halfpence they, leave their
station, and not unfr,quently spend their earnings
in drink.

Mr. Ware—By the end of this week I believe
Shit a plan ahnil3r to that suggeEted by your lord-

ship will be tried in Southwark, when about 20
boys will
.be employed.
The commissioner and the deputation thanked
the Lord Mayor for the attention with which he
had listened to th-dr remarks, and withdrew.
James Brooke, a ferocious looking fellow, was
charged with an unprovoked assault.
Frederick Malcowbe, a merchant carrying on
business in London Wall, said—Late on Saturday
night, as 1 was passing through Lombard-street,
the prisoner rushed against me, giving me a most
severe blow. It was a most wilful blow. The pri-
soner is a perfect stranger to me.
Several constables said that the prisoner was a
most dangerous character, and was in the constant
habit of ill-treating children in the street without
the slightest provocation. He had repeatedly been
in custody for assaulting persons in the street, as
well as upon the charges of robbery.
The Lord Mayor—This is not the first time you
have .been here upon the charges of assault and
theft. The gentleman may think himself fortunate
that you did not Succeedinrobbing him of his watch.
The prisoner was sent to prison for 21 days, with
bard labour.

GIIILDHALL.—John Samuel Thorne, a porter
in the employ of Mt. Barnard guller, a furrier, 'of
172, Alderso.ate-street, was charged with stealing
forty-two-sable tails, value four guineas, the pro
perty of his employer.
The sable tails were missed, and found in the pri-
soner's possession.
The prisoner confessed that he had taken a false
step, and was very sorry for it.
Between 8/. and 9/ was found in his possession,
and it was stated he had been about 10 or 12 years
in his master's service.
The prisoner was remanded.

WOWS' RIP-STREET.—Wm. Woodie, a hard-
ened looking youth, about 19 years of age, ;was
placed at the bar, before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged
with having assaulted his father, a coachtnaker, in
New-i►nn-yard, Shoreditch, an l also with cutting and
wounding a police-constalile, who apprehended him.
Davidga, G 159, who was evidently in a sate of
severe exhaustion, and appeared with his face en-
veloped in bindages, stated that while on duty in
Curtain-road, Shoreditch, on the previous after-
noon, he was suddenly accosted by the prisoner's
father, who expressed his intention to give his sou
into cu,tody for having brutally, ill-treated him.
Witness accordingly accompanied him to his house,
which he was about to enter, when the prisoner
rushed forward and struck his father a violent blow
in the face. Witness endeavoured to protect the
old man, but when he seized the prisoner by the
collar be fixed his teeth in the upper part of his
thumb, which he bit so severely as to compel him
to release him. The prisoner then retreated into a
back room, where he caught up two table-knives,
which he brandished, and declared he would mur-
der the first man who ventured to approach him.
Witness was attempting to disarm hm, when the
prisoner made a rapid thrust at his breast, which
cut through his coat and under-clothing, and im-
' mediately afterwards stabbed him in the face, and
inflicted a frightful gash under his left eye. He was
almost blinded with the blood which flowed from
the wound, but he managed to get out bis trun-
cheon, and at length the prisoner was overpowered
and secured.

The prisoner's father, a respectable elderly man,
who wept bitterly while giving his evidence, en-
tered into a sad relation with regard to the profli-
gate habits and turbulent conduct of the prisoner.
The prisoner wag ordered to be remanded for
depositions.

WESTMINSTER.—A native of China, who
gave the name of Hudson, was charged with
begging.

policeman stated that, at half-past three on
Sunday afternoon, he found the defendant seated
upon the pavement in the Bromptou-road, hat in
hand, collecting alms. He then removed a few
paces, and sat down again, as though he was very
ill. He received more money there, and upon the
•onstable's taking him into custody, declared that
all the money he had got was the amount in his
waistcoat pocket, sevenpence, but upon searching
him sixpence was found concealed in a rag under
his armpit ; seveupence more in a private waistcoat
under all his clothing, and some leaf tobacco and
inciters secured next his skin on the middle of his
back by his flannel waistcoat.

It was stated by the constable that the defendant
understood Ehglish very well when taken into cus-
tody, but his acquaintance with it appeared to have
completely evaporated, and, as the worthy magi-
strate was completely puzzled to know how either
to communicate the patticulars of the) charge or re-
c.ive the accused's reply in any intelligiolo tongue,
defendant was remanded till to-day fir an interpr,:-
ter.

William Blakewell, a boy of 14, was charged
with robbing William Hart of his watch, value 91.
—He was remanded.

MARYLEBONE.—Ann James, aged 18, and
Mary Burke, aged 19, well-dressed females, were
charged before Mr. Broughton with stealing 36
yards of gingham from the shop of Mr. Johnson,
linendraper, Edgware-road.
It appeared from the evidence of police-constable
Parsons, 182 D, that on Saturday night, about 9
o'clock, he was on duty (in private clothes) in the
Edgware-road, when he observed the prisoners to-
gether. They were strangers to him, but from their
manner he thought that they wanted an opportunity
to take property from some shop or other. They
stopped at the house of INIr. Johnson, where the
prisoner James entered. He observed that she cut
a cord, on which hung several pieces of muslin and
gingham. After doing that they both went away.
In about half a minute they again proceeded to the
shop, and then Burke dragged away one of the
pieces, which she put under her shawl. They were
about to run away, when he ran up and secured
both prisoners. In the struggle Burke dropped
the property from under her shawl. At the sta-
tion-house, he (Parsons) found upon James half-a-
dozen yards of sheeting, for which he has to fin 4
an owner. There was also a printed card. The
words obit were as follows :—" To be raffled for,
on Thursday, April 30th, at the Swan, Chequer-
alley, a gold ring, for the benefit of Rt. Blount, who
has come out of trouble. Dancing to commence
at 8 o'clock. Sixpence each member. Ned Crune,
chairman." The ring was on the prisoner James's
finger.
Mr. Broughton directed the inspector, who was
pres.tnt, to report to Mr. Hughes, the superinten-
dent of the division, that great credit WAS due to
Parsons for his vigilance. __ _

The prisoners Were remanded for a week.

GREENWICH.—SamueI Morris, a pork-but-
cher, at Forest-hill, Sydenham, was charged with
travelling on the London and Brighton Railway
without paying his fare.
On the 30th March last the defendant arrived at
the Syd'enham station by the Epsom train, and
heing unable to produce his ticket the full fare from
the place whence the train started was demanded.
This he refused to pay, saying that a friend, who
would arrive by the next train from Forest-hill, had
taken tickets for two, and would produce them.
Mr. Inspector Antcombe, of the Brighton Rail-
way Company, said he called upon the deferidatit
about four days afterwards for the fare, which he
not only refused to pay, but said he (witness) was
one of those vagabonds whom he had to pay to-
wards keeping.
The defendant said that himself and a friend ar-
rived at the Forest-hill station just as the bell rang
for the departure of the train, and his friend ob-
tained tickets for both, but after he ran of lk to the
platform the door was suddenly closed, and his
friend prevented him from taking his seat in the
train.

Mr. Adams, the friend in question, a master gar-
dener at Sydenham, corroborated the statement-,
adding that on finding defendant had gone by the
tiain, he had the money returned to him which he
paid for the second ticket.
Mr. Seeker raid the servants of the company
were perfectly right in demanding the full fare
from the place whence the train started. The de-
fendant must pay a penalty of 10s. and costs.
The defendant-1 will not pay the fine.
Mr. Secker—Then I shall order a distress war-
rant to issue immediately.
Defendant left the court without paying the fine.

EMIGRATION FROM THE NORTH OF SCOTLAND.—The
Spring fleet has just sailed for Canada from the north-
east cuast of Scotland, carrying out 1,500 passengers.
They are chiefly agricultural labourers, and for the most
part young anti newly-married people. Large sums of
money continue to be received from settlers in Upper
Canada who bad previously gone out, chiefly from Aber-
deenshire, and there is every prospect that before many
years few agrieulturi-1 labourers will be left at home.
Wages Lave risen, but when we state that the highest
rates do not exceed 201. a-year, it will not be thought
surprising.
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MST OF SCOTTISTI COMPANIES' PRICES.

Divideud Amcuat
Name of Company, per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
-_------- -.--. ---- -.
X a. d. £ a. d.
Bank of' Scotland .... 71. per cent. 100 C 0 100 0 0 199710
British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 223/0s
Caledonian Bank .. •.• 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 Ilis
City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 131 5s
Clydesdale Bank •• •• 5%1. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 141 3s
C aninercial Bank - 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 248/0s
Eastern Bank.. •• •• -6/. per cent. 25 . 0 0 10 0 0 14/ Os
Edinb.& Glasgow.. - 35 1. p cent. 5 0 5 0 0 5/ 2s
National Bank ...... 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 191, es
Northof Scotland Bank 5/.percent il 20 0 0 210 0 5/' 8s
Royal Bank of Scot'. .. 52. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 :311 a
Union Bank of Scot. - 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 106/03
Western 8ank........ 71. por cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 441 us
Alliance Fire and Life.. 8%1.pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17/13s
British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 0 1112 s
Caledonian Fire Incur. 10,.p0r cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os
City of Glasgow Lite.. 6/. percent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 it Os
Co'onial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 3 0 06/ Os
Edinbunh Life Inset. V. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 19/ Os
Eng. & Scot, Law Life 510er cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41 6s
Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/.percent. 40 0 0 3 0 061 15s
Nationai Fire and Life 61. per cent. 1.0 0 0 1 4 021 Os
North British Insult... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 :61 Os
Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 I/ 15s
Scottish Provincial .... - 50 0 0 2 0 03/ Os.
Scottish Union Insrnc. 75{1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1/ 15$
Standard Life •• -•. •• 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 10/ Os
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African Steam Ship ..
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Australian Trust .... 8/. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 21
Australian Itoyal Mail
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Ditto, r' per cent. .. 6/. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -
DDiitttto 6 p
Ditto, e. bds 1874 GI. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 -
c. bds 1876 6/. per cent Stock 100 0 0 --
Crystal Palace - .... all 2%
2/. per cent 5 0 0
cr3,D s. EnlaceittoPref ofcre Francence.. 71 pr. cent 50 0 50 0 5%
4 0 0
City Navigation Bonds .3%1. per-
cent - all -
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Electric Telegraph .. 6/. per cent. Stock. 100 0 0 94
Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt. - 5 0 0 all 1%
Eng.&lris. Mag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all -
Equitable lteversionry slper cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 -
Ditte New .......• - 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
Gen. Revers. &Invest. 51. p c and 17. 100 0 0 'OO '0 0 -
Cen. I. Sc. Col. (1,11 m) - 25 0 0 all -
Gen.SteamNavigation 10/. per ct. & 15 0 0 14 0 0 251%
London Gen. Omnibus 12/. per cent 4 0 0 all 4
Hudson's 8ay........ 5/. per cent. Stock : tock -
Hungerford ...• •• •• •• 2/. 55. 100 0 0 all' -
Lon. Ne. &Na. Mauso. - 10 0 0 all -
London Reversionary 5/, per cent, 15 0 to all -
Mex. &S. ArriCriCar. - 10 0 0 all 3
Nat. Discount Comp.• - 25 0 0 5 0 0 41
N.S.W. Gov.sp.c. Deb. Si. per cent - 100 0 0 -
6d. 1 0 0 all %
81. per cent 20 0 0 17 10 0 11
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Prlee'sPatentCand. Co - 23
--5 0 0 all -
tual'd&Stlim". 71. per cent T,O 0 0 all 671
Pen.e,ltivoerrieLn:
Ditto ;New • • ...... - 50 0 0 10 0 0 14
Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent 100 0 0 all -
Ditto New •• -- - 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 -
P.oyal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 to
Scottish Aus. Invest. 15/. per cent. 1 0 0 all -
Scuth Australian Land 71. per cent. 25 0 0 all 361,(
Trust and Loan Comp. 752.. pr cent. 20 0 0 O 0 0 --
Vats Diemen's Lend.. 103. (00 0 0 28 10 0
Vis GOY. 6 ptr cI.BCB. 6 per cent, , -
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77, i

Sporting Intelligence.

TATTERAL T./6 - 110NDA Y.

Durirg the early part of the afteroon the room was
numerously attended, hut in order to leave London for
York by the Great Northern express, sub,cribersi die-
pefsed before the usual hour.
The settlement of the past week's accounts engrossed
nearly all attention, the bet Ling was very limited, and,
with one or two exceptions, unimportant.
GREAT NORTHERN TIANDICAP.—St. Giles only was in
demand. At first 5 to 2 wa•c taken freily about him,
subsequently 9 to 4 was booked, and at the el iss some
blisiness was done at 2to 1. Skirmisher and Chevalier
d'lndustrie were backed at 9 1.6 2 each, and that price
was obtainable about either with little difficulty through•
out the afternoon. 15,000 to 30 was hid against St.
Giles winning the Great Northern and Chester Cup, and
Anton the Two Thousand and Derby. 1,400 to 20 Rrs
laid against St. Giles winning the Great Northern, and
Warlock the Chester Cup.

Two THOUSAND. —Kent was steadily supported. Much
money was ieveeted on him at 4 to 1, and at the close 7
to 2 was taken to nearly 2001. Several investments
were made on Anton at 5 t.) 1, 11 to 2, and 6 to 1 ; 600
to 100 w 2.8 taken about Loyola, who was backed for
various smalltr corns at the same rate c.f odds. 500 to 15
was Ind against Kent's winning this event, and Learn-
gton the Chester Cup. 1,000 to 20 was laid against
Loyola's winning this event and the Derby, and 2,500
to 5 was betted against Latubourne's winning this event
and Blue Jack.-t the Derby.
CHESTER Cur.—Leaminszton and Mineeiiie were as
usual in brisk demand. The odds quoted against Dul-
camara were taken to 1001.
DERBT.—No transaction relative to Blink Bonny came
under our notice. 1,500 to 100, 1,400 to 100, aria 2,400
to 200 were taken about Anton. 100 to 6 was booked
to some money about Arsenal, the takers offering to go
o❑ at the price. Scott's lot does not this year comprise
any very formidable animal, for 1.000 to 5 was detect
five times against Athlete, ant 1,000 to 5 once against
Colonist.

CLOSING PRICES.
GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.
2 to 1 agst St. Giles (9 to 4 taken freoly)
9to 2 agst Skirmisher (taken and offered)
9 to 2 agst Chevalier d'lndustrie (taken aad at)
200 to 6 agst Siiing (taken)

CHESTER CUP.
t') 1 agst Learniegton (taken)
13 to 1 agst Mincepie (Laken and offered)
20 to 1 ag,t Dulcamairt (taken)
30 to 1 a st Zig ZAg (taken)
50U to 5 ag4t Lauce (raker)

TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
7 to 2 agst Kent (taken)
11 to 2 agNt Anton (taken and offered)
6to 1 agst Loyola (taker)
6 to 1 apt Vedette (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Sydney (offered)

ONE THOUSAND.
sto 4 agst Blink Bonny
3to 1 Ayacauora
6 to 1 agst Tasmania

DERBY.

12 to 1 agst Anton (taken)
100 to 6 agst Arsenal (taken)
25 to i agst Tournament (taken)
25 to 1 agst Sprig of Shillelagh (taken)
25 to J agst Lady Hawthorn (offered)
40 to 1 agst Wardermarske (taken)
50 to 1 agst Chevalier d'lndustrie (taken)
1000 to 5 agst Athlete (taken and off,red)
1000 to 5 agst Colonist (taken and offered)

THE Two THOUSAND GUINEAS, &c.—The London
Racing Indicator of Monday next, price sevenpence,
will contain eltifney on the Newmarket Spring Meeting,
with probable winners. Private Circular on Saturday
next. Enclose 12 stamps and direc.ed envelope. Sent
twenty-one winners last week. Office, 1, Savo -hillo
strand, London.

Country Dilarkets.

:D-APRIL 17.

i best wheats was to-day con?'
,ualities were difficult to quit
corn firm, without altelatioll

a. U.
Oats, per qr.
Peas, Partridge 4l 43
White 39 46
Boiling 39 45
Dun 37 39
Beans, Tick 35
Harrow ticks 39 47
Mazagan 34 36
Ditto, new 34 31