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HOME CIRCUIT.—Lewes, July 25.
CROWN COURT.—(P.efore the LORD CHIEF BARON.)
Mary Hardwick, who was convicted on Tuesday of
feloniously attempting to drown her child in the sea at
Brighton, was brotlgnt up for judgment, and sentenced
to he impri.:,oned and kept to hard labour for twelve
months.
Elizabeth Bacon, a girl who had been convicted of
setting fire to her master's house, was also brought
up for judgment, and sentenced to the like punishment.
7 layton Darby, 23, a stout-built, determined-looking
countryman, was indicted for burglariously breaking
and entering the dwelling-house of John Rickman, and
Et 'sling two watches, value 501., two gold chains, two
gold seals, and other articles, his property.
Mr. Johnson conducted the prosecution.
The Learned Counsel having briefly stated the cir-
cumstances of the daring outrage imputed to the pri-
soner, the following evidence was adduced:—
Mr. John Rickman, the prosecutor, who, being a
member of the Society of Friends, was examined upon
his affirmation, said,—l reside at Wellingham, in the
parish of Ringmer. My family consists of myself, my
self,, and my two daughters. On the night of the 7th
bruary last we retired to rest at our usual hour.
About tiso o'clock on the following morning I heard a
noise in the house, and I got up and was about to pull
the night-bolt of my door, when it was suddenly burst
in with great violence, and three men entered the room.
They hud a light with them, and I observed that one of
the men had a bludgeon. They were all completely
disguised by having something tied over their faces.
One of the men then went to the side of the bed where
I was lying, and another to the side of my wife, and
they demanded my money. I was collected enough to
say, "I am sorry for you." The men then said, " Your
money—your money—give us your trousers." I pointed
to where my trousers were lying, and one of the men
took them up and rifled the pockets. They then took
two watches that wore hanging at the head of the bed.
They were both valuable, but one in particular was so.
The men then began ransacking the drawers, and while
they were so engaged I heard the alarm-bell ring, and
the men then ran away. But for this I believe, from the
conduct and demeanour of the men, that life might have
been lost. When the men were gone I went down stairs,
and ascertained that the house had been entered by a
window at the lower part.
Miss Sarah Rickman, being also affirmed, said—l oc-
cupied the same bed with my sister on the night in
question. We were disturbed in the course of it by
hearing a noise at the door of our bed-room, and di-
rectly afterwards three men came in. Two of them
came up to our bed and demanded money. My sister
told me to ring the bell that was on my side, and I did
so, and the pull broke. My sister was then about to
ring the other bell, and one of the men said that it she
did so he would strike her. She attempted to ring the
bell, and he immediately struck her with a bludgeon.
Miss Rachel Rickman said—l was in the room with
my sister on the night of the robbery. The men were so
disguised that I could not identify any of thorn by their
faces; but I heard the voice of one of them, and at first
I thought it was a woman. I have since, however, heard
a man named Richardson examined, and by his voice
I am certain he was one of the men who was in the
room.

Thomas Richardson, an approver, was then examined.
He said—l have now come from the gaol to give evi-
dence, being committed for trial upon this charge of bur-
glary. I know the prisoner. On the evening of the 7th
February I met him at a beer-shop kept by Allen Gower
in the Cliffe at Lewes, and Richard Funnell and Edward
Carey were also present. We all agreed to go to Mr.
Rickman's, at Wellingham, and we started from the
beer-shop a little past nine o'clock. Carey and the pri-
soner went away first, and I and Funnell followed them
soon afterwards, and we all joined upon the road. We
went past the Cats public-house, and also by the Prince
of Wales, at the foot of Dialling-hill. We then went to
Ridge's farm, which is about a mile from the prose-
cutor's. When we arrived at Mr. Rickman's we walked
round the house, and I got a knife and cut a notch
in the closet window, intending to take out the
pane; but, as it was not large enough to admit Carey's
body, we went to another place, where there was a large
glass window, and Carey broke it, and Funnell then shot
open the shutters, and we all got into the house. We
struck a light and examined the room, and took two silk
handkerchiefs. We then went into another room on the
ground floor, and afterwards went up stairs into the
ladies' room. The prisoner Carey and I went in, and
Funnell stayed outside on the landing. We were all
armed with sticks and wore disguised, so that no one
could see our faces. Funnell and Carey had black crape
over their faces. I had a piece of white linen over mine,
and the prisoner had a red handkerchief over his. We
found the two ladies in bed, and Carey demanded their
money. One of the ladies rung a bell by the side of her
bed, and Carey caught hold of the bell-pull and tore it
down. The other lady said there was another bell on
her side of the bed, and Carey said to her, " But you are
not going to ring it." She was about to lay hold of
the bell-pull when Darby struck her with his stick.
After this they went to the bed-room of Mr. Rickman,
and heard the noise of the bolt being drawn inside,
and they immediately broke the door open, and
the prisoner, I, and Carey went into the room, Fun-
nell being still standing in the landing outside. I
saw Mr. Hickman and a lady in the room, and heard
Mr. Rickman say, " I am sorry for you," when money
was demanded of him. I took one of the watches from
the bed-head, and the prisoner took the other, arid we
then looked into the drawers, and we took away a plated
candlest'ck. While we were rifling the room Funnell
came in and gave us an alarm, arid when we got out of
the room we heard the alarm bell ringing. We then all
I'-ft the house the same way that we had entered it, and
went across the fields to the London-road. On our way
we had to cross a stream, and the prisoner jumped into
a bush, and got something into his eye. The next thy
I saw the prisoner with a handkerchief over it, and his
eye appeared to have been injured. We wrapped all the
stolen property in the handkerchiefs, and took it to a
beer-shop, where it was left. I saw no more of it, and
on the following day the keeper of the beer-shop gave
me three sovereigns as my share of the spoil. Darby
and Carey received the same sum, and Carey took Fun-
nelr's share for him. A day or two afterwards I saw
the prisoner again, and he told me he had had something
taken out of his eye.

The Learned JUDGE having asked the prisoner if he
wished to put any questions to this witness, he replied,
" I have nothing to ask him; it appears to me that he
will say any thing to get the reward he has been pro-
mised."

Several witnesses were then examined, with a view to
corroborate the testimony of the approver, and Mr.
bfartin, a chemist, at Lewes, proved that about the time
the robbery was committed ho abstracted something
from the prisoner's eye, and gave him a lotion to
bathe it with.

The CHIEF BARON having summed up,
The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty.
The Learned JUDGE, in passing sentence upon the
prisoner, said that this was one of the most daring and
alarming burglaries that he ever remembered to have
heard of. The evidence made out moat conclusively
that he was one of a gang who were banded together for
purposes of plunder, and it was perfectly clear that they
did not hesitate to carry out that which was the most
alarming feature in such cases—the resorting to acts
of personal violence, either to prevent the parties they
robbed from giving an alarm, or resisting their unlawful
intentions. Under these circumstances it was highly
necessary for the safety of the public that the law should
be carried out to its full extent; and the sentence upon
him, therefore, was, that he be transported for the term
of his natural life.

The prisoner merely gave an impudent grin when the
sentence was pronounced, and walked away from the
bar apparently quito unconcerned. The other persons
concerned in the outrage were tried at the spring assizes
for another burglary, and sentenced to be transported for
life.

OXFORD CIRCUIT.—StaYord, July 24.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
WHOLEIALE ROBBERY OF AN EMPLOYER.—Edward
Gooch Hone, aged 30, a chemist and druggist's assistant,
was indicted for having stolen, on the 27th of June, at
Wolverhampton, from Frederick Weaver, his employer,
a large quantity of chemist and druggist's goods; and
Harriet Warner, aged 31, was indicted for receiving
them, knowing hem to have been stolen, and also har-
bouring Hone, knowing him to have stolen them.
Mr. Greaves, Q.C., and Mr. Kettle appeared far the
prosecution; and Mr. Scotland for the defence of Hone,
and Mr. Vaughan for the defence of Warner.
There were five different indictments against the pri-
soners in the above form, each relating to different por-
tions of the prosecutor's property. The value of the
articles included in all the indictments was about 5001.
The quantity charged in the first indictment amounted
to about 2001., including several packages of otto of
roses, gold leaf, quinine, Macassar oil, &c. To this in-
dictment Hone, under the advice of his Counsel, pleaded
guilty, and Warner pleaded not guilty, no evidence
being offered upon the other indictments. In order to
establish the guilty knowledge of Warner, it was neces-
sary to go into evidence of Hone's proceedings. It ap-
peared that he had formerly carried on business as a che-
mist and druggist in the Strand, London; that he then
went to Liverpool, and after being there for some years
married. Before his marriage he and his wife wore ac-
quainted with the other prisoner, who was the wife of a
Mr. Love! Warren, who kept a boot and shoe shop there,
and both the prisoner and her husband went with them
to church when they were married. After living with
his wife for about 15 or 16 mouths he left her and Li.
verpool, and for some intervening period his steps were
not traced. The next notice of him was when he was
assistant to a chemist and druggist at Stone, from who*
employment he came at Christmas last into that of the
prosecutor, who is a wholesale chemist and druggist at
Wolverhampton, the latter believing him to be a good
character, and allowing him a salary of 651. a year.
prisoner must have soon commenced his wholesale sys-
tem of plunder, for in less than six months his employer
had lost goods to the extent above stated. A great part
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court here. For ten weeks prior to his arrest he had
been living in lodgings at Wolverhampton with the other
prisoner, who had also abandoned her husband, and
there it was that the goods in the indictment in question
were all found and identified. The question for the jury
was whether she had received the goods which were
found in their lodgings, knowing that they had been
stolen from any one?
The evidence on this point was to the following effect :
Madox, a police-officer, pro'ved that when he and the
other officers went to search the prisoners' lodgings they
declined to tell what was the subject of the charge, and
she pointed to two cupboards that were in the room in

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which they met her, and said " There is nothing in
them ;" but on searching one of them they found a large
quantity of chemeal materials, opium, &c., and on
etearclsing the other found, besides a quantity of articles
in common nte, as cups and saucers, about thirty par-
cel: of a peculiar character, such as several bottles of
anchovy sauce and a quantity of caustic. She appeared
very much distressed when the officers went in a ith
Hone in their custody, and when she asked him what
was the matter he made no answer. In a room
up stairs they found several toilet-bottles, and
boxes containing opium, perfumery, &c., and so
neatly packed that it was difficult for one to
pack it; and when they took out the contents they
could not replace them. They found also a quantity of
essential oils in the room. The toilet-bottles were all on
the dressing-table. They also found in a work-box some
brass weights, which aro commonly used by druggists.
Oa their finding these, she said, "Somebody must have
put them there; I never saw them before." There was
no proof that these weights ever belonged to Mr. Weaver.
The landlady of the house i❑ which they lodged said,
she never saw either of them bringing in any boxes or
medicine. This fact was relied on for the prosecution as
a proof that the articles were brought in separately in
small parcel: and then packed up. After they had been
lodging there fur a short time, Mrs. Warner went away,
taking three boxes with her; and in a short time returned
with two boxes, in which some of the stolen property
was afterwards found.

His LORDSHIP, i❑ summing up, told the jury that if
they had auy reasonable doubt of the prisoner's know-
ledge of her paramour's guilt in robbing his employer,
they ought to acquit her.
The jury deliberated for five minutes, and then found
them Guilty.
Mr. GREAVES thereupon said he would not proceed
with the other indictments, to which the prisoners had
pleaded not guilty.
When called on to say why sentence should not be
passed, Hone, who seemed much affected, protested that
the other prisoner was entirely ignorant of his having
stolen the goods.

HIS LORDSHIP, in passing sentence on Hone, said he
had seldom known a worse offence, for not only was the
value of the property large, but he received from his
employer a handsome salary, on which he could live in
comfort and respectability ; but, instead of that, he pre-
ferred plundering his employer. He (Mr. Justice Wil-
liams) felt that he would be deserting his duty if he did
not pass a severe sentence upon him, and he would
therefore direct him to be transported fir ten years. As
for you, Harriet Warner (said his Lordship), I feel fur
you, and I think you are to be pittied, for though you
were not in the situation of a wife to this men, you were
so much under his control that it was with the greatest
difficulty you could have resisted or disobeyed his direc-
tions. I therefore sentence you to b© imprisoned for
three months in the common gaol but without hard
labour.

(Before Mr. GREAVES, Q.C.)
POLICE TRICKS—CONFESSIONS.

John Rogers, William Hughes, and Richard Hurley,
were indicted for stealing, on the 20th inst., at Kings-
winford, 268 lb. of rope, the property of Charles Wood-
cock and others.

Mr. R. Thomas appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Huddlestone for the defence of Huxley. The other two
prisoners pleaded guilty.
This case was noticeable chiefly for a trick perpe-
trated by a police officer in endeavouring to make up evi-
dence, and the censure of the bench upon him for it.
The prisoner Huxley when arrested denied all know-
ledge of the theft, but from the other prisoners the
policeman got a confession, in which one of them Rogers,
exculpated Huxley. This confession was made in the
absence of Huxley, and the police-officer knowing that
it would not therefore be evidence against him unless
it were repeated in his presence, brought the three
prisoners together, and then said to Rogers and
Hughes, " Now repeat what you stated before." There-
upon they repeated their former confessions, and
though Huxley, the moment Hughes exculpated him,
denied the charge most vehemently, the constable re-
peated Hughes's confession to-day as evidence against
Huxley. This course his Lordship severely censured
telling the policeman that if he ever pursued such a
course again, he should not be allowed to repeat it a
third time in the character of a policeman, and in sum-
ming up the case to the jury said that such conduct
was most dangerous—that policemen ought not to at-
tempt to make out evidence in such a manner against a
prisoner, that it would be perilous to encourage such a
mode of getting up evidence, fv, if the parties really
guilty confessed, they might have some object in fixing
guilt or suspicion on innocent parties, in order to pro-
tect some of their own associates, or to obtain some
other improper. object. Such conduct in a policeman
was extremely reprehensible, and juries should be par-
ticularly on their guard against evidence so obtained.
Verdict, Not Guilty.

THE STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSION
AT BRISTOL.

The inquest was resumed this day (Thursday), but
prior to entering upon the evidence produced, we are
obliged to state that two additional deaths have taken
place in the infirmary, and the bodies of a male and
female have been raised in the floating harbour.
The first witness called this morning was
John Nicholas, who deposed that he is a smith and
boiler maker, and had been so for full forty years. lie
saw the boiler of the Red Rover about three weeks since,
having been requested to do so by the captain, Mr.
Muddy. Did not look at it inside, the man-hole not
being large enough. Mr. Anderson, the proprit for of
the boat, was present. He found the state of the boiler
to be very bad, all the stays having been pushed in by
the pressure of steam ; there was also a crack in the
end stay to the length of about eighteen inches. Mr.
Anderson asked him if ho could repair the boiler, and
he replied that he could not to make a safe job of it,
unless he put new tops, sides, and ends. Afterwards
saw the boiler with a patch over the crack. Told Mr.
Anderson that that patch would not strengthen it, but
would only prevent a leakage; it was an old boiler. His
son afterwards put a patch on the boiler, and told wit-
ness that the steamer was again at work. Witness said
to his son, " You ought to have known better; the
steamer is not safe to. travel in." His son was after-
wards employed as engineer aboard the boat, and lost
his life by the accident. Witness remonstrated with
him for taking the situation; and if his advice had been
taken his son would now probably have been alive. He
told him how dangerous was the state of the boiler.
Could see that the boiler had not been made of new
plates, and the strength of iron is lost by repeated
heating.
The Coroner and jury here went and viewed the boiler.
Upon their return,
John Nicholas wee re-examined, and stated that he
had viewed the boiler, which had exploded in conse-
quence of the stays having given way. There were but
three stays in the boiler, whereas there ought to have
been nine. The plates when new were probably 5-I6ths of
an inch in thickness ; they are now less by the wear.
For such a boiler the thickness should have been 7-16chs,
or 3-Bths of an inch, not less. The boiler was unsafe
for such a vessel from two causes—tint, that it was too
thin; and, secondly, that it had not a sufficient number
of stays. Never saw such a boiler with so few stays.
If the boiler had been good it might have burst through
mi.management. An accident would happen if the water
were allowed to go under the fireplace, but that was not
the case in the present instance. On Sunday last
the boiler leaked so much that the steamer had to put
back.

James Tomlin, waterman, deposed that Ethe Red
Rover came from Waterford at the end of April last.
Ile had agreed to purchase her, and paid a small de-
posit. When the boat came she made several trial trips,
but did not perform to his satisfaction; and Mr. Ander-
son they offered to reduce the purchase money by 20/.
Further conversations took place, and he was further
offered a reduction of 40/. in the price, and he then said
he would take it if the boat were placed in proper order.
lie saw that the boiler and tubes were continually leak-
ing; when they were making a trial trip a screw flew
out and nearly struck a man's eye out.
John Gough, landlord of the Marquis of Granby,
and engineer by trade, stated that he had examined
the boilers, and they were good, and would have worked
well for twelve months.

Mr. Payne, who, however, admitted that he was the
proprietor of rival river steamers, gave as his opinion,
as an engineer, that the boilers and engine were faulty
and imperfect.
Dr. Fairbrother described the nature of the injuries
received by the deceased.
This being the whole of the evidence, a question arose
as to whether there should be an adjournment. Some of
the jury wished to have the evidence of the engineer
that was originally connected with her at Waterford.
It was, however, ultimately determined not to adjourn,
and

The Coroner, at great length, summed up the evi-
dence, and had not concluded when our report left.

REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF
LONDON
At a meeting of the electors of the city of London,
held yesterday, at the London Tavern,-, Bishopsgate-
street, for the purpose of considering the course that
ought to be pursued by the Baron Lionel Rothschild, in
consequence of the abandonment by the Government of
the Jewish Disabilities Bill for the present session, John
Abel Smith, Esq., in the chair, a resolution was passed
—" That Baron Rothschild proceed to-morrow (this
day) to the Rouse of Commons, and claim to take his
seat."

Baron ROTHSCHILD said he would go down to the
House to-morrow (this day), but he could not help say-
ing he thought the subject was attended with more diffi-
culty than they imagined.
Arrangements were then made that the electors pre-
sent at that meeting should meet Baron Rothschild at
the House of Commons.

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had the best medical treatment in Melbourne and Van Die-
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He who chooses to gaze perpetually on a del as
picture of humanity gradually assimilates himself to his
d;al.—Eliza Cook's Journal.

ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.--The QUO' 1:1
has been pleased to present to the Zoological Society the
enormous land tortoise recently brought from the Cape of
Good Hope in her Majesty's ship Geyser. The menagerie
has received some further additions during the current week,
including a male tapir, from South America, and some small
but intereltilag ciwirupedg fxem Wegt Africa.

PARIS IN MARCH, 1850.
(CONTINUED
The representation of Polyeucte at the Theatre
Francais might have convinced any one that the
Franciis deserves its new name of Chose Publique.
After the Cid. perhaps es a totality the most perfect
dramatic structure in any language, Polyeucte shows
the great and true genius of Corneille. Nothing
was wholly unknown to him. Napoleon said that if
Corneille had lived in his reign he would have made
him a Prince. Napoleon may also have had some
notion of his own character approaching the Cid, for
Josephine used to call her husband " mon amant,
mon Cid." The great artists were known by their
Christian names as Raphael and Guido : other, less
celebrated, by some familiar appellation as Guercino
and Luca fa presto : the Cid by the number of his
names: Le Cid—Ruv Din —Rodrigo--My Cid
Campeador. Cervantes calls him Don Rodrigo de
Vivars. The mystic passages of the Polyeucte are
elevated in the highest degree, but without profanity
or dogmatism. The audience were most attentive:
the Francais evidently pleases the bettermost Pari-
sians. Still, the ravages of gastronomy appeared in
their anxious countenances from physical impossibility
of digesting what they had eaten. Do w hat you will,
Munseer, the stomach will only contain two quarts of
pulp on an average—a long list of dishes et parenniti
abreurement parmy.
Rachel is an admirable actress and no other is much
distinguished, except Dejazet : yet there are hundreds
of excellent comedians : the authors and journals are
continually praising them, from real admiration and
from the great value actors set on praise. The tone
of declamation is surely better in England, and such
was the ancient proverbial notion : Ex acumine
Gracum, ex nitore Romanum, ex ponipci Anglum.
It is impossible that either Le Bain or Talma came
up to Garrick. The troops of players on the conti-
nent in the buon secolo or cinque cento, that is about
1,500, were all English, and English plays are still
acted in the Irish college at Rome every Christmas.
The art would seem to be one in which it is
impossible to dogmatize. Old Johnson said he
never found an actor who could give a reason
for what he did except Garrick and Hen-
derson. Perhaps they did not give him good
reasons, knowing that if he did not perceive they
could not explain. Actors, it would appear, are
seldom taught—they serve no apprenticeship, which is
scarcely true of any other handicraft excepting the
persons who on the almost invisible point of a steel
punch cut the still more invisible letter which forma
the matrix, which again forms letter-press type. In
fact originality and individuality would appear
to be the essence of an actor. The author gives his
premier role, second role, premier rule marque, second
role marque, jeune premier, jeune premiere, peire
noble, Ingenuite, valet, Frontin, Jasmin—in short the
simplicity of art—the individual character of the
actor gives the multiplicity--uniformity with variety—
il nell' UllO. Therefore the first quality of an actor
is, to be totally unlike all other actors, imitating no-
body, learning nothing except to tread the inclined
plane of the stage, to make his exits and his entrances.
What creatures so different as Buckstone, Keeley,
Harley, Wright, Bedford, and Smith? Shaks-
pere was at once dramatist, actor, and ma-
nager the same of Molie re, perhaps a
better actor than Shakspere. An actor should
not to be too tall, which destroys the illusion of the
decor. Besides, the slow motions of a small figure
are very graceful, as seen in women and in the dancer
Perrot, who was shorter than most women ; whereas
the quick motions of a tall person are ridiculous, so
you lose the multiplicity of art. Besides, most great
men, the proper subjects of tragedy, have been " little
men." Kemble was asked about a Mr. Conway—
" What do I think of Mr. Conway ?—I think he's a
very tall young man." An actor should have large
eyes, or the best part of his physiognomy will not
be seen.

The origin of the stage, like all other arts, is from
Tuscany ; from the Etruscan mimes. Lazzi are tra-
ditional stage jests and " business," derived from
Lazio, Latium—a curious instance of the tendimus ad
Latium—and the modern extempore commedia dell'
arts, from the ancient fabulce Atellance. The " Church"
opposed the stage, partly because it superseded them.
The Autos da fe of Calderon still remain :-
- Atque utinans his nugis tots ills dedisset
Tempora srevitia?
The Moralities, or Mysteries, are continued in many
parts of Europe and South America. For the same
reason the clerks opposed the invention of printing--
it threw copyists out of work. Jarvey cannot
abide Cabby ; Cabby cannot away with Buss. When
they brought silk from China, pretiosa stamina Serum,
why not printing and gunpowder ? No, it would
have been the ruin of the profession. See Warner's
Projectiles. Accordingly when the first printed
book came out, a thousand copies exactly resembling
the manuscripts of that age, they were given without
scruple to the protector of all voracious and Phari-
saical sects. " Either we must put down printing,
or printing will put us down," said a preacher at
Paul's Cross. So Dr. Fii.st, or Fist, or Faustus, ac-
quired his sombre fame as first printer; hence also
the word fusty.—Down with the great discovery of
1440 !—The notion of Luther prevailing in many
places is precisely similar. Can the Church maintain
such positions ? Fleury, the actor, in his memoirs
says :—" Till the revolution, the nuptial benediction
was denied to actors."

Louis Napoleon, finding the French governed by
journals and theatres, sets up a paper called the Na-
poleon, in which he is believed to write; and this
paper urgently recommends the drama of Bonaparte
at the Cirque. It is addressed to the bourgeoisie,
and contains the early part of Napoleon's life.
....

There are other dramas or tableaux in vs hich the ridi-

cule of Socialism is irresistible, and applauded without
a dissentient voice, as the Coup detat ; which, however,

seemed more Legitimist than was required. There is
a comic opera, the Porcherons; in which an ourrier
makes an admirable squire of dames, but turns
out after all to be a Marquis 1 The secret wound
of France is, the fauxbourgs St. Antoine and
Marceau ; when the bourgeois are profoundly sick-
ened, as with Charles X. and Louis Philippe, they

forget the precautions necessary against those 71,retches.
Besides the thousands slaughtered in June, 1848,

,he Socialists made a great— demonstration without

effect in June, 1849, but now they are vanished. It
has been always so with the Gauls. Vilissimi ger-
superbissimi impel-ant. Prima illorum pradia
plus guano viroruin, postrema minus gum fmminarum.
Liv. x. 28. And Tasso—

Impeto fanno nello battaglie prime
Ma di leggier poi langue e si reprime.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TA TTERSALL'S —YESTERDAY.
GOODWOOD STAKES.
5 to 4 opt Capt. Archdall's Windischgratz—taken
and afterwards offered
8 to 1 ngst Sir J. B. Mills' Won't-you-come-out-to-
night—taken
10 to 1 apt Lord H. Lennox's Borneo
12 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Snowstorm—taken
15 to 1 'agst Mr. Reed's Clothworker—taken and
afterwards offered
The betting on this event was dull in the extreme,
Clothworker alone being backed for any money.
HAM STAKES.
2 to 1 agst Lord H. Lennox's Hernandez—taken
4 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Black Sea
200 even between Black Sea and Bonnie Dnndee
GRATWICK3II STAKES.
6 to 4 agst Colonel Peel's Ifardinge—taken
GOODWOOD CUP.
2 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Canczm-5 to 2 taken
freely
7 to 2 agst Capt. Archdall'a Windischgratz
10 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack
10 to 1 agst Mr. Merry's Chantielesr
15 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Officious
20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Elthiron
Cant zou was backed for all the money that could be
got on, at 3 to 1 and 5 to 2, no one offering more than
2to lat the close. Offers to take 4to 1 about Win-
dischgratz, and to lay 10 to 1 agst any other. Any odds
agst Montes.

111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

Tat, DAT —Morning 16 min. after 8 Evening 30 vain. after 3
Te-Mossow— Morning 46 min. after 3 I Evening 3 min. after 4