The Sun.
London, England, 1844-06-26 00:00:00

endurance is measured only by the supply of a shoplo
vapour, and the capacity of machinery to resist its
expansive pressure ; and is regulated by the limita-
tions of its employer's pleasure, through means of
the simplest imaginable construction—applied with,
at ease, a certainty and a facility of control, that
seems magically disproportionate to the terrible
poe.-er and the enormous bulk to be acted upon.
If such be the mechanical triumphs of this
wonderful application of steam power to locomo-
tion, the moral effects of that application have been
yet more wonderful. Local prejudices and district
prepossessions have been more sensibly extinguished,
during the 10 years for which our principal lines of
railway have been opened, than they had been in the
previous half century. Sections of society, between
whom it has been customary to imagine there existed
almost instinctive animosities, have been more largely
brought together in the course of railway communi-
cations than, without these aids, in the lapse of very
many years would probably have been the case. The
reciprocal isolation of the capital and the provinces is
fast disappearing; and in less than another decade we
may, find it a favourite relaxation with the farmers of
Caithness to traverse the wealds of Sussex, and for
experimental reclaimers of the moors in Cornwall or
Devonshire to inspect upon the spot the turnip hus-
bandry of Norfolk. By an analogous prccess, this
growing interchange of opinions and intelligence and
observation may, at no distant period, push the march
of agriculture into districts, the capabilities of whose
soils have not yet been adequately tested ; and establish
manufactures in localities where the power of raising
raw material has been hitherto little more than sus-
pected. It may be found that hops may be taught to
flourish in the north as well as the south of
these islands ; and that there are still large
wastes in the home counties, those adja-
cent to the metropolis, on which the enterprise,
sagacity,-and industry of cultivators from bleak but
improved and productive sections of the border coun-
ties of England and Scotland, may raise excellent
crops of barley and farinaceous produce. Par more
sanguine than these were the anticipations under
which Dr. CAMPBELL, seventy years ago, developed
in his " Political Survey of Great Britain," the
natural resources of these kingdoms. To an extent far
more extraordinaryhave his views been since verified

MONE )(AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
Consols left off at 98i to 1, being therefore the same
as in the morning. The market, although dull, did nut
appear weak. Exchequer Bills were rather cheap r also
to-day, buy India Bonds remained at the lull rates of
94 to 96 premium.
Spanish Stock was steady, and with a moderate de-
mand; Mexican rallied again to 341 to Colombian
advanced to 131 to 14; and Brazilian New to 79+ to f.
The general range therefore was better, but Belgian
were fiat at 103.

The additional transactions in Railway Shares have
been these :—Birmingham and Derby were 35} dis.
count. Eastern Counties, New, s*; Dublin and Cashel,
2*; Croydon, 4i; Midland Counties, Quarter, 8i; New-
castle and Darlington, 17 to I; South Eastern, IN eNv,
Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux, -,to 1; and Paris and
Rouen, 18i to premium. London Joint-sto.:k Bank
Shares were 4k premium.
The quotations for bills of exchange on Paris was not
quite so good as last post-day, but Antwerp was steady,
and Hamburgh rather more in our favour.
The following is the official drcturn of the exports of
the precious metals for the week ending Thursday last :
Bullion to Hamburgh
" Rotterdam
Gold Bars to Hamburgh
and 3,700/.
Silver Coin to Rotterdam 55,000 oz.
and 2,750/.
" to Macao and CautC.n 13,000 oz.
" Bars to Rotterdam 53,000 oz.
(From The Sue of Last Night.) •
At Liverpool yesterday there was a very good demand
for Cotton at previous rates. Speculators took 1,500 and ex-
porters 400 bales, the total sales being 8,000 hales ; viz., 500
Bahia at 4d.; 200 'Pernam at 50. to 6d. ; 100 Egyptian
at 6d. to Bd. ; 500 Surat at 3d. to 3hd., and the rest Ame-
rican at 3id. to sjd. per lb. Shares liad a very dull appear-
ance. Great Western,l22i ; Birmingham, 217 ; ditto Thirds,
34 ; South-Western, 84 ; North Midland Half, 941 ;
South-Eastern New, 11b ; Paris and Lyons, 31.95.; Belfast
Junction, 3i.
There are no ship arrivals to-day with late news of any
general interest.
The many reports we have heard upon the subject of the
iron duties in the States of the Zoll Verein have necessarily
led to a good deal of speculation and assertion as to what is
really intended, and we are agiin thrown into a state of un-
certainty by the statement in advices from Germany of the in-
tended raising of the duties on and after the Ist of September
next. The impost upon the raw foreign material will, it is said,
be ten silver grosehens, and upon wrought iron, &0.. there
will be proportionable charges. The more absurd feature,
however, is the levying of an export duty of 7i silver gros-
chens.

The Belgian engineers are obtaining in some quarters, it
would seem, the preference over our own, arrangements hav-
ing been concluded with a party of some standing in Belgium
to proceed with a body of his countrymen to Mexico, for the
purpose of constructing a railway, which Santa Anna has or-
dered from Vera Cruz to San Juan.
The private bankers are reported to be against the Three
Months' Average Circulation Amendment.
The funds have been slightly influenced by the accounts
from. Paris of the commencement of hostilities between France
and Morocco, and the opposition to the Government plans for
the formation of the railroads. The caprice exhibited, how-
ever, may materially retard the extension of the railway
system on the other side of the Channel. The Sugar Bill,
here, as a political question involving a trial of Ministerial
strength, does not exercise any further influence on prices.
Consols for the opening have been 984 to ex-dividend.
Reduced Three-arid-a-Half per Cents. 102 i to 102, and
the Three per Cents. 99i to 99g. . Exchequer Bills have ob-
tained a premium of 725. to 745. Bank Stock is steady at 1984.
The market for Spanish Bonds continue dull, the Five per
Cents. being 234, and the Three per Cents. 35 to 354. Mexi-
can have receded a little upon the advance of yesterday
afternoon, viz., to 344 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
are 64 to 624, and Danish 88*.
The business in Railway Shares is still comparatively
limited. Birmingham are 118; Ditto, Quarters, 22 to 224 ;
Manchester and. Leeds, 364; South-Eastern, 14 ; Paris and
Orleans, 184 i premium ; and Great Western, 47 to 474 prem.;
Brighton are 3to _ and Greenwich, 6to 54 dis.
MANCIIESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, JUNE 24.—We 1,11117 e no
i
new feature in our market today. Manchester and Bir-
mingham Quarters, 34 premium ; Manchester and Leeds, 105
to 107 ; Ditto Haff Shares, 43/ to 44-t- ; Manchester and
Birmingham, 564 to 57 ; North Union, 101 to 103.

and by means and under encouragement infinitely less
—than those which now justify us in looking forward
to an incalculable amount of national benefit and
social wealth, as likely to he derived from the more
general establishment of railway lines thrsugh the
length and breadth of the land.

We hope the subject may receive the careful dis.
cussion of Parliament, as one of the most importan
measures that has been brought forward in the pre.
sent sessiun.

Madrid papers of the 17th have been received, but
are entirely devoid of interest. Reports prevailed
that all the Ministers had been summoned to Barce-
lona, but for what purpose is not stated. A letter,
dated Bayonne of the 20th, contains the following
remarks, which, probably, are more true than the
fulsome reports published in the Madrid journals :
"The people of Barcelona appear to take very little in-
terest in the movements of the Spanish Queens. Altogether
their Majesties have met with a very cold reception from the
Catalans. If it were not for the soldiers in their new uni-
forms, and the coaches and horses of the Ambassadors, and
General Narvaez' Barcelona would be very dull.
" Several insulting pasquinades, reflecting upon Queen
Christina, have been affixed to the walls of the Palace and
against the Theatre in the Rambla.
" Queen Isabella continues her course of sulphurisediepid
baths, but the irruptions on her face and hands remain the
same."

CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock ............ BRITISH FUNDS.
3 ........ . It Indian Stock — pm.
per Cent. Red 99% Ditto Bonds l6 pm,
3 per Cent. Cons.
3% per Cent. Red 102% Ditto New Annuities ...
New 3% per Cent ........ Ex. Bills, 1,00(W. 13id ... 72 pm
New 5 per Cent,,,,,,,,,,,,,;; — Ditto 500/
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 74 •pm
. Jan. 1.411........... ... 12% Bank Stock for Acct..., 197
1
Oct. 185 ' ....... .. ..... !Consols for Om
Jan. 1860........ ..... India Stock for Acct l.B
285
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent .... ..... :Portuguese, 5 per Cent .....
Belgian, 5 per Cent lO3 !Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian Bon,s ...... ...... . Prussian ,5 per Cent
Quenos Ayres, 6 per Ceot... 'Russian, 5 per Cent — ..:hllian, 6 per Cent Ditto, Metallic ....... ....... ...
C6lombian, 6 per Cent
.... 23;4
iiitto 1824. ... .........
Cuba Bonds, 6 per Cent — DAM, Deferre.i ........... ....... _
Danish, 3 per Cent
Greek, 18 5, 5 per Cent. — Exchange —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent ..„..... 34% French, ti per Cent —f. —c
DAM, 6 per Cent., 1837....... Dutch, 2% per Cent...— 62g
Petuvian, 1825, 6 per Cent... Ditto, 5 per Cent AOC%
SHARES
Binxingham and De'by, £OO paid ....... 61%
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 512
thiblin and Cashel, 2% paid
Eastern Counties (23 paid)
Ditto Registered (816s8d paid) ...... .......
London And -Birmingham. (Stock) '
..,

The Funds have advanced. The Three per Cents.
were done at 271 for cash, and 28 at 60 days ; and
the Five per Cents. at 20k for cash.

We regret to find from the Paris papers of Sunday
that the troops of the Emperor of MOROCCO have
made another attack upon the French troops under
General LAMORICIERE, and according to the account
given by General BUGEAUD, in a most unfair and
treacherous manner. These facts are announced in
the following telegraphic dispatch :
"TOULON, JUNE 23, 8 O'CLOCK, A.M.
"I,ALLA MARGULk, JUNE 16.
"TIIE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF ALGERIA TO THE

MINISTER. OF WAR.

Dttto New Quarters ( g‘paid)
4
London and Croydon (Trunk) 2ln
Midland Counties (100 paid) ------

" Yesterday, during a conference with the Com-
mander of the Morocain army, his troops, to the num-
ber of 5,000 cavalry, fired upon ours, and wounded an
officer and two soldiers, whilst we did not return their
fire. The conference was broken up, and Generals
LAMORICIERE and BEDEAU have been attacked by
the troops of the Emperor of MOROCCO.
"I arrived, and assumed the offensive, and killed of
the enemy from 300 to 400 men, whose bodies re-
mained on the field. I captured some horses, and
from 300 to 400 stand of arms. Never was any chas-
tisement better merited. We had 6 killed and about
20 wounded."

94
3
39►

Ditto Fifths, 2 plid
Newn .tle and D.iElingronJunctloo. 21 ,id

South Eastern and Do—ver (33 2s 4d paid) .... 25
Ditto 'dew Shares ( 4 paid)
Yarmouth and Norwich (1' paid) • 231
Orleans, Tours, and BourdeauX, I paid 1.3(
Paris and Orleans (20 paid) ..... .. .. .... .. .. ..
Paris and Rouen, 20 paid

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON, JUNE 25.—Westerly fresh breezes. It has rained
hard since 6 A.M.

DEAL, JUNE 24.—Wind S.W., moderate.--Acrd. Lenzon,
Palister, Boston, for. Hull. Sld. Prince Albert, Bordeaux and
Calcutta.

PLYMOUTH, JUNE 24.—Wind blew very hard from 8
P.M. last evening until 7 A.M. this morning, with heavy rain,
thunder, and lightning.
STRONSAY, JUNE 17.—The Courier, of Gravelines, foun-
dered in deep water last night off Lamb Head ; crew saved.
Orr SUNDERLAND, JUNE 23.—Norma, Jackson, Sierra
Leone.

The other intelligence in the papers is not of much
mportance. The amendment carried on Saturday,
n the Chamber of Deputies, in opposition to the
Government plan for the construction of railroad; has
caused some sensation, but as the majority was so
small, and the Government are determined to adhere
to the Bill passed in 1842, the vote will probably be
reversed. The Journal des Debats, however, regards
this difference between the Chamber and the Govern-
ment in a serious light. " The Chamber of Deputies,"
it says, "has adopted an amendment which places the
expense of fixing rails on the Paris and Lyons Rail-
road to the account of the State; and, consequently,
as far as regards that railroad, completely reFeals the
system of the Bill of 1842. We might urge that this
amendment was carried by a majority of only one
voice-138 against 137—and maintain that it was an
insignificant vote. Wemight assert, that it was possible
to avoid this result, and that the Chamber, evidently
uncertain, might have been induced to adhere to the
Bill of 1842 by the expression of a determination to
uphold that Bill on the part of Ministers. But we
shall be completely candid, we shall conceal nothing.
This determination of the Chamber is a serious one.
A law admitted two years since as a compromise
between the different systems which paralysed each
other, again sanctioned a few days since after an ani-
mated debate on the occasion of the Bordeaux Rail-
road, and now completely lacerated—a mode of exe-
cution which obtained the most votes, which opened
an extended career to private industry, and which
gave guarantees for the prompt completion of a net-
work of railroads by connecting the State, not only
by an indefinite engagement towards the country,
but by an obligatory contract with respect to conces-
sionary companies. There is no doubt but that the
Government will explain their intention before the
Chamber of Deputies on Monday next." This pre-
posterous vote the Siecle states was caused entirely
by a remarkable speech made by M. GAUNIER PAGES,
who condemned the system of companies, and con-
tended that railway tariffs should be placed on the
same footing as Customs' tariffs.

HULL, JUNE 22.—S1d. Integrity, Ichaboe.
OFF LIZARD, JUNE 21.—J. IL Shepherd, New Orleans,
for Antwerp.
BRISTOL, JUNE 24.—S1d. Eagle, China.
WIVENHOE, JUNE 24.51 d. John Pedder, Ichaboe,
OFF SEAFora), JUNE 22.—Connayard, New York, for
Dunkirk.
DONEGAL, JUNE 22.—Arrd. John and Richard (supposed),
St. John's, New Brunswick.
OFF THE START, JUNE 2.—Slains Castle, Petrie, China.
Fai.mourir, JUNE 24.—Wind S. to S.W., fresh breezes.—
Sid. Clarence, Ichaboe. Off, llebe, Todd, Port Republican,
and aid. for Antwerp ; Angelica, New York for Rotterdam.
LIVERPOOL, JUNE 24.—Wind variable and light, with
heavy showers.—Arrd. Princess Royal, Lewis, Calcutta ;
Islam, Morphew, Barbadoes ; Agnes, Jones, Nassau ; Agnes
Gilmour and Pallas, New Orleans; Britannia, Carrol of
'Cairslton, General Wiltshire, and Queen of Britain, Mobile.
; John Mitchell, Ichaboe;
C h
Atalanta,
e New York; Laurel,
'SDalhousie;Ski.
r Crescent,les
Joseph,C
Importer,aPp er o ovl ;e
Quebec.3Gonoede; Hop
Shakspeare, Charleston.
Our CORK, JUNE 24.—British Queen, Laye, St. John's,
New Brunswick.

THE STEAMER MANCHESTER.
The following is an extract of a letter received at Lloyd's
from their agents (Messrs. Elliott) at Harnburgh, dated June
21 :—" A considerable part of the cargo of the Manchester '
appears to have been saved. The vessel is insured with
b argil underwriters."

CHINESE RANSOM.—The further instalment of this
ransom, which was brought home in her Majesty's ship
Wanderer from China, has been deposited in her Majesty's
Mint by J. W. Cooper, Esq., of her Majesty's Treasury, by
whom, by order of the Government, it was received from on
board the ship. The treasure was conveyed to London by
the South Western Railway Company, under the charge and
superintendence of Mr. Cooper, escorted by Lieutenant Isaac
and a party of the 59th Foot. The treasure is now preparing
for sale, after being assayed, on account of her Majesty's
Exchequer. The soldier-like and neat appearance of the
detachment of the 59th Regiment attracted general attention.
OPENING LETTERS.—FPW persons are aware how
letters are opened and re-sealed by the Post-oftice. Wafers
are opened by the application of moisture, and sealed letters
are opened thus :—The letter is laid on an anvil with the
seal up, upon the seal is laid a square piece of pure lead, and
upon this lead descends a hammer with considerable velocity.
The sudden impact converts the lead into a seal as faithful
as an electrotype, and accordingly is used to re-seal the letter
which is now opened by destroying the wax bit by bit.
For all letters similarly sealed, the lead seal will do. A blun-
•derer in the management must have recently led to suspicion.
In small country towns, curious postmistresses keep by there
an assortment of seals, with impressions of hearts, darts, Ike.,
for the purpose of enabling them to get at little secrets.—
Liverpool Paper.
FIRE AT Susi-ED.—On Saturday afternoon, about
three o'clock, a fire broke out at Jenkins Farm, two miles from
Braintree, in the occupation of Mr. Newton King, who was
at the time at Bardtield fair, and who, on his return home,
between five and six o'clock, found his premises in flames.
The fire commenced in the interior of a thatched barn, at the
lower end of the farm-yard, and rapidly communicated to a
large double barn, which extended nearly the whole of the
eastern side of the farm-yard, almost to the back of the dwel-
ling. house. Both barns with their contents were in a short
time consumed; fortunately there was but little wind at the
time, the slight breeze that prevailed lay in a direction fa-
vourable to the preservation of the dwelling and the rest of
the extensive range of farming buildings and stock, there
being several stacks on the other side,- A boy employed on
the farm is in custody on suspicion of having wilfully set the
premises on fire.—Esser Herald.
DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO DROWN A LAD.—MOR-
day, at the Feltham Petty Sessions, held at the Red Lien, in
the village of Feltham, near Houuslow, a man named Fair-
man Marshall, a farming labourer, living at Stanwell, was
charged, before Mr. C. Devon (Chairman), Captain Carpen-
ter, and Messrs. J. Roe and A. Wood, the sitting magistrates,
with having on the previous evening attempted to drown a
lad named James Hanley, 16 years of age, iu a river belong-
ing to his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, at Stanwell
It appeared from the evidence that, on the previous day
(Sunday), a number of persons (about twenty), including the
prisoner, hired a boat, called a " mud boat," drawn by a
horse, to go an excursion down the stream in question as far
as Longford. The injured lad had the care of the horse, and
towed the boat under the bridges, &c., and on their return in
the evening, about eight o'clock, got into the boat. The
prisoner ordered him out several times, but the lad paid no
atttnton to him, upon which the prisoner put his arms round
his waist and threw him into the stream, and, not satisfied
with that, he pushed the lad to the bottom of the water,
which was near six feet deep. The prisoner took no further
care of the lad, who was, however, got out by some persons
oa shore, at which time his nose was bleeding. After the
lad's clothes were wrung, he again followed the boat, and got
on board of it at Pennyoalt-bridge, where he became insen-
sible, and was conveyed in that state to his father's house,
where he was attended by Mr. Curtis, a surgeon. He, how-
ever, continued insensible untilyesterday morning, and a certi -
ficate from Mr. Curtis was produced before thebench to prove
that the injured youth was quite unable to attend the exami-
nation. Police-sergeant Regailsford, T 26, stated that, upon
apprehendi, g the prisoner, about two o'clock that morning,
he did not deny the charge, but said they might drown him
for what he cared. The prisoner was remanded until Mon-
day next, n order that the state of the lad may be ascertained.

The Three per Cents. were quoted at TORTONI'S
OD Sunday at 82f. 45c.

THE WEATußa.—After a drought of almost un-
exampled duration a complete change has at last
taken place. For the last few days partial showers
had fallen, but owing to the dryness of the earth, and
the great heat, they produced little effect. The
grass in all the parks had been literally " done
brown;'' there was not the slightest symptom of
verdure, and the owners of cattle and sheep
were obliged to feed them with hay to preserve them
from ,starvation. The barometer for the last two
days has been falling, and yesterday morning about
five o'clock, a most refreshing rain commenced, which
has hitherto continued without intermission. We are
glad to find from the provincial journals that the
weather has not been so dry in the country, am! the
dullness of the grain market would lead to the belief
that the crops, if we except the hay crop, have not suf-
fered much.

Their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duchess of Sutherland,
&c., have intimated their intention of being present at
the performance of Mendelssulin's Oratorio at Exeter-
ball on Friday evening.
Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews, after
playing a limited number of nights at the Yarmouth and
Norwich Theatres, proceed to fulfil an engagement at the
Dublin Theatre.
SUDDEN DEATH TN TEIE,THADIES TUNNEL.--MOII-
- morning, about nina o'clock, a poor woman, named
Webb, mitling at No. 36, Vincent-street, Stepney, and who
utg
' procured * recarious subsistence by mangling, whilst pass- j
ing thro the Thames Tunnel, with her son, on
arriving
at the RO barbithe side, and when in the act of ascending
the steps, having got up about half-way, dropped suddenly
dead.
MURDEROUS ASSAULT.—Monday morning, between
twelve an4tone o'clock, two women, named Flood and Mullins, '
residing in fates'-buildings, Broad-wall, Stamford-street,
having quarrelled and fought, Mullins struck Flood a violent
blow on the. back of the head with a shoemaker's hammer,
which, it is feared, will prove fatal. iihtllins WU taken in
charge by the police.

TIE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 1844,

COURT CIRCULAR,
His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yesterday at a
meeting the Comm ise:on for Promoting and Encouraging
the Fine Arts in ra-building the Palace of Westminster
The Prince arrived at Gwydyr House at a quaver befhre
three o'ciock in the afternoon, attended by Major-General Sir
Edward Bowater, Equerry in Waiting.
The Commissioners present were the Duke of Sutherland,
the Marquis of Lansdowne, Lord Colletrne, Nir. Henry Gaily
Knight, Mr. B. Hit,vcs, M.P., Mr. Henry Hallam, Mr.
Thomas Wyse, Lord Mahon, and the Right Hon. T. B.
Macaulay.
The meeting broke up at ft par o'clock. Privet: Al'oe!'
afterwants proceeded to IV!sttoinster Hall, to itispect the
sculptures and fresco p.talt iik4s The Marquis a i.aos4iowne.
Lords Mahon and Colborne, Dnke of Sutherland, Mes,s
Macaulay, Gaily Knight, Hallam, Wyse, and Hawes, followed
also to the Hall.
Mr. Eastlake, the Secretary to the Commission, was in
attendance, and attended his R 4,3-41. Highness fit:d the
Commissioners during their insFection of the intmer,:us
works of art.
Prince Albert took his Oenarture, attended by Sir E. Bo-
water, and returned to Buckingham Palace soon after stx
o'clock.
The fillowing had the l,otiour of dining with the Qocen
last. evening, at Buckingham Palace : Tite Dn'“: of 1-Zieh-
: mond and the Lads Caroline Gordon Lennox, Viscount Mel-
i bourne, the Bishop of Norwich, Viscount and Viseotowmsf
Mahon, Lord end Lady Blantyre, Lord and Lady Beauvale,
and Mr. Rogers.
The baud of the Grenadier Guards were in attendance !.t
the Palace during dinner, conducted by Mr. Creaton, and
performed during the evening the-following pieces :
Overture, "D'Egmont "
Quadrille, " Chatsworth " Coot e.
Pot-ptiurri, " Cheval de Bronze " Auber.
Walzer, " Pensees D'Amour "
Polka • fuliten.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners ftir England had a meet-
ing yesterday afternoon at their office in Whitehall-place.
The Commissioners present were the Archbishop of Canter-
' bury, the Bishop of Loudon, the Bishop of Durham, the Bishop
of Bangor, the Bishop of Chichester, the Bishop of Exeter, the
Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of
Salisbury, the Bishop of Worcester, the Earl of Devon, the
Earl of Besborough, the Earl of Chichester, the Earl of
Harrowby, the Right Hon. H. Hobhouse, and the Dean of
Westminster.
Count de St. Aulaire, the French Ambassador transacted
business yesterday at the Foreign Office.
The Health of Towns Commission had a meeting yesterday
afternoon at Gwydyr House. The Commissioners present
were the Duke of Buccleuch, Mr. Robert Aglionby Slaney,
Mr. George Grallam, Sir Henry Thomas de la Beebe, Dr. Da-
vid Boswell Reid, Mr. W. Thomas Dawson, Mr. James Ra-
nald Martin, and Mr. James Smith of Deanston.

NEWCASTLE RACES.—MONDAY.
Produce Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each. Two miles.
Mr. St. Paul's Telemachus walked over.
Produce Sweepstakes of 50 aovs. each, for 2 yr olds.
Mr. Bell's Sowerby walked over,
The North Derby Stakes of 25 sovs. each, p. p. Derby
weights. (17 Subs.)
Mr. Williamson's The Cure... (Templeman'
Mr. Jaques's Advice
Lord Eglinton's Blue Jacket
stol on The Cure. Won easy by three lengths.
The Maiden Plate of 50 soya. Heats, once round and a dis.
Mr. Bowes's Saddle Bow, 3 yrs (Nat) 1 2 1
Mr. Dawson's Bonnets o' Blue, 3 yrs 2 1 2
General Sharpe's Messalina, 4 yrs... 3 dr
Mr. Johnstone's Rowena, 4 yrs 4 dr
A good race.
5t04 on Saddle Bow. First heat--Messalina and Daw-
son's filly made the running till about a hundred yards from
home, Saddle Bow then challenged, and won by a bare neck.
The other heats were contested neck and neck from the dis-
tance, and were won by a head only..
The weather was unfavourable, raining with thunder a
geat part of the day, yet the attendance was numerous and
the sport good.

LATESIT BETTING ON THE NORTHUMBERLAND PLATE.
5 to 1 agst Parthian 12 to 1 agst Queen of Tyne
5 to 1 agst Poussin 12 to 1 agst Sealteen
sto 1 egst Bay Moms 15 to 1 agst Pompey.
7-to 1 agst Whistle Biukie

THE LEANDER CASE.
A meeting of the Jockey Club was held on Saturday hut
pursuant to advertisement. Present—
Right Hon. G. S. Byng,
• The Earl of Stradbroke, . Stewards.
Hon. Colonel Anson Colonel Peel
Earl of Chesterfield Earl of Ross}
C. C. Grevilk, Esq. ' J. V. Shellev, Esq.
General Grosvenor V. S. Stanley, Esq.
J. Hohisworth, Esq. J. R. Udney, Esq.
This meeting having assembled to consider the question 01
the age 4' the horse Leander, and having heard evidence, an.
fully satisfied that Leander was four years old when he rail
for the Derby; they therefore resolve—
First. That Messrs. Lichtwald, the owners of Leander.
shall be for ever disqualified for entering or running any
horse in their own name, or in the name of any other person,
at any race where the rules and regulations of the Jockey
Club are recognised.
Secondly. That Mr. Ley, whose horse ran second for a
Twors•old Stake at Ascot in
,1843, when Leander came iu
first, is entitled to those stakes.

Several of the members who were present at the above
meeting attended again on Monday, the 24th. when it wa,
resolved that the evidence be printed, and that no opinion
should at present be expressed as to the trainer in this
matter.

EVIDEXCE.
Mr. Forth, on his examination, states—Leander was sent
,o my stables during the Goodwood races in 1842 ; he was
hen a large, coarse-looking colt. I tried him on or about
August 24,-1843, with Venus, at 31bs, she being then three
years (.1t1; Leander won the trial two or three' lengths. l
then suspected that Leander might be three years old. I
left home to go Warwick races early in September, 1 843, and
did not return till November or December. I took no steps
to ascertain Leander's age till February, 1844, when Mr.
Wood, veterinary surgeon, having been sent for by me to
attend two sick horses, I asked him to examine a
horse's mouth ; he did so, and said he was a backward three-
years-old. I said the horse is Leander. I asked him to give
a certificate to the effect that Leander is three-years-old,
which he did. This satisfied me. I took the lower jaw of
Leander to Mr. Field, veterinary surgeon, in Oxford -street, on
Saturday after Epsom races. From all the circumstances
which have since transpired:l have no doubt now that Lean-
der was four years old when he ran for the Derby Stakes.
Mr. Wood, veterinary surgeon at Arundel, says :—I was de-
sired to examine the mouth of a horse in Feb.,1844. He was a
dark bay horse with black legs. I declared him to be three years
old. Mr. Forth told me afterwards that the horse whose
mouth I examined was Leander. Mr. Forth asked me to
give a certificate that Leander was three years old, which I
did. (Mr. Wood was then shown the lower jaw of a horse;
he said at once, that is the jaw of a three years' old horse;
he was then desired to examine the Jaw, and to state
to the Club why he thought it that of a three
3 ears' old ? He did so, and then said, it is
the jaw of a four years old; the lower teeth do not reach that
length till a horse is four years old, or nearly so The jaw pro
duced was Leander's jaw, which had been in llr. Fie!d's cus-
tody since Epsom races. I examined the horse in February,
rather carelessly, and thought he was three years old. I
think that in the apace of three months such an alteration as
that between the horse I examined in February; and the
jaw now produced; could hardly have taken place. •
Mr. Field, veterinary surgeon, says Mr. Forth called on
me after Epsom races, and left in my care the lower jaw of a
horse which I now produce, which he said was Leander's
jaw ; it is decidedly the jaw of a four years old horse. The
upper jaw now produced is also that of a four year old; the
whole being put together exactly fits; I can always decide
between a three aft:l a four year old without doubt.
Mr. Bartlett, veterinary surgeon, being called in, says the
head of a horse, which I now produce, was examined by me at
Leatherhead on Mav 25 ; the lower jaw had been previously
cut off. The head has been in my possession ever since; it
is the head of a four years old horse. The lower jaw no,
produced exactly fits and belongs to the head. Col. Anson
told me, on the 25th of May, when I examined the head, this!
it was Leander's head. I cam:a he mistaken between the
age of a three years old and a four years old, nor can I
between a two and a three years old, unless some trick has
been played.
Mr. Mitchell says—•l saw Leander lying on the ground
after he was shot. I thought he had the mouth of a young
three-year old, and desired that his lower jaw might be cut
off for the satisfaction of Mr. Forth. I do not know a two-
year old from a three 'year old, nor a three-year old from a
four-year old. I can give no opinion as to the age of the
horse whose jaw is now produced. I was not aware that
what appeared in the newspapers with my signature at-
tached would be pr.nted.
Mr. Forth. jun., having attended on the 24th of June to
bear the evidence of his father read, says—l went to Mt.
Wood on Monday after the last Epsom races, and asked him
if he remembered examiug Leander's mouth in February last,
he said he did; he thought him then three years old. I
asked him to give a certificate to that effect which he did,
Mr. Forth produced the certificate, which was dated Ma
27, 1844.

. IRELAND.
THE STATE PRISONERS-31EET1NG IN DUNDALK.
DUBLIN, JUNE 23.—A very numerous and respectable
meeting of the inhabitants of the county of Louth was held
in Dundalk on Friday, "for the purpose of addressing Mr.
O'Connell acid the other convicted conspirators,' and pro-
moting the great national cause of repeal." The Newry Ex-
aminer estimates the numbers present at 3,000. Amongst
those on the platform were Captain Seaver, ex J. P. ; IL De
Verdun, Esq., ex J. P. ; 0. Mackey, Esq.; T. D. Manlon,
Esq. ; Very Rev. Dr. Coyne, P. P., &c. Nicholas Mackey,
Esq., presided. Several gentlemen addressed the meeting;
after which an address to Mr. O'Connell was adopted.
BANBRIDGE, COUNTY Dowx.—A meeting to address Mr.
O'Connell was held in Banbridge on the 16th instant. James
Fivey Esq., of Woodbank, presided. The Newry Examiner,
which contains a lengthened report of the proceedings, says,
" The meeting was attended by at least three thousand steady
Ulstermen, of whom a very large proportion were Protestants
and Presbyterians. All passed off in peace and harmony—
no riot—no outrage—no individual quarrel occurred to mar
the glory of the day. This is the very town through which,
a few years since, -O'Connell, on his memorable visit to Bel-
fast, was obliged to travel in disguise."

MOST APPALLING MURDERS.
At an early hour on Friday morning a man, named Peter
Larkin, a pensioner from the 87th Foot, who resides at
Shanaglish, Haar Gort, murdered his two sons, one fifteen,
and the other thirteen years of age, by cutting the belly of
one, and the throat of the other, with a razor, as the inno-
cent and unsuspecting youths lay in bed, under the same roof
with their father. He then went to the bed where his
daughter. Mary Larkin, a grown young woman, was asleep,
and had nearly succeeded in cutting her breast off with the
same deadly weapon, before she felt 'conscious of the awful
truth—but at once rising, with a desperate effort, she strug-
gled in the hands of her father and disarmed him, but not
until she had got a severe cut in the wrist and finger of her
left hand, when she fell exhausted from loss of blood. The
• infuriate man next thought to kill his distracted wife, but
she escaped from him after a wound in the hand, and the .
reckless miscreant was then secured. Ile was arrested in an
hour after by constable S. Murray, from Gort, who also found •
the fatal razor with which he had immolated two sons,
and had nearly succeeded in butchering his whole family.--,
Limerick Ch 7 ankle.
ANOTHER SUPERSt:DEAS.—The Limerick Chronicle, of yes-
terday, says—" A supersedeas is prepared by the Lord Chan-
cellor's Secretary, for Mr. Morgan John O'Connell, M.P. fie.
Kerry, dispensing with his services in the commission of the
peace for that county."