The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1845.

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by their Ma-
jesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, and attended by the
royal suite, left Osborne ,House, Isle of Wight, at nine o'clock
yesterday morning, embarked in the royal yacht for Gosport,
and travelled to town, by a special train, on the South-Western
Railway. From the Nine Elms terminus the august party pro-
ceeded to Buckingham Palace, in three carriages and four,
escorted by a party of the 4th Ught Dragoons. In the first
carriage were her Majesty and her Royal Consort, and their
Belgian Majesties ; and in the other carriages were Lady Port-
man, Baroness d'Hooghvorst, the Earl of Hardwicke, Colonel
Bowles, Colonel Buckley, Colonel Bouverie, and Major de
Aloerkerke.
'1 he august party were received at the Palace by the
Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss
Dawson, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the
Vice-Chamberlain, the Marquis of Granby, and the Hon.
Captain Hood.
The Earl of Aberdeen had an audience of the Queen
yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken an airing yesterday
in an open carriage and four, accompanied by the Dowager
Lady Lyttelton. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was taken
an airing yesterday in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians left
Buckingham Palace in a carriage and four at twenty minutes
before four o'clock yesterday afternoon, on their return to the
Continent. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the
Lady and the Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Lord Cham-
berlain, the Master of the Horse, the Lords, Groom, and
Equerries in Waiting, and the Master of the Household, con-
ducted their Majesties to the grand entrance, and then took
leave of their august relatives. The Baroness d'Hooghvorst,
Dame d'Honneur to her Majesty, and Major de Moerkerke,
Officer d'Ordonnance of his Majesty, followed in another
carriage and four.
Their Majesties and Suite proceeded to the _Bricklayers'
Arms station, and left by a special train on the South-Eastern
Railway for Dover, en route to Ostend.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Lady Port-
man, Hon. Miss Stanley, Hon. Miss Dawson, the Earl of
Hardwicke, Colonel Buckley, and Colonel Bouverie, honoured
the Italian Opera with ther presence yesterday evening.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, arid their Serene High-
nesses the Duchess Ida, the Princesses and Prince Edward of
Saxe Weimar, left Rendall Pier Hotel at Hyde, at a quarter
past ten 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and were conveyed in a
steam-packet to Gosport. The illustrious party left Gosport,
soon after twelve o'clock, by a special train on the South-
Western Railway,and, on arriving at the Nine Elms terminus,
proceeded in four carriages to Marlborough House, where
they arrived at a quarter before three o'clock. The royal
party consisted of the Queen Dowager, the Duchess Ida of
Saxe Weimar, the Princesses Anne and Amelia of Saxe Wei-
mar, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Lady and Miss Gore,
Sir Andrew Barnard, and Mr. Hudson.
Lieut.-Colonel Stewart had an interview with the Earl of
Dalhousie on Wednesday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
Col. Raitt had ale an interview with his Lordship.
Mr. Roebuck had an interview with Lord Stanley yesterday,
at the Colonial-office.

A deputation, including Messrs M'Sweney, Stephenson,
and C. M. Ilullah, had an interview with Sir George Clerk
yesterday, at the Board of Trade.
Lord Wharncliffe, Lord President of the Council, arrived in
town yesterday, from the Isle of Wight.
Dispatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, and
also from the Governor of the Falkland Islands, were received
yesterday, at the Colonial-office.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'3.—YESTERDAY.
LIVERPOOL CUP.
4 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Lothario—taken
GOODWOOD STAKES.
14 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Lightning—taken
15 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Queen Mab—taken
18 to 1 agst Mr. Parr's Europa—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's John o'Gaunt—taken
20 to 1 agst Lord Howth's Warp —taken
20 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's iEgis—taken
25 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Lothario
100 to 3 agst Sir J. B. Mill's Giantess—taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. Hook's Una—taken
GOODWOOD CUP.
12 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Stomacher—taken
ST. LEGER.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Gulley's Old England—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Watt's the Baron
LIVERPOOL RACES.
THURSDAY EVENING.
Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, with 25 added. Mile and a
quarter. 8 Subs.
Mr. Mostyn's Beaumont, 4 yrs, Bst (Marlow) 1
Lord Maidstone's Arcanus, 6 yrs, 7st 101 b 2
Mr. A. Johnstone's Sir Henry, 3 yrs, 6 at 3
Mr. Skerratt's Miss Holbrook, 3 yrs, Est
Captain Harcourt's Sir Abstrupus, 5 yrs, Bst 71b
2 to 1 agst Sir Abstrupus-3 to 1 agst Beaumont—and
7 to 2 agst Miss Holbrook.
Arcaaus made slow running until within a distance and a
half of home, when Beaumont, who had waited on him, took it
up, kept the lead to the end, and won easy by a length.
The Tradesmen's Cup of 200 sou., added to a Handicap of
25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared. Two miles.
Duke of Richmond's Lothario, 5 yrs, Bst 51b (Nat) 1
Mr. A, Johnstone's Rowena, 4 yrs, 7st 21b 2
Mr. Collett's Corranna, 6 yrs, Bst 61b
The following also ran :—Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, 5 yrs
Bst 21b—Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free, 4 yrs, 7st 121b—Mr. A. W.
Hill's The Ironmaster, 3 yrs, 7st—Mr. Mostyn's Milton, 4 yrs,
6st 121 b (carried 7st)—Mr. Speed's Everton,s yrs, 6st 81b—Mr.
Bell's Winesour, 5 yrs, Bst 61b—Sir J. Gerard's Brunell, 4 yrs,
6st 81b—Captain Boyd's Ihe Dog Billy, 4 yrs, 6st 81b—Mr.
Standish's Little Hampton, 4 yrs, sst 91b—Mr. E. G. Hornby's
Cock Robin, 4 yrs, sst 71b—Mr. Robinson's April Noddy, 4 yrs,
sst 71b—Lord Stanley's Ambition, 4 yrs, sst 41b—Mr. Allen's
The Duke of Kent, 3 yrs, sst; and Mr. J. Armstrong's Ex-
travaganza, 3 yrs, 4st 121 b.
Betting-4 to 1 egst Lothario (t), 9to 2 agst Winesour,
5 to 1 agst Milton, 10 to 1 agst Extravaganza, 12 to 1 agst Cor-
ranna, 12 to 1 agst Trueboy, 12 to 1 agst Rowena, 12 to 1 agst
Ironmaster, and 25 to 1 agst Little Hampton.
Won cleverly by a length, the second beating the third by a
length.
The Derby Handicap of 10 sovs. each, with SO added. One
mile.
Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat, 3 yrs, 7st 41b ......(Arthur) 1
Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey, 4 yrs, 7st 41b
Duke of Richmond's Lothario, 5 yrs, Bst 61b
The following also started :—Mr. Meiklarn's Trueboy, 5
yrs—Mr. Meiklam's Philip, 5 yrs—Mr. Jaques's Semiseria,
5 yrs—Capt. Ilarcourt's Sir Abstrupus, 5 yrs—Lord Eglin-
ton's Quebec, 5 yrs—Mr. MOstyn's Beaumont, 4 yrs—Lord
Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, 3 yrs—Mr. Armstrong's Advice
—Sir John Gerard's Juvenal, 4 yrs—Lord G. Bentinck's
Best Bower, 4 yrs—Mr. Thompson's Sinbad, 5 yrs—Mr. Al.
len's The Duke of Kent, 3 yrs—Lord Stanley's Psalinsinger,
3 yrs.
4to 1 agst Sweetmeat-9 to 2 agst Lady Wildair-5 to 1
agst Best Bower-6 to 1 agst Quelaec-6 to 1 agst Lothario.
Won by a length, Godfrey beating Lothario by a head.
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Heats, two miles.
Lord G. Bentinck's Pug, 3 yrs
Mr. A. Johnstone's bc by Slane, out of Frill, 3 yrs... 4 2
Mr. Cook's The Shadow, aged
Mr. Davies' Dr. W00d,4 yrs •3 dr
The first heat was won by a neck, and the second by a
length.
The Foal Stakes of 100 sovs. each; colts, Bst 61b; fillies,
Bst 31b. Once round and a distance.
Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Chertsey
GOODWOOD STAKES.
15 to 1 agst Rowena
16 to 1 agst Lothario
mentioned.

10 to 1 agst Pythia
13 to 1 agst The Libel
No others

TEN-BURY RACES.— TUESDAY.
The Maiden Stakes of 5 sovs. each. and 25 added, two
miles, were won in two heats by Sir C. Cockerell's Rodney,
3 yrs (Darling), beating Mr. Palmer's b m by Wainba, 3 yrs.
The Hurdle Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added, once
round, were won in two heats by Mr. Raworth's Donna
Anna, 5 yrs (Bradley), beating:Mr. Oliver's Vanguard, aged,
Mr. Barnett's Cora, aged, Mr. W. Bales' The Monk, 6 yrs,
and two others.
The All-aged Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 30 added. Heats,
two miles.
Mr. Tempest's T'Auld Squire, 4 yrs ... (Moon) 1 4 2 1
Mr. Careless's Aurungzebe, 5 yrs 4 1 3 2
Mr. Rawortti's Kilgram, 4 yrs
Mr. Smith's Sands, 5 yrs
Mr. Sheflord's Mudlark, aged
The Selling Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 15 added, were won
in three heats by Mr. Bates' The Sailor, 6 yrs (Byrne),
beating b m by Wamba, Fickle, and four others.
STAMFORD RACES.—WEDNESDAY.
The Donation Cup Stakes of 5 sovs. each. Heats, once

round and a distance.
Mr. Woodward's Melicant, 4 yrs .. .walked over
The Burghley Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if
declared, with 25 added. Once round. (18 Subs., 10 paid.)
Lord Granby named Keppel, 3 yrs, Est 21b (Carter) 1
Lord Exeter's Lyons, 3 yrs, sst 91b
Mr. Treen's Wild Roe, 3 yrs—General Grosvenor's Scarlet
Runner, 3 yrs—and Mr. Smith's b f by Glaucus, 3 yrs,
also ran.
Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, with 20 added. Once round
and a distance.
Duke of Rutland's Paulton (W. Boyce) 1
Mr. s;mitli's b f by Glaucus
Lord Exeter's Tunick (broke down) 3
The Selling Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 25 added, were.
won by Lord W. Powlett's Energy, 3 yrs (Cotton), beating
Mr. &arson's b
,f by Bentley, out of Emma, 3 yrs, Mr.
Smith's Lady Caroline, Lord Exeter's Lyons, and Mr. Cham-
bers's Gipsey.
Plate of 501. Twice round and a distance.
Lord Exter's Timbria, 3 yrs (Sharpe) 1 1
Lord Granby nd Keppel, 3 yrs.
Mr. Marson's ch cby Bentley, out of Emma 3 3

THURSDAY.
The Stamford Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h ft, and 25 added ;
colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 4113 ; once round.
Duke of Rutland's Paulton ..(W. Boyce) 1

Mr. Clifton's Careless Fanny
The Two-Years-old Stakes of 20 Boys. each, with 20 added.
Mr. Shelley's Titbit
Mr. Treene's Astonishment 2
Duke of Rutland's f by Caesar, out of Ramadan's dam 3

...,.. _
The Gold (Alp of lOW. Thrice round.
Lord Sandwich's Plantagenet, 4 yrs (Boyce) 1
Lord Exeter's Wee I'et, 5 yrs
The Hunters' Stakes of 50 sovs. each, with 20 added, two
miles, were won in two heats, by Mr. Chambers' Gipsy,
6 yrs (owner), beating Milice:it, Emily, and two others.
Handicap of 5 sovs. each. with 25 added. New mile.
General Grosvenor's Scarlet Runner (Sharpe) I
Mr. 'Teen's Wild Roe
Loral Exeter's Mocha ... 3
Mr. Clifton's Careless Fanny

THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL

SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.

SHREWSBURY, THURSDAY, JULY 17.—The attendance to
the exhibition of implements yesterday was greater than that
of the precer:ing day, and the sale of the articles was com-
mensurate with the numbers at the show.

The council dinner took place in the Music-hall of the town,
in Market-square, at five o'clock. The dinner, which was
supplied by Messrs. Bathe and Breach, of the London Tavern,
was of the first description, and was served up in an ad-
mirable manner. Three ~hundred nol,L men and gentlemen
were present.
His Grace the Duke of Richmond (the President of the
Society) took the chair, the vice-chair being filled by Earl
Spencer.
The cloth having been withdrawn, the Noble CuAramAN
gave the usual loyal and patriotic toast=.
The Noble CHAIRMAN then read the award of the judges
in relation to the cattle to be shorn to-morrow.

The Noble CHeiestartthen-said,that having read the list,
it now became his duty to propose the health of the successful
competitors in cattle, and as the Hon. Mr. Nugent, of Hyham-
ground, had gained the greatest number of prizes, he pro-
posed to couple his name with the toast.— ( Hear, hear.) Ile
was in hopes that he should have had to couple the name of his
Noble Friend Lord Hill with this toast, but as it was known
that his Lordship disliked speaking very much--( Laughter )
he had no doubt he willingly gave up any right he might have
in this respect to the Hon. Gentleman to whom lie had already
referred. He gave, " The Hon. Mr. Nugent, and the success-
ful competitors in cattle."—( Applause. )
The Hon. Mr. NUGENT acknowledged the toast. He most
cheerfully came forward, though at the same time lie could not
forget that he stood there in the glare of a nobleman, who was
not only one of the most successful competitors in this depart-
ment, but who was the representative wlitee memory would
ever remain unstained in the affections of the people of that
neighbourhood.—( Applause.) It was of course a matter of
exultation and pride, to know that he was called upon to speak
to this toast, because he felt that he owed it to his attempt to
improve the breed of long-horned cattle, which hail almost been
forgotten.--( Hear. ) He had fostered that breed under
peculiar circumstances, and at considerable expense, but lie was
pleased to find that their importance was row generally
acknowledged, and that they were now in a position to main-
tain their capabilities and pints along with the other breeds of
this country.—(Cheers.)
Earl SPENCER next rose. He said he was sure the com-
pany would rnst, think he did his duty es their Vice-Pre-
sident if he allowed the Noble Chairman to propose the next
toast, which would otherwise fall to him, and need not ti 11
them, that when it was found, as the last list of awards
proved, that his Grace was the most successful competitor
in the award, it would be rather awkward to call on the
Noble Duke to propose his own health.—(Laughter, and cries
of " Hear, hear.") He was sure that under such circumstances
they were all satisfied that their Noble Chairman's health ought
to be drunk coupled with the toast of the successful competitors
in sheep. He had acted as steward in this department, and
in that capacity he had seen all the stock, which scarcely any
body else had done; and he would tell them that it was no mean
honour to have won a public one. The show of Southdown this
year was equal to any that they had ever had, and the whole
show, although it might not be so numerous as on some former
occasions, was equal to any former one in the excellence of the
specimens shown ; and he was sure every gentleman would
say, when he saw them to-morrow, that there never was a
show more worthy the attention of the agriculturist than
this was. He begged, in conclusion, to propose " The
health of the Duke of Richmond, and the successful com-
petitors in sheep."—( Great applause.)
The Duke of RICHMOND said he was extremely obliged to
his Noble Friend for having proposed his health on that occasion.
He was about, when interrupted by his Noble Friend, to pro-
pose the health of Mr. Handley, who had gained snore prizes
than he had for sheep ; but the Noble Earl having proposed his
health, and the company having responded to it in so marked
a manner, he could not but feel much gratified at the circum-
stance.—( Hear.) In reply to such a compliment be begged to
be permitted to say that he was proud on every occasion
to send stock to the shows of the Royal Agricultural Society,
because he believed by doing so, and by sending that stock
from a distant part of the country to this locality, they would,
by comparing, think their own stock not so good as they might
otherwise suppose them to be. He had gone that day with his
Noble Friend, the Earl of Powis, over a portion of his estate
—a better farmed estate he had not seen in any part of the
country—and doing so they called upon one of the Noble
Earl's tenants, who showed them his sheep. He (the Duke
of Richmond) observed that the sheep were not of the most
Perfect symmetry. The farmer denied this, and 'offered to
show as good wethers as any that he (the Chairman) could
produce.—( A laugh.) He recommended him to wait till he
had seen his, the next afternoon, and he would venture to say
that when he had seen them, he would be obliged to bias for not
entering into the bargain which he had proposed.—(Loud
laughter.) It was natural for every farmer to think that the
stock he was daily in the habit of seeing in his own farm-yard
were the best in the world, and it was only by comparison that
they could see the mistake under which they laboured. This
was one of the great advantages of this society, and he believed
much good had resulted to the country in consequence. Ile
had long been a Southdowner. He had shown his stock on
many occasions. He had often been beaten, and he had won
sometimes. He would still continue to show, whether
beaten or otherwise, because that by showing lie did good
to the agriculture of the country.—( Hear. ) He had told
them that he was proud of being a competitor there, but he
felt more pride at receiving from gentlemen to whom he was,
he might say, unknown, such a mark of their esteem as that
which they had displayed towards him that evening. He hoped
they would accept from him the expression of his heartfelt gra-
titude for the compliment they had paid him.—( Applause. )
The Noble Chairman having read the prizes awarded respect-
ing pigs, said that the contest was a " dead heat" between Lord
Hill and Mr. Fisher Hobbs, who was, by the way, as honest
and straightforward a tenant-farmer as any in England. Ile
had great pleasure in proposing the healths of Lord Hill and
Mr. Fisher Hobbs. _ _

Lord Him. expressed his acknowledgments, and said that
but for the existence of the Royal Agricultural Society, he
should not have done anything to advance the interests of
agriculture.—( Hear.)
Mr. FISHER HOBBS also expressed his acknowledgments.
Mr. ORMSBY GORE proposed " the health of the exhibitors
of implements." In doing so, he said, in reply to the argu-
ment used as to the use of machinery being calculated to di-
minish labour, that, on the contrary, it had, wherever it was
brought into operation, increased the demand for manual
labour.—( Hear, hear.) He had no hesitation in saying that
the more improvements that were made, ar.d the more valuable
the implements became, the greater would be she call for
manual labour.—(Hoar, hear.) The engines employed in
agriculture had been used with great advantage in our colonies,
and the result was, that hundreds and thousands of acres
had been brought into useful operation, ' which would not
otherwise have been the case.—( Hear.) Ile congratulated
them upon the very great exhibition of implements which had
been shown on the present occasion.
Mr. RANSaME, of Ipswich, expressed his acknowledgments,
on the part of the exhibition. He proposed " the health of the
stewards of departments."—( Applause. )
Mr. SHILLEY, on the part of the stewards, returned thanks.
The CHAIRMAN said that Lord Kenyon had offered a pre-
mium of 201. for the best essay on the use of gorse as food for
cattle, horses, and sheep, and the award was now about to be
read. [The seal of the letter which contained the award was
then broken, when it was found that the successful essayist was
Mr. O. Roberts.] In continuation, he said he was sure that
they would agree with him in thinking that this was a subject
of great importance in a healthy district, and one that had not
hitherto occupied much of the attention of the agriculturist.—
(Hear.) He would here observe that when the British army
were engaged in the Peninsular war, they were frequently
without corn or hay for their horses, and without having much
experience as agriculturists, they gave them what they could
get, and that was only bruised gorse. The essay would be
published in the journals of the Society, and he had only now
to propose, the health of Lord Kenyon, who had so liberally
come forward with a premium in reference to a subject, the
exposition of which must be of great value and importance to
his neighbouis and tenants.--( Hear,
hear. )
Lord KENYON returned thanks. The compliment which
had been conferred upon hiro was greatly increased in conse-
quence of the source from whence it had emanated.—(Hear,
hear.) The motive that influenced him in giving the prize
was, that it was important to the small farmers of Wales, being
adapted to the soil, and requiring nothing but labour. Though
neglected at home, it was not so abroad, for in the Peninsula,
where the Noble Chairman had fought side by side with the
great men, who had preserved the liberties of Europe—
( Cheers)—in that country they had a saying, " That an acre
of gorse was better than an acre of oats."—( Hear. )
The Hon. Mr. CLIVE proposed the health of Earl Spencer.
..—(Cheers.) Whether as President or Vice-President of the
Society, or as Steward of the Yard, or indeed in any situa-
tion in which the Society was interested, there would the
Noble Earl be found, working out its welfare. The Society
did good in various ways.
~y
these annual meetings they
formed friendships—they removed prejudices, and caused an
interchange of opinions ; and, in short, they brought farmers
from all parts of the kingdom to become united together ; and
he would remind them that the tenant-farmer would not be ex-
pected to undertake experiments unless there was a prospect of
li,s being remunerated thereby. —( Hear, hear.) It could not
be supposed the farmer would expend his means for the benefit
of the country, without any regard to his own interests. Let
the landlord then endeavour to promote the welfare and comfort
of the tenant by an improved understanding between them.
There should be a fair understanding in the way of agreements,
which would enable landlord and tenant to be unites! in carrying
out these advantages. He was in hopes that an opportunity for
this would shortly he offered.—( Hear, hear.) Let them en-
eulseafmulpnleeiNs‘' through the districts in which
the Noble Earl, whose health ex-
tendinghehviec•ahshaabdoubteteonls:otpftotsre,tibleyinbymight reside, by creating a spirit of emulation from one
and to the other.—( Hear, hear.)
eofsutliiliskind should be
He In gged most cordially
dtthoeeagyviovuertththee followil'Earlepahltretohfoef Spen c e r . ( Loud cheers. )
Earl SPENCER said he was much gratified by this mark of
their esteem. if credit was to be given to him for endeavour-
ongthhsad alluded to I
endeavour-
ing to promote the success of the Society, he would
only,
say
that he would continue to deserve that cre_7:sitbycoenvedrityiomn e,
anti
in his power. He felt how important it was to the agricul-
htuerlde,
to of p
rtuhme
ucountry
cultivation thatAilr.ce meetings
soil, anti thus to better
The Society, he
was happy to say, was now in
science might be
every one admitted thatuseful
it wasand beneficial to the Ato PIJIa
in-
terests of the country. t ie mechani-
cal skill which had been brought
that almost re
upon the interests of
, but ve every agriculture. lie believee.
the condition of the people.—(Applause,) F.
Profession, brought to bear upon
their
the he was satisfied that
mechanical science would accomplishch.ew.s.iegreatest good of them
all. There was one Iwint wl
rlic lif
ti
to impress upon the
that tle p e 0 a
Society, and that was, machine ought to
awarding a prize to it, because, be considered in
condition of the
object was to improve the
which the farmer country, they must
not encourage implements
believed that every other science
would benefit by these n! e agriculture. He
thanks,' and to
begged again to returnassure them that he
te count
should ever be ready to assist y to the utmost of his
huse.)
power.— (Loud app .
be Show," " His
The " Judges of t Grace the Duke of
of the Royal Apricultural Society of
Richmond, President
for presiding
to him ever us,"
England, and thanks and other
toasts, followed.
d thanks, and concluded by givingcs
The
His GRACE returned
to
Ladies," which was warmly responded ,
The company then retired.
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which was
human race, but the Icings of the forest. On Saturday morning,
about four o'clock, Mr. Wombwell's fine lioness Duchess whelped
three tine cubs in the County-square, which, with the parent, are in
good health. We learn that this accession to Mr. Wombwell's
wild family numbers about two hundred of the lien species which
have been "civet' and reared under his care. It is the first occur-
renpe of the kind that has taken place in Paisley—we may not only
say during the memory of the oldest liver, but since it has existed.
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returns for the week eliding July
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IRELAND.

DUBLIN, JULY I S.—ORA NG E PROCESSIONS.—INQUEST
AT AaaeAGR.-A letter from Armagh, dated Monday even-
ing, contains the following :
" The inquest on the body of John Boyle commenced this
day at twelve o'clock, before Mr. Magee, the coroner. The
Earl of Gosford, and several other magistrates of the county
were in attendance. The first witness was David Cassidy, but
from the number of witnesses at both sides, the inquiry will be
a protracted one. It is stated that another of the persons
wounded died this morning."
NEWRY, JULY 14.—This day, at three o'clock, P. M., a
body of about fifty Orangemen came down the mountain from
Altoaveagh, beating drums and firing random shots. Many
of them were dressed with sashes. They had one large flag.
At the corner of Kiln-street (on the borders of the town) they
wheeled about and fired several rounds opposite the Court-
house. By this time a crowd began to collect of the Liberal
party, a great part of whom were women and bays. Hoot-
ing and hissing then commenced, and stones began to fly from
both sides. The Orangemen then retreated up Doran s-hill,
each party advancing and retreating alternately, amid showers
of stones. Some windows were broken.

At this time they received information that the people were
about to surround them, therefore they prudently marched, or
rather decamped, up the hill again to Altnaveagh, where they
went through the mockery of a sham battle.
• There was not a single policeman to be seen during the
whole affray.
ORANGE MAGISTRATES AT PROCESSIONS.

The Dublin Evening Post, referring to the appearance of
several magistrates as active partisans in the processions on the
12th of July, says:—" Two Orange papers, the Belfast Chro-
nicle and Newry Telegraph state that the Orange procession
at Lisburn, comprised, it is said, of 50,( 00 persons, was headed
by James Watson, EN., justice of the peace, and deputy
lieutenant, on horseback. One of the flags exhibited bore the
inscription No compromise with Popery.' We deem it ne-
cessary to call the attention of the Lord-Lieutenant to this
matter."

THE WEATHER. .
This is St. Swithin's day, and we have not had a shower !
The weather seems settled, and the harvest prospects are ex-
cellent.

THE INQUEST AT BALLINHASSIG.
The inquiry was resumed on Monday (yesterday) morning,
when the examination of witnesses on the part of the police was
cont inued.
Thomas Hornibrook, examined by Mr. SCANNELL—I am
clerk of Ballinahoy church, and keep. a school at Tulig. My
house commands a view of the cross and dispensary. I was
standing at the front of my house about eight o'clock on the
evening of the fair day. I saw a large crowd of persons about the
fair gap to the dispensary and all about. I think there were
hundreds there. I would say over a hundred, and per-
haps nearly two hundred. There was a great deal of
noise, agitation, and bustle. I heard the word "bouile" come
from the crowd. The crowd appeared to be moving towards
the dispensary. I had a view of the garden behind the dispen-
sary. I saw a good many persons getting hitt) it. There were
at the same time persons in front. I afterwards heard a shot
fired. The crowd increased. I heard a second shot fired;
and on hearing that I observed a great press from the front
to the back of the dispensary. They began to disperse
considerably, and in the course of a few minutes
there was scarcely any person to be seen. There
was a third shot then. I could not see the roof of the back of

the dispensary. I saw the police afterwards come out of the
dispensary. When they were leaving the place I saw a rush of
persons from the back of the dispensary, and from the Five-
mile-bridge-road. They rushed in the direction of Callaghan's
house. That was the direction in which the police retreated.
They were immediately after the police. The people made use
of some expression, but from the noise 1 could not understand
it. It was something like " run." I suppose there were from
thirty to fifty persons in that crowd.
This witness was under examination when the last account

THE REV. 11178. NEwMAN.—The Dublin Evening Post
says, " We are given to understand, from what we consider un-
exceptionable authority, that the Rev. J. Newman is on the
point of entering into • the holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic
Church.' The effect, no doubt, will be considerable."
DEATH OF THE HON. E. A. LAstuART, 65TH REGIMENT,
SON OF THE LATE EARL OF CAVAN.--This lamentable
event took place yesterday evening at six o'clock, leaving a
youthful family to deplore his loss.
WOUNDING OF THE SENTRY AT THE PARY.—We un-
derstand that circumstances transpired yesterday giving a clue
to the mysterious firing at the soldier of the 44th regiment,
who was on duty at the Viceregal Lodge. A pistol recently
discharged was found concealed at some little distance from
the place where the soldier had been on duty, and it is
the belief of those likely to be best informed on the subject, the
man wounded himself in order to procure a pension and his
discharge, and did not calculate the injuries would be so serious
as to lead to the amputation of his hand.—Saunders's News
Letter.

SILLY GOSSIP.—We are enabled to give the most decided
contradiction to a paragraph, originating, by the way, in an
Orange journal, of a union between a personage of the highest
rank in the kingdom and a lady fair.
DUBLIN STOCK EXCHANGE, JULY 15.

GOVERNMENT FlT:sins.—Three per Cent. Consols, 99 ;
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 1014 1/, ; Three-
and-a- Half per Cent. Debentures, 92/. 6s. 2d.,
MtscELLANEous.—Royal Bank, 131; Patriotic Insurance
Company, 11 ; City of Dublin Steam-packet Shares, 103 1/2 ;
Wicklow Copper Mine, 184.
RAlLWAys.—Belfast and Ballymena, 6% ; Bandon and
Bantry, 11/2 ; Cork and Bandon, 6% • Cork and Waterford,
11/2 • Cork and Youghal, 3 ; Cork, ilackrock, and Passage,
2% ; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 734 ; Dundalk and
Enniskillen, 3 31/8 ; Great Southern and Western, 231/2 ;
Ditto Extension, 111/2 ; the Midland and Great Western
Railway and Royal Canal Company, 3% 5j ; Irish Great
Western (Dublin to Galway), 3% 1/2 ; Killarney Junction,
23 ; Limerick, Ennis, and Killaloe Junction, 4% 5 ; London-
derry and Enniskillen, 31/8 ; Newry and Enniskillen, 33/4 ;
Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin, 13/4.

DUBLIN STOCK EXCHANGE.—JULY 16.
The market to—day was what the brokers call " quiet,"—
. truth there was but little business doing, and the official

quotations will show only two or three piOjects advancing,
while all the rest are either stationary or somewhat louer
than the two preceding markets. The following is the re-
turn :—Government Three and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock,
101 1/1 % ; Bank Stock, 208 ; Six per Cent. Deben-
tures, Reduced to 4/. sterling per annum, 68% ; Hibernian
Bank, 31% ; Patriotic Insurance Company, 11 ; Belfast and
Ballymena Railway, 64 ; Belfast and County Down, 3% ;
Cork and Waterford, 1% ; Cork and Youghal, 3 ; Dublin
and Belfast Junction, 7% ; Dublin and Drogheda, 107
106 ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 3 ; Great Southern and
Western, 23% ; Ditto, Extension, 113% ; the Midland Great
Western Railway and Royal Canal Company, 3% % A ;
Irish Great Western Dublin to, Galway, 3% ; Killarney
Junctions, 2% % ; Limerick, Enniskillen and Killaloe Junc-
tion, 5 4% ; Londonderry and Enniskillen, 3 ; Newry. and
Enniskillen, 3% ; Newry, Warwick Point, and Rostrevor,
3% 3 ; Waterford and Limerick, 61; Wexford and Carlow,
2 ; Waterford, Wexford, and Dublin, 1% ; Waterford and
Kilkenny, 234 %.

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THE INQUEST AT ARMAGH.
Several witnesses were examined yesterday at the inquest
on the body of Boyle, who was shot on Saturday, but
nothing was elicited. The further inquiry was adjourned
to this morning (Wednesday). A correspondent writing
last night says:—" A person named Quin was arrested as
one of the rioters, on the 12th, and a rescue took place; four
of the persons concerned in the rescue and riot were ap-
prehended, and put upon their trial this day, and the jury are
at present locked up, not having yet agreed to their verdict
upon one of the four, but having agreed to a verdict concern-
ing three of them. The judge sent them a second time to
their room, where they remain at present (six o'clock). The
town remains
.quiet, and the wounded are going on fa-
vourably."
TIIE INQUEST AT BALLINHASSIG.
THE VERDICT.
(From the Cork Examiner).
CORK, WEDNESDAY.—At ten o'clock last night the jury
in this case (having been in deliberation from one at noon)
returned the following verdict :
"We find that Cornelius Forde came by his death in con-
sequence of a gun shot wound, inflicted on him by a body of
police on the 30th June, who attended the fair of Ballin-
hassig ; and that said shot was fired on the above-named
day by order of Sub-Inspector Kelly, who commanded said
party, and say that he was justified in giving such order.
We, therefore, find that it was justifiable homicide."
For—Jacob Biggs, Thomas Barter, Thomas Roberts, Ben.
Roberts, Thomas Cole, Thomas Roberts, James Sullivan,
I Henry Bennett, Thomas Hornibrook, Shaw Busteed, Ben-
jamin Barter, John Bullen, John Walton, John Blazeby.
_ For Wilful Murder—Daniel Lombard, James Donegan,

Wm. Hallinan, Richard Denehy, Eugene M'Carthy, John
O'Leary, John Hornibrook, James Patten, Thos. Sullivan.

FREEMASONRY IN CHINA.

The initiatory ceremonies take place at night, in It
secret chamber, in which there is an idol, to which offer-
ings are presented, and before which the oath of seoresy
is taken. The Chinese say there are San shih luh s'he,
i.e. " thirty-six oaths." These are, however, probably
so many diffi rent particulars, with imprecations against
those who shall disclose tho nature and objects of the
society.

A small subscription is given to support the general
expense. Kwo Keaou, or, " crossing the bridge." This
bridge is formed of swords laid between two tables (an
end resting on each), or else set up on the hilts, and
meeting at the points. The persons who receive the
oath, take it under this bridge, which is called "passing,
or crossing the bridge." The yik ko, or chief ruling
brother, sits at the head of this steel bridge (or each
with a drawn sword), reads the articles of the oath, to
every one of which an affirmative response is given by
the new member, after which he cuts off the head of a
cock, which is the usual form of a Chinese oath, inti-
mating " thus let perish all who divulge the secret."
But it is said the grand ceremony can only be performed
where there is a considerable number of members per-
sent. They worship heaven and earth on those occa-
sions, and sometimes, when the place is sufficiently
secluded, perform the initiatory rites in the open air.
SECRET SIGNS.—The members recognise each other
by mystic numbers ; the chief of which is the number
th• ee, probably from their name, " The Triad Society ;"
and adopt odd rather than even numbers, when it can be
done. They say three, three ten times ten, three hundred,
three thousand, three myriads, rather than two, four times
ten, &e.
The word Hung, before-mentioned, contains the num-
ber three hundred and twenty-one, and is often used by
them for particular purposes.
Cei lain motions of the fingers constitute a second class
of signs ; e. g. using three of the fingers in taking up any
thing. If a member happens to be in company, mel
wishes to discover whether there be a brother present,
he takes up his tea-cup or its cover (Chinese tea cups
have always a cover), with the thumb, the fore, and
middle fingers, or with there, middle, and third fingers,
and which, if perceiveby an initiated person, is
answered by a corresponding sign. It does not, h4wever,
follow from this that every Chinese who uses three
fingers, in taking up, or holding, his tea-cup, is a mem-
ber of the San ha hwuy, for many of them do it from
mere habit. But there is a co Lain way of doing it by
the initiated, which they themselves only know. In
lifting anything that requires both hands, they use three
fingers of each hand.
They also have recourie to edes and pieces of patty, as
secret outage'

ROPE ENOUGII.—We have often heard of " long
yarns," and of giving a man " rope enough," but we think the
rope just manufactured by Mr. Thomas Briggs, of Richmond Hill
Ropery, Salford, outdoes any of which we have heard. It is
4,374 yards, or neqly two wiles and a half in length ; weighs up-
yards of two tons; and is without any splicing,
piece or length. It has been made for Messrs. 0., Cand all iu one
c. panting and
Co., in connexion' with the works at the Nev Theatre Royal,
Manchester. It is ntanufailured bypatent Machinery, and refutes
the notion that has gen...teeny prevailed that such " mortal, coils"
an only be made at Oateshead,—Manchester Gutrdi,an

RAILWAY COMMITTEES.

(YESTERDAY.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.

THE OXPOrtn,vcronc ES rzn, AND WOLVER-

HAMPTON RAILWAY.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

Mr. G. Griffiths, agent to the Messrs. Sturge, of Birmingham;
Mr. Evers, ironmaster, of Cragley ; and Mr. King, of Amber-
court, near Stourbridge, were briefly examined as to the inferiority
of the Oxford scheme over the irring one to accommodate their
respective localities.

Mr. Greaves, of Stratford-upon. Avon, deposed to the agricul-
tural traffic of the town and neighbourhood. He decidedly pre-
ferred the Tring scheme over the other.
Mr. Cayles, of Banbury, was examined as to the trade and
traffic of Banbury. He gave the statistics of the coals, corn,
cattle, pigs, sheep, and groceries sold or consumed in that town
and vicinity, the items of which we gave ill the witness's examina-
tion before the CommLs' Committee.

Mr. Wall, of Worcester, was examined as to the accommodation
that city would derive from either of the lines. He considered,
upon the whole, the London and Birmingham scheme was superior
to the other. This was not the opinion of the majority of the in-
habitants, though it was that of a respectable minority.
Mr. Berrowes, ironmaster, of Dudley, deposed to the incon-
venience of the break of gauge. He once sent his goods to Bristol
by the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, but the delay and
injury arising from transhipment at Gloucester had been so great,
that he had been obliged to resort to his old mode of carriage—the
canal.

Mr. Waddington, deputy chairman of the Manchester and Birming-
ham Company, was examined at some length on the break of gauge
and the transhipment of goods. He gave several instances which
had come under his notice of the great delay, inconvenience, and
expense that had arisen at Gloucester in the change of goods. He
did not think any form of machine could remove the difficulty.
The Committee then adjourned till to-morrow at eleven o'clock.

IWAREFIELD, PONTEE'RACT, AND cooza:

LINE.

(Continued from our Afternoon Editi.m of yesterday.)
Dr. Buchanan, chairman of the Railway Company, Robert T.
Milnes, Esq. (father of the Member for Pontefract), and Mr.
Martin, land surveyor, wet e called to speak to the damage done to
the residence of Mr. Smith (one of the opponents), which th^y
valued at nothing. The latter witness declared that the railway
could be only seen from the upper windows with a good telescope,
and that only for a few yards.
Mr. ALEXANDER then opened the case for the opposing pro-
ject, and contended that by the construction of twelve miles
of railway from Brecon to Goole, at a cost of 105,0001., every ad-
vantage would be given to the district. The Learned Counsel then
went with laborious minuteness into every part of the evidence
adduced by the promoters, and promised that he should call counter
evidence to show that the trade from Wakefield had been much
exaggerated, and that Leeds, as an important town, was greatly
superior.

At the couclusion of his speech their Lordships adjourned.

CORNWALL RAILWAY.

(Continued front our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

Mr. Locke, civil engineer, gave evidence adverse to the Corn-
wall line. Had never seen such a collection of bad gradients as
that section presented. The curves were very acute, and the gra-
dients so steep in many places that ordinary railway speed could not
be maintained without great danger.

The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH —Now, Mr. Locke, supposing the
rate of speed to be thirty or thirty.five miles an hour, what gra-
dient do you consider should he exercised so as to prevent danger P
Mr. Locke—l think when the gradient is more severe than I in
100 caution is necessary.
Lord ELLENewtoucii—And what curve is it that you think cau-
tion should be exercised at, supposing the rate of speed to be
twenty-five or thirty miles ?
Mr. Locke—Unless there be caution exercised, I think there is
danger where the radius is less than a quarter of a mile.
Mr. Robert Stephenson, engineer to the London and Birmingham
Railway, corroborated the evidence given by Mr. Bidder. A line
with such curves and gradients as those on the Cornwall line could
not be worked with regularity or dispatch, even conveying but a
light traffic. The expense in any case would be very great.
The Committee adjourned at four o'clock till tomorrow morning

THE GLASGOW JUNCTION RAILWAY.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

Mr. Stoddart, late treasurer to the town-council of Edinburgh,
deposed as to the effect of the tunnel going from the terminus of
the Edinburgh and
,Greenock Railway, and also as to the conve-
nience which the line of rails on the quay would afford for the
transmission of traffic to the vessels in the harbour.

Mr. Burrell, manufacturer at Dumfermline, proved the extent
of the damask manufactures at Dunfermline, all of which would
be transmitted for shipment by the proposed line.
Mr. Archbold gave similar evidence as to the blanket and shawl
manufactures.

Mr. J. Wilson, of Dundyven, said that the iron trade in Scot-
land during the last fifteen or twenty years had been from 50,000
tons to 800,000 tons annually, being an increase of eightfold. There
was also every prospect of its being still further increased. A con-
siderable traffic in coal also existed to Ireland and the West Indies.
The proposed junction would be of great use in conveying iron and
coal to the water side for exportation.

Mr. Beaumont Neilson, civil engineer, and manager of the gas
works Glasgow, said he had seen the plans of the proposed junc-
tion rallway, and considered that it would be convenient not only
for the coal traffic to the harbour, but also for the general accom-
modation of the public; and the laying down the mils on the quay
was rather an advantage than otherwise.

At the chose of the examination of the last witness, the Corn.
mittee adjourned till tomorrow at eleven.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
GROUP X.
DIRECT NORTHERN-- TAILRINGDON
STREET EXTENSION.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)

Mr. Reodel, civil engineer, was recalled by the Committee to
explain a discrepancy between his and Mr. Gibbs' estimates ; he
adhered to his former evidence, to the accuracy of which he
pledged himself.

Mr. J. D. Paine, civil engineer, examined by Mr. NIAS, with a
view to show a deviation from the datum time sufficient to render
their non-compliance with requirements of the Act of Parliament
fatal, mentioned errors in some places exceeding nine feet.
Mr. WEBSTER urged that the alleged error existed at a distance
of eighty-three feet from the extreme limits of the line, and there-
fore Mr. Nias had no locus standi to oppose.
The CHAIRMAN, after consultation with his coadjutors, decided
that Mr. Nias must confine himself to the proof of error within the
limits, and held that as to the particular point in question, the ob-
jection was valid.

Mr. Biggs, a civil engineer, was then called, and confirmed the
accuracy of Mr. Paine's evidence.

Mr. A. Robinson, an a►chitect and surveyor, under examination
by Mr. Ni&s, deposed to the injury which the line would entail on
property in its vicinity, and in some points the value of laud would
be materially deteriorated.

The evidence of this witness (the last to be examined by Mr.
Nias) closed the proceedings of the day, and the Committee ad-
journed shortly after Five o'Clock.

GROUP ZZ.

BOLTON AND LEIGH, HENYON AND LEIGH
JUNCTION, LIVERPOOL AND MANCHES-
TER, AND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANIES' AMALGAMATION.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday. )
Mr. Booth, treasurer to the Leeds and Manchester Company,
bore out the statements of the Learned Counsel.

Mr. WILKINS then addressed the Committee on behalf of the
merchants of Manchester, who petitioned against the amalgamation
and contended that it would create a monopoly too powerful to be
competed with, and which could not fail to be injurious to the
public, and called upon the Committee to reject the preamble.
Mr. Lirley, a merchant carrying on business at Manchester, gave
evidence to the effect that no existing line would be able to com-
pete with it, and that it would be too long to be threatened by a
new lino.

Mr. AUSTIN having replied, the room was cleared for a few mi.
nutes. When the parties were admitted

The CHAIRMAN declared that it was the opinion of the Com-
mittee that the preamble of the Bill had been proved.
The clauses with amendments were agreed to, and the Committee
separated.