The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 27, 1344.

SPORTING 'NTELL'_CENCE.
THE DERBY.

The perplexities of the betting world, induced by_
the postponement to an indefinite period of the " de-
ciding. heat," between Orlando and Running Rein,
have received an unwelcome addition in the death of
Mr. Crockford, who had a large account on the race.
His book was compared at the usual time by Mr.
Edward Crockford, who, we are given to understand,
has declared his intention to attend for the purpose
of paying and receiving. Such, however, is the un-
settled and excitable state of the " ring," that al-
though several highly respectable and influential men
have declared their willingness that he should do so,
there are others who are strongly opposed to it ; and,
worse than all,no one to decide which side is in the
right. With regard to Tuesday we have nothing sa-
tisfactory to say. The question now under discussion
is, whether there shall be a partial settling, or whe-
ther, under the circumstances, it would not be advis-
able to postpone it altogether until a jury shall have
decided which of the two claimants is entitled to the
stakes. Upon this point, as well as upon the knotty
one raised upon Mr. Crockford's decease, we hope to
be able to speak more definitely in our report of Mon-
day's proceedings at the Subscription Room. In the
meantime, so great is the reversion of opinion in re-
spect to the grand question, that instead of four and
five, and in some instances ten to one on Running
Rein, the odds are now six to five on Orlando. We
hear that Colonel Peel has already commenced pro-
ceedings, and that he has retained Mr. Martin.
LEANDER AND lIIS "JAW."

In our report of the Epsom Races, and the inci-
dents that preceded and accompanied them, we
noticed the protest against Leander on Monday, and
the fatal termination of his career on Wednesday. We
have now to record the denouement of one of the many
episodes that will serve to make the Derby of 1844, the
most re:narkable that has ever sullied the annals of
the Turf. Leander was destroyed on the evening of
his accident, and was buried the same night at Ash-
stead, and, but for a frolic, his remains might have
reposed undisturbed, until every one, and everything
connected with him had passed into oblivion. Nothing
occured on Thursday to bring his name into notice;
on Friday, however, Colonel Anson's filly won the
Oaks and the protest against Julia having become
a subject of discussion, at a merry-making of Scott's
friends at Leatherhead, in the evening, the conversa-
tion naturally turned upon Leander, and the wine,
no doubt, having had its effects, it was determined,
"by way of a frisk," to " have him up." Acting upon
the impulse, the necessary implements were procured,
the " whereabouts" discovered, and, in a brief space
the grave of the unfortunate Leander was re-opened,
when, lo! he was found to be minus the lower jaw.
As this looked rather suspicious, the head was forth-
with cat off, and, on Saturday morning, sub-
mitted to Mr. Bartlett, the veterinary sur-
geon of Dorking, who, after examining the upper
jaw, pronounced it to be the head of a
four year old. This was droll enough, but the fun-
niest part of the story remains to be told—the ex-
humation got wind, and before the day was over Mr.
Forth, the trainer of Mr. Litchwald's horses, had
shown the missing jaw to Mr. Field of Oxford-street,"
and on his declaration that it had belonged to a four
year old, had immediately proceeded to Burlington-
street, and deposited it with Messrs. Weatherby, as-
suring them that lie had been grossly imposed upon
by the Messrs. Litchwald, and that it was only the
vicious temper of the horse that had prevented an
earlier discovery of the fraud that had been practised
upon him. Strange that so experienced a trainer,
with the knowledge that for months past the age of
the horse had been in question, should have been so
slow in satisfying himself upon the point. Stranger
still that this very horse should have received his
death-blow from Running Rein, and stranger than
all, that the Messrs. Litchwald should b.: non est
inventus.

GRAND ENTERTAINMENT at the
MANSION-HOUSE to the JUDGES, &c.
On Saturday a most splendid entertainment was
given by the Lord Mayor to the Judges and other
distinguished persons. His Lordship and the Lady
Mayoress had between 170 and 180 guests upon the
occasion, and, as has been the custom all through the
present mayoralty, a great number of ladies graced
the festive board. The banquet was set out in the.
Egyptian Hall, in a style of remarkable magnificence,
and consisted of every delicacy which the season pro-
duced. It is necessary to observe, that the dinner to
the Judges has been generally limited to a number of
guests, seldom exceeding 50, and that the Lord
Mayor determined to do honour to the bench and the
bar by very largely extending the invitations.
Amongst the company were the Lord Chief Justice
of the Queen's Bench, the Lord Chief Justice of the
Common Pleas Sir F. Pollock, Lord Chief Baron ;
Mr. Justice Patteson, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr.
Justice Wightman, Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Baron
Alderson, Mr. Baron Gurney, Mr. Baron Rolfe, Mr.
Banks, M.P., Cursitor Baron ; Sergeants Manning,
Halcombe, Channel], Shee, Glover, Gazelee, Murphy,
Dowling, Clarke, and Byles; Mr. Masterman, M.P.,
Sir J. Easthope, Bart., M.P., General Gardiner, Mr.
F. Kelly, M.P., Sir H. Dymock, Bart. (Champion of
England); Sir F. Booth, Bart., Aldermen Sir C. S.
Hunter, Bart., Brown, Sir J. Key, Bart., Sir P.
Laurie, Fairbrother, opeland, Sir C. Marshall, and
HUmphery ; the Recorder of London, &c.
The LORD ALkyou rose to propose " The health of
her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen," a name, he
said, respected, not only on account of the distin-
guished position of her who owned it, but on account
of the numerous exalted virtues which adorned her
mind, and gave additional' elevation to her station,
and her anxiety at all times to advance the welfare
and happiness of the nation.—(Loud cheers.)
"Prince Albert," and "The Queen Dowager,"
were also proposed by his Lordship, and the toasts
were received by the company with loud acclama-
tions.

The LORD MAYOR then rose to propose " Lord
Denman, the Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's
Bench, and the rest of the Judges of the' land." He
was, he declared, proud to see these eminent per-
sonages at the Civic table, in conformity with the
good old practice which permitted the Chief Magis-
trate of the City of London to enjoy the high dis-
tinction of paying to the great legal characters of the
kingdom the honour due to them ; and he might say
with confidence, that never, upon any occasion, had
the Bench been more ably filled than it was at the
present day.—(Loud cheers.)
Lord DENMAN, in returning thanks for the honour
done him and his learned brothers, said he was free to
admit that while they were directed to the discharge of
their important duties by higher and nobler motives,
they could not but feel that they were rewarded in
their exertions to administer justice by the high esti-
mation in which the public were in the habit of re-
ceiving and acknowledging their services. The hospi-
talities of the Mansion-house were most liberally ex-
tended to all without distinction of classes or opinions;
and it was a most gratifying circumstance to
observe that the first magistrate of 'the first
city in the world was always ready to jus-
tify the high reputation from which the citizens,
time immemorial, had enjoyed, and to which they were
so fully entitled.—(Cheers.) Lord Denman then pro-
posed "The health of the Lord Mayor." The gen-
tleman who at present filled that high office had ex-
erted himself to deserve, as he was sure the Lord
Mayor would receive, the permanent good opinion of
his fellow-citizens, for he maintained his eminent po-
sition in a manner which reflected the greatest credit
upon the office, and had gone further to secure the
approbation of his friends by every other means of
which he had the opportunity to avail himself.—
(Cheers.) Having been many years connected with
the corporation of London, he had been present upon
many similar occasions, but he had never witnessed
any festival which gave him more gratification than
that to which he was at that moment bearing sincere
and hearty evidence.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and proposed
the "English Bar," and remarked that the people of
this country were largely indebted to the independence
and honour of the profession for the pure administration
of justice, which was the pride and boast of the coun-
try under which we live.
Sergeant MANNING, on behalf of himself and his
professional brethren, returned thanks for a compli-
ment which he trusted and believed they would al-
ways be found endeavouring to deserve. For five cen-
turies the sergeants-at-law had been accustomed to
partake of the hospitalities of the Mansion-house, and
he hoped that the good old custom would last for five
centuries longer—that his Lordship might enjoy the
pleasure of entertaining that learned body, and that he
(Sergeant Manning) might be present to partake of
the social cheer.—(Great laughter and applause.)
The LORD MAYOR proposed "The House of Com-
mons," and with that toast coupled the name of Mr.
Fitzroy Keliy, M.P. '
Mr. F. KELLY, in returning thanks, said he re-
gretted that his Lordship had not joined to such a
toast the name of some older and abler Member of
the House of Commons, by many of whom he was
surrounded. He trusted that the House of Commons
would ever be found promoting and advancing all
those measures which had for their object the honour
and interests of the country. The two greatest bodies
of the nation were the House of Commons and the
City of :London, embracing the wealth, intelligence,
and commerce pf the country—(Cheers)—and he felt
satisfied that the House of Commons would always
concur in protecting the Corporation in the enjoy-
ment of those privileges which rightly exercised re-
dounded to the credit and glory of London.—(Cheers.)
The LORD -MAYOR proposed " Mr. Masterman4
M.P., and the Representatives of the City of London."
Mr. MASTERMAN, MX, stated that-he felt highly
honoured by the manner in which his and his col-
leagues' names were received by the distinguished
company.. They all, however they might differ in
political opinion, had in‘view the good of those whom
I they, represented, and he entertained a onlident belief

that they would make every effort to
.secure them--
selves the approbation of the people of this great City.
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE of the Common Pleas
rose to propose the health of the Lady Mayoress,
whose urbanity of manners had given a zest to the
entertainment, and added a social and friendly feeling...
to the Splendour of the scene.—(Loud cheers.)
The health of the Lady Mayoress was drunk amidst
accl tmation.
The LORD MAyoa returned thanks fit her Lady-
ship, and asiurod the company that it afforded high
satisfaction, to the Lady Mayoress that those who
were engaged in conducting such important affairs
were plca4.lll to express in such flattering terms their!
approbaboa.—(Cheers.)
The company then did honour to the Aldermen, the
Recorder, and the Sheriffs, and concluded with drink,
ing " Prosperity to the City of London."
There never was exhibited in the splendid room of.
the Mansion-house a more brilliant scene. The exer-
tions of the Lord Mayor to do great honour to
guests were incessant, and never was the compliment
uttered by Lord Chief Justice Tindal in praise of the •
Lady Mayoress more deservedly applied than on this
occasion, for her Ladyship managed, with extraordi-
nary skill, to be in communication with every lady in
the drawing-room.

A SCENE AT THE NOMINATION

FOR SOUTH LANCASHIRE.
MR. COBDEN'S SPEECH.
RICHARD COBDEN, Esq , M.P., asked if the Sheriff
had decided that no one.cosibi speak unless he had to
nominate or second a candidate ?
The SHERIFF replied in the affirmative. ..
Mr. Conoete then iutimatel that he would propose
another candidate.
Mr. BRANDT—The time to do so is before the candi- I
dates speak. You are now quite out of time.
Mr. ConneN7—No ; I believe I am quite in order.—
(Cheers.) Mr Cobden then came forward to address the
'electers, amidst loud cheers from the majority of the as- •
sembage, and considerable uproar and hooting, all sorts
of clamorous vociferation from 31e. Entwisle's booth ;
' which the Sheriff for some time in vain endeavoured to
restore to something like decent quietness and order.
At length Mr. ENTWISLE essayed with better effect,
saying—Gentlemen, I do beg of you, that you will give
eery man a patient hearing and be quiet, and allow
every man to speak.
The gentlemen in the booth having subsided into a
Momentary hush, the Tory mob below took their cue
from them, and were tolerably quiet for a minute. But
Mr. Cobden had no sooner again commenced, by asking
" Why, what are you afraid of ? " when he was again
assailed by an uproar of yells, shouts, groans, .and
shrieks, in which we are bound to-say-those which pro--
ceeded from the hustings equalled, if they did not sur-
pass, those which emanated from the crowd.
Mr. BRANDT-loudly called " order," but in vain; and,
turning to Mr. Cobden, he said,—lf the gentlemen on
the hustings would be quite silent, you might proceed.
Mr. COBDEN—Yes; but they are by far the worst.
The SWERlFP—Geritlemen, Mr. Cobden, as a free-
holder of this county, has declared that he intends to
propose another candidate He has a right to he heard,
and I shall insist upon having. him heard, or I shall - ad-
journ the meeting.
Mr. COBDEN—Now, gentlemen, respect your High
Sheriff.—(Renewed Tory uproar.) Gentlemen, I will
stand hear till midnight but I will be heard.- (Groans
and hisses, responded to by loud cheering from the free-
tra lers.)
Mr. JOHN WILSON PATTEN, M.P. (to the friends of
Mr. Entwisle)—Gentlemen, Mr. Cobden has a perfect
right to be heard, and You will do yourselves no good
by this.
Mr. COBDEN—Now, gentlemen, shall I go on ?—(ltn-
mediately a large drum was beaten, close by the Horse
and Jockey inn, about 3U yards from the hustings.)
Gentleman, that is their argument,
The UNDER-SHERIFF requested Captain Woodford,
the chief of the county constabulary, to give orders to stop
the drum ; but lie cooly replied, " the druM is half a
mile off;" and gave no directions concerning it that we
saw or heard, although he had previously given various
directiens to stop the music of the bands which were
playing while passing the hustings.
The uproar, both on the hustings and in the crowd,
continuing.
_ Sir T. BRANCKER said, Gentlemen, pray hear Mr.
Cobden—he has a right to be heard.
Mr. COBDEN—NOW, gentlemen,- are you ready to hear
me?—(Renewed yelling, hissing, and clamour.) Ad-
dressing the Sheriff, Mr. Cobden said,' Pray, Mr.
Sheriff, request those people on the other side of you to
be quiet.
The SHERIFF—I have requested them, but in vain.—
(A Voice on the hustings—" Get down -with you,
Cobden.") The Sheriff suggested to Mr. Cobden, that
if he commenced speaking, the noise would probably
cease in a while; and Mr. Cobden said he had no objec-
tion to try that experiment; but, at all events, he, was
determined to be heard, if he stayed all day. He then
came forward and spoke for a time, amidst all sorts of
discordant noises, which, however,' gradually diminished,
and, during the greater part of his speech, he was only
occasionally interrupted in this way. So far as we could
hear him for the clamour, he said— •
Gentlemen, I will detain you but a short time, but
claim the right, as a freeho!der of this counts?, to appear
before you. I will maintain my right to be heard in
this meeting, even if I tim obliged to remain till twelve
o'clock .at night.—(Cheers, hisses, and " Off, off.") Our
opponents have stated—(Tory uproar)—ah ! its a very
few of them that are making all the noise. Our oppo-
nents on this occasion have made one great admission,
to which I am very anxious to draw your attention.
Mr. Entwisle has stated that there is no point of dif-
ference- between himself and Mr. Brown, on general
polities ; he has let us know that Mr. Brown is as good
a Conservative as he is himself, and that the only
point of difference between them is on the free trade
question.—(Hear.) Now, I thank him for that admis-
sh in, because it at once proves that the free traders of
South Lancashire, who are willing to support Mr. Brown,
whether they are Whigs, Radicals, or Chartists, are
sufficiently in 'earnest in support of that principle to
throw aside party on this occasion ; and if we gain
nothing else by this election—and I think we shall gain
a great deal more—we shalt at least gain this—that we
shall have a moral standing hereafter, as being an honest
party—caring neither for Whigs nor Tories, but having
at heart the principles of free trade, which we have been
so long contending for.—(Hear.) But Mr. Entwisle has
stated—(Great uproar from Mr. Entwisle's booth)—that
Mr. Brown comes fOrward claiming the patronage of her
Majesty's Government, andanxious to seek popularity as
the supporter of Sir Robert Peel.—(Hear.) Now, Mr.
Brown distinctly stated that he would support any Go-
vernment, whatever it might be, so long as their mea-
sures were good; and that he would go to Parliament
neither to wear the colours of Sir R. Peel, or to bow
to his dictation, any more than he would to that of
Lord John Russell.—(" Question.") But the Hon. Can-
didate on the other side has said more. He says Mr.
Brown has narrowed this question to a mere question of
corn. Why, Mr. Brown distinctly said that he was op-
posed to all protective and differential duties, whether
in corn, or sugar, or coffee, or in any other article.—
("Off, off.") Gentlemen. it is not very easy to learn
from the speech of 'Mr. Entwisle what his own princi-
ples are in reference to trade or anything else—(hear)
—hut there is an old saying, that you may know a
man by the company he keeps —(Laughter)—and there-
fore, if we would learn Mr. Entwisle's opinion, we cannot
do better than refer to the opinion of the Hon. Gentle-
man who nominated him. I declare to you most solemnly
that the fallacies that gentleman used on the subject of
the corn-laws have been dead and buried, even in the
House of Commons, were these things generally are
very long-lived, for the last two years.—(Hear, hear.)
If it were not that I would not wish to be personal, I
would ask the Hon. Gentleman where he had been for
the last five years ; for I think, if we had found some
antediluvian remains of a politician, he could not be
mare hopelessly in the dark as to the question of the
corn-laws.—(Laughter and applause.) He tells us that
we want, by repealing the corn-laws, to throw land out
of cultivation. Why, has he ever consulted the best
farmers whether a free trade in corn would throw the
land out of cultivation ? Did he ever ask Lord
Spencer, the best arable farmer in the kingdom ? Did
lie ever ask Lord Ducie ?—(Cries from • Mr. Rntwistle's
booth of "Off, off," and Mr. Brandt, turning to the
gentlemen, called out repeatedly, " Order, order.")
Gentlemen, we advocate free trade in corn, because
amongst its other good effects, we believe that a
free trade in corn will make the land, of this coun-
try to be better cultivated ; and that is the opinion
of all the best farmers in the country.—(Cheers,
and Tory hooting.)—Gentlemen, there's but a few of
them ; but they make a great noise.—(Laughter.) But
I do not take the landowners of Lancashire as the best
judges on this question ; for I remember that Lord
Ducie, Lord Spencer, and other distinguished agricul-
turists, have declared that Lancashire and Cheshire are
two of the worst farmed counties in the kingdom.—
' (Hear, hear.) When attending an agricultural meeting
at Knutsford, I remarked upon the state of the land
along both sides of the railway, that it was actually
grewing more rushes than grass. Now, I happened
lately to be in the company of a number of farmers
from Knutsford ; and they said, " What a lot of drain-
ing has been going on here since Cobden blackguarded
them about their rushes !"—(Laughter and applause.)
. Why, I scarcely ever make my appearance in
any part of the •country, but draining-tiles spring
up as if by magic, wherever I put my foot ; and, if the
mere fear of free trade makes them grow increased
quantities and improve their land, how much more will
free trade itself do ?—(Hear and applause, and a cry of
" Down with the League !") Gentlemen, those noisy
fellows are reduced to about a score now.--(Laughter.)
Now this gentleman tells us that there was no country
ever great and prosperous that depended upon foreign-
ers fur food, and neglected their own agriculturists.
But we don't intend to neglect our own. agricul-
turists. I saw Lard Ducie at Bristol the other day ;
and he said to me, "I can grow wheat at 365. a quarter,
and charge 2/. an acre rent for my laud."—(" Hear"
and " Oh !") Now that shows how ignorant some of
these Lancashire squires are of farming. Now, gen-
tlemen, and farmers who are here, I want to re-
mark upon what Colonel Tempest has said.—(" Name
your candidate.") I will propose him in my own good
time. Colonel Tempest says that the proportion which
rent bears to the produce of the laud is only from Bs. to
tOs. a quarter on the wheat grown. This is an attempt
to' make the farmers believe, that they have all the
benefit of the corn-laws; but I will expose that fallacy;
so that every farmer 'shall understand it. Let every
farmer that hears me go home, and take an account of
all he gets at market for the sale of his produce, and
then, see how much of that money goes to the landlord, and
how much in other directions; and he .will find, that,. of
the gross amount of what he has received, one-half of
all' he takes from the market is paid to the landlord for
rent.— (Uproar.) When I was in Scotland I' had
some conversation with a body • of. intelligent' East
Lothian farmers, who made a calculation there to-
gether; and they came to a conclusion that every
quarter of wheat they took to market they paid to the'
landlord 225. 7d. rent upon it.—(Hear, applause, and
hooting.) Now, I do not say that the landlords are not
entitled to all the rent they can get; but they have no
right to put on a corn-law to raise their rents, and then
tell us that the farmers get all the, benefit of it.. Now,
this gentleman tells us that the agricultural interest is a
much richer and more powerful interest than the manu-
facturing interest—that they have hundreds of millions
of Capital more than us, and that we are a comparatively
small and insignificant interest.' Is it .not,• then, very
unreasonable that this mighty giant should come end ask
protection at the hands of this little diminutive dwarf?--
(Laughter and cheers.) But if we are really so small and
insignificant an interest as this gentleman says, who made
us so? Why is it that our trade is not greater? Why is it
that our foreign trade is not larger? We come to complain
that it is. not large, and we tell you the reason; and then
our Opponents, who are chargeable with having made us
so stunted-in growth and so insignificant- in size, turn
round upon us, and say—" Get away, you insignificant
pigmy !you have. no right' to complain : see what a
mighty giant I am."—(Laughter and applause.) Well,
' then, one thing more let me remark upon. The gentles
. men on the other side propose to give equal protection
I , to all. Now, ask these gentlemen how they propose
to give protection to the labourer for his wages ?

(Hear and cheers.) The labourer is told that he is to
suffer a reduction of wages if we bring corn from
abroad. The labourers are told, " You will have to
work for the same miserable wages as the Polish or
Russian peasant, and to eat black bread." They might
as well ti.ll you that if you are to bring rice from
Africa, you are certain to grow black and to have curly
hair.—(Loud laughter.) If we proposed to bring in
Russian or Polish peasants or operatives, to compete
with our labourers at home, there might be some show
of reason for what they say; but there is a free trade in
labourers; there is no prohibition of labourers; but we
propose to have free trade, which means more trade in
corn, sugar, coffee, and all the other comforts and nth
eessaries of life which the working classes require; and,
havino- this free trade, there will be more employment
nr labour, for two masters will be seeking one man, in-
stead of two men seeking one master—(Applause)—
and, consequently, there will be a rise in wages, and the
working man Hill get the comforts of life at a lower
price, and at the same time will get higher wages
for his labour.—(Cheers.) I see a great many
farmers here—l suppOse your landlords will have
no objection to my speaking to you here;
for it is rather difficult to get at you; and
now I want to let the cat out of the bag. The farm-
ers are told that this corn-law is_ passed • for their
benefit and they are tOIJ to support the corn-law, be-
Cause it maintains their interests. But how do these
corn-laws benefit you farmers ? If we raise the price of
corn by Act of Parliament, do the corn-laws give the
farmer the benefit of all this increase of price ?—(Tory
uproar.) Gentlemen, there is now only about half a
dOz2n of them.—(Cheers.) This is a part of my story
which the gentlemen on the other side will not let me
tell if they can help it ; for they do not like me to put
common sense into the heads of the farmers. Gentle-
men, if we in Parliament raise the price of corn, we land-
lords raise our rents in proportion. I suppose you find
it so.—(" Yes, yes,") Supposing a lot of men owning
cottages in a back street here, pass a law to raise
the rents to the same amount as those of houses
in the front street, how long do you think that
would last ? Why, only till the next quarter day,
and then the tenants would leave, or those landlords of
houses in the front street would raise their rents also. I
lately met with a farmer who said, " I really don't know
what to do. Some years ago my brother and I com-
menced business. My brother went into the business of
candle-making ; he began with the same capital as I did
in farming, but he has made three times as much as he
had when he begun, and I have lost half of what I had."
—(hear, hear.) Gentlemen, the corn-laws cause a con-
stant fluctuation in prices, making the price go up to 735.
and down to 395. ; but, gentlemen, your rent is fixed at
high prices, and then it is to be paid when prices are low,
and the consequence is that the farmer is always on the
books of his landlord. A fter some further remarks,he added
Recollect that next Monday is the poll ; look after your
votes ; you have had enough of blue and red ; now try
the sound principles of common sense and honesty.
'rake into your consideration the importance of this
question to this district ; consider what a blow you may
strike by carrying the free trade candidate. The very
first steamer will carry the intelligence to America, and
the Americans will say, " We thought the English were
not in favour of free trade ; but they have tried it
in London and won there, and now they have planted
the same standard in the manufacturing districts ; and
we will go on and reciprocate with them, and join them,
hand to - hand, in carrying out the principles of free
trade.—(Great cheering.)

TILE QUEEN'S BIRTH DAT.—Yesterday her Ma-
jesty entered upon her 2Gth year. On that day, Edward
the Black Prince, the victor at Poictiers, conducted his
captive, John, the French King, through the city of
London, in triumph to Westminster Hall, where the
Prince's father received them seated on his throne, sur.
rounded by his Prelates and Barons, in 1357. On that
day Sir Robert Gresham endowed the Royal Exchange,
in London, in the year 1574. The occasion was cele-
brated in Leeds by a review, on Woodhouse Moor, of
the military stationed in the town. The day was the
most beautifully fine we have witnessed since the com-
mencement of 184-I.—Leeds Mercury of Saturday.
CONFUSION OF POLITICAL PARTIES.—One of the
most remarkable features of the present time is the ex-
traordinary confusion which prevails among all the po-
litical parties of the day. There is, in fact, not a single
well-defined, self-dependent, distinctly-marked political
party in existence ! Look at Toryism, for instance.
It hovers on the confines of democracy, if not
" something more." Lord Ashley, the constitutional
Tory, is supported in Parliament by Mr. Thomas Dun-
eombe, the Chartist Parliamentary leader ; and Dr.
Hook, an apostle of the new school of High Churchisrn,
plays second fiddle, at public meetings, to Mr. Joshua
Hobson, an ardent disciple of the " New Moral World"
doctrines of Robert Owen. The confusion and break-
up of political parties were most apparent during the
late debate on the Ten Hours' Bill. The Tory
Ministry were opposed by a combination of
Whigs and Tories ; and supported by a combination of
" Radicals" and Free-traders. Lord John Russell, Lord
Howick, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Macaulay, and all the
lights of the late Whig Cabinet, were found on the side
of the " Constitutional Conservatives," led by Lord Ash-
ley, while Messrs. Hanle, Roebuck, Gisborne, Bright,
Gibson, Phillips, and Villiers, were found voting and
speaking in defence of the Ministry I Not only is " Con-
servatism" at a discount in England ; but all other poli-
tical creeds are also greatly shorn of their votaries of
late years. Whiggery is extinct ; no one cares for it
now ; indeed it is difficult to say what it is. Radicalism
is also broken up, and its ranks are in a state of almost
inextricable confusion. The Chartists have long ago driven
their best men from their councils ; and have since
transferred their worship to such men as Mr. Oastler
and Busfield Ferrand. The Complete Suffrage move-
ment is also arrested, and, at the present moment, we
cannot exactly say whether it is in existence or not.
All parties are broken up ; all parties are weak ; and
Sir Robert Peel retains office chiefly because there is no-
body else to take it.'-Leeds Times.
FILTRATION.—It appears that Mr. Stuckey, the
inventor of the economical plan for filtering vast bodies of
water, is now in Paris, to exhibit his filters in operation on
the „Seine, induced by a note which has been received from
the Secretary of the Cabinet of the King. It would be sin-
gular were this valuable invention to be adopted by the
French Government or Louis Philippe, before the Committee
on the health of large towns made their report regarding it,
and other remedies for this country.
COURT-MARTIAL.—STRIKING A DRUM-MAJOR.—
On Saturday last her Most Gracious Majesty's approval
of the sentence of seven years' transportation against
Thomas Hopkins, late a drummer in the Coldstream
Guards, was received by the authorities belonging to
that regiment. It appears that the prisoner, a few days
ago, whilst on parade at the barracks in Portman-street,
deliberately stepped out of his rank, and struck Serjeant
and Drum-major Caldwell, a violent blow under his left
jaw. On trial the fact was not denied, but a plea in exte-
nuation of punishment was set up, that of intoxication. A
court-martial was consequently held, and everything in
favour of the prisoner's former character was considered,
but it was deemed necessary on the part of the military
authorities to make an example in this case. The pri-
soner had been in the regiment for several years.
We are informed by a correspondent that Mr.
Roberts, solicitor, of Spring-gardens, has received in-
structions from several persons whose houses were forci-
bly entered by the police, when the late capture of per-
sons employed in gaming was made, to commence ac-
tions for trespass against the magistrates who granted
warrants, and also against the Police Commissioners by
whom they were enforced. The houses in question were
entered under the impression that gambling was carried
on in them, but nothing was seen or discovered to justify
the suspicion. The late Sir Richard Birnie had to pay
8001. for the settlement of a like action.—Observer.

TILE LONDON LI/3KAEIT.—The third annual general
meeting of the subscribers to the London Library (of
which his Royal Highness Prince Albert is patron),
took place on Saturday, at 49, Pall. mall. There were
a great number of distinguished personages present,
amongst whom was the Right Hon. the Earl of Claren-
don, who was unanimously called to the chair. The
Noble Chairman having, in a neat speech, opened the
business of the meeting, called upon the Secretary to
read the report. It commenced by stating that the
Committee felt great pleasure in reporting the satisfac-
tory progress of the library during the past year, there
being an increase in the income, as compared with
the preceding year, of 250/. There had been eighty-
six new members elected within the last year, being an
increase of fourteen on the number who joined at the pre-
vious year. Fifteen new subscribers had been added since
the Ist of May. The circulation of books during the
year had been 12,696 vols. The finances from May,
1843, to April were as follows .—Annual subscriptions,
life subscriptions, foreign members' entrance, small pay-
ments by subscribers, with sale •of catalogues, &e.,
amounted in the whole to 2,078/. 15s. 10d., which in-
cluded a balance in hand, April 30, 1843, of 2301.25. 3id.
The expenditure, in the shape of rent, salaries, sta-
tionery, purchase of books, printing, advertising, &?..
reached 1,7861. 6s. Bd. ; thereby leaving a balance
in
hand of 2821. 9s. 2d. A series of resolutions on behalf
of the objeets of the London Library having been pro-
posed, seconded, and carried nun. con., including one to
the Noble Chairman for his able conduct in the chair, the
assembly broke up.
—This
WANT OF PUBLIC WALKS IN MANCIIESTER .
great city of 300,000 souls—of incomparable importance
—of untold wealth—does not boast of a single yard of
park ground upon which the foot of the poor may, of
right, be planted—does not possess a single tree or bush,
set apart to refresh the gaze, and revive the heart, of
the weary prisoner of the town ! Hardly a village on
the continent is destitute of a piece of ground, bordered
by avenues of stately trees, adorned with flower beds,
and abounding with shady resting places—the pro-
perty of the community. Here, on fine summer even-
ings, the whole population—the rich and the poor—the
master and the workman, each attended by his family
—the grey-headed grandfather and the prattling child,
may be seen in delightful company ; a pleasant contrast
to the opposite want of sociality and common sense at
home I In France, these public resorts have greatly im-
proved the dress and demeanour of the poorer classes,
and have led to the extension, to the very lowest grades
of society, of that admirable politeness, peculiarly
French. Rouen, the Manchester of France, is, in spring
and summer, green with foliage; trees line its streets,
and shade its courts ; and its principal thoroughfare
possesses two rows of noble elms, limes, and chesnuts,
worthy of the royal parks. With us this shade and
verdure are forbidden by the smoke; but surely we can
plant and water beyond the influence of tall chimneys.--
A Plea for Public Walks, &c.
There is an old prophecy, remembered by those
who still believe in the powers of " grammery," to the
effect—that " when a bull shall toll Lanercost bell, and
a hare bring forth on Naworth's hearth-stone, Lanercost
shall fall, and Naworth be burned down." A bull, they
say, did toll the bell, and a hare has brought forth on
Naworth hearth-stone: and the prophecy, they insist,
has now been fulfilled-‘-for Lanercost is a ruin, and Na-
worth Castle has been destroyed by fire.---Carlisle
Journal.