The Sun.
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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING: JUNE 10, 1844.

LITERATURE.
NORTH BRITISH REVIEW.7—No. I.
Kennedy, Edinburgh, 1844.

This is the first number of a new quarterly pe-
riodical which bids fair—provided it be continued
with the same care and spirit with which it has com-
menced—to obtain no inconsiderable share of public
favour. The articles have, in the first place, the merit
of being seleeted. with judgment, and secondly, they
are ably canvassed, and are j ust of a fitting length.
The first is on the subject of the late Baron Cuvier, of
whom we have a minute and circumstantial memoir,
and of whose'surprising discoveries in natural history
the Reviewer speaks in terms of warm, but certainly
not unmerited, panegyric. " Cuvier's genius," he
observes, "was confined to our own globe, but it
ranged through periods of unlimited duration ; it
grasped in its syllogisms the ruins and regeneration
of successive. worlds ; and it exhibited in their re-
mains the waving forests of our primeval earth, the
huge reptiles that took shelter in its caves, and the
gigantic monsters that trod uncontrolled its plains."
The "Highlands of Ethiopia" is an impartial and
careful notice of Major Harris's recently-published
work on this subject, whose chief defect, as is justly
remarked, is its " want of precise information." It
has many spirited, and some few brilliant chapters,
but a 3 a whole its information is not well digested.
In the article headed "Tracts on the Corn Trade"—
a subject, by the bye, which is handled with singular.
moderation—we are told, and told rightly, that the
holders of capital, and more- especially of
.capital
vested in the preparation of export manufactures, feel
that they have an immediate and direct interest in the
abolition of the corn-laws.. "Memoirs of Mrs. Grant
of Laggan" is a good-natured gossipping account of
an authoress whose reputation once stood higher than
it is ever likely to stand again: Mrs. Grant' was a
skilful graphic writer, who excelled in the descriptive,
but none of her works—not even her well-known
" Letters from the Mountains"—have the elements of
perpetuity. - They were read—admired—and are for-
gotten. We quote from the " Contributions of Lord
Jeffrey to the Edinburgh Review," which have lately
been republished in three volumes, the following just
critical estimate of this eminent periodical critic and
essayist :
" The most natural comparison, as we have said before,
to which every one is prompted to subject these volumt-7,,
is to the writings of Sydney Smith and Macaulay : an-I
on a first or superficial impression, the comparison is not
in their favour. The quaint wit of Sydney Smith, and
Macaulay's stately rolling periods, and glittering images,
beguile the time more quickly. and rivet the attention
closer. Those who exp .cted to find Jeffrey's essays of
a similar stamp, have probably read or tried to read, tl.e
book, with a feeling of disappointment. It wants sus-
tained interest for the more indolent class of readers,
and is not a work for a lounger to skim over of a morning.
The difference arises in a great measure from causes we
have already adverted to : for these articles are truly
criticisms—intended to teach and instruct. But in other
respects they have merits of a higher order, and in a
higher degree than either of these authors. In the first
place, as pure English compositions, we think Jeffrey's
writings incomparably superior, not only to his brother
reviewers, but to most writers of his time. Sydney
Smith's style is careless, though effective. Macaulay's
is an artificial ccstume. He is alwayss in full dress,
and marches perpetually to the same majestic but rather
pompous strain. We read through his three volumes
with great delight, but as we read, the everlasting
reverberation of his sentences, like a great sea wave on
a sandy beach, made our head reel at last. Jeffrey
does not drive over the ground so smoothly, but he is
infinitely better worth loitering with. His choice of
words is unbounded, and his felicity of expression, to
the most imp•3lpable shade of discrimination, almost mi-
raculous. 'Playful, lively, and full of illustration, no
subject is so dull or so dry that he cannot invest it with
interest, and none so trifling that it cannot acquire
dignity or elegance from his pencil. He can rise to the
heights of the most exalted argument, or gossip with
equal erse with Mary Montague or Pepys, and neither
his flights nor his descents seem to cost him an effort, or
to

interrupt the unencumbered flow of his thoughts.
Other writers have been more stately, more accurate,
more witty, more florid, than he ; but few have ever
combined so much facility and so much. excellence in all.
In playful satire he stands, in our opinion, without a
rival in his tune. It was his favourite and most dreaded
weapon, of which his rapid fancy, quick sense of the ri-
diculous, and his command of happy expression, rendered
him as complete a master as ever practised the art. In-
dependently-, however, of mere style, and apart from the
great variety of subject embraced by his pen, the distin-
guishing feature of his writings, and that in which he
excels his contemporary reviewers, is the deep vein of
practical thought which runs throughout them all. He
is not what would now-a-days be thought an original
thinker. He has no mysteries. He does not startle by
unexpected fancies, or by every-day thoughts arrayed in
half-intelligible language. On the contrary, lie plainly
eschews such things as offences against good taste and
nature, and handles them unmercifully when they come
under his cognizance?:

THE GREAT MOTT QUESTION; or the Mys-
tery Unravel'ed, in a Letter from TV. B. Ferrand, Esq.,
M.P., to the Right Hon. Sir James G.aham, Burt.,
.M.P., c.—ollivier, Pall-mall.
This pamphlet purports to be a justification of the
author, from the attacks made upon him by the
Home Secretary, in relatk'n to his conduct and as-
sertions about the Poor-law Commissioners, and the
reports of Mr. Mott, as to the Bolton and Keighly
unions. Its tone and temper are ala Ferrand ; and
although we think that a less violent style might
have served the purpose better, still, making allow-
ance for the cutting sarcasms which the author has
been compelled to bear, we are not surprised that he
should have used the vigorous, rather than the argu-
mentative.
It is the distinguishing privilege of the present
Government, in which it rejoices beyond any of its
predecessors, that the most angry and ferocious
attacks upon its policy shall proceed from apparent
friends. Thus Mr. Ferrand, dating from the Carlton
Club, and missives from the locadty of Downing-
street are alike hostile ; and neither party nor situa-
tion are assurances of certain support. Monopoly
has no friends in heart at the Board of Trade—and
the most eager runners down of the Whigs are not
the most sincere holders up of the Tories.
Mr. Ferrand's pamphlet is worth a perusal. As a
treat to the uninitiated, we subjoin his view of the
question between him and Sir James Graham :
" Recollect this is no affair between man and man,
between one Member and another—it is between an
honest, independent Member of Parliament on one side,
and an unscrupulous, overbearing Secretary of State
on the other. You may, it is true, still continue in
office—still continue, like a true despot, to insult,
and, if possibl-, to crush' every honest man who
ventures to raise his voice in behalf of the suffering
poor, whom you have made it the business of your office
to oppress—your expedient chief may still find it in-
expedient to part with your valuable services—but the
people of England will judge differently between us. It
was in the name of the people of England that I pro-
tested against your late unconstitutional proceedings ;
Sir, it is to the people of England that I now make my
appeal !"
" Audi alteram partem," is the motto Mr. Ferrand
has affixed to his pamphlet ; which, in this case, may
be translated, "Do not condemn Sir James Graham,
unheard."

A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF DEFAMA-
TION. By W. H. Cooke, Esq. Richards.
Mr. Cooke, who is well known as an author of
talent and judgment, has added to his reputation in
the work before us. It is a condensed, faithful, and
clear statement of the law upon which it treats, and
is a valuable book for the professional reader, or for
those to whom the law of defamation, written or oral,
may be applied. It is a work that was much needed,
and one of general utility.

We quote the following clever sketch of a con,
tested election from the second edition of " Co-
ningsby," just published
" It was the end of a sultry July day, the last ray
of sun shooting down Pall-mall sweltering with dust ;
there was a crowd round the doors of the Carlton and
the Reform Clubs, and every now and then an express
arrived with the agitating bulletin of a fresh defeat or a
new triumph. Coningsby was walking up Pall-mall.
He was going to dine at the Oxford and Cambridge
Club, the only club on whose list he had retained his
name, that he might occasionally have the pleasure of
meeting an Eton or Cambridge friend without the an-
noyance of encountering any of his former fashionable
acquaintances. He lighted in his walk on Mr. Tadpole
and Mr. Taper, both of whom he knew. The latter did
not notice him, but Mr. Tadpole more good-naturedly
bestowed on him a rough nod, not unmarked by a slight
expression of coarse pity.
" Coningsby ordered his dinner, and then took up the
evening papers. where he learnt the return of Vere and
Lyle; and read a speech of Buckhurst denouncing the
Venetian Constitution to the amazement of several thou-
sand persons apparently not a little terrified by this un-
known danger, now first introduced on their notice.
Being true Englishmen, they were all against Buck-
burst's opponent, who was of the Venetian party, and
who ended by calling out Buckhurst for his personali-
ties.
" Coningsby had dined, and was reading in the
library, when a waiter brought up a third edition of The
Sun, with electioneering bulletins from the manufactur-
ing districts to the very latest hour. Some large letters
which expressed the name of Darlford caught his eye.
There seemed great excitement in that borough; strange
proceedings had happened. The column was headed,
Extraordinary Affair Withdrawal of the Liberal
Candidate ! Two Tory Candidates in the field !I !'
" His eye glanced over an animated speech of Mr.
Millbank, bis countenance changed, his heart palpitated.
Mr. Millbank had resigned the representation of the
town, but not from weakness; his avocations demanded
his presence; he had been requested to let his son sup-
ply his place, but his son was otherwise provided for ;
he should always take a deep interest in the town and
trade of Darlford; he hoped that the link between the
borough and Hellingsley would be ever cherished—
(Loud cheering)—he wished in parting from them to
take a step which should conciliate all parties, put an
end to local heats and factious contentions, and secure
the town an able and worthy representative. For these
reasons he begged to propose to them a gentleman who
bore:a name which many of them greatly honoured; for
himself he knew the individual, and it was his firm
opinion that whether they considered his talents, his

character, or the ancient connection of his family with
the district, be could not propose a candidate more
worthy of their confidence than Harry Coningsby, Esq.
" This proposition was received with that wild enthu-
siasm'which occasionally bursts out in the most civilised
communities. The contest between /vlillbank and Rigby
was equally balanced, neither party was over 'confident.
The Couservaties were not particularly zealous in behalf
of their champion; there was no,Marquess of Monmouth
and no. Ccningsby Castle now to back him; he was
lighting on ;his own resources; and he was a beaten
horse. The Liberals did not like the prospect of a de-
feat and dreaded the mortification of Rigby's triumph.
The moderate man who thought more of local than poli-
tical circumstances liked the name of Coningsby. Mr.
Milibank had dexterously prepared his leading sup-
porters fur the substitution. Some traits of the charac-
ter and conduct of Coningsby bad been cleverly circa,.
lated. Thus there 'was a combination of many favour-
able causes in his favour. In half an hour's time his
image was stamped on the brain of every inhabitant of the
borough as an interesting and accomplished youth, who
had been wronged and who deserved to be rewarded.
It was whispered that Rigby was his enemy. Bully
Black and his•mob offered Mr. Millbank's Committee to
throw Mr. Rigby into the river; or to burn down his
hotel, in case he was prudent enough not to show. Mr.
Rigby determined to fight to the last. All his hopes
were now staked on the successful result of this contest.
It was impossible if he were returned that his friends
could refuse him high office. The whole'of Lord Mon-
mouth's reduced legacy was devoted to this end. The
third edition of The Sun left Mr. Rigby in vain attempt-
ing to address an infuriated populace."

A Return of the Number
tinguishing Steam &or
ferred in the Year :
Wrecked.—Similar Re!

IPPING.

of Vessels, with their Tonnage (di-
al Sailing Vessels), Sold and Trans-
1843.—Similar Return of Vessels
turn of Vessels Broken up.

Number
of
Vessels.
Sailing Vessels 1,914
Steam Vessels SO
Sailing Vessels 685
Steam Vessels 12
Sailing Vessels 78
Steam 'Vessels 3

iTonnage.

Vessels Sold and-Trans-
ferred
Vessels Wrecked

275,277
11,102
120,193
3,508
8,830
201

Vessels Broken up

Statement of the Gross
Registered on the 31st
1843.

Number and Tonnage of
day of December, 1841, 1

,f Vessels
1842, aed

Vessels Registered in the
United Kingdom.

On the 31st of December, 1841...
Ditto 1842...
Ditto 1843...

Vessels.
Number of I Tonnage.

22,747
23,207
23,152

I 2,886,626
12,990,849
2,957,437

JOHN COVEY, Registrar-General of Shipping.
Custom-House, London, May 25, 1844.

LUNACY.

An Account of all Moneys received for Licenses, and of all
Moneys received and paid c ut of the Consolidated Fund, by
the Clerk and Treasurer of the Metropolitan Commissioners
in Lunacy, from Ist August, 1842, to Ist August, 1843,
specifying the several Heads of Expenditure, as required
by Acts of 2 and 3 Will. I V., c. 107, and 5 and 6 Vict.,
c. 87 .
Oct. 17, 1842.—T0 Cash received by order from
the Treasury, for balances due 6th July and
24th August
Jan. 17, 1843.—T0 Cash received by order from
the Treasury, for balance due 2d November,
1842 ...... •• • ..... 2,663 9 0
April Bth, 1843.—T0 Cash received by order
from the Treasury. for balance due Ist Feb... 1,067 8 0
July Bth, 1843.—T0 Cash received by order from
the Treasury, for balance due 3d May .... 2,051 15 0
To Cash received for Licenses
Balance due to Commission on this year's
Account 1,973 12 0

£9,498 12 6

August 1, 1842, to August Ist, 1843.
By Balance due to Commissidn, as per Account
rendered to the Lords of the Treasury......... X 578 14 6
By clerk and treasurer, one year's 5a1ary......... 400 0 0
By assistant clerk, three-quarters of a year's _ _

60 0 0
By arleanryt of office
By hire of carriage and horses, one year ......... 141 310
By petty disbursements, one year 193 16 4
By stamps for licenses 2O 0 0
By duty on carriage and horses l3 2 10
By fees to Attorney and Solicitor-General, re
Haverfordwest Asylum
By fees to Legal and Medical Commissioners,
Metropolitan District ..
By fees and travelling expenses by Legal and
Medical Commissioners through England and

15 14 0

Wa1e5........

(Signed)

£9,498 12 6

ASHLEY,
J. R. GOWER,
FRANCIS BARLOW,
BISSET HAWKINS,
J. R. HUME,
J. BRIGHT,
B. W. PROCTOR.

ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAYS.
INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, JUNE 4.
The applicability of the propulsion of railway carriages by
the pressure of the atmosphere upon a piston travelling within
an exhausted main, or line of pipes, has occupied a portion
of three evening meetings of the Society, and although much
time has been devoted to the discussion, it cannot be said that
any positive conclusion has been arrived at. Indeed, when it
is considered that the system has only been tied upon a line
in its locality, in its steep gradients, in the engine having only
to exert power in drawing the carriages in one direction, and
their descending by their own gravity, and in the trains
being only required to run a distance of a mile and three-
quarters from end to end of the line,without stopping at any
intermediate station, it may be argued, that although, as is
evident from the testimony of the several speakers, extraor-
dinary results have been obtained, it is scarcely possible to
infer what the results would be on lines with gradients in both
directions, with a great number of heavy trains at short
intervals, and under all the various circumstances of ordinary
railway traffic. It appeared, however, to be the general
opinion that the present system of atmospheric propulsion, as
employed on the Kingstown and Dalkey Railway, although
susceptible of much improvement, was in a more advanced
state than the system of traction by locomotive engines at
corresponding periods from the date of the introduction of the
several systems upon railways.
Messrs. CLEGG and SAINIUDA, the improvers and executors
of the'present atmospheric system, detailed the progress of
the improvements, and in answer to questions from the
members, reiterated the information which has been
already published in the various reports of the examinations
before the Committee of the House of Commons on the Ep-
som Railway Bill, and which it is useless now to repeat.
The various previous plans of Medhurst, Valiance, and
Pinkuss for somewhat similar systems were explained, and
it was shown that the system had been taken up by Clegg
and Sainuda Where the former speculators had abandoned
it, and, as usual in such cases, the practical improver had
been more successful than the inventors. The principal im-
provement was shown to be in the continuous valve, and the
mode of closing it by a. mixture of tallow and bees'-wax,
which, under all variations of temperature and seasons, re-
mained unchanged, and enabled a good vacuum to be formed.
Many other improvements in the mechanical details were also
described at length.
B. GIBBON, as engineer of the line, stated his satis-
faction with the manner in which it worked. 35 trains per
day had at times been conveyed Without danger, and with
great regularity ; the train was enabled to be started one
minute after the engine commenced working to form a
vacuum.
Mr. SAMIMA detailed the progressive trials of the system
at Wormwood Scrubs .during, two years and a half, until it
was laid down at Dalkey, where a load of 50 tons had been
propelled up gradients averaging 1 in 115, and a maximum
velocity of nearly 50 miles per hour had been obtained, with
an engine which was stated to be 109-horse power, using as
a divisor 66,0001b5. raised one foot high in a minute. This
deviation from the ordinary calculation of Bolton and Watt,
who used 33,0001b5., was justified on the plea, that steam-en-
gines were now made in such a superior manner, that their
effective power nearly doubled their nominal power, and that
the usual acceptation of the term "horse power" was no longer
to be relied upon.
This position was combated by several members, who ar-
gued that the commercial question should not be mixed up
with the scientific inquiry; and that for the latter purpose,
the accepted divisor of 33,0001b5., as fated by Bolton and Watt
fbr the horse power, should have been used, when the power
exerted would have appeared nearly double what had been
quoted, and materially affect the question of the cost of first
laying down a railway and the expense of its subsequent
working. In considering the comparative questions of trac-
tion by locomotive engines, by fixed engines with ropes, and
propulsion by the atmosphere, it was argued that in the two
former cases the weight of the moving power must be carried
along the rails at a corresponding cost and loss of power, added
to which was the loss resulting from the slip of the driving
wheels in the one case, and the friction of the rope against
the pullies• in the other case; the destruction to the rails
resulting from the beat of the driving wheels being put out
of the question. Against this it was argued, that with the
atmospheric system the whole power of the engine must be
used, whether for heavy or light trains; that a power capable
of pumping out the leakage, stated at ten-horse power per
mile, must be always provided, although it was only exerted
for a part otl•the length of each section; and that the real
power employed at Dalkey, if calculated by the usual stan-
dard of Bolton and Watt, was shown by indicator diagrams
to be nearly double what had been stated, and that conse-
quently a greater outlay for power was required than was
imagined: The additional securitiy in traversing the
rapid curves of the railway. at high speed appeared to
be admitted. A curious circumstance was mentioned
which deserved more attention—it was, that the tempe-
rature of the air on leaving the exhausting air pump
was increased to upwards of two hundred de-
grees; and that there was a certain absorption of power
consequent upon this increase of temperature. Our limits
will not permit the whole even of the heads of the discus-
sion to be detailed, and although muchtime has been de-
voted to it, the question was not filly examined, nor were
all the necessary data clearly stated, so that for all practical
purposes, we shall only arrive at the comparative value of
the new system after it has been applied to such a line as
the Epsom, where, under the scrutinising care of Mr. Cubitt,
the engineer of the line, there is no doubt of its merits being
fairly tested ; meantime the question remains open, and, as
before, to be discussed as the interest or prejudices of parties
may dictate.

BREAKWATER LIGELTLIOUSE.—On Saturday even-
ing last, the lighthouse, which has been raised on the
western end of the Plymouth Breakwater, was for the
first time illuminated. The light of the edifice is of a
red colour towards the sea, and of a white colour within
the line of the Breakwater. The building is 63 feet
above high water mark, and has been erected at an ex-
pense of 12,0001. It is formed of granite from the Parr
Quarries near to Fowey, and contains five rooms—a
store room, an oil room, a kitchen room, a sleeping
room, and a look-out room. The centre of its base con-
tains
.a tank of water, and the outside or storm doors are
of gun metal, while the inside door is •of wood. In a
word, it is altogether fitted, for:the important purpose for
which it iz itsigael—PlYnt94o journa6

CRICKET.

IMPORTANT ALTERATION IN THE LAWS.

The Select Committee which had been appointed to
consider the expediency of " wide balls," assembled a
few days since in the pavilion at Lord's, upon whieh oc-
casion there was present. Sir John Bayley, Bart., Presi-
dent of the Marylebone Club; Sir F. Bathurst, Bart.,
the Hon. F. Ponsonby-, W. Ward, Esq.,,C. Harenc, Esq.,
C. Taylor, Esq., and H. Kynaston, Esq., the Honorary
Secretary of the Club.
Sir J. BAYLEY said he had been induced to request
the appointment of a Select Committee upon this im-
portant question—the consideration of the propriety of
.making an alteration in the laws of cricket with
respect to "wide balls," in consequence of the very
great extent which that score during the past season had
presented. On a reference to Mr. Denison's " Cricketer's
Companion for 1843," he found that, out of seventy-three
matches which his book contained, there were fourteen
wherein there was no separation made between byes
and wide balls. In the remaining fifty-nine matches,
however, it appeared, that whilst there were 90
"no balls," there was a score of 1,240 " wide
balls." The evil of these "wide balls," it
would seem, had of late years been on the increase,
until at last it had arrived at such an extent as
was altogether derogatory to the character of the game.
The vast number of wide balls " which had lately been,
scored had, in his opinion, greatly altered the main fea-
tures of cricket, and had gone to such an extent as to
make it incumbent on the Committee to adopt some
step, by au alteration of the rules, with a view to the
abolition of the evil. The evil was the reckless and
wild system of bowling which had sprung up—a style of
bowling, of which the object would appear to be an at-
tempt at violence of pace without any endeavour to bowl
at the wicket. From this fact accrued the immense
number of " wide balls." Now, it appeared to him that
aremcdy might be most easily provided-for this evil, if the
rule applicable to " wide bat's,, and that governing " no
ball," were to be assimilated. If that were done, then
the batsman would be able to score to " wide balls" as
many runs as he could obtain. If the Committee were
to agree to this proposition, he was satisfied in his own
mind that a very different state of things would ensue.
The complaint had no reference to the bowlers attached
to Lord's, but to the now almost numberless clubs which
were to be met with- in all parts of the kingdom. The
object in view was to regulate the bowling ; and if that
were done, much would be accomplished towards effect-
ing an improvement in the game.
The Honourable F. PONSONBY thought it would
be advisable to ask the opinion of the umpires on the
subject.

Sir J. BAYLEY said there could, of course, not be any
objection to do so ; but he apprehended that the oppor-
tunities their umpires had of forming an opinion in the
matter must necessarily be limited, from the fact of their
standing usually in the first class matches only, and at
Lord's, where the reckless and wild bowling was seldom
to be seen. He considered that Mr. Denison, who was
not only present at all the matchei at Lord's, but played
in and visited a large number of other matches in all
parts of the country, would be in a condition to supply
the Committee with probably the best information on
the point.
Mr. DENISON then entered into a detail of the results
of his experience, and went on to say that whilst the
evil did not exist wi►h any of the bowlers at Lord's, or
with those who generally bowled in the first-class
matches, yet that in various parts, he might indeed say
in all, and also in most of the clubs in the vicinity of the
metropolis, the bowling for pace rather than for steadi-
ness of delivery and a: the wicket, had become unfortu-
nately very general. Hence the immense number of
" wide balls." The only means he at present saw of cor-
recting this system of wild bawling was by visiting the
same penalty upon a " wide ball" as was awarded to a
"no ball." He was quite satisfied that as soon as it
were made known that such a consequence would follow
a " wide ball," the bowling would become more steady,
and that the reckless delivery would bo gradually plan-
dened.

Mr. J. H. DARK, the proprietor of Lord's ground, was
then called in, when, in reply to the questions of the
Committee, he said that, in his opinion, there was no
alteration in the rules required. His experience, of late
years, had been chiefly confined to the matches on his
own ground, and to the " returns" of the great matches.
He thought it would be too severe a penalty on the
bowler to allow the hitter to run for a " wide ball," be-
cause there were many reasons, sometimes, why the
"wide ball" could not be avoided. It might be wet
weather, or the preceding bowler might have worked a
large hole near the crease, either of which causes might
make him give a " wide ball," without any intention to
do wrong. In his opinion, the present law inflicted its
own and a sufficient punishment on the bowler. Some
years ago Mr. Mynn was in the habit of bowling very
wile, but he was now as straight as any bowler of the
day. Any alteration which should have the effect of
causing the bowling to be more generally straight,
would, without doubt, render the duties of the long stop
much easier. Mr. Dark having retired,

After some further conversation,
Sir J. BAYLEY mored a resolution, to the effect that
the Committee, upon the statements they had heard that
day, considered it necessary that an alteration should be
made in the rules, by assimilating the rule for " wide
balls" with that for' no balls."
The Hon. F. PONSONBY seconded the resolution.
The 14th law was then altered, so as to place the " no
balls" and the " wide balls" on the same footing ; and,
on being put to the Committee, was carried unani-
mously.
The 13th law was then expunged.
Sir- .--I3ATLEy then said that the alterations which
the Committce had made in the laws of the game were of
suchsimportance, that they ought to be in the possession
of every club throughout the kingdom. It was, therefore,
highly desirable that the laws, as amended, should be
reprinted. He would, consequently, move a resolution,
to the effect that the laws, as altered and revised, be
printed by Mr. Denison, in the second edition of his
" Cricketer's Companion," by the authority of the Mary-
lebone Club.
Mr. KYNASTON seconded the proposition, which was
thereupon unanimously carried.
The Committee separated, after a discussion and
consideration of the question of nearly three hours' du-
ration.

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE AT SEA.—A very sin- 1
gular circumstance has been communicated to us by
Captain Vickers, of the tchooner Henry Curwen, of this
port, deserving of the notice of scientific individuals.
On the 7th of May last, in lat. 44 North, and lon. 32 35,
about four o'clock in the morning, it was discovered
that all the watches on board, and the chronometer, had
stopped ; and, on referring to the compasses, of which
there were three on board, they pointed to different
parts, and were for a time useless. In about two hours
afterwards the watches and chronometer recommenced
going, and the compasses became again as before.—
Liverpool Paper.
TEIE REVIEW IN WINDSOR PARK.—Very much
surprise was expressed by all who are in the habit of
attending reviews, that the Horse, or Flying, Artillery
formed no conspicuous part, as they are wont to do,
of the military spectacle on Wednesday last. Their
brilliant accoutrements, the excellence of their horses,
and the wonderful skill and celerity with which their
evolutions are accomplished, have always made the
Horse Artillery rather a " show" corps for foreign dig-
nitaries, and theirpresence was sadly missed when an op-
portunity of display was offered before so competent and
critical a judge as the Emperor Nicholas. The following
story has been sent us by a correspondent to
account for 'their absence The Horse Ar-
tillery were to have fired a salute immediately
on her Majesty taking up her position on
the ground, but a malapropos alacrity induced them to
commence disposing of their powder while the horses of
the Royal carriages were still attached, and before her
Majesty was well clear of the line. The noise of the
firing frightened the horses of the Royal carriage as
well as other horses, and some little confusion occurred,
which was calculated at least to annoy, if it could not
alarm her Majesty. The Duke of Wellington, chagrined,
sent off in his summary way an aide-de-camp to the
over-loyal but delinquent creators of the mischief. The
result of his message was only to be gathered from the
fact, that these Horse Artillery were no more heard of
during the review—they beceme literally flying artillery,
and continued so."—Evening paper.

THE LORD CHIEF BARON OF THE COURT OF
EXCHEQUER.—The Lord Chief Baron dined for the first time
since his elevation to the Bench at the Middle Temple, on
Thursday last, which in legal phraseology, is called the
" grand -day" of Hilary Term. On these occasions the
Judges of the Courts dine at the Inns of Court by which
they had respectively been called to the bar. Among the
Judges present on Thursday, in addition to the Chief Baron
of the Exchequer, were Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Justice
Coleridge. Lord Kenyon was also there. The Lord Chief
Baron wore his official costume, and was loudly cheered by a
crowded hall. His Lordship repeatedly acknowledged the
compliment.

CONINGSBY.—Since the days of Scott and Byron
there has been no instance of so much interest having
been excited by any literary production as in the case of
Mr. D'lsraeli's " Coningsby. ' The Literary Gazette
observes—" This work possesses many of the elements
calculapd to excite public attention, and is accordingly
destined for extensive popularity. It is bitterly personal,
satirical, political, and is, besides, the manifesto of
Young England. It treats of aristocrats lately dead, or
still living, of Ministers and Opposition, of Members of
Parliament of all opinions, of cotton-lords, of demireps
and others belonging to the world of fashion. Among
the leading personages (there is hardly a veil thrown
over tbem) we must at once recognise the late Marquis
of Hertford (Lord Monmouth), the amiable Duke of
Rutland (Beaumanoir), Lord J. Manners (Henry Sid-
ney), Lord Lonsdale (Eskda,le), Theodore Hook (Lucian
Gay), and others well known by their connexions with
these, and by the cast of their parts in this drama. With
wonderful impartiality, we have Tory, Conservative,
Whig, and Radical shown up to the utmcst of the au-
thor's talent."
•

ANTIDOTE FOR THE BITE or ADDERS.—A respect-
able and experienced farmer, who has been accustomed
from his youth to keep sheep on warm soils at this time
of year, was in the constant habit of losing valuable sheep-
dogs, by' their being bitten by adders, till he heard of the
followicg remedy, which he afterwards used with unfailing
efficacy. When a person or dog is bitten, let the part be
fomented for four hours with a fomentation compDsed of '
ash leaves and keys (or if in early spring, with ash bark),
which have simmered over the fire in an iron pot or
saucepan. Our correspondent states that he once knew a
young girl to be bitten, and no doctor could be obtained
for somehours. The above plan was adopted, however, and
completely restored her. Ile says that so efficacious is
it in assuaging the pain, that dogs which have been
bathed with the decoction once or twice, have come
voluntarily to have the operation repeated, which seems
to prevent the swelling that generally suffocates dogs
when bitten anywhere about the neck or mouth.

TABLE of CONTENTS of "BELL'S
LIFE in LONDON," and its SUPPLEMENT,
PRESENTED GRATIS, JUNE 9, 1844.

MISCELLANEOUS.—ArrivaI of the Emperor of Russia,
and reception at the British Court—Arrival of the icing
of Saxony—Grand Review in Windsor Park, in the
presence of the British Court and its Illustrious Visitors
—Mr. O'Conrell and his Co-Traversers in Prison—The
Dukedom cf Sussex—Embarrassment of the Doke of
Saxe Coburg officially contradicted—News from India,
and China—Editorial Remarks on the visit of the Em-
peror of Russia—French Jealousy—Parliamentary
Synopsis—The Sugar Duties—Review of Literature—
Horrible Murders—Destructive Fire at Gravesend—The
Drama—Police, and a variety of interesting Foreign and
Domestic Intelligence—Life in Canada, &c.
Tiix TURF.—Ascot Heath Races—Presence of her
Majesty and her Illustrious Visitors—Engravings of her
Majesty's Vase and Hunt Cup—Alice Hawthorn and
her Declaration not to start for the Cup—Another gross
Attempt at Fraud—Fraudulent Orders to a Jockey, and
Exposure of the Guilty Party—The Bloodstone Ques-
tion decided—Every R ace graphically described—Bygone
Tricks on the Turf—An odd Substitution of Goneaway
for Maccabeus—The Running Rein and Orlando—
Questions—Proceedings in the Court of Exchequer, and
Form of Trial fixed—Notes on the Curragh Meeting,
Ireland—Entries for the St. Leger of 1844 and 1845, and
Entries for the Derby and Oaks, 1845—Munster Races,
Westphalia—Dusseldorf Races— The late Chantilly
Races, and Correspondence thereon—Racing at Gib-
raltar—Great Handicaps—Suggestions for Registering
Foals, and Identifying Race Horses, by Mr. Goodwin—
Latest Betting on Coming Events—Goodwood Cup
Weights—Manchester and other Races of the Week—
Table of
,Races to come—Sale of Hunters by Mr.
Tattersall—Turf Anecdotes and Announcements—
Trotting. &c,
THE CRICKETERS' REGISTER.—The Marylebone
Club Meeting—Alterations in the Laws of Cricket—
Matches for the Season 1844—Match between the
Marylebone (with Hillier and Lillywhite) and the Clap-
ton Club, wita the full Scores of Matches between twenty
other distinguished Clubs in various parts of the King-
dom, and results of Matches elsewhere.

AQUATIC REofsrEn.—Forthcoming Meetings of the
Royal Yacht Club—Thames Grand Regatta, full parti-
culars—llenly-on-Thames Grand Regatta —The \Mara-
cliff() Sailing Club—lnteresting Matches on the Thames
and other parts of the Kingdom—Brilliant Prospects of
the Aquatic Season—Eton Annual and Fulham Sub-
scription Regatta—A Visit to the Boat-builders, &c.
CHESS.—Four games played in America and England
by celebrated players.
ANGLING.—Episode the Eighth, by " Ephemera."—
Fly Fishing in June.
PEDESTRIANISM.—AII the Inwortant Matches con-
cluded and proposed in the Provinces—Matches fixed,
and PedeArian Sports.
PIGEON SHOOTING.—At the Red House Battersea, and
elsewhere. r . .

THE BIN-G.—Full Reports of the Fights between Mur-
ray and Hayes, and Gill (of Coventry) and Bethel], and
sundry Minor Combats—Matches in Progress—Forfeit of
Norley to Young Reid—Register of Fights to come, &c.
Wrestling—Canine Fancy—Rabbit Show—Single
Stick—Bell Ringing—Bird Fanciers—and a variety of
Popular Sports.
One hundred and twenty Advertisements, upwards of
three hundred Questions answered, and fifteen hundred
and ninety Letters received, read, and attended to.
Such a variety of intelligence n9ver before appeared in
a Weekly Journal, and fully justifies our motto—
" Nunquam Dormio."
* Belts Life, with the Supplement, will be kept on
Sale throuzbout the week.—Price Sixpence together.
Bells Life of Sunday, June 2, containing the En-
graving, of the Ascot Gold Cup, has been reprinted, and
can be had at the Office, 170, Strand.