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appeal to for justice, and then 'walked out of the
House. This ludicrous exit of the Tory Member
for Knaresborough took the House by surprise. The
discussion on his absurd charges, however, was con-
tinued. Mr. HOGG vindicated himself against an

made some apt and stinging comments last night on
the ultra-discreet conduct pursued by Lord ASHLEY
as regards the Ten Hours' Factory question. " The
Noble Lord," he observe 3, " was going to let the
Bill slip through the House, until it was about being
passed. Then, he would, as it were, take a flying
shot at it. But as it was about to pass, when he
went to discharge his second barrel at it, he would
find that the game was gone. That would be the
result of all the discussion that had taken place, and
of the decision which the House had come to, that
women and children should not work for more than ten
hours. The operatives thought that his Lordship and
the House had been trifling with their interests, and that
the whole thirig was a delusion from beginning to end."
Stung by the truth and force of these strictures, the
usually bland and gentle advocate of humanity
started up in a towering passion, remarking that he
" thought the operatives of England were quite as
fit judges of what was for their own good, as the
Hon. Member for Finsbury; and he also thought
that they had among them ten times more justice
and ten times more candour than he could pride him-
self upon." The exasperated Nobleman then went
on to read " three lines of a letter which he had re-
ceived that morning," which, he said, was written
by authority of the Short-Time Committee of Lan-
cashire, and which approved of the course he had
adopted, as being the best, under all the circumstances,
that could have been taken. It is a remarkable circum-
stance, that whenever a Member of Parliament wishes
to justify himself with the House or the country from
any charges that may have been brought against him in
his public capacity, he never fails to find a letter in
his pocket, written by competent authority, and ap-
proving of all that he has said and done. What is
more remarkable still, this exceedingly lucky and con-
venient epistle never fails to reach him on the very
morning of the day appointed for his justification.
We have observed this, not once but a hun-
dred times, and have often admired the considerate
interposition of Providence in furnishing embarrassed
Members with such epistolary Godsends as may tend
to help them out of a scrape, just at the fitting sea-
son. The late Mr. HusKlssox used to be specially
favoured in this way. Whenever he had a measure
to bring forward which he thought might subject
him to animadversion, he invariably contrived to find
a letter in his coat-pocket, penned by some able, prac-
tical individual, who had devoted his whole life to the
subject, upholding all his views, and insisting that his
measure was the very identical measure which was most
wanted at that particular crisis. Good men, it has been
said, are always special favourites of Heaven; and this
we suppose, is the reason why Lord ASHLEY, like Mr.,
HUSKISSON before him, has received, just in the nick
of time, an official letter, whose avowed object is to
absolve him-of all stains, and to show that, as respects
the Factory Bill, be has acted with the prudence
and sagacity of a SOLON. Doubtless this episto:ary
white-wash will not be without its effect on the
minds of many who have previously entertained doubts
of the absolute wisdom of his Lordship's proceedings.
But there are many, also, who will be apt to regard
it in no other light than as as an ingenious ruse, got
up for the sole purpose of helping the Noble Lord out
of a dilemma. For our own part, were he to receive
a dozen letters, instead of only one, approving of the
course he has thought fit to pursue on the Ten Hours'
measure, we should still continue to entertain pre-
cisely the same opinion that we now do, respecting
thatcourse—still continue to think it tame, impolitic,
and most shamefully acc,uiescent. Possessed, as he
'was, of the full confidence of the overtasked opera-
tives and their families—knowing, as he did, the great
interest they attached to the measure which he, of his
own accord, had brought forward in their behalf—see-
ing, as he could not fail to see, the great importance
of even the half-victory he had already gained—Lord
ASHLEY should not have yielded one inch of the vant-
age ground he had secured ; he should have clung with
bull-dog tenacity to his resolution ;he should have
fought the battle foot to foot, hand to hand; and if
finally crushed, he should have been crushed in the
attitude of dogged resistance, not of abject retreat.
But, instead of adopting this bold, energetic line of
conduct, which would have secured him the sympathy
of his friends and the respect of his enemies, he has
allowed himself to be scared by the very noise of his
own creating ; and has let slip an opportunity, which
may not occur again for years, of giving a decided
impetus to the cause of the poor factory slaves.
There is clearly nothing more to be done with the
question in Parliament. The generous impulses of
the House have given way to considerations of expe-
diency; Ministers havecarried—or are about to carry—
their point in triumph ; and so long as they remain
in power, it is vain to hope, for any remission in those
hours of excessive labour,,which are now slowly and
surely drawing hundreds of women and children to
an untimely grave. Many factory operatives are
living—vegetating rather—at this present moment
who will be rotting in a workhouse cemetery long
before the period when Lord ASHLEY makes his next
humanity 'flourish in-the House of Commons.

attack made on him by the Times, in the most success-
ful manner, and sat down amid loud cheers from all
parts of the House.
Sir JAMES GRAHAM briefly alluded to the imputa-
tions cast on himself, and left the matter to the judg-
ment of the House.
Sir ROBERT PEEL advised the House to let some
time elapse before they came to a decision, al any
decision they might come to would be regarded as a
precedent for future Parliaments. He therefore re-
commended the adjournment of the discussion.
Lord Joax RUSSELL had no objection to the ad-
journment. At the same time, he had no hesitation
in stating what was his impression, "With respect
to the course which we are called upon to pur-
sue," said he, "in regard to the Ho-
nourable and Learned Gentleman the Mem-
ber for Beverley, I think that that course does
not admit of any difficulty. The Hon. and Learned
Gentleman had read from a newspaper an extract from
a speech made by the Hon. Member for Knares-
borough. We have heard the Hon. Member for
Knaresborough state that that report is correct.
I think, therefore, with all due deference to other
Hon. Members, and more especially to you, Sir,
that if the Hon. and Learned Gentleman to-
morrow put in that newspaper, and has the
passage read, that the House of Commons
then come to a resolution to the effect that
an Honourable Member of this House, mentioning,
of course, the name of Mr. FERRAND, had acknow-
ledged himself to be the author of the speech pro-
duced, and that the House is of opinion that the
charge contained in that speech against another Hon.
Member of this House, is a false and calumnious
charge.—(Cheers.) I, for one, am prepared to take
that Course.—(Loud cheers.)"
Lord STANLEY concurred in the view taken of the
question by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and then denounced
in strong terms the imputations made by Mr. FER-
RAND against some of the most Honourable Members
of the House. He did not believe that in referring
to the charge made against Sir JAMES GRAHAM or
Mr. lIoGG there was the smallest difference or shade
of difference of opinion- in the House. But more
than that, he believed the Member who made these
charges had not the slightest ground for believing
they were true. This assertion was received with loud
cheers. The SPEAKER said, there was no question
before the House ; but if the House wished to come
to any future determination on the subject, he would
recommend that the newspapers which had been ad-
mitted by the Hon. Member for Knaresborough
should be read by the clerk at the table, and then the
House should consider what further was to be done.
On this understanding, Members left the House almost
empty, and the affair will again be brought on this
afternoon. Whether Mr. FERRAND will attend is
ler question. It is altogether a very un-
oward event. It is lamentable to see
men who were the most ardent supporters of the
Government but two years ago, now their most bit-
ter enemies; and it is disgraceful to see Englishmen
denouncing the policy of Ministers, yet constantly
voting with them. If affairs go on in this way
the British Parliament will soon become as degraded
as the Spanish Cortes.
Mr. P. BORTHWICK, another staunch supporter of
the Government, appropriately closed the ludicrous
scene, by some wild motion about the convocation of
the clergy. Neither Whig nor Tory would listen
,o him, and some humane Member moved that the
[louse be counted ; and, on the SPEAKER announcing
let only twenty-seven Members were present, the
ouse adjourned at Seven o'clock.

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The power of the press, in checking abuses and
exposing misconduct, was never shown in a more
striking manner than in the case of Mr. FERRAND, in
the House of Commons, last night. But, for the
correct reports which industry and talent supply,
Mr. FERRAND might have gone on, propagating lies,
and-disseminating fasehoods—not possibly of his own
making, but certainly, of his own imagining—without
fear of being called to an account. Or, if called to
an account, without any fear of being bound down to
the very words that he uttered ; compelled to avow
the speeches he made, and abide by his own oft-re-
peated assertions ; or eat his own words, and confess
himself the speaker of that which had not the reality
of truth.

_
The columns of the press bore witness to
the dicta of Mr. F E n RAN D—he could not
flinch from them ; but he did flinch from
vindicating them, and he slunk, abashed and
ashamed, out of the House of Commons, where his
presence was no longer wanted, and where it will
require strong nerve if he be again seen. But for the
public press of Great Britain, Mr. FERRAND might
have gone on for years in the course he had adopted;
and now by the circulation through every portion of
the British empire of the exposure of his tricks, a
lesson will be read to every man, not to depart from
the strict line of rectitude, nor, for mere party pur-
poses, to deviate into the track of calumny and abuse•

Accounts from Madrid of the 15th inst. state that
preparations were in progress at Cadiz for the in-
vasion of Morocco, to avenge the death of a foreigner-
who acted at that place as Spanish Consul. The
Castellano states that some Spanish commercial
houses propose to effect a loan for the Government on
more advantageous terms than those hitherto offered,
but that the Minister of Finance is inclined to put it
up for public competition. It is also said he has re-
ceived proposals from certain foreign capitalists for
carrying his object into effect. We believe there is
not a word of truth in this statement. Foreign capi-
talists know Spanish honour too well to trust their
money to a Government which is not sanctioned by
the Constitution, and every act of which would be
disowned by the Cortes as soon as they were at liberty
to act. The Cortes would act precisely as FER-
DINAND did, and refuse to acknowledge any loan
made by BRAVO, NARvAEZ, and Co.
The Three per Cents. were done at 361 for cash,
and 374- at 60 days, and the Five per Cents. at 23i-
at 60 days.

How are the mighty fallen ! Alas, that a reformed
House of Commons should only be a bear-garden on

a large scale, and that senators should show such
plentiful lack of wisdom, as some of them now
exhibit. The shade of GEORGE CANNING looks from
Palace-yard in disgust upon the proceedings of an
assembly which, if something be not done to purify
it, will become a mere receptacle for spirits that can
exist in no other atmosphere, and whose effervescence
can .rind no other place for exhibition. Well may
the rhymer exclaim—
" Of old, when Pitt and Fox harangued, the herd
Looked on, and voted, but ne'er spoke a word.
Now, every whipster on some theme debates."
And dilate as they may, speak as they choose,
argufy if they can, but none of them ever did, none
of them can, equal the trash which has been talked in
that House, by men such as FERRAND, since the
year 1840.

In the French Chamber of Deputies, on Saturday,
a lengthened discussion took place on numerous pe-
titions from certain Protestants in the South of
France, in which they state, that in some districts the
congregations are so small, that they have not the
means to build churches, and therefore pray such an
alteration of the- 29th artiAe of the Penal Code as
would enable them to hold meetings in private houses.
It appeared from the speeeches of the Members that
the Government could grant a license for such a pur-
pose ; but as that was occasionally refused, from per-
sonal caprice, or some other cause, the parties
claimed the interference of the Legislature in
order that the law might be definitively settled.
M. D. lIAUSSEVILLE, in presenting the petiticns,
moved " that they be referred to the Minister of
Justice and Public Worship." M. Duna.; moved
the Order of the Day—in other words the rejection
of the petitions, when two divisions took place, but
the President could not decide which party had the
majority. A ballot was taken, when the amendment
of M. DUPIN was rejected by a majority of 18.
M. MARTIN (du Nord), the Minister of Public
Worship, promised to give the subject his beet at-
tention.

- Did ever man listen to such effusions as those
which benches, crowded with Tories, listened to and
applauded, when first this chosen tool of Toryism
opened upon that side of the House of Commons to
put down Mr. CoBDEN and the free-traders ? Did
any one ever hear such yells of delight, such frantic
bursts of joy, as hailed each coarse, each vulgar
attack upon every assailant of monopoly ? And was
there ever a man, whose most ferocious speeches were
greeted with such approbation as the Tory host
bestowed upon Mr. FBRRAND in the first ses-
sion of this present Parliament ? He—the anni-

hilator that was to be, of the Anti-Corn-law
League—the destroyer of all free traders—the
model, par excellence, of debaters ; and, shame be
it spoken, the approved of Conservative statesmen !
The petted of the Treasury Bench—the guest of the
Premier—the idol of the Tory mob—the adored of
the leading journal of Europe, as the great regene-
rator of our institutions, the reformer of the poor-
laws, and the corrector of all domestic abuses. Such,
if we might believe our eyes and ears, was Mr. FER-
RAND. This is what he was. Three years have passed
—look at the report of the proceedings in the house
of Commons last night, and see what he is.
And yet Mr. FERRAND has not changed. lie re-
mains what he always was and always will be, a man
of low mind, and of coarse feelings. The electors of
Knaresborough sought to read a lesson to the House
of Commons when they sent him, and they have done
it. Toryism sought to use the tool sent to the House
for its own party purpose, and Toryism has done it.
Mr. FERRAND did not see the purpose for which he
was sent; he mistook his vocation—he thought he
was born for a senator ; it was only for a
billsticker, or a whitewasher of walls, with large
characters. He was an innocent victim. He ought
to be pitied, not condemned. The Tories, who se-
duced and deluded him, who patted him on the back,
who called out as Winnum IV. wrote, "Go lt •, .n. NTED
are the parties really to blame. And, like all such
double-faced gentry, they have their reward; they
brought FERRAND into notice, they encouraged his
madness—they now pay for their folly—they have
sown the wind, and reap the whirlwind. Young
England may boast its ferocious FERRAND, but Old
England will look with a disdainful eye upon the
employers of men who, though useful to a party at
particular times, eternally disgrace any party that use
them.

The Three per Cents. were quoted at TORTONI'S, on
Sunday, at 83f. 65c.
The Moniteur publishes the following telegraphic
dispatch :

" MARSEILLES, APRIL 19.

" The Queen of the two icilies was delivered, in the night
of the 14th, of a Princess, who was held at the baptismal font
by the Princess of Salerno, and received the names of Maria
Clementina Immaculata."
The Augsburg Gazette of the 16th inst. contains the
following strange statement :—" The High Court of
Appeal of the Duchy of Baden has condemned to
imprisonment for one year a Captain MoLLEft, con-
victed of high treason towards the State. He hid
corresponded in 1840 with General CUBIERES, the
French Minister of War under the TIIIERS Adminis-
tration. In the correspondence which came out in
evidence, Captain MOLLER offers the French Minister
any information that may be useful to him in case of
War, and assures him that a portion of the German
troops are ready to make common cause with the
French. General CUBIERES, in his answer to the offers
made, says, 4 I thank you for the offers which you
make of your services. They testify your attachment
to France, and I do not doubt your sentiments in that
respect: General CUBIERES'S letter is written on a
sheet of paper, with the words 4 Ministere de la
Guerre printed upon it."

Ittr. THOMAS DUNCOMBE, who is one of the mos
manly, straightforward speakers in Parliament

Mrs. Lawrence, of Studley. Park, in addition to
former liberal donations, has just presented a thousand
pounds to the Ripon Diocesan Church Building Society.

THE SUN, LONDON, SD WEDNEAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1644,

MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, TUESDAY EVENING.
At the termination of business this afternoon, Consols
were 991 8, both for Money and Time, the market having
a steady appearance. The heavy Set with s, arwell as
the Unfunded Debt, continued the sau e ai in the
morning.
The Committee of Spanish-American Bondholders
have been refused by Messrs. Lizardi any explanation
whatever relative to the amount of money in their bands
for the Mexican dividends.
Spanish closed scarcely so good as in the morning, the
Actives being 25} to 25,a, and the Three per Cents. 36i.
Mexican were a shade lower than in the morning, being
351. Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents. touched 60-i
The additional transactions in Railway Shards have
been these:—Birmingham and Gloucester were 8, and
Greenwich 7i discount ; Bristol and Exeter have been 34,
Edinburgh and•Glanow 161 Great Western 364, South-
Western 43k, Croydon 4, danchester and Leeks (half)
17f, ditto and Birtningham 13 to 13.1, North British t,
Norwich and Brandon 51 4, and Yarmouth and Nor-
wich 61 premium. Australasian Bank New Shares were

LI preMium.
There was a decline in the rate of exchange on Paris
and Hamburgh, bills upon the other continental cities
being taken at about the previous quotations.
The following is the official return of the exports of
bullion from the port of London for the: week ending
Thursday last :
Silver coin to Rotterdam . 50,000 04
(From The Sun of LastiNight.)
The Cotton Market at Liverpool was firm yesterday
Sales, 5,000 bales, of which speculators took 600 bales Ame-
rican, and exporters 400 bales. 300 Surat, 34d. to 41d. ;
100 Pernams, 50. to 6d. ; 50 Egyptian, 7d. to 74d. ; and the
rest American, at 44d. to 54d. per lb. The transactions in
Railway Shares were on a limited scale, except far Paris and
Orleans, Paris and Rouen Manchester and Birmingham,which were much inquired after. Birmingham, Quarter,
224 ; Eastern Counties, 12.1 ; Great Western, 1121 ; Dublin
and Cashel, 5 ; Birmingham, 228 ; .Manehester and Binning
ham, 541; Paris and Orleans, 374 ; Paris and Rouen, 374 ;
South Eastern, 36.
The return of the amounts of cheques passed through the 1
Clearing-house, to which the private bankers of the City of
London have alone access, shows that in the year 1840 no
less a sum than very nearly nine hundred and eighty millions
was cleared. This is not a very large increase on the
sum cleared by crossed cheques in the previous
twelve ,months, and it may therefore, he inferred
that the augmentation in trade and commerce had not, up to
the termination of the last year, been very considerable. The
present returns give the clearances of the three principal pri-
vate bankers, viz., for Messrs. Barclay and Co., 107,000,000/.,
for the ' Messrs. Slyner, 105,000,0001. ; . and for Messrs.
Jones Loyd, 103,000,000/. Each of these firms have
an immense discount, as well railway as other
general business. Were the Joint-Stock Banks ad-
mitted to the Clearing-house, and the 'West-end
Banks, it is calculated that, the_ amount of cheques that
would have passed through must have been at least
250,000,000/. worth more.
The mercantile accounts received from St. Petersburgh
mention that much apprehension was entertained by the
merchants 'connected with the trade to Pekin, that the
direct intercourse now opened with the Chinese ports would
most materially interfere with them. In fact, already it is
stated, that the amount of manufactures sent annually over-
land from St. Petersburgh to Pekin, and other parts of the
Celestial Empire had fallen off to some extent. As to the
surplus of Tallow to be shipped off the river for England, no
correct data had been 'formed. .
The public sales of Wool having terminated, it may be
important to state that they have gone at very full prices,
except a proportion of the Van Diemen's skin, which went a
fraction lower. About 3,411 bales of Colonial and East India
have been offered, and 2,500 of Foreign. . .
The English Funds 'wear a very firm appearance, and there
has been no extraneous 'or speculative influence used to get
them up, a moderate 'business only having been transacted.
Consols have been 994 to 100 for Money, and 991 to 100 for
Time. Exchequer bills have been marked 765. to 745., and
India Bonds 91s. premium. The Commissioners have given
994 for Reduced' Three per Cent. Annnities. Bank Stock is
looking better also, viz., 197 to 1964, but India Stock remains
fiat at 2904. .
There has been a disposition this morning to sell Peruvian
Stock, and this has caused some fluctuation in them, the
range of prices having been from 30 to 29. Mexican Bonds
have been on the advance, having touched 358 to 1 ; Colom-
bian, are 151. Belgian Bonds realise 1044 ; and Dutch Two-
and-a- Half per Cents., 608 ; both being well supported.
Portuguese Converted Stock has been at 46. Spanish Ac-
tives are dull at 254 ; andthe Three per Cents. at 374 to 4.
Railway Shares are dull, but they realise full prices.
CLOSING PRICES.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock
'3 per Cent. Red. 904 Ditto Bonds .......... ..... 91 pm
3 per Cent. Cons. ......
.3% per Cent. Rei
New 334 per Cent 1033 Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 14d... 74 pm.
New 5 per Cent.
Long Annuities to expire Ditto Small 74 pm.
Jan. 1860 l2 7.16 Bank Stock for Acct.... 197
Oct. 1839 l2 5.16 ,Consols for Acct 99%
Jan. 1860 l2 11.16 llrdia Stock for Acct....
FOREIGN FUNDS.
Austrian, 5 per Cent — Portuguese, 5 per Cent —
Belgian, 5 per Cent ....... ..... 1t44 Ditto, New Ditto
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres, 6 per Ceat... 35 Russian, 5 per Cent --?
c hllian, C per Cent — Ditto, Metallic
Colombian, 6 per Cent ...... 15% Spanish, 5 per Cent ... 25%
Ditto, 1824 — Ditto, N per Cent 36%
Cubs Bonds, 6 per Cent '93 Ditto, Deferre 15%
Danish, 3 per Cent
Greek, 18.5, 5 per Cent.-- Exchange —f. —c.
Mexican, 5 per Cent ...... ... 25% French, 3 per Cent. —f. —c.
Ditto, 6 per Cent.,Dutch, perpe Cent 6114
Peruvian, 1625, 6 per Cent... 29% Ditto, 5 Cent lOO
SHARES.
Birmingham and Gloucester (100 paid) 92
Bristol and Exeter ( 0 paid) ........
Eastern Counties (23 paid)
• Ditto Registered (8/6s 83 paid)
'' Edinburgh and Glasgow (50 paid)
- . Great Western (75 paid)
London and Greenwich (1•;t. i: s. 4d. paid) 4//,,
London and South Western (41/. 6s. 10d. paid).— 8114
London and Croydon (Trunk) 17%
Manchester and Leeds (70 paid
Ditto Half Shares (30 paid) 47%
Birmingham and Manchester 53%
Norwich and Brandon ( 2 paid) 7%
Yarmouth and Norwich (16 paid)
COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—(YESTERDAY:
Amsterdam CF. 12 5 Gibraltar —
Ditto, at sight l2 3 Leghorn 3O 60
Rotterdam 2U.12 51 Genoa 25 95
Antwerp 25 95 Milan —
Ilamburgh M.B. 13 15 Venice 47
. , ,
Altona l3 15 Naples 39
Paris; 3 days' sight... 25 70 Palermo, per oz ll7
Ditto, 3 months 25 90 Lisbon 5:34
Marseilles
BoUrdeaux 25 95' Rio Janeiro 23
Frankfort on Maine.. 1221 Bahia ' 23
Petersburgh, 3 Us... 364 Buenos Ayres —
Berlin 7 NewYork,2ldys sight
Vienna, effee. fl. 3111 956 Philadelphia —
'1 rieste, ditto
Madrid 37 Foreign Gold, bars..£3. 17 9
Cadiz
Bilbao 36 New Doubloons..... 0 0 0
Barcelona 36 New Dollars 0 4 9
Seville — Silver in Bars 0 4 11.

"7"-- • .
Yesterday morning, at twenty minutes to ten, her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, acccompanied by
Prince Leiningev, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and
Sir George Cowper, arrived at the London-bridge
Railway-station, in order to proceed by a special train to
Dover, en route for the Continent. The Illustrious party
were received by Mr. 'Whitehead, the Company's secre-
tary; and • Captain Charlewood, R.N.. After acknow:
ledging the salute, the party entered the Carriages,
and, the signal being given, the engine was attached,
and they proceeded on their journey. The engine
which was elegantly decorated with flags and ever-
greens, was driven by 111 r. B. Cubitt, the Company's en-
gineer, who was also accompanied by Captain Charle-
wood, R.N.

-
ROYAL MARRIAGE.--The nuptials of his Imperia,
Highness the Prince Albrecht of Austria, eldest son of the
Archduke Charles, uncle of the Emperor of Austria, with her
Royal Highness Princess Hildegarde, third daughter of the
King of Bavaria, is to be solemnised on Wednesday the Ist
of next month, at Munich. The Crown Prince and Princess
of Bavaria, the Archduke Chart( s of Austria, the Prince
Hereditary and Princess of Modem, the Dowager Grand
Duchess of Hesse, Prince and Princess Luitpold of Bavaria,
&c., were expected at Munich this week, in order to be pre-
sent at the Court festivities.
EXTRAORDINARY MATCIL—WINDSOR, MONDAY.—
A trotting match for 251. a side came off this morning, be.
tween a light bay galloway, thirteen hands, and a bay cob,
fourteen hands high. The parties to whom they belong 'Tr-.
side in the neighbourhood of Dorset-square :—The distance
was from Regent's-park to Windsor, between twenty-three
and twenty-four miles. The galloway was ridden by its
owner, and the cob was driven in a heavy gig. The match
was won by the saddle horse, which completed the distance
in one hour and twenty-five minutes, beating the one in bar-
ness by two minutes only. The winner was immediately
takeh back to town by railway, but the other, which is
greatly, distressed, remains at the New Inn, Windsor.
SOCIETY FOR TEACHING THE BLIND TO READ.--
On Monday ameeting of the highest respectability, which
crowded the llanover-square roomsin every part, was held
to celebrate the anniversary, for the sixth time, of that most
benevolent Association, which has for its object the teaching
of the blind to read. At one o'clock the Lord Bishop of
Winchester took the chair. The children of the schools were
ranged in the orchestra, to the number of 100, and sung the
hymns with much sweetness, exciting the deepest feelings
oi-compassion among their hearers. The Right Rev. Chair-
man opened the meeting by an address on the great benefits
which resulted from the Institution—namely, the occupation
in Queen-street was getting too small for the health of the
inmates, and arrangements must be made for enlarged accom-
modations. The subscriptions received last year were
251/. Is. 3d., and the donations, collections, sermons, &c.,
327/..05. 2d. ; the amount received for work by the pupils,
30/. 9s. 7d., leaving a: balance of 58/. Bs. 6d. in favour of the
Society. The salaries to the schoolmasters, matron, the
Society. to 319/. 14s. 7d. • and there was a balance of 34/.
35..6d. on the printing andembossing account, which was a
separate fund. A letter was read from the Lord Bishop of
London, apologising for not taking the chair, and sending 10/.
Reading and singing by the pupils closed a most harmonious
given to the mind amid the affliction of darknes
nstrus, an
ct d the
blessings of spiritual consolation afforded by self-iion,
to those who, would otherwise have been destitute of other
information than they heard. He urged the claims of the
Society most earnestly, declaring that though much had been
done, yet there was abundance of work to do, as even in his
own diocese of the county of Surrey he could find numbers of
cases which would do honour to the Institution to undertake
the instruction of. The report stated many instances of good
done both abroad and at home, and stated that the Institution.
meeting.
MELANCHOLY DEATH.—Mr. Edmund T. Clark, a
student at the Charing-cross Hospital, has lost his life from
the effects of an accidental puncture in one of his fingers
while dissecting the body of a deceased person about three
weeks since. The wound being slight, Mr. Clark took little
notice of it at the time ;•but in a few days alarming symptoms
were presented, inflammation rapidly increased, and notwith-
standing every effort of the medical skill of the institution, he
gradually sunk, and finally death terminated his sufferings.
The deceased was 22 years of age.
Lord Forester has returned to town from Willey-
park, Shropshire.
Lord Worsley has for a time been prevented from
attending to his Parliamentary duties in consequence of an
affectien of his right eye. Ir. Alexander has been in at-
tendance on his Lordship.
Sir, Robert Peel had a lengthened audience of his
Majesty the King of the Belgitthe,• On-Sundias afternoon, at
Buckingham Palace. • • '
Lord Prudhoe is still suffering from a severe attack
of gout, at his residence in Whitehall-gardens.