Star.
London, England, 1830-05-11 00:00:00

'to some points, of tLei• cannot cai: fee: the
importance."

With objects ao fair and legitimate, carried iat) effect
as they have hitherto been, we can have no doubt but
the " Reprisentant" will soon attract the notice of the
British public, and meet the encouragement it seems bo
justly to merit. If the daily Press has been tardy in
gleaning from its pages, the cause originates, most pro
bably, in the Editors' having disdained the usual mode of
making new publications known—through the medium of
advertisements. Without, however, attempting to account
for the conduct of others, it is enough for us to know we
have done all the justice in our power to his excellent in-
tentions. Having said thus much, we come to the main
object of the article from which the above quotation is made.
Taking it for granted, and we agree with the writer, that
France exercises a great moral influence over the rest o
Europe—that the eyes of surrounding nations are con-
stantly fixed on her—and that no material change can
take place there, without producing a retro-active effect
in neighbouring States, the editor of the "Reprisenrant"
has presented a statistical account of the number of per-
sons employed by each of the Ministers, together with
an exposi of the electoral system, which he considers it
of great importance to make known in this country.
His contemporaries are, therefore, invited to give the
article, headed, " La France et son Gouvernetnent," a
place in their respective columns ; adding, that it is a
matter of perfect indifference to him whether the source
is acknowledged or not. We freely admit the im
portance of the exposition in question ; and, as a proof of
our conviction, they shall appear successively in the
STAR, whenever room can be found. It is hoped we
have thus acquitted ourselves in the opinion of the " Rc-
prhentant," and that its conductor will, in future, have
less reason to complain of the neglect he has experienced
from his other contemporaries.

Lord CA LTIIOAPE gave notice last night, iu the House
of Lords, of his intention to bring in a Bill to facilitate the
study of anatomy. This is a resumption of the Bill of
last session for the supply of human subjects for dissection.
The mechanism of the human frame is, we believe, much
the same it was in the time of NOM! ; but the Sur-
geons of England have discovered that a knowledge of it
is more difficult to be obtained than their predecessors
ever imagined. They have bad the good sense to estab-
lish a system of lectures, certain attendance upon which
is made a necessary qualification for admission into the pro-
fession. By this means they contrive to put many thousands
a year into their pockets ; and as every apothecary's
boy, who can afford to pay for these lectures, must have
two subjects every season to practise upon, an extraor-
dinary demand for dead bodies has been thus created, to
supply which not only has the sanctity of the grave been
violated, but a northern city has been disgraced by mur-
ders of the most horrible character. Under these cir-
cumstances, a Bill, now sought to be revived, was
brought in last Session, for consigning the bodies of
the poor, who may die in public hospitals and work-
houses, and shall not be claimed within a given time
by their relatives, to dissection. Upon the discussion
of the measure in the Commons, Mr. PEEL, with its
other advocates, acknowledged the repugnance of the
poor to this process after death, " one of the amiable
weaknesses of our nature," but contended it was only a
prejudice, and as such, not a valid objection. If such be
the fact, why are the poor, who Pntertain this prejudice,
singled out, while the enlightened and well-informed
classes are virtually excluded from the operation of the
Bill ? For the one it can have no terrors,—for the other,
it carries with it the most appalling the imagination can
conceive. In the ordinary progress of society, it is
the upper classes that improve the inferior; in this
case the poor are required to set an example of refine-
ment and civilisation to their superiors. If the advocates
of the Bill be sincere, they can have no hesitation to con-
sign their own bodies, and the bodies of their wives and
children, to the knife of the dissector To them it can
be no punishment : while, to the poor, it is the most
dreadful that power could inflict. In the extremity of dis-
tress, they have been accustomed to look forward to the
grave as a place of refuge, in which the weary may at
length find rest ; but this Bill would deprive them of the
rights of Christian burial, and persecute poverty even iu
death by attaching to it the most terrific part of the sentence
prescribed by the laws for the most heinous crime in the
power of man to commit. We are aware that the bill of
last session provided that the scraps of the mutilated and
dissected body should be collected and interred in the
usual way, but is not this a fallacy ? With what gravity
or propriety could a clergyman perform the funeral
service at such a scene? The language of the prayer-
book must be altered for the purpose. But if a horror
of dissection be a prejudice, it is one which has pervaded
the most enlightened nations of antient and modern times.
We know the feeling of this country upon it. The at-
tempt, if made in Ireland, would set the country
in a flame. In a city of ancient Greece, suicide
prevailed among the women to an alarming extent, in
spite of various means adopted for its suppression, until
at length a law was enacted that the body of any female,
committing suicide, should be given to the surgeons for
dissection. This had the desired effect, and a mania
which had resisted the love of family and friends, and
every expedient to restrain it, was heard of no more—
female modesty and delicacy shrunk from such a terrible
perspective. But this distinction reserved for the bodies
of the poor is also accompanied with the grossest injus-
tice—for the inmate of the workhouse has as legal a right
to maintenance while living, and Christian burial when
dead, as the inmate of a palace. Neither does it clearly
appear that such an invasion of the rights of the poor,
such a laceration of their feelings, is absolutely necessary
to the attainment of sufficient means for facilitating the
study of the science. The French surgeons are not de-
ficient in the knowledge of their profession. There are,
we believe, only two schools of colleges in Paris licensed
for dissection. Had an enemy of Ministers sought to

•o• • • !hem • •:' :• ild not have devi,i•O 1 mono
• ;,jthe. to enlist them in the Rupp. t of th:s
Did he seek to excite discontent among tla,
Juoi their minds against the upper classes, h 4
coo:d not resort to a more certain expedient. it is
measure outrageously aristocratic in its principle, odious
in every light in ••-hick it can be viewed, and 60 revolting
to the habits and feelings of the people, that the attempt
to carry it into effect would probably be attended with
tumult and violence.

CITY. TWELVI o'CLociE.

Our arrivals this mort.ing are of minor importance, con: quently
we ale divested of political information at present, which has rubes
an effect of throwing a damp on the Funds. Consols, which left of
yesterday at 921 sellers for the account, opened at 94 1 ; soon after
were done at 921, and are now 921 1 ; and for money 921 1, with
little speculation going forward as yet.
fn the Foreign Harlon Spanish bonds have rather improved, but
Greek stock is 2 per cent. lower than yesterday.
In other Foreign Securities little or nothing doing.
HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
We are exceedingly dull in the City for want of intelligence; and
the funds continue heavy, owing to a report that his Majesty's
health is not so good as yesterday.

Consols have remained during the morning at 92j for the Ac-
count, and 921 i for Money.

In the Foreign Blarketa reaction has taken place In the Greek
Bonds from 26& to 48k. iipaniah Boo& sustain steady, at 13 to
In other securities little or nothing doing.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NLII'MARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING.
ItaoNcouree, Monday Afternoon.
In addition to those already mentioned as having left for Epsom,
the following booms havealao gone offs
Lord Cleveland's Witt Tyler, Lord Cleveland's She!drake colt ;
Sir D. Baird's Snooks, Sir D. Baird's Ramona, Mr. Stonehewer's
Leeway filly, Lord Sligo's Maria, Mr.Psyne's Brown Duchess filly.
Mouche has not yet left, nor has any other of Lord Sefton's lot;
Priam goes at the end of the week ; several others will leave about
the same time. It is supposed that the number of Derby horses at
Epsom will begteater than has been known for many y.ars ; already
considerable difficulty is experienced in procuring stabling. ( her.
lotte West (Fllnree L) is reported to have thrown the boy on Ep.
som Downs last Friday, and had a run of near half an hour befen:
she was caught; no accident occurred. The betting this mornin;
shows some alteration : the prices before coming on the heath were
as follow :

7 to 2 -- Mr. Chifney's Priam
8 to 1 ..-- Lord Exeter's Augustus
fli to 1 Mr. Rids&le's Little Red Roves
9 to 1 Mr. Petre's &ungulates
10 to 1 Sir M. Wood's The Mummer
15 to 1 •. Lord Exeter's Alabstoud (taken:
16 to 1 -- Lord &fton's Captain Arthur (taken)
The others u before.
OAKS.
3 to 1 ~ Lord Sefton's Muth.
6 to 1 - Lord Qneensberry's Maris
13 to 2 --- Lord Jersey's Mariam West
25 to 1 Mr. Thornhin's Carmine (taken)
1009 to 10 Mr. Benson's Jenny Vertpre (taken)
No alteration in the other.
BT. ,LEGER.
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Moss Roes has rises several Pointa—.l6 to 1 are the highest offers.
The following races have boss decided :
Duke of Richmosd's Corm, by Emilius, Os. 31b recd.
General Grayson's f. Fashion (dead), fist. 41b. •• .• paid.
Match, 50, b. ft.—T.Y.C.
Mr. Hedley's Blinker, 9st
Mr. WtE's L by Busts* list. ..
Sweepita of 100 move. each, h. ft. fee fillies, list. 41b. elf M.
Three subsaibers.
Duke of Grafton's br. L Emerald by Emilluo
Lord Chesterfield's eb L by Merlin out of Rowena
Lord Clarendon's b. Lby Don Come, d. by Selhn .......paid
4tol on Emerald, who won cleverly by a length and a kw.
The Forest Stakes of 100 stuff h. ft. est. 41b. R.M. Tines
ers.
Duke of Grafton's ch. f. Finance, by Merlin, out of Tontine.... 1
Lord Clarendon's be. f. by Centaur, dam by Don Cossack.

5t02 an Finance. Woo In a canter.
There will be another race or two of little or no importance.
TATTENSALL'B, NAT 10.
The attendance here today was not numerous in consequence of
the Newmarket Meeting, but a good deal of business was done on
the Mummer and Captain Arthur, both tieing considerably In the
odds. Wet Tyler and Port also were backed, and premise to be.
come better favourites. The odds on the Derby were as under :-
5 to 1 mast Mr. Chifney's Priam (Cressida)
to 1 Fir M. Wood's The Mummer (taken)
S to 1 Lord Exeter's Augustus
110 to 1 Mr. Ilidsda/e's Little Red Rover
10 to 1 Mr. Petre's Brunswicker
11 to 1 Lord &fton's Captain Arthur
14 to 1 -- Lord Cleveland's Wet Tyler (taken)
14 to 1 —81 r Wood's Cetus (taken)
IS to 1 Mr. Ramsbottom's Zachary&
80 to 1 Lord Exeter's Msbruoud
25 to 1 --- Port
So to 1 Thorngrove
50 to 1 Prom
40 to 1 Lord Cavendish's Mouse
Oaks and &. Leger, as before.

CHESTER RACES—Lear DAY, 31mr 7.
The Palatine Stakes of be soy. each, h. ft. ; three-yrs-old colta,est.
71b. ; and Allies, llat. 21b. To start at the Castle Pole, and go
once round. The owner of the second horse received boa his
stake. (9 Subscribers.)
Mr. Beardsworth's br. e. Birmingham (Templeman) I
Mr. Houldsworth's b. e. Beugle (allowed 316.) 2
Mr. Bowen' b. f. Tantarina, and Alr. Clifton's b. c. by Anted..
(allowed 31b.) also started, but were not placed.
The Cheshire Stakes of 25 sow. each, if, R. and S if &eland. &e.
The second horse received back his stake. Two miles (lb sub-
ecribus), four of whom paid lb sou. each, and sis b sov, each R.
31r. Mytton's br. h. Iledgeford, b yrs. Cit. 51h....(1Vbitehouae) 1
Sir T. Stanley's b. h. Joceline, 0 yrs. fht. 121 b........... • •
Sir T. blostyn's ch. g. Ultimatum, 5 ;nu eat. 121 b. Mr. /foul&
worth's Fortitude, 4 yrs. eq. lib. and Mr. Turner's d, e. Navarino
7st. elh also started, but were not placed.
The ROdee Stakes of 10 son. each, h. H. with lie sort,, added, for
thne.yrs old, that have run during the week starting at the Two.
yrs Old Post, once round sod in.
Sir W. Wynn's b. e. Penrboa, est. 41b
Sir T. Alostyn's b. t. Sprig, est. 61b
Mr. Critchley's br. F. Brunette, est. 31b. Mr. Picktrotlr. b....
Renwick, and Sir G. Pigot's b. f. Fanny /Enable, also stwt.d.
but were /la plated.
The Ladles' Purse of SOL for the beaten horses. Beats,
round the Course.
Sir T. Mostyn's Regina, 3 yn, est. 10Ib.
Mr. Ormsby Gore's br. g. Bundler. 4 yrs, 84
Mr. Applewhaite's ch. g. by Grand Mutt:, 4 yrs. 84

MARRIAGE IN HMIS LIVE.—II is rumoured in ad
fashionable circles, that Miss Browne, the an fable and
accomplishad daughter of Lady Strangford, and riece to
the Countess of C!anricarde, is shortly to 1 e lcd to the
hymeneal altar by R. French, Fsq., eldest son of RoLort
French, Esq., of Monivac Castle, and nephew to Sir
Edwmd O'Brien, Bart. Dremolund.
Lord GODFILICII'S discoveq, touching the national
'debt, is the best substitute that could possibly be fottud
for the philosopAer's hose. The latter, if our states
men were only in possession of it, would undoubtctliv
furnish the means of paying of the debt in geld; ht.t
the former, by a simpler process of finarce, leaves hil
debt to be paid off.

SMITHMILLD HAYMARKET, May 11.
Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow flay, A's Si. to 43 Ito Useful
Meadow Hay, in Os. to 43 Ida. Floe tiptoed Meodow and
Rye Grass Hay, 44 Os to Co Os. Clover Hay. goorralty. 45 Sa-
to 45105. Extrooidloary Ise dins, oa. Oot Straw, AS 6..
Ito 46105. Wheat Straw, Ell Ws. to ear 14$. per load of Of frays.

ST. JAMES'S HAT-MARKET. Maw 31. .
Coarse Heavy Loveland Meadow Hay, XS is. to AV las Vseful
ditto, 42 12e. to £5 lie. Moe Upload Meadows and Rye Grass
Hay, £4 Os. to it/kits. Omer Hay. £3 30s. to AS Is. Oat
Straw, tt tot! Ities Wisest &raw, 42 10s. to 42 MO. pee load
of if trews.

IEW FARRINODON DIARIST, May 10.
A tole:gbh pal w➢Pt7r at Ittarday's vices