The New York Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1852, Page 6

THE FORREST DIVORCE CASE. Opinions of the B&orning Press. VERDICT OF THE JURY. The Excitc ment in the Court Room and Elsewhere, Opinions of the ‘Evening Press, Opinions of the Morning Press. THE FOPELST CASE. {From the Notional Democrat, Jan. 26.) This exoitir: «o¢ long continued ense is at an end. For mo om mor hit has attracted the attention of aii clas.os, to the exclusion of matters of more geners' interesi, and more conducive to morals pamphlet containing ihe Procec dings of the whole triai wi. be noired about the sirsats for sale, aod will be senit au pare of the United States and Europe, to gracify the moreid propen- sity of both hemisptores The works of Paul do Kook, Eugene Sue and (seorge Sand, will be thrown azide for the present, and the groxt case of the For- rests will supply tveir place. For obsoenity the Forrest case beats ail the others named; and it has the merit of not being & to much of the other works named “ Have you read the Forrest case!” and “what ia your opinion of it!” are questions that will be astked for the nex: +ix months When we write this, of c#urve We know not what the vordiot of the jury is, thongh it will be known by ton o’closk to-day. After thet verdict ia known, the press its merits—for it is matter what the vor. and the community will diseu impossible te sativ'y gil dict way be buasion further than to ob: both parties, in our j to be bad members life bas been sonar or ve, as We how de, that nent, have been proven sooiety ve to immo’ retity, and the ion, whish will not apply | | one oan resist the conclusion that most distinct and her. ‘The material witnesses upon that side have provod, without exception, to bo shamelessly abandoned; nor is there a single fact or circumstance, estad lished by credible evidence, which in the least de- gree impeaches her charactor. The verdict of the podiic, in regard te Mrs. For- rest, will be ene of 1 tal. lt is impossible to resist the b: het every devico of ingenious ma- lignity, becisod by wealth and troops of servi e friends, bus rted to with unserg: cruelty, to cot rv into positions which be preruivtiy Ut. The letter whioh Joh W. Forney, devoted tool of Mr. Forrest, wrote to Mr. Robert boston, urging him to entice Mr. ile drunk, into beasts which shoul: « Forrest, finds ite only par- allel in bh Shakespeare has fitly pat into the month of ¢ teet villain over created by it clear that in this case ot boon outstripped by ember no instance in ‘norseloes or detestable pilot. van goniue ros life, of The Mer character, (Lough, so tar as appears, more degraded tools were omployed in its execution. We cannot conceive it posmvie that Mr. Forrost should retain with the public any degree of char- acter orrospect. He may possibly continues to crowd the galicries of our accond-rate theatres, aud to receive the app.ause of the reoklesaiaob. Bat his character is gono. The revelatiens of this trial, with the inferences which they render neoossary, will follow aad brand him to the end of his days [From the Tribune, Jan 26 | on Saturday evening, save that the verdict was sealed up, and is to bo epened and promulgated this morning. We can hardly err in exprassing the conviction, founded nct slone on the facts alread, before the public, that this verdiot will be in favor « into the dis- | heir courte of | fewer suo mombers of society we heve the better. ‘The detaile of th hown the peaple something of f mong the * por | wee is an evidenes | , song @ large portion of the aristocratic, voluptuous, and wealthy claas in our | city. This trian! bee enabled the mazeee, from the readers of the sixpenny journals to the penny | sheet, te take a peep behind the curtains, ia tho palaces of that clivs who live on the labor ot the multitude. I: is generally true that one- half of the world do not know how the other half live ; but the foul wass of testimony in this Forrest cas6, which has and will continue to inundate the community for some time to come, will lot us a lit- | tle into the secret, respecting the manner in whioh & certain portion of society live. The characters who figured on this trial—male and female, belong to e class, halt literary and baif theatrioal, whoso society is eften oourted by those intinitely their au- Porior in everything which truly dignifies human | nature, and which ie useful in life. The waves of | Social life bears on their surface many guoh | enivecs as this tria) has brovghs to notioe; from | ey MoCabe, the innocent Irish boy, to the “Great Tragediun” hiwself: and from Mrs. Anna | Flowers, and Mrs. Cayoline Ingersoll, to the talent- | od wife of the trageaian, who is probably the least | corrupt among a}! who figured in the grand drama | that hae just closed. She is certainly the most | talented ameng them all. We give the uddrese of the judge to the jury, | whiob is telerably impartial, and from whieh a vory | geod ides of the whoie case can be earned. | END OF THE FORREST Case [From the Morning Star, Jan 26 | | At length t sere cone has reachod its oul- | minating it, and both parties to the suit, with their fnends, await with an avxicty that may not | be deecribed, the sealed verdict which the foreman | ofthe jury will place in the hands of Chief Justice | Oakley, in the Superior Court room, between ten nd cleven o'clock this forenoon. Nor is the public mind much lees excited than the minds of the prin- cipals thomeclves. A feverish desire to know the isaue pervades ali classes. Mr. Forrest and Mrs. Forrest have each their warm partisans; and dis- | ousgions hot enough to be termed quarrels have been going on during the thirty-ono days of the trial, even between intimate friends. e bave never, in our experience az a member of the press, known co warm and gencrel a fovling to be exoited by any care cfa ilar character. All sorts of surmises were afloat yesterday as to the tenor of the verdict, but we think the most pro- valent opinion wes that the issue was adverse to Forrest. Some thought that the verdict weuld be ‘*not proven.” as regards the charges against both partice; but pot one person with whom we conversed supposed that the decision was in favor of Mr. Forrest and against his wife The trial througbout bas been conducted with as miuoh fairness as could be desired An indulgent oourt permitted the counsel on both sides the wid- est latitude in the introduction of testimony ; and an immense mass of evidence, which had no more bear ing upon the iseve than it had upon the morals of | pe en at the antipodes, was lugged in by the h shoulders, seemingly for the the sole pur- | pose of consuming time. In the ‘keen encounter | of their wits” ducing the progress of the examina | tiens, both Mr. Van Buren and Mr. 0’Conor dis- | re fs @ great deal of smartness and legal acumen; | and ne | of eocial life in-d ver were the intereste of cliexts more faith fully protected by couneel than were the respective interests of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest by those gentle- men. Tho most damnatory portion of the testi- | mony on either side, was given by persons, the in- famy of whove characters rendered it, in our hum- | bie opinion, utterly worthless, and the Chief Justice, from the tone of his charge, evidently discredited it. Throwing out the whole of the testimony which is open to suspicion as false or inaccurate, we can see nothing which should have induced Mr. Forrest to take the strong measures against his wife whiob — hi lead to this denowemen’. had wicked advisers, we fear—Iagos, who found it to their in- terest to poison his mind against his wife. Impru- dent she may have been; but of her innoceace we bave not a shadow of doubt. | It may be said that the noterious Consuvlo let- ter ia a strong point against her. Shewas certainly | to blame fur Looping itin her possession; but it proves nothing against ber chastity, although it docs prove, beyend ni doubt and question, that the writer wae a contummate ase, and should, in all timo gto come, wear the ears of Midas, and play | only im the extravaganza of that name. Besidos, Mr. Forrest lived with and cohabited with Mrs Forreet after he had dissovered the Consuelo letter, Would be have done so had he considered that do- | cumert conclusive proof of her gu Of course not. He would have spurned ber trom him with in- dignation and scorn i ‘bere are many who think that Mr Forrest bir self has never believed his wife guilty—that the proceedings against her wore the result of a con Bpiracy; bot if so, Mr was not, in our opinion, a perty to it. inced, Was | him. His . we confident that bie wife had been un:r nature bas been *‘ much abused.” to hoow that be bas «1 ed gre: the verdict be against bim, we veri it will ge nesr to drive him ms The etory of this sinew yet but half told. Mr r ved. We hope that ed, and that he may learn t have misled him The summing up of Mr. Van Buren pr bis client which ci Mr O'Ce idregs waa perfect Chiof Justice Oakley's charge we impartiel, and by no menus” u Forrest. | It will be seen that, after hoving been in delibe tation rome time, the jury stated to the Court that the only point epon which they were in doubt wa aa to whether the freq of hor was proof of adu that they moat ju of that mat From the nature of thie inquiry, pu the Court, many persone infer th agaiset Mr. Forrest. We ci #06 that the facts exactly warrant such a co n. However, tho “long agony” will be over by noon to day THE FORREST CASE (From the Di Jan 2 Ihe “Forrest ca closed. inspite repulsive dotaila, it te one of t most important trials with whieh our courts have ever boon con cerned. The portion of the part a tho allegations, the revelations the trial, the skill with which it bas been conducted, and ite pro- bable rpsult, oonepire to make it a care of unutual interest ‘The verdict of the jury has not y ed, though ro one can doubs ia unquestionably in favo thongh with what qualifica seen, The public in coming to very decided conclusions in re, to the whole aflair. Tho evidence, which was allowed by the Judge to take a most unuzual range, shows olcarly enough that the siyle of living in Mr. Forrest's fewily Was, ne was of course to be expected, decidedly theatrical. The obaracter of its /alitucs, the habits end demeanor of ite inmates, and its general tone, were euch as would natarally bo looked for under the ciroum- atances. Beyond these peculiarities, no one who has read all the evidence will find anything ro- moskable. Mrs. Forrest appears, from the testi- mony, to have been a woman of talents and social sccowplisbments, full of vivacity, free and perhaps incautious in ber demeanor, proud of what she con- sidered her husband's professional talents, but not disposed alwaye to yield to lis somewhat domi- ring temper. A to the allegations which wore hronght sgatnat bor, thore Wil ke Lite diderence ¢f ppiniog. No We or themselves by the jury to % the vordict is beon publish & it is. ee of Mrs. Forrest, and against Mr. Forrest. That is to say, it willafiirm that he has and che has not been unfaithful to the solemn they were bound together. Snch a verdics dered, will be received by the community wit genera And islature (@bioh ot seen t porn @ Bug, forthwith provide of adultery, sed Oakley, and g charges mony taken thereon published only when the Court or Legislature shall ace fit to direst such pub: tion. One gcch trial should auffice for a lifetim and, though we do notconcurin that view which | confounds innocence with jgnoravos, and virtua | der of December 24tn. 1860 and in the neg | hove already state: The 0 ee of ill fame | Jourt informed them | | ruch meneures as the nature of | with decorum, yet wo do not mean to report another divorce trial very sooo Verdict of the Ju Supertor Court. Before Chief Justice Oakley. CATMARINE %. FORREST Wa. EDWIN FORREST THIRTY-THIRD DAY. Jan 20.—Tbe excitement this morning was intense. usands and thourands of the thronged the park and rendered the approach to tha focus of attraction by the ordinary thoroughfare impras- ticable. The counsel, the jury, the parties to the sult, and the reporters were obliged to effect an entrance through the adjoining court, end pass into the judge's chamber which joins the room that has been the soene of | ection in thie trial. At 10 o'clock, the Chief Justice took his seat upon the Bench, and the anxiety depicted on every countenance for the breaking of the sealed verdict was intense Mrs Forrest was in coutt, as was also Mr. Forrest at | 9p early hour. The fortitude which never left Mrs. Forrest during the protracted investigaiion seemed now to have almost deserted ber, and she was faint with | anxiety. Bhe wes almost subdued in strength—restiess: watchful, and uneasy. Mr. Forrest looked also anxious, but he looked like a man resolved to meet the worst that could befell him. ‘There few minutes seemed as it were en hour toall, and, indeed, the plaintiff and defendant both bore strong evi- dence of the sleepless hours they must have passed since Saturday evening. ‘The counrel on both sider, too, participated to the ful- lest extent in the anxiety of their respeotive clients. Even Mr. O'Conor's stoicism deserted him, and his usually calm spirit now became perturbed. ‘The Clerk of the Court called over the names of the jury. and all answered, He then said, “ Gentlemen, ba you agreed ”” Foreman--We have. The foreman here handed the nealed verdict tothe Court. Breathless silence reigaed throvghout the room while the Chief Justice was psras- ing the verdict. The Chief Justice returned it to the clerk and desired him to read it aloud Mr. Van Buren--If the Court please, before the verdict is recorded, we with to bave the jury polled. The Chief Justioe—-The usual way is to read the ver- dict firet wnd to poil the jury betore it is reeoraed, Clerk—Gentlemen, hearken to your verdict as it stands recorded Mr. Van Buren--No, not recorded. it is read. Chief Justice--As it will be recorded in the proper way The clrrk then read the following ‘The jury will suswer epecially to the following ques. | ops Firet—Lias or bas not the defendant, Rdwin Forrest, since his marrin re! or mitt action charge He bas with the plaintifl, Catherine N. For- Beeond—Were or were not the ssid plaintif and said | defendent inhabitants of this @tate at the time of the commission of said adultery by the said defendant’ They were ‘Third—Was or war pot such adultery by the said de- fendent committed within this Stete’ It was Fourth— Wes or was not the sald defendant a resiaent of the Btate of New York, at the time of the commence: ment of this action’ He was Fifth—Has or has not the plaintiff committed adultery as alleged against her in the answer inthis action? Bbe has not. Rixth— Wes or was not the plaintiff a resident and in- babitant of this Stale at the time of the commencement of this action’ She was Seventh--Was or wos not, the plaintiff an actual in- habitant of this state at the time of the commission of tuch edultery by the defendant within thie State, and also at Uhe time of the commencement of this action’ She was. Fighth—What annual amount of alimony ought to be allowed to the plaintiff” Three thourand dollars ‘The jury say that they find for the plaintiffon the whole ate in the pleadings and that in ans# find in the affirmative on the fret, second, third, fi + sixth and seventh quertions of fact specified in the or- ive on the Alth question of fact specified in the enid order. And they Gud that alimony be allowed the pleintiff unt of three thousand dollars per yeu. y. Meech, m Kari, Horace Beals. Pelatinh P. Pago, Thos. B. Harris, Meigs D. Benjainin Theouore De Witt, J. N Daniel G, Edeall C8 Celvin H, Me John audience applauded as the responses were civen to the fifth and eighth questions Mr. Van Buren.—We desire, if the Court piease, as I (that exch juror ehonld— ou with to bave the jury polled T is asked if Uhat is his verdict irmxtive or negative Joetics = Zo which oud Merry mati When Page appeared una'ie to respond wn, lesving the whole court in doubt a cnt hear the gentleman's reeponse, All the Jurot the Onlef Justice der is to pa Mr. Ven Bure an application for f ons which have aMrnative en, the next th in this ease, either by ap- of exceptions er courte is to apply to the Jusige in Chamb: Mr OConoreIa 4 the time'to be allowed for ur Honor ruggerts. it must be in the nature of am application Of course, on this subject accorded. The course which I pro- Tes # movement in the Epecial Term, and it is necessary to ask the Judge in Bpecial Term to ars cn any day to come efere your Hon the completeness of judgment. It ie a mi pored of by your Henor The Chiet Just ceAs respecte application for time. that fe samatter of course; and ae respecte the formule + observed, let the matter be adjourned over Ull to morrow morning at ten o'clock. when the question can be gone into iu detail, and at which time Mr Buren way make any application Bir Van Burew—I can then muke both applications— an application for vime, and also for stay of proceed. Van ing The Chief Justice—The application for tim: or 2 matter of courte 1. Veu Buren are to tions are io be made without any further notice to the ther side, We would not be at liberty to make it here ithout courent of the court snd this wor the reason y Linquized of the court whether an sfidavit can be ie grented, understand that the mo- made bere to-morrow morning. The Chief comLet the verdict be recorded, ard the court adjourned till tomorrow morning at ten ook Mr. O'Conor--T believe that the simple form of asking the jury had they agreed to their verdict, bas not been technically gone through, he verdiot wes then formally recorded: . Mr, Vorrert, accompanies by some friends, immediate- ly lett the court, Ae he detoended to the Park bo was saluted with vooiferens cherrs from the assembled mul- titude, who continued to shout and cheer him on hajf- way up Broadway Sirs. Forrest, after baving been congratulated by hor friends on the result. le't ‘he court, escorted by Mr. U'Couor, thropgh the bac s (gress, Ino Champers sitet spiraoy was of tho same | The Forrest Divorce trial was brought to a close | business) will | on, and crimes of like nature | | shell henceforth be tried in private, and the testi- anxious public | adnitery as im the complaint in this | present resides ‘Thus bas terminated one of the longest trials upon reoord, after @ Wearisome, yet exciting period of thirty. two days. | Opinions of the Evening Press, i} VERDICT IN THE FORREST DIVORCE Case. (From the Evening Mirror, Jan. 26.] ° | ‘The court room was filled this morning some time before the sppearance of the Judge, and iatense euxiety was manifested to know the reault of tho jury’sdeliberations About two thousand porseng, | chiofly rowdiee, were crowded against the outer | door, endeavoring to obtain a passage, and pre- venting (bore from entering who had buainces in the court At ten o'clock Judge Oakley called the court to order, and Mr. O’Conor escorted Mrs. Forrest to her seat. The lady appeared somewhat exoited, yet confident that the case would be de- cided in herfavor. Mr. I'orrcat eat beside his coun- sel, and appeared to be vory much concerned. Tho jury were called, and after anawering to theirnames ; the foreman handed tho sealed verdict to the conrt. | To esol question Jaid before them thoy appended | the reepoctive answers. To the queetion—Has or | has not the defendant in this caso commitied adul- | tery? The answer was, be has To the quory— Haé or bas not the plaintiff (Mrs. Forrest) com- mitted adultery? The answer was, she has not ‘This was received by the assemblage with great applause. The jury, in their vordict, granted Mrs. Forrest an alimony of $3,000 por year. Tho verdict waa recorded, and Mrs. F was conducted out the private wey, and che tmmediately left in acarriage. Mr. Van Buren made application to the Court for a stay of proceedings. The Jadge deciined acting farther in (he matter lo-day, and adjourned the court to ten | o’olock to mertow. ’ Kefore adjourning. his Honor, with much earnestness, directed the Ulerk to pay | the jury their shillirg Asinoidents connooted with tho closing of this | case, we may insa that a large orowd of pa j fons accowpanied the cariage which bore Mrs, Forrest to the Jiving House, cheering her loudly by the way. When Mr O'Conor loft tho Cit | to bis office, cheeriug him vehemently. Would it | not be be an sppropriate reward to give Mr O'Co- nor & publio dinner, and present him a handsome testimoniai? The ladies might wel! have a voice in the latter (From tho Day Boox, The jury have brought in a vor. Teet. 6 diet for Mrs. For. Ske gelé an unqualified divore and $3,000 a | yoar alimony. This %#jast what Mrs. Forrest ask- | ed for. Now the qavation is, what has hoon gained | by going to law? When Mr. Forrest came out of court, he was obeered and run afier by the multitude of loafers and | rowdies who have thronged around him from the | beginning, and if we may believe common report, | bave done a good deal towards pushin, | dent, but innocent woman. What we said of him a year aro, asthe pereecutor and tormentor of the | wife of his bosom, spparentiy for no other purpose | than to gratify the base and revesgeful spirit whish | dwells only in low and vulgar minds, bas boon proved | in this trial eminently true. There are throe per- | sonsyet to bo dealt with. They are Aunal"lowers, | Mr. Forney, and Robert Garvin. (From the Evening Post, Jan 26 ‘Thuz ends one of the longest, most bitterly litiga- | ted, and in some respeots one of tho most disguating Hall, a Jazge crowd closed around and followed him | him on to | | the unequalled persecution of a defenceless, impru- | | trials that ever was held in this country. ‘This is | | the thirty-third day that the cause has been in pro- | gress. And the press of the wholo country has | groaned from day te day with allits foul dotails | We do vot propose to comment upon the morits | of the litigation or the justice of the verdict. Both are matters with which the publis hashadtoo mush _ to do already. Wo deem it our duty to allude, however, to aa absurd attack which has been made, in one or two journals in this city, upon the new code, a8 thy cause of the prolixity of this trial, and ite publicity. So far from either its publicity or | prolixity being a consequence of the new coda, they | recult, if from any legislation, dircctly from the | legislature's refusal to adopt the recommendations of the comwiseioners. ‘Tho’ Revised Statutes pacsod in 1830, made a jury | trial in cases of this kind necessary dy the follow- ing section “940 Tf the offence (aduitery) charged, be denied, the court shall direct a feigned issue to be made up, for | the trial of thej fects contested by the pleauings; by a | Jury of the country at some Circuit Gourt; and it may | Girect a special jury to be struck for suoh trial, and may | make the necestary orders for procuring a list of jucors, and for etziking the same; and may award a new or far. | ther trial cf eucd issue, a8 ofcenas justice shall ceem to require.’ | code enacted in 1818, contained the two fol- lowing sections, recommended by the Commis- | sioners :-— | “6455. Whenever in an action tor the | monsy only, or of specific, reel, or perrona! pr: there thal! be an iseve of fact, it must be tried by a jary, | untece a jury tial be waived, as provided in § 5, or | reference be ordered. ax provided ta 270 and {271 | ° 9268. Breay other ivue is triable by the court whieh | however, may order the whole iseue, or tion of inct invcived therein. to be | may refer it ws provided in § 470 and | In 1861, the Legislature changed section 253, | a8 to read ae follows :— “An intve of fact in an act money only, or of specific. re m for the recorery of ,OF personal prop for # Civoice from the marriage contract. on thie geoand | otedultery; mast be tried bye jury, unlere « jury trial provided im agetion 268, or @ reterence bs provided im sections 270 and 271" ‘The commiseioners, in their o lete code, re- | commended the following section: — | Bec 163—-“ Upon the agreement of the parties toa | civil action, or a proceeding of 2 civil nature, filed with | the clerk or entered upou the minutes, the Court may | irect the trial of any point of law or of fact, or sur | | other proceeding therein. to be private; and upon euo! direction, ali persona shall be excluded, except the off- | | cers of the court, the parties, their witnesses, and coun- | sei” | _ Thus it is seen that the trial of this case by a jury is in accordance with the law, as it stood before the | code; that the code changed the law, so that a jury trial could not have been had, if the parties | ineisted upon it, and tke court so ordored it that if the completed code had been adopted, a | | trial in private might have been had. A private triel is the only remedy. If the trial is public, the publication of it cannot be prevented, under our present constitution. : i | Neither is the length of tho trial owing te the | Code in the slightest degree. That instrument has | not altered atingle rule of evidence. In this re- | spect, the trial has been in conformity with tho old | law. The commissioners did reck to alter the old | law Income respects, with a view to shorten trials materially, but tho Legislature would not adopt their reccmw mendations, or even act upon their re- pert | RESULT OF THE For? . | (From the Commercial Advertiser, Jan 25) | The case of Forrest vs Forrest, in the trial of | | | Juége Oakley, of the Superior Court, has n engeyod nearly six weeks, was concluded this ning. It will be remembered that the orcss were consolidated, and that the case went to he jury upon three issues. First, Was Mr. For- | rest a citizen of the State of New York, atthe time | of filing this complaint? Second, Was ho | of violating the marriage vow, as charged! Third, | Was Mrs Forres: guilty of the charges proferred ! ageinet her by ber husband? ‘The verdict of the jury, which was signed and sealed at nine o'clock on Saturday evening, and read by the © that Mr Forrest was a c finds him guilty of the offence fira. tT innocent. The Mrs. Forrest by the jury i perannum. Mr Forrest’ imated to be worth $150,000. and he is said to have considerable revenue from personal property, 60 that, in connection with the verdict rendered, the allowance of alimony does not seem to be upreegonable. Contemporaries indulge in much comment upon the manner in which this case has beon conducted, and sre generally dispoved to censure Judge Oakley for admitting testimony that was not clearly relo- vant. The changes in the law of evidence effected by the new code, are also erroncously assigned as the causes of the loosences with which every parti- cle of testimony having # shadow of legal boaring upon the case wes admitted. Snch unnecessary prolizity should heve beon avoided, by keeping | counsel more closely to the issucs—and the testi mony, most of which was unfit for publication, ought to have been taken in private. Under seo- v b a e 1 at | tions 253 and 254 of the code, the parties had the | power of waiving a trial by jury, end the cage might have been heard by the court alone, and all the testimony taken in private befere a referes. A different course having been puréued, it seems that © publicity wae desired. We began to report the evidence, but aban- doned itthe momont it became apparent that it | W8¢ improper to be printed. + ho trial is over, | it isemusing to sco jourpals which have published the testimony in ali its grove dotails, calling upon the Legislature to pass a law, in conformity with Judge Osksey’s recommendation, to prohibit the oeation of evidenco in such casos, unleas ected by the court. Ropestance, in this in- ANCE, COME too late | | | \ TION OF a Hat any Cane FROM THE tHe OLonet Mimane oF tHe Mansacnusrere Lyomatvr®—The ceremony of the prosentation of @ bat and staf! by the youngey! member ot the Magsachu- retts Legisiatute to the oldest of that body, took place on Friday Inet in the Benate chamber, Tho bat war & fine beaver, with @ broad brim, end the caus an elegant Malacoa stick, beautifully mounted. The Hon. ausem Burlingame was the presentor, and the Hon. Myron Lawrance the ree!pient ceremony, which is in keeping with an old custom, was productive of @ great deai of merriment, Mr. Lawreooe i* a very large man, fad be recoived tho proffered bat and stat with wel felgued grwvity | the march of intellect and the progress of knowledge ; | the laws by which, as church membors, thoy are | Important Meveme ic among the Metho- he At a mecting of lay members of the Methodist Episcopal! Church of the city and districts of Phi- ladelphia (called together, five from each of the churches—the number present being sven ninety,) held at Trinity M. E. Church, on ‘hursday evea- ing, 20th of November, 1851-- On motion, J. J. Boswell, of Union Church, was called to the chair. ae following persons were elected as Vice Pro- sidents :— ‘T. K. Collins, of Nazareth. P. R. MeNeille, of Eighth streot. Coieon Hieskell, of Trinity. J.B. Longacre, of St. George's. John Thompson, of Ebenceer. Samuel Ashmead, of Union. George Hamilton, of Kensington. Michael Fricke, of Cohocksink. Seoretaties: Wm. P. Hacker, J. B. Chrisman, — Carine Jr. ane {he meet! was opene prayer by Rov. David H. Kollock, " bi ‘The chairman stated, in a fow brief but compre- hensive remarks, the object of the meeting, and declared it ready for busiaess. Whereupon, Dr. Tilden moved that a committee of five be appointed by the chair, to draft resolutions oxpres- sive of the sense of the mecting. ‘The chairman appointed Dr. Tilden, Aloxandor Cammions, Colson Hieskell, T. K. Colling, and Samuel Ashmead, whe, after having rotired for a short time, reported a preamble and resolations, whiob, after an interesting discussion touching their various points, wore adopted ag foilowe: —The first resolution with two negative votes, the sscoad, ibird, fourth, and preamble, unanimous y. Whereas, It is evident to every observing mind, ac- ouetomed to look after the interests of the Mathodist Episcopal Ohureh, the church of our ohoica, that it is not fulfiling. as could be desired, the great and im portant chjacte of ite mission in many places in this coustry—the minutes of the Philadeiplin annual Con. | ference showing that for tho laet aix or cigat ysars, tt hes been ata stand. if mot retrograding: Aud whereas, | things are na. | sied, yet in our judginent @ large 6) ficlency of the chure chts, lutereats, anc ministry wud laity: And whereas, we believe a fair aad | equitable distrivation of righte, interests, and deven denoles beiween tke ministers and lay members would | more certainly secure the welfare and efliciency of both, | greatly euhance the interests and prosperity of ths | church, and redound to the honor and glory of God: | TLerefore, - Kercived, That this meeting. composed of membors from the various Mothodist Episcopal churches in the | city and districts of Philadelphia, take immediate staps to call a general mesting of ali the lay brethren of the eburch in the city and county of Philadelphia, in view | of petitioning the next General Conference for such alterations in the government of the church #6 will ra- move any objectionuble features that may present themeelvea, aud seoure to the laity @ voice in its councils Resolved, That in thie movement we wish to be dis- tinetly understood 48 disavowing all radical or schismatic purposes, and adhering alone to those of a purely consor- vative character, having for their object the good of tae | church in all its relations. Resolved, That we now as ever entertain the greatest | confidence in the intelligence. usefulness and pisty of | the ministry of our churcn, and most cordiuly invite | them to unite their inflaenoe and efforts with ours.in the | accomplishment of the objects contemplated in the ficat resolution Resolved, That a committee to consist of nine parsons, be appointed by the chairman of this meeting. to act as an exeeutive committee, whore duty it shall be to pro- cure a ruitable place of meeting, prepare resolutions, | nominste officers, and whatever olse may be necessary to | carry the object of this meeting into effect. The chsir appointed the following committee under the fourth resolution :— Dr. W. P. Tilden, Samuel Ashmead, Alexander | Cummings, P. R. McNeille, David H. Kollock, J. | eet, J. Whiteman, John Huff, Colon Hies- | Oil, On motion adjourned. In obedience to the call of the Committee of , Nine, a large and respectable mecting of the male members of the Mothodist Episcopal Church ia the city and county of Philadelphia was hold in | be eens Church, Thursday evening, December th. | \ The meeting was organized by calling Samuel | Ashmead, of the Union Church, to the cha'r, and | the appointment of tho following vice presidonts and secretaries: — Vice Presipents.—-Authony Null, of St. George’s Church; J. J. Boswell, of Union; Archi- bald Wright, of Trinity; John k. Robison, of Eighth street; T. K. Collins, of Nazareth; Epbraim Clark, of F:fth street; James B. Daro, St. Jobns; J. Y. Calder, New Market street; David Horn, Sanctuary; Matthew Kramer, Kens- ington; C. P_ Steinman, Cohocksink; Kudolph Hoflick, Tweifth street; William Rhoads, Bothle- hem; Wm_ Divine, Western; John Caldwell, Sale James W Earley, Ebenezer; John Ash- | craft, Wharton street; Robert Borne, St. Pual’s; | Jobn W Hines, Marirers’ Bethel; Isracl Jam Manayunk; J. Shalleross, Frankford; We Walker, Germantown, William Roge, Sr., West Philadelpbia Secreraries.—William P. Hacker, CU. A. Wi bora, Thomas W. lrice, George Hamilton, J. B. Chrisman, After reading the Sith psaim, singing a hymn, and prayer, the president, in brief and appropriate remarks, stated the object of the meeting, whore- upon, Alexander Soe Esq , on behalf of the Committe» of Nine, offered the following preamble snd resolutions, which, after discussion, were adopted by a very large majority: — Whereas, to secure success in any great enterprise. it is deemed bigbly important that the reepect be paid to the mind and spirit of the age upon which it is expected toxake en impression; and whertes. in religious as well as civil government. itis both prudent and wise te meke changes ond modifications to meet the wants and | necessities of the timer, as they may be indicated by | | | aud whereas, the government of the Methodist Episco- by: Oburch was doubtless formed under indications of Providence, and was admirebly adapted to the times and cireuwstapees in which it originated; yet. inasmuch as these bave vastly changed. and equal rights, interests, and depecdencies, in civil. religious. and social com: pacte. are amorget the great principles of the age in which we live. we believe the indications of Providence are no lees clear, that some alteration in its pelity is eseentiel to the accomplishment of its great mission to | “spread scriptural holiness over these Innds; and, whereas, it is self-evident that the efforts and energy in any department of life are generally in proportion to the responsibility belonging thereto, and. applying this principle to the church, it is equally evident that a lay representation in its councils would more certainly #9- | cure a division of the responsibilities between the ministry end laity, and thereby srouse to greater activity and usefulness the church, LS. increase its future prosperity, and secure the honor and glory of God ; and whereas, it behooves all men, everywhere and under all circumstances, to ask direction at the hand of Infinite Wisdom, and seek the benefit of the counsel of the wire and prudent ; wo, therefore, deem it important, in so grave a matter as a fandaments! change in the government of cur church. to obtain, as far as practi- cablo, the aid of the united wisdom and prayers of our brethren throughout the Methodiet connection; there- fore, Ist. Resolved, That a committer. to consist of twenty Persons, be appointed by the chairman of this meeting, Yo act as an executive committees, whose business ft shall be to adopt the necessary meamaren to cali a gene- ral convention, to be held in the city of Philadelphia, on Wednesday, the Sd day of March, 1852. to consist of delegates from the various stations and circuits within the bounds of our church, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning the General Conference to be held in Borton, in May next, for such sc pody assembled, a# will seoure the introy our conferences, and such ot! overnment of our church as ti 03 the convention may suggest or sgree upon 2d Resclved, That we not only disav with the Episcopacy but here our determined p hem both love, be intertere hare nor ani r ish these proceedings. and aleo th m, 08 provided for hs the first reaoiut The following brethre;, wore Appointed a com- mittee, under tie nrst resolution :— Prof, %y. 17. Allen, Union. Anthony Null, 6t. Georye'a oJ. Borwell, do. Ephraim Clarke, Fitch at Jno, Whiteman, — do Ald. J. B. Dare, Bt. Joba's Dr. W.P. Tilden, Hight Colson Hileskell, Trinity » R. MeNeille, Jno. B. Chrisman, do, Alexander Cammings, do W. P. Hacker, do DH. Kollock, Wharton st Chaties Perrine, St. Paul's W. W. Pidgeon, Koenexor. Samuel Ashmead, Beg. of the Union, was added by the resolution of the commitiee ADDRES } ion OF THE COMMITIRR TO TH ISTRY AND j.arty | OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES \ Dear Brethron—Tho undersigned having been appointed a committee under a resolution adopted ata meeting of the male members of the Metho- | dist Episcopal Church, ia the city and county | of Philadelphia, held om the llth day, of De- | comber, 1851, at the Methodist Episcopal Union Church, in the city aforesaid, doom it due to you, fe well as to themselves, to make a brief | exposition of the nature and object of the present movement. Jt is well known that tho laity of | our church have no voice in making and modifying | governed. It is also known to many of you, that | this exolusion of tho Jaity from a sharo in the go- yornment of tho church has been a source of dis- | content and agitation among its mombora fer many | yeors. Tho sion which occurred in 1844, and | the events which have followed that division— | among which an alarming dimination in tho mom- bership of the Northern church is not the lonst sig- nificant—have givon new activity to this long con- tinued dissatisfaction. Fearing a wide-aprend | disaffection in tho ohurch, whioh would rogult in | patbie, th | sigeration tb alia end over which the Maity have solicitous for the welfare and oaportty of our oe oe uy 6 ety - pe ae! measures as offered the becectalea of put- ting this subject forever at rest. Bolieving that “in the multitude of counsellors there is safety,” they invited five members from each station in this city to unite with them, and the meeting, thus constituted, eppoited a committee of nine to calla public moeting of all the male mombors of the churoh in the city and county of Philadelphia. At this public meet- ing, after a free ion, the preceding resolu- tions were ado} by a large majority. By a re- forence to the first resolution, it will be perceived that it is no part of the duty of tho undersigned to dictate to their brethren the course to be pursued by thom in this movement, but simply to invite them to send delegates to a general convention of the church, to take into pomaieralion the propriety of petitioning the next General Conference to make such changes in the law of the church ss the pro- posed convention may recemmend. It will, of course, devolve upon the convention to eet forth ita reasons for the chunges which it may agree upon, and the undersigned do not feel called upon to | enter upon aby argument in anticipation of its action. But, as they have reason to believe that the movement is not generally understood ; that it ia not even regarded by some of their bretaren dangerous, radical, and revolutionary, aud that it will result in discord and schism, they fool bound most solemnly to discluim any inteo- tion of marring the peace or mutilating tho integrity of the churoh. They go still further, axdnot only disclaim any interference with the Episoopacy and itineranoy of tae churoh, but they deolare their determination to advocate and sus- tainthem beth. So far from taking any step whioh might oxoite prejudice or distrust in tha mind of the Isity towards the ministry, it is thoir | earnest wish to allay and remove theae by bridging the gulf which separates the two order’. So far from threatening te withdraw their support from the ministry, they declare £ purpose to sustaia them in their high and boly , by theic sy ma- ir prayers, and t means; and so far from wisting to exclude then from participa- tion in this movement, (bey cordially invite their co-operation in eceking the contemplated change, "The undertigned are met at the outset with the ar- gument that the Church bas proposed, under its present form of goverameat, and has buon instru montal, under God. ja bringing more thana mil lion of souls into the fold of Christ, and thet it is, therefore, unwise to disturb an organization which has worked out such giovious resuiie They submit, in reply, tha these resulte have been xttained, nos ia consequence of the oxslusion of the laity from the | councils of the chureh, but in spite of it. Tosy are more justly attributable to the doctrines of the ohurch, which addrovs themselves to the hearts and conecierces of the people, to its itinerancy, its olass and prayer meetings, its mourners’ bench, its earacst ministry, its zealous laity, and its faoilities for reaching the poor. Ifthe church, by those means, has accomplished so much, with a form of govorn- mont 80 opposed to the gonius of our political insti- tutions, how much more might it have dono for the salvation of men and the glory of God, if, with the same doctrines and usages, it had had tho ad- of a constitution more in harmony with rit of our age and pecplo. for the founder of our church, we should do wall to remember that Mr. Wesley dictated our form of ecclesiastical government at a time whon the prin- ciples of civil freedom, and particularly tho rights of the people to govern themselves, were not 80 well understood ag at present. He formed his systom of church polity ia accordancs with monarohical ideas; but since that time the great experiment of aelf- | government has been made in this country, and what was thon regarded as a doubtful trial, has | | now become a demonstrated fact. signed do not deny that the condition of the early | The under members of the chursh may have been such as to justify tne ministry in assuming the entire lezisla- tive, judicial and executive control ; but that state of things bas passed away, and, advancing with tho steady progress of knowledge, the laity have at- tained te a dogree of intellectual capacity which qualifiee them to ronder valuable aid to their clorical brethren in the councils of the church. They respectfully submit that the tutelage of in- fancy is not adapted to the condition of manhood, and that every institution should, from time to time, so m« ita law as to conform to the pro- gressive movements of civilization. Changes to suit the exigencies of progress are written on every page of our country’s history. The constitutions of nearly all the thirteen States, which ori- ginaliy com posed our confederacy, theugh adapted to the wants of the period in which they were framed, havo been revised and altered to mect the necessities of the present age. And while the govern- ments of our sister Protestant churches have beon 80 constructed as to harmonize with our national and State institutions, the Methodist Episcopal Church alone remains indifferent to the improve- ments going on around it, and pertinaciously ad- heres to an obsolete and ep eg system. The undersigned believe that all civil, social and reli- gious organizations are capable of self-government. Justice, at least, require that those who pay should be represented in the councils of those who expend. The undersigned, furthermore, submit that the movement in which they are engaged, so far from pee radical, revolutionary and dangerous, is emi- nently conservative, that all the usages o! the springs of its prosperity, shall be sacred! served. It contemplates no action, except constituted legislature, to whose wisdom thoy appeal, and to whose authority thoy submit. It throws no firebrand of dissension within the hallowed gates of our Zion, but offers to spread oil upon the troubled waters of agitation and controversy. bition, and seeks the sole object of benefittin, entire church, by drawing more closoly the of brotherhood between the ministry and laity. It promises to aid the ministry, by sharing its res- onsibilities; to infuse new energy into the laity, y giving them a direct interest and influence in the work of the church; and to remove an objection te our polity, which has driven multitudes of its moet valuable members out of the church, and revented multitudes more from uniting with it. ‘he undersigned cannot suppose, for a moment, that a question of so much importance, submitted to 80 large a body, embracing almost every variety of mental constitution, will be acted upon without op- position. But may they not hopoit will receive from the | their brethren a calm and dispassionate investigation? They are far from believing that evil is the necessary result of the discussion of a great question, but they can readily see that ree in unholy tempers and unkind epithets, in place of a brotherly inter- ange of views, may result in injury to our beloved Zion. They, therefore, earnestly exhort their brethren throughout the connection to endeavor, in the consideration of the moasures proposed, to prosent to the chureh and to the world, the sublime oie lo of a vast brotherhood, exhibiting in their iscussions the legitimate fruits of our holy Christi- anity: ‘on earth poace and good-will toward men.” in conclusion, the undersigned submit for your con- sideration and action tho following proamble and resélution, with their earnest prayers to the great Head of the Church,that ho wiil a0 direct your hearts and minds, that your deliberations eball promote the Ler of hia gospel and tho “spread of scriptural holiness over these Innde: Whereas, at a meeting of che membern of the asveral Metbodist fpiscopal sharobes in this city aud couaty, held at Union Church, the Jith of December, it was deemed advisable to call a convention, to be composed of delegetes from (he different clronita and stations throughout the conzection; said convention to be held in this city on the 0d of Mai t, to take into con propriety of pre norial to the next General Vonterence. asking for such a ghange in the government of our chureh as wil! secure the Iatroduction of ley delegates into our conderenoes Therefore, Renolved, That ws regommend to the sove- ral cirouits and stations throughout the church, to ap point Iny delegates in euch way as may be most eonve- ‘nt, either by separere kotion of the oirowlta and rta- bs © geteral meeting, in such cities where there ¢ (bon one staijon. Provided that not more than five delegates shall be sent from any oircuit or station; but. when no appointment be made in any circuit or fon, it may be represented by any member or mem. bers of the soclety, not exceeding five, said detagates being, in every onée, at least twenty one years of ago, and three years a member of the Methe vist K piscopal Osuroh, H, Allen, T. K. Coline, 3.3, Boswell, 8 Ashmead, John Whiteman, Joha Huff W. P, Tilden, Charles B, Hare, P. R. MoNellie, 1 Oremer, Thomas W. Price J.B, Orieman, Anthony Null. A. Comming, Ephraim Clarke W.P. Hecker JB, Dare, D. HF. Kollock. Colson Hieskel! ©. Perrine, W. W. Pidgeon. Morat@ ano Ponce or Boston.—-Tho annual report of the Uity Marshal of Boston states that there ave in the city 3,753 places where intoxicating liquors are sold, 227 houses of ill-fame, 26 gambl houres, an average of 1,000 thieves at large ail the time, not less than 100 recetvera nud purcharera of stolen goods, and not Jers than 86 persons who deal in lottery tickets The night police consists of one captain, with a salary of $400; two sub offlvers, exch $600; 28 men, $1 373/ ight, or per annum, $400-—25, They have di ened (them, and thoir duty lies in that part of the y principally occupied by rtores and other places of business ; from India wharf up Mik, Washington street, Court street, Hanover strevt, to the water and the wharves. 1t is divided into three watches, of seven each, leaving one supernomerary ; two-thirds of the whole number, or fourteen men, are on duty two-thirds of enoh night; and the remaining seven mon remain atthe office, at City Mali, to answer calls, attend fires, W°. The whole number of robberies and laroenios reported at the Marohe!’s office during the year past, in 632; amonnt of property lost and stolen, is $44,418; amount of property recovered, and restored to owners, as por receipt book, is $2151, The whole number of complaints and arreste in 6 M9, Without do- | | tracting from the veneration felt by all Mothodists Faces and safe. It proposes | the church, which have been | pre~ | yy the | firm friends of the church, through its legally | It disclaims all motives of am- | onda | er | Items of Interest from Europe. he has just been promoted to 8 of France, is now in his eighty- third year. He is @ Basque by birth, and no pice guro was 60 great for him, it is said, as that of wan- dering over his native mountsins in his old age, and conversing with the nts. He carries his love for the scenes of his childhood, and for the mative habits of their inhabitants, to an ox- reme. He loves to converse in the Basquo toague, which he spe a4 well, perhaps better, thea French; and his cervanta, instead of the ordinary livery, wear by proference tho blue flat cap of the mountains. Uptoa Lit short time since, (soneral Harispe was still, notwithstanding his timo of life, in all the vigor of a green old ag The suocess of the Channel telegraph is already producing ite expected results. Tho company, whose alee aro alrondy at Holyhead, are prepar- to lay down a serios of lines from that port to Dublin. By way of oxperiment, as we undersiaad, the parties interested in this mode of communioa‘ion between the two islands intend (9 lay in the bod of the Channel a cable of four wires—two of thaw be- ing reserved for tho exclusive use of the govora- mont. The distance is xbont sixty miles —taree times greater than that betwseu Dover und Calais. | At Kiegston the wires wit! be att.ohad to those of | the Irish trunk ralways running ce Dublin, Cork, Galway acd othor iwportuvs towns. The com- pletion of these works 1 ust operate strongly iu fa- Vor of the establishment of u packet station ut Gal- way; as, by way of Ireland—-the American “ over laud ronte”—the telegraphic distances botween tha great European capitals— Paris, London, Sorlin and Vienna—and Washington, would bo thas re- ducod from eleven to about seven days! Tho Alexandria correspondent of the London Times states that Mr. Siepheacoa had prosseded | from that city to Cairo by tand, in order to inspeot the country well, and to como to a tinal decision | with regurd to the presize course to be adupted for | the Egyptian railway. .“*Mr Stephenson seoms to think,” be says, *vhattho best plan will be to | carry the reilroad over the barrage, where the te; aod be is de- bridges are in a vory forward s formined to endeavor to have the Ime ia working condition within three years’ lime. Dr. Cutlen has completed his survey of the Isth- mus of Deriev. Hie Jubors are said to have had | important results—having brought to light the | fact thata wide tract of entirely tov aad level land onthe Atlantic coast | of the isthuwas, to the Liver Savana This river, | Which falls in’o the Gulf of Sau Miguel on tae Pacific, it has been foand. is navigable for sixteoa | miles aad upwards from its mouth, for vessels of the | groateet draught of water; 80 that it world only | be required to deepon eight miles of its upper course, and to out nine miles from the river te Port | Eseoces, over low and lovol lucd, in order to form a | canal communication betweea the Atisatio and | Paoifio oceans. it is brondly asserted that this rojected canal route, from tho excellence of the eon on each side, its shortness, and the low | elevation of the country, presents facilities which no route hitherto Taoeaen can offer—the amount of work to be done being considerabley less than | that which yet remaing to be done on the Panama | railroad. We need not say that we must await | further details and descriptions of the Darien route | before we subsoribe to terms go little quaified by | doubt of any kind. Letters from St. Petersburg announce tho sud— den death, at the age of seventy-one, of the well-known Hellenist and arobwologist, Dr. Ghris- | tian Frederiok Graefe Gaele was tho senior | member of the Academy of Sciences at St. Poters- | burg. He had been formorly Professor of Groek | Philology at tho Univorsity of tho same city, and | was actually Professor at the Imperial Institute ef Pedagogy, and Chief Director of the Museums of the Ermitage Palace. He is the aathor of a great number of works on ancient Greece; and Rus: owee to him editions of the principal amongst the | old Greek authors, with notes and commonta- ries. He published, also, a description of the principal Greek and Roman antiquities existing in different places of Russia. | Dr. Neuman, Professor of History in the Uni- | Vereity of Munich, has comploted his long-pro- | mised ‘‘History of the Eaglish Empire in Agi | and it is on the evo of publication. A Dresden oorrespondont of Kubne’s Auropa states that a number of humorous drawings, sketched by the pencil of Schiller, and accompanied by descriptions in hisown hand, have been found in the possession of a Swabian family, with whom the great poot became acquainted during his resi- donee at Losohwitz. WhenCharles the Twelfth, King of Sweden, was killed by a ball directed against him from the for- tress of Friedrichstadt, to which he had laid siege, a simple column of marble, bearing ne other insorip- tionthan the monarch’s name and the date of his death, was raised to.mark the spot. This column baving gradually 1 way before the piece-meal depredatione of relic-tgving tourists until nota frag- ment is left, the No} 1 government has doter- mined that a worthier monument shall occupy its Place ; and having submitted the matter to public subscription, three-fourths of the sum needed waa offered in less than two days. The work is to be the subject of competition, Malle Cruvelli’s success Weems of tho two, loss in Paris this season than it was in London, and to be already on the wane in the French capital. She has | attempted the part of Maria in ‘La Figlia deb Reggimento,” and failed in it. If sho be wise enough to profit by her failures, Mdlle. Cruvelli may still achieve a great success. At the perform- ance in question Herr Eokert conducted the orchestra in place of Horr Hillor, whose term of servico—if this substitution betokens its end—has | proved shorter than even seme of us anticipated it might be. | ._ On grounds of a similar nature—the substantia- | tion of opinions in which for a while we stood alone —we must record that M. Gounod’s “Sappho” has been again produced atthe Grand Opera. The a is now shorn of all patriotic “ mischief” that it contained—by the retrenchment of the en- tire part of Alceus—and as much of the intrigue as set forth the conspiracy. How M. Augier’s libretto fares under such Presidential care we cannot guess: —but the musieof the opera, in partioular its e Cree third act, is now firmly established with the ‘arisian conne The Turf. Avovsta Races Three mile heats, on Thursday, Uith inst. For this day’s purse there were four entries, vie:— Col, Singleton’s b. g. Capt. Minor, 6 years old, by Mon- arch, dem by Giaucus. J.C. O'Hanlon’s c.g. Ottoway, 5 years old, by Boston, dam Canary. P. 8. Fowler's (Harding’s) s £. Thete, by imp. Priam, dam Gama by Pacific, 4 years old Kichard Waters’ (W. Mf. Martin’s) b. h. Free Trade, aged, by Mercer, dam by Monmouth Eelipse. As soon as the entries were made, Capt. Minor was tha favorite, four to one against the fleld Some piles changed hande on this mark, but offerings became too beavy for the backers of the Uaptatn, and his friends backed out on the evening of entry ut this odds. Before the race cains off, however. the friends of the Captain seemed to have regained confidence, and on the traok the same odds were freely offered, the Captain against the field, Iven at thi« odds thers were but few takers, The next favorite seem- ed to be Free Trade. sn old veteran on the turf, who hae done good service; he bad his friends, and although they were unwilling to back bim against the Captein, bets were freely made on him sgeinst the field, leaving the y Captain out. Ile friends were not disappointed in their calculations, for he proved himself to still have left » lit- tle of the oid stock in bim, being second in the race. On the first beat, Thota made good runnings ; she took the iend, and kept it for the first and part of the second tuile~ihe rm sing between her and Pree Trade-— Ottawa Third--the Cepte ing well up. but still be- hind. until they reached the quarwr stretch, when Gil Patrick, the rider of the Captain, put him to his work on the quarter stretch, ond onthe second round ke ame out second--Theata im the leed, Ou the third round, the Captain chauged places with Thoata, taxing the icad, which he kept to the end of the race; row ‘Trade saved bis distance, but Ottaway was mere unfor- tunete-- he fell bebind the fxg, and was distanced. \ Mie b St, On the third mile, ic was besutifal contest between (ha Captain ged Thote; onthe back stretch they ren for some distanoe, neck and neck, but when the quarter stretch was reached, the Uaptain took the lend, and kept it with apparent ease For the second heat, eniy two horaes made their ep- earance on the cround—ibe Captain and Free Trade, theta drawn At the tap they were off, Free Trade in the lead, whien he kept for the first mile=-the Oaptain well up, On the second round the Captain took the * load on the back stretoh, which he kept to the end of the rece, coming in an easy winner, Time dm. 108 ‘The following is the result of the race:-— Capt. Minor... Free Trade...... Theta, Ovtowa inet. there was a very interesting and exelting the Bingamon Conrs, for a purse of $150, mile heats, and the following five borees were entered. viz :—Bov Greew, # Jordan colt, Jenny Owen, Berry, and Jeanueste. Col | Bingaman’s entry of the Jordan colt appeared to be rather the favorite with the orowd. After some acot- dents at the start, the five jumped off together, but soon afterwards Jeannette bolted and brought herself far he- hind. Jonny Owen took the track and kept it, winning | bondilyin 1.009%. On the second heat, Jenny Owen again jed of with the others well op. Oo entering the lust stretch, all of them swong around together. but the Jor- dun colt drew out from the erowd and won by two lengtha | {9 1:61, For the third hent, Jenny Owen was now the | favorite with tha betting people. ‘The Jordan colt bapt | in front for about half a mile, when Berry challenged and parsed, winping theheat handily in [:62\, Berry | then became the favorite against the field, with but few takers, for the betting from the start had been only plight, The Jordan colt led for the firet half mile, when Rerry went up and won the heat and race easily by Ave Jengths in 1:56. The following is the summary: William J, Minor’s b. g, Berry, by Soversiga, over daa by Glencov—aed youre Old... 4... eit A. 1. Bingaman’s oh. 9. by smported dan, dem Sarah Bladen=S years old. 9122 | TB doiusby’s ob. m. Jenny Owen, by veller. dom Mary, Queen of foots—ty.0o 1283 . Thos, BI W. Boarniau’s gr. ¢. Bob Groen, by Ambassador, dam Reviewed ¥.0. 2 4 dia, Thomas J. Wells's ch. m. Jeannette, own sis tor to Bigadoon—4 years old... 5+ Time, L605 1 G11 524 +i