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Sir Robert Price, the Liberal candidate, was elected Member for Hereford City,. on Thursday, without opposition; Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald, the Conservativey not making his appearance.

Both parties have made active preparations for the electiens at Sunderland. Colas. nel Thompson has had a growing support; having been joined by Mr. Bright, the Member for Durham, Mr. Henry Morton, the agent for the Lambton estates and-un- derstood to represent the Durham interest, and by other Free-traders and Liberals. The supporters of Mr. Hudson exhibit a show of figures, and declare thak their candidate has secured a majority of votes. The "Railway King" made hie first appearance in the town and his debut on the hustings on Monday. The substance of his speech was the reply to two charges,—that he was a railway spe- culator; and that he opposed that repeal of the Corn-laws which would benefit the poor. He boasted that railways benefit the poor, by occasioning employment, "It is all very well to talk about the poor, butt like to act for the poor. And L appeal to you whether my course of conduct has not been such as to give more employment to the poor of England than any other that could be pursued. Itisnot. the poor that are employed directly in the construction of the railway. ontr that are benefited, bat the manufacturers of iron, coach-builders, and millwrights, the owners mind cultivators of land in their vicinity, and, indeed, all classes of the community partake of the advantages of the railway system. I say, therefore; that my opponents preach about the poor while I give employment to the poor; without which many of them might starve. Away, then, with the charge of being a railway speculator. I say if results such as the world believes flow from railways, I have been a benefactor to my country. Is it a charge against:me that by those means I have made a fortune? Why, is there any gentleman that would not like to make a fortune of the matters be is connected with ? Others have made fortunes too; and it is because I have made a fortune and am inde- pendent, that I come here to ask for your suffrages to send me to Parliament, that there I may crown all. I shall not shrink from. giving my. opinions.upon the great questions of the day; but I shall give my votes more espeeially for the poor, from whom I have myself sprung? All this was much cheer. With respect to the Corn-laws, he repeated some of the old arguments against repeal, and notably that it would lower wages. Ile declared his general concurrence with Ministers; but especially pledged himself to support the local interests of Sunderland.

Goodwood Races began on Tuesday, with more thanthe usual brilliant success, except in the weather. The company owned fully the accustomed predominancy of the aristocratic element; the (plebeian) blacklegs were effectually excluded; and the course had been improved by widening it to the extent of six or seven yards; with other advantageous alterations. The weather was cold and showery, which checked the arrival of numbers; but still the amount of the attendance on the first day was considerable. The sport was various and good. These were the winners—The Craven Stakes of 10 sovereigns each, Lord George Bentinck's Discord (Nat); the Ham Stakes of 1001. each, (41 subscribers,) Mr. Gratwickee bay filly by Elis out of Carlotta (H. Bell); Sweepstakes of 3001. each, (16 subscribers,) Colonel Anson's Joe Lovell (F. Butler); Welter Stakes of 201. each (gentlemen riders,) Lord Heath's 1Volfdog (Mr. P. Williams); the Drawingroom Stakes of 25/. each, (28 subscribers,) with a bonus of 101. each, (19 subscribers,) Mr. Gully's Old England (Sam Day); Gretwicke Stakes of 100/. each, (41 sub. scribers,) Colonel Peel's Hersey (Nat); Goodwood Club Stakes, ridden by mem - hers of the Goodwood Club, Lord Eglington's Quebec (Captain Pellet); Levant Stakes of 50/. each, Mr. Forth's Sting, (H. Bell); Sweepstakes of 3001 each Mr. Payne's Collingwood received forfeit; Innkeeper's Plate, Lord George Bentinck's Farthing Candle. The most remarkable of these races was that .for the Ham Stakes: there were seven horses-

Berrnio.—Even on Wilderness; 3 to 1 against Wit's End; 3 to I against Cucktie; and 7 to 1 against the Carlotta filly.

Tim Iteca.—Cuckoo jumped off with the load, followed. closely by Princess Alice; Wilderness waiting on them. They ran in nearly this order till half-way down the hill, where Wilderness took a slight lead, and making the pace good, went in front of the half-distance ; here the Princess fell back, and SamphIre joined the leading horses, who ran almostubreast to the stand ; the Carlotta.filly, which had been in the. rear In the early part of the race, lying about a length from them. Wilderness was beaten before she reached the weighing-stand; and the Carlotta filly making her effort immediately after, caught the Duke of Richmond's mare a few yards from home, and In the last stride won by a neck, Cuckoo beating Samphire by half-a-length, Wilderness an MOIL ferent fourth, and nothing else up. John Day senior, after a long interregnum, ap- peared in "livery," but not a whit the stronger for waning to ride 13st 11b. The winner has been named Lady Cecilia. On Wednesday the weather was worse, and the attendance very thin; but the racing was good. The winners were these—the Stand Plate Mr. A. doolea Shadow (Lye); Cowdrie Stakes, Lord George Bentinck's Killikiankie (W. Ali- dale); the Goodwood Stakes of 251. each, or 5 if declared, (133 subscribers, 75 of whom declared,) Lord George Bentinck's Miss Ells (Kitchener); Queen's Plate of 100 guineas, Duke of Richmond's Red Deer (Nat); Steward's Cup of 3001. each, (39 subscribers,) Lord Stanley's Psaknsinger; Members of the City of Chile cheater's Plate, Sir Samuel Spry's Subduer (Wakefield.) Twenty horses ran in this race. Twenty-three ran in the race for the Goodwood Stakes; the chief one of the day-

Berm-Ia.-7 to 1 against Pythia ; 8 to 1 against Lotimrio ; 10 to 1 against Pineapple; 10 to I against Rochester; 11 to 1 against Wee Pet; 13 to I against Boarding-mhos:it Miss ; 14 to 1 against Miss Ells; 14 to 1 against .3igisi 20 to I against Europa; SOW 1 against Aristides; 20 to 1 against Morpeth ; 25 to 1 against Laird o' Cockpen; 25 tot 1 against Venus; and 30 to 1 against any other.

Tim HACE.—The start took place exactly at the time fixed (half-past two); Alistidees who had been restive, and was led to the post, jumping off with the lead, flillowet Miss Ells, and a ruck of horses, including Boarding-school Miss; John o' Gann* and Naworth, the Libel and Pythia also lying in good places. At the distance, Aris- tides fell behind the two fillies, and .1Egis went on with the running to the turn round the hill, where Aristides dropped further into the ruck, and Miss Ella, passing ./Egie, went on with a clear lead. On reappearing in sight, Miss Ells and 2saris were in the same positions, Boarding-school Miss, Giantess, Pythia, and Nottingham lying ins, Roderick and Lotharlo, who had been in the rear at the earlier part of the race, having also good places. They came thus to the last turn; in making which dEgis ran against a post, broke It short to the bottom, and thus lost too much ground to have any further chance in the race: the post fell before Lothario, but without, as we could learn, touch- ing or disappointing him. The accident gave Miss Ells a strong lead ; and increasing It every stride, she ultimately won by at least six lengths. Lotharto took the second place on -Egis's disappearance, but was followed by Roth:nick, who passed him at the distance, and maintained his advantage easily ; Ajax was. fourth, Pride flak and Venus sixth. The weather was still bad on Thursday; but the presence of the Mug of Hols land, a visiter at Goodwood, drew large crowds to the race-coarse, and there was a very full attendance of patrons of the turf. The winning horses • for the day were—of a Sweepstakes of 2001. each, Lord George Bentinck's Princess Alice (Nat); Sweepstakes of 2001. each, Lord Chesterfield's Arkwright (Nat).; Moll,. comb Stakes of 501. each, (29 subscribers,) Mr. C. Gill's Sting (H. Bell); Racing Stakes of 501. each, Mr. W-reford's Worthless (J. Day); the Cup, valued at 3001., by subscribers of 20/. each with 1001. added, (48. subscribers), Lord George Bentinck's Miss Ella (W. Abdale); Sussex Stakes of. 251. each, Duke of Richmond's Cuelmo, (3Iarson.) The Duke of Richmond's Laird o' Coel-,pu walked over the ground for two small sweepstakes. The principal race, that far the Cup, is thus recorded; twelve horses ma- ns-mar:G.-2 to 1 against Miss Ella; 2 to 1 against Weatherbit ; 6 to. 1 against Vale, elan; and 12 to 1 against St. Lawrence. THE HAcE.—Freeisely at the time appointed, the horses, started by Lord Gee Bendnek, quitted the post ; Discord-taking the lead, followed by Miss Elle, Altbar and the Laird o' Cookpan and My Old Rack iying,np ; Weatherblt,. Amid.; Valerian, Rowena, and Gorharaburn who WAS always laid. forming the rear rank. They went in this way at a killing pace to the turn round the hill, where Discord and Miss Ells changed .plaaraii. Akbar awl the Laird dropping . off, and Weatherlid moving towards thafront. On again appeariug in sight. Miss Ella had a stmngslearl. Discord second, and Weathertrit third ; the latter immediately after took the second place ; at the rails hq got to the mare's girths, lived there about one hundred yards, was quitted without aweltbrt, and beaten ma canter:by two length,; My Old Mack a very bad third, and Akbar fourth ; the others were pulled up. Lord George Ilentinek was- loudly cheered orthis mare returning to scale. The-meeting finished with éclat: "the sport" we are told, " was ample the riding, in several instances very superior, and the speculation uncommonly brisk." The raring- was mostly left to the amateurs; who were afforded a novel opportu- nity for a mount," by an announcement in the lists that "gentlemen wishing to ride for the Anglesey, March, Bentinck, or Maidstone Stakes, might hire Lord G. Bentinck's horses, . engaged in those raees." In this way,. the March Stakes first class, were-won by Lord Howth's Beatrice (Mr. Moore); second class, Lord Haratlis Wolfdog (Captain Williams); a Challenge raca by Lord George Ben. tide's Naworth (Mr. Bolt); the Brunswick Stakes, by Lord George Bentinck's Beet Bower (Lord Maidstone). Six horses ran for- the Nassau Stakes of 501. each, (24 subscribers,) which were won by the Duke of Richmond's Refraction (H. Bell); losing the start, Refraction made a dead heat with Sir. R. W. Bulke- ley's.Qocen Rbmare; but gained the prize in a deciding heat. For the Chester- field Cup twenty-one horses ran; the winner being Mr. Etwall's Egis (Sharpe). BETTING.-3 to I against Miss Ells ; 4 to 1 against Lothario ; 7 to 1 against Knight of the Whistle; 10 to 1 against Remorse; 10 to 1 against Quebec; 10 to 1 against Aggis ;, 1210 1 against Hersey. Tao RACE.—The Queen of the Gipsies, followed Garry- Gwen, Hersey, Ninety-one, MissElie; Quebee,Needfid, andSemiseria ; the others lying in good places,. Ales nearly last. At the tarn lEgis threaded the horses, took up the running, and carriedit oa to the stand, where site was challenged by Needful and Saniseria, but won without being caught, by-a head; Sendserla a good third, and Timone, .Knight of the Whistle, and Mtsa Ells well up.

The celebration of Election Saturday began at Eton on Seturday last, with the delivery of the usual speeches before a numerous assemblage of- visiters. The- regatta took place in the evening: there was a grand supper, laid on several tables in a field at Old Sierley; and at night fire-works at Windsor Bridge, concluding with a medallion portrait of the queen, said to be an excellent likeness.

The Great Britain steam-ship sailed from Liverpool on Saturday on her first trip to New York. Thousands of people lined the shores and thronged steamers to witness the departure of the leviathan, which took place amid the booming of Cannon and the cheers of the multitude. Though the fares were low, there were only forty-five passengers; but a large cargo of goods.

The Railway from London to Cambridge and thence to Ely was opened to the public in its whole extent on Wednesday. The completion of the line was cele- bretecl on Tuesday; when the directors and supporters of the undertaking treated their friends with an excursion from London to Ely, and a dinner at Cambridge. After breakfasting at the Shoreditch terminus, the company started in a long train decorated with flags and carrying a band of music at nine o'clock. Cambridge, a distance of fifty-seven miles, was reached at a quarter-past eleven. Here an im- mense concourse of persons was assembled to greet the arrival of the party. The bells rang merry peals, there was a continuous discharge of ordnance the huzzas of the mob were loud and vigorous, and the band struck up "See the con- peering hero(!) comes." After a stay of half-an-hour, the train was again in mo- tion; and at the Ely station—a copy of the previous scene—the train from London was joined by the train which had left Norwich at half-past ten o'clock. After viewing the city and cathedral, both the London and, the Norwich parties proceeded to Cambridge. Here a sumptuous banquet, cooked by Mr. Gunter in the kitchens of Downing College, waa spread under-a large marquee; and at three o'clock six hundred gentlemen sat down to dinner. The chair was taken by Mr. Bosanquet; he was sapporea..by-Lord Roden, Lord Braybrook, the Bishop of Norwich, the Dean of Ely, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, and most of the heads-of houses; there were also-present, Major Beresford, M.P., Mr. M'Kenzie, M.P., Mr. Ward, M.P., the Mayor and Corporation of Cambridge, a great number of the clergy of the University-and neighbourhood, and many of the gentry of the county. Healths were drunk and spe-whesmade. At half-past four the company broke up; the London party setting out for the Metropolis at six. The whole line of railway from London to Ely- issilmost a dead fiat. There are no cuttings, and only one short bit of tunneling. The various stations are commodious, and some of them elegant structures.

A mestalraming and: serious accident, happened to am up-train on the-Dover Railway, at PensIntrs4 on Monday evening. A writer in the Times thus describes itee-" 'the last-carriage in the train, bearing the red tail-lights, was detached at Tnahridge, and the-train was, by au unfortunate mischance allowed to proceed without the lights. The Sub-Inspector, on making this discovery, which he did after thoetrain had lefttlie-statiom without consulting his.roineipal, and no doubt fronxtha,desire to conceal his own unpardonable negligence, sent off- the pilot engine -with the lamps. The wicked recklessness of the driver of the pilot-engine converted this first muitake into a- serious and deplorable accident to some of the unsuspecting-passengers The train, which was a heavy one, and -drawn by two euginesin front, had arrived- at Pentharst, thonext station to Tunbridge, where it-was, drawn up, when the pitiat-engine- overtook, and dashed into it. The criminal negligence! of the,driver, of the pilot-engine appears, as far as any in- formation has reached A; to have bee* altogether without excuse, and is the more unaccountable since he was well aware that the train which he was sent to overtake stops at Penshurst, and the exact position of the station is marked be- yond. the possibility of mistake by the proximity of the tunnel on the Tunbridge shim One gentleman had his leg broken at the ankle-joint, the jawbone of another-was dislooated, and several met with serious braises. The engine-driver wag immediately taken into -custody by the officers of the railway, and the Sub. Inspector is likewise in charge." The train consisted of fourteen carriages, all full of pammgers, it being- the lase up-train conveying persons who had excur- sionts. One first-class, and three second-class carriages were broken to pieces. A medical correspondent of the Times says there were thirty or forty persons cut and bruised. On Wednesday afternoon, Joseph Walker, the engine-driver, was accused at Tun- bridge Court-house, before a County Magistrate, of causing the disaster by his negligence. Captain Charlewood, RN., of the Dover Company, prosecuted. The witnesses described the starting of the- train from Tunbridge-without the red tail- lights, as related above. Walker was sent on with an engine to carry the red lamps to the train.: one witness said he told the engine-driver they were tail- lamps, and he must have seen that they were when-they were placed in the tender. When the engine approached a tunnel near Penshurst, Walker shut off the steam for a while, but soon put it on again, remarking that the train was not there, and they would have • to go oft to the next station. A few moments had scarcely transpired before the train wasseen; when, the defendant instantly shut off the steam and, reversed the engine, as well as. put on the break. The engine, however, never stopped, but dashed into the train. The man was described as a sober, steady- driver. In his defence, he declared, that none of the witnesses ever spoke to him about the. train's being deficient of the tail-lights. He clearly understood them to say, on starting withalie pilot-engine,. that the lights in qaestion were those of the engines; otherwise he should have proceeded with greater caution. He-never-supposed but what the train had the tail signal-lights, and consequently. was on the look-nut for them. Directly he saw the train,. he used every means to prevent the accident, by putting down the break, shutting off the steam, and reversing the engine. George Smith, the fireman, corroborated this: his im- preseion was the same as that of the accused. The Magistrate was of opiniSia; that the disaster originated in mistake, and that the engine-driver was not pable ; he discharged the-complaint Captain Charlewood, in answer to the Bench, said, that the number of per- known to be injured was three: they were, Mr. Haines of Cheapside, come pound fracture of the leg, near the ankle; the mother of a guard recently killed upon the line, dislocation of the right jaw; and a talented painter, (a Baronet,

• ht injury to the spine. There were a number of persons of both sexes b

and otherwise injured; but he had been unable to learn their names, as they had gone to their respective houses on the night of the accident.

A violent collision on the Eastern Counties Railway, on Friday week, appears to have been caused by the employment of two engines, one in front and another behind, to propel a train. The train was proceeding at a rapid rate between Rom- ford and Brentwood, when the hindmost engine broke away the last carriage from the others, and then run into them with the detached carriage. The passengers were dashed about by the concussion, and several were much injured: one lady was so much hurt that her life was endangered; a surgeon had his knee dislo- cated, and another gentleman had his knee severely cut.

Two accidents have occurred on the Midland Railway. A porter has been killed at Derby by the swinging round of a track on a turn-table: the catch did not act, and the truck went further than it should, crushing the man. A. stoker has had one of his legs broken by the collision of two mineral-trains in the Claymess tunnel.

An engine-driver on the Birmingham Railway has had his right leg dreadfully crushed by slipping off an engine, near Cheddington, while be was endeavouring to ascertain the cause of its not working properly. lie was brought to London, and the leg has been amputated.

Yeats, a railway labourer, was killed on the Great Western Railway, near Southall, last week. He and other labourers were taking a nap after dinner on the grass a few yards from the rails, when a train came up: it is supposed that Yeats woke in a fright, and starting up ran in front of the engine. On Monday night a guard was killed at Hartwell, iplsyiu been knocked off the platform on which he was sitting, by a train, which over his body.

The Railway-speculation mania has already had a victim, at Liverpool. Mr.. Henry Edwards, who was formerly clerk to John Bibby and Sons, iron and copper merchants, but had latterly been admitted a partner, had been gambling deeply in railway shares, and recent fluctuations in the market had made him liable for some 20,000/. He had not means to meet his losses, which preyed upon his mind, and last week he destroyed himself: he went to the beach on the Cheshire side of the Mersey, and there shot himself through the head. Mr. Edwards was a very amiable young man, and much respected.

During Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last week, the Assize Court at Exeter was occupied with the trial of the ten men, Portuguese or Spaniards, charged with murdering a number of Englishmen on board a captured slaver off the coast of Africa. The prisoners were tried on an indictment " for the wilful murder of Thomas Palmer on the high seas, on board a vessel called the Felicidade, on the 2d March last, by Janus Majaval striking and stabbing him with a knife, giving him a mortal wound upon the belly, of which he died; the other prisoners being present at the time of the murder, aiding and assisting him." There was another count in the indictment, charging the prisoners with having thrown Thomas Palmer out of the vessel and drowmng him. A mixed Jury of Englishmen and Foreigners was empanelled. The accused pleaded " not guilty." The witnesses examined were Lieutenant Stupart, R.N., Cerquiera, master of the slave-schooner Felicidade, Rosaigre, a Negro and servant to one of the prisoners, Sobrina da Costa, another Negro who had served the accused, a corporal of marines, a sea- man, and Lieutenant Wilson, RN. Their evidence was to this effect. At the. end of last February, the Brazilian slave-schooner Felicidade was captured by tha Wasp; and Lieutenant Stupart, Mr. Palmer a midshipman, and fifteen seamen., took possession of her; the crew of the slaver remaining on board as prisoners. On the 1st March another slaver was descried, and Lieutenant Stupart chased it in a boat; it got off that night, but the following morning it was captured. It proved to be the Brazilian brigantine Echo, and it had on board 430 slaves. There was a crew of twenty-eight. Mr. Stupart took charge of the Echo, and left Mr. Palmer, eight English seamen, and,two Kroomen, on hoard the Felicidade. Their only arms were iron bars, one hatchet, and one cutlass. Nine of the accused formed part of the crew of the Echo, and had been sent on board the Felicidade, with eleven others; while the crew of the Felicidade, with two exceptions, were removed to the Echo; the tenth prisoner was one of the Felicidade's crew. On the morning of the 2d March, the accused, or a portion of them, resolved to at- tack the English party: they rushed upon deck with their knives drawn, assailed Mr. Palmer and his crew, and after a struggle in which some of the accused were wounded on- the head, they succeeded in killing all the Englishmen; while the two Kroomen leaped overboard in terror. The bodies they threw into the sea. Cerquiera declared that he was opposed to this massacre, and tried to per- suade the others not to engage in it. He described the struggle. Palmer was killed by blajaval, one of Ccrquiera's crew who acted as cook: his came out of the cabin where he was making bread, and ran the officer through the side with a long cooking-knife. One of the Englishmen was thrown partly overboard, anti hung by the side of the vessel; he had caught hold of the fore-sheet and held, to it; but Antonio Joaquim cut his fingers off, so that he sank into the water and disappeared. Others of the crew had beaten him over the head. The deck WAS covered, with blood. Alves, one of the prisoners, was knocked down by the quartermaster, who then threw him overboard. Alves swam round the vessel, caught hold of a boat in which were some of the Echo's crew, and got into it He remained in the boat till the struggle was all over. He then came on board, and took in his hands the blood off the deck and drank it, because he had not had hie satisfaction ! As soon as the massacre was over, Serva, the prime mover in the bloody enterprise, took the command of the schooner, and fired upon the Echo, which was in company; calling out to his brother-in-law, who-was on board that vessel, to endeavour to raise a mutiny. He then sailed away, declaring that he should proceed to Rio, and retain possession of the vessel which he had won by- his valour, instead of the Echo which the English had taken from him. Four days after, however, the war-ship Star fell in with the Felicidade and captured it. Suspicion was excited by marks of blood being perceived, and clothes bell found belonging to the Englishmen. A few days after, Cerquiera, Rosaigrq the other Negro, turned approvers. As the Felicidade was proceeding with the prisoners to Sierra Leone, it was lost in a storm: a raft was made, however; and after suffering dreadful hardships for twenty days, existing on sharks which they captured, and losing five of their number by. death, the prize-crew were picked up by the Cygnet. Such was the tale disclosed in evidence. Seven of the prison- ers were found guilty; while three, against whom the evidence of participating iit the murders was insufficient were acquitted. Those who were convicted were- sentenced to death.

Louis Henry Gerrie, lately Chief Superintendent of the Durham Police, wee tried, on Tuesday, for the murder of his wife in June last, by shooting her in a fit of jeelousy. The particulars of the case were stated at the time. All the.wit- nesses for the prosecution admitted on cross-examination that the accused.wes ha an excited if not deranged state about the period in question; during the pitmen's strike he was wounded in the head by an iron bar, which injury affected Ins mind. The prisoner was acquitted on the ground of insanity.

Attempts have been made to shoot Mr. Turner, the son of Prince Albert's head gamekeeper, while watching game near Bagshot at night. A gun was fired which

contained three bullets, and one of the balls knocked off a finger of the left hand. Turner had recently been active in prosecuting persons for selling pheasants' eggs stolen from the Prince's preserves.

The governess, six children, and three servants of Mr. Gilbert of Shawell, near Lutterworth, have been poisoned by sluttish housewifery. They ate some pud- ding made with currants preserved in bottles which had held sheep-wash; a mix- ture containing arsenic. Medical aid having been quickly obtained, all the patients are now considered to be out of danger.

Four miners have been killed, near Merthyr, by the breaking of a chain as they were descending the shaft of a mine: three died instantly.