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i MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. ~' c 4 ~b~ River ! River ! swelling River ! On you rush o'er rough and smooth— Louder, faster, brawling, leaping Over rocks, by rose-banks sweeping, Like impetuous youth. River.! ,River! brimming River! Broad and deep and still as Time, Seeming still—yet still in motion, Tending onward to the ocean, Just like mortal prime. River ! River ! rapid River ! Swifter now you slip away ; Swift and silent as an arrow, Through a channel dark and narrow, Like life's closing day River River ! headlong River ! Down you dash into the sea ; Sea, that line bath never sounded, Sea, that voyage hath never rounded, Like eternity. The present number of Blackwood is charac terized by its usual ability in literary matter, and l'ehemetice in political articles. Not satisfied with the usual quantity of letter-press, Christo pher North"hasr liberally given two sheets and a half additional, which makes the present num ber a-thumper: It has one fault, however, for there'.m a y be too much of a good thing—and ChristoPher bag treated his readers with an over dose .of political, economy, as well as a super . abundance of political -acritnony, varied indeed in Paipp, but _tot- the more attractive, under the appellation s of Thoughts on the Times—Re port-on ;the' - Irish Miscellaneous Estimates— Ireland as it was Twenty Years Ago—Me Court and the Cabinet—and Public 4ffizirs. Now all theSe varieties may be very pleasing to Christopher, on principle that every crow likes his own notes best, but we question whether his readerawill be of the same opinion. For our part, we think that none but an ultra Tory could read them all through, and it would require the stomach of Lord .Eldon himself to digest them to the satis faction of all parties concerned. But the Ultras are fond - of strong dishes, and Christopher does wisely to provide them with a bill of fare suited to the present deranged state of their appetites. PrOvoCatives may be as proper in politics as promptitude in love or decision in war. The 4' Five Nights. of St. Albans" forms the first article in'this number, and in the shape of a review, concluding with an extract supernaturally interesting. The character of this book is favour able, but we d 6 not agree with the reviewer that because the author (Mr. Mudford) has nothing in common with either of the two sets of Romances which have of late years divided between them the favour of the public, something somewhat different was wanting, if that something were to bring us back to the days of superstitions horror and fanatical delusion. Those times are, thank Heaven, buried in the womb of eternity, and we have no wish to witness, or at least to en courage their resuscitation, that the minds of the r*ng generation may be familiarised with ghostly monstrosities and imaginative horrors Which act as a nightmare Upon the reason ever after, an d . w hi c h no t even the strongest mils can wholly shake off---so over-awing is''their gloomy recollection. At the same time we do not mean to say but that if these things are lc:niched off with a masterly hand, they may exercise the mind beneficially by ex panding the sphere of imagination, and teaching it to contrast ideal possibilities with the poetry of real existence. How the author of the " Pive Nights of St. Albans" has acquitted him . self in this respect we will not offer an opinion till w e have had an opportunity of perusing his work, but in the_ extract before us he has suc ceeded effectually, while the interest is rendered more permanent by having a moral effect. ". Recollections of an Old Favourite," and Dibdin's Sea Songs," are both critical, and may please those musically inclined with a pen chant for the roving pleasures of the sea. , 4 My d her -. Lodgers," by Mr. Galt, dust .keep s up the character, but not the inte rest, of his previous doings in that way. The -B . 3 stry on the Theory (God wot !) .and the ritings of Wordsworth," is both too theo .relical and too prosy for our taste. As for the Other articles, we leave them' to the taste of the I ; e4 "ler, and close our hasty remar k s w i t h extract in.g the followi n g comparison of the progress of a riv e r to the ocean, to that of man to eternity ....River! River ! little River ! . Bright you sparkle on your way, . O'er the yellow pebbles dancing, . 'Through the flowers and foliage glancing, Like a child at play. •. . . THE NEW MONTHLY Tor October is lively, interesting, and varied. — It open s with a comparisoc between O'Connell and S hell, those master' spirits of agitation, and does ample justice . yieldi;Z:e justice to their respective merits ; the palm to the matter of right, greatest a agitator—the Upon their respective merits, as orators, O'Con -leil is considered as the more energetic—Sheil the more finished ;—but as to the probable effect Which either o r both of them shall produce in nel:ouse of C ommons , t i me a l one can te ll.— . That. so, we may spare the foresight of the writer . 11 . : the " Netu Monthly." "A nec d o t es of Ras -3m," the next article, bespeaks the matter of which it is composed, and will repay perusal.— ' 11 :Y the way, we may just give the following anee nte, as it appears to be original in the last de gree. It is the description of a Tartar funeral : r 4 "I had of ten heard of the ceremonies of a Tartar funeral, At to all my t rave l s i n t hi s wor ld I never h a d b een fortu e u ed en ough to s ee one . I no w gave m y se lf up t o conti ..ra i nquirie s concern i ng t h e h ea l t h o f a very wealth 4tb not y rtar, wh om I understoo d to b e i n a very precarious state. . a-fortnight after -my kind inquiries he died, and I teterluined to do him the honour to _attend his funeral. very nearly escaped my vigilance : but one day, as I Walk:ng near the Gostonoi Own, I saw ten or twelve t ; He n running away with a large box, which was carried a pole L I soon f oun d ou t t h at this was my friend, and wa y I r an by the side of the box along the Kremlin wall, t i e r t ), e bridge which crosses the Moskowa ; here I found a these and very shortly afterwards . I was in the line of ofmeßorne note, every man of that p e rsu as i o n in Moscow was theti ttend • once. The bearers were occasionally relieved, but rtli edtl Y n ever stopp e d f or t hi s ceremony; they seeme d deter halt to run him to e ar th as qu i c kl y as poss ibl e . The first h w e made was at the T artar c h urc h a b o ve mentioned : li : ee re th e coffin (if it can be called one) was placed on the i'44l4.ca sid e of the church, hut outside of it, and the Tartars teaka pio us b ut a wet situation on the ground. in its h Y I endeavou re d to get a better sight of the ce . remony aqvancing in front of the coffin, but my old friend the Lamm waved respectfully to me, intimating that I was not to stand bet Ween the corpse and Mecca. The:priest .said a short prayer in a horned tone, when the hearers again eized the coffin, and trotted it away to its final destination. The Tartars entered the church, and pr4ed in good earnest for about ten minutes. Then on they came towards the Tartar burial .ground, on droskas, as before. The ground destined for this purpose is about four wersts from the city, to the northward of the Smolensko road ; 'and for once in my life I was not asked for my passport in passing a Rus sian barrier." ;. The " Correspondence of Dr. Doddridge" is an anticipatory review of the forthcoming work on*that.subject, and which, as .we intend to renew:the book ourselves, we shall atpresetit give it the go-by. " Arts and Artists''' May' plesae the lovers of fine doings, but as the chapter:breaks off somewhat unceremoniously, we shall defer the severity of criticism till the , sequel appearS. The article on " The Corn Laws" is penned in. a spirit of liberality and right feeling. The writer justly observes, that if the corn laws are not repealed, their withering effects upon every branch of British industry must ultimately produce a mass of misery that may bring about apolitical convulsion. In despotic countries the Government always takes especial care to provide for the first wants of the com munity, in order to be the better able to main tain imperious sway, well knowing that when people starve they break through all rules,: and begin to think for themselves as well as to act. Hunger will break through stone walls, and there is no reasoning with desperation. If, then,:it be good policy in despotic Governments to provide for the mass of the people, might not liberal Governments take the hint, and improve upon it by framing laws which shall . benefit the mass of the nation, not minister to the monopolising propensities of a few individuals? " Travelling Troubles" will repay the reader for his. trouble, and make him laugh into the bargain: The other articles are varied and select, and the number is altogether good though not first-rate. MONTHLY MAGAZINE AND REVIEW.. These Magazines have only just " come in," at two o'clock this afternooon. We cannot be expected to speakfavorably of them. But to morrow we shall touch them up for their de , merits, with a hint that they had better keep better time in future, or abide the consequences. The last boy is sure to get flogged---ant lest there should be any jealousy about precedence in this case, we shall endeavour to do justice to both. THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. This is decidedly one of the most interesting publications of the day, because it is not spun out of fine imaginative conceits, but furnishes us with more of the dread and stirring realities of life than any other periodiCal. It is a chronicle of hair-breadth 'scapes and moving adventures which engage our attention and command our sympathies in a thousand, ways. We have battles on land and shipwrecks at sea : —we have sieges and disasters, and touching reminiscences of all and every thing most familiar to the soldier, the sailor, and occasionally most painful to those more deeply interested in . their perilous performances. The sketch of Abe battle of Vittoria, in the present number, is par ticularly one of this description. It is a battle . so truly British, that we hesitate not in quoting a large portion of this spirited sketch : " All the movements of our army required the nicest calculations, both for the attack and defence; for at this time the four great columns advancing were separated by difficult rocks and a ruggid country, interspersed with deep gulleys, narrow roads, and scattered hamlets. The enemy were again under the painful necessity, for the third time in one month, of manoeuvring on two sides of a square ; and the first cannon fired by Lord Lynedoch, at Abeehueho and Gamarra Major,* must have been to Joseph-and Mar shal Jourdan, (his Major-General,) like a shock of elec tricity; all in an instant was riot and confusion in Vitturia ; the baggage stuck fast, blocking up all the roads and even the fields. "At half-past eleven o'clock the Duke of Wellington led the way by a hol'ow road, followed by the light division, which he placed unobserved amongst some trees, exactly Opposite the enemy's right centre, and within two hundred yards of the bridge of Villoses, which we understood, was to be carried at the point , of the bayonet. I felt anxiou to obtain a view, and, leisurely walking between the trees, I found myself at the edge of the wood, and within a very short distance of the enemy's cannon, planted with lighted matches ready to apply to them. Had the attack begun here, the French never could have stood to their guns so near the thicket; otherwise the riflemen would have an nihilated them. The General-in-chief was now most anxiously looking out for the third and seventh divisions to make their appearance. We had remained some time in the wood when a Spanish peasant told the Duke of Wel lington, that the enemy had left one of the bridges across the Zadora unprotected, arid offered his services to lead us over it. Our right brigade instantly moved to its left by threes, at a rapid pace, along a very uneven and circuitous path, whip!' was concealed from the .obsei vation of the French by high rocks ; and reached the narrow bridge, which crossed the river to Yruna. The first Rifles led . the way, and the whole brigade following, passed at a run,: with firelocks and rifles ready cocked, and ascended a steep, road of fifty yards, at the top of which was an old chaiio,' which we had no sooner cleared than we observed, a heaVy column of French on the principal hill, and com manding a bird's eye view of us ; however; fortunately, a 7 convex bank formed a sort of the de pont, behind which . the regiments formed at full speed without any word . of, command. Two round shots came amongst us; the second, severed the head from the body of our bold 'guide the' Spanish peasant. The soldiers were so well concealed that the enemy ceased firing. Our post was most extraordinary; as we were at the elbow of the French position, and isolated from the rest of the army, within one hundred yards of thd, - • enemy's advance, and absolutely occupying put of their posi-4 , tion on the left of the river, Without any attempt being made by them to dislodge us ; scarcely the sound of-a shot from any, direction, struck on the ear, and we were in momentary; expectation of being immolated ; and as I looked over thd bank, I could see El Rey Joseph, surrounded by at least five thousand men, within five hundred yards of us. The reason he did not attack is inexplicable, and I think, cannot be accounted for by the roost ingenious narrator. " Major-General Sir James Kempt expressed much wonder at our critical position, without being molested, and sent his aide-de 7 camp at speed across the river for the 15th Hu-isars, who came forward singly and at a gallop up the steep path, and dismounted in the rear of our centre. The French dragoons coolly, and at a very slow pace, came within fifty yards, to examine, if possible, the strength of our force, when a few shots from the rifles induced them to decamp. I observed three bridges, within a quarter of a mile of each other, at the elbow of the enemy's position. We had crossed the centre one, while the other two, '1 . 104 and left, were still occupied by the French artillery ;• the latter, the enemy had thrown up an earth entrench nuanit. " We continued in this awkward state for half an hour, when we observed the centre of the enemy drawing off by degrees towards Vittoria, and also the head of the. third division rapidly debauching from some rocks on our left near Mendoza, when the battery at Tres Puentes opened upon them „which was answered by two guns from the horse artillery on the right of the river. Some companies of the rifle corps sprang from the ground, where they lay con cealed, and darted forward, opening a galling fire on the left flank of the enemy's gunners, at great risk to them selves of being driven into the water, as the river ran im mediately on their left, while the French cavalry hovered • We could not see the extrem e right of the enemy sta tioned near Arunnez in front of Al4echucho and Ganiarra Major. on their right; however, 80 Well did this gallant band ap ply their loose balls, that the enemy limbered up their guns, and hastily retired; and the third division at a run, j'erossed the bridge of Tres Puentes, cheering, but unop posed.f " The enemy Withdrew the artillery from the bridges in the. centre at two o'clock p.m. and were forming across the high road to Vittoria. The third division had no sooner closed up in contiguous columns than Sir Thomas Pieton led them forwarl in very handsome style in column by a flank movement, so as to place them exactly opposite the French centre. The fourth division directly after crossed the river by the bridge of Nanclara, and were hurry ing forward to support the right flank of the third division ;. the seventh division also crossed the bridge Tres Puentes, supported by the second brigade of the light division, and faced.the small village of Marganta. Our heavy horse and dragoons had deployed into line, on the other side of the river, so. as to communicate with the rear of the second division, (in the event of thek being driven back from the mountaina,) or to support the centre of the army in case of any disaster:. They made a brilliant display of golden helmets anti sparkling swords glittering in the rays of the sun. - " Three divisions being in motion, the centre and left supported by the the light division, and the Hussar brigade the battle began by a terrible discharge on the third di vision, while they were deploying into line. We closed up to them behind a bank ; when with loud huzzas they rushed from behind it, into the village of Ariyez, with fixed bayonets, amidst flashing small arms and rolling ar-: tillery, and after a bloody struggle, carried it. The enemy's artillery was within two hundred yards of us, plowing up the ground in our rear : fortunately, the bank nearly covered us, during the time it was necessary to remain in active, to support the front attack if needful. A Portu guese regiment, attached to our brigade, had been detached fora short time, and rejoined in close column ; but just before they reached the cover some round shot tore open their c"ntre, and knocked over many men ; and such was the alarm of a Portuguese officer, by the whizzing of balls and burst ing of field shells, that he fell into an officer's arms, weep ing bitterly. For ten minutes at this point, what with dust and smoke, it was impossible to distinguish any ob ject in front, save the shadows of the French artillerymen serving the guns, and the shouts of troops while forcing their way into the village. The smoke had no sooner cleared away than we came on the bodies of many dead and gasping soldiers stretched in the dust. The sharp fire of musketry and artillery in the centre, announced it to be the point ()1 . -contest. The advance of the second division had been severely handled on the mountains to our right, but they were now getting on as speedily as the nature of the ground would admit ; it being composed of deep ravins, and such natural obstacles, as almost to delay their prc gress unopposed. " The first and fifth divisions were engaged at Gamarra Major and Abechucho, in front of the bridges over the Za dora. The villages were carried after a smart action, by which a position was gained, threatening the enemy's line of retreat, by the high road to France, running N.N.E. some distance close on the left of the river. The bridge was attempted but was found impracticable, until our centre had forced the enemy to give up Vittoria. The diffe rent divisions in the centre were exposed to a desultory fire, while passing the villages of Gomecha and Luazu de Alva, and over broken ground, forming lines, columns, or threading the windings of difficult paths, according to the nature of the country, or the opposition.of the enemy. The fourth division pushed back the left centre of the French, and were fighting successfully, and performing prodigies of valour, among crags and broken ground. The seventh division now came in contact with the enemy's right centre, which resisted so desperately, and galled them from a wood and the windows of houses with such showers of bullets, that victory for a short time was doubtful ; how ever, the second brigade of the light division coming up fresh and with closed ranks, assisted by the seventh di vision, broke through all opposition at a run, and routed the enemy at the point of the bayonet. The four divisions of the centre continued to gain ground, shooting forward alternately, leaving the killed and wounded scattered over the great extent of country. At six o'clock in the even ing, by a sort of running fight, with hard contests at cer tain points, the centre of the army had gained five miles in this amphitheatre. For Lord Hill's corps was on the mountains, and Lord Lynedoch was still on the right of the Zadora. " The Duke of Well,ington. was in the middle of the battle, vigorously driving the enemy, to finish that which the wings had so well begun. First, Lord Hill's move ment in the morning caused the enemy to weaken his left centre ; then Lord Lynedoch's attack induced them to give up the front line of the Z,dora without hardly a shot being fired. At half-past six we were within one mile of Vittoria, situated in a fruitful valley, when the French army now drew up, and showed such an imposing front that our left centre facing Ali were completely kept at bay, owing to the blazing of one hundred pieces of cannon vomiting forth death and destruction to all who advanced against them. This roaring of artillery continued for more than an hour on both sides with unabated vigour-- the smoke rolled up in such clouds that we could no longer distinguish the white town of Vittoria ; the liquid fire marked the activity of the French gunners. During this momentous struggle the left centre of the French covered a bare bill, and continued for a considerable time immovable; while, pouring their musketry into the now thinned ranks of the third division, it was doubtful whether the latter would be able to keep their guard under such a deadly fire from very superior numbers; however, they maintained this dangerous post with heroic firmness, having led the van throughout the thick of the battle. At this period of the action it was absolutely necessary to strain every nerve to win it before nightfall. The fourth division, en our right, shot forward against a sugar-loaf bill, and broke a French division, who retired up in a confused mass, firing over each other's heads, without danger to themselves, owing to the steepness of its ascent. I was laughing at this novel method of throwing bullets, whsen one struck me on the sash, and fell at my feet, thereby cooling my ardour for a short time ; however, when a little recovered from the pain, I picked it up, and put the precious bit of lead into my pocket. " The scene that now presented itself was magnifi cently grand ; the valley resounded with confused sounds like those of a volcanic eruption, and was crowded with red bodies of infantry and the smoking artillery, while the cavalry eagerly looked for an opening to gallop into the town. On one side of the field rose majestically the spiral and purple-capped mountains, rearing their pinnacles on high ; on the other ran the glassy waters of the Zadora ; the departing sun threw his last beams to light up the -efforts of those struggling in dangerous strife for the de liverance of Spain. The enemy sacrificed all their can non, with the exception of eight pieces, while withdraw ing the right of their army behind the left wing, under cover of this . trerneudous cannonade, which was the only chance yet left them to quit the field in a compact body. This movement being executed in strange confusion in and about Vittoria, their left wing retired by echelon of di visions and brigades from the right, while delivering their fire; and finally, their last division quitted the field with nearly empty cartridge-boxes, and taking the road to , wards Pamplona. The greater portion of our army then brought up its left shoulder, or rather wheeled the quarter circle to its right, which movement brought us on the road to Pamplona. The French managed to drag the eight pieces of artillery across the fields for nearly a league ; but, coming to marshy ground, they stuck fast, and three of them rolled into a ditch, with mules struggling to dis entangle themselves from _their harness. Two pieces the enemy carried clear out of the action, leaving their nume rous cannon behind them, owing to the roads being so blocked up with waggons. The dark shades of evening .had already veiled the distant objects from our view, and nothing of the battle remained, save the lighting flashes of the enemy's small arms on our cavalry, who continued to hover and threaten their rear guard. The road to Pam plona was choaked up with many carriages, filled with imploring 'ladies, waggons loaded with specie §, powder and ball, wounded soldiers, intermixed with droves of oxen, sheep, goats, mules, horses, asses, milch-cows, files de chambre, and officers. In fact, such a jumble surely never was witnessed before; it seemed as if all the do mestic animals in the world had been brought to this spot, with all the utensils of husbandry, and all the finery of palaces, mixed up into one heterogeneous mass. " Our brigade marched pass this strange scene, I may assert, of domestic strife in close column, nor did I see a soldier attempt to quit the ranks, or show the most distant wish to do so; our second brigade had not yet joined us, when we bivouacked a league from Vittoria, on the road t The French did not defend any of the seven bridges across the Zadora, except the two, N. and N.N.E. near Vittoria, although it was their original intention to do so. The able manoeuvres of the General-in-chief threw the French Generals into doubt : they knew not whether to defend their left, their right, or their centre, so they gave up one after the other, inteonformity to the threatened at tacks of the Duke of Wellington : which was exactly what he wished, and most accommodating of his opponents, leav ing this intended great battle without beginning or with out end ; for the French infantry were not half beat, before disjointed orders and crowds of baggage blocking up the different roads, completed their confusion past all remedy. § Some excesses were committed, although the greater part of the booty, as usual, was bagg e d by th e followers o f the army, towards Pamplona. The half-famished soldiers had no sooner disencumbered themselves of their knapsacks than they went to forage; for even here the sheep and goats were running about in all directions, and large bags of flour lay by the side of the load; in fact, for miles round the town, the great wreck of military stores was scattered in every direction. " Night put an end to the contest ; the irowlirw of artillery ceased, the enemy were flying in disorder, the British army bivouacked round Vittoria, large fires were kindled and blazed up, and illumined the country, over which were strewed the dead and suffering officers and soldiers ; strange sounds continued throughout the night, and pas,ing lights might be seen- on the highest moun tains and distant valleys." The article on the standing and setting of mai is scientific, and bears the marks of a practical hand. A smart ship, like a fine girl, should be trim at all points. " Renuirks on Jo►►►i►ti's Theorlis a keen but just reproofof the apologist's ridiculous system of excusing what he cannot. defend, while at the same time he assumes what he knows to be false. " Narrative of the Loss of the Brig Woodlark" is full of painful adven ture, but firm resignation, which at length obtains the haven of its hope. The review of Col. Napier's history is honourable at once to the critic, and to the gallant soldier's very interesting and me ritorious work. The number is altogether excellent. EDWARDS'S BOTANICAL REGISTER, OR, ORNAMENTAL FLOWER GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY, Continued by JoliN LtNDLET, Prosessor of Botany in the University of London—No. 8, Vol. 11. New Series. This number contains one of the finest peren nial plants we think we ever saw ; it is Pentste mon speciosum, glowing from two to three feet high, and covered with brilliant lightish purple blossoms. As the plant is perfectly hardy, and produces seed in abundance, we may expect to find it shortly in every collection. Of very con siderable beauty also is the small-leaved Fuchsia, which, from increasing rapidly by cutting, is also likely to become as familiar as the other kinds. As a garden plant it is, in our estima tion, by far the most interesting species in culti vation ; destitute indeed of the glaring colour and nodding flowers of Fuchsia gracilis and coccinea, but possessing a rich deep green foliage, among which the little glowing ruby-coloured flowers are crowded in the greatest profusion. The other subjects of the number are little in ferior in point either of beauty or interest ; indeed, each succeding number tends to justify the high encomiums passed on the work by both the practical gardener and scientific botanist. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Sept. 25, 1829, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat.-60s. 3d. 1 Oats 21s. 10,1.1 Beans— 10s. (id. Barley.-3.ts. 3d. Rye —31 s. 375. Id. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIC WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat—.6l.s. 10(1. Oats 21s. 0(1. Beans— 395. 55. 8ar1ey......335. 7d.1 Rye 325. '2d I 365. 10d. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat 22;. &LI Oats - I2s. 3d. Od. Barley-- 12s. 4(1.1 Rye -21 s. 3d. I Pease --15 s. 644. HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) JAMES'S. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 8 to £3 0 New Meadow Hay 2 18 3 18 Useful Old Ditto 3 3 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and ?lye-grass Hay 3 18 4 15 Clover Hay 3 10 5 5 Oat Straw X 1 18 to £2 2 IWheat Straw... '2 2 2 5 Supply good, trade very &ill, and prices as last quoted. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 S to £3 0 New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 5 Useful Old Ditto 3 7 3 14 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass flay 3 14 4 16 Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s 10... Generally Oat Straw £l 18 to £2 0 I Wheat Straw 2 0 2 2 Meadow Hay 2s. per load higher than last quoted ; prices of Clover Hay and Straw stationary. Supply good, and trade on the whole dull. SOUTIIALL MARKET.—Sept. 30. In this day's market, which was rather scantily sup plied, and not very numerously attended by buyers, each kind of meat met with a somewhat ready sale, at the fol lowing prices per stone of Sib, to sink the offals:— 8eef.......25. Sd. to 3s. 10d 3s. 40. to 4s. 60. I Mutton 3 2 4 2 Pork 310 410 Lain]) —.....-3 s. 60. to 4s 60. Lamb from 20. to 4d. per stone lower !hall on this day se'n night ; in prices of Beet; Mutton, Veal, and Pork, no altera tion. But a small part of the supply left the market unsold. LEWES MARKET.—Sept.2tI. Beet 3s. Od. to 4s. Od. Veal 4s Od to 4s. (3d. Mutton 3 6 I 4 4 Pork 4 O 4 6 Lamb A good supply, and a sluggish trade. RUMFORD M_ $. d. to s. d. s. d. s. d. Reef 2lO 3 8 Veal Mutton 3 0 4 0 Pork 3 6 410 Lam!, —3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. Suckling Calves from lls. to 3Ss. ; Quarter old PigslOs.to 15s. each. Supply good, and trade dull. . . R K ET.—Sept. 30. HOP INTELLIGENCE. The system of sending circulars by the several hop merchants to their respective customers, which is gene rally adopted at this season of the year for the purpose of giving information respecting the crop of hops, being much complained of by many persons living in the coun try, it has been determined by a large portion of the merchant., in compliance with what they think will be more satisfactory, to discontinue the . practice; and in lieu thereof, annually to address the information through the medium of the public papers. On the present occa sion there is but little to communicate. It is well known, that for the last four month.; the plantations have been very seriously blighted, and it is now quite certain that a very short crop must be the result. The duty is estimated at 34,0001. About two-thirds of the crop is picked, and in most instances put into pockets. A part, but it is ex pected to be only a small portion of the crop, will no doubt be good in quality. CURRENCY New Kent Pockets Per Cwt. 9/. 9s. to 121. 12s. Superfine higher. Ditto, Sussex ditto No Bag.; at market Yearling Pockets 6/. Iss. to Si. 15s. Ditto, sags 5/. 15s. to 7/. 10s. Bags and Pockets, growth of 15%7 9 Is. to 112 s. Ditto ditto ditto of 1826 80s. to 110 s. Old Olds 255. to 655. Soittlitvark, Sept. 30, 1529. The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND took an airing yesterday afternoon to Kew, where their Royal Highnesses spent some time in inspecting the Royal gardens. Mr. AITON, the King's gardener, attended their Royal Highnesses during their visit. The Duke and Duchess called at their residence at Kew, and afterwards returned to town. The Earl of ABERDEEN left town yesterday morning for the Royal Lodge in Windsor-park, where his Lordship had an audience of the KING. The Noble Earl returned to town about five o'clock in the afternoon, and immediately proceeded to the Foreign-office. The Prussian and Neapolitan Ministers tran sacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State fbr Foreign Affairs. The Russian Ambassador left town yesterday morning, on a visit to the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, at his seat Chatsworth, Derbyshire. MARRIED.—On the 28th of September, at Fairlight Church, near Hastings, the Rev. EDWARD AURIOL, of Christ Church, Oxford, B.A. to GEORCINA BARBARA, third daughter of the late EDWARD MORRIS, Esq. (one of the Masters in the High Court of Chancery), and grand-daught er of the late Lord ERSKINE. -•- The Duke of Si'. ALBAN'S promised a cup for the next year's Lincoln race., besides subscribing very liberally to the other stakes; he also presented a handsome sum towards building a stand for the stewards of the races ; each morning, prior to the commencement of the races, the Party v:sited th e diff erent s h ops i n th e t own , an d made pur c h ases to the extent of three waggon loads. noble Boston Gazette. It was remarked, and with gratifying com ments, that the dress of the Duchess of CLARENCE, when was entirely o f B r iti s h manutacture,—V i Brto4 ]sere, was SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY NIGHT.-When our aecaunt left tie race course this af , ctnnon the following in ,teli was undecided Match-200 sows., b. ft. D.M. Mr. Gieville's Discovery, 7st. 1211). Lod Sefciro's Juryman, Bst. 131 b. 5 to 4 on Juryman. —A good race, and won cleverly by a length. Conolly rode the winner, Robinson the loser. All the races being single handed, little by way of de scription is needed. In the race between Nessus and the Augusta Oily, the odds were 2 to 1 on the mare, who had it all her own way, and won in a canter by four honest lengths, carrying a pound over weight. We have always considered the Augusta filly to be one of the worst at New market. The manner in which she won the race, with out elevating our opinion - of her, proves Nessus to be one of the most wretched nags that was ever nick-named a racer; he could scarcely raise a gallop, although he had the benefit of Robinson's admirable jockeyship. The win ner was rode by Arnuil The match with Mouse and Xarifa was excellently contested, the horses coming in so close that it required the judge's decision to convince the majority of the spectators that it was not a dead heat ; Mouse, however, won by a head, ride by Arnull ; Xarifa by Conolly. Betting at first 5t04 on Mouse, then the same on Xarifa, and lastly, even between them. The third match was still better. Laurestinus appeared to have the best of the race, till about 50 or 60 yards from Lome, when Conolly found it necessary to go to work with Mtn, immediately after Robinson, who had kept very quiet with his mare, and although he could not succeed in getting a head of his antagonist, he managed to make it a drawn battle-7 to 4on the horse. The day's sport was decidedly good, but not by any means important or attrac tive, nor did two or three heavy showers contribute to its interest. The dinner at the rooms was attended by five members. only, viz.—Lord G. H. Cavendish, Lord Vern lam, Lord I owther, Dr. Dowdeswell, and Captain Camp bell. This slackness is attributable to the superior attrac tion of.a grand turtle dinner at Lord Sefton's, were several members of the club were assembled. There were two or three other dinner Fifties, so that the rooms were al most deserted. To the list of arrivals we have to add, Lord Albert Conyngham, Captain Lyster, and Captain Locke. Lord Ansan departed this afternoon, accom panied by a foreign nobleman, whose name we were un able to procure. Lord G. Cavendish leaves to-morrow, after his horse has run for the St. Leger. Their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Richmond pay a visit to Lord Stradbroke between the present and the second October meeting. The meeting terminates on Thursday, with four races, of which we subjoin the outline : His Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, for 4-yr-olds carrying 10st. '716. ; 5 yrs, 1 lst. 71b. ; 6 yrs, list. 121 b. ; and aged. R.C. (The horses not yet entered.) The Town Plate of 50 sous. for 3.yr-old colts, Bst. 71b.; and fillies, Sst. 31b. D.I. (The horses not yet named.) Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, h. ft. Fillies, Bst. 41b. Mr. M. Mr. Payne's Pauline, by Moses—Quadrille Lord Exeter's Varna, by Sultan (41b. extra for run ning 2d for the Oaks.) Mr. Greville's Lady Emily, by Emilius Mr. Champion's b. f. ,bylho br. f. by Duplicate Duke of Grafton's Lyric, sister to Latimer Mr. Dilly 'S Windfall, by Reveller—Legacy Lord William's Venom filly has paid forfeit Mat.th . -200 goys., h. ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Payne's Pauline agst Sir M. Wood's Rosary. Match-200 sovs. h. ft. T.Y.C. Lord Southampton's Bar nardo agst Sir M. Wood's John de Bart., Bst. 4lbs. each. The match between Burman and Bolero is off by consent. The report of Lord Mountcharles's being about to retire from the turf is void of truth. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. At one o'clock this afternoon the entries for the King's and Town Plates, to be run to-morrow, closed as follows : The King's Plate. Duke of Rutland's Cadland, 4 yrs Mr. Thornhill's Mariner, 4 yrs Colonel Wilson's Lamplighter. The Town Plate. • Mr. Batson's Seraph, 3 yrs Mr. Pettit's 1. by Tramp—Prue, 3 yrs Lord Orford's Chiron, 3 yrs. THE SOMERSETSHIRE STAKES.—The question came before the club this morning, when the stakes were awarded to Mr. Day, the owner of Liston. The question as to the bets is not yet decided. The following races were run this afternoon : The St. Leger Stakes of 25 soya. each, for 3-yr-olda, colts Bst. 71b. ; and fillies Bst. 41b. D.I. Lord G. Cavendish's c. by Godolphin I►lr. Greville's Vortigern Sir M. Wood's Nessus . The above only came to the field out of the 14 entered for it. It had been expected that when Patron was drawn the field would have been larger, as it would then have had a better chance. Those who paid were the following:— Lord Sefton's Morris Dancer, by Morisco ; Duke of Rut land's br. to Moses ; Lord Grosvenor's Ebury, by Master Henry ; Lord Jersey's Will-o'-the-Wisp, by Phantom; Mr. Houldsworth's b. f. by Orville—Young Caprice ; Mr. Pettit's Post Obit, by Woful—Posthuma ; Mr. Cham pion's b. f. by Filho da Puta, and b. f. by Duplicate ; Duke of Grafton's Burman ; Lord Exeter's Patron add Goldpin.—The betting was far from being brisk, as the Espagnolle colt was -considered safe, his opponents being of a very inferior kind. The odds were Btol on the winner, 4 to 1 agst Vortigern, and 8 to 1 agst Nessus, who made the running to the Duke's stand, followed by Vortigern ; he' then gave up to the Espagnolle colt, who ran abreast of Vortigern for a short distance, and then beat him of . winning cleverly by a length, rode by Arnull, Vortigern by Robinson, and Nessus by Dockeray. The race was indifferent, but much better than any one ex pected. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. h. ft. ; colts, Bst. 71b.; and • fillies, Sst. 21b. A.F. Lord Exeter's Green Mantle received. Five paid forfeit. The October St►kes, of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. ; colts, Sst. 71b. ; fillies, Set. 411)s. A.F. Lord Exeter's Acacia (Augusta filly) ... 1 Mr. Hunter's c. by Gustavus—Canvas 2 Mr. Thornbill's b. f. Worry 3 Mr. Nowell's f. by Orville—Erin lass ... pd Mr. Nowell's c. by Walton—Bequest The Earl and Countess of HADDINGTON left town yesterday for Rome, where they intend sojourning for the winter n:ontbs. A schism which has arisen between a very eminent mercantile house and a great dealer in the public securities, relative to certain stock speculations, attracted a good deal of attention yesterday among certain classes in the City. For some time past it is understood that the house in question went band in ham' in the purchase of stock with the speculator alluded to ; but from some unex plained cause, the former, contrary to the wishes of the latter, has thrown on the Stock Market 450,0001. Con sols, principally, we believe, for the next settlement, which is the real cause of the decline in the prices of the Funds which has taken place within the last day or two. This circumstance was no doubt the more annoying to the great Speculator, from the energy be has shown of late in enhancing the value of Stock, and of disseminating the belief that matters in the East of Europe will be amicably arranged, if, in fact, the Treaty of Peace between Russia and Turkey has not already been signed. Of the extent of the purchases of the Jewish interest during the last two or three months it is impossible of course to arrive at any thing like a correct conclusion ; but that they exceed two or three millions is the general impression among the minor operators in the Stock Market. The unexpected sale, therefore, of nearly half a million of Consols, glutting the market as it does, tends very much to counteract a rise, more especially when the sales made for the public appear to be breaking the spell; and in the present in stance, therefore, however successful the Jewish interest may have been heretofore, there is a strong probability of defeat. Much 'will of course depend on the result of the negotiations in the Ea , t of Europe; and if they assume anything like an equivocal aspect, the Funds must neces sarily experience a further shock. The Jewish interest appears to have made vet} , few exertions of late to produce a re-action, and the _Thor party, therefore, anticipate still lower prices. Morning Chronicle. I A SoN-IN-LAw.—" Mr. ABRAHAM," sail Lord MANSFIELD, " This is your son, and cannot go in the same hail bond."_" He ish not my' son, my Lord." " Why, ABRAHAM, here are 20 in Court will prove it." " I will sbwear, my Lord, he ish not."—" Takecare,AßßA• lIAM, or I will send you to the King's Bench."— ., Now, my Lord, if your Lordship pleashes, I will tell the truth."— " Well, I shall be glad to hear the truth from a Jew."--- "My Lord, I wash in Amsterdam two years and three quarters ; when I came home I findish this lad ; now thu law obliges me to maintain him, and consequently, my ( o of Lord, he is b u t m y SOld "eWell,beat An F it s i ' n n ls re joined Lord M ANSFI ELD. the eon.in-tau' I ever heard," SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A pamphlet has been sent to us which, though not on a a very new subject, may be considered as presenting some novelty in the discusssion of it. The title is, Thoughts on the Present State and Future Commercial Policy of the Country, with the Plan of a Periodical Work; to . b.? confined exclusively to Com merc i a l S u bj ec t s; by . Captain M'Konochie, R.N. It will thus be seen that the essay of the gallant author divides itself into two departments quite distinct— namely, an actual speculation on the state of the country; and next, a scheme for promoting speculation hereafter. Captain M'Konochie puts his general views with clearness and force, upon the greater assiduity with which the " arts of production have been studied among us, than those of distribution and consumption." Upon the obstacles which have been thrown in the way of an easy distribution of our natural pro ducts by the fiscal and domestic policy of this Government, as well as the military and foreign, the author thus reflects : " Our political institutions, in so far as they bear no the point at all, are almost without exception, hostile to that free, cheap, and convenient communication be tween man and man, nation and nation, which essen tially contributes to consumption ;—and many of them are even framed as it were expressly, and with evident loss, to obstruct it. Our roads are thronged, with tolls, although they could be maintained at much less expense by assessments. Our ferries are left, each to its own resources, and are accordingly all encumbered with debt, and maintained by very heavy charges. We have taxes on carriages with springs, from which those without are exempted ; —a higher rate of toll is, in like manner, exacted from the former than from the latter, although the injury done by them to the roads must be less ;—in other words, NI e favour a rude, laborious, and slow means of communication; and throw direct impedi ments in the way of its improvement. In our towns every species of trade is a privilege, more or less jealously guarded according to circumstanc es ; but only to be obtained as a right by purchase, service, or descent. In war, our first step is to con fiscate the mercantile property of our enemy's sub jects, as though they were not our own customers, our tenants, who yield us a profit, while they secure one also for themselves; or as though it could ever thus be so much our national interest to cripple their resources, as to retain their custom. And, even in peace, thou g h we live by trade, we waylay it at every turn to plunder it. And, although its very essence is the circulation of goods and capital from hand to hand, yet at every transfer we have an additional tax, as though the object were to impede it. And at the same time that we thus increase the expense of collecting a r evenue , we a dd to t h e cost of paying it, by the loss of time, and the trouble, and direct expense, incurred in observing the forms and regulations by which alone fraud can be pre vented in so complicated a system*. "And the same remarks are scarcely less applicable to the direction which improvement has taken in the mechanical arts. Our goods are now produced in a thousand new and better ways;—but with the ex ception of some improvements in our domestic com munications (of which the purpose, too, was to fad-, litate supply, although their indirect effect has beer, to favour consumption also),—and a few packets, which are impelled here and there, but also chiefly at home, and at great and disproportionate expense,. by the new power of steam—our inerchandize is distributed in just the same conveyances, and by just the same methods, as a hundred years back. No general principle has been seized, or consistently acted upon, by which the communication between the producer and the ultimate consumers of his wares, might be materially facilitated, and the number of these last proportionally increased. And abroad especially, our manufactures are still poured into certain great ports, and there left, without any stre nuous efforts being made, or contemplated as im portant, to speed them farther on their destination ; although it is obvious that, as the largest pitcher, when tight, will soon fill, the value of a port or market depends almost exclusively on its means of communication with the adjoining interior." Undoubtedly, admitting that it is desirable to multiply the merchandises of Great Britain, and to make us even a more manufacturing people than we are already, the clearing away difficul ties of communication, and thereby approxi mating us to markets the access to which at pre sent is more tedious and expensive than it might. be rendered by a change of system, would havo the same effect as a fall of price in stimulating the demand for our productions. But whatever may be the truth as between Mr. Malthus arid his opponents in what concerns the numbers bf the human race, there appears to be thron'aout :unavoid able opened a country where capit a l h as greatly accinnulated, a disposition in the works of manufact ur i ng in dustry to outstrip, on the average, th e d eman d for inducing them—eac hchlg new antole market glut. `With the successivelysir that is T of manufacture, aided by the vast power s of. mo dern machinery, this effect, we fear, ; and its natural result must !;e, a certain • A very interesting inquiry, T:."arliamentary or other wise, might be framed on the ',nove hints. What is the amount of the road-me:Ay collected annually in the whole kingdom, and. how much by tolls, and by district assessments? At what rate per cent, is each collected in the several counties? What is the operation of high tolls and ferties on rents and improvements, as much as possible contrasted with cheap, or no tolls or passages? (This might be best answered by a statement of the dis tances within which different great towns draw their sup plies, connected with a detail of the local circumstances in which they are severally placed.) What is the differ ence in the price of labour where corporation, or other exclusive . privileges, are jealously guarded, and where not ? What amount of injury to trade, even in time of peace, can be directly traced to the uncertainty of our mercantitts communications in time of war ? At what expense pee cent. is a revenue collected by indirect assessment, cons-. pared with what the same amount would cost if obtainasl directly from person or property ? And how much over and above the tax paid, is lest, en an average, by mer chants, from the time, trouble, and actual cost of attends ing to custom-house, excise, and stamp-office busineao These are some of the questions which would be Om put, and the following may be taken as a sample o 1 the information they would elicit : " From a pretty extensive inquiry made lately by the writer of these remarks, it appears that in retired districts a great majority of the tolls are let under 300/. a year, —many are under 200/.,—and the average throughout the kingdom does not probably exceed, if it even attains, 5001. ;—yet each, including the wear and tear of house and gate, the expenses of letting, tacksman's profit, &c. cannot cost much under !OW., and the revenue is tines collected-at a rave varying from 20 to 50 per cent. The southern roads out of Dublin are maintained by assessments; the norther by tols ; and along the first, upwards of two thousand houses have been built within the last twenty years, and rents, ten miles out of town, are 10/. an acre;—while along the latter not above tweaty houses have been built, and at three miles distance rents are not above 6/. an acre. Various descriptions of work, executed by corporation servants, (such as meterage, • &c.) are still charged at the rate of two and three guineas a week, while in every thing else the severest day labour, one. In the t, case latelytried in i1;1 1 : E anno d dt i n rs b eici t a i u r e g i(°ri h i , lnl a lsdk n vi t i a el r n si u su f s a n c o t S' u v r i r e u r nn Paule w r o swot's ne that he would give a mach higher price for yarns home-made, rather than be forced to import them, because, in the latter case, lie might be altogether stopped in the event of a war ;—yet, it lie buys high, he must sell high, or widiout a fair pro fit, The chief business in an importing mercantile house is to attend to entries, clearances, and permits, besides the whole expense incurred by bonded cellar rent, moving . and removing, 84e. And in certain home manufactures, as of spirits for example, the expense thus altogether incurred is a very large addition to the ttx paid ; by a recent segu laden, distillers being even prohibited from mashing and distilling at the saute time; and thus one-half of their whole investment in buildings for their manufacture being necessarily always unemployed." Y.) cf. eel j e d !cl4 ,