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MAGAZINES, &c.—(CON TIN UE.D.) BENTLEY. This magazine contains a portrait of Miss Mitford. " Row I distinguished Myself at Portsmouth" is a v€T y funny sk , ,tch. " Tha Midnight Mass" is an awful episode of the reign of terror, 2,scribing a most e x!raordinary scene, in which the executioner of Louis the Sixteenth induces a priest and two suns, who are in concdalment, to perform a funeral service fur the unfortunate King. In the " Popular French Authoresses of the Seventeenth Century" there la a memoir of Mldaine D'Alnoy, containing se veral curious anecdotes of the absurd etiquette of the Court of Spain. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. The present number opens with en article on Rosas and L a Pl a t a ," describing the rise and.fall of the power of that general. It is followed by ` Leaves from the Portfolio of a Manager," which include the visits of Sir Welter Scott and George the Fourth to the theatre. There is a second number °f The Life of Lord Jeffrey" and the tale of " The Reirs of Randolph Abbey," is continued. There are s cnne pleasing and graceful verses, entitled " A Sum tiler Souvenir," which offer the usual attractions pre heated by the poetry of the Dublin. CO LB URN'S UNITED SERVICE. In this number there is a continuation of the "Ad `ventures of an English Soldier in Mexico," which is e ntertaining; a second chapter on " Gun Carriages," describing the different modes carried on by various nations relating to this subject. There is likewise a very amusing story entitled " Captain Tremlet's Duel with the Squire," in which several characters are introduced ludicrous in the extreme—a conceited " dragoon, an overbearing squire, a flirting w id ow , & c . Treatise on Small Arms" contains a great deal of information on this important point. COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY. The most interesting article in the number for June is the " Survey of Danish Literature from the Earliest Period to the Present Time," evidently taken from William and Mary Howitt's recently published volume on the same subject. No. 2of " Female Novelists" is descriptive of Mrs. Gore and her writ ings, and though the admirers of that authoress will feel hardly satisfied with the share of praise allowed, the catalogue and criticism of her works will be found entertaining. " Young Tom Hall's Heartaches and gorses" is continued, and " Hester Somerset" ap proaches its conclusion. Au article on " Scottish Trials," and a review of " The Life and Times of Francesco Sforza," may be mentioned among the variety of tales and notices which are to be found Is usual adapted to all. .AINSWORTH. .Chapter the first of the third book of the " Lanca shire Witches" introduces its readers to Downham Manor - hou se . A l egen d, i n verse, entitled " The Vikings," from th e Dinish, is the only poetic cowri bution to be met with. The " Confederates" and " Flo- I : e nce Hamilton" a re continued, while fresh attraction f or the lovers of romance is found in the first number o f Rbudglatb Cliffs," by Charles Henry. G-ENTL &MAN' S MAGAZINE AND HISTORICAL REVIEW. The historical portion of this number is devoted to Gihttivus Irksa. The no ice of the works on Gram- Point s ou t, i n an amus i ng manner , the numerous ' ll stakes which are constantly made. The writer ob serves that he swpects "that few public addresses, f ew public serm ons , and, above all, few ladies' letters, if tested by the rules of grammatical accuracy, would be found free from errors." No. BT. of the " Wan derings of an Antiquary" describes the Kentish coast, from Deal to Dimchurch, and the Roman town of the Portus Lrmaius. The Antiquarian Researehes kid the Obituary occupy their accustomed place. COLONIAL. No. XII. of "British Possessions and Colonies" heats of settlements in the Straits of M a l acca . Impressions of Sydney," by the author of " Golden Dreams and Waking Itealitiea" does not give a very arable account of the Australian capitol. A re- Z ie w Of the narrative of the Kafir war, by R. God ;°Lritnn, and sketches made on a trip from Calcutta to re Himalayas, are the most interesting articles. Th e ,„ ° l l° ' 4 'ing is a singular custom of the Kings of Oude, ^uose territories are near the Ganges : "As I was quietly walking through tho city, I very i l ea rlY finished my mortal career in the affectionate em cee of a mighty, magnificent, royal Bengal tiger, who the crouching down in a quiet corner, meditating on manifold and sundry changes in this transitory tvorld, :nett he perceived my approach, I not being at the time :nett of his proximity. On a sudden, I discovered the fc a t !aye monster close to me, and that very p(cul;ar, and I ,d li ' c rom agreeable, sensation, ran through my frame a person experiences who expects the next moment I. o ._ b s e e h eo rue food for fishes, or wild beasts, or New Zea• 11 4 u,c1 rs, before I perceived that my foe was chained and ail reached the length of his tether. I afterwards e u h u s n . d that several of his brethren were, in like manner, sire by the neck at many of the corners of the tirel Ls ' the privilege of thus keeping them belonging en- OtherY to the King and Royal Family. I could learn no j eots u se that they are of, except to teach his loyal sub mentoto l ook well where they are going, and as a mo on t h e n ir is d ° of his disposition. The Romans used to write with „,,, doorp os t s Cave canim.' An eastern despot, lual propriety, may inscribe over his palace gate Beware of the tiger.' " MISCELLANEOUS. The Sporting Review contains very good accounts of matters relating to racing. There is a very fine Plate at the commencement entitled " The Start for the St. Leg9 . ."—Newton's London Journal affords a great deal of information of the new patent inventions in arts, sciences, and manufactures, which must he " great service to all connected with them.—The Farmer's Magazine concerns the agricultural interest Rail various details of importance to its readers. The subjects of its plates are a North Devon Ox who ob tained the first prizs at the Cattle Show, and Russ borougb, who ran at the St. Leger.—The Eclectic -Review has articles on many new work'.-7ait's contains several amusing stories. The Church of England has numerous S ermon s, which give much theological itstruction.— The Ladies' Companion presents us with an interesting article on animals and their characteristics, by Mary Howitt ; a sketch on educated women, by Mrs. Abdy ; and a variety of pleasing verses —Mrs. S. C. has undertaken the editorship of Sharpe's Magazine, which will add to its attractions. NE W IVIUSIC. 8717 REE.J0DLER; a National Dance Melody Thygar to Ike Slyrians and Tyrolese. se Waltzes for the pianoforte, dedicated to the 4t . T y rol ese Minstr e l s by A. J. S c hott, Band master of "'e Grenadier Guards, deserve great praise. The a2inplicity of the airs affords Mr. Schott ample scope i ‘ o . r the arrangement of the melodies, in which he has (118 Played taste and nicety. They are very well ad apted for da nc i ng , an d are lik e l y to b ecome great zi vourites with the musical public. 4 -eD UCT/ON of INTEREST on EXCHEQUER ... BILLS and EAST INDIA BON DS. „in consequence of the abu n d ance o f money i n the ` - ' l tY, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the E xc h equer Iltid the Directors of the Hon. East India Company, have R i ven notice (which was put up yesterd a y a t th e B an k o f nglanti Royal Exehargo, and East I n di a H ouse ) , t h at fintend to reduce the preterit rate of inte res t as fol lws:— EXC UEQU EIL BILLS.—The Exchequer Bills, d a t e d i n the month of Jane, 1851, for 17,756,6001., with the interest due thereon, will be paid off on the 10th of June instant, when the interest will cease. Such bills nil! be received for exchange, at the office of her Majesty's I 'll ):easter-General, Whitehall, from 10.30 A.M., until a O'clock P.M., this day, the 3d instant, inclusive. New bills, bearing interest at the rate of lid., by the day, upon every 100/, and dated the said 10th of June inst., may be obtain e d i n payment of the principal of the /P ush) or part of the Exchequer Bills, on the claimants a P cu ifYing in their claims or lists the amount of new bills required by them. The new bills, together with the interest on the old bills, left for exchange, will be issued on the 11th instant. (The rate of interest on these bills bus hitherto bean EAST INDr A . 301,11 d. per day per 1000 per cent. per annum, rate of interest, 3L un r—The present and dotermin., _ n .on the Company's 8, -, rith, will cease after that date such bond " s the 21st day of May 1853. On and 21. 103. per cent. The will carry k an ' interest only of allowed to take V---- holders of these bonds will be ""En to the East India House, to be marked for continuation, at the said interest of 2/. 105 , until the 21st day of November next. Those that have slot been marked for continuation.' will be paid eff on the 21st May, 1653. DESPERATE BunGLART NEA ile;'RPoor„—Yes tarday (Wednesday) morning, o v v e o'cl ock, a daring burglary was committed at Lower H ouse Derby, the reaidence of Mr. Owens. Six men had effect e d ant entrancbelabey Crowbars, and proceeded , with their faces cov ere d with crape, and armed with blunderbusses and p i stols, to Mr.k Owens' room, whom they brutally ill used, and having secured the other initiates, they ransacked the premises, and took away a large quantity of plate, several watches, and about 80/, in money. Some idea of the audacity of the miscreants may be formed from the fact that they opened the piano and began to play upon it. It is just possible that the musical talent evinced by the performer may furnish a clue to the de tection of the gang. Two SIIIPs LOST IN THE ICE.—Letters were brought by the Europa steamer, commun i ca ting the loss of two ves sels in the ice. The intelligence was made known by the *taster of the Lady Bannerman, of Prince Edward's Island, V , hich had been locked in the ice all the winter off Margaree and Chat ic anth. While off the latter place he observed a large ship in the ice, about twenty m iles from land, and with part of hi s crew and some persons from the shore , started l!wthe wreck. Af ter a tedious and dangerous pa ssa g e over C() the drifting ice, th ey succeeded in reaching the s p o t, an d dis __yered the vessel t o b e the Aberdeen, o f Li ver p oo l, about o_o ll o . tons burthen , bound to Quebec. There were no persons d i . .sd all the boats belonging to her were gone, laving Li.) party to Sup ent lay, were safe. Ab suppose that the crew had taken to deen they obser out five miles from where the Aber ved another vessel; she was a schooner 4 abedcled in the ice. THE SUN, LONDON, PRINCEL'iS'S TI-JEATRE. Mr. Wigan's benefit last evening was deservedly patronised by a brilliant and overflowing attendance. We cannot hut again express regret at his approach ing departure from this establishment, wh ere hi s t a l en t s were so conspicuous among a compa n y never surpfiFsA in the annals of the modern theatre, for the excellence of its leading members, whether in comedy of every grade, tragedy, melodrama, ballet, or pantomimn. Last night the Corsican B ro th ers was played for the fifty , fizst time, after which Mr. Wigan performed in A Bengal Tiger, and in the Critic, wherein he personated the immortal Puff with ad mirable coolness and genuine comic humour. ST. JANES'S THEATRE. • Last night the series of G erman p l ays com menced with the Egnwnt of GO dhe. The plot of this tra gedy may be thus briefly sketched. The Netherlands, oppressed under the yoke of the bigoted Philip 11. ot Spain, are ripe for eevolt. In some of the provinces outbreaks have already taken place, and monasteries and churches have been pillaged by the free-thinkers. Philip resolves to put down all attempts at rebellion, and maintain the Catholic faith with a hand of iron, and appoints the cruel and bloodthirsty Duke of Alba regent of Flanders, in the stead of Margaret of Parma. Count Egmont, the idol of the people, is suspected by Alba of secretly plotting against the king, in concert with the Prince of Orange. With machiavellian dissimulation he entices Egmont to the palace, arrests him, and, in despit e of Egmont's ap peal to be judged by his compe ers as a knight of the Golden Fleece, he is condemned by Alba, and exec cuted. The Prince of Orange, who had in vain im plored his friend Egmont to fly from Brussels, escapes. In the selection of so historical a personage as Eg mont for his hero, it is to be regretted that Gdathe has not adhered more strictly to historical veracity. Egmont is presented to us as a young unmarried man, with unlimited enjoyment of the pleasures of life, boundless self-reliance, a gift of drawing all men to himself, even the son of his implacable enemy Alba. His courage borders upon daring; he knows no dan ger, turns a deaf ear to the warnings of his friend, and manfully advocates the cause of the people even in Alba's presence. His personal courage is the foundation upon which the whole character of Ega moist rests. The design of Egmont is to show that the most firmly established institutions cannot main tain themselves against a powerful and shrewdly cal culating despotism. The love of Egmont for Cliirchen is entirely distinct from the plot of the drama. It is a domestic tragedy in itself, subservient to the deve lopment of Egmont's character. C ii-chen, a lovely child of nature, the daughter of an artizan, lives with her aged mother. She is seer, courted, and won by Egmont. Ciiirchen is one of those wonderful deli neations of character of which Gtiethe was so great a master, and may take place by the side of Mignon, his masterpiece. This gentle girl has one sole passion —her love for her seducer. This love is so pure— though so guilty—so beautiful in its devotion, so fond in its expression—that to say one harsh word to the fair girl in whose breast it dwells would need a heart of stone ; hence the character or Brsckenburg—an honest, bluff soldier, betrothed to her before Egmont crossed her path, and who, though his heart is break ing, remains true to her to the last, and hovers near her as a brother. On hearing of Egmont's arrest and sentence, Ciiirchen loses her reason in vain attempts to excite the people to deliver him, and poisons her self in despair. Egmont beholds her vision in a dream, and the curtain falls on the appearance of the soldiers who are to lead him to execution. Egmont was first represented at Weimar (then the Athens of Germany), in 1796; the original part of asinont was taken by 'fluid, the most celebrated actor of the day. Schiller helpsd Gti,the to pus it on the stage. Last night the part was tsk:ra by Emile Devrient, an actor who fully maintained th e hi g h re putation he enjoys in his own country. He personi fied admirably the noble bearing of Egmont, and in terpreted the true meaning of the author with a clas sical correctness and true delivery which elicited en thusiastic applause. His voice is manly and clear. At the end ot the fourth act, when Alba demands his sword, his simple exclamation of the name of his friend embodied the whole story of warnings given and rejected. Frau Stolte's personification of Citirchen was in many respects an admirable piece of acting, especially in the scene where, with childish joy, she admires her lover, who, to please a whim of hers, appears dressed as a Spanish grandee, in her humble chamber—a scene which Sir Walter Scott has been accused of borrowing in " Kenilworth," with what justice we do not pretend to say. The corps is an efficient one. Vansen (flerr Birnstill), a roué clerk who urges the people to revolt, was well got up. On the whole, the performance was most successful, and the series of German dramas promises to be one ot the greatest attrac tions of the season. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kant, and a very large number of the aristocracy, honoured the performance with their presence, and the house was full to over flowing. Before the drama a prologue, expressly written for the occasion by Dr. Kuenzsl, was deli vered by one of the corps, dressed as the Germanic Muse, in a flowing robe of white and a wreath of oak leaves in her hair. The prologue alludes to the bonds of consanguinity by which England is allied to Germany, a passing compliment to the " Bard of Avon," and the influence of his works on the drama tic literature of Germany. The Muse then placed the crown upon a bust of Shakspere. A compliment is paid to the happy state of England in the midst of European convulsions, and to Prince Albert, as the originator of the Great Exhibition, es a step towards the unity of nations. After the prologue the Na tional Anthem was played, the wh o l e h ouse r i s i n g. The wise en scene was good—the music well adapted. MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC. Last night was the hundredth representation of this Pntertainrnent at the Egyptian Hall, and Mr. Albert Smith gracefully signalised the occasion by presenting every lady present with a bouquet. The crowds of bold adventurers who nightly stroll through the Alps— encounter funny travelling countrymen and country • women, aLd who finally and in the most dauntless manner follow the lecturer up across the crevices, past the Grand Mules, and to the very tip-top of the monarch of mountains—continue unabated in eager ness or numbers ; and as Mr. Albert Smith has sig nalised his first hundredth night by a biuquet, his second similar epoch will come handily in among the peaches. If Even the " nights" go rolling on as un brokenly as the Arabian ones, we still trust in Mr. Smith's inventive faculties to find out new modes of celebrating his Hegirsv. _AIRS. AND ERSON'S CONCERT. Mrs. Anderson's concert is sure to be one of the most brilliant of the season, and yesterday it outdid itself. No reception could be more cordial than that which the beneficiaire received, when, after a profes sional silence of many months, she sat down to the pianoforte to accompany Mario in the "Adelaide." The programme included twenty-four pieces. The whole force—vocal, instrumental, nod choral—of the Royal Italian Opera were in the field ; and in addi tion, Miss Louisa Pyne and Madlle. Clara Novello contributed their aid, while Miss Kate Loder and Miss Anderson Kirkham were the pianoforte soloists. Herr Joachim also performed a fantasia upon Scotch airs, which exhibited to the full his powors of strong and fervid bowing, and his rapid and distinct mani pulation. Miss Anderson Kirkham played Mendels shon'a concerto in G minor, and, with Miss Kate Leder, a very attractive duo, by Osborne, upon themes from the Huguenots. The lady in question, who is a niece of Mrs. Anderson, bids fair to bear well aloft the musical honours of the family. Her style is light and delicate, and her touch remarkably nimble and neat. Over the key board, so far as rapid brilliance is concerned, she rules with absolute sway. Miss Anderson Kirkham's ren dering of the sonata was marked by much apprecia tion and perfect executive facility, and in the Hugue nots duet both performers gave a brilliant reading. Tne execution of the poignard chorus was particu larly good. The single overture was that to Oberon. The choral performances included the well-known Wolpurgis .Aright chorus, " Disperse, disperse ;" the madrigal, "Now is the month of Mu,3' ing ;" and a composition from th e P rec i osa. Besides Beethoven's great song, Mario gave, with Grisi, the principal duet from Don Pasqual e , an d G r i si and Formes were associated in the well-known " 0 Zerrer," from the Huguenots. Madlle. Anna Zerr was encored in a Germau Lied, " Das Scriiussle," Madame, Clara No vella gave the " Bel raggio," and Miss Pyne an air from Coppola. Madame Castellan sang the favourite bravura, " 0 lace," from the Linda, and, with Ron ccni, the as wail-known " Quanto amore," tican L'Etisir. A duet by Piatti and Bottesini, and seve r son and c oncerted pieces by INI. Gueymard, Sign Galvani,or Marini, closed the princip a l fAitures of thef222. quar terly court of the governo.rs. 1778 for the reformation of tion, which was founded in i°--- s ubscribers es t e t r o a t a h Y i this institu tion, itu- PHILANTHROPIC INSTITrUnTd pur pose of transacting the usual . The report, which was the t ion ; juve nile offenders, wa s held c f o o r r p t o h r Mr. William Gladstone in the chair• very emigrated satisfactory, or ()er stated s e bteheant discharged,the number number during the past year was 74, of which n ., 1 . 23 boys had admitted had pardons, commuting been received from Miliback Prison under .coad . conditional their sentence of transportation; and 7 b b er oys there others had been received under a similar pardon. school Westminster Bridewell. The number of boys in the _ at the commencement of the past year was 96, and there . are at the present time 99. It is the intention of the committee to increase the number of boys from exclusive of emigration expils" , from the 100 to 200 ; and the average cot.t per head, svil sink from 321. to 25/. per annum. The; total receipts for the past year had been 16,139/. I:3a. 10d., and after the necessary expenses had been defrayed there was left a balance in hand of 223/. 4s. Some routine business having been transacted, the meeting separated. THE EARLY CLOSING MOVEDIENT.—It was extra ordinary the number of betting offices that were closed early the morning after Oa Derby I—Punch. FACES BY THE FIRE. (From Eliza cook's Journal) I pass a , 4vindow in the dusk of the evening. A broad stream of light flows across the darkening street, and shines ag,Anst the opposite wall. The blaze flashes in my eyes, and, but for an instant, un consciously I turn aside to la.eet it. I catch but a glimpse of the interior of a home, but it is enough. Through a screen of green leaver, I see a group of merry faces by the fire, the cheerful blaze making " a sunshine in the shady place." The light flashes upon the features of a bes.utiful girl, with a laughing child upon her knee; a little ruddy fellow is crouched at her feet, and a cheerful-looking old dame, in specta cles, busy at her knitting, from which for a moment she looks up to watch the gambols of the youngsters, occupies the farther side of the hearth. There is another figure, that of a man, with his back toward me, on the opposite side ; doubtless the fire brightens his face, too, hut the faces of the women and the children are enough. What is a cheerful fireside with out them ? they are the precious jewels which glitter and shine around the happy hearths, and make light and beauty there even in the saddest hours. Like white flowers in the duels, they cheer and hallow it— they speak of the thousand hopes and joys which cluster about a home—they are the emblems of vir tue, cheerfulness, beauty, and divine comfort. Burke has said that "to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the germ of all public affec tions." Yes, unless the faces shine by the fire, they will shine nowhere else. If we feel not warmed by the fire which glows about the hearthstone—we mean the affection and love which are its true moral glow— how can we, feel affection and sympathy for those who compass us about in ever-widening circles in the outer world ? All genial warmth emanates from the home; it is there the affections are first moved, and there the heart is first attuned to human sympathy. You see that child laughing in the full glow of the firelight—it is drinking in impressions which will last its life out. The little child is formed by love, its character is moulded by love, its future is determined by love— " Ah! how Ellin' grows the hand That obey eth Love's command. It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest doth attain; And ho who fulloweth Love's behest, Far exceedet'a all the rest." Have you seen the child's face by the fire, half concealed in his mother's lap, while, knelt there, he whispered out the faint accents of prayer which she had first taught him, and which he never after for gets ? She it was who first told him of God and Heaven, and by her daily example inspired him with love of holiness. And even though the child, when grown up into manhood, has gone astray, and the chain of Love which bound him to the Home has been snapped, the links still drag at his heels, and he is never happy until they are bound together again. The bright fire is the eye of the home; it bespeaks cheerfulness, peace, cleanliness, comfort. Ab - out it the small sweet courtesies of life—in which there is no parade nor affectation, which manifest themselves in kind words and affectionate looks, — cluster naturally and gracefully. The seeds of love are fostered by its genial warmth, and the faces by the fire look bright through affection and lively inter course. The cheerful fire indicates domesticity, love of home, and humanity. Even though the circle be a small one, there are larger circles beyond ; and still it is the centre of a congeries of rays which extend beyond the home, and warm the world without, even to far outer circles. The root is hid in the home, but the branches extend into the glad daylight of society and public life. Faces by the Fire ! how many pictures spring to view at the words ; how the poets of England have revelled around the fire,ide and the home—the great national temple of our race! Longfellow has written his delicious poems of " The Fireside." You remem ber his " Fire of Drift -wood :" 66 We sat and talked until the night, Descending, filled the little room; Our faces faded from the sight, Our voices only broke the gloom. 6 ' Oft died the words upon our lips, As suddenly, from out the fire Built of the wreck of stranded ships, The flames would leap, and then expire. 6 6 0 flames that glowed! 0 hearts that yearned! They were, indeed, too much akin I The drift-wood fire without that burned, — The thoughts that burned and glowed within." And there are his lines on the " Twilight" by the Fireside, certainly the most luxurious point of time which a fireside can present—the time when old re collections are brought forth, and old stories told, and old poetry talked of, and old songs chanted,—music at such a time opening the windows of the soul, and letting heaven peep in. A t such a time the feeling of snup;ness is delicious ; perhaps the wind blows with out, but all is warmth and comfort within : " Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely; The storm withaut might rair and rustle — Tana didna mind the storm a whistle." Or, more temperate than Burns in his "Tam O'Shanter," there is our genuine Home Poet, Cowper, who thus introduces one of his finest poems : " Now stir the tire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the cur:sins, wheel the sofa, round; And while the bubbling and loud-hissiug urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in." Even the Italian poets, whose skies are in a glow, have been inspired by the Homer Fire, and felt that human faces looked the brighter by its light. Alfieri makes a commodious fireplace the climax of his wishes with regard to lodging; and old Horace tempts his friends to visit him by the promise of a neat room and a sparkling fire : " Dissolve frigus, ligna super feed LarLe repenens." Or, as Dryden translates it : " With well-heaped logs dissolve the cold, And feed the genial hearth with fires." Then there is the exquisite little cabinet picture, painted by Milton, a master of descr i p tion, and a true lover of home and home joys:— "Or, if the air will not permit, Some still, removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom; Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm." Of course., es there are children, about a family fireside, there will be lively prattle, mirth, and laughter, which cornea of freedom. In the glad fire light the young Limn rejoices ; for the time , merri ment suffices. Pleasantry in the home is lik e the flowers which oft en float around the margin of deep streams, beautifyi ng the solemn waters of life. The heart will be free and will dance nowher e if not in the home. Young natur e i s eve r happy. "The young, they laugh: laughs not the sky? The winds, they laugh as they pass by; The sun, he laughs, and Nature's face Beams with a joyous, laughing grace. Yes, laughing ever she renews The verdant fields her morning dews." " Yes," exclaims Theophilus Trinal, " we will sing, and we will laugh, and rejoice in the lily-work ; but we will also be wise of heart' concerning the ' pillars' of the world—the great truths of conscience, the paril and the worth of free beings, the saving and perfecting love—by which truths alone can our well being, and the well-being cf our race, be secured." Speaking of the prattle of children about the fire side, reminds us of a touching passage in the life of Dr. Kitts., whom an accident in early life deprived of the faculty of hearing, wherein he says, in lan guage of deep pathos, " I never heard the voices of any of my children." The reader, of course, knows this ; but the fact, as stated in plain words, is almost shocking. Is there anything on earth so engaging to a parent as to catch the first glimpse of his infant's tongue? or so interesting ns to listen to its dear prat tle, and trace its gradual mastery of speech ? If there be any one thing,arising out of my condition, which more than another fills my heart with grief, it is this ; it is to see their blessed lips in motion, and to hear them not ; and to witness others moved to smiles and kisses by thesweet peculiarities of infantile speech which are incommunicable to me, and which pass by me like the idle wind." Thus, how many of our richest blessings are un thought of until they have been taken away ! Even the light of the sun is scarce valued, because it comes to us daily, and we regard it as a thing of course. And the sunshine of the heart is unnoticed and scarce felt until, alas ! has gone down in darkness, and then we aw a ke to a sense of the blessing we have lost. t A h n em d s b o es w id i e th us t , h s e e l a ' t a e c d es in by th th e e ir perhaps a thi r d i n s t oonn l i i eilde her places— one lap, . he ev by th e mot h er ' s k nee , another}a' accustomed w n then, dearly, and our virtuous exa . mple, to make them fitted for the and la b " o t u h r e b o y l d o arm-chair," - h c e h e ar r u , l ' n ' e l s e ? ouusr love,rainzde quence, enable th.TtnPulteoasp' nda assthbroy necessary conse ugh the world use fully and h ome h, fully and honourably. CHANNEL i S n 'ti c - BMAIZIINE TELEGRAPH connexion with the laying e and the coast C o THE mp Am t . T IRISHtie arrangements down the isulated cable between D ° o n n n a a islands,submarine are of Scotland, for the purpose of establishing v offered spiri spirited telegraphic communication between the t i w ng o already upon the very point of being comme&ce r d. The cable, we understand, is already manufactured. townsman, Mr. Robert Henderson, has promptly use of a steamer and steam-tug to render any assistance that the may be required from the 2d to the s th of June. Here then is a public company, established by enterprising Englishme z ; —the submarine cable already manufactured and paid for— all the necessary contracts, eic., arranged—and now it is to be hoped that the people of Belfast, who will so largely par ticipate in the immense advantages the undertaking will con fer upon them , f o r their benefit , and g ive the p r ojec t that encoura g emen t V, ill and support it so eminently merits At their hands.--Belfast , News Letter, PERPETUAL INVESTMENT, LAND, AND BUILDING SOCIETY. The first annual general meeting of the share holders of this flourishing society was held last night at Radley's Mite', New Bridge•street ; Mr. John Gayer, of Southwark, chairman of the board of di rectors, in the chair. The meeting was numerously and respectably attended, and the proceedings of the evening appeared to afford great satisfaction to the shareholders. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN proceeded to make a few prelimi nary remarks. Building societies, be said, bad in troduced a new and improved mode of investing capital for the middle and humbler classes of the community. In former times the mode of preparing money for investment prevailing amongst those classes was simply that of collecting it together and hoarding it up until it reached a sufficient amount to be laid oat either in mortgage security, the purchase of land or houses, or in the public funds, and in the mean while the money so collecting remained idle and un productive.—(Hear, hear.) But, even when it was collected, there were great obstacles in the way of its investment, such as the charges of auctioneers, agents, or attorneys; while if a party borrowed money upon the security of any little house property he might happen to possess, the probability was that in the event of a foreclosure, which often resulted in former days from the absence of a few pounds to make up the mortgage money, the poor mortgagee had his estate sold in de fiance of himself and the proceeds swallowed up by the charges and expenses incident to discharging the mortgage.—(Hear, hear). Now the Perpetual In vestment, Land, and Building Society would obviate ell that. It had been formed as the result of a long experience, the promoters and directors having been for many years connected with similar institutions, and they had taken care that it should be free from those manifold difficulties and objections which had characterised' the earlier societies of this nature. — (Hear, hear.) The principal objection to the old societies was not only the complicity of their rules and regulations, but their manifest uncertainty in re lation to the ultimate end to be obtained, or the mode and manner of getting out of them.—(Hear, hear.) The shareholder, in fact, never knew exactly how he stood, or where or when his liabilities would end ; but is this institution there was no such uncertainty, for everything was defined, and the interest of both the invester and the borrower was amply secured. — (Hear, hear.) If a man wanted to invest his money with safety he could do so here from 51. upwards, and he would always know what he was about and how he stood, while, on the other hand, if a member wanted to borrow, say 5001., he would obtain the loan upon terms that no one could possibly misunderstand. (Hear, hear.) Too much could not be said in fav our of such an institution as this. People frequently spoke of the good old times, but in those good old times the mechanic and the small shopkeeper enjoyed no society of this kind, and he was therefore not sorry to find that the public were keenly alive to the advantages which this and similar societies conferred upon them.—(Hear, hear.) As a proof of this, he need only mention that withiu the last twelve months this society lied received in its deposit department numerous sums varying from 51. to 7001. for investment at 4 per cent. in terest; and he was satisfied that the industriously disposed part of the community could accumulate wealth and property at home, without going to seek for it in the gold districts of California or A ustra li a. —(Hear, bear.) A man with a clear head, a steady determination, and temperate habits, found no diffi culty in making his way in this country ; and it was gratifying to know that the wealthier classes—as indeed did the public generally—appreciated the value of all institutions that, like this, were established to advance the interests of such men.—(Elear, hear.) It now only remained for him to call upon the secre tary to read the report. The report was as follows : " The directors have much pleasure in reporting the business done during the first twelve months. " The total issue of shares since the formation of the society to April 30, 1852, was 1,176. " In the d e p os it d e p ar tmea: numerous su ms h ave b een received, varyi ng from 5/. to 700/., upon which 4 per cent. per annum i n t eres t has been paid, p rov i ng, th a t while by the employment cf the money, this feature of the scciety's business forms a source of considerable profit to the unadvanced shareholders, it also offers to the depositor a covenient and satisfactory mode of in vestment. " The advances made to members upon the security of property mortgaged to the society amount to 11,1361. Ios. " 220 agents have been appointed in different parts of the kingdom, who, it is hoped, will bring a large increase of business to the society. " The directors earnestly invite the co-operation of the members in making known the advantages of the Society, and increasin g the numb er o f shareho l ders. In conclusion th e directors refer with satisfaction to the stability of the institution, the correctness of the principles upon which it is founded and the success that has attended its operati ons. " , The accounts were also read. Mr. J. WILLS, churchwarden of St. Mary's, New ington, moved the adoption of the report, which he considered highly satisfactory. The management bad been both economical and energetic, and when he re savings -bank w i th the advantages of a build membered that this i ns ti tution combined the princi he had no f ears whatever for its ultimate for lt presented a most makingfavour provision for children, and as p : ohub l e geel s ec ser n of mos csoe a . iy r—de eit ui( mti i s ear, hear.) principlesbecame known to ths public the more it would be encouraged and supported. — the report which they had just heard reai, together (H Ael a r r.) vi li . e n h . ad m : with the accounts, be received and adopted.--(liear.) great pleasure in moving that de clared his belief that the founder of the institution had veryyAngseconded the motion, and conferred a national benefit upon the country. The motion was then put and carried unanimously, the enuuing year. after which the retiring di rectors were re-electe d for Thunki ware then voted mee ti ng , which was exceeclin-Bi— y unanimous through out, terminated. to the Chairman, and the RAILWAY TRAITIc RETURNS LONDON AND NokTri-w STERIT RAILWAY.—Return of Traffic for the week ending ha`, 30 Passengers, parcels, mails, £30,372 17 2 Merchandise ...' ••• Cattle ..• 17, 799 510 7 .: 970 18 8 Total ••• £49,143 1 8 Corresponding wee.. last year 53,035 6 6 L OND ON AND SOUTFI-Wr-STERN PAILWAY.—Amount of Traffic for the week ending May 3 0 Passengers £10,279 15 5 Goods ". "' 2,599 15 11i Total Corresponding week last £12,879 11 4 i Year... 12,876 12 7 T HE GRZAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. (Miles in work, 223 i) -Return of Traffic for tho Week endin g May 23, 1852: — Passengers, parcel; carri a ge horses, dogs, and m a il s • 5,865 17 4 Merchandise and mine ra l s ▪ 5,749 17 3 Cattle ••• •" 238 19 11 Total Corresponding week, 1851 (2: 36 ,,,, ....£11,854 14 6 Passengers, parcels, B, e. - " , tes) Dlerchandise, Cattle, & c. £7,171 2 6 ••• 3,6i0 5 6 Total ... .£10,781 8 00 LANCASIDRE AND Y . ORK (260 miles op for Corresponding week in en i ast e 3 0 £17,168 1 4 miles open) yar (260 •••.£15,403 18 1 M aY 2 en.)--Tratfi.e wee k . -nn g Increase ~,, 4,947 0 0 canal l last -4:4,910 0 0 ..12i1 1 3e , 3 7 :- 6 0 4 pe 1 n 4 ,11 3 2.)... Nonni STAFFORDSHIRE RAirmrAy ..... 3 , ear Note. —The above exclusive of the receipts available Return ict o oa f ri i t : r ev a sa ffi i under the agreement with the London and North-Western Railway COMP an Y . CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD Rimwmr.--Traffic for the week ending blaY 30 : ) y ond icl ui r gth;•eNeYeieklending: Ma( MAIN LLNE. Passengers "' ••• X 1, 515 16 9 Parcels, H. C. an d D. 96 2 10 Goode, cattle, &C. *** ••• 5 15 7 Mails ••• 57 5 0 0 Total •• ••• ... X 2,732 6 8 mow. Passengers ... £ 59 4 1 Parcels, 11. C. and D. 1 16 9 Goods, cattle, &C. ••• 67 0 5 Total ••• ". •** X l 2B 1 3 ETEAM-BOATS. Passengers ••• ••• £421 8 5 pm), parcels, hones, Parcels, 11. C. and D. 25 6 Total ••• ••• ••• £ 446 17 11 Scorrxsa CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week ending May 30, 1852 : Pa a B n se d n c g a e r r r a ia ( g i e ls ... £1,115 14 6 Goods, cattle, &c• •• "* 1'62 3 7 Total „„ .. 2,077 18 1 ue 2, 1852. week in last ye Corresponding ar... 1,83 0 14 0 Perth, ju NEW en-fieldslds for new g chase has accordingly SITE OP TAE METEOPoLITAN %.,ATTLE- MaitkEr.—We are enabled to state that the corporation of the city of London agreed unanimously , a few days ago, to been made. The price is 1 59/. per acre, making the entire sum 45,0001. The land is said to be more than worth the amount, apart from the 3i la l u e r t c r h o a p s o e u 6 t a o n a c c acres Cattle-market. ril land ar 1 4 . 11 C T (bp e e n p h u a r special purpose for whi c h i t has been purchased. — Morning .Advertiser. EDUCATION IN IRELAND.—Among the Parlia mentary papers printed on Wednesday was one containing the an nua l renor t o f the Commissioners of Education in Ire land to the L'ord-Lieutenant, for the year ending the 25th of March la s t. A list is given of the students selected to fill the royal scholarships. The Commissioners regret that from the Want of funds they had been obliged to defer °nave on some sehoolhorma which were requi red, HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's P p ) the last p ef The return for the week that ended Saturday is proof of considerable improvement in th blic health. The deaths registered in the second week - - were 1,070, in the following they declined to 94°3 May and last weak they fell to 883. In the ten weeks correspondingto last week of the years 1842-51 the avelag i ,-e which, if raised in proportion to the incrense - of wasB a a popula tion, will be 965. The mortality of la st w eek - is there fore less than the calculated amount by 82. In comparing the results of the last two weeks it will be seen that there is a decrease in zyneotic diseases from 228 in the preceding return to 205 in the present, in diseases of the respiratory organs from 131 to 115, in tubercular diseases (including phthisis), fr om 189 to 177, in diseases of the nervous system from 120 to 104, and in those of the digestive organs from 59 to 50. Taking particular heads in the zymotic class, the cases in which hooping-cough was fatal declined from 42 in the previous week to 31 in the last, those of croup from 10 to 4, of typhus, &c ,41 to 31. On the other hand, the mortality caused by small-pox, measles, scarlatina, diarrhoea, and erysipelas, does not vary, or only to a trifling extent, in the two returns. No death from cholera was registered in London since the weeke that ended 17th April till last week, when, as appears from the following statement of par ticulars, two persons died of it:— On 22d May, at 53, Little Sutton-street, the daughter of fa millwright, aged 3 months, " cholera infautum (5 days) On 26th May, at 33, Adelphi-terrace, Victoria- park, the widow of a watchmaker, aged 72 years, died of '• cholera (28 hours), exhaustion?' Mr. Howard, the registrar, states that the situation is very healthy and the drainage good. Last week small-pox destroyed 45 lives, these of .37 children under 15 years of age and 8 persona at that age and upwards. In four cases it is reported that vaccina tion had been previously performed, the ages of which were 16, 29,32, and 50 years. During the twenty-two weeks of the present year that have now elapsed the aver age weekly number of victims of this disease was in January 34, in February 28, in March 26, in April 34, and in May 39. Hence.: it appears that this complaint has latterly evinced a disposition to increase. Five deaths occurred in the Small-pox Hospital; of these the following are the particulars:— On 21st May a boy, aged 11 years, from Princes-place, Notting-hill, died of " small-pox, confluent, unmodified (8 days)." Said to have been vaccinated in infancy at Kensington; no cicatrix. On 24th May, a grocer, aged 18 years, from Shoreditch, " small-pox, confluent, unprotected (15 days)." On 24th May, a girl, aged 5 years, from Vine-yard, Tooley-street, "small -pox, confluent, unprotected (10 days)." On 25th May, a female servant, aged 16 years, from Throgmorton-street, "small-pox, confluent, unmodified (9 days)." Vaccinated when 4 years old at Castle ldeadingham, Essex; one imperfect cicatrix. On 26th May a porter, aged 29 years, from Friday street, City, " small-pox, confluent, hemorrhagic, un modified (10 days)." Vaccinated in infancy at Ciren cester; one smooth imperfect cicatrix. At 38, Worship-street, Norton Folgate, on 27th May, the son of a carman, aged 7 years, died of " variola, petechia (4 days); no evidence whether vaccinated or not." The medical attendant states that "bad drain age and ventilation, together with the state of privy and the contiguity of a slaughter-house, influenced the type of the disease." In the sub-district of St. John. Mary lebone, at 54, Great Carlisle-street, on 27th May, the son of a painter, aged one year, died of " small-pox; not vaccinated." According to the statement of the medical attendant, " five other children in the same family are sufferieg from the disease; only one, namely the eldest, aged 15 years, has bsen vaccinated, the mother having an objection to the operation. Three children in a room above, belonging to another are supposed to be sickening from the same disease." In the sub-district of Trinity, Newington , at 53, St. An drew's-road, on 26th May, the wife of a carpenter, aged 32 }cars, died of "confluent small-pox (10 days); vac cinated many years ago; three distinct cicatrices." In the sub-district of Camden-town, at 21, Weston street, on 24th May, the son of a hatter, aged 12 years, died of scarlatina ( 5 days)." Mr. Hell mentions that " there are two slaughter houses in the street, one of which and a cowshed are near the house. It is a crowded neighbourhood. At 23, Crown -court, Pall-mall, on 26th May, the daughter of a victualler, e.ged 3 years, died of " lever." Most of the houses ire this court (says Mr. Roberts) have no back windows, and they are consequently ill-venti lated. The house now mentioned has a skylight on the top. At 15, Collingwood-street, in the sub-district of Hackney- road, a drover, aged 56 years, died of " asthma (2 months), dropsy (2 months)". This end of the street is described by Mr. Murray as low, damp, and totally undrained." On 28th May a grocer, aged 48 years, died of " diabetes (duration unknown), constipation and vo miting (2 days)." He was only two days under medical treatment. The medical attendant states that the con stipation and vomiting succeeded after the patient had taken half a pint of whiskey as a remedy for the diabetes. The son and daughter of a painter, at 42, Molyneaux-street, Marylebone, aged respectively 1 year and 7 years, died of pertussis within five hours of each other. STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK. SUNDAY.—The sky was for the most part overcast throughout the day. Electricity—Nothing was shown at any examination. MONDAY.—The sky was overcast till near noon, was generally free from cloud till the evening, and overcast at night. Electricity—Positive, and tension weak during the afternoon. —.------ TUESDAY. — The sky was overcast throughout the day. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate after noon. WEDNESDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day, rich rain falling generally. Electricity—Negative, and very active during the morning. TIIIIRSDAY. —T he sky was overcast throughout the day. Electricity—Positive, and tension weak during the afternoon. FRIDAY. — The sky was overcast throughout the day. Electricity—Positive, and tension variable during the morn ing and afternoon. SATURDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day, rain falling almost continuously till Bh. r.sa. Electricity— Till the evening positive and negative electricity were shown alternately; at times the latter was very active. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main mast, and read each day at 9h. A.m. was 52.2° ; and the mean reading at 9h. P.m. was 51.9°; the mean readings at th e Royal Observatory for the same times were 50.8° and 50 9° respectively. The reading of the barometer increased from 29.91 in. at the beginning of the week to 29.93 in. by 10h. A.M. on the 23d; decreased to 29.65 in. by 9h. A M. on the `26th; in creased to 29.77 in. by noon on the 27th ; and decreased to 29 , 19 in. by the end of the week. SEABORNE MAILS. signifies that the mails are sent &ors the General Post-office by tho night—and NI by the morning—dispatch.] When made up its ( From what PLACES. General Post-ofnce , port die- When London: I patched. due. America (by Brit. pkt.)N June 4 .. Liverpool .. America (by U.S. pkt.) N June 1 .. .. Liverpool .• June 9 America (by U.S. pkt.) 31 June 9 Southampt. 'June 3 Australia (via South- Southampt. ampton) .. M Ditto (via Marseilles) N .. .. .. .. Dover Ditto, via C. of G. llope N August 2 .. :Plymouth.. Africa (West coast).. N 14th of the month ;Plymouth June 3 Alexandria* •• .• N 19th & 30th ef mo., Dover .. June 18 Belgium •• •• •• N Daily • • .. • .......Dover .• Daily Brazil .. 9th of the month ISouthampt. June 16 Buenos Ayres .. M 9th of the month ISouthampt. June 16 California(viaChagres)M Id & 17th of month Southampt. June 5 Cape of Good Hope N2d & 14th of June Tlymonth .. June 3 Cape de Verdi N August 2 .. 'Plymouth.• Constantinople* N 7th 17th 27th of mo Dover .. May 30 Central America .. Mj2d & 17th of men. Sonthampt. June 5 Channel Isles N Mon., Wed., &Fri. , Southampt. Tu. Th. Bat M 17th of the month !Southampt. Jane 5 France &14 Twice daily .. ,Dover Twicedally Greece* N 7thl7th27thofmo ,Dover .. Maw 30 Hamburgh NI - Tnesday & Friday London .. raja. tzat. Holland .. .. .. MWednes. & Satur. London .. Mee.lhor Honduras .. N 17th of the mouth' Southampt. June 20 Ireland .. IM & N Twice daily .. Holyhead.. Twieedeny India (via Sonthamp.) M,2oth of the month Sonthanapt. June 20 India (viaMarsoilles) Ath& 24th efmonth Dover .. June 17 India, via C. of G. Hope NI 15th of month Plymouth.. Mauritius .. N 15th of month Plymouth.. Mediterranean (via Southarrpton) DI 20th of the month Southampt. Jane 17 Mediterranean (vie • Marseilles) N Bth& 24th ofmonth Dover .. June 17 Mexico M 2d of the month.. Southampt. June 5 Madeira lit 9th of the month Southampt. June 16 c 7th,17th,19th,27th 1 Dover June 10 Malta* & 30th of month N a ples* .. •• N sth 15th 25 th ofmo Dover .. , Jun e 12 Papal States* .. N sth 15th25th of mo Dover .. June 12 p en i nsu l a r 7th 17th 27th ef me Southampt. Arrived Peru ;* M 17th of the month Southampt. June 5 . N sth 15th 25th ofmc Dover •• June 12 Tuscalt 31 17th of the month ,Southampt. June 5 Naples* •• •• N Papal States* .. N Peninsular.. •• •• Peru •• •• 34 Tuscany* .. •• West Indies •• West Indies (excePt Al Havanna N ass au) 2d ofthe month iSonthampt. The mails to those countries thus marked ( 5 ) are conveyed by French packet via Marseilles. The India mail, via Southampton, will be made up on the evening of the 19th instant, in consequence of the 20th falling on a Sunday. The Pininsula mail will be made up on the morning of the 28th Pin conse quence of the 27th falling on a Sunday. instant, DEATH OF THE HON. EDWARD CHARLES HERBERT the —This gentle man died at the seat of his nephew, Earl of Carnarvon, Highden House, Hants, on Sunday n last. H e was in his fi f t ieth y ear, and was the youngest soof Henry George, second Earl. He married June, 1833, Eliza beth, daughter of J. Escott, Esq., of Hartron House, by whom, who died, July, 1840, he has left issue, two sons, ESCAPE OF A CONVICT FROM THE BATH PRISON.— A convict under sentence of three months' hard labour for pocket -picking, named George Wright, alias Morsey, lately contrived to make his escape from the Bath gaol, in a manner as astonishing as it was ingenious. It appears that the doors of the cells which open into the corridor have double locks, and every precaution is taken te at n rig ig ht'sht t esc o turn the the bolts twice. On t he night previousWape, officer on duty turned the key once, not and attempted tol u give it the second tu rn, but finding it would move, econcded that some officer bad been before him and turned it once, and that he himself had given it the additional turn. The next morning, when the prisoner was missed from his cell, it was ascertained that be had prevented the second turn of the lock bolt by inserting one of the plates con taining the number of cells, which each prisoner has in his possession on being locked up. By this means he was enabled to force back the bolt, so as to let himself out. His next. difficulty was to gettout of the prison, and this he effected through a window in the corridor which opens upon the roof of the chapel. Having made his rug into a rope, by cutting it into pieces and tying a loop at the end of it, he fixed it to a hook or nail, and thence let himself down into the yard; the but a great o bstacle to his flight still prevented itself in lo f t y e xterior wall at t he back of the building. Here, it ' pe ars, his gly put to th e test, but i ngen uity was exceedin s av ing met with a piece of lead piping, he managed to bend it into a zigzag shape so as to forma series of . the aid of his rope and blanket he sca led steps, and with clear off.—Bath Chronicle. the wall and got EXTENSIVE FARMING.-A friend in South America writes that he is now spending a month with a farmer who , and a patch of corn ow ns a thousand miles of pasture larg er than Scotland, while he has he haa to boil the fodder for them BA • get so many cattle th a t a Volcano. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Meiklam Handicap of 5 s :vs. eeela and 50 added. One mile. (19 Subs.) Mr. Harnaves's Osbaldeston, 7st 71b ...(W. Sharpe) 1 I Mr. J. R. Scott's Talc, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (Wells) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 7st 21b (Osborne. jam) 3 Mr. Merry's Mary Ann, 3 yrs, 6st 61b (Knott) 4 Mr. Meiklam's Evadne, 3 yrs, 6st I 1ib......(Arn01d) 5 Mr. T. Shepherdson's fby lihuriel, Est 21b ( &spinal]) 6 Won easy by two lengths. The Union Cup of 2001. (in specie), given by the mem bers of the Manchester Union Club, added to a handi cap of 5 sovs. each, for three yrs old and upwsitetis; th 3 second to receive 201. out of the stakes. One mile and a quarter. (72 Subs.) Mr. G rev ill e ' s Frantic, 3 yrs, 6st 81b.........(Char1t0n) 1 Mr. Austin's Miss Julia, 6 yrs, 6st 61b (Hiett) 2 Mr. Dawson's The Italian, 5 yrs, ist 21b ... ...... (Lye) 3 Lord Warwick's Grief, 6 yrs, 6st 10b... (Crouch) 4 L PL ?, l ior r r .. diA,DI o tet s ir e eb l , o ; y ,Ks 'ii iin A rig :o o r 4f zl, 5 yr.., Bst 71b ...( W. Sharpe) 0 (Flat - man) 0 Lord Chesterfield's (43.°Iaruds'dio17413e-t5, Mr. Hesseltine's Lough Bawn, 4 yrs, 7st ...(Arnold) 0 1 ) 2 1, Sit ilts (J. Sharpe) 0 Mr. Wright's Miss Flyaway, 4 yrs, Cat 91b (Osborne) 0 M AI M rrr... CMGo.apßretalin'tsodn'SliisCiLlamintadtilleiewlr,iWac w k e , n ls ts, 4 y sY y r rY s: r : ' 6 , 61 s s6 t t s 6 1: 1 8 b 1 ibb (( A A( , C l s d h e nw r o aa I PI t l ) 00 0 6st 41b ((Johan) 0 Mr. G. Barton's Surveyor, 3 yrs, 6st (carried 21bs over) . Farmer's Bo .. ............. Mr. Curter's.... .. ..r.5.,..5. s. ... 1.2.1.1; ((DKiecnkdsaolnl )) 00 Mr. Pedley's Conrad, 3 yrs, s s t 81b ..... (Lye, jun.) 0 Mr. Halford's Worcester, 4 yrs, 6st 81b ..... (Knott) 0 Mr. Worthington's Bache: 63, 3:yrs, sst 81 b...(Caroll) 0 Mr. Jaques's Henrietta, 3 yrs, Sat 41b ......(Aspinall) 0 Mr. Sheiwardine's Morning Star, sst 41b ...... (Wells) 0 Betting-5 to 2 agst Frantic, 7to 1 egst Iris, 10 to 1 agst The Italian, 10 to 1 agst Lough Bawn, 10 to 1 Cshat Henrietta, 12 to 1 agst Miss Flyaway, 15 to 1 sgst andlewick, 15 to 1 aget King of Oude, and 100 to 6 against Alonzo. Won by a neck; half a length between second and third. The Second Produce Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, and 100 added; for three yrs old colts Bst 71b, fillies Bst 31b; the second to receive 50 soya. out of the stakes. One mile and a half. (56 Subs). Mr. Parker's Bird-on-the-Wing (allwd 31bs) (Hiett) 1 Mr. Fowler's Calot (allowed 31bs) (Charlton) 2 Mr. Wentworth's Hafed (Bumby) 3 Mr. Hawkes's Womersley (allwd 3lbs) (Templeman) 4 Mr. Barton's Bethgelert (allowed Sibs) (Marson) 5 Mr. J. Scott's Don Carlos (allowed 31bs) (Holmes) 6 Mr. Denham's Babette (allowed 31bs) (Flatman) 7 Batting-7 to 4 agst Bird-on-the-Wing, 2 to 1 aget Womersley, and 4to 1 agst Betbgelert. Won by three lengths. The Biennial Stakes (second year) of 10 soya, each, and 50 added, the second to receive 25 soya. cut of the stakes; for three yrs old colts Bst 71b, and fillies Sat 31b. The winner of this stake in 1851 to carry 51bs extra. One mile and a half. Mr. Pedley's Trousseau . ..(Terepleman) 1 Mr. Worthington's Rachetee (Osborne) 2 5t02 on Trousseau. Won easy by a length. The Maiden Plate of 50t; three years old, 7st; foar, Bst 41b; five, Bst 91b; six and aged,. Bst 121 b. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs. Two miles and a dis. Mr. Dobson's ch gby Malcolm, 3 yrs (Osborne) 1 Mr. Allardice's fby Fancy Boy, 3 yrs (Charlton) 2 Lord Chesterfield's fby Lanercost, 3 yrs (Ashmall) 3 Mr. Pilling's Event, 3 yrs (Aldcroft) 0 Mr. Moon's Anchises, 3 yrs. (Wert) 0 Mr. Dawson's Bit of Blue, 3 yrs (Arnold) 0 Mr. Wilmott'e Big Wig, 3 yrs Mr. Hesseltine's Dismay, 3 yrs (T. Lye) 0 Mr. Pilling ns Reindeer, 4 )rs (Martin) 0 Won by a neck. ASCOT HEATH, 1852. Nowinations for the Gold Vase. Mr. Bradshtvw's Barbarian, 3 yrs Mr. Martinson's Nancy, 4 yrs--Baron Rothschild ch c by Phlegon, out of Marinella, 3 yrs—Mr. J. M. Stanley's Ciincher, 5 yrs —Mr. Creville's Frantic, 3 yrs—Lord Exeter's Mountain Flower, 3 yrs—Lord Exeter':: ilhabrose, 3 yrs—Lord Clifden's Sackbut, 3 yrs—Lord Clifden's PooLde, 3 yrs —Mr. Howard's Little Harry, 3 yrs. Handicap for the Royal Hunt Cup. Yrs st lb Yrs at lb Nancy .. 4 9 5 Phlegm Hernandez Danii,l O'Rourke 3 8 4.Kaight of the Shire 3 6 9 Officious Darkie Miserrima 4 7 12 Sally Hothorpe . 4 7 12 Susan laathe . 4 7 12 Sanita Exeter ... . 4 7 10 Solynnan Tonic . 4 7 10 harrier Frantic .. 3 7 9 Mountain Flower 3 62 Ringleader .. 4 7 9 Wingenund 3 6 2 SirßowlandTron- Pun chard ..... 4 7 8 The Heriot Hardinge ... 5 7 7 Newport ... 6 7 4. Eliza Middleton 5 7 4 Catalpa . . 4 7 2 Orelio Merry Pcel .. 4 7 0 Pay master ...... a 7 01 Manifold . . 5 7 0 1 Ephesus 4 6 12 Dr. Puff,........... 5 6 12 Follow me Lad:3. 4 6 9 Tame 3 6 0 Little Savage ...... 3 6 0 Amoroso 4 6 0 Plurnstead Ludo l3enita Ilex Jullien 3 5 10 liSurpriso 1 , Janina 3 5 7 ! Robert 3 5 7 ! Blood Royal Handicap for the Great Yrs st lb Edward of York... 4 8 9 Sir Rowland Tr on chard Storyteller .... 4 8 7 Merry Peel 4 8 1 Poodle 3 8 0 Sackbut Western Plate of 1001. Yrs st lb Mountain Flower 3 6 10 Cabot 3 6 10 ifoulakin Benita 3 6 7 Aerie 3 6 0 Chopkins Cotton Lady 3 6 0 Greengage . Freetrader Elampton Appleton Nutshell, 5 yrs, pays forfeit. Sanita ........ ....... 3 7 2 Bushranger 3 7 !g - Tophana a 7 0 Solyman ... 3 7 0 Pan The Bishop 3 6 111 HAMPTON RACES, 1852. Handicap foryle Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, 5 ft if THE ROYAL HIBERNIAN MINING COM PANY.-OPENING OF THE FIRS 7' MINE. CASTLEMAINE, MAY 31.—The ceremony of opening the company's first mine took place to-day, and 1-5-e7ice n- lebrated by a grand jets champetre. Th e nebilitY' gentry, Roman Catgolic clergy, and other p ersons of i n fiance in the neighbourhood were invited for some days preciously, and attended in large numbers. A s t h e most sanguine hopes are entertained that the company's operations will prove successful in developing the mineral resources of the county of Kerry, and effect a social change of no ordinary character in the die tric`, a few particulars respecting the locale, and other circumstances, can scarcely fail to be inte resting to readers on both sides of the Channel, and we subjoin them before describing the proceedings of this day. The Mine is situated near the town of Castlemaine, which is distant about ten miles from the large and flourishing town of Tralee, and quite close to the river, which takes its rise a little beyond Castleisland to the west of that town, and flows westerly, till it empties itself into the sea at the Bay of Dingle. The river is navigable for vessels of 200 tons. The Killarney Junc tion of the Great Southern and Western Railway passes within a few miles of the mine, and, as the ground presents no engineering difficulties, might be easily connected with it. The soil resembles tha; of Flintshire and Denbighshire, and the different analyses of the one already raised give an average result of 77 per cent. of lead and 19 oz. of silver per ton. The county is extremely quiet, and the people are industrious. The most favourable sentiments towards the company prevail in the neighbourhood among all classes, and the directors have been received with the greatest enthu siasmwithout exception. In addition to lead,the by theco people, pperore has been found of a quality which justifies the expectation that that mineral exists to a large extent in the mine. It was under these favourable auspices that the mice was formally opened to-day, in the presence of one of the most numerous assemblages that have been witnessed for years in the county, and which comprised the landed and commercial interests, and the urban and rural population for miles around the neighbourhood, as well as the clergy of all denomins , ions. At an early hour the ground where the shaft is sunk was cr ow d e d b y a l arge num b er of the peasantry, who might h ave b een seen pouring in streams down the hills, and w h ose deportment during the day was orderly. There wer e occurred, and only the utmosta few of but we are people. not aware th at any breach of the peace g n t he good dhn constabulary humour rprevailed present, am on among the I compliance with a suggestion of the town commissioners the shops ere closed,o- aand abi lne other icwd I places , mnda k o i obusi ness w and nr the inhabitants poured out to the scen e o f t h e ceremony road animated with every of pedestrians. Th e weather was propitious, available lcvreoh seand gthdse in Tiee circumstance appeared t o concur in and every interesting occasion. giving éclat to the a About one o'clock, M r . Larches, tile , chairman of the company ,•' Mr. H. Gib son, the Messrs. Arrowsmith, R. Mat, Womodnafetiing director; l l. ono Rooney,tne Lea, and other members of the direction, arrived ground, and were greeted with loud applause by the vast multitude. r r Amongst the gentry of the neighbourhood we ob served Sir W. Godfrey, Bart.; Mr. Maurice (Mor e l I M.P. ; Mr. M.`Gilcuddy, of the Rocks ; W. penny, Esq., &c. The directors having ascended the platform erected on the ground, Mr. H. GIBiON read letters from Lord Headly, pro priAor of the soil, and other noblemen and gentlemen, regretting their inability to attend; but expressing in cordial terms their entire approval of the appearance of the company in their district, and predicting considera ble social benefit for their spirited enterprise. Fle then stated that he and his brother directors, in un dertaking the present speculation, were satisfied that they were making a profitable investment of their ca pital, and that they would also confer vast social benefits on tile locality. They came to the country with the most friendly feelings towards the people, in whom they placed confidence, the result of personal knowledge of their conduct in their employment at the other bide of the Channel, as well as of the manner in which they behaved themselves in Ireland when they had the in centive of regular and remunerative labour. The fa vourable impassion which they had formed of the mine was increased by their inspection of it since their arrival, and the manner in which the labour had been performed justified them in their estimate of the indus trial qualifications of the people. They did not propose limiting their undertaking to this mine, but were de termined, if it could he done with profit, to extend their (Terations not only in that county, but to other parts of Ireland. According to arrangement the mine was then chris tened the Headly Mine, by Allis Godfrey, daughter of Sir W. Godfrey. Addresses were subsequently delivered by the Chair man, Mr. Lea, and Mr. Rooney, which were warmly ap plauded. About 1,500 ladies stud gentlemen partook of a dejeuner prepared en the ground, and the poor, to the number of some thousands, were regaled with large quantities of suitable fare, provided for the occasion by the directors. The day was terminated in a most satisfactory man ner, and we do not exaggerate in stating that the general feeling was one of unqualified approval of the company, and a firm conviction of its success, not only as a remunerative undtrtt..king, but as an efficient agent in ameliorating the condition of the country. THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 1852. declared on or before Monday next. Yrs st lb lanthe 4 8 12 Edward of York 4 8 7 Selina Fauxpas Billy Bar 4 7 5 Lady in Waiting 3 7 0 Madame Wharton 4 7 0 Amoroso 4 6 13 The Brahmin 3 6 11 Janina 3 6 10 Yrs at lb Captain Parry 6 6 7 Irene Hirsute Grand Duchess Coral Stamford 4 6 4 Proudfoot Hampton Claim Vampyre, aged, pays forfeit. Benita 3 6 10 NEWMARKET JULY MEETING, 1852. NominaGions for the Summer Handicap. Poetess, 3 yrs—Tophana, aged—Antigone, 4 yrs— Peacock, 3 yrs—Odessus, 3 yrs—Artisan, 4 yrs— Clincher, 5 yre—Glen Nevis, 3 yrs—Pan, 3 yrs—Pan cake, 3 yrs—lngratitude, 4 yrs—Cariboo, 5 yrs—llex, 3 yrs—Alfred the Great, 3 yrs—Hugo, 3 yrs—Chopkbia, 3 yrs—Telescope, 4 yrs—Hardinge, 5 yrs—Little Savage, 3 yrs— Waverley, 3 yrs—Liberty, 3 yrs—Scarecrow, 3 yrs —StaffJrd,4 yrs—lndian Warrior,3y rs—Hessebromberg , 4 yrs—Storyteller, 4 yrs—Herbert, 6 yrs—Backbiter, aged—Solyman, 3 yrs—Plumstead, 3 yrs—Nutshell, 5 yrs—Bilberry, 3 yrs—The Purser, 3 yrs—Blrad .a a_r i tger, 5 yrs—St. Antonio, aged—Benita, 3 , yrs —K 3 yrs—Champion, 6 yrs—Treasurer, 3 yrs—Ravenswing, 3 yrs. MEETING, 1852. TIIESDAY.—Lord HOUGHTON 21b. 2001,, h ft. T. Y. 0. W. Bosville's lonic , B st OOD 1852. GOODW , Pelion, Set 71 b, apt Mr. d Clifden's 4 yrs Allegro, 3 yrs— m is 3 3rs—lnchan Warrior, 3 —Houlakin, 3 yrs— s od y w r o s o — d W S . Stakes. N o minatio n n o s s f s o bar r or t o h o e ,ige G b o ,a ford 4 yrs—Poodle, , yrs—Stilton, 3 yrs— yrs.—Stam 9 yrs—Redmond Kick-up-the- 119 , M D ellx f mr 4 ne, out of Sally 3 yrs— yrs—Ringleader, 4 Grey 'Pommy, 3 y4ray—raluNsharnaccyg,er4: :rys_rs O'llanlon, 3 Yrs — C w h a i r e f f oo Jr Jus tice, 5 yrs-13 oby yrr ali ß o a a c , kb 6 ite y r r , 3 yrs—Hugo, 3 yrs—Tophana, aged-6 ackbut, High Sheriff, 3 yrs—Hippolytus, 4 yrs—Atitigotte, 4 yrs —Elcot, s a — ge T d r — ict e r i e ° ;B 3 , 3 yrs—The Red Lion, 3 yrs—Galvanism, 3 yrs—Con stantine, 3 yrs—Lady Evelyn, 6 yrs—Surprise, 3 yrs— Cockcrow, 4 yrs — Benita, 3 yrs—Harp, 4 yrs—M ary A nn , 3 yrs—Ca ampion, 6 ) re— p ' y rs —l racundus, 4 yrs— Weathergage,3 yrs—Doubt, 6 yrs — Truth,4 yrs— Montague, 6 yrs—Officious, 5 yrs—Hernandcz, 4 yr— Allred the Great, 3 yrs—M us i c i an, 5 yrs—Nun 5 yrs—Cornelius, 4 yrs—Lindrick, 3 yrs—Grand Duke, 4 yrs—Pitsford, 5 yrs—Caloriek, 3 yrs—Teddington, 4 yrs—Shara,vogue, 3 yrs—Gladiole, 3 yrs—Hobbie Noble 3 yrs—Proudloot, 3 yrs—Stafford, 4 yrs—Sir Rowland Trenchard, 4 yrs—Goldfinder, 4 yri—Ariosto, 4 yra— Barcelona, 4 yrs—Missive, 4 yrs—Follow-me-Lads 4 yrs—May blossom, 4 yrs—Larnartine, 4 yr 8-- Tk ue Par ser, 3 yrs—Haricot, 5 yrs—Ch c by Phlegon, Marinella, 3 yrs—Scarecrow, 3 yrs—Hothorpe, 4 y out of Black Doctor, 4 yrs—Marlborough Buek, 4 rs - r D 6— on .Pedro, 4 yrs—Chopkins, 3 yra—The Puzzlej 3 — y Edward of York, 4 Srs—Termagant, 3 yrs—Storyierller, 4 yrs—riohinoor, 3 yrs—lngratitude, 4 yrs—The Dau phin, 4 yrs—The Brahmin, 3 yrs. Nominations for the Goodwood Cup, Constellation, 4 yrs — Poodle, 3 yrs—Joe Miller, 3 yrs—Ariosto, 4 y rs —R uss borcup,b, 5 1•s —Waterfall, 4 yrs—Calot, 3 yrs—High Sheriff, 3 yrs_H er nandez, 4 yrs—Now or Never, 6 yre—T e d dington, 4 yrs--Frantic, 3 yrs—Grey Tommy—Lady Harriet., 3 yrs 3 yrs—Houlakin, 3 yrs—Hobbio Nob - le, 3 Yrs----New rs-- minster, 4 yrs—Kingston, 3 yrs Auctioneer, 6 y Indian Warrior, 3 yrs—Buckthorn—, 3 rs—Lady E ve- Knoell, 6 lyn, 6 yrs—Redmond O'Hanlon 3 , rs -.Mary ~ ) All e gro, 3 Yrs —Galvanism, —Mountain Yi r Stilton, s it 3 tl y e r siltaeri:crYe, :4 0 3 1 y 1 Y a r e r s , —B4—C:rh I s i . e ll f c Y Baron '4 r s— After the present year th e Queen's pl a t e , hitherto run for at G u ildf ord, will be run for at Epsom' ----------- A-L A . 7— Vi OLWICII, JUNE ROYAL MILITARY CADEM- - ° admission as gentle- ; men cadets at the Royal Military Academy 2.--an examination of candidates w i having passed the latter part of last month, and the foll . nstitution on its re- satisfactorily, are ordered to join th e_ ' Edward Coysgarne reorn_ntgoo,k place during opening after the summer vacation Sim, Alexander Dircm, Henry D°wtd . esarell Pitt, Frederick John George Hill, Douglas Henry Boileau, John Robert Gerald Roper Curzon, William Sol W. Moncrieff, James ron Re Reginald Gother Thorold, William Henry Newcom %Arles Edmund S. Scott, Morgan King ' Charles Wills Weal— io d se' ph Nathaniel P. Dadson, Richard George Bulkeley, G Crofton Molesworth. LIvERPOOL NV IL- n E 8 Philadelphia Steam Ship Company ' s steam-ship City of N DAY.—The Liverpool and Glasgow, genera a nd rather eT er 4vv 11_.3_0 ,, A.n t i o . n t e o-d of ay g , oo w ds. itlf 89 cabin pas.. sailed at A PRECOCIOUS CRIMINAL. The Court of Assize of the Haute-Saone tried, a few days ago, a noted bandit, named Pingand, whose exploits have more than once been noticed in this journal, on the charge of robbery and assassination. He is only 23 years of age, and is good-looking. At the age of 11 he ran away from home, and after wandering about the country for same time, was taken back by the gendarmerie. He subsequently, however, again ran away, and became a vagabond. At the age of 17 be was condemned, by the Correctional Tribunal of Belfort, to imprison ment for robbery ; and a little later he was con• demned, by the tribunal of Beume-les-Dames, to two years' imprisonment, for the same offence. He was sent to the central gaol of Clairvaux, and on the ex piration of his imprisonment was ordered to join the 2d Regiment of Light Infantry, for which he had been drawn; but instead of that he returned home, The gendarmerie were ordered to arrest him. H e thereupon began to scour the country, armed to the teeth, committed numerous robberies, and loudly threatened to kill the gendarmes who should be sent to arrest him. Among the crimes specially proved against him were a robbery of dif ferent articles in a farm-house at Nivry-le-Bourg on the 15th of April, 1851; the breaking with into a house and robbery of various things at Vergerone, on aomf No vember, the 22d of Jaly ; two robberies, on the 30th of July, Sr. Fesjeux ; and a robbery in a farm-house at Hen at court. In addition it was proved that on the 10th *l - while engaged in thrashing corn named Francois at Faymont, he sudd enly down Francois with his flail, and then, knocked the hair, pulled out a knife and declared eeming him by him if he would not consent to ' he would kill shore, two shirts, some stockings give him a pair of money. The terrified miller and ten francs in his house to get the things , sadl'romised, and went to In passing through the kit chen the prisoner followed. hatchet, and, after the thin g s he seized a large him, made such dreadful th promised were given that the poor ma n his rests against the miller, flight across the field wife, and daughter took to entered the farm f 8. On the 9th of February he La Mercelle. e aman named Grandvoinet, at He w a s a brace of Pistol armed with a musket and Grandvoicet for h pistols , and he threatened to kill eying, as he said, attempted to give him up to th be vowed that a, gendarmes, and, raising his musket, them l le would shoot him. But one of spoke m ildly to him, and he, after some conver sation, promised not to ure them. He even con sented to d• . rink with th em he remaining on one side of the wall and they on the other. The object of the gendarmes in G ee g • e was to keep him en gaged until theirerinComwraidnes shauld arrive ; but after a while be perceived this , a nd too k to flight, making dreadful m enaces against them. On th e same day he boasted to a person of hav ing tricked the gendarme?, and declared that the day should not pass without his killing one of them. A few hours after two other gendarmes saw him and went in pursuit. Pingand allowed them to approach to within a certain distance; when, raising, his musket, he said, " Don't come nearer—l had intended to kill your corporal, but, as he is not here, it must be one of you.' He shortly after took flight to a wood, and the two gendarmes followed. Seeing that one of them was gaining ground on him he fired right into his breast. The poor man, whose name was Dauphin, staggered, but did not fall, and said to his comrade, " I am not dead yet and will assist you." The wounded gendarme went to a h ouse and demanded assistance ; but such was the terror Pingand inspired in the neighbourhood that the people refused to receive him. The other gen darme tired at the bandit, but without effect, and the latter escaped. The wounds of Dauphin were very serious, though not mortal. The next day Pingand entered a farmhouse at MeliEey, and, in s pite of the resistance of the farmer's w:fe, stole a gun. On the Bth of March two gendarmes of Belfort met him near Hericourt. They did not know him, and asked him for his passport. "I am Pin gene," said he, " and the first who approaches me s h a ll die." At the same moment he raised his musket. One of the gendarmes recommended him to surrender, but he refused. " But to prove, however," sai • d he, " that I do not fear you, I offer you a bottle of beer." The two gendarmes accepted it. and a ll three went to a public-house. The prisoner kick insiat don having the doors kept open, and he preserved his. bands ; but he drank the beer with arms in his The latter, however, watched th eir opportu n ity, and the gendarmes. seized him. They d ragged h house. He gave one a hits out of the public on the knee, which made him stagger, and discharged his pistol right in the face of the other, wounding him in the most horrible way. The latter, however, drawing his sword, wounded him sever e ly. For a few seconds the prisoner lost his senses from loss of blood, but on recovering he attempted t o escape. H e was, however, captured. The jur y b rought in a verdict of guilty, but declared there we re extenuating circumstances, and the Court condemned him to hard labour at the bagne for life. GalignunCe Messenger.