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LITERATURE. EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. 132. _Longman, London, 1837. We began the perusal of the elaborate notice of " Ilabon's Life and Works," Is hich is very properly placed first in this Number, under a persuasion that it was from the pen of Lord Brougham ; but we had not proCeeded far, before we found reason to change our opinion, satisfied that though his Lordship would have treated the subject in an equally learned spirit, and thrown quite as much vigour, and affluence of idea into it, he would not have exhibited such an incessant and dazzling play of fancy, such grace and variety of style, and such prodigality of illustration drawn from purely imaginative literature, as adorn every page of the essay. We strongly suspect Mr. Macauley to be the author of this gem ; for in manner it strikingly re sembles his celebrated articles on "Milton" and " Mac ehiavelli ;" and in matter, shows the same subtle power of analysis, and dramatic tact in bringing out the nicer points of character. He places Bacon before us in all his strength and all his weakness; as the philosopher, lofty in thought ; as the statesman, mean in action ; here, in advance of his age ; there, crawling timidly behind it ; ennobling humanity by his writings as much as he debased it by his deeds ; and proving, throughout a busy public life, that Pope did him no more than justice, when he called him "the wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind." In speaking incidentally of the mother of this extraordinary man, and of the pro bability of her being" a lady of highly cultivated mind, after the fashion of her age," the Reviewer inclines to the opinion that a knowledge of the " sermones utriusque lingu" was very generally diffused through out the community during the reigns of Henry the Eighth and Edward the Sixth ; and that " without a knowledge of one of the ancient languages, no person could then have any clear notion of what was passing in the political, the literary, or the religious world," because " the Latin was in the sixteenth century and more than all, than the French was in the eighteenth." The Reviewer here overrates the circu lation of the languages of Greece and Rome, which were only beginning to be generally studied in the earlier portion of the reign of Henry the Eighth, be fore which period a knowledge of them was for the most part restricted to the priesthood. It was the visit of Erasmus to England, combined with the indefatiga ble exertions of Dean Colet, that first brought them into fashion among us ; but it was at a much later date that they became generally diffused—not indeed till towards the close of the sixteenth century. The Reviewer's sketch of the old scholastic philosophy, of which Bacon was the first to show the ab surdity, as dwelling upon words when it should have been at work upon things, is admirably executed ; and not less so, is his analysis of the prominent features of the new system which liberated the manacled hands of knowledge, and laughed to scorn the strict, cold, useless logic of the Aristotelian school. Of the man who achieved this great philosophical Reform, we are told that when. a child, " his health was very delicate, and to this circumstance may be partly attributed that gra vity of carriage, and that love of sedentary pursuits, uhielt distinguished him from other boys. Every body know s how much his premature readiness of wit and sobriety of deportment' amused the Queen ; and how she used to call him her young Lord Keeper. While still a mere boy he stole away from his play-fellows to a eault in St. James's fields, for the purpose of inves tigating the cause of a singular echo which he had he th ere . I t i s certain that, at only twelve, he e busied himself with very ingenious speculations on the art o f legerdemain-_aj sol eet which, as Professor Duguld Stewart has most justly observed, merits much More attention from philosophers than it has ever re ;med.. But th ese are trifles." We must here differ from the Revievver. Nothing is trifling that refers to the growth of such a mind as Bacon's. Every charac teristic trait is of value, for, as Wordsworth has justly observed, " the child's the father of the man," and in the boy's attempts to investigate the cause of the echo, We may recognize the germ of the philosopher's habit of rigid And fearless enquiry. In early life, even after be had become distinguished as a writer, Bacon was much depressed in his pecuniary circumstances, which may accouilt for his subsequent love of money, shown in his taking bribes as a Judge, and perpetrating other acts of • meanness, which, as a statesman and a lawyer, 'have attached an indelible stigma to his name. The Reviewer touches on these points briefly, 'kit in a stern spirit of impartiality. When, how ever, droppir Bacon the wordling, he conies to con sider Bacon the philosopher, he writes in a far more pleasurable .spirit, as though he entered heart and soul into his subject. The subjoined extract will furnish a very favourable sample of his manner : " The poet i ca l faculty was powerful in Bacon ' s mind ; but not, like his wit, so powerful as occasionally to usurp the Place of his reason, and to tyrannize over the whole 1115 0. No imagination was ever at once so strong and so thoroughly saibjugated. It never stirred but at a Big flail from good se n se . It stoppe d at t h e first check 4 Ob good sense . Y et t h oug h di sc i p li ne d to suc h e dience, it gave noble proofs of its vigour. In truth, ach of B acon ' s l i fe was passed in a visionary world,— 4m.idstthings a s st range as any t h at are d escr ib e d i n th e z " ). a,blan T a l es, ' or i n t h ose romances in which the curate an'iri.arber o f D on Q u i xotte ' s v ill age per f orme d so crue l PEtls e ° d a-fe,—amidst buildings more sumptuous than the Aladdin,—fountains more wonderful than the th e hi water of Parizade—conveyances more rapid than th e 1 1), ?ngryph of Ruggiero —arms more formidable than b 1, an ce of Astolfo—re me di es more e ffi cac i ous th an th e th e m Fierabras. Yet i n hi s magn ifi cen t d a y-d reams 6 was nothing wild—nothing but w h a t so b er r eason i' lle tianeil. H e k new t h at a ll t h e secrets f e i gne d b y poets ° have been written in the books of enchanters, are Worthless when compared with the mighty secrets which I lre really - written in the book of nature, and which, with ?role and piitience, will be read there. He knew that all tile wonder,: wrought by all the talismans in fable were trifles when 'compared with the wonders which might rea lonubly be ezpected from the philosophy of fruit ; and, that if his words sank deep into the minds of men, they would produce effects such as superstition had never as cribed to the incantations of Merlin and Michael Scot. It was here that he loved to let his imagination loose. He loved to picture to himself the world as it would be when his philosophy should, in his own noble phrase, have en larged the bounds of human empire.' One of the most re 'lnarkable circumstances in the history of Bacon's mind, is :the order in which its powers expanded themselves. With :him the _fruit came first and remained till the last : the jblossoms did not appear till late. In general, the de _Te,l(rtlement of the fancy is to the developoment of the Satent --, , vbat the growth of the girl is to the growth 4) ' a boy. The fan c y a tt a i ns at an ear li er per i o d to t h e PePrettion of its beauty, its power, and its fruitfulness ; 4 nd• as it is first to ripen, it is also first to fade. It has th e; lost something of its bloom and freshness before 491. P terrier faculties have reached maturity ; and is corn ennti y withered and barren while those faculties still retain . _ 14 ,t1 teir energy. It rarely happens that the fancy and the J t ( i /cigi nest grow together. It happens still more rarely that L ite , judgment grows faster than the fancy. This seems, vtvi :ver, to have been the case with Bacon. His boyhood ,vouth appear to h ave b een s i ngularly sedate. His Itard.'e scheme of philosophical reform is said by some 1% otters to have been planned before he was fifteen ; and o undoubtedly planned while he was still young. He erved vigilantly, meditated as deeply, and judged as tperat e ly, w h en h e gave hi s fi rst wor k to the world as at 4 1 ! close of his long career. But in eloquence, in sweet ti: it and var i ety o f express i on, an d i n r i c h ness o f illustra -3,4 his later writings are far superior to those of his res , th• In this respect the history of his mind bears some ,niblance to the history of the mind of Burke." t , cv We consider this essay on Bacon as by far the best ) ' t . h as appeared f or many years i n th e " Edinburgh • evle w." It is full of animation and brilliancy, and Peg right staff , to the h eart o f i ts su bj ect . " B row ning's OT,, tr finds %at The the same fault with this popular tragedy 1 Sun found some two or th ree mon th s since. he Reviewer a 4 Id b e i ng ch arges i t w i th a ff ectat i on, o b scur i ty , 4 41 . ntary •; penned in a s tyl e p erverse ly b a ld an d frag but s tates, at the same time ? that it has many redeeming merits. The notice of Bulwer's "-Rise and Fall of Athens" is agreeably written, but does not soar above the ordinary average of pe r riodical criticism. " Newspaper Literature" con , tains many pertinent suggestions ; though we must object to the spirit of the Reviewer's complaint, that the daily Journals are in a state of " complete depend : ante upon the contemporary public." Why should this be urged as a fault against them ? To whom should newspapers appeal—with whom should they sympathize—whose wants and wishes should they make known—by whom should they be held in re , gard—but the public ? Surely they should not re present the interests of a mere faction, in opposition to the more momentous ones of the community ! The Press is, and should ever be, the interpreter between the people and the Government, and all things consi dered, it fulfils the office of dragoman with singular moderation and fidelity. The Reviewer goes on to assert that " the proper season for discussing, to most advantage, the Extension of the Suffrage—Triennial Parliaments—or even Ballot—has not yet arrived." He is in error. It has arrived, as the events of the next Session will show. The question of the Ballot, in particular, if not now ripe for settlement, will never be ripe. " The Reform of Criminal Law" is a shrewdly reasoned article, founded on the report of the Criminal Law Commission. In the " State of Par ties," the Reviewer draws an admirable, though some what unflattering, sketch of Sir Robert Peel. He gives him credit for a limited share of political saga city ; but is of opinion that he possesses none of the qualities that should characterize a lofty statesman. We cordially agree with _this assertion. Decision, bold ness, and foresight, are the most essential qualifica tions for any one who aspires to sway the destinies of a kingdom. But of these Sir Robert is nearly, if not altogether, destitute. He is a safe leader enough in peaceable tines ; but an age of transition, like the present, throws him off his balance. He cannot com prehend, or sympathise with it, so goes blundering about in the dark, feeling his way from post to pillar, and from pillar back to post, without making the slight est satisfactory progress. He is a fine sample of the day-after-the-fair Minister, granting everything just a day too late. When a concession has lost half its va lue and all its grace, then, and not till then, he makes it. So he acted with the Test and Corporation Acts —With Catholic Emancipation—with Criminal Law Reform—in short, with every useful measure with which he ever tampered. It requires a hurricane to rouse him to exertion. When the wind is whistling about his cars ; when Swing is blazing up nightly in half the counties of England ; and the great manufac turing towns are meeting, two hundred thousand strong, on Newhall Hill, while Ireland is all earth quake from one end to the other ;—then this perplexed, vacillating Tory leader begins to think that it is time to look into matters, with the view of applying a re medy, which should have been applied years before. But even then—although the signs of the times are be come so palpable,that he who runs may read—Sir Robert goes about his task in such an equivocal, hesitating spirit, as in the instance of his jesuitical Tamworth Manifesto, that there is no making out whether he is, or is not, a Reformer. The secret of all this undue reserve is, that he is still—and we fear ever will be—in the stringent trammels of Toryism, and dare not shake them off, were occasion ever so favourable. Party hangs like a millstone about his neck, cramping his movements, enfeebling his energies, and preventing him from looking erect about him. When Sinbad was half throttled by the Old Man of the Sea, he boldly shook off the incubus ; and so must Sir Robert Peel act, if he desire to stand high in the estimation of the present age, and to be gratefully remembered by posterity. We have no space to notice the articles on " Church Rates," and the late " Crisis in the American Trade," so must content ourselves with the observation that they will repay the labour of an attentive perusal. Altogether, the Number is an excellent one. Captains Younghusband and Kyrner, and Mr. Thomas Moors, waited on G. R. Robinson, Esq., on Monday, to present a gold snuff-box voted to that gentleman by the excluded officers of the East India Company's maritime ser vice. The box was of beautiful workmanship and had the following inscription :—" This box is presented to G. R. Robinson, Esq., M.P., by the excluded East India maritime officers, as a token of their respect and gratitude for bis able and unwearied exertions in their behalf, in and out of Par liament." Lord William Russell, Minister Plenipotentiary from the Court of Great Britain, arrived at Berlin on the 24th ult., coming from Dresden. SINGULAR FIRE AT STOPRIIEAD.-011 Satur day last, afire took place in the magnificent grounds of Sir Ri chard Colt Hoare, Bart., Wiltshire, which entirely consumed The Temple of the Sun. A swarm of bees had settled on the top and fire was employed to dislodge them, but having been incautiously applied, it terminated as above, and the molten lead on the roof ran into the pond below. A Correspondent informs us, that a Reverend Gen tleman who played a conspicuous part in the Lockington tithe case when Jeremiah Dodsworth was imprisoned, was very ac tively engaged in canvassing the East Riding electors on behalf of the Tory candidates on Sunday evening !—Hull Observer. WHISFCERANDOS.—A curious instance of the erring simplicity of a countryman is reported in the Lincoln Gazette. After this perhaps the gallant Colonel Sibthorp will shave somewhat more extensively. An honest countryman, return ing from Lincoln last week, was accosted by an acquaintance on the road, with " Well, John, have ye seen anything o'the election ?" " Noa, I ha'nt," was the reply, " but I soed a lot of fellers hugging a huge baboon in a chair, dressed just for all the world like a man. I'd rather ha' seen it than a 'lection, ony day ! I ! On . Wednesday last, an inquest was held at Hard wieke, on the body of Benjamin Ridgley, who died on the 25th ult. from the effects of an overdose of laudanum, which it appeared from the evidence the deceased was in the habit of taking as a narcotic. Vardict, " Accidental death, from igno rantly taking a quantity of laudanum insufficient to cause death."— Cambridge Chronicle. Tuesday morning, about half-past ten o'clock, the house No. 127, Hoxton Old-town, it, the occupation of Mr. Liquorice, boot and shoemaker, fell down with a tremendous crash, to the alarm and terror of the inhabitants in the imme diate vicinity. The house was attached to a corner one on one side, which had been pulled down within the last few days, while on the other side is the old-established public-house, called the Green Man. Just before it fell, in consequence of Mr. Liquorice hearing some rubbish tumbling upon the floor over his head. he went out to speak to the labourers who were employed in shoring up the house. Ile had just remarked to them " to take care, or they would bring the house about his oars," when the foundation gave way, and the whole building was in a minute level with the ground. The exclamations of the men and the noise of the falling materials soon collected a crowd, among whom it was reported that several persons were buried in the rujns. Mr. Liquorice was observed in the greatest distress, as he stated that his wife was in the house. Fortunately, however, that proved not to be the case, as she had only stepped out a minute before her husband, and site quickly eased his mind. Information was sent to the station house of the N division in Robert-street,. Hoxton Newtown, from whence Inspector Tong sent Sergeant Dubois with a body of police, who immediately took measures to keep off the crowd. Not the slightest injury ,was sustained' by any one. Two horses, each of which was harnessed to a cart, ran away, but were stopped without having caused an accident. The house, with that at the corner, formed part of the ancient build ings of the Old-town, and were condemned. A few weeks ago, some large premises, a few houses off, which were latterly used as a receptacle to farm poor people, and which, a few centuries ago, were built for a nobleman's mansion, were pulled down. On Saturday night no less than eight prisoners effected their escape from the gaol of St. Alban's, Herts. On Wednesday night two prisoners, named Thomas Saunders and Thomas Williams, escaped from the House of Correction at Littledean, Gloucestershire. Saunders, a young man, 28 years of age, a native of Somersetshire, and in the habit of travellin: with a low-sized woman, who carried a basket of tapes, &c. ; had been committed on the 21st of June for utter ing counterfeit coin, and Williams for uttering a forged 10/. bank -note. They were both to be tried at the next assizes, but disappeared on the night abovementioned ; some of their companions having apparently scaled the outer walls by means of ladders, and released them from their cells. The keepers of both the prisons have caused notices to be circulated among the police, describing the fugitives, and offering rewards for the recapture of any of them. ANOTHER PARR.—In the obituary of Barrow's Worcester Journal of Thursday last we find the following notice :—" At Dunston, near Chesterfield, Mr. R Sarman, aged one hundred and sixty years old and eight months ! He was blind twenty-six years of his life. llis relatives in the same house are of the respective ages of eighty-three, eighty, tiizty-nine, and sixty. THE QUEEN. Her Majesty had a dinner party last evening at the nes% Palace. The company included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Count Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Am. bassador, the Neapolitan Minister and Countess Ludolf, Count Mandesloh, the Wurtemburg Minister, Prince Arm , sparg, Count Charles and Countess Pozzo di Borg(); Baron Taubenheim, Chamberlain and Equerry to the King o f Wurtemburg, the Marchioness of. Salisbury, the Countess of Charlemont, Lord and Lady Seymour, Lord Gardner and Colonel Buckley. Sir Edward Cromwell Desbrowe, G.C.H., her Ma jesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of the Netherlands, had an audience of the Queen yesterday, at the New Palace, in St. James's Park. Her Majesty gave audiences yesterday to Viscount Mel bourne and Viscount Palmerston. _ _ _ The Duchess of Northumberland Lad an audience o the Queen yesterday. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. DEPARTURES. Sir Adolphus John Dalrymple, Bart., on a tour ; Lady Hamlyn Williams for Carmarthnn ; Mrs. Bothell for Sussex ; Lady William Gordon for Sussex ; Lord Ebrington for De vonshire ; Mr. Wm. Beckford, for Bath ; Lady Lucy Pusey for Sussex; the Hon. Col. Howard for Ashbridge Castle, Sussex ; Mrs. Radcliffe on a tour ; Viscount and Lady Eliza beth Clements for Long Ditton, Kingston ; Mr. Richard Benyon de Beauvoir en a tour; Mr. J. 'and Mr. W. Mar shall for York; Lady Anne Montagu Scott for county of Sus sex; Lieut.-General Sir la. Gordon on a tour; Viscount and Viscountess Maynard and Miss Jervis for county of Essex ; the Countess of Radnor and Lady Jane Bouvrie for Longford Castle ' • Mr. Robert Gordon for Ci rencester , i n Gloucester shire ; Lord Western for Felix Hall, Kelvedon, Essex ; Lord and Lady Ruthven, from Thomas's Hotel, for Scotland; Sir George Talbot and Miss Talbot, from ditto, for Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Mackenzie and family, from ditto, for the island of Ceylon ; Monsieur and Madams Moriana, and family, from ditto, for Paris ; Sir Henry and Lady Pynn, from Mould's Hotel, on a tour to the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins, from Nerot's Hotel, for Dundee ; Sir F. Hankey, from ditto, for Chapel-street, Park-lane. The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yesterday, from the Grange. Lord Duncan has left Southampton for the family seat, Lundie Castle, Forfarshire. Lord William Bentinck has arrived at Vernon-house, Park-place, from Glasgow. Lord Macdonald has left Mivart's Hotel, accompa nied by Captain Davidson, for his seat in Scotland. The Earl of Craven, Lady Caroline Turner, Lord A. Conyngham, the Hon. Mrs. Cochrane, and upwards of eighty passengers, took their departure for Antwerp this morning, in the General Steam Navtgation Company's splendid and powerful steam-ship Soho. The Earl of Moray has arrived at Malvern Wells, from his seat in Yorkshire, where the Noble Earl has sojourned since the demise of his Countess, some months since, at Chel tenham. Prince Esterhazy, Prince Nicholas, and Count Maurice, left Chandos House yesterday, on a visit to the Duke of Richmond, at Goodwood Park, Sussex. The Earl and Countess of Dundonald and family have left Paris on a tour. The report is untrue that his Lord ship intends to build a steam vessel on a new principle. There are at this time in the West India Docks the hulls of two steam vessels, built by Lord Cochrane upon a new principle, fast mouldering to decay. Sir John earn Hobhouse has, within the last day or two, been haranguing the electors and operatives of Brad ford and Trowbridge, in favour of Mr. Methuen. It was ex pected that the Hon. Bart. would propose Mr. Mthuen, on the day of nomination ; but after due consideration, he has de dined the honour.—Devizes Gazette. Do vE ts, AUG. 2.—Arrived the IVatertvitch steamer, from Boulogne, having on board Mons. Martin, the Ministre de Commerce, and Mons. Le Grand, Directeur-General des Ponts and Chaussees in France. It is said their Excellencies are come to inspect some of our new railways, and to make some commercial arrangements with our Government. The Earl of Lonsdale has arrived at his seat, Low ther Hall, from Whitehaven. where his Lordship usually en tertains the Judges and leading members of the bar on the northern circuit. The Duke of Devonshire and several members of the Cavendish family will commence grouse shooting in the neighbourhood of Bolton Abbey, about the 15th. The game is most abundant at Bolton, in consequence of its being so strictly preserved by the Duke's special orders. Lord Dinorben and Lord and Lady Gardner left Bute House, yesterday, for Goodwood. The Earl and Countess of Grosvenor and family left Grosvenor-sluare yesterday, for their seat, Motcombe-park, Dorsetshire. The lessee of the English Opera House has en gaged a new principal tenor singer (Mr. Allen), who is to make his debut in Elvino, in La Soiznambula. Cheltenham is filling fast, and the fashionable arri vals within the last few days numerous beyond all precedent. The late balls at the Rotunda have been very well attended, and the promenades are assuming a crowded appearance. The second anniversary dinner of the Third, or Scots Fusileer Guards, consisting of officers who have served in that regiment, took place on Tuesday evening, at the Cla rendon Hotel ; Lard Berkeley Drummond in the Chair. There were also present Lord Ebrington, Hon. Colonel Mon tagu, Colonel Hornby, Captain Robinson, Colonel Colville, Colonel Standen, Captain Seymour Davies, Capt. Seymour, Mr. Digby Murray, Colonel Dixon, Mr. Boyce, Col: Howell, and General Grosvenor. The Bishop of London has taken Beacon -lodge, near Christchurch, as a residence for his family durin g the bathing season. Baron Bulow, tl e Prussian minister, Count Bjornst jerna, the Swedish minister, and Mr. Stevenson, the American minister, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. Lord Strathmore, Mr. Capreal, and Mr. Saunders, had interviews with Lord Glenelg yesterday, at the Colonial office. A despatch from the Vice-Consul at Naples, dated July 15, says—" It is an ascertained fact that Caltanisella, Mazars, and another canton of the interior, have cut off all eommunicltion with Palermo, decline obeying any requisition of the central authority, and fire upon any one who presents himself upon their territory. The anxiety of the minister may be judged from the fact that he concentrates all the troops o f which he can dispose in this direction. Three frigates and seven vessels of inferior force are resdy to start at a moment's notice. The Calabrians are also about to recommer.ce the disorders of the past year. RICHMOND THEATRE.—ThiS pretty little esta blishment has been taken by Miss Desborougb, and under judicious management is likely to have a successful season. Mr. Meadows, of Drury-lane, is " starring" it there with great applause, and we perceive takes his benefit on Friday, when he will have the able support of Cooper, Bartley, &c. in Turning the Tables, a Rowland for an Oliver, and other peices. Mr. Meadows, from his gentlemanly conduct, as well as from his talents, as an actor, merits a full house, and will no doubt have one. _ _ _ ----- Proceedings have been instituted by Lady Sykes in the Ecclesiastical Court fo.• restitution of conjugal rights. At Messina the dread entertained of the cholera is so great that the inhabitants shut themselves up in their houses with provisions for several months, in order to avoid all contact with their neighbours. Public and private business is com pletely suspended. The Journal de Frankfort, a Russian paper, af firms that a conference with all the other Ministers of the Northern Powers will be held with Prince Metternich at Top. Ms very shortly, upon the subject of the quadruple treaty, by which England and France engaged themselves to support the Queen of Spain. . _ _ It was after having received despatches by estafette from Berlin, that King Ernest Augustus appointed a special Commission to examine how far the new fundamental law of the kingdom binds the successor of William IV., and to sub mit to him the result of its inquiries. It was the private Mi nister of the Cabinet, de Schele, who was named to point out for the King's choice the members of the Commission, and M. de Schele was himself appointed to preside over it. He is now preparing the project of the Royal motion, which is to be submitted to the States at their next meeting. The im portant point however, nevertheless, is to ascertain whether the convocation of the Chambers should take place according to, the terms of the Constitution of 1819, or that of 1 833 . The choice o( the first; towards which his Majesty is per sonally inclined, would be equivalent to a formal refusal to re cognise the existing Constitution ; and all that has been done during the four years which have just elapsed, would run the risk of being considered as not having taken place. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The ordinary meet ing was held yesterday afternoon, Dr. Henderson, V. P., i* the chair. Dr. Lindley read the copy of an address, which had been delivered to her Majesty from the Council by the Duke of Devonshire, requesting her Royal patronage, which was accorded. A paper was r ea d on a s i mp l e an d e ff e ctive mode of killing the red spider, gre en fl y , t h r i p an d sca l e with out injury to the plants. It mer e ly cons i ste d i n putt i ng the pots or plants into a frame well closed, and then laurel leaves well bruised between them, when in the course of one hour the whole of the spiders and flies would be destroyed by the °lour, which was that of prussic acid; whilst thrip and scale would be destroyed in about eight hours, the night time being most favourable for the experiment. For a house 20 feet by 12 the quantity of two bushels of leaves would be amply sufficient. The most interesting part of the cJilection in the room was several orchideous plants, amongst which was that rare and remarkable one cattleya orispa in high cultivation, from Mr. Paxton, with several specimens of Stanhopea insignia. Amongst the fruit from the gardens were two melons, grown over water, into which the roots descended, a plan by which it was found that this fruit would arrive at earlier, if not at better, maturity. The prizes awarded were—the large silver medal to Mr. Paxton for cattleya crisp, knightian medals to Mr. Lawrence for a collection of heaths, and Mr. Redding for on cidium carthaginense, and banksian medals to Mr. Hooker for roses, Mr. Pratt for Stanhopea insignia, and Mr. Hogg for piccotees and carnations. The register kept at the gardens from July 18 to August 1 gave the barometer highest July 24, 30,117 in., lowest, July 29, 29 , 92 3 ; thermometer, highest, July 27, 85 deg. f. ; lowest, July 30, 40 d eg. ; and quantity o f ruin inches, G IN TELLIGEN CE. LATEST BETTING A T MANCHESTER. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 4 to 1 agst Cardinal Puff —offered 9 to 1 agst Epirus 10 to 1 agst Slashing Harry_l a k en 10 to 1 agst Mahometan—taken 10 to 1 agst The Doctor 12 to 1 agst llenriade 14 to 1 agst Mango Id to 1 agst Abraham Newland —offered 20 to 1 agst Cartoon 20 to 1 agst Robin Hood colt—take 25 to 1 20 to I agst Blakey Topping —take 25 to 1 THE SUN, LONDON, rHURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1837. GOOD .1V OOD RACES.-YESTERDAY. The Craven Stakes of 10 rocs, each. Mile and a quarter. 14 Subs. Lord Suffield's Caravan, 3 yrs, 7st Paris 1 Mr. Etvvall's Alumnus, 4 yrs, Bst 41b 2 Lord Lichfield's The Glama, 5 yrs, Bst. 1011) 3 Mr. Robertson's Berwickshire went to the post but did not :tart. 5 to 1 on Caravan, who made all the running, and won in a can ter by six lengths. Sweepstakes of 300 sovs, each, h. ft. Three miles and live fur longs. 15 Subs. Mr. J. Day's The Drummer, Bst. 31b J Day 1 Lord Chesterfield's Scroggins, Bst. 31b Duke of Richmond's Sepov, Bst. 31b 2tol on Scroggins (taken). Won by a length and a half after a splendid race. The Drawing Room Stakes of 25 sovs. each, with a bonus of 10 sovs. each. Once round. D. S.C. 24 Subs. Mr. Wreford's Wisdom J. Day 1 Mr. J. Day's Chapeau d'Espagne Mr. G. Heathcote's Marquis 'Lord Exeter's Velure Lord Albemarle's Gil Bias Lord Suffield's Pocket Hercules Mr. Rush's Pickwick 5 to 4 on Wisdom, 7 to 2 agst Velure (taken), 9 to 2 agst Mar quis, 6to 1 agst Pickwick. Won easy by two lengths. The Lavant Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., for two yrs old. Half a mile. 27 Subs. Mr. Bowes's gr. c. by Comus, Bst. 71b J Day 1 Lord Exeter's Sister to Green Mantle, Bst. 31b Lord Chesterfield's Anchorite, Bst. 121 b 3 Duke of Richmond's ch. g. Hooghley, Bst. 71b 4 Lord Albemarle's Hurricane, Bst. 71b 2tol on the Comus colt, and sto 2 agst Anchorite. Won by half a length. The Innkeepers' Plate of 50!., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Winner to be sold for 100, Sze. Heats. T. Y. C. 8 Subs. Mr. J. Day's Foozool, 4 yrs, 8t... Colonel Bouverie's c. by Saracen, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b Duke of Richmond's Havildar, 4 yrs, Bst Mr. King's Cornet, 5 yrs, Bst. 71b Captain Gardnor's Sister to Zenana, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b 2 dr Lord Chesterfield's Jack Brag, 5 yrs, Bst. 71b Mr. Shelley's Swallow, 4 yrs, Sot. 0 dr Mr. Baker's Sister to Ilatfield, 3 yrs, ist. 41b. Each heat won cleverly. The winner claimed. The Goodwood Stakes, of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft., and only 5, &c. Cup Course. Second to receive 50 sovs. out of the Stakes. (107 Subs., of whom 68 declared declared. ) Mr. Forth's Lucifer. 5 yrs, 7st. 101 b (Mitchel) 1 Mr. S. Fox's The Carpenter, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b Lord Chesterfield's Hornsea, 5 yrs, 9st. 101 b The following were not placed :—The Carpenter, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ; Felix, 5 yrs, Bst ; Famine, 6 yrs, ist. 121 b ; Alumnus, 4 yrs, ist. 101 b ; Jack-in-the -Green, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b; Mus, 4 yrs, 7st. Sib; Mendicant, 4 yrs, ist ; Sepoy, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b ; Skilleygolee, Anna colt, 3 vrs, 6st. Sib ; Cassandra, 3 yrs, sst. 61b ; Wisdom, 3 yrs, ist ; Chapeau d'Espagne, 3 yrs, sst. 121 b ; Barney Bodkin, aged, 6st. 121 b ; The Drummer, 4 yrs, 7st. 41b ; Alfred, 4 yrs, Bst. 41b ; and Tyrant, 4 yrs, 6st. 121 b. Betting, sto 2 agst Carpenter, 6to 1 agst Hornsea, 8 to 1 agst Wisdom, 8 to 1 agst Alfred, 10 to agst Chapeau, and high odds agst any other. Won by a length. WORCESTER RACES. TUESDAY. The City Members' Plate was not run for when our aceount left the Course—it was won by Mr. Thos. Crutchley's b. c. Wolver hampton, aged, (Arthur, jun. ) WEDITY.SI)I.T. The Severn Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. One Mile and a Quarter. Mr. Thos. Crutclley's br c. Wolverhampton ....(Arthur, jun. ) I Capt. Lamb's ch. .c. Chit Chat, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Collett's br. m. Nell Gwynne, aged Mr. West's ch. c. Vathek, 4 yrs 4 Mr. Jones's b. g. Decider, 3 yrs Sweepstakes of 25 sons. each, with 23 added. I'. Y.C. Mr. E. Peel's ch. f. Ninny... Mr. J. Jones's b. f. by Bedlamite, dam Emeline 2 Mr. West's gr. or ro. f. by Stumps, out of Rachel Ruysch 3 The following also started, but were not placed : —C a pt. Bun ney's eh. c . Bilb oa, M r. B. Collett's b. f. Nausau, and Mr. Wal ter's ch. f. Bishopsgate. The Gold Cup by Subs. of 10 sous. each. Three miles. Mr. Speed's gr. g. Isaac, 6 vrs. (Darling) I Col. N. Ch ar l ette ns. b . g. Rambler, 6 yrs. Sir. Collett's br. m. Nell Gwynee, aged.. HERTFORD RACES- WEDNICSDAI Y. The Manor Stakes of 3 Boys. each and 23 added. Heats once round and a distance. Mr. Munroe's b. b. Mozart, 5 yrs .. (C. Edwards) 2 1 1 Mr. Cassidy's ch. h., by Merchant, 4 yrs Mr. Gearling's b. g. Lary Cove, aged 5 :3 dr Mr. Lambden's b. g. The Captain, 6 yrs Mr. J. A. Cater's b. m. Miss Sheridan, 4 yrs 4 dr The Two Years Old Stakes, of 13 sovs. each, h ft. and 25 added. Half a mile. N Tr. E. *Bond's f. by Shakespeare out of Sprat (11. Mayo) 1 Mr. Phillimore's b. c. by Agreeable out of Lady Anna's dam 2 The Hertfordshire Stakes ( Handicap) of 15 sows. each, 10 ft. and only 5, &c., with 50 added. 2 miles and a dis. Mr. J. T. Green ns. Cornborough, 3 yrs .. (W. Balchin) 1 Mr. Wickham's Pincher, 6 yrs. Mr. King's b. h. Hectic, 5 yrs.. 3 Mr. Page, ns. Roderic, 4 yrs The Ware Plate, of 50 sovs. Heats Tw o miles and a dis. Mr. T. Carter's b. in. Miss Catnerine, 5 yrs (B. Moss) 0 1 1 Mr. R. Thomas's b. m. Oak Leaf, 4 yrs Mr. S. Smith's b. in. Eagle, 6 yrs 2 2 dr Mr. Dann's b. g. Astonishing, aged Mr. Frith's ch. c. Cavalier, 3 yrs ... .. ......... 0 0 dr Mr. Rogers's ch. h. Cicero, 4 yrs . LAMBETH REGATTA. The stairs wager at Lambeth for the boats amongst the water men plying there took place yesterday, and was well contested. The men came in thus --Lewis Richards and H. Mansfield ; yellow ; H. Wiison and C. Maynard, purple; S. Wilson, sen., and W. Shelton, blue; S. Wilson, jun., and E. Maynard, green. PORTUGAL. LISBON MONDAY, JULY 24, 2 o'CLocK, P.ll. " The posts from the various parts of the kingdom have regularly arrived this morning, and from all that I have been able to collect, it appears that the partisans of the charter of 1826 are losing ground, inasmuch as the people have remained merely passive spectators of this purely military insurrection. " The Viscount de Sada Bandeira, with M. Joze da Silva Passos, have arrived at Oporto (by land), as also the T eice i r a war steamer, with the troops she conveyed from hence, and were about to march against Valeura, where the insurgents in that part of the country have concentrated their forces. By accounts from the South it would appear that the nsurgents had equally concentrated their forces at Cas tello Branco. " I have been favoured with a sight of a letter from a person of rank and respectability at Oporto, dated the 21st insr., to a gentleman holding a high situation in Lisbon, of which the following is a translation The rebels are at Valence, as your Excellency knows. General Luiz de Rego ( Viscount de Geraz deo Lima), who had approached Vienna in company with the Lieutenant- Colonel of the 9th Infantry (Doze Luiz de Brito) and other officers, as also some of the 4th regiment of Cacadores, with the intention to aid the revolution, has thought it proper to desist from the attempt, as Major Antonio Pimenta, who went out to meet him persuaded hint not to be the assassin of his country ; that every resistance would be made at Vianna, and that his, Luiz de Rego's house, would be the first that would be destroyed by the fire from the Castle, he replied, that he would follow his fate, and retire with his companions to his country seat of Geraz de Linia, where he for the present remains laid up by an attack of the gout. At Ponte de Lima, a certain F. Thomas Malheiro was organizing a guerilla force in favour of the rebels, but as the Viscount de Sada Baudeira, in the march he purposes, will have to pass through Barcellos, Ponte de Lima, and Coura, which is the most direct route, there is little doubt of his being able to reduce to obedience the inhabitants of those places. Major Frazao was enabled to make his escape from the rebels and join the Baron de Almargem. A certain Joao Feio, who commanded the vo lunteers at Barcellos, and who, with part of his battalion, had joined the rebels at Villa Nova de Familicao, is a prisoner at Braga. here everythi ng i s qu i e t ; an d th e revolutionary tittle tattle has in a great measure ceased. The Terceira steamer arrived this morning, and the troops that came in her have been quartered at the barracks of Santo Ovidio." " The latest telegraphic dispatch from Santarem of last evening- states that that district was in perfect tranquillity, Abrantes included.' " I am credibly informed that the Government have it in contemplation to call in all the fitulas admissible in the pay ment of duties in the Custom-house, and to issue in ex change Treasury notes of the value of 10,000 reis, 20,000 reis, and 60,000 reis, accepted by the tobacco contractors, payable in two years, and bearing an interest of .5 per cent. per annum. " This day being the fourth anniversary of the Portu guese restoration, gained by the triumphant entry of the gal taut Duke of Tereiera into Lisbon, the same has been cele brated by the forts and the Portuguese ships of war dis playing their flags, and firing a Royal salute, and her Ma jesty the Queen holding a Levee at the Palacs of the Ne• cessid:zde s in honour of the occasion. " The Portuguese vessels of war, Audorinha, cutter, and Esperance, a schooner, sailed yesterday to cruise off tho coast of Algarve. " Arrived on the 23d instant the French brig of war Alcibiade from Gibraltar and Cadiz, and the Euret cutter from Oporto. Sailed—The Transit and Braganza, steamers, for Falmouth and London, the latter calling off the bar of Oporto to receive letters. " Exchange upon London, at 30 days' sight, 53d. to 34 11 . per milree. Dizeouut on ex. paper money, 37 per cent. IRELAND. DUBLIN, AUGUST 1 . CITY NOMINATION.—Mr. O'Coanell concluded the ad dress of the commencement of which a summary appeared in the last number of The San. The Learned 'Gentleman said Mr. Moore, in another" part of his speech, said that the return of my colleague and myself would endanger the throne of the Queen. That I deny, although in firm prin ciple and strength of conviction I am a Repealer.—(Tre mendous cheering.) Let me ask you (turning to the Con servatives) would it be no advantage to have one hundred noblemen residing in Dublin, and three hundred com moners ? Yes, you have prevented it, and on your heads be the consequence. Had I your assistance for six months, we would soon accomplish it, but as I cannot get that 1 must go on without you as well as I can. Do you think I despair ? If you do you are very much mistaken.— (Cheers.) lam making the experiment to see whether the Tory party in England will be able to prevent us from ob taining justice for Ireland. If they do, I shall have the pleasure of seeing many of you, Conservatives as you are, shouting for me going down College-green.—(Great cheer ing and laughter.) I must have justice for Ireland.--(Tre mendous cheering.) For five years (still addressin g the Hanoverians) I endeavoured to conciliate you, and you laughed at me—indeed I am much obliged to you for doing so.—(Great laughter.) My attempts have proved futile, but you may depend I shall not deign to do so again."—(Great cheering.) Here a young gentleman laughed heartily, when Mr. O'CONNELL said, I am much obliged to you. You're a dapper little fellow—l wish I had you 'at my side.— (Great laughter.) Neither you nor the English people will put down the people of Ireland.—(Tremendous cheering.) We will stand by the Queen, and, Repealers though we be, shall lend our assistance to strengthen and promote the dignity of the Crown, for she can command the hearts and hands of the Irish people. After alluding to the disasters that marked the year 1781, when foreign fleets soiled the British flag, and to the efficient aid afforded at that crisis by the " sons of Ireland," the Learned Gentleman adverted to other subjects. _ _ ♦ show of hands was then demanded by the Sheriff, who instantly declared it was in favour of O'Connell and Hut ton, amid the most tremendous cheering. A poll was de manded, and the Court adjourned at nine o'clock this morning. _ t COLLEGE ELECTION.—At six o'clock the state of the poll was as follow.; : Lefroy 164 Shaw Stock AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—Police officers took into custody yesterday F. Smith, Esq.,, Upper Fitzwilliam-street, and Thomas Lefroy, jun., Esq., son of the candidate, who had exchanged cards owing to a dispute arisitr , out of elec tioneering matter, which took pl ace on th e e hustings at Trinity College. The parties were bound to keep the peace in the usual recognizances. CARRICKFERGUS ELECTION.—The following is the state of the poll, when the booths were closed for the evening : For Mr. Kirk (Tory).. B7 Mr. Rennie (Reformer) B3 Majority It is stated, that, owing to an inaccuracy in filling one of the tally-slips, the above majority nominally appears in favour of Mr. ; whereas Mr. Rennie is said to pos sses a rea majority of one. BELFAST, AUG. I.—The Nomination of Candidates for the representation of the Borough of Belfast took place, yesterday, in the Court-house of that town. Some delay, the cause of which we could not ascertain, took place in opening the front door ; and it was not until nearly twelve o'clock that the public door was thrown open. When this occurred, the rush into the body of the house was tre mendous ; and it was not long until a collision 'be tween the different parties took place. A number of fellows, belonging to the Tory party, were armed with bludgeons. One of these bludgeons, which we saw, after it was wrested from the person who had possessed it, was a desperate weapon. The barricades about the booths and passages soon began to give way ; and, for a short time, the fragments were used, in defence, against the knot of fellows who were armed in the way we have stated. It was at length found necessary to send a party of the Constabulary force into the body of the house, under the command of Captain Flintcr and another officer; and this had the effect of restraining the ferocity of the riotous party. Mr. Reford proposed, and Mr. T. Bell seconded James Emerson Tennent, Esq., as a fit and proper person to re present the boroligh of Belfast, in Parliament. They did so, as did the other movers and seconders of the several candidates, amid much confusion and cheering ; and our limited space obliges us to confine ourselves to a mere enu meration of the movers and seconders. Mr. W. Wilson proposed George Dunbar, Esq., and Mr. R. F. Gordon seconded him. Mr. John F. Ferguson proposed the Earl of Belfast, and Mr. John S:ncla r s:conded him. , Mr. Bottomley came forward to propose James Gib son, Esq., and was met with shouts of " No Pope !" Mr. DAVISON objected that Mr. Bottomley was not a voter, as his present registry was only on the list since April. Mr. H. Reid then nominated Mr. Gibson ; and Mr. Tennent seconded the nomination. Mr. EMERSON TENNENT then presented himself, and for a considerable time the groaning and hissing were such . as to prevent him from proceeding. At length, having pledged himself, on the part of his supporters, that they would not disturb the opposite candidates (a pledge his supporters did not, however, enable him to redeem), provided he should get a hearing, he was listened to without almost any inter ruption. He concluded, amid the rounds of the Kentish or Orange fire, by reiterating his confidence of success. Mr. DUNBAR was warmly received by his friends, and loudly groaned by his opponents. He detailed the circum stances of his coming forward in 1835, and said that the Conservatives of Belfast had then pledged themselves to him, and that they would never forget the obligations under which he placed them, by consenting to be a candidate. Lord BELFAST, on coming forward, was met with im mense cheering, followed by expressions of disapprobation. He had been attacked for his political character. It was said he was an. unflinching Ministerialist. He would not retort upon his opponents. If he chose to do so, he had ample opportunity to retort. But he would say that he supported only what he thought right, no matter who was the Minister. He was returned in 1830 upon the indepen dent interest.—(No, no.) He repeated that he was, and he could appeal to his Address on that occasion. He pledged him self to do what he thought for the good of his country ; he had dons so. He had been accused of holding office ; but the situation which he had held had been the (rift of the King, and he was not bound by it to vote with the Ministry. Sir Robert Peel had not got his votes ; and, upon his present policy, he never should.—( Loud cheers.) His opponents had called his supporters a parcel of vagabonds. His op ponents had not been content with merely calumniating himself, but they had heaped low abuse upon his supporters. For his own part, he treated all such calumnies, and should always treat them, with perfect indifference ; and, as to his supporters—those ardent friends who had exerted them selves in his cause, and by whom he was now surrounded, they would give, by the result of the poll, the best refuta tion of such vile aspersions. His Lordship express :M his perfect confidence of success ; and retired, amid continued cheering. Mr. GIBSON then advanced to the front of the platform, and was received with immense and enthusiastic cheering. At the same time, however, two individuals, whose names we do not know, moved forward ; and considerable commotion took place, both on the platform and on the floor. - It was soon as cer t a i ne d, th a t t h ose two men h a d beeninstructed to tender to Mr. Gibson the oath, as to his property qualification to sit as a member of Parlia ment. This interruption caused some indignation ; but the qualification was soon described and sworn to, and Mr. Gibson resumed his address to the electors, in a speech (for the report of which we are indebted to our Li beral Contemporary, the Northern Whig) of continuous reasoning, and of such surpassing excellence, that to give any portion of it sbort of the whole, would be unjust to the eloquent and patriotic speaker. He concluded by saying, " I am bound to no party ; I am pledged to no particular line of policy ; in every case I shall follow only the dictates of my own deliberate and conscientious judgment. 1 have no private ambition to gratify ; I seek your suffrage, not from any suggestion of selfish vanity, but at the urgent re quest of a large body of my fellow-citizens. Should the public voice confirm their choice, I shall accept the trust with the sincere desire faithfully to discharge the duties which it demands with integrity of heart, and honesty of intention." Mr. Gibson retired, amidst the most enthu siastic cheering. A show of hands then took place, which was declared to be in favour of Lord Belfast and Mr. Emerson Tennent. A poll was, of course, demanded ; and the Cowl then ad journed till nine o'clock this morning, when the polling is to commence. The qualification oath was, we understood, put to Mr. Emerson Tennent, at the close. We augur well from: the manner in which affairs have commenced. The Tories had their bludgeon-men at work, and their rabble ready to insult the Liberal Protestants, and especially the Presbyterians, by meeting Mr. Gibson with insults, and the " No-Popery" shout. They have also commenced stealing and secreting electors. All these, and other disreputable tricks, show weakness. They must and will be c hecked.—Northern Whig. In Covent-garden market yesterday the supply of peas was as great as during the height of the season. This is owing to the late rains, which have brought forward every kind of crop very rapidly. The prices were as low as ever were .known : peas sold as low as 3d. per peck. There was a very great show of currants., cherries, Lied gooseberries. GLAMORGANSHIRE-NOMTNATIO - N BRIDGENORTII, AUG. I.—The nomination for the county took place this morning. The time - for commencing the proceedings had been fixed by the Sher:fr at the unusual early hour of nine o'clock, and shortly after that time the three candidates, Mr. Guest, Mr. Talbot, and the Tory pet, Lord Adare, made their appea:an3e, attended each by n num ,roue body of friends. The SHERIFF (Mr. Howell Gwynne)having gone through the usual preliminaries, Sir JOHN Moams briefly proposed Mr. Talbot as a . candidate, whose past conduct well deserved the renewed confidence of the electors, and was followed by T. M. LUCAS, Esq., who seconded the nomination. E. VAUGHAN, Esq , then came forward to propoee Lord Adare. He exclaimed against the monopolizing influence of Messrs. Talbot and Guest, who, he said, out of the. four representatives allowed to the county of Glamorgan, would engross three. What were the terms of the bargain made between those two gentleman he could no t sa y ; but he would say that the article to be dealt in was the inde pendence of the electors ! Lord Adare had not promoted the contest, but now he had engaged in it, ha would not re linquish it, and would pledge himself to go to the poll. Major MACKLESWORTH, familiarly known as the " Cant ing Major," seconded the nomination, and denounced what he termed the unprincipled coalition that had been effected between the two Liberal candidates. The gallant psalm singing Major talked a great deal about the Sabbath Bill, and blessed Sir Agnew, Mother Church, and wicked. Papists, the parsons, the devil, and Dan O'Connell. Colonel CAMERON then proposed Mr. Guest in a most able and manly speech, in which he denounced the infamous clerical influence that had been used. " I," said the Gal. lant Colonel, " never have, and never will, canvass a tenant for a vote ; let them do as they please. If the other party would do the same, the present contest could never have arrived." WALTER COFFIN, Esq., seconded the nomination in a most eloquent speech. _ _ _ Mr. Talbot, Lora Mare, and Mr. Guest, then severally addressed the assembly. The language of the first was marked and manly, worthy of the owner of Markam. Lord Adare was pitied by all—his ignorance on political matters is frightful. He was, however, prompted by his friends, and managed to get through the farce with, difficulty. Mr. Guest was loudly cheered, and spoke in his usual straight forward manly manner. At the termination a show of hands was demanded, and although it was decidedly in favour of Messrs. Guest and Talbot, the Sheriff deeded against the former gentle man, for whom a poll was demanded. Mr. Guest's friends are confident of success, although late in the fieldpand opposed by every .dishonest measure. The parsons have been extremely active, and are highly censured. EAST WORCESTERSHIRE ELECTION. PERSHORE, WEDNESDAY, JULY 2.—With feelings of deep regret I send you the state of the poll for East Wor cestershire at the close last evening. I fear the ultimate result will be against us ; 300 is a large majority to pull down on a second day. It is of no use without the Ballot —we never shall succeed in contesting counties—but what I think is equally as much felt is the 501. clause. To see the stewards yesterday bringing up their tenants like sheep to a market, was disgusting to any honest mind. A WORCESTER ELECTOR. WEST NORFOLK, AUG. 2. According to present appearances we are beaten, and Messrs. Bagge and Chute, the Tory candidates, are likely to be returned for this division of the county. At the close of the first day's poll the numbers were Folkes Astley 2,457 Chute Leaving the highest of the Reform candidates in a minority of 108 over the lowest of the Tories. If I were asked what can have occasioned such a change in the opinions of the West Norfolk electors since January 1835, I should be exceedingly puzzled to give a proper answer. I attribute it chiefly to the constant and unwearied canvass on the part of the Tories, and their superiority as electioneering tacti cians. To be sure they have not been over nice as to the mode of getting votes, so as they were got ; and this very character of their's for intimidation, has induced many to transfer their votes from the Reformers to the Tories, well aware that they could do so with impunity, whereas, had the transfer been the other way, they would be certain to suffer for it. Without meaning any personal reflection on either of the Tory candidates, the fact is, that whilst the late Members (Polkes and Astley) were absent on their Parliamentary duties, they (the Tory candidates) had the field entirely to themselves, and were constantly engaged in the work of canvassing —they had nothing else to do—and the closer their opponents attended to their duties in the House of Commons, the less likely were they to be pre pared for a contest at home. It is certainly hard that men should suffer in proportion to their attention to the interests of their constituents ; but I believe such to be the case in the present instance. However, as this is a game which both sides can play at, the time may come when the Tories shall find their weapons turned against themselves. Mean time the electors of West Norfolk have exposed themselves to the disgrace of forsaking two tried, honest, straight-for ward Reformers, for a pair of untried—l was about to say unpledged—Tory politicians. Let them digest it a.; best they may! The poll closes this afternoon ; but 1 regret to say there is but a faint chance of reducing the above majority. Of course time will not allow me to send the result by this day's post. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. BRUSEELS, JULY 31.—The Minister of Public Works having obtained from the. King permission to go to England to examine the iron rail-roads, embarked on Sunday at Antwerp for London. • A letter from the Camp at Beverloo, says, that the troops had. been divided into two corps, commanded by General Goethal and General Magnan, have been exercised in a sham fight, and that they will continue to practice such manoeuvres till the arrival of the King. On the 26th, at two in the morning, when every body was fast asleep, the drums beat to arms thrOugh the whole camp ; in a few mi nutes all the troops were drawn up in order of battle. Se veral regiments were complimented by the Generals on the promptness with which they had answered the summons to put themselves under arms. ANTWERP, JULY 29.—The divers of the Dant have found in the Wellems Itek two cannons (24 pounders), and a bronze bell. The damage done to the works at Barghtz is repaired, and it is hoped they will be raised above the high water mark by the 15th of next month. NAPLES, JUL , " 18.—The accounts from Sicily are very alarming, and judging by the measures which the Government is taking, the state of things there must be very critical. The letters from Palermo contain the most melancholy, but probably very exaggerated accounts of occurrences in that city. Among other things, it is said, that the Viceroy, after losing his wife and daughter by the cholera, bad been murdered ; that the city, e3pecially buildings and magazines left by the inhabitants, are plundered by bands of robbers who have collected in troops of thousands. It is said that the military are no longer i❑ the city. However this may be, it is certain that since the day before yester day, twenty ships, large and small, have sailed front our port with troops on board, among which rue cavalry and artillery. The King, who fears no danger, wished to go in person, but desisted at the earnest remon strance of his Ministers. He was present till a late hour on Sunday night at the embarkation of the troops on the Mole. The General commanding them has orders to land. not at Palermo, where no ships are received, but ten miles from it. He is invested with full power from his Majesty to do everything that circumstances may require ; and in case he meets with resistance to take the city by force. We are here very anxious for the result, as it vill be no. easy task to bring back the Sicilians to their duty. One letter says that 14,000 parsot.s died in one day. This is doubtless exaggerated. At all events, the disorder is said to abate as rapidly as it increased. Here it declines very slowly. Among .the deaths are, at Naples Baron Vignet, the Sardinian Ambassador, and at Palermo M. Pjister, the Prussian Consul. P.S. According to the accounts received to-day from Palermo by the steam-boat, the state of the city was much better, that is, on the 15th there were only about five hundred deaths, whereas for several successive days there had been between 1,700 and 1,800 d.saths The number of deaths, from the middle of June to the middle of July, is stated, in the official list of the Burial Committee, at 19,000, and some hundreds. Thus, within four weeks, full a sixth part of the inhabitants that re mained in the city has been carried off. SECOND PosTscatrr.—This evening the first Swiss re giment has received orders to embark for Sicily ; it will be accompanied by General Carretta, the Minister of Police,. who is distinguished for his military talents. A division of gend'artnes and artillery is also embarked. Our garrison is now reduced to two Swiss regiments, and two regiments of Guards. The first troops that landed at Palermo met with resistance, and a 'light skirmish ensued. There was a riot at Messina. A steam-boat from Palermo, which had orders from the Board of Health of that city to go to Messina, and which, it S.2eMS, had been agreed to by the Boa - rd of Health of Messina, arrived in the latter port ; but the people opposed it, and, when their will was not complied with, furiously attacked the Health officers. The officers saved themselves by speedy flight, but all the and documents were torn to pieces, burnt, and thrown pap into the sea. During this scene dll the houses, &c., were closed, and tranquillity was not restored till the vessels departed.