The Sun. — London, England, 1837-10-12 00:00:00

!iUBLIj .-'; tiESDAY. C I 9._ (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) e sz et animus, et eonsilium, et sententia eivitatis posits le g i bUS."--CIC !MO. w)le.lice,dministr at i on o f j ust i ce, an d i ts functionaries, are •i n. Ls abov e a ll ot h ers i nterest i ng to the peop l e of this e ? t 'trY ; and th e more so b ecause, l i ke Milton, fat hisloss a t sight, th e y h ave f or ages past b een o bli ge d to d ep l ore im partial privati on o f t h at great and inestima b le blessing, im by justice. lam led to make observations of this kind only rumours that have been for some days afloat, not v c n i in this city, but elsewhere, respecting contemplated I n re din a g n e d s amongst the highest functionaries of the law in once It is . said th a t L or d P lunket is a b out to res i gn th e of Chancellor.. that Baron Richards is to be pro moted to th at high end important situation—and that the Attorney.-Genera!, Mr. Woulfe, is to become forthwith a M or0!•1 of the I ....:xehequer, or a puisne Judge in the Com a Pleas, instead of Judge Moore, whose retirement is also of. Sergeant Ball to be the new Attorney-Ge -0;1" an d Mr. Richard Moore third Sergeant. There are 0 6 - 2 , n ames mentioned, also, connected with these and legal movements, and the consequent vacancies ; but _ Liberal are not so plausible, nor creditable to the policy of 4!Liheral Government, I shall forbear to publish the n . Indeed it is but right to say that the great variety of reports iimon,st memb ers o f t h e pro f ess i on , seems t o i n dicate the improbability of any one of them ; and it might, perhaps, be more for the welfare of the country if such changes did *li nt so often take place ; for the prospect of immediate ad "(Zeement, or chance, must necessarily render men in e . less intent upon the business before them, than if clue ir fam e and fortune were in some degree confined to the dpruoebdischarge of their present duties for a certain period of a t ion• This more especially applies to the great officers tL the Crown, who are more immediately acquainted with ,Lie legislative wants of the nation, and have it in their power t e r ) vennedy very many of them—and though the present t o e nflict of parties does undoubtedly obstruct legislation, afferare .questions of a local and general nature s nt ing the improvement of this country, on which there resold not be much difference of opinion, if duly P ni r !"ed on the a tt e ntion of either House of Parlia .nt. The Registration laws, for example—why should not Ireland be assimilated to England, as / : 11-1(41 as possible in this respect ? If this had been done ;re Year s ago, when Mr. O'Loghlen, the present Master of the Rolls, introduced a Bill on the .subject, the Liberal "'lse would be in a still better position here than it is at reseut ; because the difficulty raised by the Tory Judges, uetvreen the ten-pound beneficial interest, and what a sol rent tenant would pay over and above present rent being settled, a very large body of independent persons would 'register their votes, who now scruple doing so. But this and other subjects of improvement must be neglected if we are to have a new Attorney-General every session. Be sides, it is no t cre dit a bl e t o a Whig Administration, that t neir chief law officer should be so ready to catch at the first judicial vacancy that offers. Mr. Woulfe has not yet been sufficiently drawn out in Parliament ; and it would he a loss to the country, as well as to himself, were lie to accept of a Puisne Judge's place, before he has more fully established his claim to a much higher situation. His cha racter at the University was far above that of his profes sional cotemporari s • and he has at the bar sustained that character tho•:,gh he ; has not exerted himself much to ob tain a n extensive clientship. And I have heard of some appoint ;vents during his Attorney-Generalship , pro vin g , th a • • 0 , • ne does not, like too many of his predecessors , prefer suggestions of family interest or private friendship to a .3 erlse of public utility, justice, and general approbation. Be is, moreover, what is called here by all parties, " a re spectable man," and ought not to accede to any arrange ment limiting his present usefulness and future advance ment. So much for rumours respecting the administration of the law in the higher departments. They may not be better founded than the fictions of the Tory journals, as to The perpetration of crime, and the means adopted to pre vent it in the more limited jurisdictions ; but they ema nate from_ less corrupted sources of information. The newspapers of the week will have furnished you with some excellent illustrations of Orangeism, and its svirit of intrepidity in this country. At the Recorders' Court, in this c.iy, a fellow named Dogherty, of the right sort, told the Right Hon. Judge Freddy Shaw a few days ago, that 'ne (Dogherty) was this year put into the dock becaus e he kept the peace for Government, who employed ; whereas, in the year 1835, his Lordship, with kid gloves on his hands, gave him a friendly shake of the fist, for doing the very same thing !! And in Sligo, an out and -outer, named King, could hardly be persuaded by a bench of magistrates that he ought to pay five pounds for the pleasure and privilege of threatening, when he pleased, destruction to all her Majesty's Popish subjects that came in his way !! There is no denying the fact, that the Orangemen have twice the pluck of the multitudinous Papists. No better reason need be assigned for the employ ment of so many of them in the police by every Govern ment acquainted with the real state of Ireland. THE REVENUE. . I ,,The statement of the revenue, which shows a consider decrease on the quarter as well as on the year, has P r oduced but a very slight effect upon the funds, the de- Pression in Consols being only * per cent., as the result of Making up the accounts was fully anticipated, and the fall- Ittg off in the receipts expected to be equal to the sum specified, in consequence of the total suspension of business - which has occurred during the year in many branches of trade and commerce, and the convulsed state of mercantile Matters generally.--atiforning Chronicle. So serious a decline in the public revenue as that which has just been made known, has taken most people here by surprise, though the anticipation of any other than an un -1?-vourable return was altogether out of the question, and diffused a very uneasy feeling all over the City. That the state of trade was bad every one knew, and had made their calculations accordingly as to the effect upon the revenue, but the most gloomy predictions that were formed in any Case have been far exceeded. Nothing can more strongly show the fearful extent of the commercial crisis through which the country has just passed, and of which no proper estimate could have been formed without. sucti evidence. The expedients which were resorted to by the Bank of England, and the merchants and bankers who were solvent themselves, to prop up those that were falling, bore tended to keep the evil partly out of the public view, but it is here developed in its full force. The greater part of the loss has fallen upon the trade department of the re venue, and in that respect the present return stands alone, ant is without parallel for a very great number of years Past. It is the more remarkable, as the Treasury is known to have received large sums in duties on corn in the last quarter, and had not that windfall occurred, which was quite unexpected, the deficiency, large as it is, would have been considerably increased. The real causes of the falling off seem to be studiously kept from the public eye, and and can be accessible only to those who have the accounts to inspect, but it is certain that none of the causes as sig.ned have made the impression in the city which was de sired from them. So far, therefore, are the merchants from looking to the future with that hope which usually succeeds any sudden and violent depression, that they gene rally antieinite a further considerable decline in the next return.—Times. The Money Market does not appear to have been much affected by the publication of the revenue tables, but the deficiency is large, and must render the fundholde-e neces sarily anxious as to the future progreaa of our commerce. Consols have declined only about per cent. It is said tint tIL: returns issued yesterday are much less unfat,ourable than the Chancellor of the Exchequer had anticipated, and that he considers the present diminution of the public re sources as one of temporary existence inertly. The Oc tober quarter is usually less product.:ive than either of the other three, and the fortunate ter .nitiation of the harvest is, moreover, a eireurnstanne it must be acknowledg( d, holds out the promise of se, me improvement. It is, meet theless, much to be des'..red that our foreign trade should be put upon a better , an d a safer, commercial footir ' r than at present. Ou r derangements with the United States will w e not, are of opinion, be of very long continuance, but khiS t'a'n• the, present system of interference in the affa irs of ▪ "and Portugal is persevered in, there can be little pros per." of any amelioration as regards our relations with those two countries. The Chancellor is understood to have pre- Pared himself for a defalcation of at least half a million more than that which has actually occurred upon the quar ter just ended.—Mornin . 7 Post. Yesterday afternoon, n youtag woman, nameil, Atkins, li % in at No. 21, Henrietta-street, Manc.?:,ester_square, was crossing Wellbeck-street, when s h :, was knocked down and run over by a horse and ' ,art belonging to Mr. Miller, greengrocer, o f D o rset-g' .reet. O n b e i ng t a k e n up she was married t o the 51Y., 1 ) of Mr. Croyden , chemist , Wigmore mreet, where was discovered that she had received a se neredec"t..,sion on the head, and was othe rwise much in ,Her wou n d s having been dressed , sh e was eon cYea home, where she now remains in a very bad state. Several f am ili es i n the City have, at the sugg est io n r the Lord Mayor, provided their houses with fire-escapes, "upon the simplest of all c onstructions. A rope fastened to c .a(.11 b ethtfiad in the second-floor rooms with a loo p at the 2(4i by which children and women might be lowered into street In the event of fire, and the last person descend ing , would run no hazard from the rope giving way , or t he bedstead coming i n con t ac t with the wall, and the window u r, - " (1 prevent th e possibility of a fall. A sma ll box, in r 'ell the rope i s co il e d, is kept under each bed. Of the ge'at utility of such a plan there can be no do ubt. In deed, on very recent occasions, a rope would have saved several lives, bet .oPch THU; QUEEN: Philti-ktC,4, OCT. 11—The Royal par't'y did hot return to the Pavilion yesterday evenoht iron their equestrian ex cursion until near Ri7! t'cloek,•having enjoyed a ride of three hours' durs.t 4 .';',l',. The Queen rode to the Devil's Dyke, and Clt.prelCa her• self highly gratified with the e.N.teCne heatity ot tlit prospect afforded from theute, Her Majesty then proceeded, by the road at the 'roar t)f nokt Church, down to the sea t and re tnrtred along the beach to Brighton . Viscount Melbourne was I . ie;en't yesterday when the Lewes address was presented to her Majesty. The Mar quis of Headfort was the Lord in Waiting, and the Conn test Or Charlemont the Lady in Waiting. Colonel H. Ca vendish attended as Clak Marshal and First Equerry to her Mjesty, and Sir William Lumley was also in attend• anee as Groom in Waiting. It is generally understood th a t her Majesty intends visit ing the Chain Pier, upon which occasion an address will be presented from the incorporated Company of proprietors of that beautiful promenade. The day for the cermony is not yet appointed. The amphitheatre erected at the northern gates of the Pavilion has been. pulled down and the materials sold. The meeting of the Birth-day Committee took place last night relative to the fountain, which was proposed to be erected to her Majesty in celebration of her Majesty's majority. A resolution was agreed to the effect that it ap peared that there were in the hands of the treasurer sub scriptions amounting to 3501., but that, considering the expense of erecting and maintaining a fountain, the com mittee could not recommend that such a structure should be erected. They were, however, of opinion that, in lieu of it, the money should be applied to the erection of a per manent ornamental arch at the northern entrance to the town. A town meeting is to be called in a few days to re ceive the report of the Committee. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took a car riage-airing this morning, accompanied by Miss Paget, and, alighting at Kemp-town, walked for some title on the Esplanade. Her Royal Highness returned to the Palace at half-past one o'clock. Her Majesty rode out on horseback, at three o'clock this afternoon, accompanied by her Royal Highness the the Duchess of Kent. Her Majesty was attended by Colonel Cavendish and the Marquis of Conyngham on the left, while upon her right hand rode Viscount Melbourne and the Marquis of Headfort. The second line consisted of the Baroness Lehzen, Miss Dillon, Sir William Lum ley, Sir George Quentin, Mr. Brand, and Mr. Fnzard. The royal party took the London road, and returned to the Pavillion in the evening. Mrs. Brand and Miss Paget drove out in a pony phaeton. The royal dinner party this evening was the same as that of yesterday, with the addition of Captain Spen cer, R. N. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duchess Ida, and the Princes and Princesses of Saxe Weimar, left the Queen's House, St. James's, at half. past six o'clock yesterday morning, attended by Earl Howe and Lord Adolphus Fitzelarenee, for the Tower, where their Serene Highnesses embarked on board the Columbine steam packet for Rotterdam. Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence will accompany their Serene Highnesses to the Continent. The Queen Dowager, it is expected, will leave Busby Park to-morrow for Hastings. The Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Keate, Colonel Jones, and Captain Stephens, arrived at Cambridge House, Piccadilly, at half•past six o'clock on Tuesday even in.. from Dover. A select party afterwards dined with,his Royal Highness. Mr. David Allen and Mr. Dennehy had interviews with Lord Glenclg yesterday at the Colonial Office. The French Ambassador transacted business yesterday at the Foreign Office. Sir G.Gipps, it is expected, will leave Plymouth on the 16th inst. for New South Wales. Earl Howe left town yesterday for Busby Park. Despatches from "Major-General Sir J. C. Smyth. Bart., Governor of British Guiana, were received yesterday at the Colonial Office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ARRIVALS. Villiers Tuthill, Esq., 2d Dragoon Guards ( Queen's Bays) and Lady, in Upper Seymour, street, Portman square, from Cahir, Ireland ; Sir John and Lady Campbell and family, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, from Hastings; Richard Jenkins, Esq., M. P., Mrs. Jenkins, and family, at ditto, from Wolverhampton ; James Moss, Esq., and Joseph Winter, Esq., at ditto, from the Continent ; S. T. Cuthbert, Esq., at ditto, from Scotland ; the Duke and Duchess of Ter ceira and family, from Falmouth ; his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and suite, Cholmondeley House, from Dover • the Dowager Duchess of Richmond, in Upper Port land-place, from Richmond ; the Countess of Pomfret, in Bel grave-street, from ditto ; G. H. Ackcrs, Esq., from a cruise off the Isle of Wight, in his yacht, the Dolphin ; General Sir Edward and Lady Harriet Paget, at Chelsea College, from the Isle of Wight ; Sir Archibald Murray, from a cruise in the Peri yacht; Sir J. Carnac, in Upper Harley-street; the Dowager Lady Croft, in Welbeck- street ; Sir Archer and Lady Croft, from Tunbridge Wells; Lord Belfast, at Fenton's Hotel, from a tour. DEPARTURES. Lord Dundonald, for Boulogne-sur-Mer ; the Earl of Ux bridge, for his seat, Maple Hayes, Staffordshire ; the Coun. tess of Chesterfield, for Brighton ; the Marquis of Clanri carde, for Ramsgate ; the Marchioness Wellesley, for Hailing ham House ; Sir William Young, for his seat in Bucks ; Sir Charles Grey, for the Oaks, Epsom, Surrey ; the Earl of Sefton, for Brighton ; the American Minister and Mrs. Ste. venson, from Portland-place, for the seat of Lord Leicester, Holkham Hall, Nurfolk ; Lord Charleville, from St. George's place ; the Misses Tylney Long and Miss Long Wellesley, on a tour ; Lieut. James Wellesley, for the barracks of the 12th Lancers, at Hampton Court ; the Rev. Lord Frederick Beauclerk, for St. Albans ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Ashby, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, for Wind sor ; E. Mitchell, Esq., from ditto ; Robert Clarke 'Wilson, Esq., from the Green-park Hotel, Piccadilly, for Newton Bushel, Devonshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Horrocks and family, from Cheltenham, for Chertsey. CHANGES. The Earl of Devon and Lady Elizabeth Courtenay, from town, for Powderham Castle; Lady Harriet and Miss Douglas, from Eastbourne, for Brighton ; the Hon. Dudley Macdonald, from the Albany, for Sussex; Captain Sir Nisbet Willoughby, R.N., on a tour ; Captain Bagot, R.N., from Portsmouth, for Brighton; the Duchess of Marlborough, from Hampton Court, for St. Leonard's, in Sussex ; Colonel and Lady Sarah M'Gowan, from Newport, in the Isle of Wight, for Brighton; Lord and Lady Muncaster and family, from Cumberland, for Water Priory, Yorkshire ; Mr. and Mrs. C. Dering, for Ayott St. Lawrence: the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley, from Marshall Thompson's Hotel, for Windsor ; Daniel Miteh,ll, Esq., from ditto; the Duke and Duchess o" Bedford, the Lndies Russell and Lord Cosmo Russel' " the Doune of Rothiemurchus, Inverness-shire, for their seat, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire; Sir Robert, Lady, and Miss Peel, from Antwerp, on a tour in Belgium ; the Right Hon. Sir Charles Vaughan and suite, at Amsterdam., from the Hague ; the E2rl and Countess Brownlow, at Bolton House, from Malvern; the Right Hon. Sir Jame: Graham, on a visit to the Earl and Countess Galloway,. at Galloway, Dumfries shire, from Netherby Hall, C , ;,ml;eilarid • Lord Torrington, at Evelegh, Wilts, from W ; ,,tdsor ; Major- General Sir Henry Wheatley, from Tunt':.idge Wells; Lord Mexborougb, at Melkby Park. York hire, Irons his shooting quarters, Gran fully; Lord Stormont, from Logicalmond, for Scone Palace; Gen. Sir J , :ati Elley, at Windsor, from a tour ; Admiral Sir Philip Durham, at Portsmouth, from Brighton; the Earl of Liverpool, Buxted Park, Sussex, from Brighton; Lord John Fitzroy, from Newmarket, on a tour. Mr. \Vilman, the unrivalled performer on the cla r!onet, is dangerously ill. The Opera Buffa will commence, it is expected, at the Lyceum Theatre, on Saturday, Nov. 11, under the di rection of Signor Puzzi. Leader of the band, Mr. Mori ; conductor, Signor Benedict. Mori, Thalberg, Lavenu, Miss Fanny Woodham, and Parry, jun., set of to-d a y t o g i ve a ser i es of concerts at Chelmsford, Colchester, Ipswich, Norwich, Yarmouth, Hertford, &c. Lord Glcnelg transacted business yesterday at the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Office. Count Zawadowski left town for Hamburgh yester day morning in the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship Britannia. Monsieur de liourqueney, who for some time past performed '.:Lie functions of Charge d'Affaires of his Majesty the if....ing of the French, has set out for Paris, having ob tained leave of absence from his Government since Count Sebastiani's return to London. The Russian Prince Naryshkin, Lord High Steward to the Emperor of Russia, now at Patterson's Ho tel, in Brook-street, intends to remain in this country for two months. Early in the ensuing week his Highness will leave town, on a visit to the Queen. The Duchess of Saxe Weimar took her departure - - far Rotterdam yesterday morning in the General Steam Na- ST. JAMES'S. vigation Company' steam-ship Columbine. A burletta, in one act, entitled A Day in Paris, was His Royal Highness Prince William of Orange, . produced at thi s Theatre last evening. It se ems to have after a visit of several days to the R o y al Famil y , left Stut- been written for the sole purpose of displaying gardt on the sth inst., an his journey to Ital y . ' powers of Mrs. Stirling, and regarded in that light , it must WHAT'S IN A NAME ? — On e does not knowthe versatile be admitt e d to b e un i versa lly suc cessful. It is founded upon exactly how to answer such a question off hand, but at all the thousand times repeated plot of a young lady w ho par events it is clear, that whatever advantage or dis advanta g e sues her ,over, and assumes many disguise s to assure her may be in one name the Prince Royal of Portug al must s'IT of ‘nis constancy. In the present instan ce Emily Gren have it sixteen fold. Only fancy his mama in some me- v i ilie.-(Mrs. Stirling) follows her bethrothed , Ch arles WYnd ment of maternal endearment, a year or two hence, called _Lam (Mr. Halford) to Paris, where, half doubtful of his her hopeful heir as "my dear .Dom Pedro d'Alcantard faith, she resolves to put him to the trial by appearing be. Maria, Fernando, Miguel, Rafael, Gabriel, Gonzaga• gal. fore him in various shapes. Thus in one scene she comes . vier, Joao, Antonio, Leopoldo, Victor, Francise w`Assis, to shave him in the character of Madam e Janette St. 1 Julio, Aurelio, Saxe Cobourg Gotha, de 4 Bourbon 11: George Frederick Victor Napoleon de la Bar be, the wife 1 3;a,ianza e oi a trench barber. Then she appears as L a Fleur, a THE SUN, LONDON, THITRSDAY, OCTO,BER 12, 16437 tiger, bearii)g iness.r„ie ;foul a mist.reL. iftiteeTt - 4 as Miss Susannah Sophia Sophonisba Snowdrop—a very susceptible young lady—and, finally, as Captain Gi rouctte, a young Ofk.er, and a fervent admirer of the beauties of Paris. The e fribm•atter,s were as sumed lila', a iapidity; and pia.ed„iltit oriel Force that vie ltai , e Oilcloth Seen eicHalled. It is difficult .th imagine that they are representeJ istnie perSom The part of Miss Susannah Sophouisba Snowdrop might, hap', be onlitiO ry has not the same hu mour to recommend it as tile rest, it admit of the display of so much versatility of power. Mrs. Stiri*4 %las much and deservedly applauded in every scene. The other chaiactets hate but little to do, and unless the author can contrive to supply them with a fa* additional topics of con versation it would be as well if that little were abridged. A more sorry beau than Charles Wyndham--one, on whose riettialiit tliete Was lc as cause to entertain a moment's anxiety on the score of gaiety—one, less worth the trouble of winning—in fact, a duller or more stupid dog we have never seem Sam, his servant (Mr. Wright), has a few redeeming point), but they arc much impaired by the con. stant iteration of a poor joke about " roast beef." In spite, however, of these disadvantages the charm of Mrs. Stirling's playing will make the piece live and be laughed at for many a night to come, A.Ynk CO VENT- GARDEN. A new play, in three acts , entitled The Novice, was last night produced The plot runs thus te-llerman (Mr Anderson ; a 3-eerie; artist; whose tole ,rariaine boeeists it his taleitite lion Mee in lac with Clotilda (Mies H. Fau cit) whose portrait he has painted while sin is in her no. viciete at the !aonerent ibe Viatetieii i . His effection is iatirnailt het hopes arE si.iiiticely blighted by the tin expected intelligence that Clotilda is about to proceed to Court for the purpose of espousing a . man of rank and distinctions Deterielited to liaae a last interview with his mistress, Herman takes up his residence at an inn en the road, which he knows INat Clotilda pass in the course of her joarilely. tee here meets Count Carolstadt (Mr. ining) a dissipated nobleman, and a party of wild young officers, who laugh at his sentiteentelite; ad vise him to carry off Clotilda froth lies aunt Madame Pol. and eolenteer to assist him in the enterprise. The moment the coach appears in sight they rush forth to ef. feet their object ; but just as Carolstadt reaches the door ; hie steps are arrested by Baron Soloinons (Mr. Bartley) the Jew prime minister of the Elector of Bavaria (Mr. Warde) and the great agent of all his pleasures. The Minister informs Carolstadt that he is commissioned by the Elector to offer him the hand of a beautiful girl, the liqui dation of his debts, a eoloneley in the Royal Guards, and 50,000 crowns, provided that he will immediately sign the contract of marriage with the young lady. He is at first delighted with the proposal, but when he learns that the lady is the beloved of his friend Herman, lie feels some qualms of c onscience, which are, however, quickly as suaged by the hope of possessing a fine woman and a large fortune. Instead, therefore, of assisting in the abduction of Clotilda, he raises the servants of the house to rescue her from the hands of his brother officers, whose purpose is thus defeated. Clotilda, accompanied by her aunt, a woman who is ready to sacrifice every feeling of honour and humanity to her own aggrandisement, now appears on the scene. She receives the addresses of Carolstadt with cold acquiescence, the conduct of her lover Herman, whom she has discovered amongst the party that had attacked her aunt's coach, having wounded her delicacy and her pride, Carolstadt and Clotilda sign the marriage contract, but the former is greatly surprised as well as annoyed when he finds himself separated from his n ewly-affianced bride, who sets out for the Court of the Elector in one car riage, accompanied by an officer of the household, while he is obliged to travel with Baron Solomons in another. The mystery is, however, very soon cleared up. The Elector is a man of pleasure, but cursed in a most jealous wife : he there fore embraces every opportunity to solace himself for his want of domestic felicity by taking to his arms a succession of compliant beauties. In this pursuit Baron Solomens is his chief assistant, and under his directions Clotilda is ho noured with a superb suite of chambers in the palace, to which the Elector has access by a private staircase and a sliding panel. Carolstadt, who is most vigilantly watched, is not allowed to have any communication with her except in public. It happens, a little unfortunately for the Ba ron's plans, that Herman, whose fame has reached the Court, is employed by the Elector's order to paint the portrait of Clotilda, who, he doubts not, will easily fall a prey to the entreaties of a Prince. An interview takes place in consequence between Clotilda and Herman, in which the latter asserts his own innocence and denounces the treachery of his false friend Carolstadt. Imme diately afterwards Carolstadt having given his spies the slip enters the chamber of Clotilda. When he is about to address her, he is interrupted by a sudden noise. He conceals himself, and soon beholds the Elector enter the apartment by the secret passage. " Fired with the Tus can or some other grape," the Elector proceeds to plead his amorous suit. At first, Clotilda does not under stand him ; but when his intentions are explicitly avowed, she repels him with scorn and indignation. At this cri tical moment there is a violent alarm at the chamber door. Two ladies of the Court, 'ycleped Griffincle.w and Dragondorff, demand admittance. They are sent especially by the jealous Electress to learn the cause of the alleged indisposition which has prevented Clotilda from appearing at the Royal soiree. The Elector escapes, and the two vigilant Court ladies, who expected to find the Prince tete (l. tete with Clotilda, are astonished at discovering her affi anced husband in the room. The Elector, though thus foiled, is determined not to give up his pursuit. To satisfy the misgivings of his jealous wife, he o rders the nuptials of Carolstadt and Clotilda to be solemnized the next day, having formed the honest scheme of keeping the lady at Court while her husband is ordered to proceed on his travels. He and his worthy Minister have a meeting in a hall adjoining the Church a short time before the mar riage ceremony is to take place, and then the latter commu nicates to his Sovereign his belief that the Elector has in the painter Herman a second rival in the fair Clotilda's affections. To discover the truth it is so contrived that Clotilda, Her man, and Carolstadt shall meet together in the hall, while the Elector and the Minister, ensconced in a gallery, shall have an opportunity of marking all that passes. At this interview Clotilda hesitates not to avow her affection for Herman, and Carolstadt, overcome by her virtue and con stancy, renounces his claim, and destroys the marriage con tract. On a sudden he perceives that their proceedings are witnessed by the Elector and the Minister. This cir cumstance he endeavours to turn to the advantage of the lovers. He pretends not to know that there are any lis teners, and then, in a speech meant to reach the Elector's ear, he first strenuously advises Herman and Clotilda, should the Sovereign seek to divide them, to d enounce him as a tyrant, and, above all, to expose his conduct to his jealous wife ; next, changing the subject, he flatteringly describes the Elector as a very good mac, as one who never wandered from the paths of virtue, except when incited by the scoundrel minister Baron Solomons. The Elector and his attendant now descend. The former is willing to sanction the union of Herman and Clotilda, but the Minister opposes it with all his might. The Electress, he says, expects a marriage in the p a l ace , and no marriage can, according to Court etiquette, be solemnized there, except one of the parties boasts the ho nour of nobility ; and he reminds the unfortunate hen pecked Elector of the pleasant greetings which he is likely to meet from his termagant spouse if her desire be thwarted. His advice, therefore, is, that the Elector should compel Carolstalt to fulfil the contract which he had signed, it being every subject's bounden duty to obey the will of his sovereign. The fleeter i* now sadly puzzled, when his misery Is still further increased by the entrance of Madame Polnitz, who, when she hears that the Elector wishes to marry her niece to a trumpery dauber of canvass —that she is not to be honoured. with a coronet—declares that she will " create an explosion," and lay the whole affair before the Electress, The Elector demands whether she will be satisfied if the coronet be bestowed by mar riage upon herself instead of her niece? She answers in the affirmative, but asks, despairingly, '6 Where is the no bleman ?" " Here 1" exclaims the Elector, clapping Baron Solomons on the shoulder ; " his maxim is, that it. is the bounden duty of every subject to obey the will of his sove reign, and he shall obey mine," The villany of the aban doned Minister is thus rewarded with the hand of an ancient virttgn, whom be detests, while the union of Herman and Clotilda amply compensates for all their past trials and sufferings. The author of this play, whose name we have not heard, seems to be a perfect master of smplification, or rather of attenuation. He has spread over three mortal hours materials that might ha% e been neatly, tersely, and effectively confined to something over two. The story, all improbable as it is, possesses interest, and several of the shuations are striking, though they can lay no claim to novelty. The characters are scarcely of this world. Princes do not usually attempt to gratify their passions in such an awkward and roundabout way as the Elector has adopted ; and young officers, though they may have been licentious and extravagant, do not often suffer their feel ings as well as their honour to be outraged with impunity, a; Carolstadt does. Of this we arc sure, that such a mean spirited fellow would not, like Carolstadt, become a con vert to virtue in a moment. The language of the play is often bombastic and verbose. Where humour has been at t el, we reverence it for its antiquity. The piece would be g reatly improved, if two or three of the useless solilo quies were pared down liberally ; and the long and tiresome scene with which the third act commences, ought to be greatly curtailed. To the performers the author owes much. The play was exceeding well acted. Vining sustained the part of Carolstadt with much animation. The new per former, Mr. Anderson, imparted a great deal of interest to a weak character—that of Herman. I n his principal scene with Clotilda he did a great deal, by not attempting to do too much. His pathos was of the true kind, it showed itself in the depth, not the loudness of his tones. Mr. Warde's Elector of Bavaria, and Mr. Bartley's Baron Solomons, were both well played ; but Bartley's jolly vacant countenance, and his non-speculative eyes, do not give us an adequate idea of the deeply-scheming and ever -thinking Israelite. The play was well received. In its progress there was considerable applause, and the curtain fell amidst loud approbation. THE CITY ENTERTAINMENT TO THE PRINCEOVER REGENT A I ND I 81 4. THE ALLIED S ge ntlemen, and from some o f the CmnpAnies of 111 L: Pttrtfl City, ttfluotarily, offered it for the occasion. One fine turtle, the drly pne that could be procured, and the first imported in the seagOtt; n'as presraited by one of the Directors of the Bank of Englankl. br.ron of tied' was placed at the upper end of the Hall, in vict7 of die 140y6.1 oud after dinner the common crier ad- Vanced fo l &akin' titi tbe eicvated platform in front of lie Royal table, and, atio of trumpets, I , ro- OVA thW several toasts. About tell 0:11.ek, the Prince Regent, itith the Em peror of Russia and tied of Prussia, rose cr(ii - n the tatile; and were conducted to tie Cov-ncil Chamber, as he- , fore, his Lordship immediately preceding !lta Prince Re gent with the Sword of state and his Royal 1112ht)csF, when about to take his departare, was pleased to addreaa himself to the Recorder as follows My reception has given me great pleasure ; every thing that has been done merits my entire approbation ; indeed, I must command you to express to the Corporation the high gratification I have experienced this day." About 11 o'clock the Prince Regent and the other Royal and Illustrious Personages were accompanied by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen to their respective carriages, and returned in state to St. James's Palace before 12 o'clock. All the knights m arshalmen and attendants, ex cept the coachmen and postilions, hearing large flambeaux in their hands, added to the grandeur of the procession, and produced a novel and most brilliant effect. The principal attendants upon the company in the ball were not hired waiters, but composed of citizens and other gentlemen of respectability, dressed alike in black with white waistcoats, who gratuitously offered their services upon the occasion, and not only acted as waiters but suer intended and took care of the g reat quantity of plate, p the value of which was estimated to exceed 200,0001. The magnificence of the entertain ment having greatly excited the public curiosity, the Committee complied as far as they could with the universally expressed desire to view the decorations and fittings up of the hall, and directed that the plate and ornaments should remain on the various tables, and that every -convenient facility of ingress and egress should be afforded. Thousands were thus gratified with the view during the three days the accommodation was continued. Alderman BIRCH was Chairman of the Committee on the occasion, and the whole preparations were male within the short space of eight days. The following is extracted from the Corporation account of the grand entertainment given by the Corporation to the Prince Regent and the illustrious guests. The Committee will, we understand, adopt the same, or a very similar plan, on the a pproaching occasion. The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs in state carriages, with the Aldermen and City officers, arrived at Temple-bar to meet the Prince Regent, and until the approach of the proces sion they were accommodated in the house of Messrs. Child and Co., bankers. On its arrival they mounted horses, which were decorated for the occasion with crimson ribands. When the carriage of his Royal Highness drew up, the Lord Mayor and City authorities advanced, and his Lord ship presented the sword of state to his Royal Highness, who was graciously pleased to return it to him. They then joined the procession, immediately preceding his Royal Highness's carriage. The whole of the carriageway from Temple-bar was spread over with bright gravel, and the ends of the streets leading thereto were secured with posts and bars. A temporary pas sage, which was erected from the principal entrance of the Hall to the middle of Guildhall-yard, lined with green cloth, and illuminated by a profusion of lamps, led to the porch of the Hall, which was also lined with green clotb, and converted into a temporary arbour, in which were displayed the most costly exotics, with flowering and aromatic shrubs fancifully arranged and ornamented with moss. The grand Gothic Hall, with its two superbly painted windows, suggested to the architect the appropriate decorations of the interior, and within the short space of time allowed, a very fine effect was produced. The painted windows were externally illu minated. The walls of the hall, to the under side of the capitals of the clustered columns, and the fronts of the galleries, were covered with bright crimson cloth elegantly and boldly fluted throughout, and so formed and festooned as to represent grand arcades, in the recesses of which were placed tables illuminated with cut glass chandeliers, reflected by handsome mirrors at the back, giving to the whole a most finished appearance. Above the range of galleries were suspended large superb cut-class chandeliers, and over the great cornice and resting thereon was a beau tiful cordon of uncoloured lamps, by which the entire length of the hall was on each side illuminated, and the 'Royal banner and the banners of the city, with those of the twelve principal companies, were displayed underneath. The gal- leries terminating by circular ends at the monuments of the late Earl of Chatham and Mr. Pitt, those monuments were left open to view, and the most magnificent cut-glass chandeliers that could be produced, were suspended from the roof over the royal table and down the centre of the hall, and a great number of gold and silver candelabra, with wax-lights, were most tastefully disposed upon every table. In order to increase the effect of the illumination, the windows in the upper part of the hall above the great cornice were darkened, and some of them were made to open, that full and complete ventilation might be obtained, which was most amply afforded, as occasion required, by men stationed on the roofs for the purpose, and means were adopted for an abundant supply of water to the various parts of the hall. Galleries were erected for two full military bands over the entrance leading to the council chamber, and orchestras for the vocal performers were erected at the upper end of the ball. At the upper or eastern end of the hall a platform, ele vated above the level of the floor, covered with Turkey carpeting, was placed a very large table, at which stood three massive carved and gilt chairs, covered with crim son velvet, decorated with gold fringe, under a lofty ca nopy of rich crimson velvet lined with crimson sarcenet and velvet drapery reaching to the floor, tied back with gold ropes. In front of the dome of the canopy were placed the sword and sceptre ; and on the top of the Royal crown of the United Kingdom, boldly carved on a large scale and gilt, over which hovered a dove with the olive branch in proper colours, as in the act of alighting, in allu sion to the leading happy circumstance of the times, and in compliment to the three great personages ; the whole producing an effect of simple grandeur consistent with the object of this grand e ntertainment. The members of the Common Council, in their maza rine gowns, arranged themselves in two lines across the ball, and thence to the Common Council and new Coun cil-chambers, which were fitted up as drawing-rooms for the occasion ; and the whole of the floor, from the entrance to the great hall to these rooms, was covered with crim son carpeting. The Court of King's Bench was also fitted up as a drawing-room, the end of which was filled with a beautiful transparent painting. The royal procession began to arrive at Guildhall about ts o'clock. The Lord Mayor and Aldermen having dis mounted, preceded his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, the Lord Mayor carrying the sword of state immediately before him. On the entrance of the royal and illustrious personages, they were severally announced, and conducted through the hall, attended by the aldermen, the chairman, and gentlemen of the committee, to the common council and new council-chambers, between the lines formed by the members of the Corporation, And with shouts of wel come and appropriate music ; our own princes of the blood royal with the national air of " God save the King and the illustrious warriors with the air of " See the Conquering Hero comes." The other great personages, princes, am bassadors, marshals, ministers, peers, judges, &c., continued to arrive in quick succession, and were all received with the most cordial shouts of applause. The Prince Regent and the two Sovereigns being re ceived in the common council chamber by the Lord Mayor, were conducted to the state chairs placed at the upper end. The Lady Mayoress received the Grand Duchess and those ladies who were to dine in the ball, as they entered the room. When the Prince Regent was seated, the Lord Mayor having laid aside his crimson velvet robes, and put on his embroidered state or entertaining gown, advanced with the Aldermen and Mr. Recorder, who addressed his Royal Highness. His Royal Highness was pleased to make a most gracious reply, and ordered letters patent to be prepared for granting the dignity of a baronet to the Lord Mayor, who kissed hands on the occasion. At seven o'clock dinner was announced, and the Royal and illustrious company passed from the drawing rooms into the ball in regular state procession, the bands of their Royal Highnesses the Prince Regent and the Duke of York in the music galleries playing national and appropriate airs. The city officers, the Aldermen, and the Lord Mayor carrying the state sword, preceded his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, who, with the Emperor and Grand Duchess, the King of Prussia and the Princes of his family, followed by the dis tinguished guests, walked round the hall, turning as they entered to the right, and going round the tables at the west end, proceeded to the east, by which means the ladies in the galleries, all standing and waving their handkerchiefs, were gratified with a full view of the illustrious visitors. The Royal party then ascended the steps leading to the elevated platform on which the Royal table was placed, and there seated themselves. This table, being twelve feet wide, was most sumptuous in its display of gold plate ; its richness indeed was unparalleled ; magnificent ornaments in candelabra, epergnes, tureens, ewers, cups, dishes, glaciers, &c., being selected for the purpose, and the great body of light thrown thereon produced a most striking and brilliant effect. In the front of the royal table were placed, on the floors and upon stages, a profusion of the most rare and costly aromatic and decorative shrubs, which entirely lined the space from the steps to the table. The Gentlemen Pensioners and Yeomen of the Guard were stationed on the elevated platform, and on the steps leading thereto, in regular order, and at proper distances. Here follows the order in which the Royal party were seated. Their table was so formed that they all had a full view of the company in the hall. The Lord Mayor stood behind the chair of the Prince Regent, with the state at tendance of his Royal Highness, and continued there until graciously desired by his Royal Highness to take his seat, When he retired to the right hand of the central table, im mediately below the Royal table, against the upper end of which the city sword and mace were placed. The Lady Mayoress sat on the left hand, opposite to the Lord Mayor, and that table, together with those or: each side mad the upper parte of. the tables westward of the entrance, were appropriated for the remainder of the illustrious guests and Aldermen. The residue of the tables to the westward of the entrance were appropriated by lot to the members of the Court and principal city officers. The dinner . vvas wholly servA on pl a te procured from the Mansion-house, from several distinguished noblemen GREAT AGRICULTURAL MEETING AT DUMFRIES -THE ROYAL HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. improvement. The exhibition of seeds and roots occupied two-thirds of the upper part of the new market. The contributions to agriculture by the Messrs. Lawson, formed a highly inte resting sight of itself. Of wheats we found no fewer than 90 different species and varieties ; of barleys, 20 ditto, and of oats, 39. The array of grasses was still more extended, numbering, we believe, in all, 250, chiefly species. Of herbage plants we co unted GO ; of plants for dyes, 18 ; of oil ditto, about 20 ; and of flaxes and other fibrous plants, more than 10, most of which seemed of the truest sorts. Of the seeds of trees, the collection was not so extensive as it might easily have been made; had the exertion been ne cessary ; but in making this qualification, we must in fair ness except the pious tribe. In this department we found every known variety, and in our opinion there are few things for which the Messrs. Lawson deserve more credit than their continued attention to those hardy resisters of the winter's blast, which still clothe so large a portion of the mountains - and moors of Scotland. Mr. Robert Arthur, Wall-tower, North Berwick, who has raised, of late years, from the apples or plums, no fewer than four thousand new potatoes, exhibited nearly one thousand of the best of these. This gentleman deserves the greatest credit for experimenting so extensively dur ing the period taint had become so alarming ; and al though it is highly consoling to know that the potatoes have again recovered th eir propriety, cycles may occur in the far future, which will significantly test the result of his professional labours. The front part of the market gallery was devoted to the exhibition of butter and cheese ; seven years ago the show of this species of produce was unquestionably in ferior, and we rejoice to think that our friends in Dum fries-shire and Galloway are progressing as .dairymen as well as general farmers. The third section of the market-place was chiefly filled with giant vegetables, such as Swedish and yellow turnips, carrots white and red, mangel wurzel, huge cabbages, &c. Among the turnips we observed some splendid bulbs, grown at the Grove, the seat of Wellwood Maxwell, Esq. ;, and still nobler ones by Mr. Skirving, who has raised more than once, although not this year, Swedes of the weight of 'Nibs. Anything surpassing his splendid specimens of roota bags, it is impossible to conceive. Potatoes were exhibited, grown at the Moss-side of Mabie, from the original weed, imported from Venezuela. At present the shape of these potatoes seems objectionable ; but, no doubt, they will improve in this and every other respect by continued culture. A basket of potatoes, of a curious sort„raised by Mr. Smith, of Pen fillan, pleased us greatly, and it was impossible not to admire his spledid white carrots. The cabbages alluded to were grown in Torthonyald parish by Mr. J. Glover, and when first cut, some of them weighed 341bs. Mr. Biggar, of Maryholm, exhibited a sack of Italian rye-grass seed, which was distinguished by favourable notice, for weight and quality, by its introducers into Great Britain, the Messrs. Lawson. During the greater part of the day the igallery was densely crowded, and all present, judging from their looks, derived the utmost pleasure from inspecting a most valuable collection of roots and seeds, and, above all, per haps, the unapproachable specimens of wheat, which take the names of the Whittington, and Hicklings prolific. (From the Supplement to the Ditn!fries CouVier.) Our anticipations were correct, and never since Dumfries was allowed to rank as the sixth town in Scotland, not so much in population as in other respects, was it so com pletely crowded, or rather inundated, with company, we may almost say, from all parts of the world. In the grand Pavilion covers we re laid for 1,265 guests, and at fi o'clock, when Mr. Whigham, of Allonton, and his assistants closed their labours, tickets had been sold in all to the number of 1,200. All the inns were inconveniently crowded, and bed and even stable room in constant requisition at higher premiums than were ever current before. To give even an idea of the number of strangers that visited Dum fries in the beginning and middle of the week by means of steam-boats, stage coaches, and other conveyances, is be yond our power ; but thus much may be said, that even residents, as they passed along, could hardly resist the im pression that they had been suddenly transported to some foreign locality, and were surrounded exclusively by strange faces. On Monday and Tuesday the weather was wet, which told disadvantageously on the races and the ex hibition of the steam plough ; still multitudes crowded to Tinwald Downs and Locher Moss, and in the lat ter case particularly, despite mud fit to lair a stalwart horse, and something more than a common Scotch mist, thousands were, upon the whole, highly gratified. At six o'clock on Tuesday the Committee of the Highland Society and friends, to the number of 160, sat down to dinner in the new hall attached to the King's Arms—Mr. Hope Johnstone, of Annandale, M.P., in the chair, and Sir John Forbes, croupier. As the meeting was of a private and social character, after the interesting sectional labours of the day, few attempts were made at oratory. Her Majesty's Judge-Advocate, the Member for the stewartry, proposed the health of the Chairman. and did every justice to his private worth and public u tilit y as a country gentleman but at the same time carefully abstaining from everything approaching to political allusion. Mr. Hope Johnstone replied in the same spirit, and, as was universally conceded, made an excellent appearance. A very large party also sat down to the ordinary in the Commercial Inn—Sir Fred. Johnstone, of Westerhall, filled the chair on the first day— croupier, Colonel Stewart, of the 71st. On the second day Sir James Boswell, of Auchenleck, in the chair ; and Mr. F. J. Scott, croupier. The evenings were spent in the most agreeable manner. On Wednesday the weather was fortunately dry, and as mid-day approached the show-ground became the great scene of attraction. The judges commenced their labours at ten, and were able to complete every thing by twelve, when the inclosure behind the New Market was opened to the public. The day, throughout, was exceedingly fa vourable, and the show-ground in the finest possible order. A more suitable site could not wellobe chosen, and crowded as the place was, no untoward accident occurred, or even, we believe, the slightest confusion. At the northern ex tremity of Mr. Howa t's p ark a gallery was erected for the accommodation of ladies, and seated to hold about two hundred. In the early part of the day it seemed com pletely filled, and in passing along we recognized not a few strangers, in connexion with a strong admixture of local rank, fashion , an d beaut y . The admission to the gallery was half-a-crown, and we confess we did not expect to see so ma ny fine specimens of h um anity looking out on the elite of live stock of a very price for permission to walk the show-ground was one shilling per head, and when the money was counted at the Bank of Scotland, it amounted to 380/. sterling, which sum multiplied by 20, gives a total of 7,600 persons. The Judges and others were admitted free, as well as a goodly number of foreigners ; some, too, may have been pushed forward without money or price during a pressure from without, which continued nearly an hour and a half ; and, perhaps, we do not exaggerate when we say that more than eight thousand persons, old and young„ and of both sexes to , stood collectively , o n the s ame spot, from half-pa 12 2 o'clock, or even perhaps later in the day. But as the dinner hour approached, and the Judges and Members of Committee had retired to their respective lodgings, the general public were admitted to a gratis peep, and we be lieve that the calculation is that from twelve to fifteen thousand persons walked in an inclosure got up in hot haste by our townsman, Mr. Nicholson, woodman and chair maker, but, at the same time, with a degree of skill and care that afforded universal satisfaction. The paling around the Exhibition Park was made as cir cular as the ground would well admit ; and alongst the whole line were ranged, tee proper distances, a lengthened array of cattle and horses ; sheep occupied the centre, and in a locality apart appeared lots of pigs, the most noisy, when disturbed, of domestic animals. The sheep. stock, we may safely say, was universally admired, and, upon the whole, we understand, it was the finest that ever graced any of the e xhibitions of the Highland Society. Many of the cattle were also most superior, although um o f fri Short- res-shi h e an orns d Galloway are not yet famed for the culture and Ayrshires of the first water. Of horses we have seen a finer, or, at all events, a more I.NtCIISiVt, show ; but the collection, notwithstanding, contained many splendid animals, and it was impossible not to admire the symmetry, bone, and muscle of the s tallion Clydesdale, the pro perty of Mr. Crenstoun, that gained the first prize ; and there were other animals of the same class that ran Clydesdale hard in the honours he won. Among the numerous animals exhibited in this class, few, if any, attracts..' more general attention than a draught mare an d f oa l, t h e t : . eoperty of Mr. Church, Tower of Sark. The foal in particular, ;:prii its uncommon strength and symme try, was regarded by a perfect . picture, and found a price of purchaser in Mr. Lyon o f Kire2 e"1 .ichael at the hig co mpetit o rs at c the 40/.—himself one of the most success._ I, orse-flesh were ex hibition. The said sple ndid s p ecimens at - the , late purchased by Mr. Churc h at the stock sale e: Captain Dirom of Mount Annan. Among the bute2 cks were a very remarkable pair of dun \Vest-Highlanders , reared at Langhohn Lodge by the Duke of Buecleuch, feathered to the heels, and exceedingly beautiful. A third bullock belonging to his Grace was entirely black, and by the best judges it was confidently calculated that the whole three animals would weigh respectively eighty stones. The best short-horn bull was reared in East Lothian, and a more perfect animal, in every respect, it is impossible to conceive. Mr. Mure and Mr. Marsh all* were alike great in Gallo • Mr. Marshall's bull, as will be observed from the report, gained the first premium in his class ; and it may begratifying to know that he is the identical animal w host! v ait wit the painted in August, 1836, b y Mr. Shiels, R. A., under direction of Professor Low, for the adornment of the Agricul tural Museum, Edinburgh. This event was duly chronicled by us in the Dumfries Courier of Aug. 10, 1836, and from that notice we ex tract the following para graph ; " In painting t his noble brute, Mr. Shiel ther an odd one—a shed divided by a strong railing of up. right stabs, fi rmly fixed or rivetted together. 1 - lere he stood, day after day, and when his task was well nigh finished, the thought struck him that there would he no great harm in trea ting his horned friend to a peep of himself, But the experi ment was dangerous ; in place of admiring his owe. likeness, the animal instantly scented danger in the shape of a rival near his throne,' advanced to the charge, bellowed hideously, and dashed against the safety-line of demarcation so fiercely, that it was fairly shaken Ihm its perpendicularity. Another such onset, and the artist would have been numbered with the dead men of Urr, anent whom so much has been said alai written of late; but he retreated in time, reversed the picture, and never tried the experiment again," An improvement in the construction of the carriage, called an " equirotal carriage" was also exhibited by Mr. John Buchanan, coach-builder, Glasgow. We have not space to enumerate specifically the advantages connected with this improvement, for which a patent has been taken out ; they are shortly—saving in the weight of the vehicle —diminution of friction—great facilities of turning in small compass—greater durability—increased safety—easy mo tion, &c. We believe this is regarded as one of the greatest improvements which has been made in coach -building for a series of years, and its merits are so evident that they can not fail to insure its success. ways, and we. l d.-servd the ,•om.. b e oth Xll the gr ound and o ff it. The she , p s Pa;d, wa s excellent, both in C.Thevios and t the LeitTs•ter and that breed. 'Much tt. a n t , .:,011.1404141 (1 .4 was exhibited from Yorkshire, East Loth' •.O"Wc-i'}fcf....a4;*,,,, the class of animals spoken of, perhaps t h . • " v ti whole was a lot of three-years-old Chtifivlto ers, fed by Mr, Laurie of Terreglestown, the largeXV are expected to weigh not less than 45Ibs. per quarter. Mr. Pagan, salesman, Liverpool, repeatedly said in our hearing that he never saw such sheep, size, tat, and age considered, in the whole course of his extended experience ; and though this may be held testimony szdfivicnt, we may odd that Mr. ',Mope Johnstone, ani many other eminent judges of stock, %vete precisely of the same opinion. The new Licestets, aiti.ough they rarely grow so lar g e as the 011, are decidedly pi eh by the best judges. Tixir wool is to be liner, and, what is e q uall y important, they at all times Ir:it/T., weight for weigh t, better prices 11111'0 the b suited admiration the purposes of Messrs. Lawson aud Son, the well-known seedsmen to the Highland Society. The gal lery of that building, as all our home readers know, is roofed, and had the day been wet, as it was fortnutely otherwise, the various seeds of nearlyns every valuable root and tree cultivated in Britain, grai and pulse in sf bags, with vegetables of almost every de:•cription, would have received no harm whatever. Below, the outer market, which is also roofed, afforded convenient accommodation for improved ploughs, and drill and cleaning machines of every description. The curious vacuum engine, invented by our ingenious townsman, Mr. Charters, a tt r actei by oohm attention, and was worked and sh own to thousandsone of his sons. Many of the various implements exhibited a2p, aced well adapted for the purposes intended, but here we must refer to the official return given below for suit able index notice of this important branch of agricultural --- ._. The Marquis and, Marchioness of Westminster re turned to Eaton Hall, Cheshire, on Saturday last. There is no company except the Countess of Bridgewater. The family go to Halkin Hall, Flintshire, for the raees,'which a . e expected to produce great interest, from the number of horses which will run for the plate. There will be dinner and evening parties given by the Grosvenor family alternately with Sir Watkin Williams Wynne. ARcitEnY.—The Albion Archers held their last grand field day for the summer season on Saturday last, in their grounds, Stockwell Park, North Brixton, upon which occasion the Captaincy and Lieutenancy of the Society were shot for and prizes were also distributed. We are glad to see that this once national sport is making rapid advance ment as an amusement, it being patronized by her Majesty. MISS ANGELA BURDETT'S FORTUNE.—The late Duchess of St. Alban's has left this young lady the sum of 1,800,000/. The weight of this enormous, sum, in gold, reckoning 60 sovereigns to the pound, is 13 tons, 7 cwt. 3 qrs. 121h5., and would require 107 rwnt to early it, sup posing that each of them carried 2891b5. (equivalent to the weight of a sack of flour). This large sum may be par tially guessed by knowing also that counting at the rate of 60 s overeigns in a minute for eight hours a day, and six days (of course) in the week, it would take ten weeks; two days, and four hours to accomplish the task! In sovereigns, I.y the most exact computation (each measuring in diameter 17-20ths of an inch, and placed to - touch each other), it would extend to the length of 24 miles and '260 yards, or about the distance between Merthyr and Cardiff, and in crown pieces, to 1131 males and 240 yards ! 1,800,0001. was the exact sum also left by old Jemmy Wood, of Glou cester.—Cardif Pate . Yesterday morning, early, a fire broke out in the 1 user part of the house- of Mr. Win:ley, builder, Wells ca ect, Oxford-street, whose son, a boy five years of age , narrowly escaped being burnt, It appears that the ser vants bad lighted the copper fire in the kitchen, for the pur pose of washing some linen, when a few shavings which were in the grate fell out, and some of the clothes ignited. In a little time the kitchen was in a blaze, and the flames extended to the stairs, where the boy was, whose pinafore caught fire. Luckily at that motaent Mr. W.insley's bro ther came down stairs, and, seizing the boy, smothered the flame without his receiving any injury beyond being much scorched. Several engines having promptly arrived, the fire was put out without doing much damage. Between seven _and eight o'clock yesterday morning, Mr. William Day, of London-bill, Greenwich, and one of the medical students at Guy's Hospital, died at his lodgings, .from the effats of a bite he received about four months ago, from a dog in a rabid state. It appears that the unfortunate gentleman, who was only twenty-two years cf age, was re ta,...i;ng home with some friends from the theatre, when, in ;„, •e of the dwarf garden walls in the Kent-road, a passing $1 . 7„ . flew and seized his right•hand, inflict dog ;.:!, h owever , . quickly healed, and in; a severe flesh the circumstance was ne,... IS' .fergotten, when, on Monday M'•' D a y w as se oecl_ with hydrophobia. Ho tmorniog last, was promptly attended but all ettoZts were totally unavail ing, and, after the endurance of appkting sufferings, he ceased.to exist. Yesterday' mottl ing, about eight o'oktit, as a boy named William Plant, aged six years, the son oiresp:ctable parents, residing at No. 26, Little Gray's Itin•lane, was looking out of the second floor window, he overbalanced m , hiself and fell on the footway pavement. He w as taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where life was found to be extinct. Yesterday morning, b e tween eight and nine o'clock, as a boyetned, English, thirteen years of tege , was drawiPs a truck iaong iligh-street, Bor o ug h, ho was knocked dowri by a waggon, and the fore and hind wheels on tlle near side 1 pti , Ang over his thighs, fracture d them in a droatlful mea -1 ner. He was removed to St. Thomas's Hospital, but Do hors are entertained of his surviving. HA M I I,TO/.l.—The g l oo m in which this place has been involved for the last six months, in conse pa s p s l q o nulr e da ence ay, wof and the depression of trade, is, we trust, "Plemployed, The hand - lo om weavers arc now nearly all diY m i tbo..noise of the busy shuttle is agaio heard in our streets. Minbur gh Advertiser. rom ---. of 3 ,tti4 PO . oif 10/ 0t, 6 , c o, ,;11, 1 . 1 c ° 3 no. l e e , " ,o °r ; ,ot)tit