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Mr. ASHURST gave notice of a motion for the next Court day, " Tat the thank of te Court nd the free- dom of the city, h in gold boxes, oft he value a of 100 gui neas each, be presented to Richard Cobden, the Hon. Charles Villiers, Jo! n Bright, end Colonel Thompson, for their eminent public services."—( Loud cheers.) Mr. Ashurst also gave notice of a motion, " That the thanks of the Court ba given to Sir Robert Peel, Bart., for his otainent public services in introducing and supporting the Bills for the repeal of the c)rn-laws, and for the re daction of taxation."—(Loud cheers.) THE ALDERMEN AND THE COMMON COUNCILMEN. Mr. ANDERTON called the attention of the Court to What he considered to be a gross breach of privilege. 1e alluded to the conduct of certain Aldermen who had thought proper, instead of attending to vindicate their conduct in the Court of Common Council, in Which that conduct, in presenting a separate address to the King of the French, was impugned, had thought proper to stig %wise the members of the Court of Common Council in unmeasured terms. The ball had been opened by Al dermen Copeland and Farebrother, who might have come to the Court in which the objectionable course pursued by the Aldermen had been reprehended, although their Court could not be entered by commoners, for the pur pose of vindication, or for any other purpose.—(Hear. Lear.) He was determined to exercise the rec.ignised Principle of freedom of debate, and he had accordingly condemned those who had committed a breach of faith towards the Court in which they were assembled by slip- Ping in a separate address. Alderman Farebrother said, 11 Pon the occasion referred to that he was determined to I tssert the independence and maintain the dignity of the Court of Aldermen. Now there was no person in the „Court of Common Council who was disposed to inter fere either with the dignity or the independence of the b ody, except in matters involving a violation of the rights of,, the f o r m er importance of the Corporation. The Lord Mayor would have interfered to put a stop to any abuse, if any had been uttered ; but what was said was uttered in language which Alderman Farebrother showed himself not at all qualified to estimate, when he desig nated it as part of the vocabulary of the fishmarket. to believed the manner in which the Court of Common Council generally expressed their sentiments and opi kolia was as unexceptionable as the language in general amongst the members of the Court of Aldermen.— lkiear, hear, and laughter.) He was sure the tone as *ell as the matter was quite as gentlemanlike ; and certainly, although the terms in which some members of the former had given vent to their indignation at a sig nal breach of faith were strong, there was not a word said which could with propriety be retracted. The Al dermen, who were so anxious to vindicate that which was Wholly indefensible, ought to be expected to have come to that Court where their conduct might have been fairly discussed and more generally reprobated. He hoped never to hear of any more absurdities of the kind. Alderman %%. oon was surprised that Mr. Anderton should assume that expressions made use of by one or t wo members of the Court of Aldermen were adopted by the whole of that body. He was not present when the obser vations referred to were made, and undoubtedly nothing could be more unfair than to attribute to the Court the Use of words for which the individuals who uttered them Were alone responsible.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. LAW RENCE sa id t h at h e had, in speaking of the breach of agrt em.nt entered into by the two Courts, used very strong language. If he had stronger at his command he would not hesitate to speak it, and there Was not one word uttered by him which he could think ";Ttracting.—(hear, hear.) Mr. R. TAYLOR and Mr. %V. JONES said the Court by no means meant to cast an imputation upon the Court Of Aldermen as a body. IRE INTENDED VISIT OF THE LORD MAYOR TO OXFORD. The CITY CHAMBERLAIN having presented his ac- Mr. ANDERTON rose and requested to be informed by thr Lord Mayor Whether the Court of Aldermen had not used a resolution to the effect, that the Lord Mayor requested to visit Oxford, with the view of holding a Court of Conservancy on the Thames? The LORD MAYOR—Yes. Mr. ANDERTON—Is the expenditure limited ? T., 1 o LORD MAYOR—No. R. ANDERTON said the Court of Aldermen had no Power of the kind, and he for one would sign and give a r o i blie notice to the Chamberlain not to pay expenses fo rd under such circumstances.—(Haar, he-ar.) The I , 4 *lcd Mayor a nd the Corporation of London had no more Saltless at Oxford than they had at Rotterdam, and it would be just as rational for them to go to the one place ita to the other. The limit of the conservancy authority of th eb e City was known to be at Staines, and it would k a most wanton expenditure of the public money to ~,!Pose of it by junketting at Oxford.—(Hear, hear.) i i nt the Court had the power of stopping so unwarrant ;le and ridicul o us a diffusion of the City means, there „Ss no d ou bt. I n the y e ar 1769, 1001. per annum was %go l imit of the conservancy expenditure. Subsequently t ite sum was increased to 2001., and at the pre sent mo ment he b e li eve d th e amoun t ex p en d e d was something a bout 3,000/. He denied the right of the Court of Al..rrnien to give the Lord Mayor unlimited authority, to Persons Where he pleased, and to give entertainment to any he might think proper to invite, perhaps to the tune of from 1,5001. to 2,000/. In 1826, Alderman b..,nables, as was well known to the world, from the account of his travels by his chapla'n, M the Rev. r Dillon, visited the town of Oxford upon a similar pretext, and he hoped that the next Lord Mayor who aold extend hi s vis it to t h a t locality, would take care 4°vide himself with a hi stor ian equally magnificent. to enr ua an Court SIDNEY begged to know whether they were g Consiggo themstives in bandying compliments from one tc) another. There Wtls no question before the Court. Mr. B. L. JONES said, there was a question before the Court, and A very proper one—and the fit time for dis cussing it was when the City banker presented his eeef eints. .• ANDERTON was astonished to find Alderman Sid ney endeavouring to stop him in his attempt to I le ek a ofliate expenditure.—(Hear hear. h ) When Iderman pr Sidney was a member of that'Court e would 11 t have given such an interruption, hut such was the effect of keeping bad company.—(Laughter.) In 1639, II septennial visit was paid up the River, and the coat of that freak was 1,0991 6s. 6 , 1. The visit, which used t ° take place but once in fourteen years, was thus be ?me septennial. He trusted the Court would support it ° in the honest endeavour to break down an inordi tate and u se l ess ex p en dit ure . The Chamberlain, he n ew, was a cautious end discreet man, who would take care how he paid a sum of money in the teeth of a e n °tiee from th a t C o urt. He m ea nt, as on e of the Li ;73', to give notice to the same effect to the Chamber -111•—(11ear, hear.) There were good men in the "men time in the Corporation, and he hoped there were good men to be found in it now. No man was more d • esirous than he to maintain the dignity of the Corpo ration, no man more resolutely coudemned a wan ton expenditure.—(Ch eers , an d l ou d cries of " Hear, h eat) Mr. Anderton conclud e d by moving the follow ;ng :—" That the Chamberlain shall not pay out of the C hamber any sum of money for any charges or ex rises for any visitation, or journey, by th e Lord ayor, Aldermen, or any other branch of the Corpo ration, either for the purposes of conservency, or other /I_6e, when such visit or journey shall be beyond the b oundaries of the jurisdiction of the City, without the Previous authority of the Court of Common Council." Or. LYNCH begged leave to intimate in the most polite tanner that this was not the age for profuse and ex et)llyagent expenditure. The Court had seen that the ervancy expenses had raised themselves at from 10°1- to 1,1001., for an absurd and useless piece of ridieu -11111: epageantry, for a parade of gilded buffoonery, for deli ht of aldermen's wives in general, and the torrifieation of the Lord Mayor in particular.—(Laugh t 4,ond hear hear.) A. high-minded man would not t' c' e et r e u s ti o_ i end to , cut adash at the expense of the Corpora of one tier such circumstances. It was only at intervals hatia t 1 1 3 0 fourteen or fifteen years they read of a man A goo4l7.ess enough to be guilty of such an enormity. xnan had a w s tance occurred fourteen years ego; one alder in batho s -14 °e. t and historian to chronicle to the world, pe r3 , l 7°'l bombast, the eventful day when such rations• trot _ea entrusted their august bodies or corpo waters," in the broad bosom of the Thames, a . nd the them.—(Great lacushast-eYr. in delight - an e d ‘vo e rd t s of the enraptured poet, • danced )at the honour conferred upon The old horses," he said, "became young again, and danced and pranced when th e aldermen wer e lifted into their saddles." They were proud of having so much wisdom and civic grandeur on their back , ;. The sylvan songsters warbled their wood tniocutelas-r a)._ notes-wild, a melodious strain peculiar to the par (Laughter.) His Lordship had no poet or historian in his train, like Alexander the Great si ghing for a Homer—he had no one to perpetuate the glory of the event. An odd story was told of an cent-- rence which took place on the last visit to Oxford, When the saddle of an alderman's horse was rubbed by Some wag with mustard, and the troweers of his wor ship were, wh en h e alighted, anything but white. Dr. Leecu called upon the Court not to justify the rvastton extravagance proposed and adopted by the Court of Aldermen ; the present question was a monetary question, and the members of that Court were respon sible; for the conduct of the Court of Aldermen was de cidedly an usurpation. The Court of Aldermen were exceeding the authority of the House of Lords, who never meddled with the purse. Ile was anxious to have the question decided, if n; cessary, by an appeal to the Courts of Law.—(Cheer s .) Mr. JOHN KING objected to the discussion of such a question witheut due notice. Mr. STEPHENS IhOUght, the sabject one of such im mense importance that he thought it would not be proper to discuss it except in a full Court ; but it was suggested, in order to discuss the point, it would be necessary to suspend the standing order. Mr. AsnuasT opposed the idea of suspending the standing order. Mr. W. LAWItANCE said that general reasons did not always apply to pee titular occasions. There were ex traordinary occasions, in which delays were not only dangerous but fatal, and the present was one.—(llear.) Mr. It. L. JONES thought the more crowded the Court the .greater would be the number of opponents to the expenditure. These were not times for prodigal expen diture. They were times in which the Corporation was threatened with reform by the Government, and the Court should be cautious how it sanctioned such a mon strous waste of money with such a menace over the C orporation.—(Hear, hear.) earlyT dayheLouto Marsh intimated he sh ou ld a ppoint an for the discussion ; and the motion was then ordered to stand as a notice for that day. dsTeided hef l e y eling of a vast majority of the Court was most Opposed to the trip 0) Oxford. The arrange ments have, we unth•rstand, been all made ; and the " - a o rd Mayor h as a l rea d y receive d an i nv i tat i on f or hi s _ arty from M r . M orrison, of Baselden Park, to an en taituaent r at his House and ground& LITERATURE. THE TONGUE. A Poem. By Alexander After examining this singular production we regret to lay it aside as altogether an iocomprehensible eccen tricity. Whether it be one rare joke from beginning to end, or a rather obscure satire at the poetical rubbish to: seed from the printing press every year; or an at tempt to play upon the credulity of the pubic, would remain a matter of the most bewildering conjecture but for the ambitious efforts of the writer, which are dis closed in several passages. Then, moreover, there is the rather ostentatious appendag,e to the authei's name upon the title-page—" Professor of Elocution." That, we take it, is a sufficient authentication that the effusion is a serious struggle for a poetical reputation. Mr. Bell has totally mistaken the bias of his intellectual powers: unaffectedly we tell him so. He has mistaken that branch of polite literature iu which his abilities might enable him to shine. Treating the question as one of common sense, does he for a moment delude himself into th© belief that such passages as the follow ing come under the denomination of poetry? He is describing the first entrance of a young Member into the House of Parliament:— There is recorded how the tyro sped In the deliw'ry of his maiden speech. Thus: " Parliamentary intelligence. " The honourable Member for Thick-Polls " We notie'd for the first time in the [louse." • • . • Exulting in his noble place—himself— His patriotic feelings—the great fame Of having all his speeches register'd In the short-handed, but long-mem'ried page Of Hansard's Parliamentary Reports!— That cloud of witnesses 'gainst renegades, h o dread quotations as the worst of duns. This is the very climax of delight!! Ile knows and feels that he's the people's choice, The tit and proper man to represent The free constituency of Thick-Polls! Good heav'n ! Is he within the hailow'd walls That heard the mighty Pitt and Fox declaim? Why these passages are nothing more than the most trite end commonplace descriptions of prose. Write them after the fashion of prose, and no one would ever conjecture them to have been extracted from a so-called metrical composition. Let us try: — "There is recorded how the tyro sped in the de liv'ry of his maiden speech. Thus : Parliamentary intelligence. The Honourable Member for Thick-Pulls we notic'd for the first time in the House I Exulting in his noble place—himself—his patriotic feelings—the gr« at fume of having all his speeches register'd in the short-handed, but long-mem'ried page of Ilansard's Parliamentary Reports !'—that cloud of witnesses 'gainst renegades, who dread quotations as the worst of duns. This is the very climax of delight! He knows and feels that he's the people's choice, the fit awl proper man to represent the free constituency of Thick- Polls ! Good heaven! Is he within the hallowed walls that heard the mighty Pitt and Fox declaim ?" If that is not the very flattest and prosiest piece of prose, then the dogmas of Lindley Murray go for nothing, and that is saying a great deal. Again, does Mr. Bell imagine it to be consonant with the dignity of verse to speak of Lord Brougham jump ing "gyrations of Jun Crow," or to mention "sarcastic Charlie Fox," or to introduce such vulgarities of abre iiation as "free bread, free buccy, and free beer ?" Such :. - olecisms are who:ly incompatible with poesy ; they degenerate verse into mere balderdash. We shall however, abstain from further comment upon the " Tongue," uncertain whether it may not be, after all, merely a piece of facetiousness, the drollery of which we have &fled to discover. In conclusion, however, we would recommend Mr. Alexander Bell to abstain from publishing poems, and to exert his talents—of which no doubt he possesses abundance—more suitably. A COURSE OF LECTURES ()IV DRAMATIC ART AND LITERATURE.—(Bohn's Standard Library.)—By Augustus William ,Schlegel. Trans -I.ted by John Black, Esq.,late Editor of the "Morning Chronicle." To Schlegel is due the honour of having been the most truly enlightened interpreter of Shakspere that has ever existed. Madame de Stael in her work on Germany thus speaks of these lectures:— " I WAS at Vienna when W. Schlegel gave his public course of lectures. I expected only good sense and instruc tion, where the object was merely to convey information: I was astonished to hear a critic as eloquent as an orator, and who, far from falling upon defects, which are the eternal food of mean and little jealousy, sought only the means of reviving a creative genius." The admirable translation of these lectures by Mr. Black was published many years since, and has long been out of print. Mr. Bohn has conferred a great obligation on all lovers of sound criticism by this well timed and judicious republication. THE RAILWAY BILL REGISTER, 1846. This work contains a list of Railway Bills in progress through Parliament, with a statement of each case, of the amount oc money proposed to be raised, the number and qualification of directors, the period limited for compuls..ry purchase of land and completion of works, the lines propose.] to be amalgamated with, or leased, or sold to other companies, the name of the Parliamentary !went for each Bill, and the proceedings in each case in both !louses up to Easter. It is a valuable compilation of railway statistics. IMPORT AND EXPORT OF METALS. From the usual Parliamentary returns, moved for by Mr. Pentlarves, of the imp ,rts and experts of copper and copper cre, tin, zinc, lead, and lead ore, for the year end ing January 5, 1846—it appears, that the total quantity of copper ore imported into England, during the year, was 56,697,1 tons ; of old copper, fit only for manufac ture, 58 tons ; unwrought in bricks and pigs, 104 tons ; bars, rods, or ingots, 27 tons ; plates and coins, 5 ton: ; and manufactured copper, by weight. 49i tons, and en tered by value, 3,762/. Of the copper ore thus imported 41,342 tons were from Cuba. 10,823 from Chili, 1,212 from Peru and Bolivar, 1,109 from South Australia. 701 from America, 646 from British West Indies, and 640 tons from Daly. Of the manufactured copper entered by value, 2,394/. worth was imported from France, and from Holland 6701. The quantity of copper ore retained for home consumption was 56,118 tons, and the net amount of duty received thereon was 58.6461. The total quan tity of British copper exported was 18,039 tons, of which 5,633 tons were sent from the port of London, 6,030 tons from Swansea, 5,417 tons from Liverpool, 467 tons from Llanelly, and 242 tons from Bristol. Of this quantity Francs took 6,250 tons, East Indies 4,722, United States 2 219, Italy 870, Belgium 696, Germany 566, Holland 387, Brazils 354. British W,st Indies 288, British North America 244, and foreign West Indies •224 tons. From the port of London alone, the total quantity of British copper exported was 6,633 tons—of which quantity 2,316 tons were sent to the East Indies, 672 tons to Belgium, 467 tons to Italy, 439 tons to Germany, 316 tons to Holland, 215 tons to Bra zils. 188 to the United States, 163 to the British West Indies, 128 t ) Portugal, the Azores, and M aleira, 110 to the Mluritius, and 102 tons to France. From the port of Liverpool, the total quantity was 5,417 tons, of which 2.288 tons were shipped to the East Indies, 1,950 to the United States, 218 to foreign %Vest Indies, 171 to British North America. 166 to Italy, 138 to Brazils, and 93 tons to the British West Indies. Of the 56,6971 tons of copper ore imported, 21,519 tons contained not more than 15 per cent. of copper, and paid a duty of 31. 3s. per ton ; 9,054 contained from 15 to 20 per cent. of copper, and paid 41. 14s. 6d. per ton ; and 24,576 tons contained above 20 per cent. of copper, and paid 6/. 6s. per ton ; 970 tons were from British colonies, and paid 11. Is. per ton. TlN.—The quantity of tin imported was 1,2781 tons, of which 938 k tons were from Singapore, 103 tons from Java, 97 tons from the East Indies, exclusive of Singa pore, 43 from Holland, 40 from Belgium, 32 from the Cape of Good Hope, 11 from Peru, and 10 tons from Siam. The total quantity of tin exported was—British, 576+ tons, and foreign, 917+ tons; of which Holland took 28 tons British, and 200 tons forei,gn ; Belgium, 71- tons British, 1881 tons foreign ; Italy, 40 tons British, 187,1 tons foreign; France 151 i tons British, 141 tons foreign; America, 5 tuns British, 1501 tons foreign; Turkey, 106+ tons British, 251 tons foreign ; Germany, 20k tons British, 314 tons foreign ; Russia, 52i tons British, 81 tons foreign ; and Prussia, 9i tons British, and 35 tons foreign. ZINC.—The quantity of zinc and zinc ore imported into this country was 12,902} tons—of which Prussia supplied 6,917 tons ; the Hanseatic towns, 5,501 ; Bel gium, 230 ; Holland, IqB ; Denmark, 33 ; Sweden, 30; and France, 21 tons ; of this quantity, there were ex ported— to the East Indies. 73li tons British. 1,683 tons foreign ; France, 833 tons foreign ; Holland, 87 tons British ; United States, 45 tons British, 65 tons foreign; Italy, 44 tons British, 14 tons foreign ; British West Indies, 48+ tons British ; Brazils, 39 tons British ; North American Colonies, 24 tons British, 21 tons foreign ; Russia, 5 tons British, 314 tons foreign ; and Africa, 7 tons. LEAD AND LEAD ORE.—The quantity imported dur ing the year is as follows—viz.: lead ore, 444 tons; pig and sheet lead, 5.210 tons; white lead, 251 tons; and the exportation as follows—viz ; lead ore, 169 tons; pig and rolled, 10,485; shot, 1.092 i; litharge, 400; red lead, 1,033; white lead, 1.353; and foreign pig and sheet, 3.241-i tons. Of British pig and sheet lead, Russia took 2,926 f tons ; France, 1,8861; B , Agiutn, 1,246; Holland, 860; East Indies, 785; Germany, 555; British Wes.: lodie4. 353; British North America, 268 ; Australia, 205; Prussia, 199; Channel Islands, 147; Africa, 109; Italy, 99; Portugal. Azores, and Mad..ira, 77; Brazil, 74; Egypt, 74; Denmark, 70; and Mauritius. G 9 tons. Of the shot, 316 tons were sent to British North America, 107 to the East Indies, 164 to Brilzi4, 74 to British W. st Indies, GI to Germany, 67 to Australia, 38 to Holland. 31 to I)en.mark, and 30 tons to Africa. The total amount of foreign pig and sheet lead exported was 3,241 tons—of which Holland took 1,196 tons; Russia, 836; Belgium, 561; and France, 508 tons. THE HISTORY OF IVIARY ANNE WELLINGTON.— Another narrative of female adventure, from the pe❑ of the Rev. Richard cobbohl, author of "Margaret Catchpole," is announced for immediate publication. In August last (says the prospectus) the mayor of Norwich invited the attention of the Rev. Author to the peculiar circumstances of the his tory of Mary Anne Wellington, who was the daughter of John Wellington, one of the artillerymen at the famous siege of Gibraltar. She married a soldier in the gallant 48th, and accempauied him through all the Peninsula campaigns. Her fortitude in the hour of danger, and her attention to the wounded were witnessed by many officers still living, who were also aware of the extraordinary adventures in which she distinguished herself. Iler husband died in 1844, and the widow is greatly respected by all who know her in Norwich, where she still resides. Her most gracious Majesty the Queen, her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and his Grace the Duke of Wellington, have all been temporary benefactors to her; and her Majesty the Queen Dowager has most gra- I cimely minuted to accept the dedication of her history. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, JtLY 16, M 46 , THE BISHOP OF EXETER. (From the TVe.stcrn Times.) The exigencies of political events have compelled us , to postpone a notice of Mr. Shore's case, and also that of Mr. Bowden, who has been shut out from Plymouth be cause he wont preach baptismal regeneration. Tho ec centricities of our Right Rev. diocesan have added a new feature to the former case—by the light which the new debate throws upon the grounds of his displeasure with Mr. Shore. The Bishop has been the instrument for closing the chapel at Plymouth, in which, up to a few weeks since, a minister of the Established Church was wont to discharge the important functions of his sa li - cred calling. It is now some eight or nine years since we first heard the Bishop lament the great spiritual des titution of Plymouth. He had then just discovered, or but just proclaimed, the " astounding fact" that there were 80,000 souls perishing for lack of spiritual nourishment in the Plymouth district. He was then moved with a new born zeal, and determined, by the celerity with which he prepared to repair the defect, to make some amends for his extraordinary oversight and delay. We thought it extremely strange, to use the mildest term, to see the Bishop only then making the discovery of all this spiritual destitution. Ile ha come to the diocese some years before, and received, from the very day of his taking possession, some two hundred pounds per week, as his wages for discharging the important duties which he took upon himself as the Bishop of the diocese. He had to conciliate the opposition, and overcome the contempt, which naturally followed his recent conversion to the measure of Catholic Emancipation ; which in spite of his pamphlets, he had just then helped to carry, by his vote for Sir Robert B el at Oxford. We will suppose that the first hours of his official life were spent in prayer to a higher power to smooth the way for his ministry, and to overcome the prejudices which English men naturally feel against rats, on e of which the per verse people of the diocese persisted in calling him. After having, as it were, adjusted the cushion of his episcopal throne, so that he might occupy his seat with ease and comfort, there arose the care of providing for his family. It took some time to quarter that son of his in Worcestershire. There was a squabble with the Chapter, who refused to appoint the young man Precentor. Then there was the time spent in thinking about the appointing of old Luxmoore, who held the living of Bridestowe, which it was thought he would have to vacate into the hands of the Bishop, supposing that the Bishop should nominate him to the office of Precentor. Whatever was thought, (and something was said about it), no arrange ment took place in this quarter. The affairs of the young man were quite at sea, till the Rev. Thomas Hill Lowe turned up. This gentleman was the holder of a brace of fat livings in Worcestershire, Hollow-cum-Grimley. Him did the Bishop nominate for Precentor, and him did the Chapter accept, and the young man was hence forth transferred to Worcestershire, where as the rector of the united parishes of Hollow-cum- Grimley, he showed to an admiring world, how soon the merits of a young divine are seen, when his father happens to be a bishop. We cannot follow the Old Gentleman through all his arrangements, but there were some very clever. The Government were deprived of their patronage of the Deanery, after having possessed it for some 300 years, the Precentor Lowe became Dean. Then we have young Mr. Phillpotts made Precentor, and " our son-in-law," Mr. Stephens, made Sub-Dean, and sinca r, joicing with the substantial seal of the episcopal approbation set upon his labours, in the shape of the goodly living of Dunsford, which is situate within an easy walk of his commodious and beautiful residence at Culver—a location in short, worthy in every respect of the dignity and piety of one who has had the grace to woo and win the heart of a Bishop's daughter. Then there was our other son-in-law, De Bouilli. This reverend gentleman was for some years unprovided for. He was Bishop's son in-law, without any consolation made to him in the shape of preferment for the sacrifice of that supreme fitness for the ministerial duties which celibacy imparts, save the barren business of Bishop's curate. Ile was the curate of the Bishop's own living at Shobrooke. How this young man came to be ransomed from that " inferior clergy" state of slavery—that was a clever affair I The Chapter, on the death of Dean Landon, acting under the advice of the Bishop, resisted the Government in the exercise of their patronage, which for 300 years they had enjoyed. Those honest gentlemen claimed by virtue of the Popish statutes, the right to administer the patronage themselves. By these statutes they were required to live in common—to preserve themselves chaste, and to keep their vows of celibacy. They permitted a Protestant Government to absolve them from those galling regulations, and as jolly priests who 1: ad passed many years in the solace of holy wedlock, they must have laughed at the folly of their predecessors, who had in their monkish nonsense, foregone the substantial blessings of matrimony. But notwithstanding that they have been well content to receive and enjoy the immunity from monkish slavery. which Protestant institutions gave them, they still fell back on the popish statutes, in resistance of the Queen's " authority spiritual" over all order:, civil and ecclesiasti cal, and refused to take the nominee of the Crown for their Dean. The old gentleman, who then as now enacted the part of Bishop of the diocese, patted them on the back, gave them council to prolong the litigation ; so they held the Crown at arm's length, and succeeded in carrying the election of their Precept' r, by which Bishop Phill potts secured the appointment of a very go id-natured man, touch given up to the promotion of the Bishop's interests, to be their chief—and thus was Mr. Precentor Low now elected in secret conclave to the office of Dean of Exeter. What passed in the solemn conclaves of the reverend b' at that time will probably never be re vealed to the present generation; but we will just glance at what took place out of doors. The dignitaries of the Chapter held in rotation certain pieces of patronage ; by virtue of their appointments, it is just as much theirs as any private property, subject to the conditions under which they are entitled to share their patronage. This patronage consists of certain livings, which are none of the worst ; and as the incumbents of these livings die off the patronage is distributed to the dignitaries in turn. During this contest, which was maintained with the Bishop's approbation and by his help, the living of Thorverton became vacant It fell to the " ball" of the Reverend Chancellor Martin (" Ball " is the technical phrase used by members of the Chapter). By the conditions annexed to the patronage, the patron dignitary is compelled to nominate his protege wnhin the space of six months. The Worshipful Chancellor Martin receiveti his piece of aatrouage, and proceeded in due course to nominate his friend. The Bishop reminded him that the body was not yet complete, and therefore no nomination could be exercised till the Dean was appointed. The litigation proceeded—six months are soon passed over in law pro ceedings, much sooner than the suit is settled ; and when the Reverend Chancellor next proceeded to norni nat-, he was told that the living had lapsed to the Bishop by law. The Bishop by this chance came into the possession of the living of' Thorverton, and all the world thought the reverend dignitaries had been " jolly green" to have played his game, which ran the Bishop's chance against their patronage, without taking secu riiy from him that he would not avail himself of any windfall which lapse of time might place in his way. I For, be it observed, they made tho lapse in fighting off I the Government appointment, in which the Bishop was as much (if not more) interested as they were. They cught certainly to have stipulated with the Bishop that he should not take advantage of any lapse which might arise, through the want of a Dean, which want they had incurred in the pursuit of an interest common to both of them. But how did the Bishop act, having thus got the living through negligence of the "jolly green" Chapter? Why, he rave it to the Rev, Dr. Coleridge, of Lawhitton. Dr. Coleridge vacated Lawhitton, which by the vacation fell into the hands of the Bishop, who gave it to his son-in-law, De Bouilli, and the Bishop's living at Shobrooke was thus unencumbered of the pre sence of the son-in-law—for we may suppose that though the son-in-law had only a curacy there, yet as curate to his father-in-law, the Bishop, he got more for it than the old gentleman would give to an ordinary curate. But it must be observed here that the old gen tleman did not tutee advantage of Chancellor Martin's lapse, as he might.have done, by giving the living to his own son-in-law. No—in order that he might be above suspicion, he gave it to that most exemplary divine and tolerably sound Tractarian, the Rev. Dr. Coleridge. Nothing can be clearer than that it was not till he got the second living of Lawhitton that he thought of his son-in law, and exalted him. Who can blame him for possessing natural affection ? Well, but all this time, where was baptismal regeneration ? Softly, good reader, not quite so fast. A man's mission is two-fold—first, as to him self and his natural affections ; next, as to the outer world of mankind at large. He who neglects his own family is worse than a heathen, and the Bishop did not commit this unheathenish sin of neglect. We pass over " our" nephew, then at Pinhoe, Hawkins by name, and who is now settled in some other part of England, but whether by some secret swop, or by virtue of his own merits, we will not say, though we will as same the latter, and therefore say nothing more about him. Nor will we enlarge upon the case of that meritorious young man, who, albeit he is nephew of the Bishop, is now enje sing a comfortable living in the neighbourhood of Falmouth. Well, next we have our son John, appointed Bishop's chaplain and rector of Stokeinteigehead. There was a swop here, it was thought, but that was a mistake. Dr. Col lyns vacated it for Farringden, in order to get nearer Exeter, where he had passed some pleasant days in the character of instructor of the youth in the Free Grammar School, as many of them probably recollect. But here " our son John " was comfortably located, near his Right Rev. father, his guide and comforter, whose pleasant palace of Bishopstoe is withiu easy access of Stekeinteignhead. We shall pass over in silence the elevation of young Mr. Woolcombe to the very hand some living of Kiugsteignton, as a popular delusion existed here on the sudden elevation of this young mite, which delusion has been since made manitest by his marritiee; and we shall not dwell on the transfer of "our son William " to the Archdeaconry of Cornwall, in op position to the Bishop's hasty and unripe conclusion, before the vacancy occurred, that the post was too great for one man's Wit nets. This William is also in posses sion of the good living of St. Gluvias, worth an annual round sum, as the clergy of Cornwall know. There are sotre minor affairs of a family nature, which it is not worth while to go into ; but we have given these details because the Bishop, having lately pushed Tractarian doctrines w.th great zeal, and having backed up all those ministers who have made themselves obnoxious to their parishioners by the introduction of obsolete customs, and being now engaged in the worthy task of endeavouring to extrude as schismatical, those ministers who will not preach the doctrine of the baptismal regeneration, it appears to us that this doc trine, by the Bishop's own showing, is of very secondary importance, and certainly not of importance enough to warrant him in thrusting out from the ministry any man who by his self-denying character, his practical be nevolence and his piety, has rendered himself acceptable to a united parish. For it is lamas; ou the face of things, that if the doctrine had been of much consequence, it would have been the Bishop's first care to have seen it . enforced ; but for years he went on, attending to his own matters and the matters of his household, exalting his son:, and the husbands of his daughters in the Church, before he directed his attention to these things; and though it is no business of ours to interfere with the authority of our right reverend diocesan, and• to discuss points of theology with the old gentleman,we must say we think he is pushing matters rather inconsiderately ; in making the enforcement of these doctrines a stum bling block in the way of the faithful. ' • TENANT-RIGHT. TO THE OCCUPYING TENANTS OF ULSTER. My Friends,—From the part which I have hitherto taken, in advocating the rights of the tenantry classes of Ireland, I feel it my duty to call your attention to a Bill introduced by her Majesty's late Government, and now lyin g for a second reading on the table of the House of Commons. The title of this Bill is, " A Bill for providing compensation, in certain cases, for tenants in Ireland, who shall (shall) build on, or drain, farms, and to secure to the parties respectively entitled thereto the due payment of such compensation." The Bills which have been introduced by the late Government, in the last and the present session of Parliament (the first by Lord Stanley, in the Lords, and the second by Lord Lincoln, in the Commons), afford a practical acknowledgment of the great principle for which I have long contended, namely, the right of the tenant to compensation for all labour and capital expended,. in increasing the value of the premises in his occupation ; hut, when I say this much, it is all I can say in favour of these Bills, for, in truth, neither of them does more than acknowledge this great principle, whilst, at the same time, the complexity of the details, and the limitation of the benefits, practi cally swamp the principle they acknowledge. Truth com pels me to declare this opinion, as well of Lord Lin coln's present Bill as of Lord Stanley's put one ; at the same time, I wish to express my conviction, that they emanated from a kind feeling on the part of the Govern ment who introduced them, and who had great difficul ties to overcome, in offering any proposition, on this subject, to the Legislature. It is also fair to remind you, that the limitations contained in these Bills are founded on the recommendations contained in the report of Lord Devon's Commission. I shall now proceed to notice, briefly, the most prominent features of the Bill now before Parliament. Firstly—This Bill does not provide compensation for any tenant who, previously to the making of the im provements for which he claims compensation, shall not have made agreements, by voluntary arrangement, with his landlord, as to the objects and extent of the exp,ncli ture ; or else, in case the landlord_ objects, he has ob tained an award, by arbitration, in favour of his proposed improvements. This necessarily involves a complication of details, which no tenant, in humble life, can be reason ably expected to master, and cuts off existing interests from any benefits of the Bill. Secondly—The Bill limits compensation for improve ment of the soil to thorough-draining alone ; and for buildings, to dwelling-houses and out-offices ; —no ex penditure in enclosing, fencing. or hedging, or creating arable ground, by quarrying out of rocks, or any other work of improvement, of any description, is admissible fur claim. Thirdly—All claim for C - !ompensasion,even for buildings, is proposed to be ty tally extinguished, by an occupancy of twenty eight years after -the agreement being made for such improvements or buildings. Fourthly—ln no case can a claim for improvements, of any description, be established beyond the amount of three years' rent. These are the most important pro visions of this Bill, and, in my opinion, demand your serious and instant attention. It may be said, the Bill was introduced by a Govern ment now extinct, and, therefore, not likely to be pro ceeded with. But even so, you may expect, that some measure will be introduced, either this session or the next, by the new Government ; and if you do not ex press an opinion to the contrary, it will be considered, that you are satisfied 'with the provisions of the Bill now offered to you. You are, no doubt, aware, that I introduced different Bills, at different periods, in order to establish, by legal enactment, the right of the tenant to compensation. I met with great opposition, at first, on the principle; and afterwards, when its justice began to be acknowledged, on the details. I endeavoured, by altering the details in each succeeding Bill, to render the proposition more acceptable to the opponents of the measure ; conse quently, these Bills are not to be taken as the true index of my own views, or as comprehending the full extent of your just claims, but rather as an attempt, on my part, to get the greatest amount of benefit for the tenant class which circumstances would admit of. After the rejection of Lord Stanley's Bill in the House of Lords last session, I introduced a Bill in the Commons, with a view of keeping the question alive in the mind of the country. This Bill differs from the Government Bills, chiefly on the following points:—Firstly, it requires no previous registration or consent ; the sole test is the increased value of the premises by the tenant's im provements, which the tenant is required to prove ; and the compensation is to be proportioned to the increase of value so proved. Secondly, there is no limitation as to the nature of the improvement, provided increased value be obtained. Thirdly, the power of claiming com pensation for buildings continues without any limitation, no matter how long the occupancy, valuing according to the age and existing condition of the buildings. With regard to improvements of the soil, the Court or arbitra .. :ors were allowed to exercise a discretion, f ,unded on the length of the tenant's occupancy, and the profits de rived from the improvements. This Bill went as far as the principle of compensation for improvements would fairly admit of ; but, as I shall hereafter explain, I grant to you, that something more would be necessary, to give you the tell benefit of " tenant-right," as known and practised in the prol ince of Ulster. You, the tenantry of this iyirtion of Ireland, are at present, to a certain extent, protected by a kind of social compact, called " tenant-right"—held, not by law, but by sufferance of the landlord. This custom is seldom violated; but, at the same time, we know that it is not always secure, and that, in some estates, regulations are adopted tending to its disparagement, if not to its abso lute destruction. My object, then, would bet to place the right of the tenant on a Just and legal basis, and to give him the power of enforcing them by law, instead of being in the dependent position of condescending to seek that from a landlord's favour which the laws of the state ought to confer upon him as his right. My former pro positions were directed to the object of compensation, on the broadest basis ; but, I perceive that this principle is made a pretext for limitations, which may endanger the loss of the benefits you at present enjoy ; and I, there fore, would join you in contending for the broader prin ciple of " tenant-right." But a question may be asked, and often is asked, espe cially by Englishmen, what is " tenant-right?" You understand what it is; but, for the satisfaction of per sons who may read this, and do not understand "tenant-right," I shall endeavour to show the meaning of the term. I think this can best be done by a practical example. Suppose a tenant takes from a landlord a plot of land—a bare scd, without a building on it, unimproved, but im provable—agreeing to pay a rent fully equal to the ex isting value of the soil. He puts up, on this bare sod, a dwelling-house and-offices, and drains, fences, improves, and manures the land, solely at his own cost, as is the custom in Ireland; and suppose that, in doing so, he has sunk capitsl to the amount of 5001.; and suppose the tenant has a lease for a term of twenty-eight years, which is that term which, by Lord Lincoln's Act, would cancel all claim for compensation. By this expenditure he has created a beneficial interest, by which he possesses the means of comfortable lodging and comfortable subsistence for himself and his family, paying, at the same time, the fair rent which any solvent tenant could be expected to pay for the land. The lease expires. The landlord desires to serve his own pur poses, by demanding the surrender of the premises. He says to the tenant (supposing Lord Lincoln's Bill to be law), " You have had twenty-eight years' enjoy ment ; turn out—yoti have no claim on me." Then what is the condition of the poor tenant ? This tenant, who, I will suppose, offers to hold the premises, pay ing the full improved rent for the soil, and relying for his compensation on the means of increased subsist ence, which his expenditure on the soil had created, and asking no other compensation from the land lord but the continuance of occupation, this industrious man is turned out—a beggar—leaving behind him his 5001., sunk in the premises, without a farthing with which to purchase or improve another farm, and his former landlord or the in-coining tenant enjoying all the advantages of his sunk and lost capital, and, at the same time, he sustaining the additional loss of the profitable interest, which yielded him the right of com fortable living. Now, the tenant-right of Ulster is the remedy for this—it is based upon this principle, that no tenant in occupation, paying or willing to pay the fair rent for the soil, shall be dispossessed, ‘tithout receiving from the in-coming tenant or the landlord the full value of his beneficial interest ; and this beneficial interest is a mixed quantity, consisting of the value of his capital expended, and the value of the future means of sub sistence which claims -continuanc eto be permitted of occupation to en enjoy, o l d ffr to o cell to to highest bidder ( suc h person being quali fied as a solvent tenant) , or else to be paid for it by atshe the the landlord, in case such landlord refuses to permit him to sell it, or refuses to continue him in the occupation; and the measure of this value is the amount uually paid for such interests by the custom of the dis trict. This customary right could be legally established by a simple and short Bill, of the following nature:— Firstly, d e clarincr the right o f t h e tenant , if e j ecte d, to receive from the landlord, or from the incoming tenant, compensation for his improvements, and his beneficial interest in the premises, according to the custom of the country ; and secondly, permitting him to plead that right in any Court from which an ejectment might issue, and giving to such Court an extended power of equi table decision, by all such means as are usual in like cases, and to withhold execution till the amount awarded by the Court be paid. But then, it will be asked, how is the value to be determined, if a tenant comes into Court to claim his compensation? I answer, by the same means, and with the same ease, as any other ques tion of value. Where land is taken up, for any public purposes, the claimant proves his case by evidence. The tenant, in this case, proves the value of his interest, according to the custom of the country, which value will bo greater or less, according to the value of his improve ments. His business is to prove what price a solvent tenant would give for the premises, such tenant paying the fair rent for the same, according to the usual letting value of the country, or of the estate, or perhaps accord ing to the rent determined by the public valuation, and the Court will decide according to the evidence produced —just in like manner as the qualification f r the fran chise is now proved, by showing what rent or value a solvent tenant would pay for the premises from which the franchise was claimed, hive said, in a former paragraph, that something more than compensation for expenditure was included under the name of " tenant-right." The explanation I have given of that term shows this, because the value of " tenant-right" includes not only the value of the actual expenditure, but the value of the profitable income enjoyed by the tenant, over and above both the ex penditure and the rent. This is the beneficial interest of which the incoming tenant is the purchaser, under the name of " tenant-right;" and no Bill, merely for the purpose of compensation for money laid out in improve ments, can he a substitute for the full benefits of tenant right. I did not intend my Bills to act as setting aside the tenant-right, but I much apprehend that the Bills which have Knee been proposed are intendel to have that operation. I would say to the landlords, that by demanding such vexatious restrictions and limitations as there contained in the Government Bills, the tenants are forced to stand upon their " tenant right." The landlords say, they ought not to be responsible for improvements they have not sanctioned, because works may be done of no real value. I would remind them, they were never required to pay fcr any works which did not create value ; but, on the "tenant right" principle, there is an indisputable test of value ; the tenant claims that which a solvent tenant would pay, by actual sale or valuation, for the tenant's interest in the coneern—this is the test whether the tenant's improvements are of value or not ; op this test he rests his claim, and on this principle the landlord need not have one farthing to pay if it he not his own fault. The tenant never refuses to pay the fah* rent—l know this feom my own experience, as well as from my knowledge of the general practice of the country ; and if, in such case the landlord perseveres in ei(cting, why should not the tenant receive, without any drawback, the full value of that beneficial interest which he, by the expenditure of his capita and labour, has created for himself ? To refuse him this, is nothing else than legalised robbery. But, it is alleged that, although the landlord may not pay, directly, the value of the " tenant-right," he pays it indirectly—that is an abstraction either from the value of the fee, or from the rent, or from both. In answer to these allegations, I would ask, in what part of Ireland is the purchase of the fee of land so high as in the north ern counties of the province of Ulster, and especially in the county of gown ? In what part of Ireland is the rent of land so high, in proportion to its quality, as in those same districts ? It cannot be disputed, that the pur chase of land is at the highest, in the part of Ireland referred to ; and with regard to the rent, the evidence of Mr. Griffith, the Commissioner of Public Valuation, is equally conclusive on that point ; and yet, in this same p,,rtion of Ireland, the " tenant-right" has its strongest hold, and the tenant's improvement show the greatest progress. Thus, the value of land, the rent of land, and improved cultivation, all rise in conjuction with this cus tomary right ; and the pros, erity, both of the tenant and the landlord, is insured, by the mutual confidence and kind feeling created. My Friends,—Eleven years back, when I first raised this question in Parliament, I sought on your behalf (and you would have been satisfied with) a very modified measure of protection : this was objected to.. It was said landlords' rights must be upheld, tenants' rights must be kept in abeyance ; but times are changed, and, as in all cases wherein just reform is withheld, a greater measure of reform is claimed and obtained. So with your case. You have now the great moral power of public opinion, both in England and Ireland, in your favour. You stand on high ground, from which you cannot be driven, except by your own fault. You ought to demand, and accept nothing short of, the full and simple measure of justice, which I have described to you •, and here permit me to remark to you, that, in England, long established customs become what is called "common law." In England, customs prevail, in par ticalar districts, by which the outgoing tenant is corn- pensated by the incoming tenant, for all unremunerated expenditure ; and this custom becomes law, and can be pleaded and enforced in a Court of Equity. Your cus tom of " tenant-right" is as well established as any cus tom in England. Why, then, should it not be made equally valid in law, as it confessedly is in justice ? De mand, then, that your custom be made law. In doing so, you stand on a practical basis, the utility of which is proved experimentally—not on the mere fiction of theory. It may be said by some who have PICK rightly considered the question, that this is a strange advice to come from a landlord. I would say to such persons, do you suppose I am proposing to s :vamp my own interests, to serve the interests of the tenant ? I have no such intention—l do not claim the tribute of popular applause, on the doubtful merit of self-immola tion. I tell them, that in advocating this principle, I feel that I am placing my own interests in a position of the greatest safety, and the most certain advancement. By giving security to the tenant, I create that spirit; of improvement, from which, in due time, I derive an im proved beneficial interest as well as my tenant. I form a stem of partnership, furnishing to the tenant the raw material on which he expends labour and capital—he yielding to me, in the form of rent, a fair proportion of the increasing profits, which, by supplying the raw ma terial, justly falls to my share; and I securing to him, that, at the termination of the partnership, if such should occur, the amount of his labour and capital sunk in the establishment, with a fair proportion of the profits, shall fall to his lot. This just bond of union is the basis of our mutual prosperity, enhanced by the improved social condition of the whole community in which we live. Such are the views I entertain of the relationship which ought to subsist between landlord and tenant, and which I trust I may yet live to see placed on the stable founda tion of just laws.—Your faithful friend, WILLIAM SHARMAN CRAWFORD. Crawfordsburn, July 8, 1846. • AN OLD IRISH HARPER. Donis A. Ilimpsey, or Hempson, was another interest ing model of the old school of Irish harpists. lie was born shorely after Carolan, in 1695. His antiquarian ta , te led him to prefer those venerable strains of Ireland, which had long survived tlle memory of their composers. Bunting informs us that he had an admirable method of playing leg: to (bound or smooth), and the r taccato (divided or marked), in which he cou'd rim through rapid divisions in an astonishing style. Hempson's system of harp-playing, which may be regarded as the model of the antique style of the Irish harpist, comprised as ex tensive a range of effects "as has ever been devised by the most modern improvers." The following notice of this bard is taken from a letter of the Rev. G. Sampson (historian of Londonderry), and published by Miss Owenson, now Lady Morgan, in her admired novel, " The Wild Irish Girl." His father possessed the whole toWnland of Tyrcrevan. The bard was born in Craigmore, Londonderry ; and at the age of three years he lost his sight by the small pox. At twelve he was taught the harp by Bridget O'Cahan, for, as he said, `• in these old times, women as well as men were taught the Irish harp in the best families, and every old Irish family had harps in plenty." Afterwards, he had lessons from Garragher, L. Fanning, and Patrick Counor, from Connaught, which was, he said, " the best part of the kingdom for Irish harpers and for music." He travelled through Ireland and Scotland fur about ten years. During these peregrinations, many amusing incidents lighted up his path. Ile was about fifty years of age when he made a second tour to Scotland, in 1745. At Edinburgh, he performed before Charles the Pretender: the tune called for was " The king shall enjoy his own again." _ _ _ - " I hope to see the clay When the Whigs shall run run away. And the king shall enjoy his own again." Hempson was introduced to the Pretender's presence by Sir Thomas Sheridan and Colonel Kelly, of Ros common. Hempson was kindly and considerately re ceived by most of the principal families in Ireland. These and other interesting anecdotes were related to the nar rator when the venerable bard had attained the age of 108 years ; and having known him when he himself was a boy, he called to see him in 1806, two years before the minstrel's death. The wen at the back of his head was much increased, so that he was called "the man with two heads." " General Hart, who is au admirer of music, sent a painter to take a drawing of him, which cannot fail to be interesting, if it were only for the venerable expression of his meagre, blind countenance, and symmetry of his tall, thin, but not debilitated person. I found him lying on his back in bed, near the fire of his cabin; his family employed in the usual way, his harp under the bed-clothes, by which his face was covered also. When he heard my name he started up (being already dressed), and seemed rejoiced to hear the sound of my voice, which, he said, he began to recollect. He asked for my children, whom I had brought to see him, and he felt them over and over; then with tones of great affection, he blessed his God that he had seen four generations of the name, and ended by giving the children his blessing. lie turned to the old time-beaten ha justnessrp, his solace d andl,„;oo good bedfellow, taste .T and played tunes whichwith he astonish ingplay played d were his favourites; and he, with an elegance of manner, said at the same time, I remember you have a fondness for music, and the tunes you used to ask for I have not forgotten;' which were 'The coolin,' The dawning of harperst t h h e e d r a e y ; regulation, en Belfast, a h except the third, were the first tunes which, according to of Irish music. Mr. Bunting, the a p t at t r h on eo. e ß u oipiodllite;: dh C e ean Dubh Dilis,' B,:c. These, a ge famous celoe fb r celebrated t someed meeti n g amateurs musician of that town, was here in 1793 (the year after the meeting), at Hempson's noting his tunes and his manner of playing, which is in the best old style. He said with the honest feeling of self-love, When I Vayed the old tunes, not another of the harpers would play after me.'" Having learned that his friend and benefactor, the Rev. Sir H. Harvey Bruce, Lad come to visit him, he desired to be raised up in bed, aad the harp placed in his hands. Having struck some notes of a favourite strain, he sunk back, unable to proceed, taking his last adieu of an instrument whit'' had been his companion and hourly solace during a long life, lie died in 1807, aged 112 years. " The last of our bards now sleeps cold in the grave," was the cry which arose Iwhen his death was announced.—Mr. M. Conran 's .117a tional Music of Ireland. PROSE FROM THE Sourra.—Of this original and striking work, a first edition is already nearly sold, s o power ful a sensation has it excited. A recent critical auth orit y says, "In noticing, the other day, Mr. Dickens's book on Italy, we could not help feeling its entire want of all know- ' ledge of the subject. It was a sort of quaint version of a road-book, with here and there fine passages. To Mr. Reade's Prose from the South,' this objection cannot be made; he displays considerable reading, and of the right sort. He has cultivated his own taste so as to be able to speak with some confidence of sculpture, painting, and archi tecture. All who traverse the Alps should carry these vo lumes along with them, as we feel assured they will better relish the scenes, pictures, palaces, and people among whom they move, than they would ever be likely to do without them."—Sunday Times. A letter from Naples, of June 27, states that Mount Vesuvius was in full eruption, and vomiting forth masses of lava with great noise. During the night the flames pre, sented a magnificent spectacle. The heat was 24 degrees of Reaumur (86 Fahrenheit). HOP INTELLIGENCE (From the illaiflsh me Journal of yesterday.) MAIDSTONE.—AIthou4 i our hop- plantations have had such a severe blight to c intend with, they are now, with the assistance of hot weather, doing all they possibly can, and are showing Barr where it never was expected. The grounds that arc clear are looking beautiful. In many there aro hop to be found thus early. The land generally is in a very bad state, the season having boon so much against either winter, spring, or summer culti vation. We had rain on Friday last, which was very acceptable. The duty is ret;hly set as follows :—Rochester, 30,0C.0/.; Canterbury, 33,0001.; Sussex, 50,0001.; Wor- , cester, 15,000/.; Farnham, 10,0001.; Kingdom, 2,0001. ' Total, 137,0001. BOXLET, AntSFORD, AND BURRAM.—The hops in these parishes, humorously observes our correspondent, are in deep mourning, I suppose for the serious loss they have sustained from Sir R. Peel's last measure. Some few of the plantations are endeavouring to put on their former green garb, but the shock is so severe that it is not very likely they will rally for a year. OTIIAN.—Our best plantations do not look so well, and certainly are getting much blacker ; the branches do not look so healthy as they have done ; on some of our lower grounds, where the fly and lice have been most prevalent, there will be almost a total failure. THORNIIAZI,-Tha hops in this parish are as bad as they can be, many twos not a bin will be put into them. BEARSTED.—Hops are very bad, with the exception of a few grounis near and adjoining the turnpike road. EAST F44l,El(2ff.—Tha greater part of this parish is looking bright and beautiful; but there are exceptions. WEST PARLF.IGII.—The principal part of the planta tions are very bad. YAIDINCt.---.11 1) upper part of this parish on the hill is very good—the lower very indifferent. MEnEwonTn.—.l great improvement has taken plaoc here. Since the late rains the bine seems to re cover, and the young shoots look healthy, and are putting out burr very fast. Shoul I the weather prove favourable, there is a prospect of three or four bags per acre throughout the parish. WEST PEcanam.—The hops are quite as good as at Mereworth. CHART, BOUGHTON, LANGLT, OTHAM, LEEDS.—The lower grounds very bad. No chance of growing any thing. The upper parts of these parishes are better, however, and will grow a small crop. BRENCHLEY.—The major part of the plantations are decidedly blighted, and in those which have hitherto looked more favourably there is a fresh attack of fly. ROLVENDEN.—In looking through this parish and upon inquiries I find the hops partially improving ; though some grounds cannot be calculated to do much, there are some very good grounds among them, Messrs. Bishops, Mr. Robert Radwells, Mr. A. Dunk, and Mr. Corke, who may consider themselves favoured. WRorIIAM—No alteration. TUNBRIDGE.—The hops in this neighbourhood are now looking in a woful plight, many grounds turning quite black. The bine still continues loaded with ver min, which cover the young shoots as soon as they come. In many places farmers say they will not be worth putting bins into the grounds, for a farmer told us yes terday thero were places where they would not get 2cwt. off the acre. EYNSFORD, SHOREHAM, OTFORD, KEMSING, SEAL, SEVENOAKS, CIIEVENING, SUNBRIDGE, B RASTED , W ES - Tr.nuA3T, lALSTED, AND CHELSFIELD.—We had hoped to have made to you an improving report from the heavy storm &c., of the last week, but, having most carefully inspected the above- mentioned parishes, we do not find anything like a duty of even 120,0001., as mentioned by some of your contemporaries, much less 140,0001. The result of our observations is, that in all gardens where the bine is strong, although there is an immense quan tity of vermin, there may yet be a slight top crop. In the weak bine gardens by no possibility can there be anything like a " tithe part of a crop." As we have before mentioned, the clearer the plantation the better the plant. In wooded districts, particularly those small beautiful valleys found on the " Ridge," the whole of which are bounded by oak timber trees, the vermin are millions strong, the bine, although strong and vigorous as a planter could desire, being almost black, In the northern portion of Holmesdale, upon the rich s( il, the hop-leaf is completely crum pled (many dropping off), and, with a few excep tions, entirely worthless as to a crop. The hops on the Chalk Range are very slack, the bine poor ; the Mid summer shoot has not developed itself so well as could be wished ;in cases is h. re there is bine a tenth-rate tap crop may yet be expect d. The Low Hill (clays) hops are generally bad. A few pieces on the Sandstone are lock ing tolerably well. CANTERBURY.—The hops exhibit groat improvement on the past week. The vermin is decreasing, the plants are now tolerably clear, the bine is vigorous, and the burr just showing itself. There are a few suffering from honey dew. The duty is set at 135,0001. General accounts state that the bine mostly looks healthy, and bids fair for a moderate crop ,• and the duty is variously laid from 140,0001. to 150,0001. , - FARNHAM.—Our town grounds are looking well and clean; but the country is, in many instances, very slack of bine. CAUTION TO HOP-GROWERS.-All hop-growers will do well to remetnbc r that during the present month they must deliver to the proper officer of Excise a true entry, in writing, of the number of acres in plant ; also all oast-houses, oasts, and store-rooms intended to be used by them for th,_ purpose of curing and storing hops ; a neglect of which - will subject' them to heavy penalties, under the Act 4 and 5 \Val. IV., cap. 51, s. 5. THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES. An ILLUSTRATION of the SPIRIT of HUMBUG and of the way in which the great and small vulga agree to can about what they do not believe. (From "Danish Fairy Legends," by Hans Christian Anderson ) M:ny years ago there was an Emperor, who was so excessively fond of new clothes that he spent all his money in dress. He did not trouble himself in the least about his soldiers ; nor did he care to go either to the theatre or the chase, except for the opportunities then afforded him for displaying his new clothes. He had a different suit for each hour of the day ; and as of any other King or Emperor, one is accustomed to say, " He is sitting in council," it was always said of him, "The Emperor is sitting in his wardrobe." Time passed away merrily in the large town which was his capital ; strangers arrived every day at the court. One day, two rogues, calling themselves weavers, made their appearance. They gave out that they knew how to weave stuffs of the most beautiful colours and elaborate patterns, the clothes manufactured from which should have the wonderful property of remaining invisi ble to every one w h o was un fi t for the office he held, or who was extraordinarly simple in character. " These must indeed be splendid clothes !" thought the Emperor. " Had I such a suit, I might, at once, find out what men in my realms are unfit for their office, and also be able to distinguish the wise from the foolish! This stuff must be woven for me immediately." An d he caused large sums of money to be given to both the weavers, in order that they might begin their work directly. " So the two pretended weavers set up two looms, and affected to work very busily, though in reality they did nothing at all. They asked for the most delicate silk and the purest gold thread : pit both into their own knapsack; and then continued their pretended work at the empty looms, until late at night. " I should like to know how the weavers are getting on with my cloth," said the Emperor to himself, after some little time had elapsed ; he was, however, rather embarrassed, when he remembered that a simpleton, or one unfit for his office, would be unable to see the manu facture. " To be sure," he thought " he had nothing to risk in his own person ; but yet he would prefer sending somebody else to bring him intelligence about the weavers and their w ork before he troubled himself in the affair." All the people throughout the city had heard of the wonderful property the cloth was to possess ; and all were anxious to learn how wise, or how ignorant their neighbour might prove to be. " I will send my faithful old Minister to the weavers," said the Emperor, at last, after some deliberation, he will be best able to see how the cloth looks ; for he is a man of sense, and no one can be more suitable for his office than he is." So the faithful old Minister went into the hall, where the knaves were working with all their might at their empty looms. " What can be the meaning of this ? thought the old man, opening his eyes very wide. " I cannot discover the least bit of thread on their looms !" However, he did not express his thought aloud. The impostors requested him very courteously to be so good as to come nearer their looms ; and then asked hilt' whether the design pleased him, and whether the colours wero not very beautiful ; at the same time pointing to the empty frames. The poor old Minister looked and looked, he could not discover anything on the looms, fur a very good reason—viz., there was no thing there. " What !" thought he again, " is it pos sible that I am a simpleton ? I have never thought so myself ; and no one must know it now, if I am so. Can it be, that I am unfit for my office P No, that must not be said either. I will never confess that I could not see the stuff." " Well, Sir Minister," said one of the knaves, still pretending to work, " you do not say whether the stuff pleases you." " Oh, it is excellent !" replied the old minister, look ing at the loom through his spectacles. " This pattern, d the colours—yes, I will tell the Emperor without delay how very beautiful I think them." " We shall be much obliged to you," said the im postors, and then they named the different colours and described th e pattern o f t h e p re t en ded s tuff. The o ld minister listened attentively to their words, in order that he might repeat them to the Emperor; and then the knaves asked for more silk and gold, saying that it was necessary to complete what they had begun. How ever, they put all that was given them into their knap sacks, and continued to work with as much apparent diligence as before at their empty looms. The Emperor now sent another officer of his court to see how the men were getting on, and to ascertain whe ther the cloth would soon be ready. It was just the same with this gentleman as with the minister ; he sur veyed the looms on all sides, but could see nothing at ail but the empty frames. " Does not the stuff appear as beautiful to you as it did to my Lord the Minister?" asked the impostors of the Emperor's second ambassador; at the same time making the same gestures as before, and talking of the design and colours which were not there. "I certainly am not stupid!" thought the messenger. " It must be, that I am not fit for thy good, profitable office! That is very odd; however, no one shall know anything about it I" And accordingly he praised the stuff he could not see, and declared that he was delighted with both colours and patterns. "Indeed, please your Imperial Majesty," said he to his sovereign, when he re tprned, " the cloth which the we,.vers are preparing is extraordinarily magnificent." The whole city was talking of the splen id c!oth which the Emperor had ordered to be woven at his cwn expense. And now the Emperor himself went to see the costly manufacture whilst it was still on the loom. Accom panied by a select number of officers of the Court, among whom were the two honest men who had already ad mired the cloth, he went to the crafty impostors, who, as soon as they were aware o f the Emperor's :Approach , went on working more diligently than ever ; although they still did not pass a single thread through the.looms. "Is not the work absolutely magnificent ? " saacd the two ofl,cers of the Crown already mentioned. "Ifsreur Majesty will only bepleased to look at it! What a splendid design!What glorious c o l ours !" and at the same time they pointed to the empty frames ; for they imagined that every one else could see this exquisite piece of workmanship. " How is this ?" said the Emperor to himself, " I can see nothing ! this is indeed a terrible affair ! Ana I a simpleton, or am I unfit to be an Emperor ? that w.auld be the worst thing that could happen." "Oh ! :the cloth is charming," said he, o aloud. "It has my cm plete app ro b at i on ." And he smiled most gracioulily, and looked closely at the empty looms : for on no ac count would he say that he could not see what two of the officers of his Court had praised so much. AIR his retinue now strained their eyes, hopirg to Elisc•aver something on the looms, but they could see no re ore than the others ; nevertheless, they all exclaimed, " Oh,. how beautiful,!" and advised his Majesty to have some new clothes made from this splendid material, for the approaching procession. " Magnificent ! charmtog! excellent !" resounded on all sides, and every one 'was uncommonly gay. The Emperor shared in the ge neral satisfaction ; and presented the impostors w ith the riband of an order of knighthood, to be worn in their button-holes, and the title of " Gentlemen Weavers." The rogues sat up the whole of the night before the day on which the procession was to take place, and had sixteen lights burning, so that every one might see how anxious they were to finish the Emperor's new suit. They pretended to roll the cloth off the looms; cut the air with the scissors; and sowed with needles without any thread in them. "See," cried they at last, " the Emperor's new clothes are ready!" And now the Emperor, with all the grandees of his Court, came to the weavers; and the rogues raised their arms, as if in the act of holding something up, saying "Here are your Majesty's trowsers I here is the scarf! here is the mantle! The whole suit is as light as a cobweb; one might fancy one has nothing at all on when dressed in it ; that, however, is the great virtue of this delicate cloth. " Yes, indeed," said all the courtiers, although not one of them could see anything of this exquisite ma nufacture. " If your Imperial Majesty will be graciously pleased to take off your clothes, we will fit on the new suit in front of the looking-glass." The Emperor was accordingly undressed, and the rogues pretended to array him in his new suit : the Emperor turning round, from side to side, before the looking-glasy. " How splendid his Majesty looki in his new clothes! and how well they fit !" every one cried out. " What a design ! what colours ! these are, indeed royal robes !" " The canopy which is to be borne over your Ma jesty in the procession iS waiting," announced the master of the ceremonies. " I am quite ready," answered the Emperor. "Do my new clothes fit well ?" asked he, turning himself rc.und again before the looking-glass, in order that he might appear to be examining his handsome suit. The Lords of the Bed-chamber, who were to carry his Majesty's train, felt about on the ground, as if they were lifting up the ends of the mantle, and pretended to be carry ing something ; for they would by no means betray anything like simplicity, or unfitness for their office. So now the Emperor walked under his high canopy in the midst of the procession, through the streets of nis capital, and all the people standing by, and those at the windows, cried out, " Oh, how beautiful is our Empe ror's new clothes ! what a magnificent train there is to the mantle, and how gracefully the scarf hangs !" in short, no one would allow that he could not see these much•admired clothes, because in doing so he would have declared himself either a simpleton, or unfit for his office. Certainly, none of the Emperor's various suits had ever made so great an impresbion as these invisible ones. "But the Emperor has nothing at all on!" said a little child. " Listen to the voice of innocence!" ex claimed his father; and what the child had said was whispered from one to another. "But he has nothing at all on!" at last cried out all the people. The Emperor was vexed, for he knew that the people were right; but he thought the procession must go on nowl And the lords of the bedchamber took greater pains than ever to appear holding up a train, although, in reality, there was no train to hold, IHE SILVER MINES OF MEXICO. The following anecdotes of the secrecy with which the Indians of Mexico preserve the knowledge of the silver mines with which their country abounds are told by a German traveller :—The Indians have discovered that their silver mines have made their condition rather worse than better. They determine, therefore, to keep secret their knowledge of some rich veins of silver not yet explored by Europeans. Traditions of these mines have been handed down, it is supposed, from father to son, through centuries. Even brandy, which will open the Indian's mouth on any other subject, fails in this case. A few years ago, there lived, in the large village of Huancayo, the brothers Don Jose and lion Pedro Irriarte, who were among the wealthiest mine proprie tors of Peru. As they had reason to suspect the exist ence of rich unexplored veins among the neighbouring hills, they sent out a young man in their employ to examine the country, and use the likeliest means of discovery. Accordingly, he repaired to a village where he found lodgings in the hut of an,lndian shepherd, from whom he concealed his object. In the course of a few months, an attachment had grown up between the young ad venturer and the shepherd's daughter ; and, at last, the young man succeeded so far in his object as to win from the girl a promise that she would pint out to him the mouth of a rich silver mine. She directed him to follow her, at some distance, ow a certain day when shs should go out to tend her flock on the hills ; and to notice where she dropped her manta,' (woollen shawl). There she told him, he would find the entrance of the mine. The young agent obeyed her directions ; and after same digging, found his way into a moderately deep shaft, which led to a rich vein of silver. He was busily engaged in breaking off some specimens of the ore, whn he was surprised by the old shepherd, who con gratulated him on the discovery, and offered assistance. After working together for some hours, they rested ; and the Indian offered to the young man a cup of chica, which he drank. Soon after drinking, he felt unwell ; and, as a suspicion of being poisoned Mashed upon his mind, he instantly -packed the specimens of ore in his wallet, hastenrd back to the village, and thence rode to Huancayo. He had only time to explain his adventure to his employers, and point out, as well as he could, the locality of the mine ; for he died in the night. An other exploring party was immediately sent into the neighbourhood, but without success ; the Indian and his family had vanished from the place, and no trace of the mine could be discovered. Another story is the following : A certain Franciscan monk, a passionate gambler, lived at Huancayo. By his friendly offices he had be come a favourite among the Indians, to whom he often applied when in want of money. One day, when he had suffered losses at the hazard-table, he begged of an Indian, who was his relative, to help him out of hia poverty. The Indian promised assistance on the follow ing evening, and arrived punctually at the appointed time, with a bag full of silver ore for the monk. This process was repeated several times, until the still needy monk earnestly prayed that he might be favoured with a view of the source from ‘Nhieh his wants had been so often supplied. This request also was granted by the friendly relative; and, accordingly, on the appointed night, three Indians came to the house of the Franciscan—desired that he Waled allow them to bandage his eyes—and, he as sen ting, carried him away, ou their shoulders, some miles along the mountains. There, they fitted him down—conducted him down a shaft of considerable depcb—and displayed to him a rich and shining vein of silver. When he had amply feasted his sight, and had taken ore enough for his present necessities, his eyes were again bandaged, and he was carried home on the shoulders of his guides. On the road, he slily untied his rosary ; and dropped a bead here and there, that he might have a clue to the- mine. Arrived at home, he lay down to rest, in the comfortable hope of exploring the path to wealth on the following day; but in the course of about two hours, the Indian, his relative, came to the door, with his hand full of bea ds—" Father," said he, as he gave them to the monk, "you lost your rosary on the road I" EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT SUICIDIC.-At the meeting of the loyal Humane Society on Tuesday, Mr. Mu ller mentioned the following strange instance of attempted suicide :—A woman left her house, determined to drown her self, on a frosty winter night. Not finding .113 , place where she could drown herself, she placed her head under a spout, from which the icicles were thawing, end there remained until she was reduced, both by the fall of water from the spout and by the cold, to such a state of insensibility, that two hours elapsed before the most powerful stimulants restored suspended animation: CASE OF POISONING AT LITTLE CHELSEA.--OR Thurs day morning, Mr. G. Mills, the deputy coroner for Middlesex, held a lengthened inquiry at the Somerset Arms Tavern, Fulham-road, Little Chelsea, on view of the body of Mr. William Newton Wansbrough, assistant to Mr. Joseph Lanksheep, a practising surgeon, residing at No. 5, Sea more-place, Little Chelsea. The suss of a long investigation is recorded in the following verdict:—" That the deceased had died from taking a certain narcotic poison; but as to the state of his mind at the time there was not sufficient evidence to show." MCRDER OF A CHILD.—On Tuesday Mr. Joseph Payne resumed an inquest commenced on Friday, at the Crown and tihears, Sparrow-corner, Minories, on the body o f a newly-born male child, which had been murdered by forcing a piece of rag down its throat, and then burying it in the soil of the privy. The first part of the evidence impli cated the mother in the death of the child. The only addi tional evidence heard was that the mother, ➢Lary Ann Net tlefield, had admitted the child was her's, but denied that she had murdered it. After a long deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against Mary Ann Nettlefield MELANCHOLY DROWNING CASE.—At Carlisle, 011 Se turday last, Mr. Petty, a gentleman who had for some time retired from the business of a draper, whilst walking on the banks of the River Caldew, arm-in-arm with an amiable daughter, made a sudden stop, and asked her to take hold of his walking-stick till ho went down to the river to wash his bands, which she of course did ; but, instead of washing his hands, he plunged headlong into the stream and disap peared. The body had unt be found when this scout left Carlisle. - - I ■ 0