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TZLEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRY-LINE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Lavenn's new Opera, entitled LORETTA ; A Tale of Seville. Don Carlos, Mr. Rafter; Ferdinand, Mr. King ; Philippa, Mr. Borrani ; Provost Marshal, Mr. Howell ; Don Juanito, Mr. Weiss ; Loretta, Madame Anna Bishop ; Florinda, Miss Poole ; Gaetana, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. After the Opera, will be presented a new grand Ballet, called THE WAGS OF WAPPING (performed at the Academie Royale' Paris, under the title of " Betty.") In which will appear Nidlles. Sophie Fuoce, Louise, Benart, Madame Globilei; MM. Rootlet, Adrien, Paul, Tell ; Messrs. Howell, Frierson, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Vere, Mr. Moll ; Mr. Brandon, Air. Howe ; Mr. Hardman, Mr. Rogers; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster; Tom Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs. Glover; Claribel Oddington, Miss Fortescue; ataxy Oddington, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman, Miss Julia Bennett. After which an original Operatic Drama, called THE YOUNG PRETENDER. Captain O'Neal, Mr. Hudson ; Captain Cocker, Mr. Buckstone ; Chevalier Charles Edward Stuart, Mr. Braid ; Davy, Mr : lCde ; Mrs. Craggie, Mrs. Clifford Mary Armathde, Miss Horton. During the evening the Band will perform the Overture, " Pre aux Cleres," " Clementinen" (Mazourka); " Camellion" (Galop) ; the " Esterhazy" (Walzer) ; and a New Overture. To conclude with a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord Courtington, Mr. Hell; Sir Arthur Level, Mr. Ilowe ; Scoreup, Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. Box-office open from Twelve till lour ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Boa Book-keeper. TaF,A.Trz ROYAL, ADELPIII. UNDER TILE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING Will he perfonned a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Callentbrd, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding., Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which the original Domestic Drama, called THE WRECK ASHORE; or, The Bridegroom of the Sea. Marmadalie Magog, Mr. Wright ; Alice, Mrs. Yates. To conclude with a Bozzian Sketch, in one act, called MRS. CAMP'S TEA AND TURN-OUT. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss M. Taylor, and :VMS Ellen Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed an original romantic Opera, in three parts, entitled THE NIGHT DANCERS ; founded on the Story of " Giselle." The principal characters personified by Miss teorgiana Smithson, Madame Albertazzi, Miss Flower, Miss Somers, Misses 3farshall ; Messrs. Leffler, Allen, Bodda, Walton, T. Hill, Honner, Peren, &c. After which an entirely new Comic Drama, entitled THE TWO RAINBOWS. Ia the course of the Evening the Band will perform " The Perlen Waltzes." To conclude with Goldsmith's Comedy of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Sir Charles Marlow, Mr.: Wynn ; Young Marlow, Mr. Yining; Hardcastle, Mr. Granby ; Tony Lumpkin, Mr. Compton ; Hastings, Mr. Roxby ; Diggory, Mr. Cowell ; Miss Hardcastle, Mrs. Stirling; Miss Neville, 3lrs . Hughes ; Mrs. Hardcastl e , Mr s . Fosbroke. FRENCH PLAYS.—ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell. TO-MORROW EVENING Will be performed Regnard's celebrated Comedy of LE LEGA TAME UNIVERS EL. In which Mdlle. Brohan will perform. After which, the Comedy of L'EOMME DE 60 ANS ; ou, La Petite Eutetee. Saint Julien, M. Perlet. To conclude with LE COMEDIEN D'ETAMPES. Dorival, M. Perlet (who will sustain four different characters) ; Madeleine, Iddlle. Amalie Ithin. Boxes, Gs. ; Pit, as. Gd. ; Stalls, 35.; Gallery, U. Doors opened at half-past Seven, and the performances commence at Eight. DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. For the benefit of the Widow and Niece of the late Mr. Strickland. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Comedy of THE PROVOKED HUSBAND. Lord Townlev, Mr. Stuart Lath , Gr. Mica grrlokian.). Aft r which the Farce of THE MARRIED RAKE. Mrs. Flighty, Miss Strickland ; Mrs. Trictrac, Miss Rogers. To conclude with THE SCAPEGRACE OF PARIS. Robin, Mrs, R. 'former. ASTLEY' ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Mr. BATTY respectfully begs to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public that, in addition to his present extensive Establishment, he has purchased the whole of Mr. White's trained Lions, Tigers, Leopards, &c., being the same beautiful animals that the cele brated Mr. Carter, the American " Lion King," performed with in all the principal towns in England and on the Continent. THIS EVENING WM he performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON HORSE ; or, Thu Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. New and entire change in the Scenes of the CIRCLE. To conclude with the grand Military Spectacle of THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. Napoleon, Mr. Gomersal. Box-office open trom eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six an 1 c•nnmence at half-past six o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W. Broadfoot. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE. Immense Success of the alteration of the prices of admission to one general level, so that all parts of the house shall bear a just and liberal proportion—viz., Boxes, Is. ; ; I'it, ficl.; Gallery, 3d. THIS EVENING Will be performed THE BLACK DOCTOR. In which Miss Vim cent, Mrs. G. Lee, Miss L. Pearce, Mrs. It. Barnett, and Messrs. Edwards, Bird, Searle, Forman, &c., will perform. After which the Drama of VENGEANCE ; or, Family Feuds, or a Bumping Legacy. Joe Akin, Mr. Forman. To conclude with THE SHIP OF DEATH ; or, The Children of the Deep. - THE WEATHER.—SIIN OFFICE, DECEMBER 2. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 30; Highest. 36 ; Noon, 35, BAROMETER, 20.43.—W1ND W., hazy. HIGH WATER AT LONDON-RRLDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 0 rninutei after I. Evening .. 24 minutes after 1. ,v.- . * t t4- ;:f - - - .., ' .-- . , - " .` zrz.z. F .l.ol, l , ' ,`,.-.*, itow,s" 44•ItCqu-:"-44010 ' -f4, 6 •:.:* - lc , aurp.... i•I , , ~ - . Ali .‘ - .;-_ - *:, 1 :1-. ",...._—.__--,'..:' "'°41474e. ,' "iitk;! juL LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1846, We have seldom perused dispatches from Bom bay with such peculiar gratification as those which have just arrived. Everything that was gloomy, foreboding, and unpropitious was condensed into the preceding intelligence. With the present informa tion almost all our recent fears of a sanguinary campaign in consequence of the insurrections in Cashmere have been dissipated. Nor is this the only satisfactory consideration. Sinde is reported to be in a comparative state of tranquillity,--a circum stance to be marvelled at. like a mermaid or an unicorn. Caubul, in like manner, is described to be agitated by nothing more formidable than the pageantries and festivities consequent upon the mar riage of the redoubtable MAHOMED ARBAR KHAN to the daughter of the supreme ruler of Herat. There is a probability, moreover, of the peaceful settlement of affairs in Mooltan, notwithstanding the rumour which is. prevalent of the movement of troops in that direction. Before the departure of DEWAN 3/100ERAJ MOOLTANEE from Lahore, we are sanguine that the immediate difficulties opposed to the pacification of that province may be removed. Until such an arrange ment be completed the stability of the Durbar will continue to be most precarious. By certain inexpensive and otherwise harmless concessions, the revolt might be nipped in the bud," and its recurrence thereby ren dered almost impossible. In the anxiety of the new administration to maintain its influence, and to perpe tuate its power, we have the best guarantee for the prosecution of the pending negotiations in a man ner the most calculated to produce the desired effect. numerous and conflicting insinuations which have been latterly afloat to the discredit ofthe Lahore Government .are proved to have been singu- QYly f allacious. A s we i nt i mated in our last, for ex ample, there was a report of the faith lessness of the Durbar to a man the Cbi e f o f J amoo, as nothing better than a successful rebel, and to treat with correspondin g h mer the That ly faithlessness now appears to whaoveydpiseosxcem is risy. t . ed d a is t e e l d in the imagi na ti ons of those h calumny. We are heartil y re j oiced at thisra not from any credul ous expectation of beholdin g sternal quietude and a conti nuous candour in those re gions, but because we are satisfied that there does exist a dim and remote possibility of inoculating our Eastern neighbours with somewhat of the dis relish for systematic perfidy and of the lust for incessant rapine and bloodshed, which is felt by the more enlightened among the Europeans. In its very nature the Oriental heart is per meated with treachery ; the children of the East appear to imbibe an intense lore for perfidy with the maternal milk ; deceit is a portion of their vitality. Their governments exist only by a homi cidal terrorism. From such a race, therefore, it were insanity to expect any friendship upon which implicit reliance couH be placed. We should be leaning not only upon a broken reed, but upon a reed hollow throughout, and of a treacherous fragility. Never theless, by more frequent intercourse with the British population of India, they might gradually divest themselves of their more detestable vices of treachery and territorial spoliation. That there is a feasiblility in this we are persuaded from the plastic and pliable character of the human intellect, and the possibility there is of reforming the most obdurate dispositions. Since our last intelligence the affairs of the Maha raja GHOOLAB SINGH have alternated from confusion to order, from insurrection to tranquillity, from con flict to capitulation. The rebellious Mahomedan Go vernor of Cashmere, EMAUM-00E.DEEN, has tendered his submission to the Chief of Jamoo. Instead of de fending the valley against the assaults of his new master, and of inciting his fanatical followers to maintain their independence, he has consented to sur render, on condition of his personal safety being guaranteed, and of certain confiscated property being restored. Whether the Sheik has been driven to this determination by the three adverse encounters be tween his soldiers and their assailants, or by alarm at the formidable assistance afforded to GHOOLAB SINGH by the British Government, and the Lahore Durbar, is somewhat questionable. We suspect that both these circumstances combined have allayed the confidence and disci / v.0.0A .m -bitious dreams of EMAUM-00D-DEEN. He has yielded to the first assaults upon the almost im pregnable passes of Cashmere; he has readily suc cumbed to the arguments of the Seikh plenipo tentiary, DEW.N HUKEEM RAE, and has resigned all pretensions to that bauble of command to which he had prematurely aspired. There is pusillanimity in this hasty retractation of enmity, but it is a pusillanimity which will be universally beneficial. Although the valley of Cashmere was not actually delivered into the possession of GHOOLAB SINGS! on the departure of the mail, there did not exist the vestige of a doubt as to the certainty of that terri tory being immediately occupied by the followers of the Maharaja of the Hills. By this arrangement, the British troops will be no longer under the necessity of co-operating with the Seikhs in subduing a refractory province. It is to be earnestly hoped that such a necessity will not occur again very speedily. It is to be hoped that the chiefs of Jamoo, of Lahore, of Mooltan, and elsewhere, will be enabled to maintain the integrity of their own dominions and the proper submission of their own people without requiring the strength, the advice, and the blood of the English on every petty emergency. It is to be hoped that the peace of India will be of a longer continuance than heretofore, and that the social condition of its inhabitants will thereby obtain a material and appreciable advance ment. By their recent interference in the domestic govern ment of GHOOLAB SINGII, the English have evinced remarkable generosity ; that must be allowed. For getting all former animosities, and discarding the remembrance of the treacheries and cruelties of the Maharaja, they have extended the hand of friend ship to him in his difficulties, they have leagued their banners with his, they have drawn the sword and blown the trumpet in his cause. What will be the recompense of this generosity ? When tempting advantages may present themselves to GnooLan SINGH, will he remember the passes of Cashmere, the garrison of Jamoo, the conquest of EMAIIM-00D-DEEM ? Will he recur to this instance of European magnanimity with feelings of gra titude and admiration ? We remember that Mr. likztrrr remarks somewhere in his " His tory of Napoleon Bonaparte," that our bitterpst enemies are frequently those to whom we do a kindness. It is a bitter reflection to men who have formed an elevated conception of human na ture ; but it is an observation the truth of which must have been sorely felt by many of us. We are sanguine as to the distant regeneration of the Oriental race; yet the discovery of gratitude and magnanimity in GHOOLAB SINGII appears to be as hopeless as squaring the circle, or explaining the theory of the librations of the moon to the comprehension of an idiot. of foreign competition. Scotland presents a happy , picture, which may well be regarded with pride, of the singular results attainable by art over the inat tractive barrenness of nature. In no country have the industry, and innate skill of the peasantry effected more wonderful changes overunfavoured tracts of land. To Scotland has England been, and indeed is daily, much indebted for the agricultural advance ment she has made, and is making. " Necessity is the mother of invention ;" the truth of the adage has been creditably exemplified by the compara tive excellence to which the Caledonian husbandman has attained. In every crisis he manfully puts his shoulder to the wheel. He relies upon himself. Visited in parts severely with the potato murrain, the Scotch have, nevertheless, by their self-reliance, and well-timed and spirited benevolence, so managed their affairs, that the cry of distress has scarcely become known beyond the borders. We think the Irish landlords would do well to take a lesson from them. Example is better than precept. It is invidious to individualise where so much has been done in a country at large ; but the extra ordinary exertions of Mr. RIGBY WAsoN in pro moting the cultivation of his estate to an extent of six miles beween Parhill and Newton Stewart, where moorlands of a most discouraging description have been thoroughly reclaimed, justify our peculiar praise. Works like these render men the great be nefactors of mankind. To those who have the means and power of imitating them we would say, " Go ye and do likewise." The Frankfort Gazette des Corks gives the follow ing from Berlin, under date of the 22d ult.:— " The news from Vienna, that the Government had established a bank of discount for shares and industrial securities, and especially railroad shares, has produced so favourable an impression, as to cause a rise of 4 per cent. on some of the Austrian industrial securities, and 21 per cent. on some of the Prussian, and all railroad shares are in demand. "Business was Teri , flat . It is true that it was wa that money was scarce, nut money was never scarce for well-grounded operations. The financial crisis would have ceased long since had the Government taken any step, showing it took an interest in railroad under takings." A letter from Berlin, of the 25th ult., says— " The incorporation of Cracow with the Austrian States causes a great prejudice to Prussian manufac tures, which enjoyed a large reduction in the entrance duties into that ancient Polish Republic ; in conse quence, the manufacturers of all the towns of Prussia address representations on the subject to our Govern ment. Yesterday there arrived at Berlin a numerous deputation of manufacturers and merchants from Bres law (Silesia), with M. Kohlmann, the burgomaster, at its head, and which solicits an audience from the King, to expose to his Majesty the injury which the new po sition of Cracow inflicts on the manufactures of all Silesia." The morning journal (Morgenzeitung) of Hanover published the news of the incorporation of Cracow with Austria on a sheet with a black border, in sign of mourning. Madrid papers of the 24th have arrived. The Ecuador expedition is completely at an end. At the very moment that the navy of General FLORES was seized in the Thames his army was dispersed in Biscay. The Clamor Publico publishes the follow ing extract from a letter dated Vittoria, Nov. 20 : " The expedition of General Flores is at an end, in consequence of the revolt of his troops at the dep4ts of Durango, and that of Ordana, who, on being commanded to march to Santander for embarkation, dispersed through the country." Rumours were again rife in Madrid of an ap proaching modification in the Cabinet. It is said that ISTURITZ will retire from the Presidency of the Council, and will be succeeded by Senor Mori. MADRID BOLSA, Nov. 24.—The Three per Cents. closed at 34k; the Four per Cents., at 20i ; the Five per Cents., at 21=1; the Coupons, non-capitalized, 19f. exhibition. He afterwards inspeed the pupils of the Military Academy at St. Cyr. The Three per Cents. closed on to Paris Bourse on Monday at 81 f. 85c. ' • the Five per ( n t s ., 117 f. 50 c . ; the Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,225 f. ; luen, 865 f. ; Havre, 631 f. 25c. ; Great Northern, 630 f. ; .vignon, 863 f. 75c. ; Vierzon, 572 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux, 545 f. ' • oulogne, 435 f. ; Basle, 218 f. 75c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 47f. 50c. ; Tours and Nantes, 487 f. 50c. ; Paris and Lyons,9Bf. 75c. •, Lyons and Avignon, 485 E ; Bordeaux and Cet( 470 f. ; Sp an i s h Do mestic Debt, 32 11 / 4 . BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN :AILW AYS AT THE We have received the Paris papers of Monday. Most of them comment on the manifesto of the physical force republicans, published in the National a few days previously, and it is satisfactory to find that the physical force doctrine is repudiated by all influential parties in France, as it is by all influential parties in England. The Liberals of all countries are now perfectly eonvinced that it is by moral force, and moral force alone, that oppression can be successfully combated, and that aggressive physical force is the distinguishing eharaetp,•;,,tio of tyranny, to the establishment of which it inevitably tends, whether used by autocratic despots in the name of what they miscall " order," or by physical force democratic tyrants in the name of what they equally miscall " liberty." But, while repudiating the phy sical force doctrines of the National, we are rejoiced to find the Journal des Debats excusing the enunci ators of them, on the ground that violence begets violence, and that the language of the National is the natural result of the acts of the Northern Powers, who have first set the example of violating all law, and justice, and truth. The Ddbats concludes in these words : "In blaming the authors of the manifesto of the French democracy, it is impossible not to carry our blame higher. We have, after all, only words and in tentions to reprehend in this work of revolutionists ; the destruction of the republic of Cracow by the Northern Courts is an act—the violation of the treaties of Vienna is a thing perpetrated. Absolute Sovereigns, you complain of factions ! We detest them as much as you. We are exposed the first to their rage. We are not ignorant that they are watching a favourable moment to fling themselves oa society, and to endeavour again to devour it. Commence, therefore, by having the right against factions, for fear they may one day possess force against you ! Do not give them an example of violating the right Do not authorise by your acts their declamations against Governments and kings I M. Lamennais and M. Learn Rollin may entitle themselves, as much as they like, the organs of the French demo cracy—they represent only themselves. If they speak or act as factious men, it is their business ; they are subject to the law ; their example has "only a limited contagion. But you, who are the heads of nations, it is to you that have been confided the guardianship and defence of social principles. You represent justice, or you ought to represent it. A sines: act like the violent and unjust destruction of Cracow shakes the principle of right more than a hundred I:manifestoes like that of M. Lamennais !" The SUcle, the organ of the Odilon 13arrot party, is still more energetic in its repudiation of physical force doctrines. It says— " What has most offended us in the man ifesto of the Radical party—what we condemn most highly —is the appeal in biblical style to popular vengeance—the allu sion to the wailing and gnashing of-teeth—the threat, in fine, of a long series of disorganizations and confusion for France, leading her through blood and fire to the rule of right and liberty, as it is construed by radicalism. These are extremities,' they say, 'to which no people resign themselves until all other hopes of maintaining their privileges and their honour have vanished.' We are told that France has no longer a choice of means— that those who henceforth recoil from an appeal to force can no longer expect to find repose even in their shame. An appeal to force ! Against what enemy?— against what cause?—within what limits? If we must begin at home by destroying our constitutional Govern ment, before any notorious act of treason is committed, before any flagrant provocation has been given to unite all conviction—all hearts; if one-half our citizens are to arm themselves against the other half—if France is to have at one and the same time two banners, two causes, two armies—shall we be so much the stronger against a foreign enemy? You talk of allies of the democratic principle in Europe. We know them as well as you do, and can rely upon them in the hour of danger. But they are the allies of a Liberal Government, as well as of your imaginary republic. It is asked, where is this Liberal Government ' to be found ? We reply that it may exist in the course of a twelvemonth, in a few months, even to-morrow, without costing a drop of blood, a single excess to France. For this she has no need to renounce her prin ciples ; she has only to act according to them. Is it more easy to attain by the execution of the designs of the Radicals the union of the country, the consolidation of its rights, the salvation of its liberty ? These are far beyond the reach of the power of the Radicals. We have already said this, and we again repeat it. But we, nevertheless, recognise the real influence of the Radical party. This influence, which .s daily increased by the faults of the Government, and which may increase it until it becomes fatal, will be seen to disappear as soon as it has the good sense to seek its strength and safety in the free assent of the country, instead of searching for it in corruption and intrigue. We will, if it be ne cessary, contend against the blindness both of the Go vernment and of the Radical party. We can never acknowledge, either in this Government, given up to „ apostates, or in the inveterate violence of a portion of the Radical party, the sincere representatives of the grand democracy of France." When it was once ascertained that public opinion had acquired sufficient strength to insure the repeal, sooner or later, of the corn-laws, and it was known that Sir R. PEEL had determined to chime in with the popular sentiment, not a few Members of St. Stephen's reconciled themselves to the important con cession, from the belief that British skill, industry and energy, would, in the end, safely triumph over the competition which the foreigner might be enabled to enter into with the home producer. It was this conviction that happily conduced to swell the late Minister's majorities upon his great measure of the past session. Sir. R. PEEL derived further advantages in the prosecution of his arduous task from the reputation he had justly acquired of being in every sense a practical statesman, which, joined to the fact that the Minister's own personal interests were almost entirely identified with the land, had the salutary effect of converting many an agri cultural alarmiit to the reasonableness and necessity of abandoning the protective system. Moreover, Sir R. PEEL has proved himself to be the greatest financier of his age, and whilst advocating different large schemes relating to our trade and commerce, he invariably combated the desponding views of his opponents, by expressing his firm reliance upon the intelligence, zeal, and unrivalled spirit of enterprise, for which our country is famed throughout the globe, as affording the safest guarantees against the fulfilment of the timid apprehensions which induced resistance to his policy of commercial renovation Whenever the ex-Minister, from the foregoing con sideration, and over and above the intrinsic merits and special arguments he had to develop, predicted success to any particular project, the prediction never failed. His anticipations in favour of the unrelaxing vigour of the British capitalist, through whatever channel he may design his wealth to flow, have ever been jus tified ; and there can be no doubt that when Sir R. PEEL, during the stormy debates on the last Corn Bill, confidently dilated upon the renowned skill and boundless enterprise of his countrymen, he did much to conciliate support, and to remove the gloomy forebodings of the protectionists. Short as is the time that has elapsed, what do we perceive ? Is there any sympton of downheartedness ? Are there any misgivings as to the political foresight of Sir R. PEEL? On the contrary, do we not know that the farmers, generally, are quite contented and buoyant with hope ? Their hope rests not upon the present prices of corn, which :are unquestionably to some degree sustained by reason of the potato failure, but is mainly derived from a due appreciation of their own feelings of self-reliance :and spirit of thorough independence. Already have many of the great proprietors of the soil come forward to encourage this unwavering spirit of their principal farmers and tenants. A cheerful co-operation has ]been promised to them by Earl TALBOT and others. Long leases and other healthy stimulants, towards augmenting the productiveness of the lands, will be granted to such as are able and willimg to accept of them. fn the place of political gatherings for idle remon strance, we have seen agricultural societies uniting their minds and hearts for the purpose of assisting the faxaner in his tillage of the earth, w ith all the aids wb ich the lights of science can, or may - hereafter, fur nish. A large portion of the literary efforts of the country is being advantageously bestows id in further. lance of the same national duty. The Edinburgh Review has shown itself, and with consider.tble ability, to be actuated with the like ennobling i utent. In art article, recently furnished, it has convincingly shown how much has been hitherto wrought in the cultivation of British soils ; how surrcrisingly much is being successfully undertaken to increase their cereal products, and with what reasonable cheerfulness we may, i y Stash exertions and novel st:ppliances, free our markets from any feu whatever A good feeling towards England is, we are glad to see, manifested by all the journals of all parties, save and except the Presse, w hi c h i s ent i re l y un d er Rus sian and dynastic influence. The tone taken up by the Presse would almost induce a belief that, how- ever ignorant the French Ministry might hiire been of the intention to annex Cracow, the French Court was tolerably well informed on the subject. There is also an evident desire, on the part of the Presse, to excuse, and even to justify the conduct of Russia throughout the whole of these transactions, and to excite to the utmost public feeling against Austria. The Bey of Turas visited Versailles on Sunday, on which occasion the grand waters played, and great was the delight and astonishment of the BEY at the LONDON STOCK EXCHAN(E,DItcammt 1. Rhenish, s—East Indian, %—Jama;4l South Midland Junc tion,Boulogne and Amiens, 13%—I er re rara , 41/2 —Dutch 1 1A —Luxembourg, %—Orleans aid Bordeaux, 7 3 4 Paris and Lyons Constituted, s—Roien and Havre, 251 A• THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY AORNING, DECEMBER 3, ISM may take take his place in the advancing literature of Germany—that literature whose exertions to emu' late the elder literature of England have been so superbly described by Madame de Stael. May..he fulfil the anticipations whic h his recent productions have germinated. " Difficulties of a Theory of Ilas band C a tehinz" is an agreeable p i e ce of banter which poor Laman Blanchard would have thoroughly ar preciated. Of the poetical fragments scattered through the pages of the magazine, t h e moat ineritot• rious are the lines upon " ,'he L o st Eagle." Vl° description of the flight of the king-bird through tempest over the ocean is a bold attempt, but on whole a successful one. Some of the episodes (as they may be termed) of the flight are cleverly introduced, as that lA' the " red-rushing" lightning which seated the eagle, until he " Fell, struggling, downward to the boiling sea." " Celtic Tenures and Ili hl d eldestgs" is $ g an i • judicious paper just now, when th tution eire the ,the perienced in those parts of Scotland is attracting 0 much and, we will hope, such beneficial observatio% A copious and candid review of " Lord Nelson., Letters and Dispatches is given"—such a review 015. creditable to Tait. We are amazed to findeu'l having the temerity to contribute even half a dos tol. verse to ie s upon the " Farewell of Mary Scotland," after the exquisite and unsurpaso when" t " Lament" of Robert Burns —that beautiful laine_rie; one stanza of which haunts our memory i• the name of that unfortunat e but erring Queen uttered : " Now blooms the lily by the bank, The primrose down the brae; The hawthorn 's budding in the glen, And milk-white is the slae: The meanest hind in fair Scotland May rove their swe ets atnang; But T, the Queen of a Scotland, Maun lie in prison strung . , A" O. From the "Letters from the We st of Engle,?%.,•eal. conception may be formed of th e position or I l b a ji t ical ture in that direction, and of the state 0f,P,00g... opinion g in those provinces. " The Law of; L r i l re f niture ' is the heading of a rather superi%oestioa• upon that very difficult and complica te ' ' wili cli Not but what we are satisfied of the decisioose w ho should be arrived at in its regard, but to thos e thos e wbe have never weighed its merits, or again t° to ry P re. sufficient. Under the division of regard it through an atmosphere of heredltterly ill:, intile, we conceive this article would be 'l,O-ister. which reoeives a succinct and are accumulated i is o p u in n i u o s n uil N ly extEle various recent prlbliCatiOnli dicious notice. In the • ' ge L ne i r te a rzl ar : ibtieer l :ra o i ; olitical article for Deo , f is sur gestive of manifold reflections—" Paries--writert Election." discursivet ion ; . the" "the next Cabinet is necessarily to be artiercornP7/tas• members of one or both of these P„ little doubt, sellites and Peelites), there can be . fob of its being what has been called uilirbsteverf ~hlefa;cl, ays, a 'broad-bottom administration. the (earl ° , insgaysitstellefablolf may be the conjectures, or the hopes , °C o i, c tionj h a individuals as to the result ' of the Next - I '''' it, Am cannot for a moment tremble for its reetionet tbe spirit of enlightenment has penetrated lo a ded 1 multitude—the people can be no longer , o re 1 1 °4 specious aphorisms—the hind and the ditc' e w heo t" 8 more capable of detecting a sophism than (too th e political quacks last vended their pan ace • as o P s : l i e d hustings. The current of public auctions wo strong in the right direction; any obstrnfto• only render that current j!livs,l!....theru Via. -big DOLMAN'S MAGA r co, • , A .„, a d r i ka ' Under the new editor the Rev. Pw.ifirtio tr" d u o intelligent publication ;ill have to ill' t i l ed, " ° " v i t e tinguished position it has ahead,' 111 ' . 1 n adci r ; rat advance still further. From the editoria lie astr. c hs t perceive that the periodical is intended t ° rv ely , w f r i. and essentially a Catholic • ' '.---116. t°ll 't magazine m obil . 4• it has striven' to be all tt - ara c- • etti ins fa • all along. 1 „ ice d ~ 1 volons • • or disedifying will ever be a" ° for l' s 0' That issaying - much, but we shag I°Froce,. hut, filment. "Literature c of Yought,t causti to. er • J ningham has here given a sorne w , rited c/I :t ' 11 ! we believe from our hearts a riehi.lC•rmenista• o f tion to the morbid and im,moral Jel•-Riota oi ';,4 Last Days of the Penal I we' and the t a ser ies and 1780," is the ,a, L tit l e (a . /0 1107 very leng't" don 15 e tho' commenced by the edit The no_ Writer r but not new. It isor'unfortunate for the s ag e ; l' eate d t he he sio Charles Dickens should have de in terg t tir the s rae '' ame scenes, the same leading cha f j o subl e .," villainies, and the same execrable ant s fby 1 1° "„ ° ar nation n in his masterly story of "Bar..ca the, 40i oz, moreover, in that fiction, descrw e biti ole, - i ., Kress of the riots with a scrupulous eiaT o wl P a l with generous impartiality. Big vivid , t .fo s t° ;4o 9 turesque descriptions will be anything un' t . ai otic - • subsequent ,sa historians of the Gordon ~4 1 10 ' vanarola" is a clever b' h' l por •i -lograp ica de w, 4 very remarkable man M ho OP r. Keegan, w , , >c oa„ re era call himself " the . • his sparkling e man in the green eloast 4 1 u&cfo - and lively " Gleanings frOtt!`•4e6Pth le. ' " The Old Village Church, and P e . . 0 r t . of Catholicism," will be acceptable paPe' r t cal readers of the magazine, which is l "detb e- i e te ' lent in promise. If the new editor a to p 10 ,11 only ' predecessor, he will do well. a parlour, which was never opened, Mrs. Pipchin kept a collection of plants in pots, which imparted an earthy flavour of their own to the establishment. However choice examples of their kind, too, these plants were of a kind peculiarly adapted to the emlowerment of Mrs. Pipchin. There were half•a-dozen specimens of the cactus, writhing round bits of lath, like hairy serpents ; another specimen shooting out broad claws, like a green lobster ; several creeping vegetables, possessed of sticky and adhesive leaves ; and one uncomfortable flower-pot hanging to the ceiling, which appeared to have boiled over, and tickling people underneath with its long green ends, reminded them of spiders—in which Mrs. Pip chin's dwelling was uncommonly prolific, though per haps it challenged competition still more proudly, in the season, in point of earwigs." The other pupils are two : one Master Bitherstone, who from having been often shut up in solitary rooms, is regarded by Paul as " a boy of mysterious and terrible experiences ;" and Miss Pankey " a mild little blue-eyed morsel of a child, who was sham poo'd every morning, and seemed in danger of being rubbed away altogether.," and who is instructed by the ogress herself " that nobody who sniffed before visitors ever went to Heaven." In the subsequent chapter " the wooden midshipman gets into trouble," and in the one after Captain Cuttle and Major Bag stock " come out" in splendid feather. Joey B.— Josh.—J. B.—Joe—Joseph—is a superb droll. Smollett's Captain Weazel is nothing to him. MAGAZINES (CONTINUED,) BENTLEYS MISCELLANY. The present number of Bentley opens with the second chapter of Cooper's novel of " Captain Spike." In the last number we left Spike's clipper, the Molly Swash, on the " Pot Rock." She, however, has merely touched the rock with her fore-foot, and im mediately gets off. Spike, however, does not like the look of the boat which has been dogging him, and would fain get clear of the revenue steam cruizer, which is moored lower down the estuary. There is some fun produced by the fears of Mrs. Budd, the widow of the sea captain, whose mistakes as to nautical technicalities are most ludicrous ; but Mrs. Budd's mistakes do not divert the attention of Budd or his crew from the working of the ship. Jack Tier, a former shipmate, is taken on board, albeit under suspicious circumstances, and then Spike's , !• e e .2 t , endeavour is to outmanoeuvre the revenue """ "' 41 - 1 = he transfers the brig into a schooner, or, as Mrs. Intim pnrases it, " dresses his ship." By this manoeuvre he gains time. However, at length the steamer gives chase; but she has to get her steam up which gives Spike an ad vantage, of which he is not slow to avail himself, for, aided by the darkness of the night, he puts into a deep bay while the steamer goes past the entrance, and thus for the time he escapes. The description of the chase is most graphic and exciting, such a de scription as none but Cooper could write. The reader feels himself on board the " Molly Swash" while reading it—a particeps criminis with Captain Spike, and it is quite a relief to find the Molly Swash safe in the bay, with the steamer sailing past the entrance on a wild goose chase. " Spring Tide," which follows this chapter, is a pleasant Waltonian prolusion, with an illustration by Leech, showing how the lovers of the angle are sometimes tormented, even as they them selves torment the fish, by insects. Then we have " Long Jim, or the Tipperary Process-server, by a Cove of Cork." The " cove "of Cork can, if we mis take not, give us as insight into the causes of the so-called "lawlessness" of the Irish peasantry. "Long Jim" is a most suggestive paper. The story is soon told. Long Jim mounts on the Clonmel mail-car to go into the rural districts. The car is attacked, not as the driver and passengers imagine, to rob the mail, but to punish Long Jim, the process server (and to use the words of one of the peasants), " to give him a taste of what's in store for him, if he don't lave off," and Long Jim is only saved from being murdered by the arrival of a travelling chariot and four, with outriders, &c., which chariot contains " his Lordship," who takes Jim under his protection. But according to the showing of the peasantry, who show the utmost courtesy towards the other passen gers by the car, the crime of Jim is not so much pro cess serving per .se as apostacy. True he " takes little shlips o' paper about the country, ruining poor people," but as the leader of his assail. ants observes, " An' what harm, only the blackguard is one of ourselves, an' a dacent father and mother's child, that's ashamed of him so they are, instead of taking to honest work to earn his bread, the nasty baste for the sake of the thrifie he gets by it, becomes a bailiff bad luck to him, and goes about sarvin his own flesh and blood, I may say wood notices to pay tithes." Here is the grand secret of the number of process-servers in Ireland, they are apostates who serve processes upon their own flesh and blood. If as in England the bailiff trade was delivered up to the very lowest and most degraded of the Jews, as their own especial monopoly—a monopoly to interfere with which would be consiiered by decent Christians as an dl.B t atm process-service in Ireland, would as in England be unattended with danger, because pro cess-servers would by common consent be regarded as the pariahs of Society. Miss Costello's Summer Sketches in Switzerland, are scarcely worthy of her, but en revanche, we have "the Cranks of Christmas tide," which is a glorious prolusion. Then comes graceful sonnet from Petrarch, translated by Lady Nugent. " I go lamenting o'er my days past by, Those days consumed in love of mortal thing, Without attempt to mount, I having wing Perchance to soar and give example high. Thou, who dost see my deep iniquity, Invisible, immortal, heavenly King, Aid the frail soul in her wide wandering, In what defective from they grace supply ; So I, with strife and storm wont to contend, May thus in peace and haven die. I see How vain the past, yet blameless be the end ; O'er that short span of life now left for me, And at its close, thy saving hand extend— Thou know'st I have no hope in aught but Thee." The " Gipsy's Baptism," by- Thomasina Ross, is a romantic legend, anent the loves of father and mother of Lope de Vega, and then comes a pleasant article on old Jest Books by Halliwell. The "Adventures of Brian O'Linn" are continued, as are the interesting revelations of the "Flaneur in Paris." A quaint and mirthful "Narrative of an Expedition to the end of Birkenhead," by Albert Smith, concludes this num ber, which contains two plates by Leech, the one illustrating the Gipsy's Baptism, the other illustrating Brian O'Linn, and a portrait f Sir Thomas Over bury, from an extra rare engraving illustrating an ad mirable criticism by Dr.\% . C. Taylor, of Mr. Amos's recently published work, "The Great Oyer ofPoison ing." 64' te , SPIAIONDS'S COLONIAL MAO 1 55 : - A letter respecting the es tablishrnen t ‘ i s i tfr.„,2 -3 1 matic steam communication between the the rbs and the United States is inserted in tstatit number of the Colonial. It is rearsti" t re t r , itg soundness of its reasoning, and we enru ee p i ii,r e i e pt , may obtain a very general attention. , — st, lc length we should transcribe a legend. °I gn lee :of i entitled " The Friar," seeing that it 5 , 5 . ° flo"„ o r told. The re-publication of Charie; s ," j 5 r o e , " Rides, Rambles, and Sketches in Tet l yine g e sued, and this contribution, with the Os' rally, evince considerable ability. THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE REVIEW. We can very readily conjecture the authorship of the "Notes of an Irish Tour by an English M.P." The love of Young England is strong in the bosom of its leader, and he knows well how to sustain its avowed organ by his patronage. The pervading tone of the publication is benevolence to the poor ; whether this be merely an affectation of benevolence or a sincerity we will not decide—we will believe with out further testimony than the articles themselves, that it is:heart-born. In the " Notes" just mentioned this characteristic is conspicuous, even from the quo tation from the " Spirit of the Nation :" "Leisure to live, leisure to love, leisure to taste our free dom, Oh, suffering poor, oh, patient poor, how bitterly you need them ! Ever to toil, ever to moil, that is your social charter, And City slave, or rustic serf, the toiler is its martyr." The same species of philanthropy is visible in the contributions on "The Ragged and their Reforma tion," and on "The love of the People." There is, moreover, in the December number a very readable and intelligent continuation of an article we noticed last month in Blackwood's Magazine. The present continuation is entitled " A Plea for the Press." The writer fully enters into a considera tion of the toils, and dangers, and difficulties, incident to the conduct of a free press, whether intermittent or periodical, quarterly, monthly, weekly, or daily. He congratulates his fellow countrymen so earnestly on the glory and advantages of the English press, that he terminates his remarks by parodying that line of Thompson : delightful on, S'P------O/IT/NG MAGA t he 0/ the The seventh ß of Herring's series ell iic e NEW of.Pre: ,411epigb. Mettled Racer is the frontispiece, to ci , ji hoan cls bil engraved. sketched Six of her Majesty's s tag , e bring o o , " Leath ' Adventures of a winter etd by the edit,: rlung's the • cation ~ peiste.r,,, companion plate. sS rj e a 0010! , with anfla • Leg," 15 ,i The To' -'-' a OP' for 1846 unflagging merriment. e pi. nd grans . te , is evident singularly copious 3 rti3g In the care. In all ects ►s pot dye• - other resp : ' odds, gence, magazineaquatics, is complete. or THE PEOPLES .10110Atotift;ls 30 tI Four excellent ply of letter-press f r om the MSS. of 'fla Or s • boy ° c 01 writers, compose the eleventh, as they able po . eio Lion. eceding numbers of this adoilr gartlnve Jose ph Mary m and William Howitt, gisstbe c°l'trlthe _razzini, and various others, ar e f i i c ke, o re ore tors. U eswick, Rathel Hunt, a nd N logs 0 gral' tbe artists from ' whose productions the en- 005 , o te j copied. Some of the papers are WI °. t . o lll* 0 0 0 plaintive, with h' others meditative, but all6 igh and benevolent spirit. 0a go' ,i 0c _, OP' a 5 HER MAJESTY'S CONCERT R 00.3,,. , 'lvo - or aT. 11. Severn give a grand evening coner' s ii ferSll,'' o i l t these rooms, when will be perf" rrne f the " e tai tie time,which amseirseanaßtair,cehn,tittleiclas "cTahbeitSt,piarnitd° ot her e , of artistes. take part. „...... , q ep A , rs• vide . , A NEW INFERNAL MAcifiNV.--''''on !wig h.rstays a re S AO W . em, in this county, was h i eing .. a se .- .n p.- ( day morning last, the lace broke, whc, l: _ i ;bolt 'OO e,,,'; was experienced by the lady, bruising her ber• 0 1 e' as though gunpowder had exploded n ear fr e ,.ga e ainination, it was found that the lace wa s erst itio' ve ld e ,' m o a t t h e e ri l a a l d n y ow so much the subject of ee n lie a° Sich •- cotton," and had been sent by sorntfrienT 0 for ':, e , question, o 21 Mac lIINE in patent had been obtained.—Shropshire C°l.7.lsi,octi. te e r e NG TO '..1 e' f lo f RAILWAY TRAINS.—Mr. M. Ricardo o de it .! as Ir a: W invent:a° jusert,opit to o f railway trains. late meeting of the British Associatioe ° he v elee very beautiful machine for registering t• b th e o ch would The obje c t e s bY e this means they way companies with a record of the w o r k don e i 01 been 0 • train, and the manner in which it hes A i s ess e rt hela eriableut ~s e 0: looe s ea accident, an d cam o , to assign correctly thenature a o we 1 cident; so as to prevent itsreeurrence.There_d w hen Poll up under the seat of a railway carriage, and of wh e ys 0 1 often nd it is doge there it marks on a strip of paper the aP e d t he lef i b igiice t the time of its passing every half mile and A Pie e tis s tir t every stoppage at a station. It is in she _ sn ot cs ti inspector of trains. He described the a r l' i li e ; for re stated that it had gone some thousand bloc er mac PP i a • ecident. He also showed the work of a diseuss,Aapt.g gisterinm the resistance f • Setae r ow" 05' ~ o trains. by the Pbe 0 sued, and several questions were put e a to o the nature of the machine, which aPPefir 10 t actorily answered by the inventor. GovSteitletjt, SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT T" r ioll 9 .•,,. 10 - WORKS AT MOBICE TOWN.--A very semorni*f life' occurred at these works on NirednesdaY.o lo ss 0 _ iv .' though fortunately it has not resulted ir.," g th s e on e et in consequence of the falling of a pOr . _W. 9 o f s , u:it lif chinery employed in lifting the large hi'm•.,esrs Weiler, the docks • in course of construction. It Or Of cl, 1 a th e ,rotl e y the negligence of the men employeu co the r the; which is elevated a considerable height !:. 0 thee l :iisvai despite of a caution which had been g" - o f the IT t beY allowed it to traverse to a weak portion,. of w hicP orbo ie which had been shored up, in consecrien.ith the „f the were precipitated to the ground, togethe4,Z, o nes:. li d of the machinery they were working. 113_7,9,1,0,.!.rea, injured men are the foreman Pearce, BargcfooollllPood Harris, and a few others who were not g d • ai, o o Pearce had his arms fractured, and reee iy % re o bed . s y te ol laying open the elbow joint. .13erg_slii,talie, I ti fi t the taken to the South Devon Hospital 111 _ 4 001 is of the Royal Naval Hospital, received An :10101130 for to To(It' l aO 9 . elbow joint, which was so severe as ,_ e ou are amputation. Pascoe, who lived a fibstoLcoired e s as some time thought dead), had his: 7700.ig, ivn::(o,c. ceived a concussion of the brain ; ro? a ,_.l bis 041, ~,,,.! removed to the Royal Naval Hospital, eo_o_blishate,iiin 001 tured. Dr. Row, the surgeon of the s at tetiti e n re immediately in attendance, and gave ev ery nat- t s oipg unfor,.. : 4 skill which the condition of the the y sr() F , quired, and we are happy to find that dent. on favourably,— Pule Pen " Ye gen'rous Briton; venerate the press !" The Review is, as usual, very miscellaneous and equally meritorious. TAIT. The indefatigable Mrs. Gore brings her story of "Tempation and Atonement " to a termination in the present number. In its chapters the authoress has forsaken the conventionalities of the drawing room and boudoir for the cottage and the homestead ; she has abandoned the society of the metropolis for the society of the provinces ; and delineated the cha racters of our domestic Englishmen and English women instead of either peers or parvenus. Her readers will be grateful for the change, even though it be evanescent. The merits of a young German poet, who has made his appearance in literature within the last year, are discussed with much impartiality. In discriminating the beauties and blemishes of this bard—whose name is Franz Dingelstedt—the re viewer has evinced great "painstaking," and has shown a capacity of entering into the peculiar nation ality of the noble but misgoverned Germany. Din gelstedt, who is one of the party entitled Young Germany, and an enthusiastic follower of the cele brated Ludwig Uhland, has an intense love for na ture, a ready perception of everything that is noble and gentle, a fierce thirst for the moral and political regeneration of fatherland, a singular delicacy of thought, and an exhaustless power of expression. In this he has most of the requisites of a great poet, and providing he abates somewhat of his pruriency and sentimentality, arid mysticism, may ultimately achieve for himself a right to that glorious title. He may, with assiduous self-culture, become num bered amongst the increasing band of geniuses by which his language has been adorned; he COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Dtebeis of Kent, attended by Baroness de Speth, left Casiiotury Park, Herta, the residence of her Majesty the queen Dowager, at half past ten o'clock on Tuesday norning, for Frogmore House, Windsor. The Duke of Cambridge viited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Tuesday, at Gloucester House. A deputation, including lltssrs. Charles Cochrane, Henry Painter, A. W. Hoggirs, and John Bilis, had an interview with Sir George Grfy yesterday, at the Home office. Mr. Robert Rettie, C. E., 'lad an interview with the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibsot yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade, and sunnitted bis new signals. The Attorney-General had an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman on Tuesday. The Ecclesiastical Commisioners for England had a general meeting yesterday, at the office in Whitehall place. Colonel Anson and Sir Join Burgoyne had an inter view with the Chancellor of tie Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Dowling -street. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governorsof Canada, and of the other North American Provinces, Dispatches were also re ceived yesterday from the Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, and West and South Australia. Lord James Stewart had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday. The Rey. H. H. Beamish had also an interview with the Right Hon. Baronet yesterday. The Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay arrived in town on Tuesday night. The Judicial Committee of the privy Council sat yes . Chamber. Whitehall. The Lords present were the Master of the Rolls, Loru Lord Campbell, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Corn wall, and the Judge of the Admiralty Court. The Attorney-General, Dr. Adams, and the Queen's Advocate were heard on an appeal from the Prerogative Court " Fowlis v. Davidson.' Mr. Charles Buller and Mr. Jackson were heard on an appeal from Bengal, " Mummi Ram Awasty v. Sheo Churn Awasty." The case was adjourned. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LEAMINGTON STEEPLE CHASES. WARWICK, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.—On account of the state of the ground from the frost, the steeple chases are postponed till Tuesday, the 15th of December. MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY. Not one bet made on any event. NEWMARKET CHAMPION COURSING MEET- ING. NEWMIRHET,WEDNESDAY EVENING.—In COnSequenc( Of the continued unfit state of tho heath, accompanied by fog, it was determined at noon to adjourn until to morrow. EXTRAORDINARY BLUNDER IN TEE CAMBRIDGE REGISTER.—The Register of Electors of this borough for the next year was published yesterday, and we un derstand that a most serious blunder has been made by the omission from the Register of the names of no less than 49 persons who made their claims to be placed thereon at the last registration, and whose claims were allowed by the revising barrister. The number we have mentioned is composed of 27 Liberals and 22 Tories. We are unable at present to ts3ertain who is in fault in the matter ; but whether it Le the revising barrister or any other person, most serious responsibility rests some where for this wholesale disfranchisement, and the mat ter demands (what we doubt not it will obtain) the most rigid investigation. If the law provides any means of obtaining compensation in such a case we think that those parties who took the trouble to make their claims aad neglected their business for the purpose of attending the Revising Barrister's Court to support them, and whose exertions are now utterly fruitless, will be per fectly justified in taking proceedings against the cul pable party, be ho whom he may.—Cambridge Adver tiser. A 14141XY SHIFT.—Some days ago a grocer in the High-street received an old half-sized herring-barrel from the Highlands, whose weight told him that it was not empty, but how to guess as to its contents was a puzzle that baffled his ingenuity to the uttermost. At length, however, he solved the mystery by simply open ing one of the ends, when, to his astonishment, he found it stored with honeycombs, beautifully arranged accord ing to the nicest rules of bee architecture. On consult ing an invoice that was afterwards handed in, he then learned that his Strathtay customer had had a thriving summer bee trade—so much so, indeed, that the number of swarms went beyond his usual quantity of skeps, and , compelled him, as a last resource, to scrub the barr e l question and convert it to the purposes of an aputry. The bait took, a noble or its uucuutti appearance, entered into immediate possession, and throve so well, that before bud and flower had left the hill side and " lea rig," the colony was " put down" in the usual barbarous way, when it was found that the barrel had increased in nett weight 841bs. From such a favourable result, we suppose that next season old herring barrels will not be at such a heavy discount in the Highlands as heretofore.—Perth Ad•ertiser. CASE OF THE REV. DR. COTTLE.—MOSt Of OUT Somerset readers are probably aware that for some weeks past a rumour has been in ci rcu l a ti on o f a n at u r e extremely prejudicial to the character of the reve rend gentleman above-named. In consequence of its existence, application was made by him to the bishop of this diocese that a commission might be issued, to inquire into the grounds of the charges alleged against him. A commission w a s , th ere f ore , issued, and the inquiry commenced in the grand jury room, Taunton, on Monday. The commissioners were the Venerable Archdeaconßpryormera. Rev. , n chairm J. La an Rev. ; nce. ari Thomas, Rev. F. B. Portman, Lethbridge, Esq. M r . P r id eaux appeare d fPo.rdW A. Mr. Davies, a o vies, the nominal promoter in the case— attorney, Mr. W. Pinchard ; and Mr. Sergeant King lake and Mr. Stone for the defence—attorneys, Messrs. Reeves. Dr. Cottle was present in his gown during the whole of the proceedings. The Court being declared to be a private one, we are unable to give parti culars of the case. But we believe w© are justified in stating that the witnesses for the promoters of the in quiry clearly proved that the Rev. Dr. Cottle could not have been guilty of the charge preferred against him. Most of the witnesses supporting th e case were o f the most abandoned and infamous character, and their evidence was one mass of contradictions. At the con elusion of the case for the promoters, Mr. Sergeant Kinglake made a powerful speech, of three hours' dura tion, and stated that it was not his intention to call any of the witnesses for Dr. Cottle (there were upwar d s o f twenty waiting to be examined). Th e comm i ss i oners then withdrew, and , after deliberating for a few minutes, returned into court, which was . opened to the public, and declared that they were of opinion th a t th ere was not sufficient evidence to justify them in re p ort i ng to t h e Bishop that there were prima facie grounds for further proceedings. The rev. doctor then retired, with a cha racter unblemished by these proceedings, amid the con gratulations of his friends.—Somerset County Gazette. A SINGULAR FACT. —A clergyman in Lincoln shire, in the course of his sermon one S un d ay afternoon, took occasion to explain a text of Scripture which bore upon the subject ; and after g i v i ng hi s interpreta tion of its meaning, he said he wished, however, to state to his hearers that commentators did not agree with him, but nevertheless he was confident he was right. The next morning, w hil st at b reakfast, with his wife and family, he was somewhat sun. prised to see from his window a worthy sma ll f armer in hits parish coming up the walk in front of his house with a large sack on his back; and going to the door to inquire the. cause of this early and singular call, the good farmer accosted him in the following terms:—" Why, Sir, you said in your sermon yesterday, that common tater* did'nt agree with you, and so I have brought you some fine kidiney taters, which I think will suit your honour and agree with you too."—Lincoln Paper. PERTH. --.MELANCHOLY RAILWAY ACCIDENT. About six o'clock on Tuesday morning, John M'Hane, railway labourer, met with his death in' a fearful in enter, at No. 3 shaft of the tunnel on Moncreiffe hill. The night miners, before leaving, fired off a ni imber of charges, which caused a great volume of smoke to ascen d, and the morning being dark, the mouth of the shaft was not so easily dis tii aguished. Deceased, when approaching the open part, fo r the purpose of descending to his work, missed the pl atform and fell to the bottom, a depth of two hundred e et. When brought to the top, his Mangled body pre sented a shocking spectacle ; it was found necessary, Armagh, e s a t n l d before removing it, t o h ave it properly rolled in linen el oth. The decea se d was a native of Ireland, county writesCwoa was DI earßsfeLcfAot l ls y lTo s w o is b g e : _o r N‘ — M. R. s at the time the acci &nit happened.—Perth C o n.;tilutional. HOT Are° rrteepsphoenndseonnt, t i' li s eeminent AND engineer, has been making a series of ex periments upon the relative strength of hot and cold blast iron, the result of which will be a complete revolu tion in the iron trade. Hitherto cold blast iron has brought a higher price, and has been considered in every respect superior to hot blast. Previous, however, to the construction of the high level bridge at Newcastle-upon- Tyne, intended to connect the York and Newcastle with the Newcastle and Berwick Railway, Mr. Stephenson caused more than 100 experiments to be made with the various sorts of pig-iron, the result of which has been to prove that hot blast is superior to cold, in the proportion of 9to 7 ; and moreover, that pig-iron No. 3is better than No. 1, which, up to this time, has sold much higher in the market.—Mining Journal of Saturday.—[We have been informed of an experiment of the same nature, which was performed at the Monkland Iron Works last week. A railway bar of malleable iron, of 751 b. per yard, made at these works, where hot blast is employed, was subjected to the following severe test :—The bar was placed betwixt two points, four feet apart, and an iron ball, upwards of 30 cwt. was dropped upon it from a height of 30 feet, which only had the effect of bending the bar. This test is considerably more trying than iron of that size is usually submitted to, and proves the a uperiority of the malleable iron made with hot-blast.-- S "cottish Guardian.] SCARCITY OF EGGS.—For the last two days there ha s been a remarkable dearth of eggs, which were not to be obtained at any price in many parts of town, whilst they were generally sold at very advanced prices. LITERATURE. DOMBEY and SON. No. 111. By Charles Dickens. Son is developed in the eighth chapter to five years old. Under the tutelage of one Mrs. Wickam and the watchful eyes of Time—" so far," says the facetious historian," another major"—little Paul is at that time dreadful tardy in a physical and constitutional sense, and dreadfully precocious in an intellectual one. "He looked (and talked)," says the author, " like one of those terrible little beings in the fairy tales who, at a hundred and fifty or two hundred years of age, fan tastically represent the children for whom they have been substituted." Mr. Dickens has, however, so beautifully delineated the character of a child in this same Paul Dombey, that we will transcribe an entire scene from his pages : " They were the strangest pair at such a time that ever firelight shone upon. Mr. Dombey so erect and solemn, gazing at the blaze; his little image, with an old, old. face, peering into the red perspective with the fixed and rapt attention of a sage. Mr. Dombey entertaining complicated worldly schemes and plans•, the little image entertaining Heaven knows what wild fancies, half formed thoughts, and wandering speculations. Mr. Dombey stiff with starch and arrogance; the little image by inheritance, and in unconscious imitation. The two so very much alike, and yet so monstrously contrasted. " On one of these occasions, when they had both been perfectly quiet for a long time, and Mr. Dombey only knew that the child was awake by occasionally glancing at his eye, where the bright fire was sparkling like a jewel, little Paul broke silence thus: " ' Papa! what's money?' " The abrupt question had such immediate reference to the subject of Mr. Dombey's thoughts, that Mr. Dombey was quite disconcerted. " ' What is money, Paul?' he answered. Money?' " ' Yes,' said the child, laying his hands upon the elbows of his little chair, and turning the old face up towards Mr. Dombey's, what is money?' " Mr. Dombey was in a difficulty. He would have liked to give him some explanation involving the terms circulating-medium, currency, depreciation of currency, paper, bullion, rates of exchange, value of precious metals in the market, and so forth; but looking down at the little chair, and seeing what a long way down it was, he answered, Gold, and silver, and copper. Guineas, shillings, halfpence. You know what they are?' " Oh yes, I know what they are,' said Paul. I don't mean that, Papa. I mean, what's money after all.' " Heaven and Earth, how old his face was as he turned it up again LUVVULum atswasv. a. "' What is money after all!' said Mr. Dombey back ing his chair a little, that he might the better gaze in sheer amazement at the presumptuous atom that pro pounded such an inquiry. " mean, Papa, what can it do?' returned Paul, folding his arms (they were hardly long enough to fold), and look ing at the fire, and up at him, and at the fire, and up at him again. " Mr. Dombey drew his chair back to its former place, and patted him on the head. You'll know better bye and. bye, my man,' he said. Money, Paul, can do any thing.: He took hold of the little hand, and beat it softly against one of his own as he said so. " But Paul got his hand free as soon as he could; and rubbing it gently to and fro on the elbow of his chair, as if his wit were in the palm, and he were sharpening it— and looking at the fire again, as though the fire had been his adviser and prompter—repeated, after a short pause: " Anything, Papa?' " Yes. Anything—almost,' said Mr. Dombey. " Anything means everything, don't it, Papa?' asked his son: not observing, or possibly not understanding, the qualification. "' It includes it: yes,' said Mr. Dombey. " ' Why didn't money save me my mamma?' returned the child. It isn't cruel, is it?' " Cruel !' said Mr. Dombey, settling his neckcloth, and seeming to resent the idea. No. A good thing can't be cruel.' " If it's a good thing, and can do anything,' said e little fellow thoughtfully, as he looked back at the fire, I wonder why it didn't save me my mamma.' "He didn't ask the question of his father this time. Perhaps he had seen, with a child's quickness, that it had already made his father uncomfortable. But he re peated the thought aloud, as if it were quite an old one to him, and had troubled hire very much ; and sat with his chin resting on his hand, still cogitating and looking fur an explanation in the fire. " Mr. Dombey having recovered from his surprise, not to say his alarm (for it was the very first occasion on which the child had ever broached the subject of his mother to him, though he had had him sitting by his side, in this same manner, evening after evening), ex pounded to him how that money, though a very potent spirit, never to be disparaged on any account whatever, could not keep people alive whose time was come to die; and how that we must all die, unfortunately, even in the city, though we were never so rich. But how that money caused us to be honoured, feared, respected, courted, and admired, and made us powerful and glorious in the eyes of all men • and how that it could, very often, even keep off death, for a long time together. How, for example, it had secured to his mamma the services of Mr. Pilkins, by which he, Paul, had often profited himself ; likewise of the great Doctor Parker Peps, whom he had never known. And how it could do all, that could be done. This, with more to the same purpose, Mr. Dombey in stilled into the mind of his son, who listened attentively, and seemed to understand the greater part of what was said to " It esin't make me strong and quite well, either, Papa; L can it?' asked Paul, after a short silence ; rubbing his ' tiny hands. " Why, you are strong and quite well,' returned Mr. ' Dombey. Are you not ?' "' Oh ! the age of the face that was turned up again, with an expression, half of melancholy, half of slyness, on it! " You are as strong and well as such little people usually are ? Eh ?" said Mr. Dombey. " Florence is older than I am, but I'm not as strong and well as Florence, I know,' returned the child ; ' and I believe that when Florence was as little as me, she could play a great deal longer at a time without tiring herself. lam so tired sometimes,' said little Paul, warm ing his hands, and looking in between the bars of the grate, as if some ghostly puppet-show were performing there, and my bones ache so (Wickam says it's my bones), that I don't know what to do.' " Aye! But that's at night,' said Mr. Dombey, drawing his own chair closer to his son's, and laying his hand gently on his back; ' little people should be tired at night, for then they sleep well.' " Oh, it's not at night, Papa,' returned the child, it's in the day; and I lie down in Florence's lap, and she sings to me. At night I dream about such cu-ri-ous things!' " And he went on, warming his hands again, and thinking about them, like an old man or a young goblin. Mr. Dombey was so astonished, and so uncomfort able, and so perfectly at a loss how to pursue the con versation, that he could only sit looking at his son by the light of the fire, with his hand resting on his back, as if it were detained there by some magnetic attraction. Once he advanced his other hand, and turned the con templative face towards his own for a moment. But it sought the fire again as soon as he released it; and re mained, addressed towards the flickering blaze, until the nurse appeared, to summon him to bed. "' want Florence to come for me, said Paul. " Won't you come with your poor Nurse Wickam, Master Paull' inquired that attendant, with great pathos. "' No, I won't,' replied Paul, composing himself in his arm-chair again, like the master of the house. " Invoking a blessing. upon his innocence, Mrs. Wickam withdrew, and presently Florence appeared in her stead. The child immediately started up with sudden readiness and animation, and raised towards his father in bidding him good night, a countenance so much brighter, so much younger, and so much more child-like altoge ther, that Mr. Dombey, while he felt greatly re-assured by the change, was quite amazed at it. After they had left the room together, he thought he heard a soft voice singing; and remembering that Paul had said his sister sung to him, he had the curiosity to open the door and listen, and look after them. • She was toiling up the greati.widei vacant staircase, with him in her arms; his head -was lying on her shoulder, one of his arms thrown negligently round her neck. So they went, toiling up; she singing all the way, and Paul sometimes crooning out a feeble accompaniment. Mr. Dombey looked after them until they reached the top of the staircase—not without halting to rest by the way— and passed out of his sight; and then he still stood gaz ing upward, until the dull rays of the moon, glimmering in a melancholy manner through the dim skylight, sent him back to his own room." The father is ultimately so alarmed on hearing that his Son is in danger of losing the use of what Miss Tox delicately describes as " his members" that he has him dispatched forthwith to Brighton, for the purpose of being dragged about the beach in a little carriage drawn by a weazen, old, cr a b-f ace d man, in a suit of battered oil-skin, who had g o t t ough and stringy from long pickling in salt water, and who smelt like a weedy sea beach when the tide is out." The dame, under whose protection Paul is placed at Brighton, is an ogress yclept Mrs. Pipchin ; and both herself and her house are such capital drawings from the life that we must transfer them to our columns. This celebrated Mrs. Pipchin was a marvellou s ill favoured, ill-conditioned old lady, of e. stooping figure, with a mottled face , like bad marble, a hook nose h ar d grey eye, that looked as if it might h ave been' andhama mere d at on an anvil without sustai n i ng any injury . Forty years at least had elapsed si nce the Peruvia-n. mines had been the death of Mr. Pipchin ; but his relict still wore black bombazeen, of such a lustreless, deep, dead, sombre shade, that gas itself could'nt light her up after dark, and her presence was a quencher to any number of candles. She was generally - spoke n o f as a great manager" of c hild ren ; and the secret of her management was, to give them every thing that th ey didn't like, and nothi ng t h at they did—which was found to sweeten their dispositions very much. She was su c h a bitter old lady, th at one was tempted of the Peru vian .to believ e th ere had been som e m i sta k e i n the application machi ner y, an d that all her waters of gladness and milk of human kindness had been pumped out dry, in stead of the mines. " The castle of this ogress and child-queller was in a steep bye -street at Brighton ; where the to il was more than usually c h a lky, flinty, and sterile, and the houses were more than usually brittle and thin ; where the small front-gardens had the unaccountable property of pro ducing nothing but marigolds, whatever was r s e o d w h n old in . them; and w h ere sna i ls were constantly discovi ing on to th e street d oors, and other nublic places they were not expect e d t o ornament, with the tenacity of cupping -g lasses. In the winter time the air could'nt be got out of the castle, and in the summer time it couldn't be got in. There was such a continual reverberation of wind in it, that it sounded like a great shell, which the inhabitents wer e o bli ge d t o h o ld to their ears' night and day, whether they liked it or no. It was not, naturally, a fresh-smelling-house ; and in the window of the front