The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-02 00:00:00

i .E C TL AR it '' 1 \ r'SOR) Si.NDA 1. Vr i , j') highness Prince. Albert took Lieu- I:, isinitgowalk, a . nd again walked in the afternoon. stsulo yal Highness Prince Albert, att_endei by cu. raoreinur, enjoyed the sport of shooVng yesterda2 lift Gloucester, at' t emed Lloyal Highness the Duchess of 1 r '1 her Lady in Wailing (Lady Caroline Murray) e t the Castle 'esierdaY The Lord eli) Ca stle ye,te i ancellor-ftho touk his departure from the ll _ _ 1 rt. ay. of 1L,1i!,-1)(1te of Norfulk remained to dinner a t the , ? je a: t t y le ti i ,trua, after th e Pi ivy Council h,ld by it M i i i i i Ce left the Ca stl ,. .yesterday morning. . en th e s,,rnaraing her alajesty and Prince Alber., walked Their ern Terrace and slopes. the p i ". 11)yal I.lti th uesses the Prince of Wales and tterniarin.cesa Royal took their usual exercise this fle r the w. 4 .iestY and his Royal Highness Prince Albe e r e t . , ree,tf"es arid gentlemen of the Court, and t he ' i t ~' household attended Divine service this mor ni n g Leslie oti'r' private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. C. t"aY officiated. Their of ---------- Duchess CanibeAßoyal nighneses the Duke and 1)1103•41Ze:and the Hereditary Grand Duke and , Gr e a e nd . de tke e ss of Nlecklenburg S , .relitz, returned to the i r r i s iltiellerbma.ratrleiheiwenoeistsSuaftAritsh,,fmryom honouri9g the lk!arqui ha' n''lt'tham Park, wats. with a visit, at their resi hurl A r il'()Yal highness the Duchess of Gloucester from visit to her residence at Richmond on Saturday, 4 e t , her IlLjesty at Winds 'r Castle. /',4eiorta°lltet Council was held on Saturday at the_ slier:,sys.tobineee. The Ministers p resent were Lord John Marquis of L a nsdow ne, the Earl of Minto, th e eieurge Grey, 'Viscount Palmerston, Earl h Grey,ions tqrci :!tincellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Ho_ ). nc. ,e . larld, 7.)trlpbell. the Earl of Clarendon, the Earl of A a x y the 4alr'Co.tint Unrpeth, the Hight Hon. the r t e l lil s of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. H T. B. Macaulay, al Th e e is . kft La- Council sat three hours and a half. :er,a:tia;,:rr thrl:ce4:Couneil, the Marquis of Lansdowne left Sir Pat la ' 8 Stuarteat 3 e t w i a°(.°ld- ark Wilts. L i day at the colonial an P in!e ' rview with Earl Grey on e e l 'Patches were se ntoff office. g Sa turday evening from the 11,,r, ai7ustralia, and f ltl ° tl ll l la A l "fee for the Governor on . o a r - of New South Wales, Van ov b r emen's Land. Dispatehes qth IVe:ent off on Saturday evening fur the Governors i,r41.4 At t es t the Ch apel hiaaptiai c,,,olonies. te, ) , ell were n I H lmore and the ~o lii b ftd by oya , St. James ' s, yesterday, the the Rev. Mr. e . Nach o Y the Dr • Wesley. The Sermon was 4 kes4 ► ", by the R e y tit th ea are those " . (G . e e) Mr. Cooper presided_ Dr • Maddy. The Anthem vyas ,9tatlveiii°,,,aa• The Countess '4loa the Lie Mauler N • s and W. Graham, were -4e 4 0 b•.• o 0 of rey , .of Wilton, and Lords nobility present. ..............._ iltxt rday 70 7,`7,ISTL v. MARSE ILLES. -"R EDIrOR OF THE SUN Sir , , * rt4cl ers ' fi- 4 g to inform you, Trieste, for te Oe h t e . n 2 e o fi , t 1081.4. your 6 . b" e te, -; ' l4 the Warner Ariel, now in the Marseilles the 'e11in,,,,-41 °PPosition to that vid 9 Trieste, belongs that 6"` a r and -Oriental Steam Company, meat ()},n3PallY to 1 i t her Majesty'sand Gitetiv'oserfoer: tdi -'3' the y are ell) a'n to their steamer and convey t (1 ,,, sp%"__from e running. . .4...rallees-Var. the French Csrsu n l e at Alexandria, portion of her iNe,sivs k,s:' 18 ), &e., &c., carryzng Government or the 04,, ur Li cavatclies to either our _receive °ll e 11 4 , 4 ,,"1e l';aq India Company, although they 114 a 1 1 .4" and ,iXlv-fiv- thousand pounds (165,0 , 091 . . e) the tl:' Y for the E nglish Mail . service. It is not ‘siia . l l . „ 4 :Pa 4 s of al,. ~ decide how they just]. y i t - fves i n 8 J jut. onent to hu, app, ar. , 0 doin g , tt.''' had;" ) the that that Company would_ have done f r , ,,. is thetaey Ported their Ariel on the Trieste line, i t ' ,Yitrid 8 , wish of all the world, except France, that ~,q ll, aotCoeld possess a duplicate over lan d route to kh ( l ll .e ArZtPe!'dott to Fr a nce altogether. 1 tlt with "ill star this time (October) from Alex -1,1,4 bQor: .111 Y dispatches, via Alexandria, and orders .44111-.. Iv en that henceforth they leave Alexandria Th e I1:11i1 steamer •" Malta to Marseilles. ",the ae Ariel was bui lt a' under contract to steam, t on ,. Sl4(l7ge, fourtee miles an hour, filing which sr in be thrown on the builder's hands. She does Nlin 1!1 this 8 d while the Ardent can go only It . It ile, an h p , ee , kthttrt I4B444Plieateuro.verland route, independent of France, - ' h merchant and , 'Pi o „-...03r the benefit of the Braes East tehr,rall'; ."9/and connected with In dia, and the rit Ar t i i ' and not a continuation of the present one ,'44t i t : Left-sided, route, that puts the Fren.hcilschGloeurnid "4l? fi,,,t'sAession of Indian intelligence, 'a to 8114- ITt be .,heard of from London. top, oi l oti and as I am land, fear nothing, benefit 'q't b ' arid aucceed I shall, to the fi d t et o e f rm E in ng ed . 1 I o l ri g Ilt illtPreSt. speed boat of equa l . is th e Public li h. t with 4 th S'otl wi ll Publish this letter entire, a as I wish to :„ b e A 6l ~ ow t A 'll ea e 'f - 1 am confident that all I ha ve advocated eotriplished. I r - etnam, Sir, your W 0 mos m t oAbesAG HOßN. die_nt servant, THOMAS ,The et 4-- Harmonic Last next) at Exeter oratorio The Last Judgment, a Te Iliiiltneti tql tk 4th inst. (Wednesz a y et Judgment, Society's Concerts will be a ther b hen sn, , ratorio The several 0 has, e.604,e-;;;'111d Je6i/atresbyo Prince Albert,d andde tlerrsltions, will be performen; 157 e u on: ee rt ' s '' , g t the past ten years,re_n,_ ng in the aggregate amongsttt/ the fewer th a a o n eiety )11 '4 1 , 113 :f ."Ziod ioeneQ p s er a so na n n s u , and has disbursed The list of sub tel.-1111%1 prole ion nearly 19,e0aorol/y. the number of last e, 3 s already amount t to ,dioe, which yea.r grea ly enxceeded that of aisy pre t' one TIP • announcement on Friday that the overland e t , e llelvoss,b y the i : i i. . elarrivedat Alexandria at five P.m. on i r t i ha't the stearnerdid ndtstart thenceshitt: ,41 . (lOa r t t h e i r n -p st a . ' s a t 12 o'clock at night, led the merchant to b0;4'1,0 City to - think that the seven hours' delay was coming re for the arrival of the portion of the mails ~, qtre via Marseilles. In this they will feel disappointed, 4i4 neither the Ardent nor Ariel to 4 na •Is and the statement as to the dates of the trans. any portion of kisie al f the ex ress is incorrect. It left Suez at half ; lkstirian Ir. on thPe 19th, and reached Alexandria at fi . v n. Oi se p - ast 12 o'clock at noon on the 20th, in the i ~ ittheetlibly -short space of 24. hours . and 35 minutes ; and th Ardent started thence in 20 minutes after its arrival, The Mar Ariel in 15 minutes after the Ardent. ,to kille . ~ te,tosl!naeildovici_Alaltacannot, therefore, be expected t ti,','„_Leti. n b_fore tonight lieittE Lyre EARL OF WALDEGRATE.—The will of \). ate P.ight Hon. or Edward Earl of Waldegrave. (4Zsbut Chewton, was Proved in London on the 21st of lo ra, or, by his relict and sole exeutrix, the Right Hon. lobo Elizabeth Anne, Countess of Waldegrave, to titi, -1 he has beret.l all his freehold and landed_ SBtnerset '' "cit t in the counties of r.. am tret , di atnen s h ann Iti, `,stribrid„,ee. and his estates in T estates, , t4 - t w . o . rth ' ia Middlesex, his advow s and ilri and right of pre l'eicito'tna to theddlesex, rectories of Radsteck, Somerset,arg of 5t11,,, Essex, his right of patronae to .n ,„.. 4 11.,, ;14tY, Whittlesey, and all his interest both 1,....: bric Nhittlese e. and St. Andrew, Whatlesey, t-% of his ; r e ; likewise bequeaths to her the wholes beer, l'4!lliiel:tn2rloPersonal estate, that ho i s t ) n otqll4lsA. 401121es.:ataelsa°t llrelnefcatitatel, Switzerland. annndtah'e !niatnesds has and ail L6th',l),P,terty. His Leed.hip executed his will L@ etohPr. 1845. 7 %,e1"1)11‘ZO Tau ORANGE. . tre hie Points out ho lemon or bitter orange tree. The Bermuda Roya : thetl e i, e „ n t . t d own and converted into a sweet orange from ::.-- ha to sweet across at about eight feeto most liveiii°ll4ti, and orange buds inserter the 4cle bas et the branches of the stock. This° Igardens 11trin):44,4 been pros erou ly practised in several rovided A t t ' `"i% tem, P and •3' Basil • accomplished, perfectly t he rep s hr, it is eas yperation,it 441 - wells'manured dug about,and e ' in krass sal mood kept p tolls of t}Ntl'lt Tuesday the i for .0 bri e . LANn htt-On--Onwere e t il g , at year . 1 ( 41, , , Sun :erland, which last h4f,14,1 u, 400). were after a of the ferry 'tat - down . d the tolls 0/ were 4 t e ''''hili lastly.' l'°l°l.l'; ,and upwards of 1,20 are ' mueh spirited competition,: tt,,,a,J 5 ini. -,theyezatraeaell:tained this y Vier tlcillah were expected, especiallyreduction c. ' t MI e;" tete.' ah erti - n foot toll, and the ell ' , 12 oth 1 °- of the f the sum hitherto riltted for er tolls to one half o f ' o e r ar the bridge, i ff ' i r u sey . .....ch ono one and vehicle.. b y 14 a th e ,n.. S!inclay the inhabitants of Cosset' werc 14htie eitellnletsaet conversation and asurmise,v_ng of female child ha .v i er, aflt, htlisec,,ered i r.of the body , had of th e river il th,.,1 t'ft tf.e Water had, as usual, been mysterious lot ti,,,:`'l'• Qnll,, , Ylne, close to tia! •• h d as usual, D 3. NCI() IVtl, attar ' tnlll. The watet . • a th e qll ott,e4,, left the child lying in Pegg, ( been se,l:leley oc`ll,:il.sel to a servant girl, pregnancy had na 'ii , the mud. Sus Pofn uti ,, (l , Q1%4 , ull y), wh )se D +1 id 4 lecreti' " an inque st the er supposed con • fin , ement had been a y 'ta ofl ili I' 'fore Mr ing ay, an Inquest was Itehielitli the liay°7),Te f.elkwig dam, coroner,. atp e, eettile.t.,4leetel: . .ti,'ll, jury rheavit.t.: he i g en sworn, Wthrolicathie ttilue,ttler carrier to Cossey, deposed passing lyi n 4 tilt get:tlll,l4l from Drayton, and s child saw the g on thu - ciese to COSSey mill,Phthllairtlasyhe aria acr • gliDesi . it , ° ss Its lare a satire oide of the river, he w e water, but PPeared • ' t • It hen in th e,s_ll d m. „as if it t in , k was not t . He t . hen tion. A1e%,,,,40r• kariley'e ~.," ueen in that slum ith its right where the t!hiweeey, aenhir- e'ooth to look at the body, who, with kriit Was lying, P„anied him to the • place small iron )4, With it:. I hey found it tied to IbolkGirdlestotierle4 lYing Mr. Culley's to seen aws sw. sh tsi.sed to g° to betweentether.atwo prongs. se,pie".eaverea q 4, ci she had 41Itt 0 1°45 . , °I lier id nof know whether Pegg . had , childr , or not._ r M Sometimesilliam Eliza Francs, tl t; slept uePosed thl3ealicY f the bed whereon . "Pt, and surd n" ° her, which eehhtf, seen h.,,.,}thegarments belongingt° been re th-' '9 Cr ' n6n ~," hl 'n ti ru s e that she had Prise e • Will iam o°"i that policeman, ..to whom ! l 'lth lie 111 ' was given in chKrg, said, that h i he Was :()11 dear" 4 a bedroom he id wringing 4loie . what will h' 8d sa'n' this horrid affair r the coeld Ibe so silt he nne I ld t have done it for " - b l e a r hands, triWorla h, , st y ? I wou no I was alone 14f"4n a(1 i known the consequences. lir'-111 18711“ ti I a e ,fi ed, It was some time f 'lttr id it eould take th.l: ts•hihli tit:, and w I did the Nitatfllaily. l'"11,1• No geie in the hou-e thee was . in I,i tlie, ~,,I%stiy I vvi,b 1 I.ad told son,: ~f mof it. fil-.), 4tlid haVe ildised me bette." She appear( d muil, 1 4 the tinting th. whole of they time. The nurse ea : her,tl;°°ll3 vvith them. Elizabeth Eyresen, nurse, cur 1 31 i „ It M the policeman's statement. The exams wa s then he, ~,nied till "ehersda . CO admit of an nation cf still,h, f ; 3', in order toy,ae(tain whether the child was hp. ) ',N, 44d to collect anv further .vidence child miuht . al evt 0E444414d A t the adloorne dinquest, the princiri . Re ,vas th at th b of Mr Fr tncis, who, from an was ob ae t olive° edY, vvas clearly of opinion the child was f t r. til er '21,P4 roust have lived three or four hourQ. A; u "mJclurntuent took place to Friday.---.Neefilk A et"' TER SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, vile. public principle, deeply regret the severance of party ties—who deeply regret that , wierapee, nut from ',my in- MEETING OF PARLLIMENT. decit‘ik.o of the C!ibinf . A: ra t the prem•ht crisi T 11 as was mast fidolity to party ~n ,:;ag(-cients---tio- txistence and main.- tenahce of a great party—to constitute a powerful in strument of government. * * I shall leave a name execrated by every monopolist, who, from less ho nourable motives, maintains protection for his own in dividual benefit ; but it may be that I shall leave a name sometimes remembered with expressions of good will, in those places which are the abode of men whose lot it is to labour, and to earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brow—a name remembered with expressions of good will, when they shall recruit their exhausted strength with abundant and untaxed food, the sweeter because it is no longer leavened by a sense of injustice." Upon those beautiful and elevated anticipations of Sir Robert Peel, the reviewer raises a multitude of whers of a lowering and ominous character ; he dis cerns, as the consequence --,f the glorious measures passed under the auspices of that Prime Minister, the future misfortune and possibly bankruptcy of this empire, instead of its prosperity and increasing opu lence; and from the repeal of the corn-laws, he looks forward to the abrogation of other laws yet more inti mately blended with the elementary principles of the constitution. With this trepidation we, of course, have no sympathy whatever; but from the establish ment of free trade we anticipate the correction of other and still greater blemishes in our Legislature, and, if that be possible, the ultimate perfection of this triple Government. We have commented at such length upon these two most important and attractive articles, that we have precluded ourselves from any especial reference to the remainder. We must however in justice observe, that the one upon "Education," the one upon the " Cathedral of Cologne," and another upon "Constantinople in the Fourth Century," are eminently worthy of a place in this eminent publica tion. ly and, w I y•bly expect-ed. Parliament is not to /tact unfit ;at, January. The ports are not to be opened. A more popular policy than this might be imagined by those who make popularity the reward of concessions to a prema ture clamour and submission to an over-estimated neces sity. But those who judge of a Government's actions by its adherence to solemn obligations, and its apprecia tion of circumstances, will hesitate before they accuse the Cabinet of delay, obstinacy, or injustice. To the first proposal, which the present state of things has elicited, viz., that of convoking Paraament, there are many and obvious objections. For, to put aside the most important one, which is founded on the .pro spect of a c e rtain supply of food for the empire, it is evident that Parliament could not be summoned without causing the greatest embarrassment to those for whose especial behoof it was proposed that it should assemble. The unhappy state of Ireland urgently requires the presence of its representatives. Their sphere of action is in their counties and boroughs, not in London. It is their immediate business to act, not to talk. They have most momentous duties to per form ; but these are provincial, not metropolitan ; local, not Parliamentary. To console the desponding, and stimulate the indi dent among their own neighbours—to as ist in the collection, and superintend the disposal of funds—to encourage the prosecution of useful, and dis courage the jobbery in unprofitable, works—to regulate the payment of just, and repress the exaction of immo derate wages—to facilitate the purchase, and prevent the plunder of provisions —to subdue violence, combinations, and menace—to mitigate an undoubted calamity, and diminish its probable consequences;— these are now the first duties of the Irish gentlemen. To neglect such duties for the opportunity of talking in St. Stephen's would, under any circumstances, be an Act of questionable policy ;—but now that Lord Besborough has by the exercise of a rational vigour solved the problem of statutory difficulties, it would be one of gross folly and unpardonable rashness. Ireland DUTCH PAPERS. THE HAGUE, OCT. 26.—Tne Second Chamber of the States-General had a public meeting to-day, in which Mr. Bruce presided. The President announced that the committee for drawing up an answer to the speech from the Throne had considered -the objections made in the Sections, and had in consequence re-examined the draft of the treaty. The President added, that the document was or would be distributed among the members, and that the discussion of it might be put upon the order of the day for to-morrow (Tuesday) et ten o'clock in the forenoon, which was agr. , ed to. In the sitting of the Second Chamber of the States- General on Saturday, a Royal Message was brought in accompanying a project of law for the purpose of in demnifying persons who have lost bonds upon the Treasury. A message front his Exeellency the Minister of Fo reign Affairs transmitted to the Chamber a copy of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation concluded on the 29th of July between the Netherlands and Bel cannot at this moment afford to lose one citizen of pro perty, station, or character. She claims the services of each of her sons who has a heart for sympathy or a head for counsel. The evils under which she labours are such as demand legislative interference far less than personal and distributive activity ; and the crisis is one where a man who might be worse than useless in Parliament may do the very greatest quantity of good in his own barony or parish. So much for the further prorogation of Parliament. An equal amount of justification may be urged for the conduct of the Ministry in their non remission of the corn duty. We are not unaware that an apprehension has prevailed for some weeks past of a coming dearth. We ourselves shared the alarm. But the danger is now no longer imminent. Not only private advices, the tenour of which had become generally known within the last few days, but the public accounts recently received from America, ar• such as to remove very much of the uneasiness that has been felt as to the pro spective supply of wheat and flour. In the granaries of New York is stored an abundance of grain, awaiting only the impulse of speculation to be discharged upon our shores. Such an impulse will be given by the no toriety of our duties having reached their lowest point. That any delay in transmitting the hoarded treasures hither will be caused by a hope that our present duty will be abrogated is shown to be highly improbable by the declension which en abundant supply has already caused in the prices of the American market. The eager avidity for selling dearly has already given way to the more prudent desire of selling at any obtainable price. Competition has dulled the appetite for exces sive gains on the other side of the Atlantic at the very time that the detected affluence of our own resources has deadened the edge of speculation here. Instead of advancing, our home prices have already begun to de cline. We do not, indeed, anticipate such a retrograde movement as shall raise the duty above its present point; but there appears every reason for concluding that the rise in the value of wheat will not be so rapid as was once anticipated. Indepen dently of the influx from America, speculators talk of corn at Hamburgh, and other ports, which, on a proper occasion, can be doled out to the necessities of the En glish buyer. Whether this opportunity is likely soon to occur or not, we leave to be decided by those who will • take the trouble to compare the prices of the last with those of the present year. Now these, on mere money calculations, give an average much higher than the pre sent. But this does net constitute the only, nor even the essential, difference between the two years. A great I proportion of the wheat sent to market last year was of a very inferior description. The bulk of this year's yield, on the contrary, is of an excellent quality. Last year we paid for a mixture of good and bad considerably more than we paid during the same period in 1844 and 1843. This year we are paying for good wheat some thing less than we paid for bad in November of last year. Nor does this consideration limit the difference between the two periods. Fears were entertained in 1845 that the obstacle of high and vacillating duties might inter cept the introduction of foreign corn till the winter should prevent its transmission across the Atlantic. More than this, the potato blight of 1845 was an unan ticipated visitation. No man—no Minister was prepared for it. It came upon all unawares. No grain -merchants —no millers—no meal-dealers were in the field to soften the rigours of sudden scarcity. But this year the case is widely different. The duty on corn cannot ascend so high as to prohibit importation, under any cir cumstances ; and there seems every reason for believing that it will remain where it is for several weeks to come. Again, the potato blight has been foreseen for months ; glum. AMSTERDAM, OCT. 24.—We are happy to announce that the number of patients that have been brought into the two hospitals of this city begins to be on the de crease. From the 10th to the 16th Oct., 425 patients were admitted ; and, in the last week, from the 17th to the 25th inclusive, only 386, being a decrease of 39. Letters from Rome. of the 12th instant, state that her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands had been com plimented, in the name of the Pope, by Cardinal Gizzi, the Secretary of State ; and on that day his Royal High ness Prince Alexander, her Majesty's son, had paid a visit to his Holiness. Bois LB Duc, OCT. 23.—Here, too, people begin to speak of emigrating to America, so that several artisans varions crafts have already made preparation, but hitherto none of the better classes have applied to the magistrates for permission to emigrate, as being obliged to leave the country for want of means of support. Muracir, OCT. 19.—For three days past we have had in our vicinity a great degree of heat, mpst extraordinary for the month of October, which appeared to forebode the approach of an atmospheric phenomenon. In fact, we have received from the mountains the news that a terrible hurricane visited the valley of Schledorf ; the roofs of the houses were can ied cif, the church and the houses razed to their foundat!on. A panic sem d the inhabitants, who sought refuge in the cellars, when sud denly a fire broke out in every part of the village, and in a short time there was not a single house, or even a cottage, that was not consumed' by the fury of the ele ments. The village is entirely razed to the ground, the neighbouring forest is on fire, and the flames can be seen from the gates of the capital. We have not received the particulars, but there is every reason to suppose that the calamity is not confined to the village of Schledorf, but that others have experienced a similar fate. PEISTR. OCT. 18.—The health of the Archnke Pala. tine is very fluctuating, and the accounts, even on one and the same day, are most conflicting and contradic tory. At all events, the state of his Imperial Highness is such as to excite the greatest apprehensions. The bulletin which has just been issued is as follows:—" The more calm state of his Imperial Highness on the night of the 17th, continued throughout the whole of yesterday, when the usual symptoms abated, and the patient was comparatively well and cheerful, till late in the evening. The prostration of strength, however, still continues. In the night of the 18th his sleep, which otherwise was quiet, was frequently interrupted by the effects of the medicine. On the morning of the 18th his Imperial Highness was nearly in the same state as yesterday morning.—Signed, OFEN. Oct. 18, nine o'clock, A.m."— Allyemeine Zeitung, Oct. 23. if due preparations Have not been made to m o llify i ts severity, the fault does not rest, and certainly the remedy does not depend, upon Parliament or the Government. Both of them have done their duty in g iving free ad mission to the only substitute obtainable i n place of the blighted root. Nor could both of them together ease one hundredth part of the misery which now presses upon Ireland, by repealing the duty on an article of sub sistence, which not one Irishman in five hundred could have the means of purchasing. On the whole, then, we think that moderate and thoughtful men of all classes will acquit the Cabinet of an impolitic obstinacy or a heartless indifference to the sufferings of our Celtic brethren ; and at the same time will give them credit for justice and consistency. In our opinion, Ministers hare done well in declining to purchase an equivoc-d popu larity by fomenting a groundless panic ; and opposing to the allurements of party the firmness of principle and the obligations of a solemn contract. —Times. EAST INDIA AND CHINA ASSO- CIATION. The following letter has been furnished by'the East India and China Association:— " 13, Austin-friars, London, Oct. 28. " Sir,—l beg leave to acquaint you, for the informa tion of the London, East India, and China Association, that I have received advices from Mr. Brooke, dated the 31st of August last, from which it appears that Borneo affairs are at length progressing satisfactorily. Sub sequently to the demonstration recently made by Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane at Borneo Proper, Mr. Brooke very prudently resolved not to reject any proper overtures from the Sultan; the latter (having returned to the city of Brur.l) has consequently ad dressed a very penitential letter to her Mejasty, craving pardon and oblivion of the past, and containing many assurances of future good behaviour. The Sultan has also ratified all his former engagements, so that on Sir Thomas Cochrane's taking possession of Lahuan, in conformity with the instructions forwarded to him by direction of Lord Palmerst on , per overlan d ma il o f J u ly last, her Majesty's Governmeut have now no obstacle whatever to render any further delay in forming a British settlement on that important island requisite. " You will be gratified to learn thas the survivors of the Rajah Muda Hassim's family are located at Sarawak, under Mr. Brooke's protection.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, THE WHEAT CROP of SOUTHERN RUSSIA. ODESSA, SEPT. 18.—Whilst a part, of Europe is menaced with famine, all accounts from Podolia and the Ukraine are unanimous in announcing that the wheat crop of this year is one of the most abundant that ever was recollected. The letters from the other parts of the vast Russian empire are likewise favourable, with the exception of the country of the Steppes, that is the dry land in the neighbourhood of Odessa, and of the Crimea, and the vast plains to the north of the sea of Azof, where the harvest has proved a total failure. But the Crops in the Steppes have never had anyinfluence on the value of corn in this city. The principal stock of wheat is brought from the ancient Polish provinces, where, the land being damp and the soil wet, a warm summer is considered an advantage. But if southern Russia, with its immense stock of wheat, has not hitherto come to the assistance of the suffering countries of western Europe, the cause is owing solely to the great difficulty of finding shipping to convey it, and the con sequent high rates of freights. The roads which lead from the Ukraine to Odessa are horribly neglected, and particularly at this moment, after a long continuance of heavy rains. "HENRY WISE, Agent for James Brooke, Esq. ' To John Stikeman, Esq., Secretary of the London, • East India, and China Association." THE FOREIGN MAILS ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MONTH. The following notice relative to the departure of the India and other foreign mails for the ensuing month was on Friday issued at the chief office, St,. Martin's-le- Grand : THE INDIA MAILS.--Mails for Gibraltar, Malta, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, India, Ceylon, China, &c., vid Southampton, will be dispatched from hence on the 3d and 20th of Nov( tuber. INDIA, &c. (Overland).—Mails for the Mediterranean, Egypt, India, Ceylon, China, &c., via Marseilles, will be dispatched from hence on the 7th and 24th of No vember. We understand that the Earl of Stair has got the Green Ribbon of the most ancient Order of the Thistle, scant by die death of the Marquis of Ai lsa.—Caledonian fercury. RUNNING MATCH FOR 201.—0 n Friday the 300 yards' race, between Collins, of London, a n d M ar k s , o f Hampstead, was run on the Hampstead heath, and, after a good race, the latter won. SEIZURE OF AN ILLICIT STILL.—On Monday last, Thsp• ctor Falconer, of the Thames Police, and who is also a revenue officer, received information that a pri vate still, on a very arge scale, was at work at a house, No. 1, Grove-street, Deptford, he consequently pro ceeded with a party of men to the premises, which pre sented the appearance of a very handsome mansion, with stables, coach-house, lawn, meadow, &c., and pay ing, as he le arne d, th e sum o f ? 75/. per annum. After some difficulty, Mr. Falconer obtained access to the premises, when, in the kitchen, he found a still which was capable of containing upwards of sixty gallons of wash, with worm attached, in a most perfect state, and presenting the appearance of having been recently worked. The inspector's impression was, that the place had been abandoned only on the preceding day, in con sequence, as he presumed, of some suspicion having been excited. He also found a great number of casks, one of which ;contained a large quantity of wash which they had omitted to destroy, together with mea,ures of every size, and all the apparatus of a complete establish ment. The only person found upon the premises was a woman named Knatt, who stated that she was servant to Mr. Jones, slop seller, in high•street, Shadwell, by whom she said the house was at present rented. She added that part of the furniture belonged to Mr. Jones, and another part to a lodger, who was not then at home. Mr. Falconer removed the still to the Excise office, and then waited on Mr. Jones, who admitted that he rented the house from Mr. Ferguson, of Blackwell, but added that he had sublet a part of it to a lodger, who had kept him out of the premises for the last four weeks, and he supposed that person had set up the still, but he was not cognisant of the fact of its being on the premises until that moment. The Board of Excise will no doubt inquire further into this affair. The Achilles, with the India, &c., mails of the 3d of November, will sail from Southampton. PENINSULAR MAILS. —Mails for Vigo, Oporto, L - bon, Cadiz, will he dispatched on the 7th, 17th, and 27th of November. The Peninsula steam-packets will not call at Corunna, either in their honiewa , d or outward voyage during the winter months of November, December, January, and on the sth o f N ovember. BUENOS MADEIRA, BRAZILS, AN D BUENOS A.YRES.—MaiIs will February.6e dispatched Her Majesty's brig Peterel, with the Madeira mails of the sth of November, will sail from Falmouth. The Royal Tar, with the Peninsular mails of the 7th of November, will sail from Southampton. THE WEST INDIAN MAILS. —The mails for the British and foreign colonies in the West Indies, with Venezuela and Maltese, wi:l be dispatched on the 2d and 17th of November. The mails of the 2d of November will includend p th e o r s u e , New G for Mexico, Honduras, and Havannah, but the mails No. lsof the 17th will not. The mails of the 17th of N ov ember will include those forßerm re u n d ad a, a S , San Nicaragua,nnJeuhaangrdees;butthose of the 2d Chili, and vember will not. The Medway, with the West India mails, sails from Southampton. SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, &c.—The mails will be dispatched on the 30th of November. AMERICA, &c.—Mails for British North America, Bermuda, and the United States, will be dispatched on the 3d and 18th of November. CALAIS AND OSTEND.—MaiIs will be dispatched daily (Sundays excepted). HOLLAND.—MaiIs will be dispatched every Wednesday and Saturday. HAMBURGH.—MaiIs dispatched every Tuesday and Friday. TFIE SEWERS COMMISSIO N FOR H OLBORN AND r olborn and Fi ns b ury a full Cou r t o f th e ' clock, th e ms.. cßUo ß tn Y m .— iss O io n ne F r r i id o a f y s , ,,„ a vi t er t s w o f,, o r division, which comprises the parishes of Clerkenwell, St. Pancras, Islington, &e., was held at the offices of the Commissioners, Hatton-garden, to consider the report of the Commissioners for general purposes on works re quiring immediate execution; to receive the report of the same, of moneys paid and contracts entered into; also to receive their report on works and matters recom mended to them to be executed up to the 29th of Sep tember last, and to make a rate in both divisions. The report being agreed to, the items of expenditure for the last quarter were laid before the Court, which amounted to 5,4111. The Chairman then communicated that the board of directors of St. Pancras had applied for per mission to build a sewer along the King's-road, in front of the workhouse, and to have a communication with it from the workhouse. This would cost about 2901., to wards which the directors would advance 2001. The application was unanimously agreed to, as was a propo sition to cover the Fleet river with an arch to the extent of 645 feet. After the termination of other routine business, a rate of 6d. in the pound on the poor-rate rental was agreed to. FOREIGN PROVISIONS.—The most diversified cargo perhaps yet brought into the port of London since the passing of the New Tariff 13111 is that of the Emerald steamer, which arrived from Boulogne on Friday even ing, after a most rapid passage, the state of the weather being taken into consideration. There were placed on board :at Boulogne 9 heifers, 30 sucking pigs, 4 live foxes, a case full of live, turkeys (consigned to a Jewish firm for an especial ceremony), 120 cases of turkeys, ducks, pigeons, snipes, and geese, killed. There were also on board 200 cases of wines. 112 butts of currants, weighing 25 cwt. each; 12 sacks of potatoes, 54 sacks of walnuts, about 200 cases of silks, wines, merinoes, ribbons, clocks, &c. In all, the Emerald brought about 220 tons of rich and valuable manufactured goods and produce.. The Custom-house authorities rendered most efficient aid, at the request of Captain Tune, to land the live stock, the silks, and the fruits on board. The last mentioned were a large proportion of that saved from the Marchioness of Bute, which was wrecked a few days back, about three miles from the pier of Boulogne. Most of the butts of currants were in a high state of preserva tion. When the Emerald left Boulogne, there were com paratively speaking, but few Eng lish IRELAND. ,01ZD JOI - 11 4 ; 1 L LEIN Yi - .Ihc Law, fetter appears i❑ the Evening Post just pub:lshed: "Downing-itreet, Oct. 17, 1846. " My dear Duke,—The Royal Agricultural Society, of which you are the head, sent a deputation not long ago to the Lord-Lieutenant, representing that instead of public works of an unprofitable nature, the baronies should have power to undertak works of a useful and profirabk nature. It had been our hope and expecta tion that landed proprietors would have commenced works of drainage and other improvements on their own account; thus employing the people on their own es tates. and rendering the land more productive for the fu ture. In that case it would have been only the surplus labour which would have been employed on roads and other works not immediately profitable. " The Act, however, was put in operation in the ba ronies in a spirit the reverse of that which I have de scribed. It was taken for granted that the public works were the chief objects to be regarded, and proprietors began to calculate, that as so large a sum was to be re paid from their estates, they should not be able to com mence, or even to continue, private enterprises for the improvement of their own lands. " When the case was brought before the Government by the Lord-Lieutenant, we lamented the wrong direc tion in which the Act had been turned ; but, admitting the necessity of the case, and anxious to obtain the willing co-operation of the landlords, we authorised the Lord-Lieutenant to deviate from the letter of the law, and gave our sanction for advances for useful and profit able works of a private nature, But, after having in curred this responsibility, I am sorry to see that, in several parts of Ireland, calls are made upon the Go vernment to undertake and perform tasks which are beyond the power and apart from the duties of Govern ment. "For instance, it seems to be expected that we should not only pay at an unusual rate of wages, but that we should maintain, in this time of scarcity, the usual price of food. A moment's thought will show that this is impos sible. A smaller quantity of food is to be divided among the same number of human beings. It must be scarcer —it must be dearer. Any attempt to feed one class of the people of the United Kingdom by the Government would, if successful, starve another part—would feed the producers of potatoes, which had failed, by starving the producers of wheat, barley, and oats, which had not failed. All that we have undertaken with regard to food, therefore, is to endeavour to create a provision trade, at fair mercantile prices, In here no provision trade has hitherto existed, and where, without assistance, none might be willing to undertake a new and unpopular oc cupation. "But that which is not possible by a government is possible by individual and social exertions. Every one who travels through Ireland observes the large stacks of corn, which are the produce of the late harvest. There is nothing to prevent the purchase of grain by proprie tors or by committees, and the disposal of these supplies in shops furnished on purpose with flour at a fair price, with a moderate profit. This has been done, lam as sured, in parts of the Highlands of Scotland, where the failure of the potatoes has been as great and as severe a calamity as it has been in Ireland. " There is, no doubt, some inconveniences attending even these modes of interference with the market price of food. But the good overbalances the evil. Local committees, or agents of landowners, can ascertain the pressure of distress, measure the wants of a district, and prevent waste or misapplication. Besides, the general effect is to bring men together and induce them to exert their energy in a social effort directed to one spot ; whereas the interference of the State deadens private energy, prevents forethought—and, after super seding all other exertion, finds itself at last unequal to the gigantic task it has undertaken. " There are other questions, however, extending beyond the exigency of the day, which, it seems to me, demand the attention of the landed proprietors of Ireland much more than that of the Government. " It has been calculated that one-fifth of the cultivated land in Ireland has hitherto produced potatoes. After the present lamentable failure, what course is to be taken? Some men of science deem that the potato can no longer be relied upon as an article of food; others say that time may remove the disease. The editor of the Gardener's Chronicle states, that the explanation of the potato disease, founded on the hypothesis of some un known miasma, cannot be accepted as satisfactory; but neither can it be rejected, seeing how signally all other explanations have failed. Seeing, then, that science fur nishes us with no means of estimating the effects of the prevalent disease upon the potato plant in future years, it would be impossible for the Government, with any propriety, to give any advice to the owners or occupiers of land in Ireland. They must form their own conclu sions from the facts that are known, and the experience of the present and past years. " It is clear, however, that potatoes cannot be relied upon as they have been hitherto. A cottier cannot hope to be able to pay a large rent for con-acre, and the farmer cannot hope to obtain the cottier's labour by allowing him land for potatoes, which may, probably, fail. It is, therefore, a most important ques tion for the people of Ireland in what manner the de ficiency of food is in future to be supplied. The nature of the grain or root which is best adapted for this pur pose—the course of husbandry which ought to be fol lowed—the means of procuring seed—all these are im portant problems, to which the attention of the Agri cultural Society of Ireland cannot too soon be directed. " One thing is certain—in order to enablo Ireland to maintain her population her agriculture must be greatly improved. Cattle, corn, poultry, pigs, eggs butter, and salt provisions, have been, and will, probably, continue to be her chief articles of export. But beyond the food exchanged for clothing and colonial products, she will require in future a large supply of food of her own growth or produce, which the labourer should be able to buy with his wages. In effecting this great change, much good may ultimately be done. But, un less all classes co-operate, and meet the infliction of Providence with fortitude and energy, the loss of the potato will only aggravate the woes and sufferings of Ireland. " Such, then, is the great lesson which, by the influ ence of the higher classes, and of such good landlords as yourself, may be taught to the Irish people. They should be taught to take advantage of the favourable condition of their soil and surrounding sea ;• to work patiently for themselves in their own country as they work in London and Liverpool for their employers ; to study economy, cleanliness, and the value of time ; to aim at improving the condition of themselves and their children. " I would here conclude this letter, which is already too long, but I cannot do so without expressing my con viction that there is every disposition in persons of pro perty in Ireland to meet their difficulties fairly, and sub mit to any sacrifices which the public good may require. "I remain, my dear Duke, yours very Piithfully, (Signed) "J. RUSSELL." " His Grace the Duke of Leinster, &c." SCARCITY IN CORK, The gentlemen appointed at the Fermoy meeting on Friday last to wait upon the Lord-Lieutenant, with re solutions adored on that occasion, met to-day at the IMperial Hotel. Mr. O'Connell presided. Your re- porter attended, but was informed the meeting was private, and that it was not the intention of the deputa tion to proceed to the Viceregal Lodge until to-morrow. THE ANTI-RUSSELL MANIA. The Rev. Thomas Hardiman, parish priest of Kil meena, in the archdiocese of Tuam, thus concludes an epistle laudatory of his own exertions in mitigating the poverty of the people:— " At all events, if my poor people be doomed to die of starvation, as in all appearance they are, my hands shall be innocent of their blood. I shall not venture to deci• mate them, unless there be at least 300 allowed for Half parish, and 600 for Kilmeena. And, as the long threatened new works are in play, 5,000 men a day arc as little as can be safely named for work in this dis trict. In fact, I could not except five men out of the general roll of distress in the whole length and breadth of this parish. Only that I know it is useless to appeal to the powers that be,' I would warn them, not to tamely look on any longer whilst thousands are starving, unheeded, and I believe I may add, un pitied too. But experience proves that our rulers care nothing about us. They have ears and hear not;' but perhaps our destitution is only imaginary, and our hunger merely hypochondriac—all caused by , our native indolence in not having prop"rly masticated and duly digested the only tonic fit for an Irish stomach; namely, our illustli )us countryman' on political economy So says Sir Randolph. Oh I give me that great Tory chief, with all his political sins upon his head, to grasp the helm at this dreadful crisis with his master- hand, and I will then hope that we shall weather the storm. But,lconfess that my heart sinks to think that the noblest people on God's earth are at this moment at the mercy of a set of political jugglers, who seem to have no mercy whatever for them. And rest assured, Sir, that mine is no solitary voice ; I only give feeble expression to the general dissatisfaction, if not absolute disgust, that is felt at the cruel procrastinating policy pursued by the Whig Government on both sides of the Channel. And I should not be at all surprised if, before long, a univer sal cry be raised from end to end of Ireland, calling on Sir R. Peel to take the reins of power into his hands again, and thus save the nation from destruction. " THOMAS HARDIMAN, Administrator." STATE OF THE PROVINCES. A " stop-press" of the King's County Chronicle of yesterday thus announces a rather formidable outbreak , :ror,..Tl:l2fq INT-VT,r,Te4MN,- ,vmARKET riouGHTON MEETING. NEWMARKET, FRIDAY .1\ WWI'. ENTRIES FOR SATURDAY. Sweepstakes of.lo sors. each, T.Y.C. Cocoa Nut, 5 yrs—Flattery, 4 yrs—Taurina, 3 yrs— Infringe, 2 yrs —Marmillo, 2 yrs—f by Theon, d by Wanton, 2 yrs—Agnes, 2 yrs—Millwood, 2 yrs—Ellen Horne, 2 yrs —Condit Maze, 2 yrs—Circassian Maid, 2 yrs—and Captain Pepper, 2 yrs. The Houghton Handicap of 15 sous. each. T.Y.C.. . Sting, 3 yrs, Sst 911)—Prior of St. Margaret's, (Sis. to Jo anna colt) 3 yrs, 7st 91b—Young Lachinvar, 6 yrs, 7st 91b— Wilderness, 3 yrs, 7st 61b—African, aged, 7st 61b—Best Bower, 5 yrs, 7st 6!b—Cherry, 3 yrs, Est 1316—Collingwood, 3 yrs, 6st 111b—Terrier, 3vrs, fist 41b—Glory, 3 yrs, Est 41b Hydrangea. 3 yrs, sst 111h—Elinea, 3 yrs, sst 1 llb—Alexa, 3 yrs, sst 91b-I'rosp,ct, 3 yrs, sst 91b. Sweepstake,,, of 5 sovs. each. Ab.M. Lucille, 5 yrs—Killi Kranki, 3 yrs—Deerchase, 3 yrs— Needle 3 yrs—f by Euclid, out of Victoite, 2 yrs—Little .Julia, 2 yrs—Pocket Venus,- 2 yrs—His Serene Highness, 2 yrs—Bendigo, 2 yrs—Mouseling, 2 yrs—Restless, 2 yrs— Bedouin, 2 yrs. DERBY BETTING. 7 to 1 agst Von Tromp 115 to 1 agst Planet 15 to 1 agst Epirote (t) TE WKESBURY ACES.—FRIDAY. The Ham Stakes of 5 SON'S. each, with 20 added; three yrs old, 7st 31b; four, Bst 21b; five, Bst 10Ib; six and aged, 9st 51b; winners extra. The winner to be sold for 100 sov-., &c. Heats, once round ano a distance. Mr. ltiworth's Idolater, 4 yrs (Bradley) 1 3 1 Mr. Parr's The Attorney, 4 yrs Mr. Holloway's Old George, 5 yrs 4 2 3 Mr. Stallard's The Leg, 5 yrs ... 3 dr. A Selling Stakes, of 3 says, each, with 15 added; three yrs, 7st 81b ; four, Bst; five, Bst I 21b ; six and aged, 9st 51b. The winner to be sold for 80 sovs. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. Stagg's Hector, 4 yra (T. Jones) 1 1 Mr. Davenport's Florine, 4 yrs 3 2 Mr. Webb's Astonishment, 4 yrs 2 0 Sweepstakes 5 sovs. each, with 25 'added ; three yrs old, 7sf. ; four. se 2lb ; five, Bst 101 b ; six and aged, 9st 51b. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. ' van's Redstreak.by Tipple Cider, 4 yrs (Arthur) 1 1 Mr. Waring's Rosa, 4 yrs Mr. Moore's Conservative (h b), 4 yrs A Hurdle Stake of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added ; three yrs old, Bst 71b; four, 9st 101 b; five, lOst 12Ib • six and aged, 12st ; winners extra. The winner to be sold for 50 sovs., if demanded. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. Devonport's Florine, 4 yrs Mr. Luke's Union Jack, 3 yrs ... 2 1 2 SATURDAY. The number of matches that went off in forfeits reduced a bill of fare that at one time promised a surfeit of sport, down to nine races, and gave the stewards an opportunity of fixing their commencement sufficiently late to enable all who were so disposed to post up and settle their accounts, leaving only the lasi day's bets to be balanced at Tatter sall's. There had been some talk of a "November" meet ing, and there is little doubt that had the weather bees fa• vourable in the early part of the week some races would have been made; the fog, however, threw a damp upon the spirit of match making, and the anticipated second supple mental sheet was not forthcoming. The concluding day's racing was not remarkable for its interest, but the weather was fine, and it proved a very satisfactory wind-up to the most brilliant season ever placed on record. Match, 200, h ft. Cambridgeshire Course.—Mr. Pember ton's Best Bower, 5 yrs, 7st 51b, beat Lord Glasgow's Con spiracy,-3 yrs, 7st 21b. letting-6 to 4on Conspiracy. Won by three lengths. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, two yrs old, 6st 71b ; three, Bst 71b ; four, 9st ; five and aged, 9st 41b. The winner to be cold for 2001., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C. Lord E. Russell's fby Theon, dam by Wantor, 2 yr 5..,... 1 Mr. Mostvn's Circassian Maid, 2 yrs Mr. G. Osborne's Agnes, 2 yrs The following also started, but were not placed : Lord Exeter's Coca Nut. Sir C. Monck's Flattery. Duke of Bed ford's Taurina, Mr. Whiles's Infringe, Mr. Greville's Mirmillo, Mr. Shelley's Millwood, Colonel Synge's Conan More, Mr. Shafto's Captain Pepper. Betting-2 to 1 agst Theon fills, 7 to 2 agst Circassian Maid, and 6 to 1 each agst Agnes and Mirmillo. Agnes made the running to the cords; the favourite and Circassian Maid then passed her, the former leading, and winning easily by a length ; the same between second and third. The winner was claimed. Match, 200, .h ft. T.Y.C.—Mr. Martin's Jumble, 2 yrs, sst 71b, beat Duke of Bedford's Captain Phebus, 4 yrs, Bst 91b. Betting-2 to lon Captain Phebus. Won by half a length. The Houghton handicap of 15 sous. each, and only 5 if declared ;togq to the second horse. T.Y.C. 'Tr. Mostyn's Wilderness, 3 yrs, 7st 61b...(W. Abdale) 0 1 Mr. Crockford's Terrier, 3 yrs, Est 41b 0 2 Mr. Tilbury's Elimea, 3 yrs, sst I llb 3 The following also started, but were not placed:—Lord E. Russell's Sting, Mr. King's Young Lochinvar, Mr. Merton's African, Mr. Pemberton's Best Bower, Lord Chesterfield's Cherry, Mr. Drake's Glory, Lord Exeter's Hydrangea, Mr. T. Rolt's Alexa, Sir J. Harley's Prospect, Mr. Rolt's Coiling wood. Betting-3 to 1 agst Sting, 7to 2 agst African, 4to 1 agst Wilderness, 6 to 1 each agst Glory, Hydrangea, and Young Lochinvar. The Terrier made play at a good pace, followed by, African and Elimea, Young Lochinvar and Wilderness being fourth and fifth. They ran in this order to the cords, where African gave way, and Elimea and Wilderness became second and third. Half-way,up Wilderness beaded Elimea, and " col lared" the Terrier, but could obtain no advantage over him, the finish being so literally " head and head" that the judge pronounced it a dead heat. Elimea was beaten a length, African a bad fourth, Young Lochinvar and Prospect fourth and filth. Deciding Heat-6 to son the horse who made the running, the mare " covering" him all the way, and winning by a neck. Match, 50, h ft, Bst 71b, T.Y.C.—Mr. Crockford's Mistress Jean beat Mr. Shelley's His Serene Highness. Betting -6t04 on Mistress Jean. Won by a length. Match, 200, h ft, Bst 71b each. T.Y.C.—Lord Orford's _ f by Emilius, out of Tarantella, beat Lord Glasgow's f by The Provost, out of Miss Whip. Even betting. Won by half a length. Match, 1,000, h ft, T.Y.C.—Mr. Merton's Idas, Bst 101 b, beat Mr. Mytton's The Baron, Bst. Betting-6 to lon Idas. Won easily, by a length. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each ; three yrs old, 7st 91b ; four, Bst 71b ; five, Bst 121 b ; six and aged 9st. The winner to be sold for 120 sovs., &c., Ab. M. Count Batthyany's Master Stepney, 4 yrs Sir J. Hawley's Prospect, 3 yrs 2 Betting-6 to 4on Prospect. Won by a head. The withdrawal of Due an Durras, after a good deal of business had been done at 6 to 4 on him and 7 to 4 agst Prospect, led to a bit of an emeute, those who, on the faith of his running, had betted against Prospect, exclaiming loudly against the noble owner, and declaring that the bets against him, as well as those against Due an Durras, ought to be off. Cases of this kind, however, have occurred before, and have nt , de a sensation, but the sufferers have had, invariably, to "grin and bear it." Of course the question will become a matter of reference, and we trust will lead to the adoption of a law that will in future render all bets void made under similar circumstances. Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, 2 yrs old, 6st 71b; 3 yrs, Bat 51b; 4 yrs, Bst 101 b; 5 yrs and upwards, Bst 121 b. The winner to be sold for 25 sovs. First half of Ab. M. Lord Chesterfield's Bedouin, 2 yrs (J. Sharpe) 1 Mr. Shelley's His Serene Highness, 2 yrs 2 Mr. Crockford's Killi Krankie The following were not placed :—Mr. Douglas's Lucile, Mr. Cook's Needle, Mr. Booth's f, by Euclid, out of Victoire, Mr. Gratwicke's Little Julia, Mr. Pedley's Pocket Venus, Mr. B. Green's Bendigo, Mr. Merton's Mouseling, Mr. Ford's Betting—Even en Bedouin, 5 to' 2 aest Victoire f, 6 to 1 igst Al.useling, and 10 to 1 agst Killi Krankie. Won very Winner claimed. . ..... . Ma. c' 200. 0 ft. T.Y.C. Duke of Bedford's Villiers, 2 yrs, Est 810. received forfeit from Lord Glasgow's Physalis, 5 yrs, Bst 71b. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs, each, h ft. T.Y.C. (3 Subs.) Mr. Mostyn's Crozier, and Lord Orford's c, by Clearwell, out of Angelica, divided the forfeit. Match, 500, h ft. C.C.—Lord E. Russell's Sting, Bst 61b, received forfeit from Mr. O'Brien's The Travener, Bst 21b. Match, 500, h ft. A.F.—Mr. Meiklam's, received for feit from Mr. Hesseltine's Fitzwilliam, Bst. Match 200 : h ft. B C.—Mr. Moore's Wolfdog, 4 yrs, 9st 21)3., received 75 sovs. from Sir J. Hawley's Humdrum, 3 yrs, 7st 21b. Mach, 500. T.M.ll.—Mr. W. H. Johnstone's Jack Cade, 5 yrs, 6st 61t,, received 150 sovs. from Mr. O'Brien's Mentor, 4 yrs, Bst %b. - Match, 200, h ft. D.M.—Duke of Bedford's Paragons, Bst 71b, agst Lord Eglinton's Thersites. Off by consent. Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C.—Duke of Bedford's Eothen, 2 yrs, Bst 71b, received forfeit from Sir W. W. Wynn's Cyny inion, 3 yrs, 8s 71b. LA rE ST DERBY BETTING. 5 to 1 agst .I.ihn Day's lot—taken 7 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp 15 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet 15 !o 1 ag,it Mr. Mostyn's Epirote—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Sis. to Cobweb colt 40 to 1 agst Sir It. Pigot's Conyngham 40 to 1 ag3t Mr. Gully's Tantivy 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Buckskin —taken 50 to 1 agst Mr. Daley's Dromedary 1000 to 10 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx 2000 to 15 agst Duke of Bedford's Villiers (late Bethphage) t. DUDLEY.—AWFUL MINE ACCIDENT.--FOUR MEN BURIED ALIVE !—On Friday week, an accident of a very dreadful nature occurredin the coal mine of Messrs. Phillips, Williams, and Co., situated between West Bromwich and Oldbury, near the Union Furnaces, which instantly hurried four persons into eternity, and narrowly perilled the lives of several others. Four men named Harvey, Harpwood, Cashmore, and Moss, had sat down to their mid-day meal, when the roof of the pit fell in with an awful crash, and the poor fellows were instantly covered by a mass of solid coal, and three hours of in cessant labour had elapsed before the whole were extri cated. One of them evinced slight signs of life, but in a few moments was numbered with his lifeless com panions. Others in the pit had a most providential escape.— Worcester Chronicle. husit SUPPLIES.—No less than sixteen ships ar rived in the river Thames on Monday, from the Irish ports, laden almost exclusively with food and provisions of various kinds, the produce of that country, having, collectively, 14,960 packages of butter, 224 packages of pork, 1,047 hampers and bales of bacon, several of hams, 140 sacks, 2,926 barrels, and 7,788 quarters of oats, 434 packages of lard, 75 of general provisions, 40 of oatmeal, 44 of porter, 259 of eggs, and a variety of other articles of lesser importance, which it would be quite needless further to particularise. Of these almost unprt cedentedly nu:nerous arrivals in one day, from the sister island, five were from Liineriek, 0110 from Belfast, two from Water ford, one from Galway, one from Kilrush, two from Dublin, one from Youghal, and three from Cotk. We do not mention these arrivals in this hasty aril succinct manner with any motives of a political character, with reference to the present state of that portion of tl.e United Kin ~d om, but as faithful chroniclers of passing events, we deem it our duty to record them for the in formation or timi,t , most intd-rested and concerned, with out alv farther present remarks on the 611iti' c'. KIRKALDY.—WII AL ERS —Saturday the Regal is and Caledonia whale ships, belonging to this por t , arrive d here fro m D av i s ' S tra i ts, the former having four fish, or about sixty tons ; the other only two fish. The Regalia has also brought home a young Esquiniaux, dressed in fits nativ e gar b of skin, with his two canoes, fishing, and hunting implements. They have likewise a live bear, both of which are attracting many visitors, anxious to see these denizens of the snow covered regions,—Edin burcrle Weekly it'e • ter 9 4 $ . LITERATURE. 1? I' ERLY RE VIE ti , " No. (..; LT I. out the principle that extremes meet, thti commencement and the conclusion of the present number constitutes its chief attraction. In the first article we are afforded a very interesting retrospect of the origin and prosecution of the " Fortifications of Paris ;" in the last article the reviewer obliges the world with some additional observations upon the " Close of Sir Robert Peel's Administration." Upon the former theme we cannot reflect for a single moment without entertaining sentiments of the deepest sorrow, and, to a certain extent, of absolute humiliation. What might not have been the condition of France at this moment, supposing those fortifications to have been in existence during the past two centuries ? Might not the shackles of feurlality have still debased her population ? Might not her citizens have still been liable to an endless incarceration at the will of some arbitrary sovereign, by the signature of a lettre de cachet? Might not the rights of property have been still rendered precarious by confiscation, and the national revenues have been still sustained by the infliction of despotic im posts ? Had Paris been girdled by those massive battlements, and threatened with 2,188' pieces of heavy ordnance and 120 field guns, is it TH I U;,rr~ it possible that ,Delaunay would have been compelled to yield the Bastille ? Would the mob have been able so readily to reach the tennis-court of Versailles in 1789, and to drag Louis XVI. into the capital in that bacchanalian triumph which was inaugurative of their emancipation ? Would not Lafayette, instead of pleading at the bar of the Assembly for the resti tution of what he designated the constitutional powers to the monarch, would he not rather have marched direct upon the metropolis at the head of his legions and have battered their chimney-pots about the ears of the Parisians ? It is from the considera tion of these facts, from a knowledge that anything like a successful combat against a feudal despotism, or a confederated oligarchy, in the event of either of those malign authorities having been armed origi nally with such repressive instruments as these fortifications, that we reflect upon their foundation and completion with such unmitti gated sorrow. It is because we are persuaded that such an auxiliary might, in 1791, have rendered the royal confederates of Pilmitz triumphant, because we conceive it might have tended to the yet more signal debasement of the tiers etat, because, in fine, in those fortifications we recognise the antagonism of the grandest struggle for the attainment of constitu tional liberty ever adventured in civilised times, that we are disposed to lament the extraordinary struc tures so recently raised round the French capital. Those embattlements might unquestionably guard Paris from the invading forces of a Blucher, a Wel lington, or an Alexander; but it is infinitely more than probable they would prevent an outraged people from punishing the profligate domination of a Ca lonne, or of thwarting the peddling inefficiency of a Necker. We are somewhat puzzled to conjecture the motives which could have influenced M. Thiers in acceding to the proposition for their erection during the recess of 1841. Possibly that sagacious statesman did not regard them with those apprehensions in a contingent emergency which are rendered inevitable at this advanced period. Possibly the expense which they had already entailed upon the Exchequer in that year, namely, 5,600,0001., did not afford him an ade quate conception of the enormous sum they have since required for their completion. The Quarterly Re view avouches that these works at Paris will fully answer the purpose of what its writer supposes to be their original purpose, of "putting the capital in a cage!" There's a reflection for the revolutionists of 1830 ! Paris put in a cage ! Much valuable information in castrametation and the science of fortification, par ticularly as applied to modern times, and especially as in reference to our neighbours and their metro polis, may be gleaned from this contribution. In the terminating paper of this number, the most remarkable feature is a quotation from a work published in 1845, by M. Capefigue, and entitled Hommes d' Etat. The predictions of that French historian, while they some times evince his discernment, and illustrate, in a dis tinguished manner, that remark of Edmund Burke, that " foreigners are a kind of contem poraneous posterity," are mingled, nevertheless, with the most egregious and extravagant day-dreams. What shall we say of that vaticination, "Si l'lrlande persiste, ce sera M. Peel qui cons'-ntira a sa separation, a son Parlement national, a defaire l'ceuvre de cin quainte ans?" What again shall we • say of that companion prophecy, " Que les Radicaux, a leer tour, persistent, it viendra peutetre an jour ou 112. Robert Peel accomplira la ?V'orme absolue avec le Parlement annuel, a la facon de Cobbett et de Hunt ?" If the felicitous assurance of another paragraph " que Sir Robert Peel a tile le parti Tory," may be taken as a conclusive testimony of M. Capefique s claim to be considered auricular, Mr. O'Connell may exult in the anticipated achievement of the repeal; while the shades of the great Member for Oldham and of Henry Hunt will rejoice at the prophetic realisation of their visions. But not unless. Throughout this article in the Quarterly we can discern the disappointment of the agriculturists still rankling under an affectation of re signation ; we can still discern the animosity to the late Premier beneath a film of in sidious flattery; we can still recognise the old stubbornness of monopoly renewing itself again and again, after it had been as repeatedly vanquished by the indisputable facts and overwhelming logic of the more intelligent advocates for free trade. We shall not waste our own time, or that of our readers, by going over the same arguments .which have al ready been repeated a thousandfold in our own co lumns, and which arguments, though in almost every disinterested man's mouth, whether in Parliament or out of Parliament, especially during the past ten months, this reviewer seems never to have heard. The old sophisms which Mr. Cobden has exposed long since, which have been likewise dissipated by Mr. Bright, Mr. Villiers, and Mr. Milner Gibson, spe cious phantoms of objections which have in some in stances been laid by the pamphlets of Colonel Thomp son, and the letters by Mr. Fox in the League news paper, are here revived, as though their flimsiness were not apparent to ninety-nine per cent. of the population. In a similar manner the truths of free trade—apparent as the moon at its full to almost everybody else—are still utterly invisible to the writer. When Galileo first published his nun cius siderius, declaring among other marvels the ex istence of satellites in the vicinity of Jupiter, and the periodical disappearance and reappearance of spots upon the disc of the sun, one of that great man's an tapnists, a peripatetian and a rival professor, gravely printed a book, in which he declared that he had a telescope of his own, that he had looked through that telescope, that the assertions of Galileo Galilei were monstrous mistatements, that the surface of the sun was emaculate, that Jupiter was unattended by satel lites! What iat peripatician was to astronomy, these pro tectionists are to political economy. They have alltmhensetvidemenicneesnot tho senses,of thei r from Dr. all the Adam assu Smith rancesof the downwards, all the testimony of experience, calling p c acknowledge t y h e e .t, truthfulness of .w t i h t h e doctrines o f n u e p w en -de th cl e a m red te a 'expjloadsetd asGalileo's enemytheir an w ti a q s uate w d ith sy t s h te e m Aristotle, they voluntarily r easandclose d declare thatehairreyes, they e pres theirse see hands againsttheir tahnedirhveearnenroathhleinpgsiwiehyic.h Notwithstandingetin induce this wilf u l them to forsak e their of the recent pertinacity, we are still sanguine as to the acknow ledgement of the advantages of an unrestricted com merce even by the bitterest antagonists Parliamentary innovations. Not only, 07V eve h the w writer t e n r f in s u t e h h e aQua change rter ly am san g convinced he the E o n f oish m pro bability protec tionists, but his scepticism is of a gigantic and cos mopolitan order. "On the whole, then," S ayshe, and m o r h e e a a r n , d fro morefrom allconvinced 3, thatby ewe promisere d, a " n w d e se a e r , e that our free-trade mania is likely to meet with any thing like the reciprocity from any foreign powers of the New World or the Old, will turn out to be a lamentable deception." A wonderful conclusion to arrive at, truly ! Why the very American tariff, over which he has been exulting in the preceding para graph, is a step taken in the right direction. It is only a single and comparatively unsatisfactory step, we will grant, but still it is an assurance that the passion for mercantile liberation has already acquired votaries in the Western hemi sphere. Nor is that the only instance of the progression of free trade principles among nations that can be adduced. -Does not the reviewer know that a society for the dissemination of these liberal views in commerce is in active operation in France ? Can he be ignorant of the fact that similar endea vours are being made in Belgium—that the ancient states of Italy and Germany are being rapidly inno ciliated with the same benificent aspirations—that a second League is on the eve of formation in the Iberian peninsula? Does he not know that that same Richard Cobden, whom he wishes to hold up to public retrobation as a political firebrand, and as an agitator and a demagogue, is receiving a kind of moral ovation in the European states through which he is passing ? As to the " int lligent American gentleman," (a friend of a friend of the writer in the Quarterly Review), who designates the farewell speech of Sir Robert Peel on the occasion of his late retirement from office " a parting stab to the interests he had abandoned," we can only answer that the majority of the countrymen of that great minister look back to that incident, and to the sentiments then avouched by him, as the most admirable of his whole public career. Yes ; let Us repeat that noble peroration of that most memorable address—let us repeat it, not to constitute it, like the reviewer, a text for invidious insinuations, but to reanimate, if that be necessary, the gratitude of the English people to one of their most self-forgetful benefactors, and one of their most self sacrificing patriots. " I shall leave office, I fear, with a name severely censured by Palmy E . tQn9nrable Gentlemen, who, 04 of the populace and extensive plunder of flour carts in f lirr pwardc of .59 l• ads ;.f ti or: which I„,ft the morning on its way to Shannon Harbour, for ship ment to Dublin. Owing to the state of the country, an escort of soldiers and police was granted the millers for its protection ; but this force was found totally insuffi cient, as the people collected in great multitudes and seemed determined to have the flour at all hazards. News having reached the Earl of Rosse to that effect, he immediately ordered reinforcements ; and, as We now write, the military are marching past. We hear that the people have broken down the bridge at the Rape mills in order to render the road impassable ; but whether the cars were enabled to proceed or not we cannot say. It is stated that the women cut open several of the bags, and succeeded in carrying off a considerable quantity. Two entire bags were taken off one of Mr. Lyster's cars, quite convenient to the town. Time will not permit bur giving further particulars, but at this moment all is excitement and alarm. " We have just heard that some cars were stopped on the road near Cloneen, and three loads of meal taken, which Mr. Darby, of Leap Castle, had imported for the use of the poor on his estate." A letter from Banagher, in the same paper, says— "l ant sorry to be obliged to state that matters are assuming a very alarming appearance about this neigh bourhood; scarcely a day since my last communication that some outrage or another on property has not been committed. The plunder of Messrs. Robinson's flour, at the Rape-mills, between here and Parsonstown, was followed up by a similar attack on a number of persons belonging to this town, mostly small dealers and others, who were returning f r o m P arsonstown with their pur chases of flour and oatmeal on Thursday evening last; the cars were stopped at the Split Hill by a large crowd of nearly 300 persons, composed of men, women, and children, who in a very short time rifled every car of its contents, stating that they were famishing for the want of food, and could not stand it any longer. Although there was a considerable quantity of flour and meal, yet, when divided amongst so many, it afforded only a small portion to each person. On Friday night, the 23d instant, two sheep, the property of Mr. B. Seymour, of Clonfert, within three miles of this town, were killed on his land, and the carcases taken away. Mr. Seymour has been always exceedingly kind and obliging to the poor of this neighbourhood, and did not deserve this treatment. One or two other per sons have also lost sheep in the same way. Nearly a fortnight has elapSed since the presentment sessions were held for this barony, and yet, strange to say, there is not the slightest appearance of any work being com menced about here yet. lam told the engineer has not had time even to report on the works in this locality ; surely such delay, under the circumstances, is highly reprehensible, and the Board of Works should at once issue the necessary directions to their proper officers for this dietrict to have the works proceeded with as soon as possible ; the officers cannot do anything without orders from the board. A spirit of demoralization is spreading rapidly amongst the lower orders, which, if not checked, must soon obiiterate every trace of honest or honourable principle they have remaining." The Tipperary Constitution draws a very alarming skebch of affairs in the south riding of that county, as thus : " The peasantry of Tipperary are armed to the teeth ; every man with his gun, blunderbuss, or pistol. It is fearful to contemplate what may be the result, but such is the fact. The people do not disguise their possession of fire-arms ; they walk about with them in the noonday ; and it is a common expression amongst the lower classes to say Here are the fowlers,' when they see those desperadoes traversing the country. The Government, as we said in our last number, must step forward—they must disarm the revolutionists of Ireland before it is too late. Ireland requires, nay de mands, a stringent Arms Act. If strong measures are not taken forthwith this country will present a scene of bloodshed and rapine unparalleled in the annals of crime. We use strong language, but the times require it. Nye have information from many sources, and all combine in stating that we are near a dreadful crisis. Then, in God's name, let us endeavour to meet it as we ought to do. Let the Government leave no stone unturned to avert it; let them take measures commensurate with the state of the country, and stay the stream of crime ere it siwells into a crimsoned flood. Poverty, to be sure, has its excuses, but the Divine and human laws are not to be violated to dissipate it. It is not by bloodshed and robbery th 3 condition of the people is to be ameliorated. The people must be taught this. The gentry of Ireland are doing everything for them, even to the confiscation of their properties; but it is of no avail, and will be of no avail, unless the Government come to the rescue of the country at once." EDE'S CITY WEEKL Y ALMANAC. This little periodical almanac, which is now being published from week to week, is the carrying out of one of those excellent notions which cause amazement at their never having been thought of before. For mercantile men this will prove an admirable assist ance, and will materially simplify their prospective arrangements. Each almanac embraces one week; and, in separate divisions, we have the day of the week, the day of the month, blank tablets for en gagements, and a most copious list of memoranda. We cannot afford a better notion of the completeness of this very useful circular than by transcribing the memoranda given for a single day. Here is the list for Monday, November 2 : Meeting; of Creditors at Bankrupts' Court, Basing hall-street :—(2d meeting)—R. B. Bradley, at eleven o'clock ; John Richards, jun., at one o'clock. Insolvent Petitioners—Hearings in Portugal•street : j. Paiba, J. Crew, J. Scouler, H. Pilcher, W. S. Simp son, J. Castledine, R. W. Roberts, W. Coates, T. Hogg, H. Murray. G. Miles, E. R. Buller. Michaelmas Term begins. Holiday at Transfer Offices in the Bank. High water at London-bridge—Morning, 0 b. 36 min. ; Afternoon, 1 h. 1 min. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM 01111 OWN CORRESPONDENT.) EAST COWES CASTLE .—This splendid building, the master-piece of the late John Nash, Esq., was offered for sale by public auction, on Wednesday last, at the Medina Hotel, East Cowes, and was bought in at 15,8001. We expected there would have been a good deal of compe tition, and that many of our nobility would have been anxious to obtain so beautiful a place in such a desirable situation; but, alas! not one purchaser could be found; even curiosity had drawn but a very few persons to gether. THE NEW PLANET.—The Isle of Wight astronomers have had a meeting at Coulbourn-bottom, at the cele brated almanac manufactory, and after due deliberation have decided that the new planet does not belong to our system, that instead of its being the last of our system it is the first of another. WAGIIORNS EXPRESS.—" Mr. Waghorn's courier's arrival at Dover is just telegraphed. Bombay dates, Ist Oct."—Overland Office, 34, Cornhill, 1.25, 1.m., 31st October, 1846. Loss OF AN AMERICAN VESSEL AND SIXTEEN LIVES.—The American papers contain an account of the loss of the brig Rienzi, Captain Small, of Boston, to gether with sixteen of the crew, in the storm to which the Great Western was exposed in her last passage from Liverpool. The vessel was fallen in with on the 26th of September, by the Minerva, who took off the w rec k th e second mate and four o f thel crew in a very exhausted state—the captain, mate, and fourteen of the seamen having been swept away. The Rienzi was on a whaling voyage, and had on board 470 barrels of sperm oil. On the 15th of September she was struck by a sea, the hatches burst off, and the vessel immediately filled with water. Captain Small, his mate, and young son, about sixteen years of age, together with two boat steerers, ship-keeper and steward, were drowned in the cabin. Some of the crew were drowned in the forecastle, and others were washed overboard at the time of the dis aster. No pen can depict the sufferings of the remain ing crew. All the provisions they had for ten days was about half a deep basket of bread, which they succeeded in getting from the hold, and which had been soaked for forty-eight hours in Rah water. The day before they. were taken off they caught a shark by means of a bow line, the liver of which they ate raw, and tried to drink the blood, but found it bitter. All the water they had. during their stay on the wreck they caught by putting an old shirt in the rain during a shower, and wringing it out when it became wet. In this way they procured two quarts in all. They were almost without clothing, and for seven days the sea made a continued breach over them ; and they could only keep on the wreck by lashing themselves fast. With the exception of the last day they spent on the wreck, they had no place dry whatever, and then only a small place aft.—The brig being entirely under water both forward and amid-ships.. On the 18th, at about eight A.M., they were passed by es brig steering to the eastward. She came so near t ha t they could see men on her deck ; and ocan vass and an old sheet, they notwithstand ing they made signals of distress, by waving a without Small th h enl a: notice of them- - which had she two m piece taking one other vessel. which they think passed -= s hull. roff Captain would have been saved. They onlyfa passed on a tkrie livesany al though they could see he r left a wife and six children t o mour n his loss and that of his two sons ; the remainder of the crew, wi th but one ex ception, we r a e ll y( u )u n n n3 g ar ra r t ied n,.n — o L t more than elr6cutryo . 2 2 years of age, and HOCHELAGA ; Oft, ENGLAND IN THE NEW WORLD. Edited by Eliot Warburton, Esq., author of " The Crescent and the Cross." A Second Edition of the above work, in 2 vols., price 21s. bound, is published this day by Mr. Colburn, and may now be had of all booksellers. Mr. Colburn has also just published :-2. Vol. 6 of Madame D'Arblafs Diary and Letters. 3. Canada and tho Canadians in 1846, by Lieuts:ce„ in i vol., oli.onel Si Richard Bonnycastle, 2 vols., 21s. b o 2 u . n vii d o . luer,k 4 re . o,By A aul T iss h tov ir ro d y., • and Cheaper Edition of " The Nemesi s in. China," cont..' prising a complete history of th e l a t e we,,r, and G p e l a n t t e r s y , I c 2 o s m . p b l o e u te n d. i n 2 ow l fi . t l ht o h s b a o p uem. Landeds nd . 6. V 01.9 of A gnes Strickla . nd'i Lives of nd, eToinheprisingliryof Modena, And Nels on Letters and Die.- t c h o e n Q so u r e t e o n f s J o tt f m Eg e s n ll. la 7. patches, complete in 7 vo l s. Bvo. B.Travels and Travellers, by M rs . Trollope, 2 vole, , 21s . C.aSAR BORGIA.—This new work by the author of the popular historical romance , " Wlftefri ' ars, 'is re ported to p ossess f eatures as l remarkable for their novelty as for th • eir interest. It is, we expect, an illus tration of Italian history of the most singularly graphic and picturesque character—the period being the most remarkable in its annals—the principal personages among the most extraordinary that ever existed—and the scene, with 'occasional variations, in that locality which, as much by the scholar as the Christian, must ever be regarded as the most famous in the world. On this story of Rome, in the era of the Borgias, the ables. author of " Whitefriars" is said to have put forth all WA