The Sun. — London, England, 1846-07-30 00:00:00

LITERATURE. +an ot Until ,otttl a - ndi s B l7 "liethine• more is sought than to have certainly dressed dandies or no e f bl I s' ball-rooms. techthink that the people of England are very_ r Indeb•ed to the Rev. Mr. Trimmer, vicar of Hounslow, It i s ag a coroner's inquest on the late melancludy her , 4 0 use having men of education or gentlemanly man air, in the ranks if they are to be treated as poor . 4 4 3 te W as. If the black cats were not used this tove, b ,:_ r t the execution was so very severe, for what pur t—' does Colonel Whyt kee them ? Or what sight as he to keep any hart T • than e one sort—the . regulation lajeThis is evidently a connivance with his farrier r, 'who brings them in his bag, and gives to farrier wi v i !lns the one he is to use. One man is flogged with White e ats, and goes next day to his duty in good health. wi w ti o l others are ill and one dies, because they are beaten ini„„ bl ack cats, which are heavier and create internal 4') And Dr. W arren says, " 11 is unnecessary i n thi s j _rili the sit only wa y el to ato feel th trtaine victim the state of he su 's pulse ;" and yet t y t taker' r, f or convulsions " (as Dr. Warren says) do not lilv'ace ; on the contrary, the patient sinks gradu- . tnY until h e ."nt)t, and is thenceforward insensible of 4 ? pain or suffering until recalled to life: that is to fel t : t " wan may die under the lash if his pulse is not But it should be. And other Colonels ask the otr re tee n te e peatedly how the man is, and if the punish • bo ner " be conti nue d ? Yes, every time the exectt ipk_. or the c a t are changed should it be ascertained in efgtKt en ata ta the victim i s ; a good surgeon w ill d o so as ask f he thinks necessrry, especially if the patients tip /4 r. ater. All woranded men ask for water, prin tint ewrrileenidtidhe wounds are internal. But no doubt not think it at all necessary to avcer -100;11 w hat state this man was, because he, the sur ease ~;a 4 have known beforehand that a weak-bodied leg e ' '-', l ;ett to drink, was a weak-chested man, and con . . 4 4n uY not a fit subject for corporal punishment. resr,'3'humble opinion, the assertions of the "Eighteen t the 1 . 8 , 1 ‘ 1411 ,” in the Times, are without foundation ; bu le -ea ' state of the case is as I have had the honour to O af ° r e the editor of The Sun. 44 1( our cavalry officers knew anything of out-post itt Sir Harding e wou ld n ot have been surprised i light odis o p„ h but h a v e rece i ve d ti me ly notice from /ar4leY officers, The fighting is beyond all praise ou r . l l.a• But th ere, as e l sewhere, i n a ll ot h er mat t ers , hue light cavalry officers have shown that they do not Slate real duties of a light dragoon. Zo ne - years' ee o ld b oys are unf i t for officers, and yet ° b ud tth ose between that age and eighteen may lowe,, t :"eaeaissi ons ! Twenty-one years shou l d b e t h e laaiaße for ad m i ttance. A no b le lord b ecomes an ‘ l , ,b. Ett sixteen in the foot guards, and at eighteen he th e a e ptain in the foot guards and lieutenant • colonel in terrePY; and th en his grace has his hopeful son trans yoti tO Hungarian imitation regiment, and there of ~,t w ,a a lieutenant - colonel commanding a regiment 43, e -. 11" le Y, who is not responsible in a court of l t aw o , f o a r bel t e his numerous debts, and who for 'his must wear imitation mustachoes ap t d w w a is n hiskers. quite be al aY seem extreme case, but 0 0 - ri b e l j e lin i tt practice will often . occur after the Duke gton's control is lost, as it did before the Duke Yoe came. b it eY after day any one can see in her Majesty's House-- Ciaval r y li tt l e f e ll ows commanding six- feet cuiras ers-__h . eavy cavalry officers unable to wear anything I mitation armour, made of tin. ii...trvilege on one side, and flogging on the other—that ule real state of the case.—l am, tzar, &c., _ A CONSTANT READER. M. Vrpocg.—De morties nil nisi bonum is an arlage which it would have been well for the gerant of the Demo cratic Pacifigue to have borne in mind, when on the occasion of the rumoured death of Vidocq, who it was alleged had died in poverty at Brussels, he thought proper to publish as article on the subject. Our readers will remember the r aoetious letter in wh ic h M . Vi docq rssured us that he was Xll alive, and having read the article in question in the chaeartratic Pacifigue, which he considered reflected on his eter, he at once proceeded to France, and instituted pro- M t gs against the gerant. The cause came on for trial on h July. The defendant suffered judgment to go by de -0,4'..t4 and M. Vidocq, having declared that he had no desire 14personal damages, the court sentenced the defendant to _ fine of 50 f rancs, and to advertise the sentence in the Ntt,,l-t journals. ra eplaintiff, says the Constitutionnel, i kt i ri N° superb die.tnondbreast pins, and appeared in the 1,11 g o rous state o f h ea l t h . a rt al)t d h Ze ß P ti .lllF amily of France are to set out on the 1 , Pro ceed fhey will return by the 15th of next mon , th, 'sals „ to take up their residence at St. Cloud. Ihe Misr 4-ttiine the r• - •Mposing the royal squadron at Treport are to Amelie yacht, the Gomer steam frigate, the Colombe steamer and Passe Partout cutter. 4 bitn: En , ATE ATTEMPT AT HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND k, 11.--As Jonathan Robinson, a post-boy in the employ tern-I•onsW.aterhouse,of Burton, .Westmoreland,. was on his attr„i from Lancaster, alone in a gig, between eleven rtrt of t , l 'e o'clock on Saturday week, be observed on a lonely irearalroad, known as Carnforth Level, four men, who b p s ellee,"' the garb of railway labourers, standing under i t yPosit,t , two on each side of the road. On coming . nearly X l e's b e t hem, one of the party made a rush to seize the ;,ed . -ead, but not succeeding, was thrown upon the i i utho nt . Another of them immediately fired a pistol, but Zse t c, l l . 4 taking effect. Robinson immediately lashed the tlir„ m obs e P started off at full gallop, at the same time throw aitol or the bottom of the gig, and when he had gone /10 , 4 t ill.: 11• Y yards another shot was fired, happily with uotibr ‘ 4l eet•as. It robbery was their object, they had, betil Mistaken their man ; but it appears they must 0 4 4 ev;s V erY 'desperate and reckless characters, as it is Vet i'ent they would not have hesitated at committing 144•041°Rttee()mplish their purpose.— Westmoreland Gazette. kr 4l still INSTITUTION.—This intellectual exhi -14141E, kcontinues to be crowded by eager inquirers after Isflj"lanai n t ewl dge. During the past week, too, a more triti oet n „ t reat has been provided, in the eloquent lectures tto p: r eh heftner, on the application of the agent elec ;teem" us e iP h ",.es connected with the economy of' every-day de ar ; Nsls ieh u,e Learned Doctor's own words, " That strange d ro n '.:°Ys i n dances in the Aurora Borealis, and sears and at*: aloaia ,‘"„a tonligting's flash, may be employed in h s pit th e Q u form move machinery, to transfer throug m ost rai • ellt"Ne.e, old conversation, to explode masses of tea11(1 pr " . "%l eVen to print a lady's dress." In his excel tix ea c h aotteal mode the Doctor then proceeded to ill.us out le c ef these truths by practical experiments, givin . g b t i i lltrti t t tan epitome of all that has been done and said 'vir tu subject during the last twenty years. very t i te s ,`VE FIRE AND NARROW ESCAPE OF SE -11;(1" ' 4 ani,,," l 's• - --This morning, between twelve and one, a itt Nand ',,ug fir e broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. the 3 . l . `"' ) n, grocer and tea dealer, carrying on business )4,„jolice_ no w's-fields, Bermondsey. It appears that whi b s e 41 4„":eiv e d sconstable on the beat was going his rounds, "ttere ~.1 ( e in dense bodies issuing through the windo . w trotight Ytthout loss of time he raised an alarm which latv.rgoant Gravestock and a strong muster of cond 14e14,NIsiri,tsPot. After considerable trouble they suceecde u nT ,l° fou r '.:Luj• Hodson from his sleep. At that time . there lir Po °Ye children and the servants sleeping in the th t...eu of the house, and it was with the greatest di . ffi- ZY a r l ti leY were made sensible of the danger to which Teti! e xPosed. Scarcely had the residents effected a t he Edioeat from the building. when the flames shot through or souit:t7imloves and out of the different apertures, and t l ttaai nr . Irne the moat disastrous consequences to . the sur- f car° Property were feared. Fortunately, intelligence o %gin 4111 ItY had been previously forwarded to the different .itorNs-e-anslations of the tire brigade and West of England b 'Ogu teer .7• The Tooley-street engine, with Hambleton, the thde r .' Trickly arrived, and was instantly set to work. Mr. ed„,'On. and Mr. Counorton, the chief officers of the Corn;" Establishment and West of England Insurance sk er ilnY, foll owed soon afterwards, and b y t h e strenuous not b, f . 1 2 . s of the brigade the fire was extinguished, but ze str i o t y b in a g d passe its d course through the whole every ole of the room in stockyte e in - in apniri4_ fi xtures, and other effects in the shop, as well as of thg the furniture, &c., in the upper rooms. The cause fo rth Out break could not be ascertained. Had it not been Vie in ° Ppo:tune discovery made by the police, several of so n i. Mates must have perished in the flames. Mr. Hod c‘,..msured to theamount of 3001. in the Sun Fire-office. m se, rtiotlS MISTAKE.—On Tuesday morning a gentle" CC r ,,as observed waiting by the new gates of St. Pancras ho w f" , Euston square, who inquired of a person passing, It w O ng it would be before the three o'clock train started. 4, / t : _aa told it was then half-past two, when he exclaimed,. very odd they don't open the gates!" He had it the portico of the church for the Birmingham Railway a s- TrM.inua, and was there left waiting impatiently for admis 2°•How long it was before he discovered his mistake we 44 , e not informed. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT—THREEPERSONSDnoWNED. "On Saturday evening last, St. Boswell's fair-day, a melan choly accident occurred, by which three persons lost their st,..ves in th e T wee d, a t the Burnfoot, b e hi n d the village of 1 4eSsudden—viz., James Scott, blacksmith, Bemersyde, his 'wife, and daughter, about 14 years of age. It i s supposed that on returning from the fair they had att emp t e d to wade the river, which was running rather full at the time, and bad been carried off their feet down the water.--Caledonian Mercury. SWIMMING FEAT.—On Wednesday morning, at four o'clock, a large number of persons assembled on lalackfriars bridge, to witness an attempt to be made by one of the corn- Positors of the Morning Advertiser to swim across the Thames, from the steps of the bridge on the Surrey side to those on . h t he opposite shore; the wager to be commenced an hour and 4 , 1 1 41 f befor e hi g h wa t er , th e tid e runn ing up strong at the. The conditions of the undertaking were, that no rest i",,ould be allowed, and, in the event of the current taking 1 11 1 swimmer through the bridge, the stakes to be claimed by ° PPonents. Precisely at the hour appointed the task eap t temnaenced, the sl‘immer at tint making his way ast the tide towards Southwark-bridge, but having kfr i Z about half the distance towards it, an unexpecte . d , !fe orts tY presented itself, which nearly proved fatal to his I torne o l °2 arriving opposite the gas-works at Bankside, an .. 11t1(1 ; ; nodhe_ of gas-tar was discharged into the stream, hZuhrag e nly choked with the effluvia. However, his is wa s B,ltainod him, and having got clear of this, he made Coevi i • l B . ll 'o the opposite side, and in thirty-three minutes ac oongratert„his arduous undertaking, amidst the cheers and deligh a‘lons of the spectators. f Martineau has just finished the building of a Pac aet. 41 residence in the lake district.—Cumberland j • ' r °olt I ng a v er 8 GUARDIAN SOCIETY . .—Yesterday even of s o „„_ Y crowded and influential meeting of the inhabitants itim.„`"-uwark, to promote the cause of and to torm an aux -I,:b.nighttoonl,Blle Poor Man's Guardian Society, was held at te s e r ie:, takAi ssembly Rooms, Blackfriars• road. Stevens, ng the chair and opening the business of the ti e "o g. called u on Mr. John Savage to detail the opera , os of the secietpv That gentleman (who was the society's chairissioner to indover)cmiplied with the request of the ce edi _ n lan, and went into a len.zthened statement of his pro .stige.o,a_t A . edover, and at Marlborough-house, Peckham. hoi n °wall, Mr. Charles Allright, and other gentlemen brokeg addressed the meeting at considerable length. _it to the o c P ha s h°rtlY before twelve o'clock, after voting thanks fip cciENT man. AT THE BRITISH MUSElT3 . l.—YeSterd a y acei ntugdent,ofetween the hours of seven and eight o'clock, an a fearful description happened to a man named Muse Bateman a bricklay er . H e was engage d at t h e British forty and having ascen d e d a scaffold a distance o f a b o ut gro un 7s he missed his footing, and was precipitated to the after the l on being picked up he appeared quite dead ; but • apse of a few moments, animation becoming per- Lie eePtih ni le e . e was removed with all possible speed, in a fright mi:tilated condition, to the King's College Hospital. x l,s ins in a very precarious state. khart, sister-in-law to the editor of the lie Review, has been admitted into the Roman Catho- Lo_ttetireb, the widow and family of the late John William 0 4 7, 11 , , to whom the second volume of Mr. Newman's Pero -14_4i errtions was inscribed, have entered the pale of the Chatrch, ea:abridge Advetlitsr, Ally 29. "VIRGINIE. Tragedie. en dug actes, par M. Latour (de Saint Wars). Representeepour la premiere fois a Paris, sur le Theatre Francais, par lee comediens ordinaires du Poi, le 5 Avril, 1845, it au Theatre Francais de Londres (St. James's Theatre), le 24 Juillet, 1846. The story of Virginia has been a favourite subject with the dramatists of England and France from the earliest times. The earliest extant English dramatic pro duction publicly represented (" Ferrex and Porrex" was only represented at Court), the plot of which is derived from history, is entitled "Appius and Virginia," and it was publicly acted in all probability as early as the year 1563. This curious production, which holds a middle station between the old moralities and the historical plays, and in which the vice of the old morality is introduced under the name of Haphazard, was printed in 1575. We know not whether the story was as early dramatised by the French dramatic authors, but certain it is that every century since that time has seen its Virginius or its Virginia in both countries; and that, with the exception of the Virginius of Mr. Sheridan Knowles in England, and the Virginie of M. Latour in France, all these pro ductions have fallen into deserved oblivion. It might at first sight appear that the present was an excellent opportunity for instituting a comparison between the works of the English and of the French dramatists, but nothing can well be more different than the manner in which they have treated the subject. We have none of those large-hearted (we know no word that will so well express our meaning), exquisitely beautiful domestic scenes, which form the charm of Sheridan Knowles's play, in the Virginie of M. Latour, but on the other hand Sheridan Knowles gives us nothing like the in tensely impassioned scenes between Appius and Virginia by which the work of M. Latour is distinguished. Virginius is the great character of the play of Sheridan Knowles, and Virginia interests us passively rather than actively. We pity and love the young, innocent, simple-minded girl of fifteen, exposed, in the absence of her natural protectors, to diabolical machinations, the object of which she comprehends but indistinctly—we pity, we feel for her ; we love her as the innocent victim rather than as the heroine. Not so with the Virginie of M. Latour. She perfectly understands the nature and the object of the pursuit of Appius Claudius. She spurns him from her presence with a withering sarcasm, mingled with a warmth of indignation, which savours rather of the woman of five-and-twenty than of the girl of fifteen—rather of the Lucretia than of the Virginia. In this respect the Virginie of M. Latour, although more dramatic than the Virginia of Sheridan Knowles, is not so true to history, but we could readily, nay, thankfully, pardon a graver anachro nism for the sake of the exquisite poetry of M. Latour and the sublime acting of Mrille. Rachel, for whom the character was written. The first act is rather heavy; it is devoted to the preparations for the marriage of Virginia with Icilius, and concludes with the departure of Vir ginius to the array, after a long conversation with Fa bius on state affairs, fur the introduction of which M. Latour may plead the authority of Corneille and the custom cf the French stage, albeit it is a custom which, in our opinion, " Is more honoured in the breach than in the observance." In the second act we have the first interview between Claudius and Virginia, and this is one of the most powerfully-written scenes in the drama. During the absence of Virginius and Icilius the Decemvir has sent presents to Virginia, which she has rejected. He then, in an interview, personally urges his suit, and the scene thus proceeds : CLAUDIUS. Virginie !...Et ces dons, et ces vceux empresses Qu'on a du vows uffrir VIRGINIE. Je les ai repousE6s. CLAUDIITS. Repousser les preients d'un hommo qui vows aime !... Est-co me2ris pour moi ? VIIIGINIE. C'est respect pour moi-meme. Et d'ailleurs, qu'on me dise oit je dois deposer Le prix du deihopineur qu'on me vient proposer. Irai-je le suspendre avec cette couronne, Qui rapproche des Dieux ceux auxquels on la donne ? Pourrai-je le placer sans crime sur !'autel Des penates gardiens du foyer paternel ? Faut it le renfermer dans la chambre oil ma mare A cache les tresors d'une conduite austere ? Dites, dites-le-moi ?...Le culte des aieux Deja depuis long-temps a consacre ces lieux ; Leur ame y vit toujours, et leur puissant exemple A deja transforms cette demeure en temple ; Its sont ici presents, et tout ce qae j'y vois, Pour m'inspirer l'honneur, semble prendre une voix. Adieu ! The conclusion of this speech is poetry of the very highest order. Sublime is the idea that a succession of virtuous ancestors consecrates the family abode, consti tuting it a temple to virtue, into which it is a sacrilege to let any impure thing enter. Worked up to a pitch of desperation by her repeated refusals of his suit, Appius Claudius at length offers to make her his wife:— CLAUDIUS. Pardorme, apaise-toi...Quelle est done ta puissance, Et quel charme supreme est dans ton innocence ? Exptique-moi comment tes dedmins, ta fierte, Sans exciter ma haine, augmentent ta beaute ? Dispose demon sort : je t'aime, je t'6pouse. VIRGINIE. _ _ Vous, seigneur !...De ses droits la noblesse est jalouse ; II vous est derendu de volts unir a moi Je suis fille du peuple. CLAUDIUS. On peut changer la loi. VIRGINIE. Qui pent changer la loi ne peut changer mon ame n Et j'aime Icilius, et je serai sa femme. Thus refused he informs her of the death of Icilius, bUt breaks his intelligence to her in such a way as to probe her heart to the core:— CLAUDIUS. Je recois de l'armee Des nouvelles dont Rome est a peinb informee. VIRGINIE. Mon perc• ?... CLAUDIUS, a part. Elle n'a poiut tremble pour son amant. VIRGINIE. Dites...l'incertitude est uu allreux tourment. CLAUDIUS. CSIMez-vows, dissipez cette pieuse crainte ; Vous n'avez pas encore un tel sujet de plainte Votre pore est vivant. et dans tousles combats Il marche le plus brave entre nos vieux soldats. VIRGINIE. C'est donc Icilius ?... CLAUDIUS. Mon amour vous destine A terminer dans Rome une guerre intestine ; Et par lui les Romains verront changer leur sort. VIRGINIE. kiliUS, VOUS dis je !... CLAUDIUS. Icilius est mort ! VIRGINIE. II est mort ! CLAUDIUS. L'ennemi triomphe dans l'Algide, Minerve l'a couvert de sa puissante (Tide. votre fiance, dans un combat de nuit, A peri. Tont lien entre vous est detruit ; Et vous pourrez bientot disposer de vous-mhie. VIRGINIE. Icilius est wort !...dieux cruels !.. (Elk tome our tils siege. ) CLAUDIUS. Elle I'aime Z... A cold-blooded, minute, but yet most accomplished, anatomist of the human heart does Appius Claudius situw himself to have been. Fausta, the sister of Ici lius, now enters, and denounces Appius Claudius as his as sassin, and Virginia, in words that burn, thus spurns him from her presence:— V IRGINIE. Queue amine ! .. Vous osez me parler, me regarder en face ! Au lieu de fuir d'ici, confus, pale, interdit, Vous osez m'aborder apres ce qu'elle a dit ! Vous, notre ennemi; vous, i qui tout sert de proie ; Vous, par qui j'ai perdu mon amour et ma joie ! Icilius est mort frappe par des Romains, Vous avez mis le fer dans leurs cruelles mains, Et vous venez ici, pros d'une autre victime, Solliciter le prix de votre premier crime ; Et vous venez ici, m'offrir presque a genoux, Ves presents teints de sang ! du sang demon epoux ! Sort. z ! sortez !...Mail non ; ecoutez ma reponse : Je vous crois criminel quand Fausta vous denonce. Le sort d'lcilius ne me changera pas, Et je hais votre amour autant qua son tr6pas. N'employez avec moi ni detiur ni surprise ; La Romaine vous bait, l'amante vous meprise ; Et je sens dans mon cceur, par un transport soudain, L'aversion grandir autant que le dedain. Instruit des sentiments que mon ame vous porte, Allez, ne touchez plus le seuil de cette porte, Sans crime on ne saurait ici vous recevoir : Sortez ! epargnez. nous le tourment de vous voir ! ( Elk sort avec Fausta, We feel sorely tempted to dilate upon the manner i which the whole of this splendid scene is given by Ma' demoiselle Rachel; but we abstain, as we wish at pre sent to consider the tragedy of Virginie solely as a lite rary production. The subject of the third act is the claim of the retainer of Appius to Virginia as his slave —Appius justifies his crime by saying it is his destiny. The description of the God of Destiny by Appius is very sublime; we know of nothing in Racine superior to it, e xcept it be, perchance, the appearance of the Spirit of Jezebel to Athaliah ; and the answer of Virginia is equally sublime and more philosophical. " Le malheur croit aux Dieux le crime les accuse," is one of those lines which are destined to pass into a proverb. Notwithstanding the defence of Fabius, the patron of Virginius, Virginia is retained in the palace of Appius until the return of Virginius. We must no, h 01 Trl_E SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVVNING, JeLV 56, 1.14 A hasten to a conclusion. The return of Virginius is the subject of the 4th act ; and Virginia having escaped from the palace of Appius, thus describes to her father the events of that dreadful night : VIRGINIE. Claudius me retint bier aupres Re lui, Et je me trouvai la sans secours, sans appui. soir vint ; j'etais seule au fond de ce repaire, Au pouvoir d'Appius, et loin de vcus, mon pore, Sans espoir de salut, voyant avec effroi Le silence et la nuit se faire autour de moi. Lb., tout m'epouvantait ; et, sous ces voiites sombres, Il me semblait entendre et voir pleurer les ombres, Victimes d'Appius. Touted leur souvenir, J'ecoutais. je tremblais, je le sentais venir— Tout a coup je frissonne a l'approche du traitre ; J'entends un bruit de pas, et je le vois paraitre : Un spectre me semblait sortir de son tombeau. Mon ennemi s'avance, it portrait un flambeau. Apres l'avoir pose sans bruit sur tine table, m'observe en silence : it etait redoubtable ! Et ma fraycur mortelle ajoutait au peril. "Fabius t'a donne cc poignard, me dit-il, " Et dans tes faibles mains un poignard to rassure ! " Tu n'en obtiendras point de mortelle blessure, " Je saurai earreter, etj'aurai ce bonheur " D'avoir en mon pouvoir to, vie et ten honneur." Alors, clans, ce peril d'une mort incertaiue, Redoutant scn amour beaticoup plus que sa haine, J'osai le menacer du poignard et de l'ceil Pour lui cacher ma crainte et tromper son orgueil. Mais rien ne triomphait de cette ame obstin‘e, Femme dans ses projets commie la destinee. Dans sa charnbre en desordre it marchait a Brands pas, Il frernissait de rage et se parlait tout bas. Je l'ai suivi des yeux pendant la nuit entiere, Immobile et debout, sans fermer la paupiere, Le bruit regle des pas lourds et retentissants M'engageait au sommeil et fatiguait mes sens— Enferme dans sa toge, it passait morne et sombre : Je voyais sur les murs s'allonger sagrande ombre. Et le vertige alors, la fatigue, la peur, Envelloppaient mon corps d'une froide torpeur. Sa lampe, seul espoir, soutenait mon courage, Mais la flamme tremblait au vent de son passage, Et je craignais de voir mon seul espoir detruit, En tombant tout a coup dans l'horreur de la nuit. Apres avoir long-temps prolonge ce supplice, 11 s'avance, cache dans une ombre complice. Deja, mon eeil se voile, et mon bras s'affaiblit Et mon cceur ne bat plus ! et le flambeau palit ! Claudius, dont l'amour a perdu tant de femmes. Sur votre enfant deja love ses mains infames. The sth act is occupied with the trial in the forum, and the death of Virginia ends the play. M. Latour makes Virginia actually beseech her father to put her to death— VIRGINIE- Songez que Virginie Mourra moins de la mort que de de l'ignominie. Rcgardez Claudius ; it m'observe, it m'attend Pour me sauver de lui vous n'avez qu'un instant. Permettre (141 me traine esclave en son revoke, C'est dire qu'en efftit vous n'etes pas mon pore. VIRGINIUS. MOi VIRGINIE. Prouvez s'il le taut, sur I'heure, devant tous, Prouvez en le versant que mon sang est a vous. We are not aware that he has any historical authority for putting these words into the mouth of Virginia. In Knowles's play her death is the act of Virginius alone. It is somewhat singular, however, that in this particular M. Latour should have closely followed the unknown author of the English Apius and Virginia, published in 1575, who addresses her father in these words : tenets of religion are liable to become involved, and to assume a somewhat dubious character, when submitted to such compression. The' letter, however, deserves mention for its lucidity and moderation. MIDDLESEX FREE TRADE BANQUET. esterda'y evening the Middlesex Free Trade Banquet, in commemoration of the repeal of the corn-laws, took place at the Albion-hall, Hammersmith, which was tastefully deco rated for the occasion. The guests, who numbered about 120, sat down to dinner at half• past five o'clock. Sir C. Napier presided, and the following gentlemen had seats in the vicinity of the chair :—Colonel Thompson, Mr. George Thompson, Mr. R. Moore, Mr. J. Jennings, Mr. J. Shepherd, Captain Grogan, Mr. J. Clarke, kc. &c. The dinner, which was served up in a very superior style, comprised every delicacy of the season, and the wines were of excellent vintage. The cloth having been withdrawn, and "Non .Nobis Do mine" sung, the usual toasts of loyalty were given in order of succession, and received with all the honours. The CHAIRMAN rose amidst the most enthusiastic plaudits, and proposed the toast of "Free trade, and peace with all the world."—(Vehement applause.) It was an interesting and rather singular :act that or. the very evening which preceded the present day, free trade had been completely accomplished in the House of Commons where its principles had been affirmed and sanctioned in a manner which trans c. (sided the most sanguine expectations.—(Hear, hear.) When he said this lie meant to convey that the free trade measure of last night had been carried by a majority which few of its most sanguine advocates in the House of Com mons could have anticipated.—(Hear, hear.) He did not know whether all whom he had now the honour of address ing had at all periods of their life been friends of free trade, but it was delightful to reflect that the principles of justice and of common sen se were gra d ua lly and surely obtaining predominance, and that there were many, very many persons who, though formerly attached to the protective system, were now as determined and uncom promising tree traders as those who from their birth had been unswervingly so. Last night the proposal for the complete accomplishment of free trade by the equalisation of the duties on sugar was simultaneously resisted by the protectionists, and those who were called the " Saints," and who indignantly protested that it was im proper, irreligious, and inhuman, to admit slave-sugar for consumption in these countries. Nothing could be more ab surd or more pi eposterous than the conduct of such politi cians; for while they were fired with indignation at the idea of the admission of slave• sugar, they studiously closed their eyes and ears to this fact—that cotton, coffee, copper, and various other articles, the produce of slave: labour, found their way every day into this country, and were in hourly consump tion by our population.—(Hear, hear.) Nay, more, they affected ignorance of this fact, or at least they manifested not the slightest horror at it, that by every tide slave-produced sugars were brought into the port of London from Cuba and Brazil, which, after undergoing the process of rettn!ng in this country, were sent back to be consumed in America, and by the black population of the West Indian colonies. This being the true state of the case, and it being likewise notoriously the fact, that the merchants of Liverpool, who sent cargoes to Cuba and Brazil, were compelled to receive slave-growx produce in exchange, what could be more irrational or ridiculous than the proceedings of the saints and protectionists ?—(Hear, hear.) He was happy, however, to find that by the vote of last night free,trade had been com pletely and victoriously accomplished by the adoption of the resolutions authorising the admission into English ports of all the sugars of the world at a small differential duty, which was in a few days more to be completely abolished.—(Hear, hear.) Most cot dially did he congratulate the friends around him on this glorious and happy result. So much for the first part of the toast. Of the other, he would only say that it was rather an odd sentiment to give to a sailor to propose— " Peace with all the world."—(Laughter.) However, if free trade were to go on prosperously, the peace of the world would in all hu.nan probability follow. Therefore, with these _views, and with these feelings, be thought they might very safely venture to drink the toast with all the honours. Tl'ie toast was received with every demonstration of ap- plause. The CHAIRMAN proposed, as the next toast on the list, " The late happy and glorious triumph of the late Anti- Corn-law League," and with the toast he would couple " the health of Colonel Thompson, the distinguished veteran re former." The toast was drunk with all the honours. Colonel THOMPSON said that it was to his good fortune in having been connected with their late success he owed the honour of being called upon to answer before that company. He could be at no loss to point out the benefits which were arising, and which had arisen from the victory which they were now met to celebrate.—(Cheers.) Truly it had been an instance how men with resolution and perseverance, and a good cause, might rise over all difficulties, and find them selves ultimately at that point of success hich they desired. —(Cheers.) A small thing was the League once ; there was, as often had been observed. a time when the smallest of small rooms would have held them all.—(Hear.) A few men in Manchester met together for the purpose of uniting for the removal of the restrictions on their country's food. Others joined them little by little—the snow-ball grew into an avalanche—there was not much extravagance in the comparison—and not only carried their friends, but their enemies along with it.—( Great cheering.) What a strange thing it would be if their Honourable and Gallant Friend could refer to the time when he saw the enemy's admiral sweep out of the hostile line, and join the fleet of which his own vessel made a part. Yet they had seen something like that, because there was a magnitude of folly which no prejudice could withstand—because no men could go on in the absurd and unjust beyond a certain point. —(Cheers.) The late Premier found that out, and like a noble and generous man—(Cheers) —he based his change of opinion upon the one fact, that that change was just. — (Cheers.) Let them all, whenever they saw justice before them, change as often as they were able. He had come from the rural districts, where he had recently attended two poli tical dinners, and he never saw such a fusion of opinion as was there manifested.—(Cheers.) They had the Tory lion lying down with the Chartist lamb.—(Laughter and cheers.) It was a perfect commercial millennium.—(Cheers.) It seemed as if all ancient animosities were swallowed up in the consciousness of present happiness, and they might have al most supposed that men would swear that never should there be contest in this world again.—(Cheers.) To talk of getting back the old state of things was as hopeless as that they should go back to the Saxon Heptarchy.— (Cheers.) But some mischief might possibly have hap paned—some good that might have followed from this success might have been prevented, but he did not see exactly at that moment the appearance of anything of that kind taking place—there had been no stop or stay in the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) They had gone on from free trade in bread to free trade in something to sweeten it withal.—(Cheers.) They had done that, not by threats or force, but by the most irresistible of all manoeuvres —by the enemy joining them in carrying into effect a com mon object.—(Cheers.) He was sure wherever they looked around them they should find a softening of political animosi ties arising out of the union that had taken place, and of which no man could calculate the consequences and extent. —(Cheers.) He was himself, as had been intimated to those who were not aware of it before, something of a farther going Reformer. He never stopped precisely at the bread that perishes, because he was always of opinion that although breast was the first necessary of life, there were other im provements required which the fulness of bread could no longer supply the want of—(Hear, hear)—and they would now be stronger for the contest before them, not only cor poreally many of them, but stronger from the universal union of minds.—(Cheers.) The poor man would show that he was ready to go forward with any man who was prepared to lead him for the increase of public good. On the preceding day he had heard a grey-haired Chartist talk of monarchical prin ciples as if they had been the objects of his affection all his life. —(Hears) They might have supposed that no man in the country had ever grumbled or lifted his voice against the detects of the constitution. Such was the importance of doing justice on one important point.—(Cheers.) LA Eng lishmen loam this lesson—that they had got hold by the end of the rope, which being hauled up would bring them more advantages, and that without the peril of revolutionary violence.—(Cheers.) What they wanted they could obtain by their own exertions, and from this fortunate moment he trusted there began a new era, when all classes of Englishmen would be united to an extent never heard of, or dreamt of, in toiling for the human good.—(Cheers.) Having been in some degree a party to tae movement of the League, he would say a few words, though they were needless, in illustration of qualities of those eminent men whose perseverance and energy had been the instruments of their final success.— (Cheers.) Had the League been anything but what it was, they would not have been at the point at which they were at present—had it even been less enthusiastic, everything would have fallen to the ground.--(Cheers.) Had it been less conciliatory, opposition would have been raised against them, and they would not have arrived at their present point of success.—(Hear, hear.) He had heard charges against members of the League, as if somebody had been violent. Who was it said—could anybody state . or explain what some men in high places did intend when they shook their heads and said, "It must be confessed at some times the League was violent."—(Hear, hear." " Some times"—he (Colonel Thompson) would allow one moment for self-examination. The question might occur to him whether he was the individual pointed out. He knew no thing any man could have against him —once, indeed, it was intimated to him in Manchester, at a large public meet ing, that he had said something a little strong. He had ap plied to some of the supporters of the corn-laws some epithets that went to the verge of what was proper in that pacific public assembly. He said he would explain—that he was a great hand at explanation. He went forward and said if he hadused epithets that seemed to be strong, he meant them only to apply to those supporters of the corn-laws who said they mat maintain them for the purpose of making marriage settlements for their daughtera.—(Laughter, and " Oh, oh.") No other demand was made upon him for explanation.— (Laughter.) Everybody was satisfied that he had not gone oneinch beyond thelimits of propriety.—(Hear, hear.) When they heard a charge of that kind thrown out let them search after them, and they would dwindle down to that natural irritation of spirit which men feel when they see their efforts to maintain a great evil unsuccessful.—(Hear, hear.) And now he would bear to them a message with which he was charged by two distant assemblies of their fellow-citizens. They hoped that metropolitan assembly should always show themselves the friends of freedom of trade and all useful re form, and they declared that in their remote district amongst the hills and wilds of Yorkshire they should never be found wanting to re-echo their feelings and even to offer in return new ones of their own.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN said, the next toast he had to propose was one which he thought would be drunk with great satisfac tion by the present company. The toast was, " The Earls of Radnor and Ducie, and the free-trade Members of the House of Lords."—(Loud cheers.) He was sure when they consi dered the great interest the House of Lords had in protect ing the corn-laws as they were, or rather what they thought was their great interest, they would think that they owed a great deal to the House of Lords for having come forward in the glorious manner they did, and, by a large majority, to put an end to this infamous law.—(Loud cheers.) There were many protectionists in the House of Lords, amongst whom were Lard Stanley and the Duke of Richmond, who fought to the last moment against repealing the corn-laws; but with the Duke of Wellington, at the head of other Peers, the corn laws were abolished by a large majority of the House of Lords.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, he would propose "The Earl of Radnor, the Earl of Ducie, and the other Members of the [louse of Lords who supported the late abolition of the corn-laws."—(Cheers.) Mr. GEORGE Tnoatrson who, on rising to address the assembly, was received with loud cheers, said he had the honour to propose the next toast simply because on the pre sent occasion they were favoured with the company only of one Member of the House of Commons. It would scarcely be competent for a chairman, being a Member of the House, and the toast which lie held in his hand refer jug exclusively to the Members of the House, and calling, as a matter of course, for their acknowledgments to them—it would scarcely be right, when there was only one Member of the House of Commons present to acknowledge the toast, that he should be himself the individual to propose it. He (Mr. Thompson) did not intend, however, to anticipate the speech of the Honourable and Gallant Chairman, as he was sure he was as much disposed as he (Mr. Thompson) was to do all honour to those who were his associates in the House of Commons.—(Hear, hear.) And anything that could be said in eulogy of their efforts must be far more acceptable to them, and far more entitled to their considera tion, when coming from the chairman rather than from bun HMr. Thompson). A peat number of the blembera of the MO cf Qvmmona had laid them, and the country atlarge, COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert walked early, yesterday, in the royal Bard,-ns of Buckingham Palace. Tbeir Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, visited her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. - . Ills Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse back, yesterday, attended by the Equerry in Waiting, Lieutenant-Colonel Seymour. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the. Princess Alice, took an airing yesterday in an open carriage and four, accom panied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. Her Royal Highness the Princess llelena was taken an , airing yesterday in the pleasure grounds of the palace. Mr. Thorburn was honoured with a sitting yesterday, for a portrait of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred, by command of her Majesty. The Queen and Prince Albert inspected yesterday the full-length portraits of their Majesties the King and Queen of Greece, painted by Mrs. Elizabeth Murray, for the King of Bavaria, which were submitted by Mr. Moon. The royal dinner party yesterday included their Ma jesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Meck lenburg Strelitz. his Royal Highness Prince George, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, Viscount Palmerston, the Countess Vilain XIV., Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Augusta Cadogan, aroness de Sped', the Earl For tescne, Viscount Morpeth, Major A. d'Hanins de Moer kerke, and Baron Knesebeck. The band of the Grenadier Guards, under the direc tion of Mr. Schott, was in attendance during dinner at the Palace, and performed the following pieces:— Reminiscences of Meyerbeer's and Donizetti's Operas— Kuhner. Waltz, "Die Mozartisten"—Lanner. Aria, "Auch' io dischuiso un Giorno" (Nino) —Verdi. Polka, " Ernestinen"—Hillmar. Quadrille, " Maritana"—Coote. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent honoured the Duchess of Northumberland with a visit yesterday at Sion House. The Lord Advocate of Scotland and Mr. Dennistoun, M.P., had an interview with the Chancellor of the Ex chequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. _ A deputation of the Swansea Vale Railway Company had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. The deputation consisted of Mr. Talbot, M.P. for Glamorganshire ; Mr. Edward Walmislev, House of Lords agent for the Bill ; Messrs. Florance Benson and S. Benson, promoters ; Mr. Attwood, solicitor to the company ; and Mr. Rhys Jones, the engineer. The Ecch.siastical Commissioners for England had a general meeting yesterday. There were present the Bishops of London, Durham, Bath and Wells, Chi chester, Oxford, and Rochester, and the Right Hon. John Nicholl. The Bishop of London had an interview with Sir Gelrge Grey yesterday, at the llome-office. Mr Wickham, Chairman of the Stamps and Taxes, had an interview yesterday with the 'hancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Cook had also an interview with the Right Hon. Gentleman yesterday. Lord Sudeley had an interview yesterday with the Earl of Clarendon at the Board of Trade. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JULY 29. STOCK EXCUANGE.-The sales are- Cornwall, %-Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 94-Midland, New, 39%-Newcastle and Berwick 28-South Devon, 32%-South-Eastern and Dover, New (issued at 151.), No. 4, 31. Bs. 9d.-South Wales, 1%. MANCHESTER, JULY 29. STOCK Excnewes.-The sales are-Ambergate, Nottingham, &c., 1 9-16 dis.-Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 4% p.-Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool, 114 dis.-Blackburn and Preston, G % p.- Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 14s. 9d. dis.- Caledonian, Half Shares, 1% dis.-Derby and Crewe, 4 p.-Direct Istorthern, 15-16 dis.-East ern Counties, York Extension, 1% p.-East Lincolnshire, 17s. 6d. dis.-Exeter and Exmouth, 7s. Gd. dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, dis.-Great Grimsby and Dock Extension, 1% dis.-Huddersfield and anchester:Railway and Canal, 2 1-16 p.-Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, 7% p.-Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 3.16 c. dis.- Leeds and Thirsk, 5% dis.-Leicester and Bedford, % dis.-Leicester and Birmingham, 195. dis.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 1 p.- London and Windsor, % dis.-London and York, 13-16 dis.-Ditto, Extension, % dis.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, p.-Manchester and Birmingham, 87 -Ditto, Quarters (A), 11% p.- Manchester and Southampton, % dis.-Midland Railway Conso lidated, 147 ex div.-North British, Halves, Carlisle Branch, 2% p.- North Staffordshire, 3%p.-Northwestern, par -Oldham,:llirkenhead , &c., 1-16 dis.- Preston and Wyre Halves (B),1% p.-Sheffield and Lincolnshire Junction, 5-16 dis.-Sheffield and Manchester, 110%- Ditto, Quarters, No. 1, 4 p.-Ditto, ditto, No. 2, % p.-Ditto, ditto, No. 3, 5-16 c. p.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 3.16 p.-Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 1 3-16 dis.-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 2,6% p.-Ditto, Consolidated, No. 3, 6 %-Ditto, Halves, No. 4, 1-16 p.-South Midland, p. - West Riding Union, 2 5-16 p. LEEDS, JuLY 29. STOCK EXCHANCE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 265. 6d. p.- East Lancashire, 6% p.-Huddersfield and Man ehester, p.-Ditto, Exensions, ss. p.-Huddersfield and Sheffield, 7p. cash-Leeds and Bradford, 45% p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 3 c. p. -Ditto, Branches, % p.-Ditto, Extensions, % dis.-Leeds and Thirsk, p.-Ditto, New, 795. dis.-Manchester and Leeds, Fifth Shares, 8% p.-Ditto, Extensions, 2% p.-Newcastle and Berwick, 13% p.-Newcastle and Darlington Junction Extensions, 9% p.- Nortn British, Half Shares, 5% p.-Ditto, Carlisle Branch, 38s. 6d. p.-Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 5 dis.-York and North Midland, East and est Riding, 12% p.-Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston 31s. 6d. dis.-Direct Northern, 21s. dis.-East Lincoln shire, 20s. dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, 17s. dis.-Lancashire, York shire, and North Eastern, 445. dis.--Leicester and Bedford, 13s. dis. -Liverpool, Ormikirk, and Preston, 235. p.-London and York, % dis.-London and Portsmouth, 155. p.--Malton and Driffield Junc tion, ss. p.-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 14s. 6d. p.-Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 14$. dis.-North Staf fordshire. 3% p.-North Western, 6d. dis.-Sheffield, Rotherham, 20s. dis.-South Midland, 12s. 6d. p.-Welsh Midlands, 2asnsd. dis-West(Uccle, Riding Union, 41. 11s. HULL, JOLT 29. Swot EXCITANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, 1% dis.-North British, Carlisle Branch, 655. 3d.-Hud dersfield and Manchester Railway and Canal, 134 -Ipswich and Bury (Cambridge and Ely), 1% -Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrash, 14s. 6d.-Direct Northern, 295.-Leicester and Bedford, Bs.-Lei cester and Tarnworth, 235.- London and York, 1,4 -London and Manchester (Rem.), %-Malton and Drift:ldd Junction, 495.-Man chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 21. 178.-North Western, 235. 3d. -North Staffordshire, 53( -South Midland, 12s. p.-Shrews bury arid Birmingham, 21. I6s. 3d.-Welsh Midland, 1%-West Riding Union, 41. 9s. 6d.-Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 15s. NEWCASTLE-UPON -TY Is L, JULY 29. STOCK EXcIISNOE.-The sales are-North British, Halves, Car lisle, 395. p. 7 -Newcastle and Darlington Extension, 10% p. -South. Eastern and Dover, New (iss. at 151.), No. 4,18 s. Gd. p. - York and Selby Scrip, East and West Ridi ng , 12% p . SHEFFIELD, JuLY 29. Saves Excuawns.-The sales are -Sheffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 3, scrip, ss. p.-Grimsby and Sheffield , 3 % dis. -Ditto, Extension, 275. 6d. p. -Ditto, Railway and Dock, 2 % dis. - Huddersfield and Manchest er , 2% p.-East Lincolnshire , 19 s. 6 d. dis.-London anti Windsor, 17s. dis.-L , nden and York, 1 dis.- Liverpool, Onnskirk, and Preston, I p.-North Western, par-North Staffordshire, 3% p. - South Yorkshire Coal Railway, 15s. ills. YORK, JULY 29. ST i xca - The ir . a -The i sales are-Eastern Counties, York Ex tension, si KE( Nottingham and Lynn), 12 5. 3 d. - t r c , 11. i Leicester and Bedford, London and York, 1% - Mallon and Driffield Junction, 2/. 711.- ahchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid land, 21. 165.-Newt ,ttl/ nin ' B erw i c k, 27%-Newcastle and Dar lington, New, 10 U-North British, Carlisle Extension, 3/. 58. 6d.- : or, ; Staffordshire, 5% -North Western, 1/. 3s. -York and North Midland, East and West Riding Extension, 121. 185. 3(1. EDINBURGH JULY 28. STOCK EXCUANGE. -The sales are-Aberdeen, Si. 155.--Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin, 11. 3s. -Airdrie and Bathgate, 31. 73.-Arbroath and Forfar, 281.-Ditto, Hall Shares, 15/. 10s.- Armagh and Port rush, 145.-Ayr and Galloway, 1/. 9s. 6d.-Banffshire, 165.-Belfast and County Down, 12s. 6d.-British and Irish Union, 2/. Is. 6d.- Caledonian, 131.-Ditto, New, 15s. 6d.-Caledonian Extension, 11. 125.-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 1/. 25.-Caledonian and Northern Direct, IL 18s.-Clydesdale Junction, 22/. ss.- Cornwall and Devon Central, IL 125.-Deeside Railway, 31.-Direct Northern, It. 6s. 3d. -Dublin and Enniskillen, 21. 10s.-Dundee and Arbroath, 371. -Ditto, New, 21/. 55.-Dundee and Perth, 221. 7s. 6d.-East Indian Railway, Bs.-East of Fife, 168. 6d.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 2/. 155.-Edinburgh arid Glasgow, 741. 103.-Ditto, Half Shares, 181. 2s. 6d.- Ditto, Quarters, 181. 55.-Ditto, ditto, New, 18/. 10s.- Edinburgh, Leith, and Grantor, 161--Ditte, Preference, 20/. 55.- Edinburgh and Northern, 8/. 1 2 -Ditto, Newport, 7s. 3d.- Edin burgh and Perth, 2/. 2s. 6(1. -Forth and Clyde Junction, 1/. 18s.- Glasgow and Ayrshire, 751.-Ditto New Stock, 32/. 10s. - Ditto, Quarter Shares, 181. 10s.-Glasgow and Belfast Union, 2/. 65.- Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 11. 175.-Glasgow and Dundee (l Junction, 11. 135.-Glasgow an d arnkirk, 401. 10s. -Glasgow Gene ral Terminus,B/.-Glasgow and Greenock,l6l. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 8/. 155.-Ditto, Preference, 11. 155.-Glasgow Harbour Grand Junc tion, I/.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 1/. 65.-Glasgow, Strathaven, and Lesmahagow, 2/. 175.-Grantors Junction, 10s.- Great County Down, 1/. 155.-Great North of Scotland, 65.-Inver ness and Elgin, 1/. Os. 6d.-Lanark and Lothians, 2/. 4s. 6d.- Larne, Belfast, and Ballymena,' 7s. 6d.-London, Bristol, and South Wales,l/. 33.- London and York, 17s. 6d.-Ditto, Half Shares, 12s. 6d.-Midland and Eastern Counties, 155.-Newcastle and Berwick, 271.-North British, 351. 10s.-Ditto, Halves, 131. 53.-Ditto, Exten sion to Carlisle, 31.55. 6d.-Ditto, Extension to Dalkeith, 71.-North Staffordshire, 51. 65.-North Wales Mineral, 151.-Ditto, New, 81. 17s. 6d.-Perth and Inverness, 1/. 118. 6d.-Scottish Central, 81. 10s.- Ditto, New, 81. 7s. 6d.-Scottish Central and Caledonian Junction, I/. 108.- S cottish Grand Junction, 125.-Scottish Midland, 71.- Scottie& southern. it. 1 7a.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 2s. 6d.- fittrewahttrY. Oarnanrr. anti Chester. 41. lga.--,Bouth Midland. 21. 16.. 6d.-Stirling and Dunfermline.. 104,-Stirling and Midland, 21. Si. 6d.-Strathern Junction, 11. 125. 6d.-Wishaw and Colt nests, 471.105. GLASGOW, JULY 28. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Airdrie and Bathgate, 66s. — Ayr and Galloway, 29s.—Caledonian Extension, 31s. 6d.—Caledo nian and Dumbartonshire Extension, 20s.—Direct Northern, 253. East Indian Railway, Bs. 6d. —Edinburgh and Glasgow, New. 18%-- Edinburgh and Northern, Newport, B s.—Glasgow and Belfast Union, 4:35. Gd.—Glasgow, Dumfries. and Carlisle, 36s.—Glasgow, Kilmar nock, and Anirossan, 30 s. —Great North of Scotland, 7s.—Kilmar nock and Ayr Direct, 345.—Manchester and Southampton , 275 . 6d. —Midland, 149—Perth a nd Inverness, 321.—Scottish Central, 19% —Scottish Southern, 40s.—Slamannan and Borrowstouness, 70s.— South-Eastern and Dover, New ss. at 151.), 65s.—South Midland, 555. Stirlingshire and Midland Junction, 555. VAUXHALL-GARDENS. —The Scotti s h fl oe, so called n etlheebrated Hi g hland patronage by which it is sup • ported, here last night wi t h more than usual ihonour was splendour. The atten dance of company o c f company was more numerous than on the anniversary of this festival for many seasons, and the rank and respectability of those assembled were commensurately superior to former occasions. A vast num ber of gentlemen wore the national costume of Scot land, and diversified the . tameness of modern dress by the gay tartans and plaids of their native hills. The music and the a musements all parto o k o f the nationality of the celebration . The piper of the late Duke of Sussex was in attendance, and the bagpipes struck up the airs most pleasing to Scottish ears. The re was in the eques trian circle an entertainment _perfectly novel, in which the quadrupeds, as well us Ole amusement actors, were made sub servient to the genera . The troop of M. Tournaire performed a perfectly new act of horsemanship, approyria. e •• to the occasion, and excellent under • ~ Surprise of Rob Ro • • any circum stances, viz., the . . 3 • A distant bugle was heard, announcing the approach of dragoons. An an cient Scotch tune was also trd, inspiring the mountaineers to a valiant resistance. . Then came a terrific crash of cavalry. producing a scenic effect very far superior to any thing of the c l ass hitherto prodaced. The illuminations were all national and characteristic, and th e motto or lei end, "Nemo me impulle lacessit, ' was brillia n tl y di sp l aye d i n lamps. The song s of Robert Burns formed the staple com modity of the vocalism. At twelve o'clock the fireworks imp, as usual were discharged., of the first class, and exhibited some novel rovements in pyrotechny. There h av e been less than 7,000 or 8,000 could notpersons in the grounds. FUNERAL OF LORD WILLIASX 11 IISSELL.—The mortal remains of the above nobleman arrived in England on Satur day last, and were immediately removed to Cfienies, the burial place o f the Bedford family in Buckinghamshire. On Wnesday they were consigned to the tomb, in the presence e s selected family circle, among whom were the Duke of 1 Bedford, the Marquis of Tavistock, Lord John Russell, Lord • Edward Rube Earl Delawarr, &e. VIRGINIA. Oh father, oh friendship, oh fatherly favour, Whose dulcet words so sweetly do savour, On knees I beseeche thee to graunt my request, In all things according as lyketh thee best. Thou knowest, 0 my father, if I be once spotted, My name and my kindred then forth wilbe blotted : And if thou, my father, should die for my cause The world would accompt me gilty in cause. Then rather, deare father, if it be thy pleasure, Graunt me the death, than keepe I my treasure, My lampe, my light, my lyfe undefiled, And so may Judge Apius of flesh be beguiled. This upon my knees with humble beheste, Graunt me, 0 father, my instant requeste. This is the more curious, as it is more than probable that M. Latour is utterly ignorant of the existence of the play in question. Our remarks on this play have already extended to such a length that we feel compelled, however re luctantly, to bring them to a close. M. Latour has produced a tragedy which may be considered as a com bination of the beauties of the classical and the romantic schools, possessing the regularity of the first without its trammels (the unity of place, for instance, is frequently violated, but always to good dramatic purpose), and the spirit of the latter without its improbabilities. Virginie is a great dramatic poem, yet it is not the greatest that M. Latour will produce; it is the mere first-fruits of an abundant harvest, not the harvest itself. SECOND LOVE, and Other Tales. 3 Vols. Remarkable promise is given in these volumes, and we shall confidently anticipate much future develop ment of his powers from the author. If, in publishing tales of a moderate length, he were desirous of testing his capacities for the production of an ordinary-sized novel, we must acknowledge that, while such a pro ceeding was so far judicious, it was by no means neces sary from any intrinsic poverty of material in any one of these fictions. What is usually frittered out into the everlasting length of three volumes is here condensed into one-third the space. We can, therefore, after a peru'al of these compositions, congratulate the lovers of what is sometimes erroneously called light literature upon the appearance of a new aspirant for their favour, Who shows himself possessed of more than the abso lutely necessary qualifications. " Second Love" is a charming story, fraught with very considerable dra matic interest, and luring the reader on, chapter after chapter, by its fascination. Its very commencement arouses the curiosity. and as the plot becomes more entangled and intricate the imagination is proportionably enkindled. Floriana, the heroine, is exquisitely de lineated, and from the moment when she is first intro duced, leaning against the balcony of a cottage in the Tyrol, to the denouement of the story, the sympathy of the peruser is concentrated upon herself. The simple gist of the novelette is as follows :—A roué, named Gaston d'Alby, who is aware that by marrying Floriana he would ensure to himself the title and revenues of a dukedom which he has wrongfully assumed to himself, obtains her affections under the disguise of a travelling artist. Anxious, however, on reflection, to obtain the more sordid prize without eucnmbering himself with a woman, for whom his fondness is merely a subterfuge and a pretence, he engages a strolling gipsey to steal the title-deeds to the coveted possession, to burn the dwelling-house in which his inamorata is located, and to commit divers other atrocities. The protector of Flo riano is burnt to death in the cottage, and Gaston, con vinced that the papers are destroyed in the conflagration, returns exultingly to Paris. Here, however, he is fol lowed by the heroine ; the latter passes through a num ber of vicissitudes ; Latzi, the gipsey, " turns up" again as a rider at Franconi's equestrian circus ; the all important papers are found to be in his possession, and a variety of powerful scenes is the consequence, each circumstance disclosing still further the duplicity and villainy of Gaston, the reckless determination of Latzi, the purity and the devotedness of. Floriana. After the catastrophe, in which these facts are developed to the comprehension of all the persons concerned, the " Second Love" is unfolded in the love of the heroine for a young Englishman, named Albert Walsingbam. It is singular how much intense interest is evolved from this simple plot ; the fiction is most skilfully contrived, and the in cidents are delineated with very considerable vigour. The scene in Franconi's amphitheatre is admirable. Venda, the mother of Latzi, although an original, calls to our recollection the Witch of Vesuvius in Zanoni." " Pauvrette" is also a tale of peculiar power, telling of the malice of a Quadroon, who, to revenge himself upon the heroine for having rejected his affection, causes her eyesight to be extinguished by a negro woman. In this instance, however, the interest is of a painful and re , pulsive character, and hence we conceive the fiction to be inferior to its predecessor. The Maiden's Chamber" is, on the contrary, an agreeable story throughout; and this in despite of the blustering rascality of Lieutenant Vidal and the secret villainy of Jerome Sainval. In the character of Gabriel Maas, the treasure-seeker, the author has without any absolute plagiarism, reminded his reader of the famous Edie Ochiltree of Scott's " Anti quary :" they are " alike but yet dissimilar." There is much brilliancy of description in these volumes, and the composition altogether is sparkling and fluent. Some times, however, especially in the last story, there are evidences of immaturity, such as a turgescence in the language ; for example, in the third volume, page 74, instead of saying that Vidal swore lustily because he was drunk, the author says, that the pith of Vidal's exclamation was " thus rudely overloaded with an exube rance of figurative adjurations," This failing is, however, but s. , ldom visible ; and in dismissing the present work, we can do so with cordial commendation, as a triad of very delightful tales. THE LATIN TYRO'S GUIDE. By Geo. Jackson. Alt ingenious little work is this " Latin Tyro's Guide." It has a novelty and simplicity in its arrangement with which, at first glance, we were surprised, and with which, after a careful examination, we are satisfied. The book promises to impress the first principles of the construction of the Latin language upon the mind of the student more in delibly than any other elementary system within our im mediate recollection. A group of nouns substantive, in the five declensions, are ready prepared, to be either committed to the memory or to be declined, or both, at ill. The same may be remarked also cf the nouns ~djective, the four conjugations, the deponent verbs, and the irregular verbs. With the compactness of the table of pronouns just filling a page and a half—we are par ticularly pleased. Altogether the book is nothing less than " the Latin Grammar made easy." A LETTER TO THE yEv CECIL WRAY. _ By Thomas William Marshall. The writer of this pamphlet writes consistently and clearly. We cannot, however, concede to the arguments by which he endeavours to prove the unstable position of the reverend gentleman to whom they are addressed. Even the minutest point in ethics is too vast to be settled to satisfaction in the compass of a single epistle; and to our opinion it seems that such brochures ehQuld be restricted to mere questions of discipline, 4s the great under a ge6S. 4 .t ebfitifebtf thiat flie7 never s i ould hope to disett'ss bq if they could fret Pas , thee/ the fis/it , sf gratitude they hail : all events, tiehnowledge the obit`;; ?Oil, stlft them under, they SOnigs at and do htstsoste those to whom lionoar was due.—(i..7''°#rt Y It had beers thought well by the committee to name this Mensberg' of those who had distinguished themselves in the c2ls?Ytmons . House of Parliament. They were, as they stood on the list, Messrs. Villiers, Cobden, and Bright.—(Loud cheers.) He was sure that assembly would unite with him in the senti ment, that those whom the sacred cause of free trade had joined together ought never to be put asunder.—(Cheers.) He should be sorry if, in that or any other meeting, there should ever be a dissolution of those names.—(Cheers.) They deserved to be indissolubly linked together.— (Cheers.) They deserved to be out of doors what they had ever been in the House of Commons—indissolubly bound together, deserving, in consideration of their ab stract virtues, equal gratitude and admiration.—(Cheers.) It might have fallen to the lot of one of those gentlemen— so persuasive in his arguments, so conciliatory in his mea sures, so prudent and sagacious in all his efforts, so lucid and transparent in his statements—it might have fallen to his lot, endowed by Divine Providence above his fellows in the particulars to which he (Mr. Thompson) had referred, to become by universal consent the acknowledged leader of their cause in that House ; but never could they forget that in this great work there were instruments, which, however efficient other instruments might have been, could not be dispensed with, and who were an indispesssable and necessary portion of that great army which had to fight the battle, the triumph of which they bad achieved.—aTheers.) Let it be remembered that ere Mr. Cobden was—he s-sould not say honoured by a seat in that House, for he confsTred honour and lustre on that House by taking a seat in it—let it be remembered that before he had passed the threshold of that House, there was a man there who, though allied with the aristocracy, had identified himself with the people out of doors—(Cheers)—who, he (Mr. Thompson) would venture to say, had uttered during the last few years senti ments more universal in their character than any other Member of that House besides.—(Cheers) That Member thus voluntarily allied out of doors with the suffering people, with the taxed and oppressed portion of their community, year after year led the forlorn hope in that House.—(Cheers.) He never was overwhelmed by ridicule—he was never dis couraged by opposition—he never was thwarted or cast down by the smallness of his minorities.—(Cheers.) When no other man could be found to move for the consideration of the corn-laws, with a view to their repeal, the Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers was in his place.—(Loud cheers.) At last he was joined by Mr. Cobden—(Cheers)—and as the soul of David was knit to the soul of Jonathan, so were the souls of those men united in a common desire to benefit their country by a repeal of the corn-laws.—(Cheers.) They were joined by another illustrious man—illustrious from his single-heartedness, and from the prodigal devotion of his fine and ever-growing powers to this cause—illustrious, from the warm-hearted appeals which he addressed throughout the country, than which nothing could be more efficacious, springing as they did from a heart overflowing with humanity and zeal—he meant John Bright.—(Loud cheers.) Those men had severally their work to do in the House of Commons, and they did well.—(Cheers.) They wanted the biting sarcasm and bright and polished wit of Mr. Villiers—they wanted the lucid and statesmanlike ex position of this question which session after session on one branch or other of it was given to the House by Mr. Cobden —(Cheers)—they wanted the fearlessness, the high-toned rebuke of John Bright, who, standing in the face of a con solidated phalanx of opponents, when he spoke of the offender against commercial liberty, the right of his fellow subjects, was not afraid to point his finger across the House and say, "Thou art the man."—(Cheers.) Those men were very properly named in such an assembly as the present, and with them they associated every one who in the days of discouragement and almost of despondency was not ashamed of this question, and did not retreat from them, but took his seat by them and gave them his vote, and when they wanted an ally cheered them with his assistance and co operation.—(Cheers.) Amongst them was his Hon. and Gallant Friend who had honoured them by taking the chair. —(Cheers.) That Hon. and Gallant Gentleman had won fire himself laurels on the ocean and on the land.—(Cheers.) He (Mr. Thompson) need not refer to his achievements else where, but of this he ( Mr. Thompson) felt confident, that he was prepared to admit that he did not reflect with less satis faction on the bloodless triumph in which he took part for the last few months, than when he was risking in his country's cause his precious life under the walls of Acre.—(Cheers.) It was not, he was sure, the less gratifying to him that, in achieving this triumph, no one had been maimed or made fatherless, but that this had been a triumph unstained by one sanguinary spot.—(Cheers.) In conclusion, he proposed the " Ilealths of Mr. Villiers, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bright, and their coadjutors in the House of Commons." _ The toast was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm. The CHAIRMAN, who, on presenting himself, was received with the most enthusiastic acclamations, said that he could have wished it had fallen to some more worthy person to have returned thanks for the toast, for he was bound in can dour to confess that he bad not always been as he now was, a practical free trader. But ho never had been an advocate of the sliding-scale.—( Hear, hear.) He had for a long time been of opinion that it was better to advocate a fixed duty on corn to free trade ; but though such were his feelings, he had never failed in voting with his Hon. Friend Mr. Villiers for free trade in preference to that most vicious of all sys tems, the sliding-scale.—(Hear, hear.) The reason why he preferred to vote for a fixed duty rather than to advo cate absolute free trade was simply this, that it appeared to him that it was very much easier and more feasible to accomplish a fixed duty than free trade.—(Hear, hear.) Nor was he alone in this sentiment, for be believed that until the meeting of Parliament, at the commencement of the present session, almost every man in Parliament was of opinion that it would be incomparably easier to achieve the one than the other.—( Hear, bear.) This was the opinion of every man in the House until they saw Sir Robert Peel coming out with his grand plan for establishing free trade, and then every man of liberal and enlightened mind in the House saw how it would be.—( Hear, hear.) The moment that he (Sir C. Napier) saw the Noble Lord the Member for London sending his subscription to the League, and address ing his celebrated letter to that body, he immediately saw that the measure was one which was practicable, and might be carried, and he accordingly supported it as cordially and as strenuously as he had ever supported a fixed duty.— (Cheers.) Nor did he regret having done so, for lie was sa tisfied that, thrown upon their own resources and their own energies, Englishmen might enter into any competition with any nation on the earth, and would be enabled to cultivate their soil more effectually and with greater skill than when the protective system was maintained inviolate.—(Hear, hear.) He said this deliberately, for he was himself a farmer, though on a small scale, and :he might be per mitted to say that lie pursued a system which had been attended by results much more successful than those which had attended the efforts of many of his neighbours around him.—(Hear, hear.) He did not wonder that many of his neighbours had not good crops, for they did not take any pains to get them. They appeared to think that nothing was necessary to be done but to put the seed into the earth, and that it would grow with out any cultivation whatever. Such men deserve neither pity nor "protection."—(Hear, hear.) But free trade would call forth every man to exert himself to the utmost, and farmers all over the country would be made sensible of this fact, that good crops could not be obtained without the ex penditure of capital, and without draining the land and clear ing it with the utmost precision. —(Hear.) With respect to the gentlemen mentioned in the toast, it was unnecessary that he (Sir C. Napier) should say enythi,ig in their praise. Their transcendent claims on the gratitude of the English public were admitted on all hands, and even Sir R. Peel and Lord J. Russell had admitted that it was not to them but to Richard Cobden that the praise was due of procuring the re peal of the corn-laws. This honest admission on the part of these two rival statesmen was alike honourable to them both. With respect to Sir R. Peel, he must be permitted to say that he thought that Minister had, by the disinterested course he had pursued in reference to this gfeat measure, fully en titled himself to the gratitude and respect of Englishmen. With a majority at his back of ninety• two, by whom he might have carried any measure, he had, notwithstanding, perilled his power, and as the event proved ultimately, for feited it, and at the same time left himself open to the obloquy and calumny of those who were once his friends and followers, in order that he might advocate what he consi dered the cause of truth and justice. He did not like Sir Robert Peel's policy as much as the more straightforward policy of Lord John Russell, but he was bound to give the ex-Premier credit for the best motives, and most sincerely did he hope that the great measure he had been instrumental in carrying, would be eminently beneficial to the country. The next toast proposed was "The Champions of Free Trade outside the walls of Parliament." Mr. R. MoonE replied in eloquent terms. Several other toasts were proposed, and enthusiastically responded to, and at eleven o'clock the company separated, highly pleased with the evening's entertainment. TALLOW-CHANDLERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.—The third annual meeting of the members of this Society, having for its object the relief of distressed tallow-chandlers, was held yesterday at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle street; John Catley, Esq., in the chair. The report, read by Mr. North, the secretary, stated that the directors had de termined on holding an election of four pensioners in Octo ber next, in addition to the twenty-one now receiving the benefits of the institution, thus making the amount of pen sions nearly 1901. per annum. At this time last year the total amount received was 1,8681., and it was now 2,6241. The funded property was 2,000/. During the year the re ceipts had been 1,5234 and, deducting the expenditure and the sum invested, a balance remained of 3321 . The re p ort was adopted. Thanks having been voted to the various officers, the meeting separated. UNITED MEXICAN MINING ASSOCIATION.—Yester day at one o'clock the half-yearly meeting of this company was held at the London Tavern, Sir John Easthope, Bart., in the chair. Mr. Mather, the secretary, read the report of the directors, from which it appeared that the total returns from the mines to the 31st of December last amounted to 12,667/. 16s. 5d., and that the total available property of the company in Mexico was estimated at 255,000/. The debt due by the Mexican Government, amounting to 289,000 dolls., had been recently acknowledged by the Mexican executive, although from the present aspect of affairs no immediate set tlement could be expected. The available assets in London were 13,777/., subject to unclaimed demands to the extent of 6,727/. 7s. 6d., and leaving a surplus of 7,049/. towards the next dividend. The report was received unanimously, when Sir John Easthope, Bart., and Charles Morris, elected directors. John Hibbert, jun., Esq., was E also elected an auditor. The usual vote of thanks was passed to the ere directors, and and the meeting adjourned. CAUTION TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS FROM SCOTLAND. —A striking instance of the absurdity of the existing coun tervailing duties upon spirits entering England from Scotland, and the annoyance caused by them to travellers, many of whom are ignorant of their existence, occurred on Monday morning, when the special train, conveying the pleasure parties from Edinburgh arrived at Berwick terminus. A lady and gentleman, on alighting from one of the carriages, brought out a small basket with them, when they were ac costed by one of the Excise officers belonging to Berwick, who seized, and searched it. A small bottle, containing about a pint of whiskey, was found in it, which he seized. when the gentleman remonstrated with him, saving it was only a small portion he had brought with him for his own re freshment, and he was not aware there was anything im proper in so doing. The officer, however, was inexorable, and seized also the basket, but this he returned on receiving the gentleman's name. This case, we trust, will operate as a caution to travellers, and may prevent many from being sub jected to a similar annoyance.—Berwick ander. FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT ON TUE LONDON AND BIR IHNGHAm RAILWAY.—On Tuesday evening an accident of a most frightful character occurred to a man named William Hailes, aged 53, a gentleman's coachman, who was coming up from AVolverton in the train. Having alighted at the Harrow station, he was about to resume his seat in the car riage, and in so doing he missed his footing, fell down, and had well nigh gone under the wheels of the train, which was just about to start. The poor fellow was picked up quite insensible, bleeding from the forehead, and was placed in the carriage and brought on to the terminus at Euston-square. He was conveyed to the University College Hospital, where it was discovered that he had sustained, besides a broken leg, a fracture of the left clavicle, and other extensive injuries, SO as to render his ultimate recovery extremely dubious, PARLIAMENTARY DIVISI ONI g. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Comma -74. WEDNESDAY, JULY 29. ART UNIONS BILL. Order for farther consideration of Report read : Motion made, :tit 1 Question proposed, " That the Bill be re-committed :"—Amendment pr y oosea, to leave out from the words " That the" t o th e en d o f th en ( - 2st :oa, in order to add the words " Report to be taken into ation upon this day three months," instead .thereof: " That the words proposed to be left out stand part further_ (2u cs t u i 0 . ' 11 11 : n i duet , r o f the (N ut t e d." The House divided:— • XAJORITY—AYES, 50. Ainsworth, Peter :vans, Sir Da Lacy O'Connell, Daniel _ Aldam, William Frowen , C. IL O'Coaor, Don Archbold, Robert Gibson, Thomag M. Ogle, S. C. Arundel, Earl of Grey, Sir G . Paget, Lord A. Baine, Walter Baldwin, Barry Hay, Sir A. L. Hill, Lord Marcus Rutherfurd. A. Buller, Edward Howard, C. W. Bowring, Dr. Spooner , Richard Grosvenor, Lord R. • priagrokte , r s , ir Jo ß h: sflelci. W. T 0... Byng, George Howard, P. H. Stan Tancred, it Craig, W. W. G. Itume, Joseph '. Tufnell, 11. Crawford, W. S. Jervis, John Divett, Edward Layard, Captain Vane, Lord H. Dodd, George Macaulay, T. B. Wawn, J. T. Duncan, George Mackinnon, W. Williams, W. Duncombe, T. Maitland, Thomas Ebrington, Lord Escott, Bickham Miles, milia es,Pithi.limp M. S. Esmonde, Sir T. Morris, David TLLLUS• Wyse, TholllllB Ewalt, William MINORITY—NOES, 18. Baring, W. P. Goulburn, Henry Lincoln, Earl of Bretherton, J. Graham, Sir James Peel, Sir Robert Dickinson, F. H. Greene, Thomas Philips, Mark Estcourt, T. G. Llarcourt, G. Young, John Ferguson, Sir R. He. l l l eY, J. W. MUM. j. - Itzroy, Henry Jern:Tn, Earl Inglis, Sitp. yren;h, Frederick LefroY, Anthony Jataee, Ml!', SUGAR DUTIES. PAIRS FOR. Acheson, Viscount Baring, F. T. Blake, Sir V. Busfeild, W. Bulkeley, Sir R. B. Byng, G. Cayley, E. S. Dawson, T. V. That, James Duncannon, Lord Ellice, E.,jon. ;.;ranger, T. C. Heron, Sir R. Howard, J. K. Howard, Captain Hanmer, sir J. Langton, W. G. Loch, James Lyall, George Matheson, James M`Taggart, Sir J. Martin, C. W. Milton, Viscount Morison, General Molesworth, Sir W. Rawdon, Colonel Rice, E. R. Scott, Robert Strickland, Sir G. Trelawny, J. S. Vivian, Capt. Vivian, J. H. Walker, Richard Watson, W. H. White, Colonel 11. • Wilmington, Sir T. Wrightson, W. B. AGAINST. Col,el,;nn, Ald. Faring, Thomas Emlyn, Viscount Buck, L. W. Walsh, Sir .T. B. O'Connell, Daniel Palrlngton, Sir J. S. Coote, Sir March, Earl of Lennox, Lord G. H. Balfour, J. M. Round, C. Baillle, W. Gladstone, Captain Hope, Sir J. Farnham, E. B. Kerrison, Sir E. Ferrand, W. B. Vound. J. Dr:unmond, H. Bent:Net, Lord H. Smyth,:Sif H. Bailey, J., jun. Rateson, T. Goring, C. Acton, Colonel Barrington, Viscount Attwood, M. Burrell, Sir C. Plumptre, J. P. Chandos, 3farqulsf Powell, Colonel ltashleign. Marton, G. Cresswell, B. Palmer, Robert Worcester, Marquis of 'EELITES who voted for the Second Reading of the Corn Bill, but voted for Lord George BeMinck's Amendment on the Sugar Bill. Saline, Colonel ChicheAcr, Lord J. Hope, G. W. iailie, H. J. Gore, M, Masterman, J. laldvrin, C. B. Hamilton, Lord C. Reid, Colonel 3odkin, W. H. PEELITEs Whq voted for the Second Reading of the Corn Bill, but did not vote on the Sugar l; ill. Acland, T. D. Estcourt, T. G. IV,`Geachy, F. Beckett, W. Fitzroy, H. Meynell, Captain Bruce, Lord E. Glynne, Sir S. R. Patten, J. W. Baring, ll.' Grimsditch, T. Reid,. Sir J. Cardwell, E. Jocelyn, Lord somer,, , et. Lord G. Clive, Hon. H. Johnstone, J. TolimaCho, Hon. F. Cockburn, Sir G. Kelly, Sir F. Vernon, (;,.. H. Corry, H. Kirk, P. Villiers, Lori Cripps,'W. Legh, G. C. Wellesley, Lout C. Douro, Marquis Lockhart. A. Wood, Colonel Dugdale, W. Mahon, Lord Wynn, C. W. Egerton, W. T. PEELITES who voted for both the Corn Bill and the Sugar Bill. A'Court, Captain Greene, T. Peel, Sir R. Ben bow, J Herbert, S. Peel , J. Bottleld, B. . Il&vey, Lord A. Sandon, Lord Carnegie, Captain liornby, J. Seymour, Sir H. Clerk, Sir G. Hogg , Sir J. Stuart, H. Dickenson, F. H. Jermyn, Earl Sutton, H. M. Douglas, Sir C. Johnstone, Sir J. Thesiger, Sir F. Eastuor, Lord Laseelles, W. Tomline, G. Escott, B. Mackinnon, W. Trench, Sir F. Flower, Sir J. Milne. , R. M. Wood, Col. T. Goulbum, H. Noville, R. Wortley. 3. 13. Graham, Sir J. Owen, Sir J. Young, J. rEELITES who voted for the Sugar Bill, but did not vote on the Corn 13111, Courtenay, Lord Lincoln. Earl lilichoU, J. COUNTIIY PASTY who voted for the Sugar Bill but against Antrobus,.E. Archbold, R. Blackburn, J. Borthwick, P. Clifton, J. T. Corn Bill. Denison, W. J. Denison, E. B. Harcourt, G. G. Hensage, G. H. Mileage, . Holmes, W. 4 1 . Spooner, R. Woraley, Lord , WILFUL MURDER OF A CHILD _ _ BY POISONING. Yesterday morning and inquiry was opened before W. Carter, Esq., the Coroner , at the F Wandsworth, eathers, re specting the death of Mary Anne Barker, an infant, aged ten months and a half, who died on the 26th instant from the effects of poison, administered to it by Mary North, a servant in the-Wploy of the parents of the deceased. The subject had previously undergone a magisterial in vestigation, the result of 7hich was, that the young woman was committed for trial. Mary Barker, of North-street, Wandsworth, the mother of the deceased, deposed, that on the let of July she was engaged in making some blacking, ana her servant, Mary North, for some vitriol. In the evening ., for that purpose sent the servant applied to the witness for somd I;...'lise eci, wh ich was to be given to the baby , which was very in quantity was given ito her for the purpose , and in fear :table. A abl a minutes afterwards she heard the child screaming violen.T• The servant, in apparent alarm, informed her that theia; was something the matter with the baby. At that time the child's tongue was swollen very much, the lips and mouth were much inflamed, and the eyes distorted. A medical man came in, and he discovered that vitriol hal been given to the bad. For some days the child appeared to be recovering, but suddenly it became worse, and on the 26th it died. Suspicion attached to the servant, and she was given into custody the day after the poison was administered. For the servant it was contended that the vitriol was given in mistake, being similar in colour to the aniseed. It was proved that the girl had been uniformly kind to the de ceased child. The jury deliberated for half an hour, at the &in of which they declared a verdict of " Wilful murder against Mary North ;" and a warrant for her committal was made out. . • DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT A. PAPER Wm.—Wan- CHURCH, WEDNESDAY.—This morning the inhabitants of this district were roused from their beds by the cry of " Fire." and it was soon found that the extensive paper mills occupied,by and belonging to Mr. Charles Fuller, is the parish of Hurstbourne Priors, two miles from Whit.. church, were in one mass of flame. The buildings being principally of wood accounts for the speed with which the flames spread from floor to floor. At this period the en gine belonging to the Norwich Union from Whitchnrch arrived, and which rendered effective aid ; yet we are berry to have to record that the whole of the extensive mills, with all the complicated machinery and apparatus for making writing and blotting paper on an extensive scale, with nearly the whole of the stock finished, and that in the pro gress of manufacture, were totally consumed, together with four dwelling-houses or cottages adjoining the mill, and occupied by the workmen. One large sir drying-room or house on the opposite side of the stream was saved. The calamity is attributable to the overheating f)r derangement of the flue connected with the copper in the vai 4lolo e. The damage is roughly estimated to amount to. fron: 2,0001. to 3,0001., to which sum Mr. Fuller is insured in the London_ County Fire-office. The fire was first discovered about tz r.... Ze o'clock, and continued raging till nearly half-past five in b.", morning; This property was recently purchased of the Earl of Portsmouth by Mr. Fuller's father, and had been put into active operation but a few months. ANTI-CORN-LAW LRAM:M.—SALE OF EFFECTS.--The great end of the League having been achieved, the goods and chattels in the office of the executive were on Tuesday die posed of by public auction, on the premises in Fleet-street. Much competition was expected, from the circumstaaea of the various articles submitted to the public for sale having been in the use of the indefatigable leaders of the League this, however, was not the case; for many of the valuable pieces of furniture went under the hammer of the auctioneer at almost less than half their original value—the auction. room, nevertheless, was crowded by a large body of sales- men. Among the articles which called forth the warmest bidding were, the model of a printing press, presented to the League Bazaar, held at Covent-garden Theatre; after na somewhat sharp contest, the model was sold to the highest: bidder for 465. A set of Spanish mahogany dining-tables, which had been used as a Council table by the Board, were sold for 13 guineas. An ancient carved oak chair, and several office-stools, for 235. The chair is beautifully carved, and is upwards. bf a century old, and was sent from Scotland as a present to the League; it bears upon its richly carved panel the initials" J.R., and the date" 1749." The hand, some wherry " Leander," made at Newcastle for the Bazaar, was put up for competition, and after having reached the price of ten guineas was knocked down, when the bidder was non eat inventus. The sale commenced at twelve o'clock, and terminated shortly after four. THE MURDER AT NEWCASTLE.—The adjourned ittp quest on the body o f Robert Lowthin was hel d on Monday night, and adjourned for a week, there being no evidence of a satisfactory character elicited. The man who was appre hended has been discharged, as the superintendent of police was unable positively to identify him as being the person he saw with deceased at two o'clock on Saturday morning, and. the man sufficiently accounting for himself elsewhere. No race of the deceased's watch has yet been discovered, but as he was intoxicated at the time, ft is thought he may have been robbed of it by loose women, and afterwards fallen into the water accidentally. At present the case is involved in mystery, but the police are actively pursuing inquiries re specting it, and an adjournment for one week was deemed necessary to afford them time. THE HOPS, YESTERDA.To..-From the Sussex plants• tions we learn that generally the bine is short, that the hops are coming into burr, and it seems the prevalent opinion that there will be a full crop, tilthough the late winds have slightly damaged the tips of those branches which bear the most hops. From Kent the accounts are of a similar cha racter, the hops having improved considerably since the last week, and promising more than an average good crop. The only complaint is tardiness of coming into bine in some few quarters. TREA.THENT OF THE POOR IN EDINBURGH: An aged couple disabled by disease from supporting themselves, re ceiving 3e. a month fcr their support, applied for an in crease; their case being recommended by a clergyman In the district well acquainted with the destitute condition of the people. On next pay day the petitioners were surprised to find that, in place of getting any addition to their money, a -reduction was made of la. On getting the diminished sum, they expreesed a fear that some mistake had been com mitted. But they were given to understand that there was no mistake, and that if they made any complaint on the sub ject their pittance would perhaps be wholly withdrawn. In this way the poor are deterred from complaining of the in adequacy of their allowances, and the inspectors of some parishes do as they please with the miserable creatures on the roll; for whom. alas! the new law affords so small re• dress.--•Bdinburgh Scottish Herald. A correspondent, who has returned from a tour through a considerable portion of West Cumberland, informs us that he is confident the orchards do not contain ASOTS_ (114 1 1 14 1 r of the quantity , of Ittit they did last you— vow • berii*4 rfc/Wit