The Sun. — London, England, 1852-09-14 00:00:00

l ievcd, take up many days. The Government has Published a large volume, containing most of these wickuments, which generally cons i st o f v i ru l ent at supon th e G RAND D UKE during his stay at aand it would seem that the Government Wishes the said volume to be extensively circulated, sin ce it has fi xe d i ts pr i ce at about (if., a very low sum considering the size of the book. The Italia a Popolo, the organ of the Mazzinian Party, contains the following : " God and the People.-INational Italian Association ; 410 . 108.—Citizms,—In con sequence o f t h e instruc ions I hav e rece i ved, I am happy to transmit to you the decree of the Union of Tuscany with the Roman States. the This is a so l emn year; it strengthens the opinion of se who love and desire republican unity, end it more than ever dissipates the illusions of the federalists; it th e bea trikes the partisans o f th e const i tut i ona l monarc h y to You u, and falls like a mortal weight upon tyrants. are, from this day, invested with ell the attributions iprent to your mission.—Greeting and fraternity.— n c ' re nee, Aug. 20th, 1852.—T0 the citizens t tl;, 11 / 1 3°S ing the eoternitt , e of the Contra! Interior Direc ,-4 Of the National Italian Association, for the Tuscan v i r , ° 'itices at Florence, the Extraordinary Committee of e Central Interior Direction." It is further stated th , :t the Commissary of the Com e:I'!" at Rome acknowledges and definitively ac wl:3 the union of the Roman States with Tuscany. 11„ : " ete uPou the Italia e Popolo exclaims :—" The eo''cu between Rome and 'Tuscany is morally ac 41,1Plished !" To which the Risorginzento of Turin, sow 62 quotes the above, slyly observe!, that nothing putt: retnains to be done but a mere trifle, viz., tlng. it into execution Letters have been received from Catania of the 30th 1 4 1/ g e llst) Containing details of the eruption of Etna. i ts i Te direction of Zaffarona the lava was spreading th, e ' With frightful rapidity, covering the most cul 11, OA lands and the richest vineyards. Another torrent biiltaa d irecting its course towards Milo. The inha ro:ta.were abandoning the country, and taking eit h .g, e in places of security. Milo and Zaffarona are Tred about fifteen miles from the crater of Etna. eittlßl!at experienced near the places is quite suffu GREECE. Go letter from Athens of the 31st ult. states that the ip ternlzent has gra n t e d an amnes t y t o a ll th e persons til te : e4 lia, with the exception of six only, who had e tuti Part in the insurrection got up by the monk, s Toruon os PAPOULAKI. htrb Vttton 1/ ONCAST' 4 R RACES. (THIS DAY.) (ty ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) 41 fr ed , L The Fitzwilliam Handicap. oi t i d the Great ... Z 4 e nd .................2 3' A gnes ••• ••• ••• ••• • k 4tab,. rzord The Great Yorkshire Handicap. ot z 1444 ... 2 ... 3 ST. LEGER. Songstress in force at 5 to 2 6 to I agst Trousseau—taken 4 , 7to 1 agst thrbinger—taken freely ttl tal 3--Longbow, Songstress, Daniel O'Rourke, Queen. t4trtt Mritton 0„ h • "et kt-h!eo The Champagne Stakes. ... 2 -. 3 ... 4 e I, tillotiv, _____ oieN k t 8 HOSPITAL.—On Tuesday, the 21st inst., or, , _ la tthew's„day the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and ei,;:°gether with the governors of the several royal e tt hstrwill attend Divine service at Christ Church, ta t 'johi str eet, where a sermon will be preached by the of t h ..1„ L. Airey, lat e o f P em b ro k e C o ll eg e, Cambridge, :, th e ik M asters of Merchant T a il ors ' sc hool, after which il3' era ti r ePair to the great hall of Ch r i s t' s Hospital, where toetkiens, on the benefits of the royal hospitals, will be el ; 1 ,. 1 :7 four of the senior scholars—viz., in Latin, by R. es; 1 :: puglish, by H. D. Sweeting ; in Greek, by H. l i -; A ar :; rench, by J. G. Gauntlett. Seven poems will be kaie".s, recited by other% of the senior scholars—viz., o a 4 , L es, on " Naples." by IL T. Armfield ; Latin ele e,, 4 'Alfred the Great," by H. R. Tevers ; Greek klii4o7anslation from Shakspere's " Henry V. address -11..9r5, before the battle of Agincourt," by J. W. sit le a n sapphics, on " The return of Ulysses," by J. J 11 '114 14 rt ; Latin hexameters, a translation from a, hi. c ,,. ast Day," by C. Pare y ; Greek sapphics, on CO h r . 'Y Thames," by H. Ludlow; English poem, on l'is4l ll l l t ;sh Empire in the East Indies," by C. W.P. Watts. 11 1 ,,.. t _ • SWeeting will recite a prize composition in Latin VI t er% for which there has been made to him the first VII I , ‘ 1 !, Medal, henceforth to be given annually, under of the late Rev.. G. Richards, D.D., late a governor '^l OF of Christ's Hospital. k i OF ANOTHER TRUNK OF A TREE IN ke k tibli e tt PARIS.—It cannot be too much impressed on a 4, 4 12 the danger which they incur in taking their seats S2lla t 7 Old decayed trees which too abundantly exist in 44 ,4 " 1 71 3 , tc !f they are disposed to rest, .they ought most 1 1 / 445t a4,,, Survey the decayed branches . which may possibly k I tte B ; t4 em. We say hang, for it cannot be denied that K(4; 11 , such a dilapidated state that even a heavy Keol,'!"ti will do the work of the axe at times, and lay li k ii "la - th'Tlu_ k e s of some of the trees on the ground. This L Park '..,9 18 with one tree in the south-eastern portion ila,,,,tha t t he week, a huge trunk having fallen which bore 1 1 04 t," should have long previously been severed, and 'itZetia r , -8 "le useful purpose. We have before called a,'Ve - of the authorities to the subject, and although i,l wili.cleave been taken in the right direction, yet it has "ttZgleh ; ; , ed on so speedily as might have been expected, kitt i Of t r, 80 Much required. Possibly, it some be in the ttliitk.the-mch'Se_, li c recting the work to suggest m t oje t r e k ki44 °4 ar a t ':'_° l , . safety may be protected, n • alun.veabled to lop the decayed bran a ch d es, u n n . o l tices, kk Ate.rt Abe posted where danger really exists.— N tt t. e 4 Z ) N PROM BRISTOL.—There are now six 1,,, kti i t ! vessels lying at our quays bound for Aus t'at, „ Wh o i. is estimated that, in addition to 1,695 . pas ,`4o4° the „ u eve already left, the number of emigrants 0 cl,. ita v „ re sent year will be upwards of 4,000. In ad t,q,e ''''' 4l immediate district, a number of emigrants 4 ,54., t i t of Bristol from the Midland Counties, Devon, 1401 4 South Wales. The following . (from Customs k\ bLit th e the number of ships with emigrants which . AlstabeP?rt during the last eight years, ending the 31st i k .V . 9 B p a -- -1844, 10 ships, 159 passengers; 1845, 10 e 23 88 engers ; 1846, 6 p, 182 passengers; 1847, 1 k 18192, Paasengers; 1848, 20 ships, 1,473 . palsse2no - I. l ` B ships, 1,895 passengers; 1850, 22 ships, ,9 th 11, 14 5 h , 1 61, 2 9 ships, 1,958 passengers; an . d for e or a te, -41 ng the 30th of June, 1852, 14 ships, 1,695 ‘iHa, b4tt i!‘ t ~wea h eld STARVATION.--On Wednesday last an Itl tti t tl : h -4 1 at Northampton, on the body of Hannah il k tha i;sti been found dead in her room at an early QII I II Sti rev isus morning. The body presented a most 1 %!.4.o,,,...pearance, a mere skeleton, held together by a 1 4 ;‘'‘q, g. After her death half of a half-quartern loaf t lkc i th. M,,, her room, which she had had in a week last It al k ' t ' bo a the exception of four-pennyworth of meat, ti. b lie "ght on Saturday, three-fourths of which still 144 § 1 / 4 41 k 11 . 4 4 W e :1. 4 u, that was all the food she had purchased , k L 4 .4 pup ~,'"- Mr. Beeby, with whom she lodged, had I teti 7n le Pudding and some lamb, and he thought I tytkit„u it, but since her death he had found it covered lA,_l l . l o. l tes - i t ege tl• She had upwards of 2001. out at interest, INN ',N s turning in regularly. Her age was 67, so 0001 4 K r . 1 1 3 30 ground for any fear that she might come \ 44t y slie er eeby stated his opinion to be that she had k 'Pere e xhaustion. She had pined herself to . death. tl i °I th e 8 I Q , e p i ., . ame opinion, and returned a verdict of No* 'apt c ,, :at ion of God." Deceased was unmarried. 4 4, thlhat R EWARDED.—We to are requested to state 4k 4 ; 4 4k,th e - ',which appeared in this paper on Saturday p&lti;,:e Parse head, is not strictly correct. 'yb es e a l a a n dy d it thlat th e ' was returned thought, from the dr . k b Person who returned it, that she might be N . l4 ,leZkin, iluer to reward her honesty, and therefore, k' 4 lol,'e tr z ,„"er for the trouble she had taken, allowed bl t kesees - t re ,°, 4l ; bat upon being told by her mother, 'N 4 4 ( I " Lila the person who had brought the purse ';•it 114,thsbitiobherself as a lady's maid, the lady to wh i c , : l ) e m r 4 4 ,, ItV, ja,t followed her down stairs, and told Va t, kaett ie.. desired the crier to offer a reward, but did Oth , no, i she might ask her to accept it.. The ,, 1 ktl:,, 'lt , h. Could not think of such a thing. Nt t tti, r e really meant to decline it. The reward —[The k gitt C: 58 .t0 have offered has been sent to us, with kt tt h: 4, ..2,,wi1l slip it into a poorbox at one of the b .flze s .i tl l4 ' B Trtt 1 / 4 ?t,ttatrot t i n tr•--At the west corner of Berner's- L, t ifr :, w ho reet, the widow and daughters of Ryland kllttlie ye Was executed . at Tyburn. kept a print tk,' l44% t kii l i Nl . th e as a t ft l e n r d liis c ignoaniziours which de i he e W w he a n s qa k , f t :n?a ' a o Z,v.ered, he fl a ed 7r m ofn h Y is' home, and thought tk", W 6 414 1 114 41 au inn of an obscure village at some 1 11 11 1iiigthi' a ver edl ° 3 4 , and . there remained for in some time. '6, t,hYar a '' had Y his name being written his shoes, ty k e 0 tak e pasted a bit of paper. This exciting te s tes' ap n :' °ff, and his name under it coming in tO l , et re ': °CV:ended, brought to justice, and suffered 0) 1 ) 0 ., t, ill 0, 6 law. At t farther extremity of N A VA 0,4 to "„,e ant house in Edgeware-road, imme itAyha ~‘Sei lep Tyburn turnpike. lived for many years %AZ, q„_ 44 iit . ,C , Paoli, so well known and beloved for `i.klt, ' 4 4,4 3 ;"' and generous hospitality, not only to ks , Ili a ( Ten, but to all foreigners of distinction tLA 6 Ilse took place in this house. General 1)t il 4 4 i . ' l ' to the Emperor Napoleon. —Notes and kiSNtprtkttp pi . , A t ' oi 1 ' kri t ' 4 4' of i'''' C ONVICTED OF POACHING.—At i p, k ?Iv a , ee, Halifax, LeviSmith,gamekeeper at Sk A. mat char , 4 k ,lth er k_ rged by George Syke, gamekeeper of ' tt h `i:- 4 11 4 Ruh -L Y. 0, with trespassing upon Rishworth N l ,'. 4 a Dt 'l had' been pursuit of game without leave. As 0, V l l i i e se rv a „leu previously warned not to trespass cl 4 '„aa l 4s, ~,,'"e was adjudged to pay the full penalty Ai ta° had '`Penaea. James Schofield, of Longwood, th Oh, been h.b I. 4 Wa s engaged in S " driving" the grouse P„ v, , a. c os . ,;onvieten in the mitigated penalty of 0,f014,.. . 1 t il g ti t z te 'VZ E I to Ir t i i 2Vel'4l 'Ct $ Al.P.—Our Hon. Mpmb , r 9teb' tiop, 48 .to be abl e t o leave his room ; and 4 Y ~....136 , 1 1 1 . enable hi m to again mingle with Thugngm mercury. THE SUN, COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 12. Her Majesty rode yesterday to Abergeldie to visit her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Her Ma jesty was attended by the Hon. Mary Seymour. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out deer stalking. The dinner party yesterday included her Serene Highness the Princess of Hohenlohe Lan genbourg, her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohen lohe Langenbourgla, the Right Honourable R. A. Christopher, and Mr. and Mrs. Farquharson, of In vercauld. The Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Colonel Wood, Lieutenant-Colonel Nicoll, and Mr. M. Haire had interviews with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home-office. Dispatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday from the Governor-General of Canada and the Governors of the other North American pro vinces. SPORT/NG NOTES. No. C(IC VI. THE FIELD FOR THE GREAT ST. LEGER, &c. TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SUN. Sin,—As the time opproeches for the decision of tho Great Northern race, all tha interest gradually centres in a few animals. Out of the hundred and sixteeen nominations, not more than ten or eleven at the outside will be &nod at the post; and the names of those form ing the outside division I cannot give with any certainty. Daniel O'Rourke, Stockwell, Ilex, Trousseau. Song :Areas, Harbinger, and King of Trumps are the declared starters. The remaining three or four doubtfuls must be selected from the fellowcrig:—Alfred the Great, Glenluce, Clumsy Jack, the Duke of Leinster, Merry go-round, Longbow, Seckbut, and King Pepin. Lord Exeter's couple have put in an appearance at Doncaster; and although what betting has been done there prices Stockwell at 5 to 2, yet the general appearance of both have not elicited any marks of approbation from the cognoscenti. It is singular, but there is a steady deter mination on the part of several clever members of " the talent" to fire away at Stockwell. If this horse does not finish first, I anticipate seeing him in the third po sition. Ilex, of course, will be nowhere; merely start ing to make play for his stable companion. What I have above termed the outside Hit contains not an animal that can be expected to attain the third position, much less the second or first. King of Trumps has arrived, and looks much better than was generally supposed he would, but his very doubtful preparation, I think, must effectually put his chance out. Th© Duke of Richmond's Harbinger is the picture of perfection, so far as training goes, and will undoubtedly finish third or fourth. How it would astonish the backers of the favourite were he to win? More apparently im possible things than this have been accomplished; and as there must be something in the field to justify the tremendous outlay that has been, and still is, going on by certain knowing ones against Stockwell and Song stress, I cannot conceive who else it can refer to but Harbinger, Trousseau, or Daniel O'Rourke. Mr. Medley's Trousseau, although in beautiful condi .. tion, and well suited to such a course as that at Don caster, I do not expect to see nearer the front than fourth or fifth. Daniel O'Rourke and Songstress will arrive at Don caster to-day. The former bus been doing out-and-out work, and the latter but moderate. I cannot got over the fact that Songstress's work has not been by any means first rate since the accident to her foot; and, coupled with some crotchets in my brain concerning her arising from the money cannonading she has received, and some other reasons, I think she will do very well if she manages to save the second money for her owner. As to Daniel, notwithstanding his diminutive size, and the nature of the course being against him only, I consider his chance to be as good as, if not better than, any in the race; and, ridden by Frank Butler, will be about A 1 in the race. The starters for the Municipal Stakes are War Whoop, Vanderdecken, Umbriel, and Incense. As I have placed thorn so I expect th e y w ill come i n. V. T. (Barnsley) is i nformed that there is but one horse of the name of Pharold, and he is by Alarm, out of Lady Trampoline. Was originally the property of Captain Delme, but sold by him when a yearling to Mr. Mare. .He is trained byFrench atNesvmarket.—l ate,&c., Sept. 14. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES. DONCASTER, MONDAY AFTERNOON, 5 O'CLOCK. The following slakes, which it will be seen have filled remarkably well, closed this afternoon at three o'clock : TIJESDAy. The Fitzwilliam Handicap of s;ovs. each, with 50 added, &c. One mile. _ Cheroot, 3 yrs—Alfred thoGrQ, 3 yrs—Sir Charles, 5 yrs—Lady Agnes, 3 yrs—Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs— Dividend, 3 yrs—Florence, 3 yrs—c by Theon, out of Rebecca, 3 yrs—Bess of Hardwick, 3 yrs—f by Ithu riel, dam by The Saddler, 3 yrb—Clincher, 3 yrt— Tower, 4 yrs. The Selling Stakes of 5 Boys. each, with 30 added, &c, On© mile and a half. Priem the Third, 3 yrs (400—Cyclops, 4 yrs (400 — Euphony, 3 yrs (400—Florence, 3 yrs (400—Lily, 3 yrs (400—Paquetta, 4 yrs (401.) WEDNESDAY. Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Cup Course. Wasp, 4 yrs.—Cariboo, 5 yrs—Kingston, 3 yrs— Hungerford, 4 yrs—Lerrywhent, 3 yrs—Galvanism, 3 yrs—Newminster, 4 yrs—Sir Charles, 5 yrs—Florence, 3 yrs—Rebecca colt, 3 yrs — Recommendation, 3 yrs— Allegro, 3 yrs—Sir Rowland Trenehard, 4 yrs. Sweepstakes for 2 and 3 yrs old. Red House in. F by Don John, out of ',Conspiracy, 2 yrs— L am b ton, 2 yrs—Alfred the Great, 3 yrs—P eggy, 2 yrs—f by Melbourne, out of Paddy Bird's dam, 2 yrs—St. Andrew, 2 yrs—Auchinleek, 2 yrs—Pelion, 2 yrs— Molasses, 2 yrs—Audabon, 2 yrs—Exact, 2 yrs—Little Swift, 2 yrs---e by lago, out of Daughter of Toscar, 2 yrs—Ann Elizs, 2 yrs—c by the Emperor, out of Begum, 2 yrs. FRIDAY. Doncaster Cnp, value 300 sous., Bcc. CuP Course. Alonzo, 5 yrs—Carae ara , 3 yrs—Teddington, 4 yrs Stilton, 3 yrs—King of T ramps, 3 yrs—Son g yrs 3 yrs—Nancy, 4 yrs—Womersley, 3 yrs—Little Harry, 3 yrs—llex, 3 yrs—Carib oo , 5 yrs — Evadne, 3 yrs Nowminster, 4 yrs—Truth, 4 yrs—Harbinger, 3 yrs— Allegro, 3 yrs—Scarecrow, 3 yrs—Kingston, 3 yrs— Alfred the Great, 3 yrs—Cyclops, 4 yrs—Daniel O'Rourke, 3 yrs—Rebecca colt, 3 yrs — Trousseau, 3 yrs —Hungerford, 4 yrs. Nursery Plate of 100 sovs. for two yrs:old. Last mile. Conspiracy filly Corybante Lanebton—Valour— Rattlecap—Polly—Maid of Golbourne—lneense—P eggy —The Hatchet—Eaton —Nerve—Sr. Andrew —Ace of Trumps, by Assault Romeo —Auchinlock—Luxury colt—Pelion Moccasin I by Touchstone, out of Gaiety—Lord Lieutenant—Audabon Little Swift— Ann Elize—Daughter of Toecar colt—Master Norton —Ada, by Poy cton—Exact—Grapeshot —Begun colt. Horses arrived:—The Alp, Proctor, Lady Agnes, Racheiee, Jaquenetta, Grapeshot, Exact, Audabon, Al legro, Incense, Rebecca colt, Little Swill . , Russborough, Polly, King of Trumps, Vanderclecken, Claverhouse, Hungerford, Jack Learning, Euphony, Kingston, Flo rence, Luxury colt, Alonzo, Bess of Hardwick, Sir C. Napier, Romeo, Verbena colt, Prime Minister, The Tu rin, Nancy, Ada, Stilton, Lerrywhent, The Hatchet, Galvanism, Recommendation, Charity, Margaret of An jou, Doubt Long, Anterverte, Saxon, View Halloo, Con rad, Lily (by the Sea), Lady of the Grove, Lord Lieu tenant, Newminstcr, Abbess filly,Croupier, Nerve. Phan tom, Eaton, Evadne, The Reiver, Turnus, War Whoop, Prism the Third, Knight of the Garter, Caracare, Barba colt, Conspiracy I, Little Harry, Stockwell, Ilex, Sabra, Sharman, Dividend, Calorie, Vindex, Gaiety filly, Cariboo, Hirsute, Glenluce, Scarecrow, Harbinger, Womersley, Towton, Trousseau, Paquette, f out of Paddy Bird's dam, t by Ithoriel, d by The Saddler, Cyclops. The following are expected in the course of this even ing or to-morrow :—Teddinglon, Orinoco, Cory bautes, Clincher, Wasp, Cheroot. Sir Charles Tower, Auchin lech, St. Andrew, The Queen, Pelion, Molasses, Ann Eliza, Begum colt, Brawn, Sir R. Trenchard, Valour, Rattlecap, Hobbit) Noble : Ace of Trumps, Mocassin, Master Norton, The Maid of Golbourne, &c. Daniel O'Rourke and Songstress come to-morrow. BETTING AT SIX O'CLOCK. ST. LEGER. 3 to 1 agst Stockwell (taken and afterwards offered) 12 to 4 agst Songstress (take 7 to 2) 7 to 2 agst Daniel O'Rourke (offered) Nothing else mentioned. DONCASTER, MONDAY NIGHT, 12 O'CLOCK. The following aro the entries for the Fitzwilliam Handicap:—Clincher. 5 yrs, Bst 131 b—Florence, 3 yrs, sst 71b—Sir Charles Napier, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Sir Charles, 6 yrs, Bst 61b—The Twin, 4 yrs, Est 61 b—Rebecca colt, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Lady Agnes, 3 yrs, Est 121 b—Ithuriel filly, 3 yrs, Est 61b— Bess of Hardwick, 3 yrs, sst 81b— Allred the Greet, 3 yrs, Est 101b—Cheroot, 3 yrs, Est 41b —Dividend, 3 yrs, sst 41e. LATEST BETTING. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHAMPAGNE STAKES. Even on The Reiver 5 to 2 agst Vindez. 4 to 1 agst Orinoco 10 to 1 eget Barba—taken 20 to 1 egst any other GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 5 to 1 asst Knight of the Garter 5 to 1 agst Alonzo 5 to 1 egst Jack Leming 6 to 1 egst The Twin 8 to 1 agst Alp 9 to 1 agst Lerrywhent 12 to 1 agst Imagination ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 nest Stockwell 5 to 2 agst Songstress 4 to 1 agst Daniel O'Rourke—taken 7 to 1 agtt Trousseau—taken Harbinger not mentioned. DONCASTER, TUESDAY, 12 o'CLccK. LATEST BETTING. CHAMPAGNE STAKES. 5 to 4 OR The Reiver—taken The rest as before. GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP. 5 to 1 on the Field 7 to 1 eget Scarecrow No other change. ST. LEGER. 5 to 2 egst Stockwell 5 to 2 agst Songstress 7 to 2 caget Daniel O'Rourke LoN DON, TUESDAY EVENINGS SEPTEMBE]ft 14, /862. 7 to 1 agst Trousseau—taken 9 to 1 agst 1-hrbingpr—taken INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. EPSOM AUTUMN MEETING, 1852. Mr. B. Crewe's Abdalle.h, 5 yrs, Bst 71b, against Mr. B. Land's The Greek, 3 y rs, 76t 71b. One mile. 200, la ft. UPTON-UPON-SEVERN, 1852. Handicap for the Upton Stakes, 3 ft, if declared on Sa , tutday week. Candlewick, 5 yrs, Bst 51b—Letterpress, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Odiham, 4 yrs, 7st 101b—Batwing, 5 yrs. 7st 101 b —Worcester, 4 yrs, 7st 41b—Cingari, 5 yrs, 7st 41b— Lady Amyett, 3 yrs, 7st—Ethelwulf, 3 yrs, Est 6ib— Surge, 3 yrs, 6st 61b—Winifred, 3 yrs, 6st 41b—Royal George, 3 yrs, 6st—Romulus, 3 yrs, sst 101 b. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, 1852.— TUESDAY. Acceptances for the Cesarewitch Stakes. Yrs st Ihl Yrs st lb Cariboo liust,borough Lady Evelyn (including 6lbs extra) Galvankni Black Doctor 4 8 4 Mrs, Bitch Kingston 3 8 41King Pepin 3 6 4 Ariosto Stilton Alorzl Chief Baron Ni.- Elyacinth . _ cholson Joe Miller I Nvau Iles Montague Windisehgratz Frantic . 3 7 8 Neaehaixi 4 7 6 Indian Warrior Timid Fawn Bird on the Wing *3 7 3 Musician 5 7 :., Knight of Gwynn° 5 7 1 Le Jiff .... 4 6 13 Westhergage 3 6 11 Lady Amyott 3 6 11 Marchioness Kat. of the Garter 6 6 10 King Charming Candlewick Proctor c by Melbourne out of Sally War foot Butterfly Merry man La Gazza Ladra 6 5 12 Harrier Waterfall Lindrick 3 5 Sit of Blue 3 5 10 Athentt Pallas Jullien 3 5 9 Mary Ann 3 5 9 Richard Primmer 3 5 8 Knight of the Shire 3 5 8 Lerryw h en t Lady Harriet 3 5 6 Madeline 3 5 5 Little Davie 3 5 5 Dangerous Babette Termagant Dollond Jessic3, 3 5 3 Missive The others d NEWMARKET HOUG. Acceptances for the C Yrs st lb Teddington 4 9 3 Turmas 6 8 10 Lady Evelyn (including 61bs extra) Truth Russborough Hernandez Glauca Kingston 3 8 3 Ariosto Officious Ephesus Sir Charles 5 7 11 Stilton 3 7 11 Neasham 4 7 11 Hobbit) Noble 3 7 11 Alcoran Harbinger Chief Baron Ni- Ld not accept. EITON MEETING, 1852. :ambridgeshire Stakes. Yrs st lb Father Thames 3 6 8 Lady Agnes Poodle 3 6 Miss Fanny . 4 6 Dulcet a 6 6 Lancaster Bardolph 3 6 6 King Pepin 3 6 6 Deceitful 4 6 5 Phlegra Erwin° Convulsion 3 6 5 Sanita Scarecrow Kate 3 6 5 Kilquade 4 6 4 1 01 d English Oak., 3 6 4 Sackbut Athena Pallas 3 6 3 cholson Eliza Middleton Longinus Ilook'em Snivel• 4 7 7 Grief King of Trumps 3 7 5 Grey Tommy 3 7 5 liothorpe Indian Warrior Adino 3 7 4 The Cutler 4 7 3 Weathergage 3 7 2 Le Juif Ring leader 4 7 1 Caracara 3 7 1 Hangerford Flirt The Italian 5 6 13 Musician High Sheriff . 3 6 12 Allegro Lady Amyott 3 6 12 Gladiole (including 3lbs extra) Trousseau b f by Faugh-a- Ballagh, out of Miniature Kadidjah 3 6 10 Proctor Herbert c by Melbourne, out of Sally Warfoot Glenluce 3 6 9 Manifold 5 6 9; Candlewick 5 6 8 Young Trouble some 4 6 S Butterfly 3 6 3 ! Koh-i-noor ....... 3 6 3 Vermuth Bit of Blue 3 6 2 Merryman Knight of the Shire 3 6 2 Follow-me-lads ... 4 6 2 Azael Hyacinth Ilex Lindrick Sophistry La Gazzs Ladra 6 6 0 !Cavan ' Ammonia Puritan Alfred the Great 3 5 12 Billy Bar 4 5 12 Sir J. Barleycorn 3 5 10 Plot 3 5 9 Tested 3 5 8 Henrietta Racket& Jullien 3 5 7 Varmint ........... 3 5 7 Sister to Singapore 3 5 7 Babette Brawn 3 5 5 Cotton Lady !Termagant ;Dividend Pancake !Jessica Cornelius Peacock . 3 5 3 Dollond Sabra j Madeline 3 5 2 Isabella 5 soya. each. The rest pay THE NORTHERN MEETING. INVERNESS, SEPT. 11.—This great annual gather , ing of Highland chiefs and proprietors, and of sports men from the south, was commenced here on Thurs day and concluded last night. The attendance was more numerous , perhaps, than on any p rev i ous oc casion, for owing to the fine weather with which we have been favoured this season, and the absence of any absorbing attraction in the south, there has been an unparalleled influx into th e Highland s o f sportsmen of every description, of visitors at the h ouses of the no rthern nobility, and of t our i s ts from every part of England and the Continent. These have flocked in great numbers to Inverness to witness the festivities at the northern meeting, which is the modern desig nation for the great Highland gathering, known in the famous Duke of Gordon's time as the Northern Hunt. The constitution of the meeting is so far changed that for field-sports and horse racing have been substituted piping and dancing. The northern meeting, however, is still the most thoroughly Celtic demonstration of which we can boast. At the Scottish fete, in Hol land-park, m any of the best Highland games were contested by a majority of the same brawny High landers who came forward at Inverness and a t Brae mar; but then there is neither the noble panor ama o f mountains which surroun d this picturesque town, nor the presence of the chivalry of the north, the lineal descendants of the same men who follow e d th e for tunes of Dundee and Prince Charlie. In the large park in which the games wer e celebrated during the last two days, many thousand persons were assem bled ; a n d th o ugh clans and clanships are utt er l y de molished, yet of those present fully three - fourths be ar the names of chieftains with whom the readers of his- tory are familiar. The Duke of Richmond, the patron of the northern meeting, did not attend; but the vice-president, Lord Saltoun, and Lord Lovat, took en active part in the proceedings. The games which came off here on Thursday were putting the stone, tossing the caber, throwing the hammer, &c. The hammer was thrown 96 feet three inches by Donald Fraser, of Upper Killin ; the best throw ever known to be made at Inverness. Samuel Kennedy, the big-boned, red-headed celt of Bade noch, who regularly appears at the Scottish fete, tossed with ease a huge caber, which baffled the strength and skill of every other competitor. Yester day was set apart for the competition of pipers and dancers. The winner of the gold medal was Alex ander M'Kenzie, piper to the Marquis of Breadalbane, a hale and hearty grey old man. The prizes for dancing called forth a large host of light-footed competitors from the braes of Strathspey. The sword dance and Ghillie Callum were never bet ter performed, and the reels were given with great zest and spirit. . A ball, very brilliantly and numerously attended, concluded the festivities of each day. Amongst those present were Lady Ann Mgienzie, Lady Carolina Townsley, Lady Lovat, Lady Mostyn, &c. ; Prince Massino, the Earl of Leicester, Hon. F. Dundas, M.P., Hon. L. Grant and Hon. Lewis Grant, of Seafield, Hon. Mr. Abercromby of Birkenbog, Hon. J. Gordon, Sir C. Hope Vere, Sir Henry Wil more, Sir Piers Mostyn, Sir Adam Hay, Sir Robert Menziee, Count Moratt, Mr. Matheson, M.P., &c. COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN EAILWAY.—A collision took place near Leighton Buzzard yesterday morning, September 13. The 6.30 down train, which was a very heavy one, with a powerful engine, marked 110, driven by James Pattison, left the Euston terminus at its usual time, being due at Leighton at 7.48, where it arrived in due course, carrying a large number of second and third-class passengers. The pilot engine came up to the Leighton station, and having been attached to the down train, proceeded with it over the single line to that point where the relaying of the up line at this point termi nated. The pilot was then unhooked from the engine of the 6.30 A.M. down train, and proceeded at a rapid speed on to the crossing, in order to pass on to the up line to allow the down train to pass. The pilot engine had nearly reached the crossing, and was partially crossing on to the up line, when the down train, the engine of which had been kept by Pattison the driver following at a great speed, caught the left-hand hind buffer of the tender, dashing it across the line down the embankment, and throwing the pilot engine round across the up line. The passenger down train had its front stove in, and was also, together with its tender, thrown over across the down line, and four and five of the carr i ages of the down train al so b e i ng thrown off the down line, the road was perfectly blocked. With the exception of one gentle man, who had his face severely cut with the glass of one of the carriage windows, and injury to one of the heels of the policeman who was on the pilot engine, we un&rst,and that no one received really serious injury. MANSLAUGHTER AT LIVERPOOL, —On Sunday morning last, about one o'clock, a widow, named Grace Jones, was killed by her son-in-law, Thomas Yates, under the following melancholy circumstances :—About midnight he went home and found his wife in a state of intoxication. Being irritated, lie commenced beating her, when her mother interfered, and Yates struck her on the throat, knocking her down the steps into the yard, and causing a compound frac ture of the skull, from which the deceased immediately ex pired. A post modern examination has been ordered, and Yates is in custody. ANECDOTES OF CRITICISM. (From Eliza C'ook's Journal) If, in criticism, there were less brilliance and more charity, better justi ce would be distribute d b e t w een tt e he if authors who write an d t h e public who rea d. When I, as a reviewer, take u p my ivory knife, an d se t down to cut open the leaves o f a new book, what d o I invoke, I as r the genius, to att en d upon my chair? l am afraidokfe the work. of anythi ng b ut the untortunate wr i te work. My object i s to flavour my "article," and a shall supply relish to m y per i ods; but if unbapPili not, h " our author" can supply spices, well and good; lie is then the mer e groun d of the dish, and I seri% him up transmogrified fro m hi s original s h ape — w ith o raons of satire, cloves of sarcasm, ginger of vitupera tion--”Ter thinking of hi m , b ut o f making a " stinging review'. My pen is no quill f rom the wing of a pac i f i c goose , my ink no odorous distillation from an Indian wood; the one is temper e d stee l— the proper material to stab W i t h —the other is undil ute d gall to pour into the wou nd. Ali around my t a bl e are the busts of brilliant cr i t i cs , famous in their d a y, w h ose trophies are built upon e pyramid of epics, ess a y s , lyrics, histories, romances , an d . disquisitions, ama l gamated into solid bricks, by the pestle first, and p ressure next, of " first-rate rehears." One I sce mangling some e half.fledged poet;" another "crushing a young singing -bird in its nast;" another quenching the lamp o f some ambitious student ' s ins P i s ration. Then I ring my own hammer on the rock, that an echo may come to me of similar fame, and that in; vanity asay he plumed by the idea that some poetaster, or prosaic dullard has been " extinguished" by a blot of the terrible liquid, lyi ng, b lack as Pitlegethon, before me. Lately, howeve r , I h ave been refiscting on the critical art and the criti c ' s respons i bility ; but I am not going to write a disquisiti on on e i ther. I have, for lay own edi fication, collected som e anecdotes to illustrate what I have been saying, an d to show that infallibility is no more an attribute of the editorial table than it is of Peter's chair. The victims of great reviews have mounted to high fame in spite of their reviewers. :glen have fallen into ridiculous errors through their refasal to acknowledge, or their i na b ility to appreciate genius when its work is presented tangibly to their observatisna. There are some episodes in the history of criticism which are universally knovvn—h ow the liv i ng fi re o f Keats's inspiration was " snuffed out " b y an art i c l e i n 1 the Quarterly; how Byron was hunted by the Scotch reviewers until he stood at bay, and reviewed them in their turn with a vengeance; how Swift cut to pieces a whole army of scribes by means of one satirical essay; how Pope, with a single feather f rom the goose ' s wing, wrote a sacrificial song for a h ecatomb of detractors. Other episodes, however, there h ave been, less known, but no less remarkable than these. There never w as , f or instance, a mor® ex t raor dinary, a more absurd, a more impudent cr i t i cisim, than that of Rymer upon the tragedy of Othello. lie said it was "a bloody farce, without salt or savour, that fillsthe head with vanity, confusion, tintamarre, arid jingle-jangle." Now Rymer, in his time, was thought a judicious man; reviewed a good many books—perhaps decided the lite rary fate of several authors. Yet, if the public accepted his opinion, how much injustice was there not com mitted. Nearly equal in impertinence was the observa tion of Gifford, that Shnkspere was, a s a poet, i n f er i or to Pope. Thi s remar k, h owever , from such a man, though it startl es , d oes no t as t on i s h us. Ile was utterly incompetent to appreciate the rich ness, sweetness, and beauty of that poetic nectar which flowed from the lips of him who was our noblest muse. He s a id, t h at t h e only excellen ce o f t h e d rama ti c m i nstrel, whose melo dies gushed a s th oug h "Il yssus were in his throat, " was his wit, and that among his merits rhythmical modulation was by no means to be included. After this, I do not so greatly wonder that a dull, dry, and dusty mathematician once told us that Milton's. Paradise Lost is " worth nothing, b ecause it proves nothing." This scientific pedant would have valued more highly the solution of an algebraical problem, or an ingenious disposition of straight lines, curves, and cones. Figures arithmetical he loved, but figures of speech, or flowers of thought, he could by no possi bility understand. Perhaps he w ou l d equally have sElegyin caritic%ird, wi t h the most Churchyard, of s w c h o i r c n h e d a Gr ay contemporary amusing condescension,—" This little poem, how ever humble its pretensions, is not without ele gance or merit 1" What, however, can surprise us, when Goldsmith's reviewer in the Monthly s e t d own his Traveller as a " flimsy production;" when Wordsworth has been described as the " verbose, dry, drab-coated proper of the lakes;" when Scott has been compared to Homer; when Rogers has been eulogised as " superior Shakspere has beento Go sneered leri dge, S a h t e l b e y y , o e r n M j o o n o s r o e n ; " as w h e n an ignoramus, be cause he makes Bohemia a maritime country; and when it has been pronounced of Shelley's poetry, as it was , by Gifford, that its chief characteristic is, "it s tota l want of meaning." The truth is, that there can be no absurdity imagined which has not been perpetrated by critics, at one time or' another. Time, however, cures the little stings inflicted by the feeble. The day has gone by when readers of the Literary Gazette would submit to be told by that journal that " Qu een blab" was " a mer e mass of bloated words,'' or that " Adonale" exhibited n ot hi ng but "in curable absurdity." Fortunately also th e d ay has long gono by when that periodical would open its columns for any critic to effuse through them such spleen of a malignant soul. The " late remorse of love" has made amends to the fame of the poet, and if the cheap flatteries of poste rity atone anything for the wrongs endured in life, they have been amply yielded in the " immortals" which now grace the Roman tomb of Keats, and have made another Lycidas of Shelley, who does not " float upon his watery bed without the meed of some melodious tear." Byron and Wordsworth were harshly used by their reviewers ; but they could themselves criticise harshly, and let us add, unjustly. The latter spent hours with Thomas Roscoe, railing at Campbell, and de scribed the most magnificent lay of Burns as " over rated stuff—miserable insanity, without a thought, with out an image." We all remember how bitterly he was himself assailed by the roaming poet of Newstead Ab bey, who seldom missed the opportunity to aim a blow at the— 1 Clumsy, frowsy poem, called the "Excursion," Writ in a manner that is my aversion. Or at " the warbling waggoner, whose rhymes he com pared to the cracking of a ploughman's whip. From the same pen also descend e d t h ose reckless lashes w hi c h galled " Bob Southey,"-4, turncoat Southey, that incar nate lie,"—epithets with w hi c h a poet should never soli his page. Nor did Byro n ever display himself more unworthy of his genius th an when be spoke of the beau tiful writings of Dean Millman, as effusions from " the ox of verse, who ploughs fo r every line, " though he was; perhaps, more correct wh en he likened the stanzas o f Tasso's bio g r a ph e r t o " g ild ed icicles. " When, however , the author of Childe Harold was in the humour to utter a sarcastic thing, he little cared on whom or what his arrows fell, wheth e r on C amp b ell ' s " droutby hiPPee reue ' 'or Wordsw or th' s " crazed beyond all hope ; or " drunken Coleridge," or "q ua i nt and mouthy Southey; " or Walter Savage Landor, th a t " d eep - mou thed Bc o ° - " tian." Byron, al s o, if h e could spit venom on an enemy, was capable of superb laudation on a friend —as O n Moore— To who The lyre and la ure l s of triummare given hal Ile won them w e ll an d may he wea s r oi t l lfs ' m long l This miscalled criticism, however, aids little the victory of eol;t1 literature over the concoctions of quackery. It is no less ridiculous than that of the Irishman, who once reviewed a poem in which t he word key was rhymed w ith sea. Ile seriously declared it was a barbarous blunder, or at least a poet's license carried beyond the limits o f t h e most extended tolera tion. " F or ," h e conc l u d e d , " to justify the rhyme , le a p must be supposed to be pronounced keel" This Milesian critic was probably as Wise in his gene ration as hi s broth er o f th e same craft, who tells usa - Churchill, as a poet, is "drivelling and dull,"—" by nature uninspired, untaught b y art. " But most offensive i ns t ance o f cr i t i cal vulgarity w as afforded many,. Years ago by the Dubli n U niversity R evie w, which little r esem b led then the mild and equit a bl e censor now reigni ng under a similar title in the I r i s h capital. The reviewer had exh auste d hi s ac i dulous ink perhaps the upon one of Campbell's p oems ; ga y; . ho had not a point left to attack; a line remaining to dissect. But his rancour was not yet satisfied. So ho had not another fierce word to suffi ciently gross to tell his readers that there from the book he turned to the author, and was Buffi aaner Campbell should write ill, since he had " eyes cold lglassy like those of a dead haddock." This, never theless, though more directly expressed, was perhaps less., malicious than the insinuation of a fatuous London be added this 1.- iewer, when, after speaking of Tha/aba, was no won ungracious sentence :—" Of Mr. Southey himself we know nothing, and we d es i re to know no thing. hilosophers pretend to be careless of opinion; but pets, what ever they affect, very seldom are indifferent. Wordsworth professed never to read a criticism on his Ow n th r orks; but Keats, ae I have said, F hand of Gifford; Kirk White was der the assaults of reviewers, who critique; blasted by one tque wounded Racine ; a single stroke of raillery almost to death; Perished under Ilawkesworth is said to have died un- into the sunshine and stung him just as he was emerging of popularity ; Po ewrithedunder the tortures inflicted by Dennis; and , I) short a friendshiP a even Newton cut s s warmed like wasps twenty - 1 voueeble criticism on some of his w orks. ~e ._ - fears' duration with one who bad uttered an un- If , however, some authors have been injured by their L. Literary Gazette which won a reviewers, most owe their reputation to their critics. It to his genius, laurel wreath for LatheL"; it was Southey who gave Kirk White a name; it was Leigh Ru n t who rescued John Keats from the as persions of those who wished to do their heavy reviews as the reviewer is great, does the exultation of the so contemptible, au thor he praises • and sink it into oblivion. And in proportion rise. Sheridan when he learned that Byron had uttered a laudation of powers. i n some i nstances , indeed, the panegyri c net easy to deter • of the anaiably•disposed has been as absurd, though not kind• Ilaelitt, for example, declared that the " Lao damia" w as a poem fit only to be read in Elysium. It is as the detraction of the envious or Wl was said that his pictures were mine w IL the author s , ' he* inc '' e mere daubs of yoke of 01161- &rate earti 1: - ^ a ty; whether Turner lost more when it egg," or Rogers, when his compositions were described ' —)l,3 unscrupulous e i r uja t ri . o . us to us superior to those of Coleridee and Shelley. Good Poets aro often bad critics. an d somet i mes false, because j ealous. Anna Seward, —w h o was herself'vain enough to boast that she could translate en ode of Horace eV hi le curling her hair, —tells that wh en s Darwin had published his " B o t a nic Garden," i n couplets, he never would rea d blank verso aga i n. i Samuel Johnson, ends his review of " Paradise Lost" s by saying, that its pe rusal ie rather a duty - pleasure; ho also than a I said that the diction of Lycidas was harsh, and its rythm unpleasing: " he would h ang a dog that should reed that poem twice." , ' What then," asked a lady, "must become of me, who can say it by heart?" "lie," replied the Goth, " of a 1 surfeit of bad taste." Now the contradictions of genius I are surprising when, in. opposition to this, we find Warton declaring that your opinion of Lycidas decides whethe r y ou h ave a " true taste for poetry or not." But Boswell's bear could not appreciate Milton. As he con fessed t o B eatt i e, h e never rea d h im through till ho wanted to get words for his dictionary. Of Shakspere's sonnets he also wrote—" Of the best it can only be said that they are not bad." Pope condemned the author of Hamlet as writing in "the style of a bad age," and re gretted that he had not copied Sackville more! "Rare Ben," too, was indifferent as a critic. Spenser's stanzas " pleased him not, nor his manner." Shakspere" wanted art, and sometimes sense. Waller saw nothing in Milton but " an old blind schoolmaster, who had written adall poem, remark a bl e f or nothing but its length." Milton preferred Cowley to Dryden. Dryden esteemed Catherine Philips above Sappho ; and asked permission from the bard of Paradise Los* to turn that poem into rhyme? It was he, too, who eulogised Lord Halifax as " the greatest genius ," and L or d Roscommon as equal to Ho race or Virgil. Bat these were flatteries which !should have made the receivers of them blush. What, how ever, could be expected friim a critic who admirer? that Rymer who tells us that the character of Desdemona is below that of any kieben-maid. Gray thought Voltaire, bad no , genius but for writ ing. plays, and scorned the most exquisite productions of Rcusseau. " David Hume," he said, " was an infant all his life, though unhappily he was taught to read and write." ob v iously, therefore, when poets begin predicting, and announcing the distribution of renown, fur their contem poraries, it is not always true that— The name Of poet and the prophet is the same. On the contrary, the most lauded writers hay.- , frequently had the most s h or t-li ve d reputation. Petta. Pindar. though transl a t e d i n t o many language ;. , is now decaying in the dust; and after the ephemeral brilliance oe a few seasons' popul a rity, t h ousands of names vanish and dissipate like vapours from the hill. Maceabe gives a good satirical imitation of one of these exuberant panegyrics, supposed to be a friendly criticism from the Mudforel Chronicle:—"Ferdinand Count Schwellinbach.—A tale of the Selavonic race.— We welcome with delight this new proof of the genius of the author of Baptista, or the Traitor's Grave. It is indeed, an unlooked-for accession to the stores of ro mantic fiction, with which onr literature happily abounds. In it we find the broad and genial humour of Fielding; the cutting sarcasm of Smoll e tt ; an d t h e d eep tone of feeling and sentiment which pervades the works of Sterne; the whole worked up with a p ower w hi c h i s i only displayed at ntervale in the splendid fictions of Scott; and a sunny gleaminess which ia only :wen stream ing over the page of Avon's bard!" E xa ggerated this may seem, but I have read as un diluted encomiastics on the most squalid performances in our own day. Criticism, however, is far more honest than it was fifty years ago, and far more judicious. Good writers may be "cut np," or, which is worse, they may b e neglected, while quacks may be puffed into an evanes cent renown; but on the whole, there is a temperate and candid tone in the critical literature of the day. After all, however, time is the great judge. Mighty floats of folios, quartos, octavos, and shining hot-pressed "twelves," are p e rpetually drifting into oblivion; but the stars of rea l light shine with an eternal lustre. Dr. Howard, during the reign of George the Second, collected copies of more than tour hundred editions of Horace. That is the tree monument of an author's fame. Meanwhile, however, the cr . itics have great p ower; t h ey are improv ing their use of . it, and it is to b e h ope d t h at t hi s b ranch o f literature will rise to the elevation it deserves to oc cupy. I, for one, since I began these remarks, have mingled somepininoew future , ho, dipped in my ink, a n d t a k en t h e qu ill o f a dove instead of the steel pshenal,isvvoitthhamtowre charityiththis be soft the qu booksivering I review in a phial of swee t er so l ut i on, treated ! THE CRITIC REPENTANT, THE INCOME-TAX. Those of our contemporaries who most loudly felamour for a graduated income-tax, judiciously evade the trouble of investigating the tneory of taxa t ion by an incessant appeal to common sense —or, in other words, to the uninstructed popular judgment on a, purely scientific question. On the other hand, the r ctuaries who were examined before the Committee d replay abundant ingenuity and arithmetical skill, as w ell as a general indifference to the practical difficul ti..es which might result from the adoption of their pe. °pose's. Their calculations are unassailable, and th sir conclusions infallible, on the assumption that tl tey have stated the question correctly. One of the most judicious of their number observes, with con si 3 erable acuteness, that the present impost is unjust so far as it falls partly on income, and partly on pro p( ty. But the whole of the arguments in favour of graduation are based on the assumption tilt I no distinction whatever ought to be made beetween income and capital. The schBnne for ecoverting every income into a perpetuity, by to :dug only the interest on its assumed marketable w c rth, is founded on a most arbitrary fiction. As an or tlinary rule, men live on their annual receipts, and mit on 3 per cent. of their saleable value. There ere, of .course, exceptions, but all the actuaries in England wi.)l fail to persuade any reasonable penes, that the ra re operation of capitalizing a professional inccm4 fo,tais the rule of private economy. If, in point of fa: t, a lawyer, aged 40, with an income of 1 ,000/1 a ye r—which would be worrh, as Mr. William,. in fof !ins us, seven years' purchase—were considered by hi: fiself and his neighbours as the owner of 2001. n year, the State might safely assess him at that surn,in the. expectation that it would descend to his children. Buit, in reality, the income is transitory, and so is the per: tentage levied by the tax-gatherer ; nor would the ass' ssinent be strictly just, even on the assumption Wlll ch we have suggested. Professional incomes have bee ;a adjusted with some reference to the wants of the recipie n t, a s proportioned to his education and posit Lion ; and as sur edly the foundation of an heredi tary estate was never9nsi 'el c sabh e necessari esofp considered one of the indispen- W th essional existence. ].'he Pope s of the century were accused of undue greediness when they created perpetual appan age E; or pri nc i pa li t i es for th eirY l n eph ews or ill eg iti ma t e sons. In Engl an d, however , t would seem, accord. ing to the jud gment o f some 0,. witneeses, that ecclesiastical in comes are principally th?mtended to found patrimonies for th e d escendants of be ea ch incumbent. A bishop or a p re b en d ary of TO is to b e on the fullfovra hislue assumption th a t h e w ill l eave his family of his preferm en t, su bj ect to a small deducti on own life interest. S ome o f the richest p t rel e a prela tes of th e present day would, accor di ng to the scheme inch all the actuaries c oncur , b e assessed at not more than one-:fifteenth or one-twentieth part of their actual re venues. It is surprising that gentlemen so competent to crelculate individual chances, should have forgotten that a large number of casualties virtually amount to a certainty. The entire income of the Church is a perpetuity, though all existing incumbents may possibly die to-morrow ; yet the witnesses deem it demonstrably just—and some of our contemporaries echo the assertion—that the revenues of the Church, as compared with hereditary property, should be at once increased by a definite and calculable per ten tage. The incomes of the legal profession, being held by a more insecure tenure„will doubtless receive a still larger advantage. The landlord will not find that, on an average of years, he pays less to his soli citor than formerly; but he will have the satisfaction of knowing that he also pays income-tax for the purpose of ensuring the lives both of attorney and counsel. Nor will his steward fail to derive a similar benefit. In former days, two or three per cent. on the rental may, perhaps, have been considered a sufficient remuneration for agency. But new lights have arisen. The rental, being hereditary, is subjected to income-tax; but service, prover bially, is no inheritance, and the steward's place may not be worth three years' purchase. The tax, therefore, is levied, yin his case, on the interest of three times the annual value, while the employer pays on thirty-four times his yearly revenue. After the expiration of the three years, he must still pay the same or another steward; but he will not the less continue liable to the same disproportionate as sessment. Under such circumstances, one of two results must ensue. Either a general readjustment of salaries and of professional remuneration must take place—or the entire sum paid by the community, in the form of fees and wages, must be proportionally increased by the exact amount which the actuaries and their friends propose to deduct from the tax on precarious incomes. Until this obvious consequence has been explained and justified, theoretical reasoners will concur in that disinclination to change which practical politicians entertain on grounds of fiscal convenience. It is scarcely necessary to add that any diminution of salaries to meet a graduated in come-tax would itself prove that the new-fangled system introduced an anomaly. While the scientific advocates of fiscal inequality are considering this difficulty, we may conveniently turn to the so-called objections of common sense— one of which is urged by a correspondent of our own, under the appropriate signature of " Ignoramus," who prefaces his remarks with the candid admission, "I am very ignorant." We have no doubt that " Ignoramus " at least understands his own affairs too well to have engaged in the ruinous transaction which he has thought fit to convert from an hypothesis into a narrative. It will be observed that the barg a in which he describes was made "a short time since " at a period, therefore, when the income-tax had ex isted for ten years, and was likely to continue for ten years mor e . We can assure " Ignoramus " that, although eminent actuaries may have forgotten so trifling a consideration, no purchaser of any security can be affected by an impost, however unjust origi nally, which existed at the time of the contract. Our correspondent, on his own showing, deliberately incurred the loss of which he complains. If there were an income-tax of 50 per cent. on short annuities, a purchaser, with notice of the burden, could be in no way injured or aggrieved. "Ignoramus" states his case thus : " 90/. per annum, dividend on 3,0001. Three pe r Cent. Consols; . h as b een my income hitherto, exempt from tax. A short time since a friend, on the eve of his departure from England, had immediate occasion for 3,0001. I sold my stock ; lent him the money at the same rate of interest that it yielded in Consols (3 per cent.), be giving me a charge upon his estate. I was to be repaid i n three years, 1,0001. in each year. In the ordinary way the money would have come back to me thus :—End of let year 1,0001., with interest on 3,0001..... 1,090/. 2d „ 1,0001., f 2,000/..... 1,060/. 1,0001..... 1,030/. 3d „ 1,000/., If In all By re-investing in Consols 1,0001. of the first receipt, the dividend thereon, added to 601. of the second, retained as income, would leave 1,0001. again to re invest; and the dividend on the 2,0001., added to 301. of the third, would leave another 1,0001., which, re invested, would replace me as I was before ; I in each year having had the same income, 901. " But, to meet the convenience of my friend, I income tax ad agreed to take a charge on his estate entitling me to receive 1,0601. in each of the three years, amounting in the aggregate to the same sum of 3,180/. AndT now find myself in this position :--If orary as to the - is continued at its present rate, and of your corres to apply, as it now does, to perpetual annuities, as some ou ght, then, as I pondents contend that it have now an annuity for three per annum, not exempt from tax. l 3,1801., in the three years—viz the dividends on the first two 921. 155., besides on s 3t h e a ar ll s be of ta x l ed o6 l l. investments, l making in all more than 951.; and a come more than 90/. —in threes cannot take as my m cone I must, thereforie, th i s tax of 951. falls with years 2701.—0 n to sth. per annum,ditgre muste it a h e w rc e u i gt limitht exceeding mynocipal.,, orinto the p aken place That such a transaction should t havel as we have during the exist sho __ , ac..ca. e . nce of the incom T e h - e I autmost ineonve nien"cup ill: ti. lly impossible.. first whichimposi tion could arise, except at the discouragement of bar flan of the tax, would be the discouragtemrnay, indeed, gains in the particular form supposed. I law, if pro be doubted whether, even under the actualwould have been perly enforced, the capital sum d p But if the law liable to duty as it was repla "Ignoramus" assumes, the were interpreted as o d only be attributable in convenience of the result w ral terms. When Par to the unavoidable use of gene . . . . on annuities, it is not on the 'lament imposes a tax incomes are mere • instalments of ' • that such supposition p u rchase -money of an estate is paid a debt. If the pure insteadof in one, it is evidently in three annual sums,_ impost. The case suggested by our not liable to the k. . correspondent is of a similar -Ind ; and a puzzle will always arise as to the precise boundary line b e t ween income and property. Thirty or twenty years ago the Government Long Annuities were universally treated as income ; and when the income-tax was im posed in 1842, by far the greater part of that Stock was held under the same character. No holder who has purchased since that year has a right to complain of a tax which must have been taken into account in his bargain. But, in 1852, the Long Annuities which will expire in 1860 have naturally come to be treated only as a matter of speculation, or, in other words, as capital. The purchaser at the present time intends to re-invest his re ceipts, after deducting the ordinary rate of interest— in oth er wor d s, h o i s p rac ti ca lly acquiring a per petuity ; and so long as a belief in the permanence of the present income-tax prevails in the market, he may effect this object on as advantageous terms as if the impost had never been devised. A respected cor respondent, who signed himself " A Capitalist," will, we are convinced, not dispute this qualification of the conclusions at which he arrived on the assumption of a new tax being about to be imposed. As a general CANADA. QUEBEC, ArG• Par liament of Canada has been occupied affords food for either cSavinilceorl with . theif whichre to the Governor's address. There is little b l i n if leaders o l r a a s t t ory has at of parties must throw down the gauntlet. "reply" to the Mi nistry opropos of something, an d M Thus we have least immemorial usage in its favour.mr, Boulton, Sir had Mr. M‘lieneie, Mr. Brown, floods of eloquence, Allan M‘Nab, and others pouringas to their future de signs, enlightening the country whot wrote, the by his own ac signs. Mr. Hincks idinister of the Crown as Earl count, is " as much a roper to allude to the failure Derby," has thought p ailroad negotiation in terms of the Halifaxa complimentary to the British by no Me ns his the Tories, though at heart Cabinet; at t approving the Inspector - General , t r-General, have indulged i n a burst of loya l indignation. The reply will, howe ver , . tbout a division. There i s no thi ng i n be carried speecheswithout worth noticing, except, perhap s , M r. morin's sthe tatement that, whatever diff e r ence m i g h t exist in the respective populations of the 1 prov i nces beTeafter (and the last census tells how rapidly two isgaining on its eastern sister), the Upper Canada. consent to achan ge in Canadians would never . Fren ch nthe law which allots to each province an equal n umber of representatives in Parliament. The supporters of the Ministry believe they h ave more then a working majority. It is estimated that the House contains about 35 Ministerialiats, 24 Eng lish Conservati ves , 7 F renc h Conservatives, 5 or Annexationi s t s , an d 14 Cl ear Grits. Bu t Rouges, the di tinctions of parti es h ave b een so altered of late, that I should not pl ace muc h re li ance on this classification. Besides the subjects of legislation to which I have alluded in my recent letter as being likely to occupy the attention of the House, the Committee on Rail roads, will have its hands full. No less than twenty applications for charters have been received ; the strife of rival interests and lines will doubtless give birth to much angry debate. The Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railway is to be opened to Sherbrooke on the 11th instant. Lord Elgin has consented to be present at the inauguration. Your American correspondents will have furnished you with f u ll accounts of the loss of the Atlantic steamer on L a k e Erie, on the 19th instant.p wards U of two hundr e d poor fellows, Norwegian n emigrants, they whose cl ean li ness and robust left o ur w h arfs, had contrasted favourablyand Highlandwhen destitute haggard aspect of the Irish with th e settlers, perished in the waves. The recklessness o f + _h'. captains of steamers and conductors of railw a y s i n the S ta t es i s b ecom i n g proverbial. the gloomy prophecies of the Notwithstanding the crops in Lower Canada are agricultural sages, has spared a portion of the wheat, promising. The fly . far from is and the potato-rot will be plentiful and cheap. neral. Hay tool; well • and barleywe , the orchards never The oats wore a more encouraging aspect.— Chronicle. PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE PEEBLES LINE.---- We understand that measures are in progress to carry out the Peebles branch so far as Innerleithen. This portion of rail way was surveyed by tho North British Company in 1845, as a continuation to the westward of their Ilawiek branch. We believe that the Innerhdthen branch will be a single line, like the Peebles, and will be formed upon the principle of econo mical construction now so generally approved. We under stand that the cost is not likely to ezceed 4,5001. Soottiah,liailwav Gazfite. THE EMPIRE IN FRANCE The following petition of the fathers of families and labourers, for the re-establishment of the Empire, is now being circulated for signature among the lowest classes in Paris :-- " Messieurs les Senateurs,— " 1. Considering that 'in a country like ours—that in Franco (no matter what .the constitution may be) all in terests are necessarily pierced under the influence, and, moreover, under the truly sovereign influence, of the parson who is the Chief of tho State; "Considering, consequently , that as to who is or is not Chief of the State ought not to be made a periodi cal question—no matter whether there be 10, 15, or 20 years between such periods—unless, indeed, the int eres t s of the country are at such epochs to be periodically and fatally affected, simply by the doubt and uncertainty which weigh upon them, since they cannot foresee what kind of a future the new Chief of the State will prepare for them; "2. Considering that st father of a family, under a presidency of 10, 15, or 20 years, cannot possibly know ~.ander what political conjunctures he will provide for the marriage of the son or the daughter that just now ho ion dies on his knee; " Considering, consequently, that a presidency of 10, 15, or 20 years cannot possibly altogether and justly satisfy the loftiest and sweetest sentiments of paternal and conjugal love; " And that, were it otherwise, the births ought in a very peculiar manner to correspond to the peculiar exi gencies of this periodical renovation of the executive power; 3:Considering, likewise, that under a presidency of 10, 15, or 20 years the industrious and provident work man is equally troubled in his prudence, in his love of iabour, by the uncertainty in which, under an unstable Government, he finds the political conditions which ought at some future day to promote him from the po sition of a labourer to that of an employer; " Considering that under such institutions the savings of the workmen, for the prtrpose of at a future time em ploying labour, can only commence at certain stated pe riods in which the sovereign power changes hands—who, then, could think of f oun d i ng an esta b l i shment, or un dertaking any other responsibility within the period of the two or three years which precede the election of the Chief of the State? " 4. Considering, then, that to stake the person of the Chief of the State upon the chances of a periodical elec tion is as much as to say that a father of a family shall never ba happy and safe, and looking at, and providing for, the future of that family; that he shall not enjoy the love of his children; and that the provident labourer shall not be confident and happy in his love of labour and his legitimate ambition to become an employer of labour; " But, considering, above all things, that our genera tion would violate all the duties it owes to succeeding generations, if, enamoured of anarchy in its concerns, it were not, with all dispatch, to create an established state of things for the future--if it allowed our political in stitutions to tend to individualise the principle of re sistance —since there is no length of lite of individuals or generations—and, least of all, ours, which can succeed in drying up to its source the principle of evil and of evil passions; " 5. Lastly, Messieurs les Senateurs, considering, on the other hand, that experience has already proved that the generous self-denial of the Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, who desired to remain President for ten years in order the more fully to propitiate the reconciliation of parties, has produced exactly the reverse of the effect which the heir of the Emperor in his ardent love for the country desired; " Considering that the old parties do all they can to trouble all existing interests with their hopes, because under the present institutions these hopes may indeed, at certain periods, make a legal appearance before the country; " Considering that these hopes would not, of course, dare to cling to institutions which would not allow them to persuade the people of their future legality; " And to believe the contrary is to overlook altogether the economical position, and the state of the finances of the chiefs of the old parties, as well as their well-known prudence; " Considering that, by a strange mixture of ingrati. tude and blindness, the old parties, abusing the great and noble disinterestedness of the Prince Louis Napo leon, turn the same into weapons of discord and con fusion ; "6. Considering, in one word, that the present can not be tranquil, which means that it cannot be fit for business, labour, and trade, so long as the political f u t ure remains doubtful, and that the political future must always remain doubtful so long as the person of the Chief of the State, under whose interest are, necessarily, all the great moral and material interests of the country, remains exposed, though merely in theory, to the chances of an election; " 7. Considering, moreover, that hereditary power in France will, for the future, have no other support than the people's love and its twice, and so grandly within fifty years, merited gratitude to the family of the Emperor; " Messieurs les Senateurs, providing .. for their " That the father of a laMily may be at ease as to the future of his children, and remain untroubled by the uncertainties of our political future; that i ndustr ious and f families, intelligent labourers may not suffer fro m the same un certaintyd ay a, i f n o for legitimate he old the just re ward of their labour and their fruga lity; . " For this purpose have th e undersigned, confiding in themselves and ehdo their i o r your high wisdom and Prov idence, the honour most re. spectfully to pray that you . will make use of th e r i g h t which the existing Constitution confers upon von , for the interest of the future of the country, in order to , re establish political authority on its truly na ti onal and popular basis—the only one wh ich emits our age—viz., Bonaparte. hereditary tenure of Sovereign power i n th a f amily of " GREAT CALIFORNIAN LINE OF TELEGRAPH.—The route selected for this telegraph, extending over 2,400 miles, as stated by the committee on the measure in their report to the Senate of the United States, will commence at the cityof Natchez, in the state of Mississippi, running through northern Texas to El Paso on th e Rio Grande, thence to the junction of the Gila and Colo ra d o r i vers, crossing at the head of the Gulf of California to San Diego on the Pacific, and then skirt ing the coast to Monterey and San Francisco. The committee report, that if this li ne o f w i res b e esta bli s h e d, th e and Pacific Atlantic Oceans will, for commercial communication, become , as it were as one ;an d t h at intelligence w ill b e conveyed ,a from s London to California an d I n di a i n a s horter time than re quired ten years sin ce t o t ransm it a l e tter from Liverpool to New York. i DEATH OF THE LAST SURVIVOR OF KEPPEL'S Acriort.—Mr. D. F. Hainsselin, father of Mr. D. Hainsselin, auctioneer, of Devonport, died on the 3d instant, aged 92 years. Mr. Hainsselin was supposed to b e the last surviv or of RePPers action. - He was also at the celebrated relief of Gibraltar, at the taking of St. Eustatia and other West India islands, in the Monarch, which led the van in Rodney's action ; in the skirmish with the French fleet off Plymouth ; and in the Royal George, on the 29 th of May and Ist of June, for the two latter of which he had the medal with two ban' — 2 3l vmouth Journal.' t rule, it may be said that the tax on income ought i not to b e l ev i ed on property. Short annuities, par_ I chased without notice of the tax, may perhaps belong rather to the head of capital than to that of revenue ; but life annuities on the other hand, a n d th ose w hi ch may be expected to last during the life of the annui tant, belong to the head of income. If the Legisla ture has failed to distinguish between these different forms of investment, it is at least satisfactory to know that the lapse of ten or eleven years, during which purchases and sales have been made with reference to the income-tax, has gone far to correct the anomaly. —Chronicle. ~ TENANT RIGHT" QUESTION: The Irish malcont en t s having wound up the ques tion of " tenant-right" with a dinner, and Mr. G. H. Moore having gulped down his scruples with his wine, they have now addressed themselves to the twin subject, " religious equality." The dozen P. P.'s who rendered such energetic assistance at the meet ings of the " League " have their own purpose to answer, and, as one good turn deserves another, they appear to be very we ll supported by their Par- liamentar? allies. The two agitations are to proceed together, and doubtless the same office, the same staff, the same newspapers, the same materiel, and the Fame figurehead, in the person of Mr. G. H. Moore, will do equ a lly we ll f or b o th o f t h em. For the Boman Catholic tenantry it will be very d e li g h t f ul to rJ,lket that by a moderate subscription, equivalent to an insurance, they are delivering their land from reel, tithes, and Protestantism at the same time; so the double object will be likely enough to extract som e of those sovereigns which have lately stuck with such an invincible attraction of gravity to the • bottom of the Irish farmer's pocket. Really, too, if the peasantry can be persuaded that both objects are feasible, and that landlords and parsons can both be banished from the Emerald Isle, the fearful drain of emigration, which is playing such sad work with chapel fees, is evident, must possibly be stopped. Somethi ng , it $ must be done. The Roman Catholic clergy, and, i n d eed, their lay colleagues in agitation, have no tast e f or accompanying their flocks across the religious Atlantic to a la n d of real l• • ous as well as civil equality. Excepting by a few young men from Maynootb, the Church is hardly r e p resen t e d i n an Exodus amounting now to near a thousand a day, and the clergy that rpmain, it is evidpot must find themselves reduced to shorter commons day by day. suggests dire ex- So what is to be done ? Necessity pedients, and disagreeable alliances. It will even overcome the sense of decency, and what is more, common sense. Religious equality ? That is the fair pretence as sumed by seventeen devoted Parliamentary adherents of the Church of Rome, and a crowd of its clergy. The word is positive treason and heresy in every Roman Catholic mouth. What religious equality cats there ever be between the minister, the parson, and the priest, between the Methodist preacher, the Arch bishop of Canterbury, and the Pope. The whole sys tem of Rom e is founded on the claim of exclusive do minion. T hat claim is never dropped, and nowhere is it advanced with so little modesty or reserve as in the missives from St. Jarlath, and other fiery epistles every now and then discharged from the cells of the Reu equa Ay is the Irish hierarchy. Religious 1. that these men desire. very last thing of other things besides prigviiolus equality is an equality oppressivye involve the same checks, genee rgaelland pay. It would wholesome, but in some respects painfully that i reduce the Church of England to its present liar tenour ; unless, indeed, which we donineosisiranetEll.heehraer: these agitators would ask to release the asked for, Church from its present political restraints. a il. 's i t e b e the religious equality of America Which is by all means let it be stated. Then we shall know what we have to deal with ; but we shall wonder all the more that the Roman Catholic clergy manifest so decided a repugnance to America, and prefer starvation and empty chapels at home, to large and well-fed flocks, with religious equality, across th e Atlantic. There is many an object, however, which it answers to follow, though it is worthless wh en caught. Amon g th e many t h ousan d s w h o daily hunt foxes in this island, there are few who would either swallow a mouthful of their prey, or wish there to be one less fox in the land. Religious equality is the rank, worthless vermin, which these political sports men hunt for the pleasure of hunting, with the inten tion of throwing it to the dogs, should they ever be so fortunate as tocatch it. If Roman Catholics really like religious equality, why do they not show theirprinciple at work, where they have all their own way ? There can be no doubt that at Rome they might exhibit a spectacle that would edify the whole Christian world, by allowing to every other communion, including the Latter-Day Saints, a perfect equality of privilege. As it is, we all know that if the Archbishop of Can terbury went to Rome, when Sunday morning came he would have to go out of the city gates, and ascend a loft over a large pigsty, in order to worship God after the light of his conscience and the manner of his fathers. Now, what religious equality is there between St. Peter's protected by ten thousand French soldiers, and the upper floor of a building of which the principal floor is occupied, as we believe, by pigs ? Give the English permission, and they will raise 20,0001. to-morrow to build a suitable church for themselves in a city to the resources of which they contribute so greatly. But no. Religious equality is absolutely inconsistent with Papal pretensions. In Ireland, however, that hunting-ground of party, it may be convenient to pursue this game for a time, particularly if a few English Dissenters can he found simpletons enough to join in the cry. If they do, they will certainly deserve what they will never:get,— to experience the tender mercies of a Church which has never tolerated a rival a moment longer than it was obliged to do so. That the demand of " religious equality" is quite unnecessary is evident from a glance at any of our large populations. The rival commu nions of the country stand on level ground in such places as Manchester, Liverpool, Belfast, or Cork. Nay, `with regard to the mass of the population, they have no real resource except in the voluntary prin ciple. In this great metropolis there are hundre a of e ds thousands who never enter a church, and wh o tached to it by no tie of affection or circumsta nces. . So far as they are concerned there is perfect re li gions equality between all the communions. Dr. Sum n er, igious Mr. Baptist Noel, and th e as Cardinal Wiseman, lt new fanatic have an equal chance with them • except, indeed, that the p oorest and th mis sionary will prob a bl y find some pprejudice in the hearts of th e ignorant and e le o a o s r t .—Ti educa ted ells fa vour s. C. sp rtt