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IV fiIGAZINES, &c.—(CONTINUED.) BENTLEY. This magazine contains a portrait of Miss Mitford. " now I distinguished Myself at Portsmouth" is a Very funny .ketch. " The Midnight Mass" is an awful ep i so d e of the re i gn of terror, describing a most extraordinary scene, in which the t-xecutiouer of Louis the Sixteenth induces a priest and two nuns, who are in concealment, to perform a funeral Service for the unfortunate King. In the " Popular Prench Authoresses of the Seventeenth Century" there is a memoir of Madame D'Aluoy, containing se veral curious anecdotes of the absurd etiquette of the Court of Spain. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. The present number opens with an article on " Rosas and La Plata," describing the rise and fall of the power of that geneittl. It is followed by " Leaves from the Portfolio of a Manager," which include the visits of Sir Walter Scott and George the Fourth to the theatre. Tbpre is a second number of " The Life of Lord Jeffrey" and the tale of " The heirs of Randolph Abbey," is continued. There are Some pleasing and graceful verses, entitled " A Sum tiler Souvenir," which offer the usual attractions pre sented by the poetry of the Dublin. COLBUILN'S UNITED SERVICE. In this number there is a continuation of the " Ad ventures of an English Soldier in Mexico," which is e ntertaining; a second chapter on " Gun Carriages," describing the different modes carried on by various nations relating to this subject. There is likewise a very amusing story entitled " Captain Tremlet's Duel with the Squire," in which several characters are introduced ludicrous in the extreme—a conceited dragoon, an overbearing squire, a flirting wiiow, &c. A Treatise on Small Arms" contains a great deal of information on this important point. COLBUKAPS' NEW MONTHLY. The most interesting article in the number for June is the " Survey of Danish Literature from the Earliest Period to the Present Time," evidently taken from William and Mary Howitt's recently published volume on the same subject. No. 2of " Female Novelists" is descriptive of Mrs. Gore and her writ ings, and though the admirers of that authoress will feel hardly satisfied with the share of praise allowed, the catalogue and criticism of her works will be found entertaining. " Young Tom Hall's Heartaches and Horses" is continued, and " Hester Somers e t" ap proaches i ts conclusion. An article on " Scottish Criminal Trials," and a review of " The Life and Times of Francesco Sforza," may be mentioned among the variety of tales and notices which are to be found as usual adapted to all. AINSWORTH. Chapter the first of the third book of the " Lanca shire Witches" introduces its readers to Downham ~,,.kanor-ho use. A l egen d , i n verse , en ti t l e d " Th e Vikings,' from the Danish, is the only poetic contri bution to be met with. The " Confederates" and " Flo ;:enee Hamilt on " are con ti n ued, while fresh attra c ti on or the lovers of romance is found in the first cumber of "Rhudglath Cliffs," by Charles Henry. GENTLEMAN' S MAGAZINE AND HISTORICAL REVIEW. The historical portion of this number is devoted to Gustavus Vasa. The notice of the works on Gram -111 points out, in an amusing manner, the numerous Mistakes which are constantly made. The writer ob fe"es that h e sus p ec t s " th at f ew pu bli c a dd resses , R' public sermons, and, above all, few ladies' letters, be tested by the rul es o f grammat i ca l accuracy , wou ld found free from errors." No. IV. of the " Wan derings of an A nt i quary " describes the Kentish coast, from Daal to Dimchurch, and the Roman town of the Portus Lemaius. The Antiquarian Researehes and the Obituary occupy their accustomed place. COLONIAL. No. XII. of "British Possessions and Colonies" treats of settlements in the Straits of Malacca. Impressions of Sydney," by the author of "Golden fa vourable and Waking Realities" d oes not g i ve a very la rourable account of the Australian capitol. A re !jaw of the narrative of the Kafir war, by R. God- Jonton, and sketches made on a trip from Calcutta to the Himalayas, are the most interesting articles. The following is a singular custom of the Kings of Oude, w hose territories are near the Ganges Aa I was quietly walking through the city, I very g a rlY finised mighty, mortal carter in the affectionate em :'4os of a magnificent, royal Bengal tiger, who t h lis crouchin g down in a quiet corner, meditating on man fold and sundry changes in this transitory world, :°° l l he perceived my approach, I not being at the time are of his proximity. On a sudden, I discovered the fal'age monster close to me, and that very peculiar, and Ill.:from agreeable, sensation, ran through my frame t o L e h a person experiences who expects the next moment hnuecome food for ashes, or wild beasts, or New Zee hjeree, before I perceived that my foe was chained and 1' 0 ,2, ached the length of his tether. I afterwards found that several of his brethren were, in like manner, ua laed by the neck at many of the corners of the +gre et tir e. the privilege of thus keeping them belonging en ° Y to the Ri ng other use and Royal Family. I could learn no J ew _ e that they are of, except to teach his loyal sub me': to look well where they are going, and as a me- Znt° also of his disposition. The Romans used to write io!,heir doorposts Cave canim.' An eastern despot, Di_,_equal propriety, may inscribe over his palace gate a'eware of the tiger ' " AIISCE,LLANEOUS. of The Sporting Review contains very good accounts , atters relating to racing. There is a very fine Plate at the commencement entitled " The Start for the St. L eger." —Newton's London Journal affords a peat deal of information of the new patent inventions farts, sciences, and manufactures, which must be great service to all connected with them.—The 'Farmer's Magazine concerns the agricultural interest and various details of importance to its readers. The 84 biects of its plates are a North Devon Ox who ob tsined t h e first prize at the Cattle Show, and Russ - Reough, wh o ran at the St. L eger.—The Eclectic ietv has articles on many new wor k s .—T a it' s c ontains several amusing stories. The Church of England has numerous sermons, which give much theological instruction.—The Ladies' Companion Presents us with an interesting article on animals and their characteristic ? , by Mary Howitt ; a sketch on educated women, by Mrs. Abdy ' • and a v a riety of pl ea sing v e rses —M rs. S. C. Hall • has undertaken th e editorship of Sharpe's Magazine, which will add to its attractions. NEW _MUSIC. IST YRER.JOD LER ; a National Dance Melody Peculiar to the Slyrians and Tyrolese. These waltzes for the pLinoforte, dedicated to the Tyrolesethe Grenadier re s y •J. Minstrels A . Schott, Band master of Guards, deserve great praise. The for of the airs affords Mr. Schott ample scope , ° .r the arrangement of the melodies, in which he has displayed taste and nicety. They are very well fa vourites for dancin g , an d are lik e l y to b ecome grea t 4vourites with the musical public. lIEDUCTION of INTEREST on EXCHEQUER T BILLS and EAST INDIA BON DS. pity, conse quence of the abundance of money in the pity the Right Hon. the Chancellor of' the Exchequer Egri the Di rectors of the Hon. East India Company, have e n notice ( w hi e h was put up yesterday at the Bank of ppl, th , ""el, Royal Exchange, and Ea s t I n di a H ouse), that foawintend to reduce the presen t rate of interest as th t ICREQUER BILLS.—The Exchequer Rills, dated in intmonth of June, 1851, for 17,756 6001 , w i t h the er est due thereon, will be paid off on tne 10t h of June t tl ei ta ,nt, when the interest will °Paso. Such bills w ill b e -e 'ved fo r exc hange, at the office o f h er M a j esty ' s 3 aYtt aster-General, Whitehall, from 10.30 A.SI., until bi(l'lClOck P.I. this day, the 3d instant, inclusive. New U is, bearing interest at the rate of lid., by the day, r „., --P°ll every 100/, and dated the said 10th of Juno inst., —4 3' be Obt -ined in paycw nt of the prpal of the k w h- h t'le or part of the Excht quer Bills, on the claimants hills in their claims or lists the amount of new -ls required by them. The new bills, togeiher with the 4eterest on the old bills, left for exchange, will be issued On the 11th instant (The rate of interest on these bills has hitherto been lid. per day per 1001.) EAST INDIA BONDS. —Tae prese nt rate of interest, 31. Per c ent . per annum, on the Company's B nth, will cease and d e t erm i ne on the 21st day of May, 1853. On and after that date Such bonds will carry au interest only of 2/. 10sd per cent. allowed to take The holders of tin se bonds will be them to th e Ea s t I n dia House. to be marked for co nt i nuation at the said interest of 21. 10s., Until the 21st day of November next. Those that have not been market, for continuati on •d ff the 21st May, 1853 will be pat c ou C DESPERATE BURGLARY N tirday (Wednesday) morning, Zltt LlVERPOOL.—Yes ploutws o o'clock, a daring burglary was committed at Lower residence of Mr. Owens. Six men had effectede, West Derby, the an entrance by crowbars, and proceeded, with their covereds with black 2 cr ape, and armed with blunderbusses and pistols, to Mr. wens' room, whom they brutally ill used, and having, secured Bp'ac other inmates, they ransacked the premiseq an s d - t --- -- i e tw aY a large quantity of plate, several watches,' and abooonkt ° CIL in money. Some idea of the audacity of the miscreants )5 e 11 1 4 3' b formed from the fact that they opened th e p i ano and 'gan to play- upon it. It is just possible that the musical ent evinced by the performer may furnish a clue to the de tection of the gang. b Zsvo Suus LOST IN THE ICE.—Letters were brought 4 4 the Europa steamer, communicating the loss of two yes ,.„' B in the ice. The intelli,;ence was made known by the ;ilnaiel:,had .`ter of the Lady . Bannerman, of Prince Edward's Island, beerilocked in the ic all the winter off Margaree 1 'flat leanth. While off the latter place he observed a fartship in the ice, about twenty miles from land, and with r0 ; 3 ! his crew and some persons from the shore, started th e ~_..Ntyrecy.. After a tedious and dangerous passaagne_otirier ovn 'rifting ice, they succeeded in reaching the spit, d g oot r o cu n.. he vessel to be the Aberdeen, of Liverpool, about on board,'hur , t,be!!.bound to Quebec. There were no persons leaving.' a all the boats belonging to her were gone, them Oa party to suppose that the crew had taken to Been and were safe. About five miles from where the Aber '4 lay, they observed • hahedd e d in the ice. another veskel she was a eChOODer • THE SUN, . PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Mr. Wigan's benefit last evening was deservedly patronised by a brilliant and overflowing attendance. We cannot but again express rtgeet ut his approach ing departure from this establishment, where his talents were so conspicuous among a company nevar surpassed in the annals of the modern theatre, for the excellence of its leading members, whether in comedy of every grade, tragedy, melodrama, ballet, or pantomime. Last night the Corsican Brothers was played for the fifty-first time, after which Mr. Wigan performed in A Bengal Tiger, and in the .Critic, wherein he personated the immortal Puff With ad mirable coolness and genuine comic humour. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Lest night the series of German plays commenced with the Egmont of Gii:ithe. The plot of this tra gedy may btt thus briefly sketched. The Netherlands, oppressed under the yoke of the bigoted Philip 11. of Sp:tin, are ripe for revolt, In some of the provinces outbreaks have already taken place, and monasteries end churches have been pillaged by the freethinkers. Philip resolves to put down all attempts at rebellion, and maintain the Catholic faith with a hand of iron, and appoints the cruel and bloodthirsty Duke of Alba regent of Flanders, in the stead of Margaret of Parma. Count Egmont, the idol of the people, is suspected by Alba of secretly plotting against the King, in concert with the Prince of Orange. With machiavellian dissimulation he entices Egmont to the palace, arrests him, and, in despite of Egmont's ap peal to be judged by his compeers as a knight of the Golden Fleece, he is condemned by Alba, and exe cuted The Prince of Orange, who had in vain im plored his friend Egmont to fly from Brussels, escapes. In the selection of so historical a personage as Eg mont for his hero, it is to be regretted that GtiAhe has not adhered more strictly to historical veracity. Egmont is presented to us as a young unmarried man, with unlimited enjoyment of the pleasures of life, boundless self-reliance, a gift of drawing all men to himself, even the son of his implacable enemy Alba. His courage borders upon daring; he knows no dan ger, turns a deaf ear to the warnings of his friend, and manfully advocates the cause of the people even in Alba's presence. His personal courage is the foundation upon which the whole character of Eg moat rests. The design of Egmont is to show that the most firmly established institutions cannot main tain themselves against a powerful and shrewdly cal- culating despotism. The love of Egmont for Clarchen is entirely distinct from the plot of the drama. It is a domestic tragedy in itself, subservient to the deve lopment of Egmont's character. Clarchen, a lovely child of nature, the daughter of an artizAn, lives with her aged mother. She is seen, courted, and won by Egmont. Clarchen is one of those wonderful deli neations of character of which GOathe was so great a master, and may take place by the side of Mignon, his masterpiece. This gentle girl has one sole passion —her love for her seducer. This love is so pure— though so guilty—so beautiful in its devotion, so fond in its expression—that to say one harsh word to the fair girl in whose breast it dwells would need a heart of stone; hence the character of Brackenburg—an honest, bluff soldier, betrothed to her before Egmont crossed her path, and who, though his heart is break ing, remains true to her to the last, and hovers near her as a brother. On hearing of Egn:iont's arrest and sentence, Cliirchen loses her reason in vain attempts to excite the people to deliver him, and poisons her self in despair. Egmont beholds her vision in a dream, and the curtain falls on the appearance of the soldiers who are to lead him to execution. Egmont was first represented at Weimar (then the Athens of Germany), in 1796 ; the original part of Egmont was taken by Iffland, the most celebrated actor of the day. Schiller helped Gii!the to put — it -- on the stage. Last night the part was taken by Emile Devrient, an actor who fully maintained the high re putation he enjoys in his own country. H e personi fied admirably the noble bearing of Egmont, and in terpreted the true meaning of the author with a clas sical correctness and true delivery which elicited en thusiastic applause. His voice is manly and clear. At the end of the fourth act, when Alba demands his sword, his simple exclamation of the name of his friend embodied the whole story of warnings given and rejected. Frau Stolte's personification of Clarchen was in many respects an admirable piece of acting, especially in the scene where, with childish joy, she admires her lover, who, to please a whim of hers, appears dressed as a Spanish grandee, in her humble chamber—a scene which Sir W a lt er S co tt h as b een accused of borrowing in " Kenilworth," with what justice we do not pretend to say. The corps is an efficient one. Vansen (Herr Birnstill), a roue clerk who urges the people to revolt, was well got up. On the whole, the performance was most successful, and the series of German dramas promises to be one of the greatest attrac tions of the season. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, and a very large number of the aristocracy, honoured the performance with their presence, and the house was full to over flowing. Before the drama a prologue, expressly written for the occasion by Dr. Kuenzel, was deli vered by one of the corps, dressed as the Germanic Muse, in a flowing robe of white and a wreath of oak leaves in her hair. The prologue alludes to the bonds of consanguinity by which England is allied to Germany, a passing compliment to the " Bard of Avon," and the influence of his works on the drama tic literature of Germany. The Muse then placed the crown upon a bust of Shakspere. A compliment is paid to the happy state of England in the midst of European convulsions, and to Prince Albert, as the originator of the Great Exhibiti on , as a steF towards the unity of nations. After the prologue the Na tional Anthem was played, the whole housa rising. The mise en scene was good—the music well adapted. MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC. Last night was the hundredth representation of this entertainment at the Egyptian Hall, and Mr. Albert Smith gracefully signalised the occasion by presenting every lady present with a bouquet. The crowds of bold adventurers who nightly stroll through the Alps— encounter funny travelling countrymen and country women, and who finally and in the most dauntless manner follow the lecturer up across the crevices, past the Grand Mulets, and to the very tip-top of the monarch of mountains—continue unabated in eager ness or numbers ; and as Mr. Albert Smith has sig nalised his first hundredth night by a bouquet, his second similar epoch will come handily in among the peaches. If even the " nights" go rolling on as un brokenly a s th e A ra bi an ones , we s till trust in Mr. Smith's inventive faculties to find out new modes of celebrating his Hegiras. .211 RS. ANDERSON'S CONCERT. Mrs. Anderson's concert is sure to be one of the most brilliant of the season, and yesterday it outdid itself. No reception could be more cordial than that which the beneficiaire received, when, after a profes sional silence of many months, she sat down to the pianoforte to accomp?ny Mario in the "Adelaide." The programme included twenty-four pieces. The whole force—vocal, instrumental, and choral—of the Royal Italian Opera were in the field ; and in addi tion, Miss Louisa Fyne and Madlle. Clara Novello contributed their aid, while Miss Kate Loder and Miss Anderson Kirkham were the pianoforte soloists. Herr Joachim also performed a fantasia upon Scotch airs, which exhibited to the full his powers of strong and fervid bowing, and his rapid and distinct mani pulation. Mies Anderson Kirkham played Menials sbon's concerto in G minor, and, with Miss Kate Loder, a very attractive duo, by Osborne, upon themes from the Huguenots. The lady in question, who is a niece of Mrs. Anderson, bids fair to bear well aloft the musical honours of the family. Her style is light and delicate, and her touch remarkably nimble and neat. Over the key board, so far as rapid brilliance is concerned, she rules with absolute sway. Miss Anderson Kirkham's ren dering of the sonata was marked by much apprecia tion and perfect executive facility, and in the Hugue nots duet both performers gave a brilliant reading. The execution of the poignard chorus was particu larly good. The single overture was that to Oberon. The choral performances included the well-known the i is p t b r a e e: Walpurgis Night chorus, " Disperse, disperse;" the a m d p r i o g s t l on " from iNo w monthZes d i a th . G r s f s 'l , I n d 4r d Y t B l e l 4 Beethoven's and acos great song, Mario gave, duet from Don Pasquale, principal associated in the weil•known " o Formes were Zerrer," from the Huguenots. Madlle. Anna Zerr was encored in a German Lied, " Das Straussle," Madame Clara No vello gave the " Bel raggio," en d Miss Pyne an air from Coppola. Madame Castellon sang the favourite bravura, " 0 limo," from the Linda, and, with Ron the as well-known " Quanta amore," from L'Elisir. A duet by Piatti and Bottesini, and Seve ral songs and concerted pieces by M. Gueyrnard, Signor Marini, Galvani, &c., closed the principal -tures of the concert. quar terly court of founded in 1778 for the reformation of s c) u N b . sTr Lr e s s tP t r o d this i institu tion, titu- IT a U n T d I the governors iNST p t ioosuPe,ll, fl.itransacting which A r r s w a li a c it s t n The report, which was Mr. William Gladstone in thechair. number of boys admitted juve nile offenders, was held at the L b o u n si d n o e n „s T o a f ve t r h n e , c f o o r r p t o h r e at p io u n r ; very satisfactory, stated that the which number there had t C he usual during the past year was 7 4 , of e d , 71 ;23 boys had ta2hioledoc;ot i l ai l i e ni r n d e i tt the conditional emigrated or otherwise been discharg ed, under been received from Millbark Prison pardons, commuting their sentence of transpo at the commencement of the past school others had been received under a similar pardon from the Westminster 13ridewell. The number of boys in the at:at the present time 99. It is the intention 3earlvas 9 0 6 t ' :talon ; and 8 to icerease the number of boys from 100 to average cost per head, exclusive of emigration expenses, will sink from 321. to 25/. per annum. The total receipts for the past year had been 16,139/. 138.10 d., and after the necessary expenses had been defrayed there was left a balance in hand of 223/. ,Is. the meeting se p Somear ated routine business h aving been transacted, THE .EARLY CLOSING MOVENIENT--It WES erra ordinary the number of betting offices that were closed early the morhing after flag Derby l--Punch. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FACES BY THE FIRE. (From Eliza Cook's Journal.) I pass a window iu the dusk of tfie evening. A brold stream of light flows across the darkening street, and shines against the opposite wall. The blaze flashes in my eyes, and, but for an instant, un consciously I turn aside to meet it. I catch but a glimpse of the interior of a home, but it is enough. Through a screen of green leaves, I see a group of merry faces by the fire, the cheerful blaze making "a sunshine in the Shady place." The light flashes upon the features of a beautiful girl, with a laughing child upon her knee; a little ruddy fellow is crouched at her feet, and a cheerful-looking old dame, in specta cles, busy at her knitting, from which for a moment she looks up to watch the gambols of the youngsters, occupies the farther side of the hearth. There is another figure, that of a man, with his back toward me, on the opposite side; doubtless the fire brighte ns his face, too, but the faces of the women and the children are enough. What is a cheerful fireside with out them? they are the precious jewels which glitter and shine around the happy hearths, and make light and beauty there even in the saddest hours. Like white flowers in the dusk, they cheer and hallow it— they speak of the thousand hopes and joys which cluster about a home—they are the emblems of vir tue, cheerfulness, beauty, and divine comfort. Burke has said that "to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the germ of all public affec tions." Yes, unless the faces shine by the fire, they will shine nowhere else. If we feel not warmed by the fire which glows about the hearthstone—we mean the affection and love which are its true moral glow— bow can we feel affection and sympathy for those who compass us about in ever-widening circles in the outer world ? All genial warmth emanates from the home; it is there the affections are first moved, and there the heart is first attuned to human sympathy. You see that child laughing in the full glow of the firelight—it is drinking in impressions which will last its life out. The little child is formed by love, its character is moulded by love, its future is determined by love— " Ali! how skilful grows the hand That obey eth Love's commend. It is the heart, and not the brain, That to the highest cloth attain; And ho who followeth Love's behest, Far exceedeth all the rest." Have you seen the child's face by the fire, half concealed in his mother's lap, while, knelt there, he whispered out the faint accents of prayer which she bad first taught him, and which he never after for gets ? She it was who first told him of God and Heaven, and by her daily example inspired him with love of holiness. And even though the child, when grown up into manhood, has gone astray, and the chain of Love which bound him to the Home has been snapped, the links still drag at his heels, and he is never happy until they are bound together again. The bright fire is the eye of the home; it bespeaks cheerfulness, peace, cleanliness, comfort. About it the small sweet courtesies of life—in which there is no parade nor affectation, which manifest themselves in kind words and affectionate looks, — cluster naturally and gracefully. The seeds of love are fostered by its genial warmth, and the faces by the fire look bright through affection and lively inter course. The cheerful fire indicates domesticity, love of home, and humanity. Even though the circle be a small one, there are larger circles beyond ' and still it is the centre of a congeries of rays which extend beyond the home, and warm the world without, even to far outer circles. The root is hid in the home, but the branches extend into the glad daylight of society and public life: Faces by the Fire ! how many pictures spring to view at the words ; how the poets of England have h r eisv nationale d l e l e l idc templeaoruosupn o d the fireside and t e om fso uofraTceh Fir es he i Longfellow Fireside." home—the You e h asre m g er writtenema .t ber his " Fire of Drift -wood :" “ We sat and talked until the night, Descending, filled the little room; Our faces faded from the sight, Our voices oaly broke the gloom. e Oft died the words upon our lips, As suddenly, from out the fire Built of the wreck of stranded ships, The flames would leap, and then expire. " 0 flames that glowed! 0 hearts that yearned! They were, indeed, too much akin ! The drift-wood fire without that burned, — The thoughts that burned and glowed within." And there are his lines on the " Twilight" by the Fireside, certainly the most l uxur i ous po i n t o f time which a fireside can present--the time when old re collections are brought forth, and old stories told, and old poetry talked of, and old songs chanted,—music at such a time opening the windows of the soul, and letting heaven peep in. A t such a time the feeling of snugness is delicious ; perhaps the wind blows with out, but all is warmth and comfort within : " Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely; The storm without might rain and rustle— Tam didna mind the storm a whistle." Or, more temperate than Burns in his "Tam O'Shanter," there is our genuine Home Poet, Cowper, who thus introduces one of his finest poems : " Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the cur sins, wheel the sofa round; And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in." Even the Italian poets, whose skies are in a glow, have been inspired by the Homer Fire, and felt that human faces looked the brighter by its light. Alfieri makes a commodious fireplace the climax of his wishes with regard to lodging; and old Horace tempts his friends to visit him by the promise of a neat room and a sparkling fire : " Dissolve frigus, ligna super foco Large reponens." Or, as Dryden translates it : " With well-heaped logs dissolve the cold, And feed the genial hearth with fires.' Then there i s the exquisite little cabinet picture, painted p , painted by Milto n , a master of description, and a true lover of home and home joys:— " Or, if the air will not permit, Some still, removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom; Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm." Of course, as there are children, about a family fireside, there will be lively prattle, mirth, and laughter, which comes of freedom. In the glad fire light the young heart rejoices ; for the time, merri ment suffices. Pleasantry in the home is like the sfltorweaemrss, bwheicahutoiffyteingnfloat around the margin of dee p heart will be free and th w e il s l o d le a m ne n e nwoawtehresroefiflinfoe.t in n T a he e home. Young na t ure i s ever happy " The young, they laugh: laughs not the sky? The winds, they laugh as they pass by; The sun, he laughs, and Nature's face Beams with a joyous, laughing grace. Yes, laughing ever she renews The verdant fields her morning dews." " Yes," exclaims Theophilus Trine], " we will sing, and we will laugh, and rejoice in the lily-work ; but we will also be wise of heart' concerning the pillars' of the world—the great truths of conscience, the peril and the worth of free beings, the saving and perfecting love—by which truths alone can our well being, and the well-being of our race, be secured." Speaking of the prattle of children about the fire side, reminds us of a touching passage in the life of Dr. Kitto, whom an accident in early life deprived of the faculty of hearing, wherein he says, in lan guage of deep pathos, " I never heard the voices of any of my children." The reader, of course, knows this; but the fact, as stated in plain words, is almost shocking. Is there anything on earth so engaging to a parent as to catch the first glimpse of his infant's tongue ? or so interesting as to listen to its dear prat tle, and trace its gradual mastery of speech ? If there be any one thing,"arising out of my condition, which more than another fills my heart with grief, it is this ; it is to see their blessed lips in motion, and to hear them not ; and to witness others moved to smiles and kisses by the sweet peculiarities of infantile speech which are incommunicable to me, and which pass by me like the idle wind." Thus, how many of our richest blessings are un thought of until they have been taken away ! Even the light of the sun is scarce valued, because it comes to us daily, and we regard it as a thing of course. And the sunshine of the heart is unnoticed and scarce felt until, alas ! it has gone down in darkness, and then we awake to a sense of the blessing we have lost. And so with the Faces by the Fire; while we have them beside us, seated in their accustomed places— one by the mother's knee, anotiu, , rfron her lap, and perhap s a t hi rd i n " the old arnv•chair," let us prize a t hhedm our dearly, virtuou s and example, labour b to u by our make them fitted tted for the our love, highest home happiness, and by necessary conse quence, enable them to pass through the world use fully and honourably. THE IRISH CHANNEL RUEMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY. —The arrangementowfeeenstat)lishing ____:„..... _ ....................... down the isulated cable betwe s eninna g iiconnexionade andwith the he laying coast n i c d , communication for t the purpose p urp os b e et a submarine o t telegraphic l e S g e r o a t p i l a i already upon the very point of being the two islands, are commenced. The cable, we understand, is already manufactured. townsman, Mr. Robert Henderson, has p u ro re • l Our spirited offered the use of a steamer and steam-tug to render an m v pt3: assistance er that may be required from the 2d to the sth of June. is P public company, established by enterprising Englishmenethen —the submarine cable already manufactured and paid for_ all the necessary contracts, &c., arranged—and now it is to be hoped that the people of Belfast, who will so largely par ticipate in the immense advantages the undertaking will enter upon them, will duly appreciate the exertions made for their benefit, and give the project that encouragement and support it 50 eminently merits at their hands.--Belf as t 11 7 04 fetter• BUILDING SOCIETY. PERPETUAL INVESTMENT, LAND, AND The first annual general meeting of the share holders of this flourishi ng soc i ety was h e ld l as t night at Radley's Hotel, New Bridge.street ; Mr. John Gover, of South wark, chairman of the board of di rectors, in the chair. The meeting was numerously and respectably attended, and the proceedings of the evening appeared to aff or d great sat i s f act i on t o the shareholders. The advertisement convening the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN proceeded to make a few prelimi nary remarks. Building societies, he said, bad in troduced a new and improved mode of investing capital for the middle and humbler classes of the community. In former times the mode of preparing money for investment prevailing amongst those classes was simply that of collecting is together and hoarding it up until it reached a sufficient amount to be laid out either in mortgage security, the purchase of land or houses, or in the public funds, and in the mean while the money s o collecting remained idle and un productive.—(Hear, hear.) But, even when it was collected, there were great obstacles in the way of its investment, such as the charges of auctioneers, agents, or attorneys; while if a party borrowed money upon the security of any little house property he might happen to possess, the probability was that in the event of a foreclosure, which often resulted in former days from the absence of a few pounds to make up the mortgage money, the poor mortgagee had his estate sold in de fiance of himself. and the proceeds swallowed up by the charges and expenses incident to discharging the mortgage.—(Hear, hear). Now the Perpetual In vestment, Land, and Building Society would obviate all that. It had been formed as the result of a long experience, the promoters and directors having been for many years connected with similar institutions, and they had taken care that it should be free from those manifold difficulties and objections which had characterised the earlier societies of this nature. — (Hear, hear.) The principal objection to the old societies was not only the complicity of their rules and regulations, but their manifest uncertainty in re lation to the ultimate end to be obtained, or the mode and manner of getting out of them.—(Hear, hear.) The shareholder, in fact, never knew exactly how he stood, or where or when his liabilities would end ; but in this institution there was no such uncertainty, for everything was defined, and the interest of both the invester and the borrow er was amply secured.— (Hear, hear.) If a man wanted to invest his money with safety he could d o so h ere from 51. upwards, and he would always kn o w w h a t he was about and how he stood, while, on the other hand if obtain the if a member wanted to borrow, say 5001., he would loan upon terms that no one could possibly misunderstand. -- (Hear, h ear. ) Too much could not be said in favour of such an institution as this. People frequently spoke of the good old times, but in those good old times the mechanic and the small shopkeeper enjoyed no society of this kind, and he was therefore not sorry to find that the public were keenly alive to the advantages which this and similar societies conferred upon them.—(Hear, hear.) As a proof of this, he need only mention that within the last twelve months this society had received in its deposit department numerous sums varying from 51. to 7001. for investment at 4 per cent. in terest; and he was satisfied that the industriously disposed part of the community could accumulate wealth and property at home, without going to seek for it in the gold districts of California or Australia. —(Hear, hear.) A man with a clear head, a steady determination, and temperate habits, found no diffi culty in making his way in this country ; and it was gratifying to know that the wealthier classes—as indeed did the public generally —appreciated the value of all institutions that, like this, were established to advance the interests of such men.—(Hear, hear.) Itnotwo read only remained report. The him to call upon the secre tary The report was as follows : .‘ The directors have much pleasure in reporting the business done during the fast twelve months. " The total issue of shares since the formation of the' society to April 30, 1852, was 1,176. " In the d e p os i t d epartment numerous sums have been received, varyi ng f rom 5 1. to 7001., upon whi c h 4 per cent. per annum interest has been paid, proving, that while by the employment of the money, this feature of the society's business forms a source of considerable profit to the unadvanced shareholders, it also offers to the depositor a covenient and satisfactory mode of in vestment " The advances made to members upon the security of property mortgaged to the society amount to 11,1361. 104 220 agents h ave b een appo i nte d i n diff erent parts of the kingdom, of busines s t o the society. who, it is h o p e d, w ill bring a l arge i ncrease " The directors earnestly invite the co-operation of the members in making known the advantages of the Society, and increasing the number of shareholders. " In conclusion the directors refer with satisfaction to the stability of the institution, the correctness of the principles upon which it is founded, and the success that has attended its operations." - The accounts were also read. Mr. J. WI LLS , churchwarde n o f S t. M ary ' s, New ington, moved the adoption o f the report, which he considered highly sati s f actory. The management had been both economic a l and energetic, and when he re membered that this institution combined the princi ples of a savings -bank with the advantages of a build ing society, he had no fears whatever for its ultimate principles for making success.—(Hear, hear.) i t presented a most favour ableprovision for children, and became known to the public the more it would be encouraged and supported.— (Hear.) He had very great pleasure in moving that the report which they had just heard read, together with the accounts, be received and ado ted. the m m o e r d e ia i m ts D Mr W. MILLAR second e d 's • and the motion, de clared his belief that the founder of the institution had conferred a national benefit upon the country. The motion was then net. r and carried unanimously, after which the retiring directors were re-elected for the ensuing year. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting, which was exceedingly unanimous through out, terminated. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND NOATII-VirlisTEßN RAILWAY. —Return of Traffic for the week ending Ray 30 Passengers, parcels, mails, &c. £30,372 17 2 Merchandise ... 17,799 5 10 Cattle 970 18 8 Total Corresponding week last year £49,143 1 8 LONDON AND SOUTE!..WE siltnx 53,0 35 6 6 Traffic for the week ending May 30 R ILWAY.—Amount of Passengers A Goods ...-- ... 0.. _ ••• ••• £10,279 15 5 2,599 15 Total Corresponding week last Ye £12,879 11 4i ar... 12,876 12 7 THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILW • Return of Traffic for the W s" 1- (Miles in work, 2231) eek ending May 23, 1852 : ges, Passengers, parcels, carria horses, dogs, and m a il s • £5,865 17 4 Merchandise and mine ra l s • 5,749 17 8 Cattle -• •ft 238 19 11 Total---- ... Corres p o nding week, 1851 (236 inn ••• £11,854 14 6 Passengers, parcels, &e. es) • Merchandise, Cattle, &c. ••• £7,171 2 6 ••• 3,610 5 6 Total ... ... . —...._—. ..X10,781 8 0 week ending lA, AND Y . ORICSyn ta 1 1AILw /260 m il es AY.^ k open.)—Traffi c Corresponding • week year (260 30 £17,168 12 4 LA ) w_cA l s miles open) .. ... ... •••15,408 18 1 Increase ... . ... NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE IAILW .AT. 1,764 14 3 Return of traffic for the wee k endm Railway and canal _ ..., .... 2 Corresponding week I EY3t year ... ,910 0 0 Note.—The above is exclusive of the 4,947 0 0 under the agreement with the London receipts available R a il wa y Company. and North-Western g hi -- i1_i 1 3 7 .... 0pen,1 12 .) C TEE AND HOLYHEAD HAILWAY,.....TraffIo for the ' week ending May 80. — MAIN tam Passengers ••• ••• Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &C. ... £1,515 16 9 10 ... 545 7 I ... 575 o 0 ... .£2,732 6 8 Mails ••• ••• ••• Total .. ... MOLD• Passengers ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ••• Goods, cattle, &c. - ... 459 4 1 I 16 9 ••• 67 0 5 ~ `Total ... ... ••• Xl2B I 3 antlat-BOATS. Passengers ••• ••• 4 421 8 5 Parcels, 13. C. and D. 25 3 6 Total ••• £446 17 11 SCOTTISH CENTRAL ItamwAY.—Tre ifEc for the Week ending May 30, 1852: — Passengers (11,608),parcels,horse, and carriages ••• •••• £4115 14 6 Goods, cattle, !sc. ••• ••• 962 3 7 Total 2,077 18 1 Corresponding week in last year... 1,830 14 0 Perth, June 2, 1852. SITE OF THE METROPOLITAN NEW , lATTLE purpose `or which it has been MARKET.—We are enabled to state tll at the corporation of the city of London agreed unan,imo day', a few days ago, to purchase 60 acres of lard in Copeng 'en-fields for the ew mentary papers Metropolitan Cattle-market. The pure hase has accordingly been made. The price is 75 . 0/. per acr' 4 making the entire sum 45,000/. The land is said to be m , 9re than worth the amount, apart from the special purchased. —Morning Advertiser. EDUCATIO N IN IRELAND.—Among the Parlia printed on Wednesday Was on e containing the an nual report of the Commissioners ,of E ducation in Ire land to th e L ord-Lieutenant , .for the yert.r ending the 25th of March last. A list is given Of the stude cuts select e d to fill the royal schol arships. The C omm issioners regret that from the want of funds they had been obliged to Wig outlays on some schoolhouses which were required. HEALTH OF LON 001 V DURING .T:HR WEE (From the Registrar-General's ) Report " The return f or t h e wee k that ended last Satar.(lay is a proof of considerable improvement 'The deaths register e d i n the second in weekthe public health. of May were 1,070, in the followi ng th ey declined 943, and last week they fell to 883. I n t h e ten weet correspondin to last week of the years 184 2-51 the average tt g as 877, which, if raised in prop or ti on to the increese of popula tion, will be 965. The m orta li ty of last e is there fore less than the calculated atnsunt by 827 week In comparing the results of the last two weeks it will be seen that there is a decrease in zymotic diseases 228 in the preceding return to 205 i n the present, in diseases of the respiratory organ s f rom 131 to 115,' " u n tubercular diseases (including phthi s i s ) , from 189 to 177, in diseases of the nervous system from 120 to 104, and in those of the digestive organs from 59 to 50. Taking particular heads in the zymotie class, the cases in which hooping-ceugh was faeal declined from 42 in the previous week to 31 in too last, those of croup from 10 to 4, of typhus, &c., 41 to 31. On the other hand, the mortality caused by smell-pox, measles, scarlatina, diarrheas, and erysipelas, dyes not vary, or only to a trifling extent, in the two returns. No death from cholera was registered in London since the weed that ended 17th April till last wick, when, as appears from the fallowing statement of par ticulars, two persons died of it:— On 22d May, at 53, Little Sutton-street, the daughter of a millwright, aged 3 months, " cholera idantum (5 days) " On 26th May, at 33, Adelphi-terrace, Victoria-park, the widow of a watchmaker, aged 72 years, died of '• cholera (28 hours), exhaustion." Mr. Howard, the registrar, states that the situation is very healthy and the drainage good. Last week small-pox destroyed 45 lives, those of 37 children under 15 years of age and 8 persons at that age and upwards. In four cases it is reported that vaccina tion had been previously performed, the ages of which were 16, 29,32, and 50 years. During the twenty-two weeks of the present year that have now elapsed the aver age weekly number of victims of this disease was in January 34, in February 28, in March 26, in April 34, and in May 39. Hence, it appears that this complaint has latterly evinced a disposition to increase. Five deaths occurred in the Small-pox Hospital; of these the following are the particulars:— On 21st May a boy, aged 11 years, from Princes-place, Notting-hill, died of small-pox, confluent, unmodified (8 days)." Said to have been vaccinated in infancy at Kensington; no cicatrix. On 24th May, a grocer, aged 18 years, from Shoreelitch, " small-pox, confluent, unprotected (15 days)." On 24th May, a girl, aged 5 years, from Vine-yard, Tooley-street, " small -pox, confluent, unprotected (10 days)." On 25th May, a female servant, aged 16 years, from Throgmorton-street, "small-pox, confluent, unmodified (9 days)." Vaccinated when 4 years old at Castle Headitigham, Essex; one imperfect cicatrix. On 26th May a porter, aged 29 years, from Friday street, City, " small-pox, confluent, Emmorrhagic, un modified (10 days)." Vaccinated in infancy at Ciren cester; one smooth imperfect cicatrix. At 38, Worship-street, Norton Folgate, on 27th May, the son of a carman, aged 7 years, died of " variola, petechia (4 days); no evidence whether vaccinated or not." The medical attendant states that " bad drain age and ventilation, together with the state of privy and the contiguity of a slaughter-house, influenced the type of the disease." In the sub-district of Sr. John. Mary lebone, at 54, Great Carlisle-street, on 27th May, the son of a painter, aged one year, died of " small-pox; not vaccinated." According to the statement of the medical attendant, " five other children in the same family are suffering from the disease; only one, namely the eldest, aged 15 years, has been vaccinated, the mother having an objection to the operation. Three children in a room above, belonging to another family, are supposed to be sickening from the same disease." In the sub-district of Trinity, Newington, at 58, St. An drew's-road, on 26th May, the wife of a carpenter, aged 32 years, died of "confluent small-pox (10 days); vac cinated many years ago; three distinct cicatrices." In the sub-district of Camden-town, at 21, Weston street, on 24th May, the son of a batter, aged 12 years, died of scarlatina (5 days)." Mr. Hull mentions that "there are two slaughter-houses in the street, one of which and a cowshed are near the house. It is a crowded neighbourhood. At 23, Crown -court, Pall-mall, on 26th May, the daughter of a victualler, aged 3 years, died of " fever." Most of the houses its this court (says Mr. Roberts) have no back windows, and they are consequently ill-venti lated. The house now mentioned has a skylight on the top. At 15, Collingwood-street, in the sub-district of Hackney-road, a drover, aged 56 years, died of " asthma (2 months), dropsy (2 months)". This end of tho street is described by Mr. Murray as low, damp, and totally undrained." On 28th May a grocer, aged 48 years, died of " diabetes (duration unknown), constipation and vo miting (2 days)." He was only two days under medical treatment. The medical attendant states that the con stipation and vomiting succeeded after the patient had taken half a pint of whiskey as a remedy for the diabetes. The son and daughter of a painter, at 42, Molyneaux-street, Marylebone, aged respectively 1 year and 7 years, died of periussis within five hours of each other. STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING rut PAST WEEK. SUNDAY.—The sky was for the most part overcast throughout the day. Electricity—Nothing was shown at any examination. MONDAY.—The sky was overcast till near no n, was generally free from cloud till the evening, and overcast at night. Electricity—Positive, and tension weak during the afternoon. TUYSDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate after n on. WEDNESDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day, rith rain falling generally. Electricity—Negative, and very active during the morning. THURSDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day. Electricity—Positive, and tension weak during the afternoon. FRIDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day. Electricity—Positive, and tension variable during the morn ing and afternoon. SATURDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day, rain falling almost continuously till Bh. P.M. Electricity—. Till the evening positive and negative electricity `►ere shown alternately; at times the latter was very active. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main mast, and read each day at 9h. A.ar. was 52.2 Q ; and the mean reading at 9h. P.M. was 51.9° ; the mean readings at the Royal Observatory for the same times were 50.8° and 50-9° respectively. The reading of the barometer increased from 29.91 in. at the beginning of the week to 29.93 in. by 10h. A.M. on the 23d; decreasei to 29.65 in. by 9h. A.M. on the 26th; in creased to 29 . 77 in, by noon on the 27th ; and decreased to 29.49 in. by the end of the week. SEABORNE MAILS. EN signifies that tho mails aro sent front the Goaaral Post-office 7 the night—and M by tho morning—dispatch.] When made up in From what PLACES. General Post-office port dia.. Wh en London: 1 patched. duo. America (by Brit. pkt.) N June 4 (Liverpool America (by U.S. pkt.) NJune 1 .. • • Liverpool • • Jnne 9 America (by U.S. pkt.) 31'June 9 .. Southampt. 'June 3 Australia (via South ampton) .. 31 Southampt. Ditto (via Marseilles) N .. Dover Ditto, via C. of G. Hope N August 2 .. Plymouth.. Africa (West coast)" N 14th of the month Plymouth June 3 Alexandria * •• N 19th & 30th of mo. Dover .. June 18 Belgium •• N Daily .. .. Dover .. Daily Brazil .• • • .. 3119th of the month Southampt. June 16 Buenos Ayrss • • .. Ml9th of the month Southampt. June 16 California(viaCkagrer) 3112 d& 17th of montblSouthampt. June 5 Cape of Good Hope N2d & 14th of June Plymouth.. June 3 Cape do Verds N August 2 .. ..Plymouth Constantinople * N Ith 17th27th efmolDover .. May 30 Central America M 2d & 17th of mon. Southampt. June 5 Channel Isles .. N Mon., Wed., &Fri. Sonthampt. Tn. Th. Sat Chili • • •• M 17th of the month Sonthampt. June 5 France M& Ni Twice daily .. Dover .. Twiced ally Greece* . • .. • . Nlth 17th27th am° Dover May 30 Hamburgh /ITuesday & Friday London Tues. Sat. Holland M Wednes. & Satur.lLondon Mex. Thur Honduras N 17th of the mouth' Southampt. June 20 Ireland .. M & NlTwice daily IHolyhead Twicedaily India (via Southamp.) M 20th of the month Southampt. June 20 India (viaMarsellles) N iith& 24th efmonth Dover .. Jane 17 India, via C. of G. Hope N,lsth of month Plymouth.. Mauritius .. 15th of mouth Plymouth.. Mediterranean (via Southarrpten) •• 31 20th of the month Southampt. June 17 Mediteriaman (via Marseilles) N Bth& 24th ofmonth Dover .. June 17 Mexico .. M2d of the month.. Southampt. June 5 Madeira .. • . M 9th of the month Southampt.,June 16 7th,17th,19th,27th j Dover June 10 Malta* •• & 30th of month Naples* N sth 15th 25th ofinw Dover .- June 12 Papal States* N sth 15th 25th of mo, Dover .. June 12 p e ninsular.. • • .. M 7th 17th 27th ef m o Southampt. Arrived Peru • • M 17th of the month Southampt. June 5 Tuscany* N sth 15th 25 th of mo Dover .. Tune 12 • T,rlirst .. 31 17th of the month Southampt. June 5 Naples* .. .• N Papal States* N Peninsular.. .• Peru •• •• Tuscany* ~ N West Indies •• West Indies (except Savanna & Nassau) lilf2d of the month .. ISonthampt. * The mails to those countries thus marked ( 5 ) are conveyed by French packet via Marseilles. The India mail, via Southampton, will be made up on the evening of the 19th instant, in consequence of the 20th falling on a Sunday. The Peninsula mail will be made up on the morning of the 28th i n co nsequence of the 27th falling on a Sunda of DEATH OF THE HON. EDWARD CHARLES HERBERT. —This gentleman died at the seat of his nephew, the Earl of Carnarvon, Highden House, Hants, on Sunday last. He was in his fiftieth y ear, and was the you st nge so Eliza- H en ry George, sec ond Earl. He married June, 1833, beth, daughter of J. Escott, Esq., of Hartron House, by whom, who died, July, 1840, he has left issue, two sons, ESCAPE OF A CONVICT FROM THE BATH FRISON.— A convict under sentence of three months' hard labour for okepicking, named George Wright, alias Morse)' lately contrived to make his escape from the Bath gaol, in a manner as astonishing as it was ingenious. It appears that the doors of the cells which open into the corridor have double and every precaution is taken a t night to turn the locks, bolts twice. On the night previous to anWd att right empted's escape, give the officer on duty turned the key once, to it the second turn, but finding it would not move, he concluded that some officer had been before him and additiona turned turn it onc e, and that he hims elf had given it the . The next morning, when the prisoner was missed from his cell, it was ascertained that he had prevented the second turn of the lock bolt by inserting one of the plates con taiig the number of cells, which each prisoner has in his possession on being locked up. By this means he was enabled to force back the bolt, so as to let himself ont. His next. difficulty was to getiout of the prison, and this he effected through a window in the corridor which opens upon the roof of the chapel. Having made his rug into a rope, by cutting it into pieces and tying a loop at the end of it, he fixed it to a hook or nail, and thence let himself down into the yard ; but a great obstacle to his flight still presented itself in the Here, lofty e xterior wall at the back of the building. E- ap his i n genuity was exceeding l y put to thet e e it st , but pe ars, having me t with a piece of lead piping , he managed to bend it into a zigzag shape so as to form a series of steps, , and with t h e aid of his ro p e and blanket he scaled the wad and got clear off.—Bath Chronicle. EN.TENSIVE FARMING. —A friend in South America writes that he is now spending a month with a farmer who owns a thousand miles of pasture, and a patch of corn large r than Scotland , whi l e he has get so many cattle that he has to boil the fodder for them in a volcano. JUNE 8, 1852. 1)r. Puff 5 6 12 Follow me Lads Handicap for the Great Yrs Et lb Edward of York... 4 8 9, Sir RowlttLd Tren chard Storyteller Merry Peel 4 8 1 Poodle 3 8 0 Sackbut Sauita Bushranger 3 7 Tophana a 7 0 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER RACES.—WEDNESDAY. • The Meiklam Handicap of 5 sevs, each, and 50 added. One mile. (19 Subs.) Mr. Hargraves's Oshaldeston, 7st 71b ...(W. Sharpe) 1 Mr. J. R. Scott's Toly, 5 yrs, 7st 71b (Wells) 2 Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 7st 21b (Osborne, jun.) 3 Mr. Merry's Mary Ann, 3 yrs, Est 61b (Knott) 4 Mr. Meiklam's Evadne, 3 yrs, Est 111 b (Arnold) 5 Mr. T. Shepherdson'e fby Ithuricl, Est 21b ( Aspinall) 6 Won easy by two lengths. The Union Cup of 2001, (in specie), given by the mem bers of the Manchester Union Club, added to a handi cap of 5 sots. each, for three yra old and upwards; the second to receive 201. 'out of the stakes. One mile and a quarter. (72 Subs.) Mr. Greville's Frantic, 3 yrs, Eat 81b..... --(Charlton) 1 Mr. Austin's Miss Julia, 6 yrs, 6st 61b (Hiett) 2 Mr. Dawson's The Italian, 5 yrs, 7st 21b (Lye) 3 Lord Warwick's Grief; 6 yrs, 65t 10b (Crouch) 4 Mr. Moseley's Alonz - ), 5 yr?, Bst lib ...(W. Sharpe) 0 Mr. Little's King of Oude, 5 yrs, Bst 710 (J. Sharpe) 0 Lord Derby's Iris, 4 yrs. 7st 121 b (Flatman) 0 sir. Ilesseltine's Lough BaWD, 4 yrs, 7st •••(Arnold) o Lord,. Chesterfield's Gladiole, 5 yrs, 6st 121b(Ashinal.) 0 Mr. mVvrarrigtitant;s'ssNhlitisms a F i l i y:w vv a e y s , t, 4 yrs, Gat 9lb (Osborne) 0 5 3,rs fist , fist Mr. Cop e l an d' a Candlewick, 5 yrs, Mr. G. Ba r t on ' s Little Fawn , 4 yrs, 6st 41b (Gshan) 0 61 8 b 1b ( A ( C I d o c w ro ap t ) ) 0 0 Mr. 3 G. Bart on ' s Surveyor, yrs, 6st (carried 2lbs ov • • mer s Uoy, 3 yrs, sst 12lb (Kendall) 0 M M AI ICer f r4 ; r l d. f tl' o Ec. r ;. d ;s: ' 3 6 ..C"'.or:r.a:l, Worcester, 3 r 4 r 5. , ;;s:tt.):1:1;:::::(.14( ......(Dickson) 0(0) Mr. Worthington's Ractl3e3tes, 3iy a rs 4 , l s - t : ! l o b. ( s C p n r a o 1 1 ) ) 0 0 Mr. Jaques's Henrietta, Mr. B Betting-5 e n l g w — a r s d i t n o e 2 ' s 85 t Morning F r Frantic, tStar,c, 7 t s o t 4 1 1 e l) g : .; lis e ll l oo l s t ) too 0 agst The Italian, 10 to 1 agst Lough B agst Henrietta, 12 to 1 a gs t Miss Flyawayawn, , 15 to 1 agst Candlewick, 15 to 1 agst King of Oude, and 100 to 6 against Alonzo. Won by a neck; half a length between second and third. The Second Produce Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, and 100 added; for three yrs old colts Bst 71b, fillies 881 31b; the second to receive 50 SON'S. Out of the stakes. One mile and a half. (56 Subs). Mr. Parker's Bird-on-the-Wing (ailwd 3lbs) (Iliett) 1 Mr. Fowler's Calot (allowed 31bs) (Charlton) 2 Mr. Wentworth's Hafed (Bumby) 3 Mr. Hawkes's Womersley (allwd 31bs) (Templeman) 4 Mr. Barton's Bethgelert (allowed 31bs) (Marlon) 5 Mr. J. Scott's Don Carlos (allowed 31bs) (Holmes) 6 Mr. Denham's Babette (allowed 3lbs) (Flatman) 7 Betting-7 to 4 agst Bird-on-the-Wing, 2 to 1 eget Womersley, and 4to 1 agst Bethgelert. Won by three lengths. The Biennial Stakes (second year) of 10 EOM each, and 50 added, the second to receive 25 soya, out of the stakes; for three yrs old colts Sat 71b, and fillies Sat 31b. The winner of this stake in 1851 to carry 51bs extra. One mile and a half. Mr. Pedley's Trousseau (Templeman) 1 Mr. Worthington's Rache;63 (Osborne) 2 5t02 on Trousseau. Won easy by a length. The Maiden Plate of 501.; three years old, 7st; four, Bst 41b; five, Bst 91b; six and aged, Bst 121 b. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs. Two miles and a dis. Mr. Dobson's ch gby Malcolm, 3 yrs (Osborne) 1 Mr. Allardice's fby Fancy Boy, 3 yrs (Charlton) 2 Lord Chesterfield's fby Lanercost, 3 yrs (Ashmall) 3 Mr. Pilling's Event, 3 yrs (Aldcroft) 0 Mr. Moon's Anchises, 3 yrs.. Mr. Dawson's Bit of Blue, 3 yrs (Arnold) 0 Mr. Wilinott's Big Wig, 3 yrs Mr. Hesseltine's Dismay, 3 yrs (T. Lye) 0 Mr. Pilling na Reindeer, 43 ra (Martin) 0 Won by a neck. ASCOT HEATH, 1852. Nominations for the Gold Vase. Mr. Bradshaw's Barbarian, 3 yrs Mr. Martinson's Nancy, 4 yrs—Baron Rothschild ch c by Phlegon, out of Msrinella, 3 yrs—Mr. J. M. Stanley's Clincher, 5 yrs —Mr. Greville's Frantic, 3 yrs—Lord Exeter's Mountain Flower, 3 yrs—Lord Exeter's Ambrose, 3 yrs—Lord Clifden's Scckbut, 3 yrs—Lord Clifden's Poodle, 3 yrs —Mr. Howard's Little Harry, 3 yrs. Handicap for the Royal Hunt Cup. Yrs st lb Yrs st lb Nancy Hernandez Daniel O'Rourke 3 8 4 Knight of the Shire 3 6 9 Officious Darkle Mi'gfrrima 4 7 12 Sally Hothorpe lanthe : 4 7 12 Sanita Exeter Tonic 4 7 10 Harrier Frantic Ringleader SirßowlandTren- Pan chard 4 7 8 Tame The Heriot Hardinge . 5 7 7 Amoroso 4 6 0 Newport Eliza Middleton 5 7 4 Lucio Catalpa 4 7 2 Benita 3 6 0 Ocelio Merry Pt el Paymaster Manifold Ephesus 4 6 121 Robert 3 5 7 Blood Roy al Western Plate of 100/. Yrs st lb Mountain Flower 3 6 10 Calcot 3 6 10 Fluulakin lienita 3 6 7 taria Chopkins Cotton Lady 3 6 0 Greengage . Freetrader Hampton Appleton Nutshell, 5 yrs, pays forfeit. Sol-yman Pan The Bishop 3 6 11 HAMPTON RACES, 1852. Handicap for the Surrey and Middlesex Stakes, 5 ft if declared on or before Monday next. Yrs st lb Captain Parry 6 6 7 Irene Hirsute Grand Duchess Coral ... 3 6 4 Stamford 4 6 4 Proudfoot Hampton Claim Vampyre, aged, pays forfeit. Yrs st lb lanthe 4 8 12 Edward of York 4 8 7 Selina Fauxpas Billy Bar 4 7 5 Lady in Waiting 3 7 Madame Wharton 4 7 6 Amoroso 4 6 13 The Brahmin Janina 3 6 10 Benita 3 6 10 NEWMARKET JULY MEETING, 1852. Nominations for the Summer Handicap. Poetess, 3 yrs—Tophana, aged—Antigone, 4 yrs— Peacock, 3 yrs—Odessus, 3 yrs—Artisan, 4 yrs— Clincher, 5 yrs—Glen Nevis, 3 yrs—Pan, 3 yrs—Pan cake, 3 yrs—lngratitude, 4 yrs—Cariboo, 5 yrs—llex, 3 yrs—Allred the Great, 3 yrs—Hugo, 3 yrs—Chopkins, 3 yrs—Telescope, 4 yrs—Hardinge, 5 yrs—Little Savage, 3 yrs—Waverley, 3 yrs—Liberty, 3 yrs Scareero w, 3 yrs —Stafford,4 yrs—lndian Warrior,3 yrs—HesseHomberg, 4 yrs—Storyteller, 4 yrs—Herbert, 6 yrs—Backbiter, aged—Solyman, 3 yrs—Plumstead, 3 yrs—Nutshell, 5 yrs—Bilberry, 3 yrs—The Purser, 3 yrs—Bushranger, 5 yrs—St. Antonio, aged—Benita, 3: yrs—Khaduija, 3 yrs—Champion, 6 yrs—Treasurer, 3 yrs—Ravenswing, 3 yrs. HOUGHTON MEETING, 1852. TIIESDAY.—Lord Clifden's Pelion , Bst 71b, agst Mr. W. Bosville's lonic, Bst 21b. T. Y. C. 2001., h ft. Russborough, 5 yrs—Waterfall, 4 yrs Allegro, 3 yrs— NominatGions°PorWt°he°Gpo'odlBwso2o.d Stakes. —Houlakin, 3 yrs—Maria, 3 yrs—lndian Warrior, 3 yrs—Stamford, 4 yrs—Poodle, 3 yrs—Stilton, 3 yrs— D e u lb s o t, ur 4 ne, yr o s t i o l f edm Sa o l n ly d Warfoot, 3 yrs— Chief Justice, 5 yrs— ek ß o yrs—Kick-up-the-D, A O'Hanlon, 3 yrs — Grey To mm y , 3 y rs—Rin g leader, 4 yrs—Backbiter, aged — Lucie , 3 y rs—Bushran g er, 5 yrs ur -Saline, 6 yrs—Trickstress , 4 y rs—Nanc y , 4 yrs— High Sheriff, 3 yrs—Hippolytus , 4 yrs — Antigone, 4 yrs —Elcot, 3 yrs—Hugo, 3 yrs—Tophana, aged—Sa c kb ut, 3 yrs—The Red Lion, 3 yrs—Galvanism, 3 yrs--Con stantine, 3 yrs—Lady Evelyn, 6 yrs—Surprise 3 , yrs-- Cockcrow, 4 yrs—Benita, 3 yrs—Harp,. 4 yrs—M a ry Ann, 3 yrs—Cb ampion ,6 yrs — Cariboo,s yrs—lracundui, 4 yrs—Wcathergage,3 yrs—Doubt, 6 yrs—Truth , 4 Montague, 6 yrs—Officious, 5 yrs — Hernandez, ) 4 yrs— Alfred Alfred the Great, 3 yrs—Musician, 5 yrs G —Nutshell 5 Y y r r 6 s - -Ted n dington, 4 yrs—Cornelius, 4 yrs—Lindrick, 3 3 yrs—Hsorbbie Noble, ; r r B s ..... s P h i t a s r f a o v r d o , 4 u s e , yrs y — rB C — a I G o ri yrs—Gladiola, c d k i 0 , 19 3 , Duke, 4 3 yrs—Proudloot, 3 yrs—Stafford, 4 ,rs— yrs—Followic'smt°4-L4aYdrs:—.; out of Rowland Trenchard, 4 yrs—Goldfinder, 4 yrs 3 Al* . 1 Barcelona, 4 yrs—Missive, 4 yrs—Mayblossom, 4 351rsy—rsLacmhartaineb,y4pybries— uzler, 3 sor, 3 yrs—Haricot, , —Scarecrow, 3 yrs—HothorpeT, h::::- P B M e l a a d r c r i l o i ll :D i 4 l o a y e r t 3 o s L Y , r e s 4 h yrs k — in M s, ar3lbyorrso—Marlborough 144"' yrt —Storyteller, Yrs—Don Edward of York, 4 yrs—Termagant 3 04odyersu—p.The Dau yrs phin, 4 yrs— om The at ß io r n a s hm fo i r n t , h 3 e Y G rs o . odw ' 4 yrs—Kohinoor, 3 yrs—lngratitude ' Constellation, 4 yrs—Poodle, 3 yrs—Ariost o , 4 yrs—Russborough, ?Ili—Joe Miller, 3 yrs—Calot, 3 y rs —Hi g h Sheriff yrs.—Waterfall, 4 yrs—Now or N , 3 yrs Hernandez,Never, 4 3 yrs—Grey Tommy —Lady Har • g erl,4 yrs—Frantic, 3 yrs—Houlakin, 3 yrs—Hobble 3 yrs—Galvanism, minster, 4 yrs—Kingston, 3 e Noble, 3 yrs—New- Indian Warrior, 3 yrs—Bucktrs.—Auctioneer, 6 yrs-- orn, 3 yrs—Lady Eve lyn, 6 yrs—Redmond O'Hanl yrs—Little Harry, 3 yrs_ N -on, 3 yrs—Mary Knoell, 6 —Mountain Deer, 4 yrs— ch l . in cY, 4 yrs—Allegro, 3 yrs Stilton, 3 yrs—Heroineyrs—Chief Baron Nicholson, 3 yrs , 4 yrs. After the presentyear hitherto run for at Guildford, . the Q ueen ' s Pl a t o , will be run fo r at Epsom. R OYAI AIILIT ARY ACADEMY.— WooLwIC O, jirNEs gentle 2.—An examination of candidates for admission i l men cadets at the Royal Military Academy. tooki° having passed the latter part of last month, and the followity , t on i on its re satisfactorily, are ordered to join the institution Coysgarne opening after the summer vacation : ~,,,,wE II Pitt, Frederick Sim, Alexander Dirorn, Henry D "f"w s— e Moncrieff, James John George Hill, place a during Gerald Roper Curzon, William Simeon ald Gother Thorold, King, Charles WillsploNu'agalaslronGd le N n athaniel P. Dadson, William Henry Joseph - y i ewcome , Ed i nun S. d S Scott, Morgan Richard George Bulkeley, Charles : sse ',.l3oileau, John Robert Crofton Nlolesworth. LIVERPOOL, WEDlCESD,,,Ar'pany's steam-ship City o . to-day, w ith 69 ca bi n pas ,l•3l• „f goods. —The Liverpool and tu Philad elphia Steam Ship Glasgow, sa il e d at 11.30 `-'' 500 tone aengera and ra th er o ver v THE ROYAL HIBERNIAN MINING COlft PANY.-OPENING OF THE FIRST MINE. - - - CASTLEMAINE, MAY 31.—The ceremony of oieening the company's first mine took place to-day, and was ce lebrated by a grand fete champette. The nobility, gentry, Roman Catholic clergy, and other persons of in fluence in the neighbourhood were invited for some days previously, and attended in largo numbers. As the most sanguine hopes are entertained that the company's operations will prove successful in developing the mineral resources of the county of Kerry, and effect a social change of no ordinary character in the dis trict, a few particulars respecting the locale, and other circumstances, can scarcely fail to be inte resting to readers on both sides of the Channel, and we subjoin them before describing the proceedings of this day. The mine is situated near the town of Castlemsine, which is distant about ten miles from the large and flourishing town of Tralee, and quite close to the river, which takes its rise a little beyond Castleisland to the west of that town, and flows westerly, till it empties itself into the sea at the Bay of Dingle, The river is navigable for vessels of 200 ton:... The Eiliarney Junc tion of the Great Southern and Western iZeilway passes within a few miles of the mine, and, the ground presents no en g i neer i ng difficulties, might be. easily connected with it. The soil resembles tha: of F7tntshire and Denbighshire, and the different analyses of the one already raised give an average result of 77- per cent. of lead and 19 cz. of silver per ten. The comnlY is extremely quiet, and the people are industrion% The most favourable sentiments towards the company prevail in the neighbourhood among all classes, and the directors have been reeciv , d with the greetest enthu siasm by the people, without exception. In addition to the lead, copper ere has been toned of a quality which justifies the expectation that that mineral exists to a large extent in the mine. It was under these favourable auspices that the mine was formally opened to-day, in the presence of one of the most numerous assemblages that have been witnessed for years in the county, and which comprised the landed and commercial interests, and the urban and rurrd population for miles around the neighbourhood, as well as the clergy of all denomina- There were denomina tions. At an early hour the ground where the shaft is sunk was crowded by a large number of the peasantry, who might have been seen pouring in streams down the hills, and whose deportment during the day was orderly. the people. In but we are not aware that any breach of the peace' busi ness iu Tralee were closedonlygoodhumourcommis sioners closed, compliance sod wi h the a i s n u h g e g b e i s ta ti n o t n s poured out circumstance appeareedvetoreenloonneyeein road animated with every available vehicle and crowds About ono o'clock, Mr. Larch en, making the th weather was propitious, and every interesting occasion. th, R. Dlant, managing the company; Mr. H. Gibson, the in giving ca to erg, the chairman of ground, and were greeted with loud applause by Messrs. Arrowsmi gentry of the neighbourhood we ob served and other members of the direct' Wood, d t i h r e ee v t ao Rooney,rst; direction, arrived ou the W t Godfrey, Bart.; Mr. Maurice_ O'Connell, multitude. A m o Amongst t W. Denny, M.P. ; Mr. M'Gilcuddy, of the Rocks; Esq., &c. The directors having ascended the platform erected on the ground, Mr. H. GIBiON read letters from Lord Headly, pro priqor of the soil, and other noblemen and gentlemen, regretting their inability to attend; but expressing in cordial terms their entire approval of the appearance of the company in their district, and predicting considera ble social benefit for their spirited enterprise. He then stated that he and his brother directors, in un dertaking the present speculation, were satisfied that they were making a profitable investment of their ca pital, and that they would also confer vast social benefits on the locality. They came to the country with the most friendly feelings towards the people, in whom they placed confidence, the result of personal knowledge of their conduct in their employment at the other aide of the Channel, as well as of the manner in which they behaved themselves in Ireland when they had the in centive of regular and remunerative labour. The fa vourable impression which they had formed of the mine vas increased by their inspection of it since their arrival, and the manner in which the labour had been performed justified them in their estimate of the indus trial qualifications of the people. They did not propose limiting their undertaking to this mine, but were de termined, if it could be done with profit, to extend their operations not only in that county, but to other parts of Ireland. According to arrangement the mine was then chris tened the Headly Mine, by Miss Godfrey, daughter of Sir W. Godfrey. Addresses were subsequently delivered by the Chair man, Mr. Lea, and Mr. Rooney, which were warmly ap plauded. About 1,500 ladies and gentlemen partook of a dejeuner prepared on the ground, and the poor, to the number of some thousands, were regaled with large quantities of suitable fare, provided for the occasion by the directors. The day was terminated in a most satisfactory man ner, and we do not exaggerate in stating that the general feeling was one of unqualified approval of the company, and a firm conviction of its success, not only as a remunerative undertaking, but as an efficient agent in ameliorating the condition of the country. A PRECOCIOUS CRIMINAL. The Court of Assize of the Haute-Saone tried, a few days ago, a noted bandit, named Pingand, whose 1 exploits have more than once been noticed in this journal, ou the charge of robbery and assassination. He is only 23 years of age, and is goodlooking. At the age of 11 he ran away from home, and after wandering about the country for some time, was taken back by the gendarmerie. He subsequently, however, again ran away, and became a vagabond. At the age of 17 he was condemned, by the Correctional Tribunel of Belfort, to imprison ment for robbery ; and a little later he was con demned, by the tribunal of Baume-les-Dam es , to two years' imprisonment, for the same offence. He was sent to the central gaol of Clairvaux, and cn the ex ' piration of his imprisonment was ordered to join the 2d Regiment of Light Infantry, for which he had been drawn; but instead of that he returned home, The gendarmerie were ordered to arrest him. Ha thereupon began to scour the country, armed to the teeth, committed numerous robberies, and loudly threatened to kill the gendarmes who should be sent to arrest him. Among the crimes specially proved against him were a robbery of e lite ferent articles in a farm-house at Nivry-le-Bourg on the 15th of April, 1851; the breaking into a house and robbery of various things at Vergerone, on the 22d of July; two robberies, on the 30th of July, at would kill St. Ferjeux; and a robbery in a farm-house at Herie court. In addition it was proved that on the 10th of No vember, while engaged in thrashing corn with a miller named Francois at Faymont, he suddenly k e . , and went to himnocked down Francois with his flail, and then, seizing Prisoner followed. hatchet, and, such dreadful thr the hair, pulled out a knigfesaitancadhdedianethrcoelamreisdedhe by him if be would not consent to give hi man, his wife against pa s shoes, two i, h shirts, i some fi e d sto millerc k i n p g r o s ha d a i n s d in a pair of ten francs i n his h o use ag t n o tdh g ,r e o t auf t gt h eh e r t tt h hh i e n e things against the miller, were given he seized a large h h l i a n nl tc l : that the poor flight across the fields. 0 e, and daughter took to entered the farm of a man February the 9th of February he La Mercelle. H e was an named Grandvoinet, at a brace of pistolq, a darmed with a musket and Grandvoinet for havin n he threatened to kill give him up to the end gi as he said, attempted to be vowed that beg annes' and, raising his musket, them spoke mildl Would shoot him. But one of promised yn to him, and he, after some conver sation,sented to drink with not to injure them. He even con of the wall ith them, he remaining on one side and the o bject of the gendarme in Yon the other. The s offering ' wine was to keep him e p him en gaged until their arrive ; but after a while comrades should and took to flight, making he perceived this, against them. dreadful menacesto On the same d ay a person of h av i np . e day he boasted declared ' tricked the gendarmes, and that the day should no t pass without his killing one of them. A few hours after two other gendarmes saw him and went in pursuit. Pingand allowed them to approach to within a certain distance ; when, raising his mus k e t, he said, " Don't come nearer—l had intended to kill your corporal, , but, as he is no t h ere , it m ust be one of you.' He shortly after took flight to a wood, and the two gendarmes followed. Seeing that oneof them was gaining ground on him he fired right into his breast. The poor man, ' whose name was Dauphin, staggered, but did not fall, and said to his comrade, " I am not dead yet and will assist you." The wounded gendarme went to a house and demanded assistance ; but such was the terror Pingand inspired in the neighbourhood that the people refused to receive him. The other gen darme tired at the bandit, but without effect, and the latter escaped. The wounds of Dauphin were ve ry serious, though not mortal. The next day riegand entered a farmhouse at Melieey, and, in sp ite of the resistance of the farmer's wife, stole a gun . On the Sth of March two gendarmes of Belfort met him near Hericourt. They did not know him, and asked him for his passport. "I am Pin gand," said he, " and the first who approaches me shall die." At the same moment he raised his musket. One of the gendarmes recommended him to surrender, but he refused. " But to prove, however," said he, " that I do not fear you, I offer you a bottle of beer." The two gendarmes accepted it, and all three went to a public-house. The prisoner insisted on having the doors kept open, and he preserved his arms in his hands ; but he drank the beer with the gendarmes. The latter, however, watched their o seized him. They dragged him out PPortunity, and public house. lie gave one a kick on the o k of the him stagger, and dischar ge d his pistol which made face of the other, wounding hint pistol right in the a ill the most horrible way. The latter, however, drawing his sword, wounded him severely. For a few seconds the prisoner lost his senses from l ots of blood, but on recovering he attempted to e scape. He was, however, captured. The jury brou g ht i n a verdict of guilty, but declared there were extenuating circumstances, and the Court condemned him to hard labour at the bagne for life. —GaZignanes ill essenger.