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LITERATURE. MARGARET RUSSELL ; an Autobiography. A good biography, above all a good autobiography, is among the most interesting of books. It is valu able as affording not so much an epitome of events, as an analysis of sentiments—not a history of facts, but of feelings. Historical works, and the generality of newels, are too much occupied with externals ; they tell,us more of kings and peers and princes than of men, and, consequently, howsoever great may be our wonder or admiration, we feel little sympathy . or little interest. Far otherwise is it when, turning from " all the small grandeurs of place and of power," we follow the chequered fortunes of an in dividual, and study the varying emotions of a human heart. This is a subject which appeals to every one, here our natural equality is made manifest ; every thing else may differ, but, in a more or less degree, the same passions, the same hopes and fears, and joys and sorrows, animate the breast of all. Those works are consequently the most interesting, and perhaps not the least useful, which exhibit, not the unnatural iterfectione of romance, or the regal automata of his tory, but real men and women—creatures, like ourselves, " Not too bright or good, For human nature's daily food." Peeling, as in like circumstances we should have felt, and acting as we should have acted. Of this class, simple and unpretending as it appears, is the little volume now before us. A fictitious narrative, yet containing nitre of truth than do many tales founded on fact. The history of Margaret Russell, though faulty and improbable as far as plot and incidents are concerned, is perfect as an autobiography. It is, as seth a work should be, simple, natural, and without reserve, the outpourings of a young and ardent heart ; conveyed in most appropriate language—eloquent without apparent effort or design, religious without ostentation, and (at times) melancholy without gloom. The story is divided into three parts, the second of which is full of incidents and adventure—marvellous, nay, almost impossible. Some of the scene:; are forcibly described, most of the characters are vividly portrayed, but there is an air of incongruity and improbability about this part of the tale, which, nevertheless, we are disposed to forgive and induced to forget, because Margaret mingles with the whole, making all appear natural and real when connected with a character so real and natural as her own. The most beautiful portion of the tale is the commencement, which describes the early years of the heroine passed amid scenes of tranquillity and beauty. Early deprived of her mother, she is consigned to the care of an aunt —a strict formalist. The character of this aunt Dorothea, and her sister Alice, are forcible illustra tions of the contrast between real religion, and those ceremonial observances which too often usurp its name—the difference between " the letter which killeth, and the spirit which giveth rife." The following is an example—Alice is full of joy at the prospect of beholding a long-lost son : " And in the midst of this joy, where was Dorothea? Encased in that armour of proof wherewith she had fenced her soul, she was invulnerable to every heartfelt emotion. Not a tear did she shed; not a pulse was quickened. She exhorted her sister to prayer, to thanks giving. So far this was well; for prayer can never be wrong, and thanks are always due. But she did not rest here. She blamed her in the harshest terms, and pointed out the sinfulness of allowing herself to be absorbed in worldly emotions. Good God! were not the uplifting of the mother's eye, and-the sudden clasping together of the hands; the accents of blessing poured out upon the child so newly found; the tears of joy; the sighs of the overburdened heart; were not these the very spirit of thanksgiving? Were not thee the very soul of prayer? " Oh! none are so mistaken as the unhumanized. None are so awfully misled as those who would seal up the fountains which God has given to flow. To check the love which purifies the intercourse with our kind on earth; .to stifle the joy which softens the soul, and pre pares it for heaven; to kneel down and call upon our Maker to witness and approve the deliberate annihilating, the taking away of the very life of that being with which he has endowed us; if there is an unseen, unuttered blasphemy of heart, it is this." Every feeling of Margaret's heart being revealed to us, the story of her - love is .related with touching pathos. Before she had reason to believe her affec tion was responded to, a terrible secret was commu nicated to her—she was not, as she had supposed, an orphan : her father was living, a felon, transported beyond the seas. Full of the devotion and self-sacri fice which characterise- true love, she no longer de sired an union which would bring shame to one so dear to he i r : strong in the fervour of her affection, she was enatled, as is beautifully narrated in the chapter of " The, Avowal," to listen to words of ten dernest which filled her heart with joy, and then to bid him depart And he went, and then follows the picture of her - ." desolation ;" but it was not to last, leer ardent nhture could not retain such a feeling as &weir ; she was not long in finding the true way to happiness. Obliged to leave the quiet seclusion of her country fife, the following is a description of her adieus and her farewell resolves : " I took my way down to the sea. It was the last time that I was to look upon it. The moon was in her fttllest light, and sent the reflex of her beauty in one unvarying silver line across the broad ocean-mirror. Bdautifully, in the language of the Basques, has her light been called the light of the dead!' "As I looked up to those blue and cloudless skies, and across the wide waters, and heard the timed beating of their surges against the cliffs, I felt calmed and elevated. The spirit of the universe was abroad, and the petty griefs and, struggles of humanity faded before it. My lleart was lifted heavenward, and I vowed inwardly that henceforth — l would devote it to a better service. I would crush within me every unworthy emotion. Wwould lay my bosom bnre to the storms of life, and, forgetting self, live only in my duties. The strongest passion of my soul should not henceforth divorce me from the gracious aspect of my mother earth. I had loved, and I must love still. Tkat feeling could not be deadened till the breast that nourished it was cold in the grave. But it Should no longer depress, but exalt me. It should hence forth be not the shadow, but the light, of my soul. " Internally I prayed for help—for guidance. I felt lonely upon the earth. I could not shut my eyes to the darkness of the prospect before me. I knew that there was no kindly breast to support and encourage me in my onward path; and how, without this precious manna, was I to make my way through the wilderness? Kind ness is the feeding-stream of all good; the milk' of the parent, virtue. 'Were we never forcibly deprived of the fountain of her breast, our hearts would never be weaned from the nursing mother. " Still, I would not despair, though alone and unaided on earth. He who, with God's help, sets himself to the noble task of modelling anew his moral and intellectual being, is at once the sculptor and the marble—the agent and object of his design: he works by the aid of the Per fect Hand, till he becomes the perfect form." We will not pursue her history further; it is cer tainly an eventful one, but its greatest attraction lies in the truthful sentiments with which it is filled. The name of the author or authoress of this little volume is not given ; it is, most probably, a first work ; if so, we hope much from him or her here after; in any case, we shall be glad to renew his or her acquaintance. In some future volume we shall hope again to find the same good feeling as vividly portrayed, the same kindly sentiments as forcibly expressed. And we shall also hope in that future volume to find a less disjoint ei plot, and less incongruous incidents, and, above all, no such blemishes as the introduction of the idiot girl; the description of her death is terrible, and the incidents connected with it, painful and unnatural, rendered more so by their want of keeping with the general tenour of the story. Margaret Russell, with eut coming in the category of "religious books," is one admirably tended to enforce a moral lesson, or rather (aid what is perhaps almost better, because maw generally required) it is calculated to infuse a softening influence into the spirit—subduing bad 'feeling% and animating good. The following is the resuit of Kargaret's lessons of experience.:— " And what is the truth which the sacrifices of my ion* have taught me? The enn o bli ng s pi r it w ithi n - es—the germ of all good to come—is it wasted and lost because the coarse soil of this world is not fitted for its culture? No,—Oh! no. In portraying the struggles of my past life,—struggles noble, but ineffectual,--fruitless to redress evil, and ending only in weariness, let it not be supposed that I would advocate the suppression of all generous, tell exalted feeling,—all spirit of self-sacrifice. God forbi(P. No; fervently do I still say, keep pure— keep bright that spirit within you; cherish it for its 11,115 Hereaj7er, but hope nothing from it Here. Even in this world we may meet our reward: but such reward is ,no neccessary condition of the sacrifices we make. By bilking forward to an earth l y recompense, we not only fay ourselves open to the bitterness of defeated hope, but we do away with the very essence of martyrdom, which should ask nothing from earth,.but all from heaven. " Here, then, let me close the transcript of my joys and my sorrows; not without a hope that some feeling of sympathy may be found in the world for one who, however in the beginning of life she may have done unwisely, yet irethe end, took to her heart the lessens of wisdom." THE FOOD OF AI ISIALS. By Robert' Dundas Thomson, 111. D. Dr. Thomson is proving himself a worthy disciple of the illustrious Liebig. The little volume here ed evidences in every page the effects of the cul . e derived from the mind of that extraordinary man. &silk that *ie work - is entirely descriptive of ex periMental researches on the fbod of animals and the fattening of Rattle, it will afford much profitable in formation to the agriculturist; while its remarks upon the fbod of man will render it generally acceptable. EveTy one who has the misfortune to be of a hypo condriacal temperament will nourish their conjectures as to their internal arrangement by studying the thdis tend is book; b ut, as it may likewise closur made by tend to dissipate mapy of their apprehensions, we conceive its perusal would be very advisable.' To theakv4to are the victiss of dyspepsia, Dr. Thomson's %43;x10011.- afford divers consolations. Even to the (2„-rt ot i444o his production will prove advantageous, as, raj % - f o r 4tapple; in his strictures upon the fabrication of - vaxikkus,l4nds of wholesome and nutritious bread. ~,g1 `The exphinata9ll of the phenomenon of digestion and !;, • - the description of the different digestive organs with which the volume cotnmences would of themselves render it peculiarly valuable. Just reedy, in 3 vols., post Bvo., THE ROMANCE OF WAR; Or, THE HIGHLANDERS IN SPAIN. now virtually acknowledged, and the ingratitude of such intolerable duration is obliterated by a generous and extensive advancement. In consequence of the postponement of this proceeding the different ranks, but especially those of the highest character, had become liable to the inconvenience of em bracing an unnecessary number of officers. So enormous was this obstacle to advancement in either profession, that hope became extinguished even in the most sanguine temperaments, that emu lation was almost entirely destroyed, and that senti ments of apathy, and in some instances, of absolute disgust, began to interfere with the incitements to naval and military enterprise. Such were the natural but grievous consequences of this impolitic apathy in the Legislature. By denying the reasonable oppor tunities for promotion the Government was literally endeavouring to stunt the laudable ambition of its defenders ; by preventing the extension of the branches they were distorting the development: of the stem; by extracting the very sap of the profes sions they were actually diminishing the chances of a healthy and prolific fruitage. The energies of our commanders, whether naval or military, were being cramped and denuded by a pernicious and almost unprecedented parsimony. By the magnificent brevet, however, announced in the Gazette, and already published in The Sun, a multitude of preventives to emulation have been removed, many deserving offi cers have received the guerdons which they have won by their superior intelligence or their distin guished valour, by their inestimable sagacity in the council chamber or their brilliant achievements in the battle-field, with the decisions recorded by their pens, or at the point of their good swords. The evil of such lamentable continuance will be forgotten now that our veterans are remunerated for its in fliction. By JAMES GRANT, Esq., late G2d Regiment. In the garb of old Gaul, with the fire of old Rome, From the heath-covered mountains of Scotia we come ; Our loud-sounding pipe breathes the true martial strain, And our hearts still the old Scottish valour retain." —Lieut.-Gen. Erskine. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. GLENNY'S GARDEN ALMANAC for 1847. A copious almanac of seasonable intelligence for the horticulturist, illustrated with a profusion of in genious engravings, and arranged with an eye to facility of reference. Among other advantages, there are an extraordinary list of provincial florists, ex planations for grafting, directions for the cultivation of the more delicate roots, and instructions for the proper management of orchards. Every nurseryman, gardener, seedsman, and florist will find infinite use in this little publication. THE BILLOW AND THE ROCK. By Harriet Martineau. Knight's Monthly Volume.— V. Another of those simple and delightful tales which no one knows how to pen better than Miss Martineau. What we have already admired in her " Game-law Tales" we admire again in this pleasant little fiction. The style is unaffected and most effective. The ob ject is highly benevolent, the principles inculcated those of the soundest morality, the narrative peculiarly domestic, and the characters and incidents singularly natural. Besiles this, the stories of Miss Martineau have an effect upon the reader more enduring than that produced by the majority of similar compositions. They leave behind them a sediment of generosity and brotherly love which becomes in time part of the dis position itself. The character of Lady Carse is drawn with considerable energy, and it would have been manifest how largely the authoress bad pillaged from the history of Lady Grange, even supposing the foot note in which that fact is intimated had been alto gether omitted. The " Billow and the Rock" will wile away the time whenever it hangs heavily, and impart a noble lesson simultaneously. A cursory survey of this promotion will illustrate its importance, and afford some adequate conception of how much it was required. In the army brevet alone there are no less four hundred and ninety individual cases of advancement ; while in the navy brevet (we regret to observe the extraordinary disparity of numbers bet ween the promotions connected with the Hone Guards and the Admiralty), we recognise two hundred and forty-three instances of advancement. In the Royal Artillery are enumerated sixty-three; in the Royal Engineers, thirty-ote ; in the Royal Marines, twenty-five. Three individuals have been honoured with an elevation to the loftiest dignity afforded by the military profession, and in each particular have most eminently entitled themselves to the distinction. The number of Field-Marshals of Great Britain is con sequently increased from six to nine, by the promo tion to that supreme dignity of the Marquis of AN GLESEY, of Sir GEORGE NUGENT, of General THOMAS GROSVENOR. The services of the Master- General of the Ordnance require for their recog nition none of the lustre of panegyric ; they are intimately associated with those of our second MARL BOROUGH, the Duke of WELLINGTON, they are in scribed upon those pages of history which have been written in characters of glory now almost half a century bygone.lln reference to the claims of Field- Marshal Sir GEORGE NUGENT we can only e xpress our sorrow that such claims were not more readily confessed, and that a veteran who has been unre mittingly employed during so considerable a portion of the seventy-three years which have elapsed since the July of 1773, should only be rewarded thus at the venerable age of ninety. It is sufficiently re markable to be henceforth remembered that an emi nent soldier, engaged in the first American war, namely from 1777 until its conclusion in 1783, should have been nominated Field-Marshal in 1846. The re maining officer in this triumvirate is Field-Marshal THOMAS GnosvENoa, Colonel of the 65th Foot, who, by a career of industry, courage, perseverance, and enterprise, from his first entrance into the profession in 1779, has nobly won his baton. We could gladly enter into an elaborate analysis of the catalogue of this splendid brevet, did not its very copiousness pre • elude us from the endeavour. It will, however, be remarked with exultation by all NN ho are patriotically interested in the recognition of valour and self forgetfulness, evidenced in upholding the national cause, that the hero of Aliwal, Sir HARRY SMITH, has been created a Major-General ; that the hero of Acre and the Tagus, Sir CHARLES NAPIER, has been created a Rear-Admiral; that the hero of Navarino, Sir EDWARD CODRING TON, has been created Admiral of the Red. Such nominations are essentially worthy of this auspicious occasion : without the names of those illustrious public servants, the brevet would have been a gigantic blunder, amounting to an absolute defiance of the national will. It would be sorry, if not actually impossible, to deny the inadequate boon of rank to a NAPIER, a SMITH, and a CODRINGTON. Nevertheless, while we congratulate the naval and military services upon this substantial acknowledg ment of the merits of some amongst their most dis tinguished e and p ee n d l e i a s e r r v e i n x g e l n o s i ffi v e cer inter mittent brevets. We cannot but lament that while the wearers of the epaulet and aiguilette receive the recompense of their exertions for the national welfare and preservation, the wielders of the bayonet and the hanger should remain unrewarded for their equally ar duous labours for the promotion of the same object. While emulation is excited in the mess-room, it should not be, as it is wholly denied to the barrack-yard. While the interests of the superior officer are sedulously cherished, those of the non-commissioned officer, of the private, and of the common sailor, should not be entirely forgotten. There is something intensely injudicious in this pertinacious retention of stimulants and rewards from the bulk of our soldiers and seamen. Such frequent niggardliness is among the most egregious blemishes of our system ; it warps the in tellect, it fritters away the energy, it quells the am bition, it confirms the evil passions and withers the noblest aspirations of our gallant men. We are desirous of some extensive and decisive reform in these particulars, not so much with the expectation of turning a sailor "before the mast " into a boatswain, and subsequently into a NELSON or a PELLEW ; not so much with an anxiety to behold a drummer metamorphosed into a sergeant, and afterwards into a NAPOLEON or a FREDERICK, her they gloryprove may or beungrateful maintain i npo si her . as to elevate the general charact er o f our defenders, to instil into their heart s a persuasion tthoat thosetheir integrity, w hn however country ow nepv h er owldil will humblenot tion : that industry, and prowess, and activity, and honesty, and sagacity, ,and perseverance, will enable any one, without the adventitious aids of interest or blood, to attain the very loftiest rank : that a Government endeavours to follow the divine example of OMNIPOTENCE by caring for, the little as well as the great ; that, as in the regard of the latter a sparrow and an emperor demand their full pro portion of attention, so with the former the colonel and the drummer, the admiral and the ship-boy, will receive a proportionate amount of regard. With this reformation in the services, the naval and military professions would be materially elevated, and the brevets would be just as well as generous. Never had any .........._....,_ Government more arduous or more serious duties to a tt en d t o th a n the present. Were Ire- I and.the on l y port i on of territory t o w hi c h their f u nctions were limited, in the place of being, as they are , ex tended over immense tracts of earth, peopled with millions upon millions, where British dominion pre vails in every quarter of the globe, none could deny that the state of Ireland is sufficient to tax the ener gies of the Executive to the uttermost, or the grave responsibility inseparable from their Minis terial positi on . L ord LivnarooL once said no one could eas il y conce i ve th e per petual anxiety incidental to th e P rem i ersh i p of England, or with what feelings th e c hi e f servant o f t h e C rown contain plated the delivery of each day's post, by which the actual position of her great and vast dependencies in either hemisphere was to be ascertained and consi dered. Neither is it facile to depict the serious sen timents with which Lord JOHN RUSSELL must await in these days the receipt of each morning's intelli gence from th e ot h er s i de o f S t . G eorge ' s Ch anne l. Threatened as Ireland has been to be scourged in every part with d est i tut i on, di sease , pestilence, an d famine, aware that these frightful evils are still immi nent, that victims of starvation have already swelled the tables of mortality, and that a patient and endur ing people have already, in some instances, from actual despair, been tempted to burst the bonds of THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EyENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1846. social order, the mind of our Prime Minister must be precluded from the enjoyment of repose. The events which are passing on the great Transatlantic conti nent, where a reckless spirit of territorial aggrandise ment pervades the councils and governs the operations of a grasping republic—the hasty, unbecoming, and unscrupulous diplomacy recently suffered to creep in and predominate in the Cabinet of Madrid, subversive of an international cordiality between England and France, the maintenance of which has been hitherto regarded as the best guarantee for the preservation of peace in Europe—the state of Portugal, where the throne is shaken, and revolution is pursuing her almost ephemeral, yet ominous gambols,—these, and the like, must, in turns, be diurnally demanding the vigilant attention of our statesmen. Yet upon Ire land it is, from her pressing and accumulative sorrows, and in preference to any of the above enume rated objects of national concern, that the eye of the reflective patriot is intently fixed, satisfied that, so long as that great artery of British power continues its present irregular action, the lustre of our fame will be tarnished, and our integral peace and pros• perity incessantly endangered. The latest news from Dublin is, upon the whole, of an inspiriting character. Some occasional outrages have been committed; the officers of the Government have here and there been roughly handled, and the transmission of corn, meal, and flour, has not, in every case, been successfully or peaceably accomplished. Still, we perceive with gladness that the principle of voluntary relief is being acted upon in a very improved spirit, with signal benefit, in various parts. In Wexford the landed proprietors have taken Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S valuable hint, by purchasing and dispensing provisions to appointed vendors, who are permitted to realise a small profit. By this plan the people will not find the blessing of food to be beyond their reach. In the barony of Kinalea the system of task work, and the amount of wages earned by it, is now appreciated by the labourers, who have become zealous in their employment, and contented in their minds. At a county meeting in Longford, amongst other resolutions, the chairmen of several relief committees passed the following : " That we consider that the hitherto peaceable and exemplary conduct of the people of this country is de serving of the highest praise, and entitles them to all the consideration which the Government may find it possible to grant them." This gratifying tribute to the temperate demeanour of the people, under their trying afflictions, will, we are convinced, be cheerfully recognised by the Go vernment, as it constitutes the strongest recommenda tion for their co-operative aid. The proceedings at the Repeal Association on Monday were neither lengthy nor very impor tant. Mr. O'CONNELL made a short speech. He fairly enough covered the " Young Ireland" party with his powerful ridicule. Their announcement that the Nation newspaper was to be the sole pivot of their organisation naturally led the Liberator to be somewhat facetious : " What valiant and gallant heroes they were, that, refusing to be led by such a coward as O'Connell, who would not fight the horse, foot, and artillery of England, will expend all their bravery in the columns of a news paper ?—(Laughter.) What a phalanx, to be sure ! (Continued laughter.) He wondered who was the brigadier-general. But it was to be a literary phalanx after all. They were to use quills instead of pikes, and pencils instead of bayonets.—(Roars of laughter.)" Mr. O'CONNELL took occasion to warn the people against the lamentable consequences that would re sult if they did not refrain from impeding the transit of provisions to their several destinations, and like wise from molesting the officers of the Board of Works. Everything will turn for better or for worse, according to the adoption or neglect on the part of the people of this important advice. We hope and believe it will be generally complied with. Mr. O'CONNELL was about to attend a meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society, with the view of inducing them to concur in a more liberal policy. This in directly smacks of an approval of Lord J. RUSSELL'S counsel, embodied in the recent letter to the Duke of LEINSTEE, which we noticed at length a few days since. We trust Mr. O'CONNELL will succeed in his object. A circular prepared by a committee of tenant farmers in the county of Antrim, addressed to the landlords of that county, has been widely distributed. Both in style and matter it is far beyond what could be looked for from the class of persons from whom it has emanated. It presents a fair and temperate view of their condition, and states the indulgence they hope for from those whose estates they cultivate ; their demands appear to be reasonable, and many land owners have already made voluntary reductions fully equivalent to the expectations of their tenantry. Generally speaking, the relationship between land lord and tenant in Ulster is placed on a sounder and better footing than in any other part of Ireland. The proprietors of the soil are less encumbered by debts or charges affecting their properties, a much larger proportion of the rental of the county remains in their pockets, and is applicable to their own purposes than in the southern or western counties. The gentry are more provident, and look forward with greater prudence to the future ; they are not compelled, from their own necessities, to extort the utmost farthing that can be wrung from the occupiers, leaving barely sufficient to those by whose labour the land is cultivated to support a pre carious existence. They are well aware that the real interest of the landlord is closely connected with, and cannot be separated from, that of the tenant, and that by letting their lands at a fair and reasonable rate, and holding out encouragement to the improving tenant, although their nominal rent-roll may be lower, they obtain a larger amount of payment from the same quantity of land than others who act on a different and more objectionable principle. Above all, they concede what is called " the tenant right," the effects of which have proved most beneficial wherever it has been brought into operation. In speaking of this right the report of Lord DEVON'S Commission says :—" Under the influence of this custom the tenant claims, and generally exercises, a right to dis pose of his holding for a valuable consideration, although he may himself be a tenant-at-will, and although he may have expended nothing iu permanent improvements; that sums equal to ten, twelve, or fifteen years' purchase upon the rents are commonly given for the tenant right, and this not only where the rent is considered low, but where it is fully equal to the value." And when alluding to its effects, the Commissioners add :—"Anomalous as this custom is, if considered with reference to all ordinary notions of property, it must be admitted that the district in which it prevails has thriven and improved in compa rison with other parts of the country." This valuable testimony establishes a fact that will little surprise any one accustomed to think profoundly, or to rea son correctly. A feeling of proprietorship has arisen in the minds of the tenants ; they know that they will not be driven from their tenements so long a s they perform their parts of their contract with the proprietors ; that any improvements they may effect by their own industry will not have the effect of de priving them of the possession, or of enhancing the rent of their farms ; that if they should desire to leave the locality, they will obtain, in the shape of a higher price for " the good will," full compensation for their expendi ture of labour or capital. Hence a motive for exer tion and industry is supplied : they know that they will receive a fair return either in the length and cer tainty of their tenure, or in an equivalent payment on quitting their farms. Agrarian outrages—the most fertile source of riot and disturbance—are un known In those favoured districts, and the landlord is, except under extraordinary circumstances, certain to receive the full amount the tenant has contracted to pay ; and the occupier, whose own rights are fully recognised, learns to respect those of the owner. The document to which we have aciverit:' acknow ledges the duty of the tenant, as a plain matter of justice between man and man, to pay the full amount of his contract, and that the landlord is entitled to enforce the same, but they intimate that as their present position is not only deeply distressing, but altogether hew, they require to be treated with on a principle of indulgent liberality corresponding with their novel and perilous position. They state that their potatoes are gone, their oats have fallen short of their expectations, and that, while some of their number may have a small sur plus of agricultural produce to dispose of, many must purchase largely i n a d ear market for the support of their families, in addition to consuming the entire produce of their holdings ; that linen, the chief article of their manufacture, is in a most depressed state, and that, although pork and butter sell freely at remu nerative prices, they cannot realise the advan tages, the focd for swine being wholly lost, and the change of diet rendered necessary by the potato failure obliging them to appropriate a larger portion of the produce of their dairies to household purposes than heretofore, they feelingly ask whether, under such circumstances, their land lords will compel them to sell their cows, or part with the only portion of bread that remains for the sup port of their families, in order to satisfy their rents. Justice, they know, would sanction it, but mercy in terposes and forbids the cruelty; they implore that there shall be no act of severity exhibited towards them during the arduous trials they are called on to encounter, ankl faithfully promise that on their part there shall be no combination against landlords—no conspiracies in opposition to the payment of rent. They state that they are destitute of means but possess willing minds, and on that ground alone do they crave a liberal indulgence ; and they earnestly pray that in good faith, mutual attachment, and undiminished confidence, their landlords may affectionately meet them in a spirit of generous and liberal compromise. They propose to make a prompt effort to pay one-half the gale of rent now due, and ask that the landlords shall freely forgive the remainder, and they state that they ask the re mainder to be forgiven, for they are justly averse to the accumulation of a debt in the shape of arrears, which, while they live, they have no prospect of pay ing ; it is only calculated to cramp their energies and to sink them into utter despondency. Such an appeal cannot be disregarded ; it carries with it a conviction of its justice and expediency. We trust that the landlords of Antrim may respond to it in a similar spirit, and that mutual concessions will more closely cement the ties between them, and increase the feelings of mutual regard and respect that should exist between landlords and tenants. Letters from St. Petersburgh state that the long talked-of project of forming a railroad from that capital to Ballishport, on the Baltic, is about to be carried into execution by a company formed at St. Petersburgh. The Government guarantees to the company 44 per cent. on the capital actually expended in its completion. The same company has also ob. , tained an authorisation to lay a railroad between Cronstadt and St. Petersburgh, with a branch to Moscow. The sale of gun-cotton in Bavaria has been pro. hibited by the Goverument, on the ground that as it cannot by its appearance be distinguished from ordi nary cotton its sale may give rise to accidents. According to the Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, it is intended to form a general Italian Customs Union. A grand banquet was given on the 30th to the celebrated RONGE at Brunswick, at which 180 guests were present. Many toasts were given, and among them one to Pope Pius IX., proposed by Pastor BESTE, an orthodox Protestant. In the evening RONGE was present at the burgher assembly, where he delivered a discourse in which he traced the deve lopment of German Catholicism in Silesia. He was loudly applauded. The galleries were filled with ladies. Madrid papers of the 4th have arrived. No authentic intelligence had been received from Portugal, although there were many alarming rumours on the subject of Portuguese affairs current in Madrid. It is again confidently affirmed that one of the first measures proposed to the new Cortes will be a revision of the tariff.. , This will be done, it is said, for the purpose of endeavouring to conciliate England after the affront put upon her by the Montpensier marriage. It cannot be denied but that a relaxation of the protective and prohibitory system of tariffs adopted in Spain would be of advantage both to Spain and to England. It was reported that the KING of the FRENCH was about to create MuNoz a French Duke at the request of Queen CHRISTINA. It is im possible, however, to attach any credit to a rumour so absurd. MADRID BoLsA, Nov. 4.—Business has been very inac tive, Three per Cents., 34% money, 34% paper; Four per Cents., Five per Cents., 219 with the current coupon. Debt without Interest, 6% paper. We have received the Paris papers of Monday. The absence of the Marquis of NORMANIY is the subject of comment in almost all of them except the Journal des Debats, the organ of the Ministry. The Presse, the organ of the Court, says— "Some of the journals have commented on the ab sence of Lord Normanby from the reception of the di plomatic body at the Tuileries. It appears to us that this absence might have been foreseen, and that it adds nothing to the manifestations of displeasure and bad feeling which the affair of the marriage has furnished England an occasion to display. We say, in addition, that if this absence of the English Ambassador must ab solutely be considered as a new protest of the Govern ment which he represents, it must be admitted, on the other hand, that the presence of the Ambassadors of all the other powers is a very significant adhesion, which ought to remove the doubts that some persons are trying to disseminate as to the sentiments manifested on this occasion by the continental powers. All were represented at this reception by their Ministers now present at Paris, or by their Councillors or Secretaries of Embassy. The Commerce was wrong yesterday in an nouncing that the Belgian Ambassador had imitated the English one—the Prince dc Ligne was present at the reception." This last assertion of the Presse is untrue, and considering the source from which the article ema nates, those who directed it to be penned must have been perfectly aware that it was untrue at the time. " The Prince DE LIGNE," says Galignani's Messenger, " is absent from his post en conge, and the KING of the BELGIANS i 3 at this moment represented here by Count ROGIER, as chargé d' offaires. M. ROGIER also was absent from the public reception on Saturday but we hear that he is to have a private reception." This little incident will give some idea of the reck less disregard for truth which has characterised the organs of the Tuileries throughout the whole of the controversy on the subject of the Montpensier marriage. As another instance, we may mention the direct con tradiction given by the Portefeuille, the organ of the Foreign Minister, to the malicious assertion of the Presse, that the Marquis of NORMANBY had insisted on having both sides of M. Gmarr's folding -doors opened to him when he recently waited on that Minister. The organs of the Château seem to adopt in its entirety the maxim of RICHELIEU, that there should be no hesitation in asserting that which is false, although the discovery of the falsehood must take place within twenty-four hours, provided before such discovery take place, the falsehood should have produced the effect desired. The Siècle has the fol lowing observations on the absence of the Marquis of NORMANBY : " It appears to us that an excessive importance ought not to be attached to incidents of this nature. England is no more resolved on an open rupture than the northern powers on an intimate alliance with France. The presence of the Ambassadors of Prussia, Russia, and Austria proves nothing, unless that these powers do not think that the marriage of a prince of the House of Orleans with an Infanta of Spain is contrary to the treaty of Utrecht, all other questions remaining reserved, and particularly that of ascertaining whether or not the pragmatic sanction of 1713, which changes the order of succession to the crown, does not form part with the treaty recognising the right of Philip V. and his descendants. The absence of the Britannic Ambassador has a double signification—it means, first of all, that England understands the treaty of Utrecht differently from France; and, secondly, that the marriage of the Duke de Montpensier with the Infanta has been contrary to verbal conventions passed at the Château d'Eu. On the first point there are two decisive answers to the arguments of England. Austria, Prussia, and Holland do not attach to the reciprocal renunciations of 1713 the same interpretation as the English Foreign-office. Russia ranges itself with the opinion of these powers. Here, then, is England alone against all the Governments that signed the treaty or adhered to it. It is true that the Northern powers refer to the pragmatic sanction of Philip V., and pretend that the crown of Spain cannot come to the female line until after the males in all the hranches are extinct. But England, in recognising h a s formally recognised the rights of the Queen Isau , .. ,ii i jee is, therefore, nothing, serious but Infanta Luisa. the conventions of the cha the arguments . drawn -lestion of procedure be• teau d'Eu; acid this is only a mets, the dignity tween the two Courts anti the two Ulu , - ''nd foreign u f the two nations remaining perfectly intact ..._ no _ to this discussion, More dynastic and personal the'. litical. As to the absence of the Belgian Ambassador, it proves that King Leopold does not take part against his own family, which has been wounded in its interests and self-love. But it must not be inferred that the King of the Belgians renounces the part of mediator attributed to him by the letters of the English correspondents. We think, on the contrary, that it the son - In - law 01 King Louis Philippe places himself apart at present, it is because his remaining away can alone offer a pledge of inip ar 'ality to the two Cabinets. When any one de sires act as arbitrator or conci li at or t h e way FINE ARTS. THE HEROINES OF SHAKS PERE. No. VII. It is well that that Shakspereian artist, Kenney Meadows, should in some measure participate in the production of this beautiful work. His " Cleopa tra,"--that fascinating " serpent of old Nile"----is a clever conception. The scorn and authority of her eyes, the chiselling of her features, the oriental magnificence of her costume, and the glimpses of her bust and arm, are exquisite. The " Princess of France," from " Love's Labour Lost," seems as though it would not be difficult for her to comply with the entreaties of Biron : " Bruise me with scorn, confouad me with a flout ; Thrust thy sharp wit quite through my ignorance; Cut me to pieces with thy keen conceit." " Viola," on the contrary, is the most insipid of a: romantic masqueraders. THE GREAT BRITAIN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six, —Observing in your valuable journal of this day a letter, signed " Thomas S. S. Gabriel, RN.," in which he states, " every one was given to understand that Mr. Macintosh was to arrive here on Monday last, and com mence immediate operations towards her rescue, and it is now confidently reported that that gentleman has not undertaken to relieve her from her present perilous si tuation ;" I beg leave to state, that I never had any idea of being near the Great Britain on Monday, al though Mr. Gabriel and his friends might have expected me, and it is perfectly untrue that I have abandoned the taking of her off the shore by my plans. I have the honour to be, your obedient servant, JOHN MACINTOSH. Ironmonger-lane, City, Nov. 10. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TIIESDAY.—Her Majesty and Prince Albert took their usual early morning walk. His Royal 'Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Elrince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Mr. Anson, and Lord Portman, hunted this morning. Major-General Wernyss and the Hon. Captain Gordon were in attendance. Their Ro:fal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice took pony exercise this morning on the Eastern Terrace and the grounds adjacent to the Castle. Her Royal High ness the Princess Helena was also taken an airing to-clay. His Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, and his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, left the Castle to-day. The royal dinner party at the Castle this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, her Royal Highness the Princess Mary, his ,14rene Highness Prince Frede rick of Hesse, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Lady in Waiting on the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Lord Portman, and Mr. Edmond Mildmay. The band of the first Life Guards attend during din ner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards attend in the Castle. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse, attended by Baroness Scheel and Baron Meysenbuch, arrived at the Euston-square terminus of the London and North Western Railway, at half-past ten o'clock yesterday morning, from Cashiobury Park, Herts, the residence of her Majesty, the Queen Dowager. The Earl of Den bigh received the Princess on her arrival, and attended her Royal Highness during her visits of inspection to the Surrey Zoological Gardens, the Polytechnic Institution, the Conservative Club, and the Egyptian Hall. The Princess, attended by Baroness Scheel and Baron Meysenbuch, left town in the evening by the Lon don and North Western Railway, on her return to Ca shiobury Park. Mr. Bros and Mr. Ellis had an interview with Sir G. Grey yesterday at the Home-office. His Excellency George Bancroft, the American Mi nister, has removed from Long's Hotel to his residence, No. 90, Eaton square. The Rev. Charles Eustace, Lieut.-General Sir William Cornwallis Eustace, and Colonel Sir John Rowland Eustace, had an interview yesterday at the Home-office with Sir George Grey. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday at his official residence in Downing-street. Mr. John Wood, Chairman of the Excise, had also an inter view with the Right Hon. Gentleman yesterday. INDISPOSITION OF THE DUKE OP CAMBRIDGE.-- We regret to learn that in consequence of the indisposi tion of the Duke of Cambridge, arising from a severe cold, his Royal Highness was unable to accompany the Duchess of Cambridge and the Grand Duke and Duchess of Mecklenberg-Strelitz to Windsor, on Mon day, to be present at the banquet given by her Majesty to celebrate the birthday of the Prince of Wales. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse, accom panied by Lord Denbigh, and a distinguished party of friends, visited the Royal Polytechnic Institution yes • terday, and amused themselves for a considerable period with the various interesting models, the dissolving views and diving bell ; this elicited considerable approbation from the royal party. LORD FIFE.—It is currently reported that the Earl of Fife is about to become the purchaser of that part of the Earl of Seafield's estate situated in and near the town of Banff, including the Castle and approximating Duff House. The Noble Earl has now been passing some years in retirement, and has quite redeemed the encumbrances on his estate, and now enjoys a clear in come of 7,0001. per annum. His Lordship has lately shown his usual munificence this year to the suffering poor on his estates.—lnverness Couz ier. Lady Shuckburgh died at Shuckburgh Park, Warwickshire, on Sunday last. Her Ladyship was daughter of Peter Denuys, Esq., and cousin to the Earl of Pomfret, and married, 1825, the present Sir Francis Shuckburgh, Bart. Viscount Morpeth received at dinner yesterday evening at Carlisle House, Grosvenor-place, Sir George Grey, Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Parker, Lady Morgan, the Prince Tagore, Mr. Lewis and Lady Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft, Baron and Lady Parke, Mr. and Mrs. Holland, &c. The cheap omnibus system, which is a novelty in London, has long been common in Scotland. Our neighbours of the north know better than to pay for u commodity six times as much as it is worth. The charge of conveyance from Edinburgh to Leith was never more than twopence.—Liverpoel Albion. WELLS, SOMERSET, Nov. 10.—The office of Chief Magistrate has been conferred en J. B. Plowman, Esq., for the ensuing year, having filled that office on a prior occasion to the satisfaction of his fellow-citizens, and we are not without hope that at the close of the mayoralty of J. B. Plowman, Esq., we shall again be enabled, without any sacrifice of truth, to congratulate him on his impartial conduct.—From a Correspondent. GREAT RUNNING MATCH FOR 50/.—Yesterday the running match between Brookson, of London, and Matthews, of Birmingham, came off in the presence of a large assemblage of spectators, near the Plough Inn, at Wandsworth. The distance was half a mile, and the stakes 251. aside. In betting Brookson was the favourite. Brookson has defeated several first-rate men, and his opponent has acquired equal celebrity. Both men went away at a flying pace. Brookson first got the lead, but was soon overtaken by his opponent, and a very spirited race ensued. The men struggled hard for the goal, which Matthews succeeded in gaining first, and was declared the winner. The half-mile was run in two minutes and two seconds, and large sums of money changed ownership on the eccasion. PRIZE FIGHT. — On Monday the fight between " Slasher" (Slack), of Mansfield, and " Slender" (Burton), of Sutton-in-Ashfield, both in Nottinghamshire, took place on Elmton-common, Derbyshire, half-way between Chesterfield and Worksop. It was a game fight of an hour and twenty -five minutes duration, when Slack, from the effect of a heavy blow beneath one of his ears (which produced a gush of blood) could not answer the call of time." PRICE OF GOLD.—The premium on gold at Paris is 15i per milk, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. lOid. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 54 ; and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 60, it follows that gold is 0.23 per cent dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh the price of gold is 431 f per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31 17s. 10i d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 8i; and the exchange at Hamburgh on London at short being 13 7i, it follows thatgold is 0.35 per cent. dearer in Hamburgh than in London. Mure, of Caldwell, has offered EhNimraseTfvsiamE.—Colonel REPRESENTATION OF R representation in Parliament of the county of Renr tfhreew, a candidate fo vacant by the death of Mr. P. M. Stewart.—Cale donian Mercury. NEW WORK BY THE REV. R. COBBOLD. DEDICATED, BY EXPRESS PERMISSION, TO HER MA. JESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER. Now Ready, in 3 vols. with Illustrations, 31s. 6d. bound, THE HISTORY OF _ _ _ MARY ANNE - VELLINGTON; THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER, WIFE, AND WIDOW. By the Rev. RICHARD COBBOLD, M.A., Author of "The History of Margaret Catchpole." Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in three vols. post Svc,. JOHN OF ENGLAND A ROMANCE. By HENRY CURLING, Author of " The Soldier of Fortune." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. CHRISTOPHER TAD POLE. ADVERTISEMENTS and BILLS intended for insertion in the next Number of this NEW STORY, by ALBERT SMITH, to be published at the end of this month, should be forwarded before the 22d instant, in order to insure their appearance. 8, New Burlington-street, Nov. 11, 184 i. RAILWAY SHARES BY PUBLIC SALE. MESSRS. LAMOND, SMALE, AND LAMOND, Railway Share Auctioneers, beg to thank their Friends and the Public for their continued support and patronage, and to announce that their Public Sales of Railway Shares, &c., take place every TVE3DAY and FRIDAY, at One o'clock, at the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, to which place, favours, containing instructions (with a reference), are respectfully requested to be addressed. All Scrip and Share Certificates must bo deposited, the day previous to their being offered ; and advices of results will be forwarded by the first post after the sale, aul the proceeds imme diately disposed of according to instructions. Oficcs, Mal of Commerce, Threadneedle-street. London. TiIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. THIS EVENING _ . Will be performed Lavenu's new Opera, entitled LORETTA ; A Tale of Seville. Don Carlos, Mr. Harrison; Ferdinand, Mr. King ; Philippe, Mr. Borrani ; Provost Marshal, Mr. Howell ; Don Juanito, Mr. Weiss ; Loretta, Madame Anna Bishop ; Florinda, Miss Poole ; Gaetana, Miss Rebecca Isaacs. To conclude with DER FREISCIIUTZ. Adolph, Mr. D. W. King ; Caspar, Mr. Stretton ; Zamiel, Mr. W. 11. Payne ; Linda, Miss Rainforth ; Rose, Miss Poole. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Manag,ement of Mr. B. Webster, sole Lessee. Trus EVENING _ _ Will be performed an original Comedy, entitled LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP; or, Wooings and Weddings. Mr. Oddington, Mr. W. Farren ; Mr. Rashleigh, Mr. Hudson ; Mr. De Yore, Mr. 801 l ; Mr. Brandon, Mr. Howe ; Mr. Hardman, Mr. Rogers ; Jack Spriggs, Mr. Webster; Tom Tilley, Mr. Buckstone ; Miss Brown, Mrs. Glover ; Claribel Oddington, Miss For tescue ; Mary Oddington, Miss P. Horton ; Elinor Mortimer, Mrs. Yarnold ; Fanny Hardman, Miss Julia Bennett. After which a new Farce, called SPRING GARDENS. Lord CourtingtQn, Mr. Holl ; Sir Arthur Lovel, Mr. Howe ; Scoreup, Mr. Buckstone ; Lady Clarissa, Mrs. Buckingham ; Mrs. Scoreup, Miss Julia Bennett. During the evening the Band will perform three Polkas—" Caro " Juris," and "Marten ; the " Sophien Tanze" (Walzer) ; " La Sonnambula," Cornet a Piston, Mr. Davies ; and the Overtures " Le Domino Noir," and " Guillaume Tell." To conclude with Buckstone's Farce, entitled THE IRISII LIO_N. Principal characters by Messrs. Iludson, Brindal, Tilbury ; Miss P. Horton, Mrs. Stanley, Mrs. Buckin7ham, Miss Woulds, Box-office open from Twelve till Four ; under the direction of Mr. T. Archer, Box Book-keeper. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. Under the Management of Mrs. Keeley. The Last Night of the Company Performing previous to the . . Christmas Vacation. THIS EVENING _ The performances will commence with a New Comic Drama, TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigin, Meadows, and Keeley; Mrs. Woollidge, Mrs. A. Wigan, Miss hicks, Miss Turner, Miss Howard, and Mrs. Keeley. To he followed by a New Farce, called MRS. HARRIS. Henry Masker, Mr. A. Wigan ; Mr. Slickey, Mr. F. Mathews ; Hillary Shivers, Mr. Meadows ; Faany Platt, Miss Arden ; Mrs. Harris, Mr. Keeley. To conclude with the Burlesque of TIIE MAGIC HORN. In which Mr. Keeley, Mr. A. Wigan, Mr. Frank Matthews, Miss Vil lars, Miss Keeley, Miss Fairbrother, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Keeley will perform. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPtII. UNDER TIIE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE. THIS EVENING ._ Will be performed a grand Fairy Spectacle, founded on the Ballet of LA GISELLE, entitled THE PHANTOM DANCERS ; or, the Wills Bride. Principal characters by Mr. Wright, Mr. P. Bedford. Mr. 0. Smith, Mr. Cullenford, Madame Celeste, Miss Marian Taylor, Miss Emma Harding, Miss Ellen Chaplin, and Mrs. Laws. After which, the popular Musical Comedy of SWEETHEARTS AND WIVES. Admiral Franklin, Mr. Lambert; Charles Franklin, Mr. Selby; Lackaday, Mr. Wright; Sandford, Mr. Worrell; Curtis, Mr. Cullenford ; Mrs. Bell, Mrs. F. Matthews ; Eugenia, Mrs. Tates ; Laura, Miss Woolgar; Susan, Miss Brooks. To conclude with a Bozzlan_ Sketch, in one act, called MRS. GAMY'S TEA AND TURN-OUT. Principal characters by Messrs. Cullenford, Worrell, Ryan, Wright, Munyard ; Miss M. Taylor, and Miss Ellen Chaplin. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. J. M. Maddox, sole Lessee and Manager. TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS OF MR. J. R. SCOTT. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Opera of ROB ROY. Rolußoy, Mr. J. R. Scott ; Rashleigh, Mr. Hughes ; Francis Osbaldiston, Mr. Barker ; Bailie Nicol Jarvic, Mr. Compton ; Dougal, Mr. Ryder ; Diana Vernon, Miss Smithson ; Helen Macgregor, Mrs. Fosbroke. Atter which a new farce, entitled KEEPING A PLACE. Major Spikespur, Mr. Granby ; Crocus, Mr. Compton ; Miss Dorothea Danzers, Mrs. Fosbroke ; Tiny, Miss Laporte. To conclude with a new Drama, in three acts, entitled CLARISSA HARLO WE. Lovelace, Mr C. Mathews; Macdonald, Mr. Hughes; Joseph, Mr. Oxberry ; Clarissa Harlowe, Mrs. Stirling. FRENCH PLAYS.-ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, Mr. MITCHELL begs respectfully to announce that the ensuing season of French Plays at the St. James's Theatre will commence THIS EVENING, November 11, By the engagement of the favourite Comedian, Monsieur Perlet, who will appear for a limited number of representations, assisted by Monsieur Cartigny (of the Theatre Francais). M. Rhozevil (of the Theatre du Gymnase) and Mademoiselle Brohan (Premiere Soubrette of the Theatre Francais), her first appearance in this country. _ _ Mr. Mitchell has also the honour to announce that, encouraged by the distinguished patronage which has been conferred upon his ma nagement, he has engaged the following eminent artistes, who will appear in succession during the season :—Monsieur Perlet, Mademoiselle Brohan, Monsieur Frederick Lemaitre, Mademoiselle Clarisse, Monsieur Lafont, Mademoiselle Fargueil (her first appear ance in this country), Monsieur Alcide Tousez (of the Theatre du Palais Royal, his first appearance), Mademoiselle lluverger, (of the Theatre do Palais Royal, her first appearance), Mademoiselle Aline Vallee (of the Theatre du Gymnase, her first appearance), Mademoiselle Rose Cheri (of the Theatre du Gymnase), whose performances last year were so eminently succcssful, and during whose engagement, will be produced the new domestic drama of CLARISSA lIARLOWE, now performing in Paris with extraor dinary success, and also a new Play, written expressly for Mademoi selle Rose Cheri, by the popular author, Monsieur Scribe ; Monsieur Regnier (of the Theatre Frangais), Mademoiselle Dena.in (also of the Theatre Frangais, her first appearance in this country), and the dis tinguished actor, M. Bouffe (his first appearance since 1843) ; in ad dition to which the celebrated Tragedienne, Mdlle. Rachel, for a limited number of representations, and will appear in the popular Plays of " Marie Stuart," by Le Brun ; " Britanicus," by Racine ; " Tancred," by Voltaire; " Berenice," by Racine ; "Arcane," by Corneille, and other plays of her well-known repertoire. Madlle. Rachel has also undertaken to perform, for the first time, the cha racter of Celimene, in Moliere's Comedy of "Le Misanthrope." The subscription will be for fifty representations, on Monday and Friday evenings, with the privilege of exchanging for the Wednesday even ing performance, an arrangement which has hitherto afforded so much convenience and satisfaction. Application for Season Boxes and Stalls to be made at Mr. MITCHELL'S Royal Library, 33, Old Bond•street. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Mr. George Bolton, sole Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING Will be performed the Play of THE RELAPSE. Lord Fopping ton, Mr. Walter Lacy; Young Fashion, Mr. G. Bolton ; Loveless, Mr. Leigh Murray; Sir Tunbelly Clumsy, Mr. Wilkinson; Coupler, Mr. J. Cowell ; Lory, Mr. S. Cowell ; Worthy, Mr. Archer ; Nurse, Mrs. C. Jones ; Amanda, Mrs. R. Gordon ; Berinthia, Miss Charles ; Miss Hoyden, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which, the popular Farce of AMATEURS AND ACTORS. Geoffrey 3luffincap, Mr. Wilkinson. To conclude with a new grand BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT. OLYMPIC THEATRE. ON MONDAY E ti ENING NEXT, Nov. 16, Will be produced an entirely New and Original Comedy, in five acts, entitled LIFE. Supported by the entire strength of the Com pany. - In rehearsal, and to be produced farthwith, Shaksperc's HIS TORY OF JACK CADE, as set forth in the " Second Part of Henry VI." DA.VIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessee, Mrs. Frances Davidge. Reappearance of the celebrated Tragic Artistes, Miss Cushman and Miss Susan Cushman, for Six Nights only. THIS EVENING Will be performed Shakspere's Play of ROMEO AND JULIET. Romeo, Misfit Cushman; Mercutio, Mr. Saville ; Benvollo, Mr. Johnson; Capulet, Mr. Ileslop ; Tybalt, Mr. Fredericks ; Friar Lawrence, Mr. Neville ; Peter, Mr. Webb ; Juliet, Miss Susan Cushman ; Nurse, Mrs. Daly. To conclude with the Drama of ALICE GRAY, THE SUS PECTED ONE ; or, The Moral Brand. Supported by the prin cipal talent of the Company. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. W. Batty. Patronised by her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and Royal Family. Second Week of the celebrated Artiste Stall-Master STEINBRECHT, Master of the Horse to the King of Prussia, with his highly-trained Prussian horses. First Week of the new Magical Spectacle, introducing the Syrian Camels and Deer. Mons. Neuperte, the great Dutch Bottle Equilibrist, and the Champion Vaulters. THIS EVENING Will be performed a grand new Magical Equestrian Romance, en titled THE DEMON HORSE ; or, The Twelve Wishes and the Charmed Bit. In which will be introduced a Wild Stag-Hunt, by living Deer, and numerous attractive scenic effects. Entire change in the Scenes of the CIRCLE. To conclude with a laughable AFTERPIECE. Box-office open from eleven till five o'clock.—Doors open at six and commence at 1 4 to 7 o'clock.—Stage Manager, Mr. W.Broadfoot. THE WEATILER.—SUN OFFICE, NOVEMBER 11. THERMOMETER, Lowest, 39; Highest, 48; Noon, 49, BAROMETER, 30.33. WIND E.N.E., fine sunshiny weather. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY. Morning .. 88 minutes after 6. I Evening .. 29 reinutes after 7. , - _ . Th e i r' - , ,4- , , .‘ .(1 ~,), t„,.:;...„.'. „ --i i -,) z tfoiro l - s ;., , ,-..,, 4appes' lll o i .1411,1111ki.... .... ~,,,,,0, _ ,..' .s: 4w .#;4 o:,Jal 7N. f`' • ..,,,, '.'1111,... ,"...7,‘:;^ .k,.. kt. %v..' , . ~/ y ~ T ' ` " 7. ,, j'iarEri.' - ' UNI4t4:- SECOND EDITION• 1 0. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1846, Sanguine as all those individuals 'aere who formed any expectations respecting the military and naval brevet in honour of the fifth r Aniversary of the birth of his Royal Highness th'd Prince of WALES, their anticipations have be (2,.n fully realised. Throughout both the distingui.shed services the promotions have been distributed with munificence and discrimination. Many of our most illustrious veterans have at length received the recompense to which they have been so long entitled either by extraordinary exhibitions of personal prowess, by adroit diplomacy, or by con tinual and active employment. The protracted re servation of this recompense has for a considerable period been matter of astonishment, and has origi nated numerous heartburnings. Tardy, however, as this compensation unquestionably is, the oversight is to begin is not to offer an o p inion in one sense or other. If, however, the statement which appears in_, Semaine, a Sunday paper, can be relied on, X diatorl LEoroEn, far from consenting to act Genes,m tweet) the French and English Governt doe; ], dissemble his own strong disapprobation o f Montpensier marriage. A few days ag ° / .. . ix Cloud, and in his father-in-law's very drawingh' ; L it he maintained, before several political men, tha t s ag p marriage was manifestly contrarytothdee dating text of the treaty of Utrecht. After arguments, the Semaine sa3 s— the" MOP it reveals 01 the disagreement the Duke tt, :o , a f a l u Y t e he r n ec t iocri d ty L o eo i, p w ol h d i ' e s h op ii in ,e io c n an a v n o d uc c h o , n s y s e l r e s iy stiblcil sier's marriage has produced between the ill se gr Belgians and the King of the French. This of munt, which transiently deprives the Royal s_loaDi agent ss ho has often proved useful in their en''' . I , 3 ports l3 tions with foreign Powers, may be of some 1 _., be' It shows, at least, how little family alliances ese,,,,is pended upon. King Leopold ha& for fifteen y 0 7; 0 wholly devoted to his wife's family ; riage for one of his nephews, and the disipr o „d t tbe faile e ia tirea has caused, have sufficed to make disaffectloe 153fi terness succeed to kind feelings, and to trial' . 5 0 11 with regret the good luck that has befallen his in-law." St~fl giii° " Several Spaniards," says th e iat C el lf ,, t e eil in i 13 " e r s e s s a i t d i o e r n resident e P e a n r g is r , a joined tuatin g w t i h t h e the suite , cloc MONTPENSIER. They saluted the Pr iPe ss i e d, A usual manner, but to the Princ ess theY l3 ss to. l kissed her hand, as presumptive heire ss throne." It is said that the Duke and of 101 fart ° PENSIER will reside at Vincennes, the bee p ftt dente of the Duke, where apartments lisT e ho e till up for the Duchess, and where they er e t° regular fours de reception. CIO ° According to the Courrier Francais, will be convoked for the 15th December' lit t fae a the 12th January, the day originally t royal ordonnance. 5 00 The Journal des Debats confirms t he peV c he ~.. ment of the approaching marriage n ' t dt a It ' 6 fluchestshe ips_tesr t e a BORDEAUX with a Princess of Aleden'a a reti - ,fft " It appears certain that the Au sburgri-„" Liter; of the Duke de Bordeaux's marriage wit h ; s rrier e el li reigning Duke of Modena is true. Th e ,r - b s e hu la to have been solemnized on the sth true.. ;be rie," o l e fathef was the only Sovereign in EureP ° l4 r fs l ,; - 0 4 acknowledge the revolution orlB3o. eoillie'finol e hri t g im . at T ed he a t 1 O Princesso, 000, i 0 s O 0 fourof f 3 r e a s n r c s s , olderor fotil b r o the ' who is in his twenty-sixth year." - CO / On the eveningv DV the ir ' g refuge . es passed through Narbonne oU ,0100-. of the 2d inst. se e As/ Spain. 7: Seventeen of their n umbe r, d i 00 1 , 6 I , Lieutenant-Colonel, a Commandant, se c h e h : ferior offiee'h, were captured by the F rei : 10; ties. Forty-seven more Carlist refugee at 0 .. „ 1 seiezefrdonattiePr.assla,sh,eywhwoerwe'edrreagligkeedvvibsseert:o-regit twchAhFuiciLhfot Fifty -four 1, vessels,, they laden telit no bee , 0 184,v A orp- i , 1 of wheat from the BlackSewitli Turkey' Os" Sea, Italy, have entered the port of Alarseil i .e s e cooe ft of these vessels are French, and they W Italy. The Reforme says— P i pe! v ot P, r he l " The arrival of the above wheat be s k - ts. ~a t " el even a transient fail in the southern w er- Ly e'el 1 continues in every part of France withou t - f ealt 0 In the radius of supply of Paris, the oi di ea 00,1 yesterday and the day before, more stifootltejeti than could have been expected, and the ' r o t so o,i, have been alarmed at it. Since the Ite l lcoa t ' r a , e to P an increase had not been witnessed. It 3 per r 11- 0, where, to between one and two franc s : ,..r e prOg l i e Hitherto the rise had been constant , bu t " - liat e.- 1 0 marked by increases of only 50 to 60 ee fi ra eta ° o il most alarming symptom is the extreme eag e r Os 0 by s all parties at this moment ; vind, after has taken place, to buy grain, notiritP-00 0 1 1,4 0 high prices. This eagerness, es es i s alt tl ,ii oe , the trade, proves that no decline of pric e ; so 1 - 6 ,1 ' Scarcely do the markets last half an h _, l °6- tbst ; ;;l # purchasers are. On some points s' - '„ 0 09 - i tit offered has been bought up in less thaf - d il l ' p It was reported on the Bourse en i l l ves o Government had received UnPlea sSl3. A O Portugal. 56 tb stip 0 Detachments of the sth, 16th, and ~.4110;40 of the line, and from the 12th Light In'Teteiti the point of being embarked at rn rt a 1 . ,,, t11 ii Africa ; and detachments from the 0 1 0 , 9 - ments of Artillery are on their march The Three per Cents. closed at 82f. ,-- "sae-, e , f t ; b! destination. A C R e No, n ui , t e s n . Cents., 117 f. 20e. ; the Orleans Railro 3 d-o- 0 4 3 0 , 4i 50 11 c. a7 8 e,1 a 0 0 ) inc . d o, 6 3 Boulogne, 3. n,n 4 8 4 6 7 0 ff.. ; Vierzon, 562. f. 50c.; „.' 40D , ...V 4 1 48 3 8 5 0.5r ti ci j aui c )xa . ; . Paris and Strasburg, 51e6 1 7201f.7 4 ;f: 76f. GF21:5:P 4: 1111 ;; :°': r a is nd an c d ett L e r 4 n 7 5, 0f 49 ; 54; an L i y sh oril et e Lve t 4 3 3 04iii , f Three per Cents., 38; Spanish Domestic vecat"JP:o BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN 1 1 -4 ; 1 :,"0 - 1; . # 1 LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, -",. - g l p aalt V I d Boulogne and Aruiens, 14 , /3 1 Central of ' te rik,,/.0 1 4 Rhenish, s%—East Indian, 3/-4 —Great Nirebz.,...ilY,,,,f —Louvain i la Sambre, 134—Luxemboork/10.0 Liege, W 2 —Northern f France Constituteted, r and Bordeaux, 7 1 / s —Paris and Lyons Constittlijorth and Strasbourg Constituted, 35' Rouen tl nci Sambre and Meuse, 4 3 / 4 . ' —.... 4 e " ---___,— riz srl t ' SPORTING INTELL)-;-.) , (4 .1, , ,O+ (RECEIVED THIS P,„A`TePv t orii ol BETTING AT MANCIIESTE' -. 1 ag e ;plltd DERBY.-7 to 1 agst Van Tromp, 15 , i t°,, - , v 0.- - ,,Py c ic to 1 agst Planet, 22 to 1 agst Sister to o,i'esro" DO agst Glentilt, 35 to 1 agst Allertonian, 3 5 'biets ' _„pt Colt (t), 40 to 1 agst Horn of C.,Ase (t). ,1r field against twelve for 500/. " it ,v fre';'sti,4 o ' CHESTER Cur.-1,000 to 15 agst gir,",,,„d0,03,-ty agst Crim Con, 1,000 to 12 agst sister t0,', 1 , 11 , 1 11 r , ASHDOWN PARK COURSING gEl'"" ItIP Mr. Lawrence's Lightning beat Mr. . 1 n,,,, t P r io l°. , a e : THE DERBY. . 0 13 0 ., Mr. Bowles's Baltimore (Glideawy) w -$ l , Gladiator. d cls s's 9 l V Mr. Ettwall's Wyandotte beat Admiral Da tr - g i c at tl 60 # Mr. W. Ettwall's Windfall beat Mr. Dri'„i's P, --3 1 lAl‘ ll 1 1 r r rr. .... Parkinson's aot rilvvkal King's ieni i : :Warminstersson‘Bysrhosiwttenofco Jacketkott beat obnera at beat ' Ae f iaa r rt .. b P E ,Ay t err. r i, a 1, 1 ti a aa s v i e, l o o ' - v. 0 i izoi de' . IZOs e IV Mr. Lawrence's Lucy NealeObAeKast.Mr. ne l '' e cie l e ' 4. t 5 ..- g e , Mr. Bowles's Bohea beat Mr. Rake's F°sl3etlliild Mr. Goddard's Gretna beat Mr. 13r00k„e,,3,11aP of' Mr. Lawrence's L E Ka t iN w nygr ai s l n 's eNve Waterfall beat Admiral 1',7 41 - s ' oo' e- ft'a Mr. r Etwall's Errant Girl beat Sir. Dir,"'; P r kgit ,e , t s fi c te ap lt r o ic s e e b b e e s a t t mblrr.. w ßo . w .t ,' e t - w i4 f ill'a vwe r 1 Mr. King's Will the SmuTglgilEercbti 31r* Et Mr. Pirate it' be Beat ,le's of Mr. Bowles's Bronze Star beat Mr. Broo-' o t e The remainder of the first courses Or S run for want of light. ---- t lll _----------___ ------ l' , AlfinSaril 10 4 '0 CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE, 1 3 ', ;t '- ti bf bat This tale proceeds with muc sli' r ' ; ;joc l tlr f it " d t his escape from the salt .works, is P - illtig e .h )l o 9 ,40 man, and none who have been at 5 1- o f P .- 0 ,50' recognise the preliminary fide lit Ypeota e t , till ai lil thatH icko r littley, the Christophersho wm a n , chaans, t 0 h is ,_ - - pied fi e , cl c ~ pi tch te e , a it head over heels, running on his hr i n oti ce ' Isi sli e wheel; this introduces him to publi c . a dolle. es , 0- J think that Albert Smith has had PO D . ° bili o OP styled, b those who are jealousiowf h it l e fo % r fo lil ti:.4 tator. lie has plenty of origins' - as ba d Oa 1 clear too, that he can paint countrY ,Chiatierio and that he can enjoy green fields a his, ° ti as well as the saloon and the eig 3l% ..tetiellk.. he r pole" promises to enhance his rer d ost by 0 a sure to draw, if he will only lay he r with discretion.—Era. . r .., ~i t sll; e fil ebri t THE SEA SERPENT .11,XPLAIOI:bout the.ch he. Mr. Kohl) with a Norway searnsillo°otion iffbozottilo enormous sea serpent. The e'cl'''' o rthY ° f $ll O of the phenomenon seems to be v,v,eoce o so li t j said he did not believe in the Ocle`cetaill ee tli e e 3 star ; but that he had often seen clo se OS; r go . lt, which have the habit of svvirataing.., dived Al e r long narrow shoal ; and that, a s the; b u o g ,- el r eset' • th e ) might present some appearance peel t to a vast serpent. ,_., have he i f f CHEAP FARES.—SO successno ~_t . d Ai;:ae t It - fin ery ) , h e oc.han riments on this system from .-- . o tt - der dington, that it is now in practice to t he 0 0 from the Eastern Counties Iloilo, ay IAP I 0' Castle, the fare being three pen ce isco o _ la be ° bo o DISEASE OP THE 118 5111 t Was l ie the /1190 MAKING.-011 Tuesday an inclues ne t, , 3 , °ri ree• 90 4 I Baker, at the Mulberry Tree, St,e,P fi for-P",, e 6at 4 ,, Thomas Jones, a gunmaker, age'. ..• te e l" a are a 4 1' a i l lt* d6 O ate ceased was in the habit of his beet it 0 0 or , of late complained of a pain in Saturday last he went out abou 00 an d ,oo A some ( WE , •re"' t il at three. He said he had had , e 1 , 0 o pt 40 t ten n'ci W l 'ic, 0 1 1 then lighted his pipe, and just as he ond,toed ' o xi it lie fell on the floor, g w a:P: ::,: er n e e d o :;: b r io u ro °l : fi e i e f tb ri Trippc, a surgeon, attended, sai d, g ebe et disease of the heart, to occupation.p e}u, FORGERY liable,i ß a G rl , Ry vil yerdfAriocmtp, o,t,shNTelArtiesrrsasoi 00 , e f oe . ntive .f r:ter iS ?o7oo o f f f ile for th e 9 "of P * sPI" 1 James i c i i n a rtieAowin Morse, rr s w de : o r fecfihpf chemist i e gs d tui t an h ne r ad o s u :1.11;:)(:::volreit;oriii t e bo ero l t Jo fordshire, who has filled the ot aop eas cot on ot beci o , for a considerable time past. grea t-" l etitfteii bai t )3,1 'to a very de °P l Ol ~, - , tted forgeries o de et ,• 0 1 t they endeavoureu to ,revionslY o ne ' t office, had fled a few houra 1% to ha ve g Oa a coma. µ1, , (1L; coming s ttit e „d O s ,. t officers, and is supposcel (20 0 _,,,,, , a"' D e' SittiPS. ttlorrteh:tktl°° (1:01W:11111e fliorrAlle ill° t 4 front '''' ojeSer'.o,Aptit • The last accoun . . :., con rest Princess Louisa of rrussia 1_ 01 . the pi wwiinllieronattcree.c":333eladat"4l , 7