The Sun. — London, England, 1846-09-08 00:00:00

..~' .` Ili, itte, 4 1 1' Th e 1, THE MIRROR. thi s Nest," by the editor, is continued 1,78. / 1 1 Ir nber, and increases in interest as it pro lhe e also comm e nces ano th er t a l e , en ti t l e d "re ov . ° ° l * artist," which promises well. We have, ~leceg r + several reviews, tales, sketches, and poetical q 4 l op Theblalong the latter is an od e t o Sir R o bert ra tkie, resigning office, which is full of the fire .r• author h as t a k en C ow l ey f or hi s n a nd has been at times exceedingly happy in ,°P ,b e e r ill itation. W e g i ve t h e opening stanzas as a , (4 4 ;, :-- hallovv'd stat esman ! glorious in thy fall, ~,sets th e sun •I light is over alllie fruitful s een] culls birth, brhou spread' st i n harveststo o'er th e earth. B sinks—but not in radiant grave to die. And as thy course is run 1 , Like to the bless'd sun, 1, 141 morrow both arise in immortality. A, l-I tY and riches now our country bails, .11,_.wins to all our ports.the crowd'd sails, T he od'rous spice, and' the cane's honied fruit, ghat needful corn, and luxuries to boot, a.t " 'l 7 poor man's palate glad shall taste. These,Bat with a frozen eye 4P,reteetive lords deny, towaste. Agah _cc the mighty steam bark's dashing prow sly the sails bring in the fibrous snow, „Wi th ); to make our million wheels to fly, I.x 4 ' laughin g groups of infant industry : I P of cheertul labour, while they feel F or coming seventh, y God design'd alri' sweet refreshment of all living kind, A eo g each little bounding heart an altar rais'd to e h " sa krtia:red day, railway and Thames behold, and de c k all filled with young and old: J . l oth 4l!.t f rom cot—from home the artizan— Nth all rein blest meal, that God design'd for man, Th e t heir happy AVM-en round their knees, Vir ot Y zi w hoa sour preaching knaves th turn to starving slaves, e4se." d Own capon lin'd round bellies' swell with The Vett th '• ptes.l4 umber op ens with the first of a series 11 4 11 1o4 th e ," Royal Houses of Europe." We have N t i lineage of the royal houses of Austria, 111 , th °ll3 lll:, l giuln, Denmark, and France. The eel e c r Y of James Annesly is concluded, and 14 1 P p er r ated Peerage causes we have the case of N I 4OI v eY, the trunk-maker, who claimed the J tt , is 4 : Northumberland. The Patrician, how lkiek devoted exclusively to genealogical sub -11,.e Ilan without a Name " is an Italian 1 4 „vt le 114 romantic interest, and the "Address of i :tle undred and Two Chief Heritors and Clans N 4 t 0 4 1 1 Plands of S co tl an d t o Ki ng Ge o rge the pl, ll .abl e his Accessi on t o the Throne ' is a most qov, c ontribution to history. This address, im t ti k t k o the favour of the King, was delivered to the th e -„Argyle for pr e sentation, but it is alleged d s ktar l d." ll ke, " seeing more prospect of personal Chit is ernent in an insurrection, which would ren it) 13e rv • j) q v _ lees indispensable, than a peaceful submis 14hte'l0 highlands to the house of Hanover," nev er 04, 4 th e document to the King, and the ch ief s ti t 'ter .. „ ( Pence joined in the rebellion . of 1715 . . The l i ed the article says that this document is unno- V h o ' t , history, but that hebelieves it to be genuine. o t ,vidr e e _ t hat in the next number he will give us t ;vi ti4 nce in support of its authenticity which has *ll7 his mind. If it be genuine, it throws an h ew light on the a ff airs of 1715. 7-- RE RAILWAY REGISTER. tt'rt la per on the "Ability of the Public to make .h s L I ; 1 1 11 , °l p ti eet ed Railways" is a very valuable contri u -0'4,- the most fairly written dissertation on the i,,, 4l : v s e t. have yet seen, for while, on the one hand, t he utter groundlessness of the fears of the 4 ti nl;l ')n g e rs, it on the other band exposes i un_- . Y the fallacies and absurdities of 11 , r : J.T ett w ne has done the railway cause infinitely 441 by his injudicious advocacy than the . ktitiki;:ll:)ni,gers could possibly have . done it by their itOvi ti from this admirable article we extract the tt ob servations on the oft-repeated fallacy ttloor - e r ich becoming richer, and the poor beco l ib t% 1 -I '," a fallacy which for ages past has been part it: t ri k an i .. n : trade of platform orators and mock at . e rich are becoming richer, and the .. po . or tliDtd &Poorer that the wealth of the country is being L• ' is common prejudice, as tqL k ltri a few hands, a tit'iltol: st, as the time of Solomon, and not the less a t,N tv ... Instead of it s b e i ng true that the wealth of 4'46 to ‘7i g in fewer hand s , the truth is that the wealth tavo 4l % is in more hands and the march ofeve t n . t e s l itittifit t ! r uf a wider distribution. What makesmostb t is not his money, but his intelligence; in money, ( 100110 0 44 .,. e,B, he began life with little or no him _or, kV& Ri g ' eat money is now an instrument . to f Dt tll ttf i f e at things, yet his intelligence is his real 't cj o h just conduct of his own operations, his ka,,,linkk'PrQciation of the proceedings of others, .11‘,.%1PPlying his own means, his power of com kiv„ '4oC h nt combining the means of others, and his m a tt t, " c tng. his operations to a right end—all these t ki 4t is ca P i talist his power. What . the other classes ti4 : ll bOy t in elleY, but the essential qualities enume- I‘'abillsari„ boos, Look at the money hoarded by these latter lo c k squander in self-indulgence or careless S t 'N ' et ed u lk f at the sums placed in savings' banks, and so Nt 4 ; the money operations of the workin fi g kir% of all, look at the loan societies, benefit Wi th bi / u t i. 4 clubs, co-operative stores, harmonyhalls, t kt e l , rl g c ompanies, where the funds are,alm t o h s t -4el/40 n, embezzled and absorbed b y • MA GAZINES—CONTINUED. Th e THE UNION MAGAZINE. titl ed ~°,Pening article of the present number, en att, A . Ihe Drawing -r ooms o f E ng l an d," is a smart upon tho se amateur p i an i sts and voca li sts w h o Wiest evening parties, "Making night hideous" tayete it u nseemly noise. The evil we fear is too fro ta '" a te to be ever dimi n i s h e d by an y remons trances set isol ated individuals, and we advise the writer to k,_bout th e organization of his threatened Anti tair-deseeration League without loss of time. The " The Jesuits" is continued, and we have . a Th, — . 7 ,of the expulsion of that society from Venice. torit Saj ekt of the state, nay, its very existence, called th e Uat expulsion, for " the Senate had discovered that tendeligieux had made use of the tribunal of peni at tel get acquainted with the secrets of families,. th a the resources and dispositions of individuals ; so u rs the same means they knew the forces, re ati aen , anc,l secrets of the state; and that they sent the Provincials every six months to their general through froZrovincials or visitors ; and that after their retreat tatrikitrPteattdeuras, which had been found, in their abode, they had not had time or caution ga to burn, and which justified but too much the -e Proao, ass ass . - -es to which they had been subjected." The l° y Plation of Henry IV. of France soon fol- N eu, and it was proved that Ravaillac, his assassin, - d evoted st u d ent o f t h e wor k o f M ar i ana, " d e kg et Regis Institutione," in which regicides are ap e UP to honour as glorious and heroic patriots, and Ittihi e l h , nrt ed to pursue their designs openly . , and the Ah~ u maents that their n um b e r is so limited. The kkin le nt history of the order is then briefly traced,. te co 4tr 'l attempt to supersede the University in the Whidiscel!:,,°f the education of the country, an attempt 'or the time was rendered unsuccessful by the ti er -very of the notes of the lectures delivered by to tt l u, a Jesuit professor, who in his public lectures, ifsiies,students advocated the murder even of kings, ()M er u were necessary to advance the interests of that verb • These things are recorded in various proces Co44i" trans mitted to the Parliament of Paris in viart ad tonththisY' still stand upon the records of the rit e , say __ (-Lay, uncontradicted. Well may this ,!itilOan recounting not struck td propounded these proceedings, who is tk e nlazenien t the audacity of the doctrines at this by the Jesuits ? How then must the W 1 1 1: Wo nder at the words of the present Archbishop r each F oolouse in addressing Louis Philippe, King of the 4::' : arid who, after protesting that the expulsion of 4 44 -114 Was demanded by the same class of men who the plY e d the order in 1762, and attemited to subvert th 4 r tis tian religion, adds,' We declare utterly false ieoastitpntlations against the Society of Jesuits, whose Nes uti ° 4 3, long approved by the Church, breathe the 4 %44 3 44 of the Gospel, and have produced a great pe of sai n t s. W e f urt h er d ec l are that their dis. ttreZ wa uld be highly injurious to religion, and Fe israin its overthrow.. We at the same time affirm, :I,ajisiclo Our most intimate conviction, that if your 'NO; ha s anything to fear for the stability of your N!"t is from i rre li g i ous men an d t h e enem i es o f 8441 not from th e J esu i ts , th a t suc h an apprehen 'Nth-Justifiable.' We trust that events may prove the 1 , 1 4}, ) : t ,,he Archbishop's words. We admit that the . i' ; ll4 r F io s , u ° 4 e much for education, much for the Chris etOrev-V, but we must not forget the evidence which der' h it . ll , ° rcis us of the constant intermeddling of the ab ly affairs, and the commotions which inva h.)te 4; ° ,, il° , l v ti e_d on ;Lich intervention. As AsEnglishmen warnilig us to t "; e 'e r ar e o f aprllesetlnyoughoexperi government. Let the Jesuits, and „4sio:ther religious community, confine themselves to a 44 Ea peace Peace' and goodwill befitting their profession, j`54Y,41-6"shmen will be too generous to molest them ; peiva r :re, will protect and support them ; but let them ni&htti4f political intrigue, under peril •:!f c?ndign a ot for an attempt at once unbecoming, imper- N 146414 audacious. England has more than once :Not ti ,:"'d, not by words but by deeds—deeds of stern 4144 14 -ghat she will not commit to priests the for , T he her empire or the direction of her energies.' 1 144 ; 4 s i ° , r37 of" William Fleming, the Deal Boat -3'441414 Continued ; and the sketcher of" British athe r i ea is peculiarly happy in his sketch of " The "iason Y , Landlady," which is well illustrated by aioll; - Mr. Wick Wickerstaff's Party" was such I tltej °4 ° that we are quite ambitious of his acquaint- Wtl lf and when next he gives a spread we hope he I ,i , eBid e -nur us with a card of invitation. We have, l'ttaysB'o2lll elaborate review of " Mr. Wright's ' 1 the History of England in the Middle and several other papers of considerable merit. managers, and the objects of foundation utterly frustrated in a greater or less number of years." " Gleanings among Mines and . Al iners" contains much useful information as to the present state of many of the mines of Cornwall and Devonshire, and the paper on "American Railways" is a valuable contribution to railway statistics. The present number fully maintains the high character which the Railway Register has deservedly acquired. , TTIE SUN, LONDON, TrEsDAY EVENING, SETNEMBER ifl46. LITERATURE. THE PARLOUR NOVELIST. Vol. IV.—Mans field Park. This neat reprint, in one small volume, of Miss Austen's chef d'oeuvre reflects great credit on the typography of 111easrs. Simms and M'lntyre, of Bel fast, the printers of this series of novels and romances. The type, although small, is beautifully clear, and the book is got up in e=cellent style. As to the work itself, it would not be one whit less a work of supererogation to review " IVlansfield Park" than it would be to review " Waverlev" itself. THE KNIGHT OF G E. No. IX. By Charles Lever. Decidedly the best chapters that have appeared of this capital " Tale of the time of the Union," are contained in number nine. Bagenal Daly is one of the most felicitously conceived, and one of the most spiritedly delineated of all the characters created by Harry Lorrequer. The story has now reached its central interest : ruin has fallen upon Maurice Darcy, the noble hearted Knight of Gwynne : he is bereft of his possessions by the perfidy of his soli citor, who has committed suicide through remoroe of conscience and dread of retribution. Gwynne Abbey, and the lands attached thereto, have vir tually fallen into the hands of a miserable parvenu, in the shape of Mr. Hickman O'Reilly : and the feelings of the reader are fully aroused in behalf of the bankrupt hero of the fiction. All the accessories of this plot are very skilfully introduced, and the varied dispositions of the personages in the story are developed with a skill attributable, firstly, to the intuitive powers of Mr. Lever, as a novelist, and, secondly, to his long practice and expe rience as an author. Already is the " Knight of Gwynne" superior as a whole to any of his previous productions; it is more characteristic of Ireland and the Irish than " Harry Lorrequer"—it i 3 more com plete as a romance than " Charles O'Malley"—it pos sesses a more concentrated interest than " Jack Hinton"—and is more fascinating, both in description and incident, than " Tom Burke." Mr. Lever has evidently buckled up for the composition of a book more enduring and unique than any his lively ima gination had hitherto evoked. In this laudable en deavour he has—if he only proceed as he has com menced—succeeded. The account of Tate Sullivan's farewell of the picture gallery in Gwynne Abbey is admirable, and Phiz's illustrations of its denouement inimitable. As the autumnal evenings close in, a number of this serial would impart an exquisite zest to a bottle of Madeira and a dish of walnuts. TURLOGH O'BRIEN. No. VI. The fortunes of Sir Hugh Willoughby are ap proaching nearer and nearer to the critical and decisive moment. Hence it is that the story possesses such a peculiar interest, and arouses so much curiosity. The writer's descriptions of the streets, customs, costumes, and tenements of old Dublin— namely, Dublin towards the close of the seventeenth century—are excessively clever. His brush has" somewhat of the manner of Rembrandt and Teniers combined, though its painting is sometimes terribly smudged and tarnished by the hurry of his fancy and by the distressing abundance of his language. The struggle between Tisdal and Deveril is described with much power—the attention of the reader be comes literally breathless during its perusal. THE ARGENTIAE REPUBLIC. By Col. T. Anthony King. There is something so blunt, and honest, and even chivalrous, in the character of Colonel King, as deve loped by this remarkable volume, that the reader can not fail to be interested in the narrative of his adven tures, and cannot hut repose an implicit r.liance upon the authenticity of his statements. Little was known respecting the merits of the intestine wars which have so long ravaged the Argentine republic, Bolivia, and Uruguay, before the appearance of this important work ; and that little was piecemeal and confused. To Englishmen, enjoying the blessings of a free and liberal constitution, such vicissitudes as those which have illustrated the History of the Argentine Republic will ever be peculiarly enthralling and attractive. The spectacle of a nation struggling to maintain its integrity, and to realise its independence, is the most solemn and instructive that can well be conceived. Such a spectacle is the one presented to us in these four hundred and forty-two pages. The endeavours of the citizens of that republic to relieve themselves of the yoke of Spanish and Brazilian domination, are recorded with circumstantial candour and explicit ness in its chapters ; and the writer is a man eminently qualified for the duty of historian, both by the native vigour of his intellect, and from the circumstance of his having been personally implicated in these en deavours during a period of twenty-four years. The narrative is one of bloodshed, and rapine, and cruelty; it is penned with charming simplicity ; and is rendered vivid by the agreeable minuteness of its survey. Colonel King informs us, that having forsake n hi s home in the United States, for some unexpl a i ne d rea son, in 1817, and in the fourteenth year of his age, he found himself unfriended, unknown, and penny less, cast among a people of whose language he was altogether ignorant. After wandering about Va and Baltimore in a state of extreme destitution, our ad venturer was received into a kind of piratical vessel, but in a few weeks was again cast adrift in the har bour of Buenos Ayres. Here he appears to have been hospitably received by a publican named Flusk ; was subsequently engaged as a shop-boy by a French perfumer called Coquelet ; and was ultimately welcomed into the Republican army as bandero, or flag- bearer, the most subordinate rank in the profession. He afterwards obtained a commission as ensign in the corps of General Ramarez, and by indomitable perseverance and unflinching resolution raised himself step by step to the honourable position which he at present occupies. We admire the innate strength of mind which these facts evince, and we admire still more the beautiful simplicity with which they are recorded. We must not foolishly consider Colonel King in the light of a mere mercenary, although he is a citizen of the United States fighting in the Argentine service. "I was born," says he, " upon the soil of a free country, and reared under the pro tection of her flag; civil liberty is my heritage, and for that I am ready to fight in any quarter of the world!" Civil liberty is my heritage! That is a noble expression, and it is the key to the character and disposition of Colonel King. We do not possess the leisure to follow him through the intricacies of the startling and extraordinary occurrences which he witnessed during his campaigns as an Argentine sol dier. We shall leave the author to'describe the bloody and dreadful scenes of which he was no indolent spectator, confident that his volume will be enshrined in many a library, and perused by many a lover of the more eventful features of modern history. San guinary deeds have unhappily been repeatedly perpe trated in the territories of the Western hemisphere ; those noble regions of the globe have been often dark ened by martial crime : but among the annals of those iniquities a more direful picture is not presented than the one here given of the civil conflicts by which the Argentine Republic has been devastated. CHRISTOPHER TADPOLE. By Albert Smith Part I. This is the first number of a new tale by Albert Smith, and if this may be considered as a fair specimen, " Christopher Tadpole" will be quite as popular as his elder brother, " Titus Ledbury. ' The tale opens with a prelude, the scene of which is laid in the city of Chester, and most quaintly and graphi cally is that quaint and picturesque old city described. We are introduced to the coffee-room of an inn, where we find a certain Mr Gudge, a doer of dirty work for noblemen and gentlemen, and who, if we mistake not, is " cast" for one of the principal parts in this story. He is joined by a gentleman and a young lady ; the latter is taken suddenly ill and dies .in giving birth to a male child, which is committed to the care of Dr. Aston, an apothecary, residing in a town in the salt district of Cheshire. " Dr. Aston was still a bachelor, but from having brought the whole parish into the world, even to those who now had great grown-up boys and girls of their own, he might be looked upon, and indeed was so, as the head of a very large family. And he was not only the medi cal attendant, but he had become the confidential friend of nearly all his patients, who sent for him as often to allay family irritation as to heal recognised corporeal complaints. He lived in a small house, quite in the centre of the town, opposite the great inn, and next the bank ; and an old housekeeper, with an odd groom, or footman, or, indeed, assistant upon a pinch, formed the human portion of his establishment. " He was very clever in his profession, from long ex perience ; but put no trust in new-tangled remedies which from time to time we read of; for he had seen so many things start up to cure everything, and quietly tumble down again after a short noisy life—with names that nobody but chemists who had written large books and almost chrystallised or sublimed themselves in labo ratories by long study could understand—that he only believed in the old-fashioned drugs whose virtues cen turies had tried. So that when a crack London physi cian once prescribed Terrosesquicyanuret of the cyanide of potassium' upon being called in to a patient, Dr. Aston waited until he was gone, and then said, he would rather trust to rhubarb. And the patient got rapidly well." The first chapter opens with a grand scientific meet ing at the Parthenon of the town in which the doctor resides, and here the author in dul g es in his talent for good-humoured quizzing. His sketches of " the scientific gentlemen " are admirable. He also makes this meeting the vehicle for introducing a charming little romance, entitled the Story of the Pepur Gate. ? The proceedings are interrupted by a messenger who comes to fetch the doctor to a man on whom'a lump of rock has fallen in a salt mine. This man is Fletcher, with whom the doctor had placed the c hild to be taken care of, and the child is in the mine with him. In the next chapter we And Mr. and Mrs. Gudge vulgarising in Hyde Park, Alf. Gudge fixing himself upon Sir Frederick and Lady Ar,:len, to their great horror and annoyance, and Gudge ,qctually terrifying Sir Frederick into sending him an invii:tion to his aristocratical fête. Whence comes the power of Gudge over Sir Frederick ? The latter is " the , gentleman" of the prelude. COURT CIRCULAR. ROYAL VICTORIA AND ALBERT YACHT. PENZANCE, SEPT. s.—Her Majesty and Prince Al bert, and the royal suite, left Falmouth at eight o'clock, A.N., this morning, and proceeded in the royal yacht round the Lizard Point, and on to the Land's End, pass ing round the " Long Ship Rocks" into Sennen Cove. The yacht then retraced her steps into Mount's Bay, and anchored off St. Michael's Mount, in Mount's Bay, at half-past one o'clock. In the afternoon her Majesty, and the Prince went round Penzance harbour, in the Fairy. Prince Albert landed and inspected the tin smelting works at Penance, and witnessed the whole process. Afterwards his Royal Highness visited the Geological Museum of Cornwall, and then proceeded in the Fairy to inspect a copper mine on the eastern side of the Bsy. Mr. Richard Taylor, mineral agent to his Royal High ness the Duke of Cornwall, was in attendance on his Royal Highness. Hor Royal Highness the Princess of Prussia, attended by the Countess Haack and Count Puckler, left Cashiobuz7 Park, Herts, the residence of her blnjesty the Queen Dowager, yesterday morning, for the Wat ford station, and travelled to town by the London and North- Western Railway, arriving at the Euston-square terminus at eleven 'clock. His Excellency the chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Mi nister, the Earl of Denbigh, and Baron Witzleben, re ceived the Princess upon her arrival. The whole of the royal party proceeded to the Tower of London, where the Princess was conducted through all the different offices and departments. Her Royal Highness and suite embarked from the Tower on the Childe Harold, and passed down the river to :view the Thames Tunnel, Greenwich, and Wool wich. The royal party returned up the river as far as the New Palace at Westminster and Lambeth Palace, and then proceeded to Hungerford, where the Princess and suite disembarked. Her Royal Highness afterwards left the Euston• square terminus at six o'clock, on her return to Cashio bury Park. Their ,Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied by the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, left their residence at Kew yesterday, on a visit to her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Cashiobury Park, Herts. Earl Grey returned to town yesterday, from a visit to the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, ut Grove Park, Herts. Sir John Pelly bad an interview with the Noble Earl at the Colonial-office. A deputation, including Mr. Young, Mr. Agliorby, and Mr. Harrington, bad also an interview with his Lordship yesterday. SURREY THEATRE. Mr. Macready, who is engaged at this theatre for a limited number of nights, made his first appearance here last evening in the character of Hamlet. Was Hamlet really mad, or did he only feign madness? This is a question on the discussion of which much good ink has been wasted, and which, judging from the past, never will be definitively settled. In consider ing this question it would be well to refer to the language which Shakspere himself puts into the mouth of Hamlet—" I am but mad, Nor. Nor. West," say s Hamlet—which would lead to the inference that he was feigning madness merely, and.this seems to be the idea of Mr. Macready; but then Hamlet, after observ ing that the world is out of joint, adds— " Oh ! cursed spite, That ever I was born to set it right." He does not accept his mission—it is too great for him—the burden of executing justice bp been cast upon shoulders too weak to bear it. A man of firm ness and decision and judgment is wanted. Hamlet has judgment, but has no firmness and no - decision. He is from very weakness a sceptic. He will not trust to the evidence of the ghost. He requires something to confirm it. " The play's the thing in which catch the conscience of the king." The play con firms the evidence of the ghost. It is a true ghost— he will take the ghost's word, for a thousand pounds ; but again he argues and doubts, and refuses to fulfil his mission The soliloquy commencing " Now could I kill him pat; now he is praying," which is omitted in the acting play, throws great light upon Hamlet's character. It shows him to be a man who fears to do his duty—a cloistered student cast into the world of action. If by madness is meant an inability to distinguish right from wrong, then Hamlet is not mad ; but if by madness is meant a deficiency of judgment, then Hamlet is mad. Hav ing feigned madness in the first instance, he at times becomes the victim of his own feigning, and is actually mad ; as, for instance, in his scene with Uphelia ; but when necessity requires, he can always recall his wan dering ideas so as to out-manoeuvre those who would play upon him; witness his scenes with Rosencrantz, and Guilderstern, and with Polonius; and, above all, the closet scene with his mother. He is such a doubter —he has such a dread of coming to any finite deci sion which shall involve action as its consequence, that he at times actually doubts his own sanity, and almost argues 'himself into the belief that he is not sane ; but when the occasion requires it, we find . Hamlet perfectly sane. Modern scientific re searches into the nature of sound and unsound mind prove that doubtful sanity, _ such as that of Hamlet, are to be found existing in nature ; and as those researches are continued, so will the character of Hamlet become more and more understood. We understand Hamlet better now, than our ancestors, even of fifty years since, under stood it ; and, in fifty years hence, his character will be better understood than it is even at the present day. In drawing the character of Hamlet, Shak spere was at least three centuries in advance of his age, a proof that he possessed an intuitively mira culous knowledge of human nature—that he was " not of a day, but for all time." The Hamlet of Macready is well known to all playgoers—to write a critique on it now would be a work of supererogation. Admitting his conception of the character to be a just one, his development of it is perfect. The " letting I dare not wait upon I would," whic h is the essential point of the character, was finely given by Macready. He sees the ghost—he is all decision—he will wipe out from his memory " all tri vial fond records," and proceed at once to action. Then comes the doubt. The ghost may be the devil tempting him to destruction,—he will have further proof. This phase of the character was very finely rendered by Macready. Never was willing self-deception more truthfully delineated. The play scene was a triumph of art. The nervous management of the fan, as he lies at Ophelia's feet, was very fine; and in his address to the King, ex plaining the plot of the play, he spoke daggers. The closet scene, too, was sublime. "Is it the King ? " he exclaimed, after he had stabbed Polonius, in the tone, and with the action, of a man who felt as if he had suddenly relieved his mind of a burden. It was evident that he wished it might be the King, and that he hoped he had done his duty without having had to undergo the pangs of " screwing his courage to the sticking place ;" and his agony at finding that it was Polonius, and not the King, was true to Shak spere. He was agonised, not at having killed the rash and meddling fool, but at finding that still the burden of revenging his father's murder—that burden which he felt was too hard for him to bear, and from which he hoped that a lucky chance blow had relieved him, was still pressing on him. We never saw Macready act better than he did last night ; he carried his audience with him, throughout, and so rivetted their attention to the stage that they, a Monday night's Surrey audience, were, in all the principal scenes, charmed into quiet ness, and taught to appreciate the beauties of Shak spere. He was well supported. Cooper was the Ghost, and Mrs. Ternan the Queen. The character of Ophelia was well sustained by Mrs. C. Gill, late Miss Fanny Vining, a lady who promises to be an acquisition to the metropolitan boards. There is a pathos and a natural simplicity about her style of acting which goes at once to the heart. The housewas crammed long before the rising of the curtail! ; the 'pit and gallery were overflowing; every seat in the boxes was occupied, and every part of the box lobby, from which it was possible to catch a view of the stage, was crowded by those who were glad to get even standing room. VICTORIA THEATRE. Mr. Gregory made his appearance last night at this theatre, in the character of Hamlet, in Shakspere's celebrated tragedy of that name ; and although we believe a repetition of the scenes in another place was expected, no interruption whatever touk place, save the oft-repeated plaudits of a very numerous and re spectable audience. His performance of Hamlet last night was excellent. On the fall of the curtain there were loud and repeated calls for him to come forward, and on doing so he was received with very great applause, which he duly acknowledged by bowing re spectfully to the audience. He is advertised in the bills to appear again on Wednesday and Friday next. Hamlet was followed by The Miller's Wife; or, the Fulls of Clackmullin, and the performances concluded with the highly successful burlesque of Fayre Rosa monde. A new invention has been exhibited of a self-dis charging gun, to protect newly sown fields. It can be wound up to discharge itself every hour. LANDSMAN'S CHAMPIONSHIP. A scullers' match for 10/. a side, and the landsman's championship, came off yesterday at a quarter past three o'clock, from Battersea to Hammersmitb, with the tide, between Heming, of Westminster, and Miller, of Lam beth. The above title is of more importance than at first sight people might imagine, for the truth is, that while the watermen are standing still, as far as improve ment in the style of rowing is concerned, the landsmen are every year progressing, and are hard on the heels of the best watermen, as has been shown more than once at the Thames Regatta, where crews of landsmen have fearlessly entered the lists with our crack watermen, and, though defeated, have fallen with honour, and with the solace of the victory being hardly earned. Miller has been considered champion of the landsmen for some time past, having some years back rowed several severe matches with Peters, of Wandsworth, with various suc cess, and since that period has improved so much as to induce other challengers to keep aloof. flaming, however, who is a fine powerful young man, has shown so decided a genius with his skulls, that his friends came tons and to back him in this in stance, and in the course of his training their confidence by no means abated. Betting, however, was sto 4 on Miller, and from the way in which both rowed during their training, much interest was excited, and it was unfortunate that the day fixed for this match to come off should be the same as that proposed for the Thames Amateur Regatta, as they thus lost that undivided atten tion that their respective merits so fairly entitled them to. At a quarter-past three, the men being " declared ready," the word " off" was given, and the men started like greyhounds, the pace being tremendous ; in fact, it was tco severe to last, and soon told on Miller, who proved the weaker man ; and off the Swan at Battersea Heming had drawn himself clear ahead. From this point (though only by dint of the most unceasing labour), he gradually drew away from his gallant oppo nent. At Putney-bridge he was eight boats' lengths, and at Hammersmith twelve lengths, ahead. The winner has the advantage of his opponent in height and weight, but the condition of both was equally admirable. PEDESTRIANISM, JENKINSON AND CLTNNINGILAN.—The half-mile trial of speed between Charles Jenkinson (the London Stag), and Daniel Cunningham (known as the Irish Lad), took place yesterday, for 25 sovs. aside, at Fig's-marsh-level, near Mitcham, Surrey. To recapitulate the achieve ments of Jenkinson would be trespassing too much on our space; yet we may observe, among the contests that immediately present themselves to our memory, that, al though beaten by the accomplished Robinson, of Newton Moor, the early part of 1844, he achieved a triumph over the celebrated John Smith (the Regent -street Pet), in a race of a quarter of a mile, near the Angel, Sutton, it, March of the same year, the stakes being 100 sovs. He subsequently ran a dead heat with the same opponent, at 300 yards, leaping 15 hurdles; and on April 10 beat Boulton Phillips in a race of 140 yards. Ralph Manley, however, beat him, in the same year (1844), at Newcas tle, in 120 yards, Jenkinson giving two yards. In 1845, we shall not attempt to follow his performances scru pulously; the most remarkable were, mastering Benja min Badcock, of Birmingham, and two others, for a silver cup, in a quarter of a mile race, at Stafford; beating John Smith (second time) over 440 yards of turnpike-road, at Acton-bottom ; but in turn "the Pet" conquered in a hurdle race at the Beehive. Handley, of Nottingham, also beat him in a race at Mitcham, owing, it was alleged, to the cramp. This brings us to Cunningham, who does not appear till the present year in any contest of note. Six successive triumphs—among them we may mention Franey (once disputed and once defeated), Smith (of Stockport), Rowley (of Newcastle), and John Smith (the Pet), half mile at Ealing—and enough will be shown to justify some confidence on the part of his friends. At a few minutes after four the men were at the scratch, and without a baulk a fair start was e ff ecte d. For the first 600 yards Jenkinson led, but his advantage was never more than two or three yards at the utmost. At about 150 yards from home, Cunningham, who had evidently been running judiciously, put on the steam ; Jenkinson was certainly at the top of his speed, and when collared, had somewhat shot his bolt. Cunning ham ran well and gamely, and ultimately reached the goal four yards in advance. Not a few of the best judges of speed were deceived, and ther e i s li tt l e d ou b t, had not the Stag ran himself out early, th a t t h e advan tage to Cunningham, the lighter, fresher, and stronger man, from the ascent at the close of the half mile, would not have been so advantageous. PHYSICAL FoacE.—A poor Welsh miner who had been induced to join in a riot, when under examination before the magistrates at Newport, repeatedly exclaimed as follows:—" I wur never for vissikful force." Being asked to explain himself, he replied--" Why, aur, I !weer wur vor pysonin um!" ALLEGED ROBBERY AT THE RECORD-OFFICE. At the Thames Police-court yesterday, a case of ar: extraordinary nature, arising out of a very trivial charge of felony, was heard before Mr. Broderip. Win. Cusack, a well-dressed young man, employed in the Record office, was charged with having stolen two sheets of brown paper, valued 2d., laid as the property of her Majesty. Mr. Robert Loxton, who said he was the foreman of the workmen in the Record-office of the Tower of Lon don, deposed that on Saturday afternoon ho saw tho prisoner take some paper away belonging to her Ma jesty, and cautioned him about it, on which the prisoner struck him, and he returned the blow and gave the pri soner into custody. He had since waited on Mr. M'Cul loch and various other gentlemen, some of whom were connected with the Treasury, and he was referred from one to the other until he was at last requested to make the case known to Mr. Roberts, of the Record-office, who declined to prosecute, and said he knew nothing at all about it. Mr. Broderip directed the depositions to be formally taken. The witness then stated, that the prisoner was one of the workmen in the Record-office. On Saturday after noon he had occasion to go to the office, and saw him take two sheets of new brown paper. He called out to him, " Cusack, don't you take that with you." 'The prisoner replied," Why not ?" and he told him there was plenty of dirty - paper for use without taking new paper. The prisoner became very insolent, and said witness might be —, tbat it was no business of his, and that lie would take what he wanted. The witness then said, " If you attempt to take it I shall stop you at the gate. I caution you not to take it." The prisoner said, he wanted none of his cautions, and that it witness made any attempt to stop him he would knock him down. The prisoner was accordingly stopped at the gate, and as he made towards the prisoner with the in tention of making him take the paper back again, he re ceived a violent blow from the prisoner. Mr. Symons, the chief clerk—Did you actually stop him ? Witness—Yes, I did, sir. He wrapped his clothes in this paper. It was a bundle ; the paper was outside. Mr. Symons—Then he was carrying the bundle at the time you stopped him? Witness—Yes, sir. He had his bundle wrapped up in t wo s h ee t s o f her Majesty's paper. For the last twelve months he has been in the habit of taking paper. Not only that, but' there has been so much of this sort of thing going on, that I hare had a duty lately put upon me of looking after it. John M'Mahon, a police. constable, No. 32 H, said there was a scuffle going on at the principal gate of the Tower between Loxton and the prisoner. The latter was given into custody for stealing two sheets of paper. The prisoner said he had liberty to take it, and that Mr. Hardy, the principal assistant keeper of the Public Records, had given him permission to take paper when he wanted it. He made an immediate inquiry, and ascertained that Mr. Hardy was in the country. The prisoner, in defence, said this was a malicious prosecution on the part of Loxton. lie had been em ployed in the Record-office six years, and had hitherto maintained a good character. He was tying up a bundle of wearing apparel in two sheets of brown paper, and Loxton came into the office, put his hand on his shoulder, and forbade him doing so. He told Loxton it was no business of his, and that he bad permission from his superiors to make use of a sheet or two of paper for the purpose of tying up a parcel, but not to sell it or give it away on any consideration. Loxton continued near him, and he threatened to punch his head if he did not get away from him. He was passing out of the gate, and Loxton seized him by the neck, on which he struck him. The police•constable, in answer to questions from Mr. Symons, said the bundle was a very large one, and the two sheets of paper were extended, and not folded one within the other. The bundle required two sheets of paper. Mr. Roberts, a gentleman who paid much attention to the proceedings, here rose and said, the department in the Tower to which the parties belonged was entirely under his control, and he knew that a great portion of the statements made by Loxton were false, and that he was actuated by malice in this prosecution. The witness had repeatedly threatened to take the prisoner, but he had no more right to interfere with him than the pri soner had to interfere with Loxton. The department was entirely under the control of him (Mr. Roberts), and he knew both parties well. The prisoner was a steady man, of most exemplary character, and the most implicit confidence might be placed in him. The pri soner was detained on special duty in the Record-office on Saturday evening until half past five, an hour and a half beyond the usual time, and there was no supe rior officer of whom he could ask permission to take a sheet of paper, or he would have done so. If anything wrong occurred, he (Mr. Roberts) was the proper person to speak to on the subject. Loxton, how ever, had thought proper to pass by his house, and go to the prisoner's, for the purpose of searching it, without conulting him at all, nor was any report made to him. He was sorry to say that Loxton was a man of bad character, who had been suspended for drunkenness, and a good deal of false mercy had been shown him. Loxtun had no authority to stop the prisoner at all. Mr. Broderip asked if the officers of the Record office inteAded to prosecute ? Mr. Roberts—They will have nothing to do with it. Mr. troderip—Answer the question directly. Do you attend here to prosecute or not ? Mr. Roberts—l attend here to give the prisoner a character. The man Loxton is not actuated 1;y auy desire to benefit the public ser vice, but only to gratify his own revengeful disposition. If I had been in the office I should have given Cusack a sheet of paper if he wanted it. Loxton—Mr. Roberts is not sworn, your Worship. Mr. Roberts—l am quite ready to be sworn and repeat all I have said. Loxton—You had no right to give him permission to take the paper. -Mr. Roberts—That is a matter between me and Lori Langdale, the Keeper-General of the Public Records. There are several men here who can prove the bad cha racter of the man Lorton. He had no business to go to the Treasury, but to come to me. Mr. Broderip—Well, you have taken upon yourself to say you would have given him the paper. What are you? Mr. Roberts—l am one of the Assistant-Keepers of the Public Records. Mr. Hardy is another, and when he is away I have the sole charge of the de partment. Mr. Broderip said, that notwithstandieg what Mr. Roberts said, his duty was as plain as possible, and that was to hold the prisoner to bail, and ascertain if the case would be taken in hand by the Government. The public property had been taken out of the Record office, and he should hold the prisoner to bail, himself in 804 and two good sureties in 401. each, to appear at the sessions. We have much pleasure in being able to state that the votes made through the agency of the Anti-Corn law League, in the counties of Middlesex, East Sussex, Hertford, West Kent, South Hants, and South Essex, will be supported and defended by gentlemen of talent and experience from the late League registration offices, and from the fund collecting for that purpose. We are glad to see that our remarks, made some few days back, have had the desired effect in arousing the friends of the Government to protect, by their subscriptions, the humble class of electors, who expended in January last their hard earnings that they might assist with their vote the return of a Liberal Government. The public are much indebted to Mr. W. H. James, who, when the League dissolved, took the responsibility of the County Registration offices upon his own personal risk, to pre vent the free-trade cause from suffering by the offices being broken up ; and we are now happy to announce that he has since received the support of the Earl of Radnor, Lord John Russell, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Lord Listowel, Lord Clarendon, Hon. Admiral Bouverie, H. N. Brown, Esq., Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P., Messrs. J. and J. L. Travers, and many other noblemen and gentlemen. It only remains for us to impress upon the Liberal party the necessity of exerting themselves by rendering such aid to the registration fund as may be needed to defend those counties from the unconstitutional attack with which they are menaced.—Chronicle. THUNDER STORM.—ROCIIESTER, SEPT. 7.—Yes terday morning was close and sultry, with a cloudless sky up till noon day, shortly after which some clouds made aeir appearance from the southward, followed by a few drops of rain. To this succeeded dark threaten ing clouds of a slaty hue, projecting forward their white heads, and the thunder pealed loudly, but the clouds bore away to the westward, and we escaped the effects of the storm. On the road to Gravesend the storm burst with great fury, doing considerable damage to the crops and everything within its range. At the Rev. M r . Hindle's, opposite th e Falstaff Inn, on Gad's Hill, where the hail fell in torrents, some of the windows were broken, and in the greenhouse upwards of 200 squares of glass were destroyed. Some of the pieces of ice measured nearly three inches in length, and from the quantity which fell, laid thick on the ground for some time after the storm had abated. SUSPECTED MURDER OF AN INFANT.—Yesterday, Mr. Wakley, M.P., held an inquest at the Vestry-hall, Church-passage, Chancery-lane, on the body of a newly born female child, discovered under the following mys terious circumstances:—lt appeared from the evidence of several witnesses, that on the morning of the 4th instant a small rash basket, tied and directed to a gentleman at No. 95, Holloway-road Villas, was left by a stranger at the receiving-h ouse o f th e Parcels' Delivery Company, in Charles -street, Westminster. The parcel was in due time taken to its destination, and upon application being made, it was ascertained that no one of the name lived there, It was then returned by the carrier, and deposited at the company's office in Roll's-buildings, Fetter-lane, where, on being opened, it was found to contain the body of the deceased, wrapped in a piece of linen rag. Mr. Lovett, the parochial surgeon, said he could not state positively whether the deceased had been born alive or not, owing to its decomposition. After a protracted deliberation, the jury returned an open verdict of " Found dead." WINDSOR CASTLE.-" TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION." —Considerable surprise, and no little alarm and conster nation, were . created amongst her M a j es ty' s li eges i n t h e royal town of Windsor, upon the publication, on Satttr day, of the Windsor Express, in which appeared an ad vertisement (surmounted by the royal arms, prominently displayed in " large caps.") to the following effect:— "By order of her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests—Windsor Castle—To be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Tebbott." Upon diving, however, into the small type, it was found, to the great joy of the alarmists, that a large quantity of building materials were to be disposed of by the royal auctioneer, and not the Castle itself. DISTINGUISHED VISITOR.— The son of the lamented Dwarkanauth Tagore, accompanied by Mr. Drummond, is at present on a visit to this city. He is residing at the Wellington Hotel. The distinguished stranger, who is attired in the Oriental costume, has been visiting and inspecting the lions of this city,—Glasgow Saturday Post. COMMISSION OF LUNACY ON MRS. CUMMING. THIRD DAY. The inquiry into the state of mind of Mrs. Catherine Cumming, a lady possessed of a fortune of 30,0001., and which had previously occupied two ddy,..s, Was resumed yesterday at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, before Mr. Commissioner Barlow and a special jury. The adjourn ment had been made from the previous Monday, and was granted to enable Mrs. Cumming (who had not been professionally represented on the first day) to pre pare for her defence. Mr. Edwin James, with Mr. Cole, as counsel, and Mr. Dangerfield, as solicitor, appeared, as before, for the Commission ; and Mr. Petersdorf, as an additional and leading counsel, with Mr. Parry, as junior (who formerly appeared), and Mr. Robinson, solicitor, on the part of Mrs. Cumming. Mr. Petersdorf applied for a copy of the notes and the first day's proceedings, and after a desultory conversa tion it was agreed that Vitt witnesses of Saturday should be cross-examined. John Wilson was the first witness examined. He said—l have retired from business as a goldsmith and jeweller. On the 10th of July I went to the house of Mrs. Cumming, in Belgrave-terrace. I went on the death of Mr. Cumming. I showed the state of the house to the jury on Monday last. It Was in the precise state as when the captain died. There was, an inventory of the goods taken. Mr. Ince was tl ere. Mr. Ilooper was at his office. (The inventory was here produced and identified by the witness.) Cross-examined—I did not write the inventory, but I Was present when it was written. There were numerous Papers and parchments since found. Examination continued—All the parchments and papers were put into boxes.—(Boxes sent for and opened.) The boxes have been in my Possession ever since.— (A bag of sugar produced.) Commissioner—Were these things in your house, Mrs. Cumming? Mrs. Cumming—Oh, yes, they were packed up for the purpose of removal from one house to another. Witness continued—l found a 61. note in one of these boxes in a dirty envelope, amongst pieces of paper ; the envelope was very dirty outside. I had the sole care of the house. The keys were always in the possession of Mr. Hooper. The house was in the same state from the time of the death of Captain Cumming up to the time of the jury seeing it. This witness went on to describe it. Cross-examined—l went to the house at the request of Mr. Hooper and Mr. Ince. In 1839 and 1840, I visited the Captain and Mrs. Cumming on Maida Hill, on the Captain's birthday. I believe a large portion of the furniture from Maida Hill was sent to the Pantech nicon. I had every opportunity of seeing how they lived. Mr. Cumming was upwards of eighty-nine years of age when he died. I did not see him for three years before his death. He was then quite able to held him self at table. The house was scarcely furnished. I was not put in as a watchman. There was no understanding about remuneration, but Ido expect it. I was told to keep the furniture in the same state as I found it. The 51. note which was found was nearly new, dated 1844, and was in an envelope. Ido not know that on three successive occasions Mrs. Cumming's furniture was taken in execution for Captain Cumming's debts. Elizabeth Browne, a nurse to Mrs. Cumming, de posed to her exhibitions of temper, hatred to her family, cruelty to her husband, &c., adding, that she accused her (witness) of improper intimacy with the captain. Commissioner (to Mrs. Cumming)—Did you ever accuse her of such a thing? Mrs. Cumming (empha tically)-oh, no, gentlemen! look at her face—it is not likely.—(Laughter.) Several other witnesses, who bad acted as nurses to Captain Cumming, and who had been servants in the house, were also examined, but their evidence added no new facts to those adduced at the preyious examinations. Her neglect and cruelty to Captain Cumming, her great care of the cats, and the senseless charges of infidelity, were again mentioned, together with her care lessness about money. At five o'clock the proceedings were further adjourned till this day. OFFENCES IN THE PARBS.—Yesterday a statement of all persons apprehended in St. James's, Hyde, the Green Parks, and Kensington Gardens, during the past month of August was, by order of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, posted at the principal entrances. Fifteen persons found sleeping at night in the shrub beries of Hyde Park, were all confined with hard labour for short periods; three, convicted of indecency in Hyde and St. James's Parks, were held to bail to answer the charges at the sessions; and three others, for cutting seats and assaulting a constable, were imprisoned with hard labour. 111 • 1. A GLIONI AT PLYMOUTH.—PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 6. On Wednesday evening Madlle. Taglioni commenced a brief engagement of four nights before a Plymouth audience. ' Her arrival so early was unexpected, for she was announced to appear at Exeter on Wednesday and Thursday, and at Plymouth on Friday and Saturday; but, in consequence of our manager, Mr. Newcombe, having advertised an increase of the prices, the lessee of the Exeter Theatre refused the thfeatre in that city, and Taglioni at once came on to Plymouth, and the subject of dispute between the two lessees is likely to be a mat ter for settlement in a court of law. Taglioni is sup. ported by M. Silvain and Madame Proche Giubilei, and by Mr. Gilmer and Miss Gilmer, of the Italian Opera, who were here before. The engagement of Taglioni not proving so successful as it would probably have proved had her time been divided between Plymouth and Exeter, that accomplished lady has very kindly given Mr. Newcombe an extra night. ALARMING STORM AT WINDSOR.—WINDSOR, MON DAY EVENING.-Shortly before three o'clock this after noon one of the most alarming and fearful storms of thunder and lightning, accompanied by torrents of rain, ever experienced in Windsor, passed over the town from the south-east, and lasted for upwards of an hour and a half. The lightning was of the most vivid character. Flash followed flash, and peal succeeded peal, without intermission, during the whole time of the continuance of the storm. For the last two days the heat has been most oppressive, the thermometer this day at one o'clock, in the shade, standing as high as 82 degrees. THE FRENCH IN OTAHEITE.—LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 5. —The Boston Advertiser publishes the following import.. ant intelligence from Otaheite:—" The latest accounts we have previously seen reported the facts of a collision having occurred between thd natives and the French ; but the statement now given adds, it will be observed, that the town has been evacuated alik e by English and French:—` From the Society Islands—By a recent arrival at New Bedford, advices have been received from Otaheite to April 15. The natives had made a vigorous assault upon the French garrison, and had driven them from the land. The European residents had been com pelled to flee with their effects on board the French vessels of war. After the evacuation of the town the French vessels opened a fire upon THE SPA ...FIELDS BURIAL-GROUND.—Mr. Bram well has at length made his award. He prohibits any further burials or disturbance of the ground, save in cer tain parts of the churchyard, for ten years ; directs that no coffin of five feet or upwards shall be buried in any grave not deep enough to lie over the upper part of such coffin a thickness of soil of five feet ; coffins to be buried one or more deep in a vertical direction. When a coffin has been buried one year they shall not bury over or disturb it. There shall be a horizontal or lateral direction, one foot at least between coffins buried in the ground. No coffin to be removed or disturbed, nor any body or part of any body, for ten years from the time of burial. This award is dated the 9th of May last. The parts of the ground to be hereafter used can only be properly understood by examining a plan ; they comprise that portion bounded on the east by part of the western wall of the dwelling-house, and part of the ground bounded on the north by the north wall of that house, &c. BARNET FAlR. — Yesterday (Monday) this great cattle fair terminated ; a great deal of stock changed ownership. The cattle breeders held out for high prices the preceding days of the fair, and purchasers did well by waiting, and obtained cattle at an advantage yester day. A large number of Scotch runts were turned out sold, destined for the grazing counties. Some well bred Durham and polled milch cows were bought at 16 to 18 guineas, calves inclusive. Prime bullocks (Devons) re tained prices at first asked. In the sheep pens there was but little business, the chief supply ha v i ng b een so ld out. In the horse-fi e ld business was lively to the end of the fair, and the best description of horses fetched good prices. The Welsh horse-dealers have made a good harvest. The ponies and foresters were of better stamp than is usually presented for sale, and conse quently met with a better sale and corresponding prices. - LOCUSTS IN ENGLAND.—As a proof of the approxi mation of our climate this summer to that of eastern countries, it may be worth recording, that our island has been visited by a swarm of those destructive insects, the great brown locusts. A few stragglers have visited this vicinity, two specimens of which were taken to our museum, where one of them is now alive, and in full vigour. A northern paper mentions the fact of the swarm having been seen at Sunderland, and that they travelled in a sourtherly direction. Norfolk Chronicle. RAILWAYS V. STAGE. COACHES.—The short interval that has elapsed since the Bradford and Leeds Railway was opened has served to sweep away almost all the stage coaches from that road, though there used to be not an hour in the day when they were not running from the two towns.—Leeds Mercury. A PRINCE KILLED IN A DUEL.—GRATZ (STYRIA), Aua. 21.—Owing to au altercation which took place at a ball between the Prince of Tour and Taxis, Lieutenant- Colonel of Hussars, and Captain Schnedt, of the Infan try, a meeting with pistols took place, and the former was killed on the spot, having received the bullet of his adversary in the breast.. The event caused a capful sensation at Gratz. The Prince of Tour and Taxis, of the illustrious family of the same name, was only thirty five years of age, and universally esteemed for his amiable qualities. A CENTRAL SUN.—Dr. Madler, the professor of astronomy at Dorpat, has published the result of th e re searches pursued by him uninterruptedly during the last sixty years, upon the movements of the so-called fixed stars. These more particularly relate to the star Alcyone (discovered by him), the brightest of the seven bright stars of the group of the Pleiades. This star he states to be the central sun of all the systems of stars known to • us. He gives its distance from the boundaries of our • system at tiiirty•four million times the distance of the sun from our earth; a distance which it takes 537 years for light to traverse. Our sun takes 182 million years to accomplish its course round this central body, whose mass is 117 million times larger than the sun. TEE GREAT BRITAIN.—The riecesfary , repairs having been e ff ec t e d, t h e G reat B r i ta i n w as on Saturday morning floated out of the graving dock and bert h ed frm l ed, n the Cuburg. H er p assenger list, we are in f o rmed, already presents a gratifying a ppearance.—Li , erpoo Albion ASTLEY'S AniE. A new ballet, The Vine-dresser's Dauoiter, was b' • produced here last evening with much success. The plot presents nothing out of the ordinary cast of these productions. A village swain is in love with the beauty of the hamlet, who returns his affection. A rich rival, and the opposition of parents, throw the usual barriers in the way of true lovers. The inter position of the fairy world smooths the way for the happiness of the rural lovers, who find in matrimony the accomplishment of all their wishes. These inci dents afforded ample opportunity for the display of ome excellent duncing, by Mr. Harvey, Miss L. Waiie and the corps de danseuses, which enabled the company to retire in the best possible humour with the amusements of the evening. The Ballet was preceded by Damon end Pythias, the attraction of which continues undiminished. The scenes in the circle were truly wonderful. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE The performances, last night at this p3pular place of entertainment were marked by the appearance of Mr. Charles Kemble Mason, in the arduous character of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. This gentleman is the nephew of Mr. Charles Kemble, and is the last of that family. After having been about fourteen years in the United States of America, where he has earned considerable renown as a successful repre sentator of the principal characters of Shakspere, he has returned to this country, and exhibited in his first performance on a London stage the command of dramatic powers which admirably fit him to grapple with the difficulties of this, the most stupendous con ception of our immortal ard. It was manifest that close study of the character had in hand its proper effect in " suiting the word to the action—the action to the word." The interviews with the Ghost and the soliloquy in the grave-yard were admirable pieces of acting, and the fencing scene with Laertes were gone through in true fencing grace. Mrs. Honner performed Ojhelia very pleasingly. At the conclusion of the piece Mr. Mason was loudly called for, and announced the piece for repetition amidst loud applause. CREMORNE GARDENS. Yesterday Mr. Green made another ascent from these gardens in the " Nassau Balloon." In order to render this more attractive, Mr. Green took up with him, at tached to the car, two parachutes containing monkeys. We have on former occasions referred to the amusing descent of one of the above animals in a like convey ance. The circumstance, however, of a double descent was, perhaps, never before heard of. The descente was intended for a race, but it could scarcely be denominnted such ; the almost impossibility of starting the two para chutes at exactly the same time, and the procuring of two animals of equal weight, would render it, if so styled, exceedingly unfair. The balloon having been properly inflated by means of the monstre gasineter, Mr. Green entered the car, accompanied by a party, among whom were Mr.. and Mrs. Van Burin, Madame Corti, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, relatives of Mr. Green, and the balloon was then allowed to rise slowly in the air. It took a northerly direction ; at some distance from the gardens, but perfectly in view of the visitors, the pare-• chutes were unfastened and allowed to drop ; They descended several feet closed, but afterwards gradually opening, they came down slowly and perpendi cu l ar l y . The other amusements consisted of singing and dancing in the orchestra, and on the spacious stage, under the able direction of Mr. John Ryan, the stage manager. Among the vocal and instrumental pieces which gained the greatest applause were—overture, " Fra Diavolo ;" " Cremorne Polka," " The Fairest Land," Mrs. Browning ; " The deep, deep Sea," Miss Love ; " The Horn of Chase," Mr. Brown ; and two comic songs by Mr. Cowell, all of which were given in a very creditable manner. M. Corri's monkeys and dogs went through their performances ; these surprising animals appear to amuse more and more at every exhibition. The evening's amusements concluded with a grand display of fireworks. The gardens were crowded to excess. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY EVENING.--The announce ment that his Royal Highness Prince Albtrt will visit the Association at the first general meeting on Thursday evening, and also attend all the different national meet. ings, has infused a new spirit into the exertions of the local committee here, whilst it also gives a new and very interesting feature to the proceedings of the coming congress. No particular preparations will, however, be made for his reception, it being the expressed wish of his Royal Highness that his visit shall be merely in his characthr as a private member, and with the same un ostentation which has characterised his visit to most of the scientific institutions of the metropolis. This fresh recognition of the claims of science by royalty will, it is expected, give quite a new impetus to the exertions of the Association both at present and in prospective. This will not, however, be the only royal recognition of the present meeting, as M. Struse and M. Von Mindeschorff will be here as scientific deputies from the Emperor of Russia ; as well as M. Oerated and M. Forchanner from Copenhagen. expressly sent over by the King of Den mark, and M. Retzins and M. Schwarberg. deputed from Stockholm by the King of Sweden ; whilst the science of Prussia will, as on several previous occasions, be re presented by the Chevalier Bunsen, ambassador from that country. Other-foreign distinguished savans whose names are announced to be present, are M. Rose, from Berlin; M. Schonbein, from Basle ; and MM. Elie de Beaumont, Dumas, and Constant Prevost, from Paris ; besides many others of scarcely less distinguished note, for whose reception accommodation Las been provided at the houses of the principal local members. The Vice Presidents, who are the Marquis of Win chester, the Earl of Yarborough, Viscount Palmerston, M.P.; Lord Bishop of Oxford, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir George Staunton, Bart., M.P.; Pro fessor Owen and Professor Baden Powell, have also an nounced their intention of being present, besides which the scientific ranks of the meeting are expected to be filled up more efficiently than even on any previous occasion. SUICIDE AT BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE.—On Monday morning, about two o'clock, a n e ld er l y man , apparen tly about fifty years of age, was o b serve d to b e i n a ver y excited state on Blackfriars-bridge. He ran to the steps on the Surrey side, and threw himself head foremost into the river. An alarm was immediately raised, and Inspector Grimaton, of the Thames police, and his boat's crew were soon on the spot. After three hours search, the body of the unfortunate man was found, and con veyed to the workhouse in Christchurch. He was dressed in a fustian jacket, corded breeches, grey stock ings, and laced-up b6ots. In his pocket was found a tobacco box, with " J. Manning" marked on th lid. DEATH FROM A FALL. - -Yesterday, Mr. William Cum., the Coroner for Surrey, received information of the death of Mr. Smith, of the Crown and Cushion, Westminster-road, Lambeth. It appears that on Satur day evening last the deceased retired to his bed-room, and some time afterwards, on one of his relations going into his apartment, he was found lying in blood by the fireside. There was a fearful wound on the deceased's forehead, from which the blood was flowing. There is no doubt that he fell from his seat, and struck his head against the fender. The latter showed a great indenta tion where the head had come in contact. Mr. Berrall, surgeon, was called in, and he attended upon the de ceased until Sunday, when he died. FRIGHTFUL EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER.—An accident of a most lamentable character happened yes terday to a gentleman of the name of Willts, one of the clerks in the House of Commons, who resides in Marsham street, Westminster. Mr. Wilks was sprinkling grains of gunpowder from a powder flask over some red hot cinders, and while so occupied the flask, which con tained about a pound of powder, exploded with a ter rific noise, tearing Mr. Wilks's hand and arm in a frightful manner, and breaking the windows in the room. Mr. Wilks was conveyed immediately to the Westminster Hospital, where he was attended to by Mr. Wildbore, the house surgeon, and afterwards by , Mr. Anthony White, the head surgeon, by whom every thing was done which their skill could suggest ; but the hand is so dreadfully lacerated that it is feared ampu tation may be necessary. FRIGHTFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday afternoon, as a man named James Clarke was driving a couple of horses attached to a timber truck up Ebury-street, Pimlico,-he fell off the fore horse, on which he was riding, and be fore he had time to get out of the way the wheels of the vehicle passed over his legs and body. He was picked up in an insensible state, bleeding in a frightful manner, and having been placed on a bed of straw in a li g h t cart , he was removed to St. George's Hospital, where he re mains without any hope of recovery. ROASTING AN Ox TO COMMEMORATE THE RE PEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS.—Yesterday a vast number of persons were assembled near the Pearson Arms, Pearson-street, Kingsland-road, in consequence of a large ox being roasted at the rear of the premises, to commemorate the repeal of the corn-laws. The immense carcase, ornamented with various -coloured ribbons, was placed before an enormous fire at seven o'clock in the morning, and was visited by a large concourse of persons during the day. At five o'clock in the evening the roasted ox was taken from the fire and cut up, when an immense number partook of it at a very sm a ll c h arge. A number of gentlemen also dined together in the club room. SWIMMING FEAT.—Yesterday afternoon, at a quarter-past four, the announcement that Leeson, of Somers-town, would leap from Hungerford- bridge, and , hat his f r i en d s swim to waterloo - bridge , in five minutes and twenty five seconds, attracted a lar g e concourse of per s o ns . Several policemen were in attendance to pr event Leeson o d l i ir e g m e e r n o dangerous n experiment thezong scent as to the place from which he was to le a p , he succeeded in evad ing them, and gallantly leape d f rom about the middl e o f h fr a o v in in making a p k u i t n t g h e the policemen the bridge into the river. He fell somewhat awkwardly on his side, and it was the opinion of the spectators that he must have hurt himself, but he showed no symptoms of having received any injury. He instantly emerged from under the water, and bore away in excellent style towards Waterlou-bridge, which he reached in 4 minutes and 45 seconds, thus winning his bet of 151. to 101. amidst the cheers and congratulations of his friends. It ought to be mentioned that it was full tide at the time Leeson performed the feat. Mrs. General Hughes is expected to leave Bom bay this month for England, on acceunt of her health. Her husband, General Hughes, C. 8., commands the northern division of the Bombay army; and the cho lera, now so prevalent and so fatal in Sinde, first broke out at his head-quarters, Ahmedabad. THAMES AMATEUR REGATTA This minor " Aquatic Festival" came off yesterday, and everything augured favourably for its annual recur rence and continuous success. Indeed, the committee have every reason to be gratified with the results of their exertions. The subscriptions were liberal, the prizes handsome, the entries numerous, the names good, and the races well contested. But though the programme was inviting, the attendance, owing to the advanced period of the season, was thin. The prizes were for sculls, pair of oars, and four-oared boats; and the course for the two former was the space between Putney and Hammersmith bridges, and for the latter from Chiswick Ait to Putney. Pair -oared Match for silver wherries, at half-past one. Messrs. Playford and Strutton (Purple) 1 Dyett and Murray (Red and Black) 2 Duplan and Plunkett (Green) 3 The three started off evenly together, but the first pair soon took the lead and kept it. The race for second plat: was exciting for about half a mile • but at Ilain mersmith-bridge th ere was a distanca Of three boats' lengths between the first and second, and more than that between the second and third. Second heat, at two o'clock. Messrs. Richards and Walford (Pink) 1 Ernest and Brown (Light blue) 2 St. Aubyn and Layton (White) 0 As the first boats in this heat were entitled to row in the grand heat, the interest was very soon over ; for Messrs. Layton and St. Aubyn, when opposite Finch's struck an oar against a skiff, and capsized instantly, and Pink went through Hammersmith. bridge apparently an easy winner. The next on the list was—Th'e Scullers' Match for gold sculls, the first heat for which started at twenty minutes past two, Messrs. Baldry (Orange) 1 Groves (Light Blue) 2 Hookey (Red) 3 Basset withdrawn. This heat needs no description, as the winner simply took the lead and kept it easily, Light Blue treating Red in a similar manner. Second heat—(lo min. to 3). Messrs. Conant (Purple) 1 Allan (Green) 2 Innes withdrawn The first man only in this heat was eligible for the grand heat, and it was looked forward to with much interest, and was considered to be conclusive, from the two best men being in this heat. Mr. Allan had the Surrey station, and on the word "off" being given had managed matters so well that in three strokes he was his length clear ahead. This pride of place was transient enough, for in 50 yards Mr. Conant was up to him, now by him, off Finch's was five boats ahead, and ultimately won as he liked. The first heat of the Four-oared Match for a Presen tation Cup, Silver Oars, and Rudder, came off at a quar ter-past three. Cygnet Herne Club Nelson All three started well together, but the " nose" of Black soon drew in front. Off the committee's barge Pink fouled their oars and stopped, and the race was finished as described above. Second heat—(2o min. to 4.) Sphynx Triton (Light Blue) 2 Ariel s ta l t n i onc,onosqwe in u g en t c o e of the A Mr. Allan, llan riel ,thneo their bow appearing how oar, no a t t h t e h i e n i g r able to get back from Hammersmith so soon after his heat for the sculls, the others started without them, it being understood that the first boat only was entitled to row in the grand heat. The Sphynx Club won this heat by severel lengths, but for the first mile had to row " all they knew" to do so. The final heat for the Pair Oars came off at four o'clock. Messrs. Playford and Stratton (Purple) 1 Richards and Walford (Pink) 2 Murray and Dyett (Red and Black) 3 Oa the word " off" being given, Messrs. Playford and Strutton " got to work" like lightning, and in spite of the good rowing opposed to them we thought they were going " slick' away without more ado ; but off Searle's the swell of a steamer baulked them, and enabled red and black to come up on one side and pink on the other, the former touching purple's quarter, but in stantly easing, and thereby losing a boat's length. All theirwer e I n e o ad w b at ut w in o c r r k ea a s g e a d in it ; at b e u v t e p ry u :s p t l r e ok n e o , t an on d ly pa k ss e ed under the bridge ten boats' lengths ahead. The struggle pt for second place was severe, but was won by pink. At a quarter to five, the tide having fairly turned, the final heat for the Sculls was started down from Ham mersmith to Putney. Conant (Purple) 1 Baldry (Orange) 2 Groves withdrawn This, as was expected, was all one way, for Mr. Co nant, over a course of this description, is one of the very best men we have. Mr. Baldry sculls well, and is a fine made young man of 18 or 19, and in two or three years, if he goes on sculling, will stand in the first rank. As it was, Mr. Conant won as he liked. The race of the day decidedly was the final heat for the Four-oared Match, at half-past five. Ariel Club .. . (Green) 1 Sphynx Club (Red) 2 Cygnet Club (Black) 3 Herne Club (Black and White) 4 Much murmuring ensued when the committee decided on allowing the Ariel to row in the grand heat, as they thus came unfatigued against their more exhausted op ponents. Having been allowed to row, however, no ob jection corafil be raised to their receiving the prize when victorious. The race itself was glorious, the first and second boats corning through Hammersmith-bridge (from Chiswick Eyot) perfectly level, with black waiting on them most unpleasantly—the Herne Club unalterably astern. This was too good to last, however, for off the Crabtree green drew ahead inch by inch, and succeeded in placing two boats' lengths between themselves and red, the distance between red and black being about the same.