The Sun. — London, England, 1846-10-27 00:00:00

r:Fui ^ T l Zll'7' 1,T7 11-‘r. • • that h • • hi O f u roueht b y the IVatsiiingtoti Irving ; a summary d 0 "t h was sent you this morning. We I, not observe any further intelligence of 142.Portanee from the army of occupation or the Mex _‘an troee s P under the command of Ampudia, who tvr?“ stationed at Monterey, where he was determined I,l°heentest the further progress of' General Taylor. 4 : fullowing summary of the news, as contained in iti .ew York piper of the Bth, will show that the % lle " now landed are only an amplification of inform ation contained in our dispatch of this mor ning: Par 4 e l ll , lle qb only eight days have elapsed since the de -4 u 1 , e " t the Cambri a , a very cons id era bl e change plans veto have be en effected mean time in the ienetsholnd eo aditions of the wa r With Mexico—all pre (Lim Pe of an am i ca bl e settlement seems to b e a b an - The ,: e l n tl conquest i s now t h e avowe d an d open game. illterr u t r }e ,Y 01. the Ameri c a n G ene r a l, advancing into the ?cur' of as her e t o f ore b een to spare i n every way the ri. 4ol4 e d f , thei country— to conv i nce them that the war tot t o • for the overt h row of their Government, and sup plies n.lnre th em ; and to conciliate support and o b ta i n tha i In an en emy ' s country, b y pay i ng for erhhv er l. y- Evei'ittNuired f or t h e use of the troops. N ow , tha t it announced in the official paper at Washington, Mexi c o as bi - en decided, si n ce the postponement by lb o _f fe o e f the overtures of peatte from us, to make the P ° l the pressure and calamities of war, by levy lat'air!snatious upon them for the use of the army. t ight respects, says the official organ, their lives, rou st b _ and property will be respected ; but they of th""nade to suffer by contributing to the support hav e e W ar. what effect this change of system will Tlltar oll t he popular feeling, remains to be proved. the there has been manifested general unwillingness °4 ll zi rr P n art of the Mexicans to swell the ranks of their *ltieh - ,:" l ess and a readiness to trade with the invaders, 811 oh e' ve n tba'penalty of death proclaimed against all rest by Gezeral Ampudia and ethers has not been able to Ne t , r • " hen we, however, levy contributions at the the f in tue bayonet, instead of paying for what is taken, 44 0 ,7 Of things may change essentially; and the popu k e n „" r, almost indifferent, may be converted in ' 41 1141'0 11:l ie; and a gaerilla war may ensue, the more the county a s'l to our troops the further they advance into a tipplie y , , and interpose between themselves and their w and the Rio Grande, mountain ranges and narrow G 't, Passes. be found in this paper the proclamation of d 'oat Of c"arny on taking p pssession of Santa Fe, an t it erey. i?naniedore Sloat on taking possession of Mon- L 'ese e ;," 3 th purport to annex the regions of which qoue e f o - r s i e l, s are the chief places to the United States, and 20 far as the proclamations have any force No o 'P i Ptir Calif orn i a an d a ll N e w M e xico, " with the tie q t'' boundaries on both sides of the Rio (lel e t ? l,ri. i t e e r a e to be taken and held as part and parcel of ar e a , States ; the inhabitants of these countries T r e d " as citizens of the United States ; ' and ‘etio ' la w rit ,"„`ezieo, the penalties of treason are expressly I, ve rY' r ck e ',,, b .Y General Kearney's proclamation against eiat eeeottant thereof " found in arms against the C ^m °ta tes or instieating others" to take up arms. 11 3's: 1 1 °1 ' 4) re Sloat does not go so far as this, yet he too Uti!tadi e nceforth C a lif o r n i a w ill be a portion of the e s kee t ate!, and i ts p eacea bl e i n habitants will enjoy %er - r ights and privileges as the citizens of any /t Portion o f the nation. titit e nnot be supp ose d t h at t h ese t wo officers of the e' tat es military and naval service would have ith ou ' e ' upon issuing proclamations such as these, express instructions—and then arises a question rlfie w , ill be warmly discussed among ourselves), of ", 4 tini i " : L ot' the Ex ecut i ve t h us to st i pu l ate , w ith ou t cen -4046'" a nnexation of whole foreign countries and The populations. th ese ,nnie proceeding, and the language and spirit of 'etihst-'clarnations, rem ' l like proclamations and bu.l tstio hel t , t he generals of the French Republic, when in ,‘,o be e - s"" i t of her revolutionary trenzy. France affected u zse s - i 4u ting the battles of treedom; absolved the ci thei . _ef all the countries which her armies overrun from li eri % w ented allegiance, and claimed them and the ter. Pre liet : which they inhabited, as part and p4rcel of the t tided itqublic, one and indivisible! How that story 41lee is we have seen. How our second-hand perform virttle. te result must depend upon the wisdom and k ea „ q . the American people. the 4 :time, however, some of the promises made by 4 0r e "'lnarnanders are certainly to be violated. Commo °ea r ,or instance, says, 4i f •• All supplies and provi- Nee, ut hished for the use of the United States ships or be paid for at fair rates, and no private pro be taken for public use without just compen holl,at the moment." A like promise was made in an aa'r°claroation by GenaralTaylor on the Rio Grande, tl fEel % r w We are told by the Washington Union, the Peep, Paper, that "contributions are to be levied on the curb -,!1,()f Atexico," in order that they may feel the prey er n w ar, and thus be compelled to influence their g e o : ket it: nts to listen to peacful overtures. Our G e o a y s e u r re toeb o S ays the Union, "has determined, - the au ti ge its in some to , P o licY, and to make our enemies contribute ,that th l3 P 4 t of our troos." Here we have the declaration e ettv e - " e People of Mexico, against whom heretofore Wearofessed not to war, are now held as " enemies." r e n tr r eet this change of policy may have on the e re _ a Y er ee; t e h e war, or the resistance which the people 'etnei_ ,he roused to make against the in armies, The Lo be seen. e latest accounts from ourcolumns advancing against oetere • e Were Y Import that the rancheros, or husbandmen, leren e ls ; L PPearing from the country around, and the in ante % e l that they were gathering to the standard of kar e e Cter, in order to harass and resist the onward o ,t‘ the American forces. th a ,"! dates from Seralvo are of the 25th of August ; t at e ita.‘ dates it was believed that General Taylor, with: te tit ill body of his army, would soon reach Monterey, n ot la not without a contest on the route; and ° Merit had been made at _ expecting to hear that a stand p t4 ,. ° ll uae advantageous . position on the road, by Am and his forces, and that a battle was fought, be th'e our columns could make their way good. That 1 ,,, ; 73' will make their way good is not doubted. There be more difficulty afterwards in maintaining their - 4 0 of communication with the Rio Grande, on which a re the main supplies, unless the route from Tampico than also be occupied by a new expedition. It is con lectured that some such expedition is now in agitation. 'ad that Tampico is to be reduced, and thence a new eoluinn is to be directed towards that advancing from eittnar g o. _ _ - COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. ,The foll ow i ng, ta k en from the New York Courier and En quirer, gives almost all the details of news of import ante that is worthy of notice. ~, The arrival of the Great Western steamer on the 20th i l't , and of the Hibernia with dates to the 19th u ~ ce r „ - " 3 d inst., gave quite an impetus to our .prodli -krketand cotton and bread-stuffs all went up in price.. k A v _ , co . tl.:.itre hourly looking . for the Great Britain, of which 4 intelligence, according to its tenor, .may re-animate I3 th l ' e d ;Press our markets. We . say re-animate, for,within 410, '4 St day or two the prices obtained on Saturday 11001 1 and Monday for flour and grain, have some *?'at abated, and die . purchases made are rather on %lllatseiuleation than for shipment. As high as 5 dolls. 75 c. 1 / 2 1 u _ . e i n Paid for flour of the best brands : now 5 dolls. q w e at. s the top price. 11 however, annex copious We %1 to , day. ' i ii lon s of the closing prices ii lc 0 reepipts of flour at tide water this year exceed c4 d l° , ! . last year, thus far, 688,512 barrels,. and as ac eaam 0 to ordinary calculation, we have six weeks of 41) ircaigation still before us, the crops have been t4u4facli,t, ,-nd the prices are now as hi h enough to tempt s ible g in the market, we e is ,„ _r_lll r to be as early as f s ,'Peet a very large addition pos to the supply. Ltit ; I ,. tt i corn of the present crop is not yet in market, vigetio,,e°od deal will be received before the close of nit kr th e , and immense quantities will remain on hand It.„Bl3r.ing demand. ~iiilli pecting The cer cotton, there is nothing t m o sr b . e added to Sie et Was written by the previous li sti l s of a deficient crop this year is s t seem to fall off ae asibl Ri ld as the consumption does n? s ' tea admitted on all the power of tho e , .Y en this side, it will be quite , within Nceilll.tile trade on the other, side . to make their own Ntle:tions as to the prospect of prices for the year to Oa r ,„ de 41 40 1 tr9tley market is easy: there . .is not, however, °l g in stocks. The conviction that the Fe I° fae?tkernment will require a good dkeeaelposf capitalmone -4 setpege e xpenditures for the aise ten mil ilPtioti und er The Secretary of the w T ar reasury has the ° °B er the law of July last to r h— au* 1 uella re .wh:_, f ar h, , ry notes only, of by loan or Treasury notes, or bot i tee ah-v h as resorted to Treasury notes li e was ; 31 thiC °ll t two millions have been -a, 8 ettY Within a day or two, i s s e s eking to bor °Pos*(44° three or four millions of the banks, en en H a e ~eati 1111,1 Treasury notes, but without t-.tleer--mY, in the present state of the re s v u enue, which o r t' nr, asi ng, keep out any considerable amount: i. of Tres h enough el te ! , for they do not bear an interest kli a see tnetu desirable for investments of money; ig and is I let "a " them to be paid into the Customhouseessed in an largesufficient to keep them above par P if -. r s i x per e ent, fA quantity in the market. A loan at 41 Ied, -1. .,a term of twenty . years would be readily the antt Probably at a premium; but the Secretary is 44 t ilerl ln eeting Con ess with such palpab e eviedet of nc , 4 11-eu3? w ould be presented of the commencemn lbus N„ t en * ar debt. To this complexion, however, things te e f l tt le, or the T reasury will run down. 411 t)' be " te on England has somewhat receded, and je , quoted at from 8f to 81. The increased value . ° gland - has swelled and is S Welli n of our products, which th e 10 g the fund against which bills are drawn, and .. 4il ai is s i, e2 ,,i l Pon most sales of imported goods, which ' 4l ° a rm; ol'ufe amount to be remitted, concur to lower tenersi excnange. We refer for details to the . of quotations annexed, which are made up to this --ktoon, J‘tru i , 133a llif; '81341r , 1 P,31 . --There was a little better . feeling sal es -s ted in the stock market this morning. The 4 aligh t ivere more extensive than those of yesterday and i ) advance was obtained on several descriptions. 4 let e c a te n r ge has not been particularly active, and we dare eo tt esterday's quotations. ar e *rn°ll.--The sales to-day have been moderate—prices AY.and and Fl or id a. M o bil e an d N . O. Inferi or none. Ord. ••• ••• ... none. .t o good • ord. ..• 81. a 9 Eti a 9 AM. to mill. .. 9 4 a 9 l 9 :1 a 101 fatr to fair . .. 10 a 10k MI all Full fair to good fair 101 a 10 8 11 4 a . lli 114111. e... —. —* none, ncl our for shipmen t , &c.--There has been some inquir y fo r _ bse to France, and about 7,000 barrels have ne ll sold at 0; 62k. Sale; of Ohio, Michigan and Gc• le, have been )41 made at S 5 561, modand of aoteld Michigan at is steady , with er sales ; 2 000 , 441 s Geheat nesee white sold at a fractio n over S 1 20. . A , heq r..rn -7 n ar , .ivf , (IPrnmnd 84 for Pots, and $4 50 SO UM. AM ERIt.,A. - - AFFAIRS OF THE RIO DE LA PLATA.---The follow ing articles, agreed to by Rosas and °rite, form the basis of the arrangement by which Mr. Hood has proposed to compromise all differences between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video. Should either party refuse compliance, France and England will then withdraw their interven tion, and have the rival states to settle their own (Lis- putes. " 1. The Governments of France and England, in coujunetion with Governor Rosas, shall procure a suspension of hostilities between the Oriental forces within the city of Monte Video and those in the country. " 2. The armistice being obtained, the Ministers Ple nipotentiary of France and England shall require ct the Government the disarming of all foreigners at present under arms, whether in Monte Video or in any other part of the territory. 3. Simultanously with the disarming of the fo reigners, Rosas shall withdraw the Argentine forces from every point of the territory. "4. Immediately on the preceding stipulations being executed—that is, to say, the foreigners disarmed, and the country evacuated by the Buenos Ayreans—the blockade of the Argentine ports shall be raised, the Island of Martin Garcia restored to the Government of Buenos Ayres, the vessels of war which were seized re turned, in as nearly as possible the same condition as when taken, and under a salute of 21 guns to the Argen tine flag, and 41 merchant vessels captured on either side shall be restored to their respective owners. " 5. The navigation of the River Parana shall con tinue to be considered as internal navigation, subject to the laws and regulations of the Argentine Republic alone, so long as that republic occupies both banks of the river. - " 6. It is recognised and declared that the Argentine Republic possesses the full and tree exercise of all the rights of peace and war which belongs to any other state; and it is admitted, that the pi inciples up , ,n which the intermediating Powers have proceeds d, in their tem porarily interrupting the belligerent rights of that re public, would have been equally as applicable, under similar circumstances, to England or France. " 7. 'An election of a President of the Republic shall be held in the Oriental state, strictly according to the constitutional laws of the country, General Oribe previ ously binding himself to abide by, and conform with, the result of that election. 8. A general amnesty, reciprocal and complete, for persons and properties; en acknowledgment of the rights of all foreigners, and justice administered to their claims, if well founded. " Without prejudice to this amnesty, should Rosas find just reason to complain of those emigrants resident in the Oriental Republic, through whose proceedings the friendly relations of the two countries may stand in danger of being compromised, such individuals can be removed to a distance from the coasts, under a guard, or sent to a foreign port by them named. " 9. These bases, admitted by Rosas and by Oribe, if the Government of the Republic should reject them, the Ministers Plenipotentiary shall declare that they with draw the intervention of their Governments, and shall withdraw it effectually, if their persuasions are ineffec tual." MR. C. TENNYSON D'EYNCOURT. - TO THE EDITOR OF 7'HE SUN. SIR, —I observe in several London newspapers a state ment, upon the authority of the Dublin Evening Post, that I and all my family "had conformed to the Church of Rome." This statement is erroneous. It pains me dceply thnt my eldest daughter, now abroad, should have become a convert to the Roman Catholic faith; but I hope you will allow me, through the medium of your journal, to say, for myself and every other member of my family, that we remain unshaken in our firm attachment to the Protestant religion.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, CHARLES TENNYSON D'EYNCOURT. Bayous Manor, Oct. 23, 1816. COURT CIRCULAR. - - WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Royal Family took their acmistomed exercise this morning on the eastern terrace of the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Cr)lonel Seymour and Mr. G. E. Anson, rode out on horseback this morning. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Hesse, attended by Baroness Scheel and Baron Meysenbuch, arrived at Marlborough House at twelve o'clock yesterday, from the residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. at Kew. The Princess, attended by her suite and the Earl of Denbigh, went to the Adelphi, and embarked on a steam-boat proceeding down the River to Greenwich, to inspect the Royal Hospital, and returning up the River to the Tower, where her Royal Highru-ss disem barked, and was conducted through the interior of that fortress. The Princess afterwards returned to Marlborough House, and at five o'clock took her departure, attended by Baroness Scheel, the Earl of Denbigh, and Baron Mays( much, for the Euston-square terminus, and left for Watford, en route to Cashiebury Park, Herts, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager. Prince Callimaki, the Turkish Minister, transacted business yebtmlay, at the Foreign-office. Baron Brun now, the Russian Minister, also transacted business yes terday at the Foreign-office. The Lord Mayor had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing street. Dispatches from the Governor of New Zealand were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. HER MAJESTY'S RETURN FROM HATFIELD HOUSE. HATFIELD, SATURDAY EVENING —The visit of her Majesty and Prince Albert to the Marquis of Salisbury terminated this afternoon, when they returned to Windsor Castle. Before dinner on Friday evening the Mayor of Hertford was presented to her Majesty. He was the bearer of addresses from the Corporation of Hertford to her Majesty and the .Prince. The following is the address to her Majesty:— " TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " May it please your Majesty,—We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the ancient and loyal borough of Hertford, in Council assembled, beg Lave dutifully to approach your Majesty with the expression of our loyalty and devoted attachment to your Majesty's royal person and government. " We hail with satisfaction your Majesty's visit to scenes once familiar to England's most illustrious Queen, where many of her early days were passed, and which she quitted only to occupy a throne and control events the most glorious in our annals. - " We tender to your Majesty the same reverential homage, we cherish the same warm feelings of loyalty and affection as were then exhibited towards your Majesty's august predecessor, and it is our earnest prayer to Almighty God that your Majesty may long live in the enjoyment of every bleseing, to reign over a grateful, happy, and prosperous people." The address to Prince Albert was as follows : " TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT. " May it please your Royal Highness,—We, her Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Mayor, Alder men. and Burgesses of the ancient and loyal borough of Hertford, in Council as •embled, beg leave respectfully t• approach your Royal Highness on the occasion of the visit of her Majesty and your Royal Highness to the Most Noble the Marquis of Salisbury, at Hatfield House. " We humbly avail ourselves of the opportunity thus afforded to us of expressing to your Royal Highness our devoted loyalty to her Majesty the Queen, and of renew ing the homage of our unfeigned respect and attachment to your Royal Highness ; and we ardently hope that your Royal Highness may long live in health and happi ness to enjoy the attachment acid devotion of all her Majesty's subjects." filer Majesty received these:addresses very graciously. The Mayor of Hertford afterwards formed one of the dinner party. The grand ball, to which 500 persons resident in the county were invited, took place in the evening. Her Majesty sat at one end of the gallery, on a raised seat, known as Queen Anne's chair, and as the guests arrived they passed before her. The company began to arrive soon after nine o'clock. Dancing commenced, to the music of Jullien's band, soon after half-past ten, and continued until two o'clock. In the first quadrille, with which the bull was opened, her Majesty danced with the Marquis of Salisbury, and Prince Albert with Lady Blanche Balfour. Her Majesty afterwards danced with the Marquis of Exeter and Earl Spencer, and Prince Albert danced in the course of the evening with Lady Charles Wellesley and Lady Beauvale. Her Majesty, the Prince, and a select party supped together, and the royal guests soon afterwards retired. In the morning the weather was most unfavourable, so much so that the Queen and Prince Albert could not take their usual walk. After breakfast, however, it cleared up a little, and the Prince, accompanied by some of the guests, went out shooting. Upwards of 300 head of game were killed by the party, of whom six only shot, including the Prince. Several of the chief visitors left at different times dur ing the morning. The Duke of Rutland left at an early hour, as did also the Duke of Wellington. His Grace was loudly cheered by the people of the place as he passed through. Among those who remained until after the departure of the royal party were Earl Talbot, Lord Ingestre. Lord and Lady Braybroke, the Hon. Miss Neville, Mr. and Lady Blatche Balfour, and Mr. Alexander and Lady Mildred Hope. After the Prince and shooting party had returned luncheon was served, and immediately before the royal party left Hatfield the Queen and Prince Albert, accom panied by the Marquis of Salisbury, Earl Talbot, Lord Ingestre, Mr. and Lady Blanche Balfour, Mr. and Lady Mildred Hope, Lord Robert Cecil, and Mre. Faithful, proceeded to the garden opposite the east front of the house, where preparations had been made for them to plant two young oak trees. A similar ceremony has been performed by them at other mansions they have visited. Two o'clock had been fixed as the hour of departure from Hatfield, but various causes of delay took place — among the rest a violent storm of heav y rain, a hi — among lasted a considerable time, and it was not till after three that the carriages were at last drawn up and the yeo manry escort formed. Her Majesty and the Prince took leave of the remaining guests, and of the daughters of their noble host, and immediately afterwards entered their carriage. The suite followed in other carriages. The Marquis of Salisbury attended the royal party same dieutnee on horseback. Although it still ontinued to rain heavily, the large numbers of persons who lied as sembled to see the Queen Mood Out the weather bravely, and loudly cheered the royal party as they passed. The same symptoms of welcome were exhibited at different points.on the route to Windsor, at St. Alban's, and at. \VnT:-.,71, which Iva- 1 - , rn the ore., a baud played the in.;.tauliai alli.11:111, and the bells rak.g a merry peal. From Watford the royal cavalcade passed through Moor Park, Pinner, and lla,refield (where a troop of the 12th Lancers relieved the escort of the Hefts Yeomanry), and so on to Uxbridge, where there was another change of horses. They arrived at Windsor Castle at about six o'clock, escorted by a detachment of the Ist Life Guards, commanded by the Marquis of Worcester. During the latter part of the journey the rain considerably abated. Both her Majesty and the Prince looked extremely well and in excellent spirits after their journey. FLANDERS MAIL. - - - BRUSSELS, OCT. 23.—Several journals, says the Moni teur, have spoken of the epidemic disorderC which pre vails in some communes of the districts of Sermonte, Malines and Brussels. We can say with certainty that no measures have been neglected to put a stop to this disorder, and the Inspector of Public Health has been ordered personally to see that all of the sanatory mea sures prescribed by the superior authorities are carried into execution. The disease is on the decline in most of the communes. Yesterday a very extraordinary phenomenon, which has not yet been accounted for, astonished the oldest sea men of the port of Antwerp. The tide was to rise till a quarter-past five, and it was, therefore, with extreme surprise that they perceived the waters to fall consider ably at five minutes past four. This circumstance is the more remarkable, because on account of the sea-moon a very high tide was expected. In consequence of this event the American three-masted ship the Shanunge, which was in the road, was nnable to enter the basin. The tempest which has been raging here since yesterday morning, has done considerable damage in the environs of the city of Brussels. The price having attained the rate at which the trea ties for the cessation of Bavaria to the Zollverein allow the suppression of duties, King Louis has just ordered the importation duty free of all kinds of provisions into his kingdom. Yesterday, in consequence of the unfavourable weather, six or seven merchantmen, which had left the port of Ostend, bound for Liverpool and Portugal, were obliged to put back, having been stopped about at sea for seven days without having lost sight of the coast. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Ocr.26.—Wind W.N.W., light breeze, and thick, hazy weather. DEAL, Ocr. 24.—Wind, A.M., S.W. to S.S.W., blowing very strong, with thick weather and rain; P.M., W., mode rate.-25, A.M., N. to N.N.W., and thick weather, with heavy rain ; P.M., E.N.E., squally. —24, Arrd. from the River, Calypso, Ettringham, Jamaica. Arrd. from the River, and sld., Lawrence, Salmon, Madras; Glen Huntley, Barr, Bom bay; Jane, Peters, Valparaiso; Chanticlear, Pratt, Zanzibar; David Luckie, Mitchell, Demerara; Standard, Fawcett, ditto; Sir John Rae Reid, Dyson, St. Kitt's ; Clifford, Rayner, Jamaica; Mayflower, New Orleans; St. James, Meyer, New York. Sid. the outwani-bound, except the Earl of Durham, for Sierra Leone, and Sussex, for St. Kitt's, the crews being refractory. Arrd. Tancred, St. Lucia. The Bellhaven has proceeded for the River, to repair damages, having been in contact with a schooner, name unknown, in the Channel. 23, The Alert, for Havannab, was in contact, in the Downs, yesterday, with the Kinnear, for Port Philip, and both received some damage. Put back, Vicar of Bray, Sawyer, for Iquique; Crusader, for Belize; Calesta, for ditto; Mina, for Antigua. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 24.--Wind W.N.W., fine, 25, N., fine. —Sid. Marmion, Fletcher, China ; Lady Flora, Kenrick, Cape and Madras ; Florenda, Hodgson, Ceylon ; Mercury, Ward, Mauritius ; Duke of Wellington, Leadbetter, St. John's, New Brunswick; Helen Thompson, Gray, ditto ; Conservative, Algoa Bay and Mauritius ; Die Keime Marie Courard, St. Croix ; Hector, Fox, Barbadoes and Jamaica ; Agnes, Burgess, Jamaica ; H. M.S. Eurydice, Cape of Good Hope ; Euphrates, Wilson, Sydney, New South Wales ; Margaret, Evans, Tinker, New York. The Leonidas, Otto, from Wyburg for Bordeaux, has been brought in leaky, and has partly discharged. ABERYSTWITH, Ocr. 23.—The Three Sisters, Davies, from Penlewan to Liverpool, grounded to-day near here and filled ; must discharge. The schooner Mary Jones, Hughes, of Aberdovey, is said to have gone on shore to-day, mouth of the Dovey. RAMSGATE, OCT. 24.—Wind, A.M., S.S.W., strong; P.M., S.W., light.—Arrd. Victorine, Lebourgeois, Bordeaux for Rouen, leaky, loss of sails, &c. ; Taurus, Henderson, Riga for Bridport, with damage, having been in contact. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 24.—Wind W., fresh ; 25th, N.N.W., fresh.—Arrd. Prima Donna, Howarth, Laguayra ; Uranea, Martin, Savanilla ; Rose, Honduras ; Henry Pratt, Hartley, New Orleans; Southerner. Palmer, New York; Washington Irvine, Boston. 25th, Great Western steamer. Mathews, New York, sai►ed the Bth instant; Oriental, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off port, Sarah barque. Sld. Mary Somerville, Johnson, Calcutta; Magellan, Hindmarsh, Lima; Mary Macintosh, Africa ; Lucille, Young, Hay ti ; Nuevo Ramonceto Havannah ; Fanny, New Orleans ; Patrick Henry, New York. 25. The Franconia, bound to New York, and the Mersey steamer for Dublin, were in contact in the river yesterday, and both returned to dock, the former with loss of cutwater, the latter with paddle-box stove. The Flora M•Donald, Grant, from Dublin to St. Stephens, was abandoned at sea 22d ult.; crew taken off by the Corsair, arrived at New York The Mary Ann, from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Liver pool, was abandoned at sea; crew saved by the Oriental, ar rived here. BIDEFORD, Ocr. 25. The Isabella, Marshall, from Bridgewater to Ireland, stranded near the lighthouse and sunk; crew saved. PADSTOIV, OCT. 24.—The Damascus, Bliss, from Liverpool to Bosten, has brought up off Boscastle, dismasted; an ex press has been sent to Hoyle for a steamer to assist her. InvnAcomnic, Ocr. 24.—Part of the poop of a ship (North American build) with beams and knees new coated, came ashore yesterday in Mart Bay. It blew a heavy gale last night from N.W. to N.N.E., this morning it is more mo derate and clear, wind N.E. PORT ISAAC, Ocr. 22.—The John and Susannah, Skinner, the Temperance, Hoskin, and the Samuel and Elizabeth, Hoskin, were in contact yesterday, and are all much da maged. PWZIELLI, Ocr. 23.—One small brig and a schooner are on shore near Criccieth ; crews saved. NEWPORT, PEMBROKESHIRE, Ocr. 22.—The Charlotte, Evans, and the schooner Union, both from the Clyde, came on shore at Poolguarlod. near this port, last night ; crews saved. Another schooner came on shore near the same place ; crew supposed to be lost. ABERAVION, CARDIGANSIIIILE, Oce. 24.—The Messenger, Garrick, of and from Liverpool to New Orleape, is on shore near this place dismasted, and part of cargo discharged; it is.feared she will become a total wreck • crew saved. It is blowing a severe gale. The Prince Albert, Newsom, from Liverpool to Rotterdam, which was stranded near Cardigan on the 22d instant, has been got off, after throwing the greater part of her cargo overboard, and has arrived at Cardigan. ABENDOVEY, Ocr. 23.—The Elizabeth, Tickle, from Liver pool to Jamaica, came on shore 8 miles north of this port this morning, is full of water, and expected to be a total wreck; crew (except one man) and part of cargo saved. WELLs, OCT. 24.—The Christians llaab, Asmussen, from Flensburg to Burnham, is on shore near the latter place, bat is expected off after discharging part of her cargo, should the weather moderate. TRALEE, Ocr. 22.—The William, Griffiths, of and for Lon don, from Kilrush, was lost off' the harbour of Valencia, 19th inst., with all hands ; part of cargo saved. A vessel, sup posed foreign, and from the Baltic, struck against the Meckalech Rock this morning, and foundered with all hands. LEITH, Ocr. 23.—S1d. Sylphiden, Elligers, Boston, United States. _ A BERDEEN, OCT. 23.—Wind S.E.—Arrd. Pacific, Read, Davis' Straits. DUNFANAGHY (DONEGAL), OCT. 23. --The British Queen, of Runcorn, from Liverpool to Westport, went on shore in Shaphaven Bay last night; crew and part of cargo saved. Two vessels are on shore at Dowings, and one at Ballynoss. DOvER, Ocr. 24.—The Peri, Harris, from London to St. Michael's, got on shore in Dungeness Bay, but - assisted off and into here without damage. 25. The Joseph, Painter, of Colchester, for Nantes, is on shore East Bay, of Dungeness, and is expected to be got off without much damage. SOUTHAMPTON, Ocr. 25.—The Ripon steamer has an chored in the West Channel, all safe. ABERDEEN, Ocr. 23. —The Pacific, Read, arrd. here., from Davis' Straits, reports the Caledonian, of Kirkaldy, with four fish ; and Regalia, of ditto, with four flab, previous to 20th of September. SWANSEA, OCT. 24.—Wind N., calm.—Sid. Mary Dug dale. Sampson, Cuba ; Dorothy Gales, Sylveston, do. Blrisoap, Ocr. 24.—Wind N.W., squally.—Arrd. Pem broke Castle, Williams, Quebec; Princess Victoria, Walker, Richebucto. B EAUNIAR IS, OCT. 23.—Arrd. Sarah, Hong-Kong, for the Clyde, with loss of sails. GazErrocK, OCT. 23.—The wreck of a vessel, apparently a ship or barque, water-logged, with loss of mizen masts, and bulwarks, &c., with painted ports, no head, bright lower bands, and S. P., two letters of her name on the stern, the rest washed away, was passed, 4th inst., in lat. 48, long. 30, W., by the Mary Morris, Duggett, in the Clyde. A vessel, appa i r n e s n t. tl , y in a i b a a t. rqx, lon. dismasted ast b e y d abandoned, t a h n e d Argo, in t he Clyde. SOLWAY, Bth SOLWAY, OCT. 23.—The Joseph (sloop), of Limerick, drifted from her moorings, off the North Island of Arran, and went ashore, 19th inst., and has since gone to pieces; three of the crew drowned. Ftsric BARD, OCT. 24.—A ship of about 1,000 tons was seen yesterday morning, at anchor in the bay, about twelve miles out, dismasted, and with a signal of distress flying; this morning she is not to be seen. It is now blowing a heavy gale from north, and many more wrecks may be ex pected. The brig Alert, wrecked here 19th inst., belonged to Liverpool. The Catherine, Parry, from Bangor to North ampton, was totally wrecked here 21st inst.; crew drowned. The Margaret, of Alnwick, from Barrow to Port Talbot, was driven on shore here 21st; crew saved. The Mary Ann, from Bangor to Port Talbot, the Lady Newborough, and the Athalia, both from Caernarvon to Bristol, were driven on shore 21st ; crews saved. The James, of Milford, from Newry got ashore on Goodwin Sands, 21st instant, and is much damaged. PADSTOW, Ocr. 23.—The Spartan, Gillard, from Cardiff to Leghorn. has gone to pieces on the rocks. SWANSEA, Oar, 24.—The Gowland, of Sunderland, from Llanelly to London, sank within the pier head. The Te resa, of Malta from Odessa for Belfast, with grain, has put into Mumbles Roads from stress of weather, pulnps choked. ABERYSTWITH, Ocr. 24.—The Tamerlane, Ackland, from Liverpool to New Orleans, is on shore near here, and is likely to become a wreck ; crew, stores. and materials saved. The Emerald, Fligg, from Odessa to Liverpool, was off this port yesterday, crew exhausted with pumping; took five extra men and proceeded. CAERNARVON, OCT. 24.—The Barrasie, from Troon to Dublin, was towed in here yesterday, leaky, and with loss of sails. MILFORD, OCT. 24. —The Princess Victoria arrived here, passed on the sth inst., in lat. 49 N., lon. 39 W., the wreck of a vessel of about 200 tons, under jury poles, apparently abandoned, blowing a strong gale at the time. YARMOUTH, OCT. 24. —The Sisters, Melburn, of and from Hartlepool to London, is aground at the North Pier, but ex pected off next tide. 25th. The Leipsic, Smith, from Har tlepool to Broadstairs, was assisted in here to-day much damaged. The Mary, Sharp, of Dover, was assisted in here to-day leaky. LOWESTOFT, Ocr. 24.—The Cupid, Johnson, was driven on shore this morning and has since sunk, a total wreck; crew saved. WIVENHOE, Om 25.—A brig laden with tallow got on the Gunfleet Sand yesterday ; assisted off, and proceeded for the Thames. The John Pedler, Munser, arrived here from the north, reports a very large barque on the Gunfleet this morning, and that a number of vessels parted from their anchor yesterday below the Gatway. I 'ELFAST, Ocr. 24.—The Margaret, Wilson, from Constadt, arrived here, reports a large b n shore on Rathlin Island. RAMSGATE, Ocr. 24.—The Maly Ann, Griffiths, on shore near Dol 21ot has been get eir and arrived byre. ADELPTII T I . IEATRE. n, 7 - z 7l,f . .k• r. ;(1.. in hor,, her friend, Mrs. Easy Prig. In the opening scene we are introduced to Mrs. Gamp, (Mr. Wright), who, with her basket and umbrella, is returned to her lodgings at Sweedlepipe's, from a nursing expedi tion. Mrs. Gamp is knocking at her door when she meets with Charley Muff, (Mr. Worrell), who has been making love to her niece, Miss Selina Gamp, (Miss Ellen Chaplin), a figarante at Drury-lane. She invites him to tea and turn-out, and scarcely has he left her, when she meets his father, an opulent tallow-chandler, Mr. Magnus Muff, (Mr. Cullenford), who in other days, before she knew the late Mr. Gamp, had been a suitor for her favours. lie is on the look-out for his truant son, but it is unbeknown to Sairey that the suitor of her niece is the son of the friend of her youth, and she asks old Muff to the tea and turn out also. We are then introduced to Betsy Prig (Mr. Munyard), and her daughter (Miss M. Taylor), and her daughter's husband, an Irish tailor (Mr Red mond Ryan), who waxes jealous in consequence of the intrusion of a 'certain Mr. Alfred, a quondam lover of his wife, who is no other than the Don Giovanni of humble life, Mr. Muff, junior. To appease him, Betsy Prig declares that all Mr. Muff's attentions are devoted to his old Betsy ; and the Tailor, wondering at young Muff's taste, is appeased. The scene then changes to Sairey Gamp's. First of all we have the two young ladies, who, having discovered the falseness of Mr. Muff junior, attack him and faint in his arms. He leaves them and takes refuge under the bed. Then the old woman brews a bowl of punch from a receipt book, given by Mrs. Harris to Mrs. Gamp, and makes divers odd mistakes by reading across from a receipt for punch to a receipt for a salad, so that the rum and sugar and hot-water get strangely mixed with mustard, vinegar, and oil. Then the party assemble, and this punch is served out to the great horror of the drinkers, and a grand quarrel scene between Sairey Gamp and Betsy Prig ensues. The young Muff emerges from his hiding-place, and with the consent of his father marries Selina G am p, and then comes a dance in which old Sairy in white kid sandals and black silk stockings, and a white muslin gown with a black sash, dances a jig in the most outre fashion imaginable. Mrs. Gamp, moreover, favours the company with a moral song, which is, of course, encored, and, thanks to the admirable fooling of Wright, the piece goes off amidst such shouts of laughter as we never heard ex cept within the walls of the Adelphi. The house was crowded, the laughter was uproarious, and Mrs. Gamp will, no doubt, be at home every night for many weeks to come. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Sir John Vanbrugh's comedy of The Relapse, Sheridan's version of which, entitled A Trip to Scar borough, has long been familiar to all old playgoers, was revived at this theatre last evening with the fol lowing very powerful cast :—Lord Foppington, Mr. Walter Lacy ; Sir John Friendly, Mr. Clifford ; Sir Tunbelly Clumsy, Mr. Wilkinson ; Young Fashion, Mr. George Bolton ; Loveless, Mr. Leigh Murray; Worthy, Mr. Archer; Coupler, Mr. J. Cowell; Bull, Mr. Turnour ; Lory, Mr. S. Cowell; Syringe, Mr. Rosner ; Amanda, Mrs. R. Gordon ; Berinthia, Miss Charles ; Miss Hoyden, Mrs. Walter Lacy ; Nurse, Mrs. C. Jzmes. The great feature of the play in byegone times was the Miss Hoyden of Mrs. Jordan, which was a piece of genuine unsophisticated nature, unapproached and unapproachable. The Miss Hoyden of Mrs. Walter Lacy is a wonderful piece of acting ; there has been no lady on the stage who, since the days of Mrs. Jordan, could have approached Mrs. 'Walter Lacy in this character. Her Miss Hoydon is quite as great, after its sort, as was Charles Young's Sir Pertinax AP-Sy cophant, and it hears the same relation to the Miss Hoyden of Mrs. Jordan that did the Sir Pertinax of Charles Young to the Sir Pertinax of George Frederick Cooke. Her husband, Lord Foppington, was perfect —by far the best we have ever seen. He was the beau of the old school—the Mr. Chester of Dickens. Of Mr. George Bolton's Young Fashion we cannot speak so favourably. This gentleman has taste and a fair conception of character. It was evident that he knew exactly what ought to be done, but he did not know exactly how to do it. He was at times awkward, and it was evident that he felt he was awk ward— poeta nascitur—but an actor is not born such— nature must give him genius, but art must teach him his profession, and Mr. George Bolton must submit to the drudgery of learning, ay, of drilling, until he has learned all that art can teach ; then he will take a high rank in the profession he has chosen. There is stuff in him, but he does not yet know how to bring it out. Wilkinson's Sir Tunbelly was rich and unctious; and Mr. Leigh Murray's Loveless was de cidedly the best thing that he has yet done. Mrs. R. Gordon, as Amanda, was true to nature, and there fore admirable. She has reached the highest point of art—the ars celare artem. We expect great things from Mrs. R. Gordon. Miss Charles, as ilerinthia, was coquettish and lively, and rattled through the character in excellent style. We are glad to see our old friend Mrs. C. Jones once more on the stage. Her Nurse was the most artistical piece of acting of the evening, and reminded one forcibly of the good old times, when one character alone was not thought sufficient to make a play. The comedy was put on the stage with every attention to costume and scenery, and Mr. Bolton may well be proud of the manner in which he has produced this, the first of his series of revivals. We were glad to see that the theatre was very well attended. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YESTERDAY'S RACES. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. MONDAY. Match, 200 hft ; Bst 71b each. A.F. Mr. Lambden's Chance Mr. Onslow's Ruff Won easy, by a length. Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sovs. each, and only 10 ft if declared ; for 3 yrs old, and upwards. D.M. (9 Subs, 3 of whom declared.) Mr. John Day's Miss Slick, 3 yrs, Est 101 b (A. Day) 1 Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance, 3 yrs, 7st 51b 2 Mr. Shelly's Campanile, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b Sir J. Gerard's Curiosity, 3 yrs, 6st 71b Sir G. Heathcote's Japan, 3 yrs, 6st 61b Betting-10 to 6 agst Free Lance, 7 to 2 agst Curiosity, 4 to 1 agst MissS a l t i c c h lz, l 4 so,h to 1 ft. agst T.Y.C.Campanile, and 5 to 1 agst Japan. Miss Slick mad e a ll the running, and won easy by a length. iu Lord Strathmore's Secundus, 7st 71b (Crouch) 1 Sir J. Hawley's Bishop of Romford's Cob, Bst 91b ... 2 5t02 on the Cob. Won easy by a 13ngth. Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Mostyn's Ennui, The Physalis, Bst 71b. The Cambridgeshire Stakes o f 25 sovs. each, 10 ft, and only 5 if declared, RE to receive 50 sovs. out of 7 st, received ft from Lo rd Gins rwthitehstaokoeasd. distance. (141 Subs., 73 o f w h om declared). d ee! Last Tmhieleseacisoinda Mr. Nunn's c, by Touchstone—Sis. to Joanna (A.Day) 1 Lord E. Russell's Sting 2 Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildai r ........................ 3 M The following al so starte d , but were not placed : Mr. Greville's Al arm —M r . eiklam's Lightning—Mr.. Mytton's Sorella—M a j or Y ar b urg h's Red Robin — Col. ................... Peel's Garry Owen—Col. Anson's lago—Sir J. Ger rard's PantaFa—Mr. Wigram's Kesheng—Duke of Rich mond's Refraction—Sir J. Gerrard's Grimston—Mr. Wyatt'e Laundrymaid—Mr. Pemberton's Best Bower— Lord Eglinton's Sotades—Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy— Lord Miltown's Due an Durras—Mr. R. Boyce's, jun., Colleen Bawn—Mr. Treen's Buttress—Mr. Crockford's Terrier—Lord Fxeter's Sis. to Pergularia—Mr. Bolt's (Nat) 1 Alexa. Betting-3 to 1 agst Sis. to Joanna colt (taken), sto 1 agst Alarm, 14 to 1 apt Best Bower, 16 to 1 agst Lady Wildair, 9 to 1 agst lago, 18 to 1 agst Red Robin, 18 to 1 agst Conspiracy, 25 to 1 each agst Garry Owen, Refraction, Sis. to Pergularia, and Alexa, and 33 to 1 each agst Sting and Kesheng. Won by half a length ; Sting, who ran out at the finish, beating Lady Wildair by two lengths ; Terrier fourth. Match, 200. h ft. First half of A.B.M. (Nat) 1 C o l, de tGlasgowti n Peel's g_ V 7 e -o Discontent,V2 e r o t, n B s Vert-Vert, e 6 r l t b s-syt e2rl bt who won by two 2 lengths. Match, 150, h ft. T.Y.C. Lord Chesterfield's Lady Wildair, Bst 21b (Nat) 1 Mr. Neville's Reverse, W 7st 61b on by a head. Sweeps of 10 sous. each, 3 yrs, 7st 71b Burns—glar'! . ; 4 yrs, Bst 31b ; , 5 yrs and upwards, Bst 81b. Winner to be sold for 350/. Criterion Course. (10 Subs.) Lord Orford's Blackie, 3 yrs ................ ....(Nat) 1 Mr. Mostyn's Winchester, 4 yrs Worthing 2 Sir J. Hawley's Bishop of Rumford's Cob, 6 yrs Queen of 4 Lord Lonsdale s Joy, 3 yrs the Gipsies—Dlr. ton's Dr. Husband —Mr. Wigrarn's Hereef. Betting-2 to 1 agst Winchester; sto 1 agst the Cob; The e a y n ,s : -2 r s 5 to 1 each agst Blackie and Joy, (taken). Blackie made all the running, and won by a length. Cob a bad third. Match, 500, 200 ft. P. Mr. NV, IL Johnstone's Roper's Daughter, aged, Bst 71b, received from Mr. Clifton's Brother to Nottingham, 5 yrs , 7st 71b. Match, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Merton's Missed Stays, 7st 71b, received from Mr. Greville's Feline, Bst 71b. Match, 500, hft. T.M.M. Mr. Gully's Old Eng land, Bst 71b, received 175 sous. ft, from Mr. Mytton's The Baron, Bst f 71b. Match, 500, h t. B.C. Mr. Mytton's A ur i cu l a , B s t, agst the Duke of Bedford's Leopard, 7st 71b, off by consent. Match, 200, 50 ft, Mr. Laranden' s Chance, received from Mr. Mytton's Little Ben (dead). Betting on the Criterion Stakes -2 to 1 agst Con ingsby, ~take 5t02) ; 3to 1 agst Climentina. Pla net's starting is declared to be doubtful. Mr. Miller say s, that the Edinburgh and Perth thereproje are t re will b no e an engineering any one yet ever hear of an engineer who gave a con trary opinion of a line which he was e m pl o y e d to s urvey ellent paying concern, and that and which he wa s to be employed•to make ? e difficultie s w h atever . B u t did LITERATURE. si ty T , h e w t h i i t l l of thi s m wo e' of f k is it calculateds author gives e e s x e v i r t o e m 7 s erio of gratification. All who have read " The Improvisa tore," all who have admired its glowing descriptions, its enthusiasm, its poetry, will receive with delight any new work of Andersen's. It is, perhaps, from having indulged too much in such expectations that we have been somewhat disappointed in these volumes. This is partly attributable to the translator, who, how ever faithfully he may have rendered the ideas or the words of the original, has certainly done very little towards enhancing its merits as a literary composi tion. Perhaps his was no easy task. The chief cha racteristic of Andersen's writings is their extreme simplicity. He lays all his thoughts and feelings open before us in the most unreserved manner; his language is natural and unaffected, and his style (es pecially in these three volumes) familiar, interesting, unstudied, and even careless. In this last particular, his translator has certainly done him more than jus tice. Yet, however faulty the style (and for an Eng lish composition it is faulty), its simplicity harmonises well with the thoughts and feelings of the Danish writer. Mr. Macaulay has said that "he who, in an enlightened and literary society, aspires to be a great poet, must first become a little child." Christian Andersen is a striking illustration of this idea. His remarks have all the naivete and freshness of child hood—he delights in idle day-dreams, in fanciful pic tures, in marvellous tales : his imagination is bound less on such themes—at times rising almost to the sublime, at others (shall we say it ?) approaching the ridiculous. We should like these volumes better if we found less in them about the poet; it is not, doubtless, from vanity that the author thus speaks of himself—it is only another proof of his simplicity and frankness. He believes himself to be so, and he says just what he thinks, " I am a poet." " The poet saw this," or " the poet said that," is to him as natural as to say "lam a Dane," or " the Dane did this." But these observations have an unfortunate effect ; we are led to expect too much : and, also, he in many places treads on dangerous ground; he comes on the tract of Harold's wanderings, where, notwithstanding Mr. Macaulay's definition, his title of poet is very much placed in jeopardy. Yet we would not be too critical on these volumes—they are full of inte rest, they are calculated to amuse—their very carelessness is attractive. We follow, or rather we go with, our author, through part of Germany, to Italy, to Greece, to the East, up the Danube, and to the North. We see all the places that we pass, we know all the individuals to whom we are introduced. The description of Rome, brief though it be, is full of interest; it is not such a description as we might find in a history or geography, or ordinary book of travels, it is rather a description of the author's own feelings as he regards it—a series of exclamations of wonder and amazement. He leads us through the gal leries of the Vatican in a state of perfect bewilderment, explaining to us all that he sees, yet hardly seeming to comprehend it himself, till at last, after passing what he happily designates the "painted poetry" of Raphael, we " lift a curtain and stand in St. Peter's Church 1 " Notwithstanding the simplicity of the style, the whole narrative is not wanting in force or expression—on the contrary, the chapters on Con stantinople and the bazaars convey to us some idea of the magnificence of those gorgeous regions while the voyage on the Bosphorus is most graphically de scribed—the coast, on either side, seems to pass before us. Many tales and legends are entwined with the narrative, among others " The Bronze Hog," an imaginary sketch of some Florentine painter. It is in Andersen's peculiar style—we hardly know whether to admire or to laugh at it. A child, sleep ing on the bronze figure of a hog, is conveyed, in a dream, through the galleries of Florence, where the Venus de Medici and all the other works of art appear alive before him. He pauses before the Church of Santa Croce—a church, consecrated not only to the the glory of heaven but to the genius of earth—where, by the bust of Dante, are the graves of Michael Angelo, of Alfieri, of Machiavelli, and of Galileo. We are almost angry with Andersen for only allud ing to such a spot in connexion with such a fabulous tale—what description should not a poet have given us of such tombs ? And yet, perhaps, it is as well; the names of those men are their most eloquent epitaphs—they want no poet to inspire us with poetic thoughts. The first of these volumes contains a por trait of their author, and a brief memoir of his event ful and interesting life. The following extracts will show the very diversified character of this work : " A poet sings because, like the bird, he cannot help it ; something swells in his breast and in his thoughts. The song will out : it spreads like the light, it rises like the waves ; but very often nature places a leaf of her great music-book before him, and it is a challenge to sing, and then he sings from her notes." THE POETRY OF RAILROADS. " I have heard many say, that on a railway all the poetry of travelling is lost, and that we lose sight of the beautiful and interesting. As to the last part of this remark, I can only say that every one is free to stay at whatever station he chooses, and look about him until the next train arrives ; and as to all the poetry of tra velling being lost, I am quite of the contrary opinion. It is in the narrow, close-packed diligences that poetry vanishes : we become dull, we are plagued with heat and dust in the best season of the year, and in winter by bad, heavy roads ; we do not see nature itself in a wider extent, but in longer draughts than in a railway carriage. " Oh, what a noble and great achievement of the mind is this production ! We feel ourselves as powerful as the sorcerers of old ! We put our magic horse to the car riage, and space disappears ; we fly like the clouds in a storm —as the bird of passage flies I Our wild horse snorts and snuffs, and the dark steam issues out of his nostrils. Mephistophele s could not fly quicker with Faust on his cloak ! We are, with natural means, equally as potent in the present age, as those in the middle ages thought that only the Devil himself could be ! With our cunning we are at his side, and, before he knows it him self, we are past him. " I can remember but a few times in my life that I ever felt myself so affected as I was on this railroad journey :it was thus with all my thoughts—that I be held God face to face. I felt a devotion such as, when a child, I have felt in the church alone ; and when older, in the sun-illumined forest, or on the sea in a dead calm and star-light night. Feeling and Imagination are nit the only ones that reign in the realm of poetry : they have a brother equally powerful ' •—he is collect Intellect : he proclaims the eternal truth, and in that, greatness and poetry reside." ST. PETER'S CHURCH. " We ought to see St. Peter's Church during the Easter week, to see it in the evening, and in bright sun shine 1 It is perfectly like enchantment to witness what they call the lighting of the dome ; yet it is not alone the dome and the cross high above it that stream with lights, but it is the whole immense building with the colonnades around the place We see everything in a hue of fire ; the lamps are so richly diversified, and placed in such situations, that the whole architectural design stands forth confessed. It has a great effect, on such an evening, to go from the illuminated place into the church itself, where all is night and stillness ; but directly under the dome, by the high altar, beams a glory of several hundred silver lamps, placed on the parapet around St. Peter's grave. We climb up to it, and look down into the chapel shining with gold and silver, where the marble figure of a kneeling Pope prays in silence. There is such a peace, such a devotion in the quiet of the church and in this venerable man's figure, that we ourselves ar. filled with both, and, like the Catholic, feel a desire to bend in adoration to the Invisible Almighty. " We must wander through this divine temple by sun light, when it is solitary, and the beautiful voices stream from the side•chapel : we must come here during the great festivals : the music vibrates, the incense per fumes, thousands kneel down and receive an old man's blessing. Everything beams with light, everything glows with gold and colours 1" TEE ACROPOLIS. "During my stay inAthens, I visited daily the Acro polis, whether it were sunshine or rain I I celebrated my birthday by a visit here ; here I read my letters from home. The Acropolis was the last place I visited at Athens when I was about to leave ; my thoughts dwell longest on the Acropolis when they visit Greece. It was as if nature and art reposed on my breast in this place ; here I felt no want, except that all my dear friends could not participate with me in this spectacle. " A sunset, seen from this place, is one of the most elevated sights I know. I have seen such a one. I sat on the steps of the Parthenon ; everything was void and dead towards Hymettus ; black birds flew over the valh-y where a single white column stands. An ass brayed down there, and it sounded like the screams of a jackal ; the sun sank behind the Bay of Salamis, and the moun tains shone with the most powerful colours. ../Egina was as blue as the freshest violets. The same colour s, _ the same forms of the mountains were seen by Plato, Socrates, and the great men of that world, from the same spot as that from which I myself saw them. It was the same earth they had trodden. I felt, for a moment, that I was living in those times. The sun went down, and the glittering stars streamed forth over the dilapidated temples ! I felt that God's work is eternal, man's perishable ; but I drank lite's poetry from both, which (if God allows it to flourish and expand) shall refresh the heart of man." MAHOMET ' S BIRTHDAY. " The fourth of May is the birth-day festival of the prophet Mahomet or Mohammed ; the evening before, the festivity began, and the commencement is undeni ably the finest part of it. That it was moonlight, and that the Osman police laws, even under these circum stances, commands every one that goes out after sunset to carry a candle in a lantern if he would not be arrested, I do not regard as the most pleasant regulation ; but I was obliged to put up with it, for neither the moonlight nor the police laws could be changed. A young Rus sian, named Aderhas, and I went together, and without any guide, but, furnished with lights in large paper lanterns, we hastened away to see the illumination in honour of the prophet. We went through one of the narrow side streets of Pera, and a sight lay before us, so magnificent, so beautiful, so fantastic, that the like of it can hardly be expected to be seen in the north in an oriental dream. From the row of houses where we stood, and deep down towards the bay, there lay an ex tensive cemetery, that is to say, a wood of cypresses, with large closely planted trees—pitchy night rested I there. " The path, which the foot of man and homes' hoof* have formeel, winds over rugged hills, then downward it mlrrow t.,twen the rui:lvd gravestono..,,. Here and there moved a red or blue lantern, which, ever and anon, disappeared and returned to sight again in the dark ground ; there are a few solitary houses in the cemetery; the light shone from the topmost window, or was borne along the open balcony. " The bay, filled with vessels, shone over the tops of the cypresses as blue as a Damascus blade ; two of the largest ships were ornamented in the richest manner with burning lamps ; they beamed around the port. holes, about the gunwale, and the masts ; they hung in the shrouds, and transformed them into a radiant net. Opposite us lay the city itself, that great, extended Con stantinople, with its innumerable minarets, all entwined with wreaths of lamps; the air was still red from the setting sun, but so clear and transparent, that the moun tains of Asia and the eternal snow-covered Olympus were plainly visible, the east with all its broken lines like a silvery cloud behind the magnificent city. The moonlight did not diminish the lustre of the lamps, but only brought out the minarets, which seemed white stalks with colossal fire-flowers; the lesser ones bore one wreath of lights, the larger two, and the largest three, one above the other." THE SULTAN. " Surrounded by a large company of yonng men, all on foot, and handsome as if they were Oriental women who had ventured out unveiled, and each with a green feather-fan in his hand, sat the young Sultan, Abdul Meschid, then nineteen years of age, on a beautiful Arabian horse. He wore a green surtout, buttoned over the breast, and without any sort of ornament, if we except a large jewel and bird of paradise feather, fixed in his red fez. He looked very pale and thin, had fea tures that betrayed suffering, and he fixed his dark eyes steadfastly on the spectators, particularly on the Franks. We took our hats off, and saluted him. The soldiers cried aloud, ' Long live the Emperor!' but he made not the least motion to the greeting. ' Why does he not salute us?' I asked of a young Turk by the side of me. He saw that we took our hats off !" He regarded you,' answered the Turk. looked very closely at you!' We were to be satisfied with that—it was as good as the best salutation. I told the Turk that all the Frankish princes saluted with the head uncovered, as we greeted him. It appeared to him like the tale of a tra veller." THE QUEEN OF GREECE. " The young and amiable Queen is said to have been educated in a most domestic manner in her home in Oldenburg. She entered the frugal palace with con tented satisfaction, and the people greeted her with shouts and welcome. They told me, that all the streets were strewn with roses on her arrival, and that she had a bcuquet herself of still rarer, and therefore more beau. tiful, flowers. Potatoes had then been just introduced into Greece, and they had experienced the use of them. The blossom on the tops of the potatoes appeared to the Greeks as the rarest and prettiest flower they knew ; and therefore they brought the Queen, who came from Oldenburg, a bouquet of potato flowers !" " 'WHICH IS THE WISER ?" " Of small events, of which every man has alwlsys some to record if he stay in a strange town for a few weeks, I will mention one :—On walking through the streets of Munich, a bookseller's shop attracted me, where I saw amongst the books exhibited in the window a German translation of my novel' The Improvi3atore, included in Miniaturbibliothek der auslindischen Clas siker.' I walked in, and asked for the book ; a young man delivered me a little volume, which comprised the first part. " But I wish to have the whole novel !' said I. "' That is the whole 1' he replied ; ' there are no more parts, I have read it myself, Sir l' " Do you not find, then,' I inquired, that it ends rather abruptly; that we do not come to any conclusion?' " Oh, yes,' said he, but it is in this as in the French novels ! The author points out a conclusion, and leaves it to the reader to finish the picture for himself.' " It is not the case here,' I exclaimed ; this is only the first part of the work that you have given me 1' "' I tell you,' said he, half angrily, I have mad it.' " But I have written it !' I replied. " The man looked at me from top to toe ; he did not contradict me, but I could see in his face that he c:id not believe me." MOORISH PRIDE. "I was sitting with a French newspaper in my hand, when I heard a noise without. My Russian travelling companion had offered our Moor but a few halfpence for his trouble, and the fellow would not accept so little. I saw how small the sum was, and found that it ought to be greater : the Russian said no, and opened the door. The Moor laid the money on the step, put his foot on it, and with a look which, on the stage, would have had its effect, expressed his pride and anger. I would fain have given the man more money, but the Russian placed him self between us, gave the servants a wink, and they turned the dissatisfied man out of doors. And so that incident was over. " I, however, went out soon after into the street, where I expected to find the Moor, and there he stood, sur rounded by a flock of ragged fellows. The money, which the servant had laid outside the door, lay there still in the same place. I tendered him about three times more than had been offered him, giving him to understand that it was from myself. " His eyes rolled in his head. He pointed once more to the few coins the other had offered him, showed me his rags, and held my arm back. He would not accept any thing ; shook his clenched fist towards the house, and went away, proud as a mortified noble. This first scene in Malta put me out of humour." THE WATER CURE IN CHRONIC DIS EASES : an E 3 position of the Causes, Progress, and Terminations of various Chronic Diseases of the Diaes tive Organs, Lungs, Nerves, Limbs, and Shin ; ana of their Treatment by Water, and other Hygienic Means. By James Manby Gully, M.D. There can be no doubt but that cold water is a most important therapeutic agent, neither can there be any doubt but that its therapeutic powers have been too long overlooked or neglected by the legiti mate professors of the healing art. Of that which the educated physician has neglected the uneducated em piric has been but too glad to avail himself ; and, acting upon the principle that cold water is an universal re medy, and that it cannot be applied too freely or too frequently, he has, by administering it not wisely nor too well, done much towards bringing into disrepute a truly valuable remedy, while by professing to do that by means of cold water which all educated medi cal men know it is impossible to accomplish by any remedy, he has disgusted them by his absurd profes sions and induced them to treat the cold water cure with supercilious contempt instead of investigating its powers with care and attention. Peeling con• vinced as we do of the great value of cold water as a remedial agent in many diseases, it is with unmixed feelings of satisfaction that we have read this very valuable, learned, and carefully written work by Dr. Gully, who thus explains his objects in writing this which may truly be called the Hydropathic Practice of Physic. _ _ _ " I put this work forward as an attempt in the right way of handling the subject of the water cure, with a hope that it will be carried out by wore able observers and writers. Until it is treated gravely, earnestly, and truthfully, as a matter of scientific importance, it never will obtain the footing in the opinion of the public which it ought to have: for in this land of thinking heads, nothing endures unless it addresses itself to sober thought. It is not by " Tributes" and " Confessions" of water patients that the water cure is to be per manently advanced: they are mere puffs indirect, which may answer a temporary purpose by luring the same class of credulous people who would swallow pills or have their corns cut on the strength of " Testimonials" in the newspapers. But productions of their class do permanent injury to the establishment of a new and philosophical mode of treatment; the thinking see through them, and disappointment awaits the unthink ing, who expect to realise the glowing pictures they ex hibit: and thus a good cause is lost by bad advocacy. Such advertisements, and those more direct which tell, in lengthened. columns, of water cure establishments, are precisely what the enemies of the treament would desire:— Hoc Ithacus relit, magno mercentur Atridre.' Nor can the members of the medical profession be blamed for refusing to acknowledge a plan of treatment so advo cated." He explains the manner in which cold water acts on the system, in enabling it to get rid of chronic visce ral disease in a succinct and scientific manner, with out attempting any of those marvels with the relation of which the public have of late been amused, while the profession has' been disgusted. Speaking of the enormous quantities of cold water which some pa tients have been compelled to pour down their throats, he says— _ " Yet in no case is it desirable to swallow the twenty or thirty tumblers before breakfast which we are told are so delightful and refreshing; it is to be hoped they were tumblers of short measure." It would be out of place in a newspaper to go mi nutely into the questions discussed in these pages. Dr. Gully has brought to the advancement of the principles of Hydropathy all the aid which truth and science can afford. He has successfully combated many of the old prejudices by which the advancement is opposed, and has argued his case fairly, logically, and clearly. Every professional man who wishes for a scientific exposition of the principles of the cold water cure should study this work, which is one of the most valuable contributions that has of late been made to medical science. KNIGHT'S WEEKLY VOLUME, No. CVIII. THE FOOD OF MAN. Vol. 2. In this continuation of the description of vegetable substances used for the food of man, we are presented with, what we must be permitted to call, a delicious little volume about fruit : a profusion of woodcuts, scattered through the letter• press, embellish the ob servations cf the writer, and represent to us, one after another, each species of dainty pulled from the orchard-bough, the bramble, and the trailing branches of the wall-trees. The pages are absolutely beau tiful with sunshine and greenery ; the chapters seem to be nooks " Where autumn basks, with fruit empurpled deep." Beyond this Thompson's verses are realised to a still greater nicety; the book, like the poet's garden, " Presents the downy peach, the shining plum, The ruddy fragrant nectarine, and dark Beneath his ample leaf, the luscious fig." Nevertheless, while we acknowledge this little volume to be a preservative against Apemantus and his dish oF roots, we rapt observe that some of the woodcuts I are execrable libels upon the originals. Witness thst of the gooFeberrie., like globular snail-shells, and ' intolerable apricots, like so many freckled castinets. The descriptions which accompany these illustrations have a threefold excellence. They are crowded with anecdotes; they dilate upon the flavour of the fruitage ; and they afford us an accurate know ledge of the properties of each. Here, therefore, is a threefold attraction—to the blasé, the hypocondriac, and the gourmand. Some of the anecdotes are laugh able enough, as that one about Frederick the Great, who is described as " passionately fond of melons." The monarch is indisposed, sends for his physicia n , Zimmerman, and it is ultimately discovered that he has been devouring three .or four melons for breakfast. Zimmerman remotistrates, and the King orders some of the fruit to be sent to him—either by way of reprisal or excuse. ' Again, coffee is said to have been such a positive necessity at one period in Turkey, that " the refusal to supply it in reasonable quantity to a wife was reckoned among the legal causes for a divorce?' Pity that Socrates did not happen to be a Turk ! After running through these pages, the reader will almost long to hear the invita tion of old Justice Shallow—" You shall see mine orchard, where, in an arbour, we will eat a last year's pippin of my own graffing." THE LIFE OF CARDINAL WOLSEY. By John Galt. Bogue's European Lib r a r y. A biography of Cardinal Wolsey I and written by John Galt ! Aware as we were th a t th e present volume is nothing more than a reprint ; familiar as we were with its merits; inti ma t e ly as we were ac quainted with the various circumstances of Wolsey's career, and the different characteristics of Galt's style, we must yet confess th a t th e bare announce ment o f this republication had f o r ourse l ves an ex traordinary attraction. To those who are only aware of the author's powers through hi s fi c ti ons , th e pre sent work will be matter of actual astonishment. In his novels Galt was all sprightliness or pensiveness, all drollery or sentiment. In this memoir he writes like a ripe historian. Take his " Entail," for example, with that most fantastic and harmless of all idiots, " Wattie ;" with that most comical of all conceits, the " Wee Betty Bodle ;" with its strange and haunt ing pathos. We could scarcely picture to ourselves, in a day-dream, the same pen writing the "Entail" and the " Life of Byron." nor the same pen writing "The Life of Byron" and the "Life of Wolsey." The first is all domestic extravagance ; the second, all ruggedness; the third, remarkable for its philosophical tone, its comprehen siveness, its melodious diction, and its sustained rhetoric. Nevertheless, what it gains in dignity it loses in naturalness ; while it conveys an accurate view of the great Ca'rdinal's position among his con temporaries, it fails in affording us a pictur esque and distinct view of his character as a companion, as a friend, as a master, and as a man. In this respect we are certainly disposed to think with the industrious editor, Mr. Ilazlitt, that it is in ferior "in those personal and domestic details " which impart such a peculiar charm to the narrative of Cavendish. While we must consider that the editor has acted judiciously in inserting the principal portion of the volume by George Cavendish in the present work, both as footnotes and as a supplement, we must candidly confess that we are not disposed to welcome the modernising of the text of that charming bio grapher. As well might one attempt to modernise Chaucer or Gower with success. Cavendish's de scriptions are invested with a peculiar interest from the very antiquity of his manner ; and the removal of that ostensible antiquity removes the main consci ousness of its authenticity during the perusal—just as an old medal would look spurious if newly lacquered, and an ancient suit of armour if burnished and trimmed. As it is, however, the addition of "Cavendish's biography to the present edition of Gai t's work is a very judicious and important addit ion. It renders this book the most complete history of Cardinal Wolsey yet published — th e one written by Fiddes is contemptible in comparison. The most perfect man is that discriminatii;ty sakpe n of h tl se reand th character of th is f i o ths u won derfulr fol lowing lines relieve his memory from two imputa tions, which would otherwise amount to moral blem ishes of a heinous description : " Lofty and sour, to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer. And though he was unsatisfied in getting, (Which was a sin), yet in bestowing He was most princely." From pride, therefore, he is "exonerated by the greatest of poets, while of avarice he presents us with his own palliation. Every scholar will be grateful to Mr. Bogue for this republication. WAVERLEY NOVELS. Abbotsford Edition. • Vol. XL To speak of the subject-matter of these volumes is of course utterly superfluous ; it is enough to say that their extrinsic adornments—letter-press, bind ing, engravings, &c. —are, for the most part, ex cellent—that this edition is not unworthy of its name. Yet, were we disposed to be critical, we might take exception to some of the wood-cuts, intended as illus trations of the text, which appear to great disadvan tage beside the beautiful landscapes, or the accurate delineations of old armour, coins, costumes, &c., with which the volume is richly adorned. Whatever the artists may have thought to the contrary, the repre sentations of the imaginary scenes are not the least important, or the least arduous part of their under taking, for whereas the other drawings only repre sent places or things, these are, or rather should be, embodiments of the ideal. Who has read the pages of a romance—of a romance traced by the graphic hand of Scott—without forming in his own mind a conception of the passing scenes so vividly portrayed. therein. The artist, then, who attempts to copy these pen-and-ink designs with his pencil, has not only to stand the test of ordinary criticism, but to risk a comparison with the ideal already fa miliar to our fancy—it is a hazardous endeavour, and no wonder that, in some instances, it has failed en tirely. The eleventh volume of this splendid edition, (splendid, notwithstanding the blemish to which we have referred), contains the stories of " Anne of Geier.. stein," and " The Fair Maid of Perth"—the Fair Maid of Perth "- the latter chapters of which, re cording the mournful fate of the hapless Duke of Rothsay, are fraught with such melancholy and thril ling interest—an historical romance from the pen of him whose histories read like romance, and whose fictions like reality. The Scottish tale is embellished with various representations of old armour from the Abbotsford collection, and coins of the monarch to whose reign it refers ; while the Switz s.'cori is adorned with specimens of the costume of the dif ferent cantons, admirably executed. Besides the portraits of the author, which form the frontispiece, this volume contains eleven steel engravings from drawings by Stanfield. It was, perhaps, unfortunate that two countries should be illustrated in the same volume, so similar, and yet so dissimilar, as Scotland and Switzerland. But, however dubious the line of demarcation, the artist has defined it well. He has imperceptibly, but forcibly, exemplified the distinc tion between the rugged beauties of " the land of brown heath and shaggy wood" and the sublimer grandeur of the land of mountains. This may be seen by comparing the view of Ben Lawers—a beau tiful engraving, where the mountains in the distance seem melting into the sky, and the trees absolutely: growing in the foreground—with a " scene fro m Mount Pilate," which—only a scene from a v as t picture—only a fragment of immensity—forcibly im presses us with an idea of the magnificence of the whole. Again, dis distinction is apparent, on contrasting the beautiful views of Perth and / la ucerne. The "fair city" on the banks of the "am plc Tay," surrounded by the varied landscape Scott has so ad mirably described, presents a beautiful 'picture of repose ; and, even though bathed in the silver moon light, the dark tinge of the " brown heP.th" is discern able on the hills, ,and the whole scene has a warm. colouring which contrasts forcibly with the back ground of " Lucerne," where the " mountains:piled cm mountains," are covered with the " Alpine snow, Ira.. perishably pure." En revanche for our criticism on the wood-cuts, we must observe, that there is one, a portrait of King Rene, from a painting suppose:d to have been done by himself, which is of peculiar 'ex cellence ; and, among others of average merit, is a likeness of the "Fair Maid of Perth, wherein she t i a t w appears fully entitled to her flattering appell• *Con. This elaborate series of Waverley is now drawl ng to its close, bear lose,anodutweoudrouabstsenrotitonthatt,hawthethnecoAmpblbec psf.lor t eci edition is worthy of its name. TTZEisPt/hCeTfiOr first T I AL L almanacALliffAoNr AthCeFenOsßainila34;:ear by which,theto enterprising r knowledge, pro h p a r s ie a t p o p r e s ar o e f d .is the i+3 icia ritwal Times newspaper, and besides containing a variet3 of fanciful and astronomical illustrations, in the sl .lape of wood-cuts, is supplied with an extraordinary bulk of useful and interesting information. Beyol id all these advantages, it is published at sixpence ! Al. Short is appointed police magistrate in the room of Mr. Bond, deceased. ASTLEY'S AMPHITHEATRE.—We understan I that Mr. Batty has made another accession to his 'alre a dy talented and numerous Company in the per gam of Monsieur and Madame Steinbreecht, and four sp leadidly trained horses from Berlin, which are said to exc iel any thing ever seen in the school of the menage. T he gen tleman is Stalmiester (or Master of the Horsey u , his Majesty the King of Prussia, and, with his b,orses and attendants, arrived in London, from Bern!, by w ay of Hamburgh and H u ll , on Saturday last, and_ will ap pear. forthwith, at the Amphitheatre. Mr. P.iatty has also, since the arrival of the camels, made r.tnother act lition to his stud, having purchased two sple•adid zebras,, which will be introduced in the forthcomin g spectacle, s sfford irg another proof of the tact and enterprise w' Ain b ha s charaqexised his proceedings thr9ugh, life. ____ A TIIE' SUN, LONDON, TITESPA_Y MORNING, OCTOBER 27, lft fi