The Sun. — London, England, 1837-10-02 00:00:00

MAGAZINE RAY. In then ci BLACKW OOD. ance at the State and Prospects of Ire "' we see those absurd suggestions enforced which the Tor' t i naci,.. 'es have bean recently urging with such per- On election matters. The article, however, Cont ains one sound remark, which accordingly we quote << i et British Protestants learn to show more ltttcr I in the affairs of Ireland ; let them buy pro petty le and let them thus identify themselves ttore "1 6 4 /v o e ' " Strange History and Confessions of Ma it a ibel le Gauti er ," i s a narrat i ve per f ec tly a uthentic, PPeara, of the adventures of a French actress, who W4B one of the of the 18th century. " Her bodily strength," i ttys the biographer, "was prodigious. With the delicate ocking Ilan which seemed fit only for the graceful exercise of the fan, she could roll up a plate of mas- Site silver, as if it were a wafer." The vicissitudes which this fair Amazon encountered in the course of all anxious, chequered life, nre related with much aainution. " Pandemus Volvglott" contains an in genious Greek and Latin translation, in sapphies, of Canning's famous ode to the knife-grinder. We S UPpose Father Prout is the author of this sportive Jeux desprit. " Thuddy Jones, the Clever Young l a▪ n," is an imitation of Jerrold's manner. Parts of tt are amusing, but the whole wants terseness and energy. " Legendary Lore" is a very graceful freak of the fancy. D Whoever conceived the first narra tive, for the article consists of two, is a poet, tll°u g h LO may n o: be aware of it. T he " Bri tish, Institution" is A shre wd p iece of criti cism, from the pen of one who is clearly well ac 924inted with, and has a true 'dish for, the Fine Arts. Th e " World we Live In" is desultory, as usual. Som e • of its paragraphs are extremely amusing, for any ° ,ne can see th a t th e writer keeps a sharp look - o ut on t he h. sayi ngs an d d o i ngs o f t h e eve ry-day world about " Political Pastorals" is a pointed squib, and reminds us of one of the mock pastorals of Swift. Our Two Vases" is the best article in the Number. entiment and humour are most gracefully mingled up 1n i t , and here and there, there arc touches of such pro found pathos as convince us they must have come warm from the heart. We quote the opening pas sage, which is both eloquent and imaginative : " Pericl es , we b e lieve it was—as usual we forg et the Iv of ? td s -- -who likened the state of the land , o n the extinction You know how—the Athenian youth, to a year without a .B P ri ng. Such a year has been this of ours ; for leafless Z iel. ,° April and May, and birds'-nests were vis ible in hed g e, . 1 ,9 31 Q, and t ree w ell nigh on to the very. mid dle of June. e t the birds sang away among the buds as vernall y as we ~ I member them ever to have done in shadowiest covert hid I n earliest season ; and, fearless in th eir familiarit y with I:.‘ces, so clothed the bare boughs with the music, Su mmer nothing was seen or felt of winter i n the jocund groves. "liner cane one night from Heaven to earth ; and Torn beheld h e r all at once, in all her g lor y , seeming as if she 11 " 1 not miss her sister, or remem ber that s u ch a creature been heen w on t to hail her descent, and linger with her bile delighted in their comm on bowers. Alas ! we fear, at th oug h heaut ;ful exceedingly , ' Su mmer has no heart. N a heart - ' oh ! say it not—with those still smiles asleep on e wood s — t h ose ten der shadows as of gri ef and p it y on the mountains—that gloom over yon abyss, solemn and s icced as the ..rave. She loveth our earth and us—and h ow reluctantly has she been preparing—for a whole month _ to tak e w i t h out u tt era nce her last farewell. Gone ! nor A 'a P l y may our eyes ever see her more. So seems to say F: d u i tumn with the first melancholy r ustle of h er y et un en leaves embrowning all the cliffs from Roslin Chapel to the Caves of Hawthornden. The sere and yellow leaf' , love not now to look on as we did of yore—for age be auty fro m s i g hts that youth rejoiced in—and the sense of N or then are s not to delight in emblems of decay. tior sh r i n k w e from them in a me re selfish fear ; for love, th ough stronger than death. seeks net to gaze on images ° t death even in insensate t hin g s, and shuts its eyes with a budder on what was once so love l y in the splendour— better able to endure the utter lifelessness of the winter Nods! Yet October cannot justly be called a winter 'IP t —and we acknowledge it is often the merriest month alt the year. We are almost sorry that we have come Tio town—and purpose for several Saturdays and Satur days to ruralize—nay, in our own pea-jacket we shall not "read to beard November himself—and we need not tell Auneient of the Glen that, if we be spared, we shall hear Christmas fire go roaring up his chimney wide,' e et t4k e our part in the Christmas c arols. Since, then, th Ober i s a pleasant month, let Maga too be merry—and e reader s of Maga ; nor shall we be s ad but glad to now, c hi. . that with shout and hollow all younkers whom old I stupher loveth out-or-in-doors are making roof or n el kiu ring We shall listen arnong th e solitar y mountains ofo ur soul t o the softened echoes— st ill ourselves as a stone but lik e a dodder'd oak quick not dead—and the,, P° Wer, cl thou g h no t the joy of life, yet strong in its heart. THE NEW MONTHLY. The portrait of the author of " Ion," which is a 'nxed t o t hi s N um b e r, though it may be rec o g nised, i 8 by no means a good one. The face and the figure ate b oth on too large a scale. As an en g ravin g , how ever, i t deserves praise. The Memoir is written in a ri er , A l q ~l y cordial spirit ; but the biog ra p her is mistaken . ne suppos e s that Greek plays were p erformed trien nially at Reading school. For seven years together noth ing ' GI the sort was ever attempted ; but public th4tninationo were substituted instead, before some of e head s o f ,7olleges in Oxford, who attended the 40 0 th l theatre fat . that express purpose. Such being case, it is clearclear that Mr. Talfourd cou ld have Writt en neither prolocues nor epilogues triennially. ea w@ cannot sit, becatm, 1 we have no seats." He os ul d not wr i te , b ecau se he had nothing to write p u li Out. B ut these are ven i a l err ors, though in biogra tle ' c al matte rs it i s as well to be correct wben correct thsrs is attainable. The style of the Memoir is ti:ughout.elouent, and frequently shr ewd in its opi pi nB . The L Lord of " Peiresc" is an agreeable j e e of literary goss ip by Jerrold. But why does he aLBquote Cowper, and so turn a caustic sarcasm into Pointless common- place ? The line ai t ... " Who having writ a prologue with muc h p ains, " , r qttld b e, " Who having whelped a prologue," &c. fit t 'e Word g , whelped" is worthy of Pope. " Writ" is eo ° nly to be used by such an ass as Hayley. The Q u Plet . may be found in " Table-Talk"—one of A ° ,lPer' s best, but least-known productions, " A Ti a : k near Town" is harmless and unsophisticated. getl e ti writer bleats his prettinesses with all the innocent bet te eness of a young lamb. As we know he can do ii -r 7"he has shown it in this very Magazine—we f i gir give him no quarter. " The Phantom Ship" bids y et fi t ° be Captain Marryaes best work. It has not Portinagged in one single instance. The supernatural attior -11 _s are : 1 with caital, but great good taste made tr'owdinate to p the leading incidents. " The Lives of I s l e t o '; Jones, and Robinson," and the 4 ‘ Tale of the e 'Wight," are both ably written. From the , Onf es • lo w _ long of Ralph Restless," we quote ti k,". f 01,,, ,,, diverting anecdote :--• A I , ,51a reg and rabbits are also very . affectionate. One of in' tie gir ls h ad th e I _ 4 one of the latter, which she brought up i ii t i l l :_ t lilt: in t o deg , grew very large, and was domesticated her d up into the b e d room you everTwhere,. in the parlour ; in the winter lying on the rug 111 u l n a e .. th ., e fir e on his side, and stretching out his four legs Yo e u. nerned as possible, ev en refusing to go away if hitn. Pu Lhed him. A s f or the cat, she dare not go near strong. He thrsticd her unmercifully, for he was v er y kit e C ; and the , , onsequenee was that she retir_esdheto wastlie 4 1 ble b ' where he w(Pild often go down, and if for the dee; dri ve he r out. The bare and . rabbit,. as well 'lie-Paws tripe defend themselves by striking with their an en ' l and the blow which they can l ' r eserv' P ' e would is give is more forcible presumes' leanin 9pose. One.day when . I was in the 1 ~L o f or __ : against a tree, with a gun in my hand, I time . I must have been in deepthou ht Z t e l j d leru i h d t o l e ; h : e a e rd a rustling and then a squeak on thought, Th a, eti 7 i ou tree ; I looked round the trunk, and e b.t." har es vv ..: combat between two hares and a stoat. T w een th e w ' 're. IT . isle and female, and had their leveret he St oet re..wi;:'ob latter was not above six weeks old. obo n u o t s e to a ti l le ittle dei9, with all its hair, tom the tip of tou o _, two yards of its tail, standing on end--was at 10 ,_? t o b a " v rot a distance from them, working wind and "'‘ :11 vb.- t h e n .oPportunity to spring upon the leveret, .. object of 't k 4 1 i att . 4s i tv went /It"- °Q did the hares face him, pivoting on a centre, with the young one between them. They were, like Byron's dogs, too busy to look at me : at last the stoat made a spring upon the leveret. He was received by the hares, who struck him with their forefeet such blows as I could not have believed possible ; they actually resounded, and ha was rolled over and over until he got out of distance, when he shook him self and renewed his attacks. These continued about ten minutes, and every time be was beaten off ; but, as at every spring his teeth went into the poor little leveret, at last it gave its last squeak, turned over on its side, and died, the father and mother atill holding their relative situations, and facing the stoat. The latter showed as much prudence as courage ; for so soon as he perceived that the lereret was dead, he also walked off. The hares turned round to their young one, smelt at it apparently, pushed it with their noses, and shortly after, tis if aware that it was past all defence, bopped slowly away ; they were hardly out of sight in the bushes when back came the stoat, threw the leveret, twice as big as himself, over his shoulders, and went off with his prize at a hard gal lop, reminding me, in miniature, of the I3engal tiger car rying off ! 1, bullock. All the actors in the drama having gone off, I walked off, and shortly after both barrels of my gun went off ; so the whole party disappeared, and there's an end of my story.l BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. The gem of this Number is, beyond a question, Dr. Maginn's analysis of the character of " Bottom the Weaver." There is nothing in 14azlitt better, if so good, as this disquisition. It is as ingenious in conception as it is skilful in execution, and the Doc tor appends a moral to it which will come home to the hearts of the great bulk of the community. We really thought that Johnson, Hazlitt, Lamb, Morgan, Wilson, Jameson, and a host of staler minores in the shape of commentators, had exhausted all that was to be said on the subject of the Shakespearian creations ; • but we find we were mistaken, and accordingly we come round to Burke's opinion—made in all the pride of superior intellect—that " there is no subject but what is inexhaustible." The following remarks, grow ing out of some shrewd speculations on the real cha racter of our friend with the ass's head, are replete • with sterling sense, expressed in the most unaffected manner : " Self-conceit, as great and undisguised as that of poor Bottom, is to be found in all classes and in all circles, and is especially pardonable in what it is considered genteel or learned to call " the histrionic profession." The triumphs of the player are evanescent. In no other department of intellect, real or simulated, does the applause bestowed upon the living artist bear so melancholy a disproportion to the repute awaiting him after the generation passes which has witnessed his exertions. According to the poet himself, the poor player " Struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more,' Shakspeare's own rank as a performer was not high, and his reflections on the business of an actor are in general splenetic and discontented. He might have said,—though indeed it would not have fitted with the mood of mind of the despairing tyrant into whose mouth the reflection is put,—that the well-graced actor, who leaves the scene not merely after strutting and fretting, but after exhibiting power and genius to the utmost degree at which his art can aim, amid the thundering applause, —or, what is a deeper tribute, the breathless silence of excited and agi tated thousands,—is destined ere long to an oblivion as undisturbed as that of his humbler fellow-artist, whose prattle is without contradiction voted to be tedious. Kemble is fading fast from our view. The gossip connected with everything about Johnson keeps Garrick before us, but the interest concerning him daily becomes less and less. Of Betterton, Booth, Quin, we remember little more than the names. The Lowins and Burbages of the days of Shak speare are known only to the dramatic antiquary, or the poring commentator, anxious to preserve every scrap of in formation that may bear upon the elucidation of a text, or aid towards the history of the author. With the sense of this transitory fame before them, it is only natural that players should grasp at as much as comes within their reach while they have power of doing so. It would be a curious speculation to inquire which personally has the greater enjoyment,—the author, neglected in life, and working for immortal renown, or the actor living among huzzas, and consigned to forgetfulness the moment that his hour is past. I suppose, on the usual principle of com pensation, each finds in himself springs of happiness and self-comfort. The dim distance, in its shadowy and limitless grandeur, fills with solemn musings the soul of the on ; the gorgeous gilding of the sunny scenery in the fore ground kindles with rapturous joy the heart of the other. Sheristone lays it down as a principle, that, if it were left to our choice whether all persons should speak ill of us to our faces, and with applause behind our backs, or, vice terra, that the applause should be lavished upon ourselves, and the ill-speaking kept for our absence, we should choose the latter ; because, if we never head the evil report, we should know nothing about our bad reputation, while, on the contrary, the good opinion others entertained of us would be of no avail if nothing reached our ears but words of anger or reproach. Since, after all, it is from within and not from without the sources of joy or sorrow bubble up, it does not matter so very much as the sensitive Lord of Leasowes imagines what the opinions of others concern ing us may be,—at least as compared with those which, right or wrong, we form of ourselves. The question is of no great practical importance ; and yet it would be some what curious to speculate in the manner of Hamlet, if wo could do so, on the feelings of Kean and Wordsworth in the zenith of the popularity of the former, when he was worshipped as a demi-god by the unquestionable, or at least, the scarce-questioned dispensers of daily renown ; while the other by the recognized oracles of critical sagacity was set down as a jackass more obtuse than that belaboured by his own Peter Bell." " Lady Blue's Ball" is a light, airy poem to which a moral is attached, like a tail to a kite—we suppose by way of balance. The author is Mrs. Cornwall Barry Wilson, who has filled many volumes with small, discreet poesy, but never produced any thing half o good as her present jeux tresprit. The " Man with the Club Foot" is too long. There are one or two dainty bits in it, but these will not justify its pro lixity. A " Full Report of the Mudfog Association" is a capital quiz on those lengthy notices of the pro ceedings of certain scientific societies with which one of our weekly literary contemporaries has been cram ming its columns to a degree provocative of intensest slumber. The catastrophe of the old maid's favourite pug-doc , ,, who has been killed, embowelled, and dis membered for the benefit of science, is irresistible, and might split the sides of a hypochondriac. 13oz is, of course, the writer ,of this caustic specimen of grave irony. He has done few better things. " Beau Nash" gives some curious anecdotes of a man much talked of, but little known. The portrait prefixed to the memoir is an engraving of a very superior order. The " Secret" is a slight, animated sketch, translated from the French of Paul de Kock. In the " Au• tobiography of a Good Joke," a clever idea is marred by the slovenliness of the execution. The " Poison ers of the Seventeenth Century" is an interesting do mestic historiette. The crimes of the Earl and Countess of Somerset have however already been made familiar to the public by Godwin, in his " Lives of the Necromancers." The illustrations by George Cruickshank are as clever as usual. FRAZER'S MAGAZINE. There is rather too much " learned lumber" in this Number, such as the essays on that interminable sub ject $ 6 The Pyramids," and (much worse) on the " Apocalyptic !lumber," for which none but a theo logian of the old 66 Dryasdu it" school, cares two straws. " Melange from th one Journal of an a ne Ecdote mploye of " is far better, and contains ex Sheridan, which, albeit we have read it before, will bear repetition : " On one occasion, his antagonist on the Treasnry bench had made a quotation from a Greek dramatist that quite startled from its aptness. It was the end of a peroration, too, and the house was on the point of dividing, when. Sheridan started up, with apparent warmth, and tallith° right honourable gentleman opposite with having unean did:7 stopped short in his quotation ; for that, if he had continued it to the close, he must have announced a prin ciple and an illustration wholly subversive of tlio first , prQ positon-4 pernicious hypothesis, merely put forward to be demolished by the sequel. He Oleo delivered a number of Greek lines, without any apparent effort of memory ; and so perfectly in accordance with his assertion, that the mi nister admitted the application, and d ec l are d th a t he really had forgotten the solution WA Mr, Sheridan supplied. This iiifklent balked the expectation of the Miffir,try on division g cl i nestiPlied by some classical friend, ; and bein g who had vainly rofvrrycl to his library for thQ lilies, Sheri , • i * ,,,, , f_WDAY , OCTOBER 2, 1837. HSU TE N, LONDON , clan confessed that he had improvvisated the verses he professed to supply in continuation." " Respectability,' is a tale told with considerable cleverness. The sketch is strictly true to life. The " Life of Lord Clive," is a discriminating notice of a work lately published under that title. " The King's Fool," is a poem too long by some -dozen stanzas or more. The opening portion is the best. " The Rock. ite," is A talc penned in P. style resembling flame of 13anim's shorter Irish sketches. The " Verdict of a Nation," is as dull tis a Lord Mayor's speech when re turning thanks before a Cabinet Minister on the tith of November. The " Remembrances of a Monthly Nurse," is interesting, but rather too close an imita tion of Mr. Warren's admirable " Physician's Diary,'' in Blackwoods Magazine. THE NATIONAL. The idea of giving a series of " Retrospective Re views," which the Editor of the " National" proposes to do from time to time, is a happy idea, and if fol- lowed up in a right spirit, very likely to attract pub lie favour. The present specimen, which is the first, is a critical notice of Shakspeare's illinor Poems--•- productions seldom read, and not often spoken about. The Reviewer is right in his estimate of " Lucrace," which is a poor tissue of laboured conceits, with only here and there a faint glimmering of fancy to rescue it from utter contempt ; but he is much too harsh in his strictures o❑ the " Venus and Adonis." This poem, though we grant that it abounds in defects of taste, yet contains many splendid bursts of feeling, and even ima gination. The description of the horse is the finest thing of the sort in the language, which Byron vainly tried to equal in his well-known sketch of the " wild Tartar Steed" in Mazeppa. Again, what can be more truly poetical than (we quote from memory, not hav ing the volume by us to refer to) the sketch of the dead Adonis, with Venus leaning over him ? " She lifts the coffer-lids that close each eye, Where, to I two lamps, burnt out, in darkness lie. The Reviewer should have remembered this, and many similar passages, before he hazarded the asser tion that the poem was full of extravagant conceits which are not in themselves poetical, or very few of them, and by a versification very slovenly and frequently inharmonious." " Frank Woodly" is a clever tale, above the average order of such slight productions. " A Season in Town" is by Haynes Bayley. It is sprightly common-place enough. " A Glance at the Authors of the Middle Ages" is the ablest paper in th e Number. We shall be glad to see it continued. Among the " Reviews of New Books" occur some disparaging remarks on Wordsworth's " Lyrical Bal lads," whence we take for granted that the critic has never read that lofty philosophical poem on the " Banks of Wye," which contains more thought than any of the same length in the language. We have a sort of instinctive reverence, which we cannot help, for great names, and dislike to see them made free with. " Beauty and Wit" is a pointed little epigram after the manner of the wits of Charles the Second's time. We subjoin it : " Beauty and Wit disputed long Who lordly man should sway ; The fair one's arguments were strong, And Wit had much to say. " At length 'twas settled by the twain (For Wit with flattery plied her) That Beauty over man should reign . When he was near to guide her." THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The Old Monthly—we suppose we must henceforth call it the Young Monthly, for it shows a strong dis position to cast off the staid, dull habits of age, and become sprightly and vigorous—is far more readable than usual. Its articles are short, well digested, and do not lack variety. " An Address to the Senators of Great Britain," is written in a calm, but energetic spirit. The principles it advocates are of the right sort, belonging neither to one extreme nor the other, but holding a safe mean between both. " Tableaux from Sporting Life," which is continued from the last number, is the production of a man evidently well ac quainted with the my►teries of the Turf and the Gam ing-table. Some of his anecdotes of " Legs" are highly characteristic of the ingenuity of that amiable tribe. However it may be at Tattersali's, it is clear to us that there are more Legs than Heads to be met with at Crockford's. The " Guitar" is a pretty piece of versification. En voici : How sweet, at twilight's peaceful hour, When night-flowers greet each rising star, Alone, in some secluded bow'r, To touch the silver-toned Guitar. Companion of the exiled brave, Beloved alike in peace and war ! The peasant wakes thee, and the slave Weeps fondly o'er his mute Guitar. Dream of the long-forgotten dead, Whose notes remind of scenes afar, The scattered leaves of roses shed Thy numbers breathe, my lone Guitar. Whenc'er the festive song I wake, Forgetting that e'en mirth may mar Its own enjoyment, should I break One feeling string, my own Guitar,— I'll take the moral to my breast, Nor ever strain a chord so far As wound a heart which, rudely prest, Would break like thine, my lov'd Guitar. " Beaumont arid Fletcher" is a biographical sketch, somewhat of the tritest and dryest. It tells us nothing that we did not know before. " The Baroness" im proves as it proceeds. Some of its incidents are novel, and adroitly handled. " Economy of the Months" is a slight, desultory series of remarks on most of the passing topics of the day. This was once a favourite feature in this Periodical, and we are surprised that it has been so long neglected. However, better late than never. " Harmony of the Spheres" is an essay from the pen of Mr. Barker, whose edition of Cicero's two Essays on " Friendship" and " Old Age," and on the " Germany" and " Agricola" of Tacitus, are the best in the language ; and should be more generally known than they are. TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE. The late election of the Scotch Representative Peers in the picture gallery of the ancient Palace of Holy rood, forms the subject of one of the most remar kable atticles in the October Number of Tait's Maga zine. It is avowedly from the pen of an eye-witness of a ceremony hitherto regarded by the good people of Scotland as one of the most awfully imposing ever be held in a Christian country. But even within the custom-hallowed precincts of Holyrood, men begin to exercise their judgment—to test the real value of the forms which conceal the dishonest juggling of Peerage Representation. We have not space for the writer's graphic account of the way in which the election was conducted, or—what we regret still more—for his description of the political subserviency of four-fifths of the Scotch Representative Peers, ever since the Union with England—but we cannot omit noticing the effect which the ceremony left upon his mind. " We have no hesitation in say ing," he concludes, " that of all the farces that we ever saw—and we have seen many—this was unques tionably the most unblushingly impudent. Talk of O'Connell and his tail ! What is the tail of the great Agitator of Ireland compared to that of our wily Caledonian Earl, composed, as it is, of sixteen jewelled coroneted and sparkling Peers ? But glittering as its joints may be, we may well laugh at them as far as the p eo pl t jug concerned. # * For our own part we regard the Noble laFl's 14i) pretty mph R q we t iq that of a peacock—or, perhaps, more like that attached to a paper kite ; whereas we consider that of O'Connell as the ta il of a lion, the angry ag itation of which is terrible, * 144 . Plif visit to alt @ivy* of licottish Peers, anti we ban think that we shall not be tempted to every reason from it with our respect for repeat it. We return. " as the grace, beauty, the hereditary wisdom, as wei, , ramie reduced to and nobleness of our Caledonian Pe, 0. within a very low ebb—with the spirit of Christia.."4 us very much shocked—with our feelings as IP.e: vC7 much humbled—and with our pride as Scotchmei; absolutely laid in the very dust r AU this we can readily imagine and believe. Such cantrips, to performed with anything like effect, should in future be performed at midnight, - They will not bear to be tested by the noon-day judgment of Scotland, The Review of Spencer's Travels in Cirewia is at once able, accurate, and impartial. The article on French Vaudeville Comedy is enlivened by some very good extracts from one of the most popular pieces of M. .Scribe-- _ Society of Friends as it was and as it is," from the pen of William Howitt, is a continuation of the article in the September Number, entitled, " George Fox and his First Disciples." It is replete with information to us equally novel and interesting. " Hazlitt as a Critic'of the Drama and Fine Arts," is out of place— unless it be intended to publish a new edition of his works. This would be a speculation more desirable than profitable. Hazlitt never will be popular, be cause he wrote from feelings, many of which were false and most evanescent. Except his " Essays on Art," no two of his pieces breathe the same spirit. COURT MAGAZINE. A tolerable Number, but containing no one article that calls for particular notice. The best is the critical essay on Macbeth—a stale theme, but not ill-treated. The portrait of Lady Lascelles, as a work of art, is excellent. THE MARKETS—(THIS DAY.I CORN El CHANGE. The contrary state of the wind last week occasioned the ar rivals of all descriptions of English Grain to be very moderate. Of foreign Wheat there was a considerable quantity, the finest parcels of which pay duty. This morning the fresh supply of Wheat has been tolerably good, anti of other Corn middling. The trade for Wheat has been very dull today, the best parcels of old are declined Is. per quarter, and other qualities, both old and new, full 2s. to 31. per quarter, leaving several runs of middling and inferior quality unsold. Barley 4o f yig i vo cittelities, and meets a slack sale. Old Beans are firm, new ones Is. to 2s. per quarter lower. Boiling Pease maintain their value, Orey Pease are rather clitento. The Oat trade is dun, but not lower titell.this seinnight, In Flour little business is snip parcels are rather de clined in y4,11.4,!1 MONTHLY REPOSITORY. " Explanation and Retrospection" is from the pen of Mr. Leigh Hunt. It is a frank and cordial piece of egotism, such as Montaigne would have ap proved of. The author speaks modestly of his past efforts for. Reform in the Examiner, and alluding to the troubles he underwent in the course of his political warfare, says—and the sentiment is a noble one— " tl►e sharp taste of suffering has rendered us less willing to inflict pain ; and we have learned to know that enemies may be as good men as others, and that the great point is, to lift the whole world if you can, and trample on nobody." There is no sen timent in Mr. Hunt's idol, Wordsworth, of a more humane and elevated character than this. It breathes the true spirit of Catholic Christianity. The character of the present editor of the Examiner is admirably hit off in a single pregnant sentence : " He is a wit of the times of Queen Anne, with greater political detail, though less general sympathies." " High and Low Life in Italy," as we observed on a former occasion, is not much to our taste. The fact is, we cannot appreciate its deserts from not knowing the subject of which it treats. Mr. Landor is the author. "On Statesmen who have written Verses" is a light, anecdotal essay, after the manner of some of Mr. Hunt's best papers in the Indicator. The num ber on the whole is an improvement on its predecessors. Yesterday afternoon, about half-past five o'clock, the family of Mr. Larkin, an extensive oil merchant in Al dersgate-street, nearly opposite Little Britain, was thrown into the utmost excitement by the discovery of a fire in the lower part of the premises. A City policeman, No. 81, named Evans, who was on duty near the spot, was in stantly apprised of the circumstance, and he, without delay, ran to the Farringdon-street station to give the necessary information, and in an incredibly short time the engines were in active operation ; but, notwithstanding powerful torrents of water were thrown into the cellar, where the lire originated, the density of the smoke completely pre vented the firemen from entering, and Mr. Braidwood alone (with the assistance of the newly-invented life jacket, by which the wearer is enabled to combat the power of the smoke) remained in the cellars, and conducted the Wat ling-street engine's hose, which threw a powerful stream on the oil bags which bad become ignited, and thus fortu nately, by the aid of a good supply of water, the damage wa s confined to the lower rrt of' the premises. The City police and ward watchmen, under their respective officers, rendered the firemen great assistance during the alarm that prevailed. Ilad the fire brokers out later in the evening the most serious results must have ensued, but fortunately the danger subsided about seven o'clock. The tire was occasioned through the overheating of a large quantity of oil bags in the ctilar. The property of the establishment is insured. We regret to learn that within the last few days the typhus fever has made its appearance to some considerable extent in that part of Leeds where its dire effects are most to be apprehended, namely, in the Boot and Shoe-yard, Wellington, and other yards in the vicinity of Kirkgate. An intimation has been made to us by the Mayor, Dr. Wil liamson, who, with praiseworthy motives has personally in spected these localities, that the epidemic has originated in consequence of the constant accumulation of filth in and near the abodes of the inhabitants, and also in the miserably bad sewerage contiguous thereto. A great number of pet sons have this week been taken from these places to the House of Recovery, suffering severely from the above epi demic.—Leeds Mercury. Lord Clifford, at present residing in Rome, has been one of the most active of the fearless and benevolent persona employed in relieving and visiting the p a ti en t s suffering under that terrific scourge the cholera, which i s i still committing its ravages n . the " eternal city." We are happy to state that the dysentery, which has so fearfully visited Taunton and its neighbourhood, is almost entirely abated. There have been 140 deaths, in old people and children principally, but the weekly mortali ties have now fallen to their average before the appearance of this fatal malady.—Taunton Gazelle. On Saturday morning, about ten o'clock, the great est consternation and alarm prevailed in the New-road, in consequence of a large shepherd's dog making its appear ance, and running along the foot. pavement at a rapid rate, foaming at the mouth, snapping at every thing in the way, and evincing other rabid signs. It proceeded towards the Regent's Park, followed by a number of persons, who called out to the passengers " Beware of a mad dog!" and per sons, admonished by the timely warning, scampered out of the way, and avoided the teeth of the animal. The canine race, however, were not so fortunate, several being severely bitten, together with a pig. After many ineffectual at tempts, the furious animal was at length dispatched near the Park, by repeated blows from a thick stick, and thus prevented from doing further mischief. On Saturday a young man, aged 25, named Edmund Pott, who had been for some time in the service (as under clerk) of Mr. Ford, solicitor, Henrietta -street, Covent garden, absconded with 900 sovereigns, the property of his master. Mr. Ford had sent him, between three and four o'clock, to Messrs. Drummond and Co.'s banking-house, with a check for the above amount. On inquiring how he would receive - the money, he was desired to bring home two bank notes of 300/. each, and the remainder in smaller ones. Hiving remained away longer than was necessary for the distance, Mr. Ford proceeded to Drummond's banking house, when he found that the check had been cashed about three-quarters of an hour before. Mr. Ford next pro ceeded to the Bank of England, when he ascertained that Pott had been there also about three-quarters of an hour before him, where he presented the notes, demanding gold for them. His flurried manner excited some suspicions, but his answers to questions put to him being satisfactory, sove reigns were given him for the notes. He had often been intrusted by Mr. Ford on similar errands before, but never did anything which could lead to suspicions of his being dishonest. A description of his person has been forwarded to all the leading outports,and a reward of 501. is offered for his apprehension. He belongs to a respectable family, and received a classical education, though latterly he has been unfortunate. MURDRIL—On Tuesday a man named Thomas Harper, of Welsford, committed a most revolting murder on a little only four years of age, at the village of Harwood, near Barnstaple. Harper had been at work for the father of the child, and on his return from dinner found that some of his tools had been removed by the child, when the monster deliberately took up a spade and struck the child over the body and arms, cutting off one of toe arms, and then literally beat his braiiii out With re fpeated blows on the scull, Tlie Y l ,lqi4 rude ua attempto. e rn e ! qil4 W 44 instantly taken into custody, On t_)::; ; o llowing day a Coroner's Jury return.-) fiki Murder." a verdict of " Wit rth charge he was co mm itt e d for trial on the Coro ner ' s warrant. Harper, who is L pt , Tpyr; 40 and .50 years of ap t boca ttyino I n gaol for passing coon tPFNit qu o COP fqr Poahina‘ • ;ive7.loniqn4 min, and seemed quite indl ir erent to his fate.— 'Vest iiritoit. He is a repul- NEWGATE AND LEA At per stone, 1 s d.tos d. DENHALL MARKETS. iy the Carcass. Beef, inferior.... ........ ... 3 0 3 4 Mutton, inferior ...... - middling ...... ...... 8 6 3 8 - middling - prime large - prime - prime mail 4 0 4 2 Pork, large Veal d ton d. 36 3 8 3 8 310 40 4 4 26 4 4 4 8 5 N EWCA Si LE-UPON-TY:sTE CORN M A RKET.—Sept. St, Our farmers .brought a large supply of Wheat to this day's Market, but we had no arrivals from the coast, and the whole met a free sale at the rates of last Saturday; indeed in some instances an advance of ls. per quarter was realized. We had a good supply of Oats, which were in limited demand at late prices. Good samples of Malt are enquired after, and sell readily at our top quotations. Rye continues exceedingly dull, though in its value we can note little alteration. There have as yet been no samples of new malting Barley offering for sale, and grinding qualities are in limited request. Pease and Beans remain without change. Flour is in fair demand at our quotations. New. Old. Wheat, Northumberland .. —s —s. 46s. 62,1 -- Norfolk and Suffolk —s. —5....... 5Ss. 64, Berwick and Scotch Ms. s — s 58s, - Foreign Rye, Norf.ik and Suffolk Foreign — s. s —s. —s. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and StitiMk... 265. 2Ss — a . —..s. Grinding and Feeding 24s. 2cs. Malt, Norfolk and Suffolk sls tiOs _s. —s, I Beans, Sinai! Tick 36s 3S, —s. —s. Pease, White 'its 3tis. ~ ... ....,8. —..r, Gray 32s 34i Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe ...... ... 295. 311 s Feed Foreign Flour (par sack) —s. —5 43s. 465. COMMERCIAL IN TEL LIG EN C 1!;. (THIS DAY.) The imports at the port of London arc slender. No fresh arrivals of East or West India produce ; what is fresh up is the produce of the North and of Ireland ; the chief are 4,324 casks of Russian Tallow, and 2,633 plates of Spelter. Ihe exports continue large, and the anaemit of duties paid for home consumption is very-considerable. Commercial advmeS received from Novia Scotia, Prince Edward's blinds Quebec and Montreal, up to the tith of September, state that the crepe of grain of all kinds, gni those of potatoes, and all kinds of fruit, were very ahundAt tome of it housed alr e ady, w hi c h f or t h em is rather vitt!. t Ashes were dull, and without variation in prier ' , In our mercantile markets of to-day there scareeiss any% thing. In East and West India prodn e nothift.i ; of the slightest consequence passing either üblio or Deira te; as is generally the case on a Monday. bv.. l ,ness IS secur e d, b ut to . day ' s PROP:WB. trArtgactions *l have A steady produe ,- ,' Hops.—The duty no variation in pric es . 'is declining from 180,0001. There is A decided impror..tnent in the prices of Hops and the business done in thP: m. Tr!-Clay Rum was again in inquiry, and prices looking up, . The stock of Cassia Lignea is short, and there is a stattu lative inquiry after it. The market for Timber is securing more business, Itind prices arc improving. TALLOW is reported better to-day. Ntore business doing, and prices have risen from 395. 3d. to ,S9s. 3d. There are considerable sales of "merchandise advertised for the week already, but not t, very great amount of colonial pro. duce. The quantity of Indigo inspected when we went to press, was about 2,650 chests. No business of any amount Is now doing in that commodity. FOREIGN COMMERCIAL. The accounts received this morning from Franca hring ge nerally higher quotations fr om a ll t h e leading grain-markets. The supply of Wheat at m ost o f t h em aro stated to be compa ratively short, and a rise on last week's prices of nearly it per hectolitre has been obtained at several places. Holders of old find Wheat are very firm, and keeping the markets badly supplied, it demands high prices. There seems to be an a p_ prehension of a considerable foreign importation beforr., next crop. The Silk Market at Lyons is again rather dul!„, and prices barely maintained. The premium on Gold and Silver at P'aris is unaltered, being for the former 71. 50c. to Bf-, aad sf. 25c. for the latter, per I,ooof. fine; but at these 'rates a good deal of bu siness has been done, and the t uni on dealers are stated in some instances to have demar.aed higher quotations, without being able to establish the advance. At Havre the flatness of the Cotton M ar k et i s una b ated, and prices are not ':aaintained. At a sale of Java Coffee there was offered, the 28th last, 4,600 bags, but only one lot was sold, the rest withdrawn, the holders being unwilling to re...'.se at the low offers; under these circumstances, the Coffee Market is very quiet, and balancing for a decline in prices. Indigo has again obtained a new advance, and several sales have been effected at the improvement, Tea is in good request, and prices fully maintained ; the, transactions are chiefly in Hyson, and rather considerable. The prices of Sug ar have gi ven way, b ut the business done at the declin e i s v er y fair, and particularly confined to Bourbon; 2,126 bags brown Manilla have been disposed of at 23f. per 50 kilogrammse in bond, Icing equal to 20s. 6d. percwt. Tallow continues to decline, and several hundred casks were disposed of for delivery at lower rates. In the midst of a crowd of persons, slowly making their way into a place of public enterta;aiment, a remarkably corpulent gentleman, who was closely following a fine girl, amused himself by certain tender squeezes and amatory whispers, which at length so annoyed the fair one that, turning her head round as far as the circumstances of the case would admit, she exclaimed with great sharpness of tone "Be quiet, sir ! I wish you would leave me alone." " Very wall, my dear," said her plump persecutor, " but pray don't eat me." " You are in no danger." replied the nymph, " I am a Jewess." —Literary Gazelle. On Friday morning a man fashionably attired, and apparently belonging to the superior classes of society, was seized by the police for standing at the top of the Colonne Vendome, in Paris, in an attitude more state esque than decent. The French journals suppress the name of the exhibitant, who was liberated on bail. It is supposed the freak originated in a bet. The following circumstance has caused an intense sensation amongst the family and friends of a very respectable •" tradesman. On Saturday evening, a man came to the shop of Mr. T. Hebblethwaite, shoemaker, of Upper-lane, in this town, and informed him that a person whom he named, a very considerable debtor of his, wished to see him at a house in King's Cross-lane. Mr. Hebblethwaite immedi ately went as directed, since which no tidings have been heard of him. The police have been, for the last two days, most-indefatigable in their endeavours to trace the steps. of Mr. Hebblethwaite, but without in the smallest der..ee un ravelling the Mystery of his disappearance. Wllat renders the circumstance more strange and unaccountable is, that the lost person is proverbially sober, in excellent circum stances, and highly respected in the town.—gal Paper. On Saturday last, as Lord VVorsley and Sir J. Nel thorpe were out shootin ,, at Broughton, a boy in an adjoin ing field, hearing the shooting, was in the act of crawling through the hedge to observe the gentlemen, when Lordship fired at a bird flying low, and lodged the cl:•:arge in the head and breast of the boy. His Lordship,, imme diately rendered all the assistance in his por:y er to the wounded lad, and had the best medical a6: : ice. The lad is likely t o recover , w i t h t h e l oss of one e?.e _Lincolnshire chronicle. We hear from the banks of tt,e Rhine that there is no record of such a concourse of travellers as there is this summer ; the steam-boats, which have increased in number beyond all expectation, scarcely suffice to convey the tourists from all parts of the world, who, after having visitA Bel gium, go up the Rhine and back again. The year 1831 has hitherto been considered as remarkable, because 30,000 travellers were conveyed by the steam-boats in that year, hut those who Live travelled by the same route this yep may be estimated at 150,000.—B russels Paper. Hammond has closed with Macready on h;.5 own terms, and appears as Hodge in Love in a Village tr-morrow. We learn with great regret from the Engli s h papers, the loss of the ship Padang, on the Goodwin sands. It was bound from Amsterdam to Batavia, with a valuable cargo. Goods to the amount of 13,000 florins are not in sured.—Dutch Paper. On Saturday forenoon, about ten o'clock, the inha bitants of Pulteney-street, Golden-square, were alarmed, in consequence of screams, apparently of a child, being heard in a room at No. 6, Pulteney-court, and from the window of which a great quantity of smoke was issuiug. A man named Wilkinson, went to the room, the doer of which was locked. He forced it open, when he observed a little girl, whose name is Eliza Slack, laying down by the fire, her en tire clothing being burnt off. There was a twin sister in bed, near the unfortunate child, part of the bed furniture being on fire. Sense other persons hating arrived, the progress of the devouring element was arrested. By this Mr. Wadsworth, a medical gentleman of the neigh bourhood, bad arrived, who declared her dead. The poor child's body was burnt all over. The r. - ;other, whose hus h ind is stated to be in America, was in the culpable prac tice of going out and leaving her children alone, and locking the door after her. The child was three years old. The mother returned shortly after the frightful calamity, upon ascertaining which she was in the utmost state of distrac tion. A fire was in the grate, but it is impossible to state how the child's clothes became ignited. On Monday a party of ladies from Bala having oc casion to stay a few hours at Festiniog, were advised to go and see the waterfall in the neighbourhood, the universal resort of strangers, when Miss Auwyl, the daughter of the late Mr. D. Auwyl, of Bala-hill, incautiously stooping too far over the abyss below, it is supposed she was overcome with giddiness, and pitched headlong into the terrific gulf. A rope was tied round the waist of a roan, who was let down, but found the unfortunate young lady immersed in a pool of water, quite dead. This melancholy event has caused a deep gloom over the town and neighbourhood of Bala, where Miss Anwyl's numerous charities and virtues had, alike endeared her to rich and poor.—Salopian Journal. On Monday morning, between twelve and one o'clock, the tenants of the Rue Rochechouart, at Paris, were awakened by loud cries. Being acetestomed to the night brawls of the drunken holiday-:makers, who return from the barriers on Sunday nights by that street into Paris, the clamour excited little attention ; but the next morning the- body of a young man, about 18 or 20, was found at the corner of the Rue Rochechouart, and the Rue Moutholon, with his throat cut, the jugular artery being severed by some cutting instrument. It is inferred that the murder was the result of some protracted dispute between the victim and its perpetrator, as an interval of 200 paces intervened between the spot where the cries were heard and that where the body was found, and no trace of blood was discovered to that the victim received his deathblow during b:,5 progress frran one spot to the other. On Sunday morning Mary MarsirVi, of old woman o f very strange manners Sibsey, an aged 79, was found dead in her bed. Mrs. Marshall Lad been 50 years a widow, during which time she had 1i., 0 d in her house by herself; re fusing admittance to an;; one. Although very penurious in her own habits, she feasted upwards of a dozen cats every thy at her table. Li , ,lng in a remote part of the town her house was about c'o'ot rears ago broken into, when she, with the moat extea - ,,rdinary courage and presence of mind, kept the tbatt Intrglars at bay for a considerable time ; but being at 13Q4 . overpowered, they robbed her - of a large sum of mosey, principally in gold coins, but she never ceased her exertions till she found them out, and caused their conyktion at the Assizes. Mrs. Marshall filled the office of sextoness to the parish for 40 years, during which time she had never been once absent from duty until the day she died. The p 4 rish;ooprs finding that she was not at her post, broke open her door, and found her dead: She has left a larc spy O Sof Monep-44Heuilishire cloviiick, ?RIM ON BOARD OP SHIN Wheat, Bed (old) 555. 63s Beans, Small (new,),..,.- 57,40,. ---White591d).,......,601. uSe. —s-iii—v - --..s (;,Id) 42..485. —Red I , iss7) 44a. els. —4..-• Ti c k (new) 3ls 325. ----Fine Os. A4s. .............-- (old) :191.:‘,::. --.. Suogrfiliosi, , „Us. Harrow (new),,,„, :3 : . 8 . ssis,l" • 1 " (1837) ...... .465. 541. ......Le (O.IAP 403.42 a. Fine 58 !Bs. Brank ...... ...- . 345.385. --Superfine ~001, pl, Oat ° , Geed —Foreign free 'Zs. 701. Rye 52a. 365. Poland —s.-3, Barley . 0 4s. 26z. New 435,9;.. Grinding 26s 268. P0tat0e.......n .......... .2 9- - 30 Malting 321. 3fis. Malt. 465. 545. Scotch , 20-.32 , . Fine New 565. 60s. Irish liis. Pease, Grey, New .355. 365. Flour Town ;per sack) 50s. 55;. Maple New. 36, 08, —.. Seconds 45 , 4Rs. White '3Bl 38s North Country 42s 44 s --- Boilers 40i. 42•- Bran - 9 19 . LONDON DURING LAS[ sA, BRIM I Oats. I Flour . 710 qrs. 1,720 qrs 1 6,E40 sacks 460 5,3r0 MARKET ARRIVALS OF GRAIN I ._ Wheat. Engttsh Irish - Foreign 22,574 SMITHFIEL This day's supply was very good, and the salo was dull at little alteration from the prices last quoted : PRICKS PER STONE OF 81.1 4 TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d Interior Beasts 2 4 2 6 Second quality ditto 2 8 I '2 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 0 4 4 Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Prime small ditto 4 8 5 0 Slckling Calves ,each; 17 u 34 • d. to s.d. Inferior Sheep. . . 3 4 3 6 Second quality ditto. 3 a 310 Coarso-woolled ditto .... 4 2 4 4 Southdown Wearers 4 a 4 Laige Ilogs 3 4 4 Small Porkers Quarter old Pig tach, 12 u 2U • SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pike 3,496 26,00.0 223 390 About:lsoo at:the Beasts came up the St. Alban's road ; about 930 up the other northern roads; about 400 (including Irish) from the western and midland districts ; about 200 from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire; about 90 from Kent and Sussex; and most of the remainder f ors the marshes, &c. in the neighbourhood of London. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, SEPT. 30.—Wind E.N.E., fine weather.—Came down from the River last night, and to-day sailed, the Jane Goudie, Simpson, for Honduras; Matilda, Comin, for the Cape of Good Hope ; John, Forrest, for Jamaica ; Matilda Luckie, Henneker, for Demerara. OCT. I.—WindW. S. W., moderate.—No arrivals. PORTSMOUTII, OCT. 1. —Wind E. N. E. to W. S. W.- Arrived off, the Sota, Cust, for La Guayra. Sailed her Majesty's ship Alligator, for the westward; Hotspur transport, for London. PLYMOUTH, SEPr. 30.—Wind W. S.W.—Sailed her Majesty's ship Pique, for the north coast of Spain. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 29.—Wind E.N.E., fresh gales. 30, E.N.E. to W. S.W., fresh breezes.—Arrived the Hopo packet, from Halifax—sailed Bth ult. PENZANCE, SEPT. 30.—Arrived Zephyr, Nl‘Lea, Miramichi. BRISTOL, OCT. I.—Arrived the Hebe, Partridge, from Charente ; Dido,Callan, from Russia. GLOUCESTER, OCT. 1.-Arrived Itowa, Reimers, W)burg. HOLYHEAD, SEPT. 30.—Arrived off, the North America, Hosie, from New York. GUERNSEY, SEPT. 30.—Arrived the Newton, Panzer, and Gotfried, Paul, from Dantzic ; and Elizabeth, Rose, from Gottenburg. JERSEY, SEPT. 30.—Arrived the Abeona, Bigarean, and Henrietta, Damank, from Dantzic ; Swea, Lofgreen, from Gottenburg; and Augusta Helena, from Rostock. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 30.—Arrived the Ofilie, Schutz, from Dantzic ; and Fanny, Voast, from Pillau. The Abespa, with part of the cargo saved from tjae wreck of the Little Penn, from hence to Tobasco, was captured by tho Texian schooners of war, Brutus and Invincible, about the 25th ult. A large British barque, laden with cotton, was seen on the 21st ult. abandoned in lat. 30, long. 76. DUBLIN, SEPT. 30.—Arrived, the Providence, Bahbricke, from Memel ; the William Fawcett (steamer) and the Two Sisters, Dyer, from London. CORK, SEPT. 29.—Arrived, the 'Vulture (steamer), London. CROOKNAYEN, Sarr. 29,—Arrived, the Ceres, Bamfield, 'rom Honduras. LEMI, SEPT. 29.--Arrived, the Vist Downs, Hart, from St. Petersburg ; the Defiance, Wallace, from St. Petersburg ; the Margaretha, from Kongsberg ; the Eliza, Douglas, and Arab, Gallaway, from Riga ; the Catharine Wilht, Memel. SHIELDS, SEPT. 30. —Arrived, the Betsy, Huson, from Quebec ; the Edward, Salomon, from Pantile. Morcraosa, 29 .—Arrivn..t!, the James, Martin, from St. Petersburg. Him- SEPT. 30.—Arrived, the Ross, Hunter, from St. Petersburg ; the \Vilhelraina, from Stettin ; the Salani, Gly berg, from Wyburg ; the Tansit (steamer), from Hamburg. AIatIVALN IN TILE Rivr.a.—The Robert Newton, Batty, from St. Petersburg; the Isabel Robert, Bruce, from Riga. ST. GEORGE'S (SOUTHWAK) CHURCH-RATES. —A most numerous vestry of the inhabitants of this parish assembled in the Vestry-room on Friday last, pursuant to note, to nominate four householders, to be chosen by the Justices of the Peace, as overseers for the ensuing year ; also to declare a rate in lieu of tithes. Mr. Hewitt having taken the Chair, the minutes of the last meeting were read. A letter from Mr. Booth, Secretary to the Poor-law Corn missioners, in reply to a remonstrance from the parish concerning the erection of a new workhouse, was also read. The letter stated that the Commissioners had given their sanction to the progress of the work before they received any application from the parish. A long and irregular discussion here took place, Mr. Day complaining that the money required for the furtherance of the work have been borrowed at so high a premium as five per cent. Messrs. Bedford, Day, Saunders, and Matthews were then nomi nated to be submitted to the Justices of the Peace. Mr. Griffith moved a twopenny rate for the coming year. Mr. Day rose to propose an amendment ; he explained the pe culiar circumstances of the parish. The late rector was now six months dead, and his successor had not us yet been ap pointed. It was monstrous to be called upon to vote a stipend to a rector when there was actually no rector in existence. He was opposed to Church-rates upon principle, and he thought this a fitting opportunity for tho parish to exhibit its dis approval of the impost. He would, therefore, persist in moving that no rate be declared. IF the Tories had al lowed the good intentions of her Majesty's Ministers to take effect in the last session, such opposition might have been obviated.—(Hear, hear.) In reply to an observation from Mr. Arrowsmith, to the effect that they would subject themselves to a fine of 5001. if they did not appoint a rate, Mr. Day said that the power of enforcing the fine rested with the rector, and while they were without a rector that objection could not hold good. Mr. Grafty (late churchwarden) declared that he would willingly pay his por tion of any fine, rather than submit to so unjust an infliction. He was aware the same feeling pervaded the majority of the meeting.—( Hear.) Mr. Day asked for the production o f the auditors' books of the last year. Considerable merri ment was created by the reading of some of the items -121. Is. was ch arge d f or w i ne , an d 91. 2s. for the washing. Of surplices ; the latter charge was particularly objected to, inasmuch as it had not received the sanction of the vestry of last year. Here the discussion assumed a theological character. Mr. Grafty read an extract from the Canons of the Church concerning the " casting out of devils." Mr. Black referred to an authority at Oxford so long ago as the reign of James 11., in support of the antiquity of the doctrine. The Chairman, in explanation, read several chapters from the Old Testament. Mr. Day's amendment was ultimately put and carried amid the cheers of the meet ing, only four voices dissenting, including the Chairman. A great improvement has just beet effected in the Jacquard loom, by which all the weights are dispettaed w ith, and steam-power As used tq work thg 7i, ae l l i nor y. By this new machine, ‘ilka of any r e '.itern, of super;or texture tq the Vreneb, and Qf the most even fabric, can be made by oh;ildreu or WOMCP. Springs are used to regulate the yard-bow! . 7..ithout reference to its diameter, and by a simple and ingenious contrivance, the yarn and cloth beams can be linstantly stopped, should the weft break. .11lack6urw Standard,