The Sun. — London, England, 1846-11-10 00:00:00

.t.u.tt D MAYOR'S DAY. . Extensive preparations having been made to usher. the the Lord Mayor's Day with eclat, the streets in tie neighbourhood of Guildhall were crowded with people, and veil numbers were admitted into the itself to witr ess the ceremony of breakfasting, which was building . perfornaed in the Council Chamber, by the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and principal City officers, soon o after eleven o'clock. Ibe barriers within the doors f the flail offered an ineffectual resistance to the strength te • and impetuosity of the multitude, so that the activi . e d r er. f • the police was unavoidably referred to, but a consider con a - able time elapsed before the bustle was brought conclusion. The improvements in the decorativ?_ar tangements are recorded in the following account of ' , The lull was externally lighted with gas ' t i p ea having b een introduced amongst the arms' coils cif the aneY br laord Mayor and th e Sheriffs, so that a peculiar hr illi oke forth as the evening approached. The front of the nail's entrance -porch was decorated with armour from the tower. - Two most magnificent chandeliers, trade by the deceased Mr. Collins, were suspended from th e , ie re -e "lng, of the hall. Th Value of these beautiful speci ,ell of art, i s said to be I 000/ , but the e x . t ut or , W m . ‘" ei l e ins, sold the m to the Corpo . ration for 2001., as they Were considered to be too large for any other pub . ll buile• n ig- The chandeliers were ornamented with stained glass, Aprkr Eunning the clerk of the works, judiciously made alterations described, which in a great mi asure ea a v____ pal"Ypable defect in the external arrange quantity of the buildi n • • as in consequence of the enormous quantity of the visitor gas burned in the hall and smaller rooms, s of the 9th November have been obliged to complain of excessive heat. Mr. Bunning contrived to . le:Pia current of air from the Court-yard, between th ...Joy o f the C ouncil Chamber and the Court of Alder . II I"), and introduced in the space thus thrown open a Peeture representing the Embarkation' of Henry the 41gth from the Tower, with Old London-bridge Co ve . i, reel with houses in the distance. On the painted tortv.7ent of the floor were varieties of flowers,. , a he effect of this improvement was greatly praised. t 1. 4 fact a conservatory a eared where bare walls we t %) ormerly to b bu rn i n die e seen. Thpepoil which it was the custom 9,3 erent parts of the edifice was wholly removed, an gas alone blazed everywhere. ete about a quarter -past twelve o'clock the Lord Mayor received about to corn notice that the order of procession the breakfast rl32enee2 accordingly left and the companyoneswains th e usual oreee'ents, and CA. order • went with theircarrag . pearedPiracggeSteuenlf th has already aP" e Procession THE "ILIirA.LL BANQUET. The ue t b egan t g 8s of the Chief Magistrate and the Sheriffs 0 arrive at three oeilock and the principal guests e te o tt e e e he d the hall before five o'Clock. The tables were ra e di r e ed h bY Messrs. Yo unghusband and Co., of Ger- L, ens a ll lan, in a very magnificent sty Rider _, of the ward of which Sir George Carrol is the le: and Deputy ere. - 111 ,, a n , and the rest of the Committee, made the re :t st exertions to prove to the company that the thoeietrit ,Mayoralty would be worthy of the presiding au Ive y in all the essentials of hospitality. Lord Chan tilecello , " tiee d amongst the company the r ° L ° l. ll John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne,_ or Pale le 4 r r s c i l lis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Auckland, e l . -J an d . N o _ ton, Lord Campbell, Lord Morpeth, the C,, C. lloei',,; o f the Exchequer, Sir George Grey, Sir J. (..; .; alai, ouse, Mr. Macaulay Baron Parke, Justice Colt /lam Justice Erle, Justice Wightman, Baron Platt, wSe.ileitei.ntot\•ranglian, Baron Williams, the Attorney and Grelleral, Sergeants Channell, Gazelee, Clarke, d. le Ins, Bain, Lords Anson and Strangford, Lord Du ehlitiS,tait.rt, the Ron. Mr. E. J. Stanley,. , Baron Roths -Bir moir Stratford Canning, Admiral Sir Charles Adam, kh ri "es Montefiore, Lord John Hay, li...ddell, bib. ?Om, Sir J. McTaggart Sir. . e ., R.N., Lord T h ' e 11erne, Mr. John Masie - rma'n, Mr. Pattison, Sir M. Ile e. sr, Mr. B. Hawes, Mr, G. Craig, Mr. H. Kemble, Joh n " 801 , Mr. J. Parker, Mr. G. Palmer, Aldermen r, Fair hroteBl,,n (the late Lord Meyor), Sir C. S. comae Lucas, Eelly, Wilson, Copeland. H n o n o n p . t e e r, Farn beeee',Mesgeoee, W. Hunter, T. Wood, Sir James th e le' 'eeteeY, Moon, the Recorder, the Under Sheriffs, er th e ',-;)o Clerk, the City Solicitor, the Reniembran m c is. aion„'emptroller, the Secondaries, the City C th e e - "' pod several others of the . City officials. em After reriormance of the " Non nobis Domine," by Miss Cubitt, M. other y„ e 1 . 8 . 5 Romney, and Messrs. Jolly, P. Smith, and The t mists, `Rhieh °I11) MAYOR proposed the usual loyal toasts, u is 17re received with cheering. - Propose na bstixe then rose, and said he was about to fe eeoc t a tOttBt to his distinguished guests which had whom in in distant day s ff i ° a distinguished personage, babe. e destinies of this great empire te w w ould in all pwraos atlztlotlutY li e committed. As he (the Lord Mayor) take 3 for the welfare of the Prince of . Wales, he would 13ighthe lberty to make a . separate allusion to his Royal ka ee riP sa• His Royal Highness was born on a Lord e .., er's D a -. , en e d might be said to .. hav a peculiar claim , (1 1441 the attention and affection o t t the e ciiizens of Lon that the illustrious 3,°,.4*--(Cheers.) He doubte . d . not f . the Queen and her ~- .-" '?g• Prince, under the tuition tlrteions Consort, would be educated in the principles of w ould British Constitution, and that his Royal. Highness hwould eventually be well prepared to administer (when eb it might pl e a se P rov id ence so to order it) the rule opGovernment of thi s great nation. Feeling str ong l y ° o an occas i on o f such interest to the future prospects I, 4 t he nation, he would propose the health of " The ,-„,a,neie of Wales, and the other branches of the Royal -;',l3'.9—(Cheers.) etha—er'miral Sir C. ADAM and Major fol -10;i,3 for the Army and Navy, which immediately POLE returned low ed t he health of the Prince of Wales. C. and . next toast was " Prosperity to . the ity c o s f .) London, TlLai'te trade and commerce thereof. '— C n ext tel'ettle MA . voit said he was convinced that the_ t f ba sias -4 re lt hi t bad top opose would be received with en t kebee e i lt Was the health of the late Lord Mayor.— e` e MPti e s. ' Ile would not detain the company by at ',is ' , is e e to descant upon the numerous high qualities o forreerent friend. The late Lord Mayor had per civic h t) I 1 la. duties most admirably, had maintained . the citizens, i r 3 triTh t e i e ts ' e t w ° 2e high gratification of his fellow- Ale c , golden opinions from all." ~.. o lie, manan Joitasinii the thanks in a very ate boton‘r. Ile felt the greatest at the but f u e r i d " e hi m by the L(r satisfaction 3 , and he could not wh at ;',,,, graentien in believ ing a- t e h r a ' t . he . had fulfilled hand e "'I Prnrnised u :namely, to . own to his u upon his election • Prll'ileees of his fellsesve-eeer o.l.jhe LORD MAYO- u nimpaired the n rights end hancellor e _ l t.glne. Ile felt proposed the Lord ne ci t tizen n—(Loud cheer c s.) .eetve that fl assured that the company would het h t° a't in a manner which it not Only W leh i t e lvit bile th e Coca i mended --- no man Cheers ) He knew deserved 1,7 1. 1. Majes-tyrcalsrnub.who lived more ju . Stly in the hsarts of "11 ' he hurled jects than did the eminent pFreon ,. to cha eve aa To the firm, equitable, and jos! ois . - rei e go, the z r i rtlti anourLowrdhice hi gh h trust confided to him by his Sove ancellor added a Suavity and urbanity Al usg, t h„ e . , e. were highly gratifying to all who e L oit r ri te Antioeur of approstching him.—(Ceeh_eerree.)a , e i nde ‘4ll. ELLOR said he should f 1 g t 14 his auy D ed if he could flatter himself that he de feel ma.erotieel of the kind expressions with which fu, na rne. fif: had done him the honour to introduce th'ure tie le 17, h')wever, sincerely hoped that at any l e e eooe oe , le Lordship would have no reason to retract IT ," fortne, ',`°lolls which he had formed and expressed. '4,,,g_the Quifeere. he had been present at festival scenes l ii, 4 _ 4 fyi e , t m e ",,tl, hut the Present occasion was peculiarly e v aser e ' of ' eutt.l, inalmucb, as since he had last had the t he of bejarticipating n the civic festivities, the ho , cite el:ladtaitted calm ember of the eorporation of nee t l, "1 Oliclon been conferred upon him.— Th e v R) Ago, LORD lir 338 ad 'LL-kirort. proposed the health of the foreign Th e , I , ark h , The 41„1"4.184 AmnassADon returned thanks. Z s a nhe e RD 84 said he had no doubt of the warm i i i" e le that the the next toast would be received. He erh el-4 1 , 41g titi citizens of London had always felt pride s,estlPpoetirl eir,loyalty and devotion to the Sovereign rei r p coendeg the ministers in whom the Sovereign I,o4i.etrati(ln7ce•--(Cheers.) The position of the Ad 14.4otilttearnotlottor„gtr,eantwre%teenvesir way it was constituted, was a risibility and anxiety. At the pre to ased b their res ponsibilities and anxieties were to t heir Y a dispensation of Providence. Confident g am er Most vi tee s 3g e the gorous endeavours would be directed h eee net so et : sl a in: lt mitt' which he was happy to believe (Q1' ) ? in goat ha d been represented to be, he felt he ti . 1.5 113 1 r i nNsin g Her Majesty's Ministers. ie .. le tie , , et' w eb a body of men who were prepared, 'Non eilibt t N s/ a m e „_ e o meet the evil, and, with the co-op u e e. to„nil to eo'nodeece of their fellow-countrymen, e er ea eette y a t ntend against it.—(Cheers )It would be t°o ; tit pre task for him to describe the character of the 441, or all infer a' 3 k f•figland. It would be unnecessary, tnbe h of t At tie W, 'rem long experience, that the wee or e toe . eminent s tatesman were all directed to the 4 th tl4 4 4 e wo td ~ -, e iv,. firs tim e a allude to another circumstance. ted entile 'etei ste ale the City of London was represen I.° illeet !......(Cheer s-) He was sure that the toast Ne e rd ee e With th e . e a ell R warmest reception.—(Cheers..) t... %Il e PPleed 068ELe rose, and was most enthusias i •th 4gtle e d• Il r. e corh 3, and • ,_ 9 begged leave, in the names of his enelekey f In toes own name, to return thanks to W oulcaseu e , ( a . , the high honour done to them. He toef&tsl tmo3ke%theirteneteleontePany at the Administration at, is et, are tb ~ st endeavour to promote the inte ryPit'obatfPire. hour, n and to maintain the liberties h e-au led t o °ll oi and trusted, that with the support and oweeer ceetribe citizens of London, they would be_ I ? rsnr ial' o arl , ° ther llt ' to these great ends. He had, I' titee hrLure. aP e nsibility cast upon him—one of a l'''M to b h al h e i`e Must always remember that the Iptlie e re. ei t." the honour to appear in the Guildhall . 14 meath of tr ee as one of the representatives in a lld th felt Fat the City of London.—(Loud cheering.) e () e r e erit e , a ‘'",.! duties of a Minister of the __ . Crown, eelnkeeinetore be were not of a clashing -Ise ere e nature tc, th e !fl t e arid „ oe , • n the . contrary . , they were e l e eiti ze stet, lectly la arrnonioue.—(Cia!ers.) H th re4 ta i' v s ° Lond 4t f act, because he believed that 1 . 1 !' 1 1 , 4 °' the on felt deeply for all the great in 4neee head of thgeneral c mmunity. He believed that 1 ,19 the eu s or ov.,e citizens vibrated with every fear of ()Itesepee fern circumstances while they rejoiced in pa rt yap Th e eittaizneets with which the nation might be e4lti4t theeel,_cetrie is of London became possessed as it telegraph, of all that passed in every althttettertBllofattegle P e re ° and whatever intelligence might b . e ow e tit litreentJ Y. in that they rejoiced ; while in e f q , st th ation they ha.stened to contribute to thtef e1. 1 ._ th at 11 1 3 'bean s for its arnelioration.—(Cheers.) ef_erpresent_attlies the Minister of the Crown, and 4te o b e ~,,e;" of citizens of London, might th e ee'rea e; t Mingled and joined together.—(Cheers.) itt„ritteeitorile:ciehios heohnisgrztitati op s to the Lord Mayor for hen°l', an? an d este e w•eitizens had made'. He had fearee r .t. the ~,, teed the character of the Lord eti auly s es confident th • lie e . Lie be OPpor t the . . at his Lordship would dignity which had been con "nfild 1: 4 7 11 ; but he must tell the Lord Mayor that 4° 414 t 4s k to perf9ral if he meant to imitate the conduct, and emulate the example of his most excellent predecessor in the chief magistracy of the city of London.—(C hers ) The toast was drunk with loud acclamation. The LORD MAYOR, in returning thanks, said he should endeavour, in every way, to emulate the example of his predecessor. His Lordship then proposed— " The Marquis of Lansdowne, and the House of Lords." The Marquis of LANSDOWNE returned thanks. He assured the assembly that if there was a question upon which the House of Lords were unanimous, it was in the determination to maintain the rights, privileges, and immunities of the City of London. After the health of the Lady Mayoress was drunk, the ladies retired from the Hall, and cc mmenced dancing with great spirit in the Council Chamber. Mr. MASTERMAN responded to the toast of the House of Commons ; and several other toasts were proposed and received with cheers. The conviviality lasted till morning, and every one seemed to be most happy. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, MONDAY.—This day was the anniversary of the Birth-day of his loyal Highness the Prince of Wales. In the mornin7, the Queen and Prince Albert, aecom parried by the Prince of Wales, and also by Prince Al fred, arid the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were present at the giand entrance of the Quadrangle (fronting the Long Walk), and inspected the First Re giment of Life Guards and the Scots Fusilier Guards (now stationed at Windsr.r), who were paraded in front of the Eastern Terrace of the Castle. The first named regiment was on foot, and both regiments were attended by their bands. The troops fired a feu de joi in honour of the day. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived in the forenoon at the Castle, to pay a visit of congratula tion to her august relatives, and remained to luncheon with her Majesty and her Royal Consort. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, at tended by a Lady and Gentleman in Waiting, their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, her Royal Highness princess Mary, and his Serene Highness Prince Frederick pf Hesse, are expected to arrive at the Castle this evening, from Kew, on a visit to her Majesty. iHis Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar is also expected to arrive to-day, on a visit to the Queen. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, Lord Portman, Lord Byron, and the Hon. Captain Gordon, enjoyed the sport of shooting this morning. Mr. Bettridge had the honour of submitting for the in spection of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, a papier mache tray, entirely new in design ; also an elaborately-wrought picture frame, of which her Ma jesty and his Royal Highness were graciously pleased to express their approval. Mr. J. Kay Shuttleworth left the Castle to. day. The Queen has a dinner party to-day at the Castle. The company is expected to include her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Meck lenburg Strelitz, her Royal Highness the Princess Mary, his Serene Highness Prince Frederic of Hesse, his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, his Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Kent, the Lady in Waiting of the Duchess of Cambridge, the Baroness de Speth, the Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Lord Portman, Mr. George Edward and the Honourable Mrs. Anson, Sir George Cowper, and the Gentleman in Waiting of the Duchess of Cambridge. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards attend during dinner. Her Majesty will also have an evening party. The following had the honour of receiving invitations:—Lady Isabella Wemyss, Lady and Miss Couper, the Hon. Caroline Lyttelton, Colonel and Lady Emily Seymour, Viscount Seaham, Colonel the Hon. H. and Miss Caven dish, and the Commanding-Officer of the Scots Fusilier Guards. Her Majesty's private band attend in the Castle during he evening. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a Committee meeting yesterday. There were present— the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Ely, the Secre tary of State (Sir George Grey), and the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of the Mauritius. '1 he Marquis and Marchioness of Ely and family ar rived at Farrance's Hotel, Upper Belgrave-street, yester day, from Germany. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—MoNpay. There was a better attendance and a larger amount of business transacted than any one could have ventured to anticipate. Passing the Chester Cup, for which, al though more were mentioned, only two were backed, we may mention several Derby horses as having been pro minently in demand ; they were Epirote, Allertonian, Lunedale, the Marpessa colt, and Brother to Joinville. The outlay on each was, for the season, liberal ; and it will be seen that in two or three instances it had an effct on the prices. The desire to " get on " was not confined to tittle animals, but the investments were on a smaller scale, and without any marked influence on the quota tions. We ought not to omit stating that Planet re ceded to 18 to 1, laid to 1501., the takers ready to go on. The following list is made up to the close of the betting : CHESTER CUP (NA:VIE OR NOT.) 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Whaley's Burgundy—taken 1050 to 15 agst Mr. W. Scott's Erin-go-bragh—taken DERBY. 7 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp—take 15 to 2 15 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Epirote—taken freely 18 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Planet—taken to 1501. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's sister to Cobweb colt—taken 1000 to 30 agst Mr. Gully's Allertonian—taken freely 33 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Glentilt—take 40 to 1 35 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Lunedale-40 to 1 taken freely 35 to 1 agst Lord Stradbroke's Marpessa colt—ditto 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy—taken 40 to 1 agst Sir R. Pigot's Conyngham taken, and afterwards offered 1000 to 25 agst Colonel Westenra's The Reiver—ditto 1000 to 25 agst Lord Caledon's Warcote—taken 3 or 4 times 40 to 1 agst Sir R. Bulkeley's Brother to Jcinville -45 to I taken 45 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Projectile—taken 45 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart—taken 1000 to 20 agst Mr. W. Scott's Christopher— taken 1000 to 20 agst Mr. J. Scott's Premier—taken 1000 to 15 agst Mr. Mostyn's West India Planter—taken several times 1000 to 25 agst Conyngham, and 800 to 20 agst Allerto nian, laid in one bet, and 1000 to 20 each agst Christopher and Conyngham, in one bet. The subscriptions to the Metropolitan Handicap Fund, to be run for at the Epsom spring meeting, are flowing in from a variety of sources, and with a liberality that will enable the stewards to add a magnificent bonus—perhaps 5001. to the stake. The race will come off on Friday, the 16th of April. SALE OF LORD HOWTH'S HUNTERS.—Yesterday, Al bert, by Recovery, 710 guineas ; Glaucus, by Glaucus, 161 guineas ; Dahlia, by New Fashion, 155 guineas ; Jessy, by Felt, 125 guineas ; The Abbott, by Young Sir Hercules, 60 guineas ; Livernan, by Liverpool, 50 guineas ; Oliver, by Ishmael, 33 guineas ; The Prince, by Tyrant, 32 euineas. NEWPORT PAGNEL ANNUAL STEEPLE-CHASE. —The following was omitted through an oversight, in the lists published last week, making 45 nominations :—Captain Boyle's gr m Water Lily, 9st 101 b. THE PRI NCE OF W AL ES'S BIRTHDAY.— Ins Royal Highness the Prince of Wales completed his fifth year yesterday, which is in consequence observed as a day of rejoicing all over the metropolis. LADY J OHN R USSELL ' S SOIREE..--A 11 but brilliant circle of fashionables congregated at Lady John Russell's on Friday night. The circle comprised his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador and the Princess Callimachi ; his Excellency the Austrian Ambassador and the Countess Dietrichstein ; his Excellency Cheva Tier Bunsen, his Excellency Baron Brunnow, the French Chargé d'Affaires and the Countess Jarnac, Prince William Loewenstein Weithem, Baron Lionel Roths child, his Excellency Count Polion, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde and Lady Elizabeth de Burgh, the Earl of Auckland and the Hon. Misses Eden, Viscountess Palmerston, Viscount Ebrington, Lord and Lady John Hay, Lord Dudley Stuart, Lady Elizabeth Gore, Mr. and Lady Georgians Romilly, Mr. and Lady Theresa Lewis, lion. Mrs. Villiers, the Earl of Minto, Rear-Admiral D. Dun das, Mr. and Mrs. B. Hawes, and Miss Hawes, Mr. Tutinell, Hon. Captain Eden, Right Hon. C. and Lady Mary Wood, Hon. W. Cowper, the Right Hon. Sir J Hobhouse, the Hon. Misses Pepys, M r . 11. West, Lady Charlotte Berkeley, Mr. and Hon. Mrs. Bruce, Hon, Colonel Keppel, Mrs. Balfour, Misses Cole, &c. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. —On Saturday last his Excellency the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Governor- General of Canada, led to the altar Lady Louisa Lamb ton, eldest daughter of the late Earl of Durham, and sister of the present Peer. The ceremony took place at St. Peter's Church, Pimlico, the Hon. and Rev. John Grey, uncle of the fair bride, officiating at the nuptial rite. John Bright, Esq., M.P., though slightly improv ing, is very tar from having his health fully restored. The intended public meeting at Manchester, on the sub ject of bringing him forward at the next election for that borough, is, therefore, almost indefinitely postponed. THE LAMBING SEASON.—The lambing season among Dorset ewes has commenced. The lambs come very tine and strong, and an unusuallly large number of ewes have this autumn dropped twins. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have caused an inquiry to be made into the efficiency of the seamen employed in the rigging department of this dock-yard, and a special report is to be made of those above 60 years of age.—Devonport Telegraph. Plants that are gathered with the dew upon them deaden and decompose much sooner than those which are collected a few hours after sunrise, and do not dry or preserve their colours nearly so well.—The Plough. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANIMALS AND PLANTS. — Plants, unlike animals, are able to derive sustenance from inorganic matter, such as air, water, carbon, &:-; but they flourish most on that which has been already organised, though in a state of decomposition. Hence, in the scale of nature, they hold an intermediate posi tion between man and animals and minerals. No animal derives its,food immediately from inorganized matter ; bat many prey upon other animals, which have, in the first instance, been nourished by vegetable matter. It has been, theretbre, well said, that, " if plants ceased to grow, animals would cease to exis)."-2 he Plough. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A new three act opera, entitled, Loretta, a Tale of Se ville, the music by Mr. Lavenu, the words by Mr. Bann, was produced here last evening with complete success. The heroine, Loretta (Madame Biehop), is a Spanish peasant girl, residing in the neighbourhood of Seville, but albeit she is of humble birth, gentle blood flows in her veins. Her father, Don Jua,nito (Mr. Weiss) is an old soldier. He has won honours in the service of his country; and to his son Philippo (Mr. Borrani), who has enlisted in the army, he gives a medal and a cross, to be by w his valour. ornwhenhe The hall opera op have won his way at the p aytoa commission osdeaof Gaetana (Miss Rebecca Isaacs), where the re cruits are assembled preparatory to joining their regiment, and, at the rising of the curtain, we find the soldiers and the peasantry singing a joyous chorus. Loretta and her father are there to take leave of Philippe, and the revellers are joined by Don Carlos (Mr. W. Harrison), the nephew of the Governor of Se ville, and the betrothed of his daughter Florinda (Miss t o ta f F an er d di l o ie ee l d ov4h . e D r .; W an . d kih n g et ): hv‘ P ; o ist t h - l b l s e rt ) oa . tnhd, H ,irr e go ffi s th e c e ee s re, ff l a s tn) o r r dt e e the lover of Florinda, he deter mines to carry off Loretta, in which he succeeds ; and, in the next scene, we find her a prisoner in the apart ment of Don Carlos, in the Palace of Don Henriquez (Mr. S. Jones), the Governor of Seville. Carlos is full of remorse for the crime which he has committed, but yet does not give up his prey, and he gives utterance to his remorse in the ballad, "That feeling which exalts the soul," which is full of melody, and which was well given by Harrison, and honoured with an encore, not, however, without some resist ance on the part of some portion of the audience. Loretta enters nearly senseless with fear ; and here occurs a fine duet, the gem of the act, " Some hearts there are too changed with grief," which was beautifully given by Madame Bishop, who was well sup ported by Harrison. The scene then changes to a Gothic saloon in the castle of Henriquez, who informs Carlos that war has been declared—and that Le (Carlos) has been appointed to the colonelcy of a regiment, and that when he returns from the war he shall wed Florinda. The act concludes with a quar tette, carefully written, and well sung, by Messrs. Har rison, D. W. King, S. Jones, and Miss Poole), and a chorus, during the singing of which Loretta escapes by letting herself down by a scarf from the window. This concludes the first act. A lapse of five years is supposed to take place during the first and second acts. The second act opens with a fete in a village on the banks of the Guadalquiver. Loretta enters melancholy and downcast, and sings the recita tive, " The bosom of yon waters," and the romance, " On the banks of the Guadalquiver," which is the gem of the opera, and which was exquisitely rendered by Madame Bishop. The audience were enthusiastic in their plaudits, and from that moment the opera, the sue • cess of which had previously been somewhat doubtful, was safe. It is needless to add that thi s b eaut if u l ro mance was rapturously encored. A peasant girl enters, bringing in a child, which Loretta takes in her arms and kisses. A flourish of trumpets is heard, and Carlos Henriquez, Ferdinand, and Floriuda, enter. Carlos re cognises Loretta, and seems bewildered; he, however, is roused by his companions, and retires into the chateau with Henriques, and Ferdinand and Florinda are left alone; and here occurs an exquisite duet, " The keenest torture to the mind," which was beautifully given by Mr. King and Miss Poole. From that mo ment Florinda and Ferdinand understand each other. She knows that Carlos, to whom she is betrothed, loves her not—that Ferdinand has long loved her, and she feels that she loves Ferdinand in return. Then fellows a most animated scene of a village fete by night. Stalls are erected, the trees are illu minated, the stalls are lighted up, and there is a dance on the village green to a chorus sung by the revellers. Soldiers join the festivity. In the captain of the troop Loretta recognises her brother, and rushes into his arms. Carlos, who is the colonel of the regiment, recognises Loretta, and his jealousy is roused at seeing her in the arms of another. When, however, he learns that that other is her brother, he is appeased ; but soon the child enters. It is hers. Her brother is out rageous, and would sacrifice her on the spot. Carlos however interferes and saves her, and in the midst of the melee the drop falls. The whole of this scene is in con certed music, which is most characteristically written. It tells well, and promises much for the future of Mr. Lavenu. The composer who, as a young man, can write thus, will do great things—looked upon merely as an academical exercise it is worthy of all praise ; but it is better than this, there is genius about it. It is a com position full of promise. The third act opens with the preparations for the marriage of Carlos and Flo• rinda—Florinda surrounded by her women, who sing a carefully written chorus, and dre ssing for the wedding. Her women and her father leave her—she is sad—she feels that Carl( S is indifferent to her—that Ferdinand loves her, and she gives vent to her feelings in the exquisitely beautiful romance " Happy heart," which was so feelingly rendered by Miss Poole that it was deservedly rewarded with a double encore. It is, indeed, a delicious mo, ceau of pure melody. Carlos and Ferdinand enter, and the former, who wishes to be alone, consigns her to the care of Ferdinand. Scarcely have they left the apart ment, when Philippo enters leading his sister.. He has earned his commission—he is entitled to his die. charge—and he demands it of his Colonel, in order that he may devote the rest of his days to his fallen—his de graded sister. Carlos grants him his discharge, and leads him to another apartment to prepare it. Loretta is left alone. She surveys the apartment. She recognises, article by article, the furniture of it. It is the apart ment in which she was confined as a prisoner by her ab ductor—the father of her child. The recitative and scene, " What vision comes upon me," and ‘• When pale and clouded is our star," is one of the most marvellous pieces of execution ever heard. There is no one on the stage who could venture to attempt to sing this trying scene by M a d ame Bishop. It t axes the higest soprano voice to the very uttermost, but superbly did she give it. Never has a greater triumph been achieved. It was not only sung exquisitely, artistically, but fairly. There was no attempt to shirk a single note, every difficulty was fairly met and fairly conquered, nay more, she herself seemed to create difficulties only for the pleasure of show ing how easily she could conquer them. It was sung beautifully, tastefully, and with the greatest ease, and marvellous for such a scene. With such a voice there was not a single fault of' intonation, not a single note sung false throughout. In this particular Madame Bishop stands alone ; she is the only pure so prano who never on any occasion sings out of tune. Her ear is as perfect as her voice—more perfect it cannot be. Carlos enters, and in him she recognises her seducer, and denounces him to her brother, who tears up his discharge ; and in the presence of Don Henriquez and his suite, inflicts on Carlos a blow. He strikes his superior officer, and is condemned to death. He is led out to execution—She soldiers are ready to fire on him. Loretta, with her child in her arms, rushes between him and his executioners. Carlos recognises her, confesses his crime, and offers her the only reparation in his power. Philippe is pardoned— Loretta and Carlos are married—and Florinda being then at liberty, willingly accepts the proffered band of Ferdinand. The opera concludes with a finale, "Ah I heart be hushed and calm," by Madame Bishop, in %ilea she proves herself superior in powers of execution to any prima donna on the stage. Per siani herself, in her best days, never surpassed Madame Bishop in this finale. Nothing could exceed the luxu riance of her fieriture in this finale ; except the exquisite taste with which that fiordure was introduced. Luxu riant almost to excess, it never overlined the melody. It was a perfect triumph. At the conclusion all the principal artists were called for and overwhelmed with bouquets, and then Mr. Lavenu was called for and led on by Harley, who " made fun" in collecting the bouquets and presenting them to the young composer. and then Mr. Buun was called for, and after awhile came on and bowed his thanks. This opera, considered as the work of a young composer, is full of promise, of course he has not, in every instance, ventured to go alone; here and there, as might have been expected, we meet with re miniscences ; but the music is, throughout, csarac teristic. For instance, any one hearing the music without the words, would at once be aware that it was descriptive of a Spanish love story. It i s, one moreover, whob as dramatic, studiedan d i s his scientifically—the instrumentation throughout is most carefully written. That alone would reflect credit on the Royal is an opera full of fair Academy of Music, of which Mr iv L e av h e e n p u e is to a pupil. meet It promise. Mr. Lavenu again, and if he gives himself p la y, he will mbeuosnice. Theofthe "notables" English school of dramatic housewa of h was crowded.te ASTLEY'S . AIn Gorgeous in scenic e ffect spectacles and startling AMPHITHEATRE. n li d o f i c t T h os e t li u s in incident as have been many t of T he Demon the w o r db y 11 e l r o . n Ho r se , Batty, h or yete tthe e lastr weTwe lve night ur i a n ca t h h iee e sv eonproduc tionindentthse Charmed Bit f a i r ly outdid all his previous and exhibited wildest dreams crowded that hous eever a h entered complete t realizationeima gination a of the __ gination o f a G erman poe t. To the mysteries of so per German sdded forests, the and ro m theane romance r g ht Orientalo f Germanliterature, theere beauty of Oriental s ki es . Th e ex t r aordinary enterprise Mr. Batty p ossesses, and the ample resources he com mands at will, have enabled him to bring from each country of the world the animals peculiar to itself, and thus in the Demon Horse we were presented in Germany with living deer bounding over the stage in the agonies of the chase, while, in the neigh bourhood of Damascus, we had the patient camels of Syria and the wild zebras of the desert. Two polar bears, also, made their first; bows to a Surrey audience ; but we must, in truth, confess that their "get ting up " was far from truthful, inasmuch as they resembled over-grown maggots in a decayed cheese, with their extremities carefully rolled up in lambswool. The brutes were, however, agile, and pleased the juveniles amazingly. The plot itself can with difficulty be unravelled, and our readers must, therefore, rest contented with a very brief outline. Ul ric Martens (Mr. Harwood), a miller's son, indulges cer tain ambitious longings, which make him forget his business and his peasant love Alicia (Mrs.Jt)linson). The demon encourages this train of thought, and promises his victim that he shall, on condition that he gives himself up to everlasting misery, have in this world the ful filment of his twelve wishes, each wish being equivalent to five years of his existence. The compact is entered into, and the real action of the piece commences. The second Tableaux exhibited a wild, rocky country in Flanders, and stags bounding across the stage, followed by an animated troop of hunters on foot and horseback. Many admirable leaps were performed, in which, truth to tell, the fair eques trians far excelled their male companions. An incident occurs which introduces Ulric to the Count of Flanders (Mr. Dale). This is nothing less than the preservation of the Princess Odyle (Mrs. Adams). Two wishes have been sacrificed—ten years pr Ulric's life have been ex pended already. He has assumed the name and bearing of a noble, and he has saved the life of the Princess through the instrumentality of the Demon steed (a beautiful blood mare from Barbary, and not the least perfect actor on the boards). This animal also carries him through the dangers of a grand tournar , ent, and he is proclaimed the victor. Ulric aspires to the hand of the fair Odyle, and is, with the consent of the Count, to be wedded, when his mother, Jeannette Martens (Mrs. Brooks) rushes in and proclaims him to be a vassal, and her son. He is thrown into a dungeon, and is visited by one of the Demon's satellites, who renews afresh his dreams of am bition by informing him that the child of the Sultan of Damascus has been carried off by a noted pirate Hans (Mr. Henderson), and that he is confined in a lonely town in Iceland. With the aid of his steed, the prison doors are opened, and Ulric, in a good ship and with a band of trusty soldiers, appears before the robbers tower. The demon steed rescues the boy, and the next scene introduces us to Damascus and to the Sultan, who is no other a personage than Ulric, a renegade. A proclamation has been issued denouncing death to all Christians, and who are informed that the Count of Flanders and his s mi are marching on the city. The Sultan is reclining on his velvet cushions observing the dance, when his mother and Alicia, who had tra velled to Damascus in hopes to reclaim him, rush in, pursued by some Mahomedans, but they are rescued by Ulric. The final scene exhibits the storming and capture of Damascus, the death of Ulric, and his repentance before it is too late. The piece, as a spectacle, was first rate, and this is all we ever look for at Astley's. Feats of horsemanship and vaulting in the circle followed, and the evening's amuse ments were wound up with the favourite afterpiece of the 15th Lancers. The house, as we have already stated, was crowded, and the reception given to the whole of the performances was enthusiastic. DEATH of the GREEK GENERAL LONDOS-ORATION OF ANASTASIUS LON DOS OVER THE DEAD BODY OF HIS BROTHER, THE GENERAL. —ince the embalming of Londos' corpse, and when about to be conveyed to the place of his nativity, Agiurn, his surviving brother Anastasius Londos made the fol lowing oration, which is a multum in parvo exemplifica tion of the reasons of the Ministry's behaviour. " Dearest Brother,—l solicit of thy shade as much tolerance as I felt grief for the forgiveness of thine enemies. Petty intrigue of base passions will never be capable of obscuring St. Laura, Missolonghi, Cerasobus, other places of thy glory, and the 3d of September. They wish, my dearest brother! to deprive thee even of a tomb, but for thy tomb thou wilt have the hearts of the Greeks, and the whole of Greece, which will eventually render thee thy natural tomb with due honours. Thou hest left me a mortal wound, but I find consolation in the feeling of thy friends, of thy numerous relations, of all the literati, of every feeling Greek, and of the whole of the nation. " Rendering thee, sweetest brother, the last salutation* I crave thy blessing, which, guiding me in this mournful and brief stadium of my life, will make me a worthy imitator of thy political and other virtues of thy firm cha racter, and a friend of thy friends. And ye, my brother's friends, assist me with your counsels, and grant me that friendship you always evinced towards my dearest brother, of which I hope I shall prove myself a worthy partaker." The worthy editor of the Age, Mr. Philemon, in giving insertion to the above oration, makes the following remarks :—" It is impossible for us to depict the indig nation, the just indignation, which has been infused in the hearts of all. It is impossible for us to write a single word upon the subject. Let the Greeks both at home and abroad, and all the world besides, form a clear notion of this savage and unheard-of inhumanity, which guided the conduct of the Ministry, or rather that of Coletti, in this scandalous affair. How otherwise will the Premier be looked upon in this melancholy case, but as the most pitiless and inhuman organ of the revengeful spirit of Anti-Septenibrianism? This revengeful spirit against the men of September has achieved the banishment of some out of Greece—others it has sent far out of the metropolis, and has endeavoured to turn out of the ser vice both of the nation and of the Chambers all those who have a spark of patriotism in their breasts, and has denied even the enforcement of the first article of the constitution. What more can it achieve against the Sep tembrians than to deprive them even of their tombs? " Thinking ourselves incompetent, we do not under take to support the voluntary or involuntary suicide of the ever-memorable Andreas Londos. But as in this case, however, the ecclesiastical authority simply denied, without making previously the necessary examination, which the canons enforce, and as the Faculty and the members of the legal profession of our metropolis declared doubtful the voluntary suicide, it follows that from the copulation of these circumstances, with the a priori arguments, and from the moral and gentle character of the deceased general, the canon ought to be interpreted with a degree of clemency in his favour, and that the Ministry has no reason whatever to deny military honour being paid to his rank as a general. Yes we are not the only ones who partake of this idea; the whole of Athens, replete with grief, has partaken with us in deploring this inhuman reproach against one of the greatest benefactors of our country: both senators and duputies of every shade and degree of politics have indeed partaken of this idea, as appears from their peti tion to the ministerial counsel, a translation of which has appeared in the Morning Chronicle of Saturday the 7th instant." * It is the prevailing custom in Greece for the relations, friends, and others who are present at a funeral, to kiss the forehead of the departed, and say, " May thou rest in peace, departed brother !" PIGEON EXPRESS. —On Saturday a celebrated pigeon belonging to Mr. Lawford, of Brixon, flew from Brighton to Brixton, a distance of about fifty-two miles, tinder one hour. LETTING OF LAND TWICE.—We understand the Duke of Marlborough has let the right of shooting over the manor of Hemington at 9d. per acre. Oxford Chronicle. FRAUD IN THE SALE OF LEECHES.--For some time past a very extensive fraud has been perpetrated in Paris by the sale of leeches in a gorged state. An official inspection has been lately made by order of the Govern ment, and the result is, that no less than forty thousand leeches have been seized and condemned by the com missioners appointed to visit the different stores where leeches are kept for sale. The cause of tllis fraud ap pears to be the strange system which exists in Paris of selling leeches by weight; hence they are allowed to gorge themselves with the blood of dead animals. A fraud of this kind is easily detected by very gently pressing the body of the leech from the tail to the mouth, when a small ring of blond appears. This is not ob served in a leech which is in a proper condition for medical use.—Medical Gaztte. SHOCKING OCCURRENCE ON LONDON-DRIDGE.--- On Sunday, an elderly t herdess-walk. City-road, whilst seated on the top hgoeenn m Murray-street, Shepherdess -walk. G d o r n a - c h e r c ihdugrec h-sttowardsreet fe t o le ro m f an named Lee, residing in was berwe r ll ite a h n ed d ve hicle coming in contactnse consequence with thatomnibuses, fet of e locality,C sv a b n e el another. of the Before v e • assistance could be rendered th e f o re wheel of the om nibus had pass e d over hi is legs, and he was picked up in a dreadful and deplorable condition, being literally covered with wounds. From the very severe nature of the injuries sustained, and the advanced age of the un fortunate gentleman (eighty years), he is not ex pect,..d to recover. FIRE IN Ll VERPOOL—Yesterday (Friday) morn ing, about half-past five o'clock, a fire broke out on the . premises of Messrs Eyre and Jeffries, paint and colour manufacturers, Bla in a large shed, and ek stock-street. The fire originated as th e b u ildi ngs a djacent were filled with oils, paints, and other substances of a highly com bustible nature for the premises, , great fears were entertained not only but for the neighbouring dwellings. , Mr. Hewitt was • and a • quickly on the spot with the engines portion of the fire ' brigade, and by the most strenuous exertion they succeeded in preventing the flames from extending that a valuable beyond the shed ; and even in around it, was steam-engine, d which had a partition wall saved. 3001. to 4001. —Liverpool .ve . The loss is estimated at from FIRE Liverpool Mail. RE AT THE VICT ORIA night, about ten o'clock, HOTEL.—On Saturday in the immediate considerable alarm was created of a report vicinity of Euston-square, in conse quence Hotel, the prop erty being circulated that the V' • of Mr. Edward Victoria fire. The Horne had taken report was strengthened issuing through one of the windo ws by a mass of flames floor. Informati on o f the windows on the basement delay, forwarded t o the engine-stations, was, without speedily the engine of the London n and Birminghamine-stati°nstand very Rail way Company arrived, clos e l y others. A large number of t followed by sev era l the railway porte rs an d constables instantly ascended the staircase, found a number of sheets and other articles, when th ey in the dry ing -room, in a general blaze, and had it not the assistance afforded, it is probable that a mostllotbeen for conflagration would have been the result. The fearful flames were soon extinguished. Considerable damage was done to the contents of the room ; many of the sheet toge ther with the racks, being destr oyed, and the s, others severely injured. The fire was caused from some of the linen having come in contact with the pi • pe of the drying stove. THE ROYAL STAGHOUNDS.—In consequence the extremely heavy fog which hun g over ixhof Uxbridge common on Friday morning, it was fully exp ec ted th a t the hunt would be postpo ned. The re were, h owever, upwards of three hundred horsemen present, including Lord Anson, Captain Seym our, Mess rs. Cox, W s Hey, o &c., and a great nu mber of officers fr om Windsor, Hounslow, and Hampton Court. The Earl Granville, in order that the large field which had assembled should not be disappointed had the deer, which was an untried ene , u ncarted shortly after twelve o 'clock, having waited till that time in the vain ho p e that the f og would d have cleared off. Upon the deer being turned out in Long lane, it took away to Ickenbam Marsh, an d there headed back to Pale hill, again to Ickenham, crossing Mr. Newdegate's farm, on n earl y to Ilar efield, circling to the left to Denham Marsh, and was taken • hi the Canal, after a run (during which there were lots of spills and duckings) of about a n hour. A second dee r , the cele brated Rory O'More, was in the deer -cart ready to be turned out, but another run was not attempted in consequence of the fog. REGISTRATION APPEALS. The foll • owing notice relative to hearing appals from the decisions of the re vising barristers was issued on Saturday l as t i n the Court of Common Pleas :—" Notice is hereby given: that the Court has appointed the following days for hearing' and determining appeals from the decisions of the re vising -barristers, under the Act 6 Viet., cap. 18, viz.:— Thursday, Nov. 12th inst.; Monday, Nov. 16th inst. ; and Thursday, Nov. 19th inst.; on which days the Court will proceed to hear the same in the order in which they are entered." The number of appeals entered for argu ment is 23. others,ve riEnnesd su il eoecfd l ot G uhmrei H iesnrt.ia L )sttee A ro D E F r cs olaomOnffidt n F s h , e aniv T d n v Wep prevailing l t i h n a g t the tn m represe nt ations any par t s of fm the e e to north, Go v ernmentparti DISTRICTS. f t d o e o st r i d t e u- r supplies of provisions to be forwarded, as has been the case in Ireland. The ship Belvidera, it is said, is now at Deptford, taking in a large supply of provisions for the coast of Scotland. The views of Government on this subject may be gathered from the following state ment, made by Lord John Russell, in his letter to the Duke of Leinster—" All that we have undertaken, with regard to food, is to endeavour to create a provision trade at fair mercantile prices, where no provision trade has hitherto existed, and where, without assistance, none might be willing to undertake a new and unpopular oc cupation." We understand that, on the 14th ultimo, Glengarry shipped, for the use of his people in Knoydart, 108 bolls of oatmeal; 100 bolls of Indian corn meal; 48 cwt. of rice; and 5 cwt. of biscuit. A Ross-shire correspondent writes to us as follows: " We are now in the first week of winter, and I fear much that, notwithstanding the attention of some of our Highland proprietors to the condition of the small tenants upon their estates, the increased activity of the Board of Supervision, and the quiet and patient de meanour of the people themselves, many families and individuals in the north are already, and that in a very short time many more will be, sub jected to the severest privations in regard to the ordinary necessaries of life. In Caithness, a committee of gentlemen of the county have been appointed to ascertain the amount of the destitution, with a view to the application of a corresponding relief. ' The Duke of Sutherland has personally directed and superintended a similar investigation, and made arrangements, to receive corn in due time, well calculated to avert suffering from the poorer classes' on his extensive estates. You re corded last week the measures adopted by some of the proprietors of Inverness-shire for the same end ; but S although you lately reported the resolutions of a meet cbti iyo nasr lryTi nA Edwardt hre( meet ing of the county of Ross, which attracted a good deal of notice and elicited general approbation, yet I have not heard that they have been carried out to any con siderable extent. There is, on the contrary, reason to apprehend that the landed proprietors of this county have, with a few honourable exceptions, made little or no provision for the impending calamity. It would afford me pleasure to find that this apprehension is not well founded. You cannot press the matter too fre quently and strongly upon the attention of the labouring man, the low rate of wages and the high price of food make it almost impossible for him to procure the scantiest means of living ; and as to the pau pers, who have a legal right to sustenance, the allowances made to them in this part of Scotland by the local boards, are so small that it need not astonish you any day to hear of cases of starvation. There never was a time when the circumstances of the people demanded so imperatively the exercise of active charity, and yet never a time when charity was less practised. One feels curious to see upon what grounds the Board of Supervision will attempt, in their forth coming report to Parliament, to justify the niggardly pittances awarded to the claimants upon the poor's funds. If the masses are permitted to continue in so wretched a state, the effect must be to deteriorate and degrade the national character. It is idle to think of educating and elevating our countrymen while their physical wants are so inadequately supplied. A mind constantly occu pied about the wants of the body is incapable of making much progress in intellectual or moral improvement ; but this is a subject which deserves a fuller and more careful discussion than it can receive in a hurried letter. Our Skye correspondent supplies additional informa tion:—" The people in this quarter are beginning to grind their corn now, which is much earlier than in former years, when they had abundance of potatoes ; but, contrary to the observations in the letter from the Home-office to Mr. Baillie, M.P., the grain is not in general of superior quality, but otherwise, and will not serve the people long. What will then become of many who have no person to go south and work for them, a kind Providence, who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb,' only knows. Already some are putting them selves upon two meals a-day, and this will, I have no doubt, come in time to one meal only. Such of them as have a little corn crop, will, of course, consume it all before they suffer much real want ; and how they will be able to procure seed corn in spring, is a question which, although somewhat distant, will be a difficulty. It is not a great many years since Highlanders would rear pigs or eat pork, having a great preju dice against that kind of food ; and when they had beef and mutton, or gcat flesh, and occa sionally venison, this was not, perhaps, surprising ; but since the country has been let out in large sheep walks, and the people generally unable to keep stock, and potatoes becoming so abundant, the feeding of pigs has been quite general. Pork came to be generally relished, and many a family who could get neither beef nor mutton were not a little indebted to grumphy for many a savoury meal, during the time of spring labour. The failure of the potatoes has now, however, for a time, put an end to this species of domestic purveying, and the poor people arc killing their pigs half-fattened, and to be eaten long before the spring work can be done through the help afforded by their means. Although Cobbett was no admirer or lover of potatoes, yet I think, on ac count of the bacon produced by their means, he might have wished for their continuance. It is to be hoped that seine substitute will be found here for pts also, seeing that they served an important purpose, especially to the poor people. Cabbages grow here to a very large size, and would so far assist as a substitute in the present case, but lam sorry to say that this vegetable also is affected in several, nay in many instances, in this quarter, so as to cause it to decay in a rapid and unusual manner, threatening to deprive us of even this partial aid in our present emergency." Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston entertained the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, the Earl and Countess Grey, Lord and Lady John Russell, his Excellency the American Mi nister and Mrs. Bancroft, the Right Honourable Sir George and Lady Grey, the Right Hon. E. Stanley, the Hon. W. Cowper, and a select party to dinner, on Satur day last, at their mansion oa Carlton House-terrace. Her Ladyship received a select circle after dinner, when among her Ladyship's visitors were, his Excellency Prince Callimachi, his Excellency Baron de Cetto, his Excellency Baron Brunnow, the French Charge d'Affaires and the Countess Jarnac, the Countess of Tankerville, the Earl of Auckland, the Hon. Misses Eden (two), Viscount Ebrington, Lord and Lady Ashley, Lord Dud ley Stuart, Sir John C. Hobhouse, Hon. Mrs. D. Damer, Hon. F. Charteris, Viscount Anson, the Attorney-Ge neral, the Solicitor-General, Mr. Rich, Mr. Harcourt, Mr. F. Byng, Lady Theresa Lewis, Hon. Mrs. Villiers, Lady Emily De Burgh, &c. HERRING TRADE.—Mr. J. Robinson, of Banff, and others interested in the herring trade, having me., mon alise,d Government on the subject of the Belgic duties on British cured herrings, the reply was, that this country not having a treaty of commerce with Bel gium, Government could not remedy the matter com plained of. It was added, however, that the at tention of Government would be directed to the subject. THE MODEL LODGING -HOUSE, ST. GILES'S.—This erection, situate in George-street, St. Giles's, is proceed ing very rapidly towards completion, the building having already attained the third story, and it is expected will be opened for the accommodation of the poor at the com mencement of the ensuing year. AN EXPERIMENT.—It is stated that the Marquis of Exeter intends to allow his potato crops to remain in the ground through the winter, a covering of manure being laid over them to e xc l u d e frost. DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday a report was very generally circulated through the town that several persons had been killed at the coalpits belonging to the Messrs. Kenworthy and Brothers, Mossley-road, Ashton. This rumour following that of the late boiler explosion, appeared to create much sensation in the neighbourhood. On making inquiry on the spot we found that there were two men, named William Charlesworth, aged 40 years, and Francis Charlesworth, his brother, aged 43, who had met with an almost instantaneous death early in the morning whilst working in the shaft of one of the pits, which is 240 yards deep. So far as we have been able to ascertain, the unfortunate men, who are both car penters, and have been on the works for some years, were employed , in repairing one of the " chairs," in which the waggons ascend and descend the pit, when a link of the chain which supported the other chair on which the men stood to work broke, and they were pre cipitated several yards to the bottom of the pit, the rope above, which was about 1,700 cwt., falling upon them. Several of the men who were at work at the time hearing a crash, immediately ran to the mouth of the pit, when they saw the heavy rope descending and taking with it everything that was in its way. The teen sent for Mr. S. Ashton, the head book-keeper, and he was speedily upon the spot, together with a number of the police, giving directions for the recovery of the poor fellows who were down below. Several persons at once de scended, and on arriving at the bottom found them lying in a pool of blood. The body of William Charlesworth was most shockingly mangled, his legs and arms being broken, and his head dreadfully mutilated. The latody of Francis was not so much injured as that of his brother, but the wounds which he received on the head with the rope were quite sufficient to account for death. The chain that was attached to the rope which supported the " chair," on which the men stood, was supposed to be capable of bearing six or seven tons; and it appears to the workmen most extraordinary that it should have broken with so small a weight. Francis has left a wife and four small children, and William, his brother, has left a wife and five children, only one of which is ca pable of working. The distress occasioned to these poor families may be better felt than described.—Manchester Guardian of Friday. WINE CELLARs.—lnstead of being placed so as to insure a regular and somewhat warm temperature throughout the year, the coldest part of the houses seems to be set apart for wine. On expressing my ob jection to a builder, and a very intelligent one, he seemed quite astonished, having an opinion that the cellar was a nice cool place. Now, any one who knows anything about wines knows that a temperature never below 55 degrees is essential to their preservation and improve ment. The best vaults in the docks are those which preserve this temperature throughout the year. Some wines are despatched to the East and West Indies for improvement under higher temperature, but carefully guarded against a lower than above stated. As the cellars arc usually on the same floor as the kitchens, they should be placed so as to admit of a ready commu nication with the boiler of the kitchen-range, by means of a small pipe, so that by the circulation of hot water night and day, the needful temperature might not only be secured, but increased to any amount that might be desired for special wines. This advantage might be ob tained at a very trifling cost, if the wine cellar were con tiguous to the kitchen-range.--Builder. FRANCE AND ENGLAND. The Allgemeine Preussische Zeitung (the organ of the Court of Berlin), has the following article in the file which we have just received from Germany : " Nothing can more strongly characterise the triviality 1 and the ignorance with which the French are wont to handle.. the affairs of their ne i g hb ours , t h an the op i n i on seriously expressed by the press, and (it is said) enter tamed in highe r c i rc l es, t h at the overthrow which Eng lish diplomacy has recently received in Spain will lead to a chang e of Mi n i s t ry i n England. Never was public opi▪ nionin England, amongst all parties, more unani mous upon a matter than upon this, viz.—that for the cessation of the entente cordiale, the French Government is solely responsible. M. G u i zot, it is said, plumes upo n his being abl e t o prove that Lord Palmerston is the true cause of the misund ers t an di ng in reference to the Spanish marriages ; and the French Minister here relies (perhaps i too strongly) o n th e general opinion which prevails n Europe respecting the antithesis of his own character to that o f hi s E ng l ish rival. But in this case we believe that it w ill soon b e seen that M. Guizot has avai▪ led himself of his assurances of peace and the credit of his name for the purpose of concealing views which even a more warlike and more inconsiderate Minister would hardly have professed. And this takes place whilst Viscount Palmerston, striving to regain for•his policy the character of moderation, and to maintain the friendly relations with France which his excellent prede cessor in office has bequeathed him, displays somewhat less of his accustomed watchfulness and resolution. " The pretext of a change of the English Ministry, and the actual presence of so peculiar a Minister in the Foreign-office, form but a lame excuse for the resump tion of a policy which tends to nothing less than the annihilation of British irfluence in the Peninsula, and the full dependence of Spain upon France. We have even heard that an influential French statesman, who stands high in the confidence of the prevailing possessors of power, has declared that the Spanish Crown shall be as closely united to the Crown of France as the ancient kingdom of Scotland now is to that of England ; and although it is well known that a direct union is impos sible, still the Court of Madrid is already looked upon in certain circles as a sort of vassal to the Tuile ries. The present weakness of Spain has, in reality, ren dered the union of the two Powers far less formidable than it was last century ; but on that very account the dependence of the weaker on the stronger power has only become still more complete. In Spain such a state of things cannot be of long duration, and England will never recognise any claims of this kind on the part of France. Perhaps the late coup d'etat in Portugal is calculated to make this breach still wider, for even in that country French influence has been busily occupied in overthrowing the Liberal party, and even there England is bound by existing treaties to defend the independence of the Government. The relations of England to Por tugal have become unusually cool during the last year. The Methuen treaty is abolished on both sides, and no other commercial connexions have since been formed be tween these two old allies. The slave-trade treaties have excited the ill-will of Portugal, and their evasion the ill humour of England. The latter Power now feels less interest in Portugal than at any former period. But now, a 3 before, Portugal is the door through which British influence maintains its position in the Peninsula. The route of Torres Vedras has its political and his torical importance, as well as its military renown. France will probably seek to insure her preponderance in the Peninsula by threatening the ind?pendence of Portugal, and even leading the military power of Spain against her neighbour ; but if any such plan of politics should be pursued, the breach with England could easily break out into open hostilities. The Parisian journalists are in the wrong when they imagine that the pros pect of a war would lead, in England, to the fall of a Cabinet or the dissolution of a party. By means of her political unity and her resources, England is at present as well prepared for war as any other Eu ropean power. For the last three years the Govern ment has been very zealously occupied in providing for the defence of the coasts, and increasing the strength of the navy. The finances of the state aro in a brilliant condition, the relations to other powers peaceful and secure, and, in a just cause, the English nation would i rather go to war at once than su b m i t t o th e slightest n fringement of her rights, or, at least, the most remote attempt upon her honour. In 1840 France threatened Europe with a war, when that power was unprepared for it. In the year 1846 England has not threatened a war, but she is morally and physically prepared to strike out the path which coming events or her own policy will prescribe for her adoption." I FSHEEP.—Every part of the globe, from the regions of the torrid zone to the cold frigid climate of Iceland, is inhabited by the sheep ; and the varieties of form and clothing necessary to fit it for such variety of climate are of court• numerous.— The Plough. HONOUR TO THE FAIR SEX !—At the risk of vex ing some who would not have their good deeds brought too prominently forward, we cannot avoid making honourable mention of the remarkable perseverance and devotion of the daughters of General Simcoe, who dis tinguished himself in the American war. These ladies, on the ruins of the old abbey of Dunkswell, near Honi ton, have erected a church, for which they worked all the stone with their own hands. A large drawing room, commenced by the General, and not finished, served for the atelier. We have a worthy companion for then" ladies, whose names we mention with all due respect. in Miss Rickards, of Stow Langtoft, Bury, who has, with her own hands, as we hear, glazed all the winlows in her father's church with stained glass, painted and burnt by herself !—The Builder. PALL IN THE PRICE or POTATOES.—Many of our readers will, we have no doubt, rejoice to hear that in our market, en Wednesday last, there was a considerable reduction in the price of this now costly esculent. A week or two ago, in our market, potatoes were selling as high as 2s. per peck. On Wednesday morning last they were selling at ls. Bd. per peck ; but, in the afternoon, they were freely offered at Is. 4d. per peck, which in deed was the general selling price. We have heard that, in some parts of the country, potatoes turn out better than was generally expected. We trust that this cause may have produced the decline of price in the Hereford market on Wednesday, and that it may be lasting ; for the high price of this useful vegetable makes a most ma terial difference in the household expenditure of the poor man who has a large family to support. Hereford Times. AN AGED BEGGAR.—There wanders about the northern counties a venerable gaberlunzie, an old soldier whose grey hairs are worthy of shelter. This veteran, Robert Scarlett, is a native of Caithness, being born at Bower, on the 12th February, 1750. He went to sea on board a merchant vessel at 11 years of age, was pressed in Leith Roads early in the year 1794 ; was sent aboard the Ajax, 74, Captain Cochran, and fought under Admiral Howe, on Ist June, 1794 ; was removed to the Meditar, 74, Captain Keith, and fought under Admiral Duncan at Camperdown, and under Lord Nel son at the battle of the Nile ; was one of 800 sailors and marines who were landed from the Meditar in Aboukir Bay, to assist the land forces commanded by Sir Ralph Abercromby. He was present under that commander in three different engagements, fought on the Btb, 13th, and 21st March, 1801. After his return from Egypt he was discharged from the naval service, and immediately thereafter he enlisted in the 23d regiment ; was sent to America, then to the West Indies, and was present at the taking of Martinique. He was sent to Spain in 1810, was with Wellington at the taking of Cuidad Rodrigo and Badajos, and fought at Albuera, Salamanca, and Toulouse, and was discharged at the end of the war in 1814. When he came to Scotland, he states that he found himself a lone man, not knowing a single individual in the world with whom he could claim kindred. He had married at 17 years of age, and his wife brought him two sons and a daughter. The mother and daughter died when he was abroad, and his two sons, who had enlisted in the 79th regiment, both fell side by side at Salamanca. He was 64 years of age when he was discharged from the army, and supported himself while his strength eontinued, by working as a labourer. But when his strength failed he could no longer find em ployment, and then, as he himself expressed it, he was obliged to travel (that is, to beg), and although now up wards of 96 years of age, he states that he would not yet like to travel if he could get work.—lnverness Courier. ELIHII BuiturrT's BOYHOOD.—Being the youngest of the five sons, it was the privilege of our Elihu to remain at home with his parents, and contribute to the support and comfort of their old age. Among the pleasantest reminiscences of his early life are the exer tions he made for this purpose. At sixteen he had arrived at the full stature and strength of a man. He now united himself with the Congregational church in New Britain, under the pastoral charge of the Rev. Henry Jones; and is at the present time a member in regular standing of the same church, whose articles of faith are the same as those of the Independents in Eng land. At this time his father's first and last illness commenced, which lasted for almost a year. During the .whole of this time, this excellent son laboured through the day in the field or the forest, and then watched through half the night at the bedside of his father, that his mother might be enabled to take neces sary rest. After his father's death he apprenticed him self to a blacksmith of the town, the only school educa tion he bad as yet received being three months at a district-school during the winter, before he was fifteen. Of far greater importance, however, than the scanty tuition was the keen appetite for reading which kept his mind awake, and which was, doubtless, stimulated by the difficulty he had in procuring books. This intense passion for reading he attributes in the first place, less to the innate force of his own mind than to a mere adventitious circumstance in his early youth. At that time the old revolutionary soldiers abounded in every neighbourhood of New England. It was a pleasure to them, and they deemed it a duty of the first magnitude also, to gather round such hearths as were open to their reception, and to rehearse to the rising generation all their strange stories about the wars. A knot of these garrulous old pensioners were regular visitors a t his father's house; and it fell to Elihu's share to draw the cider for them, from which they derived a certain degree of inspiration. The graphic manner er and in e N x vh ag ic g h er t a t t le e s d, e earnest old men related, embellished, perhaps, the fictions or facts of their revolutionary ex perience, excited the mind of the boy to n the highest . degree. lle had the keen( st relish for their atoes, or for any such as resembled them. It was not long, there fore, before he made the delightful discovery that tales of a similar character might bo found them, as interest ing as those told by the old grandfathers of the village. It was this love of narrative which made the bible such a fascinating book to him : it had all the charms to him which the novel-reader finds in the last new romance. It was the first book which he read after getting through the spelling-book, and he used to steal away with it under his arm, and devour its wonderful histories and its personal narratives with a zest which his good mother fondly mistook for religious impressions. Often has he heard her telling her neighbours with pride of this cha racteristic of the boy, and how she bu;lt upon it a hope of his becoming a useful and eminent Christian.—The People's Journal. QUALITIES OF 111t-A-f.- Every country is f amous more or less for some pro. . duce, so is every county; for instance, for Me - best beef we are indebted principally to Sciotland i - the Highland • ox, which, if bred in Scotland, kept there maid four months old, and fed twelve months 1n Norfolk, cannot be surpassed; those also that are kilIW in Scotland are likewise very commendable, but the ilnoi.s.seur would give the preference by far to those thaVinidathdergon e a change of atmosphere and pasturage. Norfolk also pro duces excellent beef, as likewise does Herefordshire, which three sorts are ranked as best by the best judges. The Brighton downs are noted for producing sheep of the first quality, next to which may be ranked thous of the Norfolk downs; they are rather larger, more fleshy, and the meat sometimes a dark e r colour. Herefordshire also produces some very excellent. The Scotch mutton is also very good, and deservedly of very high repute, but I rarely ever use it, as it is killed in Scotland, and hurriedly packed, which causes it not to look so well, and frequently very much bruises it; but that of Leices tershire is, in my opinion, quite the contrary, being coarse meat and very fat; I consider it unworthy of making its appearance on the table of a man of wealth. When residing at Melton Mowbray I tried several haunches, even after hanging a month in winter, and then roasted to perfection; I could not find in them any savour worthy of the taste of an epicure; I consider it more as a useful nourishment than a delicate moat The best Welsh mutton is direct from its native mountains; the heath upon which it feeds gives a very rich flavour to the meat, which is very dark and without much fat; many are fel in the English counties; they are very excellent and much fatter ; but do not posseis the same wild flavour. The best veal to be obtained iu the spring time of year comes from the west of England, being rather small and very white; but there is a ready supply of good veal from Surrey and Essex throughout the year. Although very fine veal may be obtained in this country, it is not to be compared to the quality we obtain in France; the veal of P3ntoise, a little town six miles from Paris, outrivals any; I would venture to say that one pound of that veal would make a better stock than double the quantity of the veal procured here; no one can account for it, but such is the actual case; although there the quality of any other description of animal food is deficient, we have to boast of the excellent fla vour, succulecce, and the exeessive whiteness of our veal. House lamb may be obtained throughout the whole year, but there is no great demand for it before February. Grass lamb makes its appearance now much earlier than formerly; the quality much depends upon the winter season; if a mild winter they may really be fed upon grass; but if the contrary, they must be fed with pre pared food, which increases their size but diminishes their quality. Pork for roasting is best when about six months old, Berkshire and Hampshire producing the best. The size of a leg of pork should not exceed seven pounds, nor much less than six. Ido not know why but of late years pork has lost in a great measure its popularity, and but` seldom appears on a nobleman s table; it is in season from October to about March.— Soyer's Cookery. ROBBERIES IN MINES IN CORNWALL.-At the Cornwall General Quarter Sessions, held at Bodmin last week, a series of cases were tried, which exposed a complete organised system of plundering mines. The prisoners were chiefly convicted through the agency of a man named Moyle, who was admitted an approver. It appeared that four or five months ago several valuable mining implements, composed chiefly of brass, were missing from various mines in the western parts of the county, and, in consequence of some suspicions, this man's house was searched, and a large quantity of the articles found concealed in a cavity up the chimney. Moyle is a dealer in marine stores, and lives at Red ruth ; on being taken before the magistrates, he con sented to 'confess, and become an approver, on condition of receiving a pardon. He then acknowledged him self an extensive receiver and buyer of brass and other metal from different miners, and in consequence of that information several parties were taken up and convicted. The depredations appear to have been carried on to a considerable extent. William Prince and Joseph Prince, two miners, were convicted of stealing at Wheal Unity Wood Mine, in the parish of Knwyn, a brass air pump-bucket, 1,000 lbs. weight of brass, and 50 pieces of brass. The prisoners, on the night of the 24th July last, broke open the door of the engine house in which these articles were kept, and removed them into a lane near the mine. They then went and informed Moyle they had some brass to sell, and the prisoners, in company with Moyle, and another dealer in marine stores, named Hooper, we n t w i t h a cart and brought the brass home to Moyle's house, and kindled a strong fire under it, and broke it in pieces to avoid detection. Several other cases of a similar character from the Wheal Jowell and other mines were heard, the prisoners being sen tenced, according to the aggravation of their cases, either to transportation or imprisonment with hard labour. UNCONSECRATED GROUND.—As a proof of the growing indifference of the people to interment in con secrated ground, we mention a fact of recent occurrence. A child of a labouring couple, living in St. Sidwell's, Exeter, died. The mother waited upon the Rev. Francs Courtenay, and asked him if he would bury the child on Sunday last, at four o'clock in the afternoon, in the cemetery. He replied that he could not attend, having, we:presnme, other duties. She replied that as Sunday after noon was the only time that the father and bearers could attend, the child must be buried then, and that if he would not attend, the child should be buried in the dissenters' ground by a dissenter. He was greatly shocked at the unscrupulous manner in which the mother was prepared tq consign the remains of her child to unconsecrated earth. She gave him the opportunity, however, of pre venting it, by performing the ceremony at the time named, but he still refined. Having thus shown the reverend gentlemal that he had himself, by his indis position to accommodate her as to time, shown very little desire to ay.-rt the dreaded event, she " crossed the ditch," and the child wai buried in unconsecrated ground, the funeral service being performed by a member of the ‘Vesleyan Church, a church which has proved itself on this, as on other occasions, worthy of the title of the poor man's church.— Western Times. FOREICN POTATOES.—At the latter portion of the past week some arrivals of potatoes had taken place, from foreign countries, and which seemed more es pecially to require particular mention. Some have since taken place which, in some instances from their extent, and others from their partial or entire novelty, would appear equally entitled to remark, and the notice of which will not be at all uninteresting at the present time, when the scarcity, and in many cases - disease, of this esteemed vegetable is so much com mented upon. The steam-ship Rainbow, from Rotter dam, brought 66 bags, the produce of Holland; the Mi nerva, from Borregaard, three barrels of the article, of Norwegian produce; the Alkmaar, from Amsterdam, two bags of Dutch produce; the Emerald steamer, from Bou logne, 12 sacks the growth of France ; the Countess of Lonsdale, from Hamburgh, 6 baskets ; the Oxford, from New York, 18 barrels, of American produce ; the Perseverance, from Dunkirk, a cargo comprising 30 tons weight of the article, the growth of Normandy; and the William and Matthew, from Dunkirk, also, the very large quantity of 115 tons weight, the produce of the same place; and again the Ypres from the same port, an entire cargo, comprising 50 tons weight of this vegetable, also the growth of Normandy. —The Giraffe, from Rotterdam, brought thirteen baskets of Dutch produce; the Caledonia, from Hambnrgh, 11 bags, of Hanseatic produce ; the Albion, from Dun kirk, a cargo consisting of 49 tons weight, again the produce of Normandy ; and, finally, the Ocean, at the port of Liverpool;from Havre, 104 bags of the artiele,:the produce of France. Of these arrivals it will be scarcely necessary for us to allude, even in the most succinct manner to the extensive importations which have taken place this week from Dunkirk, the produce of Nor mandy. They form quite a feature, and have evidently taken place to an extent unprecedented from that or any of the other continental States, and will be read with exceeding interest, as they form a subject of very great commercial importance. THE NEW PLANET.—The present distance of the new planet, expressed in common measure, is about 3,200,000,000 English miles from the sun, and about 3,100,000,000 from the Earth. Its distance from Uranus —whose motion it disturbs—is about 150,000,000 of miles. It diameter is estimated sit 50,000 miles. That of Uranus is about 35,000 ; of Jupiter, 86,000 ; of Saturn, 79,000 ; of the Earth, 8,000. Its cubic bulk is to that of the earth as 250 to 1. The new planet is the largest in our system except Jupiter and Saturn ; and since these two planets as well as Uranus, are each at tended by a train of Satellites, it is extremely probable that the new planet will have a similar accompaniment. We had the pleasure of seeing the planet on Thursday night from the Calton Hill. It comes to the meridian a few minutes before nine, and is within a short distance of Saturn. With a power under 200 it is not distin• guishable from a fixed star.—Scotsman. DISCOVERY OF AN ILLICIT DISTILLERY UNDER THE WATERLOO•ROAD.—One of the most extraordinary seizures ever brought under the notice of the public, was made on Friday by the officers of Excise. For a consi derable time past, indeed for years suspicion had existed in the minds of the officers of the distric t ,h re spectin g Waterloo road, road, but no clue could be obtained toan l th g em. The con traband nature being w ithincarried9n some premises in the neighbourhood of. t h e W of at a erloo under and ex tendingpremises are situated imm edi a tely t e Diseasesrl o o - r o a o d f , known as the Royal Hospita l by a great number of Children. Although daily visited of any person existed in the mind beyond the building persons, no idea nginforth•etheVa con nected imm ediately below. On Friday, how ever,was carried on from a strong impression that all was not right, or with it, or otherwise, of the extensive . trade that . . officers of the Excise, made their way to the rear of the from information received, Messrs. Bay ford and Lewing premises, which are approached by a narrow passage, running parallel with the Waterloo-road, near to Stare ford-street. Large gates inclosed the entrance to what w ere known as vaults for the depositary of old ales and publican's fittings in trade. On gaining an entrance they made their way to a vault, approached by a very narrow passage, sad totally excluded from a ra y o f light, where they discovered two large stills fitt e d up, both set in brickwork, and under o ne o f w hi c h a fire had been recently lighted. A qUantity o f illi c i t sp i r i ts were also found in the place. On p u r su i ng t h e i r search in the nhyd i e e s sus porter,otlenrfardoryb s trong amounting ereeors quantity m, of ari spirit t 0 d -th e h t it a o ess tt9anihnO b een l here os e oro l uennr s cinroe o 9 f , t ) safelyo o l d o ale, i a nan d e j at t e ode gallons. a n i re n n dm i fe d n ri d determined. h i neo la e r. v t r v aultsnhhe oee f A t u t g rh s f e t eo vhorroceui trythe' used for this purpose, as it emits no strong odour, as is the case with was h pro d uced by molasses in the ourse of fermentation. No molasses wash whatever was found on the premises. The worm tubs were supplied with water from vessels below the ordinary supply in the dwelling -houses iu the Waterloo-road, and the waste water was discharged by pipes downwards from the stills into the common sewer, so that not the slightest clue to any premises could be obtained from this circumstance. THE SU .3 , LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMB'EIt . 10, 1816