The Sun. — London, England, 1848-09-26 00:00:00

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QUARTER TO THREE. In the Cotton Market at Liverpool to-day the sales were 5,400 bales, of which 1,200 were for export. American sorts realised 2 I. to 6.-}d. per lb. The market Was steady, but there was no change in prices.—Railway Shares were without any change, and very little was doing. The Americans, through their representatives in Ger many, are endeavouring to negotiate a treaty of com merce with the Zollverein, and one of the New York journalists affects to believe tHat England is exceedingly jealous thereat, and will do all in its power to thwart the efforts of the United States envoy. We scarcely deem It necessary to refute this misconception or mis-state- Meat, whichever it may be, but, for the sake of imparti ality, we will notice the writer's views. He says — "The clause which has for so many years been at tached to commercial treaties, made with different coun tries, that they shall be entitled to privileges equal to those enjoyed by the most favoured nations, has placed all upon a par, and prevented concessions in favour of any that would in return grant equal advantages. It Was nothing in the world but the insertion of that clause in all the commercial treaties between the Zollverein and Great Britain that prevented the treaty made between the Zollverein and the United States, a few years since, from being ratified by the combined powers. For certain concessions in oar tariff on the products and manufactures of those nations forming the Zollverein, we were to receive corresponding concessions on our products and manufactures imported into those countries composing the confederacy. After the treaty with these improvements had been negotiated by the representa tives of each power, it was discovered that any conces sions made in the duty upon American manufactures imported into the Zollverein, must also be made upon similar manufactures imported from Great Britain. This at once arrested further progress; the new treaty was laid on the shelf, and the old one continued in force. Since that time we have adopted a new tariff, which takes precedence of all commercial treaties, if its provisions are more favourable, but if not commercial treaties regulate the com mercial intercourse between all nations. The tariff of 1846 places the products and manufactures of the Zollverein, in entering our ports, upon a more favour able footing than the tariff of 1842, or the commercial treaties now in existence, and it is, consequently, the law. By that Act we are entitled to concession from the German confederation in the formation of new treaties, or in the reconstruction of their tariffs. In accordance with this, and upon the principle of recipro city, the Hon. A. J. Donelson, our Minister to the Ger man confederation, was, at the last accounts, at Frank fort for the express purpose of negotiating a commercial treaty of the most liberal character." The Mexican correspondence given yesterday under tiis head has afforded much satisfaction, and if the in tmtions of the new Republican Government are loyally carried out, there may be a hope, ere long, of the foreign 0 editors obtaining a dividend. We should be glad, iedeed, to find that .a better era was about to open for tie holders of South American and Peninsular Stocks generally, and of which there have recently been some indications. The prospects of Spain, probably, are not very encouraging, as the renewal of Carlist movements on a large scale, Will entail increased expenses, but we bear again of contemplated arrangements for sending over remittances from Lisbon, which we should be glad to see realised by even the smallest payment on account. As opportu nity serves, more may be said hereafter on this head. Another subject, in connexion with this, as sumes now so tangible a shape, that although the document before us is , marked " private and confi dential," the particulars have become known, and we-no longer feel a delicacy in commenting upon them. A new loan is proposed to be raised here for the French Go vernnient, the parties who moot the project being Messrs. Devaux and Co., of London, well known in connexion with French railways, and with the house of Charles Lafitte of Paris. The support of capitalists is also said to be conditionally promised. There can be very little prospect, we imagine, of the public at large participating in the loan, and as to the part taken by moneyed men, not much exception can be taken, if they themselves are " content," and do not intend to back out, and get away upon the shoulders of the less experienced. There are many temptations as to price, at., and it is really to the interest of England that a steady and honest Government should be established in France, and that its finances should be restored to healthier condition. Whether our currency laws will safely permit us to indulge in the luxury of twelve million loans is more doubtful, whatever be the tempta tions as to profit. The parties who are interesting themselves in the matter set forth that— " The successful effort of the middle classes in France to replace society on a secure basis, and the course of p 'hey adopted by the men whom this effort has called to the management of public affairs, give a strong assur ance that France will now gradually improve, and soon return to her former prosperity. 'ibis state of things, coupled with the continual large absorption of stock for investment on the Paris Stock Exchange, has led us to consider that French Stocks have, subject to momentary fluctuation, touched their lowest mark. (Their Five per Cents. ranged, in 1847, from 114 to 118.) " The French loans contracted with foreign capitalists, soon after the peace of 1815, produced to the subscribers not only a high rate of interest, but a gradual increase of value, of almost 100 per cent. (Nearly all the stock then issued to English subscribers was ultimately resold on the French market with very large profits.) A con sideration of existing circumstances, leads to the con &anion that similar results would follow a subscription for a loan at the present moment." The proposition is that a deposit of 5 per cent. on every 1001. nominal capital should be paid, the terms of the loan to be arranged afterwards, and if nothing is concluded the money to be returned. The letters by the steamer from New York state that the money market was steadily tightening, but that capital was by no means scarce up to the date of the accounts, so that the slight stringency might be only temporary. Quotations for Continental bills were merely nominal. The value of goods warehoused at New York in the fortnight to the 10th inst. was 2,686,243 dollars, of which 277,834 dollars were bonded, and 408,760 dolls. withdrawn. " This," says a local jour nalist, " leaves, of tho goods warehoused within the last two weeks, 2,555,317 dolls. still in warehouse. It is en couraging to see a diminution in our imports, and a pro bability of a very great increase in the value of our ex ports. One branch of our foreign trade has been depressed about long enough, and we have been obliged to part with a large amount of bullion to liquidate the balance against us. the result of large imports and limited ex ports. Ivea if no more unfavourable accounts than those already received come to hand relative to the crops of Great Britain, there will be extensive shipments of breadstuffs from this side, and a change in the current of specie. We shall get back more than has been taken from us." . - '1 he arrivals of shipping at Quebec this year show a decrease of 32,441 tons. The Stock Market is exceedingly dull. Consols, 116 i a for Transfer, and 861 I for Account, the rates current for some time past. Exchequer-bills of March 30s. premium. The Foreign Bonds nrc merely nominal. Portuguese Four per Cents. 23; Mexican have risen to 161 and 171. Spanish Three per Cents. are nominally 221 to 231. Very fair support is still given to the prices of Railway Shares, and there is a good business doing re latively to stocks. Australian Mine Shares are flatter. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 3 per Cent. Consols Anns 8 6 1,4% Consols for Account ..• . Exchequer Bills. 2t,Yd. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. 500/. ......... ...... • `z7 •49 p Small 34 31 p 29 28 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto Small Mexican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent. I 6 3A 17IA Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PTA SnazE. Aberdeen - to Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 3 3 / 4 — Ayrshire and Galloway Belfast and County Down .. 17% .. .. Birmingham & Oxford June... 20 - Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 10 ..... Binning., Vol., & Stour Val. 131.145.... Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction.. Boston, Stamf., & Birming 5 ...... Bristol and Exeter D0., Thirds Buckinghamshire... l4l. 4s 4% dis. to Caledonian Ditto, Half Shares - ... Ditto, New 101. Preference 2 1 / 4 tD Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 Chester and Holyhead 47% Ditto, Preference Clarence. .... 7 8 14 Do., Ist Class, 6 per Cent... 10 ..., .... . ... to Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10 Do., Gov. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10 Direct London & Portsmouth 5% to Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 30 Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20 East Anglia, 25/. L. & E., aad L. & D ... Ditto, 181., E. & H lB ...... -- ..... to Ditto, 31. 08.,E. & H 3l/4 — to Eastern Counties Do. New Guarani. 6 per Ct. 7 1 / 4 B,q to Do. Perpet.,s per ct.N o. 1,6/. Do., do N 0.2,6/. 133.4 d... ...,.. to .... Do., Northern & Eastern... 50 Do., 5 per cent. ............ 50 Do., Quarter .... - ..... ...... 12 1 / 4 ... .. Do., New Eastern Union, Class A (late E. U. Shares) ... .. 25 Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 1 Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 20 ...... -- Ditto, do, Class C, ditto... 17 1 / 4 to Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 10 -• Ditto, ditto ........ .......... 20 ...... - Ditto (C. & E.), 5 per ct. 2 1 / 4 — ...... to East Lancashire Ditto, New .. ........... .... . 19 Do., New Quarters - Do., 6 per Cent. Preference Quarter Shares East Lincolnshire ... 23 Edinburgh and Glasgow SO Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, Quarter Shares l 2l Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 ...... Ditto,New ..... ... ..... ...... 6 1 4 Ditto, Newport..... l3 Ditto, ditto, New ,•. 3% — . 1,." to -- Till?, SUN. LONDON, TUESDAY Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ...... to Ditto, New .. ...... ... 2% — to Glasg.,:Dumfries, & Carlisle..Bl. 61.8 d... .. to Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 .5.... Ditto, ... Do. Preference Consolidated 15 Great Northern.... .............17_ Do. London & York Exten. 2% — .... to bit. South. & West. (Ireland) 42% 2 2 1,4.. . . to 21% Great North of England 100 — Ditto, New 401. 4O Ditto, ditto .... Ditto, New 301. Ditto, New 151...... .... ..... 14 ...... . Great Western Ditto, Half Shares 50 Ditto, Quarter Shares Ditto, Fifths Do. New 171 .......... 13 .. ... 10 ...... to 9% Huddersfield and Manchester 28 .. —. Ditte, Thirds [lull and Selby 5O Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 Ditto, Quarter Shares .. 12% — to Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50 Do.,Thirds... lO Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93 ..... to Ditto, ditto Ditto Half Shares .. 43 Ditto Quarters 17%...... 11 Ditto Fifths Ditto Sixteenths ...... 6% — ... • to Ditto Thirds (Reg.) Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 5 Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43 ..... LLOYD'S SHIPPIN G—( THIS DA Y .) LONDON, SEPT. 26.—Wind E.N.E., moderate breeze awl cloudy weather with rain. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 24.—Arrd. Harmonic, Laguna; Alice Jane, Jamaica; Eli Whitney, Savannah; Arche laui, Charleston; Smlaoset, ditto; Vandalia, New York; Montezuma, St. John's, New Brunswick; Harmony, Quebec. 25th, Lady Amhurst, Singapore; Arcadia, Ja maica; Ranger, ditto, Swan, Quebec, Ski. Amelia, Orgry, Boston. Off port, Nile, Hiscock, Valparaiso; Amistacb, Matanzas; Robert Watts, Apalachicola ; Helen, Quebec. 25, the Glasgow, of Bath, United States, from this port to Boston, with a cargo of iron and salt, was fallen ip with in a sinking state, 19th ult. lat. 45, lon. 31 ; the crew taken off by the Tadmore, arrd. at St. John, N.B. LYTHAM, SEPT. 25.—The smack Peggy, Lewis, of • and for Camaeo, from this port, struck on the Salthouse Bank yesterday, and was abandoned. SCARBOROUGH, SEPT. 25.—The sloop Agnes, Mar shall, from Sunderland to Hull, was driven on the rocks near this port during a gale yesterday, and went to pieces ; crew drowned. HARWICH, SEPT. 25.—The Betty, Lewis, of and from Port Madoc to Woodbridge, got on shore en the Cork Sand last night and filled ; crew and part of materials and cargo saved. NEWHAVEN, SEPT. 25.—The John Carnell, Rownell, from Fowey to Frockton, put into this port to-dity with considerable damage, having been in contact in the night with the smack William Pitt ; the former lay to, but the smack was not to be seen in the morning. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 25.—Wind S.S.E.—SId, Juniata, Child, New York. DEAL, SEPT. 25.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. from the River and sailed, Huntress, Poole, Nassau, New Provi dence. The Amelia Iladley broke up last night. YARMOUTH, SEPT. 25.—The Johnson, Carruthers, of Sunderland, struck on Sherringham shoal yesterday ; came off and sunk ; crew landed. The Angus, from Hull to Sunderland, upset about ten miles north of Flamborough bead ; crew drowned. The Teviot steamer, from the West Indies, arrived at Southampton, reports having experienced a heavy gale on the :9th and 20th instant, commencing from the N.W., and veering to the S.S.E.; she also reports that during the hurricane of the 21st and 22d ult. a schooner from St. Martin's was lost with all hands, and that on the night of the 22d minute guns were heard at Nassau, and on the following day thirty sail of wreckers got under weigh to look out for vessels in the various chan nels that had gone on shore. WELLS, SEPT. 25.—A brig, apparently with close reefed top sails, was seen to founder during a strong wind from E.S.E. yesterday, about ten miles S.E. of this place. CORI, SEPT. 23.—Wind S.—Arrd. 21st, Cremona, Davey, New York. JERSEY, SEPT. 22.—Arrd. Bolina, Nautier, Labrador. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) cOLONIELL. SUGAR.—Tbe markets for British Plantation was again well supplied, and the demand continuing good, 760 hogsheads have found buyers, and prices have ad vanced 6d since this day week. The public sales have comprised 530 bags Mauritius, 1,750 bags Bengal, and 230 bags Madras, which was all realised, at an ad vance of about 6 d. Mauritius brought 27s 6d to 28s for very low brown, and 34s to 35s for mid yellow; Bengal 46s to 48s for grainy white, and 40s to 40s 6d for Mauritius kind; Madras, 29s to 31s 6d for low brown to low yellow. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,429 hhds, 236 tierces, 889 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,748 hhds, 116 tierces, 371 barrels. The stock in the same places is 27,284 hhds, 3,587 tierces, 6,997 barrels. COFFEE.-182 barrels 51 bags Jamaica ,at auction, consisting of low qualities, were disposed of at very reduced rates. Rum.—The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,143 puns 26 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 307 puns 31 hhds, and ex ported 59 puns 48 hhds. The stock in the same places is 21,116 puns 2,864 hhds. SPICES.-1,000 bags black, and 40 bags white pepper at auction sold steadily, good heavy' Malabar at 3d to 3d, good half heavy do at 2d, and mid white Singa pore 40 per lb. TALLOw.—P.Y.C. is 47s 9d per cwt on the spot, and town 49s 6d. The market is very firm. _ TEA.—There are public sales coming on to-morrow, of 17,000 packages, and in the meantime there is very little doing. The accounts from Canton of short ship. ments are rather encouraging for holders here. NAY SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 to 31 15s; New ditto, 218 s to 31 8s; Old Clover, 41 to 51 ; New ditto, 31 los to 41 103 ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 103 per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 31 15s; New ditto, 2l 10s to 31 8s ; Old Clover, 41 to 41175; New ditto, 31 10s to 41 10s; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 lOs per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. WHITECHAPEU—OId Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 31 15s; New ditto, 2/ 8s to 31 8s; Old Clover, 414 s to 5155; New ditto, 31 lOs to 41 los ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 lOs per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COAL MARKET.—YZSTEADAY. Hasting's Hartley l6s 6d Lambton New Tanfield l3s 6d Morrison l4s 6d Walker's Primrose ... 12s Od Stewart's Wall's End, &c. Kelloe ... ... 15s 3d Bewicke and Co. Brown's Pos 6 delaide Tees Gosforth Hedley Hilda l4s 3d South Durham l4s 6d Killingworth l4s 3d West Cornforth Washington Eden Main lss 9d Anthracite 2ss Od Lambton Primrose ... 15s 6d Cowpen Hartley Belmont lss 9d DerwentwaterHartley 16s Od Bell Eietton 16s 6d Lewis's Merthyr Jonassohn l3s 6d Ships at niarket...S9. n. TRIAL OF THE CHARTIST CONSPIRATORS. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. CONTINUATION OF THE TRIAL OF CUFFAY, FAY, AND LACY. Mr. Baron Platt and Mr. Justice Williams took their seats on the Bench at ten o'clock. Cuffey, Fay, and Lacy were then placed at the bar. Thomas Powell, the approver, was the first witness called. Ho recapitulated the greater part of his evi dence, and, with respect to the prisoner Fay, stated that the first time he saw him at the meeting was on Friday, the 28th of July, at Hopkins's Coffee-house, Saffron hill. He came there as an Irish delegate. A return was given in at that meeting of the number of fighting men. The meeting was adjourned until the 30th, at the 13311:10 place, when Fay was again present. The next meeting took place at the Dispatch Coffee-house, Bride lane, at which Fay and about thirty other persons were present. At this part of his testimony the witness ap plied to the Court to h ave a w i tness, who occupied a seat in the gallery, and who h a d b een su b poenaed to g i ve evidence as to his character, ordered out of court while be was giving his evidence, which was ac ceded to. The next meeting was at Cartwright's Coffee-house, on Friday the 4th. Cuffey made his " first appearance " at that meeting. Fay was not there. Lacy was proposed as a "fit and proper person" to go to Manchester as a delegate, and a person, named Bas sett, was directed to communicate with Lacy on the matter. Rose, the secretary, gave him some money to pay the expenses of the journey. A circular had been re ceived from Manchester, pointing out the advantage of sending a delegate to that town, and asking how far the London delegates were disposed to favour such a pur pose. A meeting was held on Sunday, the 6th, at the Dispatch Coffee-house. Cuffey was present. At i t a person, named Page, said Mr. Bond Hughes, the short hand nest w'rite e eting deserved w was a heldsound e t r the 7 h, a sh In t g.-- (aLt Dennis'sau gt The Coffee-house, Seven Dials, which was attended by Fay, Cuffey,tailing hisan d p o r t e h g e r r e s. Payne se in thee north.re e a T letter he fromnex next Lacy, meeting idneg was on Wednesday, the 9th, at the Lord Denman, which was attended by Fay and Cuffey. A letter was read from Lacy by Payne, who said ho would remain in the north as long as was necessary. A meeting was held at the Orange Tree on the 14th, at which Cu d ffe present. Yth friende:p e A ssess r i e n t g ur f n rere of fi T t e he hun m d e r m ed be t r e s h 600 cartridges, and that there were 5,000 fight i ng ,000 fighting Chartists, and 5,000 confederates, was given in, and a and their s deputation of two was directed to wait upon the gineers of the North-Western, then out on "strike," to ascertain if they were disposed to join them. It was proposed that each member should select . four, y sir., or more men to do " anything and everything , " and upon some person inquiring what that meeric, Cuffey said, "Firing stations, railway premises. ;,rains, and Anything, and if I look at the gas you 'will know what I mean." He understood that Cuffe:i at that time acted as secre tary. The meeting Was adjourned to the Lord Denman Fay were pri3sent. Lacy to the 16th. AboUt forty attended. Cuffey, Lacy, and ch w oo e m r h e i nt - i r dg e ready, and been fnwdhai watched d u e o l d d o ar b l Bir mingham, Manchester, arid, he believed, Liverpool, el a toldduby and b h t icyd i a m mdt hoe t that nu a pgp t tlaihne thatee m tnaoi e ng n dh o tt f h:matthsoaont, but that he had given them the double, and had reached that place in safety. That was the , first time he saw Lacy ; ho asked him his name, and he told him. Br ews t er di str ib uted colours, and he' believed Mullins, then pr es id ent , a l so did so. Fa' y, about three quaret!rs of an hour after the di s t r ib ut i on of the colours, came in, bringing a man na me d D onaldson with him , who was not a delegate. Cuffey said to Mullins, who acted as spokesman, "N ow , M r . C hairman, you, had better give your instructions." blullins did so. " Our friend, Mr. Lacy, has informed us that the men of Eft mingham and Manchester will be up to night, and we have no reason to doubt the correctness of his informa tion, and, therefore, gentlemen, you must come out to morrow night to fight, and strike the blow ; it is neces sary you should speak out boldly and fearlessly, for there must be no flinching in th e ma t ter ." Cuffey 'said "My time is short—my men are waiting. I te ll the ' western division, you had better put it round, and let them answer ' yes ' or `no.' Mullins did so, and all save two, including witness, said ' yes.'" (The trial was proceeding when our report left.) INCENDIARY FIRE.—A fire occurred on Wednes day at Caythorpe, nino miles from the town of Notting ham, on the farm of Mr. Foulke, and nearly all the corn and hay stacks were destroyed, ft is believed to be the act of au incendiary. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (Tilts DAY.) (Before BENJAMIN RoTcn, Esq., and a bench of Magistrates.) The adjournei September sessions were opened this morning (in the absence of the Assistant -Judge), by 13. llotch, Esq., formerly chairman of the Middlesex Magis trates. The grand jury having been sworn, the Learned Judge addressed them in a brief charge, in which he said it was his duty to go through the same "farce," which the Assistant Judge had gone through so often. of informing them of the useless duties they had to perform. There was a time when the intervention of grand juries was necessary, even in this Court., fur tile protection of the liberty of the subject. But, at present. and since the establishment of the Police-courts, the in stitution was unnecessary and useless. The calendar this session is about one-half lighter • than usual. Robert Griffiths, aged 25, a chimney sweep, was in dicted for stealing a copper cowl of the value of fifty shillings, the property of William Brougham, Esq., of No. 2, North Audley-street, It appeared that the prisoner and another were em ployed to sweep the chimneys of the house next door to Mr. Brougham's, for which purpose he got upon the roof, and carried away the cowl in question. Two witnesses gave him an excellent character for honesty. The prisoner was found Guilty, and The Learned JUDGE sentenced him to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. REGISTRATIONS. - (THIS DAY.) CITY OF LONDON. The revisions of the lists for Bread•street, Castle Baynard, Cheap, Cordwainer, and Dowgate, were pro ceeded with to-day. WESTMINSTER. Francis Bayley, Esq., held his first court for the revi sion of the list of voters for the city of Westminster, this morning, at twelve o'clock, in the Vice-Chancellor'b Court, Westminster-hall There are no objections, and the only claims are two for St. Clements; eight for St. George's, Hanover-square; one for St. James's; three for St. John's; and two for St. Martin's in. the-fields. In the course of the morning the list for St. Anne's parish was passed. The eight claims for the parish of St. George's Hanover-square, not being objected to by the overseers, were allowed by the Revising-Barrister, and the further revision of the list for this parish postponed until to morrow. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. Very few subscribers present, and business duller hEin ever. The closing quotations will show two or larce changes. THE TRIENNIAL STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Elthiron 7 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's Tadmor—taken 5 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Nina--taken CESAREWITCH RTAKEB. 12 to 1 agst Mr. M. Clancy's Lanesborough, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—taken 12 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Backhiter,3 yrs, sst 71b 14 to 1 agst Mr. Crawfurd's The Cur, 6 yrs, Bst 31b —taken 20 to 1 agst Colonel Peers Dacia, 3 yrs, 4st 131 b—t 20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Palma, 4 yrs, sst—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Shelley's Remembrance, 3 yrs, sst 91b 33 to 1 agst Mr. Murphy's Dough, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b 33 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Cawroush, 5 yrs, Bst 31b 33 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Poynton, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b 40 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's The Tartar, 4 yrs, 7st 81b 50 to 1 agst Mr. Johns's New Forest Deer, aged, Tat —taken to 50/. 1,000 to 10 agst Mr. Quin's Attraction, 3 yrs, 7st—taken Lanesborough was backed for four or five hundred pounds at 12 and 13 to 1, and closed first favourite. 12 to 1 was taken to about 100/. agst The Cur, and 14 to 1 afterwards offered. Palma was very much out of favour. No odds quoted agst Surplice. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 20 to lon the field 20 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Foreclosure, 4 yrs, ist 41b —taker to 50/. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glendower, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 1,000 to 30 agst Mr. Crawfurd's Pic Nic, 6 yrs, 7st alb —2O to 1 taken once DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman 12 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Elthiron 17 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Tadmor 40 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Honeycomb 1,000 to 10 agst Duke of Bedford's Newport—taken Offers to take 13 to 1 to a " sum" about Elthiron Do. (Rudders. and Shad . ..) 43 Do., 'Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Do., West Riding Union... 6 .... . Do., Preston and Wyre ... 25 ...... Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% to Leeds and Bradford Leeds, Dewsbury, & Manches. 50 - Do., Half Shares Ditto, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% - ...... to Leeds and Thirsk ... .... ..... 50 Ditto, New .... ..... .. 30 . .... ...... to Do., do., Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%..... ...... to Liverpool. Crosby, and Sout h port. 3% .. ... to -- Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction ...... .... 2% ...... to -- London & Blackwall ......131.65. 8d 4% to Do. Extension Lond., Bright., & South Coast 50 . . Do: Guiranteed 5 per Cent. 9 . ..... - to De. Pref. Cony. 5 per Cent. 50 ...... .. ... to Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... Do., New, guar. 6 per cent. 4 ...... ... i.ondon and Greenwich... 12/.155. 4d... 8% to Ditto Preference lBl 175 2d... ...... to London & North Western.....loo llO4 110 to 111 Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22 DI. New . 7 — to Do. Fifths Do. 401. Shares.....L. & M 25 ...... Do. 10/.... M. and B. (A.) 9 .... . to . _ Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (B.j 9 - Do. 10/. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 London and S. Western...-. 50 39% 39 to 39% Ditto, New 501........ - ..... 4234 28 Ditto, New 401..._...... .. 84 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 50 Do. Tenths (Consolidated) 40 Ditto. Thirds ... ----M. 133.4 d ... .. ... to Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Ct. on Deposit and 5 per Ct. on Ca115......11. 13s. 4d.... 5 dis. to Lendon, Salisbury, & Yeovil 1% — to Londonderry and Coleraine-. 27% — ...... to Londonderry and Enniskillen 25 Lowestoft (guar. 4 per cent.) 20 Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.... 8 ..._ Manch. Buxton, & Matlock 4 — to -- Manchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto M-Shares (No. 1) ... 18 ...... Ditto, ditto (No. 2) 25 Ditto; % Shares (No. 3)... 7% ...... Do., New 10/. Preference.. 10 ... .. Ditto Grimsby 35 — to Ditto, ditto. ......... ......... 11 Ditto, ditto Ditto Sheffield and Linc. 125...... Ditto, Grimsby Dock ...... 17% — to Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41. 2s. ... Midland.....• ................100 Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 Ditto, 501. 5hare5......... 20 Midland, Birm., and Derby...loo ... .. to Midland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 38 ... .. Ditto ditto 141. 185... Midland, Leices. and Swan siington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . IV idld. Great Western (Irish) 42 1 Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. SO If ewcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares N ewmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. — Newport Aberg., and lleref. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor ... .... 20 Norfolk Ditto New 201. Ditto Extension 5 per ct... 20 Do. Guaranteed 5% per ct. 5 .. Do. do. Waveney Valley... 2 !them Counties Union ... 4 ..orthet , North British Ditto Half Shares."... Do. Quarters 6IA — Ditto. Extension ...... 5 / 8 — Ditto Thirds ... ......... -.... 814...... North and South-Western... 2 .. .. .. North Staffordshire l5 ...... 9%..... ti , North Wales North Western lO Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton Reading, Guildfd., & Reigate 10 Royston and Hitchin ..... .. 1% — ...... to Scottish Central Scottish Midland .... ....... .... 25 Ditto, New... Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole 7%...... ...... to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 Shrewsbury and Birmingkam 9 Ditto, ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 2 Shrewsbury and Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) Ditto Halves, Ditto... 8 ... .. . Ditto, Uswestry l6 ...... Ditto oNew) 1 Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref..— 10 ...... 12% to Shropshire Union 4 „.. .. ••••• - South Devon Ditto, Preference South Staffordshire.... 5% - .. to South Eastern Ditto, New, No. 1 Ditto, New, N 0.2........ ..... 22 Ditto,New,...o. 3 ~.. . _ 25 to Ditto New, No. 4. Thirds 10 South Wales 28 South Yorkshire, Doncaster 4 and Goole Swans. and Loughor and Ca- P... meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... • 6 Taw Yale Extension ...... .. 6 Thames haven Dock and Railway l7l/ — Vale of Iv eath Waterford and Kilkenny 17% ...... ...... to Waterford and Limerick 45 ••• .. -- ...... to Waterford,Wexford,Wieklw, and Dublin .. 3 Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ..... ... 42 3 / 4 ...... Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ...... .. 9 ... .. . , West Cornwall 6 - Whiteliaven and Furness.— 13 ..... Windsor, Staines, and South Western... ............. ....... 91 % — Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 40 ...... .. York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 .. .. 27% to Do. Original New & Ber'ck 25 ...... 25 3 4 to 26 Do. Exten. No. 1 (Y. &N.) 15 Do. do. No. 2, New &B. 15 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. 8 York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto, Preference Ditto East and \Vestßiding Extension ... .. ...... 25 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian Boulogne and Amiens 2O ...... 5% to Central of France ( Orleans and Vierzon) i Ceylon Demerara. ...... Dendre Valley Direct Bombay and Madras ss. ..„ . D u tch Rhenish 7 % — to . East Indian to Great Indian Peninsular Louvain h. la Sambre ......... '7lO/2 — ••.... to Luxembourg Madrid and Valentia •••••. to Namur and Liege......... 2O Northern of France. — 12 ...... 6 34, •'"•• to to ... Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 6 Paris and Lyons Do. Do. - ._ ..... to _ Pang and Orleans 2O Paris and Rouen Paris & Strasbourg ........... 8 lieuen and Havre ........ ....... 20 Sambre:and:sleuse ............ 20 Strasburg a Bale l4 Tours & Nan nd tas ... . .. 9 Tournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Hasalt - •••••• to West Flanders B% — JOINT STOCK DANS& Australasia British North American •••• 5 0 ...... Colonial ..... ......... 25 •..•• • • •• to Commercial of London London Joint Stock ~... ..... 10 Loudon:and Westminster... 20 National Provincial of Engld. 35 Ditto, New National of Ireland 224 ...... ..... to Provincial of Ireland Ditto, New lO Union of Australia Ditto, New 214 — ....,. to Union of London ....... . .... .. 10 Union of M a d r id MINES. Anglo Mexican lOO ...... Asturian Mining Company... 13 ...... Australian 2 14 4 1 4 1,4... to Blaenarvon Iron and Coal ... 50 Bolanos Scrip _ _ to British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... ..... 24 1 ,4...... ... .... to to Ditto Cocael and Cuiaba... 30 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 ...._ Cobre Copper 11 Minim 20 Genera. ,g ****** •....• to Real del Monte, Unregistered -- .. _ .. ... to Do. Black Debentures — Do. Red Debentures ... to Santiago de Cuba. Unittcl bieZiCiin .:—..., ..... 28N - •..... 10 OAKS. 17 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Escalade—taken Captain P—, to whom allusion has been made as having ben " bit" to a large amount on the St. Leger, has addressed a letter to a gentleman, a member of the room, in which he states that be is making arrangements for the settlement of his account, which ho has no doubt of being enabled to pay in full within a very short period. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. ENTRIES ON MONDAY NIGHT. TUESDAY. lianalcap of 20 sovs. each. T.Y.C. Collingwocd, 5 yrs—Craftsman, 4 yrs—Antelope, 3 yrs—Duc an Durras, 6 yrs—Vert Vert, 4 yrs—Cocoa Nut, aged—Tamarind, 3 yrs—Paladin, 3 yrs—Keraun, 3 yrs—Blunderbuss, 6 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs : each; winner to be sold for 50 sous. Guiz , d, 2 yrs—Banshee, 2 yrs—Don't-say - nay, 2 yrs. The Trial Stakes did not fill. DECLARATIONS OF FORFEIT. Grand Duke Michael Stakes—Corsican, Vulcan, Xanthus, Hecuba, Sunnyside, b g by Venison, out of Folly, and ch c by Grand Duke, out of Adelgund. Hopeful Stakes—F by Emilius, out of Agis's dam, ch c by St. Francis, out of Jet, and c by Voltaire, out of Marmora. Buckenham (reduced to a match) —B fby St. Francis, out of Celia. Post Sweepstakes—Turban and Marmora colt. Match—Maiden's Blush pays to Miniver. Triennial—Celia filly, Battlement, Romulus, Remus, Perspicacity, Feroz-pore, and Harlestone. ARRlVALS.—Backbiter, Cannibal, Strongbow, Con tessa, Escalade, Bon Bon, Irish Jig, Raillery, The Arab, Flatcatcher, Swiss Boy, Elthiron, Glaucs, Farthingale, Paquita, Woodcraft, Valiant, Amelia, Antelope, Don't say-nay, and Moodkee. _ . _ NEWMARKET, TUESDAY. Handicap. T.Y.C. Collingwood, 5 yrs, 9st 41b—Cocoa Nut, aged, ist 71b —Due an Duras, G yrs, 7st 71b—Vert Vert, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Craftsman, 4 yrQ, 7st llb—Keraun, 3 yrs, 6st 121b—Blunderbuss, aged, Est 121b—Tamarind, 3 yrs, 6st 101b—Paladin, 3 yrs, 6st 91b—Antelope, 3 yrs, Est 61b. ADDITIONAL SCR ATCHINGS AND ARRIVALS. Grand Duke Michael —Corsican Assault, Rosslyn , I)unrobin, Sceptre, Cer vus , S esostr i s , Fern, and Brocket. Hopeful—Sidney, Piccola, and Buffalo Gal. Arrivals—Wet Nurse, Rochester, Ploughboy, Hot spur, and c by St. Martin, out of Peggy Sands. W. Scott, tho once celebrated jockey, was in so bad a state on Friday last, that his death was hourly expected. CRICKET. THE ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO _ OF L EAthElf6N. On Saturday this match was resumed, and carried on until the approach of darkness bade the drawing of the wickets. At this period it would appear that the second innings of the Twenty-two had not been con cluded, and therefore, as the Eleven were engaged to appear at Chelmsford yesterday morning, we presume the game WAS drawn. The score stood as follows: — Leamington, first inning+, 107 ; second innings, 59. England (with three wickets to go down), first in► nings), 126. MEER. SHAHAMUT ALL MANCHESTER, &VT. 23.—0 n Friday night, Meer Shahamut Ali, Persian Secretary to the residency at Indore, arrived in this city, on a visit to the manu facturing districts, and took up his temporary resi dence at the Palatine Hotel. This morning he waited upon the Mayor, at the Town Hall, and pre sented to his Worship a letter, of which the following is a copy " Office of the Committee of Privy Cotmeil for Trade, Whitehall, Sept. 14, 1848. " Sir, —The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for "trado have directed me to communicate to yoti tbv.., intention of Meer Shahamut Ali, Persian NttiNetary to the residency at Indore to visit the town of Manchester, and of his desire to he furnished with the means of introduction to some of the 'manu facturing establishments for which the town is cele brated, and their Lordships being anxious that his object should be gratified, have directed inn tb assure you that they will be thankful to you for any facili ties which you may be enabled to afford him for effect ing the purposes of his am, sir, your obedient servant, " DENIS LE MARCHANT." Immediately afterwards the Mayor took the dis tinguished stranger and suite (who were conducted to the Town-hall by Mr. Ydlibi, the Vice-consul for Turkey, resident in Manchester), to his extensive spinning and weaving establishment at Pendleton, which they were shown over. After taking re freshments at the residence of the Mayor, the party proceeded to the small-ware factory of Messrs. Wood and Westhead, which they examined with minuteness. On Monday they will visit the great locomotive cngine manufactory of Messrs. Sharpe Brothers and Co., and some of our extensive mills and manufactories. MEDICAL REFORNL—The new Council of the National Institute of Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifer), held its first meeting on Wednesday, the lath instant. It was very numerously attended, and much satisfaction was exprresed at the prospect afforded of an early set tlement of the question of medical reform, by the general agreement come to at the recent conference at the Col lege of Physicians, by the delegates from the various medical corporati o ns of Great Britain and Ireland, and the National Institute. A report containing the im portant docum . .mts recently issued by, the - Conference Committee, h AS just been publisised by the Council, and will doubtle 'much interest b E a be read With" Y all classes of medical men, The 13i .Stipp of Manchester Las appointed the Rev. John Hu 4i7 M.A., vicar of Pou lton-le-F y lde, near Pres ton, L ar kmaire, to bo his Lordship's chaplain, . EVENING ? SEPTEMBER 26, 1848. DEFENCE OF LAMARTINE. (Continued from The Sun of the 16th of Sept.) SIXTH ACCUSATION. After the inauguration of the National Assembly, I refused, say they, through feebleness, to assume ALONE the direction of the Government, for which so many suffrages seemed to have pointed me out to the choice of the Assembly. I thus induced the National Assembly to form a Commission of Government with out unity. I reply to this reproach by a candid analysis of the deliberate and deeply reflected sentiments which caused me to come to this determination. At the moment when the National Assembly—that Assembly so long yearned for by myself—at last arrived at Paris, and when the spontaneous and ill deserved favour of the country, signalised by two millions cf suffrages, appeared to entitle me to become a candidate for Government, three separate courses lay open for my adoption. Either I could demand that consolidated power which men seemed disposed to offer me, and exercise the sole anthority in the name of the Assembly— precisely as General Cavaignac does to-day, but without having, like that General, the mournful excuse of necessity consequent upon the recent sup pression of civil war, without the well-merited pres tige of military command, and without the strength derived from the maintenance of the state of siege and the military force constituted in the army of Paris. Or, I could isolate myself simultaneously from the old and the new Government, withdraw my name from all responsibility, and await patiently upon my bench, enveloped with popularity, with regrets, and with aspirations, the choice of the country to the great magistracy of the Republic. Or, again, I could sacrifice myself, lose myself, annihilate myself in the waves of difficulty and of inevitable unpopularity, by consenting to become a member of an Executive Commission, a power at once necessary and impossible, good to use and to abuse ! All this I knew. Let us examine together each of these three parts, not in reference to my ambition, but in regard to the foundation of the Republic. To accept the sole direction of the Government, and consequently to exclude from.all participation in it my republican colleagues of the 24th of February,— was to create at one and the same time a majority and a minority leagued one against the other in the bosom of the National Assembly,—it was to form even in the first days two distinct parties, when I wished above all things to found, at least during the preliminary epoch of initiation, one patriotic and re publican party possessing unity of action,—it was to give chiefs to those parties, and to give arms to those chiefs. Intestine wars in the head of the Republic could not fail to produce convulsions in its extremi ties. When once this majority and minority should have become strongly developed in the As sembly,leach discussion would become a tempest, each storm would have its rebound and its reverbe ration without; to divide the Assembly was to divide the Republic ; to divide the Republic at a time when it could scarcely be said to exist was either to doom it to destruction or to incarnadine it with the blood of the citizens. In fine, between this majority and this minority, my Government would have been compelled by necessity to make a selection. I—but newly emerged from February would have found myself bound to place my support exclusively in the party of the morrow, in preference to the exas perated party of the yesterday. Thereupon the Republic, held together in my hands, would become suspected by the Republicans of Feb ruary. They would forthwith have marshalled them selves in opposition to me ; they already pos sessed, for the accomplishment of their plans, the tribune, the press, the clubs, the half.licensed dele gates of the Luxembourg—the army of the hundred thousand men of the Ateliers Nationaux—the Bona partists, the Terrorists, the Socialists, whose chief aim was universal subversion;—all these would have been united, accumulated, aggregated, and bound together, by their hands, into one strong fasces of Opposition. The National Assembly would have found itself compelled to combat, single-handed, against these formidable forces of disciplined disorder. This is true. But, vanquished, the Assembly would have been dissolved, and replaced by an anarchical despotism. Victorious, she would have been com pelled to become violent and conventional against her own inclination. Thus, in two ways, that Republic which we had hoped to be pacific, constitu tional, and even unanimous, would have been lost beyond redemption, and my inconsiderate ambition would have been the cause of its doom History would, with reason, have accused and convicted me of having calculated neither my own strength nor that of the Assembly, which was barely raised above its foun dations. That which so many men, who were without reflection, or who viewed things from a distance, presented to me as the happy audacity of a states man, was to my own intimate knowledge nothing less than the blunder of an ambitious adventurer without morrow I My place was marked out to me among those men of opprobrium and misfortune who had lost both monarchies and republic from the impatience and the presumption of dreaming themselves capable of saving their country alone and without assistance. SEVENTH ACCUSATION. But, say they to me in reply, you could, at least, refrain yourself from entering into the Executive Commission, and thereby remain free and invulnerable in your isolation. It is true ; egotism sufficiently prompted me to that resolution. I could only increase by such a withdrawal; I could reserve a popularity untouched to the Republic ; I could, with ease, render myself a candidate for the suffrages and enthusiasm of all. But what, let me ask, would have imported this candidate ship when there would no longer have remained a re public ? Besides, it was evident to me that if I had withdrawn my name, at that time significative and, as it were, the ligature of parties, from all participation in the Executive Commission, the National Assembly would have formed a Government of a single colour, chosen exclusively from amongst men who were unjustly suspected of entertaining a resentment against the Republic It is, therefore, evident that this Government would have created forthwith in the Assembly the same antagonism and distraction which, according to my opinion, would have caused either the destruction or the exasperation of the Republic. I would not consent to listen to egotism—behold my crime I I consented, though with sighs and lamenta tions, to annihilate myself for the purpose of preserv ing to the Government every possible guarantee of conciliation between the practicable and political men who represent the different great parties of the revolutioti, It is that which has caused all our calamities S they cry out against me. It is that, too, which has caused all the good whioh has ottuffed I I cry out to you: It is that w hich has led; not to the destruction of the factions, but to their decapitation and dispersion, and which has enabled you, instead of having to fight against them in a solid mass before your force was In flay &Rite consolidated, to annihilate them in their piecemeal and powerless adventures—a circumstanti which has rendered the Republic ultimately tri umphant ! It is that which has still preserved unani mity to the National Assembly in regard to all th , i vital questions connected with the preservation of society, of property, and of the nation ! It is that which will enable us to maintain this position for a yet longer period l which will reconcile still further, and confirm us more and more, in all the days of danger, in a common spirit of patriotism, and which will enable us, with one accord, to vanquish those lures to dissension which are being perpetually cast in to us from without, but which we will never be in duced to accept. - - - --- DEATH OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER OF NAPLES.— Accounts were received in t own last evening, from Na ples, which confirm the demise of the Dowag seen of er Q ,hq Two Sicilies as having taken place in them eapo llness litan c apital on the 11 th ins t., after a gradual decling i ~f several months. ller deceased Majesty, Isabella Mary, was only daughter of Charles IV. of Spain, and c ons( quently sist er of the late King Ferdinand VII., Don Carlos, and Don Francisco de Paula. She washout July 6, 1789, and married Oct. 6, 1802, Franc King of the Two Sicilies (then Duke of Calabria), within 12 months of the decease of his first wife, the mother of the Duchess de Berri. By her marriage she had a family of ten children, namely,. Maria Christina, the Queen Mother of Spain; Ferdinand 11., King of Naples; Charles, the Prince of Capue.; Leopold, the Count de Syracuse; Antoinette, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany; Amelia, i m arried to Don Sebast i a n of S p ain ; the Princess Caro line; Theresa, Empress of Brazil; Lou is, Count d'A q uila; and Francis, Count de Trapani. TO M. DE LAMARTINE. AFTER READING HIS POEM OF " JOCELYN." PARAPHRASED FROM THE FRENCH OF M. JULES DE RESSEGUIER. BY W. C. M. K. In the brightness of eve, in the silence of night, 0 Poet! my heart drank the joys of thy song; And, when through the lattice the day dawned in light, I read yet again as the hours rolled along— That verse of devotion, those pure lays of love, Those chaunts of emotion, hope, agony, life, And I named thee, thou bard of the accents that more, 0 Genius! 0 Hero of song and of strife! And, my heart thrilling up at the sound of thy numbers, My sighs long•repressed, and my tears often shed, Awoke the high passions which Earth only cumbers, And lifted my soul to the realms of the dead. Bright images passed o'er the disc of my mind, Bright images such as the dreamer bewails, And sorrows unknown, like the anguish men find When the voice of the loved on the dying lip fails. And fragments of melody torn from thy lyre, Remember'd with rapture, repeated with joy, Illumin'd my soul, like the fragments of fire — The gold clouds that sunset has strown o'er the sky. The beings thy genius had render'd immortal, Jocelyn, Laurence, and Martha, nay more, The dog whose intelligence levell'd the portal Which instict and reason had sunder'd before. Those beings created like beams by thy glory, The charms of my household, the lams of home, Who were born but to-day in the womb of thy story, And yet have already like old friends become. That drama composed half of love, half of weeping, That death whose recital appals but to soothe; The man, made a slave when in ignorance sleeping, And only awaken'd to freedom by Truth ; The combat of earth and the triumph of heaven, Recounted and shrined in the pomp of thy lay, Gave my life a new vigour, a fragrance, a leaven ; It revived the crushed blooms of my youth's early day. Behold the emotions thy song has engender'd, Emotions whose sense is a rapture divine ! Behold the sweet thoughts which thy glory has render'd I Like gems gleaming up in a goblet of wine. To Byron, the exile and bard, th ey compare Thy Muse and thy metre, thou lyrist of France ! As the gladness of hope and the gloom of despair Are mingled together in ancient romance. Nor, wild though the contrast may seem, on reflection The fact of resemblance steals out to the light, And the sympathies felt betwixt joy and dejection Are blent, like the moonbeams and shadows of night. Thy poetry shines with perpetual lustre, 'Tis radiant like sunlight, a flame like a star, And oft in the woof of thy rhythm a cluster Of mysteries glow from the depths of the Far. The breath of thy Muse is the sweet breath of Nature, The wind of the mornings, the breeze of the eves, It scatters delight over corn-field and pasture, It burgeons the bough, and it goldens the sheaves. It resembles the clouds of rare perfumes uplifted, And curled o'er the lips of the censers of gold, The flowers and foliage wherewith Spring has gifted The bars of the dungeon where crime groweth old ; It is lucent like pearls on the sands of the ocean ; Its sheen has the whiteness of swans on the lake ; And it soars like the wings of the eagle in motion Above the high rocks where the hurricanes break. The dear thoughts that live in the gore of our breast, That lire and are loved like the pulse of our life, Thy verses have often in music express'd, In music with passion and ecstasy rife. Thy voice in its accents is varied like ages, Like ages of pleasure, and ages of pain; Sometimes it has utter'd the wisdom of sages, And sometimes has sung in a symbolic strain. Where'er inspiration has tended to lure, Where'er thy ambition has taught thee to rove, The shame of the base and the fame of the pure Have symbolized life in the language of love. The chords of humanity, strung upon sadness, Require the soft touch of an influence divine To give their vibrations the true tone of gladness, And those tones rebound from an influence like thine. We need a soft balm for the wounds which are fated To rankle and burn in the bosom of age, A balm to refresh the poor soul when 'tis rated, That balm, Lamartine, I derive from thy page. Lamartine! that dear name, that name lovely and glorious, That name which inspires my sad heart to rejoice, That name which has often proved great and victorious, That name filled with sweetness of soul and of voice. Boulogne-sur-mer, Sept. 22, 1848. (THE ORIGINAL.) Pendant le soir bruyant, pendant la nuit muette, Mon eceur a devoid ton saint livre, o pciite! Et lorsqu'l ma fenetre a reparu le jour Je relisais ces chants de priere et d'amour, Ces chants de deuil, d'espoir, de vie, et d'agonie, Et puis je to nommais en disant: o genie! Et demon cceur soudain les battements presss, .lies soupirs retenus longtemps, mes pleurs verses, L'interieur élan quivers Dieu nous Ceve, Des images passant devant moi carnal° tin rive, Des troubles inconnus dans tous mes sens restes, Quelques mots de tea vers au hasard rdpke3, Et Marthe, et Jocelyn, et as mere, et Laurence, Et ce chien dont l'instinct d'une time a l'apparence, Etres cries par toi, dana ma famille admix, N 63 d'hier seulement, et d6ja vieux amis ; Ce drame, qui d'amour et de pleura se compose, La mort, dont la pemel Opouvante et repose. L'homme esclave du corps, I'etre immateriel, Le combat sur la terre, et le triomphe au ciel, Et partout tant d'e;elat, que des jeunes annees. On croit voir reverdir toutes les fleurs fan ins: Voila lea sentiments qui me vient do toi, Voila ce que ton livre a fait passer en moi. A Byron, barde anglais, toi, poste de France, On to compare, ainsi clue la belle esperance Au sombro desespoir; et c'est avec raison quo l'universe a faite cette comparaison. Ta pobsie est tout, rayon, flamme, mystare, Ce qui pare, colore ou parfume la terre; C'est le vents de l'aurore, et la brise des soirs, Les nuages montant de I'or des encensoirs, La fleur entre lea noirs barreaux de l'esclavage, Les perlea que la mer roule sur son Tinge, Le cynge sur le lac, l'aigle au-dessus des moats, Ce que nous dit tout bits le casur, quand nous aimons. TantOt la v6rit4, tantot la parabole, Et tnujours do la vie un eclatant symbole. Il faut l'accord celeste a nos claviers humains, Et les notes du ciel bondissent sons tes mains. Il faut un baume au mal quo le sort nous destine, a Et ce baume est pour moi dans tes vs, Lamartine! la fois Cher nom, beau tom , gra nd nom: qui resume i Tout cc qu'ont de plu s doux les Ames et les vo MemoAar xi, - Mon understan_ the 'union announced to take place between Miss Hudso nd n, the ehly daughter of George Hudso n, E;;,.. M.P., teat a Mr. George butid at n m. P : , will be celebrated' st!ll g splendour at Christmas. The bride has not yet ca.n pleted her eigteenth year, and the gentleman is in his twenty-eighth. Rumour speaks strongly of the beauty, amiability, and highly cultivated mind of AliSl Hudson. Mt, George Dundee, who has represented Linlithgow shire in Parlietbe±it since 1847, is a deputy lieutenant for that county, and has stet eoneiderable service abroad in the Rifle Brigade ; he is the eldest son of James 17undas 1 Esq., his mother being the davghter of the celebrated Admiral Viscount Duncan. The principal seat of the family consists of the fine old baronial men tion known as Dundas Castle, in Linlithgowshire, and, with the sOrrounding domain, has been in the family since the twelfth century. Andrew Govan, M.D., who has been w ell known for years as one of the " characters of Greenock," died yesterday afternoon; and those who kn ew bim only by his appearance on the streets will bo surprised to learn that he has left behind him upwards of 2,0001. He was a sober, civil, and intelligent man; but had a most tho rough contempt for p e rsonal adornmen t, and, in truth, for cleanliness. He was not a professed beggar, but many of ottr townsmen who had known him in what they thought better Ciratn wero in the regular habit of giving him shillingsin charity, which he cepted with thanks. Ho had no miserly disregard of tho comforts of life, but always enjoyed himself moderately and decently. He has left a large family. Some of his a cquaintances occasionall repeated to him stories of his but Andrew's invariable reply was " Whaur wad w ealth, I get it ? " — G rceno ch Advertiser. A A RECDO TE or Bisuor BARRINGTON.— young re l a tive apprised the Bishop of his intention of taking holy orders; not that he liked the Church ne as ar re a plative, rofes sion, but because f rom the Bishop (as his and having much splendid preferment at his disposal) he might naturally expect a benefice. "In truth," returned the Prelate, in reply to this frank avowal, expecta tion is not unreasonable. We are closely connected, and I have much in my gift. What would content you ?" " From you, my Lord," rejoined they oung Oxonian, frankly, nothing under a living of six hundred a year." "You shall have that provision for life, out of the Church, not in it. That income shall be assigned you from my private resources. God forbid that I should be accessory to a n y man's taking holy orders from sor did motives ! The stipulated provision is yours but, mark me, on this condition, that you remain a layman." DEPARTURE OF PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON.—Yes terday morning, Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, attended by his secretary and suite, left ,b3s residence, No. 3A, King-street, St. James's-square. iSi k ) authentic information could be obtained relative to th e Prince's destination , but it is generally supposed that h e has pro ceeded direct to Paris. id tha COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SATURDAT.—Her Majesty, attended by Viscountess Canning, rode out this mornim to Inver cauld Waterfall, sketching. This afternoon her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert walked out. Her Royal Highness the Princeis Royal, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred, attended by Missllyard, walked out this morning. The Right Hon. Sir George Grey has arrived on a vi.3it to her Majesty. Lord John Russell has left Scotland for Dublin. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of the West India Colonies ; also from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Van Diemen's Land, Ceylon, and Hong Kong. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial Office for the Governors of Ceylon and Hong Kong. EXETER HALL. Mr. Lavenu gave a concert last night which was well attended. The chief attraction was Mademoiselle Alboni, who sang three of the most popular arias she was in the habit of singing during the season, and was most vehemently applauded and encored. Miss Miran was most successful in her charming interpre tation of Gluck's celebrated aria " Che faro," which she gave with the purest taste. The Misses Williams were deservedly encored in Mr. W. Holmes's popular duet " The Swiss .Maidens," and Miss Durlacher received the same compliment on singing Balfe's " Merry Zingara." Mise Poole's charming voice was heard to much advantage in a pretty ballad by F. Homer, which was also encored. Miss Kate Loder played part of a concerto by Mendelsohn with the most brilliant effect. Mr. Lavenu provided an ex cellent orchestra, and several favourite overtures were performed in excellent style. Mr. Lindsay Sloper and Mr. Lavenu were the conductors. STRAND THEATRE. We visited this place of amusement last evening, and were much pleased with one of Mr. Henry Rus sell's vocal entertainments. This gentleman's voice is strong and clear, but perhaps somewhat wanting in melody. He is most felicitous in selecting such songs as are suited to his peculiar voice. His enun ciation is distinct—his powers of description vivid. Should any ear feel a deficiency in the melody of his voice, he makes ample amends by the requisite touch and varied beauty of his accompaniments. He sang " The Ship on Fire," " The Gambler's Wife," and " The Wife's Dream," with the most thrilling effect. The house was convulsed with laughter at his man ner of singing " Why don't the Man propose, Mama ?" His delineations of Yankee and Negro humour was most amusing, but we confess we were more touched with the manly sympathy expressed for the abject state of the poor negro slave, and most heartily joined in the aspiration, soon to see the blot of slavery removed from the character of a great people, and the poor negro elevated to that posi tion to which his common humanity entitles him in the full enjoyment of rational liberty. In addition to those songs which he has already so completely popularized—adding the charm of express sion to their lyrical beauty, and awakening the best and kindest sympathies of the heart—he introduces two new songs by Mackay (" When is a man less than a man?" and " The true men of old,") and others of great attraction. Among these, two decided fa vourites are, " The world is on the move," and an emigration song called " There's room enough for all," which is worth a thousand treatises on that im portant subject. Mr. Russell's engagement at the Strand Theatre terminates at the end of this week. He then proceeds on an extended tour, and will visit Coventry, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Hull, York, Thirsk, Stockton, Durham, Newcastle, Sun derland, &c. His attraction, as vocalist and com poser, appears, amid th ese c h ang i ng ti mes , one o f th e few things permanent. CREAIORNE GARDENS. Mr. Ellis, the spirited proprietor of these attractive and charming gardens, following out his plan of cater ing extraordinary novelty for his friends and public supporters, hit, in the fertility of his genius, upon the daring experiment of a " lion" ascent in the " Royal Cremorne Balloon," under the guidance of that in trepid aeronaut, Lieutenant Gale, R.N. The an nouncement had the effect of taking the town by sur prise, and the gardens would have filled to the num ber at least of ten thousand persons, but that the public had a doubt that any such bold and hitherto unhcard•of attempt would be made. We can vouch for the reality. " The king of beasts" made the ascent, and a right royal and courageous animal he proved. The " Lion Queen," Mrs. George Batty, was to accompany her royal charge, but untoward circumstances operated to chain her to terra firma-- the weight was found to be too much for the balloon. Her Majesty, who has the right sort of heart for such a service, entered the cage with the lion, and the ascent was attempted, the balloon being still under the control of the ropes, but Lieutenant Gale finding that his aerial vessel was too 'wavily laden, lowered her helm, and set the Queen down. The gallant Lieutenant then gave orders to let the balloon loose from her moorings, and, to the tune of " Off she goes," set sail with his sole corn pagnon du voyage, the lion. The noble animal was enclosed in a capacious cage or den, so constructed as to admit of a full view of him through its iron grating. The ordinary car was dispensed with, and the cage—made to serve Lieutenant Gale ia its stead —was attached to the balloon by strong lashings, the intrepid Lieutenant taking his station on the top, with as much coolness :as if he were walking the quarter deck of a tight-built ship. He was furnished with all the appliances for making a descent. Mrs. Batty, who caressed her favourite on entering the cage, felt evidently disappointed at not being able to accompany him. Attired in all the paraphernalia of glittering mail armour, including a helmet adorned with a flowing ostrich feather, she was to take her seat on the back of " The King of the Forest," and thus ascend. The attention of so novel a sight ex cited intense interest in the minds of those who were so fortunate as to witness the preparation and ascent. The gallant Lieutenant, at the signal, set sail, fol lowed by a hearty cheer, and the lion, as he gravely and majestically looked down upon that earth he was leaving, might well be supposed to imagine, in the words of Crusoe, " lam monarch of all I survey." Away they went, in 'minims, Lieutenant Gale occa sionally opening the trap at the top of the cage, and communicating with his royal companion. They traversed rapidly onward, and were soon lost sight of. The ascent left a strong impression on the mind, and intense anxiety prevailed in the minds of those who witnessed it for the safe descent of the voyagers, which was effected at Mortlake in Surrey, after a most delightful trip to the Lieutenant, and a novel, if not a delightful, one to the lion. irDir7:l WZittion NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Match—Vert Vert beat Bedouin. Grand Duke Michael Stakes. Surplice ... Flatcatcher ••• ••• ••• .• Match—Malmesbury beat Wilmot. fe• 1 ... 2 COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—We understand Miss Wallace, sister to the talented composer of Maritana, will make her debut at this theatre immediately, in the above named popular opera. Now operas by Belie Wallace, Laurent, Des Anges, and Glover are spoken of, but considering the shortness of the season we doubt all being performed. We have authority for stating that Miss Miran, who was so successful in Balfe's Maid of Honour, Cherubino in Figaro, and Pierotto in Linda da Chariouni, at Drury-lane last season is positively not engaged. Wallace's new romantic opera Lurline will be amongst the first novelties at this theatre, and we are informed Mr. Bunn intends to produce it regardless of expenee. The libretto is from the pen of Fitzball. FRINCIS6'S TDEATRE.—A most effective operatic company is engag ed at this theatre, including Tenors —Messrs. Charles Braham and Rafter. Soprani— Madlle. Nan and Mrs. Weiss. Contralto—Miss Poole. Bass—Mr.;Weiss. Operas by Auber, Flotow, E. Loder, and G. Linley, Esq., are in preparation. On dit the libretto of Mr. Loder's opera, written by Fitzball, in volves a plot of peculiar inter est, and the dramatic effeela are novel and striking. on Friday, at mid- du) J ENVY LlND.—This hi partiallyto Ekdnpioenrwbsunor, highly popular lady ex pected to pass through Berwick g t h he ' re was ac o i n r circumstance s w t aanye frome is• a s Newcastle but Though the con siderable number of respectable congregated on the platform of the North British Railway r station for the purpose of seeing her. Mddle. , however, did not arrive, though the other members of the musical party did; the had been 3dl,e a ed in Newcastle, and arrived here by a subsequent train. She remained in the town several hours, and as she ventured abroad to view the. ramparts and pier, caused quite a sensation in the streets through which she passed. II er departure from the town was a very exciting scene. The platform of the station-house was crowded by some hundreds of per sons, who saluted her with acclamations from the mo ment she appeared till the train conveyed her beyond hearing them. Tnsurs.—By an Act pasted on the 4th instant, tramps, on being admitted into workhouses, are to be searched, and any money found lied on them aid of the is to be de livered to the guardian s, to be app in com mon fund of the union. If they have in their possession any money, or other property, of which, on inquiry m a d e by the guardians or other officers, or by overseers, they shall not make a complete disclosure, they may be coin- witted as idle and disorderly weaves. ~.~:~w :~ , r , I