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~,__~ L CPYIES SHIPPIN G—(TH DA Y.) 41s11) °N, SEPT. 12—Wind IC.,l l ght hrnc z - , and cloudy. ...,DEAL, SEPT. 11—Wi stt fresh.—Arrd. Cc crops, Smicii, Batavia, and eld. 4°l' I lamburp...b; °spray, Brown, Callao. Arrd. from las rive H r and ald,, J ane Frances. ' ob..rt Town; Eu ?prates, China • Jan Edward, Singapore; Gloriana, lititrardra.s. Mary Hay, Rio Janeiro; D'Auvergne, Hon urleans, New York ; Commodore, St. John's, V Newfo undland; Eclipsa, Pugwash. Sld. the outward °Dun& q ueb LIT TLEHAMPTON SEPT. 10.—Arr3. Warwick, Dodd, ec. PORTSMO UTH . S EPT . 1 1. —Wi n d N.—Arrd. H.M. st v , e taler D evastat i on, C ape o f G oo d H ope an d A scen sion. iNcl. Wellington, New York. SollT iwarroN.—Arrd. Rover, Hubbard, Newfound land; Alacrity, Atkins, Quebec. ,s()PP PORTLAND—Neptune, Bahia for Antwerp. rI.YIIIOUTU, SEPT. 11.—Wind N.—SIJ, Johnston, Syd -4,,,Y, New South Wales. LII.OUCESTER SEPT. 9. Arrd. Brothers, Newed, t. Julio's, New Brunswick. NEWPORT.—Arrd. Ro :e , P e rry, Quebec. lE3I.I GUARD.—Arrd. Hope, Sheridan, Quebec. v UON EGAL, SEPT. 7.—Arrd. John Wishart, St. Jt.,hn'i, New Brunswick. fricitoPE.—Arrd. Paragon, Bell, Quebec. EAL.—The Tagus, Riga to Devonport, was in con .seet , r ,esterday, with the Mary Nixon, from India, and t "'Ted considerable damage to her hull, and will be Owed into Ramsgate harbour. p i ld -tuGATE, SEPT. 11.—The French schooner Louisa , • aquet, frem Dunkirk to London, went on shore on gale fro Rock, ne a r this place, this morning, dui ing a s 4 ie from the north, and sank; crew and part of cargo Bayed . sk i) EAL, SEP T . 11.—The Dublin, Robson, for Liverpool; r Orleans, for New York; and the Acrd van Nes, from latter to Batavia, lost anchors and chains : the !atter h h as been supplied. The Nationale, for Trieste , Os also b een supplied w i t h an ane h or an d c h a i n , and "8 Proceeded for Portsmouth. f , LIYERPO OL , SEPT. 11.—The Bengal, Manton, hence pert Phillip, put into Beaumaris yesterday to repair slight leak in her upper works. SLIGOs SEPT. S —The smack, James and Jessy, Wil h J , rom Liverpool to Baltimore, was totally lost at St. portion Point, near Killybegs, sth inst.; crew and a small rtion of cargo saved. y ll •anmotrTH, SEPT. 11.—The Reliance, Bedford, of rerpool, from Newcastle 'to Leghorn, came into this h it rbour to-day, leaky, having struck on the inner Gab bard Sand, and must discharge. The John and Ed i;:td,, Evans, of Aberystwith, from Aberdovey to Wit-. h„ Il la, when coming into harbour to-day, was run into t , 3 Las Robert Owen steam-tug, when the former lost Th e policy, bulwarks, &c., and had her stanchions broken. Policy, Matson, of Hull, for Constantinople, which " 48 on shore o n the Scroby Sand, left these roads this mor ning, after reshipping her cargo and repairing. eaprVERPOOL Zara g , SEPT. 11.—Wind N.—rrd. N. S. del ozo, Porto Rico, and not , the Vergen del E t -4 "N as reported yesterday; John Begg, Moriarty, I„,„Andrew's, New Brunswick; Dove, Hore, Newfound finu. Sid. Aurora, Ceylon; Dryden, Tampico; e,,, w ardi Buenos Ayres; Zanori, Maraiiham; John len -ward, New York. Put back, Vesta, for Montreal, MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) r aci lhe September General Sessions was opened:this oir,in,g at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell-green o f „ e " 8 Hall), before the Assistant-Judge and a bench count magistrates. As the interval since the last sessions has been un tisually long (three weeks) the number of cases in t he cale ndar are numerous, upwards of one hundred , but to tl : 6 01 the charges is of much importance or in t erest, e e''Pt som e o f dog-stealin u nder the new Act, and in th ese, , , seve ra l persons of distinction are prosecutors.= tf ho Court was occupied the whole morning with trials trivial * pockets character, being all on indictments for pick , or other petty larceny. BIIRREY SESSION S—( THIS DAY). elore TnoMAs BUCKLE, Esq., and a Bench of Magis- trates.) Sus thti an Palmer, 24, pleaded guilty to an indictment ,be r ging her with stealing, at Lambeth, a pair of boots, property of Michael O'Brien,nd was sentenced to at '_inonths' imprisonment in the House of Correction ,at,bieuildford, and kept to hard labour. There were two " J r indictments against the prisoner. "n Lawrence pleaded guilty to an indictment ' r ging him with stealing, at Newington , a ha m, t he p r opertyl ll , of Arnold Martin, and was sentenced to two Vas' imprisonment and hard labour at Brixton. th artlia Potter, 17, pleaded Guilty to an indictment ts e l r e i ng her with stealing, at Lambeth, a pair of spec ,erit the property of Richard Bays, and was sentenced Elizabeth month.' imprisonment and hard labour at Brixton. 1 ) - lizabeth Fuller, 27, as indicted with stealing, at Ti ) l t killg, a piece of silk and a gold ring, the property of P. l lias Mackie Stone. C appeared from the statement of the wife of pr Prosecutor that the prisoner had been em dtled by her to make several a rticles of e ', B , and that while she was so emp lo y ed, she h.. V I ; q ) ined the property mentioned in the indictment. ands charge was clearly made out against ti ring prisoneF, q her own brother proved selling the g for his slat er. The prisoner, in her defence, denied any knowledge or tue silk, and stated that she found the ring in the gar den of the prosecutor. A r ter some considerable consideration, the foreman of the jury s a id th ey f oun d . the prisoner Guilty of stealing e rin g . One of the jury here said he did not agree in the verdict; he thought there was a doubt, and he:s hould give the prisoner the benefit of it. The CHAIRMAN said they must be unanimous in their and desireil the jury to reconsider it. If they had any doubt, it must be a rational o ne. T hey,, jury again consulted , a nd ultimately found the pr isoner Guilty of stealing the ring , but stron g l y re qnreended her to mercy. The COURT sentenced her to twenty-one days' solitary ecnfinena, nt. I°a r Y Bristowe, 21, a rather good-looking girl, was l ited with stealing, on the 23d of August last, at I :,gsten-upon-Thames, a canvas bag, five sovereigns, Stafford. three half-sovereigns, the property of Benjamin " a ppeared that on the 23d of August, the p risoner, at a lady of easy virtue, exercising her profe ssion . liirgston-upon-Thames, picked up the prosecutor .° is a labourer on the railway in that neighbour hood at the Angel public-house, at Thames Ditton , wh ere pu TY, h ad something to drink, they went to several oth er Yde-houses, and,. in fact, spent the whole da y in dr inking ; ultimately, the prisoner hired a fly , and they droveiti to Kingston, where they had more to drink , a nd t ,:."twards the prosecutor went to bed . The I ,' ls oner, after the prosecutor had laid down t ` br ,, 4llo rt time brought him up something in a half - pint s l ' which he said would do him good. When he drankfo it he became insensible, and when he awoke he the prisoner and his money gone. The prosecutor, on his cross-examination by Mr. Ro tot ri cni, who appearedas a counsel for the pri s o ner, would swear that there were no persons in the room when he %, o4 e. The prosecutor had state d before the ma g istrate th at there we re three men in bed in the r oom when he t t i l "k e• who stated that they ha d been in bed for more an ten minutes. Mr. ROBINSON addressed the jury for the prisoner. T ri lle CHAIRMAN summed up the evidence, and k i ii ue jury, after a short consultation, acquitted the pri ----se!, who was immediately discharged. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. 4 -)Ols7 A e DONCASTER RACES. MONDAY AFTERNOON, FOUR O'CLOCK. After our parcel was dispatched on Saturday after -B°l3o, Lord Clifden's lot arrived; it was composed,o lo ttrplice, Honeycomb, St. Antoni o. Wanota, and Tire 14e- Justice to Ireland should have been here at the thine time, but, owing to an accident, which threatened 0 ,!, most serious conscquences, it was hal f- p ast one clock in the morning betorehe reached the town. From the account given us by a gentleman who was in the train, it would appear that about t hree miles from — uesterfield, the axletree of the van snapped in two, a nd that the body dropped sideways on the truck, in which position it reached Che sterfield. Here the truck as detached from the train, and a powerful spring- Jackl having been obtained , the van was raised to the irel, and having been strongly secured, was fOrwarded Y the next train to Swindon, the horse, as we are in lormed, not having sustained any injury; but his perils were not ever, for in backing out of the van b e sli pp ed through th e planks, and narrowly escaped breaking his leg; with some cuts in his hock, he was forwarded in one of Lord Clifden's vans, and reached Doncaster between One and two o'clock in the morning. It is a providential thing that the wheel of the van fell inwards; had this not been the case, it must have gone over, and as Lord Clif ilen's vans were next to it, the consequence must have been frightful. The accident is to be attributed to the defective state of the axle, which is the more inexcusable, the van being entirely new. first detachment of the Pigburn lot (John Scott's), viz., S heraton, Vanish, Strongbow, Cannibal, Black Dwarf, Pirote, and Raillery. The second division, which will Canezou and Springy Jack, come to-morrow. 1 -?Etwson's string - will be here this afternoon, he will h ave.,, eight or ten; Peck has Snowball, Montpensier , and 45 esbor oug h, and will have three more, viz., Raisthorp, Miss Harrison, and Luminous; Miss Sarah will be here t o - morrow; Sponge came yesterday. 110 weather at present is fine, but does not look as though it would remain so long. The course is in capital order. The entries closed this afternoon, as under: — TUESDAY. Selling Stakes. „g Otterburn (100), Miss Harrison , Louis Newell ( 100), llen Loraine (50). The Fitzwilliam Stakes did not fill. WEDNESDAY. Queen's Plate. .„ 1 0 tterburn,.3 yrs—Panic, 5 yrs—Confederacy, 3 yrs -y:ddlebtring, 5 yrE—Miss Harrison — Lumi n ou s, 4 yrs— ‘liallow, 4 yrs—Fireaway, aged, and Ellen Loraine, 3 yrs. Corporation Plate. ' Alp, 2 yrs—Pyrland, 2 yrs—Cigarette, 2 yrs, and Dis tarfinp, 3 yrs. DONCASTER, MONDAY EVENING, SIX o'CLock. LATEST ST. LEG ER BETTING. 7 to 4 agst Lord Stanley's Canezon— take 2 to 1 5 to 2 agst Lord Clifden's Surplice—taken 7 to 2 agst Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher Offers to lay 5 to 1, or take.B to 1-about Justice to Ireland, who galloped this afternoon, and vf ent very well. THE SUN, LONDON, Additional ArrivAs Brocardo, Good Boy, and Swallow. . . s horses n-t rirr7vpfl. AQUATICS. ROWING MATCH BETWEEN ROYAL AND MILLS AND GOATLEY AND J. COOMBES. The second match, for 101. aside, between these men ,00k place yesterday afternoon. They had previously contended, about three weeks ago, when, in consequence of the very squally state of the weather, Royal and Mills were swamped, after performing above half the distance, and their opponents, who were slightly astern at the time, rowed the remainder of the course, in order to claim. The distance in the yesterday's race was the same as on the previous occasion, from Vaux hall-bridge up to a boat moored off Lentell's, the Old Swan, Battersea, and back to Thames-bank. There was plenty of money laid out at even, R0y7.1 and part ner for choice. Both boats were started at the satre instant, and after being scull and scull for a few strokes. Royal and Mills began to lead, and off the Pimlico Pier had drawn their length clear. The race was a severe one throughout, but notwithstanding the exer tions of Goatley and partner, their opponents rounded the distance boat at Battersea 130 yards in advance. From this point Goatley and Coombes began to gab , upon their opponents, and so rapidly, as they neared the Red House, that it appeared very questionable whether they would not overhaul them. Such, how ever, was not the case. Royal and Mills continued to retain the lead, and won by upwards of half a length clear, after as gallant a race as ever was witnessed. CRICK ET. THE ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND v. TWENTY OF RIPON AND DISTRICT. This match, which, as is already known, commenced at Ripon, in Yorkshire, on Thursday, and when All England, with the loss of nine wickets, obtained 82 runs ere the stumps were drawn for the day. On Friday the play was resumed, and at the termination of the play for that day, the score stood thus:—England, 82 and 22, with three wickets down: Ripon, 71. On Saturday the match was continued. The Eleven made up their second hands to 65, by which they put the Ripon in 76 to tie, or 77 to win. That number, however, the Riponites failed in obtaining by 33, by which amount the Eleven of England were the victors. ELEVEN GENTLEMEN v. ELEVEN PLAYERS. This match, which was for the benefit of Brockwell, one of the bowlers to the Surrey Club, was played yes terday, at the Kennington-oval, when there was a nume rous gathering of amateurs and professors in the game. There was a large amount of first-elass play, but strong as were the gentlemen, the victory of the day was in the end declared in favour of the players by a majority of 41 runs. One innings only was played. The players having gained the toss, went in the first, which act was very many chances in their hands. IRELAND. THE STATE PRISONERS IN KILMAINHAM. DUBLIN, SEPT. 11.—On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Major Brownrigg, Mr. Fitzmaurice, R.M., with Mr. Rea, and several other gentlemen from the office of Mr. Kemmis, Crown Solicitor, were engaged at the Court House, Kilmainham, in taking down the evidence of the witnesses who are to be examined at the forthcoming special commission in Clonmel. A number of police-constables, and also several women and boys, were examined—their depositions taken down, and then they were brought into the presence of the State prisoners to identify them. The witnesses are from the neighbourhood of Ballingarry and Mullinahone. When the evidence had been taken down, and the witnesses brought before the State prisoners, the documents were read over before all parties, in presence of Major Brownrigg and Mr. Fitzmaurice. This proceeding, it appears, is neces sary under the statute in cases of treason. One of the witnesses, a boy about fourteen or fifteen years of age, who identified Mr. Smith O'Brien, was asked by that gentleman where he saw him, and the lad replied, laughing, "Faith I saw you, Sir, at Mul linahone." The preliminary proceedings of reading the evi dence before the prisoners was concluded on Saturday evening. There is nothing, up to the present, known as to the removal of the prisoners to the place of trial, as neither the authorities at the gaol, nor the railway company, have received any communication on this subject. The supposition is that they will be sent by a special train, strongly guarded. There was a statement in a northern contemporary relative to the removal of Mathew Thomas Halpin, lute Secretary to the Irish Confederation from Bel fast, to one of the Dublin prisons, but on inquiry it was ascertained that the prisoner had not arrived at any of the city gaols, or at Kilmainham.—Freeman of this morning. CONCILIATION HALL.—The only journal in Ireland which has responded to Mr. John O'Connell's pathe tic appeal to the pockets of the Irish Repealers is the TVaterford Chronicle, which assures us that if this opportunity be lost of re-opening Conciliation-hall, it may cost the people thousands of pounds before they can secure so spacious a building for their use. ,THE LISCANOR EVICTIONS.---The special corres pondent of the Limerick Examiner, who writes his last letter from Liscanor, furnishes a melancholy picture of landlordism in that unfortunate district, and informs us that in addition to the recent evictions from the property of Sir John Fitzgerald, several other families, in Ballycotton, are, it is understood, shortly to undergo all the suffering that attends the process of expulsion. EVICTIONS IN THE GRois.—The number of fa milies evicted by the Sheriff and assistant levellers from the property of Mr. M`Donnell, near Kilmurry, Ibrickane, is forty-four in all, numbering 241 indi viduals. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH LIVERPOOL.—A notice has been issued by the Post-office authorities, changing the hour of sailing of the Liverpool mail from half-past six to half-past four ; the receiver in Dublin to be closed at half-past three. STATE OF LIMERICK. —We regret to state that agrarian disturbances are likely to become prevalent again in Limerick. Sheep stealing (the Limerick Chronicle says) is so common in the county, that no farmer is safe. "Father Maloney" was denounced as "a Govern ment spy," by a written. notice posted on the chapel door of Kilcommon last Sunday. The Reverend Gentleman discharged a national schoolmaster, named Corny O'Brien, for having joined and identified him self with the Confederate leaders, when they appeared on, the hill of Kilcoramon, and he is suspected of being the fabiicator. THE WEATHER—THE CaoPs.—We have had an other unfavourable change in the weather, and the consequence has been a temporary suspension of farming operations. The accounts from the provinces, however, are, on the whole, satisfactory. LIMERICK A PACKET STATION...-..A meeting of the town council and harbour of Limerick was held on Saturday, at the Town-hall, for the purpose of deciding upon the best course to pursue in the event of a deputation proceeding to Lord John Russell, with the view of pointing out the eligibility of the Shannon as an American packet station, and solicit ing his Lordship's influence in favour of this port The City High Sheriff attended, also Francis Spaight. Esq., president of the Chamber of Commerce, and Mr. W. Randall, harbour master. Letters were'read from Lord Monteagle, Sir Lucius O'Brien, Baronet, M.P., John O'Connell, Dq., M.P., and the O'Gormon Mahon, M.P., promising to co-operate with the com mittee in their endeavours to secure the packet station for this port. A desultory conversation took place, in the course of which the able report of Captain Washington, tidal harbour commissioner, re commending the Shannon as an eligible site, was re ferred to; also the admirable pamphlet on the same head, compiled by Mr. Randall, our scientific and ex perience 4 harbour master. The facility of railway communication between this city and Dublin was ex plained, with other interesting details. The result of the proceedings was the adoption of a resolution authorising the Town Clerk to write to the secretary of Lord John Russell, requesting to know when it would be his Lordship's convenience to receive a de putation on the important subject, and a sub-com mittee were appointed to prepare a detail of every particular calculated to induce Lord John Russell to comply with their wishes. DEATH OF A PRISONER IN THE COMPTER.—Yes terday Mr. Joseph Payne, the deputy-coroner, held an inquest at the Compter, on view o mi t d th l e at b te o rl) dy . : p f.T ri o s s o e n p e h r in th aatge gaol. a 2 0 9 1. , f°lrtnlerlYa grocer, appeared from the evidence of Mr. Rule, M'Murdo. the surgeon, and others, that the deceased was admitted to the prison in October last under sentence of two years' imprisonment and hard labour, for having forged an order for goods. Frequently since his ad mission he had complained of violent bowel complaints, and he had in consequence been relieved from the tread mill from the time of his admission down to the 21st of July, when he went on and continued taking his regular turns with the other prisoners until the 30th August, on which day he complained of illness. On that day he was admitted into the infirmary, and on the 10th instant he expired. Mr. M'Murdo was of opinion that he died of strangulated intestine. The coroner observed that there appeared to be a growing antipathy against the treadmill. He understood that in the House of Correc tion for Middlesex some other punishment was to be substituted for it. The jury returned a verdict of natural death. DUTCH REFINED SUGAR.—Numerous arrivals of refined sugar from Holland have recently taken place. The Antwerpen, from Antwerp, has brought 140 casks; the Anne Elizabeth, from Amsterdam, 237 casks ; the Magnet, from Rotterdam, 300 boxes of sugar-candy ; the Reika, from Amsterdam, 60 cases and 474 casks of sugar ; the Kleinkinderen, from Amsterdam, 251 casks, consigned to various houses ; the Ranger, from Amster dam, 80 tierces, 211 barrels, and 4,375 loaves ; the Batavier, from Rotterdam, 63 hogsheads of crusted sugar ; the Adonis, from Amsterdam, 255 barrels, 198 casks of loaf sugar, and 98 tierces of crushed sugar ; the Lion, from Rotterdam, 198 boxes of sugar candy ; the Ranger, from Amsterdam, 90 tierces and 4,000 loaves of sugar ; and the Fussinaheires, from Amster _ 272 casks of the article. TUESDA Y LITERAT URE. REMINISCENCES OF PRINCE TALLE Y RAND. 2 Vols. Ey M. Colmache. Very recently we noticed the publication of a bio graphical work on the Moloch of the Revolution.— Honore Gabriel, the Count de Mirabeau. We have now to comment upon the appearance of a biogra phical work upon the Belial of that same Revolution —Charles Maurice, the Prince Talleyrand. Other wise than that both productions are printed in two volumes octavo, and that they illustrate the modern history of France by the memorials of two extra ordinary men, no books could scarcely exhibit more striking dissimilarities. One was as repulsive in manner as the other is fascinating; one was a record of debaucheries, the other is a collection of witticisms; one breathed of the dungeon and the brothel, the other is redolent of the boudoir and the drawing room. It is true that in some particulars there was a resemblance between the incongruous character of Mirabeau and Talleyrand. They were both of ancient blood and noble families, they were both tutored by the infidel philosophy of Voltaire, and both intoxicated in some measure by the seductive aspirations of Rousseau—that Rous ,,eau who has been christened by Lamartine, " the philosopher of love and the poet of politics." They were colaborateurs with the Abbe Cerutti in the con duct of the Feuille Villageoise. They were both treated with unnatural brutality by their parents— Mirabeau by his father, because of his ugliness ; Tal leyrand by his mother, because of his lameness. They were each of them nicknamed by an opprobrious soubriquet Mirabeau was the Monster, Talley rand was the Diable Boiteux. The career of the one was marked by an astonishing variation of titles — one while it was Peter Buffiere, another Count Beaumont, another St. Mathieu, another M. Gabriel, another Count Mirabeau. The career of the other was in like manner rendered re markable—now it was M. de Perigord, now the young Abbe, now the Bishop of Autun, now Citizen Talleyrand, now the Prince de Beneventum, now again Prince Talleyrand. Both occupied a conspi cuous position in the events which made France the wonder of the nations and the scourge of Europe ; and both died upon their beds after receiving from their respective sove reigns tokens of an almost reverential solicitude. Louis XVI. caused messengers to carry intelligence of the progress of Mirabeau's disease -from the resi dence of the dying orator to the palace of the Tuileries, while Louis Philippe in person proceeded from the Tuileries to the Hotel Talleyrand for the purpose of paying a last homage to the veteran diplo matist. Here the superficial congruity terminates, and the antithesis begins. Mirabeau was one of the greatest orators who ever moved the hearts of millions with the sound of a human voice. Talleyrand, on the contrary, had no pretensions to eloquence, and even in the ordinary powers of debating scarcely rose above mediocrity. Mirabeau was all impetuosity, Talleyrand all premeditation. Mirabeau was enthu siasm itself, Talleyrand the very incarnation of phleg matic frigidity. Mirabeau bad a daring greater than that of Denton and St. Just combined, whereas the guile of Talleyrand surpassed the craft of 011ivier and the calculation of Machiavelli. If any more powerful token could be desired as to the actual oppositeness of their intellects and their dispositions, it might be found in the bare outline of the facts which form the basis of their biographies. Mirabeau was all candour, all openness, all courage, all generosity—his mind never dreamt of conciliating by flattery, his patriotism never dwindled into selfishness, his valour never admitted of decep tion, his whole nature revolted from time-serving, his genius was altogether too splendid to be blackened by ingratitude. Such was not Talleyrand. With him everything was deceit, reservation, cunning, mean ness, and egotism ; expediency became the watchword of his life; self-aggrandizement was the beacon of his fortunes ; and before the one indomitable idol SELF everything—friendship, old affections, loyalty, oaths sworn upon the Gospel and ratified by the kiss of an anointed hand—were deemed as little worthier than a heap of barley-husks, to be blown away by the breath of his nostrils, or trodden into the dust under his ignoble feet. In this respect he has no parallel, if we except a man now liv in g , who, with a plastic allegiance, has successively de livered in the assurances of his homage and fealty to the bloody Triumvirate of Terror, to the Directory, to the Consulate, to the Emperor Napoleon, to Louis XVIII , to Charles X., to Louis Philippe, to the moderate Republicans of February, and as he would infallibly do to-morrow towards the Red Re volutionists, supposing Ledru Rollin were raised to the Presidentship, and the guillotine again erected on the Place de Greve. Is it very difficult to conjecture the man we allude to as a worthy companion of the time-serving Talleyrand ? Is it impossible to detect under our insinuation the old Marshal- General of France, Citizen Soult, once the Duke of Dalmatia ? To speak, however, directly as to the present contribution towards the future biography of Prince Talleyrand. We are informed on the title page that the work consists of " Reminiscences," edited from the papers of the late M. Colmache, private Secretary to the Prince, by Madame Col mache. Having read the two volumes throughout, and having already perused very many works relat ing to Talleyrand, not to speak of a distinct and laborious " Life" of the diplomatist, in four big volumes—we may be permitted to say that the pro duction, edited by Madame Colmache, is rather amusing as a romance than instructive as a history. If we except, indeed, an appendix comprising " Prince Talleyrand's Maxims for Seasoning Con versation," a fragrrientifrom his autobiography giving his " Opinion of Fox," and selections from several of his letters and speeches—we might describe the work as a brilliant compilation of exceedingly im probable but delightful and entertaining anecdotes. We know no book recently published that has charmed us so thoroughly, not only in the elegant and florid style of its composition, but also _ x in its continuous and --sustained interest, its vivid evidences of imagination, its humour, its grace, its sentiment, and its pervading piquancy. The tendency of every chapter is, of course, to elevate the statesman in our estimation—a feat which, in our re spect, is as entirely hopeless as the restoration of Humpty-Dumpty to the garden wall in the nursga song. Of the licentious youth of the Prince nbra word is whispered; of his heartless prevarications of policy nothing ; of his ingratitude nothing ; of his pliant flattery nothing. We only see Talleyrand through the medium of these " Reminiscences" as the wit, as the aristocratic revolutionist, as the cour tier, as the statesman. We will give a few examples of the colouring of the work, and our first quotation is the more amusing, inasmuch as it is the first re partee ever uttered in society by Talleyrand when s imply the Abbe de Perigord. It is his first repartee and his only pun. We must observe, by way of pre liminary explanation, that the incident occur red at a brilliant assembly in the salons of Ma dame de Boissiere. Talleyrand, with the slyness of a young collegian, had retired with Philidor, the celebrated chess-player, to a secluded corner of the principal drawing-room to watch the celebrities who were present without being himself observed—when two officers of the regiment of Royal Cravatte ap proached with the determination of frightening the novices from their chairs, simply to suit their own convenience They advanced straight to where Philidor and his companion were seated, and, with an insolence which can hardly be understood in our day, but which it ap pears was quite the mark of high birth and fashion at that time, began to annoy, by their loud talking and rude behaviour, the occupants of the two seats which they coveted. Poor Philidor, whose meekness and patience were proverbial, soon became alarmed, and sounded a retreat at once without parley. He rose, with a fright ened look at the abb6, and, remarking that the room was so insupportably hot that he was stifled, walked away on tiptoe, not even daring to cast a glance behind. The Chevalier de Boufflers, one of the garnemens , immediately seized the vacated c hair, and sat upon it soldier-fashion, astride upon the seat, with his chin resting on the back, staring with effrontery at the young able, who, nothing daunted, remained quietly in the same position that he had maintained during the whole evening. He had over heard every word of the conversation which h ad passe was d between the two friends as they approached, and determined not to move an inch. The Royal Cravatte stood beside the hussar, and the able was thus com pletely hemmed in, save on the side next the door, through which it was the evident intention of the two friends to make him soon vanish. Finding, however, their intention completely defeated by the cool manner with which it was received, the Royal Cravatte lost pa tience, and asked the able, with a sneer, if the heat of the place did not incommode him, at the same time ad friesisnhginhgimco, o w h i i e t h s s o of th the condescending second s kindness t h o i a s e f e r k i e t h h d e hraed already done at theira peculiarpproac h. But with a blandto t his the manner abte evenanswered politeness then, thanking the officer for his attention, but assuring him that, being of a rather chilly natu re , h e p re ferred re • maining in the warmer apart men t. R o y a l C ra vatte r e m a was nd y a , and Cadet had d e not M o 3 n . e t t i g i n o y a - t , t n h o e t r leounpgo narr i ved a from y his miserable Norman drawl. " Dites donc, mon cher abbe,' said he. Perhaps ' as you are just born, you may not yet have been to sch ool; you have yet to learn many things, Monsieur l'Able, among which'— 'Pardon me,' interrupted the able , starting up, with heightened colour and with flashing eye , and mimicking the lengthened nasal twang of the officer, cer, I have been to school, and have learnt my letters, and know that an abbe (A B) is not made to ceder (C D), and 'tis not your epee (E P) that can make me 6ter (0 , T). , " The loud voice and insolent gesture of the officer had caused a little knot of the assembled guests to gather round, and this sally was received with roars of laughter. Boufflers, who never could resist pleasantry, seemed more diverted than any one present; and, while the dis comfited Royal Cravatte slunk away among the com pany, unable to bear the mockery VI hich the witty retort of the able had brought upon him, Boufflers shook him heartily by the hand, and applauded the jest with right good will. By way of contrast here is the description of the re- EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, nowned Balsams° from the lip of Talleyrand himself, who then first beheld the necromancer : " Caglicatro wire then a man in the very flower of his age, of exceedingly prepossessing appearance. Ilia person, although small, was so well and firmly knit that• its proportions seemed those of a much larger man. His countenance was remarkably keen and penetrating, being formed of a succession of sharp angular lines, which gave him a look of cunning that he w ould wil lingly have disguised, and with which the solemn tone and mysterious aspect were altogether at variance. His sharp piercing eyes I shall never forget; they absolutely seemed to light up the obscurity of the chamber, and, as they flashed from the one to the other of his visitors, they seemed to belong to some wild bird of prey hesitat ing between two victims which to devour first. His beard and eyebrows were black and bushy, with here and there a stre f grey amid their jetty blackness, telling more of the hand of woe than of the passage of time. When we entered, ho had upon his head a velvet cap, which, with gentlemanlike courtesy, he doffed when he addressed us, and then I perceived that the summit of his crown was aha ady bald, although his hair curled downward upon his neck and shoulders in a thick and silky mass. The hand which rested upon the table, and upon which he seemed to be leaning his whole weight as he stood in graceful and theatrical attitude, awaiting cur communication, was small and delicate as that of a lady of the court, and shone out upon the dark green velvet as white as snow; and yet it needed not any very pro found knowledge of anatomy to enable the beholder to discern at once that it was the hand of a man possessed of most herculean strength and power, so vigorous were the firm knit muscles, so well strung the tightened, cord like nerves. I think he observed with some displeasure the curiosity with which I gazed towards it, for he with drew it suddenly, and let it fall by his side." The Prince also beheld on one occasion a much more wonderful man—Voltaire. Here is his sketch of the philosopher : "M. de Voltaire was seated on the edge of his bed, attired in one of those short loose dressing-gowns much worn at the time, and which displayed his spindle legs and shrunken feet in all their unveiled ugliness. Never have I behold a form so withered, so diminished; every vein in his whole frame was visible and defined, like those in an anatomical study. The later portraits of M. do Voltaire give a very just idea of his appearance, but they generally fail in expressing the singular look of the eyes —au expression which I never have seen in any one since that time—an anxious, unquiet, restless look—a hungry, thirsty, keenly-searching ,glance-(hunger' and thirst of praise), and searching with avidity for admiration, which, such was the Voltairian fever of the ' time, he never failed to obtain, and yet, as l'appftit vient en mangeant,' never wholly satisfied his craving." He says further on, — "Every line of that remarkable countenance is en graven on my memory. I see it now before me—the small fiery eyes staring from the skrunken sockets, not unlike those of a cameleon; the dried and withered cheek traversed in every direction by deep cut lines; the compressed lips and puckered mouth, round which played a perpetual, sarcastic smile, giving him altogether the air of a merry friend." As a companion sketch here is M. Colmache's por traiture of the Prince himself : "It is, in fact, one of the most extraordinary qualifi cations of this great man, and forms a parallel to what is told of the fascinating influence of Napoleon. His power of pleasing are so great, that he can .with justice boast of never having to combat enmity and prejudice. Those who are accustomed to the bland and polished courtesy of his old age can readily imagine that in youth his in fluence must have been all-powerful. With this fascina tion of manner he must have also been possessed of the most aristocratic and handsome person, from the dignity of which, strange to say, the deformity of his foot never detracted. He was very fair, of most brilliant yet deli cate complexion, with eyes of a soft dark blue, much covered by the lids, a hich contributed greatly to the air of quiet recuih'ement, misconstrued by many into an expression of cunning, which was habitual to him. His hair has always been considered one of his greatest at tractions, being of the bright golden hue, so uncommon even in the north; and when he wore it loose over his shoulders, neither discoloured by powder nor disfigured by the torturing iron of the perruquier, it must have been most beautiful. Even to this very hour, you can not fail to remark its rich luxuriance. It is not yet wholly white, but merely grey, and its original golden colour still shines bright amid the silver." With this profile likeness, we must terminate our remarks upon the reminiscences of the Prince of Beneventum. The recollection of his ingratitude to his Imperial master will survive with the remem brance of his diplomatic genius and with the memory of the kindred ingratitude of the Prince of Ponte Corvo, of the Duke of Dalmatia, of the Duke Ragusa, of the Duke of Otranto, of the Duke of Castiglione, and of the great arch-traitor the Prince of Wagram and Prince of Neuchatel those men who had received from the lavish hands of Napoleon, the Emperor and King, dukedoms and principalities. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SATURDAY. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. 18-IP. cent. The ten millions 'stink in irrhind ere re much 13ritisli capital stasteti, so much wiihdrawn from the stanoling.fund, for the emplo3 merit of British labour; and a very serious deduction from the annual demand for British manufactures. , _This effect ought !lover to be lost sight of,ivhen advanced for the relief 'of the. sister king dom are prop6.-ed; 'particularly in the pre-cut very critical condition of our own labour market, and with a population pressing on the very verge of penury.... It may be' necessary to make such sacrifices on very rare emergenCies, but let it not . be forgotten for- a moment that they are sacrifices, and that, fur . - every Irish family kept from starving, an English or Scotch infallibly- be 'pinched. To illustrate the effect's of the revolutil i narY movements of the last `eight months, it is enough to point to France, which, instead • Of tel three milllOns and a half of British exports, as she did last' year; will probably not tt.ke a million 'daring' this. 'That strati a '<Reline, arising from circumstances over whibh wd lave tin contrtil, also illus trates one of the knoi , ii and • admitted disalvantages of foreign 'commerce, is lindeniatle. 'But the most rabid Pro . , ctienist—even Colonel Sibthorp or Mr. Newd,Tate —Wou!d 'not piarposo — thst ‘,4) shoo:el give up Feench wines es well as French slks, and be literally sell-de pendent ; and a' little calm la fkotion will convince any elan open to conviction, that Great Britain cannot break off or materially lessen her commercial relations, with out deseending rapidly in the rcale of greatneas, and (what is worse) without pasing through a series of ap palling struggles in' her deident. What is to become of the workmen and mechanics who are employed is preparing our 'sixty , " millions of 'exports, if we give tip the notion - of continuing an ex porting nation—which, by the way, we were essentially 'long before' Sir Robert Peel and his colleaguei burred the censure .of that 'enlightened,- unassuming, and candid section of the Conservative party who tight under the banners of Lord Stanley and Lord Georgerßentinck.. The great and characteristic merit of Sir Robert Peel's statesmanship is to disco'ver the pre cise wants and tendenCies of 'the -period, 'and adapt his measures to them. He saw that the country was ripe for an onward inoyement, and he made it; but it would have been made not long afterwards whether he had promoted or resisted it. It is a perfect chimera to sup. pose, that: the corn-laws, or any class interest, could be permanently upheld against the convictions of nine tenths of the most intelligent men of the day; and, for the same reason, the Protectionists may rest assured that, the knell of the navigation-laws has sounded. Far from admitting that the measures of the last Conservative Ad ministration have failed, we believe them to have been eminently successfuL and ' most felicitously timed. In fact, it is perfectly idle and paradoxical to contend that the removal or reduction of import duties on arti cles of food, in times of scarcity, has done harm; and if on the one hand the extravagant promises of Mr. Mac gregor have not been realised, let it be remembered, on the other, that the equally extravagant alarms of the protection prophets have proved false. These cannot • deny that, if losses have been iecurred in any branch of industry since the crowning act of Sir Robert Peei's alleged apostacy, they are not of the kind anticipated. 'Neither farmers nor landlords have been ruined whole sale, and it would be difficult to persuade the unem ployed workmen of Nottingham or Bradford that rtheir want of work arises from the admission of American breadstuffs or French cattle. It is obviously for the advantage of the manufacturing class, at any rate, that we should exchange manufactured goods for food, instead of grovvitig it; and our best course, as regards them (the chief sufferers from late events), evidently is, to secure the largest possible vent for their commodities. The United States take more than eight millions worth of British goods per annum; more than is taken by the whole of our colonies put together, exclusive of the East Indies; and they are readf to take more so soon as we are prepared to meet them on a perfect footing of mutual confidence and reciprocity. We repeat, therefore, confi dently and advisedly, that sound policy requires us to proceed steadily in the track indicated by Mr. Pitt, opened by Mr. Huskisson, and trodden with unfaltering firmness, and in an almost unparalleled spirit of self-sa crifice, by Sir Robert Peel. SURREY THEATRE. A very crowded house assembled at the Surrey last night, to witness the performance of Mr. Phelps as Claude Melnotte, in Sir H. Bulwer Lytton's play of the Lady of Lyons, and of Messrs. H. Marson, G. Bennett, Scharf, H. Mellon, and Williams, who played the other characters of this much-admired production of the.gifted novelist. The part of Claude Melnotte is so well known that it is needless for us to do more in noticing its performance, than merely to observe that its various beauties did not suffer in the hands of Mr. Phelps, whose performance was re ceived with the utmost enthusiasm. Pauline Des chapelles, by Miss Cooper, was really an exquisite piece of acting, and evinced the possession of the highest talent, and the most consummate taste and judgment. Mrs. 11. Marston, as Madame Descha pelles, and the Widow Melnotte of Mrs. W. Daly, were excellent, and so delighted was the house with the entire performance, that at the termination Mr. Phelps and his very effective and efficient coadjutors had to appear to receive the congratulations of all pre sent. Mr. E. Stirling's admired petite drama of Nora Creina followed, and the entertainments oi the evening concluded with the nautical drania o 1 Ben the Boatswain. NORWICH MUSICAL FESTIVAL. Nonwren, SEPT. 11.—The general rehearsal of Elijah, and some other of the music intended to be given at the approaching festival, took place to-day in St. Andrew's Hall. The principal vocal parts in Mendles sohn's great work were undertaken by Madame Castel lan, Madame Viardot, the Misses Williams, Mr. aims Reeves; and Mr. H. Phillips. The chorus and orchestra —the former numbering two hunched and seventy, the latter one hundred and fifteen performers—eicectited their functions with admirable power and precision ; equally to the satisfaction of M. Benedict, the conductor of the musical arrangements, and of the visitors who at tended on the occasion. Everything augurs well for a most brilliant meeting. The first miscellaneous concert takes place to morrow evening. The church bells have been ringing merry peals throughout the day in honour of the visit of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who arrived at. the Trowse Station at four o'clock, by special train. His Royal Highness was met at the station by the Lord Bishop and many of the clergy of the diocese, the Mayor and Corporation of the town (the latter attended with all the old civic paraphernalia), who escorted the Royal Duke in, procession to the Town Hall, where an address was read to him by the town clerk. The band of the 16th Lancers, which was stationed in the market-place, played the National Anthem on the arrival of the procession. The Royal Duke afterwards went to the Bishop's Palace, where he will stay on a visit during the week. There will be a concert at the Palace this evening. Notwithstanding a steady fall of rain, the streets throughout the line of procession, as well as the church steeples and windows, were crowded with people, anxious to catch a glimpse of royalty. His Royal Highness. who seemed in very good health and spirits,. was loudly cheered as he passed by. MADEMOISELLE LINDA.—This distinguished voca list and performer is at present in Manchester. She made her first appearance in the present year at the Theatre Royal . on Saturday evening, in the opera of Lucia di' Lammermoor. There was a crowded house. She will make her second and only'appearance on the present occasion this evening, in the opera of Sotznam bzila. • . Mr. WlLsOrr.---This highly-popular expounder of Scottish ministrelsy sails next week for the United States, on a professional tour, prior to which he will take leave of his admirers in two entertainments, to be given at the Whittington Club, to-morrow and Satur day next. These entertainments comprise a selection of Mr. Wilson's most popular songs; and we have no doubt that on both occasions crowded audiences vvill bear ample ands übstantial testimony to his well-deservd popularity. M ARY LEDONE TLIEATRE.—A young lady of the name of Langdon made her debut last night at this theatre in the character of Kate O'Brien, in Haynes Bayley's lively farce of Perfection. Possessing a pleasing person, and a voice of singular delicacy and sweetness , the impression she mad was favourable. Her friends supported' her with great vehemence, and encored her in her second song. • . • THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM SHIP.—LIVERPOOL, -SEPT. 12.—This day, at one o'clock, the well-known leviathan steam-ship, Great Britain, 3;442 tons, regis tered old measurement, with her machinery, sails, an 'chore, cables, &c., as she now lies in the Cobourg Dock, was offered for sale by public auction by. Messrs. Tonge, Curry and Co., Derby-buildings, Fenwick-street. The Great Britain was built at Bristol in 1844, by the Great Western Steam-ship Company, for the New York trade, her dimensions being as follows:—Length of keel and fore rake, 286 feet; ditto over all, 319 feet 3 inches; beam, 50 feet 4 inches; depth, 32 feet. She was pro pelled by engines of nearly 1,000 horses' power, and fitted with Woodcroft's patent screw propeller; and has accommodation for 250 cabin passengers, with stow age room for 800 tons cargo (measurement), and 1,200 tons coal. Her great strength enabled her to 'withstand the shocks of the heaviest seas, while stranded in Dundrum-bay, on the northern coast of Ireland, throughout a whole winter, without in the slightest degree altering her lines. The damage done to the engines and ship's bottom has been carefully estimated, after surveys by competent engineers and ship-builders, and for a moderate sum the whole ship and machinery might, it is stated, be restored to the original condition. With a smaller pair of engines, capable of propelling her at a slightly reduc ed speed, by which her coal stowage would be reduced one-half, she would accommodate over 1,000 emigrants for a distant voyage. At five minutes past one o'clock, the spacious sale rooms of Messrs. Tonge and Curry were densely crowded with merchants from all parts of the kingdom. There were at least 300 gentlemen present. The first price mentioned on the part of the auctioner was 20,0001., and as there was no bidder above that sum, the Great Britain was not sold, but was taken in at 40,0001. for the owners. • CID:MCI' MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—Last night the quarterly meeting of the Clerken weella,aQdiuldx, addressed n l s a s r et y dh e b t h r e a eh n aa c i h sr: e 1 this widely extended society was h el d in the infant school-room, St. James's - walk. The Rev. W. E. Faulk ner,T he yi e e c v t . o T r h o e f m S a t s . James's,o rte rbi i e ie ; ln% : fly society The meeting had he eetingweanssnen his adventure addressedex t t euthythe by k gave as a the Rev. .er as semblage. age. Farrar,r a h missionary to the Bombay presidency; the speaker a most interesting account ofwhilst pur suing his labours, and said that last year the number of pupils attending his school was about 300 ; besides which, several valuable con • versions had been effected. . . The royal dinner party last night included her Majesty and the Prince, the Countess of Gainsbo rough, Viscountess Canning, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, the Hon. Captain Gordon, Mr. Anson, and Sir James Clark. This morning her Majesty and the Prince walked out in the grounds of Balmoral. The Princess Royal, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred, accompanied by Miss Hillyard, also walked out. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness, accompanied by the Countess of Gainsborough and Captain the Hon. A. Gordon, drove out in a pony carriage on the road to Braemar. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, at tended by Baron Knesebeck, reached the Bishopsgate Station of the Eastern Counties Railway yesterday morning at a little after eleven o'clock. His Royal Highness was received by Mr. David Waddington, M.P., Deputy-Chairman of the Company, who con ducted him to the special train in readiness to start for Norwich. It arrived at that station at 330 F.M. On his arrival his Royal Highness was met by the Mayor and Corporation, who conducted him to the residence of the Bishop of Norwich, where he will re main during the festival. Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from the Governors of West and South Aus tralia. M. DE LAIVIARTINE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 518,—.1 consider that I would be living in neglect of a duty which I owe to myself and the public if I did not give expression to the unmingled delight which I feel at the way in which you have vindicated the character of M. de Lamartine ; and also'at the way in which he has acquitted himself from the foul ani madversions thrown upon him by so many of his un grateful countrymen. From the commencement of the revolution to the present day I have both publicly and privately de fended the principles, the policy, and the motives of M. de Lamartine ; and I felt perfectly satisfied that when the whole affair was sifted to the bottom, that he would come out of the furnace like the purified silver " seven times refined." I am, therefore, glad, Mr. Editor, that you have taken up your pe . n in vin dication of that truly amiable philanthropist, whose great abilities seem to be so little valued by those he is so willing to serve. By giving those few lines a place in your journal you will much oblige, Liverpool, 9th Sept., A PHILANTHROPIST.IB4B . TO LAMARTINE• Just as the breath on silver oft will stray, Spreading awhile its polished, surface o'er With misty haze, then passing swift away, Leaving the metal lambent as before, So doth the breath of Envy on thy 'name— Thou poet-statesman —cast its dimness now ; So will it pass away, and leave thy fame Fresh as the Muses' wreath that decks thy brow, And as the rain-drops on the swan's white wing No traces leave, but glance into the tide, So shall the shafts that thy accusers fling Fall, with their poison, harmlessly aside, Leaving no mark of their attack behind, No stain upon thy purity of mind. Southwark. J. B. DEATH OF ME. WOOTTEN, THE WEALTHY BA NKER OF OXFORD.—Richard Wootten, Ec s h anr- L. 1 . ! b an k er, Oxford, died on Saturday last, after a short illness, at hi s resi dence at Iffiey, in the 85th year of hi s ag e , li e was a m an of extraordinary business habits, and att en d e d t o b a nking matters un til within a fe w h ours of his death. Ile is said to have amassed a fortune of 500,0001. For many years he was a draper as well as banker, but relinquished the former some tune since. In many of his economical habits he was not outdone by the late "Jemmy Wood," of Gloucester celebrity, THE NEW POST-OFFICE A !ACT.—The n ew Act of P ar li ame nt for further regulating the oney.. order de partment of the Post-office (11 and 12 Viet., C. 88 ) , re ceived the royal ass ent on the 31st ult. B y this Act it is provided that no mo ne y -orders granted unde r the statut e 3 and 4 Viet., cap. 96, 540.11 continuo in forc e l onger t h an twelve months, an d the liability of the Postmaster-Ge neral to pay such or ders to cease after tha t period , ex cept in cases with the consent of the Treasur y . P ower is now given to the Treasury, by warrant, t o a lt er th e period fixed for the payment of money-orders, to be no tified in the London Gazette. The P ostmaster-General may make regulation s relating to money.orders, and he may refund the amount of money.orders to the parties obtaining the same, or to other person s . A n officer of the Post-office granting or issuing a money -order with a fraudulent intent, to be guilty of felony. For the more effectual prosecution of offenders, it is declared, by th e fifth section, that it shal l be sufficient in indictments to name " her Majesty's Postmaster-General," without any other addition. WEST INDIAN PRODUCE. —A vessel arrived from Puerto de Taga, has brought , 200 bundles of Cuba grass, as a portion or her cargo. W e are unaware of the exact nature of this article so called, and pr esum i ng t h e im portation to be one of considerable novelty, the arrival is of interest. - - . FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. TIMES.—Lord John Russell has just been in 're lent'. Lord George Bentinek, as will be seen by letters we publish to-day, has been entreated to follow the Premieiss example. We cannot blame Irishmen for wishing that English statesmen should from time to time make a senatorial progress through their division of the empire. Amongst the many hallucinations set afloat by the inventive brain of Daniel O'Connell, one of the most monstrous was the ignorance he imputed to Englishmen of Ireland and all things Iri.b. His was pretty much the phrase in use among Spaniards, when asked for an explanation of ,their Peninsular anomalies. Cosas de Espana, be.ignorant and be content.. So with the late Mr. O'Connell, "Irish peculiarities" were a sufficient explanation of all that was strange or unsatis factory in his countrymen's proceedings. Englishmen knew nothing of Irishmen. Morally and physically life in Ireland was developed upon anomalous principl. F. Children were born upon anomalous principles. Corn ripened, bogs stcod unreel:timed, pigs waxed in stature - upon anomalous principles. The brains cf Englishmen could not compass the mystery. Ireland was like one of those pictorial rebuses in the Charivari that nobody ever yet guessed . O'Connell and his kii.d alone hell in their pockets the solution of the enigma. These llibernian Levites could alone stand as mediutors between Irish impulse and English calculation. They were the only Vundits to translate the wants of their countrymen from en unknown dialect into an intelligible tongue. Never was a more monstrous fable invented even by the deceased Liberator, and that is saying much. He succeeded, however, in giving currency to the opinion throughout his country, and in the present invitations to Bnglish statesmen to visit Ireland, and imbue their minds with the true indigenous theory of Irish misery on the spot, we see a result—certainly a harmless result—of O'Connell's constant, efforts to per suade his countrymen that Ireland was a great social mystery. ,It is difficult to see how Lord John Russell can have added much to his stock of ac quired knowledge upon Irish affairs by his jour ney, nor is it likely that Lord George Bentinck would have had I better success, even had he travelled through the most distressed districts of the country. To see potatoes rotting in the ground is merely suggestive of a crop destroyed. To be surrounded by a crowd of wretched half- starved Irish peasants would tell one nothing new. We should know that their case was very pitiable indeed, and we knew that before. Such sad spectacles may arouse the careless to" forethought, and the hard-hearted to compassion; but they cannot indicate a system of relief where the experience acquired in two years of starvation and all the efforts of an ingenious humanity have proved at fault. The character of the people may be an anomaly, but there is nothing in Ireland abnormal in the condition of earth, air, and water—nothing beyond the fact that agricultural processes which are well performed in the Lothians or in Suffolk are badly carried out in Galway, or the county, of Clare. The relations of master and servant, landlord and tenant, employer and :employed, upon which society must ulti mately depend, are, as we know too well, throughbut 4 .great portion of Ireland in a state of hopeless disorder. We have had blue books and commissions, and reports upon Irish matters, until not a grievance or an inch of bog' remains unstabulated or unknown. We are full of informa tion upon Ireland, and we have acquired our information from nearly ever source but the one to which we had most right to look—the speeches of the Irish Members in the Imperial Parliament. Lord George Bentinck brings a graver charge against the Representatives of Ireland. He goes straight to his point, and tells his correspondent that when. any measure is proposed for the real benefit of Ireland, the Irish Members are the first WWI off at the 'slightest hint' of favour from the Treasury Bench. Lord George writes,—" It is not re peal of the union that Ireland wants; she wants men to represent her who, understanding her material and sub stantial interests, are able and willing to promote and maintain them, and will not, on the one hand, to gain the shouts of the mob, divert public and Parliamentary attention to phantom reforms that have no substantial vir tue in them; or, on the other hand, sell their votes to win the smiles, or, may be, something more valuable in the gift of the Minister of the day." We would gladly see Irishmen taking these home truths 'to heart. They should consider if their situation be now one in which self-deception is any longer possible. Lord Clarendon, the other day, in receiving a deputation at the Castle, as appeared in our report, expressed himself indignant beyond measure at the system of jobbery in the relief funds which had prevailed from the, highest to the lowest. Did not the millions which were diverted from the sustenance of the English labourer or artisan, after. all, reach the Irish peasant ? Irish Members have told us they did not. Is England, then, likely to con tribute a second time in the face of so terrible a prece dent? , Send suitable Irish representatives to Parlia ment, says Lord George Bentinck. No more jobbing amongst the gentry when funds are contributed from the other divisions of the empire for the relief of the starv ing poor, adds Lord Clarendon . This has been the argument from time immemorial against the possibility of affording relief to Ireland. Lord Chesterfield, when Lord-Lieutenant at Dublin, as nearly as may be a hun dred years back, in 1746, made the same strictures and uttered the same complaints as his successor in 1848. If the following representation was true in 1746, and pretty much the same tale holds good in 1848, under what guidance have the bulk of the people acted in the interval?. In September, 1746, we find Lord Ches terfield writing thus to Mr. Thomas Prior:—" The con dition of Ireland sufficiently proves that truth. How different would the state of your lands, your trade, your manufactures, your arts and sciences, have been now from what it is, had they been the objects of general, as they have been of your particular, attention! I still less recant what I said about claret, which is a known and melancholy truth; and I could add a great deal more upon that subject, 5,000 tuns of wine imported communi bus annis into Ireland is a sure, but indecen't,,proof of the excessive drinking of the gentry there, for the in ferior sort of people cannot afford to drink wine there, as many of them can here; so that these 5,000 tuns of wine are chit fly employed in destroying the constitutions, the faculties, and too often the fortunes, of those of superior rank, who ought to take care of all the others. Were there to be a contest between public cellars and publio granaries, which do you think would carry it? I believe you will allow that a claret board, if there were one, would be much better attended than the linen board, unless when flaxseed were to be dis• tributed. lam sensible that I shall be reckoned a very shallow politician, for my attention to such trifling objects as the improvement of your lands, the extension of your manufactures, and the increase of your trade, which only tend to the advantages of the public; whereas an able Lord-Lieutenant ought to employ his thoughts in greater matters. He should think of jobs for favourites, sops for. enemies, managing partiei, and engaging Parliaments to vote away their own and their fellow-subjects' liberties and properties. But these great arts of government, gconfess, are above me, and people should not go out of their depth. I will modestly be content with wishing Ireland all the good that is pos sible, and with doing it all the good I can; and, so weak am I, that I would much rather be distinguished and remembered by the name of the Irish LOrd-Lieutenant than by that of the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland." The extract at any rate is historically curious; as showing that there have been other ev il influences at work in Ireland besides Saxon misrule. Some' quarter of a cen tury, or even half a century ago, this was a fair picture of the lives of the lords of the Castle-Rackrents ' and who shall wonder at the condition to which Ireland has been reduced? CHRONICLE.—WO believe it was Burke who said that if an unfounded statement, however improbable, were confidently a n d continually repeated for, a year, it would begin to :pass current for a truth. This the only principle on which we can account for the partial currency of. the stat emen t t h at f ree tra d e i s con f esse dly a failure, and that its principal advocates would gladly rev trade their steps, and recal their measures, if they could. The precise contrary-is,the fact. In their opinion, at all events, the experiment has completelyllemonstrated the soundness _of the principle; and the evils inaccurately atttibuted to the partial surrender of the prohibitory sys tem, are tither owing to collateral and accidental causes, such as bad seasons and revolutionary disturbances, or may be traced to the relics of illiberality, by which our commercial legislation is still unhappily disgraced.' We called attention the other day to the striking simila rity of doctrine which exists between the English Protectionist and the French Communist: but, in:-one important 'particular, the Communist is the more enlightened of the two. If, for example, we have not mistaken the argument of the famous Organization du Travail, M. Louis Blanc's attacks were, almost exclu sively, directed against unchecked competition on ac count of its tendency to promote the unequal distribu tion of wealth; but he does not deny that production is stimluated, and the aggregate wealth of the collective people augmented by it. Our own opinion is, that the . free intercourse of nations is essential to the attainment of the highest point of civilization and prosperity, at which, in the natural progress of events, the human race may be expected to arrive. The interchange of ideas, as well as of products, accelerates the universal progress; it is not simply our material comfort, but our moral anti intellectual culture, that is promoted; and even the gra dual disappearance of national prejudices, and rivalries, which could hardly fail to come to pass, would be in it. self of inestimable importance to mankind. At thesame time, we can perfectly understand a political reasoner who prefers a less complicated, less luxurious, and less reined condition of society. What we cannot under stand is the social theory (if they ever conceived such a thing) of those who, making wealth, power, and aggrandivment their main objects, and expecting all others to follow in their train, perseveringly neglect and discredit the only true, obvious, and available me thod of obtaining them. e will suppose, by way of illustration, a man who, instead of remaining stationary in his province, resolves to seek his fortune. He realises his small patrimony, and embarks it in commerce. His capital is doubled, trebled, quadrupled; and at fifty years of age he finds himself at the head of a large and thriv ing establishment, with formed habits of liberality and expense. Suppose, then, that, on the occasion of some sudden reverse (the failure of a correspondent, or a tem porary slackness of trade), an early friend were to come and say to him, "How much happier you might have been if you had been content to live like y our forefathers, eating and wearing the produce of yogi' farm, and igno rant of the very existence of the sup erfluities and habits of indulgence which have now become a second nature to you: It is quite possible that a s p eech of this d might meet:with a querulous assent. But if the e monitor had all along encouraged and applauded enter prising spirit of the me rchant, and knew that thei.bauersii-- ness could not be wound up wi thout an enormous fice, or the risk of bankruptcy, with whatfacecld he, on the strength of slew bad deb tsor unsuccessful ou ren: tures; 'recommend immediate retire p m as e t n o t ra i l nt l o ife t ? he plain= Britain is th ness, megioere hitherto,and ity,endob seurityof (we trust) still, prosperous merchant; her insolvent debtors are the Irish; and het ili f & n cu s tomers are the disturbed nations of the coati -0 LOUIS BLANC. TO TUN EDITOR OF TEE TIMES. Sir,—Threo menti;:: aro pti,st f2ii;CV, 121 Assembly, I se.cus( d tin p of reaction in Sneera iNc" studied tieiertninai ion to mislead:public o t ' - construing and twisting the sense of try , _ odious runner, and of having wa r p e d - most dangerous of conspiracics—the . • sfr-1 4 ,1 -, :le Here, in this country," find the deplor ,n - s. • -IV' fif,t",i 4 2!': ti conspiracy in the deceit practised uponl When, Sir, \ yeit'shall be better acquainte ii, t you will have occasion to regret, on you's the violence of your own attacks; for it cantiMVpirslotag that every one must feel u nhappy in havidr immitreh an act of injustice. You-attribute to my systern-and to the National Ateliers —senwthsiictiluaytiooun.c:fllmmyyc•.o,Autnetl47—Atilli.oll.vmeliserietoos o re f p t e h l e , wpirteh all 'the - Indignation eon honest man, \minded — in. the • most sensitive part of his heart, such a horrible responsi bility. What! sir, toy puhlio asseveratiozis, _0 times rep( ated, never contradicted; the dccl• rations of M. Emile' Thcrots, e!or of the Na-tio-unl Ate liers; - the .recent debates of the French A:saniblYr documents published in the" second _volume of ille .Enguete ;—atl these hare not .• conviaced you that I was : not the person who orgsnizrAl the National Ateliers I that - they were brought into exiienee r - gainA my wishes, agaiost my will, in opppsiticn to all my principles, and even with the avowed object of in unt: balancing the influence over the people that-was a:lo, bated to me. No; Sir, no I Absolutely, I was nothing in the creation of the National Ateliers. It Ras Ti!. Marie, then MiciSter of Public Works, who established them ; it was M. Emile Thomas who was by M. Mario appointed to the direction of them. As 'for myself—l affirm it, and I defy contradiction—l took no part in the formation of the National Ateliers, neither in their or ganization, nor in their direction, nor in their superin tendence. If; then, there has been imprudence—aod I believe there has—in assembling pell•mell, in the National Ateliers, workmen taken by chance from all professions ; if there has been lolly in giving them au uniform unproductive task, and in pajing them for this unproductive labour wages which were but alms in dis guise ; if this deplorable institution has become for the State so flagrant a cause of ruin that it has been neces- Eery to crush it ; if the workmen of the National Ate liers, when they ceased , to receive their habitual wages, fell into despair ; if, in short, a party among them have produced the insurrection of-June unc:er the influence of the most terrible misery—by what strange reversal of all the laws of justice can be imputed to me such .results?: to me, who—l repeat -it—was a com plete stranger to the'National - Ateliers, who disapproved of their being celled into existence, who never put my foot into them, and who never -interfered in what con cerned them, neither in their establishment nor in their organization Tin their direction, nor when -the question arose of their dissolution? To each, then belongs the responsibility of his own works. You impute to my system, Sir, the bloody disorders of Paris. 1 may remark that my system has, up to this time, received only two applications, altogether partial and confined in a very narrow circle. But, far from con demning my doctrines, these two partial applications term the most striking justification of them ;*for the association of journeymen tailors, and that of journey men saddlers, which 1 founded, still exist ; they prosper, Rotwithstanding all that has been done to decry them, to ; ,destroy them ; and it is to be remarked that they did not join in the insurrection of June—a decisive fact, which I recommend to the attention of all men of good faith! _ _ Is it meant that the popular agitation emanated from the very nature of my principles—from their moral in fluence? It is this that you assert, Sir; and you reproach me with an imputation of having sought the happiness of one class at the wretchedness only and the misery of another. As Ido net, Sir, doubt your honour or your gentle loyalty, I ought to believe that you are unae quaihted with my writings, and that you judge me only by the calumnies of my interested detractors. It is, then, by quotations that I shall request permission of you to reply—a kind of answer evidently the most pe remptory. It is thus that in. L'Organization du Travail I express myself upon the natural and necessary bonds which exist between all interests:— "I ask, who is really interested in the maintenance of social order such as it exists at present? No one. No. Nobody. For myself, I willingly persuade myself, that the evils created by an imperfect civilization spread themselves, in different forms, over the whole of society." * * " Ah! Thanks be to God! there is not :for society a partial progress or a partial retrogression. The-whole of society is elevated, or the whole of society falls. When the laws of justice are best understood, all conditions profit by them. When the notions of justice - are obscured, all conditions in society suffer. A nation, in which one class is oppressed, resembles a man who has a wound in his leg; the lame leg prevents the free exercise of the healthy limb. Thus, however paradoxi• cal such a proposition may appear, oppressors and op pressed gain equally by the destruction of the oppres sion; They lose equally by its continuance."—(Orga nization du Travail, sth edition, page 26.) You perceive, Sir, the principle that governs my idea. It is that of human solidaria. It is not only in the in terest of the people that I have criticised the economical system followed in France; it is also in the interest of the middle classes, as you may easily conceive yourself, by throwing your eyes over my little book on the ()rya nization du Travail; and if I - have required that to the principle of individualism was substitu,ed progressively that of association, based upon the sentiment of frater nity,it is precisely because the principle of individualism has appeared to me an endless source of hatred, of jea lousy, of diiitions, of tyrannies emanating from above, of revolts proceeding from beneath. Now, Sir, when you say that my ideas have the ten dency to legitimate insurrection under all circum stances, you hurl against me an accusation which is con tradicted, most undoubtedly, by every page of my books,. by each line of my speeches. here, again, ft is by' quotations that I must answer you. -- Open L' Hfitoire des Dix Ails—you will read a pas sage relating to a celebrated insurrection It would be to hold in too slight estimation reason and equity, to make their triumph dependent on the chances of a coup de main. Wisdom and time are necessary, and patience is arso a republican virtue. Assuredly it is the property and the glory of choice spirits to be in advance of their epocle, but to do violence to society is permitted to no one."—(L'Histoire des Dix Ail; tome 5, page 428 ) I have written likewise in the Organization du Tra vail:--" Violence is to be feared only when discussion is forbidden. Order has not better shields than study. If anger sometimes chastises evil, it is impotent for the production of good. A blind and savage impatience can only heap up ruins under which the seeds of justice and love would be smothered. It is not the question as to the displacing of wealth, but as to its universal expansion and multiplication. For the happiness of all—of all without exception—it behoves us to elevate the level of humanity."--( Organization du Travail, page 21.) I could, Sir, if I did not fear to make this letter too long: multiply my quotations. I could produce .here numerous passages extracted from my speeches at the ' Luxembourg, and you would perceive that I have every where condemned, as equally puerile and fearful; the ex travagances of force, and that IhaVe always placed the victory of justice in the calm and regular development of public reason by the liberty of the• tribune, by the liberty of the press, by the right of discussion. In twelve years I have written much. Well, if there ex ists'in my books, in my speeches, one word, one single word, which is an appeal to violence, to brute force—let it be shown to me! I affirm that it is impossible to produce such a word. For, the rest, Sir, there is a fact which cannot be contested, which now belongs to histery, and which speaks more loudly in my favour than all reasonings. Whilst I remained at the Luxembourg, and when I had kwoerptioacaec?t u po w n ,a t s he o p e e r e e pl i e p , dartihse thele slightest ast Did not the people—who, it has since been pditgrisei in pretended, m i r y : wer e excited by my speeches—did they not aoiedoeus! exhibit an admirable exa i m uvirbm p l l ieo e cn? o t, i moderation, of resig nation? Was it not • then that they But • passage • threees ms y aagi p emn r tt o oa r o i n o t u hos n r c d e d during r s n e tg n o t thetehn e c sentence—" we i mt nh misery to sublimedoffu r e power,oe rf what force had lat my disposal? Speech—nothing but speech. For you are not ignorant, Sir, that there was not at that period a single soldier in the capital. What can possibly be opposed to so demonstrative a fact? What! the popular agitations only commenced to date from the day when I ceased to have the power of effi cient action upon the people, and it is I whom they would hold responsible for these agitations. In truth, this would be more than injustice—it would be folly. I do not stop at the word "pillage," which has found itself, I know not how, under your pen, in an article re lating to me. I cannot believe that you have wished to carry calumnies against both my heart and my intellect to such a point. For he who should perceive in pillage a • means of destroying misery, or even of avenging if, would be the worst of madmen as well as the most de prawd of wretches. You recal, in relation to me, the affairs of May and of June. As to the insurrection of June, it was so manifest that, far from having taken part in it in any that the hatred of even m y most cruel enemies has not manner w batever, I was struck with cons ternation at i t , been able to find here any subject of accusation against me. In what relates to the manifestation of the 15th of May. I reckon upon proving, by undeniable facts, that• they have sought in it only a pretext to place me at distance from the National Assembly at the moment when the constitution was about to be discussed. In a recital upon which I tun at preseut engaged, and which I civil war of .Tune,ofllhavetleofhothneousrtate of add , si re e s g si e n , g a ntod you, the. ol shall speak of the true causes of the troubles of May, f the evils which overwhelm- my b e l ove d country. In the t* a t m eantime I limit myself to th e declar on, with the* authority of a conscience without reproach that I have never had a hand in any plot, in any attempt of violence, iu any disorder—and that to spare the pain of such to my country, I would with j in my veins. oy have gi ven a ll th e blood I am, Sir, your veryhumble and devoted servant. Sept. 8. LOUIS BLANC. .DIOCESE or BATH AND `YELLS.---The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells has licensed the following gentlemen to curacies within his diocese:—The Rev. T. W. Boyce, M.A., to the curacy of St. Mary's, Taunton; the Bev. Alexander Burroughes Campbell, M.A., to the curacy of St. Saviour's, Bath; the Rev. A. F. Carey, 8.A., to the curacy of Badgworth, Somerset; the Rev. John Evani, 8.A., to the curacy of Portland Chapel, Bath; the Rev. Richard Quarrell, M.A., to the curacy of Emmanuel Church, Weston-super-Mare; the Rev. John Arthur Jeaffreson Roberts, 8.A., to, the curacy of Tickenham, near Bristol; the Rev. R. A. 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