The Sun. — London, England, 1852-07-14 00:00:00

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. LEWES, TUESDAY EVENING.-1 he sexual see er of the Reyai Agricultural Seciety will be helot, during the Present week, in the !tele toeo of Lewes; and tee: e is every prsepect of the occasion proving a highly sails fee ory one. It is herdlynsoessary to remark that the 10ta'ity is itself coeepieuoes in the sneals of agricul ure, and the situation is such as to render it highly probable that the agriculturists of the surrouedieg counties will concur with amateurs anti the public, in rnskieg the meeting a worthy successor at that held last year at Windsor. Brighton, situated within half an hour's ride, may be e xp ecte d to sen d i ts full quota of amateurs sod pleasure seekers; while the London and Brighton Rail- Wsy Company have announced arrangements which will probably have the effect of attracting a large number of visitors from the metropolis. The picturesque scenery around Lewes forms an ad ventitious feature in the event, but one which will no doubt be appreciated by all who may now see it for the first time. The structures erected for the reception °I the cattle and implements are, as usual, capacious and judicio us i n detail. To-day is aointed for the receps tien o f clock, and the work is p progressing rapidly. Seversl refreshment booths are erected near the show- Yard ; and to judge from their number and size, there will be n o l ac k of accommodation for any imaginable acc.!ssion of visitors. It is rather unfortunate tor the society that the elections in the district are now in pro gre'ss, and will continue to be so until the show has terminated. The nomination for the county occurred no later than yesterday, and the election will take place at the latter end of ten week. This may operate pre- Judicially as regards the attendance; but, amidst the I wordy cont es t s w hi c h a re heard at intervals at th e dif ferent places of resort between opporing the objects of the Royal Agricultural Society appear to form a common and cordial bond of union which prognosticates well for the practical results of the future. As to the character of the show, it may be observed generally that the display of cattle is very excellent. In the Sussex breeds there is, as might have been expected Material for favourable comparison with any preceding show ; and the breeders in the neighbourhood have so f ar justified the selection of Lewes by the council and Upheld their own fair fame in a particular department. The site of this year's show being so remote from the short -horned districts, it would have been unreasonable to e xpect an extraordinary di s play of short-horned animals,- but, taking everything into account, there is nosround for disappointment. The implement -yard, however, seems to exhibit the M ost mark e d progress in the path of improvement. All nocur in praising that department, and the judges will doub t make a most satisfactory report. The appli cation of steam-engines to ploughing has been f ac ili- Mtated. As regards r e aping, th e m ac hi nes o f ess rs. M'Corwick and Hussey have recently ceived improvements from English manufac turers, by which most, if not all, of the defects which they exhibited have been removed. After careful trials, they are new believed to supply almost all the require "tents of th e agr i cu l tur i st i n t h e var i ous c i rcumstances „ an d in the vari us lo c aliti es i n w hi c h th e y may b e fed- The implsments are still in course of trial; their number a n d t h e i nterest attache d to the results pro t ra ating the experiments longer than was anticipated. The show will be thrown open to the public to-mar row; the implement yard from eight in the morning till and the cattle-yard at one o'clock, with the proviso the latter case that " the judges shall have delivered 4, 1 their award s ." B o th d e p ar t ments w ill b e o p en on hu rsday and Faday, from six in the morning till six in the evening; and on the former day the dinner of the seetety will take place in the pavilion. e L ewes being a small town, the double attrac'ions of Agr ~uyural election, and the annual gathering ot the Royal Socisty are using up all its accommoda &toes •th The inns in the town have increased the bulk of to e beeh; and the tariff of sleeping apartments, according b a l aW which appears to be of universal operation, has e , e ,nr l Proportionably elevated. It is impossible to say cd at will be the state of things to-morrow; but as the eh e s s a h e nearly all engaged before the commencement of nw, it is probable that Brighton will benefit to Some extent by any in th e visitors who may wish to be located nei g h bourhood. Should any one be unfortunately left b e hi nd by the last train, the booths near the show 'ard may be put i n - r equi s ition. Th e h ea t t o -d a y h as been intense, and those who are not compelled to be out are keeping in the shade. ST. STEPHEN'S HAND. . , h ( - ) a the 4th inst. the Emperor F d r..i f ici s s t. Jo . s s- te p p h he i n n ; - , Which the " wonder-working , - uleh is in the chapel of the castle at ° Buda. A singu lar story is connected with this relic. In . 1081, that is 2°° years after the different Hungarian races had been united under ono ruler (the Duke Arpad), Pope Gre g o ry or -5 c anonized the first king, Stephen, and his remains were to be removed from the vaults of the Cathedral of Stuhlweissenburg. When the stone coffin was opened, in the presence of the then reigning king, Ladislaus, it was discovered that the skeleton had no right hand. A terrible noise was made about the miss ing member, and a very valuable ring which was on one of its fingers, but no tidings were heard of either of theta until some years afier, when a certain Abbot Mer au‘la, who had formerly been treasurer at the cathe lal, communicated to the Monarch, a romantic story i ' n B°l nething h aving been committed to his safe keep tk g hY a beautiful youth " dressed all in white;" further, uat on examinin hand o the saint what it was, he fourd is to be the f --- f ring and all being in perfect order, Iti-at is, Well preserved. The worthy historian Fessler, rqt:4lf. an eccl es i ast i c, says. " Ladislaus saw through of T lri as. but left God to deal with him." At the time Loo rai .'''fortnation, the precious hand was sent to the Theresa at 113gusa, and in 1771, the Empress Maria had Where 11 1 1 it deposited with vast ceremony on the spot her deseeadant has recently seen it. - ----- 11:According t o the American advices rece i ve d , it ap ars that th e harvest promises extramelv well in almost all othe States. I n California it is thought * that enough barley fbe raised thi s year to meet t h e d emand, but the growth wheat Will not be more than will be required for seed. The following memorandum is from the C.,mrnit tee of Mexi can B on dh o ld ers :—" M essrs . B aring, Brothers, and Co., have by the Mexican mail, per Thames, received on account of the 800,000 dollars advanced by them for the Payment of the last January dividend on the Mexican debt, from Vera Cruz, 90,000 dollars; from Tampico, 23,595 dol lars 92e. ; and advice of a shipment from San Bias of 12,000 dollars. This makes the remittances arrived on this a ccount 523,315 dollars 69c. ; and th e a d v i ces of shipments not yet arrived, 42,8'24." SHOAL OF HERRINGS OFF THE ISLE OF MAN.-088 of the most beautiful sights which has been seen for perhaps half a century was witnessed on Tuesday evening (week), at the entrance to the bay of Derbyhaven, Isle of Man. About eight o'clock there was observed an immense bottle-nosed. whale, or what is called a " Perkin moor," amusing himself about a mile to the eastward of Fort Derby, on St. blichaei's Isle- Some of the spectators affirm that he was at least 60 feet in length, and when on the surface, for the purpose of respiration, he threw a considerable volume of wator full 40 feet in height. He gradually arproached the hay, eviuently in pursuit.of an immense shoal of fish, which were observed on several occasions actually in thousands to burst out of the water at least a couple of feet. Tois continued for up wards of an hour, until part of the shoal (which proved to be full-grown herrings) ran th emselves on the rocks imme diately under the lighthouse. A pair of amateur fishermen, who were at the same time plying thei r occupation with some of Royal Charlie's " whim gees," not far from the scene of action, were terrified at the sight of the monster fish, and one of them, who is deaf, and who could scarcely he ar his companion at the other end of the boat whe n shouting at the top of his voice, declares that he heard the spouting of the whale like distant thunder. Th ey took r efuge from the monster of the deep in a small creek at th e Point o f F or t I s l an d, w here they remained in safety, gazi ng w ith astonishment at the terrified shoal of herrings and their re lentless pursuer, until his majesty of the deep, finding himself hi mself in shallow water, made once more seaward, when p r ey ventured out and succeeded in bagging a fine lot of itne h err i ngs .—l s l e o f M an P aper . 40RTING EXTRAORDI NARY .-088 day last week, nthe coachman of J. W. Ernpson Esq., of Ripple Hall , „ I tt Tewkesbury, was walking round the fish-pool of that Eentleman, with a gun in his hair', he heard a noise in the toshes, and thinking it was caused by rats, he fired in the d irection from which the noise proceeded. Oa walking up t o the spot to bag his game, he found that he had killed 11 very fine tench.— Gloucester Chronicle. Comrosmox OF A SERMON.—Dr. South, a man of great learning and virtue, relieved himself of his clerical duties one summer, by travelling rather incog. Ile went into a country church in the north of England one Sabbath morning, and heard the rector read a sermon. In coming from the church, the rector suspected him to be a brother of the ministry, and spoke to him. He received the rector's courtesies, and thanked him for the very edifying sermon he . had-preached, suggesting that it must liave been the result of a good. deal of labour. " Oh, no," said the rector, "we turn off these things rapidly. On Friday afternoon and Saturday s morning, I produced this discourse" "Is that possible, • air?" said Dr. South. "It took me three weeks to write that very sermon." '• EXPENSE OF THE MONEY ORDER OFFlCE.—Yes terday a return to Parliament was published, from which it appears that the expenses of the money order department of the Yost-office for the year ending the 31st of December last were 69,4921., and the a moun t o f comm i ss i on rece i ve d was 77,4291. In England and Wales the commission received was 64,714 f. ; in Ireland, 6,2831 ; and in Scotland (including 631. intereston the Bank account), 0,4121. MONEY .ORDERS.--According tO 8 return yesterday issued, it app ears t h at i n the year ending the 31st of December last there were 4, 661 ,025 money orde rs i s sued in the U n ited to 8,880,420/. l 6s. ld. The Great Exhi the number° t occasioned an i ncrease. I n the preceding year was 4 , 439,713, and the amount 8,494,498/.los. 7d. Adviees fro m Odessa to the. 2d instant state, that owing to the 67ne seasonwi theca resent weather recently experienced the crops for are reported as abundant beyond prdent, are now consid ered ered safe. The rye would be ready tor cutting in two or thre e terwards. The arrivals of 't‘hveeek,' and the wheat shortly af extensive for some day old stock of wheat had been s, but were nevertheless firmly St. and large tra ar :s t had taken place. From ' St. Petersburgh the ,ccounts ex o ei t l he sth July, but they contain no news. The rate of ange had l a t e l y expe , to ship g o ld. r it rienced a slight rise, whin. would rende not worth while The letters from Nantes regar iin th e the West of France state that there will be • harvest for barley and oats, and an indifferent and rye, while that of wheat is still doubtful. The breadth beans d . of land sown was larger than usual, but it suffere in the persons who early g nt m onet abundant f crops in part of the season, and is now endangered by th e scorching heat. There are, consequently, s ome do not anticipate a larger yield than in 1851. From the south of France, and especially on the Mediterranean coast, IT? accounts are said to be highly satisfactory. In the the of Bordeaux, and on the Spanish frontier lh harvest is considered a good one, but in the Lai,guedo it. is described to' be indifferent ; and from Toulouse the statement is, that both the wheat and rye crops are below an average. GLEtiGARRY. --A-1101A one h un d re d person; from this district are to sail for Australia this week. They will embark at Birkenhead. It is to be regretted that larger fund s are not available for the conveyance of great numbers of poor Highlanders who are eager to better their condition by migration.--inverness Paper. THE SUN, LONDON, E NEW PARLIAMENT MEMBERS RETURNED. (The names of new Members are given in Italics.) Liberals. lainisterialists, ABERDEEN ( 1 ). George Thompson ••• •.• ABINGDON (1). General Caulfield AND JVER (2). Sir W. Cubitt ••• H. B. Coles ~. ARMAGH BOROUGH (1). Ross Moore 4141 , 4141 , ARUNDEL (1). Lord E. Howard ••• ••• ASHBURTON (1). G. Moffatt •.. ••• ASIITON-UNDER•LYNE (1). Mr. Hindlay ATHLONE ( 1). W. Keogh ••••• • • • • AYLESBURY (2). Dr. Layard ..• R. Betttell ••• •• ••• BANBURY (1). 11, W. Tancred ••• •.• BANDON (1). Lord Bernard ... ••• ••• BARNSTAPLE (2). Sir IV. Fraser ••• ••• R. Bremridge ••• ••• BATH (2). Captain Scobell ••• D. Phinn ••• ••• BEAUMARIS (1). '' Lord G. Paget ... ••• BEDFORD (2). S. Whitbread,jun. H. Stuart •.• ••• •.• BELFAST (2). R. Davison H. M Calmot Cairns ... BERWICK (2). M. Forster 4111. ••• ••• J. Stapleton ... 4141 , ••• BEVERLEY (2). The Hon. F. Lawley W. Wells BEWDLEY (1). Sir T. Winnington BIRMINGHAM (2). G. F. Muntz Scholefield BLACKBURN (2). W. Eccles •.• •.• ••• J. Pilkington BODMIN (2). Dr. Mitchell , &vele BOLTON (2). B. Barnes J. Crook BOSTON (2). C. J. Heathcote , B. B. Cabbell , BRADFORD (2). R. Milligan H. Wickham . BRECON (1). J. L. V. Watkins BRECKNOCK (1). Sir C. R. Morgan BRIDPORT (2). F. A. Mitchell ... Murrough •.. •.. BRIDGENORTH (2). Henry Whitmore ••• ••• Sir R. Pigot •.. •., BRIDGE WATER (2). Colonel Tynte B. S. Follett BRIGHTON (2). Sir G. Pechell Lord A. Hervey •• ••• BRISTOL (2). Henry Berkeley ••• Gore Langton ••• BUCKINGHAM (2). Lord Chandos John Hall ••• ••• BURY (1). Frederick Peel BURY ST. EDMUND'S (2). Earl Jermyn John Stuart ." ''• ••• ••• CALNE (1). ••• The Earl of Shelburne CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY (2). Right Hon. H. Goulburn ..; Loftus Wigram CAMBRIDGE, BOROUGH (2). K. Macaulay J. H. Astell CANTERBURY (2). H. P. Gipps Hon. B. Johnstone ... CARDIFF (1). Walter Collin CARDIGAN DISTRICT (1). P. Loveden CARLISLE (2). Sir J. Graham ..• J. Ferguson ... CARNARVON BOROUGH ( 1 ). W. B. Hughes ... CARMARTHEN (1). D. Morris CARRICKFERGUS (1). Hon. W. S. Cotton CHATHAM (1). Sir F. Smith CHELTENHAM (1). Craven Berkeley •.. CHESTER (2). Earl Grosvenor ... ••• ••• W. 0. Stanley ... ••• CHICHESTER (2). J. A. Smith ••• Lord H. Lennox ..• ••• CHIPPENHAK (2). Mr. Joseph Neeld ..• ••• Cavain Boldero ••• •"' CLITHEROE (1). M. Wilson ..• ••• ••• CHRISTCHURCH (1). Captai n Walcott, R.N. ... ••• CRICKLADE (2). Neeld - Goddard ..• • CIRENCESTER (2). •• ..• Hon. A. G. J. Ponsonby ••• J. R. Mullings ••• COCKERMOUTH (2). General Wyndham ..• ••• H. Aglionby ••• COLCHESTER (2). W TV. Hawkins b•• ••• Lord John Manners ... COLERAINE (1). Lord Naas ••• ••• ••• CORK (2). Sereeant Murphy ••• ••• William Fagan ..• COVENTRY (2). Right Hon. E. Ellice ... Mr. Charles Geach CUMB ERLAND, WEST (2). ••• Captain Lowther ••• ••• S. kto n DARTMOUTH(I). Sir Thomas Herbert DENBIGH DISTRICT (1...• F. R. West ) DERBY (2). M. T. Bass T. B. Horsfall ••• DERBYSHIRE, SOUTH (2). C. R. Colvile William Mundy DEVIZES (2). Mr. J. N. Gladstone Mr. G. H. Heneage DEVON PORT (2). Right. Hon. 11. Tufnell Sir G. Berkeley ... ••• •.• DORCHESTER (2). R. B. Sheridan ..• ••• H. J. Sturt ••• ••• DOVE. (2). Viscount ° Chelsea ••• •.. OH.s I .ci li 1)&)1. ii) ( 0. 1 x. ) S. Hardinge N Pakington • Cann D D: O RR : 00:sj :H V IGG N To i roi s l a;:wi c ji DUBLIN CITY (2). ••• Edward Groga n J. Van ce ••• •.• •. DUDLEY (1). John Benbow ••• DUMFRIES DISTRICT (1). Ewart DUNDEE (1). G. Duncan DURHAM, CITY (2). T. C. Granger W. Atherton. Q.C. ELGIN BURGHS (1). George S. Duff ENNISKILLEN (1). J. Wlaitetide ENNIS ( 1 ). Fitzgerald ... ••• EVESHAM (2). Hon. sir Grenvill e Be rkeley Sir Willou ghby y r EXETER (2). E. Divett ••• ••• Sir J. B. Duckworth ... EYE (1). Kerrison ••• FIFESHIRE (1). John Fergus ••• FINSBURY (2). Alderman Challis ••• T. S. Duncombe ..• FROME (1). Colonel Boyle ... ••• GATESHEAD (1). W. Hutt GALWAY (2). ••• A. 0. Fiaherty M. J. Blake ••• GLASG OW (2). A. Ilastie J. Alugregor GLOUCESiER, CITY (2). Admiral Berkeley ... IV. P. P7rce EAST (2). Sir W. Cotiriogton Marquis of Worcester ... GRANTHAM (2). F. J. Tollemache G. E. Welby GREAT GRIMSBY (1). Earl of Annesley GREEN W ICH (2). .31. Chambers' P. Rolt GUILDFORD (2). R. D. Mangles ... J. Bell _••• HADDINGTONSHIRE (1). lion. F. Charteris HALIFAX (2). Sir C. Wood ... F. Crossley ... HARWICH (2). .11/. Peacock m D. Waddington ..„ HANTS, NORTH (2). C. S. Lefevre „.. Melville Portal ... HASTINGS (2), P. Robertson M. Brisco ..• HAVERFORDWEST (1). J. H. Phillips HELSTONE (1). Sir R. Vyvyan HEREFORD (2). Colonel Clifford ... ••• Sir R. Price HERTFORD (2). Hon. W. F. Cow-per ... T. Chambers HONITON (2). J. Locke ... Sir J. Weir Hogg ... HORSHAM (1). W. R. S. Fitzgerald ~. HUDDERSFIELD (1). W. R. Stansfield •.. HULL (2). J. Clay - Viscount Goderich: HUNTINGDON (2). Colonel Peel ... Thomas Baring HYTHE (1). E. D. Brockman ... INVERNESS DISTRICT (1). A. Matheson ... IPSWICH (2). H. E. Adair ... J. C. Cobbold KENDAL (1). G. C. Glyn KIDDERMINSTER (1). --- R. Lowe •.• ••• 0111 •.. KILKENNY (1). M. Sullivan KINSALE (1). T. Heard a" ••• KING'S LYNN (2). Lord Jocelyn ... Lord Stanl e y .. ••• KINCARDINESHIRE (1). Hon. H. Arbuthnott ••• KIRKALDY DISTRICT (1). Colonel Fergusson RNA R ESBOROUGH (2). J. P. Westhead Wood ••• ••• ••• LANCASTER (2). S. Gregson R. B. Armstrong ••• LAMBETH (2). W. A. Wilkinson ... W. Williams .. -- LANARKSHIRE (1). William Lockhart ... LANCASHIRE, SOUTH (2). J. W. Patten James Heywood •.• LAUNCESTON (1). Hon. J. W. Percy •S• LEEDS (2). Sir G. Goodman LEIC S M ELS .L v TTETBRale)sq.ley R. Gardner ... LEITH (1). James Moncreiff ... LEOMINSTER (2). J. G. Phillimore G. Arkwright LEWES (2). Hon. H. Fitzroy ... Ron. H. Brand ... ... LICHFIELD (2). Viscount Anson ... Lord A. H. Paget ... LINCOLN (2). Mr. Heneage Colonel Silithorp •• • .. • LISKEARD (1). R. B. Crowder LISBURN (1). Sir J. E. Tennent LIVERPOOL (2).1 F. Mackenzie C. Turner •.• ••• .; ••• LONDON (4). J. Masterman Lord J. Russell Sir J. Duke Baron Rothschild .. •• ••• • ••• ••• LONDONDERRY (1). Sir R. Fergusson LUDLOW (2). H. B. Clive Lord W. Powlett LYMINGTON (2). J. Hutchins Sir 1. R. Carnac ... LYME REGIS (1). William Pinney MACCLESFIELD (2). • J. Brockl ehurst C. E. Egerton ..; MAIDSTONE (2). Whatman Liberals. Minister's,lists. 1 , 1 MALDON (2). Ducane 0 ••• •.• ••• Miller T. J. 0 MALMESBURY (1). Luce T. ••• 1 MALTON (2). J. E. Denison 1 C. W. Fitz william • 1 MANCHESTER (2). T. M. Gibson 1 J. Bright ... • 1 MARLBOROUGH (2). Lord E. Bruce 0 H. B. Baring • 0 MARLOW (2). T. P, Williams .„ 0 Colonel Knox „.. 0 MARYLEBONE (2). Sir B Hall ..• ". 1 Lord Dudley Stuart ... ••• 1 DIERTHYR, TYDVIL (1). 1 Sir J, J. Guest ... ••• MIDHURST (1). Hon. S. H. Walpole ... MONMOUTH DISTRICT (1). o C. Bailey ..• ..• ••• MORPETH (I). Hon. Captain Howard .0 1 MONTROSE (1). 1 Joseph Hume ... ••• MONTGOMERY DISTRICT ( 1 ). D. Pugh ... •.• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, SOUTH ( 2 ); n Viscount Newark ..• •" - W. H. Barrow 0 NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE (2). B. Blacken 1 T. E. Headl am 1 NEWCASTLE•UNDER-iYNE (2). W. Jackson S. Christie ..• RK Sutton *** *** 1 H. NEWA Vernon 1 NEWPORT (2). WI Biggs W. A. Massey NORFOLK, EAST (2). E. Wodehouse 0 N. Burroughes 0 NORTHALLERTON (1). W. B. Wrightson ••• 1 NORTHAMPTON (2). Right Hon. V. Smith ... I 1 R. Currie ••• ••• •.• NORWICH (2). S. M. Peto ,„ ••• 1 H. Warner ••• 1 NOTTINGHAM (2). Right Hon. E. strutt 1 1 J. Walter ••• OLDHAM (2). J. M. Cobbett J. Dancuft OXFORD (2). Mr. J. id. Langston Sir Page Wood ... PAISLEY (1). Archibald Hastie PEMBROKE (1). Sir J. Owen ... PETERBOROUGH (2). Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliaal Hon. R. Watson ••• PETERSFIELD (1). Sir W. Jolliffe PENRYN (2). H. Gwyn •./ ..• J. W. Fresh, •.• PERTH (1). Hon. A. Kinnaird PLYMOUTH (2). Charles Mare ••• ••• R. P. Collier ... PONTE FRACT (2). M. Mikes B. Oliveira •.• •.• ... . 1 •., 0 • 1 ... 1 ... • 0 ••• 0 0 0 ••• 0 ••• ••• 1 ••• ••• 0 POOLE (2). ••• ••• H. a Seymour ..• G. TV, Franklyn poRTARLINGTON (1). Colonel Dunne .„ WEDNESDAY ; PORTSMOEITII i Sir nancis Baring Viscount Monck PRESTON (2). : 44.-St-uckland R. T. Parker RADNOR (1). Sir T. F. Lewis READING (2); Franci , Pigott H. P. Keating REIGATE (1). T. S sß . td C ME o i c ic k ii s ce, SALFORD AlvFEjiaodNin:wß,Dß'aprot(hier). RETFORD, EAST (2). lion. W. E. Duncombe Viscount Galway RICHMOND, YORKSHIRE (2). Mr. Rich Mr. W,y,vill, RIPON (2). W. Beckett Hon. E. Lascelles ROCHDALE (1). E. Mall ... ROCHESTER (2). Hon. F _Villiers Sir T. :FL M iddar RUTLANDSHIRE (2). Sir G. Heathcote Hon. G. J. Noel (S2G)ar.engdorCUPAß RYE (1). A. Mackinnon SAINT IVES (1). Captain La . tja n SALISBURY (2). W. Chaplin C. B. Wall SANDWICH Lord Charles Clinton ... ton SCARBOROUGH (2). ' - -Earl of Mulgrave Sir J. V. B. Johnstone SHAFTESBURY (1). Hon. W. Portman SHEFFIELD (2). J. A. Roebuck G. Hadfield ••• SHOREHAM, NEW (2). Sir C. M. Burrell Lord A. G. Lennox SHROPSHIRE, SOUTH (2). R. H. Clive ViscountiNewpori B. T..lis H. rin.sg ß :Ha a rinz l iE d icor k Dxs SHREWSBURY (2). G.Tomli ne SOUTH ••• SOUTHAMPTON (2). Sir A. Cockburn • SOUTH IVARK (2). Sir W. Molesworth A. Pellatt STAFFORD (2). A. Otway J. A. Wise STAFFORDSHIRE, NORTH (2). C. B. Adderley ••• Smith Child ••• •• STOKE.ON-TRENT (2). J. L. Ricardo .. Hon. F. L. Gower _ STAMFuRD (2). - Right Hon. J. C. Harries ... Sir Frederick Thesiger STOCKPORT (2). J. Kershaw J. B. Smith STROUD (2). Lord Moreton P. Scrope • SUNDERLAND (2). W. D. Seymour G. Hudson SWANSEA (1). J. H. Vivian TAM WORTH (2). Sir Robert Peel Captain Townshend TAUNTON (2). H. Labouchere A. Mills ... TAVISTOCK (2). G. Byng S. Carter ... TEWKESBURY (2). H. Brown J. Martin ... THETFORD (2). Earl of Euston Hon. F. Baring THIRSK (1). Sir W. P. Gallwey TIVERTON (2). Viscount Palmerston J. Heathcoat TOTNES (2). Lord Seymour ... - Mills TOWER HAMLETS (2). S. Butler Sir W. Clay TRURO (2). J. E. Vivian Hussey Vivian TYNEMOUTH (1). B. TayIor.. .WALLINGFOR (1). B. Malins ••• WALSALL (1). C. Forster WAKEFIELD (1). G. Sandars... WAREHAM (1). J. S. E. Drax WARRINGTON (1). G. Greenall WARWICK (2). G. Repton E. Greaves WELLS (2). R. C. Purday W. G. Hayter WE NLOCK (2). Colonel Forester J. M. Gaskell WESTBURY (1). James Wilson WESTMINSTER (2). Sir De L. Evans Sir J. V. Shelley... WEYMOUTH (2). G. Butt Colonel Freestun WEXFORD (I). J. T. Devereux WHITEHAVEN (I). R. C. Hildyard .„ WHITBY (1). R. Stephenson WIGAN (2). R. A. Tkicknesse Col. Lindsey WILTON (1). H. A' Court WINCHESTER (2). J. B. Carter Sir J. B. East WINDSOR (2). P. Grenfell Lord C. Wellesley WOLVERHAMPTON (2). Hon. C. P. Villiers J. Thornely WOO ')STOCK ( 1 ). • of Bl7 . dford WORNOvC.. Marquis ER (2 Ricardo ••• WORCESTERSHIRE, EAST (2). Hon. Captain Rushout J. 4-1. Foley L S a T s lett WORCESTERSHIRE, WEST (2). General Lygon F. W. Knight WYCOMBE (2). Sir G. Dashv•rood Mr. T. Smith YARMOUTH (2). C. E. Rumbold Sir E. Lacon YORK (2). W. M. E. Milner J. G. Smyth Liberals. 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J ames Bale Highness the Duke of Cambrid honoured the esterday evening. performances at her -- s .------; ge Majesty's Theatre with his presen ce lai o His Royal Highness was attended by b ox was occup i e d by Colonel guished indi- Macdonald. Her Majest y's with their presence on Bouverie, Mr. E. Bouverie, Bouveria, Mr. and Mrs. 'hilip va thisni d d u :cis Duke of Wellington, the Marchi4 mess of Douro, and Lord an party.anion os on whoeAmongstnreour his in gu t h rta e hcee t noble he, theatre an d dis t i n d Lady Chas. Wellesley, his Ex cellency the Russian Minister and the Baroness Brunno. w, Mdlle. de Brunnow, and party ; the Right Hon. the Se 3retary for Foreign Airs and the Countess of ffa Malrnes bury, his Excellency the Sardinian Minister, the Dowage r Lady Ward, the Earl and Countess of Jerse y , Lady C lementina Villiers and party ; Lord Ward, the Dowage r Countess ol Harrington and Lady Blanche St. Maur SI ,anhope Earl and Countess of Glengall and Lady M. Butler, the hope, of Cardigan' the Viscountess Dun gannon, the Hon. Miss Irvine, Miss D'Aree Lard party the Hon .. Flora Macdonald and Lady Bayley,o South,- ampton, Sir Henry Webb, Bart-, ? eneral the Hon. N. Cavendi sh, Lord Saltoun, Lord :Wiliam Lennox, Lord Sandys, Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Leonard, Sir George vo i nbell, Bart., the Attorney- General, , Sir Ralph Howard, Bart., Lady Howard and Miss Howard , Miss Carolina Bellew and party, Mr. Storer, Mr. Repton, M.P., and Lady El i za beth 'lepton, Mrs. and Miss Richard s, Mrs. Abercrombie' Mr. Martin, C o l one l L oc k yer Freest un, M.P., and Mrs. Lo c kyer Freestun, &c. Ti - at POST-OFFICa• REYEEM—III the year ended ' the ; 5 th of January last (a s appears from a return issued on Toes, lay) the gross 'Post-office revenue was 2,422,1681. 4s. 1. 4 d. The cost of management, including pensions, was 1,304, ,I 63/. 12s. 830. Th e net r evenue was 1,118,0041. 11s; ,fj kid. The postage cearBt , . en the Government de partme nte was 167,1291. 3a. 7d.; and the net revenue, exclus 4 we of charges on the Government department, was 1 50,87 Si. Is. W a d. Poi a-OFFICE LETTERS. — From a rew • . 1 urn yesterday pi inte dit appears that the estimated number of letters de lis , ere din the United Kingdom in 1839—the year immedi at sly , p rec eding the first g eneral reduction of postage on the St u. t mcember in that year—was 75,907,572, and last year th is t timber was 360,647,187 -•the largest number since the All *Wens. _ , EVENING, JULY 14, THE GENERAL ELECTION STATE OF POLLS-(THIS DAY OXFORD- UNIVERSITY. CLOSE OF THE THIRD DAY. Inglis 1,326 G;adbtone ... ... ... 1 , 058 Alarsham ... 747 FOURTH DAY.-CLOSE OF THE POLL Inglis ... ... ... ... 1 337 Glada:one ... ••• ... ••• 1 , 064 Marsham ... . . 750 EDINBURGH. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Macaulay ... ••• .•• 1,872 Cowan ... 1,754 ••• ... Ataelaren ... ••• Campbell ... ::: ::: 1 1, 6 0 5 2 6 4 6 6 0 Bruce ... • FALKIRK BURG-HS. - •• • CLOSE OF THE POLL. Baird ... 579 ... •. •• ••• Anderson .. ... 529 ... KILMARNOCK BURGHS. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Bouverie ris6 Campbell ••• ••• ••• ••• • ... ••• ... ... 302 --- CORK (CITY). CLOSE OF THE Pa.L. Fagan Murphy ... •. 1,205 . 1,184 ••• "' Chatterton . ... ... ••• Perrier 1,005 ••• ... ... 190 ATHLONE. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Keogh . ...Lawes ... ... ... 78 10 BELFAST. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Davison ... 1,259 ••• ••• "• 1,202 M•Cairns ... 9 T omti t ••• oa, ••• ... 04 . CARRICKFERGUS . CLOSE OF THE POLL. Cotton ... 288... Frith . ..• 268 DUN GANNON. ••- CLOSE OF THE POLL. Knox 100 • • • 22 Holmes''' ••• ..• ENNIS.III. CLOSE Or TIIE POLL. 59 ••• ••• • Fitzgerald Mahon •• 46 •• O'GormanO'Gorman GALWAY.• ••• CLOSE OP TILE POLL. Flaherty ... ••• ••• 646 Blake ... 462 Dunkelli l ••• 284 FLNTSH I RE BOROUGHS. OFICIAL DECLARATION. Hanmer ••• ••• ••• ... 386 Warren •.• ••• •• ..• 267 GREENOCK, 3 P.M. Dunlop ••• ••• ... 463 Elphinstone •• ... ... 251 Polling soddenly closed. Protest against the election by Elphinstone, on the ground of intimidation. &c. HUNTINGDON. FellowesNOßTH and ManDEVON deville returned. . Acland and Buck returned.—No opposition. SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE. Anson and Lewisham return e d.—N o o pposition. NORTH CHESHIRE. Egerton and Legh returned —No opposition. NORTH SHROPSHIRE. Gore and Dod returned.—No opposition. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. H a milton and Napier returned. EAST SUFFOLK. Gooch and K.lly returned. , t kBERDEENSHIRE. Gordon returned. KIRICCUDBRIGHTSHIRE. Mackie returned. WEST SOMERSET. Langton and Moody returned.—No opposition. SUFFOLK. Waddington and Bennet elected. SOUTH CHESHIRE. Tolletnache returned. NORTH YORKSHIRE. Cityley SanOUd TH Dun HANTS.combe returned. Compton and Cholmondeley returned. NORTH LEICESTERSHIRE. Farnham and Granby returned. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.—The return of Mr. Macaulay for Edinburgh is one of those incidents of the present general election which will be received by the country with the most unalloyed satisfaction. The last Parliament could ill spare the great historian and orator—what would be the case now that various constituencies have discarded so many men of tried qualifications in politics and litera ture? There are men of business enough in the House at all times; there are lawyers more than enough. There is an abundance of young and old gentlemen who repre sent little beyond their own rent-rolls and their family position. The dockyards have their representatives— the Marquis of Exeter has his representatives—the rail ways have their representatives—Exeter-hall, Smith field-market, Sir Charles Knightley, anything or any body returns Members to represent his or its feelings and interests in Parliament, except the highest intellect and scholarship of the coun try. Now, the Lower House of Parliament should not be exclusively a parish vestry, nor a court of law, nor a railway meeting, nor the Stock Exchange, nor a house of convocation. Let all inte rests be kept in due subordination—let all subjects be treated with the utmost exactness and precision of knowledge, but let the deliberations of the general body be the deliberations of statesmen, not of mere agents delegated by particular sections of the community to Bain parti cu l ar en d s . A scatter i ng o f great men in Parliament gives strength and cohesion to the whole fa bric. The tone of the assembly becomes insensibly ele vated—its feeling is roused to higher and more ex tensive sympwith more athies—it looks backwards and for w ards anxious eye to watch the antecedents and consequences of its immediate act. One of the highest prerogatives of genius is, that i t . communicates some thing of its own fire to all who may be brought within the sphere of its influence. The hackneyed story, that no vote was ever yet influenced by a speech, is ess entially a fallacy. Say that th e vote o f a particular , night has not been a ff ected by t h e most logical, the most eloquent, the wittiest speech that ever was deli vered within the walls of P ar li ament, an d s o far the truth and the assertion may correspond. But to say that the opinions of the country—in other words, the feeling of the constituencies—is not affected by the sen iments expressed by the ablest men of the country on matters ot great public interest, is incorrect in a very high degree. We cannot bring ourselves to believe that all the wisdom and eloquence of our great Parliamen tary worthies have been entirely thrown away. They may fight a losing battle for a time. Sir Giles Broad acres may, for the moment, set aside their recommends lions with si sonorous " No," and Counsellor Silver rongue carry the House with him on the question that " Chancery is a real blessing to the country." But, sooner or later truth will prevail, and, we believe, the sooner that its requisitions are asserted by the clearest thinkers and most eloquent orators of the age. Mr. Fox and Mr. Huskisson, Mr. Canning and Sir Robert Peel, have influenced public opinion out of doors and di visions within the walls of Parliament, let the partisans of the good old cause of dullness say what they will. How is it, then, that constituencies ever bring themselves to refuse or discard representatives who have done the country eminent service, and who need but tbe opportunity to act the same part once more? The answer is simple enough. A man of high ability will not condescend to humour the folly of the day. He will turn with disgust from some insignificant question which has been blown into undue importance; he will run counter to the popular frenzy of the moment, if it appears to him based upon injustice, and calculated to produce evil results. At one time you would find such a man setting his face against the Popish plot, at an other time endeavouring to save the life of Byng, at another deprecating the attempt to tax the American colonies. Ile is 4 right, and the grandchildren of the actors in the scene will acknowledge that he was right,—but he must lose his seat. He will not do the dirty work of King or mob—of Churchman, or Papist, or Dissenter; so a fitter agent must be found. Reflection is out of the question for the moment. It is a " boot s" that is wanted, not a statesman, and functionaries of the former class are are to be found at every c orner. A g ain, not only w man of high ability and integrity run coun ter to wild cry of his constituent s upon partiou_ciareciocacieassciothe e n i s n , but he will refuse to tie up his hands d the part of a mere delegate. This too isatnahefrufiirtfautlecaanudaie. of offence, and Mr. Maca ula y was not date whose fortunes have been stranded on such a shoal. Great men refuse , a nd small men swa ll ow the pledge; thus it happens often enough thatawvaearyin i t n en si d g e n d ifi f c o a r n a better man. In the case of indeed, and by • capital city of Scotland ba person is found in a position which f s 3 i c ac o t l Maca i e t u d s l g a s e e d ' s the error of es, an act of graceful r e p entance its former decision. The c ons tituency . ot Edinburgh has c anvassed Mr. Macaulay; he not canvas se d it. H e he h e nters Parliamen t unfettered by any pledge, free a s his j u d g ment may dict a t e , or occas i on to act m ay require, ace upon that one topic which is fellow-subjects as the regarded by ?ut . Scotch one of most i mp ortance at the present moment. As a set-off against Mr. Macaulay's election, we have to regret the exclusion from the House of the late Sir Robert Peel's two literary executors—men of very considerable capacity and high literary attain ments. Lord Mahon and Mr. Cardwell have been con signed to a temporary retirement from politics by two constituencies which only required delegates to repre sent the fierce bigotry and passions of the moment. Pl e ,f . : r i my, too, we are sorry to announce the fact, haists;. nitivoly withdrawn from the representation of ker 3 11 1 _7 1 Here was a gentleman who had done more . t o b n_ ra p` i other county Members for the benefit of they gri u" . " which ong interest. He simply led the way in a pathf they would the landlords must all be content to travel, a mount. maintain their audits at the present satisf it was possible He had stuck to the old errors as longs he was coin to resist conviction; but, at slog b. of the great pelled to recognise the real _re For not ignoring change in our commercial 0 1 Y P b een condemned condemned by the the sun at midday he h : 3 most ridiculous part of farmers of Berkshire: and agricultur al Dagon of the mo the business is, that the a a few weeks be co m p e ll e d ment—Lord Derby Rob er t i Peel and Mr . p usey had to do exactly what S ir done before him. B ut You r f or mer is a vindictive animal, Vellg e against the first person who and must have his ts 1852. • began to admit a doubt of his omniscience. We have also to regret the absence of Mr. Roundel' Palmer, whose scholarship and inchistry would certaiuly seem to have deserved a more grateful recollection from a con stituency which might have been proud of such a Lem ber. Lord Duncan, too, is a loss to the House; he was a most active and useful representative. and his success ful battle for untaxed light should have availed him with the eh ctors of Bath. It is some consolation, however, to think that Mr. Macaulay has been recalled by the spontaneous act of the electors of Edinburgh, and that the flaw bigotry of Oxford has received a check from the saner portion of the University. The names of Mr. Macaulay and Mr. Gladstone will help to redeem the future House of Commons from the charge of being en tirely a " Parliamentum Indoctum." HERALD.—There is no time when editorial warnings are less likely to be regarded than that of a general elec tion. Men are too busy, too anxious, or too excited, to read at leisure, and to reason calmly. Action has taken the place of speculation; and no comment on what is pa sing can excite the same interest as the events themsFlves. Yet even at this moment is may not be amiss.britfiy to consider what are the main principles involred iu the existing contest, and who are the parties by whom this contest is to be decided. The late Parliament, from its commencement to its close, presented a right unusual in our history: Instead of the two traditional divisions of Whig and Tory, or their modern I.nbstitutes "Liberal" and "Conservative," four distinct sections, each distin guished by sonia peculiar tenets of its own, and each obstinately refusing to allow its identity to be merged in that of any other, divided and embarrassed the national councils. These sections have been so admirably de fined by a late anonymous writer, that we maka no apology for inserting his description et length:— There are four kinds of political associations; there are parties, factions, connexions, and cliques. " Party, in the words of Burke, is a body of men united for promoting, by their joint endeavours, the national inte rest upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.' _ - 4' A faction is a band of persons leagued together for pro moting, not the national, but their own interest, or for grati fying their own passions. " A connexion is formed by the ties of family, friendship, tradition, and• habit. It is exclusive, and consequently small. It has maxims rather than principles, phases rather than opinions, and historical recollections rather than present ac tivity. The strength of a connexion seems generally to be derived entirely from the adhesiveness of its parts. " A clique is a petty agglomeration of pedantry, intole rance, arrogance, and self-conceit. " Each of these forms of association is to be found repre sented in the present House of Commons. We have a Con servative party, a Manchester faction, a Whig connexion, and a Peelite clique. The first, the only party in the House, strong in numbers, but stronger in character, encouraging and supporting an Adminiitration, whose task, naturally dif ficult, is rendered much more so by the insidious attacks of an unprincipled Opposition; the three last divisions, faction, connexion, and clique, hating, despising, and suspecting each the other, but, nevertheless, acting under the impulse of the only motives that they have, or ever can have, in' common— ambition and spite; each hoping to be able to scramble into power over the s h ou ld er o f i ts d eteste d a lli es , and then to kick them down into the ' void profound of unessential night.' " Let tea proceed to examine the position of these bodies respectively. Th e W higs, if only on account of theirhis i toric importance, are naturally entitled to precedence. Who, let us ask, are leaders? who their supporter s ? and what their it On the first head ou r u principles in this y e ar 1852? horse answer is obvious. Bating Lord John Russell, "' age and health render it, to say, the least, impossible that he Commons, should again aspire to ha they the leadership of the House of all defer ence to one statesman among them whose name have no h s the smallest chance of being remembered fifty years to L h or is d Lansdowne, in whom (we say it in long and distinguished career) personal character and connexion went far to eupply the plaCe of eminent ability, has already withdrawn from the field. Lord Carlisle, never a vigorous politician, has, of late, devoted himself' wholly to philanthropic pursuits. The ancient demagogue and litterateur, once the friend of Burdett and Byron—at a later period ruler of India, and self avowed author of the Affgban war—has subsided, as Lord Broughton, into silence and a peerage. Sir George Grey, even if returned for Northumberland, is, from physical infirmity, unlikely to take much part in the active work of opposition. Sir C. Wood, Mr. Labouchere, and the rest, may safely be counted upon as being no more 'dangerous in attack than they used to be efficient in administration. Only Lord Grey re mains; and he is removed, by the accident of his posi tion as a hereditary legislator, from the sphere where his energetic animosity might have rendered useful as sistance to his party. Nor is this manifest weakness of the Whig section confined to their chiefs. They have clearly lost the power which once belonged to them in au eminent degree, of drawing recruits into their ranks. What with their oligarchical traditions and their belief in the exclusive vested right of half-a-dozen families to govern England, the influence which of late they have exercised over rising talents has been one, not of attrac tion, but repulsion. There is, at this moment, we verily believe, no such thing in rerum natura as a young Whig. Lord Ebrington was, for a while, the solitary representative of his party among the rising gene ration, and he, too, has wisely dissolved the connexion, and left himself free to form a more promising alliance. In truth, the decease of Whig gery had, for years past, become inevitable, even apart from the personal unpopularity of its principal profes sors. The movement has ceased from the sheer want of an object. The Reform Bill of 1832 was at once the accomplishment and the term of its mission. In every act subsequent to that great social change, Whig leaders have been the followers, not the leaders—the tools, not the agents. Their part is now limited to the repetition in either House of Parliament, with due senatorial dig nity of phrase, of the watchwords and party cries which originate out of doors among a widely different class. Manchester has quietly assumed the influence in their councils which was once possessed by Woburn Abbey or Devonshire House. Whether the change be for the better or the worse it is not ours to judge; but that it has taken place no man can look on England at the present day and doubt. It is, we think , not a speculation, but a certainty, that on the opening of the new P ar li amen t of 1852 the pure Whig party will have disappeared alto gether and for ever. New ideas, new men will have superseded the obsolete opinions of a respectable, but antiquated oligarchy. a The cause for which Hampden died in the field, and Sydney on the scaffold," ir, in the middle of the nineteenth century, a matter of history, not of politics; a tradition rather than a sentiment, r . It is under ve nerable in its place as a part of the p ast, but ridiculous and unmeaning if applied to the present. other banner& than their own, a nd other principles than fight, if they aspire sels and the Greys must henceforth Party' those which they have hitherto a dvocated,.that the Rus- We believe be made, and once more to head a great popular Pa s Zi that, cost what it may, the sacrifice historic, but now ex ithe new democratic that on the grave of an ancient, ploded party will be inaugurate alliance of 1853. . 1 from the United States DAILY NEWS.—The mai • cl a y is dead. Long ere brings the news that Henry . , this the impressive funeral g in the w ld— imposing, if not the most a servi e c n e— tat p i e v r e n s, ap f s oll t o h w e e m d o b s y t fre e, cti° The coffin o h r as been a The President been performed in the Capita. borne into the House of Bere s . of the . _ Representatives c t h h a c ir S . P e T ak b e e r reesident has sat before the whole Executive and Legislature. hofavt e h the occupied Senate the the coffin, and the Members of the Congress each with the crape round his arm, have listened to the voice of re ligion, telling them how the quiet sleep of death must succeed to the most vehement political conflicts —how the silence of death must drown the Most animating and the moat persuasive of the voices that have ever rung through those echoing halls. The lesson could never be more impressive than when the coffin of Henry Clay was the text of exhortation. No mind that ever uttered itself there was more certain to animate to enterprise; no voice more irresistibly persuasive ever won the sen sibilities of friend and foe. Less was known of him as an orator, and even as a statesman, in foreign coun tries, than of other orators and statesmen of the last half century, because his attributes were such as could not be conveyed in portraits - . and news papers. Incessant attempts to take his portrait all failed to produce one which could be recog n i se d by those who knew him much or little. Calhoun's singular and countenance painfully full of lif e , and vreh head, ster's massive brow and cavernous eyes could be made familiar throughout Europe; while Henry Clay's portraits could neither be recognised by those who knew him, nor re membered for five minutes by thosewho did not. It is eun the same with their oratory. Calh ' beginning in ingenuity and ending in monomania singular theories, never be supposed t o b e uttered by any o m t o h n can e, and the same may b e sa id of Webeter's best r man; p rr ormances_ his close constit u ti ona l arguments, such a s th e y we re in his best of the ne • neutrality of which he ever boasted in the Corn - , promises which were the principle of his statesmanship. It needed to see the moistened eye, the quivering lip, the tremulous bands, plaYi' l o l with the spectacles and the movementsderful the tall lithe figure; it needed to hear the wonderful variety of his tones, and to have thrille d to the site pathos of his voice, to understand th e power which who listened he exercised over the whole mind of those . could never be to him in a silence which seemed as it sit It is he broken. The silence has changedsid n ow. is busy in discus who is mute, while every ()these voice The powers and the sing his powers and his deeds- which, for its ien deeds of Henry Clay area I en other countries than his portance, may be discussedan of the present century own; for no Americr his at p o sition for objects so largely used his faculty an is 0 - . e the world. He had become affecting the influence b a d waned as a policy of COM old; and hisknu7 efore the positive needs of the promise receded s if be had lived to the extremest term age; and tau. stance,' and had died at last in his tens 'of human ' no would not have d ~' torial chair, effect on the co • pro need, probably, r so y additions . _ . ming destinies of nations, Tee classes, but his days ot effective statesman or e old not therefore sh ip oho , be allowed to pass into obli eaeo, nor the phase of public life which he presented be l o st because it has, for some years, slid back among the things which were, and which cannot be again. It it is true in any case that nothing but good should be spoken of the dead, it can never be true of statesmen. No true statesman could desire it; and the weakest aspirant who enters into political life must be aware that in choosing hie career he waives his claim to the privilege —if privilege it be—of partial appreciation after death. In the present case, the truth must be spoken, for the sake of those whom it affects; and if there be pain in it, there is the least pain to those who spoke it openly while the man was yet alive and able to prove by his acts whether the judgment was harsh or just. Henry Clay avowed through his whole political course that Washington was his model, and he claimed for his policy of Compromise the praise accorded by the world to Washington's principle, temper, and career of moderation. It will never be forgotten by those who heard him how gloriously he eulogised, while loOkiag up to the great melee portrait in the Senate. A * 6 e \e Washington's wisdom, shown in his crowning alga le a se ) ee• moderation. Nothing could be finer than the ell° -44 but, when th 9 idea and the sentiment were tra: - • e s , eh' by himself into action, th e y came ou t in the mar , % ) .1 form of Compromise, which had no principle for_-it i k e s 1:1 V ce basis, and no conser va ti ve v i r t ue i n i ts act ion. • e see were Virginians by birth. Both had the tempera,* ot which Virginians are proud—impulsite, fte haughty, warm in domestic affections, strong in se e't 1 21-- will, sensitive in honour, open-hearted in hospitality, devoted in friendship. How, in Washington's case, the finer tendencies became sublimed, and the more selfish ones transmuted into virtues, there is no need to tell. How, in the other case, the faults degraded the virtues, the acts of a long life but too plainly show. Let the acts speak for themselves. It is necessary only to point out, in answer to the probable inquiry, how men of this temperament should have their names associated with moderation and compromise, the dif ference of the way in which the result was brought about in each. Washington found himself, against his wish, raised to the post of umpire and ruler amidst the factions and conflicts of a nascent leaden; and, in a so lemn conscientiousness, he disciplined himself to the tub limest moderation that the world ever saw. Clay, em bilious of a pre-eminence which he never fully attained, put a strong retraint on his damaging impetuosity of nature, and finding his faculty of adaptation the only means by which he could secure the leadership of a promising party, developed it into the rarest genius for compromise that the world, perhaps, ever saw. His genius carried him a long way. It carried him into an intoxicating temporary paradise of thanks-and praises; it carried him almost through the surgings of parties into the presidential chair—almost, but not quite. The retribution came a little too quickly. Withering airs of distrust found their way into his para dise: the forces of convenience failed before he had cleared the throng of factions; he was let drop in the midst of the struggle; and he sank, disappointed and mortified—affording the pathetic spectacle to others of baffled ambition, and himself wit nessing the tremendous spectacle of his nation about to reap the whirlwind from the wind that he had sown. His name first interested Europe, and England in parti cular, from his being one of the commissioners who concluded the treaty of Ghent, in December, 1814. The commissioners, British and American, sent home word that they had " Compromised their difficalties;" the treaty was signed on the 24th of December; and the useless and melancholy battle of New Orle3ns was fought in January, from the news not being known in America. This " Compromise of difficulties" was, like all Mr. Clay's other compromises, a mere postponement of the solution which m us t one d ay b e f oun d, and ten agreement to a provisio na l course meanwh il e . Th e os tensible objects of the war were l e f t on one s id e; an d tie all-important matter of the boundaries, since so diffi cult to deal with, was to be negotiated, some time or other, by future commissioners. Henry Clay was, though the youngest of his party, manager and head; and should have, therefore, the chief share of the adverse judgment on the transaction ;—a judgment which was unfavourable on both sides the Atlantic, and which would have been more so if England had not been in haste to declare herself at peace with all the world, and the American Government eager to close, on almost any terms, a war which every citizen hated, and no one could understand. Next Mr. Clay effected the compro mise of which, of all his feats in that direction, h e was the most proud—except, perhaps, one. In 1820 there was an application from the territory of Missouri to be admitted as a State into the Union. Missouri bad slave institutions, which were by this time abolished in all the northern states. Missouri, separated only by a river from free Illinois, might and ought to have been admo nished and encouraged at this conjuncture to lay aside slavery; and deeply has that state since mourned that this was not done. The northern states were strong enough to have insisted on this as a condition of admis egealuainyeetd drew nothing th e line sion into the Uni on; b u t th e p ersuas i ve vo i ce o f H enr y Clay beguiled th em i nto a " C omprom i se " —t h e cele brated Missouri Comp rom i se —b y w hi c h t h e nort h south which gained slavery and north the ofa ion and an indefinite prolongation of slavery. Mr. C was snooletmtno exist; and he pointed out how Maine would thus be admitted, with her northern freedom, an equivalent for Missouri withh er slaves. But the into the Union, as interdiction of slav ery north ofthe se a warrant for it south of th at line; p a r n o d p t o he d admi line was of Arkansas and Florida, as slav e states, soon followed of course. Mr. Clay , who had before thi so corn w nised matters in his own adopted state of Kentucky Pm. as to prevent the abolition of slavery, which would have been effected but for him, foresaw the admission of Arkansas and Florida. The politicians of th e north were either blind to this result, or hoped that mischief would come of it. They were afraid of present clamour, and of any question about the Union. Having got the troublesome wind shut up, they hoped that something would prevent its bursting forth as the whirlwind. Its approaching roar, however, reached the ears of the two great leaders as they were on their death beds. Calhoun, who had said, from the day that he first stood up to speak till he could stand no more, that American slavery was as immortal as any other de cree of Providence, announced, before he breathed his last, that the days of slavery were numbered, and Clay, after a final effort to lay the hurricane by one more desperate compromise, saw, through the films which gathered on his dying eyes, the flights of victicis from the iniquities of his fugitive slave law—the murders of kidnappers—the chains drawn round the courts of justice—and the marshalling of the strong and pure-hearted to defy his policy, and establish a "higher law" than his. On his dying car fell the tramp of this host which he had supposed to be a little band of helpless remonstrants; and, with this, came the more appalling sound—the rumble which warned him of the approaching explosion of his compromises, leaving only the fearful question, whether the Union itself would not be broken up with them. For volcanoes abroad be had a great admiration. The recognition by his country of the independence of the South American republics was his doing. In this, he was unquestionably sincere, earnest, and full of generous sympathy. And so be was with regard to the Greeks, whose cause he embraced with great ardour. It, in both cases, he exaggerated the merits, and painted too fair the prospects of his clients, this was an error on the right side, where human saga city must be expected to fail; and it was one in which he had for comrades the best men in all free countries. Perhaps the fairest aspect of his life is that in which we see him the advocate and protector of South American and Greek liberties. TSB LATE COLLISION ON THE RIVER..-ATTEMPT To RAISE THE DUCHESS OF KENT.—For several days past preparations have been going on for raising the Duchess of Kent steamer. The proceedings are conducted by Mr. Griez, the superintendent engineer to the Commercial Steam Navigation Company, by whom the unfortunate vessel is owned, and he has engaged under him a body of men who are known to be experienced in such undertakings, and known as the Whitstable Divers. The mode adopted for raising the sunken vessel is that of securing chains to it by means of the diving-bell, the other end of the chains being fastened to barges, which are moored over the spot, at low water; and as the tide rises, so do the barges, bringing with them the sunken vessel. The first attempt at raising the vessel was made yesterday, and met with some success, it having been raised from the ground and towed towards the south shore about the distance of its length, when a chain broke, and caused further proceedings to be postponed for a few days. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—THE ROYAL E X HIBITION . 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This curiosity at vi's e h attention from the passers-by. The process by trAc ted mu ' h it was effected was as follows ;—ln autumn a few hledog roses.w of good sorts, on their own roots, are selected and thirner-eng-o-rulfteevadrdades I.taliens, planted in pots; at the same time a well-rooted strawberry i s placed with each rose, planted just beneath the stem of the rose. In spring, when the runners push dUt, two or three of them are tied up to the stem of the rosy. It is well known that the runners of the strawberries soon make their own roots, and in due time these roots are cut away, making the cuts as for a scion, and then they are grafted on the rose stem," without cutting or rearing the runners from the! pa rent plant in the ground." They should be preserved very carefully, to lead the sap upwards to the scions, and, treated in this way, the strawberries will vegetate upon the rose tree for some time. EXTRAORDINARY FEROCITY OF A. HORSE.—A Case of ferocity in a horse rarely equalled has given riselo late proceedings before the courts of Rouen. On the 24th of November last a farmer, named Blanchard,. of Verclive ( - Buie), possessed a horse; and in his presence, and with his consent, a horse-dealer named Lavoipierre sold it to if:timer named Delaisement, of Corny. The next day Blanc?' told a young man in his service to convey the horse t 0114- laisement. The latter, however, refused to receive S ir, on the ground that he had learnt that it was vicious arid d_en ded himself fl _br e e_ s a h st o , f a h n i d s gerous. In returning, the horse several times a:hmisptbeltko. throw the young man, and at length, becoming he bounded at the restraint which ' the rider imposed on bito, quite furious' erect in the air, and succeeded in getting T tr h ie e d a t n o im tr a a l m t p h l e e n o r n us h h im ed . on T as well as he was able, but the bores thigh in his teeth, and tore it off in the most savage man ner,tle then went some little leaving the bone exposed. formed a hole of 'some distance, and with his forepaws , _ s Viet' depth ; and then, returning to victim, who was lying almost senseless on the g round, he smelt . around him, as if hheinlyPoubnigtchaniui‘itileiens he could best drag him to the hole. Some reflecting how • noise, however. at the moment struck his ear, and he gal -W loped home. h e n be arrived his mouth was stained with blood, and bits of flesh were still adhering to it. The T oting man who was so dreadfully treated had to have his leg Delve subsequently brought an action against amputated. Blanchard, Delaisement, and Lavoipierre, to recover damage& MAILS DY RAILWAY.—On Tuesday a return to Parliament was printed, showing, in the year ended the sth /swum"' last, that the payments made for the conveyance of Mills by railways were 242,848/. is. 1.d., of wh ich 155 ' 5754 153. Bd. was f or work done in the year, end the remainder iri previous years. ,