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

AICPNEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, QuAitTER TO THREE. In the Cotton Market at Liverpool to-day the sales . 7cre 5,000 bales, of which 1,200 were for export. American sorts realised 24d. to 64d. per lb. The market was steady, but there was no change in prices.—Railway Shares 8 were without any change, and very little was can. the Americans, through their representatives in Ger many, are endeavouring to negotiate a treaty of com merce with the Zollverein, and one of the New York purnalists affects to believe that England is exceedingly jealous thereat, and will do all in its power to thwart the !aorta of the United States envoy. We scarcely deem 1 t necessary to r e fute this misconception or misstate ment,l whichever it may be, but, for the sake of imparti ality, we will notice the writer's views. He says— , " The clause which has for so many years been at tached to commercial treaties, made with different coun- Tcs, that they shall be entitled to privileges equal to those enjoyed by the most favoured nations, has placed ' ll _ upon a par, and prevented concessions in favou r of any that would in return grant equal advantages. It Was nothing in the world but the insertion of that clause in all the commercial treaties between the Zollverein and Great Britain that prevented the treaty made between the Zollverein and the United States, a few years since, from being ratified by the combined powers. For certain concessions in oar tariff on the products and Manufactures of those nations forming the Zollverein, we were to receive corresponding concessions on our Products and manufactures imported into those countries composing the confederacy. After the treaty with these improvements had been negotiated by the representa tives of each power, it was discovered that any conces sions made in the duty upon American manufactures Imported into the Zollverein, must also be made upon similar manufactures imported from Great B ritain. This at once arrested further progress ; the new treaty was laid on the shelf, and the old one continued in force. Since that time we have adopted a new tariff, which takes precedence of all commercial treaties, if its provisions are more favourable, but if not commercial treaties regulate the com mercial intercourse between all nations. The tariff of 1846 places the products and manufactures of the Zollverein, in entering our ports, upon a more favour able footing than the tariff of 1842, or the commercial treaties now in existence, and it is, consequently, the By that Act we are entitled to concession from the German confederation in the formation of new treaties, or in the reconstruction of their tariffs. In accordance with this, and upon the principle of recipro city, the Hon. A. J. Donelson,eur Minister to the Ger man confederation, was, at the last accounts, at Frank fort for the express purpose of negotiating a commercial treaty of the most liberal character." The Mexican correspondence given yesterday under this head has afforded much satisfaction, and if the in. tentions of the new Republican Government are loyally carried out, there may be a hope, ere long, of the foreign creditors obtaining a dividend. We should be glad, iLdeed, to find that . a. better era was about to open for tie holders of South American and Peninsular Stocks generally, and of which there have recently been some indications. The prospects of Spain, probably, are not very encouraging, as the renewal of Carlist movements on a large scale, will entail increased expenses, but we hear again of contemplated arrangements for sending over remittances fro m Lisbon, which we should be glad to see realised by even the smallest payment on account. As opportu nity serves, more may be said hereafter on this head. Another subject, in connexion with this, as sumes now so tangible a shape, that although the document before us is marked ‘, private and confi dential," the particulars have become known, and we no ,longer feel a delicacy in comme ntin g u p on them. A new loan is proposed to be raised here for the French Go vernment, the parties who moot the project being Messrs. Devaux and Co., of Londe', well known in connexion with French railways, and with the house of Charles Lafitte of Paris. The support of capitalists is also said to b e conditionally promised. There can be very little prospect, we imagine, of the public at lar ge participating in the loan, and as to the part taken by moneyed men, not much exception can be taken, if they themselves are " content," and do not intend to back out, and get away upon the shoulders of the less experienced. There are many temptations as to price, &c., and it is really to the interest of E n g land that a steady and honest Government should be established in France, and that its finances should be restored to a healthier condition. Whether our currency laws will safely permit us to indulge in the luxury of twelve million loans is more doubttul, whatever be the tempta tions as to profit. The parties who are interesting themselves in the matter set forth that— " The successful effort of the middle classes in France to replace society on a secure basis, and the course of policy adopted by the men whom this effort has called to the management of public affairs, give a strong assur ance that France will now gradually improve, and soon return to her former prosperity. This state of things, coupled with the continual large absorption of stock for investment on the Yaris Stock Exchange, has led us to consider that French Stocks have, subject to momentary fluctuation, touched their lowest mark. (Their Five per Cents. ranged, in 1847, from 114 to 118.) " The Freud' loans contracted with foreign capitalists , soon after the peace of 1815, produced to the subscribers not only a high rate of interest, but a gradual increase of value, of almost 10 0 per cent. (Nearly all the stock then issued to English subscribers was ultimately resold on the French 'market with very lane profits.) A con sideration of existing circumstances, leads to the con clusion that similar results would follow a subscription for a loan at the present moment." The preposition is that a deposit of 5 per cent. on every 1001. nominal capital should be paid, the terms of the loan to be arranged. afterwards, and if nothing is concluded the money to be returned. Tho letters by the steamer from New York state that the money market was steadily tightening, but that capital was by no means scarce up to the date of the Recounts, so that the slight stringency might be only temporary. Quotations for Continental bills w ere merely nominal. The value of goods warehoused at New York in the fortnight to the 10th inst. was 2,686,243 dollars, of which 277,834 dollars were bonded, and 408,760 dolls. withdrawn. " This," says a local jour nalist, "leaves, of the goods warehoused within the last two weeks, 2,555,317 dolls. still in warehouse. It is en couraging to see a diminution in our imports, and a pro bability of a very great increase in the value of our ex ports. One branch of our foreign trade has been depressed about long enough, and we have been obliged to part with a large amount of bullion to liquidate the balance against us, the result of large imports and limited ex ports. Even if no more unfavourable accounts than those already received come to hand relative to the crops of Great Britain, there will be extensive shipments of breadstuffs from this aide, and a change in the current of specie. We-shall get back more than has been taken from us." The arrivals of shipping at Quebec this year show a decrease of 32,441 tons. The Stock Market is exceedingly dull. Consols, 116 i 4- for' Transfer, and 861- for Account, the rates current for some time past. Exchequer-bills of March 30s. premium. The Foreign Bonds are merely nominal. Portuguese Four per Cents. 23; Mexican have risen t o 16 4 and 17i. Spanish Three per Cects. are nominally 224 to 231. Very fair support is still given to the prices of Railway Shares, and there is a good business doing re latively to stocks. Australian Mine Shares are flatter. ONE r_OCES OF rtItITISTI FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 8 per Cent. Consols Annuities 8 6 14 IA Consols for Account, Oct. 17 Exchequer Bills. & 2d. 1,0001. March ...... 1,000/.. June p 27 26 p 500/. June 27 29 p Small, March .. 34 31 p Small, June "rincEs OF FOREIGN FUNDS O7K ELO CLOSINO O'CCK. PRICES. CLOSING PRICES. 86 861 Brazilian Bonds OOO .•• Ditto, Small... •••• 75 76 76 Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 16% 171 17 Ditto, Account — 17% Portuguese 5 per Cents. — Ditto,4 per Cent 23 Ditto; Account. ... . . ... ...... R u ssian Bonds .. .. Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840. Ditto, Passive Ditto, 3 per Cent ..... ........ Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild. Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 71% PRICES OF 'A BU SINESS DONE CLOSING RAILWAY SHARES.' AT ONE O'CLOC K. PRICES. Aberdeen Amber. Nott., Boston, and Eastern Junction 3 3 / 4 Ayrshire and Galloway.. 2 1 A — .............. Belfast & County Down 17% Birmingham and Ox ford Junction .... ... 20 Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Dndley 10 ..... _ Birming.,Wolverh'pto n, and Stour Va11ey...:.. 13/. 145... ••• Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire June.— 10 ...... - Boston, Stamfd & Birm. 5 ... .• Bristol and Exeter B5 ... .. Ditto, Thirds 25 — Buckinghamshire... 14/. 4s. Caledonian ..- Ditto, Half Shares .. 84 — Do. New 10/. Pref..... 2h....•• Ditte,ClydesdaleJunc 50 Chester and Holyhead... 474 — ....... ....... Ditto, Preference l5 ...... Clarence Do. let Class, 6 per Ct. 10 Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10 Do. Government Loan, 4 per Cent. ........ 10 ...... ... Direct London & Ports -51 A...... . mouth Dublin and Belfast Junc. 30 ...... Dundalk & Enniskillen 20 ...... East Anglia, 25/., L. & E. and L. and D...... 25 ..... Do., 18/., E. & 11.... 18 Do., 31. 10s. Eastern Counties... .. ... 20 Do. New Guarant eed 6 per Cent. VA _ . • Diteo,Extension, s per Cent., No. 1 61. 13s. 4d... Ditto ditto, No. 2...61. 13s. 4d... Do. North. & Eastem 50 Do., 5 per cent. Do. Quarters ......... 12% Do. New E IsternUnion, Class A (late E. U. Shares) 25 Ditto, Clan A, ditto... 1 30 p 26 p 29 p 31 p 28? THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEINING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1818. Ditto, Class B (Lt& and B.) 2O 'tto, Class C, ditto... 17%. Do. Scrip Scrip (6 percent.) 10 ...... . ...• .• ..... Ditto, ditto - Ditto (C. & E.) guar. 5 per cent...-. 2% East Lancashire Ditto, New Ditto, New Quarters 6 1 4 ...... Do., 6 per Cent. Pre ference Quarters ... 4 1 4.... East Lincolnshire - ••• ......••••• Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... Ditto, Half Shares ... 15 .. .. •• • Ditto, Quarter Shares 12 1 ,4...... Edinburgh and Northern 25 — Ditto, New.. 6 14 — Ditto, Newport l3 Ditto, ditto, New Exeter,Yeovil, & Dorch 2% Ditto, New Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle - ... Glasgovf,Kilmar., & Ayr 50 Ditto, New ... ..... .... 40 Do. Preference Consol. 15 Great Northern Do., London, and York 214 — treat South. and West. (Ireland) ... 4244...... 22 1 ,4 21 1 ,6 ilreat North of England.loo ...... Ditto, New, 40/ 4O Ditto, ditto - •• - Ditto, New, 301......... 30 - Ditto, New, 151 l4 .. .. '.4reat Western 9O ... -79 Ditto, IA Shares 5O ...... Ditto, 1 4 Shares Ditto, Fifths 2O Ditto, New 171........ 13 ... .. 10 93i Huddersfield and Manch. 28 Ditto, Thirds [lull and Selby .. Ditto, Half Shares Ditto, 1 4 Shares Lancaster and Carlisle... 50 ...... 44 Ditto, Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... - Ditto, ditto Ditto, % Shares ...... 43 ... Do. Quarter Shares... 17 1 Do. Fifths... 9 •• ••• 5% Do. Sixteenths 6 14 — Do. Thirds (Reg.) ..... 13 Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 5 Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ...... Ditto % (late Hud dersfield and Sheff.) 43 Do.(Wakefield,Ponte fract, and Goole) ... 50 - Do„( W. Riding Union) 6 ..... ......... Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 Do. % Shares (A)... 9 1 ,E — Leeds and Bradford 5O Leeds, Dewsbury, &c.... 50 . Do., Half Shares Do., (blue) Scrip 2%- .• ..... Leeds and Thirsk - ...••• 50 Ditto, New Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 34 Liverpool, Crosby and Southport . 31 ,2 ...... ... M. Liverp., Manchester, and Newcastle Junction... 2%...... London &Blackwall...l3/. 68.8 d.... 4% Do. Extension ....• ... 22%... .. London, Brighton, and South C0a5t......... 50 Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9 Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct. 50 Ditto, ditt0...... 1852 50 ...... Ditto, New Si., guar. 6 per cent. 4 — London anclGreenwich 12/15s 4d... 8% Ditto, Preference... 18! 17s 2d... London and N. Western 100 ll o lh 110 111... 111 Do. Quarters (L.& B.) 22 Ditto, New Ditto, Fifths ..... .. .. 2 ...... Do. 40/.Shares( LOA.) 25 __ _ . Do. 101. (M. & B.) A. 9 ...... Do. 101. (M. & B.) B. 9 - Do. 101. (hl. & B.) C. 1 ..... 2 % ••• Lon2.&S. Western Do. New 50/. ... ..... 42 1 - Do. New 40/. 34 Do. Tenths (Coneol.) 50 Ditto ditto ......... 4 - " 0 - Ditto. Thirds ....- 111. 13s. 4d — Do., New Scrip, 1848, Pref. 7 per Cent. on Deposit, and 5 per Cent. on Calls —l/. 13s. 4d... L A di5.... London, Salisbury, and Yeovil ..... -..•—..... 1%...... Londonderry &Coleraine 27 1 % ... Londonderry and Ennis- 25 .. ..-- killen ...... . ..... ..... Lowestoft (4 per et.) . . Ditto (6 . per et.) Man:thester,Buxton,and 4 ...... Matlock Manchester, Sheffield, an d Lincolnshire...loo ...... ... .M. Do. Quarters (No. 1) 18 Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25 Ditto ditto (No. 3 ) ... 7% Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10 Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 35 ...... Ditto ditto . ... -... 11 6% -....— .....- ..... ...... ....., Ditto ditto Ditto Sheffield and Lincolnshire . 12%. ... Do., Grimsby Dock... 17 1 A2 — Do., Dlanchester and ilia,ln Union..... 41.25. Midland ... ......100 ....• 84 Do. Consolidated Pref.100 Do., do., 501. Shares... 20 ... .. 10 Do. Birm., and Derbyloo Do.Consol. Bristol and Binning., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... ... ll5 Ditto, Brist. & Gloestr. 38 Ditto, ditto ..... ....... 14/. 18s Ditto,Leicest.& Swan nington, 8 per et.guar.loo Midland Great Western Irish Bliddlesbro' and Redcar, 6 per cent. guar. Newcastleand Carlisle-100 Do. Quarters 25 ...... Newmarket ........ . .. 20 — Do. Extension . ..... ...2/. 125.... Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford 6 wase•• ..... Newry and Enniskillen 7 Newry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk Do. New 201. -... ...... 10' Do. Extensionls:p et. 20 Do. Guaranteed 5 1 i.pc. 5 Do. do. Waveney Val. 2 ...... Northern Counties Union 4 ...... North British ........ ... 25 .. ... 18 3 A% x. div... 18% x.d Ditto, Halves .. Ditto, Quarters Di t t o , Extension...... 0% —•• —. Ditto, Thirds .... .. .. 8 1 A , .. .. North & South - Western 2 ...... N or th Staffordshire...... 1 3t • 9 —% . 9% North Wales ... ....... ... -_3% ...... North-Western .... . lO ...... --- Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ...... 60 ...... 25% . 25% Reading, Guildford, and ' Reigate lO ..... ,-- ............ - Royston and Hitchin Scottish Central .... ... 25 Scottish Midland... FDitto, New • Sheffield, Rotherham, Sc Goole (Nor. Div.) Do. do (Sou. Div.) ... 5 ..- Shrewsbury and Birm... 9 Ditto ditto, Class B. 5 Shrewsbury and Herefd. 2 ...... Shrewsbury & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) l6 Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 Ditto Oswestry ...... 16 Ditto New Do. 8 per Cent. Pref . Sh ro pshire Union South Devon Do. Preference - •••• •••• •••• South Staffordshire 5 1,4 outh Eastern .. 33% 23 % 1A Do., No. 1 24 Do., No. 2. Do., No. 3 ....... ...... 25 — ... Do., No.4:Thirds ... 10 - South Wales ....... ........ 28 South Yorkshire, Don castor, and Goole 4 ...... Swans. & Loughor & Ca meron's Stm. C0a1.... 6 Taw Vale Extension ... 6 - ••• •....... O. Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... ...... 17 1 ,4 — Vale of Neath -- - 4 — W aterford and Kilkenny 17 1 ,E ..... Waterford and Limerick 45 Waterfd,Wxfrd,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ... ...... 42 3 / — •............. Do. do. do. _... 25 Do. do. do. ... 9 W est Cornwall West London 2O Do. Do. Ist Class ... 20 - •••••• •.••«.• Do. Do. 2d Class .« 20 — Whitehaven Staines, & Fu 13 - Windsor, South Western ..... ... 9% — ..... .. ..... , Wilts, Somerset, & Wey mouth ........ ... ..... 40 York, Newcastle, and Berwick..... ........... 25 .. ... 27 .........., Do. Original New and Berwick .. ...... ... .. 25 ..... 25% 26 ... .. Do. Extension No. I. 15 ...... 14 Do. do. No. 2. ..... ... 15 ...... 14, Do. G.N.E.Preference 8 ...... ••••••• York and North Midland 50 ...... 55th Ditto ;Preference lO ...... 10 9 1 4 ... ...... Do. East and West Rid ing Extension 25 — FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Anglo Italian (late Ita lian and Austrian). ... 4 1 ,4 - ............ Boulogne and Amiens... 20 . 5 )! ............ Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) ... 17 3eylon 3emerara l 2 l / 2...... ... ........ , Dendre Va11ey...... Madras sa. . ... Dutch Rhenish ..... East Indian 3)/ Great Indian Peninsular Louvain ala Sambre ... 7 1 h -- - Luxembourg r•,..... Madrid and Valentia... 2 ...... Namur and Liege 2O ... .. ... ...... . Northern of France—. 12 Orleans and Bordeaux: MIS... % ES. Asturian Mining Cora— 13 Audrit LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, SEPT. 26.—Wind E.N.E., moderate breeze and cloudy weather with rain. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 24.—Arrd. Harmonic, Laguna; Alice Jane, Jamaica; Eli Whitney, Savannah; Arche laus, Charleston; Samoset, ditto; Vendalia, New York; Montezuma, St. John's, New Brunswick; Harmony, Quebec. 25th, Lady Amhurst, Singapore; Arcadia, Ja maica; Ranger, ditto, Swan, Quebec, Sid. Amelia, Orgry, Boston. Off port, Nile, Hiscock, Valparaiso; Amistach, Matanzss • Robert Watts, Apalachicola ; Helen, Quebec. 25, the dlasgow, of Bath, United States, from this port to Boston, with a cargo of iron and salt, was fallen in with in a sinking state, 19th ult. lat. 45, lon. 31 ; the crew taken off by the Tadmore, arrd. at St. John, N.B. LYTHAM, SEPT. 25.—The smack Peggy, Lewis, of and for Camaeo, from this port, struck on the Salthouse Bank yesterday, and was abandoned. SCARBOROUGH, SEPT. 25.—The sloop Agnes, Mar shall, from Sunderland to Hull, was driven on the rocks near this port during a gale yesterday, and wont to pieces ; crew drowned. HARWICH, SEPT. 25.—The Betty, Lewis, of and from Port Madoc to Woodbridge, got on shore en the Cork Sand last night and filled ; crew and part of materials and cargo saved. NEWHAVEN, SEPT. 25.—The John Carnell, Rownell, from Fowey to Frockton, put into this port to-day with considerable damage, having been in contact in the night with the smack William Pitt ; the former lay to, but the smack was not to be seen in the morning. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 25.—Wind S.S.E.—SId, Juniata, Child, New York. DEAL, SEPT. 25.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrd. from the River and sailed, Huntress, Poole, Nassau, New Provi dence. The Amelia Hadley broke up last night. YARMOUTH, SEPT. 25.—The Johnson, Carruthers, of Sunderland, struck on Sherringham shoal yesterday ; came off and sunk ; crew landed. The Angus, from Hull to Sunderland, upset about ten miles north of Flamborough head ; crew drowned. The Teviot steamer, from the West Indies, arrived at Southampton, reports having experienced a heavy gale on the :9th and 20th instant, commencing from the N.W., and veering to the S.S.E.; she also reports that during the hurricane of the 21st and 22d ult. a schooner from St. Martin's was lost with all hands, and that on the night of the 22d minute guns were heard at Nassau, and on the following day thirty sail of wreckers got under weigh to look out for vessels in the various chan nels that had gone on shore. WELLS, SEPT. 25.—A brig, apparently with close reefed top sails, was seen to founder during a strong wind from E.S.E. yesterday, about ten miles S.E. of this place. CORK. SEPT. 23.—Wind S.—Arrd. 21st, Cremona, Davey, New York. JERSEY, SEPT. 22.—Arrd. Bolina, Nautier, Labrador. MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.) COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The markets for British Plantation was again well supplied, and the demand continuing good, 760 hogsheads have found buyers, and prices have ad vanced 6d since this day week. The public sales have comprised 530 bags Mauritius, 1,750 bags Bengal, and 230 bags Madras, which was all realised, at an ad vance of about 6d. Mauritius brought 27s 6d to 28s for very low brown, and 34s to 35s for mid yellow; Bengal 46s to 48s for grainy white, and 40s to 40s 6d for Mauritius kind; Madras, 29s to 31s 6d for low brown to low yellow. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,429 hhds, 236 tierces, 889 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 1,748 hhds, 116 tierces, 371 barrels. The stock in the same places is 27,284 hhds, 3,587 tierces, 6,997 barrels. COFFEE.-182 barrels 51 bags Jamaica ,at auction, consisting of low qualities, were disposed of at very reduced rates. Rust.—The qmantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 1,143 puns 26 hhds there were taken for home consumption 307 puns 31 hhds, and ex ported 59 puns 48 hhds. The stock in the same places is 21,116 puns 2,864 hhds. SPICES.-1,000 bags black, and 40 bags white pepper at auction sold steadily, good heavy Malabar at 3d to 3id, good half heavy do at 2kd, and mid white Singa pore 4id per lb. TALLOw.—P.Y.C. is 47s 9d per cwt on the spot, and town 49s 6d. The market is very firm. TEA.—There are public sales coming on to-morrow, of 17,000 packages, and in the meantime there is very little doing. The accounts from Canton of short ship ments are rather encouraging for holders here. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. (THIS DAY.) (Before BENJAMIN BOTCH, Esq., and a bench of Magistrates.) The adjourned September sessions were opened this morning (in the absence of the Assistant-Judge), by B. Botch, Esq., formerly chairman of the Middlesex Magis trates. The grand jury having been sworn, the Learned Judge addressed them in a brief charge, in which he said it was his duty to go through the same "farce," which the Assistant Judge had gone through so often, of informing them of the useless duties they had to perform. There was a time when the intervention of grand juries was necessary, even in this Court, for the protection of the liberty of the subject. But, at present, and since the establishment of the Police-courts, the in stitution was unnecessary and useless. The calendar this session is about one-half lighter than usual. g Robert Griffiths, aged 25, a chimney sweep, was in dicted for stealing a copper cowl of the value of fifty shillings, the property of William Brougham, Esq., of No. 2, North Audley-street, It appeared that the prisoner and another were em ployed to sweep the chimneys of the house next door to Mr. Brougham's, for which purpose he got upon the roof, and carried away the cowl in question. Two witnesses gave him an excellent character for honesty. The prisoner was found Guilty, and The Learned JUDGE sentenced him to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. REGISTRATIONS. - (THIS DAY.) CITY OF LONDON. The revisions of the lista for Bread-street, Castle Baynard, Cheap, Cordwainer, and Dowgate, were pro ceeded with to-day. WESTMINSTER. Francis Bayley, Esq., held his first court for the revi sion of the list of voters for the city of Westminster, this morning, at twelve o'clock, in the Vice-Chancellor's Court, Westminster-hall There are no objections, and the only claims are two for St. Clements) eight for St. George's, Hanover-square; one for St. James's; three for St. John's; and two for St. Martin's in• the-fields. In the course of the morning the list for St. Anne's parish was passed. The eight claims for the parish of St. George's Hanover-square, not being objected to by the overseers, were allowed by the Revising-Barrister, and the further revision oF the list for this parish postponed until to morrow. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDAY. Very few subscribers present, and business duller ,han ever. The closing quotations will show two or ,hree changes. THE TRIENNIAL STAKES. 2 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Elthiron 7 to 2 agst Colonel Peel's Tadmor—taken 5 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Nina—taken CESAREWITCH STAKES. 2to 1 agst Mr. M. Clancy's Lanesborough, 4 yrs, 7st 91b—taken .2 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Backbiter,3 yrs, sst 71b 14 to 1 agst Mr. Crawfurd's The Cur, 6 yrs, Bst 31b —taken 20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Dacia, 3 yrs, 4st 131 b—t 20 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Palma, 4 yrs, sst—taken 25 to 1 agst Mr. Shelley's Remembrance, 3 yrs, sst 9lb 33 to 1 agst Mr. Murphy's Dough, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b 33 to 1 agst Mr. Disney's Ca wroush, 5 yrs, B st 31 b 33 40 to to agst agst A J. Day's The leiklam'sPo3T, art ton a , 5 yrs, 7st 121 b r, 4 yrs, 7st 81b 50 to 1 agst Mr. Johns's New Forest Deer, aged, 7st —taken to 501. ,000 to 10 agst Mr. Quin's Attraction, 3 yrs, 7st—taken Lanesborough was backed for four or five hundred pounds at 12 and 13 to 1, and closed first favourite. 12 to 1 was taken to about 100/. agst The Cur, and 14 to 1 afterwards offered. Palma was very much out of favour. No odds quoted agst Surplice. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES. 20 to 1 on the field 20 >lO 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Foreclosure, 4 yrs, 7st 41b —takes to 50/. 20 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glendower, 3 yrs, 7st 71b 1,000 to 30 agst Mr. Crawfurd's Pic Nic, 6 yrs, 7st Blb —2O to 1 taken once DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Flying Dutchman 12 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Elthiron 17 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Tad mor 40 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Honeycomb 1,000 to 10 agst Duke of Bedford's Newport—taken Offers to take 13 to 1 to a " sum" about Elthiron DEFENCE OF LAMARTINE. (Continued from The Sun of tho 16th of Sept.) SIXTII ACCUSATION. After the inauguration of the National Assembly, I refused, say they, through feebleness, to assume ALONE the direction of the Government, for which so many suffrages seemed to have pointed me out to the choice of the Assembly. I thus induced the National Assembly to form a Commission of Government with- out unity. I reply to this reproach by a candid analysis of the deliberate and detply reflected sentiments which caused me to come to this determination. At the moment when the National Assembly—that Assembly so long yearned for by myself—at last arrived at Paris, and when the spontaneous and ill deserved favour of the country, signalised by two millions of suffrages, appeared to entitle cue to become a candidate for Government, three separate courses lay open for my adoption. Either I could demand that consolidated power which aien seemed disposed to offer me, and exercise the sole anthority in the name of the Assembly— precisely as General Cavaignac does to-day, but without having, like that General, the mournful excuse of necessity consequent upon the recent sup pression of civil war, without the well-merited pres tige of military command, and without the strength derived from the maintenance of the state of siege and the military force constituted in the army of Paris. Or, I could isolate myself simultaneously from the old and the new Government, withdraw my name from all responsibility, and await patiently upon my bench, enveloped with popularity, with regrets, and with aspirations, the choice of the country to the great magistracy of the Republic. Or, again, I could sacrifice myself, lose myself, annihilate myself in the waves of difficulty and of inevitable unpopularity, by consenting to become a member of an Executive Commission, a power at once necessary and impossible, good to use and to abuse All this I knew. Let us examine together each of these three parts, not in reference to my ambition, but in regard to the foundation of the Republic. To accept the sole direction of the Government, and consequently to exclude from - all participation in it my republican colleagues of the 24th of February,-- was to create at one and the same time a majority and a minority leagued one against the other in the bosom of the National Assembly,—it was to form even in the first days two distinct parties, when I wished above all things to found, at least during the preliminary epoch of initiation, one patriotic and re• publican party possessing unity of action,—it was to give chiefs to those parties, and to give arms to those chiefs. Intestine wars in the head of the Republic could not fail to produce convulsions in its extremi ties. When once this majority and minority should have become strongly developed in the As semblyjeach discussion would become a tempest, each storm would have its rebound and its reverbe ration without; to divide the Assembly was to divide the Republic ; to divide the Republic at a time when it could scarcely be said to exist was either to doom it to destruction or to incarnadine it with the blood of the citizens. In fine, between this majority and this minority, my Government would have been compelled by necessity to make a selection. I—but newly emerged from February would have found myself bound to place my support exclusively in the party of the morrow, in preference to the exas perated party of the yesterday. Thereupon the Republic, held together in my hands, would become suspected by the Republicans of Feb ruary. They would forthwith have marshalled them selves in opposition to me ; they already pos sessed, for the accomplishment of their plans, the tribune, the press, the clubs, the half-licensed dele gates of the Luxembourg—the army of the hundred thousand men of the Ateliers Nationaux—the Bona partists, the Terrorists, the Socialists, whose ghef aim was universal subversion;—all these would have been united, accumulated, aggregated, and bound together, by their hands, into one strong fasces of Opposition. The National Assembly would have found itself compelled to combat, single-handed, against these formidable forces of disciplined disorder. This is true. But, vanquished, the Assembly would have been dissolved, and replaced. by an anarchical despotism. Victorious, she -would have been com pelled to become violent and conventional against her own inclination. Thus, in two ways, that Republic which we had hoped to be pap, constitu tional, and even unanimous, would have been lo'st beyond redemption, and my inconsiderate ambition would have been the cause of its doom ! History would, with reason, have accused and convieted4ne of having calculated neither my own strength ifocifiitt of the Assembly, which was barely raised above its foun dations. That which so many men, who were without reflection, or who viewed things from a distance, presented to me as the happy audacity of a states man, was to my own intimate knowledge nothing less than the blunder of an ambitious adventurer without a morrow ! My place was marked out to me among those men of opprobrium and misfortune who had lost both monarchies and republic from the impatience and the presumption of dreaming themselves capable of saving their country alone and without assistance. SEVENTH ACCUSATION. But, say they to me in reply, you could, at least, refrain yourself from entering into the Executive Commission, and thereby remain free and invulnerable in your isolation. It is true ; egotism sufficiently prompted me to that resolution. I could only increase by such a withdrawal; I could reserve a popularity untouched to the Republic ; I could, with ease, render myself a candidate for the suffrages and enthusiasm of all. But what, let me ask, would have imported this candidate ship when there would no longer have remained a re public ? Besides, it was evident to me that if I had withdrawn my name, at that time significative and, as it were, the ligature of parties, from all participation in the Executive Commission, the National Assembly would have formed a Government of a single colour, chosen exclusively from amongst men who were unjustly suspected of entertaining a resentment against the Republic! It is, therefore, evident that this Government would have created forthwith in the Assembly the same antagonism and distraction which, according to my opinion, would have caused either the destruction or the exasperation of the Republic. I would not consent to listen to egotism—behold my crime! I consented, though. with sighs and lamenta tions, to annihilate myself for the purpose 'of preserv ing to the Government every possible guarantee of conciliation between .tbe practicable and political men who represent the different great , parties of the revolution. It is that which has caused all our calamities! they cry out against me. It is that, too, which has caused all the good which has occurred ! I cry out to you. It is that which has led, - not to the destruction of the factions, but to their decapitation and dispersion, and which has enabled you, instead of having to fight against them in a solid mass before your force was in any degree consolidated, to annihilate them in their piecemeal and powerless adventures--4t . circumstance which has rendered the Republic ultimately tri umphant I It is that which has still preserved unani-. mity to the National Assembly in regard to all the vital questions connected with the preservation of society, of property, and of the nation I It is that which will enable us to maintain this position for a yet longer period ; which will reconcile still further, and confirm us more and more, in all the days of dangeryin a common spirit of patriotism, and which will enable us, with one accord, to vanquish those lures to dissension which are being perpetually cast in to us from without, but which we will never be in duced to accept. DEATH OF THE QUEEN DOWAGER OF NAPLES.- Accounts were received in town last evening, from Na ples, which confirm the demise of the Dowager Queen of the Two Sicilies as having taken place in the Neapolitan capital on the.llth inst., after a gradual decliningrilln ess of several months. 11er deceased Majesty, Isabella Mary, was only daughter of Charles IV. of Spain, and consequently sister of the late King Ferdinand VII., Don Carlos, and Don Francisco de Paula. She was b or n July 6, 1789, and married Oct. 6, 1802, Francis I.,King of the Two Sicilies (then Duke of Calabria), within 12 months of the decease of his first wife, the mother of the Duchess de Berri. By her marriage she had a family of ten children, namely, Maria Christina, the Queen Mother of Spain; Ferdinand 11., King of Naples; Charles, the Prince of Cape; Leopold, the Count do Syracuse; Antoinette, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany; Amelia, married to Don Sebastian of Spain; the Princess Caro line; Theresa , Empress o f Brazil; Louis, Count d'Aquil a; and Francis, Count de Trapani. HAT MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—OIdMeadow Hay, 31 to 3l 15s; New ditto, 218 s to 31 8s; Old Clover, 41 to 5/ ; New ditto, 31 10s to 41 1081 and Straw, 11 6s to 11 10s per load. Trade dull, at the above quotations. CUMBEItLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 3s to 31 15s; New ditto, 21 103 to 3/ 8s ; Old Clover, 4/ to 41175; New ditto, 31 lOs to 41 10s; and Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 105 per load. A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand. WIIITECHAPEL.—OId Meadow Hay, 31 5s to 3/ 15s; New ditto, 21 8s to 3/ 8s; Old Clover, 414 s to 5155; New ditto, 31 lOs to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 105 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. ',. ,•• COAL MARKET. —YESTERDAY. Hasting's Hartley l6s 6d ILambton New Tanfiold l3s 6dlMorrison l4s 6d Walker's Primrose ... 12s Od Stewart's Wall's End, &c. - h e ll os lss 3d Bewicke an Co. Brown's Gosforth -. .. . liedley .......... ...... 14s 6dSeymour Tees Hild a l4s 3d'South Durham l 4s 6 d Killingworth l4s 3dlWest Cornforth ........ 15s 3d Washington Eden Main . lss 9d Anthracite.. ......, ..... 25s Od Lambton Primrose ... Hs 6dCowpen Hartley Belmont . 15s 9djllerwentwaterHartley 16s Od Bell Hetton Jonassohn l3s 6d, Ships at market...B9. THE CITY OF LONDON GENERAL PENSION SOCIETY. The thirtieth annual meeting of this society was held yesterday, at the City of London Tavern, to re ceive the report of the directors, to pass the accounts, and to elect officers for the year ensuing ; Mr. Henry Pownall in the chair. The SECRETARY (Mr. George Mence) read the re port, by which it appeared that during the past year eight new pensioners had been elected on the funds, and that on the 2d October next four more pensioners would be elected ; that there were now 53 pensioners on the funds of this institution (31 men and 22 women), the men receiving 275. per month, the women 18s. per month. Since its establishment in 1818, 862 poor, decayed, and aged persons had been pensioners on its funds, and 54,6111. had been distributed in monthly pensions. The finances of the charity were in a very prosperous state, many of the old subscribers having increased the amount of their respective annual subscriptions from 12s. to 11. That it was intended to hold a festival early in the spring, when a strenuous effort would be made to add to the permanent funds of the insti tution, and the Duke of Bedford, K.G., has kindly consented to be president of the society for the ensuing year. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the Bishop of Llandaff, had also consented to be vice-presidents. The late Luke Addington, Esq., had left the charity a legacy Of 2001. The report concluded with a statement of the accounts of the charity for the past year, showing a sum of 7821. 25., paid to pensioners, a balance in hand of 1671. 7s. 7d., and that a balance of 3211. lls. 3d. was claimed by the charity to be due from the late secre tary (Mr. H. F. Richardson) who resigned his office in September last year. The funded property of the society amounted to 8,870/. Mr. LAWRENCE TuoMrsoN moved the adoption of 23% 231 A 14 27% 6X 1)5% 9% the report. Mr. FOREST (late treasurer of the Lambeth Pen sion Society) moved, as an amendment, " That the report be received, with the exception of the state ment of the accounts." He had every confidence in the directors, but he wanted to know how it was that the late secretary, who had given security for 500/., should have been allowed to retain so large a sum of money in his hands, and that the directors should agree to give him two years to pay the amount of his deficiencies ? Some discussion arose on this matter, but the ex planations of the directors being deemed satisfactory, Mr. FOREST withdrew his amendment. The report, together with the statement of ac counts, were then unanimously adopted. The Duke of Bedford was then appointed presi dent, Luke James Hansard, Esq., treasurer, and the directors of the past year were re•elected. A vote of thanks was passed to the directors and the chairman, and the meeting broke up. THE WEATHER AND HARVEST.--The weather during the past week has been exceeding l y fav o urable for harvest operations. Scarcely a speck has been visible on the horizon till yesterday morning, whi ch was cloudy and dull. The s ky c ontinued overcast through out the wh o l e d a y, an d, a b ou t fi ve i n the afternoon, a thick and drizzling fog came up with a moderate breeze from the south-east, which gradually veered in an east , rly direction. The fog still continues this morning, and we fear much that it will, to a considerable extent, tend to produce heating in the stooks. We trust, how ever, that it will blow off in the course of the day. This, we are happy to say, is the first specimen of foul weather with which we have been visited since her Majesty's arrival. The harvest in Lower Deeside is now well got in, but in the uplands, and on heavy soils, we are sorry to state that there is still much to do. The yield of the crops which have been got in has generally been found to be satisfactory. Turnips are looking well, but would be benefited by rain.—Aberdeen .Herald of Saturday. Poon-LAW AUDITORS.—By an Act passed on the 31st of August, important alterations are made in the poor-law, as regards parish officers, and will relieve them from much difficulty and unpleasantness hitherto experienced by them in going before the auditors. Though auditors have not long been established, yet many of them were so very unpleasant in the discharge of their public duty that it was high time they were shorn of some of the authority which they possessed. Thanks to public opinion for the check which is now put upon them. The Stranraer oysters are being brought into the Greenock market more plentifully this week. They are small in size, but extremely well filled, and very sweet. On the fishing ground they were sold at 17s. to 18s. per 1,000 and are retailing here at 3 s . per 100 . — G las g ow paper. OAKS. 17 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Escalade—taken Captain P—, to whom allusion has been made as having been " bit" to a large amount on the St. Leger, has addressed a letter to a gentleman, a member of the room, in which he states that be is making arrangements for the settlement of his account, which he has no doubt of being enabled to pay in full within a very short period. NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. ENTILIES ON MONDAY NIGHT. TUESDAY. Handicap of 20 sovs. each. T.Y.C. Collingwood, 5 yrs—Craftsman, 4 yrs—Antelope, 3 yrs—Duc an Durras, 6 yrs—Vert Vert, 4 yrs—Cocoa Nut, aged—Tamarind, 3 yrs—Paladin, 3 yrs—Keraun, 3 yrs—Blunderbuss, 6 yrs. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each; winner to be sold for 50 sovs. Guizot, 2 yrs—Banshee, 2 yrs—Don't-say-nay, 2 yrs. The Trial Stakes did not fill. DECLARATIONS OF FORFEIT. Grand Duke Michael Stakes—Corsican, Vulcan, Xanthus Hecuba, Sunnyside, b g by Veniso n, out of Folly, and ch c by Grind Duke, out of Adelgund. Hopeful Stakes—F by Emilius, out of /Egiss dam, ch c by St. Francis, out of Jet, and c by Voltaire, out of Marmora. Buckenham (reduced to a match)—B fby St. Francis, out of Celia. Post Sweepstakes—Turban and Marmora colt. Match—Maiden's Blush pays to Miniver. Triennial—Celia filly, Battlement, Romulus, Remus, Perspicacity, Feroz , pore, and Harlestone. ARRlVALS.—Backbiter, Cannibal, Strongbow, Con tessa, Escalade, Bon Bon, Irish Jig, Raillery, The Arab, Flatcatcher, Swiss Boy, Elthiron, Glauca, Farthingale, Paquita, Woodcraft, Valiant, Amelia, Antelope, Don't say-nay, and Moodkee. NEWMARKET, TUESDAY. Handicap. T.Y.C. Collingwood, 5 yrs, 9st 41b—Cocoa Nut, aged, 7st 71b —Duc an I)urras, 6 yrs, 7st 71b—Vert Vert, 4 yrs, 7st 71b—Craftsman, 4 yrs, ist 11b—Keraun, 3 yrs, 6A 121b--Blunderbuss , aged, 6st 121 b _ Tamarind, 3 yrs , Est 101b—Paladin, 3 yrs ADDITIONAL , Est 91b—Antelope, 3 yrs, Est 6 1 b. SCRATCHINOS AND ARRIVALS. Grand Duke Michael—Corsican, Assault, Rosslyn, Dunrobin, Sceptre, Cervus, Sesostris, Fern, and 13rocket. Hopeful—Sidney , Piccola, and Buffalo G al. Arrivals—Wet Nurse, Rochester, Ploughboy, Hot spur, and c by St. Martin, out of Peggy Sands. W. Scott, the once celebrated jockey, was in so bad a state on Friday last, that his death was hourly expected. CRICK ET. THE ELEVEN OF ALL ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF LEAMINGTON. On Saturday this match was resumed, and carried on until the approach of darkness bade the drawing of the wickets. At this period it would appear that the second innings of the Twenty-two had not been con cluded, and therefore, as the Eleven were engaged to appear at Chelmsford yesterday morning, we presume the game was drawn. The score stood as follows: — Leamington, first innings, 107 ; second innings, 59. England (with three wickets to go down), first in nings), 126. MEER SHAHAMUT ALI. M ANCHESTE R, SEPT. 23.—0 n Friday night, Meer Shahamut Ali, Persian Secretary to the residency at Indore, arrived in this city, on a visit to the manu facturing districts, and took up his temporary resi dence at the Palatine Hotel. This morning he waited upon the Mayor, at the Town Hall, and pre sented to his Worship a letter, of which the following is a copy : " Office of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Whitehall, Sept. 14, 1848. " Sir,—The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have directed me to communicate to you the intention of Meer Shahamut Ali, Persian Secretary to the residency at Indore, to visit the town of Manchester, and of his desire to be furnished with the means of inttoduction to some of the manu facturing establishments for which the town is cele brated, and their Lordships being anxious that his object should be gratified, have directed me to assure you that they will be thankful to y o u for any facili ties which you may be enabled to afford him for effect ing the purposes of his visit.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, " DENIS LE MARCRANT." Immediately afterwards the Mayor took the dis tinguished stranger and suite (who were conducted to the Town-hall by Mr. Ydlibi, the Vice-consul for Turkey, resident in Manchester), to his extensive spinning and weaving establishment at Pendleton, which they were shown over. After taking re freshments at the residence of the Mayor, the party proceeded to the small-ware factory of Messrs. Wood and Westhead, which they examined with minuteness. On Monday they will visit the great locomotive engine manufactory of Messrs. Sharpe Brothers and Co., and some of our extensive mills and manufactories. MEDICAL REFORAL—The new Council of the National Institute of Medicine, Surgery, and Midwifery, held its first meeting on Wednesday, the 13th instant. It was very numerously attended, and much satisfaction was expressed at the p ros p ect afforded of an early set tlement of the question of medical reform, by the general agreement coma to at the recent conference at the Col lege of Physicians, by the delegates from the various medical corporations of Great Britain and Ireland, and the National Institute. A report containing the im portant documents recently issued by the Conference Committee, has just been published by the Council, and will doubtless be read with much interest b y all classes of medical men. The Bishop of Manchester has appointed the Rev. John Hull, M.A., vicar of P oulton-le-F y lde, n ear Pres ton, Lancashire, to be his Lordship's chaplain, TO M. DE LAMARTINE. AFTER READING HIS POEM OF " JOCELYN." PARAPHRASED FROM THE FRENCH OF M. JULES DE RESSEGUIER. BY W. C. M. K. In the brightness of eve, in the silence of night, 0 Poet! my heart drank the joys of thy song; And, when through the lattice the day dawned in light, I read yet again as the hours rolled along— That verse of devotion, those pure lays of love, Those chaunts of emotion, hope, agony, life, And I named thee, thou bard of the accents that move, 0 Genius! 0 Hero of song and of strife! And, my heart thrilling up at the sound of thy numbers, My sighs lon;•repressed, and my tears often shed, Awoke the high passions which Earth only cumbers, And lifted my soul to the realms of the dead. Bright images passed o'er the disc of my mind, Bright images such as the dreamer bewails, And sorrows unknown, like the anguish men find When the voice of the loved on the dying lip fails. And fragments of melody torn from thy lyre, Remember'd with rapture, repeated with joy, Illumiu'd my soul, like the fragments of fire— The gold clouds that sunset has strown o'er the sky. The bt_ings thy genius had render'd immortal, Jocelyn, Laurence, and Martha, nay more, The dog whose intelligence levell'd the portal Which instict and reason had sunder'd before. Those beings created like beams by thy glory, The charms of my household, the lures of home, Who were born but to• day in the womb of thy story, And yet have already like old friends become. That drama composed half of love, half of weeping, That death whose recital appals but to soothe; The man, made a slave when in ignorance sleeping, And only awaken'd to freedom by Truth ; The combat of earth and the triumph of heaven, Recounted and shrined in the pomp of thy lay, Gave my life a new vigour, a fragrance, a leaven ; It revived the crushed blooms of my youth's early day. Behold the emotions thy song has engender'd, Emotions whose sense is a rapture divine ! Behold the sweet thoughts which thy glory has render'd Like gems gleaming up in a goblet of wine. To Byron, the exile and bard, they compare Thy Muse and thy metre, thou lyrist of France ! As the gladness of hope and the gloom of despair Are mingled together in ancient romance. Nor, wild though the contrast may seem, on reflection The fact of resemblance steals out to the light, And the sympathies felt betwixt joy and dejection Are blent, like the moonbeams and shadows of night. Thy poetry shines with perpetual lustre, 'Tis radiant like sunlight, a flame like a star, And oft in the woof of thy rhythm a cluster Of mysteries glow from the depths of the For. The breath of thy Muse is the sweet breath of Nature, The wind of the mornings, the breeze of the eves, It scatters delight over corn-field and pasture, It burgeons the bough, and it goldens the sheaves. It resembles the clouds of rare perfumes uplifted, And curled o'er the lips of the censers of gold, The flowers and foliage wherewith Spring has gifted The bars of the dungeon where crime groweth old ; It is lucent like pearls on the sands of the ocean ; Its sheen has the whiteness of swans on the lake ; And it soars like the wings of the eagle in motion Above the high rocks where the hurricanes break. The dear thoughts that live in the core of our breast, That live and are loved like the pulse of our life, Thy verses have often in music express'd, In music with passion and ecstasy rife. Thy voice in its accents is varied like ages, Like ages of pleasure, and ages of pain; Sometimes it has utter'd the wisdom of sages, And sometimes has sung in a symbolic strain. Where'er inspiration has tended to lure, Where'er thy ambition has taught thee to rove, The shame of the base and the fame of the pure Have symbolized life in the language of love. The chords of humanity, strung upon sadness, Require the soft touch of an influence divine To give their vibrations the true tone of gladness, And those tones rebound from an influence like thine. We need a soft balm for the wounds which aro fated To rankle and burn in the bosom of age, A balm to refresh the poor soul when 'tis sated, That balm, Lamartine, I derive from thy page. Lamartine I that dear name, that name lovely and glorious, That name which inspires my sad heart to rejoice, That name which has often proved great an , l victorious That name filled with sweetness of soul and of voice. Boulogne-sur-mer, Sept. 22, 1848. (THE ORIGINAL.) Pendant le soir bruyant, pendant la nuit muette, Mon conur a devot6 ton saint livre, o pt. Lite! Et lorsqu'a ma fenetre a reparu le jour Jo relisais ces chants de prie.-e et d'amour, Ces chants de deuil, d'espoir, de vie, et d'agonie, Et puis jo to nommais en disant: o genie! Et demon cceur soudain lea battements presses, Mes soupira retenus longtemps, mes pleurs verses, L'interieur elan quivers Dieu nous eleve, I)es images passant devant moi comma un !eve, Dea troubles inconnus dans tons mes sans restes, Quelques mots de tes vers au hasard r 6, et 63, Et Marthe, et Jocelyn, et as mere, et Laurence, Et ce chien dont l'inatinct d'une atne a l'apparence, Etres creel par toi, dans ma famine adtnis, Nos d'hier seulement, et d6ja view( atnis ; Co drama, qui d'amour et de pleurs se compose, La mort, dont la pt me, 6 . )ouvante et repose. L'homme esclave du corps, Petra inamateriel, La combat sur la terre, et le triomphe au ciel, Et partout tant d'eclat, quo des jeunes annees. On croit voir reverdir toutes les flours fat 6.5: Voila les sentiments qui me vient de toi, Voila co qua ton livre a fait passer en moi. A Byron, barde anglais, toi, pato de France, On to compare, ainsi que la belle esperance Au sombre desespoir; et c'est avec raison Que l'universe a faite cette comparaison. Ta pee3ie est tout, rayon, flamme, mystlre, Ce qui pare, colore ou parfume la terre; C'est le vente de l'aurore, et la brise des soirs, Les nuages montant de I'or des enconsoirs, La fleur entre los noirs barreaux de l'esclavage, Les perles quo la mer roule sur son rivage, Le cynge sur le lac, l'aigle au-dessus des moats, Ce que nous dit tout bas le cceur, quand nous aimons. Tantot la vbritft, tantZt la parabole, Et toujours de la vie un C:clatant symbole. II faut l'accord celeste a nos claviers humains, Et les notes du ciel bondissent sous tes mains. 1.1 faut un baume au mal que le sort nous destine, Et ce baume est pour moi dans tes yen, Lamartine! Cher nom, beau nom, grand nom! qui resume k la fois Tout ce qu'ont de plus doux les Ames et les vela. MARRIAGE IN Hum LIFE.—We understand that the union announced to take place between Miss Hudson, the only daughter of George Hudson, Esq., M.P., and Mr. George Dundas, M.P., will be celebrated with great splendour at Christmas. The bride has not yet com pleted her eigteenth year, and the gentleman is in his twenty-eighth. Rumour speaks strongly of the beauty, amiability, and highly cultivated mind of Miss Hudson. Mr. George Dundas, who has represented Linlithgow shire in Parliament since 1847, is a deputy lieutenant for that . county, and has seen considerable service abroad in the Rifle Brigade ; he is the eldest son of James Dundas, Esq., his mother being the daughter of the celebrated Admiral Viscount Duncan. The principal seat of the family consists of the fine old baronial man sion known as Dundas Castle, in Linlithgowshire, aud, with the surrounding domain, has been in the family since the twelfth century. Andrew Govan, M.D., who has been well known for years as one of the " characters of Greentick," died yesterday afternoon; and those who kne* him only by his appearance on the streets will be surpriked to learn that he has left behind him upwards of 2,0001. He was a sober, civil, and intelligea man; but had a most tho rough contempt for personal adornment, and, in truth, for cleanliness. He 4as not a professed beggar, but many of our townsmen who had known him in what they thought better citcumstances were in the regular habit of giving him shillings in charity, which he always ac cepted with thanks. He bad no miserly disregard of the comforts of life, but always enjoyed himself moderately and deco:n - 11y. He has left a large family. Some of his acquairttances occasionally repeated to him stories of his wealth, but Andrew's invariable reply was " Whaur wad I get it?"—Greenock Advertiser. ANECDOTE OF BISHOP BAaarNoToN.—A young relative apprised the Bishop of his intention of taking holy orders; not that he liked the Church his near and having much splendid preferment at his disposal) he might naturally expect a benefice. "In truth," returned the Prelate, in reply to this frank avowal, " the expecta tion is not unreasonable. We are closely connected, and I have much in my gift. What would content you ?" " From you, my Lord," rejoined the young Oxonian, frankky, nothing under a living of six hundred a year." "You shall have that provision for life, out of the Church, not in it. That income shall be assigned you from my private resources. God forbid that I should be accessory to any man's taking holy orders from sordid motive's ! The stipulated provision is yours ; but, mark nie, on this condition, that you remain a layman." .t " DEPAUTTJRE OF PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON..--yes: terday morning, Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, attended by his secretary and suite, left his residence, No. 3A, King-street, St. James's-square. No authentic information could be obtained relative to the Prince's destination, but it is generally supposed that he has pro ceeded direct to Paris. 23% 100% 2 23 24 - 2% 4% 22% 16 1 ,4 17 9% 11 5% - 414 264 8% 9 1 4 2% 39% 28 COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SATURDAY.—Her Majesty, attended by Viscountess Canning, rode cut this morning to Inver cauld Waterfall, sketching. This afternoon her Majesty and his lloyal Highness Prince Albert walked out. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales, arid Prince Alfred, attended by Miss Hiliyard, walked out this morning. The Right Hon, Sir George Grey has arrived on a visit to her Majesty. Lord John Russell has left Scotland for Dublin. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office from the Governors of the West India Colonies; also from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Van Diemen's Land, Ceylon, and Hong Kong. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial Office for the Governors of Ceylon and Hong Kong. _ EXETER HALL. Mr. Lavenu gave a concert last night which was well attended. The chief attraction was Mademoiselle Alboni, who sang three of the most popular arias she was in the habit of singing during the season, and was most vehemently applauded and encored. Miss Miran was most successful in her charming interpre tation cf Gluek's celebrated aria " Che faro," which she gave with the purest taste. The Misses Williams were deservedly encored in Mr. W. Holmes's popular duet " The Swiss Maidens," and Miss Durlacher received the same compliment on singing Balfe's " Merry Zingara." Mise Poole's charming voice was heard to much advantage in a pretty ballad by F. Romer, which was also encored. Miss Kate Loder played part of a concerto by Mendelsohn with the most brilliant effect. Mr. Lavenu provided an ex cellent orchestra, and several favourite overtures were performed in excellent style. Mr. Lindsay Sloper and Mr. Lavenu were the conductors. STRAND THEATRE. We visited this place of amusement last evening, and were much pleased with one of Mr. Henry Rus sell's vocal entertainments. This gentleman's voice is strong and clear, but perhaps somewhat wanting in melody. He is most felicitous in selecting such songs as are suited to his peculiar voice. His enun ciation is distinct—his powers sf description vivid. Should any ear feel a deficiency in the melody of his voice, he makes ample amends by the requisite touch and varied beauty of his accompaniments. He sang " The Ship on Fire," " The Gambler's Wife," and c , The Wife's Dream," with the most thrilling effect. The house was convulsed with laughter at his man ner of singing " Why don't the Man propose, Mama ?" His delineations of Yankee and Negro humour was most amusing, but we confess we were more touched with the manly sympathy expressed for the abject state of the poor negro slave, and most heartily joined in the aspiration, soon to see the blot of slavery removed from the character of a great people, and the poor negro elevated to that posi tion to which his common humanity entitles him in the full enjoyment of rational liberty. In addition to those songs which he has already so completely popularized—adding the charm of expres sion to their lyrical beauty, and awakening the best and kindest sympathies of the heart—he introduces two new songs by Mackay (" When is a man less than a man ?" and " The true men of old,") and others of great attraction. Among these, two decided fa vourites are, " The world is on the move," and an emigration song called " There's room enough for all," which is worth a thousand treatises on that im portant subject. Mr. Russell's engagement at the Strand Theatre terminates at the end of this week. He then proceeds on an extended tour, and will visit Coventry, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham, Hull, York, Thirsk, Stockton, Durham, Newcastle, Sun derland, &c. His attraction, as vocalist and com poser, appears, amid these changing times, one of the few things permanent. CREMORNE GARDENS. Mr. Ellis, the spirited proprietor of these attractive and charming gardens, following out his plan of cater ing extraordinary novelty for his friends and public supporters, hit, in the fertility of his genius, upon the daring experiment of a " lion" ascent in the " Royal Cremorne Balloon," under the guidance of that in trepid aeronaut, Lieutenant Gale, R.N. The an nouncement had the effect of taking the town by sur prise, and the gardens would have filled to the num ber at least of ten thousand persons, but that the public had a doubt that any such bold and hitherto unheard•of attempt would be made. We can vouch for the reality. " The king of beasts" made the ascent, and a right royal and courageous animal he proved. The " Lion Queen," Mrs. George Batty, was to accompany her royal charge, but untoward circumstances operated to chain her to terra firma the weight was found to be too much for the balloon. Her Majesty, who has the right sort of heart for such a service, entered the cage with the lion, end the ascent was attempted, the balloon being still under the control of the ropes, but Lieutenant Gale finding that his aerial vessel was too heavily laden, lowered her helm, and set the Queen down. The gallant Lieutenant then gave orders to let the balloon loose from her moorings, and, to the tune of " Off she goes," set sail with his sole corn pagnon du voyage, the lion. The noble animal was enclosed in a capacious cage or den, so constructed as to admit of a full view of him through its iroa grating. The ordinary car was dispensed with, and the cage—made to serve Lieutenant Gale in its stead —was attached to the balloon by strong lashings, the intrepid Lieutenant taking his station on the top, with as much coolness 'as if he were walking the quarter deck of a tight-built ship. He was furnished with all the appliances for making a descent. Mrs. Batty, who caressed her favourite on entering the cage, felt evidently disappointed at not being able to accompany him. Attired in all the paraphernalia of glittering mail armour, including a helmet adorned with a flowing ostrich feather, she was to take her seat on the back of " The King of the Forest," and thus ascend. The attention of so novel a sight ex cited intense interest in the minds of those who were so fortunate as to witness the preparation and ascent. The gallant Lieutenant, at the signal, set sail, fol lowed by a hearty cheer, and the lion, as he gravely and majestically looked down upon that earth he was leaving, might well be supposed to imagine, in the words of Crusoe, " lam monarch of all I sutvey." Away they went, in nubibus, Lieutenant Gale occa sionally opening the trap at the top of the cage, and communicating with his royal companion. They traversed rapidly onward, and were soon lost sight of. The ascent left a strong impression on the mind, and intense anxiety prevailed in the minds of those who witnessed it for the safe descent of the voyagers, which was effected at Mortlake in Surrey, after a most delightful trip to the Lieutenant, and a novel, if not a delightful, one to the lion. er DtrD VVition NEWMARKET RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Match—Vert Vert beat Bedouin. Surplice ... Flatcatcher Grand Duke Michael Stakes. ••• 1 ... 2 Match—Malmesbury beat Wilmot. Handicap. T.Y.C. Paladin ... ..• ••• ••• ••• 2 Keraun ••• ••• ••• ..• Glanca Match—Paquits beat Banshee. Hopeful Stakes. Wet Nurse ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 Czarina ... ••• ••• ••• •• • •• Match—St. Ann beat Woodcraft. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—We understand Miss Wallace, sister to the talented composer of Maritana, will make her debut at this theatre immediately, in the above named popular opera. New operas by Balfe Wallace, Laurent, Des Anges, and Glover are spoken of, but considering the shortness of the season we doubt all being performed. We have authority for stating theiti Miss Miran, who was so successful in Balfe's Maid off Honour, Cherubino in Figaro, and la PierottoLuin:teinvidiaildtzb, Ch a mouni, at Drury-lane st season is positi ve ly not engaged. Wallace's new romantic opera amongst the first novelties at this theatre, and We are informed Mr. Bunn intends to produce it regardless of expense. The libretto is from the pen of Fitzball. _ TRAIIPS.—By an Act passed on the 4th instant, tramps, on being admitti d into workhouses, are to be searched, and any money found on th em i s to be de livered to the guardians, to be applied in aid of the com mon fund of the union. If they have in their possession any money, or other property, of which, on inquiry made by the guardians or other officers, or by overseers, they shall not make a complete disclosure, they may be com mitted as idle and disorderly persons. PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE.—A most effective operatic company is engaged at this theatre, including:—Tenors —Messrs. Charles Braham and Rafter. Soprani— Maillle. Nan and Mrs. Weiss. Contralto. —Miss Poole. Bass—Mr. „Weiss. Operas by Auber, Flotow, E. Leder and G. Linley, Esq., are in preparation. On dit ' the ,N)rcito of Mr. Loder's opera , w ritten by Fitzball, in. 4 vely,es#,,plet of peculiar interest , and the dramatis effects are noveLaUoit striking; '- ' ' ,• :fl ~. • We understandi the Glasgow, Barrhead, end Neilston Direct Railway will be opened early next week for traffic.— Glasgow paper. . "II