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MORNING_ SITN MAGAZINE DAY. BLACK WOOD'S MAGAZINE. One would almost imagine it impossible, at this time of day, to .say anything novel or inter esting on the subject of Homer; yet the Author of " Homer and the Homeridze" has written a - very ingenious and readable essay on this trite theme. After some lively allusions to the famous river Nile, the doubtfulness of whose source he compares to the obscurity that hangs over the great epic poet of old. Greece, he proceeds to speak of the theory of Wolf, that the Homeric poems were not the production of one, but of Many minds ; and adds that this theory is still upheld by several eminent European scholars. How this may be, we know not ; but for our own part, we cling to the orthodox faith, and hold that the Iliad ant:, the Odyssy were the work of one and the same individual. They could no more have been a joint production, than " Ham let" or " Paradise Lost;"and it needs only to read them with attention, and mark the cha racter of their descriptive touches, to see that such. is the case. It is easy enough to imagine one Romer ; but to imagine a dozen or more , all imbued Ivith the same poetic spirit, and exhi 'biting it in precis.* the same manner, is an absurdity to be repudiated by all but. a German Commentator, who, though he may possess pro- . found learning, is apt to be a very wayward arta fantastic critic. " Vanities in Verse" are by Mr. Simmons. They are carefully and gracefully penned, especially the poem on " liolycress Abbey." " Ambition : a Farce" is rather a se rious affair—very unlike Mr. Horace Twiss's tragedy of the " Carib Chief,"which is one of the drollest farces we ever read. In. " England and her European Allies" there is one sagacious re mark—namely, that " the most likely source whence danger to England and. the other States of Europe may arise, is France, in hee present anomalous and unsettled condition." The state of France is indeed just now as precarious as it was previous to the Revolution of 1330. There is a feverishness about her that indicates a very disordered state of health, and no one can tell low soon she may break out into open insurrec tion. The refusal of juries to convict on the most flagrant libels on the Royal authority, is a truly ominous symptom. Speaking of the Em- Peror Nicholas, the author says that " in his hublic capacity as a monarch, he has conducted imself with so much enlightened humanity and justice, that his alliance is a great honour to whatever people possess it." The decimator of Poland—the ruthless, inexorable tyrant, who, in his thirst for vengeance, waged tear even against helpless Polish infamy, is certainly an ally of whose. " enlightened • humanity" a free country, like England, has reason to he proud ! " Brielt ton" is a lively rhymed squib, from which we quote a few stanzas : Ho, this is your summer To meet a new-corner ! The sky's black enough to benight one. :From Mondays to Mondays, (Above all, all on Sundays,) It pourS down its deluge on Brighton. If I walk on the cliff From the sea comes a whiff, That whirls off my hat though a tight one ; If I stroll through the strfets, Every soul that ono meets Looks like a drowned weasel, in Brighton. If I stir in the day I'm half buried in clay, And, ' - twixt sand, salt, and challen a white one ; If I slip out at night, Not a glimpse of gas-light The tempests will suffer, in Brighton.. If I ride on the Downs A hurricane frowns — I'm off, 'tis quite useless to fight one ; On one of those days I fairly miss'd stays, . And came by the life-boat to Brighton. • For my dreams of gay gambols, - My waterside rambles, Serenades, promenades, to delight one ; With an old telescone In my window I mope, From sunrise to sunset iu Brighton. Then, as for the shows, I see none hut wet clothes, Umbrellas, and feces that fright one ; Fat squires with lean daughters, By salt and spa waters All e.nne to be plump'd up in Brighton. Pray, what's the Pavilion ? An elephant's pillion, A bungalow, (that name's the right one,) So ashamed to be seen That it's hid from the &eine— It looks like the Bedlam of Brighton. For concerts and balls We have nothing but squalls, Not even a raffle to bite one ; Our songs are all psalms, Our feasts are all qualms, Our mirth is mourning at Brighton. _ " Three Nights in Berlin" is a passable prose tale. The World ol'London" contains several just, though nut very encouraging, reflections. We have been struck with the - truth of this re mnark :—" if yun are a scholar, that is to say, a poor scholar, go f'rom door to door among the cabins of Ireland, where you will be received with universal sympathy and respect; but of all curses, avoid the cursed indignity you meet with in London, where the ruffianism of -insolent and 'vulgar wealth, knows no restraint—no decency •—no shame— and where every cad with his pocket full of silver, is more respectable than You, while his pocket is full. London is a trad ing -place, and if you come to London to live, you must be a trader." Yet there are generous virits, even in this trading metropolis, by whom scholarship is treated " with honour due ;" but these are chiefly to be found among the well educated members of the learned professions, with whom the study of the ledger is not the sole duty of- e:zistence. " Notes of Travel" rare hastily but cleverly clashed off; and " Prospects under the Peel Ministry" are just what might bare been anticipated from the 'high Tory cha racter of Maga. FRASER'S MAGAZINE. In discussing" Sir Robert Peel's claim to the confidence of the clergy "—a question which is treated at considerable length in the Number before us—the writer is of opinion that the time lias arrived when the clergy ought to forgive the Right Hon. Baronet for his apostacy on the Ca titulic question, and he among the foremost to rally round him. That the parsons will rally Touiid Sir Robert, there can be little or no doubt; he has too many good things to give _ away, and too much power in his hands, to be neglecvid by them with impunity ; besides, he is strk,,tly orthodox, and agrees with them in his not;.ons as regards the Dissenters; nevertheless, tlsough the clergy may support him, from politic motives, to the utmost of their abilities, they Ivill never, in their hearts, forgive him for his conduct in 1820. The ‘' Great Hoggarty Dia :moud," is the continuation of an amusing narra tive, which was commenced last month in Fraser. It is from the pea, of lqichal Angelo Titmarsh—one of the liveliest periodical writers of the day, who weilds a ready and vigorous pen, and often reminds us of O'Deherty, whom he :appears to be fond of imitating, though without servility. An Essay "On Macbeth" will inte rest, despite the threadbare nature of the topic. " Macbeth," says the writer, " is in every re spect the most dread drama that was ever yet composed. Throughout it is addressed to the intellect' and the senses•—never to the heart. Terror and horror uniformly prevail over pity." W e do not altogether agree with this dictum, for in one of the most remarkable scenes in the play—that, we mean, where the usurper receives - tidings of his death, and soliloquizes on his own forlorn condition, without a friend on earth to • . care for him, the appeal—and a most touching, appeal it is—is exclusively to the heart. " Nol;.8 on the North What-d.'ye-callern Election" Is sad stuff. " Sir D av id Wilki e an d 11' .. , -- F r i en ds" • gives some particulars respeet ig portion of this disti ngu i s h e d - tle earlier eainter's career. One or two of the anecdotes :•,,. Is e entertaininc‘• enough, and not a few are mere twaddle, as where the writer assures is that Wilkie was nearly going mad with, nervous excitement, in conse quence of I , : i s' incessantly repeein repeat in a humorous Ceaplet, v;hich he found by chance in Peter - Pi ,-, ndar i In the " T • . ouinal of an . Autumn in the sdou .utrv" occur some ingenious critical r•-marks Or A the Poems of the Quaker, Green--- ti;an i w who ,was lately fallen into very uninaite4d Green was a poet of decidedly original neglect, and possessed a vein of quaint humour, which distinguished him from all the other writers of , his day. His felicity of expression, too, w as re . lmarkable. I n th i s respecthe was not surpassed, e ven by Herrick "Budget of a Bl ue -J acket " & a sket c h y narra. tive of the Prince de Joinville's sate voyage to St. Helena, whither, it may b e Tem e mhered he went, for the purpose subjoin Napoleon's the sketch of Longwood, at the ti me of the party's arrival there : After havin in appearancetgz traversed a thicket of undervvood, as triste the soil was arid, we arrived at Long the The e same state huts which form:the entrance are in Emperor arrived dilapidation as the day on which the is a space of .about 8 etween these huts and the mansion trees. Such as werooo feet, formerly planted with gum have been either re ianciently to the left of the road wholly grubbed up . P red by pine -trees or have been very low ground-tloor, t'hnngw°°d Mansion consists of a dark, and humid. The' ° rooms of which are few, small, less somewhat, the w h heir lugubrious aspect was doubt net much, mitigated when they *ere furnished and inhabited by the Emperor. :l Long wood is now completely uneurni.e . d. The Prince was the first to mount the few step s which lead to the apart ments formerly occupied by Napoleon. his Royal High ness and all of us (the English who accompanied us in cluded) took off their hats in entering.l General Ber trand and some of his companions in exile camp and stood by the side of the Prince ready to answer hiS questions, but their bearing was sad and mournful. A profound silence reigned amongst us. The view from the Windows disclosed only stables and out-houses. The destruction visible all around had not been, caused by the tooth of Time : it arose from tint neglect and careless ness of man. The chamber in which Napoleon breathsd his last sigh—that sacred spot which a religious respect should fur ever - protect—that spat on which his dying limbs reposed—on which Bertrand and the caddied Mai... chant on glancing at it exclaimed—" He lay there--his head turned towards this side ;" this sacred chamber is now no more than a mere barn ; the ceiling in ruins ; the floor rotten ; the walls damp, decrepit, and full of holes, and the place where his bedstead furniture stood is occupied by a corn-mill ; the panes are shivered to atoms ; this window-sashes are rotting away or alto gether destroyed ; and the door hangs to the dilapidated wall but by a single hinge ! Our silence still continued; not one amongst us appeared anxious to break it, for our sobs stilled the power of speech within us. Oa the spot where the chimney-glass once stood we read a mul titude of names and of inscriptions in honour of the hero. Opposite the Emperor's bed, there was formerly placed a bust and a portrait of the King of Rome, that poor youth who also died in another exile. Now nothing of this remains—absolutely nothing. _NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. One •jf the best likenesses we have yet seen of the late Theodore Houk, appears by way of frontispiece to this Number, and is accompanied by a biographical sketch, from which it appears that he was fur a short period at Oxford, which we were not previously awarcrof, "where he was matriculated and nearly rejected at the sane time, from his over willingness to subscribe to the Thirty-nine Articles—'oll, aye, to Forty, if you choose,' he said; a latitudinarianism th a t somewhat hocked the grave Master of St. Mary's Hall." On quitting the University, Hook sup ported himself for some years by writing farces and melodramas for the stage; and during this period ho was, of cottrse, a frequent visitor 0 the green-room, where lie distinguished himself by his wit, and, above all; by his practical sakes, of which he was as fond as ever were Tickell or Sheridan. The following are. a few of his green room pranks It was during the performance of these pieces that I Hoes naturally became a constant frequenter of the green-rooms of the different theatres ; and those who had then the priellege of the entree to the coaSses never forget the fun which his presence produeed. The entertainment behind the curtain wee fully equal, if not superior, to that enjoyed by the audience before it. Never shall we forget the eireet produced upon Dowton and the other actors en the stage durinK . elm of the serious scenes of a sentime n t a l comedy tat the day, by Hook's possessing himself of the livery coat of one of the wider performers, and with a tragedy strut marching on to the stage to present a letter to Dowton, who, taken by surprise at the sight of the new perfermer, could not utter a word, while thQ rest of the actors were convulsed with laughter. We remember likewise one night during the performance oc Monk Lewis's melodrama of One Clock, or the Wood Demon, that Hook having found that there was a second speaking-trumpet in the pro perty-room, possessed himself o f it., and placed himself ' in the flies. . When the demon roared into speaking trumpet No. l ; "My yey—my prey," Hoek, with speak ing -trumpet No. 2, continued the speech and the same voice,, "For lam devilish hungry," to the great astonish ment of the audience. • This freak, however, drew down the serious anger. of the manager, who threatened to expel the delinquent, but contented hiniself with locking up the second trumpet as a particeps criminis. Thedore Hook's career as a novelist is well known. He was one of the most prolific writers of fiction of the day, skilful in bringing out the odd, humorous points of character, but invaria bly deficient in sentiment, which he never at tempted without incurring, ridicule. We. sub join the biographer's conchiding remarks on this. distinguished wit : We- will venture to assert that no ten wits of the pre sent day ever sail( ao many thinces worthy of remem brance es 1-1 0.,,R. Had he been blessed with a Boswell friend, - ;riat a book might be made of the good things wlllch fell from his lips to create bursts of admiration, or roars of laughter, and to be detailed by the hearers at other tables on succeeding days. All Hook's early days were not however passed fun—some of them were devoted to sentiment. He had two serious attachments, and if either of them had ended as he wished them to end, Hook might have been a different man in some points, and still the delight of his numerous frtends. One of them was the beautiful daughter of a retired . actor, whose suppers in those days were celebrated for the wit which sparkled at the table--and the other was the daughter of a gallant deceased General whom he had met during visit at Taunton. The former was afterwards married to a member of a noble house, and still lives the ornament of the circle in which she moves; and the latter became the wife of one of our celebrated legal characters, who has since been Solicitor-General and a Judge, a►:d has now been dead some years. Taunton will long remember the period of.this c , rartship, for his mad pranks and his facetious sallies kept the whole town alive during the time he was one of its deni zens. " A Tale of a. Trumpet," is a lively poem from the pen of the new Editor, Thomas Hood. It contains some smart, satirical hits, hut, as a whole. reads off rather languidly. " Phineas Quickly" is a continuation of Mr. Pole's new novel. The shrewd, heartless, matter-of-fact charater of the vulgar-minded hero is sketched with a pen of caustic power, and bids fair to be one of the author's most cuccessful delineations. " Gra duates and Undergraduates" is a tale the truth and force of which will at once he recognised by all who are acquainted with University habits. " Foreign Sporting," by Nimrod, is tedious and wiredrawn. The style. however, is manly and unaffected, as is the case with all Mr. Apparley's writings. ln the essay on " Country-towns," Mrs. Gore throws off several just and pointed remarks.. Mow true is the following I—" Country towns are-dailylos ing their physiognomy. The surface becomes smoother and smoother, like that of .our current coin, till, by the evenness of the superficies, the value is lessm:t. It mcy be doubted whether they alter for the better. A than may cease to be the yeoman, without becoming the gentleman. Superficial '11)11.._;11 often acquired, when the nature is not intrinsically improved. The hearti ness of the cotr - :try disappears, but the politeness of the capital lags behind." The " Suicide's Burial" is an affecting story that makes its sure way to the heart by the simplicity with which it is narrated. " A Reminiscence of an Irish Squire" will. please those who are content with good-humoured mediocrity. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. Among the reminiscences of " Charles O'Mal ley, the '[risk Dragoon" contained in this Num ber, we find a touching account of his return to his uncle's house, after a Fong absence on the Continent, which he reaches just in time to see the funeral procession -of his relative moving away from the docir. His reflections on this subject evince much true feeling; and we have been pleased with the following remark :—" For the loss of those in whom our dearest affec tions were centred, there is no solace; the ter rible never' of the grave knows no remorse ; and even memory, that in our saddest hours can bring bright images and smiling faces be fore us, calls up here only the departed shade of happiness. The desolation of the heart is never perfect till it has felt the echoes of a last farewell on earth, reverberating within it." In the arti c l e h ea d e d " Letters from thi. - Coast of Clare" occur severa l racy deg"-' touches. "A P roposa l f or t h e R ev 7 Iptive the Protesta n t and. Roman Cat. , - .1 ,nei liation of is recommended only by It is the suggestion Churches" , _6 - extreme simplieity, lie down_.den he can prevail on the wolf to prieq, who, seems, of an Irish parish Ta . ith the lamb, and the fox to t fit fellowship. with the denbtens of the sport Oultry yard, will stand b'drile . cllance of...effect nig a reconch ilaton octWeen the two antagonist churches. Till then his proposition must be content to rank among the dreains of a Utopian visionary.. . From th e "- L ast o f our Poetic Gar.. lands' we quote the following pleasing sonnet:-- The wood wind.shaken, and the lorty'mountain Dark shapeN that hover round each must-wreathed height : Lane T.'Oen, will waterfall; and rippling fountain The majesty and mysteryxf Blend in one inhigiti *int heaven is bright the blue profound, througll round, And cans% thou gaze on all this splendid s , :er.e s With sitelY'''atkaiFfitin'llpgjel:ll3ne:senurvp'arreyinieg, eternal might 4 Nor feel viithin a consciousness . sobluii e Of something greater than the ey6 heith fideV Something That vants from earth, and earth's vain dreams tl c y, unelteelted by Spade, UnWorn b y tim e Anal facia its mate and home in yon blue sky. TAIT'S MAGAZINE. The great question of " What will Sir Robert Peel do ?" is discussed by Tait this month with considerable animation. Re comes, however, to no cheerily , . conclusion, for he says—" The truth is, poor Sir Robert is himself as much at a loss about what he is to do, or more correctly, about what he may h e able to accomplish, as any one of the guessers. He has surrounded himself with a Cabinet, some of whom are as difficult to drive in the right direction as Tipperary pigs. Sir Robert Peel's best hope, at present, seems the old Whig trust the Chapter of Acci dent; the unknown something that may arise during the respite which , he craves." Tait then goes on to show that agitation must neces sarily increase; and that as this is the chief ele ment of popular freedom, he trusts it will be kept THE SUN, LOND ON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1841. _ . upwith p u s r p p i l l e i , l ibat such in asa s tream s constitutional ,an.)ttsirt,s3t.etf,,?aa?mti..? n until there shall be a large extension of the suf frage, gradually embracing all, and a ly.re elec toral system. The article is well, and in places, forcibly written, but there is not that un compromising sturdiness about it, that We should have expected, from so stern and . zealons a Radical as Tait. The manifest duplicity of' the Tories has not sufficiently stirred his bile. he condescends to keep ternis with them; hopes that they will's respect public opinion," and that " under the guidance of Peel, anti the pressure of necessity, they rrnty Szitne Oi' tlic grosser Trionupoltes: 9 A " Cry for Bread," is a poem. whuSe sentiment is better than its versi.fi cation, which halts sadly at times; we pref'cr, therefore, to quote the " Conquerors, a Glance at History," wherein a melancholy truth thus insisted on : They flash'il like meteors through the rack, Flinl.:ing brightness round their track— A From tropic sunshine's parting beams, Mantling the waste at daylight's close With richest blush of Eastern rr;se. Go, studying lump of breathing clay, • And scan millenniums pass'd away ; And o'er the waste of perisled years, What worth thy ardent gaze appears ! What but the great mankiller's power, The splendours of the conquering hour ! Who heeds the wreck of human joy Whet. conquering satraps shout, " destroy And what's the worth of mi!lion Of fiathtur towns, and rerisli'd thrones ; But added light to fling Around the forehead of a king. With kindling eye and throbbing heart, Go thread the maze of history's chart ; Track age on age of glory, bright With hu'rtle's wild and bicftering light ; And what amid the blazo appears! One conqueror girt with million spears'. Earth, with its mountains and its floods, Ltzuriant plains, and waving woods, Its sunlight, and its thousand springs, Its mi•rlad haunts of living things, Is but a scene where wildering plays, Of victory's light, the lurid blaze. From Nimrod, seek to Zenghis Khan, The mystery of life in man ; F r,AllAOrfrrris r oiiiliillll: o isiedoodtnt n i tuokii myriad-starred n a rrannata a t fla,o • rio o dtcrem p slnert:t i yldaeh t : sot e eoc:clif t iiouorli beoi s na:gsio e r asp; a ect )mopuniiey c oesri h iasonh.enofomni.se, y r :ml;:ebli e :Eiehic o sni on The " Fairy Surprised" is a pleasing story, told with that unaffected earnestness which wears the impress of truth. A young man meets a beautiful girl at a fancy ball at Salisbury, dressed in the costume of the fairy queen Titania; on quitting. her presence that night, he does not meet her again till five years bare elapsed, and ' she has ripened into a lovely specimen womanhood ; be then renews his acquaintance with her; reminds her of their first chance meeting at the ball, which she has long forgotten; awakens an interest in her heart; and while telling.. her one day a dream he had. the previous Eight, heroines so suddenly overpowered by his emotions, that in the agita tion of the moment he raises her hands to his lips, while she, in the most charming and natural manner possible, sinks into his arms. Ocourse, they are soon after married, and the author takes leave of them at the church door, leading us to infer that they were as happy as the day is long. " Chapters on English Poetry " contain some sound criticisni'on the merits of Moore, Ideates, Crabbe, and others. One on the difference be tween Crabbe and Elliott. The • Corn Law Rhymer is pal ticularly felicitous. 4 f Amenities of Literature" is a notice, interspersed with copious extracts of Mr. D'lsraeli's latest and most elaborate publicaiion. TOTAL ABOLITION OF THE CORN- LAWS. TO HICIIARD COBDEN, M.P. My DEAR COBDEN—EarIy in the year 1839 I agreed to gi,'e one hundred per annum for three years to the Anti-Corn-law League for •the promotion of the total end immediate ittolitien of all taxes on the food of the people. (In leaning tins county' for America in March last addresscl.t he following letter, which was published on the 11th of that month:— " To THE EDITOR OF THE t AIZTI-CORN-LAW CIRCULAR.' " As ciremustances are likely. to preclude My paying anY personal dt.tcntidii; t 4 di th'e prejerit; 0 the great ject for which the 'Anti-Corn-law tertgite is established—the immediate and entire abolition of the tax upon the food of the people—l have concluded to, double my contribution to their funds for this present year, provided that there is no compromise of the high and impregnable ground the League has taken, and that they will neither relax from their effirts, nor swerve from their purpose, until they have obtained the coin ph ete removal of this disgraceful and cruel impost. " The Anti-Worn-law League has already acquired 6tifncient influence for the political partisan to be very anxious to make it subservient to his narrow and selfish views and purposes ; and, perhaps; there never was a time in which it was in greater danger of splitting upon the rock upon which so many institutions, having noble objects in view, have made shipwreck. I mean an increase of supporters who are without any steady principle, but who join it because they see it is becoming porular, and who, may be so numerous as to out-vote thaie who have borne the burden and heat of the day, and who have long laboured at the oar, with wily the good of their country at heart, uninfluenced by any selfish or party motives. I have, however, not only so !nue!: eculidience in the high principle of the iers of the league, b u t o f t h e n umerical of their holiest supporters, that "fully believe any Jitempt, such as the one to which I have alluded, by their enemies in disguise, would be instantly met, and indignantly repudiated. " JOSEPH STURGE. " Birmingham, 3d Month, 6th, 1841." My inquiries since my return to England give me top much cause to fear that the Anti-Corn-law League were not faithful in their opposition to the measure of the late Government in favour of a fixed duty of Bs. per quarter upon wheat, and that many of the members of the !: - .gue, either secretly - or openly, gave their support to measure. Alnurd and ruinous to the country as the system now is, and pled; d as the great majority of the present House of Commons may be against the adoption of any course which can be a,=real. relief to the labouring population, the proposed fixed duty' would, I believe, have boon still more fatal to the' best interests of the country. No one of common observation, unless completely blinded by _prejudice and self-interest, can visit any of ° the numerous .districts in • foreign coun tries, where rival manufactories are springing up like magic, and, in consequence of the pre- • , :ent facilities of communication, are increasing in :;•:Lometricel ratio, but must see that the injury inflicted • upon this country by the monstrous system of taxing the food of the people is irreparable, that nothing short • of its total removal can stop the progress of this in- • Jury, and that even this, if delayed a few years longer, wilt not prevent its bringing ruin upon many of our, manufacturers, and the extreme of destitution upon our labouring population. Our ri.val3, both on the Continent of Europe and in America, are already so powerful and wealthy as to be e.ble to influence their respective Govern ments in favour of duties to protect their own manufactures, and discourage ours, even in those countries in which, but for the infatuated measures of our corn monopolists, they would have found it to be their interest, for ages yet to come, to have taken our manufactures in exchange for their agricultural produce. The incontrovertible proofs of the injury inflicted by our Corn and Provi sion-laws are far too numerous to recite here ; but I will mention a few facts which have recently fallen under my own observation. On board the British Queen, in which I sailed for New York, was a -gentleman connected with a manu facturing establishment on the Continent of Eu rope, now employing from 4,000 to 5,000 hands in making goods which he 'was then going to sell in the American markets, and which he candidly told me he affo rd - to do at fully ten per cent. below the English prices, an advantage solely to be traced to the operation of our tax upon' the food of the people. While in America I visited the City of Lowell in New Eng land, which less 'than twenty years ago contained net more, than forty or fifty houses. It has now upwards of 20,000 inhabitants, and the following are some of its statistics made up to the Ist of January, 1841. Ten Joint-stock Companies, with a capital of $10,500,000, having thirty-two woollen and cotton factories, beSides print works, with 178,868 spindles, and 5,588 looms, and in nriploying 2,172 males, and 6,920 females, who made, in 1840,65,802,400 yards of cotton and woollen cloth, in which were consumed, of cotton alone, 21,424,000 lbs. The average amount earned by the male hands em ployed, exclusive of their board, is four dollars and eighty cents., or about 20s. sterling per week ; and of the females, two dollars, or about Bs. 61 sterling per week. The profits to the Shareholders, upon their capi tal employed, from eight to fifteen per cent. • • Although the establishments I visited were prin cipally for the manufacture of cottons and woollens, it is well known that the competition in our hardware and other goods is going on.with equal rapidity, and stimulated by the same cause. Not only is the pecu niary remuneration of all connected with the manufac 'twos of Lowell thus ample, but the moral and intellec tual standard of the people employed will bear compa rison with any in the world. There is a monthly periodi cal issued, the entire contributions to which are the original composition of the young women who work in the 'factories ; and no person of immoral character would find or retain eMployment in these establish-. meats for a single day. The pleasure that I felt on seeing this orderly and well-dressed population leave the factories at their dinner hour, was in no small degree lessened by reflecting upon the con trast which was at that moment to • be found in many of the manufacturing towns of my native country, arising from the selfish and narrow poliey of the British land owners. Since my return to England, I have received a letter from a well known American citizen, of which the following is an extract:— " New York, August 6: " I hope to receive the earliest information respectin the wheat Tiestion. It is expected there will be a Con vention at neveland, Ohio, next month, of in October, at which it is possible I may be present, and it evil. probal:ly be then .necessary fur us to determine on our course of policy with regard to the tariff ; i. e., whether - ,ve shall resolve to adhere strictly to free trade, let Eng land do as she may, or whether we shall unite in the re taliatory principle, with our Government to lower our duties as fast as England lowers hers, This latter has many advantages, and appeals very strongly to *tibiae pride. There are also many arguments in its favour. I am not fully convinced by them, and yet I am got unaneted by them. Shall we, or shall we not, be more likely to succeed in making an impression upon England by. having a high duty acttially Tali, Ott ilgr manufactures, with a provision for reducing the duty in proportiog s r 3119 Winces her fixed duty on our agricul tural products ? " 'There will be a stronso end to raise a northern party on this NSW; 4tid the abOlitinnists will be greatly beset to join it ---pernaPi tc; Lk!. In reply I have urged my correspondent, who 1.3 us abolitionist, to keep his friends, if possible, to the sound principles of free trade, and sorry I am et Ate prevalent epittion that the Anti- Corri-la* League, tif ; >al 1e tt l ini tip . the influential members, have in' some measure comprodlised he high ground they had taken. I have, however, paid thy current subscription of 1001. for this year, and I am ready to paY the emtrit 100/., if Richard Cobden, who is so deservedly considered the leader and representative of the League iii the House of CUleMettS, still give me the assuranee they neitlief lidFe, tint ever will, "relax from their efforts, or swerve from their purpose, until. they-have . obtained the complete removal of this di - graceful and cruel impost." Should I fail in obtaining a satisfactory pledge for at least the future conduct of the League, I pro pose presOiltiiig the ,aunty to some Association, whose object is, by peaecabla. and Christian means, to secure such a representation cif the people as the golden rule of 4 , doin o , i- to others as we would they should do unto us," entitles them to claim t for I have been driven to the conclusion, not only that it is hopeless. to expect justice to tho labouring population from the representa dyes of the present con,ltitnoney, bat that the infatuated policy which now guides our rulers will be persisted in, until they plunge millions into want and misery, if pot bring them to a premature grave. I therefore think the time is arrived when every friend of humanity, of what ever class, sect, or party, should endeavour to obtain and secure for the in oplo a just and permanent control w over their on affairs.-- - rours, very respectfully, JOSEPH STURGE. Birmingham, 9th Month, 29th, 1841. TArAcRE COATI AND IRON CO iPANY. An Extraordinary General Meeting of the Proprie tors de the Alieve Company was held yesterday, pur suant to adjourninotit, at the office of the Company, 20, for the purpose of providing Company, and to s;topt such proceedingi i 1 _ll _4w or in equity as might ap- Jmoehtti;l:tir6eentai oA,cidetlip!tiii,ilabilities o.t. the pear de.irable. Mr. Ashurst, their secitoyv ; It will be recollected, that at the last rooefiffg of the VropiqeitifJ 6f the Company, a .Report of their pro ceedings to that time sigS f.fvrrinitted to them, which Re port had been drawn up, on the atitliority of. the present but the Proprietors, considering that this Report was biit' MI acting Directors, by ex ptirtd sfitteinent of facts, objectocl.to its reception until it had been iiispected by. a Committee of their body, and a Report made thereon, arid, in conse quence, a resolution was carried to Abet effect, and a Cortittlittee appointed. Au adjournment was then moved, in order to catty this r esolution into effect, and, the pre , sr:nt meeting was co nvened for the p ur p o se of. hearing 1 the fc.tilt of the examination of the Report of the Com riiiittt of Proprietors. . 1 Mr. CFIOIPILOW,.. leaving been prop ose d, t oo k the Chair, and read several letters from Dr. Veesy and Mr. English, of the Mining Journal. The letter from Dr. I Veesy was an authority to the Chairman to act as his proxy at that meeting. Mr. Alderman Thomas Wood read another letter, purporting to be written by 1)r. Veesy, appointing him as his proxy ; and some dis6us sion arose in consequenc e of the lettr.; being in a dif ferent handwriting, and questioning the authenticity of the.same. Mr. .Alderman T.Woon" then rose, and said he should not have made the complaint he was about to do, but that it was due to the meeting. to state in what position they stood, and how persons who really meant to meet the question in dispute fairly were attempted to, be run down by e xparle statements. He alluded to a placard which was being hawked about that very t street, which happened to come from thy office of Mr. English . of. the Mining Journal. He said happened, be. cause the bills were published at his (Mr. English's) office. Mr. English was at their former meeting as a reporter, and in his reports of their proceedings thought proper to pass some very severe strictures on him (Mr. Wood) ; and, not content with that, he made a sort of epitome of what bad been reported in another place with respect to their proceedings.. He (Mr. Wood) had great respect for the press, and he thought that no respectable member of it would have taken such a proceeding as that to which he alluded. He would ask, if there was any person present representing Mr. English, whether the proceedings he had alluded to with regard to the placard, were their instructions. He hadquestioned the man carry itg the board as to the parties who had sent him there ; and he stated that he Vel9 placed there at the instance of that Company, and sent from that office. He put it to any gentleman whether they thought it proper that any one should be run down by statements of this sort, just to prejudice the public mind before any tribunal had made a proper investigation. He thought it was not fair, and he begged to ask if any gentleman present repre sented Mr. English ? [The plaCard to which the worthy Alderman alluded was one carried by a man up and down John-street, call ing.on the liverymen of the City to withhold their votes from Mr. Alderman Wood, in consequence of his con duct with respect .to the Talacre Coal Company.] The CHAIRMAN rose to proceed with the business of the day, when Mr. Wool) said he did not think such conduct was at all courteous, and begged to have an answer to his question. The Reporter to the Mining Journal—lt is not cus tomary for reporters to speak at public meetings. Mr. SaEwnainuE said he asked the man with the placard who placed hitn'there ! and he said, the Talacre Coal Company. Mr. TAYLOR begged leave to say, that there was no truth whatever in the statement ; and, with regard to Mr. English. he (Mr. Taylor) would decla r e that he had never seen him in his life, except when he came as a reporter at the last meeting. The -CHAlRMAN—Gentlemen, we have a good deal of business. Mr. Woon did not want to interrupt the business at any time, .but when he had asked a question he did think he was entitled to an answer, unless it was meant that there should be no fair play. The CHAIRMAN said, he was not aware of any placard. A PROPRIETOR — What have we to do with the pla card? Surely the Company .is not answerable for the placards about the streets ? The CHAIRMAN--Are we to proceed to business ? Mr, Wool) said he should move that the placard he had alluded to was not issued on the authority of the Company, and therefore the Secretary do order the man away. The SECRETARY then left the room for the. purpose of ordering the man away, but returned with the intelli gence that the man refused to obey his order, and the subject dropped. The CHAIRMAN then rose to read a paper he held in hisfiand, when Mr. WIRE said—What are you about to read? The CHAIRMAN—A report of Messrs. Chappilow, Tay lor, and Handiside. Mr. WIRE—I shall protest against the reading of that report, as I understand the business of this adjourned meeting is to hear the report of of the Committee, and I am informed by you that you are about to read a report —not of the Committee, but simply a report from three ,gentlemen who were members of that Committee, and as that is the most irregular thing that was ever done at a public meeting, I cannot allow it to proceed. Mr. ASHURST—At that Committee there was no Chairman, and they were about to report to you in the way proposed. Those. gentlemen who were present at that Committee were not desirous that.the.two reports should be read at that meeting, and this report merely states that fact, and nothing more. It was, therefore, to report to you that three gentlemen out of five who were present were desirous that the two reports should be read to you. Mr. RAWSON said it was fifteen days since their for mer meeting, and, from circumstances which had trans pired, they had not had time to di g est the original Re port in a way that they could wish. He should like to have coma prepared with a Report from the Committee. He begged leave to suggest that the first subject of the Committee should be to raise a subscription among the Shareholders, and liquidate their debts; for if they de layed doing this they would,be all ruined. Mr. BURROUGtIS said they could not expect any man to come forward with 'money when he did not know what that money was-to be applied to. He thought the best way would be first to ascertain what their real debts were. The CHAIRMAN then read the paper first alluded to, which stated that the original Report had been read to the Committee, and that Alderman Wood and Mr. Wil liams did not concur in the Report. Mr. WIRE said if parties would come forward and subscribe, he had no doubt that in a short tune they would be able to-get out of their difficulties. Mr. Wild of Nottingham, would come forward and advance 2,0001.; Mr. Southern, 5001. ; Alderman Wood, 5001.; and, with the assistance of the Dublin Shareholders, he thought a sufficient sum might soon be raised. Mr. WOOD concurred in the view taken by Mr. Wire. He had felt so much anxiety of mind with regard to this Company, that nothing should induce him to continue in it longer. As far as he was concerned, his situation had been a responsible one ; and he solemnly declared that he had never, directly or indirectly, received one farthing of the Company's money, or any benefit in the most re mote degree. He was, therefore, extremely happy to concur with Mr. Wire,- for he thought • his view of the case was that which would bring the Company to a satis factory termination. A ' long and desultory conversation then' arose upon this proposition, throughout which there was a continual bandying of personalities, and great confusion was the necessary consequence. Several Proprietors suggested that the oeiginal Report be read, and Mr. Wx;svox said, that if that Report was read, he had only one sTegestion to make, and that was, if they vent into the Report they must make up their minds to sit there till eight o'clock at nig . ht. But ho hoped that if that Report were read every individual in that room would pledge himself to remain and hear the other Re port. He was sure that before they got through the Report of Mr. Ashurst the patience of the gentlemen would be exhausted. But if they would go through both Reports, or the original Report, and the answer, he said read them, with all his heart. Alr, Woon had no objection to the Report being placed in the Proprietors' hands, but he had to its being read in it. public meeting like that. The CHAIRMAN would recommend that both Reports be read, in order that every Shareholder might hear both sides of the question. ldr, SHFAVDBIDGE rose and he wished to speak to that tiiiesiiefti: The detaiUMAg-- , Plea. , :e to sit down, Sir. You are not a Shareholder. Mr. SHEWDRIDGE—I am summoned to this meeting, and hold two descriptions of shares. I have bee n heard bYido MAT will be heard again.—(Confusion.), I'lcnow I am perfeetly in order. Mr. - Woon—l hope Mr. gbewbridge will see that it is not right to interrupt the proceedings of the meeting. Mr. SHEWBRIDGE rose amidst very general confusion. pd sAid with' much energy—l rise to expedite them. I Bar disdnesigus 'in several parts of the room, and if I am not id &del', I don't know who is. I rise to say that lam respected by holders of upwards of 600 shares. . At this period of the debate .the meeting assumed a most singular aspect; as it resolved itaelt into sundry gepomar knots of indiviatials of three or four in number, lift liciltihig a separate argument, but bearing upoh the principle subject, Thislaeted for about half an hour, when Mr. Shewbridge wag about to speak, but Mr. Antares said—You have no right to vote, Sir. Mr. SIIEWBRID3E-4 have as much right to vote as you have, Sir.—(Uproar.) The CHAIRMAN—I hope gentlemen will not go into personalities this way. A rROPRIETOR—MI7: Atkins, state your case. Mr. ATKINS, looking at Mr. Shewbridge—No, it would be rather too black. Here several groups again collected, and the meeting presented a scene of unalloyed confusion. , After a wan dering desultory conversation. Mr. Rossox moved, " That it be referred to the Committee to examine into the state of the Company,' and to ascertain what are the liabilities of the same, dis tinguishing between the just claims and those which are considered unjust, with power to call, for :inch informa tion as may be deemed necessary, and to obtain what money they can from the Shareholders for unpaid calls, and that trustees be appointed to receive and disburse such money;_and such Committee be also empowered to ascertain and report what steps are necessary to dis solve the Company ; and that this meeting be ad journed to the 13th October, at one o'clock precisely; that Messrs. Taylor and Rosson be appointed the Com mittee, assisted by Messrs. Ashurst and Wire. Mr. TAYLOR then moved as an amendment that the original report be read ; but, after a short conversa tion, the amendment was withdrawn and the motion was carried. The meeting then adjourned at about half-past three o'clock. BANQUET at the MANSION-HOUSE On Wednesday the Lord Mayor gave a grand dinner at the Mansion-house to the Lord Mayor elect, and the Sheriffs for the ensuing year. The entertainment dis played all the resources of civic hospitality, embracing every delicacy of the season. Amongst the company we Observed Admiral Sir IL Stopford, Commodore Sir C. Napier, Mr. Walter. Smith, the Hon. and Rev. Mr. Stopford, Captain James Stopford, Mr. Arthur Stopford, Pir Alexander .Johnstone, Mr. John Walter, Captain Grifllo f CaptainFanshaw, Mr. William Stopford, Mr. Mitchel, Captain Bradley, Mr. Weston, Lieutenant Johnstone, Charles Johnson, Dr. Croly, Mr. John Lowden, Mr. C. Wilson, jun., Dr. Stebbing, Aldermen Sir C. S. Hunter, Broma, Lucas, Sir J. Key, Sir Peter Laurie, Sir J. Cowan, Pirie, Thomas Wood, Humphery, Magnay, Gibbs,.J. Johnson, Sir G. Carroll, Hooper, Sir J. Duke FarncoTnb, the Hon. C. E. Law, Sheriffs Magnay and Rogers, Tinder-Sheriffs Britten . and Pritchard, Secondaries . James raid Potter, the City So licitor, the City Remembraneer, . the Comptroller, the High Bailiff of Southwark, &c. The cloth having been removed, - The Loan 2.d.A.voit rose to propose the first toast. He was sure they .all respected, reverenced, and loved our most gracious Queen, and he bad no doubt they were all true to the church. I-Io therefore.begged leave to pro pose " The Church and Queen. —(Laud cheers.) The next toast'proposed by the Lord Mayor, was the "Queen Dowager, .Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family," which was drunk with three times three. The -Loup 11.4.Y0n, in proposing the next toast. felt assured that the gallant exploits of the distinguished officers who wcro now present, and who had so recently distinguished themselves in the service of this country, an d her allies, on the coast of Syria, must be fresh in UIIITED S.h.',RVIOE JOURNAL. Among the most interesting papers in the pre sent Number is one entitled "Tile Confessions of a Spy," in which a minute account is . given, evidently by one who was on the spot at the time, of the state of Paris during the Reign of Terror, and particularly towards the close of Robespierre's career. Though we have narra tives in abundance of this extraordinary period, yet it is one which will never lose its interest, so dramatic was its character, so strange were the actors, and so crowded was everyday with startling events. The "British Colonies con sidered as Military Posts," is an article replete with serviceable information ; and of the " Cam paign against Mehemet Ali" we may say that it tells plusantly what has been told a dozen times already. SPORTING MAGAZINE. In the Number before us, we have two cle verish engravings, one, "A Day with the Phea- . cants;" and the . other a pretty sylvan sketch re presenting Sir Henry Wotton's fishing-seat near Datchet, where old Isaac Walton used to be a frequent and a fhvourite visitor. The literary contents are of the usual calibre, and the most acceptable paper is " A Sportsman's Recollec tions of the Woods and Waters of Canada." METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE. Mrs...TroHope's "Blue Belles of England" is here continued. There is little in the story to interest, and still less in the dry, bard manner in which it is told. The present chapters are specially dull. "Tales of the Pump-room" are told with vivacity ; a little judicious abridgment, however, would not have been amiss. " Auto- Biographical Sketches " furnish us with some pleasant reminiscencies of James Ho w, espe cially of the splendid literary dinner that was given to him by his admirers at the Fieemason's Tavern, on the occasion of his visit to I l ondon. Mrs. Crawford, the authoress of these " Sketches," who is an enthusiastic admirer of the Ettrick Shepherd, says, "Greatly as I ad mire . Burns, who sprang from the same ranks as Hogg—the one a ploup,innan, the other a shep herd—l cannot but feet that the latter is by far the more surprising man of the two. The lan guage of Burns has strength and energy, and often melts into pathos ; but it is frequently rude and unpolished, the rhythm lame, and the rhymes still more defective. The diction of Hogg, on the contrary, is fervid, poetical, and elegant in a high degree, and his versification harmonious and complete." " Acting on Sus picion" is an agreeable story, which inculcates a useful moral. STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND, No. 33. This . Part includes the actotttit o! the twelve parishes of OW Wand. of Shetland and a part of the ioounty of Renfrew; The population of Shetland is ahotit 0,000, and appears to be dect'easing. A great number of. the young and able-bodied men have left the country, and the consequence is, that in many parishes the women are in proportion to the men as two to one. In some parishe4 tho !Mite of supporting the pOot is faii titar. hach parish is divided intodistrkts,.and a pauper is appel:itod to each, who resides a given number Ut days in the house..-oeone or receives a certain a.- lowancc for maintenance. There appears to be nn tOnvulsory assessment. The Statistical ac - count Of, ',ireenock will be read with interest on aceoulit of the great inereage of the trade in that thrivitl Pe9•port tithin the last half century, tine also al being the birth-place of the cele brated and amiable James Watt, the improver of the steani-enain THE DOMESTIC DICTIOSARY, Part 111. This little family book; which will be com pleted in ten monthly. pni'l ) contains much in formation Uri OOokory, nendli fiS well as Fmg lish, with numerous instructions fel' nEling, pickles, jellies ) sattces ) wines ; &c, It serves the ptirpose.both of a recipe and cookery book; and, the articles appear to have been draftn Up by one who is a judge of such matters. We do not profess to be Connoisseur 3 in these arts, and will therefort leave ti f: ithlderN to jtidge flu' them 3eifie?3 'MUSHROOM CATSUP.—Having skinned and peeled the lure flea W 5- :±rQolns crush them into a pulp, adding a table-spo6dul t or salt to very quart of pulp,.:; let them gild; theft p' 4 ,i, 44 , •q. . the ticar hquof, and acid to every quart abont twenty cloves; thirty pepperoOrns, and the, same quantity of allspice; boll very giuity for about half an hone; then put into bottles witn t spices. Sane pergons fidti port *lnv but this rather injures than improves the flavour, and is oh:,ectionable for many n.l.lces, A little mace may be added% but it is nqeskritial IRACUL OUSESCAPE.--011Wedncsday morn inz, at an early hour, the family of Mr. Bowe. linen-dra per, 6 - Great Queen's-grad, Lincoln's Inn-fields, IN - 113 alarmed •by its bnving bon ascertained that a young wet ati irt tttt ethpitiy Alb lifid; -in order to ascertain the hour from the working-men CM ployed at the next house, proceeded from her bedroom on to the leads of the adjoining house, and on looking over the parapet it is supposed that sly? was seized with giddiness, and, shocking to relate, .fell from a height of seventy feet into the area below. Mr. Harvey a surgeon, was immediately sent for, and, on examination, the poor girl was found to have sustained comparatively- slight injury, consisting of a dislocation of one of her shoulders and a slight wound - on ono of her elbows. Hop-picking is now at its height in this county; by the end of next week it will have been nearly completed. We are happy - to hear that the fruit Mir! to the crib larger than MS anticipated..-Hereford times. • . MORNING SUN' we may therefore look for an immediate resun Iption of the bludgeon, with which, in the good old times of the Reform Bill, the editor was wont to belabour the whole Conservative party, not for g etting some smart incl, iental cuffs for the Qu een , w h o had " done it all," wh en a cheek was given to the liberal hopes of the irrit, Ited journalist. But we find, from the concluding paragn:ph of the article in the Times, that it will postpone until next Session a further explosion of its anger, and Sir Robert Peel may theri expect a volcano, indeed ; for till letting loose, after a !lye months' bottling up and cork ing down, of the concentrated essence of thander„ must lead to a blow-up of the most alarming and des&ating character. STANDARD.—" What is the principle of the :New Poor-law ?" This is a question which it has become ne cessary to resolve, as far as we are able, notwithstanding the proverbial wearisomeness of such inquiries. Sir James Graham declared on Tuesday night than, he still adhered to • the principle of the newT law, and as he may be supposed in this res-- Feet to speak the sense of the Government, it ' is, in. the actual state of public feeling and public opinion, very desirable to obviate any mistake upon the snhject. Our respected 'contemporary the Times gives the foX lon.:ing as its understanding of the principle of which we are in pursuit :—" A floating legislative discretion in the place of law, and the substitution of a rented' for tc local authority." We can never dispute the interpretations, of the Times without diffidence; but here we arc convinced' thi t the journal is in error. .Aprinciple must be peril. anent.. No.,r, by the very terms of the law, the Commission7'sbut; temporary and .provisional, and with the Comminsion must expire both the floating legislative discretion and the central authority. As we understand the law, - the sole purpose of the Commission and of its authority, whether legislative or administrative, was to bring the country by discipline into a certain order, for the operation of the new provisions of the law, some of these provisions being; confessedly experimental, and that having done this,., the Commission will be fanctus officio. The Com- , mission then can be no part of a principle according to. our understanding. The Tinies'proceeds to say that the workhouse test is another principle of the law—" the principle of the administrative .system." The workhouse test has a deeper root than we could wish; it is the necessary consequence of the union ,vstem---the origin) of most that is objectionable in the law, and itself' the effect of parsimony,' whether the saving of money was or was not the primary aject of those by whom. the law was passed; but the workhouse test is net a principle. Neither the workhouse test, however, nor the system of unions, can be properly called a principle. The first has been to some extent already departed from, and must be very-generally abandoned ini the end; and the second is far too uncertain and arbitrary to deserve lie name of a principle. That cannot be principle w hich leaves it still doub;ful whether two or 20, L T 200, or 2,000 parishes, shall be incorporated. Tn a f a ;•mation of unions we regard as one of the confessedklv experimental parts of the law ; and it is an experiment that has failed for every purpot. , e, exce pt a ino;u9ntary saving, to be balanced by a frightful pecum:ry loss in the end.. It must be given up. Sir ' o .ame3 Graham and his concaves are too wise men 110 t to see that the system of .onions cannot be permanently maintain d, even were it desirable to maintain them. For the present they are tweserved only as part of the provisional discipline, contemvlated from the first as only . provisional by all the great , men who supported tl:e introduction of the law. These are our reasons for respectfully differing from the Trues as to the proper undergand'ing of the words employed by Sir J. Graham. - - - MONEY MARKET and CITY - NEWS. • FROM THE MORNING FIFERS OF YESTEIWAY. TIMES.—It is now ascertained that the div.i.elend due on the Ist proximo on Brazilian Stock will be paid as . heretofore ; but it was not known till a late hour of the day, as negotiations were obliged to take place bet weep the representative of that Government and the contrac tors, before an arrangement .could be come to. ,The delay in advertising the payment of the dividend in i :T.• gular course is explained, by the parties connected wite't the business, as originating the dislike of the Minister here to draw bills upon Rio for the amount of dividends, when he was in daily expectation of receiving re mittances sufficient to answer all purposes. Finding,. however, that his expectations were not realised, he. Tee, we believe, been obliged to adopt that course after all ; and it is to be regretted that he did • not determine upon it earlier, instead of allowing the time to press so closely upon the day of payment, without any notification whatever concerning it, whereby the credit of the Brazils has been so severely affected, as demonstrated by the decline in the value of its Stock of three-and-a-half per cent. in one day. It is the more inexcusable, as the expedient he refused to adopt has been on more than one occasion resorted to. The English Stocks were .firmer to-day, the tightness of money which existed in this and the Foreign market having been relieved by the advances which the Bank Broker made on Stock at Five per Cent. ; but what was something singular, and created gossip in the market, although it did not affect values, was the refusal made in the after-part of the day to continue to accommodate on the same terms. Attention was drawn in the course of the day to the following' notice, which was posted at Lloyd's:— DISCOVERY OF A STRATA OF SULPHUR AT TRIPOLI. Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Whitehall, Sept. 28, 1841. Sia—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acquaint you, for the information of the Merchants engaged in the Sulphur Trade, that intelligence has been received from her Majesty's Consul at Tripoli,• of the existence in that Regency of extensive strata of sulphur of a good quality.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. MACGREGOR. William Dobson, Esq., Secretary of Lloyd's. If the sulphur here alluded to is really of a good qua lity, and exists to a great extent, this discovery may be considered of importance, for at present the sulphur trade, from the unsatifactory result of the negotiations with the King of Naples, is in as bad a condition. as possible, the British owners of sulphur being encumbered with so heavy an export duty, that they find it an impossibility to , compete with the Neapolitan Government, which, with the quantity of sulphur, which it took from Taix and Co. on nullifying the contract, and which it exported free of duty, continually bears down the market.. It is believed that the Neapolitan Government resorted to a removal of the export duty, almost in self-defence, for it found itself with a large stock of sulphur on its hands, while pyrites and such substitutes, by coming into fre quent use, are rapidly diminishing the value of sulphur altogether. The opening of a new vein, entirely uncon nected with Sicily, might operate beneficially for our merchants in two ways—in the first place as a fresh sourceof supply—and in the second it might act as a means of bringing the King of Naples to more satisfaec factory terms, even in the face of the declining value of the article. CIIRON ICLE.—The Bank of England has been lending money to-day upon stock at 5 per cent., until the 21st of October. The stock, we understand, will be taken at 86, thus allowing full 3 per cent. of a margin against a fall. The Market has in consequence been favourably influenced to-day, and the pressure for money has been alleviated. This is exactly its we expected. Seeing that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had fairly stuck in the mud, and that the Government which he represents were unable to obtain a paltry aid of two and a half millions to help them in their extremity, the Bank of. England has had pity on their misfortunes, and generously comes mevard with assistance by giving such ease to the Money Market as may tend to induce parties to be some subscribers for the remaining one and a half ten ons, and if they will only take the hint, to do the equal part also in money. This manoeuvre of the Bank parlour is much better considered than the half-and half project.of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which had no charms for the Hebrew party, and offered no adequate inducement to capitalists. We do not know either that there is much to be said at present against this operation by the Bank. It will no doubt be brought forward by the Directors as a strong ground at the proper season for a re newal of their charter on favourable terms. The public may lay their account with that as a n in evitable consequence. The Directors will not fail to remind the Tory Government, " that a friend in aced is a friend indeed,' and that such obligations are net to be forgotten or overlooked. But as the Corn averages are -falling, and the duties rising, there is no gre at risk of any drain from fresh importations of corn until the spring- Barring, therefore, any internal drain of specie, we see no ground for anticipating that the currency will be r" posed to fresh derangement for some time, and es t e i n is measure . of relief will be extremely seasonable at . 1'! ..21e , in stopping some appearances of awunfavourable _trix; in the west of England, regarding 'confidence in I ' ll at issues. TT,WAY. GREAT NORTH OF ENGL.A. RALL, Traffic returns for the wee k ending Sep,ot.44 1 4 3 27, 18 41 : Passengers ....................... llerch and; ze ........................• 306 G 3 .. . - - - 1 FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—The Times of this morning indulges iu a column of regret, which is interspersed with a due seasoning of menace, on the course that is likely to be taken with regard to the Poor-law by the new Cabinet. ---- There is something in the tone of the leading journal so HOUSE . BY . FIRE. curiously alternating betweenblarney and bluster, that we this superb building Was are reminded stronuly of the individual who expressed in —l Ve re g ret to hear ntT'uesday niot, and is a heap of the most polite terms his profound regret at being corn- burned to the ground::.s only DESTRUCTION OF standing. The library, pelled to use his horsewhip, while at the same time he ruins, the outside awyoliod e . d ai of furniture, were saved. was "laying it on" with an energy which proved the jewels, papers, n,r es t o re lost, nor was any person hurt. zest he felt in bestowing the flagellation which circum- Fortunately nv e il aracu l ars which have as yet reached stances compelled him to administer. The Ministers These are all ~,:t. FlLse is in Denbighshire, and is the fa have alread given great 'offence to their lending organ, town. hitit.:AfEt, 16 ,1, — , o f Lord Dinorben, the intimate friend of by "departsng from the discreet reserve which upon mil• other subjects they seemed to have prescribed to TH OF LADY RUCHE. —We record with themselves, for the purpose of disappointing, in a DEA in which we only . sympathise with all who most material point, the hopes which we (the Times) fceliniiser inestimable value, the death, at Carass, last and many others had conceived of them." It is clear knoe.hw,, after a painful and protracted illness, borne with from this that the best chance the Government has s n l i i , in _ ssivn resignation, of Lady Rcche the beloved of Sir David Roche, Part., M.P. ' for this city. of holding together is in standing still ; for, Roche was daughter of J. Ormsby Vandeleur, house built with cards, motion would' be fatal to the elv Lady flimsy structure, which is bound together on delayscrcthr'it Esq•+ of Maddenstone House, county Kildare, and was like any subject by one principle of union. The,ur their married on the 14th of February, 1825. 6he has left is asked Ministers for the purpose of malohn,,, making four interesting children to mourn her early demise, by minds, is indicative of the fact that much "osalg four i n teresting children to mourn her earl ' demise, by up" is requisite. The only cement the -arty can which many families of distinction in this city and is requisite. The only i .01, I , und..r the county, and the counties of Clare and Kildare, are thrown boast is that most inferior stuff wb•at ( 1 1 mortar, for into mourning.—Linzerick Reporter. name of self-interest, binds, like . crack and give THUNDERSTORM . On Thursday apt to week, a a very brief period,' and is prosperity'. It can- violent thunderstorm passed over the eastern district of Fife way beneath the sunshine of. does not know shire, accompanied by frequent and viv'd Ih • Th Fife not r 1 I ig tning. be said of the Tnnes that. it . hould be lowing instance of the effects of the electric fluid is peculiar, how to speak out when . ens ; and we are told this and worth recording : At the mansion of Balh • ouste, one of " no mistake" as to what it me o can tell us, that unless the young cattle, grazing in the lawn, was knocked down by morning, as plainly as languagir B. Peel's Government, the lightning, and upon examination appeared to he in the last a certain course is taken by 6 agonies of death. On being raised little hope, its Journal has con- up, however, it began to of which the Leading :•iili as much perseverance as revive, and, after staggering about for a little in a state of ap duetors will " wage w ; r 11 which the Ministers whom we parent insensibility, walked - off with its neighbour, who stood ever upon principles with ill from this time be identified." 1 round quite in great consternation. During the afternoon it (the Times) support , qi recovered. On examining the spot where the acci idttly by its expression, "from Our Conternp,raty et i,.. , . , . , dent happened no traces of the destructive fluid could be dis • ~ regards the new Cabinet as already identified ,covered, though this time, though a strong sulphureous odour was very percep withhich war is to be;and ' e —Edi the principles upon ,which waged , tib . nburgh Courant. a m.tliebfeDimuka: of sussex. 1,351 0 11 I). O'BRIEN, Secretary. Darlini :lon, Sc: t. 29. the recellection of all he had. the honour to address. The freedom Of the city 'of Lendon had recently been voted to Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, Sir C. Napier, and Sir C. F. Smith, who, although now absent in the service of his country at Gibraltar, was not forgotten. — (Cheers.) He begged, without further preface, to propose " The Navy and Army, and many thanks to the Gallant Admiral, for his conspicuous and most suc cessful exertions to maintain and extend the fame of the British arms on the coast of Syria." Sir R. STOPFORD was well aware that he must ex press very inadequately the feelings he entertained upon this occasion, in having his health drunk in so distin guished a manner by his fellow-eitizsns • now present. This was an honour of which any sul-ject of this realm might well be proud, and he could assure them he should always entertain the most grateful recollection of their kindness.—(Cheers.) On his first arrival in Portsmouth he had.been greeted with the most splendid entertain ment by the inhabitants of that town, and subsequently by the officerg and Royal Marines who were there present. On that occasion he was glad to mention his high.ap probation of the conduct of every man and officer whom he had the honour of having under him. He particularly mentioned the name of the Gallant Commodore near him (Sir Charles Napier), and lie wished also to mention the name of the Austrian Admiral, Ban deira, who to someconiiderable extent contributed to the success of his operations. 'He regretted he did not see present Sir C. Smith, his colleague, who was intended to command the troops at the siege of Acre. His severe ill ness prevented him taking any active part at the com mencement of the operations; but when, subsequently, on his return from Acre to Beyrout, Ibrahim Pacha was reported within two days' march, and when Sir Charles Smith was urged to march across the mountains and at tack him in the valley near Damascus, that Gallant Of ficer saw the inutility of attacking him with but a small body of cavalry, owing to the advantage of the position which he occupied, yet his Gallant Friend nevertheless predicted that before a certain number of days Ibrahim Pacha would be compelled to decamp and proceed to wards Damascus for want of food. And so the fact really turded out, so well did Sir C. Smith know the situation of Ibrahim's army.—(Cheers.) He mentioned this as a singular proof of the discrimination, professional know ledge, a:4 distinguished ability which that Gallant Officer possessed, , z 2 though ,he had not, unfortunately from ill health, an o portunity of signalising himself in the action. With reetee,ct to the part which he himself had acted in these affairs, he' could not but consider himself one of the most fortunate Z' en of his time in having the command at that particular of leis service of the gallant band who 'acted under him on the coast of Syria. —(Cheers.) In the course of a weeks, he might rather say a few hours, they had brou to a sucessful issue, by the naval force of the country, ten important point, which three volumes of diplomatic correscPndence would scarcely have advanced towards so satistlictore - an adjustment.—(Cheers.) Ile must say that,' during the short period of these transactions, he had to struggle with some diplomatic difficulties. He had found, however, that diplomatic gentlemen, though extremely tenacious of their rights and relations, were liable to err like common men ; but although their plans were presumed to be dictated in all instances lay, unerring sagacity, he believed he had shown them that decided action was sometimes better than length ened, if not innumerable protocols.—(Loud cheers.) The navy had succeeded—(Cheers) —that navy which had ever been the mainstay, the sheet anchor of the country —(Cheers)—which had supported her through many struggles and difficulties—which had afforded the most ample assistance and protection to our great commercial interests, and. enabled her, in short, to acquire an altitude of power, a pinnacle of wealth, hitherto unknown in any other part of the world.—(Cheers.) It was a great satisfaction to him to think that that wealth and power had been so laudably employed in supporting and main taining the . most ancient and honourable institutions of which any country in any age could ever boast.— (Cheers.) The honours he now bore had been given him by the Emperors of Russia, Austria, and of Prussia. He believed he was the first English naval officer who ever appeared among his fellow-citizens in Prussian decorations.—(Cheers.) - The Sultan, he understood, was preparing orders for the officers who had distinguished themselves on the cost of Syria. The Turks were certainly rather slow in their opera tions ; but. he supposed those honours would come at length.—(Cheers and laughter.) But this he must say, that in consideration of the immense quantity of arms and ammunition and other valuable materials of war, wohich should have been taken as prize by the cap tors, but which had hitherto remained in the hands of Turkey, some remuneration should be received by those who served in that expedition.—(Cheers.) He was right glad to find that his Gallant Colleague was now in the House of Commons, and he hoped he would warmly maintain the interests of the service to which he be longed. The Gallant Admiral sat down amid loud cheers. The healths of Sir C. F. Smith and Commodore Na pier having been drunk, Commodore NAPIER returned thanks, briefly recapi tulating the principal events .of the Syrian expedition, and warmly eulogising the many distinguished qualities of the Honourable Admiral under whom it was his good fortune to serve, and of all the officers and men under their command. His gallant Commander-in- Chief had thought proper to invest him, in the absence of Sir C. Smith, with the command of the allied troops on the coast of Syria. He therefore considered it to be his duty to examine with the most earnest attention the whole position and circumstances of that difficult country; and they were enabled, without at all taking to themselves any great ,praise, to accomplish with a small force the most important operations on the coast of Syria; destroying the whale power of Ibrahim Paella and Solyman Paella, and restoring Syria to its lawful sovereign. The inhabitants of that country ha I un doubtedly suffered under Egyptian sway. It was now under the Turkish dominion; he hoped the Sultan would rule that people with moderation and equity, and that the British Government who had come to their rescue would see that they were better off under Turkish than under Egyptian rule. He considered Mehemet Ali un doubtedly a great man,—that was, comparing him with men of eastern countries. He hoped that he ale would see the necesaity and propriety of gaining favour in the eyes 01' the British Government, who were so intimately connected with him, chiefly in reference to their East Indian possessions. Ho hoped this country would do everything in its power to encourage the. Pacha in all just and proper courses, but at the same time exacting I from him a due degree of kindness, attention, and fatherly love for the people who had been placed under his care. The Honourable and Gallant - Oilicer then sat down amidst great applause. The Loan MAYOR then rose to propose the ".11ealth of the Lord Mayor Elect," and paid a deservedly high compliment to the zeal, energy, and integrity of Alder man Yirie. Alderman Pirie briefly acknowledged the compliment. After the other-usual toasts given at this annuat dinner, Ths•Sheriffs having returned thanks, The Loan MAYOR proposed the health of Mr. Walter and the Magistrates of the county. Mr. . Walter, he said, as a Kagistrate had greatly distinguished himself in seeking by all ti:43 means in his power to improve the condition of the poor. With respect to the conduct of the Times, circumstances had lately occurred on the Continent which must alway's lay this great mercantile community under the deepest, obligations to the proprie tors of that Paper.—(Cheers.) Mr. WALTER returned thanks. The distinguished company did not squate till a. late hour. BLAKE Si, E 1111 - 14 U - R D ERE R. The following is a correct copy of the letter addressed by the wretched man to his wife after he reached Newgate "My dear wife Tor still I -hail consider you to the last hour of my life, although you might have prevented the awful termination of all our happiness, by consenting to what (I consider) a request I as your husband had a right to make (I mean that money); but I forgive you, as I well know that you were over-persuaded against me by others. We ought never to have been parted when we came from Sevenoaks, and then we might all have still been happy, without driving MC mad. I pray to God, my dear wife, that this letter will find you almost recovered, which I night and day pray for. " If you will condescend, plea se write me a note, and let me know your real state, as I have not heard for three days, and please let me have a change of clean things. The bearer of this will be sent by the Governor of this prison. I will write more to you at another time. And now, my dear wife, accept my fervent prayers for your speedy recovery, and accept my sincere love. • " Your miserable husband, " ROBERT BLAKESLEY. " I solemnly dalare I never intended to have hurt poor James." His wife, however, asserts the contrary, and agrees with Mrs. Burdon that her husband never interfered all, and was stabbed in his sleep. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS -„ , ME z .::