The Sun. — London, England, 1841-09-01 00:00:00

MORNING STTN SUMMARY OF NEWS AND Vutititt Optriton. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN• AcCounts, from Paris of Monday's date state' that the people: Are. becoming more reconciled to the - talking of the census. The Ministerial explanations, and the pledg e that no new taxes would be imposed without the ' consent of the Deputies, have quieted the public mind. , Three-fourths o f the inhabitants of Paris ha ve already. submitted to the measure. Queen Christina is reported in La Revue de Pup:is .. to.: have p reva il e d upon t h e Ki ng o f t h e F renc h t o negociate with the Spanish Government to permit the ex-Regent to correspond by letters with Queen Isalakla and her sister. There can be little danger in thiS at present, as : , Queen Ch r i st i na, d ur i ng her guard i ansh i p o f t h e i n fant Queen, was so regardless of her education, that the Sovereign of Spain and the Indies cannot yet write her name., It appears hard to restrict a mother's .corres pondehice with her children, but when a mother vol4o-_ tarilr divests herself of that sacred character for that 4 . , a St. de-intrigue r and anti-Constitutional Revolutionist, the v ielfare of the country is paramount to all private individual considerations. Better a , bad mother should shed tears than that a nation should weep blood. Ye, however, doubt the truth of such a report altogether. The defeat of the Whig Ministry on the Address was known. in Paris on Sunday night. The speech of Sir Robert Peel was 'regarded by the Court organs. as the forerunner of more amicable relations between France and I rAngland. Th e projected Customs Union between France and Belgi am is abandoned for the present. Thee praises be s t owe d b y the English Journals on M. Guizot's speech at Lisieux have provoked the indigna tion of the French opposition Press. They will have it that such is our hatred of France that we praise only those ..Frenchmen who are traitors to their country. How proud then our contemptuous disregard of them selves must make them ! Happy country, where a 'man to reap the rich harvest of patriotism has only to say " all iny neighbours detest and abuse me !" Thet:Royel Family of France arrived at St. Cloud from En, in Normandy, on Sunday. The King and Queen of' the Bel gians were to follow on Monday. Gni 23d inst. the Spanish Government withdrew the Bil l for authorizing the sale of the islands of Aims bon anid Fernando Fo to Great Britain. It appears . that' Spain.l ins found other means of meeting the demands of th e Mritish Government without alienating these islands. Have they been supplied by France ? The French Jour nals c annot wonder if we ask such a question, after their remit' ks upon the share England is supposed to have had in coLapelling France to abandon Minorca. Espitrtero was prevented' by illness from closing the sessio . 2 of the Cort es on t h e 24t h i nst. The Regent is so freePlently ill, that we are surprised at his not rather desirini to have some person of. a more robust frame associat .ed with him in the cares of the Supreme Execu tive G 1 wernment. The 'war. halted for him while the Comaunder-in-Chief of •a ki9gdom's•armies ;. but it is of in( ire importance to the welfare of mankind wheit jus tice is :compelled to regulate lierniOvementS by the stop watch. of a Regent's physician. Th o Candiotes complain that they have been betrayed by th s captains of the English vessels, on board of which they : ;ought refuge. Th ? Grand Schariff of Mecca has sent an Envoy to tl , e Porte, offering to submit to the Sultan if his past re bellio• zbe pardoned. He is at the head of 60,000 Be douin ,Arabs. A chief at the head of such a force may be sure t'it.t his petition for pardon will not he cast aside without many an anxious perusal. The Divan, in read ing it, w2ll feel much akin to young Gil Bias when pe titic►nc d for alms by the wooden-legged beggar from be hind a. cockad blunderbuss., PUBLIC OPINION. The-Morning Herald accuses Lord Melbourne of an exceedil want of gentility, in not makinz a set speech while Al I nouneing his resignation in the House of Lords last night. Our Conterpporary, brings forward his charge quite in a master-of-the:.ceremonies style, as will be seer:. by the following extract :—" His Lordship's corn rnunie iti'on was the simplest form of official statement. and ot tly, therefore, not indecorous. The Noble Lord conde a eended to own that he considered it his duty to acquai'llt their Lordships with the fact, which he pro ceeded:i to state in a single sentence. Not a single word of con Ipliment to the Peers for the personal kindness and cot trtesy of their hearing towards him, even in the heat an d excitement of debate, escaped from the whilom courti. c." We are not aware of any particular courtesy owiag by Lord Melbourne as a public man to the House of Lo eds. They have never shown themselves friendly to his Government, but, on the contrary, have always oppose y 1 it to the utmost of their power without the slightres t ceremony. Under such circumstances, there fore, to show any extraordinary or elaborate courtesy to their Tc .ry Lordships, would wear the aspect, not sin cerity, - hut studied mockery. The: Ailvert'ser remarks, in an article on the subject of Financial :—" Justice demands that the fruits of every man's industry should be guarded against the en croachments of the tax-gatherer until after its owner has been provid,Nl with at least the primary articles of sub. xistence, and with a portion also of the ordinary comforts of life. Thes having been secured, the taxing process may justly eno Igh fall upon the surplus ; because fall ing, as it then ivould fall, upon luxuries and superflui ties, its effects would be as little felt as they well could be. Just the reverse of this is the principle and opera tion of British ,taxation." And for this we have to thank the Tories, the most persevering and ingenious tax-inventors recorded in tnodern history. This party are now in power, and they can only maintain them selves there by endeavouring to undo all that they have done for the last fifty years and upwards. Having already repudiated the obnoxious name of Tories, they must now make all haste to repudiate its principles also, especially as regards the system of taxation. In reference to Lord Stanley's speech last night in the House of Commons, the Chronicle says :—" Lord Stan ley, for himself and for the Conservatives, has empha tically declared to the country, that they have turned n ut Lord John Russell because he was an able and faith ful servant of the Crown, and an untiring promoter of the interests of the people. No other construction can be put upon his words. Free trade, they say, is a very good thing ; it is a very horrid thing for people to be distressed ; yet the Minister that would have promoted free trade, and the budget that was proposed to relieve distress, are alike discaraed. They shrank from discus sion ; they out-voted the Ministry ; and now, when they have obs'Tucted the measures, and turned out the men, Lord Stanley comes forward, and virtually con fesses, that men and measures were alike calculated to Promote the highest interests of the nation." Whether i. l n•offiee an d a m e m b er of his Cabinet, or only a volun teer supporter of it, we suspect that Sir .Robert Peel wilere long find in Lord Stanley the most embarrassing colleague h e ever had to deal with. Never were two statesmen less • fitted to work together. The one is all coldness and caution—the other is rash, impetuo us , and c ursed with a temper that constantly Clouds his ' Ind , - nient. Lord Stanley is as bold as Sir Robert peel is ap prehensive ; and the boldness of the one, like the fears and distrusts' of the other are always exhibited, at pre- cisely the wrong season. The Post observes with the coolest effrontery:—" The Conservative majority has been won against every in ,fluence but the honourable one of public approbation. • For his pOsition as a Minister, Sir Robert Peel is solely indebted to the favour and confidence of his Sovereign. For his position as leader of the majority of the House of Commons, he is indebted to the favour and confidence of the people who possess the elective franchise." This ~„precious paragraph contains as many misstatements as sentences. In the first place, the Conservative majority -"was not won by the influence of public approbation, but "'by the sinister influence of the Chandos Clause; secondly, ' 'Sir Robert Peel is not indebted for his new position to • the favour and confidence of. his Sovereign, but to the ; ? ; necessities of her situation, which just now admit of no other alternative ; and thirdly, he is not lifted into office 1 , on the shoulders of the people, but on the'shoulders of _ the monopolists and landowners, whose selfi s h i n t eres t s • he must consult, to the sacrifice of every other considers 9t' tron,otherwLie out he goes, to freeze once again in the Polar clime of Opposition. 3 In an article on the subject of M'Leod's case the Times expresses itself as follows :—" Do we insinuate, then, that without further ado Great Britain ought to proceed forthwith to enforce Mr. M‘Leod's release at the point of the bayonet ? By no means. Heaven knows we are no advocates for war at any time ; nor would we ever have recourse to it, except as a dire ultimatum when all milder measures have failed. Measures of that description, how- ever, have now been long tried. To the great indignity end disparagement of Great Britain, whose wrongs are z‘ at this moment unredressed, those measures have been frustrated, as the Americans alledge, by an awkward technical anomaly in their republican constitution. We ask, therefore, what guarantee has Lord Palmerston re - calved that that anomaly, which makes so 'serious and unwarrantable an assault upon international justice, shall Ipeedily be corrected ? Really, unlcsi a warranty of • his description have been givei, as evincing an honest anxiety both to atone for M•Leod's detention, and to prevent the recurrence of any similar case, we do not see that anything has been done to satisfy the honour of this country, but on the contrary, everything to defile and defy it." IVIONET-TELADE-CODZIVIERCE. At Edinburgh, on Monday last, the high-priced bakers raised the price of the 41b. loaf one halfpenny. It is now ninepence halfpenny ready money, or if paid within a month; and tenpence credit. Large shoals of the nutritious pilchard-fish have been seen off the Corlish coasts, and great quantities taken by the drift-boats: There is every promise of a suc cessful fishery. AGRICULTURAL. The weather at Cambridge has been heavenly; nine tenths of the wheat is cleared and carried, and the crop is above an average. From Gloucestershire, Worcester shire, Northamptonshire, and Windsor, the same de lightful accounts have arrived. At the beginning of last week, a heavy thunder-storm, with rain, passed over Lancashire and Cheshire, and did much damage ; but since then there has been splendid weather. At Bradford, on 'the cold lands of the east, fear is entertained that the quantity of wet fallen will make crops .fall short of the average. NAVAL AND MILITARY. The Hardy steamer, which sank off Wapping on Sun day with trio hundred persons on board, was raised on Monday. The vessel has received considerable damage. It is ascertained that the accident was caused entirely by the anchor of the brig Marmion, which, it is said, was without a buoy. LAW AND POLICE. At the Liverpool Assizes, on the 27th August, James White, charged with the murder of William Cranmer, keeper of an improper house in that town, was convicted of the manslaughter, and sentenced to be transported for life. In the civil side, the Apothecaries Company in Lon don obtained kverdict against Henry Greenaugh, of St. Helen's, for having practised as any apothecary, not being duly licensed—damages, 201. The ease had been heard at a former Assizes, and the ruling of the Judge was afterwards reversed by the Court above„ who were of opinion that the preparing and dispensing of medicine by chemists and druggists meant the preparing and dis pensing from prescriptions previously given, and did not enable them to administer medicines on their own au thority. At the Central Criminal Court on Monday, John Miller, indicted for feloniously assaulting J. S. Fisher, a lad. fifteen years of age, at the Custom Ho use l ast Satur d ay week, was convicted and sentenced to hard labour for one year. The Rev. Louis Waters, a Swiss Catholic Priest, re manded on a former occasion on a charge of obtaining money under fraudulent pretences, was again brought before the Magistrate at Marlborongh-street, when it was discovered that the unfortunate man was insane, and arrange nts were made f or sen di ng hi m b ack to Swit zerlatab SPORTING. _ ------- Con the Lamrner-moors, the Cheviots, and other hills on the border, grouse shooting ha's been,, for the most part, poor ; and this not from scarcity of birds, but their strength and wildness. The Duke of iiutland arrived, at Longshawe, , his shoOting r lodge, in Derbyshite, on Thursday last. Grouse, in the Kendal preserves, is less abundant this year than heretofore, and much of the heath er h as withered, pin e d, an d died from frost or some other cause. The Dent Moors were once considered the best breeding ground in this part of the country, and on Whernside eight or ten brace might have been killed a-day, but now the Moors are barren, and a day's work on Whernside will scarcely bag a brace. On Grisdale Fell, once a fer tile field, there is not this year a single brood to be found. counT-rAszzoNAn..t.z. The indisposition of Viscount Beresferd has taken a favourable turn, and we unders,and he has been pro nounced entirely out of danger by his medical attendants. The Duke of Buccleuch has left Whitehall for Dal keith palace. The Duke of Bedford has left town on a visit to the Duke of Rutland. .U he Earl and Countess of Minto leave the Admiralty at the close of the present week, for their seat in Scotland. Lady Peel and family arrived in Whitehall Gardens on Monday night, from Staffordshire. The Earl of illaccle:fi3ld still continues in a deplorable state of health. MISCELLANEOUS. On Saturday evening an inquest was held in St. George's Hospital, on the body of Louisa Rockley, aged sixteen, a remarkably fine girl, daughter of Mr. William Rockley, upholsterer, No. 9, Mills's-buildings, High road, Knightsbridge, who was burned to death on Thursday evening. It appeared that her apron caught fire while she was standing in front of the copper fire, the door being open, and thereby increasing the draught of air. It was, accordini , to the surgeon,the most shock ing case of the kind he had ever seen. The unfortunate girl, after severe suffering, expired in the hospital the next day. It is generally acknowledged that Brighton was never so full as at the present time. Letters have been received in town stating that Mr. Justice Bosunquet is considerably improved in health. Lord John Russell was loudly cheered on his way down to the House . on Monday afternoon, by the crowd assembled in Palace-yard. His Lordship was in a car riage, accompanied by his Lady. Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of John Bunyan, author of the " Pilgrim's Progress," who died in 1688. The Rev. George Francis, of the Baptist Chapel, Wa terloo-road, Lambeth, has been distrained on for church rates to the amount of 16s. Bd. The property selected consisted of 13 volumes of the " Baptist Magazine," 3 ditto of " Henry on the Bible," and 3 ditto of " Ridge ley's Body of Divinity." One hundred and fifty whales were caught on Satur day, the 22d inst., off Stromness. All the boats in the harbour, to the number of about 60, were put in requisi tion on the occasion. The whales average about each, making the aggregate value of 4501. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY.—The census was being taken very quietly throughout France. Three-fourths of Paris has already undergone the n ensure. The praise so unanimously bestowed on M. Guizot's speech by the British press has become the occasion of some violent articles in the opposition papers of Paris. At the earnest desire of Queen Christina, says La Revue de Paris, King Louis Philippe is about to nego tiate with the Spanish Government for the withdrawing of the interdiction laid upon the young Queen Isabella, and the Infanta, her sister, from corresponding with their Royal mother. The defeat of the Whig Ministry was received by tele graph in Paris on Sunday night. It afforded general satisfaction to the Court organs. The speech of Sir Robert Peel, which arrived this morning, confirms that feeling, and the small rise which has taken place in the funds is attributed to the proba bility of a more cordial feeling henceforth to subsist be tween the English and the French Governments. The idea of a customs union between France and Bel gitim has been for some - time abandoned by the French Government. The King, Queen, and the rest of the Royal Family arrived at St. Cloud on Sunday last. The Duke and Duchess of Orleans preceded their Majesties by a few hours, and the King and Queen of the Belgians were ex pected on Monday. Paris Bourse has slightly improved ; Five per Cents. 116f.45c.; Three per Cents., 77f. 25c. ; Spanish, 21. SPAIN. MADRID, AUG. 24.—Espartero was ill, and would not close the session in person. Accounts from Madrid of the 23d instant state, that the Minister for Foreign Affairs withdrew on that clay the Bill for the proposition to Great Britain of the islands of Annabon and Fernando Po. M. Gonzales justified the measure by stating that the Sp an i s h G overnment , " w a,...ing found other means of fulfilling cer t a i n o bli ga ti ons the eh it had contracted toward s E ng l an d , h a d a b an d one d TPhr:je:ltl of alienating those i s l an d s . which s e er ate passed several' Bills on the 23d, among w the Milit ar y Pension Bill, by 65 t o 119 ; the Bill to . 28 ; that author t ing the sale of c l er i ca l property, by 48 ua C, b that for the eoehse tru G ction darama of the Legislative Palace, 'by 64 to 22 ; and 50 to 26. • The transactions er, Bourse on the 23d were very nu merous. The majority s, va I.3,inwere bargains in the Five per catito6nowdasayconcludedgatfrotn 241 to 25,1 ; one cash _ 4 !-1t1. ,. Iran ntSSADRID BOURSE, Aye. 4 1 lye per Cents., 25 cash. GERM A N --- F - y - -- . 177Insssettled The Augsburg Gazette, und er d _,_ „. i i e . n n: 11 a l( ii , a at l te o i t ty h instant, observes, that the commer ei;d s e n p , a c i e ji: panic aceordinc, to ac counts conti nued had completely subsided, that the funds n de u n ed cy to to b r e is p e a , r b a i l l y t se t d ha b t, y n t e h v e c s r t t i h l e l aspect of af fairs in the East. Th e H fro am m bu E rg m h s,Gtahreethteeaslithateosf, t t i l l i e at, King of Lanover was much improved, and that his Alajesty and the here. ditary Prince would return to Hanover early in September. FINE ARM', THE TAKING OF SIDON.-THE BOMBARD MENT AND CAPTURE OF ACRE. Colnaglzi, London, 1841. The prints representing these late glorious naval actions, on the Syrian coast, are three in number, and are executed from original designs, furnished by Lieutenant Warre, who was pre sent both at Acre and Sidon, on board the Prin cess Charlotte. The first print represents the taking of Sidon by the Marines and Blue-jackets on the twenty-sixth of September last; and the two others, the bombardment of Acre, on the the third of November following, including the awful spectacle of the explosion of the powder magazine. This last incident is pourtrayed with truly graphic ability; and by the vivid and ghastly light of the explosion is seen the .Power ful, Comodore Napier, firing broadside after broadside at the devoted fortress, with all the promptitude and energy thht , British seamen never fail to bring with them into action. These prints teem with life and animation; are crowded, but not too much so, with incidentS; are care fully engraved; and being published •" by sub scription tir the benefit of the families of the killed in the Allied Fleet, during the late opera tions on the' Coast of Syria"—as the prospe3tus informs us—will no doubt meet with all the suc cess to which they are entitled. MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD' S MAGAZINE. As usual, there are some amusing inconsisten cies in Maga's political article this month. In .‘ Lessons from the Past," after assuring us that the " English Constitution, the boast of the patriot and the pride of the historian during so many ages, sunk to the dust" at the period when the Reform Bill was carried, the writer goes on to assure us that this defunct Constitution is just as well as ever, and as strong and hearty as.if nothing had ever ailed it ! Never was there such a phenomena as this same Constitution! It has actually as many lives as a cat. The Tories con fess to its having been put to death not less than three times within the last twelve or fourteen years, yet now they tell us with all the gravity imaginable that it is in the enjoyment of excel lent health ! Though we differ from the majo rity of the opinions put forth in " Lessons from the Past," here is one in the spirit of which we cordially agree :—" The Conservatives," says the writer," "have many lessons of wisdom to learn." They have indeed, for' hitherto they have shown themselves but indifferently furnished with poli tical sagacity. Every great national question brought forward since the memorable year 1829 has tended only to bewilder, instead of to ett. lighten, their understanding. They have 'been standing in a state of stupid perplexity, while the world was in active, fbrward motion about them. Henceforth, they must either make up their minds to accommodate their ideas of legisla tion to those of the day, or elm consent to be shuffled aside as so much worthless lumber. There is no longer time fin-hesitation. They must decide Itt- oncei fbr, *bile they are considering; the Olden opportunity is passing, never to return. .The "World of London" is a lively, shrewd essay. HoW just is this 'reniark !—" There is no town's talk in. London ; your provincial lion is here a very tame beast, and let - him roar ever so loud, not a soul will think more of his roaring than of the rumbling of a cart." London is indeed the best of all places to cure a man's self-conceit. Here, he is sure to rise or fall to his proper level. The metropolis is no respecter of persons. It thinks no more of a duke than a dustman. We quote some amusing thoughts on suicide from this entertaining essay : When Saul Patch, the American, hanged himself, by way of a lark, upon Waterloo-bridge, (by the way, what, may we ask, became of the inquiry, whether or no the Directors sanctioned that 4isgusting exhibition ?) we happened to have occasion te walk up the Waterloo road about ten minutes after -- the untoward event ; the crowd had already dispersed, but some stray sentences dropped by the passers-by induced us to imagine some thing interesting might have occurred. Laying down sixpence to pay our toll, while waiting the change, we took occasion to inquire of the gate-keeper what was the matter. 11 " Only a Yankee diver hanged hisself on the bridge, Sir—all right !" replied the functionary ; whe ther the " all right" referred to the propriety of Sam Patch acting as his own hangman upon this occasion, or to the correctness of the change tendered me by the gate-keeper, I cannot say ; however that may be, I could not help censuring the fully of Sam Patch in executing himself in London, where, not merely the manner of his death, but his previous existence, was forgotten in some seconds less than five minutes ; whereas, had he onl3 taken the trouble to strangulate himself in Edin burgh or Dublin,. he would have been talked of for a week, and remembered for a fortnight. Songs would have been sung, and sermons made, about him ; public meetings would have been called to petition Parliament against capital punishments. Patch would have become a household word, and his effigy would have been seen in every shop hanging in mezzo tinto ; we would have had the Sam Patch quadrilles, and the Sam Patch magic strop, and the Sam Patch cravats ; in short, if Sam had any sense, he might have been not only notorious. in. himself, but the cause of notoriety in ushers: It is, therefore, sheer folly in intending sui cides to think of creating a' sensation by performing their antics in London. Rhadamanthus Wakley, sitting in judgment on half a score corpses a clay, or thereabouts, cannot confer upon all an immortality : tumbling " from the monument" even has lost its novelty, and is now considered by the town a very "slow" way of cutting one's self off. No suicide, therefore, who cannot strike out a new line of bold; dashing, and original felo de ce has the chance even of seeing his inquest headed " Sui cide Extraordinary." We therefore recommend all daring spirits, ambitious of immortality by hanging or otherwise, to take themselves off tOthe country, where a sensation is worth any money,. and where they will have twelve columns of inqUest in the county papers." The " Picture of Danae " is a translation from a German drama by Deirihardstein. We cannot vouch for the accuracy of the. version, as we are unacquainted with the original play; but the blank verse is spirited and melodious, and some of the imagery is far above common place. " Royal Academy, &c.," is a notice of some of the more prominent pictures in the late exhibi tion. The criticism on the whole is just—so far at least as our recollection serves us—but it is somewhat out of date. Instead of thinking of the past, the public is now looking 'forward to the next exhibition. " Biron and the Bastille " is an instinctive historiette, enlivened with sketches of character. The " Fowler" is a .poem by Delta. It is in his pleasantest manner. •In the article entitled " Sir Robert Peel's Position on next Resuming Power," we have - an elaborately drawn character of the Right lion. Baronet, which is not a little at variance with the account given of him in this very Magazine, immediately after the passing of the Catholic Emancipation. He was then a rat—an apostate. He is now a firm, upright statesman ; the very one to whom, of all others, may be most fitly entrusted the destinies of the empire. • " Good Bye to the Whigs" is a smart, satirical farewell to the dis placed Ministry. TURKE Y. - Advices from Constantinople announce the arrival in that capital of an Envoy of the Grand Schariff of Mecca, Mohammed Ebn-Aun, who offered to submit on condition that the Porte would confirm him in his Government. This Envoy had been well received by the Divan, who, however, appeared inclined to leave the arrangement of the affair to Mehemet . Ali. The Schariff' was said to be at the head of 60,000 Bedouin cavalry. CANDIA. The Courrier Grec, Athens Journal, of the 12th ult., contains a letter from the chief of the last insurrection in Candia, stating that having been betrayed by Rousses I3ourdoum Bain, they had sought refuge on board the English vessels ; that their intention was not to abandon the Candiotes, but that the English had carried them to the Pincus. after having circulated the report of the failure of the insurrection along the coasts, and thereby ruined their cause. THE SUN. LONDON. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEM3 R 1, IS4 BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. Not the least interesting article in the Number belbre us is a brief biographical sketch of the late Theodore Hook, whose sudden and unex pected death has left a blank in the social circle that will not easily be filled up. We had no idea, till we read this memoir, that Hook pos sessed so much versatility of talent. We all know that he was a passable dramatist, a clever novelist, and a wit of very considerable powers; but we here learn that he was also an excellent musician, and a caricaturist of no ordinary preten sions. No wonder that, aided by these recom mendations, together with a handsome person, and mild, gentleman-like address, he was a favourite with all classes.. " He wrote," says his biographer, not fewer than eleven dramatic compositions in three years ;" but they are all long since forgotten, being the merest ephemera, intended only tbr the passing hour. We are assured that in his youth lie was very good looking, but the portrait prefixed to this Me moir is by no means remarkable for comeliness of feature ; the forehead indeed is broad and in tellectual, but the rest of ,the countenance is rather ordinary than otherwise. We are glad to learn that the poetical squibs and " Rams bottom Letters," which be contributed from time to time in' the John Bull, are about to be collected and republished, for they abound in humour, and deserve—like the Auti-Jacobin poetry—to be remembered beyond their day. " RiChard Savage" keeps up with undiminished spirit. The dialogues are neat and tbrcible, and frequently evince dramatic point. " Merrie England in the Olden Time" is a quaint, racy melange of humour and antiquities. The bal lads interspersed throughout it are lightly and easily versified. " Ode to Taglioni" is a very se-so affair. It is thickly studded with italics, in order, we presume, that the jokes may not escape the notice of the reader. Without the help of si t ,t ms e ev s eee e alr, t ltni aahg Years" eCire. vigorous s : se : ic n t sset f e u taoed s pt t t. iad lt ee o nse n cf e Dir. dsoi description. ogt y i laotl e irenl o dre. ry.:pt,e I t or s to s l fi v b e ce s pi l 3 l eo o ne u n l ol d i nt h contains icstory s Ledger" 0. there Pyramus r a a ni us h umorousT T h is be," a c a .. s d D - s immortali ze d i n hi s Meta morphose which Ovid h, s. " Death of the Red Man" is an episode from Mr. Coo per's forthcoming romance of" The Decrslayer." N l v t ri i t s t e n . 1.l graphically,reand in places, p a th et i ca ll y , Smuggler's Leap" is another of Ingoldsby's richly comic legends. As usual, it has some touches of the supernatural, for the author's fancy is quite as remarkable as his powers of , . . humour. OnPreaderB Will, no dOubt,'ll a,k us fwe ih.s extract:— Smuggler Bill, he looks behind, And he sees a dun , horse•come swift as the wind, And his nostrils smoke, aud.his eyes they blaze Like a couple of lamps on ,a yellow post-chaise . ! Every shoe he has got Appears red-hot, And sparks round his ears snap, crackle, and play, And his tail cocks up in a very odd way,. Every hair in his main seems a porcupines quill, And there on his back sits Exciseman Gill, Crying " Yield thee ! now yield thee, thou Smuggler Bill !” Smuggler Bill, from his holster drew A large horse pistol, of which he had two, Made by Nock ; He pull'd back the cock As far as he could to the back of the lock ; The trigger he touch'd, and the welkin rang To the sound of the weapon, it made such a bang ; Smuggler Bill ne'er thiss'd his aim, The snot told true on the dun—but there came From the hole where it enter'd, not blood, but flame ! SO lie changed his plan, -• •And fired at'the man ; But his second horse-pistol Ilash'd in the pan ! And Exciseman Gill, with a hearty good will, Made a grab at'the collar of Smuggler Bill. dapple grey mare made a desperate bound When that queer dun-horse on her flank she found, Alack ! and alas.l on what dangerous ground ! It is enough to make one's flesh creep To stand on that fearful verge, and peep, Down the rugged sides so dreadfully steep, Where the chalk-hole yawns full sixty feet deep, O'er which that steed •took that desperate leap I It was so dark then under the trees, No horse in the world could tell chalk from cheese — ])own they went—o'er that. terrible Horses, Exciseman, Smuggler, and all ! ! Below were found Next day on the ground, By an elderly Gentleman walking his round, (1 wouldn't have seen such a sight gm a pound) All smash'd and dash'd, three mangled corses, Two of them human, the third was a horse's, That good dapple-grey, and Exciseinan Gill Yet grasping the collar ofSmuggler Bill ! But where was the Dun ? that terrible Dun ? From that terrible night he was seen by none !--- There are some people think, though I am not one, That part of the story all nonsense and fun, But the country-folks there One and all declare, When the " Crowner's 'Quest" came to sit on the pair, They heard a loud horse-laugh up in the air I 1N ETV MONTHLY MAGAZINE. , . • Mr. Poole, the author of " Paul Pry;" leads off the present Number with a new prose story entitled " Phineas Quiddy, or Sheer Industry," which, if we may judge from the chapter before us, is intended to illustrate the career of a shrewd, selfish adventurer, who begins life without a sixpence, but by constantly attending to the main chnuce,.obtains . immense wealth. The story opens with spirit, and the incidents,' obvious and faniaiar as they are,f - dre`workeil up With singular ingenuity. • Mr. Poole is an excellent Magazine contributor, for he writes • with point and preci sion, and in his attempt at the . hutnorous, -keeps always on this side exaggeration. - Thereare evi- • dent syMptomS Of - pains-taking in' his ." Quiddy," and tliis, aftei all, is the true secret , of success, for in nine out of ten cased - the work that is dashed off in baste is read "With indiffer ence. " Canaletti in London" is a picturesque sketch of the recent architectural improvements in the metropolis. Nash, of course, comes in for a considerable share of the writer's attention; but we think his talents as an architect are over rated, for his taste was almost uniformly de fective, and his conceptions wanting in dig nity and simplicity. " Indecision" is a short, neatly written story, inculcating a useful moral lesson. The " Molten Calf" is by Mrs. Gore. It is a smart prose sketch, and hits hard at the money-getting propensities of the day. " Bajazet Gag" ridicules the absurd quackeries of some of the managers of our minor theatres in very happy style. Mr. Jerrold, the author, is alWays at home in the sarcastic. The peculiar abilities of the illustrious Gag arc thus cleverly glanced at:—" It is his peculiar genius to con dense—to merge the tremendous in the insigni ficant. He would, at four and twenty hour's notice, get up an earthquake in a needle-ease ;• turn a gutter into the storm-lashed Bay of Bis cay ; produce the Great Plague of London in one patient, and that one a child from the Small-pox Hospital ; give you for the Falls of Niagara a water-spout down a ladder; act the battle of Waterloo, giving a distant view of Brussels by lamp-light in a sentry-box ; and, did the Cham berlain permit the experiment, represent all the locusts of Egypt with not more. than half a dozen at industrious fleas." A " Day at Tivoli" is not amiss in point of manner, but the theme is hacknied. From the lively and appa 7 rently accurate account of " Russia in 1841," we quote an anecdote of the Emperor Nicholas, and his favourite French comedian Vernet : At St. Petersburgh, as well as in Mo.3cow, the French theatre is preferred to the great national theatres, a nd the Czar himself is an assiduous frequenter of it. The French company sustained a great loss by the death of Mademoiselle Bras, an actress formerly atatehed:tti th'e Vaudeville in Paris. This lady is said to have been ho noured with the especial favour and protection of the Emperor Nicholas. A comic actor named Vernet is a great favourite at St. Petersburgh, and has received fre quent marks of the Imperial satisfaction. One day as the Emperor was walking in the streets of St. Petersburgh, accompanied only by his brother, the Grand Duke Michael, Vernet happened to pass. The Czar had seen him on the preceding evening 'in a new character, and had been greatly amused by his perform ance. His Majesty accosted him, saying— " Vernet, I must compliment you on your performance of last night. You were excessively droll." " Sire, ' replied the actor, "I feel too highly flattered by your Majesty's approbation." '•I should like to see you play the character again," returned the Emperor. " I was much amused—so much so, that I could not suffer you to pass without expressing the gratification your performance afforded me." The Czar walked on, but Vernet stood riveted to the spot, perfectly astounded by the honour conferred on him. He was suddenly restored to his self-Possession by feeling on his shoulder the heavy hand of a Commissioner of Police, and at the same moment a thundering voice uttered the word " Halt." " What- meant this ?" exclaimed Vernet. " I arrest you. It is forbidden to accost the'Emperor in the public streets." • " I did not accost the Emperor. His Majesty, accosted me." " Accost you, indeed ! a likely story, truly 1 You Frenchmen have so much assurance, you think you may do anything. You arts my prisoner, so come along—no resistance !" In spite of his earnest remonstrances, Vernet was dragged to the guard-house, where he was confined fur four-and-twenty hours. On the following evening the actor again played his new character, and the Emperor applauded him with in-- creased warmth. At the termination of the play, when the Czar was leaving his box, he saw a man standing in the lobby, and evidently waiting fur him. He immedi ately recognized Vernet. " Ah, Vernet I" exclaimed the Emperor, " I have been as much amused as on the first night. Lam enchanted with your talent." " I am most grateful for your Majesty's gracious in dulgence ; but I humbly entreat that your Majesty will - never again stop me in the street to honour. me with. your approbation." " And why not ?" " Because your Majesty's kind condescension cost me twonty-fout hours imprisonment. I was arrested by a Commissary of Police, and falsely charged with having presumed to accost your Majesty in the street." "I am very sorry to hear that, Vernet. I will inquire into the matter." Early on the following morning Vernet received a visit from the Commissioner of Police, who came to beg very humbly that he would pardon the mistake which had led to his imprisonment. FRASER' S MAGAZINE. As a matter of course, Fraser is quite de lighted with the present prospects of his party. The Whigs being on their last legs;--in articulo mortis—he thinks there is now every 'chance of the speedy advent of a political millennium. The " End of the Beginning" is a ,carious diatribe, whose object is to show that the distress of the country is almost wholly attributable. to the in capacity of the Whigs, and that with their re tirement from office a new and improved state of things. will necessarily commence. The ar ticle is excellently adapted to the tastes of Tory readers, fur whose express edification it is writ ten, but more impartial people will be apt to treat some of its statements with contempt. . The " Journal of an Autumn in the Country" are se lections taken ap-hazard from .a literary com mon-place-book, These selections. are .critical, anecdotical, and descriptive, and evince both taste . and ingenuity. We differ, however, from the author's remark, that " every person ac quainted with the lives and writings of Gray and Walpole is • unavoidably • struck with the resemblance between them," for never were two authors more unlike each other, in their habits, not less than in their genius. Gray was stiff, reserved, scholastic, and of thoughtful.and somewhat melancholy temperament; Walpole, sprightly, social, ftypish, and a mere smatterer in point of knowledge. The one was sensitive to a degree ; the other as heartless as those are apt' to be who have spent theirbest days in fashi onable society. .Gray was a poet; Walpole was a satirist, and a would-be wit. Gray's prose ritings are remarkable for their free, and easy, and elegant flow ; Walpole's for their terse smartness, and , constant affectation of brilliancy. The one turned a trembling, ever-vigilant ear to —what Wordsworth so beautifully calls—" the still, sad music of humanity;". the. other had no regard'fbr f ,no sympathy with, ariy other world than that of aristocracy. Speaking of memory, the author says:— Strength and tenacity of memory are regularly for gotten in ancient panegyrics. Quintilian measured the ; ge ius by the memory. Pliny, in one of his letters, mentions a Greek philosopher who, having delivered an extempore oration, could immediately repeat it without a single error. Seneca, when a young man, was able to recite 'two. :thousand words in the order in which they had been pronounced. The anecdote of Cyrus, who re membered the name of every soldier in his army, seems to belong to romance. An Eastern warrior of savage renown—Hyder Ali—supplied by his memory the de fects of education. He was unable to read or write ; and having desired his secretary to indite a letter for him upon any occasion, hi directed him to read it aloud ; he then ordered another person to do the same, and any variation or descrepancy was punished by the death of the scribe. Let us examine memory under more pleas ing aspect. • It was the practice of Gassendi to recite every day six hundred lines in various languages. He could repeat six thousand Latin verses, and the entire poem of Lu cretius: He recommended the habit to others in very alluring terms, assuring them that the memory retained its vigour and health only through exercise. In very early life, he used to say, acquire as many beautiful verses as you can ; they not only amuse the mind, but inspire it with dignity and grandeur of sentiment. We notice the same habit in other men of great scientific and philosophic reputation. Galileo—who attributed the fluency of his style to the diligent study of Ariosto— repeated very large portions of that poet and romancer, Tetrarch, and Berni. Adam Smith—an unpromising illustration—enriched his memory with numerous pas sages of great beauty from the works of ancient and modern poets, and was fond of introducing them into conversation. Leyden, the accomplished friend of Scott, had a very peculiar memory. Dr. Abercrombie was in formed by a gentleman who knew him well, that he could repeat correctly a long act of Parliament or any similar document after having once read it. But this faculty was rendered comparatively useless, and often positively injurious, by a total absence of analytical reason or judgment. Leyden could recollect the whde, but not the parts. If he wished to recal a particular fact, he could only accomplish his desire by repeating the composition from the commencement, until he arrived at the passage for which he sought. Bishop Jewel was remarkable for his power of recollection. The martyr Hooper, Bishop of Gloucester, upon one occasion wrote down forty Irish words, which, after reading over three or four times, Jewel repeated in exact order, both backward and forward ; and Lord Bacon having read ten lines from Erasmus, he repeated them in the right and in the wrong connection. The author adds that "memory seems to be the necessary companion of genius," which we doubt, professing rather to agree with Cobbett, who declares it to be one of the most mechanical of faculties. George the Third had a singularly retentive memory, yet no one ever suspected him of geniu.S. In his cursory remarks on the me moirs of Martinus Scribbens, the author greatly overrat es the wit and power of this well-k n own sa tire. Itisat best but a tame, elaborate affair, and no more to be compared to " Gulliver's Travels than a wren to' eagle. The - observations on . Burnett are. excellent, . and- so. are those on Shakspeare, whose glaring faultS of taste it is • now the fashion to cry as:exquWte beauties. In tine " Chapter , oruTailors" .a just measure is taken of .the'subject We could havedispensed with the• chapter, however; for who can be in spired when a tailor is his theme? "Budget of a Blue-Jacket .is. just _passable, and . no more. Iu " Tile History of Samuel Titmarsh " there is much humour and vivacity of dialogue. " The Dissenting Convention at Manchester" is a coarse, vulgar attempt at sarcasm and irony. The writer lays clumsily about him with an Irish bludgeon, and imagines he is doing skilful execution with the light rapier of Meicutio. TAIT'S MAGAZINE. Tait has no political article this month, but to compensate for this omission he gives us one or two . clever critical notices of new books, and several specimens of very creditable poetry. The tale of " Violet Hamilton" continues to be carried on with spirit, but we should be glad to see a little less diffusiness in the dialogues. They are na tural enough, but they want conciseness. "Oxo nian Ethics" is a carefully considered review of Professor Sewell's work on " Christian Morals"— a work whose chief object is to base - a new system of ethics on testimony The' Reviewer shrewdly points out th e . absurdity of this object, and allud ing to the general character of Oxford scholar ship and divinity, says, happily enough, that their Professors are men who " mistake a little Greek for the wisdom of the world, and the whisper of an episcopal benediction for the Spirit of God upon the waters." The " Feast of the Poets for 1841" is a collection of fugitive pieces, serious and humorous, strung together at random, with a lively, pertinent, introduction from the pen of the editor. Here are some pleasing stanzas entitled " Highlander's Lament for Glen garry :" Wail ! wail ! fez thy glens, Invergarry, Shall echo no more to the steps of the brave I Wail ! wail ! for the chief of Glengarry Has left his blue hills for a home o'er the ware. Wail ! through the forest and mountain resounding No more shall his bugle-note Startle the deer; Nor foot, fleet as light, from crag to crag bounding, Shall tell us how little Glengarry could fear. Wail ! ne'er again, the blue waters dividing, Shall be heard on Loch Oich the stroke of his oar, And the prance of h is proud steed, the laggard wind leaving, Shall gladden the hearts of his people no more. Wail ! for far away is our roof-tree transplanted, Our eagle 's forsaken his eyrie, and flown ; The hand never stinted—the heart never daunted, Have left us for ever—Glengarry is gone We'll seek him in vain when the heather-bell's filling, We'll wait him in vain at the fall of the leaf : Never more, never more, to our Highland hearts thrilling, Shall pibrochs swell proudly to welcome our chief. Wail ! wail I for thy glens, Invergarry, Shall echo no more to the steps of the brave, Wail ! wail ! Tor the chief of Glengarry Ilath left his blue hills for a home o'er the wave. But bless'd for his sake be each valley and mountain, And. sweet be the flowerets that smile on the plain, And bright be the sparkle of river and fountain, In lands that shall welcome him over the main. And bless'd be his bride for the words she bath spoken, The vows that she breathed—and the pledge that she gave ; For the friends she bath left—for the ties she bath broken, To brighten and bless that far home o'er the wave ! Though ours be no more the delight to behold him, To live for his pleasure—to die for his fame ; May the banner of love, like a garment enfold him, And honour for ever attend on his manic ! The review of " Miss Sedgwick's Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home" is skilfully and impartially written, and the extracts are well cal culated to please the majority of readers. " Mu sings in the Wen" are a series of reflections sug gested to the writer by occasional stroles in the parks of London, which Wyndham, in his quaint, tbrcible manner, once described as the lungs of the. metropolis. The remark that " St. James's Park swarms with associations of those who seem to have been born only to amuse themselves, or utter clever sayings," is perfectly just. It is for ever associated with Ch arles the Second, and the gay courtiers of his day, as also with the amusing fops and demireps of Etheredge, Wy cherley, and Congreve. The Mall, in particular, is classic ground; and will be recognized as such by all who are familiar with Count Grammont's delightful Memoirs. " Lines written in a Roman Camp in Bavaria" are gracefully and unaffectedly written. We subjoin a portion of them : There is a cloud before the sun, The wind is hushed and still, And silently the water's run Beneath the sombre hill ; . The sky is dark in every place, As is the earth below, — Methinks it wore the self-same face Two thousand years ago. • No light is on the ancient wall, No light upon the mound, The very trees so thick and tall Cast little shade around ; So silent is the place and cold, So far from human ken, • It bath a look that makes me old, And spectres time again. I listen half in thought to fear The Roman trumpet blow, I 'setirch for glint of helm and spear Amidst the forest bough ; And armour rings and voices swell,— . I hear the legion's tramp, And see the lonely sentinel Who guards the lonely camp. Methinks I have no other home— Ne other hearth to find, For nothing but the thought of Rome Is stirring in my mind. And all that I have heard or dreamed, And all I had forgot, • Are rising up as though they seemed The household of the spot. And all the names which Romans knew Seem just as known to me, As if I were a Roman too, A Roman born and free. And I could rise at Czesar's name, As if it were a charm To draw sharp lightning from the tame, And nerve the coward's arm! And yet if yonder sky were blue, And earth were sunny gay, If Nature were the summer hue, That decked her yesterday ; The mound, the trench, the rampart's space Would move me nothing more Than many a well-remembered place That I here marked before. METROPOLITAN. There is seldom aiila(Tl,7;f;;tisement in this periodical, which would . be still more attractive if the Editor gave us fewer prose tales. One or two are not amiss, but really five in one Number is too much of a dose. - The "Blue Belles of England" is here continued by Mrs. Trollope ; but, as we have already taken occasion to say, the story is by no means one of this lady's most suc cessful efibrts. Her genius nods through whole pages, and the consequence is, that her readers nod too. The hest tal e in the Number before us is the one entitled Spencer Middleton" which contains a laughable sketch of a certain Metropolitan Coroner, whom our readers will have no difficulty in identifying. The "Notices of New Books" are numerous, and, so far as we can judge, penned in a temperate and impartial spirit. THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRI- CULTURE. The history of " The ilioTinan Horse," a con tinuation of " Sketches in N ormandy" in a recent Number, gives a very favourable account of that breed. A better cross, says the writer, for some of our horses, cannot be imagined than those of Normandy, provided they have not the ordinary failing of too much length,from the neck down wards and a heavy head-r-a common defect in the Norman race. It is painful, however, to read the want of attention, 'lay the wanton cruelty, to this fine animal in that part, and indeed in many other parts of France. The remarks on the cruel mode of shoeing, which we have frequently witnessed, contain but too much truth. In the " Agriculturists' Note Book!' will also be found an interesting account of the horse in general, with a brief account of some of the best breeds in this country. The article by Mr. J. Duncan, "Oa Insects most Injurious to Vegetables," &c., we can safely recommend to the notice of market gardeners. A DICTIONARY OF SCIENCE, LITERA- TUBE, AND ART. The eighth number of this periodical publica tion' has appeared, and contains a long article on music, with numerous diagrams illustrating this favourite and fashionable amusement. No article in the numbers yet published extend to such a length, and we are therefore inclined to think that the political economists who furnish mar terials for the work, begin to think that a little amusement on the violin or the harp is better than long discussions about exports and imports, demand and supply, labour and price of labour, and all the other abstruse details contained in "The Wealth of Nations." Under the head "Par liament" will be found a useful account of the mode of proceeding in both Houses, with the peculiar privileges and functions of each. The article on paper is also good. It gives a detailed history of the process of paper-making, and pays a high compliment to Dickenson and Co., who, according to the writer, have long been cele brated for producing paper of a superior quality. We recommend this article to the especial at tention of the' uthorities who preside over her Majesty's Stationery office. TO THE EDITO1? OF THE SUN. Sin—After being wearied with the continued splutter which the Tory press keeps up about the majority in the landlords' and monopolists' party being the voice of the people. the verdict of the country, &c., I was resolved to endeavour by reference to a clever little work (" Oli vier's Parliamentary Register"), to ascertain how far the Tory scribes could be depended upon for the accuracy of their assertions. The returns from Ireland and Scotland, giving a large majority to her Majesty's present Ministers, and the Eng lish boroughs a small one,l applied myself to those boroughs of England which have returned Tories, to ascertain how far the assertion of the Tory scribes, that " the Radicals had been everywhere put to complete rout," was true or the reverse. In consequence of Lord Howick's remarks on Duke Sinithson's maneuvering, I also added one county, North Northumaelafiel. The result appears that the Tories have gaitwd 29 seats ; in all of which (with two exceptions, Westminster and Northumber land), their majorities have been under fifty. It further glues — out that they have only a majority of 471, in 27 contested seats, where the total number of electors qualified to poll amounts to 22,461. Westminster and North Northumberland give them a majority of 142, on a constituency of 18,531. It does not argue quite so unanimous an opinion in favour of Doctor Peel, that in Bedford, Cambridge, Can terbury, and Lancaster, containing about seven thousand electors, the Tory majority was only 10, 13, 9, and 16. Compare these results with the glorious majorities in 3farylebone, the Tower Hamlets, Lambeth, and Green wich, and surely the Liberals have no just reason to be afraid that the enemies of the people will ultimately be able to prevail. Should you think fit to I closed in your widely circn service. ;ive publication to the in- Lated Journal, it is at your BOZEY. Electors. Barnstaple Hodgson l5 Gore Bedford Stuart Berwick Hodgson ls Electors. Lincoln Collett 37 Malden Round 33 Montgomery Cholmondeley... 26 Newport Martin 25 Hamilton 23 Blackburn Hornby Bridgewater Broadwood 27 Forman N.Northumberland 2,786 Creswell ...... .. 62 Rochester Douglas Bodkin 8 Cambridge 1,698 Grant Canterbury 1,660 Bradshaw Harwich 195 Attwood ll Beresford Helston Vivyan Kidderminster ... 440 Godion Lancaster Marten Scarborough Trench lB Westminster Rous BO Weymouth Villiers Hope Wigan 583 Greenall Crosse Leeds Beckitt 40,992 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE: SOUTHAMPTON RACES—MONDAY (CONCLUDED.) Plate of 501. given by the Members for the Southern Division of the County, added to a sweepstakep of 10 Lovs. each, h ft, the second saves his s t a k e . Winner to be sold for 3001. Heats, once round and a distance. (3 Subs.) Mr. Foster's Bellissitna, 6 yrs (W. Sadler) 1 1 Mr. Sadler's Defy, 3 yrs Mr. Legg's Stickler, aged 3 dr. A good race. TUESDAY. The Town Members' Plate of added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sous. each; weights, &c., same as for County Plate ; winner to be sold for 200/. Heats once round and a distance. (3 Subs.) Mr. Sadler's Defy, 3 yrs, Gst 131 b (Howlett) 1 1 Mr. Legg's Stickler, aged, 9st llb Mr. Booth's Colchicum, ..5 yrs, 9st 71b Won easy. Match ; 25 sovs., Bst each ; mile and half. Mr. T. Neale's Deception (Goslin) beat Mr. G. Neale's Eleanor, in a canter. The Borough Plate of 50/., given by the Tradesmen and Innkeepers of the town, added to a Sweepstake of 5 sous. ; winner to b e sold for 100/. Heats, once round and a dis. (4 Subs.) • Ld. Huntingtower's ustralia, 3 yrs,7st llb (Evans) 1 1 Lord G. Bentinck's Gobemouche, 3 yrs, 7st 3 2 Mr. Budd's Arian, aged, Bst 121 b 2 dr Won easy by two lengths. The Champag-no Stakes of 3 sous. each, and 30 added ; the second receives 5/. from the fund and saves his stake. The winner to be sold for 801., &C. Heats. (4 Subs.) Mr. _Foster's Variety, 4 yrs, lOst 31b ...... ..(King) 4 1 Mr. Budd's Adrian, aged, 1 Ist 31b ' 1 2 Mr. Lucas's Traitress, 3 yrs, 9st 2 3 Mr. Hopkins's Vignette, 5 yrs, lOst 71b 3 4 The first and second heats were won easy. The race was not finished when the train left. STOURBRLDGE HURDLE RACES—MONDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, and 20 added. Two miles. Mr. Key's Marialva, 4 yrs .... (Frost) -1 Mr. Wahnsley's Comical John, 3 yrs Mr. Frost's Image, 3 yrs 3 The East Worcestershire Handicap of 15 sovs. each, h ft., and 5 only if declared, with 50 added. Two miles. Mr. Morris's. Fat Jack, aged, walked over. The Maiden Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added. Heats, twice round and a dis. Mr. Key's Image, 3 yrs (llodgson) 1 1 Mr. Arthur's The Star, 3 yrs Two others started. The Stand Purse of 501. Mile and a quarter heats. Mr. Morris's Fat Jack, aged (Marlow) 1 1 Mr. Barrow's Catharina, aged Mr. Fowler's Sunflower, 3 yrs . 2 dr. The Dro l l states that n few days ago , a gentle man who rented a garden with a pretty pavilion, outside one of the barriers, but who had been absent for some months, re turne to Paris, and invited some friends to go on the follow ing morning with him to see his garden and breakfast there. He gave orders to his servants accordingly, and next morning, nn arriving, found the pavilion *open, and two cooks in the kitchen busy in preparing a splendid breakfast. The cooks said they did not expect the party so soon, but would hasten their preparations, and havi n g d one so , the tenant and his friends sat down to a breakfast, at which the choicest wines had not been forgotten. Just as they had finished, three coaches drove up to the gate, and another party, for whom the breakfast had really been intended, made their appear ance. They consisted of the owner of the house, and several dandies and ladies of the opera, whom he had invited. It ap pears that the owner, notexpecting the return of his tenant so soon, had taken the liberty of using his house in his absence, without recollecting to apprise him of the fact at the period when the rent was paid to him by his agent, and the tenant's own servants had not tarried his orders into effect. The ladies are stated to have been furious. The weather since our last has, on the whole, much improved, but the nights are still moist and un favourable. Last night rain began to fall about ten o'clock, and it has continued heavily since. We ob serve occasional stooks in our neighbourhood, but har vest, even with the best weather, will not be general for at.loast ten days or a fortnight.-.-Glusgov; Argus. INTERESTING GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERY. Our readers are no doubt aware, that during the Int two years, the quarries of Stourton Hill, on the Cheshire side of the river, have become the subject of much geolo gical interest, not only to our local geologists, but also to the members of the Londen Geological Society, several of the most Eminent having recently visited the locality. This has arisen from the discovery, made by our toive:.:- man Mr. Cunningham, of the footsteps of a large . anitil R which must have had its existence in some former state of our planet. At first these remains were termed foot steps of the Chierotherium," from the supposition, hastily arrived at, that they belonged to an extinct species of the marsupalian genus. The subsequent discovery of some. bones and teeth, found in another portion of a similar formation, has, however, enabled Professor Owen satisfactorily to determine the genus of animals whose footsteps are here so prominently imprinted on large masses of the sandstone. The Professor has shown that these gigantic animals must have belonged to the genus batrachian, or frogs ; and from the peculiar construction of the tooth, has termed the animal the "La'oyrinthodon," an engraving of which may be seen in one of the last numbers of the Penny Cycl pe&a. A question, however, has since arisen, as to the origin of the formation itself, whether fresh water or marine, it being presumed, that if this were once satisfactorily de termined, it would go far towards determining the nature and habits of the animal, whose footsteps have been so singularly preserved. From time to time, traces of plants have been found on the sandstone slabs, that have been successively raised from the quarry, but none of a nature so decided as to warrant any conclusion being drawn from them. This point, we now think, is in a fair way of being settled in favour of the marine origin of the ' rock, as on a recent visit to the qnarries, Mr. Cunning, ham has again discovered the remains, or rather a cast in sand-stone, of an immense focus ; a plant which it is well known can only exist at the bottom of the ocean, thus at once giving a marine character to the whole formation. The imprint of this plant, which we have seen, is most unequivocal, and stands out in bold relief from the surface of the rock. It may be traced through all its ramifications from the root to the termination. It is about 25 feet in length, and nine feet in width ; a portion of which, however, has been removed in cutting the stone. Cur readers may have an opportunity of seeing this interesting remain by visiting the quarries, the rock not being yet removed. It is on the south side, andjust before entering the tunnel. These discoverieS inevitably lead us to the following conclusions :—That this portion of the now Hundred of Wirrall has formerly been the shore of a primeval ocean, where gigantic animals of the frog or salamander species have traversed in search of prey, perhaps, as the same shore must have abounded wit h . smaller animal; of the genus chelonia, or tortoises,- sonic of the slabs found in this quarry being literally covered with foot-prints of these animals ; but, perhaps more curious still, the marks of a sharp shower of rain are found imprinted with these footsteps, having been preserved by the soft clay, and are as sharp and well defined as if it had fallen yesterday.- -Liverpool Times. A MAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT. (From the Liverpool Abion.) On the arrival of the Eastham steam-packet yes terday morning, at the George's Pierhead, it was accompanied by a rowing -boat, with a young Man and the dead body of another in it. On inquiry, it appeared that, at five o'clock yesterday morning, two young men, Thomas Kewley, a clerk in a merchant's office, and Samson Moore, a cabinet-maker, took a 'boat froM. George's Pier, and proceeded up the river. They had a double-barrelled gun, and the means of loading it with them, their object being to amuse themselves by shooting birds. Kewley carried the gun. When on arriving a little way beyond East ham Ferry, he fired the contents of one of the Larrels at some seagulls. Moore, at the time, was sculling the boat, and not being very expert, he let the oar fall in such a manner that it came, it is supposed, in contact with the trigger of the gun, for the loaded barrel in stantly went off, ani Kewley, who had been standing up, fell down into tie bottom of the boat. His afff:lgtited companion rushed to his assistance, but all ills attempts to stop the bleeding were useless, as the contents of the gun had made a large wound in the throat. His next effort was to procure assistance, and, therefore, he jumped on shore and ran to the next house, the inmates of which sent to Sutton fur a surgeon. On his return to the boat, he fuund that it - had drifted away with his wounded companion, and, as no means of reaching him was at hand, he raU to Eastham. The crew of Sir Richard Bulkeley's yacht, which was lying off Eastham, gave him prompt assistance, but on their reaching the boat the unfortu nate young man was a corpse. Moore, in his alsrm, de clined to give Mr. Smith, of Eastham. a proper account of the transaction ; therefore suspicion was excited, and on his arrival at Liverpool he was taken into custody. Mr. Whitty, on more particular inquiry, was convinced that the above facts are true. Poor Moore is dreadfully excited, and seems horror-struck at the termination of. his excursion. The deceased has no friends in Liverpool. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) Robert Wilkinson was indicted for receiving. wen knowing it to be stolen, a large quantity of ribbon, of the value of 131. and upwards, the property of Daniel Stubbs, a linen-draper, carrying on business in Church street, Hackney. The Jury acquitted the prisoner, who was again in dicted for receiving a large quantity of perfumery, of the value of 14/. Mr. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury on behHli of tbo prisoner. The Learned RECORDER having summed up the evi dence, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was sentenced to ten years' trans portation. James Deshay, aged twenty-two, was indicted for un lawfully assaulting and beating George Hoare, iL Metro politan Police Constable, in the execution of his duty. The prisoner, without any provocation, came behind the prosecutor and struck him a blow on the head, which knocked him down. Several other constables came up, each of whom he assaulted. The Jury at once found the prisoner Guilty ; and he was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for three months. Henry Garris, cabman, aged 28, was indicted for un lawfully attempting to steal monies and goods of Charles Birras, from his person. The prisoner was driving the prosecutor, who was very drunk, in his cab, and he stopped with him at a public-house to have some ale. When the alc was brought, the prisoner put his hand into the prosecutor's pocket ; and, having been seen in the act by a police man, he was taken into custody. The policeman got. into the cab, and ordered the prisoner to drive to the station-house, which he did. _ Mr. Doane addressed the Jury for the rrisoner, and stated that the prisoner only put his hands into the pocket of the prosecutor for the purpose of paying for the liquor, as ' the prosecutor was so drunk he did not know what he was about. The Learned RECORDER, in summing up the evidence, said, although it was a case of strong suspicion, that this would be the safest view to take of the case under the circumstances, and they accordingly acquitted the prisoner. MORNING SUN NEW COURT. Mr. CL.triKsoN said that he had an application to make in the case of a young lad, named Rosier, con nected with The Sun Newspaper-office, who was charged with assaulting a gentleman named Bailey, by running him down while on horseback, and doing him serious mischief. Mr. Bailey had not yet recovered from the consequences of the assault, and although he had been about the Cowl that morning, he believed he was at present unable to a tt en d. His Learned Friend Mr. Phillips, who ap peared for the defendant, and himself, had agreed under the circumstances that it would suit the convenience of all parties to postpone the case to the next session. Mr. PHILLIPS said, when it was intimated to him that Mr. Bailey was suffering from the effects of the calamity, which he should be able to show was a pure accident, and which he very much regretted, he had no wish to add to his sufferings by pressing on the case. The COMMON SERGEANT thought the application Sl'a3 a very proper one to make, and he presumed there would be no objection to it. Mr. Clarkson—Then your Lordship will respite the recognizances of the defendant till the first day of the next. session ? The COMMON SERGEANT—Yes, let the trial be post poned to the next session. COAL-PIT EXPLOSIO exploSioP. of fire-damp occurred in the Braehead coal-pit, near Whitletts, on Friday night, or early on Saturda - / morn ing, by which eleven persons were more or less severely injured. The party, who were employed ir. cleaning what are called the roads, had. sat down:together to partake of some refreshment--according to the eusiom, about twelve o'clock-4n a quarter of the pit considered free of foul air. While thus engaged, a quantity of gas, which had taken an unexpected turn, came in contact. with their lights, and exploded fYoni roof to pavement, burning and throwing ten of the party to a considerable distance. One of the men, Edward M‘ Neil, from whose statement the above facts are given, is severely injured. His right side is literally scorched, and his face and arms. nearly peeled. John Morrison and William Clark are also very much burned. Their situation was rendered still more deplorable by the inattention of the engine man, who was probably asleep at the time. More than an hour elapsed after the accident before the stuam was sufficiently raised to take them up, during which pro tracted period the sufferers, enduring the most excru ciating a gony, made every signal in their power to apprise him of their situation.—Edingbargh Courant. A desperate outrage was, a few days since, committed at Bordeaux. Two individuals called at the. house of a M. Dumas, who was reputed to be possessed of considerable property, and requested to look at an apartment which was to be let. After viewing the pre mises, and entering into a short conversation with the proprietor, they left, saving they would call again. They did so in the eve n i ng , b u t M. Dumas not being at hone, they were invited by the porter to sit down and wait. his return. While engaged in conversation with the: porter and his wife, the two ruffians suddenly made a desperate attack upon them ; one of- them seized the porter by the throat, with one hand so as to prevent his crying out, and with the other passed a cord round his neck with which he succeeded in strangling him ; the other, who had attacked the woman, inflicted some: severe injuries on her, but did not effectually prevent her cries, by which the neighbours were alarmed anal rushed in, when the ruffians made their escape, and have not since been discovered.' M. Dumas did not return till some time after. There is no doubt it was the inten tion of the thieves, had he been at home, to have mur dered him, and robbed the premises. The woman lies in a dangerous state ; all means were tried to resuscitate her husband, but in vain. 1 ,; , . k , : 1 f'" -