The Sun. — London, England, 1841-11-11 00:00:00

AIORNIN G Filry Ditto, New, 574 ; London and Brighton, 371 ; York and North Midland, 82k. 21-1 °consols, 894 ; Ditt o f or A ccoun t, 894 4 ; Spanish, There is no alteration to notice in the Corn Market to-day, but the favourable weather has a good effect in checking a further advance is prices. 0 1 ! Bu siness generally in th e City is still much com plained of, but it is hoped the birth of a Prince may have some good effect upon certain departments. The retailers suffer greatly, and the Gazette proves that the mercantile interests share in the general depression. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bulk St "k ........ ... 165 'lndia Stock .........247 3 per Cent Red. .... 88 Ditto Bonds 2 pr 3 Per Cent Cons B9 Ditto Old Annuities ... 85a 3, per Cent Red 9B 1 . Ditto New Annuities... 86i ./l ew 3 4 Per Cent to 991 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....21d 12 pm m 5 p er C ent I Ditto 5001 l2 piu "11 Annuities to expire Ditto Small. . Jan 1860 ••••...... 126 Bank' Stock for Acct — Oct 1e59 lndia Stock for Acct.... J' 1860. Consols for Acct An s t r i FOREIGN FUNDS. B e i .. . all, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. lirarlianßpolcsen.t lOO6 Ditto, D New Ditto 576 Prussian, 5 per cent. .... Buenos A •res. 6 per cent Russian, 5 per cent Cili lian b . •Metallic ~0 , per cent Ditto, — .1.-,'? l rabian, 6 per cent — Spanish, 5 per cent 2ll ti....tt9,.1824. ...... ... ..... Ditto, Deferred .. 10i ' '" l3 n, 3 per cent — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. tr ee _ 4 k, 182 a, 5 per cent. Exchange nal i carl, 5 per cent.... :French, 3 per cent —f. —c Per cent, IDutch, 26 per cent. 516 erilvian,lB2s, 6 per et. !Ditto, 5 per cent. SHARES Cheltenham and Great Western (621 1 paid) 5i Great Western Railway (65 paid) BO4 Ditto New Shares (50 paid s7fr Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 37 London and South Western Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) Ditto Thirds (15 raid) South Eastern and Dover (43 paid)... 20i York and North Midland Railway (50 paid) 824 Ditto New Shares (15 paid) B I T OF THE II hINCE OF WALES JUBILATION. • • • . The issue of a King, And wears upon his baby-brow the round And top of sovereignty. 14.1e0l 0i ce, rejoice, the very Earth rejoices— Earth, grey with its six thousand years. The e Mountain s lif t t h e i r h an d s , th e hill s their voices, Young stars chime harmonious in their spheres. rejoice, the mother's hopes are blest, t rainbow comfort rises out of weeping— the s nowy f ounta i ns o f h er b reas t Q u een beholds her rosy infant sleeping ! l 'roel • a IM, Proclaim, a Prince hath burst the womb, LiC s ? . breath sweet - per f ume d, an d i rra di a te hair, ges 111 exander's* filled the solemn room, liL eak ing, surely, England's offspring there : Let him in revel, nurture him in joy ; "thright y ears lik e go ld en r i v ers run ; Aidl the rule of the imperial boy, Onl y girdled by the waves and sun. t r i t '',.' o me, they come,—along the illumined-shores— brave3.l sons, and crimson-vestured daughters ; b e e mYriad throng in gratulation pours, WTse-decked vale and by the azure waters ; eir I r ince—the King—the crowned Child to see, o' 4 42 ' e ti in the purples of a race resplendent, 4 w t ,hom th e stars p l ay s il ver symp h ony , eav'ns sw eet - re i gn i ng p l ane t s ru l e a scendant. b, 4l forth, hang forth, in all your avenues Dr e g an Y-coI oured lamps and censers glowing, Wi tk r oad and st ree t i n fl ags o f g li s t er i ng hues, t it ;" Palms and roses England's pavements strowing ; u P Your heads, high silver-hinged doors — g out th e b lazoned banners on the towers— ildeild to th e radiant dance your marble floors — b sh ake all Ch r i sten d om ' s resoun di ng b owers . ' l li ej e ° ic ‘ e, rej o i ce, the very Earth rejo i ces, ith old Earth , grey with its six thousan d y ears, The mou ntains lift their hands, the hills their voices, Yo ung stars chime harmonious in their spheres, &c. As rel arising fro ated by Quintus Curtius, who states that a perfume the f aerrant body of the infant King of Macedon,. 1448., 1 -ed the r on his birth, and a lambent lustre Played round hirs°Cad-uP THE CITY POLICE. Oi ° l, o T uesday, immediately after the safe delivery most gracious Majesty of an Heir to the sp at Qn i e of these realms, a messenger was de giv c ued to th e O r d nance - o ffice, in Pall-mall, to r,eee. inf ormation of the auspicious event, and a des al messenger, named Hare, was at once tiPatched by Mr. Byham, the Secretary of the t , : an ee Departme n t t o the Tower, to convey Perko 14for mation to Major Elrington, Deputy Go otit,ir Of th e T ower, i n or d er t h a t h e m i g ht, with lioisLelaY3 give the necessary directions for the of the Royal standard on the White Ba r er ' and th e fi r i ng o f a sa l u t e from the wharf. kr ic i e t Was directed to use all possible despatch, r a. „ - ; a l i ng proc u r e d a cab, he proceeded at arrivedv4'l Pace and without interruption till he h e at the end of King-street, Cheapside, 1 e Was stopped by the City police, who ti er; ,I le hor se ' s h ea d , an d sa id h e cou ld no t pro eliiurther in th a t di r ection. Hare at once w as 'Med who and what he was, the errand he al so ~I lP °l l, and th e necess ity for despatch, and WithT c lueed, as a l as t resor t, his letter sealed tli sall 'e Ordnance sea l, and indorsed in large de as Trs " in her Majesty's service," and ad ttus elletrhee h t. eu to the Governor of the Tower. The however, inexorable they grossly messenger, backed the cab, and said a o c t. 'l / 4 d llut go on, whether he was a messenger ati n ; Jo jading remonstrance was useless, and c l,, s uiti' d th o , r eatened with personal violence, he he re cab, and proceeded on foot to the r et , W "th his l etter f or the Governor, to whom "lay ' l ed the circumstances attending his ti un "4 enti det • Elm a on. A report of the interrup- Wi ll be Ztention of the Ordnance, messenger l 'urd li' 0r de by the Deputy-Governor to the aY. event of the birth of a Prince.—(Loud cheers.) It was wholly unnecessary for him to delay the Court on a matter upon which the minds of all had been for some time dwelling, and on which they were completely unanimous.—(Cheers.) He would only say that the event inspired the citizens of London with the most lively gratitude towards that benignant Power which had been pleased to grant to the people the fulfilment of their hopes and wishes in the safe delivery of her Majesty, and the birth of a Prince.— (Cheers.) The Hon. Baronet then moved, " That an humble and dutiful address be presented to her Majesty, congratu lating her Majesty upon her safe delivery and on the birth of a Prince, heir apparent to the throne."—(Cheers.) Alderman FARF.73IIOTHER seconded the motion, which was carried by acclamation unanimously. Resolutions were immediately after agreed to unani mously voting addresses to Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent, upon the safe delivery of her Majesty and the birth of a Prince, heir-apparent to the throne. The Recorder then wrote addresses, which were agreed to, but which we shall not be at liberty, in conse quence of the usages of the Court, to rublish until they shall have been presented. It was in conclusion resolved, that the addresses should be presented by the whcle Court, immediately after which the Court adjourned. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCE OF WALES. Yesterday a Court of Common Council was held upon special summons from the Lord Mayor, issued immedi ately after the birth of the infant Prince, for the purpose of addressing the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent upon the happy event. The LORD MAYOR, upon taking the chair, declared how happy he felt in calling the members so soon to gether after his appointment to the dignity of Chief Magistrate.—(Cheers.) He then directed Mr. Firth to read the communications of the Home Secretary on the subject. The letters from the Home Secretary, and the bulle . tins of the medical men having been read, Mr. R. L. JONES (the Chairman of the London-bridge Committee) rose and said he was quite sure it would be unnecessary for him to say one word to induce the Court to agree to the resolution and address which he should have the honour to submit. It was a very great pleasure to him to state, as one of the oldest members of the Court, that whatever difference of opinion might have existed on general topics, a contingency to which all public bodies were liable, there always had been amongst the members of that Court a devotedness of attachment to the Throne. Their loyalty to the Sovereign was uni formly felt and expressed, and nothing eould diminish the enthusiasm excited whenever opportunities presented themselves of manifesting the strength and sincerity of their attachment.—(Cheers.) The page of history did not present a time when a Sovereign ascended the throne of this great country with the love of the people more strongly testified, or with stronger evidences of t! - .e probability of a glorious and happy reign. She bad been educated in great constitutional principles, and was possessed of every amiable quality caculated to establish her domestic happiness on the firmest basis, and to add every grace to the dignity with which she sat upon the throne.—(Cheers.) If he might be allowed to allude to the conduct of the Queen since her accession to the throne, he would say that she was equally distinguished by her devotedness to the Constitution, and by her fulfilment of her conjugal and parental offices. He believed that all agreed in that opinion. —(Cheers.) If, then, such were the case, what ought to be the feelings of that Court upon hearing of the safety of her Majesty, and of the birth of a Prince, who they hoped would become at a distant day the sovereign of these realms.—(Loud cheers.) He then moved—" That an humble and duti ful address be presented to her Majesty, congratulating her upon her safe delivery, and the birth of a Prince, heir-apparent to the thonc of these realms." Mr. WIRE seconded the motion. He agreed fully with the mover in the opinion as to the excellence of the education which her Majesty had received. Her Majesty's conduct since her accession to the throne proved that she was deeply read in all that was necessary to show her the value of the Constitu tion, and that she only existed to promote the hap piness of the people.—(Cheers.) Throughout the country the event which they now assembled to commemorate would diffuse joy and gladness, as it was an additional security for the administration of equal laws and for the solid establishment of the liberties of the people.— (Cheers.) It was an event for which the nation had been long looking, and they hail it as a peculiar blessing. They hoped that her Majesty would long live in the enjoyment of conjugal and maternal happiness, and that her son would live to succeed her in the sove reignty over a free and a generous people.—(Cheers.) Mr. W. JONES begged to be allowed to say a few words as a Welchman.—(Laughter and cheers.) He rose to declare that in no part of her Majesty's dominions could the event be productive of more genuine happiness than in the principality of Wales, for in no part of the realm was the attachment to her Majesty more strong. (Cheers.) The resolution was carried unanimously, and amidst acclamations. Mr. ANDERTON said it was his pride to move an ad dress to his Royal Highness Prince Albert upon the happy event. He trusted that the parents would be fully gratified in their hopes of the infant Prince, and he trusted that the country would also find the fulfilment of its expectations. There was one thing which he could not help noticing in the conduct of Prince Albert. Never upon any occasion had his Royal Highness attempted to interfere in political matters.—(Cheers.) Mr. W. JONES seconded the motion. Mr. STACY said a few words in support of the motion. The resolution was agreed to unanimously and by ac clamation. Mr. LAWRENCE then moved an Address to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, to whom, he said, the country owed a great debt of gratitude for the admirable manner in which she directed the education of her daughter.—(Cheers.) Mr. Lawrence then alluded to a practice which had grown up of late years—he alluded to the conduct of the Court of Aldermen in voting sepa rate Addresses from those voted in the Court of Common Council, although they really constituted part of the same body. The resolution was carried unanimously and by accla mation, and Addresses founded upon these resolutions were drawn up by a Committee, and immediately agreed to amidst immense cheering. The Addresses were then ordered to be presented to her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Duchess of Kent, and the Court adjourned. MASONS' STRIKE. An Adjourned Delegate Meeting las held last evening at the Craven Head, Drury-lane, for the 'mfr. pose of receiving from the Secretary the statement of the accounts since the commencement of the strike, to receive the Reports from Trades' Unions, to adopt re solutions relative to the proceedings of the masons, and to answer the replies of Allen, lately put forth in The Sun. Mr. Butler, a carpenter, took the chair at half-past eight o'clock. Soon after the Chairman had taken his seat, Mr. Wakley, M.P., entered the room, and was received with cheers. The CHAIRMAN then called on the Secretary to read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed. The Secretary then read the balance-sheet of the Society of Masons, which was preceded by a short account of the proceedings since the commencement of the masons' strike at the New Houses of Parliament. The accounts were—Receipts 1,1471. 3s. id. ; and the expenditure 1,0981., leaving a balance in the hands of the Treasurer of 491. Amongst the contributors were the names of Mr. Wakley, 10/., and Captain Ackerley, 10/., the announcement of which was received with loud cheers. te st , TILE PRINCE OF 1 ALDERMEN. vAE : sh. a Special Court was held by summons g e net - ""y the Lord Mayor the momen bissUed h‘:dt,°3,:j it T 43 F D o% of the birth of the Prince of Wales, t Prince Albert, NI ohf voting addresses to her joyful . i f s o r the Lordship U r - Tk t e buchess of lient, upon the event. tv e Court was held at the Mansion-house, and almost Z4lderman (the (lee) ii}l'u th p c:n, e i s el nt e . lerk in the Town-clerk's minutes of the last Court, and a /04 haring read N t of th anks having, according to the usual practice 1 110, 1 2'ed at the commencement of a new mayoralty, been 1, 1 7 and carried to the late L l ord fee l\fa g y r o e r a , t elilif LORD MAYOR said—" t pleasure in timP.t together this Court, ,toaobuenecne very heartily 41,4 ,... , the event which has already ar ° t ffi ily (1 4 14 aT in the metropolis—theforbmirethnootf toa Pfereilogcer.--aht rie N tters.) It is h the l . c v . 1 44 gratification impossible u nderthecirc a u n m d st h a a n N e i e n s g in o v‘ n ' ,; 1 14,7ced, as Chief Magistrate,. of this great city, ."` tile s 'i q the birth of the Prince commenced the duties atul h a tuation of Chief Magistrate (Cb' ) I shall Lets. t tra 4 t he honour of entertaining her Majesty's Minis tetki ti.d other exalted functionaries.—(Cheers.) 11° c ommunication which I it o e t r h e e cei m ve e d mb o e n rs th to e apt et to this Court, and I leave . th e Cheers) u which they may think most advisable. His Lordship then read the following ,4 ti " Home-office, November 9, 1841. °I I 1 14 " 1 )—I have the honour te inform your Lord iltri3" l ha t at twelve minutes before eleven o'clock 4er bid was safely delivered of a Prince, and that ka To t kl e stY and the Royal Infant are both as well 41- `e , I have the honour to be, my Lordi " Your Lordship's obedient Servant. k TO th e " D —fight Honourable the Lord Mayor." GRAHAAI. " Home. office, Half-past Twelve o'clock, 4 14 " November 9, 1841. t he b Ic 1411 D —I have the honour to inclose a copy o_f diem °lletin issued at Buckingham Palace by the me r tol4tt.f-'ndants on her Majesty, and I congratulate you tkiu s. - 4. on the favourable announcement which it con- I have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your Lordship's faithful Servant, _ _ 14 , ? th e 4, J . R . G . GRAHA M. c r l i Right Honour the Lord Mor. 13 bulletin appeared a in ble The Sun last a e y veni " ng.) 4, m t0..0„3%.t0rd,-1 have much satisfaction forwarding " Home-office, Nov. 10, 1841. in thi s ,e't 4,ordship the inclosed copy of the bulletin issued t " i 3 ,1131 1g by the medical attendants on her Majesty. Of ti le .N. leav e to inform your Lordship that the_ or p . y_ 'kip abuallY bulletin will in future be sent to your L d O p ra _ o llt Y Lord ' y° 12 o'clock. I have the honour to Your Lordship's obedient servant, _. e Th e /I: " J. R. G. GRAHAM 'This . tght Hor.. the Lord Mayor." Th- t,,bul letin also appeared in The Sun last evening.) 11Poh:,_‘.;°art having expressed by acclamation its feeling Ahr e e official announcement of the intelligence, I.l._ N e to itta n, 11 Si r C. . HUNTER (the father of the Court) -44. 1 44 --- Ovo an address to Her Most Gracious AI ajesty.. that Court, he said, been nearly forty years a mem!. er of Prid e tin, and he never felt in all that time greater raC r Leasure than he felt at that moment in rising uh ttio • - I I: Litt an humble and dutiful address of congra . -. be presented to the Queen upon the joyful LECTURE on CI VIL ENGINEERING Professor Vignole's Introductory Lecture on Civil Engineering, delivered yesterday afternoon in the theatre of the London University College, was attended by a scientific audience," consisting in a great degree of the students of the College. The Professor observed that the series of lectures were chiefly intended for a distinct class who were forming themselves in the Col lege for practical and skilful engineers. The opportu nities that presented themselves to the followers of this science, were numerous and important in the forma tion of railroads over the country, the opening of roads, the extension of canals, the improvement of har bours, and the construction of waterworks, all of which present to the engineer capabilities The adoption of the Report was then moved and for arriving - at perfection in hii - art, more espe carried. cially when, as a practical man, he combined them The CHAIRMAN then called on the several delegates with scientific principles. It was matter of much regret to make their reports. that many works in England had been executed by in- Mr. BAKER, from a society of plasterers in Port.. competent parties ; which manifestly showed a want of land-street, said his society had voted the sum of 20/. that combination of skill and practical sense which alone form an excellent engineer. It had been objected that for the use of the masons.—(Cheers.) a college education was not the best fitted to con- Mr. Cox, from a society of carpenters, in Drury- stittite the engineer. This the Professor con lane, said they had voted the masons 201., with a de- ceded. But, according to the college rules in vogue, termination to assist them to the last. the student was compelled to be a workman at first, Mr. WILSON, from another society of carpenters in and so become a business man preliminarily, while scien- New-street-square. They had had a meeting on tific acumen and study were sequent. Some doubt existed Monday evening, and had voted the society of masons as to the precise difinition of civil engineering. The the sum of 501.—(Loud cheers.) writers of the middle ages used it in the enlarged sense Mr. BLAND, from a society in Somers' Town, ten- of a military term, and such acceptation continued till dered 51. the commencement of the last ceatury. Its signification Mr. GODDARD, from a society of stone sawyers, who had held a meeting on Tuesday evening, and had in this sense was broad, and chiefly mechani cal. It applied itself to hydraulic, naval, and military come to a resolution to support the masons with a architecture, and it would be curious to trace historically, weekly subscription. As he saw his friend Wakley in how long architecture and engineering were practised by the same individual, being sciences which modern the corner, he would, as he (Mr. Goddard) was a pump man, just allude to his (Mr. Wakley's) speech at tilre practice has so widely dissociated. The distinction now b re e s e t e s ti i f n ul this ee : architectureeeerin plans sls marked tl d i e decorative i. and . last meeting at the Crown and Anchor. Mr. Wakle P a T n he n student by should,tl e r m yen: above said he hoped that the teetotallers would rise in tude, exteat, g and utility. rebellion against such tyrants as that of Allen, in lock- all things, strike out his separate and distinct path. the dskaxille,. ing up the pump. He begged to say that that rebel- Natural philosophy, chemistry, mathematics, and geo lion had co mmenced.—(Cheers and laughter.) logy, were among the principia of the engi neer's education ; together with the drawing of Mr. TURNER, from a tailor's society, said they had come to a determination of entering into a subscription, lines and figures on geometric principles, the whole being The periodical ruled l b it y erat n u e re at o n f ess, bo a u u n d ded r with ox- each man, of a shilling a week for the masons. Mr. BANG, from a society of bricklayers, held at the cellent information and scientific • criticism. Without in- King's Arms, Holborn, tendered 1001—(Greet cheer- vid• ions preference, the Mechanics' Maga • zine and the ing for some minutes.) Civil Engineer's and Architect's Journal, were eminently Mr. JENKINS, from a society of carpenters, in Orr- instructive. Of the institutions in London, absolutely ford-street, deli% ered i n 151. necessary to the student, were the model-room of the A JOURNEYMAN TAILOR said he had 21. 10s. from Civil Engineers, the Museum of the United Service, a small society of tailors, but he could neither give his and the Museum of the Geological Society. The name, nor the name of the society to which he be- works for the aid of the:scholar, extant in this coun s would discharge try, and still more those on the Continent, were longed, ns, if he did so, their master 2/. 10s. next numerous, and of high character, the reports of Smeaton them. He hoped to bring them another Telford, Rennie, Tredgold, the Royal Engineer's reports, ' week.—(Cheers.) f '0 the Annales de Chimie, and, above all, Delafontaine's Mr. KNACK, from the Pimlico carpen te rs, ..) . book upon the works on the Rhine, abound in rich ma- Mr. CROKER, painter, said they had called a meeting terial. The advantage of students in the College, for next week, to enter into a subscriptio n. g uided by the first scientific masters of the da y , put Mr. COCHRANE, from the painters of St. James's, them in train upon the newest discoveries, and had come to the d e termination of subscribing 31 a week, prevented their working upon things which had been long discovered. The combinations of great each man, as long as the strike lasted. skill, with the most refined and A. WORKIN G MAN aired how much the masons practical . consum mate science, mere manifest in several magnificent in were paid per week ? entions of the day. The Earl of Ross, Lord Oxentown, The CHAIRMAN said he would answer that question v treading i n the steps of Herschel, had produced a re at the conclusion of the receipts from the various dele• fleeting telescope, ecting at the contemplation of whose powers gate bodies of London. I the mind was lost. Charles Y. Williams, Esq., of the Mr. TABRAM said he came from a society of car- London and Liverpool Steam Navigation Corn pcnters who had lately lost much in tools. &c., in con- pang , had discovered the means of preventing the sequence of fire, and they had also taken fifty shares in generation of smoke, one of the vastest nuisances of our a Trades' Hall. --- (Cheers.) He therefore could not on en gines and manufacturing towns. Instruments of the the part of the society tender them any assistance, but greatest nicety and make were now available to the they would try to do individually what they were pre- student, to aid him in his geometrical surveys and vented accomplishing as a society. , geodetic operations ; Captain Drtunniond's light, which Mr. VINER, delegate from a ta il or's societ y , ten- bears, his name, whose delicate nicety was marvellous, dered 51. was, capable of b e i ng rntemged by a common soldier The CHAIRMAN then read a letter from a societ y cf tFae theodolit e cou ld measure distances upon ear th, would have as accurately as t h e telescope the s ki es . The tobacco pipe makers, stating tha t the y assisted the masons in their present strike but that un to estimate them ration called for but b b y ut d m i t e u r re role World sadly complained of the heavy expen fortunately they were out on strike themselves. The. nerve to raihveYs. It was an axiom with the Professor g o a l rd such undertakings as works of art, nor writer called on the meeting to withhold their supper t conside to those that used Mr. Smith's pipes, he being tae , be kept down, and from Expenditure the high scale which such to f regard them , aceo d r i d t in . g t, s t k o e t a h ld e maker: against whom the workmen had the•gyeatast actual profit resulting complaint.—(Laughter.) If the meeting did this it en would enable the society to assist the masons.—( 1 iea',..) ginee: of eminence was at recklessness issue with him on Mr. VINING said that the pipe-makers lately' Cm- this point, and expressed himself thus in conver ployedni :lin by Mr. Smith bad determined to est anish sation, " Never tell people, at first, what the a pipe-manufactory, and thus revenge themselves., v costs, it will be sure to pay." The Standing Orders of works will cost, or they will never be done." And The CHAIRMAN then read the following eire'ilar : A another had remarked to him, "Itis no matter what it Parliament had been decried for enforcing engineers in igehititonng-ysterneert,suCprpoemrtera-nstdreeent,stNereov,. 18 k 4 eg l. to their calculations to enter into precise and detailed rela tions of their plans ; the Professor considered that the andin Orders Bys ti oor c lui ts of oppression and tyranny I have been et. g of Parliament had only ordered what sopher that the Egyptians had been masters of compelled to leave my late employer. Mr. Smith, of was just and proper. It had been said by some philo aectusnao_f s T ed oe m , n. (w T i h much greater mechanicalskilland of tyranny and oppression Little Clarendon-street, haveSonaeerasn' ramous wish of my fellow-workmen) to seek the support engineering than the scanty records of Herodotus and th ese th of yourself and the public. Diedoru s show ; but even in these a penetrating mind For a length of time my late employer had three up- discovers mor e - th an h e d reamed at f i rst, Herodotus, i prentices in his shop ;he has now taken anot h e r boy, n describing Cyrus proceeding with his works at Mount and is about engaging with another , so that the men are Athos, remarks that the Phoenicians made no slopes for thrown out of employ ; the work being made up by their excavations, which caused them to give way, as boys, and the men who have served seven years to their some of the recent slopes of our railways. An- trade, thrown upon the wide world. otbar instance of engineering appears in the great bridge With confidence I lay my case before you, feeling of boats thrown across the. Bosphorus, a sample that every well-wisher to the mechanic will p reven t an ~ .f military skill precisely similar to that executed by the , injury of this vast extent being quietly allowed, and left wing of the army, under G e n e ral Burgoyne, who tamely submitted to.—l have thehonorx to be, Sir, y our threw the bridge of boats over the river Bidessoa, before obedient servant, CHARLES L ONGWORTH, their attack on Toulouse. Beacons and harbours were Tobacco- pipe-maker. naturally the first objects of engineering ; the Ita- N.B. All orders punctually atteneted to. liens were the first in the field, and there is in In answer to the question previously put, existence a very ancient print of a dredging machine The CHAIRMAN said that the masons received 19.5. invented by the Dutch, exactly similar to the dredging a week each, and that if funds came in they should machine at present in the Thames. France was also amongst the foremost, - and the ponts de chaussee raise it to 15s. per week. the with by Cardinal Richelieu, furnished that country Mr. ARMSTRONG WALTON then rose to answer with good roads, a whole centur before the rest of statement put forth by Mr. Allen, i.n The Sun, on Europe. The immense aqueducts erit of the Romans had Monday. Most of them were awa.:e that since the been cited, by a great authority, meeting held at the Crown and Alschor Tavern, the of ignorance, betokening thei.);,uansarqumalinetuasnmeeonwirhetnktes charges made against Allen bad been denied by him. simple fact of water finding its own level ;but the Professor Finding this the Committee immediately wrote a chat- avowed it his opinion that theyvvere not ignorantof the fact, lenge to the Foreman, calling on him to come forward but that they would not trust to pipes laid up and down the and submit the case to arbitration, and that challenge hill-sides. Portugal, in laying on water to Lisbon, for had been met by an answer from Messrs. Grissell a distance of twenty-one miles in length, did it at the and Peto, together with Allen, denying the charges. oust of two millions and a half sterling, or one hundred —(Hear.) He then read the two letters, that from and twenty thousand pounds a mil e , to supply 200,000 inhabitants with water; which, after all, affords but three Messrs. - Grissell and Peto having appeared in the average id quarts of water a day to ea c h i n di v id ua l, a p oor _Morning Advertiser. Both letters denied the charges. and was the way they met the charges, by merely a n engineer itiseraklsekqetld u i ant k i e y epa . a Bo k n l a e p e ar f tehadsaid to Carnot . that giving them a flat denial, although they (the masons) but the learned Lecturer advised that magnificenttke student conceptions,sshould had given publicity to those chrsrges at public meetings, always consider the cost of his magnificent conceptions. and through the medium of a portion of the public Immense fields were open, not only at home, but press. They invariably denied them, and shrank from abroad, in vast portions of the earth. Ceylon, any attempt to prove their denial. They were aware Canada, and China, offered interminable tracts that the eilaallenge s had been put in The Sun, calling oa for the skill and labours of the engineer. The canals of Allen to come forward and prove that the charges China, visited and described by the Jesuits, in earlier were false. They eal!ed on Messrs. Grissell and Peto days, as excellent specimens of mechanical adroitness, to come forward, or any one on their behalf, hut this are now, in the present enlightened times of scien ce, found to be of the rudest and most barbarous construe also was declined. The only fair and honourable way Lion ; they possessed no lock, no gate, nor any other for both. parties was to submit the question to arbitra- common dock contrivance ; and the great bulk tion befOre the public.—(l.tear, hoar.) of taxes drawn from the people was for the Mr. WAKLEY—When did you first ask for arbitra- continual reparation of those canals, in a con tion ? stantly dilapidated state for lack of a little Mr. WALTON—Before the masons struck at Wool- engineering. There was abundant room for employment, with and Nelson's Monument. He would then read and Professor Vignoles concluded by expatiating upon them Messrs. Grissell and Peto's answer to the ehal- the improvements to be effected in internal communica lenge. They stated that if the charges had been made tion in this as well as other countries. He enlarged upon the powers of the science he advocated, in over previous to the strike, they would have had no besita coming , the conflicting agenies . of nature, and its tion in going into the matter. They (Messrs. Grissell n 't to administer in an inestimable degree, to the and Peto) wished to make them believe that the masons ca „. a . ci )' and 2 wants comforts of man. did not make those statements before ; but the Com missioners of Woods and Forests knew well that those complaints were made before the strike took place- They said that the letter sent by the secretary did not contain any of those facts. The reason the letter al luded to did not contain any of those facts was, that they (Mesers. Grissell and Pete) had been made ac quainted with them over and over again, and it was not necessary to detail them in every letter. He would leave the meeting to judge as to whether the charges brought against Allen were just or not. It Allen had been an honest man be would have met those charges immediately,—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. WORTHINGTON then entered into several de tails relative to the alleged acts of oppression on the part of Allen ; and concluded by stating, that a depu tion bad obtained an interview with the Earl of Lin coln, who told them that he had had an interview with Mess rs. Grissell and Peto, but that he did not intend to ta.ke any part with either of the parties. His im pression was, that the masons were striking for wages. They told him it was no such thing. He advised them to put up with things as they found them.—(Laughter.) He did not like unions, nor did he like strikes.— (Much laughter.) They told him they expected to hear that from him.—(Cheers and renewed laughter.) Mr. JOSEPH KAY said he had worked with Allen when he was a journeyman at the Fishmongers'-hall, and when he was discharged for joining a trades' union. The whole of the men turned out in consequence, and were never taken upon those works again. Allen's con duct was a pretty return for that kindness. Mr. Bust' rose to propose a resolution, that, in the opinion of this meeting, Messrs. Grissell and Pete re fusing to submit their tool, Allen, to public arbitration, proves that the statements of the masons are true. The CHAIRMAN thought it would be better to erase the word "tool," and substitute "foreman. A short conversation then ensued as to the word which ought to be used ; some were for the word stand ing, others proposed " driver," till at length it was sub mitted to a show of hands, and decided that " foreman" should be the word. Mr. WAKLEY then rose to address the meet ing. His speech commenced with a recapitula tion of his exertions on behalf of the Dorchester Labourers ; it then wandered into a disserta tion upon Universal Suffrage; and finally came to an explanation of the Hon. Member's conduct in Parlia ment. He declared that the Whigs wanted to turn him out of his seat because he would not join in the Corn law cry to get them into office again. We have already expressed an opinion as to this course of proceeding on the part of the Hon. Member. He was received with loud cheers throughout, and he frequently expressed a wish that some of his constituents might be present during his speech, and at the conclusion the welcome intelligence was conveyed to him that several of those constituents were in the room. A resolution was then passed that another meeting shoull be held at the same place, and at the same hour, on Wednesday evening next. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting adjourned at half-past eleven. LITERATURE. CATLIN'S MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. Two Vds, 1841. As the historian of the "red race" of America, as the biographer of a nation which is rapidly disappearing from the earth, and whose very ex istence and customs will soon become matter of doubt, the author of these volumes stands in the important light of one who has snatched their memory from oblivion, who has fixed and pre served them for future time, and who has perpe tuated in his pages their lives, their dress, their amusements, and their worship. Voyager, historian, and tourist, Mr. Catlin ad mirably combines the capacities of each. Bold and adventurous in his youth, his realess and en terprising spirit little b:oolced the dull ploddings of the law in a Connecticut office, and a circum- stance occurred at this period which decided his after life. A handful of noble Indians, wrapped in their pictured robes, and their brows plumed with the war eagle, suddenly arrived in the city at which he was - staying. Ile was smitten with ..__ ..... ___ , c the bold, intrepid step, the proud deportment of Nature's man : he inquired of this people) they were of the "Far West;" the sound of this dis - - taut region rang, like romance in his ear ; he be came enthusiastic, and the " Far West," with its stately figures, incessantly haunted his imagi- nation : At Buffalo a steamboat was landing 400 passengers, and twelve days out—" Where from ?" " From the West." In the rich state of Ohio, hundreds were selling their farms and going—to the West. In the beautiful city of Cincinnati, people said to me "Our town has passed the days of its most rapid growth, it is not far enough West." In St. Louis, 1,400 miles west of New York, my landlady assured me that I would be pleased with her boarders, for they were nearly all merchants from the " West." I there asked, Whence come those steam boats, laden with pork, honey, hides, &c.? From the West. Whence those ponderous bars of silver, which those men have been for hours shouldering and putting on board that boat ? They come from Santa Fee, from the West. Whence goes this steamboat so richly laden with dry goods, steam-engines, &c. ? She goes to Jefferson city. Jefferson city ?—Where is that ? Far to the West. And where goes that boat laden down to her gunnels, the Yellow Stone ? She goes still farther to the West.—" Then, said I, "I'll go the West." Accordingly,carrying his canvass to the Rocky Mountains—the first artist who had ever set out on such a work, Mr. Catlin visited in the space of eight years, no less than 48 tribes, containing 5,000 souls, and has made several thousand paintings of the actual persorrs and scenes them selves, engravings from the originals of which are scattered to an unprecedented extent over the present volumes. At a distance of 3,500 miles from his native soil, Mr. Catlin found among the red races of mankind, and the regions of their inheritance, fresh and glowing scenes for his notice and ani madversions. He mingled with the tribes who dwelt amid the plains and forests, with the Black feet, the Crows, the Sioux, the Mandans, and a host of other petty nations; he conversed fami liarly with their chiefs and sachems, their doc tors and their braves; he accompanied them in their baffalo-hunts and expeditions; his fever as a sportsman was roused and satisfied by shooting the swans and pelicans of their lakes, and the deer, antelopes, and elks of their deserts ; their games and mysteries were constantly enacted before him ; he slept in their wigwams, and shared with them their food. From such it must be evident that English readers will find his book circumstantial and accurate, by warrant of his long experience and intimate acquaintance. Among the many curious facts which abound in these pages, the following custom of the As sinneboins of boiling their meat, and from which they derive their name, is singular:— When they kill meat, a hole is dug in the ground about the size of a common pot, and a piece of the raw hide of the animal, as taken from the back, is put over the hole, and then pressed down with the hands close around the sides, and filled with water. The meat to be boiled is then put in this hole or pot of water ; and in a fire, stones are heated to a dipped and held in N . N e h d i ch heat,is hui t which n a e r a e r b s u y the water until the meat is boiled ; from which singular c s e e s v s i e l r . e a l l y and peculiar custom, the Ojibbeways have given them the apellation of Asinneboins or stone boil ers. This custom is a very awkward and tedious one, and used only as an ingenious means of boiling their meat, by a tribe who was too rude and ignorant to construct a ket tle or pot. Mr. Catlin's account of the Mandans—a pecu liar race, who never bury their dead, but place the bodies on slight scaffolds in the open air, a little higher than human hands can reach, and just out of the way of wolves and dogs, so leaving them to moulder and decay—affords many sin gular traits : among others their method of swim ming:— The mode of swimming amongst the Mandans, as well as amongst most of the other tribes, is quite different from that practised in those parts of the civilized world which I have had the pleasure yet to visit. The Indian, instead of parting his hands simultaneously under the chin, and making the stroke outward, in a horizontal di rection, causing thereby a serious strain upon the chest, throws his body alternately upon the left and the right side, raising one arm entirely above the water and reach ing as far forward as he can, to dip it, whilst his whole weight and force are spent upon the one that is passing under him, and, like a paddle, propelling him along ; whilst this arm is making a half circle, and is being raised out of the water behind him, the opposite arm is describ ing a similar arch in the air over his head, to be dipped in the water as far as he can reach before him, with the hand turned under, forming a sort of bucket, to act most effectively as it passes in its turn underneath him. By this bold and powerful mode of swimming, which may want the grace that many would wish to see, I am quite sure, from the e xperience I have had, that much of the fatigue and strain upon the breast and spine are avoided, and that a man will preserve his strength and his breath much longer in this alternate and rolling mo tion, than he can in the usual mode of swimming in the polished world. Sioux Polygamy among the and other tribes is allowed, and no way censured. The son of the great chief Shoo-de-ga-cha distinguished himself by taking four wives in one day. This bold and original step suddenly raised him iato notice and importance. The astonishment of the Mandans at the author's representing them on canvass fur nishes a touch of unsophisticated Indian na ture : They pronounced me the greatest medicine-man in the world, for they said I had made living beings—they said they could see their chiefs alive in two places—those that I had made were a little alive—they conid see their eyes move—could see them smile and laugh, and that if they could laugh they could certainly speak, if they should try, and they must therefore have some lffi in them. The squaws generally agreed, that they had dis covered life enough in them to render my medicine too great for the Mandans; saying that such an operation could not be performed without taking away from the original something of his existence, which I put in the picture, and they could see it move, could see it stir. Among the sceneries of nature, the author re joices in a succession of delightful pictures, whose tranquil happiness, where disturbed at all, was disturbed by man alone : man only had made man wretched : the " pale faces," with their whiskey, their small-pox, aid their bayonets, had made twelve millions of Red men victims. Cruelly as this poor race has been maligned, our author stands up in its defence; his long resi dence ui truthful character speaks volumes; he avows these persecuted beings to be brave, ho nourable, and religious; and elsewhere avers that " under all circumstances of exposure, no Indian ever betrayed him, struck him a blow, or stole from him a shilling's worth of his property." The fast perishing races of the aboriginal world have found a benevolent advocate in Mr. Catlin. He has travelled faithfully and far : he has closely scanned, and thereby fairly pourtrayed the destructive influences which, on every part of the frontier, are operating to the extinction of this race : he regrets with a noble lamentation the dreary prospects of these fading tribes, and with the zeal of the Christian and philanthro pist, seeks, though we are afraid when it is ,too late, to engage the sympathies of Europe and America in their behalf. CLASSES OF THE CAPITAL. _ Hooper, London, 1841. We have here the Second Part of a sort of Sketch-book of London life, which it is proposed to complete in twenty Monthly Parts, so as to form two quarto volumes, profusely embellished with characteristic coloured plates, from studies made by au artist named Lee. This Part is con fined to descriptions of the various orders of Lon don coachmen—foremost among whom is, of course, the Queen's State coachman, who, though he be nearly eighty, cannot, we are told, " brook the idea of laying down the reins. He looks like a man who feels that he has a vested interest in his seat; in his long official life-time he has been used to a slow and solemn pace, and would be apt to scorn a smart whip who would under take to drive four-in-hand round a drawing-room without damaginc , the furniture." In his ac count of the hackney' coachman, the author gives us the following piece of information :—" Coaches let for hire were first established in England in 1625. They did not stand in the streets, but at the principal inns. In 1637, upwards of two centuries ago, there were in London and West minster fifty hackney-coaches; and, until after the commencement of the present century, these coaches and sedan-chairs were the only public conveyances in use in the streets of the metro polis." The full-length portrait of the hackney coachman, affixed to the literary sketch of this queer sample of humanity, is full of character. His coat, in particular, is the very coat to a patch ; his nose, as it should be, is crimsoned at the tip, from the effects of something stronger than tea; and his shrewd, restless eye, is symp tomatic of an overcharge. Don't engage him, or if you do, be sure you take his number, for extortion is written in every feature of his face. This is the cleverest engraving in the Part. KNIGHTS STORE OFKIVOTVLEDGE. Part V. C. Knight, London, 1841. Another part of this useful Miscellany has just. made its appearance, and contains an account, ac companied by copious extracts, of several of our old English ballads, from the pen of Allan Cun ningham, who has executed his task in a more business-like spirit than we should have expected from one of his poetic fancy. DIBDIA'S SONGS. Part HL How and Parsons, London, 1841. This edition is intended, we see, to include the whole of Dibdin's songs, which have the recom mendation of being chronologically arranged, with historical, biographical, and critical notes, to which is added the music of the best and most popular of the melodies, with new piano -forte accompaniments. The edition is carefully got up, and is reasonable in point of price. JEM BUNT. How and Parsons, London, 1841. Jem Bunt is the production of a gentleman who signs himself " The Old Sailor," and to whom we are indebted for many amusing stories, chiefly of a naval character. His present nar rative is, we are disposed to think, his best ; for the various personages pourtrayed in it are drawn with great spirit and attention to truth of effect ; and there is a breadth and vivacity in the descriptions which the author has never before attained. The incident where a harum-scarum Naval Captain, Montagu, is represented as or dering his barge on shore ; placing it on a light frame-work of a carriage to which six horses are attached; stationing himself at the helm in full uniform, with his crew of rowers all dressed out in their best; and then rattling down the streets of Portsmouth in this fantastic fashion—this gro tesque incident is related in the drollest possible manner. The illustrations, which are numerous, are f'rom the pencils of Robert Cruikshank, and various other artists of more or less note. As a whole, Jem Bunt is not unworthy of Captain Marryat, which is saying a great deal of it. , oi l e f t o folio; (f e lj t ° o r/ fat er 5 r ot' , quo c i f p the • yht' ;t , 111 ,tfo r 1 11 0 4 0 . ; er 011, - 6 pan i ; I ola; 991 or 0.01 8 9 i t • Y a 1 1 ' beci t 4. ,(C ;' 111 ted 3e 48 0' ' 1. 01- y iu o 79ii THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1841. THE FARMER'S ALMANAC FOR 1842. The Almanac of this year has been much im oved as compared with that of 1841, which was the first number of a series to be continued an nually. In addition to the calendar, lists of the Membersof the two Houses of Parliament, stamp duties, post-office, law terms, and the usual in formation for the agriculturist, arranged under each month of the year, grain tables, the dif ferent agricultural societies, with the places of meeting, and the names of the secretaries, to gether with complete lists of all the fairs in the United Kingdom. The following is an extract from the General Monthly Notices : Frost and snow are the usual accompaniments of De cember ; but in our fickle clime they are varying in their degrees of intensity, sometimes lasting uninter ruptedly for months ; while in other winters the farmer complains that he has not had frost and snow sufficient for the fertilization of his land. Many erroneous ideas were formerly entertained of the causes of the fertilizing properties of the snow ; it was supposed that snow con tained saltpetre, and poetry failed not, in its assistance, to perpetuate the fiction. " Is not thy potent energy unseen, Myriads of little salts ?" * * * * * * * " While through the blue serene, For sight too fine, the etherial nitre flies." But modern philosophy has shown other reasons for the good effects produced by snow upon the lands of the farmer. Melted snow is extremely prejudicial to the numerous animalculm of the soil ; for snow water is se totally free from vital air or oxygen gas, that even fish perish if placed in it. In the year 987, the frost, which sot in on the 22d of this month, lasted 120 days ; and that of 1729, which lasted nine weeks, began on the 24th. But the great frosts which have visited England have generally com menced much earlier ; the greatest frost of which we have any account, that of 759, set in on the Ist of Oc tober, and lasted till the 26th of February. ANTICIPATED METEORIC PHENOMENA. — Should the evenings of the latter end of the week (about the 12th and 13th of November) prove clear, the appear ance which has of late years attracted so much attention —that of falling stars in great numbers, may be looked for, especially as the absence of all moonlight (it being then the change) renders this year particularly favour able for their observation. Similar appearances have fre quently been observed at another period, about the 11th August, and this year there occurred in Hungary a very extensive shower of meteoric iron, in millions of small fragments, from the size of mere grains to that of peas. MR. JUSTICE BOSANQUET.—We are happy to hear that Mr. Justice Bosanquet, within the last few days, is considerably improved in health, and hopes are now entertained that his Lordship will, in a short time, be enabled to resume his judicial duties. GTHE REVENUE COMMISSION.— The Com missioners appointed by the Crown to inquire into the expenses of collecting the revenue, met at the Treasury yesterday at one o'clock, and commenced their investi gation. Lord Granville Somerset presided. We have heard upon rood authority that one of foe Middlesex Magistrates has in his possession sixteen Exchequer bills fir the sum of 1,0001. each, not one of which agrees with the counterfoil. A f am ily, consisting of a man, his wife, and two children, came, some short time ago, from Havre to Paris, to seek employment, and took up their abode in the Rue du F aubour g St. An toine. After a while it was observed by their neighbours that not one o had been seen to leave thei r room for several (a r t ;s t , h a e n ni d a t length some great disaster was suspect e d. Breaking the door open , the whole family were found nearly teix piring from starvation. They related th a t th e f at h er and mother might have ga i ned a livelihood by carding wool, but had no means of procuring the necessary im plements. This drove them to despair, and they had re solved to seek relief in death by starving themselves. Their neighbours immediately supplied them with sus tenance, and have since subscribed to purchase what was required to enable them to undertake come employment which has been offered them. MI IMOIR OF MRS. AGNES MACLEI LOSE-THE CLARINDA OF BURNS. O gent le lady, I dal hear you talk Far ab, )ve singing ; after you were gone I grew , acquainted with my heart, and searched 'What si iried it so ! Ala; ! I found it love ! Though t he life of Burns was troubled and sorrow ful, yet muc b as he sat apart from the world with his mournful bu t holy thoughts, there never was a being whose soul w as more open to joy and cheerfulness, or whose senses were more fresh and vigorous towards the perception at td enjoyment of actual beauty. Grateful teas he to He. wen in his heart for field and forest, hill anc! wale ; but more thankful far than for the green sumn.nr, or th e mild air, or the flowers or the stars, or all that . makes this world so beautiful, was he for the good arca beauth'ul beings he knew in it—the fair shapes o f womankind who tended his steps or adminis tered to his deligh ts. Of kind-h tart( d and beauiiful women, Burns, per haps, by reason of the attractive goodness of his dis position, and his - a rdent warmth of soul, was acquainted with a larger circk . than often falls to the lot of one man. Every page of his works glitters with some dear and ineffaceable /memory of one or other whom his passions or virtues pr ompted him to celebrate in verse. The . " lasses," as he 'called them in his own Doric lan guage, were ever brio gin.- a warble to his lip ; t o th em his affections fastened, and the impulses of his soul, like bright wine, were ever pouring out to them in song. Of this crowd of . beauties, none made a more per manent impress fon upon his susceptible heart than Mrs. Maclehose, the celebrated Edinburgh beauty—the beautiful Clarinda, whom the poet loved constantly to toast when the wine circulated—the accomplished Clarinda, to whine, under the name of Sylvander, be addressed so much prose and verse. In addition to a countenance of the sweetest expression, and a person the most preposilessing, Mrs. Mac., as Burns was accustomed familiarly, or rather lovingly, to call her, was possessed of ti ose accomplishments, which render the former irresistible. Her voice was perhaps one of the sweetest toned that it was possible to hear ; and when it is remembered that the poet often beard, from her lips, his own .exquisite and feeling ballads, little surprise can be mainifested that his heart was so deeply smitten. A few days since only, and the once-beloved of Burns was still in the world, at Calton Hill, Edinburgh, though bearing up wider the weight of eighty-two years. Her maiden name we s Agnes Craig, and she subse quently married Mr. t.l. Maclehose, writer, of Glasgow. It was on the death of her husband, and during her youthful widowhood, that the poet became so fervently attached,to her ; and now that neither of them can blush at the innocent recital of this amour, we will recite from personal remembrances, and other sources, all that we know of this interesting circumstance. Mrs. Maclehose, or rather Clarinda, we are aware, bad many letters in her possession which passed between herself and Burns upon this occasion, and she refrained, for various rea sons, from giving them to the world ; but it is now to be hoped that this correspondence will speedily appear in some complete and authentic form, at the same time removing doubts, and revealing gratifying and delight ful circumstances. While influenced by the beauty and attractions of Mrs. Macleshose, Burns resigned himself to the two fold captivations o f love and verse. Charlotte Hamil ton, who had before time been so long the exquisite ob ject of his poetic homa,je, had now passed away from his memory, or if any image of her remembrance re mained in him, it was tota:ly swept away or obliterated by the newer charms of the fair Clarinda. The first intimations of this amour, wbkb appears to have filled the mind of Burns for a long period with an inexpres sible sweetness and gratification, appears in a letter which he wrote to his friend Richard Brown, mariner, dated December 30, 1787 : " Almighty love," says the poet, " still reigns and revels in my bosom, and I am at this moment ready to bang myself for a young Edinburgh widow. My high land dick, that used to hang beside my crutches, I have gr.ively removed into a neighbouring closet, the key of which I cannot command in case of spring-tide pa roxysm. You may guess of her wit by the verses which she sent me the other day : " Talk not of love ; it gives me pain ; For love has been my foe ; He bound me with an iron chain, And plunged me deep in woe.'" But the opening of this correspondence batsmen Clarinda and Burns commenced by a letter from. the poet himself. It is to be found among a number of others ; some written with tenderness and feeling ; others bold and vehement ; but all showing the ardour of an impassioned heart. It runs plainly and simply thus : " I can say with truth, Madam, that I never met with a person in my life whom I more anxiously wished to meet again than yourself. You are a stranger to me ; but I am an odd being ; some yet unnamed feelings, things, not principles, but better than whims, carry me further than boasted reason ever did a philosopher. Our worthy common friend, in her usual pleasant way, rallied me a good deal on my new acquaintance. She tells me you are not only a critic, but a poetess." Of the powers of Clarinda in rhyme many specimens might be adduced, which certainty have an elegiac and plaintive beauty about them, and which smote the heart of Burns. Speaking of a copy of one of these, Burns, in writing to his beautiful favourite herself; says, " Your last verses have so delighted me that I have got an excellent old Scots air that suits the mea sure, and you shall see them in print. I want four stanzas—you gave me but three, and one of them alluded to an expression in my former letter ; so I have taken your two first verses, with a slight alteration in the second, and have added a third, but you must help me to a fourth. Your first stanza," continues he, still alluding to the same set, " is worthy of Sappho ; I am in raptures with it !" Most of the compositions addressed by Burns to Clarinda were produced during the painful leisure which a bruised limb afforded him. On this occasion Clarinda was a constant visitor to the crippled bard, and diverted him with her wit, and soothed him with her presence. At her approach it was always apparent that his troubled spirits grew more calm ; fer her presence was to his feverish heart like a tropical night, beautiful, soothing, and invigorating. Yet, strange to say, at this time, watched as he was by beauty on his couch, and praised as a poet from " Maidenkirk to John o'Groats ' " the poet was any thing but happy. " I have a hundred times wished," he says in a letter to Mrs. Dunlop, " that one could resign life as an officer resigns his commission." Some have chat acterised Burns' courtship of Cla rinda as too presumptuous and overbold, but those who knew Clarinda cannot but feel what Burns thought of her, when he wrote, " People of nice sensibility and generous minds have a certain intrinsic dignity which fires at being trifled with or lowered, or even too closely approached." And though in the subsequent extract from one of his poems addressed to her, the charge of " boldness" may seem somewhat fair, yet, when the generous and exuberant nature of Burns is considered, it will appear rather in the light of a noble compliment than a licentious verse. It runs thus: — In vain would Prudence, with a decent sneer, lit Point to a censuring world and bid me fear ; Above this world on wings of love I rise, I know its worst, and can that worst despise ; Wrong'd, slander'd, shunn'd, unpitied, unredrest, The mock'd quotation of the scorner's jest, Let Prudence' direst bodements on me fall— CLARINDA—rich reward!—repays them all. And, to show the durable and lasting nature of his affection, in another part. of the same poem be swears By all on high adoring mortals know, By all the conscious villain fears below, to love her so long as the trees grow, or the streams harmoniously run. The bard had by this time, partly under Clarinda's own kind and inspiriting attendance, perhaps, recovered from the effects of his fall; and he was contemplating his departure from Edinburgh, when he wrote verses to " the fair sun of all her sex," commencing : Clarinda, mistress of my soul The measured time is run theset be overlooked drops And which close with the follo wing picturesque a n d b ea utiful lines, that evince on the part of Cl ar i n d a reciprocityxoe part —but, which by is not precious o That fill thy lovely eyes, il of f h) t r h b e ri p g o h e t No other light shall gu id e my ste p s seems e b :d am ep s a a rt ris ur e e ' so re ly to This seasonT l have agitated him. H e was too de eply enamoured to snap asunder the link s o f his affec tio n with a careless hand, and it is beautif u l to observe t he various oppor tunities he seizes on , whereby he msy testify by some token or pres en t hi s fast - during l ove. ng T he su bsequent lines furnish a ready t • nstance out of many. In the edition of his poems they are entitled, "To a Lady, with a present of a pair of Drinking Glasses:— Fair Empress of the Poet's soul, And Queen of Poetesses, Clarinda, take this little boon, This humble pair of glasses. He then bids her, with her delicate ruby lips to a first and a second health, for purposes therein men tioned, but above all she is prayed by him„ o drink a third, and th a t " t hi r d, to t h e e and me, love! At this time he sent her, too, it appears, a copy of the _oopersonalr account which he gave of himself to Dr. .Moteee, ev therein describing himself to her as a " very d evotee to the warmest degree of enthusiasminlo from ve him was The last letter that Clarinda rece i ved and abstract fraught more than usual w ith spiritua l l ito her the vision speculation. He endeavoure d to oi : ot which both he and she of a pure and uoembodied hea venl y statf'. interermmunion abose lead together lives of might, in a state of blessedness, which , upon this gro ss earth, they at present co uld not comprehend :he writes thus :—" W hat a bliss lif e of would we lead in mu tual enjoyment o f friends h ip and love Ab, I re r you laughing at my fair y fancies, but I am certain I would be a happy creature beyond anything we call bliss here below ; nay it would be a paradise congenial to you, too. Don t you see us hand in hand, surveying the comets flaming by us," &c. &c. There may appear a vein of levity pervading this, but we would rather believe that, at the time Bunn .~,z..--... wrote it.the solemnity of the idea weighed most on Li mind, and that he wished it to operate with like eff, •et upon the soul of his Clarinda. That disembodimet bath taken place ; the spirits of both, it is hoped, are ' now among those " made perfect, and the exalted plea sures which, in an after state, the poet shadowed to himself as enjoying with the beloved one of his soul, are now fulfil:led. Mr. Mo.ragomery, the author of ‘, Satan," has, written, and means to publish, a new poem, called " Luther." NEW BISHOP OF JERUSALEM.—On Sunday the 7tli inst., the Rev. Michel Solomon Alexander was consecrated Bishop of England and Ireland in Jeru salem, by tke Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishops of London, Rochester, and New Zealand. A sermon appropriate to the occasion was preached by the Rev. Dr. M'Ca. l l. There were present the Prussian Minister, Sir Stratford Canning. Sir R. H. Inglis, and Sir C. Hunter, the Right Hon. Dr. Nicholl, the vicar general to hiS Grace, Mr. F. H. Dyke, the registrar, &c. &c. The Queen's license assigns Syria, Chi. Wes, Egypt, and Abyssinia as the limits within :which the Bishop is to exercise jurisdiction. We understand the new Bishop was originally of the Jewish persuasion, but converted to Christianity. The Archbishop of Canterbury has ap pointed Sir John Doeson (the Queen's Advocate) Master in the room of Dr. Nich o ll, w h o h as ac ceptedof the Faculties office , of Judge Advocate-General, or Judge ALARMING FIRE NEAR WANDSWORTIL--A few minutes after one o'clock on Yuesdaymorning, a mast alarming tire broke out in the Wandsworth -road, on th e premises of Mr. Thomaslialifax kart, turner and dealer in toys, No. 3, Lucas-place. The flames, within a sh4yrt time after the discovery of the tire, ex..tended themselves all over the building. Several small engines from tl ie neighbouring parishes first reached !Ile spot, but the it services were not of much avail until tile arrival of tl le West of England engine, and that of ithe Brigade fro m the Waterloo-road, closely followed by those from t' Southwark Bridge-road, G'haudos-street, and other s Ca tions of the Brigade, when, by great exertions of the fire men, the flames were by three o'clock so far subdues', as to allay all fear of their extending further. Mr. 11:irt's premises are, with the stock and furniture, totally de stroyed, and the houses on either side considerably da maged. Mr. Hart is insured for stock and b uilding in the Phoenix Fire-office. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday last Mr. and Mrs. Brown, of Union-crescent, Margate:, lost. their lives in a very melancholy manner. Upon intuiry it appears that Mr. and Mrs. Brown were driving in a pony chaise from Margate to Sandwich, and were pro ceeding by a cross and-unfrequented road called Spread ing-street. A large quantity of dirt had accumulated on the legs of the pony and the wheels of the chaise, and the unfortunate deceased, with the view of washing off the dirt, drove the chaise into a pond, where, both himself, Mrs. Brown, and the pony were drowned. At.. the inquest; which was held on Monday, a verdict a "Accidentally drowned" was returned. Mr. Brown was. organist of Trinity Church, Margate. DREADFUL MURDER —Robert Chas. Walsh, Esq., a Magistrate of the county of Waterford, who h a d issud a habere to dispossess some tenants, was beaten to. death on Saturday last, on his return from Dungarvan Petit S6ssions. The notice of his servants having been attracted to his horse and car returning alone, they pro ceeded in search of him, when they found his body about a mile from his house, his head beaten into a mummy.— Dublin Evening A RACE OF GIANTS.—AN EXTRAORDI NARY FAmmr.—There is now a person of the name of Scott, a nurseryman, about three miles from Manchester, and near the Independent College now building, who is one of six sons, now living, and whose united stature is the extraordinary one of 38 feet, or 6 feet 4 inches on the average. The lowest in stature is 6 feet 21 inches. The father of this race of giants, who was married when 39 years of age, has now living nine children, six sons and three daughters, two of the latter being very tall, whilst the other is by comparison diminutive. About seven years ago, all the family assembled at the family resi dence near Carlisle, and on the sons visiting the city, which they did, walking two and two, arm in arm, the circumstance caused much attention. The mother was only 19 at the time of her marriage, and she died about twelvemonths acre.—Leeds Mercury. The last Catholic Lord Mayor of Dublin was Sir Thomas Hackett, in 1688. History has recorded him a rigid bigot. Before him there was not one for 80 years. Thomas Lyons, Esq., a Roman Catholic, was on Monday el;?cted Mayor of Cork by the new Town Coun cil, at a salary of I,2ool.—Limerick Chronicle. (It may not be generally known, though it is a singular fact, that the present Catholic Mayor of Cork is descended from the family of Hackett. Thus, after a struggle of over 150 years arc the Catholics of Ireland restored to their rights in this identical family. It need not be added that the record " rigid bigot " against Sir Thomas Hackett means nought else but " staunch Papist," a characteristic iden tifying the connection.)—Corh Southern Reporter. THINKING BEFORE LEAPING.—About six o'clock on the evening of Weinesday last, Geddes, the keeper of the Humane Society's house on the Green, was informed that some object was floating in the river near the bend at Peat Bog. Taking out the boat to ascertain the truth of the statement, he found an old woman up to the chin, in a part of the river where a single step would have carried her into sixteen feet water. When within an oar's length, he inquired how she came into such an uncomfortable position on a winter night, and the old dame replied, that " she cam' down to droon herself- on account of drink, but the water was sac awfu' cauld that she had ta'eu the rue and wanted oot." The keeper then took hold of the old toper, and, after sousing her twice over the head, lifted her into the boat, froin which she was transferred to a warm bath in the Humane Society's house, and was soon consigned to her friends nothing the ,worse, though before going away she remarked to Geddes that she had got a disgust of drowning with a vengeance, and would not fish him again in a hurry.—Scotch Reformers' Gazette. The log was so dense in Shields harbour on Tuesday night that the steam-ferry which left the south side at seven o'clock, was detained all night upon the river, and it was break of day the sueceeding morning before the passengers could be landed.— Tyne Mercury. Intelligence of the birth of the Prince of Wales reached this place about half-past nine o'clock yesterday evening, and occasioned the most intense satisfaction. The bells of Great St. Mary's rung right merrily, and groups of persons paraded the streets till a late hour. shouting loud hurrahs with a degree of enthusiastic loyalty which was perfectly delightful.—Cambridge Ad vertiser. Thanks to a bountiful Providence, the last week's delightful weather has enabled the husbandman in " the bonnie north" to gather of the fruits of the earth, and be satisfied. Serious fears were entertained ten day's since, and the corn in many stooks had sprouted. The last week commenced with a clear bright frost, which at once stopped the progress of germination, and a brisk sl d breeze, aided by a sunny sky, so far_ thedried corn and straw, that it is now safely stacked. The farmers are now thatching, and their well - filled homesteads delight the heart of the philanthropist, though a black scowl plays on the countenance of the Corn-law League.— Kil., heavy Moderator. On Monday morning week the family of an ex tensive farmer in the neighbourhood of Se acro f t were thrown into a state of great consternation by the sudden disappearance of the eldest daughter. It was soon discovered, however, that the fair fugitive had eloped with one of her father's servant boys, and it is rumoured that the " gallant youth " has since led her to the hymeneal altar. Of course, the event has given rise to considerable gossip among the retailers of scandal in the immediate neighbourhood.—L ee d s M ercury. In the reign of Charles the First, a Mayor of Norwich actually sent a poor fellow to prison, for say ing the Prince of Wales was born without a shirt. — Cambridge Advertiser. A fire broke out in the night of the 2d inst.. in a house of the court, called the Quatre Tours, behind the Tribunal de Conunerce, at Marseilles. A family, on the third floor, could not be roused until the flame; had made such progress th a t no ot h er esca p e was left bu t through the windows. The father first made the attempt t by means of a rope, and got down as far as the rofe,fir floor, but here the flames bursting out, caught the . ile burnt it through, and the poor man droppiPg., - her leg ger. The mother threw herself out, and 10 0 d, and were pavement, was so severely injured that his VI: in win by the fall. All their five children folelowtt_e n I girl, Who more or less seriously injured, except I se _ . was taken up with only some slight br j s I Sunday last with This steamer reached Falmouth cgllndi, Egypt, and ARRIVAL OF TIIIVGREAT that portion of the mails fr 7 o f Marseilles. Her Malta, which was not sent by Y "LIVERPOOL.-- This 3d inst. We the 2Stli- ult., and from D ti s i sea gers, among whom the dates of departure are from,..tiaanrd,ria the 22d, Malta, subjoin a list of the p* be observed :—Passengers— nsderCvaanptt,ainsirEGfloiortdoonf and two Leaver, child, Mr. and Mrs. LFowler,Mr. Lieutenant Mor gan,Bremer, Captain Grattan,. C na h m in e e s se or no S t i o r rie a t7 allBner am a i Skelton, Mr. Captain Cotton, Captain Roe•ers, Hartley and servant, Nash, Mr. North, cup id and Mrs. Rev. Mr. Mannermg, Mr. Jardine, Dr. Ducat, Mr. CaptainF al due Mr. Chick, Miss Bolters, Miss —II- t - 'k M. Tastar, Mr. Bon:, 1" servants, Gray, Dr. Neac , and Mrs. Elliot, child, - Russell, Colonel Anderson, Thoma s Camillure, Captain Burt, William Bowden. L p i r ut A en n a d n e t rson, As a female of fifteen y ears of a g e was passing along n t h e Boulevard, on her return home to the Ru e Richelieu, a two tlt at theisaYsago she was grossly i nsu l ted by a man, moment she saw h er b rother, 1‘ ho was coming to meet her, she com plained to him. The . brother seized t he man b y the collar, and, in th e scuffle, the latter fell into the road, and the wh ee l of a and, a s,i cabriolet passed over his leg. The persons who picked him up wished to carry him to a commissary of police, in order that he might prefer a char ge aga i nst the young man. " No," said he, "I. will do nothing, of this kind—l was wrong, and am justly p un i s h e d . All that I have to request of you is to assist me into a hackney cn. ch." This was accordingly done, and the man speedily made his disappearance, after having received so severs a lesson... . A letter from Treport says that in the morning of the 31st ult., between 90 and 100 boats, three-fourths of which did not belong to the harbour, came in with between 17,000 and 18,000 measures of herrings, and the price which was at Sfr. the measure, fell to 6fr. 50c. This is said to be a draught not before equalled within the memory of man, and the more desirable, as, for the four last seasons, the produce was not sufficient to re munerate the fishermen. At least 1,000 people are said to have been employed in carrying the fish from the boats to the salting-houses, and they must have earned by their day's work at least 3,000 fr. The net progt of the day's produce is estimiied at 200,000 fr. !MORNING SUN 0 1 . the ster, ssi'' .61 11 11 Du .1 ,byo UY , t tag El' vench b.ollt' lee tea ello t3 ti )o dai' : , ,a , t le, et, , r' s c ent ere'b a ere „ D r I v for iog tia ,er 1/ 0 1 r es'