The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-25 00:00:00

MORNING SUN . 4 In an arti c l e on Chartism, the Leeds Mercury says:- ' A _We perceive that the Leeds Parliamentary Reform n a !;:Xliation is anxious to devote its immediate energies (11?r1,0_ the Anti -Corn -law agitation, but at the meeting on tday last the Chartists defeated them. By so ~9 11 g, the Chartists did themselves and the poor sr greatest injury. They did themselves injury by 11,u4 i °wing that they are impracticable almost beyond the 3. Re of reason ; and this will do their favourite topic of Tulversal Suffrage no good in the estimation of sensible c i n w ., • And they do injury to the poor, because the poor L ' 4 • 6 infinitely the greatest sufferers from the cruel Corn t, eOO r,,,,the Dundee Chronicle remarks, in an article on the il t i_ent aspect of affairs in Spain-" Some may imagine is bee have nothing to do with the Spanish affairs; this 'Peas Gtrno In a certain sense ; but when we have a ~,a__,.Y rnment in power whose favourite game is 1/14k4- • and who,- during the reign of the Whigs, t. incessantly censuring them for their neg •,,,ia3 of the honour of the national flag, and • ' now talk of sending .a fleet to the shores of Ame -151:n to compel the Americans to give up M`Leod ; with li: n al a Golreentnent we are in constant fear of war. The t h ou ( nl i r of the national flag must be preserved, even tla tie Z t a the people of this country starve in tens of nda'. II so We ilvir---Tnamm-covinstacm. 44„ s Y 1 aidair, which lasted from Saturday to Wednes ' J W. • Th.iiv , not peon more than 65,000 sheep this year. 1114,, , )"' of horses was good, and fine hunters sold at ia tk; , c es' In the hop -fair there wore 2,710 pockets ,_,,t. arnham-row, and 3,018 in tie country row. Zi,a,: ,.,, he introduction of many new hands from distant ariinto the labour market at Cork, numbers of the one c i a Y • k t Ptined hands are thrown out of employ, and hib ,, i t -t4Yeitis la . st viek paraded the streets of Cork to ex • estttution • L."' s *4.lrA vs • 4 4- tore ant • ----e AND MILITARY. ai 'll ;the t..statement of the efficiency or sea- worthiness. • e &sip s i n sen , ”Il to the Aa....?ur dock-yards has been ordered to b e awn. i t - . 4 rd he te.isLoners f ay ; and the regulations prevs.nting be allowedr roin reeeivin pensions when sers: ing on M,a.jesty's ships rescinded, and the pensions to „„- On Ilr e d: 4l 2 Pay. !tidal, 4 . 4 1 1 , 4 , e 5ua i , Y her Majesty's steamer Styx, Captain and suite, fZicrotn Portsunoutn, with Sir Chares Begot China all theldaad.' "• umaa a . c , e l 11, officers in the gallant affair of Gou g h , - claimed by the South of Ireland. Sir Hugh 44 44 aiidalfttain Bouchier, and Major Sarjent, are all " 1° ThJiv Cona reeMen c ' t Limerick. Sir Thomas Herbert, - 0 - g 1 h rnands the navy in China, was some years wt. mtkl. iivlinSia Sheriff of Kerry. itoliert Peel, Bate.e, I,wfihird son of the Right Hon. Sir igtal le , under a served in the Princess Char eettlement of dmiral "sir Robert Stopford, during the * . ip snan, is . the affairs on the Syrian coast, as a mid ltai a Chads 31 ) 0 14 to go to China in the Cambrian, Cap , C.B, 'At th 11 -a•Ur AND POLICE. /3r;ki,... , a liensington Police Court on Friday, John tri t e * i j t s ee d nine years, was committed to take his tih i!lin ss. Old Bailey, fur robbing his father of thirty nisse s l it, .3 The father and mother were the only wit that e ser - 41 It appeared from the statement of the former inn Y parental mode of reclaiming the boy had been - ,vaio. sailo r nutl gnd i a, belonging to the schooner Neptune, were !lPity A ~ by the sitting Magistrate at Lambeth -street to er,. :`"e of 1 001. e sad to be imprisoned till the a w as . itch, , Paid, tor smuggling tobacco. .' ' trete... ,e• . -.....42.,/rir AND SCIENTIFIC. Itla zen tlfic an I).regliat an. states that wood-paving soon becomes *faith etudes ad hi its fibres with carburetted hydrogen, doh fro the gas• pipes, and assists rapidly in ki n rsing themblocks ; from such a pavement malaria ist4 %latently ariseila,s this gentleman any interest gritnite quarries in Aberdeenshire ? 4 140 PTArEtf ARTS. St 141,11A.g the other robberies committed at the Egyp m*lts_ oti i rrn at Berlin, has been the carrying off of the -y r tta a r a s r e ° f gold, weighing 227 ducats, as remarkable , . A l t 4, 'w2SqUeS as its intrinsic value. 4 %st t n has just been erected in the Cimetiere de *this. the Painter Gericaud, who died at the early age tak,.,:`lsthree, and is best known to this country by his -k.r B work, long exhibited here, .‘ The Wreck of the ~. nsa. sl ots TREATRICAL. ak,.. r homer"'At demonstration at the theatre at Munich, Performance of Meyerbeer's Huguenots, the ,gth was called for, and in his stead a quarter -4044. tP:rtrait of him was produced from the green tthis ti , -n' the worship of the crowd. We recommend t; - „,... tt erttion to Sheridan P Knowles, who generally Piece. off when the gods call for him after a success e. tss a:i.i e l e „ SPORTING. iluati m "e"exPected rowing match between Newell and :nee, h ,_ , and Ph e l ps and Campbell, for 401., the dis- LiAc r rtng• from Westminster to Putney, took place Nt bl• It was a fine contest throughout, and Newell - "a ledee won the match by about five seconds only. , COURT-FASICIONAILLIO. ke t i l 'ineen continues in excellent health ; but we un ' td ti that h er M a j es t y ' s accouc h ement is daily ex . ' - 7,,,, On Frid a y a f ternoon orders were given, by Sir 114,7reharn, for messengers to be in attendance at 011: 1 n.„,,e-offic e night as well as day. s 'oete.''unke of Foxbur li has returned to Fleurs Castle, I,l_llOrkshire. '' ' g N, leostarl and Counteis of Harrington, who arrived in t0n: 1 9 .- gardens, the week before last, still remain liP Th e lek le .i arl of Beverley gave a aumptueus dinner on lt e s itY het, to the French Ambassador and suite. d all ,,Of Fire who formerly was one of the most . k ..t iiit-48° . ,n g men at the Court of George the Fourth, li4 ho us e{ -3, :r i y quietly at his magnificent residence of b„,s4te rep In North Britain, spending part of the :Trol ,-.6. ` 11 1e3 of his estates in must judicious rural v a: l'h e e li . t n , ints. ik..7flani ' 4l ' and Rev. Robert Devereux, eldest son of --71.1,1: Bereford, will shortly lead to the hymeneal ,Llsakti,4B Revenscroft, of Portland-place. Raitni.toilirprise is expressed in the City at the sudden , pan o f his Excellenc Andrew Stevenson, Esq., -ei , atraord* .linister Plenipotentiary from ,lie, inary and ?,, James's, after 4 7 1 4 t 4:, states to the Court of St... v lite '"ted a letter to her Most Gracious Majesty, ~,h to:nit held on Thursday last. He had for many isi74 'in•itt.t.llo Diplomatic Representative of the United QiNy fe :p country, and has always evinced the most kilt t r 4ilng fur a strong union of peace between tis s W Y lef t -„ ttl n and America. Mr. Stevenson and his •'".4•Vir.,... " -uristel on Saturday for New York, by the ,••• "tern steamer. •,trii ' • sas . .Vte-nd MISCELLANEOUS. qt . ,. ,vei. nesday last the temperature at Ed i nbur g h be r Y e ° l d and in the •se there was a heavy 'p e . Sti ow. 0 t4l,nrk„ 16.4 a m t s are now actively engaged in erecting Courts e, & '.tel ini gs of the Vice-Chancellors, appointed under 111,44Zstration of Justice Act, in Old-square, Lin l4ki2th in iti-N• anniversary of the triumph of Liberal opi lp a t tii. gingham, in 1812, was celebrated on Monday li k L i4 tii n ,-., 11 ,t0 Swan, Nottingham. Lord Rancliffe syrtie s. -v,ottir, and the attendance of gentry was il liri-or t i in the Justice-room fry.; h a i l aYo . r stated on Friday . , k.1..14 i.teetuved the munificent donation of 501. , 1 11 "'! °l 7 the benefit of the boy Chatterton, who - h -tee - 1..4-.44-s, tlnring a gale, was forced into the fire and - V dreadful! hurnt. 4717.V,, e __tras the anniversary of the death of Sir ai,el,,lAurna, Governor of Tangiers, who was shot 1,4 09 ° . 11 4 1 7 A handsome marble monument com _... N.l/4stenZ-,tha circumstance, with an epitaph by . or ce4 %I v h *lllVestminster Abbey. Nit la at th;C l T.,k 4hOws that vineyards were not un -143. 7 11 e -4 3*9‘e „•" Conquest- About the middle of the last 1 41 .. , 'of r ': ,Iv aa a viueyard at Beauliere in Hants, elt.rti ~'.-eittl brand were made, and still later, a IN %t, ' t ;11/rid g Y i t 0.. ., kti v l- e, near the old castle. Ivelirn :Ilair,,,tY prevails on the line of the South- Ne4LY•ed• n'lcs.'nls near Tonbrid e. The workmen are NVIZ 1 1 , - 'sk and day, and it g is expected that the I: T.,„, ( , ) ,,Pfne.4 as far as Tunbridge in March next. I ne • gket h e:rtell quack-doctor is the most remarkable Of e th - =Jea n ifiet ,oee.rt'lsest: inhabitant." ‘ known in England within the me re ,%tatt, 814''attandard states, that " two horses he l ig e *r e d t Qn froth eating wheat."-Query. How - °Perat have just died at Paisley from .r.,11, t wh IVes It` - Pg'• . tat o.eat ! •'''',64-.4tatera , "met gYity- i rtpii e , :lays the Western Luminary, eA.I 4 14 01,91 alluysday last, of such remarkable 1,0,n -taisst !or ~ e r l r . United ages amounted to 333 years. 7 " .. lt a l lt) iiii;! ll 3ted that these three ladies were annul s"•°,lttlantic;lii•s'ie Avqlonger than other people. 7, 4 llapc' t tnnuij 4l : 4 Brussels paper that the fashionable I s s - • 411 ti4"t 4 a 'f o i i ill eit Of lamp-breaking and knocker ,SpiZ ~ in hi,, i n i d its way to the Belgian capital, where Isf il thi e lOfsai s . t t o . °Yne . !-This is a striking instance of 4:l:443teasillinstwr a atm This . r. 3 9.3 ' art,.._ t civilization Bottom, in the parish of zaelae,.tahlre ,"vert Redburn and Market -street, in h ih i it e n ,•,.„ 0 oesween the hours and ii 40 44 'nuro . of eleven twelve /14 by aY night an ti e - t 15, t , . p oo , . , d destroyed in all 21 houses, e,,,, ttico_ industrious persons, who gain their - 411 tat ) . b "1 straw 'ls., urnt, xi. plait for bonnets. An infant was • -. she •sa on e It, esst o , _ of the inhabitants are insured. tu 1-4 ..._ Yndhurst's conscience * nis s Itl ltOp --- :•-•--__•...., s __ ,_,........ e • 41 )04 1 ' As (4'11.4X —A m C. e eA u sPciallo YOUNG MAN'S NTI-A.,.0- 11 r!itnit, °elation 'le-7-1 he Central Committee of the k li tilti .s Zal- ( , 04 , 1, !net on Saturday evening last at the )1 4 -% as ttl b ee , 1,n9, Aldersgate-street, when, after the t nNian. e n held transacted, it was resolved that a üblic 4N114.1 next ,he the Standard Theatre Shored' P ''‘ tr co itch, on . _ 4._ IS4iet . November, for the purpose of i tt .,_ A ri tt A oremittee in that neighbourhood. b.5„Nt), _.. saCcIDE lik,Zhitrternoon, NT.---About four o'clock on 4 11 e A011:(1 in _ft,party of four persons were returning fo r gniß that a p a „! . .... 13 ,?t• One of them, Edward Wil- A No v ! gat he wr.7cool.tnger, insisted upon standing up, - ,ltea na " zzi nto the river' l a d._ In doing so he pitched head 1 .114 i t t : 43 limit:llin boat dived instratitl d_isappeared. lit e*. e b o d y, `':oLralhaad it after him, but was not 4t h .. 4 u.r i yet been taken out of )4 k Nir Qi i To BARB Ni s %ter ERS Pe ri tte e , , naroed j..--On Wednesday last d er 'os,„ fee kt t h e ,„ Slater, was cautioned by the i , eat,. ails fie - "wzi Hall, and A d ' i; R a i Whi nbi p eniAe 0 oi ere to pay ex ._.'' to. 4 -,ire e k ~rass not w 11 , 1 ? a Sunday morning. His Ned; tabl e h•-• neeessit,a2,',llgeio ingenuity, was, that !b,_ a 11,x, d a y i sa , gis'uo ,harity, as he was doing ,e, 7e.414.11, 4. 8 p . or s rates, which he did, he 4 re tlitit ....tre_rett Chronic/e. K 51,1.44.447444 theseti: Robert Peel is labou • hard % to s o h • toe e , 1 . ring ~ acerb stout hiss• era public officers. He of e ta :tr te „..;4aa- Se tt : t riend Mr. Gre -_,01it 0 ,,,, ewe ] , ,_ „_ary t . e the Hon, gson for Mr. Zielab oh 7a, , t o 1 .•? -Kr. Dean, ~_ . e Deartment. Iv t tli ti . ,". he sh s'!/gil ; but .`'nairrnan of the Board ittlne e .., "'ea th •• - •i ex at fr_4l hithough he is to the Pecteet u there w 8....040w was 110 h ope MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. (From The Sun of Saturday Evening.) LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 22.—Prerious to the arrival of the Caledonia steam-ship, the market was in a feverish state ; holders of American Cotton were offering very sparingly, and at an advance of id. per lb. on Friday's quotations. Subsequent to it they have sup plied the demand better, and the extreme advance has not been maintained. We quote ordinary, middling, and fair qualities T O. per lb. higher,and extreme rates for good fair and good. Surat is rather worse to buy. Brazils and Egyptians have been stationary throughout the eek. Sea Islands are difficult to buy at last wer' prices. There have been taken on speculatie - American. -K'S ..1 5,700 LIVERPOOL SHARE MARKET, Oc.;/.. 2 3 .—The trans actions at the Stock E xc h ange to-day have been very limited. They comprise only the following :—Grand Junction, Half Shares, 95i ; Livotrool and Manches ter, 197. MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, OCT. 22.—The Share Market has been very fiat to-day. Our only transaction is, London and Birmegham, Quarters, 21 . ?,. Up to the present time the•: e has been but little busi ness doing. Consols are 671 I T for Money, and 884 for the Account; Exche 4uer Spanish Active S'„ 0 0 ; ', 201. 10s. 12s. prem. 4 ; Portuguese Five per Cents., 29i ; Dr.to. Threes, 17i 18. PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, OCT. 21. 3 per Cent. c_;onsols Three aa;t Half Stock 96a 'Grand Canal Stock ...... Ditto Reduced Ditto New 1830 964 I Ditto 4 per cent .. 34 Per Cent. Jobs. There h-..s been but little business doing in the Stock Exchan: 6e . Consols are now 874 for Money, and 884 for tke Account ; Exchequer Bills, 11 12 prem. ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 864 87 ; Ditto Three-and-a-Half, 9 .6-1 Spanish Active Stock are now quoted at 204 ; Brazilian Bonds, 514 51 52; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 514 4 ; Colombian, 184. There has been rather more business doing in the Share Market. Birmingham and Derby are 48 ; Great Western, 74 75 ; Ditto, New, 74; London and Brighton, 37i 4 ; London and Birmingham, 157 do., and South Western, 52 ; South Eastern and Dover, 19. Consols, 874 88; Ditto, Account, 884 4 ; Spanish, 204 4. No alteration to notice, and very little business doing. The operations in the produce markets recently have been on a snore liberal scale, and altogether better calcu lated to give satisfaction to the sellers. There is still a good deal of excitement among the Tea brokers respecting the large quantity of spurious loaf, a compound of rose leaves and indigo, which has recently been bare facedly sold in the market. Some of the brokers com plain that Mr. Bland should have taken the matter up, when much more influential men might have done it. Mr. Bland, however, is perfectly right. Like Columbus' egg, he has been the first to act upon the subject ; and it is a disgrace to the trade that none of its more influential members have done it be fore him. This hint is intended only for those who evince a disposition to shirk the matter and evade in quiry, for we know that the majority of the respectable dealers wish to have this enormous evil remedied. The spirit of exclusiveness and the close trade system, where nothing is good but what is done by an initiated person, or a wealthy member of the trade, is quite at variance with the sentiments and resolves of the public. Let this inquiry be resumed, and that immediately, or the Excise may prove less civil to the adulterators than we have been. CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock ... 1634 India Stock ••• 3 per Cent Red .. 87 Ditto Bonds pr 3 per Cent Cons B7i :Ditto Old Annuities ... 34 per Cent Red 964 ;Ditto New Annuities... New 34 per Cent 974 Ex. Bills, 1,000/....24d II pm New 5 per Cent Ditto 5001........ 12 pre Long Annuities toexpire Ditto Small. ...14 pm Jan 1860 . . 12j ;Bank Stock for Acct... Oct 1859 l2 5-16 India Stock for Acct.... Jan. 1860. ;Consols for Acct BB4 FOREIGN FUNDS. Austrian, 5 per cent.... Portuguese, 5 per cent. Belgidn, 5 per cent — !Ditto, New Ditto 294 Brazilian 80nd5.... 52 Prussian, 5 per cent — Buenos Ayres, 6 per cent Inussian, 5 per cent Chilian, 6 per cent...... ;Ditto Metallic Colombian, 6 per cent... !Spanish, 5 per cent 204 Ditto, 1824. — !Ditto, Deferred Danish, 3 per cent ... ;French, 5 per cent. —f. — c . Greek, 1825, 5 per cent. ;Exchange Mexican, 5 per cent.... !French, 3 per cent —f. Ditto, 6 per cent, 1825, Dutch, 2i per cent. ... bib Peruvian, 1825, 6 per ct. Ditto, 5 per cent SHARES Birmingham and Derby Railway (100 pd) 48 Bristol and Exeter (60 paid): ..... . 26 Great Western Railway (65 paid) Ditto New Shares (50 paid 544 Ditto Fifth (4 paid) London and Brighton (50 paid) 37 j London and Birmingham (90) ......... Ditto Quarter Shares ( 5 paid) .., 214 London and South Western Midland Counties Railway (100 paid) — Ditto Quarter Shares ( lb paid) South Eastern and Dover (43 paid)... 19 STRIKE OF THE MASONS. We have been requested to publish the following letter from the Scottish Association of Masons to the Masons lately employed at the new Houses of Parliament : " Edinburgh, Oct. 21, 1841. " BRETHREN,---I have just received yours of the 19th instant, and regret that there should be any apparent backwardness on our part ; but we understood that your delegate here would have written to you prior to his leaving for Dundee on Wednesday morning, accompanied by a member of this branch. " We beg to state that the rumour about men being engaged here for London was altogether without foundation. " In reference to pecuniary aid, you must be aware that we cannot act in that respect without the concur rence of others, but ne time shall be lost. I have warned a meeting of the National Committee for this evening, who may probably take it upon them immediately to send you one hundred pounds. In the meantime, there is no fear of money. The Edinburgh branch has una nimously passed a resolution recommending that five hundred pounds be sent to London to support the masons lately employed at the new Houses of Parliament, and more if required. " A circular will be issued to-night, and returns on this question called for, but many will not be waited for. There is no doubt of plenty of money. " I need nut state how earnestly we feel in your af fairs, but the best way to demonstrate this is in some more substantial way. Let our English brethren be true to each other. The battle they have engaged in is no or dinary one. Let them know that they shall not endure the struggle alone—a nation (as masons) who have never been conquered, a nation of hardy Scotsmen, are allies; they may count upon us come weal, come woe.' But no hesitation--no wavering—no breaking of the ranks. One unbroken, undecided movement, and victory shall be ours. lam in haste, but shall write you soon again. " With an earnest anxiety for a snccesful termina tion, I remain, brother, your 's devotedly, '• JOHN 41)1E, National Secretary. " 19, Ponton-street, Edinburgh." TESTIMONIAL TO MR. JOHN MITCHELL, BCORSELLER, QUEEN-STREET.-----011 Tuesday evening last, Mr. Mitchell was entertained, by a party of his friends, in the Bon-Accord Temperance Coffee-room, for the purpose of presenting him with a handsome and elegantly-finished Time-piece, as a mark of esteem fur his able and consistent advocacy of the people's rights— Mr. Mackay, printer, in the chair. The Chairman, after expressing the high satisfaction he felt in presiding on such an occasion, introduced Mr. M‘lienzie, who pre sented the testimonial in a neat and appropriate speech. Mr. Mitchell returned thanks in his usual frank and open manner. Mr. Ord next addressed the meeting briefly. Mr. Strachan, after eulogising Mr. Mitchell for his straightforward conduct, alluded to his talented de fence of Lovett's Chartism, and called upon the mem bers of the National Association to exert themselves, as he was sure that the principles of the " new move " re quired only to be known to be appreciated. Mr. Lobban also gave an excellent speech, The meeting was enter tained by a number of beautiful songs and recitations, and broke up at an early hour on Wednesday morning, highly delighted at- the way in which they had enjoyed themselves.--Glasgow Paper. HIDEOUS BARBARITY.—A horrible murder has just been committed in the department of the Meuse, under circumstances as mysterious as they are extraor dinary. The jege d€ paix of the district, accompanied by the gendarmes end by two physicians, proceeded, in ac cordance with information which he had received: to the house of a carpenter named Christophe, trron the thres hold of this house, covered with erearse and Woody cloth, l a y the inanimate body of ft OH of 17. On the right side of the neck appeared a gaping wound of enormous siee i evidently produced by the discharge of a fireettla. The wound was so large that the physieient decided that the murderer,'after having fired leie gun into the throat of his victim, must have drivvet knife into the same wound to despatch her. The lips of the wound were black and burnt, clearly proving that the muzzle of the 14tin must have been laid against her skin. Her handkerchief was in part consumed, and, by a meet remarkable circumstance, proving the cool barberity of the poor girl's assassin, a piece of her mettlin fichu, which had served as wadding for the gun, was found deeply bedded in her flesh. The body bore no further traces of violence, and there was nothing to indicate that the criminal had striven to satisfy a brutal appetite. The father of the deceased was absent at the period when the juge de paix made his visitation. He was said to have gone to a town some ten miles dis tant to collect some money that was due to him. The Inwther gave an incoherent account of the transaction— an account, however, which went directly to criminate the poor girl's lover. It is impossible to say whether the young man became a murderer through jealousy, or through despair, it being generally said that the parents of the poor girl had refused him her hand. The young man has not yet been found. Major-General Sackville Hamilton Berkeley succeeds Majer-General Sir William Gomm in the com mand of th e troops at Jamaica ; and Sir Will i am w ill succeed Sir Ch ar l es Napier in command of the N ort h ern District of England. Major-General Berkeley served ' at the capture of iirinatn in 1804, the Danish Islands of St. J o h n and St. Croix in 1807, and of Martinique in ilnBofi9l,hinngcluupdituhge tliineesaiege. of For t Bourbon " t c h ommand of the N.orthern Dis trict has ar i sen from The delay receipt of a communication from Sir W. G omm . Horse SINGULA R F ACT. days ago , o w: ai g the time been affected with a pain alleviat e d. Af ter minutely e xa mining applied to D r . B rown, of S s a e l vmeoreatwh o hadafowr thigh s7elling in the part, the do c t or commenced tos, order the get the after considerabl e labour,' y operate, an d succeeded oi woman some , an residing in th e v il lage of Stevenston, swollen in extracting a sewing needle, about an inch and a half long, which the patient had swallowed nearly 30 years ago , —Caledonian Mercury. THE ADELAIDE GALLERY. MNEMONICS. On Saturday evening we attended at this li t ;, o f !el ence to hear Major Beniowaki's Lecture on :artificial Me mory, and to ob serve th e progress r . his Tbe Lecturer commenced with a ge .. - aerai explanation of the principles of his system, our satisfaction, h o:, p ointed out , very much to the explod e d greatly that sytyt.an differs from that he one of Von Feinagle, at the same time • l` professes to have derived vast benefit from the ..ours of the Luxemburg quack, who, in our opinion, did no more than encumber the Mnemonics, which were in use before his time, with an absurd and mischievous machinery. Referring to the doubts which we have expressed in The Sun, as to the possibility of communi eating to anotherperson by an artificial system a memory of similar powers to that of which the very learned Major gives such wonderful proofs in his public lecture, he in vited us to test the mnemonical acquirements of a class of gentlemen, who had received but three lessons. The exercise was proposed. to he of such a nature as would exemplify the application of his system to the recol lection of foreign words in connection with their Eng lish interpretation. He said that we might propose any list of words selected from languages of which the pupils were totally ignorant, or of artificial words in vented on the instant and having an arbitrary meaning in English assigned to them on the instant. Such a task as the latter part of the alternative would impose upon us was beyond , our powers of invention, and w e chose rather the following list composed of such wordsas most readily occurred to us, from languages very little studied (we regret) in England, and not likely to be familiar to the members of this class. We dictated the words, as nearly as we can recollect, in the follow ing order, and the Major wrote them accordingly in large letters upon a black board, to which the pupils directed their attention :- HINDUSTANEE.—Rance, Queen ; Chitnees, Secre tary ; Ehaderee, Favour ; Sahib, Lord. HEBREW.—Aretz, Earth ; Harnmayin, The Waters ; (whence) Hummums, The Baths ; Beth, House ; Jegar, Heap. GERMAN.—Anfang, Beginning ; Pferde, Steed; Kind, Child ; Zeitung, Journal. SLAVONIC.—Bogiu, God ; Czort, Devil ; Slowo, Word ; Siawo, People ; B) 10, Was. ARABIC.—Rap, Head ; Gibbel, Mountain ; Zeitoun' Olives ; Fortin, Mice ; Marabout, Saint ; Shouke, Thorns. This list having been completed, one of the gentle men stood up, and, with his back to the board, made several efforts to repeat the words from memory, and in five minutes, by the dial in the room, he succeeded perfectly. He then repeated them backwards, that is, beginning with the last and ascending to the first. We then put them to him in an irregular manner—the English word " was," and he gave the Slavonic " b) to "—the Arabic " Gibbel," and he answered, " mountain." The lines of the list were then num bered, by figures prefixed to them on the board, and in a few minutes the gentleman under examination was able to repeat any word upon its number being given. We need scarcely say, that in this exercise we observed enough to induce us to forego some of our long-cherished prejudices against a system of artificial memory. The importance of the experiment may justify us in detailing it at length. THE GYDINOTUS, OR ELECTRICAL EEL.--Mr Jar dine delivered a lecture in the Gallery upon the proper ties of this unique animal. The specimen in this esta blishment is the only one which has ever been brought alive to Europe. Mr. Jardine explained that the elec trical organs of the eel appear to consist of cells, similar to the cells of a voltaic battery, placed side by side in very great regularity, extending from nearly the head of the eel to the extreme end of the body. Therefore, if a saddle, or an apparatus of copper, made to the shape of the eel's body, be placed, one part near the head, and another near the tail, the whole of the elec tricity from all of the organs will be obtained, and be conducted to any other apparatus upon which we wish to experiment, by means of wires attached to both sets. The spark is obtained by attaching a piece of gold leaf to the end of one wire, and any round obtuse surface to the end of the other ; such as a small brass ball. These—the gold leaf and the ball —are inclosed in a cylinder of glass. By connecting the saddles with the eel, the electricity, passing from the gold to the ball, or from the ball to the gold, w►ll devtlope a small, but brilliant spark ; and that this spark possesscs con siderable heat, is shown by the fact of a small por tion of the gold being deflagrated or burnt away. The Lecturer illustrated the above by a series of suc cessful and brilliant experiments, which gave intense gratification to his numerous hearers, and elicited reite rated applause. The angelic warblings of the Infant Sappho con• tinue to attract several hundreds to the gallery every evening of her performance ; and we understand that on Tuesday evening next, another musical prodigy will be produced, in the person of an Infant Harpist, who, according to the Dublin newspapers, has for some time past been delighting the Viceregal Court and the nobi• lity in Ireland. She is said to be about five years old, and is the niece of the celebrated " Infant Lyra," who was so greatly admired by George the Fourth, and all the musical word, fifteen or eighteen years ago. . DISTRESS OF THE PRINTERS. The following is the address of the unemployed printers of London, to which we alluded on Friday : The Committee appointed by the unemployed printers of London to issue a public address, in appealing to their benevolence, to filo so with full confidence of their sym pathy and support. It is calculated that at the present time there are upwards of twelve hundred unemployed compositors and pressmen, and many of them, with large families, are in an absolute starving state. Numbers of our worthy brethren have already applied for parochial aid, and, as the public must well know, from the present state of our Poor-laws, any assistance from that quarter but that of entering the union workhouse is denied; and we rogret to say, that many honest and industrious mem ben of our trade have been compelled to submit to that alternative. The Committee beg to inform them that the sedentary occupation, and many hours which they must necessarily apply to their business, preclude them from any chance of obtaining a livelihood in any way unconnected with the printing business. And no class of men are sooner debilitated, with the loss of sight and paralyzed limbs, than your humble supplicants, which the noble and generous patrons of the Printers' Pension Society are fully aware of, from the reports of that Society. The principal cause of their great distress being that of the numerous failures among booksellers and others connected with the printing business, also the little business done by Parliament in consequence of the un settled state of public affairs, the public must be aware that these are the chief sources from which their labours are called into action, The generous nobility and public, on a former occasion, in the years 1825-6, having so nobly responded to the call of benevolence in their be half, the Committee have every reason to believe that in the present distressed state of the printing business a like sympathy will crown their efforts. This address, which is signed by J. T. Gregg, the Chair Man, and W. Dargan, the Hon. Secretary, announces that subscriptions will be received by Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., Birchin-lane, Cornhill ; Spooner, Attwood. and Co., Gracechurch-street, London, bankers ; also by Mr. Hodson, bookseller, 112, Fleet-street ; Mr. Harrild, printers' broker, Great Distaff-lane, F r id a y- s t ree t ; and by Mr. Lake, Three Herrings Tavern, Bell-yard, 'Temple-bar. Slit WILLIAM FOLLETT , LORD CHANCELLOR' We find the following paragraph l t rhe Sun paper received by the last post, Our Learned Representative is about to reap the reward of his patriotism earlier than was generally expected. We hope our Tory friends will be on the alert. There are plenty of good berths about the Court of Chancery, and those who have booked promises of early patronage, should apply to Sir William instanter% We hope that they will not lose a single post. Every titan who feels fit for a place, or whose circum stances a place would fit, should be on the alert, and not be advised to delay application by • Sir William's agents—a personal application is better than a letter i and let it be recollected that Sir William rollett owes this approaching Chtneellorship, to that noble band the Conservatite electors of Exeter. "Walk up," "be in time," should be the motto of every one of them. " APPROACHING LAW CHANGE AN-It is ettrrehtlt Fel& ported in the professional Cifeles, thitt Lord Lyndhurst will relintittilsh the seals at the commencement of January Tani, Audi that Sir W. Follett, the Solicitor-General, will be his successor. In connexion with this arrange: ment, it is also said that Lord Abinget wlll at the ettitie time vacate the Chiefship of the lachequer, and that Sir Fredetielt Will be his successor therein,"— Iresferit T Hl3 MUiDEIt IN EA(llT44l3At..—; roin r ill , juiries mad e on F r id ay of somenf,the friend'S.Of 'the, lath Mr. Burdon, the landlord of ths cheap, ivspeictii* the Milib bi airs. Blakesley, the wife of the hint dahr, we re gre t to state, that she is , in so bad a condition that serious fears are entertained of her ulti= mate recovery. It was stated et the tnitSet that the tint fortunate woman was eneiente at the tittle she Ivtut stabbed by her husband. A few dap eintve s owing th tlin atite ment, which it may naturally be expected she has ever since laboured under, a miscarriage took pl ace , s i nce which ev en t very unfavourable symptoms have eppehred. She is still under the care of Dr. English, who daily , attends upon her. The next Session of the Central Criminal Court commences on Monday. It is not as yet tlel2l4cti h 3 lb who is to be the public prosecutor in this case. The parish of St. Mary-at -Hill have refused, on the ground that they have no funds to appropriate to such et purpose. The Corporation of the City of London will not do so, on the ground of want of precedent—the last murder which took place within the City having crecurred sixty s ears agb. Mr. D. W. Harvey, the City Pollee Colunnssioner inti mated also that the police hare no money for such a pur pose, and Mrs. Burdon absolutely retnies. It is said that sonic of Blakesley's friends have ett ]list come fbr ward, and that lie is to be provided, at their expense, with Counsel of great celebrity. The King's Read still attracts a great number of people to view the scene of the horrible deed. The conduct of Blakesley is still very taciturn. He has, within th e l ast few nights, been much disturbed in his sleep, and continually speaks of his wife. He frequently inquires as to her condition, and with that exception, never refers in any way to the i h n as a ll o v n r o i r t d te s n oc s e eve w r i a t l h t letters hew t i o sh h o e f r athned mur dered ru.pCp appears verytakes s sincere e they in n are his u de o . t Ais Carver, the Ordinary. e r s eat attention to the exhortations of man's :and brother,pryi pays great Bmthuu:didoieD but, d t:a r n e s d mittet ey. TELE SUN, LONDON, IvIOI , ZDAY, OCtOTIER, 25, 1841; CHINES. was a very s'ffift start; t c , p fetid being taken by C am pb e ll laid down well t o t h e i r and his partner. ... 4 _illyfiTties work, and Cawbell's tgiat weitt..almest a length in ad ranr.:,! but could not maintain it IN:'wel.Slnslied up, and off the iforrtf , Try they were oaf o'.l r. A most de termined strugglr followed, in whicli f 4fter .r.scowing a few yards, Newel and his partner took th 6 lead; and fir:A passed through Vauxhall -bridge a length aheat:• The strength of the men throughout the next reach api. eared unabated, litid they arrived At Battersea in much the same position as lit V.guxhall, 50 slight was the diffe— rence as they gained Tran44wortil' Meadows that a stroke would have changed the fortune et' the day ; but Newel enntitmed to lead; and lie and ,;t is parti2er won the match by about five sott:ontls tmly, Coi:6iderh.:,* the time of year the match was well t!ttg,nded: ,-"11" ir A r'• ROTH'S CALCULATING A, We have seen these raXrlanesin operation, and the results more than equalled the expectations which vto had &fined fq them. There are two machines ; one of which, by far the simp'eet and least expensive, performs addition and subtraction ottlyi by the other, any pro blem in multiplication and division can be accurately selVetb The results are unerringly accurate in both cases. As the lnfetior of the apparatus is not ehown by the patentee, we can only cleteribe the external forms of the machines, and state the effects prodtiCM, The adding and subtracting apparatus is about one foot long, three inehee wide, and one inch deep. On the top are seleeel small dial plates movable en their centres, on which dials figures are engrstted; There is a small aper ture at the upper part of each dial, made in the Metal plete Which covers the top, through which other figures, engi'afetl P_iff k white ground, are seen, As the dials are moved round, theet.' figures, which must be en graved on small rollers, also move, and at tire Cud of the operation show the amount of the sums &Med or . sub traeted. In.a sum of addition, consisting of man" , rows of figtlfesi the dpe,rator; almost as fast as the figures at* called, brings them to fhb tip of thl: different dials, which indicate units,tens, hundreds, &de And it il - i't. conclusion of the operation the figures which retMiti xxipef6ee the Anna of the %vliole. In subtraction, the dials afd ffiffieil in the reverse directiem, after a small slide has bed? drawn out ; the figures in like Matinee show the result: The wonderful operation of this machine IS elieeert most strikingly when the fraction of a pound is subtracted froM an even number. For example, when one halfpenny is subtracted from 1,0001. all the figures change simulta neously, and exhibit the amount of 9991. 19s. 1 lid. The multiplying and dividing apparatus is much more complicated than the simple addition and subtraction machine. It would be impossible, unless at great length, to give an intelligible description of its mode of opera tion, but it was shown to be no less attain ; and in the working nearly as simple as the former. This machine is circular ; it is about one foot in diameter and nearly three inches deep. Its disc Contains numbers of small dials with apertures, similar to those of the smaller ap paratus ; and in the centre there is a handle for the operator to turn. As the handle is turned the figures in the different small apertures are seen moving, and after all the figures of the multiplier have been worked separately, the product is exhibited by figures in an outer circle of the &sc. The great use of these machines is the certainty of the calculations. t:ipert accountants may possibly go through the operations as quick, but Some error may be committed which requires the repe tition of the process. They will serve, therefore, as a useful check in making out complicated accounts. We believe the inventor is about to take out a patent for the invention on an improved scale. INCENDIARY FIRES BIRMINGHAM, FRlDAY.—lnformation was recaived last evening, at the Birmingham Fire-office, that the work of incendiarism had commenced at Stratford-on-Avon, and a considerable sensation was caused by rumours in refer ence to it. The following bill has been issued by the Fire-office Company : " ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD. " BIRMINGHAM, OCT. 22, 1841.—Whereas, on Wed nesday morning last, some evil-disposed persons set fire to the farm premises of Mr. Ralph Smith, at Radbrook, near Stratford. on-Avon, the Directors of the Birming ham Fire-office hereby offer a reward of 1001. to any person or persons who shall give such information es will lead to the apprehension and conviction of the offender or offenders, " By order of the Court of Directors, " JOHN SIMMONS, Secretary." On Monday last the house of Richard Harvey, of Cas tle Cary, was wilfully set on fire, and the whole, with its contents, completely destroyed. A notorious character, from the neighbourhood of Yeovil, who was seen near the spot on the same day, is suspected of being concerned in the diabolical transaction, and it is hoped that the guilty parties will be speedily brought to justice.— Wilts Independent. It is at all times a melancholy task in having to relate the destruction of property by fire, and much more so when caused wilfully, as there cannot be a doubt but the one which we hero narrate was. Early last Tuesday even ing one of the corn-stacks of John Clarke, Esq., a tenant of his Grace the Duke of Portland, and who resides at Kirkby, in Nottinghamshire, was observed to be taking fire ; it progressed, communicated the destructive ele ment to adjoining stacks, and there being a smart, keen wind, the whole of the capacious and well-filled yard, containing thirty corn and hay stacks, was (excepting two of hay) entirely consumed. The fire gained such power that it bade defiance to engines, firemen, and every other aid. The house and premises providentially escaped, although great fears were entertained for their safety. The injury done is supposed to be over 3,000 t ; happily the stacks were partly insured.—Doncaster Gazette. A few nights since an alarming fire took place on the farm of Mr. Duke, at Cantwick, near Little Hampton. By the assistance of the labourers it was confined to a wheat rick, where it first broke out. Suspicion fell on a labourer named Siamionds that he had maliciously set it on tire, Mr. Duke having had some trilling dispute with him. Siinnionds was taken into custody, and has since confessed to committing the diabolical act. TRAVELLING IN BELGIUM. MISS ADELAIDE KEMBLE. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, OCT. 12, 1841.—Tile railroad from Brussels brought me t o Liege in about fise hours. Nobody can fail to remark the inferiority which prevails in respect of system and arrangement, in Bslgian un dertakings as compared with English ones. The men at the station seemed absolutely at a loss bow to fret cur carriage off she rails and on to the road ; and it was half an hour before we were in motion towards the town, after reaching the terminus. Liege is immensely increased since my last visit, in 1834 ; and is said to comprise now . above 70,000 i n h a bi tants , Th e a i r o f bustling, thriving existenc e , w hi c h perva d es it s popula tion, would remind one of the English hive, if it were not for the women's clean caps and the square yards of cabbages, carrots, and other green-grocer y , which occupy the open spaces of th e t own . These said snowy caps, you must know, are my delight, and often rise to my memory when I pars through the suburbs of Londcn and behold the medley of battered ruins which perform the part of bonnets on cur lower class women's heads —straw, which is become worse than rotten ; silk, heedless of colour ; beaver, sans nap ; stuff, only fit to stop a hole in an Irish cabin ; all and every one serving b.ut to stamp the wearer with an appearance of beggary, which a clean cap would perhaps redeem. But in Eng land no class will endure to proclaim itself the lower class, whilst Continentel peasants have no horror what et er of doing so. But to continue nay journey. I heard a ?art number of vehicles clattering about Liege in the evenings and on asking the cause, learned that M. Liszt and Miss Kemble were giving a concert, in the new Casino, said to contain from 1 / 2 .00 to IAO persons. Our waiter assured me many were unable to procure admittance notwithstanding ; the citizens of Liege being famous for their musical taste, and M. Liszt a general favourite hero. I came on to Aix-la-Chapelle, post ; and dismal work it was—the road badly paved and hilly, and the weather stormy acd wet all the way, thirty-five miles. The first thing I saw on arriving here a 3 an effiebe of another concert by M. Liszt and Miss Kemble ; and I resolved to " assist" as the French phrase has it, wishing to hear my young countrywoman, highly - lauded as she has been by the German connoisseurs. The performance took place in the Theatre, (a remarkably beautiful structure, on the Grecian Model,) and an audience of about 500 people were r fesent, a great many of whom were la dies: An orchestra teas provided to open the concert with sn bYetture j at the conclusion of which the cur tain drew up and disclued a pianoforte in the centre of the stage. Presently Liszt appeared ; leading on Miss Adelaide Kemble ; and they were cordially wel tiorned4 Liszt arranged his desk, and seating him self at his instrument, preluded awhile) on the keys in his peculiar magical manner ; whilst Miss Keteble steod t with her sheet of music in her hand, near him, a shalt! on her shoulders, per fectly plainly dressed, and htsr heir braided on her forehend i also without ornament. During these few moments, fitittbetltcs ideas suggested by her name, the arduous nature of her profession , her youth, her in domitable resolution to become an artiste o f the highest class as a means to independence, her long, toilsome, almost uraided course of study, and her spotless repu tstion—all passed across my mind , an d produced within me a feeling of deep interest towards her. As she pro• ceeded with her song, the admiration of the audience became manifest, and she was salutedwith hearty sal voes of applause repeated several times. I must own that tier style of singing surprised me not a little ; and such was the charm of both her tones and her ex pression, that, unless the Entyoli public be ' deaf adders," I augur a brilliant success to Mi ss ' Kemble's coming performance in London. F ew of the existirg female singers of note would have ventured on such a performa nce as t hi s, ac companied only by a pianoforte, althou g h th at were Liszt" ; for the effect was certainly rtiagre ; the ear, accustomed to the full . harmonies of an or c h es t ra l score, finds the absence of this, the theatre, unsatisfactory ; and one could not but feel that the effort undergone by the singer must have been far greater than if a fuller accompaniment had been there to sustain her through the difficult passages, However, Miss Kemble's sing ing really is so charming, that, with or without accom paniment, it is Worth g . oingfar to li s t en to. Sh e h as made a prodigious impression in Frankfort and Cologne.— . Spectator. We understand it is very probable that Lieut.- General Lord Fitzroy ; , 'Otnerset, Military Secretary at tl a Horse Guards, will be shortly appointed to the Go' Terarctellt of Madras, THE STORMY IVEA'f LIER. (LATEST ACCOUNTS.) The mountains have again assumed their snowy mantles, and everything promises that we shall h.Nve a long and rigorous winter. The various wild fowl, whi.` 4lo early appearance generally denotes a severe season, have, it is said, already appeared in great numbers on the various coasts of the kingdom.—Carnarvon Herald. KENDAL, TRURBDAY.—With the exception of two days, the weather, since our last, has been unfavourable f or f a ,-;:n work. Yesterday was very stormy, accom wied w ith thunder and lightning. The hills in this ne i g hi vear b„d ,lere capped with snow this morning, Laneaster Gyardiah. nt io6 otithood ,„..7s visited on Sunday by a most v i o l ent s i m i nt o f w i n d an d m 1, 7 .. which raged for many hours. '!`ho svhde of Sanday and Saturday night had been very boisterous, the frequent gusts of wind being mixed with heavy showers o€ rain ; but it was not until the evening of Sunday this the storm reached its height. The wind was then terrible, and it continued to blow without intermission during the whole night. Oa Thursday morning, about daylight, there was a violent thunder storm, accompanied by a heavy fall of hail, which remained on the ground for several hours, the thermometer being down to freezing point, and thus gave the first serious indication of an early and severe winter. The month, owing to the heavy and continued rains, has been most unfavourable for the operations of the husbandman, and it is now all but certain that a deficient and unsound harvest will be followed by one of the worst seeding times ever known.—Live7ool Journal. SIGNS or WINTER.--On Tuesday morning last Pend:. Hill, and the hills in the neighbourhood of Haslingden, were co'vete'd with snow. On Thursday morning, we believe, there was a very heavy tall of snow in Derbyshire, the hills on this side of Buxton being capped with white. There was also a fall of sleet and snow in this town and immediate neighbour hood; ar en early hour on Thursday morning ; and we perceive that similar wintery showers were experienced at nhrewebury, the hills in the neighbourhood of that town being coveted by it. Yesterday the weather con tinued cold, but fair, with a decided appearance of im provement.—lllanchester Guardian. The latter part of the last, and the beginning of this week, was exceedingly tempestuous, and on the arrival of the Lady de Sauznarez on Mondaymming, considerable alarm was occasioneJ by her bringing the intelligence that the Calpe, which had left Southampton for Guernsey and Jersey on Thursday b yenirltith a large number o f p assengers , had not arriven uern sey on Sunday mo rn i ng . The next arrival frond the islands was looked for with great anxiety by those who had friends on board the Galpe, and happily, on Wed nesday, a vessel came up froni Jersey and reported that the Calpe had arrived on Sunday, all safe, after a most perilous and prolonged passage of three nights and three days.—Hampshire Paper. With the exception of yesterday and to-day, which have been fine and seasorable, we have had for many weeks a continuance of storm, floods of rain, and gales of wind. Now a change we hope has set in : the tem perature is cool, with a smell of frost in it, especially towards sunset, but the air is dry and bright, and a few days of it would bring the ground into trim for the seed, and enable the potato crop to be gathered. Yes terday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, a smart shower of snow fell at Great Malvern, being the first decided symptom of the approaching winter which has been noticed in this neighbourhood.—Worcester Herald. On Thursday morning, the 21st, the mountains and hills upon Stainmore, Winter Fell, Wild-boar Fell, and the surrounding hills of Kirkby Stephen, were corn pletely covered with snow, as in the depth of winter.— Kendal Mercury. We have had a week of most disagreeable weather. Hail, rain, thande , , lightning, and high winds, have been the order of the week, and most of the moun tains in the neighbourhood have been capped with snow. Much of the grain on the high grounds of the western portion of the county remains in the fields, and has sustained great damage from the storms.—Carlisle Journal. ULVERSTON.—The weather since our last has been very changeable—at one time blowing the cold, bleak winds of December, and at another the balmy breezes of spring ; at one time the clouds threztening a coming storm, and at another the glorious orb of day breaking forth with his cheerful rays, inviting you to a walk to admire nature's beauties. Sunday night last, says the driver of the Burton mail cart, was the stormiest he ever experienced ; the wind blew a perfect hurricane, and it was all he could do to keep his seat in the gig ; Wednesday night there was sleet and snow in abun dance ; Thursday (the time when we are writing) has the appearance of an April thy, and the hills and moun tains in the distance are covared with a cap of snow.— Kendal Mercury. 1.1 r •Kii* ivion,NING N ~ ........eam•Lyjr,t • DISTRESS IN THE METROPOLIS.- 1 THE LEICESTER, FRAME-WORK Yesterday the Rev. Mr. Hearne, Roman Catholic KNITTERS AND THE DUKE OF RUTLAND. pastor of the chapel, Lincoln's Inn-fields, made a strong A meeting of frame -work knitters was held at appeal in behalf of the destitute poor of his district. Leicester, lately, in consequence of certa;n statements The details of mi ser y an d d est it u ti on , and to the truth rnadeby the Duke o f R utland at the meeting of the Waltham Agricultural S oc i ety. Mr. W. Buncher, a of whi c h b e p l e d ge d hi s sacre d c h aracter, wore o f so ) horrifyi ng a c h aracter as to exc i te amongst hi s congre - 1 evsirking man, w as a p po i nte d to the Chair. Mr. Charles gation a n i nvo l untary s h u dd e - , an d severa l l a di es were 1 V,..lss, Mr. Joseph B roo k s , an d Mr. James Farmer, were t moved to tear s by th e i r rec i ta l. Th e R ev . G er tleman regnested to attend, and the followin examination e t , solem n l y d ec l are d t h at t h ere were thousands totally de- i t h ose th ree t oo k p l ace : S void of common subsistence, that the garrets were H ave y o ; , , prior to the late borough election, had an crammed with th e starving and the naked, that on his o interview with the y . Duke of R u tl an d at the banking visitations be f oun d t h e parents stretched upon the bed S house o f Messrs. larice, Mitchell, Philips, and Smith ? of sickness, while their famished children were crying —We have. for bread and there was none for them. Because so Did you consider yourselves in the capacity of depu occupied were the wealthier portion of his congregation tics at that interview ?—No; we were sent for by Mr. in assisting individual distress, and so crippled were even Philips. they by the sad revulsion that had taken place in the Did you, in answer to the Duke, or any other in t:osperity of the country, that they could not contri- fluential party then present, state it to be the opinion et at, as they ii s id been accu s t ome d, to t h e general poor.. t h e tra d e, t h at every reduction in the price of corn wasp box , I,..fact, he said, that there were not more than attended with a similar reduction in the price of frame -65., or at thb mostOg., contributed weekly to that box. work knitting labour ?—(B y V oss ) N o, I stated it to The clergy p f t h at di st ,-i c t were compelled to l essen t h e be my opinion that if th e C orn -l aws were repealed the amount that ,:*d been y m ekly allowed t o certa i n pen - manu f acturers would lower the price of labour, and that sinners, and would lid obli ges -i to c ease g i v i ng even that many others held a similar opinion. reduced assistance to those pensioners if immedi a t e a id y Do you b e li eve y our op i n i on to b e h e ld b y the trade was not afforded the clerg7 towards alleviati ng the I generally ?—No; I b e li eve th e f rame - wor k knitters. as miseries that they witnessed at . s he beds of the sick and a body, d es i re t h e repea l o f the Corn-laws, and think dying. they would b e b ene fi te d b y such repeal. N. (To James Farmer) Were you at the interview with the Duke and others?--I was. Read the Lcicesler Journal, and state to the meet ing whether the construction put by the Duke upon the answer of Voss be strictly correct.—No ; Voss stated that if the Corn-laws were repealed ti:e manu facturers would lower the price of labour, but did not ~,, ve that as the opi n i on o f t h e tra d e. ° W hat inference genera ll y did you draw from the conversation as regar d s t h e condit i on of the W W Duke,. working classes ?—I wa s so di sgusted that I wished myself out 0: th eir presence. The Duke stated we were improvident; th..t ou r wages were equal to those of farm' labourers, in nonse4T u enee o f f actor i es being open for the reception of children , that on visitin g th e wor ki eg classes in a village near Leicester , he was surpris e d t o find them eating white bread. (To the meeting) What is your opinion as to the ex isting Corn-laws?—That they arc unjust and oppres sive, and ought to be repealed. (To Mr. Voss) Do you ret tin the opinion given by you to the Duke ?—I do; nevertheless, I should like to see the Corn-laws repealed. _== THE WHALE FISHERY—NORTH SHIELDS, FRIDAY.-1 seaman has just been landed from the Lord' Gambier, Warham, from Davis' Straits, now off at our bar. She has only one fish and seven bottle-noses, in all about 30 tons. The Lady Jane is al_so reported to be near at hand, and clean. This is the third year similar disastrous success has attended the whalers from this port.—Shipping Gazette. POST-OFFICE.—Since the 'reduction in the rate of postage very many petty frauds have been com mitted, owing in some measure to the discontinuance oC rule which compelled the letter-carriers to take receipt& on delivery of money letters. With a view to counteract this, Ihe Post-office authorities strenuously urge the tuirytion of the money order system and the letter regis trati,)ll, the former, being subject only to a small per cents;.;, the latter to a fee of one shilling, exclusive of the reguL'u' postage. M an y p ersons erroneously sup-- pose that II: either case the department would gua rantee safe den Yery or indemnity in case of loss. A few days since a lete''r was addressed to Lord Lowther, the Postmaster-General, soliciting authoritative information upon these and some other points. The reply of Colonel Moberly shows that the Post-office disclaim.. 3 all responsi bility. He says:—" I am to state that the Post-office department is not responsible for losses sustail'ed by in dividuals with respect to letters sent through th office. . . . . lam to state that the Post-office has ..:10 re gulation for guaranteeing the safe delivery of money or negotiating securities at a rate of commission to by agreed upon. I am further to state that the course to be pursued by the department -in all case* in, volving legal prosecutions, depends on the circtzea stances of the case and the advice of the Law tHlieers of the Crown." The latter observation is in' reply to a question, whether " the Post-office would prosecute tZ its own exp.mse, when a prima facie case should appear against a sersant of the department." It appears, from the gi:arded ruly of Colonel Moberly, that the department is not to be considered bound to pro secute even for offences committed i t ; its own.servants. unless so advised by the Law Officers of the Crown.. The system of -‘ lettered registratiofi" is so far good that it supplies a material link o f ev id esee i n cases of prosecution, which was formerly a most complicated bu siness., but registration affords no further guarantee. against loss. The money order is, therefore, the most efficient check against fraud, and is, indeed, the only se , . cure mode of remitting cash, bonds, note, or nego:iiLle securities. A letter from Mr. Guthrie, the'President of the Royal College of Surgeons, in the Medical Gazette, con veys the following information :—" The Poor-law Com missioners have willingly consented to recommend to the Secretary of State for the Home Department that no person shall be employed in charge of the sick poor who , is not duly qualified to act as a physician and surgeon, or as a surgeon and apothecary, and they have acceded to their being paid in a fair iand reasonable manner, the competition by tenders being abolished. They have also agreed to pay liberally for capital operations in surgery and for serious accidents ; and I believe I may say they will allow half a guinea for every case of midwifery in which the assistance of a medical man is necessary, and two guineas for every case of really difficult labour in which the attendance of the surgeon it'Protracted." On Saturday there was a trial of --- still7by - the candidates (altogether nineteen inituinber) foe the situ ation of organist to the Old Church, Stepney ; five of these, however, quickly withdrew, and after the remain ing fourteen had played certain . exercises on the organ, which is a powerful one, the late organist (Mr. Hart), who was called upon to be umpire, but owing to an ar t ancrement made by the Churchwarden, was unacquainted with the parties, declared that Noi. 5,6, 8, and 10 were the best players. These persons then played other pieces, and the decision was ultimately in favour of Mr. Evans, aged 19. MR. DE:CROW AND MR. DAVIDGE.---Theite popular theatrical managers, whose late severe indispo sition tho play-going public have hid's() much cause to regret, are, we have much pleasure in stating, greatly re covered. On Wednesday. night Mr. Duerow, • attended by his medical friend, 'visited the Surrey Theatre, and by a curious coincidence Me.-Davidge himself occupied a. seat in the same stage-box. The two lessees seemed much gratified to meet each other, and remained some time together. Mr. Ducrow visited the Adelphi Theatre on Thursday evening, and on Friday he attended the performance of the new comedy of Old Maids Sutherland at Covent gardenS Theatre. It is the opinio n o f Dr. that a few weeks more retirement a n d quiet will restore him to his family and the profession. Administration to the effects of the late Mr. Burden, who was murdered by Blakesley, in Eastcheap, has just been granted to the widow, from the Preroga tive Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, in Doctors' Commons. The personal effects are sworn under 2,0001. S M ALL Pox.—The small pox is raging very much at Askrigg, in Wensleydale. Several children have fallen victims to this direful malady, chi e fly those who have been allowed to go without vaccination.—Ken dal Mercury. On Saturday, at the Town Hall of St. Albans, ''.. .Tabez Kirk, aged 19, a private in the 34th Regiment of •' Foot, was brought up for re-examination, charged with having attempted to murder Jane Pearce, an unfortu— .t . nate girl, aged 18. Dr. Webster, in answer to a quet i ) tion front the Magistrates, having stated that it would be : orne ti me b e f ore the girl would recover, and that she - was not in a tit state to be examined, said he thought, however, she would be so far recovered by Friday next as to allow of her examination. The prisoner, who ap peared quite unconcerned, was then remanded till that day. we are sorry to state that at the time of high,. water on Sunday night last upwards of eighty yards V - . the unfinished part of the New North Pier, Whitehaasyee ~. where it abuts upon the north wall, was eitherizo_V! down or greatly damaged. More than sixty yell I the inside breasting of the pier were thrown dodv's, to though first tier of stones, and the other twenty ya t t: e _ 9, sus. not so completely demolished, tamed great injury.—Carlisle Journal. Wo rkers ef the On Friday afternoon, one of the t re _ d an unoccu- Shaws Water Cotton Spinning-Mill el ed e et little girl re pied flat of the building. lie discovered the works. The have, never h le s h er perilous s s girl was instantly rescuedfrom s he is su„osed to have • - - ituation volving with the wheels connected with 'and, strange to say that althoughhours, She was sustained was a severs fraetur,ove are glad to hear, she is to en to the infirmary, where, Observer. been whirling round for two of t l ge on le ly g. damage she doing well.-- G reeneek We ate assured that___ ed by our Ministerial Press, terly of the attitude assu_ni ndges Detests, contradiction t t i n h; M. Salvandv complains bit to the _Ambassador, a r,A u i d . betw een t4e inst i l- h ue the journals of the Ministry, render language hehy and particularly Ambassador expectant quite intolsrable. A L hi e s g r it T n i L i t ° i i s i t as journal asserts, it is true,that 11.6alvandy has u f a r u - II i Spanish t r u c c e ti s, o iel n e s iNii , fil a ni t ifnia l ei e rs a ot I,e s ui. t r.eia i ra i be i l 1 writing, seprsaei iteluteiaritls3i ibtilioul have d., t .aee l d i p i s eal eri j o(t o i '• - But as our Spain. to sul - Tose that the French Government had Europe the ' d and fomented insurrection, the presence encourage n,,rtltif:lll:l'endgAntoubinass.s'ca'((ll.o. r at the other side of the Pyrenees e ither_ ‘4n: : llo . N : t in-i e :l x i; , ! i j''' t f e 'lo l unld- o i i n the distrusts which wouldN - inces , aodrdint2tilale drid, expectations difficulties his mission would bare already had to encounter. Thus, the force of circumstances retards a departure which the common interest of both nations ought rather to hasten.—Constitutionnet. MEYERBEER.--- ACCOUTItS from Berlin mention that the celebrated Meyerbeer has recently set to music seven beautiful hymns (geistliche Lieder) of lilopstock. They are arranged fur 6nir voices, viz., soprano, contralto, tenor, and bass, with choruses and full orchestral accompa- These compositi ons were perfumed on the even '4e-lolt'tse the 6th inst., at a s plendid evening party given by 11. Winterhalter, at which were assembled all the musical dilettanti and distinguished literary characters at present in Berlin. Among the celebratal authors were Ludwig Tiech, Augustus William Schlegel, Sehellin,e . and others. These new productions of th e ill ustr i ous author of Robert le Diable, were listened to with the highest admiration, o and they are pronounced to be not inferior to any of the finest sacred compositions ex t an t. It i s the intention of it the composer to publi s h t h e scores of these hymns,. h , the original German wor d s, accompan i e d b y. F re uelz and • Italian translations. SPORTING INTELI44GENCE. NEWMARKET HOLTGHTON MEETING. NEWMARKET, SATURDAY ArfEßl , 46oN.—The follow ing list of the races for next week includes all the new matches : Most)Av.—Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 sous. :each, for three yrs old and epwterds, The Criterion Stak63 of 30 sons. each, 20 ft, flit three yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; fillies; Bst 51b ; the second horse to save his stake, &c. Rostrum Mr. W ( 7l l f jo t s r a l ) )Lis i e l a r c , r eT ereen's i3 x it t t a i ) ? — i ii 2 o i r b d Bruce's Mr. Thornhill's Etisebia—tord J. Day's Curator—Lord Exeter's Albion, Patchwork, Revulsion, and Revision -Mr, Forth's Vibration—Mr. Litchwald's b e by Latigar; ont of Minita-Mr: Shekel's Meal (91b extra)—Mr. eonnop's Marshal .flifbin id- Day. and Miss' Wicked Colonel Peel's ch c by The Colonel, out of Hester (71b extra)- and Rochester—Gene ral Yates's Seahorse—Mr. Rogers's Prostal - -My.. Pet tit's ch c by St. Patrick, out of Moor-hen—Mr. Prince's Rookwith—Lord Orford's Bridal—Mr. F. Wood's Timo leon—Mr.Ridsdale'sLuctillus—Mr. Newton's f by Jerry, out of Fanchen—Mr. Byng's Ca tra--4iord Albetnarle's Dorothy (paid)- -General Yates' Strap (pild)"Lcird Chesterfield's All-my eye (paid)—Duke of Grafton's Canadian and Utopia (paid)--,Mr. Greville's Edgworth Bess (paid)—Mr, Etwall's Palladium (paid)—Lord Lichfield's Miniature c and Sister to Portrait filly (paid) —Lord G. Bentitick's Misdeal, Firebratiti tthd Pelopon nessus :(paid)--Wiseacre, Robin, Hester, Barrier, and three or four others are expected to run. The Cambridgeshire Stakes of /5 sots each; 10 ft, and 5. only if decl are d, w i t h 100 added Sze. last Hit arid tt distance of B. C. , , The Dcotor, aged, 9st 21 b—Orelia, 5 yrs, Bst 91b— Calypso, 4 yrs, Sit 91b—R osc i us, 5 yrs, Bst 71b—Wardan, 4 yrs, Bst '7lb—Garry Owen, 4 yes, est 61b—Rory O'More, 5 yrs, Bst 41b—The Currier i :6'ss Rst 81b— Cruiskeen, aged, Bst 31 b—The Corsair, yrs, Bst Remnant, 4 yrs, Bst 21b—Melody colt, 4 yrs, Bst 21b— Retriever, 5 yrs, Bst 21 b—Welfitre, 4 yrs, Bst Po cahontas, 4. yrs, 7st 12113----Johnny, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b Miss Heatheote, 4 yrs, tat 1 11b--41ebordeil 5 yrl4 7st 101h—Compensation, 6 yrs, 7st 9113-Broadwath, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Vulcan, 4 yrs, 7st 41 b--lass Stilton, 3 yrs , 7st 31b—Diana, 4 yrs, 7st Ilb—Zel m y t t c, 4 yrs, Tat 21b--Te leta, 4 yrs, 7st 21b Sir Hans, 3 yrs, bat 131 b The Knight of the Whistle, 3 yrs, Cat 131 b —Belgrade, 3 yrs, Cat 131b—I]iona, 4 yrs, 6s, 131 b I.ain_not- aware , 6 yrs, Est Mb—Emma colt, 3 yrs, 6st Mb—Stamboul, 4 yrs, Est 111 n—Silistria, 4 yrs, 6st 91b—The Ruler, 4 yrs, 6$ 91b—The Young-'un, 4 yrs, 6st 91b—Dromedary, .4 yrs, Est 81 b—Langolee, 3 yrs, Gst 71b—Wirrestrew, 5 yrs, Est 71 b — Ermeng-ardis, 3 yrs, 6st Glb—St. Colomb, 3 yrs, 6$ 41 b—Scarf, 3 yrs, Est 21b —Henri Quatre, 3 yrs, 6st 2 1 b—Diversion, 3 yrs, 6$ Ilb —Portsoken, 3 yrs, sst 111b—Miss Mary Ann filly, 3 yrs, sst 111 b— Cleinentina, 3 yrs, sst 111b—The Dey of ( A p l a g id ie ) l, , s l, a t u •r r s i , d a B , s t 3111 b yrs,(p a i d 6 s ) t - 9 G I (paid)—Gibraltar, pa b r a ( 1 t ar i , B s s t p 1 1 b a, d u 3 yrs, 6st 21b (p a id)—Bracelet, 6 yrs (p a id) . Th e rest 1 1 1 declared forfeit. Nearly the whole of the horses are on the spot. Mr. Greville's Palmmon agst Lord Exeter's Cesare witch, Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. ; 100, h ft. Mr. Byng's Garry Owen, Bst 101 1 a, agst Mr. Good man's Sister to Glencoe, Est 101 b, T.Y.C., 50, li ft. Mr. Treen's Fitzroy, Bst 71b, agst Lord Albemarle's Ralph, 7st 71b., D. 1., 300, h ft. Mr. Goodman's Mungo Parke, 4 yrs, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Byng's Ca Ira, 2 yrs, Gst 71b ; T.Y.C., 50, h ft. Duke of Bedford's John o' Gaunt, Bst Sib, agst Mr. Goodman's Belgrade, Bst. Ab. M. 100 sons ; h ft. All the match horses are here, but that between Cesare witch and Palmmon will not be run. TUESDAY.—Handicap Plate of 10C1. for three yrs old and upwards. 1),I. Fifty Pounds, for two yrs old, a feather ; three, 7st Mb; four, Bst 91b ; five, 9st 3lb ; six and aged, 9st 71b. L as t three miles of 13.. Winner to be sold for 300 guineas. Mr. Gardnor's JEthon, Bst 12Ib, agst Mr. J. Day's Viola, Bst 71b., T.Y.C., 100 h ft. WEDNESDAY.L-Handicap Plate of 50/. for three yrs old, &c. A.F. _ _ Subscription Plate of 501 for two yrs old, 6st 71b ; and three, Bst. T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each for two yrs old, 7st 21b ; and three yrs, 9st. T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 1501. Handicap Sweepstakes of 30 sm. each, 10 ft if de clared, &c., for three yrs old. Last mile and a distance of B.C. Mr. Byng's Garry Owen, Bst 71b, agat Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen, Bst 51b., D.M., 200, h ft. Lord Exeter's Scutari, Bst 7st, agst the Duke of Bed ford's John o' Gaunt, Bst 41b., D.M., 200, h ft. Duke of Bedford's Tamida, Bst 71b, agst Lord Exeter's Scarf, 7st 131 b., T.M.M., 100. TuunsnAv.—Subscription Handicap Plate of 501. for three `•rs old and upwards. D.I. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each ; for two yrs old, 7st, and three, Bst 121 b ; fillies allowed 21b. Winner to be sold for 80, &c. T.Y.C. Sweepstakes of 50 sows. each, h ft • for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. Ab.M.—Lord Or ford's c by Jerry, out of Pettito's dam—Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre—Lord Bruce's Rostrum—Lord Albemarle's Robin—Col. Peel's c by The Colonel, out of Hester, and Seahorse—Mr. Etwall s Palladium—Lord G. Bentinck's Misdeal, Peloponnessus, and f Firebrand—Lord Lich field's c out of Miniature, and f out of Sister to Portrait. Not more than two or three likely to start. Capt. Rous's Nicholas, Bst 71b, agst Lord Miltown's Zelmyra, Bst 11b, T.Y.C., 50. Lord Exeter's Abydos agst Mr. Greville's Pakemon, Bst 71b each, T.Y.C., 100, hft. Lord Exeter's Albion agst Lord Albert=le's Nuncio, Bst 71b each, T.Y.C., 100. _ The first of these matches is not expected to be run. FRIDAY.—The Audley End Stakes of 30 sous. each, for all ages but two yrs. A.E.C. Nursery Stakes of 25 sovs. each; for two yrs old, D.M. Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each; for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 51b. Winner to be sold for 501., &c. First half of Ab.M. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each; for three yrs old, &c. T.Y.C. Lord Exeter's Cesarewitch agst the Duke of Rutland's Sir Hans, Bst 71b each, T.Y.C., 200. Lord Albernarle's Ralph agst Mr. Bell's The Squire, Bst each, D. 1., 500, h ft. The first of the matches will not come off. Amongst the recent arrivals are the Melody colt, Iliona, Barrier, Fitzroy, Diversion, The Nob, Jessica, Palladium, &c. MA„LTON RACES—THURSDAY. Sweepstakes of 5 sous each, and 20 added. Mile and a half heats. Mr. Hadfield's Pheon, 3 yrs (Larson) 1 1 Mr. Bell's Mary O'More, 3 yrs 2 2 Mr. Catton's Candidate, 3 yrs Mr. Simpson's Aggressor, 3 yrs The Innkeepers' Purse of 15 sovs, and a Sweepstakes of 3 soya each, two miles, were won in two heats by Mr. Milners' br fby Falcon, dby Y. Phantom, 4 yrs, (Larson) beating Mr. Metcalfe's Donna Maria, 3 yrs, and two others. The Hurdle R;.ce Stakes of 2 sows each, and 10 added, two miles, were won in two heats by MO Simpson's;Ag gravator, beating the Romp and Prince Albert. NEWPORT PAGNEL STEEPLE CHASE ENTRY. Sclim, Lazzaroni, Oak Stick, The Bride, George Beins, Croxby, Lottery, Galylad, Goblin, Charity, fe thus, Perfection, White Stockings, Sam Weller, Luck's all, Merchant, Little Combermere, Nottingham,• 'Wild Irish Girl, Coronation, Little Tommy, Anonymous, Danebury, Festival, Dr. Faustus, Consul, The Romp, Mischief, Peter Simple, Triumph, and Roderick Random. COURSING. ARDEOSSAX CLUB, OCT. 14 AND 15.—The Cup was won by Mr. Pollok's Mary Gray ; the Tyro Stake by Dr, Brown's Vulcan ; and the Eglinton Stake by Major Maeltay's Colonel, LiAtE PARK, OCT. 14 AND 15.—The All-aged Cup was won by Mr. Eden's Emerald ; and the .Puppy Cup by Mr. Eden's Edhamby. HOLYWELL HUNT, OCT. 20.—The Stakes were won by Mr. Mostyn's Celeste. Erruicx FOREST, OCT. 12. —The Collar Was won by Mr. Walker's Whisker, and the Sweepstakes by Mr. Lockhart's Ruble. • , • LATEST BETTING AT MANCrIESTIA CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES.-40 to 20 agst. Herod}' 100 to 8 agst The Young-'un, 10 to 1 agst compensation, and 12 to 1 agst Broadwath. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. • Essex Union hounds meet on Saturday, at Hasaleigh Hall—half-past ten. at Hook Park . ; East Essex hounds, Tuesday, at Ilubler h i i T r. h t : s ys t. da tteh y, , clu i van y de ,n a e t itsf S doa w n : d, n t d yn o i n i) 0 g berry- turn at Penfield; Saturday, at Moor Gardens-half , past ten. Lard Dhcie's Mounds, Tuesday; at Sbutherup; Thurs , day, Tuesday, t aF) C .: r ra u c i t l iA z a e rr l ra 4 I n v B :e sa l lt hounds, , Mft tinti6Yl /r4vrtb'n bridge ; Wednesday, at Mndford-bridge 1 Friday; at licnstridge Ash TO: •• .= Middlttofi bitrilefs; iJoietf Peitei.obd Ann; riday; at Bowles' Barrow—e even. Mr. Lon 's harriers; Monday; at Gore Cross Farm ; at cuiiiibixt Ire 6 W e ji t u t l et j, 4 at , Stinsford Cross ; Friday, at Longbredy Gate—eleven. York and Ainsty hounds, Monday, at Shire's Bar ; Tuesday, at Red House; Thursday, at M ar ki ngton; turday, at Nabtien—balf-past Bdillethefpi4 lietitidt, I totiday, at hird sa li H ous e Weanesday, at Westow ; Friday, at Scampston Bridge —balf , past ten, Earl of Hate*ood's hotrods, Monday, at Spacey Itollse 1 Wedilesdan at Coliugham Bar ; Friday, at Wighill ten: RtAT OWING MATO - I, The long-expected =tell between Newel and Double dee, and Phelps and Geot;ge place on Friday ; and Was a 'very oeatattul Coliteit throughout, These men are all well-known first-raters. Newel isCon» sidered on all hands, of at any rate by competent judges, as the next best Matt oh the tiler to Charke Campbell, the champion of the Thaniesi and his Partner, Double dee, has signalised himself as A 6 1 7 Powerful oarsman.; and, as far as siSe Otalct go, this Ilair certainly, bad, the advantage over their antagonists. Phelps has, for Many years, been a great public favourite, and hie partner,. G. Campbell, was the winner of the sovereigns given by the Iron Steam-boat Company. Both are exceedingly- gains men, but Campbell is an exceedingly little man. The match was for 40/., the distance being from Westminster to Putney. Betting ;was brisk at five and six to four on Newel and his artner, but the takrs were equal, and as the time fo p r the start approacehed, the odds fell slightly. At half past four the men appeared at the 'starting -pl ace , N ewe l an d Doubledee in Mr. Wallace's, and their opponents in Mr. Crockford's boats. Newel won the choice of station, an d went to the pier on the Middlesex side, In the one wherry Newel hadthe la bour forward, and in the other Campbell was similarly disposed. The signal was given, and they were off, It THE PLEA S URES OF HOPE. The Hon. Charles is not V e only Hope deferred to be fulfilled at last. His namesake, Lord Justice General and President of the Court of Session in Scot land, has resigned in favour of his own son with a haste which, in its defiance of common decency, eloquently proves how hard must have been the endurance, how hot the impatience, through which the old gentleman held out till the proper hour. Indeed, he had no agreeable task in thus resolutely biding his fme. Throughout the profession of the law, among the public at large, in Parliament, wherever an interest was felt in and a voice could be lifted on the subject, loud were the compl iints that one who had outlived the faculty of exercising to the public benefit his important duties (he had been on the Bench since 1804) should persist in retaining his scat. The people imagined a vain thing :—the louder the storm raged against him without, the firmer he clutched his mace, and the more determinedly did he hold out the fortress of his family intorest , , till Sir Robert should come to his relief. Indeed, to give him his due, the old man had much more blood in him than could have been anticipated ; and though he showed the im patience of age, and a decay of the ordinary phy sical powers, very detrimental to the public in the routine duties of his laborious office, yet when great public efforts were required—and there were several such occasions latterly—he showed that his intellect was still untouched, and the courage and spirit of his early days unimpaired. Most coura geous and most spirited, however, of all the acts of his long public life, has been the manner in which he has held out for the benefit of his son. Thus have the Tories had, earlier we suspect than Sir Robert Peel anticipated, re-established the go o d old rule of hereditary succession in Scotland. An offi cial who died the other day, somewhat startled a Com mittee of the House of Commons by an answer to a question—How long have you held your office Promptly saying, " Ever since my father died." The days for such answers are returning. But it will be effectuany object e d t o a ll t hi s that Mr. Hope, jun., does not succed his father, as we here give reason to suppose. Quite true—the method of managing the business is this. The Court of Session consists of two divisions. The Lord President presides over the first. The Lord Justice Clerk, next to him in rank, presides over the second. Mr. L'oyie, who has been Justice Clerk, is gazetted Lord President, and Mr. Hope, junior, succeeds as Justice Clerk ; ergo, Mr. Hope does not succeed his father ; Q. E. D. The defence, however, hitherto taken up, is nit precisely this. It is said that come what might the Lord President had made up his mind to resign in the month of September 1841—no sooner and no later; and he was net to change his mind because Sir Robert Peel came into power. " WI)S' do you laugh when I pun ?" was the question put by the irritated man to the satirist he saw evidently sneer ing at him. " Why do you pun when I laugh ?' was tle W i the rejoinder. " Why did you hold out just till th e Whigs resigned ?" say the public. " Wh y , di ~ d . the Whigs hold out just 01 I was going to res ign " answer of the friends of Hope. It is, in d ee d, a very wonderful coincidence.—Examiner. ng —Work- Ntrtiv Courts for met l : H ar E e now COURTS actively the sittings of the two new ice-ChuJustice Act, for expediting - CHANCE RY . c„ - t under the Administration of __!leery. The site se the business of the Court of Inn, at the back of the Lincoln': leered is 0 1 d squ are, Lord Chancellor's Court. LORD AND LADY HOLLAND CONVERSIO N OF TO THE CAT HOLIC „ e rejoice to announce th e con version o f Lord and Lady Holland to the (Roman) gratifying event took" Catholic faith, which_place in Rome the latter end of last month. I n connection with s uch a c i rcums tance, it is highly interesting, that the .. intelligence, has been brought by ayoung English gentle man, who went “oroaa a .erotestant layman, and returns a Catholic priest.—Cork Examiner.