The Sun. — London, England, 1849-09-22 00:00:00

---- 6d; and to IV; t:ngs, Od eigh; to 1s 61 Bk aters , Fre'h Prs, 123; is to 40s lolls are per 41b5 641 b to 1; ditto, to 30 5 5 od; 7a 6d; Clover 12i per Clover 14s Per , at our Closer, 12i per led, the ti:Snce. ett) I 00 2 Hs) , DO 3 to 1 half • l nd 2 5 leinta RAILWAY TRAVELLING. A case ievolving, a question of great importance to business persons way decided on the Bth instant, at the Exeter District County Court, before John Tyrrell, E -A., the Judge of that court. It was an action brought by Mr. John h ull Terrell, a sone:tor at Exeter, against the South Devon Railway Com bany, t o recover compensation for his loss o f time in eing detained at the railway station at Starcross, where, on the 3.1 of July last, he had paid his fare to be conveyed to Exeter. The time-table stated that a train would leave Plymouth at fifty-five minutes past six, arrive at Starcross at twelve minutes past nine, and reach Exeter at twenty-seven minutes past nine, but it did not arrive at the Starcrosa station until an hour after its time, and did not reach Exeter until twenty-five minutes past ten. Some o f Mr. Terrells clients, with whom he had appointments at his office, wer e kept waiting, and his business was delayed, The Learned Judge said his impression was, that if a train were five minutes behind, or if it were obstructed by a drift of snow, or a high wind, or was by any unavoidable accident prevented from fulfilling its time, that would be a good answer to an action ; but Whether the company were unreasonably behind their time or not, would be in all cases a question for a jury. If the company thought they might suffer their servants to be as indolent as they pleased, and to be one hour behind time, they might just as was claim a right to be three hours behind, or not to come at all, after having led the public to wait for them at a particular hour and place. The com pany were bound to show that the delay had not been Caused by any wilful neglect on the part of their servants. They could not certainly be bound to a few minutes at every station; but in this case the jury would say whether an hour was not an unrea sonable time. If snow, or bad roads, or the wind and rain, had caused the delay, they would not be liable. And so, if a train were delayed by an exceedingly strong wind against it, or by the rails being so slip pery that the engine could Lot act, even if the delay Was an hour, the company would not be liable, but the company would have to show that there was such a cause. Here the fact of the delay was proved, and no accident or unavoidable cause was shown on the part of the company. With regard to damages, he laid it down as a matter of I .aw that any man being detained one hour after his time, did sustain damage, whether much or little. The jury must estimate it at something ; and the amount must depend on his position. The jury found that there was a contract to carry passengers at a certain time, and that there was unreasonable delay, and they awarded 103. as compensation. — Trade Protection Record. RAILWAY RETURNS RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipts of Rail way-a for the past week—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns are made, together with the receipts of the same Week i n the previous year:— . .6 .F. Week Last G. u eliding NFAMEOF RAILWAY. week. C. . C. ••'' '"° t 5 t 4 U lt ........._ ------ - X £ Sept. 15 Aberdeen .. ••••.••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • 635 520 - Amiens and Boulogne ....... • • •..... - 2,623 15 Belfast and Ballymena •••••.• • • • • • • • 422 360 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire - 875 16 Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and W. Y. 421 241 16 Bristol and Exeter •••••••• •• • • - - .. 4,303 _ 9 Caledonian. .. ••••••••.•. . • . • . • . • • • 7,037 5,008 16 Chester and Holyhea d •.... • • .. 2,0, 4 - 13 Dublin and Drogheda ... • •. • • • ... - 756 797 18 Dublin and Kingstown .. •• • ........: 787 1,008 15 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen • • ...... 1,038 1,009 16 East Anglian.... •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 644 807 15 Edinburgh and Glasgow .•••,•. • • • • .• 4,014 4,463 16 Edinburgh and N orthern •••••• • • • • • • 2,419 2,13.5 16 Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • 14,343 16,215 9 East Lancashire •• - .... •••••• • • • • • • 3,813 1,477 1G Eastern Union •••• • • • • 15 Glasgow, Kilinarnock, and Ayr •• •• •• 3,12 G 2,910 15 Glasgow and Greenock • • 16 Great Northern and E. L•••.• • • • • • 2,806 - 15 Great Southern and Western •••• • • • • 3,388 3,325 16 Great Western, &c ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 19,771 21,485 - Kendal and Windennere• •.. • • .... .. - - 16 Lancashire and Yorkshire ••••• • • • • • 13,270 14,559 9 Lancaster and Carlisle .••• .. .. ...... 4,079 2,871 16 Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport •• • 122 - 15 Londonderry and Enniskillen. •••.. • • 127 119 16 London and North Western, &c. ..... 8 43,426 46,17 16 London and Blackwall . • •• .. •• • • 795 1,215 15 Londcn and Brighton .••••••• • • • • • • • 11,999 11,531 16 London and South Western . • ... •. • • 40,863 11,565 15 Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 4,96 i 3,668 16 Midland, Bristol, and Birmingham.... 23,258 25,387 16 Midland Great Western (Irish) • ....• 1,097 1,053 - - Newcastle and Car1i51e.............. - - Norfolk 16 North British .. •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 3,205 3,122 15 Paris and Rouen. ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • 7,395 6,531 15 Rouen and Havre .. •••••••• • • • • • • .. 3,014 2,855 16 Scottish Central •••••••••• • • . . • • . • • 1,7.12 1,447 16 Shrewsbury and Chester ••••••• • • • • • 14 9 849 15 South Eastern and Branches •• ••• • • • 12,5 . 6 10,989 9 South Devon ••• • • ... .••••••• • • • • • • • 1,764 1,838 15 Taff Vale ••••••••••.... • . . . • . • • • • .. 2,349 2,:42 16 Ulster .• • ... ..... .... •••-••• • • • • • • • 651 777 8 Waterford and Limerick,- -•••• • • • • 271 - 9 Whitehaven Junction .• ••••••• • • • • • • 213 180 16 York and Newcastle .••••••• • • . • . .. 13,944 13,841 15 York and North Midland .- - ....- 6,2j2 10,044 A CHAR LIST I i BY PUNCH. (From Punch.) To the Queen's Most 'Excellent Majesty. May it please s our Ahjesty,— Whereas Death, the great Gaol-Deliverer, has by Cholera set free from Westminster Prison, Joseph Wil liams and Alexander Sharpe, fouliz,h men, foolishly Preaching the Charter, by means of pike and blunder buss, — Punch humbly prays that your Majesty will, in this season of political tranquillity, and of grave mortal chastisetn , nt, give orders for the release of certain rnis guidpd men, it is hoped better irstructed for the future --and thereupon pardon and set tree William Vernon, Ernest Jones. Little Cuff.-y, and other such off. nders, now made harmless by the common sense and the com mon loy4lty of the English people. And your Petitioner will ever Print and Pray, — PUNCH. VISIT OF THE DUKE or CAMBRIDGE TO MAN cIIESTER —On Thursday the Duke of Cambr dge, at• tended by Baron Knesebeek and Mr. E. B. Horafall, late Mayor of Liverpool, visited Manchester, and took a hasty look at the various processes of tha cotton and other manufactories. On the same day the Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian ambassador, his son, and a party of distinguished foreigners and strangers, accompanied by the Lord Bishop of Manchester, visited the museum of the Manchester Natural History Society. The whole party were greatly pleased to learn the liberal terms on which au institution calculated to do so much good is made easily available to all classes of SOCiety. HORRIBLE MURDER AT SEA.—A most horrible Murder was discovered to have taken place on the 14th of August last, on board the ship n ashington, which arrived at New York in the lett« r part of the same month, from Germany. It appears, that , on the 23d instant, while the stevedores were engaged in discharging the cargo, they were attracted by a stench proceeding from the hold of the vessel. On examination, it was discovered to proceed from the body of a man which was found lying among the boxes, with his throat cut from ear to ear, and iu a much decomposed state. At an in quest which was held on the body, the captain stated that he arrived at New York from the river Ems, on the 23 d of August, with 175 steerage passengers ; that the lower hold of the vessel was stored with goods in boxes ; that on the 15th of July one of the pas sengers was missed ; that search was made for him throughout the ship, buS no trace of him Could be obtained; the passengers said that the deceased had jumped overboard; the night that deceased was missed was very dark and stormy, and the crew were engag e d on the upper deck. It was stated by several of the crew that during the voyage the passengers were quarrelsome, and from the fact that the deceased was known to have money about him, which was missing on the discovery of the body, little doubt remained that he had been robbed and murdered. The name of the de ceased was Carl Pretesh, a native of Prussia, and he was twenty-ono years of age. It was proved th a t the Wound in deceased's throat was inflicted before death, and was sufficient to have caused his death; but though st most searching inquiry was instituted, no clue could be obtained to the guilty parties. The verdict was, " That the deceased came to his death by a wound in flicted on his throat by some of the steerage passengers of the ship Washington, on the night of the 14th July, who are unknown to the jury." ELOPEMENT AT ULTERSTON.—Tbe fairer portion of the inhabitants of Ulveraton were on Wednesday last thrown into a pleasing state of excite went by the report that an elopement from that town had taken place the previous day. The parties are a gallant son ot Escula- Pius and the fair daughter of a wealthy gentleman re• aiding at Urswick. Fortunately for the enamoured couple, the electric telegraph, that fearful enemy to pil grims on their way to tiretne, is quite unknown in this part of the country ; and so well were measures taken to balls pursuit, that ere this doubtless the blacksmith will ha ve tied the indissoluble knot. The last accounts of the fugitives was from Wicham, where they took coach for ltavenglass, and from the latter place they would, no doubt. proceed by rail to the land of the mountain and the flood. It is supposed that the parties have been prematurely hurried into taking this step from a fear of the threatened proceedings of that old hunks, Lord Campbell, in the next session of Parliament, respecting ' Scotch marriages.—Lancaster Guardian. ACCIDENT TO LORD ALEXANDER RUSSELL.—On Thursday morning last, as Captain Lord Alexander Russell (of the Rifles) was driving along the Abbot's Leigh-road, for the purpose of being present at the bridal breakfast at Leigh Court, the drag upset while turning a corner, when his Lordship and a servant were thrown out, and the latter had his leg fractured in two places. The man was taken to the infirmary, where he now lies. His Lordship escaped with a few bruises and a violent shake.--Dorset County Chronicle. REMAINS OF ROMAN ART.—One of the most beautiful specimens of tessellated payment ever found in this country has just been discovered in the principal street of the old town of Cirencester, the site of the ancient Corinium. A piece was found some few weeks ago, which was taken up with a view to its preservation, by laying it down again as the floor of a museum, and on pursuing the excavations, at the suggestion of one of the Archmologicsl Societies, the present beautiful spe cimen was found. The room measures twenty-five feet square,_ and contains nine circles, of nearly five feet diameter each. Four only are at present wholly ex- Posed to view. They contain bold and well- executed beads of Ceres and Flora, and t xceedingly spirited re presentations of Actaeon and his dogs, and Silenus riding on his ass. The whole of this portion of the room is in most perfect preservation, but it is feared that the re intieder will be injured by the foundations of a house which stands near. LONDON, SATORDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 22, 1849, CHOLERA AND DIARRHEA POPULATION OF LONDON. Population.* Distriets. 1531. I 1341. 1,655,000 1,948,000 63,00 J 306,000 356,000 331,000 410,000 301,000 376,008 374,0t , 0 392,000 503,000 53,000 32,( 00 58,000 46,000 24,000 37,000 75,000 40,000 67,01'0 57,000 25,000 37,000 122,000 9,000 104,0(10 37,000 35,000 138,000 10.000 130,000 56,000 42,000 5:3,000 42,000 0 1 ,000 47,000 38,000 28,000 57,000 51.000 44,000 44,004 ‘7,000 50,000 40,000 29,000 56,000 69,000 62,010 64,000 99,000 72,000 25,000 83,000 74,000 72,000 41,000 91,000 31,000 82,000 20,000 30.000 40,000 45.000 Bt,ooo 33,000 28,000 13,000 64,000 13,000 33,000 20,000 35,000 47,000 55,000 110 X 0 40,000 40,000 14,000 81,000 23,000 See Appendix to Registrar-General's b' Rep rt for information respecting the populatii tricts and sub-districts of London at the severs Estimated population of London at the middl 1849-2;46,076. ginth Annual ion of the dis tl cencases. le of the year RETURN OF CASES, SErr. 20. THE METROPOLIS. SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Attacks. Cholera. Diarrh. WEST DISTRICTS. Kensington ... Chelsea... ••• ... St. George, Hanover-square ... Westminster ... St. Martin-in-the-Fields' ... St. James, Westminster ... NORTH DISTRICTS. ••• ..... ••• ...... Marylebone: Hampstead ... St. Pancras ... Islington ... ••• .... .ii. -- ••• .... ••• •.• CENTRAL DISTRICTS. ••• .... ••• ..... ••• ••••• ••• 4... ••• .....• ••• ''.... ••• • - ••• ..• - EAST DISTRICTS. ••• ..... ••• ...... •• • ........ ••• .... ••• "'. Southampton South Shields Stvyning •• Stoke Damarel Stockport Stockton (Yarm) Stone ... , Stourbridge Stratford. on-Avon ... Siroud ••• Sunderland ... . . Teesdale (Barnard Castle) T' ••• ••• ••• - 1 0 - 2 0 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 3 0 - 7 1 - 1 0 - 0 1 - 1 0 1 0 - 3 1 - 4 1 - 1 0 - 23 4 'horne Tynemouth Wallington, Shropshire Wolverhampton and Siesdon Wycombe (High Wycombe and Great Marlow) ... . Edmonton Total ... ... SCOTLAND. Dundee Perth ... Montrose ... Hawick (Wigtown) Hawick (from 181 h inst) Dunformline (from Sept. 19) Arbroath (since 15th inst.) Arbroath by Hellensburgli Kinghorn 3 1 9 2 - 3 0 - 9 0 - 3 0 1 0 5 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 Total • • • •-.. Gent ral total:— Metropolis ... Country ... Scotland ... Total 30 ••• ...... 121 32 369 91 30 0 ••• '''" Note.—The number of attaelcs teported by the union officers are—for the metropolis 163, and for the country 503; but their returns do not, in general, comprehend the cases that are treated by medical men in private practice. The deaths are returned according to superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found practicable to distinguish every place separately. LONDON. CHOLERA. DIARRHOU. Wed. Thur. Wed. Thur. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. 19th. 20th. 19;h. 20th. 11 10 6 7 10 10 2 3 16 20 6 4 32 19 5 5 4 L 62 9 13 West Districts ... North Districts ... Central Districts ... East Districts ... South Districts ... - - - 121 28 32 Total THE CHOLERA. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Having forwarded dispatches to all the Government offices, &c., &c., and finding what little leisure time I have just now exhausted, I take this mode of putting you in a position of knowing my hitherto unfailing cure for cholera—in fact, its anti dote. Let me beg of you with all earnestness to use forthwith, in every case, a full and poisonous dose of opium : give 6,6, or 7 grains at once—let the preparation be the Tinct. Opii. Then, as a stimulant, give 10 minium doses of each—Chloroform and Cajeput Oil—every two hours. Should purging continue occasionally, give, after each evacuation, 1 drachm doses of the Tincture of Matico, and apply a blister to the epigastrium. Let the diet be alternate half-hour or hour doses of weak cold brandy and water, and very strong, highly seasoned beef tea, or soup—in one table spoonful doses. _ I have never failed with this treatment in any case of undoubted cholera, and have treated several cases abandoned by others, and am now hourly being called in by fresh patients. Believe me, very faithfully yours, ALFRED CHARLES AYRES, M.R.C.S., &c. Ramsgate, Sion-hill Lodge, Sept. 13, 1849. INTRAMURAL INTERMENTS. ST. JOHN'S, WATERLOO-ROAD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Much has been done, on the occasion of the present visitation, to ameliorate and mitigate the sufferings of the too-long•neglected poor. It has stirred up our statesmen to study and amend the sanitary state of our crowded- lanes, courts, and to send currents of pure air and streams of fresh water where neither had been known before for years; and the rich man has opened his purse, to regard the cry and distribute to the necessities of the poor, for self-preservation's sake, knowing that the improvement of the condition of the destitute is the only way to arrest disease. But, Sir, many a family has already been bereaved, and many more are likely still to suffer bereavement until interments in our church burial-yards is once and for ever put an end to. lam glad to see this movement in the right direction of the Board of Health. They have already closed many ; but how is it that Lambeth—the ex tensive parish, wherein so many have been falling victims to the prevailing epidemic—has been over looked ? Could I prevail on your reporter , I would take him to the above churchyard, where he should t.ee for himself the numbers buried therein every afternoon, whereas it ought to have been closed a long time since. Burials take place ; the mourners sit upon the loose earth, uttering loud and lamentable cries that their dear relatives are not put lower in the earth. The undertaker tells them it is impossible, there is no room ; the sexton utters a response—it cannot be, and a heartrending scene takes: place before the mourners leave. The minister, is obliged to read hurriedly over the burial-service. One method adopted is for the sexton, with a long stick, to penetrate the different graves, to ascertain whether or no the bodies are so decayed as to admit of being destroyed with a shovel, prior to an after interment; and there exists a bone-house at the back of the church. How long, Sir, are these things to continue ? Will you raise a powerful editorial leader in your valuable paper against such demora lizing practices, the forerunners of such pernicious effects ? Will you utter a voice, long, loud, and shrill, on behalf of the parishioners of Lambeth, now that the destroying angel has spread his wing upon the blast, and stands between the living and the dead? If you will, it will oblige Your obedient servant, ONE OF THE SPARED. Cornwall road, Lambeth, Sept., 1849. GRAVEYARDS AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,--4 snatch a moment from attendance on a hundred and fifty of the parish poor, chiefly labour ing under choleraic diarrhoea, to give ou a couple of facts more valuable than barren generalities, and bearing strongly upon the question of intramural in terments. Near the bottom of Golden.lane, a dense locality, tenanted by the most miserably poor and debilitated, from starvation and gin, of our London population, occur three graveyards—one is closed re cently, another is in active operation, and a third, the gorged parish graveyard of Cripplegate, was re opened yesterday for the interment of a corpse. A few idlers entered the' yard, and among them a re spectable married woman. It appears from her subse quent statement to me, that she was previously in her usual state of good health, and that she neither ap proached very near to the recently broken-up filth nor was her sudden illness ascribable to the pressure of a crowd, nor to any mental emotion. " All at once," said she, " I felt deadly sick, and had not somebody caught me I should have dropped." I saw her in this state, a mob came running to fetch me—she was pulseless, and bedewed with a clammy cold perspiration, her face ashy pale, and the heart acting very feebly. Under the use of bridy, ether, and ammonia, she recovered, but after twelve hours still remained very debilitated and tre mulous. Of course I took occasion to lecture the people on the folly of approaching graveyards, and especially newly -opened graves, and reminded them that the most deadly animal ana putrescent gases give off no perceptible stench. T h en I may also mention that, last Sunday, a youn g girl wa s b roug ht i n t o my surgery in a faint state from St. Luke's Church, which is surrounded by a crowded graveyard. People taint, lam aware, in chapels, from the crowd, the heat, and the gas (especially in the galleries), but none of these causes operated here. Whether St. Luke's be crowded with the dead or no, it is seldom crowded with the living. Yours respectfully, JOSEPH ASII BURY SMITH, Parochial Surgeon, St. Luke's. 154, White cross- street, Thursday, Sept. 20., TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In The Sun of yesterday I perceive a corres pondent (" Pro bono publico") states that (referring to a previous paragraph) the amount of allowance on postage stamps is to be reduced from 7i per cent. to 4 per cent., which he considers a good reason for increasing the attention of those officers whose duty it may be to dole out ld. stamps. This is certainly a great incentive to make a person attend better to the wants of the public. I think that your correspondent has misconstrued the paragraph, or you have only stated one half of the truth ; as by his letter he would lead the public to suppose that per cent. has been the general allow ance, whereas such is not the case, as distributors of stamps have only l per cent. allowed on postage labels, and for envelopes which sell for 2/. 4s. 6d., they are charged 2/. 3s. 6d., leaving a profit of is., which I think is not quite 74 per cent. I do not know what the Post office may have allowed.—Yours obediently, Sept. 21, 1849. A DISTRIBUTOR- NEW YORK, SEPT. s.—Mrs. Mitchel, mother of the Irish exile, with two of her daughters, arrived at this port in the ship Hibernia on Thursday last, and put up at Hartwell's, Washington House. Sho left on the fol lowing day for tho residfnas of W. IT, Mitchel, at Washington, lIER MAJESTY'S SLOOP ALBATROSS.—This sloop, commanded by Captain Farquhar, now in the East Indies, may be expected in England in about six months' time. She is ordered to quit the East Indies and to proceed to Port Adelaide, thence to Sydney ; afterwards she will run to the Falkland Islands, and come on to Rio and England. She is to he paid off at Devonport. The old schooner Pioneer, lately used by the Coast Guard at Sheerness, has been sold out of the service, and the Admiralty have, therefore, ordered her n am e to be struck out cif the Navy List. EMBEZZLEMENT or STORES.—In order to put a stop to the irregularities on board of lighters attached to the Dockyards, the Admiralty have recently issued some stringent orders. All the bulkheads are to be strengthened, to guard against future chances of embezzlement. MININ G' INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal of this day.) The actual transactions in the mining share market this week have been unusually limited, notwithstand ing the improving position of the mines generally, and the firmness of the metal market, with an upward tendency. The small amount of share business during the week may, in some measure, be attributed to the several interruptions which business has sus tained generally, in consequence of the different days appointed in London and the country for humi liation and prayer, on account of the prevailing epidemic. TLe directors of Devon Great Consols, at their meeting on Tuesday last, declared a dividend of 5,1201. on the two months' working, amounting to 5/. per share, after which there will remain in hand a ba lance of 18,2101., consisting of cash and ore bills not yet at maturity, including 5,0001. Exchequer bills forming the reserved fund. The advices from the mines are satisfactory, and the improvement in the standard cannot fail being very agreeable to the proprietors. Treviskey and Barrier are represented to have im proved, and shares have been done at an advance. Tincrofts have also been done at better prices. East Wheal Rose, we learn, is looking much better than she has for some time past ; the bottom levels are improving, as well as some other important points in the mine. The next dividend may be anticipated at 301. per share, the same as the last. South Basset continues in an improving position ; they are now working on nine lodes—William's, Lloyd's, and Theaker's, are the most productive ; 6,000/. of ore is represented to be laid open. south Molton and Camborne Consols are stated to have very much improved during the past week. There are buyers for South Basset, East Wheal Rose, Trelawny, West Caridon, Treviskey and Bar rier, North Pool, &c. Shares in the following mines have changed hands during the week :—Devon Great Consols, Trelawny, Treviskey and Barrier, Tincroft, Birch Tor and Vitifer, Mendip Hills, West Caradon, Wheal Rus sell, West Providence, South Wheal Josiah, South Tamar, Tamar Consols, Keswick, &c. Heignston Down Consols bi-monthly meeting was held on the 17th. The statement of accounts showed a balance of 3491. 16s. 9d. in favour of the company. The report from the mines presented nothing im portant. South Tamar bi-monthly meeting was held on the 20th. The balance in hand being 681. 18s. 9d., a call of 93. 6d. per share was deemed necessary, to meet the present expenditure. The manager's report is very satisfactory, showing the operations progressively improving, and that the whole of the machinery, pit work, and surface work would be completed before the winter set in. East Tamar two-monthly account was held on Thursday last. The financial statement showed a balance in favour of mine of 1,1401. 3s. 11d., the lia bilities being 1,3791. 7s. 1d:, and the assets 3,0251. 165. 6d. The mine is represented to be improving in several important points. In foreign mine shares the chief business done were in United Mexican, Imperial Brazilian, and Copiapo, and a few shares in Guadalcanal. The Alten report for August has been received. The estimated produce for the month amounts to 2171 tons. The agent's report is highly satisfactory, and the prospects are represented more favourable than they have been for many years. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF STOCKTON AND DISTRICT. This match, which was commenced on Thursday at Stockton-on-Tees, was resumed yesterday, and at the close, the score stood thus— ENGLAND.-FIRST INNINGS. F. Pilch—b Joy Clarke—st Morton, b Anderson ... G. Parr—not out ... Guy—st Morton, b Anderson ••• ... N. Felix, Esq.—c Baldwinson, b Anderson... A. M 3 nn, 1.:(1 1 —b Joy ••• ... ... Ilillyer—b Anderson ... ... ... Martingell—c Scarth, b Anderson... ... .lAtby—c Joy, b Rapley G. F. Cooke. eaq.—b Rapley... ... Ilinkly—b Rapt* y B I, w 23, Lb ... Total ... . . ST C CKTON -FI RST INNINGS. J. B du - T-1 b w, b Clarke R. Scarth--b Hillyer P. Stt ekdale—b Curke ••• ... ... J. W. Coates, jun., Esq —b Hillyer ... W. Thompson, E6q —b Hillyer Balchsinson—not out ... Joy—b Hillyer ... ... ... ... Lsmbcrt—b Hillyer H. Bercsford, Hillyer, b Hinkly Byes ... ... Total ... ... 26 ... 59 ... 9 ... 0 ... 0 ... lb ..< 0 ... 0 .. 24 ... 161 ... 9 ... 11 ... 4 ... 28 ... 1 ... 3 ... 2 ... 62 MEMORANDA OF A MUSICIAN. BY GEOItGE J. 0. ALLMANN. " Notes, notes, forsooth, and noting !" SIIAESPJERE. No. XVIII. MUSIC IN OLD TIMES. The following singular advertisement of a concert in the year 1697 shows how greatly the march o f music has progressed since that time, though it is universally allowed that the advance of music in England has, till lately, been unusually slow:—" Monday mat, the 28th instant, will be performed, in York-buildings, a new Concert of Musick by the Chiefest Masters in England. when Signor Ramponi, an Italian musician, belonging to the Prince of Vaudemont, at the request of sevarai Persons of Quality, will for once sing in the same in Italian and French.—Half a guinea entrance."—(From the London Gazette, No. 3377.) Hackney City of London TESTIMONIAL TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES, " THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION WHICH LOVES RIGHT AND Ll- BERTY."—Kossuth's Protest against Russian Intel ven- Subscriptions may be bent to the tollowing bankers:— Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummend. Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ; or to any one of the members of the committee formed to carry out the Testimonial. * * *All further Post-office orders to be made payable toMnrdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received ... ... £1,096 1 Further Subscriptions from Friends of Hungary at Leicester, per the Editor of the Leicester shire Mercury ... --- ... 4 0 0 Total ... Atco 1 li 'DEATH OF LIEUT.. COL. PERIM, C.B.—We re gret to state that intelligence was on Thursday received at the Horse Guards of the demise of this distinguished officer, who expired on Tuesday evsning at his residt nce in the suburbs of Dublin. The Gallant Officer, it will be recollected, was for a lengthened period commanding offi:•er of the gallant 18th Lancers, which regiment made such despfrate havoc among the Seikhs at Aliwal and et Sub:aon. Colonel Persse entered the army with out purchase in 1804, and in 1833 he became Lieute nant.• Colonel by purchase. The Countess of Marguerye, the last of the ladies attached to the person of Mme. Elizabeth, has just died of cholera in Paw, at the age of 84. St. Giles ... Strand ... ... Holborn Union Clerkenwell ... St. Luke ... East London ... West London Whoreditch Bethnal•green Whitechapel SL Geurge-in- the-East Stepney Poplar ... souTu DISTRICTS. St. Saviour, Southwark St. Olave Bermondsey St. George, Southwark Newington, Surrey ... Lambeth Wandsworth Camberwell Rotherhithe Greenwich L2wi►ham ••• "... ••• •••'... ••• ••'" ••• ...." ... ••• """ ••• .....• ••• "'". ••• .'... •• • ..'... se• ''''' THE COUNTRY. Attack'. Ashton-under-Lyne ... Axbridge ... A3lsham (Buxton) ... Barn.taple Bedford Bedminster ... Berkhampetead ... Berwick• upon-Tweed... Biggleswade Btrmingham ... Bolton ••• ••• Bradford and North Bierley .. Brenttord Bridgnorth Bridgwater ... Brighton ... Bristol .. ... Bromsgrove • • • ••• •-.. ••• ••• ••• ..`... ..o •• • .... ••• ••• r•• ••• ••• .... ••• .... ••• ..'4' ••• ...• ••• ".... Bury ... Caistor (Great Grimsby) Cambrioge Cardiff ... Carmarthen ... Carnarvon Chorlton ... Clifton (Stapleton) ... Clifton (St. Philip and Jacob) Clifton (St. George) Coekermouth and Workington —t Coukham ... .. Coventry ... Croydon and Mitcham Darlington ... Dartford and Farningham ... Devizes Dewsbury and Batley... Doncaster ... ••• ..... ••• ..... ••• ...... ••• ••••• ••• ..... • • • ••• ... se• "'" ••• .. ••• ..... Dover ... Dudley Eastry (Deal) ... Ecclesfield (Worabrough) Eltham .• Fareham ... GaiDeborough ••• ." ••• .... ••• ••• ....." ••• ••• klambledon ... Haslingden ... Hastings ••• ••• Hardingstone (Milton) Headington ... ... Hexham Howden Huddersfield and Golcar ... 11 unslet ••• ..• Hull ••• ••• ••• ••• - Isla of Thant (Ramsgate) ... ~ (Margate) ... Isle of Wight (Hyde)... 1 t (Cowes) ••• Kidderminster (Wolrerley) ... King's Norton... 1 Lancaster ... , Langport ••• "M. STANILAND, Mayor.' r , ....(te.... ••• ••• ••• ••• ..M.4 ••• ••••• • • • "". •e • •'!" 4. • ••• "7" ••• ••• ...." •• • ..... ••• ....• ••• •.... Leicester •• • sell ... ..."' Liskeard and Callington ... Liverpool ... Llandillo Fawr ... Luton (Dunstable) ... ••• .... • • • ''''. ••• .". ••• "'.. Madeley Macclesfield ... Maidstone (Loose) Mailing (East Peckham) Manchester Mc dway (Gillingham) Melksham Neath Newark ••• .".' ••• ..'. • • • .'w..* ••• .... ••• ".". ••• "". • • • ''''' Newcastle•upon-Tyne Newton Abbott Northampton ... Northwich Norwich Okebampton Oldham ... Ongar Or mskirk Oxford ... nzance (St. Ives) ... Peterborough ... Petworth Pocklington Pocklington (151arket Wrighton) POD tetrOCt Portsea Island Preston Rochdale Hoch ford Rumford Salford Sanford Sculcontes Sheffield (Sheppey ••• .... •• • ...... • • • '''''''' II•• ...'... ••• ''''' ••• .'... ••• '''• ••• ••• •i• ...m.. ••• ....• ••• ..... ••• "". ••• ..'...... ••• .". ••1. ...... ••• '''" • • • '"'"" ••• ..... ••• .."". ••• "" ••• ''''''' Total ... 121 32 Total deaths from cholera, registered from Sept. 17, 1848, to Sept. 20, 1849 ... 13,443 Total deaths from cholera, registered from Juae 17, 1849, to Sept. 19, 1849 ... 12.352 * Returns of Thursday have not been received from Mr. J. Leonard, Registrar of the Charing cross district of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and Diarrhcel reported to the General Board o: health the 210 t day or September, 1849 : Dzatlis. Cholot A. llianh. 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 5 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 5 0 1 0 8 0 9 2 8 1 2 1 2 0 .•• 1 1 It. "". 411 4111 111 111 111 11" i4,t)trb isDttton FRAN CE. The Itioniteur contains a decree ordering that the seals placed on the papers taken from the Tuileries after February 24, 1848, and deposited in the na tional archives, shall be immediately taken off, and that a committee of nine persons shall proceed to as certain what portion of them belongs to the State, and what portion to the ex Royal Family or others. The committee is to be composed of the following persons-- MM. de Broglie, representative; Admiral Cecile, repr( s.entative ; Vavin, representative, Liquidator of the Civil List; Rivet, Councillor of State ; Mahe rault, Councillor of State ; d'Audiffret, President de Cloambre at the Court of Accounts ; Berville, First Advocate- General to the Court of Appeal of Paris ; De Vieil-Castel, Director of Political Affairs at the Foreign-office ; and De Chabrier, Keeper-General of the National Archives. The Constitutionnel publishes the following from Rome : _ _ " A project is now in contemplation at Rome which is highly interesting to all the friends of the fine arts. In order to improve the sanitary condition of our troops, it is intended to give them some active employment. Among the causes which tend to increase the sickness in the army, one of the principal, as well as one of the most dangerous, is the idle life to which they are in some measure condemned in a great city, and amidst a penple with whose language they are unacquainted. Already in Algeria, the climate of which is in many respects similar to that of Rome, it has been remarked that the inactive life of the soldier in garrison was more injurious to the health of the troops than the fa tigues of an expedition. In order to give them produc tive occupation, they were employed on a number of works of public utility. The road of the Cbiffa, for in stance, will remain as a monument worthy to rival with the works of the Roman army. In the Eternal City it is in contemplation to furnish a noble ob ject for the activity of our troops. It is proposed to undertake extensive excavations in a soil so rich in mementos of antiquity. Our soldiers, directed by Italian and French savans, and under the command of the officers of the Engineers, will be employed in this work. It may be hoped that this enter prise will lead to interesting discoveries, for every day, in paving the streets, and in forming sewers, objects are found which stimulate the zeal of antiquaries. Ac cording to the arrangement proposed to the French and Italian authorities, the proceeds of these excavations will be equally divided. The artistical part will be more particularly reserved to France. The monumental part, inscriptions, tombs, medals, &c., connected with the history of the country, wi'l remain at Rome. We may thus acqnire a certain number of statues of inestimable value, and Rome may collect an im portant portion of her old archives. The spot where these excavations are to be carried on remains to be decided on. The Forum Romanum has been talked of. But it has been observed, and with reason, that this place has already been carefully explored by order of the Pope, or at the expense of wealthy individuals, and that it was probable that no advantageous result would be thus obtained. It has also been proposed to make re searches in the Etrurian cities, and at Ostia, in the envi rons of Rome, but the question has not yet been decided. Whatever may be the locality fixed on, magnificent dis coveries may be calculated on, and which will well reward the zeal and ardour of our soldiers." The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France up to Sept. 20:— f. 262,634,613 16 . 139,833,984 00 151,351 28 ZINGARELLI. A very romantic incident occurred in the life of this composer during the time he was Maestro di Capella at Milan. For a time it obstructed the quiet path of Zile garelli, who fulfilled the calm routine of duties of that office without a shadow of care falling over his he art, and indeed at the time threatened to be of more aerican consequence to him in his future career. It tends to show, moreover, how the nobility of Nature's genius overcomes and throws into the shade the nobility of rank, with all its adventitious lustre. The FATE that swayed the destinies of France—nay, of almost all Europe—at that period was Napoleon Buonaparte, who, though the Conqueror of Nations, was the patron and friend of many obscure musicians. I may premise that Zingarelli , next to Pasiello, was Napoleon's favourite composer, for though the genius of the future celebrated musician Cherubini was at that time both recognised and en - couraged—but not with sincerity—by the Emperor, yet his inclination and taste, not to speak of other motives, turned more readily to the simpler beauties of Zingarelli, which appealed more effectually to the feelings of him who, though not a scientific musician, might have been one had his star shone in a different hemisphere. In the year 1811, therefore, on account of the birth of a son to the Emperor, a grand and solemn Te Deum was com manded to be performed in every church throughout France and the Papal States. Orders to that effect were accordingly dispatched from the Tuileries to all the provinces, and the same command reached in its course the " Holy City" itself. Never were there such extensive preparations made for celebrating any event before as there were now in the " City of the Cmaars." So gor geous were they that it seemed as if all the riches, all the glory of the earth were concentrated in that one spot. Never before did 11 Popolo exhibit such excitement. St. Peter's was arrayed with the most costly magnificence— cardinals, priests, every sacerdotal functionary wore their robes of office, and it appeared almost like a solemn re ligious festival. In the high altar the sacred candles were kept constantly burning, while the acolytes cease lessly swung their censers, from which ascended the incense in fragrant clouds. Amid the throngs that crowded the streets, on the morning to which I allude, even at so early a period as the first grey eastern streak, might be observed one, who, from nis a bstracted manner and hesitating step seemed as if borne down by some oppressive thought; and so deeply was he engrossed by some painful train of reflection—to judge from the rapidly changing expressions that appeared to pass over his strongly marked and mobile countenance—that all wonder at his uncertain step ceased, which raised a feel ing of curiosity rather than of surprise. He possessed a fine and commanding figure, and though the pressure of Time's unsparing band had bent his stature in some degree (for a slight stoop was perceptible), yet his tread was firm and elastic, and although ho might have beer, of some fifty years of age or more, be looked man) years younger. Anxious to avoid the crowd which was every moment becoming greater, be at last gained an unfrequented part of the city, where he soon became lust to view. Every one whom he passed was hastening to one point. No one recognized him—no one for a moment imagined that the solitary form which they beheld retreating from all that they ardently longed to witness; that the face shrouded beneath the hood of his gown as if to shun all observation was that of one who knew not, cared not where his footsteps led him, so that they bore him from the very place they were so anxious to reach; that the shrinking figure they saw was that of their Composer Zingarelli—their Maestro di Capella — was that of him who was to be (or ought to have beep) the leading spirit iu the rites about to be 9014014 Little dreamed they of the dire confusion and dismay the absence of that one individual would create. It seemed, truth to say, as if all Rome was congregated in one spot—and that the most magnificent temple in the whole world—in order to impart the most s t u p en d ous effect to this royal festival. The ceremony soon began, but when it arrived to the point when the very " soul" of the performance should have proceeded all was silent— the deep-toned organ was mute, its solemn reverberations were unheard. The curtain of the choir was withdrawn, but the seats were unoccupied—the choir was vacant. And where was he beneath whose fingers, and at whose sign, should have burst forth the grand and startli ng chords of the Te Deem? Where were they whose voices should have given utterance to the hymn of praise? --Invisible. All was consternation, and the abrupt stoppage was hailed as the worst omen by the populace, which seemed to vie with its forefathers in yielding to the grossest superstition—on eager search being made the Maestro's place was also found tenantless. W here was be? All Rome was present, and then the recollec tion of the Fugitive flushed across the minds of many, and messengers were quickly dispatched on his track, who after some time returned with the composer. In reply to the questions put to him by the superiors, Zin garelli intrepiuly replied, " I do not acknowledge Napo leon for my king. I know of no Infant King of Rome, and I will never join in praising or thanking heaven fur that I cannot view as a gift or a blessing." All threats, all entreaties were equally fruitless, Ziugarell was firm and inflexible. " Tile key of the organ-loft is where none but myself can discover it," continued our com poser, " the music I have removed, the choristers I have forbidden to enter the choir, and I would sooner lose this hand than that it should raise the baton. No! never will I conduct such a sacrilegious ceremony —not one note of my Te Deem shall be heard in honour of his pretended King of Rome." The conclusion of the service was quickly hurried over, but the organ gave forth no sound, the choristers were not present, and great was the ex citement caused in Rome at the daring of Zingarelli. When Buonaparte (with whom the Te Deum of our Master was an especial favourite, indeed he had fre quently commanded its performance) was informed of this, he immediately dispatched a secret emissary with an order to the Prefetto of Rome to arrest "Il Maestro Nicolo Zingarelli," and cause him to be passed over, from brigade to brigade, to Paris. Accordingly, the poor maestro was summoned before the prefect and in formed of this command. The former, however, ve hemently declared that he felt no regrets—no fear, and would never sue for pardon, and that in Paris he would, even to the Emperor himself, refuse to perform, or afford the slightest assistance towards the performance of his Te Deem for celebrating such an event. The prefect, who knew the high-souled honour, the simplicity, and true- hesrtedness of Zingarelli, in order to spare him the degradation and annoyance of being escorted by the gensdarmerie, and guarded as a prisoner, took his word of faith that he would immediately set out for his desti nation. In due time, therefore, our composer arrived in Paris, with the same exactitude as that with which Regulus returned with his fetters to Carthage. On his arrival he took up his abode in the Boulevard des Italiens (the then popular resort of his countrymen in Paris), No. 7, in the very house in which Gretry afterwards lived, and caused immediate notice of his arrival to be signified to the Emperor. A week elapsed, and as yet he hud received no communication from the Court. On the eighth day, however, a messenger from Cardinal Fesch arrived, who loaded him with civilities, expressed his hopes that the forced and rapid journey to the French capital had not injured the health of our musician, lauded his talents to the skies, and spoke of the intense admiration with which his works were viewed by his countrymen, and by the Emperor himself. All this was calculated to soothe the irritated feelings of our composer, and before he could stammer forth an incoherent reply, conceive his astonishment at being presented with a purse containing a hundred crowns. " A gift," said the messenger, "from his Majesty the Emperor to defray your expenses on thus honouring him with a visit." The poor Maestro could not utter a word. He was spell bound, and in this favourable moment the messenger hastened to take his departure, rejoicing at the happy issue of his mission. No tidings from the Tuileries during a long two months reached the poor lonely mu sician. " Ha," thought he, "it tempo Ai ricuncia." After the lapse of this time, and when he had almost resolved to leave Paris and journey back to Italy secretly, he received a command to compose a grand Missa Solennis for the Cho pelle Royale. This was signified to him on the Ist of June, and on the 12th he was expected to have everything in readiness, as its performance was to take place on that day. " A mass," said the bewildered mu sician to himself musingly, " a mass ! well, never mind, a mass, or even a Dominic Saloum fa°, or a Grotias Agimus tibi, hut by the sword of St. Paul, by the keys of St. Peter, or the mule of the Pope—aye! by the Holy Virgin Mary herself; he may have a mass, but he shall never say he heard a chord of my e Deem for his pretended King of Rome." The mass was composed and executed in eight days, and loudly did Fame trumpet the success of our composer; manifold were the compli ments and gifts he received on this occasion, besides a present of 5,000 francs from the Emperor himself. After a few days had elapsed five verses of a Stabat Mater were forwarded to Zingarelli, with an ireimation, couched in terms tho most pleasing and flattering, that. the composer was to set them to music as quickly as possible. " Well!" said the surprised, though not un moved musician, "a Stabat Mater is not a Te Deem; the triumphal rejoicing of the one has not the mournful, the grand solemnity of the other. He may have a Stalat Muter without any great remorse of my conscience, bat before he should have my Te Deem , I would brave exile, imprisonment—death itself ! I will let the Emperor see that SOMC of us Italians are even yet not without firmness of character." The Stabat was accordingly performed at the Palace d'Elyie .) on the 27th February, 1812, 1y the singers of note then in Paris. The air " Vidit uutn dulcemNatuco," sung by Crescentini, and accompLnied by the Maestro on the organ, was repeated by a sign from Napoleon. Not a sound was heard, there was no outbreaking of applause, but the whole auditory wept in silence—a silence more affecting than loud tongued praise—the silence of a multitude of hearts subdued and conquered into awe and admiration by the might of one. Nut a dry eye was to be seen. Of a truth it seemed as if one and all felt and recognized, in the sublime and mournful beauty of the composition, the great genius of its author. From this time nothing indeed could have been greater than was the success of Zingarelli ; his name was echoed from mouth to mouth, till all Paris rang with it. The most inordinate desire could scarcely wish for more, but, amid it all, he—the " admired of all admirers"—felt as if he were alone. In the heart of Paris, ono of the greatest cities of the world, he was an isolated being, as it were, and he longed to return to his own sunny clime. Many were the yearnings of his heart to be once more in the midst of his pupils and friends at Rome, performing his accustomed and homely round of duties. "And oh!" thus our poor composer exclaimed, " how gladly would I resign all the honours, all the triumphs, that are heaped upon me in Paris for my old scat in the organ•loft of St. Peter's, or my desk in the Vatican!" and though he mentally determined as firmly as ever that his 7'e 'ileum should iiot be given for the pretended King of Rome, he nevertheless commenced writing a Magnifica: and other works of a similar nature, motets, &c., which he thought were likely to be required by the Emperor. These labours, therefore, occupied him more than a month, and during this time, having had no requisition from the Court for more of his compositions, he ventured to communicate to the Cardinal's secretary that his situation of Maestro di Capella at St. Peter's required—though the Emperor seemed hardly aware of it—his presence in Rome, and petitioned that he might be allowed to return there immediately. Our composer's heart was longing more than ever for the bright skies of his own laud ; he burned more than ever to grasp the "old familiar hands" once more ; to tee the " well remembered faces" again. "To-morrow," came the re ply, " the day after, or even today, if M. Zingarelli pleases; ho is quite at liberty to depart whenever it suits him; his stay in Paris is an honour and pleasure to us all ; but the Emperor is by no means desirous that he should neglect his other duties or forget his otherinterests." This therefore was the result of a journey which, to say the least of it, had been commenced under the most in auspicious circumstances, and which showed that in this instance all the ambition of the conqueror, and the here had not stifled the softer feelings of the man; for, as the poet sings— " The true laurel-wreath that Glory weaves Is of the tree no bolt of thunder cleaves." FIRE IN KENT.—At two o'clock this morning a gentleman and his family reached town by post-chaise from Dartford, and when passing Eltham he witnessed a dreadful conflagration of farming-stock, and apparently buildings. On reaching town he had ascertained that some of the London engines and firemen had been dis patched to the scenes of destruction from Watling-street and other stations. It had been ascertained that no water could be procured for the Kent Fire•office and other engines which had reached the fire. Tun PORT OF LIVERPOOL.—Iiis Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was entertained at dinner on Thursday evening by his Worship the Mayor of Liver pool, J. Bramley Moore, Esq. In the course of the evening his Warship very happily remarked that, in con nexion with his Boyal Highness's visit, there was a very curious coincidence —his brothers the Prince of Wales (afterwards George IV.) and the Duke of Clarence paid a visit to Liverpool on the 18th of September, 1806. They derived great pleasure from their short stay as Li verpool was then a great port ; but he trusted that his Highness of Cambridge was still more pleased, as he was then in the first port of the empire. His Worship, in picturing the rapid rise of the town, stated that in 1806 the number of vessels in port was 4,676, with a tonnage of 607,825. In 43 years, that is to the present period, the increase had been enormous, for there were now 20,723 vessels, with a tonnage of 3,639,140, showing an i H nc is re H as ig e h o n f es l. B 6,o fe s i 7 ici v t e a s te se d ls , th a e i ' c ci o motif 3,131,3 15. t0wn131,3 on this enviable prosperity, and after sundry compliments had been passed and repassed, the bake f party up,ia ter ' spending a pleasant evening. CllATUAM.—Yesterday being the day appointed to to bo kept for humiliation and pra.3 er, the Admiralty directed that the Lckyerd should be closed the whole of the day, and that morning and afternoon service should be performed in the dockyard chapel . A young woman from the neighbourhood of Wil ford called at a grocer's in this town a few days ago, and inquired if the shopkeeper sold " tarmarline wine ?'" "No," said the good man, "I do not sell any sort of wine." " Where can I get it?" was the next question. Supposing it was intended for medicine, the grecer an swered " I should think at any of the drugsters." "What I" said the inquire r, lookin g a little s urprised, " does the drugsters sell it? I rid not know that the dragsters sold it." This induced the shopkeeper to ask for what purpose it was intended? " Oh," said she, "it is our chaps as wants it; they are thaeking, and they want it to do automat at the stack!" " Why, you want tarpaulin twine." " 0 dear, yes; Ido really believe that is it." And this being actually the case, ber wituti were immediately supplied,—Notre Guardian, THE SON, LI TER.A TUBE. LAYS AND LEGENDS OF FAIRY LAND. By Joseph Edwards Carpenter. Gradually Mr. Uarpentt r hos acquired for himself an agreeable popularity as a lyric writer. Many of his sweet verses have found their way into the homes of England—blended with the melodies of Joseph Philip Knight, of Alexander Lee, of Stephen Glover, of N. J. Sporle, of F. N. Crouch, and of other favourite musicians. Joseph Edwards Carpenter has by his graceful Bungs and ballads shown himself to be a second Thomas Haync-s Bailey. The following to us is a fair specimen of his style of composition, and forms a fitting companion to the famous "She wore a Wreath of Roses," by our lyrist's predecessor. As it dues not appear to have been set to music we com mend the words to the attention of Mr. Balfe or to one of his contemporaries. " I MET HER IN THE PRIMROSE TIME. " I met her in the primrose time, A light and joyous thing, When all seem'd bursting into life, Beneath the breath of spring! The cowslip and the lily-bell Perfumed the morning air, But she, though all were beautiful, Seem'd far the brightest there! " I met her when the roses bloom'd; The spring•flow'rs all had fled, And all that Summer radiance gave Were blooming in their stead! But she, in pride of womanhood, In bright and glad array, Amid those Summer flow'rets seem'd Mure lovely e'en than they I " When last we met the holly spread His coral gems around, And in his green and hardy boughs Her emblem still I found, For virtue like that fadeless leaf, When Summer flowers are o'er, Still blooms though youth and spring be fled, More brightly than before." From the extreme fluency with which these produc tions seem to have been penned they are repeatedly blurred with faults that could otherwise have been readily prevented. Occasionally, for example, the rhymes are false and slovenly, as where " linger'd" is intended to chime with " inger ;" or, worse even in a very Cockney mood, where " cellar" is made the jangling tag of "mellow." "Vibrate," again, is in variably employed by the writer as a word with a stress on the second instead of the first syllable. In spite of all these petty blemishes we are satisfied that there are few lovers of English song who have not derived some pleasure from the lyrics of J. E. Carpenter. NOTES ON SPA ANI.) ITS CHALYBEATE SPRINGS, with Suggestive Remarks upon certain Resources for the benefit of invalids hitherto un noticed in this celebrated Watering Place. By Tilomas Cutler, 111 D., 6-c. 6-c. Dr. Cutler has here productd the best work on the far-famed springs of Spa that has yet appeared; and as Spa, situated as it is in Belgium, and undisturbed as it has been by revolutionary turmoil, must for some time continue to be almost the only continental watering place to which timid persons—lovers of peace and quietness (and such are all invalids)—can with safety resort, its publication is exceedingly well timed. All persons intending to visit Spa should peruse Dr. Cutler's little work. BREWING and DISTILLATION. By Thomas Thomson, M.D., F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Glasgow. With Practical In structions for Brewing Porter and Ales according to the English and Scottish Methods. By William Stewart. We have here a reprint of the two excellent trea tises on Brewing and Distillation contributed by Professor Thomson to the last edition of the "Ency clopcelia Britannica." These treatises have long been considered by brewers and distillers as the most scientific and the most valuable of any extant on the subjects of their manufactures. Messrs. Black hare conferred a great obligation on all who take an inte rest in these subjects in rendering these valuable treatises accessible to the public in general by re printing them in their present form; an obligation which they have enhanced by adding to them the instructions of Mr. W. Stewart (who is well known as a practical brewer of eminence), for brewing porter and ales. This work will prove a valuable acquisi tion, not only to those engaged in the manufacture of malt liquors upon an extensive scale, but to those also who brew only for their own consumption. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, Sam 19. The Queen and Prince, attended by the Marchioness of Douro, returned late yesterday evening iron " The Hut." The Royal dinner party yesterday included Vte Duke and Duchess of Lee3s, Earl Grey, Lady Portman, abd Colonel Challoncr. The Prince of Wales rode out on horseback, attended by Mr. Birch. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the ColontaT-office for the Governors of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) COWES, SEPT. 21, 1849. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Lord G,,dolphie h , ,,s taken the small Pavilion for a month; Colonel Brownlow Knox, Harriet Lodge, for two months; ihe Rev. Augustus Noel, Rosetta Cottage; Captain Williams, Busigny House, for twelve months; C. Thomas, Aventng Villa; Captain Ballard, Ninth Cott:,ge; airs. Nowell, Oak hill House, for twelve months; Thomas Farrell, Esq., Lord de Grey's house, tor six weeks; Mrs. Colonel Henderson, 3, Bath build ings, for twelve months ; Mr. Moseley, 4, Bath• build ings, for the same period; Mrs. Geddes, has the large Pavilion; H. Howndle, Esq., Adelaide Villa; Spenser de Horsey, E-q., Seventh Cottage; Joseph Gee, Esq., Castle Cottage; Mills, Esq., Tenth Cottage. A number of small houses have also been let during the wet k, and although net much more than half the lodging-houses are occupied, still we have as much com pany as we have had at any part of the season. The lack of visitors has caused an immense reduction in rents. SAILING MATCH FOR 200 GUINEAS.—The match between the Tartar and Drift takes place tomorrow (Saturday). CHOLERA.—In consequence of the prevalence of cho lera in D 203 of the towns in England, this day has been set apart for religious purpose 4. This evening all the shops have been closed, and Divine service has been per formed in all the churches and chapels. Similar ser vices were performed at East Cowes, on Wednesday. We are happy to say that there is no case of cholera in the town. ADDRESS TO THE LORD MAYOR. The following very flattering address has been pre• sented to the Lord Mayor by the mayor, aldermen, and corporation of Boston : " TO THE RIGHT 110 N. SIR JAMES DUKE, LORD MAYOR or LONDON, AND ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES IN PAR LIAMENT FoR THAT CITY. "My Lord,—We, the undersigned, the Mayor, Alder men, and burgesses of the borough of Boston, in council assembled, take this, tits first opportunity of our meeting since your election by the citizens of London as one of their representatives in Parliament, to express to you our thanks ler your great attention to the interests of this borough, and for the courteous and friendly reception which all parties within this borough invariably met with from you during the twelve years you were one of its representatives. Although we regret that your political connexion with the borough has been severed, yet we cannot but congratulate you on the flattering manner in which you have been eh cted to represent the first constituency in the kingdom; and we feel assured that the same course of consistent conduct which marked your political career whilst the representative of this borough will still con tinue to guide you, and that the constituency of London will feel, as does that of Boston, grateful for your Par liamentary services. " With every wish for your future happiness, we re. main, my Lord, " Your Lordship's obedient servants, (The Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses). " Given under the borough seal, this 18th day o Sept., 1849. London ... West Districts ... North Districts Central Districts East Districts ... South Districts .. West Districts— Kensington ... Chelsea ... St. George, Hanover-square ... Westminster ... St. Martin-in-the•Fielde St. James, Westminster ... North Districts— Bfarylebone Hampstead ... Pancras ... Islington Hackney ••• .. Central Districts— St. Giles ... ... Strand Holborn... ... Clerkenwell ... St. Luke ... East London ... Weet London ... London, City ... East Districts— Shorediteh .. ... Bethnal. green ... ... Whitechapel ... ... St. George-in-the-East Stepney Poplar ... ... ... South Districts St. Saviour ... ... St. Olave ... ... Bermondsey ••• ••• St. George, Southwark Newington Lambeth Wandsworth ... Camberwell ... Rotherhithe Greenwich ... •• Lewisham ••• ••• A SSETS. Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks Bills past due ••• ••• .. Bills falling due in Paris, of which 16,217,061 f. are from the branch banks 43,667,356 66 Bills in the branch banks ~. ... 77,172,596 00 Advances on coins and ingots... ... 8,344,800 00 Ditto by the branch banks ... 358.488 00 Ditto on French public securities. ... 20,049,836 10 Ditto by branch banks... ... ... 1,316,215 00 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 00 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 00 Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00 Rentes, disposable funds ... 42,581,488 13 Investments of the new branch banksin the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of the branch banks Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... Bills protested at Paris ... Ditto at the branches Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches ... Miscellaneous ... Advance to the department of the ... 12,779,541 39 4,000,000 00 2,587,000 00 200,000 00 230,000 00 3,527,053 82 2,465,116 00 196,846 14 229,197 00 231,633 54 Seine _ ••• ••• ••• ••• Loan of 3,000,000 f. to tho city of Mar seilles ... ... 3,000,000 00 ... 1,075,000 00 f. 736,634,116 22 ... f. 67,900,000 00 ~. 23,350,000 00 ... 10,000,000 00 ... 2,980,750 00 ... 4,000,000 00 ... 3.59,376,800 00 .., 52,217,050 00 LIABILITIES. ... Ditto of the Branch Banks Reserve fund ... ... ... Ditto of the branch banks ... Reserve•immobiliere ... ... Notes to bearer, in circulation ... Ditto of the branch banks ... Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 896,008 CO Account-current with Treasury creditor 85,501.805 28 Various accounts current Ditto in branches .. Bills payable at sight ... Ditto at branches ... ... 76,189,096 34 ... 27,752,050 00 ... 9,098,000 00 ... 1,863,199 00 Bill; of the branch banks payable by the Bank 6,557,156 64 Ditto of the Bank payable by branches.. 3,479,845 00 Dividends payable 484,546 25 Liquidation of the Algiers Bank ... 161,552 44 Discounts, interest, and expenses ... 1,371,083 65 Ditto branch banks ... ... 1,013,805 00 143,693 49 321,562 00 ... 1,976,612 53 Re discounts of the last six months Ditto in branch banks .. Miscellaneous ... L 736.634,116 22 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France. D'ARG OUT AUSTRIA. One of the Vienna journals announces, on autho rity of a letter from Wadouric, in Gallicia, that 20,000 Russian troops and 4,000 cavalry were to proceed to Cracow, to await orders as to their desti nation ; and 42,000 men with 18 000 cavalry were to occupy the circles of Jaslo, Tarnow, Perzonsi, and Landec. _ _ _ Notwithstanding the extensive destruction of the Hungarian bank-notes, made by order of the Austrian Government, there were still, it is calculated, notes of 62,000,000 florins in circulation. PRUSSIA. The Upper Chamber was rapidly getting through the revision of the Constitution ; the article restrict ing the intervention of the armed force to the cases in which it shall be authorised to act by the civil power was confirmed. An amendment, proposing that the exceptions to this rule should be defined by a specific law, was negatived. BADEN. The Baden Government has just decreed that 2,000,000 florins in paper•money shall be issued in notes of 2, 10, and 35 florins, in execution of the law of Alarch 3, 1849. BAVARIA. The Nuremburg Correspondent publishes a formal declaration of the Bavarian Government, dated the Bth, to the effect that it will not accede to the treaty of the three Kings. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette of this day.) THE EXPECTED BREVET.—We have reason to belive that nothing is yet positively decided as to the number of promotions to be made in the army and navy in honour of the Queen's late visit to Ireland. Report, we are sorry to find, is making them worse by degrees and miserably less. It is said that the brevet promotions in the army will not exceed 22, and that in the navy they . will not exceed, in all ranks, 15 officers, the brevet in honour of the visit of George IV. being taken as a precedent. Next week we hope to be able to announce the fortunate names. APPEAL OF EX-COMMANDER PITMAN AGAINST HIS SENTENCE.—We may, with some confidence in our information, announce that Mr. Pitman, late Com mander of the Childers, dismissed the Royal Navy last week, has determined on appealing to the Court of Queen's Bench against the result of the Court- Martial, and with the view of superseding the sentence passed upon him. THE CAPTAIN'S APPOINTMENT TO GREENWICH HOSPITAL.—We are enabled to state that the vacant appointment to the establishment of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich, has been bestowed on Captain Aaron Tozer (1830), of Plymouth. THE CAPTAINS' GOOD SERVICE PENSION.—It IS reported on pretty good authority, that the vacant good-service pension, which falls in hand by the pro motion of Rear-Admiral Sir Gordon Bremer, will in all probability be bestowed on Commodore Sir Thos. Herbert, K.C.8., now Commanding-in• Chief on the south-east coast of America. We are glad to hear that Colonel \Veare, K.H., commanding the Provisional Battalion at Chatham, is rapidly progressing towards the recovery of his health, and is able to take walking exercise. PROFESSIONAL FEELING AGAINST Ex-COMMANDER PITMAN.—We trust that there is no foundation for the following report :—" I was told that after the sentence was passed, and the Court broke up, and parties were about to go on shore, some one called out for a boat for Commander Pitman, when one of the officers belonging to the ship said there was no such person there ; there was a Mr. Pitman, if that was the person the party meant. [he gallant " officer of the ship" might, for decency sake, have restrained his feelings. Such a display of sympathy with the Eentehee of the Court Martial WAS more virtuous than courteous or gentlemanlike. te) 1 2 .•• F , r) 3 d 4 to g of 3 le and 3 d 30 ,nets 506 >) I ') )) 3 Won , for ) ) ) Won ibs.) ) 1 ) 2 ) 3 111 11