The Sun. — London, England, 1841-10-15 00:00:00

- , INSURRECTION IN SPAIN. A. courier extraordinary has just arrived here from t 7 4rid, b r i ngng details of the attack on the Queen's glace, on the ni g ht o f t h e 7th instant. The despatches ft ate the Bth. It appears th a t th e G uard Royal on duty at the Palace, first declared themselves for Queen Christina, and at tempted to force their way into the interior, in order to cariy off the young Queen Isabell a , b ut t h e B ody Guard post too well, and after a hot skirmish, the avaailants were compelled to retre a t, b ot h part i es leaving a considerable number of dead on the field of the en gr.gentent. Amongst th e pr i soners is Brigadier Noma C4ueraY, t aken arms i n h an d ; Senors Diego Leon, •raor koncha,Aspiroa, &c., fl e d on t h e Bth, at one o'clock in the interior n.ies., es ac companied by a b o d y of forty cavaliers. The and the north of Spain were tranquil. The Madrid Gazette of the 7th instant publishes the following p r oclamation, signed by the Duko of Vittoria, zed counteesigned by the Minister of the Interior. "P"iirds—The critical position created by the e nemies ol.' the. present order of things sanctioned by She Government is determined to adopt. Placed at the rf Til h eatl of the nation by the free and spontaneous will of ' 4 - 1 ",„ ° - People , and associated constitutionally with the - " unc " lo rs of the Crown, I feel myself obliged to main tain and defend at all hazards the Constitution, Queen Isabella 11., and the principles which have been pro laimed them' The who by their conduct pro duct d the y ' "nen • . serious events which occurred last year :ire pm end earouring to excite rebellion by conspiracy agelnst ( n - Constitution, the laws, and public order. In Na r4rre General O'Donnell has manifested himself, a sedi ftioos traitor, and has seduced some deluded men, with * nem he is shut up in the citadel of Pampeluna. The laithful troops of the are blockading garrison and the National Guard tinarchi% him , and considerable forces are i n all directions to crush this horrible at empt in its commencement. General Piquero has .I:,.a,ell.(seid, seditious cry at Vittoria, and proclaimed the hostility In er the 13asque province; and so placed himsed noun try direct with the laws and interests of 'she • In the same provinces a handful of coxrupt paniards ar nat i on and e conspiring and defy the authoritr, of the tr/ into allotftbtylises laws, in order to precipitate the coun banner i of evils. They unfold - a mendacious excite the the name of the Queen-Moaier, in order to of refo rtn u , P 11 1 1 , 4 of the discontented and the enemies their depr,yea ule lL Means they expect to succeed in that the r * projects. Madmen 1 are they not aware e(i wit, .a . tion is with the Government, and that, ident . i- Ebert , !.1 its interests, its prosperity, and with public of rho ); It will neglect no means to produce the triumph stoves Preciousi:_ deposit entrusted to its honour, which has 4 1 / 4 In so serious 441 its duty. all ' rh o serious a position the Government has allopted . 11 „. e , e measures tecessary to prevent those crimes th e t, l .i ti it will punish with all the rigour r;,ermitted by s a i n a ws• It i 3 incessantly occupied in adopting those 7 ,, etary regulations without whiCh States incur danger. ~,fill.): will be executed suitably and energetically. They pa 7 te b ti e as strong as they- are just, because they are sup with th bY a brave array and a national militia, „ ,the interests and the will of the people. in unison applied e t law rel at i ng to conspiracies will be rigorously at , i , 0 all th ose who, through a culpable egotism and plansll lerested ambition, assemble, conspire, and form sh a l l bier overthrowing the constitution. Judgment ateik„ the Peedily- passed, and the sword of the :aw shall out e ' n, guilty. The Ex,:eutive Power shall act With : tiou attest ' Isin in.order to repress and prevent those sedi 3 pts wateli. Lards, r. ran . is live in, the confidence that Government ribt i n g over your security and your liberty, over the . _ 4; a e e prosperity; and over your dearest interests. I It e v "fi r denc e , irk your patriotism, and I rely upon the li'cin a ,r,, i ° ` ail Men 'who have sincerely proclaimed the - al/4:°B4,,andthe political system at present in force. -to maken'lned with you, you will always find me ready c unt ,co ever,y sacrifice for that nation to which your ns) the Regent of the kingdom, has for ever tc'eated'his repose and his life. " 41AC 1 ),: l -TQUE DE LA VITTORIA , Regent. , UNDO INFANTE, Minister of the Interior. :I,ll).„drid, Oct. 6, 1841." ti l , Q ' Reid published a decree on the 7th, exhorting ' t i n , 'Patush to uphold the Government, and threatening to a ti el 'rerno penalty, and the most rigorous chastisement e. e-1 as should lend their aid to any attempt. staat'er Safo nt i s the contractor for the farming of the 11,,, I) d uties, at a p r i ce a b ove seventeen millions of reels. 1,011/4, ' fr ming of th e sa l t duties has been adjudged to Sc ab., nB,alarnarica for fifty milli ons o f ree l s, paya b le i n four f t i es• On the Boise'' the Five per Cents. 23 for cash. ‘roin the Plaare of Bayonne of the 10th instant.) Th Madrid mails are still due. The diligence has 50 01 1 - ' es Recounts up to ten in the morning of the at h, but iinthing new had occurred. The occurrences pubramPeluna and Vittoria have already been : made altn iee and have made a great impression. The as e.xn t of Madrid is totally changed, every countenance p ' : ''!sling wonder and surprise. No troops have been J E , 114. 41 to motion, an d i t seems as if the Government el, not what m eans t o ta k e to avert the storm. All 'Met ' country between Mad r id an d Vi ttor i a appears to be . • Iv. . except at Burgos, w h ere t h e authorities have a re some measures of precaution, and have ordered app militiamen as had no arms to come t o th e d epot 1,,y -en ,r, re ceive th em . This summons, however, h as not i s very eage r ly o b eye d , and it has been necessary to 1114 threats ainst such as make any longer delay. 1:1 3 7 writ from Bourg Madame that on this side of Ca lls% , e 1) lila a famous bandit, named Filippo, has made his liti'larance, at the head of 100 men, and declared against inZ l ri _ e ilinent of Espartero, but under what banner he I) 4 , ti ' el to enrol himself is not known. A letter from fNtil the of the Gth informs us that 300 young men traibra- e valley of Echauri and those around it, having ..- th .ed th e ,-, ‘.4tieen's cause entered .the citadel on the fr i rtt and on the Gth Artigosa ' brought into it 400 more O r the same quarter, with a convoy of provisions. We Ore also a lette r of the with from Panipeluna, with the Z a wing details:—" Flostilities were not renewed yes goes '' 11/1(1 tvanc luillity prevailed. Brigadier Artigosa lti be l r n T .1 (1 ;nit of the citadel without interruption. Gen, exa . t ,° bus levied a contribution from the merchants. g o „.. t :wa . most from thoSe known to adhere to the. to c , - ° 4. The house of Alzugaray alone has been made Zr__, .untribute 20,000 piastres ; Carriquiri, sen.,.ltibed, i ,ci t Alai, 1 h - 3 a raY, whom Ribeiro had made responsible for 1 44 , e misfortunes which might ensuo, have disappeared, 4.% It is believed are still concealed in the town. Ribeiro I . , 7 Lan‘nounces the arrival of reinforcements, but they ca i wnee to be seen. The state of the national mili .oilinis critical, as there are in their ranks men of all tiß a i, ns, 'of whom the Exaltados utter imprecations_ au .i_lst the rest, accusing them of being the authors of _lat has happen-ed. We learn, tho Ugh vaguely, that ut. interior of the province is far from iiininclined to ardettuse of Espartero. Those who are-favourable to .th s the Queen are expected to declare themselves on „ s ° first occasion The bombardment on the sth did tv; r e 3. littl C damage.. Foar shells fell on the theatre, and 1' 1 e r three houses have suffered, and that but 1 ' 'g it] . till owl .)• One woman is killed, but she is the only 'N'ine,,,.• , • 1 victim O'Donnell's cavalry cuts off 'all And 'ileation between Pampcluna, Puente la Reina, Tafallp Party 41 . On th e sth th ere was only one corn fe,tri.. at thi s po i nt, which kept itself within the fort, Thi s l hostile demonstrations from the inhabitants. alav,,„ s m contradiction to the account circulated at 406 C n° that G enera l C onc h a had arrived there with alie,.°e• haie news from Vitt or i a o f the 7th, t b t I n "othing more of import ance h a d passe d . The first allo l4 en of (l erci os d'Alava), composed o f 800 young Viv _ 6 , .tori a and its environs, ;vas already . organisec . , te-te. 4114 had entered on duty. The deputatif o n, in accorc erewith .General ere Yc t ero with thq foresight and Vs" ti;g i i r which the Alavese lu are distinguished,. was ac -31., e Y engiq ! ,:ed in collecting arms, and taking all other people.t'ssary measures for carrying on the war. .All the C4rd or.the proy'Ace have, in compliance with the or the 'Deputation, proclaimed Queen C 11- 0 113 , 1 erf'-nt of Spain. In other respects, puylic , a e tall a .11.-',;:tih-ad not been disturbed at any point. Our na e l ll 'lts from the province of Guipuzcoa inform us NI that General trrbistondo, reinforced by succours *l'll Bilbao has removed from Arlaban to Bergara,. N l . e re he wa g s two days ago engaged in endeavouring to A t 'a the population. Brigadier Iturbe was at Villa . tit :, 1 de Zamarraga, h av i ng a d etachment on the moun qeg of Dcscarga to observe th e movements of the enemy. :,,4,eral Al ca l a was still at Tolosa yesterday, and, ac „-I'llitig to credibl e persons, still adhering to E s p ar t ero , et," q declaring that if driven into Saint Sebastian, he l (~., ~,u'd defend the fortress to the last extremity. Colone ,oande z is traversing the coast raising recruits, and tti.ls.fied that if he can preserve his communications with VtiruNondo, and be able to procure arms, he will not want il tY of soldiers. We have no knowled g e of the actual f t) ion of Ibero with his party. Elorrio, the officer who e 0ti 41 ." - rIY belonged to the Chapelgorris, is still, with . r . .,. ,41.,. n ; a old comrades, attached to Esparte_ro. In Biscay the liiiic,‘" of Portugalette followed the . movement of that 'to as soon as it was known. From Bilbao we learn Zt o,to column o f f our hundred infantry has been tltin Guipuzcoa and must by this time hare joined gov"itastonda. The intelligence already given o f the Se battalion having declared in favour of the Queen confirmed, and we are assured that another battalion affirmed that tia-si followed the example. At Bilbao it is il, : 4nPortant fortress of Santana, as well as the fortified ) (411 , t of Laredo and Castro-Urdiales, have also declared daub"r Queen's cause. We have no express reason . for . b bt ing the truth of this information, but it requires to atrriv:atirened. The son of General Zurbano, who had land, 1,41 Madrid with the news of the events at Pampe 3PatehZnt off quickly afterwards to Logrono with det . et 1 . .._ • It appears that it is the provincial regimen go,7"rt'do whitdi has followed the example of that of Se : u rt l• It is asserted also that it has already reached t o 1, 4 ,1 4 . on its march to Bilbao. General Alcala appears 4,4 s4Clined to fall back on St. Sebastian. has a.l 611° • 1 t ( Iff h . b nd whence it is inferred ho will • it Y toll „ is a ' letter tolls " A. c . 1. ' 4 1 Bayonne of the 10th inst.. says : brouNit°llricr from our Charge d'Affaires at Madrid th at'e,' ; ' lll , account of the repression of the attempt in arre,t;tht'u• further details have arrived to-day. .The • „ligen t ; ° ,, rl the 7th were not confined to a few subordinate -eri a3 - I„," t it it is not true, as stated, that the Duke de numb' "‘e Spanish Ambassador at Paris, was among the __ 1. et.. It was in the evening of the 7th that the con bet,)c'oP ators attempted to seize possession of the palace by a ll:, do "in, and thus gain the persons of Queen Isa wer; , a nd her sister. The Regent and M. Arguelles the. b oth aware of the intent. The Regent remained in do u b a l l' it i rtinent of the princesses while the guards were n ot rnea`deand cannon were planted. The artillery was gallantr,,. use, of. The lialbardiers behaved with great s , ~e n o r m ..,Tais special corps is composed only 0 0 ,•, 1 . cc -8 and one hundred and fifty-one men , tB . c of them were wounded. It was impossible for the napt to succeed, as the moment it was made part of ..ti.le,,g.rrison came to the defence of the palace. The. the continued throughout the night, particularly part of the army, several of whom 41%ti.°1—err0e(s;tet m the streets by the solers who remained faithful to I4'spartero. The gates oft he city are rigidly guarded that none of the confederates may escape. Don Diego Leon, and other chiefs are in prisbn. The Regent commanded the troops in person, and narrowly escaped being shot. On the mornift of the Bth, Madrid was entirely occupied by the army. Not a single voice of the people encouraged the nocturnal plot, although plenty of money was distributed at the Puerta del Sol and in other suspicious quarters. The National Guard was unanimous in its reprobation of the movement. It is confirmed that a part of the garrison has been marched towards the Basque provinces and Navarre. Espartero was able without danger to send away a portion of his troops, all of whom he reviewed on the Bth. The ac counts sent by Sir Arthur Aston to the British Consul at Bayonne are perfectly in accordance with these." The garrison of Estelle, according to the Indicateur of Bordeaux, has declared for the Queen Regent. The Memorial of Bordeaux mentions a rumour current in That city that Generals Borso di Carminati, Cordova (brother of the chief better known by that name), and Balbao, had b een t r i e d b y a C ourt -M art i a l f or partici pating in an attempt at insurrection in Madrid on the 4th inst.; and that Espartero intended to be at Vittoria by the 11th or 12th with a large force. "We have just had communicated to us," says the Commerce, " a letter from the Spanish frontier, written by one of the most influential Generals of the Christino party.P: According to this document, it appears that illareal, Gomez, and all the Carlist Generals in France, aro ready to enter Spain to support the pretensions of Queen Christina, but that the proclamation of O'Donnell has discontented them all from its promising the fueros, in the name of the legislative powers which have hitherto refused them. It was wished that the Queen should overthrow the Constitution, and should give the guaran tee of the fueros by her own authority. In other quar ters the discontent was very great when it was seen that the Queen relied for support on the Clergy. It appears certain that the Queen is agreed with Don Carlos, and that a project of marriage has been decided between the eldest son of Don Carlos and Queen Isabella. Maria Christina did not dare to avow this in the Proclamation, but it is a fact upon which hardly any doubt can now be entertained." The Siecle has the following :—lt is said that there have really been conferences between the partisans of Don Carlos ; and those of Maria Christina, as a journal has already stated. The latter proposed that her (laughter, Isabella IL, should marry the eldest son of Don Carlos, who in that way would become the Queen's husband. Don Carlos, on his side, wanted his son to be proclaimed king, and a marriage afterwards con tracted by him with young Isabella. Neither party, up to tltis moment, have made any concession ; but if the st,t - empt of insurrection is repressed, if Esportero tri umphs over the intrigues and plots against him, some think that Maria Christina would accept the .ultimatum of legitimacy. The remainder of the Carlist army would then join O'Donnell and his adherents. The Christinos and the Carlists would then league against the revolutionary party ;. there would bo a deadly war between the two principles, and God knows what would be the and of the calamities into which Spain would be dragged. INAUGURATION OF THE STATUE TO ARMINIUS, THE "DELIVERER OF GER MANY." DETTMOLD, SEPT. 8, 1841.—1 t would appear almost an unheard-of thing, that, after eighteen centuries had thrown their forgetful darkness over the name and me- mory of Arminius, the very spot on which his vic tories were gained and his patriotism developed, should, at this remote day, behold again his image. Yet so it is ; upon a hill that overlooks the broad extent of the Hercynian forest, in whose " empire, dark with shade," Arminius won the laurels of his fame, there has for several years past been erecting to him a monumental statue. At length the solid marble has been sculptured, and the artist's chisel completed its work. On the Bth September, at Dettmold, which borders on the ancient forest, and which is still strewn with re lics of the ancient times, the mayor and authorities of the locality, with crowds of persons from all par:s of the vicinity, were present at the inauguration of him whom Germany, in her younger days, acknowledged as " the deliverer" of her land and soil. " Who, then, was Arminius?" exclaims one-half of the world at the present day. Few, indeed, know; and it is only the painful scholar, who throws open his musty Tacitus, and bids you read the " Germany," that can set before you whole pages, luminous with the achievements of this self-same Arminius, and lustrous with eulogies on his prowess and patriotism. Let not the reader fear, now that he awaits an introduction to this ancient hero, that some " grim Visigoth " will appear, prone to slaughter and ferocity; since he of whom we speak, before he became the sterner patriot, was as famous a young Knight as Chivalry ever loved, and as perfect in gallantry as the sweetest Julia or Octavia of Rome could desire. Arminius, though known to scholars best by this name from its Latin form in Tacitus, appears in the original German as Hermann, son of one of the Princes a the Cherusci ; his father's name was Sigimer, which, in the old German, signifies afamous conqueror. The great German provinces on the banks of the Rhine, Elbe, and Saal, had long been, from their turbulence, a thorn in the Roman side, and this Government, there fore, thinking to secure its most powerful men by adopt ing their sons, and installing them in the honours of Rome, transplanted many of the children of the Chiefs to its own soil, endowed them with a Roman education, and wrapped them in, the purple of its own bosom. Young Hermann, or Arminius, was one of these. Noble of bearing, and dauntless of c o urage , h e ro d e p rou dl y among the knights or equites of Rome, who little dreamed that in their glittering company Arminius wore the spurs and brandished the sword, which was one day to be their sorest havoc. Princely. favour and the charms of learning were in sufficient to make the young barbarian forget his early associations and his country's gods. lie bore in his heart remembrances of his home, his childhood, and his own dark hills, and Roman education had the effect to teach him how to conquer his instructors. Regarding the Romans only as oppressors of his country, Arminius, a high patriot at twenty-one, con ceived himself not bound to Roman courtesy or care, and in secret he formed a powerful confederacy and fomented the hatred of his own German compatriots. An opportunity soon offered itself, whereby Arminius, grieved that the Roman yoke should so severely gall his countrymen, rushed into the career marked out by him self of being his country's deliverer. Varus, the Roman general, with some of the finest cohorts of the empire, was sent to retake him on his desertion, and along with him, as a strange equipage, he brought a multitude of lawyers, to try Arminius on his re-seizure. Arminius, ambuscade, anniliilated them all. The lawyers, too, were the especial object of the soldiers' spite : one in stance . alone will suffice :—A soldier having torn the tongue out of one of these legists, cried, as lie held the trophy still wagging in his hand, " Viper, now cease to hiss !" At the first news of this terrible defeat, and the de structionr of his most superb regiments, Augustus, in his palace at Rome, tore his garments, and for many months after, says Suetonius, was heard to cry aloud, " Quin t Mus Yarns, give me back my legions !" • This great defeat of thp troops of Yarns took place at Dettmold, the very spdt on which the present Statue is erected, and the whole vicinity of the place abounds to this day with military relics and memorials of the affair. At a later century, it was here that Charlemagne, on passing, found an image of a great warrior, whom they called Hermann, and which, he says, was the ob ject of the most fervent adoration of all the people whom he fought with, but which has long since perished. Heavy vengeance was now prepared by Rome against youthful patriot. Germanicus with his cohorts rushed down upon the German territory, defeated Ar minius, and his wife, then pregnant, was taken prisoner. This allows of ene of those exquisite episodes, which, beautiful in their simplicity, so adorn the pages of Ta citus. This great painter represents her with her to folded, and her gaze fixed upon the bosom which then carried the .son of the Deliverer of Germany—" Com pressis infra sinum manibus, gravidum uterum intucns :This son, of whom his beloved wife was pregnant when captive, was afterwards brought up at Ravenna, and un -derwent misfortunes, the particulars of which Tacitus promises to relate, but they have not reached us. Nothing daunted by this defeat, Arminius rose up the prouder, formed a new confederacy, and his uncle Inguiomerus, a chieftain of great power, clad anew his hosts in iron, and marshalled them for another conflict. Shut up in the fastnesses of a woody and morassy land, Arminius waited the Romans, and the attack that en sued ended in a drawn battle. Gerinanicus rested for a whole year before he again ventured to attack this sturdy patriot, when the following singular circumstance took place :—Arminius had a brother, named Flexing, adopted into the hostile army, and serving under Roman arms. The two brothers had a conference across the blue waters of the river which ran between them, and each urged the other, by every art of eloquence, to engage th e ot h er to hi s own party. Tacitus, who describes th e scene , puts i nto the mouth of Arminius every noble sentiment of patriotism and inde pendence, but the ultimate issue was that they parted frowning, and with mutual reproaches and menaces. Germanicus passed the Wes2r. Two bloody combats ensued. The Germans were defeated, and Arminius him self was disabled by a wound. Ambition at last seems to have caught his eye, and tho gold crown of his nation dazzled his heart. The treachery of his kindred, and the jealousy of his coun trymen interposed to. hinder this assumption of sove reignty, and while yet the early strength of manhood was in his reins, and the fire of youthful patriotism un quenched in his eye, the hand of assassins struck Armi nius to death, in his thirty-seventh year. Shortly before his fall, Adgantestes, Prince of the Celts, proposed to the Roman Senate to dispatch him by poison ; but the Senate sent for answer " that the Roman people never carried on a treacherous war ; they fought as open and generous enemies." " Doubtless," says Tacitus, " Arminius was the de liverer of Germany. Twelre years he stood at the head of his country's armies, and contended, not like other Kings and l ea d ers , w ith the juvenile force of Rome, but with its mature strength." The historian further as serts that he w as i n his day " still celebrated in the songs of the b ar b arous nations, though unknown to Greece, and not enough noticed by R o man writers." In his ow n country, Brotier remarks an a note, even divine honour s were long paid to him, under the title of the God Irnain. The sentiments expressed by Tacitus show such ge nerous candour for the age in which he lived, that we give them i n hi s own beautiful language %—" Liberator baud dubie Germanite, et qui non priraordia poptili Ro mani, sicut alii rege s d ucesque, sed florent i ss i mumi ▪ mpe num lacesveritpraeliis ambiguus, bello non vi▪ ctus Septem et triginta annos vitai duodecim potential exple vit: canitnrque adhuc barbaras spud gentes; Grxcornm ann:ilibus ignotus, qui sua tantiuu rairantur : Romanis hand pepnde celebris dum vetera extollimus, recentium inctuiosi." He who dwells a moment upon the results of the re sistance and victories of Arminius, will find that the present age of Gertn.;:. l v, re mote though it be from la -3 the epoch of the h ero ,`hig m ai ; and pressing sons why homage should be done to his b By these victories Armini u s preserved to Germttny ancient institutio ns w hi c h she now reveres, and kept in ame. unmixed purity the primitive beauty of the German tongue. The whole character of Germany, literary and political, would have been different from what it now is had it not been for him ; for had the Romans remained in quiet possession of the country, they would have given a tone to all things around them, ea they have done in all other European regions. The language of the, Ger mans has thus remained unmixed and uninfluenced by Latin. had not Arminius crushed the Raman power in Germany, an idiom similar to the French and Spanish would have been spokyn there, where now a language and literature exist of a peculiar and original character. What wonder is it, then, that the remembrance of this hero is so dear ? What wonder that the poet should have sung of him in lofty measures ? Klopstock, the divine author of the " Messiah," has written two poems, of which Arminius is in both the majestic theme ; and Lolienstein's "Arminius" had the greatest success, at an epoch even when German taste was scarcely. formed. Schmidt, the venerable historian of Germany, has drawn a fine picture of Arminius, whom, in common with hi s countrymen, he considers the first of patriots. his new Statue now invests him with a new immortality. HULLAH'S SINGING-CLASSES IN EXETER.UALL. Since the opening of the normal school of vocal music, established under the authority of the Education Com mittee of the Privy Council, and conducted by Mr. Hullah, the success of this institution has greatly sur passed the highest expectations entertained. School masters and schoolmistresses hare come from all parts of the kingdom to en ro l th em selves as pupils; and the four classes of which it consists aro now attended by nearly four hundred persons. The members of these classes, impressed with a strong feeling of the benefits they have derived from Mr. Hullah's instructions, re solved to present him with a piece of plate, as a testi monial of their respect and gratitude. For this purpose a meeting took place in Exeter-hail yesterday evening at seven o'clock. The lesser ball was completely crowded by the pupils, and a number of friends of the institution who were invited to.be present. Lord Wharneliffe, as President of the Council, was in the chair. The business was opened by Dr. Kay, who explained the purpose of the meeting—to make a public demon- . stration of gratitude to Mr. Hullah, and at the same time give some public evidence of the results of his instruc tions. They then proceeded to sing several exercises and pieces of music, conducted by cue of their own number (Mr. Wrighton), who showed, in this manner, how he had been taught to teaeh others. They began by sing ing, in unison, the ascending and descending scales, and then executed pieces of vocal harmony in two and three parts, some of which were exceedingly beautiful. A little song or hymn, in three parts, called " Christmas," was sung with such expression and sweetness as to be truly charming. These pieces were sung, sometimes by all the voices of one sex, and sometimes by the whole male and female voices together ; and the accuracy of their time, their truth of intonation, and attention to the delicacies of effect produced by swelling or subduing the voice—all performed without the aid of any accompani ment whatever—were really astonishing. In the extreme simplicity of some of these choral songs, there was some thing actually sublime. The meeting was then addressed by Mr. Cuthbertson, who had been deputed by his fellow-students to present the testimonial, which was a magnificent silver salver, apparently of great value. After expressing, with great feeling, the sentiments which led to this mark of grati tude, he placed the salver in the hands of Lord Wharn cliffe. His Lordship delivered it to Mr. Hullah, who re turned thanks in a speech received with the warmest applause. Thanks were then voted to Lord Wharncliffe and the distinguished visitors present. Mr. Hullah him self then put his musical troops through several exercises of a higher order than those which had gone before, comprising some fine compositions of Durante, Purcell, and other great masters, which were accurately and ef fectively performed. Amonj the company we observed Lord and Lady Wharncliffe, Lady Stuart de Rothesay, Lady Canning, the Hon. and Rev. Eden, Mrs. and Miss Eden, the Hon. Mr. Lefevre, Dr. Kay, Harry Chester, Esq., Harrison, Esq., Joseph Kay, Esq., Lady Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. TutTnell, and Mr. Tremenhore. We also ob served Mr. Moscheles. • LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE AT SHEERNESS. For the last throe or four days a most painful degree of excitement has prevailed in Sheerness, Queensborough, and Chatham, in consequence of the report that an old seaman, 56 years of age, belonging to her Majesty's ship Wellington, lying in ordinary in the Medway, near the Royal Dockyard, had been killed by a warrant officer of the same vessel. It appears, that on Thursday last, being pay-day, se veral boats came ashore from the different ships in the river. Amongst them was the crew of the Wellington, under the command of Mr. Ward, the warrant-officer. Among them were.two other seamen, named Kingdom and Sheppard, and a boy, besides Maxwell, the deceased. After the receipt of their pay they remained drinking On shore till after dark, with the exception of Maxwell and the boy. On leaving the inn at a late hour, they were scarcely able to walk to the ship's boat, then lying off the pier. They managed to crawl into it, and it was put off, Ward taking charge of the till er; M axwe ll, Kingdoni, Sheppard, and the boy manned the oars. The boat, instead of being steered down the river towards the spot where the Wellington was moored, was steered ,across, and ran ashore. Maxwell, finding this was the case, and being sober, offered to take charge of the tiller, saying, " Master, you had better let me steer for you." Ward, with an oath, replied, " If you think you can steer better than me, you had better come and do it." Maxwell got up for the purpose of going to the tiller, when the boat ran aground. Ward swore at Maxwell, declaring that it would not have happened if he had not made himself so officious. Maxwell made some reply, when Ward snatched up one of the stretchers of the boat, and struck Maxwell a violent blow with it on the face, which knocked him down. Maxwell got up, and a scuffle ensued, in the midst of which Ward pulled out a large clasp-knife, and, rushing towards him, swore " he would rip his b-y guts up." Maxwell, to avoid the blow, al rang towards the gunwale of the boat, and perceiving Ward following him, jumped overboard, and was seen no more. He was unable to swim. The statements of the crew differ ma terially, but the boy declares that Maxwell was knocked overboard by the blow, on the head by the stretcher, whilst ethers say he was swept away by the sea on jump ing over. The boy, however, was the only one sober, except the deceased. Ward was arrested and placed in custody on board the Ocean, line-of-battle ship, lying off the Dock-yard. Being intoxicated, a guard was placed over him. Sir John Hill, Captain Superintendent of the Royal Dock-yard, happened to be in London at the time of the occurrence, and it was expected that on his return on Monday last, he being a Magistrate, would assemble a Court of Inquiry into the matter. Ever since the occur rence watermen and others have been employed in drag ging the Medway for the body, but up to the time our informant left Sheerness yesterday, it had not been re covered. Maxwell bore an excellent character in the service, and was much respected. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN A CAE.-011WedrICS. day morning a young man, of gentlemanly appearance, hired a street-cab from olr the coach-rank in Padding , ton-street, Baker-street, desiring the driver to proceed as quick as possible to the residence of Mr. Yeatesnian, a gentleman residing in Earl street, Lisson-grove. - On the driver alighting from .the box, and opening the cab door, he found him with his head reclining against the side of the cab, and blood flowing copiously from a se vere incision which he inflicted in his throat with a razor that lay on the seat. lie was immediately con veyed into the house, and surgical assistance being promptly rendered, the wound was sewed up, and con siderable hopes are entertained for his recovery. The unfortunate gentleman was a nephew of Mr. Yeatesman. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS.-thivern ment are going to complete the improvements about Buckingham Palace by taking down the houses from Charlotte-street to James-street, including the Gun Tavern. The White Horse livery-stables are already closed for that purpose, and several of the houses. The parish almshouses at the upper end of York-street are to be removed. The Broadway chapel is already taken .down. Chapel-street and the south side of York-street are to be removed to make room for the new street that will pass through Emanuel Hospital into the Vauxhall bridge-road, to come out opposite the Standard public house. Those extensive gardens belonging to Emanuel Hospital will be let to build upon, which will considera bly enrich this charity ; they cover more than twelve acres of ground. RICHMOND PARK.--We extract the following from the Richmond Guide. At the present moment it is singularly appropriate :—" In 1758 Royalty experienced another mortification on account of this park. The Princess Amelia, daughter of George IL, excluded the public from the park, and the public dutifully submitted to the injustice, until a sturdy avenger arose in the per son of John Lewis, a brewer of Richmond, who, appeal ing to the laws of his country, recovered the right of entering the park. Lewis afterwards became poor, and it is gratifying to be enabled to add that the inhabitants of Richmond testified their gratitude by supporting him in comfort for the remainder of his life. His memory is Still venerated by them, and his p ortra i ts are eagerly sought for." It will foll o w, by the foregoing extract, that, although attempts may be made by persons in autho rity to curtail the enjoyments of the public, the latter are legally entitled to enter Richmond Park ; and it is to be hoped there is yet public spirit enough among the inhabitants of Richmond to enforce the rights of the public, particularly as the town owes its existence to the support of the visitors. MR. BUCKINGHA u.--This gentleman has been giving his lectures on America and the Americans, as well as on the Oriental countries in which he has tra velled, to large audiences, at Weymouth, Dorchester, Blandford, and Bridport, and proceeds from thence to Exeter, Plymouth, and other towns in the West, to which he has been invited. lie has written, on his journey, a Reply to the Article•of the Quarterly Review on his Work on America, which will appear, we under stand, among the announcements of the forthcoming Number of the Edinburgh Review, just about to be published. A WONDER IN .1-IORTICULTURE.-011 Tues day morning last a cauliflower was cut which, when stripped of its leaves, measured 45 inches in circumfe rence, and weighed the enormous weight of lnlbs. It was planted in the autumn of lust year, but did not show any symptoms of flowering until the beginning of Au gust last.—Sunderland Herald. LITERATURE. EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. CXLIX. It is singul ar t h at - t h e two m os t remarkable Longman, Lo n don, 1341. me.. in the m ili tary an d polLical annals of Bri tish Inca 7 ; Lord Clive and Warren Hastin,p, commenced their career .as commercial clerks at Calcutta. Neither one nor the other had been trained to the profession in which he was a fterwards so renowned, or bad the lights of m ; but was which would pre cedent wholly sett have overwhe -e.ducated, and at crises or experience to guide hi minds, was compelled to trust to his oN;''l Each attained the cled inferior . highest eminence h his own k. lndia • footing m as may resources. we now possess such • On, it is to Clive and bid defiance to all opposin '-irms of that power, denartment; and if Hastings, who laid the founda. the latter of that our chief gratitude is due. , oir is giVen these two eminent men a copious men., s. not in in the present Number, penned, howeve., • the the dispassionate spirit of a judge, but wan ardent zeal of an advocate. The Reviewer sets no bounds to his eulogiums on Warren Hastings' capacity; and when co m p e ll e d t o bl ame his prin ciples, does -so With the utmost gentleness. Obliged to admit that his hero's administration was not -seldom degraded by gross acts of fraud, oppression, and cruelty, lie yet endeavours to find .excuses for such acts—especially the trial and execution of Hastings' personal enemy, the Brahmin, Nuncomar—i n the peculiar circum stances of the country, and the trying situation in which he was placed. This is injudicious on the part of the Reviewer, for—however well-meant —it has the effect of injuring the memory of a great man, over whom the grave has long since closed, by reviving the old controversy respecting his character and conduct. The truth is, Warren Hastings was a statesman whose honesty and sense of justice none can extol but those who are determined to shut - their eyes to the truth. His general, capacity for legislation was unquestion able. Fertile in conceptio n , prompt in execu tion ; quick to perceive, and take advantage of, opportunities; calm and resolute in the midst of peril; full of confidence in his own resources, and never so much so as when, to all appearance, on the brink of destruction ;—Hastings possessed every requisite that a statesman should possess, except a high and guiding sense of right. To this he cannot lay the slightest claim. One feeling only influenced him during his long chequered career—namely, the gratification of his own per sonal ambition. He coveted power, as the miser covets gold. He was as fondly enamoured of as ever was Pygmalion of his statue. This lead ing feature of his character exhibited itself in earliest childhood, and did not desert him when, at past eighty years of age, he sighed for the idle distinction of a peerage. While at the head of Indian affairs, he knew there was but one way to maintain his authority—and this was, by filling the exchequer of the Company. He succeeded in his efforts, but how ? By sullying the honour , of the British army in the unprincipled Rehilla war; by acts of the grossest injustice and cruelty tower& the, Begum Princesses; by his plunder of the Mogul ; and, above all, by his unprincipled conduct towards the Rajah of Benares. He has been accused 'of a sordid love of gold; but this infirmity cannot be laid to his charge. If he was rapacious, it was for others, not for himself. He might have amassed a princely fortune. He came home, comparatively speaking, a poor man. When, in addition to what we have already said, we state that he was possessed of high literary acquirements, of stern inflexibility of purpose/ of a perseverance that no obstacles' could diminZab, of a courage that no dangers could daunt, we have said all that is necessary to give the reader a tolerably correct estimate of one of the most illustrious statesmen of the last century. In tracing the leading events of 'Warren Has tings' career, the Reviewer is naturally reminded of his inveterate enemy, Sir Philip Francis, whom he positively asserts to have been Junius, adding that " the external evidence is such as would support a verdict in a civil, nay in a criminal, proceeding." His reasoning on this point is cer tainly strong, but it is by no means conclusive ; and we admire its ingenuity rather than its force when, in order to establish his hypothesis, the Reviewer insists that Junius was no more of a democrat than Francis. Now, if ever there was a writer whose tendencies were decidedly demo cratic; who made it his chief boast that he wrote for the people ; that , his sympathies and preju dices were their's ; and that he regarded the pri vileged classes with jealousy, from their general %las ;n favour of prerogative, Junius was that He respected, Lord Chatham, chiefly be cause be was disliked at Court; and wrote up Wilkes, because he was a thorn in the side of Government. Nay, be objected to Horne Tooke that he was only half a democrat, and attacked him with the ferocity' ofu. savage, because he pointed out a few spots on the scutcheon of the great mob-leader of the day ! There was nothing of this stern democratic spirit in Francis. He was not one to go the whole hog with the people. He had a respect for established authority, and a leaning towards institutions, no matter how de fective, provided they were old. In remarking on the inequality of :Junius' writings, the Re viewer is equally unfortunate. The reasoning in one Letter is neither better nor worse than the reasoning in another ; the style is the same throughout; and the invective not less monoto nous. The character of Burke is admirably pourtra.yed ; but we demur to the assertion that in 1785 " his eloquence was out of date." On the contrary, it was more popular then than it had ever been, and never so much admired as during the first year of the impeachment of Warren Hastings. Of thisimposing . trial, Which, it may be remembered took place in Westmin ster Hall, we- have the tbllowing description, than which Scott never wrote anything more pic turesque : n an. The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus; the hall which had re sounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings; the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers; the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party inflamed with just resent ment ; the hall where Charles had confronted the high Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame. Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenu es were li ne d w i t h grena di ers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The Peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter King-at-Arms. The Judges, in their vestments of state, attended to give advice on points of law. Near a s hundred and seventy Lords, three-fourths of the Upper House, as the Upper House then was, walked in solemn order from their usual place of assem bling to the tribunal. The junior Baron prorent led the way—Lord Heathfield, recently : ennobled for his memo rable defence of Gibraltar against the fleets and armies of France and Spain. The long procession was closed by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of the realm, by the great dignitaries, and by the brothers and sons of the King. Last of all came the Prince of Wales, conspicuous by his fine person and noble bearing. The grey old walls were hung with scarlet. The long galleries were crowded by such un audience as has rarely excited the fears or the emulation of an orator. There were gathered together from all parts of a great, free, enlightened, and prosperous realm, grace and female loveliness, wit and learning, the representatives of every , science and of every art. There were seated around the Queen the fair-haired young daughters of the House of Brunswick. There the Ambassadors of great Kings and Common wealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present.. There Sid dons, in the prime of her majestic beauty, looked with emotion on a scene surpassing all the imitations of the stage. There the historian of the Roman Empire thought of the days when Cicero pleaded the cause of Sicily against Verres; and when, before a senate which had still some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. There were seen, side by side, the greatest painter and the greatest scholar of the age. The spectacle had allured Reynolds from.that easel which has preserved to us the thoughtful foreheads of so many writers and statesmen, and the sweet smiles of so many noble matrons. It had induced Parr to sus pend his labours in that dark and profound mine from which he had extracted a vast treasure of erudition—a treasure too often buried in the earth, too often paraded with injudicious and inelegant ostentation ; but still precious, massive, and splendid. There appeared the voluptuous charms of her to whom the heir of the throne had in secret plighted his faith. There, too, was she, the beautiful mother of a beautiful race, the aint Cecilia, whose delicate features, lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay. There were the members of that brilliant society which quoted, cri ticised, and exchanged repartees, under the rich peacock hangings of Mrs. Montague. And there the ladies whose lips, more persuasive . than those of Fox himself, had carried the Westminster election -against palace and treasury, shone round Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire. The Sergeants made proclamation. Hastings advanced to the bar, and bent his knee. The culprit was indeed not unworthy of that great presence. He had ruled an extensive and populous country, had made laws and treaties, had sent forth armies, had set up and pulled down Prieces. And in his high place he had so borne himself, that all had feared him, that most had loved him, and that hatred itself could deny him no title to glory, except virtue He looked lik e a great man, and r s y sP , ec h t ut not g l oomy ;—a mouth ;—a hi g h and intellectual not like a bad man. A person small and e mac i ate d , yet deriving dignity from a carriage which, whil e i t indi cated deierence to the Court , indicated a l so h a bi tua l forehead self-possession a brow and p s e l e f ni e- e of inflexible decision ;— . a face pale and worn, but se rene, on which wa s written, as legibly as under the great p!cture in the Council - chamber at Calcutta, Olenaqua mid arduis ;—such was the aspect with w hi c h t h e great Pro-Consul presented himself to hi s J u d ges. " The Letters on the Reign of William the Third" is an entertaining and instructi ve art i c l e , but it presumes a more familiar acquaintance with the period, on the part of its readers, than many, we fear, possess. The marked allusion to the "heavy heart" of William - is Perfectly war ranted by the memoirs of the time. Never did King ascend an English throne with such hopes, or experience such cruel disappointments. The very men who brought him over were the first to intrigue against him; Whig and Tory com bined to thwart his wishes; those whoth he had loaded with fitvours held secret correspoadenee with the exiled family; and th e l ast years of his reign were clouded by the mortifying conviction that he could trust nobody. Yet he dese rve d respect and gratitude, for if we except a few prejudices,. which it were scarcely to be ex pected he would leave behind him in his na tive dykes William was an upright, tole rant Sovereign, and though on an emergency he showed a disposition to stretch his prero gative too fia, it ,was because he was forced into severe measures by the desperate factions that then convulsed the country. Smohlett's character of this Prince is one of the chief de fects in a history full of blemishes. In the review of " Pepys's Memoirs and Correspondence" we think we can trace the lively pen of Leigh Hunt. portrait of the odd -natured Journalist is -(1 with eacommon grace and spirit, sketch. •.„ most portraits, it is somewhat too thou-rh apostacy and servile courtier flatterin. Pc, • be disposed of by a coin propensities are •to passionate shrug o f 1 , ie shoulders. The adven turer, who, commencing fife as a trooper under the Commonwealth, eras among the first to vo lunteer going to Holland, to .‘b..tch home the Royal family, is scarcely entitle°. to the gentle appellation of the " mos t har n ileo of turn- No man is " harmless" ivaao sets a bad eiample, whether in public or ..jr" pri vate life. The " Gypsies of Spain" is a reYiew which ought to have been interesting, but which is unaccountably dry and tedious. The same may be said of " Poor-law Reform," which seems to have been written with a pen dipped in laudanum. "British Field Spouts" abounds in piquant anecdotes, gathered from a variety of sources. Here is one respecting Naylor, a well known whipper-in :—" Naylor is considered a wag, and while he was at York a gentleman rode up to him, and addressed him thus : Now, Naylor, you must mind what you are at to-day, for Nimrod will be out, and will have you in black and white.' Lord bless you, Sir,' repliod Naylor, ' I have fbrgotten more than Nimrod will ever know.' " it is astonishing how few really original sayings there are in the world ! This repartee was first attributed to old Sergeant Maynard, upwards of a hundred years ago; it was then ascribed to Dr. Johnson; it then crossed the Atlantic, and was assigned to Dr. Priestley; then came back again, and was given to Dr. Parr; and now we find a Yorkshire whipper-in claiming it as his own property ! Talk of the travels of a Marco Polo! They are nothing to the travels of a joke. The following, however, are new to us; and with them we close our notice : It is no secret that Captain W lost an eye through the mal-adroitness of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, who, when the gallant officer gave vent to a little natural irritation at the circumstance, used to complain that " W- made such a fuss about his eye." There is a current anecdote, to the effect that a distin guished general, who had gone through the whole of the Peninsular campaigns without a scratch, once received two or three small shot in the legs during a shooting excursion. " Who fired that shot ?" " I," exclaimed the unconscious offender. , " Then bold up your hand." The hand was held up; bang went the General's fowl ing-piece, and a sharp peppering (though at seventy yards' distance) about the wrist, gave the youngster a lesson which he is not very likely to forgot. FINE ARTS. TIM' RHINE, ITALY, AND GREECE. Fisher, Landon, 1841. A more var i eu :Ind interesting Landscape An nual than the one be:..ire us, has not made its appearance for many a setn.—•"e The Rhine has been frequently illustrated writ:: more or less ability ; but never till now in com ,...ection with Italy and Greece. The union of the tti:ee ha s given the Editor an opportunity of furnishing' !Is with as picturesque a collection of scenic sketches as was ever yet assembled in one volume, and such as we may vainly seek in works which are confined to the illustration of the na tural and architectural beauties of one particular country. In turning over the leaves, the eye cannot rest on any one landscape that is not of a character to.. call forth the Warmest admira tion. Here, for instance, is a view of the " Castle of Thumberg on the Rhine." How majestic the aspect of the old fortress, crowning the summit of a steep and lofty crag, and throwing its dark shadow far across the " exulting, and abounding river" that glides swifty beneath it! On glancing at this impressive ruin, one's thoughts instantly revert back to the feudal ages, when its battlements bristled with cannon ; when some robber chief tain's banner waved from its topmost tower; and the glad voices of steel-clad warriors were heard in its festive halls. It looks cheerless and soli tary enough now; the walls are thickly over grown with moss and ivy; the towers arc roof less ; and not a chamber but seems open to all the winds and rains of heaven. We never saw a more perfect picture of stern desolation, not even among those wild mountain scenes which Sal vator Rosa loved to paint. It is the very anti podes of one of Claude's sunny, cheerful land scapes. Of course, such a castle could not be long without its characteristic legend; and ac cordingly we learn that it is haunted by a fiendish enchantress, in the shape ofa WhitelNlaiden, who is addicted to all sorts of goblin pranks; and once upon a time decoyed a noble youth within the ruin, where she hocussed and burked him with all the skill and coolness of a Bishop or a Williams. " Isola Lecchi on the Lego di Guarda" is a scene of a totally different character. It is all smiles and softness, and sleeps beneath as clear and brilliant a sky as ever hung over that fairy-land, of which Collins, as Johnson tells us, was so fond of dreaming. The little island which forms the middle ground of the picture is fringed with luxuriant copses, above which peeps an Italian villa, remarkable for its chaste architecture; and in distance, to the verge of the horizon, ap pears a long billowy range of Alpine 'rocks and • mountains. lii front, the clear, sparkling waters of the Lake stretch away on either side, as if to infinity, and one or two boats arc floating lazily on its bosom, under the guidance o f Italian peasant-girls. This attractive plate, the original design for which has been furnished by Leitch, does credit to the taste of the artist, whose lightness and freedom of touch are everywhere apparent. The " Temple of Jupiter Panhelle nius at iEgina," is a magnificent ruin placed on a worthy site. If we remember rightly, Lord Byron has described this striking vesture of antiquity in one of the earlier cantos of his "Childe Ihrolde." Of the various Venetian sketches, we may say with perfect truth, that they are far superior to the generality of similar sketches ; and the Edi tor's literary descriptions form an admirable ac companiment to them. One hasty remark, how ever, we must correct. In speaking of Venice, we are told that " it ta me ly submitted to the arms of France," in 1797. .Now this is not the case. The city submitted only because it had no alternative left. Itcould oppose no adequate force to the invading hosts of Napoleon ; it was deserted by its allies; and was, besides, reduced to extreme weakness by the democratic and aris tocratic factions that raged within it. In a word, it fell because its hour was come. THE DRAWING-BOOM SCRAP-BOOK. Fisher, London, 1841. The appearance of this Annual forcibly re minds us of poor L. E. L., who for some years was its avowed editor, and contributed to its pages not a few of her best poems. It is now produced under the superintendence of Mary Howitt, a lady well qualified for the task, inasmuch as she combines talent with industry, and just that fine tact which is so much needed in works of this sort. ller own compositions are among the best in the volume, which isaccording them no mean praise, for much of the prose and verse is far above the general run of Annual productions ; and we may point out for especial praise the dramatic sketch entitled " A Dream of Life," which is characterised not less by fancy than by feeling. The " Cypress Tree" is another able poem, the thoughts in which, though occasionally ex pressed somewhat quaintly, are yet true to nature; and, as such, will find an echo in the heart of every reader. But it is the pic torial embellishments that lend its chief value to the " Drawing-room Scrap-book." Some of these are exqusite, and all are above mediocrity. Their variety, too, is surprising. Every quarter of the globe has been laid under contribution— made to supply the materials of illustration. The " Interior of the Great Temple at Balbec" presents to the eye one of those striking scenes which, once seen, are never afterwards forgotten. The ruins are of the most imposing gran deur; vast in dimension, of wonderful solidity, and exhibiting specimens of the purest architec ture. The group in the foreground, who are seated on some broken pillars, tend gre a tl y to relieve the scev.e, which would otherwise be one of unbroken gloom and soli tu d e . T he " City of Pestilence" is engraved—and well engraved—b - Lightfoot, from an original sketch by b a French artist named Mignard. It is a realisation of the descriptions given by Defoe in his " rlistory of the PlalTe," and by Wilson in his noble dramatic poem on the same subject. Sights of the most ghastly nature meet the eye in whatever direction it turns. In one place, a, ► mother is administering a cordial to an infected daughter, apparently at her last gasp; in an other, a craven husband is turning away with horror and disgust from his wife whom the plague has just seized. Here, a reckless group is shouting and revelling in the very madness of despair; there, corpses are lying-, piled confusedly one upon another, as on one of Na , poleon's great battle-fields. But we wil lingly turn from these ghastly objects to the " Three Sisters"—an engraving executed with the utmost care, and representing three as lovely women, glowing with youth and health, as even Lawrence himself ever poutrayed on canvas. The majority of the plates are not un worthy to vie with these; but, indeed, the "Drawing-room Scrap-book" has always been remarkable for the beauty (Wits embellishments, and the present volume fully equals its prede cessors. VENTILATION OF THE NEW - - - --- HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. REPORT BY THE LORDS' SELECT COMMITTEE. That the Committee have met and considered the matter to them referred, and have examined witnesses thereon, and have come to the following resolution, viz. " Resolved—That it appears from the evidence of Mr. Barry, that the only expense necessarily to be in curred in the course of the next six months, with the view of making preparation for the adoption of the plans prepared by Dr. Reid, for ventilation of the new Houses of Parliament, by means of a central tower, consists in strengthening the foundation of the central saloon; that, under these circumstances, and advertin g to the fact that, according to the evid ence o f D r . Reid, he is still engaged upon a course of experiments upon the subject of the ventilation of the Houses of Parliament, it appears to the Committee that it is not necessary to owe to a final decision upon the matter referred to them before the next session of Parliament." That the Committee recommend in the meantime that authority be to Mr. Barry to increase the strength of the foundation of the central saloon as ad verted to by Mr. Barr:, in case it should be found ne cessary, before the next session of Parliament, to pro ceed with the foundations of that part of the building. October 1, 1841. Their Lordships examined only two witnesses—Dr. Reid and Mr. Barry, the architect. The following are extracts from the evidence : The Lord President in the Chair (September 27.) David Boswell Read, Esq., Mai., examined. Do you think it desirable to carry the air from the new Houses of Parliament through one chimney in the manner which has been proposed ?—I do. Will you explain the course which the air would take in passing through the buildings, and the way in which you propose to manage it?—This is a general illustrative section (producing a section), intended to represent the principle, not the details. We find that the air as it is discharged generally from various alti tudes in London passes horizontally much more fre frequently than in any other direction ; hence, it' there was a considerable discharge of foul air from any chimney or shaft, either from the houses or the neighbourhood, it blight enter at one part of the building but not at an other; it is accordingly recommended that there should be two openings provided for the ingress of fresh air, so that if the external air were blowing in one direction, and the foul air being discharged in the same line, one of these might be shut, and the other being opened we should have a purer atmosphere introduced, while at the same time the natural force of the wind filling with a plenum movement all then chambers below, and there tending to pass into all the several apartments from this reservoir in the basement, and having been led sub sequently into the individual apartments, its entrance into each of those being regulated by valves, its own .ascending power, arising from the heat communicated to it, would not be lost, but added, as it were, to the original impetus communicated by the wind, and tend to convey it from each individual apartment till it all centered in this large shaft ; so that, were this shaft adopted, or any central discharge equivalent to it, there would be at all times and seasons a power of movement upon the atmosphere throughout the whole of the buildings which would perpetually renovate the t jr, whether machinery were employed or nat. :Out it is ~,,..eidered desirable (more especially since I have a een at the bb: of the House of Lords fuly nine Alernbers of the House of Commons upon every square yard, that is, a man to every foot), in order to check and prevent entirely the draughts which under those circumstances are apt to be perceived if a qufliciency of air bo intro duced, to assist from time to time a mechanical power whenever the apartments are crowded, by placing ' machinery nntier the central ball ; so that even on thote days when the air is dull and sluggish, from a simi larity of temperature within and without, this moving power may be brought intu operation in suL t elping the proper quantity of air without incurring the risk of partial draughts at the doors. Further, it has been recommended strongly, that while fire-places may be introduced in the individual apartments, still it would be important to warm the air genera l ly in the centre, which may be considered the heart of the building ; so that, instead of local currents flowing unequally, there would be a general warmth communicated to the atmosphere of the whole building, so as to sustain not only the apartments but also the passages at a comparatively uniform temperature. It has been further suggested,con nected with the general outline represented here, that smoke might be entirely avoided mar: particular kinds of fuel adopted which arc quit: competent tt,.prod nee a cheer ful and ageealle-looking fire, as I an prcpa:ed to demon strate by models, and also by fire-places whici , have been constructed for the purpose, the flues being led from each individual apartment, and being carried ie to fire proof channels communicating with the central ,shaft. Then the risk of fire would be very much avoided, all sweeping would be rendered unnecessary, for whic: , there is a very considerable expenditure annually even in the present buildings ; and at the same time, while comparative security from fire and general ventilation would be attained, there would be a complete and en tire prevention of all return of smoke, or even where no visible smoke was produced, all return of foul air from the chimneys would be utterly and entirely averted, from the certainty of discharge insured by the power of draught in the central shaft. Suppose this to be the east and that to be the west, if the wind is in the east you bring the air in here by this valve, and you shut the other valve ?—Yes. Then the air coming in here, you bring it to that point, and it expels the foul air up this chimney ? It does. I would beg to add, that since I had anything to do with these houses, I have sometimes found that the demand for air is exceedingly great. On the late occa sion, when Parliament first met, which is the first time that there have been crowded houses in the auturno,so tar as I have had an opportunity of observing, we found that 50,000 cubic feet per minute was far too small : in both houses they called for a larger supply of air, and I was obliged to put on additional power by the action of heat, which increased the supply to abort 70,000 cubic feet per minute. Now, the observation I wish to connect with that is simply this, that if the pure air be driven down into those vaults below which have been left expressly for this purpose, then, during warm and oppressive weather, we shall not only bo able to obtain air of comparative purity, but we shall also have the power of cooling this atmosphere in those extensive vaults, which will warm the air as much in winter as they will cool it in summer. Would it bo possible to apply this method of let ting in the pure air and driving out the foul air only to the Houses of Lords and Commons, without extending it to the other apartments, and would that decrease the expense very considerably ?—lt would certainly de crease the expense considerably, but I should question whether it would increase the comfort, or whether it would diminish the annual expenditure. After the ex periments which I made with one hundred people in an apartment constructed expressly for this purpose, I found that the great difficulty in all cases of ventilation was, that when a great amount of air was required, when a number of individuals sat within a certain space, there were sensible currents. This led me to the idea of uni versal diffusion in introducing the air, which forms the principal peculiarity of my plans ; but in adapting that universal diffusion to the new Houses it occurred to me that if certain arrangements are permitted con nected with the mode of placing the seating, the same extent of diffusion might be obtained without the risk of any portion of the air coming through a part of the floor on which a foot had trod. I would also beg to be permitted to s a y anot h er word upon this point, namely, that even with universal diffusion, it is difficult to reduce sensible currents It is found that in this city there is a difference of temperature extending to a range of thirty-five degrees as far as different indivi duals like or dislike the atmosphere introduced. An average, therefore, can only be attained under such circumstances ; and in endeavouring to attain this, and knowing the desires and requests which are continually urged upon those who are in attendance for the pur pose of regulating the state of the atmosphere, I think I have at last ascertained that by introducing air in a large quantity, and at a more elevated temperature than is generally given, there is less dissatisfaction connected with the amount of supply than in any other way . . • • Are you aware that frequently Peers have been ob _ liged to lea ve th e i r sca t s on acco unt of the currents of air that c a m e i n a t th e b ac k o f the neck? I have to b the -e informed th a t th e y h ave , and I attribute this conflicting opinions entertained by different P e ers as to amount, currents can be checked in an insta . nt the amount of supply required, for the t f o or a e n e y of these by the present arrangements, were inirutctions given to that.. t e e ffect. demands lt are mafrequentlyde ad postmoment.a t he most. may ho I was limited to the House of Lords were introduced , eat happen s thesam e t be permitted to state, that when the alterations in a given sum before any estimate was made, the Com mittee considering it notesirahie to expend a larger sum when they had the prospect of occupying the new Houses in a few years. At the time th at sum was allowed I represented at the Office of Woods that it would be desirable to make some addition to it at all events, which was agreed to as 1 represented, as I was !J: VENING SU afraid li should do more harm than good if some in crease. or. is not allowed ; bat it was impossible with the sum that was granted to put it exactly upon the saute footing su the House of Commons. Suppe! ing, that the Committees of the Ileuses of P4rliatr, es It were to decide against having this great tower or spire, in what way would you thou propose to conduct v.be ventilition should propose under those eircums'ai aces to retain everything. else as it is repre sented, I.sut to have the movin g power here (pointing to the mac hincr; under the central ball) increased to such an cite: tt az to possess an equivalent power to th e t ota l discharve of the s h a f t . I n the plan contemplated the moving power is proposed to be the shaft, conjoined with to achinery to ba used on particular occasions ; t h en , if the shaft be dispensed with, it would be. neces sary to Ettcrease the moving power. Mr. Charles thrry examined. You are aware of the plln which has been proposed by Dr. -Reid for the purpose of ventilating t..e row Houses - 1i:- Parliament, and the buildings geoerelly ? I ant quite aware of it. And you have prepared a plan with reference to it ? —I have. Dr. Reid having stated the advat.t)ge of a central egress fOr the a;r, ycu have prepared a drniving (..f acldit.on to the building in the centre fur that purp.iso ? —I have. How high is it to be above the roof of the ir..esent building —The height above the central hall of the intended building will be 150 feet to the aperture beneath the spire. Then is all above that solid masonry ?—No ; it would be hollow, an d m i g ht b e pi erce d f or t h e egress of air. Th, , re would be no difficulty in making the spire available tor the egress of air, as well as the louvcr beneath it. Would there be any necessity for this addition of the tower f,r any other purpose but for the ventilation of the houses'?—There is not any positive necessity for it, except far the purpose of carrying into full tffect the proposed eystem of ventilation. But there is co other reason why you would wish to have this Additional building ?--I cannot say that acre is no other reason, because I think that the addition of a tower t o tile intended building, in the siteatiou and of the form proposed, would enhance considerably the im portance u.pd picturesque effect of the mass, and there fore upon cinat account I should be anxious to hare it adopted. Have you made as estimate, and are you, therefore, enabled to state what the additional expense would be of the erecton proposed for the purpose of ventilatieg, independently of the fire-proofing and the apparatus ? Independently of the fire-proofing the expense of the ventilating tower would be 20,000/., of which about 8,000/. or 10,000/. may be considered for external de coration. Under any principle of ventilation, supposing several egresses to be made in different parts of the building, it would be equally necessary to have flues for that pur pose ?—Certainly. Therefore the whol3 sum of 86,000 is not fairly attri butable to the tower alone ?—Certainly not ; only 20,0001. of that amount is applicable to the tower. Therefore the increased expense of the proposed tower, beyond the expense of ventilating by means of several egresses, would be only 20,000/.2—That would be the actual cost of the tower itself ; but if Dr. Reid's system of warming and ventilating should be adopted, the differealce in the cost occasioned by the central tower would be about 10,000/., as in case of dispensing with it other works would be necessary, the cost of which would be above 10,000/. This is including the provision of making the whole of the floors fire-proof ?—Yes. The estimate of 86,0001. includes the cost of the works which are necessary to render the entire building fire-proof. What part of the banding was originally intended to be fire-proof P—The whole of the public rooms of the building were intended to be fire-proof, such as the two houses, the committee-rooms, the libraries, &e., as well as the whole of the basement and ground floors, but not the official residences. Was. the roof intended to be fire-proof?—No ; the roof is proposed to be framed of timber in the usual way. Is this system of ventillation intended to apply to the official residences as well as the committee-rooms and the houses themselves ?—I understand so. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. The following are the results of " A Tablo of Mortality i■ the Metropolis, showing the Number of Deaths from all Causes Registeren in the week ending Oct. 9, 1141." Tko Table is issued from the Office of the Registrar-General : CAUSES or DEATH. Weekly Total. Average 1838-9-4 - 0 Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases l4B 204 Diseases of the Brain, Nerres, and Senses 126 151 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of lichiiir:tion Diseases of the Hea-t and 13loocivessels Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other _ Org.ns of agestion Diseases of the Kidn:ys, &c. Chilobed, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &e 1 1 Disea sea of Uncertain Seat Old A go, or Natural Decay 4B 71 Deaths. by Violence, Privation, or Intemperance 25 25 Causes riot specified 7 8 Deaths from all causes Bl6 - Average Weekly Deaths Deaths in the Average Weekly Week. Deaths, IP3R-9-4 - 0 Western Districts ..... ... 118 ...... 1 39 Na.-th Districts Central Districts 159 . ••••• 190 East Districts South Districts ... Total Bl6 9•X It is stated that under the term Metropolii are comprised the 32 districts herein mentioned, which include the City if Lon don with and without the walls, the City and Liberties erf Westminster, the out-parishes within the Bills of lt/ortelity, and the parishes of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, Kensington, Fulham, Hammersmith (Chapelry), St. Luke (Chelsea), Pad ,:ington, St. Mary (Stoke Newington), St. Leonard (Bros* I cy ,), St. Mary-le-bow, Camber A ill, Greenwich, St. Nicholas and L. t. Paul (Deptford), and Woolwich. The p o p u l a ti on , as : cnumm xted in 1831, was 1,594,890. The weekly average for 1838, 180 , and 1810, was obtained by dividing the de a th s i n the three years by 156. T x mPEILATITAI IN THE WEEKS ENDING Oct. 2. Oct. 9. 67' 61° 49 48 59 54 14, 1811. Highest Loivest ll,kily Mean ....... ........ . General rte,gister Office, Oct. turgid secureotr : t. ht .. o, r the sth inst., sloop, believed to be the on Tuesday, Dundee, a Captain Rollo, laden THREE MEN DztowNED.—During the gale Margaret and Mary of . with coals Berrovlstouness. Carrying too was seen to go down off was thrown nearly on her from Alloa, having three persons , on . board, much canvass, as it is said, she . It . . . beam-ends with her mainsail in the water. is contec which do not seem to have been properly by the hatches, that while in this position she had filled with water d as one has sincebeenfound floating. On right , gave lurch or two, and went . right ing, a , The Diana, for Grangemouth, wAs within a few vessel a heavy yard s , . torm, her, but being to leeward, a n d lia,.ing lost th e i r bunt the crew could ren d er ac: ass i stance. A b boa instantly manned, an d put off - from Borrow tourniet 3 wast for the fatal s p o t. A Grangemouth pilot also, who Ilan cued to be th ere, notwithstanding the tt is Ll t ! s .: k. of the w.ither, bravely set his sa il, and folio* A the tyample ; severity v. . b u t i lieir p ra i seworthy efforts were of no avial. Nothing of the vessel was seen save an empty cask 'floating, and the cres7 T had sunk to rise no more.--- Edinburgh l'uper. Mr. Frederick Randall, solicitor, of this town, in recently arranging some of his father's old papers, discovered amongst them the original charter granted to the Corporation of Cambridge by King James they First, with a portion of the Great Seal annexed, and at the foot the autograph of Lord Chancellor Elles mere, who was High Steward of the Corporative It is Mr. Randall's intention to restore this Charter ; f er n to the custody of the Town Clerk. The late Randall was in early life the partner of ' 1 , 1 : 5 ' 8. and Day, who was Town Clerk from 1756 S el ' aj nongst it is supposed that this charter was put anal'• consists other documents, and forgotten. The char_ . Ais . of two skins, and is in very good preserva; n -/ an raing somewhat singular coincidence that a gfut „ the or i g hal in Wales has recently come into possess o ienY a ` m h c briuge --,Y charter granted to the Corporation of _ d miniature of Charles the First, and which has a.Psaman portion, how the King and the sign-manual. A oft, though the teat is ever, of the charter has been torn 0 , ad s of the Toll On the /.I of co iies of in capital preservation. use of o ffice . / de Causes, the Corporation ma esume . at considerable these charters, procured, "t'ethPerliolls' Office are not re expense, as the gentleman.an of their charges.—Cant markable for the moderation . bridge Advertiser. It is stated in M o bile and New Orleans men- account of the cotton crop is, thi s year and for the lars, that the annu al future,.ito be made up at the end of August, instead o f iceel) September—an arrang ement whi c h certainly t h e growth of the different years mo re distinct i has previously been. W e d o not, thant gam bother this change has been aCquiesced however, le w Savannah, and New York. As no an nual'at Charleston, in of the crophasbeen received, we rather statement I is some difference of opini on on t h e sub infer that tateer letters contain a variety of speculations a s to the prov Jed. Pri.ra a,i, le amount of the growing crop. E st i mates 00, to f ro m 1,800, 02 , 000 , 000 a . vary Guardian. ADULTERATION OF FLOUR AT NIWGIAS TLE-UNEIER-LYNE.—A case was heard before Captain Mainvvaring, and other County Magistrates, at Newcas tle, last week, from which it appeared, that a new firm having succeeded to the Union Mill, Mr, Isaac Cottrili, the active chief constable, gave t h em an order for some flour, which made his children ill, and an investigation took place, the result of which was, that in all probabi lity the men employed to separate the adulterated from the good flour, had made a mistake, rejecting three sacks as adulterated which wer e goo d , and retaining as good three which were vdulter a t e d . This was explained, and the Magistrates e:Zonerated both the old and new firms from blame.—Manchester Guardian. THE LATE RAINS, —On Monday night week, the rain fell in such torrents that the roads in the neigh bourhood of Gainsborough were so flooded as to prwrent very many persons attending the market on the following day, and if the wet weather continues much longer fearful apprehensions are entertained with respect to the potato [ crop.—Doncaster Gazette. • • RVENIIG SUN IRE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY:OCTOpER l5, ft)4l.