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Woblob' el' C h krrd • bees QAue • bc et tor I Scu t " 0 0 ile he re vv ith' ted °" a " 0 to C 3 r° oo 6 Bay 00 nit Vivi/ to -'' to to ''. her broadside on the ego of the Herd Sand, in the Narro w:L. oCABBOROUGII, OCT. 18.—The Fortitude, of Ips. with, put in here to-clay with star board bow stove, and other damage, having ht , en in contact with the brig Betsey, (it Yarmouth, off Flamburough Head. BRIDLINGTON, Oct 18 —The Industry, from Lon don, which got on shore sth inst., was got off yesterday, much damaged; struck the pier, and received iurther damage. The Celestine, Blyth, for Caen, which got on shore Bth inst., has been got off and sold. GRIMSBY, OCT. 18.—The Liberty and Property, Shields to London, has put in here, having sprung a leak, has had it stopped, and will proceed. YARM..IITII, OCT. 18.—The Louisa, of Whitby, has been assisted in with loss of mainmast, etc., having been in contact with the brig Friends, of Sunderland. The Atlas, of Neath, was in contact this morning off Harboro', with the Laurel, of SpFy, and lost head, cut water, Ste. WIN - ENuoE, OCT. 18.—The vessel lait on the Gun fleet Sand, and supposed to have been a Dane, proves to be the Conqueror, of Glasgow, of 200 tons. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN-EXCHANGE-FRIDAY. During the present week the arrivels of English Wheat for our market, coastwise, have amounted to only 1,950 qnarters, chiefly from Essex aul Kent. The receipts by land carriage have been equally small. The show of samples of tn,th red and white here, this morn ing, was triffng, but of fair average quality. Although the attendance of both town and country millers was limited, the demand fur most kinds—especially fine white —was steady, and Monday's prices were supported in every instance. Only 3,540 quarters of foreign Wheat have reached us. Fine parcels moved off freely, at fully previous rates. In the middling and inferior kinds—the supply of which was not large—exceedingly little was doing. Floating cargoes of grain were in some instances held for more money. Scarcely any English Barley was on sale, and the supply of foreign proved rather limited. Making and grinding parcels sold steadily at full prices. In distilling qualities very little was doing. We were scantily supplied with Malt; nevertheless, the demand for that article was heavy at late rates. The quantity of Oats offering was very moderate. Good sound corn was held at full prices; but damp parcels were neglected. Beans, Peas, Indian Corn, and Flour produced previous currencies. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Malt. Flour. English • • • • • • scotch.... • • • • Irish •..• • • • • Foreign .... • • Qrs. I Qrs. Qrs. 1,b50 810 320 Qrs. I Sacks. 730 2,610 100 3,540 3,520 10,460 - I - sinxTurrELD. The supply of beasts on offer in to•day's market being somewhat on the increase as to number, the at tendance of buyers very limited, and the weather by no area.. - s favourable for slaughtering, the Beef trade was unusually heavy ; and, although the salesmen were of fering tneir stock at lower prices, a clearance was not effected. There were no really prime Scots on sale ; hence, their quotations must be considered nominal. Amongst the beasts were three oxen from Spain. With sheep we were but moderately supplied, yet the sale for that description of stock was dull in the extreme, at barely stationary prices. The general quality of the sheep was inferior. Calves, the numbers of which were on the increase, were unusually heavy, and prices had a downward tendency. The sale tor Pigs was dull, at barely Monday's currencies. In Mikh Cows next to nothing was doing, at from 141. to 181. each, including their small calf. Per *lbs. to sink the offal. s. d. to I. d. Inferior Beasts 2 8 210 Second quality -. •• 3 0 3 2 Prime large Oxen 3 4 3 6 Prime Scots Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 2 Prime small ditto Suckling Calves lB 0 25 0 Inferior Sheep TOTAL SUPPLY Beasts. I Sheep. 6,000 FOREIGN I Sheep. 1,820 SCOTT Sheep. 50 s. d. to s. d. Second qual. Sheep 3 4 3 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 6 3 8 Southdown Wether 310 4 0 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 0 0 Large Hogs . 3 2 3 6 Small Porkers .... 3 8 4 2 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 21 0 Lambs ..... •• • 0 0 0 0 AT MARKET. I Calves. - I Firs 325 310 SUPPLY. Beasts. 40 Calves. 1 rigs. J 1 rigs Beasts. Calves. NEV7GATE AND LEADENNALL. These markets were excessively heavy to day, and prices were with difficulty supported. The supplies proved extensive. At per stone by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d. ' s. d. to s. d. Beef,inferlor•• •• 2 4 2 6 Mutton, inferior .. 210 2 2 middling .... 2 8 210 middling.. 3 4 3 6 primelarge .. 3 0 3 2 prime .... 3 8 310 - prime small .. 3 4 3 6 Pork, large-- ••.. 3 4 3 8 Veal•• •• •• •• • • .... 3 0 3 6 - small 310 4 2 BOROUGH HOP lITILRECET. Several parc.•ls of Hops have arrived from the United States and Belgium, in fair condition. They are now offering, duty paid, at comparatively low prices. Fine qualities of new English Hops still command a steady inquiry, at fully last week's quotations; but most other kinds are a dull sale, at drooping currencies. The duty is called as under:— Rochester ... Canterbury SUS: ex ... Rest ~. £32,500 ... 13,600 ... 19,400 ... 13,500 Total ... ... 79,000 New Mid. and East Kent Pockets, 1708 to 210 s; New Weald of Kent ditto, 1203 to 160 s ditto; New Sussex ditto, 115 s to 1355; Farnhams, 210 s to 2315; Yearling Keats, 703 to 955; Yearling Busses, 56s to 904; Old Hops, 20s to 80e. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There has been rather more doing in British Plantation, and at firmer rates, within the last two days, the average sales being 500 to 600 hhds and tres privately. By auction 160 hhds Barbadoes went at steady rates, fine yellow 40s to 41s 7d, mid and good 37a 6d to 39s 6d, and low 36s 6d to 375. Jamaica at auction realised barely precious rates; low yellow 35s 6d, mid 36s to 36s 6d, and good mid 375. Refined brown lumps have been at 46s 6tl to 475. EAST INDIA.—A fair business has been done pri vately at full prices, and 3,167 bags Bengal chiefly found buyers, though at rather lower rates; fine white Be nares, 39s 6d to 40s; mid and good, 38s to 395; mid grey date kind, 35s to 35s Gd; and fine strong yellow, 42s 6d to 445. Madras, 3,749 bags, went rather lower; fine strong white, 44.; good and tine yellow like Mau ritius, 37s to 38s; and low and mid,3ss to 36s 6d per cwt. FOREIGN.—Holders are firm, but not much has been done. Yellow Havannab has realised 41s per cwt, and a cargo, mostly damaged, sold at 38s 6d. COPZEE.—The market has been rather fiat on the whole this week, but looks somewhat firmer at pre.. sent. Ceylon has been sold at 48s to 563 for low mid and mid. Plantation at 41s to 47s 6d for fine and fine fine ordinary, at 32s to 41s for triage, at 53s 6d to 58s 6d for Pea-berry. Native good and fine ordinary brought 38s to 41s 6d per cwt. Jamaica has been sold at 39i to 493. Mocha at 53s to 545, and Singapore Java at 383 6d to 39s for good ord, and 36s for low. St. Domingo sold at'39s to 39s 6d for fine ord, and Nielgherry was taken in at 50s to 60s for fine ord, and at 233 6d to 27s 6d for triage. COCOA.—Dark red Para has been taken in at 38s Ter cwt. Trinidad ord to mid was taken in at 39s 6d to 435, Grenada at 37s per cwt. RlCE.—There has been a firm market, Madras soli at 3d advance, mid pinkey white 8s Gd to 9s. Mid white Bengal had realised 9s 6d per cwt. CorToN.—There has been a good deal doing at ad vanced rates and scarcely any is left in second hands. SPICES.—White Pepper has been :a shade cheaper, viz., 4id to 4id per lb., and black rather steady, viz. . 2id to 24d per lb. Nutmegs have been taken in at 2s 9d per lb. Jamaica Ginger has been sold at 31 153 to 91 15s. Pimento has been in more demand at full rates, good mid and good at 4ii to 5d per lb. PEARL SAGO —This article has been rather dearer. TALLOW.—Although rather more was done early in the week, the demand for P. Y. C. has since become duller. at 37a to 37s 6d per cwt, on the spot. INDIGO continues much the same 'or Bengal ; the better sorts of Madras were rather easier ; Kurpah sold at full rates;' . 1,547 chests passed, of which 442 were win, dr .wn, and 1,050 sold. Total quantity passed 12,400 chests. TEA.—At the public sale yesterday, 5,200 packages passed, of which ath u'. 2 , 500 were sold ; the total sold being about 9,000 packages out of 25,900 offered. At this day's sale, common congous sold at full prices; other descriptions at previous day's decline. BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN.) IN RE EDWARDS. IMPORTANT QUESTION UNDER TEE NEW ACT.—Mr. CATLIN, a solicitor, applied in this case for the discharge of the defendant out of custody on his petition, for a private arrangement with his creditors, under the new Act, which provides that on the petition being filed the Commissioner grant protection, the debtor being bound to file a schedule of his estate and effects with the official assignee; after which a private meeting of the creditors is to be called, and 14 days' notice thereof is to be given. The question in this case was, whether a defendant in custody was entitled to his discharge from the suit of the detaining creditor. His HONOUR, after a long argument, held that the Commissioners had po wer , u nd er ce rtain circumstan s. As the debtor in this case offered to give up 2004 is discharge would be granted on his doing so. Mr. CAT LIN toitsaid that could not be done at the mo• m,nt,was money to be advanced to him that he might mak e Catlin) did not IrnPosition to his creditors. He (Mr• upon consider th a t th e d e b tor cou ld b e called to give u p his schedule, but if he failed property until after he handed in his c)mplying with the undertianki n a g ttending the meeting, or treated In the wile manner as though m h a e de h , a n d e ba m en ig m ht ad b e e bankrupt. His HONOUR said that genera l protection was only to at be given when the debtor was li berty, but wh e n i n custody the Court had power to affix case tsaai than conditions thhee ds t eh o toaui ul the -d discharge. His Honour, in thi s grand protection against all other parties. h ing creditot; and on the schedule being filed a meeting world be appoints d, but no discharge w ou ld i ssue unles s the money was deposited, or bail given. BOW-STREET—(THIS DAY.) KNOCK AND RlNG.—Mark Quinnell, a respectably attired man, and Stouvria Zurewich, a bearded Pole, with an idiotic looking appearance, were charged with having disturbed the inhabitants of a house in Bedford.- square. Police-constable A 99 stated, that about ten minutes past two o'clock this morning he was on duty in Bed ford-square, when he saw the two prisoners, with another man, go up to the door of No. 1, and violently *Dig Ike kitchen-bell, and then commeuce hawking at the THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEN ING, OCTOBER 19, 1849. front door. The prisoner Quinnell then came down the steps and ran away, but he pursued him, and brought him back to the house., where he found the sec and prisoner still knocking at the door. He asked him what he wanted, and Zarewich said ho wished to see Dr. Sweeney, but fine:ing that no such person lived there, or that he was known by either of the two female ser vants, who had charge of the house, he took them into custody. Sarah Ellison, one of the servants, stated that No. 1 was Miss Dawson's house, but the family was at present out of town. She and her fellow-servant were greatly alarmed at the knocking, and being in bed they hurriedly got up, and rushed down stairs fancying the house was on fire. They did not know nor had they ever seen either of the prisoners before the occurrence. In answer to questions from Mr. HENRY, the prisoner Quinnell stated, that he happened to be passing through Bedford-square, on his way home, when Zarewich came up to him and said he was looking for Dr. Sweeney. They walked a little way toge ther, when Zarewich ob served "This is the house, will you be so good as to kneck and ring?" He did so, not thinking that be was doing wrung, but seeing the policeman coming up it suddenly struck him that he might get into trouble, and he ran away. Mr. lIENkr did not think a man would run away under the circumstances stated by the prisoner, and the fact of his doing so convinced him that he knew he was doing wrong. The prisoner protested that he did not, adding that the conversation he had had with his fellow-prisoner dating the night led him to think that he was an in sane man. Mr. HENRY asked him how he got his living ? The prisoner said he followed no profession, but lived upon a little income of 301, a year. Mr. HENRY asked Zaruwich how long he had been in this country ? The prisoner rt plied about four years. Mr. HENRY—How do you get your living ? The prisoner—l get something from the Polish Society, but it is extremely small. Mr. HENRY—Where do you live ? The prisoner—ln Monmouth-court, Seven-dials. _ _ _ Mr. HENRY-Why did you knock at the house? The prisoner —I; was looking !or Dr. Sweeney, the chaplain of Seven-dials. Mr. HENRY—What did you want with him at two o'clock in the morning? The prisoner—l wanted to speak to him. I wanted to take counsel and consolation with him. Mr. HENRY—He does not Eve in Bedford-aguat e. The: prisoner—But I wanted to inquire in this house For him. Quinnell remarked that Dr. Swteney lived in Euston square._ Mr. HENRY Laid Zarewich certainly had a vacant ex• pression in his countenance, and seemed rather strange. He therefore directed the officer to take him to St. Giles's workhouse, and have him examined by a medical man. If he was insane he must be taken care of, but if not he must be brought back and punished. The other prisoner had evidently been conscious of the offence he was com mitting, and as the wilful knocking at a person's door in the dead hour of the night was very reprehensible, he should fine him 403., or send him to prison for four teen days. The fine was paid and the prisoner discharged. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CITY. We are informed that the Lord Mayor, accom panied by Mr. Wood, chairman of the committee, and the Remembrancer, had the honour of an audience yesterday at Windsor Castle. It is arranged that her Majesty will embark on board the Queen's state barge (now fitting at Deptford), or in one of her Majesty's steam-yachts, at Whitehall, at half-past twelve o'clock, arriving about one at the Custom House Quay, where every proper convenience will be made for the landing and reception of her Majesty, and a covered way will be formed for the procession to the Coal Exchange. Her Majesty will, of course, be accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, and it is hoped the Prince of Wales, which would be a source of heartfelt satisfaction to all. Her Majesty will return by water, between two and three o'clock. No steam-boats or laden craft will be allowed to move on the river between Whitehall and the eastern end of the Custom House, from eleven till four, and it is particularly requested that no guns may be fired on the banks of the river. HEALTH of the QUEEN DOWAGER. (From the Court Circular.) Her Majesty the Queen Dowager passed a more comfortable night on Wednesday, but remains very ill. The Bishop of London was in attendance on her Majesty yesterday, at the Priory, Stanmore. LITERATURE. RECOLLECTIONS AN L) EXPERIENCES DURING A PARLIAMENTARY CAREER from 1833 to 1848. 2 Vols. By John O'Connell, Esq., M.P. "We have a kindness for Mr. L'-igh Hunt," said Mr. Macsulay, when reviewing that writer in the Edinburgh. We may, at once, utter the same acknowledgment in regard to Mr. John O'Connell, after having perused his two most amusing volumes of Parliamentary Recollections. And honestly we will confess that we had not given the Hon. Member for Limerick credit for such genuine appreciation of fun, such a cordial affection for the humorous, such a well-tempered, gay, rollicking bon hommie as he has here evidenced. Our heart instinctively warming towards a good laugher, just as that of Dr. Johnson did towards a good hater, we must avow again that we have a kindness for Mr. John O'Connell. No dry annotations are these ; no reminiscences flavoured (as most things Parliamentary are) with the dulness of Blue-book-making; no " thin acid pamphlet" breathing the language of the partizan ; no sour indications of splenetic disappointment. But a work penned in a genial spirit ; manfully ex pressing, no doubt, the political opinions of the author, yet doing so without bitterness or vituperation ; abounding with anecdotes and replete with entertain ment. Persuaded that the conduct of the Repeal agitation is his heritage, Mr. John O'Connell of course renders his present effusion the medium of vindicating the cause with which his name is so intimately iden tified. Nevertheless, even this is done merely incidentally. The two volumes, as he himself con fesses, Vol. 11., p. 41, contain nothing more than " loose, disjointed memoranda." They are valuable as affording materials for the future annalist of a country whose destinies have been so peculiarly affected by the greatest Irishman ever born—Daniel O'Connell. Moreover, to ourselves as contemporaries of that remarkable man, the production is of particular interest, illustrating, as it does, so many of the incidents in his extraordinary career. We are gratified, therefore, to perceive, from an ex pression in the last page of these "Recollections," that the son of the LIBERATOR has some intention of continuing his lucubrations. "My limits here warn me to conclude," he says, p. 354, " at least for the present, these hasty memoranda." We have said that if considered simply as yielding amusement, the work is really acceptable ; and certainly no one but a cross-grained curmudgeon of a fellow, who can't for the life of him understand the meaning of a joke, will gainsay that assertion, after reading the numer ous and capital anecdotes scattered through these " Experiences." Ex gratin, those about the Earl of Carlisle and " the shocking bad hat," I. 164; about Cobbett and " Hannibal," 34; about Emerson Tennent and O'Connell's " tail," 39 ; about Mr. Lalor, and "Peas and Bans," 40; about Mr. Montgomery Martin enacting Parolles in a red nightcap, 64; about poor Tom Steele's "cool, calm" remonstrance,6B ; about Dominie Sampson and the "green-eyed monster," 78; about Mr. Feargus O'Connor and Ebenezer Humbug, 106 ; about the Mayor and the electors of Youghal, 145 ; about the silent Irish Member's debi'd in the House, 224; about Mr. Ronayne and "the pikes," 240; about Chancellor Sugden and the madhouse, 248 ; about the " bottle of port for the Turkish Am bassador ;" with many other equally facetious, both in the matter and in the telling. How far the work is remarkable in its revelations as to Daniel O'Connell's character may be understood from the assertion (vide 1. 84) in one portion, that " rough, fearless, and reckless, as hostile factions have depicted the Agitator to be, he was (nevertheless) one of the most sensitive and nervous men that ever lived." Besides affording those glimpses into the inner life of his celebrated father,Mr. John O'Connell's " Recollections" contain several clever, and, in some instances, very judicious sketches of his many eminent contemporaries. The following passage is really very felicitously descrip tive of The memorable year 1843, however, was the year of O'Connell's mot gigantic efforts of agitation, the year of the monster meetings, and of the indictment leading to his trial and incarceration. During nine months in that year he convened twenty-eight mon ster meetings, collecting together about 5,000,000 souls, travelling himself over a distance of 5,104 miles, and deli.ering innumerable speeches ! Here is Mr. John O'Connell's statement (a statement, from our own knowledge, anything but overcoloured) re specting THE LIBERATOR'S POPULARITY. "In the summer of that year I accompanied him to the county of Clare, when going to his new election. All down the line of road from Dublin to Limerick his progress was a continued triumph. The popular posse comitatus' turned out at every mile of the way; and the post horses, where not actually impeded by thronging thousands lying in wait for us,. were urged on trom stage to stage by the shouting and running of the peop`e, instead of the traditionary red.hot poker which figures in the well known pictures of 'Posting in Ireland.' " To those who witnessed for the first time (as I then did) one of these progresses' of Mr. O'Connell, the scene was most excising and curious indeed. Literally the whole count/ y turned out! By some extraordinary instinct or other, some carrying of the matter by the birds of the air, his approach, even when his journeys were most unpremeditated, and in no way previously an nounced (because often not previously resolved upon), the population of the districts through which he was to pass came to know of his journey; and from not merely the cabins and fields close to the line of road, but from those distant a mile and upwards—in short, from every point whence there was the least chance of arriving in time to salute him in passing —men, women, and child ren, were to be seen running at the top of their speed, and waving hats and fragments of garments, or green boughs, shouting all the while at the top of their voices. " The poor old women used particularly to attract my father's attention. Some few of them, throwing aside for the moment their load of years, used to skip and jump as merrily as the joungest there, and join the screech with their cracked voices, greatly to the amuse ment of the impertinent you ngs t e rs of the crowd. But the majority dropped upon their knees as the carriage approached, and raising their aged eyes and hands to heaven, were to be heard praying fervently, and invoking blessings and mercies upon the man who was labouring to upraise a fallen nation, and to vindicate an oppressed creed. " The object of their prayers ever seemed most pro foundly affected by these scenes; and I have often heard him say that he valued one prayer of these poor old creatures more highly and deeply than the proudest honour which this world can conft r." _ _ _ As to our author's personal opinion of the character of Daniel U'Connell, he confesses that "it is not for him to speak in eulogy." " His deeds," he continues, "are before the world; and it is for posterity to pronounce upon them, when the heats, jealou sies, passions, and prejudices of the present time shall have passed away." Even the bitterest of the opponents of that great man cannot but regard the atkctionate and respectful language in which he is ever mentioned by his son, with the reverential silence .due to domestic grief and filial tender ness. Many of the letters addressed to him by the Liberiktor are introduced among these " Recollec tions "—letters breathing the warmth of paternal fondness, and written in the heat of the busiest moments. Even the most trivial details are pre served, as where O'Connell gives all his elaborate directions respecting the "post," numbering each in succession ; as thus, Vol. I. p. 318— " Ist. Get my copy of the Dublin Evening Post, di rected to Limerick. "3d. Give similar orders respecting The Sun. "7th. Send me one Tablet to Darrynane. " Bth. Send me ' Humphrey's Clock' tomorrow to Limerick, &c." . _ Mr. John O'Connell speaks out boldly enough upon the English press, and its treatment of Ireland. Oar readers will be interested with the following dashing allusion to ourselves and our contemporaries— " The tone and manner of the attack may vary, but he substance is ever the same. Whether in the brick bat and bludgeon style of the 'limes, the dulled and clouded sarcasm of the fading Examiner, the uncompro mising and heartless harshness of the Mcrning Chronicle, the inveterate virulence of the Post and Standard, the same diluted Pith twaddle in the mopping and mowing Morn ing Herald, the official impertinence of the Observer and Globe, the Muago-Nlalagrowtherism of the Spectator, the pandering to anti-Irish prejudice and bigotry of the half-Radical, half-Tory Economist—the matter is still the same—dislike, ridicule, and contempt for Irishmen and Irish things; and evidences of a disposition, more or less developed, and more or less self-acknowledged, to consider Ireland but as a conquered and mutinous pro vince, and not as an important member of the confederacy that gives name and being to the British Empire. " The Daily News and The Sun are nearly, if not altogether alone, in moderation of language, and consi leration of bearing towards Ireland. True, there are :lines when the prevailing fever carries even them away, Ind Irishmen and their country must only bend the pack for the blow in humble submission. But often a redeeming, a truly liberal and manly article, shines out a either paper; all 'the more valuable and welcome from the powerful contrast with the tone and matter of he scribblings of their contemporaries." A. strange variety of subjects is treated of in these volumes. One while we have a " true history" of the long-talked-of “Lichfibld House Compact." Another we have—marvellous to relate !—some very sensible .trictures, from Mr. John O'Connell (of all peoplein the world), on the clearing of the galleries of the [louse of Commons I Here he insists upon the ab surdity of not placing Irish and English barristers upon a common footing as to the power to exercise their profession in either country indiscriminately. Here, again, in one part he calls Mr. Macaulay's recently published " History of England" (I. 161) " a great Whig party pamphlet ;" and in another (11. 321), exclaims, in allusion to the same work— " as a Catholic, I enter protest against it for gross sectarian bigotry undeniably visible, under all the assumption of candour and historic truthfulness; and the general reader has a right to complain, when he finds himself called upon to accept, as accurate recitals of historic events, details and facts warped and co loured by the party feelings of the day." Sometimes the Hon. Member for Limerick is guilty of Hiberni eisms in his book as glaring as those recurring in his speeches. Instance the former, where he writes (Vol. 1., p. 283)—" The railroad in question is now made and in operation eleven or twelve years." Ge nerally speaking, however, the volumes are as agree able in composition as they are delightful for their tone of drollery. Even in quoting from another Mr. John O'Connell cannot resist the nudge of a note of admiration, or a chuckle in italics, as where he quotes from a French newspaper, in a description of a stormy debate in the Commons, that while some Members yelled and hissed, and imitated all sorts of animals— "d'autres ont riffles avec leurs cles jusqu'a rextermina tion" M. Altogether Mr. John O'Connell has, in these two volumes, produced one of the most amusing works of the season, and one which will prove valuable to the future historian of Ireland. r PROGRESS OF MANNERS. (From Eliza Cook's Journal) Those who have listened at any time to the fervent appeals of that noble band of social reformers and elevators, the apostles of Temperance, may not im probably have been impressed with the belief that ins temperance was rolling onwards like a Deluge, and engulphing in its fatal waves all that remained of the virtue, morals, and religion of our country. The picture they draw must be confessed to be a very black one, and in too manyfrespects, alas! it has been but too faithful. Let it be confessed, however, that there is also a brighter side to the picture, which it is well, occasionally, to bring to light ; and it is this, that although drunkenness is still frightfully prevalent, it is, nevertheless, steadily on the decrease. This, we think, there are abundant facts enough to prove. Any one who knows what was the ordinary social life of the middle classes of Great Britain fifty or sixty years ago, and compares it with the social life of the present day, will at once concede that Temperate Habits have made great and unequivocal progress among us. There are now none of the drunken orgies practised either at public dinners or private d pa o r e te s i n s ot which now were rein formerly aintlttabl s c table till til o l tnnio. A p one-half of them are unable to sit upright. The writer remembers when it was an ordinary practice among the farmers, in a particular district, for the master of the house to get up from the table after the cloth was removed and the drinking materials were placed on the table, and lock the dour, putting the key in his pocket. No such barbarous practice would be tolerated now-a days in any class of society. The'guest does not now consider it a reflection on the hospitality of his enter tainer that he has been allowed to rise sober from his table ; nor is drunkenness any longer recognised as a manly or reputable practice. We do not boast as we did of our " six-bottle men." The grosser forms of intemperance, as a feature of our social entertain ments, have, indeed, become obsolete. In the best classes, intoxicating drinks are every day falling into greater disuse, and in some of the most recherche parties of the metropolis, iced water is the strongest beverage , placed on th e table. Men and women have found wa) a and means of enj o yi ng a rat i ona l even i ng together without the employment of artificial stimuli. This progress has been general amongst the middle and upper classes in all parts of the country during the last century. Take the picture which Macaulay , gives of the country Squire of the seventeenth cen tury, and contrast the immense distance between him and his modern representative:— " His chief pleasures were commonly derived from field sports and from an unrefined sensuality. Ills lan guage and pronounciation were such as we should now expect to hear only from the most ignorant clowns. His oaths, course jests, and scurrilous terms of abuse, were uttered with the broads:A accents of his province. His table was loaded with coarse plenty; and guests were cordially welcomed to it. But, as the habits of drinking to excess was general in the class to which he belonged, and as his fortune did not enable him to intoxicate large assemblies daily with claret or canary, strong beer was the'ordinary beverage. The quantity of beer consumed in those days was, indeed, enormous. For beer, then, was to the middle and lower classes, not only all tbat beer now is, but all 'that wine, tea, and ardent spirits now are. It was only at great houses, or on great occa sions, that foreign drink was placed on the board. The ladies of the house, whose business it had commonly been to cook the repast, retired as soon as the dishes had been devoured, and left tt.e gentlemen to their ale and tobacco. The coarse jollity of the afternoon was often prolorged till the revellers were laid under the table." At a more remote date, the social practices of the English country gentlemen were still worse. William of Malmesbury, who wrote in the days of Henry IL, says, " that the English were universally addicted to drunkenness, continuing over their cups day and night, keeping open house, and spending the income of their estates in riotous feasts, where eating and drinking were carried to excess, without any elegance." How unlike is this picture to that of the modern English country gentleman, the model of manners, and the pattern of his neighbourhood ! Down to a comparatively recent period, the same practices prevailed among the Irish country gentle. men, of which many curious instances may be found in Barrington's " Sketches of his own Times," and Dr. Madden's " Ireland thirty years ego." A writer in the Dublin University Magazine thus depicts the old usages among the higher classes in Ireland : " The rule of s drinking was, that no man was allowed to leave the company till he was unable to stand, and then he might depart if he could walk. If on any occasion a guest left the room, bits of paper were dropped into his glass, intimating the number of rounds the bottle had gone, and on his return he was obliged to swallow a glass for each, under the penalty of so many glasses of salt and water. It was the practice of some to have decanters with round bottoms, like a modern soda water bottle, the only contrivance in which they could stand being at the head of the table before the host. Stopping the bottle was thus rendered impossible, and every one was obliged to fill his glass at once, and pats the bottle to his neighbour, on peril of upsetting the con tents on the table." The writer goes on to state that on one occasion two individuals of such a party " stole away," and ran out into the park, where they concealed themselves among the deer, and so passed the night. " Towards morning they returned to the house, and were witnesses of an extraordinary pro cession. Such of the company as were still able to walk had procurred a flat-backed car, on which they heaped the bodies of those who were insensible ; then throwing a sheet over them, and illuminating them with candles, like an Irish wake, some taking the shafts of the car, and others pushing behind, and all setting up the Irish cry, the sensible survivors left their departed insensible friends at their respective homes !" For this and similar vices and follies, the Irish landlords are now paying a fearful penalty. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YESTERDA.Y. CAMBRIDGESHIRE STARES. 10 to 1 agst Lord Clilden'sqtathmines, 5 yrs, 6st 71b —taken 10 to 1 agst Mr.Fovvler'sßibaldry, 4 yrs, Est 101 b—t 11 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's Raby, 3 yrs, sst 101 b—t 13 to 1 agst Mr. Fowler's Woolwich, 3 yrs, Est 121 b—t 13 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Glauca, 3 yrs, 7st llb 14 to 1 agst Sir C. Monck's Vanguard, 3 yrs, Est 10lb 15 to 1 agst Mr. Rolt's Collingwood, 6 yrs, 9st 41b 15 to 1 agst Mr. Roberts's Rienzi, 3 yrs, sst 71b 25 to 1 agst Mr. B. Green's Melton, 4 yrs, 7st 21b 25 to 1 agst Mr. Ley's Over-fork-over, 3 yrs, sst 101 b 30 to 1 agst Mr. Drew na Minimum, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b 50 to 1 agst Lord Stanley's Legerdemain, 3 yrs, sst 51b 50 to 1 agst Mr. Osbaldeston's Joe o' Sot, 5 yrs, 6st 101 b 1,000 to 15 agst Sir J. Gerard's Fitzpatrick, 3 yrs, sst 71b The eight leading favourites were backed in the course of the afternoon ; the principal investments, however, being on Ribaldry and Rienzi, the former at 10 to 1, and the latter at various prices, commencing at 25 to 1, and finishing at 15 to 1 ; Over-fork-over was added to the list at 25 to 1, taken frequently, but cffered up to the close. We give the last offers against Legerdemain and Joe o'Sot-1,000 to 10 was laid against each of them in the course of the afternoon. Several lots of eight were taken against the field ; 500 to 25 laid 13 times on 50 against the field. CRITERION. 2 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger—taken 140 to 100 on The Major, Pitsford, and Nutshell Offers to lay 6 to 1 or take 8 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Tordesillas. DERBY. 8 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's lot—taken 11 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Bolingbroke 13 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Knight of Avenel 17 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum 20 to 1 agst Lord Airlie's Clincher 20 to 1 agst Lord J. Scott's Cyprus—taken to 501. 25 to 1 agst Mr. Pcdley's Sweetheart 33 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Penang 40 to 1 agst Lord John Scott's Windhound—taken 40 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwieke's The Nigger NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING. Special trains are announced for 8 30 A.M on Monday and 'Tuesday, returning from Newmarket at 5 45 P.M., and for the convenience of vibitors the regular up.train in the evening N% ill not leave until 6 15. The ordinary 2 30 r M. train will go through to-morrow, and will take horses, &c. THE VACANT DIOCESE OF LLANDAFY.—Last evening a public meeting of Welchmen resident in London was held in the Freemasons' Tavern, to take into consideration the desirableness of taking measures for securing the appointment of a native of the Princi pality to the vacant diocese of Liandaff. Mr. Benjamin Lawrence presided, and the meeting was addressed by Mr. Gwmcwr, Mr. Owen Rowland, Dr. Evans, Mr. Meredith, Mr. William Thoinas, the Rev. R. Jones, the Rev. M. Davis, the Rev. Charles Phillips, Mr. James, and other gentlemen. It was stated that since the House of Brunswick had reigned in this country no Welchman had ever been promoted to a Welch bishopric, tho effect of which was, that thousands had been driven out of the Church, and had joined the ranks of the Dis senters. Wales had a national right to a Welch bishop, and there only plan was to demand such an appointment at the hands of the Premier. Tho present system was destructive alike to the people of Wales and to the Church itself. Resolutions which affirmed the desirable ness of the appointment of a native of Wales to the vacant see having been adopted, a memorial to that effect was drawn up for presentation to Lord John Russell. A committee was appointed for the purpose of waiting upon his Lordship, to ascertain his views upon the matter. THE HOP DUTY.—We are happy to inform our agricultural readers that the Chancellor of the Exche quer has been induced to consent to the postponement of the payment of the second moiety of the _hop duty for 1848, until November, 1849, upon the planters giving bond for its due payment at that period ; and we con gratulate the united deputation upon the fact that they have done good service in persuading the Minister to forego, for the present, this governmental demand, which, in the existing s aint() of agricultural depression, would cause a great embarrassm.nt to many, and a serious inconvenience to all hop-planters.— Worcester Journal. _ . - - Earl Granville returned to town on Wednesday ; from the north. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK. The delegates appointed at the several meetings of shareholders which were held at London, Liverpool, Manchester, York, and fourteen other places, on Fri day, the 12th instant, assembled, with the members of the committee of investigation, at Lockwood's Hotel, York, on Wednesday, the 17th instant, for the purpose of considering and: determining on the proper persons to be recommended to the general meeting of shareholders for election as the future directors of this company. Mr. H. S. Thompson, of Moat-hall, was elected chairman. _ _ The LORD MAYOR, as chairman of the committee of investigation, directed the attention of the meeting to certain imputations made by Sir John Easthope to the effect that the committee of investigation had formed a scheme for creating an office for one of their own number, as managing director of the company, which the committee most emphatically denied, and he called upon Sir John Easthope for his authority for such imputaticns. After some discussion, Sir JOHN EASTKOPE totally disavowed any imputation on the honour of the committee, and any report which conveyed such im pression. The following summary of answers by shareholders, up to the 16th inst., to the questions sent out by the committee of :investigation, was then produced : Answers received from 2,024 shareholders, holding 158,250 shares :—Approve that the number of direc tors be eight, 1,928 shareholders, representing 148,788 shares ; disapprove, 96 shareholders, representing 9,462 shares ; in favour of one managing director, 696 shareholders, representing 54,095 shares; in favour of two managing directors, 15 shareholders, representing 736 shares ; in favour of three managing directors, 977 shareholders, representing 65,068 shares ; against the appointment of a managing director, 44 share holders, representing 6,398 shares ; approve of pro posed allowance to ordinary directors, 1,782 share holders, representing 139,274 shares; consider the proposed allowance too much, 242 shareholders, re presenting 18,976 shares; approve of proposed allow ance to managing director or directors, 1,555 share holders, representing 128,567 shares; consider pro posed allowance too much, 471 shareholders, represent ing 29,683 shares ; approve of audit as proposed by the committee, 1,959 shareholders, representing 154,178 shares; in favour of a Government audit, 65 shareholders, representing 4,072 shares; give direct approval in answer to sixth question, 1,642 share holders, representing 127,820 shares; do not give a direct answer or disapprove, 382 shareholders, repre senting 30,425 shares. Moved by Sir JOHN EASTHOPE, seconded by Mr. PHILLIPS, and resolved unanimously, that this meet ing approves of the number of directors being eight. The delegates then proceeded to consider the proper persons to be recommended as directors, and dis cussed the qualifications of the several gentlemen who were proposed. Such of them as were present at the meeting retired during the discussion. At the termination of the discussion a vote was taken, when the following eight gentlemen were found to have been recommended as the new board of directors, by having the largest number of votes : G. Leeman, York ; J. Leechman, Glasgow ; Duncan M'Laren, Edinburgh; W. Lloyd Wharton, Dry burn, near Durham; John Kipling, Darlington; J. Hodgson, Newcastle • N. Plews, Darlington; AL Rutherford Hunter, Newcastle. Mr. Thompson having been obliged to leave the chair to attend another engagement, the same was taken by the Lord Mayor. A discussion arose upon the question of the ap pointment of managing directors. Some of the de legates objected to the authority of the meeting to consider that question, and declined voting. It was eventually decided that the question of such appoint ment be delayed until the half-yearly meeting in February next. The committee of investigation did not vote on this question. The proceedings then terminated. CHOLERA AND DIARRHEA. TESTIMONIAL TO TIIE HUNGARLAAcREFUGEES. " THE HUNGARIAN NATION COUNTS ON THE SYMPATHY OF EVERY NATION wilicH TovEs BIGHT AND LI• BERTY."—Kossuth ' s Protest against - Ru.ssian Inta yen hon. Subscriptions may be sent to the following bankers:— Messrs. Coutts and Co. Messrs. Drummond. 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 toMurdo Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand. Subscriptions already received ... .£1,106 19 1* Si small Subscriptions, per G. Julian Harney : Collected at a Meeting at Berry-Edge Collected at a Meeting at Ashford, Kent James Powell, Monmouth A Chartist Prisoner, Kirkdale " Wallace" S. Guinaman, Tunbridge Wells Total ... 0 13 0 ... 0 11 8 ... 0 1 0 ... 0 1 0 ... 0 0 4 ... 0 0 6 .. £l,lOB 6 71 GOOD EXAMPLE FUR PARISH AUTHORITIES.—TIIO churchwardens of St. Margaret's and St. John's, West minster, were on Saturday served with a notice from the Board of Health in reference to the Christ Church burial ground in the Broadway, which is the joint ceme tery of those parishes, requiring that no interments should hereafter take place except under specified regu lations as to depth and width of graves, and also that the whole surface of earth should be covered with three inches of quicklime. The churchwardens forthwith summoned a vestry, which was held on Tuesday, and it was then immediately admitted that in the overcrowded state of this ground it would be quite impossible to comply with the regulations, and that the order was in fact a virtual closing of the churchyard for interments. One individual only was disposed to " fight the Board of Health;" but such a suggestion found no seconder, and it was unanimously resolved that the churchwardens should immediately have the ground covered with quicklime as ordered, and that no more inter ments should take place, and the rectors and church wardens were requested, by a vote of the vestry, to make such provision for interments as should be requisite until the meeting of Parliament, when it was hoped that some general measure for pro viding cemeteries for the metropolis would be introduced by the Government. We trust this sensible proceeding, which stands in honourable contrast to the conduct of others, may havo its due weight with parish officers in general. SIR. JOHN FRANRLIN.—BEHRING STRAITS EXPE DITION.—We stated two months since that her Majesty's ship Herald, Captain Kellett, C. 8., had left Wooahoo, Sandwich Islands, on the 19th of May, for Petropau iazski and Batting's Straits. Another letter from the Sandwich Islands states that she left with a full supply of provisions for herself and her Majesty's ship Plover, Commander Moore; the Captain (Kellett), °dicers, _ . and crew, in good health and spirits. Whilst we are anxiously watching for Sir John Franklin at one entrance, we still think it possible he may emerge at the other, in which case it is satisfactory to know that he will find ample relief provided for him by the Admiralty. BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION.—Yester day evening a meeting of the directors and members of the above institution was held at the committee-rooms, in Paternoster-row, for the transaction of general busi nese. The report stated that the affairs of the insti u don continued to progress favourably. Relief to the ex tent of 3551. had been afforded to a number of sick and distressed retail booksellers and assistants, as well as to their widows, during the past year. During the same period 7501. 13s. 11d. had been added to the permanent fund, which now reaches nearly 18,0001., in the hands of the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt. The income of the year, from donations, sub scriptions, and interest, was 1,280/. 163.; the expendi ture, inAuding investments, left a balance in hand of 621. 17s. 2d. _ - . DIA.STER BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS' PROVIDENT AND BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—Last evening a meet ing of the members of the above institution, for affording relief to aged and decayed members, their widows end orphans, was held at the Freemason's Tavern; R. Taylor, Esq., in the chair. The report stated that the committee had purchased a plot of ground at Mortlake, Surrey, and are engaged in the erection of an asylum for aged mem bers. There are now eight annuitants on the funds, the males receiving 201., and the females 15/. per annum. The subscriptions and donations fur the past year, toge ther with dividends, was 3091. I Is. Id., whilst the expen diture, including 1211. 133. 4d. paid to the then six annuitants, left a balance.of 12/. ss. 9d. The annuity fund invested was 2,2001. The asylum when complete will contain 25 habitations: Sr. MARY•LE-STRAND.—LaSt evening a public meeting of the vestry and inhabitants of this parish was held at the Vestry-room, Church-court, for the purpose of receiving the report of a committee appointed on the sth instant, relative to a successor to Mr. Trewhitt, who had held the office of vestry-clerk upwards of 34 years, and had now resigned. The chair was occupied by Senior Churchwarden Ralph. Mr. Churchwarden Stacey read the report of the committee. It briefly recapitulated the duties of the vestry-clerk, recom mended that he should be elected annually, and. that the salary be fifty guineas a year, including all law and other charges. On the motion of Mr. Young, seconded by Mr. Lowe, the report was agreed to. The vestry then proceeded to receive the names of candidates for the vacant office. These were stout' to he Mr. Isaacson, vestry-clerk of St. Clement Danes, Mr. Score, Mr. Murrough, and Mr. Yonge ; in the course of a sederunt of two hours which ensued, the fol lowing various steps were taken :—Mr.-Pay nter moved, and Mr. Warren seconded, that no vestry clerk of another parish shou'd be eligible. Mr. Smart moved as an atnendmeut, Mr. Helen seconded, and Mr. Glenny supported, that every person should be eligible. Amend ment lost by a large majority, and motion carried by 28 to 15. Mr. Glenny then gave notice that he should poll the parish, which would render it necessary to pay a new rate prior to the election. A gentleman next observed that they had met to receive the names of candidates, and the four gentlemen above-named were then duly nominated. Mr. Glenny hereupon said he did not wish to put the parish to expense, and he should move, therefore, that the election take place next Thursday, no candidate being predetermined to be ineligible. After an interminable discussion this motion was agreed to, so that the first resolution was, in effect, _ _ ST. LEONARD, SHOREDITCH.—Yesterday a vestry meeting of the inhabaant ratepayers of this parish was held in the vestry-room attached to the church, for the purpose of considering the expediency of choosing a churchwarden, in the place of the late Mr. Thomas Brooks, when after some conversation, Mr. John Aircy, of Iligh-street, Shoreditch, grocer, was chosen. Mr. Thomas Edward Lytton, son of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., has been appointed an unpaid attache to the British Embassy at Washington, United States. TUE NATIONAL GALLERY.--li is generally under stood that St. George's Barracks, at Charing•cress, situate directly behind the National Gallery, will be discontinued at the end of two years from this time, and that a large addition to the latter building will be erected on their site. HEALTHY HAMPTON.—A correspondent informs us that "we have now three persons lying dead hero (Hampton) of the united ages of 270 years; two ladies, one 94, the other 92, and one gentleman 84 years, show ing what a healthy place this must be." THE FLORIN.—The new two-shilling piece, known as the " florin," is not about to be called in because of the words " Dei Gratis." In consequence of the dissa tisfaction expressed by a large portion of the public at the omission, the Chancellor of the Exchequer ordered a search for precedents of such omission. The result has been that some most interesting details en the sub ject of the coinage of these realms have been brought forth. It would appear that no example was discovered of the omission of the words before mentioned from any of the silver coins, but many examples of the omission were found as regarded the copper coinage. The words " Fidei I)efensor" have also been omitted. It further appears that " Dei Gratia" was not used on any of the English copper money from the Restoration till 1797, and also that " Fidei Deieilsor" was not used for the whole of that period. Charles the Second, William the Third, and Mary, George the First and George the Second, omitted the words from copper coins. The rupee and other coins in India merely have the words " Victoria, Queen." DESPERATE CONDUCT OF A CONVICT.—WOOL WICH, OCT. 13.—A gang of convicts were employed this morning in unloading a cargo of cosh from the Le gatus, collier, lying alongside the wharf Henryall at the dockyard, when one of the convicts, named H New. ton, conducted himself in such an idle manner convictsannerthatwhhoe would neither work himse lf nor allow were willing to work to perform their duty. Mr. Bruton, the guard iu charge of the gang, remonstrated with the convict Newton ou the impropriety of his conduct, but instead of expressing regret or setting to work, he com menced throwing coals at Mr. Allen, the mate of the vessel, and on being ordered to desist by the guard he also threw coals at him; and when the guard went up to him be drew his knife and threatened to stab him, and swore he would not work, nor should the highest authorities in the kingdom compel him. With the aid of the sentry he was removed to the ship, and again threatened to stab the guard. When on board the Warrior they attempted to take the knife from him, but they were not able to do so until ho had stabbed himself in lour places. The wounds are not considered fatal, although one of them is said to have punctured the lungs. _ _ kr. and Mrs. Heald arrived at Barcelona on the Bth, and were to leave on the 10th for Cadiz. The Fomento says that Mr. Heald's health was not good, and it adds that Lola Montes cannot speak Spanish. The report on the accident in the sewer at Kenil worth-street, read at the meeting of the Commissioners of Sewers on Wednesday, was signed by Mr. Philips, the chief surveyor, and assistant-surveyors Lovick and Gotto; but the signature of Mr. Lovick was accidentally omittd from the document as given in the morning papers of yesterday. THE LATE WILLIAM WARD, ESQ.—We have to record with deep regret the death, by malignant cholera, of William Ward, Esq., an eminenttironmaster of this district. The pestilence had successively destroyed the lives of Mr. Ward's old servant who got up his railway orders, his furnace manager, his head engineer, and, finally, the estimable proprietor himself.— Worcester Chronicle. On Friday, a fine cock thrush was observed to alight on the telegraphic wire 3 at Leeds, and instantly to fall dead to the ground. MARY LEBONE THEATRE. That delightful actress, Mrs. Mowatt, appeared here last evening in her favourite character of Rosa lind, and acted it with that mixture of archness, simplicity, gentleness, and grace, which is the pecu liar characteristic of her impersonation of this one of the most lovely of the creations of Shakspere. She dresses the character admirably, and the velvet cap and tunic trimmed with fur, should be from this time forward the costume of every future Rosalind. Mr. Davenport acted Jacques excellently well ; he has studied the part, and studied it to profit. The play was admirably put on the stage, and the house was well attended. SADLERS WELLS. Mr. Phelps we are glad to find still continues to run a career of uninterrupted success. Miss Fitz patrick who made her debut at the commencement of the season has now completely established herselfas one of the leading artistes of the day in high comedy. She appeared last evening as Constance, in the Love Chase, and gave a delightful version of the character. Lively, gay, animated, vivacious, almost volatile, she never once forgot that she was the high-bred maiden, that albeit a foxhunter, she was still a lady, and that, therefore no approach to vulgarity was to be tolerated, because of such a lady is naturally incapable. She was admirably supported by Mr. Hoskins, whose Wildrake is a piece of rich genuine legitimate comedy. The Widow Green of Mrs. H. Marston, and the Sir W. Fondlove of Mr. A. Younge were also excellent. The house was, as usual, crowded. ATTEMPTED MURDER AT MAISCHESTER—FuE THER PARTICULARS.—With reference to the case of the unfortunate victim in this attempt, the following addi tional particulars, up to Wednesday evening, have reached us from a correspondent, and may be relied on as authentic. They will in su b s t ance an ti c ipat e the evidence to be given by t h e su ff erer h erse lf, as pr i nc i pa l witness against hir husband, who will be brought before the sitting magistrate on Monday next. The assassin is a plater, a department connected with the engine boiler trade. Mrs. Barnsley is recovering in the Man chester Infirmary, and has had a narrow escape, one of the many wounds in her throat having cut through the chief muscle in the neck, and come within an ace of the carotid artery. The poor creature is of opinion that jealousy about a young man caused her husband, while additionally excited by liquor, to attempt her life on Sunday evening. She says he came in " with his eyes rolling and suspicious," and asked her to " lie down a bit." She felt alarmed at his man ner, and begged her little child not to leave the room. On Saturday she had refused to " tramp" with him to Bolton, excusing herself on the ground of being ex hausted by a hard day's washing. This had irritated her husband, and made him more suspicious. From her statement it appears that on Sunday evening, at six o'clock, after refusing to retire, the prisoner jumped up, and took the child down stairs. Mrs. Barnsley then tried to leave the room, but it was fastened outside, and her husband on his return inflicted the wounds already mentioned. She declares that in the first struggle at the door she and her husband rolled over, and tumbled headlong down to the bottom of the stairs. She cried out, " Will nobody help me ?" and after opening the street door recollects nothing till conscious that she was outside, and on her way to the infirmary. Mr. Lobsey, of Aubourn, took from one of his bean fields the other day a stalk with 116 pods, which yielded 283 beans.—Starnfora Mercury. THE LATE PROFFESSOR SAMUEL COOPER.— A meeting of the committee entrusted with the carrying out of the object of the subscribers to this testimonial was held on WeCnesday evening at No. 10, New Ca vendish-street, Portland-place. It will be rereembered (hat the subscriptions for this purpose were commenced some time ago in honour of the memory of one of the chief ornaments of the London medical body. The late Professor Cooper was Professor of the University Col h-ge, and had since beta the office of President of the Royal College of Surgeons. Several new subscriptions ~ ./(re announced, there being now upwards of 5001. in hand. Some discussion arose as to whether a scholar ship, to be called the Cooper Scholarship, should be founded in the Roy a l C o ll ege of S u rgeons or in the University College. After a great deal of debating, pro an d . con., it w as d eterm i ne d to h o ld a genera l meet ing of the subscribers early in November, and a deputa tion was appointed to wait upon Colonel Wood, late M.P. for Brecknockshire, to request him to preside upon the occasion. Amongst the subscribers were the names of Thomas Wakley, Esq, M.P„ the Rev. William Russell, M.A., J. Scott, Esq., of Manor House, Shep perton, The new Emperor of Hayti, Faustin I. (ex-Presi dent Soulongue), soon after his accession to the throne, sent a senator, M. Laplanque, on a special mission to the French and English Governments. That gentleman has just arrived in Paris. le OSTEND, OCT. 15.—1 t is worthy of remark that the only direct communication from England to this country since Thursday last has been by the General Steam Navigation Company's steam-vessels Soho, which arrived at Antwerp on Saturday morning, and the Sir Edward Banks, here this morning. The mail due on Friday la.t arrived here only at five o'clock this after noon from Dover. HUNGARY.—MORE LEVIES OF CONTRIDUTIONS. The Jewish community of Theresiople has also been condemned (on the pretext of having rendered assis tance to the Hungarians) to deliver 25,000 pairs of shoes gratuitously. The cost of each pair, under the present circumstances (everything being enormously dear), is no less than 9 or 10 florins. The amount of the contribu tion would thus be 250,000 fl., whilst the property of the whole community, consisting of 120 persons, is calculated at no more than 50,000 fl. Spite of this disproportionate, or, rather, unendurable flue, an additional fine of 200 fl. has been imposed on each day's delay in forwarding the quantity at the appointed term. As only 400 pairs of shoes could be sent i❑ on the first term, several members of the community have been arrested as security, or, as the general is pleased to call it, as " hostages."—Jewish Chronicle. SIR ROBERT PEEL. " There is an elaborateness and an unmistakable evi dence of art about all Sir Robert Peel's great displays, detracting materially from their effect. The observation struck me as very apt which I once heard from a lady on her first visit to the Ventilator' (the Ladies' (gallery' of the old house), that Sir R. Peel's manner and delivery were those of a clever schoolboy speaking a prize ora tion—fluently, stiffly, and gradiloquently. " Atter getting accustomed to these peculiarities—and you require to be accustomed to them—real admiration begins. The thorough knowledge and management of his audience, playing with the band of a master upon their passions and prejudices (for, strange to say, pas sions and prejudices do prevail, even in the House of Commons), the skill, a little too evident, but yet very superior of its kind, with which he manages, when hit purpose requires it, to wrap up a heap of nothings in a cloud of fine words, while at another moment he ex- presses in a sentence what it would cost an inferior man a whole speech to convey ; the closeness and vigour of his reasoning, however defective the premises may be, his intimate and profound acquaintance with every de• partment, and with the most intricate matters of publit business—all these striking qualities command for him the rivctted attention of the House, and make even hit opponents forget, for the time, the artifices, the plausi bilities and the common-places which must ever keep him below the first rank among orators." _ Almost Equally gocd is the subjoined portrait of LORD JOHN RUSSELL. " Although the Noble Lord in question is certainly not a very eager and over-precipitate advocate of poli tical changes, and on the contrary is more to be remarked for a disposition to go to sleep over them, and to continue that sleep to a very late hour indeed, this measure of justice must be dealt to him, that when he has at last prevailed on himself to stir, and is determined to make an advance, he seems to speak with far more nerve and earnestness, and certainly with far greater effect upon his auditory, than when proposing or defending measures of restriction, severity, and injustice. In the latter case he is of the earth, earthy:—heavy, laboured, stiff, dogmatical, and dogged. In the former he surprises by the bursts of a singular and really chastened eloquence; glittering over the usual correct coldness of his delivery, like sun shine over an ice-encumbered stream. Of his powers of sarcasm, the observation may be hazarded, that with him that very serviceable but ignoble weapon is perhaps more keen and piercing than when wielded by almost any other in the House. To use the expressive language of the Fancy, he is in to you before you are aware of it.' " Here, again, is an excellent callotype of NR. ROEBUCK. "Few men possess in so striking a degree the dan gerous and unhappy gift of sarcastic powers as Mr. Roebuck. It is a dangerous and unhappy gift to it:: possessor, as it robs him of friends, while it procures for him plenty of applauders and backers at the moment: each man being glad to have the lash directed against his neighbours, and averted from himself. The effect of Mr. Roebuck's other talents—and they are not in small measure ether as to quantity or quality—is grievous]) marred by this propensity to bitterness, and the likeli hood of his ever attaining the position of a political leader rendered almost naught. Men like to be led, in deed, and it is said of political parties, at least in this country, that they do not object to having what sailor: call a taut hand' kept over them ; or if they grumble, still are found to submit to it far better than they woulo to a guidance attempted in milder, and more considerate fashion. But no man likes to be perpetually in but water; and no man likes to the butt of his leader' s sarcasms: and whoever follows John Arthur Roebuck must make up his mind to both contingencies; for that gentleman is never—l will not say contented, for content and ho have nothing in common—but is never in his glory, save when over the shoulders, and nearly over head, in the hottest water; and when he has not an oppo nent to assail, will turn bis fine-edged and glittering steel upon a friend. " Mr. Roebuck's person, as well as manner and de. livery, aro well known ; th e former small and spare, but well formed; the head highly intellectual, bat the coun tenance telling tales of the acrimony within. His voic, is harsh, but clear; and his delivery a little too sharp and dogmatic to be altogether pleasing; while at thy same time it is undoubtedly impressive and telling." As we might have been certain in volumes of this character, the allusions to the labours of Daniel O'Connell in political agitation are by no means unfrequent. Due meeds of praise are awarded to Edward Dwyer, the Secretary of the Catholic Asso ciation, and to Thomas Matthew Ray, the Secretary of the Repeal Association. The latter gentleman, indeed, has contributed to the work a document of singular value, explanatory of the labours of that famous establishment. The share which his great Leader took in those and other labours of agitation may be guessed from the following reference of his son to O'CONNELL AND HIS "TRIBUTE." "The part which Mr. O'Connell was under, in fact, a moral necessity of taking at the general elections of the year 1841, like that which was expected from him at slt the elections during the last seventeen years of his life, was not a very easy nor a very limited one. "He was consulted on everything, by every Lay, from everywhere. He had to cheer up and stimulate, to cau tion and to check; to mediate between contending sec tions of the popular party; to allay jealousies, smooth down irritations, suggest or express opinions upon can didates, write a multitude of publio addresses, and lose no time in attending to each and every one of these par ticulars, lest offended vanity should make the neglected party abandon exertion, or throw himself into the hands of the anti-popular party. " The interest of a man's own locality, like tbosa of his own self, always appear to him to be of paramount importance; and Mr. O'Connell had to deal with each case thus referred to him for counsel, opinion, and as sistance, as it it were the most important of all, and had caught and engrossed his whole attention. "In addition, he had to arrange for his own election and that of his sons, and, of course, provide what funds were required. Nor did his pecuniary efforts end here; for whereTer there was a difficult election, he was looked to as a species of national treasurer, and answered the call to the best of his power. " There never was any species of public contribution of which so much returned into the hands of the public, as of the Tribute' or 'O'Connell Rent,' as was indiffe rently called the magnificent annual collection made by the people of Ireland to enable my father to fight their battles in Parliament. Even in ordinary years, large amounts went back in subscriptions of all kinds, reli gious and political; but in years of general elections considerably more than one-half was disbursed in the expenses of the elections and election petitions of which he undertook the burthen." THE ZOIST. Our readers, no doubt, remember the case of cancer in the breast, which was cured by Dr. Elliotson entirely by mesmeric means, a report of which appeared in the Zoist about twelve months since, and which was at the time noticed in The Sun. The fact that the case was one of genuine cancer was certified by the late Mr. Samuel Cooper (a disbeliever in mesmerism), and by several other eminent surgeons. The patient on whom this case was effected, Miss Barber, died on the 16th September last, from inflammation of the lungs. The remains of Miss Barber were subjected to a post-mortem examination, and in describing the re sults, Dr. Elliotson says—" The breast was as free from disease as when described its cure ; and with the disappearance of the disease, the gland itself and nipple had shrunk amazingly, the skin remaining a little indurated. I had a cast made of the whole bosom, which I shall be happy to show any reader of the Zoist." This is a perfect case of the cure by inesmerism of malignant disease—of disease con fessedly incurable by ordinary means, and the paper in the present number of the Zoist completes this, perhaps, the most important medical history ever re corded. The other papers in this number are also of a most interesting character. COURT CIRCULAR. ----- WINDSOR, Tuunswor. The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took their accustomed morning walk. The Royal Family took walking and pony exer cise in the grounds adjacent to the Castle. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing this morning, attended by Lord Camoys, Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. A. N. Hood, Lieut.-Colonel F. H. Seymour, and General Bowles. The Earl of Carlisle had the honour ofjoining the royal party at dinner. The Lord Mayor had the honour of an interview with his Royal Highness Prince Albert this afternoon. The Count and Countess de Neuilly, accompanied by the Prince de Joinville, the Duke d'Aumale, and by Prince Alexander of Wurtemberg, and Prince Phillipe of Wurtemberg, visited her Majesty and Prince Albert, and partook of luncheon at Windsor Castle yesterday. The Count and Countess de Neuilly and their il lustrious party returned to Claremont in the af ternoon. Baron de Brunnow, the Russian Minister, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing -str ee t. Th e D ean o f Carlisle had also an interview with his Lordship yesterday. A deputation, consisting of the Baron de Goldsmid, Mr. Bailey, and Mr. Brassey, Directors of the Bir kenhead Dock Company, accompanied by Mr. Rendel, had an interview with the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and Forests yesterday, at their office in Whitehall -place. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office fr om the Governor of Canada, and also from the Governors of the other North American Colonies. ENGLAND AND WALES. The following is the Return of Deaths from Cholera and Diarrhoea reported to the General Board of Health the 18th day of October, 1849 : SUPERINTENDING REGISTRAR'S DISTRICT. Deaths. Cholera. Diarrh. 1 0 2 0 0 4 5 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 Basford (Bulweli) Berwick-upon-Tweed (Norham) Birmingham ... Bridgewater Bristol ••• Chester-le-Street (Harroton) Chorley (Rivington district) Clifton Uuion (St. Philip and Jacob) ••• ••• ••• Cockermouth (Workington and Camerton) Devizes (Potterne) Dudley, Sedgley, hind Rowley Regis ••• ••• Ecelesfield (Barnesley) Edmonton (Enfield) ... Farnham ... Forehoe (Colton) ... Headington Union ... Highworth ( Swindon ) ) Hitchin (Baldock) Hull (Myton) Ilunslet (Kirkstall) Ipswich ••• ••• Isle of Wight (Hyde)... Leeds, North ... Liverpool ... Macclesfield ... Mahon ••• Manchester ... Morpeth ••• Newcastle.on-Tyne Newcastle-nnder-Lyne Newton Abbott (Torquay) ... Newtown ... Orraikirk (Southport) Peterborough ..• •• ••• Pewsey ••• ••• ..• Pontefract, Knottingley (Oct. 12 to 15) Preston ••• ••• ••• St. Thomas ... South Shields Totnes „, Tunstead (Honing) ... Wakefield (Alverthorpo and Stanley) Walsall and Darlaston ••• Warwick West Bromwich (Wednesbury) Weymouth ..„ Whitby Wigan ••• ••• ••• York (Walmgate) • •• .'.. 0 1 ... ~. - 2 1 2 0 - 3 3 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 2 0 -. 1 0 - 0 1 - 2 0 - 11 0 - 0 3 - 2 2 ... -- 0 1 ... - 0 1 ... - 1 1 ... - 9 1 ... ••• - 0 1 ... ..• - 0 i 1 ... ..• - 1 3 ... ••• - 1 0 - 0 1 1 0 1 0 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 1 0 0 1 _- 5 0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 3 2 - 2 0 1 0 2 3 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 3 1 - 1 0 Total ... SCOTLAND. Perth ... 1 0 .. • --- GENERAL TOTAL Metropolis ... 5 2 England and Wales ... 78 36 Scotland 1 0 Total ... NOTE. —The deaths are returned according to the superintendent registrars' districts, as it is found im• practicable to distinguish every place separately, Our Liverpool correspondent informs us that in the telegraphic dispatch of the news brought by the Cambria, an erratum occurred respecting the accident to the ship Tartar. It ought to be " six of the crew were sick," instead of "six or the crew were lost." DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN BETHNAL' GREEN- ROA D, — Last night, shortly before midnight, a fire that caused considerable alarm, and was attended with a serious de struction of prtperty, broke out on the premises belong ing to Mr. Samuel Taylor, a clothes salesman, carrying on business at No. 180, Bethnal-green.mnd. The flames it appears, originated from some cause which could not be ascertained in the front warehouse, and owing to the ignitable nature of the stock in trade therein, but few minutes passed away era the whole of the lower part of the building became wrapped in fire. At that time the whole of the residents were in the premises, and having made their appearance at the front window they were about to threw themselves out. They were persuaded by the parties below not to do so, which advice they obeyed, and assistance having arrived all the persons whose lives were so greatly jeopardised, managed to effect a safe retreat from the blazing building. The en gines of the parish and London, brigade were soon on the spot, and there being an abundant supply of water furnished by the East London Company, the three first engines which came up were set to work ; but, in spite of the exertions of the firemen, the fire continued, to spread, and it was not until the whole of Mr. layloers stock in trade, with furniture and wearing apparel, party, rel 'wre consumed, that the flames could be mast ered. who was assisting to remove a che st of drawers trom the first floor, fell through the ceili n g and was seriously in jured. Unfortunately Mr. Taylor was was not insured for a single penny. Whilst the above . an other happened in Playhouse -yard, St. Luke's, burning, but, owing to the timely assistance afforded, only one room! in the house was burned out. The Governor and Company of the B an k o f England ha ve contributed an additional sum of 1001. (making 3 001 .) in aid of the funds of th e C ommittee for p romo ting the Establishment of Bath s an d Washhouses for the Labouring Classes, towards the completion of the model establishment, Goulston square, Whitechapel. DINNER TO AlEssas. T. M. GIBBON AND JOHN BRlGHT. — Arrangemeuts are in progress for a grand banquet to be given b y t h e e l ectors o f M anc h ester to their tried and excellent representatives in Parliament, the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, M.P., and Mr. John Bright, M.P. It is proposed, we understand, that it should take place early in 1850 ; but none of the details are yet decided upon. A preliminary meeting of the committee will be held at the Spread Eagle, Hanging Ditch, on Thursday evening, to consider and determine upon the steps to be taken in the matter; and, no doubt, the banquet will be on a scale of magnificence in every way commensurate with the importance of the occasion. —Manchester Examiner. Diseases are the interest of pleasures.—. 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