The Sun. — London, England, 1855-09-03 00:00:00

~...•' • tiC O ta i l Ma' THIS DAYS NEWS LA 47 INTELLIGENCE.-- (THIS DAY.) -- COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN EE W. E. TUKE. T his was an adjourned last examination. The bank niPt was described of Mark-lane, wine and spirit mer ehallt• The balance-sheet prepared by Mr. Butler cotn- Neaced January, 1854, and ended June, 1855, and holed -Creditors unsecured, 2,657/. Os 4d. ; creditors di ng security, 7221. 9s. ; liabilities (including claims of 'neat Cambrian Mine 1,1411. 14s. 7d., Cardigan and t_jarraarthen Railway 1.5001., and Trigonebris Mine 8701.), 4611. Os. 7d. ; profits, 1,8271. 18s. 7d. Credits-by cash at Bank of Enrrland, 1/. lls. 10d. ; by debts, good doubtful 3821. ° 115. 11d., bad 431. 18s. 10d. ; pro- P et ty, 450/. 16s. 2d. ; disputed debts, 2311. is. ; property I n hands of creditors, 3891. 17s. 6d. ; excepted articles, 201 .; trad e expenses, 5751. 19 s . 3d. ; losses, 1,9431. 2s 0 2 ‘, d '; Taw costs, 3161. 17s. ; domestic expenses, 9601. ,ss. ; liabilities, 3,5611. Os. 7d. ; deficiency, Jan., 1854, 531 ' 23 .; diff erence i n books, 141. 10s. , Chidley, for the assignees, said the bankrupt's toe° , were satisfactory, and there was no objection whi Spassin g. Ihe bankrupt passed. SURREY SESSIONS-(THIS DAY.) .. 11 he Sept em b er sess i ons f or th e coun ty o f Su rr ey corn "seed this m orn i ng a t the Sessions House, Newing -44-causeway, bef or e Thomas Puckle, Esq., chairman, E• , of ' J ohnson, Esq., deputy-chairman, and a full bench 2 9 111a gistrates. The calendar contained the names of „. Prisoners f or t r i a l, th e ma j or ity o f w h om , a s usual, "‘s neithe r read or write. There are, however, many 164041 8 ch arges among th em —t wo f o r housebreaking, ; renal for daring street robberies and robberies by ser on• Owing to the recent act of Parliament, which wh o ._ h r wered magistrates to summarily convict persons schnitted their guilt, the labour of the sessions is -tiel l C ontracted, and no doubt it will eventually lead to T e at saving to the several counties in the kingdom. b h „ lle t grand jury, having been charged by the chair -"z retired to their room. iiel l berernainder of the day was occupied by hearing °I l Petty larceny cases. INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MANSION-HOUSE. I I'l3l/G RlM—Robert Russell, a young man of respectable :Pearance, was charged before Alderman Salomon forgery and uttering a check for 3/. Wontner appeared for the prisoner. ctiut 4 , one of th e d e t ec ti ve o ffi cers , d e posed that on B h. l cl ay afternoon about three o'clock he went to the "'° l l Joint Stock Bank Moorgate, and saw Mr. w elt the secretary, who handed to him a check pur ort; h to be drawn by Mr. Dudfield on that bank, l it la blo to C. R usse ll . Th e c h ec k being crossed to elBrs . Glynn and C o ., witness went there ; and from k °llll ation h e rece i ve d h e appre h en d e d t h e pr i soner at jrather's residence. The check was dated 7th July. 44,8474 tneriotltdthneg prisoner he apprehended him for forging a check for Si., with intent to defraud his t o _ te r Mr. D u dfi e ld : pr i soner h es it a t e d f or a f ew rni t4ileavnd then said, "Oh, dear me, it has been on my 14 7 ever since." tr enry Dudfield' deposed he was a custom-house iC Il e ,"") carryin g on b us i ness a t 66, L ower Th ames - s t ree t. h e , Pti soner, who l e ft him on the 13th July, had been Of t l : 3 el q lo 7 nearly 12 months. He believed the body h e check to be in the prisoner's handwriting. The : kt ure was a bad imitation of his writing. He first 1 7 1 of th e c h eck on Saturday. tank R. Legg, cashier at the London Joint-Stock th e I Paid th e c h ec k pro d uce d on th e 20th J u ly, t h roug h toelesaill/g-hone, to Messrs. Glynn and Co, and debited bitten i 1311 c 1 field's account. The signature look's as if tl e ,, n a careless manner, but coming through the ti e l ng h - ouse he did not look particularly at it at the °f PaYment • v ontne r said the prisoner bad unfortunately Cruitted the act in an unguarded moment, through 41111luence of bad companions, and hoped the alder- Wonld. take a lenient view of the case. Alderman Salomon said he had but one duty to 1 0 2 433 . The case was exceedingly clear, and he must hi m. The prisoner, who admitted he wrote the check, and 1 4 4 1 46 Was sorry for what he bad done, was accord. • I committed. GUILDHALL. Il rri eQ 14 1 tV HOUSE INFORMATIONS.—John WM. Cooper bpd 41411 a 10 Ded before Mr. Alderman Finnis, charged, I f ' e t the recent act of Parliament for the suppression 40 betting -houses, for that he, occupying a certain ati t l 4s : 11 0. 112, Fl ee t- s t ree t, did k now i ng ly, unlawf u lly, ha,w'lltilly permit a cer t a i n room i n that house to be 4 bY other persons for the purpose of betting on l itt e ., tn eing, contrary to the above act, whereby the 4 401 4 . 44 nt had incurred a penalty of any sum not ex- I ng 1 40/ 111, • the', Pearson, the city solicitor, appeared in support 4111-7..in_formatio'n, and Mr. Parry for the defendant. ta lk i e -Pearson said this information had been laid p l aints the defendant in consequence of the numerous 104oee "tints that had been made to the police of the ex i 140-I ,b of th ere b e tti ng -h ouses . Thi s was j us t one o f : ;t ea sea contemplated by the act of Parliament, 4 1 1 :" had been stated that this ant, if construed as tel liked his Worship to do would be fou n d t o a ff ec t th e el4 -rit ted establishment of Tattersall's and all games of e that took place between persons in private parties I ltt li : es ek However that might be the ac t was no t on eftceeoant not to be put in f or c e f or th e suppress i on of nuisance n nisance now complained of. It was a question i mportance to this city that houses for betting t 7 t ea of thi s d escr i pt i on s h ou ld not exist, affording . th," re e Y did f ac ili t i es f or l a d s, c l er k s, and others resorting t ftC e en gaging in games of chance much to th e i n j ury th e keelv es and their employers. He should not rest tall e4e e on th a t b u t on cer t a i n f ac t s th a t wou ld b e de locll in evidenc e . Th e l earne d gen tl eman th en re f erre d et t h i o f a cts relying on the 3d sec t io n as th e one appli tt to this case. The fact of the defendant la R , c ili tt i ; a licensed victualler did no t a ff ec t th e 14,11 ; ` e n at i ssue . Wh atever m i g h t b e the result of the : 41 1, the l ega l c it y aut h or i t i es had done their duty in P i g the case before the magistrates. Oet k i llt/e llY Nelson Monger, police-constable 564, de ,llet4a;" had reason to believe the defendant was the 4 ip t "," of the house, 112, Fleet-street. He had seen ilittit.Zere frequently acting as the master. He saw St - fi ' et e on the 12th July. He went to a room on the 41, goor, where there were about 20 other persons. ideas had before them lists of horses, with prices against kr, The lists were lying on the t a bl e b e f ore w h ere ki-6,ePer was sitting. o~IDr arty o bj ec t e d t o t hi s ev id ence. The oricinal 11 4, t e nt should b e p ro d uce d t o prove i t was a b etting 1 4 cfc're the contents were stated. Pe arson—You have had notice to produce them. h aa t.l' 'etry—We have not got them. If not produc e d 4 r -4a ri ght to give secondary evide n c e o f th em . 41, 1 e' A lderman Fi nn i s d ec id e d on h ear i ng secon d ary k ti : ls of the contents of the documents. tkik :illation continued—There was a person sitting V tki l 1. • Coope r w ith a b oo k i n hi s h an d . M r. Cooper apa rk eein fortably smo ki ng hi s p i pe. Th e b ooks and tss il h were kinds of tissue paper with the names of ae With the odds on them. He saw several per bey , 414 up the lhts and look at them. After that til t Cent to the book-keeper, pointed to something on 111 0 14 1 , t ' 411, 1 gave him money, or laid it on the table, I ter ei ll t : entered something in the book. Conversations t , 11,7, 41 g on about horse-racing. ; a ' l( lernian Finnis—No vouchers were given for *olljd°ll93" received, he asked the man if •a certain horse ti tle 111 0, for the Liverpool Cup—a person offer e d t o t b te e - on the horse. i , 1 , 1 t1 1 ,1 1 n d by Mr. Parry—There were no refreshments to on this day, ner any other person than M r . sn lokin g i n th e room ; persons came t h ere ex tefte% f or b e t t i ng. He had never seen persons take 11 :re:"Z e nta in this room. He had a mei al objection to :nes icing. lie bad seen the same people five or six 'etp "ete betting. His was a beer-shop, not a licensed Was a house. He did not like horse-racing, because dead robbery altogether (laughter). l efea 4 P" taker, 635, went with the last witness to the 4te ni e ,l 44 ,_ V e house on the 12th July, but was not ex )l3,",a:Y Mr. Pearson. h4leloeic7wr.,_Parry —He had never been at the house at 1 ° era wh u en an ordinary was held there, but at the Pk ' e n bets were made. w 44 .12 . as the complainants case. kl nle 4141. 5 - said this case rested on whether certain facts lia With' t aep t 14 the clause of a certain act of Par ThiN licensed house, which all the il t e p pje ' c i gh o t _ e nter a b s etw a een certain hours, and could not e c _nt by the landlord without a breach of the te t exi(l 44t iutumitted. The question was, whether . the 1 4 , ' l 4 4.4uovvingly and wilfully permitted betting to 4 „,ttti e , le house. Taking all that had been stated to `1k4,1'." submitted the defendant had not violated the worship decided to the contrary there was THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY _EVENING, _SEMEN/11MR S 1855 not a club on the eve of a great race but would be affected by the act of Parliament, not omitting the Gresham where there was always to be found a "sprinkling of alderman." The intention of the Legislature, by the preamble cf the act, was to put down certain betting houses kept for the profit of the cccupiers. The act stated, "whereas a kind of gaming," it did not say all because the makers of the acoount were many of them great gamblers themselves, and the subsequent words of the third section stated, " that any person who, being the owner or occupier of any house, office, room, or other place, shall open, keep, or use the same for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, or either of them, and shall knowingly, wilfully, and unlawfully permit the same to be kept open, or used by any person, i&e." This he (11r. Parry) con tended did not apply to the casual using of the room, which would be a straining a penal statute but to a permanent usury, and that it must be shown that the occupier kept the place open for the purpose of betting himself, or "betting with the resorters thereto." Mr. Cooper had never made a het, or derived any profit from betting, neither had he any lists of horses in his room. He hoped the bench would dismiss the case, as not coming within the act. Mr. Alderman Finnis, hawing retired to consider his judgment, came into Court, and said he was of opinion the charge came within the act, and he fined the defen dant 51. Mr. Parry gave notice of appeal. There were four other similar cases for hearing. BOW-STREET. LETTER STEALING.—A respectably attired young Mao, who gave the name of Henry Wilson, was placed at the bar charged with stealing a letter containing money from the General Post-office. From the evidence it appeared that this morning, from information received, the prisoner, who filled the office of sorter in the Inland-office of the General Post-office, was desired to attend at the private room of Mr. Boydon, the inspector of letter-carders, and was there charged with stealing a letter containing money. The prisoner did not deny the charge, but said he did not know the letter contained money. The prisoner was this morning occupied in sorting letters for the fifth division, and Russell-square was in that division. [The letter stolen bore the following address :—" Mr. C. Snewing, Russell square, London."] He ultimately received the letter from the prisoner, which he now produced, and it was precisely in the same state as when he got it from him. The seal had not been broken. The witness was here direc'ed to open the let ter, and it was found to contain a sovereign wrapped in wool, and placed in a card. The letter ought to have been despatched in the ordinary course of business this morning at half-past eiglit. Peake deposed he took the prisoner into custody this morning at the General Post-office about eight o'clock, and told him that be was charged with stealing a letter addressed to Mr. Snewing. Upon which he said he knew nothing about it. Upon asking him if he (Peake) was to understand that be did not know the letter was in his pocket, the prisoner answered yes. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. CLERKEN WELL. THE LATE STRANGE APPLICATION BY AN ITALIAN PRIEST AT THE THAMES COURT.—This morning, upon Mr. Tyrwhitt taking his seat, a foreigner, who stated that he had been brought over to this country to act as a priest in the Foreign Legion, applied for his advice and assistance under thA following circumstnnces He stated that upon his arrival in this country, he took lodgings at an Italian public-house, at the corner of Kirby-street, Hatton-garden. After staying there for a few days he went down to Dover, leaving a box con taining six sovereigns and other property i❑ the care of the landlord. When he arrived at the quarters of the Foreign Legion, he found that his services in the capacity of a priest were not required. He then returned to his former lodgings, when he discovered that his box had been taken out of his room, broken open, and the six sovereigns it contained abstracted from it. He had applied to the landlord, but could obtain no redress. Sergeant Gunn, 8 G, stated that this was not the first anplication he had made to this court when he had been referred to the police. He (the sergeant) had been to the landlord, who said there was no truth whatever in the applicant's statement ; and in this he concurred, for the landlord was a highly respectable man ; and in proof of this the landlord stated that when he left he went away in debt to the extent of 61. He might mention that the applicant bad been to the Thames Police court, and stated that be had been robbed at a Ger man lodging-house under similar circumstances, when the magistrates gave him 2/. ; but upon inquiry by the police the facts were precisely the same as related in this. The landlord would attend voluntary to-morrow if his honour wished it. It appeared that the applicant wanted to extort money. Mr. Tyrwhitt said he would hear the case when the landlord attended, and the parties then left the court. THE CONDUCT OE THE NEAPOLITAN AurBOBITIES. The Government of the Two Sicilies has to apologise for two deliberate offences towards France and England. On the occasion of the fete Napoleon, a French frigate saluted the port of Messina, but the salute was not re turned. Such is a national insult. The captain of the •essel immediately telegraphed the fact to Paris, and I presume a correspondence is now taking place on the subject. The second offence is a deliberate insult offered to a member of her Majesty's Legation at Naples, who has been gratuitously insulted by M. Mazza, the Minister, or rather Director of Police, in the form of abusive language directed towards the gentleman in question. Lord Clarendon I presume is in possession of a despatch on this subject. His lordship will probably remember that the archives of the Foreign-office contain many unredressed offences of the police practised on British subjects, and it is a positive necessity this time that the Neapolitan Government should be made to apologise openly and through the medium of the official journal for an offence directed against a servant of the British Crown, and therefore against the Sove reignty of England. Such a proceeding is necessary for the honour of the country, and the support and weight of her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of Naples. It is not enough that Sir W. Temple should receive a despatch assuring his Excellency "of the friendly feeling entertained by the Government of the Two Sicilies towards that of her Britannic Majesty," &c. The insult was public—the atonement should be the same. The affair is of a nature to justify Lord Clarendon in demanding the dismissal of M. Mazza, which would be doing a good turn to the King himself. M. Walewski is no doubt alive to the necessity of re pairing the insult offered to France. It is urgently ne cessary that our Ambassadors should co-operate and support each other on all questions, however minute, throughout the world. In the present instance, too, no doubt the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Paris will dis cover, in these insults to the Allies, a meaning beyond the stupid affairs themselves, which, but for the excep tional condition of our foreign relations at the yresent moment, might be treated with contempt. Under exist ing circumstances, however, such acts demand special con , ideration and prompt redrew.—Paris Correspondent of the Morning Post. STRAND THEATRE. If this elegant little theatre be the " least " in point of dimensions among the metropolitan places of dramatic entertainment, it certainly is not the " last " in public estimation, nor the least deserving of success on the grounds of managerial enterprise and skill. Conspi cuous among other features of attraction to entice the playgoer at the present season, is the performance of some of the Spanish Dancers who lately formed a por tion of the renowned Haymarket troupe, of which Peres Nena wasTthe central star. Tne dancing of Marcos Diaz and Anna Della Fuente is extremely popular, and they are excellently aided by the clever and accom plished Madlle. Julie and a well-drilled corps de ballet ; but we have' a daughter of Terpsichore naturalised amongst us, who, on the score of genuine artistic talent, is justly entitled to a higherrank than any of the vaunted Spaniards. Such of our readers as may have been pre sent at the Strand Theatre on last Saturday evening, and beheld Madile. Auriol (Mrs. Flexmore) in La Ron (Ufa, cannot but agree with us in awarding the palm in her favour for vigour, aplomb, brilliancy, and accuracy of execution. Showy, agile, and sparkling as was the famous Perea, she was not comparable, to speak sin cerely, in sterling merit as a dancer, with Auriol, nor possessed of such legitimate first-rate qualifications. Auriol is a veritable mistress of her art, and her per fermances deserve to be attentively studied by those who desire to know what correct and elegant dancing really is. Solid merit is entitled to more encouragement than it is but too frequently apt to receive, and were the public but more disposed to look at home, there would be a less extravagant furore for exotic celebrities, and, as in the case of the distinguished danseuse whom we have specified, a more marked appreciation of domestiC talent. The Duke of Rutland is, we are gratified to learn, in excellent health, and will, during the shooting season, receive a select circle at his shooting box in Derbyshire. The Earl and Countess Granville are expected to re turn from Paris early in the present week. The Earl of Clarendon comes to town to-day, from the Grove, near Watford, Herts. The Count and Countess des Geneys have left the Clarendon Hotel for Thames Park, Oxon. Lord Redesdale and the Hon. Miss Mitford are stay ing at Batsford Park, Gloucestershire. Lieutenant Walter F. Robinson (says the United Ser vice Gmettc) has been appointed Flag Lieutenant to Rear-Admiral Sir George R. Sartorius, Commander-in- Chief at Queenstown. Lieutenant Robinson is an old officer, having served nearly 22 years afloat. The Southampton magistrates granted, laft week, 35 public-house licences, Where were 0 applications. MARKET YEWS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of wheat on sale in most of the country markets held on Saturday were very moderate, and the trade ruled steady, on rather higher terms. All spring corn, including flour, sold to a fair extent, at full quota- tions. The latest advices from New York state that flour was deady, at full prices. Nearly the whole of the continental markets have been excited, and the quotations have been on the advance. Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English grain were very moderate. The imports of foreign were 6,148 qrs. cf wheat, 477 barley, 16,935 oats, 932 beans, 107 peas, 200 linseed, 119 sundry seeds, 2,182 sacks and 2,172 brls of flour. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to our market to-day was limited, and chiefly composed of the now crop in fine condition. The show of samples being small, and as some fine English wheats were taken for shipment to France, the demand ruled brisk, at an advance in the quotations paid on this day se'nnight of from is to 2s per quarter, and at which a good clearance was effected. The accounts at hand to-day from the leading grain dis tricts state that the wheat crop is not proving so large as was at one time anticipated. The show of foreign wheat was vary moderate, especially of fresh qualities. Notwithstanding that the amount of business doing in most kinds was by no means extensive, importers were very firm, and, in some instances, they succeeded in realising an advance of from is to 2s per quarter. Floating cargoes were in improved request, and rather dearer. The supply of barley was trifling, and the trade was firm, at fully last week's currency. We had a better inquiry for malt, at full quotations. Good sound oats were very scarce, and at 6d. per qr. dearer. The value of low and damp qualities was sup ported. Beans changed hands steadily, at full prices, and the same may be said of peas. The flour trade ruled steady, at fully the late improve ment in value. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red .... new 661 to 78a Ditt0........ old —s —a Ditto, White new 70s 83s Ditt0........ old 83s 85s tiorfollt and Gin• coln, Red, old 66s 763 Ditto new ...... 70s 77s Bye—Old .... ~..., —s —s New ............ 42s 44s Barley—Grinding..... 30s 33s Vatting . • • 328 33s Chevalier.... . . 34s 35s Af,lt—Saffolk and Nor -62s 67s trown.— •• 588 60s •KingstonandWare 68s 708 Malt—Chevalier .• • • 70s to 71s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed 25s 3()s Potato . Yonghal and Cork Black * 24s 28s Cork, White ..... 26; 308 Scotch, Feed..... 27s 30s Beans—Tick ....... 41s 448 Pigeons ... 43 47s Peas—Grey .......... 35s as Maple ........... 388 40s White... ...395• 458 Boilers 438 46s Flour—Town-made... 65s 70s Suffolk 54s 55s Stocktn & Norton% 53s 553 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Last week's imports of foreign stock wore moderate, the total supply amounting to 8,372 head. In the corre sponding week in 1851 we received 10,054 ; in 1853, 11,226; in 1852, 11,967 in 1851, 11,483; and in 1850, 8,178 head. ISIPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WHIM. From Beasts Bremen ilamburgh....., 11 Rotterdam 204 ... 1,513 92 213 Touning 216 130 ... 13 Tonningeu 226 ... 210 Dora Nieu Diep 94 1,025 ... 1 ... Harlingen Antwerp ••• Amsterdam l7 Medemblik 4 Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 86G ... - 772 ... - Total —1,317 ... 5,514 ... 283 ... 527 ... 671 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under :—• Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1854 2,382 ... 6, 10 160 ... 809 C 93 1853 1,729 ... 7,558 196 882 802 1852 1, 03 8,799 .4 713 ... 652 ... 310 1851 1,948 ... 5,643 600 600 641 There was only a moderate supply of foreign stock in to-day's market, and its general quality was inferior. From our own grazing districts, the receipts .of beasts put up were but moderato. The few prime breeds in the market were in steady request, at prices fully equal to those of Monday last—the best Scots being worth 5s 4d per 81bs. Otherwise, the beef trade was in a sluggish state, at, in some instances, a decline in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. The receipts of beasts from Li icolnshi re, Leicestershire, &c., amounted to 1,600 short-horns; from other partsiof England, 600 of various breeds ; and from Scotland, 40 Scots. We were but moderately supplied with all breeds of sheep for this time of year, On the whole the mutton trade was firm, and last week's currency was well sup ported. The show of lambs was tolerably good, and the lamb trade was heavy, at barely the late decline in value. Calves were in short supply, and steady request, at full quotations. The best qualities of veal realised 5s 4d per 81bs. The pork trade was firm, at full prices. Per Slbs to sink the arab. s. d. s. d. t s. d. s d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 10 to 4 o,PrimeSouthdown 410 5 2 Second quality.... 4 2 4 6 1 Large crse. calves 4 4 410 Prime large ,oxen 4 8 410 Prime small do 5 0 5 4 Prime Scots, dm 5 0 5 4 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 'Small porkers Second quality ...3 10 4 21Suckling calves 23 0 30 0 ?rime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 8 1 Quarter old pigs 22 0 27 0 Lamb 4s 6d to 5s Bd. TOTAL SUPPLY. I FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .................. 4,7'12 Beasts . ••••••.. • 1,921 cheep •• ..•• •...2,6310 , Sheep ..•• ..... .•• •• 4,750 aloes ..............•• .. 244 Calves.... •• •• •• •••••••• 194 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on IVlonday, Sept. 4, 1854, and in the Metropolitan Market this day, Monday, Sept. 3, 1855. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Sept. 4, 1854.15ept.4, 1855 s. d. s. d. d. s. d coarse and inferior beasts 3 oto 3 2.3 10 to 4 0 second quality ditto 3 4 3 8 4 2 4 6 Prime large oxen ... 310 4 8!I 8 410 Prime Scots, dzc 410 5 0 ,5 0 5 4 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 6 3 8,3 6 3 8 iecond quality ditto ... 310 4 03 10 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 2 4 814 4 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto ... .. 410 5 04 10 5 2 Lambs 4 2 5 6,4 6 5 8 Large coarse calves 3 0 3 84 4 410 Prime small ditto 319 4 4, , 5 0 5 4 Large hogs 3 0 4 23 6 310 \Teat small porkers 4 4 4 8 1 4 0 4 6 Beasts._ 5,564 4,405 Sheep ... „, 32,160 25,790 Calves... ... •.. ••• 287 Piga 520 i 417 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Sept. 5, 1853.—Beasts, 5,161; sheep and lamb 26,100; calves, 355; pigs, 260. Sept. 6, 1852.—Beasts, 4,701; sheep and lambs, 29,210; calves, 284 ; pigs, 375. NEIN - GATE AND LEADENHALL. For the time of year these markets are tolerably well supplied with each kind of meat. Generally speaking, the demand is inactive, yet very little change has taken place in the quotations. Per Blbs by the carcasa. s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 3 4 3 8 Do., middling 310 4 0 Do., prime largo .4 2 4 4 De , do. small 4 6 4 8 Furk, largo .... 3 8 4 0 Lamb Mutton, Inferior Do., middling Do., prime Veal s. d. s. d. 34 3 8 —3 10 4 4 4t 4 8 .3 10 4 1.',. ~4 0 4 6 Pork, small.. 43 6d to 5s 63. BOROUGH HOP. Now hops may be quoted at from 9/. to 10 1 . 10s. per cwt. ; but the quantity yet received is trifling. Yearlings and old qualities are steady, at full quotations. The duty is still called 290,0001 to 3 00001. No foreign hops hare come to hand since our last. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of most kinds of potatoes have become less extensive. All descriptions move off steadily, as follows —York Regents, 60s to 75s ; middlings, 4E; to 50s ; sham, 504 to 6th per cwt. Very favourable accounts have come to hand respecting the general appearance of the crop. WOOL. The imports of wool, last week, were very limited, viz., 102 bales from Mogadore, 10 from Hambro , 60 from Con stantinople. and 100 from Malta. All descriptions of wool are very dull in sale, and the quotations are almost nominal. The following are the current rates of English wool : South Down flocks, is 00 to is 4 , (1 ; mixed tegs and ewes, Is lid to is 3d ; half-bred hoggets, is 20 to is 3d ; do, ewes and wethers, is ld to is 2d ; Swinton fleeces, mixed, is ld to is lid ; Kent, fine, is ld to is 12d ; Lei cester fleeces, is 00 to is ld; flannel wool, is Od to is 3d; blanket wool, 80 to is 00 per lb. We continue to have a steac at fair quotations. The suppl and the quality of the sample Cakes move off slowly, at lat 4 rurnip,White, per bush. 22s to 2551 ly demand for all new seeds lies as yet are very moderate, is by no means first-rate. 3 currencies. .• •• —BSwede —B Anstard, Brown• • •... 12s 14s white, new 8s 10. Tares,Winter,new.. •• Ils 12, Old•• •••••• •• •• 9s los flanary, per quarter .. 46a 50s, Rye grass •• •.. •• ••• 24s 305 1 alover,ReclEng. (cwt.) —s White •• • • •• • • —ll Foreign Iced.. •• • • —3 White.. •• —s — s l Trefoil, new.......... —8 Carraway (new) • • •... 42s 44t Coriander • • .... •• .. 20s 24, Hempseed, per quarter 48s 52s Linseed, Eng.iowing— 72s 74s Crushing ••••• • .. 65s 72s Baltic •• •• •• ••.. 70s 72s Odessa •• •• •• •• •• —8 —s Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English •• —l2l Nl2 10, Foreign,per ton 1110 s 12? 68 Rape Cakes, pr ton 6159 6: 10 Rapeseed,New, pr last, 401 421 TALLOW. Our market continues firm, and prices are well sup ported. To-day, P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 56s 6d pei cwt. Town tallow. 55s net cash. Rough fat, 3s id pel Blbs. 1852 itss3 • Stock this day Price of Y. C .• . • Delivery last week • • Ditto from June 1.... Arrivals last week.. Ditto from Junel.... Price of Town ... • • 30,774 ± 30,579 17,142 31.903 35,568 38s 94 toy 39s Id 51s Odto 66s Od to: 54s 60 39a Od I to 39s 6C, —s Od Od 'to Od 9,722 1,637 1,693 1,476 2,74) 19,938 16,836 , 20,945 15,919 26,146 630 1,999 , 2,960 497 18 14,149 15,887 14,972 11,822 13,969 3os 6d 4ls 01 523 9d . 67s Od 58s Od ISLINGTON LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY.—Thi gentleman who held the office of assistant -secretary an , librarian at this institution during the first fifteen year, of its establishment, and who contributed by his zeal an, activity to some portion of the merit of its success, bu who was compelled to leave it by severe pecuniar3 tmbarrassment, has been enabled, by the falling in (1 an inheritance, to pay his mortgage debts in full, an, eleven 'shillings and eleveppence in the 'mod to hi s untenured creditors! THE MAGAZINES. Blackwood. considerable portion of the " leading article" of Maga for September —a re markable paper descriptive of " Life in the Interior of Russia "—we have already transferred to our columns, through the medium of extended extracts which made their appearance in our impressions of Friday and Saturday evening. The writer of the paper in question had previously made himself fa vourably known to the readers of Blackwood, it will be remembered, by means of his narrative re counting in the August number of that chief of the Magazines, " The Internal Sufferings of Russia from the War"—a chapter of contemporary history which did not fail to arouse very general interest immediately upon its publication. Another chap ter of a similar kind, and one possessing a no less immediate interest than its notable predecessor, here mentioned, we have just now particularised as the chief political attraction in the present number of Blackwood's Magazine. This we say without any desire to disparage tho merits of the closing contribution, the one entitled " Our Beginning of the Last War," a contribution referring, by a very appreciable analogy, to th e even t s w hi c h h ave transpired in our own time sin' e the date of the present War's Commencement. The superior charm of the article headed " Life in the Interior of Russia" is discoverable, of course, among other sources in its peculiar combination of novelty and authenticity. It will be found on examination to be the result of personal observation and individual experience. As such, it describes the landed pro prietors of the Holy Russian Empire—contrasts the condition of its serfs and its nobles—depicts the precise nature of the relations between masters and servants—sketches the salient points in Rus sian travelling—delineates the Siberian convicts, travelling convicts, the merchants, and other notable persons encountered by strangers in the throng of the Muscovite population. " Zaidee" —the serial romance now adorning, during the last ten months, the pictured pages of Blackwood—unravels the golden thread of its story, tangled together in a plot of infinite ela boration. The interest of the narrative increases now with every fresh instalment. In such we look for the long-expected revelation—when the Vivians shall at length discover their lost Zaidee, the little brown Zaidee of seven years ago, in the beautiful, accomplished, gentle, Elizabeth Cumberland. The probability of this eclaireissement has become greater and more imminent now that the last few chapters, those we have just perused with eager curiosity in the new number of Ebony for Sep tember, has introduced the heroine of the tale not only to Percy Vivian, the Great Author, but also to his sister Elizabeth, the wife of Captain Bernard Morton, member of Parliament. After this fresh and welcome instalment of " Zaidee " comes a re view of " Maud :by Alfred Tennyson." Suffi cient for us, if we here observe in reference to this review of " Maud" by the critic of Blackwood, that the writer entirely coincides with the opinions expressed by ourselves in The Sun of Monday, the 27th of August, in regard to the extravagant de merits of the nuw poem as a work altogether un worthy of our Poet Laureate, and (as such) as one calculated to prove wonderfully injurious to his cherished and honoured reputation. An indiffe rent fragment of blank verse by R. H. P., entitled " Wagram : or, Victory in Death," together with two continuations, one (part vi.) of the " Notes on Canada," and the other (part iii.) of " The Impe rial Policy of Russia," complete, with another paper not mentioned, the current number of Blackwood for September. That contribution is itself the commencement of a new serial entitled " Light Literature for the Holidays" —part one having especial reference to " Beli's Life in Lon don." It, gives some promise of fuo—its writer possessing; evidently enough, a genuine apprecia tion of harum-scarum, helter-skelter, rollicking, roystering amusement. Recognising which, and leaving,' him fairly mounted on a good sound hobby, and off at `a canter, we give him the view hallo ! or, if he likes it better, the review-hallo ! as our farewell greeting. Dublin University.—" The Fortunes of Glen core" is continued ; it is a strange story, but be comes more developed in this portion of it. Some new characters appear upon the scene, and the re cluse himself is more intimately met with. He was labouring under some extraordinary calamity which he would not, or could not, make known. Har court, a friend whom he summoned, was not much comfort to him, owing to his abruptness. At the conclusion a promise is made by a mutual acquain tance to visit the retreat at Gleucore. This was Horace Upton, who was a diplomatist abroad, and appeared to be a more congenial nature to the un happy outcast than off-hand Harcourt. Willy Traynor is the most interesting character to be found in the narrative, he is described as " poet, physician, and pedlar," and his straightforwardness and sincerity appear to striking advantage be side the cunning diplomacy, the covert sneers, and the sickly sentimentality of the others. " Alberico Porro" is proceeded with, and becomes more exciting, as we are at last introduced to the terrible end of all the midnight meetings and the concealed consultations. Young Porro comes for ward as the acknowledged leader, but the first suc cess is soon counterbalanced, and after all their efforts the Milanese have to surrender. At this critical juncture the unfortunate combatants are left to await the awful end that is prepared for them by covert treachery or open violence. " Brictic of Bristol" is an amusing chronicle in rhyme. It cites the adventures and misfortunes of a hero of long ago, for he lived in the days of William the Con queror. His life of levity and fun was prematurely concluded by being imprisoned perpetually in con sequence of having offended Mathilde the queen. In "Russian Literature" a sketch is given from the writings of Nicholas Go gon , which is a quaint and simple definition of the life of Russian peasants. It is said that Nicholas Gogan perished in a myste rious manner in the prime of life, but not before he had established a reputation which it was beyond the reach of tyranny to destroy. The cruel warfare that is waged against genius in Russia is thus com mented on : " There is no country in the world where the action of despotism upon national literature is more remarkable than in Russia. The pursuit of authorship is at all times proverbially a precarious one ; but in that country be path to literary fame leads only too surely to the grave. For the purposes of state policy, the vigorous censorship which exists over all the products of intelli gence is not considered sufficient ; no sooner has a writer displayed any boldness or freedom of thought than he is panned by a destiny which follows him in every phase of his career, and strikes him down generally before he has reached his prime. The history of Russian literature adds a new and an instructive chapter to the calamities of authors, and at this time it affords a subject which cannot fail to prove interesting. When we come to examine it, we can scarcely help feeling surprised that such a thing as literature exists there at all. A brief glance at the list of its victims is almost enough —one of the most remarkable men of his day, Koltzoff, was con demned at the age of twenty-two to perpetual exile in Sibei is ; Belowky, the poet, perished miser Ably of famine ; Poutchin was killed in a duel ; Venitztinoff died at Teheran by poison. In short no sooner does a man of letters attain any eminence than he is struck down by a fate as mysterious as it is inevitable." Some remarks are made on the session, in which the writer finds fault with all that has been done on both sides of the house, but does not suggest what they ought to have accomplished. In the lines entitled "Antique Glimpses" there are some pleasing verses, but the poetry is not so good as is ordinarily met with in this magazine. Those who wish for studious subjects will meet with them in some carefully-written articles—" Bunsen's Egypt" " Sirlsaac Newton," and " A Glimpse of Old Eng lish Diplomacy." " Italian Literature during the Tercento" is an interesting subject. It is said that to the Triumvirate of the Tercento—Daute, Pe trarch, and Boccaccio—" Italy owes the formation of her language, the glory of her literature, and the celebrity of her name. A curious fact is seen in the different judgments of them, and now, as regards the appreciation of the works of the poets. Dante's fame is founded on the same fabric ; but Petrarch's epic, which then crowned him with glory, is comparatively unregarded : while the odes and sonnets of his lighter hours " still flourish fresh And charming, transmitting the name and fame of the poet from age to age. —The first ar ti c l e i n thi s magazine Bentley's cording the Bombardment of Sweaborg and the is stated that th e opinions minor details of the pro- Battle of the Tchernaya as the great events of the month, and the giving many siege.lt in the military circles of Vienna, where ample in formation o f n g Russian e F n intelligenc e , are decidedly favourable to the prospects of the Allies. A. review ,f the memoirs of the late Lieutenant Bellot gives an interesting outline of his life and adventures. Mr. Jolly Green's " Account of the Queen's Visit to Paris" is not very entertaining. A criticism on Tennyson's " Maud " does not say much for the critic's judgment, inasmuch as he styles it a " finer poem than the Princess," and asserts that the work will win now admirers by the energy with which " a new song, set with melodious meaning," is sung to a well-stringed lute. The criticism itself is curious enough, being little more than extracts from the book itself turned into prose. A painful end striking story follows it, which is asserted to be founded on fact ; it is entitled " A Draught of Poison," and the tragical event which it narrates is said to have taken place some years ago in a town in the went of Ealgtgliik An elaborate description is given of the " Position of the Russians in the Field," and a list is added of the various points of attack which present themselves for the consi deration of the Allies. A sketch of the " History of the Drama in the Middle Ages " gives an account of the singular miracle plays of the early ages of the Church. The list of expenses gives some curious items, such as "payd for starch() to make the storme in the pagente," and, on another occasion, " Item, payd for settying the world of fyer." We cannot help agreeing, however, with the old Wy cliffite preachers, who contended that the tendency of such performances was to cause irreverence for sacred things, and not to promote religious feeling, as was at first their object. When we see the most sacred names recorded in this old entry as receiv ing a few pence for acting and for the decorations of their clothes we are certainly disposed to ques tion the impressive and solemn character which some have claimed for these old miracle plays. It must be explained that in those days it was cus tomary to give the names of the characters per formed and not those of the actors. The writer of this article regards these old mysteries, as they were called, as the foundation of the English drama. " Even in Shakspere himself we see the influence of the old mediaeval forms, the boldness of the personification, the carelessness of the dra matic unities, the reckless anachronisms, and espe cially the interweaving of the favourite comic scenes with the most serious, and even tragical plots—those characteristics indeed which the foreign critics of Shakspere have so often misun derstood. It may be added that the old mysteries were still performed to the lower classes, in a de based form, by the mountebanks in booths at fairs, though they had lost all their former importance, the memory of which, however, was still preserved in the use of the term a play, a farce, &c., and in such phrases as to play, to bring on the stage, and the like, which we still preserve." " The Adven tures of Benjamin Bobbin " are continued for the benefit of the lovers of the ludicrous. The New Monthly.—The writer who has during the last few months been giving an analysis of the military resources of the different European powers has contributed to this number a paper on " The Fortresses of Germany." The writer consi ders that there exists in the centre of Europe an amount of strength which, were it energetically directed, might put an end to the present war. The internal defences of Germany are incomplete, and the result of the view which is taken of them is, that notwithstanding the efforts made to render her frontier impregnable, some vital points are left undefended. The travels of Dr. Felix Magnard " From Paris to Sebastopol," though published under the auspices of M. Alexander Dumas, do not offer any striking novelty. A paper on " Life Assurance Offices " strongly advises the public not to abandon the old for the new without caution. " Ensign Pepper's Letters from the Crimea ' are continued, and describe the attack on the Redan among the experiences of that hero. An article on the " Natural History of Labuan" gives us some interesting particulars of that island, which is a fragment of the mountain land of Borneo. Na turalists will be interested in the perusal of the work which Mr. Motley and Mr. Dilwyn have written on this subject, as the island possesses many curious and uncommon species. A paper on "Let ter Carrying in the Olden Time" has some amus ing notes of the postal system in those days. The practice of sending goods by the postmen or car riers was at one time very common. Some of these must have been rather formidable charges to judge from the following items in the postmas ter's letter-book. Itnprirnus—" Fifteen couple of houndes. Item—Two servant maids, going as laundresses to my Lord Ambassador Methuen. Item—Doctor Crichton, carying with him a cow and other necessaries. Item—Three suits of cloathes, for some nobleman's lady at the Court of Portugal." The "Haste ! post haste ! " which is written on the back of many private letters at the close of the fifteenth century, would now provoke a smile. The history of " Stoke Dotterell" is con tinued, and relates the novel adventure of a heroine being rescued from a falling house. Another pa per on the customs of the olden time is on the robberies of the eighteenth century, when the highwaymen and assassins had attained a degree of boldness and ferocity we now regard as almost incredible. The narratives quoted here from the news of the day are written without any exaggera tion, and evidently treat as commonplace occur rences what would now be regarded as extraordi nary and appalling crimes. A new story is com menced by the author of "The Unholy Wish," under the title of " The Lunatic Asylum." It is written with his usual skill in exciting the reader's interest, though that interest promises to be a painful one. " The Dance Round the Plagae- Pit " is a poem descriptive of the fate of some wretches who, at the time of the plague, spent a night in dancing round the fearful grave prepared for the victims of the plague. In the morning they were found dead. One of the most attractive subjects is " Literature in France," by Sir Na thaniel. It is not, however, equal to the paper in the last number. The " Diary of a Winter in Rome" is continued with interest. Colboine's United Service.—The war in the East and the bombardment of Sweaborg are, as a matter of course, the principal subject of comment. With respect to the siege of Sebastopol, the policy of the Allies taking the field, fighting a pitched battle, and sweeping the Crimea clear of the Russians, is again urged, the writer, however, admitting that, under the circumstances, the impending assault should first take place. The despatch of Omer Paella to the Asiatic field of operations is forcibly condemned, and it is asserted that the relief of Kars might be more advantageously effected by an expedition from India directed against Tiflis. The prospect of raising the required Itaiian legion, and of its proving both physically and politically serviceable, is described as good. A triumphant flourish respecting the bombardment of Sweaborg, hardly warranted by the result, heralds a brief historical and descriptive account of Trobizond and Erzeroum. Subsequently the editor intimates that t''e season will admit of more being done in the Baltic, which we believe ; but he actually praises Sir Charles Wood in connection with the late bombardment. Under the head of " Military Operations in Turkey," we have some common sense reflections on the real magnitude of the war, and the haphazard way in whic'.l it has been di rected, followed by a judicious attembt to throw light on Eastern affairs and people. Besides the above there are other papers more or less profes sional, and a cordial and worthily-earned tribute to the memory of that noble Frenchman Lieu tenant Bellot. LITERATURE. The Old Court Suburb ; or, Memorials of Kensing ton, Royal, Critical, and Anecdotal. By Leigh Hunt. 2 vols. Hurst and Blackett. It has grieved us profoundly to observe our author lamenting at page 257 of the second volume of these pleasant memorials of Kensington, that " con stant illness" has prevented him from availing him self of a gracious permission to see the interior of the homely old palace which was the birth-place of the reigning Sovereign. We cannot willingly think of Leigh Hunt otherwise than as of some happy votary of Hygeia, who in a lucky hour of his youth, " when George the Third was King," contrived to quaff„ on the sly, a draught of the veritable e,ixir vital from the chalice of the sylvan goddess. We are fain to regard him as one exempt from the common ills o mortality. His genius has ever breathed about it so much freshness, hilarity, vivacity, and perennial juvenescence that we are not prepared to regard it as gifted with less vita lity than that which imparted a bloom at seventy to the charming cheek of Diana of Poictiers. He is still young—this blithe, frank, buoyant, cheerful Leigh Hunt of the old days—he is still young, at least to ourselves. We cannot think of him as he is represented to be in the frontispiece to the third volume of his Autobiography. We remember him not as one with grey locks rolling down to his shoulders—the seer of good-hu mour, the sage of m er ri ment. We recall his ideal visage to mind, as he must have looked dozens of long years ago, say in those blooming gardens of Italy where he was called to, in the fresh morning air by the voice of Byron, as—Leontius ! He is still to our thinking in his early manhood, still the teller of the thrice told tale of the lovers of Rimini, still the all but in spired celebrant of the weird "magician of the bow" Pagaiini, still what he was at the outset of his career, the chief of that once despised, because, long mistaken, school of poetry of which John Keats became at once the glory and the vindica tion, and with this too the uncompromising, ener getic, enthusiastic editor of the liberal Examiner, Leigh Hunt is still to us all this, and much more— we think of him doubtless nowadays through the delightful memory of some sixty or eighty goodly volumes, directly or indirectly of his own compo sition—but we think of him at the same time, too, as he wasin the earlier days of his first publication. Wherefore, let us repeat it, it has grieved us sin cerely to find him now complaining of conStant illness," to find him giving any indication, indeed, of fatigue under the pressure of those years Which have failed to deprive his intellectual bearing of that suppleness and elasticity w hi c h are commonly_ etus the prerogatives of physical adolescence. L I hope, therefore, that Leigh Hunt ha s alread y re pented him of his unwonted weakness, and flung away, as WU cue 11 1 110 P 95 0640 the 'PS= as, played in these his latest volumes, the unaccus tomed crutch of the valetudinarian. Altogether these same volumes relating to " The Old Court Suburb " are as agreeable, in their way, as any we have for a long while enjoyed the privi lege of having submitted to our examination. As our author himself somewhat humorously con fesses it might be objected by a critical or hyper critical observer of the locality herein celebrated, that it—Kensington —"has a Palace which is no palace, Gardens which are no gardens, and a River called the Serpentine, which is neither serpentine nor a river." And yet out of this sane region of misnomers and incongruities what a world of de lightful gossip has not Leigh Hunt called forth by the mere force of varied and facile ob- arvation. After a little etymological chit-chatabout the or'gin of the name of this same " Old Court Suburb " Kensington, we'are introduced during the course of a charming stroll about its precincts to the chief among its many diversified celebrities. Passinz along the ancient and then the modern Gore, we are told anumber ofstrange anecdotes about the Duchess of Kingston and the Marquis of Wellesley, about Mrs. Inchbald and Count d'Orsay, about Wilkes and Wilberforce. When we get into the New Town, we pause before Kensington House, and while our author takes us confidentially by the button-hole, hear from his lips all kinds of good things that no body else would dream of telling at all, or if they attempted to do so, could not, by possibility, tell in any manner half so pleasantly, in reference at one moment to the Duchess of Portsmouth, and at another to Dr. Johnson or his eccentric friend Dominie Elphinstone. By the time we have saun tered into the High-street, we find ourselves jostled by the motliest throng well imaginable, including in it old epic-acuanha Blackmore, Bishop Hough and Archbishop Herring, the Duchess of Mazarin and M. de Perigord Talleyrand. Yet the church and churchyard introduce us to still stranger company, and more curiously contrasted —to the Colmans and the Calcotts, to the Bianchis and the Charnleys, to Jortin and Spofforbh, to the lovely revival of the old, old custom of grow ing flowers on graves, and to a declaration which we exult over as coming from the mouth of Leigh Hunt, and as chiming in so accordantly with a long-cherished belief of our own, that sooner or later, " to the practice of urn-burial the nations must surely return !" Hard by the churchyard the Old Charity School reminds us of Sir John Vanburgh, dramatist and architect • while, over against the New Vestry Hall, a dwelling now, aptly enough, the premises of an ironmonger, as it had formerly been tenanted by a glorious old de mocratic Gridiron, calls to our recollection no other than the said Gridiron, William Cobbett, po litician and agriculturist. Afterwards we get into Holland House an d it s c i rcum j acent grouns, and after penetrating Holland House, we find ourselves inducted into the Palace and the Gardens, which although, as previously observed, neither palace nor gardens, st:ctly speaking, constitute, as such, the chief boast and attraction of the Old Court Suburb of Kensington. It would have been impossible for Leigh Hunt to discourse for any length of time upon a theme so provocative of pleasantry as Kensington and its associations, without his givine , the rein, while so doing, to what might be best termed in Shandeyian phrase ology his innate hobbihorsical jocoseness. We should have regretted it, had it been possible ; but, as we have said, it was fortunately otherwise. And so we find him at the very commencement of his labour of love talking of those high houses at Prince's Gate, long known among the wags of the neighbourhood as the Rock of Gibraltar (because, forsooth, they were never likely to be taken)—we find Leigh Hunt, we say, observing in regard to those same high,narrow dwellings, that " they re semble a set of tall thin gentlemen, squeezing together to look at something over the way !" Again, we have him immediately afterwards re marking, in reference to the gradual disappearance of the once famous nursery gardens of Messrs. London and Wise, that "it is only now giving up its last green ghost before the rise of new build ings." With what a gusto, a little later on, he quotes from the lips of Mr. Wilberforce, quoting in his turn from his favourite poet—" Nature is but a name for an effect whose cause is God"—as he glances over the green sward and under the broad branches in the still ample garden at the back of Gore House. We have occasionally, as usual, to forgive our author a casual freak of lan guage, as in the instance where he talks about " aristocratical enchantingness ;" forgiving him all the more cordially for the piquancy of manner by which those interjectional freaks of diction are accompanied. It is strange, too, that a writer should err in any such particular, who himself observes so sagaciously and admiringly of Cobbett, that " nothing could surpass the pure, vigorous, idiomatical style of his general writing, or the graphical descriptions he could give both of men and things, whether in artificial life or in matters connected with his agricultural ex perience." No less wisely, no less truly, when he comes to speak of the late Lord Holland, and in speaking of him reverts, as by a natural associa tion, to the infamous treatment of the Emperor Napoleon the Great, at St. Helena, does Leigh Hunt remark that "harsh men certainly had the keeping of the hero ;" adding—" But bis keepers were not only harsh ; they were mean and shabby ; refused him a title in his adversity, which they were prepared to acknowledge had he consented to their terms—{Leigh Hunt might have added, " which they had already acknowledged, when he consented, a year before, to their terms," viz. : prior to his withdrawal to the capital of Elba] — when they doubted the issue of the contest ; and they suffered him to be worried by a set of men in capable of understanding him, except as jailors. It was the revenge of long-defeated dullness upon fallen genius, and is a blot in the history of Eng land's greatness." Ah, well ! if that damning blot cannot be so easily removed—at any rate the hero himself has long since been fittingly avenged. Was it not on the last anniversary of the day of Waterloo, on the 18th of June, 1855, that, by a strange coincidence, Garter King at Arms was en gaged in St. George's Chapel, Windsor, in fixing ov e r his Imperial Majesty's stall the insignia of the Emperor Napoleon 111., as Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter ? Speaking, as we are at this moment, of the Conqueror of Europe, as the object of the magnanimous sympathies of the late Lord Holland, we must, en, passant, express our unfeigned amazement at the surprise intimated by our author—once editor of the ultra-liberal Exami ner—as to " How he (Lord Holland) reconciled his liberal principles in general with that un bounded admiration for Bonaparte which has lately transpired in his posthumous Recollections of Foreign Courts,' it is difficult to say." Difficult to say, forsooth ! this blending of liberal principles with unbounded admiration for Bonaparte ! Why it was explicable iu the instance of a true liberal like Lord Holland upon precisely the same prin ciples as those which explain to the student of his tory a similar blending of enlightened policy and unbounded admiration in Charles Fox, and in William Hazlitt, in every unprejudiced man of liberality on this side of the Channel during those days of the first Napoleon, and in France in the hearts in like manner of such lovers of freedom as Carnot and Benjamin Constant. Has Leigh Hunt no knowledge, or has he lost all remembrance of that memorable incident which occurred in 1815 in Paris, when the republican Carnot burst into tears at the necessity which compelled the Emperor to write his second and final abdication ? Is he in no way familiar, this uncomprehending ex-editor of the Examiner, is Leigh Hunt in no way familiar with that dictum pronounced upon Napoleon Bonaparte during his lifetime, not by a Tory or a French sycophant, but by a great Liberal English statesman like Charles James Fox—" I believe him to be one of the best, as I am certain he is the greatest of men." Yet with these memorable in dications of unbounded "admiration for Bona parte" by illustrious champions of " liberal prin ciples," both amongst ourselves and upon the con tinent, Leigh Hunt is filled with incredulous or rather bewildered amazement at the evidence of similar principles and of a kindred admiration in the late Lord Holland's recently published remini scences. The truth is, our author indicates the fact more than once in the course of his present volumes; he himself, with all his liberalityand large heartedness on other subjects, is as bigoted as any old-world Tory amongst us in his fierc e and i m. lac i able anti-Bonapartism. But for this we should never find him outraging our common sense h a tirade against the reigning Napoleon, s f a er his and Conn ingratitude to the late Count D 0 einous tess of Blessington. Ingratitudeaurra.Yn, the score Prince that Louis Napoleon did nt fonds 1 of France, President, out of the national oool. incurred by the millinery, debts to the amount of 07 said Count and Countess for jewellery, of frivolous extrava gambling, and all other kinds plea, or by what claim, gances. And upon forsooth ? Why, actually because when the Prince was a refugee in E ng land the Count and Count ess hi m , like man y another lion, t o one or admittedin Goreof House K b e y n the si ng m t o o n r e ! two of the soirees given i accom plished Mrs. Leo Huntrrs dignation, one e, Li s tening at first t o our author's might reasonably suppose that if the Prince were not actually the father of the Count and Countess he must at least at some time or other in his chequered career have been saved by their interposition from some appalling calamity. Yet when the matter comes to be candidly exa mined, it turns out that these claims upon Louis Napoleon's gratitude are somewhat analogous to those which caused Mr. Kenwicrs to exclaim, on hearing of the mar r i age of his uncle Lillyvick with Miga Pottnlior a of tlit) Moto Royal, Drury-lane, - - bitterly, regretfully, reproachfully, "The bread and butters he has had in my house, the hoysiters he has ate !" The simple fact of the matter, as between the late lamented Count d'Orsay and the reigning Emperor of the French, is that the latter proved himself as generous in regard to his old friend as his warmest admirers might have predi cated, nominating him the Chief of the Institution of the Beaux Arts, a post for the due filling of which that gifted gentleman was eminently well qualified. It seems to have been convenient, how ever, for our author to depreciate the value or im portance of this same appointment, and to charge with ingratitude and heartlessness one of the most magnanimous and friendship-cherishing princes in Christendom. So hardened for the nonce is the otherwise kindly heart of Leigh Hunt by the petrifying influence of his implacable anti-Bonapartism ! Turning from this to a more genial subject, however, it is amusing to find the answer unexpectedly given by our author to the question with which simple-minded, arith metic-loving Jedediah Buxton is made to bewilder himself in one of the quaintest papers in Charles Knight's delightful volumes, 'yclep'd " Once upon a Time "—namely, as to who vas Hickes, after whom was called Hickes's Hall, mentioned upon the milestones in the direction of Barnet and High gate • 7 The standard on Cornhill w as puzzling enough, he thought ; as also was St. Giles's Pound, and the like mythical points of metropolitan ad measurement—but Hickes's Hall, " there was the rub !" Who was Hiekes ? What was his Hall ? Where did it stand ? When did he build it I And why i Jedediah Buxton might have learnt from Leigh Hunt, had he lived late enough, that Hickes'a Hall stood formerly in Clerkenwell, on the site of the present Sessions-house ; that its founder was Sir Baptist Hickes, a wealthy silk-mercer of Cheapside ; that he was one of the money made baronets of James the First ; and that this same baronet ultimately expanded into a peer, under the name, style, and title of Lord Hickes [think of that, wondering ghost of Jedediah Buxton !] and Viscount Campden of Campden, in Gloucestershire. As a charming gossip de omnibus rebus relating to Kensington, commend us, and for our part let us heartily commend others, to these delightful volumes about "The Old Court Suburb." Read aright they will prove in a manner tantamount to a personal confabutation, tete ft tete, with Leigh Hunt among the green hedges and straggling villas, the trim gardens and suburban lanes of beautiful old Kensington. A privileged chat, we take it, worth toiling for to obtain ; yet a luxury of that kind which any one may here enjoy without the need of stirring from the slippered ease of the elbow chair. The " Old Court Suburb" indeed comes forth, moreover, in a manner the most welcome, because the most happily timed—as it must prove the acceptablest companion imaginable in these seasons of holiday sauntering by the seaside or through the inland meadows—the very book to be turned over in a leisure hour anywhere in pleasant scenery : on the pebbled shore, in a window nook of a flowery balcony, or on the fresh grass under some spreading sycamore. -r-~IF Stories from a Screen. By Dudley Costello. Bradbury and Evans. If wo are expected to admire Dudley Costello as one of the most brilliant wits of our generation, upon the strength of these " Stories from a Screen" —as some one among our contemporaries would appear to have intimated through the publisher's advertisement—then may it also be anticipated that we should award the loftiest position as an English essayist, upon the score of a few quaint pages to the late Laman Blanchard. Neither of these absurd positions are we prepared to enforce. We can no more prevail upon ourselves for one moment to regard Laman Blanchard as one of the most eminent of our essayists, than we can claim for Dudley Costello the meed of praise due to one of the'most sparkling wits among the living crowd of distinguished contributors to light literature. The mere supposition in either case would be altogether preposterous. Fancy, breathing the name of Lamaze Blanchard as a master-essayist, in the hearing of those familiar with the facile grace and exhilarat ing vivacity of Steele, with the exquisite refine ment evidenced by the sportive fancy and be witching humour of Addison, with the sen tentious and dignified morality inculcated by the great didactic rhetorician, or with the capricious drolleries and freaks of merriment by which Elia won his way to glory through the periodical outpourings of wit and wisdom, known as the London Magazine ! Fancy this—and then, indeed, you may perchance contrive to imagine the possibility of our estimating Dudley Costello as one elevated so loftily among the group of contempo rary humorists that his name might be classed in the same category with those of our shrewd Jer rold, our protean Lytton, our incomparable Dickens ' our sometimes genial and always delight ful Thackeray. How utterly frivolous it were to entertain the hope that any such position could ever be seriously aspired to by the writer of the " Stories from a Screen," any rational reader may recognise easily enough by turning over the pages of the volume before us, if he have the patience, and examining, however cursorily, the twaddle, put forth in it—twaddle, that some appear actually to have mistaken for sentiment, mistaking also its vulgarity for humour, and its folly for anima tion. In testimony of which we need merely direct particular attention to the nonsen sical account of the journey made by Mr. Alfred Washball, and his friend M. Alexis Bon temps, " To Brighton and back for Three and Six pence." Or, soaring a little higher in the social scale, we may illustrate the justice of our remarks by luring the notice of the reader more especially to the record of an episode in the domestic life of a " Queen's Counsel and his Pretty Wide," in the per sons of Mr. Peter Quince and his spouse Emily née Snowdrop—one of the silliest little magazine tales we can at this present writing call to our recollec tion. Yet it is a book that contains " stuff," such as these two vapid articles just now particularised, a book relating such " sooterkins of wit" as might be gathered from " A Love Shift," or " A Paris Wed ling," or " A Portsmouth Picnic," from the " Fate or Johst of Ru(lenz," or the " Piscatorial Adventures of Jean Gribou," from the " Corde lier of Sisteron," or the " Haunted House in York shire." It is a book composed of materials so crude, so empty, so utterly valueless, that we aro told by advertised puffs to accept as ebullitions of the fancy of one of the most distinguished writers of our generation. As well mistake the snapping of a lucifer match for the " crack of doom," as affect to recognise the mere semblance of genius through the witless gabble of these " Stories of a Screen." Lively they may be, sometimes, but then only with the liveliness of unconscionable garrulity, the liveli ness of a prig ment a lly b an i s h e d by every rational hearer to the Coventry of the land of Boredom. The Martins of Cro' Martin. No. X. By Charles Lever. With the departure of the Martins the interest of this promising story deepens. Determined to make the people read a severe lesson for their in gratitude, the bitterly indignant Lady D or othea has left behind her instructions for the stoppage o f all the works, the distraint of the town lands of Carrigalone, Killybegue, and Ryle-a-noe' the cut ting of tho demesne, the shooting over the seven mountains, and the fishing on the coast —the with drawal of All support from the schools, the hos pital, and the dispensary, and for the carrying out of other measures of a like -vindictive nature. The discovery of these instructions proves a heavy blow to the energetic and benevolent Mary Martin who, however, speedily rises superior to despon dency, and casts about for means to avert or miti gate the impending misery. Scanlan, the attorney, is sent for, and stimu lated by the hope of winning Mary's consent to be his wife, whereby he would secure the management of the estates, the wily designs, and. how 13 pettifogger is promptly in attendance and at once r m t h o e li r e B y te undertakes to raise 1,0001. on a deed of settlement respect ,an D d or w o th t o h a theteaf'us available on her uncle's death, and also to d o h i e best de signed ee li succeedsa tso recourse hw a thwart it i with Ladyto, what arts or taken by the high-spirited h • erom m ust leave the reader to discover,e, we our selves with adding that the se contenting ene is laid in Paris, where Captain Martin, spend thrift heir of Cro' Martin, • the with a Mr. Herman Merl, 1B discovered in company somewhat elaborately i a Jew gambler, who is victimiser and ntroduced. To this pair, Wil loughby, and the victim, enters Lord Claude number closes. Lord Wharneliff e we are happy to say, is notso un • well as represented. Th e no bl e lord does not, i t is true, enjoy the best of health, but he is only labouring under slight indisposition. The Earl of Westmorland, the ambassador at Vienna, from the Court of St. James's, visited Burghley House on Saturday last. The noble earl has since left his seat, Apethorpe Home, near Wandsford, for a tour of visits in the north of England. CRYSTAL PALACF.—Five Shilling Day—Sept. 1.-4 d missions on payment, 353 ; ditto by season tickets 1,674 ; total, 2,027. Corresponding day last year, 1,748, Fort Victoria, at Sconce Point, in the Isle of Wight, which has been erected to guard the entrance of the Solent Sea, is ready now to receive its artillery. On Wednesday last a young man named Charles Tutton, who stands charged with attempting to poison his father with arsenic, absconded from Bath Easton to avoid arrest for that offence. Owing to the unusually large number of insane sol diers who have returned from India this year the ac commodation provided at Fort Pitt Hospital for th i s class of patients has proved inadequate , and dir ection s have been given for the construction of a separa te build ing, within the ramparts, capable of accommodat ing locig ZO insane soldiers. a e t .