The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-26 00:00:00

AI A V.. 1i..E1 T .1'1; 7:.- - : \VS...--( T lI'S DAY.) C N•EXCHAN DNESDA Y The t.ita! quantity of Ef Wheat r, e(dved tip to our market this week coastsAi. , e h;:s been oily 340 q ifirt(ri; hence the supply on oil r . to-day yr:l , i very ••• the r;:tendlue, of buyors was small,. he demand kinis cu:l Floc- Y;rrigu huat3 vo.A•e arld lulerier kinds very little business was trait: acted. We had a fair sale for Mdting Barley at extreme cut rrr,cil s, but grinling and distilling sorts were neglected. Mielt Was is short supply and heavy detuznd t,t latit wc(k's currencies. There were very :em parcels r9fidy for de livery. Fine Oats moved eff steTlily at full prict.s. Otherwi •e tht , derrr.rd was in a 6legv,ish state. B-ats, Peas, and all ether ~ rtie:s ware vcry all. ARREVALS THIS WEEK WheAt Barley. Oats. Malt I. ,our . Qrs. Qra. Qr 4. 340 2, 90 3,360 Qrs. Sacks 2,8)9 810 English • • •• • • Scotch.. •• • • • • Irish •• •• •• • • Foreign •• •• • • 1,420 6,350 1 4,610 tIOUGUGH LZOP Our rnarkct is decidedly flat. In [gic, , s, however, we have no change to notice. The supply offcrng is by no means hag.. %VIEXTECELA.PEL. Very little business7a;transuctedFrito-day's market, and prices had a downward tendency. Beef, from 2s 6d to 33 ad ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3s 103; Veal, 3s 4d to 3s 103; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s per Sibs, by the carcase. SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary POTTER. SADG ROVE v. CLEIIO. The plaintiff in this action is an attorney, and delktn data is an auctioneer in the City. The plaintiff claimed 151. 153. on the defendant's guarantee for costs in taking a person named Lockwood through the Insolvent Debtors' Court. Judgment was allowed to go by do'ault, but a Mr. nORDEN appeared to watch the preeeedinzs, stating that judgment had been signed through the error of defen dant's attorney. Mr. Sad;rove called his clerk, who proved that tl charges were such as allowed by the Insolvent Cou:t rules ; 31. 3s. hail been paid on account. Mr. IIonDEN then urged that the verdict must be for nominal damages, for the declaration stated that the bill was for work and lahour done for defendant, and at his request, whereas it was done for a third party; but as judgment had gone by default, a verdict must go against defendant; but if he had pleaded, plaintiff must have been nonsuited. The Learned SECONDARY left the case as it stood to the jury, and directed a verdict for 121. 123. WORSHIP-STREET,—(THIS DAY.) Daniel Lorden, a weaver, living in Parliament -court, Artillery-ground, was charged before Mr. Hammill with committing the following murderous assault upon his wife, Catherine Lorden, who is in the London Hospital, and who was unable to attend in consequence of the se vere injuries she has received. Policema❑ Kelly, LI division, said that about twelve o'clock on Monday night he was on duty in the Artil lery-ground, when the prisoner's daughter came up to him and requested him to accompany her home, observing that her father was murdering her mother, and that he had struck her a violent blow on her head with an iron bar. He proceeded there, and found the woman seated in a chair; her clothes were covered with blood. He spoke to her, and found her insensible. The prisoner thou remarked that she had fallen over the table. Hig dahhter Observed." Oh, no, father, you struck mother with a bar of iron." Inspector \room?, H division, produced an iron bar, on which there were marks of blood. He also produced a certificate from the London Hospital, in which it was state l that she was in danger. The prisoner was remanded for a week. IRELAND. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, DEC. 24.—The streets presented to-day all the bustle which usually characterises the eve of a holiday, which is nowhere kept in greater honour than .in Ireland. No business is doing, except amongst the grocers and butchers ; the thoroughfares being thronged by citizens and visitors from the rural districts, all engaged in the purchase of creature comforts. As the Irish newspapers never publish on Christmas day, the Dublin journals, whose publica tion falls on to-morrow, are issued this evening; whilst with many of the provincial pipers, there will be no publication for a week I Amongst the journals taking things thus easily, are the three Limerick ones. The discussion in the Corporation is still the sub ject of much talk and animadversion. The scene of coarseness and vituperation—the motives imputed, and their fierce and vulgar repudiation—and the seemingly corrupt abandonment of duty on the part of the Corporation, have disgusted every class, high and low, the intelligent and the ignorant. There are, to be sure, many honest and respectable men in the Corporation ; but it is to be regretted they are in a minority, and still more to be lamented that they had not the moral courage to outstay the scene of violence in which the motion of Mr. Reynolds originated, and then, by an independent motion, have vindicated the character of the Corporation from the charge of dishonesty and corruption now openly made against its members. A glance at the facts, which are undeniable, will lay open the entire case. The town clerk, Mr. Ford, who holds seven other situations, has 5001. per annum for the office, but its duties are performed by a young gentleman named Farquhar, to whom Mr. - Ford pays SO/. a year, making up the sum to 1001., by obtaining a vote of 201. annually for Mr. Farquhar's services in the revision of the burgess roll. Besides this sinecure of 4201. per annum, Mr. Ford receives three guineas a day when travelling, and is paid all expenses as between attorney and client when preparing bills, or doing any other legal work for the Corporation. Now, whilst this job is thus perpetrated, and the civic funds squandered, the bills of unfortunate tradesmen remain unpaid, the Corpo ration property is sunk in debt, and a borough rate is continued, contrary to covenant, on the over taxed citizens. And what is the cause of this job ? Owing to the illiberality of the Bank of Ireland in refusing accommodation, the trading community have been coerced to resort to the Hibernian Bank, with which, in some way or other, but very few of the Corporation are unconnected. So that, in fact, the Town Council represent, not the citizens, but a banking establish ment, of which Mr. Ford is a director, as well as a member of that dread committee of three, whose province it is to decide upon all piper sent in to the bank for negotiation. Great dissatisfaction is felt in the printing trade here concerning the mode in which the contract for printing for the Irish Government is disposed of. It appears that every sheet of paper and article of sta - tionery used in the thirty or forty public departments in Ireland come from London ; and the firm of M'Culloch and Co , which supplies them, has also the disposal of the contract for printing. This contract is duly advertised ; but the advertisement is only a pretence, for one printer alone, Mr. Alexander Thom, has the means of performing the gigantic contract, which will not be divided, and must therefore con tinue a monopoly. One master printer, with appli ances extensive enough for an ordinary business, - applied for the work advertised for the Education Board, and was asked had he provided, or could he provide, within one month, three steam presses of the largest size and greatest power; and would he be then ready to take in from twelve to fifteen thousand reams of paper, to proceed with and work up at once ? This startline query was, of course, answered 'in the negative, and the appli cant retired, satisfied that the advertisement inviting competition was " all a barn." By the way, it is said—l know not with what truth—that the Hon. Member for Montrose is a sleeping partner in this great printing concern. Certain it is, his signature in a commercial capacity is not unknown in Dublin. Messrs. Butt and J. D. Fitzgerald, Q.C.'s, are men tioned as candidates for Ennie, in room of O'Gormau, who is, it is said, about to be provided for in the colonies. Both gentlemen belong to the Munster circuit, of which Ennis forms a part. Mr. Fitzge rald is a young lawyer of great celebrity as a special pleader, and has great practice in record cases espe cially. In politics he is a Whig; Butt is a Conser vative Nationalist, whatever can be spelled out of the term. This day was clear and frosty, but foggy towards evening. THE FUNDS.—Three per Cent. Consols, 951-; ditto for opening, e ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 961 ; Patriotic Insurance Company (101. paid), 61 ; Great Southern and Western Railway, 30 ; Roy al Bank,"111; Midland Great Western and Royal Canal, 23i. CORN EXCHANGE.—The market bein.; held out of course, in consequence of Christmas-day falling on Tuesday, it may be considered almost nominal. Prices ruled as last day. Foreign Wheat and Indian Corn were held at more money, and, in some instances, higher prices were obtained. A NEW TELEGRAPH COMPANY.--A new telegraph company has been recently formed, under the firm of Ilowse, Brett, and Wilmer, who, it is said, are to in • troduce their form of telegraph into various countries; Mr. Howsa, who is an American, to have the sole ma• nagement of the business in the United States; Mr. Brett, over the continent of Europe; and Mr. Wilmer in this country. We learn that a recent trial from London to Norwich proved to be eminently successful. This principle of telegraph possess s several claims to public favour. It requires only one wire, and it prints the communication legibly in ca,oitali, on long narrow strips of paper; so that what is spelled at London by the sender is printed at Norwich, and the whole re- Eponsibility awl risk of the receiving clerks, and the most prolific source of error in transmission, are wholly got rid of. Instead of working two needles by handles, the operator plays on keys like those of a pianoforte, each key, on being pressed down, printing a capital letter on the paper at the other terminus of the wire. This is not on!y more accurate in its operation, but it Will save much Limo now lost in various ways between snider and receiver. 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Tot r 'Orleatell Of - Yarto°* - 010 th e Rea; t oil rrt ek , s" savet 0 0 0 i idea , to o mill ' 1 t watt er la 1 ,0; A Prim 3 0 A P i , r._ A rriovri h, 0)0 t or Ti 'id to in with il t9 ' ti° re got L° a do ° , for L iY" ,0 0 rordif OYEZ 013 - e ho we f t e n r 011 0 0 trial ' - o ttili e d polio ifec jf They e f riling 0 0 100 / d el and t ' o to the be i o ,l, o Ting, j 10 01 0 ; of, an 0 0 1 ,0 0 ' 3 ceilit This oe' o o ng it, 4, 41 01 ry daz L i o I ,ce ,fter t their: place; ii% 1L 5 % 16 43 am. 414 -- 1914 ICi ;16 il3 3ti 5.4 oi 14 ist,i , THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1849 . COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DAY. The Queen and Prince All ert. walked this morning in thy Slopes i ad Windi.or The Royal Rimily took their accustomed airings. llt r Allijesty and his Royal Highness Prince All rt, her Rol Highness the Prins:L:2s Royal, the Lidi:-s and gentlemen of the Cemrt, and he d , tnesCe hou,ehold, attended Divine seivice this mornio2- in the private chapel. The lion. and Rev. G. We-llesley The royal dinner party this evening included her Llovr.l Highness the Duchess of Kent (attended by highness's Ladies in Waiting), the D,_Gvager Lady and Hon. Miss Lyttelton, Colonel [inn. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, and Colonel Hon. ir,i,rlf?F. :net Mrs. Grz-y. Lord Eilinsiw.o has relieved the Earl of M..rley in elute as Lord in Waiting to the Queen, and Colonel Be: keley li7ummonii has relieved Mr. Ormsby Gore in his duty as Groom in Wai!ing to her Majesty. SPORTING- INTELLIGENCE. HUNTING APPOIN PMENTS. Mr. Powell's Thurs., Llandowrer-10. E:hor Quilt Ida . Fri., Cefn Gaffrevi-1 1. Tivyside lids., Thurs., Glaspant House-10. Llunelly lids., Fri., Pembrey House-10. Lord Lon,dale's harry., Wed., Botlow; Sat., Wendover Turnpike-12. E,mont harrs., Wed., Oushy; - Sat., New Kennel. West Norfolk harts., Wed., Curle House; Fri., Great Massingham (a deer)— 1 1. la. hds., Wed., Holton Stone Pits; Sat., Lambe: t Arms. Mr. Treliavny's lids., Wed., Harford Bridge; Sat., Toldr M: or Gate-10-. Mr. Fellowes's hds., Wed., Rawstone Moor-101. ilurworth hds., Wed., Girsby Scar; Sat., Early Rook. Captain Lewis's harts., Wed., Brawith; Sat., Win ton-11. Berwickshire hds., Wed., Polworth ; Sat., Lc:Jo:fur Illticer— 10/. Mr. -Okeover's harry., Wed., Alstonfield ; Se., 'Naterhouses. Norfolk stag hds., Wed., Coltishall-bridge-1 1/. East Norfolk harm, Fri., Walcott—l 1. Harrogate harry., Wed., Howe Qiarry ; Fri.. Iron gate- bridge— 1 01. Col. Wyndham's hds.. Wed., Petworth-park Monu ment ; Fri., Fitzhall-1 If. Vine hds., Wed., West Heath ; Thurs., Marydown Park ; Sat, The Vine-11. N. F. II , Thurs., Breamore; Sat., Noyles Court-101. Mr. Napper's lads., Wed. Plaistow ; Sat., Leigh Farm-101. Mr. Lushington's lids., Wed., Torrey-hill Lodge ; Fri.. Syndule-1 1. Hursby lids., Thurs., Farley Mount-101 11. 11. hds., W«l., Bramdean Common-12. Thurs., Chdton Old House; Sat., Cole:m.l.e Church-104. Hambiedon hds.,Mon., Broadhalfpenny Down; Wed., Wickham Gate; Fri., Marwell Hall—lei. Essex Union hds., Wed., Purleigh Wash; Sat., Huckley Bull-10i. Lord Eleho's hds., Wed., Fclkington; Fri., Effing ham; Sat., Ford Bridge-101. Craven Ms., Wed., Bedwin Brail; Fri., White Hill; Sat., Woolley Down-101. Sou:h Berkshire hds., Wed., Basildon Paik; Sat. Hare hatch-101. Sir John Cope's hdf., Wed., Greywell Hill; Fri., Bearwood Lodge. LITERATURE. EXCURSIONS IN - SOUTHERN AFRICA. By Licntenairt Colonel E. Elers Napier. 2 Vols. This is the first book of its kind we have seen from the new establishment of Mr. Slio'erl, and the nano of the author, the interest of the subject, the excellence of the " getting up," and the number and excellence gf the illustrations, render it a happy specimen. Perhaps the most interesting portion of Colonel Napier's narrative is the history of the Cape Colony, and the account of the native tribes, from the first discovery of the " Cape of Storms," by the Portuguese in 1487, and its first colon'zstion by the Dutch some two centuries afterwards. The various vicissitudes of the history of the Cape of Good Hope are here related to us, and the narration is full of interest. To many readers, ourselves among the number, the most attractive chapters are those which describe the peculiarities of the Kafirs, Hottentots, and other native tribes ; at the same , time we hardly agree with till Colonel 'Napier's opinions regarding these poor wretches who, uncivilized as they are, are human beings, and the original possessors of the soil ; but might is right with conquerors, and original habitants are generally regarded in theligh t of intruders and trespassers. The genuine name: of the Hottentots, it appears, is " Quaiqux," and the term Hottentot has been bestowed upon them (according to some persons) "from the peculiar idiom of their language, which is much broken, full of monosyllables uttered with strong aspirations from the chest, and a guttural arti culation, equally disagreeable to listen to as it is difficult to acquire. It is as if one beard nothing from them but hot and tot. So it is not without,,reason that it has been said; of them, that they cluck like turkeys." The illustrations scattered throughout these volumes represent " natives" and " native" scenes, in addition to a beautiful view of Cape Town, and portraits of the late Sir Benjamin D'Ux ban, the " benefactor of the Cape Colony," where it appears he was surnamed " the great and good ;" and Sir Harry Smith Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the . Cape of Good Hope, from whose energy and decision of ' character Colonel Napier anticipates that the colony I will he governed " in quietness and peace, under the ; same judicious system—so injudiciously discarded— which was established in 1835, by Sir Benjamin D'Urban." Colonel Napier's readers must not expect to find all his descriptions couleur de rose, on the the • contrary, the evil doings and short-comings, real or supposed; missionaries, governors, and others, are treated with little mercy. These volumes, apart from their individual merits, are rendered especially attractive from the fact of the !leiDg en:ibleti to say in hiS preface to a later editioe—"'lle twofold aim of the present work was pointed out by me luar'y hay a century ago 1:z the Preface to the first cdition. In my esghtieih 3 ear," proceeds Baron Humboldt, "I am still enabled to enjoy the satisfaction of completing a third edition of my work, remoulding it v i ptirely afresh to meet the requirements of the present time.. Almost all the ecientitic Elucidations or Annotations have been either enlarged or replaced by new and more compre hensive ones. I have hoped that these volumes might tend to inspire and cherish a love for the study of Nature, by bringing together iu a small space the results of careful observation on the most varied sub jects, by showing the importance of r xzet numerical data, and the teic to be made of them by well con sidtzad arrangement and comparison ; and by opposing the dogmatic half-knowledge and arrogant scepticism which Lava long too much prevailed in what are called the higher circles of society." To effect these desirable objects these volumes are eminently well qualified. The subjects more especially treated on are " Steppes and Deserts," in which the plains and prairies of South Aenrica are made the subject of comparison with the plains and deserts of Africa; the " Cataracts of the Orinoco;" the "Nocturnal Life of Animals in the Primeval Forests ;" "Physiognomy of Plants ;" " The Structure and Mode of Action of Volcanos in different parts of the Globe ;" "The Vital Force, or Rhodian Genius;" "The Plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient Capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and the First View of the Pacific Ocean from the crest of the Andes." This bare enumeration does no justice to the very interesting manner in which Baren Hum boldt has described the various peculiarities of these "different lands and different climates." Under all aspects Nature is charming, and amply repays the student of hew laws and the observer of her beauties, and these " Aspects of Nature" are only another cor roboration of the well-known truth. RUINS OF MANY LAND& A Descriptive Poem. By Nicholas Michell. Second Edition. Having noticed this work on its first appearance, it is unnecessary now for us to do more than congratu late Mr. Michell on the success of (we believe) his first attempt in poetry. The subject chosen is a very felicitous one. " The matter-of-fact man," says the preface, "prefers enjoying the present and speculating on the future to looking back on the past; his motto is 'Progress ! ' and his cry Forward ! ' To a certain extent (very truthfully observes Mr. Michell) he acts wisely ; but we submit that this principle may be carrLd too far. Experience is the daughter of Time ; and the knowledge of what our ancestors achieved, both in a physical and moral sense, cannot but be productive of good ; while a study of the beautiful in art, whether it be apparent in a statue or an ivy-covered ruin, elevates the sentiments and refines the taste." To obliterate the past from our recollection would be almost like annihilating our appreciation of the beautiful. Poetry is not wholly devoid of the Pleasures of Hope, nor deficient in the life•giving energ►y of the present hour (vide Long fellow) ; but the past is more especially the epoch sacred to thought and romance. Hence the subjects touched upon in this volume—Babylon, Egypt, Athens, Corinth, Marathon, Troy, Pompeii, Car thage, tombs of Abraham and Rachel, Jerusalem, cunt multis aliis —w culd almost render it attractive, independently of the beautiful verses of Mr. Michell, which in many instances (and that is pronouncing no mean commendation) do full justice to their theme. Among other episodes, all .more or lea happily in troduced, the gloomy thoughts which may reasonably be supposed to have haunted the close of Pilate's life, are beautifully alluded to. (dowager) of Pembroke, the Counkss of Dunmore and farni],y, the Earl and Countess of Cl In &c. have met. The Right lion. Sir 11.9bert and Lay Peel are ent•rtaining a select party at Drayton Manor, StafThrdshire. The Right Hon. Sir Francis an: Lady Arab,ila ?3ari❑g are receiving a succession of vi:itors ut Stratton•paik, nf , ar Winchester. The Right Hon. :Sir Charles and L•Aly Mary Wood have a select party staying at Hickleton Hall, Yorkshire. THE WELSH CHURCH. LETTER VII. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sift,—The provision made by Itrout WelJunen in ancient time.-, ;or the competent rnhintenince through out all generations of learned and pious spiritual pastors in the Principality, has long been chit fly engrossed by unsympathising aliens, while all the toilsome and onerous duties of the pastor .1 office have been devolved upon the native clergy. It is a natural consequence of such a state of things, that men of genius and scholars, patriots and saints, who might have shed lustre upon the sullied mitres of their country, should, on the contrary, reject with scorn the vestments of her degraded priesthood. Many such men have become illustrious leaders of Dissenting hosts ; and, alas ! many more, depressed by poverty and saddened by the sight of the land they loved, and in which they could not live, have gone forth into voluntary exil e . A mong th e latter, without research or premeditation, two striking instances present themselves to my memory. One of them ie. the late Rev. William Howells, of Long acre Chapel, who was born at Llwyn Helyg, near Cowbridge, Glamorganshire, in 1778, and died in London in 1832. Pious from childhood, and zealous by temperament, he earnestly devoted all his powers, both of soul and body, to the fulfilment of his duties as a Welsh curate in the parish of Llangan, &c. He found the neighbouring parishes grossly neglected by their respective ministers, who were wholly ignorant of the only language in which the people were capable of receiving instruction; but he preached, and taught, and laboured among them for many years, with a simplicity of purpose worthy of the Apostolic age. At last the incumbent who em ployed him died, and with eager hope he applied for the living. His long course of service in patient penury, his piety, his extraordinary talents, his popu lar influence, all were disregarded, and the prefer ment wps given to another. Deeply wounded by this enforced separation from a congregation most dear to his affections, Mr. Howells soon afterwards left his native Wales altogether, and entered upon clerical duties in the metropolis, where he continued inces santly to toil with self-denying devotion for a period of 21 years. His thorough integrity, his fine intellect, and his Celtic warmth of heart, procured him many friends; but having gone to London as a lonely stranger, he continued to live there almost a hermit in the crowd; and some particulars are related of his last hours which bear most touching testimony to the fond life long regret of a Cambrian exile. Instead of requiring society, as the dying commonly do, he desired to be left as much alone as possible. Commenting to him self upon the text, " In my Father's house are many mansions," &0., he remarked, " Yes, our Lord says, you have been an outdoor servant long enough, I will now make you an indoor servant, and take you out of the wind and rain, to give you a glorified body, and better wages, and a better mansion " (vide his Memoir, p. 154). A great part of the last night of his life, in mean London lodgings, was spent in prayer in his long-disused but ever-dear native tongue. The other instance is Goronw ()wain,: A.M., one of the greatest of modern Welsh poets. He was a peasant's son, born at Mathafarn Eithaf, in Mona. The late eminent Cambrian antiquary and poet, Mr. Lewis Morris, perceiving the bey's wonderi'ul abili ties, had him educated at his own expense for the Church. So miserably, however, did that misgoverned Church provide for Welshmen, that Goronw Owain could not even obtain a Welsh curacy sufficient for the maintenance of his wife and family ; and after keeping a school, and serving various poor miracles upon the borders of Cambria for some years, he at length, in despair, petitioned the Cymrodorian Society for assistance to pay his own and his family's passage to America. He went to Williamsburg in Virginia; and from thence, several years afterwards, mindful of the claims of gratitude, and full of his country's love, he forwarded an elegy on the death of his early benefactor, Mr. Lewis Morris. His works remain a treasure to his countrymen, but he withered and died, and was buried far away beyond the Atlantic. These are not isolated cases. Wales at this very instant has true end lofty poets depressed by indi gence and toil, and eloquent native preachers driven forth from the home of their hearts. I am, Sir, &c., &c., GORBONIAN. WELSH BISHOPS AND THEIR LANGUAGE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. dined yesterday (being Christmas-eve) with a Welsh friend, who naturally descanted proudly on the new Welsh educational institution at Llando very, the first stone of which wis laid by Dr. Thirlwall, Lord Bishop of St. David's, on the 13th inst. My frknd lent me a provincial paper which contained an account of that day's proceedings, and gives a detailed retort of the Bishop's speech after laying the stone. .1 send you an extract from it, which is as follows : . "We might borrow the language of an ancient philo sopher, in which he represented the souls of men as transmigrating from one body to another, and those who had best fulfilled the duties of their appointed stations being raised to a higher state of existence, for I think we may not improperly say that what we are now wit nessing is a kind of scholastic metempscychosis; and by that, to express myself in more familiar terms, I mean that what we are now doii:g is not the calling of an institution into being, but the first step to provide a permament and material framework for its dwelling. This is a distinction which I consider it is very im portant for us on this °cession to keep steadily in view, that happily the building which will be erected on this stone is not are institution itselfi . Such is the condition of cur earthly existence, and of everything that relates to it, that our spiritual nature must find a suitable bodily cri3anizatism in order that it may develop and expand itself. Such, we trust, this institution will find in the material tenement which is now preparing for its ieception." Now, Sir, I am not a Welshman, but a humble Cockney, and I cert a inly pr o f ess t o un d ers t an d Eng lish, which is my native tongue, better than Welsh, but I cannot, for the life of me, comprehend what the above passage means ; will you, or any of your Welsh readers be so good as to translate it for me into intelligible English. A great deal has been said lately of the propriety and necessity of appointing Welshmen to preside over Welsh dioceses, but if the thousands of Welsh farmers and peasants, who were assembled at Llandovery, on the 13th, understand the meaning of Bishop Thirlwall's speech, the difficulty of finding a person qualified to preside over a Welsh diocese will be rendered still greater; for we are told in one of our Articles of Religion, that " the word of God shall be preached in a language under standed of the people." If the Welsh understand this language of Bishop Thirlwall's, they aro the wisest of her Majesty's liege subjects ; and as for myself, I must remain Your obedient servant, IGNORAMUS. DEATH OF THE ARCHDEACON OF NORFOLK.—The death of the Venerable Philip Jennings, D.D., Arch deacon of Norfolk, has caused deep regret amongst the c'.o:gy of the diocese of Norwich. The Archdeacon was presented to his office in 1847 by the late Bishop the Right Rev. Dr. Stanley, with whom he had long la en on terms of intimate friendship. For many years previous to that time Dr. Jennings had been assistant minister of St. James's Chapel, Westmoreland-street, Marylcbone, and a few weeks since, on the death of the R4V. Thomas White, M.A., the minister, the Archdeacon was presented to the incumbency by the Crown. The archdesconry, which has become vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Jennings, is held, with the rectory of Costen, near Wymondharn, and is worth 2401. per an num. It is in the gift of the Bishop of Norwich. The incumbency of St. James's Chapel, which is also ren dered vacant, is worth 3401. per annum, and is in the gift of her Majesty. It has been generally stated in Norwich that the ♦acant archdeaconry of Norfolk will be conferred by the Bishop (Dr. Hinds) on the Rev. Robert Eden, M.A., his Lordship's chaplain, at present incumbent minister of St. Mary's Church, L.,mbeth butts. No official communication, however, has yet been made on the subject. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Saturclay last, as Isaac Roofe, the conductor of Mr. George Chaplin's omnibus, which runs regularly from the Cups Hotel to the railway station to meet the trains, was aJjusting some luggage on the roof of the omnibus as it was going to the railway, between the Globe Inn end the station, by some means one of the luggage boxes slipped and knocked him from the roof to the ground, by which one of his legs was seriously fractured just below the knee. He was immediately conveyed to the hospital, where every attention was paid to his unfortunate case, and it was found that the fracture was a compound one, and that the kg had been diseased for a considerable time. The sufferer is in a fair way of doing well. He is a man of steady and sober habits, and has been in Mr. Chaplin's service seven years; his unfortunate case is greatly commiserated, as he has a wife and three young children dependent upon him for support. We hear that it is the intention of some benevolent individuals to set a subscription on foot for the relief of him and his family.— Ipswich Express. Yesterday Chief-Constable liehderson arrested, at the Commercial Hotel, Mr. John M‘Laughlieg, a young gentleman most respectably connected in Belfast, who had lately returned from America, on a warrant signed by Mr. Justice Coleridge, charging him with having attempted to extort money from the directors of the Hudson's Bay Company, by a threat of printing and ' publishing certain statements derogatory to their ' character and conduct.--Belfast Journal, SPIRIT of the PCBLIC JOURNALS. ITER ALD.—The requisition for the great metro poliLn mcejng to be held in January in the mt-tro polls of Ireland, now hem.; the signature of forty peers ; and every post, says nor correspondent, brings in letters from the lea ling gentry of the country favour of protection. The Marquis of Hereford, who has immense estates in the ncrth of Ireland, in which division of the isl And there has never been for the last half-century the least agitation, and in which tenant-right nearly univer sa lly prevails—in which, moreover, rents are rrolQrate, and manufactures ripe— the Marquis of Hertford, we say, possessing immense tracts of land in Antrim and Donegal, has signed the requisition. Lord Parnhatn, v, hcse estates are al s o i n the north of Ireland, and whose tenentry at Cavan are Lot, rind never have been, rack-rented, has also signed it. Lord Farnham, be it observed, though st man of a strong bias cn questions concerning Pr otes tent and reigiovs principles, is yet an eminently fair and candid person on all general questions, and though he likes not either the Government or their policy, yet, unless he believed in his heart that their free-trade policy was ruinous, he would not sign a declaration to that effect. Independently of this high moral character, no man is better entitled to judge for himself on a questioe of this kind. Lord Farnham is a man of a cool intellect—of a sober judgment —he has a practical knowledge of agriculture and farming and of the world generally, for he was bred to the bar, and for a short time followed that learned profession. The estates of the Earl of Erne and of Earl O'Neill, who have both also signed the requisition, are likewise in the north of Ireland, and than the latter Noble Earl. who is a lieutenant-general in her Majesty's service, and who dispenses an elegant hospitality at Shanee Cestle, Antrim, there is not a more popul a r p e r sonage in her Majesty's dominions. Nor are these the only sig natures. The south is well represented by the very po pular son of a bishop—Baron Riversdale, always con sidered an Irish peer of Whig tendencies, and who in private life, whether as the proprietor of Lisnegar or Clarispoo], secured the esteem of all parties. But Ludlow Tonson, Baron Riversdale—like a great many other Whigs whose interests are bound up with the land—like Lord Cloncurry,—like the Earl of Meath, a Whig of 57 years' standing—like Lord Miltown, a Whig-Radical—like Lord Brabazen, a constitutional Whig—like Viscount Gormans town, a man of most ancient descent, and a Roman Catholic Whig—like Baron Ro beck, a Whig like Mr. James Grattan, — and even like that once furious Daniel O'Connellite, Mr. Henry Grattan—at length sees that the doom of Ireland is sealed, unless an effort be now made to save the country. The Whig-Radical quacks, who touch and tinker at every interest in the State, have in Ireland effected what no man believed they could effect. They have wrought two miracles. Imprimis—They have united men of all parties and all classes against them. Se condly, they have reduced by their measures the prices of food so miserably low, as to ruin the producer, while they have also, in their impartial wickedness and reckless blundering, so beggared the consumer that he cannot afford to purchase at even the existing ruinously low prices. Thus, in the midst of plenty the people are starving—in the midst of cheap ness there is dearth. Is not such legislation worthy of the men who caused holes to be made that they might be filled up again ?—who cut up roads for the purpose of rendering them uncarriageable ? —and who purchased hand-barrows at 11s. 6d, 13s. 61, and 163. each, to se ll aga i n a t 9d. an d l s., to pty for the warehouse-rent of keeping them ? The greasest event, however, since we last wrote on the Irish question, is nut the additional signatures to the great Protectionist requisition, though these are highly important, but the Bandon Protectionist meeting, a report of a hich we print to-day. Bandon, we ought to state for the benefit of our English readers, is an inland town and Parliamentary borough in Cork county, west riding, on the river Bandon, 177 miles from Dublin. By many it might be supposed that th e p o p u l at i on o f the town would be exclusively, or neat ly agricultural ; but whoever came to this conclusion would egregiously err. There are in Bandon manufactories of cotton and woollen ; of fine stuffs, and of leather; there are flour mills, distilleries, beer breweries, and tanneries, and a considerable trade is carried on by means of the river, %Alia is navigable for barges to Innishannon, four miles from the town. The population comprises men of all trades and callings, and of all religions, for there are three parochial churches, a Roman Catholic chapel, a convent, a Scotch church, a Pres byterian, and two Methodist meeting-houses, within the walls of the place. But though the inhabitants, for the most part tenants of the Duke of Devonshire and the Earls of Shannon and Bandon, differ in everything else, they are agreed to a man as to the necessity of giving a preference in the markets of Ireland to the products of the soil, and they are prepared to return men for the county, city, and borough, who will give effect to these opinions and feelings. At the meeting of which we speak were present Lords Bernard anti Carberry, who have so lately figured at the Cork meeting—Colonel Chat terton, so recently returned for the second city of Ireland—with the Studderts, Westropps, Shuldhams, and the principal gentry •of .the neighbourhood. There were, however, two men present on the occasion, who attracted more attention than the staunchest among the Conservatives. These were a gentleman of the name of O'Neill Daunt, who formerly represented, if we mistake not, Mallow, as one of the O'Connell tail, and the Rev. D. 0. Sullivan, parish priest of Kinneigh. Both these gentlemen were favourable to the object of the gathering, and Mr. Daunt made a long speech filled with Protectionist doc trines. Did we not say months ago it would come to this ? Radicals or Whig-Radicals who have even a half-acre of land to lose must see the madness of Peel legislation, and any priest with half a grain of sense, must well know, that with a Peel tariff and a Peel corn-law, Easter or any other dues are out of the question. Do the Irish, however, require anything extraordinary or unjust ? No ; they merely require that fair protection from foreign competition which every other nation affords to its native products against the stranger— which Russia affords, which Austria affords, which Prussia effords, which Spain affords, and which no country insists on more than revolutionized and republican France. How can the people of Ire land, saddled with 4,000,0001. of poor-rates— with rates in Cork county varying from 9s. 2d. to 11s. 7d., and from lls. 7d. to 20s. ld.— , compete with virgin and untaxed soils, such AI America ?—or with serf-laboured soils, such as Russia, Poland, Eithonia, Hungaria, and Transylvania present ? Mr. Cole stated at the Bandon meeting, that at the last fair in that town a good cow engaged to calve in two months was sold for 2/. 7s. 6d.! Before the Peel tariff and the Peel corn law such an animal would have sold from 9/. to 121. Such are the results of what is absurdly called free-trade—by which we have given freedom and "leave and licence" to other nations, and have inflicted on our own native industry fetters and chains. CIIRONICLE.—The extraordinary accumulation of bullion in the coffers of the Bank of England, at the present moment, combined with the reduced rate of interest and the great advance in the pubic securities, is a feature well deserving the regard of those who take any interest in the variations of 'none tart' affairs. The Bank returns of last Saturday show a total amount of bu!lion in both departments of no less than 16.991,261—a sum exceeding the largest accumulation that has ever taken place in the annals of that establishment. The nearest approach to the last week's return is that of June 21st, 1845, when the bullion returned was 16,638,000/., the Funds being then at par, and the rate of discount the same as at present. The intermediate fluctuations have been immensely great, corresponding to the eventful changes which have passed over the commercial and financial circumstances of the country since the former period. Excitement, speculation, panic, distress, then gradually reviving confidence, im proving trade, and replenished capital—these are the stages which have marked their succession on the monetary barometer during the last four years and a half. The tide of accumulation, after having sub sided to its lowest point in the calamitous autumn of 1847, has again reached and even overtopped its highest level. Moreover, if report speaks truly, the influx of the precious metals is for some time forward likely rather to continue than to decrease. We shall be told, indeed, that the present plethora of capital is a very equivocal symptom of national prosperity, and that the cheapness of money in 1849 by no means denotes that state of general competency and well being which accompanied the same phenomena in 1845. It is not our present purpose to re-open the vexata guestio of commercial policy. The Country Party at one time would have it that our stock of bullion must, if the free-trade measures were persisted in, be inevitably drained out, inas much as our increased imports could only be paid for in specie. Experience has confuted their assertion ; and they take refuge from the dis appointment of their prophecies in some new theory as to the congestion of the precious metals, which we confess ourselves unable to comprehend. But, in comparing our existing monetary position with that of 1845, we are not concerned to deny the existence of a partial embarrassment and pressure, at the present time, among certain classes of the com munity, who then formed no exception to the general well-being. It may be conceded that every great change of commercial policy produces more or less of friction in its operation, though, in the present instance there can be no doubt that the inconve niences of the transition state are more justly to he imputed to the vicious system which has been given up, than to the sound principles which have superseded it. But, without pursuing this contro versy further, as it would lead us too far from our LODGE'S PORTRAITS. Vol. 1. The enterprising Mr. Bohn has commenced the publication in his " Illustrated Library" of the cele brated work of Edmund Lodge, "The Portraits of illustrious Personages of Great Britain"—portraits both pictorial and descriptive, portraying both their persons and their character. " The history of the various editions of this celebrated work," says the publisher of this edition, "is curious, as illustrative of the great change which a few years, and the rise of a new generation, has introduced into the system of publi cation. The first edition wns commenced in 1814, and completed in forty parts in folio, at 2/. 2s. each. In 1821 an edition, in imperial octavo, was issued, in eighty parts, at 7s. Gd• each part, amounting to 30/. for the whole work, a price which was afterwards reduced to 2s. 6d. each part, or 101. for the whole. In the present form the work will be completed for forty shi!lings." And to judge from this specimen it will be completed in a most excellent manner for that sum. The portraits are beautiful specimens of engraving, and the letter-press and " getting up" of the volume renders it almost superior in appearance to the vo lumes of Mr. Bohn's excellent " Standard Library." The individuals whose portraits and biographies form the subject of this first volume are no fewer in num ber than thirty. Among those are Sir Thomas More, Cardinal Wolsey, Henry VIII., and several of his Queens, Edward VI., Lady Jane Grey, John Russell first Earl of Bedford, Ridley, Crammer, Cardinal Pole, &c. Speaking of the vast mass of information collected in Mr. Lodge's biographies, Sir W. Scott has said that he very frequently consulted it, and almost always not only found the information re quired, but collected a great deal more as he went in search of it. Mr. Bohn deserves commendation and encouragement for his continued endeavour to put excellent works, hitherto confined to the few, within reach of the many. POEMS by the late Sir William Ashburnham, Bart. The poems contained in this volume are of a very miscellaneous kind, consisting of sonnets, songs, epi grams, fables, and religious pieces. Without being possessed of any great poetical merit, the versification and the style generally are smooth and pleasing, and the spirit with which the whole collection is suffused is the genuine Christian philosophy. The sonnet upon "La bour " is full of truthful wisdom and those upon " Sympathy," " Good Humour," " Cheerfulness," and others of a similar kind, are likely to be as beneficial to the reader as they are honourable to the writer. Without pretending to any great acquaintance with the genealogy of the passions, we hardly think, how ever, that it is correct to describe Cheerfulness as the child of Joy. Joy is undoubtedly the parent of Gaiety, but Cheerfulness, we imagine, has a diviner origin. It is certain that cheerfulness may be the accompaniment of pain and suffering, and to preserve a cheerful demeanour is a social duty, whereas joy is essentially rare and evanescent. The fables in this volume are narrated in a very interesting manner, and the moral la3sons which they teach are happily enforced. L' ACADIE ; or, Seven Years' Explorations in British America. By Sir James Alexander. 2 Vols. All who have travelled tele ci-tetc can tell how much of the pleasure and comfort even of a journey de pends upon the character of a companion. According to the old saying,—" A merry heart goes all the way, a sad one tires a mile a' !" and so it is with the voyager who has a dull or a pleasant friend, or cicerone at his elbow. Very much the same is it with books ; and more especially with books of travels. Often and often are we hurried on, unre sistingly, over otherwise uninteresting lands and places of which we care to know nothing, fascinated by the magic of some stranger's pen. Such a pen is held by Sir James Alexander. " L'Acadia'' possesses, moreover, the attraction of treating of topics of ge neral interest, and describing scenes of considerable importance ; but were it not so, were British Ame rica wh;)11y destitute of attractions, the agreeable style and lively conversation of Sir James would wile away the time, and reader and writer would be loathe to part company half way. " L'Acadie," of the French in North America, was understood to com prehend Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and part of . Canada; " it has been adopted as the title of this work," says its author,' "as in the American Acadia,' were made the surveys and explorations, in which the author assisted, for the proposed great military road to connect the British North American pro winces." TELE.4IACIIUS VERSIFIED. By the Author of "The Pilgrim's Progress Versified." "The following pages," says their author, "are submitted to the public with the mingled sensations of confidence and fear." The "confidence" is solely occasioned by " the acknowledged merits of Arch bishop Fenelon's great and immortal work, which assuredly affords a firmer basis for any expectation of success on the part of the translator than any merits of his own." This opinion is perfectly correct, as a translation of Fenelon's masterpiece, " Tele machus Versified" is of course interesting, but we cannot conscientiously say that it is possessed of any great poetic merit. The volume is adorned with a beautiful portrait of Fenelon, taken from a picture by Vivier in the Louvre. VIENNA IN 1848. By the Hon. 11. J. 6)4. With Illustrations by Weld Taylor. We hardly know whether to give the preference to the excellent lithographs of Mr. Taylor, or the smart narrative of Mr. Coke. Taken together, they give an amusing glimpse of Vienna in 1848, at the mo ment of the Viennese revolution. To our thinking the subject is of too serious a character to be a fit theme for jocularity. But (saving this objection) the narrative is certainly full of interest and matter of entertainment. Mr. Coke's objection to being pressed into the revolutionary cohorts—an objection so strong that to avoid a recruiting party he actually took refuge (he tells us) beneath some tablecloths in a corner of the coffee-room—is amusing, but it hardly redounds to the credit of the narrator, who in other parts of the narrative appears by no means deficient in courage and spirit. Mr. Coke's s y m p a thi e s are apparently with the Imperialists. Among the Dim trations the best is a portrait of Jellachieh in the saddle, and armed capa-pie. DUSTIAATA ; or the Evening Adventures of a Weaver and a Chimney-sweep. By Henry Dier, A. M. The frontispiece of this volume, a finely coloured engraving, represents the heroes of the tale in a gaily painted curricle, drawn by two spirited horses at a smart pace. The volume records their evening ad ventures, which, Booth to say, we have not had the curiosity to follow. Those adventures should be in teresting, indeed, to induce many readers to peruse a volume written in the following poetic vein:-- "The clock had struck the hour of five When Mr. Tibbs sat out to drive uis curricle and spicy pair O tits, and breathe the evening air. The wheels were red, the body blue." 11UMBOLDT'S ASPECTS of NATURE. 2 vols. Baron Humboldt's very interesting and highly in structive work " On the Aspects of Nature in .Dif• ferent Lands and Different Climates; with Scientific Elucidations," has been rendered into English by Mrs. Sabine, the successful translator of "Cosines," TO THE RIGHT HON. TIM LORD MAYOR. Lord,—For many years back, whilst in Scot land, I advocated fur the fishermen there to procure decked smacks, instead of open boats, to prosecute the fisheries with, believing that decked vessels have the advantage of being safer, more comfortable, and better calculated as nurseries for the training of youth to he able seamen than what open boats are. My mind has also been a good deal employed suggesting measures for the better regulatir.g fish markets, &c. Whatever sea port town or village I may have been in, where decked fishing vessels were, I invariably made it my duty to pay them a visit, and have a converse either with their officers or crew relative to their proceedb;g3 and success at sea. In this way I ulti mately became acquainted with their habits and customs. A few days since I went to Billingsgate fish market, to see how the snacks lay there. I was very much disappointed at the Ecene I witnessed. It appeared to me confused and irregular, beyond any thing I had ever before seen. Having made some inquiries for the cause, it soon became apparent. The principal reason for confusion is,—blocking the smacks out from the dock that is now being filled up for the purpose of enlarging the market. Your Lordship will comprehend the scene that is now going on there almost every. day, from the fol lowing description, as I saw it : There were upwards of 40 smacks (large and small) laying abreast of the market. The space abreast of the dock where a row of piles are placed renders this position so unhandy for landing the cargoes from smacks, that they all get crowded together abreast of the only landing place there is, which is very narrow. The consequence is, the smacks stretch far out in the river, offering obstruction to barges passing up and down, besides giving the fishermen much extra labour, and causing delay before they can get their fish on sho:e. When there happens to be from 15 to 20 smacks lying abreast of each other the vessels that are inside—their decks, bulwarks, and rigging becomes a regular gangway to all passers to and fro to the vessels that are outermost, much to the disagreeable ness of having their decks loaded with mud and filth from peoples' feet, besides the extra wear and tear their decks and ropes sustain. My Lord, having long interested myself in fa vour of decked-smack fishermen, and hearing their complaints in this case, in consequence of the small space now allotted for their vessels to lay whilst un loading--and hearing some of their suggestions, if they could obtain permission (until the improve ments now being made on Billingsgate are com pleted) for a few of their smacks to lay alongside of tne Custom House Pier, it would greatly facilitate their operations whilst carrying on business, as well for the general public benefit as their own—is the reason 1 have thus taken the liberty in submitting the subject for your Lordship's perusal, being certain that ought dune by your Lordship to favour the fishermen in this respect would be by them highly esteemed 2 Tid gratefully felt. At the upper part of the Custom-House Pier a temporary office stood (about 80 or 100 feet long) whilst the new Coal Exchange was being built. I believe if they had a space of that distance peal tiened off to prevent inconvenience to the Customs' Establishment, it would be about as much as they would require. My Lord, I have the honour to be, your Lordship's most obedient, and humble servant, 11. DEMPSTER. 14, Cannon row, Westminster, Dec. 22, 1349. P.S. Since the above letter was written, the fol lowing important observations have been made : Where the smacks lay off Billingsgate there are not a sufficiency of mooring buoys where the smacks' bows and stern ropes can be fastened, so that they may lay quare (or end on) with the tide. The most of their lopes are fastened to the shore, consequently they lay partly athwart the tide, bringing a strain upon every yarn of their ropes, until they sometimes break, starting timber heads and bolts, causing the vessels to kak. From the ropes being fastened on shore, the W,F.013 1 bows and sterns incline inward ; and when a strong ebb tide runs, should there happen to be any small craft innermost lying betwixt the larger-sized smacks, or lying against the wharf, the pressure of the number of vessels outside is so great as to prevent the small craft from falling with the tide, and they are sometimes hung like a fender without touching the ground, when the tide has receded—it requires str,ing sides to bear this. The masters of smacks say tat whilst lying alongside of Billingsgate their minds are ever on the rack from fear of something or other giving way. 11. 1). Tiiu " REPOILTER" ALMANACK.—This, the first number of the Reporter Almanack, is devoted to supplying all the information that can be required or obtained relating to life and fire assurance, provident, benevolent, charitable, friendly, and benefit institu tions and societies, savings' banks, and building and freehold land and investment societies. It is edited by the editor of the Reporter, a periodical which has long since been considered as the authority on all these matters, and the proprietor of which, therefore, enjoys facilities for obtaining accurate information on these topics which are not within the reach of every person, and accordingly we find the Reporter Almanack replete with information on these subjects, which may be sought for in vain elsewhere. It contains a list of all the assurance companies, all the building and freehold land societies, and all the savings' b:inks in the kingdom, with a list of their officers, and an account of all the laws that affect them, a list of all the charitable and benevolent societies in the metropolis, and a succinct account of the laws affecting friendly societies ; in addition to which we have a calend Court, Parliamentary, law, and banking register; the rules of the Pcat-office, list of mails, &c., cor rected up to the present date ; a table of County Court fees, and, in short, all the general information that can be sought for in an almanack. The Reporter Almanack is one of the most complete ever presented to the public, is neatly got up, well indexed, easy of reference, and will no doubt have an enormous sale. FATAL ACCIDENT.—An accident of a painful nature occurred a few days ago at Messrs. Bass and Co.'s brewery, Burton-upon-Trent, by which a man in the prime of life camp to an awful death. The decease d an enginser in th e es t a bli s h ment , William Upton,about ten` o'clock in the evening, was in the act of fixing a belt upon a drum ; when his apron caught in some wheel, and immediately lifted him from the ground, - and took him among the machinery, tearing his body t) An inquest was held on the following day, when eridereJ to the above effect was adduced, and after due consitlera t;on a verdict of " Accideutal Death" was returned.— L llinninyhant Mercury. NEVI' MUSIC. MARCII ON TO GLORY; or LIBERTY to the lIUNGARIANS. A New Song for one or two Voices. Dedicated to Kossuth and his Brave Companions in Exile. This song written, as the author tell us, in " exe cration of those savage nations who punish patriotism with death," is a bold and spirited composition, and when the sung by the veteran :fom a "it stirs up the heart like a trumpet." Tom Phillips, by horn this song is sung, and for whose benefit it is published, has been for the last half century one of the very best of our table vocalists, and the last of the Incledon school, as he was justly designated by Pro fessor Taylor. He is now 72 years of age, but still retains his vocal powers in a surprising manner. He has, however, cflatefallen into " the sere and yellow leaf," and we hope the publication of this song may be of as much benefit to him as he himself could wish. THE GEORGINE SCHOTTISCHE, as per formed at Her Majesty's State Balls, Almack's, and composed and dedicated to Miss F. Hare, by Wel lington Guernsey. Mr. Guernsey in this trifle has displayed the most consummate knowledge of the composition of dance music. The elegant and original style of the melody, with its well-marked rhythm, is clear and striking. The change of key from G major to B natural is judiciously contrasted with the movement of the third part in C major, which is fancifully conceived, and felicitously portrayed. To all lovers of dance music the " Georgine Schottische" will be a novelty as pleas• ing as it is original. CIIRISTMAs FESTIVITIES. As customary at this season of the year, the baronial residences of the nobility take the lead in displaying that liberal hospitality for which we as a people are proverbial, more especially at Christmas. There is also one pleasing reflection, that the aristocracy of this country, while dispensing their princely festivities at home, are not forgetful of the wants of the more humble classes; for we could give innumerable in stances where "seasonable benevolence," in the shape of excellent provisions, blankets, and warm clothing, and donations in money, have enlivened the hearth of the aged and indigent entirely through the munifi cent consideration of the wealthy nobles of this free and constitutional land. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond are sur rounded by a numerous family circle at Goodwood park, Sussex. The Earl and Countess of Besborough, the Earl and Countess of March, Lady Templemore, the Hon. Miss Chichester, the Right Hon. W. and Lady Louisa Tighe, &c., have assembled there. The Duke and Duchess of Mdiord are dispensing their hospitality to a very numerous circle at Wo burn Abbey, Bedfordshire. Lord and Lady John Ruqsell join the circle to-morrow, and the festivities it the ducal seat will be prolonged until after Twelfth Night ; and private theatricals are, it is said, to t'ertn a portion of the varied amusements provided for the guests of the Noble Duke and Duche.,,s, The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, notwith standing the brilliant festivities last week attendant on the coming of age of the Marquis of Stafford, had a large circle staying at Trentham for the Christmas, comprising the Marquis and Marchioness of Kildare, Lady Dover and Hon. Miss Ellis, the Earl of Carlisle, Viscount Clifden, the Right lion. W. Lascelles, M.P., and Lady Caroline Lascelles, Mizs, Lascelles, lion. W. R. Howard, &c. The Duke of Rutland has a'select family circle met at R3lvoir Castle, Leicesterihire. On the 4th of next month the Noble Duke completes his 81st year, on which occasion the customary rejoicing will take place. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne are entertaining a distinguished and numerous circle at Bowood Park, Wilts, where the Noble Marquis and Marchioness intend to welcome a succession of visitors until the third week in the ensuing month, when the Noble Marquis will be obliged to repair to town for the Ministerial conferences previous to the meeting d Parliament. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have a large party partaking of their hospitality at Hatfield Rouse, Herts. A ball, on a magnificent scale, will ba shortly given at that splendid seat, which will bring to a clo,e the gaieties there; all the nobility and gentry of the country are to be invited, The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey are at Beaudesort, the family seat, near Lichfield, sur rounded by a family party, including the Earl and Countess of Sandwich, the Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, Lord and Lady Templemore, Lady Alfred Paget, &c. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry are entertaining a family circle at Wynyard Park, near Stockton-on-Tees. On the 17th of the ensuing month the Marchioness gives a grand ball, to which the whole of the nobility and gentry of Durham and the surrounding counties are invited. The Earl arid Countess Cawdor are receiving a large family party at Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire. The Earl of Derby is entertaining Lord and Lady Stanley, the lion. Colonel and Mrs. Stanley, and a select party, this Christmas, at Knowsley, Lancashire. The Earl and Countess of Sefton are displaying their hospitality to a large party at Croxteth Park, near Liverpool. The Earl Fitzwilliam is passing the festive season at Milton Park, near Peterborough, where Viscount and Viscountess Milton, Sir James and Lady Anne Mackenzie, and a numerous circle have assembled. The Earl and Countess of Hare wood have a select party congregated at Harewood House, Yorkshire, to enjoy the festive season. The Earl. and Countolt,ss of Ellesmere are receiving a succession of distingashe, d guests at hlatchford Park, near Cobham. The Earl and Countess of Jersey are entertaining company at Middleton Park, near l3icester, Oxon. The Earl and Countess Cowper are seeing company at Pashanger, Herts. Viscount and Viscountess Palmers!on are enter taining a distinguished circle at Broadlands, near Romsey. The Right Hon. Sidney and Mrs. Herbert are at Wilton House, near Salisbury, where the Countess S IT N f" s' -- „..„, ‘ ~. ---0 7 , ,, ,,* , --ere ,„ present object, we must b e permitted; tot ' , Cs .. . appeal to the complete rest o r a ti on o f offrlnorietary :. 'tst e l - ,,”' 5.. ) stability as a signal example of that d' s pid •i;:eeV r -:? t :' , •'(;;,1 4 " of accumulation which can reteive, eit lintio K SleAt :"e;."::( a time, the losses and disest - ers of a cril-. -- &4\'ejsesel 1 : ....__l' .;' I k r\4 by a very competent •ereihority a 3 ha . r: ,1 ;-141.4- 1 '^ -- \----• ‘• no parallel in our menetary history." 111r.4,114, E i s i etrOeT call to mind the utter prostration and paralysis which, only two brief years ago, seemed to have fallen upon our commerce—at a time when all confidence was lust, and daily failures kept the public in an agony of suspense and terror—when the rate of interest on the best private securities rose to 8 and 10 per cent., and Exchequer-bills sunk to 375. discount—and when, finally, under the pressure of this Epdalling conjunc ture, the reserve which the Bank of England held in London dwindled down to 719,5231 e and public credit was only saved from the extremity of peril by an interposition of Executive power beyond the law— when, we say, we reflect on these occurrences almost of yesterday, and contrast them with the present re dundancy of capital, we may well ma: vel at the fecun dity and vitality of the resources of a country which neither speculation nor famine, neither our caleinities nor our follies, can, except for a short interval, repress. So vast indeed is the poWer of the acccmulstieg principle, and so rapid is that downward tendency of profits which results from its operation, that were it not for those commercial revulsions which periodically sweep away large portions of the surplus capital of the nation into the vortex of specu lation, it is the opinion of some eminent economists that the rate of profit would, in no long time, actu ally attain its minimum, that all further augmenta tion of capital would then cease, and that the indus trial enterprise of the country would find itself becalmed in that dead sea which is denominated "the stationary state." But, however gratifying may he the evidences, which the present state of the Money Market affords, of the vigour and buoyancy of our productive powers, it is impossible for those who heed the lessons of past experience, to regard the climax of monetary abundance which we have now reached without some feelings of anxiety. Where is this pro digious influx of capital to end? and what are the consequences to which it will lead us ? Have we, indeed, nearly reached the end of our tether, and are we heaping together wealth in order that it may choke up every channel of profitable employment, aid destroy us at last by a plethoric immobility ? Or will the hoarded opulence of the country dis charge itself, as on former occasions, by some pre cipitate and rapid outlet, under the impulse of a speculative mania and the temptation of profits no longer to be realized in the sober pursuits of estab lished commerce ? It must be acknowledged that those who would anticipate this latter issue from our present predicament might adduce cogent historical data for their conclusions. As a matter of fact, an unusually low rate of interest has invariably been the precursor of a season of wild speculative ex citement, and, as a matter of reasoning, the pro cess by which this effect takes place is perfectly natural and intelligible. No capitalist will con tentedly see his money lie inert and profitless ; and in proportion as the tendency to such a state of things becomes more decided, the m :re inclined does he feel to lend a ready ear to projects which hold out, though at the risk of loss, the hope of a higher rate of remu neration. The temptation increases as the scale if cafe profits falls, until it becomes at length irresistible, end speculation ensues. It is true that cur com mercial history abounds with warnings which might be supposed sufficient to guard all sane-minded persons against the dangers of these epidemical delusions; but such is the power of cupidity to dis tort the human vision, that precelents, however apt and striking, are trsetted with perfect disregard. Distinctions are easily drawn to show that the lessons of the past are not strictly in point, and, besides, those lessons have probably not affected the same individuals ; old experience, in such cases, makes little or no im preseion, except it be personal. And thus it hap pens that one mania closely follows the pattern it another—whether it be fur mines, hanks, lotterif s, railways, or foreign stocks, there is little difference— ind a new race of schemers and victims follows closely in the steps of those who only a few years before walked before them in the same road to ruin. The regularity of these disastrous epochs, and the uniformity of the phenomena which precede and follow them, have enabled a very sagacious observer to reduce their alternations to a general law. "The eistory of what we are in the habit of calling the state of trade," says Mr. S. Jones Loyd, " is an ie structive lesson. We find it subject to various con ditions which are periodically recurring. It revolves apparently in an established cycle. First, we find it in a state of quiescence, next improvement, growing confidence, prosperity, excitement, over-trading, con• vulsion, pressure, stagnation, distress, ending again in quiescence." Exactly in accordance with the view here taken, Sir R. Peel, in the great debate on the. commercial crisis in November, 1847, proved histo rically, that at every period during the last sixty years (upon whatever basis the currency might happen to be placed), as often as the market rate of interest declined below a :certain point, it was inva riably followed by inordinate speculation, succeeded as a necessary consequence, by a commercial revul sion. He illustrated his position by the instances of 1784 and 1793, of 1810, 1826, 1836, and 1839—the history of which periods, if re-written, ntutatis mx tanths, might have served not inaptly for 1845.6. Are we to conclude, then, that similar causes will continue to produce similar effects ; or shall we con sole ourselves with the belief, that the punishment of the last and still recent crisis was so much more severe than those which have preceded it, that the public will not, within a very short period, at least, be carried away by a similar infatuation ? We would fain indulge, if we may, the more favourable presump tion, and hope that if some vent must be found for that surplus capital which is now pent up for want of a profitable field, it may be directed, under sober guidance, into sound and well explored channels, and may be made to redound to the ultimate and sub stantial advantage of the community, and ao the development of those latent sources of wealth Which we have no need to seek for beyond the limits of our country or its possessions. In the im provement and reclamation of our soil, in the redemption of our agriculture, both here and in Ireland, from the feeble and dispirited position which it now occupies, pining after the protection which has bighted it—in satisfying the demands and realizing the capabilities of our immense colonial deminiors—in these and similar undertakings, wemay find both a secure and fertile outlet for our surplus millions. Only against stock-jobbing projectors and bubble companies—against South-American republics and Pennsylvanian repudiators—against Utopian mines and impossible railways—against charlatans and swindlers—against 1 ludsens and Dousterswivels, may we be wise enough to close both our ears and our pockets, if we would not see an titter collapse, and a new commercial reign of terror in 1851, succee the monetary prosperity and redundant accumulations of 1849.50. THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS DEATH.' (Frvm Eliza cook's Journal.) " There's no such thing as death" To those who think aright, 'Tis but the rlcer casting off What most impedes his flight; 'Tis but ene lilac act, Lift's drama must contain; One struggle keener than the rest, And then, an end of pain. " There's no such thing as death"— That which is thus miscalled, Is lire escaping fr,m the chains That have so long enthrslled; 'Tis a once hidden star, Piercing the clouds of night, To shine in gentle radiance forth, Amidst its kindred light. " There's no such thing as death"— In nature, nothing dies; From each sad remnant of decay Some forms of life arise. The fadvd leaf that falls Ali sere and brown to earth, Ere long will mingle with the shapes Tht.t give the floweret birth. " There's no such thing as death ;" 'Tis but the blossom-spray, Sinking before the coming fruit, That seeks the summer ray; 'Tis but the bud displaced, As comes the perfect flower; 'Tis faith exchanged for sight, And weariness for pow, r. CHARLOTTE YOUNG. CURISTMAS DAY AT THE MANSION -HOUSE.—TIIB Lord Mayor provided, in true baronial style, a handsome) dinner of Old English fare, together with turkeys, geese, and all the luxuries of this festive season, for his numerous domestics, their wives, families, and friends. Upwards of 70 partook of his Lordship's hospitality in one of the splendid banqueting halls, where there was an unlimited supply of ale and wine. We believe that, however justly the Mansion-house may be celebrated for its feasting, such a display of good cheer has rare ly, if ever, been witnessed within its ancient walls, and we cannot but think Lis Lordship a thorough specimen of the true Old English gentleman, who, " While he feasted all the great, Re ne'er forgot the small." The festivities of the evening were kept up with great spirit, and never was the noble liberality of the Lord - Mayor more highly appreciated than by his grateful servants on this happy occasion. SERIOUS CASE OF ASSAULT.—On Thursday night, a serious scuffle took place in a house in Stevenson's. close, West Port, between a man named M‘Pherson and his brother-in-I.w. It appears that after APPlaersou had succeeded in throwing his brother-in-law down upon the ground, he seized a sharp pointed knife, and was just in the act of stabbing the individual whom he had pros trated, when his sister interfered, aad in running for ward to save her husband, received a severe wound in the arm, from the eff,cts of which eho has since beer. lying in a dangerous state in the Royal Infirmary. • M`Pherson, who is a labourer, has been taken into cue way.—hscutsman. 234 10%