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a 1845. 1847. OLD COURP. 1818. B . eudy, at prices fully ec,u4l to thoso paid on Moniay last, P. Y. C. being cowed at 38s 3d to 38s 61. For forward ddlivery, rc?.!cely any business ii doing, at 393 to 393 3d per cwt. 'l' ,, wn Taliow, 37s to 37s 31 per cwt let cash; R 23 _ ouoh Fat, ll ,Di r B:bi. Our St. Peters burgh le•rer st'aten th,lt the demand there was heavy. 1849. . Stock tlt's day ......1 11,191 10,343 8,422 7,418 : 8 23, 3 11 1 5 Fri" °l‘ -Y• C. fo 4 25 0s U e d a t0 40 4 3 0, 3 c d .,1, 4- 4 1s is 6 9 d 1 to t0 3 3 3 8s 6d •• •• ' to 4o l o os °' ' - ' i d Delivery last week' i 875 437 : 512 1,444 1,233 Ditto from June 1.... , 5,516 2,037 ,' 3,687 6,427 4,703 fir , ivals last week • ! 589 119 558 773 1,044 Ditto from June 1 ... ' 3,765 1.809 , 3,990 6,316 2,345 Price of Town ...... 43s 03 43s 03 53s Od 46s 6il 39s 63 CRIMINAL COURT (THIS DAY.) The July Session of the Centrgl Criminal Court was opened this morning before the L , rd Mayor, the Com mon Serjeant, Aldermen Sir Chapman Marshall and Salomon, accompanied by Mr. Sheriff Finnis and Mr. Sheriff Goodhart. _ The grand jury having boon impannelied, The COMMON SERJEANT proceeded to deliver the charge. Ho said this, in all probability, would be the last occasion cmwhich a grand jury would b 3 sum moned in this court, a Bill having been introductql into Parlia ment for its abolition. There was really no c if.es in the calendar that requirtd any observation. They were principally cases of cutting and wounding, and of petty larceny. The grand jury then retired. MARLBRO'-STREET-( THIS DAY.) SHOPLIFTING.--Ann Harris, a dressmaker, who re fused to give her address, was brought betere Mr. Hard wick, ch,rged with having stolen from the shop of Messrs. Williams and Hatton, silk mercers, 272, Regent circus, 14 yards of black silk, value 2/. John Breskspeare stated that he was assistant to Messrs. Williams and Hatton, 272, Regent-circus. On Saturday evening, about six o'clock, the prisoner came into his employers' shop to purchase some goods. There were several pieces of silk lying on the counter close to where the prisoner was standing ; and whilst the young man, who was serving the prisoner, turned round to get SOrird article which he wanton, he (witness) saw her take a piece of black silk from off the counter, and conceal it under • her mantle. The young man having given the prisoner her change, she left the shop; and he im mediately went over to the young man and informed him that the prisoner had stolen a piece of silk from his counter. Witness then went out after the prisoner, and took the piece of silk from beneath her mantle. The prisoner said the silk had accidentally bung to her cloak, and begg( d of him to let her go, and not give her in charge. A constable at that moment came up and took her into custody. The prisoner, who denied stealing the silk, was com mitted tor trial. SPORTING NOTES. " Newmarket's flat ! There racing stands unrivalled—scarce a blade Of bolder grass exalts its wither'd head, To mar the velvet turf—no stands are seen, To court the crowd—'tis business we mean." TILE RLNG. No 2. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—NeNN castle rates demand but little comment. John (tosser, at 75t, has at last come out and routed the " knowing ones," by winning the Northumberland Plate in a canter! but defeating nothing of consequence, Limestone and Distailina, my unlucky selection, having been withdrawn; and Shyloeh not running to win, Messrs. Green and Co. preferring to do the trick, if they cjuld, with Mahon. _ Lord Eglinton's Elthiron won the llotspur Stakes in a canter, by too lengths, beating Pelham, Robert de Brus, and the Madelina colt; at Newcastle, 5 to 2 was laid on the winner, bat at the sperting houses in town, a great deal of money was "got on" at evens; this race cannot affect the Dutchman's position for the St. Leger, although it brings forward the pretensions of Nunnykirk, trial, Honeycomb, and Lady Superior to support, in ft much clearer light than hitherto has been the case ; it IS quite " on the cards" that the " Flyer" may be beaten at Dancaster, notwithstanding the bold front put on by his backers at the press nt time. The Gold Cup was all but a " walk over" for the gallant grey, Camphine being the only one bold enough to put in an appearance, and she was " polishid off" by Chanticleer without an effort. For the Liverpool Cup, it must ho borne in mind, that the following have penalties for winning to carry, viz., Essedarius. John Cosner, and Sy Ivan, lOibs. extra ; and Canezou, Mrs. Taft, Borneo, and ‘Vestow, 51bs. extra ; of this lot, Sylvan and Canezou will not rur, and Mrs. Taft is very doubtful ; the remaining four, I think, will start, and it strikes me very forcibly, the winner's name is included in the quartette. For the July Stakes at Newmarket, a field of ten, or thereabouts will run for this half mile scurry ; probably V . .e following :—Sisyphus, Sweetheart, Narbonne, c St. F,ancis, Paul, Tordr,illds, Impression, Retrospect filly, and one of Lord Exeter's ; Humphrey's running I consider very dubious. With the excnption of Sweetheart and Impression they are all " dark," but my impression is that Sisyphus or Sweetheart will be found to be the " pick of the basket," Narbonne and Tordesillsa being well up. For the Ma ches, I prefer Little Istvan to Nutcracker, Estafette to Scamps Via, Stirabout to Minto, and Acme to Ellen Maddleton. In the last match Accia receives forfeit, Ellen Middleton having died a few days since. rife field tor the Chesterfield Stakes will be selected from the following :—Scampia Via, one of Lord Exeter's, Narbonne, lole, Rebecca filly, Earl of Strath more, Sisyphus, Habet, Sparrowhawk, Little Isaac, Cowslip colt, Evelina, and St. Ives. Not one of the above lots, have as yet run, consequently their merits for the next fifty hours are a " ciliated volume," but I am in clined to thick that the Earl of Strathmore, Little Isaac, and Habet, will be found to be the best. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. July 2, 1849. CRICKET.-(THIS DAY.) GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND V. GENTLE3IEN CF RENT. This match was commenced at Lore's to day, and the following is the score up to two o'clock:— BENT—FIRST INNINGS. H. Norton, Esq.— c Haygartb, b Craven ... J. Traill, Esq.—b Fellowes Hon. E. Bligh—b Fellowes... N. Felix, Eq.—not ont A. Mynn, Esq.—b Fellowes.., C. Harenc, Esq.—run out Mayne, 1, sq.—c Fellowes, b Craven Brenchley, Esq.—b Fellowes ... Ainslie, &q.— b. Fellowes Hun. G. Mills—s Ridding, b Craven ... C. Willis, Esq.—c Haygarth, b Craven ... 13, 9; w, 1; n b, 2 Total ... 2 ... 7 ... 0 ... 49 5 ... 1 . . o ... 3 ... ... 87 Among the many thousands who have visited the Egyptian Hall, to view the great geographical panorama of the Mississippi, the splendid and varied scenery which skirts its shores, the moving objects floating on its sur face, with the living works of the Creator, on the banks of this gigantic river, to none has the sight been so wonderful as to the delighted children of the Burlington Charity School, St. James's parish. They were ad mitted gratis last Saturday by Mr. Banvard, the painter and generous proprietor of this true representation of a most interesting part of the western world. While the British Museum and other institutions have been wisely opened to all classes, it is gratifying to see a citizen of the United States exhibiting his own great work in the City of London, to a class of poor children whose ideas at present, perhaps, do not extend much beyond this me trepolis which gave them birth. CALEDONIAN ASYLUM.—The children in this ex cellent institution were exeonined on the 27th ult., by the Rev. F. C. Cooke, her Majesty's Inspector of Schools. Atter a protracted and searching examination thi reverend gentleman stated, that the boy s had at.sweree in a satisfactory manner; and that the reading of th, girls was very good, fluent, and expressive, showing much cultisation—their genersl app, arauce refle cons gr, at credit on Miss Mackeez;e, the school mistress. Mr Cooke expressed his unqualified approbation of the juvenile band. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—The operatic perform• ances, conoucted with so much spirit by Mr. Mitchell came to a termination on Saturday morning, when the theatre was opened for the benefit of M. Hanssens, the musical director. The performances commenced %Hs the first act of the Diamans de la Couyonne, in which the accomplished and agreeable! Charon took her leave; followed by a voca l au d i nstrumenta l " intermedee" wherein M. Sabatie exhibited some brilliant pianoforte attainments in a fantasia on subjects from the Lucia. and M. de Munch a similar degree of practical talent in a solo on the violonee.ello, Madile. Le Brun, from the St. Carlos, and M. Octave relieving the proceedings with certain Italian and French vocalities. The programme , closed with Nicelo'e comic opera Les Rendezvous Bour geois, it pleasant specimen of a voluminous composer who flourished in Paris at the beginning of the present eels• tury, but whose works have sunk into the oblivion which is the inevitable lot of writers of his genre. The sub Scribers to the Ancient Concerts occasionally Met with the name of this once popular composer in the schemes of that venerable institution, but nowhere else. The ope retta was rep resented in a very lively manner by Con dere, Zelger, Buguet, and Guichard, who sang what music the re was with their accustomed ability. Although this morning's entertainment brought the Opera Comique to an end, the theatre will not close for a fertnight. Mr. Mitchell originally promised a series of dramatic enter tainmt nts, and though a few vaudevilles have been given with the operas, they h ave not assumed any prominent character. This eveni ng the house will re-open, with M. Arnal and Mada g me Doch e , who will, during this and and most diverting persoe forthcoming wee k, gntions.o throu g h a ser i es of their best SYMPATHY WITH THE 110MANS.-I.IH. J. D. COI.LETT'S ENTERTAINMENT.—This talented gentleman, we perceive, gives his popular entertainments entitled " Lyrics of Freedom," at the National Hall, this even ing, on which occasion he will be assisted by Miss Thorn ton, Miss Norman, Mr. Curtain, and Mr. Harper, to- gether with a well selected chorus, who have each given their services gratuitously on the occasion. The profits of the evening are to be added to the subscription making for the widows and orphans of the men slain in defence of the Roman Republic. The programsae is very at. tractive, and we have not the slightest doubt will draw a crowded audience. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of Lady Diana Boyle, daughter of the Countebs (Dowager) of Glasgow, and Air. Pakington, eldest son of Sir J. Pakington, Bart. M.P., will be solemnised in the •urse of a tow days. TILE SIJN, LONDON. CITY OF LONDON ELECTION. (THIS I)AY.) The ancient and loyal eitiz - ns of London began to assemble in:and about the Guildhall this morning by n, in order to elect a representative in the room of Baron Lionel de Rothchild, who, on account cf the Parliarnen Lary Oaths Bill being thrown out by the Peers, has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds, and again appeals to the citizens to re-elect him on the high grounds of civil and religious liberty, which, it is conceded, have to be v indicated by the citizt ns in his person. By eleven ()Meek King-street, which leads up to the Guildhall, was almost impassable. At the confluence of Gresham with King-street a number of fl..igs emerg( din the refreshing bre( on which were embazoned two gigantic hands clasped in each other, in which were worked the following words—" Free Trade" (with a ship in full sail) ; " Equal Electoral Rights i" " Civil and Religious Liberty ;" " Rothschild for London." Every now end then strains of music fell upon the ear as the different companies wound their way up the street to discharge their ancient duties in the hall. The interior of the hall presented an animated ap pearance, such, indeed, as we never saw it present upon the many occasiot s in which we have been within its walls. The hall was filled with human beings, who, in the early portion of the ( - lay conducted themselves in a very proper and tempe rate manner. In the galleries, which were also filled, there ware several ladies. Lord JOIE , / MANNERS arrived at the ball in a car riage about half-pest eleven, and immediately was sworn in as a freeman, before Mr. Brown, the Chamberlain. Baron Rothschild and his friends arrived about the same period, and was loudly cheered. Lord John Manners did not appear known to the citizens. At twelve o'clock the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, and other officers of the Corporation, entered the hall and took their position on the platform. Baron Rothschild and his friends were much cheered. Lord John Manners' entrance was not marked by any expression of opinion worth mentioning. Among those present we noticed Baron Rothschild, Lord John Manners, Mr. Thomas Baring, Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., Mr. Alderman Salomons, Lord Mayor, M.P., Mr. Christopher, M.P., Mr. Osborne, M.P., Mr. J. Abel Smith, M.P., Alderman Sidney, M.P., Mr. Bouvcrie, M.P., Mr. John Williams, M.P., Mr. Edward Ellice, M.P., the Marquis of Granby, Mr. Forbes Mckenzie, M.P., Mr. J. B. Hope, IV.P,, The .().7iorman.'Mahon, M.P., Mr. %V. Milnes, M.P., Captain Balfour, R.N., Mr. Forster, Mr. Moffatt, M.P., Mr. Christopher, Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.l'., Mr. Wilbam Carpenter, Mr. Bennoek, Sic De Lacy Evans, M.P., Mr. William Hawes, Mr. Wil liam Williams, late M.P., Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Currie, Mr. Adam Smith, Mr. Bernal Osborne, M.P., &c. The reporters are much indebted to Mr. secondary Potter, for his courtesy in presenting them with pars tickets to the seats, and for enabling them to reach them without inconvenience. _ _ . Mr. HARKER then came forward and read the precept and the writ. Mr. Sheriff FINNIS having asked a fair and impartial hearing for every individual who chose to address them, and reminded the electors that they were called on to exercise an important privilege in the election of a citizen of London to rppresint them in Parliament. Mr. RAIKEs CUR RIE, M.P., stood forward to address the assembly. He said—Citizens of London and brother electors, I propose to you Lionel Rothschild—(Loud cheers, and waving of hats)—as a fitting and proper man to represent you in the Commons House of Parlia ment.—(Cheers.) In uttring these sentences, I do not merely propose as a candidate to the greatest city in the world one of its most distinguished and its most in fluential citizens and its most esteemed merchants. No gentlemen, my words, feeble though they be, have a far wider and a far different import. This is no contest of personal ambition.—(Cheers.) This is no et:mica of political parties; it was something more than this. It befits us well to consider what we are called on to do to day, and rightly to understand it. We, as the peace alie, industrious, and matter-of-fact citizens of London, meet within our ancient hall, which has witnessed so many triumphs of civil and religious liberty.—(Loud cheers.) We, met together as we are on this occasion, here throw down the gauntlet—(Loud cheers)—and we pledge ourselves all to all, and each to one another, to contest, by every constitutional means, the great and sacred principle of religious liberty—(Li ud cheers) — and never to abandon that contest till we have achieved a victory.—(ftenewf d cheers.) Who dares to to doubt it?—(4 , No one.") On this very spot, or near it, men have been tormented and burnt by those who thought they did God service, because they differed in their modes of worshipping our common Father. — (Hear, bear.) Those dark times rolled on, and at length a voice was heard which said that conscience should be Free.—(Loud cheers.) Those men who burnt and per secuted each other were riot doing, as they thought, God's work, but Ihe devil's work.—(Cheers.) From that very moment when thst voice went forth among the nations, the cause of bigotry was silenctd. It is most true, it is most painfully true, that she has fought her ground inch by inch for centuries; but the light is nearly nut of her. We are called together by her last expiring kick.—(Laughter) She was -doomed when once that great truth, aiaerting; the treed( m of every man to worship God according to the dictates of his conscience. without the let or hindrance or the in terference of any human being—(hear, hear)—had been pronounced in the world. lind why is this? Because, thank God, when any great truth is once launched into rho world it can never die.—(Cheers ) It is inex:in guishable and irrepressible. It has immortal life within it; it is truth conquering and to conquer. You may aid it, but it aids you more. It is growing while you are sleeping. It shall encompass and subdue tlio world— (Cheers) —and therefore I see that victory will be ours in what we are about to do, when we are simply asserting this great principle, that man shall never be persecuted fur his religious creed.—(Cheers.) And does some shallow sophist, some miserable bigot ask me—" Oh where is your persecution? We have not tortured Baron Botchs child ; we have not fined him; we have not shut up Baron's Rothschild's synagogue." No, you have not — (Laughter)—but you, by your votes, my Lords—you have shut up that honourable ambition which by the esteem and confidence, and the universal respect of his fellow-citizens, was open to Baron Rothschild. — (Cheers.) And is this no persecution? Take an illus tration from facts in the material world. What are chemists and astronomers doing who are bent on studies the wisest and the best ? They seek in the varied phenomena around them which they investigate some one law which they may develops. So do the men , oho look at politics and at society ; they look on legislation fur the development of some one principle. I ask the common sense of all mankind— (Question, question)—if on this occasion it is not the ck a a t rt ro p y r d i t n eh e vi i es p i le ope f question?o t ifla g Some I onercealing mayioo u n s l y a p it on ss e ka r y s c h e to u hvr t i i s t sy h m a p t we eoaini.., sgt ti oer c al life Las not been a very short e xwiisitie o n n bc e, and I am w illi ng to stake on the fact th a t if you return ing Baron Rothschild this great go on carried.—(Cheers.) I abstain from any disparaging reflection on any branch of the Legislature. I have not one word to say against the House of Lords; they have exercised an undoubted constitutional right; and I fur one do not desire to displace one feather of that splendid plumage which waves above them ; but this I do say, that they are thinking and reasoning men, and that the majority will reflect that the pleasures, great as they are, may be purchased at too dear a price. —(Hear, hear.) Depend upon it no great deliberative assembly ever long persisted in a course against which a verdict was given by the common sense of mankind.—(Loud and:prolonged cheering.) More over, I have been long enough in Parliament to have known minorities of 20 and 30 for all those great measures which have eventually been carried, and who have made the fame of statesmen who founded their former fame on opposing them; therefore I despair of nothing when truth is on our side.—(Cheers) Now, one word on our noale opponent—(Cheers and hissing)— I think we are deeply indebted to that accomplished no oa.man who comes forward to-day.—(Cheers and hisses.) fhe Noble Lord is an ace mplished member of the Young Eriglend party, or, as it is sometimes called, the white waistcoat party—(Loud laughter, and cries of Oh! oh I)—a party consisting of some eight or ten benevolent individuals, who piously wish in the nine ceenth century to bring back to England its primeval in :aitutiona—(Continued laughter.) It was the custom of the sages of antiquity to embody in some one pithy or apposite sentence the wisdom of a whole lifetime—a .ort of concentrated essence of sagacity to b> carried in he waistcoat pocket.—(Great laughter.) Fortunately -or us—the electors of the city of London—the Noble Lord, in imitation of those wise men, has adopted this ex ceedingly excellent course,land I find his political opinions embodied in a memorable and ever to be remembered couplet, which I ern sure must commend your sympathy and approbation.—(Great uproar.) Listen, I beseech you, listen. The following is the couplet:— " Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die, But save us still our old nobility." (Great laughter and uproar.) I am not generally an advocate for an electioneering device, but I do think that sentiment deser ves a b anne r, which might be hung over the door of the Noble Lord's committee-room.-- (Loud laughter.) It will do a great deal for him, if it will not do for him altogether.—(Laughter and cheers.) Mr. Dinnoer then presented himself in front of the platform, and was received with loud cheering. He said—Brother electors, I present myself before you to second the nomination of Mr. Baron Lionel Botha child—(Vociferous cheering) —but in doing so allow me to remiad you that I speak in favour of a principle, and not in favour of a man—(Loud cheers)—that this is not a contest on behalf of an individual; that this is not a contest as to the religious opinion of an individual, but that this is a contest upon a large and broad principle—viz., whether the time has not come when we can no longer have religious tests made the means of determining a man's political posi tion.—(Loud cheers.) That is the question, and that is the only question.—(Cheers.) Catholics, gentlemen, have been admitted into Parliament; Dissenters have been admitted into civil and municipal offices ; and so have also Jews ; and they claim—l beg your pardon— no, it is we that claim that they shall be admitted into Parliament.—(Prolonged cheering.) The principle you must bear constantly in mind in this contest has no reference to the merits of the individual or to his religion, but is based upon a much broader question—the rights of the citizens of London, and the rights of the people of Eng land, to elect whom they please, and to send them to Parliament irrespective of their religious opinions.— (Cheers.) Now you must bear in mind that this is the question at issue between these candidates before you and no other. The Bishopof Oxford—(Groans) —alleged that Lord J. Russell had entered into a compromise and sold himself to Baron Rothschild in order to gain the election.—(Cries of " Shame.") I believe he apologised for that slander, but he afterwards repeated it upon a much larger scale, and said that the constituencies of England were about to be sold to Jewish gold.— (Cries of " Shame, shame " and " Oh, oh.") New, the Bishop forgot: the Jewish commnrlmert— " Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neigh bour."—(Cheers) I am sure be cannot find any law in the New Testament to prevent Jews sitting in the house of Commons; but can he find a law in it to allow bishops to live in palaces and to sit in the House of Lords. The Earl of Winchilsea has said that one Jew would unchristiauize the House of Commors.—(Loud cheers.) Nostin;llala — pitiabie state must the Members of the House of" Commons be if one Jew is to unchristianize the whole of them.—(llcar, and uproar.) I hope silence will be observtd—l ask it nut oily for myself but for those who are opposed to us. I hope you will listen to all parties upon this occasion, for this is one of the most important ques tions which can come before the city of Londol.. I have great respect for the Noble Lord (Lord John Manners) in his personal and private capacity. He says he comes here to defend the rights of the House of Lords—(hear, and groans)—and to maintain the majesty of the law.—(Groans.) Now, gentlemen, in my humble capacity, I stand here to defend the House of Lords— not to defend their rights or their wrongs, but to de fend their follies and absurdities.—(Cheers.) My Hon. Friend, Rho proposed Baron Rothschild, read tin ex tract from the works of the Noble Lord who now stands before you. I admire his talents—l admire his poetry but, like other poetry, it is not founded upon fact.—( sheers.) I put it to you whether that passage quoted by my Hon. Friend does not dis qualify the Noble Lord to represent the city of London in Parliament? _ _ " Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die, But save us still our old nobility."—(Cheering.) Are you prepared to forego all the rights you have ac quired, and rush into the embraces of our old nobility? —(Laughter and cheers.) Let it not be supposed that I spy alt in derogation of the House of Peers—that body have maintained our rights in Parliament; remember that I do not speak insultingly of them, for the Peers of England have raised themselves from the ranks of the people ; that very commerce which the Noble Lord alludes to has established them in that Hous,9, and the existence of those very laws has been the foundation, if I mt.y so call it, of some of the most re vered characters which the House of Peers contains. Therefore, I cannot be supposed as deprecating the House of Lords, but let them not for get themselves.—(Cheers.) Let them remember that the people of England have rights as well as themselves. —(Cheers.) Let them not raise that awful question between the people and the aristocracy; let them nut raise up an awful bar between castes and distinctions of society—let them remember their place, and we, the citizens of London, will remember ours—(Cheers) —and here I claim on the part of the citizens of London our right to return wily m we please to represent us in Parlia ment.—(Loud cheers.) The time has now come, whatever may have been the past, when we are prepared to main tain the broad and open principles of free trade, if you please —. of opinion—(Continued cheering)—that every man is qualified to sit in Parliament who is scut there by the people, whateverimay be his religious creed —and for that reason he must cordialiy seconded the nomination of Baron Rothschild.—(Loud cheering.) Mr. THOMAS BARING then presented himself in front of the hustings to nominate Lord John Manners, and was greeted with a terrific roar of hisses, hooting, and yells. Of course what he said was perfectly inaudible, although he spoke out lustily, and went through a good deal of pantomime with his arms and legs. At length he saw bow futile it was to struggle against the storm, and retired to the back-ground, followed by renewed yells, which if possible were increased in impetuosity, when _ _ SiI•PETER LAURIE moved forward to second the no mination of the Noble Lord. The worthy Alderman and Knight, however, put on a bolder face than his pre decessor, and amidst the lulls of the storm, our reporter's pencil caught the following sentences from his speech : Gentlemen, he said—brother citizens and brother elt c tors—Xries of "Go home")—l have been asked within the last ten minutes to second the nomination of Lord John - ninners.—(" We won't have him—send him back to his poetry.") 1 was told that I would not be heard. — (Mr. Wire, " You shall;" and continued noise and up roar.") I replied that it would give great saisfactien to me not to be heard.-- - -(" Then cut it short.") No, gentlemen, I will not, because I consider this an attack upon the House of Lords.—(" Oh, oh!" and groans.) Gentlemen, we have heard a little of Lord John Man eers's poetry.—(" And pretty stuff it is.") I should like to have some of Baron Rothchild's verses to read to ou in answer to it. A Jew's poetry would, in my opi nion, be a. curiosity. lam afraid it is not to be found in his library, but in his breeches pocket.—(Yells and cries of " Shut up—go home," Sec.) You, gentlemn n, have elected a lord—you have get your Lord John, ard why should we not have our Lord John? We have as much right to a Duke's son as you have. You have got Lord John Russell, and you ought in return to let us have Lord John Manners. ---(Crirs of "S you may, but take him home. We won't have him.") The worthy Alderman and light finding it useless to contend further against the evident feeling of the " Common Hall," abruptly cut short his address and retired, a mply seconding the nomination, amidst derisive shouts. Baron RoTnseneen was then introduced to the elec tors, and was received with the waving of hats, sticks, and caps, and tremendous bursts of applause, which were re newed again and again. When silence was partially ob tained, the Baron proceeded to address the Hall to the following effect:—Fellow citizens, when I bad the honour of presenting myself to you at the last el c o t u i e r m of e - c o i v u i lunequivo callyreligious x be p r r t e y s , s u ed your nd byyour ur opinion in electing me you proved that you were above historical prejudices, while you pronounced that religious sentiments do not debar men from honestly discharging the duties of a Bri tish Legislature. And, gentlemen, it is with feelings of still greater satisfaction that I again see you are pre pared on this occasion to defend me against bigotry and intolerance, and that this great city and the free and liberal House of Commons of this great country no longer recognize any distinction between men on account of their religious opinions.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, during the two years I have enjoyed your confidence, it has been my most anxious desire to fulfil your wishes, and in every way to carry out ,your views. I consulted, on every occasion that I had to act, the opinion of some of your best friends, and ell my pro ceedings were well considered before they were adopted. But, gentlemen, this is not the time nor the place for me to enter into the details of my conduct. We have met here to assert and vindicate a great and glorious principle, which you were the first to establish, and we may proudly say now that the city of London was the first to raise its arm and break down the last barrier of intolerance.— (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, give me leave just to ask what are you called upon to do today? Why, you are called upon to exercise a cherhhed and time-honoured privilege in favour of a great principle, and I can assure you, that in once more giving actingsay tha i t you a: nonnaaccordance rte re a. ono cf : ec consecutive nio s t i srh s ed t e c st uh n te t iw l v y seepr doingspirit me the benefit of your votes and suffrages, you can fairly hooe constitution,nus r , d a u n t dyo, out th a a n d d t Bill which had passed the H ouse o f Com mons in e throwing o c f a occasions, amsont?he received the unanimous approbation of the country. (Cheers.) It is stated thet on this question no sym pathy exists between the House of Commons and the house of Lords, Doubtless that is so; but, gentlemen, let us not forget that the boast of the latter institution is, that it acts as a check to the hasty adoption of popular mevemen:s on the part of the House of Commons.—(llear, hear.) Well then, gentlemen, you have now an opportunity of saying that this act of the Commons was no hasty adoption of popular opinion, and in supporting me with your votes you will give a practical and irresistible proof that this was a properly and well-considered movement on the part of the House of Commons and the constitu ency of London.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I come for ward on this second occasion to solicit your suffrages, believing that your cause, if properly persevered in, must ultimately succeed—l come forward, believing that I and you have acted in a constitutional manner— I come forward believing that both justice and truth are on your side. On these three grounds, n tlernen, I confidently claim your votes, notwithstanding that the House of Lords declares I am not qualified to take a seat in the House of Commons.—(Cheers.) Gen tit men, at the last election you g ave me an opportu nay of defending myself against attacks characterised by nothing but bigoiry and intolerance, a bile you after wards asserted and successfully vindicated the principle of civil and religious liberty, and I now come forward to ask you again to join me in another endeavour to carry out that principle to the fullest possible extent. Once more then I call upon you for your suffrages, and in taking leave of you now let me still hope that you will return me with a large majority.—(Cheers.) Lord JOHN MANNERS next advanced to the front of the platform hat in hand, ready to explain his political views to the free and enlightened citizens of London, but those of them who were assembled within their ancient Guildhall treated his appearance as a joke, and made his ,person and visage the subject of sarcastic remarks. The Noble Lord, however unpopular his creed may be, evinced no want of pluck, end made repeated efforts to obtain the " car" of the noisy multitude he was braving. Of course his patience and determination met with no sympathy, and the up roar increasing as time advanced, Mr. Sheriff Rams came to the rescue, and ap pealed to the constituency to respect themselves, if it did not the pretensions of the Noble Lord who stood before them. " Gentlemen," said he, " you will only be doing an act of justice to yourselves by hearing what each candidate has to say; but of this I am convinced, that in doing so you will be acting more in accordance with the spirit of Englishmen and the principles of the Constitution."—(Cheers.) This pathetic appeal proving of no avail, Baron HGTHSCIIILD came forward and said—Fellow citizens, I have to ask from you a personal favour, and being long acquainted with you, and living in the City, I hope you will not refuse it. Gentlemen, I beg and entreat of you to hear my noble opponent, for whose private character and virtues I entertain the highest respect. Lord Janie MANNFRS, amid great confusion, said, if alter the appeal that had been made by his noble opponent, they would not hear him, he should en deavour to appeal to the votes of his fellow-cititzens.— (Great uproar.) He would not hove crossed the path of his Honourable opponent did he not feel that a great principle was at stake. Bus Honourable opponent had invited the citizens of Lon don to throw themselves into opposition to the Legislature.—(Great uproar and confusion.) He called upon them to exercise their franchise in a practical manner.—(Confusion.) Let thern:think of the result of the contest on which it was the wish of his Hon. oppo nent to force them.—(Great uproar and confusion.) Were they prepared to deny that the House of Lords had tee right of exercising its opinion upon a question of the ' greatest import? Could they doubt that the House of Lords in rejecting the Jewish Bill had acted from con sci-ntious convictions.—(Great noise and confusion.) It wai his firm determination to fight this battle to the last. —(G teat c ,nfusioa.) In order to protect, if possible, the Cbr:stianiey of this country, and its great institu tions, :and thereby to maintain the imperial glory of imperial England.—(Great confusion and tremendous uproar, amid which the Noble Lord retired.) Mr:Sheriff FINNIS then came forward, and inquired whether any gentleman had any other candidate to pro pose, and no one corning forward, the Sheriff proceeded to take a show of hands for each of the candidates. For Baron Rothschild a complete forest of hands were held up, amid the most tumultuous shouts of applause ; and the appcarsnce of the old Hall, at the moment, was picturesque in the extreme. For Lord John 'Manners but very few hands were held up, and those few were met with hisses and the greatest uproar. Mr. Sher.ff FINNIs then came forward, and, amidst the most tremendous and enthusiastic cheering, declared that in the opinion of the Sheriffs the show of hands was in favour of Baron Rothschild. A poll was then demanded on behalf of Lord John Manners. Mr. ATKINSON then came forward and said, as a fellow citizen he considered that it would not be fair, either to their fellow countrymen beyond those walls, if • their opinion was not to go forth as to the great matter that was now at issue.—(Cheers.) And, in seying so, he wished to address himselt as well to the friends of his way of thinking as well as to those of the other. The question at issue was not one of party, but one in which •the vital interests of the whole community were con cerned.—(Cheers.) It was a question between the House of Lords and the Commons of England, in which they were all deeply interested. The House of Lords had chosen to narrow the question to one of difference of religious opinion, and had stood between the Queen and her people—(Shame)—for her Majesty, at the com mencement of the present session, stated in her speech to the country that the question of the removal of Jewish disabilities would come early before the atten tion of the House of Commons ; and it was well known that the early associations of her Majesty led her to look favourably upon such a propo sition. The Reverend Bench of Bishops had also stood between the Queen and her people— (Cries of " Oh, oh !")—and he asked them, his fellow countrymen, the citizens of this great metropolis, if they were to be. baited and thrown back by the bench of Bishops—(Cries No, ho")—who received 207,0001. a year, whilst their curates were starving in the Church —(A voice—" Two pounds a week is enough for them.") Would they allow them to stand in the breach against the granting of the inalienable rights of the people ? (A voice " Turn cut the Bishops.") London had already fought the good fight;and thrown back upon a haughty Court the defiance of a people, and London would hurl it back again.—(Loud cheers.) Ile had no doubt that they would tell the House of Lords from this place that the middle and working classes had united for the purpose of vindicating their right to elect the men of their choice, but also to urge on those reforms rhich would open the portals of the Constitution to every man.—(Hear, hear, and .eheers.) The Crier (Mr.Harker) then proclaimer that the poll would commence at eight to-morrow, arid would be finally closed at four. _ _ On the motion of Baron ROTHSCHILD, seconded by Lord JOHN MANNErts, a vote of thanks was awarded to the Sheriffs, and Mr. Sheriff Finnis returned thanks. Mr. D. N. WIRE then came forward and said he wished to remind the electors that the poll commenced at eight and closed at four, and that one vote before nine in the morning wuild be worth two alter two o'clock. Let there therefore be " a strong pull, a long pull, and a pull alto gether"—(Cheer,)—and return Baron Rothschild to morrow by a large majority.—(Loud cheers.) Let them not be token in. Lots of bills and advertisements would be issued for the purpose of misleading them, but let them take care that the only name they knew, and the only object they :had in view, wi..s " Baron Roths child and Civil and Religious Liberty."—(Cheers.) Three cheers having been given for the Queen, the vast assemblage separated. MONDAY EVENING, COURT CIRCULAR. At the grand ball given by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House, on Friday ,evtning, the following Waltzes, Polkas, and Quadrilles were danced; Herr Strauss and his band attending:— Waltz:s—Marien, Wanderers Lebewohl, Sophien, Kunstler Ball. Polkas—Alice, Fredericke, Kathinka. Quadrilles—Martha, Carnaval, Jubal. The baud also playeA the Defilier" March, and the '' Spanish Nobles" March. The Queen and Prince Albert rode out on horseback on Friday, attended by the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, Litait.- Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Colonel Buuverie. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians and the Duch( ss of Orleans, accompanied by the Count de Paris and the Duke de Chartres, visited her Majesty on Satin. , day afternoon at Buckingham Palace. The Queen, attended by the Hen. Elizabeth Lennox and Lieut.-Colonel the Bon. C. B. Phipps, visited her Royal Highn( ss the Duchess of Kent, at Clarence House; on Saturday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, attended by the Coun tess of Mount Edgcumbe, Hun. Eleanor Stanley, Hon. Elizabeth Lennox, Lord Waterpark, Lieut.-Colonel the lion. C. B. Phipps, and Colonel Bouverie, honoured the Royal Italian Opei a-house with their presence on Saturday evening. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Sirelitz also honoured the performance with their presence. Yesterday morning the Queen and the Prince walked in the garden of the Palace, and the Royal Family took their usual exercise. Yesterday mot ning her Majesty and Prince Albert, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attc.na...2 234. h.. service in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The service was read by the Rev. Mr. Vane, and the sermon was preached by the Bishop of Norwich. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, and the Duchess of Orleans, accompanied by the Count de Paris and the Duke de Chartres, paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent at Clarence House, St. James's, on Saturday afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, end the Princel,slMary attended Divine service yesterday morning in Grosvenor Chapel. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge visited her Royal Highness the Duchess;of Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. _ Mr. Rutherford, M.P., and a deputation bad an inter view with Lord John Russell on Saturday. Colonel W. L. Freestua, M.P., had au interview with Sir George Grey on Friday, at the Rome-office. Lord John Russell received a select circle at dinner on Saturday, at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park. The Duke of Wellington and the Marquis and Mar chioness of Salisbury attended the early service yester day in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley preached the sermon, and afterwards adminis tered the holy Sacrament to the Noble Duke and the Marquis and Marchioness. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. PHILL POTTS. On Saturday night, at eight — o'clock, a jury was em panelled before Mr. Bedford, the coroner, in the board room of St. James's, Workhouse, Poland-str ee t, West minster, to inquire into the circumstances attending the death of John Phillpotts, Esq., the late Member for Gloucester, and brother to the Bishop of Exeter, who died very suddenly in an omnibus. Mr. Alexander Ure, of No. 24, Bloomsbury-square, surgeon, deposed that tho deceased gentleman was seventy-four yells of age, and resided at No. 14, Pall mall. The deceased was a barrister•at-law, and was Member for Gloucester for upwards of seventeen years. Witness never attended him professionally, but always considered him to be a healthy man. James Roberts, of No. 26, Park-street, Camden -town, said he was conductor to one of the Waterloo omnibuses. On Friday night, about a quarter past ten o'clock, the deceased hailed him at the corner of Devonshire street, in Portland-phice. The omnibus stopped and the de ceased got in without assistance and appeared perfectly well. On reaching the Regent's•circus, Oxford-street, the omnibus stoppt,t en it ge bc s ila t notes to take up pas utliaa"iapotrnt.7-Tc%7Jmerrulumteis had not elapsed, when witness looked in to see how many passengers there were. The deceased was sitting, next the door, and there were two lidies and a gentle man in the'ornnibus. Witness had only just looked in, wnenthedeceasedsuddenly t e ll on one side, and lay along the seat. W itnessimmediately opened the door, and assisted in lifting him up. He appeared quite helpless, and in a state of insensibility. Witness, with the as sistance of several persons, carried him to the shop of Mr. Bridge, a chemist, in Regent's-circus, and a sur geon was instantly sent fur, who, upon his arrival, pro nounced the deceased to be quite dead. By the CoßoNEß — Only a little saliva came from his mouth, and he never spoke after he fell. By a juror---The omnibus was stationary when he fell. Alr. J. G. French, of No. 41, Great Marlborough street, parish surgeon, said he had made a post mof tent examination of the body of the deceased gentleman that afternoon (Saturday), in the presence of Mr. Ure. There were no outward marks of violence, with the exception of some marks over the region of the heart, which indi cated that the deceased had been cupped. The heart was considerably enlarged, and double the usual size. It weighed about 23 ounces, the usual weight being about 11 ounces. The valve of the left ventricle was ossified. The rest of the organs were quite healthy. Witness opened the head, and found an effusion in the ventricles of the brain. Witness was of opinion the deceased had died of a diseased heart, which was quite t,ufrieitnt to necount for the suddenness of the death. There was no appearance of any deleterious matter in the stomach. Death must have been instantaneous. The CORONER said, after hearing such evidence there was no occasion to proceed further in the inquiry. The death was most awfully sudden, and a most melan choly one. The jury immediately returned a verdict of " Natural death from a diseased heart." The Coroner isAxed his warrant for the burial, and the body of the deceased was placed in a coffin and re moved to Pall-mall. ARMY EXPENDITURE.—By a paper, which bears date, " War-(.ffice, June 55, 1849," it appcara that a sum of 119,9501. Os. ld. is required to he voted in .order to de• fray the excess of the army expenditure beyond the grants for the year ended on the 31st Marcia, 1848, as shown on the annual account of army receipt and expen diture for that year. SERVAN T3' PROVIDENT AND BENEVOLENT SO• CIRTY.—His Royal Highness Prince Albert has sent a donation of 1001. to this estimable institution. _ Richard 131anshardihsq., is named sus the firsi Governor of Vancouver's Island.—Observer.. TO TILE SECRETARY OF THE METROPOLITAN REFORII ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the 27th, the MembFr fir Lambeth (C. Pearson) renewed the debate on Prison Discipline; a subject on which there will be an infinite riding of hobbies ore against another. Questions of this kind must wear themselves out. The end will pro bably be that it will be discovered, that neither im prisonment in a mask nor imprisonment without, solitary ncr in company, with instilment of A B C nor without it, will be competent to cope with the gigantic danger which the progress of population and society is causing to appear above the horizon, the danger of the honest men being run away with by the rogues. Moral lectures will never touch it ; the best of exhortations will be like whitewashing the negro to-night, with the certainty that he will be as much a negro to-morrow. here and there may be a solitary instance where a wondrous cure has been wrought, and the circumstances may be trumpeted about in pamphlets and cheap periodicals, with the zeal applied to the authentication of Hohenlohe's miracles. But the great black fact will be there scowling still, that those who came in thieves, will go out thieves, and will proceed with all alacrity to multiply their kind. The case is one beyond the hands of benevolent old ladies, or insinuating young ones. If the whole female world that are honest, should turn into Mrs. Frys, it would he but a drop in the bucket towards the extinction of the calamity that threatens. But it does not therefore follow, that the remedy is not somewhere else. We must lock abroad into Na ture's book, and see whether in the leaf she is in the act of turning over, there is not something which may suit our case. Fifty years ago, if a ship arrived with half its company dead of typhus lever, the first thing thought of was to mew up the survivors in the small est possible space, and there medicate and experiment on them till such as were doomed to survive recovered in spite of all. Modern observation has made an ad vance on this. It says, disperse your sick, with such moderate precautions as may not unnecessarily court contagion, and the disease will die out. We do the same with cur dirt, perfectly or imperfectly. Lon don alone would require a vessel of a thousand tons to sail daily for the Nore with her accumulated ma nure, if in innumerable ways it were not silently exposed to mingling with the elements through other modes of dispersion. We take advantage of the world being wide. We divide our nuisances into places where for want of concentration they can do no harm. Just so, we shall end by finding out, we must do with our thieves. We must send our pickpockets where there are no pockets to pick, or where at all events the number is so small, that the trade of a pickpocket shall have as little chance of flourishing as the trade of snaking coronation robes. Instead of potting out our early thieves in rows, in cells where they shall be or not be seen by the eye of imaginative charity, and leaving them Lo expectation of the happy day which is to restore them to their old companions dear, we must in simple self-defence picket them out in bleak situations, where there shall be the least possible chance of a seed beinr , brought back by the winds to keep up the breed of weeds at home. This may be very cruel ; and if so, we must wait till it is more cruel to let it alone. But it is not true that it is cruel. It is the best and kindest thing that could be done for the juniors of the thief family. One of the most striking phenomena of the present day, is the extent to which the march of intellect has progressed among thieves, and the conviction it has produced in them, that anything which should present the chance of making a new start in life, would be an enormous boon to the born plunderer. It may be all very well to look prudish ; hut if the first lady in the land, had instead of that, been born of a mother who calhd her "clever little girl" for bringing the linen off a hedge, where would she have been by this time ? The truth is, the thief is an animal to be put down, but not to be maltreated. We should any of us have been hereditary thieves, as we should have been hereditary sovereigns, if the power that rules all had seen fit to fasten a different ticket to our birth. The inference from this is, that after sufficient sums have been expended on all manner of incarceratory experiments without success, it will be found we must go to the expense of planting out our thieves in the scantily peopled portions of the earth, and there giving them the best chance we can, of living by working either for themselves or others. Give the thief air ; it possible let there be twenty miles be tween him and the breath of rival thiefdom. No mewing men up in hulks, or exposing them in ballast lighters as done upon the Thames, to insult modest society as it passes in steam-boats, and show how nearly human creatures may be trained into the likeness of rib-nosed baboons. An iron discipline may be necessary, so long as it is impossible to get your thieves dispersed. Bat the very sufferings of this iron discipline should be made the foundation on which to build the expec tation of submission to reform. Only, they must not be reformed here. A man might as well talk of re forming his manure-heap by keeping it in his parlour. It is a process which must go on at the other end of the earth, or at a distance that is equivalent. It is there that the peccant matter, though necessarily con veyed in masses, must be doled out and dispersed, for the chance of being wrought into the soil without any being the worse for the process. At this moment the cry is against transportation. It is very likely it must come back to it; though with amendments to remove the old objections. Captain "'amoebic must be Cadmus ; with leave to sow his dragon's teeth in such places as shall be most likely to produce neither armed men nor dragons. This will not be done till the nuisance of preserving the said teeth in close conservatories has become intolerable. But when that time arrives, everything will give way to necessity. On Thursday was a slow progress, through an ex traordinary multitude of divisions, with the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill in Committee. On Friday the same continued. One or two points had a little more of general interest than the rest. An attempt was Made to lay a portion of the Irish poor-rate on mortgagees. To which the answer seems to be, that a mortgage is a bargain between two free agents ; and that it would be as jast to buy a horse, and then ask to be allowed to subtract a por tion of the price because there was talk of a new horse-tax, as to do the like in the case of a mortgage. A plea was also advanced for exempting the Irish Church from paying any share of poor-rates on its compositions fur tithes. At first sight this looks as if it came under the head of a bargain, like the other. But on examination it will be seen that there was no bargain, but a direction of the Legislature. And this leads down upon the fact, that the income of the Irish Church altogether is the creature of the Legislature; and consequently the Legislature, if it sees fit, may direct a poor-rate to be paid in part out of the income of the Irish Church, with no more in fringement of compacts than when it directs it to be paid out of the income of a private landlord. On Saturday the House met at noon to continue the Committee; and some further progress was made with the Bill. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, AN OLD REFORMER. London, July 2, 1849. THE COAL TRADE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Mny I beg the f _avow. of you to cor . reet h : s m u o n s - t misleading and groundless statement. of fortunately found a place in the Leeds hdelligencer to-day. Under the head " Barnsley " vie have as follows : " The Coal Trade.—On Tuesday a numerous meeting o' the coal owners was held at Mrs. Hawkesworth's, the Royal Hotel, when it was agreed to reduce the water gale of cosl 6,1. per ton, on the lst day of July next." Now, Sir, no coal-owners' meeting was held at the Royal Royal on " Tuesday " last, and no such resolu tion has been passed at any meeting of which I have any knowledge. The allfged reduction is, therefore, as baseless as it is mischievous; it is calculated to produce consternation and alarm in other colliery districts, and beguile coal-dealers into premature and embarrassing contracts which may prove only a mockery and a de lusion. _ _ As you wield a six-day power, while the Lecds In telligencer is merely a one-day , power, and as your circu lation is so much in excess over that of a weekly paper, your obliging insertion of the above will cause the truth to prove more than a sufficient counterpoise to the error, and obviate no little confusion and loss. I remain, Si yours, &c. JOHN TWIBELL, Chairman of the Yorkshire Coal-trade Meetings. Barnsley, June 30, 1549. SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY, JUNE 30.-r-The Pe ninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Euzine, Captain It. W. Evans, sailed to-day for Gibraltar, Malta, and Constantinople. She had on freight 380 tons measurement of cotton and woollen goods, seven packages of specie, value 6,0001., and 28 passengers. The Iberia, Captain Burney, sailed on the 27th with the Spanish and Portuguese mails and 2,0001 specie on freight; and the homeward mails from Gibral tar, Cadiz, Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto, will be brought by the Jupiter, Captain Meehan, expected on the 4th of July. The Sultan, Captain George Brooks, may be ex pected from Constantinople, Smyrna, and Malta, about the sth or 6th of July. The Royal mail steam er Trent will leave on Monday with the Wes t India and Pacific mails. THE IRON TRADE.—BLEMINoIIAM, SATURDAY.— At the usual meeting preliminary to the present meetings of the ironmasters of South S taffordshire , just held at the New Inn, llandswortb, it was resolved to reduce the price of iron 10s. per ton, making the range of prices for merchant brands 61. per ton; rods, 61; hoops, GI lOs.; and sheets, 71. 10s. It is doubttul whether even this reduced scale will be maintained. The depression is attributed to Welsh competition and the state of the Continent. This evening some of the ironmasters gave notice of a further reduction in the wages of their workmen. JULY 2, 1849. THE MAGAZINES. BLACK WOOD. The ar:ivai d July at length enables us in S6ll - 10 measure to satisfy our curiosity as to the fate of Fanny Trevanion. In the current chapters of the " Caxtons" the whole mystery of her abduction is explained ; and the corjccture we made at the very outset, and which we have since reiterated so fre quently, namely, that Gower or Vivian was no other than the reprobate son of Captain Roland de Caxton, proves to be correct. An expression used by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton in the eighty-first chapter, to ' the effect that the reader would divine the secret from the very introduction, appears to indicate that that conjecture has not been unobserved by the author. His narrative of the chase of the fugitives by Roland and Pisistratus is intensely enthralling throughout, and is told (we cannot resist the employment of the word as the most expressive of the merits of the description, even at the risk of being charged with the crime of punning) in the most racy manner ima ginable. You hurry over the pages breathless with expectation until you came to the capture in the lonely hostel, the recognition of the villain, the saving of his intended victim, the arrival of Lord Castleton in the midst of the confusion, and the resto- ration of Fanny Trevanion to Lady Eleanor. There appears to be a glimmering of reprntance in the one whom we may still designate Vivian. That repent ance, however, threatens to be too tardy a consolation for his father, for Roland has been thrown upon a bed of severe sickness in consequence of the mental and bodily excitement caused by the late occurrences. The scene in which the old soldier seeks consolation in the Holy Book is beautiful. It forms one of those brief but eloquent and touching incidents which have been already scattered so profusely through this ad mirable novel. No one but the author of the " Car tons " could have conceived that graceful dialogue between Lord Castleton and Pisistratus, or _ more especially that subsequent interview so simply but so earnestly narrated. With the departure and farewell of Fanny Trevanion; the heart of Pisistratus has lost for ever its " youth and its poet-land." Christopher promisesldr an e teobveagss.„ n greater than iet and h ever (if that is b wisdom, epossi ble) under his animation and his eloquence . appear to have this in common with good wine, that by age they are mel- INlellow an d r i pe as t h ey were o f lowed and ripened. yore, to-day they are mellower and riper. The Dies Boreales threaten to rival in excellence, as we are certain they will in popularity, the immortal Soctes Ambrosiance. It does our heart good to hear Buller congratulating the great North upon his being " himself again," declaring that he cannot detect on his face or forehead one single additional wrinkle— " nay, not a wrinkle at all —not one—so fresh of colour, too, sir, that the irradiation is at times ruddy—and without losing an atom of expression, the countenance absolutely plump— yes, sir, plump's the word plump, plump, plump." In a burst of admiration Buller indeed cannot help telling Christopher North to his face that he is " one of the finest looking old men in Britain, in Europe, in the World." In mind as in body he is still the same glorious Christopher. Witness it in his masterly analysis of the beauty of Virgil's famous description, in the Georgics, of a storm of thunder and lightning; the way in which he controverts the opinions of Karnes, Blair, and Alison ; the vividness with which he paints in language the tempest that has actually overtaken him at Cladich ; his comments on Jemmy Thomson ; his account of his having once himself been " in the sulks" in his childhood. We must, perforce, extract the last-mentioned passage, it is so inimitably ex pressed : " Once, and once only, during one of the longest and best-spent lives on record, was I in the mood proscribed —and it endured most part of a whole day. The anni versary of that day I observe, in severest solitude, with a salutary horror. And it is my Birthday. Ask me not, my friends, to reveal the Cause. Aloof from con fession before man—we must ket pto ourselves—as John Foster says—a corner of our own souls. A black corner it is—and enter it with or without light—you see, here and there, something dismal—hideous—shapeless— namelets—each lying in its own place on the floor. There lies the Cause. It was the morning of my Ninth Year. A I kept sitting high upstairs by myself—one familiar face after another kept ever and anon looking in upon me—all with one expression:! And one familiar voice after another—all with one tone—kept muttering at me—' He's still in the Sulks!' How I hated them with an intenser hatred—and chief them I before had loved best—at each opening and each shutting of that door ! How I hated myself, as my blubbered face felt hotter and hotter—and I knew how ugly I must be, with my fixed fiery eyes. It was painful to sit on such a chair for hours in one posture, and to have so chained a child would have been great cruelty—but I was resolved to die, rather than change it; and had I been told by any one under an angel to get up and go to play, I would have spat in his face. It was a lonesome attic, and I had the fear of ghosts. But not then—my superstitious fancy was quo led by my troubled heart. Had I not deserved to be allowed to go? Did they not all know that all my happiness in this life depended on my being allowed to go? Could any one of them give a reason for not al lowing me to go? What right had they to say that if I did go, I should never be able to find my way, by myself, back? What right had they to say that Roundy was a blackguard, and that he would lead me to the gallows? Never before, in all the world, had a good boy been used so on his birthday. They pretend to be sorry when I am sick—and when I say my prayers, they say theirs too; but I am sicker now—and they are not sorry, but angry—there's no use in prayers—and I won't read one verse in the Bible this night, should my aunt go down on her knees. Ana the midst of such unworded solilcquies did the young blasphemer ran asleep. I know not how long I slept; but on awaking, I saw an angel with a most beautiful face and most beautiful hair —a little young angel—about the same size as myself— sitting on a stool by my feet. ' Are you quite well now, Christopher? Let us go to the meadow e and gather flowers?' Shame, sorrow, remorse, contrition, came to me with those innocent words—we wept together, and I was comforted. have been sinful'—' but you are for given.' Down all the stairs hand in hand we glided; and there was no longer anger in any eyes—the whole house was happy. All voices were kinder—if that were pos sible—than they had been when I rose in the morning —a Boy in his Ninth Year. Parental hands smoothed my hair—parental lips kissed it—and parental greetings only a little more cheerful than prayers, restored me to the Lose I had never lost, and which I felt now had animated that brief and just displeasure. I had never heard then of Elysian fields; but I had often heard, and often had dreamt happy, happy dreams of fields of light in heaven. And such looked the fields to be, where fairest Mary Gordon and I gathered flowers, and spoke to the birds, and to ono another, all day long—and again, when the day was gone, and the evening going, on till moontime, below and among the soft-burning stars." Talboys makes his appearance and promises to be no small acquisition. Hear him tell of the adventures of his umbrella with a gusto Mr. Rodwell would envy ! And hear his sonnet read by the musical voice of Cnristopher ! "(On reading. Dies Boreales.—No. I.') A friend returned! spring bursting forth again! The song of other years! which, when we roam, Brings up all sweet and common things of home, And sinks into the thirsty heart like rain! Such the strong influence of the thrilling strain By human love made sad and musical, Yet full of high philosophy withal, Poured from thy wizard harp o'er land and main! A thousand hearts will waken at its call, And breathe the prayer ti:ey breathed in earlier youth — May o'er thy brow no envious shadow !all! Blaze in thine eye the elo q uence of truth ! Thy righteous wrath the soul of guilt appal, As lion's streaming hair or dragons' fiery tooth! One or two of the facetious repartees are capital—as where North, on being called a Laker, and having answered thereto that he is a Locher, not a Laker, Buller hums to himself ironically " Tweedledum— tweedledee." "That means," says North, "the Tweed and the Dee ? Content." When dinner is served up the four comrades discourse again on a variety of topics, Christopher being especially elo quent in his definition of the " Classical," in his pane gyric on the ancients, in his remarks on the meaning of words, and, above all, in his impassioned oration as to the existence of a God. As the conversation turns on a hereafter, they all move out into the open air to look at the stars. And there the second por tion of the Dies terminates. Blackwood contains an ingenious paper cn Sardinia, suggested by Mr. Tyn dale's recent historical description of that island. "Pestalozziana" is the sketch of an educational esta blishment worthy of sketching. "The Game Lawn in Scotland" afford a subject for grave discussion in a well written and well-digested article. " Dominique" presents a very powerful attraction—being an enter taining magazine story, such as will more than repay perusal. Poetical as is the title of the last contribution in Maga—" The Crowning - 0 3 f :P a Column and Crushing of the Pedestal"—thitani an f in. very sober character, being nothing_ les s now that tain quiry into the prospects of Great id free trade has been co m p leted by the abolition of the laws relating to navigatien. It is scarcely pos sible not to recognise througnout tne argument the hand of the historian Alison. BENTLEY. The "Note Book of a Coroner's Clerk, with which this number of Bentley commences, gives us the tra gical conclusion of the comical adventure recorded in the preceding number. It should be read attentively by those witless but not in general evil-intending per sons who indulge in what are called practical jokes. The consequences of a " practical joke," played in the travellers' room of a commercial inn, were, in this in stance, the deaths of two persons, and the ruin—the irretrievable ruin of many more, including the perpe trator of the joke. The author of" Wayside Pictures " takes us a pleasant trip to Ghent, Courtrai, and Waterloo. Courtrai has been, as our author says, shabbily treated in the guide•books, and as it lies out of the tract of ordinary tour ists, is, comparatively speaking, unknown. Our author, however, has made a discovery which will henceforth secure for Courtrai a visit from ali artists and lovers of art. He shall describe it in h i own words— " But the one grand thing which has altogether es. caped notice, and which has thus tempted me to invite the reader to an excursion of two minutes to remote Courtrai, is a Vandyk in one of the churches. A stranger would as soon think of looking for a Michael Angelo under a paving-stone as for a Vandyk in Courtrai; yet here is an unmistakeable, veritable' Crucia fi-xrl i°'b detecttha t m h a i s m ter a . t a HiA n h g a le ud is so clearly in it, that you may glance. The figure of the Christ is figs, and the head, and the heads of the figures all about; but;for Vandyk, in whose great pic tures there is always an epic sense of repose, a solemn purity of treatment, and lofty grandeur of expression, the composition is more elaborate and crowded than might have been anticipated. For this reason, perhaps, people may have passed by this Vandyk, and bought it a capital picture by some obscure artist, and so left it. But expend a little time over its:and by degrees you will find the figures coming alive out of the canvas, and the various characteristics and modifications of the emotion in each palpably individualized. Still, there is too much effort in it, too many arms straining upwards, too much physical movement; anti one' bannot help regretting, notwithstanding the melancholy beauty with which the principal figure is invested, thaVVandyit did not more strictly follow the suggestions of• his own chaste judg ment in a picture which he appears to have entered upon with a bold conception and more than ordinary enthu siasm. No doubt the greatest of his Crucifixions is that at St. Michael's in Ghent, which, defaced, and retouched and injured as it is, still retains, like the- 'Last Supper' of Leonardo da Vinci at Milan, vivid traces of the force, invention, and originality of the master. His genius seems to have reached its happiest achievement in that famous picture, which, spoiled as it .has been by bung• ling attempts at restoration, is not so much spoiled, after all, as Sir Joshua has represented it to be. The ama teur of high art will be better able to appreciate its merits by a peep at this other Crucifixion,' in which the subject is treated in a different manner, and with greater variety. After he has seen this picture, he will not think that he has thrown away an hour or two in the little excursion by railroad from Ghent to Courtrai." Mrs. William Kirkland furpishes an excellently written and admirably intentioned paper, en titled, " What Strikes an American in Eng land." The aim of the authoress is to smooth down those asperities which —too often prevent a cordial social intercourse taking place between the subjects of her Majesty Queen Victoria and the citizens of the United States, who visit this " our tight little island;" a worthy object, and one which Mrs. W. Kirkland is admirably adapted to carry out. Sylvanus continues his "Bye Lanes and Downs of England," and Warren his " Adventures on the Banks of the Amazon." An ela borateisiiiu memoirs o b i y rs a E fi c li n f ° e l t l ' y ri e n l n e ‘ g e ' Rupert review o f srrabvueron'asn portraitd trhoee Cavaliers,f cently published the Prince, from the original painting of Honthorst, in the Earl of Pembroke's collection, at Wilton. The illustration of the month is by Leech, to the Note-book of a Coroner's Clerk. We have, in addition to these, a classical tale, entitled Cleomenes, a fourth instalment of the memoirs of Chauteaubriand, some pleasantgos sip anent Boulogne, by Maxwell, besides more than the usual quantity of verse contributions. DAVID COPPERFIELD. No. 111. By Charles Dickens. It is not possible to read this number of bucid Copperfield without weeping. Those, at least, who can peruse the last chapter in it, the ninth, without shedding tears, can never have known what real sor row is, or must have had their natural feelings blunted by misfortune, or can never have experienced the bitterness of losing those they love, in death. A more simple, true, or more touching piece of compo sition even Dickens himself has never before written. It is another and most exquisite testimony of the genius of this great writer; another and most re markable proof that th e go ld en wan d o f th e ver y highest orders of genius has been confided to his hand—that wand which can evoke at will e ith e r tears' or laughter, and which constitutes the sceptre exclu sively of the " bright particular stars" of literature. Much as it has become the fashion of late to decry Charles Dickens, and to depreciate his extraordinary intellect, such an incident as alb of the death of little David's mother shows in a sudden gush of emotion the absurdity of his assailants. When the last number of the:last work of" l3oz" contains such passages as the one to which we are alluding, our illustrious author may well afford to laugh at these who are envious of his immense reputation. He knows the way, not merely to the admiration, but to the affection of his reader. He can command at pleasure those overflowings of the heart through the eyes which are expressive of a nobler homage to his great gifts as an author than the most impassioned panegyric. Chapter VII., "My First Half at Salem House," gives an amusing por traiture of the life of a schoolboy in one of those suburban academies In the neighbourhood of the metropolis where " the system" is excessive cruelty, and where " the Principal " is an ignorant, " hies , pable brute," with " no more right to be possessed of the great trust he held than to be Lord High Admiral or Commander-in-Chief." Mr. Crealle is just such a character. Many as are the evils and atrocities which have already been " put down" in such places by the writings of Dickens, especially by his account of the diabolical Yorkshire schools, through the esta blishment of Mr. Squeers, and especially again by his sketch of the ruinous "forcing system" as evinced in the House of Dr. Blimber, he is here em ploying his powers generously for the suppression of not the least miserable of all the grievances yet surviving in such regions for the tuition of young g se e l n f t a l n e emen d e hir o. siasrkeui oe l l em n rh,ra describing the thereupon ay i dm en i ill-treatmentons theof h habit t i m h is p cu on tti o n b g s ' e ' r a v t in t g he v b er o y ys n w ai i v t e h ly ts f c e a l n l o e w or e his " I am confident that he couldn't resist a chubby Loy especially ; that there was a fascination in such a subject which made him restless in his mind, until he had scored and marked him for the day." Une \ luckiest of all the unlucky little dogs at the school is poor Traddles—who is described as being dressed in such a very tight ekyblue suit that it made this arms and legs look " like German sausages or I roly-poly puddings." His career proves him to have I been in truth " the merriest and most miserable of all the boys." By way of comforting himself after . being caned or ruler'd, Traddles has a habit of drawing skeletons all over his slate. Little David at first seems to have wondered what possible comfort Traddles could have derived from this operation ; but after various surmises be comes to the conclusion that Traddles only drew skeletons " because they were easy and didn't want any features." On one day he is described as having been imprisoned so many hours (after a severe castigation) "that he came forth with a whole churchyard full of skeletons swarming all over his Latin dictionary." This was after the occasion when Steerforth laughed in chmcli, and Tommy Traddles, wrongfully mistaken for the offender, was walked out in custody of the beadle, " despised by the congregation." Mr. Mell is dis charged through the medium of a quarrel with James Steerforth, when Traddles is moved to tears by the circumstance, and " relieves himself as usual by a burst of skeletons." Mr. Peggotty and Ham pay David a visit at the academy , and at the end of six months the latter goes home for the holidays. Chapter VIII. dep i cts, those holidays, " es p ec i a lly, one f l oppy afternoon. The description of the meet ing between little David end his mother is exquisitely beautiful—"l spoke to her and she s tart e d, an d c r i e d out. But seeing me, she called me her dear Davy, her own boy l and coming halt across the room to meet me kneeled down upon the ground and kissed me, and laid my head down on hsr bosom near the little crea ture that was nestling there, and put its band up to my lips. I wish I had died. I wish I had died then, with that feeling in my heart! 1 should have been more fit for heaven than I ever have been since." Soon afterwards, he says, poor Peggotty " comes running in, bounces down upon the floor, and goes mad about us for a quarter of an hour." On the close of the holidays , ahich have been effectually made miserable by Mr. and Miss Murdstone, the poor c h i ld is bundled off again to Salem House. Chapter IX., "I have a memorable Birthday," is as yet the gem of all the chapters of Copperfield. It is written not from the head, but from the heart. All of it is touchingly beautiful—from the moment when Mrs. Creakle breaks the news to little David that his mother is dead, and he bursts into " a desolate cry," and feels an orp han in the wide world—to the time when he r eaches the Rookery an d b e h o ld s "those solemn windows, ,, looking blindly on hi m, lik e c l ose d eyes once bright.. llow wonderfully natural t h a t minute account of the child' s gr i e f— w h ere i t i s said "It ever child was strick en w i t h s i ncere gr i e f I was. And yet Lis thoughts n hh o eoa t uar i et n ,, t b e o n ifit t i on the calamity ihatweig ` h ` e vs d 'er u e pon id h le is ; hidelylitltoleitebraibnyg,noetahrisit father's the lie thought grave of,andof b is a hundred other things. Then—" I stood upon a chair when I was left alone, and looked into the glass to see how red my eyes were, and how sorrowful my face. I consKlered, after SOME hours were gone, if my tears were really hard to flow now as they seemed to be, what in connexion with my loss it would a f fect me most to think of when I drew near home—tor I was going home to the funeral." The account of the mother's death, and of her little baby's, and of their funeral, and of David's wretchedness, is, to us, eminently pathetic, and, from its marvellous truth to nature, singularly sad and beautiful. MAKING HAY ON A . RAILWAY.—We have heard of grass growing in the str eeta of deca yed towns , but —su e on hovi ever,is the fact, e d h it ' , where during the onnevtehretillilnneofwromonErxiseßtw s Exeter raio Cr present week haymaking bas been in full operation. This Me, which was constructed three years since, is, owing to a dispute between the , broad gangers and Dar still unopened for traffic, though there is , another in the kingdom better situated rrotow perhaps: it. gaugers scarcity General Lahubaudiere died suddenly, aim days since at Quimper, at the moment when he was getting into a carriage to proceed to join his family at Brest. ho h ch 1 OS OS Os 39, er ry nd