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P , off , :, Buci" tr ° ' Tricl en tbo r b in vii 'olfl: go ne r oo N for YEA aid e r 0 we re .' bti r trial f°l. 0 'on . 49 A )0110 P i f e cte, i) 'bey e tbe lf ling o f el' A ndP lß t :get e theft' w ee° ping , be Lok . "- f 9 of ba ceilinCl 0.0 This rola it, o daa ' t he o l t his ter c osy 'heir Vetif PACO MA i:t. 4.: 1.% N 1: - , W :....._—( T ills DA C it N-L' .X CHANGE—WED ESDA The t , Lt.] quAntity of E , giish Wii(pat r,e,ived up to our in:trltet:' this week eo.y.twiie has been crdy 340 qqatitcr: , ; ht.nce the supply on ott. r to-day was very ltmtt, d.- 8 the a - .tct:il cr:(3, ht:y-rs small,•to- dem tor ,dl kirtis rulA ,Iu I at :Sl-I,d , j', Foreig' , l Wheats were ;carce, quiie as Iv; the inferior kin , lB very , little bAL:iocs; was tra , . , ,ac , cd. We had a fair sale tor M4l , ing Barley at extreme eu,r.ncits, but grin , ling• and distilling sorts were neglected. Malt was in short supply and heavy deruind at Lst wetli:s currencies. There were very fe,e parcels rndy for de livery. Fine o,:ts. move I off , Btea!tly at ?till prices Othermi-c the dcm4nd was in a t,luggish at:d all odor articl:s w.,re very dud. %ItItIVALA THIS W14;17.K IV,Ctt Barley. ! Malt F Qrs. QN. English .... •. ' 2,:90 Scotch • • • • • • • • Irk!' .. • •. • • -- Forel; ..; 5,351 Qrs. 2,159) I:) 4,61 n 3,120 ti 0 fai , 0 z Otir market is decidedly flit. Iry p7ic- s, hoof ever, we have no ell,nqe t) notice. The , supply offer ng is by t o means I.4rge. ZCII.IIPML. Very little bu•.ine.s ,% as trans cted in to day's market. and prices had a d ,wnrvard tendency. Beef, from 2 , to 3s Gd ; Mutton, 2s 8:1 to 3s 101; Veal, Si 4d to 3t 10!; and Pork, 31 4d t 41 per 81b;, by the carcase„ SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.) (Morn Mr. Second ay POTTER. SADGROTE V. CLEMO. The plaintiff in this action is an attorney, and (Wen dant is an auctioneer in the City. The plaintiff claimed 151 15 , . on the defendant's guarantee for costs in takirg a person named Lockwood through the Insolvent Debtors' Court. Judgment was allowed to go by derault, but a Mr. Munn; appeared to watch the proceedings, stating that judgment had been signed through the error of defen dant's attorney. Mr. Sadgrovo called his clerk, who proved that tl e charges were such as allowed by the Insolvent Cou $ rules ; 31. 3s. had been paid on account. Mr. Horner then urged that the verdict must be for nominal damages, for the declaration stated that the bill was for work and labour done fur 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 12/. 12a. WORSHI . I 3 -STREET.- . (THIS DAY.) Daniel Lorden, a weaver, living in Parliament•court, Artillery-ground, was charged before Mr. Hammill with committing the following murderous assau't upon hia 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. Policeman Kelly, U 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 then remarked that t•he had fallen over the table. His daughter observed." Oh, no, father, you struck mother with a bar of iron." Inspector Veone, 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 stated 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 papers, there will be no publication for a week ! 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 •f the Corporation, have disgusted every class, high and low, the intelligent end 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 801. 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 batw?en 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 Corp 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 Tow❑ Council represent, not the citizen•, 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 paper 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 be 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 Ennis, in room of O'Gorman, 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 be 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, 953 ; ditto for opening, 96* ; Thrce-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 961 ; Patriotic Insurance Company (101 paid), 63- ; Great Southern and Western Railway, 30 ; Royal • Bank, 111; Midland Great Western and Royal Canal, 234. CORN EXCHANGE.—The market being 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 COMrANY.—A new telegraph company his been recently formed, under the firm of Howse, Brett, and Wilmer, who, it is said, are to in • troduce their form of telegraph into various countries; Mr. Howse, 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 caaitals, on long narrow - strips of paper; so that what is spelled at London by the stncler is printed at Norwich, and the whole re sponsibility and 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 boing pressed down, printing a capital letter on the paper at the other terminus of the wire. This is not only rn-re accurate in its operation, but it will save much time now lost in various ways between sender and receiver. In fact, the instrument is a tell tale, and a self-acting printing-machine or copyist. Manchester Guardian, CMCULAR. W IND OR, TUESDAY. The Queen and Prihce Albert walker:. this morniny in ti Slopes trid Windsor Park. The Roy:d Family took their accustomed airings. I 1 r 11.1ajety and his Royal Highness Prince Allhrt, her Roy;:i Highness the Princtss Royal, the ladies and gentlemen of the Churt, and the dotnest:c howehold, attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel. The lion. and Rev. G. Wellesley officiated. The royal dinner party, this evening included her Royal Ilighne:=.s the Duchess of Kent (attended by her Royal Highness's Ladies in Waiting), the Dosvag?r Lady and llon. Miss Lyttelton, Colonel lion. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps, and Colonel Lion. Charles awl Mrs. Grey. Lord Elptdos!'ono hns relieved the Ea!l of A.1..11::..y. tti: duty as 1...,rd in Wmring t,) the Queen, at.d Dr tuntnonA has relieved Mr. Ortnshy Gore in his duty as Grooin Wai ing to her Majesty. SPOR TING l'E LLIGENCE. HUN IING. APPOIN CMENTS. Mr. PCWI,!I'. hiis., Thurs.. Liaoiloi% rt,r-10. Shor gun Tivyside hds., Thurs., Glaspant House-10. Llanelly hds , Fri., Peuibrey House-10. hairs., Boilow; Sat., Wendover Turnpike-12. E mont harrs., Wed., Ousby; Sit., New K..nnel. West Norfolk harrs., Wed., Curie House; Fri., Great Massinghilin (a deer) -11. lir. Phillips's hds., Wed., Holton Stone Pits; Sat, Lambert Arms. Mr. TreUwny's hds., Wed., Harford Bridge; Sat., foldr Ma or Gate-101. Mr. Fellowes's lids., Wed., Rawstone Moor-101. Hurworth hds.. Wed., Girsby Scar; Sat., Early Rook. Captain Lewis's harrs., Wed., Brawith; Sat., Win ton-11. Berwickshire hds., Wed., Polsorth Sat., Lone, r acer-101. Mr. Okeover's harre., Wed., Alstorifield ; Sa'., Waterhouses. Norfolk stag hds., Coltishall-bridge-111. East Norfolk harrs., Fri., Walcott-11. Harrogate harrs., Wed., Howe Qtarry ; Fri., Iron gate- bridge-101. Col. Wyndhltn's hds.. Wed., Petworth-park Monu ment ; Fri., Fitzhall-11/. Vine hds., Wed., West Heath ; Thurs., Marydorvn Park ; Sat, The Vine-11. N. F. H., Thurs., Breamore; Sat., Noyles Court-102. Mr. Napper's hds., Wed. Plaistow ; Sat., Leigh Farm-10i. Mr. Lusuington's hds., Wed., Torrey-hill L)dge ; Fri., Syndale-11. Hursby hds., Thurs., Farley Mount-10/ H. H. hds., Wed., Bramdean Common-12. Thu-s., Chilton Ofd House; Sat., Colernere Church-10:1. Hambledon hds.,&lon., Broadhalfpenny Down; Wed., Wickham Gate; Fri., Marwell Essex Union hds., Wed., Purleigh Wash; Sat., Hockley Bull-10i. Lord Elcho's hds., Wed., Felkington; Fri., Effing ham; Sat., Ford Bridge-101. Craven hds., Wed., Bedwin Brad; Fri., White Hill, Sat., %Woolley Down-101. South Berkshire hds., Wed., Basildon Park; So, Hare Hatch-101. Sir John Cope's hds., Wed., Greyweil Hill; Fr'., Bearwood Locl4e. 2 Vols. THE SUN, LON DO NT, WEDNESDA Y EVE LITERATURE. These volumes, apart from their individual merita,, _EXCURSIONS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, are rendered especially attractive from the fact of !lee By Lieutenant Colonel E. Llers.Arapier. 2 Vols. author being enebled to say in his preface to a latex Teis is the first book of its kind we have seen edition — " The twofold aim of the present work rear from the new establishment of Mr. Shaer', and pointed out by site nearly hay a - century ago in tie.: the name of the author, the interest of the subject, the Preface to the first edition. In my eightieth. -xcellence of the " getting up," and the number and year," proceeds Brun Humboldt, "I am still enabled, excellence of the illustrations, render it a happy to enjoy the satisfaction of completing a third edition, specimen. Perhaps the most interesting portion o f of my work, remoulding it entirely afresh to meet; Colonel Napier's narrative is the history of the Cape the requirements of the present time. Almost all the, Colony, and the account of the native tribes, from the scientific Elucidetions or Annotations have beere either enlarged or replaced by new and more compree first discovery of the " Cape of Storms," by the Portuguese in 1487, and its first colonzetion by hensive ones. 1 have hoped that these volumes might; the Dutch some two centuries afterwards. The tend to inspire and cherish a lave for the study or various vicissitudes of the history of the Cepe of Good I Nature, by bringing together in a small space the, Hope are here related to us, and the narration is full results of careful chservation on the most varied sub— of ieterest. To many readers, ourselves among the lints, by showing the importance of exact numerical, number, the moat attractive chapters are those which data, and the use to be nude of them by well-con sick red arrangement end comperison ; and by describe the peculiarities of the Kafirs, Hottentots, and ] ether native tribes ;at the same time we hardly agree opposing the dogmatic half-knowledge and. with all Colonel Napier's opinions regarding these arrogant scepticism is Inch have long too much. goer wretches who, uuciviliz das they are, are human prevailed in what are called the higher• ..• a beings, and the origin el possessors of the soil; but circles of society." To effect these desirable obj:ct tniet,t is right with conquerors, and original these volumes are eminently well qualified. D R habitants are gent rally regarded in the light of intruders subjects inure especidly treated on are " Steppes rad : Deserts," in which the plains and prairies of So nth end trespassers. The genuine name of the Hottentets, ! Atn-rica are made the subject of comparison with. the it teen, s, is " Quaiquve," and the term Hottentot has been bestowed upon them (according to some person.) plains and deserts of Africa; the " Cataracts of else "from the peculiar idiom of their language, which is Orinoco;" the "Nocturnal Life of Animals in th e much broken, full of monosyllables uttered with Primeval Forests ;" " Physiognomy of Planes ;" strong aspirations frotn the chest, and a guttural arti- I " The Structure and Mode of Action of Volcanos in culation, equally disagreeable to listen to. as it is i different parts of the Globe ;" °The Vital horse, or Rbodian Genius ;" '. The Plateau of C:.xainarcr., the difficult to acquire. It is as if one heard nothing from them but hot and tot. So it is not without reason ancient, Capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and the 'First that it has been sa'd; of theta, that they cluck like View of the Pacific Ocean from the crest e.f the Andes." This bare enumeration does no justice to turkeys." The illustretions scattered throughout these volumes represent " natives" and " native" the very interesting manner in which Benin :ilium scenes, in addition to a beautiful view of Cape Town, boldt has described the various peculiarities of these and portraits of the late Sir Benjamin D'Urban, the "different lands and different climates." limier all " benefactor of the Cape Colony," where it appears he t aspects Nature is charming, and amply repays the student of her laws and the observer of her beauties, was surnamed " the great and good ;" and Sir Harry Smith Governor and Commander-in- Chief of the Cape and these `°Aspects of Nature" are on ly another! cor of Good Hope, from whose energy and decision of EE roboration of the well-known truth. character Colonel Napier anticipates that the colony I • RUINS OF MANY LANDS. A Descriptive ---- — will be governed " in quietness and peace, under the same judicious system—so injudiciously discarded— ' Poem. By Nicholas Michell. Second Editfon. which was established in 1835, by Sir Benjamin than . Having noticed this work on it s fi rs t a ppearatice, it i 4 is nw or to do cong riatu- D'Urban," Colonel Napier's readers must not expect late Mr. unnecessar Mich y ell o oa f us the success of more (we believe.) his to find all his descriptions couleur de rose, on the the contrary, the evil doings and short-comings, I first attempt in poetry. The subject chosen is a very real or supposed missionaries 1 felicitous one. "The matter-of-fact man," says the ', are treated with little mercy. governors, and others, preface, "prefers enjoying the present and specullating , I on the future to looking back on the past ; his motto is 'Progress!' and his cry ' Forward ! "Po a certain extent (very truthfully observes Mr. Michell) he acts wisely; but we submit that this principle may be carried 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 energy 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, cum multis aliis—would 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 less happily in troduced, the gloomy thoughts which may reasonably be supposed to have haunted the close of Pilete's life, are beautifully alluded to. 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 was commenced in 1814, and completed in forty parts in folio, at 21. 2s. each. In 1821 an edition, in imperial octavo, was issued, in eighty parts, at 7s. Gd. each part, amounting to 301. for the whole work, a price which was afterwards reduced to 2s. GI each part, or 101. for the whole. in the present form the work will be completed for forty shillings" 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, Cranmer, Cardinal Pole, &c. Speaking of the vast mass of information collected in Mr. Lodge's biographies, Sir %V. 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 fur his continued endeavour to put excellent works, hitherto confined to the Jew, 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 hour " is full of truthful wisdom and those upon " Sympathy," " Good klumour," " 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. 31y 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 lessons which they teach are happily enforced. IvEW MUSIC. MARCH ON TO GLORY; or LIBERTY to the HUNGARIANS. 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 :1:om::Phillir "it stirs up the heart like a trumpet." Tom Phillip:;, by horn this song is sung, and for whose benefit it is published, has been for the last half century orte 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, of late fallen 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. Ali. Guernsey in this trifle has displayed the most consummate knowle.ta of the compsition of dance music. The rlegant 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. L' AC ADIE ; or, Seven Years' Explorations in British America. By Sir James Alexander. All who have travelled tele ci-tete can tell how much of the pleasure and comfort MD 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' 1" 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'Acadie" 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 wholly 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 vinces." TELEMACHUS 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 trans'ator 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. H. J. Coke. 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 t oo ser i ous a character to be a fit theme for jocularity. But (saving this objection) thp 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 otter parts of the narrative appears by no means deficient in courage and spirit. Mr. Coke's symp a thi es a re apparently with the Imperialists. Among the illus trations the best is a portrait of Jellachich in the saddle, and armed cepa-pie. DUST. LANA ; or the Evening Adventures of a Weaver and a Chimney-sweep. By Henry Dien 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, sooth 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 sit out to drive His curricle and spicy pair OF tits, and breathe the evening air. The wheels were red, the body blue." HUIIIBOLDT' 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 translater of "Cosmos." TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR. My Lord,—For many years back, whilst in Scot land, I advocated for 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 be able seamen than what open boats are. My mind has alto been a good deal employed suggesting measures for the better regulating 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 proceedings 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 aee how the smacks lay there. I was very much disappointed at the scene I witnessed. It appearel 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) laving 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 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 bt fore they can get their fish on shoe. 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 I have thus taken the liberty in submitting the subject for your Lordship's perusal, being certain that ought done by your Lordship to favour the fishermen in this respect would be by them highly esteemed and 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 parti 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, 1849. 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 ropes 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 leak. From the ropes being fastened on shore, the vessels' 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.,ng sides to bear this. The masters of smacks say that whilst lying alongside of Billingsgate their minds are ever on the rack from fear of something or other giving way. H. D. TUE " REPORTER" 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' banks 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 calendar, a Court, Parliamentary, law, and banking register; the rules of the Po,t•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 came to an awful death. The decease d William Upton, an engineer in the establishment, 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 to pieces. An inquest was held on the following day, when evidence to the above tffect was adduced, and after due considera tion a verdict of " Accidental Dew h " was /Outlet ) .— ‘ Birmingham Mercury. Oats, Qrs. 3,3,30 CHRISTMAS 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 Bedford are dispensing their hospitality to a very numerous circle at Wo burn Abbey, Bedfordshire. Lord and Lady John Russell join the circle to-morrow, and the festivities at the ducal seat will be prolonged until after Twelfth Night ; and private theatricals are, it is said, to form a portion of the varied amusements provided for the guests of the Noble Duke and Duchess. 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 Hon. W. Lascelles, M.P., and Lady Caroline Lascelles, Miss Lascelles, lion. W. H. Howard, &c. The Duke of Rutland has a select family circle met at Beivoir Castle, Leicestershire. 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 of Parliament. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have a large party partaking of their hospitality at Hatfield House, Herts. A ball, on a magnificent scale, will be shortly given at that splendid seat, which will bring to a close the gaieties there ; all the nobility and gentry of the country are to be invited. The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey are at Beaudesert, 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 and Countess Cawdor are , receiving a large family party at Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire. The Earl of Derby is entertaining Lord and Lady Stanley, the Hon. 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 Vi:icountess Milton, Sir .Tames 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, York,hire, to enjoy the festive season. The Earl and Countess of Ellesmere are receiving a succession of distinguished guests at Ratchford Park, near Cobham. The Earl and Countess of Jersey are entertaining company at Middleton Park, near Bicester, Oxon. The Earl and Countess Cowper are seeing company at Pashanger, Herts. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston 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 NING, DEC_EMB (dowager) of Pembroke, the Countess of Dunmore and ran-lily, the Earl a:id Countess of Clanwilliatn, &c. have met. The Right Hon. Sir Robert and Lady Peel are entertaining a select party Lt Drayton Manor, StaftOrdshire. The Right Hon. Sir Francis and Lady Arab?lla Baring are receiving a succession of visitors at Stratton-park, near Winchester. The Right Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood have a select party staying at Mickleton 11811, Yorkshire. THE WELSH CHURCH. LETTER TOTHF: EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six, The provision made by devout Welshmen in ancient times for the competent maintenance through out all generations of learned and pious spiritual • pastors in the Principality, has long been chit fly engrossed by unsytnpathising aliens, w!lile all the toilsome and onerous duties of the pastora 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 t h e latter, without research or preme-litation, two striking instances present themselves to my memory. One of them is the late Rev. William Howells, of Long acre Chapel, who was born at Llwyn Helyg, near Cowbridge, Glamorggnshire, in 1778, and died in London in 1832. Pious from childhood, and zealous by temperament, be 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 was 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," So., 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 " (aide 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 Owain,: 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 boy's wonderful 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 bis wife and family ; and after keeping a school, and serving various poor curacies 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 h3s true and 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. Stn,—l dined 3 e,terday (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 was laid by Dr. hirl wall, Lord Bishop of St. David's, on the 13th inst. My friend lent me a provincial psper which contained an account of that day's proceedings, anti gives a detailed report of the Bishop's speech after laying the stone. I 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 aro now doing is not the calling of an institution into being, but the first step to provide a permament and material framework fur its dwelling. This is a distinction which I oc,nsider it is very im portant tor us on this occasion to keep steadily in view, that happily the building which will be erected on this stone is not the institution itself.. . . Such is the condition of our earthly existence, and of everything that relates to it, that our spiritual nature must find a suitable bodily organization 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 reception." Now, Sir, I am not a Welshman, but a humble Cockney, and I certainly profess to understand 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 ganded of the people." If the Welsh understand this language of Bishop Thirlwall's, they are the wisest of her Majesty's liege subjects ; - and as for myself, I must remain Your obedient servant, IGNORAMUS. DEATH OF THB ARCHDEACON OF NORFOLK.—The death of the Venerable Philip Jennings, D.D., Arch deacon of Norfolk, has can sed deep regret amongst the &orgy of the diocese of Norwich. The Archdeacon was presented to his office in 1647 by the late Bishop the Right Rev. Dr. Stanley, with whom he had long been 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, Marylebone, and a few weeks since, on the death of the Rev. 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 Coston, near Wymondham, and is worth 2401. per an num. It is in the gift of the Bishop of Nurwicb. 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, Lambeth butts. No official communication, however, has yet been made ou the subject. _ _ _ MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—On Saturday 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 adjusting some luggage on the roof of the omnibus as it was going to the railway, between the Globe Inn and 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. Ile was immediately conveyed to the hospital, where every attention W. 1 ,3 paid to his uufortunate case, and it was found that the fracture was a compound one, and that the leg had been diseased for a considerable time. The sufferer is iu a fair way of doing well. Ile is a man of steady and sober hab►te, and has been iu Mr. Chaplin's service seven years; his unfortunate case is greatly commiserated, as he has► a wife and three young children dependent upon Lim fur 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.—lpswich Express. Yesterday Chief• Constable Henderson arrested, at the Commercial Hotel, Mr. John M'Laughling, 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 baying 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 It 26, 1849. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS HERALD.—The requisition for the great metro politan me eting to be held in Jaeuary in the metro polls of Ireland, now bears the signature of fort` peers; ; and every pos t , says our correspondent, brings in letters from the leading gentry of the country ie favour of protection. The Marquis of Hertford, who has immense estates in the north of Ireland, in which division of the island there has never been for the last half -century the least agitation, and in which tenant-right nearly universally prevails—in which, moreover, rents are 1130 lerate, and manufactures r4pe— the Marquis ( f Hertford, we say, possessing immense tracts of land in Antrim and Donegal, has signed the requisition. Lord Farnham, h ,se estates are alsoin the north of Ireland, and whose tenantry at Cavan are not, and never have been, rack-rented, has also signed it. Lord Farnham, be it observed, though a roan of a strong bias on questions concerning Pi °tee tent and re!igiovs principles, is yet an t mineeth fair and candid p rson 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 t fleet. Independently of this high moral character, no man is better entitled to judge for himself on a question of this kind. Lord Farnham is a man of a cool intellect—of a sober judgment —be has a practical knowledge of agriculture and farming and of th. 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 Shane: Castle, Antrim, there is not a more popular personage 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 Clarispool, 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 o! 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 Air. 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-Radica! 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 uncarriageahle ? —and who purchased hand-barrows at 1 ls. 6d., 13s. 6d., and 16s. each, to sell again at 9d. and ls., to ply for the warehouse-rent of keeping them ? The greatest event, however, since we last wrote on the Irish question, is not the additional signatures to the great Protectionist requisition, though these are highly important, but the Bandon Protectionist meeting, a report of which 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 the population of the town would be exclusively, or nearly 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, which 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, end borough, who will give effect te these opinions and feelings. At the meeting of which we speak were present Lords Bernard and Carberry, who have se lately figured at the Cork meeting—Colon:l Chat terton, so recently returned for the second city o' Ireland—with the Studderts, Westroppa, Shuldharns, and the principal gentry of the neiglibmrho d There were, however, two men present on the occasion, who attracted more attention than the staunchest among the Conservatives. These were t 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 tilled 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 &utile affords, which Austria affords, which Prussia affords, which Spain affords, and which no country insists on more than revolutionized and republican France. How can the people of Ire land, saddled with 4.000 000/. of poor-rates— with rates in Cork county varying from 9a. 2d. to lls. 7d., and from lls. 7d. to 203. ld.— compete with virgin and untaxed soils, such as America ?—or with serf-laboured soils, such as Russia, Poland, Eithonis, 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 21. 7s. 6d.! Before the Peel tariff and the Peel corn-law such an animal would have sold from 91. to 121. Such are the results of what is absurdly called tree-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. CHRONICLE.--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 public securities, is a feature well deserving the regard of those who take any interest in the variations of mono tary affairs. The Bank returns of last Saturday show a total amount of bullion 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 16,638,0001., 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 I 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 tiuly, 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 o t , 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 its 1845. It is not our present purpose to re-open the vexata questie 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 increa-ed 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 Fume 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 be 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 furtiva, as it would lead us too far from our present object, we must be permitted at least to appeal to the complete restoration of our monetary stability as a signal example of that rapid pow‘r of accumulation which can retrive, within so short a time, the losses and disasters of a crisis derscribed by a very competent authority as having had "no parallel in our monetary history." When we 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 lost, and daily failures kept the public in an agony of suspense and terror—when the rate of interest*on the hest private securities rose to 8 and 10 per cent., and Exchequer-bills sunk to 375. discount--and; when, finally, under the pressure of this appalling conjunc ture, the reserve which the Bank of England held in London dwindled down to 719,5231., 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 &most of yt sterday, and contrast them with the pr, se n t 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 calamities nor our follies, can, except for a s'aort interval, repress. So vast indeed is the power of the acccmulating principle, and so rapid is that downward tetelency of profits which results from its operation, _ that were it not for those commercial revulsion& which periodically sweep away large pertions of the -urplus capital of the nation into the vortex of .specu 'ation, 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 augisenta 'ion 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 to 'he 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 ligious influx of capital to end? and what are the onsequences 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, a.d 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 &lib.- fished 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 of safe profits falls, until it becomes at length irresistible, and speculation ensues. It is true that our 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 precedents, however apt and striking, are treated with perfect disregard. Distinctions are easily drawn to show that the lessons if the past are not strictly in point, and, besides, those lessons have probably not affected the same individuals ; and experience, in such cases, makes little or no im pression, except it be personal. And thus it hap pens that one mania closely follows the pattern Jt . another—whether it be for mines, banks, lotteries, railways, or foreign stocks, there is little difference— and a new rase of schemers and victims follows , Ilusely in the steps of those who only a few years netbre 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 uistory of what we are in the habit of calling the state of trade," says Mr. S. Jones Loyd, "is an in 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 acre taken, Sir R. I'eel, in the great debate on the commercial crisis in November, 1847, proved histo rically, that at every period during the I.4st sixty years (upon whatever bAais the currency might happen to be placed), as often as the market rate of interest declined below a ,cera'n point, it was inva- . . isbly foillwed by inordinate :peculation, succeeded ,tv a ❑ecessary cot.sequence, by a commercial revul ,ion. He illustrated his position by the instanct s of 1784 and 1793, of 1810, 1826, 1836, and 1839—the tiistory of which periods, if re written, mutatis ma i tendis, 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, he carried away by a similar infatuation ? We would fain indulge, if we may, the more favourable presump tion, and hope that it some vent must be found for that surplus capital which is now pent up for want of a profitable ii,.ld, it may be directed, under sober guidance, into sound and well explored channels, and may be made to rt duuud to the ultimate and sub stantial advantage of the community, and to the development of those lttent sources of we Atli which we have no need to setk for beyond tl:e of our country or its p issessions. In as im provement and reclamation of eur 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 blighted it—in satisfying the demands and realizing the capabilities of 'our immense colonial dominions—in these and similar undertakings, we may 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 Hudsons and Doustsrswivels, may we be wise enough to close both our ears and our pockets, if we would not see an utter collapse, and a new commercial reign of terror in 1851, succee the monetary prosperity and redundant accumulations of 1849-50. "THERE'S NO I;ti iiiHVG AS DEATH.' (From Eliza ("oak's Journal.) " There's no such thing as death" To those who think aright, 'Tis but the racer csting off What most imptcles his flight; 'Tis but one hale act, Life'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 life escapirg fr m the chains That have so long enthralled; '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. Ihe laded leaf that falls All sere and brown to earth, Ere long ail wit!, the shapes That give the flout ret bir, h. " There's no such thing as death ;" 'Tis but the blossom-spray, Sinking before the cowing fruit ; That seeks the sunanicr ray; 'Tis but the bud cltsplace-d, As comes the perfect flower; 'Tis faith exchanged i:lr And weariness for pone-r. CNA IiLoTTE YoUNCI CHRISTMAS DAY AT THit, MANSION-HOUSH.-111k4 Lord Mayor provided, in true barohial styV, a handsome dinner of Oki Et:glish tire, togoth. r w.th ;urkt-y*, gt.ese, and all the luxuries of this iestivc hir his numerous domestics, heir wive'', fait:ili t anti friends. Upward* of 70 parlook of taN Lo' 'ship's one of the splendid banqu9ti,g h.ils, hero there, *vas an unlimited supply or and e. W believo however justly the Minsion-house may be ceielnuted tor its lin:ding, such a oi,play of i ;o , ,d chter has f4/t1), if ever, Let'n witnt s,vtl ttiit iir its a.Jcient wails, and lie cxnuot but think I i.y L•trd: hip a thuruugh specimen of e trite Old EngliA gt ritleuuan, who, . . " While he teasted all the great, lie ne'er forgot the 6m att." The festivities of the evening were kept up with great spirit, anti never was the Lobb) liberdity of the Lord Mayor wore highly apprecia.ed than by his grateful servants on this happy o:.ession. SERIOUS CASE . 0 . F ASSAULT.—On TI ir , (1 2 1,- night, a serious scuffle took place in a house in Stei,-nson's• close, West Port, betwteu a man named M•Pher.on and his brother-in-14w. It appears that atter 111•Pneriou 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, and in running for- ward to save her husband, received a severe wound it the arm, from the effects of which she has since beet lying in a dangerous state in the Royal Infirmary. ' M'Pber6on, who is a labourer, has been taken into MN tody.—Scotsman. to to to to to -- to to to t(, - to to - to