The Sun. — London, England, 1842-07-01 00:00:00

- MAGAZINE -DAY.. L A CK TV 0 ( MAGA ZINE. The Lif e and Times of Cicero--a tempting theme for a sehol ar —f orms the subject of the first article in this Number. From certain peculiarities of thought, its Well as,,from• the ripe and ready scholarship it levinces; we feel disposed to attribute this eloquent and agacious article to the pen of Mr..De Quincey, whose ar ning, instead of oppressing, acts as a stimulus and a telpe.elPr:l:l:lieisdstnoeLls at Dr. We could have spared, how- Dr. Middleton's Life of the illus irfts Roman orator, which is unquestionably the possess, notwithstanding its strong, deter lims in f avour even o f t h e weaknesses of Cicero. ue tle Quincey w ill no t eas il y i n d uce h i s readers to ,—,, ede to hi m t h at Dr. Middleton wasbut an inferior th -e tolar, for his brief but masterly criticisms on the au tt who immediately succeeded Tully, and his stric -I:res on their several styles, which occur—if we remem ,,er rightly —in one of the closing chapters of his work, s - „ 3 „ tab lisiliheyo n d all possibility of cavil, his claims to nd scholarghip, so far at least as Latin literature is r a r uc erned. Th e wr i ter ' s remark that Cicero's whole trutire had bee n a d apted to purposes of ostentation " is eto the letter. Never was there a public man self:e greedy o f popular applause ; of more inordinate pa c onceit, w hi c h was second only to his thirst for v. 4 1'1 °1.1 , 41 aggrandisement or more showy and theatri e his tastes. He never all owe d hi s mi n d t o b e „ e ° in its deshabille. Even in his most familiar let- I's to h. most intimate friends one may cons t an tly detect his love of studied effects. In fact he was a thagnificent egotist, and in his vanity and ambition— life t UO master p ass i ons th a t swaye d hi m t h roug h .earerninds us o f L or d Ch at h am. Th e " R oyal cin.l le4l 3''' is a judicious notice of some of the t ee %; Paintings in th e recent Exhibition. r e per is a " ."3' a gree with th e cr iti c that M r. M ac li se ' s H am l et , " aited ungentlemanly ruffian who never would hav e in kilfor. the p l ay, but would have taken a pleasure ter, i 'mg th e Ki ng on mere suspicion." The charac th: nde ed, is mu c h t oo exaggerate d , an d conveys not thoislightest idea of the vacillating, thoughtful, melan e'n°tio nee of Shakspere, whose very outbreaks of ~laare of a comparat i ve l y su bd ued nature. The - ` e t of Mr. M ac li se, un l ess our recollection deceive th o l i s all spasm an d convu l s i on . " C a l e b S tu k e l y " titet,3 a l l p ower o f v i gorous wr i t i ng. Th e th e `'" Of the winter-day, in the opening passages of by •,,Present chapter, would have delighted Morland tics true, homely touches, so like one of his truthful landscapean painting. " Lines upon Letters" is J o hn' ant poem by Mr. Simmons, founded on Dr. th b -B°4 's quaint remark on his deathbed, " An odd Rraught strike s me ; we shall receive no letters in the tlaen v t ,, On this text the writer has penned an elo- Pied ' discourse. The " World of London" is °mu- Pee l e, usual, with some of the most remarkable Reou;.. sof the Modern Babylon. "Touches of at Et re nature," says the author, A are to be met with Ive ile ral• The artificial is thrown aside ; the mask tfr , ', t ,wear in the business and pleasure of life falls the 'his is sometimes the case, but not often. In lituege,nerality of instances a London funeral is oeil better than a mere for ma l, rou ti ne sere r 3't;.l W here long f aces are purpose l y cu lti vate d sens e e ° ccasion, not from sentiment, but from a Mutes °I conventional propriety. Mourners, like theare triste as a matter of business, and Patli c „ ea rt has little to do with their show of attt the Ther e are exceptions of course to this rule, be eY are by no means of frequent occurrence. ou A Tenrcl of the Pyramids" is a truculent criticism i this Edmund Reade's recently published poem o. Ntee le . Christopher North here shoulders his the with infinite agility, and lets it drop on tas he e'R — of the unhappy bard with an ern -1: sufficient to occasion a compound fracture. ever is no probability," observes Christopher, "that i n .; should have thought again about the author, ktr 4 "e Sun newspaper, of May 9, we had not been p e ted to him under the article of ' Literature, Ste. th e ',e),?°rd of the Pyramids: We should have thought Peruse"tim a severe one, -had we not been induced to % ea the poem, the preface, and the notes. We Siii h ael umwledg e d the leniency of the reviewer in 'airth, - g, no quotations from the poetry." We cer ' nave some right to pique ourselves on our i et leY towards Mr. Reade, for his " Record of ttls 37111 :aids," with its pompous, methodical corn tkpla its gross a nac h ron i sms , h a l t i ng versifica ,‘Zu desperat e i nsu b or di nat i on to t h e respectable 'or rill of Priscian, offered a most tempting theme ti 4,: 1 - " e llic,_ which we only restrained ou t o f corn ts°lll to the author, who had, somewher e s p o k en o f 6 elf as a martyr to ill-health. " P assages i n dlic a rcer o f El Empe c in a d o ," th e f amous S pan i s h gri p of fortune, who distinguished himself so hi g hl y t the French invasion of the Peninsula, is full t f4 t'entie interest. We quote a spirited account 11 )4 1 7, enterprising adventurer's hair-breadth escape ,Th; ?Panish prison :-- . i 11 ffe t i t 'eayde ' or jailer, was lolling in a large well t'wyer ti rnl-chair and opposite to him was . seated the aPpointed to conduct Diez's prosecution. n a ‘ltillitt'Lle.between them were . placed glasses and a dielv()'"eb-covered bottle, with the contents of which worthies were solacing themselves, while . they k 1 41 41 the all -absorbing topic of the day,- the trial of ittlik 1) ne ~7inad ns; o, and its probable, or rather certain re afte lass was emptied of the oily oldXerex hilt the lawv r g a nd er rehearsed his . speech, the jailer found tin the box lasedsentence, until, step by step, and be in and so , out, the Empecinado had, in imagina the"Piti, 'gewhat prematurely, been condemned,. placed lawy er e°nfessed and led out 'to execution. Just . as I • Ti , i ` v : conjecturing how he he would look with the tapped at the door. tp, 4 de n r;,,nec . k, some pn rar tt ,,, e : cried the jailer, and Cambea made his I Y:l e g% ? te t ileaNde," said he, " the . eorregidor is at the and desires to speak with you." he o . ne side the . bottle and glasses, the jailer p as receive eive the Chief Magistrate of the town, but I ' 4 4q t) 'enthrough the door behind_ which the Em 111,P, wi th ,": 1 concealed, the latter made a sort of buck f . etters upon his feet, and grappled him h J'? Seized him by the hair with his left hand, t i t „ , . 4l l;i t e 11 7's right clutehing . his throat so as nearly to tf th, t n, • At the same time Cambea threw . himself . and Lawyer, whose head he muffled in his own tI Y t on, taking him up in his arms, carried him th e ,Pll ° T ; - : Empeeinado's cell, and there locked him . lil k polil e e i:etnrning to the assistance of Diez , they tied dr h 'Nhi hands, and, putting a gag in his . mouth, also ill the dungeon. The next thing to .be iti l „%o qt ; ° lid the Empecinado of his manacles, which ja-ilaeScomprished by means of riveting tools found tot t h e room. ."„; 1 11tij had as yet only surmounted a part of their e „It'll(' much remained to be done before they tf-mti,the44-z:er themselves in safety. It is true, they p r i, t . 8 , and could unlock the door and . walk , out g ith ler s „n, but the streets were swarming with French aitbtle,"lrough whom they would have to run the . 1 4" s u e e ts f° re getting out of the town. To do this iv, 44d uance of detection, they returned . to the dun ; 4 tlv r , takin g the clothes off its present inmates, pu tthh.emselves. Cambea took possession of the as t 7, hitr,_e-cornered hat, and Diez of that of the al- Ten arranging their cloaks in such a manner itof the at the greater part of their faces, they walked Nh'rtlip r „P r iOcipal gate of the prison, carefully shutting , - "loted passed unsuspected through the French t1in,41 4 4- ; guard. - Fortunately, as it was the hour of Itr k 4 ll, r et , ei . 4 11 the town's-people were in the church, and 1 5 Et c ,„'M th, l t ° o k no notice of the two fugitivos a . s they attid o ° 4 ll .lll the streets with grave and deliberate l e Oliti ea.. „iy avoiding any appearance of haste, lest i "h,, s u to detection. 14 11 th„,"ganner they had nearly got out of the town, Oo'3, c",„ Perceived an orderly dragoon holding two titiy-4'.dled and bridled, at the door of a house, ap ',,rl;;,ki,„:l,\i'lditi.ng for some officer of rank who was about The Empecinado had found in a pocket 1) 1 1 1'llt s r ,; )w ed garments a box, full of that excessively th.vtYint,-ufts,called in Spain the encarnado de losfrayle t s o . Oldi e ' t he contents into his hand, he walked up of 11,, h: ii "'lg asked to be directed to the quarters _ s%‘; 4ll iii ,er b a e ° ll lmanding. While the man was answer iez threw the snuff in his face and eyes, and, 41 h tl i 1( '`I is a eln ak, gave him a buffet that stretched him, 411(i'ir4A,4111;blitided, upon the ground. Then, seizing t'l4tl. Ord, he sprang upon the officer's horse, and_ i s siar4" tl t r ' ll u e ll ting that of the dragoon, they succeeded ‘vh h. town gate unchallenged. 10 1 th," nut been clear of the town five minutes, W it Y heard trumpets sounding and drums beating 11 and their was covere trloq 'fiht . scion the road in rear kt the e4Valry in hot pursuit. But their horses were . k ti qt4 th e , st art they had was sufficient, and they speedily it twin i i "untains. Three days afterwards the Ent he a P rejoined Matiano Fuentes, and was again of his band. AV .0z TLEY'S MISCELLANY. ter 114 r () a l) t e i v ; '\ Irs• Butler will be induced to continue to Pres °f her travels in the United States, for ent 0 • 1 11 ,p rtion, describing "A Winter's Journey 4 eh l a, is tkilv kilt, e xceedingly entertaining, and evinces th ( , of Pess of observation, and minute and lively t i tt 1: 411 of t u r e r t t , ai l li. According to this . lady's account, 4 ull ee _; e nig with comfort is yet in its infancy th h ` r 'siir Qd ' a nd- Speed of locomotion is always to q i ap --comfort seldom, if ever. Indeed, Joisa 45eii 15 ars to h ' : 4 1) te:m st ihe toi,the av e no notion of this luxury, so in happiness —nay, to the very exist kil4ges , ( 11 till- He travels on execrable railroads, in \\i f ° tlo tts . closely shut -up that the atmosphere is quite 1 1 ' 3 th r , ea a t t ties full speed across tumble-down bridges, 4 4,1 e qUall y en every instant to give way, and precipitate da 3 h e, crazy vehicle into the deep waters beneath, helter- s k elter, over half-formed roads, with helter-skelter, an agreeab l y (11. Pools logs, d diversified with .tit nlor e " d loose, quaking bogs. But what te:was )articularly to have annoyed our fair tra heat Z i _x?e di hard filth of some of the way-side Nsce 'P leb e was compelled to put up. In di tell " a PPenin t o rt sus g want a towel, "I was obliged," th bla o _' tu waiton the stairs, and catch one of the fc,t4l)reak,' girls who were ru n ning to and fr o , serving t tut ro _ tit s , " 14 '• Upon asking one of these nymphs apt the held up to me a horrible cloth, which, te e hr, evidence to the contrary which their filthy th e' l ' l l4 (3 t4 C:l' e s Z I should have supposed had been li p tin eed e floors.mes Upon my objecting to this, EtWaYI disgusted, I presume, with my fas '' and a ppeared no more." The breakfast, in its way, was not less original and characteristic than the towel.. " There were some eggs all begrimed with smoke, and powdered with cinders ; some unbaked dough, cut into little lumps by way of bread, and a white hard substance calling itself butter, which had an.infinitel v, nearer resemblance to tallow. The mixture presented to us by way of tea, was ab solutely undrinkable ; and when I begged for a glass of milk, they brought a tumbler covered with dust and dirt, full of such sour stuff, that I was obliged to put it aside !" , Encouraging facts these, for an English gentlemen who may happen to fancy a tour through the United States ! We subjoin Mrs. But ler's narrative of her chance introduction to a veteran American patriot, who had fought with Washington in the famous struggle for independence : It was now becoming twilight, and :he male members of our caravan held council round a pine fire as to what course had better be adopted for sheltering- themselves and us, during the night, which we deemed destined to pass in the woods. After some debate, it was recollected that one Colonel —, a man of some standing in that neighbourhood, had a farm about a n'ile distant imme diately upon the line of the railroad, and thither it was determined we should all repair, and ask quarters for the night. Fortunately, an empty baggage-car, or rather a mere platform upon wheels (for it was nothing more), stood at hand upon the iron road, and to this the luggage, and the women and' children of the party, were transferred. A number of negroes, who were loitering about, were pressed into the service, and puShed it along, and the gentlemen, walking, brought up the rear. I cron't know that I ever in my life felt so completely desolate as during that half. hour's Slow progress. We sat cowering among the trunks, my faithful M-- and I, each with a baby in our arms, sheltering ourselves and our poor little burdens from the bleak northern wind that whistled over us. The last embers of daylight were dying out in dusky red streaks along the horizon, and the dreary waste around us looked like the very shaggy edge of all creation. The men who pushed us along encouraged each other with wild shouts and yells, and every now and then their labour was one of no little danger, as well as difficulty —for the road crossed one or two deep ravines and morasses at a considerable height, and, as it was not completed, and nothing but the iron rails were laid across piles driven into these places, it became a set-- vice of considerable risk to run along these narrow ledges, at the same time urging our car along. No accident happened, however, fortunately, and we pre sently beheld, with no small satisfaction, a cluster of houses in the fields at some little distance from the road. To the principal one I made my way, followed by the rest of the poor womankind, and, entering the house without further ceremony, ushered them into a large species of wooden room, where blazed a huge pine-wood fire. By this welcome light we descried, sitting in the corner of the Vast chimney, an old ruddy-faced man, with silver hair,' and a good-humoured countenance, who, wel coming us with ready hospitality, announ3ed himself as Colonel —, and invited us to draw near the fire. The worthy Colonel seemed in no way dismayed at this iudden inbreak of distressed women, which was very soon followed by the arrival of the gentlemen, to whom he repeated the same courteous reception he had given us, replying to their rather hesitat;ng demandi for something to eat, by ordering to the right and left a tribe of staring negroes, who bustled about preparing supper, under ,the active superin tendence of the hospital Colonel. His residence (considering his rank) was. quite the most primitive imaginable,—a rough brick-and-plank chamber of con siderable dimensions, not even whitewashed, and the great beams and rafters by which it was supported dis playing the skeleton of the building, .to the complete satisfaction of any one who might be curious in archi tecture. The windows could close neither at the top, bottom, sides, nor middle, and were, besides, broken so as to admit • several delightful currents of air, which might be received as purely accidental. In one corner of this primitive apartment stood an exceedingly clean looking bed, with coarse furniture, whilst in the opposite one, an old case-clock was ticking away its time and its master's, with cheerful monotony. The rush-bottomed chairs were of as many different shapes and sizes, as those in modern fine lady's drawing-room, and the walls were hung all round a ith a curious miscellany, consist ing principally of physic phials, turkey-feather fans, bunches of dried herbs, and the Colonel's arsenal, in the shape of one or two old guns, &c. According to the worthy man's hearty invitation, I proceeded to make myself and my companions at home, pinning, skewering, and otherwise suspending our cloaks and shawls across the various intentional and unintentional air-gaps, thereby increasing both the comfort and the grotesque ness of the apartment in no small degree. The babies had bowls of milk furnished them, and, the elder portion of the caravan was regaled with a taste of the Colonel's home-made wine, pending the supper, to which he con tinued to entreat our stay. Meantime he entered into conversation with my husband ; and my veneration waxed deep, when' the old man, unfolding his history, proclaimed himself one of the heroes of the revolution— a fellow-fighter with Washington. "Guy's Cliff Mill" is a pleasing descriptive poem by Mr. Jones. " The Absent Manager" is an agree able, conversational record of 'the eccentricities of a provincial lessee by name Thornton, who, like the well-known Mr. George Burnet, once put on four shirts, one over the other, in pure absence of mind. This infirmity, by the bye, is by no means confined to managers or authors, for there is scarcely a West end tailor who has not at least a dozen absent minded men of fashion among his debtors. " Nar rative of an Expedition down, the Thames" is a pas sable article, which is the, utmost praise we can accord it. " Notes of an-Overland Journey to Ken nington" has nothing ingenious or amusing about it but its title. The "Barber of Beaulieu" is a story told in places with considerable energy, but the leading incident—namely, that of a barber shaving the Devil is derived from the late Doctor Macnish's clever story of the " Barber of Gottingen," which apeared some years since in Blackwood's Magazine. " A ViSit to the Bank of France " is a paper which' will amuse all classes of readers. In the present chapters of " Richard Savage;" we find the hero on his trial at the Old Bailey for murder. The passing reference to Page, the Judge, is true to history. Pope and Johnson have both spoken of this intemperate lawyer as he is here pourtrayed. " Epsom Downs" is a highly diverting article, in which there are several terse and , racy sketches of character. Indeed, as a whole, the Number is an excellent one, and the numerous clever and humorous'embellishments with which it is illus trated, add greatly to.its attraction. 3 have e 20th. Buenos hieb a or 300, ese as , Ayres ons ac - Ind the :LI, hat the h equal a cox- :;1t by the° in fro nt bout tiO s to n to tlr' 00— o p, going are 3, w. e of t . ha d ( ,, ,he t libits Ar Yet n d hosP I le 00 a l oe „ c e Lagnifieeitiv the I g ful the to, t ` , the Layne; Sir peel, e), .ountc a 'j of he of 11a 4 ° `p o l ic e ll liffo, r, Chan c ih re , pro.' 11. ,1r chho Cle r o lett ' ' Pe r,,tf' nd In dia G. pa It' ! t it. '(er S i r ilobeCt' be, its, s'' - 'e° d to but e. lnY ' cl oy f >errfelorilla re h cti e of `` ... 0cl b e ar' ng OP' t to o .esPe ct ote: ' st ; jo ble i ;:e ° lit he c: ce if ! ei r l 3t er i : :uPe r i t , o e;' th°"( the red :° o' s ceiv e , d of re 5 ciss e riste apP r°l' chaff °( s(' bl' e oo ~ .1 3P e ciues t, to 9' ‘tbe ,00 lb , r 1 • 1 ' eit) f o r raba° $ tin; , a) he" oall e The h to g, hiss t full eat he otr • jai to c 1 pe rhgl, o s, , te nt , : to 4 r me el , e 9 .) che" t 'he witl' a t he ff e ctt p re 41 cou ld ' O ,O ta tito"„ti• b e en the e: o c . d pe in r° u : o l ci ; or e, . ve . he '1,,, ° t I tb e te4 ; : j u strY )g ns es. „fly, Pee l' rat e ' s ) f erl or e hat a Star - . ,eara nee ro r obing t of rfer er itb• 31:Pledge' S t°c hto ! i s y t in r f i „ of NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. In a curious article entitled "Diabolical Sugges tions," the author, Mr. T.. Hood,, relates a whimsical anecdote of a monomaniac, a friend of his, who once fancied that he was under the direct influence of the Devil, and was compelled by him to kiss the red, hard, awkward hand of his maid of all work, and then to trot up and down stairs from the top to the bottom of the houses of his acquaintance before he could count twenty. Strange to say, he spent some months in ac complishing daily this eccentric feat, to the great di version of all who knew him, and at last dropped dead on the top step of an attic with the word "nineteen" in his mouth. The article is written in a tone of mingledj est and earnest, so that we can scarcely tell whether or not Mr. Hood means it to be read as a truth. The thing is by no means improbable, for instances are common enough of monomaniacs indulging in such strange vagaries. We once heard of a man who fancied he was a tea-pot, and used to stand upon his breakfast- . table, for an hour together, waiting to be poured out ; and of another, who took it into his head that his face was turned towards his back, and was in the habit of putting on his clothes hind-part in front. The " Thief of Time" is an agreeable essay on pro crastination. " The true procrastinator," says the author, " will never give you much trouble. You are sure of his help, when he cannot help himself. There 'is also an advantage in knowing what he will not do. If you have given him provocation, resenting his delays, he will scarcely call you out within a twelvemonth, when his anger will have cooled. If he wrote to complain, he will never put the letter into the post. If he meditate a pamphlet against you, he will never get beyond the title-page. In the end his memory, much amusing, but sleeping half its time, will grow confused ; and he will be gin to doubt whether you cruelly injured him, or he you." In the present chapters of the " Barnabys in America," we find the fair, fat, bustling, and intre pid widow preparing to write in favour of the slave trade, in order to propitiate her friends at New Or leans. The narrative is not amiss, but is too much spun out, as if the author were more solicitous re specting the quantity than the quality of her mate rials. In " Graduates and Under-Graduates," a graphic account is given of a day's coursing at Wood stock. The article exhibits much of that reck less, extravagant humour that characterised the late Theodore Hook's tales. " Contributions to the Income-tax" should either have been more lively or more serious. At present, it is neither one nor the other. In his " Phineas Quiddy," Mr. Poole sketches, with infinite caustic humour, the character of a mean, pettifogging attorney, whom he appropriately names Iscariot Hitchflat. In " Short Rides in an Author's Omnibus," occur these sensible remarks on courage : Personal courage in a powerful man scarcely commands our admiration, not only from its being so common, but because it may generally be displayed with safety ; but where it is unsupported by physical strength, where it i 5 the triumph of a gallant spirit over a feeble frame, the very danger that accompanies its exertion enhances its merit, and increases the respect with which we contemplate it." The " Little Browns" is suggested by the rumoured coinage of half-farthings. The writer thus endeavours to ex plain the motives that suggested this new issue of copper:-- " Tho new denomination can hardly be intended — against an universal Income-tax—to enable a man with fourpence-farthing a year to pay three per cent. on his annuity. The Victoria D. G. on the new coin would never lend her Royal countenance to any such speculation. "Is it possible, in consideration of the dearness of bread, that the Lilliputian currency has been invented for the purchase of such tiny little loaves as Gulliver used to devour by the dozen ? Alas ! the people who make money are not so considerate for those who don't ! " With none of these views is it likely that the Demi , Farthings have been minted—nor yet to encourage low THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1842. worth, who is almost the'only poet among us who has succeeded in rescuing from insipidity this most diffi cult species of composition ? In alluding cursorily to Anacreon, the author speaks of his " richness of imagination." - This is hyperbolical praise. Ana creon possessed an arch, and sportive, but limited fancy ; ,'but as for a rich imagination, this was a quality in which he was glaringly de ficient. " Mary O'Brien" is an Irish story, told by Lady Harriette D'Orsay with feeling and simplicity. " indsor Castle" is the commencement of a new work of fiction from the prolific pen of Mr. Ainsworth. It promises well, and is cleverly and profusely illus trated by Tony Johannot. A " Visit to the City of the Kalfs" describes the present aspect of the once renowned city of Bagdad. so dear to all the lovers of the Arabian Nights. We quote a passage or two, giving an account of a visit of ceremony paid by the author and his fellow-travellers to some of the prin cipal authorities of the city Ali l'acha received us in a capacious time-worn tent, on the floor of which water had been thrown to cool the air, till it formed so many puddles. He was a very fine 01(1 man, very fat, but his eye animated, his forehead good, his aspect benevolent, and manners courteous. He was very anxious that we should see his guns and war like preparations ; and when he rose to walk with us, his appearance partook highly of the ridiculous. His full trousers did not reach to his ankles, and made him look like a fat boy ,just breeched ; a light and almost transparent mashallah, or cloak, was thrown over his shoulders, the train of which was upheld by bearers, while the inverted cone which his figure represented, was terminated by a pair of European shoes, which did not tally with the oriental portions of his habiliments. We next visited the General commanding the troops, who was honoured by the title of Sarkosh Pacha, or the drunken pacha, a poor, weak, debilitated-looking wretch, who had won his title by his habits, and his rank by a mad feat of courage, in capturing a Russian officer. The ceremonies of visits over, we had time to proceed to a somewhat hurried exploration of the ba zaars, khans, jamis, colleges, and other curiosities of this renowned city, but which have been too often made the object of description to detain us long on paper. The cupolas of some of the jamis are superbly decorated with coloured briek- work, laid in Mosaic, as are also some of the menarchs. The houses are flat-roofed, and the roofs, whither in summer the inhabitants repair to sleep, are surrounded by a low wall. The evening hour displayed to us no small number of beauties, both of the lily and the ebony kinds, and who, loving the sunset and the long shadows of the date-trees, stole occasional glances from their circumscribed domiciles that overhung the si lent river banks with a quick eye and elastic step, some what after the fashion of the jerboa of the plain, but with the lustrous glance and a movement of grace which belongs to woman only. It is only on arriving at Baghdad, that the European coming from the north, either by the Tigris or the Eu phrates, feels that he has at length got fully and really into the East. He has passed towns that are oriental, houses and garments that are oriental, and jamis and menarehs that are oriental, yet the very greensward and every flowering plant reminds him of home ; but, at B ighdad, there is no longer any greensward , and the rich deep green of the long forest of palm-trees that he has met, with the bright bhcsoms of pomegranate and orange bursting into view below, lend to what else is oriental that only which can fill up the cup of his antici pations ; and no where does the sun set so beautifully— in such a clear, vivid, blue green atmosphere —as behind a boundless level of torest palms. Bat with those exceptions, which belong to nature and not to art, Baghdad, like most Mohammedan cities, is no longer what it was ; its very magnificence is ruinous, and its ruins are crumbling into dust. The condition of a Mohammedan city is, now-a-days, the picture of Moham medanism itself ; and in no one place in the East is there any stay to the universal decay that pervades everything, except where the civilization of Chtistianity is rising upon the ashes of a faith which has involved in similar ruin the mind of man, the edifices which he constructs, and the country that he inhabits. play, by furnishing almost nominal stakes for short whist t and games of chance, " To what purpose, then, have the dwarf coppers been introduced ? There still remains one use for them, and really it appears on plausible groulds to have been the very use intended by the authors of the measure —namely, to be given away. The universal distresS of the working-classes—the rapid increase of pauperism, and the broad hint which has been thrown out, that the wants of the starving po pulation must be provided for by voluntary contribution, tend strongly to lavour this hypothesis. The man and woman with a spare penny—the lady and gentleman with a spare shilling, will be enabled, by this very small change, to enlarge the sphere of their benevolence ; and the noble philanthropist, whose generosity amounts to a guinea, may have a thousand beggars beset his ' (*ate, and " none to go unreli e ved awa y !" Ye s —th an k s to our mint-masters, we shall be indulged with cheap charity, if nothing else ! But besides the mendicants, the minute coin will be serviceable to give to children,—to crossing-sweepers, watermen, Jacks-in-the-water, and other humble officials, who look to ladies and gentlemen for fees. Whether the, Half-Farthings will do to tip to servants, guards, cham bermaids, stage-coachmen,waiters, or box-keepers, is more problematical ; but in these hard times, when every re trenchment is desirable, the experiment at least ought to be made—nay, should even a young lady call with her subscription-book to beg for something for the little Blacks, it might not be amiss to introduce her to the little Browns." FRASER'S MAGAZINE, The " Great Reformation of the Sixteenth Cen tury" is by no means an ill-written paper, but the field of discussion respecting this great religious movement has been so carefully reaped, that there is scarcely an idea left for even the most diligent gleaner t 6 pick up. Lives of Luther, and essays on Luther ; histories, some in abuse, and the majority in praise of his reforms, have of late been singularly prolific ; and, as if this were not enough, a poem ha; appeared within the last few months on the sub ject, which has had the effect of quite weary ing the public. Nevertheless, there are some to whom the grandeur of the theme will ever render it attractive, and these—the select few, by-the-bye — will peruse the present essay with interest. "De Re Vetriculari" is the continuation of a paper, the first portion of which appeared a month or two back in this periodical. It abounds in quaint scraps of learning, ingenious hypotheses, and agreeable translations from certain old and obscure Latin writers in prose as well as verse; and is just the sort ofdesultor3r, rambling,omni um- • gatherum affair to please magazine readers. " Some Notices of the Shakspearian Drama and its Commen tators" takes Pope severely to task for his occasional, ill-concealed, contemptious references to the great dramatist. The author of the " Rape of the Lock" —the unrivalled master of the convential and. artifi cial in literature—should certainly never have at tempted to edit the works of one who was in every respect his antipodes ; and late in life he felt this, and was exceedingly annoyed if any one ever made mention of his still-born edition of Shak speare. We are pleased with these passing remarks on comedy :—" There is very little natural comedy among the dignified of the earth. It requires an ad mixture of the acid of vigorous plebianism with the soda of aristocracy, to render forth the effervescence of comedy." Moliere would have made but dull work of it, if he had confined his wit and humour solely to aristocratic subjects. " Fitz-Boodle's Professions " is a lively and ingenious article, wherein the author proposes that unoccupied noblemen should take up the trade of auctioneer, as being a vocation every way suited to their capacity. Possibly they might make something of it, but they could never hope to rival the illustrious George Robins—the very Demosthenes of auction orators, who can be "as fine on a riband as on a Raphael," and, nobly disdainful of the ignoble trammels of syntax, can pour forth a flood of unmanacled eloquence, such as—to quote his own refreshing phraseology—it is "easier to imag ine than describe.' " Homeric Ballads" are cleverly ren dered, as usual, by Dr. Maginn. "Precious Minutes, or Past Half-Hours," is an amusing paper, and gives a tolerably graphic sketch of the, state of Charles the Tenth's Court, at the break:rig out of the Revolution in 1830. The writer, however, is wrong in saying that this royal blockhead and bigot was never "intimidated." His dastardly conduct in 1790, when he headed the flight of the French Noblesse to Coblentz, . and left his So vereign and brother to shift for himself, clearly proves that fear was no stranger to his breast. " Damned Tragedies" explains the causes of the failures on the stage of " .Martinuzzi"j and - " Plighted Troth." The writer. hunts about him for their. causes,* when he might find then without the slightest troub'e, for they, lie under his nose. The truth is, the plays in question failed, because they were essen tially undramatic. They wanted action, and, what was still more against them, they wanted probability. From a Memoir of "Richard Brinsley Sheridan," we quote the following extract : There is a public-house in Tavistock-row, Covent-gar den, called the Queen's Head, which at that time was kept by a widow lady familiarly called " Mother But ler," from the kindness of her manner and attention to her guests. The title of hostess in England sug gests the idea of good cheer, and good cheer is natur ally favourable to. the growth of flesh. . In the person of the hostess of Tavistock-row, a stranger might therefore expect to find a stout, jolly woman, with red gills, and a loud, shrill, cracked voice. On the sight of " Mother Butler," he would be disap pointed. She was a little, thin, quiet-locking, old woman. A fallen leaf, whirled about by the wind during a fortnight, or a strip of brown paper that had for the- same space of time opposed its entrance through a broken _pane of glass in a window, may afford an idea of the colour of her complexion. In the long course of Sheridan's connection with Drury-lane theatre, commencing from the death of Garrick, his business there as a manager and a proprietor often detained him until a late hour, and it was not necessary that he should be a very thirsty soul to require some refreshment on such occasions. Chance brought him to " Mother But ler's," and he liked the accommodation so well that he became a visitor. In process of time the house became, under the auspices of Sheridan,' a revival of the Boar's Head in Eastcheap, in the youthful and frolic some days of Henry V., when Prince of Wales. Its fame excited the curiosity of the last possesSor of that Royal rank and title, afterwards George IV., whom Sheridan, then a constant and favourite companion in his revels, introduced to " Mother Butler's." The visit of his Royal Highness could not fail to induce several others of the same coterie to follow the example. Here were to be seen the Earl of Barrymore, a big, burly, good-humoured-looking man; Major George Hanger, looking quite the reverse, with his dark visage in perfect sympathy with the article in which he sub sequently became a dealer. There was also Sir John Ladd, " the observed of all observers," the Jebu of his 'day, unrivalled in handling the ribands with four-in-hand in Hyde-park, and there cutting a figure of eight with all the precision with which his visitor surprised Archi medes in the cypher 7 cut with a piece of chalk on a slate, in the absence of that celebrated mathematician and ma chinist. Colonel M'Mahon, too, the Secretary of the Prince, could not refrain from following the example;. but his visits were few and far between, and he seemed to cautiously avoid observation. Other " Corinthians and lads of metal" now flocked to " Mother Butler's." In crease of custom brought with it increase of profit, and for this the hostess felt indebted to Sheridan. The latter was no braggart;but he had the rich, racy humour of Falstaff ; all his love and talent for his joke and jest, and the same devotion to a glass of good wine which the-fat knight paid to his " cup of sack." He had also his Nym, his Bardolph, and other followers in his train; to whom might be added, during his contest for Westminster, his Mouldy, his B alien ff, his Feeble, and his Shadow. These latter, not indeed as recruits on their march into York shire to meet the rebels, but dry and hungry electors on their way to the hustings to vote for Mr. Sheridan. AINSIVORTH'S MAGAZINE. A writer who signs himself " Uncle Sam," and who seems thoroughly to understand the habits and peculiarities of Brother Jonathan, contributes an amusing paper in this Number, under the title of " An Aristocratic Dinner-party in New York." The dialogue of the different guests is highly comic, being a strange medley of self-conceit, national prejudice, and the most prolix, matter-of-fact assertions, ex pressed in a style half-English, half-Yankee slang. Though somewhat overcharged, perhaps, yet there is an air of reality about this dialogue, that at once conveys the idea that it is no mere effort of a humor ous fancy, but based on truth. Cooper, in his " Eve Effingham," has described a somewhat similar party, and set his aristocratic New Yorkers slang-whanging —to use an appropriate Jonathanism—in a very similar spirit. The " Miser's Daughter"—which, if not the best, is one of the author's best fictions—has a lively description of a supper-party at a popular actress's, where a battered old beau, Sir Singleton Spinke acquits hiniself just in the manner that might be expected from his years and occupation. The illus trations, by George Cruikshank, are in his most care ful and dexterous style, with less mannerism than usual. The " Siege of Radicofani" is a whimsical poem, penned in that light, tripping, irregular metre, chiefly anapantic, which Toth Ingoldsby has rendered so popular of late. It will not, however, bear an instant's comparison with the legends of this sterling humourist, for it is deficient in breadth and vigour, and seldom rises above smartness. " That's Near Enough" is an arch little prose essay, in which a useful lesson is read to random talkers who repudiate strict accuracy ofstatement, as though it were unworthy of their conversational powers. The "Old Family Place" is the commencement of a poem by Mrs. Norton . It is tinged with melancholy, but there is no affectation in its pensiveness, which seems to rise naturally and spontaneously from the heart. In general, we are great admirers of the poetic genius of this accom plished' lady, who combin es th e f ee li ng o f M rs. Mac lean with the rich and figurative diction of Mrs. llemans. The "Jewish Marriage" is a story whose greatest recommendation is, that it is short. " A Paper on Puffing" is an excellent theme marred in the treatment. The " Sbngs of Italy" contain one or two able translations from Petrarch. The introduc tory observations on sonnet-writing are perfectly just ; but how is it that , in speaking of our English sonneteers,mr. Kenealy makes no mention of Words- ,"'~ TAlrs MAGAZINE. Tait has some fearless and forcible remarks this month on the subject of the " National Distress," which, he says, has this character to distinguish it from former periods of suffering—that its advances have been insidious and gradual, but steady ; adding, that the remedial measures just carried by Sir Ro bert Peel, while they inflict considerable sufferings on individuals of the middle class, can at best prove but a temporary.alleviation. " Indeed," pursues Tait, " alto gether the effect of his measures is doubtful. The best that can be affirmed is, that the changes in the Tariff„if, they should do little good, can do no great harm. No man, not even the author of these changes, dares flatter himself that such petty alterations are speedily to repair the wide-spread calamities of even the last season ; when distress has grown to so fearful a height, that even the wise and the courageous shrink from looking it in the face ; and well-meaning, humane persons, of limited understanding, are left to propose foolish or desperate temporary expedients. The causes of national decay, to be followed, it is but too probable, by social, and not improbably, by violent disorganization, have been much longer. at work than appears to be generally suspected." Dis couraging as these remarks are, we fear there is but too much truth in them. The writer concludes with an observation or two on the Corn-laws, which he in sists ought to be abolished, were it only as a peace offering to the famishing millions who attribute to them their misery. The " Song of July" is not so grateful or spirited a chant as the " Songs for the Months" have hitherto been. The versification is clumsy, and the thoughts not above common-place. " Abednego, the Money-lender," exhibits no falling .off in interest, the dialogues are uniformly clever and natural. The reviews of some recently-published works of fiction are written with that tact and judg ment for which the critical notices of this periodical have long been remarkable. We quote some graphic stanzas, entitled the " ICyber Pass My song a mournful muse invokes : Pale, bleeding o'er the vale she stands, Wildly waving forth her hands. Where Kyber, from his snow-clad rocks, Poured down his fierce, insatiate bands, To bathe their keen, deceitful brands In blood that looks tl heaven, and smokes For Vengeance on their cursed lands. The troop has reached the fatal vale— Slowly the lengthening lines ascend ; The crags in horrid tumult bend : Each eye is fixed—each cheek is pale ; For, rising like a fitful gale, A thousand echoing voices blend— The heralds of a dreadful tale! Gleaming-athwart the firmament, Like fiends by frenzied Murder sent, Wild figures blot the sky ; While cne dire havoc, deeply pent, Tee thousand bosems' element Bursts like a flood on high ; And they who dare, and they who fly, In one wide waste of death are iblent,— Unburied there to lie. The horseman rears his battle blade ; Secure the vengeful foemen crowd: High. hanging on a thunder-cloud, He falls—nor asks kir aid. The startled steed defiance neighs,— Son of the desert ! think not now Thy freely-tossing mane will flow, As in the pride of other days, O'er half a nation low ; When sandy plain and sunny slope Beheld thee rise, the Arab's hope, Where Carmel's rocky mountain smiled Upon thy birth, proud desert child ? High towers his head—quick heaves his breath— . The sun, like lightning, gilds his mane— It ne'er will see it float again— Ile sinks—the majesty of death ! Swift from the musket's deadly throat Tire winged wanderer flies : The mountain chieftain's wild war-note Throbs on his tongue, and dies. With streaming robe, and grasping hands, A thousand feet beneath his bands The bleeding wretch is driven ; While coloured shawl, and caftan rent, Wave far along the dread descent, Prone from the verge of heaven. In vain, alas ! devoted brave, Firm as the rock that marks your grav e , In crowded rank ye stand ; One effort more—one thought of home— A prayer to heaven—then bid your hand, With dying grasp, and dripping brand, Carve o'er your bloody tomb— ' " The glory of an injurecl,iand In Vengeance yet will come !' DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. • Curry and Co., Dublin. This is a very readable Number of one of the cleverest of our monthly periodicals. " Jack Hinton, the Guardsman," by the editor, Harry Lorrequer, abounds in scenes of broad, rich 1-J ibernian h umour. The description of Major Mahon s entertainment of his guests at his country seat, which he called Newgate, and which, although the sheep lived in the week ek would e parlour, and the cows were kep t in the bl ue drawing room. and the live bull-dogs and a b uck - goat kept house in the library et looked so imposing hlei , from v the high road to Innis," is enough to throw a stoic , t,terary into convulsions. " Nuts and N utcrack ers" has some good hits at the follies of the da y , of w hich the best refers to the penal code. W e doubt, however, w h et h er the condemnation be feltas a steovedire dayspne u o n u is t h s ra ix e atbymost in men, who would prefer dining anywhere to not dining at all, as too many of them do at present. " Carl Stelling, the Painter of Dresden," is a capital story for a winter evening's fireside, where the mar vellous is always at a premium. The " Portrait Gallery" for this month exhibits a very good likeness of Admiral Sir Robert Stopford, followed by a bio graphy of that distinguished, gallant officer. " Poems by the late Robert Charles Welsh , an Irish gentle man who was murdered last year by (it is supposed) some of his own tenants, are the productions of an elegant and highly-gifted mind. We quote as a spe cimen the " Exile's ,41- ong:"— Oh ! bear me back to my native shore, O'er the circling ocean's foam ; And ere I die, let me gaze once more On my father's humble home. ~`'~i' Y Oh ! bear me back to the greenwood's shade, To the well-known chestnut tree— To the'quiet vale, and the sunny glade, The huunts of my childish glee: My spirit pines for the breezy hills, Far off in my own bright land ; For the warblings that gush from its lonely rills, And the joyous household band. Rind faces met by the'fireside's gleam, When arose the evening hymn : But their spells are gone, like a passing dream, Their memories vague and dim. I list to the billows' thundering sound, As their surges break in the bay ; I watch them ?ringing the - liffs around With a beautiful girdle of spray. But not bark, nor ship, to the wandering breeze Their cloudlike sails unroll, • And the anthem sublime of the swelling seas, Like a death-song thrills my soul. On the mountain-tops the wild deer springs In happiest freedom by ; And the proud eagle soars on his golden wings To the crystalline dome of the sky ; And the midnight wind unchained sweeps past O'er mount and forest dell— But o'er me there's a strange dull feeling cast, With a power I may not quell. Then bear me back to my native shore, O'er the circling ocean's foam ! And ere I die, let me gaze once more On my father's humble home. Oh ! bear me back to the greenwood shade, To the well-known chestnut tree— To the quiet vale, and the sunny glade, The haunts of my childish glee ! NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, JUNE 29.—The Satellite, 10, Commander R. F. Gambier, has been taken out of thelbilin, and is now alongside her hulk, the Dryad. She is getting equipped very rapidly, and will be ready for sea in a few days. She is fully manned, and has a very excellent ship's company, and from the number of applications which have been made to join her, she might have been manned three times over. The Pique, 36, Captain H. Forbes, has been taken into dock. It is not expected that she will require much, if any, repairing, and the alteration of her fore powder magazine will not occupy much time, and as she has her guns and stores on board, and is nearly all ataunt, she will not be long ere she is reported ready for sea. She is picking up her hands very fast, and might ere this have been more than manned had every man who wished to join her been accepted. There is now not the slightest difficulty in procuring volun teers for the navy, and all the best sailors prefer it to the mer chant service. If a captain of the right sort, a thorough sea man who w ill carry on the duty and maintain the discipline of his ship without harassing the men, or abridging them of those indulgences compatible with the interests of the service be appointed to a ship, hi s on ly difficulty is in selecting his ship's company frem the numerous first-rate sailors, who are anxious to join him. It is only when a captain of an opposite stamp who, perfumed like a civet cat, has a horrible antipathy to smoking, and would deprive Jack of his chief luxury, and who employs the men in polishing shot and other frivolous and use- • W less work, gets a command, that the blue jackets hang back, and there is any difficulty in getting a ship manned when so commanded. Happily there are but very few such officers in the service. The Cleopetra, 26, Capt. C. Wyvill, and the Talbot, 26, Capt. Sir Thomas Thompson, are expected here from the east ward in the course of the week. The Alban steam-vessel, Master Commander J. King, sailed on Monday afternoon for Gibraltar, with a detachment of sap pers and miners. _ _ _ During the last twelve months there have been twelve line of-battle ships, twelve frigates, and eighteen sloops of war, paid off, and daring the same period five line-of-battle ships, eighteen frigates, and twenty-six sloops of war, troop ships, &c. making a total of forty-nine ships, have been pat into commis sion. The disparity between the nuFaber of line-of-battle ships, which have been paid off, and that of those commissioned, arises from the i eduction which has taken place in the Mediterranean fleet. The increase in the number of frigates and other small craft put in commission over that of those paid off, is caused by sending the additional squ a d ron t o Chi na . • The following is a list of the ships paid off and commissioned since last June : Ships paid off at Portsmouth—Britannia, 120, Princess Charlotte, 104; Powerful, 84 • Hastings, 72; Edinburgh, 72 ; Melville, 72 ; Queen, 110 ; Winchester, 50; Pique, 36 ; Pre sident, 50 ; Tyne, 26 Samarang, 26 ; Conway, 26 ; Carys fort, 26 ; Orestes, 18 ; Hazard, 18 ; Rapid, 10 ; Ringdove, 16; and Apollo and Athol, troop-ships, making altogether 20 ships paid off at this port. Paid off at Plymouth—lmplacable, 72; Belleisle, 72; Cro codile, 26; Scorpion, 18; Espoir, 10; Saracen, 10; Wizard, 10; and Forester, 3—Total, 8 ships. At Chatham and Sheerness—Ganges, 84; Revenge, 76; Benbow, 72 ; Scringspatam, 42 ; Talbot, 26 ; Caster, 36 ; Cleopatra, 26; Dido, 18; Wasp, 16; Weazle, 16; Comus, 18; Da; hnc, 18 ; Griffin, 3; and Larne, 18—Total, 14 ships. Ships Commissioned—At Portmouth—Queen, 110; Illus trious, 72; Vindictive, 50; Warspite, 50; Winchester, 50; Madagascar, 44; Belvidera, 38; Pique, 36; North Star, 26; Carysfort, 26 ; Hazard, 18 ; Ringdove, 16 ; Satellite, 18; Al batross, 16; Nautilus, 10; Rapid, 10; Pantaloon, 10; Viper, 6; Sylvia (cutter) Land Apollo, troop-ship—Total, 20 Ships exclusive of the St. Vincent. At Plymouth—Agincourt, 72 ; Malabar, 72 ; Cambrian, 36 ; Iris, 26 ; Scylla, 16 ; Wolf, 18 ; Philomel, 6 ; Fly, 18 ; Bramble, 10; Belleisle, Resistance, and Crocodile troopships, and Minden, hospital-ship--Total, 13 ships. At Chatham and Sheerness—Formidable, 84; Alfred, 50; Isis, 44 ; Thalia, 42 ; Volage, 26 ; Aigle, 24 ; Talbot, 26 ; Cleopatra, 26 ; Dido, 18 ; Wolverine, 18 ; Snake, 16 ; Har lequin, 16 ; Serpent, 16 ; and Spy, 3—Total, 14 ships. At Woolwich—Siren, 16; and Heroine, 10—Total, 2 ships. Number of ships paid off, 42; number of ships commis sioned, 49. This does not include the steam-vessels. The distribution of the recently-commissioned ship 3 is as under China and the East Indies—Agincourt, 72; Vindictive, 50; Thalia, 42 ; Cambrian, 36 ; Dido, 18 ; North Star, 26 ; Hazard, 18 ; Harlequin, 16 ; Serpent, 16 ; Wolverine, 16; Siren, 16; Apollo and Belleisle troop-ships, and Minden hos pital-ship—Total, 14 ships. Mediterran e an —Q ueen 110 ; Formidable, 84 ; Belvidere, 36 ; Aigle, 24 ; and Snake, 16.—Total, 5 ships. North America and the West Indies—lllustrious, 72; War spite, 50 ; Volage, 26 ; Ringdove, 16 ; Scylla, 16 ; and Resist ance and Crocodile troop.shps.—Tot al, 7 ships. Brazils and South America—Malabar, 72 • Alfred, 50 ; Isis, 44 ; Car ,stort, 26 ; and Viper, 6.—Total, 5 ;hips. The Cape and Coast of Africa—Winchester, 50 ; Madagas car, 44; Iris, 26 ; Rapid, 10; Pantaloon, 10; and Heroine, 19. —'fatal, 6 ships. Torres' Straits—Fly, 18, and Bramble, 10 (surveying).— Total, 2 ships. At home, fitting-out, surveying, and other duty—Pique, 36; Albatross, 16; Satellite, 18; Talbot, 26; Cleopatra, 26; Wolf, 18; Nautilus, •l 0; Philontel, 6 . ; Sylvia, 6; and Spy, 3. Total, 10 ships. '1 he foregoing statement is a perfect refutation of die charge that has been made against the Admiralty by an ex-Ministerial Evening Paper, that ships have been sent to other ports to be paid off, to gratify a political feeling against this town. Out of the whole number of ships which have been paid off during the year, twenty have been paid off here, and only twenty-two at Plymouth, Sheerness, and Chatham united. Of the ships commissioned, twenty have been done so at this place alone ; only twenty-nine at the three other ports. Ship at Spithead—The Success hulk. Ships in Harbour—The St. Vincent, Victory, Excellent, Royal George yacht, Satellite, Albatross, Pique, and Echo steamer. The cutter Speedy, Lieut. Bevufoy, is - hourly expected from the North Coast, with men for the ships fitting out. The Vestal, 26, Captain Parker, hourly looked for from Ja maica, is to proceed to Chatham to be paid off. Sir Charles Metcalfe, who is a passenger in her, will disembark at this port. The war steamer Geyser, Commander Carpenter, is now ready for sea at Chatham, and daily expected at Spithead. Her destination is not accurately known. The new sloop Albatross, 16, Commander Yorke, will be ready to depart the West India station about the Bth July. The Cleopatra, 26, Captain Christopher Wyvill, will be at Spithead from Chatham by the sth July. Her destination is the East Indies and China ; she will take out several officers and men to join the squadron, but is not expected to sail until after the arrival of the Wellesley, 72, from that quarter. It is also said that she will convey the new Governor (Sir W. Gomm) to the Mauritius. The only vessels fitting out at Plymouth, are the Wolf, Hi, Commander Hayes, and Philomel, 10, Commander Sullivan ; the latter will be ready to proceed to the Brazils about the 10th July, on surveying service. The report of the Collingwood, 84, Vengeance, 84, and Powerful, 84, being ordered for commission, is without founda. Lion. These noble ships are only held In readiness for any sud den emergency. Rear-Admiral the Hon. D. Bouverie is acting Commander in-Chief during the absence on duty of Admiral Sir Edward Codrington. L DVERTISEMENT. 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The Water ordered for foreign countries is manufactured with an express reference to its destination, and it is well known that no other can equally well endure the variations of climate. Schweppe's Lemonade is an elegant preparation of mere recent intro duction, but from its refreshing and wholesome properties is rapidly getting into extensive reputation. It is an effervescing draught of most agreeable flavour, and made of the best mate rials, without regard to cost. Physicians and medical men constantly recommend it in cases of fever, &e., nor is it less de sirable as an article of luxury. Every genuine bottle will have a yellow labia on its side, with the name and address of the firm. Schweppe and Co. are the largest importers of tbo German Seltzer Water, whi c h th ey rece i v e direct from; t springs, in quarts and pints, and whiith they offer to the publi in the original packages. N.B.—Export orders for all climates executed on the shortest notice. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S.—YEsTER.DAY. LIVERPOOL Cur.—The only bet laid agst Heslington was 10 to 1 to a pony. a decline accountable for by the advance of Rho.. danthe, who must now be accredited as hrst favourite ; 9 to 1 would have been taken about her at the close, and 200 to 160 was offered that she beats Forester. Prince Caradoc had backers at various prices, 13 to 1 being the average. THE Goonwoon STAKES.—The betting on this event, sup ported the movement commenced on Monday. Una, Arnagill, and Tupsley, were backed freely, each with a decisive effect on the prices; we give the last that were laid, but 10 to 1 agst Arnag►ill, and 12 to 1 agst Tupsley, had been previouslY taken several times. The Knight of the Whistle was backed at 8 and 9 to 1, and closed at offers of the lower odds, with a very slight call of Una. GOODWOOD Cur.— The only changes of any consequence were the retreat of Beeswing to double the odds laid a fort night back, and the debut of Marshal Soult, who opened at 18 and 20 to 1, and was run up in a short time to 12 to 1 ; 11 to 2 was taken to 501. about the Squire, and an offer made to back Middleham at 10 to 1. Nothing worth speaking of was done on the St. Leger or Derby. Offers of 3to one on the field for the July Stakes, but no bet laid; a very " dark race," and not likely to be speculated upon with any spirit. Last Prices ; LIVERPOOL CUP. 8 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Rhodanthe 9 to 1 agst Major Yarburgh's Heslington 9 to 1 agst Mr. Watts' Forester 13 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Prince Caradoc—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Allen's Phaon—taken 20 to 1 agst Mr. Treeu's Una—taken 100 even Prince Caradoc agst Fitzroy. GOODWOOD STA KES. 8 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Knight of the Whistle 9 to 1 agst Mr. Treen's Una—taken 10 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Welfare—taken 11 to 1 agst Captain Harcourt's Arnagill—taken 13 to 1 agst Mr. Griffith's Tupsley—taken 17 to 1 agst Sir W. M. Stanley's Vakeel 17 to 1 agst Mr. Beresford's The Corsair Bto 1 agst Vakeel and The Corsair—taken and after wards offered. GOODWOOD CUP. 11 to 2 agst 11r. Bell's The Squire—taken 11 to 1 agst Mr. Orde's Beeswing 12 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Marshal Soult 7 to 1 agst Beeswing and Marius—taken ST. LEG ER. 550 to 25 agst Mr. Scott's Artful Dodger—taken DERBY, 1843. 1,750 to 50 agst Mr. J. Scott's Progress colt 1,750 to 50 ag.t Mr. Bowes's Catherstone, and 1,750 to 50 agst Lord Chesterfield's Napier, laid in one bet CARLISLE RACES.—WED NESDA V. Match, 50/., one mile.—Mr. Harris's b m by Monarch, aged, 12st, beat Mr. Smith's b m The Nun, 5 yrs, llst 11b. The Gold Cup, by Subs., of 11 Guis. each. 3 yrs, 7st ; 4 yrs, bst 41b ' • 6 yrs, Set I llb ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st ; Mares, &c., allowed 31b. Two miles and a quarter. (6 Subs.) Mr. W. R. Ramsay's ch by Recorder. 6 yrs ...... walked over. The Maiden Plate of 50/., for all ages that never won 501. Heats, twice round. Mr. Kirby's Sir Robert, 3 , yrs, 7st 211 : ; (Oates) 1 1 Mr. Crawford's Royal Charlie, 3 yrs Mr. Thompson's Countess, 4 yrs Mr. Clark's Maid of Auckland, 3 vrs CHELTENHAM RACES.—WEDNESDAY. Greenaway Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h ft, with 501. added from the fund, for two yrs old, ist ; and for three yrs, 9st ; allies and geldings allowed 31b. Last three quarters of a mile. (5 Subs.) WrefOrd's f, by Camel, out of Wadastra, 2 yrs, (J. Howlett) . 1 Mr. Bristow's Haroldstone, 3 yrs Mr. J. Day's Blazer, 3 yrs sto 11 agst Wadastra. Won by a length. The Goucestershire Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared. The second saves his stake. 2 Miles. Lcrd Eglinton's Bellona, aged, Bst 51b Mr. Wormald's Millepede, 4 yrs, 7st alb .. Mr. Bristow's Arethusa, 3 yrs sst 41b 3 The followitg also started, but were not placed :—Mr. Meik lam's Wee Willie, aged, Bst 51b ; Mr. J. Day's Tamburini, 6 yrs, Bst ; Mr. T. Newman named Delusion, aged, 7st 51b ; Mr. Rush's b gby Exquisite, out of Maredeld's dam, 4 yrs, 6st 101 b ; and Mr. J. Day'S Viola, 4 yrs, 6st. Betting.—Two to 1 agst Millepede ; 4 to 1 against Tambu rini ;6to 1 against Viola; the winner not mentioned. Won by a neck, after a good race. he Cheltenham Stakes, of 10 Sovs. each, h ft, with 20 added. Two miles. (10 Subs.) Mr. Sadler's Combat, I Ist 7lb ...(Mr. Parr) Mr. Tollitt's The Tiler, I Ist 71b Mr. Bryan's Protestant, Bst 71b Mr. J. Day's br m by Nimrod, out of Busk Two to 1 against the Busk mare. Won cleverly. COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER (CHELTENHAM) RACES.—YESTERDAY. The Greenaway Stakes of 20 sovs. each, h ft, with 50 added, last three-qaarters of a mile. Mr. Wreford's fby Camel out of Wadastra, 2 yrs (J. Howlett) 1 Mr. Bristow's Haroldstone, 3 yrs Sir. Isaac Day's Blazer, 3 yrs The Gloucestershire Stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and five only if declared. The second saves his stake. Two miles. Lord Ellinton's Bellona, aged, Bst 51b .... ... .. .....(Lye) Mr. \Vormald's Millepede, 4 yrs 7st 81b 2 Mr. Bristow's A rethusa, 3 yrs, gat 4lb 3 The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr P. Kelly nd Wee \% illie, aged ; Mr. J. Day's Tamburini, 6 yrs ; Mr. T. Newman nd Delusion, aged ; Mr. Ruth's b gby Ex quisite out of Maresfield's dam, 4 yrs; and Mr. I. Day's Viola, 4 yrs. The Cheltenham Stakes of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 20 added. i Two miles. Mr. Sadler's Combat, list 71b (Mr. Parr) I Mr. Tollit's The Tiger, list 71b Mr. Bryan's Protestant, Bst 7lb FULHAM REGATTA. A very excellent rowing match took place on Tuesday, at Fulham, amongst the watermen plying from Putney-bridge, many of whom have distinguished themselves as first-rate mil lers. The contest was fore purse of sovereigns, liberally sub scribed .by the nobility and gentry resident at F u lh am an d Putney. The contest was with nine pairs of sculls, in four heats. The two first boats of each heat being entitled to row for the grand heat. The following were the competitors : First heat.—W. Hawkins, yellow ; J. Powel, plaid ; and W. Phelps, sen., pink. S'cond Heat.—.l. Phelps, green; J. Freeman, white; and W. Hill, lilac. Third Heat.—J. Wells, purple ; Jos. Powel, red ; and G. Knight, blue. The distance was from Putney-bridge up, round a boat moored off the Crabtree, down, round a boat moored off the Broom-houses, up, through the centre arch of the bridge. Plaid and yellow won the first heat, white and green the second, and red and blue the third, and these started for the final heat. Green took the lead, followed by yellow, white being third. Yellow shortly dropped astern, and green first rounded the boat, and plaid cut white off and took the second place. After a sharp row they came in thus—green first, plaid second, white third. MARINE ASSURANCE COMPANY. A General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Company was held yesterday, at the Offices of the Company, Cornhill. We sent one of our reporters to attend the meeting, but he was in formed that nothing of public interest would take place at the meeting, as merely routine business would be transacted. CANADA COMPANY. A General Meeting of the Shareholders in this Company was held yesterday at their. Offices, St. Helen's-place, at one o'clock, . for the purpose of declaring a dividend. No other business came before the ,meeting, and the meeting adjourned at half-past one o'clock. . THE ARMYe Major-General Sir Oetavius Carey has returned to Cork and resumed the command of the troops serving in the southern dis' rict. The Master-General of the Ordnance has nominated Lieute nant-Colonel Cater, of the Royal Horse Artillery, to relieve Colonel :Michell, in command of the Artillery in the south western district of Ireland, and the Lieutenant-Colonel is ex pected to arrive at Limerick shortly, to take his new command. The service companies of the 67th Regiment are under or ders to return home from Canada. Lieutenant H. .1. V. Kem ble (son of Mr. Charles Kemble), has been appointed Acting Paymaiter to the depot companies of the 67th, in succession to Ensign Westropp, recently promoted to aLieutenancy in the 20th Regiment. Major Harrold, of the 74th has joined and assumed the com mand of the depot companies of his regiment now at Cashel, and Major Crawley has left the depot preparatory to embark ing to join the service companies in Canada. The Lieute nant-General commanding in Ireland has directed that the whole of the county of Clare shall be annexed to the south western district, and that the town of Drogheda shall be added to the northern district. Captain Gough, Ensign Fitzgerald, and 40 rank and file of the 33d depot, have arrived at Fethard from Buttevant. The bead-quarters of the 33d depot, under the command of Major Galloway, marched from Buttevant for Waterford on Monday. The 56th Regiment from Canada, and the 69th and 76th Regiments from Nova Scotia, will be home in a few weeks ; the former, the 56th, from Quebec, may be expected to arrive at Cove in the Resistance troop-ship, in the course of a few days. The Albion troop-ship, which sailed from Cove on the 9th inst., having on board drafts for the 14th and 43d Regiments, &c., for Canada, was spoken on the 9th inst., lat 48, long. 21, by the Kilblaic, arrived at Liverpool. The reserve companies of the 20th Regiment, under the com mand of Major Smith, embarked at Cove on Monday, per William IV. steamer, for the Isle of Wight. HERR STAUDIGL. We regret to learn that we are soon to be deprived of the services of Herr Staudigl, confessedly the first bass singer in Europe. lie performs for the last time at Covent-garden to morrow. for his own benefit, and for our own credit's sake, as a musical nation, we trust he will have a bumper. Staudigl's singing is distinguished for the utter absence of all trick and quackery ; the effects he produces are wonderful, but they are produced in a legitimate and scientific manner. It is this freedom from affectation that distinguishes him from his com peers quite as much as th• amazing powers and great compass of his voice. Thom who have never heard him should not miss this the last opportunity they may perhaps ever have of hearing one of the greatest singers in the world, all those who have heard him will go, as a matter of course. We cannnot close this brief notice without relating a circumstance which does high honour to Staudigl as a man. The German opera has proved a losing speculation. The management, in fact, have given it up. Staudigl has generously come forward, and on his own respon sibility, continued it for the present week, in order to prevent the chorus-singers and the minor actors from being thrown out of employ in a foreign country. Conduct such as this merits the warmest praise, and we hope that the public on Saturday will prove that they know how to appreciate him. BILL FOR THE BETTER REGULATION OF MUNI CIPAL CORPORATIONS IN ENGLAND AND NVALES.—This Bill has for its purpose the explanation and amendment of an Act of the sth and 6th years of William the Fourth, in which a doubt ful signification attached to the words " Contract" and " Office or place of profit," in the raid enactment, which pre ended Councillors, Aldermen, or Municipal Commissioners, holding any such in the gift or disposal of their particu lar Borough-council. The 'new enactment makes the o d " Contract " not to extend to leases, sales or purchases of I:nds, tenements, or hereditaments, or any agreements ap pertaining to such, or for the loan of money, or to any security for the payment of money only. Clause B also enacts that her after the office of sheriff shall not be deemed an office of profit. The body of the Bill is occupied with r egulative clauses for the termination and arrangement of actions,_ee and n the payment o f cos t s connecte d w i t h t h em , that may have been begun prior to the passing of the Act. THE ii.kGuE, JUNE 26.—The G overnmefri replied to th e o b serva ti ons made in the sections of relative Chamber of the States-General On the proje c t the l e id s s e ti co o n w d • to the office of Notary ff ley AthlleancoAllo'Nniaabl-ohffiadce7 i nterv iew yesterday with Lord Stan e, for the Govern of Ceylon were sent o last vening from the Colonial-office, REPORTED RESIGNATION of Ti iE GUARDIANS of THE POOR of ST. MART I 1 i'S PARISH; (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) We have just been informed that owing to the Poor 1a er Commissioners having required the Guardians of the Poor u'r this large and influential Metropolitan parish to carry out ram, sures offensive to that body, they have come to the resolution to suspend their usual weekly meetings for the present. prepara— tory, we believe, to retiring from the offices which They now hold. This parish is by no means a poor one, and probably there is no workhouse in the metropolis whose inmates are so well fed and clothed, and are so healthy, as in St. Martin's parish. It appears that the Poor-law Commissioners have desi,•ed The Guardians to lay their minutes, &c., before their Sub-Co.umis sioner, who has the power to render null and void any orits r— no matter how unanimous—of the Guar dians ; thus plat i ng themselves en ti re l y un d er t h e surveillance of the Pour-1 LW Commissioners. To this the Guardians have given a rea4 dy No, and have declined to transact any business for the presemt- A special meeting will, however, be held on Monday evenin" to take the matter into further consider, but to such terms we these the G uar di ans will not accede. This is but one instance , of the many cases of this nature which, if the Poor-law Com missioners persevere in this inquisitorial practice, will undoubt edly take place. THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES. The injunction of secrecy having. been removed from the proceedings of the United States Senate in regard to the in crease of the navy and naval promotions, the reports of the majority and minority of the Committee to whom these sub jects were referred have been given to the public. The ma jority of the Committee concur in the views of the President on both points. The minority consists of Messrs. Mangum, of North Carolina, and Williams, of Maine. These gentle men profess to be warm friends of the navy. but think that the increase of the naval force recommended by the Presi dent is too large, and the promotions too numerous. The force in commission, should the President's suggestions be carried out, would comprise 7 ships of the line, 16 frigates, 23 sloops and brigs, and 8 steamers. Even this force is small compared to that of England, which has in commis sion 259 vessels of war, although her mercantile tonnage is not much greater than ours. The tonnage of the United Kingdom on the Ist of January last, counting all merchant vessels above 50 tons, was 2,668,732 tons. 'fhe American tonnage on the 30th September last, counting all above 20 tons burden, was 2,180,764. Excess of British tonnage over Ame rican only 487,968. The British tonnage is 115,029 tons less than it was in 1835! The American tonnage, on the other hand, has increased about 400,000 tons. The President's recommendation in regard to promotions is that hereafter there shall be 104 captains, now 67 ; commanders 9il, as at present ; 323lieutenant3, now 320; 63 passed miship men, now 103 ; midshipmen 450. as at present. The majority of the Committee calculate that these various promotions would not increase the expenses of the nasty more than 72,000 dollars—a sum which they deem of little turporta.nce, compared with the advantages which would result from it. MONEY MARKET and .CITY Nii:WS• TIMES.—In the Foreign Stock Market the jobbers were busily engaged preparing the half-monthly account, which is finally arranged to-morrow,.. The late depre eiation in Colombian was what most caUsed a disagree able task in the progress of the business, and the htssvy pressure of that Stock in the Market -continuos to have a bad•effect upon the general tendency of dealing. lt is stated that the party out of doors who has failed em ployed as many as five brokers to conduct his operations, and this will readily explain the apprehension with which the dealers were seized when they saw all these as sellers ' and that too with the view to close open ae! , counts. Money commands a value proportionate to the respectability of the borrower, for while in some cases 6 per cent. has been accepted, in others 10 and 12 per cent. has been refused. After the settlement is over a more healthy tone is expected in the Market. The first annual meeting of the Shareholders of the South Australian Bank was held to-day, and the Report presented on this occasion states the business of the Com pany as prospering, notwithstanding the financial diffi culties with which' the colony has to,contend. The gross profits of the concern for its nine months' transactions (for this is really the period it has beett in operation un connected with • the South Australian Ownpany) are stated ut "about 10,0001. to 11,000/.,". allowing a margin of 2,0001. for the bad debts which may accrue, besides appropriating 1,0001. as a nucleus for a reserve fund. Out of these profits it was proposed that a dividend At the rate of 6 per cent. should be paid upon the instal ments already honoured, and it was further stated that the principle of separation between the South Australian Company and the South Australian Bank had been agreed to, wail that it was now only matter of detail that remained to be carried out for the purpose of settling all accounts between them. The Report was adopted and the dividend declared, and a greatdeal was said by several of the Share • holders present to show that the resuscitation of the finan cial condition of South Austrelia was hot a matter of mere speculation, but that such belief was founded on the known facts that the colony possessed all the natural elements for permanent prosperity and wealth. Mr. Poynder sug gested for the special attention of the Directors, that to carry on a safe and prudent course of banking it was es sential that they should, without regard to popularity among the Shareholders gained by dividing large divi dends, pay attention to the reservation of sufficient means to meet those contingencies which all acquainted with bankihg business knew were not to be avoided by the most carefully conducted establishments. Ile had every confidence in the present Court, and he ..mentioned this subject with no other object than to express a desire that full provision should be made for bad -debts without re gard to the present payment of dividends to the share holders. Mr. Kingscote, the banker, who was the Chair man, assured his friend Mr. Poynder that every attention - was paid to the bad debt account, which, undo - the good management of the officers of the bank, appeared to be in a satisfactory condition, and referred to the fact of the appropriation of about 2,0001. for such purpose, besides the reserve fund of 1,000/. The subject of the Income-tax was introduced into discussion as to the manner in which it would operate en public'CoMpanies. One of the Directors (Mr. Divett, ALP.); who has been in communication with the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer. :.:tated that Mr. Goulburn.had. intimated to him that the Government would look to the. Company itself as the source from which to receive its impost, without any -reference wh at& v!r to individuals. The amount paid would, therefore, have to be deducted from the pro rata dividend paid to the Shareholders, but in this the Chancellor said nothing, leaving them to ar range that matter as best suited their convenience. An other Director said that it might happen that parties were not beneficially interested in business to the ;meant which brought them within the operation of this tax ; in that case he supposed that such persons would have, as in former times, to get a certificate from Government and come back to the Bank and get the amount deducted from their dividend remitted. The other business of the day, the ordinal election of Directors and Auditor; concluded in a very quiet way. The principle as to the imposition of the Income-tax set forth at this meeting, of course applies to all public Companies, which, it is understood, 1%111 have to make a return of their gross profits, irrespective of the appropri ation of any moneys for a reserved fund, or other contin gencies, and will on that return be taxed. It will be observed that the present Bank return pre-, gents the same peculiarity as the two last which have been issued. It commences on Tuesday the 29th of March, and ends on Saturday, the 18th of June. From the Bank having omitted to publish their averages in last Friday's Gazette, there has been an additional dee lay of four days, making altogether a delay of eleven'' days between the datts of the return and the day of its publication, instead•of three days, which was the usual time. By a typographical error, the paragraph published yesterday on thy• meeting of the Blsckwull Railway Company, contained a misstatement. The fact was that the Chairman stated that none of the funds had been or ever would be applied to the purposes of steam-boat un dertaking. THE ALLEC; as MURDER IN WESTMINSTER.— Wednesday afternoon, at three o'clock, an investigation, which occupied upwards of four hours, took place before Messrs. Cell and Higgs, at the Adam and Eve. York-street, Westminster, on the body of Eliza Barr, aged 32, alleged to have died from the inhuman treatment of her husband, Alexander Barr, now in custody, and remanded from Queen-square Police-court to await the result of the Coroner's inquest. From the con current testimony of several witnesses who lodged in the .me house as deceased, it appeared that on the evening of Monday week the deceased's husband came home partially intoxicated, threw her on the floor, and seized her by the throat, and beat her in so cruel a manner that the neighboors were roused by her screams of murder to interfere, and drag him from her. The deceased was afterwards scarcely able to walk down stairs, and took refuge in the next house until the following Thursday, when she returned home. She corn plained dreadfully of her throat and pain in her aisle. On Sunday morning she became very ill, and was confined to her bed, and died at a quarter past four the following morning. Mr. John Wright, surgeon, of Story's-gate, proved being called to see deceased, whom he understood was labouring under the effects of ill-usage. Ho found her injured about the throat and face. Since death he had made a post niortem examination, and found disease of the heart, which was the immediate cause of death. The ill-usage might have acce lerated her death, but he could not speak positively. After some observations by the Coroner, the Jury retired to deli berate, and in about an hour they returned, and stated that. there were ten for bringing in a verdict of manslaughter, and four for tiatural death. Considerable dissatisfaction was manifested that the surgeon had read his evidence, and ulti mately it was decided that the inquiry should be adjourned for additional surgical evidence, as several of the Jury expressed a I:\i,g,aetrliet‘naeLti‘y,ship will desire that. such a brutal fellow as the husband should not escape justice. The inquiry was then adjourned till Friday. 1 t UNIOURED DEATH OF THE EARL OF LICHFIELD. —lt was generally reported at the Clubs on Tuesday evening, h re hr was re- Lordship's death had taken place at Naples, ": : s on' of the Earl and the rumour was general yesterday at the west end, that his siding with the Countess. Lord Coke, eldeste. - k riu Gibraltar, of Leicester, arrived from Naples, lastN7,ble relative, though and at the time of his departure, not worse than when he the last letters received date ill s since his L &h . ' or s ip s (olcuri,tatsei,oin England; ally suffering and fro a m t t g he out , was o h by the lion. Colonel Anson. a fe w . 3 . , indisposition was nut adverted to. • _ Du hLIN, ju ,, 28.—We are rejoiced in being enabled to hopes are ent..rtained THE MARQUIS AND MARCHIoNESS OF WATERFOR D . state that all the accounts whirls have reached town to-day re specting the late accident at Curragbmore give a far more favour. able version of the amount. l ‘ injury . s anted by the lovely ere lone be r estored to tier wonted health and spit its ; whilst as resreets t h e Noble Marquis, the infortnation contained in one of the 01571'ass:ocmhoilet:'naitIsi'd: that under g nN(l o ir o ea i rt l esr c t o fr°i n er s 't t 's s and t u ti r tt - let ters mentioned in our last turns out to )e 1 perfectly correct.: His Lordship has miraculously escaped unhurt. BRITISH A ssoci ATIoN .—INE A NCIIESTER, TUESDAY Fyn:it No.—The various sections have been tolerably well at tended, although the communications have not been of a very interesting character, nor has the meeting been so numerous as was anticipated. The concluding general meeting of the Asso ciation will be held in the Friends' meeting-house to-morrow evening, when the proceedings of the General Committee, and the grounds of th e several grants o f money sanc ti one d by it, will be explained. Excursions, exhibitions, and soirees, take place daily, and the business and pleasure of the members will not terminate until the end of the week.