The Sun. — London, England, 1834-10-29 00:00:00

THE LATE FIRE. LITERATURE. PRIVY COUNCIL. 61t1i,oe grentleinan who was esecially sent down to arrived tow : v o der of the Lords oft he Privy Council ' lr,S;esterdaY afternoon, and had a long interview with %li- e • nt re tarY Rice, who, in the absence of Lord Duncannon, 'flPerib,.c.nds the official business at the Home Department. 'e R. non. Gentleman immediately afterwards issued ~a rn' . .o o na s for their Lordships to assemble, and the customary l u ' ses w crdgly issued. 14 ! 0 ;:t ,,, , t e° 0 nos,ceicloucekn,cethoef ptrihevyKing's Council being appointed Counsellors cannot resume the ..,lespecting the late conflagration until a late hour. te th, se ` nave reason to believe that this sitting will terminate we ito Proceedings, as (if we are rightly informed, an ttitliPartlY confident we are) the witnesses whom the 14 14 e rn to to whom we have alluded has brought back with 'lqi e ; t v t "1, and who of course will be submitted to the ikti, examination before the Council, will be able abii n- Ne too prove that Mr. Cooper must have been labouring 6 4 me most e xtraordinary infatuation ; and therefore, no i,tibroling the testimony of that gentleman, leave, ~ '-cici,:listing that the fire was exclusively the result or ki nt, t • The great point, indeed we may say the only h aq iet l i u 'w to be proved, is whether the news of the fire tt4 o , el Dudley at ten o'clock on Thursday . evening, or prow that t h l3e k on the following (Friday) morning. To bk4.l.e latter was the fact, these witnesses have p b re een \l ?ut tO town. 44 tiOr i e , sh all not fail to lay the particulars of the examin n a ; k%,„. I ls far as they can be obtained with any 'l' w ", before our readers. We understand that • f StaZ le Y , a solicitor at Dudl • Air. Cartwright and Mr. kl se the landlords of the Bush Y and Dudley Arms Inn, to live h v ic Zal of the waiters in their employ, will attensd ex °f 4, 4 etkee• Such is the importance attached to thi Hn e n. Ni v i c i al). investigation by the Noble and Right ! the u bt .4 Whom it is conducted, that in consequence 'cli tl i t sioess necessary to be transacted at the. Palace ,1 this a considerable portion of the day, the resumption a , t ' i Ntri st tl'lity is fixed for four o'clock in the afternoon —a Zed, 4:07:.:.11T believe, altogether . . unprecedented. In ," old est ~ wormed that it is not in the recollection of 4 14 461 b ;Individual attached to the Council-office of any 14' Fr o summoned to meet at so unusually late an there therms Ttti the inquiries we have been able to make,_ kh''gart4 Tl ,.'e little doubt that Mr. Cooper's evidence, as it is......int,___ , ill L tne only important question that now re - ° be completely and most satisfactorily contca e -, - 1 1 o, l i;„ - "` in at case every doubt as to the late fire' t o ti t 'i 3 e, t lrlb l e il a l t nY Other manner than by accident or negh xadd, that not 9 , ogether dissipated. Ne may . . 6 `•e4 cement cine who had an opportunity . of witnessing its tol'iviil4l torltc'ollaeser well as from all the evidence . 1\ eetlef th _, n the Lords of the Council have been °lt taet, ' SO LVN'r--- -----------D EB TOR ' S COURT.—(THIS DAY.) BURNS'S WORKS. Vol. VII. London, J. Cochrane. 1834. When Burns quits the regions of poetry, and de scends to plain prose, we recognize in him no longer those transcendant faculties which overpower all who come under the influence of their spell ; true, wild flashes of wit, and fancy and feeling may here and there be met with in 'his epistolary correspondence ; still, the vast mass is very little above common place, and invariably below it, whenever Burns attempts to say any thing uncommonly fine. On such occasions he is but too apt to mistake bombast for eloquence, ex travagance for enthusiasm, and coarseness for strength. The caustic touches that tell so well in his satirical poetry, degenerate in his prose to stark, clumsy, buf foonery. The best we can say of this last is, that it displays much cleverness, and something of fancy ; and that that portion of it is the most unexceptionable which has been written with the least care. It is a singular circumstance that Burns moves with the most ease, and grace, and freedom, under the fetters of rhyme. When he divests himself of these shackles, and attempts plain prose, his movements become stiff— restrained—ungainly—nay, even convulsive—like those of a man under the influence of St. Vitus's dance. We subjoin a portion of one of his most ingenious and characteristic letters, in which he makes a capital display of mock passion, and is as prodigal of inven tion and variety in his abuse, as Prince Hal when he rates Falstaff, or Sir Sampson Legend when he falls foul of Foresight the astrologer. " This singular 12tter," says Mr. Cunningham in a note which he has attached to it, " was sent to a critic who had taken Le poet to task about obscure language and imperfect grammar. -- Thou eunuch of language : thou Englishman, who never was south the Tweed : thou servile echo of fashionable barba rism : thou quack, vending the nostrums of empirical elocu tion ; thou marriage-maker between vowels and consonants, on the Gretna-green of caprice: thou cobbler, botching the flimsy socks of bombast oratory : thou blacksmith, hammering the rivets of absurdity : thou butcher, embruing thy hands in the bowels of orthography : thou arch-heretic in pronuncia tion : thou pitch-pipe of affected emphasis : thon carpenter, mortising the awkward joints of jarring sentences : thou squeaking dissonance of cadence : thou pimp of gender : thou Lyon Herald to silly etymology : thou antipode of grammar; thou executioner of construction : thou brood of the speech distracting builders of the Tower of Babal : thou lingual con fusion worse confounded : thou scape-gallows from the land of syntax : thou scavenger of mood and tense : thou murderous accoucheur of infant learning : thou ignis fatuus, misleading the steps of benighted ignorance : thou pickle-herring in the puppet-show of nonsense : thou faithful recorder of barbarous idiom : thou persecutor of syllabication : thou baleful me teor foretelling and facilitating the rapid approach of Nox and Erebus." The present volume consists wholly of Burns's let ters, and is embellished with two respectable engravings of Culzean Castle, and the poet's Mausoleum at Dumfries. Of these, the first is the best. ) Co — BOWEN' al 3 eid ,(Before Mr. Commissioner ked erly, respectable-looking Fro 1)°11 Petition for his discharge. that he g as the „tile statement of the insolvent it appeared a of large family man, named Barron, hado4uarged in 1 831, but the pressuree te Ath st fed him a second time to apply his furniture h or ie_ Itlrtee last a distress was levied uPonrl All that t e d liil l ,, tt I rent for the paltry amount of a . • d in his excepted the Court. f In 4tioes , Nasessed in the world was contame A s ,,, he earth tt i i fi;t7k Curran, a native n for his the t geni f h " 1 . d upon petal() hrg. 0 t e sea, apple • rat but, . of the " first flower of t . di in t04.t14, it a fined. lr9tien appeared , had been he had been feeling ~1/4 to of some little irregularity, again, and ''llier°,‘° set up in his worthy calling ___,, a poor re tc, Ittie dealer in beer, r anxiety to identify himself, without the tioset4,,beer, With his great namesake, he, 6, Patrick" to 1 / 4 ,41 10 ,?' Ilia Majesty, altered his name_ ,r, n.,..iinut,,., thoughan altho h u e g , ,, 4e Nl ', riot, however, presuming to add, .1_"_,..f...e6ni0n a...t Icif%.lcirsedoetco do .80, on account of its being title of .1 1 iu h. aPation. Having made un d er the . . Ilio c 18 name, he renewed his license the renewed it in ed if „,e ;!iius 01f4ran on the ground, that /1 have totally deprived this important alter Ito of teatrick, a second fine would , k r ea Power of again procuring a license. Nilv,,,, aannissioner BOWEN laughingly b trick he ha l k - '4, t 6, . ,• k that t•-•? hi Would •., ee did not tnin . b n clearly havingbeen Ptved. screen him, his identity T o observed to the e • 84 44 • - • of the worthy Commissioner brewers the i i loiGive teed done man beer N si , t lit stated that he had that all the tge Y liari% .'iag t hem his custom, but d on account ri °l its '4a'aised hauadsince disaPP h e i a c r h e it 4 ' 411 ' 1 ; 414e ss and he avidity with w y Y hi t , ' e you don't 1„,,r. Curemt,astemers. hi, insolvent, .1 s than t t ' ' ll to h . 'ssioner BOwEN—W ..' are not es had been 4i sti , iale Paid any body. I see there tiollhe insoeii:ers in your schedule.at a large. nine ocoall of , 111 kuien. pit ac knowledged that called brewers, t was, but , 11. to h e ,Z_Ln?' respectable body_ _ ld not tell how it always 1,,11i0ue„,1`,(3 ind'ebted. H e could he had sold, was. r he his C i ted f j " had received for the bee , a __ of paying rew or some h se than tn " n ers eot er purpo k r (.% %,,,,, . . i'l 4 ...rnissioner 13owEN—Why,- ' l • 4 e l 'i Yo r ,, e 14 , 1 lir schedule. 01,447.4 c):l,.ellt was ultimately discharged. y half the brewers in residing atl.,,,Milinr".. Otoro:111.196orough, a brewer, lately _ supported '•T of % ry ° a PPlied f 1 • discharge , was the questions _ Man che as e or his answer to ili4,,otti,; .The insolvent in and had been a bankrupt,. A few ii,ikst 'Zsioner, stated that he adjourned sine die. anxious to Vafts'rruation had been being e b went t,'„ho w e_ ar,rival from Manchester , good town, the. man_ eater N j7o2cere going on th i e n that arrival of oneby of the guard, t:t:r s ette g he n s ace to witness was pounced upon 4soit:h°l he ow' swdb9enilleand immediately arrested. :'kyk kr, -.1'14(1e a mos-tla.me story, and that as he had come 4,oaanuissioner Bowvil observed, uld advise him e 't ifu l ala his principal creditors, he would im out of priso . , ill 'resti f • d h ar d t o let n mu st be cti, e eo,. rien ,tegu . , The petition roissed. mil would not assist him. Sti r , Y. "kty DA ADJOURNED SESSIONS-THIS Ister‘.- 1311efo _ _ __ nisi __ Chairman. Healey. -,we r e R. HEDGER, Esq., t- , John Botany ‘e,Arose ~e4alon was indicted for assaulting called Itli',.,4lll4i'lk,'s garden adjoined another a placena____Le in o __ e_ 1 11 ,.,• , e r of the °Linsey, which, like celebrated h d for the good d b 16th R,leur o't. vforld was not cetlee h morning . ; of garden, I,,pl':_t,!lik,llit_ , einhabitants. On were in who the the mat ttr, i . 0:4 ard his children , went to see what was . d throwing sty he f",lnd when be annoying them, an and be was k:N s t and th eill 'u e gisoner with .'b cowardice, tliQl4''veY, but e remons e , e , him wit _ v . d iolently , 1 , ,. a woman reproahn a returned an d with lk,i mus ed4l ll so mu c h, that instrument loade 'II bed PaTs,,ecutor with an th,, - ,, qe j 4 ii,lte preserver. he was sentenced to t e too l Z f° preserver. hlm guilty, and of Correction. 1,.°4414,• :.hard labou r in the House two Irish labourers, 11„ t '' ud• '444 Michael Delaney, the beadle t 1.4, ,Icted i • T hn Chesney, ~ his duty as to °ese ford assaulting do tion ot 414,11)1 elan.* while in the execu l'i, 0. Atl 't Ares A the 31st of 4,1 at, beeutor deposed that on Sun-ay, ~ . when h rch-Yar°' w ON, jrish e was on duty in the c u, , upwards of o " tii funeral • d attended uP,AC 14i,sti4redarrive , whom were drunk. Vicar, he Ict i e l to the Persons, many of . ed from the nothers, ',,qlez, he vor.d,ers he had rec a e n i d v half a dozen instantly ii14141,,e atte,,_,..tn,e mourners , A row very s busy p, 'IN : " P t e . a to shut the gate.. l) 4 ass "4 which th e two prisoners were upon thebreast. qlkie alilt ed 1„ : . " 11.1 . Wallis struck him the ire of the ti.ril44 4al so stru him, and increased in Irish. strist him, by speakino• something timehe. t ito -' ,l ll a tl e Wa s going on in tfi'e church at t corrobo -q th 4, anoth beadle,and a policeman, y e k„,_ er th 4". u,eelitor's evidence. Jury that told the was no t the for the defendants, that Chesney the acti,„ °‘ the slightest pretext for saying be obeying cio- ordetZ:)l; a constable at the time ; mighthe but be 01 • toj 4onhted the Vicar and acting as beadle, the friends or 4 ) , wer a a ''',le right of any one to shut out its last rest li,' reface at,,nody which was being carried to would at once I**,ijeacitidoc(l, ‘.e trusted that such an . orde people had strong , it scrod Ilp on T° /' they all knew the Irish . unlawful was not u IN' k ' at l east suc h Point s ; and if it even with national ikli, very Impolitic to interfere The 11 PY es which •. harmless.show t6 soul s ,in that instance were, hi s own ilit, th e see teat the prosecutor was, °Y- upon self aggressor i d brought besides, tiler tbe tr tithe the first instance, an received ; elit o i ha much eatment h 0 subsequently rec the prisonersone itut,t.htive str,,, r nora for doubt wheth r e e r striking at , 1 ; 11 4 vv,ts easq__K, him ;where so many we t ile ! .14ry found I° make a mistake. • • of joy to the j Ilh''.'4)ri ers • „ . 11 nd a verdict of Not Guilty, krijotlLs Nshe"dleertusifriends, were ,%a, of the Sessions, and they , "ld till thel3tuhsoet siNveinber, at Kingston. , k - ‘.'tlatti‘srpritset, we her, is or7IoOri;;;- plying the ex am F s l of pure „ ITeeiili4l),°afeistlarylehone with p upp Y " an inexhaustible e 'source. 1 ; 1 41, 4 11 , 0 c i i 1 A I. 1 1, \VEIT Water_ from , pn ep hpublic have heard ilile,.k:ri'wthe conduct of JoT la i nSc s o;t in the parish of St. Jame 5,11,4,44 1ia5,,,,1• Th e in uiry i titu'ted by the Board 0 , falca lit''' (a 1,,•" 4 fas it 1,1 ns 1 A h discovery of de has e h -di as gone, Le, to t e 11,0001. An offer . tu t 1,042ta1e r te ;IN to the exte n t of 000_. / "to blot it co t t ver , . 7 vii card to .pay the sum of 6 (1. , honesty that be kaki 4 Public II W ith that in dependence an fused the pro -1,004,and r e „ o , oard, they have indignantly re not less than Ag o .,' for -_:ved.that they would offer a sum Onehundred oft gas 1,43 iQut.aiiiing• the ends of justice. • o f the Ne 'readYbeen offered for the apprehension 1 10 5. a bove r e d o ub ItalY• te r 0 ' , b p re' lie pru„, lie ` c " , fo r , to, 9 de , to °r°' thi S lII ' 0 1 a cOrit, no 111 ,011' be ], s l a ter , t h of t t o e btlw" c i ,C v ot re. lo os ,r o reil u At • t o civen d rittepf 1; t yo 'eti t 6 be ' ;en ora l ge p at kic h " t r 't pa o _ J i ter' ups f th e y 0 t trig clv 5t.0- " ine pt ;bel l tti .1 JO P 0 0 ' p italis ts sj rii' c)ek , t. -TOO nio ber enl ig 10 ° :' into COW"C l botit are The st. . a fe te within ti c` Ts, d ole 0' ;ct 0 DE LA kACEY. Two Vols. London, Effingham Wilson. 1834 The volumes before us partake, in no small degree, of the usual faults of youth and inexperience—imma ture conception of character—flagrant improbability of incident—redundancy of description—and , frequent mawkishness of sentiment. Like most young writers, Mr. Lomas—for we take for granted he is very, very young, if not, we have no hopes of him—does not consult his own heart, but trusts rather to his recol lections, for success in his more impassioned scenes. There is nothing of the creative faculty about him ; his style, and even his sentiments are for the most part imita tive; and his great prototype is Mr. Bulwer, to whom, we perceive, he has addressed his " Tale of Real Life," in a dedication which we can by no means make out, further than that it represents the Author of Pelham as one of those astounding individuals to whom all men at first sight must, perforce, feel themselves at tracted " by invisible sympathies, and this, too, before the mind has had time or opportunity to weigh their merits in the balance of their own judgment!"—From the amazing, heart-felt awe with which Mr. Lomas makes one of his characters speak of those who possess money, we should incline to the belief that he was born north of the Tweed. Thus, when a lawyer at an inn at Havre-de-Grace winds up his conversation with the waiter by saying, " Here's sixpence for you," the man, we are told, hurries down in a paroxysm of min gled reverence and astonishment to the landlady, ex horting her to " make much of the gentleman in the private room, as he seemed to care very little for that vastly precious article, money." It is un questionably a very ultra-Tweed inference, that because a man gives away sixpence, he must care little or nothing about " filthy lucre ! " The English stage-coachman in the farce of Love, Law, and Physic, came to a far different conclusion, when on Lubin Log presenting him with the same coin, he returned it with the contemptuous remark, " only sixpence I Vy, I can afford as much as that myself." In his next work we hope to see Mr. Lomas showing to better advantage than in the present ; but in order to do so, he must learn to think, and describe, and create for himself. To draw character from the helps afforded by books, instead of from nature, is ever to draw feebly and erroneously. We have spoken somewhat sternly of the defects of the volume before us ; it is fit, therefore, we speak of its redeeming . points. It has occasionally much poetic beauty of de scription, as in the sketch of the village of St. Adresse, and one or two pleasing specimens of versifi cation, the best of which is the " Missionary's Song over the Dead Body of a Converted Indian." THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1834 -,•• ----- D Y.) krrice a for S t. 0 the LYra' 1 breezes.-- ;• i uilay antea Vlli,,' . i • r ool Erick , Lth f°llsla- oblin, from from St. James and Smith, from bburn, from [egoue, from fro m Cbcs. ior d cs ca s.f cut aw op the 1, was sarhri • geeo, vound to ble , or an d °k i lt° till, put I TO me dal. ray.,, • , bu rg , 0 f Ø o prit ' ,gen . - tt ifi te Itit S 4 10 Gron' - 10 Lierlyo; \` 8t• „ Tar o ! Too .sbingL bu r > Ol. J o Que bec; , •-• Qtle G,O Ol e n d; ' C I9 ck °st e 5 ; Alg le t o .., s on, Ocli e d; F o l, s si e cef , c ket, sus' o porla , f ifortd Lo g ; Lot ,eroce It off 0 7th 5 0 ' 19 Nei the 3 a [iia 3 'O r' Heal' ) , 2 50' ,dc, the iver' j 5 an d theß A s m orniloy'' n a that t lo v er firo , to-c lB ' rc" ar'ic fi t! .••••-• O ld ott° t o l int , Y Ole Per' 04 P sr. ;87, 69 :;' 89, 79 ; A 0 9 ., 7P 4b 13A'' 13 , e 1 KILCOCK HORSE FAIR. When we consider the high estimation in which our Irish horses are held in England, we sincerely desire to see addi tional facilities to the free traffic in that kind of stock be tween the two countries—the more so, as our agricultural produce is now at so unremunerating a price. The large tracts of Yorkshire devoted to the breeding of horses pay higher rents than any other districts of the north of Eng land, and many of the horses bred there are sold in Lon don as Irish horses, and bring higher prices than if sup posed to be English. We, therefore, anticipate much be nefit to this country from the establishment of a fair, to which the English dealers can resort without the loss of time and other inconveniences of which they complain in at tending fairs at a great distance from our metropolis. We are much gratified to find that the supply of horses was good in this new fair, and, above all, that the quality, par cularly of the young stock, was very superior. In an effort to establish a new fair it rarely happens that at the com mencement both supply and demand are obtained.• Buyers in general wait until they ascertain the prospect of supply before they come forward to furnish the demand ; and we doubt not that they will now feel confident that their pre sence is only necessary to render the next annual fair at Kil cock a most important benefit to themselves and their coun try. Several colts belonging to the noted studs of Mr. Nugent, Mr. White, of Monasteroras ; Mr. Colgan, Mr. Neale, Mr. Kearney, &c., formed as fine an assemblage of large and well-shaped young stock as could be found in Ballina sloe fair. We, however, would suggest that it would be more judicious to confine a new horse-fair to a single day. In this instance, many horses came in the second day which were not on the first day, and those would have much added to the supply on that day had the fair been so li mited. We also would suggest that every means should be hereafter used to induce the sellers to bring in their stock as early in the day as is usual in the great established horse fairs—the practice in the county of Kildare being to begin the horse fair long after the cattle fair. We have reason to know that some buyers left the fair at ten o'clock, supposing that no others than horses then exhibited for sale would be found there ; whereas it was not till after eleven o'clock the greatest part arrived. The defects are, how ever, of easy remedy ; and, on the whole, we entertain no fears that the next fair will fall short of the very sanguine expectations we have formed of its success. The cattle fair was well attended, and several lots were sold there at fair prices.—Dublin Evening Packet. The Board of Public Works are about to advance, upon security, another loan of 3,0001. for the projected canal from Lough Corrib, county Galway, to the sea, WINDSOR, OCT. 28. Their Majesties did not visit Bushy-park, yesterday, as was expected. The King took his accustomed drive, accompanied by Sir William Fremantle ; but the Queen did not leave the Castle during the day. Lady and Miss Gore, and the Rev. D. F. Markham and Mrs. Markham, had the honour of dining at the Royal table yesterday evening. Madlle D'Este, accompanied the King in his drive this afternoon. Owing to slight indisposition, arising from a cold, the Queen has not left the Castle during the last two days. Her Majesty is, however, expected to accompany the King to town to-morrow. . On Saturday next the Court will depart for Brighton, to the great regret of the inhabitants of this town and neighbour hood. The Princess Augusta will also leave Frogmore Lodge for the Royal Pavilion, where their Majesties have invited her to spend the winter. COURT CIRCULAR. The Lords of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council will hold a meeting at four o'clock this afternoon, in the Council Chamber, to resume the examinations of witnesses in to matter of the late fire at the Houses of Lords and Corn- Summonses were issued yesterday to the Privy Coun cillors to attend the meeting. Viscount Duncannon has arrived in town from Ireland. His Lordship visited Viscount Melbourne yesterday, at the Treasury. Monsieur de Hummelaur, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Lord Steward of his Majesty's Household, the Earl of Mulgrave, and the Hon. William Bathurst, Clerk of the Privy Council, had interviews yesteiday with Viscount Melbourne. mons. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. James Foster, Esq., and Mrs. Foster, at Marshall Thomp son's Hotel, Cavendish-square ; Reynolds Solly, Esq., Mrs. Solly, and family, at ditto ; Madame de Bosset, at ditto. DEPARTURES. The Marchioness and the Ladies Cornwallis, on a visit to Lord and Lady Jemima Elliott, at Port Elliot, Cornwall; Sir George and Lady Grey, from Eaton-square, for Brighton ; H. Lambton, Esq., M.P., from Dover-street, on a tour ; Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Macfarlane, for Brighton; Vice-Admiral Sir Graham and Lady Moore, for ditto ; Sir Thomas and Lady Sheppard, for ditto ; Sir William and Lady Fremantle, from Stanhope-street, for ditto ; Rear-Admiral Sir Courtenay Boyle, for Bath ; Lady Augusta and Miss Cotton, from Cadogan-place, for Plymouth ; Lady Dungar von and family, from Henley-upon-Thames, on a visit; Lord and Lady Torrington, for Bath ; Lady Robert Seymour, for ditto ; Admiral Fitzgerald, for ditto ; Lady Bateman, for ditto. The Duke of Northumberland is perfectly restored to health after his long illness ; and we also hear that it is the intention of the Duke and Duchess to return to town imme diately after Christmas. The Princess of Beira, with the family of Don Carlos, has removed from Hanover-square to the Marquis of Sligo's, in Mansfield-street, Portland-place, for the purpose of being nearer to the gardens of Park-crescent. The Duke of Devonshire's mansion in Kemp town-crescent is ordered to be prepared for his reception by the 15th of November. His Grace will pass his Christmas there. The Marquis and Marchioness of Bristol and the La dies Hervey are also expected next month at their Kemptown residence, from their seat, Ickworth Park, Suffolk. Lord and Lady Suffield and family have left Vernun House, Park-place, to pass the winter at Brussels, wheie his Lordship has taken the spacious Hotel of the Prince de Chimoi. Lord S. was the Nobleman blunderingly styled by the Brussels papers Marquis of Stafford, Ex-Viceroy of Ire land. The report of the contemplated marriage of his Lord ship's son, the Hon. Edward Harbord, with the Hon. Miss Gardner, is not likely to take place for the present. Lord John Russell is expected to return to his re sidence at Whitehall, to-morrow, from a visiting tour to Howick Hall, Chatsworth, and Lord Carlisle's seat of Castle Howard, in Yorkshire. Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland, K.C.8., returned from Scotland on Tuesday, and immediately resumed his duties as Admiral Superintendent.—Hampshire Telegraph. The Parliamentary costs of passing the Act for the Southampton Railway, appear, by a published account, to have amounted to nearly 20,0001. We understand that the arrangements in which so many workmen are busily employed in fitting up the old Houses, are but for a temporary purpose, as immediately after the Lords and Commons assemble they will adjourn to more convenient places of meeting. One of the Paris Papers makes the following re mark on the destruction of the two Houses of Parliament,-- " Apres tout ce qu'il a fait, it ne fallut rien moins que l'in cendie du Parlement reformiste, pour le faire rougir ADVANTAGES OF THE WYRE AS A HARBOUR. —The project of a railway from Preston to the mouth of the Wyre and improvement of that harbour being now undergoing discussion, it may not be deemed unworthy of remark, as a proof of one of the advantages which the harbour possesses in regard to facility of ingress over many others of great com mercial importance, that on Wednesday, the 15th inst. a large outward-bound brig ran completely into the harbour for shelter at four hours' ebb, without anything to direct her course up the Channel, except the present very imperfect marks, viz., a staff or perch, and buoy, the former of which is only a few hundred yards distant from, and the latter at the entrance of the harbour itself. It may also be observed, that whenever the wind is adverse or unfavourable for entering the Wyre there is the equally safe and commodious harbour of Peel, al most directly to leeward, lying about ten miles N. W. of the mouth of the Wyre, which is accessible at all times of the tide, and to which vessels inward-bound can repair for shelter, and there remain in security until a favourable breeze springs up for bringing them across the Bay, instead of being obliged to incur the labour and risk in stormy weather of lying-to or put ting to sea again, from which so many unfortunate casualties occur to vessels that have been within a few miles of their destination.—Preston Pilot, Oct. 25. The arrangement of the collection of Parliamentary records and other national works presented by the House of Lords to the Chamber of Peers has just been completed at the Palace of the Luxembourg, by Mr. Leary, librarian to their Lordships. Nothing, we understand, can exceed• the gratification expressed by the Duke de Cazes and the other authorities of the Chamber, at this really splendid commence ment of an interchange so truly national. The value of the gift may be said to be accidentally enhanced by the danger which the original, unique, and valuable collection has just so fortunately escaped from the' fire in London. We are con cerned to learn, however, that the prudence of Mr. L., which contributed to its preservation by the removal of the entire collection from the library to the Committee-rooms (in con sequence of workmen being employed in repairs) a day or two previous to his leaving London, for Paris, has not terminated so favourably with regard to his private property. It appears that his apartments in the House of Lords have been in the confusion totally ransacked ; and that in plate, furniture, &c., 4,5001. would not replace his loss ; it is quite true, as before mentioned, that his agent, who had strict injunctions to renew the coming payment on his insurance in September, which had been for some years so effected through him, neglected to do so ; the sum directed was, however, for 1,0001., not 6001., as stated. These untoward events, have not, however, pre vented him from completing his duty in Paris most satisfac torily ; and the recent arrival of the Marquis of Lansdowne, one of their Lordships' Library Committee, has enabled him to conclude the interesting arrangements between the two Houses in a manner the most gratifying.—Galignani's Mes. A mode of doing business which has recently grown into use among the London bankers is supposed to diminish materially the amount of bank-notes in circulation, and to les sen consequently the danger to which the Bank of England is exposed in the event of any run upon it. The practice alluded to is this :—Most of the bankers at the west end of the town li ive agencies among the city banking-houses, and the bankers of both districts, or at least the major part of them, have ac counts with the Bank of England. Thus a party having a large sum, for example, to receive at Coutts's, which he means to invest or to pay away in the city, has the offer, which is generally accepted as more secure, of a cheek on the city agent instead of bank-notes, which check after all is passed pro bibly to some other account at the Bank of England, and the whole series of transactions takes place without any actual in terchange, properly speaking, of money. Immense sums are now daily passed from one hand to another in this way ; the private banker is released from all necessity of keepinga large supply of money in the house, and business transacted, which is its great recommendation, is placed altogetller beyond the reach of fraud or accident. This serves to explain also the prodigious deposits which by the late official returns appear to have accumulated in the Bank, on the strength of which, and in their confidence in the continuance of the system, the Direc tors venture to keep so large a general circulation of Bank paper afloat. If this confidence should be miscalculated, and many persons are of opinion that it is, the consequences to them selves may become at some future period very serious icdeed. Windsor Fair commenced on Friday under the most favourable auspices. A skirmish took place in the Acre be tween the Eton boys and the pig -drivers, in consequence of the Etonians playing some pranks with the pigs, in which the boys were worsted, the drivers giving them a sound thrashing with their whips, and clearing the Acre of their presence. With the exception of the above the fair passed - off very peace ably. The fair was the largest known for several years. — Windsor Express. A striking illustration of the facilities afforded for the transaction of commercial affairs by the present accelerated modes of conveyance is presented in the following facts : One day last week a gentleman of Bradford set out from his house at five o'clock in the morning, for the purpose of transacting some business at Hull. He went by coach to Leeds, a distance of ten miles ; from Leeds to Selby by the railway, a distance of twenty miles ' • thence to Hull by the s t eam -packet, fifty-seven miles. At Hull he executed the busi ness on account of which he set out, and left Hull by the mail for York, where he arrived in the evening, a distance of forty miles ; thence he proceeded home to Bradford, by the mail, thirty-four miles further, and arrived in his own house again soon after midnight, having performed a journey of 161 miles in one day, besides the time occupied in stoppages and business.—Leeds Intelligencer. FRENCH PARLIAMENTARY STATISTICS. The Revue des deux Mondes contains an interest ing article on French Parliamentary Statistics, by a Peer of France, from which we extract the following relative to the Chamber of Peers : LEGITIMATIST PARTY.-1 div id e, says the wri ter, this party into two shades : that which aims di rectly at the principle of the Government, attacks it in its source, and denies the legality of its origin ; in a word, the faction that is personified in the chamber by Messrs. de Breze, de Noailles, and Dubouchage ; af terwards, that which may be styled Conservative-Tory, and which attack things and not men. This party I have endeavoured to portray in the persons of Messrs. Mounier and Count Roy. Viscount de Dreux-Breze is still a young man ; I imagine he belongs to that philosophical sect—that mysterious and religious party which had an eloquent interpreter in the former journal, L' .Avenir. But M. de Breze, who is devoted to the royal exiles of Prague, knows very well that it is not by theories that results are obtained : he therefore attached himself to posi tive opinions, to the discussion of material interests ; and thence his fixed idea as to the invariable points on which his parliamentary opposition rests, namely, electoral and financial reform. The grand defect of M. de Dreux Breze is not to bear sufficiently in mind the nature of the assembly before which he is speaking ; this produces that impetuosity of manner, and that abrupt way of entering upon questions, which is not in -harmony with the spirit of the House of Peers. By falling in a little with the temperament of his colleagues, his sympathies_ would be more re sponded to by others ; but loud tones and forcible expressions are displeasing to those worn-out patricians. M. de Breze's aim, and the devotedness of his family to the elder branch, are also well known ; and this is another reason why his opinions meet with so little support. Although he is gifted with very remarkable talent, and is a powerful logician, M. de Breze has nothing in his voice or manner that bespeaks the orator. Sometimes his utterance is embarrassed, and at others he speaks with too much volubility. The theory of reform, which is brilliant and popular before the Chamber of Deputies, is so repugnant to the feelings of most of the members of the Chamber of Peers, that, its supporter in that House has no possible chance of success. M. de Breze speaks too often ; he wears himself out, and it is impossible not to commit faults when an individual is every day on the bleach to de fend a system or an opinion. M. Royer Collard, who acquired the highest reputation under the restoration for eloquence and political probity, only spoke upon important occasions, and when the vital interests of the overnment were concerned. The Duke de Noailles has a milder, more persuasive manner of addressing the assembly ; consequently he is listened to with more attention. The family of the Noailles, like all the high families of the monarchy, has always heen divided into shades, corresponding to the different opinions by which society is governed. Under every regime there has been a Noailles in every party—during the revolution, under the empire, the restoration, and in the Tuileries of Louis Philippe I Is this the tactic of great families—a species of mutual insurance ? I leave others to answer this question ; but I observe the same circumstances in the houses of Montmorency, De la Rochefocault, Mortemart, Tal leyrand, and Latour-Maubourg. The Duke de Noailles has chosen the part of fidelity to misfortune ; that path does not lead to fortune, and it is seldom fol lowed by political character ; but it is at all times ho nourable ; and when talent and a correct appreciation of facts are united with a good conscience, an orator will be listened to by a Chamber, however prejudiced it may be. The most exaggerated opinions of the Duke de Noailles, therefore, are favourably received ; for his oratory, is distinguished by that aristocratic brilliancy, and that air of high breeding which are so attractive, even with the vulgar. M. de Noailles has not spoken much ; but upon all important questions, especially that of the hereditary rights of the peerage, he produced a great effect ; and it was upon that occasion that the Legitimatist party became divided into two sections. Some of the Legitimatist Peers conceived it to be their duty to resign their seats, and to decline to take an oath which wounded their affections and their recollections. The Duke of Fitzjames, M. de Chateaubriand, &c., followed this course. This was one of the grand errors of the party ; for those peers abandoned a most valu able and powerful means of action ; and two years afterwards they presented themselves to the electoral colleges in the hope of being appointed deputies I Would the voices of Messrs. de Noailles and de Breze have remained isolated in important discussions, if 20 Legititnatist Peers -had not abandoned the upper house ? M. de Talleyrand compared the conduct of the seceders to that of men who killed themselves with the hope ?f rising again at the day 9f judgment. I am at a loss how to speak of M. Dubouchage, and his shrill and powerless voice. He is far from in spiring the , high political consideration possessed by his two colleagues. He has not been happy in all his speculations ; his name has frequently resounded in the Courts of Justice ; he was for a long time at St. been P ela g ie'and the Chamber of P eers h as f requ e n tly solicited to authorize the arrest of this Peer. These are misfortunes , no doubt ; but M. Dubouchage does notregain the consideration d ue t o hi s r a n k by real talent or high studies ; his opp os iti on cons i s t s o f a Legitimist outcry upon all matters, and to the expres sion of an ill-disguised hatred of the established order of things in France. Now, hatred is a mean, selfish sentiment, which finds no echo either in the Chamber or the country, because each word that the speaker utters bears the stamp of the motive by which it is dictated. The former career of M. Dubouchage ought to have caused him to be more reserved ; for he had grown old under the administration of M. de Villele, and had voted for the most oppressive laws of the restoration ; therefore it is with a very ill grace that he talks of liberty and universal suffrage. The pure Legitimatist opinion can never become augmented in the Chamber of Peers. Unless some decided crisis were to occur, in which a number of va cillating individuals, who have gone on with every Go vernment, but who, above all, support that of the day, might think it safe to declare themselves, the Legiti matist oppositiorf in the House of Peers will never ex- ceed ten or twelve voices. With the Tory or, Conservative party the case is dif- t ' ferent ; for it is separated from the Ministerial opinion merely by almost imperceptible shades. The part Baron Mounier has assumed is necessary to be ex plained. This Peer is a man of the restoration, although his public life commenced with the empire. He was secretary—interpreter to Napoleon, and after wards, being still a young man, he became attached to the political career of the Duke of Richelieu, whom he assisted in the financial negotiations with the allies, and he followed that Statesman to the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle. The nature of M. Mounier's disposition leads him to attach himself to every regular Administration. He has talent and extensive information ; but he often looks at political questions in a confined point of view. This, perhaps, arises from an old souvenir of the post of prefect of police, which he occupied for a year or two. M. Mounier is out of humour with the present system ; but he never expresses his resentment other wise than in measured terms ; it is not in his nature to constitute himself the chief of a violent and clearly defined opposition, that attacks in all directions, in order to destroy every thing ; he seizes upon projects of law, and on measures in detail ; and if he ventures to put forth a principle, it has always reference to his recollections of the restoration, of which he has be come, as it were, the living type. He speaks well, but perhaps with too much volubility. M. Mounier is not a political character ; he would make an ad mirable Secretary of State in the common routine of a regular Government. The high financial position of .Count Roy has de termined his place in the Chamber of Peers. It is impossible that one of great landed proprietors of France should not accept any Government that will protect that property. However Count Roy does not forget his former position as Finance Minister, and his presence i n the Chamber is marked by a continual struggle agai ns t w h at h e ca ll s d es t ruc ti ve i nnova tions. Like Count St. Cricq—that grand inventor of the sys tern of prohibitions and protections, he has fixed opi nions as to the manufacturing interests. You will never get Count Roy to consent to a modification of our Customs' system : being a proprietor of large forests and of important iron-works, he has constituted himself the champion of the rights of the manufac turers against the tendency of the public mind to insist upon free trade. He has quite a mania for accumu lating landed property, and he adds a thousand acres every year to his forests, which already cover portions of several departments. M. Roy is extremely clear on financial points, but he confines himself to the circum scribed ground of duties, the manufacturing and com mercial balance, and is an enemy to every theory that goes beyond what is already ascertained. He never suffers his regrets for the fall of the elder branch to appear in his speeches, but whenever an opportunity offers, he defends the financial system of the restoration as being his own work. Thus far our notice has been confined to the chiefs of the two shades of which the Legitimawist party in the Chamber of Peers is composed ; the one hostile to the principle of the Government ; the other, on the con trary, being willing to establish a government, withqut any personal or elusive attachment to any particular dynasty. In order to render this more completely un derstood, let us seek for a point of comparison in the Chamber of Deputies, which is a political assembly where men and opinions are more clearly defined. By the side of M. Berryer, in that Chamber, a shade of opinion has been formed, the representatives of which refuse entirely to associate themselves with his hostile votes, and who desire, above all, to consoli date a Government of some kind, reserving for a future period the question of disputing as to the chief to be called to preside over it. There is a perfect under standing between this portion of both Chambers. There is another party in the Chamber of Peers which imitates the Tiers-Parti Dupin. We shall give here after some details respecting this party. AMATEUR MUSICAL FESTIVAL. The public were last night admitted to what may be called the first rehearsal of some portion of the performances which are to take place on Thursday and the successive da3s at Exe ter-hall. The first grand rehearsal, as it is called, will be to night, on which occasion the solo parts, &c., which were not rehearsed last night, will be performed. What took place last night may, however, convey a tolerably accurate notion of what is to be done to-morrow, although the merit of the de tails cannot of course be estimated by it. The public were admitted a little before seven o'clock, and shortly after that hour the whole of the room, which contains seats for upwards of two thousand persons, was completely crowded. The or chestra consists of nearly seven hundred vocal and instrumen tal performers. Generally speaking, the performers were fully competent to their respective parts, although, as may be sup posed in so large a number, there were several whose services might be replaced by better substitutes, and several who might be dispensed with altogether. Nevertheless, considering that this was the first rehearsal, the performance was with little qualification of praise most excellent. The effect of the cho russes was grand and impressive ; and the united efforts of so many voices and instruments, were perhaps never surpassed, if we except the performances in Westminster Abbey, and per haps at Birmingham, on any previous occasion. The " Hal lalujah," the selections from the " Creation," from " Israel in Egypt," the " Pastoral" chorus, and the " Benedictus " with which the whole performance was concluded, were all given in a style of grandeur and magnificence of which it is difficult to form an adequate notion without having been pre sent. The highest credit is due to the industry and exertions of those by whom these concerts have been got up, and the public will no doubt encourage their exertions by their atten dance. We are not aware that there is anything to be said as d drawback upon the excellence of what we heard last night, which could have been avoided. We may, however, observe, that the flatness of the roof of the room in which the festival is to be held, appears to cause an abruptness of reverberation to the sounds, which the expansion of an arched ceiling would have mellowed into more perfect harmony. SOCIETY OF BRITISH MUSICIANS. FIRST CONCERT. The first Meeting of this Society, which is expressly de voted to the encouragement of British composers and British talent, took place on Monday evening at the Ha nover-square Rooms. The objects of this society are to bring before the public the instrumental writings of those aspirants after professional distinction, who from the exclu sive system pursued 'at the Philharmonic Concert, would, in many instances, have otherwise remained in undeserved obscurity. The concert opened with a new symphony, by Mr. ' Macfarren, one of the professors for harmony and compo sition in the Royal Academy of Music. The symphony is in F minor, and is a composition of considerable merit, displaying a mind well acquainted with the with the writings of Beethoven, Sphor, and Weber. Without any appear ance of plagiarism, in the first movement, there was much which reminded us of the first of these composers. The nzotivos were well chosen, elegant in their structure, and happily dove-tailed together. The modulations, often new, were judiciously introduced, and although in many cases unexpected, were yet not far-fetched nor over-strained. The second movement in Cis not equal to the first. There is more apparent labour, with an evident attempt to get through difficulties ; nor can it boast of the originality and freedom of the movement which preceded it. Sphor ap pears in many passages, and the trio in G from this mas ter's opera of " Azor and Zemira" was brought to memory throughout the movement. The minuet and trio in A flat is a delightful nzorceau. A joyous melody runs through out, and the whole is written with great freedom and ele gance. The passages for four corni are well imagined, and very effective in the hands of good performers. The last movement pleased us as little as any, and in the fugue the modulations were too frequent, and at times even baroque. As a whole Mr. Macfarren's composition deserves great commendation, and is infinitely beyond anything we have yet seen from Tenterdcn Street and its vicinity. It wanted further rehearsal, and many of the best points failed, owing to a deficiency in that respect. The overtures of Mr. Tinney and Mr. W. L. Phillips were well received, arid deservedly obtained the approbation of the audience. Mr. Tinney writes with much apparent ease, and has adopted the light style of the Italian school. His composition, therefore, appeared to be better under stood by the performers, and was, in consequence, better executed. Mr. Calkin's symphony in E flat, although not novel in its character, evinces a mind stored with the good old school of Haydn and Mozart. This gentleman's use of the wind band is not very judicious ; and the passages given to the bassoon were in many instances bordering on the ludicrous. It was insufferably long, and on that account tedious. Mr. Lucas's concerto for the violincello was admirably executed ; but he should take care and provide himself with a better instrument. The tone was thin and hard, and such as gave us no pleasure to listen to. As a composition, the concerto has little to recommend it. We presume the Directors mean to rely upon the instru mental performances of this Concert as its chief attraction with the public ; indeed, the exhibition of the vocal talent, Monday evening, was not very seductive. We never heard " God save the King" performed before in the Hanover-square Rooms in the manner it was that night ; and, we are sorry to say, not much worse sung anywhere. Mr. Tinney's scena, " 'Tis dark oppression's hour," is too long, and too difficult in execution, to receive justice from the singer to whom it was assigned. We liked the point at the words, " Lashed by the Ocean's angered pride," which was well conceived, and cleverly instrumentated. Miss Bruce sang a song from " Belshazzar's Feast," by Guisbach, which, like Mr. Chubb's song, was neither very new nor very clever. What could Mr. Stretton be about, in undertaking to sing the strange medley performed under the name of Holmes ? The music was about equal to the poetry, and neither deserved a place in the Concert of that evening. Mr. Calkin's glee wanders too much. in the chromatic to prove effective. In summing up this notice of the first Concert of this infant Society, we must hint the propriety of a rigid attention to the merit of the composi tions before they are admitted ; and, when selected, that they have a more perfect rehearsal. The orchestral per formers were evidently strangers to each other, and the wind and brass band, chiefly selected from the military, blew out their parts as if they were in the Palace-yard, rather than in the King's Concert Rooms. By a little attention this defect can be easily remedied, and we hope, for the honour of the Art, this Society will not lack encou ragement. The rooms were well filled, and we understand that there are upwards of six hundred subscribers. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.--011. Saturday as a shandry cart, containing Mr. John Thompson, of Stalmine ; a youth, his son ; Mrs. Wilkinson, his mother-in-law ; and a young woman named Webster, of Liverpool, who was on a visit to Mr. \V., was returning from Lancaster cheese fair to Aston-with-Stodday, they passed a cart on descending the hill at Conder-green, at a rapid rate, belonging to William Cook son, a neighbour. A race ensued, and the off-wheel of the cart went with overpowering effect against the other vehicle, and upset it with tremendous force. The whole of the persons in it were flung to the ground ; the young woman, Webster, it is supposed, must have fallen on her bead, for she was killed on the spot ; Thompson had one arm broken, and was otherwise injured ; Mrs. Wilkinson's shoulder was dislocated, and also otherwise much hurt ; and the youth has received a severe injury to his leg and thigh. An inquest was held on the following day by John Gardner, Esq., Coroner, and a ver dict of " Manslaughter" was retnrned against Cookson, the driver of the cart, and he was committed by the Coroner to Lancaster Castle.—Liverpool SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS The situation of the future Governor of South Australia, with respect to the body of colonists, is widely different from that" of the Commissioners. We explained yesterday that the office of the Commission ers is purely ministerial. Not one of them, probably, will have any individual interest in the prosperity of the colony : their duties are clearly marked out by the Act of Parliament. But it is far otherwise with the Governor, and with some of the colonial officers. Col. Napier, we are happy to hear, intends to be a colonist, as well as aleader of colonists. He will not be one of those " strangers" who, in our present colonies, govern for a few years for the sake of the salary, and then re turn to England, making room for other " strangers," who, like their predecessors, can never really sympathize with the inhabitants. It was not so with the men who led in the founding of Virginia and Pennsylvania. Lord Delawarr and William Penn embarked their all in the undertakings which were placed under their guidance : they left England not merely to govern, but to settle. Such, it is said, is the intention of Colonel Napier. He will, then, be one of the colonists. He is so now ; for, be it remembered, that a body of peo ple about to settle in a distant place are quite as much a colony as after their arrival in the new country. The preparations for their departure and settlement require as much skill, care, and judgment, as any proceedings in the colony. Nay, the latter will be successful, in proportion as the former have been wisely planned and ably conducted. Ever since we lost the thirteen great English colonies in America, and thereupon established a colonial office for the management of conquered provinces, the work of founding colonies has been shamefully mismanaged, without forethought, order, or indeed preparation of any kind, that deserves the name ; a mere scramble, often ruinous to indi viduals, and always disgraceful to the colonizing Government. This is to be a new case, or rather a return to the old system. In preparing an expedition of settlers, it is most desirable that the future Go vernor of the place should be the leader of the people before their departure. He will be so with effect only when his interests are the same as theirs ; and here we see the difference between the Commissioners and a Governor who intends to be a settler. The distinction is important, since it fixes upon each party the true nature and the right degree of the responsibility which each ought to bear. Colonel Napier has been called " a remarkable member of a remarkable family." This colony may now be considered as his, and if he should manage, as there is good reason to expect he will, his fame will be grEater than that of the inventor of loga rithms, of the historian of the Peninsular war, or of the gallant and skilful sailor to whom Portugal owes a prospect of regeneration.—Morn ng Chronicle. - We believe there cannot. be now two opinions with respect to the origin of the fire which destroyed the two Houses of Parliament. Yet, strange to say, the Herald would seem still to insinuate that the fire was the work of an incendiary. "It is curious enough (says our contemporary) to observe how anxious the Government papers are to make the public believe that the fire was purely accidental—that the fire originated in accident ; but we want to see the proofs." After the evidence of Mr. Snell, iron monger, of Tiverton, copied by our contemporary from our columns, we should have imagined the accidental origin of the fire could not be doubted. Mr . Snell and Mr. John Shuter (who accompanied him) were the last persons in the House of Lords. Mi. Snell's evidence, were it necessary, can be fully corroborated by Mr. Shuter ; but though Mr. Shuter was in at tendance, his evidence was not taken. But we have good ground for stating, that this is not the first, se cond, or third fire which has been occasioned by the flues being over-heated. On one occasion, some three years ago, we have it from the most credible witnesses, the flues were so over-heated, that had not the then superintendaut acted with the utmost promptitude and decision, by cutting out a piece of timber inserted in the flues, which was then on fire, the whole premises would in all probability have been soon destroyed. The evidence of Mr. Snell being genuine, and the visionary statements of Mr. Cooper being utterly discredited, it would be a pure waste of time to say another word on the subject.—Morning chronicle. Many persons must remember the clamour which was raised against the practice of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen fixing the assize of bread from the weekly returns of the Corn Inspectors at Mark-lane. Great doubts, however, may now be entertained whether its abolition has really produced any advantage, but whe ther, on the contrary, the public has not ever since been paying, and especially at this time, a much higher and disproportionate price for this first necessary of life than they would have done had the assize continued. We are among the number of those who do not consider that " cheap bread" has done any such wbn ders for the country as its advocates prognosticated. Commodities may be too cheap, as well as too dear ; and unless the corn-grower can receive a fair remune ration for his outlay, it is not difficult to foresee what must be the effect upon those who have hitherto de pended upon his custom, whether as tradesmen or labourers, for support, and ultimately upon the land itself, from which the main sustenance of the people is derived. But the price of corn is not now the ques tion, but the disproportion which it bears to the ma nufactured article, bread. We are enemies to clamour upon all occasions ; nor is there any subject or occa sion on which it is more unjustifiable than upon that which we are now discussing. On the other hand, the practising of crying " Wolf," when no danger is at hand ; or, in other words, of resisting inquiry, and perpetuating imposition, on the ground that clamour ought not to be raised, is exceedingly convenient to certain persons, but not on that account the less re prehensible. It was to be hoped that competition would be found to furnish a sufficient check. That such, however, is not the case, is apparent from the result, and may be attributed to two causes— the one, the fact of the mealing trade throughout the kingdom being mainly in the hands of a comparatively small number of capitalists, who now fix the prices both of floor and of bread ; the other, a strong pre judice which exists in the public mind (and, like most prejudices, in all probability a groundless one) against cheap bakers, as a tribe of undersellers who enhance their profits by adulteration. In large establishments nay even in private families, much might be done by persons grinding their own coin and making their own bread. But still this would afford no redress to that large portion of the community who stand most in need of it. Under these circumstances there appear to be but two alternatives ; the one that the public should continue to submit to the evil—the other that some other remedy than what now exists should be found for its cure. In the first we trust that no acquiescence will be found ; and, looking to the other, we confess We see no method which presents itself so readily and available as a return to the assize, or, in other words, a power in competent authorities throughout the king dom to regulate the price of bread by the average price of wheat at the neighbouring market-towns. If this method existed at the present moment, the price of the quartern or four-pound loaf would, we are assured by competent judges, be Id, or 12* per cent. less than it now is ; and let it be recollected that this overcharge of 12-1,- per cent. upon bread is a much heavier and more objectionable tax than any which is raised upon t'ie people by the Government.—Morning Herald. It cannot be denied that the late attempt to foist spurious tea upon the public at the first free trade sale from Singapore has reflected but little credit on the parties ; at the same tine it must be admitted that there were some teas of a superior quality put up at the last sale ; indeed we have received a sample of Padre Powchong, which is decidedly excellent. There were not many lots of this kind of tea put up at that sale, and though delicate in flavour, we understand, it would also had an of of suit all classes. We have tasting some of the doubtful sort—a black ki n d o f Congou, in which there is mixed a leaf that does not belong to the tea genus, whilst that which the trade rejected was any thing but tea, both in a pp earance o f the leaf and tas te of the liquor. This passing of bad tea, and leaves that were not tea at all, truly exhibits t h e mischievous provisions of the China Trade Act, and the fallacy of . a fixed scale of duties, over the late ad valorem duties of 96, under 2s. per lb., and cent. per cent. at and above 2s. per lb. It has made the ignorant judges of that they understood; not but the :. ~ ..