The Sun. — London, England, 1834-09-09 00:00:00

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Mr. Secretary Rice also went yesterday to Windsor, from his residence at Petersham, having been invited to the grand entertainment given by the King. The Right Hon. Ch ar l es Grant returned to town yesterday from P ortsmouth. The Buckinghamshire, with Sir Robert Grant, the Governor of Bombay, on board, sailed from Ports mouth on Sunday night, for the East Indies. Viscount Althorp le.ft the residence of Mr. Poyntz, Cowdray Park, Sussex, yesterday, for Althorp Park, Northamptonshire. 'SENT OF PLATE TO SIR R. GRANT BY THE JEWISH COMMITTEE. The following is the answer of Sir Robert Grant to the Jewish Committee : " Gentl emen,—l have had the honour and gratification of receiving your addre ss , and the munificent present whi c h ac ,c°°Panied it ; an d I much regret that, occupied as I am with !ne urgent preparations incident to an immediate departure irobi England, and not having the absolute command even of 1t single moment, I am ill able to give expression to my feel ings on the occasion. cal"um I h ave never thought it necessary to notice the idle which imp u t e d to sor did cons id erat i ons my efforts to obtainny the establishment of your constitutional rights ; but I !ldo not pretend to be insensible to the value of the gift which, bw that my exertions have ceased, you have been pleased to _ bes tow upon me—a gift where beautiful design and splendid Workmanship are employed to record your too generous esti mation of-services which, however deficient in other merits, ! il aY, I am sure, l ay claim to those of zeal, fidelity, and dis interestedness. " The result of our united labours has not hitherto corre slionded with our hopes ; but I believe the discussion of the It Bii bieet has produced an impression on the minds of the corn- UnitY , and persuaded as I am that no system of laws can be durable which is not built on the imperishable foundations ofreason and justice, I feel no doubt of your ultimate success. r" With cordial w i s h es f or t h e early accomplishment of this ie L li t, as well as for your individual welfare, I have the honour °e, gentlemen your very faithful and obedient servant, "London, Sept. 2. ROBERT GRANT 'HE LORD CHANCELLOR'S VISIT TO ABERDEEN. t ne unde rstan d that the arrangements for receiving, and en !Mining this distinguished Nobleman in a style worthy of our e ,t,,tY, are alm ost completed. His Lordship is now at Dunrobin Castle, which he is expected to leave early on Monday, and he °!!to dine with the Earl of Kintore, at Keith Hall, on Tues rY, where, we believe, the Earl of Fife, Lord Panmure, • Bannerman, M. P., the Provost of Aberdeen, Sir John L°rbes, General Hay, &c., are invited to meet him. His Lord -8,!„P will arrive in Aberdeen early the following day. The .311Onaittee of Inhabitants here have had various meetings, 'Lod the public dinner has been fixed to take place in the Con Rooms, on Wednesd a y nex t t h e P rovost i n t h e „„" a tr• A li s t o f t h e croupiers and stewards will be seen in Cftrve advertising columns. Up war d s o f 190 di nner t i c k ets erbeen already taken out ; and, as the number is ne sarily limited to 300, we are afraid that, unless early ap- P 'cation be made, many at a distance from town will be dis- PPeointed, especially as the list will be closed on Monday at lv e 'clock, in order to permit the necessary arrangements e cl /3 , e ° °ropleted. The Procession Committee .. will make their al ar ji sh rangements on Monday evening, which will be pub cit. ed and circulated in hand-bills for the information of the his'tens. In the mean time we learn that it is expected that Ea r l Lordship, who will be accompanied from Keith-hall by the e i t ittl ,°f Kintore and his distinguished visitors, will enter the °Y the new street, through Mr. Skene of Rubislaw's pro terty at Albyn Place, where he will be received and welcomed Ua;aTo th e inh a bi tants, who will accompany him in procession Al byn Place, U n i on Pl ace , U n i on-street W est, and w eb o- street, to th e T own -h a ll . Though not definitely settled, neaye reason to believe that the different bodies forming the nession will meet in' the Court-house, and proceed from ce to Albyn-place, where they will a wa it th e arr i va l o f t h e 'aezcello--Aberdeen Herald. IRELAND. --'' n usseY Vivian arrived at Castlebar on Tuesday. • li The Recorder having fi n i s h e d t h e w h o l e o f hi s Court busi e3s, and ruled t h e b ooks, sailed for Liverpool on Wednesday eveni ng .. fa Anth ondy Lefroy, Esq., M. P., and the Hon. Mrs. Lefroy, 11 % an suite, have arrived at Seapoint House. th The Earl of Norbury has taken a house at Kingstown for Lonlainder of the season. ,s,rd Viscount Castlereagh has arrived at his shooting quarters at ‘'astle Leod, near Dingwall. "d Viscountess Boyle and suite, and Major-Ge nelilrEllis and suite, have arrived at Cork. Lockh., l-1 4 4.1 ; Palliser, Bart., accompanied by his sister, Mrs. their -- , ton enav arrived at the Royal Hotel, Kingstown, on ~ wa ngland. elderthe late Judge Jebb has left five sons and a daughter. His so,, :_ " 15 Prebend of Donoghrnore, near Limerick, and mar south dto a dau ht f General Bourke,C B Governor of New s outh g ter o C. -, bar Wales ; his second son is a lawyer at the English i s ' and his third a barrister at the Irish bar. The daughter unmarried. m Aaatv Ats AT KILKEE, COUNTY CLARE.—Lord an d L a d y E ' assaY a nd Lad : - and family, th e D owager L ady Lady Chatterton, Sir ~.. s r Walle r an d f am il y, Sir Joseph Barrington, Mr. ivir Roche,and family, Alderman Garrett and family, ti ; i nd rs. Kenny • Rev. R. Dickson and family; Rev. Mr. avfxemrth, C. . BANK OF ENGLAND. From the Lo; An AC C OUNT of the LIABILI' f GLAND, on the Average 10 the %th August, IFIU, inclusive. £28,679,000 CI LIABILITIES. 8,272,000 hsrculation ... Z%147,0(30 I Securities osite .. " *********** 15 8.4 000 Bullion .• ****************** , , lon Gazette.) PIES and ASSETS of the BANK of the Quarter, from the 3d June ASSETS. X 3 4,531,000 X 36,951,000 'OPTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERSALL'S. l attic e Was taken so freely about Plempo TUESDA t y NjarXT. ) at the corn h.-11. t'3l,o4erit I"3lsr.casrza ST. LEGER ( c0,,,_ or the betting that at the close not e a n bove y two or three t 4 to 1t o to offer 6to 5 against him. Shelalah was back 6 e t d o at ig o fr °„_,two bundred and fifty pounds ; subsequent to this lah l oityi„ e k r vu; the average price at the finish being 9to 2. W Y Ithichc, Wy. backed at 7to 1, and General Chasse at I, l4to ar at Illore than the taker in vain offered to go on ;wou ld bet no one of 20 to 1 he a n 12 to lat the close. Although a small bet w, m ade bs ,-ore t„.. a ut Bubastes, the current odds cannot l be quoted at °llt Il ing l i ng l6 ,t° l..ag ainst Mr. Powlett's colt :14 to was offered, , 6 ,t_o nest ' ag The quota . tion s on breaking up were Mr. Batson's Plenipotentiary - "" 2 t agst Duk e o f Cl eve l an d' s Shillelah 1 1 ! u to 1 - aist M r . H ese l t i ne ' s Worlaby Baylock (taken) ..agst Lord Sli g o ' s Bran (no back ers ) 1 t: 1 14 - to 1 .ag Mr. ow agst Si r J . Boswell ' s General Chags4 16 to 1 st Pow l ett's colt (no backer s ) 17 a gst Mr. Watts s Bubastes sn to 1 ayst Lord Westminster's Touchstone (ne backers) a n -u 4 1' 1 ag st Mr. R;Alsdale's Marcellina(ditto) '''' 1 agst Mr. Firandenbury's Loudon taken an CAAMPACN E STAKgS (MONDAY NEXT). to 1 2 agst Mr.. Mostyn's The Magnate, p.p. (taken). t DERBY. , -ger, ° 1 ligst Mr. Pettit's Ibrahim, by Emilius (take Y . l li is tl w th e ,.:neast er races commence on Monday next. Sill e a The 'n °n Sait c 67, lll4 e of Wellington arrived at Ap s l e y H ouse 4 W -e'ar 7 L r t" art Strathfieldsaye. ~141,, e I nforrned that a dinner will be given on Wed f-e4tit ' elt, at the Royal George Hotel, Knutsford , . by , the fir, t q 1 -4,, hie . L'erd De Tabley, to celebrate his his s re -celeafletifiativ( i country, and to the halls of his ancestors.— Lo r d %."" Coa trier. ii4lta._ iiti,d 4 ::eiti ier has left for the south. His Lordship Beep op /4` 113 ! )ard the Countess of Lonsdals . steamer at White otts li e °ll l lay evening, which was detained all night off St. _aael t i n t of the boisterous weather. In the morning the ksilg,,l Wlaitehaven harbour, when his Lordship dise . m- Iv -''PrNa ceeded on his journey by land.— CarlislePatrzot. ,;iiiy otilTinterria) Esti one of the High Sheriffs of the hatd * One-fourth share of 4,200, which turned servalltlpize 4 , of 10,000/. in the Glasgow Lottery. A maid -41%e same 'city held a sixteenth. Lord g ci ar l G nl 'ir:on after being present at the dinner to lall oti r t e h Y c ti i ti le •Is ' th, will leave Edinburgh for Brougham 4'unt the e i igth instant, where he will probably continue until ,The b i st- of next month. i rrib;, l e , v • Mr. Sherman has declined the offer made Ipit o - ep . ..' e Trustees of Surrey Chapel, of filling the vacant Is ref os --4 : lolled by the death of the Rev. Rowland Hill. S Und4 - 1 . 4 4 .I"._s'! officially communicated to the congregation il tiJL urn ing last ' 41 0 he few e- - 8 . 13-A---- The Marchiones . s . of Hastings , 4'117 Ashuri4 ;shiho:alasbltesivreeemk.aining in town visited this delight -Idgewiteerrn. fatly eott 4 Ige Castle and its domains all the poor are I )I °Yed by that excellent Lady, the Countess of 4 t. 1, 1 4 44 w...., forisYs, pl anter's of horses and carriages left town et Herifor;! ourne Hall, the sporting lodge of the Mar -1,,,,e4rn ii ‘ L :, ! , tike-.neetier,f°r- 4.(ouse, the residence of . the lamented , ~:-. 'harlotte and h k; 4 , 4 nev i . o _ , er husband at the period of her mar ts k in _ outer a course of repair and improvement. Mr. At , the banker, is the p resent possessor. 4411. 'ADD T, A lt atitg or JO EARL GREY.—A Meeting of the hi s ;A fo, thrahnouth and its neighbourhood took place on With e t t r eree nt :__Plipose of voting ; an Address to Earl Grey on th e ~r oe obj ect •lem the Ministry. Resolutions in conformity N ee etiiii tor which it was called having been agreed to, C A La gSterinillated. COntitllle t o 4 ' SDP r. 3.--The coast, b- hav e , . principal hotels here Lit ilothi great in' of strangers from the opposite li 41°111°1&1. g' l should. imagire, in comparison wi . th those -31nUally attrite '. vi t h_ere the splendid' sea-bathing establtshments 30 many fashionable visitors. There is now CLERKENWELL CHURCH RATES.—Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, the poll for and in opposition to the repairs of the churches of St. James and St. John, Cler kenwell, finally closed, when Mr. Garland, the Churchwarden, announced the state of the three days' gross poll to be as fol- . ows :- For repairing the churches 7OO Against it 335 Majority for the original motion —315 HAYMARKET THEATRE.—DiMOIId'S play of The Foundling of the Forest was revived here last night, for the purpose, doubtless, of introducing upon these boards Miss E. Phillips, of Drury-lane Theatre, in the part of Geraldine, of which she certainly succeeded in presenting a very pleasing representative. Between the acts Signor Rubini, of the King's Theatre, whom Mr. Morris has engaged for a limited period, sang " Il mio Terro" from II Don Giovanni, by Mo zart, at the end of the play Rossino's duetto of " Ricciardo the Veggo," and after the first act of Buckstone's amusing comedy of Married Life, which we are glad to see very greatly increase in attraction, he sang the celebrated Aria " Vivi Tu," from Donizetti's opera of Anna Bolena. VAUXHALL.—Yesterday being the anniversary of Majesty's Coronation, the proprietors had prepared a splendid fete for the occasion, which, notwithstanding the inauspicious state of the wheather during the early part of the day, was very numerously and respectably attended ; the company, at least, amounting to some three or four thousand persons. The amusements were in some degree, varied from those of the previous pert of the season, and a new one, called Harlequin in the Shades, an illusion, after the manner of the Ombres Chinoises, but much improved; the figures here being repre sented by living objects, was presented with good effect in the Rotunda, and evidently afforded much entertainment to the crowded assemblage. The singing, and other orchestral per formances, were highly satisfactory. TOXOPHILITES.—The last grand meeting of the Toxophilite Society of Bishop's Stortford was held for the season on Wednesday week. The contest began at twelve o'clock. At three a substantial pie nic was served in the archery tent. Rowland Alston, Esq., liberally supplied the table with the finest venison. The sports were continued until seven, when Miss Bigg, t,f Stansted Abbots, and Mr. Feake of Sheer_ ink Hall, were declared the successful competitors for the day's prizes. At nine o'clock the company re-assembled in the splendid room at the Corn Exchange, when quadrilles com menced, and were kept up to a late hour. The party broke up with regret, as they had passed one of the happiest days of their meetings. Several new members were admitted.—Herts County Press. Baron Gurney left Lancaster, at 9 o'clock on Thurs day morning, on his route to Harrowgate. His Lordship ap peared to be in good health and spirits. During the late assizes there have been no less than five judges in Lancaster—. Lord Chancellor Brougham, the highest judge in the land ; Baron Lyndhurst, the late Chancellor; Baron Gurney; Baron Bolland ; and Mr. Justice Bosanquet.—Kendal Mercury. TIIE HON. ADA BYRON.—The child of the late Lord Byron, says a correspondent, is a lovely creature, now about eighteen years of age. I saw her the other day--each side of her temples was covered with many plaits of braided fine dark brown hair, her high arched brow is a perfect model for a phrenologist ; and from what I have observed of engravings, busts, &c., very much resembles her father, the late Lord Byron. The organs of benevolence, imi tation, and ideality, (that intellectual and mental organ which breathes in every line of Byron's works,) I was enabled to per ceive were highly developed, as were also the intellectual fa culties of comparison, eventuality, locality, causality, and mirthfulness; the eye, though not very large, is peculiarly penetrating, and the countenance beamed with great expres sion and intelligence ; her stature is rather above the middle size, and her person is strongly formed; the face is round, mouth very small, and voice very sweet. —Birmingham Jour. TEMPEST IN THE EAST RIDING OF YORK— On Tuesday afternoon a tremendous tempest of thunder, lightning, rain, and hail, extended over the greatest part of the East Riding. The thunder was louder than has been re membered by the oldest inhabitants, the beds of the streams were almost instantaneously filled with water, and it is to be lamented that immense damage was done to the low lands and the corn by the extraordinary floods. —Sunderland Herald. Measures are in progress in Cornwall to erect a testimonial to the memory of the Landers, the late African travellers. STATE OF TRADE.—Some recent failures have cast a gloom over the neighbqurhood, and apprehensions, ill founded perhaps, but always afloat upon such occasions, have tended to increase the despondency. We are happy to hear that, owing to certain arrangements, the working classes will scarcely be affected by the stoppage of Messrs. Hicks, brothers, at Eastington. Our trade itself has been in a very feverish state for some weeks back, nor have we any reason to expect a more steady appearance of things from the aspect of commer cial affairs.—Gloucestershire Chronicle. It is an extraordinary fact that almost every pro vincial paper we take up coutains accounts of fruit trees, par ticularly apples, being at the present time in full blossom. We know of several in this neighbourhood, and have heard of others in different parts of the county._Stanford News. Three cases of cholera occurred at Huntingdon, all of which terminated fatally.—Stamford News. An idea may be formed of the ravages of ophthalmia in the Belgian army by the following fact :—On the Ist inst. Dr. Colson sent from the Military Hospital of Ghent, to their respective depots, nineteen men for blindness. Five were completely deprived of sight, and the fourteen others had lost the sight of one eye. The weather during the week has again been most unfavourable to the harvest ; and much grain yet remains in the fields ready for stacking. It is feared that in many places the wheats and barleys have begun to grow ; but we should think that this cannot be to any extent, as the rains have gene rally been followed by brisk winds.— Carlisle Journal. By the recent advices from the United States, it would appear that emigration from Germany to America is carried to a considerable extent ; the returns at Baltimore, during fourteen days, of emigrants arrived there from the inte rior of Germany, state the number to be 2,000. STAG HUNT AT KILLARNEY.—There was a large assemblage, comprising visitors from almost all parts of the world, at Killarney, on Monday, to witness the Stag Hunt for the season ; but some time after the hounds were laid on, and a majestic buck with full flowing antlers made his appear ance, and with a presage of affording excellent sport, the clouds became lowering, and the rain shortly after descended in torrents, which made it imperative on those in the boats, who were in great numbers on the lakes, to seek for shelter in flight, adopting the French maxim, sauce qui peut, Several strangers were consequently deprived the opportunity of wit nessing this rich treat. HURRA FOR MISS GREEN.—She delivered a Fourth of July Oration at Augusta Maine. In closing Miss Green makes the following remarks :—" If I shall have been so happy as to gain the approbation of those for whose sake I have far departed from the strict limit which ancient preju dices have too long prescribed to our sex, I shall be amply repaid for all the sneers of witlings and fools.—( Cheers.) I have been only desirous of winning the approving smile of the nobler sex for my sentiments, not for myself. And I say unto you, lords of creation, as you call yourselves, if you doubt my secerity—l proclaim it here, in the face of all Augusta, now assembled around me, and you may believe me or not, as you please—but there is not one among you, Tom, Dick, or Harry, that I would give a brass thimble to call husband' to-mor row 1 ! I "—American Paper. DOVER, SEPT. 7.—On Friday the body of James Matson Arnold, another of the unfortunate crew of the Came leon, was picked up at sea by a Deal boat, and it is not a little singular it should be found immediately opposite the residence of the relatives of the deceased at Kingsdown. A Coroner's Inquest was directly summoned, and held before Joseph Webb Filcher, Esq., Mayor and Coroner for Dover and its Liber ties, but as no evidence could be brought forward as to how the deceased came to his death, the witnesses not having re turned from the court-martial at Plymouth, the jury wished the inquiry to be adjourned, as had been the case with the in quest held at Dover, the coroner, therefore, adjourned to next Thursday. The two Government lighters, attended by three revenue cutters, the Lively, Ranger, and Experiment came into the Roads this morning, and immediately proceeded to use the means to weigh the unfortunate Cameleon, and we have just heard that they have got sufficient hold to effect their purpose next tide, when it is thought she will be towed on shore by the Gulnare, assisted probably by a steamer. The mast-head of the cutter could be distinctly seen this even ing above the water. Sailed yesterday, his Majesty's packet Ferret, for Calais. Also the Arrow placket for Ostend. Ar rived yesterday his Majesty's packet Salamander, from Ostend. Also his Majesty's packet Crusader, from Calais. Also the Britannia steam-vessel, from Calais. Also the 'Sovereign steam-vessel, from Boulogne. Also the Estafette French packet, with a mail and messenger. Sailed to-day his Ma jesty's packet Salamander, from Calais. Arrived his Majesty's packet Ferret, from Calais. Also the Wellington steam-vessel, from Boulogne. Also La Porte French packet, with the mail, from Calais. an English light coach called the Telegraph, which leaves here twice a-day for Boulogne ; the fare inside is five francs, outside four francs; coach-office in the Grande-place. There has been lately much posting from this place for the y Nether lands and Holland. Lord and Lady Howick, and Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. Coley, from Ems, in Germany ; the Duke de Stackpoole, from the Provence; and Lord F. Somerset, are among the most recent departures from Dessein's Hotel, for England. Six regiments of cavalry, cuirassiers, and chasseurs arrived at the camp of St. Omer within these few days ; they are commanded by general Dejean. The annual grand au tumnal manoeuvres commence to-morrow. The Duke of Or leans and his suite are expected to visit the encampment be fore it breaks up, and also the Minister of \Var, Marshal Ge rard, if his health should permit. Mr. Sergeant D'Oy]ey was unanimously elected Chairman of the 'Western Division of the Sussex Quarter Sessions on Friday, in place of Samuel Twyford, Esq. PAISLEY ELECTION.—We understand that Mr. Douglas, of Barloch, will again take the field for the repre sentation of Paisley, in the room of Sir Daniel Sandford. Glasgow Herald. YORKSIIIRE MUSICAL FESTIVAL.—AII doubt as to the certainty of a Festival taking place in York Minster next summer is set at rest. There have been several con ferences between the Archbishop and Dean on the subject, and every thing is satisfactorily arranged.—Leeds Intellzyencer. LITERATURE. A SKETCH OF CHINESE HISTORY. By the Rev. C. GUTZLAFF. 2 Vols. Bvo. Smith, Elder, and Co. Whoever wishes to know the exact value of fame has only to read a history like this of China. Here we have the annals of a large segment of the civilized world ; yet what to us in the West are its philosophy, its wars, its triumphs, or its defeats ? What is it to us that Kublai, the Grand Khan, was the greatest of monarchs, or that Seuen-wang, despised and forsaken by his subjects, was slain by his Tartar enemies ? The memory of Confucius is adored by an immense empire, and yet how little does Europe know, and how much less does she care, for the learned records which have led to his deification ! Mr. Gutzlaff's enlightened and laborious volumes will go far in correcting certain popular errors, which have crept in upon us we can scarcely tell how, in re gard to China, its laws, its habits, and its Constitution. Amongst many other prejudices, so old that it would be hard to trace their origin, is the common and inve terate notion that, from its state of pure despotism, China is less liable to crimes and revolutions than those countries where, the power of the monarch being less absolute, there is more room for the passion of individuals to display itself. So far from this being the case, no country has been more convulsed by re bellions within, or endangered by attacks from with out, than the Celestial Empire. The Mohammedan rulers of Constantinople, from Bajazet downwards, have not held their sceptres by a more uncertain tenure; and for one Turkish Emperor that has perished by the hands of rebellious janissaries, three or four heads of Sungs and Mings have fallen in family feuds, or by the open violence of discontented subjects. In read ing through the annals of the various dynasties, it is the exception, not the rule, when we find an Empe ror dying peacefully on the throne of his ancestors. To say nothing of the defection of tributary princes, the country has been overrun by successive swarms of Mongols and Tartars, the first of which have long since melted into the general mass, and the latter are rapidly losing their national characteristics by the same process. The following specimen of the civilized state of the Celestial Empire, will hardly be matched by the greatest atrocities of our feudal times : " A robber, Chang-been-chung, had pillaged Hoo-kwang, routed the Government forces, and taken possession of Sze chuen, where he proclaimed himself King, under the name of Se-wang. Ferocious by nature, he was nevertheless kind to his soldiers, but murdered all the literati and eunuchs, whom he found in that province. A soldier who had behaved very bravely, received from him a girdle, as a remuneration for his great services. But the soldier—expressi ng his dissatisfaction at the meanness of his reward_ the tyrant, informed of his complaint, massacred all the . soldiers o f t h e reg i ment to wh i ch he belonged. Having . invited the Buddhist priests to a great entertainment and sacrifice, he, as soon as they had all assem bled, massacred the whole, and issued orders that the same should be done in all the provinces which were under his juris diction. When the Tartar army approached, his general, who was sent to guard the frontiers, deserted to the Mantchoos, which so enraged the tyrant, that he resolved to butcher all the inhabitants of Sze-chuen. The houses of the capital, Ching-too, were forced, and the innocent victims dragged out. Lamentable cries pierced the air--the poor wretches throwing themselves at the feet of the tyrant, imploring mercy, and he was almost moved to tears. But the impulses of his tiger like nature returning, he blushed for the weakness he had shown, gave the signal for the carnage, and, within a few hours, about 600,000 lifeless corpses floated on the river. He himself rode about, to encourage the soldiers in exercising the work of executioners, and he who refused to obey forfeited his own life. Great numbers of the inhabitants speedily fled — others sold their lives dearly, until the whole province was ono desert. When, finally, the Tartars approached,the bloody tyrant called his soldiers together, boasted of being left a standing monument of dark revenge, and ordered them to bring on the following day all their wives before the army, for he considered them a mere incumbrance upon a long march, which he was going to undertake. To give the example, he dragged his own concubines before the ranks, and butchered them with relentless fury; and 400,000 females, all remark able for their beauty, were massacred in a similar manner." Amidst these scenes of violence we sometimes meet with events that might well serve as an example and a warning to ourselves, had we the sense to profit by them. They, who have shown themselves so anxious to stifle the free voice of discussion might learn, if they were capable of learning any thing, a lesson for their own guidance in the fate of Le-wang, a tyrant who acted upon their own principles— " The astounded people scarcely dared to whi s p er; and Le-wang was filled with delight at having succeeded so well in stifling the voice of the people. Once a-day he met Chaou-kung, and exclaimed : " Have I not well succeeded in stilling the complaints ? Who dares now to ope n hi s mouth ?' ' This,' replied Chaou-kung, ' is nothing but a ve il , which prevents you from knowing the innermost thoughts ; but re member, that it is more perilous to stop the mouths of the people than to arrest the rapids of a torrent. By restraining it, you will only cause it to flow over, and do the more injury. If you wish to prevent all damage, you ought to dig a large bed, which can contain all the water. In the same way, those who are charged with governing the people osight to grant them liberty of speech. That emperor may be said t o under stand the art of government who permits poets to m a k e what ever verses they please, and to enjoy their harmless pastime ; who suffers historians to speak. the truth ; ministers to give their advice ; labourers to talk about their work, and the nation to speak freely. Thus all things will prosper. The tongues of the people are like the mountains and rivers, from Whence we dig our riches, and obtain the necessaries of life.' " What was the result ? Why, the people could no longer endure hislyranny; they rose up in arms, stormed his palace, tore his child to pieces, and Le-wang, too, happy that he could escape, fled and ended his life in ignominious exile. The whole of the first, and a small part of the second volume, are occupied with these annals, digested with care and judgment from the Chinese originals. To the scholar this abridged history of an ancient kingdom will most assuredly be valuable, but the remainder is likely, we think, to prove more generally interesting. It com prehends a retrospect of the foreign trade with China, and enters into some curious details of the manners of the people less in regard to their domestic habits than in reference to their intercourse with strangers. To this it will now be requisite to direct our attention. From the two hundred and sixty-one volumes which compose the Ta-tsing-hwuy-teen, it appears that the imperial ancestors are placed on a par with the su preme Heaven, and that prayers are addressed to them to obtain good or avert evil. The ambassadors, there fore, of foreign nations, the " outside barbarians," have no great right to complain if they are made to knock their heads either without or within the yellow skreen, which, according to the same authority " ought to in spire the devotees of imperial majesty with the same veneration as the bodily presence of the great master." There can be no doubt of it. The Chinese are the only people who, tolerably ad vanced in civilization, have yet opposed themselves to traffic with other countries. The constitution of their empire is based on the exclusion of all foreign intercourse, and this is maintained by a system of oppressive restric tions, which, as ever happens in such cases, has given rise to unlimited smuggling. The very Mandarins, whose spe cific duty it is to prevent this forbidden traffic, are the very foremost transgressors against the law, and levy their fees for connivance with as much regularity as if they were government customs. This determined hostility to any foreign intercourse may partly have originated in that inordinate vanity which taught them to look upon China as the. " Celestial Empire," the " Middle Kingdom," situated at the centre of the earth, and surrounded by barbarous tribes and petty chieftains ; but a cause, yet more potent, may be found in the jealous consciousness of their own weakness, and of the overwhelming might of the nations whom their excessive egotism was leading them to treat with all the assumption of superiority. That they were per fectly sensible of their own inability to cope with the " outside barbarian" appears plainly enough in their actions, however it may be denied by their words. European aggression could never incite them to resist ance, unless when they were able to take the enemy THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1834. at advantage, or were driven on by the fear of greater peril. The eight vessels of the Portuguese navigator, Fernao Peres de Andrade, were sufficient to strike their whole fleet with consternation ; and when the Spaniards seized the Philippines, they never ventured : beyond a murmur. They must be set at bay before they will venture to measure swords with the nations they are always so ready to provoke by their arrogance. Notwithstanding the little love borne by the Chinese government towards any intercourse with foreigners, the celestial Emperor has no more been able to keep down the spirit of trade by edicts, than Napoleon was by his decrees ; it rose up, like a well-spring, in spite of every effort for its repression, and helped to fertilize the ungrateful land that was striving to reject it. We have some imperfect knowledge of their commerce at a very early period. That the Romans used silk may be gleaned from various authorities, and where else should they have procured it, except from China ? The " soft wool" which Virgil describes as being combed from the trees of the Seres, or Chinese, was obtained, not directly from the land of its production, but from Armenia and Nisibin, till the continued wars with Persia put an end to the traffic. Subsequently, the Mahommedans, by a bolder system of navigation than had been' hitherto known, found their way to China ; and it is said their religion had already pene trated into the Celestial Empire, through Bukharia, but at no time does it appear to have made any great progress. The only account we have upon the sub ject is from two Arabian travellers, who visited Cathay in the ninth century ; they leave us, however, com pletely in the dark as to the origin of this com merce. It is a curious fact that' these Arabians speak of the Chinese as having no sciences, their reli gion and most of their laws being derived from India, where indeed we have little doubt all the knowledge of the civilized world will eventually be found to have had its origin. At a yet later period Marco Polo jour neyed through many difficulties to the Court of Che yuen, or She-tsoo, more familiar to Europeans under the name of Kublai, the Grand Khan ; but the story of his adventures is too well known to need repetition, and in the then dormant state of the West his disco veries, if discoveries they can be called, led to no im mediate results. Tracing events still onwards, in 1433, when the Turks, at the overthrow of the Byzantine empire, obstructed by their unjust restrictions the com munication with Eastern Asia, the people of Europe became naturally anxious to discover other outlets ; the consequence was, that in 1516 the Portuguese, under the conduct of Raphael Perestrello, found their way to China from Malacca. If, however, Europe owe any thing to Portugal for having opened this route, the debt is fully cancelled by the evil of their aftei, years, when, actuated by a mean and jealous spirit; they refused the brilliant offers of Kang-he, who proposed to make Macao the general emporium of fo reign commerce, and to grant to the city the dhty on all imports. They feared lest foreigners might engross the Chinese trade, and in 1732 Again rejected the same offer at the instigation of the Viceroy of Goa. The first appearance of the Dutch in China seems to have thrown the whole Celestial Empire into con steration, though by this time it might have been supposed both Government and people had been tolerably well acquainted with European physiognomy, but "their eyes were blue, their hair red, their feet one cubit and two-tenths long," and as it was not recorded that such strange monsters had ever been there before, the Chinese authorities at first refused to have any deal ings with them. The Dutch endeavoured to obtain by force that which was refused to their entreaties ; bul by the help of the Portuguese, who were jealous of them as merchants, and detested them as heretics, their earliest efforts were defeated. After the lapse of many years, by dint of heavy bribes, and by the most abject submission to all the whims of arrogance, they at length obtained a precarious footing in the country. " To tame their fierce barbarian nature, they had at first to prostrate themselves in an open hall of the old palace, before numerous Chinese officers ; which was very conducive to their expertness in performing the kow-tow before his Imperial Ma jesty. On the day of their audience, the ambassadors, with only six of their followers, were admitted into the outer court, where they were detained all night, with other tribute bearers, , who had arrived from the deserts of Tartary, and were dressed in sheep-skins. In the morning they performed the ceremony in the presence of the Emperor, who how ever was so f ar dis tant, that they could scarcely behold the dragon face ; and in order to mortify their pride, he took no notice of them. Upon being fed, they again bowed to the earth; and when the im perial presents arrived, they received them in a kneeling pos ture. An edict was issued, which commenced—' To the King of Holland, health and peace ;' and whilst it commended his obedience in sending a tribute-bearer, granted him permis sion to send one every eight years, and praised him for his cor dial care of justice, by subjecting himself to China, and send ing ambassadors through the wide sea, in order to pay tribute. They were, however, strictly confined during their - stay at Pe king ; and on their return to Canton, were again subjected to heavy exactions; even one of their interpreters was murdered; no solid advantage was gained, though they now began to carry on the trade more freely. The Legatio Batavico,' originally published in Dutch, is a very interesting work, and exhibits a faithful description of the state of China immediately after the conquest. The Tartars were at that time wild and domineering, they ate the meat raw, and carried the bones in their pockets. China had greatly suffered by this revolution, many cities and villages were burnt down, and the people groaned under the misery to which they had been subjected." The toleration, for it was no more, thus poorly ob tained, was doomed to frequent interruptions. In 1656, a rebel chief, Kok-Sing, who had re volted from the empire, and had all the qualities of a hero, though only the son of a Chinese tailor, fought and defeated them in many actions. Formosa was taken from them, and retained, in spite of all the efforts of the Dutch Admiral, Borth, supported by se venteen sail, but the Chinese leader fell in the engage ' The son, no less determined than his father had been, maintained the place in a manner worthy of his inherited reputation, and finally compelled the enemy to give up all idea of reconquering the island. There is, however, some difficulty in understanding how all this could be, for a single British ship, manned by Lascars, has frequently driven a whole im perial squadron before her, a fact not easily reconcile able with the victories of Kok-sing. Be this as it may, the only good effected, or attempted to be effected, by the Dutch, is their having introduced the tea-tree into Java, where many thousands of Chinese emi grants have settled under their government, and where for once their colonial rule does not appear particu larly harsh or oppressive. Unfortunately, the insur rection of a small party of Chinese, who had been en gaged at Macao for the purpose of cultivating the shrub, disheartened the adventurers, and for a time, at least, has put an end to this otherwise hopeful ad venture. The author indulges in a natural exultation at the superior benefits conferred on the East by British in tercourse, and advantageously contrasts the conduct of England with that of the Portuguese and the Spaniards. His account of the first establishment of our commerce with China is succinct and able, supplying in a narrow compass a perfect epitome of what other wise must be sought for in many volumes. It would, therefore, be too extended a task to follow him through this part of his subject, branching out, as it does, into so many details, few of which could be omitted with out injury to the whole. The same impositions, that were practiced upon the Dutch and Portuguese, were attempted to be enforced upon the British, but they were for the most part met as they 'deserved to be, and the result was, if not a better under standing, at least a more perfect toleration. On all occasions it was amusing to observe how wonderfully the magnificen ce of edicts contrasted with the little dess of action. In later times, the celestial empire resolved not to brook " the prancing pride of an out side barbarian," and actually took heart enough to Are upon the Alceste frigate, but their courage evaporated with the smoke of their own cannon ; a broadside was -returned, and in an instant the whole garrison of one fort had deserted the batteries ; yet, though several Chinese soldiers were killed and wounded by the dis charge, the Supreme Government affected to consider it as a salute, and the whole affair was allowed to die away without any farthe r notice. The trade of this country with China seems mostly to be confined to Canton, though it would appear that we should find a better security from fiscal annoyance in the mutual jealousy of the provincial governments. The British free-traders at Canton, being less shackled in their relations at home, have endeavoured to obtain some mitigation of this oppressive system. In their petition to Parliament they have observed, and truly, that the British commerce with China is restricted to the factory at Canton, that fair competition is destroyed there by associations of the Chinese, that trade is carried on under circumstances hazardous to its agents and precarious for the various interests involved in it, and finally that, while much may be obtained from the fears, nothing will ever be conceded by the good-will, of the Chinese government. This document is ex ceedingly valuable, and, while it does not diminish the existing evils, it proposes the readiest means for their removal or alleviation. Still we must not allow our selves to be carried away by the eager spirit of com merce ; large allowances are to be made for the conduct of the Chinese in there and similar tran sactions ; they are conscious of their own weakness, and fearing, not without some appearance of reason, their dangerous neighbours, they are anxious to supply their moral and physical deficiencies by fraud and cunning, and an outward show of resolution. With all their ignorance and self-conceit, and we have already seen to what extent they are carried, it is yet impossible they should view with indifference our enor mous Indian empire ; beneficial as that empire un doubtedly is to the people, we cannot deny that it has been built up from the fragments of many shattered thrones, and many broken sceptres, and a neighbour ing autocrat may well be forgiven if he looks with a jealous eye on the workers of these mighty changes. Again, when they turn to the side of Russia, they are met by causes of alarm that are even better founded and more apparent than their terrors from Hindostan. The two dominions border closely upon each other, and, if any chance should ever destroy the British preponder ance in Asia, the Russians will then have the power, as there is little doubt they will have the inclination, of assisting the Celestial Empire as they have already assisted Turkey. To Europe in general this will be of little consequence, for when the Russian empire has attained this insupportable burden of greatness, it will fall to pieces from its own excessive weight, and be again broken up into a multitude of kingdoms. Such ever has been, such ever will be the fate of overgrown empire ; the controlling hand of government Scan never reach beyond a certain limit, to exercise a wholesome restraint upon its people ; the heart has not strength enough to propel the blood to such remote extremities. In the meantime we see exemplified, in the relative state of the two countries, the useful and important lesson that, while despotism is a rapid builder-up of empires, it also effectually prevents their further pro gress, when they have arrived at a certain maturity of grandeur. To support its own power the throne must be hemmed in with a phalanx of observances and prejudices, which, once entertained, it dares not after wards dispense with ; for infallibility is the essence of all arbitrary power, whether it be political or religious. Two centuries ago, and Russia, compared to China, was a land of barbarity ; but one talented despot has converted the northern wilds into a mighty empire, while another autocrat, his equal in every respect, either of mind or purpose, dared to change or ameliorate no thing, lest, in forcibly removing the obstacles to im provement, he should at the same time pull down the throne which these very obstacles supported. The trade of the Dane; the French, and the Ame ricans, should now seem to claim some notice ; but imperfect as this account has been, applied to the de tails of two large octavo volumes, we have already gone far beyond our usual limits, and it only remains for us to add that this excellent work demands and obtains our warmest approbation. EXCHANGE OF PARIS, SEPT. 4.—Paper on London was in considerable demand at three months, and was very scarce at 25f. 15c., with three per cent. Bills were to be had at 25f. 174 c. There is much inquiry for bills on Madrid, Amsterdam, Milan, Frankfort, and Lisbon. Business with other places is without activity. Bullion and specie have varied, and gold is now quoted 7 to 7i per mille premium, which is a decline of 1 per mille. Fine silver has advanced sto 5 per mille premium, and French standard silver (nine-tenths fine) is now at 4 to 5 per mille ; agio on Louis d'ors, 10 to 10} per mille ; and on 20 to 40 franc pieces, Bto 8.4 per mille. New doubloons have declined ; present price, 85f. 30c. to 85f. 50c. each; Austrian and Dutch ducats, Ilf. 85c. to llf. 90c. each; Spanish pillar dollars, sf. 48c. to sf. 49c. each. General Rodil has received positive information that the Carlists of France have recommended in the strongest terms to their brethren in Spain the absolute necessity of de stroying Colonel Caradoc, who is at our head-quarters. They conceive that his influence, as the representative of France and England, will injure their cause materially. It appears that this bitter enmity to Colonel Caradoc arises in a great measure from his extreme popularity with the army and in habitants, and may be considered in some degree personal ; for the zeal and activity of this officer, and his presence with the army, have been of great service to the cause of liberty and the young Queen. General Rodil, unsolicited by Colonel Caradoc, has offered him a guard of honour to protect his person from any attempt at assassination, and to guard the door of his quarters at night, although he is always with the army and lodged in the centre of the towns. The Colonel declined accepting the friendly offer of the Spanish General. However, although Colonel Caradoc is at this moment safe in the midst of our army, yet, when he proceeds to England, he will require a strong escort to carry him in safety t o th e fron tiers of France.-- M orning Paper. An undertaking on a large scale is forming in the city for improving the communications with Spain and Potu gal by means of steam-vessels. This will include the northern as well as the southern ports of Spain, with the whole coast of Portugal ; and the points o f d e p arture are i nten d ed to be the river Thames, Portsmouth, and Plymouth, as well as Fal mouth. As a pecuniary undertaking, we can offer no opinion of its merits, and it seems to be entered into less with that object than by views beyond its mere attainment, entered into by merchants and capatilists who have a deep stake in the welfare of the Peninsula generally. It is quite certain that the end of this association, if accomplished, will be a very useful one, since nothing can well be more defective than the present state of the communications with countries whose im portance to England in all respects, commercial as well as po litical, is rapidly on the increase. A weekly packet to Lisbon, and one monthly to Gibraltar and Cadiz, form all our regular means of access to Spain and Portugal. To Corunna or Vigo, or the ports in the Mediterranean, there is no approach except by some very circutious or inconvenient or dangerous route. In the post-office department the main consideration necessarily is, whether the channel is such as to make the con veyance of letters and passengers a source of profit. For com mercial objects the merchants are left to their own activity and enterprise, and this is the aim of the new undertaking. At some future period, when they have opened the way, the Post-office, as has been done in numerous other instances, will take up and appropriate to itself the different lines of commu nication.--Morning Paper. DUBLIN, SEPT. 6. TURKISH LIFE AND MANNERS.---The new ro mance of " Ayesha," by the author of " Zohrab," is an ex ceedingly interesting tale. " Mr. Morier," says the Scots man, " makes an excellent use in it of the intimate knowledge he possesses of Eastern customs, manners, and habits. The va rious incidents of the story are well conceived, and skilfully managed. The more marked features of Eastern character, : too, are vividly brought out, and in so familiar a guise, that' we feel convinced that a better and more accurate knowledge of Turkish life may be acquired from these volumes than could be obtained from any merely descriptive account, however able or veritable it might be; and, on this account alone, every body should read Ayesha.' " Monday the partridge-shooting season commenced. The corn-fields, generally, were well cleared for the sports men, and the covies, having experienced none of the storms which have many years thinned their numbers, are both strong and plentiful ; but the weather was so exceedingly wet and unpropitious for the diversion in the..early part of the day, that the slaughter was not very great ran this neighbourhood.— Cumberland Pacquet. • (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) The controversy on the authenticity of the Rev. Marcus Beresford's annihilating declaration still engages public atten tion, without appearing to have lost any of its freshness. The matter in dispute is not worth the waste of many words. it is whether he said " We—that is, the Protestant Clergy—Trill drive from our glebe lands the Popish rebel and the Popish illicit distiller ;" or, " We—that is, the Protestant landlords:, will drive the bloody Popish rebels from our lands.", The former is the version of the Evening Mail, and thelatter,of the Evening Post. If the speaker- confesses .either of them to be genuine, it signifies very little which of them he may deny. For the exterminating spirit, which would' drive : •tiie Catholic tenantry from the Church lands, wants but - the. poker to sweep them altogether out of the island, or—might we n'ot add ?—off the face of the whole earth. Mr, Beresford's dis claimer of the "unchristian and vulgar" language set down .o him, has come too late to remove the unfavourable impres sion made by his speech : and as .he does not disavow the -x-g -port of the Evening Mail, the general opinion, by nu means confined to his political opponents, may be expressed' in the words, a little twisted from the sense, of the Roman satirist-.. " Marcus dixit ; ita est." While the writers of newspapers and their readers are busy ing themselves with this discussion, it seems to sit lightly enough upon the Rev. Gentleman himself, who has repaired to his shooting -box in the mountains of Tyrone, and devoted his congenial mind to the extirpation of the feathered inhabii ants of those regions. This step, so hot upon the heels of his Potatoe-and-salt vow, has given disgust to the religious Pro testants of Kilmore, who expected that in the absence of their Bishop (Beresford) at Buxton his richly-b ene fi ce d relative, and Vicar-Gener a l (Beresford), .would have remained to mi nister to their, spiritual needs and comforts. But instead of doing so, he had scarcely returned from the " Great Meetiiig" than he went away with his gun and his dogs to try the mettle of the grouse. Had he such game in his eye when he spoke se heroically of being fed by the ravens P A Rev. George Dwyer, who writes from " The Rectory, Ar drahan, county of Galway," has addressed a letter t 6 Mr. Bar rington, the secretary of the Church Commissioners, in which he refuses to answer any of the letters or inquiries of that " In quisition " The principal reasons he alleges for this appa rent contumacy are the direct variance between the King's Declaration to the Bishops and the principles which actuate the issue of "the Ministerial Commission." The universality of the Gospel mission confided to every Protestant clergyman, which requires him to preach to all people without any reli gious distinction,—the tendency of the Commission to limit and restrict the scope of that mission, and a fear that if he should explain the causes of the increase or diminution of Protestants in his parish, he might stimulate agitators to.ex terminate Protestantism altogether, or put the Priests on their guard against the means which he has successfully used to increase his flock. He denies the legality of the Commission, pinning his faith, as to that point, on the dictum of Lord Wynford, and invites the Commissioners to come to Ardrahan, where he trusts they will find " whether amongst Jew or Greek, Hebrew or Proselyte,. a Christian minister amongst his people." I believe it has not been generally known, be fore the publication of this, letter, that the Twelve Tribes of Galway contained either Jew, Greek, Hebrew or Proselyte. But it is a subject of congratulation that Adrahan has now a " Christian minister amongst his people." When I was in that country some sixteen years ago, the people were there, but the minister was an absentee ; and I shall now beg leave to narrate a little passage in my experience of the clerical luminaries in the West, which may possibly lead the English reader to form an opinion as to some of the causes which have brought on a necessity for a Parliamentary inquiry into the state of the Irish Protestant Church. In the summer of the year 1818, I happened to be present at the visitation of the clergy of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, holden in the Cathedral of Saint Brandon, a venerable struc ture, " bosom'd high in tufted trees," in the m id s t o f th e Bishop's garden. The cle rg y assembled at the palace in their canonical dress, and accompanied their Diocesan to the church, at the door of which stood, rather obtrusively dis played, a fashionable figure, not having much of the air or garb of a clergyman about it, which turned out to be the personification proper of Mr. Dwyer, whose zeal has now exploded in an attack upon the Commission of Pub lic Instruction. It was to me a cause of some sur prise, not untinctured with a less agreeable feeling, that . he had not joined his reverend brethren in a mark of outward' respect to the Bishop, Dr. Batson, whose pre-eminent talent and learning would have entitled him to the homage of infe rior minds in any situation, but to whom deference in that place and on such an occasion, was a duty. Mr. Dwyer, was then regarded in any light but that of a champion of the Pro testant faith, having been recently appointed to the living which he still holds, by Lord Clanricarde, whose mother, a Burke and a firm Papist—called this Reverend Gentleman cousin. At the conclusion of the Church Service, the business of the Visitation commenced, and the Clergy, one by one, appeared before the Bishop to give an account of their respective charges. When Mr. Dwyer's turn came the following dialogue took place : Bishop—Mr. Dwyer, do you reside in your parish ? Priest—No, my Lord, I have no glebe-house. Bishop—lt was unnecessary for me to ask the question ; for any person who reads the Dublin newspapers can tell in what hotel your parishioners may have the best chance of finding you. The Bishop then requested his Vicar-general, Dr. Vava sour, to give instructions to the Registrar how he should pro ceed in the most effectual manner against the incumbent of Ardrahan for continued and obstinate non-residence. It is a cheering thing to see that age has not come upon him without bringing some improvement ; for we have his own word for it, that he is new a christian minister, always to be found amongst his people. But had there been no Dwyers in times past, possibly the crisis would not have arrived which has called forth such champions to withstand the authority of parliament, and charge our most gracious King with saying one thing, and affixing the sign manuel to its very opposite. The castle-yard is crowded with applicants, soliciting the new appointment of County Valuator, to which a salary of 5001. with some agreeable additions under the name of travelling charges, is annexed. There are thirty-two of these places to be disposed of ; and it is to be remarked that the great majority of the persons seeking them, are country gentlemen and ma gistrates, known by their inveterate hostility to the principles and the very existence of this government. It is time—if the Administration would rally an Irish party around itself —to bow such independent supplicants out of court. By promoting them, they do not even neutralise the enemy, whom they enrich ; while they irritate the popular mind, and throw the representation into the hands of agitators and radicals. I know of one county which will certainly be placed in that pre dicament, with respect to both its members, should the plau sible efforts of an individual, who has made himself most ob noxious to the people, and not even now ceases, when at home, to revile the government, succeed against his liberal, though moderate, competitors. Lord Brougham, in his admirable speech in allusion to the Repeal Question, said that the govern ment would thenceforward adopt a kinder and more grateful mode of treatment towards the moderate party in Ireland. It is really high time to begin ; and if these two-and-thirty places shall be given tofriends, it will soon be found that very few in the same rank of life will have the hardihood to proclaim themselves foes. The .Judge's place is still an object of contention. The Evening Mail gives it to Mr. Crampton, and kindly promotes Mr. Richard Green to be Solicitor-General. This is one of the Mail's mauvaises plaisanteries. Keswick continues full of company, but the weather is unfavourable for all kinds of proceedings out of doors, either in harvest work or enjoyment of scenery.—Carlisle Patriot. It is not, we believe, generally known that Mr. Telford was a poet as well as an engineer. In early life he was the " Eskdale Tarn" of the poetical corner of the Scots Magazine ; and on the death of Burns he wrote some very beautiful verses to his memo r y, w hi c h are p u bli s h e d in Dr. Currie's life of the Ayrshire bard. On reading them one is tempted to say, with a slight alteration, as Pope did of Mans field," " How sweet a Ramsey was in Telford lost 1"--111e chanic's Magazine. PRINCE POLIGNAC AT HAM.—The admiration excited by the portraits of M. and Madame Eugene Janvier, painted by Mademioselle de Fourmond, which appeared in the last exhibition at the Louvre, induced the family of Prince Polignac to prevail upon him to invite this young female ar tist to Ham, where, with the permission of the Government, she remained till she had completed the likenesses of the Prince and Princess, and their children. Notwithstanding the peculiarity of the circumstances under which she was called upon to exercise her art, her talent prevailed over every diffi culty, and she produced a series Of portraits in which not only the features, but the expression of dignified resignation in the countenance of the Prince, and the affectionate commiseration of the Princess and her children, are depicted with extraordi nary truth and nature.—Paris Paper. MEETING OF OPERATIVE FANCY CABINET MAKERS.—_A meeting of the operative fancy cabinet-makers was last night held at the Northumberland Arms, Clerkenwell green, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Com mittee convened in February last, and on other business con nected with the interests of the trade ; Mr. Wooster was unanimously called to the Chair. After some routine business, Mr. Amos moved the adjournment of the meeting till Monday next. The motion having been seconded, Mr. Hardy moved as an amendment, that those present enrol their names as members of a Society of the Operative Fancy Cabinet-makers, and subscribe sixpence each. The Chairman then put the amendment, which was carried by a large majority. The in dividuals present then enrolled their names as members of the society. It was afterwards agreed that another meeting be held on Monday evening next. A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman, aft er w hich the meeting separated. THE SUPPOSED MURDER 'OF A CHILD NEAR RUSSEL-SQUARE..—Yesterday a Coroner's Inquest was taken -before Mr. Stirling, at the King's He a d, B road -street, St. Giles's, on view of a new-born male child, stated to have been forcibly disposed of by its mother. The subject was examined into before the magistrates at Hatton-garden, who ordered Ow present inquiry before the Coroner. The body lay at St. Giles's workhouse. The Coroner, in summing up, remarked that.he was not fond of confessions, but the mother had acknowledged herself the mother. She also stated that it was born alive, though the evidence of the medical gentle man had contradicted that. The question with the Jury was, if she were guilty of being the cause of death. There was no doubt of her guilt as to the concealment of the birth.. The Juiy, however, would take the subject into their consideration. The following verdict was. returned—" That Harriet Challis, the mother of the child, was guilty of concealing the birth of the child, and that it rtas still-born." men