The Sun. — London, England, 1834-09-16 00:00:00

LITERATURE. Or COLB URN S MODERN N 0 ?ELISTS. Tas R0.1[411'02 of , RLIZ LIFT. 3 Vas. iiv o. It is quits clear that novels of this kind are read by somebody, or th e y wou ld not b e mu l t i p li e d upon us a t this fearful rate ; but who or what these somebodies May be, whether black, brown, or fair, is another q u estion, and one which, luckily for our prophetic • repute, we are not called upon to answer. The cheap ness of the p u bli cat i on , --twe l ve s hilli ngs f or th ree v _n,,ttnes, bound —vouches for many readers, for in no other Way could the expense be'defrayed to the book seller. The " R omance of Real Life, " instead of b e i ng a single story, as th e name wou ld seem to imply, is in fa ct a collection of t a l es , ranging through the various degr ees. o f the literary barometer from good to indif ferent, never sinking so low in the scale as to be posi 1141Y bad, and seld om , if ever , r i s ing so high as excel ce• Of mere i nc i dent there is enough an d to s p are , w en. th some traces of French origin, but the dramatis pers o ism are f ee bl y d rawn, an d t h e l anguage , though ometimes eleg an t, i s never power f u l. The plots, with few e xceptions, a re s i ngu l ar ly l ac hrymose ; one would think the fair aut h oress, — a ll aut h oresses a re fair,— had set out w i t h a d eterm i nat i on o f p l a yi ng upon her r eaders Launcelot promises to do upon poor, old, blind Gobbo,—" mark now, how I will raise the t and less than a pailfull would not do justice such lamentable catastrophes. We hate these tra !erdles in prose. The object of a book, which does not 4 2 t end to teach any thing, is, or ought to be, amuse ment,itti and how p eop l e are t o b e amused by reading of e els e t h an death-beds and broken- h earts, t h roug h thr ee dismal volumes, is a mystery above our , compre hension, It strongly reminds us of Incledon s idea of Ton all s pleasure ; " come," said Charles to his friend , cur Sunday in an u nusua lly didactic mood, " let us spend , Sunday rat i ona lly , an d rea d t h e N ewga te Calendar. b e l the catalogu e o f minor defects may be remem - Iv re ' a desperate determination to admire hills, and 4 °4, and ro c k s , and " all that sort of thing , " some at we susp ect , against the grain. It is too vehe pa" and too o bt rus i ve t o be genuine. Thus, in the s k -r is cil Ystri of her zeal, she professes to " loathe the ti " of the dampschiffe parading its formal ugliness y P , o n the boso m o f th e most picturesque of rivers ;" 9 notwith stan di ng a ll t hi s di sp l a y o f a love for nature, thl • of the steam-boat must have added to the beauty ~f t ne scene, even under the German name of a l oi i : M Pschiffe," which, however, we are willing to al -B°lnds anything but pleasant to the ear. after all, may be deemed a sorry account of a en 't that has been much read, and not less eulo g ized th e eattnot help it. But having, in justice to the au sha:ess, ants broadly stated the fact of her popularity , w ill have less reason to quarrel with us for our pant of admiration. THE NURSERY GOVERNESS. 1346 lith e By ELIZABETII N.9PIER. d after her cleath by Colonel C. J. Napier. C.B. T h T. and W. Boone. London, 1 834 . L it t e Influence of women on society, both direct and o f r . aet, is so extensive, it goe3sofarinto all the relations ti i I l p e, that every thing which tends to their aniclio ana is of the highest importance to the statesman m tu t he phil osop h er . Their character in a great mea r e forms the character of men. Where the one, in tto Y nati on, i s unprincipled, luxurious—given to show eft ,' l ight pleasures—the other will invariably be found e f enli nate, deba uc h e d, an d slothful. It is impossible for r t v°lnen o f a country to b e wea k and vicious, and mirmen at th e same time to be virtuous and high d•e There is no instance of such a thing in his exit" old or mo d ern , t h oug h we h ave more than one to P ie of a nation having been inspired, and kind l e d thellobler feelings, by their women. It behoves us, ti oli n ' to look narrowly and jealously after the educa a those up on whom the social character so mainly ends, and to take especial care that the good seed . is sPoilt by neglected or erroneous culture. Widely ; 4 , tis Conviction has obtained amongst us, it has not of - f er i allY been acted upon, or has led to the adoption to th a 7 and mischievous principles. The whole sys pro Of our education tends to throw woman out of her thi n l3 " sphere ; it gives her a partial knowledge of t g s, which cannot by any possibility be applied to the aarCuties of her station, while all that more particu gards th e w if e or the mother is either neglected , tr a rexttat hest made a secondary object. We act b y t h em t et4ai etl Y as the slave-dealer of the East does by his slaves, teaching them every sort of showy ac tjaisilinent, every allurement to dazzle the eye and <grate the heart, and with the same object—that soj t ill aY fetch a higher price in the market. If, with th e a system, the English women prove useful, as 1: al ways are splendid and ornamental members Ish -neie tY, we must thank their own innate goodness, Otis too pure to be depraved. They o we nothin g to , net thousands, ° our b oas t e d education, though it may have and made a torture of their childhood . et oa it "t, however, be imagined that we are of t hat *e rn - fas hioned school, which would willingly con fine th ott 4ll to the duties of a nurse or a housekeeper— t4gi,'l; the knowledge and the practice of both are tt t i o ' l l - --but we do think there is a part of her edu -I°lol more important than accomplishments, 41 Ittj: t t ee tly compatible with their acquisition—and n er moral education. It is to this—under le% t,d la g the phrase in its most comprehensive shot at our earliest attention should be given ; it t eb be the basis and substance of our sys -1.11. etit i ' L e actual building itself, while accomplish bigN ' , very kind should be no more than the flut be s I nio r ' e t N absurd of the finished capital. Nothing can - than the idea that, because a wom an abed to be useful, she must, therefore, be igno lbat ae e hand which can ply the needle need not o n 4 Ort e, li e° o lll it be less familiar with the harp or the piano - Otp ple : is there any reascii why the mind, which a boc•e , t . w ith the mysteries of chemistry, should be O r po4 n r l Ying a re cipe for the manufacture of a pye *lore g• But, as example always carr . es with it ei ght than precept,we will borrow two 11.r.ppy str ati° " ° IN supplied by Colonel Napier in a note Zrroation of the opinions held by the authoress of do „ l ata 4 , find the following statement in the famous 41; t 1 806: 11 T.' Cross no Crown,' page 468, 14th e di.. he at er The late Princess E lizabeth of the Rhine, of histre a memorial in this discourse,. her virtue giving fre es . her name than her quality, whichyet was of life as " e 14 the German empire, she chose a "as al w , ate mid . -next th j eer 'Jest suited to the . study and single ditation she ttgin nte e air, Irld to ; and the chiefest diversi e on ,. she took, b `tir ehi t es A nit a:. in some such plain and houssulferti enter- e ne t es we ,tng', ,S-c. She had a small territory which she eo L , :.' 1 ,that she showed herself fit fora g reater, her u ut sp r _ _?lae tables no sumptuou tab e I n g he h er o.,verefe' he of the poor; abstemious herself, Mor e 1111:1 lm a ; , fo h id of all vain ornaments. I must need and sa her often fl , i . v ° r .le prospect, her eye was to a better a _ e itan ce than can be found below, and and d learning 4 to d e jud , of hip the greatness of her Courts, an the ma r . S o w n le llods, owhich she was an extraordinary the P s ee *hat the als o „ 1.4 rin eeisf practises of h w ork did not adrniriti.e,xarno, more neglect her books. We have I „, orke _oie M r*. of El izabeth modern times. The celebrated and neph r as she Was Carter was . as excellent a plain A e w'sfor cou Learned ; while that lady educated ,, her All t hi s *9e, she made an,./. mended all their ears, yet it th e Is on e may sound very shocking to aristocratic —oner th of those vulgar truths, with which world is getti e Y are acquainted the better. The 'of their n g h eartily sick of their 6:s.clusiveness and thei r hei,,pretensions, which have no better ground than interest (of soc . ..g More • iet y , impudent and less useful than the rest 43 4a - ve n o -r them the Nursery-Governess will as a matter of course, they will don sider the subject too insignificant to occupy their atten tion, and they will hurry from such light puerile read ing to the severer study of the last new novel of fashionable life. There are others who will think dif ferently, and who will pause with delight on the very threshold of the work. We allude to the dedi cation, addressed by Colonel Napier to his young daughters. It is a pleasing specimen of this class of composition, and does equal credit to the head and heart of the author, whose name has long been familiar to the public by his splendid history of the war in the Peninsula. Simple, concise, and eloquent, it touches with affectionate regard on the memory of the late Mrs. Napier, the writer of this pamphlet, and hits that happy medium so difficult to be observed on such a subject, expressing enough for the sincerest regret without tempting too far the patience of the reader, who, as he is less interested, is sure to be more fasti dious. So admirably does this tribute to departed worth explain the object of the work, that we despair of doing equal justice to it by any version of our own : " This little treatise contains principles, and without prin ciples we can neither govern ourselves nor others. The con tents are, therefore, applicable to all situations in life, to the government of a kingdom, or to the government of a nursery. I will give you an example of what I mean by general prin ciples. We are told in the following pages that presence of mind may be improved, and that the best way to strengthen this useful and very essential quality is, on hearing of any sudden accident,, to ask yourself ' what could I or ought Ito have done?' The Emperor Napoleon said that P. General, marching at the head of an army, should constantly ask him self, If I were now to be attacked what should Ido ?' Here then we find a principle ;' the principle of preparing our minds by previous reflection for prompt decision and imme diate action, when the moment for action arrives, and we find this principle applied, in one instance to a Governess, and in the other to a General—and to both with equal propriety. I will give you another example—you are told in this book that you should settle at once to do that which every one, I suppose, means to be done, &c.' Here is the prin ciple of - arecision inculcated. Let us again listen to Na poleon. He says, that when he gave orders to his cavalry to charge, if they had their cloaks on, and that he saw them stop, to take off these impediments to the free use of their swords, he countermanded his orders; ' for,' said he, when men lose the time for action, in making preparations, they seldom succeed ; if they are in earnest they go to work at once.' The principle inculcated is, do at once that which is to be done, whether in the nursery, or in the field of battle, or anywhere else. To give you one or two more illustrations —you will find among the general principles of this book, that of, working with the means which you have under your hand.' This it so intimately connected with doing at once whatever is to be done,' that they may almost be called the same. The one is to do ; the other, how to do. The last proves our resources of mind, and a person without resource is of little Korth. I recollect an able chymist saying to me one day, ' When I see people begin to study chymistry with out any apparatus but a broken wine-glass, a vial, and an old saucepan, I always feel assured that they will succeed ; but when they begin by purchasing a ' portable laboratory,' and such gim-cracks, I give them up for fools.' You will be told by grave, amiable, moderate folks, who love a gentle cowl e between a little right and a little wrong, for fear their neigh bours should call them violent, that this speech was an exagge ration on the part of Mr. W—. Believe them not—it is a true picture " Nothing can be happier than the principle, or the manner of its illustration, and the whole book is in the same tone. The maxims that it exhibits are few in number, easy to be understood, and not hard to be practised ; but they contain the perfect rudiments of moral education, and she who is so thoroughly imbued with them as to make them her rule of conduct will shine in any society, however defective in accomplish- ments. To note only a few leading features, we may hint that the author's observations on the force of habit might be useful to many who have long since escaped from the nursery, and who would feel them selves prodigiously offended by the being told they had any thing to learn. A lesson of equal value iv offered in her remarks on the effect of example, chil dren being formed, and those of .rnaturer ago being strongly impressed by imitation ; but, above all, we agree with the shrewd monitress, that the mind should be taught to work its own instruction. This maxim is replete with good sense, evincing that keen insight into human nature which seems to be an innate gift with women, as much peculiar to them as the superior delicacy of their conformation. No doubt there is a class of readers, and that not a small one, who will be inclined to say, " all that is in this pamphlet we knew before." It may be so ; yet there may be some involuntary deception in the idea notwithstanding, for it is in the very essence of truth to seem familiar, even when it comes in the newest shape, and may be called most original ; it is, from its nature, so obvious, so palpable, that we can with diffi culty bring ourselves to believe we are hearing it for the first time, and our ready perception of it deceives us into the notion of a previous acquaintance. It matters, however, very little whether the component parts of this system be or be not new ; all that we have to ask ourselves is, whether the whole is based upon just principles, and is so combined as to answer the end proposed ? We should reply unhesitatingly in the affirmative, and are so convinced of its utility, that we would strongly recommend it to the diligent study of every female who has the care of a family, either as a mother or a governess. Of the amiable and gifted authoress who has be queathed this legacy to her children we might be tempted to speak, were her death, as we understand it, of less recent occurrence ; but even praises, in such a ease, are afflicting : nor are they needed here ; in this little treatise she has written her own epitaph, and, unlike the records of the tombstone, it is at once an eulogy and its justification. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn-A friend, 'who is a constant reader of your Paper, favoured me with your Journal of the 14th ult., and wished me to read your remarks on the volumes of John Howison. You very justly refer the imbedment of tropical animals and plants in the Arctic regions to astronomical causes. You like wise very justly suggest a slow motion of the earth at right angles to the ecliptic. This motion is known to exist, and with such a rate as to make a revolution in something more than two millions of years. You speak of countless ages, as if we had no guide ; but this is divided into portions of time of about 25,000 years each, by the procession of the equinoc tial points. The result of this motion is to bring every part of the earth under the ecliptic, but not under the equator, for the equator is known never to have changed its place on the earth, although it is the darling theme of Sir J. Byerly's globe, which disgraces the capital of the British empire in Adelaide-street. I have no doubt, Sir, that this globe has been placed where it is to serve as an impediment to the dif fusion of knowledge among the lower classes ; for there is no knowledge so terrific in the estimation of the privileged classes, as the knowledge of true astronomy being diffused among the lower classes—it is their feuris. S. A. NIA CKE Y, Shoemaker. Princes-street, Norwich, Sept. 6. GALWAY HERRING FISIIERY—ROUNDSTONE, SEPT. 6.--,The prospect of an extensive herring fishery here is very cheery. Our boatmen are preparing nets, ropes, oars, &c. Great numbers of harvest herrings have been taken already in Galway Bay ; they never were found so far up the bay as they were found at Roundstone this season. The num ber of fish taken last season here was astonishing. The neigh bourhood is so poor that no person having salt or barrels , and , in fact, not knowing the proper mode of curing, the fishery is of no lasting benefit; but we may yet see some persons of capital settling with us, and making a fortune before we are aware of what we are now neglecting. LIFE PROLONGED BY CIVILIZATION.—If we collect England, Germany, and France in one group, we find that the average term of mor t a lity which, in that great and populous region, was formerly one in thirty people annually, is not at present more than one in thirty-eight. This dif ference reduces the number of deaths throughout these coun tries from 1,900,0 00 . to less than 1 , 200 , 00 0 persons ; and 700,000 lives, or one in eighty-three an nua lly, o we their pre servation to the social ameliorations effected in the three countries of Western Europe, whose efforts to obtain this ob ject have been attended with the greatest success. The life of man is thus not only embellished in its course by the ad vancement of civilization, but is extended by it and rendered less doubtful. The effects of the .arpehopition of the social condition are to restrain arid dimmish, in proportion to the population, the annual number of births, and in a still greater degree that of deaths ; on the contfary, a great number of births, equalled or even exceeded by that of deaths, is a cha racteristic sign of a state of barbarism. In the former case, as men in a mass reach the plenitude of their physical and so cial development, the population is strong, intelligent, and manly ; while it remains in perpetual infancy, whole genera tions are swept off without being able to profit by the past— to bring social economy to perfection. —.Philcisophteal Journal. THE SUN, LOWDON, TVENDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1834. COURT CIRCULAR. Summonses were issued yesterday to the Cabinet Ministers and Great Officers of State in town, to attend a Privy Coun cil at St. James's Palace on Wednesday. Mons. Dedel, the Netherlands Minister, transacted business at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lord Auckland has left Devonport, on a tour of inspection to the dock-yards on the western coast. Despatches were sent off from the Foreign Office for Sir Frederick Lamb, our Ambassador at Vienna. Viscount Duncannon has arrived at Dublin from Besborough, Kilkenny. Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday for Panshanger. Lord John Russell has arrived in the vicinity of Launceston, Cornwall, from Devonshire. FISHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of C;;;;n7at their seat, Hampstead Lodge, Berks, from Winchester ; the Earl and Countess of Ches terfield, at Doncaster, from their seat, Bradby-park, Leicester shire; Sir John Cathcart, Bart., from Scotland; the Countess of Scarborough, in Portman-square, from a tour ; Sir Bourchier and Lady Wray, at Symmons's Hotel, St. James's-street, from the Con tinent ; Mrs. and Miss Mansfield, at Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, from Brighton ; Captain and Mrs. Burgess, at Batt's Hotel, Dover street, from Jersey; Mr. and Mrs. Knox, in Regent-street, from the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. Tyson, in Harley-street, from their seat, in Essex; the Hon. Mr. and Lady Sarah Wandesford and family, at the Hanover Hotel, Hanover-square ; Mrs. and Miss Sheridan, in Belgrave-street, from the Isle of Wight. DEPARTURES. The Earl and Countess of Jersey, from Berkeley-square, for their seat, Middleton-park, Oxfordshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Collins and Miss Mayne, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for the Continent ; Mr. and Mrs. Brown and family, from ditto, for ditto ; Hon. Lady Smith to the Countess of Galloway, at her seat, in Yorkshire; Mrs. F. Perkins, from Bryanston-square, for her seat, Chipstead-place, near Seven Oaks, Kent ; Henry Thompson, Esq., from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Norfolk ; Mr. and Mrs. Hamil ton, from ditto, for their seat, Henley-on-Thames ; Mr. and Mrs. Tomlin, from the Royal Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Brighton. IRELAND. Sir Hussey Vivian arrived at Loughton, the seat of Lord Bloomfield, on Sunday last, and next day proceeded to Kil boy, the seat of Lord Dunally. The Right Hon. the Viscount and Viscountess Hawarden, family, and suite, have arrived at Morrisson's from England, on their way to his Lordship's seat, Dundrum, county Tipperary. The Archbishop of Cashel arrived at the Palace, Cashel, on Tuesday, from Dublin. Lady Glengall, Lord De Courcy, and Captain Chapman have arrived in Waterford. The Hon. William Ponsonby, son of Lord Duncannon, will preside at a meeting of the National Bank of Ireland at Carrick on Friday (this day). The Bishop of Limerick will sit in the next session of Par liament, and is now privileged to frank. Lord Duncannon and a small party had the honour of dining with his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and Marchioness Wellesley, yesterday. Lord Duncannon is staying at the Vice-regal Lodge for a few days, on a visit to his Excellency. The Marquis Conyngham, Postmaster-general, arrived in town this day from London. The Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees has arrived in town, from Essexford. Sir Edmond S. Hayes, Bart., M. P., has arrived at Drum boe Castle, from Cliff, the seat of Colonel Conolly, where he intends spending the remainder of the Parliamentary recess with his numerous friends. The Hon. Colonel Pakenham has arrived at Kingstown. The Hon. Mr. Tottenham and Colonel Pigott have left :own for Ely Lodge, the seat of the Marquis of Ely. The Lord Chancellor was expected in Edinburgh early on Saturday, to attend the scientific meeting ; he stops with Lord Jeffrey ; Sunday he was to dine at Sir H. Dal rymple's with Earl Grey. Lord Durham's splendid yacht, the " Louisa," was yesterday morning towed round by a steamer to Seaham, where his Lordship was to embark for Leith, to be present at the public dinner to be given in the City of Edinburgh to Earl Grey, on Monday next, on his retirement from the office of Premier.—Sunderland Herald. Lady Harriet Manners Sutton and infant family will leave St. George's-place to-morrow for Brighton. The Earl and Countess of Aylesford arrived in Audley-square on Friday last from a tour. The Duke of Norfolk has abandoned his cruising exploits, and laid up his yacht for the winter. The family are now at Fornham, Bury St. Edmund's. The Hon. Edward Petre, after being so long a leader in the sporting world, quits the turf for ever and retires to the continent. The Hon. General Upton is gone with a party to join the sportsmen now assembled at the seat of Lord Suffield, in Suffolk. Sir Charles and Lady Cockerell will leave town to morrow, for their seat, Seiincot, Morton-in-the-Marsh, Glou cestershire. The Marquis of Hertford is still in Paris, having had an attack of gout ; when convalescent he intends to pro ceed to Aix, and in winter will reside at Naples. Earl Granville will probably pay a visit to Prince Talleyrand and Valencay before his Excellency's return to Paris. The venerable Earl of Chatham left Charles-street, Berkeley-square, on Saturday morning for Brighton, where his Lordship means to take up his winter quarters in the same house he has occupied for several years. The Prince and Princess Lieven have taken up their residence at General Bankendorff's at St. Petersburgh, until the apartments in the Royal Palace can be got ready for their reception. The Gallant Officer is brother to the Princess. Prince George, tho second son, is going on the grand tour. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury set off on Friday last from Arlington-street for East Hampstead Park, near Brackwell, Berks, the seat of the Marquis of Downshire, to be present at the meeting of the Royal Archers, which was held there on Saturday last. CHICHESTER, SEPT. 12.—0 n Tuesday last W. S. Poyntz, Esq., of Cowdray Park, Midhurst, at his audit, de ducted 25 per cent. from the rents of his tenantry, who after wards dined at the Angel Inn.—Brighton Herald. Mr. Francis Baring left town on Saturday after noon for Portsmouth, and will be present at a grand entertain ment to be given by the corporation of that town to-day. Buckingham Palace is, we understand, in so forward a state that it will be ready for the reception of his Majesty by the month of May next. The principal rooms are being fur nished, and it is said to be his Majesty's intention that the next celebration of his birth-day shall take place there. We lament to state that the sight of one eye of Viscount Deerhurst is totally gone. Mrs. Cockerell, at whose house the accident happened, has been his only nurse, and that amiable lady has been indefatigable in her attentions. A loss of hearing has been added to the other calamity. Sir Henry Hardinge, with a select party of friends, has been shooting on the Duke of Beaufort's estates amongst. the Brecknockshire hills. The Right Honourable Baronet— although he has lost an arm in the service of his country__ killed more birds from the back of a young " cefyl-back”. ( Welsh shooting-poney) than any other sportsman of the path The. Surgeon-General is perfectly recovered froin a severe fit of illness in Dublin. Judge Vandeleure is happily improving in health at Beaumaris. Colonel Slade, Equerry to the Duke of Cumber land, has returned to town, after having accompanied hisßoyal Highness to the continent. The Royal Duke experienced a very tempestuous passage on leaving this country. the wind blowing hard, with a very heavy sea, so that the water entered the vessel and was ancle deep in the cabin. The Conservatory of the Botanical Gardens at Brussels at this time presents what may may be truly said to be a phenomenon in that country. An Agave g eminiflora, which was never before seen in flower in Belgium, is now dis playing that richness and splendour of vegetation which distin guishes all the plants of South America. Paganini has just arrived at Paris. We learn from Bordeaux that the illness of the cele brated composer Boieldieu has become so serious that his friends entertain apprehensions for his life. Prince Puckler Muskau, the author of " Tutti Frutti," left Paris a few days ago to meet a Prussian officer, who had called upon him for satisfaction for what he considered an insult in one of the noble author's works. The duel termi nated without injury to either of the combatants. —Galignani's Messenger. The General Steam Navigation Company's mail packet, the William JoNip, from Hamburg, arrived off the Custom-house, at six o'clock, p.m., 13th September. The General Steam Navigation Company's mail packet, the Ramona from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom house, at twelve o'clock noon, 14th Sept. The Lord Melville, from Calais, arrived at eleven o'clock, a.m., 15th Sept. The Commander of the Forces, has been, for some time on a tour through the western division of the county Mayo, inspectin& the harbours and public roads, with the view of reporting to Government the practicability of improving the county by useful public works. DUNDEE.—The Marquis of Douro, eldest son of the Duke of Wellington, and having a title from the locality of one of his father's most celebrated exploits, passed through this on Friday last, having come from London on board the Dundee steamer. The Marquis is a man of perfectly plain ' and unassuming manners, and in the short time permitted by our steamers for the formation of friendships, made himself a very great favourite with all his fellow passengers. He was seen coming up with the bluff jolly Captain of the Dundee, as familiarly as if they had been old messmates. The Mar quis was only a few hours in town ; but the rumour of his arrival having spread rapidly, he was seen by a good many of our citizens, and recognized by the prominent resemblance of his nasal organ to that of his father. He set off for Braemar a little after mid-day. Some gentlemen were leok ing most anxiously in at the carriage windows, just as he was about to start, and thought they had got a glance of him ; a slight mistake this—the Marquis had put his servant and dogs inside, and, like a soldier's son, took up his own post beside the driver, to look around him and see the country. Gum dian. It is death to hint, even to the ugliest woman, that she is not good-looking.—Book of Aphorisms. The walls of Liverpool are covered with bills, offer ing work and good wages in London to all journeymen builders unconnected with the Trades' Union. A NGLO-GALLICISM.— Seven hundred and fifty five passengers and seventeen private carriages have been landed at Calais, during the past week, from England. A new corn-market, supported on substantial co lumns of granite, and with a room over it for the depositing of ;rain, is now erecting at Tavistock, at the expense of the Duke of Bedford. A court martial is ordered to assemble at this port, to try Mr John Christie, Mr. William Crawford, and Mr. Charles Smith, of his Majesty's ship Dublin, on her arrival from Portsmouth.—Devonport Telegraph. The West Briton states that, in consequence of the very wet weather experienced during the past week, consider able quantities of late-sown barley have sustained serious in jury in different parts of the county. - - The Stanhope and. Tyne Railway was opened on Wednesday last, amidst general rejoicing. The lino is 32 miles in length ; and the work has only been 12 months in hand. A public dinner is to be give to Andrew H. Lynch, Esq., M. P., for the town of Galway, and a proposition to in clude his colleague, Mr. Blake, was rejected.—Limerick Paper. We see by the Kentish Observer that Mr. Alder man Partridge was most appropriately elected President of the Canterbury Catch Club, on the first of September. His friends, we conclude, are satisfied that he is game. CORNWALL.—The mines of this county are at this moment in most active and profitable operation ; and this, combined with an abundant harvest, which has yielded a more than average quantity of all agricultural produce, completes the present prosperity of old Cornwall. The robber who plundered the chapel of Ballinasloe a few weeks since, contrived to secrete the chalice and altar plate in the police office of Banagher, where they were found last week by Capt. Warburton, stipendiary magistrate, after the offender had been discharged by the local magistrates. DEATH OF MR. THOMPSON, CORONER.---AVe regret to state that this melancholy occurrence took place on Monday, under circumstances of a very painful and affecting nature. Mr. Thompson, though previously in the enjoyment of perfect health, was suddenly seized with apoplexy, which almost instantly deprived him of life.—Clonntel Advertiser. One of the deaf and dumb lads at the institution at Paris, being desired to express his idea of the eternity of the Deity, replied,—" It is duration without beginning or end ; existence without bounds or dimensions ; present without past or future ; his eternity is youth without infancy or old age ; life without birth or death; to-day without yesterday or to morrow." A ship is now discharging in our docks a cargo of pitch pine timber, which she took on board in the United States, and carried to Halifax to avoid the extravagant duty on foreign timber imported direct, the farce of her calling with it at a colonial port entitling the importer to enter it here as colonial timber. By this operation, the exchequer loses about I ,5001.---Hull Rockingham. TILE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII. —We are re quested to state that the publication of this new romance, by E. L. Bulwer, Esq., M. P., author of " Pelham," " Eu gene Aram," " England and the English," &c., is unavoidably postponed for a few days.--Orders should be immediately given to the various booksellers throughout the kingdom, to secure the early delivery of this work. VEGETABLE PRODUCTION.--A pumpkin, which weighed 491 b. and measured 57 inches in circumference, was shown us last week, which grew in the garden of Mr. Alex ander Beer, of Appledore ; and on the slender stem of the same plant were six others, one of which measured 63 inches in circumference, and the others nearly of the same size.— North Devon Journal. Several shoals of pilchards having been seen off St. Ives Head, on Wednesday evening, the seaners at that place were in expectation that the fish would approach the shore, so as to enable them to " shoot," but in this they were disap pointed ; it is, however, hoped that some catches may be made. Only one of the St. Ives driving-boats ventured to sea this week, and did not bring in more than 700 fish. Fox.—ln one of the latest days of Fox, the con versation turned on the comparative wisdom of the French and English character. " The Frenchman," it was observed, " delights himself with the present ; the Englishman makes himself anxious about the future. Is not the Frenchman the wiser ?" "He may be the merrier," said Fox ; " but did you ever hear of a savage who did not buy a mirror in preference to a telescope 1" An inquest was held last week in Kilmihill, county Clare, by Thomas Whitestone, Esq., coroner, on a young woman who was enciente. It appeared that the deceased was turning some fowl out of a garden, when she was attacked by her neighbour, a woman of the name of Joan Boland, who threw a stone at the deceased, which struck her in the abdo men. She expired in great agony. The jury found a verdict of wilful murder against Joan Boland. RACING " TWO-YEAR OLDS."—A horse gene rally lives to between 20 and 30, say 25 ; therefore if we allow eighty years to a man's life, we know that 25 is to 80 as 5 to 16, consequently a horse at 5 years old has about reached his full powers. Again, 25 is to 80 as 2to 7 nearly. Our horses therefore, which run races, sometimes severe ones, at two years old, are just as fit to do so as a child of seven.—New Sporting Magazine. Hundreds of Connaught labourers have passed through Athlocie, on their return from England, during the last week. Their trip this season has been most unprofitable ; many of them who heretofore usually brought home from six to eight sovereigns, had not so much as sixpence to spare after paying their passage over, and were actually obliged to beg their way along the road from Dublin to their native province. —Waterford Chronicle. THE PRESS.—We recollect the time when our aristocratic exclusives sneered at the editor of, or contributor to, a review, and would have thought it an insult to be asked to meet the editor of a newspaper ; but we have lived to see one Lord Advocate of Scotland, and the other Lord Chan cellor of England, and the Parisian journalists enjoying and wielding the whole powers of the French Government._ Blackwood's Magazine. DEFINITION OP A FELLOWSHIP.--Throu g h an avenue of the trees at the back of Trinity College, Cambridge, a church may be seen at a considerable distance, the approach to which affords no very pleasing scenery. The late Pro fessor Porson, on a time walking that way with a friend and observing the church, remarked that it put him in mind of a fellowship, which was a long dreary walk with a church at the end of it. PRESERVATION OF FISH.—To keep trout alive, whilst carrying them a long distance, mix one ounce of white suorandy, a piece of saltpetre the size of a walnut, and a spoonful of flour together ; this is sufficient for a pailful of water, which must be hard spring water ; this proportion, often repeated, will keep them alive. Carp and tench will travel in clean whole wheat straw many miles, if laid in layers as the straw retains the air for them to suck. COACHES AND UMBRELLAS.—It was at first thought disgraceful for imp to ride in coaches, unless in cases of illness or infirmity; but this is always the case upon the introduction of any new species of luxury. The time is still within the memory of old persons when umbrellas were scarcely ever used but by females, and when the few gentle men who carried such a luxurious novelty were ridiculed and even insulted by those who a few years later were glad to avail themselves of the same convenience.—Penny Magazine. The erect ion of the bridge between Poole and Ham worthy will be commenced forthwith. The brig Russel, which had bee n s p ec i a ll y f re i g h te d f rom M eme l, has arrived with timber for the purpose, and is now unloading. Mr. George Easton has, we believe, contracted for the erection. The bridge, which is to be of wood, in order to afford the least possible obstruction to the flow of the tide, will be a light and elegant structure. MILITIA.--The Commissioners lately appointed by Government to inspect the Militia Staff in the three King doms, have finished their report, which states that a great number of the non-commissioned officers are inefficient, and consequently recommends their discharge. They further re commend that the small regiments should be united, and that it would be desirable for them to recruit the regular army. That this plan will be carried into effect there cannot be a doubt, for operations to that effect have already commenced. The correspondence in future is to be carried on through the Commander-in-Chiefs office. It will scarcely be credited, but it is not the less true, that although within three days' journey of the metropo lis, the wild regions of Connaught and Munster, abounding in lakes, stocked with salmon, trout, &c., are comparatively un known to the British Angler. We are therefore glad to per ceive the announcement of " The Angler in Ireland," a recent fishing tour through such provinces of Erin as afford the best sport to the lover of " the gentlo art." The author, we are informed, during his niscatory excursions, passed a consider able time among the Lakes of Killarney, the scenery of which is unrivalled in Great Britain. WAR.—If war can be defended as a mode of ex penditure by any but gunsmiths and army clothiers, there is no saying what curse we may not next find out to be a blessing. Of all kinds of unproductive consumption, that occasioned by war is the very worst. Life, and the means of life, aro there extinguished together; and one might as well try to cause the resurrection of a slain army on the field of battle, as hope for any return to the toil of the labourers who equipped them for the strife. The sweat of the artisan falls as fruitless as the tears of the widow and orphan. For every man that dies of his wounds abroad, there is another that pines in hunger at home. The hero of to-day may fancy his laurels easily won ; but he ought to know that his descendants of the hundredth generation will not have been able to pay the last farthing of their purchase money.--Miss Ma; tineau. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, &won o'clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE ME THIS EVENING. FOREIGN OFFICE, SEPT. 16, 1834. The Marquis de Miraflores, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of her Majesty the Queen of Spain at this Court, has communicated to Viscount Palmerston, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a Decree of her Majesty the Queen Regent of Spain, in the name of her Catholic Majesty Donna Isabella 11., of which the following is a translation : ROYAL DECREE. Considering that the security and tranquillity of these kingdoms require that vigorous measures should be taken to prevent the spirit of party or sordid interest from affording noursshment to the civil war which unhappily desolates certain provinces ; being desirous to prevent any attempts to land arms, military assistance, or stores, in the ports or on the coasts of the north of Spain, for the use of Spaniards in rebellion; and, with a view to self-defence, looking rather to the prevention of evil than to its subsequent remedy; I have ordained as follows, in the name of my august Daughter, Donna Isabella 11., and with the advice of my Council of Ministers: 1. Besides the general prohibition directed by the laws and re gulations of the Custom-house against the introduction and land ing of arms, ammunition, or warlike stores, another more special and rigorous prohibition shall be enforced for that portion of the coast included between Cape Finisterre and the Mouth of the Bi dassoa. 2. The ships of the royal navy, the guarda costas, and other Spanish vessels, as likewise the fortified places, forts, and land bat teries, shall oppose by force the landing of the said articles, as be ing designed for keeping up the civil war in these kingdoms. 3. Every vessel that shall be found laden witn arms, warlike stores, ammunition, or other articles contraband of war provided that such vessel shall approach the said coast within six miles, mani festing, by that act alone, her intention and design to disembark the above-mentioned articles, shall be considered to be suspected of the said hostile intention, and shall be detained, and the arms and warlike stories which she carries shall be embargoed until a further decision shall be adopted, according to the importance and the cir cumstances of the case. _ _ 4. My Secretary of State shall forthwith communicate this Decree to the Ambassadors, Ministers, and Diplomatic and Con sular Agents of my august Daughter in foreign countries, in order that sufficient publicity being given to these regulations, those who may infringe them may not be able to plead ignorance. b. The other Secretaries of State in their several Departments shall issue the most precise orders and adopt the proper measures, in order that this my Royal Decree may have immediate and full effect. This you shall understand, and you shall take the necessary steps for its accomplishment. (Signed by the Royal Hand.) St. Ildefonso, Aug. 21, 1834. To Den Francisco Martinez de la Rosa, President of the Council of Ministers. FOREIGN-OFFICE, SEPT. 16. The King has been graciously pleased to approve of Mr. Thomas Du Hamel, as Consul in the island of Jersey for his Majesty the King of the Belgians. WHITEHALL, SEPT. 16. The King has been pleased to present the Reverend Hugh M'Calman to the church and parish of South Knapdale, in the presbytery of Inverary and shire of Argyll, vacant by the transpor tation of the Reverend Duncan Rankine, late Minister there, to the church and parish of North Knapdale. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. HENRY GEORGE, bookseller, Argyle-buildings, Bathwick, Somerset. J 411,4 ON, Y• BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM BAKER, draper, Southampton, Rants. BANKRUPTS. FREDERICK SKINNER, grocer, Darlinon-place, Vaux hall, Surrey, to surrender Sept. 26 , at ten, and Oct. 28, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Adlington, Faulkner and Gregory, Bedford-row ; Graham, Copthali-buildings, official assignee. WILLIAM MILLS, builder, Newmarket, Suffolk, Sept. 23, at half-past two, and Oct. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Constable and Kirk, Symond's-inn, Chancery-lane ; Turquand, Copthall-buildings, official assignee. CHARLES CANFOR, builder, Cottage-Grove, Camberwell, Sept. 23, at three, and Oct. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Selby, Serjeant's Inn, Fleet-street; Whitmore, Basing hall-street, official assignee. JOSEPH TYZACK, die-sinker, Sheffield, Oct. 3 and 28, at eleven, at the Town Hall, Sheffield. Herbert, Bartholomew close, London ; Bullock, Sheffield. WILLIAM ALLEN, linen-draper, Alnwick, Northumberland, Sept. 22 and Oct. 28, at one, at the Star Inn, Alnwick. Wood man, Morpeth ; Spencar and Compton, Alderrnanbury, London. CERTIFICATES.—OcT. 7. W. Wilson and E. Brodribb, merchants, Mark-lane. F. Webb, robe-maker, Fleet-street. C. P. Lumb, commission-agent, Leeds. J. and W. Bull, woollen draprs, Taunton. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. H. and G. Ball, tailors, Ramsbury, Wiltshire. W. Splaine and R. ,L. Gossage, coal-dealers, Liverpool. S. Collinge, J. Wild, and J. argreaves, cotton-spinners, Hey wood-ethin-Heap, Bury, Lahcashire. W. *right and H. Hopkins, schoolmasters, Edgbaston,Warwick J. Jackson and R. E. W. Coleman, slate-merchants, Liverpool. J. Holland and E. Joyce, copartners in the oxy-hydrogen micro scope, New Bond. street. M. Squire and R. Western, shoemakers, Chelsea. M. Beardsworth and M. Cheetham, licensed victuallers, Man chester. J. Shoolbred, G. Cregory, H. Shoolbred, and W. `Shekiherd, haberdashers, Tottenham-court-road (as far as regards H. Shool bred. - T. J., and S. Frost, lace-manufacturers, Goldsmith-street, London. _ _ _ • • H. Young and G. Bury, common brewers, Mansfield-place, Kentish-town. J. and G. Hall, stone-masons and plasterers, Truro, Cornwall. J. Johnson, S., G., and H. Green, candle-wick manufacturers, Rowarth, Derbyshire. H. Chappell and J. H. Pratchell, linen-drapers, Old Brentford. T. Hall and C. M. Johnson, ship-brokers, Howford-buildings, Fenchurch-street. Molyneux and T. Bennett, tea-dealers, Mincing-lane. J. Jones and J. Walthew, metallic hot-house-manufacturors, Birmingham. JUVENILE EMIGRATION.—The brig Lord Ram sey sailed from Appledore on Thursday last, for America ; and on the following day, at sea, the cook went down into the hold for a supply of fuel, and, on putting in the shovel, heard a sigh proceeding from the coal-hole ;on further examination, he found a boy belonging to Appledore, of the name of Smith, about twelve years of age, stowed away with all his wardrobe, &c. The captain, on being informed of it, happening to see a vessel bound for Appledore, made a signal, and the young urchin was put on board, and returned home on Sunday, his friends not having known what had become of him.—North Devon Journal. THE GREENOCK IRVINGITES.—On Saturday a neat little chapel, capable of containing 600 sitters, built by the Irvingites at Greenock, was opened for Worship. Mr. Tait, jun., the "angel" of the church, conducted the services of the day, and, contrary to public opinion, no ceremony at the opening was observed. The disciples of the Irving shool at Greenock are divided into two classes, viz., the adherents of Mr. Campbell, late of Row, and those of Mr. Tait. The divisions were made not on doctrinal points, but on the ques tion, who should be angel of the church at Greenock? Mr. Tait and Mr. Donald, of Port Glasgow, the brother of the un known-tongue-gifted-lady of that name, were the candidates, and each has a number of followers. Mr. Tait's division, un der the auspices of the London Society, or rather Church, is prospering, while the other is on the wane. The chapel at Greenock is a neat looking building, of classic architecture, and instead of a pulpit, a platform has been erected, on which is a reading-desk and scats for the Angel, Evangelists, and Pastors, and the body of the house is seated with skeleton sofas, which can be removed at pleasure.— Glasgow Chronicle. On Saturday last a trial was made from Blackwall to the Nore and back of a powerful steam-vessel called the Nile, built for the service of the Pasha of Egypt. This vessel is the largest that has hitherto been constructed in this or probably in any country, being by admeasurement 908 tons, and she is propelled by two of Bolton and Watt's engines, of the nominal power of 110 horses each, but which work up to a power of full 260 horses together. The extreme length of this ship from the fore part of the stem under the bowsprit to the after part of the stern-post alcft, is 183 feet 2 inches ; the breadth extreme at the paddles 32 feet 8 inches ; depth in the engine-room 21 feet 9 inches ; she draws about 14 feet water. The trial was successful in every respect ; her speed, as ascer tained at the measured mile below Northfleet, having ex ceeded from 1-10th to 1-9th that of our own Government steam-ships of equal power, than which the Nile is so con structed as to be capable of stowing from three to four days' more coals. The primary object of this vessel is said to be to tow the ships of the line belonging to the Pasha in and out of the harbour of Alexandria, but she is capable of being con verted to purposes of war in case of emergency. She will take her departure for Alexandria in the course of a few days from Blackwall. DISTURBANCE IN WHITECIIAPEL.—SUIIday morning, between one and two o'clock, a disturbance of a se rious nature took place in the Whitechapel-road. A number of Irish labourers, who, after receiving their week's wages, had spent their money in getting drunk (their usual custom), could not conclude their spree without a fight. This was not taken much notice of at first, it being a circumstance by no means uncommon ; but about one o'clock it assumed a more se rious aspect, and the police officers on duty thought it was high time to interfere, as pokers, tongs, and other weapons of offence, were in active operation in a dark street, called John street, where the combatants were hotly engaged. Two po licemen, Hopkins 75, and West 277, of the K division, pro ceeded to the spot, and endeavoured to quell the disturbance, but were immediately assailed with a volley of stones and brick-bats, one of which struck Hopkins on the forehead, and felled him to the earth ; West, also, received a blow from a similar missile, which also levelled him to the earth. The bystanders conveyed them to the station-house, where they were attended by Mr. Billingham, surgeon. Their wounds were found to be very severe, Hopkins having his forehead cut in a shocking manner, and his leg nearly broken by a blow from a poker. West was struck on the back of the head by a brickbat, and it is feared his skull is fractured ; his face is also much injured by the fall : he now lies in a very dangerous condition. A strong body of police was immediately despatched to the scene of outrage, but when they arrived the parties were all retired to their beds • and, in consequence of the darkness of the street, it is not likely any of the parties can be identified. None of them have yet been taken into custody, but the officers are making the most rigid inquiries, in order to discover the cowardly and brutal assailants of the police. At a late hour last night, West, the policeman, was not considered out of danger: SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCA S TER, SUNDAY ErsNzNa. The following arrivals have taken place :—Duke and Du chess of Cleveland, Duke of Leeds, Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Lord W. Lennox, Lord Albert Conyngham, Count d'Orsay, Count Bathiany, Hon. Col. and Mrs. Anson, Hon. B. Craven, Hon. C. Forester, Sir Tatton Sykes, Sir Lewyn Glyn, Col. Craddock, Col. Hay, Col. Birdee, Col. Hancock, Col. Stuckey, Col. Ogden, Capt. Taylor, Capt. Grant, Capt. Hunter, Capt. Buller, Capt. Tobin, Capt. Con way, Major Hancock, Mr. Cookes, M.P., Mr. Codrington, M.P., Mr. Gully, M.P., Mr. G. Walker, Mr. Batson, Mr. Cottrell, Mr. Worrall, Mr. S. L. Fox, M. P., &c., &c. The following distinguished personages are expected:.. Duke of Wellington, Duke of Richmond, Marquis and' Mar chioness of Londonderry, Count Matuszevic, Earl and Coun tess of Wilton, Lord and Lady Stourton, Lord and Lady Mil ton, Lord Althorp, Lord Petre, &c. Every thing indicates a full meeting. The weathtr is ins and the ground in excellent order. The entries closed on Friday afternoon as follow ::-... Fitzwilliam Stakes (to morrow).---Tomboy, Marcellina, and Goldbeater. King's Plate (to-morrow).—Stenton, Consol, Despot, Guardian, Tomboy, Goldbeater ' Belshazzar, and W yn dh am. Doncaster Stakes (Tuesday).—Zohrab, Consol, Despot, and Muley . Moloch _ _ _ Selling' Stakes (Wednesday).—Stenton, David, Westport, Brunswicker, Amurath, and Furfair. Corporation Plate ( Wednesday).—Stentob, Mrs. Oakley, Maid of Melrose, Botanist, Despot, Shepherdess, Miss Wil fred, and Wyndham. Gold Cup (Thursday).—Torrthoy, Palander, Goldbeater, Touchstone, Lady Le Gros., tonsol,_ Darius, Louden ; Th e Mystery c., by Figaro or pottery ; Mrs. Rye c., Bran, Lady of the Vale c., Vyvvan, General Chasse, Muley Muloch, Shi lelah, Belshazzar, tubastes, and Warlaby Baylock. Plenipo tentiary is not entered. 1001. Plate (Friday).—Zohrab, Polander, Goldbeater, Mayflower, Marcelina, Darius, Forester, Louden, The Mystery, Bran, spume, Miss Wilfred, Tarick, Mrs. Oak ley, Wyndham, Omnibus, and The Page. THE GREAT ST. LEGER. Two or three alterations of some importance have arisen out of the few engagements entered into this afternoon. Pre vious, however, to giving our customary list of the average eloSing prices, we may be allowed to observe that there is perhaps no season on record in which the public running of three or four of the Newmarket three year olds has been so good or so true throughout; and, as it has a most important influence on the St. Leger, a short retrospect will not be out of place. We begin with Glencoe, who, although not in the race, is, by analagous running, closely connected with it. His first appearance was for the Tuesday's Riddlesworth, which he won easily, beating Zulima (winner of the July Stokes), the Barossa filly, and sister to Galata ; on this race he was allowed 31., while the fillies carried the full weight. He met Plenipo in the same meeting, made tremendous play, was outpaced, and beaten in a canter. In the First Spring Meeting he won the Desert Stakes, beating Ganges (who re ceived 31b.) easy ; on the following day he won the 2,000 Guinea Stakes by a length, beating Flatterer (the Clare colt), Bentley (winner of the Clearwell and Criterion) Brother to Kate, Paris, Trictrac colt, and Viator, who had won the Rid dlesworth the previous Meeting, beating Darius d two or three others by four or fire lengths. At Eps Glencoe „it made all the running for the Derby, and wa s b e n half a length from the second horse ; walked over for the Royal Stakes at Ascot; at Goodwood carried the full weight for the Cup over very heavy ground, and won by three lengths, beating Colwick (who received 101 b.), Famine, Rockingham (a St. Leger winner), and several others ; and on the follow ing day won the Racing Stakes just as easy, although carrying 61b. extra, beating Louisa (second for the Oaks), and three or four others. Plenipo, like Glencoe, came out in the Craven Meeting, beating the Caroline colt, c. out of Zealot's dam, and Manto colt, for a sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each. In the same Meeting defeated Glencoe in a trot, and won the Derby by two lengths, beating Shilelah, Glencoe, Bentley (4th), Intriguer, and a large field ; he afterwards walked over for the St. James's Palace Stakes, and will start for the St. Leger with the highest reputation ever yet acquired by any horse of the same age. Of Shilelah we know nothing more than that he ran second for the Derby ; if, however, it be true that he has been tried to be 51b. better than Priam (so it is reported), he must be a strange good horse; but admitting this (that he was not quite fit on the day we can scarcely credit), what must Plenipo be ? Darius won the Newmarket Stakes (or its substitute) in a canter, beating Harum Scarum and three or four others. Intriguer, too ; won the Shirley Stakes at Epsom, beating, besides others, Stradbally, who was stated by the party to be half a stone better than Pussey, winner of the Oaks ! After the Derby, Intriguer was sold to Sir Thomas Stanley for 600 guineas, and won a stake at Egham, beating Cornet in a canter. It will be seen by this that the running has been perfectly consistent ; there has been no in-and-out work, as is frequently the case with moderate horses, and all tends unequivocally to prove the vast superiority of Plenipo. Against this the north country have to oppose Warlaby Baylock, Bran, General Chasse, Touchstone, Mr. Powlett's colt, Cotillon, Bubastes, Marcellina, and Louden, and it must be confessed that it is a formidable numerical array. Warlaby Baylock ran four times last year viz., twice as thi r d to Cotillon,and once third to Emigrant ; his other race was for the Two-year-old Stakes at Doncaster, which he won by about half a head, beating Bubastes, Marcellina, Powletts's colt, Inheritor, and nine or ten or others ; there was nothing near the first two. In the York Spring Meeting this year he won the York Derby cleverly, beating Mellerstein, Rifleman, and two of the Duke of Leeds' colts; and in the same Meet ing won the Shorts, beating Spume and Sister to Retainer ; this running will hardly bear looking into, for Bubastes, who can scarcely be separat e d f rom hi m , was now here: for the Derby, and all the others beaten by him are moderate. General Chasse has proved victorious in several races, and in the single race i which he was defeated ran Victoria to a head when in her best form ; as a two-year-old he won at Newcastle, beat ing Monitor, Dulcamara colt, and three others ; at the Western Meeting beating Miss Emily, and two others ; and at Carlisle, beating Mayflower and three others-- all the beaten horses decidedly bad. In the present sea son he has won the Liverpool Spring St. Leger, beating Birdlime and Polander ; and the St. Leger at Manchester, beating Inheritor, Tarick, and several others ; and the St. Leger at Liverpool July Meeting, beating Touchstone (2d), Powlett's colt (3d), Inheritor, Queen Bess, Billinge, &c.; by a head. At two years old, Touchstone walked over for a stake at Lichfield, and was beaten at the Holywell Hunt by Queen Bess, Tulip being second ; as a three-year-old, his running evinced improvement. He won the Dee Stakea at Chester, beating Queen Bess and several others cleverly ; and on the following day 'he won the Palatine Steiits, beating his old antagonist Queen Bess and two °tiers, after a severe race. His last appearance was with General Chass6 at Liverpool ; and it is supposed that 'nothing but a disappointment early in the race prevented his winning. The pretensions of Mr. Powlett's toit arc of a different kind, and certainly do not entitle Lim to be at 15 to 1. He has been defeated five times, viz., at York August Meeting last year by Emigrant, without a place ; at Doncaster by Cotillon, to whom 'he was second, and at the same place by Warlaby , Baylock, without a pl ace ; a t Li ver p oo l by G enera l Ch asse ; and at Pontefract by Miss Wilfred, to whom he gave a year and. 31b. In the last race but one he was close up with Touch stone, so that the Liverpool trio cannot be far removed from each other, nor, if the running of Mr. Powlett's colt be the criterion, can they be very good. Bran won the Spring St. Leger at York, beating Buccaneer and three others equally bad by three lengths; and the Thirty Guinea Stakes in the August Meeting, beating Cotillon, Inheritor, Omnibus, and Goldbeatcr ; this running, however, is neutrali ze d b y t h e f act that Cotillon was self-dfeated before starting. Marcellina was second to Emigrant at York, and third in the race between Warlaby and Bubastes ; she has not been out this year. Louden won the Maiden Plate at Milton in four heats, beating the Count, a f. Splendour's dam, and a colt by Tramp, d. by Rubens. Cotillon won the Two-year-old Stakes at York Spring Meeting, beating Valparaiso, Warlaby Baylock, Emi grant, Bequest colt, Bubastes, &c. ; the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster, beating Mr. Powlett's colt, Warlaby Baylock, and several others ; and a plate at the same meeting, beating Val paraiso, She started for the Oaks, was restive, and not placed ; at the York August Meeting ran Zohrab to half a head, and Bran to a length, being temperate in the first race and jady in the other ; nothing but the money on her induces Mr. Walker to start her. Bubastes won the Two-year-old Stakes, and was beaten at York, Doncaster, and Epsom, as may be collected from the above. The weight of public run : ning is immensely in favour of Plenipo, or, failing him, of Shi lelah, and, judging by results on paper, we do not see how anything but accident can prevent one of the two winning. Only the first three backed. Chasse is greatly admired, but Plenipo looks and goes so well that very few are desperate enough to go against him. Warlaby Baylock, and those who follow him, are %lute out of favour. [ Chifney will ride Shilelah. Doncaster, Monday Morning, Eleven o'Clock. BETTING ON THE ST. TAGER. 6 to 5 on Mr. Batson's Pleiiipo (taken) 9 to 2 agst Duke of Cleveland's Shiielah 10 to 1 agst Sir J. Boswell's General Chasse 12 to I agst Mr. lleseltine's Worlaby Baylock 20 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Bran 18 to 1 agst Lord Westminster's Touchstone 18 to 1 agst Powlett's colt (taken) 22 to 1 agst Mr. Watts's Bubastes 25 to 1 cgst Mr. Marson's Louden 25 to 1 agst Lady L. Gros (Jenny Mills's dam.) 600 to 500 agst Touchstone and lady le Grog (taken) 600 to 500 on Plenipo (taken) 500 even between Louden and Touchstone THE SCRUTINY OF THE CHURCH RATE POLL —Five or six persons have been actively engaged, ever since the close of the poll on Wednesday week, in preparing the books for the scrutiny, which was commenced on Thursday morning last by Mr. William Broome, the scrutineer.—We understand that on that morning Mr. Broome made an appli.. cation to Mr. Maybury, the senior overseer of Salford, to be allowed to see the poor-rate book for 1833, for the purpoee of the scrutiny.—Mr. Maybury said he could not take it upon himself to grant Mr. Broome permission, but he would consult with his colleagues, and Mr. Broome should have an answer that evening, or in the morning. Yesterday morning, Mr. Maybury accompanied by Mr. Drinkwater, another of the over seers, and Mr. Lawrence Rostron, one of the Salford select vestry, called on Mr. Broome, and stated that the overseers had taken the subject into consideration, and that they thought it a matte r o f such importance as to render it requisite to con. suit the select vestry respecting it. The vestry (which only sits once a fortnight) would not meet before Wednesday week, when they would lay Mr. Broome's application before it, and by its decision they would ad.—Manchester Guardian. ;by► ose