The Sun. — London, England, 1844-06-10 00:00:00

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Gr°l' 'd Lima; 6°. for -0 03 "' Nth ,rdani del ear for ii°" L rtha, 14611* gamNl •• kiese d o ho_ ow ff and, of on, t tolli on, "" , 45, 100. • 00 iet ! le's, IcllabbiaT, 4 was ed , crew )u nder bole !ze, le' from. 0 cot 00 of ~ Ca p° l i cg uttNal al* oritia s. 3bl i'S. tti ; CSI6I • ry t a st . ; G s • - ele r res; s,Y l t: u c- . : .ells, 301. Cabs; o r To • vet , r dir' le : CO ; 04 ben t Sa Vatl ips - tO P C d.-40 CE• IS'ciARLY INCREDIBLE FACT. T ~ E " 4 : 4 ARE GREATER SIMPLETONS THAN SIR ROBERT PEEL. THIS EDITOR OF THE SUN. to, et o ught to Ap o l og i se to yourse lf an d rea d ers • • to L. urni ng so often to one subject—the apology is t f i Znil in the fact, that on that one subject Th e prosperity of the empire. a3 sertion whi c h h ea d s th i s l etter appears to be 10 0 .' th t) . `i daring one, but I w ill spee dil y establish its ti, rD ireetorz of the Bank of England, Sir, are th e rjrs i a os Whose obtuseness of intellect surpasses i's.hltae Premier. sf tr is , , e d, in a former letter, that the " privilege is a 'ling notes to the same extent as their bullion, wh y, Y 1 Mahe iitilie'ltllcession from which they cannot, by any pos ; a gain of one penny. What results. N ue t `tat the real effect of Sir Noodle's plan is, to itor t e t he Lank circulation to fourteen millions, or por°4-third of its present amount. this advantage the Bank is to increase its Araellee to G overnment. i 4 kai th ere not a n y respecta bl e gent l emen res idi ng tilept i lat il whom th e B an k P ropr i etors cou ld put i n It i s e e of their present Directors? t leoi er quite obvi ous, t h at if the present men should !lin g i e 44 i ota of cola :on sense, they will not issue 14 e 1 f " t e on their bullion, but lend v the bullion It derrtti l4l" 'wholly to have escaped the profound \ ''' e )le °. °ln ' unequalled Premier—(What crimes have hiltortßtrated to be cursed with him?)—that do tram well as note-holders, are entitled to de ?4,e,t`i the Bank. to w ol i c , tus suppose, ~ft},,, something that Providence should deign (1, bi r like a miracle, and open the eyes e . e q , l° ra—tha.t, in consequence, they should t k t of +-!,° Is sue notes on their bullion, and lend great l• ".'e lter, , tvz the. stock reduced (as it has been alread . y) Ortafi, ° Millions; that a demand for gold (for im . - " t ' l lqa'• ' . ( 11 ` i f Corn or otherwise) arises ; that a panic ,'ttt'ie-j (Panics have occurred within the last five cen 'ill:2.s'ezhat is the consequence ? Not only the ttlL'ot'ti at fourteen millions based on the Goveyn ke c f or cas h , but the depositors like -11, com e ", enee is it to be obtained ? 1 ,,, r 1 ) 8's me to another Peel-ian sublimity.. _ ,(and, if the Directors hive a grain of te-'4eleu th e ctrt 'Y) Paper circulation - of the Bank is to e d ebt due from the country, to the extent 11 out of the fourteen millions. 11 , 41 1, i '' t he Government the debtor, par eminence, t I O W the debt can be most quickly realised in ' l ion% 0 - i re we to understand,. that if the fourteen 41 111 t notes are driven in, the Government is j'4, l ? Produce forthwith eleven millions of gold? INhut security have the heders of being If th speci e ? lit, a f et4°ve rnment be so bound, from what source d l to - „",elf i a notice, to produce the bullion ? 1,;0lol a ; —e ui Sir that if thl4 monstrous, delirious the Co nfused intellect be suffered to pass into ' theh;ery existence of the State is jeopardised— tildeiri'erehants and traders of the empire may be t end aya,—Always yours, COMMON SENSE. 11 RE CURRENCY. [lt Is . 1 14 1 -- rPt necessary for us to employ many words in ite llt' . ; li ng the twletters which follow to the best , l3 f our readers. We have endeavoured, in th e d y,aPers, to demonstrate, upon general princi . - L % ert;; gle ninia in which the see-saw scheme of Sir -freers security-adjusted currency must pace ), 41 5 4 t, - • o f . England. Our correspondent, " Corn . - k' ti tin e g -s i e '" supplies an irresistible illustration of its Pre r ,, i -4 a given case . If th e conc l us i on t o w hich l ead him be other than certain, we should qit Os to s e h it is to be gainsayed.—ED. S un.] .. . f l k sr ili s ß , , c) A w e N er D sus THE BANKERS, MER MANUFACTURERS. 9 1 , 2 71 E EDITOR OF THE SUN. daea lie , Minister is most complimentary to the c a l 11,....41. interest ! Cl a .111) 4 — s a 'r e l i n y etr i rt, a de o c n lared that not a single 51. note the resources of any of the 0,P.0r athi)C4'e enumerated. 4 1 1 ( ' Cl e . 13 ankof England is to issue two classes of 0 1 0.14, 11 ' 3 '), the one based on bullion, the other (al- I (I ° l ' °tb er) on a debt owing to the institution err 'rnent. ns ql ll 4te p i PPose Mr. Masterman, Mr. Brown (the tr ) 'ecls o r South Lancashire), and Mr. Marshall, t 0 End thatdvance from the Bank of ii•k 441,y, suailde b-- `° End an a advance their commercial plans, or in us a useful to them. tit I:%sg:,: tt rtlier suppose that the Bank has issued all On Government debt" notes, and as much t 4 ; 4 t 1 1... , 111 „ e4 Prude n t o f it s b u lli on . Otgn, °lcier, times," the Bank would manuhfac r million of not . es if needful, and and pit te these commercial potentates. 4) 4 5 -/lv , tile Chairman waxes pale and sorrowful, 4 ) 11 ,ti:, ) ,,,:` our allowance of notes is used up, and, lt i 44 'ere wealth of Messrs. Masterman, Brown, y 411411411, we dare not ' base' one single hundred f l, °11 ! 0 1 We know that the united property of s is to be reckoned by millions—but th e is ( t t, t :lds us to issue any sum in our paper, t4O) representative of any other property, than 4 % l , l i ra) t - ting‘to - u s by the State (or the gold in our 'Ca admit that if a run occurred on us, we 14/ stl & et ° Ur loan to you back again at the shortest eso 4 ,nd th at f rom our august debtor (and master). - Qat Qv) but we are enc h a i ne d , an d must decline to (I ) 'na wi s h." Ch arm i ng, i s i t not ! COMMON SENSE. 44 ; 1 4 1/ 4i,i s f e rve the absolute " fix" in which the ti 1 4r can't lend Messrs. Masterman, Brown, d e tb a liall, a million of its gold, for two reasons— . i t Would red u ce it s stock below what it I (ii i s e l :eutial sh ou ld b e reserve d t o mee t it s out c4'Ttll,l.'ll,l;°t,esi &c.—and , secondly, because if it did 1 mirudene, it is bund by Peel's planto I'4ll Millipon of c its notes o instantly, and thus Y tu iit c N strko ess one pa r t o f th e c o mmer c ial world to !):, t (le plate another. In fact,. the distress must Wiir ac commodation —for, if, to-day, the Bank thl• I ' l 4 million of gold, its circulation will be a f kirij o e ,_ l eass, and it will be liable to a fine o an of 's) unless it has previously . drawn in a Paper! (Look to the Bill.) 1, HAS SPOKEN TRUTH. 4` ll ---1 , /IA EDITOR OP THE SUN. 1};;' 1 e3.,s'' 'leaven's sake, do not laugh and lift 'e • a nd hands. What I have stated is fact, I Ci tt6 43 lions e en in your reports of the proceedings 4 ‘v r , the j n eCommons, that Mr. Muntz has asked the fr om 'neven millions of notes based on the debt st, Pres,`4overnment are to be taken up in go 1)0„,'"Qt c e l l ut s tock of bullion in the ihreadneedle l - Valle c l t. s should be exhausted; and Sir Robert " he would really rather not answer 4 1/ , tl t ill o t t i lle v ery depths of my soul do I believe him! tili;'The ind escribable Premier would not be himd -4ellB,4,frered any subject which he handles (an tl 3 , , tt a i .. th" ci ' e u s t as a monkey might a burning chesnut) t ileti e se es a shuffle and . a blunder.. ki 5 ,..N a , no advantage in putting extreme hypo -8111 Why such cases are the best test of Aat th e b tit this is not an extreme " hypothetical sin uilion has been once redu . ced , t 01,400,000/. c e--why may it not again . 14 : 411 1u: 1. ) 1 ` if it should be necessary, no doubt thehu . tip`rilltwould haVe credit enough to pay the d . e tu eni May I ask his Sublime Obscurity 1. '"4 81 Rc l ifd ll , 13 ;nk cannot collect one million of addi kai;ili (1 , bat finds its stock diminishing every hour, ul 'ernment collect, on the instant, eleven 4 1 1)sr: ' 3l l d ii, -.°ll ets that, in some manner, and in . some qu -'ae : ,(3o vernment could pay eleven millions ; for •PLY i'v' e L s'ic'n is, how can it enable the Bank o • ltB no tess ngagement to give gold instantly ile am Sir, &c., , i, r s AND RIVE during tilPirlq 'I°IIr.AND ziooß usual average than the Several more ii , ettk. Moors ill, in all probability, be occupied -1 41 ) 'IT slatictin season by the south. -----. ItS. l ;he f the 44 ' "" ° I a' g ti.ili444 ritii:rtiag gentlemend taken, an . Among hose let ,l'al lae,e:ethea:ehnea y erous inquirie . ; tr Earl Selkirk ; In -1 „ ii e the follor • areo irmory, to the F t o bv, roo,, , 0 .--„ii eGore, Bart. ; Foyers, • btrathvaic : „awA Siring. St: George to E. Laverack,Esq.ers . , to Charles Prance, Esq. i "is'restpoect nobundant s kr.11'41',94;11.). ielt'itiTsa.n' Gle j. t F t . he quantity _o ?Pitift.l,•° •I'' 11l Clii - e. Wit 4 th ;ere is every reason toespect an itlioati I,,_„%°twataryttto oors the youngare broods are numerous ... will be few In kit v,,, eva i urable circumstances there of August. Il ees 4. ' ar e. In all such placesthe 12th • ht, hatched under i.'• "- eh Viers b ' found on last fortnight, owriitig ha, not .- - eulg - Productive for the want of rain. mostly yal 4 4 %. to the .b_ten very rewarded Iv . ,1 3. kr I:tvers being so small been _ sq., ith 4, kvering Parties have, however, C. Leslie, t , he Itott w.,in.bers of fine salmon At the Garry, t sport ;in t from the (liaek,„l'l'aal Coke E . salmon. At had excellen__ .o;rimn have kot , "ate r H. Ros's }:!-.-, j Pell, Esq., and 11;ir:...730en very !It,(lashings; on.' tlit'sp.ay, M r . Winsl n o . e has been Stuart e Za4 ftilieacii; and en the Findhom the m Fli ti Hon. anglers—those 4of 6,4 1,1,1,111ber of fine fish. The liar e scaly triver.3, laTritetttiv scenery, vidic c i i w b a u n rn de , r rod in hand, sear for the peculiar tSA, ‘yliieh 'i ah rnal•qtra,' ,anare enjoying en. N. Li eibles.--/nrerness Courier. . distinguished NI etl i 3 k Th f llowmg week:—The i ,„ , IIEATRE. e o delightful Llit -ave visited this theatre during the w i ee r it e we ether hioness ° I IN 44(1 linehess of Leeds, Marquis and Earl and Lid lirtnanhy, Earl and Coutess of Sheffield, Lord and hod bartiriuuth Lady Villiers Stewart, A Lady ki,rourl,.4',a of lieninare Lady Rinloch, Lord onu Hill, Marcus 1k.°1'46°,","°4. Lord GeOrge Loftus, Lord Wilton, Lord i4ri c'4l ll --1 ' 'a ii -Aclare E rl and Countess of 4' ritih--;taoltilinAltat,dto.rlll-lirivhke., Marquis of Huntley, „k, her, Lord Braybro iii . f. k"s' 1(1044.' Sir ';ai,l,lrY'C,.!,lrisTPLady Barron, Sir Zit 1 llri I'Etti Clonws'°z,iranT. Gage, Sir /1 . tiarland, Si J)lie'rerrard, Captain and the_ri m n s.. titer, 11-itr,44-4-aY, Mrrs. :,.`dorin)tjo Marlyn, lion. )Jr. _,Raand I,,•ttthil,--t'• rs. Murray B.YBotfield, Esq., -- I"George Robert and w okt ; l '• It. Zinn° Es Colonel Gwynnet well' no Ur. Whtbread, Ur., &c. COMMON SENSE TEMPLETON IN SCOTLAND. Templeton is now giving his entertainments in the Scottish capital with the' greatest success. He has also been visiting the west of Scotland and the north of Ire land, delighting the lovers of song, and reaping laurels as well as profit. On Monday week no fewer than 1,600 persons attended his entertainment in the City Hall, Glasgow, and on the Friday. following, at Ayr, he gave his " Beauties of Burris," in a locality where all are tami liar with the poet's history and writing, and where, says one of the Scotch papers, Templeton's representation of the beauties he selected, imparted.to them fresh charms. We perceive from the came journal, that it is Templeton's intention to produce an entertainment comprising his scenes .and ballads from English operas. We rejoice to see this announcement—this is ground peculiarly his own. As an operatic singer, Templeton stands alone and uerivalled. BRITISH andFOREIGN INSTITUTE. The first general annual meeting of the members of the institute was held on Friday, at their rooms inGeorge-street, Hanover-square, the Right Hon. the Earl of Devon, President of the Society, in the Chair; supported by Earl Grosvenor, Lord Claude Hamilton, M.P., Sir George Staunton, Bart., M.P.; E W. W. Pendarves, M.P.; William Evans, M.P.; Lord William Lennox, Col. the Hon. L. Stanhope, Briga dier-General Sir Henry Pynn, William Tite, Esq. • William Wizard, Esq. ; J. G. Teed, Esq. ; H. Waymouth, Esq. ; Chas. Cochrane, Esq. ; Dr. Holt Yates, and others of the vice-pre sidents and committee. The Noble President having briefly opened the business of the meeting, the secretary was called upon to read the report. The report stated at length the progress and present state of the Institute, and gave an abstract of its statistics and finances, which showed it to be in a very flourishing condition, both as to its members and funds; there being 1,255 members, including those families entitled to the privilege of member ship, and a vested capital of 4,0001. in the Three per Cent. Consols, and assets to the value of 5,0001., and liabilities to the extent of 2,000'. only. The report appeared to give the greatest satisfaction, and the .motions for its adoption, printing, and distribution among the members, were carried unanimously. A vote of entire satisfaction with the management of the past year was then passed with the same unanimity, as well as separate votes of thanks to the Earl of Devon for the deep - interest and great attention bestowed by him on the affairs of the Institute ; thanks to Mr. Buckingham for his able and satisfactory management and superintendence • and thanks to the Committee for their zealous and successful co-opera tion in promoting the general welfare of the society; all of which were carried with unanimity ; and The Earl of DEVON, on returning thanks for the confidence reposed in him, bestowed a high culogium on the character of Mr. Buckingham, and bore testimony to his indefatigable labours and great ability, to which he considered the success of the Institute to be almost wholly attributable. After which the meeting separated. IRELAND. (FROM A MORNLNG CONTEMPORARY.) STATE TRIALS-WRIT OF ERROR. JUNE 6.—At the sitting of the Court of Queen's Bench this day, Mr. Close applied for a rule to join in error coram nobis, which, being unopposed by the Attorney- General, was granted as a matter of course. The writ of error is to be forwarded to London this evening or to-morrow. POPULAR DEMONSTRATIONS. The whole country has been aroused by the imprison ment of Mr. O'Connell; and an agitation, much more for midable than any I have ever witnessed, is in operation from one extreme of the kingdom to the other. The peculiarity of this movement is, that the Roman Catholic clergy are meeting separately in their dioceses, to proclaim their de voted attachment to the man who led the successful move ment for religious liberty, whilst those clergy, as citizens, merge in the district meetings all through the country. I subjoin an account of some of the latest meetings : MEETING OF THE CLERGY OF THE ARCHDIO CESE OF CASHEL. On Monday, 3d June, the Roman Catholic clergymen of the Archdiocese of Cashel assembled in conference at 'nudes. After the business of the conference had concluded, they held a meeting to prepare an address of sympathy to their beloved Liberator. It was unanimously resolved to forward, in a body, the repeal subscriptions for 1844. They also pledged themselves, one and all, to organise in their respec tive-parishes the collection of the repeal rent, and by every constitutional exertion to sustain the father of his country. PUBLIC PRAYERS FOR MR. O'CONNELL. The Tipperary Vindicator contains, in a second edition, the following letter from the Rev. J. Mole y, chaplain to the Right Rev. Dr. Kennedy : " Deerpark, June 4, 1844. "My dear Sir,—l have been instructed by the Right Rev. Dr. Kennedy to request that you will have the goodness to announce in your next publication, that he most earnestly recommends to the clergy of his diocese, that so long as the All-wise Dispenser of events may be pleased to suffer the idol of his country—the illustrious O'Connell—to be immured in a prison, the Litany of the most holy name of Jesus be de voutly offered in every chapel, on every Sunday and holiday, by the priest and the congregation, to implore the protection of Heaven for the Christian patriot and his faithful fellow sufferers. You will be pleased also to announce, that he fur ther recommends that, in the prayer invariably said before mass, after the words 'For the Queen and all that are in high stations—that we may lead a quiet and holy life,' the following words be immediately introduced, ' For O'Connell, the father of his country—that, being delivered from all dan gers, he may, with renewed energy both of mind and body, securely accomplish at last the glorious object of his dis tinguished life—the deliverance of his fellow-countrymen from the blighting curses of unchristian and unnatural dis sension.' " I am, my dear Sir, yours, " JOHN MOLONY, R.C.C. "Maurice Lenihan, Esq., Tipperary 17-indicator." CITY Ot DUBLIN. MEETING or ST. PAUL'S WiARD.—A meeting of the bur- Resses of St. Paul's Ward was held yesterday evening, at eynolds's Hotel, Queen-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the most effective means for giving expres sion to the feelings with which the inhabitants of that dis trict of the city regard the conduct of the Government in the recent State prosecutions, and also for the purpose of de claring their sympathy with Mr. O'Connell and his fellow sufferers. A series of resolutions were adopted, and it hav ing been agreed that an address, expressive of sympathy and confidence, should be presented to the Liberator, the meeting adjourned. MEETING OF ST. JAMES'S WARD.—There was a very nu merous and most respectable meeting of this ward yesterday. The utmost enthusiasm prevailed, and an address to O'Con nell and the " repeal martyrs" was unanimously agreed to. Arrangements were made for the effective collection of the repeal rent. LINEN HALL WARD.—This ward also assembled yester day. An address to Mr. O'Connell was adopted. The repeal rent collected in this ward since Monday is 1401. MEETING OF TIIE CORPORATION OF DUBLIN.—A special meeting of the town council was held this day, for the pur pose, as set forth in the summons, " of informing her 11Ia jesty, by way of address, that the man Who created a public mind in Ireland, and thereby caused the great measure of emancipation to become law, and raised his fellow-country men to the station of free citizens, is now an inmate of a pri son for a constructive offence, a mode of accusation always deemed odious in a free State, and to pray her Majesty to vin dicate the Constitution and protect the rights and liberties of her Majesty's subjects in Ireland, which have been violated in his person. And further, to petition the Commons' House of Parliament to the same effect, and that the council should present an address of sympathy to their imprisoned brother, Daniel O'Connell." At twenty-five minutes to two o'clock the chair was taken by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. Councillor lintwAnnnoved that the dutiful and loyal ad dress which he held in his hand be presented to her Majesty. He then handed in the address, which was read by Mr. Ford. It set forth the fraud in the jury list, the striking off the jury all the names of Roman Catholics, and the injustice of confining in a gaol the man who created a public mind in Ireland, pending the trial of a writ of error, and concluded by praying her 3lajesty to take these matters into her grave consideraticn. Alderman EGAN seconded the motion. Councillor THOMAS opposed the motion. Mr. STAUNTON spoke at length in condemnation of the way the trial was conducted, and contended that the address should be adopted in its present form. Alderman JOSEPH BOYCE could not assent to the address. Mr. ATEMON supported the proposition. Alderman Burr had no hesitation in saying that the ad dress would be both unconstitutional and illegal. He con cluded by entering his solemn protest against the address— but if a separate one were prepared, embracing an expression of sympathy to Mr. O'Connell, he would not oppose its adop tion. 40 For the motion Against it Majority Mr. APLoucinuif then moved the adoption of an address to Mr. O'Connell, which expressed the opinion that the sen tence under which he was suffering was unjust and illegal, and that the punishment was unmerited. Mr. J. DUNNE seconded the motion. Dr. MAUNSELL, looking upon the address as being from the political friends of Mr. O'Connell, would not vote upon it. He then left the house. Alderman Burr could not vote for the address. , The meeting divided again, when there appeared for the address 40, against it 8. A deputation of the whole Corporation was appointed to present the address. GRMT POPULAR MANIFESTATION. The Wexford Independent contains the following :—" A valued friend in Dublin—one of our country's most effective patriots—has written to us as follows :` It is probable that St. John's Day, June the 24th—being also Monday—will be adopted for a great and impressive manifestation of national feeling, connected with the crisis so madly brought about by the reckless Government with which the empire is at present afflicted. That day will, perhaps, be selected as ' a day of humiliation and mourning when the moral might of out raged millions will be exhibited, in a form even more startling than that of a succession of monster meetings. The .idea is as yet only 'in the rough.' It has elements in it, however, of a character that will render it capable of being moulded into an agent of great power and effect.' " [The provincial papers contain reports of meetings in Gal way, Castlebar, Lismore, Belfast, Waterford, and many other places, at all of which addresses to Mr. O'Connell were adopted, and arrangements were made for the immediate collection of the repeal rent.] 'THE WEATHER.—We are delighted to learn that the rain has been pretty general. Our correspondents write that it has extended to the counties of Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, Wexford, and Kilkenny, and that the benedcial effects are already apparent. ACCIDENTS RETURNING FROM ASCOT RACES.— On Thursday afternoon two accideqts of a serious nature oc curred to parties returning from Ascot, the particulars of which are as follow :—The first occurred to a young gentle man named Henderson, the son of a captain in the Royal Navy, who, whilst driving a tandem along the Brompton road, the fore horse Stumbled and fell, and the hind one fall ing on him, the vehicle was capsized, the shafts broken, and Mr. Henderson and his servant thrown head foremost upon the horses, both of them having become entangled in the harness and kicking furiously. The servant fortunately es caped unhurt, but on picking up his master it was found that one of his arms was broken, and that he had received several severe kicks about the head and face. A medical gentleman was promptly on the spot, who accompanied Mr. Henderson in a cab to the residence of his friends in Victoria-square,. Pimlico. The second accident, which was of a more alarm ing nature than the above, occurred to a man named Black well, residing at Edward's-place, Kensington, who fell head long from the driving-box of a pleasure-van at Hounslow, and, pitching on his head, received such severe injury it is not expected he can possibly recover. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING: JUNE 10, 1844. LITERATURE. NORTH BRITISH REVIEW. 7 —No. I. Kennedy, Edinburgh, 1844. This is the first number of a new quarterly pe riodical which bids fair—provided it be continued with the same care and spirit with which it has com menced—to obtain no inconsiderable share of public favour. The articles have, in the first place, the merit of being seleeted. with judgment, and secondly, they are ably canvassed, and are j ust of a fitting length. The first is on the subject of the late Baron Cuvier, of whom we have a minute and circumstantial memoir, and of whose'surprising discoveries in natural history the Reviewer speaks in terms of warm, but certainly not unmerited, panegyric. " Cuvier's genius," he observes, "was confined to our own globe, but it ranged through periods of unlimited duration ; it grasped in its syllogisms the ruins and regeneration of successive. worlds ; and it exhibited in their re mains the waving forests of our primeval earth, the huge reptiles that took shelter in its caves, and the gigantic monsters that trod uncontrolled its plains." The "Highlands of Ethiopia" is an impartial and careful notice of Major Harris's recently-published work on this subject, whose chief defect, as is justly remarked, is its " want of precise information." It has many spirited, and some few brilliant chapters, but a 3 a whole its information is not well digested. In the article headed "Tracts on the Corn Trade"— a subject, by the bye, which is handled with singular. moderation—we are told, and told rightly, that the holders of capital, and more - especially of . capital vested in the preparation of export manufactures, feel that they have an immediate and direct interest in the abolition of the corn-laws.. "Memoirs of Mrs. Grant of Laggan" is a good-natured gossipping account of an authoress whose reputation once stood higher than it is ever likely to stand again: Mrs. Grant' was a skilful graphic writer, who excelled in the descriptive, but none of her works—not even her well-known " Letters from the Mountains"—have the elements of perpetuity. - They were read—admired—and are for gotten. We quote from the " Contributions of Lord Jeffrey to the Edinburgh Review," which have lately been republished in three volumes, the following just critical estimate of this eminent periodical critic and essayist : " The most natural comparison, as we have said before, to which every one is prompted to subject these volumt-7,, is to the writings of Sydney Smith and Macaulay : an-I on a first or superficial impression, the comparison is not in their favour. The quaint wit of Sydney Smith, and Macaulay's stately rolling periods, and glittering images, beguile the time more quickly. and rivet the attention closer. Those who exp .cted to find Jeffrey's essays of a similar stamp, have probably read or tried to read, tl.e book, with a feeling of disappointment. It wants sus tained interest for the more indolent class of readers, and is not a work for a lounger to skim over of a morning. The difference arises in a great measure from causes we have already adverted to : for these articles are truly criticisms—intended to teach and instruct. But in other respects they have merits of a higher order, and in a higher degree than either of these authors. In the first place, as pure English compositions, we think Jeffrey's writings incomparably superior, not only to his brother reviewers, but to most writers of his time. Sydney Smith's style is careless, though effective. Macaulay's is an artificial ccstume. He is alwayss in full dress, and marches perpetually to the same majestic but rather pompous strain. We read through his three volumes with great delight, but as we read, the everlasting reverberation of his sentences, like a great sea wave on a sandy beach, made our head reel at last. Jeffrey does not drive over the ground so smoothly, but he is infinitely better worth loitering with. His choice of words is unbounded, and his felicity of expression, to the most imp•3lpable shade of discrimination, almost mi raculous. 'Playful, lively, and full of illustration, no subject is so dull or so dry that he cannot invest it with interest, and none so trifling that it cannot acquire dignity or elegance from his pencil. He can rise to the heights of the most exalted argument, or gossip with equal erse with Mary Montague or Pepys, and neither his flights nor his descents seem to cost him an effort, or to interrupt the unencumbered flow of his thoughts. Other writers have been more stately, more accurate, more witty, more florid, than he ; but few have ever combined so much facility and so much. excellence in all. In playful satire he stands, in our opinion, without a rival in his tune. It was his favourite and most dreaded weapon, of which his rapid fancy, quick sense of the ri diculous, and his command of happy expression, rendered him as complete a master as ever practised the art. In dependently-, however, of mere style, and apart from the great variety of subject embraced by his pen, the distin guishing feature of his writings, and that in which he excels his contemporary reviewers, is the deep vein of practical thought which runs throughout them all. He is not what would now-a-days be thought an original thinker. He has no mysteries. He does not startle by unexpected fancies, or by every-day thoughts arrayed in half-intelligible language. On the contrary, lie plainly eschews such things as offences against good taste and nature, and handles them unmercifully when they come under his cognizance?: THE GREAT MOTT QUESTION; or the Mys tery Unravel'ed, in a Letter from TV. B. Ferrand, Esq., M.P., to the Right Hon. Sir James G.aham, Burt., .M.P., c.—ollivier, Pall-mall. This pamphlet purports to be a justification of the author, from the attacks made upon him by the Home Secretary, in relatk'n to his conduct and as sertions about the Poor-law Commissioners, and the reports of Mr. Mott, as to the Bolton and Keighly unions. Its tone and temper are ala Ferrand ; and although we think that a less violent style might have served the purpose better, still, making allow ance for the cutting sarcasms which the author has been compelled to bear, we are not surprised that he should have used the vigorous, rather than the argu mentative. It is the distinguishing privilege of the present Government, in which it rejoices beyond any of its predecessors, that the most angry and ferocious attacks upon its policy shall proceed from apparent friends. Thus Mr. Ferrand, dating from the Carlton Club, and missives from the locadty of Downing street are alike hostile ; and neither party nor situa tion are assurances of certain support. Monopoly has no friends in heart at the Board of Trade—and the most eager runners down of the Whigs are not the most sincere holders up of the Tories. Mr. Ferrand's pamphlet is worth a perusal. As a treat to the uninitiated, we subjoin his view of the question between him and Sir James Graham : " Recollect this is no affair between man and man, between one Member and another—it is between an honest, independent Member of Parliament on one side, and an unscrupulous, overbearing Secretary of State on the other. You may, it is true, still continue in office—still continue, like a true despot, to insult, and, if possibl-, to crush' every honest man who ventures to raise his voice in behalf of the suffering poor, whom you have made it the business of your office to oppress—your expedient chief may still find it in expedient to part with your valuable services—but the people of England will judge differently between us. It was in the name of the people of England that I pro tested against your late unconstitutional proceedings ; Sir, it is to the people of England that I now make my appeal !" " Audi alteram partem," is the motto Mr. Ferrand has affixed to his pamphlet ; which, in this case, may be translated, "Do not condemn Sir James Graham, unheard." A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF DEFAMA TION. By W. H. Cooke, Esq. Richards. Mr. Cooke, who is well known as an author of talent and judgment, has added to his reputation in the work before us. It is a condensed, faithful, and clear statement of the law upon which it treats, and is a valuable book for the professional reader, or for those to whom the law of defamation, written or oral, may be applied. It is a work that was much needed, and one of general utility. We quote the following clever sketch of a con , tested election from the second edition of " Co ningsby," just published " It was the end of a sultry July day, the last ray of sun shooting down Pall-mall sweltering with dust ; there was a crowd round the doors of the Carlton and the Reform Clubs, and every now and then an express arrived with the agitating bulletin of a fresh defeat or a new triumph. Coningsby was walking up Pall-mall. He was going to dine at the Oxford and Cambridge Club, the only club on whose list he had retained his name, that he might occasionally have the pleasure of meeting an Eton or Cambridge friend without the an noyance of encountering any of his former fashionable acquaintances. He lighted in his walk on Mr. Tadpole and Mr. Taper, both of whom he knew. The latter did not notice him, but Mr. Tadpole more good-naturedly bestowed on him a rough nod, not unmarked by a slight expression of coarse pity. " Coningsby ordered his dinner, and then took up the evening papers. where he learnt the return of Vere and Lyle; and read a speech of Buckhurst denouncing the Venetian Constitution to the amazement of several thou sand persons apparently not a little terrified by this un known danger, now first introduced on their notice. Being true Englishmen, they were all against Buck burst's opponent, who was of the Venetian party, and who ended by calling out Buckhurst for his personali ties. " Coningsby had dined, and was reading in the library, when a waiter brought up a third edition of The Sun, with electioneering bulletins from the manufactur ing districts to the very latest hour. Some large letters which expressed the name of Darlford caught his eye. There seemed great excitement in that borough; strange proceedings had happened. The column was headed, Extraordinary Affair Withdrawal of the Liberal Candidate ! Two Tory Candidates in the field !I !' " His eye glanced over an animated speech of Mr. Millbank, bis countenance changed, his heart palpitated. Mr. Millbank had resigned the representation of the town, but not from weakness; his avocations demanded his presence; he had been requested to let his son sup ply his place, but his son was otherwise provided for ; he should always take a deep interest in the town and trade of Darlford; he hoped that the link between the borough and Hellingsley would be ever cherished— (Loud cheering)—he wished in parting from them to take a step which should conciliate all parties, put an end to local heats and factious contentions, and secure the town an able and worthy representative. For these reasons he begged to propose to them a gentleman who bore:a name which many of them greatly honoured; for himself he knew the individual, and it was his firm opinion that whether they considered his talents, his character, or the ancient connection of his family with the district, be could not propose a candidate more worthy of their confidence than Harry Coningsby, Esq. " This proposition was received with that wild enthu siasm'which occasionally bursts out in the most civilised communities. The contest between /vlillbank and Rigby was equally balanced, neither party was over 'confident. The Couservaties were not particularly zealous in behalf of their champion; there was no,Marquess of Monmouth and no. Ccningsby Castle now to back him; he was lighting on ;his own resources; and he was a beaten horse. The Liberals did not like the prospect of a de feat and dreaded the mortification of Rigby's triumph. The moderate man who thought more of local than poli tical circumstances liked the name of Coningsby. Mr. Milibank had dexterously prepared his leading sup porters fur the substitution. Some traits of the charac ter and conduct of Coningsby bad been cleverly circa,. lated. Thus there 'was a combination of many favour able causes in his favour. In half an hour's time his image was stamped on the brain of every inhabitant of the borough as an interesting and accomplished youth, who had been wronged and who deserved to be rewarded. It was whispered that Rigby was his enemy. Bully Black and his•mob offered Mr. Millbank's Committee to throw Mr. Rigby into the river; or to burn down his hotel, in case he was prudent enough not to show. Mr. Rigby determined to fight to the last. All his hopes were now staked on the successful result of this contest. It was impossible if he were returned that his friends could refuse him high office. The whole'of Lord Mon mouth's reduced legacy was devoted to this end. The third edition of The Sun left Mr. Rigby in vain attempt ing to address an infuriated populace." A Return of the Number tinguishing Steam &or ferred in the Year : Wrecked.—Similar Re! IPPING. of Vessels, with their Tonnage (di al Sailing Vessels), Sold and Trans 1843.—Similar Return of Vessels turn of Vessels Broken up. Number of Vessels. Sailing Vessels 1,914 Steam Vessels SO Sailing Vessels 685 Steam Vessels 12 Sailing Vessels 78 Steam 'Vessels 3 iTonnage. Vessels Sold and-Trans ferred Vessels Wrecked 275,277 11,102 120,193 3,508 8,830 201 Vessels Broken up Statement of the Gross Registered on the 31st 1843. Number and Tonnage of day of December, 1841, 1 ,f Vessels 1842, aed Vessels Registered in the United Kingdom. On the 31st of December, 1841... Ditto 1842... Ditto 1843... Vessels. Number of I Tonnage. 22,747 23,207 23,152 I 2,886,626 12,990,849 2,957,437 JOHN COVEY, Registrar-General of Shipping. Custom-House, London, May 25, 1844. LUNACY. An Account of all Moneys received for Licenses, and of all Moneys received and paid c ut of the Consolidated Fund, by the Clerk and Treasurer of the Metropolitan Commissioners in Lunacy, from Ist August, 1842, to Ist August, 1843, specifying the several Heads of Expenditure, as required by Acts of 2 and 3 Will. I V., c. 107, and 5 and 6 Vict., c. 87 . Oct. 17, 1842.—T0 Cash received by order from the Treasury, for balances due 6th July and 24th August Jan. 17, 1843.—T0 Cash received by order from the Treasury, for balance due 2d November, 1842 ...... •• • ..... 2,663 9 0 April Bth, 1843.—T0 Cash received by order from the Treasury. for balance due Ist Feb... 1,067 8 0 July Bth, 1843.—T0 Cash received by order from the Treasury, for balance due 3d May .... 2,051 15 0 To Cash received for Licenses Balance due to Commission on this year's Account 1,973 12 0 £9,498 12 6 August 1, 1842, to August Ist, 1843. By Balance due to Commissidn, as per Account rendered to the Lords of the Treasury......... X 578 14 6 By clerk and treasurer, one year's 5a1ary......... 400 0 0 By assistant clerk, three-quarters of a year's _ _ 60 0 0 By a r l e a n ry t of office By hire of carriage and horses, one year ......... 141 310 By petty disbursements, one year 193 16 4 By stamps for licenses 2O 0 0 By duty on carriage and horses l3 2 10 By fees to Attorney and Solicitor-General, re Haverfordwest Asylum By fees to Legal and Medical Commissioners, Metropolitan District .. By fees and travelling expenses by Legal and Medical Commissioners through England and 15 14 0 Wa1e5........ (Signed) £9,498 12 6 ASHLEY, J. R. GOWER, FRANCIS BARLOW, BISSET HAWKINS, J. R. HUME, J. BRIGHT, B. W. PROCTOR. ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAYS. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, JUNE 4. The applicability of the propulsion of railway carriages by the pressure of the atmosphere upon a piston travelling within an exhausted main, or line of pipes, has occupied a portion of three evening meetings of the Society, and although much time has been devoted to the discussion, it cannot be said that any positive conclusion has been arrived at. Indeed, when it is considered that the system has only been tied upon a line in its locality, in its steep gradients, in the engine having only to exert power in drawing the carriages in one direction, and their descending by their own gravity, and in the trains being only required to run a distance of a mile and three quarters from end to end of the line,without stopping at any intermediate station, it may be argued, that although, as is evident from the testimony of the several speakers, extraor dinary results have been obtained, it is scarcely possible to infer what the results would be on lines with gradients in both directions, with a great number of heavy trains at short intervals, and under all the various circumstances of ordinary railway traffic. It appeared, however, to be the general opinion that the present system of atmospheric propulsion, as employed on the Kingstown and Dalkey Railway, although susceptible of much improvement, was in a more advanced state than the system of traction by locomotive engines at corresponding periods from the date of the introduction of the several systems upon railways. Messrs. CLEGG and SAINIUDA, the improvers and executors of the'present atmospheric system, detailed the progress of the improvements, and in answer to questions from the members, reiterated the information which has been already published in the various reports of the examinations before the Committee of the House of Commons on the Ep som Railway Bill, and which it is useless now to repeat. The various previous plans of Medhurst, Valiance, and Pinkuss for somewhat similar systems were explained, and it was shown that the system had been taken up by Clegg and Sainuda Where the former speculators had abandoned it, and, as usual in such cases, the practical improver had been more successful than the inventors. The principal im provement was shown to be in the continuous valve, and the mode of closing it by a. mixture of tallow and bees'-wax, which, under all variations of temperature and seasons, re mained unchanged, and enabled a good vacuum to be formed. Many other improvements in the mechanical details were also described at length. B. GIBBON, as engineer of the line, stated his satis faction with the manner in whi c h i t wor ked. 35 trains per day had at times been conveyed Without danger, and with gre at regularity ; the train was e na bled to be started one m i nu te after the engine com mence d working to form a vacuum. Mr. SAMIMA detailed the progressive trials of the system at Wormwood Scrubs . during, two years and a half, until it was laid down at Dalkey, where a load of 50 tons had been propelled up gradients averaging 1 in 115, and a maximum velocity of nearly 50 miles per hour had been obtained, with an engine which was stated to be 109-horse power, using as a divisor 66,0001b5. raised one foot high in a minute. This deviation from the ordinary calculation of Bolton and Watt, who used 33,0001b5., was justified on the plea, that steam-en gines were now made in such a superior manner, that their effective power nearly doubled their nominal power, and that the usual acceptation of the term "horse power" was no longer to be relied upon. This position was combated by several members, who ar gued that the commercial question should not be mixed up with the scientific inquiry; and that for the latter purpose, the accepted divisor of 33,0001b5., as fated by Bolton and Watt fbr the horse power, should have been used, when the power exerted would have appeared nearly double what had been quoted, and materially affect the question of the cost of first laying down a railway and the expense of its subsequent working. In considering the comparative questions of trac tion by locomotive engines, by fixed engines with ropes, and propulsion by the atmosphere, it was argued that in the two former cases the weight of the moving power must be carried along the rails at a corresponding cost and loss of power, added to which was the loss resu ltin g from the sli p of the driving wheels in the one case, and the friction of the rope against the pullies• in the other case; the destruction to the rails resulting from the beat of the driving wheels being put out of the question. Against this it was argued, that with the atmospheric system the whole power of the engine must be used, whether for heavy or light trains; that a power capable of pumping out the leakage, stated at ten-horse power per mile, must be always provided, although it was only exerted for a part otl•the length of each section; and that the real power employed at Dalkey, if calculated by the usual stan dard of Bolton and Watt, was shown by indicator diagrams to be nearly double what had been stated, and that conse quently a greater outlay for power was required than was imagined: The additional securitiy in traversing the rapid curves of the railway. at high speed appeared to be admitted. A curious circumstance was mentioned which deserved more attention —it was, that the tempe rature of the air on leaving the exhausting air pump was increased to upwards of two hundred de grees; and that there was a certain absorption of power consequent upon this increase of temperature. Our limits will not permit the whole e ven of the heads of the discus sion to be detailed, and alt hou g h muchtime has been de voted to it, the question w as not fill y examined, nor were all the necessary d a t a clearly stated, so that for all practical purposes, we shall only arrive at the comparative value of the new system after it has been applied to such a line as the Epsom, where, under the scrutinising care of Mr. Cubitt, the engineer of the line, there is no doubt of its merits being fairly tested ; meantime the question remains open, and, as before, to be discussed as the interest or prejudices of parties may dictate. BREAKWATER LIGELTLIOUSE.—On Saturday even ing last, the lighthouse, which has been raised on the western end of the Plymouth Breakwater, was for the first time illuminated. The light of the edifice is of a red colour towards the sea, and of a white colour within the line of the Breakwater. The building is 63 feet above high water mark, and has been erected at an ex pense of 12,0001. It is formed of granite from the Parr Quarries near to Fowey, and contains five rooms—a store room, an oil room, a kitchen room, a sleeping room, and a look-out room. The centre of its base con tains .a tank of water, and the outside or storm doors are of gun metal, while the inside door is •of wood. In a word, it is altogether fitted, for:the important purpose for which it iz itsigael—PlYnt9 4 o journa6 CRICKET. IMPORTANT ALTERATION IN THE LAWS. The Select Committee which had been appointed to consider the expediency of " wide balls," assembled a few days since in the pavilion at Lord's, upon whieh oc casion there was present. Sir John Bayley, Bart., Presi dent of the Marylebone Club; Sir F. Bathurst, Bart., the Hon. F. Ponsonby - , W. Ward, Esq.,,C. Harenc, Esq., C. Taylor, Esq., and H. Kynaston, Esq., the Honorary Secretary of the Club. Sir J. BAYLEY said he had been induced to request the appointment of a Select Committee upon this im portant question—the consideration of the propriety of .making an alteration in the laws of cricket with respect to "wide balls," in consequence of the very great extent which that score during the past season had presented. On a reference to Mr. Denison's " Cricketer's Companion for 1843," he found that, out of seventy-three matches which his book contained, there were fourteen wherein there was no separation made between byes and wide balls. In the remaining fifty-nine matches, however, it appeared, that whilst there were 90 "no balls," there was a score of 1,240 " wide balls." The evil of these "wide balls," it would seem, had of late years been on the increase, until at last it had arrived at such an extent as was altogether derogatory to the character of the game. The vast number of wide balls " which had lately been, scored had, in his opinion, greatly altered the main fea tures of cricket, and had gone to such an extent as to make it incumbent on the Committee to adopt some step, by au alteration of the rules, with a view to the abolition of the evil. The evil was the reckless and wild system of bowling which had sprung up—a style of bowling, of which the object would appear to be an at tempt at violence of pace without any endeavour to bowl at the wicket. From this fact accrued the immense number of " wide balls." Now, it appeared to him that aremcdy might be most easily provided-for this evil, if the rule applicable to " wide bat's, , and that governing " no ball," were to be assimilated. If that were done, then the batsman would be able to score to " wide balls" as many runs as he could obtain. If the Committee were to agree to this proposition, he was satisfied in his own mind that a very different state of things would ensue. The complaint had no reference to the bowlers attached to Lord's, but to the now almost numberless clubs which were to be met with- in all parts of the kingdom. The object in view was to regulate the bowling ; and if that were done, much would be accomplished towards effect ing an improvement in the game. The Honourable F. PONSONBY thought it would be advisable to ask the opinion of the umpires on the subject. Sir J. BAYLEY said there could, of course, not be any objection to do so ; but he apprehended that the oppor tunities their umpires had of forming an opinion in the matter must necessarily be limited, from the fact of their standing usually in the first class matches only, and at Lord's, where the reckless and wild bowling was seldom to be seen. He considered that Mr. Denison, who was not only present at all the matchei at Lord's, but played in and visited a large number of other matches in all parts of the country, would be in a condition to supply the Committee with probably the best information on the point. Mr. DENISON then entered into a detail of the results of his experience, and went on to say that whilst the evil did not exist wi►h any of the bowlers at Lord's, or with those who generally bowled in the first-class matches, yet that in various parts, he might indeed say in all, and also in most of the clubs in the vicinity of the metropolis, the bowling for pace rather than for steadi ness of delivery and a: the wicket, had become unfortu nately very general. Hence the immense number of " wide balls." The only means he at present saw of cor recting this system of wild bawling was by visiting the same penalty upon a " wide ball" as was awarded to a "no ball." He was quite satisfied that as soon as it were made known that such a consequence would follow a " wide ball," the bowling would become more steady, and that the reckless delivery would bo gradually plan dened. Mr. J. H. DARK, the proprietor of Lord's ground, was then called in, when, in reply to the questions of the Committee, he said that, in his opinion, there was no alteration in the rules required. His experience, of late years, had been chiefly confined to the matches on his own ground, and to the " returns" of the great matches. He thought it would be too severe a penalty on the bowler to allow the hitter to run for a " wide ball," be cause there were many reasons, sometimes, why the "wide ball" could not be avoided. It might be wet weather, or the preceding bowler might have worked a large hole near the crease, either of which causes might make him give a " wide ball," without any intention to do wrong. In his opinion, the present law inflicted its own and a sufficient punishment on the bowler. Some years ago Mr. Mynn was in the habit of bowling very wile, but he was now as straight as any bowler of the day. Any alteration which should have the effect of causing the bowling to be more generally straight, would, without doubt, render the duties of the long stop much easier. Mr. Dark having retired, After some further conversation, Sir J. BAYLEY mored a resolution, to the effect that the Committee, upon the statements they had heard that day, considered it necessary that an alteration should be made in the rules, by assimilating the rule for " wide balls" with that for' no balls." The Hon. F. PONSONBY seconded the resolution. The 14th law was then altered, so as to place the " no balls" and the " wide balls" on the same footing ; and, on being put to the Committee, was carried unani mously. The 13th law was then expunged. Sir - .- - I3ATLEy then said that the alterations which the Committce had made in the laws of the game were of suchsimportance, that they ought to be in the possession of every club throughout the kingdom. It was, therefore, highly desirable that the laws, as amended, should be reprinted. He would, consequently, move a resolution, to the effect that the laws, as altered and revised, be printed by Mr. Denison, in the second edition of his " Cricketer's Companion," by the authority of the Mary lebone Club. Mr. KYNASTON seconded the proposition, which was thereupon unanimously carried. The Committee separated, after a discussion and consideration of the question of nearly three hours' du ration. SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE AT SEA.—A very sin- 1 gular circumstance has been communicated to us by Captain Vickers, of the tchooner Henry Curwen, of this port, deserving of the notice of scientific individuals. On the 7th of May last, in lat. 44 North, and lon. 32 35, about four o'clock in the morning, it was discovered that all the watches on board, and the chronometer, had stopped ; and, on referring to the compasses, of which there were three on board, they pointed to different parts, and were for a time useless. In about two hours afterwards the watches and chronometer recommenced going, and the compasses became again as before.— Liverpool Paper. TEIE REVIEW IN WINDSOR PARK.—Very much surprise was expressed by all who are in the habit of attending reviews, that the Horse, or Flying, Artillery formed no conspicuous part, as they are wont to do, of the military spectacle on Wednesday last. Their brilliant accoutrements, the excellence of their horses, and the wonderful skill and celerity with which their evolutions are accomplished, have always made the Horse Artillery rather a " show" corps for foreign dig nitaries, and theirpresence was sadly missed when an op portunity of display was offered before so competent and critical a judge as the Emperor Nicholas. The following story has been sent us by a correspondent to account for 'their absence The Horse Ar tillery were to have fired a salute immediately on her Majesty taking up her position on the ground, but a malapropos alacrity induced them to commence disposing of their powder while the horses of the Royal carriages were still attached, and before her Majesty was well clear of the line. The noise of the firing frightened the horses of the Royal carriage as well as other horses, and some little confusion occurred, which was calculated at least to annoy, if it could not alarm her Majesty. The Duke of Wellington, chagrined, sent off in his summary way an aide-de-camp to the over-loyal but delinquent creators of the mischief. The result of his message was only to be gathered from the fact, that these Horse Artillery were no more heard of during the review—they beceme literally flying artillery, and continued so."—Evening paper. THE LORD CHIEF BARON OF THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—The Lord Chief Baron dined for the first time since his elevation to the Bench at the Middle Temple, on Thursday last, which in legal phraseology, is called the " grand - day" of Hilary Term. On these occasions the Judges of the Courts dine at the Inns of Court by which they had respectively been called to the bar. Among the Judges present on Thursday, in addition to the Chief Baron of the Exchequer, were Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Justice Coleridge. Lord Kenyon was also there. The Lord Chief Baron wore his official costume, and was loudly cheered by a crowded hall. His Lordship repeatedly acknowledged the compliment. CONINGSBY.—Since the days of Scott and Byron there has been no instance of so much interest having been excited by any literary production as in the case of Mr. D'lsraeli's " Coningsby. ' The Literary Gazette observes—" This work possesses many of the elements calculapd to excite public attention, and is accordingly destined for extensive popularity. It is bitterly personal, satirical, political, and is, besides, the manifesto of Young England. It treats of aristocrats lately dead, or still living, of Ministers and Opposition, of Members of Parliament of all opinions, of cotton-lords, of demireps and others belonging to the world of fashion. Among the leading personages (there is hardly a veil thrown over tbem) we must at once recognise the late Marquis of Hertford (Lord Monmouth), the amiable Duke of Rutland (Beaumanoir), Lord J. Manners (Henry Sid ney), Lord Lonsdale (Eskda,le), Theodore Hook (Lucian Gay), and others well known by their connexions with these, and by the cast of their parts in this drama. With wonderful impartiality, we have Tory, Conservative, Whig, and Radical shown up to the utmcst of the au thor's talent." • ANTIDOTE FOR THE BITE or ADDERS.—A respect able and experienced farmer, who has been accustomed from his youth to keep sheep on warm soils at this time of year, was in the constant habit of l osin g valuable sheep dogs, by ' their being bitten by adders, till he heard of the followicg remedy, which he afterwards used with unfailing efficacy. When a person or dog is bitten, let the part be fomented for four hours with a fomentation compDsed of ' ash leaves and keys (or if in early spring, with ash bark), which have simmered over the fire in an iron pot or saucepan. Our correspondent states that he once knew a young girl to be bitten, and no doctor could be obtained for somehours. The above plan was adopted, however, and completely restored her. Ile says that so efficacious is it in assuaging the pain, that dogs which have been bathed with the decoction once or twice, have come voluntarily to have the operation repeated, which seems to prevent the swelling that generally suffocates dogs w hen bitten anywhere about the neck or mouth. TABLE of CONTENTS of "BELL'S LIFE in LONDON," and its SUPPLEMENT, PRESENTED GRATIS, JUNE 9, 1844. MISCELLANEOUS.—ArrivaI of the Emperor of Russia, and reception at the British Court—Arrival of the icing of Saxony—Grand Review in Windsor Park, in the presence of the British Court and its Illustrious Visitors —Mr. O'Conrell and his Co-Traversers in Prison—The Dukedom cf Sussex—Embarrassment of the Doke of Saxe Coburg officially contradicted—News from India, and China—Editorial Remarks on the visit of the Em peror of Russia—French Jealousy—Parliamentary Synopsis—The Sugar Duties—Review of Literature — Horrible Murders—Destructive Fire at Gravesend—The Drama—Police, and a variety of interesting Foreign and Domestic Intelligence—Life in Canada, &c. Tiix TURF.—Ascot Heath Races—Presence of her Majesty and her Illustrious Visitors—Engravings of her Majesty's Vase and Hunt Cup—Alice Hawthorn and her Declaration not to start for the Cup—Another gross Attempt at Fraud—Fraudulent Orders to a Jockey, and Exposure of the Guilty Party—The Bloodstone Ques tion decided—Every R ace graphically described—Bygone Tricks on the Turf—An odd Substitution of Goneaway for Maccabeus—The Running Rein and Orlando— Questions—Proceedings in the Court of Exchequer, and Form of Trial fixed—Notes on the Curragh Meeting, Ireland—Entries for the St. Leger of 1844 and 1845, and Entries for the Derby and Oaks, 1845—Munster Races, Westphalia—Dusseldorf Races— The late Chantilly Races, and Correspondence thereon—Racing at Gib raltar—Great Handicaps—Suggestions for Registering Foals, and Identifying Race Horses, by Mr. Goodwin— Latest Betting on Coming Events—Goodwood Cup Weights—Manchester and other Races of the Week— Table of ,Races to come—Sale of Hunters by Mr. Tattersall—Turf Anecdotes and Announcements — Trotting. &c, THE CRICKETERS' REGISTER.—The Marylebone Club Meeting—Alterations in the Laws of Cricket— Matches for the Season 1844—Match between the Marylebone (with Hillier and Lillywhite) and the Clap ton Club, wita the full Scores of Matches between twenty other distinguished Clubs in various parts of the King dom, and results of Matches elsewhere. AQUATIC REofsrEn.—Forthcoming Meetings of the Royal Yacht Club—Thames Grand Regatta, full parti culars—llenly-on-Thames Grand Regatta —The \Mara cliff() Sailing Club—lnteresting Matches on the Thames and other parts of the Kingdom—Brilliant Prospects of the Aquatic Season—Eton Annual and Fulham Sub scription Regatta—A Visit to the Boat-builders, &c. CHESS.—Four games played in America and England by celebrated players. ANGLING.—Episode the Eighth, by " Ephemera."— Fly Fishing in June. PEDESTRIANISM.—AII the Inwortant Matches con cluded and proposed in the Provinces—Matches fixed, and PedeArian Sports. PIGEON SHOOTING.—At the Red House Battersea, and elsewhere. r . . THE BIN - G.—Full Reports of the Fights between Mur ray and Hayes, and Gill (of Coventry) and Bethel], and sundry Minor Combats—Matches in Progress—Forfeit of Norley to Young Reid—Register of Fights to come, &c. Wrestling—Canine Fancy—Rabbit Show—Single Stick—Bell Ringing—Bird Fanciers—and a variety of Popular Sports. One hundred and twenty Advertisements, upwards of three hundred Questions answered, and fifteen hundred and ninety Letters received, read, and attended to. Such a variety of intelligence n9ver before appeared in a Weekly Journal, and fully justifies our motto— " Nunquam Dormio." * Belts Life, with the Supplement, will be kept on Sale throuzbout the week.—Price Sixpence together. Bells Life of Sunday, June 2, containing the En graving, of the Ascot Gold Cup, has been reprinted, and can be had at the Office, 170, Strand. THE NOTTINGHAM MURDER. The valley of the Trent abounds in beautiful scenery, but we know of no part of it more inter es ti ng th an th a t porti , in which lies about three miles from N o tti ng h am , in the parish of Colwick. If the prisoner be the mut.• derer, he would have to take his family down one of the most rural of the "green lanes of Old England," having on his right a view of the Trent and its valley for many miles, the scenery of which is exquisite ; and on his left a continued line of high hills, covered with wood and evergreens ; altogether forming on e o f the prettiest walks in the neighbourhood. The place where the murder was committed is now shorn of a portion of its beauty. It is true, the scenery around is the same, but the recollection of the bloody deed will ever attach itself to the place, and mar the beauty of the spot. The immediate neighbourhood of the murder—the spinney—is now no more beautiful ; the brushwood, the herbage, and the trees, for several yards round have been cleared away by the thousands of visitors who have since been at the place, .and carried away with them some token to recal to their remem brance the circumstances of the tragical occurrence. The bloody grass, the bark of the trees, and the shrub bing first disappeared, but now even several of the trees have been wholly cleared off, by visitors carrying away with them large portions of both boughs and trunks. Numbers of persons, of all classes, constantly throng the road, and the scene of the Colwick tragedy seems likely for some time to come to be much visited. Since his committal the prisoner has lost none of that iron firmness which he so strongly evinced at the in quest. Reports were very rife that ho had confessed everything, for the purpose of unburthening his mind. This is not the tact. The only care the man seems to have is, lest his working implements and a bed, in the possession of a relation, should not be pro curable by him when acquitted by a jury ! For the purpose of securing these, he has sent several mes sages to the parties who have them in possession. At the beginning of the week he also sent for a relation, and requested he would go round to the different lodges in the order of odd fellows to which he belonged, for the purpose of procuring the means for employing counsel to plead for him at the ensuing as size, saying that he thought, with able assistance, his in nocence would readily be proved. On Wednesday four fresh witnesses were taken to the County Gaol, for the purpose of identifying him. • Three out of the four re cognised him immediately, although placed in a yard along with thirteen others. One of them, who observed the prisoner as he was returning from Colwick, after the murder had been committed, stated that the prisoner had had a portion of each whisker shaved off since he saw him in Snenton. The prisoner coloured a littl e when he perceived himself thus identified by fresh wit nesses; this was not of long continuance, however, and he quickly assumed his wonted carelessness.—Notting hem Review. DISCOVERY OF A HUMAN BODY IN THE TRENT. 'Last week we gave some particulars of the remark able discovery of the body of a young man, named Mil lington. We have since obtained additional 'particulars, which we now give. We stated that, on the evening of the 10th of Nov., 1842, a young man, of Holme Pierre pont was suddenly missed, and it was feared he had been accidently drowned, or murdered. The name of the young man who so mysteriously disappeared at that time, was John Millington, a gardener in the service of the Rev. J. J. Cleaver, of Holme Pierrepont. The Rev. Gentleman exerted himself much at the time to ascer tain what had become of the young man, being stimu lated by his feelings of humanity and his respect for a faithful and valued servant. Every exertion having been made to obtain intelligence, but to no effect, the matter had been allowed to rest involved in the most perplexing mystery. The circumstances attending the sudden dis appearance of Millington were such, that those who were least acquainted with them supposed he had, by some means, fallen into the Trent. This idea had, for some time, been given up by many who are unacquainted with that river, and they had come to the conclusion that he had been murdered, and otherwise disposed of. Knowing the nature of the river, and the likelihood of his body be ing covered by one of the extensive shoals of sand which are continually moving about at high water, several parties engaged in the neighbourhood have con tinually been on the look-out, as the season became dry, and the water shallow. Mr. Bignall, who found the body, states that be has been constantly on the watch during the last twelve months, and that he was of opinion the body would be found when the stream became shallow. Such has been the case. On Saturday week whilst engaged in his usual occupation, as a fisherman, he observed a portion of the bones of a man protruding from the bed of the river, about two yards from the Colwiek shore, and only a short distance from the place where Millington's basket had been found on the morn ing after he had been missed. The evidence on the inquest fully established the identity of the body, and the jury returned a verdict of — Foundin the Trent, bat by what means he came into the water, no evidence appears to prove. On Tuesday evening, a Mr. East walked on a bar rel from the Bull's Head Inn, Loughborough, up High gate, Pinfold-gate, to the Theatre, in less than twenty minutes.--No ttingham Review. VIRTUES OF The TWELVE E HUNDRED rand death of the King (William IV.) was a g blow to the EAR.—h " Conservative cause —that is to say, it crushed all the rising hopes of those numerous statesmen who believe the country must be saved if they receive twelve hundred a year. it is a peculiar class, that ; 1,2001. per annum, paid quarterly, is their idea of political science and human nature. To receive 1,2001. per annum is govern ment • to try to receive 1,200/. p er annum is opposition ; receive. to 1,200/. per annum is ambition. If a mawuiwslantios to get into Parliament, and dues not want to ge t 1,2001. per annum, they look upon him as daft—as a benighted being. They stare in each other's ask " What can want to get into Parliament for ?" They have no conception that public rep u t a ti on is a motive power, and with many the greatest.— Cfosen:gasbnyd. THE HAIR.—Of the numerous compounds con stantly announced for promoting the growth or reproduc tion of the hair, few survive, even in name, beyond a very limited period; whilst " Rowland's Macassar Oil," with a reputation unparalleled, is still on the increase in public es timation. The sing u l ar v i r t ues o f thi s success f u l i nven ti on for restoring, preserving, and beautifying the human hair, are too well known and appreciated to need much comment. The very facts of the high and distinguished patronage it enjoys, its general use in all countries, together with nu merous testimonials constantly received in its favour, are au thorities which stamp its superior excellence and title over all attempts of a similar nature. Being universally preferred, its consequent great demand excites the cupidity of un principled shopkeepers, who vend the most spurious trash as the " genuine" Macassar Oil : whereas the genuine article is wholly the invention and property of A. Rowland and Son, and the amalgamation of its costly exotic materials renders abortiveany attempt to discover its component parts—thus proving the imposition of all other articles bearing the title of "Macassar Oil." The genuine article has the words " Rowland's Macassar Oil" on the wrapper.—AU others are fraudule ,4 , counterfeits I S v. .•••"` • " THE LATE MLLE. LENOII • THE FORTUNE-TELLER. The trial of two actions, brought againsiiiiissiA-d tutor of the late Mlle. Lenormand, which has Just taken place, has disclosed some curious particulars of the life of this celebrated fortune-teller. The ch.. - cumstances, as elicited by the pleadings, were these: _ .•S . -- • - In the year 11. o f th e R epu bli c (1793-94), three persons met together in an humble lodging-house in Paris. They were a Mme. Fontaine Gilbert, a teller of fortunes by the cards ; a baker's man, mina Flammermont ; and Mlle. Lenormand, then a mantua maker, aged 22. They soon formed an association for turning public credulity to their own profit. ~Mme. Gilbert dealt the cards, Mlle. Lenormand became also a sybil, predicting future events, and pretending to read profoundly in the book of fate; while Elam mermont distributed the bills, inviting clients A. singular accident was the first cause of that friends ship between Mlle. Lenormand and Flammermont, which lasted without interruption for fifty years. A. member of the Convention came to consult the sybils on the fate that awaited him. Mlle. Lenormand pre dicted that before the lapse of three months he would lose his head on the scaffold. Great as the chances were at that time of the realisation of such a pro phecy, the fatal period elapsed, and the Conventionalist still had his head on his shoulders. His gratitude for its preservation was overcome by his vengeance for the ninety days of apprehension he had under gone. Ile made an appeal to justice, and on the 18th Floreal, An. 11. (7th of May, 1794), Mademoi selle Lenormand and her two associates, after being a long time kept in prison waiting their trial, were fined jointly and severally ten livres, en joined not to commit the like offence again, and all their cards, books, and circular bills were ordered to be burnt. This judgment reduced Mlle. Lenormand and Flammermont to a state of destitution, and their mutual distress consolidated their friendship, which the advocate strenuously impressed upon the jury was proved to have remained purely platonic to the last, although at one time marriage was contem plated between them, but never took place, and al though fur the five years subsequent to 1794- Mlle. Lenormand owed her subsistence entirely to the support of the baker's man. In 1799 she went to lodge in the Rue Tournon, in the house then No. 1,153, and now No. 9. The stormy days of the revolution having passed away, she resumed her prophetic tripod, and from that time must have made it profitable. In 1814 Flammermont suc ceeded to the property of his father, and, having converted it into money, advanced 6,000 f. to his friend, to enable her to complete the purchase of a country residence, which she had contracted for, at Migneaux, in the Seine-et-Oise, and which debt formed the subject of the present suit. For this she gave him only an informal acknowledgment. Her fi nancial management was a mystery to all who knew her; for, notwithstanding she must have been in the almost daily receipt of considerable fees, being con sulted not only by the Empress Josephine, but also by many of the imperial aristocracy, she was always in want of money ; insomuch, that articles of her furniture were repeatedly pawned at the Mont de Piete, and after her death duplicates to the amount of 6,000 f. were found among her papers. In 1819 the loan by Flam mermont remained still undiminished; and as the me morandum given to him for it had become invalid from lapse of time, he gave it to Mlle. Lenormand to be renewed, which she promised to do, or to repay • him the money. This, however, she procrastinated for several years ; and at last, on being urged, re turned him the same paper, but with various notes written by her upon it, some indicating that it was cancelled by payment of the full amount, and others, imposing upon her representatives, after her death, the obligation of paying to. Flammermont an annuity of 1,600 francs, independent of what she might leave him by her will. With this he was not content, and on his being again urgent, she, on the Ist of April, 1842, signed an instrument, by which she acknowledged herself indebted to him 6,000 francs ; but instead of delivering it to him, deposited it in a casket, and locked it up. Here it was found after her decease. Two days previous to her death in June, 1843, she made a will, bequeathing to Flammermont a life annuity of 700 f. The suit of Flammermont against the executor of Mlle. Le normand was for the payment of the 6,0001., and also to establish his right to the annuity. This last was not disputed ; but it was maintained that the 6,000 f. was only a free gift, or donatio causa mortis, and re scinded by the subsequent bequest of the annuity. It was further urged, on the part of the representa tive of Mlle. Lenormand, that, in 1820, when pressed by Flammermont, she was fully able to repay him her debt, as at that time she returned into France from Belgium, where she had long been confined for having meddled in politics ; fir fortune then smiled once more upon her, as, the Bourbons haying been restored, she was in favour, from her known attachment to Louis XVI., and her having exposed her own life by getting into the prison of his Queen, Marie Antoinette, and en deavouring to effect her escape, in consequence of which devoted conduct the families of the courtiers of the day flocked to her to have their fortunes told, and paid her liberally. The other suit was founded by a M. Tribouil, who claimed a large arrear of salary for having having acted for many years as the secre tary of the deceased. But as it was proved that Mlle. Lenormand, from an early intimacy with his mother and grandmother; had taken him from his childhpod, maintained and educated him, and obtained his admission as a physician, and as he could not show any engagement on her part to allow him any specific remuneration for his services, the Court dis missed his claim, with costs. M. Flammermont's case is decided in his favour, ordering the executor to pay him the 6,000 francs, with interest from the death.of Mlle. Lenormand; and also the annuity, together with his costs of suit. EMULATION AMONGST SONG BIRDS.--A gentleman. of my acquaintance had an American mocking-bird - int such health and vigour that it was either constantly singing or imitating the various sounds it heard. In or» der to try the powers of this bird its owner purchased is fine skylark. When placed in the same room with the mocking-bird, the song of the former was heard to echo , through the house as if it were chanting "on fluttering wing," its well known welcome to the rising sun. The mocking-bird was silent for some time, but at last burst forth in the strains of the " aerial songster," but louder and clearer, as if mounting and stretching its wings towards heaven. The lark was silent from that moment, nor was a joyous note ever heard from it afterwards. To test the mockingbird's powers still further, an unusually large price was given. for a blackbird, celebrated for its vocal powers. It was placed in the same room with the mocking. bird; early in the second morning its song was resumed, and its charming notes were warbled forth with all the sweetness and modulations which may be heard in its native "thorny brakes." The mocking-. bird listened, and was silent for some time, then all at once the blackbird notes were heard to issue forth, but sweeter and louder than those of the woodland songster. The poor blackbird heard them, felt that it was con quered, remained silent, drooped, pined, and died. From the above facts, emulation would seem to be one of the exciting causes of the song of birds.—Jesse's Scenes and Toles of Gountry Life. MESMERISING A PIG.—We have lately heard of some sheep having been stolen, and of whielisiftraces have been cut off by their removal in carts.- Farmers must certainly not encourage mesmerism, or they may have it " unseen, unheard," intrude where little welcome, and convince them that the piggery no more than . the fold will be secure from depredation. The noisy propensities of the grunting tribe have hitherto acted as a barrier to their abduction without their owners' invader last Saturday- n i g ht tried the effects of mesmerie knowledge ; but to obviate th is difficult y , some darin g influence upon a fine hog of nine or ten aeore, belonging to Mr. Bushell, of the Gate public-house on the Dover. . asses road, about a mile f rom this cit y . Taking a likin g to Pilwhith, ,no Toby's " fair propo rtions," be was anxious to secure 31 remova l without order, possibly to locate him in another d p o a u ri b s t, h ; a s a and first afterex ex ci ted sundry piggymy,ss ter ious wonderment, the grunter laid his full length along in not quite a " perfect state or coma;" for, on the mesmeriser attempting to raise him, clairvoyance was very evident. Pigs generally run the way not required, and do that which is not desired. The pig, in this instance, did so, andt displayed his perverse inclination, and :made a - terrible squeakin g, which drew "mine host" from his drowsy arm chair, just in time to see some one leap from the sty and decamp. Mr. Bushell tried to demagnetise his favourite bog ;,,,but his unskilfulness did not succeed •, and as piggy had no notion of tune, he did not like his organs to be played upon, and, with the ferocity of a wild boar, attacked hie owner till other means were devised for quieting the unruly beast. The pig was killed—Canterbury Joairaei. WESTPIIALIA.—We read in a letter from Made • bad', in Westphalia, May 25 :—This town, which bad = s recovered from the misery caused by the scarcity of 1 has just been half destroyed by fire. In two hours' all this public buildings, the church, the town-hall, and the publics schools, have disappeared. The number of houses burnt to the ground is estimated at 200. The inhabitants were tia. able to save any portion of their property : " PEAL OF BELLS FOR YORK MINSTER.—Th the course of a few days a very fine and powerful peal of bells wia be erected in one of the towers of York Minster, and far rn a n e y l o o d t 3 i ; , er r c n h t n h e s e s land They are .the gift a the late i and power, they will far surpass late Dr. Beckworth , the eminent physi cian of ork, who,' amongst his many charitab le b eques ts, directed 2,000/. to be no o rt f h to o n f e' Eng • named in his will for the purpose of furnis hin g the g reat nor• thern cathedral wit h a suitable peal of bells. They hay. been cast at the foundry of Messrs. Mears, in Whitechapa„ and are 12 in number, the largest weighing 53 cwt , and being in note C; th e smallest 8 cwt., and the whole being u w ards of 10 tons in w ei g ht. In addition to the above it p complete " monster" clock bell is about being cast for the Minster at the same foundry, which it is stated will be the largest in the world. It will be of the enormous weight of 10 tons, and in key F ; that of the great bell at Oxford being 7 tons ; Great Tom of Lincoln, 5i tons ; and the great boa' at St. Paul's, 5 tons. It will be paid for by public subserip: tion, 1,700/. being already collected. ENORMOUS SALMON.—One of thelargest salmon per. haps ever caught in this neighbourhood was netted kelk: Thursday, at one of Mr. Hector's &hinge at St. Cyr* it weighed 44 lbs.:—Montrose Standard. WPM) I