The Sun. — London, England, 1844-10-18 00:00:00

UMMARY OF NEWS 1 1 tittbitt Optittout. " Who runs may read." ___ F:: s'.l.lXXlroV nes The Xing of the French reched Eu t a lae hour on leesday evening. A courier a arrived in n Paris t on Wed day afternoon, who brought the intelligence of the safe arriv a l of his Alajesty. lette r The Petrie g i ves the following on the authority of a from London :—" The King was walking at Vir ginia Water. An officer of his suite having perceived a group of men, informed General Athalin, and the King, "ving desired them to ad vance, as k e d them what they N anted. They replied that, as Frenchmen, they had "'sees to sha re i n the general joy, and, being political re to solicit the Rayal clem enc y. Th e Ki ng rep li ed t hat he would immediately see to their affair, and at the sane time gave orders to M. Guizot to write to the Mi nister of Justice to proceed to Eu to p re p are an ordon 'lane of amnesty." We regret to state that the Prince of Prussia, who ! v as lately in this country, while inspecting some build -1,9g8 at Babelsber g , f e ll, an d b roke both the bones of build hiss tilright arm, t wo i nches above the wrist. The frac m, re Was immedi ate l y re d uced, and his Royal Highness as, at the date of this account, doing well. The Journal de la Manche of the 11th instant an qnounces that the bridge at Saint LC), called La Bar uette, has been carr i e d away b y the sea, and that with their lives. The damage is estimated at 1,000,000 f. Madrid letter of the 9th states that the Spanish Ministry had not yet taken any official notice of the f 4 . tr air of the Rayo, as Mr. Bulwer was expected to ar sll'e in th e capital on the evening of that day, when a er tnal commu n i cat i on would be made to him on the subject. . 10 uss We lea rn f rom St. Petersburgh that the Emperor of Busse learn Count Orloff Commandant of the C ount Voou place of Count Benkendorff deceased. nt Orloff however, retains his functions , as Coon e,avalr . Illor of State Aide-de-Camp General, and General of k'y T he Paris Illoniteur publi s h es a return o f t h e indi rect taxes for the three first quarters of the present Year, which show-an increase of 16,756,000 f. as com pared with the corresponding quarters of 1843. i to 4 ne w attempt t o bl ow up the foundation of the Pont b e uge has fail e d , and the employment of the mine has he;,ll to abandoned, it beinge now determined to try a diving- , eff ect the bed salkeeording to a German journal, the manufactories of ". Y Produce to the amoun t o f 37,915,00 0 crowns a 4P:!• The number of workmen is 284,300. Cotton 00ein.rg and weaving employ 30,000 hand-looms, with acquards, and 4,000 worked by machinery ; there f 4 r e j e a l e ,000 for the manufacture of damask, 1,500 for anci g 400 silk Jacquard looms, 300 printing presses 64 p a per -mills. Ja me ' LAW AND POLZCE. Fore • 8 Davison, a journeyman smith, was charged be- Mr. Alderman Kelly, at Guildhall, with annoying 1 0 be r ell, a hosier, in Aldersgate-street, by claiming 'was .8 n ephew and as such entitled to be relieved, rem anded. yeller 13 ° w stre e t, Thomas Stockes, alias Randall, a tra rfaaj)rto a lace manufactory, at Honiton, near Exeter, zna ed 2 e ght before Mr. Hall, having been previously re dials charged with having caused the death of Oba- I)or"tekxarrett, a Young man, aged twenty-eight years, a smiths employed in the house of Messrs. Harvey, gold usedus and jewellers in the Strand. The prisoner had si on, ev erY effort t o concea l hi s name on a prev i ous occa prise," med deeply grieved at his sit ua ti on . Th e in g n er had, i n consequence of the deceased remonstrat ieawith him on his conduct in committing a nuisance tere P u blic thor oug hf are, knocked h i m down, and so niit,relY in jured him that d ea th ensue d. Hin He was co wed for wit ul murder. frandaly and Joseph T erne , c h arge d w ith h av i ng Wiffi -ri t'Y obtained money f rom a woman name d n, were committed from Clerkenwell fur larceny. Ce:„P ris oners are connected with the Kingsgate-street P °f Requests peri od Woman, • named Sarah Leaby, who for a long rtes obtained a livelihood by " diving into the h z ., - .`" , es of futurity," was charged at Marylebone with oilt9g obtained a gown from Mary Musgrove, a pretty fortune.° I n servant girl, under the pretence dayselling her i t She was committed for fourteen was bente Holmes, late second mate of the ship Cuba, ru eourt gbefore Mr. a ht B• 11 ntine at the Thames Police on a charge of feloniously cutting and wounding yetivia Matthew Macintosh, the master of the same f,;„el, on the high seas. The prisoner offered no d?- b - 4ee to the serious charges made againt him, and it ex gi g . understood t h ere were other witnesses to be rened sanded him who until Tuesday. were not in attendance, Mr. Ballantine C OUT —PASECXONALI33I.II. 11 7 T, 11 , e Duchess of Gl ouces t er l eaves town to-morrow for ey Court, on a visit to the Queen Dowager. The 4th - ' 1 1 , 44 Duchess travels by railway to D ro it w i c h, w h ere , -e wager-Queen's carriages will await her arrival, to The her Royal Highness and suite to Witley Court. ki t e Marq u i s an d M arc hi oness of Westminster have eheshi r e re Park, near Rickmansworth, for Eaton Hall, Th e f°r the winter. _,"Yrnou vow Countess of Sandwich, Lord and Lady herdLa r w' 1 ;7 Countess of Aldborough, Mr. ard Lady Y , a ee re el , Lord H. Seymour, and Mrs. Ma whiter ire amen th:English fashionables who intend to Th n Pari s h our -f4arl o f , bogie hoiA Chichester presided at the audit for la am! eon.. Prey olden; all otments, at Stanmore, on Thursday, fth nted var. o I ,,ecot tag . es ions premiums for the good appearance T tv ne Ri g h t i,and allotments. "'IV last, t " n. LEI bouchere arrived at Taunton on .uternbers are meet Sir E. Colebrooke, and both Hon. t 0 _ eto attend a meeting at the Mechanics' Insti ,r. n ednesd a 4.11 s xeell-ne 3•. 4 3 1) th e ere ' f Y gar Nienssnn, the Austrian Minister, I is departure for Vienna, on leave of l'et sellee inr.o.sn% wt. e ` :s . Immediately on his Excellency's foil aAI bests 1, urad n to coantry his contemplated alliance with Somerset, daughter of the Duke of Beau oleninized. A etilttSCE • ;. "l eetlll o f 3 • 1 •41.Ntlii01311. u 1 , 04 trig s ociet ,the e Farming and a e t x t ! ,e - n, u d , 3 ' oe - d : as held on Thursday, at Castle Ashby, 46. ,„ th ; 01 ; 1 1) ,, t ti r h i e , e 3 i de ,,e, iv_e farm of the Marquis of Northampton, consutle the association, who was upon . the . 3 upwards of 200 of the prpal 1113,11eitilaargiswtsoit' the n eighbourhood. The whole of the difficult Was much admired, and the judges had 200 equ ence of y in deciding on some of the cases, in general excellence. At three o'clock the e'ntl, nie its eau tiful do own in a spacious tent erected upon I s ' p ' o t th e chair, and of the Noble President, who . occu- day had rnost exni n ! l ern giving " Success to the Society," f eel , n -ad ap peare -ing,y of the excellent results which that str e ' - g and d horn its operation, and of the kindly sgth_, intercourse it was calculated to establish and Th, „'n• e cutlw "Iv Police p u k,, eted t an, will in the Borough is now entirely b une b ns . 0 will shortly be opened for the dispatch of Setosillitnedlinaetses.' shortly wi, as a matter of course, rernes.end, abolished. The court is situate at st r iteom m 4 e _ar a the Queen's prison. The court is a subrEllPg. Mr, one, one, and the appearance is somewhat iiitiled . Reeves, surveyor of the police, has lately veinee,rigns for the erection of a new Police-court . ° l3 7 a ser co'll"rtsquare, Westminster, in lieu of Queen -4,11c1 at x cau .A new Police -court will shortly be corn ti e naetr tngton. °II fr o oPolitan police have just received informa el In ,11140 bart T • t i . a _ n• te en co own, New South Wales, of the escape nsported forrtvets, all of whom were sentenced to be o u r, life h edue a d i )ce Worth , ne a), a numerous meeting was held at w _ r _ I,t• talon g ay the seat of Lord Radnor, for the pur see_ekusg cia t s e _ ainto consideration the distresses of the h e Y „ral in tere e The Noble Earl took the chair, and rou nd . sting speeches were made. A report will t ie The G o l r rl e a rn fl o otber part of the paper. tite ntt „, rof the Isle of Wiht is the present Lord leuisites of Ireland, Lord Heytesbury, but the per " ath of'tZn emoluments of office were abolished on the I ,llr. / /zt 7e late Governor, Lord Malmesbury. 11 44 , r Y Wilson, of the Isle of Wight, started for B a l t Piro an t nesday night, to attend a second time, as au nton 9 secretary to the English champion, Mr. geuti ert , the forthcoming chess match between that ensaketiaeue this day M. St. Amand, which is appointed to day. St ql e frh , liirnua GUANo.—Some farmers in! liirlicud • I,suire having last summer imported what they be lieved t di s 4 9he .genuine Peruvian guano, and havin been johPlonted in the results, lately applied to P g fessor t6,astoti to analys e it for them. Mr. Johnson.rreeports 00 3 the supposed. guano is a complete impositthe his; .., , e , ot the kind, however, that has ever com al e under at - ?,:re9al observation. If it contain any real it has it is a very small proportion indeed. thinksguano be es made übv g coal ashes or Dutch peat klies.-..,„,,t likely •• 11' - f the bits of coal tei x , ci __ :., the former, rum ij7,014. w,to it—with chalk, common salt, a little sul tc, ‘e of aminunia, or dried urine, and some other mat tc, give it a smell. The smell is not that of guano, tor?. more like that of the refuse of the glue manufac the., .ttie farmers are resolved to make an example of o -Darty from whom they bought the article, and endea : t4i(ir recover damages for the injury they have sus ,heell.--Seetsman. v-tk:Tru 0 the ----. x.,OlTitT OF 13ANKRUPTCY.—On Thursday ,Ilt%%swecic:Pleautit'osnie, a lime .er committed to prison a bankrupt burner, for giving prevaricatinga 1\4,7 • A linendraper, named GooderTugh, .late . of for"(cm Abbot, had the consideration of his application the !eertificate adjourned for four years from the date of f A l la in consequence of attempted fraud. . . i.." 1:, EROCIOUS PlG.—Yesterday John Billing . , a w*?,,uther, at Hampstead, who was engaged to 'ill! a It ' ' l :', 5°W, having entered the sty for the purpose of fixing hile11)0 round. the animal's mouth, she flew furiously at iti4 .'ie_lz,l:ig him by the right thigh near the groii,tewaas with-,ltar,e piece of flesh out with her teeth, and it pre hoe.For veh,:dee utmost difficulty the infuriated animal was _ h. from again seizing him. On being extricated is dangerousa situation, be was removed to the il,pital, it is feared that amputation must be per ied close to the hip. a l , 4LTA, OCTORER 5.--TWO courts-martial will sit ki li i s P as a sufficient number of Post - Captains can be tl , t '4"---one to try, Lieutenant Franklin, of the Snake, ,hitrother to try Lieutenant Lowkay, of the Bonetta, on Pe of drunkenness. Lieutenant Bowker, of, the Gil4e, sutumoned Mr. F. Villebois, formerly of the Plip,„: B, for. insulting him, by calling him an impeFtinent o f VII, L ieutenant Bowker had struck a favourite dog N,..,ie.,,)is and threatened to do so again ; words ttt,q4V,l ,t)f tin angry nature, - which led to the offence, 11, , • tl / 4 /te 1 ,,,_ ."''. ‘1,4, senteuetd to t 4 fine of 31., and rm., ---vasolammt. LIGENCP' DAY.) )AY NIGHT• LKES. ed i g st The Alte r taken) agst Evento 1 agst C° 1111 " er—t t "g st COlt Lgst Lillah gat Bastie , n - 7 Lgst Laird taken 4 40 Lgst Cleav t " • , 4 0 111 15 agst —er Y. -Buzz, Est ' Olt !lb. .—Prince cf Christina, 3 J t Mogul. 3 Y ll '„ Anne filly, '4 2 ; 1 91b—Fa11aci 651 'ailors, 2 Yrs , , 1 - ira, 2 yrs, 55' I's Lord l eti ' o 1, Mr. King 's tn d Wedding )bwcb colt, -TriußssDAY,•o dded to a save his stol ts, once NO ...(BradleY) ........... ••••_, tlshaw, ag e d, ch, with 2" ats, One [and) 1 5 ° ...... 0 3 1 yrs 0 at yrs 2 2 ( if 3 0 0 , by WarsoP DNESDAY. each. TO walked ° vice round. Moleskin's I (Joy) ...... IJESDAir• . to a Sweepslol vas won 10 beill g) , yrs (Stag 13 0, End three ot It o ; I by Mr. M u 11 td 20 aduclnrieri imith'S d 20 adde a • ice. 0 'll riffiils) 0 ......... .. 0 ....... , 0 vas won, Elerbet 1-450' 3 0' gin. i Becc% L Area., 1 1 ,10 Long's jf I. ..;_sir , o t, Burlef o r tle DalbY,clof wn; Fri., ~ K e nnel;, 1., spring v i se Wellingtou ,IONS• r.) Oc 7 r• •' 09, )RA S ll° ,oo l paned this 11 1 ry ed /11 0 2, charge lossop, a ssn fie and tbere pet and unl3w .....0 0 110. V. petwe e ' '0 M a ththe • 15 Se 2 st , , Ysr (10. tel t SO n-5 in b Jeng t net* ino r 11- the oe Da e d re . t he )o in is, of r fi r e earos Je og ler L tea l3 " Stoll e ; 01 0 ° 1- 0 o iot tu tengoged he f ales tbe rom th e ugh t , r_stree NEW MUSIC, THE MUSIC OF IRELAND. Part I. By F. W. florncitstle. This is a collection of choice specimens of the an cient music of Ireland, harmonised and arranged by Mr. Horncastle, of her Majesty's Chapel Royal. Those who have had the very great pleasure of hearing this gentleman's lectures and entertainments upon Irish music will thank us for calling their attention to the fact, that the beautiful, perhaps, matchless, me . lodies ' many of them before unpublished and neglected, which he produced on those occasions, are now placed within their reach in a permanent form. The service which the composer has rendered to music and even to ethnology, by the preservation and publication of those exquisite (and but for him perishing) relics of ancient science and refinement, is enhanced by his judicious, as well as reverential abstinence from at tempts at improving perfection. In this respect he stands very much above his predecessor in the same field, Sir John Stevenson; for he at once admits that the old music of Ireland as it is found is not the wild effusion of a rude and simple people, but is the production of a school in a high degree methodical, skilful, and cultivated. In harmo nising the trade songs, marches, and caoines, or funeral pieces, i n th e present number, he has laboured, and successfully, to supply his accompani ments strictly as they may be believed to have been in the practice of the Bardic authors, whose composi tions being only orally delivered (as was for the most part their history, poetry, and other literature), have perished in the lapse of time and the ravages of conquest, except so much as could be preserved in the songs of the common people. Mr. Horncastle must have had great difficulties to contend with as an Englishman, in collecting some of those old airs, and the characteristic traditions associated with them—the latter adding a very great charm to this book, and, if possible, in creasing the interest which we feel in the music. Thus, it is interesting to know that the caoine (or funeral chaunt) pronounced keen, so long known to us, in Eng land, as the " Irish howl," is a noble and most expres sive piece of music. Our author gives two specimens— the Bardic and the Connaught—and these are, note for note, the actual keen at the peasant's funeral at the present day. In reference to them, Mr. Horn castle—having said that " the music of Ireland takes a wide range, and includes within its characteristic melodies, songs of trades, warlike achievements, historical facts, and rural occupations, as well as many other objects, on which the fancy both of the poet and musician have been equally well exercised"—proceeds to state, that " their caoines or funeral chaunts, alone serve as examples of the most beautiful harmonic compositions, and prove beyond a doubt that music in those early ages was in the highest state of cultivation." Yet to this day the humblest of the people have been the only depositories of these great works, which remained for an Englishman to rescue from obscurity and contempt! An adequate analysis of this work, or a bare re ference to one half of its beauties, could not be under- taken here ; but it would be difficult to pass over without mention one curious fact—that the Irish hedge schoolmasters have been in the habit of teach ing their pupils to sing Latin odes to old Irish airs. The illustration given in the present volume seems to offer temptation to a somewhat interesting inquiry. It has been said that the music of Western, or Celtic, Europe was related to that of Ireland. Here we find the first ode of Horace (of which the peculiar metre occurs but twice in the Odes) perfectly adapted, as if it were written for it, to an old Irish air, also of very peculiar character, and entitled " I'm asleep, and don't waken me." Now, sing the ode to the air, and you will find it not hard to believe that it was written to it. Nay, one is tempted to conjecture—what is not improbable—that the air was known to ancient Italy by a title as expressive of its character, as its Irish one ; and that Horace adapted to it his dedicatory ode to Meemnas, as a delicate remonstrance with his patron for withdraw ing him from the repose in which he delighted, and inducing him to make public his prepared works, and to go on writing more. Fanciful as this specu lation may seem, it is not altogether unsupported. Horace more than once intimates plainly that he writes with the feeling of one who had sa id, " Let me be quiet," a n d yieds to authoritative importu nity ; and, curious enough, the metre of this ode occurs only in the 4th Book, which, we are told by Suetonius, he wrote reluctantly, at the desire of Augustus. The first ode of this book is a depreca tion, and, although not addressed to the Emperor, conveys a complaint of being taxed beyond his powers. But in the Bth ode, to Censorinus, he uses the metre of that to Mecmnas ' and is as the theme i s muc h th e same—his love of fa me as a poet, which he really did not covet—it is clear that he wrote them in the same spirit. This 4th book was undoubtedly written under circumstances in which the air, "I'm asleep, and don't waken me," would express his temper. It may be worth asking, did he know and use the Irish tune? Whether or not, we are obliged to Mr. Horncastle for the adaptation, which gives occasion to the amus ing surmise, although few others will think this portion the most valuable of his delightful work. LITERATURE. WARS OF JEHOVAH. Baisler, London, 1844. In his dedication of this poem to the Queen, the author observes—" We were much encouraged by your Majesty's most gracious acceptation of a former volume, and inspired with the hope that this present might serve as a mark for your Majesty's reign unto the latest posterity. Your Majesty's predecessor had Spenser and Shakspeare, nor are we among those who, imagining the time for celebrations of Princes past, waste their talents over a novel or romaunt in Hercules' manner when he sate to spin." The modesty of this passage is remarkable, and deserves all possible commendation. Imagine an author coolly hoping that his poem will have the effect of making her Ma jesty's reign known to the latest posterity ; and in directly comparing himself to Spenser and Shakspeare! Diffident creature, was there ever such shrinking bashfulness! On looking into the poem, we find— notwithstanding the author's strong impression on the subject —that it has but a slender chance of reaching posterity, or even of surviving three months from the date of its publication ; for, in the first place, it labours under the disqualification of being in many places almost wholly unintelligible; secondly, where it is intelligible, it is awful rubbish; and, thirdly, we are by no means positive as to its grammar, which is often exceedingly loose—to a degree, indeed, that would have horrified Lindley Murray. The poem is in blank verse— and very blank the verse is—and is embellished with several illustrations by Martin, which are certainly not among the chef dceuvres of this accomplished artist. But if we are compelled to enter our protest against the worth of the interior of the volume, nothing can be urged against its exterior, for it is bound in the most splendid manner, in bright blue cloth, enriched with a lavish variety of gold devices. A PLEASURE ! EXCURSION.—On Sunday morning, at six o'clock, the Severn steamer started for Cardiff with about 300 persons, on what was intended to be a cheap pleasant tu-and-fro trip. They arrived all safe at Cardiff in due time, and on leaving the vessel, were di rected to be on board again at half-past four, to return to Bristol. At that hour, accordingly, the passengers re-embarked, but to their utter dismay found that the vessel could not start, the engineers having got drunk, and let the fires out. The rain now began to pelt down most furiously, and the miserable and drenched pleasure seekers were obliged some to pass the night penned up in the cabins, and the others to find lodgings in the town where they could. On Monday morning the boat returned, and the friends of the passengers Were relieved from their anxiety respecting them. It is right to add that the Severn was not under the control of the Owners for that day, she having been specially hired by the party who undertook the contract for the trip.—Bristol Gazette. PRINTERS' PENSION SOCIETY.—The subscribers to the above charity who are connected with the trade held their second anniversary friendly dinner at the White Conduct Tavern, on Tuesday last, when about one hun dred persons sat down to an excellent repast. Mr. C. Wood, of Poppin's-court, presided. The usual loyal and patriotic toasts, as also that of " Prosperity to the Printers' Pension Society," were given and duly re sponded to. Although the festival was not arranged for the collection of subscriptions, yet several liberal con tributions were announced; and it was also intimated that Mr. D'lsraeli had kindly consented to take the chair at the ensuing general anniversary of the charity. The entertainments of theevening concluded with a select ball, and dancing was kept up with great spirit till an advanced hour on the following morning. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE CITY.—The follow ing notice was yesterday extensively posted in the City: —" The Commissioners of Sewers of the city or London and liberties thereof; hereby give notice to all persons inhabiting that portion of the City through which her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen may have occasion to pass on her way to open the Royal Exchange, that no board, scaffolding, platform, or balcony, or anything that shall project over or rest upon the footway, will be allowed to be erected or affixed before or against any of the houses or buildings in or entering into such line of route, and any such projection, if erected, will be in stantly taken down and removed as the law directs.—By order of the Court, JOSEPH PAW, principal clerk.— Sewers-office, Guildhall, Oct. 15." THE DUKEDOM OF BRIDGEWATER.—It is well known that Lord Francis Egerton, the second son of the late Duke of Sutherland, succeeded to the princely pos sessions of the Duke of Bridgewater. It is in contem plation immediately to call his Lordship.to the House of Peers, by the style and title of the Duke of Bridgewater. —Morning Herald. SIMPLE MODE OF PURIFYING WATER.—It is DOt so generally known as it ought to be that pounded alum possesses the property of purifying water. A table spoonful of pulverised alum sprinkled into a hogshead of water (the water stirred at the time) will, after the lapse of a few hours, by precipitating to the bottom the impure particles, so purify it that it will be found to possess nearly all the freshness and clearness of the finest spring water. A pailful, containing four gallons, may be purified by a single tea-spoonful.—Southern Planter. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY. Her Majesty having signified her intention of taking an airing on board the Royal yacht this morning, that noble vessel was got ready and under weigh soon after 1 o'clock, and her Majesty and Prince Albert proceeded on board in the royal barge, steered by Lord Adolphus Fitzelarence. The roads at Cowes being now nearly fully occupied by the royal yacht squadron craft, pre sented a most gay and enlivening scene as the royal party proceeded on board. The royal yacht having cleared the roads, put on more steam, and came up the Solent in grand style, the royal standard floating from the masthead. On approaching Ryde the loyal inha bitants of that place assembled on the pier, and paid their respects to their Sovereign by repeatedly bowing, removing their hats, and waving handkerchiefs. As the yacht rounded Ryde and came in sight of the fleet at Spithead, the flag-ship St. Vincent saluted with 21 guns, which example was speedily followed by the Caledonia, Queen, and Victory. The ships at Spithead seemed quite unprepared for the appearance of the royal stan dard among them, for the St. Vincent had the seamen's clothes hanging from her rigging to dry as the royal yacht passed, and the others seemed equally taken by surprise, for no yards were manned, nor did they other wise acknowledge the royal approach than by salute. The royal yacht steamed on, apparently with the inten tion of proceeding round the island, as she kept very close in shore, but when she had passed the Queen she altered her course, and steered for the Nab light, to the eastward of which she went, and then turned round to return as she came. This being clearly distinguishable, there was evi dently a deal of bustle and activity on board the ships at Spithead, who appeared determined to present a better ap pearance to the royal eye on returning; the seamen's cloth ing was taken in, and the ships then presented a more sightly appearance. On the return of the royal yacht the fleet did not salute, but all hoisted signals, and the vari ous points on both sides of the roadstead were decorated with the royal standard and union jack ; and as the noble craft passed the last man-of-war to the westward, the guns on the platform battery fired a royal salute, and the British ensign floated from the Victoria Pier and Blockhouse Fort. Her Majesty and Prince Consort were not visible upon the deck of the royal yacht at any period of the short cruise. At about three o'clock the royal yacht passed Hyde on her return to Cowes, where the royal party disembarked about four o'clock, without ceremony. Should the weather prove equally inviting to-morrow, we believe it is her Majesty's intention to take another trip on the other side of the island. We believe Captain Sir Chartes Sullivan, late of the Formidable, 84, on the Mediterranean station, and who brought home the Queen recently from that station, will be appointed Flag-Captain to Rear-Admiral Bowles, on board the St. Vincent, in the approaching cruise, vice Rowley, who will remain ashore to assist the Comman der-in-Chief (his gallant father) in conducting the duties of this port. The funeral of the two artillerymen who met such a dreadful death on the King's Bastion on Monday took place yesterday. They were interred in the burying ground of St. Mary's, Portsmouth. The usual military honours accompanied the ceremony, and the splendid band of one of the regiments in quarters here played the " Dead March in Saul" as the mournful procession moved along, attended by a vast concourse of spectators. The brother of Walker has been i❑ a state bordering on insanity ever since the awful calamity, and the wife, or rather the widow, has also become nearly bereft of reason. PROJECTED IMPROVEMENTS IN CHELSEA.—Last Tuesday a Numerous meeting of the inhabitant rate payers of St. Luke's, Chelsea, was held in the vestry room, to consider the propriety of improving the road and footways, and adopting measures to abolish Queen's elm and Royal Hospital-row turnpikes—the Rev. Charles Kingsley, Rector, in the chair. Mr. Kruse, coal mer chant, stated that the meeting was held in compliance with a requisition signed by 175 ratepayers. Not only was the Government resolved upon building a street from the new Houses of Parliament, but an embankment of the Thames, fifty feet wide, would be also immediately commenced. It was, therefore, the interest of the resi dents of St. Luke's to do all in their power to make their district an object of attraction to visitors.—(Hear, hear.) At the present moment the wretched state of the roads and the want of footways rendered it almost im passable. In conclusion, he moved a resolution to the following effect :—That the highway and lighting boards be empowered to obtain an Act of Parliament for paving, lighting, and otherwise repairing the parish of Chelsea (exclusive of Hans Town), and for raising the necessary sums for those purposes, and also for getting the turn pikes at Queen's-elm and Royal Hospital-row removed beyond the limits of the parish. Mr. Jeffree, senior churchwarden, seconded the motion, and said that the improvements embraced nice miles of road and sixty thousand square feet of footway, the estimated cost of which was 30,0001., which could be repaid in a few years at four per cent., and by a rate not exceeding one shilling. Mr. Davis moved and Mr. Chambers seconded an amendment, that a committee of forty ratepayers be ap pointed to consider the proposition and report thereon. Upon the question being put, there appeared 30 hands for the amendment and 88 for the original motion ; majority for the latter, 58. Sr. CLEMENT DANES.--110LEORN ESTATE.--Last night a public vestry of the inhabitant rate-payers of St. Clement Danes was held, in pursuance of an order of the Court of Chancery, to nominate eight trustees and twenty-four managers of the Holborn estate, to be sub mitted to the said court for its approbation. The Rector presided. Mr. Steele read the opinion of Mr. Sergeant Talfourd respecting the qualification of candidates for those offices, from which it appeared that, if they pos sessed real property of the yearly value of 301., or were rated to the relief of the poor on a rental of 501., and re tained in a house in the parish apartments for themselves, in which they occasionally slept, that they were quali fied. Messrs. Dowling, Boobyer, Prout, Gannon, Stokes, and other gentlemen having expressed opinions pro et con, upon the propriety of the two offices being filled by the same person, it was almost unamiously decided in the negative. After which the nomination took place, which included Messrs. Paul, jun., banker,Twining, jun., banker, Prout, Boobyer, Chapman, Ommaney, Wood, Collier, Waugh, Abbot, Dowling, &c. According to the Master's report, the annual income of the Holborn estate amounts to 3,9571. 10s., and there is also to the credit of the estate 21,113/. Os. 2cl. sunk in Bank Three per Cent. Annuities. This estate is for charitable purposes. The reception of the Hon. F. Paul Methuen and his bride at Corsham Court on Monday evening was most gratifyin g to the feelings of the youthful couple. The whole town was illuminated, and triumphal arches erected, under which they passed, amid the joyful accla mations of the assembled thousands from all parts of the country, who came to welcome back to the seat of his ancestors the heir of the house of Methuen; and many fervent prayers were offered up that he and his young bride might for very many long years enjoy uninter rupted happiness and prosperity. The bells rung out a merry peal, and nothing was wanting to testify the heartfelt joy of the tenantry on this auspicious event. When his feelings permitted him to speak, and the cheering had somewhat subsided, Mr. Methuen expressed his gratitude for tie reception he had met on his return to the home of his childhood, and concluded by saying that he hoped they might find him the same sort of man as his father, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING OCTOBER 18, 1844. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, TllURSDAY.—Yesterdayititernoon their Royal highnesses the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice walked on the Castle Terrace. BURIAL IN TOWNS. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) and half the towns in the kingdom, or more, will be found to tell a similar tale. Where is Mr. Mackinnon's Bill ? Why does not the Legislature step forward and put its veto upon this crying evil ? Every town in the kingdom which does not already possess a cemetery, situated at a proper distance from its precincts, should be compelled to abandon its present practice, and adopt the former. No interment whatever should be permitted within a town, except under peculiar circumstances. I would fain arouse the attention of the public to the importance of this subject ; more especially would I call upon the ministers of religion to come forward and render their aid in correcting a monster evil, and in promoting a public good. The clergy of the Es tablished Church are not permitted to bury in uncon secrated ground. Their grounds are " consecrated " to a holy purpose ; and yet, in the performance of their duty, in such as that at Poole, are not the laws of decency, morality, and religion violated ? In such cases, " consecration" becomes a farce, and the ord nances of the Church a bye-word. Poole, Oct. 16, 1844. This morning their Royal Highnesses the Princess Royal and the Princess Alice were taken their ac customed airings, riding on ponies in the pleasure grounds of the Castle. " The grave, dread thing!! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature, appall'd, Shakes off her wonted firmness. Ah, how dark The long extended realms and rueful wastes, Where nought but, silence reigns, and night, dark night! • • . he sickly t • • By glimmering through Thy low- br o ap w'd er, mirky vaults, Furr'd round with misty damps and ropy slime, Lets fall a supernumerary horror, And only serves to make thy night more irksome." Yesterday was the birthday of his Royal Highness Frederick, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz. The auspicious event was celebrated at Kew. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou cester arrived from town in the forenoon to pay a visit of congratulation to the Hereditary Grand Duke ancl Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and remained to lunch with their Royal Highnesses and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. In . the afternoon the Duchess of Gloucester left Kew, and returned to her residence, Gloucester House, Piccadilly. A deputation from the Staines and Richmond Junction Railway Company, consisting of Mr. Charles Finch, Chairman, Mr. Apsley Pellatt, Mr. C. J. Clarke, Mr. 'William Roy, Solicitor, Mr. 11.. Bird, Engineer, and Mr. J. C. Govett, Secretary, had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. In The Sun of S ep t em b er 3 appeare d a well written article, copi e d f rom t h e L e i cester Ch ron i c l e , pointing out some of the ill effects arising from the dangerous practice of b ury i ng t h e d ea d i n towns . It is a subject but littl e cons id ere d , and consequent l y th e evils arising from it are seldom thought of. Was every town within itself provided with an extensive and well-ordered burial-ground, where there would be no possibility of the coffins becoming crowded to gether, even th en th e practice would be bad and un justifiable. But taking the fact as it is, namely, that the burial-grounds are generally of small dimensions, and filled with dead, even to heaping up, how much more is a continuance of this system to be deprecated, as fraught with most imminent and dangerous conse sequences. It is strange that, whilst we boast of our advancement in the arts and sciences, and assert the moral and intellectual improvement of all classes of society, we should still, as a nation, tenaciously adhere to a practice unworthy the most ignorant ages of the world, and in every way revolting to the best feelings of our nat ure . A t no per i od, pro b a bl y, h as the spirit of the phil an th rop i st shown i tse lf , or b een more active, than during the present age—in the hospitals, the visiting societies, the humble individual efforts to alleviate the misery of our fellow-creatures, and in providing suitable relief for their bodily suf ferings. It is strange, too, that while this is being done, we look calmly on, and—by our tacit acknow ledgment of the fact, w i t h out ma ki ng an e ff ort to arrest its progress —encourage a perpetual monster reservoir of pestilence, in the crowded and heaped up masses of decayed mortality to be found in every old established burial-ground in the kingdom. Habit bas accustomed us to view this state of things with indifference, and so blunted the sensitive feelings of our nature, that we bestow not a thought upon the sickness and death, which is too often attributable (although we knew it not at the time) to the inhaling of the noxious and poisoned atmosphere generated from the dead. " The main object of a burial-ground," says Mr. Loudon, "is the disposal of the remains of the dead in such a manner as that their decomposition, and re turn to the earth from which they sp rung , s h a ll no t prove injurious to the living, either by aff e cting their health, or shocking their feelings, opinions, or preju dices. In a burial-ground, properly arranged and managed, a coffin, after it is once interred, should never again be exposed to view, nor a human bone be disturbed." Let those who read bear this in mind. No one will dispute the correctness of the assertion, while ever y one will admit that the principle is d a ily, in thousands of cases, being violated. Let us, for a moment, turn our attention to the decomposition of the body, and its results. W e are all aware of the indestructability of the bones. "In the ante-hominal part" of the creation there are bones daily discovered, which have existed 6,000 year s a t least. Dr. Charles Loudon informs us, " that he h as seen numerous human bones, in certain caves near Naples, which are supposed to be those of the Grecian colonists who settled there before the Christian era, or perhaps those of an older race, who inhabited Magna Grwcia." This, of itself, should furnish sufficient argum en t f ur the inviolability of the grave being respected. " The health of the living," continues Mr. L ou d on , " is chiefly affected by a certain description o f gas ," generated in the decomposition of th e b o d y . "T o inhale this gas, undiluted with atmospheric air, is in stant death, and even when much diluted, it is pro ductive of disease which commonly ends in death." " This gas abounds to a fearful extent in the soil of all crowded burial-grounds, and has been proved to be more or less present in the soil throw! ! out of gra ves w h ere bodies have been interred before. "In the years 1782 and 1783, when the disinterment from the burying grounds of Les Innocents, in Paris, took place, under the direction of some eminent French chemists, these philosophers wished to analyse the gas, but were un able to procure it. Fourcroy says, In vain we en deavoured to induce the grave-diggers to procure us some of this elastic fluid ; they uniformly refused. The horrible odour and poisonous activity of this fluid, announces to us that it is mingled with hydro genous and azotic gas, holding sulphur and phospho rus in solution. It may contain, also, another dele terious vapour, whose nature has hitherto escaped philosophical research, while its terrible action upBn life is too strikingly evinced.' " The secondary ob ject of a cemetery is, or ought to be, the improve ment of the moral sentiments and general taste of all classes, and more especially of the great masses of society. In vain we look for an attractive influence or argument in the crowded churchyards of towns. Tall weeds, rank grass, and neglected gravestones, do indeed teach a lesson; but it is one where, t oo o ft en , m i ng l e d d rea d a n d disgust usurp the place of moral reflection and calm and holy feelings. " Why," says W as hi ngton Irving, " should we seek to clothe death with unnecessary terrors, and , spread horr ors aroun d t h e tom b o f th ose we loved ? The grave should b e surroun d e d b y everything that might inspire kindness and veneration for the dead, or that might win the living to virtue. It is the place not of disgu s t an d di smay, b ut of sorrow an d meditation. , , " Nothing can make amends," says Coleridge, " for the want of the soothing influences of nature, and for the absence of th ose types of renovat i on an d d ecay which the woods and the fields offer to the notice of the serious and contemplative mind. To feel the i force of this sentim en t, l et a man only compare i n imagina tion the un s i g htl y manner in which our monumen t s are crowded t oge th er i n the busy, noisy, unclean, and almost g rass l ess c h urchyard of a large town, with the still secl us i on o f a Turkish cemetery in some remote place, and y e t f urt h er sanct ifi e d b y th e grove ad of cyprus in which it is embosomed." " Where is it, we would ask," says the learned and elegant author of " Necropolis Glusguensis," " that the innate desire which is felt in every bosom to live in the recollection of his companions, the pleasing hope that he may still be a remembered denizen of this fleeting world, is more likely to be realised than at the spot where his ashes are laid? Where is it that the extincta amabitur, such as Cicero professed to his daughter Tallia, and which is still the pledge of friendship offered at the couch of the dying, is more likely to be experienced in all its force, and all its purity, than at the tomb, where all the remains of mirth and loveliness is lying? Where is it, indeed, that the heart is likely to be so feelingly moved, or the memory to be so powerfully roused, as at a parent's grave or a s i s t er ' s tom b ?" " A garden cemetery is the sw orn f oe to preternatural fear and superstition. The ancient s , f rom t h e i r m i nds being never polluted with the idea of a charnel house, nor their feelings roused by the revolting emblems of mortality, contemplated death without terror, and visited its gloomy shrine without fear. With them death was tranquillity, an d the only images that ever associated with it, were th ose o f peaceful repose and tender sorrow. H. J. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonia' office, from the Governor of Sierra Leone. Auber's opera, The Syren, was produced at this theatre last evening, with all that attention to scenery and costume which might have been expected from a management of which Mr. Bunn has the direction. It is, in fact, impossible that a piece could have been put upon the stage in a manner more complete than this opera has been at Drury-lane. The audience properly appreciated this attention to the mise en scene, and were loud in their applause as the different scenes from the pencil of the Grieves' were exhibited. The double scene in the second act, in which the lower part represents Scopetto's inn, and the upper part a winding footpath among the mountains of the Abruzzi, is a chef d'oeuvre of scenic effect. " Finis coconut opus," says the old Latin adage, and in accordance with that scrap of the written wisdom of our ancestors, the grand scenic display has been reserved for the last; and this last, we believe, is Drury-lane's " own thunder." In the original, the voice of Scopetto is heard carolling away in the distance, as he swims towards the barque, having escaped from the guards of the Duke de Popoli. In the Drury-lane version, his triumph is represented visibly. The barque YEtna appears at anchor, her colours flying, and her yards manned by Scopetto's band, who have taken possession of her, and Scopetto himself appears on her quarter-deck, her guns firing a salute in his honour, while the Duke and his attendants arrive on the shore just in time to be spectators of his triumph. We have so lately detailed the plot, that it is unnecessary to re peat it. Suffice it to say, the original has been closely followed. The following is the cast at this theatre : COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) OCT. 16.—Her Majesty has not been outside of Osborne grounds this morning. Prince Albert rode out on horseback at a quarter before four this afternoon. The royal barge left the yacht for Osborne. Her Majesty embarked from the beach, with the Prince, when they proceeded along the shore, and returned at five o'clock. There being no quay at;Osborne, the barge was rowed stern on, and her Majesty slipped across the thawls, and leaped from the bows on to the shore, like a deer, and skipped up the beach like a girl of fifteen. Turning round, and seeing a gentleman of her suite stepping very carefully out of the boat, she enjoyed a laugh at his ex pense. It is only afloat that anything can be seen of the royal visitors. Osborne House and grounds are so re tired that there is no chance of her Majesty's privacy being intruded on. - The shore of Osborne is also shut out from the public by the grounds of Norris, Spring hill, and Slatwood's. ocT. 17.—This afternoon the royal yacht steamed close up to Osborne beach, when the Queen, with Prince Albert and suite, embarked on board her. She steamed through Spithead to the Nab, and] returned about four o'clock. Yesterday and to-day have been very fine for the season—plenty of wind, a beautiful sun, and smooth water ;: the barometer rising.—Monday it was as low as 28'53; Tuesday, 2860; Wednesday, 28 . 67; Thurs day, 28-95. Her Majesty is dressed very plain, and seems to be for a time tired of pomp and show. She could not have se lected a spot more retired. There were, the first day, seventeen of the rural ,police stationed about the grounds, and at the different gates. These having been told their services would not be required, there are now only five of the London police to attend to the different roads to the royal residence. Sir William Montagu is entertaining Lord Fitzcla rence, Lord Yarborough, Sir Bellingham and Lady Graham, and a large party of fashionables, at Grantham House. The Duke de Popoli, Mr. Borrani ; Scopetto, Mr. W. Harrison ; Scipio, Mr. D. W. King ; Balbaya, Mr. Stretton ; Pecchione, Mr. Weiss ; Zerlina, Miss Rain forth ; Mathea, Miss Betts. Miss Rainforth made a most interesting Zerlina. In the delineation of the character of a warm-hearted, artless, simple-minded girl, just budding into woman hood, there is no young lady on the stage who can compete with Miss Rainforth. Such a character is Zerlina, and it received full justice at her hands. She was'in excellent voice, and we have seldom seen her to more advantage. She gave her grand scene, the prima donna song in the second act, admirably, and was deservedly encored ; but her great triumph, the scene in which she showed herself an artiste in the highest sense of the word, was the duet with Scipio, in the third act. Her voice was tremulous with feeling, yet beautifully clear withal, and she infused into the music an intensity, a passion of pathos, which thrilled to the heart. She was ad mirably supported by Mr. D. W. King, whose Scipio was a highly creditable performance throughout. Harrison, as Scopetto, was very unequal. At the commencement he was hard and angular. In the quartett towards the conclusion of the first act he was very good, and in the solo at the commence ment of the second act he was excellent. In this solo he was encored, and most deservedly so; but during the whole of the first and second acts he ap peared tame. The Italian is a creature of impulse—a child of light and air—by turns the gayest of the gay, and the most sanguinary of the revengeful ; always in extremes, but ever impassioned, ever ener getic. Dum vivinzus vivamus is his motto; and while he lives he enjoys life—the mere act of living—with a zest undreamed of by the denizens of the " cold and cloudy climes " of the north. Harrison did not seem to enter into the character ; he was a smug gler as a matter of business, for the gain ,of the thing ; whereas Scopetto delighted even more in tricking the Duke of Popoli than in plun dering him. The third act was a decided improve ment upon the former two ; he seemed to warm in his part; but even here a little more animation would be a decided improvement. If Harrison was guilty of the sin of under-acting, Stretton was certainly guilty of the sin of over-acting in Balbaya. He was very funny, but he was unnaturally so. He must pare down some of his exuberances, act a little less to the galleries, and his Balbaya will be an admirable buffo performance. Borrani, as the Duke, was per fect—polished, affable, and courteous, yet self-suffi cient, vain, and weak; never has the " foolish and the faded gentleman" been more correctly delineated. His fine bass voice told admirably in the concerted pieces, and his " Brava! brava! during the prima donna's song, was precisely that of one of those be powdered representatives of the dilettanti of a by-gone age, who occasionally pay an angel's visit to the Opera on the first night of a new singer. Borrani has made this line of character his own. We should much like to see him in Baron Pompolilm. At the conclusion all were called for, and all loudly applauded. The house was crowded to excess. THE SIX. MILE RANGE.—When Captain Warner speaks of his six-mile range, for which he required but a two-pounder, he states a physical impossibility, in the present state of chemical science ; and Captain Warner is certainly not one in whom any reasonable hope could be indulged that by his knowledge any advance will be made. By the use of the fulminates nothing s ould be gained, for, with compounds so loosely held together, there appears no certainty ; they are all liable to spon taneous decomposition. The fulminate of mercury was considered sate while mixed with spirit of wine, yet while in this state it exploded, and Mr. Hennell, of Apo thecaries'-hall, was & stroyed by it. Mr. Eley, the in ventor of the wire cartridges, who had repeatedly mixed his fulminate of mercury, perished from the explosion of a pound of this highly dangerous composition. A French vessel, fitted during the French war with some new de tonating compounds, was never heard of after it sailed from Toulon. The large gun made for Mehemet Ali, requiring a charge of 401 b., and throwing a ball of 4801 b., is considered too dangerous to use. Rockets of 1001 b. are not found to move one yard. There appears to be a limit to destructive powers, and we have reason to thank heaven it is so. The service may be improved, rockets may eventually be made to go straight, shells may be made percussioned, and a greater precision given to cannon firing. It is possible, by the introduction of the patent principle of Mr. Harding's new gun, which has given so great an increase to the power of sporting guns, we may improve that of the cannon ; but these, if effected, would be but a slight step to realising the theories of Warner or of Normandy. The evil they cause, and that is a serious though unavoidable one, is. that scientific characters are debarred from the ground these enthusiasts claim as their own. Every application for experiment is now refused at Woolwich, because 98 out of 100 applicants prove to be ignorant adventures.— (Polytechnic Magazine for September.) To project a ball, therefore, a distance of six miles, by means of any explosive force, the action of which on the projectile is instantaneous, and ceases from the moment that it leaves the mouth of the piece, is physically impossible ! But, while maintaining this position, we are not prepared to deny the possibility of obtaining that result by means of a projectile that shall contain within itself the principle of movement. This principle is peculiar to the rocket ; and, although, from this inherent cause, hitherto no cer tain result has been obtained from these projectiles beyond a limited range, still, as the principle is known, the question to be solved is the possibility of its elabora tion—whether, for example, the combined skill of the mechanist and the pyrotechnist can so graduate this self moving principle as to impart to the projectile a velocity that will not expose it to the law of atmospheric resist ance, and at the same time a sufficient intensity of action to accomplish its trajectory course. If Captain Warner can really attain a range of six miles, it is by this principle alone. But, even if this range can be obtained, we may question the power of directing a projectile through so lorig a trajectory with any degree of accuracy. —Polytechnic Magazine for October. ARMENIAN CEMENT.—The jewellers of Turkey, who are mostly Armenians, have a singular method of ornamenting watch-cases, &c., with diamonds and other precious stones, by simply glueing or cementing them on. The stone is set in silver or gold, and the lower part of the metal made flat, or to correspond with the part to which it is to be fixed ; it is then warmed gently, and has the glue applied, which is so very strong that the parts thus cemented never separate. This glue, which will strongly unite bits of glass, and even polished steel, and may of course be applied to a vast variety of useful purposes, is thus made :—Dissolve five or six bits of gum mastich, each the size of a large pea, in as much spirits of wine as will suffice to render it liquid ; and, in another vessel, dissolve as much isinglass—previously a little softened in water (though none of the water must be used)—in French brandy and good rum, as make a bitsof two-ounce phial of very strong glue, ldingst twob rubbed gum galbanum, or ammoniacuaa, w hic h or ground till they are dissolved. :Then mix the whole with a sufficient heat. Keep the glue in a phial closely stopped, and when it is to be used, ret the phial in boil ing water.—Cyclop,rdia of Rece i pts. The Duchess of Sutherlan d s te amer, which sailed from Inverness on Monday evening, for London, was compelled by stress of weather to put back to Cromarty, where she arrived on Thursday afternoon, after being three days at sea without having made further progress than to Banff, such was the violence of the gale. Seve ral of the passengers, among whom were Mr. Tytler (the historian of iicotland) and his family, left the ship, in tending to go by land to London. The weather having moderated, the Duchess sailed again on Friday morning at one o'clock, The burial-ground at Poole, Dorset, measuring about one acre, was consecrated by the Bishop of Chester, July 3, 1781. The number of burials which have there taken place since that period to the present time, is about 6,300. Mr. Loudon calculates that in the ordinary mode of burial, with and without head-stones and monuments, with necessary roadway, &c., that ' the extent of an acre of ground will give 1,361 graves. Taking, therefore, the number of interments in the Poole ground from 1784 to 1796, inclusive, we have 1,369. We will suppose that each grave was seven feet in depth. The extent of the grou n d was th en covered. From 1797 to 1811, inclusive, 1,377 inter ments took place ; the ground was, therefore, covered a second time. Mr. Loudon argues that, for the health of the community it ought to be imperative that a layer of earth, of not less than six feet in depth, should be left between the under and upper coffins, so that the earth may absorb the greater portion of the gene rated gases. In the ground now spoken of, sup posing that the earth left between the under and upper coffins was two feet in depth, the latter would then be about three feet from the surface of the ground. It then necessarily follows that in 1811, after 2,746 interments (and upwards) had taken place, that the ground was full. Not another interment could take place without the desecration of a grave. The coffin and the remains of one must be displaced to make room for the remains of another. The parish register shows, as before observed, that since the consecration of the ground, about 6,300 interments have taken place ; therefore, after the ground was filled, the remains of three thou sand five hundred and upwards were added—not buried, or, if so, the majority only f or a ti me — no t one of which should ever have been placed there. "Is the human heart so callous to right feeling, that men must wait until their own parents or rela tives are dragged from their graves before they will act and speak out on this question ?" It is truly said that " use is second nature." As man, by the force of example, becomes habituated to a life that, in moral capacity, places him below the beasts of the creation, so does the most sensitive and refined in character become indifferent and callous to a practice every way worthy the most degraded ages of the world. Many there are who, looking upon the bright green sod of a country churchyard, may accuse the writer of exaggeration. There is none. Let them beware of the exhalations of burial grounds. Pestilence and death hang over every grave. The crowded state of the ground at Poole is not an isolated case. Let the parish registers be examined, NEW BRAZILIAN TARIFF. The packet Linnet, Lieutenant Douglas, arrived at Falmouth yesterday morning, from the Brazils. Her dates are from Rio Janeiro, Aug. 25; Bahia, Sept. 5; Pernambuco, Sept. 15. On freight 15,0001., more or less, although it has been estimated at 18,0001., in gold and diamonds. Passengers Viscount and Viscountess d'A.brantes, and two servants ; Senor Macedo and Miss Macedo ; Mr. Habbe, Russian Charge d'Affaires; Mr. Falconer, Mr. Eggers, Mr. Lambert, and Mr. Holloway. The two former gen tlemen are deputed to confer with the British Govern ment in relation to the expiring treaty ; the Viscount having full powers as Minister Plenipotentiary and Ambassador Extraordinary, and the Senor is ap pointed as his secretary. By decree dated 12th inst. (August), the per centage of duties to be enforced from and after 11th November, on imports cleared for consumption, is declared to be as follows : SIXTY PER CENT. Every description of manufactured :and; unmanufac. tured tobacco. FIFTY PER CENT. Ale and porter, brandy, cider, gin, hewn stone of every description, linen cofree bags of every description, liqueurs of every description, poignard knives, refired sugar, tea, wines of every description. FORTY PER CENT. Candles—composition, tallow ; carpeting, carriages of every description or any part or parts thereof, chande liers, china inkstands or sand boxes ; choccolate—ordi nary ; coffee bagging, earthenware ; not otherwise spe cifie3, fire-works of every description, furniture. Glass —ordinary plain wine, liqueur, champagne, and porter glasses, ordinary plain mugs and tumblers from 10 to 1 to the quartilha, ordinary plain decanters to 1 quartilha. (The foregoing described in tariff as N. 1.) Ordinary cast or wrought, or cast and wrought wine, liqueur, champagne, and porter glasses, ordinary cast or wrou g ht, or cast and wrought mugs and tumblers from 10 to 1 to the quartilha, ordinary cast or wought, or cast and wrought decanters to 1 quartilha. (The foregoing de scribed in tariff as N. 2.) Ordinary plain cast or wrought wine and liqueur glasses, with cut or plain bottoms. (Described in the tariff as N. 3.) Square bottles with stoppers to 3lbs., without stoppers to 21bs., wide mouthed bottles with stoppers to 41bs., wide mouthed bottles without stoppers, common green or other dark bottles to 1 quartilha, chimnies, lamp!, gunpowder, har ness, ivory-handled brushes, mahogany and other fine wood in boards or veneer ; paper—folio post and impe rial, hanging, painted, gilt, or silvered ; playing cards; preserved fruits, dry or in liquor, ready-made clothing, scales, shaving and other soap, vinegar. TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT. Aniseed, biscuit ; brass—sheet - ;;a plate, copper, copperas ; fish—salted or pickled ; flour, gall Aleppo ; iron —bar, pig, rod, and sheet ; ivory, jerked beef ; lead —bar and sheet ; leather—hog skins, kid skins, Mo rocco, sole, varnished, waxed calf skins ; osier, salted beef and pork, saltpetre, steel, tar ; tin—bar and rod, tin plates. TWENTY PER CENT. Barilla, embroidery of every description, not being of pure gold or silver, or being mixed with silk, linen, or cotton, handkerchiefs of linen, cambric, or cotton ; lace —cotton, not embroidered, thread, or silk ; regimental sashes of silk net. TEN PER CENT. Books, charts, damasks, dresses, embroidery of pure gold or silver, globes, hair ; instruments—mathematical and philosophical ; maps, silk net and sewing, velvet. SIX PER CENT. Gold and silver bullion, cord, lace, spangles, if of pure metal. FIVE PER CENT. Coals, gold for gilding, manufactured silver. FOUR PER CENT. Jewellery of gold or silver, gold manufactured. TWO PER CENT. Animals for breeding, diamonds, and other precious stones not mounted, plants, seeds. THIRTY PER CENT. All and every other article not included in the fore going. The amount of duty upon most articles is stated in the tariff : all other goods are to be cleared by valuation, such being subject, as heretofore, to be taken, upon pay ment of the estimated value and ten per cent. additional. The duties upon transhipment or re-export are re duced to one per cent., subject to the approval of the Legislature, and sureties must be given, until the deci sion of the Legislature be known, for 151 per cent. upon all merchandise sent from Brazil to the coast of Africa; 21 per cent. if shipped to other foreign ports. The five per cent. hitherto charged for storage and clearance is included in the above recited per centages. All descriptions of merchandise denominated estiva goods are allowed to be landed fifteen dais, other de scriptions two months, free of charge for storage ; both being subsequently chargeable one •fourth per cent. per month or part of a month. Goods re-exported subject to the like payment of one-fourth per cent. per month for such period as they may remain i❑ the Custom house. The Government is authorised to impose upon the merchandise of any country, in which the produce of Brazil is liable to a higher duty than similar produce of other countries, an additional duty, so as to neutralise the ill effects of the difference of duty upon Brazil pro dace, such additional duty to cease when the increased duty upon Brazil produce shall be abolished. A similar differential duty will be charged upon the merchandise of any country in which the produce of Brazil is chargeable with a higher duty if imported in foreign vessels than in national bottoms. The above recited duties on imports cannot be ,in creased during the finance year 1844-1845, but the Go vernment is empowered to direct the payment, in gold or silver coin, of five per cent. of the amount of these duties, upon such articles as are chargeable with more than six per cent. and less than fifty per cent. DREADFUL MURDER.—One of those shocking mur ders, at which humanity revolts, and which is a blot on civilization, occurred on Friday morning last, about six o'clock. The victim was Matthew Brennan, who had been in possession of a farm in Coolcullon, the property of:Lord Frankfort, since ?larch last twelvemonths, from which two brothers, of the name of Purcell. had been dispossessed for the non-payment of rent. The unfor tunate man's throat was cut from ear to ear, the wind pipe and arteries separated, three wounds inflicted on the head, and one under the left breast. The victim of the demoniac assassin or assassins had several gashes in his hands, as though he had endeavoured to ward off the deadly blows. An inquest sat on the body on Sa turday last, when a verdict of wilful murder was re turned against some person or persons unknown. Such frightful agrarian outrages should make their due im pression on the mind of Lord Devon and his brother Commissioners, and stimulate them, as an act of Chris tian duty, to recommend to Government such measures as are calculated to amend a system prolific of the worst of evils.--Kilkenny Journal THE CIIARGE or MURDER AT PADDINGTON.— Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, a protracted inves tigation, adjourned from the previous d a y, was resume d before Mr. G. I. Mills, deputy coroner for Middlesex, at the Dudley Arms, Harrow-road, respecting the death of Ann Lee, aged thirty-six, the wife of a labourer named Michael Lee, now in custody on the charge of having murdered her. The accused, who stands remanded from Marylebone Police-court, was brought to the inquest room in custody of Sergeant Thompson, of the D divi sion. The evidence, which was of a conflicting character, has already been noticed. After much discussion the jury returned an open verdict, " That deceased was found drowned, but how she came into the water there was no evidence to show," with a request, however, that the police would still pursue their inquiries. DISGRACEFUL SCENE.—On Wednesday night two amazons, named Pyne and Russell (well known in St. Giles'a and to the police), had a quarrel at a public house, and it was agreed that they should settle their differences in a pugilistic conflict in the street. They according stripped themselves to the waist, tied up . their hair, and having appointed backers or seconds in the persons of two other of the " softer" sex, repaired to Tottenham-court-road, where, pursuant to the usages of the prize ring, they prepared for the " fray," amidst a crowd of profligate and idle spectators, who ;formed a ring, and the combatants commenced striking at one another right and left, and dealing knock-down blows, whilst the screams and hollowings of the crowd were like a gang of savages. At length police-constables 5 and 41 B arrived on the spot, and interfered, when they were attacked ; but they seized on the principals and seconds. The latter quietly surrendered themselves, as did also Russ e ll ; b u t P yne , a f ter great resistance, fell on the ground, fought, bit, kicked, and tore like a mad woman, and it required eight officers to take her to the station-house ; and, strange to say, on her arrival there the officers were more exhausted than herself. She and the other prisoners were locked up, and yesterday morn ing the whole of them were taken before the magistrate at Clerkenwell Police-court. Pyne was committed to the House of Correction for a month, Russell for seven days, and the seconds were discharged with a salutary admonition. Pyne tripped lightly from the bar, saying she would have it out another day. THE NEW VACCINATION ACT.—An extraordinary instance of the facilities afforded, by the loose manner in which the new Vaccination Act is framed, for imposition, was brought before the Marylebone Board of Guardians, at its last weekly meeting, and which, no doubt, is prac tised equally in every other district of the metropolis. Mr. Daniell, one of the guardians, expressed his surprise at the large amount paid for the purposes of vaccination, but more particularly at the fact, that the parties vacci nated were not confined to infants or to the young , but number ofpersons vaccinated whose ages extended to the old. He found an dthiant who e no r e ha w d er b e eeb a ent l wv a ea r e g e f forty, in w s e ta re nce there was a e se fi f r ty s 0 , n a n s t s y i at - t ty w oy yearse ars, of age, cinat . Mr. Bushell said the Act of Parliament was very He w th e a l t le p d erso k n e s ew sho if uld the b A e e v t ac e c f in P at e e r d lia t m w e ie n e t contemplatedroavgern.e, for instead of confining. vaccination to infants, it was expressed in the comprehensive term "persons." In the course of a discussion, it was stated that the vacci nators, who received a fee of is. 6d. for each case of vac cinatien, in order to insure customers gave 6d. out of the is. 6d. to persons of any age to come and be vaccinated, retaining for themselves the remaining shilling, and there were plenty of old people, who, in ord er to obtain the sixpence. were glad to undergo the process of vaccina tion. A committee of i nqu i ry was appointed. TilE s to W ; IN which COM b INCOME - n T a A X I e s u S CRE we are assured, fr om asource peak positively, that sur veyors, and se vera l other officers under the Income-tax Act, have not even yet been compensat e d f or t h e vast labours and very great unpleasantness . undergone, thougk the Governm ent have, some time ago, rec e i ve d i n t o t h e i r exchequer tw o y ears of the u tax. Well may reasonable Tories even (as they do) confess their shame at this treatment of highly respectable public officers.—From a Correspondent. ALLEGED ILL-TREATMENT OF TWO BOYS IN A UNION WORKHOUSE. Yesterday, at the Uxbridge Petty Sessions, a woman, who was accompanied by two boys, stated that her name was Ann Church, and that she was an inmate of the Uxbridge union workhouse, at Ifill:ngdon, as were also the two boys, her sons, twins, 12 years of age. She had to complain of ill-usage to her two sons by the schoolmasters at the workhouse, who had flogged the boys in a cruel manner. They bad been beaten with a birch rod until the blood flowed. The flogging took place on last Friday week, but the marks were still visible. Mr. CLARK reminded the applicant that the Scriptilires said, " spareth the rod spoileth the child." The applicant said she was aware of that ; but chil dren were, notwithstanding that, not to be beaten too severely, as hers had been. Mr. Woodbridge (the magistrates' clerk) asked Mrs. Church if she did not know that her boys had behaved very badly, and that the board Lad ordered them to receive six stripes each ?—The applicant replied that she did know that their conduct had been bad, and that the flogging was ordered by the board, but eight stripes had been inflicted, until the blood flowed. Sir W. S. WISEMAN said every nobleman's son was flogged ‘Nith the birch on their bare in the public schools. The applicant said—But not until the blood ran. Sir W. S. WisEatAN replied—Oh, yes ; I have been myself flogged so. Mr. Woodbridge said, that the board of guardians lied already inquired into the case, and it had been pro% ed before them, by the evidence of the schoolmaster and the master of the workhouse, that six stripes only had been inflicted. The applicant said, the board had behaved very shame fully towards her : when she complained to them, they laughed at her, and told her, when she said she had gone into the room to see that the boys were not too severely punk hed, that she ought not to have done so—that it was very indelicate. Sir W. S. WISEMAN said he really did not see any necessity for issuing a summons in such a case. Mr. Woodbridge inquired if four boys had not been flogged, and no complaint made on the part of the other two boys ? The applicant replied, that the mother of one was not an inmate of the workhouse, and the other boy had no mother. Mr. DAGNALL said he thought, as the charge had been publicly made, it would be better to issue a summons against the schoolmaster, in order that a full inquiry might be made into the matter. Messrs. Cox and Clark concurring in that opinion, a summons was directed to be issued,.and the hearing was appointed for the next bench day. RENTAL OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. The official returns of the overseers, &c., of the va rious parishes of the county of Middlesex, of the rentals of their several districts, have been made to the ma gistrates of the county, to enable them to fix the amount of the county-rate for the ensuing year. The amount of those returns is much greater than on any former occasion, and which may be attributed to the following circumstance:—On the returns of last year being presented, the Court was surprised to find the difference in the amount of the parochial returns and those which were made by individuals under the Pro perty-tax Act, and the attention of the parish officers was called to the subject, and an explanation required of the difference between the two returns. In order to show the extent of the difference, the magistrates had a statement prepared, showing the difference in those re. turns as regarded the several parishes, hundreds, &c., in the county. Of the extent of those differences some idea may be formed by an extract from this document, from which it appears that in the year 1843, the rental of the parish of St. George, Hanover-square, was returned by the overseers as amounting to 600,796/, while the return under the Property-tax Act, of the an nual value of the same property, was 909,568/, a dif ference of 308,7721. In the parish of St. Pancras, the return of the parish officers was 566,3201., while that under the Property-tax Act was 1,251,7371, making a difference of 685,417/. In the parish of Marylebone, the parish return was 816,572/, that under the Pro perty-tax Act was 1,132,324/, a difference of 315,752/. There were also the following differences between the two returns :—Paddington, 392,955/.; Clerkcnwell, 127,736/.; St. Luke's, 61,993/, Shoreditch, 147,1541. ; St. George's, Bloomsbury, 69,4961., &c. When asked to explain these enormous differences, the parish officers stated that the returns under the Property -tax Act were made by the occupying tenants, and set forth the rents they actually paid, without any deduction for repairs and land-tax, for which se veral charges and allowances had been made by the parish officers, and which had been fully explained in the last return made by the officers of St. Pancras parish, particularly as regarded the London and Birmingham Railway. The overseers of St. George's-in•the-East attributed the decrease in the amount of their returns to the falling off of the business in the sugar houses and other large establi , hments in that district, hich had gone to such an extent that many of them were now closed altogether; in addition to which, owing to the number of workmen who had thereby hem thrown out of employ, a great number of small houses, formerly occupied by them, were now untenanted. Mr. Jarford wished to know if that was one of the parishes in which a great number of inferior houses had lately been erected, with the most astonishing rapidity, and evidently for the purpose of ge tti ng themfinished before the Metropolitan Buildings' Act came into opera tion. lle feared the erection of such houses would prove a great evil to the parish. The overseer replied in the affirmative, and said that many of them, after having been occupied a short time were deserted, and the parish thereby compelled to pay a county-rate up on a parcel of empty houses. The parish officers were anxious that the attention of the magistrates should be directed to this subject, and they hoped that they would not be called on t•.; pay the county-rate upon a rental which was never received. The officers of St. Ann, Westminster, attributed the de ficiency in their rental to the pulling down of several houses in Cranbourne-alley and the adjoining courts, to make way for the recent improvements in that neigh bourhood. A variety of other explanations were given by various parish officers, but the returns in general are far greater than those of former years. JEWEL ROBBERY. On Wednesday morning, a fashionably-dressed young man, who gave his name and profession Gust Shulte Johsohn, professor of the German and French languages, was examined before Major Allen and Major Willard, of the Brighton bench, on a charge of attempting an extensive robbery of jewels. The prisoner had c::11ed at the shop of Mr. Cochrane, Brighton, and of Lon don, jeweller, and representing himself as interpreter to the Countess Rivolski, who he said was staying at the York llotel, selected a diamond brooch, value 225 guineas, representing a butterfly ho vering over a flower, which the Countess had seen in passing the door, and likewise a sapphire and diamond brooch worth 20 guineas, and two pins value 18/. and 161. All these articles he wished to be taken to the Countess for approval ; and Mr. Cochrane, consequently, accompanied him in a fly to the York. They entered a sitting-room on the first floor, when the prisoner knocked at the door of an adjoining bed-room, appeared to listen, and then went in. In a few minutes he returned, said the Countess was unwell, and in bed, and that she wished him to send in the articles for inspec tion. Mr. Cochrane, however, refused to part with the jewels, whereupon the prisoner again entered the cham ber, and on returning the second time, said the Countess would not detain them a minute, as she merely wished to see whether the butterfly brooch was the same that she had seen in the window. Seeing Mr. Cochrane hesitate, he told him he was sure he could get 220/. for the but terfly, but that, in that case, Mr. Cochrane must make him a present. Mr. Cochrane then intrusted him with the butterfly and the sapphire brooches, with which the prisoner again entered the bed room. Mr. Cochrane waited his return for a couple of minutes with great anxiety, and then opened the passage-door, when he found the pri soner, who had passed through the bed-room into the passage, creeping stealthily past the door. Mr. Cochrane seized the prisoner near the staircase, and having recovered the jewels, sent him to the Town hall. From the evidence of one of the waiters at the York, it appeared that the prisoner had hired the apartments about an hour before ' for the Countess Rivolsk,i who, he sail, was related to Count Nessel rode. The prisoner was committed for trial. ---- - .:- ----- A report, on which we are disposed to place some reliance, and which is, indeed, in a great measure con firmed by Mr. O'Connell's late manifesto from Derry g nane, has reached us, that th e leadin g members of the remnant of the Irish Whig s (includin Sharman Craw ford, Lord Charlemont, &c.) are at this moment occu pied in arranging the terms on which they proposo once More to sell themselves to Mr. O'Connell. A formal declaration of their adhesion to the cause of federalism Whigs ota w ill, we are told, make its appearance in a few days, solely appended to the to Irish it. Our informant's i 1 ; 1 fm but r there letter with the names of severa l of t h e most in fl uential mem bers o h f a s tbeir reference party can be little reason to doubt that the Lichfield House conspirators on this side of the water are parties compact. This is precisely what we have all along an ticipated would be the case ; and will, • f' the wretched Whigs wh o are parties to it I possible, sink of degradation than t h ey to a lower a by ss occupy and O'Connell i s the last already. F e d era li sm card they have to I b • ( them 3 i play, and is evidently ex p ec t e d ing Herald. to turn out a trum Aforn- P.— ANNUAL SALE OF PRINCE ALBERTS LIVE FARM.. ING STOCK.—The ann ua l sa l e of his Royal Highness Prince Albert's live stock, selected from the Norfolk and Flemish farms, at Windsor, in the occupation of the Prince, will take place in a few days, at Norfolk Farm, i n the Great Park. The portions which have been selected for this annual sale consist of between 70 and 80 Scotch gallo ways, Welsh short-horned cows, heifers, and Shetlands, in fine condition for stall-feeding ; nearly 500 South Down ewes and wethers, a beautiful Suffolk cart stallion, and a very extraordinary and well-bred Suffolk boar. COUNSEL TO THE IRISH OFFICE.—The Dublin Mail states that Mr. Batty has been appointed to the long vacant place of Counsel to the Irish Office in London, which had been filled by the late Mr. O'llanlon.. Mr. Batty has been for several years a Lunacy Commiss i oner. Jointly with the Attorney-General he had published