The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-20 00:00:00

n wit' cii are on the Lord er slu e of all day h er Id been : a jesti' of th e extent, • to .0(1 0 The • la te l a he tea +ra de f e ct, te riallf rOre u ntil °' , e ning'' Glen [ Snail%jestil. bers o [egr et !: P ass ,e, e A .t Pee , ov se, MO' le Y ea 3t o 1 jil' d ofro 13e. ' Ol , O OO 944 COURT CIRCULAR. A deputation from the Brighton Railway Com 'ln.Y and the Brighton and Chichester Railway Com gnY, had a n i n t erv i ew ve,terday with the Earl of alhon-ie, at the office of the Board of Trade. the Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town rigerday morning, from Becchworth House. The D.. 'ht lion. G en tl em an had an interview with Sir ' 4l Jert p ee l . li nis Exc e ll enc y M. Dcdel had an interview with r .Aildingt on at the Foreign-office, yesterday. L 'ird Stanlwv has returned to Know s'ey Ilan, Lan vOlire, from Wiseton tall, the seat of Earl Spencer. h t Sir Jam es G ra h am had an interview with Sir R. r el yesterday '‘" ' deputation from the Manchester and Leeds Rail 61,bad an interview yesterday with the Ear l of a hoUsie, at the Board of Trade. 'lll e lion. E. Stewart, Deputy-Chairman of the t r tl i , t "lns and Mr. Iligham, Secretary and Comp eiter - deneral to the Commissioners for the Reduc- C h n of the National Debt, had interviews with the re " o, ..ello r of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official sidence in Downing-street. UTCH AND FLANDERS MAI L. A .- of . - TERD AM 19 th , SEPT. 17.—1 n our paper of the A ugost we observed that several of the pri nci p al ~,,6 a ' ao journals confirmed the report which had k: e n circ u l ate d , t h a t th e ex portation of corn from the 4 tg (l oni o f Poland had been prohibited. The 6 r ," 4 "urg Allgerneine Zeitung has had an article to 'aine effect. On the other hand, the Universal 9C," c i an Gazette publishes a letter from Pos en of the 1 )e . 0 ' September, which declares that stateme nt to 6 ti nfounded. Vessels laden with corn for exports ,ol, th, Pass every day, and there does not appear to be particular reason for such a prohibition, the f itt ' ve 't in the kingdom of Poland having been pretty 4 )Urabi e fr c , E "AGUE, SEPT. 17.—We lately gave an account L ri nl the Java papers of the stranding of the Belgian ti v !' the Charles, on the coast of Borneo , of the oti ' t Coetv, and of its being abandoned by the crew tm tit c appearance of a great number of pirates, t hat on the arrival of the captain and th a w at Macassen, the authorities resolved that s quadron which was already collected at Macassia cl: s re the arrival of the crew of the Charles, should t lii . Te the pirates. It was a fortnight before the (:1, - , 4 ',"°n could discover the precise spot were the of - l t ies had run aground. Having reached the mouth t ,ltle river, it was found to be defended by a barri : of piles, and it was with great difficulty that this 4"aele was removed. The captain commanding the ti t e n s it ion ascended the river with t wo schooners, that having eighteen men on board. T he result was In, notwithstanding some attempts of the Sultan of ti; n ßaron t o p ersu ade the Dutch not to ascend the tsi e t hey persisted, and in nine day s reached a settle the-' of eight or nine hundred houses, in which was r esklence of the Sultan. The place was wholly "*rt th ed • All the houses were se arched, but none of e , stolen goods could be found , a n d Kam p on g (ki'ettlernent) was burnt. Subsequent information w}: ° the discovery and arrest of a pe rson in office, Th had part of the stolen property in his possession. it, j l commander of the expedition required that the 120 e ,,,, a goods should be given up, and an indemnity of • • qs norms paid, threatening to burn the K . Kampong Tilentaarincla unless these terms were complied with. i ti4) i nhabitants collected 4,000 florins, and entered Rif. ar t engagement so pay the remainder in five years, [ I4 N two of the most distinguished inhabitants as s.ge ht. 11131 ‘, SEPT. 14.—His Majesty the King has P l Z t hed to Sans Souci, where Prince Charles of has also arrived. His Royal Highness the 4 ," of Prussia has returned from his visit to •kt an a . 1 Ilt th ' h „u ssELs, SEPT.SErT. 16 —A. letter from Treves, of the ~,eptenab.er, says : ttrehe Bishops of Munster and Treves arrived yes „,3' evening in this city. tt at !he numbers of the faithful w h o came to pros tse,'„themselves before the Holy Tunic is still ver y kt, c) '• On Sunday last the number of pilgrims was t „ ttl ut 40,0. The totl number of those who have t i , h e since oo a the 18th of August to see the sacred gar 'nay lse estimated at about half a million." tt ra ,'' e hotels of Brussels are beginni n g to fill with t etli l'aers, who come to be present at the files of Sep- Ga r • Among the latest arrivals are G eneral Sir jet Drummond and his family ; Count Lowent -1 tnvoy Extraordinary from the King of Sweden th e Court of France ; the Princess of Hohenloe hi t 4 s icostein; Princess Leopoldine de Lichtenstein, by 4 5 "," 4 Princess Esterhazy, and her sisters, the Prin. Ni t ' Sophia and Mary Esterhazy. Their Majesties A r -,„" - ing and Queen, the two young Princes, and the 0 - t "e'ss Royal, with a numerous suite, arrived at te nd on the 14th. t Er ,t'ssix.—A Berlin paper publishes the following —a „tltable notice from St. Petersburgh i t ;"„o the report of the Minister of Justice respect 't" late disorderly proceedings in the criminal xovo g orod, his imperial Majesty has autho the I ) ,P to address the following imperia l notice to gorod of the nobility o f the Government of Novo of the' as a warning and admonition to all the nobility e ,„ • i t ..ilnre• thi s , Majesty has perceive d with much re g ret from v a V e Port, how little the nobility understand the vil e " e or he imperial confidence giving th em the pri ve,rge filling the most important offices of the Go th';"T'ent by elections from their own body. Hi s e jtbe obliged in future to withdraw th e tio,, vl ' e ge granted them as a special imp erial favour as 4 0 - a ' they forget to maintain their own dignity, and not choose more conscientious persons as their s t , a gcs, who shall maintain the dignity of the body, Wo„ecommend themselves to the Sover ei g n b y a i'Y performance of the duties of their o ffice." j l ta IiAGuE, SEPT 15.—We have re ceived Java sa (l ' of the 20th and 24th of April, from which we 2 2 ,j a that th e Governor-General had published, on the 4„,` ) f April, the receipt of intelligenc e confirmin g the of his Majesty King William Frederick, Count OiCassau, adding that all European civil and militar y a l t eer s in the Dutch - Indian posse ssions are to g o 7, l lournibg for eighteen weeks. th Jaca Courant of the 20th of April copies from 44 - I " i ngapore Free Press a long a ccount of an expe -1h,,-; of the British ships of wa r the Harle q uin and t,,','Vanderer, and the Company's stea mer the Diana, ti s ; i leheen, on the coast of Sumatra, to demand sa 41,aetion for the plundering of t he British merchant -4-„It natal Kh a n, at Battle, and Robert Spankie , at Murdoa. I\l - STEAMERS.—On Saturday forenoon last the t, 1 , 1 , 7 steamers Her Majesty and t he Ro y al Consort, in tts-r",e(l_, for the' Fleetwood and the Ardrossa n station, e u for a trial trip down the Clyde to exhibit their l tl s ` li g and seagoing qualities. After going easily s riai n to Greenock, the ships then con:menet.. f 1 :10,, ( 2 1. speed, which was kept up until they reached the y 4r,.."',unuse on the Little Cumbrae, and declared by of ennie the time-keeper, to be at a speed of upwards tens burden miles ' an hour. These vessels are fully 600 ourden, are supplied with engines of 300-horse ,' e r , and are similar in every respect in model and i ' l j ." l s _ r t ruction with the exception that the paddle-floats (:, s -te r Majesty are solid, while those of the Royal I ) ",,sort are divided. It was the wish, therefore, of the Liji, u ; 're, Messrs. Tod and 111‘Gregor, to test the capa thi-sls of the different paddle s, Mr. Tod actin g as fill. — engineer on board the Consort, Mr. M‘Gregor th ln g the sam e situation on board Her Majesty; and sr ,,, !'isalt is, that the solid float has been found, in point Ise; s ltd, to he superior to the divided one. It is scarcely t is i u'e to describe the interest and excitement attaching f or ° "'e race between these two beautiful steam-vessels; nearly three miles they were as near as may be Vets, and neck :" but Her Majesty, with the solid tts c i s ,! gradually shot a-head. The weather was wild uoisterous and admirably fitted to test the capa- N itie s of the ' boats as seagoing steamers. They are 5 4 ,", supplied with tubular boilers , direct self-actin g else& and fitted up with fire compartments; and at ~.; ` lnie of the highest speed we are informed by the tl i Z' l teers that the pressure on the boiler was not more st,: ll six pounds to the square inch. Several of the V r ebolders, with their wives and families , were on 4t r d the ships, and, notwithstanding the perils of the xvi at it and stormy water," there was much hilarity and t.sii, ( l. lt nent. At four o'clock, Captain Wils p n, late R.N., the chair in Her Majesty, and Mr. Smith, the 4 411 a , ger o f t h e Fl ee t w ood station, officiated as croupier. ra - s ver ai good speeches were delivered , and a mon g st I r , rl Y statements in favour of the iron boat s, Mr. s su 'r,rPgor stated that they were cheaply constructed, ss,,, u 'd not burn, would not take dry-rot, and while they ttLi r e built in compartments, would not sink. An agre!- E Patty also dined, under the presidency of Cap tain wi ng, in th e Royal Consort. We look upon the con thtr tl etion of th ese boats as adding another triumph to ship building capabilities of the Clyde.—Glusgow "aid. s—.. ,„ I rECTION IN AUSTRALIA.—The Australian PPer are almost as menacing and exciting as the Cana , 4 • Sir George Gipp's order of the 2d of April, levy sJ,l°/- pasturage license for every station on the sheep iki , d ( t e rs, has raised an indescribable ferment. Meetings, all speeches, and resolutions, crowd one upon the other, i',lll(leaaring war upon Lord Stanley and his Governor. l ut. 'nom moderate rely on their influence in the legis sysv,e Council to embarrass and upset the Governor ; .inst the more violent propose nothing_ less than a m a tis 4 Lo Pay the tax, and exhort the feeders to set the Gnve rnrnent at defiance. The parties insist that they s „, sustain the colony, furnishing it with its only ex -4!!t,-, and that the policy of compelling them to purchase, tr ' , ll ', and till, instead of feeding, will prove as disas den", as it is arbitrary. The colonial authorities evi t'Y regard the sheep feeders with an unfavourable as men whose capital is not vested permanently in 4 soil, an d w h o contr i bute l i ttle to t h e expenses o f t h e : 1 1 „ ) , 11 ,, y or the im m i grat i on f un d. Th e p ar ties deride the ati7:ystein altogether, with its failure, its suspension, 1}0. ; Its bankruptcies. They form the most powerful in the colony, and are evidently too much exaspe , c' ve l to reason calmly, or abide by the fiscal edict of the :1 ' 114 ; c l - 1 1 .01 , e sst il. , which h E r li , a n l i zi r s . ed a ferment not easy to be CI LE tr a i n , A,„ RAIN FROM YORK.—On Monday a cheap 4 , ous urought an i mportat i on o f b etween two an d t h ree Lu and visito rs i nto N eWcast l e, g i v i ng an unusua l ap • _tr %lice of bustle to its streets,—Tyne Mercury. DONCASTER RACES. DONCASTER, WEDNESDAY. The settling took place this morning at the Sub• scription Rooms, and, although a few balances stand over, is admitted to have been unusually good—it passed off without a murmur. A meeting of the club was held at their rooms previous to the races, and a resolution passed, that in future Doncaster Races shall commence on Tuesday and terminate on Saturday. Match, 200, h ft,. Bst 71b each, both two yra old. Red House in.—Lord Chesterfield's Brother to E. 0. (Nat), beat Lord Glasgow's c by Bay Middle ton, out of Miss Whip, by a neck.-2 to lon Brother to E. 0. The Foal Stakes of 100 sovs each, h ft for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 31b. One mile and a half. Mr. Gully's Juvenal, br to Satirist (J. Day, jun.) 1 Sir R. Bulkeley's Bebington. Lord Westminster's Lancet 5 to 2 on Juvenal, who had it all her own way from end to end. The Municipal Stakes of 200 sovs each, h ft for two yrs old. Red House in. Lord G. Bentinck's b c Cowl, out of Crucifix(Nat) 1 Colonel Anson's Kedger Lord Eglinton's Britannia .... ..•• . • Lord Glasgow's fby Sheet Anchor, out of Canada 4 5 to 4 agst hedger, 6 to 1 agst Britannia, and 4 to 1 agst Cowl. Cowl made all the running, and won by a neck. The Great Yorkshire Handicap of 25 sovs each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 200 added, the second to receive 1001., the third to save his stake, and the winner to pay 30'sovs towards expenses. St. Leger Course. (92 Subs.) Lord Eglinton's Pompey, 4 yrs, 7st 81b(J.Howlett) 1 Sir C. Monck's Glossy, 4 yrs, sst 41b Lord Glasgow's Give-him-a-Name, 6 yrs, 6st 121 b 3 The following also ran :—Colonel Anson's Par thian, 4 yrs, 7st 61b—Mr. Osbaldiston's Ashtead Pet, 3 yrs, sst 71h—Lord Miltoun's Scalteen, 5 yrs , 7 st 71b—Mr. John Day's The Artful Dodger, 3 yrs, Est 81b— Mr. Johnstone's Rowena, 3 yrs, sst—Lord Chesterfield's Cockfighter, 3 yrs, sst—Mr. Jaques's Advice, 3 yrs, 4st 121b—Mr. Meiklam's Trueboy, 4 yrs, 8,4121b--- - Mr. Irwin's Mickey Free, 3 yrs, 6st— Mr. Mostyn's Milton, 3 yrs, 6st—Captain Boyd's Dog Billy, 3 yrs, sst 101 b, and Mr. F. Walker's Ravens worth, 3 yrs, Est 61b. 2 to 1 agst Mickey Free, 7 to 1 agst Rowena, 8 to 1 agst Ashtead Pet, 10 to 1 agst Pompey, and 10 to 1 agst any other. Won by half a length. Give-him-a- Name a good third, and Mickey Free fourth. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS RECEIVED THIS MORNING. WEDNESDAY EVENING.—That the list contained only one race of public interest does not appear to have excited the slightest regret, the St. Leger settling, the sale, and the meeting at the club-house for the purpose f taking into consideration the pro priety of limiting future meetings to four days, &c., having proved quite sufficient to occupy the greater part of the day. The settling, we are happy to say, is admitted by all hands to have been decidedly good; money, of course, was not over-abundant, and time, as a consequence, was required in several cases, but no fears are entertained that the outstanding balances will shortly be paid up. It has not often been our fortune to record so pleasant a finale to a race that, whatever manceuevring may have preceded it, was evidently run on the square. Mr. Irwin wins between twelve and thirteen thousand pounds ; Mr. Forth, two thousand by one account, and by another three times as much. Colonel Charritie, Mr. Har greaves, and some Irish gentlemen, are also good winners ' • but we do not hear that "the public" have had any participation in the spoils—The Cure, Ithuriel, or The Princess, would have suited them much better. In the losing class we may include Mr. Collett, most of John Scott's masters, two or three Noble Lords, and William Scott. Some of the professionals have also dropped their money, the profits realised out of The Cure, Scott's horses, and the outsiders, having been insufficient to cover their losses against the winners. The Club meeting, at which the Earl of Glasgow presided, was attended by the Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Eglinton, Earl of Chesterfield, Lord George Bentinck, Hon. George Anson, Hon. Captain Rous, Mr. Lumley, one of the Stewards and other influential patrons of the races. The objects for consideration were—first, whether any change should be made in the days which the races are hereafter to come off; and se condly, whether, by increasing the prize to the second, and giving a prize to the third horse, a stronger in • ducement might not be afforded for larger entries for the St. Leger, as well as a more certain guarantee obtained for the appearance of a more extensive field of horses at the post than in modern times ; for it has been seen, that ever since the " play or pay" subscrip tion was altered to 50 sovs., h ft, the fields have decreased until they have reached nine, as on Tuesday, thereby stripping this important race of its most brilliant fea ture. With regard to the first proposition, it was unanimously agreed that, next year, the races should begin on Tuesday and terminate on Saturday; that the Great St. Leger should be run for on Wednesday, the Yorkshire Handicap at a late hour on Thursday, so as to afford time for the settling, and the Cup on Friday. This resolution was adopted principally on the ground that Sunday travelling might be prevented, and the present plan of keeping open the betting-rooms on Sunday, avoided. With regard to the second point, Lord George Bentinck urged the vast im portance, in a race like the St. Leger, of secur ing a large field of starters, as well as of encouraging them to run honestly and fairly to the end, instead of, as in the present day, pulling up when the chances of becoming first and second were out. By enlarging the second prize, creating a third prize, and enabling the fourth to save his stake, there would be a stronger inducement to competition ; for if some might abandon the hope of obtaining the first prize, all might entertain an expectation of getting sufficiently near to obtain a remuneration for coming such a distance. His Lordship's proposition was, therefore, that the second prize should be increased to 5001., and the third to 2001., while the fourth should save his stake. In the opinion of Lord Glasgow, Lord Normanby, Lord Chesterfield, and others, this would be too large a reduction of the great prize, and proposed smaller sums. Lord George Bentinck re plied that, by thus extending the chances to competi tors, all deficiences would be supplied by the increased number of subscribers to the stake. Finally, it was agreed, by way of experiment (to commence with the year 1845), that the second should have 3004, and the third 1001., instead of saving his stake ; after which the meeting broke up. The races did not commence till three o'clock, and the " Great Yorkshire Handicap" proved unusually attractive, as well as a source of very extensive spe culation. The attendance was certainly far inferior to that of the preceding day ; nevertheless the com pany in the Grand Stand, the ring, and the running ground, was numerous and respectable, and fully equalled anything we have seen in former years (xi the third day. CORRAN N A AND FOIG BALLAGIL—The dispute between Mr. Collett and Mr. Irwin was amicably arranged this evening, Mr. Collett having agreed to pay forfeit on the 1,000 sous. in proportion to the odds that might be expected to be laid on Foig•a-ballagh had the match been run. Captain Rom, who was re quested to fix the price, has named 9to 4. Mr. Irwin, therefore, will receive about 442/. DERBY BETTING. sto 1 agst John Day's lot 33 to 1 agst Black Princ e-5 to 1 agst Scott's lot taken 16 to 1 agst Alarm 35 to 1 agst Rebecca colt 17 to 1 agst Cobweb colt 40 to 1 agst Brother to 25 to 1 agst Seaman E. o.—taken 25 to I agst Newsmonger 40 to 1 agst Lycurgus—t. 25 to 1 agst Minikin colt 40 to 1 agst Twig—taken 30 to 1 agst Kedger—t. ,50to 1 agst Fitzallen—t. New match for Friday.—Corranna, Bst 101 b, agst William le Gros, Sst ; two miles, 100, h ft. SALE BY MESSRS. TATTERSALL'S, AT DONCASTEr, 50 Ch or ro yearling filly, by Oppidam, out of Io Br yearling colt, by Recovery, out of Ellen Percy Ch yearling c Smallhopes, by Gladiator Gr f, by Stumps, dam by Comus, 3 yrs Bay filly, Sister to the above, 2 yrs Lady Day, 2 yrs, by Jereed HUNTERS. Paddy Gr in, by Rocket The Lass o' Byth Ch g, Brother to the Lass o' Byth, 5 yrs Citizen Br h, by Rocket Dare Devil Caesar Mechanic Sir Robert THOROGII-lIRED STOCK. Br c, by Bay Middleton, out of Lillah B yearling colt, by Gatewood, out of Lady 125 B yearling colt, by Phcenix, out of Abigail lOO Ch yearling cult, by Stockport, out of Manilla.— 200 Ch yearling colt, by St. Martin, out of Royalty B yearling filly, by Stockport, out of Ganymede 3B B yearling filly, by Gladiator, out of Teresa Ch yearling filly, by Stockport, out of Wild Ruse 22 Ch f, by Slane, out of Teres a 26 Ch m, 7 yrs REPORTED VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO GLASGOW. — It is currently reported that her Majesty intends visit ing Gllsgow and the west of Scotland, and a gentleman from Inverary informs us, that preparations on an ex tensive scale are making at the Duke of Argyll's Palace for her reception. It is currently reported in Edinburgh, that her Majesty is to sail from the west of Scotland for Ireland, on her departure from this cottutry.—Glas gow 11 ational. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1844. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. - - LONDON, SEPT. IL—Wind this day at noon, N. fresh breeze, and fine. DEAL, SEPT. 18.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E., squally.— Arrd. Arab, Port-au-Prince for Rotterdam; Medora, and South Durham, Quebec. Sld. Andromeda, Ichaboe; Mandingo, Tobago, North Carolina, New York, with the rest of the outward bound. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. John Line, London to Madras. Sld. Persian, Sydney; Crox dale, Ichaboe. COWES, SEPT. 18.—Arrd. Leda, Buak, Matanzas, Hardy, Havannah. Sld. Colchis, New Orleans. S O UTHAMPTON',SEPT.IB.—SId. Medway steamer, West Indies. DARTMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—Sid. Delta steamer, Gib raltar, &c. FoWEY, SEPT. 17.--Sid. Mischief, Newfoundland. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—Wind N., fresh breezes.— Arrd. Stromboli, Sicilian war-steamer, London for Naples. Off, Camera, Richebucto. GUERNSEY, SEPT. 13.—Arrd. Alert, Labrador. JERSEY, SEPT. 15.—Arrd. Ebro, Havannah. BRISTOL, SEPT. 18.—Arrd. Lavinia, Quebec. MILFORD, SEPT. 17.—W. Triton, Ichaboe. LIVERPOOL„ SEPT. 18.—Wind E., moderate.—Arrd. Elizabeth Jane, Hagh, Calcutta ; Black-eyed Susan, California, left Valparaiso June 7 ; Shanaga and Oak land, New Orleans ; Abigail. Boulton, New Orleans. Off, Judith, Valparaiso ; Ganges, Quebec. Sld. Ben galee, Calcutta ; Ann Monde ] , Bahia ; Mary Queen of Scots, Pernambuco ; Burner, St. Thomas ; Guiana, Fer nando Po ; Norfolk, Alhambra, and Dibdin, New Or leans ; Palestine, Mobile ; Ferax, Charleston ; Walter, Philadelphia, Parthenon, and Bob Roy, New York ; Nonantutn, Boston ; Mary, Hanney,illalifax ; St. Law rence, Richebucto. CLYDE, SEPT. 14.—Arrd. Othello, Newfoundland. 16th. Euxine, M'Millan, Bombay. Conic, SEPT. 16.—Arrd. Lyra, Fisher, and Favourite, Allen, Ichaboe. Sld. Cornwall and Eden, Calcutta ; Prince George, St. John's, New Brunswick. HULL, SEPT. 18 —Arrd. Britannia, Wear, Ichaboe ; Sir E. Hamilton and Persian, St. John's, New Bruns wick ; Foster, Quebec. YARMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—The Vine, from Shields to Rouen, was lost this morning, on Haisborough Sand— crew saved. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—The Pomona, from Cabtock to Swansea, ashore between the Manacles and Black head, 6th inst., has been sold where she lies, to be broken up—greater part of cargo saved. CITY OF LONDON REGISTRY. The revision of the livery lists commenced yes terday with that of the Playing Card-makers. Upon the list of the Pewterers' Company being called over, the name of Thomas Henry was objected to on the ground of non-residence. It appeared that the applicant was the Captain of a trading vessel ; and although he had, at one time, resided for a short period at No. 7, Well's-place, Hackney-road, yet during the last twelve months when he returned from sea, he stopped at a boarding-house, although he had a quantity of furniture at Well's-place. The Court ordered the name to be struck off the list. Henry Aimes was opposed on the ground of not residing within the prescribed limits of seven miles from Guildhall. The Ordnance map was produced in court, and it appearing that the residence of Mr. Aimes was within seven miles in a straight line, the Court decided that the objection was groundless, and awarded him costs. Mr. Quin complained to the Court of the absence of some of the clerks of the Companies. No later than yesterday he met with two cases where persons perfectly qualified were objected to, and in conse quence of the absence of the Livery clerks, their names were struck off the list. He trusted that the Court would adopt some course that would remedy this evil and injustice. The REVISING BARRISTER said, that according to the Act of Parliament it was the imperative duty of every clerk to be in attendance when the list of his particular company was called on, and he (the Revising Barrister) should take care that they should be all in attendance before the termination of the revision of the livery lists. The revision had proceeded as far as the Salters' Company when we went to press. BANK OF ENGLAND A General Court of Proprietors was held yester day at the Bank of England, to consider of, and' le Clare a dividend. The notice of meeting also declared that it would be one of the Quarterly General Courts appointed by the Charter. At twelve o'clock the Governor, William Cotton, Esq., took the chair. The notice of meeting having been read by the Secretary, The GOVERNOR said that this was one of the quarterly general meetings appointed by the Charter, and also a half-yearly one, under the bye-laws, to consider of and declare a dividend, and having considered the state of the Bank, the Court of Directors declared a dividend of 3I per cent. for the half year ending the 10th of October next, de ducting therefrom sevenpence in the pound, on ac count of the income-tax. It had been the custom of the Bank from time immemorial to make up the ac counts of the Bank to the 10th of October, on the estimate made, but it now appeared desirable that the accounts should be made up in future, not from the estimate made, which came as near the truth as possible, but on the days on which the ordinary ac counts were made up, namely, on the 31st of August land the 28th of February.—(Hear, hear.) After pay ing the dividend now proposed the estimate was that there would be an increase of rest of 8,8001. The real rest made up to the 31st of August, upon the half-yearly payment of the dividend, would be some what more than 100,000/. less than the payment of the dividend if made up to the 10th of March. There would then be a diminution in consequence of this arrangement in the amount of the rest, because t he acc ounts would be made up on the 31st of August in stead of the 10th of October. A PROPRIETOR asked whether the loss of 8,2001. by forgery had been deducted from the rest ? The GOVERNOR said it was not deducted. Mr. TliomrsoN asked whether it was the rule that no clerk should be promoted to the Transfer office, till he had served ten or fourteen years in some other department, where his habits and disposi tion should be known? The GOVERNOR said he was aware of no such law or practice. A PROPRIETOR asked what the'entire amount of rest would be on the 31st of August, after payment of the dividend ? The GOVERNOR said it would be 3,069,298/. 13s. 10d. The GOVERNOR then put the question, that a divi dend of 31. 10s. be declared for the half year ending the 10th October, deducting therefrom the 7d. in the pound on account of the income-tax. A PROPRIETOR said he wished to know, before the motion was put, whether there should not be some statement made with regard to the state of the affairs of the Bank ? The GOVERNOR said that the Board of Directors had no objection to lay a full statement of the state of the Bank before the public if the Proprietors wished it ; but he thought they had the sanction of the Proprietors in not discussing before the world the state of their affairs —(Hear, hear.) A PROPRIETOR wished to know whether the Bank had made good the money lost by the forgeries of Barber and Fletcher, and the expenses consequent upon it. The GOVERNOR said, Certainly not. That was a forgery on the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and not on the Bank. Mr. L. LEVY said, that, notwithstanding the fears which had been entertained, it appeared that there was an increase in the rest of 8,800/., and their Stock had risen from 192 to 204, and they were now about to receive a dividend of per cent. That was a most satisfactory state of things, and he begged leave to second the motion that the report be received and adopted. The motion was then put, and carried unanimously. The GOVERNOR said he had now to declare a divi dend of 3f per cent., and the warrants would be delivered and paid on Friday, October 11. A PROPRIETOR wished to know whether the Go vernor could give a favourable account of the pro ceedings of the branch Banks ? The GOVERNOR said that they continued much the same as usual with regard to profits. The Court was then declared to be dissolved. FOOT-RACE TOR 201.—Wednesday a large con course of persons assembled at the Beehive Cricket ground, Wal worth, to witness the running match be tween Perch and Naylor. The distance contested was over two hundred yards of ground and to leap ten hurdles. In betting Perch was the favourite. The ground having been measured, the men appeared at the starting mark, and at the signal they started, Perch in a slight advance ; at the fifth hurdle the men were over at one time, and ran together to the eighth, when Perch fell, and his opponent shot away ; Perch recovered his st ground and pursued his adversary, and succeeded in gaining upon him, and a spirited contest then ensued, which terminated by Naylor coming off the winner by half a yard. A NEW MEANS Or DISCOVERING SMUGGLING.—A well-dressed man, of great rotundity of person, a few days ago got into an omnibus at Lyons. A wasp settled on his stomach, and was driven away ; it returned, and was again sent off ; on its settling there a third time, an obliging gentleman in front, desirous of ridding his fellow-traveller of the annoyance, made a sudden at tempt to seizo it, but took his measures so awkwardly, that the stout gentleman all of a sudden became con tracted, and a quantity of brandy, contained in a blad der, with a view of defrauding the Octroi, flowed over the omnibus. In the midst of the confusion caused by this unforeseen accident, the gentleman, no longer stout, made off. A STRANGE FANCT.—A story is told of a hypro condriac gentleman of rank and fortune in Ireland, who fancies one of his legs of one religion and the other of another. Ho not unfrequently puts one of his unfor tunate legs outside of the bed clothes to punish it for its religious errors. LITERATURE. PERCY RELIQUES. 3 Vols. Moron, London, 1844. We have here a republication, in three small, cheap, neatly printed duodecimo volumes, of Bishop Percy's well-known " Reliques of Ancient English Poetry " —a fascinating collection of old songs, odes, and ballads, which first gave an impulse to the youthful genius of Southey and Scott, and produced a greater effect on the mind of the last generation than any work of that time on record. It is not a little curious that in the decline of his life, when he had attained rank and wealth in the Church, Dr. Percy professed to be ashamed of his " Reliques," and was not best pleased when the subject was alluded to in his pre sence. Yet it is by this despised work—and by this only—that his name is now honourably known among us ; as Bishop of Dromore, he is long since forgotten; but as long as a taste for genuine national poetry survives among us, so long will " Percy's Reliques retain a high place in our imaginative literature. EOTHEN. 011ivier, London, 1844. The author of this volume of travels has given it the quaint appellation of Eothen, from the circum stance of the word, which is of Greek origin, signi fying " from the early dawn"—that is to say, from the East, in which quarter chiefly he prosecuted his travels. He should have explained this matter in the title-page--or, rather, he should not have given such a title to his work at all, for it must be caviare to the majority of his readers, and even those who are ac quainted with the meaning of the term " Eothen," will not be best pleased with the pedantry that sug gested it. But, however, it may be with the title, there is nothing of pedantry in the volume itself, which is penned in an easy and amusing style, and is by no means devoid of the requisite variety of matter. Starting from Belgrade on the Danube—an important post well known in the Turkish wars with Austria and Russia—the author set out for Constantinople, which he reached after a long harassing journey, and then rambled over the Troad—which he describes, by the bye, in a very slight and superficial manner ; visited Lady Hester Stanhope in her mountain fastness on the edge of the Syrian desert ; thence passed on to the Holy Land, taking a peep at the river Jordan and the Dead Sea on his route ; and having seen all that was worthy of note in this hallowed district, he passed into Egypt, and reached Cairo at the very time when the plague was daily snaking the most destruc tive ravages in that devoted city. The chapter in which he describes the aspect of Cairo at this appal ling season ; the incessant alarms of its inhabitants ; the sight of the numerous funerals passing through the streets ; the zealous system of isolation kept up in many of the principal houses ; and his own course of daily proceeding during the height of the visita tion ;—this chapter is written by the author in his most spirited and circumstantial manner, and is, in fact, by far the most entertaining in the volume. The work is of an exceedingly slight and superficial cha racter, and not unfrequently, in the author's wish to be smart and lively, he degenerates into mere flip pancy. 'We quote an interesting passage from his chapter on the plague at Cairo : " Going out one morning, I met unexpectedly the scorching breath of the Kharnseen wind, and fearing that I should faint under the horrible sensations which it caused, I returned to my rooms. Reflecting, however, that I might have to encounter this wind in the desert, where there would be no possibility of avoiding it, I thought it would be better to brave it once more in the city, and to try whether I could bear it or not. I there fore mounted my ass, and rode to old C a iro, and along the gardens by the banks of the Nile. The wind was hot to the touch as though it came from a furnace ; it blew strongly, but yet with such perfect steadiness, that the trees bending under its force remained fixed in the same curves without perceptibly waving ; the whole sky was obscured by a veil of yellowish gray, which shut out the face of the sun. The streets were utterly silent, being indeed almost entirely deserted, and not without cause, for the scorching blast, whilst it fevers the blood, closes up the pores of the skin, and is terribly distress ing, therefore, to every animal that encounters it. I returnedf itfully,b u to t perhaps m y r o rooms (ash dreadfully in te instance i 11. lS e i y f head e ached with a burning pain, and my pulse bounded quick, and poor Le vantine, whose death I was mentioning), the fear, and excitement which I felt in trying my own wrist, may have made my blood flutter the faster. " It is a thoroughly well believed theory, that during the continuance of the plague, you can't be ill of any other febrile malady ; an unpleasant privilege that! for ill I was, and ill of fever, and I anxiously wished that the ailment might turn out to be anything rather than plague. I had some right to surmise that my illness may have been merely the effect of the hot wind, and this notion was encouraged by the elasticity of my spirits, and by a strong forefeeling that much of my destined life in this world was yet to come, and yet to be fulfilled. That was my instinctive belief, but when I carefully weighed the probabilities on the one side and on the other, I could not help seeing that the strength of argu ment was all against me. There was a strong antece dent likelihood in favour of my being struck by the same blow as the rest of the people who bad been dying around me. Besides, it occurred to me, that after all, the uni versal opinion of the Europeans upon a medical ques tion, such as that of contagion might probably be cor rect, and if it were, I was so thoroughly compromised,' and especially by the touch, and breath of the dying Me dico, that I had no right to expect any other fate than that which now seemed to have overtaken me. Ba lancing as well as I could all the considerations which hope and fear suggested, I slowly, and reluctantly came to the conclusion that according to all merely reasonable probability the plague had come upon me. " You would suppose that this conviction would have induced me to write a few farewell lines to those who were dearest, and that having done that, I should have turned my thoughts towards the world to come. Such, however, was not the case ; I believe that the prospect of death often brings with it strong anxieties about mat ters of comparatively trivial import, and certainly with me the whole energy of the mind was directed towards the one petty object of concealing my illness until the latest possible moment—until the delirious stage. I did not believe that either Mysseri, or Dthemetri, who had served me so faithfully in all trials, would have deserted me (as most Europeans are wont to do) when they knew that I was stricken by plague, but I shrank from the idea of putting them to this test, and I dreaded the consternation which the knowledge of my illness would be sure to occasion. I was very ill indeed at the moment when my din ner was served, and my soul sickened at the sight of the food, but I had luckily the habit of dispensing with the attendance of servants during my meal, and as soon as I was left alone, I made a melancholy calculation of the quantity of food which I should have eaten if I had been in my usual health, and filled my plates accordingly, and gave myself salt, and so on, as though I were going to dine ; I then transferred the viands to a piece of the omnipresent 'I imes newspaper, and hid them away in a cupboard, for it was not yet night, and I dared not throw the food into the street until darkness came. 1 did not at all relish this process of fictitious dining, but at length the cloth was removed, and I gladly reclined on my divan (I would not lie down), with the Arabian Nights ' in my hand. " I had a feeling that tea would be a capital thing for m e, but I would not order it till the usual hour. When at last the time came, I drank deep draughts from the fragrant cup. The effect was almost instantaneous. A plenteous sweat burst through my skin, and watered my clothes through and through, I kept myself thickly covered. The hot, tormenting weight which had been loading my brain was slowly heaved away. The fever was extinguished. I felt a new buoyancy of spirits, and an unusual activity of mind. 1 went into my bed under a load of thick covering, and when the morning came, and I asked myself how I was, I found that I was ,horoughly well." METROPOLITAN MORTALITY.—The number cy deaths within the bills of mortality in the week ending on Saturday last presents a very favourable contrast with the average either of the last five seasons or of the last five years, the numbers being respectively 843, 900, and 946. Still, however, the number of deaths from epide mic diseases is considerably greater than the average, there having died last week of diseases comprised under this class no less than 236 persons, the average at this season not being higher than 191. In diseases of the brain, of the lungs, and of the stomach, there is a percep tible decrease ; but the ratio of mortality from small-pox is still greater than ordinary, the deaths last week being 37, while the average mortality is not higher than 11. In both hooping-cough and typhus there is also a consi derable increase. The greatest elevation to which the mercury of the thermometer at Greenwich attained in the sun was on Sunday, September 8, when it reached 95.4 deg. ; the lowest on the grass at the same place was on Tuesday, September 10, when it fell to 34. The mean temperature for the week was in the sun 86.2 ; on the grass, 46.6. FATAL COACH ACCIDENT. --01 1 Saturday, the 31st ull a coach, from Pet e rhead to Banff, w ten miles from the latter p had just been put to, from some t startled, and set off at full was changing e c a ,h s taho the egi fnLordrges unknownh c a L cause, horsessv ea, horsest N b..ehorioecl: speed, without guard or coachman. Mr. Macduie, per fumer, Banff, who, was an outside passenger, unfortu nately leaped from the top, and, although he alighted upon his feet, fell back from the recoil before one of the hind wheels, which passed over his chest, and caused death in a few minutes. Mr. Macduie had only com menced business at Whit Sunday last, and was in a fair way of establishing an excellent trade, when thus sud denly cut off. The other passengers, two ladies, who were inside, were more or less injured, the coach having been upset about two miles from where the horses started. —Elgin Courant. PARISH CONSTABLES.—On the 29th of July last, an Act came into operation to extend the powers of the Act for the appointment and payment of parish con stables, There are five sections in the statute, and by the third it is enacted that no toll shall be demanded or taken on any turnpike - road or bridge for any horse or superintendent constable, ap pointed under the Act 5 and 6 Victoria, c. 109, for the police bridge the, service or of cart, a appointment and payment of parish constables, provided that the superintendent constable shall produce a certi ficate of his appointment, signed by the clerk of the peace, or shall have his dress according to the regulation of the said county, at the time of claiming the exemp tion ; and every person who shall fraudulently claim or take the benefit, shall for every offence be liable to a penalty of not exceeding 51., and in all such cases the proof of exemption shall be upon the party claiming the saple GREAT MEETING IN CORK TO ADDRESS THE LIBERATOR. We have just received an extraordinary edition of the Cork Examiner, published on Monday evening, containing a report of the great meeting held at one o'clock that day in the city of Cork, and presided over by the Mayor, for the purpose of adopting a congratu latory address to the great Liberator of his country and his co-sufferers, upon the recent decision of the House of Lords. _ The meeting was held in the City Court-house, which was crowded to excess. _ _ The Mayor having taken the chair, Mr. lIAvEs proposed, and Mr. O'SuLLIvAN se conded, the following resolution : "Resolved,—That having already recorded our de liberate opinion that the charge of conspiracy against Ireland's Liberator was false—that the persecution by which it was sustained was unjust, and the course adopted to obtain a conviction illegal—we now hail with satisfaction the decision of the House of Lords, as 1" luny confirmatory of this our deliberate opinion, and conclusive of the facts, hereby charged against an oppressive and persecuting Government." Upon which Mr. KEMP, a Conservative, proposed the following amendment :-- " That the contents of the resolution which has been moved and seconded, are not founded in fact, and therefore is altogether unnecessary." This resolution was seconded by Mr. HARPER, and both gentlemen were attentively listened to. Mr. lIAYES then replied, after which— The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which was lost, none but the proposer and seconder voting for it. lie then put the resolution, which was carried. No further attempt was made at opposition, and the remaining resolutions were carried unanimously. One of the resolutions was to the following effect :-- " That the proceedings which characterised the State trials, if justified by the decision of the House of Lords, would have rendered trial by jury a mockery, a delusion, and a snare, and therefore do we tender our gratitude to Lord Chief Justice Denman, to Lords Cottenham and Campbell, for having rescued that great safeguard of liberty from that de struction which perverted law had well nigh achieved." This was proposed by Mr. D. Callaghan, M.P. for the city, and seconded by the Very Rey. Thomas Barry, P.P. _ _ Die following is the address of congratulation : TO DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ., M.P. The address of the Citizens of Cork, unanimously adopted at public meeting duly convened. The Right Worshipful the Mayor presided. ILLUSTRIOUS AND REVERED LI lIER ATOR, —TIIC citizens of Cork—your steadfast friends and faithful adherents, have assembled in public meeting to convey to you their heartfelt congratulations on the recent triumph of justice and nationality in ycur person. Eminent statesmen and lawyers—nay, universal public opinion, had already declared that you "had not had a fair trial"—you yourself had recorded in indelible charac ters, " thatjustice was not done you ;" and it only re mained for the master-judgment of the upright Den man to stamp the trial by jury, which consigned you to a jail, as a MOCKER; a DELUSION, and a SNARE. Illustrious Liberator,—You were convicted on counts pronounced unanimously illegal—they charged against you the attempt to procure your righteous object by intimidation and physical force, and on these charges you were sentenced to imprisonment by the same judge who proclaimed emphatically, and in the same breath, that your acts and your intentions were peaceable and loyal. Much as we felt the in dignity which, in your venerated person, bad law had thus put upon the Irish people, still in our last ad dress we refrained from any expression of condolence, because we felt that the insult would eventuate in advantage to the national cause—and as we knew how calmly you could endure for Ireland's sake, we simply prayed that your health may be preserved for renewed efforts for your country. Illustrious Liberator,—ln the same spirit we now address you our congratulations—not alone because of your delivery from the prison walls, but because of the triumph of right and justice in your person—because of the victories you have won over the enemies of Ire land—of the effective impulse which unjust imprison ment has given to the national cause, and of the bright hopes it has produced of a glorious and speedy result from your sacrifices and your exertions. Illustrious Liberator,—Join with us in offering to the Throne of Mercy heartfelt thanks for the favours we have received. The interposition of Providence has been manifested. This long-enduring country is destined yet for happiness and contentment. Go on, Ireland's advocate—go on and prosper, until, having by the influence of your eloquence and your pa triotism united all creeds and classes in the common cause—you at length plant the standard of nationality before the portals of our own Parliament in College Green, and proclaim to the admiring world that the day of Ireland's regeneration is arrived. CONSECRATION OF CHRIST CHURCH, BURTON-ON TRENT.—On We dnesday the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lichfield contecrated the new church at Bur ton-on-Trent, in the presence of a large number of cler gymen and influential inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood. The Lord Bishop arrived shortly be fore eleven o'clock, and proceeded with the solemn cere monies of the Church; after which his Lordship delivered an appropriate and impressive sermon. The church, which is from the design of Mr. Joseph Mitchell, architect, Sheffield, is in the early English, or Lancet-Gothic style, and is cruciform in its arrangement, having a nave seventy-seven feet by fifty-eight, north and south tran septs, twenty-eight by twenty-one, chancel, twenty-four feet by fourteen, and a tower and spire at the west, rising 150 feet. The windows in the nave and transept are coupled, having small shafts running up the angles, both inside and out, with appropriate wood mouldings. The church is lighted by a triple window. This window, as well as the chancel arch and other parts of the interior, is elaborately carved with suitable mouldings, and the whole is in stone. The interior of the church is lined with Dorset stone, closely joined. The additional expense between that and plaster has not been much more than 401., while the durability and general effect of the whole structure has been materially improved. The roof deserves attention from its peculiar construction, there being no small rafters. The trusses are placed at twelve feet distance. The whole of the benches, both open and appropriated, have stall ends ; the appropriated ones having small doors. The reading-desk and pulpit are placed on either side of the chancel arch, so that on entering the west door a full view of the chancel is obtained, which adds greatly to the general effect of the structure. In designing the font the -architect has been guided in a great measure by the one in Ash bourne Church, Derbyshire. The church will accommo date 600 on the ground floor, but, unfortunately, to meet the lack of funds, the increased required accommo dation, 400 sittings, have been provided by galleries in the transept and tower, and this in some measure de teriorates from the good effect, but not so much as might be imagined, from the fact of there being no galleries along the sides of the nave. The exterior is built of scabled wall-stone, with ashlar dressings round the windows, doors, &c., which go through the walls. The spire is built of ashlar. The estimated cost of erection is 2,8001. In connection with the church, schools have been erected to accommodate 550 children, at a cost of 800/. They are built in the Tudor style, and are much admired for their efficient arrangement and design. The church will hold 1,000 persons. At the close of the cere mony the Bishop partook of a cold collation with the clergy, and returned to Eccleshall Palace. DIAGFERATE AFFRAY WITLIPOACHERS.—PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 17.—Yesterday three poachers were brought up before Colonel Mudge and G. W. Solton, Esq., county magistrates, at the George Inn, Ridgeway, near Ply mouth, charged with a desperate assault on three of the gamekeepers belonging to the Earl o : Morley, under the following circumstances:--It appears that on Friday night last one of the gamekeepers while perambulating the grounds of the Earl of Morley, called Cann Wood, in the parish of Egg Buckland, met with one of the prisoners, when a desperate encounter between them ensued, the result of which was that the latter was for a time disabled, and the gamekeeper hearing a noise in the neighbourhood proceeded thither, where he found two of his fellow-keepers engaged in a similar encounter with the other two prisoners and a third person, who es caped. The other prisoner in a short time having some what recovered, rejoined his companions, and the struggle which took place between them and the gamekeepers was a very severe one. One of the keepers was dan gerously. wounded, and the others much beaten, and one of the prisoners was so severely cut about the head and neck that it was found necessary to have his wounds dressed before he could be brought up for examination. The prisoners, whose names are James Sanders, John Langdon, and George Davy, were quay porters at Ply mouth, principally engaged in unloading corn vessels. After the necessary depositions had been taken before the magistrates, the three prisoners were fully committed to the county gaol at Exeter, to take their trial at the next county assizes. Two persons have been taken up on suspicion of being the fourth party concerned in the affray, and who, as before stated, had contrived to es cape, but from their not answering the description given by the gamekeepers they were discharged. Every exer tion is being made to discover the party who escaped, who, it is hoped, will not long escape the ends of justice. The keeper who was most severely wounded still re mains in a precarious state. RAILWAY FROM NORWICH TO IPSWICII.—On Friday last a most important and influential public meeting on this subject was held in the Guildhall, Nor wich, at which the Mayor of that city presided. It was resolved, that a line of railway to Ipswich would be of vital importance to Norwich and the county of Norfolk ; and that it was desirable to further the extension pro posed by the Eastern Union Railway Company.—lpswich Express. D'AUnIGNT REPRIMANDED.—MonsieLIT Guizot has undertaken to order Captain Bruat to reprithand M. D'Aubigny for his conduct to Pritchard. The solemnity will, we understand, be performed in the following manner:—Bruat will be seated at a table with bottles and glasses before him. He will then order D'Aubigny to be brought into his presence. Bruat will then rise, and with great sternness address the prisoner, thus — M. D'Aubigny, it is my painful duty to severely re primand you—and you are reprimanded accordingly (D'Aubigny bows). Now, comrade, sit down (pushes the bottles). Chateau Margaux or Lafitte? D'Aubigny —Lafitte. Brunt (filling)—" Trinquous ! Ala gloire tie France !" • And, until a late hour in the evening, D'Aubigny continues to be remanded.--Punch. THOMAS CAMPBELL. ORIGINAL COPY OF THE « PLEASURES OF POPE." As the Poet Campbell will doubtless find a bio grapher, and at no distant date, it becomes a matter of importance that everything given to the public con cerning him should be correct and consistent with fact. Of late we have perused several letters now in the custody of private individuals in Edinburgh, some of them from the poet himself, written at an early period ; others from his mother, who seems to have been a woman of intelligence and strong good sense. These documents are indispensable to the writer of a life of Campbell ; but we have no intention to allude to them further at present, than merely to intimate the fact of their existence. What we wish to correct in thus adverting to the subject is a passage in an article on Campbell in the last number of Fraser's Magazine, which contains some curious and interest ing anecdotes of the poet. At page 344, the writer of the article obser ves : _ " I have often heard it said, and in Campbell's life. time, that there was a very different copy of The Pleasures of Hope' in MS., in the hands of Dr. An derson's family; and I once heard the question put to Campbell, who replied, with a smile, 0 dear, no; nothing of the kind.' The alterations which the poem underwent by Anderson's advice may have given rise to a belief that the poem was at first very unlike what we now see it." At what period the question was put to the poet does not appear ; if at a late period of his life, distance of time might have made the circumstance escape his memory, for assuredly such a MS. exists, and has been for several years in the possession of Mr. Patrick Maxwell, editor of Miss Blamire's poetical works. It originally belonged to the late Dr. Murray, Professor of Oriental Languages in the University of Edinburgh, is in good preservation, and is in the hand writing of the poet. The whole poem consists only of about 40 or 50 paragraphs, and altogether scarcely amounts to one-half of what it now doe 3 ; it extends over 20 pages of MS., and may contain about 400 lines. At the end of the poem is " The Irish Harper's Lament for his Dog," tune—" The Nine Links of Yellow," word for word as it is now printed under the title of " The Harper." It is truly stated by the writer in Fraser, that the introduction to the " Plea sures of Hope" underwent many alterations ; and how much it stood in need of it, and how much it was beholden to Dr. Anderson's exquisite taste and friendly advice, may be gathered from the following extract from the beginning of the poem in the MS. before us, which we insert with Mr. Maxwell's permission, and which may be considered as a literary curiosity : ORIGINAL INTRODUCTION TO THE POEM. Seven lingering moons have cross'd the starry line Since Beauty's form, or Nature's face divine Had power the sombre of my soul to turn— llad power to wake my strings and bid them burn. The charm dissolves ! What Genius bade me go To search th' unfathom'd mine of human woe— The wrongs of man to man, of clime to clime — Since Nature yoked the fiery steeds of Time — The tales of death—since cold on Eden's plain The beauteous mother clasp'd her Abel slain — Ambitious guilt—since Carthage wept her doom — The Patric t's fate—since Brutus fell with Rome? The charm dissolves ! My kindling fancy dreams Of brighter forms inspired by gentler themes ; Joy and her rosy flowers attract my view, And Mirth can please, or Music charm anew ; And Hope, the harbinger of golden hours, The light of life, the fire of Fancy's powers Returns :—Again I lift my trembling gaze, And bliss the smiling guest of other days. So when the northern in the lonely gloom, Where Hecla's fires the polar night illume, Hails the glad summer to his Lulean shores, And bow'd to earth his circling suns adores. So when Cimmerian darkness wakes the dead, And hideous Nightmare haunts the curtain'd bed, And scowls her wild eye on the maddening brain, What speechless horrors thrill the slumbering swain, When shapeless fiends inhale his tortur'd breath, Immure him living in the vaults of death ; Or lead him lonely through the charnell'd aisles, The roaring floods, the dark and swampy vales, When rock'd by winds he wanders on the deep, Climbs the tall spire, or scales the beetling steep, His life• blood freezing to the central urn, No voice can call for aid, no limb can turn, Till eastern shoot the harbinger of Day, And Night and all her spectres fade away. If then some wand'ring Huntsman of the morn Wind from the hill his murm'ring bugle horn, The shrill sweet music wakes the slumberer's ear, And melts his blood, and bursts the bands of fear ; The vision fades—the shepherd lifts his eye— And views the lark that carols to the sky. These verses clearly indicate the peculiar genius and the refined taste of Campbell ; yet they are very different from the introductory lines which were after wards substituted, and with which the printed poem now begins. Many of the passages in this origi nal draught are verbatim, or nearly so, with the pub lished work; others have been evidently retouched, and some (the episode to the Nightmare for example) have been entirely suppressed. It is unnecessary for us to give any detail of the way in which the original MSS. was proeured, or how it came into the hands of I the present custodier ; this may be done in a different form, or through another channel. Our object in the meantime has been gained, by giving proofthat Campbel I must have forgotten or been unwilling to acknowledge the fact that " there was (as Fraser s correspondent says he often heard) a very different copy of the Pleasure of Hope,' in manuscript, in the hands of Dr. Anderson's family."—Edinburgh Advertiser. 5 14 4 8 120 360 and the company! He reads the cards in the gentle men's pockets, and repeats their names to his mes meriser in Maidstone, at the very moment they are announced at the Palace, &c., &c. It lightens in Lon don at the moment he is outside the Palace, and lie promises to " go up and see what it is" the first op portunity. But this Edward Willesden, the Sunday school teacher at Maidstone, is beaten by another mesmeric youth, who goes up occasionally to the moon, and describes to his operator all that is to ha seen there. It is actually affirmed that there is an erratic genius of this kind in some midland county, and that his revelations will be given to the world in due time. To wade through one-half of the trash to be found in this "Rationale" would be as tedious as unprofitable. It is sufficient to point out that the able and honourable men who maintain their belief in cer tain phenomena of mesmerism, are not to be disgraced by the madness or dishonesty of every enthusiast or impostor. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. MESMERIC ABSURDITIES. " THE RATIONALE OF MAGNETISM." BY SAMUEL SPURRELL. Whilst there is an obvious and increasing ten dency, on the part of the public, to inquire into the reality, the nature, and the uses of the mesmeric mystery, and to listen with impartiality, if not with favour, to the averments of its believers, the insane , or perhaps the fraudulent pretensions of many who, instead of pursuing the subject as a matter of cautious investigation, profess it as an art ascertained, estab lished, and complete, have the effect of startling Credulity in her eager advance, and inducing doubt upon the best authenticated facts, and distrust upon the most sincere and the most eminent advocates. In raising the indignation of the honest observer, and the disgust of the candle sceptic, the ingenious tissue of absurdities, entitled by its author the " Rationale (!) of Magnetism," is calculated to be immensely effective, as the work itself is immensely ridiculous. The in troduction gives a learned exposition of the two classi fications of the " science," viz., mental and animal magnetism. It then proceeds to explain some (no doubt interesting, if intelligible) views of the author on the powers of ultra-vision and intro-vision, and the advantages that would be derived from an operator becoming his own patient, and thus pos sessing himself of those two wonderful powers. The case of the " Philadelphian Solitary," who could travel from Philadelphia to Africa, thence over Europe, and lastly to London, in search of an un known man, whom at last he meets bodily at a convivial table in London, and puts questions to him from his wife—with the answers to which he returns to Philadelphia—all his mission having occupied but a few minutes, and the said solitary having been all the while entranced in his own chamber ! This is gravely stated ; not merely as an illustration, but as an authority ! And the book, too, is boldly put forth as a text-book—a philosophical text-book—supported by facts solemnly vouched for on the author s testimony, and that of several others named, described, and referred to. But from the specimen just referred to, Mr. Spurrell goes not for by-gone authorities, to the Arabian Nights or our own fairy tales—in truth, these faithful nar ratives have too much the semblance of rationality to bear out his " Rationale." As to his own facts, ridiculous and unblushing as they are, they would deserve no notice, but that they are told with such an air of simplicity, that they might im pose upon some innocent lovers of the marvellous, or, what is perhaps worse, bring into disbelief the impor tant and ascertained phenomena upon which this monstrous superstructure of hardy invention is erected. Nay, it does appear that the book has a great sale ; and certainly its contents are very extensively dis cussed, finding, strange to say, many sturdy de fenders. Now, the utmost length that a reasonable person could at present go with the philo-mesmerists would be to admit that Dr. Elliotson and the other eminent men, of unquestionable honour and distinguished talents, who investigate mesmerism, have pretty well established that it is possible to produce in a human being a peculiar condition, in a state of existence rot only dijprent, but separate, from the ordinary one is passed, and powers and faculties are developed That . are not possessed in the ordinary condition.h There is a sleep unlike the natural ; rigidity of t s. e ce ln_ wa , n utter insensibillity to pa i n —sometimes ce l nse P s. ti i on a facility athnedreandoiresexapelciocambpleaneyxatlitlaistiolantteorf tcloiend._ be affirmed by a large bo d y of evidence very .ar of seeing objects not pre sented to the eyes , se f erns to re moved from suspicion. But this claircgiance is so far from being a constant, or even a frequent atten dant of the mesmeric sleep, that Dr. Elliotson never (as he declares) met with one instance of it amongst the great number of kis own patients, although there have been amongst them many most extraordinary cases. Yet the pseudo -mesmerists deal with clair voyance as an every-day occurrence—an almost inse perable condition of mesmerism—so that we have seen upon a platform at Mr. Vernon's lectures as many as six clairvoyants at a time, who were, how ever, exhibited with no better success than the experi ment deserved, although it was calculated to throw very unmerited discredit on genuine mesmerism. Mr. Spurrell beats these practitioners hollow. lle finds not only clairvoyance, but extra-vision. llis pa tient sees not only the money in other people's pockets—but from Maidstone he sees all that is pass ing on the way to London, and all the goings on, the doings, aye, and the sayings, of the Queen, the Prince, E SIERRAMIGRATION LEONE. " Return of the number of patients received into Kissy Hospital, Sierra Leone (the Hospital attached to the Liberated African Department), with the nature of the diseases as far as reported, &c., for the years 1835 to 1842 inclusive." This return was ordered to be printed on the 17th July last. We submit a summary of its contents oily to illustrate, incidentally, some new horrors attaching to this modern Golgotha, of which many of our readers may have hitherto been ignorant. Such a catalogue of hideous diseases none but such a plague spot on our globe could rarely supply in the course of one short year. Number of Individuals admitted into the Liberated African Hospital, at Kissy, from January 1 to De cember 31, 1839:- 3len Women 157 Boys Girls Total NoTE.—The number of persons discharged cured, and the number of deaths, in 1839, have not been reprted. List of Diseases admitted during the Year 1839. Intermittent Fever ... B', Dropsy Remittent Fever Continued Fever Abscess 27 Elephantiasis Ophthalmia Ear-ache Rheumatism 25 Venereal Tooth-ache Small-pox Chicken-pox lO Measles Consumption 5 Catarrh l9 Dysentery 366 Lethargy _ _ Prolapsus Ani Sprains Wounds 2.5 Burns 7 Ulcers Fractures Amputation Paralysis .. Epilepsy Inflammation, affec tion of the Chest Ilooping-cough 9 Colic Diarrhoea Insanity lB Affections of Knee joint W. N. AITKIN, Col. Surgeon. ROBERT CLARK, Assist. Col. Surgeon. Polypus Blindness Yaws l 64 Craw Craw Amenorrluva.... ...... Guinea Worm Worms Necrosis How long are the lives of European and African sojourners in this pestiferous settlement to be con tinuously sacrificed to the fond dream of speculative philanthropy at home ? The superiority of the English waterman has been again proved in the regatta at Havre. Two six-oared cutter crews, composed of London watermen, made their appearance to contend for prizes " open to all the world," but their reception was anything but consistent with fair play. The boats they had taken over were objected to by the Frenchmen, and although they had new ones themselves, the English watermen were compelled to row in two old ones of their selection, or decline the contest, so they set to work scraping, dressing, repairing, and altering the boats, to render them as fast as they could. The trial heat was rowed on a Sunday, and eleven boats were afloat in it. The London crews coesisted of R. Coombes, J. Phelps, R. Newell, T. Coombes, R. Double dee, 11. Green, and D. Coombes, coxswain, in one boat ; and W. Pocock, James Dodd, W. Shelton, F. Lett, W. Robins, C. Campbell, and J. Parish, coxswain, in the other. It was a runaway race, and won by Coombes' party being first, and Pocock's second. On Monday the French crews did not row, because it rained ; and Lett's place was taken by Parish, T. Dewes steering. The grand heat was rowed with six boats on Tuesday, when the foreigners hemmed in the English boats directly after the start, and the French pilot-boat carried off the 1,500 francs, Pocock's party being second, and Coombes's third ; thus receiving 300 francs as second, and 200 francs as third. In the whale-boat race for 1,000 francs, the Londoners having borrowed an old boat and " ope rated" upon her as before, mixed their crews, and the following stepped into her to give their opponents some work :—Charles Campbell, Phelps, Newell, Dodd, and Pocock, D. Coombes steering. Five boats started, but the Londoners went away from them, and won in gallant style. Our men complain very severely of the treat ment they received.—B, ighton Gazette. AGE OF OUR LINE-OF-BATTLE SIIIFS.-It has been asserted that the ships of the line of the English navy are, for the most part, unfit for rough service, inasmuch as they are composed of old vessels which aro kept water-tight, and venerated on account of their services during the late war. We beg to in form our Contemporaries, foreign or otherwise, that of the thirty sail of the line "advanced ships" now ready for immediate service at the ports, one. half of them are not fifteen years old. Th e Neptune, 120, launched in 1832 ; the Waterloo, 120, launched in 1833 ; the Trafalgar, 120, launched in 1811 ; the Nile, 92, launched in 1839 ; the London, 92, launched in 1840 ; the Superb, 80, and the Cumberland, 70, launched in 1843 ; and the Boscawen, 70, launched in 1844, have never yet hoisted the pendant ; nor has the Clarence, 84, another of the advanced ships. The Royal Adelaide, 104, has never been at sea ; and of the remainder, the Rodney, 92, was launched ia 18:33 ; the Monarch, 84, was launched in 1832 ; the Vanguard, 80, was launched in 1835 ; the Superb, 80, was launched in 1842 ; and the Indus, 78, was launched in 1839. The other new ships not of the above list, out of commission, are the Royal William, 120 ; the Goliath, 80, launched in 1842 ; the Hindostan, 78, launched in 1841 ; and the Centurion, 80, launched in 1844. Of the ships of the line in com mission the Queen, 110, was launched in 1839 ; the Albion, 90, launched in 1842 ; and the Col lingwood, 80, launched in 1841. In fact, thirty sail of our noblest men-of-war, equal to any force that can be mustered by any naval power, hive been launched since 1830. CAUTION TO SPORTSMEN IN TUB NORTIL—A. Liverpool gentleman, who had been on a shooting ex cursion in the Highlands, fell so much in love with the whisky of that part of her Majesty's dominions, that lie determined to take home with him a goodly supply of that exhilirating beverage, and accordingly purchased three gallons, with which he reached Carlisle on Satur day, but the Excise officers being on the alert, not only made a prize of the whisky, but brought him before the magistrates, who fined him in the mitigated penalty ci twenty-five pounds.—Cumberland Pacquct. INTENTIONS OF FRANCE.—Resolutely determined there should be no war between France and England, still we may as well let our countrymen know what they might have expected in the event of hostilities ; for we have succeeded in finding out the plans of the French from a commercial traveller, in an Algerine beard, who was bringing some ribands from Paris—a pattern of which, as he belonged to the Legion of Honour, lie was privileged to wear in his button-hole. The French in tended to have landed 200,000 men at Folkestone, so that Vantelini, of the Pavilion Hotel, would have been pret tily puzzled how to accommodate his gallant country men. They would have taken a special train up to the Bricklayers' Arms, sacking the receipts of the company at all the stations on the road up; and they would then have bivouacked on Kennington-common. The next morning they would have marched into London, pillaged ' t s h - e p n a r h k a to the Mint, turned the coffers of the Bank inside out, and have proceeded thence by omnibus to the West-end, where they would have declared England a republic in the middle of Regent's-circus. They would then have marched on to Paddington, bombarded the Yorkshire would ame s I S )a loug I, and dictated the terms of' spike the gun belonging to the Gun Tavern, immediately a t s o tle. Before showing the heads of Stingo, and sent a detaclnleancet.rouTnhdeySt.J 1 ptakene a c e opposite aat special Buckingham icniadls a treaty, they w to insist on having the heads of all the Ministers, particularly that of the Duke of Welliroe. ere train C the Queen, and ton; after which they purposed deposing installin Tom Duncornbe as First Co nsu l, ass isted by Feargus'O'Connor and Joseph Hume, as tribunes of the people. It will be seen that the whole of this account is very complete and substantial, as far as the French are concerned ; but the statement omits altogether one very essential point —namely, how the English meant to em ploy themselves while the scenes above described were being enacted.—Punch. The numerous passengers yesterday morning that were embarking and disembarking from the different steamers at Blackwell Pier, were much amused at seeing two very splendid giraffes,valued 2,000 guineas, shipped on board the Soho steam-ship, that left shortly after with s eve ral families of distinction, and the proprietor of these valuable animals, for Antwerp. The approaching marriage of the Duke d'Aumale, says the Revue de Paris, is now certain. His Royal Highness is to be marr ied in November next to a niece of the King of Nap les, the Princess of Salerno ; she was born in 15 99 , and is said to be very handsome, and gifted with remarkable esprit. FLINT AND CUT GLASS.—Doubts having been en tertained whether bottles of flint and cut glass are chargable with duty by the Act 7 Victoria, chap. 16, under the head of " Bottles of glass not otherwise enu merated or described, 1/. per cwt., and further, on ac count of the Excise duty, 7s. per cwt. ;" or as " Flint and cut glass, for every tool. value 301., and further, on account of the Excise duty, 7s. per cwt. ;" and the Cus toms authorities being of opinion that all bottles of flint and cut glass should be charged with the latter rate of duty, orders have been issued for the officers in London and at the ontports to govern themselves accordingly. BUSY" BEES.—Last week Mr. Mossop, of the Low \Door Inn, at the head of Keswick Lake, took a hive of bees, frost; which he obtained not less than five ;tons weight of excellent honey.—Cumberland Paquet. [OL• c•