The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-22 00:00:00

EVENING FDITION. COURT CIRCULAR. Wtrcosoa, MONDAY.—Her Majesty, acconyi.anied by Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg, rode out on horse back soon after three o'clock this afternoon, in the Park. A numerous equestrian party followed, including the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Melbourne, Marquis of Normanby, Lord Lytleton, Lady C. Bar ringtOn, Lady C. Dundas, Baroness Lehzen, Miss Quentin, Viscount Falkland, Hon. Colonel Grey, Lord A. Pager, Hon. W. Bathurst, Sir F. Stovin, and" Sir George Quentin. The Duchess of Kent and Prince Eruest of Saxe Coburg drove out in a pony phaeton at the same time. The Hon. Miss Cocks and the Hon. Miss Pitt also left the Castle in a pony phaeton. Lord and Lady Lyttleton and Mr. G. E. Anson arrived this morning at the Castle. The two Princes, Ernest:and Albert, rode to the hunt this morning,, attended by Lord A. Paget, the Hon. W, Cowper, and Count Kolowrath. Lord Holland was expected this morning from Ken. sington to attend the Council, but his Lordship did not arrive. Her Majesty has a dinner party this evening, and the company expected are the Duchess of Kent, the Princes Ernest and Albert of Saxe Coburg, the Lord Chancellor, Marquis of Nor manby, Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, the Ladies Eleonora and Constance Paget, Viscounts Melbourne and Palmerston, Lord and Lady Lyttleton, Lord Hol land, Hon. Miss Pitt, Hon. W. Bathurst, Mr. G. E. Ansor, Hon. W. Cowper, Ladies C. Dundas and C. Barrington, Hon. Misses Cocks and Paget, Baroness zen, Viscount Falkland, Count Kolowrath, Baron Alvensleben, Sir F. Stovin, Hon. C. A. Murray, Lord A. Paget, and the Hon. Col. Grey. The Queen held a Privy Council at two o'clock yes terday afternoon at Windsor. It was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign De partment, the Lord Chamberlain, and Viscount Falk land. At the Council, an Order in Council was issued for the further Prorogation of Parliament from Thurs day next, the 24th inst., until Thursday, the of December. Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Lord Lyttleton to be Lord Lieutenant of the County of Worcester, his Lordship took the oaths appointed to be taken there Upon. The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. The Princess Augusta, attended by Miss Wynyard, arrived at Clarence House, St. James's, at half-past one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from her residence, Frogmore Lodge, near' Windsor. The Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal Highness atter her a7rival. The Marquis of Normanby left town yesterday morning, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The' Lord Chancellor left his residence, at Copse Hill, yesterday, for Windsor Castle. THEATRES. COVENT GARDEN. Artaxerre's was again played here last night with im proved effect. Madame Vestris, rendered shrewd by the mistakes of others, has avoided many errors in scenery and costume committed by her predecessors. Miss Austen as Mandane has acquired confidence, and although much difference of opinion exists as to the rank in the profession to,which she is entitled, we have no hesitation in repeating the favourable opinion of her merits before expressed by us. The house fills well for the season. SURREY. Long before the rising of the curtain last evening, this theatre was crowded in every part, to witness the first representation of Jack Sheppard. Mr. J. T. Haines is the adapter, and so satisfied is Mr. Harrison Ainsworth, the author of the Romance, with this adapta tion, that he states in a letter addressed to the manager that he has no hesitation in giving his entire sanction to the performance. The whole of the scenery also has been superintended by Mr. George Cruikshank, which is, to use the words of Mr. Ainsworth, a sufficient guarantee to the public for its excellency and accuracy. The piece is in fact, a succession of Tableaux vivants, from the novel, got up with great accuracy and care. Our readers may form some idea of the immense ex penditure which the management must have been at in the getting up of this piece when we inform them that the scenes are thirty-nine in number— all from designs by Cruikshank, and all entitled to great praise as works of art. Mr. E. J. Saville was the Jack Sheppard, and a most effective Jack Sheppard he made. He was called for at the fall of the curtain to receive that applause which he so well deserved. Mrs. H. Vining acted the part of Mrs. Sheppard, with a pathos and energy deserving our highest commendation. Her interview in the madhouse with her son was painfully true to nature—indeed we have seldom wit nessed anything more heart-rending than the acting of this lady in the madhouse nevi In the scene in which she stabs herself, and i the dying re conciliation with her son, she was most effective and was rewarded . with that most sincere of all applause—the tears of her audience. Mr. W. Smith had not much to do as Owen Wood, but what he had to do he did well. The other characters found efficient repre sentatives in the different members of the company to whom they were entrusted. The piece concluded with a moving diorama of London in the olden time, from Newgate to Tyburn. The performance did not conclude until half-past ten o'clock. The piece was given out for repetition every evening without a dis sentient voice. PAVILION. Richard the Third was performed at this house last night, to a crowded and respectable audience, Mr. Elton sustaining the part of the crookbacked tyrai.t. Mr. Elton, who has a just conception of the character, performed it much more powerfully than we were pre pared to expect, and failed only in the more violent out-bursts of passion from want of physical powers. The whole was, for a minor house, well cast, and both actors and actresses acquitted themselves in a very creditable manner, with the exception of a Mr. Gardner, who had presumption enough to b e a B uc ki ng h am , that h e might be comforted with hisses and prove him self a fool. The Mountain Sylph followed, and the new drama of Jack Sheppard concluded the evening's amusements. Under the spirited management of Mr. Gladston this house promises to do well. VICTORIA THEATRE. Jack Sheppard, as dramatized by Mr. Moncrief, was produced here last night to a very crowded audience. The piece is in five acts, and the author of 'the drama has stuck as close to the text of the author of the novel as the necessary departures for stage area would allow. From the haste - in which the drama has been produced, the actors were scarcely up in their parts, which necessarily marred the effect to be pro duced; neither were the arrangements on the stage at all perfect. The characters in general were well sup ported, especially that of Jonathan Wild by Mr. Hicks, and Jack Sheppard, by Mr. Harding. Miss George, of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden, made her first appearance in the character of Edge worth Bess, and sung very prettily a new song called, " My Love is a Rover," in which she was most de servedly cheered. The audience, which was very numerous, seemed well picased throughout, and applauded many parts of the acting very judiciously. The piece must be very much curtailed, for it will not always have such a good natured audience as last night, they having been highly amused with it for upwards of five hours. After it has undergone the application of the pruning knife, we lave no doubt the piece will have a suc cessful run. .The talented author of the drama was loudly called for at the fall of the curtain. We suppose he was not in waiting, and the good-natured audience were satisfied with the •appearance of Jack Sheppard, led in by Jonathan Wild. The piece was given out for repetition to-night amidst loud applause. THE NEW CUT IN LIVERPOOL—which was projected and commenced by Cant-"in Denham, R.N. has at in This been o . pronounced F.R.S., in November last, p racti cable for night and day navi g is the second time within the last four years, that the adoption of Captain Denham's suggestions h as rescued the port from choking, by' the sands whi c h outlie the dock and ten miles. We trust that the shipping interestBeight Liverpool will not be unmindful o f the vitalim portance the services of this officer have been to the port, notwithstanding his having since ceas e d to be thPir marine surveyor. Captain Denham is at present 'con ferring the benefit of his knowledge and experi ence upon the River Wyro, an estuary in Morecombe Bay, thirty or forty miles north of Liverpool, where there is every probability of his succeeding in the construction of a new harbour, accessible to vessels of the largest dimen sions. MERSEY TUNNEL.—Last week a meeting was held at Livepool for the purpose of forming a company to undertake to make a tunnel under the Mersey, t o Connect Liverpool with the Cheshire side of the river. Mr. Stevenson, Mr. Vignoles, and other eminent engi neers, declared the undertaking practicable. The following bit of wit is running the round of the salons. It may, however, be an old Joe for aught I know to the contrary. A General who is in high fa vour at the Tuileries, but who has made himself re marked more than once by his hostility to the English, was dining, it is said, the other day in a large company, and indulging in sarcasms upon England, when a piece of veal being placed on the table he asked an English lady who was present if there was any veal in England. The lady, astonished at the question, replied in the affirmative." Do ' not be astonished at 'the question," said, t..l‘. ii., E it!'i dig French lady, " The General is about to visit a great calf himself he is anxious to ' l- know if there are calv es l e o r u c country, so that he may find s ome acqu aintancesn t t.r r i~9l . ~. ~~ 1, . ;. , "~ ;~ ~te~~' , N 4 , 4 ' 41411* -Q4', IyR3~~, ~0, fit fir..;",r. 'l. 'Or • 11; h, ; 1 1) 41: ,-"r , 6 444 L:. sll ~ 3 ;~ egq; ROYAL STAG HUNT IN WINDSOR GREAT PARK. WINDSOR, MONDAY EVENING.—At an early hour this morning Mr. Davis, her Majesty's huntsman, re ceived instructions to Lave the Queen's stag hounds in readiness for a day's sport—the " meet" to take place at the double gates in the Park at nine o'clock. At that hour the two Princes Ernest and Albert of Saxe Coburg, accompanied by the Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Alfred Paget, the Hon. W. Cowper, Captain Seymour, Count Kolowrath, several of the Officers of the Second Life Guards and the Second Rifle Brigade, and a nu merous field, consisting of many others of the Gentlemen of the Court and neighbourhood, were assembled. A fine deer was shortly afterwards selected and driven away from the herd, which afforded the Royal Party a fine run for upwards of an hour. It then, being closely pursued, took to a pond, close to the lodge of Hudson, one of her Majesty's keepers, in the middle of which it remained for more than an hour and a half. In the meantime another deer was selected, which, upon the bounds being laid on, took the direc tion across the Park, pursued by hounds and hunts men, in slashing style ; and, after a sharp run of half an hour, it so completely outstripped its pursuers, that it was lost in the forest somewhere near Cran bourne. A third deer was then started, which afforded a splendid chase across the forest, when it was even tually taken, after perhaps one of the finest one hour runs ever witnessed. The two princes of Saxe Co bourg, who are excellent horsemen, appeared greatly to enjoy the'sport, and the whole of the Royal party, after a delightful day's hunting, returned to the Castle to lundeon. FASHIOii - g r a IN TELLIGEN CE. ARRIVALS. Captain Christie, at Hanover Hotel, from Paris; Prince Nedir, at ditto, from Paris ; Colonel and Mrs. Eastceurt, at Bett's Hotel, Dover-strect, from Canada ; Mr. and Mrs. Godeffroy, at ditto, from the Continent ; the Doan of Killala, at ditto, from Dublin ; Mr. and Miss Hodson, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, from the North ; Walter Ewer, Esq., at ditto, from ditto ; William Leigh, Esq., at ditto, from Lichfield ; tasswaite, Esq., at ditto ; the Marquis of Anglesey, at Anglesey House, from his seat, Beaudesert, Staffordshire ; Count D'Orsay, at Ken sington gore, from a tour ; Baron Tindal, at Mivart's Hotel, Brook -street, from Portsmouth; Mr. and Lady Augusta Milbanke, from a four on the Continent; the Marquis Camden, in Charles -street, Berkeley-square, from his seat, the Wilderness, Kent; the Hon. Stuart Wortley, in Curzon- street, from the Continent ; M. de Bunsen, from a visit to Sir J. and Lady Charlotte Guest, at their seat in Wales ; the Earl and Countess of Brecknock, in Charles-street, from Kent. DEPARTURES. W. F. Ferrer, from Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, foi Bedfordshire; Mr. and Miss Wodehouse, from ditto, for Norfolk; Captain and Mrs. Rich, for ditto, from King ston-on-Thames; T. G. B. Estcourt, Esq., M. P., and Miss Esteourt,from ditto, for Rome - Messrs. Cartwri g ht, from ditto, for N or th am p tons hi re ; Anthony Peacock, Esq. from ditto, for Lincolnshire ; the Rev. C. Canston, from the Hanover Hotel, Hanover-square, for Southampton ; the lion. Champion and Mrs. Dymock, from ditto; for Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire; Colonel Dyce Sombre, from ditto, for Edinburgh; Madame Jarden, from ditto, for Canterbury ; Mr. Gould, from ditto, for Portsmouth ; Featheringham, Esq., Mrs. Featbcringham and fa mily, from Marshall Tbompson's Hotel, for Devonshire; the Marquis of Northampton and Lady Marianne Comp ton, from the Terzace, Piccadilly, on a visit to Mrs. Smith, Berated Lodge, Bognor • the Earl of Shelburne, from Lansdowne House, Berkeley -square, for the family seat, Bowood Park, Wilts; Lord Maryborough, from Sa vile-row, for Deal Castle, Kent ; Sir Clifford and Lady Constable, from Cumberland-place for Paris ; Countess de Samayloff, from Albemarle -street, on a tour in the north; Viscount Stranglord, from Harley-street, on a tour of visits; Lady Fitzgerald, from Eaton-place, for her scat, Worsley Hall, Staffn•dshire; Lady Hatherton, from Grosvenor-place, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Cavan, at their seat, in Oxfordshire; the Dowager Countess of Sandwich, for the Continent; Countess de Pahlen, for a tour in the north ; Lord Granville annerset, from Clarges-street, for his seat in Montgomeryshire ; Sir A. Brooke, for Brighton ; the Hon Mr. and Mrs. Spring Rice, for St. Leonard's-on-Sea. CHANGES. Viscount Dillon, at his seat in Oxfordshire, from Lea. mington Spa; Sir John and Lady Charlotte Guest, at their seat, Dowlais House, Glamorgan, from a visit to Sir Benjamin and Lady Hall ; the Earl and Countess of De lawarr and Lady Elizabeth West, at their scat in Sussex, Buckhurst Park, from a tour ; Mr. L. and Lady Jane Peel, at Brighton, from the Continent ; Lord and Lady Ravensworth, at Ravensworth Castle, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland ; the Right Hon. George and Mrs. Daw son, on a tour of visits, from Lord and Lady Lurgan's ; the Countess of Jersey, on a visit to Lady de Clifford, from Middleton Park, Bicester, Oxfordshire ; Lord Mus kerry, at his scat in Ireland, from Ckeltenham ; Earl Spencer, at Althorpe Hall, his. seat in Northamptonshire, from Wiseton, Yorkshire; Lord Russell, at Oakley House, Bedfordshire, from Scotland; Lord George Quin and the Hon. Miss Quin, on a Continental tour, from Tunbridge wells ; the Hon. Richard Watson, at Leamington Spa, from Rockingham Castle, Rutlandshire ; Sir Thomas and Lady Stanley, at their scat, near Haggerston, Northum berland, from Aldersley Park, near Knutsford, Cheshire ; Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, at Footscray, their seat in Kent, from the Continent. UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. MATRICULATION EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS IN MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. EXA MINERS, G. B. JERRARD, ESQ., AND REV. It. MURPHY. The following is a list of Students who have ob tained Honours in Mathematics and Natural Piaiio sophy—the names being arranged in the order of pro ficiency :—Todhunter ; Jesse] ; Newth ; Fox and Levy, equal ; all of University College, London. An exhibi tion of 301. a•year, tenable for two years, was awarded to Mr. Isaac 'f odhun ter . REVIEW AT WINDSOR.—To-morrow, at one o'clock, her Majesty will review the troops of the garrison in the Home Park, in the presence of the Princes of Saxe-Ernest and Albert Gotha, and a bril liant staff. His Excellency Barn') Brunow, on leaving Mivart's Hotel for the Continent, stayed a few days with the Duke of Wellington, at Walmer Castle. His Excellency arrived at Calais on Wednesday afternoon, cn route to Stutgardt. The Duke and Duchess of NorthUmberland gave a sumptuous entertainment, on Thursday, to a very numerous and distinguished party, at Alnwick Castle. The Earl end Countess of Tankerville, Lord end Lady Ravenswortb, Viscount Straneford, the Hon. Miss Smythe, Viscount Ossulston, Viscountess Fitzharris, the Hon . . H. T. Liddell, Mr. R. Ingram, M.P., Sir M. W. Ridley, Mr. Cresswell, M.P., Mr. M. Bell. MX., &c,, were among the company. LAMBTON CASTLE.—The Duke of .Sussex arrived at Upleathern, near Guishorough, on a visit to the Earl of Zetland, on Tuesday last, and is expected at Lambton Castle on Wednesday next. It has already been stated that his Royal Highness intends to honour the Earl of Durham with his company for three weeks. Mr. C. Buller, M.P , has been staying at the Castle for nearly a fortnight past ; and the venerable Earl Grey, with his Countess, were to arrive yesterday. Several other distinguished individuals, have, we . un derstand, been i nv i te d t o meet t h e ill us t r ious miter ; during whose sojourn the Castle will be the scene of . much splendid hospitality.—Durham Chronick. Sir William Follett is expected in town, from Paris, on the 28th inst. The health of the Learned Gentleman is quite re-established. BIRTH.—At Whitehall-gardens, on the 20th inst., her Grace the Duchess of Buccleuch, of a son. THE LATE EARL OF KINGSTON.—We have to record she demise of the Earl of Kingston, which took place on Friday last, at the family residence, Hull. place, St. John's-wood. The late Earl, who was Vis. count Kingsborough, in the Peerage of Ireland, and Baron Kingston, in the Peerage of the United King dom, was born the 9th of April, 1771, and succeeded his father, the second Earl, the 17th April, 1799. On the sth of May, 1794, his Lordship married the Lady Helena Moore, daughter of the Earl of Mountcashel, and aunt of the present Earl, Lady Jane Peel, wife of the Right Hon. W. Yates Peel, and Lady Robinson, by whom his Lordship has left issue, Viscount Kings borough (now Earl of Kingston), who was born in 1795. The late Earl was elder brother of Viscount Lorton. Several noble families are placed in mourning by the death of his Lordship. DEATH OF THE HON. WILLIAM DRAKE IRBY.—It is with sincere regret we announce the death of the above gentleman, which took place at the close of the past week, at Hedson Lodge, near Maidenhead, the seat of Lord and Lady Boston. The deceased, who was the second son of Lord Boston, and brother of the Countess of Orkney, was born in 1803. QUEEN ADELAIDE'S VISIT TO WARWICK CASTLE.—Very active preparations, upon an extensive scale, are now making at our ancient and magnificent Castle, for the reception of th e Queen Dowager, who is expected to arrive on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Warwick, on the first of next month. The noble family have been for a short period, at Bangor, from whence they are expected to return on Monday next, in order to be in readiness with all the requisite arrange ments for t h e approaching- royal visit ; and we under stand th a t h er Majesty, with her suite, will probably partake of th e h ospitalities of the Castle for several days. Lady Seymour has been attracting great atten tion in Edinburgh on account of her reign at the Eglin tonsgory Courier. DEATH o SIR SAMUEL Tourna ment as the Queen of Beauty. On leaving Old Grey Fri ars Ch urch on Sabbath she was followed by crovdsofpp REAR-ADMIRALeopIe.—Ga/ WARREN.—Died, on Tuesday, the 15th of October, at his house, Portland-terrace, Southampton, in his 71st year, Rear- Admiral Sir Sam. Warren, K.C.8., K.C.H. AN EXAMPLE.—W. Morgan, Esq of A ek hill House, near Presteign, has sold his wheat to work people regularly at 9s. per bushel, and promises to con tinue the same till next harvest.—Cambrian. Mr SUN, LONDON. TUESDAY, OCTOBPR 99 1839. THE ARMY. PRESENTATION OE PLATE, SWORDS, &C., TO OFFICERS, BY OTHER OFFICERS, OR BY NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS OR SOLDIERS. GENERAL ORDER. Horse-Guards, October 16, 1839. Lord Hill finds it necessary to refer the army to the general order of the 18th of January, 1810 (copy of which is annexed). as well as to page 4 , 18 of the general regulations and orders, and to declare that his Lord ship will hold every officer responsible for a breach thereof who shall allow himself to be complimented by officers, non-commissioned officers, or soldiers, who are serving, or have served, under his command, by means of presents of plate, swords, &c., or by any collective expression of their opinion. By command of the Right Honourable General Hill, Coinmanding in Chief, JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant-General. GENERAL ORDER. Horse Guards, January 18, 1810. The Carumander-in-chief has directed the following order, issued by the Genera! (Aker commanding his Majesty's forces in North America, to be inserted in the general orders of the army " Quebec, October 4,1809. " The Commander of the Forces has 1. - aely had occa sion to see in a Halifax newspaper a copy of an address presented by the sergeants of the Ist battalion Royal Fusiliers to C a pt a i n Orr, on that officer relinquishing the adjutancy in consequence of being promoted to a company. So novel a circumstance could not fail to draw the attention of his Excellency, it being the first of the kind that has come to his knowledge during the forty-six years that he has been in the service ; and as the first instance has thus (so far as he is aware at least) occurred'on the part of the army, with the charge of which the King has been pleased to entrust him,, he feels himself called on, by every obligation of duty to his Majesty and the service, to bear his testimony against it, by a public expression of disapprobation. " His Excellency does not mean in thii instance to ascribe any improper motive to the sergeants ; he has no doubt that their sole view was to express that rcgard and gratitude towards an officer who, in the intimate connection that had officially subsisted between them, had very commendably conducted himself with kindnesS to them, without departing from that strictness of dis cipline which was indispensable to the discharge of his duty. " But while his Excellency thus does justice to the intention of the sergeants of the Royal Fusiliers, he desires at the same time very seriously to observe to them that, in presuming to meet in order to deliberate upon the conduct of their superior officer, they have, in fact, however unintentionally,' been guilty of an act of great insubordination. " It matters not that the design of the meeting, or in whatever manner the address was unanimously as sented to, was solely to express their respect and es teem : the very circumstance implies discussion, and by that discussion they rendered themselves obnoxious to the imputation alluded to. Who, indeed, shall say where:such a practice, if once introduced, shall end ? If the non-commissioned officers of a regiment are permitted to express their approbation of the conduct of the Adju tant, why may they not exercise the same right with re spect to their commanding officer ? or what reason can be given why they should not be equally entitled to express their disapprobation ? Indeed, should the practice be come general, the merely withholding of the former would imply the latter. " General Sir James Craig is the more desirous that his sentiments on this subject should be distinctly un derstood in the Fusiliers, because it appears on the face of the address of the sergeants in question that it has been countenanced by the officer who then commanded the regiment. The Commander of the Forces does no more than justice to the character and services of that officer when he admits that, feeling as be does the dangerous tendency of the practice which he is cen suring, he also feels. himself the more bound to oppose it, in the first instance, from the strength which it might otherwise derive from the sanction which he appears to have given to it. Lieutenant-Colonel Pakenham will, however, believe that, though it was impossible the General should avoid this observation . upon his error, yet his doing so can by no means detract from the es teem with which he has been taught to view; his charac ter .as an officer, or the confidence which he should be disposed to place in his service." Signed) - EDWARD BAYNS, Adj,-Gan., To the British Army serving in North America. The reason for which the Commander-in-Chief has directed the circulation' of this order is, that he May avail himself' of this opportunity of declaring to the army his most perfect concurrence in the sentiments therein expressed by the distinguished and ,experienced officer by whom it was framed, on a su bj ec t w hi c h ap pears to have been by some very much misunderstood. The circumstance of inferiors of any class of military men assembling for the purpose of bestowing praise and public marks of approbation on their supe riors implies a power of deliberation on their conduct which belongs to the King alone, or to those officers to who his Majesty m a y b pleased to entrust the com mand and discipline of his troops. It is a procedure equally objectionable, whether in the higher or lower ranks of the army ; and es the Commander-in-Chief cannot but regard it as in prin ciple subversive of all military discipline, he trusts it is a practice which will be for ever banished from the Bri tish service, as deserving of the highest censure, and he directs officers in command to act accordingly. By command of the Right Honourable the Com mander-in-Chief. HARRY CALVERT, Adjutant-General. SPORTING 1N TELLIGEN CE. TATTERSALL'S—MoNDAT. The amount of business transacted in the afternoon about reached the average at this season. It touched equally upon the Cambridgeshire Stakes and Derby, and comprehended several horses, but in neither race led to any material change. For the first-mentioned event the two favourites were at the same prices quoted last against them from Newmarket. The only noticeable feature in the betting 0.1 it was the introduc tion, at liberal prices, of Opera, Lanercost, Samarcand, Cara, and Science. Speculation on the Derby was sufficiently defi nite to enable us to quote prices against Launcelot and Wardan (the latter backed freely), but it left us quite in the dark as to the actual position of Muley Ishritael—it is something between 16 and 20, and nearer than this we cannot venture to go. 25 to 1 was taken four or five times about Glenorchy, and the taker would have gone on. Maroon was also in request at 33 and 35 to 1, and only 30 to 1 offered at the close. The following are the latest prices:— CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES (MONDAY NtIT). 10 to 6 agst Mickleton Maid—taken 5 to 1 ag , t Hetman Platoff 12 to I agst Quo Minus 12 to 1 agst Lanercost 15. to 1 agst Opera 20 to I agst Science 20 to 1 agst Camelino 15 to 1 agst each of the following three in one bet :—Cara, Samarcand, and Science—taken 15 to 1 agst each of the three in one bet :—Cara, Quo Minus, and Lanercost—talcen twice over. THE :DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's lot 16 to 1 agst Launeelot 17 to 1 agst Wardan—taken 20 to 1 agst Angelica colt 24 to 1 agst St. Andrew—taken 25 to 1 agst Glenorehy—taken 26 to 1 agst Brother to Euclid 30 to 1 agst Maroon 30 to 1 agst Grey Milton—taken 33 to 1 agst Brother to Melbourne 40 to 1 agst Gambia 1000 to 15 agst Lord G. Bentinek winning Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger—taken 25 to 1 :.gst Crucifix winning Oaks and St. Leger—taken DUMFRIES RACES.—FninAY. Fifty Pounds given by his Grace the Duke of Buccleuch. - Two miles. Alr; Ramsay's br c Lanereost, 4 yrs, Bst I 1 1b...( W. Noble) I Lord Eglinton's br c Malyolio, 3 yrs, 7st I Ilb Won by half a length. Fifty Pounds given by the Marquis of Queensberry, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for all cges. Two mites. 5 Subs. Lord Eglinton's br h St. Bennett, 5 yrs, 9st Sib. Sir J. Boswell's b f Rnna 3lari2, 3 yrs, 7st 41b .) .. . ___ Wen cleverly. Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, p.p., with 25 added by the Southern Meeting; for two-year-old colts, Bst 31b; fillies, Bst. Three-quarters of a mile. 3 Subs. Mr. Alexander's br cby Young Blacklock (W. Noble) I Lord Lainton's br c Shark, by Priam 2 Sir J. Boswell's br f Miss Nick, by Satan—Window- Shut 3 Won by a lergth. LITERATURE. POEMS, BY ELIZA COOK- Tilt, London, 18 3 9. We have here a Second Edition of a Volutne of Poems which w e noticed, some months since in favourable. terms, in The Sun.: The Authoress is a young lady, named Cook; Whose genius richly deserves the success i t has met with. She has a fine ear for th e me l o d y of rhyme, is Eencrally happy in her f orms o f express i on, an d d oes not d ea l in that maudli n sent i mental i ty in w hi c h so many o f our " Annual" versifyers are apt to indulge. The present Edition of her Poems is illustrated with several beautifully engraved plates, and contains one or two minor poems which we do not remember to have met with in the former Edition. We quote one of these, which is just and tender in sentiment, and graceful in expression : I MISS THEE MY MOTHER. I miss thee, my Mother I Thy image is still The deepest irnpress'd on my heart, And the tablet 30 faithful in death must be chill Ere a line of that image depart. • Thou wert torn from my side when I treasured thee most— When my reason could measure thy worth ; When I knew but too well that the idol I'd lost Could be never replaced upon earth. I miss thee, my Mother, in circles of joy, Where I've mingled with raptaroui zest ; For how slight is the tette!! that will serve to destroy Ali t a h e ba f ia alirdy I w le e a b rn sp t u a n t i t i b l ) km.ynee; breast I Some melody sweet may be IlJa.ting around — Some strain may be played, and I shrink from the sound, For my fingers oft woke it for thee. I miss thee, my Mother; when young health has fled, And I sink in t h e l angour of pain, Where, wh ere i s t h e arm that once pillow'd my-head,And the car t h a t once heard me comp l a i n ? Other hands may support, gentle accents may f a ll— For the fond a nd the true are yet m i ne ; I've a blessing for each ; I are grateful to all— But whose care can be soothing as thine? I miss thee, my Mother, in summer's fair day, When I rest in the ivy-wreath'd bower, When I hang thy pet linnet'A cage high on the spray, Or gaze on thy favourite flower. There's the bright gravel-path where I play'd by thy side, • When time had scarce wrinkled thy brow, Where I carefully led thee with worshipping pride When thy scanty locks gathei'd the snow. I miss thee, my Mother, in winter's Lang night ; I rernemher the tales thou svould'rt tell___ The rotuanee of wild fancy, the legend of fright— • Oh ! who could e'er tell them so well ! Thy corner is vacant ; thy chair is removed : It :can kind to take that from my eye : Yet relics are'round me--the sacred and loved-- To call up the pure sorrow. fed sigh. I miss thee, my Mother I Oh, when do I not ? Though I know 'twos Cue wisdom of Heaven That the deepest shade fell on my sunniest spot, And such tie of devotion was riven; For when thou wert with me my soul was below, I was chained to the world I then trod ; My affections, my thoughts, were all earth.bound ; but now They have follow'd thy spirit to God! QUARTERLY REVIEW—No. 128. Murray, London, 1839. The subject of Life Insurance Companies—an interesting theme to the majority—is shrewdly dis cussed in the present Number. The Reviewer re cominends the exercise of a wholesornesCaution to those who may be thinking of insuring their lives for, the benefit of their surviving relatives ; and dives a whimsical account of the mode of starting a new Company ; of the prodigiouslourish of drums, and trumpets with which it is ushered into being, as Tom Thumb was ushered into the presence of Queen Huneamunica ; and of the •est capital in vested iiiit, which is but t oo io f ten i n nubibus— \- that i s t o sa y, i'nvestetl'in the flank of Cluudland, where the late 'Mr. Coleridge's' chief property lay. " It has been not an unconimon.praetice," we are told, " adopted by some Companies that do not require it s to blazon at the head of their advertise ments long lists, of noble. patrons, honorary presi dents, and trustees—patrons who can afford them no patronage—trustees who have no rinse— presidents who never preside--in short; nn array of grand names that are mere de coy ducks." On the whole—always provided that due caution is used in the selection of an office— the Reviewer is favourable to the principle of insuring, observing,— We cannot consider these institutions in any other light than as great public benefits, of which almost every class of society may avail themssives with advan tage to their rising families. Like all other ht'man in stitutions, they are liable to be miscondueted and abused ; the good, however, we are satisfied, greatly predominates. Take, for instance, a case of very com mon occurrence : suppose a clergyman, happy in his do mestic circle, educating his children liberally, and with his 4001. or 5001. a-year distributing consolation to his parishioners. Possessing only a life interest in his in come, no sooner is the thread snapped than beggary stares his family in the face—the widow and children are at once turned out upon the wide world, or doomed perhaps to receive a grudging pittance from some rela tion. Now, all this might have been avoided by an ap propriation of some 501: or 601. a-year out of the life income, through the instrumentality of an assurance office. - It is the same in almost every walk of life. Lawyers, physicians, surgeons, and apothecaries, marry ing young, and solely dependent on their practice ; officers of the army and navy, who can lay by a pittance of their pay ; clerks in public offices, in banks, and count-;' in ;-houses ;:tradesmen and artificers—in short almost every description of persons may profit in this manner, of a ve r y and a gr ea t mass of misery be avoided by the sacrifice small portion of income. Even the highest personages of the realm, not excluding Royalty itself, may profit by these offices, when embarrassed in pees- niary matters ; by them the pressure of debt may be re lieved, and. the creditor satisfied, and incumbrances on entailed estates removed, on reasonable and honourable conditions, infinitely preferable to what can be had from turning to the common run of money-lenders. " Travels in North America"—what a hacknied theme this is T .—gives a sketchy notice of Cap tains Nlarryat's and Murray's late travels in that quarter of the globe. Both works are favourably spoken of, though one or two sly sarcasms are thrown out at the latter gentleman's occasional dandyism and ignorance ; and we are glad to perceive that a favourable, and even kindly, tone is adopted to wards our brethren in the United States. How different from the spirit that influenced the " Quar terly " in the days of old Gifford ! Then, America was coolly consigned to unmitigated damnation, as a country of political quacks and commercial adveln- turera, without judgment, principle, or ho nesty of any kind T. In the review of " Bishop Butler's Life "—whose famm,".,4lAa ,Jl "',, logy " is the text-book , at Cam /1 ; 7 _r.c.ge !, apa,, no wonder, for it is the shrewdest, profbindeSh s a n d most argumentative theological treatise' der penn e d, and is only t o b e a d equate ly appreciatedifter several attentive readings—an anecdote is .gkven, to'the effect that David Hume once oalledjenAhe Bi s h op , in order to consult with him respecting. his Essays on Human Nature; Islissi t s l f tr,, however, sceptical been a belie.ver !" happened to be out, whereum n t le eviewer re marks, in a perfect paroxysin of 03 tt;'"'had Butler been within Hume might have I just as if the habitual turn of thought of an acute metaphysician, like the author of the " Essays," were likely to be changed by an hour's conversation With an English Bishop ! " Reports of the Nen dicity Society" furnish the ground work of a most amusing article, highly spiced with anecdote, and characteristic sketches of the customs of town-men dicants, many of whom , have made quite a science pursuit wond er f u l p of ow be e g rs gi o n f g :n v a e u n d ti d o e n ve a l ri o d pe in i g i e t t li i t i s ty. In some of the earlier Spanish novels, especially G uzman D'Alfa rache—we remember reading sev era l p i quant d eta i ls respecting beggars, and the di vert i ng, tricks they n. the habit of playing off o n th e grave Hidal g os of Castile ; but our L on d on professors of ~, the science of mendicancy would seem to excel even these in cunning and adroitness. The following passage will amuse : The ! , various modes of exciting compassion are in finite. To pass over the different established methods of simulating diseases , from the last s t age o f a jaundice. upon w hi c h th e patient. h as li ved in comfort for years, witht of the more ordinary ways of work ing the aid of a li ttle soap, we will for the to the more active performer . svho sub s i s t s upon con vulsion presento n thet noticefits, two , feelings of the tend e resali e dv a r i oa t es e u d iri , ekde e , s e p ta e t e rh i e a eo l l t y fihne i n er have bosoms b towns. Two, or, if they car, b age,att ne r to accomplish--.for to discriminatinginfallible charm s for eye of th e mo th er , ama b si o lo u sbp n tao c ebs i ys n i.ei g ebssl b ,ea a e—r b se i cn e eo s apl o itk f dte t iril_ b e e c,utrlet samei matter fa l expand ingb the hearts and purses of th e d ear, good women, es ecnw,oouridarebenbuonuytietoldbineg. flintcpoernei es pecially leymsootsietilovest those who .w fhae: TheirrOpen, Sesam e in did they know all. Theare generally hi red at so much a-day, and sit s w i th them displayed asleep in lap—no bad representative, especially e the her capacious ati pseudo-mother n u gds o-m when she woman is comely, of the teeming goddess her self. Conversations have been overheard as to the rate at which the young creatures had been reeled, and sur prise has been expressed by an old practitioner at the large sum given by one not so well versed in the market. " How much did you give for your's ?" A shilling a-piece." " A shilling a-pi,ce ! Vy, then you've b een done, übbies is riz ; one , or t'otber I only give sixpence for mine, and they feeds 'em and Godfrey's-cordials 'em and all, afore I takes 'em, into the bargain." A real mother with a fine family is a prize to a male practi tioner. " Many vagrants," says Mr. Kncvitt, " con sider picking up a woman with five or six little interest ing children alinost a fortune to them, and they remain with them a certain time when they leave them." In London, parents send out their children, when they.are old enough, to gather alms : if the poor little things do n:,t bring home the required sum, they are severely beaten. A first theft is often committed in order to make up the amount. The begging-letter de partment is another of the most successful. If the cha ritable could but see, as we have s een , w h o l e pac k ets of letters in the same hand, but each setting forth a dif ferent catalogue of misfortunes, found on the same practitioner, and intended to be used, like some medical prescriptions, grout occasio postulet, the very sight of a begging letter would, at once, freeze their charity, how ever warm it might be. The slang dialogue in the above passage, where one mendicant practitioner is represented saying to another, " A shilling a-piece ! Vy, then you've been done, or babbies is riz—l only give sixpence for mine," reads exactly like a bit of Boz. It must certainly be an excerpt from the Pickwick Papers. In the article headed " Life and Character of lEschylus," there are some clever speculations on the subject of Pythagoras, and the doctrines taught by this most original of all the Greek philosophers. But the best and most eloquent of the Pythagorean system is to be found in Ovid, who in his " Meta morphoses" has " discoursed most excellent music upon it. " French Orators and Oratory," gives a lively and graphic account of M. Thiers, and the style of speaking in which he most excels. The Reviewer--a fact, indeed, which is undeniable— allows that he possesses considerable talents, and of a marketable order, but adds that " his lack of dis cretion will always prevent him from making a safe spokesman for any party." Of " Post-office Re form" we have already taken occasion to speak in The Sun. " British Policy" is of course a virulent attack on IVlinisters, who are politely called " ass born," and assured that their system of Government is the most pernicious that ever was instituted. We gather from this that the Tories have but slender hopes of sunning themselves upon the Treasury - beneh, or their chief organ would not be quite so reckless in its abuse. The advice given to these worthies by the Reviewer is, to act "on fixed principles"—which is very superfluous advice, for the " fixed principles" of the Tories have always .been to get as much as they could for themselves ; and should they ever again find themselves in office, sure we are that they will not neglect this corner-stone of their political creed. As a whole, the present Number of the Quarterly is one of average merit—nothing more. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS PLATTER, A SCHOOLMASTER OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Translated front the German. London, Wertheim. Thomas Platter was born on Shrove Tuesday in the year 1499, near to Grenchen, in the district and ,parish of Visk, a considerable village of the canton St. Gall. Master Thomas, as he is called, was a goatherd, a travelling scholar, or rather beg gar for a scholar, a student, a rope-maker, a He brew professor, an armour bearer, a schoolmaster, a professor, a printer, and again a prof essor , a t Basle, in which situation he died in 1582. The outline which he gives of his own history, for the benefit of his son Felix, is an amusing and instruc tive book. It would form a noble chapter in the volume describing those persons who have acquired knowledge under difficulties. Master Thomas studied Hebrew as he walked backward spinninc , yarn, by a primitive method, now almost exploded, we believe, in England. Master Thomas stole hours from sleep to study, and kept himself awake by putting sand in his mouth. Master Thomas began a goatherd and ended the owner of four houses in Basle, with a house and farm, and was professor there forty years. As the fag of a begging scho,ar Master Thomas wandered through a great part of Germany, seeking instruction from renowned men, and visiting the peat teachers of that time. We hardly know whether to treat the book as a fiction or a reality ; if it be a fiction it wants those circumstantialities, those numerous well worked up details by which authors seek in general to give verisimilitude to their tales ; if it be a real history it is a very instructive one, and we recommend it, not only as an inspiriting example, but as giving an excel lent picture of the manners of several classes at the beginning of the 16th century. Be it a fiction or a real history, it is an entertaining little book, which grown men and women, as well as boys and girls, may read with advantage. THE LITERARY WORLD. Vok, I. Berger, London, 1839. A weekly periodical, conducted on the plan of the " Mirror," and containing in each number, much lively and useful reading, together with one or woodcuts very fairly executed. The first ,volume is now lying before us, and we have been pleased with, the skill and taste shown in the selec tion of materials. The Editor is Mt. Timbs who, it seems, had the principal manag o emmt, fur eleven years, of the " Mirror." MANN'S AUSTR4LIAN PROVINCES. Smith, London, 1839. We have in this compact and well-digested work the - result of six yearS' residence in the Australian provinces. The authcir, Mr. Mann, describes their capabilities of - colonization, and details at some length their history, trade, population, extent, re sources, &c. At the end of the volume there is an account of New Zealand, of the character of whose inhabitants the author speaks in terms far from discouraging. A map of Australia, Van Diernen's Land, and some of the adjacent islands, greatly adds to the utility of the work. MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE OF INSANITY. Henderson, London, 1839. The laws and statutes relating to insanity in all its forms are laid down in this work with much perspicuity, so that he who runs, may read. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. • Fraser, London, 1839. T.hote !who entertain an idea of emigrating to our colony of Western Australia, will do well to avail themselves beforehand of the information con tained in this work, in which they will find abut:- dance of useful hints and suggestions. The author is a gentleman named Ogle, who seems to have de--: voted much time and attention to his task, and has furnished us with a complete manual for emigrants to the settlement and its dependencies, together with the most correct map extent. Speaking of the earlier voyages of discovery along the Australian shores, he says : " Among the most daring and talented of the navi gators who explored the coasts of that vast continent, were Flinders and Bass ; the former a midshipman, the latter a surgeon, who came out with Governor Hunter. Left to their own resources, these daring youths fitted up a boat, eight feet long, which they aptly named the Tom. Thumb ; and, accompanied by a little boy, set sail, and examined - every inlet and cove, and ex tended their survey twenty miles beyond the limits reached by the officers of Government. It was not till the year 1797 that Bass, in a whale boat with six men, ascertained Van Diemen's Land to be an island, and gave his name t o th e stra i ts w hi c h di v id e them. Fem voyages can compete with this daring exploit. Six hundred miles were traversed in an unknown sea by seven men in an open boat., three hundred miles of coast were added to our geographical knowledge ; and the rela tive position of Australia and Van Diemen's Land es tablished ! In 1804 the indefatigable Flinders obtained a colonial brig, which was lost in Torres Straits, in company with the Cato ; their consort, the Bridgewater, sailed away, leaving them to perish. They removed . from the wrecks to a dry sand, large enough to contain the men and provisions ; and having erected tents, and secured all the stores they were able to recover from the wrecks, they selected Flinders to go in an open boat to Port Jackson, two hundred and fifty leagues, which he accomplished, and triumphantly returned with a ship and two schooners to their rescue !" The author, after giving a cursory account of the earliest Australian settlements, proceeds to offer some useful practical suggestions to the emigrant preiious to his making the voyage. The ship, he observes, in which he proposes to sail, should not be less than four hundred tons ; she should carry no cargo whatever between decks, and ought to be full six feet six inches under the beams on that deck. The emigrant should also write down all questions, and the answers to them, which relate to - the cabin, privileges, and. diet, as well as the number of cubic feet for goods lie is allowed without any payment, and the price for every extra cubic f oo t; he should moreover ascertain if filtering machines are supplied on board, and without these he should not embark. The author adds, that Neither owners, brokers, agents, nor captains, are to be generally trusted. On the subject of cabin passengers we have the fol. lowing remarks : " The part of the ship usually allotted to them is the after-part, that is, the part nearest the stern, comprisin g the cabins under the poop.deck ; and on the main.. deck, from the sternmost cabin to between the after and main hatchways. The stern-cabins are considered the most eligible, being retired, and having more light and air, and being generally the quietest. The cost of the passage must depend on the space rzquired, the na ture of the accommodation, and the number and age of the:passengera. In first-class ships—and no other should I be permitted to make the voyage—the charge for a man or woman is 701. or 80/., and for every child above fifteen years of age two-thirds of that amount. For two sisters, or a man and wife, occupying- the same cabin, the charge is less. For that sum they are supplied with fresh provisions, wine, and every necessary, with forty i cubic feet of stowage, in addition to every thing they choose to place in their own cabins.. They bava to find the fittings of their cabins, bedding, linen, and furniture? Of the climate of Western Australia, and the advantages which it holds out to settlers, Mr. Ogle speaks in the warmest terns of praise. It is in a position highly advantageous, he tells - us, whether considered in regard to Europe or to Asia. It is nearer, by one apan!h's voyage, to the f,r. , ,rmer than Sydney, and is only twenty-five days', sail from Madras ; and when steam-communication has been established, less than half that time' will be neces sary to convey the exhausted . Eurnriean, from the enervating climate of Hindostan to the invigorating and healthful air of Western Australia. The coast of the colony extends for two thousand miles, and abounds in the finest harbours. The climate: is dry; and adapted to most constitutions, and the northern part is calculated to grow cotton, sugar, opiu m, tea, coffee, and all the products of a tropical 4:litnat e. Altogether,- the autho r cons id ers it,---especiallyth e northern division, which is • usually design3ted th e settlement of Swan - River—the most impoitant co_ lony which has ever be e n f o u n ded by Great :Britain_ ATTACK ON THE JUNG OF THE FRENCH'S CARRIAGE, BY A LUNATIC. ADDITIONAL .DETAILS. (From the Paris Papers of Sunday.) The name of the woman whit (see The Sun , af tester day) threw a stone into the King's carriage on 'Friday afternoon, turns out to be Girondele, and not Girodet, as already stated. Her age is thirty-one years. She is a native of Brononvilliers, in the departme ht - of the Maine. She bad lodged in the Rue de Li' le, Paris, since the month of June last, at which period, she left her place of cook to a private family. ImmAliately after committing the offence agoinst the King and Queen, she. was taken into custody, and brought to the Conuiergerie. Every thing about her betrayed, at first sight, misery and derangement. She wore on her head, instead of a cap, a red handkerchief, which was in great disorder, and otherwise covered with rags. No papers were found on her person, to show who and what she wag; It was with difficulty, in the midst of her incoherent replies, that her name could be collected. It was remarked to her ibat . the stone thrownw' "Alt the King's carriage seeme d i e some sort "lis h t t . ime and its sides, and that it must h ave req .: Ir hon into all labour to give it th at appearance. S7l:eulansc"ieked with the volubility whi c h c h aracter i se d a ll h er ...0 ePics yes ! I have carri e d i t a l ong t i me. I know t. !I ; r ell I know well that it i s polished." The Attorney-Go. having interrogated her briefly, expressed his convietn, that she was out of her mind. Two eminent physicians, Drs. Chomel and Vignardonne, were accordingly sent for to examine into the state of her mental and bodily health. They declared, as will he seen presently, that she laboured under an absence of all intellectual faculty. The following is the report of the physicians : " We, the undersigned, Doctors of Medicine of the Faculty of Paris, were called in by the Prefect of Po lice this 18th of October, at a quarter to tea o'clock at night, to examine a woman named to us, Stephanie Giroudelic, who had been arrested in the afternoon for having thrown a stone at the King's carriage. When introduced to her, we examined and interrogated her. It became evident to us during that examination that she was labouring under mental alienation. The causes to which she attributed her resolution—the means even that she employed to carry it into execu tion—the expression of her countenance—the regularity of her pulse--left us no doubt respecting her mental condition. " In witness whereof, &c., " CHOMEL and VIGNARDONNE." M. Gilles, Commissary of Police, has addrc.;sed to the Prefect of Police a report, frem which the following arc extracts : "In compliance with—the order addressed to me by M. Holy d'Oissel, substitute of the King's, Attorney- General, I this morning took out of the prison of the Conciergerie Stephanie Girondelle, arrested yesterday evening, the moment after she had thrown a stone into the King's carriage. I conducted her to her lodging in the Rua Lille, where I proceeded to the strictest exami nation of her etrecis. They contained nothing of a suspicious character. This woman was in the habit of performing her religious duties. The only books she possessed were the Imitation of Jesus Christ, Christian Thoughts, a Prayer-book, the Episties and Gospels, and some pious pictures and images. " On our way, in the carriage in which I conveyed her, she wept several times, and her eyes became blood shot. I asked her the cause of her grief ? She replied, that she would rather die than be tormented as she had been during several months, by people whose voices she heard night and day, even their whispers, no mat ter how far distant they were, so fine was her sense of hearing. " She said also to me, that she should have been very. sorry had she done harm to the Queen, for she had tic such wish. Afterwards her mind . wandered. Setnc times she told me that she had heard the King say seve ral times to the persons who were about him, Why do they follow this woman ? Why do they torment her ? I wish that they would let her alone.' The King, however,' continued she, did not punish them. It became necessary, therefore, that I should thro7.7 a stone, at him, which I have done.'" Dr. Pasquier was on Friday evening summoned to attend the Queen. The result of his exarnination of his illustrious patient dissipated all apprehensions respecting her Majesty, to which this melancholy Lffair had given rise. NV° shall close these extracts from the Paris Journals with one remark. The affair in question has afforded a new proof that, however heated by politics or by disease, no single head in France has ever yet harboured for an instant a thought hostile to the Queen of the Frecch, nor for a moment betrayed ignorance of, or insensibility to, her sweetness, her benevolence, her piety—in a worl, her trunscendant virtues. NORTHALLERTON RACES.-FILIDAY. The Gold Cup of 100 guineas, by Subscriptions of 10 guineas each; three-year-olds, ist; four, B,t 31b; five, 8A 101 b; six and aged, 9st 21b ; mares and geldings allowed 21bs ; win ners of one gold cup this year, 71bs extra ; the winner of the St. Leger or Doncaster Gold Cup this year, 7lbs extra; of both, 101bs extra. Two miles. Colooel Cradock's br c The Provost, 3 yrs (Oates) 1 Duke of Cleveland's br c Kremlin, 3 yrs 2 The following also started but were not placed :—Colonel Craufurd's b f Dolphin, 3 yrs ; Mr. Bell's b f La Sage Femme, 3 yrs; and lion. E. Lascelles ndchc Abraham Newland, 5 yrs. Plate of 501., given by the Gentlemen of Northallerton and its vicinity, for all ages; three yrs, ist ; fou'r, Bst 21b; five, Bst blb ; six and aged, Bst 121 b; mares and geldings allowed 21bs; winners of 50/. in Plate, Match, or Sweepstakes, this year, 3lbs extra; of two or more, a Queen's Plato, 1001. in Plate or Match, or a Gold Cup, Sibs extra; the winner of the Northallerton Cup this year, bibs in addition. Two mile heats. Mr. Heseltine's br f The Shadow, 3 yrs Mr. Vansittart's bf by Sandbeck, 3 yrs .••••• ••• • •••• 1 3 2 Mr. Howarth's h f Fair Louisa, 3 yrs . Mr. Clark's ch c Auckland, 3 yrs HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. Mr. Morgan's hounds will meet on Friday, at Croscorneinion —at eleven. The Pembrokeshire hounds Thursday, at Felnhill—at ten. The Tivyside hounds Thursday, at Cenarth Bridge —at ten. The Carmarthen harriers Friday, at Foxhole—at ten. The Swansea harriers Saturday, at Bryn Back—at eleven. atThe Craven hounds F r id ay, at Great Shefford ; Saturday, Thrup. Mr. G. L. Cobham's hounds Friday, at Fristlestock Stone-- . at ten. _ Mr. Archer's hounds Thursday, at Tamerton Bridge —at half-past ten. Sir'W. Carew's bounds Thursday —at Whiteway—at eleven. atMr. Wall's harriers Thursday, a t Li tt l eton H a ll ; S aturday, New Radnor—at nine. The Whitehaven harriers Friday, at the Griffin—at ten. The Somersot subscription hounds Friday, at' Handrie's—at half-past ten. • a HAMBURG MAIL. HANOVER, OCT. 14.—The Commission has termi nated its labours, and would have already broken up had not his Majesty the King and Privy Councillor Von Faleke, the President of the Commission been absent. The latter accompanied the King to Blankenburg, whence it appears that the affair of the Constitution (which Baron Faleke has latterly directed almost alone) was a subject of discussion there. Not only the Duke of Brunswick, but several Prussian Princes were at Blankenburg. The King it is thought will be back by thelGth, when Baron Faleke will put the last hand to the new draft of a Constitution, and the Commission break up at the end of this week. HANOyER, Oct.. I.s.—The Hanoverian Gazette con thins the following Cabinet Order in its official part : Two petitions have been addressed to his Ainiesty the King, soliciting the dissolution of the present Gene ral Assembly of the Estates of the Kingdom. I have in consequence received his Msjesty's orders to make it known to the public that the question of the dissolution of the Assembly of the .Estates is one which the King alone has to decide, and that no iuterferenca with it from any quarter can be permitted. (From the Leipzic Allgemeine Zeitung.) STOCKHOLM, OCT. 6.—lt is reported oa credible authority, that the Government has forbidden the Fa culty of Jurisprudence, in the University of Rostock, to give opinions either on the general affairs of the Confe deration, or on those of single States of the Confedera tion, without the express permission of the higher au thorities, previously- obtained for each individual case ; this resolution has excited a general sensation and asto nishment, and the more so, as it is at variance wita all the maxims of government hitherto prevalent in our country. The motive for this step is indeed 'cone .'- able, and probably founded on the opinions respecting the validity of the Constitution, and o f the legality of the proceedings against the Gotting en p r o fess ors , fromof lei debg and 'Tubingen. The faculties of Jurispru dence which atl' ware ee obtained Universities The faculty at Rostock cannot certainly be blamed, if it sheuld not be satisfied with the above order, and pro test against it. HAMBURG, OCT. 7.—Count d'Alvielia yesterday presented to the Senate, in the usual manner, his cre dentials as Envoy Extraordinary from his Majesty the King of the Belgians. The St. Petersburgh Papers of the 12th of Oc tober contain no political news. General Grabbe, Commander-in -Chief of all the troops on the line of the Caucasus, has received from t h e Emperor the insignia of the Order of St. Alex ander Newsky, with a most gracious acknowledgment of his conduct, and that of his troops, in the war in Daghistan this year, and particularly in taking by storm the Castle of Achulzo, which was deemed inaccessible and impregnable, and was defended by mountaineets with desperate valour.—Hanzburgh Papers, Oct. 18. The stone for building the new Houses of Par liament , has been axed opo'n ; it is to be from the Stectly quarrie,s a short ctistanco from Worksop, estate recently p urc h ase d by th e D u k e o f Newcastle.— Leeds Mercury. o n the EVEN INC, EijITION. Ru , AL NAVAL BENEyOLEN T SOCIETY. took place at Oa Monday the quarterly meeting of elle be fr r ip ia d i s c r e ( a l supporters of this institution House Tavern, St. James's -street, Admiral . supported sir ton in the chair. The Gallant President was Ad _ on his left by Lord Radstocli, and on his righ. I ) ;:esent inirul Sir George Cockburn. There were also .14u 3. Bren .several other naval officers, among. whom were Ca ; 1 , 1 Bedtbrd, Purser George Nicholls, &c. 1 Captain Dick.sos, the Secretary, read the minutes o. the last quarterly meeting, and the Report was highly interesting. It appeared from the statement, that at present many officers of the navy could not afford the expense of getting their children educated in England, and were obliged to go. abroad for the purpose. After some :further routine business was gone through _Captain DICKSON read a letter from Adeiiral Sir Thomas Williams, announcing his intention to contri bute the sum of .500/. towards the establishment of a school for the . education of the daughters of naval officers., " having. for its basis the moons of affording them well-grounded religious instruction according to the tenets of the Church of Englaud." The announcement %v as received in the most cordial spirit of acknowledgment, and made the .staicet of a special vote of thanks. In consequence. of the vacancy occasioned by the de mise of Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, Admiral Sir Gra ham Mnore was appointed one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society. There were not less than 75 memorials for relief, and the available sum to be voted did not exceed 4501. In the mean time the several cases received the nma3l, - kind and considerate attention. Many of them weae painfully affecting ; but a just regard to what is due to the feeling of the parties precludes us from going into particulare. In conclusion, we wculd only observe that, pre-eminent as this country. is for the number and excellence of its charitable institutions, there is not one which, in a national sense, deserves more earnest and strenuous support than: the Royal Naval Benevolent SoCiety. THE WO-ODEN-P-A-VEIIIENT. • Yesterday the Old - Bailey whkh had for some days been closed in consequence of the improvement of the wooden blocks already laid down, and tha extension of it tower's Newgatc-street was re•orrened. The pave ment has also -been extended up to the gaol of New gate, and from the success attending the plan yester day there is every reascn to believe that all obstacles have been done away. The vestry _of - St. Marylebone h ave , d eterm i ned on ,paving with w o od the whole of the" carriage -way of Ox ford-Street, from Rathbone-place to Wells -street, Lelog a space of 4,000 superficial' yards, the Paving Corn mittee met yesterday to consider th e matter ; and, after considerable discUssiOn, it was resolved to invite all the known projectors of plans for wood paving to lay down specimens of their different modes of performing the works within the above-named spade. A variety of specimens of wooden blocks, some of a most singular character and appearance, have already teen deposited at the Court House, and the Committee have extended the time, for those of other projectors to be sent in, until Thursday next, when they will'again meet to hear the proposals, appoint the space to be allowed to each experiment, &c. The issue of these experiments will be conclusive as to the eligibility of rood paving for the streets of this metropolis, as this portion of the work will be subjected to the severe test of the wear and tear of 'Oxford-street for the space of• one year. The expe riment already laid down will then have been, at the ter mination of that period, subjected to- a trial of two. years, and the question of durability, slipperiness, and'. faci o li n t l y pa o n f ie t s a , king . all be b a e n d d et r e e r i n a L in e - d 2. . water-, after gas and. The wea ,::ler for the last two cr three days has become much ,I"armor. The differeflce in the tem perature this morning, Compared with Saturday's, is full four degrees. The Irish papers have cccounts of extensive and destructive floods in some pacts of the country. vv The Insolvent Debtors' Court sat yesterday to hear cases. There were 21 applications 1: - 01,1 persons confined in London prisons, and seven front country. gaols ; the letter were heard tor the first time, under the amencied act. Neith er th e i nso l ven t s nor t h e sureties attended the recognizance s were s i gne d an d presented to the cotn't for adoption... On Mr. Handley, MT., going into the Re .Barristers', Court lass week, a Conservative gen tlenian who had been crigagca ;in lessening the number of thei:tion. Gentleman's supperte.r.s, asked him to take a scat. .Mr. Handley immediately replier!, " No, I thank you, I have. a seat, and intend to keep it.— Linealit lifercury. SCHOOLMASTER.—Mr. Sheepshanks, ecar .Spalding, Lincolnshire, Lad a bill brought iniv him, irom a village blacksmith, as, follos :-9 To' menden to broken sorspuns-4punse. To handl to a kleffer-6. To pointen 3 iren skures-3. To re paircn a lanton-2. A hopper to a bel-8. Medsen atenden a cow sik. the nu norman a bad 1-6. To arf ada &pen a fillup a taken in 41 : .itdc--1 shillin. To a hole day elpen a tilinp a taken is a'vist-2 shillins. Totte 4 shilEns and flipunse." ALL THE DzvcratElN6.---21'he other day many influential members or a re;igiotis society in this neighbourhood were equnily.surprit:ed isnd delighted .4r) receive manuscript circular:4i .tating:` that after the aer vices en certain days named;" will be taken." Judge of their disappointment, obeli they were in formed .at,the propel time,„ ..that,," clitla.tions' had been nccidcntally written for f‘ coliectious..'—Syndcriand •uUDDEN DEA - Tll,-011 - !. - Tutsda y afternoon. about four o'clock, Eieanor, the -wife lof IVr. Cope, razdtster,OUNewport, was found lying 4 .. n the bed quite dead. S',.:eteek her dinner well and ilea rty, and was ikion,l spirits ; after which she 14ent s,'airs to dress, with . an' intention of going out.: Ab o ut Leif an hour, afterwards, st;,e„was found by het husbanc3 ;as de scribe-1r Sim wat aliatit 37 years of ale, and h. - t$ :left two chi Pron to lament her death.—Cantbrian. A Doclr_ c -- o_.-Ll'OiCrirePtii, iitst, an ox vtcn t In up none steps into the shop of Mr. Se'Coot!, perfurner.., in the High-street, Southampton, th :rice through a connecting passage to the dressing rop ' behind, wh cro Mr. Sel!wool, jun., was writing. Mr.' S. opened the door lesdieg to the garden, when fl)e six turned round in the room, walked into, and to tile bottom of the g-am'ieu, and back through a long paticage out at the side door, down the steps, and into the street, without doing the slightest damage whatever. l. _ . SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—On tli 11th instant, a son of Robert Bagshaw, butcher, f Chapel-ea-lc- Frith, was employed in a factory belonging to Mr. Dickenson, Waterside, to take care !of two carding engines, and whilst arranging the eqine strap was caught by it, and taken round the shaft of the drum, and had both his right leg and arm brollen in a dreadful manner.—Derbyshire Chronic l e.. Great indignation has .been cau+cl here by the infamous conduct of an English capOiti of a Tnerellant man, lately arrived from England - ,t4 Soryrna, who brought out two married women aspassengors under his charge, on their way to j o i n th e i r husha 'as, employed as ' encrincers by the Austrian C o mpany, an t o whom they made complaints of a series of indo e c ; and disgusting assaults perpetrated on them durio,gpr .. voyage by the captain. Application for redress . 1 1., s made to the Consul, who expressed his desire;- but nahility, to act. Surely Consuls should have' suflicieot Tower given to them to take cognizance of such - glatting instances of profligacy, and punish the Offenders. ' This is only a so litary case of many instances that. havie occurred here, in which females have been subjected th the most gross attacks of captains on their passe hut, and under whose charge they had placed thesis ves for protec tion.—Letter front Consiwilimple. WINTER MANAGEMENT ci , ': IE DAHLIA. i —We have more than oace had' ocea ion _to speak o f the cultivation of this. splendid g0v,.0.. 'rite f ac ili ty with which it is propagated , as wed always rentter it a d ec id e d ll cslite well•k nown gem in th e blooms the.- brigh). est f b a e v a o u u t r y i t o e f: the , I t p l n a o n t w , parterre ; and a more splendhl, or a greater acquisi tion to any collection of plants,. is not sit present known in the annals of floriculture. To. tho 4, therefore, who a d m i re the dahlia, any remarks c a l cu l ate d to improve its cultivation, or enhance its wortb4; will no doubt prove acceptable. The object at 'present aimed at, bovrever, is the 'preservation of the! root during the winter season. As the roots of this I L eve seriously injured, ant seriously injured, and not tinfrequet I it y killed l'- f they ace once suffered to be affected by the frost, it becomes indis pensably necessary that means be employed to prevent its ingress to the place in which they arc kept, and at the same time to prevent the roots from shri velling, and protect the vital principle. To accomplish this requires the exercise of care and skill on the part of the cultivator. The plan we adopt, thougi; at variance withl•general practice, has never yet disap pointed our expectations ; it is as follows :---Wilen the stems are destroyed by frost, they should be cut down and removed, but the roots should be left in the ground, i as experience proves that the roots so disposed of pro duce their flowers much earlier in the succeeding season , thin if 'they were taken up and preserved in a house.. To prevent the frosts from injuring the roots, they should be covered all winter with coal-ashes, saw dust, or dung, sufficiently thick to prevent the frost from in crustating the ground beneath. In order to preverft their becoming too bulky in the plant--a circumstance ' which follows this practice, all the shoots as they name up must be pruned off, except one or two, according to circumstances; and this pruning should be continued during their whole growth, so as to : model them into, any size or form that may be requireO. By a d opt i ng ; th i s p l an , as w e have just observed, 'excellent and very ear ly flowers may 100 obt ained---ntlssinvise, it is of little c onsequcucc where they are kept duritire winter, so that they be dry, and secured from frcif. - =-Weekly Paper. BEES : — Such has again been the unfavourable nature of the season for this interestiog. insect, that at the late Leominster AgrieultitialitNeting there was no trial for the prize offered-for tho•larst hive, and many .. colones have been d e p o p u l ate d . —Hereford Times. :~~. ~: , ~` ~ , .~ 4.`. ,~