The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-26 00:00:00

ALLERY OF PRACTICAL SCIENCE, LOWTHER ARCADE. On Thursday there was a private view of the improve silents which have been in progress in the repository of z, r i- 1 inal and useful inventions with which the pu.;;1 . 16 are so well acquainted. It has been closed for it Week or two to allow of an entire ar.d complete examination of the works, to remove such as have already become known and practi cally useful, and to substitute others of more recent inven tion or improvement. Amongst the articles to be added is, we are told, Dr. Arnoi.'‘'s stove, which, from what we have heard of it, is one of the most efeetive and truly economic leiventionsfor domestic uses which has been made for a very long period. The small quantity of fuel required to keep this stove in a state of full activity for warming the a partments, or for cooking, is so very trifling, as it has been stated to us, that it must add materially and extensively to the comfort of the working- classes—that is, after the stove has been set up, -and the er k iense of this is not by any means extravagant ; however, when we see it in operation, we shall then be able to give an exact account of all the details with which it is Cot nected. The principal object of the view to-day was to display - the variety and power of the new solar, now called hydro oxyon, microscope in the enlarged room, which has been !fitted up for the purpose of holding, if necessary, from 400 Ito 500 persons. This was the first trial o f it s p ower i n the i apartment, which it was stated s to be opened to the pub- Ikeon Monday next. The experiments were upon a large scale, according to the size of the object ; and it certainly acted with great force and beauty, i n d e t ec ti ng the hitherto mysteries of the construction of the minuter animals and animaleulw, ana the construction of the fibrous parts of leaves and flowers, and of all the entomological tribes, from the emperor butterfly down to t h e sma ll es t mo th. N one of their minutest ramifications can escape detection, and in that way it is a most excellent adjunct to natural history. We think, however, that objects unpleasing, deformed, or ferocious, the infliction of unnecessary pain even upon the smallest of the creation endowed with vitality, should be avoided—a bad or morbid feeling may be fond of such sights, but it is part o f t h e d u t y o f p u bli c ex hibitors, parti cularly of science, to correct those vulgar notions, and to i m prove the taste of the public. HISTORY OF NEWSPAPERS IN SCOTLAND. The first newspaper published in Scotland was " A Diur nal of some Passages and Affairs," originally printed in Lon don, and reprinted at Leit'a by Christopher Higgins. The first number was dated in November, 1652, but the publi cation did not survive a twelvemonth. Before its appear ance several papers, chiefly devoted to the affairs of Scotland, were produced in the English metropolis ; of these may bb mentioned " The Scots Scout's Discoveries " (1642); "'the Scotch Intelligencer, or the Weekly News from Scotland and the Court " (1643) ; " The Scottish Dove, sent out and returning," (1643) ; " Intelligence from the South Borders of Scotland, written from Edinburgh," (1644) ; " Mercurius Scoticus, or a Tree Character of Af irs in England, Ireland, and Scotland, and other Foreign Parts" (1651) ; " The Theme, orlScoto-Presbyter " (1652.) " Mercurius Politicus, comprising i the sum of all intelligence, with the affairs and designs now on foot in the three nations of England Ireland and Scotland" published likewise in London, was first reprinted at Leith in October, 1653. In the succeeding years the press from which it issued was transferred to Edinburgh, where the publication was continued until April, 1660, when, in place of the for mer title, was substituted that of " Mercurius Publicus." The first newspaper written and printed in Scotland was the " Mercurius Caledonius, comprising the affairs in agita tion in Scotland, with a survey of foreign intelligence." It was edited by Thomas Sydserf, son to the Bishop of Orkney. The first number appeared on the 31st of Dc. , cember, 1660, and the production, which was issued weekly, expired on the 22d of March, 1661. It was succeeded by the " Kingdom's Intelligencer," a London journal, which continued to be reprinted at Edinburgh for about ten years. In 1683 ap peared in the English capital " Scotch Memoirs, by way of dialogue between John and Elymas." " The Edinburgh Gazette, publishedl,y authority," was first issued in 1680 ; and, after being ai)andoned for a considerable time, was re vived in 1699, and continued to be published until after the Union. In 1705, appeared the " Edinburgh Courant" and the 4 ‘ Scots Courant," every Monday and Wed nesday--in 1710, the former was edited by the ce lebrated Daniel Defoe. In 1708 was published " The FAlinburgh Flying Post" three times a week ; in 1709, " The Scots Postman" appeared on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, by licence of the Magistrates of the city, who " prohibited all others from printing newspapers on these days." In 1710 was issued the " North Tatler" on Monday and Friday ; in 1714 " The Edinburgh Gazette, or Scots Postman," on Tuesday and Thursday ; and in 1718 " The Edinburgh Evening Courant" thrice a week, the publisher " being obliged befcre publication to give a coppie of his print to the magistrates." The first number of the " Caledonian Mercury" was published in 1720. The earliest journal which Glasgow possessed was " The Glas gow Courant," commenced in 1715. Beyond the Forth there was no newspaper until " The Aberdeen Journal" was issued in 1748. In 1793, the number of papers in Scotland was 14 ; of which there were printed in Edin burgh 7, in Glasgow 4, in Aberdeen 1, in Dumfries 1, in Kelso 1. In 1825 there were published in Scotland 35 journals, of which Edinburgh possessed 11, Glasgow 5, Aberdeen 2, Dumfries 2, Dundee 2, Ayr 2, Inverness 2, Kelso 2, Montrose 2, Perth 1, Paisley 1, Cupar-in-Fife 1, Stirling 1, Greenock 1. At present there are 55 news papers in Scotland. In 1801 the number of stamps issued for newspapers in Scotland was 994,280 ; in 1833, 3,038,292. The gross produce of the stamp duties amounted in 1811 to 21,2881.; i• 1833 to 51,4651. — Oliver and Boyd's New Edinburgh Almanac for 1837. Two fires occurred on Thurs-lay night through want of due caution with lighted candles. At Mr. Bennett's, hemp dresser, 1, Pleasant•.row, Great Guildford -street, Southwark, a fire was the,s caused in the workshops, and very serious damage stone to the stock before tike fire could be extinguished. T.tre building itself was also slightly da maged.—At Mr. Jriseph Kaye's, linendraper, 55, Totten ham-cOurt-road, u quantity of goods beneath the shop counter was 'set fire to and destroyed, and but for the early arrivrA of the firemen from different western sta tions wit:a their engines, the damage might have been far greater, TATE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.—The at tractions of this ever very popular Magazine will be greatly in creased at the commencement of the New Year ; not alone by the talents of the new Editor, (Mr. Theodore 'Hook), but also by his influence with a numerous circle o friends, who have volunteered to aid him in his undertaking —one for which he appears so eminently fitted. Dr. Lingard is preparing for the press a new edition of his History of England, to be published in Monthly Volumes, at Five Shillings each, illustrated with beautiful engravings. The author has given the work a thorough revision, and proves his facts in every instance by references to additional authorities. The entire work will not exceed twelve volumes . Th e l a b our g i ven to t h e preparat i on o f this edition having of course occupied largely his time and thoughts, the public may now hope, on its completion, that a continuation to the work will be begun. A History of England from the time of the last James, written with the original views, lucid narrative and great industry of Dr, Lingard, would be a national object. IRISH IMPORTS.—Last week the supply of oats from Ireland amounted to 20,782 quarters, while those of English growth were only 2,027 quarters, and from Scot land 4,979. Of other provisions, up to the same period, there have been received at the port of London 5,916 firkins of butter, and 1,815 bales of bacon. Liverpool -8,002 firkins of butter, 1,128 quarters of wheat, 1,670 quarters of barley, 7,366 quarters of oats, 10,241 sacks of flour, and 7,102 loads (240 lbs, each) of oatmeal. Bristol —1,569 firkins of butter, 1,224 pigs, 119 bales of bacon, 159 sacks and 27,- cwt, of flour, 632 quarters and 1,801 barrels of barley, 714 sacks and 1,000 barrels of oats, 40 cwt. of oatmeal. At Gloucester 17 barrels of wheat, 1,679 arrels of barley, 4,440 barrels of oats, and 100 firkins of utter. And tall this iZ to short a space of time, from a country, one-third of whose population are in a state closely borderinp; on star✓ation, and who scarcely know the taste of any orke of the articles enumerated. Assurances reach us from various quarters that the new year will be ushered in by the long talked-of Naval Promotion, and that no less than 102 Captains will either obtain . ..heir flags or retirement ; the lion. G. Paulett is in elwled. This will of course give two shillings additional half-pay t o th e 200 office-4s who will then be at the top of the list, and well the" will need such a solace, as they can scarcely expect a:iother flag promotion for at least ten years to come. As far as we can judge, about 55 officers will be put, to the active flag list—active, at least, in a comParatL,re sense, for the great bulk of those thus raised in rani . .; can tell of fifty years' servitude, and the list of Ad:nirals will then comprise about 185. At the last pro motion, of July, 1830, the list was 198, at which time 48 or 49 Captains were promoted.—Hampshire Telegraph. LIBEL LAW.—The Leamington Chronicle has a second time been dragged into a Court of Law for the pub lication of an alleged libel in the publication of which that Journal declares it had no participation whatever, and in the printing of which all evil design is distinctly denied. We are glad that the verdict fully exonerated our able and ho nest Contemporary, and congratulate the Chronicle on its escape from the meshes of a libel law, that is an insult to the common sense, and an opprobrium to the legislative system in which it is suffered to exist, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1836. r~ ~~T I ~i~ Zbie nrC _ LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1836. The natural and moral right of the poor of Ireland to a life-sustaining share of the products of a soil, ren dered valuable by their ill-requited industry, has never been called in question. If hitherto no law of the land have restrained the power of a wealthy aris tocracy, who, with a narrow-minded selfishness, suc cessfully resisted the recognition of this indefeasible right, the pretext for such omission has been that none of the systems based upon this right was suited to the meridian of Ireland. Legislators and Statesmen all contended that the remedy was a thousand times worse than the disease, no matter in what shape adopted ; and upon this question only did they preserve a con sistency in their apparent zeal for the social and moral happiness of Ireland, which contrasts strangely with their general treatment of the inhabitants of that country. Was it found necessary to terrify England by the fear of a coercive system of policy, unless she acknowledged the just ascendancy of the leading faction at Court ? A Coercion Bill was instantly passed for Ireland. Was it deemed expedient to ac custom the people of this country to violations of the British Constitution by the Law-officers of the Crown ? The most peaceable districts in Ireland were proclaimed in a state of rebellion, and escheats were only limited by the silence of the courtiers, when sufficiently enriched with grants to which neither themselves nor the Crown had any just title. Was it judged convenient to rid this country of a public man, influential and dangerous from his family connexions and borough ownership, but, either on account of his ignorance, his vices, his principles, or his physical infirmities, disqualified to fill any public office of trust in England ? In what way did the Crown dispose of him ? Why, send him to Ireland, to be sure. Wisdom, virtue, a love of jus tice, and the use of the ordinary faculties of speech and action, were not absolutely necessary to the mis government of any people—and still less to the mis government of a people broken-spirited by oppression, and habituated to every conceivable species of mis rule. But from the evils said to be inseparable from a Poor Law, Ireland was carefully and assiduously exempted. Her poor were protected from the conta mination of workhouses, in order that they might starve in a state of unsophisticated innocence. Her people were suffered to beg in thousands, rather than expose them to the perils of contracting a fond ness for food, with a philosophical contempt for the pleasures of excessive drudgery. To keep charity alive in the hearts of the rich mendicancy on the part of hundreds of thousands of the working classes was not only tolerated but defended. Charity in Ireland was always a dear commodity, notwithstanding all that has been said and written to the contrary. The prime cost of the article is still enormous. Mr. MICHAEL STA UNTON, whose statistical information is so justly a speech addressed to the Na celebrated, stated in tional Association of Ireland on Tuesday last, that the cost in human life alone, for the voluntary sympathy of the rich for the misery of the poor of Ireland, ave raged an annual sacrifice of forty-four thousand indi viduals ! What an awful price to pay for the culti vation of what in rich men is more a sentiment than a virtue. Forty-four thousand individuals annually de prived of existence for the encouragement of Christian charity in a Christian community ! Hear this ye starve-beggar economists—ye sticklers for voluntary alms-giving. It is scarcely necessary to quote the fol lowing extract from an article on Poor Laws, which appears in the third Number of the Dublin Review —which has this instant been put into our hands—in order to prove that " the voluntary principle of cha , ritv," as it is called, is wholly ineffectual as a means of removing the tnass holy ekigifig iii Ireland i and that even Were it otherwise; the encou ragement of such a prinCiple as it is now alloWed to operate, would brit tend to, the inb-eak bf head * . e heed not the sentimental cant, with which many in terested, and some well-meaning persons, meet the propo sition of a legal assessment. They are apprehensive, for sooth, that the kindly and generous feelings, which form the basis of voluntary benevolence, will be utterly dissolved, and melt away before the constraint of the law ; and that the amiable dispositions and sensibilities of the Irish charac ter are in danger of being obliterated, by being brought into contact with any other kind of obligation. They think it as absurd to require humanity, as Falstaff did to expect truth, upon compulsion ;' and they would, perhaps, stand aghast if they were told, what is, nevertheless, true, that the charity, which they would fain portray in such ethereal and unearthly guise, coincides, in all. its distinctive qualities, with the poet's loose conception of the most gross and vici ous form of earthly passion : Love, free as air, at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies.' " There might he something like reason in what they say, if men were, or ought to be, the mere toys of impulse, moved or blown about, in every situation, by their feelings without the rule of judgment. But when we apply such romantic jargon to the deliberate consideration of a most solemn. and serious duty, it becomes not only ridiculous, but in a very high degree culpable ; being injurious alike to the true moral sense, and to the interests which it is brought forward to serve. " With respect to the practice of voluntary alms-giving in Ireland— as f ar as it procee d s f rom motives of pure bene volence and religious duty—which we are sure it does, in numerous instances—we have no fear—there are, indeed, no grounds for fearing—that the force of those sentiments would be weakened by a legal provision for the poor ; but, at the same time, we are as firmly convinced that the relief now distributed through their impulse and suggestion, would not be rendered spontaneously available to the purposes, or amenable to the rules, of such voluntary associations as the Report contemplates. On the other hand, if the charity called Voluntary' be extorted in any instances—and we are sure it is in many—by improper importunity, by terror, by the exhibition of fictitious distress and exaggerated misery, if it be lavished without discrimination or reflection, and do, in fact, cherish and perpetuate the evil which it is meant to remove, then, the sooner that kind of benevolence is got rid of the better. Finally, whether the principle be is mixed, or purely charitable, whether it be such as deserves unqualified encouragement, or such as would be improved by correction and reform, experience proves, that it is not to be relied on, as adequate to the distresses of the poor, or sufficient to enforce their claims upon the community at large. Does this voluntary benevolence stimulate those who witness it, to go and do in like manner ? Does it melt those to pity who have no pity ? Does it thaw the icy heart of the miser, subdue the forestaller, arouse the heed less, or shame the unfeeling? No ; but it relieves them from the necessity of giving anything. It saves them, as well as their benevolent neighbours, from pillage. It keeps the destitute and importunate from their doors. It acts as a direct bounty upon selfishness and inhumanity, while it taxes the good, in exact proportion to their goodness." The few clamourers who oppose the establishment of a system of Poor Laws in Ireland, on account of the evils inseparable from every such system, will do well to compare their worst abuses with the " living death," which so many thousands of their fellow creatures must endure in a land, where upwards of two millions of people are for thirty weeks in the year without half a necessary supply of the coarsest food. Let them mark the expense at which the poor of Ireland purchase the virtues of gratitude, and a fondness - for labour, for which they are distin guished, and say then does Heaven require that the most exalted qualities should be fostered at such 'a charge ? If the Irish aristocracry cannot be charitable under a system of social Government which shall have the effect of saving the lives of thousands of their fellow creatures, now sacrificed to their ignorance, their selfishness, and their caprices—why then with them rests the responsibility. We are more interested in saving the lives of the poor than in fostering the maudlin sensibilities of the rich. It is admitted on all sides that something must be done for the poor of Ireland. The abolition of tithes, the reform of the Corporations, the appointment of a Catholic magistracy, and all the other reforms included under the cry of " Justice for Ireland," will not fill the starving peasant's belly, if a Poor Law be over looked. The first want of the Irish poor is food ; the next the means of self-supplying it by honest industry. There is not an argument employed against the expe diency of establishing a system of Poor Laws in Ire land, which do not apply with much greater force to the people of Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Mecklen burg, Wurtemberg, Prussia, and Bavaria—and yet in all these countries Poor Laws are established, and what is much more, operate beneficially. In Denmark all persons are entitled to relief who are unable, by their own labour, to earn the means of subsistence; whether such inability is the consequence of bodily infirmity, want of work, or very low wages. The rate is raised by each town and parish for the support of its own poor, and those supported from the common fund are obliged by law to repay the money thus given to them as soon as they are in a condition to afford it. The people generally are comfort able, and there is neither mendicancy nor deaths from starvation in the country. The system of Poor Laws established in Sweden is highly objectionable, inasmuch as it places the liberty of the able-bodied pauper under the direct control of the Government police. Every town and parish sup ports its own poor, as in Denmark ; mendicancy is un known ; but the interference of the Government is everywhere too visible. The peasants generally are an hundred times better off than the same class of per sons in Ireland. In Norway the poor of each parish are billetted upon their rich neighbours. Every large farmer, in proportion to his wealth, must take charge of so many paupers. This system works well in Norway, but is wholly inapplicable to the state, religious and moral, of such a country as Ireland. In Wurtemberg the Church propetty is entirely devoted to the maintenance of the poor. Any officer suffering any individual to die of hunger within his district, renders himself liable to be tried for murder. Complaints have been raised against the ingratitude of the paupers ; but it is not the less true, that in Wur temberg, Mecklenberg, Prussia, and Bavaria, the con dition of the poor is much more comfortable than it is in England, and that they are neither wanting in habits of economy or industry. There is, therefore, no just cause for dreading that a good Poor-law would operate banefully upon the moral habits of the Irish poor ; while there can be no doubt but that it would save the lives of the thousands who now annually die of hunger ; and of the still greater number who:die of lingering diseases, engendered by cold and famine. The electors of the great and influential county of Mid-Lothian, gave a grand dinner to`Mr. GIBSON CitAIG on Thursday last. Mr. CRAIG stood for the county at the last election, and though he entered the lists only at the eleventh hour, owing to the abrupt and! unexpected retirement of Sir JAMES DALRYMPLE, and of course at an incalculable disadvantage, com pared to what lie would have done had there been time to mature those arrangements on which so much depends in a contested election, he very nearly obtained a victory over his opponent. Of his suc cess at the next trial of strength that may take place between the parties, there is not the least doubt entertained by those who are capable of forming a correct opinion on the subject ; and certainly the im posing character of the meeting to which we have alluded, is calculated to impress even all those who are not so well qualified to judge with the same convic tion. The electors who met on this occasion, and among whom we find the elite of the county in wealth, respectability, and talent, were obliged for want of a room sufficiently large to divide themselves into two parties. Nearly 300 dined at the White Hart, Dal- did half as many More at another inn in the sdme All there; too; ‘Vere botinficie' not persons bollp.,Cied froth the high-ways and bve-:*dyoi iceoiding td `form rnac e. 0 A Mr. GIBSON CRAIG aii acitnirable speech, which we regret our inability to lay before ctl! reaclerS at full length. We cannot, however, deny ourselves the pleasure of a short extract or two. We can hardly persuade ourselves that the " fac tion " will be much flattered by the picture which Mr. CRAIG draws of them in the subjoined sketch. It is, however, not only a likeness, but true to the life. " Nothing could be more humiliating than for a statesman of the Tory party to look back, and, considering the power and influence they once possessed and still hold to a certain degree, think by what inconceivable blunders they had allowed the power to be wrested out of their hands. They seemed as if they had lived in another atmosphere, and to have been utterly incapable of judging of the opinions of the people ; indeed they appeared to take the public opinion from cote ries and dinner parties of their own. They, in fact, insisted on ruling this country on the principles of their ancestors, which were just as well suited to the present times as if they walked about in their bag-wigs and square-cut coats. These were the men who were satirised by Swift as the tailors of Laputa, who botched the coats by cutting them on ma thematical principles, without regard to the bodies of those who were intended to wear them.—(Cheers.) These were the men who with self-complacency indulged them selves in lordly reveries, and never dreamed of their danger until they were rudely awakened by the flapper of public o pinion. —(Loud cheers.) Their whole opposition was like to the conduct of a child who holds the safety-valve, and thinks he increases the power of the engine, while he is only forcing it into activity to accelerate its explosion. They might clog the machine, and load it until it burst ; but he maintained that they wanted the skill-4)f the engineer to conduct it, and notwithstanding all their past experience, were as dogmatical as ever in the belief of their own infalli bility."—(Loud cheers.) After giving a remarkably clear explanation of the Irish Church Bill, and vindicating it in a powerful manner from the misrepresentations of the Tories, Mr. CRAIG makes the following happy application of the argumentum ad hominem. Let the Scotch Tories lay it to heart : • But does any one not know that the Church of Scot land has been founded on appropriation from the time that it was established on the ruins of the Church of Rome, and that a certain part of the funds have been only applied to the purposes of the Church, and the remainder put into the pockets of the landholders? You have not only the autho rity of the early Reformers for this, and Acts of Parlia ment down from that time, but the law and practice of the country at this moment.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.) And then Sir G. Clerk, in allusion to the Irish Appropriation Clause, talked of the downfal of the Church, and his friends shouted sacrilege. Now if that were really the case, the least they could do is to pay back to the Church the plun der which they or their ancestors have taken for centuries ; and further, if they would not incur the guilt of wilful sa crilege, they should in consistency throw the whole unap propriated teinds into the extension fund of the General Assembly.—(Loud cheers, and hear, hear.) If these gen tlemen should plunder and sacrilege, that is the way of proving their sincerity, otherwise we must throw doubt upon it. I say that any Scotsman who objects to this principle of appropriation, must abjure the Constitution of the Church of Scotland, and must acknowledge that that regulation of the funds, has been a main evil to the Church—otherwise that man is not entitled to hold .hose doctrines as to the Irish appropriation clause." PRICES 01" STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK, Bmik Roe*, — , India Smelt.— ... — 3 per Cunt. liciL - - --• • - ;,--- pm. trier Cent. 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(A N approach of the COMMENCEMENT of JANUARY, all those who may have to write to us before that time, are requested to do so without delay, and to be particular in directing, HEINE BROTHERS, in HAMBURG H, and to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, but several inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus 101., 201., or 301., for instance, if remitted in One Bank of Eng land Note would only cause double Postage, but 101. remitted in two notes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is there fore most advisable, for any Person having to remit Money to Ham burgh, to forward the amount in One Note; or having to receive Money from Hamburgh, to receive the same in One Note, when ever possible. Of course remittances from Hamburgh to England, surpassing the usual amount of One Bank of England Note, may rather be made in Bills of Exchange, on London. We request not to overlook these particulars. HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURGH. P. S. To persons having to remit 61., on receiving a Ten Pound Note, we return Two Pound in the cheapest way possible. The publication of Ms SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o'clock. SNOW STORM. A tremendous snow-storm took place last night ; it commenced yesterday morning, and has been heavier than has been known for some years. In consequence of the severity of the storm, many of the mails were delayed for hours beyond their usual time. Many of them did not reach town till twelve o'clock, and the whole number that has arrived up to three o'clock is not more than fiiteen. LLOYD'S. S lIIPPIN Til IS DAY.) tiEt. 24. Wind N.E., blowing very strong, in squalls, with !mow throughout the day. Remain, the Caro line, from Quebec; flartleti from Quebec; and Baltic, Pug- Wash, from do., for Sunderland. 4‘RiNhwAv, DEc. 20.—The Henry, JoiAing,, from Mira thichi to . 1 .111111, i 914 pert into Westhash water-logged and decks swept. KILLIBEGS, DEC. 21.—Vid Oticiec packet, from Quebec it 91i'f_r,oi was driven from her anchors itt Arrow Road, during a heavy gale; trrrd was obliged to run for Rutland, where she was put upon a soh. :101 , 4 bank, and now lies in safety. The Swan, M`Kelvin, bound to "ff,,toort, put into Rutland 14th inst., under jury mass, by the Dertg. FAi.mot,rrn, DEC. 24.—Wind N. E., hard galcs.—Atrived from London, the Hibernia. YARMOUTH, Dec. 24.—The Accommodation and Hudson, of this port, Emery, Husband, of Scarborough, and Lavinia, Ridlcy, of London, were on shore on this beach yesterday. The Betsey, Heron, of Shields, is on shore here. DUBLIN, DEC. 22.--Arrived the Royal steamer, Wilson, from Quebec. The Hugo, Nagles, bound to Barbadoes, sunk on East Hoyle on the 23d inst. The Sandbach, Bispham, bound to Demerara, was on shore at Mackbiggen, on the 23d, with two feet of water in the hold, and two of the crew saved. The Caroline, for Savannah, was on shore near Mackbiggan, with ten feet of water in her hold. The Febio, Sedesio, for Orleans, was totally wrecked near L'port on the 23d. The Promise, Shearer, from Quebec, was on shore at East Heyde on the 24th, abandoned. The Victoria, Candler, bound to Charleston, has put back to Liverpool, stranded, and must dishcarge, having been aground. The Spring, Henry, of Shields, having been in contact with the Mary Ann, from Quebec to Sunderland, was run on shore near Harwich yesterday, to prevent her sinking. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The James Turean, Tuscan, from Bengal, at Liverpool, sailed July 29 ; St. Helena, -. Arrivals at Calcutta.-The Bengal, Aug. 9, from London; the Sir John Rae Reed, 12th, from Mauritius and Madras ; the Strath Eden, 12th, from London and Madras; the Isabella Cooper, 10th, from Portsmouth ; the Shepherdess 11th, from Mauritius ; the Hellas, 9th, from Liverpool ; the Eleanor, 14th, from Bombay and Madras ; the Trossigur, 21st, from Bordeaux, Bourbon, and Pondicherry ; the Sophia, 21st, from Bombay; the Joseph and Victor, 22d, from Bourbon and Ma dras; the John Adam, 22d, from Bombay, Madras, and En nore ; the Turis, 22d, from Liverpool ; the Lord William Bentinck, 22d, from London and Cape ; the Artemis, 23d, from London and Madras ; the Caledonia, 23d, from Madras ; the Cavendish Bentinck, 23d, from Bushire ; the Phoenix, 23d, put back with loss of anchor ; the Edmonstone, 24th, from Mauritius and Ennore; the Benconin, 18th, from Syd ney and Madras ' • the Surrey, 11th, from Mauritius ; the Ba boo, 12th, from London; the Orient, 18th, from Portsmouth and Madras ; the Emily, June 9, from China and Singapore ; the Asia, 10th, from London and Madras; the Gunga, 10th, from Liverpool, Rio, and the Cape, and was to sail Sept. 6, for Liverpool ; the Sulimany, 10th, and Bombay Castle, 11th, from Bombay ; the Ruthdra, 13th, from Boston ; the Castor, 13th, from Bourbon and Madras; the Alexander, 14th, from Sydney ; the Falcon, 14th, from Mauritius ; the Princess Vic toria, 29th, from Bombay ; the Syed Khan, 24th, from China and Singapore. Departures from Calcutta.-The Juliana, Aug. 31, for Mauritius; the Trident, 18th, for Mauritius; the Magnet, 18th, for Liverpool ; the Horizon, 21st, for Bourbon ; the Per fect, 28th, for London ; the Enmure, 26th, for Mauritius ; the Viscount Melbourne, 29th, for China ; the Jane Gondie, 31st, for Sydney ; the United States, 31st, for Boston ; the Fortfield, Sept. 1, for Bombay. Departures from Saugor.-The Mary Ann Webb, Aug. 25, the Ripley, 29th, and the Magnet, 23d, all for Liverpool ; his Majesty's ship Wolfe, 24th, for Mauritius ; the Otterspool, 16th, for China; the Parsee, 17th, for London; the Bisson, 17th, for Bourbon ; the Adolphe, 20th, for Bourbon. THE MARKETS--(THIS DAY): CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all descriptions of Grain last week were good, and there was a considerable return of Flour. The trade was generally dull throughout the week, but good Oats obtained rather more money. This morning the fresh samples of Corn were moderate, and having had a storm of snow and wind, the market appeared disconcerted, and owing to a small attendance, little business was transacted. Fine Wheat has obtained Is. per quarter advance, but other sorts were neglected. Good malting Barley is also dearer, but other qualities continue dull. Beans and Pease remain as last reported. Some sales of Oats were effected at rather higher prices than on this day se'nnight. There was little business done in the Flour trade last week, and prices are unaltered. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) .4s 633. Beans, Small (new) 382.425. -White (01d)... 60s. 655. -Red 18.36) ..........44x. 50s. - Tick (new) 34s 365. -- Fine 525. 555. ------ (old) 408.445. Superfine ......... 565. 603. - Harrow (new) 365.:385. -White (1836) ....... 465. 525. Fine s4s. Wis. Brank .. 348 . 383 • -- Superfine ......... 60s. 635. Oats, Feed 265.315. Foreign free. ........ -v. -s. New 233.275. Rye 34s 3ss. Poland 255. 32s Barley ' , Ss. POs New 24s. 30s. - Grinding .308. 325. Potatoe 308.325. - Malting 365.338. Malt 4fis. 55s - Scotch 305.355. - Fine New 60s 655. - Irish 23s 265.28s Pease, Grey, New 3(s. 3Ss Flour Town (per sack) 528.555. - Maple New 495. 40s. -Seconds 465.505. - White 38s 40s. - North Country ....... 42s 455. - Boilers 425.445 Bran loB.lls. IARRIVALS OF - N GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK Wheat. Barley. „ Oat 4 s. English 10 .,9 0 t 4 qrs. 117 F k o fi u g r a . cks Irish Foreign 1,912 1,011 421 - SMITHFIELD MARKET This day's supply was very short, and the sale was dull at little alteration from the prices last quoted : PRICES PER STONE OF BLB. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s d. Inferior Beasts 2 2 2 4 Inferior Sheep 2 4 2 6 Second quality ditto 2 8 8 2 Second quality ditto Prime large Oxen 3 6 4 0 Coarse-woolled ditto .... 310 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 8 Large Hogs. 1 2 3 8 Prime small ditto ... ...... 5 0 5 4 Small Porkers ....... S•ickling Calves each ...Ili b 32 0 Quarter old Pig each 12 is 20 0 SUPPLY, AS PER CLEP.R'S STATEMENT. Beasts. I I Sheep. Calves. Pigs 1,141 12,100 I 1 6 40 About `..'o:i of Ow Beasts came up the St. Alban's road ; about SOO up the other northern roads; about 150 (including Irish) from the western and midland districts ; about 200 from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire ; about 40 from Kent and Sussex ; and most of the remainder from the marshes, &c. in the neighbourhood of London. DENH ALL MARKETS. ,y the Carcass, NEWG ATE AND LEA . At per stone, b s d. to s. d. s, d. to s d. Beef, inferior 2 2 2 4 Mutton, inferior 2 4 2 6 - middling ...... ~.... 2 6 210 -- middling 2 8 2 2 -- prime large - prime 3 4 3 S - prime small 3 8 4 0 Pork, large 1 6 4 4 Veal 3° 4 4 small 4 6 410 SCOTCH MARKETS. Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Aberdeen Igerwiek Coldstream Cupar Dundee Elgin Inverness K , ks Perth e a y . . V?. The mil 46 to 52 2B to 30 33 47 21 28 31 36 2l 24 45 5 6 126 31 48 58 30 33 40 50 24 26 48 52 30 33 37 45 23 27 137 42 23 31 50 56 23 26 :e of the measure vari NNBURG: small suppl We had a very rather quick. I CORN of all kinds 19 to 25 18 25 16 18 18 22 20 25 16 20 22 26 17 19 20 23 20 22 !s through°, HA RKET. Is of Grain n Oats le sales were Wheat. Barley. First 6Bs. Od. 40s. Od. Second 5B 0 55 0 Third Average price of Wheat PRICES OF PROVISIONS, &C. Ds. 541. to 08 .8(1.. Sal Fresh Butter, 0 1l 1 1. to 14. 2(1, 4i 0 0 7 t 6 0 9 Ditto, per cm, 0 100 0 Eggs, per 8 0 1 1 OatStraw(kpl.)....-14 0 N. 1 ,; Wheat 1)itt0.......-111 0 15 6 Barley Ditto 0 12 6 Hay,teerst.—.— 1 5 1 8 Beef, per lb. Mutton. Veal ~....,.....-.0 • • 0 5 0 Lumb, per qr. 1 6 3 0 cwt... 0 39 0 Quartern Loaf «« 0 8 0 843 Potatoes. 141 b. 0 fS 0 0 EDINBURGH MEM There was a middling supply of 01 sales were rather heavy. Per Sack of 280Ib. Imp. First Oatmeal Second ditto Barleymeal. ..... I 14 0 1 Pease oval 1 14 0 1 Pot Barley —No. I. per cwt. 123.-2 d L MAIt K ET.—Dee. 20. latmeal at this day's market, and the GLASCK)WCORN N Per Stone of 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal., £0 2 6 Second ditto Barleymeal Peasemeal 0 1 10 148.3 d. 16s —4th, 19s.—Peat I, 20s A moderate business doing i n G Wheat, ? er 140th . s. d. s, d. British, old 340 to3Bo -- new IA 0 3'2 0 Canada, free 34 0 36 0 Irish Barley, per 3'201b English — Q 0 Scottish 25 0 '29 0 Irish lARKET.—Dec. 21. train ; little alteration in prices. Oats, per 2641 b. 5. tl. AA. Irish 22 0 t. 25 0 British ___ 23 0 27 0 Beans, per X)Olb. English Scottish Pease, Scottish 23 0 27 0 Oatmeal, per 1401 b 2O 0 25 0 Flour, per 2'llb 5 56 0 CORNWALL MARKETS. (Calculated at '24 gallons to the bushel.) -- _ heat. W Barley. 1 Oats. ----. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. J. Truro ......... . 0 200 —0 12 0 —0 10 0 Helstone St. Austell 0 20 6 0 96 0 8 6 Bodmin 0 19 8 0 96 0 8 6 Liskeard 0 17 0— 0 9 6 0 7 6 Launceston .... - 0 0 0 Camelford Penzance l9 0 21 0 0 11 0 0 9 6 The Christmas party at Strathfieldsay will separate this week, as the Duke of Wellington will take his depar ture this day for Badminton Hall, on a visit to the Duke of Beaufort. Beans. Oatmeal. 35 to 38 43 46 to 30 36 27 '2B 22 26 30 31 • 23 30 32 33 • 27 30 • 45 48 43 122 25 out the country •Dec. 2L day, and thi Pease. Od. 52.3. Od. 52s Od 26 0 46 0 46 0 22 0 42 0 42 U ..31.25. 100. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY: TWELVE O'CLOCK, Up to the present hour twelve inland mails are due ; also the French, Hamburg, and Dutch mails, owing to the great fall of snow during the night, and it is supposed we shall have no arrivals until late in the afternoon. This has caused a total stagnation in the operations of the funds this morning. Consols opened at 89 to , the leaving-off prices of Saturday for the opening. Reduced, 871 88 ; Exchequer Bills, 18 20 ; India Bonds, 9 11 ; Bank Stock, 208} ; India Stock, 259 260. Being deprived of any intelligence from the Peninsula and France, the Spanish and Portuguese Stocks continue at the leaving-off prices of Saturday—Spanish Active 19 to 191 ; Passive, 5i ; Deferred, 7-a i ; Portuguese, 44 to 44i ; Three per Cents., 28i 29 ; Columbian, 21-i- 22i ; Dutch, 54* i. BELGIAN k UNDS--BItUSSELS, DEC. 23. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. lOO% Loan of Thirty Millions 9438 Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent lOl Society of Commerce, 45.4 per Cent 142 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 134 Brussels Papers, Dee. 24. AUSTRIAN FUNDS..—VIENNA, Dec. 15. Five per Cents. Metallique s Four per Cents. 74% Three par Cents. Bank Shares l3 86 —Allgoncine Zeitung, Dec. 20. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, Dec. . 8i115. 20 Money. Austrian Metalliques, 5 per cent. Ditto ditto 4 per cent. — Ditto ditto 3 percent. Ditto Bank Shares 1357 1555 102% 102% Anglo-Russian Loan Paper Inscription, 6 per cent — Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Russian inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bonds. 5 per cent. — Ditto, 3 er cent. 27 Dutch 2 34 per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents — 131 130% Polish Bonds, 3 per cents. New Tickets 151% 151 1 / Anglo-I)anish Loan, 3 per cents 71% 71% Norwegian Loan of 1834, 4 per cents. Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents — Cortes Loan, 5 per Cent l9 Greek 4 per cents. 1333, guaranteed by France 93 92% EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, Dec. 20.-13 6 ; two months, 13 4 1 %. STOCKHOLM, DEC. 13.—Two months, 12. CHRISTIANIA, DEC. Io.—Three months, 4 118. ST. PETEKSBURGII, DEC. 9 —Three months, 10 49-61. BERLIN, Dec. 17.—Three months, 6. 21N. —Hamburg Pavers, Dec. 20. HALF-PAST ONE. In the various funds the prices are nominal, and scarce a bargain doing. Consols may be quoted, as in the morning, 89 to 891 for the opening ; Reduced, 88-3. ; Exchequer Bills, 20 ; India Bonds, 9 11 ; Bank Stock, 2081. The Foreign Market is in the same state of stagnation as that of the British. Spanish Active, 191 ; Portuguese, 44i ; Three per Cents., 29. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 89 to 89i. We learn from Cagliari, in Sardinia, that three merchant-men were wrecked on that coast during the tem pestuous weather at the end of November, and that the French ship the Sufren, on her way to Mahon, was obliged to put in at Port San Pietro, where she was struck by lightning, which, however, occasioned but some slight damage to her upper tier. Extracts from the lately-published Statistical Ac count of the Parish of Lochbroom, in Ross-shire .—" The hills of this parish were well stored with game of all kinds till the introduction of extensive sheep-farming, which has greatly diminished the quantity of game as well as of salmon and other fish in the lakes and rivers. The same circum stance has had an equally deleterious effect on the growing woods of the country in general, and on its race of heroes." Yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, a gentleman in passing along the northern walk of the ornamental water in St. James's-park, observed a female throw herself into the water at the narrow part of the lake. He instantly ran and alarmed two policemen who were near the spot, one of whom, named Samuel Jones, A division, 24, stripped, and jumped into the water. The clothes of the female had prevented her from wholly sinking, and with the assistance of the other policeman she was brought ashore, and instantly carried to Westminster Hospital. She seemed exhausted from cold, and having been well rubbed with dry flannels, was put into a warm bath, and afterwards placed in bed be tween blankets. She stated her name to be Caroline Over ton. She appears to be about 30 years old, is a French woman, and cannot sprak a word of English. It is believed she has recently been in service as a lady's-maid, but it was thought improper at present to press her with questions. Her appearance by no means indicated distress. The po licemen say they have frequently seen her wandering about the shrubberies near where she attempted self•destruction. 13y noon she had fallen into what seemed to be a refreshing sleep, and there is every reason to expect she will soon fully recover. The clauses relating to bastardy in the Poor Law Amendment Act, it will be recollected, occasioned much opposition during the progress of that Act through Parlia ment, but the manner in which they have operated, proves that they are founded on just views and sound policy, and that their tendency has been to raise the moral character of the lower class of English females. The following data, in illustration of this view, are taken from the second annual report of the Poor Law Commissioners :—lt appears that the whole number of bastards chargeable to the parishes of England and Wales, in 1835, was 71,298 ; in 1836, the number chargeable was 61,826, being a decrease of 9,472, or of thirteen per cent. In 1835, the number affiliated was 12,581 ; in 1836, the number was 7,686, being a decrease of 4,695, or of thirty-eight per cent. The number returned as born in the year 1835, was 17,578, and in the year ended two years being attributed to a full registration in the 25th March, 1836, was 17,036, the variation in the last year. According to the population returns, the number of bastards '.born in 1831, was 20,039, which, if allowance were made for the increase of population since that year, would show a decrease of between 4,000 and 5,000 born in the last year. LITERATURE, COMIC ANNUAL. Bailey, London, 1836. Mr. Hood has brought out his Annual just at the fitting season. Laughter is now the order of the day, and this quaint little duodecimo will supply food for cachinnation in abundance. Rigid and cast-iron in deed must be those muscles which will not relax at the sight of many of its embellishments. We hasten to describe a few of the most grotesque. " Have I a Wote for Grinnage ?" represents a clodhopper as broad as he is long, with a mouth from ear to ear, and a power of grinning with this huge gash, and of making others grin too, that might put even a Grimaldi to shame. Of course one so gifted as this phenomenon must have a " wote," and a plumper too, like himself. " A Finished Drawing" represents an unhappy im-patient rushing as fast as his legs can carry him, from the house of Mr. Cartwright, the dentist. His handkerchief is up to his face, whence we infer that he has just been de prived of a double tooth—possibly the wrong one, for his countenance expresses the very extreme of a vir tuous indignation. " Animal Spirits" is a capital idea. An obese butcher is kneeling, with his hair on end, imploring the forgiveness of the sheep and oxen he has slaughtered, whose ghosts are haunting him by droves. Foremost among the spectral community is an indignant calf, whom the knight of the cleaver had no doubt put to the most torturing of deaths, by bleeding him to death with his heels upwards. The butcher's countenance is finely expressive of half-remorse, half bewilderment. " Lover's Seat" shows us an enamoured couple talking sentiment on an ant's nest—an ingenious notion, which almost out- Hoods Hood. The gentleman looks uneasy, but whether because his Dulcinea has rejected his ad dresses, or because a swarm of gnats are forming ars embarrassing halo round his head, we cannot take upon us to say. We suspect that it is a venemous gnat-bite that has caused him his evident annoyance. The " Bank Director" is illustrated by an equestrian who has been unseated by a testy horse, and has fallen with his head flattened, against an unyielding bank. The inherent viciousness of the quadruped shows most ludi crously in his eye, which glows like a Christmas fire. " Mr. Sebright's Hounds" is an amusing pun on the word see-bright. The sportsman, his horse, and his hounds are all attired in spectacles, and look very grave and becoming. " Forgive me this Once" is a plebeian executioner's apology for cutting off the head of a patrician traitor, who looks at the artist with an ex.- pression of countenance evidently implying that the offence is not to he forgiven. " Appropriation Clause" is explained in the true punning fashion, by a couple of cats who have dug their claws into, and are making off with, the Christmas dinner of an unquestionable epicure. :The sufferer's face is a fine impersonation of the pathetic. " Sergeant Mereweather" is a sly looking old ram, with a blue bag hanging on his fore paw, who is holding forth with all the oily volubility of a practised lawyer. From the literary department, some portions of which are in Hood's best manner, we extract the following : DRINKING SONG. By a Member of a Temperance Society, as sung by Mr. Spring, at Waterman's Hall. Come, pass round the pail, boys, and give it no quarter, Drink deep, and drink oft, and replenish your jugs, Fill up, and I'll give you a toast to your water— The turncock for ever 1 that opens the plugs 1 Then hey for a bucket, a bucket, a bucket, Then hey for a bucket, filled up to the brim I Or, best of all notions, let's have it by oceans, With plenty of room for a sink or a swim Let topers of grape-juice exultingly vapour, But let us just whisper a word to the elves, We water roads, horses, silks, ribands, bank paper, Plants, poets, and muses, and why not ourselves ? Then hey for a bucket, &c. The vintage, they cry—think of Spain's and of France's, The jigs, the boleros, fandangos, and jumps ; But water's the spring of all civilised dances, We go to a ball not in bottles, but pumps I Then hey for a bucket, &c. In wine let a lover remember his jewel, And pledge her in bumpers, filled brimming and oft ; But we can distinguish the kind from the cruel, And toast them in water, the hard or the soft. Then hey for a bucket, &c. Should fortune diminish our cash's sum-total, Deranging our wits and our private affairs, Though som e i n suc h c as e s w ould fly to the bottle, There's nothing like water for drowning our cares. Then hey for a bucket, &c. A fig, then, for Burgundy, Claret, or Mountain, A few scanty glasses must limit your wish, But he's a true toper that goes to the fountain, — The drinker that verily " drinks like a fish 1" Then hey for a bucket, &c. Mr. Labouchere and the Right Hon. Henry La bouchere left Hamilton-place on Saturday for Highland Hall, in Essex, to keep open house during the season. A meeting is called early in January, at which Mr. Roebuck, M.P., has expressed himself sufficiently reco vered to attend ; he will be accompanied by Sir W. Moles worth, r M. P., and Mr. Leader, M.P.—Bath Guardian. Captain of R tam Woolward, R.N., for many years Harbou r ylasteamsgate, who died on Friday morning, after a few hours illness only, had been at a convivial party till a late hour the preceding night, where something occurred which considerably excited him, and is supposed to have caused the apoplectic attack hich terminated fatally.- -Kentish Observer. DRESSES OF THE TIME.—In a publication of this period (17,55) mention is made of a most magnificent ball having been gic . en in February by the Russian Ambas sador, in Somerset li, use, at which were present his Ma jesty, and the Royal Farnly. They went first to visit the Duchess of Norfolk, in St. James's-square, who received masks that evening. The King went at eight, and retired at eleven o'clock. (What a contrast with the present hours of fashionable assemblies !) He was dressed in a black do mino, tye-wig, and gold laced hat ; the Princess of Wales in a blue and silver robe, and her head finely ornamented with jewels ; the Prince of W ales (George III.) in a pink and silver dress, with a large plume of feathers on his head ; Prince Edward (Duke of York, who died in 1767) in a pink satin waistcoat, with a black belt, adorned with dia monds ; Princess Augusta in a rich gold stuff The Duke was in a Turkish dress, with a large hunch of diamonds on, his turban.—Horace Walpole's Letters. During the inclement weather wear one of the Aro matic Spice Plasters to your chest , prepa red by Mr. Wray of Holborn Hill. Prevention is better than cure. One trial alone will prove their inestimable utility. In coughs, astlimas, affections of the chest, &c. We cannot recommen d any medicine so decidedly efficacious as Wray's c ou g h pills and pectoral lozenges in addition to the application of his plasters to the chest. On Saturday morning, between one and two o'clock , the death of a female, supposed to be po isoned b y some narcotic drug, administered to her for the purpose of 7° ll ' bery or some other diabolical object, took place at the po lice station-house of the B division, in Brown's-buildi n g s, Pimlico. It appears that about ten on F rida y night o ne of the police constables of the B division , wh ile on dut y in Bel grave -terrace, observed the deceased lying insensible in the carriage-way, and took her to the station-house. She ar pears to be about forty or forty-three years of age, and was very respectably dressed ; her clothes appeared to have been much pulled about, and her pockets were quite empty. There are no marks of violence about her person. The body has since been identified as that of Mrs. Martha Flet cher, a respectable married woman, and the mother of large family, residing in Frances-street, Westminster. She had been out on business on Friday afternoco and was ek• petted home in the early part of the evening. When silo left home she had a small sum in her pocket, Previous to the passing o f the Beer Bill, the con:, sumption of malt as compare d with the p o p ulation, was ful ' one-fourth less than at the beginning of last century. We understand that orders hav e b een issued by the Commander-in-Chief to the several regiments of the line , that on all future occasions recruits will be admitted of the stature of five feet six inches, being a diminution of one inelh. from the present standard. 'With regard to the bouseho infantry, the Royal artillery, and the cavalry, the standards of height is to remain unchanged, viz., for the two former, and six feet for the latter. The effects of the late severe hurricane in Margate.. town and parish cannot be repaired for less than %OWL The bricklayers are reaping an abundant harvest, which five feet eight inehe w ill last for at least a mon th t o come. It Is a g reat mercy tial? storm did not rage d ur i ng the night instea d of the day, doubtless, many more lives would have been lost. itt POET RY AND CRITICISM. —A Dublin iti eoc, 1!1 censuring a t ra gi c performer who la t e l y attempte cr d a _reLa characte r , sa y s th e a ctor reminded him o f the harp which " So often had echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That e'en in its mirth it would steal from it still.