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Langley......a 2 2 Capt. A. Hamilton ...a 1 1 Near-Admiral F. Mason, C. B. . .a n 2 T. Cotesworth, Esq....a 1 1 Edw. Lambert, Esq....a 1 • 1 Admiral Hollis Earl of Cadcrgan. R.N. a 2 2 General Sir W. Clinton, G. C.B.a 2 2 Marsham Y a 2 2 W. W. a 2 2 Charles Danvers, Esq a 2 2 John Lindsey, Esq. a 2 2 Col. Galloway a 2 2 IW. Fry, Esq. a 1 1 C. G. Thornton, Esq. a 2 2 J. Morrison, Esq a 1 I B. Pead, Esq. ...a 2 2 James Sparks, Esq. ...a 2 2 James Alston, Esq. ...a 1 1 W. Nelson, Esq. ...a 2 2 Right Hon. Lord St. Helens £359 16 The following sum was ! collected at the Anniver ! sary Dinner, held at the ! London Tavern, onWed ! nesday, the 17th April ; ! the Earl of Romney in the chair : Her Most Gracious Ma jesty . alos 0 The Hon. the East In dia Company lO5 0 The Corporation of the Trinity House lO5 0 The Earl of Romney...a 10 10 Right Hon. Viscount Marsham... a 3 5 Capt. F. Shaw, R. N...a 20 0 Charles Edward Pigou, Esq a 12 0 Right Hon. Admiral Sir G. Cockburn; G. C. B. V. P.. a 5 0 Admiral Sir T. M. Har- J. B. Brooke, Esq. a 2 2 Alexis Doxat, Esq. a 2 2 J. A. Doxat, Esq. a 2 2 L. Doxat, Esq. a 2 2 H. Bennett, Esq. a 2 2 W. G. Bolton, Esq a 2 2 E. Harman, Esq. a 2 2 IL Harman, Esq a 2 2 Sir John R. Reid, Bart. 111. P. a 2 2 J. Irving, Esq a 2 2 J. Furs', Esq a 2 21 A. Smith, Eiq a 2 2 S. G. Smith, Esq a 2 2 R. Perceval, Esq a 2 2 L. D. Smith, Esq a 2 2 A. W Robarts, Esq a 2 2 T. Murdoch, Esq a 2 2 G. Lindsey, Esq, a 2 2 L. Wilson, Esq. a 2 2 J. Labouchere,Esq . a 2 2 R. Williams, Eaq• a 2 2 Sir IL P. Glyn, I3art a 2 2 J. A. Droop, Esq a 2 2 J. Bentley, Esq.. a2 2 H. Bacon, Esq a 2 2 J. Schneider, Esq a 2 2 J. Christophers, Esq a 2 2 J. W. Norie, Esq. a 2 2 C. Hammersley, 2 2 A. Raymond, Esq. . a 2 2 W. Turnbull, Esq a 2 2 R. Herries, Esq a 2 2 J. Collier, Esq... a 2 2 W. Peirce, Esq... a 2 2 H. Baynes, Esq a •2 2 J. 11. Lewis, Esq a 2 2 J. Ansterstein, Esq a 2 2 Admiral Sir G. Martin, C. C.B. W. Newnham, Esq a 2 2 AV. Tew, Esq a 1 I S. Silver, E5q..... .. . a 2 2 r: Marryatt, Esq a 2 2 C. Marryatt, Esq a 2 2' G. W. and S. Hibbert, dy, G. C. 8., V. P...a 5 0 !John Curteis,Esq l2 12 John Pepys, Esq lO 0 Right Hon. Earl of Yar- borough ..... Captain the. Hon. Dud- ley Pelham, R.N. . 7 12 12 Louis Hayes Petit, Esq 12 12 Henry Rowed, Esq l2 12 Messrs. Rothschild l2 12 Admiral Sir William Parker Adm. Henry OmManey ' 5 0 Phillip Casenove, Esq... 12 12 Rev. T. L. Bayliff l2 12 Andrew Mael err, Esq 5 5 W. J. A. Abington, Esq A.M.S Col. Sir Jeremiah Bryant 5 5 Joseph Pulley, Esq 5 5 John Capel, Esq . 5 5 Henry Hoare, E5q....,, 5 5 David Salomonds, Esq. 5 5 George Shore, Esq 5 5 Captain Hine... 5 5 John We) land, Esq 5 0 Messrs. Halford and Co l2 12 Captain W. Donaldson, Esqrs. Gibbs and Sons. Esqrs.a 2 2 T. Sedgwick, Esq a 2 2 J. Lachlan, Esq... a 2 2 Captain H. B. Mason, a 2 2 Captain the Hon. S. P. Knox, R.N.... a 2 1 B. Sharpe, Esq a 1 1 F. Gosling; Esq a 2 2 .....i 1 1 Admiral W. Ho tham Lady 0. B. Sparrow...a 2 2 _ RCT.• Heberden ....a 10 0 Mr. Couldry 0 John Jones, Esq:. a 2 2 Cap'.. Right Hon. Lord Middleton, R.N a 2 2 StrW•W•Pepys,Bart. a 2 2 Sir H. Martin, Bart a 2 2 Sir Thos. Baring, Bart. a 3 3 C. E.' Pigou, Esq al2 R.• Lee, Esq a 2 2 Charles Sayer, •Esq a 2 2 J. Herbert, Esq a 2 2 Captain Welbank a2 2 Capt. lion.• 13. R. F. Pellew, R.N., C.B. a 2 2 John Goodson, Esq a 2 2 J. S. S. Smith, Esq a 1 1 Rt. Hon. Lord Rolle.• a 3 3 E. Torin, Esq ..... .... a 2 2 Capt. B. Carter, R.N. a 2 2 Hon. Admiral Curzon a 2 2 Hal!ett am Robinson a 2 2, Capt. Sir J. N. Willough- R. N. ,K.C. R, a 1 1 RttNDS of POLAND and PRECUR SORS of LONDON! attend the PUBLIC MEET. ING To-MoaROW EVENING, Alay :31, at the Assembly goons , Theobald's-road, Red Lion.square, and prove to the GRAND DUKE of RUSSIA 'your wal'm sympathy for Polish Liberty and detestation of Russian tyranny. Chair taken at Eight o'Clock precisely', Mr. O'CONNELL is eipected J. IL KEANE; Gen: SR. London Precursors. Hon. Sec. Polish Committee. IIRST COLONY OF NEW ZEALAND: COMMITTEE, With power t o a dd t o their number. GEORGE SAMUEL EVANS ; D.C.L., Chairman. Hon. Henry Petre i Francis Molesworth, Esq. Captain Daniell I E. B. Hopper, Esq. Dudley Sinclair, tsq. Under the above designation a Society has beili farmed, in connexion with the Pew Zealand Land ILAsttipiny, and consist ing exclusively of heads of lamilioi and others, intending to settle permanently in NeW Zealand, on lands purchased from the said Company ; The object of this Society is to promote co-operation, in the numerous measures of preparation requisite for establishing a prosperous settlement. The Society already numbers a considerable body of gentle men, who have determined to emigrate with their families and property. Others ; Who may entertain similar views, are invited to join them. Qualification, of a member of the Society, the purchase Ot one hundred acres of land ; of a member of the Comlnittee, five hundred acres, includingpart of the first town. Tie greater part of the purchase-money to be exnended by the Company on the emigration of the purchasers, their families, and servants. Members admitted by ballot only. The Colony will depart in a body during August next, so as to reach their destination about Midsummer (in the southern hemisphere), when the s it e o f t h e f i rst town will have been de termined and prepared for their reception, by a preliminary ex pedition now on its way to New Zealand. The Committee meets daily at the offices of the New Zealand Land Company, No. 1, Adam-street, Adelphi, where further information may be obtained, on application (if by letter, post paid), to the Chairman of the Society. May 20, 1839. TO GAS ENGINEERS. WANTED a competent SUPERINTEN. Y DENT of a Station now working about 40 Retorts. Apply by letter, post paid, to Mr. Greaves, No. 39, Fins bury-circus. NIA It I NE nishop,,, t t SOCIETY' StiI iOFFICE, 54, 1839. There can be no difference of opinion upon the necessity of upholding the maritime strength of this Kingdom. The Pub lic are respectfully solicited to further so important an object by subscribing to the MARINE SOCIETY, which has sent to Sea more than 62,000 individuals, and is now constantly re ceiving poor boys to qualify and send out in the Sea Service. A complement of 100 boys is kept up on board the Society's Ship tphigenia, off Greenwich, to supply the Royal Navy and Mer chant Ships. The Committee beg to claim the attention of those affluent persons who have been hitherto unacquainted with the National importance of this Institution, and who the Committee believe would be willing to afford their assistance if the objects and ex tensive usefulness of the Institution were better known, as it may be truly affirmed that charity and policy are happily com bined in the relief which is afforded to boys when subject to distress and poverty, and the introduction of such objects of eompaision into stations wherein they become useful to their country as, British Seamen. And when it is further considered what dangeri youths are exposed to from the want of employ ment, particularly in times of popular excitement, the Com mittee trust that this appeal to the patriotism and bene vo l ence of the P u bli c w ill h ave i ts due effect, and be met with that libe rality which - shall enable the Society to continue its exertions. Subscribtions will be thankfully received by William Astell, Esq., the Treasurer, at this office ; by the Navy Agents ; and at the following bankers—Messrs. Williams and Co., Gosling and Co., Childs and Co. Hoares and Co., C ou tt s and Co., Drnrmaiond'and Co., and Martin and Co. Account of Receipts and Disbursements for the Quarter ending the 31st of March, 1839 : DalanCe Ist of January, 1839 ...... ...... £l5O 2 4 Annual Subscription s , Donations, Dividends, &c 1,487 2 10 Le g acy of Mrs. Sarah Wakefield 450 0 0 £2,087 5 2 ii. C. S. . John Nixon, E5q.......a 2 2 Robert ',Worsham, Esq., _ 12 12 C.S a 2 2 Charles Lester, Esq a 2 2 Henry Baynes, Esq a 2 ti R. Darbyshire, Esq a 2 2 Lieut. J. Middleton, R. N . .a 2 2 Lieut. Eyton, R.N....a 2 2 Colonel Forman ...... 2 2 T. Stilwell, jun., Esq... 2 2 James Stilwell, Esq. ... 1 1 Thomas Wilson, Esq. a 2 2 Richard Thornton, Esq. 1 0 James Luke, Esq. R. P 1 1 Rt. Forman, Esq. Lieut. Mallard, R. N John Shea, Esq William Byron, Esq. Mr. M‘Donell Benjamin Aislabie, Esq. 1 1 Ch‘rles Beecher, Esq. a 2 2 And the following Ladies : Me Right Hon. the Countess of Romney a 3 3 Right Hon. Lady Rad stock a 1 1 Lady Scott a 2 2 Mrs. W. Stanley Clarke 2. 0 Airs. Benj. Aislabie a 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 0 THOS. KING 629 13 See.. ARCHIBALD (Abridged from the Edinburgh Courant.) Mr. Alison was the second son of a well-known and respected citizen and Magistrate of Edinburgh, and was bora here in the year 1757. He went to the Univer sity of Glasgow, in 1772, and afterwards became an ex hibitioner at Ballot College, Oxford, where he to o k th e degrees of A.M., an d L LB. He then took orders, and his first , preferment was to the curacy of Brance ' path, in the county of Durham. Notwithstanding his connection with England, he was of course, frequently ia Edinburgh in the early part of his life, and he was united here, in the year 1784, to the eldest 'daughter of the celebrated Dr. John Gregory ; with her he lived in happiness for forty-six years, and by her he had six children, three of whom survive. He owed his farther preferment in the English Church to the friendship of the late Sir William Pulte ney, and between the years 1786 and 1800, was almost constantly resident in England. In the latter year he was invited by his much respected friend Sir William Forbes, and the vestry of the Episcopal Chapel, Cow gate, to become senior minister of that chapel ; and he continued to officiate to that congregation, which after wards removed to St. Paul's Chapel, York-place, until a severe illness in 1831 compelled him to relinquish all public duties. - His character as a man of • taste, of literature, and of science,. may be gathered from the names of his friends and associates in the different pe riods of life. The earliest and most intimate friendship he formed was with Dugald Stewart. It commenced . at Glasgow College -in 1772, and -con tinued without a single interruption Until the death of the latter in 1828: Among' his intimate ..friends at Oxford were Sir W. Jones, pr. White (Professor of Arabic and author of the. Bampton Lectures), Mickle, the author of the Lusiad, and Dr. Matthew Baillie. Early in life he cultivated the acquaintance and ac quired the friendship and esteem of Dr. Adam Smith, Dr. Adam Ferguson, Dr. Robertson, and Dr. Blair. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in the first year of its existence, and was the intimate friend of many of its most distinguished mem bers—not only of Dugald Stewart, but of Dr. Gregory (his brother-in-law), of Lord Woodhouselee, of Henry Mackenzie, of Professor Playfair, of Dr. Thomas Brown, of Lord Webbe Seymour, of Sir James Hall, and of Sir David. Brewster. Indeed, his friend ship was sought by almost all the men of genius and learning who have adorned our city dur ing the present century. Among those for whom he had an affectionate feeling of regard, and who looked to him with peculiar veneration, we may mention particu larly Dr. Morehead, long his colleague in Edinburgh, the author of the " Pleasures of Hope," and Professor Wilson. Of all his friendships with men of genius, none gave him more gratification than that which he bad early formed with the late Mr. Telford, the celebrated en gineer, the exertions of whose vigorous and enthusiastic mind, ever intent on plans to improve and adorn his native country, he always contemplated with peculiar interest. The elegance and refinement of his mind were even more fully appreciated by his female acquaint ance ; and to those who are acquainted with the direction given to the literature of the age by female genius and worth, it will be suf ficient to say that he was the esteemed friend of Miss Edgeworth, Mrs. Hemans, Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton, and Mrs. Joanna Baillie. To these we may add the names of two ladies, not known to the world as authors, but for whose literary taste he had the highest respect, and whose friendship was always to him a source both of honour and happiness—Mrs. Duzald Stewart and Lady Louisa Stewart. His principal literary work was the Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste, the first edition of which was published in 1790, and the second, with con siderable additions in 1811. Since then there have been several editions published, both here and in Ame rica, and the work has been translated into French. He used often to say, that the highest compliment he had received, or could ever receive upon that work was conveyed in the few emphatic words of his old master in metaphysical science, Dr. Reid—" I think your principles are just." As a Minister of the Gospel, it was his fortune to officiate for many years in two very different and strongly contrasted situations—first, in a remote part of England, where most of his parishioners were poor, and remarkably illiterate ; and afterwards in a congregation in Edinburgh, consisting almost entirely of highly edu. cated persons, moving in the higher ranks of life. His preparation for the instruction of the two classes of peo ple was, of course, very different ; but in both situations he laboured with the same faithful zeal, the same bene volent feeling towards all his flock—the same heartfelt anxiety for their temporal and eternal interests ; and in both he was rewarded by the warm anti affectionate attachment of all win came under his pastoral care. NATIONAL EDUCATION. ST. MARY, NEWINGToN.—Last night, a very numerous Vestry Meet ing of the parishioners of St. Mary, Newington, was held at the Boys' School Room, near the Church, for the puapose of taking into ernsideration "the Government measure for the education of the people." After a short statement from the Chairman, Mr. Sturge, a Member of the Society of Friends, moved the following Resolution—. "That this Meeting hails with peculiar satisfaction the inten tion of her Majesty's Government to propose a system of na tional education in accordance with the right of conscience. The Rev. Mr. Page opposed the resolution, and after some discussion, it was carried with only six dissentient votes. A second resolution was proposed, to the effect that they saw nothing i❑ the Government plan which interfered with the proper functions of the Established Church, or tended to the mutilation of the Scriptures. An amendment was moved, but the original motion was carried. A petition ' was then drawn up in accordance with the resolution, to be presented to the House of Lords by Lord Brougham, and to the House of Commons by Mr. Hawes. MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE.—Mr. Astley, of horsemanship notoriety, was anything but a faithful disciple of Lindley Murray, nor was he the most profound musical theorist in the world, as the following anecdotes will testify. When the band at his Amphitheatre was playing the over ture to some new piece, Astley, who was standing in the ring, ob,erved the horn-players were not blowing; he went up to them in a great rage, and cried out, " Why don't you play as well as the rest of these here chaps ?" One of the performers said, " We have twenty bars rest, Sir." " Twenty bars rest I (cried he of the whip and spur), I don't pay you for resting; play away, or I'll lay this here vhip across your lazy shoulders I" On another occa aion one of the singers complained that a song she had to sing was too high for her, on which great A., as ho used. to be called, bounced to the leader of the band and said, " I say, you sir, play that ere tune a bar lower for this here voman when she squeaks it at night."—Cheltenham Locker-on. 5 0 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSTIAY, MAY 3Q 1839, locities, ATMOSPHEAW PRESSURE AS A LOCOMOTIVE POWER 0 laLROA-DS.: TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sta r —An etropeoug statement, which may prove in litifotil bating dppeared in your yesterday's Even ing Sou'enal, I address you ft, request the favour of your insetting the follow/lilt- 6 e eoffeCtion of that error. Undei tte title quoted above you observe that— " Several p9tins hive been proleeed for propelling car riages on railroads by ainYo'splictic pressure; hitherto, how ever, without success. The i7.ftt these was Mr. Val origjpal notion of shooting 6: r*vsengers from London to BrlgVen inside a large pipe, exhath.ie'd of air by a pump at tl4e other elttrernity. One disadvaniMe of this project, which probably did 65! oe.)qur to the inventot, was, that unless the distance was certain 61 king accoro p!ished within three minutes, all the passengers'e4r444 be dead from want of air before they arrived at their det ti n a ti on. " That this impossible and shocking velocity of 1,000 miles an hour should be thus adverted to, after I hail, in my first publication on the subject 14 years ago, repu diated it in the following words, was certainly not ne cessary : " It is well-known that air will rush into a vacuum at the rate of nearly 1,000 miles an hour. Now, although it is no more expected we should be conveyed at any such rate as that, than it is intended we should be placed in a vacuum, yet are, both this almost inconceivable velocity, and what is generally understood by the word vacuum,' so connected with the subject under consideration, that it becomes unavoidable to advert to them, injurious ay they must prove, and strongly as they will array our precon ceived notions and prejudices against the proposition." " Talk of air-pumps, and the idea of a vacuum becomes conjured up. Once conceive that it is proposed to produce a vacuum in a tunnel many miles long, and'a prejudice is excited which no after arguments will remove, so evident is the absurdity of the misconceived proposition; and so is the effect which it is intended to produce (1. e. a diminution of density and elasticity inside the tunnel), mixed up with, and mystified by this 'vacuous' idea, that judgment becomes dealt out by coup de main, and proposition and proposer are swept away and consigned to the contempt they are deemed to deserve." " The degree to which air would be exhausted from the tunnel, might scarcely ever be sufficient to sink the barometer two inches lower than one exposed to the atmospheric stood at; so that even were we exposed to this degree of vacuum,' no inconvenience would be felt. But we never shall be exposed to it, any more than those who witness the cruel experiment of put ting a mouse under the receiver of an air-pump, and then exhausting it, are exposed to what the little animal suffers. Between those who see, and the poor creature which feels the effect of the apparatus, is the side of the receiver. And between the part of the tunnel in which the exhaustion (or rather the difference of density) is, and the passengers in the vehicle, would be the end of the vehicle; so that, though close to them would be an atmosphere rarer than (we will suppose) it might prove pleasant to be in, yet would the atmosphere they actually were in be the same as that of the air at large." In another publication, six years ago, was the follow ing paragraph : " When the Brighton Committee rode in that tunnel, one of them brought with him a mountain barometer, that he might ascertain the degree of ' vacuum' or exhaustion necessary to move the carriage. This barometer was ac cordingly suspended in the part where the vacuum' was to be produced, and the vernier adjusted with the greatest accuracy. But to his surprise the degree of exhaustion was not sufficient to lower the baro meter in the least degree. Being aware of this, I had spirit guages previously prepared, one of which was fixed in the end of the carriage. But even this guagel though nearly fifteen times more sensitive than the barome ter, was affected hardly enough to be visible, the amount of ' vacuum' indicated by it, being only about ten grains per square inch, or less than the ten-thousandth part of a vacuum." These quotations may, perhaps, be sufficient to show that my proposition was not absurd, as your yesterday's observations thereon must cause it to be considered. But as no one beside myself knows how truly valuable the principle is, I beg leave, in justice to that by which I mean to stand or fall, to observe, that it was the man who failed, not the thing; the individual, not the principle ; that failure, however, being caused by parties whose conduct I could no more anticipate and guard against, than the late Mr. Perce val could against the pistol of Bellingham ; though, should life and power be granted me, I will as surely remedy it, as the sailor remedies the deviations from his course which adverse winds occasion. You appear to consider Messrs. Pinker's and Clegg's methods of applying the pressure of the atmosphere superior to mine. Would you do me the favour of read ing pages 31, et ceq., of the (as yet unpublished) pamphlet accompanying this, it is . possible you may change your opinion relative to the former gentleman's plan ; while I beg leave to observe as follows with re spect to the latter : In the circular which Mr. Clegg's engineers, sent to some of the papers, it is stated (as in that you quoted from yesterday) that " an available tractive force of 7141bs is thus obtained, which will draw a train weighing 13 tons upon an inclined plain of one foot in fifty ; and with engines of the above power (from six to twenty five horses) the trains can be impelled at the rate of thirty-five miles per hour." The under-attached table from a yet incomplete sheet of the pamphlet mentioned above, may, possibly, cause you to perceive that your observation, " one disadvantage of this project, which, probably did not occur to the inventor" will more justly apply to others, than to me. Soliciting your insertion of this, I have the honour to remain, Sir, Your most obedient servant, JOHN. VALLANCE. That famed locomotive engine the Planet, exposed nearly thirty-five square feet of surface, at right angles with the air it passed through. Others of above twice her power having since been made, and it being probable that they will be made still larger, it may be none too much to assume that they will expose forty square feet of surface. The resistance of air to bodies passing through it, being at the rate of twenty miles an hour, equal (speaking roundly) to two pounds per square foot of flat surface, and that resistance increasing according to the square of the velocity, the resistance it opposes at high velocities will be (roundly) according to the following table Which resist anccs having to be overcome at the rates of the first stated num ber of feet per second, require Locomotive engines, Experience resistances power equal to (drawing no load) mo_ from that air, equal that of the un ving through still air, (roundly) to the understated num at the under-stated ye- der stated number of ber of horses, to pounds. overcome them Per On 40 Feet per Miles per square square second. hour. .foot. feet, 14.666 lO 0 29.332 2O 2. 0 4 44. 58.660 73.333 ::,0 12.5 88. 117.328 BO 32.0 l2BO 270 146.666 100 50.0 2OOO 528 176. l2O 72.0 ... —2BBO 912 Now as a velocity of 40 miles an hour requires power nearly equal to that of the largest locomotives which have yet been made, and as Dr. Hutton found that giving the moving body a point in the shape of a cone, the height of which was equal to the diameter of its base, diminished the resistance of the air only half, therehence (and with out adverting to the additional resistance which must be created by the tenders of, and trains drawn by the engines) arises a very sufficient explanation why no greater velocity has been attained by the (nearly) ten times more powerful locomotive engines now made, than was first attained by those which ran at the rate of 35 miles an hour on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in October 1829. E DINBURGII AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.— Upwards of 20 miles of this line aro contracted for, and eight miles more are advertised. These 28 miles compre hend all the heaviest, and, consequently, all the most te dious works ; thus putting it in the power of the Directors to regulate the letting of the remaining contracts so as to secure the completion of the whole line about the same time. The contractors are taken bound to finish their work in 1841, and from the well-known energy and skill of some of them, there is little doubt of the line being opened about the time expected. Messrs. Gibb and Son, by the erection of an extensive viaduct across the Almond Valley, are now exhibiting to the traveller between Glasgow and Edinburgh, the nature of the line along which he will hereafter be conveyed to the me tropolis of Scotland. Messrs. Marshall are busy at th e Glasgow terminus, and arc burrowing in the earth at various places to facilitate the execution of the tunnel. Messrs. Forbes, Ross, and Mitchell, are also making con siderable progress with the tunnel through Callender Park ; and the other contractors are either progressing sa tisfactorily, or big with the note of preparation. The Di rectors are much occupied with arrangements for the land, and have made several satisfactory agreements. They have settled with the Union Canal Company on terms ac ceptable to both parties, and the Forth and Clyde Canal Company have permitted the line to pass under their Ca nal without any equivalent. These two Companies were the most deter m i ne d P ar li amentary opponents which the Railway Bill exp er i ence d, an d i t i s p l easing to perceive hostile feeling give place to amicable intercourse, and to the satisfactory adjustment of the interest of parties.— Edinburgh Courant. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN LEEDS AND YORK.—N ext Th urs d ay, the 30th instant, that portion of the York and North Midland Railway, which effects a junction between the Leeds and Selby Railway (near South Milford) and the city of York, will be opened for the conveyance of passengers ; and thus there will be a Railway communication the whole distance from Leeds to York. The distance by Railway wilt then be 27 miles, and the trains are expected to travel it in the space of an hour and a quarter. A LITERAL ANSWER.—Rather a laughable circumstance occurred in our Justiciary Court on Monday week. In a case of house-breaking, a female, among other witnesses, was called, who keeps a humble lodging.. house in Gatehouse. After administering the usual oath, the Judge (Lord Mackenzie) inquired in common form whether she had received, or been promised anything for her evidence. To this question the woman answered " Yes," and when the wondering Judge inquired what, she answered with the greatest naivete—•'a summons." This eon and simple reply, set the Court in a roar, in which th Judge good-naturedly joined, at least for a mo ment.—Dumfries courier, THE MURDER AT AVOOLWICH. CONFESSION OF THE MURDERER,,. On Tuesday. afternOon .the prioner _taetire Willis, At the termination of the 'Coritner's Inrniest Ofni again Oiathined hei l ore Sir John Webb, Captain Fead, R.N., and Adam Young, Esq., on the charge of murdering his sergeant-major, William Shepherd, and the evidence adduced was to the same effect as that given befOre the Coroner:. This xteP iras 6Onsidered tieces s ary in conse qileb'ee or the prisoner having in the first instance been examined before Sir John Webb previous to the Coroner issuing his mandatO or an, inquest to be held on the body of Shepherd. Willis declined Makin* ail) , defence before the Magistrates, and at the conclusion of the examination they made out his commitment to Newgate, and it was placed in the hands of Mr. Watts, the High Constable, who also held the Coroner's warrant for Willis's committal, liiut he could not legally be removed by the authority of the latter as from the time he was delivered over by the Mi litary to the civil power he had been in the custody of the Magistrates. At five o'clock a carriage with pOt horses was as privately as possible drove in at the back entrance of the Rent Ordnance Hospital, and the pri soner, w;th his wrist handcuffed, was assisted into the vehicle by Mr. Watts, and two constables of Woolwich, named Jarratt and Samuel Watts, who accompanipd the prisoner to town. By some means, as the carriage containing Willis was leaving the hospital, the crowd got intimation of it, and the scene that ensued defies description. It was fol lowed by thousands of the civilians and military for nearly a quarter of a mile, and the prisoner was assailed with loud hooting and yelling. Th e i n di gna tion thu s expressed by hi s former comrades and the public did not in the slightest degree affect the prisoner Willis, who frequently spoke with the constable, Samuel Watts, about persons residing at Lymington, to which place both the prisoner and the constable formerly belonged. It will have been observed that there was no evidence brought before the inquest to show whether the musket was loaded by Willis, or anybody else ; and on their way to town the high constable observed, " Willis, you haye not told us how you loaded the piece ;" and the prisoner then stated that he, with the rest of the gunners. quartered in No. 11 Barrack-room, all came on to the parade together on Sunday morning, and that after wards he returned to the room, and no other person being present, he loaded his musket, and while he was doing so he heard his name twice called over on the parade by the orderly. He added that he shot the deceased, because he thought he was against him, but denied speaking to him or. the parade, as stated by the orderly M'Gorary. He stated that his father and brother were both living, and resided at Lymington. He had also an uncle and aunt, who keep an inn at Dorchester. Wil lis represented that he enlisted at the same time, and in company with Charles Chiddy, the artilleryman, who blew his brains out in so determined a manner. about a month since. The prisoner followed this up by saying that it was his determination to have com mitted self-destruction after he had affected his pur pose, if an opportunity had presented itself. A few minutes before six o'clock, the prisoner arrived at Newgate, and was delivered over to Mr. Cope, in the lobby of the prison. During the few seconds occa sioned by his alighting from the vehicle, a crowd of persons gathered round, anxious to catch a glimpse of 'the prisoner. THE LATE REV. ALISON. COURT CIRCULAR. 'the, tiucet flowage!' vinted the Princess Augusta ysterday at Olarence Muse, St. Jamesis. The Princess Atiguita after-walls acaUinisatilesi her Majesty in a dtive baroudhe and foUr. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, &iendeil by Baron Knesebeck, honoured the Duke of Wellington with their company at dinner last evening at Apsley House. Their i Ttoval Highnesses afterw ar d s accom p an i e d the nobleDuEe td the pertoriri l aiied the concert of Ancient Music. His Grace, was the Direei& fol‘ the eVenjnif. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe 'Weirder, accompanied by the Rev, J. R. Wood, visited the Duke of Cambridge yesterday at Cambridge House. The Earl of etiand, Mr: Wallace, M. P., and nr. James, had interviews with the Marquis of Nornianby yep terday at the Colonial Office. The Earl of Lonsdale, Mr. Dashmood, and Mr. W. Clay, had interviews with Lord John Russell yesterday at the Home Office. GRAND MILITARY INSPECTIO AT WINDSOR. It having been announced that a grand review of the cavalry and infantry regiments, stationed in the neigh. bourhoud of Windsor, would take place yesterday in the Home-park, in the presence of her Majesty, his Imperil Highness the Grand Duke of Russia, Prince William Henry of the Netherlands, the Duke of Wellington, Lord 11111, &c., the town of Windsor was from an early hour of the morning in a state of excitement, from the great influx of persons by the railroad from the metropolis, and from the surrounding neighbourhood, to view the antici pated grand military spectacle. Shortly after nine o'clock the 14th Regiment of Light Hussars, under the command of Lieutenant- Colonel Townsend, marched into the town from Hounslow Barracks, and took up a position on the east side of the Home Park, and about the same time two com panies of the 45th Regiment of Infantry, under the command of Major Armstrong, entered the park for the purpose of keeping the ground. From'the smallness of their numbers it soon became manifest that the announced review would not take place ; and on inquiry, our reporter ascertained, that in consequence of the small number of troops in the vicinity, the 45th being composed princip a lly o f recru i ts , no review would take place, but that a grand military inspec tion of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue) and the above regi ment of cavalry would take place at eleven o'clock. About ten o'clock the gates of the Home Park were thrown open for the admission of the public, by means of tickets, and in a short time a large number of carriages, filled with ele gantly dressed ladies, took up positions in front of the slopes under the Castle -terrace. About the same hour the Royal Horse Guards ( Blue) matched from their bar. racks, headed by their band, in splendid state dresses, and under the command of Major Richardson, took up a posi tion on the west side of the Home Park, the bands of the two regiments continuing to play national and enlivening airs, until eleven o'clock, when they formed into triple lines, extending from west to east, with a front towards the windows of the Castle. At a quarter-past eleven o'clock his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke of Russia, with a suite consisting of Princes Dolgorowki and Bariatinski, Counts Orloff, Leiven, Stroganoff, and Tolstoy, General Kaveline, Colonel Yourjbitzch, and accompanied by Prince William Henry of the Netherlands, who was attended by Captain Arriens, his Aid de Camp, and M. Pat.. kul, left the Castle on horseback attended by Lord Hill, the Commander of the Forces, Colonel Sir George Quen. tin (who rode her Majesty's favourite charger), Col. Ca vendish, Lord Torrington, Hon. Mr. Murray, and followed by the Earl of Errol, and Lord Uxbridge in a pony chaise, and the Ladies Paget and others of the Ladies of her Ma jesty's Household in two pony phaetons, each drawn by four grey horses, the retinue being brought up by a number of gentlemen attired in the. Windsor Uniform, Royal Grooms, &c. Having passed down the Front Park and proceeded round the slopes, the Royal party entered the Home Park at twenty-five minutes past eleven o'clock, and proceeded to the front of the lines, where they were received by the respective bands playing the first stanza of the National Anthem, which was immediately changed to the Russian March. At that time the Castle Terrace was thronged by it fashionable company, and her Majesty and her illus trious,mother, the Duchess of Kent, occupied one of the centre windows of the building, from whence they were afforded an ample view of the whole of the manoeuvres. The inspection commenced by the imperial cortege taking up a position fronting the Terrace, which the troops passed in slow time, after which they again passed in quick time, then in file, and having trotted and cantered past, wheeled into two lines beyond the original ground. Both lines then retired, the 14th regiment by alternate troops, and covering the retreat and skirmishers. The 14th then called in skirmishers, and returned by threes from the right of squadrons through the intervals of the Blues, and formed a line in support. The Blues then attacked, supported by the 14th, after which the Blues retired in open columns from the right, and formed a' line to the right on the leading troop, the 14th cover ing the movement by skirmishers ; the skirmishers were then recalled. The line of Blues then advanced and charged the front to the left on the first squadron of the 14th. The troops then formed into close column, and deployed on the march into two lines on the leading square of each regiment, after which the 14th attacked supported by the Blues. The 14th then retired in open column upon the left, and formed into line on the left, abutting on the leading troop ; they then returned in open column from the left of the regiment, and formed one column, taking ground to the left, formed lines to the van on the fourth iquare of the Blues, and advancing in double colbintts from tlie.centre, formed a line to the front (on the march), advancing at a canter, and forming in perfect order. The inspection finished at one o'clock, and during the manoeuvres his Imperial Highness repeatedly galloped from one portion of the ground to the other, and at its conclu sion expressed in most flattering language his sense of the high proficiency, of discipline the troops had attained, About a quarter past one o'clock the Royal party re turned to the Castle, from thence they proceeded, about half-past three o'clock, accompanied by her Majesty; the Grand Duke being on the Queen's right hand, and Prince William of the Netherlands on the left, Lord Melbourne and Lord Alfred Paget following up the Long-walk to Virginia Water, from whence they returned about seven o'clock. COL. NAPIER ON IMPRESSMENT , I am persuaded, with regard to impressment, that, constituted as the House of Commons now is, and con sidering the state of public opinion and feeling, it will be impossible to obtain the necessary sanction of the Legislature to resort to it. It will be, therefore, by enormous bounties that the Navy will have to compete with the merchant service in manning our ships, unless measures arc adopted now, in time of peace, to secure the necessary supplies of men, with sufficient quickness for the preparatory times of war. Of all the atrocious acts of wickedness, inhumanity, injustice, nay, bad policy, ever committed by a free government upon one of the most invaluable classes of its subjects, none can surpass in wickedness and atrocity the law of impressment. The frequency of the crime has, in some measure, habituated our minds to contemplate it with blunted feelings ; and even the dazzling glory which the romantic eourage and devotion of these vic thus of injustice have thrown over the pag es of the his tory of their country, served but to enfeebl their claims to be considered as subjects of that free country. Is it possible, that under a constitutional government, where the meanest article of property, or a foot of ground, cannot be taken from any other class of men tor the public good, without giving them a tenfold value in return, much less personal liberty attacked, that solitary class, upon whom so much of the safety, wealth, , glory, and power of the nation dep en d, can b e torn from bosom of their families, amid s t t h e cr i es of pa rents, wife, of ire ; forced children, l brothers, therq sist ers , an d every fond association to serve f or an un li m i ted period, through all the chances of war ; subjected to its dangers and privations, and with wages for his la bours far inferior to his comrade in the merchant ser vice ; and subjected, moreover, to the bitter severities of a capricious military discipline, and where, in not very remote times, the severest punishment could be inflicted, and the noblest fellow that, cutlass in hand, had ever boarded an enemy's vessel, could be branded and disgraced at the sudden impulse (with out a show of examination or trial) of any untried youngster that had got the command o f a vesse l ? I have been with the British sailor, comm an di ng an d asso ciating with hi m , un d er a variety of c i rcumstances, an d to an extent th a t very few of my broth er o ff i cers can have witnessed. I have, in our service, in time of war, gone round the decks for volunteers when any boating expedition, or ot h er serv i ce t o be executed by vo l unteers was projected, and the difficulty was in every case to choose f rom t h e num b er that presen t e d th emse l ves , eac h alleging hi s c l a i m by " J ac k went t h e l ast ti me !" " You promised me the next !" "I am always the first to vulunteer!" BRITISH SEAMEN. severe dis c ipli ne In the great mutinies that occurred during the war of th e F rench revolution, when the sa f ety o f E ng l an d was shak en to i ts base, the order and regu l ar ity, and observed amongst the mutineers , and the t ota l a b sence of any cruel act , even t o the m os t o b noxious of their officers, were strong ly illustrative o f the character of these men . The genuine patriotic feeling exhibited by the north sea fleet, when in the power of the mutineers, is equally remark able, who on hearing a report that the Dutch fleet had left their port, prepared immediately to go out to attack them, and would have done so gloriously, bad the report been true. We have seen that, in the mo ment of the approaching battle, no sense of injustice, or hatred t o th e service, has prevente d t h e sailor fro m nobly d o i ng hi s duty to his country ; we have seen also that, w h en goaded on by tyranny an d exces s i ve severity, or wron g, that no certainty of the se verest punishment, f rom a powerful and dece i t f u l Governm en t, sooner or lat er f a lli ng upon the i r h ea d s ,, has restrain e d them from resortin g to desperate measures to re dress themselves.-- Neivg Monthly. The after Nvai le dpcsos St. s m a g b e e of n e o i g u about t o George Ste am Packet h se t , da n y e s. ar Company's steam ship Sirius arr i ved, from St. Petersburg h, last eve n i ng , fall I —nor ind ee d by the rude hands of railway contra ctors, but—under the magic, though harmless, hamme r of that Prince of Au c ti oneers, George Ro bi ns . The account o f this cite, is the property by this celebrated master of the descriptive will be found in another column ; and, from ita well known beauty, as well as from the classic associations con nected with it, we anticip ate a well con tested "bidding' f 0 its prop rietorship.— Bath the hono ur f' Bath and Chelten. ip.— ham Gazette. THEATRES. 01,YilY1C. At this favourite resort of the laughter loving Cockneys the popular piece of Meet me by Moonlight ; A Dream of the Future ; Dr. Dilworth ; and One Hour, or The Carnival Ball, were perbrmed last night to a very crowded house. Madame Vestra, who appeared in the second and last pieces, was in cr:cllent voice and spirits, and went through her parts with that grace and vivacity so peculiarly her own. Mrs. Orger and Miss Murray, in their respective parts, elicited and deserved marked applause; while Far ren and Keely kep t the House in one continued roar of laughter. In Dr. Dilworth they were inimitable, and we had almost said excelled themselves; for from the rising of the curtain to its the whole house was convulsed with laughter without a moment's intermission. Mr. Charles Mathews, in A Dream of the Future, and One J .;:ur. or The Carnival Ball, performed with his usual ^seas, as did also Mr. Brougham, who personated an crisp t omm o in both these pieces. Th e o th er ac t ors an d actresses, ma y, p oicularly Mr. Vining, went through their parts very creclifeW, and at the conclusion of the even ing's amusements, the aniO t ence appeared in the best possi ble humour with the performances, themselves, and the world at large. Those who are ill-tempered and morose should visit the Olympic before jt closes, which will be in a few nights, and they would expeictice the same happy results. SURREY. An English version, by Mr. T. H. Rey nolbon, of Do nizetti's cheild'auvre, the Elisir d'Amore, which it will he in the recollection of most of our readers had a run of upwards of a hundred nights at the Opera Buffs, was produced at this theatre last evening, under the title of the Love Spell; or, the Mountebank of Ravenna. the plot is very simple. Adina ( Miss Romer) who pos sesses a farm near Ravenna, is beloved by Nemorino ( Mr. Templeton,) and by Sergeant Belcore ( Mr. T. H. Rey noldson. ) Nemnrino is a bashful man, and having heard of the Elixir of Love which causes the possessor to be beloved by all whom he approaches, wishes to procure it. Dulcamara, a mountebank doctor ( Mr. Balfe) arrives at the village, and is applied to by Nemorino to furnish him with this wonderful Elixir. Dulcamare of course has a supply of this, as well as of every other infallible specific, and under the name of the " Elixer of Love" sells him at an enormous price a bottle of Bordeaux wine, with very particular directions as to the manner of using it, at the same time informing him that four-and-twenty hours must elapse before it will produce its effect. Ne - niorino drinks of the Elixir, and elated by the effects of the wine, and his faith in the specific, gives himself sundry airs of nonchalance, on meeting Adinu, which so irritates her that she consents to marry Bel core the next day. Even this fails to produce any effect on Nemorino, who places implicit faith in the virtue of the Elixir, but when, in consequence of an order arriving for Belcore's regiment to march immediately, Adina con sents to sign the contract that very day, Nemo rino is in despair, and urges her to defer the marriage. He applies to Dulcamara, who has been invited to the wedding feast for a supply of an elixir of a more potent nature, but being pennyless is of course refused. In his despair he enlists as a soldier, in order to procure the necessary supply to effect this invaluable purchase. In the mean time the vil lage girls have gained intelligence of the death of Nemorino's rich uncle, of which fact Nemorino is ignorant, and as he is heir to all his property of course he is considered a prize. The instant he appears in the market-place, they all approach him with smiles and caresses, which he attributes entirely to the effect of the Elixir. Dulcamara who is present, is as much surprised at thid as Nemorino, but determines to take advantage of the circumstance, and explains to Adins that it is all the con sequence of the wonderful Elixir, which he had sold to Nemorino, and endeavours to persuade her to purchase a supply, but she sees through his arts, and refuses. She, however, who has all along loved Nemorino, at the moment of signing the contract with Belcore, faulters, refuses, purchases the release of Nemorino, to whom she gives her hand, and all ends happily, Dulcamara taking credit to himself for the whole. The production of this opera has been delayed in consequence of the indis position of Miss Romer, but we arc happy to see that she is completely recovered. Her Adina is a beautiful piece of acting, and her powerful voice did full justice to the music. Her romanza in the first act " Beautiful but cruel 'sena " with the choru s " Ah,'Elixir most divine," was rap turously encored, as was the barcarolle " I have riches, thou hast beauty," which she sings with Balfe the second act. Balfe's Dulcamara, both in acting and singing, is as nearly perfect as can be. English opera in this gentleman .Las that which, until now, has never been its good fortune to Pos sess, a perfect and legitimate buffo—one who feels ansi understands that there exists a most essential difference between a buffo and a buffoon. His duet with Templeton, " Sir, I wish for that elixir," was the very beau-ideal of buffo performance. Templeton made a very feeling Ne morino, and exhibited powers of acting for which we had not previously given him credit. We know of no one who has of late years improved so much as Templeton, who now undoubtedly stands at the head of English tenor singers. In the allegro which was introduced from the opera of " Betly," and which he sang with Reyneldson, he was deservedly encored, but we admired him most in in the romaozetta " In her dark eye," which he gave with exquisite taste and feeling. The opera was introduced by the overture to Ii Turco in Italia, and although we are not disposed to find fault with any arrangement in con sequence of which we hear that overture in the style in which we heard it last night, yet we trust this sub stitution of one overture for another, will not be drawn into a precedent, because the overture is as much an integral part of ac opera as the pre face is of a book, and it would not be quite the thing for au edition of the Waverley novels to be preceded by the preface to "Johnson's Dictionary." The manner in which this opera was produced reflects the highest credit on all concerned, and was properly appreciated by a crowded audience, who, on Miss Homer being led on, after the fall of the curtain, by Balfe and Templeton, rose en masse and cheered them. Mr. Davidge is entitled to the gratitude of every lover of music for his exertions in the cause of the English Opera. We wouldstronglyrecommend our readers to go and take a dose of "the Elixir of Love" at the Surrey, if we are not much mistaken they would feel inclined to repeat the same at intervals. We need scarcely add that the Opera was given out for repetition every evening until further notice. NATIONAL EDUCATION IN THE PRINCIPLES of the ESTABLISHED CHURCH. On Tuesday a meeting of the members and friends of the National Society for the purpose of carrying out the system of National education in the Principles of the Established Church, was held at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's. The Chair was announced to be taken by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, at two o'clock, but long ere that hour, or indeed one o'clock, had arrived, the street was literally crammed with carriages, and crowds of fashionably-dressed ladies, of Nobility as well as com moners, formed an almost impenetrable phalanx on the footway leading from St. James's-square and St. James's street. Among the fairer sex, too, were to be seen many of the Right Reverend Prelates and numerous mem bers of both branches of the Legislature, sup ported by others of high consideration in the coun, try. Within a very few minutes of the doors having been opened, the large room was filled in every corner, and it was only with the greatest difficulty, and by the use of the most persuasive argu ments which could be advanced, that those who at tended for the Press were enabled to reach the upper part of the room. The same obstruction, of course, presented itself when the most Rev. Chairman, followed by the other Prelates and the Members of the Com mittee, attempted to reach the platform, and it was not until several minutes had elapsed that that end was ac complished, Around his Grace we observed the Archbishops of York and Armagh ; the Bishops of London, Winches ter, Bangor, Gloucester and Bristol, Chester, Chiches ter, Hereford, Lincoln, Llandaff, Norwich, Rochester, Salisbury, St. Asaph, and St. David's ; Bishops of Elphin, Nova Scotia, and Vermont, United States ; Lord Ashley, M.P., the Marquis Chohnondeley, Vis count Stormont, M.P., Sir C. Wetherell, Lord Sandon, M.P., Mr. H. C. Sturt, M.P., Sir H. Smyth, Bart., M.P., Colonel Sibthorp, M.P., the Knight of Kerry, and a great many Noblemen and Gentlemen whose names fill a column in the Times. Appropriate resolutions were passed, and the report of the National Society received. THE QUEEN'S BIRTH-DAY. TO THE EDITO1? OF THE SUN. NORTII SHIELDS, MAY 27. Stet—On the Queen's Birth-day the soldiers of the 52d regiment stationed at Tynemouth Castle, after a substan tial dinner of good old Engliidi fare, were competitors for prizes given by their officers to the victors in various games. The day concluded with fireworks, balloons, and a dance. We were pat ticularly pleased by the appearance, :066- ety, and good temper of the men, who exhibit a valuable example of how compatible indulgence is with discipline in a well-regulated corps.—l remain, Sir, A CONSTANT READER AND ADMIRER OF " THE SUN." KIDDERMINSTER. -TUESDAY. (FRoM A CORRESPONDENT.) We have been rather tardy in not calling a meet ing of our Council before to address the Queen on the late events. It was specially summoned yesterday for this purpose, and in the absence of the Mayor, Mr. G. Talbot, jun., Alderman, and J.P., presided. After a few remarks in the opening of the meeting by the Chairman, Counsellor C. Cole proposed a suitable and proper address, congratulating her Majesty, &e. &c., and concluding by expressing a hope that her Majesty would only call such men to her councils as would go on with such salutary reforms as an enlightened and progres sing nation required. Most of the sales of farming stock in this quarter (Dumfries) are over, and in general higher prices have been realized than we had for several years past. Young mulch cows readily brought from 10/. to 15/., with a brisk demand ; good draught horses from 251. to 301. ; three year old cattle, of the Galloway breed, from 91. to 141. 14s. ; two-year olds, from 61. to 10/. 103. ; stirks from 41. to Si. 155., with plenty of purchasers; and hog sheep from 16s. to 1/. 19s. Though the prices of w oo l are not y e t fixed, there is evident l y a brisk demand, as many of the usual purchasers have been on . the alert f or some time past, bespeaking the superior clips. Th ough there is a considerable stagnation in the, cotton trade, the rumours respecting the price s o f wool indicate that there i•' no ar prchension of a revulsion in the other bra m ,q l o f cur staple ma nufactures.—Duplites Courier. EV '''Nl7s.:(4 EDITION. THE FAIR SEX AT WILLIS'S ROOMS. " Yeaterday a Meeting of the members and friends of the National Education Society was held at Willis's Rooms. Among the .fair sex were to he aeon many of the Right Rev. Prelates, and numerous members of both branches of the Legislature.."— Times of yesterday. Oh, have you not heard of the throng so gay, Who (vide the Vimes of yesterday) At Willis's Rooms made a grand display, And fretted, and fumed, and palavered away, Dear gossiping souls I on that tempting theme, The National Education scheme ? " Among the fair se.x" (so the Times gives out) Were Lords and M.. P.'s,—a lady-like rout ! High-Church pluralist Priests by the score, And of matronly Bishops, a dozn or more; There was Sibthorpe, our whiskered Goddess of War, Mother London, and Grandmother Cantuar, Dame Goulburn, who's recently made such a stir, And that rosy- cheeked lassie, Abinger, The termagant Inglis, fierce and hot, The bland old tabby, Archdeacon Pott, Mahon, the vixen, and Praed, the Blue, And Geordie Sinclair, who's such a Shrew, As could scarce be tamed (too well we know) By e'en such a spouse as Petruchio I There too, looking wond'rous grim and fell, Was that withered old crone, Charles Wetherell, Who, instead of the petticoat, sported the breeches, As is often the case with such brimstone b —s, And cheered so oft with a sheepish baa, That the Meeting mistook him fur " Grandmamma Oh luckless Ministers I Nought can 7e do, When opposed by such an old-woman crew ; Rely on't, the hussies are more than your mate', For they'll not only speak, but pinch and scratch 1! LITERATURE. FRA CIPOLLA. Moxon, London, 1839. The author of this volume of poems is Sir John Has; er, who apologizes in his preface for the inferiority 0 1, his oetic wares, o b serv i ng t h at they " take the name 1 the grt.sat art in vain." They are not certainly of th e highest o:der of excellence, being deficient in depth' rigour, and 9riginality; still, they display no ordinary lent ; and if a q uick and refined sensibility, grace of °° pression, an d gent ral livelin ess o f f ancy, are sufficient to constitute the poet; in the absence of loftier and rarer qualities, or of, what Vordsworth somewhere calls," ' vision and th e f acu l ty di v :ne," then Sir J o h n H a mner as assuredly a p oet , as h e i s la Baronet. In th e Sonnet shows to particular advantage ; its co m p ac t and cony 14 densed character seems to suit .itis genius, and rico" ( ingly the maj or port i on o f hi s vo l ume i s compos ed 0 ` sonnets. We subjoin one of his beset, entitled " A Viel in Holland :" " The tide comes up the black and gusty river, Slowly against it makes a boat its way, In the rough gale the bending sedges shiver, The dripping piles fling back the shattered spray There is a church, but none who come to pray; For 'tis a week-day, and made fast the door, But onward, by a willow-sheltered bay, Hangs forth a sign, more tempting to the boor ; Wild sing the breezes from the northern sea, Flustering the top-sails on the coasts's low line ; Wildly sings Hans within the lattice, he Is flustered too, but 'tis with brantewein; See on the sand a wandering group appear, Mynheer Verkoop, the pedlar, and his gear." Some of the descriptions in this little poem are 8s .. vivid, and-distinct, an d a pp ro pri at e to t h e l oca lity, e; those which we admire in the landscape paintings of Ostade or Ruysdael. Here is a sonnet, w hich -is as for its grace f u l f ancy, as the one we h ave just quoted, is for its literalness and nice power of obser" vation. The author calls it " Melancholy." There sat a maiden 'neath a regal tower Girt with a forest of great oaks and pines, It seemed a lodge of some high conqueror In the old days, and round it creeping vines Grew wildly, that no more men drank of now; And in the topmost arch there was a bell That with the wind did vibrate, vague and low - ' t. -iread o'er the hills its modulated swell ; p a l et ly she sat, and at her side were things Of stra:ige device to measure earth and stars, And a son;l1 quiet Genius, with his wings Upfolded, and his eyes still fixed on hers. Men uttered not her queenly name, but she Had graved it in the dust, " Melancolie !" Rare skill and art are shown in the selection of image s which constitute this allegory. Not one but is in s trict and felicitous keeping with the subject. The allusions: in particular, to the bell sounding with " a vague an d low" melody from the arch or the ruined tower ; and t: the pale, silent maiden writing the word " Melancol ie in the dust, sh ow th a t th e author possesses much of he, true imaginative faculty. We shall be glad to see Dir . John Hanmer again in print. He has au elegant, let tered mind, well versed in the a rerthones utriusque linguae ;" and will, we think, become ere long, honour ably distinguished as .a poet. FLORESTON. Rickerby, London, 1839. Under the attractive ✓ form of a tale of fiction, many serviceable truths are put forth, and insisted on with point and emphasis, in this volume, which professes to comprise the history of a rural revolution from vice and misery to virtue and happiness, and is dedicated appropriately to the landed proprietors of the United Kingdom. Who the author may be we know not ; but of one thing we are certain, namely, that he is well ac quainted with the habits and feelings of the agricultura l classes, and writes throughout in a spirit of calm, prac tical, good sense. LIFE AND TIMES OF THE COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON: Painter, London, 1839. The sixth part of this memoir, which is publishing ill two shilling monthly numbers, is no w lying before us it contain s muc h that will i n t eres t th e general reader; by reason of th e s k etc h es it gives of many of the public ch arac t ers w h o flourished in the middle, A n towards th e c l ose o f t h e L st century ; and a l so from the characteristic fragments with which it furnishes us, of Whitfield's more familiar correspondence ; but as f ar m, Lady H un ti ng d on i s concerned, it possesses l i tt l e or d general interest ; for the Countess, however amiab le aenn well-intentioned, was li tt l e b etter than a cr azY thusiast. ppg OF CHRONICLE OF THE LA TV IRELAND. By CONSTANTINE J. thrir.a, of Lincoln's Inn. London: Butterworth, 1839 This is a very valuable addition to the legal 11 ' 5 " orl of this c ountry. Th e numerous abstracts from Pa ten) rolls, a n d ot h er scarce official documents, sufficient,Or attest the l a b our expen d ed i n its completion. Mr. SmYt;ll however, ac k now l e d ges i n the Preface that what too have have been a work of great difficulty, was rendered O n " - parativelv easy by the researches of Mr. Lodge, and the historical inquiries of Mr. Dulrigg, whose history King's Inn, Dublin, of which he was for some time Ji brarian, is well known to every Irish legal student. RECONNOITERING VOYAGES,TRAVE'q „ AND ADVENTURES IN THE NEW CO LONIES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, f,, c ; DURING THE YEARS 1836, 1837, and , By W. H. LEIGH, Esq. London: Smith, -b l9 " and Co. 1839. be Feeling persuaded that no greater service cou ld rendered to persons about to emigrate to Australia t han to extract from this v o l ume th e va l ua bl e i n forma tion . which it c ont a i ns respect i ng t h e actua l con dition and, feelings of th e em i gran t s a l rea d y l ocate d i n t h a t part ot the wo r ld, we must express out regret that th e crowded state o f our co l umns w ill no t a d m i t more tha n a brief n o ti ce o f i t . Th e aut h or , M r. L e i g h , we nt out t ° Australia in 1836, no t as a sett l er , but as a surgeo n to the South A us t ra li an C ompany ' s sh i p South Atistralit; and during hi s res id ence on Kangaroo Island , at h t t i new settlement o f Ad e l a id e , an d at Sydney, a v a i le d ample opport un i t i es , o f w hi c h h e pra i sewort hily av aj et .. himself, of as cer t a i n i ng th e actua l con di t i on of th e ma ar tiers. He say s th a t h e did no t mee t w ith one not woman at the settlement of Ki ngsco t e that oiu most bitterly rue th e d a y th e y l e f t England'" and that their determination was to get back possible. Many of them would have returned, but they were forcibly detained by the agents of the Company, who allowed no vessel to g ive _ them a passage : The , country around he found a " melancholy jungle,' without a drop of fresh water, so that the lif P e ro in v unfortunate settlers were o bliged to p urc h a se this most necessary of th p e e n n as speedily as cal climate at about a all kinds were enormously dear—nearly trebly as dear i a sio t n ro s p o i- f thousands o f hard-working artisans to leave their n ative as in London ; so that a rate of wages which tempted necessaries n o f; country to realise a fortune in a few years was often in sufficient to keep body and soul together. On the main land Mr. Leigh found things a little, an d but very little better. The discontent was kene ral, even among the most enterprising settlers. All complained that they h a d swindled by scoundrels, wh o , un d er t h e pretex t o f con veying them to a land " flowing with milk and honey: first robbed, and th en treated them with as much bar barity as ever the West India Planters did their slaves. His description of the voyage outward is truly appalling owing to the way the unfortunate emigrants were cram med together in unwholesome berths. And he states in conclusion, that though several of the women were far adva nce d i n pregnancy, no surgeon would have been taken had not the iron-hearted manager succeeded in, getting on e f or no thi ng . Of the general character. of the v o l ume, i t i s enoug h t o sa y that it is equally = wing and instructive. It has no pretensions to verbal ale - gance, but there is a rough vigour, and a freshness .; about it, which well redeems the carelessness of the stYla• It is well illustrated with engravings from sketenes by. the author. The dngei The pr Poit4 been With Adine, Ter r i f i c • . . . .- - _ _ , -' ---4 G ED/TION. ..~ i *a I c sever they obtai are T TRIJ Ito PAC OUT Th TO THI; Claud e tur n* corn] • Th e T