The Sun. — London, England, 1844-09-24 00:00:00

Tan Ti . ; . hoist ers yesterday , in the fr i gate Chrl*L.na, , lutes 41s consul' q es isular flag on shore, atter exchanging s, 'lth the M oors. A s t h e w i n i was contrary, she 17 towed out of Algesiras by her Majesty's steaia er u e _suvius, on b oar d of which was Excelleil t ' . r r Balvver, through whose niediatimi the e atY was negotiated." DUTCH MAIL. THE HAGUE, SETT. 17.—W- understand that th h. e w proj ec t o f l aw on th e ex propriation a landed pro r`rtY for the public advantag., is now ready to be resented to the States-General as soon as they meet promised, by this measure, that, in every case, the Possession of the land to be expropriated shall 100 b7cediately given up, and that the indemnity to given for it shall be afterwards determined. 1 , 13 regul a ti on w ill be very advantageous to tb e r ile ti teh Railway Company, which - will then b e q uit,. to proceed in the construction of the railw a y 'otterd min. lt OTTERDA.M, SEPT. 17.—Private letters received t 7 f r e confirm the news that the Governor - Genera l our Indian possessions has prohibited the exporta tlpn of rice. The new harvest was expecte:l in a few eei cs• Cargo rice had risen at Sourabay d fro:n 70 t h to 160 and 180 florins. tot The latest letters received overland say that all the ee belonging to private persons which had been tt `Posed of, had been purchased for English account, leonsiderable advance in prices. ILBURG, SEPT. 18.—llis Majesty the King e d ar- L ' here this evening, accoTnpanied only by . his aide -7"01p, Baron von Coehorn. His Majesty is 'llected to return to the Hague on Sunday next. of the HAGUE, SEPT. 20.—The Board of Directors f a Dutch Railway Company gives notice, that the Lnof 2,500,000 florins which it has negotiated, has entirely taken by the present proprietors ; so that bription made under letter B, in the name of per te Who are not shareholders of the company, cannot received. DUTCH FUNO3...AMSTEHDASS, SIRPT. 20. Mope, , sll is. ActuAl Debt, 2)4 per Cent . 62!A 62U Ditto, ditto 5 per cent.: ........... . 99 100 _AM•it Syndic. 4% per cent................... 99 99 unto. ditto, 3% per cent ..... ..... 89 89 Commercial Company, 434 per cent.... ..... 147 149 Lean 1837, 5 per cent.. ........»....».».««... 96 96 e Itzchange on London, Onemontn l2 12;4 Two months l2 0136 Hanaburgh, One m.nth 35 118 1-10: Twomonthe 55 43 7-10 Dutch Papers, Sept. 21. SLANDERS AND HAMBURGH MAIL. 1 4 13 ,RUSSELS, SEPT. 19.—There have been some dis ,,toDai nces at Verviers ; some hundred persons of the ~,,,r f ing classes of that manufacturing town left their ko fK for a time ; they assembled in the square, broke I ,„`",e windows, and cried " Down with the Jesuits !" i aer the windows of some of the principal inhabit tb;.', whom they suppose to be favourable to that re "3as order. tm lt appears that the disturbances have been put an to, and some persons arrested. The Kin g and I t i le en and the Royal Family will leave O stend on °ll day, and return to the Palace of Lacken. , 4s:::letter from Nieuport, of the 17 th , say s, " We ived yesterday official notice that the King and °t Sunday Queen, and the two young Princes , w ill arrive here the 22d; the two Prin ces are each lay one stone of the Sluice, which is now "ng; but as the works are already far advanced, v 7 t ae, stones are to be placed at th e side of t he sluice b,. ° l an inscription. We shall have a file, which the Oistrates will endeavour to make a s brilli ant a s pos sible, and which, we hope, will attract a great number t d M rangers. ti , RUSSELS SEPT. 20.—r. Dyce Sombre has ar ve at Brussels on his way to London. Ole Duchess of Palmella arrived yesterday fro m Isb on. °f t he SEPT. 20. — The Hanoverian Jo urnal t`fie 18th September, bring accounts of a dre adful at Clausthal (a town of 10,000 inhabitant s ) which T welv e place on the night of the 15 th of t his month. b t lelve or thi r teen dwelling-houses, and as many out de„dings, including many public in stitutions, were des troyed. Above 3,000 persons are without shelter, do the loss of property cannot be less than 300,000 ‘l9ara•—liamburgh papers, Sept. 20. COURT CIRCULAR. lier M a j es ty the Queen Dowager and her Royal l ti ghness the Duchess of Kent left Gopsall Hall, 14 eicestershire, the seat of Earl Howe, yesterday, for Witley Court, Worcestershire, the residence of the Queen Dowager. - STATE APARTMENTS, WINDSOR CASTLE.—We have tt . hority to give notice that the State apartments at t l s 'lldsor Castle will not be shown to the public after ; ,Ztnin g (T u esday) until further notice. e 'Earl of Haddington had an interview with Sir Robert, Peel on Saturday. The Ch ancellor of the e a' l quer arrived in town yesterday morning, from :s s eat, Beechworth House, Surrey, and had an in t ' n ew With the Right Hon. Barunet. In t h e after -1,;°11 Sir Robert and Lady Peel left their residen ce in hitehall Gardens for Brighton. deput a ti on from the Severn Navigation Com ission, cons i s ting of Mr. Pakington, M.P., Mr. S pooner, M.P., Mr. J. W. Lea, Mr. Leader Williams, til d Mr. W a t ers , had an interview with the Earl of Dalhousie, yesterday, at the o ffi ce of the Board of Trade. Lord Stanley arrived in town yesterday evening t ° ol Knowsley Hall, Lancashire. 'OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITU TION. t o We yesterday visited the Polytechnic Institution the purpose of witnessing the first exhibition of qeProteoscope, a newly invented optical inst rument, Which reflects drawings magnified t o an enormous ti 4 ' l on an opaque disc. A series of exqu isi t e draw -1148 from the pencil of Mrs. Bachhoffner , illustrative 0 Collin's Ode on the Passions, were exhibited on the v roteuse o p e . These drawings, as works of art, are of the f u e lY highest order. Nothing could exceed the beauti expression of the female countenances espec iall y — a ` Ze illustrations of Cheerfulness and Melancholy are ,'rest gems. As each pictorial illustration was ex 41"Ited, the portion of the Ode i llustrated was sun g b y e vocalists attached to the institution accompanied by the band. The music, which is exceedingly ap propriate, i s the composition of Dr. Wallis , the musi ell director of the institution, and it reflects the ,ilßh est credit on his taste and his tale nts. The ex bition as a whole is most pleasing, and it will no ", I ht attract crowds to the Polytechnic for some time to conic VAUXHALL GARDENS. These once celebrated gardens were opened last ni ght, " on subscription," as the handbill state s, for a serie s of six splendid gala nights, in the style in Which the " Royal Property" was conducted in the , 1 -( 'esi time. Every effort, we are told, would be ;lade to render the fete attractive in every depart 'llent. If this be so, it is to be regretted that it was n ot made at an earlier period when the weather was not so chilly as it has become for the last few days. A great many, to whom the summer evening would an additional attraction to visit these gardens, will r ather "lie by" under the influence of equinoxial Wi nds. The fall of the leaf is too late for an open air e ntertainment. There was, notwithstanding, a very c onsiderable number of visitors last night. The en• te rtaintnent commenced with a concert. It was ° Pened with the National Anthem, which was very ; rEditably sung by Mr. Robinson, Mr. Rans ° TA, Mr. W. 11. Taylor, and Miss Agnes Taylor. i_tveral songs were sung by the same artists, of which " Monks of Old," sung by Mr. Ransford, and iby.Cupid's Auction Mart," a comic song, by Mr. Mr. were encored. After the concert, an attempt Was made at a ballet—La Vivandiere. It had, how ever, this single merit, that it was performed under a t° °f: Other entertainments followed, the best of Which was the singing of several comic songs by Mr. 4 • Mathews. The theatre, where these amusements W ere carried on, was, as might be expected, t he scene of a great deal of noise and con f,l,le,°a• "One shilling only" was the price at "the distinguished patrons of these galas 1 " dlf th a t th e p u bli c s h ou ld he admitted. It duration be considered a principal ingredient in an en tertainment, the public ought to be well pleased L With the va l ue th e y rece i ve d ; but we wo uld suggest t_tl! those w h o h ave go t u p thi s fete, whether an open ir entert a i nmen t, more th an five hours long, is not , 4 r° much at this season of the year? There were t wo band s i n a tt en d ance , w h ose p er f ormance wa s L ',reditable en oug h. W e s h ou ld no t f orge t t o o b se r v e that the gar d ens were very b r illi an tl y li g h te d, b u t, I t ',°twithst an di ng th e exer ti ons ma d e , t h ere was no t at " light of other days" which it was announced _we should ha ve i n ever y d e p ar t men t, " ill um i na ti ve musical, pyrotechnic, and refre,htnentl" JEWISH FREEMASONS.—Those who felt interested in the notice inserted in last number of the Voice of Jacob, alluding to Freemasonry and the Jews in Prussia, will no doubt be pleased to hear, that on the proposition, in the Grand Lodge (4th September last, Earl Howe presiding), to present a congratulatory ad dress to his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, Pro tector of Prussian Freemasons (then on a visit here), a gentleman present mentioned the fact that Jews,whether English or not, were excluded froth attending a Free- masons' Lodge in Pfu,sia, however high their rank in the craft in any other country! This elicited a lengthened debate upon the subject, mueh in favour of the Jews ; the particulars of which will probably be given in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review. The Prussian Consul- General, Chevalier Hebeler, who was present, pledged himself that these anti-Masonic laws had been abolished, and that in future no religious distinction would be known in Freemasonry in Prussia. As it is but very -tither an interesting notice has been forwarded to recently that the Jewish Freenwsons made the corn thenoucummittee at Lloyd's, signed W. E. Bush. and un- plaint, the gentlemen who denied the impeachment, u. e neing that he has already succeE - ded in rai!Atig to the must either shrink from a defence of the intolerance, or e,_!ovoation of nine feet above high water mark. on the be ignorant of the fact. The declaration, and the pro -I,2dwin Sands, an iron column which he expect: , , 1) mitred statement, of so distirguished a man as the Con- Complete... before the Ist November next, tot 4 etl. , .'r - with a su l.G e neral of Prussia however, g o a groat way ,ur r i m iltant red light. The fotualittiori is statjd to be ~-21• g towards the accomplishment of the much desired rei-eid, basis it not ter discov e red wle.lier tl-re a if it has not al;eady taken place: for the sake of hi , a llic beneath the s:Aritri, the ex:tin:trio:l 4/11,•ii reputation, he meat w now assist in the good work. — a work of great ditEcuity. own Voice of Jacob. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 24. HER MAJESTY AT BLAIR ATHOL. BLAIR ATHOL, FRIDAY. The wild freshoes and salubrity of the mountain air hare already wrought most beneficial effects upon her Majesty and the illustrious visitors at Blair Castle. Her 11.1i , ksty seldom allows the sun to be up and stiring befor ,- 2 her, and by the time that " the rosy fiogerjd morn" has expelled the mists from the surrounling hills, her .11.1a:esty may be seen walking about the grounds, accompanied by her illustrious ~ n sort nod the Princess Royal. The young Princess i a loiip mounted on her Shetland pony when she axe „ mi onies her Royal parents in their morning walk; l,ut Prince Albert occAonally takes her in his arias, d points out to the Princess any object within view that might attract the wandering fancy of a child. I Isr ljesty's piper, ;Mackay, who came over in the Stromboli, in order to a. tend her Majesty during her sojourn at Blair Athol, has orders to play the pibroch staler her Majesty's window every morning at seven o'clock, and at the same early hour a bunch of fresh heather, with some of the icy cold water from the csdebrated spring at Glen Tilt, are presented to her Majesty. The unostentatious simplicity of the Qaeen's.pre sent mode of life, and the graceful affability with which she dispenses with the stately trammels and enforced ceremoni‘ss of a Court, whilst she retains her Queenly dignity, have excited the most lively enthu siasm amongst her Majesty's Highland subjects. With them the idea of a Queen is inseparably asso ciated with a crown sparkling with rubies and eine raids, about two furlongs of crimson velvet for a train, with the entire regalia, and all the paraphernalia of princely state; and they can scarce believe their eyes when they see her Majesty mingling with them as an humble worshipper at the village :kirk, and fording the river Garry on a small pony led by a Highland gilley, and wearing a common shepherd's plaid over a plain black morningdress,and then conversing affably with the wild Highlanders. This tranquil seclusion and majestic simplicity has an immense effect upon the Scottish people, and the popularity which her Majesty had attained during her visit to Taymouth 1 Castle the year before last has increased tenfold since her residence at Blair Athol. On returning from their mountain ramble over the rocky summits of the Tulloch, her Majesty and the Prince partook of luncheon, and in the afternoon they drove out in the neighbourhood in acarriage and four, preceded by outriders. During the afternoon her Ma jesty accompanied the Prince into the park, where there are several of the finest red deer. His Royal Highness shot a superb antlered stag, and again killed one of those graceful creatures yesterday morning. The carriages were ordered' at three o'clock yes day afternoon, to convey the Royal party up the " bonniest glen in Scotland"—the Vale of Glen Tilt. Her Majesty there had an opportunity of seeing the remote solitudes and the stern but secluded magnifi cence of Highland scenery in all its wildness. The Prince, who was on horseback, preceded her Majesty, with a small cavalcade, consisting of his noble host and some of the gentlemen of the Royal suite. The foresters had been out during the morning, and the red deer were seen in countless myriads pouring over the craggy precipices, roaming unrestrained through these rocky fastnesses as her Majssty drove through the beautiful glen. The surpassing splendour of the scenery in the den forest of Athol was fully appre ciated by her Majesty, ho descanted in glowing terms upon the diversity of rich tints thrown by the evening sun upon the barren hills, and the beauties of the waterfalls which inset the eye at each turn of the road. An excellent carriage-drive runs through the glen up to the forest lodge, a distance of eight miles, and preparations have been made at this rustic residence, in order that it might be to a certain extent fit for the reception of her Majesty and the Prince, if they should at any time feel inclined to take any re freshment there during the sporting excursions of his Royal Highness. The Master of Strathallan, the Hon. Mr. Drum mond, has caught a violent cold during his night guard as one of her Majesty's guard of Athol High landers. Lord Aberdeen and the Earl of Liverpool left their cards with him yesterday, and proceeded on foot to revisit the pass of Killiecrankie, when they fell in with the Marquis of Breadalbane. The Noble Marquis alighted from his carriage, which was sent on to Blair Athol, and returned to the Castle on foot with the two above-mentioned nobleman. The visit of the Noble Marquis to her Majesty being in some measure unexpected, there was some difficulty in providing accommodation, but his Lordship will re main at the Castle until Saturday. The object of his Lordship's visit is to invite her Majesty to pay a second visit to Taymouth; but it is understood that her Majesty will not leave her present abode. Her Majesty's departure is fixed for the 30th, according to present arrangements. Lord Adolphus Fiticlarence has been up to Perth, examining the charts of the Tay, to see whether it would be possi ble to take the royal yacht up to the " fair city ;" but it is feared that she draws too much water to come up the river in safety. It is, therefore, settled for her Majesty to re-embark at Dundee; but she will probably vary her route to that port, and pass through Perth on her way towards the sea. BLAIR ATHOL, SATURDAY.—The Queen rode out on a pony for three hours yesterday morning, shortly after breakfast, and returned to the Castle at twelve o'clock. The carriages were ordered to be in readi ness at three o'clock, in order to convey her Majesty to the Glen Tilt. On Thursday, as has been pre viously stated, her Majesty took a long drive along the carriage-road leading through the glen, Lord Glenlyon's foresters having been out on the craggy heights since daybreak driving the herds of deer to wards the edge of the precipices, which overlook the valley, to enable her Majesty to see these wild and graceful tenants of the forest of Athol roving through their rocky domains. Her Majesty was so struck with the sublime magnificence of the scene that she expressed a desire to penetrate still farther into the Flen, on the road towards Brae Mar, the forest which is now leased to the Duke of Leeds. Her Majesty was accompanied by Prince Albert, and Lord Glen lyon, Sir Edward Bowater, Lord Charles Wellesley , the Marquis of Breadalbane ; Lady Glenlyon, and Lady Canning were also of the party. Lord Glen lyon's phaeton followed the cavalcade, which pro ceeded at a rapid rate towards the last forest lodge, and then went on two miles beyond the lodge, which is eight miles distant from the Castle. Her Majesty and the Prince both expressed them selves delighted with the beautiful diversity of the scenery, and hoped they would be enabled to take an other drive down the glen before their departure. The sun rose this morning in unclouded splendour, and there is every indication of a continuance of the present propitious weather. Her Majesty has been out riding on a pony again this morning, and has sig nified to Lord Glenlyon her intention of attending Divine service to morrow morning, at the village church. Dr. M'Leod, a preacher of some celebrity, will replace Mr. Irvine to-morrow morning, and in addition to this a choir has already arrived from Perth. The Marquis of Breadalbane left the Castle for his princely domain at Taymouth at half-past six o'clock this morning, and Sir James Clark has left Blair Athol for Dunkeld. Her Majesty has expressed a de sire to take a permanent residence in this part of the Highlands, and to lease a forest, to which the Court might make a pilgrimage every year, in order to afford Prince Albert an opportunity of enjoying the noble sport of deerstalking. Her Majesty, it is said, has also directed her physician to collect statistical details and make inquiries respecting the diseases which are most prevalent in the Highlands. Sir J. Clark has, we believe, drawn up his report, by which it appears that the Highlands have obtained a clean bill of health, with the exception of a fever, arising from too copious libations of whisky. This is the only known prevailing epidemic, but there is every reason to hope that her Majesty and Pince Albert, and even the Royal children might escape the infec tion, notwithstanding her Majesty's avowed penchant for Athol brouse, a very pleasant composition, which consists of honey, whisky, and two teaspoonfuls of water. There is every probability that her Majesty will not leave this place before the l st of October, although he 30th instant has been fixed for the departure of ;he Court.—Post. MR. D. W. HARVEY and CERTAIN ALDERMEN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As Parliament is not now sitting, and all rumours of war are hushed, I may, perhaps, hope fur the pardon of your readers, if I so far trespass on the rules of good taste as to notice the proceedings reported to have taken place in the Court of Alder men on Tuesday last. Brevity on my part shall be the condition of this concession. _ _ The present is nut the only occasion when the same enlightened worthies have united at the same time against one poor Commissioner, betraying in every instance the same feelings of discretion and valour 1 i Neither Aldermen Copeland, Farebrother, nor Sir Peter Laurie heard one word of a speech they are pleased to denounce " with feelings of surprise and indignation," as "a tissue of absurdities," and that, ; too, in the absence of the only person who could have spared them the reproach of acting a part so ludicrous and unbecoming. It is, indeed, to be deplored that Alderman Copeland was prevented, as he says, by the H rapidity with which the all was &ssolved on Saturday List, from noticing what he is pleased to term my " un founded aspersions." I was present on that occasion ; whether the worthy Alderman was I cannot say. Sir Peter was there, apparently " writhing in unutterable anguish" upon finding the Livery were not to be "humbugged," to use his .ivn elegant V erbiage, by what his friend, Alderman Brown, aptly characterised as " Sir Peter's peculiar badinage." It is due to the Lord Mayor to sate that I witnessed no "eager desire" to close the Hall ; on the contrary, with marked courtesy, he inquired whether I desired to address the Livery? It; unhappily for myself, as well as for my audience, I were affected with that love of "empty applause," under which Sir Peter obviously labours, and were like him oppressed with " a sense of my original insignificance," I should have availed myself of his Lordship's courtesy. But it has been a rule with me, through a long public life, never to speak but upon occasions which justify my so doing; of which rule I have found the grati fying advantage in securing that uniformly indulgent attention to which Sir Peter Laurie, for obvious rea sons, must ever be a stranger. Every mortification has some mitigation. Though the Livery were debarred the pleasure of hearing Alderman Copeland on the 11th instant, an appro priate occasion will offer to him on Saturday, the 28th instant, when unusual circumstances will secure for him a crowded audience. I will take care to be at Guildhall, and shall be prepared, if need be, to re peat and defend my former representations. While I readily trace the kind intentions of my late Honourable Colleague, Alderman Humphery, in what he is reported to have said in the Court of Alder men, I cannot recognise him, in this instance, either as my expositor, or apologist. I was not excited, nor did I allude to my salary ; and when he taunts a brother Alderman for generally speaking in the House of Commons under the influence of mental irritation, I must protest against the charge • for, having sat some years in Parliament with Alderman Copeland, I can safely aver that I never heard the Member for the Potteries once address the represen tatives of the people. Having thus vindicated Alderman Copeland from the reproach of the late Lord Mayor, I trust he will excuse me for correcting an error advanced by him, " that I was indebted to the Aldermen for my ap poiutmen i " I cheerfully admit that I received the prompt and efficient support of Alderman Copeland, as alsa of a large majority of his Court, but my ap pointment was in the Court of Common Council, from whom, in open Court, I received it, and I am proud to say their choice was very graciously sanc tioned by her Majesty. Let it not be imputed to me that lam insensible to individual kindness, when I aver my conviction that the motives which prompted my appointment do not appear on the surface. How ever, Sir Peter's love of " badinage" may induce him to talk of my " original insignificance," .1 will venture to assure him he will never be honoured by an Act of Parliament disqualification. My release from this factious interdict may be nearer at hand than may be agreeable to some civic functionaries ; and, at all events, so long as I continue to hold the office of Commissioner of the City Police force, I feel that my services are more than an equivalent for my salary. If my ceaseless and undivided responsibility is suf ficiently paid with a salary of 800/. a year, the City is most censurably lavish of its resources in every other department. uv n conclusion, I feel it due to myself to state that my present remarks are only intended to apply to those persons whose conduct has elicited them. From a very large majority of the magistrates of the City I have received the kindest consideration of gentle men, and, in common with my fellow-citizens, I greatly regret that their public usefulness should be impaired, and their feelings annoyed by the bluster ing babbling of inordinate conceit, which ever and anon is displayed by a few of their restless colleagues. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Old Jewry, Sept. 20. D. W. HARVEY. NEWS most OTAHEITE.—We have been favoured with the following extract of a letter, dated Valparaiso, May 31:—" I write in haste, as a vessel sails to-morrow morning. Mrs. Pritchard and family arrived here this afternoon in great distress and troable at not finding her husband at this place. Otaheite is still in a dreadful state. The French seized Mrs. Sammon, the Queen's cousin, taking her fur Pomare, took her on board the Uranie, when they found out their mistake. They also stole a man's wife, and took her on board a frigate ; eight of her relations stormed a fort and killed 20 men. The French say the fort was stormed by 300 natives, who killed two men and wounded five, losing 15 of their own. In another action, the Otaheitans killed 90 French, losing 100 themselves, besides 109 muskets and 16 old guns, mounted on cocoa-nut logs, but taking two pieces of artillery from the French, who were conducted to a pass by Henry, son of the missionary. The Otaheitans were led by two Englishmen, who were killed. The French have been awfully handled, having lost altogether up wards of 400 killed and wounded, amongst the former six officers, one of whom is the first:lieutenant of the steamer, which, it is said, when going along the shore, killed upwards of 100 natives ; however, the French governor has had enough of it, and has issued a procla mation, to say he will not attack any more. A Otahei tan in the last agonies of death threw a stone at M. 13ruat, which missed him. It is said they (the French) have taken a lieutenant of the Hazard, and have been playing all sorts of games. It is also reported the troops refused to fight ; l7 deserted one day and six the next, but two of them being caught were shot. These deser ters, with some English and Americans, are of great service to the natives."—Falntouth Packet. MAIL COACH ACCIDENT.—The London mail to Falmouth was on Wednesday delayed nearly three hours, in consequence of a somewhat serious accident, which happened between Oakhampton and Bridestowe. It appears that on coming down Stourton-hill and turning a corner, the coach came in contact with a van, when the pole broke, and the coach itself turned over We regret to learn that one outside passenger, Captain Treweeke, of Gwenap, just returned from Cuba, broke the small bone of his leg. He was carefully taken back to Oak hampton. No other passenger met with any injury ; but the guard, on his arrival at Truro, bore evident marks about his head and face of his having had a narrow escape. Great blame is attributed to the driver of the van, who was on the wrong side of the road, and did not attempt to get out of the way. The coachman, Gillard, is known as an able, careful driver.—Cornwall Royal Gazette. SOMNAMBULISM.—The Manchester Courier relates a singular occurrence in a boarding-house in that town. A respectable-looking individual, very well-dressed, ob tained a lodging, and showed himself very nice about his accommodation. Before going to bed he happened to pass through the kitchen, where " boots " was busy in his vocation. Next morning " boots" rose early, but found to his amazement that a great part of his labour had been done by some unknown friend. The stranger got up too, and left the house, when it was ascertained by the chambermaid that his bed was as black as if a chimney-sweeper had slept in it, and that the front of the gentleman's night-shirt was smeared with black, leaving no doubt that he had been the unknown assistant of Mr. Boots. The mystery was explained by the discovery of a small roll of paper in his room, which proved that he had held the distinguished situation of boots "in a London hotel. ATTACK UPON A GAMEKEEPER.--On Wednesday se'nnight Mr. Denman, chief constable of Ruthin, in Denbighshire, arrived in Bolton, in search of two col liers, named Thomas James and William Jones, the former 21, and the latter 28 years of age, who are charged with maliciously cutting and wounding an Englishman named Bride, gamekeeper to Mr. Robert Myddleton Biddulph, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Denbigh, on the night of Sunday, the Ist inst. On that night, Bride, and an under-keeper, who is a Welchman, were out on Mr. Biddulph's estate, when they fed in with the prisoners, poaching. Bride ordered them to stand, and seised one of them; but they were armed, one with the stock and the other with the barrel of a gull, with which they commenced a murderous attack upon Bride, and left ,him apparently dead upon the ground; whilst his companion. the under-keeper, stood looking on, without rendering him the slightest assistance. Bride was dreadfully injured about the neck and face; but hopes are entertained of his recovery. On Wed nesday night Mr. Denman, accompanied by an assistant, and three or four of the borough police, went to the Kersley Mill Colliery, Mr. Denman dressed in the garb of a Welch collier, and inquired for James and Jones; and, when they came up, they were immediately recog nised, and taken into custody. — Chester Chronicle. DREADFUL SHIPWRECK OF THREE EAST INDIA MEN, AND Loss OF LlFE.—Within the last two or three days much attention has been excited at the melancholy accounts recently received at Lloyd's, of the dreadful shipwrecks of several noble vessels while on their voyage to and fro from Bombay and China to Enland, attended with sacrifice of human life. The ships in question, are the Candahar, an Indianian, 642 tons burth( ; the Royal Admiral, a barque, 414 tons burthen ; the Colum bia, a schooner, 180 ton, butthen, laden with treasures and jewels ; the Amelk, of Sydney ; and the Camaien, an East India packet-ship, 388-tons burthen, trading be tween Liverpool and Calcutta, al; of whic!), we regret to state, with the rich cargoes, estimated at an enormous amount, are irrecoverably lost. CITY OF LONDON REGISTRY. Several of the clerks to the different Liveries were in attendance when the Court sat, and after being sworn, confirmed the lists of their respective Companies. Upon the list of the parish of St. Mary-at-Hill being called on, Mr. Quin applied to have the names of Mr. John Bur gess and Mr. George Biggs placed upon the register. lie said that this was a case, as was indeed many others in the same parish, of extreme difficulty and complexity. The applicants were in possession of a certain entitling house in the Coal-Exchange, in right of which they claimed to vote. In the parish of St. Mary-at-Hill it was the invariable custom never to rate any person ex cepting the head or principal landlord, and the Coal-Ex change being the property of the City of London, the Corporation was rated for it. The consequence was, that, although many persons holding counting-houses and other apartments in this building frequently applied to the overseers and collectors of the parish to be rated. they were met with the answer that such a course would be contrary to the rule adopted by the parish with re spect to under tenants. He thought it a case of great hardship upon such occupiers to be deprived of their right of voting, merely because the authorities of this parish thought proper to enact same peculiar and unne cessary bye-laws. The REVISING BARRISTER said if the applicant was not rated he could not help it, as the law required that there names should appear as rate-payers. Mr. Quin said Messrs. Burgess and Biggs applied to be rated three years ago for those premises, and since that time had occupied them without intermission. They had also claimed to be rated in July last, and he trusted that the Court would now place their names upon the registry. The REVISING BARRISTER wished to See the claim which had been made three years ago. The overseer said he could not produce it, as he in variably tore up those documents after they were dis posed of. Mr. Quin censured such a course. In the present in stance he was unable to produce evidence, as the party who served the notice was not now under his control. The REVISING BARRISTER said the Act of Parliament required the overseers to place the name• of any person who claimed to be rated upon the list. However, it was quite impossible, as the parties were not rated, to place their names upon the registry. The claim was consequently rejected. BOROUGH OF MARYLEBONE RE- GISTRATR)N. The revision of the list of voters for the borough of Marylebone commenced yesterday, at the Court house, Marylebone-lane, before D. C. Moylan, Esq. Messrs. Ivirney and Allen appeared for the Liberals ; Mr. Greenwood for the Conservatives. The following is a statement of the number of claims and objections taken by both parties, and by the over- CLAIMS. reformers. Tories. Overseers. Total. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. The town settling for the St. Leger took place, or rather commenced, yesterday, and, from the neglect of several parties whose means, station, and disposition to pay, are above suspicion, to attend either in person or by deputy, and the absence of two or three others of whose ability to meet their engagements strong doubts are en tertained, was a most unsatisfactory proceeding ; still, the balances remaining unpaid, although large enough to produce a good deal of inconvenience and angry feeling, ate trifling in comparison with former St. Legere, and, with a few exceptions, are likely to be made good in the course of the present or the following week. The betting on the Cesarewitch, for which a large acceptance will be declared this day, was confined to the Duke of Portland's Souvenir filly at 10 to 1 (taken), and Sir G. Heathcote's Catnpanero at 20 to 1 (taken) ; oilers to take 15 to 1 about the Brewer. For the Derby, 18 to 1 was laid agst Colonel Anson's hedger (the takers anxious to go on), 33 to 1 agst the Duke of Hutland's Minikin colt, 1,000 to 20 agst Mr. Watts's Myrrha colt, and 20 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's lot ; offers to take 35 to 1 each about Lord Chesterfield's Twig and Mr. A. Johnstone's the Rebecca colt, and 40 to 1 about Connaught Ranger. Oaks-10 to 1 taken about Mr. Worthington's Lancashire Witch. LIVERPOOL AUTUMN RACES.—FaIDAY. Nominations for the Aintree Stakes. Mr. T. Walker's br c The Nobbler, 3 yrs—Mr. M. King's ch c Yarrow, 3 yrs—Mr. C. Peck's gr f Alice Gray, 2 yrs—Mr. Skerratt's ch c Tottenham, 2 yrs— Mr. Owen's b c Joe Raphael, 3 yrs. INTELLIGENCE EXTRA. NEWMNRKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING. TUESDAY. The Trial Sakes of 10 sous. each, for three yrs old, 7st 71b ; four, Bst 91b ; five, 9st 21b ; six and aged, 9st 61b. A.F. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs 01.1, 6st 71b ; three, Bst 71b ; four and upwards, 9st. T.Y.C. The winner to be sold for 501., &c. The Grand Duke Michael Stakes of 50 sovs. each, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b. A.F. Robinia, Joe Lovell, Rhino, Panther, The Devil-to- Pay, All-round-my-Hat, The Prince of Wales, Theseus, The Ugly Buck, Crosby, Antenor, c by Beiram out of Amaryllis, Plush, II erope, Foig-a-Ballagh, Arragon, Zenobis, Red Deer, Strathspey, Valerian, Baveno, Voltri, b c by Camel out of Wadastra. The Buckenham Stakes of 300 sovs. each, h ft, for the produce of mares covered in 1841 ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. One to the post. Lord Exeter's Adrianople, f Deodora, and f Pilgrim age—Mr. Wreford's b or br c by Camel, out of Monimia; b f Wedding Day, and b f by Sultan. Junior, out of Victoria —Colonel Peel's Hersey, b f Camel, out of Versatility, and fby Slane. out of Mary Ann—Lord G. Bentinck's b f Ratafia, b c Plenitude, and b c Cowl. The Hopeful Stakes of 40 sovs. each, h ft, for two yrs old ; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 51b. The last half of Ab. M. The second horse to receive 50L, &c. Lord Albemarle ' s Alexandrina—Lord G. Bentinek's f Longitude, and br f Kitten—Lord Chesterfield's c by Sheet Anchor, out of Fair Helen—Mr. Cooper's f by Caesar, out of Lancet—Mr. Gully's The Maid of Orleans —Lord Exeter's Deodora— Mr. Ford's Piccolina—Mr. Herbert's ch f by Elis, out of Defender's dam—Mr. C. Liley's b f Stamp—Mr. King's br f Nourmahal—Mr. Newton's f by Jerry, out of Pastille—Colonel Peel's Sister to Cameleon—Mr. Phillamore's Lady Anna — Duke of Richmond's Refraction, -and the Laird of Cock pen•—Duke of Rutland's c by Royal Oak, out of Cow slip's dam—Mr. Shelley's Little Hercules—Mr. Wood's Elector—Colonel Wyndham's Blanche, Mr. T. Theobald's b c Desperation, by Ruinous, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Ford's f Piccolina, by Toss-up. Last half of Ab. M. 501. WEDNESDAY. 501. ; for three yrs old, 7st 51b; four years, Bst 81b ; five years, Bst 131 b ; six yrs and aged, 9st. D.I. Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 for 2 yrs old. T.Y.C. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, for three yrs old, &c. D. Si. Sweepstakes of 15 sovs. each, for two yrs old, Est; three, Bit 41b; four, Bst 121 b; five and upwards, 9st 111 b. The winner to be sold for 1501., &c. Sweepstakes of 200 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old, 9st 21b ; and two yrs, 7st 31b ; fillies allowed 31b. T.Y.C. One to the Post. Duke of Bedford's Panther, 3 yrs, and Brush, 3 yrs —Lord Exeter's Crosby, 3 yrs, and f Jet, 2 yrs—Lord Albemarle's Homoeopathist, 1 yr, Scarmentado, 2 yrs, and Zadig, 2 yrs (dead)—Lord G. Bentinck's The Devil to-Pay, 3 yrs, and All-round-my-Hat, 3 yrs. The St. Leger Stakes of 25 sous. each, colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bst 41b. D.I. Antenor, Plush, Sylvius, Freystrop, Oliver Cromwell, Pastoral. Lord Maidstone's The Castor agst Mr. Payne's Mania, Bst 71b each. B.C. 50. THURSDAY. The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas; for three yrs old, 9st 21b; four, lOst 71b; five, list; six and aged, Ilst 41b. R.C. The Town Plate of 50 sovs. each, for three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and fillies, Bst 31b. D.I. Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for two yrs old, 6st 10113; three, Bst 8lb; four, &c., 9st. Rutland Stake Course. The winner to be sold for 70L, &c. The Rutland Stakes of 30 sovs. each, 20 ft, for two yrs old colts, list 71b ; and fillies, Bst 31b ; winners, 3lbs extra ; of the July or Chesterfield Stakes 71bs extra. From the Turn of the Lands in. Lord Albemarle's Tisiphone—Duke of Bedford's Prologue—Mr. Isaac Day's br fby Liverpool, out of Busk—Mr. Death's ch c Merryman—Lord Exeter's Jet and Tunick—Mr. C. Liley's Stamp—Mr. G. Ongley's Symmetry—Lord W. Powlett's ch c by Jerry, out of Zeal—Duke of Richmond's fby Glaucus, out of Estelle —Lord Sandwich's f by Jerry, out of Legend. Mr. Ford's Sir Diggory Diddle, 3 yrs, Bst, agst Mr. E. Walker's black cab horse (half bred), 6 yrs, 7.A. T. M. M. 150, h ft. GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CAR LISLE RAILWAY. We learn, with much satisfaction, that the Direc tors of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway have unanimously resolved t recommend to their Pro prietors to subscribe 100.0001. to the stock of this line —thus completing the Parliamentary requirements. We have not the least doubt that the step will prove prudent and profitable. The preliminary operations are proceeding with great vigour, and further investigation only confirms the views of the promoters as to the certainty of a large local traffic. The certainty of an Act being applied for to autho rise the formation of a direct line of railway from London to York, affects the prospects of several undertakings now before the public, but none more so than the relative positions of the Caledonian, awl Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle lines. The Caledonian is chiefly entitled to consideration, as offering a short though steep access (by means of its two forks) both to Edinburgh and Glasgow, whilst the latter, the Dumfries line, though exclusively one to Glasgow and the north, by passing through lower and more populous districts of the west of Scotland affords greater local accommodation, and connects more important towns with both its termini. If the Caledonian were deprived of its Edinburgh trade, it would cease to have any substantial set-off against the admitted advantages offered by its rival. Ac cordingly, we observe that in the late report to the shareholders of the Caledonian, the Provi sional Committee take pains to remove the very ge neral impression on the public mind that the North British Railway between Edinburgh and Berwick, when connected, as it will next year be, with New castle and the north-east of England lines, must carry all the English traffic from and to Edinburgh. They endeavour to contravert this position by pointing out that although Berwick is 57 miles distant from Edinburgh, it is only 14 miles to the southward of it. If, however, the direct London and York line be made, as shown in the prospectus of that under taking the distance from Edinburgh to London, by the North British Railway, would be twenty miles shorter than by the Caledonian ; and if the proposed Leeds and Thirsk line be made, the com munication between Edinburgh and the north-west of England, by the North British Railway, would be also greatly shortened. All this will tell powerfully in favour of the Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle line. —Railway Record. l'his great Association will commence its sittings in York (the city of its birth), on Wednesday next. Great preparations have been made for its meetings, and for the accommodation of its numerous mem bers, who are expected to be present. The first meeting will be held at one o'clock on Wed nesday, in the Guildhall, for the purpose of arranging preliminaries. On Thursday the va rious sections commence their meeting ; the mornings being , occupied by the reading of papers on scientific subjects, and followed by discus sions thereon. By examining the journal, which will be published each morning, persons may select the subjects in the several sections which most interest them, and arrange their attendance accord ingly. The evening meetings are of a more popular character, and at these the whole body of the Association, including, of course, the lady subscri bers, are expected to assemble. On Thursday, the 25th, the Earl of Rosse resigns the Presidential chair to the Very Rev. the Dean of Ely, from whose able pen an address on the state and prospects of the Asso ciation is expected. On Friday evening, it is under stood that Mr. Lyell will explain some of the singular facts connected with the geology of North America, and especially the area of the coal-fields of the United States, and the recession of the Falls of Niagara, with which his late travels have made him familiar. Large diagrams will render this discourse of popular and general, as well as of pecu liarly geological interest. On Saturday evening, the Assembly and Concert Rooms will be opened for a general conversazione, preceded by a discourse on the enormous fossil tortoise (20 feet long) of the Sivalik Hills, by its discoverer, Dr. Falconer. On Monday evening, a ball and concert, arranged in honour of the meeting, will probably attract many of the visitors; on Tuesday, recurs a general soiree ; and on Wednesday evening the last general meeting is held, and some of THIRD-CLASS TRAINS ON THE LIVERPOOL AND the results of the sitting are made known, before the members separate. Among the masters of natural MANCHESTER MANcHESTER RAILWAY.—The Directors of the Liver pool and Manchester Railway have announced their in- knowledge who are expected to honour the enumerate York pool of running a third-class train of covered carriages to and fro dmilv, on and after the first of next month.— Liebig, of Giessen ; Dr. Lamont, of Munich; meeting with their presence, we may i‘i Railway Record. THE EIUNGERFORD-BRIDGE RAILWAY.—The Direc- ge r s and Sir Otto, o a f ofraslan; Modena;Al' dr,erVofeesrsnoeruiHll,eonfrDyPra.ris; Buckland,Signor The Earl of Harborough, at his recent audit at tors ot' the London and South-Western Railway have Professor Williain Rodgers, of Phi l a d e l phia; Rd Melton Mowbray, caused the rents of the whole of the announced that they intend to recommend to their David Brewster, Professor James Forbes, and Pro cottage tenants on his estates at Whissundine, Stable- shareholders to make the extension line to Hun- fessor Johnson, who were the first party that ford, Saxby, and Teigh, to be returned to them. gerford-bridge themselves. They add that they Associa- We perceive that hams cured with sugar are sent to " have entered into an arrangement with the Direction. Sir Thomas Brisbane, the Earl of Rosse, the London market from Devonshire. This shows that tors of the London and Brighton Railway Com- Sir William Hamilton, the Earl of Enniskillen , sugar is as important as salt to preserve provisions, and pang for co-operation therein, aided by a projected junic- arrived in York in 1831, to form the ought to be as free from d u iy.—The quantity el' fruit nun between the London and Brighton and the South- re i r n t , o l n i. Dr. Daubeny, Rev. Dr. Whewell (blaster that would be pres:xvol, if sugar were duty free, would Western lines, from Cro) don to Wandsworth ;" and that ' Hopkins, Professor Anstead, be ten times the present amount ; and the qw - oititi , s they "are also in satisfactory negotiation with other of Trinity), Professor r.,d . k Mr. H. rown by ~ktrdeners, tarmers, and othA.s would be enor- parties of influence for their co operation in the above Strickland, , Professor Se dg Marquis of N . th 1 _.01"....- mow; ;but fruit without sugar cannot be well preserved, objects, and anticipate that complete arrangements will Sykes ampton, Col. , Faraday, Col. Schomburgh,Rev. Sabine, or, if preserved, it is almost prohibited by the high price be early matured."—Railway Record. of sugar, without which it cannot be consumed.— SIR. R OB ERT A ND LADY SALE.—The gallant Dr. Robinson, Professor E. Forbes, Dr. Falconer, Mr. Brighton Herald. General and his heroic lady are expected in Liverpool Lyell, Mr. Murchison, &c. It is stated, as probable, The arrangements for carrying out the Act of Par- next week, on their return from Ireland; and on Thurs . th at the hospitalities of Wentworth H o use w ill, on this SPirrolePsshoriliGprahDame , D G r r . e l y Tod li g '4 liament constituting Manchester a port for warehousing day next our worthy chief magistrate will entertain th e occasion , be tr ansferred to York, and that E arl goods, &e., under the Board of Customs, are now corn - distm;uished officer at a grand dinner at the Town hall, Fitzwilliam will, as President of the Yorkshire pleted. The entablishinent i s to co n s i s t of a collector, a select party being invited to meet him on the occasion: Philosophical Society, entertain a very large party of comptroller, six clerks, and two landing waiters. Mr. on the following day, the general and his lady, we be- 1 the visitors at dinner Powell, at present, comptroller of Newcastle, has been lieve, will be the guests of his worship at Elins-wood. Friday. It is: also expected that the Archbishop, and appointed collector ; and Mr. Shelley, comptroller of ac- Invitations to the dinner on Thursday evenint , have al- • . (if his health be sufficientlyestablished) the Lord counts at Liverpool, the comptroller. The principal ready been forwarded to Lord Stanley, Earl Sefton, Lord officers will take their seats 011 the Bth of October, for 1 Francis Egerton, J. Wilson Patten, Egp, M.P., Edward Mayor, will contribute to the hospitalities of the oc the purpose of arranginc , t ? the routine ; the clerks, &c., i Mitchell, and Major Pottinger, of the 6th Regiment of ca , ion. Most of the h a lls, schools, and other public will join on the 10th, and public business will commence i Foot, now in Chester, both of whom have served in i establishments in York, have been set apart for the on the 11th. I India with Sir Robert.—Liverpool Mercury. 1 meetings of the 21659CiatiQn•—Leeds Times, seers : Paddington St. Nlarylebone ... 26 St. Pancras 66 57 OBJECTIONS. Reformers. Tories. Total. Paddington St. Marylebone St. Pancras 586 1,174 1.760 Out of the above number, 393 are objected to by both ptirt , es. There are upwards of 15,000 names on the re giiter. Since last year, about 950 names have been adled. The name of Michael Ryan, registered as living at No. 2 and 5, Horace-street, was objected to by the Con servatives, on the ground that he lived at No. 26 in that street, and was merely the owner, and not the occupier, of the houses in question. Mr. Allen apprehended that it was merely a mistake as to the place of abode, and that the Revising Barrister had power given to him under the Act to amend it. Mr. Greenwood thought it was not a mistake, and could not be taken in that light. Mr. Ryan was sworn and examined—He said, " I cannot tell you the value of the house No. 26 in Horace street; I only know that itis of great value to me ; 15/. a year is the rent." After some discussion the mistake was rectified, and the vote retained on the list. The names of Lords Beresford and Faversham were objected to, on the ground that they were Peers. The objections were allowed. Several other names were struck off the list of voters for the parish of All Souls who had been entered on it by the overseers, but who were not duly qualified. EAST SURREY REGISTRATION The Revising Barrister, Mr. S. C. Fish, yesterday attended at the Town-hall, Kingston, for the purpose of revising the lists of voters in that district. Mr. E. Meymott, attended as the Conservative agent, and Mr. Jeans for the Liberals. A good deal of inconvenience was occasioned by the negligence of the overseers in the country districts, and they appeared to be certainly ignorant of the I luty which the law required them to perform, and in some instances parties were disfranchised through their negligence. In Thames Ditton parish the overseer had sent in no list, either of voters or new claims; neither did he attend to present any list whatever to the Court. Mr. Fish remarked that such conduct was really too bad, and he should feel compelled to take notice of it. _ _ _ The Deputy-Clerk of the Peace said he had written to the overseer and requested that the lists might be forwarded, but he took no notice of his application. The REVISING BARRISTER said he . should adjourn the consideration of the list until a future day, and, unless some very good cause was shown for the neglect, he should certainly fine the overseer for not sending the lists, and also for not attending the Court. In the parish of Kingston the claim to vote made by Mr. Edward May was objected to by the Conservative agent. Mr. Meymott said that this case involved a matter of some importance. The nature of objection to the overseer had been posted in due time, and he would new ask the overseer whether he had ever received it ? The overseer said he had not. Mr. Meymott said that, under these circumstances, he was unable to press his objection; it was clear, however, that the post could not be relied upon. Mr. Jeans said that the notice of objection appeared to be addressed on the back of it to the overseers of Richmond, and this probably accounted for the over seers of Kingston not having received it. Mr. Meymott said the notice was addressed to the oveeseers of Kingston -on-Thames, and he knew nothing of the address at the back of it to the over seers of Richmond. The REVISING BARRISTER said he could not enter into any question relative to the non-delivery of the notice. The forms of the Act of Parliament had nut been complied with, and the name of the voter must, therefore, remain upon the list. Mr. E. H. V. Lewes claimed to have his name placed upon the list of voters. He described his quali fication as being one undivided fourth part of certain property at Kingston. Mr. Jeans objected to the claim, on the ground that the qualification was not properly described. Mr. Lewes should have stated that he had a freehold interest. The REVISING BARRISTER thought the objection was well founded. Mr. Jeans said he believed the gentleman was a lawyer, and therefore he ought to have known what the law required. The REVISING BARRISTER decided that the quali fication was not properly described, and he struck out the name. James Laurence claimed to vote. Mr. Jeans said the claimant held an appointment under the Post-office, and he was not entitled to vote The REVISING BARRISTER asked if any objection had been taken to his claim ? Mr. Jeans said he was not aware that there was ; but as the Revising Barrister had struck out a claim of a similar nature at the Reigate Court, he thought it was his duty to make the pre s e n t o bje c tion. Mr. Fish said that in that case the party was ob jected to by the overseers. Mr. Meymott said that where no formal objection was made to the claim, it ought not to be disallowed. Although the party could not vote, there , aas no reason why his name should not be upon the register. The REVISING BARRISTER said he should retain the name upon the list. When the other parishes had been gone through, the question arose what should be done in the case ut Thames Ditton. The REVISING BARRISTER said he should adjourn the consideration of the list until Thursday, when he should sit at Camberwell, and as he had before stated, he should certainly fine the Overseer for his neglect. 844. LITERATURE. MULLER'S SCIENTIFIC MYTHOLOGY. Longman, London, 1844. Muller's scientific system of mythology is a work that has long been popular on the Continent from the vast extent of its research, the force of its reasoning, and the ingenuity of its speculations. The present translation of it is from the pen of a gentleman named Seitch, who has accomplished a difficult—and in less able hands an impracticable—task with great success. His style is remarkable for its clearness and simpli city, and throughout his version he adheres with com mendable fidelity to the original text. Such a trans lation was much wanted, for there are numerous clas sical scholars among us who are wholly unacquainted with the German language; and by these Muller's Mythology—which we understand is looked on as his chef d'oeuvre—will be regarded as a great addition to their intellectual stores. The work, which is one of the profoundest character and goes deep into the heart of its subject, is divided into distinct chapters, each of which works out one of the author's theories. THE ANTI-ABSURD, OR PHRENOTYPIC ALPHABET AND ORTHOGRAPHY. By Major Beniowski. Whatever opinions may be formed of the author's success in devising a remedy for the acknowledged ab surdities of English orthography, the paramount im portance of the subject entitles his attempt to praise, and his plan itself, at least, to a candid consideration. But a bold design, however simple, and even promis ing, which proposes a wide and sudden departure from established error, is sure to be rejected on the first instance by the majority of the learned as absurd and impracticable. The author, therefore, may expect to undergo this immediate and peremptory judgment, and to find in it his greatest, if not insuperable, diffi culty. It is indeed a startling enterprise to change all at once the orthography of our old and copious language, and to introduce several new characters into its alphabet. The author endeavours, and with much ingenuity and force of argument, to demon strate, that to effect all this is very, very easy ; yet it is much easier to show that our present system is not only erroneous and inconvenient, but absolutely and extensively mischievous. His demonstrations on this part of his subject are complete, and his argu ments unanswerable. His proposed cure of the evils which he demonstrates will be considered far more questionable. It will be conceded to him that our imperfect alphabet and irregular orthography not only cause the greatest difficulties to foreigners in learning English—a language, in all other respects one of the easiest in the world—but mainly serve to exclude a deplorably large portion of our people from the benefit and blessings of an ability to read their own language. Major Beniowski dwells with great force and much feeling upon the loss—the positive and grievous injury which the people of the Conti nent, and especially his own countrymen, sustain, in being shut out from participating in the enlighten ment of the only free literature on earth. He says : " The English is the language of two of the most pow erful nations in the world. The information poured upon mankind by English speakers and writers, surpasses in quality and quantity all that is given of the kind by the speakers and writers of the refit of the world taken toge ther. In England, and England only, we may hear the opinions of all parties, and thus have a fair chance of ar riving at truth, whilst on the Continent we meet with nothing but statements dictated by parties in power : this, particularly, takes place in religious and political matters. All these things are well known to foreigners as to Englishmen ;—foreigners in all quarters of the globe arc perfectly convinced that they have an im mensity of information to get from the English press, but they cannot generally afford to study the English language on account of its difficul ties—difficulties not inherent in the language it self—no—but in its reading. If it were not for that reading, the study of the English would be easier than that of any other, because the grammatical inflec tions, and syntactical rules, are a mere nothing in com parison with the same items of other languages ; and particulary must the English language be easy for the literati of Europe, who are very seldom ignorant of the Latin and German, or French and German ; there being but very few words in the English which are not to be found in the above languages. Still, with all these faci lities, very few foreigners out of England venture to study her language, and out of them, only one of ten succeeds ; all this owing to the intricate and contradic tory rules of reading. Thus thousands—millions—na tions of men anxious to read the good cheap pages of England, must not do so ; the contemptible pigmy, the Alphabet, has put his veto." The author attributes the fact that the English are the worst linguists in Europe to the same cause, and the French, the next to them in that unfavourable distinction, to a similar defect in their written lan guage, whilst he asserts that the well-known supe riority of the Russians and Poles in their power of ac quiring the languages of other nations is entirely owing to the excellence of their own alphabets, and the correctness of their orthography. Very many who may agree with him in all this will be slow to admit the practicability or the infallibility of his re medy; although it is his own opinion, supported (it appears) by experiment, that " persons entirely igno rant of reading and writing may become readers and writers in a fortnight," and that, after they have reached these attainments, in books printed in his or thography, they will in one day be enabled to read according to the existing orthography—a large pro mise, and full of incalculable good. Let us not hastily prejudge the event; for the books upon his plan are in print. The experiment has commenced, and the author's energy is a guarantee that the undertaking will not fail for want of an ample trial. It may be observed that no new types whatever are used in the Major's books, and that the principal innovations are the employment of inverted letters to signify the varied sounds of the vowels, each vowel being used only for its primary sound, or that of its name in the alphabet. The manner in which these changes are effected do not seem to add very much to the diffi culties of etymology, which has been hitherto re garded as the greatest objection to spelling according to sound. To these observations we will only add, that to render the art of reading universally easy would be of immense advantage in the education of the people, and that every well-directed attempt to do so is worthy of the most earnest encouragement. BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. THE POOR. SHIRTMAKERS OF LIVERPOOL. On Monday last a poor woman, who obtains a scanty livelihood by making shirts for the l ar g es t retail establishments in the town, and who appeared to be in the most abject state of poverty, summoned her employers to the Court of Requests for the sum of ten shillings, the amount of her bill for making shirts. The proprietors of the establishment were represented by a very pompous, genteelly-dressed young - man, who fills the important situation of " superintendent of the shirt department." In a manner the most affected, he said the defendants dis puted the bill on the ground that the shirts were badly made, and that they had to pay fourpence each to another person to remake and alter them. " Con sidering," continued he, in the same pompous man ner, "the circumstances of life in which Mrs. is placed, we would willingly have forgiven her the fourpence each shirt, but one of the shirts had been completely spoiled, by the skirt being put in wrong, and we offered to pay her the amount, deducting the price of two yards of linen, to supply the part spoiled." The poor woman said she had of fered to make the shirt good if they would allow her to have it. The overlooker of the shirt department said, " Oh, it involves a very serious principle, and it will never do, as we employ so many persons." The shirt was brought into court, and handed up to the Learned Commissioner, who, " with spectacles on nose," minutely examined every part, to see if he could discover any defect. After a long insia-ction the Commissioner asked the overlooker what sum the poor woman was paid for making each shirt, seeing that they wished to deduct fourpence for the alters tion ? The overlooker was silent upon this subject ; but in the course of the examination it came out, from some of the !Arty, that the extraordinary sum of two shillinps and eightpence per dozen was paid fur making plain shirts, or a fraction more than twopence halfpenny per shirt ! Whether the shirts in question were plain or not did not transpire. The Learned Commissioner, taking all things into consideration, ordered that the poor half-starved creature should be paid 7s. Gd. and her costs. The proprietors of the extensive establishment have thus been compelled to pay about the sum demanded, whilst the poor shri velled and worn-out shirtmaker was left minus 2s. Gd of her hard-earned wages.—Liverpool Mercury. ESCAPE OF A CONVICT FROM GAOL, AND HIS RECAPTURE. At our last assises a young man named John Powell, alias Bumper, was tried and convicted before Mr. Sergeant Atcherley, for committing a burglary in the house of Mr. John Crowther, of Lydbury North, and received sentence of ten years' transpor tation. At that time he was labouring under the effects of a loathsome disease, which prevented his removal to the hulks with the other trans- ports, and he was placed in the gaol in firmary, with liberty to walk daily in the court for the benefit of fresh air, and at night he slept in a cell on the ground floor in an outer court, surrounded by a wall eight feet high. At six o'clock on Friday evening he was locked in his cell for the night ; but on one of the officers going round to light the lamps at half-past seven, he discovered that the prisoner had escaped. The manner in which he effected his escape exhibits a considerable de gree of tact. He contrived to unjoint his bed stead, and secreted in his sleeping cell a long piece of wood, which had been used as a part of scaffolding for repairs. He then tore up the sheets and blanket of his bed, with which he lashed the piece of wood to the side part of his bedstead , and to make it firmer he in serted a nail which had been extracted from the span attached to the bedstead. Having thus far made his ar rangements, he next tried his skill upon the door of the cell, which proved to be very rotten ; and by using the leg of a stool as a lever, he soon made an aperture large enough to allow him the escape underneath. Hav ing got into the open air, he dragged his scaling ladder after him, and quietly mout.ting the wall of the court, he reared the spliced timber against the outer wall ; but it being about seventeen feet high his means of escape proved too short. In a moment he thought of a wheelbarrow which he had seen it the yard, and to p,-event the creaking of its wheels from being heard, he carried the barrow to the place he intened to scale, and placing the pole in it, he climbed up, and reached within a yard of the top of the wall. He afterwards said—" 1 don't know hew I did it ; but I went over the wall as light as a bird." In his fall he sp,rained his ancle, and lay on the ground for some time m great pain. " I was so frightened (he said) at what I had done that I almost wished myself back again." He added, that the only person who saw him lying under the wall was a factory girl, on her v, ay home from work, and she took no notice. He then made his way along the river side to the Welsh Bridge, and thence to the Bridges, on the Bishop's Castle road ; and on the way he threw away his gaol waistcoat, and pulled out his shirt to hide his trowsers, in the manner of a smockfrock. From thence he made his way across the country to the neighbourhood of Wurthen ; and he has since stated that he never tasted food till Monday night. The greatest exertions were used by the governor, Mr. Dawson, to re-c apture the runaway, aid bills of 101. reward, and messengers were dispatched to every direction. On Wednesday Mr. Dawson pro ceeded to Chirbury, where the relatives of the pri soner are living, and after an ineffectual search he was returning, when he received information from policeman Hemming, of Worthen, that he had just caught the prisoner in a stable belonging to Mr. Jones, of Marton, where he had been hiding among the hay in the loft. On the appearance of the officer he attempted to jump through the window of the loft; but after a sharp struggle he was secured, and given in charge to Mr. Dawson, who conveyed the runaway back to his old quarters. A meeting of the Visiting Justices was held in the afternoon, when Jones, the turnkey, who had charge of the pri soner, was suspended from his office. The information to the policeman was given by a person whom the prisoner designated as a " friend," and who will share the 101. reward with the policeman.—Shrewsbury Chronicle. It was Messrs. Lemon, Hart, and Son, of 59, Fen church-street, who took the Government contract of 100,000 gallons of rum on Thursday last. LYCEUM THEATRE.—The following distinguished personages have visited this theatre during last week : The Duke of Devonshire, the Marchioness of Conyng ham, Earl and Countess of Grimstone, Earl and Countess of Orford, Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, Earl of Harrington, Earl of Munster, Earl of Listowel, Sir James Graham and Lady, Viscount and Viscountess Haw•arden, Sir Henry Mildmay, Lord Arthur Lennox, Hon. Mrs. Wyndham, Hon. Mr. Byng, Hon. Mr. Chi chester, Hon. Mrs. Massey, Col. Nilson, Col. Daniel, Col. Ferguson, Major White, Sir B. Smith, Capt. Con- stable, Si. &c. - ATTEMPT TO Ron THE YOUNG.—We are glad to perceive that the Town Council have had the good sense to prevent " the Session and Deacons' Court" of the St. Clement's Free Church from laying their unhallowed hands on the playground of the parish school. They want it to ornament their chapel, and truly it is much in need of something to set it ; but they should have looked to that before they put that ugly squat thing down in a place where its hideousness cannot be concealed. In these days, when the great object in all large towns is to get crowded places opened up , and provide more liberally for the out door recreation of all ages, it is too bad to find a set of men, for a paltry selfish purpose. attemptirg to curtail the limited space devoted to the enjoyment of the young. In this, as in many other instances, the Non-Intrusion idea of freedom seems to be, the liberty of making free, very improperly, with what belongs to others.—Aberdeen Herald. Da. CHALMERS.—We regret to learn that, owing to the state of his health, Dr. Chalmers is under the necessity of reluctantly declining the invitation sent him by the elders and deacons of the Free Church in Glas gow, to address them on the subject of the Sustentation Fund.—Scottish Guardian. GOPSALL.—Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived here on Wednesday afternoon, at half-past five o'clock, in a carriage and four, with outriders, and escorted by Earl Howe's troop of the Leicestershire Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by Viscount Curzon. The Royal party were attended by Lady Clinton, Sir Horace and Miss Seymour, Miss Wheatley, Mr. Hudson, Sir Andrew Barnard, and Sir G. Couper. Upon the arrival of the illustrious visitors, they were received by Earl Howe in the court attached to the mansion, where the Leicester shire yeomanry baud were stationed, and played the national anthem. A large assemblage of company, horse and foot, greeted the Royal party with loud cheers. Dinner was served at seven o'clock, and in the evening the band performed some favourite music in the library. Numerous visitors are expected during the week. LOWESTOFT, SEPT. 20.—We are happy to inform our readers that arrangements have just been concluded with a gentleman who is recently become a large landed proprietor in this neighbourhood, for the purchase of the Lowestoft Navigation, with the ultimate intention of forming a railway from this town to the Reedham station of the Yarmouth and Norwich line ; thereby setting aside the opposition which the proprietors of that pro. pertywould in all probability have given the meast,r e . We sincerely trust that such a desirable project will be met by t h e gentlemen and landed proprietors through whose property it must pass in the spirit It deserves. The advantages such a ready communication with Om metropolis and the midland counties will present to our town and the fishing interest connected therewith, are evident and incalculable, and cannot fail, we think, to be appreciated and furthered in every possible way by the inhabitants of Lowestoft.—Suffelh Chronicle. HERRING FISHING.—This enterprise has been dosed at our port for the season, and the boats, none of which have been off this week, are being hauled up, and with the gear stowed away in places of safety.—. North Sun derland.—Our fishing, the latter end of last week, wag good—the highest boat had twenty trans. This week, up to Thursday, it has fallen off—highest boat twelve clans. There is a ready demand for herrings at 14 11 . an d 15s. per eran.—Benvich Advertiser, rke' enta* triv apt's' r 5 g 54 . 6 ' ,A h io o /lei !0 16 , rfej :O f tett Of Ite tY MIN