The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-12 00:00:00

KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. Th e Octouncil of this university have given notice 0 the milit ary d epartment w ill open on Wednesday, tocen tuber 2. The stud e nts admitted into this depart are matri cu l a t e d s t u d en t 4, or those admitted to e t i itegular and full prescribed course of study. te ' t e ." candidate for matriculation must produce a str * : lll , °lli al of good character from his last in to„-e, ‘°r, and when admitted by the Principal subscribe his name to a declaration that he 1 , 11 conform t o a ll t h e ru l es and regulations g oo l d eh t 2 aY from time to time be prescribed for the IN government o f th e co llege, under the sanction a uthority o f th e counc il. Tt e a cademical year 14 8 ; st ! of three t erms : —Mi c haelmas term, from the .-°4 'ng of October to the week before Christmas ; Lep term, fr om t h e beginning of January to the Reek j a c 'te East er ; Easter term, from Easter to the end of I C O one can be admitted a matriculated student or er fifteen years of age ; and at the beginning t c) o f:a ne l, l 2 iis Zsio ' n each student must .. take his card to the professor of military science to be atuthtersigned and registered. There are examinations th e end of Michaelmas and Easter terms, w hef ex,"` ll dents ar e c l asse d accor di ng to proficiency. The bat! ,c ation in June i s followed by a public distil qidi°,llf, ? f prizes, an d a d e tail e d report is sent at the shadeeh term to the parents or guardians of each 1 44 11t, both a s t o hi s progre s s and as to his general i kit e rl a ti°l ' and good conduct during the term. A- th e lit ttnber of students are admitted to reside within i college The different classes in this depart -11141 are ! lo t all open to gentlemen whose occupation may but them to attend the whole of the course, W " ° may wish to avail themselves of the i ie Ph°tlueity of studying any particular subject. It p i ii i ° P h ed that some of the more professional studies he a,cceptsble to officers of her Majesty's or t la I, l l,arile East India Company's service, who, being lhei'" 4 "n on duty or on leave, may wish to employ t leisure hours. AUERICAN FAST STEAM-BOAT. Or THE REINDEEE.---- - - e rhe leant new WAS''er Reindeer ma d e h e r first trip yester d ay. It Pri e t i ", ll e vent that excited much interest among pro javita-trisoof river cra ft, and nautical men generally. By Clip A n of her accomplished commander, Ca_p haro De Groot, a select party of about five her to Persons y es t e rday made an excursion in e de B i ` 0 West P o i n t. Th oug h not made with th sh o P °f testing her speed, the result of the trip kwif her to b e a very f ast b oa t, if not of unequalled ta t i c i t4 ,u• The Alida, one of the fastest boats afloat, fro m her best passage on the 20th of July, 1849, hour New York to Caldwell, up the river, in two s and three minutes. The same passage w the - / , 3 'esterday in two hours and five minutes, by lo ttd 'irldeer, against a head wind and heavily tl Nyei l e C f ' As further indication of her speed,c Creek, diattirern Castle Garden to Spuyten Devil r min t, of thirteen or fourteen miles, in thirty-eight fo ur and from Canal street to Piermont, twenty tie,e`nues, in on e h our and eight minutes. During this ta ts r e e perform e d a b out 20 revolutions, under a pres eoes.,`"; 261 hs. to th e square inch. All circumstan ces e e . e ..ereB r especially as the engine was stiff, having i ,n worked t o an y ex t e nt, she attained a re ?ite speed. The party remained about an hour , vth er 7 beautiful summer retreat known as Cozens, to N e there are now about 200 visitors, and returned city e w York about six o'clock, stopping at Jersey h tind Brooklyn to land passengers highly de viledg td While on board the excursionists were pro- Ca b , with a b ount if u l an d su mptuous banquet. he. I , De Groot i s p rou d o f his boat, as well he may W eed exp ects to run her regu l ar l y i n about a 't he j : but th e route has not yet b een d ec ided on. 4 ti teindeer was built by Thomas Collyer. Her p erfo n es are f rom the Morgan Iron W or k s . Their koti n r h un thees were faultless—almost noiseless in the i r As t - } 7 l tt,,oct moving with regularity and precision. gre et . 4 B Reindeer proceeded on her trip she was end C by the bells of the various steamers passed, Y the shouts of the people assembled on the ves•--Journal of Commerce. lakv 1113,1t0 xastoN.—The Rev. J. W. Allies, Isis intention of r , t esioi n tl ' in a work just published, announces vicar of k•fitt io ,g his preferment, and submitting to the Roman .., uc Church. 41 list :` N 9 O N - flousE.—The Lord banking and P 4 blie; en 'ag, the directors of the different tis Mayor entertained, connected, and 11„ever„I'asitutions with which his Lordship trier, in th e (rPrivate friends. Covers were aidfor about seventy. aria Bry their inter was provided by Messrs. ~we fle v t l'y best style ; and amongst th ß e ing Alderman uu Gibbs, Mr. lie f i t v' e t ed Mr. Alderman Kelly, Mr. Hai 'h, Mr. Richard . mber assembled La L'aurence, Mr. Sheriff Nicoll, Mr. b_ 4 1 thy. 54 ~. 41._ tun:rite, the Rev Henry Pigeon, Mr. W• ,• C. Barron . , Mr. T. Barker, Mr. Joseph Curling Vilf. " • Starling, Mr. J. Hunt, Mr. mr . Baker, Mr. NS ll li • ure w C • heathorne, Mr. W. 1. . T. B. Simpson, am 1... .,,, , Captain Mr. Anderson, Mr. J. Pit cher i', 4 ` , Ur. R. E. Arden, Mr. T. Catr-P I n , ' m r IWilson, . S. ) 'r. L. Pocock, Mr. J. Lockwooc , i • re Mr. W. R. w,,,tltlkins Dr. 11 Greenwood Mr. J. Couraf, h e a v ite, tht: Rev . • Mackenzie, ' the Rev. R. B. Gibson, 'the T. B. Cox, lit . Giraud, Mr. Iloggart, Mr. Norton, Mr. r. s._ Mar kltil '"rY, Mr. George Brooksbank, the Rev. Charles el), (the Lord Mayor's chaplain), &c. The party was kept with their ev e w ith great spt, and seemed highly delighted 'ling's entertainment. The A • Captain Nye, tkiie :Demean mail steamer Pacific, afternoon. s h ,, g for New York from Liverpool yesterday a mail , L sat 7 Farried out sixty-six passengers and a considerable "lea a fair cargo of goods. „ Tt i p r of (.4 1 - &,,ATE SIR ROBERT PEEL.—The executors few 43 1 ," Right lion. Sir Robert Peel, within the last whof et fe „ ,rernitted teee to the various medical gentlemen .. fe,r,i9ed Lim and endeavoured to alleviate the effects .of the life ; accident accident which was the means of terminatin .e lu_ and er le Sir Benjamin Brodie, Bart., 250 guineas; A to _ na l X en PrO 'II6"V su ms WO guineas • and to the other gentle Porti un at Su William 1,, t , letoß or A CHILD —A. boy named ts reajeue_vv, between nine and . ten years of age, whose p\areenst hii„.? t Garden- lace Bell -street, Vincent-suare, V . __ o`it-er, died „ , yesterday under the following circumstances . go l'et - t° day afternoon he asked his mother to let him and eiai, - ,,Pi 4 Y, and on being refused he said he would go notice ef r,..tx,elf. lie went out, his mother taking no _ L. is thre t b she discovered a'al ha ll a , ut a short time afterwards nediately cut "(I' 4 '4, b gin g in a bac k shed ' lie wasMl till yester 'ay hior u ia ! life was almost extinct. He lingered oflock-jaw. , TA t ail at eight o'clock, when he died —Yes ‘trda 141•41WCIUNDLERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. to the Y evening a meeting of the committee and subscribers t digeo,above society, established in 1843, for the rF d ief i s and ether; silt incapacitated tallowchandlers, their wi o ' w ;hall etre forwith the tr a de was held in Basalt., , , et, for , ear rots hi , general business. The report for the past fu s tid ) s 41 Dehsio_geulY encouraging, there being now on the n Lis. per kerlthe er g, the lien receiving 18s. and the wom 4 e oo _ The anie tlot ?he funded capital now amounts to 3, 1 12 n ' ionths lta lolan t P a id to pensioners during the last left a . f), °as'balaad The expenditure . ~ al at nee, was 1,219/. I4s. . . , , act ce' of 4 141. 4s. 10d. At the anniversary t • laa festival r ary,h, i .,'. was collected, Mrs. North, the wife of . the secre 'arids, -'tag, unaided, collected 100 guineas in aid of the ~ Ithp,, RSITY•— vasulh- 'BIINTATION OF CAMBRIDGE UNIVE . e .__ etNiothCilt, WADNESDAY SEPT. 11.—Some surpriswa. 111 ,4 4 : % (- 1 , amongst the resident members of the University elker ",,' ti lt fring by the Gazette announcement that the S CI ' teen " 1 , 4 3'5, •, ° , s a s? of Commons would, at the expira , ion of four room ;;` tli t , l l: t t his writ for the election of a Member in the I„ re uthsh, -° l ion. Mr. Law. The election will, under the present 4,"cetla, - fl e e t' -fl take place before the close of the until +ha re ,, as the long vacation does not terminate men _ Eler a or, October 10 (the first day of Term), but . few :l e d k , tho Coll • returned to Cambridge on tn et . , of el ect. . eges will have . by e e of s io. Mr. Cowling, who is backed . who has, i i i 'P to th t ' John's College,is the only candidate _ " - al --e Present time, ed himself. Although Mr. qi cLi f t iele, 3,/ ./. , r „iorrdidh a u n r u st o , un li c as declined becoming a o c m an i : L. l44tke ? t a li n t ,-; -4 ° , tY men are determined to put.himin, be _ up_ ~•(41,d ' h the lion. Gentleman, it is expected, will ° s ‘4ii, 4,tb.re Majority of the members of Q.ueen.s• King's, med the eriginaf"'„"eBua Colleges, the heads of which twig alleo., ttlat hit l'',.4ress to Mr W Ipole The Trinity men e ., live r ' 'ovflin ,' friends:a - ought to have consultedthe ehjec:s'tY beforeV' ' u- forward, and that, without ose Ding to ~,_ ringing him re determined to oPP -" en thatultu personally, they a * ground the Ye a ,,„, • 4 " 4 3' 0 •h commenced running between OtithE 4 Rini uses li stern Railway and the Bank at a penny fame. r lifir ) ,, k b it 's To TIIR BRAZILS —The Council the ',arils ,efr.,(4 C o mmerce have resolved to roemorial t is o e, , - bards forl'Ut Treasury in favour of Liverpool as . a pol'. , er t ). " , '9444, . the Steam mail service to the Brazils. - Lit ow x , - T. 6 l i. 3 and '):. lt t e a l , T ho f Oxford, Air Page Wood, M. 1., L.JklZL"eil mer ge , M.P.,. have consented to act g fi l .) t Litw-Zrs of a prize of 1 . 00 guneas for the best Lss b a y 3 t. e t e c iety forre.iPecting the Protection of Women, offered Pro men, Mipro • • ' the Laws for the P il Of w Proving and enforcing fieldSt °Wen, .Marie's C • Churchwas opened at She.f 4,„3esterday The . i h was very Inagn'fi liaq "as attem 'he ceremony, wine Catholic clergy a risto cracy. ed by a large number of the 141 4 Ps.c. r . „ arty of seamen f4 4 ging t o .--- un Thursday last, as 2 arrived from a tktigtl statione of her Majesty's ships just t Portsmouth, f ro er eft., were walkin up Point..ste s b h had escaped 41 a l it ted with heavywet,bull, which kit Baia aligh ter-house, Is the jolly Li, ois 1.4 came running towards out of lit Way ex ec ect in the - air, when all the men jumpedfellow, hi c ',,, ° l in th, s t one, and he, being an immense sturdy hailed, h _;4 ; 11 1 th.',B follow] directly in the way of the l bul d 4 _, r , iollowin r ahoy I I tar; _'! op ‘ . 0 .._ Is manner :—" Bull, ahoy bull, or you'll ie e ,,,ho arc i `!l' ❑ peak„and put your helm a-starboard, l s course, came ip t.i '9ta et ....‘?. me? The bull, continuing a not being bevy r eidai ed ""4 Jack and capsized him ;but Jack, _ lothes, gou t f..,' 'T r ani; from the ground, and, shaking his l e bberlv 1 . tol.,aturedly observed to thy bull, " oh, you U . Si ‘ 4 YOU how it - would be." The J, T INGs cv ,„ Oi l ~ -.0.41 , 4 _ ,-.. Tit INSOLVENT DEBTO RS COURT.— , ) ,,,,Ati!,, ( l.' y „so.lxthe Insolvent Debtors Court w i l l resumed be the Chief QMissi one " r e- for the hearing of cases, when rule just gem, till t ht „ w ill preside. la accordance with a _ . s 4 ,Neq uen -re eases will be allotted to three Commissioner - lori r i i c e. of the continued indisposition of Mr. Com fit, aril,. b een tr. p en. , have ,f this r,„„, , , Lat. BATH COMPANY. —Petitions co '( g t? the Court of Chancery for the winding-up C "'Pan), s affairs. th e t,,ta'r Ea 3 ,20,7 eek en p" HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. for RAlLWAY.—Traffic 14 3, '. 14a. „ed Sept. 8, [B5O ; • C. and H. Main Line, ll Id,, ~,,-,-; Mold, 126/. O s . hd. ; Steam-boats, - _ q„,..„ ' wili 3 ,6221. Bt. 11d. 14 t.lll Aiartmoo • be occupied, 141" bee 0 , . r prisons are expected to ~ ts t„, will h,, k six weeks Bing 1 . 'ted number of con% ic , ••fai n , " erupf, , . .. . . ry. Yeu in ti the adjoining land.- IVestern. LITERATURE, LIFE OF OLIVER GOLDSMITH: By Washington _lrving. A biography of the Goldsmith of English literature, by the Goldsmith of American literature, could not have failed, under any circumstances, to attract the at tention of all those who are interested in the anhals of the really illustrious. Considering, however, that the voluminous memoir of the author of the " De serted Village" and the " Vicar of Wakefield," by Mr. James Prior, bad been followed, and so very very recently, by the elaborate performance of a similar kind, by Mr. John Forster, it became, of course, no small matter of interest to examine a work of precisely the same character, by Washington Irving. knowing the extent of the interest thus ex cited, Mr. Murray has acted judiciously in publishing a London edition of the narrative, in a cheap form, as two supplementary numbers to his home and Co lonial Library. A careful perusal of the life of Oliv,e- Goldsmith, as here penned by his American admirer, convinces us that Mr. Irving has materially added to his reputation by its composition. As a specimen of style it is pure and admirable, re plete with all the graces of his manner, and abound ing with the charms of his resthetic judgment. As a memoir of a man of letters it is peculiarly and even unusually fascinating, rendered attractive by the beauty of those descriptive passages in which incidents of a homely kind ase by the refracting power of fancy transfigured into the romantic. It may not be imp propriate to remember that on the occadon when Charles Dickens was entertained at a grand banquet in the United States, he very humorously appealed to his lady, then present among the fair spectators assembled together in the gallery, whether he did not, almost every night of his life, carry up stairs with him to bed either Oliver Goldsmith or his half-brother Washington Irving. The phrase was a felicitous one, as indicating their literary relationship, and the re collection of it is not without its interest, now that we find Irving penning the biography of Goldsmith. That biography compiled from the scantiest details, has nevertheless an absorbing charm about it, arising, of course, from the thought of those amiable and loveable qualities which, joined to his great genius, have ren dered poor Goldsmith such a world-wide favourite. Born on the 10th of November, 1728, at the hamlet of Pallas (or Pallasmore), in the county of Longford, in Ireland, and dying on the 4th of April, 1774, in the forty-sixth year of his age, at his chambers in the Temple, London, a comparatively brief period was allowed him within which to condense all his many wanderings and vicissitudes. Following him with his sympathetic biographer, it is marvellous to dis cover the charm thrown over the record of his way ward movements by the sense of his gentle nature and all-embracing benevolence. We see him a mere childat the house of his father, the Rev. Charles Goldsmith; we loiter with him along the margin of the river Inny ; we change with him from his birthplace Pallas, to that village of Lissoy, in the county of Westmeath, which he has celebrated as Auburn, his lovely and beloved "Deserted Village ;" we brood with him over the horn-book at the knees of Mistress Elizabeth Delap; we are promoted in his company, at six years of age, to the benches of the village pedagogue Thomas, commonly called Paddy, Byrne. After a frightful attack of the small-pox, which nearly proved fatal, and pitted his face for ever afterwards through life ' we find him studying first under the Rev. the Griffin, of Elphin, Roscommon, afterwar under Rev. Mr. Campbell at Athlone, and subsequently under the Rev. Mr. Hughes of Edgeworthstown. Sub sequently, on the 11th of June, 1747, when sixteen, he is entered as a sizer, or poor scholar, in Trinity College, Dublin. He lodges at No. 35, in the top rooms adjoining the library of the building. Here he gets bullied by his tutor, the Rev. Theaker Wilder, loses his father by a pr emature death, writes street ballads, causes anxiety to his generous uncle Contarine, has Edmund Burke for a fellow- student, and for his cronies one Beatty, and Robert (otherwise Bob) Bryanton. Disgusted with his life at college, and his frequent humiliations, Oliver runs away from Dublin with only a shilling in his pocket, but is induced to return shortly after wards. On the 27th of February, 1749, 0. S., he is admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and finally quits the university. Having attained his twenty-flrst year, he leads two years of an unsettled life, sometimes at Lissoy, sometimes at Pallas, by way of probation to his entering the clerical profession. Here it is that at Ballymahon he carouses with some boon companions in the tap-room of the Three Pigeons. He presents himself at last (in quest of orders) to the Bishop of Elphin, but being arrayed in a pair of scarlet breeches meets with a refusal. A tutor in the house of a Mr. Flinn, he suddenly gets disgusted with his situation, and sallies forth once more into the world on a good horse and with thirty pounds in his pocket—returning home soon afterwards penniless and with a wretched little poney, hight Fiddleback, as his companion. His account of his mishaps on this peregrination is amusingly given in a letter addressed to his mother, Mrs. Anne Goldsmith. Baulked in his project as regards the Church, Oliver obtains fifty pounds from his uncle Contarine to enter on the study of the law in England—in Dublin, however, be loses every halfpenny at the gaming-table. Dis appointed again in his hopes of becoming a lawyer, he determines to aim at the dignity of a physician, to this end taking his departure for Edinburgh, where he arrives in the autumn of 1752. Thence in February, 1753, he sets off on a tour to the Conti nent with a shirt, a flute, and a guinuea. After two years spent in roving through France, Holland, Italy, and Svvitzerland, he lands at Dover early in 1756. Ar rived in London, he wanders about the streets almost in a state of starvation. His first situation is as usher to a school; his next as assistant to a chemist near Fish-street -hill—soon after this he sets up himself as a doctor in Bankside, printer, South wark. One of his patients, a journeyrnan introduces him to his employer Samuel Richardson, the novelist and publisher, in whose parl the our " he en counters Dr. Young, the author of Night 'Thoughts.' Goldsmith is engaged by the Ricfhardson as his reader and correc tor of the press, ormer still striving to keep up, between whiles, his practic ea r s a physician. About t his time he becomes again, a brief period, a pedagogue at Dr. A Milner's classical school at Peckham , in Surrey ; but in pril, 1757, commences his literary labours by becoming a contri butor to the Monthly Review, published by Mr. Grif fiths, in Paternoster-row. At thirty years of age, therefore, we find Oliver entering upon his literary drudgery by writing for his bread as a bookseller's hack. His lodgings are at this time near Salisbury square, Fleet-street ; his address is the Temple Ex change Coffee-house, near Temple-bar. Returning for an interval to his pedagogic labours at Peckham, he endeavours to obtain some medical appointment in India, but ineffectually. Reduced by poverty to great straits, he becomes temporarily relieved by contributing to the Critical Review, published by Archibald Hamilton, and thereupon moves into a shabby first floor in a forlorn court near the Old Bailey. On the Slst of December, 1758, he fails in his examina tion before the College of Surgeons—and settles down again as a literary hack, drudging in his shabby lodgings at No. 12, Green Arbour-court, between Fleet-market and the Old Bailey. Here he. writes a " Life of Voltaire," and in the March of 1759 brings out his " Inquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe." Besides the periodicals already mentioned as being contributed to by Goldsmith, his pen was employed in writing for the pages of the Bee, the Busybody, and the Lady's Magazine. He was likewise employed by Mr. Newberry as an essay ist in the Public Ledger, a newspaper first issued on the 12th of January, 1760—about the middle of which year Oliver leaves Green Arbour-court, Old Bailey, for some more respectable apartments in Wine-office court, Fleet-street. It was in the last mentioned abode that he first received as a guest to supper, on the 31 st o f May, 1761, the great Dr. Johnson. Before long the two Doctors become inti mate by meeting con' inually together at Davies's, the bookseller, in Russell-street, Covent garden. His connexion is all this while still maintained with Newberry , for whom he writes a pamph• let on the Cock-lane Ghost, and a Life of Beau Nash, besides remodelling and republishing his anonymous Chinese letters, under the title of " Toe Citizen of the World." Towards the end of 1762 he removes to Islington, where he produced in two volumes the " History of England, in a Series of Let ters from a Nobleman to his Son." About a year later, namely, in 1763, Goldsmith becomes acquainted with Boswell. In 1764 is established the famous Literary Club, meeting at supper once a week, on Monday night, at the Turk's Head, in Gerard-street, Soho—its original members being Reynolds, John son, Burke, Dr. Nugent, Chamier, Hawkins, Bennet Langton, Topham, Beauclerc, and Goldsmith. Among the other " piece-work" productions of poor Oliver's about this period was an oratorio, entitled The Captivity. On the 19th of December, 1764, his poem of toe " Traveller" makes its appearance. Become by this time a celebrity, he emerges from Wine-Alice -court and takes chambers on what His was then the library staircase at the Temple. many anonymous effusions in the magazines are only collected together in 1765, and reprinted as " Essays by Mr. Goldsmith." It was on the 27th of March, 1766, however, that his greatest prose work was pub lished, a work for which two years previouslly e Vicar he had received sixty guineas from Newberry—" 'I of Wakefield." Scarcely twelve month natures afterwards, d Man w as completed, been rejected ht out by C byolmanarri at for Drury-Lane , was brought Gc Covent-garden. Producing forGiotisdsaroutihthortonaospl!uses than 5001., this comedy induced . to a nobler residence than his shabby lodgings with Jeffs, the butler of the Temple—inconsequence of which wo find Oliver at length parcilasing the lease of three rooms on the second floor of No. 2, Br court, Middle Temple, on the right hand as cended the staircase. la these apattraeuts the poet y as. novelist-dramatist keeps up his gay parties with such a " racket" o' nights that " Thackstone, whose cham bers were immediately below, and who was studiously occupied on his Conon2ntaries, used to complain of the noise made overhead by his revelling neighbour !" having made another tem porary sojourn (not before mentioned) at Islington, Goldsmith in 1768 takes up his residence for the summer season in a cottage about eight miles from town, on the Edgware-road. About the middle of May, 1769, his ",history of Rome" was published, and in the same year he commenced writing his " History of Animated Nature." The Royal Aca demy of Arts having been founded in 1768, honorary , professorships in connexion with it were first in,ti tuted in December, 1769, Johnson being nominated to that of Ancient Literature, and Goldsmith to that of History, at a time when Napoleon was yet an infant at Corsica. On the 26:h of May, 1770, ap peared the " Deserted Village," a poem which of it self would have given the name of Oliver Goldsmith to immortality. After its publication, the next li terary effusions of Goldsmith were his " Life of Parnell," and soon afterwards his Life of Boling broke." During the August of 1771 his " History of England," in four volumes, made its anonymous appearance. A year later, to escape from his cre ditors, he lodged at a farm-house near the six-mile stone on the Edgware-road, in which firm-house he penned the comedy of She stoops to Conquer, first performed at Covent-garden, under the management of Colman, on the 15th of March, 1772. This brilliant comedy was the last production of any eminence given to the world by the genius of Oliver Goldsmith, if we except that witty jeu d'esprit entitled " Retaliation," which was thrown off in a humorous inspiration shortly before the poet's disso lution. In recounting this narrative in a detailed biography, Washington Irving has allowed the cha rater of Goldsmith to develope itself in his actions, in his sayings, and in his writings, illuminating his pages with frequent anecdotes, and scattering through them at intervals his own comments and de ductions. One phrase, and one phrase alone, in this biography we do not regard as felicitous, and that is, where speaking of Goldsmith and Reynolds, it is said, —" They were men of kindred genius, excelling in corresponding qualities of their several arts, for style in writing is what colour is in painting." Injudicious illustration ! seeing that the colours of Sir Joshua Reynolds have already faded almost entirely from his canvass, and knowing that the colours of the poetry of Goldsmith are of a perennial brightness. Mr. Irving agrees with Mr. Forster i❑ surmising that the nursery story of " Goody Two shoes," and mayhap some similar effusions, were the work of Goldsmith's innocent and versatile imagina tion. What renders the present life of our poet " best beautiful" of all is the nature of its frequent allusions to the family of the Hornecks. Insomuch so, that the deathbed of the bard becomes invested with an overwhelming pathos, and we close the volume with a loving memory for the very name of the Jessamy Bride, and a sigh for " Poor Goldsmith." GLOUCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVAL. GLOUCESTER, WEDNESPAT.—The first grand con cert at the County Hall, last night, was attended by about 600 fashionables. The concert was opened with Spohr's overture to Jessonda which was faithfully ' rendered by the band. Herr Formes then initde his debiit to a Gloucestershire audience in the beautiful and solemn air from Mozart's Lauberflote " In diesen heilingen," which displayed the full power and compass of his magnificent organ. He was raptu rously encored. The duet, " Serbami ognor," from the Semiramide was set down for Madame Castel lan and Miss Dolby, but in consequence of the con tinued illness of the latter, as explained by Mr. Tur ner, one of the stewards, Miss Williams, took the contralto part. Nothing could have been more per fect than this duet in the hands of these two accom plished artistes. Madame Castellan's pure soprano blended in delicious harmony with the mellow con tralto of Miss Williams. In this duet, however, as in several other pieces performed during the evening, the band was too powerful for the voices. This was a fault which no one acquainted with the undoubted talent of the members of the orchestra could hare anti cipated. Mr. Lockey sang " Oh, 'tis a glorious sight to see," from Oberon with taste and correctness, and had we not heard a Braham deliver the same song, Loekyer's enunciation of it might have satisfied us. After this spirited song Sontag came forward, and was most warmly received by :the audience, many of whom were present at the rehearsal on Monday night, and were greatly prepossessed in her favour by her manner in the orchestra on that occasion. She made her debiit in an aria of Donizetti's" Caro bene," in which she both astonished and entranced her hearers by her delicious voice and wonderful powers of exe cution. Sims Reeves was the next debutant, in Bee thoven's lively " Adelaide" song, which we imagine we have heard him sing better. Miss Williams's deli very of the recitative and air from Orfco (Gluck), " Sposa," &c., was a most chaste performance ; and Castellan's " Son vergin vezzssa," in the polacca and quintetto from Puritani, was equally delightful. Mr. Blagrove played a violin solo—" Introduction and Polonaise"—by ilayseder with correct taste and cer tainty of intonation, and was loudly applauded. But the gem of the concert was Sontag's " Soldier tired" (Arne), in which she elicited the most unbounded admiration. A little more English, and far less Italian, would have been most agreeable to a mixed audience like that of last night. The first part of the concert was closed by the ever-pleasing, never-tiring " Haste thee, nymph," which was given by Henry Phillips with that jocund spirit and abandon which no man can so well impart to the music. The overture to William Tell, opening the second part, was played amidst some noise arising from parties returning into the room. This may account for the curious fact that the ostensible conductor (Mr. Dove, of Worcester), and the leader of the band (Mr. Blagrove), were each beating different time. It ap pears a farce for a prominent cathedral organist to attempt to conduct such a band in such a subject. The overture was brilliantly played, but the succeed ing accompaniment to Herr Formes' song from I9er Freiechutz, " Taci, taci," was sufficiently powerful to drown even Formes' voice. The air and rondo " Prencli, per me," from Elisir d 'Amour, was a com plete illustration of the skill with which mechanical difficulties may be overcome, and apparently almost impossible achievements attained without destroying musical proprieties. In the hands of Madame Cas tellan it was a thorough triumph of art. Madame Sontag's air, " Ah ! vous dirai" (Adam) was another illustration of a similar school. M. Rsmusat's flute accompaniment to this air was a brilliant and wonderful performance, and was greatly admired. The piece was encored. The Oberon quartet, " Over the dark blue waters," was admirably given by Mss Byers, Miss Williams, and Messrs. Lockey and Phillips. The madrigal of the evening was Welbye's " Stay Corydon," which greatly disappointed the audience. Mr. Lawler sang the sung " As I view," from La Sozzambu/a, very respectably ; and the concert closed soon after eleven with the quartet from Don Giovanni, " Non ti fidar, the executants Mesdames Sontag and Castellan, Sims Reeves, and Herr Formes. At the conclusion of the concert there was a ball, which was attended b beteen two and three hun dred of the co mpany, y , but the assembly broke up early. The weather to-day continued most b r illiant, and not a cloud appeared i n the sk y . Fresh immigra tion began to pour in early, and by half-past eleven o'clock, when the performance of sacred music commenced at the cathedral, the floor of the nave was crowded in every part, the aisles were also fully occupied, and the western gallery had bu t a few va cant seats. The oratorio to-day was Mendelssohn's Elijah. On the whole it was not so finished a per formance as we have heard at these festivals, and was not at all to be compared to that at Norwich, in 1848, when it was a much greater novelty. Miss Dolby, we were happy to see, was sufficiently recovered to take her part in the oratorio, but Miss Lucombe was still confined to her room, and her place was filled very inadequately by Miss Byers, of Exeter Hall. Mr. IL Phillips took the part of the Prophet, and Madame Castellan the widow. Lockey sung the air, " If with all your hearts," beautifully, as usual. The double quartet, " For He shall give His angels charge over thee," was indifferently performed by Miss Byers, Master Woodward, Miss Dolby, Mr. Williams, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Rickhsp (Worcester Cathedral), Mr. Lawler, and Mr. 'Whitehouse (Windsor Chape l Ro y al). The air, " Help me, man of God," was exquisitely given by Madame Castellan, and M r. Phillips' interpolated soli were given with his well-known taste and judg ment. The duet between Castellan and Phillips, "Now by this I know," was hardly taken brisk enough, and failed to afford the contrast to the preced ing passages which was i ntended b y the composer. The succeeding chorus, " Blessed are the men who fear him," was well rendered by the choral body. The choruses by the priests of Baal, were given with that discrimination which showed the artists to have seized the composer's ideas. The lovely quartet, " Cast thy burden upon the Lord , " wa s sustained by Miss Byers, Miss Dolby, Mr. Luckey, and Mr. Lawler, and pro duced a marked effect upon the audience. The chorus, " The fire descends from heaven," was most effectively rendered ; and the next chorus, " Take all the prophets of Baal," was well takei! up. Miss Williams eclipsed her former doings in the air, which she has made her own, " Woe unto him." In the unfortunate absence of Miss Lucombe, Miss Byers took the part of the child in the interlocutory passages with Paillips, commencing " Go up, now," but the result was far from satisfac tory. Madame Sontag made her first re-appearance in oratorio at these festivals in the divine air, " Hear ye, Israel." Her clear ringing mellow voice never told more effectually than in this air. The following ehortl s l "130 not afraid," wail admirably taken up, and the second part of the oratorio, after Madame Sontag's song, went off with far more spirit than the first, though there wa3 occasionally a lagging in the time as given in the choral parts. Phillips seemed to regain a fresh youth in th e b eau tiful air, " It is enough, 0 Lord." In th e l ove ly trio, " Lift thine eyes," Madame Castellan kindly took the place of Miss Lucombe, and assi s t e d Misses Dolby and Wil liams. It was the gem of the morning, and was re pt- ated by desire. Miss Dolby was as delightful as ever in the beautiful air " 0 rest in the Lord." Miss Byers improved in the recitative, " Behold God bath sent." The collection for the charity to-day amounted 0 1521. COURT CIRCULAR. BALMORAL, SEPT. 8. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert attended Divine service this morning in the parish church at Crathie. The ladies and gentlemen of the household were in attendance. The service was per formed by the Rev. Principal Lee. In the afternoon her Majesty and his Royal High ness Prince Albert went out walking, accompanied by the Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, and Prince Alfred. The R'2V. Principal Lee will have the honour of dining with her Majesty this evening. SLPTEMBER 9. Her Majesty w€nt out riding this morning, se companitd by the Prince of \Vales and the Princess Royal. In the afternoon her Majesty drove in the open carriage. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shoot ing to-day. The dinner party this evening will include her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Leiningen, Prince Ernest of Leiningen, Lady Au guita Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Lord James Murray, and Sir George Couper. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) ar rived in town yesterday, from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. THE ARMY. CIRCULAR.-MEMORANDUM. " llorse-Guards, Aug. 30, 1850. " It appearing to the Commander-in-Chief that the ammunition as well as the pouches of the infantry would be much less liable to damage, if at least one of the compartments of the pouch was kept constantly filled with ammunition, his Grace has entered into arrangements with the Ordnance Department for completing the present ordinary supply to twenty rounds a man, on the requisition of commanding offi cers, who will be careful to cause it to be packed, and constantly carried, in the centre compartment of the pouch. " By command, " C. BROWN, A.G." AN EMIGRANT SHIP LOST. A shocking shipwreck was reported at Lloyd's on Tuesday, namely, that of the total loss of the ship Bridgetown, belonging to Liverpool, having on board 390 passengers, emigrants for America, whose escape, considering the fearful circumstances of the wreck, was most miraculous. The ship, which was nearly 1,000 tons burden, sailed from the port above men tioned on the 4th of July last, under the command of Captain John Mills. She was bound to Quebec, and accomplished the passage across the broad waters of the Atlantic by the 31 of the following month (August). The succeeding night witnessed the de struction of the ship. They had sighted the Banks of Newfoundland, and were bearing to the southward, with light breezes and foggy weather, when about midnight she went upon a rock at Clam Cove, be tween Cape Ballard and Cape Race. The violent force with which she struck instantly aroused the emigrants, who rushed upon deck in a state of great excitement, and the scene that ensued, when it was found that she was fast filling, and must inevitably go d ow n, was painful beyond description. The first object sought by the master was to run the ship towards the coast, which, though not seen, was supposed to be close at hand, and then getting out the boats, he fortunately succeeded in persuading " his living freight" to follow his instructions. The female emigrants were got into the boats, and these having been safely put ashore, the boats returned, and even tually, after considerable exertion, the whole of the remainder were saved, excepting three children, who were lost in the confusion, and were supposed to have perished in the ship, which shortly foundered in five fathoms of water, and was a total loss. The poor emigrants lost everything they possessed ; many reached the shore with nothing on their persons but their night-clothes. The distress of the unhappy creatures was very great. There were several cabin passengers ; among them was an episcopal clergy- Man, who had lost property to the amount of upwards of 1,000/. Amidst their misfortunes a gang of des perate wre , kers visited the spot, and carried off the little property that was cast up from the wreck and washed ashore ; everything in fact t hey laid their hands upon they decamped with. Captain Mills, the master, attributes the loss of the ship not only to the dense tog and darkness of the night, but in a great measure to the variableness and uncertainty of the currents, together with the force and strength with which they set in towards Cape Rice. The vessel was but partially insured. MATRIMONIAL AFFAIR.--A young lady of respect able family and connexion, in the neighbourhood of Armagh, while on a visit some time since to her brother, who has been for some years settled in a mercantile capacity at Liverpool, formed an acquaintance with a medical gentleman of some eminence there, who was in attendance on her brother during illness; the acquaintance ripened into an attachment, which resulted in a proposal of marriage on his part, and acceptance of the proposal on hers. Matters remained thus for some time, the engagement being known to the friends of both parties, on each side of the Channel, and preparations were in progress, we understand, for the celebration of the nuptials, when suddenly a stop was put to the proceedings by some untoward occurrence, of w hi c h t h e following is the current version : —'l'hat the gentl eman i n ques ti o n required the lady to bind herself to hold no i n t ercours e with her brother after her marriage, to which terms she would not consent. What may have moved him to make such a proposal with reference to a gentleman whose medical attendant he was, is not easy to conjecture; but it is not improbable that it may have been connected in some way with the circumstance of her brother having been some time before unsuccessful in his mercantile pursuits, in consequence of extensive speculations in which he had engaged in railway transactions, by which he had been a heavy loser, and into which he had been perhaps led by the facilities open to him as a railway sharebroker. Whatever may have been the case, the result has been an intended action at law for the double injury of breach of promise of marriage and implied defamation. The record was to have been immediately tried in England, and a worthy baronet in this neighbourhood had actually gone over, to testify to the respectability of the lady's family, when a compromise was agreed to, the terms of which are, as we have been informed, that the defendant pays the lady 1,500 f GUill dian. CHANCERY REFORM._..O n Tuesday evening a lec ture on the administration of the Court of Chancery was de livered in the Mechanics' Institute, Southampton-buildings, by Mr. Carpenter, under the auspices of the Chancery Re form Association. Mr. E. Wilson presided. The lecturer described the process of a Chancery suit from the commence ment to the close, and pointed out the principal causes of the delay and procrastinations which, suitors know too well, are invariably attendant upon Chancery suits. Amongst these he enumerated the practice of referring questions to the Masters, by which a suit was frequently locked up:for eight, ten, or twelve years. Another great source of delay was the practice of the court in making so many persons parties to suits, the frequent abatements caused by the deaths of par ties, and the supplemental bills and answers consequent upOn the birth of children. The new rules and orders issued from time to time by Lord Chancellors, he contended, effected no amelioration. Numerous instances were cited of the work ing of the system ; and it was asserted that at the present time the victims of the court in one prison alone—the Queen's Bench - amounted to 24 , who have been incarce ra t e d f or periods varying from one to 38 years, ithc,ut any hope of release. a c n o i ti r a t s hadeve nowevery mlaon was liable, by th e merest 0,000,000/, s t er li ng un d er i ts jurisdiction accident, to be brought within its meshes, it behoved all t o T h ; e join in so amending it as to make it a blessing instead of a curse to society. A resolution affirming the n ecess i ty o f re form in the court was passed. SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON CHATHAM LINES.—On Monday afternoon a coroner's jury assembled at the Queen's Bead Inn, Bromptob, touching the death of Hugh M•Grath, a pensioner of the 66th Regiment of Foot, which was caused • into the trench surrounding the by falling garrison. The deceased had been to lthe races on Friday, and, after the races were over, he, like many Others, went to a drinking booth, and remained with others drinking and seeing the dancing until n ight, when he left to g o h ome to his house at I3rompton. The night was very dark, and he must have mistaken the road, as he was found the next morning by bottom of some workmen l y i n g at the the trench near the apparently dead. Information given to the Sally-port, was sentinel, and assistance given,_ and the man was remo ve d. lie died a few hours afterwards. Upon examination of his person hi s shoulder was found t o be put out, sever a l o f hi s ribs broken, and lie was otherwise seriously injured. A. ver diet of "Accidental death" was returned.:The same night that the above accident occurred,. Sergeant Powell, of the Royal Marines, who is PaY-sergeant of the division, was also found lying in the trench. By his fall his right shoulder is dis located, and three of his ribs broken. He was conveyed to Melville Hospital, and faint hopes are entertained that he will recover. Several other accidents occurred, and Mrs. of Wood. street, 13rompton, her right leg Green, ha dbroken, and a young woman, whose name is unknown, broke her leg, and she was o therwise very seriously hurt. It i s ev id ent from the occurrence of so many accidents that something is required to warn persons of the dangerous position o f th e trench. The depth varies from 20 t 30 feet; and th ere 1 3 no railing to prevent persons falling ie. o DISASTER ON LAKE ONTARIO. —The Schooner Sekick, Captain Sias, was capsized in a squall near the mouth of the St. Lawrence River on Friday evening, the 9th instant, and every person on board perished. There were .. persons on board, amos g them the wife of the captain. The Nekick was forty tons . kai den, and left Oswego with part of a cargo of merchandise on Friday, bound for Cape Vincent. 'rh e vessel was foun ton Saturday floating and was towed ir bottom upwards, Cape `'incept.—Mon treal Gazelle. gikititNiGlaTvoeN.--The Protec tionist Associa tion in which forwarded an ad dress to Mr. Mackinnon, t they inform the Hon. Gentleman that he does no poe!ess their confidence, and that they wil l oppose hiis.erhe•elerction at any future period. N thi O s r bor L ou r The uniform support wn . a M . Mr. Mackinnon has given to the policy of free trade, is _mood as the reason for this 111411lielitAti011 of Flit"' fecul. R EP a ESE.NtTioAnT 014;) PROGRESS OF SCIENCE.-THE WATER GAS. We can conceive of few subjects more gratifying to a contemplative mind than observing the vast im provements constantly taking place, both in science and art, calculated so largely to increase our personal and social comfort, and to bring not only the neces saries, but even the luxuries of life, within the reach of the great mass of the community. In this respect steam, railways, and the penny postage, have bound friends and relatives within tha range of a family circle, although separated by hundreds of miles ; and, last of all, that miracle of miracles, the electric telegraph, not only conveys our thoughts and wishes in an instant, as if by magic, from one extremity to another of our sea•girt isle ; .but, despite of winds and waves, has been made to span the English Channel, and thus enabled us to converse with our warm-hearted friends in the centre of Paris, while sitting at our ease, sipping our coffee or smoking our cigar, in the metropolis of England. Certainly, were our forefathers, of c-ven thirty years ago, permitted to revisit the scenes of their nativity, they would hardly believe this was the world they had left ; and what inure startling iniproyements the next thirty years may produce we shall leave to inure fertile imaginatious than ours to haz ird the conjecture, con fident only that past attainments will stimulate to greater efforts in the acco:npliAment of still greater end:. We well remember the exuberant delight it afforded us, when only entering our teens, to see our streets and public buildings tirA lighted with gas, and the dingy oil lamps laid aside for ever. This was an era in our life which we are not likely to forget. It was the prelude of a mighty social improve ment, which we may not even now sufficiently appreciate. But in these days this was likely to have been altogether outdone. The electric light threatened to entomb every rival, and virtually, at almost a no minal expense, to change night into day. This was, however, highly patronised, rather too much to be lieve, and beyond that of a mere pleasing exhibition in a lecture-room, it has now ceased to make any pretensions. Then our go-ahead friends across the Atlantic startled us by their daring announcements of converting the elements of water alone, by means of electricity (obtained for nothing), into so splendid a light that you could read the smailest print a mile off. Millions of dollars hung upon the issue. Every newspaper was full of it, as the greatest discovery of this or any age. The day of trial came, and in one hour Payne was denounced as an arrant deceiver, and his mighty pretensions le velled in the dust. The very important subject of obtaining a supply of cheap and good gas, free from the usual contaminations of sulphur and ammonia, has for a length of time engaged the attention of the first scientific men of our day, who suggested mani fold improvements, some of which have been valuable, but as their whole efforts were directed to neutralise or absorb the noxious compounds inevitably contained in all gas prepared from coal, they have been only partially successful, much of the contamination still remaining, in spite of every precaution. It seemed es sential that, to obtain a pure gas, a pure material should be employed ; and sceptical as we have been as to this being obtainable, or that any substitute for coal, in the production of gas, could ever be made available in this kingdom at least, we were recently induced, by the re presentations of a friend, to ascertain the result of the. lighting of the town of Southport, and other important places, by Mr. Stephen White, of Manchester's patent " Hydro-carbon gas," where no coal is required ex cept to heat the furnace. We confess we were any thing but sanguine as to the result, having been al most sickened of the gas question altogether. How ever, a visit to this lovely watering-place soon satisfied us that this " water gas," as it has been called, was no phantom, but a blazing reality of the greatest brilliancy, throwing a fine, beautiful, soft light, perhaps unequalled in the kingdom, over the length and breadth of their principal street, which is about a mile long ; and a look into the first-rate shops and hotels will satisfy any observer of its superior bril liancy to any coal gas he has ever seen—the ceilings, too, after nine months' use, being untouched and untarnished, naturally excites no little surprise, proving that, unlike coal gas, it emits no smoke whatever. A visit to the gas-house is of itself a great treat ; it is a handsome erection, admirably arranged, and ought to he taken as a model; it is like going into a comfortable kitchen—neither smell nor filth of any kind ; and the man who has the charge of making all the gas for the town not only does the whole himself, but could attend, he says, to three times the quantity required, if needful ; and so simple does it seem, that it is almost self-acting. The retort into which the liquid resin is constantly running in a small stream only requiring being cleared of any sooty deposit every six or eight hours, and the water retort only every few days ; while the large station meter satis fies you that, notwithstanding the quietude and still ness of the place, more tha❑ 300 feet of gas passes ' through it in the same time that coal retorts of an equal size would produce 100 feet. This is a most striking circumstance to every observer. The ordinary filthy process necessary to purify coal gas, so nauseating to all engaged, is altogether avoided ; and as we found, on the most strict inquiry, that while the brilliancy of this gas is decidedly superior to that from the best Cannel coal, it is produced at a much cheaper rate, it can be no surprise that its adoption is rapidly spreading, both in Lancashire and Yorkshire, where large establishments are now lighted up by it. Having thoroughly satisfied ourselves as to the value of this invention, and the certainty of its suc cess, we were gratified to find that, instead of in juring gas property, it would materially enhance it, as, by merely changing their retorts, they can adopt this at once, at a comparatively small cost. We have entered into this subject very much more at length than we at all contemplated when com mencing this paper, but believe our readers will be satisfied that its importance demands it. We hope at no distant date to bring the subject again before them. We have not the pleasure of knowing the ingenious inventor, but cordially wish him the success he so richly deserves.—Standard of Freedom. o TESTIMONIAL TO DR. JACKSON. On l grand r f e a b r e e n w d e a l r l y d o ej t eu s n t er r w atl a l s ,l, gi up v to y Designat e o f Lytt e lt on , N ew Z ea l an d, an d P r i nc i pal of thele l ;. u D e' r d . a ja a ck g so r n an , the Training College, Battersea, by the students of the college, by whom a testimonial had been also subscribed for, to be presented on this occasion. The entertainment took place in the beautiful grounds belonging to Mr. Fownes, contiguous to Christ Church, Battersea, where Was erected several marquees, including that within which the dejeuner took place, together with the emigra tion tent presented by the students to Dr. Jackson, also exhibited upon the ground. In the Bishop's tent, prior to the entertainment, the testimonial was exhibited to the company. It consisted of a splendid solid silver epergne to form a table centrepiece, beautifully decorated with foliage and figures, of the weight of nearly 130 oz., and of the value of 120 guineas. It bore the fillowing inscription:--" Presented to the Bishop Designate of Lyttelton, New Zealand, and late Principal of the Train. ing College, Battersea, by the master, students, and officers of that college, Sept. 10, lilso. This offering is respectfully made by the masters and students of the Bat tersea Training College, in grateful remembrance of valuable talents and services devoted to the training of schoolmasters for the Church of England during a period .of six years. They sorrow in parting, but whilst they remember his persevering zeal and the distinguished blessings which have attended his labours as principal of the college, they feel the assurance that in his exalted station abroad he will be as successful as he has been in England." In the unavoidable absence of Lard Ashley, the chair was filled by the Rev. C. B. Dalton, M.A., rector of Lambeth, who was supported by the Rev. T. 13. Murray, rector of St. Duustan's-in-the-East, and the Revs. M. Rowlett, C. Lilley, H. Twining, and Dr. Hussey. Nearly 100 ladies and gentlemen sat down to a most elegant repast, and at the conclusion, after the usual loyal toasts had been drunk, the Chairman pre sented the epergne to Dr. Jackson, who briefly addressed the company in acknowledgment of the honour. During the entertainment a new glee, called " The Canterbury Pilgrims," was received with much approbation. • SUICIDE Or Da. BLAKE OF THE 20TH REGIMENT. —'We deeply regret to learn that Dr. Blake, Surgeon of the 20th Regiment, now in garrison, deprived himself of life, yesterday morning, by cutting his throat with a razor. The facts, as related to us, are, that for some days back, Dr. Blake had been indisposed and unable to attend to his duties, and that, in his house in Durham-place, about three o'clock yesterday morning, he desired his servant to go up stairs and warm some beef tea for him ; as soon as the servant left the room, it would appear that he (Dr Blake) went into the adjoining dressing-room, and taking a razor from its case, too eff.ctually committed the d rea df ul act, which he only survived for a few hours—during which time, however, he was collected, and acknowledged that he had fallen by his own hand. An inquest was held upon his body yesterday. The jury, after hearing the evi dence of several of th e f r i en d s an d attendants of the deceased, and the medical testi mony o f D rs. Seaman, of the 23d, and Cole, of the 20th Re g i ments, returned a verdict of suicide, committedabits, .much und esteemedertheinfluen in theceoft g em r peorilaen temporary insanity. iintr _ o D ee r l Blake was, we underst a nd, a l t h oug h eccentric in his manner and h Weekly Herald. DISCOVERT Or A SUPPOSED SUICIDE. —Last evening the following discovery was made of a supposed suicide. Tt appears that the landlord of the house No. 17, Stephen-street, Tottenham -court-read, had, for the last fort night, missed one of his lodgers, named James Partington, a coachman, who occupied the second floor. His room bad never been entered, owing to the door being locked en the inside. The landlord last evening called in the assistance of Sergeant Palmer and another constable of the E division. 1 hey all three entered, and having knocked at the door of the second flo or t h ey burst it open, and in looking on the bed discovered, to their horr.r, the body o f P ett i ng t on , in r dead a o state ear, and complete p utr if action, with his throat cut from e and a razor lyi ng by his side. He must have be en least a fortnight. A shell was procured, and the corpse con veyed to the Middl esex Hospital. The laid to the polic e th at h e knew the unfortunate deceased had been out of service f or a number of weeks past . The body now awaits a corone r ' s i nquest. ACETIC ETHER. --A parcel of merchandise having been imported f rom one o f th e Belgian ports, it was found . ~ ether and on examination t o conta i n a mixed s p f n 30e. it—viz 4d. per gallon. at e a r t , alcohol, and as suc h li a bl e t o th e duty o The duty WAS ordered t 9 b e C. h .4 g 1 ad accordingly, mentioned SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. RADCLIFFE RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Manchester Cup of 504 added to a Sweepstake 10 sous. each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared; the second to save his stake. One mile and three-quarters. Mr. J. Brown's Harricot, 3 yrs, sst 61b (Osborne, jun.) 1 Mr. Reid's Clothworker, 4 yrs, ist 61b (Blbs extra) 2 Mr. Cotgreave's Abbess of Jerveaux, 3 yrs, sst 31b 3 Mr. Nichol's John of Berwick, 3 yrs, 6st 31b Mr. Shepherd's Alp, 4 yrs, Bst 6 to 4 on Clothworker, 2 to 1 agst Harricot, and 4 to 1 agat John of Berwick. Won by a length. The Bury Purse of 301., added to a Sweepstake of S soya. each; for two yrs old, ist; and three yrs old, 9s; fillies and geldings allowed 31bs, winners extra; the second to save his stake. Three•quartera of a mile. (6 Subs.) Mr. G. Barton's Madame Wharton, 2 yrs (G. Oates) 1 Mr.W. Jones's br c, by Launcelot, dby Liverpool, 2 yrs 2 Mr. Pahver's True Love, 2 yrs Mr. Henderson's Coquette, 2 yrs Mr. W. T. Parks's Rose Brad wardine, 3 yr 5........... 5 t 4 on Madame, 5 to 2 agst Lsune-:lot colt, and 5 to I sgst True Love. Won easy by a len; ; At.h. The Scurry Stakes of 3 sove. each, and 20 added, three-quarters of a mile (9 Sub , .), were won easily by Mr. I.loldforth's Romance, 6 yrs, 9$ 4'b (G. Abdale), beating Mr. Foster's Osbuldwick, 3 yrs, 7$ 61b—Mr. 13er:on's Clara, 6 yrs, Sat 21b—Mr. Walker's Repulse, 5 yrs, Bst Mr. Martin's; Wilmont, 3 yrs, 7$ 10lb— Mr. o.borne's Snowdrit. 3 yrs, 7.t 81b—Mr. Sco:t's P,nsy, 3 yrs, 7$ 51b—Mr. First. rate, 3 yrs, 7$ lib—and Mr. Pedley's Lady Speedy, 3 yrs, Est 10Ib. LEWES fER RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Belvoir Stakes of 5 s.sys each, and 20 aided, fur hunters, four yra old, lOst 71b; five yrs, llst 71b; six and aged, 12st. Heats, twice round and a die. Captain Broadley'a Squire of Melton, aged 1 Mr. Wildman's Fame, 5 yrs The Two-Years old Stakes of 5 soya. each, and 30,added; colts, 8$ 71b, and fillies Bst 41b; winners extra. About three quarters of a mile. (5 Subs.) Mr. Spriggs's ch c, by Knight of the Whistle 1 Mr. Robbins's br c, by Lanercost, out of Miss Clifton 2 Sweepstakes of 5 soy.. each, and 40 added, the second to save his stake; three yrs old 7st 41b; four yra, Bst 31b; fire yrs, Bit 9lb; six yrs and aged, 9st; winners once Sibs, twice Sibs, thrice, &c., 71bs extra. Heats, once round and a dis. Mr. Tresham's Cogia, 4 yrs Mr. Barling's Bedford, 4 yrs Mr. Moeson's The Castle, 4 yrs 3 The Leicestershire Handicap of 15 . sovs. each, 10 ft, and 5 only if declared, with 75 soya, each; the second to receive 201., and the third to save his stake. Two miles and a dis. (16 Subs., nine of whom declared.) Mr. T. Dawson's Priestess, 4 yrs, Sit 31b 1 Mr. C. W. Packe nd Cingari, 4 yrs, 6st tolb Mr. W. Herrick nd Vanguard, 4 yrs, Bst 31b THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1850. PEDESTRIANISM. W. SPOONER AND GEORGE BRADSHAW'S SEVEN MILE Idercu 70A 251. A-SIDE.—The exploits of George Brad shaw, of Hammersmith, whether defeated or victorious, are matter of sufficient importance in the records of pedestrianism to render their repetition a " thrice-told tale." For seven years he has been pitted, with various success (having begun early, and being yet a young man), against all the best walkers who could be found. However, like many horses of high repute, he has " run in and out;" and of late years, despite some astounding performances in the way of time, he has shaken the con fidence of his backers, by failing marvellously when brought to the test. Nevertheless, on the present occa sion, he found friends, who, confiding in former excel lent and undeniable proofs of his capability, posted the needful for a match with young Spooner,, a rising , peF : former, and yesterday -the -- cetitetito . rs ` tin Stoke common, three miles fr om lough station, and about twenty-four from London, to settle the question of relative speed in walking. The day was favourable, and the ground, a measured mile, though somewhat loose and stony in several places, was, on the whole, a moderately level and straight one. At four o'clock the men showed, Bradshaw seeming to have few friends, and spare attendance, and certainly looking unlike his former self. The Young One's adherents, on the other hand, though more numerous, did not seem remarkably confident. At first evens, and then sto 4 on Spooner, was the utmost they would venture; in a word„they seemed doubtful of " their customer" till the match was fairly on, when, after the second mile, they let loose their tongues, and were bravely offering 2 to 1, and all sorts of odds. The men went off at five minutes past four, walking together for three-quarters of a mile, when Spooner started away with a swinging spurt, and was soon several yards a head of Bradshaw. In the second mile George got near him, and, as it seemed to us, almost by sufferance, came within three or four yards of Spooner. Coming down the third mile, Spooner literally walked away from his opponent, and keeping up a rattling race, widened the gap between them at each successive turn. Keeping up the steam, he finished some 300 yards in front of Bradshaw, covering the 7 miles in 57 min. 48 sees. CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY OF BRADFORD. This grand match was resumed at Bradford on Tues day, at the conclusion of which day the score presented the appearance indicated below. It will be noticed that the Eleven were 17 behind upon the first innings, BRADFORD. • First Innings. Second Innings. Wadsworth, run out Hall, c Hißyer, b Clark ... -- Dalby, Esq., b Clark . 5 c Fe!ix, b Clark 2 J. Thomas, c Adams, b Wisden 4 b Clark Burlinson, c Guy, b Clark Joe Berry, s Box, b hiller Barker, b Clark Armitage, c Wisden, b llillyer 7 c Parr, b Clark T. Sidebottom, Esq., b llillyer 1 Abel, b Hißyer ...... ........•• ... 0 b Clark It. Boyes, Esq., b Hi11yer....... 4 . . De wlcurst, c Adams, b Hillyer.. 3 b llillyer J. Ingle, c 13.)x, b Hillyer Bankart, Esq., b Hillyer Scaife, b Hillyer M. llurst, Esq., b Martingell 3 H. Hurst, Esq., c and b Hillyer 7 J. Lund, Esq., not out 7 Hapworth, run out Wright, b Martingell Byes 1,1 b 4, wide 1 ... 6 B I,lbl ........... 2 Tutal 101 Total THE ELIVEN. A. Mynn, c Dalby, b Armitage .., Pilch, c Walsworth, b Hall . 3 Adams, c Thomas, b Armitage ..... ........ 0 Guy, b Ha 11.... ... 4 Wisden, c Wadsworth, b Hall l5 Parr, c Burlinson, b Armitage ••••• ••... 9 Box, c Armitage, b Hall Martingell, c Ingle, b Armitage .............•• 24 N. Felix, Esq., b Hall Clark, b Armitage .. 15 .... Hillyer, not out .. 0 Byes 2, wide 1 ..... ...... . . 3 Tot al 84 SCULLRES MATCH BETWEEN SAVAGE ANDWIGGETT. —The smilers match between Savage and Wiggett, both of whom belong to the lower part of the Thames, for 201. a-side, took place yesterday. The distance selected was from Putney-bridge to Mortlake, and Savage was slightly the favourite. Ile men went to their station in the presence of a tolerable muster of spectators, and effected a very good start. They were scull and scull up to Messrs. Searle's yard, both rowing very capitally; but here Savage began to draw away from his opponent, and contrived to gain considerably right to the finish. Wiggett made some plucky forts to better his position, but without effect ; at Ramixteramith bridge he was three or four lengths astern, at Chiswick Eyott considerably more, and a long way behind at the finish. • TROX STEAM YACHT TOR THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. —A. beautiful yacht, -built of iron by Mr. Mare at Blackwell, is at present in the East India Docks, having her engines, of 140-horse power, put on board by Messrs. George and Sir John Rennie, and is expected to be ready for trial down the river in about three weeks. This fine vessel, when com pleted, will be navigated to St. Petersbnrgh for the use of the Emperor of Russia. She is 160 feet long by, 21 feet 6 inches in breadth and 10 feet depth, and although NO tons' burden will only draw four feet of water. Her engines are on the oscillating principle, 4b inches in diameter, with A stroke of 3 feet 6 inches, and the Nhole of the works con nected with them'are finished in the best style of workman ship, and more like the works of the superior description of clocks than the machinery of a marine steam engine. The eccentrics are concave, and do not require flanges, and the bearings are of a new description of metal which will not heat, however great the friction or.,numerous the revolutions of the machinery. The parts 'are-so well• arranged,!and under such admirable control,' that 'a very young person could work and manage them with the greatest ease. The vessel is to have paddle-Wheels with the latest irnprovements, and is expected to hivea speed of 17 miles per hour. TUE NEW ACT TO FACILITATE THE ABIIiDON MILNT OF, Raivivays.-.-The new Act to f ac ilit a t e th e aban donment railways received the Royal assent on the 14th ult., when it came into force. Its object is to facilitate the dissolution of railway companies, as- also to enable com panies to abandon railways or certain parts where they can not be carried on with- advantage either to the promoters or to the public. It is provided that - railway companies may make application to the Commissioners of Railways to be allowed to abandon their undertaking. " That it shall be lawful for the directors of any such railway company at any time to call a meeting of the shareholders thereof, for the purpose of determining whether such application shall be made to the Co mm i ss i oners of Railways, and so from time to time as they shall see - fit." Shareholders may such meetings to b e called. When an 'application is require enter tained by the Commissioners. opportunities' are to be afforded te to parties who may consider themselves aggriev.redr.ntot may their objections. The Commissioners, by t heir authorize the abandonment of a railway b who are inj ure d .1 Compensation may be made to par ties or part 4.erecii. the abandonment. Where .a railway is ct up Act. There are wholly abandoned its affairs may be settled under the Win ing forty sections in the Act, and notices of proceeding adopted under it are to be laid before Parliament. Ex PENS ES Or PUBLIC BOARDS.—Yesterday a Parliamentary paper was printed, showing in detail the ex penses of the General Board of Health, the Commissioners in Lunacy, and the Poor-law" Board. The expenses of the General Board of Health to the 31st of March last were 8,094/. 63. 2d. The travelling and personal expenses of the Commissioners in Lunacy, in the year ending the 31st of July, were 2,355/. I ls. I Id. ; and of the Poor-law Board, for the year ending the 31st of March last, 8,8781. Os. 2d. •, leaving a surphis of 1,2611. 19s. 10d. For the General Board of Health 8,900/. was voted • for the Commissioners in Lunacy the exact sum ; and for the Poor-law Board 10,000/. CORK AND BANDON Rariwa.v.—Mr. Barnes, soli citor to the Exchequer Loan Commissioners, accompanied by the chairman of the board of directors, Mr. Ratcliffe, London solicitor to the company, aad Mr. Nixon, the engineer, proceeded along the line from Cork to -Bandon on Monday, to satisfy himself that the works were effi ciently executed preparatory to the Treasury advancing the loan t• the hne. Mr. Barnes is to make a tour through the lines in Ireland to which the Government has =Ade advances. AN EXCITING SLAVE CASE: IVASIIINGTON, AUG. 7.—The runaway slaves L have been so numerous of late in these parts, under the instigations of the Abolitionists here and else where, that the owners of this species of property have become very much alarmed, and hence are disposed to remove them to safer parts of the United States, or to sell them to slave traders. A cruel instance of this kind is exciting great sym pathy at present. The family of William Williams, the coachman of Presidents Polk, Taylor, and Fillmore, were suidenly, on Friday morning, seized by a sla ve t ra d er ; an d ta k en f rom th eir h omes in this city off to Baltimore, to be sent to New Orleans. His Wife, over fifty years of age, three daughters, and three grandchildren, were thus snatched from him in an hour to a fate worse to him than death, to be sold in the South to the highest bidder, and separated from him and each other. The poor man was nearly crazed by the dreadful part ing. After many years' toil he very recently pur chased his own freedom, but his family were owned by some one in New Orleans. The President, feeling deeply for his diatress, gave him money, and let him go to Baltimore to see them again. IVilliams found the trader would take the sum of 3,200 dollars for them, and he returned with the hope of raising that amount here to redeem them. A petition was drawn up, and to-day circulated about the city and Heine of Representatives, setting forth the feet, and asking for assistance, which was so promptly rendered that the prospect is, in the language of Williams, himself, " very fair." The Presid en t, M r . Webster, General Scott, and a nu m b er o f S enators, members and citizens, have contributed sums from 5 to 50 dollars. Mr. Corcoran gave 200 dollars, which was the price asked fur the aged wife, and he made her "free" at once. Besides doing this Mr. Corcoran has purchased one of the women, who has lived in his family for some years, Mrs. Commander Paterson another, and Mrs. General Towson a third, who lived with her some years past. So the children, for whom 1,500 dollars were asked, only remain to be purchased by their grandfather, and lie is in a fair way of raising this money.—Correspondent of the Express. LABLACHE. Lablache is the oldest and the best-established fa vourite of her Majesty's Theatre. He made his first appearance in this country some 20 years ago, and from th at time, with th e excep ti on , we b e li eve, of one year's secession, he has returned hither every spring with increased ,popularity. Twenty years is a long test applied to public performers ; and be that could pass such an ordeal of time must possess merits of the very highest order, which could conquer the appetite for novelty, and overcome the fickleness of popular applause. All this Lablache has effected. The public, so far from being wearied at the long-continued cry of " Lablache the Great," as were the Athenians of hearing Aristides everlastingly . called " the just," elevates him, if possible, into greater popularity yearly. His place is not to be supplied ; no other artiste, not even Herr Formes, could compensate for his loss. Independently of his powers as an actor and a singer, so great a lover is he of his art, that he will undertake with delight the most trifling character in order to ensure the success of: a piece. From this it follows that no great singer has, within our recollection, undertaken such a variety of characters. We find him in every possible grade of representation ; from the loftiest tragedy to the most burlesque comedy he is equally great and efficient. From Bra bantio to Don Pasquale—from Marino Faliero to Dandolo. Through all the gradations of passion and humour he exhibits a superior insight into humanity, and, with the finest dramatic artifice and discrimina tion, he seizes on the salient points, and strikes them out into bold relief, giving life and verisi militude to his abstractions. In a comic part he fills up the stage with his acting, no less than with his voice and size. Every character around him seems merely subsidiary. He is the sun of humour, about which the rest, as planets, perform their revolutions, deriving light and heat from him. He is the centre of gravity, that attracts all the laugh ing humours from his auditory. Yes, we say gravity, nor therein are we guilty of a bull. In his most whim sical efforts his countenance is as serious as that of a mid-day owl. While all around are convulsed with cachinations, his face is as composed as a Chinese mandarin's, or a Spanish hidalgo's sitting for a genealogical portrait. His comedy is not sparkling and effervescent like champagne, it partakes more of the body and flavour of tokay ; you may sip it—the smallest taste is palatable. He possesses somewhat of the stolidity of Liston, with occasionally the raciness of Dowton. His humour is as rotund as his person, and his person is a hogshead of wit and mirth. Lablache's voice is an organ of most extraordinary power. It is impossible by description to give any notion of his volume of sound. He is an ophicleide among singers. One may have some idea of this power of tone, when it may be truly asserted that with the entire opera barri and chorus playing and singingforte, his voice may be as distinctly and separately heard above them all as a trumpet among violins. lie is the very Stentor of vocalists. When he sings he rouses the audience, as the bugle doth the war-horse, or as the songs of Ty r'mus re-animated the Spartans. With this prodigious vehicle of sound, his singing is distinguished by superior softness and expression. Lablache is a thorough musician, and no artiste on the stage excels him in the knowledge and appliances of his art. He has written a work on the principles of singing, which has been published in England ; and he was chosen, some years since, as the vocal instructor of her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria. This great singer is as great in person as he is in fame. He is nearly, if not fully, six feet high. His figure, though exube r snt, is portly and commanding; and his entire head one of the finest that ever decorated a human body. Notwithstanding the opinions about his age, and the cognomen of " old," which for many years has at tached itself to his name, Lablache is still compara tively young. For the space of twenty years has he been the pride and delight of the frequenters of her Majesty's Theatre. This season Lablache has been particularly fine. His Caliban, in Halevy's opera La Tempesta, has added another wreath to the brow already groaning with these proofs of popularity. We believe that Lablache has entered into an engagement With Mr. Lumley for three years.—Bentley's Mis cellany for September. THE EXHIBITION OF 1851. The Society of Arts has just issued the following notice in reference to the Exhibition of 1851: " The intimate connection of the Society of Arts with the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of alt Nations in 1851, which is a subject of congratulation to the members of the society as the succeestul enlargement of an idea the society has long aimed to realise, has ap- peared to the Council to render altogether superfieous any attempt on the part of the society to pursue its ordinary course for the encouragement of arts, manu- factures, and commerce by the offer of its usual prizes for the session of 1850 and 1851. " The Council have, therefore, considered how they might most usefully apply that portion of the revenue of the society to the particular circumstances of the year. " The Council are of opinion that the most useful work they can undertake, :and one they•believe to be strictly auxiliary to the views of their Royal President, his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, and her Ma jesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition, will be to encourage the production of philosophical treatises on the various departments of the Exhibition, which shill set forth the peculiar advantages to be derived from each to the arts, manufactures, and commerce of the country. _ _ _ " The Council 'accordingly offer, in the name of the society, the large medal and 251. for the beat, and the society's small medal and 101. for the second best trea tise, on the objects exhibited in the section of raw ma terials and produce. " A. large medal and 251. for the best, aid a small medal and 101. for the second best treatise on the ob jects exhibited in the section of machinery. " A large medal and 251. for the best, and s small medal and 10/. for the second best treatise on the objects exhibited in the section of manufactures. " A. large medal and 251. for the best, and a small medal and 10Z for the 'second best treatise on the objects exhibited in the section of fiae arts. 4. Each treatise must occupy, and not exceed, 80 pages of the size of the Bridgewater Treatises. "The society will also award its large medal and 25 guineas for the best general treatise upon the Exhibition, treated commercially, politically, and statistically; and small medals for the,best treatises on any special objects or class of objects exhibited. " The treatises for which rewards are given are to be the property of the society; and if deemed suitable for publication, should the Council see fit, they will cause the same to be printed and published, and will award to the author the net amount of any profits which may arise from the publication after the payment of the ex penses. " The treatises to be delivered at the society's house on or before the 30th of June, 1851. " In announcing this list, there is no intention on the part of the Council to confine the rewards of the society to the subjects named there, though, for the reasons given, they do not anticipate that communications of in terest on other subjects will be submitted." Gaiusborough (says the Lincolnshire Times) has for a week been kept in a state of considerable excitement by a number of boys being placed in the stocks in the market-place for Sunday gaming. They were confined three hours each on several days. Large importations of fruit continue to be made into the port of London from Belgium. The King and Queen of the Belgians have arrived at Ostend. The stay of their Majesties is intended to be pro longed to the and of the present month, in the hope of im proving the health of the Queen. A regular steam communication between Liverpool and Trieetewill commence on the 20thinet.