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Prudence B ernard . gave, ''IA eight, their tirst pe! - .lic exhibition of mesnaeric ex ' to Hungerford Hall ; the hall was crowded l u e rin g the whole of the séance, which lasted ht o'clock until half after eleven, and so in teng r, e was the heat that several ladies were taken out e i n ri a ti n h g• The crowded state of the Hall and the in :.„,ie ""fl no doubt tended greatly, by their ener -48' effects to weaken the force of the mesmeriser, ,t!'eßed to diminish the susceptibility of the patient and , Perturbation caused by the continued (Nee nonuag of several sceptics, and the perpetual i t r t ing across the platform must also have tended to a s ame effect, yet, notwithstanding all these disad 4nt ages the success of the experiments was com plete. ~ _, lirr• Reeves, who acted as interpreter, cons t7vercoefoelbsoyr the delivery of a brief lecture 011.1311°6- Ineristre lien toua their; a S S e S a a t i s e gone t a b ? • Mademoiselle Bernard (111 " t of Air. Reeves the fol p lo la w t i f n o g rin g , e s n e t d lem at en the we r r e e . nar aea a ne esi uy the company to act as jurors, who were to roeYve closely all that passed :—Mr. Brewster (eon centr e ii,iair D avid De at_ , ...rewster), Mr. Knox, and Mr. Fleming. 4e&auemoiselle Bernard having taken her seat in the of the Platform, the professor intimated that he :7 1°111 d first exhibit the e ff ects of clairvoyance on the jeiniatriners' cemPass- But before throwing the lady f th ? state ef coma, he should call the attention 0 tilt:Jurors closely to the fact, that, before receiving thatt,nagnetic influence, she might closely approa l eh nlstre reeht colt jurors, and aithon-any effect being discernib e. an dlie , et, .. b y the • We followed ' sJ ereard was then led to the te A . , t placed its close contiguity t h e: o The ; but no motion whatever was percept ible. . th e coPr°fessor then made a few rapid passes, and de in Taredtrse of about ten seconds the subject was fi 9e in a fit state for the required experiments. y trs „‘ al_ order was to lead her up to the table, and of t he e eead b eiog moved from right to left the needle 4 heeti o etli Pags most obediently followed in the same juror, acti on Pans This singular fact was attested by ' th e '10413%1;1° had bee n appointed for the purpose of Iv serving the same. eape.".!? Professor then said that he should give some v igi e e r le it4ut s as to the transmission of thought, tb a - r un h Wa e s duly communicated to the company ghost! t h e medium of the interpreter. It wa le s u Le r - i d „ e • uld b ` e u et the desire of any lady o—r —he e en h t imseif standi, made known to him pr i vate ly b Y cert g ; s°n ' e Berta ra feet behind the patient—to whom . Ve, Ved the Ystical passes it was supposed he con With o „, 0 desir e of his own mind to her. Appa rently on th e 6; 1 : Word being uttered, or sign being ma de , . lie k see h l h et . itl , e aaan a Natitl whispering something in his ear, is nand once over the lady's head, when she been B i t Y tin r ese . from the chair in which she had before , a nd,q, al). .g In a state of apparent unconsciousness, n4 ilitit v ' k i ng' to a distant part of the hall, shook a lady L ii ßnare e 'Y the band. A motion was then made b y kierearp another gentleman, upon which Mdlle. retir ed ' w ent up to a gentleman sitting on a rather rot *h.", a t , and drew his watch from his pocket, an Perform s - e the gentleman declared he had required to be tleil lito f • On a given signal she proceeded to a gen it to a' n ' en b Goon him an umbrella, opened it, and passed badedo at the person on the opposite side. This was he aevetl'e r equest of a party who declared that as bad n eve r n ose r seen any person in the room, an d . w d N t ile err quainted with him to whom he had desire ie le at— to be transfered. About a dozen other alth o '` u 4 ieuts 1 , k h H. ef this nature were then performed, and b . s " a Pe i h er orders were privately given in every ' 44 of - l 'rrn, and to be executed in all sides and eff ect . the theatre, those wishes were carried into Presq„wtti Preciion, the persons who gave them ex ,thLeeasefeetueir entire satisfaction that no person but `and,' arid the professor were acquainted with '1;11;e. The clairvoyant was subsequently e •Y divers persons a glass of water, and having ,Ivat er, t i t ) Porti a' , , declared it to be either ink, salt and A N to the ran`LY, Marachino, cod liver oil, &c., acco . rd . " Ila i ate wis thereviously expressed by any indivi- Ile gngst company to the professor. fe k Phen 10totilb 'ntea of catalepsy were then most satis 1, •' ll e xhibit e d . k u ith out e l t n t est was one of a singular character. la - w as e rress ing' any word whatever, any gentle ' 0/),„4,14 teclnested to lead the clairvoyant across the s a kind Yftbe hand, and to think strongly in e A 0 18 0 th e 'rat s e t ae Me act affecting the senses i n . walk i ng. h e elahß tc4e6ted WB5 that of walking on ice, w h en .n Se 4 r . ft .at of °fEttilbe gentleman, expressing . by her act io n t i de; of 10 8 ; then of walking on pebblesbythe be I treading on fire ; and lastly, of . having . .e m ope., a se r , e _, 4'46 tru thf e oa. In the latter case nothing could a r , "Et fr ok Ltlily displayed than the horror and fea lail i l il e. I k t , l 'e supposed proximity to so dangero u s .d , c h oia lnd ah; e s r Part of the entertainment was receive of 5 ,, coue .3. sa y a u . . 4tlo n 41 4 in ttiki e 8 Were then made by . request,. briefly, (let Paily ; .8' event in the life of i nd i viduals in the 4s th e ‘e ted be'ttatie although no motion or word hear tti lill te k l ation wee4 them, yet it was striking to ell tin e r. evi ne e If -the circumstances of one gentle %Noe Sev ere 'e. l l thrown out of a cab, and re eler, aed e.iniuries ; and of another, who b being in tteessier, wi;'lsained, was rode up to lei Wh ich 4 'flute a blow at his head with a a l? . rei) sabre, uh 6 Z4 l p,' i as a e of saving his life, he n At th e elth , esperate means th e 1 'otil. his A s ada, by which act they la 'stteeli • she approached the termination were . n early De^ 4 ve eY g raph i c the whole of which she had related 'd; l i re is ci to c 'sh ra t hi a and errnest manner, her frame ap blielm i t !lad s '? u nder the fearful apprehensions to tlattPhreinptdg'ven rise. Both the gentlemen who to ut , 8 d she been facts to the professor acknowledged t o 'let more I?resent on both these occasi on s 1 7 ocosLe ',i dly k t ,, NI treed' . have described the sce nes s th sh at e ah i . e a w lell„teitY being questioned as to their opinion their don am 3 ' had witnessed, two of them, Dr. e l Co q Aix. X , OX declared that they still had '4l 4 i t l the Y W ta e o r f the truth ' of what they had seen, but 4 4 44n e, t e.,1144b1e, although using the utmost that ar am ether detect a ny collusion between the pro- N it) the l Parties; and to say the least of it, the that r4griments were wonderful. The other tite Y e a less qualified opinion in favour cf h e 44 ' i d t B° '" 2 al• IV: g e neral a a ! then announced for repetition Not AWonld sou,PP'eUse. 4 4: 4 Olt tie,,%, 4e st that if any jury should be ap tile 0 4 it whr:ll,ture soirees no gentleman should e l Na e ' e ,neh l en : i ' S not thoroughly conversant with rot ni ea/e i " a ge, and that all orders which the i l li ie l l s 4(4 . in w-3rittie Obe y should be conveyed to th . e . tl4ke rulasible to ng and in French, inasmuc h as it at afili)illateeetAillreta av oid pbi i emistakes when communications meeting through the medium ill fr ee Bea er e T 4 t ' , MUM be also advisable that in ts t ,. et tra n . i n ges the interpreter should not indulge ye p n 'ttti 'n but shOuld content himself with rof R. a Etric'ti t, es t o e .3* literal version of the words of ti . d„,:,ee ~_, . MARKET RACES. oi l , (T HIS DAY.) /, i'dte'riii."----7 TELEGRAPH.) Q,4l:Pstake,, , C Sittd:l4,h °` 5 60,8• each; winner to be sold for 70. 868 ... 4111 114 4 ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 1 1d 44 t 4; 11 : 1(41 0; 1 4 "* 4415 The It - ." •• oyal Stakes. ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ••• ••• ••• Won by a length. 1, l'ti k b THE rs'kllltt,,cl4Bl LORD of THE ADMIRALTY ON '' til“ ''''°s....'rh == • • contains i" No e .. e 'clamps/tire Advertaer P rtsea Bene si aoe. eekungs at the a nniversary of the Port sea .3 capa. city, et At this meeting, Sir F. Baring, DI ette ofth. lc present, and til, thee %IN--- .fembers for Portsmouth, was r a report .(lenties_ of bosiness his health was drunk, Rightex- 1i0„',4 frorliz"„:!n 10 plying, said, that i itt 4t or rzliti..l._ae society there waslittle urnpokiitiposTwheere him that it red to to er e Wee 0,,4_a .speech en. Still "c suggested itself li i i Le iniad":zaaaject Nvlitch very naturallytm as left for him . oment, and. ,e.Fhienf to talk /421 sefel,"L, every one o at the prese most of them in London, ,10tr,ttirtiLateaf!,11.uded t.. Us referre n d to the Exhibition c tiptt‘l4lofis 8 ‘ & . ,4 , been w itnessed by which ), 41 ty. .vPecitnens of foreign produce and of native magicyi palace NareV°t te say anything of that a con 10414tilia, ilts head in so short a time, there was one thing not latit;,;el and P-ominently so obvious that claimed_ ti;,. aria ,_ . 0 won er . d'iidual '4 '''' All these d thus accumulated . together nt by the Government. hittl,t eiqioaluird ot!e focus, had been the result of in i !lot ~I.Bbiliit* 1 oa t en t l e , unaided. 14 otilthom „ elons trliglit take place I of t u ne Government; 3:e 'il'_ 411 the reat 410, r oivil la Le tla i l il.eetrence anedotat 00,y t given its peor.inis other countries, but Diehkerit.tnb 11, L.-- -un had °bleeertin a ccomplished by the peopl ”... 6. -Nw___ k ik ard tilai , ,Lanxsto•--ST. IvEs, Co' A L is the amount tek e lo in tht tin at this place has commenced, and the fish 11011 i ll tk_ fines are very fine. The following 3,500 (.:os.; i1t..7 last catch :—Blessrs. Boletho . and Co., s • Coo hhd . , tt,i':DOcy Q, flocking and Co., 1,100 and iat . cl o. , , , the Union Aitli'„4l. lirini. u hds• ; biessrs. Wearne ro.. s. k;etni, 'rns, Bonifield, and Co., it anY, 200 hhds.; total, 6,700. tll 4t 4 NI) —We learn fat the 11_0 tEMNED CRIMINAL HARE. 4 a Riad ; the Corn ffer the extreme pe 14:).b4illveek 41'_1' unate. eriminal Hare, who was condemned of th e ?lir Justietary Court to men, on the clear fist illirileroflaW,. continue 4 prote su a he is innocent of 11;,, e v14 4 ,,,, i which a jury of his countr 3 Prays for mercy for `llooeneers-8"' a,arve found him guilty, a", j•i; requestf , d th , ;. 14,41:Q anti I.l,lLre, who izi an Einscop L o,f miiend, who h beep ad of the. Rev. Mr. Sm h fis t ed to take place on kitkaL77_ ,L l l co4,;Lylng to hint such. cou ,, ola it io ' n as is fitting for stley th e ',';',, . The execuion isautumnal sacramental lose it '', alla .-)(1 inst., which. ts our . 4, It ja .....1 the event of no reprieve, as aration will I,4ffeN WiQE,b,ltely that this stated day of prep tence of the '`...Q4 141 'n rArying into effect the last sen 90to Post. far as we can c Nt'vEL iilltis.!' k1'it.......14141"Pnic ATION OP THE ELECTRIC TELE o ; _ippli,„:ii:ll tilrectrie telegraph, being the first instance iotrodu-ed eltdiki,? Ilia prinei,)_, s a e 9ell a purpose, leas just 11.'f thronDis_ '" tlool at beenßishopwearmouththe, wire being tutistZ'",', the establishment, and the , oruers of the 44.1...Liclije,Z'Ing histautaneoasly trannaittel to the ' Y klt4 - . asso- ... 4 THE HAYMAhKET TAEATRE. The benefit of Mr. F. Webster took place at this theatre list evening, and he had a bumper, which he well deserves. So densely was the house filled that many persons were unable to obtain admittance. The performance commenced with Sheridan Kuowles's play of Love, in which Mr. W. Morgan, a pupil of Mr. P. Webster made his first appearance before a metropolitan audience in the character of Huon, and by his performance proved that he had been educated in a good school; he was much applauded through out. The Countess Eppenstein of Miss Reynolds was full of pathos and energy, and she achieved a brilliant and most deserved success, and was several times called on. Miss Emma Harding, who has hitherto been known to the play going public as exclusively a votary of Thalia, made her first appearance as a worshipper of the tragic muse, in the character of the Empress ; she acted the putt with great dignity, her recitation was admirable, and she looked the haughty Empress to the life. Miss Cooper, as Catherine, was full of arch and graceful espieglierie; she-made every point tell, and was honoured with a call-at the conclusion. The opera of the Sonnambula followed, and the perform ances concluded with the farce of the Unfinished Gentleman. A DELPHI THEATRE. LYCEUM THEATRE. This theatre closed its doors last night, the occasion being the benefit of Madame Vestris. No official speech was delivered, but Mr. Charles Mathews was called before the curtain at the end of the Game of Speculation, and was loudly and enthusiastically cheered. The Lyceum, we have reason to believe, has profited, as well as other establishments devoted to the public amusement, by the inordinate influx of strangers into the metropolis. The nightly attendances have been large to a degree, and upon many occasions numbers of individuals were turned away from the doors. The reputation that the management of Madame Vestris enjoyed brought forth its legitimate fruit, and the elegance and taste which have always identified her managerial sway in former times were more than exemplified by the aspect and sentiment of the pieces which have been played. Madame Vestris has in variably been celebrated for care and libe rality in carrying out the duties of a lesseesbip, and her past career at the Lyceum is but an additional instance of the delicacy of artistic feeling by which she has ever been animated. Wherever she sets foot as a manager, there do we find improvement in all that appertains to ensemble and embellishment. Presses, scenery, and appointments, alike bear witness to the sensitiveness of her taste, the shrewdness of her judgment, and the freedom of her expenditure. The King of the Peacocks and King Charming have in particular memorably demonstrated these qualities, and we need hardly point to them as unrivalled spe cimens of spectacular decorations. This has been universally allowed, and their popularity, conse quently, has been unbounded. But the same types of brilliant and alluring completeness have marked all the holiday productions at the Lyceum, and it is unfair to make exceptions. The vaudevilles which have from time to time appeared in 1851 have been adaptations from the French, and, prepared chiefly with a view to illustrate the elastic and vivacious gaieties of Mr. Charles Mathews, they have worn a special and inviting peculiarity. OLYMPIC THEATRE. A comedietta, from the pen of Mr. Banks, who is, we believe, a 'new aspirant for fame, was produced here last evening, under the title of Caught in his own Trap. The story is based upon the assumption of the existence, in some unnamed country, of a law, rendering marriage —should the lady choose — compulsory on a gentleman seen by witnesses any four times in conversation with any member of the fair sex. An old bachelor lawyer (Mr. Farren) has a wild young nephew (Mr. Kinloch). The nephew wishes to marry ; the uncle refuses permission, unless the nephew obtains a wife with twenty thousand francs, undertaking, for his own part, to give that, or a larger sum, to his ne ph ew , if th e ne ph ew ever finds him, the uncle, ever married. The nephew seeks the aid of the step-mother (Mrs. Phillips) of the lady with whom be is in love. ; and the step-mother being the widow of a lawyer, and cognizant of the apocry phal "statute," contrives to be seen four different times in the company, and once, when fainting, in the arms of the u nsus p ect i ng o ld b ac h e l or . H e a ll th e time had been advising the lady to seek matrimony with an imaginary party, described to him by this method ; and hence the title Caught in his own Trap. The usual compromise ensues at the denouement, and both uncle and nephew marry. The trifle is busy and pleasant enough, and gets through half an hour easily, with the busy assistance of Mr. Sbalders, who acts the part of a lawyer's clerk, idiotic but cunning, with great cleverness and originality. The make-up of Mr. Farren as the old lawyer was perfect. After this a new burlesque, Azael the Pro digal, was produced, in which all the points of the original are very cleverly parodied, the impression. able hero being converted into a Jew gipsy, who is enticed to town by a pair of strolling mountebanks. He is introduced to Vauxhall during a masquerade, and, in the costume of a "gent" of the most alarm ing water, soon finds himself in the toils of a girl as light in her heels as in her morals; and finally, hav ing been cleared out by experiments at thimble-rig, is reduced to the low extremity of tending donkeys on Hampstead-heath. The repentant youth is refreshed with visions of the domestic comforts which he has sacrificed, and he straightway wends his path back to the paternal tent, where he is received with appro priate welcome and rejoicing. One of its best points , is a burlesque vers i on o f th e " Pas de Poignards, , now executed with knives and forks, and the offer ings tributary to the Crystal Palace afford good op portunity for some national satire, though the repre sentative of Mr. Paxton last night was not clever enough to escape hissing. The doggrel dialogue is smartly written, and some of the puns are whimsical. Mr. Compton clothed the part of Ariel with as much broad absurdity as he could, and he provoked fre quent peals of laughter. His coadjutors were Mr. bhalders, Mr. Norton, Mrs. Phillips, and Miss Field ing. The songs, which are thickly strewed over the text, are gathered from various sources, and the words to which they are united are by no means wanting in comicality. ACTRESSES RAISED BY 411ARRLIGE. The first per s o n among " th e gentry " w h o c h ose a wife from the stage was Martin Fulkes, the antiquary, a man of fortune, who, about the year 1718, married Lucretia Bradshaw, the representative of Farquhar's heroines. A contemporary writer styles her "one of the greatest and mo s t p rom i s i ng gen i i of her t i me, " an d assigns her " prudent an d exemp l ary conduct " as t h e attraction that won the learned antiquary. The next actress whose husband moved in an elevated rank, was Anastasia Robinson, the singer. Tho great Lord Pe terborough, the hero of the Spanish war, the friend of Pope and Swift, publicly honoured Anastasia as his Countess in 1735. In lour years after the Lady Hen rietta Herbert, daughter of James, first Earl of Walde grave, and widow of Lord Edward Herbert, bestowed her hand on James Beard, the performer. Subsequently, about the middle of the 18th century, Lavinia Beswick, the original Polly Peachum, bicame Duchess of Bol ton. The next on record was Miss Linley's mar riage with Sheridan, one of the most romantic episodes in theatrical unions; and before the eighteenth century closed, Elizabeth Farren, a perfect gentlewoman, became Countess of the proudest Earl in England, the re presentative of the illustrious Stanleys. She was Lord Derby's second consort, and motbet' of the present Countess of Wilton. In 1807 the beautiful Miss Searle became the wife of R. Heathcote, Esq., b rot h er of Sir Gilbert Heatbcote, Bart.; and in the same year Louisa Brunton was married to the late Earl of Cr aven . Her son is now Earl Craven, and her niece, Mrs. Y ates, the actress, still exhibits the dramatic genius of the Brun ton family. The Beggars Opera agon conferred a co ronet; Mary Catherine Bolton's i mpersonation of Polly Peach urn captivated Lord Thurlow. She was married to his. Lordship in 1813. In more recent times the mo s t fascinating o f o u r actresses, Miss O'Neil, wedded Sir William Wrixon Beecher, Bart.; Miss Foote, the Earl of Harrington; Miss Stephens, the Earl of Essex; and Irs. Nisbet, Sir William Bootbby, Bart. It has been remarked, that the conduct of each of these ladies in her wedded lif e h as b een unexce ptionable.—Burhes Anec dotes of the Aristocracy. SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY. Gross traffic receipts for passengers and goods, week ending Oct. 11, 1831 £30,415 2 Ditto, Oct. 12, 1850 15,114 7 8 Increase in 1851 ... London Terminus, Oct. 13, 1851. ... £5,300 14 11 The recent alteration of the evening posts!, com munication from Dublin to England places the Liverpool route for passengers at an unfair disadvantage, rs far as i London and th e south of England are concerned, inasmuch PS a passenge r w h o leaves Kingstown for Liverpool at six o'clock in the evening cannot arrive in London before four o'clock the following afte rnoon ; whereas a passenger leaving Kingstown b,y t.he boat for Holyhead at half•past seven m the evening, in .London th e f o l lowing morning at eleven o'clock; thereby givir:g him a clear advantage of six hours and a over the passenger who preArs the Liverpool route. DEATH OF AN OLD OFFICER. --011 Thursday even ing, about nine o'clock, Philip Webster, who had been about eleven years under usher at Westminster and Queen-square Police -court, died suddenly at his residence, No. 19, Pul ford-street. He was at the court on Saturday last, but on the following Monday was unable to attend. He was pre viously, for nearly seventeen years, attackied to the Maryle bone Police -court, and before that appointment was a Bow street officer. He was about 70 years of age. According to an official report, there are twenty out of the thirty-four parochial burial -grounds in the city of Norwich in such a state, that arrangements ate indispensable f.: 0 9§ut 0 0 114 1% 4 411'14 AlAilleX illtenilelitg. The performances at this theatre last evening were for the benefit of that useful actor, Mr. James Wor rell, whose friends mustered around him in great force. The house was crowded in every part. S CT N, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING, MONDAY. Fifty Pounds for three yrs old, 7st 71b; four, Bst 71b; five, six, and aged, Bst 121 b. A.F. Mr. Gratwicke's bl g Landgrave, 5 yrs ...(Flatman) 1 Mr. Morris's Vatican, 5 yrs (F. Butler.) 2 Mr. Barnes's Trinket, 3 yrs (Chapple) 3 Mr. Waring's Gloom, 3 yrs (Preece) 4 Betting-6 to 4 agst Vatican, 2to 1 agst Trinket, and 3to 1 agst Landgrave. Vatican made the running from the start, into the cords, but was caught by Landgrave half way, and beaten cleverly by half a length. Trinket and Gloom were beaten at the bushes. Run in 2 min. I 7 secs. Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sou. each, 5 ft if declared; the second to receive the forfeits. T.Y.C. (12 Subs., three of whom declared.) Mr. Barker's Lily, 3 yrs, 6st Blb (Charlton) 1 Lord Clifden's Coticula, 3 yrs, 6st 81b (G. Mann) 2 Mr. Payne's Catalpa, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Flatman) 3 Mr. Carew's Longinus, 4 yrs, Bst 101 b (J. Sharp) 0 Lord Ribblesdale s Hardinge, Bst 31b ... (J. Marson) 0 Lord Exeter's Phlegra, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b (J. Mann) 0 Sir R. Pigot's Runnymede, 3 yrs, 7st 81b (Holloway) 0 Mr. Gurney's St. Fabian, 4 yrs, 7st 61b...(E. Sharp) 0 Ld. Glasgow's Kt. of the Garter, Est 12Ib (T. Smith) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Catalpa, sto 1 agst Coticula, 7 to 1 each agst Longinus and St. Fabian, and 8 to 1 agst Lily. The lot got away nearly abreast, and went on in com pany to the cords; a fine race home between Lily, Coti cula, Catalpa, and Longinus, came off in favour of Lily by a neck, a head between her and Coticula, and a head between the latter and Longinus; Hardinge was an in different fifth. Run in 1 min. 9 secs. Sweepstakes of 2bo sovs, each, h ft; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst 41b. T.Y.C. (5 Subs.) Mr. Greville's Scarecrow (Flatman) - 1 Sir R. Pigot's Father Thames (Robinson) 2 13 fby Alarm, out of Physalis Betting-11 to 10 on Scarecrow, and 5 to 4 agst Father Thames. This was simply a match between the two favourites, Scarecrow waiting into the cords, and winning cleverly by half a length. Run in 1 min. 12 secs. Match—First half of Ab. h ft. Mr. W. E. Hughes's Sophistry, 2 yrs, 6st 71b(Charton) 1 Lord Exeter's Turtle, 3 yrs, Bst 71b (Flatman) 2 Betting-7 to 4on Sophistry. Won by two lengths. Time, 52 see.f. 501. for two yrs old; colts, Bst 71b, and fillies, Bst Slb. T.Y.C. Mr. Stephenson's bl c Ravenswing (Pearl) 1 Mr. I. Arnold's Little Harry (A. Day) 2 Lord Exeter's fby St. Martin, out of Toga(Norman) 0 Mr. Mare's eh cby Faugh-a•Ballagh, out of Delia... 0 Mr. Winche's Herkchel Mr. R. Cooper's Sister to Trinket (Crouch) 0 Mr. E. Bank's Serendib. (F. Butler) 0 Mr. Tomkins's Urbanity. ...(Whitehouse) 0 Mr. Tuft's gr cby Don John, dby Priam (Fl4tman) 0 Mr. Morris's Fidgetty Girl (J. Matson) 0 Betting-7 to 4 eget Ravenswiog, sto 1 agst Little Harry, 6 to 1 egst Herschel, and 6 to 1 agst Fidgetty Girl. A most excellent start, all getting off in a line, and running in company to the cords, where Ravenswing and Little Harry singled themselves out and raced home, Ravenswing, who ran very unkindly in the early part, winning by a neck; Sister to Trinket a bad third. Run in 1 min. 14 secs. Hatch, 200, h ft. R.M. Duke of Bedford's Bordeaux, Bst 91b (F. Butler) 1 Lord Strathmore's Garforth, Bst (J. Marson) 2 7 to 4on Bordeaux, who won cleverly by a length. Run in 1 min. 50 secs. Sweepstakes of 50 soya. each, 30 ft, for three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each; 31Ei and 51b allowed. D.M. (11 Subs.) Lord Dsrby's Iris, Bst 41b (F. Butler) 1 Mr. Gratwicke's Hesse Homburg, Bst 21b (Flatman) 2 Even betting. Iris made a waiting race of it into tl'e cords, and won cleverly by half a length. Time 1 min. 45 secs. Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each, for two yrs old, 6st 71b; three, Bst 41b; four, Bst 12Ib; five and upwards, 9st 21b; the winner to be sold for 2001., if demanded, &e. T.Y.C. (4 Subs.) Mr. Rogers's Puleherrima, 5 yrs (Rogers) 1 Sir R. I'igot's California, 4 yrs (Robinson) 2 Mr. H. Stebbing's Cerito, 2 yrs (Charlton) 3 Mr. Gratwicke's Canterbury, 2 yrs (Garvey) 4 5 to 2 on Pule'nerrima, who made all the running, and won by a length; Cerito a bad third. The race was not timed. Match-2001. h ft. Last ball of tab. M., Bst 71b each. Lord Glasgow's Knight of the Garter received forfeit from the Duke of Bedford's Santiago. Match-100L, h ft, Bst 71b each. T.Y.C. Mr. Payne's Glenluce received forfeit from Sir. J. Hawley's Songster. BETTING UP TO SIX O'CLOCK. CESAREWITCH. sto 1 agst Hippolytus (t 1) 20 to 1 agst Italian 8 to 1 agst Darkie 25 to 1 agst Candlewick(t) 9 to 1 agst Goldfinder 25 to 1 agst Backbiter 20 to 1 agst Sauter-la-Coupe 140 to 1 agst Dulcet CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 10 to 1 agst Curl I 15 to 1 agst Heriot A thin company on the heath, and not many fashion ables. Arrivals since our last—The Italian, Hothorpe, Equira, Landgrave, Balsamo, Teddington,and Clincher. NEWMARKET, MONDAY NIGHT, T EN O'CLOCK. ENTRIES FOR TUESDAY. Handicap, T. Y. C. Newport, 5 yrs, Bat 71u—Knight of the Thistle, 3 yrs, 7st 71b—Brenuus, 4 yrs, 7st 41b. Sweepstakes; winner to be sold for 701., &c. Sarcianapalus, 3 yrs—Exotic filly, 4 yrs—f by Rird catcher, out of Celeste, 2 yrs—Grand Duchess, 2 yrs— Cornelius, 3 yrs. CESAREWITCH BETTING. 5 to 1 agst Hippolytus 20 to 1 agst Candlewick (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Italian 8 to 1 agst Darkie 25 to 1 agst Backbiter 9 to 1 asst Goldfinder 33 to 1 agst Hungerford 20 to 1 agst Sauter.la- 40 to 1 agst Dulcet. Coupe CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 10 to 1 on the field I 15 to 1 agst Heriot. 10 to 1 a gst C ur l (ta 12 to 1) I CESAREWITCH.—The following are scratched Russborough, Rhesus, Hernandez, Claricsa, Montague, Windischgra;z, Mark Tapley, Exeter, Black Doctor, Haricot, Chief Justice, Cocktail, Vancouver, Wansdyke, Calmar, Warwick, Quicksand, Valentine, Flying Gout, Gladiator colt, King Charming, La Finned?, Sledmere, True Blue, Cy c l ops, Nancy, Varapyre, Grand Duke, Nigger, Sir Charles, Confidence, Newminster, and Cane. CLEARWELL.—Lucio, Ovando, Emerald colt, Catchem, Blackstone, Kate, St. Alb an, and Protection, have paid. NEWMARKET. TUESDAY MORNING. LATEST (BY ELECTRIC TELEGBETTING. RAPH), CESAREWITCH. 4 to I agst Hippolytus 20 to 1 agst Candlewick 8 to 1 agat Dal kie 20 to 1 agst Italian 12 to 1 agst Antigone) 25 to 1 agst Westow—t. 12 to 1 agst Sauter la, Coupe I 30 to 1 agst Officious 13 to 1 rgst Gniclfinder I 30 to 1 agst Backbiter NEWMARKET, TUESDAY, ONE O'CLOCK. LATEST BETTING. CESAREWITCH. 4 to 1 agst Hippolytus 7 to 1 agst Darkio 9 to 1 agat Goldfinder 12 to 1 agst Sauter-la-Coupe 12 to 1 agst Sunriso 15 to I agst Sister to Clothwotker 17 to 1 agst Candlewick 0 0 to 1 agst Westow 20 to 1 agst The Itali an • 30 $9 1 apt Alts Taft LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, - OCTOBER' SPORTING NOTES. No. CXLII. YESTERDAY'S SPORT AT NEWMARKET, &c TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—Mr. Gratwitelce, with his black gelding Land• grave. Nat up, conlintieced the game yesterday in the 501. Plate across the flat, by beating Vatican, now the property of Mr. Morris, by half a length cleverly; the other couple of starters, Trinket and Gloom, being stalled off very early. The 200 soya. Sweepstakes, over the T.Y.C., was a capital rac! , between the first two, Scarecrow and Father Thames, tNe former waiting upon the Father to within the distance, and finally winning cleverly by a short half length; the Physalis filly beaten of This said Scarecrow of Mr. Greville's must be looked after; for not beiog in the very best of condition yesterday, while Father Thames in that respect was tolerably well of, it as a matter of course follows that Scarecrow is capable of considerable improvement. Mr. Hughes won his Match with Sophistry against Turtle by two or three lengths. This Sophistry in the long run will he an out-and-out speculation for her lucky owner. A batch of ten two years old figured on the T.Y.C. Ceurse for a 501. Plate. This race was the best of the day; all gat off in a line and ran, without seemingly any one having an advantage, almost to the cords, where Little Harry and Ravenswing bolted to the front; the race home was between this pair, Ravenswieg, after a desperate struggle winning by a-short neck, Sister to Trinket third. Among the wretches who were beaten in the field were to be discovered, the Toga filly, Delia colt, and one or two also who have shown moderato running in Urbanity, Herschel, and Fidgetty Girl. In the match for 200, between Bordeaux and Gartorth, contrary to my opinion the race was never in doubt; the first-named not only gave his opponent 9lbi, but a slbs beating like wise, Lord Derby's Iris, after waiting upon Hesse Homburg to half way up the cords, challenged, and won the 50 sovs. Stakes very cleverly by half a length The betting throughout the day shifted consi• derably with the outsiders for the Cesarewiteh, but with the favourites remained tolerably steady, most of them being on the rise. Hippolytus advanced to 5 to and afterwards 9to 2, taken freely. Darkie stood at one time at 8, or even under, but eventually closed at 9to 1. Goldfinder rose from 10 to 8. Three or four figured st about 20 to 1. namely, Sauter-la-Coupe, Candlewick, The Italian, &c. The outsiders at fifties, forties, and so on, were as a rule completely shunned, the public evidently imagining this race to have assumed anything but an open aspect, and, in a word, to r lie amongst those quoted in the odds. Ere this appears in print, or about the same time, the result of the Cesarewitch will be known; therefore it will be perfectly superfluous to drop any remarks upon this event, especially as I am of the same opinion still. I shall follow what I understand to be the intention of my clever contemporary of the MorninqAdoertiser, and stick to my colours, with " OFFICIOUS, GOLDFINDER, and HIPPOLYTUS, as the trio from which I fancy the winner will spring—the first and last of these for choice, The Italian and Sauter la Coupe next well up." I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. Oct. 14, 1851. 33 to 1 agst Paquetta 33 to 1 cgst Hungerford Champion, Backbiter, and Trickstress Stre !ex./itched. HEREFORD NEW GRAND AUTUMN RACES, Acceptances for the Hereforckhir e Stakes of 10 sovs, cad), b ft, and only 3 if declare, with 50 added by the County Members. Two miles and a quarter. Clothworker, 4 yrs, Bst 91b—Spot, 5 yrs, Bst 21b— Cheerful, 5 yrs, 7st 101b—Combatant, 5 yrs, 7st 101 b Remunerator, 4 yrs, 7st lib—Snowstorm, 5 yrs, 7st 41b —Little George, 4 yrs, 7st 31b—Bushranger, 4 yrs, 7st 21b—Quicksand, aged, 6:it 8 b —Cobnut, 4 yrs, Est 61b— Heart of Oak, 3 yrs, Gst—Avia, 3 yrs, 6st—lracundus, 3 yrs, 5A 121b—The Tout, 3 yrs, sst 121b—Waterfall, 3 yrs, sst 10Ib. 12 to pay 3 sovs. each forfeit. Acceptances for the City Gold Cup of 7 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 2 only if declared, with 40 added by the City Members. Ono mile and a half. Clothworker, 5 yrs, Bst 101b—Cheerful, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b Sir Robert, 4 yrs, 7st 81b—Miss Julia, 5 yrs, 7st 81b— Administrator, aged, 7it 61b—Gnylad, 5 yes, 7st 61b— Bushranger, 4 yrs, ist .51b—Longinus, 4 yrs, 7st 51b— Little George, 4 yrs, 7st 516—Snowstorm, 5 yrs, 7stslb —Panopa, 4 yrs, 7st—Thurgerton, eged, 6st 61b—Cob nut, 4 yrs, 6st 61b—Mignon, aged, Est 4ib—Theorem, 3 yrs, Est 41b—Heart of Oak, 3 yrs, 6st 4lb—lracundus, 3 yrs, 6st—Wren, 4 yrs, ant. Eight declared forfeit end pay 2 sews. each. AQUATICS. SCULLtRS' MATCH BETWEEN H. CAMPBELL AND T. HUBERT. Yesterday this match came off between the above two competitor:, for aquatic fame; the distance being from Putney to Mortlake, for 20/. aside. Hubert having won the toss for choice of station went to the Middlesex side of the centre arch of the antiquated wooden bridge, and Campbell took the Surrey side. An even start was effected, and shortly after Campbell drew slightly in ad vance. He gradually drew ahead, and opposite the Star and Garter was half a length in advance , in spite of the strenuous exertions of hi s o pp onen t. A n excellent race ensued to the Crab-tree, where Campbell was a boat's length distant from that of Hubert, and on going through Hammersmith-bridge he was still gaining. At this point, when just above the bridge, Campbell's cutter pressing Hubert's boat he accidentally fouled his scull against the stern of the cutter. Hubert on this occur rence was called upon to d es i s t f rom row i ng , an d b e complied, when he continued the distance to Mortlake, following Unipbell. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO MANCHESTER. Manchester has scarcely resumed its wonted ap pearance, and - seems loth to, cast off its gay holiday , attire. Yesterday when our correspondent wrote nu merous flags were still flaunting in the streets, and there were numerous other remains of the fete of Friday. Last night a grand ball was to be given in the Exchange, under the auspices o f Si r J o h n Potter, the Mayor, and with that event the proceedings con sequent upon the visit of Royalty would close. Her Majesty has not left the people of Manchester and Salford without an expression of the satisfaction all the arrangements have given her, and of her sense of the loyal reception she met with. On Saturday morning the Mayor of Manchester received the fol lowing official note : " Worsley, Oct. 10, 1851. " Sir,--I have much pleasure in acquainting you that I have received the Queen's commands to express to you her Majesty's entire satisfaction with the arrangements made on the occasion of her visit this day to Man chester. Her Majesty was highly gratified by the pro ceedings of the day, and by the manner in which she was received. " I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient servant, " GREY. " Sir John Potter, Knight, Mayor of Manchester." A note, in precisely the same terms, was forwarded to the Mayor of Salford. The Recorder of Manchester, in his speech to the grand jury, in opening the borough sessions yester day morning, referred to the event. He remarked that the inhabitants of Manchester had scarcely re covered from the excitement brought about by the stirring and gratifying events of the previous week. It was matter for thankfulness that, in the large preparations made to give a fitting reception to our Gracious Sovereign, the fears of the timid, that there would Lbe some great mischance, had not been realized, but that the expectations of those who an ticipated that everything would go off well had been fully borne out. That our Gracious Sovereign was well pleased with the reception given to her on the Exchange was apparent to all who had the happiness there to see her. The honour which her Majesty was pleased to confer on the chief magistrate of the bo rough, in the presence of so many of his assembled fellow-townsmen, was felt by most to be a compliment to the borough at large, as well as an evidence of her Majesty's gracious approval of the Mayor's conduct. He conceived that the most imposing sight that her Ma jesty witnessed was the peaceful and orderly conduct, and exemplary demeanour of the countless thousands, who pouring out of their hives of industry, and ceasing from their various occupations lined - the road on each side of the r o y a l rou t e for miles. Such a fact made apparent to her Majesty, would be attended with good results to the community. They who lived amongst the population at Manchester knew that peaceful orderly conduct in general, and the power of controlling themselves on any occasion when they felt it to be seemly and right to do so, were distin guishing characteristics of the working people. He was quite certain that the men of Lancashire, and of the neighbourhood of Manchester especially, now that they had by such conduct gained the notice and admiration of their gracious Queen, would feel them selves bound, by a zealous adherence to the like good conduct, still to deserve that meed of approba tion. He felt most confident, as all reflecting men would, that the qualities which had been exhibited by. the working people of this town, and the estimation iu which they were held, would greatly increase the true importance of this great community. He had thought it right, and not unfitting the occasion of their meeting, to take a brief notice of the events which had occurred so recently. The casualties consequent upon the demonstration have fortunately been exceedingly few. A girl was shot dead on Friday by a piece of wadding entering her eyes from a gun which was fired during the Royal progress. A man was crushed, and a boy se verely hurt.—Chronicle. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 13. Colonel Seymour, the Prince of Wales, And Prince Windsor by a special train of and the Ree Alfred, attended b theG P ree i Prince Albert, . 'Western the Viscount Canning, Lord Byron Colonel red Blickley y , at Railway at five minutes past • nine ---e o'clock this morning Mr. Birch, left to visit the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all. Nations, Hyde Park, and arrived at that place at ten minutes before ten o'clock. The Queen returned to the Castle at twenty-five minutes to one o'clock, h aving quitted the Exhibition at ten minutes before twelve o'clock. Her Majesty was accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, and was attended by the Lady in Waiting, and by the Lord and Equerry in Waiting, and the Rev. Mr. Birch. Later in the afternoon, his Royal Highness Prince Albert ret urne d to the Castle from presiding at a meeting of the Royal Commission in the Exhibition. The Prince we by . attended hi s Equerry in Waiting. The younger Royal children took their accustomed walking and pony exercise to-day. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert presided yes terday at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the promotion of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations in 1851. The meeting was held at the Exhibition Building at twelve o'clock. The Commissioners present were, his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, Earl Gran ville, Lord John Russell, Sir Richard Westwacott, Sir Charles Lyell, Sir Charles L. Eastlake, Mr. Baring, M.P. ; Mr. Bazley, Mr. Cobden, _ ; Mr. Cubitt, Mr. T. F. Gibson , Mr. John Gott, Mr. Pusey, M.P. , • M Mr. R. Stephenson, —.P.; Mr. John Shepherd, and Mr. Hopkins, President of the Geo logical Society., Mr. Scott Russell and Mr. Edgar Bowring, Secretaries of the Royal Commission at tended. Lieutenant-Colonel Reid (Chairman), Mr. Henry Cole, and Mr. C. W. Dilke, of the Executive Com mittee, were present. Dr. Lyon Playfair and Colonel Lloyd, Special Commissioners, were in attendance. The meeting broke up at three o'clock. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by ,Lieutenant- Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour, afterwards pro ceeded to the terminus of the Great Western Railway at Paddington, and returned by a special train to Windsor. The Earl of Clarendon had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday. The Bishop of Norwich bad also an interview with the Noble Lord yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Lord President) re turned to town yesterday from his scat, Bowood Park, Wiltshire. Lord Monteagle had an interview with the Chan cellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official resi dence in Downing-street. Sir George Grey arrived in town last evening from his seat, Falloden, Northumberland. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of the North American Pro vinces, and also from the Governor of Malta. BROKE N ENGLISH !—A well - known editor of a morning paper inquired of Alderman B — , one day, what he thought of hie jouiaal. " like it all," said the alderman, " but its broken English." The editor started, and asked for an ex pl anat i on. why, the list of bankruptF, to be sure." AN OLD DAIRYWOMAN.—As we were passing through Hurstgreen last Thursday - , our attention was drawn to an elderly lady, who was engaged in making up some butter, and upo n i nqu i ry we found her age to be 95 yeare. Her name is Airs. Wi1t51140.-.4usscx 4z-prem LITERATURE. MARICAN AND OTHER POEMS. By Henry Inglis. Blackwood and Sons. For the proper appreciation of the beauties scat tered in profusion over the poetic literature of Eng land the most eclectic tastes are requisite. Without the aid of this plastic and all-embracing capacity the predilections of the student in this department of letters must necessarily and rapidly become restricted within very narrow limits, to the exclusion of the majority of those great writers who in different moods have struck the lyre of verse to the music of our mother tongue. In this manner it is that now a•days we observe the reading community divided into so many exclusive sections, each with some school of poesy cherished as the solitary object of its infatuation. Here we listen only to the praises of the mystic school, of which Browning, and Bailey, and Tennyson are the recognised leaders. Here again are audible eulogiums solely directed to the glorification of the school of which Leigh Hunt was the founder, and of which John Keats has ultimately , become the recognised chieftain. Some can con scientiously yield applause solely to the austere and learned muse invoked by Bowles and Savage Lan der : some, on the contr a ry, confining their enthu siasm to the panegyrising of such oriental effusions as the metrical writings of Milman and Wilson. When the dictates of a sounder judgment would, one might imagine, have assured all these encomiasts alike, that in each school there are merits very readily discoverable —merits entitled to the very warmest ad miration..-but merits also the recognition of which by no means necessitates the ignoring of every other excellence elsewhere. For ourselves, we entertain an affection for the simplicity of Crabbe, for the quaint ness of Herrick, for the vigour of Dryden, for the delicacy of Waller, and for the sweetness of Gold smith ; we have an earnest sense of liking for the rugged force of Somerville, for the brilliant conceits of Suckling, and for the ingenious melody of Prior; we love with a sort of passion the "stretched metre of an antique song" in which Dan Chaucer has told the incidents occurring on the famous pilgrimage to Canterbury, and at the same time feel our heart yearning to a very different bard, to a bard of a less elevated though still admirable capacity, in the per son of that old puritanical cobbler who gave to the world in a prose poem the noblest allegory in the language. Without this eclectic power of apprecia tion it is utterly impossible, we maintain, for any one judiciously to adventure upon the discharge of the responsible duties of criticism. Neither is it possible we maintain, to perceive anywhere the reasonableness of those arguments which are advanced to the con trary by the fanatical sticklers for the superiority of some cherished section of the literary world of Eng land. Because Shakspere is acknowledged by every one indiscriminately to be altogether without any competitor in fame, surely that cannot be held as a sufficient reason for holding in contempt poor Drum mond of Hawthornden. We may look back ad miringly towards Taylor, the water poet, singing his fantastic ditties on the " silent highway," without holding in contempt the mimic antiquities of Rowley, that noblest of all the strange creations of the genius of Chatterton. Upon the same principle we are pre pared to acknowledge an enthusiasm at once for the exquisite precision of Pope, and for that wild and in coherent style in which Byron wrote his " Giaour," very shortly after the publication of the " Christabel" of Coleridge. The author of the present volume has adopted this last-mentioned style, as, if he so pleased, be was, of course, quite justified in doing: and as a specimen of changing metre we accept the work most willingly, however much we may love the regularly modulated and equably throbbing versifica tion peculiar to the wasp of Twickenham. Mr. Inglis has in "Marican" selected a theme somewhat similar to the " Frontinac" of Mr. Street—a wild transatlantic story of love and bloodshed, on the wave and in the woodlands. Changing at pleasure from the quatrain to the terza rima, indulging his voice now in couplets and now in alternating rhymes, with a corresponding series of fluctuations in the rhythm, the writer has contrived to throw over his composition that charm of variety which under most circumstances is found by the majority to be irresist ible. In "Marican" he disdains not to repeat such old tales as that of an ocean burial, where he says— " The boat; wain and his mates the hatchway round, The whistle's shrill admonitory sound; Bury the dead, ahoy:' Captain and crew, uncovered in the waist, The hammock of the dead on gangway placed, The priest's farewell convoy;— The tilted planking, and the plunge below Of the tar's shotted shroud, The bird that cometh—whence they do not know— White as a sunlit cloud, Bearing the seaman's spirit far away To haven undisturb-d, in calm unruffled bay." Such pas!ages Mr. Inglis shrinks not from intro ducing, however incongruous may be its character. Stranger still to ob s er ve , i s t h e interpolation of such allusions as the following, in which the author evi. dently had Mrs. Manning, the murderess, in his re. collection :- 4. What of she human tigress shall we say, Who lures her drunken idiotic prey With hellish leer? Entwines the dagger in a wreath of smiles, And drugs the wine-cup with her wanton wiles? While angels hear The stealthy foot-fall of the assassin's tread; And angels see The crimton current dye the guilty bed, — The dunned three Drenched in an overwhelming midnight flood Of lust and murder, treachery and blood." Having apostrophised a little further on— " Woman! thro' every age and every clime Glorious in virtue, terrible in crime," our author proceeds in the development of his narra tive by recounting the heroism displayed by the bride of Marican. The nature of the incidents described in the story may be best conjectured by the heading of the several portions of the poem :—The Escape-- The Swim by Night—The Encampment —The Conference—The March —The Battle— The Execu tion—and Tae Burial. In the unfolding of the plot Mr. Inglis displays no little ingenuity, but the prin cipal merit for which his pages appear to us remark able is that of the casual delineations of nature scat tered through the throng of the various occurrences. What, for example, can be finer in its way than this majestic mention of midday on the mountain top ? " The sun o'ertopa the Andes, and his glance Lightens the inconceivable expanse With dazzling fire. And hark! the frozen wilderness on high AcknowleJgeth the monarch of the sky As kings desire: Iceberg and avalanche, asunder riven, Salute the sun In thunder which reverberates to heaven; While clouds of dun And seething mist upon the valleys lie— The fitting smoke of such artillery!" Here is a more tranquil spectacle, a perfect little vig nette of American scenery : "Down where the river steals beneath the trees, Where massive foliage b ars th e f a i ntest b reeze— Where boughs entwine, And with their lofty arches bridge the wave— Where nimble monkeys swing, acd parrots rave— Where the wild vine Clings with its clusters of deep purple hue, And silver sheen Of glancing fish is in the waters blue— Where gamalot4 green Leans over with its long luriant leaves, And for the glassy floor a floating carpet weaves." Hiving enumerated these charming features of the landscape, Mr. Inglis, with a, minuteness kindred to that displayed by Captain Mayne Reid in a similar description, depicts the locality as a spot— " Where white bells of the Floripondio bloom, Bathing all nature round them in perfume, Like lily-laden shore; — Where pink flamingos in the shallows dream, And piebald swans, majestic in the stream, Are poised on feathered oar; — Where tufted herons soar on snowy wing, With plaintive cry— Where brilliant is bPyond imagining The painted fly— Where the bright humming bird, like feathered bee, Sips honey from the flower of plant and tree." With equal vividness the words fall from his lips when he is describing—a very different scene in deed—the broiling heat of the tropics on a dusty highway, saying— " Of all the company of clouds, not one Was there to veil the fury of the sun, Which, like - 'a mighty lens, Seizes with fierce intolerable grasp Buckles and belts of brass, Kindles the sword-hilt in its fiery clasp, And scorches the cuirass; While on the burning horseman's armed heel, The rowels aro of flame, and not of steel." As a very pleasing testimony of the melodies floating here and there through the poem, we may transcribe the subjoined stanzas : " The lofty sky weeps in cloud, The earth weeps in dews From its core; The diamond- brooks weep aloud, The il m'rs change the hues Which they wore. " The grass mourns in the sunbeam, In gums weep the trees, And in dye; And if mourn meadow and stream— Inanimate these— May not I? "The wood pigeon mourns his mate, The caged birds bewail Freedom gone; Shall not man mourn over fate? Dumb sorrow assail Him alone? " The bulls of the forest grieve When the lassoes wind Round the horn; And man shall we silent leave, With his master-mind, To mom?" 14, 1851. ! These verses being, strangely enough, marred by such an opening phrase as this— I" Weep awa3 ! heart, weep away !" a mode of expression decidedly anything but pathetic. As our final quotation from the volume, we give one which appears to us to b 3 in some measure charac terised by a tone of sublimity : . " The Or gan M ounta i ns !— As the days decline,By frozen cataract and cleft ravine The rapid thunder sweeps; And the chords answer to the mighty hand That stirreth them, in diapason grand— The music of the steeps!— Reverberating like the roar of war O'er continent and sea, Until the weary mariner afar With hope and helm a-lee, Death i n his path, his cup of faith outpoured, Remembers Him who still can help afford, And kneels to hear the anthem of the Lord." With this noble passage we close our notice of " Ala• ratan," satisfied that more than any words of a reviewer, an extract of equal excellence is a book's worthiest commendation. NEW MUSIC. TflE t t ut , m o b ß y W ORLD zalSCoAoli. FCAlnißpoYsedßilyA.lG..l3.B llad. IV7 n a ' Z. T. Purday. We are always grateful for a good ballad—and here is one of in co ntestable,excellence. To the cone • poser we have often been under obligations in this way, obligations we cannot very speedily fcrget with the melodies of his beautiful songs so often haunting our recollections. Whoever has watched the progress of our popular literature during the last fifteen years needs no reminder whatever of the merit of these lyrical treasures which have been squandered forth by Eliza Cook in such exhaustless protusion. Remem bering what has already been accomplished by the poetess and the musician, we welcome the ballad be fore us with all eagerness. It is unworthy of neither. On the contrary, we find in it charms that evidence anything but decadence in those who have respec tively given us already the words of "Old King Time" and the music of the "Grecian Daughter." The melody of his present effusion, 'while altogether different from those melodies which have long since rendered Mr. Knight so very general a favourite, has the same haunting sweetness for which most of his previous compositions are remarkable. It will cling to the re membrance, and in so doing will testify to the love liness of the inspiration. Doubtless with the majority the verses are already " household worlds," like so many others from the hand of our popular authoress. By reason of this simplicity and elegance, we think Mr. Knight evinced taste in this selection. Better is it, surely infinitely better, than listening to the maudlin songs recently in vogue, songs distinguished only by their exaggerated affectation of sentiment, to hear maiden voices of England breathing thoughts like those contained in the present ballad—thoughts inculcative of a gentle and consolatory philosophy. THE REGRET. Song. UV riticn by Eliza Cook, Z. T. Purday. Without the name of any composer on the title page, the song here issued from the establishment of Mr. Purday bears upon it the name of Eliza Cook as a talisman of attraction. It will prove on examina tion worthy in every way of the popularity of the authoress. The air is plaintive and flowing, and from its simplicity will be found generally most ac ceptable. THE BANK STOPPAGES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—it is meet to have a giant's strength, but it is cruel to use it as a giant —an aphorism assuredly applicable to the heads of the newspaper press. In your Sun of last night is a communication from this town, headed " The Bank Failures," which is calculated to increase the panic, to spread ruin, and, indeed, to cause a panic throughout the country. Your reckless correspondent states that the liabilities of the Monmouth and Glamor. gan Bank are said to be somewhere about three quarters of a million ; the cash in hand not two thousands, and the other property of the bank trifling. The truth of this cruel ani ridiculous assertion may be tested by the following statement : Crs. By Cash iu hand ... £15,578 19 2 Securities, &c. ••• ... 762,939 14 11 Property in houses, &e. 31,851 9 5 £810,370 3 6 Drs. Capital paid up Due by the bank Reserve fund Bad debts ... Balance ... ... £220.294 0 0 ... 554,748 1 7 ... 11,604 18 6 ... 13,411 8 6 ... 9,311 14 11 £810,370 3 6 Now, Sir, I leave you to judge whether in any wind-up 220,0001. be not margin enough for any loss, and will not also leave a large return of capital to the shareholders. Is it not most shameful that your correspondent, in the plenitude of his ignorance or wickedness, should fan the flame of alarm by such sentences as these:—" Manyof the smaller shareholders will be ruined "—the town will suffer a fearful convul sion this winter. The notes of other country banks are now regarded with apprehension—only gold is current; this is a monetary crisis that will shake the credit and the stability of trade to an alarming extent." I will not trust myself to comment ou this string of falsehoods. The man who wrote them cannot be aware of the awful responsibility which attaches to the paper that publishes them—certainly anything more calcu lated to ruin the trade of Newport and the surround. ing country, it is difficult to conceive. In the name, therefore, of the common weal, I trust to your inser tion of this letter. FIAT JUSTITIA. Newport, Oct. 11. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) NEWPORT, MONMOUTHSHIRE, OCT. 13. —A numerous and respectable meeting of the credi tors of the Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire Banking Company was held at the Town-ball, this day, for the purpose of considering what " steps were most expedient to be tsken for their security in the present position of the bank." Sir Thomas Phillips, Knt., was unanimously voted to the chair. A reso lution was proposed by W. S. Cartwright, E,q , a large coal proprietor in this district, and seconded by E. H. Phillips, EFT, "That a committee be appointed to meet the shareholders, and that they be requested to report to the creditors, as early as possible, the re sult of such meeting." The following gentlemen were selected as the com mittee, on behalf of the creditors, for that purpose, in order to ascertain the precise position of the bank, with reference to its assets and liabilities, and to avoid the necessity, if possible, of compelling the share holders to resort to a court of bankruptcy, viz.:— Sir Thos. Phillips, Knt, ; Messrs. S. Homfray, Thomas Brown, Vere Smith, W. S. Cartwright, W. A. Williams, P. - Woodruff, Charles Conway, E. H. Phillips, James Rennie, James Evans, and Roger Keene. Monday next, the 20,h inst., was appointed as the day on which the creditors are to receive the report of the Investigation Committee. The greatest anxiety appeared to prevail amongst the creditors, as to the assets of the bank, but nothing transpired during the meeting calculated to remove their doubts in this respect. The only financial statement upon which at pre sent calculations are based is as follows : To capital paid up ... Due by the Bank ... Reserve fund... ... Bad debts account Debts carried to profit and loss account ... ... £220.294 0 0 555,748 1 7 11,604 18 6 13,411 8 6 9,311 14 11 Total Drs. £810,370 3 6 15,578 19 2 By cash in hand ... ... Bills discounted, loans and securities... ... ... Property in houses, pur chase of banks, &c. ... 762,939 14 11 31,851 9 5 Total Crs. £810,370 3 6 REPRESENTATION OF HERTFORDSHIRE. --M r . C. Pullen, of Youngs Bury, is a candidate for the represen tation of this county, in opposition to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton. In his address to the electors, the new candidate attributes the social order which has been maintained in England, in the pre,mce of anarchy abroad, to the timely concession of Perliamentary Reform, and to the alteration in the corn -laws ; and we learn also that, although opposed to extreme or violent changes, ho is prepared to suppoit a well-judged measure for extending the constituency within such limits es experience may have shown to be necessary. Mr. Pullen avows that his faith in free trade is undiminished, and he shows that it has conferred great benefits upon the people at large by increasing the foreign trade of the country. He refines to del u d e th e f armer b y inciting him to hope f or the restoration of p ro t ect i ve l aws, but invites him to con fiden in somethi ng b e t ter— i n his own energy, din the justice he and is one. generosity of the great class of landowners, a of THE PROPOSED FINSBURY PARR.— Considerable progress has been made within the past fortnight by the authorities of the Woods and Forests, in surveying the site of the new park, end also in collecting information required to be obtained previous to an estimate being made of the necessary outlay for compensation, &c., and for taking the preliminary steps to bringing in a Bill for making the park next session. It may be mentioned, as showing the neces sity of a park for the inhabitants of the northern district of the metropolis, t hat in Islington alone the population, whi c h in 1801 was 10,000, has now risen to 95,000, and in Some other parts within the borough of Finsbury the increase is hardly less remarkable; so that though tho new park la k •s b e ing marked out on the margin of the suburbs, it may in a few years be expected to be in their centre. lVe may state further, that the Docks Junction Railway, Which first intended for goods only, now brings 130,000 of f passengersthe wa s p r o il - t weekly to the station near the southern boundary posed park near Highbury; and this number, large as it is, may be expected to be greatly increased when an attractive place of resort is provided for the toilworn thousands in search of healthful recreation and p ure a i r. The King of Hanover remains so indisp osed that be mut receive Ilia Waiters ma any putgAe44, KOSSUTH. The preparati ons f or the reception of the Hunga ri-in patriot in London are going on as favourably as could he desired, an d, j udging from the amount of subscriptions received, and the degree of enthusiasm displayed, there is every probability of the demonstra tion being of a most effective character. At a meeting of gentlemen interested in the object last evening, Mr. Thornton Hunt in the chair, the committee of arrangement p resented a report embody ing the following recommendations :—"That the order of proceedings in marking the arrival of Kossuth be as follows :—That an address be presented to Louis Kossuth; that a procession be formed to welcome him on his arrival in London ; that Kossuth be invited to a banquet, to be given to him in the most spacious place obtainable ; that a permanent committee be formed to collect a public contribution of funds for the cause of Hungary, to be placed in the hands of Louis Kossuth on his return from America to Eng. land." These recommendations were unanimously adopted. Mr. PETTIE (the secretary) reported that he had, by the instruction of the committee, attended a meet ing of the German Agitation Committee the preceding evening, one of their members (Dr. Strauss) having on their part expressed a wish to be informed of the nature of the intended Kossuth demonstration. The address which it was intended to present to Kossuth had been laid before them and approved of; and Dr. Tausenau, one of their members, a friend of Kossuth, promised to give the deputation every facility in his power for obtaining an introduction to Kossuth. They were further informed that the object was to get up an English demonstration ; but if foreigners chose to join ,in the procession, they would not be prevented doing so. At the same time, no delegates from any foreign body would be recognised, as much for their own sakes as to give the demonstration due effect on the Continent. Were foreigners admitted to the committee it would only give an excuse for foreign powers to say that it was merely a plot got up by foreign refugees. Mr. T. Hurl, the chairman, stated that the corn. I mittee appointed to obtain the use of a suitable building for the banquet were not yet prepared to report. They had some idea of obtaining Drary-lane Theatre.—(Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN read an extract from the Progresso of Turin, a letter from a gentleman who bad met Kossuth after his liberation at Genoa, and to whom the Hungarian hero bad expressed himself as follows: —" Whether I go, in the next week, to America, to France, or to England, or to whatever other region, my friends may be certain that I shall be guided in my selection by a lively sense of those duties to which my life and energies are consecrated." Mr. LESLIE announced that the West-end Shoe makers' Society had come to a vote placing at the disposal of their committee whatever funds they might deem it necessary to contribute to this demon stration.—(Hear, hear.) Some routine business was transacted, and the meeting adjourned. The ofollot. Clear winga has ddre been sent to h sstoKossuth fromte Mayor the a oro Port reevel. Southampton for presentation : " To Louis Kossuth, late Governor of Hungary. " Sir,—lt is with feelings of cordial gratification that I greet your approach to the shores of England, after the sad vicissitudes that have hitherto marked your noble career in the cause of liberty, and the in stinctive rancour of despotism, its satellites and ad juncts (including that of the present rabid French President and his minions in power), that has added to the littleness of your fall. To express to you here the meed of admiration due to you were super fluous in both hemispheres, the public voice of fame attests it, that of posterity will confirm it, and hail your name as a guiding star of the world's destiny. Suffice it, therefore, that one of the number who had the honour to solicit the interference of the English Government for your liberation, now seeks permis sion to felicitate you on your arrival in this country, and to express his earnest prayer that the time is not far distant when you may be restored—notwithstand ing the malignity of banded despots that still pollute continental Europe—in triumph to bless your native land. In any case you will not have lived in vain; your glorious example will have its due effect.—Be lieve me to remain, your most faithful and devoted servant, " Hum' WILLIAMS, Portreeve of St. Clear, Carmarthen, South Wales. Oct. 4, 1851." A number of ladies and gentlemen haie been seen about the streets of Southampton with rosettes in their bosoms and coats, formed of the Hungarian pa triotic coloured ribbons, scarlet, white, and green. The Countess Pulski, the celebrated Hungarian authoress, has arrived at Southampton. The Southampton corporation committee appointed to conduct the management of the banquet to Kos suth, met yesterday, and settled the programme of the toasts to be given at the banquet. The usual loyal toasts will be given, due homage will be paid to the virtues and genius of the most distinguished guest at the banquet, the illustrious Magyar, Kossuth ; the duties of national hospitality to the politically op presse d of all nations will be enunciated ; and the constitutional Governments of Great Britain and of the United States will be recognisd as alike opposed and inimical to republican tyranny and imperial despotism. THE MESSAGE BALLOON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. would appear by the information obtained respecting the descent of a message balloon in Glou cestershire, that some thoughtless person has played off a hoax upon much too grave a subject to be so treated—the fate of Sir John Franklin and his com panions. That Sir J. Franklin was not supplied with bal loons is, however, very much regretted by those who have some knowledge of wrostation. Had he been provided with, and tnorougly instructed in the mode of inflation of substantial balloons, suited to the pur pose of conveying a message some six or seven hun dred miles, under a condition of a strong ga l e bl ow i ng from northwards, it is quite likely that, out of a number set free, one would, with a message attached, have been picked up on the continent of America by somebody engaged in the fur trade. Message bal loons of sufficiently substantial material, properly varnished, might have been made in large numbers, at a co:t not exceeding 2i. Gd, per balloon. The inflation might have been accomplished by hydrogen gas in a nearly pure state, obtained by the decomposition of water, as practised by Mr. Stephen White ; the fuel necessary for the purpose could at the same time have afforded warmth for the crew between decks. Should another searching expedition be sent to the north, it is hoped it will be supplied plentifully with the necessary aerostatic means of dispatching south vvar.l a message when it may be deemed advisable to send off information for the chance of its being found and reaching England.—l remain, Sir, yours, &e., NA U TICUS. October 13, 1851. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MoanAr.—The Chatham transport sailed yesterday from Spitbead with a company of Royal Sappers and Aliners for Bermuda. The royal yachts Victoria and Alb er t an d Fairy, Captain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, G.H.C., are expected to return to this port from Liverpool to night. The Admiralty telegraphed to the Commander-in- Chief at this port yesterday that the report from Gloucester relative to the Franklin balloon was a hoax. This official information was speedily dissemi nated throughout the port by the kindness of the Pc:at-Admiral. The Ranger, 10, is hourly expected at this port from the coast of Africa, and the Sidon and Retribu tion from the Cape of Good'Hope. THE SEAR CH FOR S IR JOHN FRANKLIN.-At the meeting of the Edinburgh Town Council on Tuesday, Bailie Dick pressed the Lord Provost to send a memorial to the Lords of the Admiralty as to the propriety of sending another vessel in search of the missing vessels of discovery in the Arctic regions. The Lord Provost had been assured it would be too late to send any vessel in the present season. In the view, however, of reminding the Admiralty . 0; to the pro priety of sending out a vessel early in the spring, he had no objection that the matter be remitted to his committee. H e should put himself in communication with the relatives of the officers in London and elsewhere, and would prepare such a memorial as would have the desired effect. BLACKWOOD Houss.—NAREOW ESCAPE PROM E.q. has had a narrow escape from fire. On E. Hope Vere, ._ , family had . FlRE.—Blackwood House, Lanarkshire, the seat of William three o'clock the following morning Lady fromsaga nmandn, happily the evening of the bth, the usual. About Elizabeth Hope Vero was awoke by a strong smell of burn ing, which seemed to proceed from the large drawing-room immediately below her ladyship's room. On alarmidg the an inspection, it was discovered that floor of the drawing-room was nearly caught fire below the grate, and been ohomtfakhyteihinrneggsmaller piece of wood. In a short time the bt h ghhu o neer u i nfistmeter ignited i o hnr d , in so prompt and orderly a manner that, although a large party were as sembled in the house, many of them were unaware of the danger they had escaped until informed of it at the break fast table. From the situation of the room where the fire originated, nothing could have saved the house from total destruction had it not been arrested in the first stage.— Edinburgh Courant. ATTEMPTED SUlClDE.—Yesterday morning, be tween eleven and twelve, a young man of respectable ap pearance attempted suicide by throwing himself from th• tunnel bridge into the Regent's Canal. It appeared that he was in company with two other men, and before they could stop him he jumped on to the bridge and threw himself into the water, at the same time wishing them good bye. Az. sistance was at once at hand, and he was conveyed on shore and restoratives applied, happily with success. We understand that Mr. N. T. Hicks, whose per formance of Mazeppa has attracted such crowded audiences at Astley's Amphitheatre for about 300 nights during the past and present year, concludes his engagement at that house this evening, when he will join the highly-talented corps dramatique at the Marylebone Theatre, at whi c h h ouse fiat 1 1 1 , 116M1C0 is fixed for )j day next.