The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-13 00:00:00

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Ail br( eds moved off freely, Arran improvement i n the pries of :loriday last of 2d lb the primest old Downs selling at 4i per 81b , . tombs, the su I of which was but moderate, sold I —a uilYt and, L P some in ' ?•tances, the currencies had an IPPiard tendency. From the Isle of Wight nearly 4( 0 rad came to hand. The sale for Calves was lilac:tit c, at t ast w eeks quotations. In Pigs very little business was raniaeted, at late raies. Per 815 s. to sink the offal. t. . . s ft lnfe o T i r Beasts— .. 2 4 2 6 Inferior Sheer • • •2 10 3 _ 0 . ?n it , ,L U alitY ••• • 2 8 210 Second qual. Sheep 3 _ 3 8 •_° 4 l - ge Oxen.. 3 0 3 2 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 6 1..-1 cots ...... 3 4 3 C SouthdownWether 310 0 4 _0 F:Lg,scoar:e Calves 210 3 0 Ditto out of the wool 0 0 . 11 sictZi Tall ditto •• 3 2 3 4 Large Hogs ••• • 3 " 4 ' 0 Lau:* C alves •• 18 0 24 0 Small Yorkers •• . • 3 8 •• ••••• • • • 4 8 510 Quartzr (dd Pigs ..16 0 21 0 Nast, T0T. , 1.1. SUPPLY AT MARKET. 3 ,579 ' I Sheep. 1 Calves. 1 Pigs. 23,070 i 177 250 FOREIGN SUPPLY. /lea s t,. 1 I rigs. 203 Sheep. 1 Calves. 340 75 Th Zir U r GiILTZ 11. ND LMAXIENIIII.I.I. It a a ots arrivals of coun t ry -kill e d Meat up to these llsince Monday lest 'lave been small; but the e ls o n tn P P)_ i es °Feting, slaughtered in the metropolis, have d oi 'what increased. Nevertheless, a good business is , iA ll g , at prices relatively higher than those in Smith di u About 500 carcases of Foreign Meat have been sposed DE At per stone by the Carcase. E eet,a. d. to s. d. a. d. to S. ' nferi "•• •••• 110 2 0; Mutton, inferior .. 2 4 2 6 •••••.. 141d aling •• •• 2 2 2 4 m iddli n g.. 2 8 3 0 Prlmelarge ~ 2 6 2 8 prime.... 3 2 3 6 resti. P . ri .. e •• 210 3 0 Pork , large.. •• 210 3 4 ""'••• •• 2 3 4 small .• •••• •• 3 6 4 0 Lamb. is 4d is 53 6d. Ti le • WOCia. bc e lalpOrlS of Wool into London, last k, svere . 28 1,5 9 3 n f. r "a Hatnburgh; 1,960 ditto, from Port Adelaide; to u c n tr em Port Philin ; 200 from Bombay; 2 from Ja -150:1-; 35 from Constantinople ; and 11 bags from Ire god• The public sa l es are st ill progressing steadily, be ads of of the pa rce l s as et offered have changed s, at about the opening prices. In the private con set ularket, very little business is doing. . The • stlli.oulamt IR OP ICA sta.ET. i mports of foreign Hops into London, last week, 410(1)40 bales from Ostend, and 47 ditto from Antwerp. tli osA "gb oar market is very moderately supplied with Rat; "ale - grown, the demand is in a very sluggish th atil and, in so me i nstances , p r i ces are a shade lower IN 8 3 a st Week. Mid an d E as t Kent pockets, 61 to . Sassonew Weald of Kent ditto, 61 to 81; new x ' ditto, l 3/! 51 5s to 61 lOs ; new Farnhams, 121 to to 31 Yearling Rents 31 to 4/ ss; yearling Sussex, 21 8s 28 ; old Hops 1/ to 31 per cwt. Iva ortoiscli AND SPXTALI I IE , LDS. N ati : . arrivals of home-grown Potatoes, last week, tso lt i v i ! e and by land carriage, were about 2,500 tons. ceive c i 111 , full average condition. From abroad we re -403; -- D. ': 318 1 tans, derived as follows :—Rotterdam, ki r k:`, ; 1 , r degen, 50; Antwerp, 1881; Louvain, 3; . Dun: 14 5 Lel); Bruges, 150; Rouen, 279; and Calais, 7 5 last . Picked samples command a steady sale, at fully kb wee k's quotation s . In all other kinds very little is to the nn lower terms. From the Ist of August, 1849, w ejg ed th instant, 78,929 tons of foreign Potatoes were bY the City meters. h ark p Per Ton. • Per Ton. Dit to s - begents 90s to 120 s Common_ Whites 552 to 40s pl ant . aws for Kent Shaws botch Ditty I b n g sto —s Essex Regents Ott 'gents 70s to 85s Ditto Shaws 70s to 8::s D itto 11t_Cups 60s to 70s Ditto Kidneys --u us to a Chats, sound 305 to 40s 'bill 0 3 1 : 1) " . "-•••• sto s Ditto damaged lss to 20s :Yis e bL',egents . 70s to 90s French Whites h nitt `, R .'ea ditto • 70s to 85s Belgian Whites 4os to 512 s 4 'ariv °idn eYs . ato a Dutch Whites Regts... 65s to 80s German ditto Ou r TALLOW. ~4 ec ounta from S% Petersbargh state that a very 3 04 ,. e ° business wa s doi ng in T a llow on English ac ell,t). "; Yet the h o ld ers were fi rm . Ab o ut 900 casks had ,o„, r d hands, at 111 rouble, with 10 down, and 110 Ia t ; " On the spot. Our market is somewhat inactive. l'.l- n 'ees, however, we have no change to notice. To-day, l ive;;; )a the spot, is selling at 375, and for forward de -8s d to 384 6d per cwt net cash; Twn Tallow, I 36 i per cwt net c IA; rough tA 2a o per Bibs. 1846. St t „, `this rsk e d ay . •. 10,3 , 3 Del ol Y • C. r! 42s 3d -ve r • • to ,2s 6,1 oitt of Aast .. 1,021 4 ,„ 'Pa li June week 1.... 85, 5 67 row"lttoi t wek 167 JUne e 1 180,426 ` e of T 1849. 41s Od 1847. 1848 9,1 , 79 8,343 23,646 r 25,606 47s Od 47s Od 388 9d to' 378 Od to 17s 6d to Os Od Os Od to 08 Od 585 1,237 1,272 1,178 77,212 96,012 91,279 90,7 3 436 1,798 100 273 75,666 196,294 110,392 90,878 49s 6d 49s Od 39s 6d 38$ Cd (si v ' t XCHEQUE.R.—(THIS DAY.) t 'ng3 at Nis,-Priu , , at Vilestmimter, before the "ORD CHIEF BARON, and Special Juries.) This Rag` ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. SLADE. an information filed by the Attorney-General to r e st the defendant for a violation of the revenue laws b e to th e manu f acture o f m alt. j h e case was undefended. 00 I,„,Peared that the defendant was a malster carrying et her hest at Stockton, in Wiltihire, and that he had of ti ;ed cert a i n prem i ses , accor di ng t o th e requ ir e ments ra t i t e excise law, for the manufacture and preparation of •iei B In Conse quence o f so m e i n f or mati o n which the ~e cificers received, they obtained a search warrant, t e4l l;ttered the defendant's premises on the 3d of De -413, er, 1 849, for the purpose of ascertaining whether bet4eNartments were in use except those which had tid eed "ly entered. Their attention was directed to a titt e ii,P ° r , which appeared to open into an adjoining teed ' ll g-house and they forced it open, and pro up stairs, ' and found two . rooms which for ti !' to have been used for a considerable period 1 , - "e Preparation of malt. There were at the time fo r % e ntered two quantities of malt in the rooms in a kil l state of vegetation, and a bell was hung up with litl'aied clapper which communicated with the premises 4 14: 1 ,and which no doubt was intended to give an in case any of the excise officers should mak e tii: ' , 4 PPearance below. There were several counts in hi t 4 diforteation against the defendant, each charg in g o Z i ,th a separate violation of the revenue laws, and hid d e " of those counts the Attorney-General said he P r ess for a penalty of 1001. ft ve_di e CHIEF BARON having summed up, the jury found r et for the Crown for 800/. e()A, TA „. - -keTION PLEAS.—(THIS DAY.) tin gs at Guildhall before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE Th e and a Commom Jury.) was of business brought before the Court this morning he fe il ftra entirely uninteresting character, and presented tUre worthy of' a report. V. 41 F INAL COURT.—(THIS DAY.) (tio„s., re M NEW COURT. the COMON SERGEANT, and Mr. Alderman W. ~a t • HUNTER.) il ek Pre n d ergas t, Josepk Brown, and Thomas b lth v e l were indicted with burglariousty breaking ano '4 4 44g. t he dwelling-house of Mr. Terry, 111, Upper Petel el lthfield and stealing a quantity of wearing ap - Lf v,' ' l nd other articlei, his property, on the morning 1;7 19 th of last mouth. hilt 1 3 r 3 " and Steers pleaded guilty, and Prendergast, not T h m 4 )si e uarge against the latter prisoner failed in . its th 4t hnUiterial r azt, the onl evidence against him being Th e e was seen company with Brown. l b, Jur,' acquitted Prendergast, and, to 4 , , A:Thibto SERGEANT sentenced Brown and Steers e n ears' rt trannortation. OLD COURT. Ct e (Before the RECORDER.) 41 41 ) , -I G AND WOUNDING.— It illiam Neal, aged 43, I Ne at i t • ir er. %as indicted fur feloiowly cutting and ktie v : i ng Ann e Hefferman, with intent to do h er some hilt s :" bodily harm. The prisoner pleaded Not a la ) • p brie prosecuted, and Mr. Kenealey defended I"°fler. *4l l Ineffernian, the prosecutrix, stated that she lived kee : , b "tr mother in Pie-stree r, Westminster, anbelforree ,eted tieing at home on the Saturday night . before 'eti g ,, l 4 examined at the police-court. The ko re `" with her mother, and she asked himfor h li c a ris little tt ° , 11 7 than he had given her. He said would e ne e till he got better convenience.. ra „„ any more ' 5 %1 L un er said a feather bolster, which was in his blade ad been made away with, and he said it was lush te ll ; w aY with by witness. Witness said it . was no t ° ""°g, and she caught hold of the sleeve of his shirt lit h e him listen to her. He pulled himself away esild.er, and a piece of his shirt was left behind in her 1 11 0, „lie then went upstairs, and she went up a f ter d le l :no he struck her a blow across the forehead t,what After that she was not conscious of , ercelsaPPened and when she came to again she found (i t , s r ' ' Westminster Hospital, where she remained Ettl j ; • i ltas e °tine Macarthy, Ellen Summers, and other . wit , burincorroborated the evidence of the prosecutrix. 'hat h R the examination of Summers, who admitted r t ka ll e -e had three times been imprisoned for minor Air, of assault, 14 re : :)4I NE complained that Mr. Ken , a!ey in.eros..csr ttesei°R the witness drew upon his imagination r en. ' At • ZEN C ) rth y -EALEY observed that it Ives false—a false'locd k r , b O l his learned antagoni.t. ~ueh" / "INE retorted that some people did not care bon date ther people said. Had the observ e a l t t ie i n t Nv° 4ll 4l Y any other person he might have f I`l l * e hi l° to notice it. t4 el 4 ° o llnta said it was very unusual for one gen: tl eta Z° to address such an observe ;ion to another g o e f n a reetribil, Particularly a gentleman wearing the rcbes r: t r, Cl the English bar. ‘het e d ;:EILEY insisted that Mr. Payne Lad co t e a teeticue ease in a manner anything but worthy of °f the bar. -14 °RDER had heard nothing from Mr. Payne f et kr. uld provoke or justify such language. ee I ' I ALET then addressed the jury for the de ,„Nv, ault'dending that the offence arose out of an Irish ) 4 4 04 " the prosecutrix was as much to blame us the ‘33 ndeet r ' s he having provoked him by her irritating The Learned sinister insinuations. The Jury RECORDER having summed up, 'erdi et " 'Y considered for a few minutes and retuned a Th ° I Guilt y, -I :2le v , teT sentenced the prisoner to be transported Tl lig - Years. losed the business of the cession. c ,n, .'ett thr, 'iN4 qed 18s THEATEE.—Mr. Aiassingham, the re . - 4 4 e.ntr e functionary who presides it the box-office of this ti kb . er E h a a kes his benefit to-morrow night, when he provides ' 41 4 hi,aicijaried list of entertairgients for the amusement THE SUN, LONDON, BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.). THE ATTEMPTED MURDER IN DRURY-LANE.--ZDOn. Donovan, the pugilist, charged with the atten3ptrd murder of his -ifs., w.i.s 3,7,ain brought up. Thu pri soc.er was not plac , d in court, but in an adjoining room, the only evidence being that of M. Woodi, the :coast surgeon to King's College Hospital. That gene° nan said that the unlurtunate woman was still in a very pre carious st3te. The prisoner here asked if he could speak to his wife, as he bad something very important to communicate to her. Mr. HALL said that he bad had already two opportu nities of so doing, and as be bad not done so he inut , t, consequently, wait until hin committal. Mr. HALL then remanded the prisoner fur another week. MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) SHOPLIFTING.—EIiza Connor, a well dressed woman, was placed at the tsar heforo Mr. Bingham, charred with tealinz 16 yards of silk, value 21. 125., the property of Mr. William Shea, silk-mercer, No. 264, Regent street. The prosecutor stated that on Saturday afternoon the prisoner came intobis shop and requested to see some silks. A variety were placed before her, and after ex amining the lot, she declined to purchase on the ground teat none would suit her. She then left the counter, and on her aay to the door she purchased two reels of cotton, for which she paid fourpence. She then left the shop. Witness having observed semi - thing in her manner which excited his suspicions. followed her, and brought her back to the shop, and taxed her with robbing him; whereupon she pulled from her pocket the sixteen yards of silk produced, which he identified as his property. Ho accordingly sent for a constable and gave her in charge. Oo being searched at the station other property, consisting of pocket-handkerchiefs, gloves, and pieces of tape, which st e, no doubt, had stolen from other shops, was found upon her. The prisoner, who did not attempt to deny the charge, was committed for trial. THE YORKSHIRE SOCIETY'S SCHOOL. The 39th anniversary dinner of this society was held on Saturd.iy, at the London Tavern, Bishops. gate-street. The Earl of Carlisle presided, and was supported by upwards of 100 of the friends of the in stitution. The schools were established in 1812, originally for the purpose of boarding, clothing, and educating both boys and girls, being the children of respectable Yorkshire parents who had been reduced by misfortune, and who were resident within 10 miles of the General Post•-office ; but it has recently been determined that the benefits of the society shall hence forth be confined to boys only, one of whose parents shall have been born in Yorkshire. The usual loyal toasts having been drunk, the Noble Chairman pro posed, " Prosperity and Perpetuity to the Yorkshire Society," and in doing so, expressed the great grati fication he had derived from:attending the examination of the pupils. Their physical condition was mani fested by their ruddy hue and chubby appearance, and their moral and intellectual training were equally satisfactory. His Lordship did not, however, think that the great county of York had fairly done what she ought to have done in this matter. The very ex tent of that county no doubt operated against the institution, for it was the besetting sin among all large bodies of men for each person to indulge in the re flection that what he might leave undone somebody else would do. But if every one argued in that way nothing would be done at all. Little Westmoreland had adopted a sounder logic, and had done more for those whom she had sent forth than had that empire af a county, York, achieved for those of her destitute brethren whose lot it was to sojourn in this gigantic city. He hoped the men of Yorkshire would no longer suffer themselves to lie under this reproach; and he exhorted the company present themselves not to be fatigued in the work of well-doing.—(Cheers.) In the course of the evening the Mayor of Bradford expressed his conviction that means had not been adopted to make the nature of the society sufficiently well known to the people of Yorkshire ; otherwise he was convinced that the committee would now he able to support 100 boys instead of 35, which he un derstood was the actual number in the school. As a Yorkshireman he felt perfectly ashamed at the small number that were thus benefited by the institution. The report stated that the committee had been obliged to sell, during the last year, 4001. Three per Cent. Stock, to make up the deficiencies in the funds for the settlement of the preceding year's accounts; and had found it necessary to decrease the number of children in the school from about 50 to 40. Dr. Saner, the treasurer, and the originator of the society, stated that the contributions on this occasion amounted to about 5001., but he entertained a very sanguine expectation, after the observations of the Mayor of Bradford, that by means of that gentleman's kind co operation with the committee the funds of the society would be greatly and permanently augmented. The dinner was served up by Mr. Bathe in his well-known style of excellence, and the vocal arrangements were very efficiently conducted by Mr. Bruton. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, MAY 11.—We have had a much better market to-day than we have had for the last three or four weeks. Spinners, as might naturally be expected, have been asking a further advance for their yarns; a small advance it has certainly been, yet not one that would remunerate spinners at the present prices of cotton, but that advance cannot be obtained. In yarns a greater amount of business has been done than has been transacted for some weeks, but in goods the business done has been very limited. Prices have experienced little alteration for goods or yarns since Thursday. Mary of the spinners are determined not to take the present prices for yarns, but buyers appear to be quite as firm, and no advance will be given. We have heard of bat few transactions in which the rates of the spinners have been conceded. SOCIETY FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF MENDICITY.— The annual general meeting of the supporters of this in stitution vi as held ou Saturday, at the Society's office, 13, Red Lion-square, the Marquis of Westminster in the chair. The chairman,lin opening the proceedings, stated that during the past year the money they had subscribed was more effectually and directly than ever laid out upon those for whom it had been intended. The number of cases relieved, the activity of the police, and especially the diminution of begging-letters, were all proofs of the utility of the society, and a consequent source of satisfaction to its friends. The secretary then read a report, which was adopted, on the motion of Sir John P. Boileau, Bart., se conded by Mr. Slaney, M.P. It appeared from the report t hat a system had been established by which the managers have arranged with the proprietors of some public baths to admit, on their order, persons sent from the society. Most of the speakers expressed their cordial approbation of this measure, as conducive to both the moral and physical welfare of the o bjects of their charity. The begging - letter cases referred to . t.`ie office were stated to have diminished from 8,025 in the year 1847, to 5,747 in 1848, and to 4,525 in 1849, which was, no doubt, attributable to the publicity given to the punishments inflicted; upon the writers. Of 905 vagrants committed, however, a large proportion had been begging-letter impost° Ts, and the number of convictions would have been greater but :or the reluctance of those im posed upon to come forward as witnesses. The penalty awarded to those found guilty had been three months' im prisonment with hard labour. Other statistics were adduced in proof of the value of the society's reports to the public; and the statements of accounts showed for receipts, includ ing former balance, and other matters, 4,4431. 14s. Bd., with a balance remaining over expenditure of 6621. 3s. 9d. There were present the Right Hon. Lord Radstock, the Hon. E. Phipps, Viscount Gage, Sir W. Sterling, Bart., Major Sothe by, and others. The usual complimentary votes terminated the proceedings. ELENHEIM PALACE.—It is currently rumoured that this magnificent building will shortly be open to the public a heretofore, , ,, every day except Saturday and Sunday. This concession on the part of the Dike of Marlborough will gra tify the public much. It is to be hoped that care will be taken to appoint civil and intelligent men to show the house and grounds, and that their charges will be moderate and well defined, so as to leave no ground for complaints to the numerous body who now seek recreation in summer ex cursions. REPEAL OF THE WINDOW-TAX. —A letter was read at the Marylebone vestry on Saturday from Lord Dun can, M.P., acknowledging a vote of thanks passed to his Lordship by the vestry, for his exertions to repeal the g window duty. His Lordship assured the vestry that if the people were only true to themselves that obnoxious impost would be abolished before the next budget appeared. METROPOLITAN WATBR SUPPLY.—The Parlia mentary Committee have decided that the standing orders ought not to be dispensed with in the case of this company asking leave to deposit a petition for a Bill this session. THE SUICIDE AT WANDSWORTII.-0a Saturday evening Mr. W. Carter concluded an inquiry at the Spread Eagle Hotel and Tavern, High-street, Wandsworth, relative to the death of a gentleman at that time unknown, who committed suicide there on 'Wednesday night. The name of the deceased, it appeared, was William Baker, and he was a native of Kit gston. He had been employed as storekeeper at the Clarence Foundry in Liverpool; but, in consequence of a dissolution of partnership in the concern, he had been thrown out of employment, and, being of a desponding turn of mind, it was conjectured that he had committed suicide under the pressure of tear that he could not obtain another engagement, The jury were unanimously of opinion that deceased was of unsound mind when he committed the act, and returned their verdict accordingly. THE INFANT PRINCE.—We are informed that on the baptism of the infant prince he will take the Christian names of Arthur Patrick Albert. The first is compliment to the Noble and Gallant Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington (as has been already announced) ; the second in compliment to Ireland, and as commemorative of her Majesty's visit to the " green isle ;" and the last after his illustrious father, the Frince Consort. ROYAL ORTHOPEDIC 110iPITAL.—Yesterday morn ing a sermon in aid of the funds of the above charity, was preached at St. Germans Chapel Blackheath, by the Rev. J. Wright, M.A., F.R. S., Chaplain to the Duke of Cambridge. During a very eloquent appeal, the Rev. Gentleman warmly advocated the claims of the chaiity, which, in curing and re moving different deformities to , which the human frame is subject, was daily conferring a most invaluable benefit upon the community ; and needing, at; the charity did, the further co-operation of the benevolent, an urgent appeal was made upon their liberality and sympathy. At the conclusion of Divine service a liberal and gr at Vying collection was made at the doors of the chapel. Sir G. and Lady Stanhope. entertained at dinner on Saturday, at their house in Grosvenor-place, the Bavarian Minister and Baroness de Cetto, Lord and Lady Willoughby, Count and Countess Wittgenstein, Count and Lady Cecil De la Feld, Mr. and Lady Mg. Lindesav, Mr. and Mrs. Drummond, Mr. and Mrs. LethbrAge, Sir L. Cockburn, and Mr. Villiers. ETON COLLEGE.—Mr. Cre asy, the eminent bar rister and professor of history Sc.) the London University, himself an Etonian, and also of icing's College, Cambridge, has just completed a work of great and general interest entitled " Memoirs of Celebrate I _Etonians." No foundation in the kingdom has produced a greater number of men dis•• tinguished in the highest depart ments of military and civil life than this ancient, renowned,, and magnificent establish ment. Mr. Creasy's work will. include sketches of the greater number of these " worth ie s." Thus this new work will have an historical value and p ossess interest not merely for all Etonians, but for the public, generally. Mr. Creasy's book will be published on the day of the ensuing anniversary dinner of the Etonians. - - T E STIMONIAL TO THE MARQUIS OF TWEEDDALE,--• The Society of Madras have presented the Marquis of Tweeddale, Governor and Comma nder-in-Chief 1842-1848, with a very superb silver candelabs urn, upwards of four feet high, and of the value of 2,0001., not ,delled by Mr. A. Brown, after a design of Mr. F. Grant, A .R.A., and under the in spection of Mr. Baily, R.A.., at the establishment of Messrs. Hunt and Roskill, Bond-street. On the base of this very elegant piece of plate is represented stag, boar, and wolf hunting. A group surmounts the base, representing the celebrated ancestor of the present Marquis, and. the story of his resistance to the Danes. e group consists of th e figures of the elder Hay and his sons, who attack a Danish horseman and defeat him. The figures are be autiful speci mens of the art of modelling statuettes. T. e‘yr are very spirited and full of character. The minuter pc wtions of the candelabrum are of elaborate workmanship, afte r the manner of the times of Louis XIV. The work is one o f great merit and of the highest rank of modern art. The inscription, which is short, says the testimonial is presented as " a token of respect and esteem for the public and privt tte worth of George Bth Marquis of Tweeddale." LADY ALICE PEEL'S SOIBXE DANSA. NTE.—On Friday night the Lady Alice had a. "dunse" at the family mansion in Park-place, St. James's. About 200 of the elite of fashionable society went c,n the occasion. We 1 telieve the reunion was given as an introduction to Miss Peel, who has recently made her debut in the fashionable world. NOTTINGHAM LACE AM) HOSIERY TRADE .—Nei tiler of these stable articles of commerce of this t, )wn and neighbourhood present any more favourable app, larances than that we have reported for the last few weeks. Each trade, it is said, is retarded by the ungenial weather u 'e have lately had. Yarn is still held at high rates, althou f ;h the sales have considerably diminished.—Notting/nun Jon, nal. justai onr aS feedingsf takenaNl G t e u a i cenaßtt placehs eanoorafd dilMPOßTATlON:anoagrsparcelb,manner ilfgnehtrhore os A eff tile: horseflesh importation preparing p iotn o i nhg r e tation ha s theolt r mbi s pried gh, for the purpose ;stated, and is adraissable free of duty. LITERA T (ME. The E DINBURGII REVIEW. CLXXXIV. A better number of the old blue-and-buff quarterly has not for a considerable time appeared. More or less, each of the contributions, upon the most various subjects conceivable, has a superior excellence ; and the tendency of each is of that elevating character which is alone suitable to an age like the present, one of contintril progres'iun and perpetual advaixement. In testimony of this we should be tempted to enter into an elaborate consideration of the opening paper ' dedicated to the delineation of our "National Ob servatories," but that the charm of the theme, and its engrossing nature, if al lowed to master us at the outset of our notice, would leave us but little space or opportunity for reference to the other meritorious contributions. Nevertheles., white refraining from a closer and more detailed allusion to this masterly essay on a noble branch of science, we must especially and earnestly beseech in its favour that attention from the public to which it is peculiarly entitled, revealing as it does in such vivid and agreeable colours the economy of one of our least noticed, but at the same time one of our most important, institutions. We allude to the observatory at Greenwich, a building whose external peculiarities are we doubt not fa miliar to the mass of the holiday-makers of the metro polis, but the marvels of whose interior arrangements are known but to a select few out of our vast and in telligent population. An hour's perusal of the article here spoken of as standing at the head of the current number of the Edinburgh will acquaint the reader, and that too in a most delightful manner, with a mul titude of facts hitherto scattered through such ab struse works as those of the Russian Struve and Captain William Henry Smyth, R.N., and the Astronomical Lectures, or the Planetary, Magnetical, or Meteorological Observations of the dis tinguished Astronomer Royal, George Biddell Airy. Here recounted, in a most lucid and popular form, these facts are grouped together in a way such as must materially tend to facilitate their remem brance, while acquainting the uninitiated public with the nature and use of that extraordinary apparatus which is accumulated in the Greenwich Observatory. Having completed the examination of the paper the reader will feel as though he had personally traversed the circle-room, the transit-room, the computing-room, the chronometer-room, and the library ; and will have become familiarised with the shape and meaning of such scientific eccentricities as the time ball, and the astronomical clocks, and the brazen quadrant, and the altitude and azimuth in struments. Many passages connected with the pro gress of modern discovery demand quotation, but we are compelled to pass on regretfully to the notice of the subsequent contributions. A genial and Smith's recently enables the j p u r n i c t e i o d u s Moral critic m r o h n i l s S o i p d h n y ey , re viewer to illustrate anew, by extracts from lectures hitherto but little known , the subtle taste and discriminating judgment of the celebrated wit and ecclesiastic. All those who are interested (and who is not ?) in the " Supply of W a t er t o t h e Me tropolis," should not only read, but study, seriously study, page by page, the paper contained in the Edin db a n regh regard Review is nupond to this i s evil subject,sori s seriously affecting the a paper i n w hi c h sanitary condition of the metropolis. Tracing the his tory cf what we must call, for want of a more accurate word, the improvements in the supply of water to London, the writer demonstrates most forcibly the necessity for rapid and gigantic innova tions. Most agreeable to us, however, among all the contributions to the great Liberal Quarterly is the critical essay on " Landor's Poetry," in which the must judicious and exquisitely balanced opinions are pronounced upon "That deep-mouth'd Pre )tian Savage Landor, Who taketh for a swan rogue Southey'e gander," as Byron termed him in his Poetical Encyclopaedia " Don Juan." As an imaginative prose writer the veteran author of the " Imaginary Conversations" has acquired a large degree of celebrity, but a very restricted amount of popularity. As a poet, he is still less known and still less appreciated. And hence we are gratified to see his claims to poetical honours manfully acknowledged, and energetically and aesthetically proven in the luminous pages of the Edinburgh. If for nothing else, the general readers of the Review would have reason to thank the contributor for making him acquainted with Raicos, the lover of the Carian hamadryad, with Acon and Rhodope, with Enallos and Cymo dameia, with Corythos the son of Paris and (Enone, with the madness of Orestes and the death of Arte midora. Yet, beyond the gratification derivable from these unhackneyed passages of poetic beauty, are the intermediate comments upon the metrical productions of Mr. Landor, accompanied by discursive critcisms on this kind of classical poetry in the abstract, preparatory to which the Reviewer descants upon the differences exist ing between ancient and modern poetry, and upon the connexion traceable between pantheism and polytheism. Upon the " Imperfect Appreciation of Classic Mythology" by modern writers the remarks of the Reviewer appear to us to be so eminently new and judicious, that we must gratify ourselves and our more reflective readers with the subjoined quotation : " It is in delineating the least pronounced part of the Greek mythology that a clear discernment of its mean ing is must required. In the poem from which we have quoted, the shadowy nature of a being not so much ele vated above our mortal nature as standing at one side of it, seems to us most happily indicated. Such discrimi nation has long been rare, both in French and in English poetry. In the gods, us described by each, the god like element is left out; while the heroes of antiquity are, and yet more frequently were during the last century, restored to life as courtiers and fine gentlemen, touchy about their honour, and admirable in the decorum with which they carry their wig above peplon or toga. Prior was not unfamiliar with ancient mythology; but in his case familiarity may be said to have bred contempt; and though many classical touches are to be found in his verses, yet, in his jocular vein, he too frequently de grades his Venuses and Cupids not less than his Chloes and Silvias. Akenside, in his Hymn to the Naiads,' presents us with forms truly antique, but the spirit of life is not in them. He imitates the ancients rather than catches their inspiration, and the repast which he lays before us, how ever grand, is served up cold. Dryden and Pope, men whose masculine understandings and manifold accomplishments must, despite the caprices that affect public taste, long preserve for them the high place they have occupied, largely as they translated from the ancient poets, never entered into the genius of the ancient mythology. The spirit of Theocritus is not to be found in I)ryden's version of his Idyls.. In his noble Oda on St. Cecilia's Day' it has been well remarked that when he makes Bacchus show his honest face,' he wholly misses the my thic idea of the mysterious divinity whom he vulgarises. Pope, in his ode on the same oc casion, is still more unf ortunate; and a t t h uug b , in h i s Tartarus,' Proserpine is stern and Orpheus devoted, while Ixior, Sisyphus, a n d t h e Furies, 'd o w h at t h ey oug ht to do' with laudublo industry, we lack, notwith standing, both the awfulness and the serenity of the Elysian region. " Nor has ancient mythology fared much better in the hands of most of our recent poets. They have loved it more; but their love has often be e n as undiscriminating as that of a wood - g od for a fugitive nymph. They have nut talways appreciated the ch aracter o f di v i n i t i es , oven when exhibited in sculpture before their eyes. Lord in his Childe Harold,' d escr ibi ng the Venus de asks the goddess whether she appr tire d i n this deeply blessed Anchises,' larasin or to `morn ore fortunate st ill ; and then f o ll ows a golßiruyeirs dicta, , e' to Paris, to rhapsody about lava-kisses, melting while they burn,' showered on the cheek of the recumbent war-god. Such a group would hardly have suggested itself to the imagination of a Greek sculptor about- to embody a Phedra; and is in strange contrast with the Venus of the Florentine Tribune, that beautiful and passionless impersonation of the morning star. Elaborate blunders in a case of this kind are the less pardonable, because it is especially through the interpretation of Greek art that the several characters of Greek divinities are to be distinguished. We respire no allusive attribute, neither quivered shoulder nor crescented brow, to recog nisethe Pallas, sha a Dian in those feet , firm and alert , though for the moment arrested, that s lender but sinewy form, and, above all, the far-project ed A p ollonia n glance, clear as the beams f the sister lum inar y e mbodied. With the fa godde:s chaste of Love, but shafts form, equally girlish but s im p l y j o y o us and blameless, of Ilebe or a Grace, s uch a divin ity was almost as astrikingly Huntressthat contrasted a u chaste from the collecte d sternness of self-sufficing strength, and from the high wisdom, conf e d erate w ith virtue, which subdued the p resumin g with its Gorgon and presided over every indu strious ar t. The character of a Venus was expressed no t less p l ainly, in early ages of art, by the union of perf -ct beaut y w ith a reserve and sacredness which belonl.,s to the maternal r e l at i on , an d in later by the languishing a nd humi d eye, the lips en wreathed withsped a wreathed with smiles and dubious look, the narrow shoulders, the marvellously - mo u l ded form, slightly de veloped and yet luxuriant, in which numberless and in calculable curves were lost in one another, an d finally by the slender feet, and the tread, at once confidin g and in• secure, apparently accustomed to a m ore unstable ele ment than earth. The genius of a natien'a poetry will ever be exhibited in its other arts,—at least, in those it cultivate.,—as the latent spirit of its philosophy is dis closed in its laws." The rest of the criticism is of similar excellence. Speaking of the superiority of modern over classic poetry, the writer inquires, very happily, " Should we prefer to the choral vesper chaunt of creation the early and slender trill of a bird but half -awakened ?" Again, such sentences as these sparkle throughout the contribution—" Poetry is the vital religion of nature "—" Nature itself was the first revelation made to man," &c. Its eloquence sometimes rises to a strain as sonorous as the following y e r r :fl z e n c ' t that the ----- -- - ---- - between Cee'eWliaeawnodulodldnoTtiminodtheeedus;d y i e v t id w e e h m instrument which in later t imes shook th e C hristian the a temples with awe, or thrilled -with the secretof a hushed and subdued pathos the sanctuary itself, bore yet in its glorious aspect and manifold organization, no small ana logy to the simple reed-pipe of the Arcadian divinity as well as of the shepherd watching his flock by night." The paper closes with a strange and startling legend of Parmenio, who was priest of Lydian Apollo CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND AGAINST TWENTY-TWO OF SCOTLAND.—The England eleven proceeded from Car lisle to contend against twenty-two of Scotland, at Edin burgh, on Monday. Ent land scored 134 and 173 — total 307; Mr. Felix marking 58 and 5, Parr 11 and 37, Box 3 and 28, Mr. A. Flynn 4 and 11, Clark 2 and (not out) 13, Adams 1 and 23, Guy 1 and 5, Chatterton (not out) 14 and 19, Wisden 5 and,3, &c. Scotland, in their first hands, obtsined 95; Whyham, Esq., marking 11, Lieutenant Dickens 14, Anderson 14, W. Moncrief, Esq., 17, A. Imrie, Esq., 12, &c. In the second innings of Scotland they had 212 to get to tie, but at half-past four on the third day the rain came on, and the game terminated, 24 runs only having been scored for the loss of seven wickets. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND V. EIGIITEEN OF MANCHESTER, WITH LILLYWHITE, CHATTERTON, AND AR➢IITAGE. This match, which was commenced at Manchester on Thursday last, was brought to a close on Saturday evening, in favour of Manchester by three wickets. The following is the score ENGLAND ••FIIIST IN wnioa. Wisden, run out Clarke, b Lillywhite 9 Parr, run out A. Mynn, Esq., b Tinley Adams, c Lillywhite, b Armitage N. Felix, Esq., b Lillywhite Box, b Armitage Martingell, b Armitage . . Guy, b Armitage Hillyer, b Lillywhite Wright, not out Byes, 0; wide, 1 ; no ball, 0 Total MANCIIESTF.II,- FIRST INNINGS ~ 44 „..152 J. Farl, sen., Esq., b Clarke S. H. Braybrooke, Esq., b Wisden 7 V. Tinley, b Wisden Armitage, run out .. . .. . 18 E. Wright, Esq. C. Felix, b Martingell 5 Chatterton, b Wisden S. Birch, Esq., run out .. it. 'l'. Bellhouse, Esq., b Martingell . . T. H. Earl, jun., Esq., b Wisden ... ..... .... 1 G. F. Co,,ke, Esq., b Martingell ... H. de C. Lawson, Esq., c Mynn, b Clarke l3 T. T. Bellhouse, Esq., c Parr, b Wisden J. Rowley, Esq., st Box, b Clarke 0 . Pagden, Esq , c and b Clarke ......... . P. Birch, Esq., c Felix, b Clarke Lillywhite, sea., b Clarke..... ... ........... F. Atkinson, Esq., not out Sherman, run out ... ..... . Byes, 4; 1 b 2, IT 0, n b 1 7 Total 126 ENGLAND-SECOND INNINGS. Wisden, c R. Be'Blouse, b Armitage Clarke, not out Parr, b Lillywhite ... ... A. Mynn, Esq., c Earle, jun., b Tinley. Adams c Armitage, b Tinley S. Felix, Esq., c Sherman, b Lillywhite Box, run out Nlartingell, b Armitage Guy, b Lillywhite Hillyer, c Tinley, b Armitage 2 Wright, c R. Bel'house, b Lillywhite. 0 Byes, 2; lb, 1; w, 5; n b, 0 .... Total MANCHESTER—SECOND INNINGS. J. Earl, sen., Esq., b Clarke S. H. Braybrooke, Esq., b Wisden V. Tinley, b Wisden Armitage, b Wisden E. Wright, Esq., b Wisden Chatterton, c Wright, b Clarke S. Birch, Esq , b Wisden R. 'l'. Bellhouse, Esq., b Wisden I'. H. Earl, jun., Esq., b Wisden 25 G. P. Cooke, Esq., b Mynn de C. Lawson, Esq., b Martingell . .. 6 T. T. Bel'house, Esq., c Felix, b Wisden J. Rowley, Esq., c Mynn, b Wisden » E. Pagden. Esq., not out P. Birch, Esq., not out F. Atkinson, &q., b Wisden Byes, 2; 1 b, 5; w, 2; a b, 0 9 ~...18 Total 122 HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. -- Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by his Serene Highness the Prince of Leinengen and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, honoured the performances at her Majesty's Theatre, on Saturday evening, with her pre sence. The suite in attendance upon his Royal Highness and their Serene Highnesses the Princes, included the Baroness de Speth, Lady Anna Maria Dawsou, Lord James Murray, and Major the Baron Moerkerke (the gentleman in attend ance upon her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians). Amongst the visitors were—His Grace the Duke of Wellington, the Juke and Duchess of Norfolk, and the Ladies Howard; his Excellency the Russian Minister and the Baroness de Brun now, his Excellency the Swedish Minister and the Baroness Rehausen, his Excellency M. de Baucourt, the Marquis of Huntley, the Marchioness of Douro, the Marquis of Donegal, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Cardigan, the Countess of Lichfield and Lady Harriette Anson, the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Countes of Glengall, Viscount Cantaloup, vis count Dapplin, Viscount Anson, Viscount Clilden, the Viscount Enfield, the Viscount Cranbourne, the Baron and Baroness de Rothschild, Lord Clarence Paget, Lady Charles Wellesley, Lord and Lady Foley, Lord Gerald Fitzgerald, Lord Macdonald, Lord George Paget, Lord Adolphus Fitz clarence, Lord Gardner, Count de Burke, Baron de Cazes, Chevalier Drouet, the Hon. Claude Lyon, the Hon. C. R. Neville, the Hon. Major Needham , t he Hon. A. D. Wil loughby, the Hon. F. Stanhope, the Hon. Charles Lennox Butler, Sir W. Fremantle, Bart., and Lady Fremantle, Miss Harvey and Miss Bathurst, Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart., Sir Rothschild, Bart., and Lady Roths child, Sir George AnthonyWombw€ll, Bart., Sir W. Abdy, Bart., Sir Thomas Monro, Bart., Lady Palmer and Miss Palmer, -•ir George and Lady Carrol, Sir Seymour Sadler, Sir Ralph Howard, Bart, M.P., Lady and Miss Howard, Sir Edward Butler, Bart., and Lady Butler, the First Lord of the Admi ralty, and Lady Arabella Baring, Sir John Thorold, Bart., Lady Thorold and party, Lady Keane, Lady Pigot, Lady Flower, Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, Bart., and Lady Barrett Leonard, Bart., Lieutenant-General Sir Alex ander Woodford, Bart., kc. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—Among the fashionable company who honoured the performance of Les Hugonots, at the Rayed Italian Opera, with their presence on Saturday evening, were his Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer and family, General Count Cabrera and Miss Richards, the Earl Howe, the Earl and Counters Cowper, the Earl and Countess Rosse, &c. The Queen's box was occupied by Lord and Lady Byron, and Lady Emily Ponsonby and the Misses Poosonby. There were also pre sent the Marchesa Braucaleorie and Madlle. Braucaleorie, the Earl of Gifford, the Earl of Portarlington, the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of Oxford, the Countess of Zetland and party, the Earl and Countess of Bradford and the Ladies Bridgman, the Earl of Porn fret, Viscount Malden, Viscount Exmouth, Sir John Cam Hobhouse, M.P., and Miss Hob house, Lord Arthur Hay, Lord George Manners, M.P., Hon. Theobald Dillon, Lady Vernon and the Hon. Miss Vernon, Sir John Burgoyne and the Misses Burgoyne, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lady Elizabeth Bulteel and Miss Bulteel and Lady Rachel Russell, Lord and Lady Edwin Hill, Colonel the Hon. R. Fitzgibbon and Mrs. Fitzgibbon and the Hon. Mrs. Gerald Dillon, Lady Caroline Masse and the Misses Masse, Lady Wallesceurt and party, Lord and Lady Polti more and Lady Mary Vynes, Lady Seymour and the , Hon, Miss Seymour, Lord Paget, Lord Brabazon, Sir James and Lady Sehuckburgh, Lady Braybrook and the Hon. Misses Neville, Lord Colville, Colonel the Hon. Douglas Pennant, and Colonel the Hon. G. L. Darner, M.P., &c. THE BOROUGH or FINSBURY.—It is not unlikely that a vacancy (if not two) will shortly take place in the metropolitan borough of Finsbury, now represented by Mr. Thomas Duncombe and Mr. Thomas Wakley. Within the last few days private meetings of influential electors have been held, and resolutions have been agreed to, affirming that it is highly undesirable that the representatives of to large a constituency should systematically absent them selves from their Parliamentary duties ; and that, in the event of constant illness causing that absence, those repre sentatives should at once resign their trust into the hands of the electors. The absence of one of the Hon. Members on the division on the window-tax, seems to have occasioned particular dissatisfaction, inasmuch as it was made the spe cific subject of one of the resolutions. A public meeting of the inhabitants of Finsbury is to be convened on an early day, when a proposition will be submitted, calling upon the present Members to resign. Should either or both of the Members vacate his seat, appearances seem to indicate a ' sharp contest, a large number of gentlemen being already named as probable candidates. Amongst the gentlemen so mentioned are .14r. Samuel 'Warren, Q. C., Mr. M'lntyre, barrister-at law, Mr. Charles Cochrane, Mr. David Williams Wire, the Under-Sheriff, Mr. Edward Miall, and Mr. Alder man Salomons.— Weekly Chronicle. LEICESTER TRADE. —There is very little change in business this week, nor will the present quiet and dull state of trade give place to activity till more genial weather sets in. Though stocks to some extent are accumulating, the hands are generally kept fully employed. Prices of ma terial remain without any appreciable alteration.— Notting ham Journal. - The Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, M.P., received an elegant circle to dinner, on Saturday evening, at his resi dence in Savile-row, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1850. when Polycerp sat yet in Smyrna,—a legend which we feel satisfied will prove as new to the majority as it did to ourselves. The rest of the papers in the current number of the Edinburgh are of various merit and miscellaneous character. The one on "Hun garian Literature" will be read just now with inte rest; the "Agricultural Complaints" have elicited an article from the quarterly organ of the Whigs, which we most earnestly commend to our most excellent and obtuse friends the Protectionists; the contribution regarding Germany is well-timed and able ; but the most remarkable paper among those not enumerated is unquestionably the one relating to the extinction of the Polynesians. CEYLON and the CINGALESE. By H. C. Sirr, late Deputy Queen's Advocate for the Southern Circuit in the Island of Ceylon. 2 Vols. Mr. Sirr, whose professional residence in the island has well qualified him for the task, has just published (through the instrumentality of Mr. Shoberl) two most interesting and most delightful volumes, pur porting to give a faithful picture of Ceylon and the Cingalese, "their history, government, and religion ; the antiquities, institutions, produce, revenue, and capa bilities of the island, with anecdotes illustrating the manners and customs of the people." Seldom has the promise on a title-page been so accurately and so pleasantly redeemed as in this case. The pecu liarities of Ceylon, natural, national, and historical, are most vividly set before us. In regard to the first mentioned—the natural beauties of the island—thoroughly does the reader of the opening chapters of the first volume coincide with the quotation from Byron on the first page— " It is a goodly sight to see What Heaven bath done for this delicious land! What fruits of fragrance blush on every tree, What goodly prospects o'er the hills expand." Ceylon, with its clear atmosphere, fertile vallies, cin namon groves and rice plantations, and the abundant variety of rich foliage presented by its magnificent trees, is apparently a very Paradise of picturesque beauty. in one place we read of a glorious tamarind tree, very appropriately surnamed " the giant's tree," of which the height is ninety-eight feet, and the solid stem (seven feet from the root) is thirty-nine feet in diameter. But yet more attractive than this is the talapat tree. This magnificent tree," writes Mr. Sirr, " towers above all the other gigantic monarchs of the vegetable world, and it is utterly impossible to find words ade quate to describe its splendid beauty. It (the talapat, or great fan palm) varies in height from seventy to one hundred feet. Tne leaves frequently measure, from the extremity of the stalk to the point, more than twenty four feet, and the width varies from twelve to seventeen, and these are used by the natives for fans and um brellas. Under the native Kings none, save those be longing to the highest caste, were allowed to use these leaves, and the number was fixed that Each chief, ac cording to his rank, was to have borne before him. The flowers spring from the diadem of graceful verdure that crowns the palm, the blossoms being of a most exquisite pale yellow, and continuing in bloom for the space of three months, when they gradually disap pear as the fruit forms. Near this gigantic tree are to be seen the banian-tree, the myrtle, the bay-tree, and the tick-seed sunflower, which bears an immense num ber of golden-coloured blossoms, whilst on the opposite side fragments of yellow rock are clothed with luxuriant balsams, whose delicate white and brilliant red blos soms stand out in bold relief from the shining foliage." While peru.sing these and other passages so richly descriptive of the beauties of the island, we can hardly wonder at the ready offer of the heroine of The Belle's Stratagem," to listen "to the soft breathings of the flute in the cinnamon groves of Ceylon." The chapters containing these pictures of the country are happy specimens of pen and ink painting, but matter of deeper interest is not wanting as we advance further in the work. Tne historical anecdotes and legends read in some instances like chapters from the " Arabian Nights," and are occa sionally of a very tragic and romantic character. As a specimen of this, which will doubtless prove to some readers the most attractive por tion of the work, we, were about to relate a mo dern tragedy founded on the deathful antipathy of castes, which has been sadly prevalent in Ceylon; but the following old legend is even more romantic, and will perhaps, in consequenc, prove more acceptable : STRANGER THAN FICTION. " The following enigma in verse was composed by one of the native kings, Kumara Dhas, a prince of great learning, who reigned A.D. M 7, and both riddle and answer ire looked upan as masterpieces, as the number and position of the letters in the original, in both enigma and reply, strictly agree, the latter being written by Kalidhas, the celebrated poet and friend of the Mounter'. Naturally in translation the , peculiar beauty is lost but we give it as a curious and interesting poetical specimen. " The riddle of Kumara Dhas— "' By beauty's grasp in turmoil, uneomposed He is kept a prisoner, but with eyes unclosed.' " The elucidation by the poet Kalidhai— " 4 Although closed at night, the lotus keeps the bee The dawn will see him gay, unhurt, and tree.' " The circumstance which occasioned these lines is thus recorded in the native annals; the King was in the habit of visiting a courtesan, celebrated alike for her wit, beauty, and captivating manners, and one evening, whilst in her company, remarked a bee alight on a pink lotus, closed upon, and imprisoned the insect. The Monarch immediately wrote the two lines on the wall, intending to compare his own situation with that of the captive bee, as he was enthralled by the woman's wiles; stat ing that whoever would complete the stanza should have any request granted which they might choose to prefer. " Shortly after the Monarch quitted the courtezan's abode, and Kalidhas, who was also in the habit of visiting the woman, entered the house, and, seeing the writing on the wall, immediately concluded the verse in the same style. Tho wretched woman, to obtain the promised re ward, murdered the poet, and buried him under the floor; but when the Monarch saw the reply, he imme diately recognised the style and writing of his favourite Kalidhas. " The murder was discovered, the corpse disinterred, and, by order of the King, a most magnificent pile was prepared, whereon the body was to be burned with all the rites and ceremonies which belonged solely to roy alty. When the funeral pyre was ignited, the grief and mental agony of Kumara Dhas, at the loss cf his friend, overcame all other feelings, and he rushed into the flames, and was consumed with the body of the poet, Kllidhas. History also recorded that the five queens of Kumara Dhas voluntarily immolated themselves on the same spot shortly afterwards, and we believe this to be the only record of royal widows in Ceylon sacrificing themselves at the tombs of their spouses." _ . The manners and customs of the modern Cingalese are, many of them, of a most extraordinary character, and these are related by Mr. Sirr in a copious and anecdotal style which renders them fully as interesting as (being another chapter of the "proper study of mankind") they are valuable. These curi ous customs of the Cingalese are too numerous to permit of more than a cursory mention of them here ; so we must refer our readers to Mr. Sirr for an ac count of the various baptismal, marriage, and other ceremonies of the modern inhabitants of the island, as, for example, how, in addition to his or dinary appellation, every child receives a rice name, breathed in his ear while his mother is feeding him with rice, and never known to any persons but the child's father and an astrologer. "It is remarkable," says Mr. Sirr, " but all Cinga lese believe that ill-luck and misfortune would attend a child if the rice-name were known to any one save the astrologer and father, and we have never yet met with a native who could affirm what his rice-name was." In addition to their numerous strange marriage cus toms there are it appears in this country two distinct classes of marriages, the one is called "Beene " and the other "Deep." In the first of these the husband resides at the wife's home and she shares the family inheritance with her brothers. In the Deega marriage, as in the ordinary unions of other nations, the wile leaves her paternal home to dwell with her husband. From his historical researches, Mr. Sirr infers that the forefathers of the Cingalese people, " whom for a lengthened period we looked upon as savages, were a civilized and a comparatively refined nation at a period anterior to the discovery of Great Britain and her then semi-barbarous denizens." The Kandian Cingalese, had, it seems, a tradi tion that " the island of Lanka-diva never could be conquered and retained by a foreign power, except two impossible things were performed, namely, a road bored through the bowels of the rocky mountains, and the Maha-welle-ganga spanned by a single arch " —impossibilities which have been accomplished by a tunnel recently pierced through the mountain, and a bridge whose single arch measures two hundred and 1 fi ga ve na le a e : t, T th h r e ow t n un a n c e r l o , ss sa t s he s wmatre.rssiorfr, ~ was the construc tedMaha-vvelle- by order of Sir Edward Barnes, to consolidate, so to speak, the British power after Kandy (the ancient capital of Ceylon) came into our possession," on account of the legend above-mentioned, and, adds Mr. Sirr, " a chief told us that bowels of !f ru t le h d e when his countrymen beheld this task commenced, t undermine their hearts failed them, but when they saw it com ibepnayl mountains." com pleted n, t and aathi tsy. ion , m. then w e h n ‘ov walking couldn a me l k l uv i sn it tgp:wasiel oree,throughhowever, theirvrerocks cids t a l e e l: aet ni btdoyw leave of Mr. Sirr, for his volumes so abound with interesting inci dents that an attempt to mention even the greater part would be impracticable. We took up the work expecting to find it valuable from its historical and geographical information ; in this we were not disap ir ted but we found it moreover as richly coloured Ip o i , as a picture gallery and as attractive as a romance. ROYAL SAPPERS AND MINERS - WOOLWICH, MAY 11.—The 18th company, recently returned to head quarters at Woolwich from Portsmouth, under the command of Captain Barry, Royal Engineers, have been placed under orders of readiness to embark in the Resistance, troop-ship, for a parsage to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to relieve the sth Company under the command of Captain Bermester, Royal Engineers, at that station since May, 1843. The Resistance is to call at Cork on her way to North America, to receive on board detachments of the line to fill up the head-quarters of the regiments serving in Canada. NAVAL IN TELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—Sevcral of the Lords of the Admiralty, with Sir B. W. Walker, the surveyor of the navy, ale expected at Portsmouth to-morrow to inspect the Ajax, and probably the Dauntless. Commander Moorsotn's percussion shells are also to be on board the Excellent to morrow, and, probably the Admiralty may go on board her and see them thrown. These shells have been undergoing a series of trials, and they have been proved to be tar more correct in their bursting than any shell hitherto invented. Other shells burst at uncertain periods—some directly they leave the gun—but Commander Moorsom's shells have scarcely ever burst till they struck the object. The Rolle, tender to the Victory, has remained at Spithead this day, instead of, as customary, coming into harbour for the Sunday. She is kept out to be in readiness to embark the Admiralty to-morrow, should they think pr o p e r t o g o on board her. The Dauntless will be ready to proceed again on her trial along the measured mile in Stokes Bay to morrow, at half-past nine o'clock. Major-General Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, Lieu tenant Governor of Portsmouth, has proceeded on three weeks' leave of absence. Her Majesty's birth-day will be kept at Ports mouth on Wednesday, when there will be the usual dockyard and Government office holidays. The last stone cf a new graving-dock at the north corner of this yard, abutting on the entrance to the steam-basin, built by Mr. Benjamin Bramble, form ing the chief of those fabrics of which we now have several magnificent specimens at this station, was laid yesterday afternoon by Captain James, R.E., F.R.S., &c. This dock is 305 feet long, and 88 feet broad. The entrance, which is closed with a caisson, is 65 feet. Captain James has resigned the appointment of Director of IVorks in connexion with the Admiralty establishments at this port, and was to have been re lieved by Captain Mould, R E., from Chatham, but, in consepuence of some important questions having been raised, he was requested to continue to hold his office a short time longer, which term lapsed yes terday. Lieutenant-Colonel Jebb, C. 8., and Lieutenant- Colonel Greene, the director of Admiralty works to the board, inspected the old laboratory on Wednes day, in company with Captain James, to decide on the plan of the ground to be given for a convict barrack, for which 1.5,0001. has been voted this year. The experience of the Portland convict establishment has shown how much more efficiently the discipline of convicts can be carried out on shore than in hulks. The Megara steam-frigate, at Sheerness, is ordered to be fitted immediately for commission as the Com modore's ship for the East India station, to relieve the Cambrian, 40-gun sailing frigate. The schooner yacht Fernandez sailed from this harbour for Cherbourg last evening. The schooner yacht Dolphin came out of the Cor porate Camber yesterday to be commissioned. Commodore Martin's sqadron was at Lisbon on the Ist inst., on which day the Superb, 80, Captain Pur cell, arrived from England. The following acting mates passed the College in navigation last week :—Messrs. E. Chambers, J. A. Close, and F. liurion. Second Masters R. W. Ward (late in command of the Harpy steam-vessel on the Brazil station), and Mr. Thomas Kerr, also passed at the sane time for the rank of the master, which they have since been promoted to. APPOINTMENTS. WooLwicx, MAT 11.—Surgeon—James J. Paul, M.D. (1845), from the Hydra, 6, steam-sloop, on the soul:-east coast of America station, to the Pro metheus steam-sloop, commissioned on the 9± iust. at Woolwich. Assi*tant-Surgeon—Charles D. Shephard (1845), to the Prometheus. Chief Engineer—George Russell, to the Prome theus. Assistant-Engineers—George Crichton, William Austin, and Samuel Griffiths, to the Prometheus. The Crocodile, 8, formerly receiving-ship at Cork and recently paid oft' at Sheerness, was towed up the river to-day, by the Adder and African steamers, to opposite the Tower of London, where she is to be stationed as a receiving-ship, instead of the Perseus, now so old as to be only fit to be broken up. The Lizard, iron steam-vessel, is ordered to be taken to Sheerness after all ber stores are put on board ; she is at present in the basin at Woolwich. The Banshee, llolyhead mail steam-packet, Master Commander Smithett, having been ordered round to Chatham to be paid off, the following detail of the total distance gone over by each of the vessels of her 'Majesty's Holyhead mail steam-packets since launch ing, including trial trips, passage round, and passages made on the Liverpool stations, may prove interest ing to the public:— The Banshee, constructed by 0. W. Lang, and fitted with engines of 350-horse power, by John Penn and Son, was commissioned by Master-Commander William Smithett on January 5, 1848, and including her trial trips, passnge round, and passages made on the Liverpool station, ran over 42,000 miles at the rate of 16 miles per hour of average passage. The Llewellyn, constructed by Ravenhill and Miller, and fitted with engines of 350-horse power by Miller and Ravenhill, was commissioned by Master-Commander John Grey on May 3, 1848, and including her passage trips, passage round, and pas sages made on the Liverpool station, ran over 28,500 miles at the rate of 15.5 miles per hour of average - The Caradoc, constructed by Sir William Symonds, and fitted with engines of 300-horse power by Sea ward and Co., was commissioned by Lieutenant- Commander Charles P. Ladd on April 4, 1848, and including her trial trips, passage round, and passages on the Liverpool station, ran over 27,300 miles at the rate of 14.2 miles per hour of average passage. The St. Columba, constructed by Laird, and fitted with engines of 350-horse power by Forrester, was commissioned by Second Master-Commander Richard Michael on March 1, 1848, and, including her trial trips, passage round, and passages on the Liverpool station, ran over 36,600 miles at the rate of 14 miles per hour of average passage. TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On Wednesday the Bth, was a long debate on the order for a second reading of the Irish Fisheries Bill ; which appeared to be a contest between Mitlers and Salmon-fishers. In which the Millers carried the day, by a majority of 197 votes against 37. An Extra-Mural Interments Bill was thrown out by a majority of 123 against 4; the reason of its unpopularity appearing to be that it interfered with plans more promising of ultimate success. On Thursday the Elections (Ireland) Bill was proceeded with in Committee, and a disputed ques tion in clause 22 carried by 157 against 44; which looks as if there vas steam sufficient for the general purposes of the Bill. The Benefices in Plurality Bill was read a third time, and passed. On Friday was a debate of unwonted interest for a Private Bill, oa the Manchester Rectory Division Bill. A round amount of revenues is to be divided among the clerg . 7 there ; and a Committee upstairs (which means a Committee of a dozen or fifteen Mem bers sitting in a room upstairs by themselves) have recommended a mode of division, giving to each of certain Canons 8501. a year in the whole. On this came for ward the Tory and Ecclesiastical party in the House, and vigorously contended that (to use their own words) the clergy at Manchester were required to mix v nth millionnaires and ric h people, and therefore—what ? That it was expedient to cut down the incomes of tile fifty inferior clergy , to make up the s the This ` oughtb to to in be com u es nd o e f r t s i t i understood: e C ci Canons to Manchester. l, 0 00/. a T ear. lt i is snake rich" principle o f Protection introduced into the Chinch. Possibly it may sharpen the disposition of the fifty to sift and exa mine the principle in which they and their flock are to be Equally c oncerned. We shall possibly see some of these clorgymen at the next Anti-Protection meeting in the Free-Trade Hall. It is very likely that their theolc , gical studies were never broken in upon by such is direct inducement to enter into a question of Poli: ical Economy before. It is a favours ble measure of the disposition of the House of Comm sne, that this new P ro t ec ti on i s t out break was put d, )wn by 193 votes against 60. On Friday th: t Parliamentary Voters &c. (Ireland) Bill was debated on the third reading by the whole force of the Pro itectionist party. Like the boy who would not learn A because it would lead to his being asked to learn 8., they stood upon the certainty that an extension of :be suffrage in Ireland roust be fol lowed by the seitue process in other places. With a rare ingenuity, they mixed up the question with their war-horse of tk.e hour ; asserting in two following breaths, that th whole of the community was with them on the subject of Protection, yet to extend the suffrage would he the death of them. The Prime Minister answered with energy and point. His 'at tack on the " paternal 'government" of the opposite side, consisting, he said, in " keeping the Irish from the suffrage and! taking care of their fisheries," was worthy of iuroi ean celebrity; and the astonishment is, that a leader' who sees so clearly into tbeco n- nexions and con. it quenees of things, should be found lying in his quarters without any plan of camp ai gn eXCept opposing the enemies when they chute to come to him. The majority vas not a very -a g ot e, one, being only of 254 against 186. The could only be loudly vaunted, t hat if the Ministershould have a made to dissolve Parliament,fthFe4 ttering r y ee Trade has been ma jority of forty. The cause that there is no improbabi lity badly fought ever sinceothe League divided its funds on the dram-head, Sir, your obedient servant, lity in somethinj; am,lik it taking place. AN OLD REFORMER. London, 1 3th May, 1850. EXTENSIVE FORGERIES. On Friday afternoon Mr. William Threlfsll, cot ton-spinner, of the Addington Low Mills, near Bol ton Abbey, was apprehended at the George Hotel in this town, on a charge of forgery, which he is Sup posed to have committed to the extent of several thousand pounds. When the prisoner was searched at the bridewell, 3,000/. was found on his person, and in a carpet bag, which was found in his bedroom, 3,0001. more were discovered. It is stated that a subsequent inspection of his pocket-book disclosed a further sum of 5,000/., and bills, apparently available at any moment, to the amount of 12,0001. Some of these are certainly f o r ger i es , b u t severa l appear t o be genuine. Along with the bills were found numerous letters on business and relating to private affairs. Both, we are told, betray the condition of Mr. Threl. fall's circumstances. His private letters relate to some domestic matters which leave little doubt that he was fully aware of impending consequences. He had directed how his plate was to be disposed of, and given hints on other matters indicative of a contem plated arrangement. The business letters tend to the same inference. Bankers urged him to repair his overdrawn accounts, and merchants and manufac turers reminded him of obligations demanding settle ment. Shortly after his apprehension the prisoner was placed in the dock before Mr. Rushton, and Mr. Harvey, of the firm of Messrs. Harvey and Falcon, appeared to prosecute. It appeared from the state ment of Mr. Harvey, that, on the 13th February last, Mr. Timothy B. Bourne, cotton-broker, of this town, received a letter from the prisoner, enclosing a bill for the sum of 2,0001., drawn by Mr. Threlfall, upon the Hull Flax and Cotton-mill Company, and pur porting to be accepted by Mr. Joseph Rylands, manager of the said company. The writer requested Mr. Bourne to get the bill discounted, and to apply the money for his (the prisoner's) advantage. The bill was discounted by the bank of Liverpool ; but, on Thursday, in consequence of information be bad received, Mr. Langton, the manager of the bank, went to Hull, f,nd there discovered that the acceptance was a forgery. Word to that effect was instantly sent by electric telegraph to Liverpool, and the priso ner was in consequence arrested here. Mr. Harvey, at the conclusion of his statement, prayed the magic trate for a remand, which was granted. On Saturday afternoon the prisoner was again placed in the dock, and the court was crowded by merchants and brokers, many of whom were person ally acquainted with the prisoner, and recently had had transactions with him. Mr. Harvey again ap peared on behalf of the prosecution, and Mr. Aspinall, barrister, assisted by lilr. Bremner, of this town, and Mr. Barret, solicitor, of Leeds, for the prisoner. The latter gentleman was informed on Friday, by a tele.. graphic message, of the prisoner's position. Mr. T. Bourne produced a bill drawn by William Threlfall, dated the 10th of March, 1850, for 2,0001., upon the Hull Flax and Cotton-mill Company. He also produced a letter which he received enclosing the bill. In pursuance of the instructions contained in that letter, he got the bill discounted at the Bank of Liverpool, and transmitted the money. In answer to Mr. Aspinall, witness stated that he did not know prisoner to he a partner in the Hull Flax and Cotton mill Company, Mr. Layton, manager of the Borough Bank, proved the discounting of the bill at the bank, and said that he had been assured by the acceptor that it w“s not genuine. Mr. gui,erintendent Towerson, examined by Mr. Rushton, stated that he had examined the carpet bag, and in it he found a small lock and leather bag. In the small bag were the bond stamps which he pro duced. He also found some red ink and paint. One of the stamps contained the words, " Old Flax and Cotton Mill Company," and the other " Chief mana ger." He had looked at the bill of exchange pro duced, and he believed it was stamped with the instruments produced. Mr. Rushton then intimated that there was suf ficient evidence to justify the detention of the pri soner, who was remanded until three o'clock this afternoon. We understand that Mr. M‘Manus, the high con stable of Hull, received a warrant in that town, on Friday, for the apprehension of the prisoner, on a charge of committing this and other forgeries, but on the arrival of the officer in this town he found Mr. Threlfall already in custody. Mr. Threlfall was, we are informed, always highly respected in his business transactions, and was con sidered an opulent manufacturer. Amongst other mills, the prisoner owned one at Rochdale, recently in the possession of Mr. Heyworth, of savings-bank notoriety. RIOT BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND WELSH. ABERDARE, FRIDAY NIGHT.--This district has been the scene of one of the most alarming riots that have occurred for some time past. Men, women, and children have been severely, and, in one or two in stances, it is feared, fatally injured. The houses occupied by a number of English have been partly razed to the ground, the shutters and doors being either carried away or thrown through the windows amongst the alarmed inmates. In order that the public may rightly understand the cause of such a shameful pro ceeding, it is necessary to state that some time since the colliers in the Aberdare works struck, and about 150 men were procured from the Forest of Dean to supply their places. These men proved to be mostly English, which gave rise to unpleasant feelings, the Welsh declaring that unless the English turned out they would be made to pay fur it. A few weeks since a st. eking, filled with gunpowder, was thrown into the bedroom of one of the workmen, which ex ploded, and the man lust his lice. A verdict of " Wil ful murder" was then returned against some persons unknown. The guilty parties have as yet escaped. Ever since the inquest the same unfriendly feeling has been evinced against the English, and on Monday last some two hundred Welshmen proceeded to a wood, %%here they cut sticks, and meeting.socue of the English on the bridge they made a tearful attack upon them, cutting their heads open, and covering them with blood. The mob, then, according to the evidence given yesterday before the magistrates by a policeman who apprehended ten of the rioters, marched to the houses occupied by the English, where they broke open the windows, and knocked out the sashes. Tney then took the shutters, and threw them sideways through the windows. The rioters then got in at the windows, and the officer saw a girl fall from the window, and four or five Welshmen fell on her. lie heard cries of " Murder" proceeding from many of the houses. After they had partially destroyed five or six houses at one end of the street, they went to another part, and served a similar number in the same way. A great many persons spoke as to the dreadful treatment they had received. A boy, aged 13, had some of his teeth knocked down his throat. A woman named Meredith had her head cut open, and was in such a dangerous state that little hopes were entertained of her recovery. A great number of persons are so badly injured as to be obliged to keep to their beds. Ten of the more formidable rioters apprehended by the police were fully com mitted to take their trials, and there is no doubt but that, in the course of a few days, a number of others will be taken, as they are well knuwn to the police. R Bv ENGE.—A fearful act has just been perpetrated in the French island of Guadeloupe. A man having dis covered that his wife was unfaithful to him, watched his op portunity, and, upon a Sunday night, when the wife and her paramour were in bed together, he barricaded the hut, and then set fire to it, with the hope of consuming the guilty pair, but the soldiers of the garrison arriving sooner than he expected, they were liberated almost unhurt. The fire de stroyed a number of negro habitations. GRATITUDE AMONGST PAUPERS.—During the put week a somewhat novel occurrence tcok place in the Taun ton Union. Mr. Welsh, who, some time since, tendered his resignation to the board of guardians, when about to leave the union, was presented by the paupers with a handsome silver spoon, which had been purchased by subscriptions raised amongst them, many of them giving their little all for that purpose, as a small testimony for the great kindness, con siatent with the duty of the house, which he had ever ob served towards them. gave a grand dinner to the Marquis and Marchioness of The officers of the 2d Regiment of Life Guard: Londonderry, and Lady Adelaide Vane, Owingas c s' mess-room, at the barracks in the Regent's Park. limited accommodation afforded in the iced to a very select the number of guests were necessarily 1 to the the very limited were—the few. Amongst those who received e I s ) and Lady Marquis of of Anglesey (Colonel of th B l ue Co of the Ist Life ]aide Paget, Lord and Comberbere( onFri the Hon. Miss Cotton. Guards), Lady Combermere, w eobserved— Colonel William; Amongst the officers present_yse, the Hon. Captain Evans Captain and Mrs. Howa r d V m„d o , the Hon. Captain , Freke, the Hon. Captain Maude, Jacob ladey Lord Lou b . , oug i °- Lieut. Lumley How,ard,. h . 1 Townsend st e p ens, Major Ovi gy and Major rough, Mr. Lumley, &c. Montagu, Mr. Augus tus F IS HEHY.—By the Hamilton Ross, GREENLAND at Cap sin Burnett, which arrived . Peterhead on the 3d inst., been received in this town from some of the letters have commanders of fishing vessels Greenland belonging to this port. The Eliza had 3,000 to 4,000 seals, and the Flamingo 24th of April. Toe 186 on the Swan and the St. George were on the fishing -ground,. The Rose, Hebe, Argo, and Rufus, were, so far as known, clean. The report which has ap peared in a shipping paper as to the success or non-success of the Abram, Lord Gambier, Truelove, and Ann, is quite premature and erroneous, as their destination was Davis's Straits. and not Greenland. They would, in all probability be on fishing -grounds 1,000 miles distant from any vessels that the Hamilton Ross would fall in with. The success of the Peterhead vessels is, upon the whole, very encou raging. The Hamilton Ross is quite fall, having upwards of 150 tons of blubber, or 10,000 seals, most of them of an unusually large size. The voyage altogether has been made in two months and three days. The passage home occupied eight days. The following is Mr. Burnett'a report:- British Ships —Of Peterhead—The Commerce, 5,000 seals; Dublin, 11,000; Eclipse, 600; Enterprise, 11,000; Hamilton Ross, 10,000 ; North of Scotland, clean ; Union, clean ; Resolution, full ; Traveller, clean ; Victor, not known ; Joseph Green. Foreign—The Greenland, 11,000 seals • Joan Augusta, 9,000; Teyzchelt, 8,000; Dirk Adam , 7 , 000 ; Flora (ship), 7,000; Altona, 6,000; Frven, 5,000 ; Clyne Henry, 5,f.0.); Augusta, 6,000; Hanover, '5i5 00 ; Polar Star, 7,000; Flora, 4,500; Hoffnung, 3,500; and Jonge Martin, 3,500. Most of the other foreigners have got a few.—.lllal Advertiser.