The Sun. — London, England, 1850-09-03 00:00:00

TILE SUN, 't , ',,....--...,........_ DI!AGAZINES, Zz.c. 1 1 '4ACK WOOD, ° Vhoed bth t industrious, the si kd th Y e loos living 1 ',, h s aim s ecompliihed of IN ' ll lw L n commenced li,:,ll4%bireorf Ip tt° ' is d ackwoo . , 0 010 , I vs, 'us added to the interestNomoarite: v'gis chief of the monthly period, ici4lllalastauces this would have been par 1111t,Y n ow, after the recent aPp4 , Ilill mouth in. the pages of 'IL. gil ''rOtii) the moat exquisite of all eat ;Nils of our poet-novelist. li g Propitious, therefore, in the fact . :ttoolteenced by the same master 111 tediste „nat.xion with that lovely lyttlaistewrPiece It is entited simply, ty p.'"ll Novel; or, Varieties in tL histratus Caxton" —and promises - t' Preseut age What was se m Plit a , 8 of tEt r4 ,. age oy the graphic power Sir veiti the to be the intention of .... .115111t,00urse of these pictured " V u Ifs' a • of the characters qabi,,,. , portraiture Stsd 71t tkin ,-, among . his own memory c h it _ q 41 3 4 1 0 18 of this kingdom —such '41 30 ti ,r the village, the parson of the liale,uKer, the village labourer, ac suggestion trlttisbstive arises out of the ltt u o) his father that he should redeem tti r ,o if possible, and dissipate I bovelist. In this performance, tie, /5 41 , 411 1 e ti ,: i t _ try squire, as you remember 1 1 1 1 idi ot ,' a aPeeireen of a race worth pa.- 4 :4 4ll 'is j y n s er b 4s . ie s of which are rapidly °( th e "tog Norfolk and Yorkshire t 4 i t Litio tt4 ',sailers of London. You can debut iPar s ee, as in all essentials he Sloy' nee %I t i tete ca ,„; You had to drag him out N t . ,!gliil e : L ir bog; and, for the rest, I their 11 3 1 101 told, many popular qiit'4, o f, , k od 7 s to t , especially in . France, and d t t , ttie t Set class against class, an 1 1 ,. 1 011t iis 6 Kennel to shy at a gentleman 1itii:54,1503,, something useful might be t; B a l i 1 4' if sketches of those innocent I tt ee t 6 :, than their neighbours, whom, X tr i e take it for granted we shall .. th ey I P .. _ or another, as long as CLV.I - w 'ra, on the whole, as good in o. th . sre likely to get, shake the 11,11 these e will." 1, , . b Y su ggestion s are carr i e d o ut Nat. Per 4 4,1 841 of th e n i ne c h apters o f Ruti n Nei e Ras first i ns t a l men t. S q uire 114tfotte h 54 ida/ , A G I; of an English landlord. 1441 and to ur cont rast b y th e beau , the 680enntleness of his disposition.. ~eeziedetto .of a poor widow living in 0 41 WOric i Is charmingly sketched as a Dal e w i ' ll r g among the haymakers. heii•, loe lls a l ; r e , a k f , the clergyman, is pen tzett tole opening portion of the with the good parson giving teeth dissertation on words of en- N:t the dear be," says Sir Edward, " the th e rt . tuPerba ; the dear pallida, o .t ths'elr umbrosa, jiorens, or spicata . ; emit"ar horrid..." The first incl.. si tY told. The Squire is in- Y tt it eautpearance as being disreputable. Otp t i the e ,, e 2 4 0t have been very gratifying t it t taki",.° of a Justice of the peace and a k I 10r AtiN to the , author says— etllho the ta Z t ; h was worm-eaten; it was ' tio, e d b y t , die; through its four socketless 4 t of 4,3 nettle, peered the thistle: —the L ltie thistl. .hol„ „ - '•—and to complete the de itls,.ll4-4:Luese thistles had attracted . the Nth act ''' l3 ! . ; and the irreverent animal thstT4tsking his luncheon out of the ( 1, paring Stocks." Ito.4italeitlf*V_,With his cane, the Squire enon ' and falls, neck and heels, head Ot4ts, men m a k e thistles. The disagreeables t'tletittle ta g li be guessed on learning that he thistl e M Pair of nankeens ! Getting te a b tab himself, the Squire calls e Kst." aShtui t Poor , Meanwhile the Parson dis :l'l4lo lip o , 44 41 is tormented by a swarm ‘jk‘ kk ket ot , - sore on the shoulder. Having ‘ s l" °4 lt . qf With a green bough torn ttNrais e l4 / 3 e•heannt, Mr. Dale utters a word eOtfit th ttAttoo • p ats° ) almost in soliloquy.. appl e ~1 1 Put his baud into his pocket, . . 04 4 ' 3 Was a fine large rose-e eek 4 *lnter'g store, from the celebrated Ot i atle te„Favden, and he was taking it as . a N"liOlelf.J.al the villa e who had notably punydis ttl4 t he Sund g h 1 ' Nay, in corn yi, :It l te t . ho n . 1 hi should have the reference,' 441 hash , ass pricked up one of _ A ate pi timidly. 'But Lenny Fairfield \IT t ° Ili " 14 ° With A, et?) ~, t wopence; and whatcou th ld e "6, 1 14 4tL it „ T he ass's nose now touched " 41 name of Charity,' quolh the C. t i ti lll ki l th !li oe Pp l t ea strned to be served last.' And yt a Q 'uti r , r How had you the heart,' said s topiA the Squire's cane. 1 / 4 11 51 :1 41 La unching, and l oo ked askant at ets he'll not beat thee now!'" : t lhl" °t chitl ri k ill an exquisite tone of sensi- N L ‘te ; ...eg passages of Sterne are alone again intro Oho ` 4l , the donkey is • t po gain Y With its master, the itineran ctlie t '‘Ve ;g jolly fellow in his way, c l4,4' l4 Lt tp t , tach -s he flourished his staff, an 'tt'ke °f the re f r ain down carne the staff on .\4 4 i dook e 'N h Y• The arrangement of the 11 114,, 'eti n h e ' 4 ed up in the most comic manner, . o r t ti, ) ,N t /id w ent behind and sung, the donkey d tt),S tj t (iiat a s thwacked." Dr. Riccabocca an ~( 1 1 a° are other characters not yet 01‘,_° n evertheless promise to figure k ) , 41 1 . " It a - lee narrative. From our remarks I L , go tb utZe;„_ 'tutly clear that we augur " splen -01411 B ro w4j the , k „„ d new novel begun by Sir Bulwer l ite iri t ''' ) Lltsit„ - : Our observations upon this 4 tt -4 9 ext en " , 'ion to the number for September ri llei tt hatt - th ' ed so far as to preclude us . i f e r s om 4 %. 1 41 ,I t ial erely . allude to the other ar m _ WN I t j'eei,:2t s Willch, the last, is an estimate f o'9: 14)) % lai t ' t "?ently from the hand of Archibald (Mtli tt i lt °rlsll . A paper on " Foreign X 10 ;, and 4(4 • preceded by ilvly i nappropriately w. Iq4t.,,,',PlB?des of a Campaign in S . chles twelfth 41144 e klreen Hand" reaches its hEr e i: t ,.. The "Proposed Exhibition of ur anglat under consideration ; and ttß q „, 1 / 44 1 );) ..ttirel, chapters , one on "The . Night o,. f or tel ta d ,ad another on " The Mysteries t a nurable ' 3 ept e „ Lr. number ofßlackwood is coin- Vet. L Atitl e t PENTLEY. til ° Which all the readers of Bentley, for Ot tt u Syt t ° o n f til l ts ‘vill first turn is the one entitled ttp 4l 4 l 'late t c iloYal Exile," by Adolphe . d'Hou ktotsligt tltre e Y Leon Besson. It is a history of Y, of L o 3', 1 8 aLs Philippe, during the last week 4i3 from the mo ment he left Paris, " UM r wotild say, to that in ii.Llttlte to oe ts Brough have said-- 4 04 `ols island' in the name of Smith." t he Non w i lt tAt, mid es . l the companion of Louis . Philippe k; t tiVtlie g this article may be considered as 14tk e - qtli I:'wn account of his journey. It is illusi lttoitt/ttherkl„sfe:like portrait of Louis Philippe. We i t fof kreat " C able portrait in this month's Bentley, tl)stell a nd glorious Lablache, in the . ch i arac nd Qlt4l spi rit, It It is by Alfred Crowqml , a 't 4 4 4 ' A third illustration is to Robert llt lt tle*" *e : te sting story, "The Ladder of Gold," 'st eye the conclusion of the fifth and the 4 te °f ht~hrry e s ixth book in the present number. ati es b ; E n s k at the beginning of the end. Lord Iht" 4 tor y ha s discovered some rtion of the `4 1 4 . 1. R4: 1 .. , 4 4 11:`, a 11 aw1ing5, and threatens . him with Litt t t, h i Iv tnston, who, in an interview with ha.. 4 aa,certained that ' the memorable letter L aldresse lt i t tti tt I ,sa piare dto her before her marriage ti es ased, endeavours to excite Lord it%ll 4 . s hle - n rl d e t ., ° ,anger, failing in which he strikes d o l th, i i .LL Lord, and throwing his card at him, c onsequence of this attack will no a p - "tit - 4 11 t 4 g e - ts 141 the next number. Mr. Willie a ttack well deserved castigation for his 4 ‘"a •.0 11 1 14ty the - I .oung Italy ;" we fully agree in the b isot. a reviewer, who says., "we close thi s I,4VelUrne somewhat disgusted with Ding . kLst t liSr i• a alight nausea for Pio Notlos and N, tl g ish o f a t : l ' . 1 Young England," of which . last bta t al he Cochrane may be considered the 4 o h , ,;;Ni to • phi reactionaries have always . en -me ,;,‘,lt n , si east the opprobrium of the assassina-f tl ter of °!1 the Republicans ; the evidence o , tet 4t , s,h o this review of Mr. Baillie Cochra?e s ' l tioe Was resident at Rome at the time, is a h th ti thi s Pe % , e ven _, ea utnny so complete, that we doubt okt, clerical mendacity will again venture to EN' alm - •Y itt 7 lOW cautoient took place on the l 6th of Sep ilkeb°.okiery,"lKK doorn.:d to last exactly two months. 111 l' e riod do we remember than this unnatural hi t , tie f e l l Ster y of h o tet to lend. modern Rome. The man had not dartedars b 4l 'ttcle tt hT " Jesuits hated him as an infidel, 'eld aloof from him, the nobility ab ,tLest°c te r s h rt two cardinals out of the fifty had ever ';gttlp„P°Ptliats coalmen civility with him, and t;) the P 4 arty b e svas in utter abomination. [lia 111 2 4t hul been haughty enough when . merely Phili h thi •w:li cam e „,, [-Pe, and agent of the doctrinaire b - -.Pa rve - 'erlY unbearable as prime ultuist.e u r i • htgh eat 4 4 Pride in keeping Prince B . arberi_, ta • his h ioed of Rome, for hours waiting midi 6 tlh :pit a tol l4-4 A,, t ; - - oC l l l 4i - patior. His von had bec i o n us o e m so e o t v h e a r t - , I,.cird er j osui ve to th , -• young nobles o I l t ah n tand refusing to tight, th e - ' 1%(14 Ofd t awn and he went off for service in his tattier had . thi 41 l 4 e til t !act: Cochrane talks of Bosses en lira nt of gre e d 11 i ndependence, devoting his child o . n tom,atkeWlliatOshg7e4 Lhi ll • The man would laugh at the ii ..dameas that. lie had long out e before us a letter from h . i.: en to . aht mf 11 1 which he says—J'adore l i p s .. .X OUP • 7 . concludes : " Perhaps we have been wasting space in disproving Mr. Alison's scholarship. There are blunders the s m uch a nature, that one of t hem instantly betrays of ere superficial reader of t he classics. At page 45 this volume we find the following specimen of Mr. Alison 'S Latinity, which, in a re-edited essay cannot be set down as an error of the press. Mr. Alison's words are: ' When the Mantuan bard wrote Soaps exiguus mus Sub terrain posuit domes atque horrea fecit.' " The writer who can toist such a hideous falseh bequ • tity upon Virgil, needs no elaborate refutation, wen dabbles dogmatically with classical literature." The " Inedited Letters" of Mrs. Piozzi are continued. The present batch relates to the pu blication of her anecdotes of Dr. Johnso n. Mr. W. Cooper gives us an interesting paper on the " Snakes and Serpent Ch a rmers at the Zoologica l Gardens," and in he course of it states that he was informed by the elder of the snake-charmers, that the reptiles used by them in their exhibitions are deprived of their poison fangs before they are exhibited. This at once explains the whole mystery of snake -charming. The other ar ticles in this month's Bentley are. above the usual - y e. It an excellent number. averai THE NE MONTHLY. Besides additional chapters of " Hester Somerset" and of " Anatole de Sails," the New Monthly is en livened by more of the comical adventures of " Soapey Sponge." A delightful paper on " The Empress Josephine's First Court" contains some most entertaining anecdotes in relation both to her Im perial Majesty and to the Emperor Napoleon. In his latest " Sung of the Months," J. E. Carpenter, one of the most graceful of living lyrists, tells us why he loves September. All sorts of musinga gossip are, as usual, crammed into th te-book of the Habitué." Those who delight in travelling without the trouble of leaving their arm-chair, may do so in imagination readily by scanning the con on t r ibutions on " Chiva, Tartary, and Thibet," "Kreuznach Spa," and on "The Boundary Commis sions in Canada." A review of the remarkable work lately produced by Dr. Knox is entitled "The War of Rices." Of genuine magazine articles, light sparkling papers ca p able of being perusede Magic with an evanescen t pleasure, there are three, Th Mize," "The G reat Little," and " The Hinging Saddle." These, with a sagacious article by Dr. Hamilton, of Plymouth, on the " Advantages and Practicability of Forming a Junction btween the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans," and some miceellaneous n otices of literature, ma ke up the contributions to t he current number of the Nets Monthly. AINSWORT II S. Three additional cha end pters le Forest,r" Tof M. H he arr La iso n n cashire Ains worth's romance P Witches," introduces the reader t ) the Executioner, to Wiswell Hall, and to the Holehouses. Other divided novels of a romantic character are continued, such as " Valdarno," " The Confederates," and " Jacob Van der Neessi." Besides which we ea`hav Romance of R e ality," a sailor's yarn called ``Rattlin the Reefer's Dream," and a love story entitled " Isabella Burton." D un can Craig contribu t e s a " Legend of the Timo net," and E. P. Rowseil an essay on " Bullies and Hypocrites." These, with other minor contents, render Ainsworth even more than usually attractive. no; 4rIIIIC LONDON, " Order and ,esurity for life and prop , -sty had never walls and airy rod sprang upwards in silence. Though ceased to preveil since the re.-:cession of tile new Pope. the . weakness of . mati was unable to copy the per et Rossi's appointment vres this fir murder end rob • stillness with which the planets move slung their spheres,l berg to recommence througheut the Papal Stetes.' We with which the tides ebb and flow, the treee'and plants live iin the city and heard with alarm every morning bud and blossom; still, so far as human itigenuity cen!d the night's disaster'. Now it was an ol i advocate who aid . . humen weakness, the earthly deeliiig-plece of the had been murdered, and his house robbed: next it was Divine glory was disturbed by no harsh and ear piercing Mat:bean, the English banker, who bringing 4,000 doi- clamours; . no mighty sound awoke the echoes of its Lars to R had been waylaid outside the gate to Civita courts until the voice o‘ praise and thank-givieg came Vecchia. Then it was Mr. Macpherson, the well-known forth from the throng of worshipping Israelites." artist, whose apartments, in the densest part of the city, "Such," says the writer, " was the rise of the tem • had been entered and cleared of 200/. worth of valnables. poral power of the Vicar of Jesus Christ." The comprehensive " Ecclesiastical Register," at the con- People dreaded an application . to Ressi for redress or friendly interfereace as an o . ,mico . de Rossi,' but, in the elusion of the magazine, contains allusions to the mi language of insurance companies, a lift &hub!) , hazardous. racle at Rimini, to the imprisonment of Monsignor The parliament of laymen crested by Pio Nono, such as Franzoni, and to ' the elevation of Bishop Wiseman to it was, having been prorogued, the public voice could the Cardinalate. find no other exponent. The premier, who wrote news paper articles himself, would not tolerate other jour nalists in reply. He wanted to suppress Punch' (Don Pirlone) for caricaturing him, but when he viewed him self depic with desperate charcoal' on every stale gate he sa te w d it was useless, and b ra ved unpopularity with unblushing front. " One of the most exasperating of his bravadoes against the Romaus, and which snore than all his accu mulated sins in the estimation of those who marked at the time the beating of the public pulse, a std watcheil the c urrent of the town feel in g , sealed his doom, was an de - ar ticle from his pen ag ainst Carlo Alberto, whom, un the insulting term of 11 RI &band() or Le Roi Savoyard, he attempted to denigrate in the mos t odious colours. We marked the furious e y e and ginture of the Univer sity students engaged in groups in its perusal. It Rossi had ventured but on that single act we felt at the time that he had done quite enough is the prevalent excite ment. He had snuffed himself out by an a: ticle.' " But the chamber of lay deputies, such as it was, had to be met on the 16th of November. Not a single sup porter could he coun t on in the Senate House, though co mposed exclusively of men chosen for property, lo altyy to the Pope, and freedom fcom merely popular tendencies. He called in, heaven knows why, from various country barracks, seven hundred Carabineers, a force like the mounted gendarmerie of France. These men he actu ally harangued iu person the night before his death, calling on them to act against the people in the event of any disturbance. Tne ten thousand Natienel Guards heard in the morning that the city was not considered by Rossi in sufficiently safe keeping without a garniture of regular troops. Every shopkeeper who shouldered a firelock took this as a personal insult. The frantic fury with which ,in Juvenal, Tacitus, and Suetonius we find this same Roman people gloating over the strangled body of Sejanus is merely proof th a t human nature is not changed, and if the same causes produce the same effects after the lapse of centuries, it is sheer folly to lay the blame on Republican principles." Alison's fallacies anent the fall of ancient Rome, which be attributes to the free importation of corn, are exposed in a most complete manner—not only his politico-economical fallacies exposed, but also his pre• tensions to classical scholarship. The writer thus THF: ECLECTIC REVIEW. Apart from the religious controversy raised in the Eclectic in reference to Foxton, Froude, and New man," apart even from the purely geographical papers, such as the review on Aubrey de Vere's " Sketches of Greece and Turkey," and another on Byam's " Western Republics of America," there are subjects of peculiar interest brought under discu,sion in the present distinguished periodical. A concluding no tice of the recent edition of " Pepys's Diary and Clrresponience,"edited by Richard Lord Bray brooke, will be read of course with undiminished curiosity, and being read, will be relished. Scarcely justice is dine to the elegant and classic drama of " Toe Virgin Widow," by Henry Taylor; but full and ample praise is awarded to that i xquisite volume, " In Memoriam," to which we have already ourselves given the creed of our admiration. The critic in the Eclectic is evidently one competent to appre ciate poetry of that pure and elevated character. A memoir of Dr. Hugh Heugh is commented upon with evident predilection. Together with a capital paper on " Building Societies," we have also in the Eclectic Review an article on the punishment of death, and a summary of the last session of Parliament. IN MEMOR IAM. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sat,—A correspondent in your paper of Saturday draws the attention of tour readers to what he con ceives an error in the title of Mr. T e nn:.-:son'.s work, saying that it ought to he " In Memor:a," as except in a few instances, governs the ablative c2sP. This, however, is one of those instanc es. 111, with an ablative case, signifies rest or position, with an accu sative motion or direction, bodily or mental. Here the object to which the poetry is directed is the me mory of some one, therefore " In Memoriam" is right. I would refer your correspondent to the titles of several of Horace's Odes and Epodes—" In cani diam veneficarn," Epod. iv. "On or to Canidia the Witch." "In Mcevium poetam," Epod. x. "On or to the Poet Mcevius." To this I may add that monu ments to the deceased are inscribed " In Memoriam , and not " In Memoria." I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Sept. 2, 1850. CANTAB. BURIALS IN LONDON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—.l again intrude upon the columns of your paper a description of the state of the graveyards of the metropolis. "The City Bunhill Burial-ground," better known as the Golden-land graveyard, from the notoriety given to it by Mr. G. A. Walker in his lec tures, is again open for the interment of the dead. This graveyard is situated in one of the most thickly populated districts in London, in the midst of a ps,•or and impoverished neighbourhood, which, during the prevalence of cholera ar.d the annual epidemics, was visited by the fatal consequences attendant on the poisoned air produced from the burial of the dead in crowded localities. It has been proved that the bodies were taken from their graves and disposed of by burn ing or by some other means, and the coffin wood, saturated as it must be by the liquid from the decom posed and decomposing corpses, caused a stench which was felt for several hours after all through the neigh bourhood. The parish of St. Luke's will be found on reference to the Registrar- General's returns to be most unhealthy, and it may be argued that the local graveyard system of burial is the cause of that evil. The Act passed in the last session of Parliament, and which was considered by Ministers of sufficient importance for the public benefit to call for encomiums from the Sovereign in her speech, would seem to be a nullity, when the Commissioners appointed, under the provisions of the Metropolitan Interments Act, allow the graveyards of crowded, impoverished, and sickly localities to be opened for interments, in defiance of the law ; and as the Act provides for land in the present suburban cemeteries, pointing thereto as a remedy for the ex isting evils in the parishes of the cities of London and Westminster. The powers of the Metropolitan In terments Act extend so far as to prevent all inter ments in the city, and to compel the interment in the present cemeteries, where there is sufficient ground undisposed of,until a cemetery of adequate dimensions is prepared for the interment of the dead of this great city. Something ought to be done to compel the Commissioners to do their duty, if they are unwil ling ; and the farce of advertising for 100 acres of ground, within twenty miles of St. Paul's, with the perfect knowledge that such a quantity of land in one eligible spot is not to be had, will be no excuse for the fearful results of the neglect of the duties imposed upon the Board of Health, as Christians, and as servants of the Crown, to whom they are answerable for the r.eglect. It has been re marked by an observer of the present plan of inter ment, that he knows not "how the repulsive system of burying the dead in intramural nooks and corners, in such grave-holes and charnel-dens as abound in London, could ever have come into practice, or been thus long perpetuated, and says it is explainable upon no principle either of enlightened Christianity or rational humanity. There is, on the contrary, something grand and religiously consoling in the idea that the civic generations, who in life have dwelt together, should not in death be divided. Community of sepulture would be a powerful stimu lus to a higher standard of religious and moral ex cellence than as yet exists; for, when the ashes of the deceased rich and poor, of the deceased good and bad, repose within the wall encircling one vast mausoleum church, the living rich and poor and the living good and bad will be desirous of hastening the day when time shall more and more be regarded as a prepa ratory stage to eternity—the day when death and the grave shall more and more be looked to as the gate and entrance to immortality." The burial-ground of a vast Christian metropolis should occupy a great space in the public eye,and fill a large place in the public heart, and I would impress on the minds of the Commissioners, and the public at large, the necessity there is for having a s to p p ut to I burials in London, and also the benefit to be derived from the interments being made at a distance from any inhabited locality, and in a space of ground ap propriated to cemeterial purposes, of vast and, exten sive dimensions, so as to prevent useless outlay of the public money by keeping up separate establishments for different cemeteries. Let, then, a space of several hundreds of acres be enclosed for one grind cemetery at a great distance from, but within a short time of, London ; this will remedy the evil of disseminating from different points or cemeteries the mephitic gas which produces GO much disease in the locality of every graveyard, and, above all, to hasten the closing of those graveyards and charnel-dens in populous localities. Hoping that the authorities will be called upon to inquire into the fearful miseries entailed by the spread of sickness and destitution brought on by their neglect, I remain, Sir, your obliged servant, London, Sept. 2. W. H. COURT CIRCULAR. A deputation, consisting of Mr. Jones, Mr. Perfect, and Mr. Lewis, on behalf of the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, and West Yorkshire Railway Company, had an interview with the Commissioners of Railways yesterday, at their office in the Board of Trade. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office from the Governor of Canada, and from the Governors of the other North American Colonies. Dispatches were also received yesterday from the Governors of the West India Colonies. SERIOUS ACCIDENT ors THE RAILWAY.-MI occur rence took place on Saturday morning at Colchester, which, besides the destruction of much valuable property, nearly re sulted in the sacrifice of human life. The scene of the catas trophe was on the farm of Mr. Garrad, veterinary surgeon, through which runs the Eastern Counties Railway. It ap pears that there is a road-way from the above gentleman's farm over the line to his fields on the other side, and that since his occupation the company have erected a high en gine-shed just below the crossing, so that an up-train could not be seen coming till it was cl ose at hand. A waggon with three horses and driver were engaged carting barley, and were in the act of crossing' over for another load when at the same moment the eight A.M. passenger-np train dashed into them smashing the waggon to pieces, and dreadfully mutilat ing the horses. Most providentially the driver, who was riding at the time, just before the engine struck the team, had the presence of mind to spring to the ground, but in sto doing, barely escaped with his life, the engine in his perilous descent, catching the flaps of his coat and completely sever ing them from the garment ; one of the horses was found under the engine, and the others lay helpless on the ground. The passengers in the train were alarmed, and rushed shriek ing to the windows, but it does not appear that any were injured.—Essex Herald. PROPOSAL TO CONVERT THE THAMES TUNNEL INTO A SEWER. FOR. DRAINING THE MIDDLESIX AIDE OP THE DIETROP;;LIS.-A proposal has been forwarded to Lord Ebrington, as chairman of the Metropolitan Sewers Com mission, by Mr. Ja mes Graham Harding, a gentleman of independent property, although a practical man, residing in Albany-street, Regent's-park, for the conversion of the Thames Tunnel into a means of draining the whole ofthe Middlesex side of the metropolis, and carrying the sewage into the main sewer of the Ravensbourne, on the Surrey side, as proposed by the engineer of the Sewers' Commission for the drainage of the whole south site of the river. Mr. Hat. ding's proposal is as follows :—Let a sewer be formed along the side of the river so as to receive all the present sewers and drains into it which are above and below the Thames Tunnel; next make two sewers along the bottom of the Thames Tunnel to the Surrey s'de, emptying themselves into the intended main sewer proposed to be made, according to the plan of Mr. Frank Forster. By adopting this plan it would be making a valuable use of part of the Thames Tunnel, and a ready way to get rid of the vast amount of filth which at present pollutes the river Thames, to , the great injury of the health of the inhabitants of London . The proposal is considered by several scientific men to be exceedingly advantageous, and it remains to be seen whet decision the Commissioners of Sewers will come to on the subject. THE Lois Doti COFFEE AND EATING-MOM EEEPEZie ASSOCIATION.—Yeaterday evening a of the meetiabng of e subscribers and the comm ittee of management ov i ns tit u tion, was held at the Freemasons' Tavern for genera 1 business. The report of the society's progress was very satis factory. During the past half-year the committee has been enabled to add upwards of 2001., thereby making their capital stock in the hands of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt now to consist of 2,449/. The balance sheet for the past year showed the receipts from all sources to be 4171. The expenditure left only a trifling bulance. The report concluded with an earnest appeal to the members of both branches of the trade to extend the society's use fulness. SECESSION FROM TEE CHURCH'.--The Rev. Erra Stewart Bathurst, rector of Kibwortb, Beaucharep, Leices-, tershire, and formerly fellow of Merton College, Oxford, has resigned his living, value 1,500/. per annum, and was received into the Roman Catholic Church, on Thursday last, by the "Very Rev. Dr. Newman, at the Ocatory, in Alcester-street, in this town.—Aris's Birmingham Gazette. SINGULAR VERDICT.—On Tuesday T. Lee, Esq., coroner, held an inquest on the body of a child at Dodsworth. near Barnsley. It appears that a young unmarried woman, named Hannah Stones, had been delivered of a still-born cbild, and made no one acquainted with it for several hours after the circumstance, which caused several reports to get into circulation, although she had prepared clothes, &c., for the child, and had made no secret of the matter. The jury returned a verdict que s t o use." We presume they intended that holding an inq under those circumstances, was cf no use.—Halifax Guardian. NATURAL CURIOSITY. —During the present week a pigeon belonging to Mr. Jonas Jennings of Horton, has b a t c hed a hen's egg, and pro duced alive ch icken; and what makes the circumstance more strange is the fact of the pigeon being of the masculine gender, its mate having been shot some time ago.—Leeds Xercury. TUESDAY EVENING, DAVID COPPERFIELD. No. ]VII. By Charles Dickens. Two extraordinary incidents in the career of David Copperfield are recorded in this portion of his auto biography. We allude to the explosion of the mine under the feet of the villanous Uriah Heap, and the premature death of poor little Dora. The former occurrence is described with remarkable skill—every circumstance by which it is introduced tending to heighten the curiosity of all those who were interested in the humane machinations of Mr. Micawber at Canterbury. That gentleman " comes out" in great strength on the occasion, and the partner of his bosom reveals yet more conspicuously than ever the exceeding simplicity, we might almost say im becile stupidity, of her character. Once, when she replies to the inquiry of Aunt Betsey, if those around her were all ber family—" There are no more at present ;" and again when, immediately there is a prospect of Mr. Micawber's proceeding to Australia, she asks if in the new country there would be a chance of his rising in the social scale—" I will not say, at present," she observes, "might he aspire to be Governor, or anything of that sort; but would there be a reasonable opening for his talents to develope themselves ?" Poor Mr. Dick's delight at Mr. Mi cawber's calling him " Mr. Dixon," is capital. " Mr. Dixon," says David, " was so pleased with his new name, and appeared to think it so very obliging in Mr. Micawber to confer it upon him, that he shook hands with him again, and laughed rather childishly." The arrangements are that Mr. Peggotty will emi grate to Australia with Emily, leaving Ham in the old country to be taken care of by Mrs. Barkis. One of the most touching passages in the number is where Mrs. Gummidge entreats to be taken out too with Emily —her agony at the thoughts of being left behind is de scribed with a beautiful and natural eloquence. On visiting Yarmouth with Mr. Peggotty for the purpose of aiding him in settling his affairs before sailing From England, David calls in upon Mr. Omer, more un wieldly and plethoric, but at the same time more good humoured and humane than ever. On going down to Canterbury to assist in the explosion, Cop perfield observes his old enemy, the butcher, amongst its inhabitants —by this "advanced to top. boots and a baby"—what a notion the phrase gives of his having attained the years of manhood Uriah H.eep proves to be a greater villain even than might have been conjec• tured, but fortunately, with the aid of Mr. Micawber's honesty and Traddles's unexpected coolness and intel ligence, all his damnable plans are frustrated. The way in which he gets rapped violently over the knuckles by the office-ruler wielded by Mr. Micawber is quite delicious, the latter having previously worn that instrument in his waistcoat with two or three inches of it sticking out like a new description of shirt frill. The way , mo reover, in which "my aunt" suddenly rushes upon Uriah lieep, and collars him with both hands, accusing him of having got her property, and calling upon Trot to " come and take it from him," just as if for the moment she " supposed that he kept her property in his neckerchief," is de lightful. Prior to the journey down to Canter bury there has been a most touching and exquisite intimation given of the danger of little Dora's illness. After using many argu ments to persuade Aunt Betsey and Doady to be true to their appointment with Mr. Micawber, and to never mind leaving her for a while, she exclaims, " putting back her hair, and looking wonderingly at my aunt and me, Besides, why shouldn't you b at oth go ? I am not very i ll indeed ? Am I?' Why, wha question 1' cried my aunt. a What a fancy said I." The cheerful tone assumed by the two speakers, coupled with the knowledge of the fact that their hearts are almost breaking with the thought, is in expressibly and in the highest degree pathetic. The passage in which her death is directly recorded, is no less of an affecting character. David having uncon sciously pressed his last kiss to her lips, leaves Agnes with her at night, descending by himself to the par lour of his little cottage : How the time wears, I know not; until I am re called by my child-wife's old companion. More restless than he was, he crawls out of his house, and looks at me, and wanders to the door, and whines to go up-stairs. as a Not to-night, Jip! Not to-night!' " He comes very slowly back to me, licks my hand, and lifts his dim eyes to my face. "' 0, Jipl It may be, never again l' " He lies down at my feet, stretches himself out as if to steep, and with a plaintive cry is dead. " 0 Agnes! Look, look, here!' " —That face, so full of pity and of grief, that rain of tears, that awful mute appeal to me, that solemn hand upraised towards Heaven ! " a Agnes?' "It is over. Darkne ss comes before my eyes; and, for a time, all things are blotted out of my remem brance." So ends the seventeenth number of " David Copper. ".4(1." TAIT 'S. Every one may remember that among the literary proteges of Sir Robert Peel was the blind poetess, Frances Brown. Under the title of " Rosemary for Remembrance," the September number of Tait's con tains a short poem, offered as a tribute to the memory of Sir Robert Peel by the grattful poetess. The veraes are not so remarkable for themselves as from the circumstanc es which occasioned them, and for this reason the concluding lines are the most in teresting : " Not only where Her chiefs take counsel, or by board and hearth Will he be missed and mourned fur as few are That wlk he world's high places; but on earth Ile was the t muse's friend in dimness and in dearth; Theretore her glory on his grave will rest. • • a • And one whi:se laden memory reckons this Among the blessings missed in life's cat eer, nut niggard time or fortune left no space To speak deep thanks and wishes, offers here A tribute to the tomb the isles may hold so d s ear." Wordsv•-orth's " Prelude," and Leigh Hunt' biography" f or m the subjects of t wo ver y delightful cr itical articles. Frances Brown has contributed another of her half-amasing, half-instructive " Le gends of Ulster"—" O'Reilly's Improvements." " The Origin of Epping Hunt" is a ridiculous tale, written in that atrocious style which endeavours to convert the sublime into the ridiculous. Imagine Richard Cour de Lien talking the slang dialect of 1850, and singing a song commencing— " When I'm rich I rides in busses, When I'm po .r I walks and cusses, &c." The bad taste of such a composition needs no corn.: ment. Among the most excellent articles in Tait are those on th " Te "Clheolatter se of the ains essio some dn" anevere " Scocomttish- Drunkenness. s ments upon the depraved and drunken habits winch abound in many parts of Scotland, as contrasted with the outward religion manifested by the stoppage of r ailway trains on Sun da y . Row much better, argues the writer, would it be fur the clergy, and other godly men, to endeavour to amend the morals of th o ei a r fellow-to wn , man instead of confining themselves t useless interference with their external concerns. They are bound to conside r, wisel y remarks the re viewer, " that those professedly for whose sake they denounce vanities are already sunk in vices, and that those whom they affect to fear may by railway trips be led away from the house of Gud, at present frequent only the house of Bacchus." THE PARLOUR LIBRARY. Another volume of this cheap periodical contains a reprint of Mr. G. P. R. James's favourite historical roman ce called " Darnley ; or, the Field oft e of Gold." From the wide popularity already ob tained by cresspnsction, we doubt not that in its present acble form of republication it will be eagerly welcomed by the multitude. ----,-----_ CHAMBER S'S PAPERS for the PEOPLE. A fourth volume of the Papers for the People illustrates the continued capacity of the Messrs. Chamb-rs to cater for the ppresen t ublic entertaiportion nmen of t the in instructive li tera ture. The weekly m iscellany before us contai ns a tale called the " Black Pocket Book," an autobiography called " Lady Margery St. Just," a biography of Fenelon, a o n n d ‘, Tahe u biovgerrayp_hdy,yoLf i f Sir f t ß he ob G e r r t ee k P s e , e ,, l a , nadn another on "California, a charming paper on the " Science of the Sunbeam," and a masterly historical summary respecting the Bourbon family. Each of these con tributions is of very superior excellence. ------------ THE CATHOLIC MAGAZINE. Additional recollections are given of Bishop Baines, one of the most eminent men among the Roman Ca tholics of England. Our editor himself pens what he calls a " Sunday Chit-chat," fill of humour, learng, and intelligence. The " Diary of Martha Baliol" is continued, and the number of the Catholic Magazine and Register for September is wound up with a well condensed summary of recent oc-urrences THE RAMBLER. Similar in character to the foregoing perio3ical, the Rambler is equally deserving of considera tion. While the first contribution, by the very nature of its theme, " Religion and Modern Philosophy," assumes to itse lf a general im portance, the second bein g a notice of " Celebrated Sanctuaries of the Madonna," is important only to the believers in Catholicism. ``Brief Notices of some Writers of the English Franciscan Province since the era of the Reformation," form the prelude to the theological reviews co ntained in the September instasm l ment of the Rambler, f ro m one of which, a critici on the recent he wriings of the Abbe Gaume and Dr. Miley, we exteact t following remar kable introduc tory passage : " When the glorious temple of King Solomon arose in all its splendour upon Mount Sion, neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron was heard within the sacred precincts dining the building. In fitting though humble emulation of the works of the God of nature, its massive RAILWAY PROPERTY'. The following circular has been issued by Messrs. John 14,-iilton and Sous, Stock and Sharebrukers : On the 26th of April last we took the liberty of suggesting such reorganisation of your railway con cerns as appeared to be necessary to protect the shat tered state of your unguaranteed capital from further violation. The long-continued misapplication of it to personal and other objects entirely astray from the original intention,—as shown by the investigations you set on foot iniependent of your directors,—ended in the great capital drawn to railways becoming pa ralysed and almost unheeded, with the exception of professional jobbing; and a very diminished confidence was caused in guaranteed, preferential, and other new stock. We lately tested the value of the unguaranteed capital by supposing a person to purchase one share in each of twenty -three unguaranteed lines, the most attended to, at the date of our hut circular, on the 26th of April, by an outlay of 7331. 163. 31., and keeping them over the 26th of July—three very dull months in the share market—and without any ap parent improvement in confidence to attract particular observation. The result, on the 26th July, showed no variation in value upon one line—a loss upon seven lines, and a gain upon fifteen lines—leaving a balance of profit amounting to 31. 7s. 3J. per cent. at the end of the three months—or at the rate of 131. 9s. per annum. During those three months the share market was chiefly supported by jobbers. It may perhaps be re marked that the season of the year, when the obser vation was made, was favourable rather than other wise to a rise, on account of the approaching divi dends; but it may also be said, on the other hand, that there never was a time when such hope had less in fluence in that respect. All changes proper to be made in the constitution of a new railway board should be commenced by balloting out of a previously proper - selection from the body of unbiassed and independent shareholders of double the number required .rto form the first half of a new board, and which halt should, by selection — and not by ballot—make up the other half to complete the new board from the old board ; otherwise it will be rarely if ever possible to make up a board that would work harmoniously and efficiently together. If so many as are required cannot be selected satisfatorily from the old board, the number then wanted may be taken out of those remaining after the first ballot. Boards will in course be numerically formed, as occasions may really require. It is of the most leading consequence to get an in telligent and proper board of directors, that will con fine themselves rigidly to the duties to be performed. They will have to choose a competent general ma nager, to whom the manager of each working de partment must be accountable. The directors should not personally interfere in the practical working of the concern, but through the general manager, who will be in constant communication with the board; otherwise all will move under disorderly confusion as heretofore. None in the concern below the directors should have any personal interest in the capital of the company, otherwise they may devote more atten tion to jobbing than to the duties they have to perform. The directors might be allowed to invest, but not habitually job in their own company's concerns, nei ther should they be permitted to derive any benefit through any contracts or business the company may have on foot, under a heavy forfeiture and removal from their official appointments, without the power of return at any after period. Until a railway work is completed for traffic, its real value cannot of course be ascertained ;—it will at that period be solely governed by the income from traffic which it can secure and retain, coupled with the management it is famed for, and by a comparison with other securities according to their relative cir cumstances. If it be of high national importance to continue the statement, weekly, of the position of the Bank of England for regulating the operations of commercial affairs, - it is surely not less so as regards a necessity for a truthful statement, to be put forth at less inter vening periods than at half-yearly meetings, of the enor mous and increasing amount of capital absorbed by railways, always quickly transferable and available to every occasion required. It is a fact difficult to reconcile, after all the wide spread misery that railway mismanagement, deceits, and fraud have given rise to, that shareholders should sit down in any case satisfied without the most scru tinising search Into the actual state of their railway affairs, apart from the statements put forth under the separate and sole care or authority of directors alone —no matter how much they may otherwise be con fided in—and it is more extraordinary still that such men should suffer any taint of suspicion to hang over them in their administration of railway affairs, until they have encouraged every effort that can be made to perfect the confidence of both the present share holders and the public. All reflecting persons may easily conceive the degree in which Governmental interference may con fuse and harass the economy of a railway concern, however slightly the attempt be made—but none can forget the practical injury done to railway interests when Government looked tamely on while Parliament in 1845 let loose its unguarded power to create an excess of new railway schemes, chiefly unrequired, inducing a necessity for new capital impossible to raise ; and which , in very numerous instances, have been wisely withdrawn under the Abandonment Act, after creating disputes to be settled in Chancery of the most shuffling and disgraceful nature—alike humiliating to the dignity of Parliament and the folly of impetuous gamblers. For Government to let loose a new set of officials in any form to fasten on railway affairs, would be as fatal to the interests of shareholders as are the fol lowers of an army on the heels of retreating troops, who kill the wounded and carry off the sp oil. Surely such madness will not again be attemp ted, or s h a r e holders suffer the disgrace for its absolut e ne cessity ! Every man must now hold by his case ; and surely no present director will flinch from his impe rative duty until it is faithfully and honourably per- formed. an d well-audited accounts , many With well organized railway concerns can management, well-framed, hardly fail to do well for their proprietors, or to at tract that portion of the great unemployed and accu mulating loose capital now sinking in value. An alternative of this may he, that too great an amount of that capital will be forced into channels detrimen tal to the manufacturing interests of the country, at ra ilways up to a late period have done. the imminent risk of doing w o r s e, eventually, than Exchange - arcade , Manchester, Aug. 27. rans 33 1 ex div. a LIVERPOOL, Siam. 2. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.Iim BRISTOL, S 2. ' Srocic EXCIIANGZ.—The m ar k e t t o -d a y was firm, and pr i c es are rather improved. Great Westerns were done at The share maret was not so fi 6too-S3Adirey:KadnivEd.xl—ictt:lleAidß bus al s EnV.d n —Ei ess doing. The k tactions were rm as follow : Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consolidated, 42 1 / 2 — Ditto, Fifths, 9 dis.—London and North- Western, 109% c --Ditto, New Quarters, 15-16 p.—Midland, 33%—Ditto, Halves, 25 1-16 dis.— South-Eastern and Dover, 16 1 A — York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original N. and B. 15— I Newcrstle end Carlisle, 82 1 ,4. MANCHESTER, SEPT. 2, STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was better to-day than for some time past , and p rices firm, especiall y for Great Northerns and Dovers. The transactions were as follow : East Lancashire, 83H—Great Northern, 13 4, dis.—Ditto, 5 ne r cent, Preference, Scrip, 11%—London and N ort h- ma N ni e dn s g t eh Lincolnshire, r ,t t i m , ,N Qua rt erse w Q u arters, (c 1 p.—Ditto , Manchester and Bir ) 1 1.16 p.—Manchester, Sheffi e ld, Preference, 8 146—Newcastle and Car lisle, 81 3 : t North Staffordshire, 10 1 3 - 16 South-Eastern and Do v er, l 6 Consol. (No. 3), 16,a—Ditte (No, 4), 5 7-16 --- MISCELLANEOUS. Among the periodical light literature of the day, there are so many as to render a detailed criticism of eac h impossible, b u t very few of such inferiority as to deserve no mention whatever. It is, therefore, only practicable to evade the difficulty which must obviously arise from these two facets a ch by a fsort on of mon thly omniurn gatherum. Almost proessi and nearly every class of the community has its se parate organ, and to each and all these respective organs must be especially interesting. The maritime reader, for instance, may always derive instruction from the pages of the Nautical Macrazine, andhints ladies in receive the most useful a nd delightful regard to the toilet from the elegant designs of Le Follet. The lover of religion must ever find his tastes gratified by the contents of the Church of England Magazine, and these who are solicitous in regard to the dependencies of England obtain all re quired information from the Colonial Magazine. The agriculturist will of course turn immediately to the Farmer's Magazine for his facts and figures ; while the frequenter of the turf will linger longest over the lucubrations of the Sportsman. In the cur rent number of the last-mentioned publica tion, we observed some excellent contribu tions by Craven, Castor, Venator, Druid, Saron, Foxglove, Remrod, Oxonian, Gelert , and, 1:- t but c l n ity which toto t oo r ail not least," by Harry llieover. Amo n g those p2riedi no particular section o f the come ouappeal the old a t alike,hof i tt u v w s o i e u n favourite, i te a , must ndC r Chambers efer of . ' course bountifully Edinburgh supplied espe cially Journal, as , com munity, Assemblie, todoubly the popular miscellany called the People's and Howiti's Journal, and to another elegant addition to the table of the boudoir or the drawing-room, the Ladies' Comp anion. One cheap periodical pu of the most estimable of the • b - lications is the Household Narrative of Current Events, a paper condensing within a narrow compass all the occurrences which have transpired during the month just concluded. Anot her serial, though o f a YORK, AUG. al. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transa c tions to-day ware ae follow:—York, Newcastle, an d Berwick, 141. 16s. 3d.—Ditt o (G. N. E. Purchase), 414 — 3reat Western, 603/4.....y0it ant North Midland, Preference,, 714. -,-- POST-OFFICE NOTICE. The following notice to the public, and instructions to all postraabters, sub-postmasters, and letter receivers, has been issued by command of the Postmaster-General; 6 6 General Post-office, August, 1850. " Henceforward all letters addressed to the United States, and not directed to be otherwise sent, will be transmitted by the first packet, whether British or United States, which is dispatched after they are posted. " Letters specially directed 6 by British Packet,' 6 by United States racket,' or by any particular vessel named, will l forwarded in accordance with the desire thus ex pressed by the writers. " The postage upon letters a a re nd conve news yed pape brs ißrits pre cisely the same , whether y y ish or by-United States' packets. " Postmasters will bear in mind that all letters to be transmitted by the packets which start from Southamp ton must be forwarded to London, and not to Liverpool." FAILURE IN MANCIIESTEe regret to have to announce the failure of a large cotton-spinning firm in Man chester, that of Messrs. William and David Morris and Co., of Salford and Chorlton. The liabilities are variously stated at from 40,00/. to 60,000/., but we believe they will be tound not to exceed 25,06)/. Mr. William blorris was an alderman in the corporation of Salford, and has sent in his resignation. TIIE:BEADFORD MILL -HANDS AND THE FACTORY ACT. —During the last week disputes and dissatisfaction, und, in some places, turns out have been the result of the recent F actor y Act coming into operation, extending the period of working two hours a week. The hands have demanded a proportionate Advance in their wages, and such demand has, in many instances, been acceded to.—Leeds Mercury. An hydropAthic establishment is about to be opened by an English surgeon at Alexandria, on the Graefenburg system. It is expected to derive its main support from in. valida arriving from India. different kind, of ex traordinar y chea p ness, is that of , SIR CHARLES NAPIER. the Peony Maps , puhrvheci by Messrs. Chapman and TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. H a l', and engraved by Mr. Jo , a-ph Lawry, Sir, --It is now well known that Sir Charles Napier rit_e ra'cond part, jest, issuail, comprises maps of Er , g- has tendered the resignation of his command in India, land, luland, and Scotland. but it is not known why; and in that country and in England inaccurate tales are rife as to the causes of his quitting an office to which he was called by the united voices of Sovereign and people when India was thought to be reeling, and he the fittest man to pre vent it falling. Some of the causes assigned are idle attempts of Indian editors and correspondents to account for what they do not understand, but others have been con coc ted with a view to repetition in this country, with foul additions and arguments, to effect the dishonest purpose of prejudicing the pUblic mind against a Ge neral whose faults are that be has gained great battles, governed a large province with ability, and vigour ously commenced a military reform, admitted by all to be needed, but w hich few would have had the judgment and courage to attempt. All this has given offence to conceited power and private interest. It has been said that a difference has arisen be tween him and Lord Dalhousie, because of some bar rack building—because of his disbanding the 66th Regiment without reference to the Governor- General —because he desired war, it is not said with whom, and that Lord Dalhousie desired peace—because the commander -in-Chief attempted to usurp the power of Government, and when mildly corrected replied with intemperate language, and resigned. Th ese mixtures of a little truth with great false hood have been commented upon with all paid-for malignancy in certain journals whose vulgar enmity to Sir Charles Napier on former occasions has been exposed and rebuked. Wherefore, knowing how true the Chinese proverb is, that though lies have no legs to stand upon, they have wings, and fly a great way, I, in defence of an absent brother, beg, through the medium of your universal journal, to state 1. That it is true Sir Charles Napier has tendered his resignation on account of a difference between him and Lord Dalhousie; but it is not true that this difference arose about barrack building—or from any desire to make war—or because he disbanded the 66th Regiment—or that his language was intemperate and unbecoming—or that he resigned peevishly. The real cause of that step was a diff rence between him and the Governor-General on a vital point of public interest, accompanied by circumstances which rendered it imperative upon Sir Charles Napier to re sign the high office conferred on bim by bis Sove reign; and he is prepared to justify his conduct to that gracious Sovereign and to the public, proudly confident that he has served both well, and would have served them better, if he had been permitted to combine such service with that self-respect which no man can relinquish without dishonour. W. NAPIER, Major-General. MR. BUNN AT YORK. We copy the following from a Yorkshire paper of Saturday last . " THEATRE ROYAL, YORK.—The Shaksperian en thusiast, the lover of the drama, and the student of our literature, have had a treat of no ordinary nature within the last day or two, by the appearance of one of the most celebrated gentlemen and scholars of our day, Mr. Bunn, who has given us the entertainment which his varied talents have rendered so popular, alike in the metropolis and the provinces. Mr Bunn's object is to remove the ambiguity, and to confirm the truth which the learned and the unlearned have thrown around the history and the genius of England's great poet—to connect him not merely with the very existence of the stage itself, but with its very creation—to uphold the importance, and lay bare the impurities of that stage ; and by tracing its rise, its progress, and its fall, endeavour to lay the foundation stone of its restoration. In doing this, Mr. Blum evinces deep research and thorough. knowledge of his highly interesting subject; im parting much new matter, and clearing up much doubt hanging about the old ; and, conveying his observations in an easy and colloquial manner, the monologue becomes one of the most agreeable entertainments we have ever been present at. Mr. Bunn adds considerable value to his popular lecture by an exposition of that meretricious style of acting which has so disgraced, and still disgraces our na tional stage—and in the execution of this task he displays so masterly a manner of elocution, that the student for the bar, for the pulpit, and the theatre, may derive the utmost advantage from witnessing his performance. It is impossible, in the columns of a weekly journal, to do that justice to so eminent an artiste as Mr. Bunn has proved himself to be, that we could wish; but we should be wanting in our critical remarks, if we omitted to say that in the reading of the second interview with the " Weird Sisters," in Macbeth, Mr. Bunn contrasted the ludicrous manner in which the low comedian invariably delivers this sublime language, with the solemn and energetic way in which it ought to be delivered—i❑ the highest style of a consummate actor, and elicited a perfect explosion of applause. Indeed, the lecture through out, if such it might be called, was welcomed with intermittent laughter and approbation—a gratifying proof of this distinguished dramatic character, that the city of York, which has furnished his theatres of Drury-Lane and„Covent-Garden with so much high talent, can likewise appreciate the eminence of his own. CRICKET. AQUATICS. SIIADWELL AND RATCLIFF REGATTA. The very old-established contest amongst the water men belonging to St. Paul's, Shadwell, and the hamlet of Ratcliff, came off yesterday, and was most numerously and respectably attended. The award of victory was a new boat for the first man, to which was added various liberal money prizes. The race was with six scullery in five heats, and was extremely well contested. First Heat—William Manna, New Crane-stairs (green), 1; Robert Skinner, Bing James's-stairs (yel low), 0; John Wade, Stone-stairs (pink), 0. The dis tance was from New Crane to the Regent's-canal buoy, twice round each heat. Green got the start, kept the lead all the way, and won by six lengths. Second Heat—John Yeomans, Stone-stairs (red), 1; John Robertson, ditto (blue), 0; and Charles Fenwick, Shadwell-dock (white), 0. Red took the lead pressed by blue, white well up, in which order, after some capital rowing, they continued to the finish. Third Heat—John Robertson (blise),; 1; Robert Skin ner (yellow), 2; Charles Fenwick (white), 0; and John Ward (pink). 0. It was a capital start, all being away together. Blue took the lead, closely followed by yel low, the other two shortly after becoming tailed, but rowing a hard race against each other. Fourth Heat—William Matins (green), 1; John Ro bertson (blue), 2; John Yeomans (red), 0; and Robert Skinner (yellow), O. It was a severe race for a short distance, then green, who shortly after the start had taken the lead, paired off with blue, who made some stir ring efforts throughout, the winner going considerably in advance at the finish. Final Heat—William Manna (green), 1; and John Robertson (blue), 0. A good start, and a few strokes scull and scull, was succeeded by the winner taking the Lead and keeping it, winning by several lengths. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. EIGHTEEN OF MANCHESTER. The finale of this match exhibits All England triumphant over their local opponents; the second in nings of Eleven exceeding both of Eighteen by seven runs:— SEPTEMBER 8, .1€L50.. IRELAND. HARVEST PROSPECTS. DUBLIN, MONDAY MORNING.—Again is it the pleasing task to announce that all the last reports are hig! ly favourable, and that it is not presuming too much to anticipate the certainty of an abundant har • vest. The accounts of the potato blight every day are becoming more rare, and, although there is no doubt that a portion of the crop is unfit for use, the quantity that will remain for consumption far ex ceeds the expectations of all who, but a few weeks since, entertained such dreary views with regard to the prospects of the ensuing year. North and south pauperism is rapidly diminishing, and other symptoms of improvement among all classes are gradually tnani festing themselves. A moderate Conservative journal (the Downpatrick Recorder) has the following re marks upon the subject : "It is gratifying to consider that,:at present, there is much general comfurt, even among the lower classes, arising from the improving state of several branches of trade, and the moderate prices of the necessaries of life. Pauperism is on the decrease. It appeared frcm the usual return of the state of our own woelt house last week that it contained then but 450 paupers, though it was built to accommodate I,ooo—that is to say, it is not half full. It is the same with re spect to other workhouses; their inmates are diminish ing in numbers. This diminution does not arise solely from the employment required at the harvest, as it was going on gradually for several months past. Now, if pauperism be on the decrease, it is not only a blessing to those who were paupers themselves, but it indirectly— almost directly—benefits both farmers and the whole ratepaying community; for it diminishes poor-rates, and consequently strikes off a part of the heavy burden with which the upper and middle classes are chiefly saddled. The diminution of pauperism is also attended with ano ther consequential advantage, namely, the decrease of crime, which is alike an annoyance and a source of loss and expense to the honest portion of the community. But while prices are reasonable to the consuming classes, they are at the same time such as to encourage the farmer. The prices of new grain in our markets are surely calculated to give him confidence. We see that new oats have opened at from ss. to 65. per cwt.; wheat, from Bs. to Bs. 10d., while an advance in barley has lately taken place. W hy, we remember oats 45. to 4s 6d per cwt. at the com mencement of the season, in corn-law times too, and the crop not better than it is at present. It 4s. per cwt. was the occasional price, under such circumstances, surely the present prises, from ss. to 65., with oats an abundant crop and trade free, are not to be despised. We are strongly of opinion that the advantages of corn-laws were over-estimated, and that too great a panic was ex cited by free trade. Both landlords and tenants have suffered by what was called protection. War prices, and subsequently protection prices—for when the stimulus of war was removed the stimulus of corn-laws was substi tuted—led to high rents; high rents led to improvidence and extravagance, the consequences of which have been partially seen, and only partially, in the Encumbered Estates Court." The Drogheda Conservative states that the wages of labourers in that district average ls. 6d. a day, and that harvest operations have produced their effect on the pauper population, which is vastly de creased in the union workhouses. Out and in-door relief is not one-half of what it was this time twelve month. DEATH OF A FLAG OFFICER. The morning papers announce the death of Ad miral Robert Dudley Oliver, for a number of years resident of Dublin, and an active member of the Bible and other religious societies established in this city. His demise, which was occasioned by a severe attack of paralysis, took place yesterday, at his country re sidence, Barnhill, Dalkey. The gallant officer had reached the mature age of 83 years. - SERIOUS AFFRAY 'NEAR /lALLINASLOE. The Western Star contains the following state ment : "On Wednesday last Mr. John Kelly, poor-rate col lector, proceeded with three assistants, named Murray, Gavan, and K.nny, to distrain for poor-rates due by a mac named Turley—the amount 11/. 3s. After going on the lands of Ballymana, and seizing eleven head of cattle, several people collected and succeeded iu rescuing the cattle, with the exception of one cow. Some blows were given at both sides, when Mr. Kelly and his men were attacked with stones. Murray was struck by a stone on the forehead, which forced the blood through his ears and nose; and Mr. Kelly was hit on the back of the head and some other parts of his body. He bad a double-barrelled pistol in his hand, and when knocked down two or three of the rescuers' held him, wrested the pistol from his hand, searched his side pocket for another pistol, which they got, and when taking it out also took 501. in notes, either through mistake or de sign. So Mr. Kelly states. Mr. Kelly and his party, however, got away, and came into town, when Murray, who received such dreadful injuries, was put into the hospital. Ile is the only support of a widowed mother. We understand that the lands on which the seizure was made were waste, and the cattle found there belonged to a number of poor farmers living in the neighbour hood." THE SEA SIIIIFENT AGAIN. The present being the age of wonders, it will ex cite no surprise to learn that his mightiness the sea serpant has been sporting his dimensions in the peace able waters bounding the west coast of Cork. Let those who may be incredulous of the fact read the following letter, addressed to the Cork Constitution, by a gentleman, who, sailing in his own yacht, had the apocryphal pleasure of seeing the monster so lacing his idle moments by a comfortable scratch against a neighbouring lighthouse, with a view, it would seem, of ridding itself of its old and useless scales. But let Mr. Travers tell his own story : " Courtmasherry, Aug. 29. " Sir,—The following particulars, the accuracy of which need not be questioned, will, I doubt not, interest many of your readers : " The different fishing establishments on the shore of this extensive bay, extending from the Old Head of Kinsale to the Seven Heads, have been within the last few days abundantly 'supplied with fish of every de scription, and the greatest activity prevails to profit by the bounty which has been thus sent to us literally in shoals. It has been noticed, too, that some description of fish, hack for instance, hare been captured further within the limits of the inner harbour than was ever known before. In fact, as I heard it observed, the fish was literally leaping ashore. " These novel appearances, however, it was my lot to see fully accounted for yesterday. At about one o'clock A.m., when sailing in my yacht, with a slight breeze off shore, about two miles to the south of the beacon erected on the Barrel rocks, on of the party of four gentlemen on board (Mr. 8., f Bandon) drew attention towards the structure mentioned, with the interrogatory of Do you see anything queer about the Barrels?' In an in stant the attention of all on board was rivetted on an object which at first struck me as like the up-heaved thick end of a large mast, but which, as it was made out plainer, proved to be the head of some huge fish or monster. On bearing down towards the object we could distinctly see, with the naked eye, what I cab best describe as an enormous serpent without mane or fur or any like appendage. The portion of the body above water, and which appeared to be rubbing or scratching itself against the beacon, was fully 30 feet long, and in diameter I should say about a fathom. With the aid of a glass it was observed that the eyes were of immense site, about nine inches across the ball, and the upper part of the back appeared covered with a furrowed shell-like substance. We were now within rifle-shot of the animal, and, although some on board exhibited pardonable nervousness at the suggestion, it was resolved to fire a ball at the under portion of the body whenever the creature's unweildly evolutions would expose its vuluereble part. The instant the piece was discharged the monster rose as if impelled by a painful impulse to a height which may appear incredible,—say at least thirty fathoms,—and culminating with the most rapid motion dived or dashed itself under water with a splash that almost stopped our breaths with amazement. In a few moments all disturbance of the water subsided, and the strange visitor evidently pursued its course to sea ward. On coming up to the beacon we were gratified to find adhering 'to the supports numerous c e on r n u e t teg scaly masses, such as o ne would wo uld think b f n r e o w m o bj ects chang e g a n its be old ee s e k n in at fo t r h a e e a ne c . rea T tu n r e e se ' Horse Rock Coast Guard station, and will repay a visit. coating,' interesting or " These particulars I have narrated in the clearest manner I am able, and if others, in other boats, who had not so goal an opportunity of seeing the entire appear ance of the animal as those in my boat had, should send you a more readable account of it, I pledge myself none will more strictly adhere to the real facts. " I am, air, your very obedient servant, " ROGER W. TRAVERS." BEARS Timm CAurourire..---Atnong the passengers brought by the West India mail-packet Avon, which arrived a t Southampton on Sunday, were three grisly hears from California. They were caught in the following manner : At one of the gold diggings the carcase of a bullock had been hung up in an open place. Its magnitude was reduced con siderably one night, and the owners suspecting that a human thief was in the vicinity, set a watch, when an enormous grisly bear was seen approaching the carcase. Bruin was caught violating the laws of meem and Num, and, of course, \was killed by the watchers. It proved to be a she bear giving suck. Her den was tracked, and three very young cubs were found. They were purchased in California by one of the passengers on board the Avon, who brought them to England. They were very docile on board, and were allowed to run loose about the deck. One of them particularly was so tame that it would play and roll about the ship with the boys on board. They grew amazingly after they left Chagres. The passenger who brought them home brought to Southampton 25,C30 dollars' worth of gold-dust in skins, after paying his passage for himself and bears, which coat bins about 800 dollars. PROPOSED F O RTIFICATIONS IN MILFORD HAVEN. —The contemplated fortifications and defences for the more efficient protection of the important naval station and esta blishment at Pembroke-dock, will shortly be commenced. During the week Lieutenant-Colonel Victor, of the Royal Engineers, with the other officers of that corps, have been busily engaged in examining and inspecting all the com manding situations, with the view of selecting the best sites for the erection of the proposed works. The Stack Rock, Thorn Island, Dale Point, &c., have been severally exa mined ; and it is now understood that on the Stack Rock, situate at the entrance of the harbour, a fort will be erected. and martello towers be constructed on other commanding positions. These will be mounted with guns of heavy calibre, fixed on traversing carriages. The works will entail the erection of additional barracks for the accommodation of the men necessary for their defence. b y Ofi r n e - T d a h m u p r , s d o c a c y u r l r a e s d t e, by which th r ee persons Heys Colliery, Ashton-under -L y n came to their deaths. At the inquest the jury returned a a a t the dreadful works o accident, c b c l i e d s s e r u s t . ' 1 f e c r: so fined s, verdict that there was no evidence to satisfy them how and by whit mans the sulphur was ignited' THE ELEYEN. First Innings. Second Innings. J. Wisden, run out 22 cP.Birch, b Lillywhite 1 W. Hillyer, c Cooke, b Jas Rowley Parr, c Crenshaw, b Buttery 16 b Buttery C. 11. Hoare, E-q., c J. Row ley, b Earl, sen. ...... ..... 0 b Buttery 6 F.Pilch, s Tinley, b Earl, sen. 1 b Lillywhite ...... 23 J. Guy, b Buttery T. Box, run out N. Felix, Esq., run out W. Martingell, c Wright, b Earl, sen A. My nn, Esq., b Earl, sen 3 1); Lillywhite ............ 1 W. Clarke, not out l2 n Tinley, b Buttery. ... 9 Byes Total BB Total ............ 119 MANCUESTIM. Second Inning! First Innings. E. Wright, Esq., c Guy, b Clarke ....... .. 0 b Hillyer .. .............. 4 J. Earl, Esq., c Hoare, b Clarke 3 b Clarke. .................. E. Pagden, Esq., b Clarke 2 s Box, b Clarke...... .. 0 Buttery, c Parr, b Clarke 6 run out R. Crankshaw, Esq., c Felix, bWisden R. T. Bellhouse, Esq., b Clarke 1 c Parr, b Clarke ... .. G. F. Cooke, Esq., b Wisden 1 b Wisden 15 S. Birch, Esq., a Hoare, b Clarke ...... ..•••• 0 b Wisden ...... J. H. Earl, Esq., run out 8 d Clarke... V. Tinley, b Wisden ... ..... 14 b Clarke 0 T. T. Bellhouse, Esq., c Box, b Clarke ........... S. H. Braybrooke, Esq., c and b Wisden ... P. Birch, Esq., b Clarke 0 b Clarke 8 Jas. Rowley, Esq., st Box, b Clarke .. 1 run out . 1 T. G. Blain, Esq., c Felix, b Wisden . 0 b Hillyer 9 Jos. Rowley, Esq., b Clarke 1 b Hillyer .......... .... W. Lillywhite, not out ... . 4 b Wisden .. ' R. A. Barlow, Esq., bWisden 0 not out Byes Total 42 T0ta1......... 69 ARGILL-ROOMS.—This popular salon de danse bee I again opened its doors for the season, having been closed for a few days, to be entirely Te-decorated. Last night the ex citement in the neighbourhood consequent on its re- opening, was intense, some four or five hundred persons waiting around the doors to see the company enter. The c pup (rail, on entering the ball-room, is beyond description, so elegantly and so tastefully is the salon arranged. The decorations are pearl white, emerald green, gold and tins , crimson. The whole of the embellishments were pronounce d to be, by all present, sansfaute. The addition of a third magnificent chandelier is a beautiful improvement. The rooms were crowded. AYRSHIRE RAILWAY COMPARY.—The directors recommend a dividend for the half-year, endbm 31st July last, at the rate of 2 per cent. per annual.