The Sun. — London, England, 1850-11-09 00:00:00

Itw-.—-*------------ I '4 . " cer tainly a happy thought to change the chtiale .r , c i P , r of ttlii anniversary estubli!•:hed usage from i' tgoariitioatl mninmery of past th 41 4 : l d - " l, ”• i-n introcw(A -.list b e , expreLsive; and the a. , _e—it..-n - years to stm:Qthing :al e eQ._. L.llowed to be a grvel . ill and appr,T':i.a::°. illg'4,ll.llct,ineut of the municipd yeaf, which wit I co _ e l tho auspicious gathering. of all nations Tvabercial capital of the world. 11 there in the v ntbe procession moved out ~ f Gull:Ma ' , as ~• . -yule t h e confusion from the sudden displace adjusted q.t., ~ .„,e crowd. But the disturbed masses soon adJUst kr , eti themselves, and the cavalcade was ' l „i th e lecl vsith a loud cheer, which continued 'jilt,. scarcely an intermiision to the end, of thewas ve ry The effect of the altered psgeant ex press striking, and almost every old looker-on To tho s (1 ,_ 1°11 ( 11 Y a warm approval of the chan , g 6 ('-' ‘,:; T :l e r r e ! it th e o jestingly called out the question tkirke,,AlliPPnpotamus ?" it might reasonabl): b in the s. "' 4 ' We might very well have him wat,P"44'great , s ,' for he is representative of those included " wili ii - the ever through the krri,,, c Would ilm lor rtialiv 4,, e. ,"n furcst, if they mere not already ii r i ti ' s i l ed to civilization by Brit4h Kite! Pr ' s to the 41 . 1 1 6 1 daring, which will one day raise them riches Ivili eil J ,°,,'. nut own Father Th,-..ea€s, or in the 1 1) ; l 'e anl T ii ' "e him, they will bear upon their bosom. q rpo e l Prot him, took the following routp:___:iii,rc _.7:, tto•i4rn'sreEt• il loergate-strcet, 1 ' ........don-ei• , , ~ tr U e,. .t t ipt,r3tr<et, Thre%dueedle street, Bi,hop , ga , `-street chegin, Coiviill, Mansion House -street, the Poultry, tr tudZ, ide ls , . St. Paul's Chu/eh-yard, lAlei a,steiis,.iti;,e. A t ii','”lll.,sNt,w Liklge-sere et, to Blacttfii..s k .. d in is,, ‘4chiriars•bridg the Lord Aiayor (-mbar e , gLate bar -e jl'ari otis , g, and, attended by the • •, • etie nveri, , uompanie, the procession pursued its Ilia' W ay up tinl rive ' far W tieinster. ras as es . Prev• e(H3 It T OF ALDE RMEN. Lord le aslY to the cere ony of swearing in the new la;te t a Yer in the great rn hall of the Guildhall, the am „ o u 9 of Alderman Farncomb's most hospitable .. i s to v f PUI ar Mayoralty was held in the chamber which on feral one of the retiring rooms on this day. the Re corder e rtlnti°ll of Alderman IT —"FHB"' Society, th at offiwetess elected a member of the Irish of the toeiety• r bein g by charter the legal adviser tr Pon th Sir p r e M otion of the same Alderman, seconded by pese tite ti2,estor, Bishop Sic p a letter was ordeed to be written to e trait of he—tte'aleY, t hanking her for t a very fine dir e 4 Dy her to the Court • and the picture was eted t ,„ ~ Saunderson, which had been et taehed' l'e deposited in the library with her name ~Ir Tizta ~ P 8 i—DvEmENT OF THB POPE OF ROME. te tiort.. J'AtJalE gave notice, am;dst and loyal of a loyal ad dretia :° the effect that a dutiful aittlinoen:leatitiPiiihe sdeeasneutiepedrinoacheyr encroachmentsm os t G Gracious a c o i fo uatshi‘ela..j,e.sshtyo on f I N 0 the laws and constitution of this of her Majesty, an i cicin ro d p t e e fi s : 'A °Untry. eit Y e 8•11erill's Presented reports as to the state . of the viereparriso. n. 'l'. 41e reports stated that the prisoners SothisAde!! I n a healthy condition. C las s and Sheriff CARDEN called the attention ed o urt to the fact, that among the persons con ftelli was o f who was imprisoned for penalties arising c f . Ta„,.-Inands 'nada upon him by the Commissioners 40 a-tleris• That individual had been confined between ve t i t 0 ' , t , hre e years, and the sentence seemed to have •etclip:ll3 the a of perpetual.—(Hear, hear.) Bh ould ev,thought it would be desirable if the keriff shod doomed to be shut up for ever, that prisoner tthe Was t ,_d be informed upon what terms the man n. tiot)e°tee detained, whether the citizens were to co re. ec top4,,PaY for his maintenance, or whether any in- Sir Was to be expected for the expenses i , Sir eour 1,. t 4115 1 t 144nnI E said the ques ti on w as one of too t i all a description to be answered at once come h kittee. . and advised that it should be referred to a R. Aide,r„ " l e tir•n and Sheriff CARDEN , then moved, too a j a y )Ect be referred to the Gaol Committee" to " that 4 :: 1 ' and report — Agreed to. i gk AZiQp,,,,, ittie .....E•rs IN WIIITECROSS-STREET PRISON. t he G:,111,,1n CHALLIS moved, " that it be referred to ittly, and k;,'DlTmaittee to consider and report," whether 1 4tc anD ild i ' "Y+ what alterations are desirable . in the n 4'hit:ettlea..s and discipline of the Debtors' Prisoni ieg %cross-street, and he handed in a paper contain ss. sar. e„banges which appeared to him to be nece ~ ,,s he principal are as follow :- 10 it alterations are necessary in the prison itsel i f l — t. l'Per. ulvisti3as, bdiddlosex, Ludgate, Poultry, and G lia t i:Z he Act of 521 of George 111. 209 should be f ab th o e - It h ia i! t p in r ganind ag th i l s 3 tra. g t ( e 7 e s r h no r, with the approbation 9 placing of as ould have the piwer kay blori?lers generally in such parts of the prison as to IlitieVre.i. 711114 etaripeabtreetvilei.li.ent without reference la of London , • reinainiro• , I. Th tt r or the Sheriff of Middlesex. . ~ . in under a warrant from the " ' ll tor . r o se of preventing a ° the remaining the evil of the . ° ' tt ltae ' l l d ',, la Prison for several years, tefi uwillotor who has fit th ed that power should be given to the govcrnor, eh ,0 Qpprovai o f the visiting magistrate, ()ye ' it be_ , re to remove been confined in prison --m in the l ha I, () ,hall have refused to file his schedule. where l),l'iZner't C'eurt, to the ward or part of th, prisr nsolvent i lit i . r Who hate been remanded by . the e rs are con- N' Court and the County Court pr,lssobnee t h e same k s th,ltana th at the dietary of such wards '' Tt,„ l4 , !_'e for criminalv. res,,d "I(' dormitories ti e s st , in 'lu mbers, and, P bc. decr . e t a le sed tha i t n there size a b n e d p i r n o - - that tli. ltra 't sletping rooms for possible, l'iserl.,,- ktulations for the admission of vi s itors be re prisoners; and Th e tr Ald ' r l l nti on was r e f erre d t o the Goal Committee. - the ,„ - "; a n SIDNEY gave notice of a motion relating con "oten ance and treatment of the prisoners T h e d in the city prisons. that I can broth l'41) MAYOR then rose, and, addressing his lak e ft aldermen said—" It is impossible ,ett , e o ltve of the ' Court without thanking e4 ve v ; 3' nod individually for the great assistance you you all col -44 I.:,r 'del 'ecl to me in the performance of my ti Rratef i' Mayor. That assistance was the more fro ta i si to my feelings as it sprung iset , ?ourslves. I might say more upon such a . u ex. spontaneously sh. pre ' I a onvinced you are aware that, in kink ) 'g theme w words in acknowledgment of your .. Th:,.. 1 I aril sincere in my gratitude. " —(Cheers ) L'esn't then adjourned, ........................................ ............. ... .... SU N. 1 a ~..? TIIE .EDITO R OF THE ly stating in 3,(1,_ I &hall f,-el obliged by 4,,"!r paper that I a ra a ---, p it of Mr. Joseph tern rro , 4 ° net of his brothe , Ai . u. hn Bartlett, as ards usly stated in therbill r o . 'T he theatre, un your kind d P- Crusade. The Last 4 Your notice of Mr. Alit2ohellt's o p era Barnett, I am, Sir, 8.70 . liew E n i• gush Opera 1-1 street, Soho. ...........2._ Dean -street, Prl , --- CHARLES DURAND. '" WN AND GOWN" AT CAM . I.Jt, t o Well k I,lB4tqgee is ofte—nn°awsilig RIDGE. that the sth of November in C t am o - . nal for the revival of this an i o a u g n. t ete ' "57 ; and what is worse, a number of el ° used Itte ttgoetTlerallY take place, in which the weapons 41, confined to fists. ,Rra tef , 0 clock a disorderly gang eat to , from t'4,4e1.4,' characters in the town adjourned streets, of the most dis /1114 11, 4.Pieee, and commenced parading the ' they raet. ring and yelling at every university man this 11°4 3' tOvas impossible for the police to disperse tverrie.Wgieh had complete control of the streets allthe lit ' e et' t ! l lti at last a collision took place t atiti l i uere several u niversity men hadjoin ed for 1 (4 41 I) , ot _ .. urn was in Green t,„ 'elteq „,`,tten, and the ca y p of one of them 7A e diatei,' trom behind by one of the mob, who ink -,' gener4,,lll,,c,asured his length beside it on the y n ou h n a d d . to '°l. 4 Sll -"4 'l3ht ensued, in which the gownsm_ eix tllree hi,c)rt,ttme the best of it ; but five or 4etiehr'4!'ed is lo odds ; and thinking that dis toga ht4,-;;,' the bette long t of valour, those of the. begun t° 14—'4 into a h r ou p s a e r so soon as the tide ne e g ay. ih R 4 :, acid bolted the door on the other side, l ite ~ Il e jetai of their foes prostrate on the gro exe n . Ned etivitY with which this manoeuvre was b lialk Pal admirable, and the exasperated mob, two IN. e' of their prey, vented their rage upon 11 ' e rsity , _ , fir' 04 allohstables, who had arrived on the spot. of -41 44 , hands, one of these men, a servantlightly, 11 Pfin t i l ti all, used his staff, and that not very y 4 Pal e t head of one of the ringleaders named I)_u_n m n . , kecli„ , and hero, and drew blood ; the mob t theip"itiel closed in, and the constables had to take to o the 4,eels• They took refuge in the yard leading to the dow n rooms of the Union Society, and here 1 1 :Nr edk , and much maltreated. Their staves were wer a e s - most - 3r the mob, and the assailant of Dunn w tla tieverely beaten. A sally then took place from El r , Il tilt ,1 05115 01 the Union Society, and the gownsmen lvti:'s ti,Nin-artn, soon cleared the street of the mob, otie.,‘,,ahout parading the town. t attll4l4 . :v:clrniosts,daeys night the townspeople again at- Pted • . rtN did a body ofgovc f m l s l m o, r s , who, o f the Nh t b un der the treatment of their e tver l're. turned out well armed. These, how -I,titiwere hemmed in in Green-street by theau t t o b o o k - Pla ce ar e diTersed ; but sundry skirmishes 04 totwithstanding. Choral Thursday -al of the was sat bylllion Suci etY, one poor solitary g own r l a l n . his cap night, during a rehears tthq „ a low mob outside the h)ebrwa were destroyed, he Town - le a d o ' n by the Ned 1 , 4 a, it was with some difficulty that he was res uy th e i po ice. We her Ma lesty, derstand that it is the intention of 4 11 , tiT presence the 4,3, th lt ! i ' l his Royal ll' h ' l O a g z a n :l. s s lv t l l ll e c I P I i r s in t c o e a. 4„, ,;ctz'lter.tlajesty's Royal Military Colle , g l e f r C Consump ilou and ~!..1 11 aid of the tunds of the Hospira- ° b A e l h i e , r e t l d t 9 ii p et a lis t i ee r n o g ': a i siri e ; ,i, ut,eases of the Cliest. fltatti°4tt°l:lBZeth" \)r ent of excel ealtb at his Grace is in the enjoyment 1., a., at al E LLINGTON.—We . have the satis . : ic, kiek.p.. sea , , , his Castle. til e ent "nth h ve intro -4(1 th mg individuals at Aberdeen, who a tiu erp r i s . . g has just been undertaken by 11 '44 14 . t l io u s se cf the trawl net, which had never before been e quarters. THE SUN, MA GA ZINE S, Sec —(coN.TI rir D DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. 112 charming little tale of " Grace Ketneek-" i brought to a conclusion. The stoey eatemenceil the c u lri, dreary bog, cowinued at leippy Fairport, is finished at the • Ahhey, and poor little Grdee, rescued from ignorance, vice, and poverty, is left a great and rich heiress. The account of Charles Barton's re visiting the home of his childhood is one of the moat beautifully simple and touching descriptions we ever remember to have perused. " The Mystic Vial" pro gresses in interest; it smacks of German dialerie, end promises a thrilling climax. In " Maurice Tierney" the landing of the French expedition, under Hum bert, in the bay of lingoes, and their cheerless recep tion by the wretched peasantry, is graphically told. We hazard a guess at the author of " Maurice Tier ney" from the circumstance of findints, within the limits of to single page, " we all broke info a • hearty roar of laughter," " the speaker breaking into a hearty laugh," " they burst out into a roar of laughter." This vile and vapid "roar of laughter" is perpetually -recurring nuisance in the generally clever wad humorous pages of that popular rattler, !ferry Inirrequer. We pray him, in a friendly spirit, to drop the sorry and disfiguring trick fur the Inture. It has become " too bad." Giietne's Dramatic tragment, " Prometheus," is well rendered. The translator has creditably succeeded in his attempt to fellow the rhythm, and at the some rime to preserve simplicity and concise energy of the original, which has all the effect of exquisitely-chielled culp tare standing against a crisp clear sky." A memoir, illustrated by a portrait, of the charming Irish prima donna, Catherine Hayes, F .;ives a very interesting summary of the successful career of that gifted and amiable lady from the time when her beautifully clear and silvery mellow voice was first artistically moulded by Signor Sapio, until, after the additional tuition of Garcia and Felice Ronconi, she burst up in the musical world with signal bril liancy in her debut at Marseilles, in May, 1845, took Milan by storm in the same year, being called, on the falling of the curtain, on the occasion of her first appearance there in the Linda di Chamouni, no less than TWELvE times before it—in Venice excited a delirious furore —left the land of song loaded with laurels, and achieved a triumphant suc cess in London. Of " The Pearl of the Theatre," the flattering designation which her touching por traiture of Desdernona won for her from the Milanese, her biographer happily remarks, after noting "that beautiful shake, clear, thrilling, and brilliant," with which she is gifted, " Pronounced second only to Jenny Lind by the coldest and severest critics in the world—described by one of their cautious organs as certainly the sweetest, the most graceful, and the most interesting representa tive' of Lucia on the stage—her professional triumphs have been as brilliant as her private life has been pure and amiable. If to Grisi and Adelaide Ketobte it has been given to astonish by the sublime grandeur of their tragic acting, the passion and the thrilling beauty of their vocalism ; if to Alboni, mighty in all the mean ing of the word, be granted amazing attributes of power, and a voice organ-like in blended depth arid sweetness; if to Sontag be confided the charm of pure and delicate expression, wedded to delicious floridness of flute-like execution; it to Jenny Lind, greater than all, the queen of song, be given that purely beautiful perfection of vocal melody—that true sunshine spoken,' blending light, and loveliness, and feeling, which never till her advent came from human throat,—to Catherine Hayes have descended the deep sensibility, the mournful pathos, the heart , speaking expression which characterise her native music. " As an actress, too, Miss Hayes, during her career, has displayed dramatic genius of the highest order, re pudiating the idea, to a great extent still existing, that in opera the interpretation of the music alone was the essential of success. What, for instance, can be more true to nature than her Amine, so full 01 innocent and joyous animation in the earlier scenes, so painfully real in the after-abandoment to grief, so tender in love, so touching in sorrow, so purely simple throughout? Then her Linda—is not the madness of that love-lore girl painfully real? Was ever sorrow expressed in more plaintive utterance, more moving action? Her Lucis, too, is it not an exquisitely original conception, truthfully carried, out? And even her Norma, a part for which the soft and gentle attributes of her nature render her almost unfit, is it not still a grand and moving perform ance, a fine portraiture of the woman, not, as is that of Grisi, of the fiend?" The "Rummage Review" among the poets of the season is very clever, but caustic, and frequently hypercritical. Bailey is tomahawked, yet scarcely so touch by fair criticism as malignant banter. One sentence is legitimately severe. " His Festue' had ex hausted the storehouse of pretentious inanities and imposing no-meanings. He has been left to construct his 6 Angel World' of inanities which make no pre tence to substance, and of no-meanings destitute of any cloak of imposingness." Finding W. G. T. Barter's rubbishieg abertion, 'yclept "The first Iliad of Homer," thrust among decent company, that worthy is dismissed with a single salutation—" Oh ! Barter, Barter, in the circle of the currency the coin exists not minute enough to represent your value in exchange." Charles Mackay receives high and de served honour from the hands of the reviewer, who after quoting his " Procrastination," the" Plea for our Physical Life," and " You and 1," truly and felici tously remarks, "In bidding good-bye and God speed to this fine-hearted, honest fellow, who preaches homilies of humanity with equal sweetness and boldness"— " Charles Mackay is not so delicate a poet as Long fellow, nor perhaps so profound; but what he says is seid off-hand, and comes fresh from a good heart. Where the other loiters gracefully over the expression of a sentiment, Meekly has it expressed, anal is gone on to the expression of a new one, without giving you time to Consider whether the emotions you experience have been excited by graceful or ungraceful diction. The emotions are sprightly, animating, and humane ; and, like good wine drunk in the twilight, give you enough of enjoy ment without having regard to the fashion of the vehicle. Every now and then, indeed, you are charmed with a simplicity, a grace, and kindliness not unworthy of Be rauger. Like Beranger, he is most happy in his least am bitious moments. Uttering the genial sentiments of the honest fellow of every-day life, he is as good as can be; comraunicating the emotions excited in a poetic tempera ment by the lovely and beautiful, he is very good; strain ing at the grand aspirations of the philosophical poet, he is good only sub mode, and fails to get into the upper region, where great spirits alone can expatiate with dig nity and freedom. It is a shallow but a clear stream of song; a beneficent visitant of the meadows and pastures; delightful company for the wayfarer; making merry with the mill-wheel and prattling sweetly to the loiterers on the rustic bridge; but it is not cal culated to that navies, or even to bear any very heavily-laden barge of philosophy. Let us, however, in his own spirit of enjoyment, make the most of it. 'The masses of England stood much in need of some such cheerful monitor. It is not surprising that these poems, fulfilling so well the conditions 01 cheerfulness, generosity, and independence, should have become very eminent popular favourites; may they long continue so. A people among whom Charles Mackay is a popular writer, must possess largely the elements of greatness and the reality of goodness. Their visions of democratic perfection may be somewhat exalted and cloudy, but their practice in the daily walks of life can hardly be other than kind, honest, and independent." Mrs. Sandback's " Aurora" just passes muster ; small reverence is paid to the resuscitation of " The Poetical Works of John Struthers;" considerable applause is given to Mr. Michell's elegant poem "The Ruins of Many Lands ;" whilst " Wild Flowers from Ger many" and "The Wrongs of Poland" are severally dismissed with a summary kick. On the single fault discernable in William Charles Kent's " Aletheia," namely, an overcrowded parade of mythological per sonages, this searching critic harps rather captiously; but he takes occasion to afford in several paragraphs the tribute of deserved and valuable commendation to that glowing and remarkable production of cultivated genius : "It is Lempriere's dictionary in verse; yet the subject is warmed and enriched by a vigorous genius into a series of beautiful and apposite pictures. The succession tif similar forms is far too long, and the panoramic pa geant soon palls on the eye; but, if we examine the parts separately, we must own that the pictures are individu ally full of colour, full of body, full—to go to enother class of illusiration—of succulence. Keats himself has not fancied more delicious images than meet us in many of the stanzas. How rich is the introduction. Again, in the polytheism of the woods and glades, how rich and full o succulence, — ' Light waves the linden, where beneath the rind Philyra's Passion pulsates with the sap,' &e. Again, rebuilding in imagination the symbolic temple of the Gentile gods, how splendid aro his architectural solecisms." And in the frill tide of admiration he then quotes eight of the grandly musical stanzas of , this noble and vivid lay. Allingham is the reviewers prime favou rite, and the extracts given from his poem of " The Music Master " justify his warm praise He has told, in a strain of almost blameless simpli city and sweetness, one of the most pathetic love-tales in the language. The versification is not unworthy of the ear of a Goldsmith; the diction and method such as Leigh Hunt, to whona the poem is de t i r ed s . , ruiWe vht have been well satisfied with iu his happiest h cannot pass the name of Leigh Hunt without pausing to waft him an affectionate remembrance. The school of literature which has sprung up from . the germs he planted has its weaknesses, its fopperies, perhaps its dangers; but the Diekenses, Tenn) sons, Broweings, and the rest of the fine flock whom he may cull hie children, are good and genial souls, from whose fame the old man may derive a just and honourable addition to his own. Mr. Allingham is the last of the distinguished baud who have owed their first appreciation to the kindly and discerning instincts of Leigh Hunt." This is good and true, but what are we to think of the following paragraph but as " a puff damnable ?" We have never seen the work in question, but are willing on this authority to pronounce it " devilish e pt. o l o e r,e, v th e s‘iv r alp . rwbeii ' i r daors h i:d u i ( s rgi e ig,e t k_hi la il2eam ß ds h w a e d l c a ommaen to 1 0 1 u t s : h us — c orcpuny of ood. ark, product u w ct e could heavenlysa they ties perverted still remains on the now take up' Boethe, a New Pantomime,' by Edward lienealy. We have preferred to deal with men of, per- hnue, if?SS ability—for this is a tnln of the greatest uhi iii)—cdvoni c!,:n ri. , :pc( , t foe intcn!iop, while we bta.i.lo t. etr ;:tults of excu'ion. 210 t mix no *Arro , r d in,di ; ::natiori of mind in which tho ' 1.1 u.;: Mast: r' ut Ai:ingtiazr 13,..:; nor would wc' time, va:ue of tneh commenthltions as we hale ben able to bestow, by casting them into the Shado by the expression of uliqualitiud ustonisiment which we could not restrain at the frequent bursts of power, sploudou; and wit, which illumine this brilliant but detestable performance. Another time. and in another frame of mind, we may return to 'Goethe, a IsT(.w Pantomime.'" We trust our friend, "the Rummager," may speedily get over Lis fright, and favour his readers with the production of his parturient mountain concerning "the brilliant but detestable performance" of Mr. Kenealy. Jonathan Frelte Slingsby contributes a capital " Snap-apple Night," being the narration of a visit to his uncle Saul, a worthy bachelor, who "owed his sarety to the immensity of his philogyny," and vho " fine old mansion.—none of your gingerbread titi;gs that you see at Kingstown and Dal key, with their gables and gazaboes, and little windows stuck in sorts of queer plaits in the roof, young Eliza heti:tins, just come from nurse, viith their white shining laces, and flaring green-painted doors, but a noble square pile of solid masonry," i 2 the scene of the festivities oF a happy gathering to cultivate the sports of Halloween, such as snapping apples, burning nuts, (lancing, singing songs, and telling stories, &c. Ile loveth the joyous jig,— " There's footing for you ? Talk of polkas and mazurkas, boleros or tarantulas, quadrille or cotil lion, I aver there is nothing in the world to cepa]. an Irish jig, in the way of saltation. Mark with what exquisite accuracy the time of the air is kept by the beat of the foot, the swing of the body, the motion of the hands, and the snap of the fingers. How they humour the tune,' giving expression to every chaega and tone of sentiment. With what an air of bold gallantry, mingled with coaxing drollery, the young man flings his arms about the girl, as be twirls her round till her tiny feet are well nigh lifted off the ground. How coquettishly she disengages herself, and whin a look half shy, half sly, retreats as he ad vances. How disdainfully she flounces round, while, imitating her example, he turns on his heel with a nonchalant air that would do credit to one of your first rate town puppies. I aver, my dear Antony, that an Irish jig is the perfection of dancing, the poetry of motion, the drama of the feet; and if you cats show me anything to compare with it, either in lordly saloons, or on village green sward, then will I burn my quill, break my lyre, and retire into a monastery of Trappists for the rest of my And a pretty monk you'd make ! Lombard-street to a China orange, Jonathan, but you can yourself " welt the floor" with no inconsiderable kudos. The songs are, of course, good ; "Mary of the Curls" is very sweet and flowing, but the concluding one with the chorus is worthy of Moore. Two able papers, each full of sterling stuff, complete the present num ber. " Recent Political Economists," a masterly recension of "Burton's Political and Social Econo my," and "Three Lectures on the Principles of Taxation, delivered at Queen's College, Galway," by the professor of jurisprudence and political economy in that establisment, a talented and learned gentleman, Denis Caulfield Heron. The other, " Modern Art—its Prospects and Pioneers" is well worthy perusal, ably analyzing the recent works of Fergusson, who assumes for the science of Esthetics a place only second to Ethics, and goes to the extent of placing Gastronomy and Perfumery in the category of fine arts resulting from the senses, as directly as Eumorphics and Euchromatics—of Twining, of Purdie, and Garbett. We can only extract one short sentence from this interesting and suggestive paper : " Of all the Fine Arts we should say that Sculpture is the least and Architecture the most degenerated, whilst Painting, curtailed of its phonetic importance from many causes, fluctuates between the meretri ciousness of colour, the exaggeration of power, and mere execution exhibited in the meanness of minute details." And it is even so, we swear by Trafalgar square ! In conclusion, let us ask where is the pen of Carleton ? It cannot be that he has ejaculated, "Ingrata Maga, non mea guidem scripta habebis," Yet, is the absence of the great delineator of Irish character, faithful, vivid, and unexaggerating, from the pages of the Dublin University much to be de plored. Radiant as is " the lone star" of Ireland, it would shine more " excellently bright" were its bril liancy augmented by the richness of the Irish Scott. AINSWORT.H'S. On its first appearance we noticed the principal features of Mr. Ainsworth's richly-coloured romance "The Lancashire Witches," a work in which the ter rible and fascinating characteristics of his Salvator Rosa-like pencil are so conspicuously displayed. A monthly instalment of this enthralling narrative forms the principal feature in . Ainsworth's Magazine at the present time. Second in attraction are the admirable sketches or E. P. Rowsell—" Professional:Men"—the Barrister being the subject of the present number. " Drafts from Memory on the Banks of Holland," by Mrs. White, is the happy title of an amusing re miniscence of a tour " Jacob van der Nees," is con cluded. MISCELLANEOUS. Notwithstandieg the number of magazines already in the field, new competitors are continually making their appearance We must dismiss the majority with a brief commendation. The religious periodi cals, the Church of England Magazine, Macphai t's Edinburgh Ecclesiastical Journal, The Rambltr, &c., pursue their several courses with their customary vigour ; the latter contains a lengthy article on " The Pope," which will probably at the present moment prove interesting to those who like to study both sides of a question.—The Colonial Magazine, the Farmers' Magazine, and the London Journal of Pa tent Inventions, continue to deserve commendation for their able articles on most important matters. In the Colonial Magazine, this month, is an interesting ac count of " Liberia."—Voltigeur, the winner of the Derby, makes his appearance in the Farmers', and the Sportsman has a por trait of Mounseer, the winner of the Chester Cup.— Magazines for the drawing-room and boudoir present an attractive variety. Le Follet is unequalled as a glass of fashion. The Belle Assemblie, under the auspices of Mrs. Crosland, mingles the utile with the dulce. Mrs. Ellis's Morning Call is most beauti fully illustrated, and its prole and poetical contents arc of more than the average rate o f magazine excel lence. " Self-Deception ; or, the History of a Human Heart," from the pen of Mrs. Ellis, continues with unabated ability.— Chambers' is always good, and, as usual, is filled with interesting and attractive matter. " Mrs. Wright's Conversations with her Irish Ac quaintance" are most admirable, and deserve a general perusal.—The Working Man's Friend is an excellent periodical, containing interesting essays and useful information varied with lighter and amusing matter. —Knight's serial publications continue to afford a cheap opportunity of making acquaintance with " the best authors." The present number contains some very delightful extraets,:among others " The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," Cowper's " Lines to his Mother's Picture," Milton on " The Liberty of Un licensed Printing," Fielding's " Character of Jona than Wild," " William Penn's Advice to hie Family," &c. In the Pictorial .Half-hours is an interesting account of Godfrey Mind, a Swiss artist, with some graceful specimens of his art. The Imperial Cyclo pedia has now advanced as far as Cornwall; in ad - dition to its vuluabl: typographical contents this work is illustrated by some beautiful engravings of the princi pal places, and maps of the countries to which it relates. The Land we Live In is now occupied with a most important subject, the port of London and its com merce. In addition to the value of this interesting account it is illustrated by an admirable map of eastern London, in which every street on both sides of the river is marked out.—The series of Penny Maps continues to make its appearance, and is a wonderful corroboration of the fact that modern im provements, by cheapening all kinds of production, must tend materially to elevate and instruct the great body of the people. For a few pence a good atlas may now be o btained.—Peter Parley' s M on thly Journal for the Young contains an interesting sketch of the talented Madame Soyer.—The King's College Magazine contains some well-written articles, but we cannot quite agree with the sentiments : expressed on the subject of " Self-interest. -- The accounts of the trade and navigation of the country, for the month and nine months ending the 10th Oc tober, have just been published. They present the same gratifying results as those which we have, almost invariably, had to record since the remissin of the corn duties and the repeal of the navigation laws. The declared value of our exports for the month ending the 10th October is 6,43.1,834/., while for the corresponding month of 1849 it was 5,627,0821., and for the corresponding month of 1848, 4,901,646/. This marked and steady augmentation in the extent of our export business, is one of those significant facts which sufficiently speak for ! themselves. Not less gra tifying are the official returns for the nine months ending on the same day. The declared value of our exports for that period is 50,26,4021. ; while, for the corresponding nine months p a fetrei after this of, of .wilt 1849 11 i l it was b3ea 6, 5b34:.14e4, s ,8: 6 3 00,t. r 4/. ; and for the correspond liesearaerrgarigeant th fa e ct w s. isdo N m of a free-tr a d e policy. o successfully r to . . Vanity, like laudanum and other poisonous medi. tines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large, quan titles— Eliza Cook's Journal. TuE Porasu BALL.—resterday, at a special meet ing of the entertainment committee connected with the pro jected Polish ball, held at the Guildhall, Deputy Holt in the chair, Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P., read a communica tion from a Polish officer named N. F. Zaba, 22, Queen street, Edinburgh, who was formerly on the list of recipients of the national bounty, but who (having by the exercise of his talents and acquirements found means to acquire a com petency) some years ago voluntarily resigned his claim to as sistance as a refugee. The letter enclosed a post-office order for two guineas in aid of the funds of the Polish Association. It was stated by several of the gentlemen present that the demand for tickets for admission into the ball continued un abated. Among the many attractions which will be pre sented to the public upon this occasion, the magnificent ph. • , ce of tapestry presented by the tailors of Poland to Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart will be exhibited. The ordinary bust- ness having been disposed of, the committee adjourned until I Tuesday next. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, PAPAL AGGRESSION. The fol!frAing h tter has bven widre.ss , ,ed to the Lord- Lieut-ouLit of the e:ttoty of Backingham by Dkra(-li. " :I.ly Lord,—l have received numerous appeals from my constituents requesting that I would co operate with them in addressing your Lordship to call a meeting of the county, in order that we may express our reprobation of the recent assault of the Court of Rome on the pr* rogatives of our Sovereign and the liberties of her subjects. " I think it very desirable that a meeting of the county should be called for that purpose, but, as far as I can gather from whnt reaches me, great misap prehension is afloat respecting the circumstances which now so violently, but so justly, excite the indignation of the country. " Men are called upon to combine to prevent fo reign interference with the prcroszatives of al. Queen, end to resist jurisdiction by the Pope in her Maj , :sty's dominions. " But I have always understood that, when the Drcs n t Lord-Lieutenant arrived in his Arxeroyulty, he gathered togeth,r the ltondsh bishops of Ireland, addressed them as nobles, sought their coon el, and courted their favour. On the visit of hcr 141aje,ty to that kingdom the same prelates were presented to the Queen as if they were nobles, and precedence was given them over the nobility and dignitaries of the National Church; and it was only the other day, as I believe, that the Government ()tiered the office of Visitor to the Queen's Colleges to Dr. Callen, the Pope's delegate, art: pseudo Archbishop of Armagh, !t ., _d to Dr. the pseudo Archbishop of Tuam. What wonder, then, that his Holiness should deem himself at liberty to apportion England into dioceses, to be ruled over by his bishops! And, why, instead of supposing he was taking a step ' insolent and in sidious,' should he not have assumed he was acting in strict conformity with the wishes of her Majesty's Government ? _ _ _ "The fact is, that the whole question has been sur rendered, and decided in favour of the Pope, by the present Government; and the Ministers, who recog• nisei] the pseudo Archbishop of Tuam as a peer and a prelate, cannot object to the appointm en t o f a p s eudo Archbishop of Westminster, even though be be a cardinal. On the contrary, the loftier dignity should, according to their table of precedence, rather invest his Eminence with a still higher patent of nobility, and permit him to take the wall of his Grace of Can terbury and the highest nobles of the land. "The policy of the present Government is, that there shall be no distinction between England aud Ire land. I am, therefore, rather surprised that the Cabi net are so indignant,' as a certain letter with which we have just been favoured informs us they a re . "I have made these observations in order that, if the county meets, the people of Buckinghamshire may understand that the question on which they will have to decide is of a graver, deeper, and more compre hensive character than, in the heat of their laudable emotion, they may perhaps suppose. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your faithful servant, "B. DISItAELI. " Hughendon Manor, Nov. 8." serve its course almost without control. But there is one simple and sure way of securing ourselves against all our dangers. Be we faithful to our own .Apostolic Church—be we in earnest, when we cell ourselves churchmen—be we sincere in showing forth our sense of the value of that holy ordinance, which, by God's bounty, we enjoy—your Bil.np, feeling, as he ought, the awful force of those special obligationp, which he incurred when admitted to his sacred office —the people testifying their reverence for that cflice —God's ordinance, I repeat, for their edification, not, indeed, by a blind and unreflecting, but by a ready, a dutiful, a confiding spirit of attachment to him who bears it. And then, I will not say we may laugh to scorn—fur scorn is not a feeling which ever becomes a Christian—but we may view with cairn reliance on an arm more powerful than man's, uplifted fur our protection, the most daring displays of Roman ambi tion, revelling in the proud assurance of legal impu nity—if our laws do indeed permit such doings to pass with impunity. " Meanwhile, I must not omit one cc,ns:deration which forcibly impresses itself upon me. Fur be it from us to forget the demand of Chrivilin charity, that we jc:ice, not in iniquity,'—still, we may re- juice, thankfully rejoice, in hoping that this sh-ame less demonstration of the true character of Papal Rolm—will do much in a%Nakening to a better, a more truthful mind, those Lmongst us who, feeling with distempered acuteness the fancied, or the real, deficiencies of our oet•n system, may have been tempted to look with too much ccmplace fey to a quarter which hericefurth no consistent, no true, Catholic can hesitate to regard as most schismatical. " In conclusion accept—what is worthless, indeed, to all who deem it worthless—but what will never be lightly valued by any who regard it as it is, the voice of one who speaks—be he himself as unworthy as he may—with the authority of God's appointed mi nister—accept your Bishop's blessing. The Lord bless you, and keep you! The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you! The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace—together with the spirit of peace—both now and evermore !" THE GREAT EVIIBITION OF 1851. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Earl Granville, Colonel Grey, Colonel Lloyd, Mr. W. Cubitt, M.P., and Wild, Esq., yesterday visited the building in course of erection in Hyde Park. His Royal Highness was shown over the works by Messrs. Fox and Henderson, the contrac tors ; W. Digby Wyatt, Esq., secretary of the Exe cutive Committee, and who is charged with the superintendence of the building; Owen Jones, Esq, charged with the decorative department ; and W. Cochrane, Esq, the superintendent of the works. His Royal Highness expressed himself highly gratified with the progress of the works, and made most minute inquiries into the various details of the building. Upon arriving on the ground the first object pointed out to the Prince was the hydraulic press upon which a girder was being tested by a pressure of twenty-two tons, after which several columns and girders were raised and fixed in their places, and his Royal Highness expressed his astonishment at the celerity with which the opera tion was performed. The ingenious mode of forming the gutters, fixing them in their situations, and the manner in which the roof is constructed, were minutely examined by the illustrious Prince. Several questions were asked by his Royal Highness as to the size and strength of the glass and as to the angle at which it would be placed, and he expressed himself fully satisfied with the answers given to his inquiries. As his Royal Highness stood at the-east end of the long line of columns which• are now erected to the height of sixty-six feet on each side of the central avenue, and which is now spanned by several of the seventy-two feet girders, he repeatedly gave ex pression to his feelings of astonishment and de light at the magnitude of the undertaking, and the grand and beautiful appearance which the building cannot fail to present when completed. The various machines for punching and drilling the ironwork, for sawing to uniform lengths and angles, for boring the vast number of sash bars required, for sawing the " tongues" for the " ploughed joints" of the external wood-facing, and for painting and putty ing the sash bars—the latter machine worked by steam—were minutely inspected by his Royal High ness, who warmly complimented Messrs. Fox and Henderson on the progress which they had made, and, on the great ability which those gentlemen had dis played in the arrangement of tha necessary details and machinery for completing the undertaking: In answer to a question put by his Royal Highness, he was informed by the contractors that the whole of the building would be completed by the Ist January. On leaving the ground his Royal Highness was loudly cheered by the workmen, as well as by a large crowd of persons who had assembled outside the building. On Friday Lord John Russell visited the building, and was conducted over it by the contractors and Digby Wyatt, Esq. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 8. The Queen and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger mem bers of the Royal Family walked this afternoon in the Home-park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert left the Castle for town at ten o clock this morning, attended by Colonel the Honourable Charles Grey and Lieut.- Colonel the Honourable Alexander Gordon. His Royal Highness travelled by a special train on the Great Western Railway, and after arriving in London inspected the building erecting in Hyde-park fur the Exhibition of the, Works of industry of all Nations, to be held in the year 1851. The Prince then pro ceeded to Buckingham Palace, and afterwards went to Paddington, travelling to Windsor by a special train, and returning to the Castle at two o'clock in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours arrived at the Castle about two o'clock this afternoon, from Claremont, and partook of luncheon with the Queen and the Prince. Their Royal High nesses took their departure in the afternoon. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked on the Slopes this afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Prin cess Alice, and the younger Royal children, took air ings in the Home Park this afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went from the Castle at half-past four o'clock to the Chapel Royal of St. George, to be present at the performance of ancient sacred music. The Prince was accompa nied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of \Vales and the Princess Royal, and was attended by Lieu tenant-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon and Mr. Birch. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at her residence, Frog more. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. It was at tended by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chan cellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. The Council sat two hours. A deputation for the postponement of the hop-duty, consisting of Mr. T. L. Hodges, M.P.; Sir Edmund Filmer, M.P. ; Mr. Frewen, M.P. ; Mr. Fuller, M.P. ; Mr. Curteis, M.P. ; and Mr. A. J. B. Hope, M.P.; had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Duke of Northumberland had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. A deputation, consisting of Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. Blake, Mr. Bennoch, Mr. J. Wood, Mr. R. Taylor, and the City Remembrancer, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir Thomas Fremantle, chairman of the Customs, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of Malta. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial-office for the Governor of Canada ; and also for the Governors of the other North American co lonies. The Rev. Viscount Hereford had an interview yes terday with Sir George Grey ; Mr. T. Curtis and lessees of the Liverpool Magazines, had also an inter view with the Right Hon. Baronet at the Home-office yesterday. THE ilor DUTY.—A deputation of Members of Parliament from Kent and Sussex waited on the Chancellor of the Exchequer at his official residence in yowning-street yesterday (Friday) for the purpose of presenting to the Right lion. Gentleman the memorial of the hop-growers, agreed to at the meeting held at Hurst-green, on Thursday, the 31st ultimo, praying the further postponement of the collection of the arrears of duty for the year 18-19. T he Members pre sent were—Mr. T. Law Hodges , West K ent; Sir Edward Filmer, West Kent; Mr. Frewen, East Sussex; Mr. Fuller, East Sussex ; Mr. Curteis, Rye ; and Mr. W. B. Hope, Maid stone. Mr. Hodges presented the memorial, and s tated th e case of the hop- gr owers mu its support. The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied that he had already postp o ned th e col lection of the duty f or an entire year, and that on account of the lateness of the present season, and upon the representa tion of the hop-growers themselves, he had further post poned it for one month, from the 15th of October to the 15th of November instant, and that now he should insist upon its collection and enforce its payment when necessary. The de putation then retired. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.—The section of the Bordeaux Railway from Chattellerault to Poitiers was given up to the company is . a few days ago by th e G o vernment engi neers. It 3J kilometres (24 , 4 , English miles) in length. The company.' has resolved to open the section to the public at the same time as that from Tours to Chattellerault, of which it is the continuation ; so that in August, or perhaps in July next, the public will have railway communication from Tours to Poitiers.—Galignani. THE PAPAL AGGRESSION. DEPUTATION TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. • Yesterday, at one o'clock, the deputation appointed to present to the Right Hon. Lord John Russell the vote of thanks unanimously agreed to by the Court of Common Council, consisting of Alderman Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. Blake, the mover, and Mr. Bennocb, the seconder of the address, to gether with Mr. Richard Taylor, and Mr. John Wood, accompanied by the Remembrancer, waited by appointment upon his Lordship, at his official resi dence in Downing-street. The deputation having been severally introduced to his Lordship, by whom they were most warmly and courteously received, Mr. BLAKE spoke as follows :—May it please your Lordship, we are deputed by the Corporation of London, in common council assembled, to present to you the copy of a resolution adopted yester day at a full Court, after having heard read your late letter to the Lord Bishop of Durham. To say that this resolution was unanimously adopted—to say that the standing orders of the court, prohibiting the intro duction of any new subject not contained in the paper of business were as unanimously suspended, would but faintly describe the degree of enthusiasm with which it was carried. Whilst we sincerely pray that your Lordship may be spared for many years to an admiring people to maintain those principles you have so nobly and eloquently enunciated, we feel both proud and happy of 13(:ing the medium of communi•• eating on the part of the corporation of London the expression of sentiments in which we so cordially and heartily concur. Mr. BLASE then read the address, which was as follows "Resolved unanimously, that this Court has read with feelings of the highest gratification the timely and admirable letter addressed to the Right Rev, the Lord 1315.h0p of Durham by the Right Hon. the Lord John Russell, and entirely and heartily ap proves the principles therein expressed, and his de termination to maintain unimpaired the great consti tutional doctrine that •no foreign prince or poten tate will be permitted to fasten his fetters upon a nation which has so long and so nobly vindicated rights to freedom of opinion, civil, political, and religious. And, " That the cordial and sincere thanks of this Court be presented to his Lordship, not only as one of the Representatives of this City in Parliament, but as the Prime Minister or the Crown and the organ of her Majesty's Government, for such a declaration of opinion as must re-assure all her Majesty's subjects of the unabated desire of those in power to uphold in its integrity the religious freedom of the British Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in reply, thanked the depu tation most heartily for the address which had just been read. He observed that he felt most grateful for the sentiments of confidence which were expressed therein. His Lordship further remarked that it was at all times gratifying to him to receive the thanks of the Lord Mayor, the corporation, and the citizens of London. The approbation of such an important body was most valuable ; and, indeed, if it were not for such support from those who represented the people, it would be be impossible to give full effect to the opinions of the Government. The deputation then withdrew, much gratified with the cordial reception they had met with from the Noble Lord. THE BISHOP OF EXETER e with Exeter, gre p a r t e s s e a n t i t s e f d a e t t o i ON THE ROMI SH AGGRESSION.ed "Brother. Christians an d Brother Cuhrusrchm. reply to an address from The Bishop of Exete r has issued following the lait u y of th h e ai of just been read to me. rTrinity,ece has " The recent act of the Bishop ohninathoeriaTddhretssdeawYphlracsht p of Rome, affecting, in direct contradiction to the canons of the Catholic Churcb,to place bishops in this land, which is through out already occupied by an episcopate nearly as an cient as that of Rome itself, cannot fail to have ex cited, in every faithful member of Christ's Church amongst us, a feeling of indignation at its presump tion, and a firmer resolution than ever to resist the un righteous and uncatholic spirit which has prompted it. " Whether this act be, indeed, as you designate it, an 'aggression on the constitutional rights and sove reignty of the Crown of England,' after all the changes in our constitution which modern legislation has in troduced, Ido not presume to say. If it be, it is manifestly the duty of the advisers of the Queen to take steps to vindicate the outraged rights and honour of their Royal Mistress. " But, perhaps, there is too much reason to fear that the innovations which have been made within the last few years in our fundamental laws have, in truth, removed all impediments to the intrusion of such bulls from Rome as that which is the subject of our present complaint. If this shall prove to be the case, it will become the people of England to blame their own culpable disregard of their highest interests, in spite of warnings repeatedly pressed upon them, rather than to indulge in furious, but idle invective, against the wary adversary who has turned their imprudence so largely to his own account. Be this, however, as it may it is a branch o f the subject on which it does not become me here to dwell. In Parliament, so long as it shall please God to give me strength to go thither, m y voice shall ever be raised—as it always hitherto has been raised— however feebly and ineffectually—to assert the an cient principles of the English l a w—principles which, so long as they were permitted to retain their force, were the security alike of the majesty of the Crown and the best interests of the people. "But, out of Parliament, my duties are of a spie ritual character. When called on, therefore, as I now am, to address a highly v alued portion of Christ's flock, over which He has constituted me the pastor, I would confine myself to the religious aspect of the case before rne. Looking at it thus, I cannot but in vite you to discern in the present Occurrence a new proof of the wise dispensations of God's Providence, overruling all the designs of men, and all the events hi life, to the accomplishment of Ilk own blessed purposes for the ultimate good of His Church—and a fresh call on us to use faithfully, and thankfully, the great blessing which He has bestowed on this favoured land, by planting in it a true branch of that Church, and placing over it, and empowering with his autho rity, in unbroken succession from the Apostles, those, of whom the great Apostle of the Gentiles himself has commanded all Christians so to account, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the myste• ries of God.' " Human policy ma y be at a loss in dealing wisely and effectually with the out-breakings of Papal pre sumption, backed, as it is, by a powerful and pani i)ered party, which has hitherto been suffered to pre- NOVEMBER 9, 1850. PROPOSED REMOVAL OF SMITH FIELD MARKET. (From the TVerkly Dispatch) Mr. Editor,—ln my letter of last week on the above subj‘ct I promised to lay before your readers some extracts from the Report of the Commissioners appointed by her Mejesty to make inquiries relating to Smithfield-market, end I now proceed to redeem that pledge. Like the resolutions adopted by the Committee of the House of Commons, it blows hot and cold. With regard to the position of the mar ket, they (the Commissioners) admit the advantages of its central situation and means of access, which, they add, offer conveniences to the buyers scattered over the whole of the metropolis, as well as for the transaction of all the details of general business. The close proximity of Newgate market is another great convenience, and one which many butchers of extensive trade consider iecii , pensable to the tre.n , ac- . tion of their Itiness. The Post-office, the 13' , nk of England, and Lombard-street, where the chief part of the country banking business is carried 'n s are s id in a few inmates' walk of the market, knd from the large ready -mom y transactions connected V 1 it'll it, the its cessity tor promptly cashing the eta ques in kick the payments are nude, and making the remittances to the grazier, form othc r grounds upon which the advantages of tie present site are maintained. It is alleged by many of the butchers, that the retention of the market in a central part of the metropolis is essential to their trade, inasmuch as th e necess ity o f conve yi ng th e animals from a distance would otherwise impede their business. Such are the advantages of the present, site, as admitted even by the Commissioners them selves, and will be considered by all impartial disin terested persons as strong reasons for the continuance of the market where it is now held; but in the very page of the Report which contains this admission, there is the following passage :—" Within one fur long (220 yards) of the market, subject to all its an noyances, the noise of the dogs, of the cattle, and of their drovers, as well as the filth and disturbance caused by the collection and dispersion of this large number of animals, are placed the Hospital of Saint 1 Bartholomew, the great Gaol of Newgate, Giltspur street Prison, the Central Criminal Court, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Post-office, &c.; in short, all those establishments from which it seems important to the public interests and good order that a large market for cattle should be far removed." Now every person at all acquainted with the locality is well aware of the fact, that althpugh a portion of the building called St. Bartholomew's Hospital fronts Smithfield-market, yet the whole of the wards for the reception of pa tients are so for in the rear that it is quite impossible for any of them to be disturbed by the noise of the dogs, cattle, &c. ; but in these days of mock philan thropy those who have no sympathy to bestow on the afflicted and suffering poor may, nevertheless, feel extreme anxiety that the quiet and comfort of our criminal population should not be in the slightest de gree disturbed, and, accordingly, the proximity of the market to the great Gaol of Newgate and Giltspur street Compter, is alleged as a ground for its removal, as the noise of the dogs is likely to disturb the pri soners when at their devotions. I fancy most of the prisoners would be very glad to be where they could hear the noise a little better. But the market is also said to be too near St. Paul's Cathedral, and perhaps an occasional stray ox may have prevented some old woman from crossing the churchyard, and entering the Cathedral, and thus deprived the Dean and Chap ter of twopence, a sum which those reverend and under-paid functionaries can ill afford to lose. Last, but not least, the market is said to be so near the Mansion-house. Nothing, however, is said about Guildhall or the Court of Bankruptcy, to which the removal of the market will drive several industrious citizens, who are now getting a respectable living. The Report goes on to say that the inadequacy of the space of the present market is attested by all the wit nesses whom they examined on the subject; but this inconvenience will be completely removed by the plan proposed by Mr. Bunning. The next point in the Report worthy of notice is the allegation that has been so frequently made by the promoters of the Isling ton Cattle Market scheme, viz., the deterioration in the flesh of the animals caused by the treatment they receive in driving them to Smithfield, and in the market itself. Statements on this subject were made before the Committee of the House of Commons, and were repeated before the Commissioners, who, how ever, say that, although the opinions were those of practical men, yet the data upon which they founded their calculations were in the opinion of the Com missioners too conjectural to be received with much reliance. Much has been said about the injury to the health of the inhabitants of Smithfield from the hold ing of a live cattle market there. It does not appear that the parties who are the most interested have made any complaint on the subject, and even the Commis sioners admit that the appropriation of Smithfield to the uses of a market for live stock on two days of the week is not productive of insalubrity to the neigh bourhood to any appreciable extent. But the gres.t€ st alleged nuisance connected with the continuance of a live cattle market in Smithfield is the driving of cattle, sheep, &c., through the streets of the metropolis, and this, they admit in their re port, cannot be remedied by removing it "to the outskirts of the metropolis, with a conve nient access to the different railways," because, although the live stock would reach it without ma terial inconvenience to the public, yet, in order that they should be distributed from the market among the different private slaughter-houses throughout the town, it would be necessary that they should be driven through the streets. They, however, concur with the Markets' Improvement Committee in think ing that " restrictions upon driving animals within certain hours of the day should be imposed by a general enftctment," which can surely be done with out the removal of the cattle market from Smithfield, and thus the only inconvenience of which the public have ever complained will be got rid of. In con cluding their Report the Commissioners say that, " al though they believe their recommendati9n for the re moval of the Smithfield Cattle-market to be impera • ' tively demanded by considerations of public convenience, they are not unmindful of the loss of custom which the measure would entail upon certain classes of retail dealers resident in that neighbourhood. It is with sincere regret that they recommended any change which would be attended even with partial and temporary loss of trade to certain individuals." It is very kind of the Commissioners to make am allusion to the trifling circumstance that the removal of the cattle market will deprive many hundred persons of their present means of existence, for it is not denied that if the market should be removed nearly the whole of the inhabitants of Smithfield may shut up their shops as soon as they please ; but the Commissioners kindly assure the parties that " the removal of the cattle market from Smithfield is, in their judgment, likely upon the whole, ultimately to enhance rather than lower the sales of property in that part of the City, inasmuch as its existence in that position operates as a discouragement to the residence of persons whose business is not immediately connected with the mar ket and its frequenters." The Commissioners care not what becomes of the present occupiers cf houses in Smithfield, so long as the nuisance of which they complain is removed ; that is a matter which they leave the parties interested to settle among themselves. Honest, industrious citizens may, at their suggestion, be deprived of the means of existence, with the conso latory assurance that " local diminutions of mercantile profit are the necessary, though undesigned conse quences, of all extensive improvements which alter existing traffic and communication." I have already stated that two of the Commissioners refused to sign his report. I shall notice their dissent, and some of ,he evidence adduced in a future letter. CENSORIIIS. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY MoRNING.—BUSINESS IN THE EN CUMBERED ESTATES COURT.—The great accumulation of sales in the E 3c umbered Commission Court has com pelled the Commissioners to adopt a total change in their arrangements. Heretofore the petitions, in the order of their presentation, were adjudicated upon, and days ~f sa le fixed at convenient p er i o d s , i n some in stances several months hence. But th e sa l e li sts are no w so full, whilst hundreds of petitions remain for c onsideration, that the Commissioners have determined to make no further orders for sales during the present cr the next year. On Wedne s d a y l as t a so li c i tor, entruste d with the carriage of the sale of an extensive estate, at tended in court with a box containing the title-deeds and other necessary documents, with the view of having a day fixed for the sale, the absolute order having been pronounced last week in the cause. But he was in formed that the Commissioners have resolved to make no further orders for sales until the commencement of the year 1852. ST. IVES.—FISBERT.—During the past week the following fish adventurers have been successful:—Messrs. Bolitho's and Co., have secured and taken up about 360 hhds. ; Messrs. Weatne's and 00 hlids. ; Messrs. Hock ing and Co. 270 hhds. ; Messrs. Co., bamtield an Co., it is said, about 6 0 hhds. Those last yarned are not all taken up. A great quantity of hake was brought on Wednesday morning, of very tine quality, which sold at 3d. each. Mackerel sold at I Is. and 12s. par hundred ;:the catches being very small. Some of the drift boats that had on board.pilchardinets took from 300 pilchards and 1 hundred herrings; the latter sold at three per penny.—Cornwall Gazette. AmmAL SAGACITY.—On the evening of Tuesday, during the Castle Donington feast, the keeper of Mr. Batty's menagerie went into the area of the carriages in a state of intoxication, where ke came in contact with one of the bears, and after a considerable contest the man and bear rolled down to the elephant, who, seeing the danger of the keeper, immediately seized the bear by the chain with his trunk, by which the bear had been secured, and in a moment extri cated the man from the rude grasp of bruin, and kept him suspended until the man had recovered himself from the struggle. Derby Mercury. About a ton of smuggled tobacco was seized at Manningtree last week ; and on Wednesday three part ies in whose possession it was found were each fined in the sum of Icol. In default of payment they were sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Chelmsford fool. 1 .NI / A • /,',/ ^ _ ;~-~ • THEATRE. • JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. M. JuMen commenced his campaign last evein4 . : at this theatre, which was crammed w - ti su.lea._on _ every part. The fittings up ere th same for 114 1( masked ball, which gave to the y theatre a wry bril liant appearance. The crystal curtain, in particular, seemed the object ~ f universal admiration. The band is, with few exceptions, the same as last season ; end is fully as efficient. Madlle. Jetty Treffz is, as lest season, the vocalist. The concert commenced with the overture to Der Freischutz, which was splendidly played ; the lovers of clas sical music were delighted when the band performed the andante movement in Beetho ven's pastoral symphony, and the allegro in Mendelssohn's Scottish symphony in A minor; the admirers of dramatic nimic were roused to a furore by the wimirable selections from Robert le Diable, in which Mr. A. Winter bottom's I.ex-form:lnce of the solo part for the bassoon elicited the most cothusi astic Npplaus2, whilst the votaries of the dance were in raptures whit the qtr-enilles, uultz..s, and poilcss (including. the '•Brithl Army Qin.- drilles"), constituting the most brilliant re pertoire ( f dance music ever performed. i'he solo performers were Herr liu ag on the cornet . niAtais and Mr. Pratten on the flute. Mademoiselle Treffz sung Mrndelssohn's beautiful song, ‘• Tee First Violet," most uxquisitily. Tht re was then an universal cry for " Trap, Trab," with which she at once complied ; and she afterwards sang " Home, sweet Herne." The per[ormanee of the National Anthem was, us usual at these concerts, a great feature. During its performance the applause was vociferous, and was largely mingled with cries of "No Popery !" " Bravo! Lard John Russell !" The concert was brilliant and sparkling, and in the British Army Quadrille the introduction of four military bands, in addition to the monster orchestra of 110 performers, was most effective. . i : _. . i/, THEATRE ROYAL, LEEDS. La Sonnambula, on Tuesday evening, was played to a crowded house, and was the chef d'eurre of the week. The opening scene by Liza (Mrs. Weiss) augured well fur the after performance. The playful wooing of Alessi() (Mr. Corri) was a finished piece of burlesque. Amino, (Miss Pyne) was not only excel lently rendered, but taken in conjunction with her charming vocalism, the character in her hands fur nished a really rich intellectual and musical treat. Her buoyancy of spirits, depicting the artless simpli city of the country maiden (in the scene with the Notary) and the signing of the marriage contract, contrasted admirably with her deep and thrilling pathos in subsequent scenes. In the scene with the Notary, her great powers as a vocalist were shown in the chaste and sustained bird-like warble with which she embellished the principal song. This song elicited marked approbation from all parts cf the house ; and afterwards, in the chamber scene, her " Prithee hear me," electrified the audience, and caused many an auditor, even of the sterner sex, " to play the woman." Her walking scene, in the last act, and the beauti fully softened tone in which she gave mutual utterance to her hopes, and fears, and deep despair, whilst tearing up the nosegay she had taken from her bosom, was really pathetic. Elvin° (Mr. Harrison) was pourtrayed in excellent taste. He was in capital voice ; and, well as he always plays in operas, we never knew him ac quit himself better. His first indication of the " green-eyed monster" had a rich comic humour about it which elicited roars of laughter ; whilst in the chamber-scene his deeply-wrought agony and mani acal singing at the assumed guilt of Amina, were touchingly effective; and his song—" So gently o'er my tenses stealing," was exquisitely rendered. Count Rodolphe) (Mr. Weiss), in the little he had to do, was a character well sustained, and his songs were given with an ease and richness which gained him deserved plaudits. Upon the whole the opera was well put upon the stage, and several rounds of applause accom panied the fall of the curtain. On Wednesday even ing Wallace's beautiful opera of Maritana was re peated, but it did not draw so good an audience as were present on the two previous evenings. Mr. Harrison's Don Caesar de Bazan was a highly satis factory performance; indeed, we think his acting ex ceeds his singing. He was entirely successful in hitting off cleverly the bold, dashing, and reckless Don Cseiar. The singing of Miss Pyne, as Maritana, was sweet and finished, and her acting was marked by a refinement, judgment, and delicacy that at once showed her correct appree elation of the gentle, chaste, and constant Maritana. Her personation of the character met with repeated applause. The character of Don Jose de Santarem was well conceived by Mr. Weiss, and some of the music allowed full scope for his superb bass voice. He was in one song deservedly encored. The other cha racters in the piece were respectably sustained, and the opera of Maritana, we may say, pam•ed off suc cessfully. At the conclusion, the operatic corps were called before the curtain, when Miss Louisa Pyne received the unusual compliment from a Leeds audi ence of a beautiful bouquct of flowers, which was thrown to her from one of the private boxes. Last evening (Friday) we had the Crown Diamonds, but we were unable to attend. We perceive that the operatic c‘iinpany are engaged for six nights longer, end we advise all who admire fine singing and good dramatic performing to make a point of being present one or more evenings. To Mr. Caple we have one suggestion to Lifer. The effect of the fine singing of the operatic company was not unfrequently marred by the wretched rendering of the choruses. In a town like Leeds, where good choral voices and a knowledge of music are almost as plentiful as black berries, such a drawback ought never to be suffered by a manager ; and we would suggest to Mr. Caple the desirability of supplying the deficiency forthwith. —Leeds Times. RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts. 1850. IsRITISH. 72 Aberdeen .. • ..... .. •• • ... •• .. 4508 £1,250 37% Belfast and Ballymena • . •• • ..• • • 439 574 17 Belfast and County D0wn.......... - 162 16 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire b9G 959 27 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .. . • 448 - 85 % Bristol and Exeter .................. 3,611 3 6:5 9 3 8 0 0 160 Caledonian.. ... ••••• • • • • . .• • 6. 4 3 9 2 4 % C p h ii e b s l t i e n r a e u n d d l l 3 l a o t l a y s h t e .Junction .• .. .. 1, 2 5 4 3 6 6 2, 4 %55 1 53 Dublin and Drogheda. ••••••• • • • • • • • 924 1,029 6 Dublin and Kinustown .• •• •. • • .• • 1,309 1,256 16 Dundee and Arbroath •. • • • • • • • • .. • • - 364 31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 596 601 19 Dundalk and Enniskillen ............ 158 171 67% East Anglian.- ................ 826 691 79 East Lancashire • 3,017 3,550 322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk 14,595 14,675 95 Eastern Union.. .... ........ .... 1,574 2,231 57% Edinburgh and Glasgow .• .. .......t 3,458 3,692 71 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee-. 2,176 2,432 18 Furness Railway ... .............. - 220 100 Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr .... 22% Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock •• • • 989 955 231 Great Northern and E. L 3,847 7,110 188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 4,091 4,682 262 3 4 Great Western 90 Lancaster and Carlisle.. • ... ...... 3,10 4,957 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire.... .... 11,6 i 9 14,634 39 Leeds and Thirsk ••..••.• • • • • • . . • 624 898 12 1 % Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... 105 462 5181,4 London and North Western ..... 40,165 :42,167 sys London and ••. • .. 653 764 171 14 London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 10,266 10,492 239 London and South Western. ........ 8,959 9,841 15 Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ 139 145 11% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. 109 114 167% Manchester, Sheffield, and:Lincolnshire 4,733 6,054 9s, Manchester and South Junction ...... 323 Bsl 28 Maryport and Carlisle • • ...• • • • ..... - 623 49514 Midland ••- • • • •. • • ..... 22,321 21,764 50 Midland Great Western (Irish) 1,367 1,345 60 Newcastle and Carlisle.. 2,109 2,294 146 North British ••..•• • • • • •......... „. 3,246 3,428 222 North Staffordshire 4,269 4,735 47 North-Western ..................., - 413 45 Scottish Central ..... 32 Scottish Midland ....... ..... ...• 371 415 47 Shrewsbury and Chester ............ 1,463 1,401 30 Shropshire Union ... ........... 321 456 58 South Dev0n........ . .............. 1,432 1,754 234 South Ea5tern.......... 75 South Wales - ht 5 ....... 69 South York., Doncaster, and Goole • • - 1,211 40 Taff Vale .•..... 36 Ulster . • .. ..... .................... 818 1,016 25 Waterford and Limerick ..... - 328 • •• •• 13 West Cornwall ...... ............. 282 319 12 Whitehaven Junction ............... 193 193 293 York and Newcastle, and Berwick ... 14,223 14,5:3 256 York and North Midland. ••. • • . 6,863 7,729 FOREIGN. 76 1 14 Amiens and Boulogne. .• •• • • 1,602 1,458 44 Dieppe .. • • • • • • . • .. • • ........ 63 Montereau and Troyes .......... • 1,021 1,090 336 Northern of France „ 18,105 20,443 143 Orleans to Bourges (Cent.) 2,731 3,319 72 Orleans to Bordeaux •••• •••••••••••• - 82 Paris and Orleans .. 65 Paris and Rouen . 59 1 „ 1 Rouen and Havre .................. 2,364 2,681 SWEARING IN OF THE NEW LORD MAYOR.— Yesterday Alderman Musgrove, the new Lord Mayor of London, was sworn in at the Guildhall. There was a very large attendance of Aldermen. His Lordship and Alder man Farncomb, who Las just completed his Mavoralty, and the Sheriffs, Alderman Carden and Mr. Hodgliinson, were received in the hall in a very warm manner. The usual forms were gone through by the various officers of the Corpo ration appointed by the Livery of London, and the whole of the proceedings appeared to be a very favourable precursor of the great clay of civic fes;ivity. DEPUTATION TO THE BISHOP OF LONDON.—ST. GEOUGL'i, IIANOVER-SQUAlZE.—Yesterday morning a depu tation of the inhabitants of St. George's, Hanover-square, waited upon the Lord Bishop of London, pursuant to ap pointment, in order to present to his Lordship an address upon the recent unwarrantable aggression of the Romish Church. The address was signed by no less than 7,820 per sonn in this one parish, and amongst the signatures were those of the Marquis of Westminster, the Marquis of Exeter, the Earl of Jersey, the Earl of Glengall, Earl Brownlow, Lord Foley, Lord Colchester, Lord Viscount Chewton, the Hon. Captain Fitzroy, M.P., the lion. E. Gardiner, the Hon. H. Clive, the lion. Colonel Dawson Damcr, Sir W. Farquhar, Bart., Sir W. B. Riddell, Bart., &c. Arrangements are in progress for a direct railway c t he n e i c ni o m n mp i l c e a t t i o i o n n o f be th tw e elein n e l f l; o ey m m i lu oi t c h he a s n t d er t t h o e l m ve e y tr in op o o u l t i h s,. by The Gazette of last night contains the treaty of peace, amity, commerce, and navigation, between her Bri tannic Majesty and the Dominican Republic. Signed at Santo Domingo, March 6, 1850. Ratifications exchanged at Santo Domingo, Sept. 10, 1850. ..... lave ,ord ally tra. 40 ; y a 0 and with Y , oll°% ,p. lyt. of , aY ° ." a bla of wills ''citl th j sooe ,t., or' J bi .' the tad off til