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/11 ( V LITER ATURE. br C/ C, a Play of Genoa. By Alfred Bate Richards. Our dramati‘t must I, classed among those writers alit, are the r : ' ''' •• - lie is already f aLon, „ i•Jst laudably industrious. , —aulY known to some readers as the author of - tricr :,,, r,,Edy called " [ l, :rce , us," and a drama called _`-'rolowoi." He has penned various metrical ~b werk' ' such " The Dream of the Soul" and hasand the a,c.clens" heath bten industrious in contributing to one or eth er of Dis =c p er i odicals, and in l a b our i ng a l so i n recond ite bran c h es of literature. thr , “ Vandy'e k t. r 1 l'.itest frffusion, is the one now lying before us o e,oll.Lideration. As the title intimates, its scene is pu , r h o e ly_ I.taliati. Alr. Richards has striven evidently to ii ni o a f ge to the dramatic art by this "Play of his en r 11 ‘ 'i L rtilna telY (We must say it at once) his endea . s ~ lig, u,eLnentirely successful Only in the .. Dedication. , ) , i L is same dedication " Van . dyck" is offered as a t r i'Hit' to the geniu s of Nlr. Justice Talfourd. Yet, a a v er giving this token of his admiration for the pure 'i clissieal d • ' , M Richards has altogether latd it, idea rla3indhi • t r ;wnstrange and fantastic (I(ltictiiion. In it y he has mingled prose and poetry,. th e e c dr() and the terrible, the grotesque and the pea -4 I in one of those extraordinary jumbles, the pr uent, characteristicsf the h are such as come tn(l er the • o r ldramatic and the Dieri,ri . categories or me tak es " el'us. Sometimes even his versification pa a r- s ,„ 4 ,, ( If this culpable inditft,rence to regularity, c ei r , e he rpoils a pretty song with the miserable neY„rll3'tne italicised in the following : 4 ' lial . In e ye seen the N aut i lus sailing the moon -beam' s silv er y p at h, While stars around gleam pale in Sotaeii Their deep blue tremulous bath? . " . hi ll , to 71,e1", again, his haste in composition causes . to „,, blunder into the most transparent "titr e friend Va t a i .1, into endeavouring to console h a is man: , l'itadYe,", exclaims (p. 70) " Come, plagiarisms , feelY' ('l( respon ding, " I am a man, and therefore be ksoti,, Why, the words are almost literally_..swife sod e.,4wheta he hears of the massacrata 111. those Benceßen ce 1 :," i r : °, 11 . lie is told to bear the bear the int o e n ll y i: / "I't* a man." " Yes," he exclaims inag , o, 1, Must also feel it like a man !" Occasionally, mis tikes.V.Rihards perpetrates the most surprising must ta, e ' i ':, where he makes Olimpia say (p. tlvia Bianca to go to mass to-night !" Yt pert' morning, ex 4pti o , °ruled, we opine, in the 8 1‘ 8 1 ) ap being . The itili oi g :stile midnight mass at Christmas. 4fr For loar'4e° reflections of Adorn' (p. 1, they tre )I'ecepts, your saws, and your examples,. ed th aa 'u t. More man use to a kindly disposition ttaiiiotne, books in a stall to an elderly gentleman . roh e g uown both sides of his nose, while a cunning ills,ie extracts a purse of sequins from his p s o s c a k g e e t" — i n l'Olive,v,i'l,ell,lY been suggested by j°11 ? is -"wist," where the good-natured a Mr. pa B A ro r w tf n u i bi; tehhed of his handkerchief by the i,ler,V. Plagiarisms, however, are not the only Mr, the Richards fil ll , B,'!.es perceptible in " Vandyck ;" — r ' lile. ultnself occasionally into the most c deplorable !-saislh . ontl„, tilt3' Mistaken extensions of ideas expressed with sors. Tans, felicity by his immortal predeces d f o Itti Xarnple, taking as his text the famous 4410 f Shakspere--" All the world's a stage"— to of the author thus delivers his own version of to to "ught, ro c d• gradually from eloquence d'PllNan fro ee ing• eb o i "m graceful metaphors to extravagant , 1 4ti a i e s. from sublimity to bathos, from the rave- Th to the blasnh H e sas : Vith worl d, %is 'emous. ti, sadi__ ce..... true, is but a play-house vast; g l smiling far, ii i toi o the l, 'none' Oh w ei , ti7lt eyes.osfavfaeiathn angels .behold ~s,serreseo.nnolue roof, 'mid the myriad stars, ,1451:titsesii4leneatli a sea of azure wae (To hi s na4 w eep, when some poor . actor doth tlbj ee r t ' , °0 Play too earnestly : Asa° tuo • of their grief least noticed here.) ell,st is our bright chandelier above;. Time, l Et ti e nd, the great scene-shifter, .....) -4 tti's e cur tain drop, and name the whole Wh o khearsa/ ! T h ' 4 PtiVil . Few there are, Toeit tqlow_eg it is to strut before . . ). !,ILasi) her ', e en to Fortune's giddie!tts verge, t44,14t1ti4 wditiht:l:,_rforpeoatitibi4s4, t t s o Ki n her . di round, print thei p r l c a a u rel u es n s es stepa, Th:,the em eY.Bon s to orchestral iss t hatl' 4 0.r1 t ,onf":• gladne..!s—soto m iltbl. hack 'LIDO and dull dreary wast L e , at o,ard stretches to the rim of he . n. . s ehe r i s u Passage, 'mid the flickering light t. 0 1 ° 1 4 ,,Poi Y a t s t ; 1 113 marks, and Wealth dis w gu_is . es. oii(i,le is e stroller lost his weary .aY Th e b Y hi s 13 , 44t a100n, and Love the child Is i ° l kis,: eiarents to the actor's curse. 'PhoN treB4eue's the Book of Life '4,411 k at , It ten many parts, and noneslike, NilgiNeatY do re semble. —He, who plays 14 ,Ihy th Part is this Rehearsal, oft h, x ,tD• t i o ° l east in the great act to Th e ''aNP i are men's graves, the promp tercome. Reason, a pacer l 4fll3tiltelt°,l toheneiaustusliene of is a to ll o ." obviousto require uap. ,etanl,, L 111 il lustration. As a somewhat., gladly sasf mole of , et t the style of the dramatist, we cltlthf, ° Ou r , , following noble panegyric , - Reoia -chumns the ' 4bliNt.Blint. Shakspere i -4s. li nes -- ' 4 Ye you not spoken of some wondrous NWh R4 at hi , d , I ° ir,,old h:-''' roet, far from hence, . l'h, I l i ! li v , d iFive tr ane'd the Syrens in their caves, khr t 'e th t ,'", so magical his song? t n kings' wurld withi n his wizard brain, 04. qildrt, sat t hron'd in greater majesty, . the'illt Nat o us' Life's river stray'd and sung: tr ee - l ei , ttnitrot, th at Roppd to trick her feat , u d re kilti Ari es r ess 0 , a t Ile held, as if she sleek F t , 0 !P an orient lake at morn, Pa h. ti tiptoe I,r ita " e oft stole near to take N i I NDy et e3 son th r Wii t i ' Itt a • ()W s n._, , There liv'd such a one: to her young; BindSl 71ed the ,`'iluegroorn, married with , an d , rota the .11k, Wherewith he wrote, . k 4' lllll alo'" hour -glass of admiring Time: llt i , t n he k, 14 ha stanip'd the nation great Ilil;lb.u.aniti,:i." ntirtur'd • I • deed he was eerV,7ight essence°r indeed one e ' e r liv'd llilsNo, t s ', 4 n, ,or will,—for he made all [tlleth,7"B. Each month, he lay within ~It o , W t 7tt est 3 W nnib, a several Muse did bear , b 44-e ," Ilie e„°4lPauY: thus was he fram d ,Art;Nditi -YtuPathiei; and en the day 1, 4 li, I,4tretch his dimpling finger tow'rd 11 1 4 , 1 sit 1 ,4 11 ng il°w'rs, Apollo left his throne v i .al or r'an.d kiss his smiling brow It hit s ~. e utnise," up into i'i:4laftTeTzße tichards can thus at pleasure soar ft 4 ea sjrla ef poetry, he evinces enough k o °al tja ''tY to alternate agreeably /1? 111 Ye t upon ocea it hell. 0 gay, from lively to severe." \'' to ti, I nt; t of the droll, . 1 41 ) , 41, , , 0 the influences . 1 o4 e to 'halls,of tne pensive, Take as r bati: 4 of now again to Melpomene. now showing his alle 'lf I n whielis Itflectiora for the humoriolunese:the excla f Adorni— e' ael 11,,,,5_ue Puts into the mouth I N ' and k t u "R I 'will consent to cut dibble for the 11 hUll) myself out with a stump to e tiii ' 41 3 root . off one of these mars 4 Marti„,, that bath just been introducedfrom___ to ti:" Aierica! " The plot of the drama uP to'itc(ti, to be rather too complicated, and the somewhat e tlltalePr:r4)tice themselves to be priiitt44. tbil'Ls—the materials, in fact,three t'iralltld ioll',lfig, rather suitable for a ___. being, The is CO ° e a v et than for a five-act play. tlee6edlitaill Antonio, called El Matador, io po after ti, Pular the most approved form of bucca 4ra t k eci . at the Victoria and supposed to . exist . tr,: i l la i i ~ krr ari , a _ . , N f u Ni 6a kinc e. , , o • Th,. . l .le , o g t re v a u te lg st ar boor womanm tinne. l' '''''' ', u 4 : lll t% \ th l e '.'e acts is Olimpia, the . daughter o .s f jr° the , the ii:tsrini ; the purest lady in the story 1 11 R Nyi,k4col, bathed of Pietro the boatman. Such With s,lt 14`tlities of " Vandyek," a drama a a 1)0 4!4, 44 .t tii'd ladies, with officers and priests, i tizc , t , s aih 44'1 sailors, magistrates and ma.np.argera, llracter th e tas,o ' f liira4 beggar, a call-boy and an T ol h d e man,cha %led b „, actors, dancers, &e. &c. . ._ r; ' s nsili„ 3 ' thp,°,i'e4t portrait painter, however, is d . e . l ra i r , ,,i v , - gr., . . • '‘'4l fi 'lt tt,_ ghlatist in colours that render hi 44 Ru 'tlre, i:'eußhout. Grouped around his histo -4114 ` . ittir e e various persons introduced upon the import pure Plaem as certain degree of reflected ‘)C his t heY are more or less directly in the and splendid reputation. SI NE W. S. W. 17 4 ------ is. t Byy t of Anti kt, b. am pERsE pOL .fizen r ikiti 4 ;41 Assistant in ,h„ department inv.tlit,e,t:lttPitisli ark,eum. '''' 1 Layard have t. Ned th'eikns discoveries of Mr' especial in s'telt e tiii • with an tc ti Art i 'll cif Nineveh I °llB oft Ilttrest founed on the com bined 'ttesist.brtith ttoci fiction f science and romance._ b the 11;„°41erluli° i,,,,deea i7L° c harm possessed practical, N4 tter. aid mysterious e that even in this atra So o_the Derwe N..latt Tri '3171' in the midst . li Xttiet, neteent century, Fe, libt arid horn il f our political and found to 14 a few 400 z° h busyo multitude are of I°4lt stleawith attenntTont eand anxiety to an accountred on social f some ,rn-ree,lY legible scription new ItttNct' -41uling mono tin the wilderness. of _,_ ly,deciphe The pti, 1%, of ,nen and , 'Aie. , the Past rival the interests the r,,,,,,,...,th „...0 4 „ „,,.:ek 4rt, sublimity attaches tot awe the Which the rnen of to-day contemplate tions• fir , 1 G tikordS of tithe h cl* ork of Past genera n ti ,et bur , ean iw . 1 the many . a d e fici a i o r Pose now to Conan er " foot rints p to rho rEtieQtions suggested by these • f brie P 444 N 'ds of ti ~ - • remain to mark the ge o f a Ti which remain 'Yaasties and nations— ,' po . g4,l)!lnts that perhaps another a, :. 4 „ ; e'er liteB aolenati.lnel% e ilir... l 1 b other Iht -i--etii(3-)..r ern and 4hipwrecta.n.„ °l'work , ~,, 03sy take heart a., i ittid tcj ilow nefore ali preSentS in a completemost.er_es the hell_en.ditts form a compilation of the didscoi‘viailor n4tstimitrs.‘4l..elP.l travellers in the East—Layard, and —LaYaorthers, re v;t4. t k4,,u0",, 6i r. R • /, 4. Porter, many chapters con tis , 4 , ancient date. While these tt ' 4l be of ti, those } tivellw, tale,.,e most interesting portions of '' sti , this lit work is not intended ;IliborPet4rB"6 the se 1 e perusal of the more orkatl'n a" Parate more valuable Jett i its ob. e°osequently excellent ob- It i Ject, arid a very -- • out carried 1- very successsfully THE SUN, is to class together the separate revelations, so as tl furnish the general reader with a complete idea of Nineveh and Persepolis, as they are and as they have been. Accordingly, the modern researches occupy only a portion of the volume. The first chapters are devoted to a brief history cf ancient Assyria and Persia, and this hi,tory is rendered most attractive by the pictures of eastern lire, and the romantic legends and fables w hich it contains. Mr. Vaux, the author of this work is engaged in the department of antiqui ties in the British Museum, and, in consequence per haps, his description of the ancient monuments, and his investigations and explanations are all given con amore, The work is embellished with numerous very excel lent engravings of the newly-discovered statues and figures of ancient date, and to the curious in such matters we may very safely commend this interesting record of " Nineveh and Persepolis." If disposed to find fault with its author, we might perhaps object to his too copious extracts from Layard. Yet in this instance Mr. Layard will have small cause of com plaint, seeing that any perusal of a portion of his in teresting revelations can only inspire the reader with an anxiety to peruse the whole. LETTERS OF A TRAVELLER. By Win. Cullen Bryant. This volume contains some fifty letters, written during the last sixteen years, and descriptive of the various localities from which they are dated, which localities comprise the chief places of note in the old and new worlds. The writer is the American poet, William Cullen Bryant, hence the very fact of its authorship and the very varied but attractive na ture of its contents invest the" Letters of a Traveller" with a peculiar interest. Letter I. chronicles the first impressions of an American in France, where every step of his journey reminds the traveller that he is in "an old country." France, Italy, England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, are alike traversed by the wanderer from the new world, and their various pe culiarities are made the subjects of interesting and generally judicious reflections and remarks. But, to our mind, by far the most attractive of these letters are those descriptive of America—an American's ob servations on American scenes and American pecu liarities. The very diversified subjects of these let ters increase the value of the collected series, as they furnish the reader with, as it were, a bird's-eye glimpse of both sides of the Atlantic, and enable him to compare the peculiar characteristics of different countries and different races. In this investigation, moreover, the reader is at once assisted and delighted by the running commentary of his poet-conductor. Whether commenting upon a Free-trade meeting at Covent-garden (where, by the way, we are told that " Cobden, in physiognomy and appearance, might almost pass for an American, and has a certain New England sharpness and shrewdness in his way of dealing with a subject"),, or following the adventures of some Indian tribe, or in any other intermediate position, Mr. Bryant is equally felicitous in his descriptions, and his remarks are equally em phatic and judicious. TWO YEARS" RESIDENCE IN A LE VANTINE FAMILY. By Bayle St. John. An old saying recommends travellers to do at Rome as Rome does, and, in uncon scious obedience to this maxim, Mr. St. John during his residence in the East rightly decided that the most effectual method by which he could become familiar with the peculiarities and customs of the country was by domiciling himself with a Levantine family and identifying himself for the time being with the Levantines. The consequence of this very judi cious determination is a volume, part journal, part history, part romance, in which the reader, like the writer, becomes pleasantly familiarised with Easter❑ customs and quite at home with Sitt Madoula and the gentle Wardy and their various relatives and acquaintances, not omit ting " the Sheik," a ghostly inhabitant of the house—the spectre of a former landlord, who was frequently (Mr. St. John seriously informs us) en countered on the stairs and in the corridors. The frequent rencontres of this supernatural companion were such a matter of course with Sitt 11Iadoula's household that one or other would often carelessly remark, " I met the Sheik on the stairs, but he passed by quietly." At first Mr. St. John tells us he imagined the person spoken of to be some trouble some neighbour, but during his two years domicile three times his own eyes acquainted him with the supernatural fact ! Matter of more substantial and not less romantic interest is, however, abundantly furnished in the pages of this work, many chapters of which transport the reader to the very regions of the Arabian Nights, and once more, as in the dear days of childhood, we inhabit a world where romance is reality and reality is roman tic. Among some of the many extraordinary national peculiarities here recorded is the faith of the Egyptians is the power of an untruth. Any spell, say they, can be overcome if the victim can gain credence for a❑ untruth. " One morning," writes Mr. St. John, " I'kender came and swore most solemnly that he was going to Rosetta to collect some debts. The object was to remove a spell which had prevented him from effecting any impor tant sale for three days. As I believed him—at least for a moment—it seems he was fortunate, and made a profit of ten dollars before I gave him a visit in the afternoon." So abundaut are the similar anecdotes, and so interesting are the romantic narratives, some of them fully equal to a three-volumed novel, which fill the pages of this attractive volume, that instead of quoting a few, we recommend the whole to those who are desirous of becoming further acquainted with the men and manners of the Levant. THE DAL TONS. .Nos. 111. and 1 - 1 7 . By Charles Lever. Our amusing friend Harry Lorrequer begins to feel himself more at home with his new characters. Their place of sojourn still continues to be the Ger man watering-place of Baden, out of season, though towards the close of the present instalment the On slows appear to be on the eve of their departure for Italy. Lady Hester is striving to secure Kate Dalton as her companio❑ to the Roman peninsula. Many obstacles, however, must stand in the way of such an arrangement, seeing that the previous effort of Mr. Prichard, the attorney of Sir Stafford, has failed in persuading Peter Dalton to accept an an nuity of 2001. per annum from his employer. To ourselves the reasons for this latter refusal ap pear to be somewhat incomprehensible. Poor Hans is still an invalid. Andy " comes out" most ludicrously in the fourth number, rather to the con fusion of Mr. Albert Jekyl, who has formed the ac quaintance of George Onslow. As yet we have been enabled only to catch a glimpse of the initials of their character. Scarcely a syllable is said about Colonel Haggerstone in the last few chapters, and hardly a word of Frank, who has doubtless by this time be come transformed into an Austrian soldier. We await a hint as to his fortunes with curiosity. THE HISTORY OF PENDENNIS. Nos. XVIII. and XIX. By TV. M. Thacheray. These numbers clear the way for the denouement of the story. Poor Helen dies, but not until she has learned the truth as to the nature of the connexion between Pen and Fanny Bolton, and therefore she dies hap pily, as the only blot she believed existing on the cha racter of her son has been entirely removed. The de scription of her death is beautifully and pathetically written, and is quite worthy to take its place by the side of Sterne's description of the death of Lefevre. Sir Francis Clavering is ruined by gambling, and the old Major begins to think that, after all, Blanche may not be a very eligible match for Arthur. Fanny Bolton is engaged to Sam Iluxter, the student. Warrington relates his history, from which it Ap pears that he had in early life married a woman of no education, and much below himself in rank, from whom he has been for years separated, and thus all the obstacles that seemed to stand in the way of the union of Pen and Laura are in the course of removal. The description of " The Derby," in No. 19, is ad mirable. FINE ARTS. LIFE AND EPISTLES OF ST. PAUL. Part VII. Under the joint editorship of the Reverend Messrs. Howson and Cony beare, this remark able biography of the great apostle progresses admirably towards its completion. The em bellishments this month represent an exquisite view of the Isthmus of Corinth and another of the city of Konich, both of them, but especially the for mer, distinguished by the beauties habitual to the drawings that emanate from the hands of Laborde and Bartlett. When finished the work will be a noble addition to every biblical library, and will prove its editors to be as brilliant textuaries as they are laborious and accomplished historians. attentive perusal. A woodcut likeness and a brief biography of Wyatt commemorate the genius of that lamented sculptor, and a similar means 15 adopted to celebrate the abilities of an artist still living, Mr. Linton, the water-colour painter. The poets illustrated this month are Genelli and Words worth. The remaining portion of the Art Jourral is principally composed of literary and pictorial criticisms. THE ART JOURNAL. . Mr. Eastlake's lovely picture of "A Greek Girl," familiar to every visitor of the Vernon Collection, forms the subject of the principal illustration ' • and the felicitous manner in which it has been copied does infinite credit to the skill and ability of Mr. H. Graves, the engraver. "Grief," from the bas-relief of J. 11. Foley, the distinguished sculptor of Ino and Bacchus, has been transcribed for the next plate by the graver of Mr. T. W. Knight. In the sketch taken by Mr. Knight from the orignal, the child's foot seems a deformity, and its head appears in dreadful disproportion. The second transcript from the Vernon Gallery in the Art Journal for August is that of Stanfield's " Lake of Como," by Mr. J. Cousen. The engraving is admirably careful in its exactitude. Among the literary contributions to this periodical the most noticeable in the present instalment is the article on " The Exhibition of 1851—its Errors and Dangers." Although we are far from coinciding in the whole argument of the writer, we conceive the paper to be well worthy of AA ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The reading selected last night by Mrs. Fanny Kern , ble was Shakspere's Oluch Ado about Nothing. This charming comedy is peculiarly adapted to elicit this lady's remarkable histrionic powers; for we know no one so capable of evolving the subtle wit with which it is instict, of delivering its exquisite poetry with so Bp i preciative a feeling, of giving so sharp an individuality to the variety of its characterisation, or of so faithfully expressing the deep pathos of its ruling incident. The verbal combats of Benedict and Beatrice were delivered with a ripe relish of their abounding spirit and brilliancy. Evs•ry line sparkled, arid each word struck home. The gentleness of Hero, the passionate agony of Leo nato, and the holy fervour of the Friar were ri fleeted gracefully and graphically. Bat the crowninr , glory of the reading was the portraitures of Dogarry and Verges. We doubt whether the pompous stolidity of the chief constable and the senility of his ancient help were ever so humorously conveyed since they were acted by the original performers, Kempe and Cowley. Dogberry seemed positively to be bent double with the weight of his official functions—his saws and instances were rolled out vvith irresistible grandioseness and sub firmness of humour. He seemed the very genius of the watch. His legal doubts seemed to stultify, yet with out sensible abatement of his parochial potency. The scenes in which these worthies appeared were rewarded with shouts of laughter. The theatre was brilliantly attended. CREMORNE GARDENS. MRS. GRAHAM'S AERIAL ASCENT. Ballooning is now decidedly all the rage: the star of aerostation is in the ascendant. Notwithstanding the oft-repeated trips in subilnis that we have had of late, it seems " as if increase of appetite had grown by what it fed on," and that public curiosity is not in the smallest degree abated. Of this the countless thousands that assembled last night in these gardens bore ample testi mony. The Victoria balloon was fully inflated at the hour of five o'cleck, at the London Gas-works, Lambeth; but, owing to the united hostility of wind and tide, and the delays necessarily incurred by its transit over the Vauxhall and Battersea-bridges, it did not reach its proper place of destination in the gardens until nearly eight o'cleck. During its progress from Vauxhall to Cremorne, Mr. Van Buren was the presiding deity who •‘ rode on the tempest and directed the storm," and a very arduous, and we should say uncomfortable, office he held. Three times was he immersed into the silvery (alias muddy) bosom of Old Father Thames, and three times did he rise aloft, like a giant refreshed, from its oozy and unsavoury bed. Upon reaching the gardens it was found that Old Aquarius was so diffusely dispensing his favours, that for some time it was considered doubtful whether Mrs. Graham would venture on her aerial trip, but nothing daunted by the inclemency of the weather, she started (unaccompanied) at precisely twenty minutes past ten o'clock, when the balloon took a north-easterly direction. Where the fair aeronaut had landed was not ascertained at a late hour. We have just learned that Mr. Van Buren intends taking his benefit at Cremorne next Friday evening. If urbanity of manner and indefatigable industry in the discharge of his arduous duties—whichabave made him so preeminently a favourite with the public—could en sure him a bumper, of a verity we anticipate not a house, but a garden, even to overflowing. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY. The Queen and Prince walked early this morning in Osborne grounds. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Prin cess Royal, and younger members of the Royal Family walked and rode as usual. His Serene Highness the Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg Gotha took leave of her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and left Osborne this forenoon for London. Col. the Hon. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps had the honour of joining the Royal dinner party yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lsdy Augusta Bruce, wont to Frogmore yesterday morning. Her Royal Highness dined with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester in the evening, at her residence in Richmond Park. Lord John Russell left town yesterday morning, for Osborne, Isle of Wight. Sir George Grey arrived in town last .evening, from his seat, Fallodon, Northumberland. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial-office, for the Governors of Malta, Ceylon, and Hong• Kong, and also for the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. PRINCE ALFRED'S BIRTHDAY. (From the Court Circular.) Tuesday, August 6th, being the birthday of big Royal Highness the Prince Alfred, the usual annual Itte was give❑ by her Majesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert to the servants of the Royal establishment, the workmen and labourers employed upon the estate at Osborne, together with their wives and families, and the seamen of the Royal yachts. The day was particularly favourable, and the ground, which was profusely decorated with flags and banners, had a very gay appearance. At three o'clock the dinner, which was provided for 300. was carried in procession, preceded by the bands of the Royal Marines, and by the Royal servants and the seamen, to a spacious marquee, previously prepared, and grace having been said by Mr. Toward, her Majesty's bailiff, who presided, the happy guests commenced their dinner. Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, with all the Royal children, accompa nied by his Serene Highness Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, Count de Mensdorfr Pouilly, and Count V. de MensdortT Pouilly, and attended by the ladies and gen tlemen of the household, proceeded from the house as soon as the dinner was prepared, and visited the dif ferent tables. Immediately after dinner Mr. Toward proposed " The Healths of the Queen"—" Prince Albert"—and " His Ho) al Highness the Prince Alfred," which were hear tily responded to. Dancing then commenced, end the following sports and games in succession amused and employed the as semblage during the afternoon: — Cricket. Quoits. Jingling, or Blind Man's Buff. Foot Races. Hurdle Races. Jumping in Sacks. Snapping at Gingerbread and Treacled Rolls. Bobbing in water for Oranges. Dipping in Meal for Coin. Climbing greasy Polo for Leg of Mutton. Leap-Frog. Wheeling Barrows blindfolded. The Man-wheel Race. Winding and unwinding String round Pegs. Foot-ball. Whipping the Monkey. At seven o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert, toge ther with the Royal Family and guests, who had appeared highly amused with the sports of the afternoon, retired from the ground amidst the loud cheers of the hundreds assembled. It would be difficult to say whether the high spirits and enjoyment or the orderly conduct of all assembled was most remarkable. HOP IN TELLIGENCE. THE WEALD.—There has been nothing during the past fortnight to intercept the progress of the bine, the foliage of which is now presenting a most luxurious and beautiful appearance; the burr is developing itself in rich profusion. Unless some unfortunate accident transpire, the crop will be large. WILMINGTON.—The hop grounds of George Russell, Esq., are looking remarkably well, and turning into burr. CANTERBURY.—As anticipated, the late wet weather Alas caused an increase of mould in many grounds, but it is hoped that, if we do not have a continuance of wet, the damage as yet sustained will not prove of very great loss. TICEHURST.—The hops in this parish are going on favourably, and the burr is coming out very nicely. WORCESTER.—A few hops of last year's growth keep moving at 853. to 1003. per cwt., but other sorts are quite neglected and prices nominal. The duty for the district is set at 20,000/, and the kingdom at 200,0001., the accounts being very favourable from all quarters. — Maidstone Journal. ----- DEATH OF THE EARL OF DUNRAVEN.—The death of the Noble Earl took place on Tuesday morning, at his re sidence, Adare Abbey, county Limerick. His Lordship's malady was chronic supurative disease of the windpipe. The deceased was second Earl of Dunraven, created Viscount Mountearl, 1816 ; Viscount Adare, 1822; Baron Adare, 1800 (Ireland) ; Baronet, 1781 (Great Britain); Wyndham Henry Wyndham Quin, son of the first Earl by his wife, sixth daughter of Ist Earl of Ilchester, was born 1782, married 1810 daughter and heiress of Thomas Wyndham, Esq., of Dunraven Castle, Glamorganshire ; succeeded his father in 1824; assumed the surname of Wyndham before that of Quin in 1815; was Custos Rotulorum of the county Limerick, which he represented many years in Parliament ; was elected one of the representative Peers of Ireland in 1839. His Lordship is succeeded by his son, Edwin Richard Wyndham, Viscount Adare, M.P., born 1812, married, 1836, third daughter of Thomas Gould, Esq., Master in Chancery ; has represented Glamorganshire in Parliament since 1837, and is a deputy-lieutenant of that comity. His Lordship was in his 69th year. As a resident noblemen he gave very general employment, and was most beloved in his neigh bourhood. The present Lord is now at Lucerne. The lion. M. Wyndham Quin, son-in-law of his Lordship, Mr. Mon sell, of Tervoe, M.P., and Lady Anna Maria Monsell, with other distinguished members of the deceased nobleman's family, surrounded his death couch, and was present when he expired. _ THE ExIIIBITION' OF 1851. EXTRAORDINARY p S e ma r 3 E p. e c try u s ,nhAtocTuntsrnoe houses complaining the nt A ihi t leg pao rfllthahrefyoi their t b hh o ee n a e la, vestry, on Saturday, Mr. th vestryet exhibition h clerk,ivbeivestry read royn ntoe x apt purchase eo e ah t r i a. t s i eo The a nh from petitioners s tni e io v anh e e r r a as l rate odtaaxtiaotnionof, and the re commendingy- ter vi sitors Flood,t o that such a plan would benefit the Yc la co n lem d e l ma o l rds by secur t i lu n r g gthe t de o them good tenants, it would benefit the shopkeepers by bringing them new customers, and would promote interests of the working classesbysupplying and laughter.) that (Hear, hear, moved, and Mr. Stephens seconded, them with employment, by reducing their present heavy and relieve the rate-payerstaxation.— serted on the paper, for future d iscussion. Messrs. Soda% th e M p r eti n tio . Michie, and others, supported th nWbeilsionn. NA e - m otion , which wee carried, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST B, 1850. RAIL WAY INTELLIGENCE. THE LONDON AND NORTHWESTERN RAIL WAY.—THE DIVIDEND. We stated some two months since that the net profits of this hoe for the half-year ending June 30 would be of sufficient amount to pay a dividend at the rate of five per cent. per annum, and, with the surplus from the De cember six months, enable the company to carry over to the present or best half-year about 139,000/. or 140,000/. The accounts have just been made up, and we are in a position to be able to say that our statement will be found correct within 1,0001. or 1,500/. A strong party are determined to move, at the half-yearly meeting on Friday week next, for the payment of a dividend at the rate of 51 per cent. per annum; but we have reason to believe that a much stronger party are in favour of the policy enunciated by Mr. Glyn at the last half yearly meeting, and so well supported on that occasion, viz., of paying a dividend at the rate of five pcfcent. per annum, and carrying over a large balance, and that this policy will be again recognised, and its soundness confirmed by a considerable majority. TESTIMONIAL TO MR. SEYMOUR CLARKE, TIIE GENERAL MANAGER OF TILL GREAT NOR►TII ERN RAILWAY. On Saturday last the board-room at the Paddington station of the Great Western Railway Company, used only for the weighty deliberations of the directors and the occasional meetings of the proprietors, exhibited a scene as novel as it was gratifying. The room was filled with the servants of the company of all ranks and from all stations to meet Mr. Seymour Clarke, their late su perintendent, and to present to him a testimonial upon his leaving the servieo for that of the Great Northern Railway. The chair was taken by Mr. Christopher Hill, of the Swindon station, who, on behalf of his brother officers, himself, and others in the service of the Great Western Railway Company, delivered the address to Mr. Clarke, expressive of their deep sense of the uniform kindness, courtesy, and consideration he had always shown in the execution of his laborious duties, and in the performance of which he had displayed such unremitting zeal and in tegrity. The whole service felt that his removal to a more extended sphere of action as general manager of the Great Northern was nearly as great a compliment to the Great Western as to himself, as it fully expressed the former company's appreciation of the school in which his directive powers bad been ma tured. In presenting to Mr. Clarke the service of plate, together with a picture of his wife and children, the sub scribers felt much regret at the severance of that link which had so long united him to them in one great un dertaking, at the same time they rejoiced at the pros pects now before him. The police and potters of the company being anxious to testify their deep sense of gratitude to Mrs. Clarke for the unwearied kindness, sympathy, and unostentatious charity she had ever dis played amongst them, begged her acceptance of a time piece, with an earnest prayer that she might long be spared to the enjoyment of every happiness. Mr. CLARKE, in returning thanks, said be felt the great honour done to himself and wife. He assured them that he could lay no claim to the merit bestowed upon him. He could only attribute his success to his possess ing a large share of perseverance, and to the support that had been given to him by all with whom ho had worked in carrying out his duty; more especially was he indebted to Mr. Brunel for having stood by and supported him from the commencement of his career on the Great Western until now; to Mr. Saunders, who had behaved to him more with the kindness of a parent than as a master; and to the directors, who had overlooked his failings and encouraged him in his undertakings. For his wife he could say that it was her happiness to con tribute all the aid and comfort in her power to those under trouble and affliction, and it was often a source of deep regret that she could not extend her attentions. In entering the room he assured them how great was his surprise to find that his friends had prepared the por traits of bis wife and children for his acceptance, not having the remotest idea that such was their intention ; he felt at a loss to express how highly he appreciated such a present, and he begged them to give him credit for what ho felt. He rejoiced that in leaving them his duties on the Great Northern would never require him to oppose the Great Western; and he assured them that the circumstances of the day would never be forgotten. Mr. HILL, on behalf of the assembly, returned thanks to Mr. Saunders for having so kindly given them the use of the boardroom for the occasion. Mr. SAUNDERS begged to assure them that he was simply carrying out the wishes of the directors, who were anxious to show their sense of Mr. Seymour Clarke's services; and for himself he could only say that he believed no one would feel his loss more. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Video; Astrolabe bark and Prony steam-sloops, at Buenos Ayres, at the same date. Brazilian—Donna Francisca and Unao corvettes, Capiberibe brig, Eolo brigantine, and a steam-vessel, at Monte Video, on the 26th of May. Sardinian—Eridano brig, Captain Pereldo, and Fama lugger at Monte Video, at the same date. RIO, JUNE 19.—Her Majesty's ship Southampton, 50, Rear-Admiral Reynolds; the Tweed, 14, Commander Lord Francis Russell; and the Cormorant steam-sloop, are cruising. The Sharpshooter iron steam-vessel, Lieutenant Bailey, arrived last evening with a prize in tow, and sailed immediately in search of the Admiral. The CreQcent receiving-ship, Master-Commander Brad ley, the Rifleman steam-schooner, Lieutenant Branch, and the Petrel packet are hero; the latter arrived on the 16th, as also the Spider packet with the River Plate mails. The French frigate Sirene, Commander Lavande, from Tahiti 61 days, arrived on the 15th of June, and sailed on the 18th for France. A very few cases of fever have occurred at Rio, and none at Pernambuco lately; at Bahia, however, report says it rages as deadly as ever. The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, was towed into harbour by the Echo, at 11 A.M., and hauled alongside the dockyard to land her troops. The Flamer steam-vessel has been removed from the basin this morning, and taken alongside the Veteran hulk ready for the pendant. The Fox, 42, Commodore Lambert, was taken out of the basin to-day and hauled alongside the Blake hulk, to complete her outfit. The Vengeance, 84, Captain Sir Henry Blackwood, was hauled into the basin to-day preparatory to being docked as soon as the Termagant comes out. PLYMOUTH, Atro. 6.—Her Majesty's brigantine Kestrel, Lieutenant-Cemmander Henry Baker, arrived in the Sound late last night. She left Rio de Janeiro on the 19th of June, and Pernambuco on the 4th of July. The steam-vessel F( arless arrived on Sunday from Portsmouth with seamen for the Thetis, and returned the same day. The Stromboli, Captain Lord A. Beauclerk, came in this morning from Portsmouth, and having remained a short time in the Sound, proceeded with Marines for Pembroke. The St. George is ordered to be rigged by the riggers of the yard and the seamen of the Ordinary. The shot-tanks and ballast are ordered to be taken out of the Calcutta, 60, and she is to be placed in dock. The brig Ringdove is to be broken up. The Plymouth yacht having been lengthened and re paired on the mast-house slip, is to be launched on the 21st inst. Shipwrights and caulkers are busily employed getting ready Le Sanspareil by the end of September. Richard Rowe, a shipwright, about 23 years of age, who fell a short time since while working on Le Sanspa reil, died on Saturday last. Two hulks and a steamer are engaged removing a small merchant sloop which sank at the western entrance to the Sound about ten days since. AUGUST 7.—The merchant-barque Southampton, of Plymouth, Captain Hooper, came in last evening from the Cape of Good Hope, with wine, wool, elephants' tusks, &c., for London; left May 25. At Cape Town there was not much doing by the public departments, but trade was good; wool, Is. per lb. in the country, and say, Is. Id. in town; the article scarce. Mr. Alexander Watson, waggon builder, who has lived 16 years in the colony, came home a passenger by the barque. He states that at the place of his residence, George Town, 300 miles in the interior, and having a population of about 2,000 persons, business is progressing most advanta geously. The inhabitants are chiefly employed raising timber from the adjoining Government forest, which is 200 miles long. Waggons convoy the timber to the dif ferent parts of the interior, and by the river Nason it is sent to Cape Town. In this healthy occupation these co lonists are industriously and profitably employed, with out fear of the Kafirs or other natives, who now leave them unmolested. The Hermes, 6, steam-sloop, was at Simon's-bay; the Castor frigate was out; the Northumberland barque was waiting to convey invalid troops to England; the Apollo troop-ship left on the 22d of May; the merchant-brig Osborne, with oil, was to sail for London on the 27th of May; and the colonial-barque Frederick was about to load guano for Liverpool. Several other merchant vessels were in the Bay. Wooevrietr, AUGUST 7.—Rear-Admiral Maurice Fitzhardinge Berkeley, C. 8., one of the Lords of the Admiralty, arrived at Woolwich at half-past nine o'clock this morning, and was received by Commodore Henry Eden, Lieutenant Robertson, and the authorities of the Dockyard, and, after a short visit to the vessels in the basin, embarked in the Black Eagle steam-vessel. Field-Marshal the Marquis of Anglesey, Master- General of the Ordnance, Lord Clarence Paget, Major- General Lacy, Director-General of Artillery, Colonel Dundas, C. 8., and Colonel Chalmer, As sistant Director-General of Artillery, arrived at ten o'clock, and immediately embarked on board the Black Eagle for a passage down the river to Southend, and then to proceed to Shoeburyness to witness experi ments at that long range. The Hydra steam-vessel was towed from Sheerness to Woolwich to-day, to be refitted. APPOINTMENTS. Chief Engineer John H. Langley, to the Dragon steam-frigate at Portsmouth. Assistant-Engineers.—John Brown, J. C. Robinson, Peter Wood, Patrick Dall, John Parker, and James Coope, to the Dragon. Naval Cadet IL Mandeville, to the Trafalgar, 120, at Sheerness. SECURITIES (IRELAND) ACT AMENDMENT. A Bill intituled an Act to amend an Act for facilitating the Loans of Money upon Landed Securities in Ireland. Whereas by an Act passed in the fourth and fifth years of King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for facilitating the Loans of Money upon Security in Ireland," whereby, after reciting, amongst other things, that in last wills and other testamentary dispositions, and in marriage and other settlements of real and per sonal property, and in other deeds, agreements, or writ ings, a direction, trust, or power was often given, created, or reserved to lay out or invest money at into rest on real securities in England, Wales, or Great Britain, or to sell and convert into money real or lease hold estate, or Government or Parliamentary securities, or securities of foreign states, or other property, and to lay out or invest the money arising from such sale and conversion on real securities, and that, from the abun dance of capital in Great Britain, the interest of money was very much reduced, and that the interest to be procured on money in Ireland was much higher than the interest to be procured in Great Britain, it was, amongst other things, enacted, that it should be lawful to advance and lend money at interest on real securities in Ireland, upon the terms and conditions by said Act provided, without the lenders of such monies being guilty of any breach of trust : and whereas it would be highly beneficial to both Great Britain and Ireland if the said Act was extended so as to enable trustees and others to lay out and expend the monies vested in them, with power to purchase therewith real or freehold secu rities in England, Wales, or Great Britain, in the pur chase of real or freehold securities in Ireland as well as in England, \Vales, or Great Britain: be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Msjesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament as• sembled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the passing of this Act it shall be lawful for any person or persons who, under or by virtue of any direction, trust, or power already given, created, or re served, or hereafter to be given, created, or reserved, is or are or shall be authorized or directed to purchase real or freehold estates in England, Wales, or Great Britain, to purchase real or freehold estates in Ireland, in the same manner and in all respects as if such investment or purchase had been expressly authorized in and by any such direction, trust, or power; and such person or per eons shall not, on account of his or their purchasing as aforesaid in Ireland, be considered in a court of equity guilty of any breach of trust, or held accountable further or otherwise than if the money had been laid out by him or them in the purchase of real or freehold estates in England, Wales, or Great Britain. 11. Provided always, and be it enacted, that all invest ments of money in the purchase of real or freehold se curities in Ireland under this Act, in which any minor or unborn child, or person of unsound mind, is or may be interested, shall be made by the direction and under the authority of the Court of Chancery in England, such direction or authority being obtained in any cause upon petition in a summary way. 111. Provided always, and be it enacted, that every such investment or purchase shall be made with the con sent of the person or persons (if any) whose consent may be required for the purchase of real or freehold estates in England, Wales, or Great Britain, testified in the manner required by such direction, trust, or power. IV. Provided also, and be it enacted, that the provi sions of this Act shall not apply to any case in which such direction, trust, or power as aforesaid doth or shall or may contain any express restriction against the in vestment or purchase of real or freehold estates in Ireland. V. Provided always, and be it further enacted, that nothing contained in this Act shall relieve or be con strued to relieve any person or persons intrusted or clothed with such direction, trust, or power, as afore said, from any responsibility as to title or otherwise, either at law or in equity, save that having invested such money as aforesaid in the purchase of real or free hold estates in Ireland instead of having invested such money in the purchase -of real or freehold estates in England, Wales, or Great Britain. ----- ADELAIDE LIICDSAY ; a Novel. Edited by the Author of " Emilia Wyndham."—As a portraiture of the noblest and most exquisite features of the female character, Adelaide Lindsay stands unsurpassed. The sacrifice of the first affection of the heart, unsuspectingly bestowed in the guileless innocence of youth, first to the demands of . just and indignant pride, and subsequently to the superior claims of a second, but deeper and nobler affection, exhibits the heroine in an aspect of almost superhuman fortitude of character, the effect of which is heightened by the contrast which it forms with its feminine softness and grace. The episode of Lady Kynaston's history, presenting a parallel to that of Adelaide, is well imagined, and commands the sympathies of the reader, though not for a moment withdrawn from the principal figure, upon which the whole interest of this fascinating story is con centrated.— John Bull. THE HERRING FISHING.—WICK, AUG. 3. The half of the fishing season is now past, and we have not yet got more than half of the quantity taken ashore at this period last year. All hands are sick of the unprofitable labour, and are despairing of making anything like a fishing. The re sult of this week's work has been 9,375 crans ; formerly re ported, 10,068; total, 19,443. At this period last year we had taken 37,941 crans; so that there is now a deficiency of 18,498 crans. The sales during the week have been 2,000 barrels, at 155.; and the shipments have been —for Stettin, 4,706 barrels; for Hamburgh, 1,004 ditto; Dantzic, 553 ditto; and our whole shipments for the 'seam amount to 919 *nib SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BRIGHTON RACES. —WEDNESDAY. The Trial Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 25 added, for three yrs old, ist; four, Bst 41b; five, 8.,t 11lb; six and aged, 9st; winners extra; winner to be sold for 300 soya. if demanded, &c. Bristol Mile. (5 Subs.) Major Marts n's The Moor, Bst 111 b ...(W. Abclale) 1 Mr. Carew's Buscot (h b), 4 yrs, Bst 41b...(Charlton) 2 Mr. Gain's Seignor of Holderness, Tat 31b...(Crouch) 3 Mr. Jenkins's Miss Larkaway, 3 yrs, 7st 31b (J. Burn) 4 Mr. Drewitt's Vice, 3 yrs, 7st (ft Sherwood) 5 Betting-6 to 4 agst Miss Larkaway, and 9to 4 agst The Moor. Won easily by a length; a neck between second and third; a bad fourth. Run in 1 min. 45 sec. The Marine Stakes of 20 sots. each, with 100 added, for two yrs old colts, Set 71b; fillies, Bst 31b; winners extra; the winner to pay 15 sovs. to the race fund. T.Y.C. (17 Subs.) Mr. Payne's Catalpa, Bst 61b (Charlton) 1 Mr. Gratwicke's Exeter, late Cadeau, Bst 71b (S. Mann) 2 Duke of Richmond's Buckhound, Bst I Olb (F. Butler) 3 Mr. W. Etwall's eby Thistle whipper, Bst 71b( W. Abdale) 0 Mr. Jacques's Entre-nous, Bst 71b (Bartholomew) 0 Mr. Grevillo's Genevra, Sst 3:b (Dockeray) 0 Mr. Dorrien's Chaplet, Bst alb ... (Ducker) 0 Betting-7 to 4 vg,t Buckhound, 4to 1 agst Catalpa, 5 to 1 agst Entre-nous, and 7 to 1 agst Exeter. Won by a length, a neck between second and third, Genevra a bad fourth. Run in 1 min. 20 sec. The Brighton Stakes i f 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 100 added; the second to save his stake, and the winner to pay 15 soya. to the judge. Old Course. Mr. I)aley's Fernhill, 5 yrs, Bst 71b...(Bartholomew) 1 Mr. Osbaldeston's Minimum, 4 yrs, 6st 51b (Charlton)- 2 Duke of Bedford's St. Rosalie, 4 yrs, 7st 101b(Pettit) 3 Mr. Jones's Calmar, 3 yrs, Sat 31b (Preece) 4 Mr. Martyn's The Swede, 3 yrs, 7st 21b- (Crouch) 0 Sir J. Hawley's Bacchanalian, 6st 131 b (G Brown) 0 Mr. Ramsbottom's Beebee Bunnoo, (R. Sherwood) 0 Mr. E. R. Clarke's Rodney, 4 yrs, 6st 81b (E. Sharp) 0 Lord H. Lennox's The Wren, 3 yrs, 6st ... (Collins) 0 Betting-11 to 8 agat St. Rosalia-7 to 2 agst Calmar —5 to 1 agst Fernhill-6 to 1 agst Bacchanalian-8 to 1 agat Minimum. Won by two lengths; a length be tween second and third ; Calmar a bad fourth. Run in 3 min. 36 sec. The Hotelkeepers' Plate of 50 soya., added to a Handi cap Sweepstakes of 5 soya, each, 3 ft. Bristol mile (15 Subs.) Duke of Richmond's Quiver, 4 yrs, Bst 51b (S. Mann) 1 Duke of Bedford's Newport, 4 yrs, Bst 21b (Pettit) 2 Sir W. Booth's Retail, 4 yrs, Hst 51b (Bartholomew) 2 Mr. Hobson's Hope, 5 yrs, Set (Crouch) 0 Mr. Carew's CEdipus, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (R. Sherwood) 0 Mr. Douglas's Cora, 3 yrs, ist 101 b (Abrahams) 0 Mr. Dorrien's Self-defence, 5 yrs, 7st Sibs (G. Brown) 0 Count Batthyany's Valentine, 3 yrs, 7st.. ...( Ware) 0 Mr. King's West Indian, 3 yrs, Est 1 llb ... (T. Barn) 0 Mr. Chalfield's Sister to First Chance, 6st (Barker) 0 Betting-3 to 1 agst Quiver-5 to 1 each agst West Indian, Retail, and Cora, and 6 to 1 each agst CEdipus and Newport. Won by half a length; Newport a bad third. Run in 1 min. 46 sec. The Town Plate of 50 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each ; for three yrs old, 7st 1016 ; four, Bst 131 b; five, 9st 51b; six and aged, 9st 71b; winners ex tra; mares and geldings allowed 31b. Mr. Lewis's Michael Brunton, ist (E. Sharp) 0 1 1 Mr. Howard's Titbit, Bst 81b...(Bartholomew) 1 2 3 Mr. Osbaldeston's Sister to Pillage, Est 41b... 0 0 2 Mr. Williams's Northern Eagle, Bst 21b Mr. Matthew's Shameful, 3 yrs ..(Abrahams) 0 0 dr Mr. Dorrien's Verderer, 3 yrs, 6st 71b(Collins) 2 dr Sir C. Rushout!s Chevreuil, ist 91b (Brooks) 0 dr Mr. Brown's Genuine, 5 yrs,Bst 21b (R. Pettit) 0 dr The first heat won by three parts of a length, the second and third in a canter. RIPON RACES.—TUESDAY. The Great St. Wilfred Handicap of 10 soya. each, 5 ft, and only three if declared with 50 added, the second to save his stake, &e. Two miles. Mr. J. Pilling's fby Auckland, 3 yrs, 7st (Osborne) 1 Mr. A. Johnstone's Jenny Lind, 4 yrs, Bst 61b 2 Mr. Ellis's Acomb, 5 yrs, 7st 11Ib 3 Mr. Walters's Mary Nobbler, aged, Bst 41b Mr. Davidson's Fleur-de-Seine, 5 yrs, Sst 71b Mr. Duncan's Laura, 3 yrs, Est 51b The Grand Stand Stakes of 5 soya. each, 3 ft and 20 added, for 2 and 3 yrs old. T.Y.C. (7 Subs.) Mr. Harrison's Trickstress, 2 yrs (G. Oates) 1 Mr. Barker's Valentine, 2 yrs Mr. J. Pilling's Lady Eden, 3 yrs 3 Mr. Shepherd's Lady Mowbray, 2 yrs Mr. Winteringham's Tom Holthy, 2 yrs Mr. Hesseltine's Unity, 2 yrs 0 Mr. Stebbings's Peter the Great, 2 yrs The Amateur Stakes of 5 soya, each, p.p., and 15 added. Heats, one mile. (4 Sub.) Mr. Davidson's Lord Saltoun, aged (Mr.Peart) 1 3 1 Mr. Ellis's Acomb, 5 yrs 2 1 dr Mr. Hineson's Leghorn, 3 yrs 3 2 dr WORCESTER RACES.—T UESDAT. The Severn Stakes of 5 sovs. each, and 20 added. Mile and a quarter. Mr. Herbert's Spot, 4 yrs Mr. Fowler's Monk, 3 yrs Mr. Cowley's Second Sight, 4 yrs 0 The Worcestershire Stakes (handicap) of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 3 only if declared, with 50 added. Two miles. Mr. Sharratt's Egret, 5 yrs (Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Scott's Sampler, 3 yrs 2 Mr. Day's Mignon, 6 yrs ... 3 Mr. Smith's Truandaise, 4 yrs The City Members' Plate of 501. Heats. Two miles. Mr. Cowley's Second Sight, 4 yrs (H. Crichmere) 1 1 Mr. Hamphrey's Carbuncle, 4 yrs Mr. Hughes's Collingwood, aged WEDNESDAY. The Selling Stakes of 5 sovs, each, and 20 added. Heats. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Turner's Selina, .4 yrs .. .( Weaver) 0 1 1 Mr. G. Stevens's Old English Gentleman,4 yrs 1 3 3 Mr. Hervey's Sampler, 3 yrs Mr. Vevers s Volatile, 6 yrs The Cup Stakes of 10 soya. each, h ft, and 3 only if de clared. Two miles. Mr. J. Day's Mignon, 6 yrs The Innkeepers' Stakes of 3 soya. each, and 20 added. Heats. One mile and a quarter. Mr. Herbert's Spot, 4 yrs (Sly, jun.) 1 1 Mr. Humphrey's Carbuncle, 4 yrs The Hack Stakes were won by Paul beating Gipsey Bess. HUNTINGDON RACES.-WEDNESDAY. The Gold Cup of 100 son. Once round and the mile. Lord W. Powlett's Brandyface, 6 yrs (Rogers) 1 Colonel Peel's The Admiral, 6 yra Colonel Peel's Quinine, 4 yrs 3 The Huntingdon Stakes of 5 sore. each, and 20 added. Heats, last mile. Mr. Baring na bc by Dromedary, 3 yrs (Sly) 1 1 Mr. Fellowes na Pulcherrima, 4 yra Mr. Jones's Garrick, 4 yrs The Members' Plate of 501. Heats, once round. Mr. Rogers's Ballet Girl, 3 yrs ...(Hammond) 4 1 1 Mr. Ongley's Bird of Paradise, 5 yrs 1 3 3 Mr. Marson's Nutbrown, 3 yrs Mr. Edwards's Whitstone, 5 yrs CRICKET. ELEVEN OF ENGLAND v. TWENTY-TWO OF DERBYSHIRE. This match, which was commenced on Monday at Derby, was continued on Tuesday, and at the close of the day the score stood as follows: — Derbyshire, first innings ... ... 112 „ second innings (with eight wickets down) ... ... 26 England, first innings ... ... 145 THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Select Committee appointed to inquire into and report upon the accommodation afforded in the New House of Commons, and in the lobbies and passages im diately adjacent thereto, and whether any improvement can be made therein, and the probable expense of mak ing such alterations, have proceeded in the examination of the matters to them referred, and have agreed to re port to the House:— " That the plan submitted by Mr. Barry, providing accommodatien for 318 Members on the floor of the House, for 338 Members (if seats for Peers be pro vided in the south gallery), and for 150 Members in the side galleries, allowing twenty inches for each Member, will, in the opinion of the Committee, be an improve ment on the present House, and afford adequate accom modation for the transaction of public business; and that the probable expense of making the alterations proposed ' will be 8,6004" It may not be out of place here to mention that, although Mr. Barry has, by adopting the plan proposed by Sir B. Hall (with modifications of his own), se cured accommodation for 468 Members, the general accommodation for the public and the members of the press is of a very scant and unsatisfactory description. The total number of persons, who can secure seats in the building is only 604, viz., 468 Members and -136 strangers. Of the 136 seats allotted to strangers 36 are for Peers and official persons, 36 for persons ad mitted by orders had of the Speaker, and 64 for the pub lic admissible on presenting the wriaen orders of Mem bers. The accommodation provided for the gentlemen forming the Parliamentary corps of the morning papers is of the meanest possible description. When it is borne in mind that several of those gentlemen are com pelled to remain in attendance during the entire sitting of the House, it is not unreasonable to expect that some adequate accommodation should be prepared for them. As at present arranged, their gallery is approachable by a narrow flight of stone'steps, which leads to a couple of miserable apartments, with slated floors, and without fireplaces or sufficient light. These rooms, which re semble cells iu a penitentiary, are about ten or twelve feet high. One of them is so dark that it is impossible either to read or write in it, and even the luxury of an oaken table is dispensed with, a sort of shelf or ledge of planks being substituted. There is no place where re freshments can be had, and, as before remarked, there is no fireplace in either of the cells. The accommodation provided for third-class pasrenp,ers at a railway station, which is only occupied for a feVV minutes, is far pre ferable to that which the " Select Committee " and Mr. Barry have provided for the repre3entatives of the pub lic.—Post. STEAM-BOAT DISASTERS ON THE LAKES.—The committee appointed by the citizens of Cleveland to consider the causes of steam-boat disasters on the lakes have mace their report, from which we gather the following facts : From 183 d to 18:)0 there were 7 explosions on the lakes, by which 1l 1 lives were lost ; during the period between 1836 and 1850 11 steam-boats were destroyed by fire, causing a loss of BJ4 lives ; and from 1840 to 1850, a period of 10 years, there were 31 collisions by steamers, by which 62 per sons were killed. The loss of life on the lakes during the last ten years, from explosion, fire, and collisions, amounted to 877. The committee were unanimous in their adoption of a memorial to Congress setting forth the defects in the pre sent system of lake steam navigation, and in recommending the P 4 4 4 iDg of a law ousbracipg imitable romedim APPOINTMENTS. Captain Edward Pellew Halsted (1842), has been appointed to command the Dauntless screw-frigate, at Portsmouth. This gallant officer is son of the late Ad miral Sir Lawrence Halsted, and grandson of the cele brated Lord Exmouth, and has served afloat 19 years. He entered the navy March, 1821, passed his examina tion 1828, and was promoted January, 1829. He was made a commander December, 1536, and commanded the Childers, 16, in the East Indies, and also in China, when he served in the Yang-tee-Kiang during the ope rations against the city of Chin-Kiang •Foo, July, 1842, and was promoted in April of that year to his present rank. Captain Halsted has devoted many years to the acquisition of experience in screw propulsion, and has rece❑tly published the results of a most laborious pur suit in a work which will be deemed the only authority on that all-important subject. Captain Frederick Warden (1845) has been appointed to the command of the Retribution, 22, paddle-wheel ateam• frigate, at Portsmouth. This gallant officer has served 20 years afloat; he entered the Naval College in June, 1820, pa,sed Ibis examination in 1827, was pro moted in 1828, was made a commander for the Thalia, 46, June, 1828, and was promoted on paying off the Medea, 8-horse-sloop from the Mediterranean, having been engaged in the operations on the coast of Syria, and at the blockade of Alexandria. In November, 1840, he was wounded in the hand and arm by the explosion of a shell. Mr. Pinhorn, the highly efficient and universally re spected secretary to Commodore Superintendent Eden, of Woolwich Dockyard, and before that gallant officer was secretary to Commodore Sir F. Collier and Sir Gor don Bremer, has been appointed store receiver at Wool wich, ♦ice Owen, deceased. GUNNERY PRACTICE.—The 'Excellent will practice to day, we believe, some of Moorsow's shells at a new butt, made partly with piles and partly with plank, the sub stance of the wood being about two feet and an inch thick. The iron butt has also been made to practice at to further test the effect of shot on iron steamers—the outside sheathing on the iron side being different thick nesses of oak plank, six and four and three inches; the iron side has no inside lining of wood. Rear-Admiral Superintendent Henry Prescott, C. 8., with the gentlemen from the Pay-office, proceeded on board the Illustrious, Captain Gates, yesterday morning, and paid the ship and the ordinary establishment six months' pay. THE Aroew T ROOP - SHIP.—A Portsmouth corre spondent, dated yesterday, writes the following particu lars respecting the Apollo:—" The Apollo troop-ship, Commander Rawstorne, did not get to Spithead till last evening, about five o'clock. She did hoist the yellow quarantine flag, but received pratique from the health officer when he boarded her. Soon after she bad anchored, the Li eutenant -Governor, Lord Frede rick Fitaclarence, went alongside, to inquire the state of the health of the troops, and to give some orders re specting them. The Apollo was towed; into harbour alongside the dockyard this morning by the Echo. She sailed from Hong-Kong the 3d March, with the 95th Regiment on board, under Brevet Lieut.-Colonel John Walter, consisting of about 11 officers, and 400 rank and file, with a few women and children. The regiment had for some time previous to its embarkation been suffering from ague and fever, and soon after the Apollo left Hong-Kong dysentery broke out, and proved alarmingly fatal, the regiment losing sometimes three and four men per diem. She arrived at the Cape the 24th May, and the troops were landed and the ship thoroughly cleaned. She sailed again on the 29th May, leaving about 18 men of the 95th at the hospital there. She arrived at St. Helena on the 16th June, remained two days to get water and supplies, and has had a fine-weather passage home. Eighteen men died on board since leaving the Cape, one died this morning, and another lies in a hope less state; altogether, since leaving Hong-Kong, 60 men of the 95th, three children and three seamen belonging to the Apollo have died on board; latterly, the disease has not been so virulent, as net more than 12 men have now gone to the military hospital. The officers of the regiment, and the officers of the ship, have all been healthy. The Apollo has brought home from St. Helena about 30 men, and some women and children belonging 'to the St. He lena regiment. Th e reg i men t landed t o -d ay at h a l f - past one, and proceeded by railway to Winchester. The Apollo has been particularly unfortunate in both her outward and homeward voyage- In going out with the 59th regiment she had cholera on board, and lost, be fore she reached her destination, 50 men, and on her return voyage with the 95th she has lost in all 67 per sons. She is not so well adapted for a troop-ship as the old-fashioned 36-gun frigate and made into a•yacht, her place f or height, and consequently par- Resistance; for when the Apollo was altered from an between-deck was lowered, which made ter troop-deck a very confined par ticulary ill•adapted for conveyance o_f in troo n l e e ." The 95th . Regiment have Our Cape correspondent, dating Si o 's Bay,. 27th of we are this day enabled to leaving behindabout 20 seMay, embark improved athyesm in no t nh t h eb e aol Apollo:—" hr p d o t l t h l h o es : tA 2(:) of the worst cases in hospital, and she will sail fitted,to and the troops • th ey that could be done for the comfort o f ps , are morrow morning. The ship h as been clean ed out and ventilated, air tubes and funn els furnished on embarking with clean bedding, three months comforts, as port wine, arrowroot, sego, pearl barley, . 1 , so that we hope, on their getting to the northwar d , the disease will have left provisions of every kind, bulloc.a ks,sheep, vegetables, and additional allowance of medic them." B a ker, arrived at Ply mouth, states she sailed front ship Kestrel, Lieutenantßio on the 19th of June, and Pernambuco the 4th of Ju l y . m She spoke on the 2d PORTSMOUTH, WEDNESDA Y. --A letter from her Ma jesty'sfor New York. Mr. Samuel Winneatt, assistant master's• of the Kestrel, sth June, on board d•ma . ter on theof inst., in lat. 47 deg. 16 min,. long. 18 deg. 9 min., the Bremen bark Erie, with emigr ants, passed for secon the flag-ship. DlSTlt English—The Harpy iron steam-vessel, at Monte -WAR IN THE RIVER PLATE. Video, I M B U a T y l 2 o 6 N . wine, 60, Commodore Storer American—The Brandy Cock, at Monte Video , and St. Louis corvette, Cap tain May 26. OF MEN - OF frigates, r nomphante corvette, nobie and Pomona iP transport corvettes, Alcibiade Meur the, Aube, and Eger ede steam-vessel, Alouette and Bussard brigs, Arc int _ ti French—Constitution. frigate, f _a . t Monte _ Video; Ze- Agathe 'lgen me, at Monte and Panthers gun-brigs, THE UNITED STATES. NEW YORE, JULY 27.—The Compromise; Bill still drags its heavy weight through . the Senate, the o pi n i ons regarding its final adoption being quite as fluctuating as at any moment since it was brought forward. On one day the powerful efforts and eloquent speeches of its advocates cause hope in the minds of those who admire the policy of its framers; while the next tele graphic communication from Washington dashes aside this hope, by announcing the as powerful appeal of some southern or northern ultra, each of whom appears deter mined to make no concession to the prejudices or policy of the other. In fact, no two things can be more anta gonistic th an th e re l a ti ve p os iti ons o f t h e free-soil and pro-slavery members in the present Congress, the latter of whom, by the way, are pursuing, and throughf,ut the session have been pursuing, a course more than all others most calculated to defeat their own pretensions. One of the last emeudments proposed was a wise one, being to set aside further Congressional wrangling re garding the boundary of Texas, and to refer it to com un,sioLers, who, if well chosen, could patiently investi gate and fairly d ec id e t h e c l a i ms, now so long under discussion by those who are so profoundly ignorant on the subject. Should this amendment be adopted, it may secure an immediate passage of the rest of the Bill. The c'etnocratic party, north and south, will of course rally all their powerful force to oppose to the utmost the present Administration, strengthened as it is by one of the most influential Cabinets that could have been formed. Nor will this opposition be confined to the de mocrats, for a very considerable discontent has been ex pressed by members from the extreme south, without regard to party, that no one from that sectien of the country has been called to the councils of the President. It is even alleged that he determined not to nominate to any department a citizen of any state which bad sent members to the Nashville convention. This may be only gossip, but will of course answer the purpose of the Op position quite as well as if it were true; at all events, considering the present subdivided state of parties, the fact is by no means insignificant. One knotty difficulty has been overcome by the release of those prisoners at Havannah who were captured on the Mexican island of Contoy, and were charged with forming part of the marauding expedition under M. Lopez. The right to capture them on neutral ground is easily justifi able by the policy which dictated it; nor can any surprise be felt, considering the proximity of the place, that the responsibility of so doing should have been readily as sumed by the Spanish authorities at a moment when the whole island was naturally frightened from its propriety by the rumours then so rife regarding the numerous horde of robbers who were preparing for invasion. The guilt of the parties, too, is unquestionable, and has since been admitted even by themselves, though not proved on the trial. So that, as they confess that they have been well treated, their imprisonment may be looked on as far less than their due. The case of the two vessels is different, and they will no doubt be condemned without any attempt to prevent it, inasmuch as they had on board artillery and various munitions of war, without any ma nifest or other document to prove the legal shipment, clearance, or destination. In fact, it may yet appear in evidence, that not even legal possession of these articles was obtained, but that they were stolen from the state arsenal at New Orleans, with the connivance of those who had charge of them. The investigation of this part of the affair at the approaching trials in that city will not be devoid of interest. General Scott and Commodore Warrington have taken charge of the War and Navy Departments ad interim, waiting the arrival of the new secretaries. Mr. Webster and Mr. Corwin have resigned their seats in the Senate, and have respectively taken charge of the State and Treasury Departments. It is reported that Mr. Web ster's successor in the Senate will be Mr. E. Everett, who was Minister to England under President Tyler. Accounts from the west regarding the wheat crops were never more satisfactory. Throughout Pennsylva nia, Maryland, Ohio, Michigan, and part of Indiana, the crop has proved excellent both in quantity and qua lity. In Pennsylvania and Ohio, both of which are much depended on for supplies, there never was so abund ant a crop. The custom heretofore adopted in Charleston, South Carolina, of purchasing cotton without re-weighing it, however long it may have been warehoused, is to bo die continued, and purchasers may, at their option, require the factor to have any parcel re-weighed when they sup pose that loss has occurred from evaporation, waste, pil fering, or other cause. Exchange on London, 110 to 110}, bills in better demand. THE CONVICT WEBSTER. BOSTON, JULY 25.—An interview took places yester day afternoon between Dr. Webster and Mr. Littlefield, at the solicitation of Dr. Webster, in the presence of Mr. Andrews, the gaoler. On their entrance Dr. Webster stepped forward and very cordially and affectionately seized the hand of Mr. L., remarking that ho had long desired to see him; that he could not feel at ease until he had made his acknowledgments to him that he felt that be had done him great injustice, and he asked his forgiveness. Mr. Littlefield promptly and feelingly replied that he forgave him with all his heart, and ex. pressed his pity and sympathy for him. Mr. Littlefield also told him that it was a painful duty he had. to perform when ho took the stand and testified against him; but that he felt it a duty which he had no right to shrink from; and if he had stated anything wrong it was not intentional, and he was very sorry and asked his for giveness. Dr. Webster replied that he had misrepre sented nothing—that he had told the truth. Dr. Webster said, however, as a dying man, that he could not bring _t the sledge-harnmer to his recollection. Dr. Webster spoke of his present situation, and sail he was resigred to his fate, but felt deeply for his family. During the...l entire interview both pL.rties Hemel deeply impressed,:c and they parted in tears. .e We learn from another source that Professor Webster seems perfectly resigned and very penitent. Ile says that ho has made his peace above, and is prepared to die. We understand that Mrs. Littlefield will visit the professor to-day. It is a full professor in the first seminary of learning s'! in the United States who will be executed on Friday, August 30, unless he anticipates his doom by suicide. CANADA. TORONTO, JULY 20.—Last night all the reporters at the Legislative Assembly withdrew, in consequence of one of their number being called to the bar of the House and censured for requesting a member conversing near the reporters' gallery not to interrupt him. The whole press has resolved to report no more in that House. Garibaldi, the celebrated Italian who so distinguished himself during the late revolutionary struggles in Italy, arrived at the quarantine on Tuesday morning in the ship Waterloo, from Liverpool. It is understood he will remain on Staten Island until the arrangements fur his reception in a public manner are perfected. THE ITUNGARIANS.—Gov. Ujhczy and his party left Burlington, lowa, on the Ist inst. for their new home in the prairies of Decatur County, in that state, the point before selected by him as the future home of himself and his compatriots. They were plentifully supplied with teams and the necessary agricultural implements. THE DEATHS OF GREAT MEN. -- It may be some consolation to the little to know that their lives are as safe as those of the great, and that on the bed of sickness there is, perhaps, more probability that the humble attendance t hey may have, will often be more succes,ful than the crowd of doctors who are called . to the bedside of the great. As a case in point, suppose a poor man had fallen down and broken his rib. He would not have been carried into an elegant drawing room—he would not have been placed upon a patent hy draulic bed—he would not have had all the talent of the - land surrounding him—but his ribs would have been exa- • mined, the fracture would have been discovered, and it may be, his life saved. Not so with Sir Robert Peel they spared his feelings, and forbore to examine and find out where he was hurt, so that he literally died under their hands, without receiving any aid from them, in respect to the real cause of his death, and without their even knowing where he was hurt; for they never found out that a rib was broken till after his death. Strange comment this upon our confidence in the great names and a great host of surgeons and doctors. Had it been a poor man in New York, and he could not bear to be touched for the pain he suffered, we should have given him a dose of chloroform, set the fracture at once, and .' very probably have sent him back to his work in a fort-. night. There are many similar cases among the great, perhaps that of General Taylor may be accounted one. These cases are so numerous, that it would seem almost better for the rich to wish to be poor, as it certainly is better for the poor to be contented, and not to wish to be rich.—New York Herald. TRADE AND NAVIGATION.—The following is an account of the imports of the principal articles of foreign and colonial merchandise during the six months ending sth of July, 1850. Coffee, 19,975,965 lbs., corresponding six months of 1849, 22,992,510 lbs. ; live animals, 31,971, 1849, 48,797 ; corn, 1,562,516 qrs., 1849, 2,246,576 qrs. ; barley., 495,937 qrs., 1849, 598,312 qrs.; oats, 568,859 qrs., 1849, 493,171 qrs. ; cotton manufactures, not made up, eclared value, 277,8261., 1849, 233,679/. ; cotton manufactures wholly or in part made up, 27,81 q., 1849, 24,507/. ; em broidery and needlework of declared value of 104,391/, 1849, 63,196/. ; flint cut glass and ornamental glass, 409,763 lbs., 1849, 309,465 lbs. ; lace, of value of 53,2824 1849, 52,279/. ; gloves, 1,921,984 pairs, 1849, 1,764,209 pairs; bacon, 245,730 cwt., 1849, 302,383 cwt. ; eggs, 62,025,283, 1849, 56,454,745 ; rum, 1,801,779 galls., 1849, 2,332,299 galls. ; brandy, 1,783,565 galls., 1849, 1,854,945 galls. ; sugar, unrefined, 3,263,661 cwts., 1849, 3,014,944 cwts. ; tea, 33,724,609 lbs.;. 1849, 33,772,341 lbs.; tobacco, 5,956,419 lbs., 1849, 5,483,417 lbs.; watches of the value of 54,3891., 1849, 40,832/. ; wine, of all sorts, 4,112,396 galls., 1849, 2,9 , 6,106 galls.; wool, of all sorts, 33,584,730 lbs., 1849, 23,325,171 lbs. There is nothing wanting to make all rational and disinterested people in the world of one religion, but that they should talk together every day.—Eliza Cook's Journal HORRIFYING EVENT.—An event of a most horri fying nature took place in the townland of Kiltyclaugher, about three miles from Kingstown. A poor man named James Purvis left home on a begging excursion. A short time after he was seen returning, when, it would appear, he had attempted to cross a valley between the leading road and his house. in which was a meadow of very long grass. He was very much afflicted with pains, and walked with two stain. He had got about halt across the meadow, where he was discovered on Tuesday last. There was nothing of his remains but the principal bones, the en tire flesh and smaller bones being entirely eaten or carried away. His old hat and shoes and two stars enabled his wife and daughter to identify him. He could not have been recognised by his garments, as the doge had torn them to get at the flesh. The coroner was there; but it could not be ascertained whether he had died suddenly, or whether. he Might not have been alive for a day or two. When the few bones, and hair, and skull were piled on the tattered garments, the sight was terrific. A you ng girl, who came to see him, was so affrighted that she is afflicted with intervals of aberration of mind ever 'since, laughing . outrageously, and crying most bitterly in tura pj2d aclaipung o " The inuee "—Coleraina Chronicle.