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i DAY.) ight breeze Quebec. . Tamarac, ; 10, N. to • . iriam, An- John's, for ;a Pa trick, deror, Ho' Ed. Teviot ion packet, tdoes; Go ara Carar Czar, Ni' rd. Ango- ry Orleans; Tipperaryr ❑ion, Mo" ck; Coro.. Exec;sat Boatou4 'ga, Cuba 4 k; Pacific, H. Bcodf• port, Li 1, Calcutta 3t, and not in's, New• . Csrehel- ih.—Arrd. rrd. Mike .rrd. Mar IAY.) LL. at barell I; Mutton., r eal, 2s sd to carcase. s; Clover, 1 per load. o 41 109, per load. to 41 80; is per load. 'ere large, it etockr. he demand I to 3s 84 Peal, 3s to k the oAsl• d firm, to . 3s 104 3 to 38 6J ;alves, 16t imd Mulch Lton, Ss 4d per 81b$. cottli turns of th• td and Wale/ (s. 1 'RAO. 8d 128 s 104 I "AB. h Od WEEK. 46 ; BoACSi DAY.) • appeals. lor, Lord id Judges re been so ships this le plea of n against ned. _ appeared and Mr. 'port lelt. Y.) delivered any fc sa aenta dis exception London agreed, vans, the Fords, in vhst con ie Stamp iver until DAY.) ibed as $ mounding grievous qi at the in ginger brew one and the amen ae mprison- 0 CREBB• 3 BERY.---• uty, aged 62, de w° bank Ly of the s pleaded st Tyler, bony and pleaded I indict -10 cove er dwel 'dad not :ution in the rob len had he bank, utt they servants io doubt eep laid a five or atchful md they .ob bery. loney in but the I of the ey went es were arisoner charge, he had 'see till and the ck. co had )rietors ?nee of at they ce such ibed as of his ed not red for mien y, stat in the d they 4th o. riously Ps roof, priso urse of lry he Iner at heard ! to go ceased e side. oh he NI the rrying as he Mr. nt ar- scuf swore ghter, ,gone could The meted °flees The Mrs. Witn „" 3 , turning to the prisoner, exclaimed, " Oh , East t — ,, tl ut you have killed your wife," to which he replied, ,'''"), she did it herself." P olice.constable 98 V deposed, that when he took the tsr ,4 l' into custody ho stated that the deceased and elfhad had some words together, and while they were L i ti arrelling she ra n against a knife which he held in his '44nd at the moment. The prisoner pointed to the knife, blade on taking it up he found there was blood on the a " up to the handle. be was Brown, surgeon, of Wandsworth, stated that when i t was called in the deceased was in a state of col- T Ple, but s h e of erwa rds rallied and lived eight days. L le Wound w as deep, and inflicted about three inches the left nippl e . It was not such a wound as could j a lllg been produced by the deceased running against the itr ament. Nearly the whole of the blade penetrated the lleah, and considerable force must have been used to - , fleet the wound. !kir. Alfred Taylor, clerk at the Wandsworth police Jutirt, Produced t h e depositions of the deceased taken ft prior to her death, in which she stated that the porter stabbed her. They had been quarrelling, and i n _ 6 prisoner was not sober. She had irritated him by 2 u Thating that he was in the habit of having improper ilitereourse with his own daugh.er, but it was not until be had called her a strumpet. ~,"is was the c ase for the prosecution. to 'r• PARRY then addressed the jury for the defence, that there was an entire absence of malice in o t e n ,"; and therefore they would not be justified in " u vl °liug the prisoner of the capital offence. 0 r7, 1 % Justice WIGHTMAN bri..fly summed up the whole ul u'e evidence, and the jury, without hesitation, found %Prisoner Guilty of Manslaughter only. 4110 Court sentenced him to tronsportation for lire. SPORTING NOTES. No. LXXXI. 6el t-- A PS PER ELECTRIC FLUID FROM LIVER- VERPOOL, &c. Sires TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 1 ,4r, 4 *--The Liverpool Cup, as I have before remarked, k*" . be Won by RUSSBOROUGH or OFFICIOUS, with The u t . tc luis and Abbess of Jervaux close up. CHIEF e rlon wins the Derby Handicap; Conveyor and the ,44ercost filly second and third. CHATTERBOX is the tritet friend for the Grosvenor Stakes; and the MAID ti t IIABRAM for the Queen's Plate. For the Stanley ei;'",s to-morrow, Thunderbolt, Truth, Equal, Sir d ah t s r ies Napier. colt by Touchstone out of Fuglemau's th;'' and Evadne, will, in all probability, be found at th e P° B t; TRUTH or the TOUCHSTONE COLT turning up Tr tr ump card, vs ith Evadne in the third position. kl' V ivAisT will monopolize the Grand Stand t el ' The 100 soya. Handicap will be contested 8 11). "z°, 4 yrs, Bst; Chatterbox, 4 yrs , 7 st 4 Sir Hobert, 4 yrs, 7st 31b; Lady Speedy, hYr e s, 7st 31b ; Th e Eb or , 4 yrs, Est 121 b; Chief yrsltl ce, 4 yrs, Est 81h ; T rut h, 3 yrs, Est 51b; Crmus, 3 81r ,. 6at Alk on Pandemus, 3 yrs. 6st 51b; and, perhaps, k i d r ,g'"vv, 5 yrs 7st 101 b. Chatterbox, Chief Justice i to „,'-nceus, will, fancy, lead the van, and to my think eiffi a will be a near touch between the three; I feel in- Thiled, however, to give CHATTERBOX a slight preference. at ,Inentinek T est i mon i a l S ta k es will only attract a trio b ut " outside, viz.—Melody, Johnstown, and True BILe, a the handicap is not published as yet it would be th e e r e ,t'Y impossible to give a preference to any. For pool"ver St. Leger I do not expect to see more than el ° 4 ll , ll ,!aha Deer, Ariosto, Hippol) tus, and Brother to 4 04 ""e1t er at the post; and in the MOUNTAIN DEER or Qt3 TD, former for choice, I shall look for the winner. I am, Sir, yours, &c., THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. JaIY 10 , 1851. s uth ' B o , --. It is currently reported, seemingly upon good tots Iqlger I Y, that Mountain Deer is not up to the mark, St. te,uently Ariosto is my winner for the Liverpool e 3 p at. • 11 SP ORTING INTELLIGENCE. w, "POOL JULY MEETING.—WEDNESDAY. 0 41, - I , e cOURSE, FOUR O'CLoCK.—The following races Tt;'",ave bee n d ec id e d u p t o the p res ent hour : — " vroxteth Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft, and 30 w si d 4 d• One mile and a quarter. (4 Subs.) kr, la " r ather', Maid of Ma,hatn, Bst 1 llb (Abdale) 1 qtr. c7 °B eley'B Alonzo, 4 yrs, Bst 21b ...(W Sharpe) 2 lip, ll ; rl riingham's Thunderbolt, Est 81b (Lynch) 3 tla t Z t ng-5 to 4on Maid of Masham, who won in a Ti: l ;,°Y two lengths. Run in 2 min. 21 secs. 431ekerstaffe Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h fc, for three tA ° Sub d )s' - I ) clots, Bst 71b; Bst 41b. One mile. t t " s. Ltitrdd Clilden's Harpsichord (J. Marson) 1 t v G , : lit 3 gow's Miss Whip colt (Flatman) 2 Vv g .g--5 to 4 on Miss Whip colt. °Y three parts of a length. Run in 2 min. 4 secs. -``ee Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, and 50 added for r, G two yrs gels T. Y. C. (14 Subs.) t ord • Barton's Bethgrt, Bst 41b (J. Marson) 1 kr. er bY's Meanee cult, Bst 41b (Flatman) 2 fi„"tY's Happy Joe, Bst 71b (J. Prince) 3 Bet-tirlabd's br gTh Director, Bst 71b (Marlow) 4 lie ttld th ge i e ß r - C . 6 to 4 agst Meanee colt, and 2 to 1 agst Won by a head; a neck between second 1,11 third. .° f , --.00 in 54 secs. "II Stakes of 30 sovs. each, h ft, for three , yra Bst 71U each. One mile and a half. (3 bubs.) I• Irwin's The Abbess.. ... s' e Ntsk es o f 50 Bova . each, h ft, for three yrs old. kr, One mile and a half. (5 Subs.) )„, Bradshaw'a Clasher, B,t 81b Th. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) t"' - ittnenshire Oaks of 10 sovs., h ft, and 10 add e d, ' 4 ' three yrs old fillies, Bst 71b each, &c. Once )4: °11 ,31d. (23 Subs.) )4; tlarrison's Trickstress 1 :Yrvidson's Vivandiere Dl; 4 ,Lurgati ' s Tightwaist E • I. Irwin's The Abbess 4 Th. ~ Won by a neck. - .uersey Stakes of 25 sous: each, and 50 soy% added, fortwo Trs old. T.Y.C. ( 12 Subs.) ,`/. Barton's Bethgelert, B , t 7 1 b 1 4 Derby's bc by Irish Birdcatcher, out of Meanee 2 Th , Three others started. Won by a , head. Pr duce Stakes, for three yrs old. Sable Turn in. t d (8 Subs.) •r‘ Derby's Iris, Bst Lord Clifden's Harpsichord saved his stake. It, LATEST CUP BETTING. 5 to , l , agat Offi c i ous (t) 7 to 1 agst Strongbow a gst Russborough (t) 12 to 1 agst Abbess of Jer to ` t o 1 Bgst M arqu i s ( t ) van: (t) 4 agst Windi sc h gra tz te,pc' uo tain Deer wilt be here this afternoon. It is also ' rt ed that Windischgratz is on the road. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LATEST BETTING. to 1 THE CUP. °l Ol . a gat Officious (t) 6 to 1 agst Windischgratz 616ftgat 4 t gst St Russb rough(t) 7to 1 agst Marquis rongbow !, to 4 - LIVERPOOL ST. LEGER. 'to 4 agat Mountain Deer I 4 to 1 agst Hippolytus agst osto tol DONCASTE- E t , gat Hernandez 10 to ' agst Aphrodite (t) 1 agat M I isserrima (t) Acce,,, Y ORK AUGUST MEETING, 1851. 2 0 - 8 " 11105 5 for the Great Ebor Handicap Stakes of "S. each, 15 fr, and 5 only if declared. Two miles. V olt' Age st lb Age et lb Mai d ..... 4 8 11 Hungerford 3 5 13 3 5 12 lc , t m ti,,,, ')f 114 aba . m .. . 6 8 7 Sunrise The orker ...... 5 7 8 Ilippogritl 11 40 Italian ......... 4 7 7 Colsterdale Nrat:ibiter ......... 5 7 5 Reindeer 3 5 10 0% tl arti ..... 5 7 3 Candlewick 4 5 8 134(.3e`cAts ................ 4 7 3,Knook Knoll tlidwstortn ......... 5 7 1 Once More ft L lYidtt ...... a 7 1 Cornelius 3 5 4 Th e osahs ......... 5 7 0 Tne Wren ...... th, Cocktail . 56 13 Pilsit ........... •5 5 2 Nr,tillitoil .............. 5 613 Cane ............ ttit'eY ............... 3 613 The Little Fawn 3 413 t hus, ............ 5 6 6 Aristos .......... : . 3 4 12 lii ...... 3 6 3 Cyclops, . by • Vev,.nl - ......... 3 6 3 son, out of v i - :1 4 4 1),I'lcot ............ 4 6 2 nu; ... ........... - 'etto .............. 3 6 0 The rest pay 5 sous. each. EPSOM, 1853. ahc Derby closed w i t h 200 Sub.i., and the Oaks with 146._ '''VMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING, tit 1851.— TUESDA Y. 4 1.11: te h-100 h ft. T . Y . C .—Lord W . P ow l ett ' s St. Z , 6 yrs, Bst 71b, ag at Mr. W. E. Hughe's Cornelius, 44.75 t 11b. k WEDNESDAY. to„ 4tc h--175 h ft. T.Y.C.—Lord Clifden's Strong ht.,' 9 at ilb, agst Lord Glasgow's Knight of the Gar lat 61b , M, • Ity, - ,, te hloo. h ft. Last half of Ab. M.—Sir J. Haw phi'',QAer, st 71b, agst Mr. W. E. Hughes's So- St,.Bst ST. LEGER. 12 to_ 1 agst Mountain Deer 25 to 1 agst First-fruits (t) 14 th` fie thit AT GRAV ESEND .—A n i n quest was held tOi t:ci T own-hall, bef ore M r. Hil der, coroner o f th e borough, e „' body of Joh n B r i ggs, aged 51. I t appeared from th Ye kr ; r le that d ecease d, w h o was a blacksmith, for some bo k 'rl the employ of Mr. R os h er , of Rosherville, had . come fi fe his residence, in Rob er t- street , on M on d a y night at 14,0 clo c k , and after stating to his wife that he was afraid low;°Dniirditeld he went lose his employmt he ,a d room,ndappetaerilningg berth at he ego to bed. About t o 1 , very up to e his n eleven o'clock, she, hearing a noise It hcl n r° ° lll , sent up one of her children, who gave an alarm, neighbours coming in , found th unfotunate man LtonC'eu on the floor by the bedside, with his throat cut f l oss , ea r to ear A razor covered with blood, was lying v r , \ ‘'Y him, and he had strength enough to turn round to 4 11 ( 1 ' M an, who was the first to enter the room, Ittr e , S ay, " I did it myself, let me die." Dr. .Arm at hig,was called in, and found the deceased ,, living o k ,` Past eleven o'clock, and muttering Let me die," let rne die." He soon after expired. It appeared that ws`,-esed had been labouring under an apprehension that he w`2ll,ld lose Mr. Rosher's employment, and for which there to the foundation. This had preyed upon his mind, and led Itailit), e . a , ct of sel f - destruction. Verdict, " Temporary In- On At - "uaY morning a highly-respectable trades i;n, Alr. White, of the firm of White and Payne, iron. f bitflers, St. Mary's -gate, Manchester, was deprived of life rths accidental falling of a coping stone from . a chimney. which was standing in the yard behind his premises, tneq, four storeys high, giving some orders to his . work and; ''`uten the accident occurred. The stone fell on his head w._ isnucked him down, causing concussion of the brain. He Qt 4, died taken in a coach to the Royal Infirmary, I ,uien before surgical assistance could be rendered. oti -Las e rtQATioN OF SPIRITS. —Bo a return printed 44: dnesday, it appears that the increase of spirits for Of A pril surliption in Ireland in the quarter ending the sth last compared with the corre s p on di ng period of last I, 4B l.riubered 57,211 gallons, the addi t i onal duty bung Parson CO B d. On the sth of April last there were 238 arlud gapla fyr illicit distillation. TIIE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agreed to:— Cork and Waterford Railway. Great Ma!vcru Improvement, Police, Sewers, Water works, Gas, and Markets. The following Bills were read a third time and passed:— Farmers' Estate Society (Ireland): Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Junction Railway. HARWICH ELECTION. The followii7gifenab;re, appointed to determine the validity of the return for the borough of Harwich, at tended at the table, and were sworn:—Mr. Fergus, Mr. Kenhaw, Mr. Arkwright, Mr. Deedes, and Sir H. Wil loughby. MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND BILL. Mr. WILCOX presented a petition from the trustees or the Merchsnt Stamen's Society at Southampton, praying that the Merchant Seamen's Fund Bill bepost poned until next session. The House then went into Committcle on the Bill, Mr. Bernal in the chair. Clauses from 1 to 14 inclusive were agreed to. On clause 15 a short discussion arose as to the mcde of windirg up these funds. Mr. LABOUCHERE said it was very painful for him to state that the Mtrchatit S,amen's Funds in almost all the ports in the kingdom were in a state nearly bordering on insolvency. This was to be attri buted not so much to gross mismanagement as to the vicious and incorrect system on which they were founded, it being clear to any intelligent actuary that it was a false, and not a self-supporting system, and must one day inevitably blow up. But the final blow given to these societies was a provision introduced into a former Bill by Mr. Pease, no doubt with the best and most liberal intention, and inadvertently assente,d to by the House, enabling the widows and orphans'' of sailors to have claims on the funds to an almost unlimited extent. The cons( quenco would be that in a very few years either the rate of pensions to which sailors were entitled would be reduced to such a degree as to be scarcely worth receiving, or that the trustees would be compelled to sell out a portion of their reserve tunds. He proposed by the present Bill to sweep away the system altogether at the smallest possible expense to the public, reserving at the same time all the rights which the persons having claims upon the funds now pos sessed. After a short conversation the clause was agreed to. The remaining clauses of the Bill were then agreed ,o without discussion. Mr. HARDCASTLE moved the following clause:— " Provided always, and it is hereby declared, notwith standing anything herein contained to the contrary, that all moneys now invested or standing in the name or names of a trustee or trustees for any outport, pur suant to and under the provisions of the Act 4 and 5 William IV., c. 52, shall from and after the passing of this Act be laid out or disposed of in such Kay and manner for the benefit of the masters and seamen of and belonging to the port, for and in respect of which the fund and moneys were col lected or contributed, as the trustees masters, and sea men of such outport shall, at a meeting to be called by a notice in writing under the hands of the treasurer of the fund, or the receiver for the port, direct, such notice to be affixed on the outer door of the Custom House of such port for at least ten days prior to the ho►ding of the said meeting, and such meeting to be held within three months from the passing of this Act." After a few words from Mr. J. CLAY in support of the clause, Mr. LABOUCHERE said the proposal of the Hon. Member was certainly plain and simple, but was quite as monstrous as plain. It was neither more nor less than to devote the whole of the assets in any particular port to the benefit of the sailors of that port, and leave the fund to be wound up by the public Exchequer. The assets amounted to no less than 180,0001., and this sum it was proposed to take without any of the liabilities ex isting with it. He hoped that the representatives of the ports in that House, and the sailors themselves, would see the injustice of such a proposal. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought that under the circumstances, the Bill proposed by the Board of Trade was the best that could possibly be adopted. He had agreed to charge the public with 520.0001., in order to have the fund wound up, and more ho was sure could not be expected from the Go vernment. He must, therefore, object to this clause, which would have the effect of throwing an additional burden of 180,0001. on the national Exchequer. (LEFT SITTING.) HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. A musical prodigy made his deblit here last even ing. The young Paul Julien is only ten years of age, and already he is one of the first violinists of his day. The son of a French mechanic, who pos sessed, however, some knowledge of music, Paul Julien in his infancy displayed a great taste for musical science, and on a small violin made for him by his father he, at the age of seven years, wasin the habit of perfotrn ing at various provincial concerts in France, where he obtained great applause and a scanty supply of money. After undergoing all the hardships which attend this wandering mode of existence, the little Paul came to Paris, where Alard heard him and pro posed his admission as a pupil at the Conservatoire. He appeared before the committee and commenced playing his trial piece on the miserable old violin of domestic manufacture, and before he had nearly finished it he was admitted unanimously : this was on the 24th December, 1849, and on the 21st July, 1850, Paul Julien carried off th e fi rs t pr i ze; he had seventeen competitors, two of whom had carried off second prizes the year preceding, and he performed on a miserable violin which he had purchased for twelve francs. Since then his career has been one of uninterrupted success ; his youth and his genius have made him the universal pet of the Parisian salons, and last evening he made his first appearance before an Eng lish audience at her Majesty's Theatre. He performed in the most perfect and brilliant style imaginable a fantasia on airs from Linda di Chamouni, and the contrast between the child-like appearance of the performer and his wonderful exe cution formed a contrast which heightened the plea sure that every one felt from listening to his mar vellous performance. His manner, too, is most graceful and Elegant. Paul Julien is a wonder, a marvel even as was Mozart ; even now he takes rank among the very first vi.linists of the age. FREN CH PLA I S. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Valeria, the last new tragedy produced at the Theatre Francais, was performed here for the first time last evening ; Madlle. Rachel sustaining the the t wo characters, or to speak more correctly , double character of Valeria and Lysisca. In writ ing this tragedy, MM. Auguste Maquet and Jules Lacroix have managed to accomplish three things dear to the heart of every French dramatist—they have managed to fit Rachel exactly, and thus to secure the representation of their play so long as she shall remain on the stage ; to falsify history ; and to present as a paragon of virtue one whose name has hitherto been a synonym for the most disgusting debauchery. The tragedy is neither more nor less than an attempt to whitewash the character of the Empress Messalina, and to represent her as the virtuous victim of a calumny which for eighteen centuries has been received with implicit belief. Valeria, the heroine, is in fact no other than Messalina herself, the dignified wife of that fou grotesque et sombre, the Emperor Claudi us' who is led by the nose alternately by the virtuous Valeria and his sister the vicious Aggripina. Aggripina discovers that in Rome there is existing an abandoned courtezan, famed for the recklessness of her proAigacy, a Greek, by name Lysisca, who bears a most remarkable resemblance in feature, form, and voice, to Valeria (in fact she is Valerie's sister, who had been stolen when a child). This Lysisca is, throug h the medium of Narcisse, a freedman of Aggr i p i na , supplied with the means of indulging her orgy with Al enester, a d ancer , an d passions, is i ntroduced into the palace where she in dulgesm t in n ids an of their banq ue t Cl au di us i s intro wife to d e ath, m istaking i nthe escapes ; whil st the un f ortunate fordu c hered , condemning Lysisca who his Menester, who knew his companion as Lysisca and Lysisca only, i s stabbed lest he should betray the secret. Valeria, in the meantime, has fled with her son Brittanicus to Bit w i to juin Silius, who having been condemned for libelling her, is by her saved from death and then becomes her lover. He is in com mand of the fleet at Baim, and on her arrival with her son proclaims Britannicus Emperor, but on the arrival of Cecina, who it appears had had a liason with Lysisca at Smyrna, and who persists in identifyin g Valeria with Lysisca, Siliusrejects her, n otwithstanding her protestations of innocence, and her supporters abandon her. She returns to Rome, determined to vindicate her honour, and then Silius discovers the truth, and offers to restore her, when Cecina rushes in and announces that Valeria has been put to death by the Emperor's order, but to his surprise he sees Valeria standing before him. He is followed by Aggripina, who, having caused Lysisca to be put to death as Valeria, now comes with the Emperor's edict for the execution of the real Valeria, who, seizing a dagger from the hand of Silius, stabs herself; and with her last worda thus announces to Aggripina her own fate : " Ton fils J)omitius—ce vainqueur ephen a-es Tons fils sera.Heron, tors fits tuera sa mere." The great attraction of the piece is the appearance of Rachel in two characters, so essentially dif ferent as those of Valeria and Lysisca, and whe ther as the dignified Empress, or the impudent, abandoned, voluptuous Lytisca,she was equally great ; it was scarcely possible to imagine that she who as the tender mother was watching over and soothing her sick child, and by her exquisite pathos and ten derness was melting An Wats, flould a am- SUN, LO N DON, meat after come on as the profligate, revelling, voluptuous Lysisca, drinking and singing, and shout ing " Aimes." This is one of the most extraordinary of the performances of 111.dlle. Rachel, it is unique of its sort, and should be seen once at least by every admirer of fine acting. The house was crowded to _suffocation. e understand that Maine. Rachel will repeat the character of Valeria on Saturday and Monday ; that on Wednesday next she will repeat the charac ter of Camille for that only time this season, and ap pear in a new character—that of Lydie, in Horace et Lydie for Mr. Mitchell's benefit; and that on Tues day, the 22d, she will appear in a morning perform ance at Willis's-rooms, and deliver passages from the most celebrated of the French classical dramas. THE QUARTERLIES. THE WESTMINSTER AND FOREIGN QUARTERLY. .Nos. CIX. and XCIV. Notwithstanding a recent change in the editorship of this double Quarterly, there appears to be no dimi nution of excellence in the contents of the current number; on the contrary, a yet greater anxiety being evinced to impart interest and variety to the contri butions. Foremost among the articles before us, both in position and importance, is the one relating to the "Enfranchisement of Women," a paper curious in its character and thoroughly independent in the tone of its argument. As may be conjectured, the review of the question here indicated has been suggested not by the now nearly forgotten theories of Mary Wolatone craft, but by the agitation lately excited by certain enthusiasts in the United States of America. Hence we find the article itself introduced by reference to the .New York Tribune for Europe. At; the very , outset of the discussion of the subject in the West minster it is candidly avowed that the subjection of the fair sex is attributable solely to a custom, and thereupon, of course, it is earnestly maintained that the evil complained of at once admits of remedy. First of all, the world being governed by physical force it came to pass clearly that the weaker sex fell under a certain law of subordination. Wars of con quest, however, according to the judicious reasoning of the reviewer, have latterly been superseded by democratic revolutions. A new phase of society has therefore begun to develop itself, and injustice has at length begun to be dissipated. "We deny," says the critic, " the right of any portion of the species to decide for another portion, or any individual, what is and what is not their proper sphere." Further on, it is insisted upon that "it is neither necessary nor just to make imperative on women that they shall be either mothers or nothing ; or that if they have been mothers once, they shall be nothing else during the whole remainder of their lives." Rather coarsely we think, but at the same time very correctly no doubt, it is remarked that " there is no inherent reason or neces sity that all women should voluntarily choose to de vote their lives to one animal function and its con sequences." One pithy and, emphatic observation is deserving of remembrance : " Surely," says the West , minster, " weak minds in weak bodies must ere long cease to be even supposed to be either attractive or amiable." The sentence is anything but gallant in its application to the sex, while at the same time, fortunately enough, its truth is in a multitude of in stances contradicted, a fact that, we conceive, cannot be very readily denied in an age adorned by the genius of such a woma❑ as Mrs. Somerville. Further reference might be made with some effect to the rest of the arguments comprised in this very able contribution, but a lack of space compels us perforce to turn our regard upon the other papers which follow, and therefore it is that we must content ourselves with directing the attention of the public to the article itself, as the ex ponant we hare recently seen in favour of a general female enfranchisement. Additional doubts are thrown upon clairvoyance by the writer of the paper which followa immediately afterwards on "Electro-Biology." An examination of it will repay the curiosity of those who happen to be inquisitive in reference to recent progress made in the developement of mesmerism. Thereupon we have a generous article upon "The Ex tinction of Slavery," a subject which can never be exhausted so long as a single mortal remains upon the face of the earth, demanding the blessing of manumission. In an interesting and well-timed chapter on the " industrial Exhibition," occurs the fol lowing admirable paragraph in illustration of the inalienable rights of inventors, and their direct claim upon the sympathy and assistance of the community : " There ex►sts in the community a considerable num ber of original-minded men, upon whom the onward progress of the nation wholly depends. By the very constitution of their minds this class of persons is the reverse of accumulative. They discover and give con tinually, to all mankind, whether in philosophy, litera ture, art, chemistry, or mechanics. Their knowledge is above all price, and they cannot hire it out. They ought to be essentially a leisure class, pursuing labours of love, giving books and arts to the world, for which there is no direct payment. A discoverer in optics, it is clear, can be better employed than in becoming a manu facturer of spectacles. We do not want a Liebig to ' keep a farm end carters,' or a Dalton to retail soda water or chloroform. We may talk as we please of the duty of all men to be frugal and saving, but it is not so frequently the want of power to save, as want of the strong cupidity, that insists on obtaing leave to work, that is the difficulty. A certain refuge from positive want, giving time to work, is frequently the ono thing needful. Commonly they need little bodily sustenalice, but they need mental sympathy; the want whereof frequently drives them into difficulties. There is needed a metropolitan college for these original-minded men, where they may assemble together without trouble or expense or loss of time, where they might mutually benefit by each other's many attainments, and draw around them all the intelligent men of the community seeking to become their disciples. The groves of Academus might be revived; the poets, painters, sculp tors, musicians, rhetors, chemists, and mechanics might therein walk and lecture. Socrates and Plato might re appear." Speaking of the Crystal Palace, the writer insists that its construction is traceable in a very great de gree to the advances already made by our national " s in ayshe railways. buildings‘‘wi "without s, b w e a e y n s n t e s u u ch s e s o t f a t iron anda progress; their manufacturera, without the large demand, could nut have constructed the means of supply. With out railways, the mass of objects would scarcely have been transported to the scene of exhihition ; and without railways, the mass of the world's denizens could not have been collected together to commence the era of human brotherhood, to show practically that God bath made all men of one blood,'—to show the remarkable tact, that whilst almost all Europe is ruled, and kings and princes protected by soldiery, here in England the love of order practically suffices." It might have been added that without railways the mere notion of the enterprise would have probably never entered into the Prince Consort's imagination. There is one capital sentence in behalf of the princi ple of humanity a little further on in this same con tribution ; we mean where it is said that, " Lead ! don't drive," is the cry of all nature, "from the ex periment of the carrot-persuaded donkey, down to the atmospheric railway, wherein the drawing out of the air, and not forcing it in, is the efficacious method." Altogether, the article here quoted is singularly clever and very ingeniously elaborated. Next to this we have a vigorous protest against the management, or rather mismanagement, of the " Royal Academy." Among other tokens of this, we are rejoiced to see mentioned in the Westminster the circumstance that Danby, incontestably one of the most illustrious artists of our generation is still—in the autumn of his life—merely an associate. The fact of his not having been long since named R.A. is disgraceful—and we say this deliberately, we, who have no knowledge of Mr. Denby whatever, having not the remotest notion even of his personal appearance. An ethical treatise on "The Creed of Christendom," is followed by poli tical papers on "Organic Reform" and "Explanations of Education." Such are the contents of the West minster, and its supplementary Foreign Quarterly is mainly composed of criticisms on M. Itomien's " Spectre Rouge," on M. Pretre's, " Souvenir d' un Voyage dans la Tartaire, &c.," and on F. W. Bar thold's " Geschichte der Deutschen Stadte and des Deutschen Burgerthums." These rather elaborate reviews are succeeded again by miner notices, critical and miscellaneous. THE SELF-ACCUSED MURDERER AT MANCHESTER. —A youth from Dublin, named Eugene Keenan, gave him self up to the county police ay Manchester as the murderer of a fellow-clerk in the Government Valuation Office at Dublin, by mixing oxalic acid in his porter, and has been proved to be insane. He had exhibited symptoms of madness for upwards of three months past. It appears that, in consequence of his state ment, the body of his late fellow-clerk, Conellan, had been exhumed, but no trace of poison was discovered. The imme diate cause of death had been a rupture of the aorta. He was given up to his father at Manchester on Saturday last. SIR FRANCIS SIMPKINSON, KNT.—During yester day the bell of Lincoln's Inn Chapel tolled for about an hour, in consequence of the death of Sir Francis Simpkinson, Knt., one of her Majesty's counsel. The Learned Gentleman for merly enjoyed an extensive practice in the tithe causes, which before the Act of 1841 were heard on the Equity side of the Exchequer. He was not latterly much before the courts of equity, but was constant in his attendance upon his duties as a bencher of Lincoln's Inn. Sir Francis was highly es teemed for his ki n dli ness o f di spos i t i on, hi s un if orm v i vac it y , and for his classical attainments. was very partial to the stlidy . of antiquarian lore, especially in connexion with ecclesiastical history and the law of tithes. A D VERTISING.—T ownsen d, th e sarsapar ill a man, says that lii s books exhibit an outl a y for advertising, in the cour se of five years, in the various papers of the United S ta tes of 800, 000 dollars. He saysAfor six mo n ths he cut off a n all his advertisements, to see if hi s medicines would not go t. se merits, just al s him dswi drop ,they went on advertising heavily, and got the s tart of h im.— Great Western, American d on oll t a h r e s ir by i Paper. LICENSED DISTILLERS. — According to a return to the House of Commons, printed on Wednesday, there were 11 distillers in England allowed to send out spirits before the duty was paid. The net actual loss to the revenue was 8,9141. 12s. 10d. The highe st am ount of duties on spirits iowing at, any one time by the distillers to whom credit was t iVeLI was 95,3364 16s. 2d. THURSDAY EVENING, HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE CITY. GRAND BALL AT GUILDHALL. Her Majesty and Prince Albert last night honoured with their presence the grand entertainment given by the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the city of Lon don, in the Guildhall, in celebration of the Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations. The rarity of royal visits to the City by night, and the brilliancy of the spectacle, rendered the occasion one of the most lively interest to the countless thousands of foreign and provincial visitors who are now con gregated in the metropolis, as well as to the vast masses of our own population. The illuminations were not, perhaps, quite so splendid or so numerous as upon former occasions, but the Queen's path, from Temple-bar to King-street, was a blaze of light— flags and ensigns were stretched across the street or hung from the casements—every window exhibited its group of ladies—and the streets were densely filled with an assemblage who, permitted to participate in the garish delights of a city illumination, and pleased with this renewed mark of her Majesty's confidence in the loyalty and afErction of her people, regarded without envy the long line of equipages that bore the distinguished visitors of the Lord Mayor and Corpo ration to the scene which the Queen had condescended to honour with her presence. During the day crowds of persons bad assembled i❑ Fleet-street to witness the preparations for the illumination. So early as six o'clock carriages began to set down company at the Guildhall, and about that hour the City line of route taken by the Royal procession was stopped against cabs, omnibuses, and all other vehicles not destined for Guildhall. The streets were covered with gravel, and barricades had been erected at various side streets where the pressure was likely to be the greatest. The houses and public buildings along the line of route and in the heart of the City were very generally illuminated, though, in consequence of the extremely short notice given by the Lord Mayor of his desire that the citizens should testify by such a demonstra- tion their respect for her Majesty and her Royal Consort, many persons were prevented from acting upon his suggestion. The illuminations beyond Temple-bar westward were few and far between, but at that ancient though inconvenient entrance to the City the grand display commenced. The western side of the bar presented a blaze of light. The devices consisted of stars and branches of laurel sur mounting an imperial crown, in coloured lamps, with the initials " V." and " A." in white lamps. The eastern side of the bar was decorated in a some what similar manner, the outlines of the building, the columns, and the central and side arches being marked by variegated lamps. The combination of co lours was exceedingly tasteful and pleasing, and some idea of the brilliancy of the display may be formed when we state that upwards of 20,C00 lamps were used in illuminating this building alone. Passing along Fleet-street there was little in the luminous display to attract special notice. Gas and oil were em ployed to an extravagant extent in the exhibition of stars, crowns, and the initials "V. 8,." or "V. A. ;" but there were no devices deserving commendation on the ground of taste, ingenuity, or novelty. This may, however, be accounted for in some measure by the haste with which the arrangements were neces sarily made. Several hazy-looking transparencies, which had seen much service on royal festivals, were here and there exhibited, and some of the oil illumi nations were so speedily exhausted that the ire of the populace was excited and expressed by significant vo ciferations. The illuminations on Ludgate-hill and in Ludgate-street were generally of the same character with those we have already mentioned. The only ex ceptions were a very tasteful design exhibited by Messrs. Carlin, of Ludgate-street, representing a basket of flowers, in coloured lamps, and a trans parency displayed by Messrs. Dakin and Co., of Ludgate-street, and St. Paul's Churchyard. This transparency was an allegorical painting, on a very large scale, covering a considerable portion of the eastern front of Messrs. Dakins' premises, and re presenting the union of the four quarters of the globe in the year 1851, surrounded by the motto " Peace on earth, good will among men," encircling medallion portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert, and bearing below the inscription, " The nations, glory to God, have united." The extensive façade of St. Paul's School afforded an opportunity for the dis play of an elegant design. In the centre of the building was an imperial crown of great size, between the letters " V. A.," while either wing presented a Brunswick star, with laurel leaves, in variegated lamps. The chaste and mellow effect of this design formed a pleasing contrast to the brilliant gas illumi nations which were profusely displayed in its vici nity. The great majority of the houses in Cheapside exhibited the ordinary stars and crowns, but one large unoccupied warehouse on the north side of the l street, near Wood-street, attracted much attention , from the adoption of the simple mode in which out fathers were content to celebrate the victories of the Nile and Trafalgar, and to do honour to public fes tivals " when George the Third was King." The house presented an extensive frontage, and each pane each of its numerous windows threw out into the street the feeble light of a common candle. It need scarcely be said that the effect, when compared wio the flaring brightness of the surrounding gas illumi nations, was singular and somewhat ludicrous, but the illuminator at least deserves the credit of introducing what is in the present day a novelty. In one of tie houses in Cheapside a transparency was dizplayed re presenting a crop of flax, with the inscription, " Flax the remedy of Ireland's distress." Very elegant illa minations in variegated lamps were exhibited at the Saddlers'-hall and at Mercers'-hall. In front of the premises of Messrs. Reeves and Sons was exhibitel a gas illumination, with the words, " The Queen and Prince, patrons of the arts." In the front of the Guildhall the Royal arms on a large scale were bril liantly displayed in gas. The Mansion-house was decorated with a large imperial projecting crown, with branches of laurel, surmounting a star of Bruns wick, and having on either side the initials of her Ma jesty and Prince Albert, in gas jets. The illumina tion at the Bank of England was of a somewhat singular kind, though the effect produced was not unpleasing. Each of the numerous lamp-posts on the south front of the building, facing Thread needle-street. was surmounted by a star in gas, and gas pipes being festooned between the top of each lamp-post, a brilliant display was produced along the whole front of the building. The only de fect was the want of variety in colour. The Royal Exchange was very tastefully decorated, and was an object of general admiration. The pediment of the facade was bordered with pure white lamps, encir cling the inscription (also in white lamps)—" The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof." The beautiful columns of the portico were also inter twined with wreaths of lamps, and the capitals were tastefully ornamented in the same manner. Elegant illuminations were also displayed at the East India House and other public buildings in the city. As the company continued to arrive the crowd also increased, and at eight o'clock, when the Life Guards arrived to keep the ground for the procession, the streets began to fill. This arduous duty of maintain ing the line of route for the Royal carriages was per formed by the Life Guards with admirable temper and forbearance. The spot where these qualities were most conspicuously called into exercise was at the junction of King-street with Cheapside, where the pressure was so great that before the arrival of the soldiers the police had been obliged to use their trun cheons. King-street was lined by the lion. Artillery Company. At half-past eight the streets were closed against the passage of carriages with visitors, in anticipation of her Majesty's arrival. About nine o'clock the Duchess of Kent and the Duke of Cam bridge arrived in Royal carriages ; and at five minutes past nine o'clock the Royal procession left Buckingham Palace in the following order : The first carriage, conveying a Gentleman Usher, Mr. Arthur Blackwood, a Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber, Sir Frederick Smith, the Exon of the Yeo men Guard in Waiting, Captain Phibbs, and the Page of Honour in Waiting, Mr. George Grant Gordon. The second carriage, conveying the Groom in Waiting, Sir Edward Bowater; the Groom in Waiting to the Prince, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Seymour; the Field Officer in Waiting, Colonel Bentinck; and the Silver Stick in Waiting, Colonel M`Douall. The third carriage, conveying the Equerry in Waiting, Lord A. Charles Fitzroy; the Equerry in Waiting to the Prince, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour; the Treasurer of the Household, Lord Marcus Hill; and the Clerk Marshal, Lord Alfred Paget. The fourth carriage, conveying the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord Edward Howard; the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, the Marquis of Donegal; and the Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, Lord Foley. The filth carriage, conveying the Bedchamber Woman in Waiting, the Viscountess Forbes; the Lord in Wait ing, Lord Elphinstone; and the Master of the Buck hounds, the Eirl of Bessborough. The sixth carriage, conveying the Maids of Honour in Waiting, the Hon. Amelia Murray and the Hon. Lucy Kerr; the Groom of the Stole to the Prince, the Mar quis of Abercorn ; and the Gold Stick iu Waiting, Vis count Combermere. The seventh carriage, conveying a lady of the Bed chamber, the Marchioness of Douro; the Lord Steward, the Marquis of Westminster; and the Lord Chamber lain, the Marquis of Breadalbane. The eighth carriage, conveying her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, the Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting (the Countess of Gains borough), and the Master of the Horse (the Duke of Norfolk. The royal procession arrived at Temple-bar about half-past nine o'clock. At this point the throng was very great. Her Majesty was very warmly re ceived, and graciously acknowledged the salutations of the crowd. The royal carriages and escort proceeded at a slow pace down Fleet-street, which, with its ban ners, flags, stars, crowns, and royal initials, pre- JULY 10, 1851. sented a most gay and picturesque appearance. What ever may be the demerits of gas, as contrasted with the softness of colour and richness of effect produced by the old coloured lamps, its superior illumi• nating power need not be insisted upon, and the bril liancy with which it lit up the faces of the crowd and rendered every object visible, was remarkable. At Farringdon-street, where the concourse was also very large, her Majesty and the Prince were again heartily cheered. Sr. Paul's churchyard presented an excel lent spot for commanding a view of the procession, of which some thousands availed themselves. A brilliant star over the shop of Mr. F. Goodyear, at the north east corner of St. Paul's-churchyard, threwits rays directly into the royal carriage, and presented a strik ing contrast to the more mellowed richness of the illuminations of St. Paul's School, which attracted the attention and elicited the admiration of her Ma jesty and the Prince. After passing St. Paul's School the illuminations on the south side of the churchyard came into view, especially the royal ini tials, wreaths, and crown in gas, over Mr. Nichol son's, which had a brilliant effect. The same may be said of a star over the shop of Mr. Butler, che mist. These illuminations brought into strong re lief the dark and dusky outline of St. Paul's, and there were probably many among the crowd who wondered whether the time would not one day come when the gorgeous and glittering illuminations of St. Peter's may not be adopted to show in resplendent outline the sublime proportions of our great Protes tant cathedral. The neighbouring streets command ing a view of Cheapside at this point contained a dense assemblage, whose acclamations were loud and enthusiastic. The view down Cheepside was even more beautiful than that presented by Fleet-street. Flags were suspended across the street, and gas crowns, and shim, and initial letters exhibiting more brilliancy of material than taste or novelty of de sign, endeavouring to outshine the light of day. The bells of Bow Church rang a joyous peal, and at about twenty minutes before ten o'clock the royal cortege entered King-street. The Life Assurance-offices made a splendid display at the corner of King street, but with the exception of a star or two, thinly placed at intervals in the street, this approach to Guildhall, which ought to have been a blaze of magnificence with gas at 4s. a thousand, looked dull and dim. Guildhall itself was not so prettily illuminated as upon some former occasions, the dis play being confined to a royal coat of arms in gas. Upon her Majesty's arrival the band of the Hon. Artillery Company, which was stationed in the open space between the church of St. Lawrence and the Irish Chamber, struck up " God save the Queen." Here the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, the Sheriffs, and the City authorities awaited the arrival of her Majesty, by whom she was received on alighting from her carriage with every mark of respect, and by whom she wss accompanied to the ball-room. The immediate approach to the throne was lined by the Hon. thrps of the Gentleman-at-Arms, the Yeomen of the Guard being also in attendance in the passages which the Queen traversed. It was nearly ten o'clock before the cheers of the people outside heralded the approach of the Royal party. For some time before the only great sensa tion had been created by " the Duke," at whose presence al the company cheered loudly ; but at last the flourish of the Life Guards' trumpets, and the Hast of the horns which the Messrs. Harper merle such fine exponents of loyal feeling, re lieved the anxiety of the company, and they were soon gratified by the appearance of the Queen, who was received with the greatest enthusiasm and seemed n the best possible spirits. She walked gently tarough the hall, smiling and bowing on each sids as the company made way for her with re sPec tfu' reverence. RerLilajesty - wOre a white satin dress, embroidered In gold, trimmed with gold, silver, and white satin riband=, and richly ornamented with diamonds. The head-tress was composed of poppies, golden oat and whew ears, ornamented with diamonds. Hid Royal Highness Prince Albert wore his uniform as Captain-General and Colonel of the Hon. Artidery Company, with the ensigns of the Orders of tie Garter and the Golden Fleece set in diamonds. 511 e Royal party having passed through the priicipal rooms returned to the Guildhall, and he' Majesty took her seat on the throne on the rased dais. It would be vain to say what followed. Tie various orchestral bodies struck up, but dancing, e;cept mentally, was in most cases quite impossible. I steady current set in towards the dais. Some resentations took place, and a genuine city mob, vho now and then broke into little displays of very mid temper, besieged the throne. The Duke of Cam bridge, Lady Clementina Villiers, the Marchioness of Douglas, and some other ladies and gentlemen danced in the confined space before the Court, and in the im mediate vicinity of the dance were Earl Grey, Sir F. Baring, the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Marquis of Douglas, Sir J. Graham, Sir Gibson Craig, the Marquis of 'Westminster, Lord M. Hill, Admiral Dundas, Sir R. M. Bellew, In the meantime all those, and they were many, who could not get near the end of the hall, wandered through the other rooms in anything but solitude. It would have been weary work but that an agreeable recreation was afforded to most of the pilgrims by the many sheets of plate-glass and mirrors with which Mr. Sims had so profusely supplied these recesses. After some space of time devoted to promenading, and to such dancing under difficulties as that we have de scribed, her Majesty was conducted to the crypt for supper. The arrangements of this portion of the building have been already described on a previous occasion, but it would be unfair to the Messrs. Staples, whose general merits in providing a very ample and well selected supper we have great satisfaction in praising, if we did not state that the great effect pro duced by the decorations of this ancient banquetting hall was greatly aided by the artistic skill with which they furnished the tables for the Royal re past. In compliance with the antique character which the vaulted arches and low crowned cells of the apartment gave to the place, the provedores had invented dishes the origin of which we cannot now stop to trace, though the taste be excellent to the most modern of palates. The peacock full-feathered, and with all the glories of his shining plumage, and resplendent tail—the hurt de sanglicr, fresh from the Forest of Ardennes, with the ancient couplet so familiar to all our Oxford men, made pleasant catapanionship with boudin de foie Bras aux truffes, and chapons ala Pompadour. Dummies in armour 'lolling lights which flickered from their spearheads lent a romantic character to the scene; and we could not but rejoice that the committee in their Christian kindness had not carried out their original idea of incarcerating policemen in these coats of mail, con sidering that their duties would have been extremely arduous as well as protracted. The tables for the royal supper were laid out in a splendid and really tasteful manner. There was the finest Amontillado, hock of 1822, sherry (bottled for Napoleon) 105 years old, which then cost 6001. a batt, and muscatel and paxarete, sillery and spark ling champagne, gave proofs of the taste of the Messrs Staples. The wineglasses (made fur the occasion) bad the royal crown, the City shield, and the globe (as typifying all nations) engraved with interven ing groups of corn, fruit, and flowers, emblematic of the various portions of Europe. The doyleys were of pale green Genoa velvet, richly embroidered with devices of Peace and Plenty; the Royal Crown in the centre, encircled with the national flags of England, France, Austria, Turkey, the United States, &c., and the arms of the city of London. The dessert plates, of " Rose du Barri," had the royal arms and those of the Prince Consort and the Prince of IVales on either side ; the arms of the City and of the East India Company, and a sur rounding wreath of the rose, thistle, and shamrock. The bills of fare were of delicate pale gold satin, with an embossed border, showing the initials of her Ma jesty and Prince Albert, and the arms of the city of London in relief. The napkins were of the finest Scotch damask, tastefully embroidered and trimmed with rich lace. Supper having been concluded by the Royal party, a tremendous rush was made by most of those pre sent to the various side tables. The Queen, attended by the Prince and her suite, retired in the order ob served upon her coming. The enthusiasm was, if possible, greater. All the company stood up to do her honour, and left the various alleys in which they had been buried in pursuit of the pleasures of the table to give a parting cheer to their Sovereign. Shortly before one o'clock the trumpets sounded a royal flourish at the gates of Guildhall, and, through a dense mass of people, cheering incessantly with the greatest enthusiasm, her Majesty returned home to Buckingham Palace after this interesting visit to the ancient metropolis of her kingdom. In the ante-room between the Court of Aldermen and the Common Council Chamber was an elegant fountain of perfume, manufactured by Mr., E. Rim mel, of Gerrard-street. This fountain, which is si milar to the one Mr. Himmel has in the Exhibition, threw up a continued jet of toilet vinegar, the delicious fragrance of which was most refreshing. We have not beard of any serious accidents, though, in consequence of the great pressure of the crowd at various points during the progress of ber Majesty, and in the course of the evening, several persons sustained injuries from being thrown down and trampled upon. THE ILLUMINATIONS. The following are a few of the places illuminated along the Strand: — The Royal British Bank.—A. superb crown, with a star and " V. R." under, in variegated . lamps. Caldwell, biscuit baker, 457.—A brilliant star, in gas, with " V. R." in the centre. W. Preist, trunkmaker, 420.—A gas illumination, with " V. A." i❑ lamps. Westbrook, confectioner, 416. A star surmounting an ornamental device. The Adelphi Theatre.—A brilliant crown, in gas. The Bull Court Passage, leading to the Nell Gwyone Tavern.—A beautifully variegated star and wreath of lamps. Martin, Queen's Head.—A. crown in relief, in varie gated lamps, and wreaths of lamps depending from the windows. Murray, blind maker, 403.—A transparent canvas re presenting Victoria and Albert in a car, guided by Nep tune, ruled by Britannia, and driven by Cupids. Bree's Panorama was illuminated for the occasion. Royal Farmers' and General Insurance-office.—"V. R.," gas, surmounted by a crown in relief. The Morning Chronicle Office.—A brilliant illumina tion in gas, with a crown, in relief, over " V. A." Kent, 329, cutler.—A star in variegated lamps. From St. Mary's a large union jack was flying. Taylor, Griffin Tavern, Newcastle-street, Strand.— " V. R." in variegated lamps, with a rose in the centre, over which a star in gas, and at a still greater elevation another and a smaller in varigatcd lamps ; the whole producing a very pleasing effect. The building was also decorated by the flags of different nations. Wilson, Spotted Dog, 298.—" V. R." in gas. A. Eklington, White Hart, 206, a star in variegated lamps, and wreathes suspended from the windows. The star bore the letters "V. R. in the centre. per, 293.—" V. R." in coloured The Lady's Newsp lamps. David Nutt, foreign and classical bookseller, 271.—A brilliant star, in gas. Carr, King's .11 ad, 265.—A cr own and laurels, in gas. Wilson, 253.—A brilliant sta r in gas, with " V. A." in the centre. Upton's dining-rooms, 228.—" V.A ," surmounted by a crown in variegated lamp. The Illustrated London Neics,—A brilliant star, and a profusion of flags and union jack. Mr. Copeland's Punch's Playhouse.—A star in gas The east entrance to Somerset-house.—i‘. crown and " V.Q." in variegated lamps. W. H. Smith and Son, 136.—A star in gas, with " V.A." in the centre. The Lyceum Theatre.—A star in gas in front of the box entrance. Burgess's Italian Warehouse.—" V.R." with a crown between, surmounted by a star in gas, and a flag bearing the inscription, " England's Queen—may God bless her, and give her a long life to reign in the love and respect of her people." Ackermann's Repository of Arts—A beautiful trans parency; with medallion portraits of her Majesty and Prince Albert; " V. A." at either side; the rose, sham rock, and thistle at the bottom, and a variety of allegori cal and national devices. At the top of the picture were the words— " Great, glorious, and free, Ever victorious may she be!" TEMPLE-BAR. The western side of this ancient City gate presented a complete blase of light, and of the most gorgeous de scription. The designs and devices consisted of two large irradiated stars of Brunswick, and branches of laurel, the colouring of the lamps forming the same being considerably heightened from polished reflectors placed at the back. Underneath these was a splendid imperial crown on a cushion, with the jewels most beautifully de fined in coloured lamps, as also the covering of the velvet, and gimp, and tassels of the cushion; the initials " V. A." and scrolls supporting the same in pure white lamps. The architectural outlines of the columns and capitals, and the tops of the arches of the road and footpaths, re lieved by white and green lamps, as also the niches of the statues on the upper part of the gate. The eastern side of the bar was decorated in a similar manner. The fittings and arrangements excited universal admiration, and must have been particularly gratifying to those august personages whose visit it was especially intended to commemorate. No less a number than 22, 000 varie gated lamps wero employed in carrying out this illumi nation alone. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness iPrince Al bert arrived at the Exhibition of the Works of Indus try of All Nations at twenty minutes past nine o'clock yesterday morning, attended by the Hon. Lucy Kerr, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieut.-Colonel Francis Hugh Seymour. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, visited the Exhibition yesterday morning. Their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Alice and Helena, attended by Miss Hildyard, also paid a visit to the Exhibition yesterday forenoon. Her Majesty and Prince Albert remained until twenty minutes before eleven o'clock, and then left the Exhibition for Buckingham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Arthur and the Princess Louisa took an airing in an open carriage and four yesterday. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princesses Helena and Louisa, took a drive yesterday afternoon in an open carriage and four. The Equerries in Waiting, Lord Charles Fitzroy and Lieutenant- Colonel F. H. Seymour, attended on horseback. Lord Elphinstone has relieved . the Earl of Morley in his duties as Lord in Waiting to the 'Queen ; and Sir Edward Bowater has relieved Mr. R. Ormsby Gore in hls duties as Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. The Oxford University Commission bad a meeting yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-street. Present—The Dean of Carlisle, the Master of Pembroke, the Rev. H. G. Liddell, Mr. J. L. Dampier, the Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, and the Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary). The Rev. T. Gill, Rural Dean of Grenada, had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial office. COLONIAL BANKING COMPANY. The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held on Tuesday at the London Tavern; Mr. Cuarles I.‘lerryatt in the chair. The bECRETARY read the report, which stated that the collection of the doubtful outstanding debts of the cern patty was proceeding, as the directors had anticipated, slowly but not unsatisfactorily, and that their anticipa tions had also been verified by increased operations and profits at the branches. With respect to the dividend they recommended the continuance of the same prudent course which had been pursued for several half-years, feeling assured that such a line of conduct was better calculated to further the permanent interests of the company than a small and premature increase in the dividends. They therefore trusted the proprietors would agree with them in thinking that a dividend of I per cent. should be declared out of the net profits of the half-year. The present state of the accounts is as follows : Debts: circulation, 175,3371. Si.; deposits and other liabilities, 723,224/. 2s. Id.; paid-up capital, 500,0001.; fund to meet bad debts, 71,7611. 9s. lld ; total, 1,4701,3421. 17s. The assets are—Specie, 220,9781. 14s. 6d.; duo to the bank, in the colonies, on bills discounted and purchased, and on cash credits and current accounts, 865,7731. 1 ls. 3d.; due to the bank in London on bills remitted, cash at bankers, &c. 384,6451. 6s. 2d.; bank premises, &c., 13,155/. 7s. sd. Total, 1,484,5521. 192. 4d. Leaving a profit of 14,210/. 2s. 4d. Major Buchanan complained of the omission in the report of any details relative to the losses and lia bilities of the company, and moved that the meeting be adjourned in order that a more explicit statement of the accounts might be laid before the shareholders. The CHAIRMAN said the estimated amount of the losses of the company was 210,000/. With regard to the liabilities, a fuller and more explicit statement would be given by the directors as soon as the circumstances, of the Corporation would justify them in doing so, which they did not consider to be the case at present. Mr. CAVE, a director, said he believed the business transacted by the company in the West Indies, and other colonies, was conducted upon sound and good banking principles, and that it would yield a safe and increasing profit to the proprietors. his firm opinion was that their present position was most satisfactory, and that the time was not far distant when the divi dends might safely be increased. He hoped the motion would be withdrawn, as ho could not but consider it as tantamount to an expression of want of confidence on the part of the shareholders. After considerable discussion, Major BUCHANAN with drew his motion, and the report was unanimously adopted. A dividend of one per cent. was then declared, and the proceedings terminated. GROTTO PASSAGE RAGGED SCHOOLS.—Yesterday a very numerous meeting of the supporters of these ragged and industrial schools, and refuge for destitute boys, was held at the Royal Bazaar, Baker-street, Portman-square; the Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury in the chair. The pro ceedings having been opened with prayer, the Noble Chair man spoke in favour of the system they were met to promote, alluding to the ascertained honesty and good behaviour of the " shoe-black brigade," as establishing the fact that the class from which its members were taken was not, however de graded, beyond the reach of improvement. Industrial schools, as a preparation for future emigrants, and as producing vast moral as well as material results, he highly lauded; and emigration, he said, must be for a very considerable time the great means of rescuing the degraded classes from the mi sery and ignorance under which they had so long suffered The secretary next read the report, which showed that dur ing the year 37 boys had been boarded, lodged, and edu cated by the institution ; that 100 children of each sex had been under daily instruction ; that 75 had been taught industrial occupations; that 25 of each sex were provided daily with dinner—the condition being that they worked for it ; that there had been an average attendance of 140 at a Sunday school set in operation ; that 16 of their boys had emigrated to Australia, and 9 had been apprenticed to the merchant service; that the attendance at the evening school had averaged 50, and that at the infant school 100. The adoption of the report was moved by Mr. A. Mills, who men tioned cases in which loans lent to boys emigrating had bee° partially or wholly repaid, as affording ground for a _ r ; that such a sasistance might ere long be granted on s tallisihed• scale, and self-supporting system of emigration est - hav i ng The Rev. Mr. Power followed, and other gentle l 3 spoken, the meeting separated with a vote of thamneas to the chairman. no.—Notwith- WHAT EXPENDITURE ON GIN CADY-- ties and the i s f c tn e e working c standing the increase of temperance 0 ! proved habits (in regard to drinking) lions of poundslases of Great Britain, still fourteen n l y ni this is the are an forthe construpctriocnisoefsuhmis nually spent in gin alone! which Mr. Asa Whitney Junction Railway. Atlantic and Pacific Ocean , If the work ing men of England would abstain from gin drinking for e proprietors of that or a seven years, they 1 If a , Sir, la million of in e tthrades, by ' saving a penny a similar railroad. n ) i , e i g 5 ll t I.) h s e i d c o i a m r en connected with building and t , s c s o u u t ld forymhmore than half this great day for seven yearrisi tribu or might have, at the end of that work, and each co time, 50 acres of land. A p en ny - raised capital great enough t o complete so gigantic an und erta ki ng, might at first seem a dream of the imagination of a Bedlaraite ; but so would have b ee n deemed at one time our penny post, our Parliamentary railwa y trains, penny steamboats, penny savings' banks, penny cyclopxdias, and other penny matters. We live in a pe ar l y era; and rely on it, Sir, that it is possible to carry out this penny buggestion.—Corrapndent of the Builder. DEATH OF D. M. MOIR. (From the Edinburgh Advertiser.) It is with deep regret that we have to announce the sudden death of Dr. Moir, of Musselburgb, the well known " Delta" of Blackwood's Magazine, who expired at Dumfries at two o'clock on Sunday morning. Having felt not quite himself of late, he th ought of trying the benefit of a change of air and a brief respite from his professional duties. Accordingly, on Tuesday last he started for the west country, in almost his usual health, and in good spirits. Next day, at Ayr, he became ill; but, quickly recovering, he proceeded on Thursday to Dumfries. Here, while walking in the evening w i t h hi s brother poet, Mr. Aird, his illness, which no assumed i the form of peritonitis (a species of hternul inflarn ina ., tior,), suddenly seized him afresh with frightful viru lence; and from the first the most painful apprehension,. were entertained for his recovery. Fortunately, wife and son had ac c omp an i e d hi m en h is jaunt, and attended him throughout his short but severe illness. On Friday ho rallied a little, and in the afternoon the rest of his family and Dr. Christison arrived from Edin burgh. The rally, however, was deceitful. On Satur day it became but too evident that all hope was over; and early on Sunday morning he calmly breathed his last, surrounded by his family, and his old friends Mr. Aird and Mr. Blackwood. He died at the age of 53. Dr. Moir has been long known alike in the medical and in the literary world, and his death will occasion a sad blank in both. To the virtues of a Christian he added a gentle winning manner, that made him beloved by all who knew him. His character is reflected in his poetry, which is ever sweet and plea s i ng , ever graceful and delicate in its fancies, and ever appealing to tha purest and best emotions of the heart. Some of his poems belong to the very first class. We re mem b er no verses more full of discrimination and poetic fire than his exquisite lines on Burns, written at the ,time of the Burns' F est i val; and of all the elegiac pieces in our lan cage,guage, none is surer of immortality than his " Cse, a peerless outpouring of his muse and hea rt over the grave of a beloved child. It comes from, th e heart—nay, from th e very h eart o f h earts of tne be reaved parent; and to the end of time it will bring tears to the eyes even of those happy few to whom sorrow is as yet but a name. Its very rhythm is full of sadness. We cannot resist extracting some stanzas—premising that Casa ways called himself by; was th© nam e w hi c h hi s li tt l e boy al- Despair was in our last farewell As closed thine eye; , Tears of our anguish may not tell When thou didst die: Words may not paint our grief sea f i for thee, Sighs are but bubbles on Of our unfathomed agony, Casa Wappy! Thou wert a vision of delight, To bless us given; Beauty embodied to our sight—.A type of heaven; So dear to us thou wert, thou art Even less thine own self than a part Of mine and of thy mother's heart, Casa Wappy! Thy bright, brief day knew no decline—. 'Twas cloudless joy; Sunrise and night alone were thine, Beloved boy This morn beheld thee blithe and gay; That found thee prostrate in decay; And ere a third shone, clay was clay, Casa Wappy! Gem of our hearth, our household pride, Earth's undefiled, Could love have saved, thou hadst not died, Our dear, sweet child! Humbly we bow to Fate's decree? Yet had we hoped that Time should see Thee mourn for us, not us for thee, Casa Wappy! Do what I may, go where I will, Thou meet'st my sight; There dost thou glide before me still— A form of light! I feel thy breath upon my cheek— Till oh! my heart is like to break, I see thee smile, I hear thee speak, Casa Wappy! Methinks, thou smil'st before me now, With glance of stealth; The hair thrown back from the full brow In buoyant health: I see thine eyes' deep violet light— Thy dimpled cheek carnatiou'd bright— Thy clasping arms so round and white— Casa Wappy! Tho nursery shows the pictured wall, Thy bat—thy bow — Thy cloak and bonnet—club and and ball; But where art thou? A corner holds thine empty chair, Thy playthings idly scattered there, But speak to us of our despair, Casa Wappy ! As " Delta," Dr. Moir contributed to Blackwood's Magazine almost from its first starting; and he con. tinued to do so to the end. His " Lament of Selin" ap pears in this month's number; and a melancholy interest attaches to it es being tho last piece the lamented author ever wrote. As a critic of poetry, he stands deservedly high; and the crowded audiences who last winter attended, his lectures on the poetry of the last half century will long remember them as models of popular criticism—at once clear, condensed, and animated, and delivered with a manner that would have lent interest to far inferior criticism. Besides his bereaved wife, who for more than twenty years was the devoted sharer of his joys and sorrows, he has left a family of eight children, the eldest of whom is now the wife of Dr. Scutt, who for many years has been the able and successful partner of his father-in-law. By all who knew him, and more especially by his fellow townsmen, Dr. Muir was much beloved; and at the ur gent request of the inhabitants of Musselburgh, his funeral will be a public one. It is to take piace on Thursdiy, at two o'clock, in the church-yard of Inveresk, and will doubtless be attended by many of his friends and admirers in this city. VAUXUALL BAL MASQUE.—A very crowded as sembly met last night in the gardens of this place to cele brate the occasion of her Majesty's visit to the city, and to partake of the festivity of a bal masque on a scale of more than usual splendour. The loyalty of the company co operated with their love of pleasure to fill the " Royal Pro perty," and partake of the good things provided by the proprietor for their enjoyment. What are termed " the whole resources " of the establishment were in requisition. Four bands of music played incessantly for several hours, and left no time for the dancers to relax from their activity. As is usual on those occasions the maskers formed the mino rity, though there were enough . of them to support the title of the amusement of the evening. The saloon and all the boxes in which suppers and refreshments are served were crowded, and the waiters had enough to do to administer to the wants of the numerous guests. The grounds were bril liantly illuminated, many devices emblematical of the occa sion being introduced. The arrangements were in all respects satisfactory, and the festive scene was kept open till daylight and till some time after. BATTY'S HIPPODROME.—Yesterday, previous to the performance of the regular programme, Mr. Hampton mad• an aeronautic ascent in his balloon " Erin-go-bragh." The balloon having been inflated by half-past six, Mr. Hampton, accompanied by Monsieur Soulie, the director of the French equestrian troop performing here, and another person, took their seats' in the car, and the signal for letting go was at once given. The aerial vessel rose with steadiness, and in a few minutes was lost to view, taking a south-easterly di rection ; and, at an elevation sufficient to clear every ter restrial object, even if it were higher than the Monument perched on the top of St. Paul's. The ordinary amusements then commenced with the magnificent " Tournament of the Middle Ages." After this came Roman chariot-races, an ostrich hunt, the wonderful feats of the globe-roller, and many other singular and gorgeous spectacles, which, until the erection of the Hippodrome, were never known in this country. A little war has been going on, for some time, be tween the great publishers and the Government, on the ground of the latter, through the Committee of Council on Education, having interfered with the book trade, and this in a manner bordering upon the piratical. We are not sur prised at this, when we see the course the Government is taking in so many different departments; embarking hi bin siness, in fact—jobbing in any kind of *et,'" tion, however dirty or unseemly—we suppose upon ye s _ tion, per formance principle—and entering into competition with its offered to own subjects in the principal trades. In the metropolis this is being carried to a most unwarrantable and absurd extent ; mo dest request to be as there the Government has not been satisfied have to formance of its own mulifarious duties, but has conduct the business of undertaker and gravedigger-general, which is now before Parliament, with a i n the 7 . iva er-car ry i ng invested with a species of monopoly News and carcase-butcher lines. This will soon produce a reaction, in which our friends, the patrician ack publishers, will join with plebeian reformers in forcin_g,_ the G o y im . --On Tuesday Pr"l b u uT — ha lir pp e i e l k y ly without afternoon a went to its ancient and legitimate sin : ; re Train station on its way to London, *m a i t n L of ee th ds e Great Northern Com and Chronicle. RAILWAY COLL f i ri s oe i l railway collision took P loss of life. The exp ds and Thirsk line, which ra e il goods station of the Leeds and Thirsk was coming int I' r a e l s :d r'u t " o pieces luggage the the former .The ran b pan and a oth fi e rs r t c e a l r a r s i s ag c e a s rri w a e g r : Company, ht the guard's line' and came into vio llietnetnolyt collision Kith ._,... , _ 9 and several passengers and the l i ne was for ex cept Mr. J. Wilkinson, guard of the ex d the train some time blocked up by the debris, bu t some carriages Were got and the whole of the passengers, one of the Leeds borough magis trates, were able to proceed on their journey, although some of them had rece i ved bruises and contusions. Mr. Wilkinson e was cut in the head, but not seriously. It may be observed that the Gr eat N orthern train,hs to be backed out of the station up an incline, and the collision occurred just below the incline. It appears that great blame is attributable to the driver of the Leeds and Thirsk train for attempting to cross the line when he knew that the express train was about to start. The damage done cannot be far short o 7001. to 1,0001. THE LIBERALITY OF MESSRS. COMBE AND DELA-. YIELD, BREWERS, CASTLE-STREET, LONG- ACRE.— MMES. Combe and Delafield, the eminent brewers, have, with their usual liberality, granted a day's holiday to all their men, for the purpose of witnessing the Crystal Palace, and in a most handsome manner will present each man with 55., for the purpuse of getting a first-class ticket, on Saturday next, in dependent of their day's pay, when they will be regaled afterwards with roast beef and plum pudding , and a plentiful supply of good old October. Such acts as these on the part of Messrs Combe and Delafield will be long remembered by the men, and most duly appreciated on their part. REV. Du. BUNTING. —We are informed, on au thority we ought not to quest i o n, that Dr. Bunting has ten dered his resignation as th e senior missionary secretar y , and that indifferences u c h resignation e n thew was e a r r e t of the ceived lay in mileneenel and with appa renters, ii something like ill-restraine d joy. Weslc3'ait Zino, not with ' 7 ll t. NI ~