The Sun. — London, England, 1845-05-12 00:00:00

F-; 4• a, ' ~ d. 3 4 4 a 1 v bolf; Lodi 10 oine ° otTer , o re , ; l e o f t Pti ' t te° 10 bile° 1.0 43 .: rrs 1 " id 1 %! j fo ritVii ',dill w erP , oro r o it% 161 C" Cie Orli ebe c ' • t I,llo' • ) c r ?icod ~b~ 0 ,08 1 i'lti' 00, . wa° oil 3 ryral. e IRELAND. DUBLIN CORPORATION. tlon of DentrN, MAY 10 . —F or a considerable time the Corpora of the Dublin have been ing to obtn a r Court of Conscience (which t had grown into n a refo intTaerable evil under the old Corporation) ; but the Irish Government, v to whom the patronage of this Court had been given theb.ne. thel4o,etalatseloPfalct, had taken no *te s for altering the arra upon To att d utation from the . Court. The matter having been pressed upon T ention of Lord Heytesbury by a ep . eli,„°ll,,Coancil, his Excellency has wisely yielded to the h ap- i e , - 7.7th. The result is that the Lord Mayor of the e nf past the ~,.,--;,,,‘,„-..r. Timothy O'Brien) will become Presiden r. The pro - e - n r I gr ee ted until the end of the present y Year, - n - ,71 111 Xayor will succeed to the office f a o d r e v a t i b sa e hl n e ex tn t appi -- "eas the Corporation should deem it . h art , to the L ord -Lieutenant for the appointment m o e f an a s hkel ist y. er 1111 Permanent president; but that is by no ~ At a 8 • . h t before I, ot d NI Pecial meeting of the Corporation this day, the the .e letter which basiayor it Mr. O'Connell suggested t a , oceeded with, he fftt which they were assembled w Lord- The Lieutenant should be read. th e Lord Mayor had recei a v a ed pr from the secret ar)* then read the following letter : My t.,... to in .o.f Tin " v'am.-1._"1,--.I am directed by the Lord-Lieutenant to " Dublin Castle, May 9, 1845. writ g',,, -- ."° ,, rd ShiP, in answer to the memorial presented and 4tre,_,.._•" the Ilight Hon. the Lord Mayor, Aldermen eoth..-- of Dublin, praying for the total suppression e o' in f the ex.l.nf Conscience, that his Excellency does not d Court tior•-'ent, with a view to the general interest of theaieehabi whi,,L,Partieularly of the lower orders, to abolish i t, i'3lth notwithstanding the abuses that may have c r r e e i p si t n i g nt a o ettlet es „.. e . ° , l2l 3" Court constantly open to them, exercising oe, hot in cases where the matter _in dispute I. ot exceed the value of 40s. ti oe, a _ order, however, to meet the wishe! of t ' e ew to the bub l ,_°? far as it can be done consistently with a N t l o say, b Corpora that Le ,:joiluaterest, I am directed by his Excellency _ 11,1%, mshready, with the consent of the Privy Counc'il, to r pre ec - 1. ,, ei and refOrm the present Court in the manner or by the Alunicipal Act • and, under the regu o l or his depot therein, the Lord 'Mayor for the time bei le be thePhtY regularly appointed, to be in the first . e nstanct ta ne x ce i l n l ,, en cy jab bseJudge of the newly-modelled court, without p . re his E to anY subFequent application by the town-council to to nominate and appoint a barrister, as per- . 1 ferredne„,,t"'"g_e, pursuant to the powers in that respect con -I ' 4l lune by the Aot.—" I have the honour to be, , &c., " E. LUCAS. 4 The Iv h " k 0 ,,1g t lion. the Lord Mayor. rsetae`-ita, said he was sure that the letter must be • ProulYie to every man in that assembly.—(Cheers.) He oe th gi!e notice of his intention to move that it be inserted ott , th e e I:ol,lutea. — (Cheers.) He then moved for a Committee 'fbe felt'lec of municipal reform In doing so, he said that th e iiiscettlh,e slightest - apprehension' of party spirit gaining W e _ uant, be would abandon the motion at once lat er , ''•-) The English Municipal Act passed the Legis. hefotesjE Zoars, and the Scotch Municipal Act four years, 15 ,hap e hi ge Irish Pleasure, and that was given in the mutilated whe e th e l thich it was brought into operation.—(Hear.) ( W it e re th in ' 41 , 1 was brought into the House of Lords, there .."eat) K-B,olx ~,clauses -- struck out by Lord Lyndhurst.— vi wealth ~-ecuiettient in m th at • 11. •••• .reel has engaged to give us as good a Bill In 4 given t E _„e ad e,,,.„, 0 ngland and Scotland. One party in e,?ttended to Irete asked was, that the English Bill_ should be point of numbers, the other in point . c rpora oln had the Pow er Under the English sheriffs d e othe o r civic (Cl e ar e B 4 . rhe eh e i hs a y,Pointing the Learned Gentleman con cluded h The ji, - , n 7q the same right for the Irish.— _% Petiti on natrei op , ii, eurable and . h4.;k to th e ' a Committee be appointed to prepare c e " Rue; -. House of Commons, praying for a reform in vir JOO po'CI:111 Act. felllpr. 1441711 5 1 14, • En, Bart, seconded the motion. en fro m the said he concurred in every word that had The caa,,,...ifionourable and Learned Alderman opposite. L(ll;sVtlas.appointed,and the fn i vv?syr. ed t , ... Lord _, - I vit'S DINNER—QU 4 a _ oft Ad a- ayor entert • d the Members of the Corpor t t ? r l l%; o 4 se.ltet circle of his private friends at dinner, yes 4rd elll nge in the Ma sion-house. On the right of the t hiet a Y a ? Sat Air. O'Conn t' ell, Sir Percy Nugent, Bart., the Potnethjatl of the Exchequer, Sir Richard Nagle Bart., Mr. avauehVhnor Farrell, Dir. John Ennis, Mr. ietherstone -1.6, ...511•Qn 15 llea, Si r Joh n &C. • and on his left Lord Stuart de •q•P.,,e c ?John Power, Mr. ' George Roe, Mr. Smith O'Brien, The Clotht* the The , ho hug been removed and thanks returned. ;11:Ie r ' t '° t 110 Mayon rose and said he had now to propose ilitL t trde t t uPon his list —a toast which he felt confidently e attiaer 01d,,..he received by such an assembly as the present 0- ' , pro '' en °?oing the character of Irish gentlemen. He ‘ueet,......,Pose the health of tier Most Gracious Majesty the l ace evt , ILo ud cheers.) She was the first Sovereign of her rottathlo eVer entertained a friendlyfeeling towards this k t ree- o e retu e ,. l 7t:la her virtues no less than her exalted . statio a n s 14 . th at h .r to the admiration of h er subjects, he w ltae on er name would be received with every demon ee.,,releed of affectioxate loyalty wherever Irishmen were as -.......friL . . f It the ,X,DleefEl.) Her Majesity was, he trusted, about to N4,ord l ooreit of this country. That very evening he (the eil-470r) received a piece of intelligence from a most. Vale ,tluarter, which left it beyond all doubt that her ,o24et;i33e.cts would have the happiness of seeing their I, tale ett al llt,this country during the course of the summer.— t le reet,i;__lysi!enever she came she would be e w o .e o l n e , o i m ng e, and alike .67441144.4;e11i ahnedwoalleld re:lye w ( oe t l i d ee b s e one b .) The cead milk t i ld .wiltq retla!lrris4 heartPew o P uld — resound r throuehout the land, It af fo7sieB.B o,ve_ she turned she would be greeted with the Q r ned le o ; .• grateful, leached,a and loyal people. e The. to y s eatY the Queen. 1(1 °4 in e ! e at Pleasure propose " The health of her Most Song by Witty, I; was received with every demonstration of 14 T Reilly, "God time s nine and enthusiastic applause. 114, 1 1 ) t e Loe b m save the Queen." Rah The health of the Its, itt,flef their .neat proposed—" Nth rt " The toast r ecei a gracious Queen, Prince . e . t,fhike e„_ ve i) (l lv,. ith enthusiastic acclamations, the n nYal Highness th P • ti-." Ala-ron again rose and proposed—" The health h o , aoy a t p arai , „ The e Prince of Wales, and the l all Thus .Y. toast was drunk with the d the rest of The t o Of h an MAYou said he laid now to propose—" The health 40_ 4 1-lEcellenc the Lord Lieutenant, and the Prosperity of e,41.1d." Theytoatstrsz-:rtmly received. Tpdroposed-- Daniel O'Cennell, the first Lo " The health of toration ;long life and ha • Mayor of the new Con- ,nuared with every de "a!tn. Nine times nine, and gargta heering: monPsPtri"tas 4:filial." The toast was ,srse..O'CohNeu, ruse, and WAS cthe warmest enthu- Be did not ap know that he had ever felt so ramie received with renewed ‘. ile7tiatn•ite °eas, lie hail experienced that from the re the It on 4 Lis having been once th e h L e or do evening,ntiiy scarcely ( 1 ) . e f eiDublin.y have hot,._,e_ time of his life, to be sure, IhiT,Lo_ get tlredit for sanity were he to have said seriously t 1 A1:47 .,....‘„, b a oned to be one day a chief magistrate of plt laealo‘;_la.a?,, her, and cheers.) And yet, though he ~, l at h a __voill!_ naving attained the dignity, he protested u t l de ep I__ 0 1 1 1 v 1 regard with no other feelings than those „' l at e t. f i l a r? ,If he thought that his advancement, and e ea l ncre asia Pa!tY, could have the effect of creating ill-will , ti tar e __ g uiviBions and differences amongst his fellow r.l6 ranr .a.?!. (Cries of " sear, hear.") He sought no ',..0. lifeil.winatever, and if it was true that during part of Zllz ao 4 tt t ed been struggling for one portion of his country -I;erti. he man another, the reason was that the section for (II;ono'% 14i7.4 struggling, though multitudinous in number, (II a„_.l.t9 Political rights, and the object he had in view hot for any cl bu equality for all.— Itert t4 estes wirs.s He had succeeded,but he would regard lie:qllta eo ,... , . deep regret if he thought that it could create or h e ` l r In the minds of' any class of his fellow-country to h, If tilrh°ductive in any degree of a feeling of unkind ti ti n eW himself, the dearest wish of his heart was h eeZ e ta llrt - e . rn en of every creed and every class into one a il ta ,_I fellowship, and although a neutrality of poll 114,1hieh7rved at that board, which he would respect, N1,(4111g !yeltaT!vented him from alluding unreservedly to ed :Ilth Ca°,,Yet he would take leave to say that he n alfet a, if i t ~.°0 unsuccessful in the struggle he was en• „L em t-ti t i z was not to result in the benefit of all classes of clretehillae.„ena•-•-(j•plause.) ' 4Ol l. ti - i - bt ECIES proposed "The health of the Litti...1.044 ~? Lord Mayor" a l thelt Peeta_volt ret-urned thanks, and proposed " The ;..,144,r,e5. D.,„ls,7?fareland, and coupled with that the health 4 - ,,,, de-a_ tsest,. Lord Stuart de Decies. '—(C Pt M Y 1 4 4 71 said, prevented as I have been by the toec tr lt ea p . I th, for some timepast, from taking any ac t, fo r t u t a i ,.. . 3' L O td k, affairs, I really feel quite at a loss to ac• tea t' 1144 Ind and ver flattering manner in which you, te e ere % ,Yor, been e e ' lta k , have heave good enough to propose, and you, h t t l b a j e. ..--(ti d the kindness to receive the mention of I t o , adZirit (Heard hear.) •I can only attribute it to that t:i ea. .lllo et ai r !, actuating Irishmen, distinguishe them I rthr„Protim ta `,n,e People of every other country in E Vtlee t l ' !tithe % 'QM to draw closer and closer the bond of (it t l t 4 ef eh e th !lan in whose society they mingle. But, 4°rti (teo/I°ion w e common bond of union between us—a , 1 , 1 lo e anell) would rn sure my lion. and Learned Friend t h e ev eof our never wish to see repealed—the com: ere& a t, I e „ , conlmon fatherland. —(Loud cheers.) I zrch'; l 2 l , I hays'n'ess, found it a pleasant land to live in, and, r.,...‘,,,, i, N kt „ deuct3o:sulted my inclination as much as . I have * t ,tth ,of ever in making it my home during the 111.0'4 r„. 14., Peri, Y Year,. it And I cannot Icilp li i ° , ll ll l 7 at t for th a a t Ps. more proprietors ivould act so likew!se, het de q ) . Per_ _ Certain tone of acerbity in politics which i:pireeli, Preeat;_vages too often our domestic discussions , bu , pri'lltaethAetg political acrimony, I am no advocate for 1141411,1e!hae 3;11.-(Cheers.) And I do trust, as my Right iti - f. 14. oc a ge-.4 . 4e n to connect my name with that of the lat, 4ll lo l , l t,;br an e se I do trust that, inasmuch as I am a 11 0 ,7 Of 4 . 1 0 le a t ,F (14f the Legislature that that Legislature tee7E l la ir e -41 4 h o' PUblic opinion, and concede those mea .Cg k a reale - o ec f ea s t , ary to raise Ireland to her proper posi teeentte e`_`..T.ettatio'hroPean nations.—(lmmense cheering.) ) e i„ le.`Q dr o , E., Sazurumy.—The Government Funds G i b eiZe.ktitS.,_ although not as yet to any material ex q4_ _ kl-Nblin to Ga I,e,at ViderehwtnyShare Market was again heavy to-day, tioitzer, ..„,., nnetuation in some of the lines. Irish IttZdt, WcateLtalett°ll7 th lvray) and Kingstown and Bray At::(1,,„, (1),,:„. e fonner at 3%, the latter at 7 1 ,4. , 1e; 44 1g th e mul in to Mullingar) have been tolerably la te_ehap.. ,vreek, and opened and closed to-day at i'lldS.Zlieteter F U iniportance in the other lines. .11 1 % i t4sgogrtlll3k--Three per Cent. Consols, 97n; ii, t. t _ 21 . 13 er per Cent. Stock, 100 i ; Four per Cent. 'oeZaledt., 4d. sterling per annum, 47i ; ktitetk4k d'iv.l%tsterling per annum, 71; Royal Canal • , G rand I ,to di t0e,......, anal Stock, 10. Six per k 7 a , lai r ' l lidh eri li t Y of Dublin Steam Packet Shares, 11 - ei t , Ni._ , .. ,Iva l ,' • 'l'll Bank, 31; Mining Company of tllalithe-qreat s o ,Jle, t ea . ited uthern and Western Extension, IZItIV'" q a i mailli o Belfast., Junction 10j ; Great Western Lte,ran, aPi r), 4 i a .1 a; Irish Great Western (Dub- c; Nvot,fano.djemani.ticrii..elofa!t and Ballymena, a4I 8 ; r s, ' tr'irlt ' 4 hd C. 7 ° ‘ i 8 ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, ee e n er oe r 4 „ . l evaillit 1ia,.1 Itamdan, i i t !Kings•own and azand Bray,n nk i 1 t s i ttliJ and Enniskl Londonderry ' t t/ "' 3 i ; tondo en, 5 ; Dublin, Belfast, and IN ......_nderry and Coleraine, 31. 1., IRO (-1 - 1 ; --- -.. --;-...„...._-______ ____ 11: T i p C tIARMONICAN AT N7fork„,, ' —rIE-TRDE BAZAAR. Yltad, at " 4 8 Of the Messrs Harrison on the Rock -rquitti..,ol4lll„..g c . r e l a h t e ed An qu t i ;C a Orll•l; W . League Free-Trade e Mrs. fan new may gensation, some . account of not, perhaps, be uninteresting to ft, k , 4 4, 1 7 1. e1 t 1. 1 tiktetiNhttae; lairrfittnicall la composed, in the first place, of a t r At .. cram cleft, on horizontal bars of wood crossing it ‘ei:ties, :_pet! (eing Properly padded) are 4 11 e iv., apt, r,li!,oll.,c,ertain sorts of rock ,Properly_Fn e t CO, , t te . e., 4 4 1,,, pi an o C: . I.)• Ariranged in musical order, i l l k th'iik e01:i e,hi Path provided 1,011_4. 4 ''." eXcellent Performers, of whom ham 't, i ere I N It eZ t rte r:, 4 „,. t hey strik e th with two wooden .e stones, and thus . make . Noe ratth a orrie eo music. The manner in which t o 4 „It th, y k iiiit , Perform is 'really astonishing, and 11 .1: , i')!inepiesue ~,annonß)lished musicians, thoroughly 1.0 r.-e.,!tPle a of ,_", their art, for unless they under- L.t,all, qa;.,:gorrit "arrnony it would be- impossible for '`l ltTellico/1 aa tii t il ‘ eY do on this the most perfect 4 4 lta a a ‘ 48 ever yet been exhi- Lottomsoornplete c hromatic scale from the itlul its compass la el, oat that 1 it is capable of performing any operatic music, however difficult. The arrangement of the keys is most ingenious, and whether as a beautiful musical instrument, or as an in genious piece of mechanism, it in well worth attention and inspection. The stones front which the notes are produced were brought from the mountain of Skiddau, in Cumberland. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) The Newmarket Second Spring Meeting, against the continuance of which so much has been said and written, commences on Tuesday, and will manage to "drag its slow length along" until Thursday. No country town in Eng land could have kept alive beyond one season a meeting with a programme similar to those furnished by the New market Second Spring Meeting during the last few years. But the Newmarket people are as bigoted to old customs as Lord Eldon was with regard to the introduction of the Re form Bill, and I am afraid some years will elapse before this meeting is (as has been so strongly urged) added to the July Meeting, which is almost as weak. On Tuesday there are four races. The Rowley Mile Plate will, as usual, I suppose, bring out a new Derby favourite, or if the winner should at present be in the betting, why he will of course mend his position. Ever since Phosphorous won this race and the Derby, in 1837 every body has gone down to try and discover another Ep som winner ; but, although it has been the means to intro duce many good colts to the public, such as Rat-trap, Sea horse, &c., still I believe the sire of Lamplighter is the only animal which can lay claim to have won both events. As the entries close this evening at Newmarket, of course I can not speculate on the winner. In the match, which is be tween two very unfortunate yet spirited turfites, Sir Joseph Hawley and Lord Exeter, I lean to the former. On 'Wed nesday there are four races. I say four, because in all pro bability Panther will walk over for the 50 Sovereign Stakes for four years' old. The Suffolk Stakes will be the leading feature of :the day. Eighteen horses are left in, but I do not expect the field will be a large one. Alice Hawthorne has, of course, the top weight assigned her, 9st. 41b., and if Heseltine thinks proper to send her, I cannot fancy she will have any difficulty in winning. Young Lochinvar, with 7st. 51b., from not having been sent to Ches ter, where lie was well in for the Free Handicap, has been no doubt reserved for this stake, and looking to his run ning at Bath, where he beat Pug and St. Lawrence, will, I conceive, in the event of Alice not going, be there, or there about. If Wee Pet did not belong to such an unfortunate man as the Marquis of Exeter, with 6st. 131 b., I should say she could not be far off winning. The Bishop's Cob will find the distance too farfor him with 7st. 81b., if any faith is to be placed in his past performances. The same remark will apply to Minotaur. Khorassan, ist. 111 b., is a useful horse, but I imagine more suited to the hill at Epsom, than to the flat at Newmarket. Queen Mab, ist. 31b., cannot complain of being hurt by the handicapper, and I fully expect to see her very forward in the race. The manner in which she won the Goodwood Club Stakes last year, beat ing Quebec and eight others, showed that she possessed speed and stoutness, two great requisites in a race horse. Best Bower and Buzz will find the weight too much for them. Ould Ireland, I should not imagine, will be sent, as he is engaged at Gorhambury on far more favour able terms than he is here. Conrad cannot have recovered from the accident he met with while running with Wee Pet at the previous meeting, to make it likely that they will send him. Sir Francis, after having been beaten by Captain Pb obus, I will not hear of. Fuzbos, Deodara, and Secutor, have done nothing to warrant the public backing them. Prologue will beat all the three years old, but I am afraid, with sst. 51b., will be unable to get in front. In conclusion, therefore, if Alice goes, I expect to see her the winner; if she does not, why then the race will be left to Young Loch invar, Wee Pet, or Queen Mab. The other races this day are merely plates. On Thursday, old Garryowen, Bst. 71b., is matched against Lord Exeter's once flying mare Celia ; as a matter of course, I stand on the horse. The Manchester people have done wisely in fixing their meeting this week, as there are no races in that part of the country going on to prevent horses being sent, and the New market meeting will only draw down the old stagers, and not the general frequenters of races. There are net a snore sporting race of people in the world than the good folks of Manchester. The love of racing pervades equally the breast of the humble weaver as the wealthy manufacturer. And it is worthy of remark, that among no class of sportsmen are en gagements more honourably kept than among the Man chester men. I venture to say that there will be more money depending upon one rate at this meeting than will be wagered at Newmarket during the present week. To the Manchester Cup there were 17 subscribers, the acceptances amount to 10 (Semiseria being left in by mistake). Philip, Bst. 21b., and the Best of Three, 7st. 121 b., are in the same stable; therefore it is impossible to say which Dawson will try to win with : of the two, I should fancy the latter. Queen of the Tyne, after her recent exhibition at Chester, I cannot have. Cataract, of course, will not go. Agriculture might, I think, as well remain at home. The Old Maid can have no chance. Sinbad will not be as fortunate as his namesake. Marian Ramsay, I am afraid, will be too sore from her recent running to be able to win this race, which I leave to Hooton or Porto • hello. The Filly Stakes on Wednesday, I imagine will, through Marian Ramsay, go into the pocket of Mr. Sal yin. The only other that appears to have a chance in the race is Lord Eglinton's Pythia. The Free Handicap Ambition ought to win, if she is worth a hayband ; if she does not go Lord Saltoun must win it. If the distance, in • deed, was two miles, instead of a mile and a quarter, I should stand on his Lordship, but 161 b. is a good deal to give away in so short a distance. The Victoria Stakes, on Thursday, seems destined for Mr.' Heseltine's Thalia. For tin Race csurse Cup The Best of Three, Miss Holbrook, and David appear to be the best on paper. The Rural Stakes will be a race between Yellow Boy and Marian Ramsay; and the Beet of Three ought to be the best of all those engaged in the Broughton Stakes. TELEGRAPH. SALE OF THE LATE_ LORD WESTMINSTER'S RACING STUD. The sale of the racing and breeding stud of the late Mar quis, took place at Eaton Hall, on Saturday last. The fol lowing prices were realised : BROOD MARES. Gs. Gs. Maid of Honor ... ... 320 Phryne Languish Sarcasm 360 Fanny Eden Retort Lampoon 220 YEARLINGS. Gs. _ ._ Br c by Pantaloon, out Retortof ------- 140 Br c by Touchstone, out of Decoy l7O Br f (sis to The Libel) by Pantaloon, out of Pasquinade 310 Br f by Pantaloon, out of Banter 2OO B fby Touchstone, out of Ghuznee 2OO Br fby Pantaloon, out of Shiraz Br f by Pantaloon, out of Lampoon l3O Br f by Pantaloon, out of Aura ~..... 25 TWO YEAR OLD. B c by Touchstone, out of Laura Br c (bro to The Libel) Br f by Touchstone, out of Maid of Honor 290 THREE YEAR OLD. -- -_ Falstaff --... .. 160 Br c, by Touchstone, out of Morea Br c by Touchstone, out of Laura B f by Touchstone, out of Languish 340 The sale of Mr. Foljambe s hunters on Thursday last, realised 3,0121., not 1,800 gs. as erroneously reported last week. ON. THE DEATH OF THOMAS HOOD, ESQ., - AUTHOR OF " THE SONG OF THE SHIRT." Alas I poor Hood J thy kindly heart is now at rest ; Thy playful fancy, which was wont to raise Delightful thoughts to soothe the aching breast, Is quench'd in death—no more to win our praise. Peace to thine ashes ! For if mortal man E'er did the duty which his Maker wills, Thou bast done thine in the brief span Of mortal years which now thy destiny fulfils. Long will thy memory live whilst hearts can feel For wrongs and woes which carking care and want Inflicts on those who are without a meal, Or scant can gain it by the usp of fingers gaunt. How true thy pathos I How exact to life, The wretched life of many a British maid, And widow'd mother, and heartbroken wife, Who seeks her pittance for a shirt or braid. " Song of the Shirt !" Long may it ring with quiv'ring note In ears that tingle—hearts that learn to feel The truthfulness of what thy genius wrote, And have the means such want and woes to heal ! Blest be thy shade ! "Itis a good and holy thought To pray for the departed" souls of those Whose acts true charity and kindness taught ; I therefore pray for thee, at thy mortality's sad close. May 9, 1845. H. COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT. (FROM OUR OWN CORRIISPONDINT.) ROYAL VISIT TO OSBORNE. - At six o'clock the Lightning steamer arrived off Osborne House, and her Majesty and suite embarked in the barge, intending to land on the sands, but it being dead low water, and the royal barge drawing 4 feet water, it could not be accomplished; she was therefore rowed round by Norris Castle into Cowes harbour, and a landing made at East Cowes. Royal salutes were fired from the several R.Y.S. yachts in the roads, from the Castle, R.Y.S. House, and from a Swedish barque. Her Majesty was received on her landing by the Earl of Errol and his daughter, with whom her Ma jesty most cordially shook hands, as did Prince Albert. The Corporation of Newport propose presenting an address to her Majesty, if she will allow her privacy to be intruded on by their visit ('tis strange her Majesty's known wish for retirement should be so intruded on), and no small confusion has been created amongst the Mayor, Aldermen, and Coun cillors to obtain suitable dresses, they never before having appeared in corporation robes. But for the passage of the royal barge up the harbour, nobody at Cowes would be aware of the Royal Family being so near them. Almost the whole of the supplies necessary for the royal establishment are found at Osborne, or supplied from London ; and the town is as dull and quiet as in mid winter. There are very few houses taken, much less than in any former season. It is supposed that her Majesty's talked-of visits prevents those coming who generally resort here at this season; and her Majesty bringing no company,. and living so strictly private, there are no calls for accom modation for visitors, and trade suffers accordingly. VAUXHALL GARDENS.—The celebrated Mr. Wid dicombe, of Astley's, has been appointed successor to the late immortal Simpson, master of the ceremonica to the " real property," which opens this evening in a ll its pr i st i ne splen dour, and with increased attrictlons, ROY MY. The expression is rather that of One in the actual en , joyment of the beatific vision, than that of a humble shepherd craving a blessing on his flock. The attitude is the attitude of triumphant resignation, if we be allowed the expression, rather than that of humble supplication. In supplication the hands joined are uplifted towards Heaven—the face averted, is cast down towards the Earth. The extreme of supplica tion is prostration. There is nothing of this expres. sion in the figure of the shepherd. The picture not withstanding, is one of th e gems o f th e exhibition, but the shepherd is a mistak e . Eastl a k e , lik e Edwin Landseer, contributes but one picture, No. 222, illustrative of the concluding lines of Comus. This is an exquisite picture—the expression of the features of every figure—the group is that of the most serene calm—and albeit the expression of se renity borders occasionally upon weakness, yet upon the whole the picture is exquisitely poetical —so har monious that it might almost be termed musical, for as there is a harmony of sounds so is there a har mony of colour, and who shall venture to affirm that these harnymies are not cognate. Etty has several pictures in this room, all miracles of colouring, all worthy the pencil of him who has been not unaptly called the English Titian—No. 12, Aurora and Zephyr, by Etty, is a magnificent specimen of colour ing, and of graceful beauty of design. The figure of Zephyr, how ever, is not that of a youth, it is that of a girl. In one who studies the nude figure as does Etty, this mistake is surprising. his flower girl, 185, is not unworthy of the pencil of Murillo, while 186, the Votive Offering, is perhaps one of the most beauti ful specimens of colouring and drawing that Etty has yet produced. In expression and form, how ever, his best picture is " the Indian alarmed," No. 97, an American Indian roused by a distant noise. Every sense is awake. Sight, hearing, smel ling are acutely on the watch—the expression of the features is that of anxious acuteness, and the muscles seem all strung, so that he is ready tospring on a beoin. 109, ~ C gin am n o p m id en i t n . ter T ee h d e in c g olo w u i r t i h colourin g is mother for is very fine. N n Psyche," by the same artist, is also a very beautiful picture. In this room Turner has four pictures, 50 and 77 "Whalers"—the last by far the best picture of the two ;117, Venice, Evening—going to the Ball; and 162, Venice, Morning—returning from the Ball. These two last pictures are miracles of colouring, and aerial perspective. Look at them closely they are the veriest daubs in existence—mere palettes on which colours have been coarsely spread—but give them distance ; as you retire, the colours begin to separate into masses. Now, they harmonise—order arises out of chaos ; and now the picture bursts upon you as the most gorgeous specimen of colouring, the most miraculous specimen of aerial perspective that the pencil of artist has ever produced. To appre ciate Turner, however, the connoisseur should go early in the morning, before the exhibition is crowded. It is impossible to attain the proper " point of view" for his pictures after the rooms are filled. In contrast to Turner, is Clarkson Stanfi e ld, the successor of Calcott, the painter, whose works are so beautifully finished, that they will bear the closest inspection. In this room we have three rems from the pencil of Stanfield, 65, the Mole at Ancona, a beautifully finished painting; 205, Dutch Boats run ning into Saardam—Amsterdam in the distance—a picture full of life and animation, as all Stanfield's sea pieces are—and 254. The action and capture of the Spanish xebeque frigate El Gamo, of 32 guns and 319 men, commanded by Don Francisco de Torris, and H. M. sloop Speedy, of 14 four-pounders and 54 men, commanded by Lord Cochrane (now Earl Dundonald), off Barcelona, on the 6th of May, 1801. As a work o f art this last pie- Lure is certainly one of the most exquisite pro ductions of Stanfield's pencil. Asa historical pic ture—a pictorial record of the most gallant achieve ment of one of the most gallant officers of the most gallant navy in the world—it is invaluable. This picture ought to be purchased by the nation, and pre sented to Greenwich Hospital. 34. Ruins of Kar nak is a magnificent picture by David Roberts. The subject is treated in a. most masterly style, and the manner in which the rays of the setting sun are re flected from the columns of th e ru i ne d t e mple is one of the mast splendid efforts ever pro d uce d. Taken as a whole; this is perhaps the landscape of the exhibi tion. 87, Peter the Great, Teaching Art of Shipbuilding, is by Si r W . A ll an . This pic ture has scarcely sufficient dignity to be called an historical picture, although his Subjects the most likely it is a very accurate portraiture of the transaction it represents, as it actually took place. It would not, however, have been the worse as a work of art, if i t h a d a little less of the real, and a little m ore o f t h e id ea l. 131. The Heiress, by C. R. Leslie, is on e o f those delightful illustrations of existin g manners w hi c h L es lie alone can produce. He is th e W atteau o f hi s ag e, and, as illustrations of the cos t umes an d man ners of the nineteenth century, his paintings will, ages hence, be eagerly sought after. 200. Fetch ing the Doctor, by is an admirable painting of the Wilkie school. Collins,t is a night scene, and a chubby boy has just knocked up the village doctor, who appears, half-dressed, to answer the call. The bewildered expression of the doctor's coun tenance, neither asleep nor awake, is admirable. 105. The Greeting, Worthington, is the return from market of a Welsh farmer's wife, who is met by her husband and family at the entrance to the farm-yard. The grouping is very beautiful, and the picture altogether is excellent. 277. The Water Cart, by Lee, is a land scape, in the true Gainsborough style. 125. View of Caen, by IV. Fowler, is a small cabinet picture ofgreat merit ; and 126. Ventner Undercliffe, Isle of Wight, W. Col lins, is a beautilful picture of some of the most beautiful a ttracted by a picture scenery in the world. We were turning to leave the room, when our attention was close to the door—No. 11, The Governess, R. Red grave—a little piece of domestic tragedy that goes at once to the heart. The scene is a school-room in a gentleman's mansion, opening upon a lawn. The governess sits at her daily drudgery, her attitude, her features, betokening that despairing resignation which springs from she utter annihilation of hope. She is friendless and broken-hearted. Admirably contrasting viith this expression of passive grief in the governess, is the expression of active grief in the features of the little girl seated on the bench, who is conning her lesson, and endeavouring to concen trate her attention to her book—her endeavours are however in vain—her • attention wanders to her two sisters, who are leaving the school-room for sad story it i s . the lawn, and who in a ll the joyousness of youth th a t knows no care, have alr e ady begun their sports even befor e the y have quitted the school-room. This one picture tells the story of a whole fear i t is an over drama— ra and a e• notice of the other pictures o f the e xhibition to ano ther opportunity. ........-IT—.---..... dverlyve must defer our THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1845,' The Royal Academy Exhibition of this year con sists of no less than 1470 works of art, so that what ever may be said of the quality of the productions of English artists, no one can have just cau:le to com plain of their quantity. Among these, however, there are a great number of portrait s , of which, 33, Lady Sale, by J. Sant ; 81, O'Connell', by N. J. Crowley; 293, Sir William Nott, with Candahar in the hack ground, by T. Brig•toek ; 496, another portrait of Sir. W. Nott, by B. R. Faulkner, and 452, Sir Ro bert Sale, by G. Clint, are the only portraits worthy of observation, inasmuch as they possess an his torical interest—of the remainder of the portraits we observe, in the words of the law reporters to the newspapers, that " they are of no interest ex cept to the parties more immediately concerned." Having thus disposed of the portraits, we will confine our attention in the present notice to the pictures in the east-room. On entering it, the spectator mill observe a crowd collected at the far end of the room, immediately opposite the entrance. They are ad • • miring Edwin Landseer's only contribution to the Exhibition this year.—No. 141, The Shepherd's Prayer. This su k ect is a sh ep h er d k nee li n g before a rude crucifix, his flock gathered around him, guarded by his dogs, in the distance an open country. The execution of the sheep is marvellous—as regards the dogs, it is sufficient to say they are painted by Edwin Landseer ; the crucifix too is admirable, but the shepherd has evidently assumed an attitude before it for the purpose of having his picture taken. He is clothed in purple, and his eyes elevated to Heaven, and his hands stretched exactly in the attitude of a saint expecting the crown of martyrdom. There is nothing about the expression of the figure of "Let me with lowly voice a blessing crave, On these my anxious charge." FLANDERS MAIL. which public report about eleven o'clock howeverßatlsseExtasg, --- in the morning. It was an expl osion of fire da mp at Mons. The workmen above ground were asto nished at seein g a thick smoke g M e r A a ' t . e 7 d . , -- o c A c il d r arise from the shaft, as they had net heard any explosion ; n o t rreedadoluni mcaotasndtaryoplhaset, seeing any of the workmen come out, they gave notice to the direc tor, who immediately descended Into the shalt with two other per. eons; on arriving at the bottom they found a number of men more or less mutilated and burnt, but still alive, and a greater number already dead. It was ascertained that ninety-four men had gone down the shaft, of whom twenty-seven escaped uninjured ; twenty. five were brought out mutilated and burnt, of whom two died im. mediately, thirty-four were found dead, and it is certain that five are still buried under the rubbish. It appears certain from the testimony of the survivors, that the disaster was caused by the imprudence of a workman who die. obeyed the chief orders which he had received. This workman has escaped unhurt. TAE MISSING l'Acx.rrs. --- We learn from Captain Spavin, of the ship Norman, arrived from Mobile, that he was in the terrible gale of the 12th of December while on his passage from New Orleans to Liverpool; and on the 20th, in lat. 50, lon. 35, he saw the skylights, bulwark-c, and booby hatch, painted green, drifting on the sea. From the know ledge lie has of our packets, he supposes that they belonged to one of the missing ships. Indeed, he feels sure that they did. At the time he saw them he thought they belonged to a packet-ship. Th es e facts have been in his possession since the 20th December, but he did not have them published, because he has been at sea part of the time since that date, and because he did not wish to create any unneeessary alarm. They were a part of one of the ill-fated packets, there is scarcely II doubt. New I"?yrA Herald, LITERATURE. THE CONQUEST OF SLIDE, WITH SO 1E INTRODUCTORY PASSAGES IN 7HE LIFE OF SIR CHARLES JAMES NAPIER. By Major-General A'apier. Pa t 11. In the present volume we have a brief historical account of the state of Sinde, about the period w hen Sir Charles Napier assumed the command of the army of occupation—de:ails of the intrigues and plots of the Ameers, in conjunction with their allies, the Affghans and Belocchees —and the final results, in cluding the battles of Meanee and Dubba, and the conquest of Siede. The work will be found of deep interest, because its object is to show (and in that the author has been successful) that whatever might have given rise to the first British connexion with Sinde, whether our interference was right or wrong, neither Sir Charles Napier nor Lord Ellenborough had any thing to do with that part of the question. They found the country in the possession of British troops, or at least such parts of it as could command the whole ; hey found also certain treaties entered into with the Ameers, and all they had to do was to see that these treaties were observed, and that the Anglo•lndian army suffered no wrong. Wicked attempts have been made, both by writers in India and this country, to throw the blame of the whole.transaction, if blame it can be called, on the government of Lord Ellenbo rough, for the purpose of screening Lord Auckland and extolling the merits of Mejor Outram. The at tempt has been defeated in the most triumphant man ner, and these men have " fallen into the pit that they had made." Never did General display more patience, more forbearance, more reluctance to decide the contest by battle, than Sir Charles Napier, and never did any negotiator, whether styled ambassador or minister, or commissioner or political agent, not excepting even Mr. Frere, so notorious for mislead ing Sir John Moore, bring an arms- so near the verge of ruin as did Major Outram, while at Hyderabad. Sir Charles Napier, the life and soul of the Sinde di vision, for it could. not be called an army, was saved from an ignominious death by a miracle. Some would say no—he was saved by his own far-seeing mind —by comparing circumstances—by making himself acquainted with the character of his enemies, and be lieving neither their solemn oaths nor the equally solemn asseverations of the English Commissioners, when he found them controverted by indubitable facts. While the negotiations were going on, he dis covered beyond the possibility of a doubt, that the proceedings of the Ameers were deceitful. They only thought of gaining time fur the assembling of their whole army, amounting to at least 70,000 men ; and to delay the war till they could be brought toge ther, no falsehood, no intrigue nor fraud was spared. His correspondence with Major Outram was through their instigations, stolen ; the Ameer Roostum and his sons wrote letters and made statements as to their troops, and their intentions, designed to mislead Outram, and they did effectually mislead him ; but the statements which Sir Charles received through paid native agents, in other words spies, were clear, distinct, and positive—all in contradiction of the Ameers and the British Commissioner, and all in accord with each other. About the beginning of February 1843, the troops of many tribes were marching towards Hyderabad, the Ameers were in close alliance with the Affghans and Beloochees, and all that was required to accomplish the annihilation of the British forces was to keep them at a distance from the capital of Lower Sinde till the preparations were completed. Major Outram did every thing in his power to stop our troops on their march ; he wrote repeatedly from Hyderabad conveying advice to that effect, nay he actually invited Sir Charles Napier to leave his army and come down the country alone to settle affairs by negotiation, when the train was actually laid for destroying himself and hi s sma ll di v i s i on of 100 men, and they merely delayed the explosion till the Com mander-in-Chief could be brought within the range of destruction. 'No intentional mischief, of course, is ascribed to Major Outram, it was merely a defect of judgment —a want of prudence —a complete miscon ception of the character of the Ameers, and a fatuous blindness to palpable events which were passing around him. Had Sir Charles yielded to this advice, the Cabul tragedy would have been repeated at Hyderabad, and Napier and Out ram would have suffered the fate of Burnes and M`Naughten, and probably not one man of the army would have been left to tell the tale. This was about the first week of February, and the dreadful battle of Meanee took place on the 17th of that month. Sir Charles Napier, however, had too much skill and foresight to fall into the snare; and when the Ameers found that he could not be caught, they unravelled the plot, attacked the residence of the British Commissioner at Hyderabad, and the fearless courage of Major Outram and the determined bravery of his small band of British troops alone saved them from utter destruction. The Commander in-chief then saw on what a precipice he stood, and, with a moral courage never surpassed, resolved at all hazards to save, if not his life, at least his honour, and that of his brave army. He prepared for the contest without a moment's hesitation ; and to most men such a contest would have appeared utterly hopeless. After detaching a few troops in different directions, to preserve his communications, he had 2,000 of all arms, officers included ; the rank and file were only 1,780, but they were of sterling stuff, and among them were 500 of the Queen's Regiment, under the command of the Gallant Colonel Penne father—all Irishmen, " strong of body, high-blooded, tierce, impetuous soldiers, who saw nothing before them but victory, and counted not their enemies." But their numbers nevertheless were spelling to ordi nary minds. The Beloochees of Lower Sinde, 30,000 strong, were assembled on the plain of Meanee; the princes of Upper Sinde had 7,000 at Khoonpera ; the Chandians, 10,000 strong, had crossed the Indus in rear of the British camp ; Shere Mohamed had 10,000 at Merepoor ; and thousands of the hill tribes were hastening down to the Indus. Not a moment was to be lost, and Napier, true to his family motto, " Ready, aye, ready," rushed at once against this combined host of 30,000 brave troops. But we will allow his brother to describe the onset : " When the line was formed the General gave the sig nal to advance, and rode forward himself with his staff, and his interpreter, Ali Acbar, an Arab gentleman of high race and true Arab courage, who has never left his chief's side in any danger. Constant and heavy was the fire from the Belooch guns ; and though few men could be discovered, the rapid play of the matchlocks indicated the presence of numbers, and marked the position. "The Ameer's right was found to be strengthened and covered by the village of Kattree, which was filled with men ; the flank offered no weak point. But in the Shikargah on their left the General instantly detected a flaw. It has been before said this argah was covered by a wall, having only one opening, not very wide, through which it was evident the Beloochs meaned to pour out on the flank and rear of the advancing British line. The General rode near this wall and found it was nine or ten feet high ; he rode nearer and marked it had no loop-holes for the enemy to shoot through ; he rode into the opening under a play of matchlocks, and looking be hind the wall saw there was no scaffOlding to enable the Beloochs to fire over the top. Then the inspiration of ge nius came to:the aid of heroism. Taking the grenadiers of the 22d, he thrust them at once into the opening, telling their brave Captain (Tew), that he was to block up that entrance ; to die there if it must be, never to give way ! And well did the gallant fellow obey his orders ; he died there, but the opening was defended. The great disparity of numbers was thus abated, and the action of six thousand men paralysed by the more skilful action of only eighty. It was, on a smaller scale as to num bers, a stroke of generalship like that which won Blen heim for the Duke of Marlborough. "Now the advancing troops, formed in columns of regi ments, approached the enemy's front. The British right passed securely under the wall of the Shikargah, cheered and elated as they moved by the rattling sound of Tew's musketry ; the left was somewhat refused, to avoid the fire from the village of Kattree, which it was designed Clibborne should storm with his Sepoy grenadiers. Meanwhile the dead level of the plain was swept by the Belooch cannon and matchlocks, which were answered from time to time by Lloyd's battery, yet not frequently, for rapidly . and eagerly did the troops press forward to close with their unseen foes. When the 22d had got within a hundred yards of the high sloping bank of the Fullaillee, the columns opened line to their left ; and as the companies formed in succession, they threw their fire at the top of the bank, where the heads of the Beloochs could be just seen, bending with fiery glances ever the levelled matchlocks. The formation was still incomplete, when the voice of the General, shrill and clear, was heard along the line commanding the charge. " Then rose the British shout, the English gum were run forward into position, the infantry closed upon the Fullaillee with a run, and rushed up the sloping bank. The Beloochs having their matchlocks laid ready in rest along the summit, waited until the assailants were within fifteen yards ere their volley was delivered ; the rapid pace of the British, and the steepness of the slope on the inside deceived their aim, and the execution was not great ; the next moment the 22d were on the top of the bank, thinking to bear down all before them, but they staggered back in amazement at the forest of swords waving in their front ! Thick as standing corn, and gorgeous as a field of flowers, stood the Beloochs in their many-coloured garments and turbans ; they filled the broad deep bed of the Fullaillee, they clustered on both banks, and covered the plain beyond. Guarding their heads with their large dark shields, they shook their sharp swords, beaming in the sun, their shouts rolled like a peal of thunder, as with frantic gestures they rushed forwards, and full against the front of the 22d dashed with demoniac strength and ferocity. But with shouts as loud, and shrieks as wild and fierce as theirs, and hearts as big and arms as strong, the Irish soldiers met them with that queen of weapons the mus ket, and sent their foremost masses rolling back in blood. " Now the Beloochs closed their dense masses, and again the shouts and the rolling fire of musketry and the dreadful rush of the swordsmen, were heard and seen along the whole line, and such a fight ensued as has seldom been known or told of in the records of war. For ever those wild warriors came close up, sword and shield in advance, striving in all the fierceness of their valour to break into the opposing ranks ; no fire of small arms, no push of bayonets, no sweeping discharges of grape from the guns, which were planted in one mass on the right, could drive the gallant fellows back ; they gave their breasts to the shot, they leaped upon the guns and were blown away in twenties at a time ; their dead went down the steep slope by hundreds ; but the gaps lin their n - raFes were continually fided up from the rear, the survivors of the front rank still pressed for wards with unabated fury. and the bayonet and the sword clashed in full and frequent conflict. "Thus they fought in this fearful struggle, never more than three yards apart, and often inter:nixed, and several times the different regiments, aye, even the Europeans were violently forced backwards and pushed from the line, overborne and staggering under the might and passion of the barbarian swordsmen. But always their General was th re to cheer and rally thrum. At his voice and intrepid demeanour their strength re turned, and they recovered their ground, though nearly deprived of regimental leaders ; for fast those leaders had gone down, dying as British officers should, and always will do, where they cannot win. " The noble soldier liennefather (I use his Gem ral's words), the noble soldiet Pennefather fell on the top of the bank, deeply, it was thought at first mortally, wounded, and his place was taken by Major Poole. " Major Teasdale, animating his Sepoys of the 25th regiment, rode violently over the ridge into the midst of the Beloochs, and was instantly killed, by shot and sabre, dying with a glorious devotion. " Major Jackson, of the 12th, coming up with his regiment, the next in succession, followed the heroic example, as if the succession of death had been also in his orders. Two brave Ilavildars kept close to him, all three in advance of their regiment, and all fell dead to gether, covered with wounds ; but not pas-ively ; several of the fiercest Beloochs were seen to sink beneath the strong arm and whirling blade of Jackson, as crowding around him they tore his body with their griding weapons. "Nearly all the European officers were now slain or wounded, and several times the Sepoys, wanting leaders, slowly receded ; but the General, a skilful horseman, and conspicuous from his peculiar headgear, half helmet half turban, was always at the point of greatest pressure, and then manfully the swarthy soldiers recovered the lost ground. Once he was assailed by a chief, but on the instant Lieutenant Marston of the 25th Native Regi ment was at his side, and slew the Sirdar, whose tomb has been raised by his tribe since on the spot where he fell. At another period of the fight he was alone for several minutes, in the midst of the enemy; they stalked around him with raised shields and scowling eyes ; but whether from some appearance affecting their minds, for the Beloochs are very superstitious, or from some other cause, none lifted sword against him, and he returned to his own people unhurt. The 22d soldiers seeing him thus emerge from a crowd of foes, called to him by name, and gave bim a cheer heard distinctly above the general din of the battle ! And there are men who think the murmur of their factious calumnies can stifle that heroic sound 1" It is needless to extract more. The battle now had lasted for three hours, but was far from being won. A skilful manoeuvre, however, of the General and the unabated energy of his trocps finally pre vailed, and in one hour more the victory was com plete. The remainder of the work we will notice at a future period. In the meantime, it may be instruc tive to state that, although all the troops fought well, Sepoys and Sindians, as well as those of the line, the mainstay was the little brave Irish division of 500 men; they were led on by an Irishman, Pennefather ; Captain Tew, who contributed so much to the vic tory, and fell in defending his post, was an Irishman; and the General himself belongs to that nation. To Irishmen we owe the conquest of Sinde—the rank and file were Irish, and chiefly Irish Catholics. We allow these Catholics to gain victories for England, and, by one of the most glorious battles on record, to raise her name to the highest pitch of glory, yet we grudge their priests a grant of 17,0001. COMMERCIAL STATISTICS ; a Digest of the Productive Resources, Commercial Legislation, Customs, Tariffs, Navigation, Port and Quarantine Laws and Charges, Shipping, Imports and Exports, and the Monies, Weights and Measures of all Nations, By JOHN MACGREGOR, Author of "British America," and one of the Joint Secretaries of the Board of Trade. 3 rots, large Bvo. No publicist of our times has rendered more signal services by his contributions to the statistics of British and universal commerce than Mr. Macgregor. The wonderful production before us is an epitomized treasury of all the information necessary for the duly understanding not only the present condition of our mercantile and fiscal relations with other states, but of the natural and political causes which have led to their establishment. In this respect it is more con venient, and more instructive, because far more inte resting than the very valuable compilation annually produced by Mr. G. Porter, under the title of the " State and Progress of the Nation." The plan of Mr. Macgregor's work—far from being limited by a strict tabular arrangement, after assuming an admira ble methodical development, illustrates and combines the voluminous data which it incorporates by copious references to the domestic history of each state, wherever events have happened therein, that controul or bear upon the international regulations subsisting between it and our own country, touching the trade maintained between them. From the careful fidelity with which Mr. Macgregor (in his "Commercial Statistics" of Turkey, Austria, Russia, &c. &c., from time to time presented), preserved those portions of original treaties and agreements that re.:;ord the pri mary and rare ancient stipulations agreed upon be tween our own Ministers and those of foreign govern ments, on the origin of all existing branches of our commerce, we were prepared to expect the very im portant feature we find embodied in the present work. He gives us all the modern and effective treaties applicable to these regulations. These commercial papers form part of the general collection we are now presented with, and they are modestly alluded to by Mr. Macgregor in connexion with a just tribute to the memory of the late Lord Sydenham, and a hand some acknowledgment of the liberal co-operation and encouragement of his Lordship's successors in office. In the same very interesting preface in which these acknowledgments occur, mention is made of a gentle man, now no snore, in terms which will find a ready echo in the breast of every man, who has enjoyed (as it was the fortune of the writer of this notice to do) the advantage of frequent personal intercourse with him, and the ready communications to which that was sure to lead, of the abundant stores of his gifted mind, imparted with a simplicity and epigrammatic force peculiarly his own. We allude to the late Mr. Deacon Hume. It is a melancholy pleasure to fall upon such a reminiscence, where one might least have expected it, and a sincere gratification to learn that he had earned additional claims to the respect in which he was universally held, by having been, it should seem, the principal cause of Mr. Macgregor's really admirable labours in the same wide field of public usefulness. " The whole customs laws of the United Kingdom have been consolidated in one octavo volume by my pre decessor and intimate friend, and the friend of the whole human race, as well as the indefatigable benefactor of his own country, the late James Deacon Hume, many years comptroller of the customs of the Port of London, and afterwards for thirteen years one of the joint secre taries of the Board of Trade. That volume was pro claimed by Mr. Huskisson in Parliament to be the per fection of codification. When it is considered that about 2,200 Acts had been passed by Parliament to regulate the customs and navigation of the United King dom and British possessions ; and that in 1815 more than eleven hundred of those ambiguous and conflicting statutes were in force, it was not surprising that, not only the merchants, shipowners, and manufacturers who had to regulate their commercial and shipping transac tions by such a heterogeneous mass of laws, but that those, also, who had to execute them, acted generally in almost utter ignorance of the legislation formed to govern the trade and navigation of the empire. Mr. Hume, therefore, in consolidating, under the Treasury and Board of Trade, the whole customs and navigation laws of England within the compass of one octavo volume, rendered the greatest service to his country. Mr. Huskisson, who relied implicitly on the knowledge, acuteness, judgment, and above all, on the uncompro mising honesty of Mr. Hume, said, on bringing forward that volume in Parliament, in February, 1826, the task' (consolidating the customs laws) was of great magnitude, but we did not shrink from it. But I am free to admit, that we never could have succeeded in our undertaking without the assistance of an official gentle man, in the service of the Customs—a gentleman of the most unwearied diligence, and who is entitled, for his persevering exertions, and the benefit he has conferred on the commercial world, to the lasting gratitude of the country. Of the difficulties of the undertaking the House will be enabled to judge, when I state that there were no fewer than five hundred statutes, relative to the Customs alone, to wade through, independently oftlie numerous enactments concerning smuggling, warehous ing, the plantations, &c. In the performance of this duty wo had innumerable difficulties to encounter, and battles without end to fight. And now, Sir, in one little volume, which I hold in my hand , are comprised all the laws at present in existence , on the subject of the management and the revenue of the customs, of naviga tion, of smuggling, of warehousing, and of our colonial trade, manner, "m th p a r t e s n s o e n a n so c a e n l e p a o r s sandpossibly y y i s s o t a comprehensive n g a or the application of them.' Mr. Hume continued in tho intimate confidence of Mr. Ifuskisson until the lamentable death of the latter, and among a collection of private papers and correspondence, which Mr. Hume, a few months before his death, committed to my care, to make such use of v_ I might judge fit, Mr. Huskisson's private letters to Mr. Hume show the great confidence he placed in his judgment. To Mr. Hume's confidence and friendship I certainly owe the confirmation of those principles, and that ambition to labour, through all the difficulties, at my sole expense, of colluctinr, in Europe and America the m a t er i a l s o f the work which 6 I now venture to present to the public." No:better notion can be afforded of the enormous ap plication and energy which our compiler's task de manded and received at his hands, than what he states in the following passage : " I consulted Mr. Hume on the subject: but the com plete accomplishment of such work was considered too arduous, from the circumstance of our scarcely pos sessing any one foreign tariff, nor any of the foreign revenue or customs laws (except those of the United States), printed in the English language. I, however, had previously arranged nearly all those then in force in America, and had also prepared the way to obtain all subsequent information relative to the commercial re sources and legislation of each of the North and South American Stats. In 1832, being then disengaged from any official employment, I visited France with the view of collecting the materials for my contemplated_ . work. In the following summer I travelled ever Belg i um, _ _ r r Holland, and the principal States of Germany, for same yurpose, and in 1834, 1835, and 1836, travelled over several other European states, returning during the winter of each year to Paris to arrange the materials I had collected. The years 1837, 1838, 1839, I spent chi, fly in the Austrian States and in Italy, and last autumn I revisited Germany and Holland, in order to complete 4 my researches. With the exception of the commercial laws and tariffs of Russia, which I employed a very able foreign gentleman (who, from having for a long time held office in the finance department of that country, understood the subject well) to translate ; and with the exception also of the tariffs of Se eden and Denmark, I translated or superintended the translation of all the other tariffs and commercial regulations, in this work, into English from the French, German, Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese languages : the labour of which was not, however, so much that of verbal trans lation, but of arranging the tariffs alphabetically, after wards, in'the tabular form which I considered necessary, and in the a eights, measures, and monies of England, as well as in those of their respective countries." And again— " In the progress of my researches, the natural re sources, and the agriculture and manufacturing pro ducts of foreign countries, the prices of corn, and the wages of labour ; the trade and the navigation ; the taxation, and the revenue of foreign countries, consti• tuted a principal object of collection and arrangement ; and I l'or some time considered that these should form a distinct work from the mere commercial treaties, tariffs, and customs laws of Europe and America. My view of carrying into execution this separate plan was over ruled by the mature opinion of Mr. Deacon Hume, and by a letter to me while I was in Germany, from the late Lord Sydenhain, of whose friendship, for several years before his death. I must speak with gratitude, and under whose auspices it was then intended that the work, when completed, should have been presented by her Majesty's command to both Houses of Parliament. I , am bound to state this in honesty, and in justice to the memory of the late Governor-General of Canada." And here, in justice to Mr. Macgregor, we subjoin the acknowledgments of which we have spoken above : "If I have felt myself bound to acknowledge my ob ligations to the memory of Lord Sydenham, I am justly compelled to declare—that the several commercial tariffs, regulations, and statistics of Europe and America that I prepared, in the form in which they have been presented by her Majest's commands to Parliament (and which are embodied in, and constitute a great por tion of these volumes), were brought out under the prompt and kind auspices of the Earl of Ripon, the late President, and of Mr. Gladstone, now President of the Department of which I have the honour of being one of the joint secretaries. In stating this publicly, I must say further, that on no occasion have I known any but the most liberal willingness on the part of not only the Earl of Ripon and of Mr. Gladstone, but also on the part of Mr. Labouchere, when President of the Board of Trade, to have statistical, and all reall,v useful returns prepared for the information of Parliament and the public." _ _ _ - The Introduction is divided into three sections, which treat, respectively, of " Commercial and Financial Legislation," " Interchange of Commodities," " Taxes and Consumption." The first and second volumes in. elude the Commercial Statistics of the Austrian Em pire ; Belgium ; Denmark ; France ; the Germanic Union of Customs, Holland; the Italian States, Gib. raltar ; Malta, and the lonian Islands ; Ottoman Empire in Europe ; Greece ; African States ; the Russian Empire ; Sweden and Norway ; Spain; Por tugal. Each of these divisions treats of the geographi cal position, boundaries ; area and population ; com mercial legislation, tariffs, revenues, &c.; agriculture, trade, navigation ; seaports, shipping ; products and their prices, conventions and agreements with this country ; exports, imports ; manufactures, wages fairs, In short, there i s no i n f ormation whicl ; can be gleaned from any authentic source on all these topics, that Mr. Macgregor has not fused into his compilation. How agreeable and interesting some portions of this excellent work are to the common reader, who may be absolutely innocent of all com mercial and fiscal curiosity, some extracts that we have marked for future notice may suffice to show. Altogether, Mr. Macgregor's work is one of the most remarkable, and, what is mor e , one of the mos t use f u l works which has been published since the commence ment of the present century. THE COCK AND ANCHOR. A CHRONICLE OF OLD DUBLIN CITY. 3 vols. This is a narrative of old Dublin, some hundred and fifty years ago, bearing the name of a celebrated public house, supposed to have flourished about that period. It is not a tale that will amuse, but it is one that will afford both interest and instruction. It is a history of the gradual progression of crime, showing, as the French say, " ce n'est que le premier pas qui coiite." It is easy to deviate from the right course, but a false step once taken, it is not only impossible to recede,—it is impos sible to pause. Fault follows fault, like the steps of a ladder, till by imperceptible degrees the hapless victim finds himself from the borders of virtue fallen to the depths of vice. The hero, in whose history this lesson is conveyed, is Henry Ashwoode, a young baronet, of moderate fortune, and proud and passionate disposition. his faults having increased by bad education and bad example, he is the willing slave of his own passions. Step by step, he advances in the path of sin. First, his love for play leads him into bad company, then, by his pride, he insults his low companions, and thus creates a powerful enemy. Ruined by gambling, he is induced by cunning representations to forge a signature to a bond, whichshall free him from danger. This bond falls int , ) the possession of his enemy, who DOW has an opportunity of gratifying his reven.ge. Through the fear of exposure, the haughty Ba ronet is compelled to obey the caprices of his cruel tormentor; till at last his pride gets the better of his fears, he refuses to submit, and then—but we will not destroy the interest of the story by giving the conclusion ; suffice it to say, that it conveys a moral lesson well worthy of attention. It is written in a bold and vigorous style, adapted to the characters and the subject. The gentle Mary Ashwoode, the sister of the gambler, forms a beautiful contrast to the gloomy pictures of her brother and his companions. The description of her escape from the power of Blarden, her brother's enemy, is one of the most inte resting passages in the book. Among the various scenes we are introduced to the Vice-Regal Court, during the Lieutenancy of the profligate Marquis of Wharton, the father of the celebrated Duke Philip ; here we see Addison, Swift, and others, but we have only a passing glimpse of these important charac ters, the chief interest of the story following the for tunes of Ashwoode. The following remarks on the inveterate pursuit of gaming are full of melancholy truth : " With the immediate urgency of distress, any thoughts of prudence or retrenchment which nsay have crossed , his mind va n i s h e d, an d a l ong w i t h t h e c ommand of new resources came new wants and still more extrava gant prodigality. His passion for gaming was now indulged without restraint, and almost without the in terruption of a day. For a time his fortune rallied , and sums, whose amount would startle credulity, flowed into his hands, only to be lost and squandered again in dissi pation and extravagance, whieh grew but the wilder and more reckless, in proportion as the sources which sup plied them were temporarily increased. At length, after some enquetting, the giddy goddess again deserted him. Night after night brought new and heavier disasters ; and with this reverse of fortune came its invariable accompaniment—a wilder and more daring r ec kl essness, and a more unmeasured prodigality in h azar di ng l arger and larger sums ; as if the victims of ill luck sought, by this frantic defiance, to bully and browbeat their capri cious persecutor into subjection. There was scarce l y an available security of any kind which he had not already turned into money, and now he began to feel, in downright earnest, the iron gripe of ruin closing upon him. " He was changed—in spirit and in aspect changed. The unwearied fire of a secret fever preyed upon his heart and brain; an untold horror robbed him of his rest, and haunted him night and day." WILL OF THE LATE BARON GURNEY.--Probate of the will of Sir John Gurney, Knight, of Lincoln's Inn was granted on the 6 th inst. to his sons, the Rev. fields, late one of the Barons of her Majesty's Court of Ex chequer,John Hampden Gurney, clerk ; Russell Gurney, Esq., and Sidney Gurney, Esq., the executors. Personal estate sworn under 80,0001. Sir John died on the Ist of March last, aged seventy-seven. He leaves to his wife 6,000/, and the fur niture, &c.; also the residue of hi s property for her life. tuernßeeyv. has sohn made a p s d e e l n ec c ti ey, His library (not law books) t o b e di v i ded among his chil asodny, Gurney to eldest eld after es L t of 8,000/, and the chambers in P b . l ' Paper-buildings. ui dings. To lus second son, Russell Gurney, barrister-at-1 he beq all his freehold estates at Northlands t oad Abbots Farms, and the property at Cuckfield, in Sussex, and his chambers in King's Bench -walk ; also his law • librarv. To his son, Sidney Gurney, a l egacy of 2,0001. T o his ' three daughters I,oooi. each. Th e residue of• his property, at the death of Lady Gurney, to be divided among his children in portions, as directed by the will. To each of hi • s nine grand-children a legacy of 1 00/., and to his faithful clerk, who had been with him many years, a legacy of 400/. The will is written in draft, dated November 30, 1844, signed, " John Gurney." witnessed by C. Ewens, Basinghall-street, and his clerk. On a separate paper is a list of his children and grand children, and their ages, places of birth, &c. WILL or THE Bisuor or ELL—Probate of the will of the Right Reverend Joseph Allen, D.D., late Lord Bishop of Ely, who died at Ely, in the county of Cambridge, on the 20th of March last, aged seventy-six, was granted on the 9th instant to his daughter, Ellen Allen, and to his two sons, George J. Allen and William Joseph Allen, Esqs., the executors and trustees, a power being reserved to his widow, Margaret Allen, to prove hereafter. Personal estate sworn under 40,000/. Bequeaths to his wife a life iilterest both in the funded property and landed estates, and directs that she may receive the sum of 5001. for immediate use; and leaves to her for her absolute use such furniture, &c., as she may select, the remainder be bequeaths to his children ; but such articles as they may Rot require are to be offered to his successor to the Bishopric, at a fair valua tion. his books on divinity to be given, with the consent urn -of his wife, to the dean and chapter of the cath e edral em ch k! of Ely for the library. The property after the estatesase his wife he bequeaths in the following manner:—His to his son, at Manchester he gives, anddevises , ever. Those in or near George J. Allen, and to his heirs aths to his William the county of Chester . he Th eq u e e East India stock he leaves Joseph Allen, and his heirs. of his property to be to his daughter. And the residue his children. The will is dated September divided among 23, 1844, signed "J. Ely." Witnested by bis butler 1.14 d gardener. ~_tt'~~ SUMMARY OF NEWS AND VitiOtt Optittian. " Who runs may read." FOREIGN. The following is the report presented by the Committee appointed to examine the Bill relative to the railroad from Paris to the Belgian frontier, with a branch line to Calais and Dunkirk :—" The Minister of Public Works is au thorised to grant the concession of the lit e by public com petition, his permission, however, being . requited to enable persons to send in tenders. The maximum of the lease was fixed by the Government at forty-five years ; this has been reduced by the Committee to thirty-three years. The caution money of 30,000,000 f. required by the Government is fixed at 45,000,000 f. by the Committee, but the latter calls for the payment of a further sum of 9,000,000 f. within a fortnight after the approval of the adjudication. The responsibility of the original subscribers, carried by the Bill to five-tenths of the amount of the shares subscribed for, is reduced by the Committee to four-fifths." The Chambers arc expected to close their labours this session earlier than usual. According to the present appear ances they will be able to adjourn about the end of June. The Committee on the Budget has got through its labours, and the report will be laid before the Chamber on Wednes day next. A Berne journal announces, that en the 6th instant the Government of that Canton bad despatched N. Aubry, a member of the Grand Council, to solicit a pardon for Pr. Steiger, who had been condemned by the criminal tribunal of Lucerne to be executed. The locusts, which had appeared in swarms on different points of the African coast, showed themselves, for the first time, near Algiers on the 30th &A. At Khadrah, to the west of the Fondouk, they devoured all the grass and leaves of the trees. Several flights alighted early in the morning of that day near the 111aison Carree, and numbers fell in the Place Royale; at two o'clock in the afternoon, however, they had completely vanished. Those insects are yellow, a couple of inches in length, and maintain themselves and direct their course in the air as easily as birds. Mr. Bulwer was to leave Madrid for England on the 13th. A letter from Berlin, May 2, in the Nuremberg Cor respondent, states that the latest news from St. Petersburgh announce that towards the end of the month the Emperor will accompany the Empress as far as Warsaw, whence her Majesty is to proceed to Beriin to consult the medical men, and learn what baths she ought to repair to. At a later period the Emperor is to proceed to Berlin to escort back her Majesty. According to a Berlin letter of the 4th, in a Frankfort journal, the northern powers, finding it impossible to induce Don Carlos to come to any arrangement with the Spanish Government, feel disposed to recognize Queen Isabella. The Franconian Mercury contains a letter from Munich, May 2, which states that a duel having taken place there between a Portuguese and an attache of the French Em bassy, about a lady to whom the former was betrothed, the attache has been suspended by M. Guizot from his func tions, and his passports having been delivered to him, he had taken his departure from Munich. COURT—FASHIONABLE. Lady Charles Wellesley and her infant son are both pro gressing as favourably as could be desired. Viscount Melbourne left his residence in South-street, on Saturday last, for Brocket Hall, Herts, for the holiday. Vis count and Viscountess Jocelyn went to Brocket Hall on Saturday afternoon, and Lord and Lady Beuvale were to join the family party there; but his Lordship had experi enced an attack of gout, which obliged him to defer his de parture until to-day. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have gone to Broad lands, his Lordship's seat, near Romsey, Hants, for the re cess. The Duke of Sutherland, accompanied by the Marquis of Stafford, has made arrangements to leave Stafford House at the end of the week for Scotland, with the view of going over his extensive estates in that country. The Duchess and family remain in town. The Duke of Rutland, accompanied by a family party, in tends to embark at the close of the ensuing month on his Grace's usual aquatic excursion, on board the Resolution schooner-yacht, now lying at Southampton. The Earl and Countess of Orford and Lady Dorothy Wal pole, after a protracted residence at Rome and Naples, re turned from the Continent last week. The Noble Earl and Countess came direct from Rome to England. Lord and Lady Walpole, with the lion. Lady Pellew, are still residing at Rome. The Earl of St. Germans entertained at dinner on Satur day the Earl and Countess of Morley, Lord Granville Somer set, Sir James and Lady Graham, Lady Georgians and Miss Stuart Wortley, the lion. Colonel, Mrs. and Miss Dawson Darner, &c. Sir John Cam llobhouse had a grand dinner party on Saturday at his mansion, in Hill-street. The Russian Minister, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Bread albane, Mr. Samuel Rogers, and Mr. Lockhart, were among the guests of the Right Hon. Baronet. MISCELLANEOUS. The Bishop of London on Saturday last consecrated the new edifice, which has just been erected in Endell-street, leading from Long-acre into Broad-street, Holborn, &c., by voluntary contributions, for the purpose of affording the poor of the surrounding neighbourhood the means of attending Divine service, &c. The church, which is of plain design, is in the Gothic style. The interior is fitted up with open seats, and the ceilings, which are composed of wood, display portions of the roof. The east and west windows are fitted with painted glass. The only deviation in the building from modern ecclesiastical architecture, is the erection of galleries, a mode of accommodation of late scarcely adopted, The ceremony of consecration was witnessed by several persons, including many of the class for which the locality is so pro verbial. All the sittings will be free. The grand national archery meeting is to be held this year at Knavesmire, near York. upwards of live hundred members of the principal clubs will compete for the prizes. The meet ing will be held on the 25th and 26th of June. A woman who was incautiously sitting on the bulwark of a Greenwich steamer yesterday fell backwards into the water when off St. Katherine's Dock, but was fortunately rescued by prompt assistance with a boat-hook. *A rat'; nest, containing no fewer than thirty-five ratlings, was found, last week, in a pig-stye, belonging to John Jack son, of Pasture House, Lytham. Some time since an officer in the Guards laid the odds of 2001. to 3001. with Mr. Bragg, the proprietor of the North Star Inn, at Slough, that he could not produce a man on Friday, the 16th of May, who would run twenty miles within two hours. Mr. Bragg has had four or five celebrated pe destrians in training ever since the bet was made, he not being compelled, according to the articles of the match, to name the man until he is brought to the post to start. The celebrated runner known as the North Star will, it is ex pected, be the party selected to attempt the feat, which, if accomplished, will be one of the most extraordinary under takings ever attempted. The match will come off in the immediate neighbourhood of Slough. Betting, at present, is 5 to 3, and 2 to 1, on time. Last week the anniversary meeting of the Indigent Blind Visiting Society, of which her Majesty the Queen Dowager is patroness, was held at the Music-hall, Store-street ; Lord Robert Grosvenor, Esq. M.P., in the chair. The report read by the secretary stated, that since the establishment of the Association 370 aged and destitute blind persona had par taken of its benefits, and there were at present on the books 151 who regularly received spiritual instruction and temporal relief, while several received pensions and had had lodgings provided for them. The report having been approved of, and several motions acknowleding the utility of the Society carried, thanks were given to the Noble Chairman, and the meeting separated. A curious document has just been issued by Parliament, in relation to the convict establishments at Portsmouth, Chat ham, and Woolwich ; and at Bermuda and Gibraltar, where are stationed the hulks employed for the confinement of offenders under sentence of transportation. It thence appears that, during the year ending 31st December last, there were eleven hulks for this service, six of which are in various home ports, four at Bermuda, and one (the Owen Glendower) at Gibraltar. The expense of this convict establishment was, dur ing the year, 54,6861 ; and the total earnings from the labour performed by such convicts amounted to no less a sum than 62,1951. Of this amount, 23,0951. were the earnings of con victs on the hulks in this country, 30,3481. at Bermuda, and 1,251/. at Gibraltar. On the Ist of January, 1844, there were on board the several hulks 3,550 convicts ; and during the course of the year there were received in addition 286, making fa total remaining, on the 31st December last, of 3,160, after deducting 601 who were discharged, and 75 who died on board the hulks. The numbers were divided in the following proportion :-2,202 in England, 1,350 in Bermuda, and 313 in Gibraltar. On Whitsunday from forty to fifty thousand persons are supposed to have passed down the Thames from below bridge, in the various steamers, of which they were nearly 100. WHITSUNTIDE EXCURSIONS AND FAIRS. Yesterday the morning was ushered in with merry peals from the church bells, and at an early hour thousands of well dressed people were making their way to the numerous steam-boat piers on the river, and to the terminus of the Dover and Brighton Railways at London-bridge, for the pur pose of escaping the smoky atmosphere of the capital and enjoying themselves in the country. The cheap excursion trains on the Dover and Brighton trains carried upwards of 20,000 persons from London at half-fares, which are to be con tinued during the holidays. The steamers, of which there were as many as a hundred in requisition above and below bridge, came in for a large share of traffic. Before eleven o'clock thirty steamers left the Watermen's Adelphi pier for Greenwich, Woolwich, and Gravesend, and also for Putney, Fulham, Richmond, and other places up the country, and they were all filled. The Watermen's steamers, a fleet of thirteen vessels, carried 27,000 passengers during the day between Woolwich, Greenwich, and London, and as many were taken up and down the river in the boats of the old companies. The - boats of the iron and wooden companies conveyed immense numbers to Vaux hall, Battersea, and Chelsea during the day, and occasionally they were fearfully overcrowded, and some times rolled from side to side in a frightful manner. There were twenty Gravesend steamers in requisition, and some of them made more than one trip. Between the hours of eight o'clock in the morning and two in the afternoon 17,000 persons had landed at the Terrace Pier, Town Quay, the Floating Pier, and the Rosherville landing -place, at Northfieet. The trains on the Greenwich and Blackwell Railways were running every quarter of an hour, and the tea-gardens and other places of resort in the suburbs of the metropolis were filled with company. The beautiful park at Greenwich, the favourite resort of the Londoners, presents a rich and verdant appearance. The late rains have improved it vastly, and the gay multitude were scattered among the hills, the dales, and the shaded walks, and the usual diver sion of running up and down the far-famed One -tree Hill, was indulged in by the lads and lasses, who seemed content with the cheapest amusement- The country in and about Woolwich, Blackheath, and Shooters' Hill, was thronged with visitors. The morning was fair and warm, and pro mised a favourable day, which promise was not disappointed. There will be three fairs during the holidays - Greenwich, Stepney and Wandsworth. The first is on the old spot, and Richardson's theatre, and Alger's Crown and Anchor booth are, as usual, the principal attractions. Stepney fair will be held on two large fields near the Thames Police -office. One has been laid out by Mr. Pituson, whose theatridal booth is the principal feature, and opposite to it are Ifylton's and Wombwell's menageries. The old field has been laid out by Mr. John Stevens, the celebrated Essex Niggler, whose mon ster booth, 400 feet long, and 54 feet wide, for music, refresh ment, and dancing, is placed in a conspicuous situation, and is surrounded by a fives-court, Clarke's equestrian circus, Powell's equestrian circus, the large Cricketer's booth, con ducted by Mr. Nicks, of the Cricketers, in Loudon. street, Beckett's decorated booth, of the same dimensions, and va rious others. Both fields contain a great number of minor exhibitions, swings, and merry-go-rounds in profusion. i MAT B.—The Magnet steam-pa c k e t h as just arrived from Brighton, after a fine passage of seven h ou rs, with several parties of distinction for Paris, among whom was Lady Betchen. As a man on Thursday last was digging in Swains wick Wood, Bath, he found Labtshilling3 of the reign of George 111.