The Sun. — London, England, 1851-11-11 00:00:00

SPORTING NOTES. , 4 • 4 I:Y, CLv. Loitßpoor, AuTumN LLEETlisiCr'. ID,. TO T EE .E.L•t OF THE SUN. e',4l,,,'he Auttnnu tic:citing of the Liverpudlians may titeig's'ted the first great re-union ot the steeplefields loitg t e , e ,,lotl; its stekes always filling rife, tel th e ''e Post, speculation being uncommonlyf the tP,riinwell, good atteedsa of the steeplechasing part o this N r g world deiceconsiderable. The meeting will .. wlii eesoteed over two days, Thursday and Friday, and tlfey,tl4lence with a Selling sweepstakes, which , he , 11110dieeepitdr.theOqUapt ef the ten acce to , Pet i nei _, et Probablyfive . ten tiNk• u'ng Llall-an'd-Llblalffi, ptances for the Irt.c. , t hti ih `4l' Rebtlt. I have not the slightest gli doubt ' but Lit o tl r e six will Fug-- 4 11' a taco will lay withthe first three, and that f• ,j' t QuEte T r_r •be the winner, ,:e•ti oe el , .or I.AL P - AND-......ALF will , 1' 1 44, ° ' se ° P. The acceptances for the Sefton Hanhdliv .4, feetki at letlS than 24, a variety of which nia7.,Pcossnlsi;t te th e 4Er_l!le post; but what that moiety will tt u :TlEe 1 1 ' t .its.'tel,stilltnotaent, lam unable to t t 6 c 7 s ll t i CHIEF llb luck 4,14 at eitraati, and MISS FLYAWAY ; f r ci l t v tl) e race °on paper, and to one a of n t d he t s h e e 11 k tiip 4 . ' "Pectlng to see Cnaus . a e Li r Ing fOrWard, Augean heading .the 4 %1 f:hlPuol AntuEan Steeple-chase, run; over the I He a r tEa u ruck. st t ike ktl e ra is iltl of hunting country, finishing on the . 1 - , lll ' ele i , e ' n 'as . an acceptance of seventeen, Theof which field ~ t p, __,,, will await the starter's orders . . _ l'Y li t' 7ll "li/is t of Lord George, !I),ebitrt,r(ter Sl n T —r nPle, St. Helier, Isaac, the Youn g°'9e's o Lordti n g - ano- And-el•Kader, 'f4,10rt,,,041-,, ,ataienne, Muria Monk, and perhaps ''ye' l ~‘‘'.'ll.°ll Imill state to-morrow if required._ re. , Ik d 11', riortarincea lesty r both in England and I 11?",itl4S41,44e.tYtgarao race r e le.. a si week in the_lris_h azz letro- G A La qthclirrYirg 12en''' when he ran second to L Otill r ee t o , tt 7lb, thus giving but four p a ounds short te eal ' l e to the winner, and all but winning after 1t4„ 61 , tte e l ia ll ie l! he one of the best, if not the absolute s ?i,, ,, .vii ep th ~(aSe horses of the present . day. telt6 11 oecasion il2 t • that he is capa . ble . of 1 1t t . :4 1 ililti.liii,lvitighijot urtc3c,:t;uihreosctl whethert o s most o h f o t e h a e n horses in the give a stone o readersor two 4f j; t ° Ltithl!Qr' Ltlo3' Neal, and Peter Simple, tile t I l e ) 41, ii;ltne, is questionable . I advise . the ht side of will b '1:11ti, f,"Pcver, to keep him on the ,: li ititi :ll e o 4 , l - oat 1, he do es n o t turn out threigwinNneearl he t 1,,',a1b 44,11PDR it. Abci-el-Kader and Lucy , tele t ,„ . s llst 2ii, .. • 'fll lActi a i' ~ with Peter . Simple . f l o O u s r t 12 t 1 h b a , t and I ere the remaining Li. 4 1) to h. 11 atlY dangerous Abd el Kader, _if 41 1 1 it so , of , somewhat du- IN; B hoal, l N, but which lam al's,tlih. l n 4451 Possessed a very fair chance. %h. 8 . 4e Y Neal will find herself quite at . h T c h m . a e t I, 41 sib. °°, and / ' • • '' It) 'to at . am Incl ine d t o think Sim i w f s h h o e , i lhh it 1 2Ib ~Ythirg it will be to Peter ple ," tB . Zany` eased well, ought to be there or ihere- SN e4 t ttl tlde 't thy fancy outsider for the occasion. he e 4 hay; :nittioipate the race will lay amon f i t . e l. c,af f ,' Slid i'r°e(l, and that Peter Simple' and third. 'q4,"' a erg i, 4c Y ' Y ea/ will be first, second, an _, t ka' Isi',:eirtll ergo ha been kept harmless,. ,k, Wi th °Le to carry a trifle is . as a l da o n b : e e r r v o e u d s 'tt l e tkl ,,gle \v et re,seeet to the Free Handicap l 'tzti 4ll thA w ick and Leamington Meeting, I ll c u a r n d n l o e ; !Vi t . ,* e t en s ionril,att f the sporting world to the_ lt-Z14.,-"t has ° been allotted to Bed.fo9rdst, It lY t'll' shell") if not first class horse of his kind, kiti e ,Ye t hat the handicapper ! awarded him. To "tti r"e 8' has whether it will ,St„,Y tarn lis to be all over ; (lit tell. ,~41),,eepa1,. ° at SO or no I cannot at %‘ i k . p' 4l ,'d 114`14' are. making at Aberyswi p th re f s orth t e h i e r I St4 Ple ilt i, ' 'IL The horses engaged in . ex -444 that th-eettse are all in full work, and it is Irl'lttic,rllhiliYliWttillei all S g ti o n,, t o. o the post. There beenha t s head. Kate tip I, 41,1 Es Nt a i d _ o_all.l e v o o n r e k e , rnin m g a th re e n m go a , 0 _ rth,,t, lipriZlnerdlda, coming in for a goo:i sha!e . 1 Ni ", le stilt i. ? ar Ytrig fr 3t06t0 1. 'st " a'• /I - °En eraldet U jii Wo first I AZAR]) and Esm io mono / tn,Pnces, 1 ' . "0,' 1 , „,_, Suss, &c,, , ~ 185 1. kt.E SPIRIT OF THE TURF. or, "........,„,........ L uIITIN - --'-------- N CE. , TA, - IN TELLIGE kittiikely 1.-tTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY. us'sWi tit ili nt; done until nearly the close, when p ,1,0 h „ bets Were laid : N ',' to 2 I,N) , 0 ar,s, ,RESTER Cup. 4., (%) to_t ,N•rl'e.'--tigh Sheriff -1,000 to 15 Goldfinder—and 4 T4 11 1 1 4 . each a l s * " . C l 2 ,u ,o c o . o to 3 0 ttcgat Grey Tommy, (several 1 A t e , I°, Hippolytus, le t t 0 . !i4 84 th atd t o 2 ,. , DERBY. . . hi1t1iv,41„a4....„1,'".°L.) agst Lapidist, and I,ooo e to 20 1 4 Q.tit- 4 — , O I offered agst Claverhous . kl! l N ti v il . t talt.l. AUTUMN MEETING.—MONDAY.dded for 1 8 6 " 8 oia a - 41 0 3 sovs. each, and P , t};• "., uPwards. One mile an 2 d o a a quarr. .. ti t tee '" ............................. 0 1 i k ailk ~.... ............. 11 5 ,, kly s tt :, • ........................... .. ........ I, '4t, The Were won by Urbanity. 1 4 f Yea, 5681 e Shrewsbury Handicap. 1 a 111 h 2 S e :: 51b V I R t ii.,,ran• Viron in a canter. •44 Bgiki. J•he Abbey Stakes. n 1 l l' '''',.„ ... ••• ..................................... 2 4440 .............. 7`o OLITAN COMMISSIONERS OF 1 6,)',/ t) Zeg t ~,, SEWERS. ieh,.'ett ot , et t o k •c,biTOR OF THE S ot4 -4 tsb tr l'slft 4it .arld you copy o f a notic U e N. sent into '4 111 4 lt. silicalataissioners of Sewers on the 30th N o l q i b tibi,,-, t VI 40 answer has yet been receive . d! to the 4 4, 111 11 1 'Mt lc:.` of co nsiderable importance ~telreti,:ttlie 13,)7iters,” I consider they sho A ul i d low kn m Ow e: 111 ) 1 41(1, 1 ? ?NA I °4 we have taken: this t .tit , ;se kti e3t the favour of your inserting 't te i ! ): 441)1 t icQd to Y f b ye-mentioned notice, ) I _, -8t toil;;11:111(tel,10r o the a ;üblic inforp o a . :ion, at A l Narl ~---I am, Sir, yours, ec. 4t it, t lf th e b e J. A. NICHOLthAeY, Metropolitan N ilti r c4ll ttt (' o r .1, 1 / I ° .e 4 S t het,4442!),,iletclittio°fn a re f f . o ro r . m m in the f a t d h e:i m ni e s t t r r o a .. - Niit:"'stri ete 'age and Drainage c ~. I N, N„ . '''. 11. 4'° 01 'it,',,Lltl%' ket t ,, ------ (q )y „,. ) ,;tt. s`,:l'it i0i,:1"--We-t'biteari C orn . raissioners of Sewers. 100v111. no„, ou r int. mulersigned hereby . give oer ags,e4tiation to resist the " District S w you you o n e o r - s I* , ii rl i d Nt o j . it svith 13°4 us; and we request . that , i 2, 1 / 4 111 s n ia e ° it, ir,"tt,,ee W hen )ou inteild—lf you u ce u as X 1. 4. -1 bo oe-°tuer that as little inconventen your i h * se e or 'tlsioned either to us e or to l'h:,qupati4ttiet, +l, r 4: the ,-'`),), 4 4 , 1 ~,at one levy will be sufficient to wi t eed?vtiss ~itl'lable us to bring our ac tion •1. o k . g i ll the warrant , .I.p. 4,N,_eliEtoefix, St. Marylebone. , I e E, St. Anne's. ti‘ Jtiqo , 4 'g i l l :A il Zil r m SAUNDERS, _S a t. Martin's. 11, s c t b , ....ELSON. M " S . ' I I() Iv Pt ,... . 30. I"tklK LOMAX, St. MarY "(Me' It . 411. 8. I3E--- %, 11, 1p ilt P l'l'S WOULD BLOOMERISE tilitlltlf anon --• 17 nR y i. ,I tt, t v gh ie , . DOD Y. t: i i t ikh 4 t (14 1 % 4 ctie o 47 ~r i ght for right's . her thely Ski efleetk 'lla. Bellows, in ... t 41 th a ,, f . 0 that the thing she contemplates satisfying in T g h ere li a 4 4 wet( ore ought to be done, and so !m e ‘itv.Sttterellghte.,,,,cloing it, con•cious that the u rel ie 't ,k r of :,.., ezanaple which never can n t,,,r1 llpfiilt 8. to eiinfo throw tlh,, i ll ~ , ei ld dew s 1 ., be lost and llt te e eto rhea no business to be self— Is, k w prean, i 'l lio 41 d b e .ve quiet little avenue of her es s i l , hs-itlltlest'diBgkir.t with her own influences and . ' `'l lltt,. tht Qi . p . e!,,,e'e herself of a vast amountof ` l tll'e la , ( s, si l 'tat into an army composed entirely ltitic;,l)lttl,tlE,ll,dir' must co o (with the M.sses Bellowt) e !t, b• io 0 it il ben',`;a Hall for the pu + - pose • To be qnh.poh „d'" remarked that this is the noisy .'qs h' h tlt t i, I'o, -nets-' great social deeds have been done. ,Ilit`Ltesfi;ill(y-bi ne, put on a shovel-hat turned i t it i,. tki„t)(N4l,4 (4 idea-blue fr i i ,age, the moment . he oor_i y ce e iv x ed - Wt•tifil*a all s ward s and (instead of calrhia. about, Nip 1, to l ' Fri, " ether 's Perpetually wandered I) lts!Y, l e, and ` r ° seri to put on shovel-hats, .with q - ik, d l n like declare themselves Howardi t m. e . t, e ti l ,,, , evettd 41!tnner, did not tamely pass her one l`ti,„ , . t,, r)1 4, „svith unwavering steadiness to . o , lipetiß,,, row he t afro z 0 i and her upright \f(lillVilellll:taselinslZentnu-pc and down the earth, re -104,%, g, hq here.me forward and be Fryers. I A 4 . IN, rt• ,i, oic action done, never retired m rt 'tt, lL 4 l . 4t her 1.404 e) into the solitary lighthouse ntlirl'N's•(.4 'ePt, content to pass her life there in It 'sd 4 R N ot °rdinary unexciting duties, unless the ykl 'IN 43 dirt eatUP Ikt iti I t N4O a felt °W-er should rouse her to 4, tfttil ari ,efirl ~„ Ilg; but instantly got a Qllt e .` , te s : °D st,;; ll lk u j e , a t_our through the provinces, ya.able haNi:illi'nttltabler' ° aus(liiels of thesamaendb t delivered l Otti s, N, d ' °4 he's 4 money taker, medal—pledge ~,,,IL4it ttll th .. z . to mount the in Ws t , 14 danger'cc ti to three, never to behold a r rop', ) „' n , th tZ of drowning without putting off 4. t l t - human Wing's aid—and enrol tuella )1:16 and it ll .—Dickens's Household )',_lk tt; t tr t i: l )E 1 , ---___---,,....„.....,.._....,.... livk,N sYLUAr.— qt.., ~. r. .DRREY LUNATIC tt k e ,4, 1! 111 111, e.k'arter instituted an inquiry at A the Surrey 101.4 N gll ti ii \.arrett-lane Wandsworth, concerning the a te e,4 ~ , bee „ inmate of ::4i:.,lit'llb:l‘.l4.l4o:adatafeen? removed 14 place sh e ?super inmate of the Kingstonof a mag i c _ t b h y a t o r der establishment. un ion 0,1;411,c,;4,:1iti0,71, uatisfled by medical testimony as to the flllit 'l6.lste4sleni her raind. On Wednesday last, qIN 4 ri ,_ of t _. the deceased was left by the nursen i but th 4 tfa t i l l 3 l44s ha.": inmates, apparently quiteco the (IN% 4 r :Dro e, nt rnie to close a window the in t he (1 ,. ik.,,, l,t,_ la(lureaCillig over an iron guard d , discovered tiiQkiZtt4i'(eavelo":, , re returned, and l e s c e e t a h s e e d r IitSAN iL A,,, li 'q, in a body of flameand s rushin w g ,n a s h e c x ut .. Ils, N eq' k ulit not aiarai was raised and the fire . ;:t44i. lltiltii,4l.hyll,i4t(l4s:ehi,4eri.deuciotolvi etrh her dec n e e a.: k e , d a w r a in s s , in ch e s e t tl f , r i f g a i c i e t f u a l n ly d • t i) 41 ' he t 4 t .'4Nl 4 eve ry attention, but su h "(1 ct " That the decease . 4k11484•1114,-;er clothes on fire, being at the time in a i t ': tt a ` it . t itt ()I' d y di e e x cl p f i r r ( e m d ; '1 l. tr IN 14.1.1." NT , F.—YEsterlay 1 . , 1 k1 ,gt si d an i "MING ._,nuANt. , ~,k,. ' , rithe.t,rlquest at the Duke of Kent, Cross-street, 1,- ,;(l` w e k ar a, w1.,,a:,t, on th e b o d y o f Robert Stevens, Stevens, adjoining. Ot k i l h 4 ,N, l s ,: th e ir,eided in by the side 0, , , 1i, " 1 1 t1 t 41 ` 0 c., in 'tTeolooref .tumbling Chureh i ro n a g ' a a ci, o for the purpose Ne fedl eltitY * ern tb e Passengers. A few days ago N i: tki tal c , e. Dale in his n k g d on Thursday . ait l , 0, Pr k , t , y , 4 , ,na flied ec , all He was previous y , t 4 ilt ik j.k, ofteedit4l ~_.suddenly. 414A,,,,,elieaiNie3tiegf*.•:'1.1tip:nan body le, h 'i. (tille r r y b an o ' r e his head au' . turning his the brain.— , who was of opinion that r It, traciti::;ikedultabt'a)dttulFlis a p n ra e c iT ti li c ' uz f wn of on tumbling was ,- n , . pence Q " §gationc of crod,,, ht to interfere to • ) 1. - r ;0) 1,1 .n.abje from sits ° t from ore' • 'Po d (11 10 ' th the safe"' D ourg b ' ogee' "LI 3gress/ i.." y or 1;; lib sica, frog' ( fli°l orells sio a sl"' tbs 9 t 9 i g 0' ,y Co (.) - Ar if t e• L 0 oft,, dill' A be ce rt° o; pe THE SUN DRURY-LANE THEATRE. sTULLIEN'S CONCERTS. IN evember, e.hich was wont to be- the most dreary Gf the twelve months of the year, so far, at least, as the metropolis was concerned, has for some years past, thanks to the regular appearance during that month of M. Jnllien and his band at Drury-lane Theatre, be come by no means the least pleasant of the months, and the gloominess under which Londoners were wont :during November to suffer, has been effec tually dispelled by the music, the lights, the statues, the crush, and the excitement evoked by the magic baton of M. Jullien. The season cf M. Jullien's Promenade Concerts commenced last evening . , and the programme is a most promising one. All the old favourites are retained ; K oig, Collinet, Lazarus, and Deloffre are still among the soloists, and in addi tion Sivori, Piatti, and Bottesini are engaged, end we have Miss Dolby as the vocalist, vice Jetty Treirz. Among the musical novelties promised are a selection from Mozart's Zaztberflote, a selection from Beet hoven's Fidelio, an Indian quadrille, composed by N. Jullien, on East Indian melodies, anew grand qua drille, entitled "The St. Leger Day," descriptive of the grand national races of England, and which is to be produced on Wednesday, and a new humorous quadrille on American and English melodies, to be produced on Thursday, entitled " The Bloomers' Quadrille," beside a variety of new waltzes, polkas, and quadrilles, which have been composed by M. Jullien expressly for her Majesty's state balls. The theatre is elegantly fitted up in the same style as last year, the refreshment rooms are on the same scale of comfort, and the reading room is even more richly supplied with journals and periodicals than it was last season. The theatre was crammed to excess in every part long before the commencement of the concert ; it was a misnomer, insulting to the persons "on the floor," to designate that por tion of the house last night as a promenade, it was more than a crush, it was a regular jam, and the un fortunate, who found himself in the midst, could nei ther advance nor retreat ; could turn neither to the right nor to the left, but like a ship embayed in the ice was forced to drift with "the pack ;" the compari son to an ice-pack, however, does not hold good in one sense, for the heat was sufficiently intense to have thawed Wenham Lake itself. The appearance of Jullien in the orchestra was the signal for a burst of enthusiastic applause, followed by loud cries for " God save the Queen !" The band ac cordingly struck up the National Anthem, and were accompanied by the audience, who after a fashion more hearty than harmonious joined in chorus. This was followed by Beethoven's Leonora overture to Fidelio, which was admirably performed, listened to most attentively, and applauded to the echo. This was followed by a new quadrille, arranged by Jul lien, from the opera of Il Prodigo. The quadrille, which concludes with the " Pas de Poignards," was applauded enthusiastically ; it possesses the elements of an enduring popularity. The great bit of the evening, however, was Bottesini's solo fantasia on the contra-basso from airs in Bellini's Sonnambula. The astonishing performance of Bottesini on this unwieldy instrument, which, in his hands, becomes by turn a trumpet, flute, flageolet, violin, and gives forth every variety of sound from its ownnatural growl to the softest tones of an 2Eolian harp, hushed the vast crowd into the most solemn silence, and at the conclusion the applause was vociferous, and the call for a repe tition ‘ unanimous. Miss Dolby sang the Page's song, "Noble Seigneurs," from the Ilug,uenots, very effectively, and the first part concluded with the " Grand Exhibition Quadrille," which, with the crystal curtain (which we are happy to say is as bril liant as ever), divided the honour of last season. The pieces de resistance in the second part were the selection from the Huguenots and the andante from Beethoven's symphony D, both of which were admi rshly performed. A new polka by Jullien, entitled The Crystal Fountain, as sparkling as its title, achieved an immense success ; and the unaccompanied trio from Robert Le Diable, by Koenig, Ciofli, and Prospere, was much applauded. The season could not have had a more brilliant commencement. OLYMPIC THEATRE. The Merchant of Venice was performed here last evening, when Miss Laura Keene sustained the character of Portia for the first time. The in dulgence of the audience was claimed for her on the ground that she was labouring under illness, and such was evidently the case, notwithstanding which, however, she played with such intense dramatic feel ing and that marked intelligence, such she succeeded in eliciting repeated bursts of applause, and achieved a complete success. Mr. Henry Farren was the Shylock, and gave a careful and correct version of the part, and Compton as Launcelot Gobbo was the best who has appeared since Liston. A new farce, the aim, object, and conduct of which may be guessed from its name, The Original Bloomer , was aftewards produced, and was completely successful. STRAND THEATRE. A rattling piece of fun, provocative of continuous explosions of mirth from the audience, was produced last night at this theatre. This production of the comic alembic of Messrs. Augustus Mayhew and Edwards, is entitled The Fifth of November, and ap pears to have the laudable object of casting discredit on the childish and dangerous practice of exploding fireworks as a testimonial of loyal abhorrence of the dark designs of Guy Fawkes against the British Solomon and the Peers in Parliament assembled. Mr. Wheeler (Tilbury), an elderly gentleman of the old school, who seems to think there is an intimate and insuperable connexion between the existence, constitution, and the observance of all time-honoured customs, is introduced, giving orders for the incarna tion of a well got up Guy. His daughter (Miss Mar shall), on the other hand, belongs to the extreme gauche on this subject, and for this, and a too lively feeling for Mr. Sinjohn (Mr. Rogers), she is confined to her chamber, whilst he is expelled the house. But as lovers are never at a loss for an expedient, particu larly on the stage, Sinjohn assumes the paraphernalia of the Guy, and in this disguise finds ready accept ance from the father. He is finally taken out to be cast into the bonfire, when the father, hearing the real state of the case, orders the revellers to stay further proceedings, but somewhat too late. The unfortunate lover is brought back in an apparently dying condition, and the old gentleman thee, in order to soothe his last hours, consents to give away the daughter. The accepted lover overjoyed at the event tells his father-in-law that he has been done, it having been " the regular Guy" that was cast into the fire. The Fifth of November is a successful addition to the repertoire of agreeable short pieces, in the pro duction of which the management of Punch's Play house seems to be inexhaustible. GLASGOW' AND SOUTII.WESTERN RAILWAY. —Traffic foa ,he week ending November 8, 1851: — Passengers (20,029), goods and parcels, horses and carriages.. £3,623 8 0 Corresponding week in last year for Glasgow and Ayr, and Glasgow, Dumfries, and Car lisle Railways £3,067 6 9 Glasgow, November 10. GREAT FIRE IN HOLBORN.—Last night, shortly after ten o'clock a fire, involving a serious loss of property, broke out in the premises of Messrs. Mainon and Sons, French basket importers, 12, Holborn-hill, at the corner of Castle-street. The building was four stories high, and be tween GO and 70 feet deep. The fire commenced, from some cause not clearly ascertained, in the back part of the premises and, owing to the inflammable nature of the contents, the work of destruction progressed with such rapidity that be fore an engine had time to reach the spot the whole of the back buildings were in a blaze. The engines of the London Brigade and West of England Company, with the Royal h av ing arrived the most strenuous ex- S e r o t c i i o e n ty s ' w s e fies r r e e- ma e d l e P t e' to subdue the fire, but it was nearly mid night ere this could be accomplished, and not until the greater portion of the extensive property had been reduced to ashes, and considerable damage done to the premises ad joining. The total loss must, at a moderate calculation, amount to several hundred pounds. THE INFLUENCE OF L E GISLATURE UPON FASHION. —Sir Robert Peel's Bill having discarded a large ortion of public appear now to be reaping . the fullduty bene fi u t p o o f n t h d raets measure. we e t examinations we notice these facts and obtain also a notion of that which asbeure. At the Customs' is denied to us elsewhere, viz.—what is to be the vogue Messrs. Jay, during the current month. A large case consigned _to the bonnets of a white and semi -transparent ground, on which which was opened yeaterday, displayed some was a raised cord that appeared remarkably like • e n w o l u s e t scintillatory and diamond-like effect of some of ° the . head dresses was very chaste and elegant. some bonnets, for which one of our countrymen las k There i were ta Jr had really a patent both in France and in England. le and variety could be puzzled us to know how so much sty produced for a house which is limited to specialities, but it would seem that the recurring success of these insportatio.ns is attributable to the constant visits and personal superm tendance in Paris of the Artiste en Mode, who directs the col - salon of the millinery for the salons in Regent-street. THE OMNIBUSES.—The whole of the omnibuses on the Oxford-street line having reduced their fares, the ve hicles on the Piccadilly and Strand line of road are pretty generally following their example. The Pimlico, as well as the Westminster omnibuses, have reduced the fares to and from the City from 4d. to 3d. the entire distance, and the Royal Blue" omnibusea, which run to the further portion of Pimlico and Sloane-square, announce the carriage of Pas' sengers to and from Charing -cross and either end of the journey at the lesser fare, retaining the full fare of 4d. for the entire distance, while the Chelsea omnibuses do the same thing, but retain the fourpenny fare to and from Sloane street and the Bank, and tid. for the whole journey; as is also the case with the numerous omnibuses running on this route. In addition to these concessions, the omnibuses run ning to and from Hungerford-m ar l- t Lid Paddington have t reduced their fares from 4d. e 3d ‘ . and 2d.only, as before, oat en the roof. It appears now t' the public have very gene rally the opportunity of travelling b y most of the omnibuses to and from Charing-crsss at a moiety ofwhich for t they are indebted to the opposition recentlythe fare, started on the Oxford-street and Holborn line at thl 1 'DT fares, and dou )t -less also to the remarks made by the public j ourna ls on this subject. ELECTRIC TELLGRAPIL—Mr. Francis Whishaw, the inventor of this important discovery, is about to deliver illustrated lectures in London, one view of which will ba to demonstrate that the charge need not be more than a shilling for every tweAty words, trout all the principal t ow ns o f the kingd9m• LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, came forward alon', and, in the Syrian tongue, said Thou dosf not affright me, devil, with all that bulk ' of body—thou art one and the same, in a little fox or in a camel ; ' and so he stool firm, weh his arm stretched out, and, as the beast adv ance d t owar d s hi m , f ur i o us and ready to devour him, it presently fell down, with its head to the ground." On this legend Dr. El liotson remarks :—" Now Middletcn would not regard this as a most ridiculous story, were he alive at pre sent, and acquainted w ith th e power ex hibit e d by the Duke of Marlborough o n t wo f eroc i ous d ogs , by making passes with hi s h an d s b e f ore t h em , an d by the Rev. Mr. Bartlett, over a savage bull on staring fixedly at the animal. A more striking instance of the power of mesmerism over brute never occurred." The cause of true science is under infinite obligations to Mr. Chandler for having thus opened up a new test of mesmerism, and the more numerous and more stringent are the tests to which it may ha subjected, the better for the cause of truth and of science. Here we have mesmerism practised by one who was utterly unacquainted with the science. St. Ewald knew that by putting himself in certain Positions, and perform ing certain actions, he prod u c e d certa i n e ff e cts, and we who are acquainted with m esmer i sm k no w that it was by the development of me smer i c pow er conse quent upon those positions, and those actions, that he produced those effects. There can be no doubt but that the old picture is a faithful representation of the attitude of the Saint, as handed down by tradition; and that all ancient pictures of miracles represent to a certain degree, and in general with tolerable accu racy, the relative positions of the worker and of the patient at the time of the performance of the miracle. Now, if we find in our examination of those ancient pictures that the miracle worker is always represented in a position which would develop in a great de gree mesmeric force, we may confidently assume that the effect on the patient was produced by that force, in fact, that the miracle worker was acting in accordance with, and not contrary to the laws of nature. We commend this investigation to the consideration of all scientific mesmerists. In ad dition to the above most valuable contribution to mesmeric science, the present number of the Zoist records many cases of the application of mesmerism as a medical means for the cure of disease, and as a means of rendering painless those operations of nature which aro ordinarily attended with intense suffering. Among these papers we would particularly direct the attention of the public—for it is only through the public that the bigotted prejudices of the profession can be overcome—to a case of " Painless Parturition during the Mesmeric State, recorded by Mr. S. D. Saunders, of Bristol," and we strongly recommend all persons, if they find, which is too often the case, that their medical attendant refuses to use mesmerism in a case in which the patient or his friends may desire it, or to meet in consultation those who do use it, to at once dismiss such medical attendant, and send for one who is more conscientious or less bigotted. Were this course generally adopted, patients would not much longer be condemned to suffer unnecessarily years of agony because the monopolisers of the prac tice of medicine are too idle to study their profession, and to make themselves acquainted with recent dis coveries in science. FLOREA GE SACK - kILLE.; or SELF-DE PENDENCE. .13i) Mrs. Burbury. 3 Vols. Smith and Elder. This is an interesting and striking autobiography of a young lady who is placed through life in most trying circumstances. With a selfish and extravagant father, an iadolent and unjust mother, and a vain, helpless younger sister, Florence Sackville indeed requires self-dependence. Her father's affairs become hopelessly embarrassed, the family property is sold, and they are left almost penniless, deserted by the unhappy cause of so much misfortune. Helen, the youngest child, is the mother's favourite, which affection carries her to the improbable extreme of refusing thanks or encouragement to her self-sacri ficing eldest child, to cherish and commiserate the sel fish and thoughtless Helen. We cannot help regret ting that the talented authoress did not choose some other field of action for her heroine than the one which she has drawn. There might have been less that was painful in the story, and more that was attractive in the plot. Florence Sackville herself is the chief fea ture of interest, and certainly her misfortunes excite the strongest sympathy. Mr. Temple is a despicable character and quite unworthy the position of a hero. The episode of poor ➢filly is very painful, though it seems a style of subject which is to be found in most novels. Why, it might be difficult to say, as it can scarcely prove attractive, and the end is always plainly foreseen. The incidents in " Florence Sackville are striking and varied. Some of the figures intro duced are, it is to be feared, very natural, though not always to be admired. The heroine has a noble, though undisciplined character, and the misfortunes and depreciation she so constantly meets with only increase the admiration of the reader. LITERATURE. THE ZOisT. No. XXX 17 01 almost ail cur modern (so called) discoveries, the germ may be found in anciet times. The recently discovered sculptures of Egypt and of Nineveh prove to us that some of our most recent inventions are merely revivals of inventions which had been in common use three thousand years ago among the civilized populations of the plains of Asia and of the Valley of the Nile; and even our most recent disco veries in modern science, discoveries the reality of which are denied by interested and prejudiced men, the priests of science (for science, like religion, has its priesthood as ignorant, as bigotted, as prejudiced, and as blind to the full as their compeers the priests= of theology), can be proved to have been practised in the very earliest ages, and to have been occasionally practised in full faith from those days to the present, although those who practised them may have practised them solely through faith, being unable to give any reason for the faith which was in them. Of these sciences thus practised in ignorance, as it were, mes merism is one , and the first article in the present number of the Zoist records several remarkable in stances of the practice of mesmerism in the middle ages, in which the practiser and the specta tors, being equally ignorant of the cause which produced these wonderful effects, at once jumped to the conclusion that the effects, that is to say, the cures thus wrought, must have been not, as they really were in accordance with, but contrary to the laws of nature--that they were, in fact, miracles. This paper is entitled " A Mesmeric Scene a Thousand Years Ago," commnnicated by Mr. Thomas Chand ler, with a note of Dr. Elliotson. The communica- tiou of Mr. Chandler is as follows : " Sir,—ln Mrs. Jameson's third volume of ' Sacred and Legendary Art,' entitled, Legends of the Monastic Orders'—a work full of instruction and amusement—l was much pleased to find the accompsnying sketch, which, by the kind permission of the authoress, I send for publication in the next Lois*, if you think it worthy of a place. " Mrs. Jameson informs me that Bernard von Orlay was born about 1490, and died about 1560. By this it would appear that the curative power of mesmerism, which, as has been clearly demonstrated, was known to the ancient Egyptians, has never been entirely lost sight of, but has been revived at intervals. It remained, howeverjor the present age to establish it on a firm foundation. " I think no one can dispute the fact that St. Ewald is healing the maniac by means of mesmerism, though of course he did not call it by that name. He lived about 700. " The learned authoress has this remark upon it, p. 82:--' I have etched the scene of the miracle. The at titude of St. Ewald is precisely that which I once saw assumed by a famous mesmerist, when throwing a pa tient into the mesmeric sleep.' " I remain, yours faithfully, " THOMAS CHANDLER. " 58, Paradise-street, Rotherhithe, July 14, 1851." Mr. Chandler has' employed an artist to lithograph the original picture of, Bernard von Orlay, and there we see St- Ewald the Fair standing over the woman with the first and middle fingers of his right hand extended towards the woman—his eyes intently fixed upon her countenance—in fact, an accomplished mesmerist mesmerising a patient, and she herself dis plays that peculiar expression of countenance which is exhibited by those who, endeavouring to resist mes meric power, are at length compelled to give way to its influence, and with her extended hand uplifted, as though endeavouring by a last despairing effort to fight mesmerism by mesmerism, is in the act of sink ing into a reclining position ; and to any one who has attended a mesmeric seance, and has studied the expression of patients who are about to become com pletely subjected to mesmeric influence, it is evident that in a few seconds the woman will be in a mes meric sleep. Here we have an instance of the suc cessful practice of mesmerism more that a thousand years ago, and the very valuable note which Dr. Elliotson has appended to the communication by Mr. Chandler proves that the saint was only practising a method of miracle-working which had been handed down by tradition from the time of the Egyptians, and that he was merely doing empirically: that . which the Egyptian priests had been two thousand years before in the habit of practising rationally and scientifically. " The Saint is represented extending his thumb and fore and middle fingers towards the patient's front, while his ring and middle fingers are bent against his palm. This is a very ancient representation of an exertion of influence. " To the edition of the anatomical works of Galen by Joannes Guinter, in 1531, is prefixed the figure of a man, with his hands crossed upon his breast, imploring another person, who is stretehing forth his own hand towards the sufferer, and whose thumb and two adjoin ing fingers are extended, while the ring and middle fingers are bent. Galen flourished in the second century. "In another edition of Galen's works, published in 1625, to the book de seetis ad eos is prefixed the figure of a man with his right hand stretched forth; the thumb and two oxljoining fingers aro extended, while the other two are bent. ' " The works of the ancient Egyptians were destroyed at the period of the invasion by the Romans, and we know no more of their medical and mesmeric practice that can be learnt from the history and writings of other nations who were acquainted with Egypt in its prosperity and decline. Their medical practice was divided into the ordinary and the occult. Its practice was forbidden to the common people, and permitted to kings, grandees, and priests only. In the monument which is named the Table of Isis, are three persons; one lies upon is bed, a second places his left hand upon the other's breast and holds up his right wide open, while a third, in front of the second, who is looking towards him, holds his right hand above the head of the recumbent person, with his thumb and two adjoining fingers ex tended and the two others bent. The gesture and atti tude of the third person are very striking; ho evidently is giving directions. " The Indians, according to M. Gauthier, like other nations, observed that the mesmeric force was great, active, and penetrating in the thumb and two adjoining fingers, united and extended, while the two others were bent; and the force was diminished when all were ex tended. " The god Vishnu has four arms and eight hands; two arms and their hands are raised, the others at a level with the chest. The thumb and two adjoining fingers of the raised hands are extended, the two other lingers bent. Each of these four hands are surrounded by flame. " The four hands of the two other arms are wide open. The god presents them all with an evident inten tion, which was not discerned by antiquarians because they were ignorant of mesmerism. "Other divinities, Chiven, Parachiven, Ravanen, Para chsti, are represented sometimes with four arms, some times with many, and all the hands are represented open and extended, or with three fingers raised and two bent." Now, these are assertions deliberately made, and however startling they may be from their boldness — and we honour Dr. Elliotson for the boldness and independence with which he has always given utter ance to what he believes to be the truth—they are as sertions that cannot be met with and put down by clamour. No doubt we shall have raised a sacer dotal chorus of blasphemy, aided by a medical semi chorus of quackery ; but mankind are now•too en lightened to be misled either by theological or medical bigots. In these days public opinion reigns supreme, because the public is now an educated public and a reasoning public, and cannot be misled by a cry, whatever the Tapers and Tad poles of theology, politics, and science may think to the contrary. The public will not be frightened from its propriety by any cries, but the public will demand that the gainsayers of Dr. Elliotson shall condescend ''to argument, and if they contend that he is wrong, will demand from them proof that he is in error ; and as it is clear that he has advanced nothing in the above passage save upon the authority of those whom his gainsayers; themselves must admit to be credible and trustworthy witnesses, will estimate the opposition of the interested opponents of truth at its true value. On the subject of miracles generally we would recommend to attentive study. the following comment (all occurs in the same paper) by Dr. Elliotson on the admirable work of the celebrated Conyers Middleton on miracles. Dr. Elliotson says:— " While there can be no reason to differ from Mid dleton as to the utterance of much downright falsehood and error, and the occurrence of much that was ordi nary natural result unconnected with the means em ployed, the knowledge which we now possess of natural facts unknown to the majority of educated persons of modern times renders it indisputable, not that Middle ton was mistaken in concluding that there were no miracles on these occasions, but that things occurred which he took for granted to be impossible, and effects were produced by causes which he took for granted to be inadequate to their production. He was ignorant of the facts of mesmerism. He did not know, as we do, that clairvoyance in sleep-waking, and without sleep waking, is, and always has been, a fact; he did not know the occurrence of cerebral sympathy of sensation, idea, and inclination; nor the power of the silent human will. He did net know the effects of mesmeric processes nor their power over disease, not to say of all kinds, but of any kind. He did not know the stupendousness of the power of suggestion and imagination. With the know ledge which we possess, he would have allowed that oracles and prophecies were often genuine; that heathen and post-apostolic wonders, though not miracles in the sense of supernaturalism, were n..,t the less possible, and in innumerable instances were no doubt true. Many Jews and Christians, though not inspired nor miracu lously endowed, acted like persons of all the nations who had preceded them and who surrounded them, and spoke and accomplished things which ignorance only ascribed to supernatural agency, holy or impure as their revilers might choose, or denied from the fancy of impossibility." In illustration of the above passage, Dr. Elliotson quotes an example, in which he thinks Conyers Middleton was mistaken. Middleton relates a story of St. Jerome, recorded by St. iiiiarion in which, ac cording to Hilarion, St. Jerome had exorcised a 133CtriAll camel, of enormous size, which had become mad, or possessed. " The camel's eyes were bloody, his mouth foaming, his tongue rolling and swollen, and his strange roarings above all terrors. The old man ordered it to be let loose, upon which all who were about him ran away immediately. The Saint KOSSUTH- niDEMOINSTRATION IN BIRMINGHAM. Birmingham was yesterday the scene of what was generally admitted to be the most important and general popular demonstration that had been witnessed there since the memorable year 1832, when the meet ings of the working classes of that great manufacturing town had so beneficial an influence on the progress of the Reform Bill. But although Birmingham itself was the great scene of excitement, the progress of Kossuth and his friends might be deemed a triumph almost from their departure from London. Owing to misinformation as to the time of departure, which had appeared in the weekly papers, there were compara tively few persons assembled in Euston-square, where Kossuth and party arrived at 9 o'clock ; but from those present the illustrious exile received a most warm and enthusiastic reception. Mr. Stuart, secretary, Captain Huish, manager, and the traffic superintendent, received the visitors. The directors had attached the carriage originally built for the Queen Dowager to the 91 express train, and in it Kossuth took his place, accompanied by M. Pulski, Mr. Toulmin Smith, and M. Hajnick, late prefect of the Hungarian police. By the time the train had arrived st Wolverton it would appear that the electric telegraph had done its work, for the station and all the adjoining embank ments were crowded with spectators. So great was the crowd the don rtehielwpleay police tformt could obtain hatitwasw a ith the greatest difficulty Kossuth. He was tremendou s ly c h eere d on his for is g way to the refreshment room, where he reniained for a few minutes, and on his return to his carriage the crowd actually clung to the doors, anxious to catch a parting glimpse of the distinguished stranger. At Coventry the excitement was sti,l more intense, as at that place there must have been several thousand persons congregated about the station. The Hunga rian colours might be seen in e v ery direction—in cockades, in bonnets, and on the costurces of the ladies. Several ladies rushed together to the carriage doors, and presented bouquets, which, we need hardly add, were most gracefully and gratefully received. Kos suth bowed his acknowledgments repeatedly, and as the train glided away from the station received two or three distinct rounds of cheering. All these demonstrations were, however, eclipsed by the triumph that awaited the exile in Birmingham, the capital of the " small masters," with whose ho nesty and independence of spirit Kossuth had shown himself so intimately acquainted by the allusions made to them in more than one of his speeches. The station, although situated in a remote and inferior part of the town, was completely surrounded by the people, who cheered vociferously as the party alighted on the platform. Kossuth was received by Mr. Geach, M.P. for the county, Messrs. Scholefield and Mintz, the two Members far Birmingham, and Mr. Wright, Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Reception. The party proceeded at once to partake of an elegant dejeuner, which had been provided by Mr. Bacon, of the Queen's Hotel, and , after a few minutes spent in refreshment, repaired to the carriages in which they were to form the head of one of the most imposing by four wearing processions ever seen in thertoTwennhnofinßsmirmiitnhghtaem. m. Kossuth, Mr. Geach, a nd , ek a a aa ier of the their places in an open baro ilt: ehe redrmspa.wnn c : thegre greys, Hungarianthe colours, and scarlet jackets, party were accommodate d in carriaes of down the Green Lanes every moment addaed smart to the length of the a similar description. As they drove at cortege, until by the time it had reached Small-heath all resemblance to a procession had disappeared, and tinienewehe,onleppeoafretdhe swarming with people, or densely, the hedges, the trees, and the h blocked up with vehicles of ev_ervye of ript l io d n. All the working people of the busy and skil e indus aodss frombl e t o h e d o o c j e ufosrt henceforward. c a e r t d o . try had obtained a general holida3t7o, the d turned et out to give a hearty English welcome.es 0 b . s exponent d in our days of the true principl pooha an so cthiael appearance freedom. It of would theli top was crowded with people. . On every side the gay Every hedge,wall, and tree, every window and house nebeofimrop the air, and as the operatives passed on in h.td d dense banners of the various associated trades fluttered in masses, each body headed by t e e f ir w s el a e n em a e r bearer, we we could recognise inscriptionstracted from koossot hs sym pathy, and of sentences various speeches. the density of the crowd Bands of ex music played Hungarian and at every corner where crowd occasioned a mom entar y stoppage a deafening a cheer arose as the people caught glimpse of the dis tinguished stranger. dually con g regating from eig ht ng ; at about eleven o'clock the crowd appeared to have At this point the mass of the people had been gra in the morning; reached its limits, inasmuch as at that time there was about six miles of space—from the village of Yardley to the Bull-ring—one mass of human beings ; every house-top, every tree, and every lane seemed alive with life. From windows streamed flags with ap propriate devices, and from hundreds of carriages and vehicles were displayed the Hungarian colours. At eleven o'clock the marshals began to form the NOVEMBE order of the procession; this occupied until after one o'clock, and every minute new arrivals thronged up rid such bodies that, notwithstanding the enormous open space where the people were now assembled, with open fields on every side, it became difficult to march. All the trades were now ranged in order; indeed, such was the anxiety of the people to preserve the peace and to assist in affording every possible ac commodation, that they fell into line almost without an effort on the part of those charged with the ar rangements. At one o'clock the line of procession was complete; the seven or eight bands had been placed in convenient positions, and all the regalia of all the trades shone in the midday sun. The following order of procession was observed very nearly, with the exception that the groups of "fifty men" noticed in it were swollen to thousands : " Six men bearing the banners of England, Hun gary, America, • Turkey, Italy, and Poland. The old standard of the Birmingham Political Union. Glass blowers and cutters with band, group of fifty men. Brassfounders, group of fifty men. Jewellers, group of fifty men. Saltley workmen and band. Tailors, group of fifty men. Curriers, group of fifty men. Saddlers, harness and whip makers' group of fifty men. 'Wire-workers, wire -drawers, and pin -makers, group of fifty men. Tin-plate workers, group of fifty men. Stone-masons and bricklayers, group of fifty men. Pearl button-makers and band, tool makers, coach-makers, group of fifty men. Coopers and packing-case-makers, brass cock founders, moulders, group of fifty men. Japanners. Odd Fel lows with regalia. Leicester brass band. Private car riages and horsemen. Fire brigades. Deputations from Midland Towns. Large banner—" Eljen Kos suth." Band. Bodyguard on horseback. First car riage and four—Kossuth, G. F. Muntz, M.P., W. Scholefield, M.P. Charles Geach, M.P. Second car riage—M. Pulsky, Mr. Toulmin Smith, and M. Kossuth's Aid-de-Camp. Carriages with committee. Body-guard on horseback. Gun-makers. Shoe makers. Joiners and carpenters. Band. Carriages, horsemen, &c. The neighbouring towns, Coventry, Wolverhamp ton, and throughout the district far away into the Potteries, had all poured forth their thousands, and these were placed in proper order, most of them dis playing handsome banners, especially those from Co ventry, which were extremely beautiful in design, with appropriate mottoes. At a quarter to two o'clock the carriage and four containing Kossuth hove in sight. This was the signal for one burst of cheering. Rising in his car riage (in which also Messrs. Muntz, M.P., Schole field, M.P., and Geach, M.P., were sitting), he bowed to the assembled thousands, whose shouts rent the air for many minutes. The carriage having taken its place in the line, was immediately surrounded by a body-guard of one hundred and fifty gentlemen on horseback, and followed by many carriages and four, hundreds of other carriages, :,private and public, and vehicles of every description. In this state Kossuth entered Birmingham. To describe his progress would be to describe one con tinued ovation ; every housetop and every window— every manufactory and every building where human beings could place the sole of their foot, their clung the welcomers to the hero of Hungary. A little before Kossuth entered the principal part of the town his carriage was stopped and the entire procession marched past him, that all might gain a sight of him. All the exertions of his body guard were necessary to restrain the enthusiasm of the people. The procession neces sarily moved slowly, and was many times stopped in consequence of the enormous pressure on every side ; as it approached the Bull-ring the mass of people was such that it was fearful to look upon ; it was one vast sea of human heads as far as the eye could reach ; every nook, every gullet, every alley, and every lane— every window, and every parapet presented their hun dreds of the population. From the corner of the Coven try-road to the Bull-ring occupied nearly one hour, so slow was the progress made. As the cortege turned out New-street the effect was very fine ; there were impromptu scaffolding, bearing hundreds of people ; omnibuses at anchor crowded even to the tyre of the wheels, and from Deritend to the Town-hall there was scarcely a window without a banner, and from the hands of thousands of ladies streamed rib bons of the Hungarian tricolour. From the windows of the Journal newspaper a splendid banner fluttered, and from many houses in the neighbourhood rockets were cast in abundance. In the Bull-ring the first copy of the Times was burnt, and at intervals this ceremony was repeated until the procession terminated at the Five Ways. Many copies of the paper, with the words " Lying Times" in large characters upon them, were elevated on poles, and swung to and fro over the heads of the crowd amid vollies of derisive cheers and groaning. The Town-hall, the theatre, and all the public build ings along the line were made use of in some way or other to serve the purpose of spectators. The bells of the various churches rung cheerful peals, but these were almost drowned by the deafening cheers of the populace. One hundred Frenchmen who bad formed a band marched near to Kossuth's carriage, which was pre ceded by a splendid banner, with the words "Eljen Kossuth," emblazoned upon it. There were thou sands of other banners with appropriate mottos and devices upon them, which the limited time at our disposal does not enable us to do more than thus briefly refer to. So with the triumphal arches which Kossuth passed on his route ; the enthusiastic dis plays at the various manufactories ; the multitudinous warm greetings he received from the enormous mass of people who hailed him on every side, we pass them over—to be imagined they must have been seen—no description would convey any idea of the fact. Kos suth himself seemed almost amazed, and Mr. Muntz, used to large meetings in the days of the Political Union, appeared lost in astonishment at the over whelming multitude. It was computed by persons used to estimate large masses that there could not have been less than half a million of persons present. When it is consi dered that the population of Birmingham alone is a quarter of a million, the great majority of whom poured out on the great occasion, and that the entire district far and near sent their quotas, it will be at once seen that this is by no means an exaggerated estimate. Even places so distant as Sheffield contri buted their thousands. At four o'clock in the afternoon the procession reached the Five Ways. Perfect orderliness prevailed without a single policeman or soldier ; without the presence of any person in authority to preserve order, this crowd swayed to and fro, bearing every amount of pressure with patience, and apparently absorbed in the spirit and determination to do honour to the illus trious exile. Immediately before the signal was given for the departure to the residence of Mr. Geach, that gen tleman briefly addressed the crowd, stating that Kossuth felt deeply grateful for the reception he had experienced, so far beyond anything he could have anticipated, and only regretted that the state of his chest, and the engagements he was under to address public meetings to-morrow tied the day following, preventing his thanking them as he could wish himself. Mr. Geach concluded his ob servations by expressing a hope that he might, in the name of the assembled thousands, give to Kossuth a true and hearty welcome to Birmingham. It is needless to add that the welcome was echoed most vociferously by the crowd, and as the word passed backwards to the more distant masses of the people, it was sent back again and again in vollies of cheering which continued as long as the cavalcade re mained in sight, most of the carriages following Kossuth's carriage up to The Dales, Mr. Geaoh's residence. Vast numbers of the people broke up into parties, and followed the line of carriages to Mr. Geach's entrance lodge. There, as soon as Kossuth had en tered the house, the mounted body-guard formed in a semi-circle round the entrance-gate. Mr. G. Daw son appeared and stated that he was commissioned by Kossuth to return his most heartfelt thanks to the people, for the manner in which they had re received him. This evening a select party is invited to meet Kos suth at dinner at Mr. Geach's, and to-morrow morn ing he proceeds to Manchester. At the luncheon at the Queen's Hotel, Messrs. Muntz, M.P., Scholeileld, Toulmin Smith, Alderman Weston, George Dawson, Blythe, T. Jaffray, Robert Wright, T. C. Salt, R. K. Douglas, and Ryland, were invited. The party assembled on the invitation of Mr. Geach, M.P. INVITATION OF KOSSUTH TO MANCHESTER. The interest in Kossuth's visit continues unabated, and it would be vain to attempt to depict the anxiety prevailing to secure tickets of admission to the Free Trade Hall. The question of an address to him was mooted in the quarterly meeting of the Town Council this day, and the proceedings lasted from half-past ten A.M. to four P.M. The opposition were strangely ex cited, and such a meeting has never been held before. In the absence of a good number of supporters of the motion, who had gone out to dine, however, the council was counted, and there being only 21 of the G 4 members of the body present, it was declared short of a quorum. Mr. T. L. Williams, a Tory, who moved that the house be counted, ran out without his hat, to reduce the numbers sufficiently ; and Mr. Alderman Bancroft took a similar coarse. SMITHFIELD atm CATTLE Snow.--The prepara tions for the annual display of prize cattle, roots, seeds, and implements, have already commenced at the Bazaar, King street, Portman-square, under the able superintendence of Brandreth Gibbs, Esq. The club intend this year to use every effort to produce a more th an ord i nary display of the capabilities of British stock breeders and agricultural im provements ; and will occupy double the space that they have done on former occasions. A VERY WIDE OPENING.—" Wanted, a t the Great Exhibition, in Hyde -park, an active lid, where no other is kept. Ills work will be comparatively light, as he will only have to clean the windows!" R 11, 1851 THE WEST INDIA MAIL. Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Great Western, Captain Woolley, has arrived f rom t h e West Ind i es, w ith th e usua l mails, in charge of Lieutenant Prince, R.N., Admi ralty agent. On her homeward voyage the Great Western expe rienced easterly winds and a heavy sea, with the ex ception of two days off Faye] where the Great Western had to p rocee d for coals. ' The latest dates brought by the Great Western are —Vera Cruz, Oct. 8; Tampico, 5 • Ch ag res, 10; Carthagena,. 12 ; J ama i ca, 14 ; Demerara, ' 12 ; Tri nidad, 12; Barbado es , 14 ; G renada 13 ; Porto Rico, 11 ; St. Thomas, 13 ; Fayal, Nov.'3 ' • Antigua Oct. 16; Santa Martha, 10; G rey Town, 6; Carriacou, 13 ; St. V intent, 13 ; St. L uc i a , 14 ; Martinique, 15 ; Guadaloupe, 15 ; D om i n i que, 15 ; Montserrat, 16 ; Nevis, 16 ; St. Kitt's, 16. List of Passengers—Mr. Stevens, son, and four servants, and Mr. C. W. R. Chapman--from Grey Town ; Messrs. Paul, Cornelius, Rosenth a l Myers, and Kerstat—from Ch agres ; Mr. Glennie, Mr Stozzel, lady and c hild, an d servant, Messrs . Leroux, Peyersfeld, L o h se , ll aran, Armengal, Lamana, and Fevrien, Mr. Palacios, lady and child —from Vera Cruz; Mr. T. Cridland, from Gra nada ; Mr. J. Ahara, from St. Vincent ; Mr. Gadsden, Mr. Prettijohn and lady—from Barbadoes ; Mrs. Longmore, two children, and female servant, Mr. E. V. Causyer and daughter, Mr. J. B. Wright, and Captain Berwick—from Demerara ; Mr. be Mesle, Mr. Heureon and daughter, Messrs. Douillard and Foyon, M. Rabou (Procureur-General), l u n y , child, and two servants—from Guadaloupe ; Mr. J. A. Sanchez, from St. Thomas; Mr. Ribera and bro ther, and Mr. Solomon Sabers—from Fayal ; three distressed British subjects and three invalids. The Great Western brings on freight 153,258 dolls. on merchants' account, 20,943 dolls. for the dividends, 309,748 dolls. gold dust, 700 dolls. pearls, 8 barrels of coffee, 8 barrels of copper ore, 15 vanilla plants, 190 pimento, 8 cases of arrow-root, 10 bales of tobacco, 3 cases of tortoiseshell, 9 turtle, and 4e other packages. Stations of the Company's Steam-ships :—The Trent, at St. Thomas ; the Dee left Fayal on the 12th October, having put in for coals ; the Medway passed at sea on the 11th October, en route for Chagres ; the Conway, at Barbadoes ; the Eagle, at St. Thomas ; the Esk, at ditto. We have received files of Jamaica papers to the 14th of October inclusive. We extract the following from the Jamaica Des patch of that date : "It is now considerably more than a year since, in alluding to the contemplated change in the route of the Royal Mail Steam Company's vessels, we, ventured to predict from it a rapid, and in the end, total diversion of the foreign trade from this ill-fated island. Those pre dictions have, there is every reason to believe, been too literally verified. The large trade formerly carried on between this island and the Spanish main is being ra pidly transferred to St. Thomas, whilst that heretofore existing between this island and Cuba has ceased alto gether. At this moment there is no mail communica tion between Jamaica and those foreign ports which until lately have been largely and beneficially connected with our trade, save by the singularly indirect course of St. Thomas—that is to say, the trader in Carthageea who desires to order an assortment of British goods from Kingston is under the necessity of sending his letter all the way round by St. Thomas, at which island he can supply himself with all ho requires. The conse quences of such a system are obvious. Jamaica has lost the trade she has hitherto carried on with Cuba, Cartha gene, and Santa Martha; and St. Thomas has acquired it—a British colony and British merchants have been deprived of the honest gains of a fair and legitimate com merce with fcreiga countries, and those gains have been transferred to a Danish settlement and a Danish people— British manufactures, which found an extensive foreign market through Jamaica, are supplanted by French and German manufactures through St. Thomas; and the British shipping that used to bo engaged in the carriage of British goods to Jamaica for the Spanish market, is replaced by foreign shipping performing a vicarious duty for the same market, by way of St. Thomas. This, is, in plain truth, the state of affairs produced by the tho roughly selfish system last adopted by the Royal Mail Steam-packet Company. A more fatal attack on British commerce could scarcely have been made; but although warned of the consequences, directors, Government, and Admiralty have been deaf to all remonstrance. As for the directors, one scarcely wonders at their obduracy, since it has been well understood that certain private in terests connected with St. Thomas oppose an effective barrier against the successful advocacy of any mere national interest. Gain, wo are told, has no country ; and if directors and leading shareholders :find their ac count to lie in concentrating trade at St. Thomas, Ja maica will plead in vain to their nationality for a resto ration of prosperity to her failing commerce. The avowed excuse for the un-English features of the new scheme is founded on en assumed necessity of competing with the American steamers at Chagrea for passengers and freights of specie. We have shown a dozen times that this excuse is purely delusive. Had the scheme we pro posed upwards of twelve months ago been carried out, of making Antigua the first point of contact for the dis tribution of the Windward Island mails, and Jamaica the principal depot on the main line—there would not have been a loss of six hours, as compared with the route by way of St. Thomas ; and that six hours would have been amply made good by the gain derivable from the increased impulse which would have been given to trade between Jamaica and the Spanish Main, and the ports on the Pacific. But the truth is, that there were private interests as between the directors and St. Thomas which overruled any claims that a British route could advance, and therefore, having hood-winked the Admi ralty into compliance with their schemes, the directors snapped their fingers at Jamaica and her remonstrances; and we have every reason to believe that, pernicious and injurious as aro the present regulations to the trade not only of Jamaica, but of Great Britain herself, the scheme will be determinedly adhered to, and that the large steamers now under construction, and almost ready to be placed on the route, will be dispatched by way of Sr. Thomas direct to Chagres, increasing still further the disabilities under which the new system has placed Jamaica. " It is not easy to prescribe a course by which the calamity now in progress may be averted ; but, unsuc cessful as have been our efforts hitherto, we think it ought not to be submitted to, without still further active remonstrance. There have been unfortunate jealousies between agricultural and commercial interests that have, probably, in some respects been injurious to both. Tho inhabitants of Jamaica, however, cannot learn too soon that all interests are not so interwoven that none can bo damaged without sensible injury to the others. It behoves all, therefore, to take part in a question, no less important than one which threatens with immediate ex tinction one of the most important branches of our commerce. The Council and the Assembly have already protested against the alteration contemplated by the company, but that was in anticipation only of the inju ries that have since been realised. Why not again me morialise the Government, now that all the damage that was predicated from the scheme has been made appa rent ? There can be no reason why the Council and Assembly should not now join in a memorial to Govern ment on a question so important as this, and we do hope that some member will be found in the House pre pared to propose and support such a proposition at en early period after the meeting of the session." (From the Jamaica Despatch of Oct. 9.) " The carriage of his Excellency the Governor, lately distrained for the amount of income-tax assessed against him by the vestry of St. Catherine, has, it seems, been actually brought to the hammer, and sold by auction to the highest and best bidder for a paltry sum, falling short by 151. of the amount of the tax, and, we may presume, by many times that sum of its actual value. His Excellency, it would appear, has preferred to allow the law to take its course, instead et resorting to the usual course of a replevin, in order to try the legality of the assessment which he disputes. What step his Ex cellency will take, now that matters have proceeded to this extremity, wo are not aware, but it is probable the affair will become a subject of representation to the Co lonial-office, and it is not unlikely that it may yet be the subject of reference to the Legislature. It will be time enough to consider this circumstance when the occasion arises, meanwhile we have to deal with the matter itself. " Whilst we deeply regret this occurrence, as one likely, we fear, to recoil at some future day on the colony itself, it is impossible not to see in it irrefragable evidence of the almost universal unpopularity of the in dividual whom not even exalted rank and station could shield from an indignity which would only be resorted to in the case of a private person with pain and regret. Wo see in it undoubted proof that, after a residence amongst us of nearly five years, Sir Charles Grey has so contrived to administer his government as to be now literally without a political friend. Wo are satisfied we shall be uncontradicted from any quarter, when we state that there never yet has been a governor of Jamaica— bad as many of our governors have been —towards whom so extreme a course would have been taken that to which we this d a y di rect public att as Many governors have b een unpopular with °Mum. one or another, but none ever so completaeley su cce ed cla e s d s in driving from hi m t h e confidence and the There ceanqrabe a i n n t e h n e tire world that th is antagonistic no pathy dou o b f t relation between the Governor and th e gov erne d h as induced the catastrophe of his under consideration. Excellency'swhich are per sonal The equipage,diatress a u la n d der sa c l i e rcums s tanc t es known, may be looked upon whole public. The act itself harsh a o s a it t i h s e deli berate vote of want of confidencea already nothing short of a fhe an p d ar n t n o par t ai. lel,d, speaks the voice of the people, and 'says that Sir Charles Grey, the nominee of the worst Minister that ever held the colonial portfolio, cannot be any longer our governor. Nor is it likely that, after such a signifi cant proof of the feeling of the public, Sir Charles Grey can long be retained in his present station. No indivi dual can efficiently administer a government, who those do of regret ceased to possess the confidence and respect over whom ho is placed. We may regret— , w the fact still remains the particular mode in which a want of confiedenceand respect has been expressed, but and it seems scarcely possible teat, after what has taken ' place, th e g overnment of this island can bo retained in the hands that now hold it. Let us only hope that the St. Catherine's levy may not operate seriously to our disadvantage in the selection of a successors" GREY TOWN, OCT. 6.—The route from Grey Town to the Pacific is attracting a large number of passen gers to and from California, as it has decided advan tages over the Panama route. The S an J uan River I is navigable the whole distance, with the exc e pti on of S /" . " - '6W ov •,-_~ ~_. ~_ about 200 yards, where there there i _" • ..•ri ~,i ..• 434.- - -- 4•e, the Castello Viejo. At the foot of t ' tiiii . i . ; :...... 7 ,44.0 / 1 gers have to disembark from the st •: u . •74,414-41,-- - , ' 1 ,1 ride a distance of 200 yards, and re•A ' , ' ; .eiii 4 e other steamer, which they have succeed• , 1 -- oltwonar — • ma i 1 up the rapid, which steamer takes th em . tettle'Mpff into the Lake cf Nicaragua, a distance of 30 mile; and across the lake to Virgin Bay, a further distance of 60 miles. From this place to San Juan del Sud, the port on the Pacific, is a distance of 12 miles. The road is mostly level, and in the wet season very muddy, but infinitely superior to the Cruces and Gorgona roads, on the Panama route. It being the wet season, and the water in the river being conse quently high, the steamers have at present no difficulty in navigating it, but whether they will be able to do so when the water has fallen, the next season will show. The passage from Grey Town to San Juan del Sod is 40 dollars ; this includes a riding mule from Virgin Bay to San Juan. Passengers' baggage is charged at the rate of 10 cents per lb. There were five vessels with passengers expected at San Juan on the 22d September. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, JAMAICA. (From De Cordova's Mercantile intelligencer, Oct. 11.) GENERAL REMARKS. . We have little Jr no change to report as having oc curred in the state of this market since our issue of the 26th ult. But few operations of a wholesale cha racter have been effected, whilst the retail demand has in no instance exceeded the usual average. The stock ip o isr f ihe fl ec o t u fmu r tlii h yn a u s less r . e pie c n ei r ved an accession during the fortnight of upwards of 4,000 barrels, which quantity, being in excess of the exi st i ng inquiry, las thrown down the wholesale largebaa rrree supply;underthewanted. blastt got: quotation. od pickl e d C fi o s t especially herrin gs , The produce market is rather quiet. VIEW Unless specially stated to the contra E OF MARKETS ry . , long, or duty paid prices are al way s R Riven, op wholesale prices. I n filli ng m have to bo paid. r Flour—The wholesale ers, h igher been confin e d t o t h e disposal operations o a af l i a d 6o l or 1 1 a or e r 0 b t d o ar b r e el e s on n s el d w e r h d al a tastes s t since our ast ave Balti more, at 30s. and 29 5 . S ma l ler parcels of Baltimore and Philadelphia have be en move d at 30s. Meal is in ve ry sma ll inquiry, an d nothing over 163. a o c r f c a s e r l. Rice—We q uo t e B enga l at 13 s. 6d. per 100 lb. Low 0 0 to na 100 13 a v a b gs at can be got for th e sma ll es t reta i l 9 M c ad p r e a r s l i o s o b i b e . ing i 43 o l ac o e p d e r i a n ti p o a n r s ce i ls n tran spired. Butter—Since the arrival of the packet holders of Cork seconds have been holding firmly for 10d. to lOid - previously the article had been dull at 9id. to lOd. lot of Halifax in large firkins has been engaged, subject to approval, at Bid. per lb. There is not any American at market. Some parcels of Belfast in firkins branded " Cork," are on offer at 9d. per lb. Oil—The last sales of cod were at 2s. 3d. per gallon, but an improved rate is likely soon to be obtained, in consequence of the greatly diminished stock on hand. Of lard oil 40 casks have been moved at 4s. 3d. per gallon, Lard—The receipts since our last were confined to 200 kegs, and whicihn demand. wereal l placed at 9d. per lb. The article is scarce Hams—lrish are unsaleable at 6d. to 7d. Lancashire move slowly at 9d., and American at 7d. per lb. West phalia may be quoted at 9d. to 10d. Soap—We have no improvement whatever to notice in article.themarketforthisto n d The a d u e n pr im es i sr ifina i d gnfiuences alluded to in our last exist extent, in addition to which we find that the home-made article interferes in a considerable degree with the sale of the imported descriptions. Candles—Tallow is inactive, at 6id. per lb. Cheese—D. G. has been moved at lld. per lb. A few parcels of American have changed hands at 7d. per lb. Brandy is inactive at ss. per gallon short price. Salt—Liverpool *toyed may be quoted at 4s. 6d. per sack. Rum—Some operations for export are reported at Is. 2d. per gallon. Sales for home consumption have been effected at 3s. Id. to 3s. 3d. per gallon, duty (25.) paid, for proof 21. Sugar—We quote dark to fair at 14s. to Hs. The latter is in small supply. Coffee—There is not any at market. Pimento—There are ready buyers at 3: 1 1 -cl. to 3id. pvr lb. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Colonial Bank-90 days, 1 per cent. premium. „ „ 60 days, 1 per cent. premium. 30 days, 1 pier cent. premium. Jamaica Bank-90 days, per cent. premium. „ „ 60 days, 1 per cent. premium. „ „ 30 days, 1} per cent. premium. Merchants' Bills, 90 days, par. ON NEW YORK. Merchants' Bills, 60 days, 1 per cent. premium. NOTTINGHAM GENERAL IMFIRMARY. Tho sixty-ninth anniversary of this most excellent charity was held on Thursday, Oct. 30, in the Grand Jury-room at the Shire-hall. Among the governors present were his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl Manvers, the lion. H. Coke, the Hon. and Rev. J. V. Vernon, the Venerable Archdeacon Wilkins, the Venerable Archdeacon Browne, J. M. Sutton, Esq., M.P., W. H. Barrow, Esq., M.P., the Revs. T. C. Cane, J. D. Becher, G. F. Holcombe, R. W. Almond, A. 0. Fitzgerald, C. F. Willoughby, R. Burnside, B. Wright, F. G. Wintour, R. Miles, J. Twells, J. Bateman, IL A. Coles (Marnham), and T. Proctor ; Colonel Hill, Colonel Rolleston, W. Felkin, E.q. (Mayor of Notting. ham), T. Nixon, Esq., 11. P. Sherbrooke, Esq., R. K. Ketham, Esq., E. P. Burnell, Esq., R. Holden, Esq., W. F. N. Norton, Esq., J. S. Sherwin, Esq., I. C. Wright, Esq., W. J. Pickin, Esq., T. Close, Esq., T. Marriott, Esq., R. Milward, Esq., W. Taylor, Esq., T. B. Charlton, Esq., J. Heard, Esq., S. Newham, Esq., T. Carver, Esq., R. Morley, Esq., A. Morley, Esq., F. Braithwaite, Esq., T. Bittlestone, Esq., W. Crippa, Esq., J. C. Williams, Esq., T. Bishop, Esq., W. Lacey, Esq., G. Beaumont, Esq., S. Wilmott, Esq., W. Enfield, Esq., C. Swann, Esq., Captain Legard, Captain Salmond, Captain Bodham, Aldermen Carver, Knight, Reckless, and Heymann; and Messrs. Hawkridge, H. M. Wood, B. Eddison, Fowler, Adams, Skipwith, and Tomlinson. Earl MANY ERs said he had, with extreme regret, to inform the meeting that his son, Lord Newark, who was to have presided over them that day, was, to his great grief, prevented by ill health from attending. Such being the case, he had requested their mutual friend, Mr. Sherbrooke, to officiate as President in his place. The company then adjourned to St. Mary's Church, whither they were attended by the tow n b a iliff s , bear ing the maces. After matins had been said, an excellent and appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev. T. Twells, rector of Gamston, near iletford, from Matthew vi., 23 , 24, 25 . At the conclu sion o f the service a col lection, according to annual custom, was made in aid of the funds of the society, the amount received being 9 014 10s. The plates were held by the Hon. Mrs. Howard, wife of the Dean of Lichfield, supported by his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, and Lady Georgian* Clinton, supported by the deputy -president, Henry P. Sherbrooke, Esq. Tao Governors re-assembled in the County Hall shortly before two o'clock, when in succession votes of thanks were accorded, on the motion of Earl Manvers, to Mrs. Howard and Lady Georgians Clinton, for the honour they had con f erre d on the charity in acting as Lady Patronesses, on that of the Delco of Newcastle, to the Rev. T. Twells, for his impressive and excell en t sermon on behalf of the institution just preached in St. M ary ' s C hurch; on that of his Worship the Mayor, to the President and Stewards, fur their kind exertions on the occasion; on that of Mr. IL Holden, to the Auditors, the Rev. R. W. Almond and F. Hart, Esq., for their great zeal and at. tention to the interests of the institution; and of Mr. Nixon, to the Vicar and Churchwardens of St. Mary's and all who had assisted gratuitously on the occasion. Directions were then given that the weekly commit tee should elect a chaplain pro tern, to the institution, and that the permanent appointment should be made at the ensuing anniversary. Tho weekly committee ac -1 n d p ot p ehe d o t a h i n r: e k t sis m d rtoc.othi Belloat the cordingly appointed the Re v . H enr y B appointed o ia p tnra o tol e s ; r ed orahw t er h ar. at awarding d ii M nx gor Bell candidate Nas seconde d et b oer n o r doo a l al The ' h o e ll i n t r h A ee e e n bt Thieniopngs being was declared un an i mous l y e l ected. chairman, then broke up.—Derbyshirc Courier. RAILWAY FR el zii L OND ON IE Last night Dr. B. F. Thompson delivered a lecture at the St. George's (Hanover -square) Library and Reading Rooms, on the manners and costumes of Oriental na tions, and on the proposed railway to India by the Eu phrates Valley. Having pointed out by means of drawings and other illustrations the costumes of the Ta rious Arab tribes, and commented upon their ties. he proceeded to point out on a large chart t o t . proposed line of railway, the difficulties in theobcser struction of which he could state from person al us and vation, having resided some years at Damascus as had other cities in the East, were by no mean t s h s e ° f g ormation of been imagined, He believed that even the ultimate entire sections of the line would lead . t n o h l is opinion, were the completion. The only difficulties, i n peculiari ties, hostility of some jealousy of Russia and the Pr of the Persian Gulf, but of the tribes on the posts stationed along the scheme, and a few military etime would obviate any proba ble of railway for s om e this source. The route indi- Persia herself and Turkey s h r w e s e both favourable to the carried on the traffic between the which by the caravans which,rofour centuries ago, was pursued the east. Dr. Thompson, after re world and . western the mode in which the passage through the faring to c b a le ted in w e a ° of the Taurus range might be accom plished part tunnel, wouldnot by means of a.which present s ny th en a i t ence engineering di ffi culties than many great works greater ._. acemaPlishe in d this country, then expatiated at some length upon the social and mora l advantages of intro ducing the civilization and the education of the west among the nations of central Europe. From a want of previous arrangement the lecture Ras somewhat pro tracted, and the audience began to exhibit signs of im patience before it was brought to a close. G Law:lw, Nov. B.—Cotton W e have had a fair inquiry for cott on woo l , and prices are a shade better. Sea Island is still scarce and dearer. Two days ago a parcel of East India, amounting to 2300 bales, was offered for sale by auction. The sale went on with considerable spirit at a re duction of from %d. to d, as compared with terms going a fortnight previously. Prices ranged between DAd. and 3 5 s d. per lb. About two-thirds were disposed of, and a parcel of 400 bales was bought privately after the sale. There is more firmness in yarns and goods, and the downward tendency has been arrested. Iron—The past week has been a ve r y dull one in the iron-market, and prices are a shade more favourable to buyers. Warrants may be quoted 38s. Sd. cash; No. 1, 39 41 , i N o . 3, 355, 6d. in makers' bandy, on delivery.