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

U bil l : Lor d [l oll ) / metro' clear, rersarl indur ; to in' 0 1 Pa" f d th e 111°.1°! - 'of , ea) . 11 0- tbil t , ell SO w ith etl' t T1'11') 3 134t.v inb ler of of a PI 0 poi er g, f° oti o, cit i IV wit h b 0) LIP ,b, SP Leot', o r, 31° pa ll ,st DO° oli e° istsble lOr Se. sebf r cici oc-' trader Was certainly a happy thought to change the cha ""r of this anniversary established usage from the _ traditional. murnin“ry or past goncal and expreisive 'alteration introduced e be allowed to be . kast years to somQthing alle , and the the e of the rounhipl year, which will a graceful and appropriate _ o ll `la the auspicious gathering if all nations in the c lai,i,nereial capital of the world. Was"'hen the procession moved out of GuiVihall there na sortie slight confusion from the sudden displace .,e.nt of the crowd. But the disturbed - masses soon wajutted themselves, and the cavalcade Nra 3 greeted with a loud cheer, which continued .Kith scarcely an intermission to the end', of the I , l ,. t i_e• The effect of the altered pageant v, as .e_erY striking, and almost every old looker-on e r _x ,o I t i l l r o sstd 1 ° 11 ( 1 . 1 y a warm approval of the change. Wherel it :h e w T I V lstihgly called out the question " ipatke,.,:',izol?ccpotanius ?" it might reas . onaOly th e c" . ~ 1 , 1 , e might very well have him included Wat(l),:rade,', for *he is the representative of those great i , .' s wnich v;,uld tUtv for ever bere in -ixtri e .. r i . partially thrcugh the rcvp, I forest, if they were not already lit: e d to civilization by British enterprise andl the ri..tish daring., which will one day raise, them to t t vir of cur oNn Father which' i ' l 'e him, they ill bear upon their boF•oin. Thames, or in the riches Th E . pro . • ' w - te•--nrou g h (11,,..5,iatn, ,tession took the following route:—• 131.07.1 d., •street 11 , —oOrgate.street, ivithin'tr',et, Threadneedle. street, DART , le-street London-711, Oid Che at , !,,tornhill, Mansion House-street, t athi a ' i ,:„, St• Paul's Chiv ch-yard, Livigate ; str d t. : the Poultry, At -;,-,'"",, I, Trlv Bridge street, his st,,aekfriars.hridge the Lord Illayur embarked of . the to Blackfrirs-bridge. j l e tl i r t i i o e u s ' e li v b : r T',llld, attended by the 0„:allops .a. c oropanie.i, the procession pursued its m way up the river as far as Westminster. Pre v i COU RT OF ALDERMEN. torfl 1 P SI Y to the ceremony of swearing in the new last Court jjla° ' in the great hall of the Guildhall, the of Alderman ; 4ticl , PoPul erman Fatncomb's most hospitable is 48 to f ur or ar Mayoralty was held in the chamber o nthe 4 . of the re ti r i ng rooms on thi s day. corder °two of Alderman HUMFBER Y, the Re that or w as elect e d a member of the Irish Society, riceiet y l . leer b eing by charter the legal adviser of the SitilpP°.tirthe motion of the same Alderman, seconded . by :i e s tene e e u s e to i r e , , B a i l s e h t o te p r was ordered to be written to of tea r seaulay, thanking her for a very fine portrait heen S . aunderson, which had was her to the Court ; and the picture e di attachedreetnetedtob be y deposited in the library with her name SittIe,I4OVEMENT OF THE POPE OF In eti ,,,, LAta tiE d res :', to the gave notice, amidst cheers, lto l l o lE al e a f d a . effect that a dutiful and . y th e 1.1),e Presented to her most Gracious Majesty on 11. 04 7 audacious encroachments of the 13_ i i s i l l io d p efi o . f ttne Q ef °ll t he i supremacy of her Majesty, d and constitution of thisan slier'Protes etaint:L"nnttslaws elle presented reports as to the state . of the s v 'ere Pr i i t s "' The reports stated that the prisoners Ald er a " in a healthy condition. o f th e ° m an and Sheriff CARDEN called the attention fi ned ourt to the fact, that among the personscr fro,o w ri as one who was imprisoned for penalties arising IT meill ands made upon him by the Commissioners 4 0 _ al es. That individual had been confined between e put 4nd three years, and the sentence seemed to have 1\1 0 , 4 241 the character of perpetual.—(Hear, hear.) r sh oui ' d he thought it would be desirable if the prison the sh eriff 1) e doomed to be shut up for ever, that eta s t should be informed upon what terms the man ti one ° he detain e d , whether the citizens were to con eotnpet° Pay fo r hi s maintenance, or whether any fte: eureetinr was to be expecte d f or th e expenses Si r p ittpo .RIE said th e ques ti on w as one of too Courtttar't 14.1.11 a description t o b e answere d a t o nce by the tait tee slui advised that it should be referred to a corn- Aldere,o,,, `"e ghb• -- n and Sheriff CARDEN then moved, " that con s i - Pet be referred to the Gaol Committee" to A‘ _er and rort —Agreed to. etu te Ni -,.. ~.AI ldDTs IN WIIITECROSS-STREET PRISON. the Gerrnan CHALLIS moved, " that it be referred to any, a nd if to consider and report," whether the ,irr en "" tf any, what alterations are desirable in . Whi t r t nents and discipline of the Debtors' Prison in leg, theross-street, and he handed in a paper conta - late. t he ch a p alterations which appeared to him to be neces. 4 1 1 _ Me principal are asfollow : • • t 1f..._ i n its e u i at are necessary in the prison i se 41)4. visions, Middlesex, Ludgate, Poultry, and Gilt " Th e A lim ed, -- , Ct o f 52d of George 111. 209 should be tem visitineauen`l, the governor, with the approbation of the the p,,bson",,r-rate, should have the power of placing 4111 37 be feo:generally in such parts of the prison as to Whethe r t h e y ras3at convenient, without reference l i'l'iffe — e to : tahr: purpose in under a warrant from the ~ That of London or th e Sheriff of Middlesex. debt or of preventing the evil of the eotritne s r s ern a i ning in prison for several years, it be re- W I th n e ded that Power should be given to the governor, remove 4113 ' thht 4PP"a I of the visiting paagistr n ate, to remove and who Or Who , has been confined in prison 148 01,„ 4 3 g 51 1 have refused to file his schedule in the prisoners `ourt, to the ward or part of the prison where PEbt 4 r , W ho hate been remanded by . the Insolvent tl sd e • r e '' '''int and the County Court prisoners are con -48 ti i :,,"!'il that shed dietary of such wards be the same ~ , f ,',1 4 use o minals. erea s ..l 4 ! the dormitories be decreased in size and in possible,that there be pro thatviderin numbers, and , if le'parate sleeping rooms fur . he prisoners; and /iiaNit.,:a re gulations for the admission of visitors be re- T he motio n Committee. motion was referred to the Goal _ . t a th,„ eri nan SIDNE Y gave notice of a motion relating conß- Insiutenance and treatment of the prisoners T' l n ed in the city prisons. bro t h e LORD MAYOR then rose, and, addressing his take j r aldermen, said—" It is impossible that I can I ,ecti : l av e of the Court without thanking you all col have Itvev;land individually for the great assistance 37!) 411 - ered to me in the performance of my duties f a teful Lord ,„ M aYor. That assistance was the more irora 4,1 t 0 ' 11 37 feelings as it sprung spontaneously_ jea n ?-urselves. I might say more upon such a su e b p re : sin ut 1 „ana convinced you are aware that, in x e, urt then Iti ndoe g Leese f ew your words in acknowledgment of Th e s P; o i am sincere in my gratitude."—(Cheers.) adjourned, THE SUN. 7'(:) THE EDITOR OF statin g in tt,---I uhalt le 101 id your kindly . 11 Barnett, ttour paper that I e b ig' .by „ ~.... Joseph (111(4 • a rn a pupil ' ' ii n , ou 1 of Ina brother, Mr. John Barnett, afterwards in a Y stated in the bills of the theatre, end Crusade. Your notice of Str. Mitchell's opera as was °M- I am, Sir, &0.. << Pt, Iviely-"L 3" °Pe", Pn ..... Dean st sLoEhSo.DURAND. 4-CirleAetß, GOWN" AT CAM. It i s , . BRIDGE. d N4ll itnown that the sth of November in Cam -.letie ... en a ''. ° i s °f t signal for the revival of this e a n n e t o a u g n o: te r , cry ; and what is worse, a number of used are not take place, in which the weapons T'ot confined to fists. <l.O at ten ' Rt ocer i a ()clock a disorderly gang of the most dis • l'atio,4,' charactcrs in the town adjourned from 4114 l'l' t 81* ee, and commenced parading the str t ee e ts y , off' aotirg and yelling at every university man t h is 110(1y, Whi ch impossible impossible for the police to disperse theit v eni t) ,,""zela had complete control of the streets al e l eo. atreet; 66 ),and at last a collision took place in Gr for I_4lntam acre several university men had joinedln was 4ncek,4l7°tPction, and the cap of one of mob, im tnediatef f rorn behind by one of the n had ~A gene,,,J141,, e asured his length beside it on the ground. '"r a sC" light ensued, in which the gownsm th ree -I,"ort time the best of it ; but five orsixthat . t s ! . tttirttiop.!indiarletod i 3 lono. odds ; and thinking tha togadl t etr eat 7 the better part of valour, those of the ; ur n a house, so soon as the tide b i e e g a u v n . g 8 ) and bolted the door on the other side, Th e "e ral of their foes prostrate on the ground. exe.. tateciactivitY with which this inanceuvre was Etalk:a' admirable, and the exasperated mob, two t itkiv e ,:', of their prey, vented their rage upon 0.. liest"LtY constbles,'who had arrived on the sp o t n Tri" Ha hands, oue of these men, a servant f up,l -.1 1 , the n, used his staff, and that not very lightly, oo 4 N --,, head of one of the ringleaders named Dunn, 14,16e:41-Yard hero, and drew blood ; the mob 1 thei,':;elY closed in, and the constables had to take to the new"els. They took refuge in the yard leading to 1211 do rootns of the Union Society, and here were roosted and much maltreated. Their staves were s ke s i` - u by the knob, and the assailant of Dunn froth th e r sverely beaten. A sally then took place ro liok e rns of the Union Society, and the gownsmen, b 'kilt, s et ilil'in-arm, soon cleared the street of the mob, to parading the town. tergut ednesday night the townspeople again 4 14 j a r iot, as did a body of gownsmen, who, 4i g h 111 g under the treatment of their fellows of the ev er t 410 re., turned out well armed. These, how titi: Were hemmed in in Green-street b . y the autho puip4fel: ri ostow.,:.itiehits:tp,aenrasei n . g ; . but sundry - 8 ' 11 ° I 0 , ...,,, - ri kl:q,,i Inrs claY night, during a rehearsal of the set one pocr solitary gownsman was cap and by a low 51,01, outside the Town-ball ; his . sown - . m pl e d on b the 41 01), al destroyed, he was tra til,, a , ld it wai with some difficulty that he was res -uy th . - e pollee. • Ilo r t! and ,sty a --"b--Tstai:d that it is the intetion be a r tr A on l i a se Ly th pa his ltoyal lii. bness the Prince Alberttc . ) t; na k!iir ire3t.nee the bazaar Ivhich is to be held in JtiaQ nc.xl.ttr.lSlak,;tys Royal Lilitary Colieg'.t-j for cousumP tion and „!. , n ein of the funds of the hospital ,i_iiipetlisieenrr , otseases of the Chest. f 144 I) .4e1,,,, , gsE C'r WELLINGTON. lent °h e that his Grace is in the , a th, at Walrn y‘ i p enjoyment leave the of e s x a t c i e s l : v -ueE.p.ae t. , er Castle. -- ' 4 le, T , t a ',stung has just been undertaken . by ,(I,.'lce-a:heturlstisin,s individuals at Aberdeen, who have intro "ct in t h . v I I the trawl net, which had never before been hove quarters. TIIE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1850, MAGAZINES, Sec —(CON TIN UED.) DUBLIN UNIVERS.ITY. The charming little tale of " Grace Kenuedy" is brought to a conclusion. The story ceer.nenced in the coil, dreary bog, continued at happy Fairport, is finished at the Abbey, and poor little Grace, ressaued from ignorance, vice, and poverty, is left a great and rich heiress. The account of Charles Burton's re visiting the home of his childhood is one of the most beautifully simple and touching descriptions we ever remember to have perused. " The IllveCe Vial" pro gresses in interest; it smacks of Germ;in dial;lerie, and promises a thrilling climax. In " Maurice Tierney" the landing of the French expedition, under Hum bert, in the bay of Killala, and their cheerless recep tion by the wretched peasantry, is graphically told. We hazard a guess at the author of " Maurice Tier ney" from the circumstance of finding, within the Broils of it single page, " we all broke into a hearty roar of laughter," " the speaker breaking into a heart}.. litugh," " they buret out into a roar of laughter." Tale vile and vapid " roar e f laughter" is a perpstuallj -recurring nuisance in the generally clever and blusterous pages of that, popular rattler, Harry Lorrequer. We pray hint, in a friendly spirit, to drop the sarry and disfiguring trick for the future. It has become "too bed." Goethe's Dramatic fregenent, " Prometheus," is well rendered. The translator has creditably succeeded in his attempt to follow the rhythm, and at the sante time to preserve " the simplicity aid concise energy of the original, which has ell the effect of exquisitely-chiselled sculp ture standing against a crisp clear sky." A memoir, illustrated by a portrait, of the charming Irish prima donna, Catherine Hayes, gives a very interesting summary of the successful career of that gifted and. amiable lady from the time when her beautifully clear and silvery mellow voice was first artistically moulded by Signor Sapio, until, after the additional tuition of Garcia and Felice Ronconi, she burst upon the musical world with signal bril liancy in her (tibia at Marseilles, in May, 1845, took Milan by storm in the same year, being called, on the falling of the curtain, on the occasion of her first appearance there in the Linda di Chamouni, no less than TWELVE times before it—in Venice excited a delirious furore —left the land of song loaded with laurels, and achieved a triumphant suc cess in London. Of " The Pearl of the Theatre," the flattering designation which her touching por traiture of Desdemona won for her from the Milanese, her biographer happily remarks, after noting "that beautiful shake, clear, thrilling, and brilliant," with which she is gifted, " Pronounced second only to Jenny Lind by the coldest and severest critics in the world—described by one of their cautious organs as certainly the sweetest, the most graceful, and the most interestinss, representa tive' of Lucia on the stage--her professional triumphs have been as brilliant as her private life has been pure and amiable. If to Grisi and Adelaide Kemble it has been given to astonish by the sublime grandeur of their tragic acting, the passion and the thrilling beauty of their vocalism ; if to Alboni, mighty in all the mean ing of the word, be granted amazing attributes of power, and a voice organ-like in blended depth and sweetness; if to Sontag be confided the charm of pure and delicate expression, wedded to delicious floridness of flete-like execution; if to Jenny Lind, greater than ail, the queen of song, be given that purely beautiful perfection of vocal melody—that true sunshine spoken,' blending light, and loveliness, and feeling, which never till her advent came from human throat,—to Catherine Hayes have descended the deep sensibility, the mournful pathos, the heart-speaking expression which characterise her native music. " As an actress, too, Miss Hayes, during her career, has displayed dramatic genius of the highest order, re pudiating the idea, to a great extent still existing, that in opera the interpretation of the music alone was the essential of success. What, for instance, can be more true to nature than her Amine, so full of innocent and joyous animation in the earlier scenes. so painfully real in the after-abandoment to grief, so tender in love, so touching in sorrow, so purely simple throughout? Then her Linda—is not the madness of that love-lore girl painfully real? Was ever sorrow expressed in more plaintive utterance, more moving action? Her Lucia, too, is it not an exquisitely original conception, truthfully carried out? And even her Norma, a pert for which the soft and gentle attributes of her nature render her almost tierce is it not still a grand and moving perform ance, a fine portraiture of the woman, not, as is that of Grisi, of the fiend?" The "Rummage Review" among the poets of the season is very clever, but .caustic, and frequently hypercritical. Bailey is tomahawked, yet scarcely so much by fair criticism as malignant banter. One sentence is legitimately severe. " His Festus' had ex hausted the storehouse of pretentious inanities and imposing no-meanings. He has been left to construct his Angel World' of inanities which make no pre tence to substance, and of no-meanings destitute of any cloak of imposingness." Finding W. G. T. Barter's rubbishing abortion, 'yclept "The first Iliad of Homer," thrust among decent company, that worthy is dismissed with a single salutation—" Oh ! Barter, Barter, in the circle of the currency the coin exists not minute enough to represent your value in exchange." Charles Mackay receives high and de served honour from the hands of the reviewer, who after quoting his " Procrastination," the " Plea for our Physical Life," and " You and I," truly and felici tously remarks, " In bidding good-bye and God speed to this fine-hearted, honest fellow, who preaches homilies of humanity with equal sweetness and boldness"— " Charles Mackay is not so delicate a poet as Long fellow, nor rerhaps so profouud; but what he says is slid off-hand, and comes fresh from a good heart. Where the other loiters gracefully over the expression of a sentiment, Mackay has it expressed, and is gone on to the expression of a new one, without giving you time to consider whether the emotions you experience have been excited by graceful or ungraceful diction. The emotions are sprightly, animating, and humane ; and, like good wine drunk in the twilight, give you enough of enjoy ment without having regard to the fashion of the vehicle. Every now and then, indeed, you are charmed with a simplicity, a grace, and kindliness not unworthy of Be ranger. Like Beranger, he is most happy in his least ambitious moments. Uttering the genial sentiments of the honest fellow of every-day life, he is as good as can be; communicating the emotions excited in a poetic tempera ment by the lovely and beautiful, he is very good; strain ing at the grand aspirations of the philosophical poet, he is good only sub modo, and fails to get into the upper region, where great spirits alone can expatiate with dig nity and freedom. It is a shallow but a clear stream of song; a beneficent visitant of the meadows and pastures; delightful company for the wayfarer; making merry with the mill-wheel and prattling sweetly to the loiterers on the rustic bridge; but it is not cal culated to float navies, or even to bear any very heavily -laden barge of philosophy. Let us, however, in his own spirit of enjoyment, make the most of it, The masses of England stood much in need of some such cheerful monitor. It is not surprising that these poems, fulfilling so well the conditions of cheerfulness, generosity, and independence, should have become very eminent popular favourites; may they long continue so. A people among whom Charles Mackay is a popular writer, must possess largely the elements of greatness and the reality of goodness. Their visions of democratic perfection may be somewhat exalted and cloudy, but their practice in the daily walks of life can hardly be other than kind, honest, and independent." Mrs. Sandback's " Aurora" just passes muster ; small reverence is paid to the resuscitation of " The Poetical Works of John Struthers ;" considerable applause is given to Mr. Michell's elegant poem " The Ruins of Many Lands ;" whilst " Wild Flowers from Ger many" and " The Wrongs of Poland" are severally dismissed with a summary kick. On the single fault discernable in William Charles Kent's " Aletheia," namely, an overcrowded parade of mythological per sonages, this searching critic harps rather captiously; hut he takes occasion to afford in several paragraphs the tribute of deserved and valuable commendation to that glowing and remarkable production of cultivated genius : "It is Lempriere's dictionary in verse; yet the subject is warmed and enriched by a vigorous genius into a series of beautiful and apposite pictures. The succession of similar forms is far too long, and the panoramic pa geant soon palls on the eye; but, if we examine the parts separately, we must own that the pictures are individu ally full of colour, full of body, full—to/go to another class of alas ration—of succulence. Keats himself has not fancied more delicious images than meet us in many of the stanzas. How rich is the introduction. Again, in the polytheism of the woods and glades, how rich and full of succulence,-- Light waves the linden, where beneath the rind n image symbolic temple Philyra's passion pu lsates with the sap,' Sze, oAfgtahien'Greenbtuiilledignogd i s, how sp ination t are are his architectural solecisms." And in the full tide of admiration he then quotes eight of the grandly musical stanzas of this noble and vivid lay. Allingham is the reviewer's prime favou rite, and the extracts given from his poem of " The Music Master " justify his warm praise : " He has told, in a strain of almost blameless simpli city and sweetness, one of the most pathetic love-tales in the language. The versification is rot unworthy of the ear of a Goldsmith; the diction and method such as Leigh Hunt, to whom the poem is dedicated, might ght have been well satisfied with in his happiest hours. cannot pass the name of Leigh Hunt without pausing to waft him an affectionate remembrance. The school of literature which has sprung up from the germs he planted has its weaknesses, its fopperies, per hap s its dan g ers ; but the Dielssnses, Tcnn) sons , Broweings, and the rest of the fine flock whom he may call his children, are good and genial souls, from whose fame the old man may derive a just and honourable addition to his own. Mr. Aliingham is the last of the distinguished band who have owed their first appreciation to the kindly and discerning instincts of Leigh Hunt." This is good and true, but what ere we to think of the following paragraph but as " a puff damnable ?'' We have never seen the work in question, but are willing on this authority t o pronounce it " devilish clever.' , 'Thug spesketh Rhedamanthus : " We bid Mr. Allinghatrs welcome to the company of poets pure and good. Alas! that we c,uld say the same for him whose dark, wicked, product of heavetily facul ties perverted still remains on the table. We will not now take up Goethe, a New Pantomime,' by Edward lienealy. We have preferred to deal with men of, per hips, less abifity—fer this is a man of the greatest abi lity—whorre we can ret , peet for their intention, while we blame their fault:, of exceutino. We could not mix up sorrow and indignation wiril t,l7c temper of mind in which the - Music Master' of Allintzimm has left us; nor would we diminish the value of zuch conamcndations as we have been able to besww, by casting them into the shade by the expression of uLqualitied ustonisnment which we could not restrain at the frequent bursts of power, splendour, and wit, which illumine this brilliant but detesti.blo per.formuLco. Another time, and in another frame of mind, we may return to 'Goethe, a New Pantomime.'" We trust our friend, "the Rummager," may speedily get over his fright, and favour his readers with the production of his parturient mountain concerning " the brilliant but detestable performance " of .11:1r. Kenealy. Jonathan Freke Slingsby contributes a capital " Snap-apple Night," being the narration of a visit to his uncle Saul, 'a worthy bachelor, who " owed his safety to the immensity of his philog-yny," and whose '' fine olii'mantion—none of your gingerbread things that you sec at Kingstown and Dalkey, with their gabLs and gazalws, and little windows stuck in all sorts of queer places in tiiu roof; young Eliza bethans, just come from nurse, their white shining laces, and flaring green-painted doors, but a noble square pile of solid masonry," is the scene of the festivities oF a happy gathering to cultivate the sports of Halloween, such as snapping apples, burning nuts, dancing, singing songs, and telling stories, &C. lie loveth the joyous jig,— " There's footing fur you ? Talk of polkas and mazurkas, b,leres or tarantulas, (pl.:thine or cotil lion, I aver there is lioching in the world to (Anal an Irish jig, in the way of saltation. Murk with what exquisite accuracy the time of the air is kept by the beat of the foot, the swing of the body, the motion of the hands, and the snap of the fingers. How they humour the tune,' giving expression to every change and tone of sentiment. With what an air of bold gallantry, mingled with coaxing drollery, the young man flings his arms about the girl, as be twirls her round till her tiny feet are well nigh lifted eff the ground. How coquettishly she disengages herself, and with a look half shy, half sly, retreats as he ad vances. How disdainfully she flounces round, while, imitating her example, be turns on his heel with a nonchalant air that would do credit to one of your first rate town puppies. I aver, my dear Antony, that an Irish jig is the perfection of dancing, the poetry of motion, the drama of the feet; and if you cars show me anything to compare with it, either in lordly saloons, or on village green sward, then will I burn my quill, break my yre, and retire into a monastery of Trappists for the rest of my life." And a pretty monk you'd make ! Lombard-street to a China orange, Jonathan, but you can yourself " welt the floor" with no inconsiderable kudos. The songs are, of course, good ; " Mary of the Curls" is very sweet and flowing, but the concluding one with the chorus is worthy of Moore. Two able papers, each full of sterling stuff, complete the present num ber. "Recent Political Economists," a masterly recension of "Burton's Political and Social Econo my," and "Three Lectures on the Principles of Taxation, delivered at Queen's College, Galway," by the professor of jurisprudence and political economy in that establistnent, a talented and learned gentleman, Denis Caulfield Heron. The other, " Modern Art—its Prospects and Pioneers" is well worthy perusal, ably analyzing the recent works of Fergusson, who assumes for the science of esthetics a place only second to Ethics, and goes to the extent of placing Gastronomy and Perfumery in the category of fine arts resulting from the senses, as directly as Eumorphics and Euchromatics—oi Twining, of Purdie, and Garbett. We can only extract one short sentence from this interesting and suggestive paper : " Of all the Fine Arts we should say that Sculpture is the least and Architecture the most degenerated, whilst Painting, curtailed of its phonetic importance from many causes, fluctuates between the meretri ciousness of colour, the exaggeration of power, and mere execution exhibited in the meanness of minute details." And it is even so, we swear by Trafalgar square ! In conclusion, let us ask where is the pen of Carleton? It cannot be that he has ejaculated, " Ingrata Maga, non niea guidem scripta habebis," Yet is the absence of the great delineator of Irish character, faithful, vivid, and unexaggerating, from the pages of the Dublin University much to be de plored. Radiant as is " the lone star" of Ireland, it would shine more " excellently bright" were its bril liancy augmented by the richness of the Irish Scott. AINSWORTITS. On its first appearance we noticed the principal features of Mr. Ainsworth's richly-coloured romance "The Lancashire Witches," a work in which the ter rible and fascinating characteristics of his Salvator Rosa-like pencil are so conspicuously displayed. A monthly instalment of this enthralling narrative forms the principal feature in Ainsworth's Magazine at the present time. Second in attraction are the admirable sketches of E. P. Rowsell—" Professional:Men"—the Barrister being the subject of the present number. " Drafts from Memory on the Banks of Holland," by Mrs. White, is the happy title of an amusing re miniscence of a tour " Jacob van der Nees," is con cluded. PAPAL AGGRESSION, The following later has I,_&t:n addressed to the Lord-Lieutepant of the county of Buckingham by r. "My Lord,—l have received numerous appeals from my constituents requesting that I would co operate with them in addressing your Lordship to call a meeting of the county, in order that we may express our reprobation of the recent assault of the Court of Rome on the prerogatives of our Sovereign end the liberties of her subjects. " I think it very desirable that a meeting of the county should be called for that purpose, but, as far as I can gather from what reaches me, great misap prehension is afloat respecting the circumstances which now so violently, but so justly, excite the indignation of the country.. " Men are called upon to combine to prevent fo reign interference with the prerogatives of the Queen, and to resist jurisdiction by the Pope-in her MvjGsty's dominions. "But I have always under-food that, when the present Lord-Lieutenant arrived in his Viceroyalty, he gathered together the Romish bishops of Ireland, addressed them as nobii , s, sought their counsel, and courted their favour. O❑ the visit of her Majesty to that kingdom the same prelates were presented to the Queen as if they were nobles, and precedence was given them over the nobility end dignitaries of the National Church ; and it - was only the other day, as I believe, that the Government offered the office of Visitor to the Queen's Colleges to Dr. Cullen, the Pope's delegktte, and pseudo Archbishop of Armagh, and to Dr. the pseudo Archbishop of Tuam. "What wonder, then, that his Holiness should deem himself at liberty to apportion England into dioceses, to be ruled over by his bishops! And, why, instead of supposing he was taking a step ' insolent and should he not have assumed he was acting in strict conformity with the_ wishes of her Majesty's Government ? "The fact is, that the whole question has been sur rendered, and decided in favour of the Pope, by the present Government; and the Ministers, who recog• nised the pseudo Archbishop of Tuam as a peer and a prelate, cannot object to the appointment of a pseudo Archbishop of Westminster, even though he be a cardinal. On the contrary, the loftier dignity should, according to their table of precedence, rather invest his Eminence with a still higher patent of nobility, and permit him to take the wall of his Grace of Can terbury and the highest nobles of the land. "The policy of the present Government is, that there shall be no distinction between England a n d Ire land. I am, therefore, rather surprised that the Cabi net are so ' indignant,' as a certain letter with which we have just been favoured informs us they are. "I have made these observations in order that, if the county meets, the people of Buckinghamshire may understand that the question on which they will have to decide is of a graver, deeper, and more compre hensive character than, in the heat of their laudable emotion, they may perhaps suppose. "I have the honour to be, my Lord, "Your faithful servant, "B. DISRAELI. Hughendon Manor, Nov. 8." THE PAPAL AGGRESSION. DEPUTATION TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL. Yesterday, at one o'clock, the deputation appointed to present to the Right Hon. Lord John Russell the vote of thanks unanimously agreed to by the Court of Common Council, consisting of Alderman Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. Blake, the mover, and Mr. Bennoch, the seconder of the address, to gether with Mr. Richard Taylor, and Mr. John Wood, accompanied by the Remembrancer, waited by appointment upon his Lordship, at his official resi dence in Downing-street. The deputation having been severally introduced to his Lordship, by whom they were most warmly and courteously received, Mr. BLAKE spoke as follows :—May it please your Lordship, we are deputed by the Corporation of London, in common council assembled, to present to you the copy of a resolution adopted yester day at a full Court, after having heard read your late letter to the Lord Bishop of Durham. To say that this resolution was unanimously adopted—to say that the standing orders of the court, prohibiting the intro duction of any new subject not contained in the paper of business were as unanimously suspended, would but faintly describe the degree of enthusiasm with which it was carried. Whilst we sincerely pray that your Lordship may be spared for many years to an admiring people to maintain those principles you have so nobly and eloquently enunciated, we feel both proud and happy of being the medium of comtnuni• cating on the part of the corporation of London the expression of sentiments in which we so cordially and heartily concur. Mr. BLAKE then read the address, which was as follows : "Resolved unanimously, that this Court has read with feelings of the highest gratification the timely and admirable letter addressed to the Right Rev, the Lord Bishop of Durham by the Right Hon. the Lord John Russell, arid entirely and heartily ap proves the principles therein expressed, and his de termination to maintain unimpaired the great consti tutional doctrine that 'no foreign prince or poten tate will be permitted to fasten his fetters upon a nation which has i o long and so nobly vindicated its rights to freedom of opinion, civil, political, and religious.'" And, " That the corCial and sincere thanks of this Court be presented to his Lordship, not only as one of the Representatives of this City in Parliament, but as the Prime Minister of the Crown and the organ of her Majesty's Government, for such a declaration of opinion as must re-assure all her Majesty's subjects of the unabated desire of those in power to uphold in its integrity the religious freedom of the British empire:' Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in reply, thanked the depu tation most heartily for the address which had just been read. .He observed that he felt most grateful tor the sentiments of confidence which were expressed therein. His Lordship further remarked that it was at all times gratifying to him to receive the thanks of the Lord Mayor, the corporation, and the citizens of London. The approbation of such an important body was most valuable ; and, indeed, if it were not for such support from those who represented the people, it would be b e i mposs ib le to give full effect to the opinions of the Government. The deputation then w i t hd rew, much gratified with the cordial reception they had met with from the Noble Lord. THE BISHOP OF EXETER ON THE ROMISU AGGRESSION, The Bishop of Exeter has issued the following reply to an address from the laity of the parish of Trinity, Exeter, presented t o hi m on Th u rsday last : "Brother Christians and Brother Churchmen, —L receive with great satisfaction the address which has just been read to me. " The recent act of the Bishop of Rome, affecting, in direct contradiction to the canons of the Catholic Church, to place bishops in this land, which is through out already occupied by an episcopate near l y as an cient as that of Rome itself, canno t fail to have ex cited, in every faithful mem b er o f Christ's Church amongst us, a feeling of i n di gna ti on at its presump tion, and a firmer resoluti on th an eve r to resist the un righteous and uncatholi c sp i r i t w hi c h has prompted it. " Whether this act be, i n d ee d, as you designate it, an 'aggression on the const i tut i ona l rights and sove has in troduced,reignty of the Crown o f England,' after al l the change. s in our constitution w hi c h mo d ern legislationlf it be, it is manifestly the duty o f th e a d v i se rs of the Queen to take steps to vindicate th e ou t rag ed rights and honour of their Roysl Mistres s . " But, perhaps, ther e is too much reason to fear I do not p resume to sa y • that the innovations which have been made within the last few years in our fundamental laws have, in truth, removed all impediments to the intrusion of such bulls from Rome as that which is the subject of our present complaint. If this shall prove to be the case, i t will become the people of England to blame the ir own culpable disregard o f their highest interests, in spite than f a w n atroniinngdsulrgeepeinatefudrivioupsr,eshsnetd idulepon them, rather invective, against tshoelawragreylyatdovehrissaorywnwhobasit ray ; it is a br anc h o f turned their imprud ence " Be this, however, as account. the subject on which it does not become me here to dwell. In Parliament, so long as it shall please God to give me strength to go thither, my voice shall ever be raised—as it always hitherto has been raised— however feebly and ineffectua ll y —to asse rt the an cient principl es of the English la w — p rin ciples which, so long as th e y w ere permitted to re tain their force, were the security alike of the majesty of th e C rown and the best interests of the people. "But, out of Parliament, my duties are of a spi ritual character. When called on, therefore, as I now am, to address a highly valued portion of Christ's flock, over which Ile has constituted me the pastor, I would confine myself to the religious aspect of the case before me. Looking at it thus, I cannot but in vite you to discern in the present occurrence a new proof of the wise dispensations of God's Providence, overruling all the designs of men, and all the events in life, to the accomplishment of His own blessed purposes for the ultima te g ood of His Church — and a ion empowering from with the his Apostles, those autho rity call on us to use fa ithfull y , and thankf ully, the great blessing which Ile h as bestowed on thi s favoured land, by planting in it a tru e branch of that Church, raintdy,plaincinugnohvreorkeitn cc , and ess those, of whom the grea t A p ostle of the Gentiles himself has commanded all C hristians 'so to account, as of minist e rs of Christ, and stewards of the myste• ries of God.' " Human policy may be at a loss in dealing wisely and effectually with the out-breakings of Papal pre sumption, backed, as it is, by a powerful and pam pered party, which has hitherto been suffered to pre serve its course almost without control. But there is one simple and sure way of snuring ourselves against all our dangers. Be we faithful to our own _Apostolic Church—be we in earnest, NI hen we cell ourselves churchmen—be we sincere in shov.ing forth our sense of the value of that holy ordinance, which, by God's bounty, we enjoy—your Bishop, feeling, as he ought, the awful force of those special obligations, which he incurred when admitted to his sacred office —the people testifying their reverence for that office —God's ordinance, I repeat, for their edification, not, indeed, by a blind and unreflecting, but by a ready, a dutiful, a confiding spirit of attachment to him who bears it. And then, I will not say we may laugh to scorn—for scorn is not a feeling which ever becomes a Christian—but we may view with calm reliance on an arm more powerful than m an ' s , u plift e d f ur our protection, the most daring displays of Roman ambi tion, revelling in the proud assurance of legal impu nity—if our laws do indeed permit such doings to pass with impunity. " Meanwhile, 1 must not omit one consideration which forcibly impresses itself upon mo. Far be it from us to •f,iget the demand of Christian charity, that we f rfjoice, not in iniquity,'—still, we may re joice, thankfully rejoice, in hoping that this shame less demonstration of the true character of Papal Rotas—will do much in' awakening to a better, a more truthful mind, those amongst us who, feeling with distempered acuteness the fancied, or the real, deficiencies of our own system, may have been tempted to look with too much complacency to a Catholicquarter which henceforth n i hesitatetorega i n regard acsoinsite most schismatical. no isma true, tical. " In conclusion accept—what is worthless, indeed, to all who deem it worthless—but what will never be lightly valued by any who regard it as it is, the voice of one who speaks—be he himself as unworthy as he may—with the authority of Goci's appointed mi nister—accept your Bishop's blessing. The Lord bless you, and keep you! The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you! The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace—together with the spirit of peace—both now and evermore !" PROPOSED REMOVAL OF SMITH ' I FIELD MARKET. (From the Werkly Dispatch ) Mr. Editor,—ln my letter of last week on the above subject I promised to lay before your readers some extracts from the R - ,port of the Commissioners appointed by her Majesty to make inquiries relating to Smithfield -market, and I now proceed to redeem that pledge. Like the resolutions adopted by the Committee of the House of Commons, it blows hot and cold. With regard to the position of the mar ket, they (the Commissioners) admit the advantages of its central situation and means of access, which, they add, offer conveniences to the buyers scattered over the whole of the metropolis, as well as for the transaction of all the details of general business. The close proximity of Newgate-market is another great convenience, and one which many butchers of extensive trade consider indispensable to the tran,ac tion of their business. The Post-office, the Bank of England, and Lombard-street, where the chief part of tie country banking business is carried on, are within a few inioutes' walk of the market, and from the large ready-money transactions connected with it, the necessity fir picmptly cashing the cheques in which the payments are made, and tnaktog the remittances to the gnzler, form other grounds upon which the advantages of the present site are maintained. It is alleged by many of the butchers, that the retention of the market in c central part of the metropolis is essential to their trade, inasmuch as the necessity of conveying tie animals from a distance would otherwise imps de their business. Such are the advantages of the present site, as admitted even by the Commissioners them selves, and will be considered by all impartial disin terested persons as strong reasons for the continuance of the market where it is now held ; but in the very page of the Report which contains this admission, there is the following passage :—" Within one fur long (220 yards) of the market, subject to all its an noyances, the noise of the dogs, of the cattle, and of their drovers, as well as the filth and disturbance caused by the collection and dispersion of this large number of animals, are placed the Hospital of Saint Bartholomew, the great Gaol of Newgate, Giltspur street Prison, the Central Criminal Court, St. Paul's Cathedral, the Post-office, &c. ; in short, all those establishments from which it seems important to the public interests and good order that a large market for cattle should be far removed." Now every person at all acquainted with the locality is well aware of the fact, that although a portion of the building called St. Bartholomew's Hospital fronts Smithfield-market, yet the whole of the wards for the reception of pa tients are so for in the rear that it is quite impossible for any of them to be disturbed by the noise of the dogs, cattle, &c.; but in these days of mock philan thropy those who have no sympathy to bestow on the afflicted and suffering poor may, nevertheless, feel extreme anxiety that the quiet and comfort of our criminal population should not be in the slightest de gree disturbed, and, accordingly, the proximity of the market to the great Gaol of Newgate and Giltipur street Compter, is alleged as a ground for its removal, as the noise of the dogs is likely to disturb the pri soners when at their devotions. I fancy most of the prisoners would be very glad to be where they could hear the noise a little better. But the market is also said to be too near St. Paul's Cathedral, and perhaps an occasional stray ox may have prevented some old woman from crossing the churchyard, and entering the Cathedral, and thus deprived the Dean and Chap ter of twopence, a sum which those reverend and under-paid functionaries can ill afford to lose. Last, but not least, the market is said to be so near the Mansion diouse. Nothing, however, is said about Guildhall or the Court or Bankruptcy, to which the removal of the market will drive several industrious citizens, who are now getting a respectable living. The Report goes on to say that the inadequacy of the space of the present market is attested by all the wit nesses whom they examined on the subject; but this inconvenience will be completely removed by the plan proposed by Mr. Bunning. The next point in the Report worthy of notice is the allegation that has been so frequently made by the promoters of tbe Isling ton Cattle Market scheme, viz., the deterioration in the flesh of the animals caused by the treatment they receive in driving them to Smithfield, and in the market itself. Statements on this subject were made before the Committee of the House of Commons, and were repeated before the Commissioners, who, how ever, say that, although the opinions were those of practical men, yet the data upon which they founded their calculations were in the opinion of the Com missioners too conjectural to be received with much reliance. Much has been said about the injury to the health of the inhabitants of Smithfield from the hold ing of a live cattle market there. It does not appear that the parties who are the most interested have made any complaint on the subject, and even the Commis sioners admit that the appropriation of Smithfield to the uses of a market for live stock on two days of the week is not productive of insalubrity to the neigh bourhood to any appreciable extent. But the greatest alleged nuisance connected with the continuance of a live cattle market in Smithfield is the driving of cattle, sheep, &c., through the streets of the I metropolis, and this, they admit in their re ' port, cannot be remedied by removing it "to the outskirts of the metropolis, with a conve nient access to the different railways," because, although the live stock would reach it without ma terial inconvenience to the public, yet, in order that they should be distributed from the market among the different private slaughter-houses throughout the town, it would he necessary that they should be driven through the streets. They, however, concur with the Markets' Improvement Committee in think ing that "restrictions upon driving animals within certain hours of the day should be imposed i by a general enactment," which can surely be done with out the removal of the cattle market from Smithfield, and thus the only inconvenience of which the public have ever complained will be got rid of. In con cluding their Report the Commissioners say that, " al though they believe their recommendation for the re moval of the Smithfield Cattle-market to be impera tively demanded by considerations of public convenience, they are not unmindful of the loss of custom which the measure would entail upon certain classes of retail dealers resident in . .that neighbourhood. It is with sincere regret that they recommended any change which would be attended even with partial and temporary loss of trade to certain individuals." It is very kind of the Commissioners to make any allusion to the trifling circumstance that the removal of the cattle market will deprive many hundred persons of their present means of existence, for it is not denied that if the market should be removed nearly the whole of the inhabitants of Smithfisld may shut up their shops as soon as they please ; but the Commissioners kindly assure the parties that " the removal of the cattle market from Smithfield is, in their judgment, likely upon the whole, ultimately to enhance rather than lower the sales of property in that pert of the City, inasmuch as its existence in that position operates as a discouragement to the residence of persons whose business is not immediately connected with the mar ket and its frequenters." The Commissioners care not what becomes of the present occupiers of houses in Smithfield, so long as the nuisance of which they complain is removed ; that is a matter which they leave the parties interested to settle among themselves. Honest, industrious citizens may, at their suggestion, be deprived of the means of existence, with the conso latory assurance that " local diminutions of mercantile profit are the necessary, though undesigned conse quences, of all extensive improvements which alter existing traffic and communication." I have already stated that two of the Commissioners refused to sign this report. I shall notice their dissent, and some of the evidence adduced in a future letter. CEMORIUS. MISCELLANEOUS. Notwithstanding the number of magazines already in the field, new competitors are continually making their appearance We must dismiss the majority with a brief commendation. The religious periodi cals, the Church of England Magazine, Macphail's Edinburgh Ecclesiastical Journal, The Rambler, &c., pursue their several courses with their customary vigour ; the latter contains a lengthy article on " The Pope," which will probably at the present moment prove interesting to those who like to study both sides of a question.—The Colonial Magazine, the Farmers' Magazine, and the London Journal of Pa tent Inventions, continue to deserve commendation for their able articles on most important matters. In the Colonial Magazine, this month, is an interesting ac count of " Liberia."—Voltigeur, the winner of the Derby, makes his appearance in the Farmers, and the Sportsman has a por trait of Mounseer, the winner of the Chester Cup.— Magazines for the drawing-room and boudoir present an attractive variety. Le Follet is unequalled as a glass of fashion. The Belle Assemblee, under the auspices of Mrs. Crosland, mingles the utile with the dulce. Mrs. Ellis's Morning Call is most beauti fully illustrated, and its prose and poetical contents are of more than the average rate of magazine excel lence. " Self-Deception ; or, the History of a Human Heart," from the pen of Mrs. Ellis, continues with unabated ability.—Chambers' is always good, and, as usual, is filled with interesting and attractive matter. " Mrs. Wright's Conversations with her Irish Ac quaintance" are most admirable, and deserve a general perusal.—The Working Man's Friend is an excellent periodical, containing interesting essays and useful information varied with lighter and amusing matter. —Knight's serial publications continue to afford a cheap cpportunity of making acquaintance with " the best authors.' Ihe present number contains some very delightful extracts,:among others " The Rime of the Ancient Mariner," Cowper's " Lines to his Mother's Picture," Milton on " The Liberty of Un licensed Printing," Fielding's " Character of Jona than Wild," " William Penn's Advice to his Family," &c. In the Pictorial Ilalf-hours is an interesting account of Godfrey Mind, a Swiss artist, with some graceful specimens of his art. The Imperial Cyclo pmdia has now advanced as far as Cornwall ; in a • dition to its valuable typographical contents this work is illustrated by some beautiful engravings of the princi pal places, and maps of the countries to which it relates. The Land me Live In is now occupied with a most important subject, the port of London and its com merce. In addition to the value of this interesting account it is illustrated by an admirable map of eastern London, in which every street on both sides of the river is marked out : —The series of Penny Maps continues to make its appearance, and is a wonderful corroboration of the fact that modern im provements, by cheapening all kinds of production, must tend materially to elevate and instruct the great body of the people. lor a few pence a good atlas may now be o btained.—Peter Parley's Monthly Journal for the Young contains an interesting sketch of the talented Madame Soyer.—The King's College Magazine contains some well-written articles, but we cannot quite agree with the sentiments expressed on the subject of Self-interest. . The accounts of the trade and navigation of the country, for the month and nine months ending the 10th Oc tober, have just been published. They present the same gratifying results as those which we have, almost invariably, had to record since the remission of the corn duties and the repeal of the navigation laws. The declared value of our exports for the month ending the 10th October is 6,434,8341., while for the corresponding mouth of 1849 it was 5,627,092/., and for the corresponding month of 1848, 4,901,6461. This marked and steady augmentation in the extent of our export business, is one of those significant facts which sufficiently speak for themselves. Not less gra tifj ing are the official returns for the nine months ending on the same day. The declared value of our exports for that period is 50,2E6,4021. ; while, for the corresponding nine months of 1849 it was 44,830,414 1 . • and for the correspond ing period of 1843, 36,504,860/. These are great facts. No one after this will be able successfully to arraign the wisdom of a free-trade policy. Vanity, like laudanum and other poisonous medi , tines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large, quan. tities— Eliza Cook's Journal. THE POLISH BALL.—Yesteiday, at a special meet ing of the entertainment committee connected with the pro jected Polish bail, held at the Guildhall, Deputy Holt in the chair, Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P., read a communica tion from a Polish officer named N. F. Zaba, 22, Queen street, Edinburgh, who was formerly on the list of recipients of the national bounty, but who (having by the exercise of his talents and acquirements found means to acquire a com petency) some years ago voluntarily resigned his claim to as sistance as a refugee. The letter enclosed a post-office order for two guineas in aid of the funds of the Polish Association. It was stated by several of the gentlemen present that the demand for tickets for admission into the ball continued un abated. Among the many attractions wtich will be pre sented to the public upon this occasion, the magnificent piece of tapestry presented by the tailors of Poland to Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart will be exhibited. The ordinary busi ness having been disposed of, the committee adjourned until Tuesday next. IRELAND. DUBLIN, FRIDAY MORNING.—BUSINESS IN THE EN CUMBERED ESTATES COURT.—The great accumulation of sales in the Encumbered Commission Court has com pelled the Commissioners to adopt a total change in their arrangements. Heretofore the petitions, in the order of their presentation, were adjudicated upon, and days of sale fixed at convenient periods, in some in stances several months hence. But the sale lists are now so full, whilst h un d re d s o f pet i t i ons remain for consideration, that the Commissioners have determined to make no further orders for sales during the present er the next year. On Wednesday last a solicitor, entrusted with the carriage of the sale of an extensive estate, at tended in court with a box containing the title-deeds and other necessary documents, with the view of having a day fixed for the sale, the absolute order having been i pronounced last week in the cause. But he was n fcrmcd that the Commissioners have resolved to make no further orders for sales until the commencement of the year 1852. ST. IVES.—FISHERY.—During the past week the following fish adventurers have been successful :—Messrs. Bolitho's and Co., have secured and taken up about 360 hhds. ; Messrs. Vearne's and Co., 300 hhds. ; Messrs. Hock ing and Co., 270 hhds. ; Messrs. Bamfield an' Co., it is said, about 6.0 hhds. Those last named are not all taken up. A great quantity of hake was brought on Wednesday morning, of very fine quality, which sold at 3d. each. Mackerel sold at its. and 12s. per hundred ;: the catches being very small. Some of the drift boats that had on board:pilchardlnets took from 300 pilchards and 1 hundred herrings; the latter sold at three per penny.—Cornwatl Gazette. ANIMAL SAGACITY. — On the evening of Tuesday, during the Castle Donington feast, the keeper of Mr. Batty's menagerie went into the area of the carriages in a state of intoxication, where he came in contact with one of the bears, and after a considerable contest the man and bear rolled down to the elephant, who, seeing the danger of the keeper, immediately seized the bear by the chain with his trunk, by which the bear had been secured, and in a moment extri cated the man from the rude grasp of bruin, and kept him suspended until the man had recovered himself from the struggle.—Derby Mercury. About a ton of smuggled tobacco was seized at Manningtree last week; and on Wednesday three parties in whose possession it was found were ea ch fined in the sum of 100/. In default of payment they were sentenced to six months' imprisonment in Chelmsford gaol. THE GREAT EXIIIBITION OF 1851. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by Earl Granville, Colonel Grey, Colonel Lloyd, Mr. W. Cubitt, M.P., and Wild, Esq., yesterday visited the building in course of erection in Hyde Park. His Royal Highness was shown over the works by Messrs. Fox and Henderson, the contrac tors ; W. Digby Wyatt, Esq., secretary of the Exe cutive Committee, and who is charged with the superintendence of the building; Owen Jones, Esq, charged with the decorative department ; and W. Cochrane, Esq., the superintendent of the works. His Royal Highness expressed himself highly gratified with the progress of the works, and made most minute inquiries into the various details of the building. Upon arriving on the ground the first object pointed out to the Prince was the hydraulic press upon which a girder was being tested by a pressure of twenty-two tons, after which several columns and girders were raised and fixed in their places, and his Royal Highness expressed his astonishment at the celerity with which the opera tion was performed. The ingenious mode of forming the gutters, fixing them in their situations, and the manner in which the roof is constructed, were minutely examined by the illustrious Prince. Several questions were asked by his Royal Highness as to the size and strength of the glass and as to the angle at which it would be placed, and he expressed himself fully satisfied with the answers given to his inquiries. As his Royal Highness stood at the east end of the long line of columns which are now erected to the height of sixty-six feet on each side of the central avenue, and which is now spanned by several of the seventy-two feet girders, he repeatedly gave ex pression to his feelings of astonishment and de light at the magnitude of the undertaking, and the grand and beautiful appearance which the building cannot fail to present when completed. The various machines for punching and drilling the ironwork, for sawing to uniform lengths and angles, for boring the vast number of sash bars required, for sawing th© " tongues" for the "ploughed joints" of the external wood-facing, and for painting and putty ing the sash bars—the latter machine worked by steam—were minutely inspected by his Royal High ness, who warmly complimented Messrs. Fox and Henderson on the progress which they bad made, and on the great ability which those gentlemen had dis played in the arrangement of tha necessary details and machinery for completing the undertaking. In answer to a question put by his Royal Highness, he was informed by the contractors that the whole of the building would be completed by the Ist January. On leaving the ground his Royal Highness was loudly cheered by the workmen, as well as by a large crowd of persons who had assembled outside the building. On Friday Lord John Russell visited the building, and was conducted over it by the contractors and Digby Wyatt, Esq. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 8. The Queen and their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the younger mem bers of the Royal Family walked this afternoon in the Home-park. His Royal Highness Prince Albert left the Castle for town at ten o clock this morning, attended by Colonel the Honourable Charles Grey and Lieut.- Colonel the Honourable Alexander Gordon. Ilia Royal Highness travelled by a special train on the Great Western Railway, and after arriving in London inspected the building erecting in Hyde-park for the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, to be held in the year 1851. The Prince then pro ceeded to Buckingham Palace, and afterwards went to Paddington, travelling to Windsor by a special train, and returning to the Castle at two o'clock in the afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess. de Nemours arrived at the Castle about two o'clock this afternoon, from Claremont, and partook of luncheon with the Queen and the Prince. Their Royal High nesses took their departure in the afternoon. Her Majesty and Prince Albert walked on the Slopes this afternoon. Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Prin cess Alice, and the younger Royal children, took air ings in the Home Park this afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went from the Castle at half-past four o'clock to the Chapel Royal of St. George, to be present at the performance of ancient sacred music. The Prince was accompa nied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, and was attended by Lieu tenant-Colonel the Hon. Alexander Gordon and Mr. Birch. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess de Nemours paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday at her residence, Frog more. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. It was at tended by Lord John Russell, the Lord Chan cellor, the Marquis of Lansd owne , th e E ar l o f Mi n to, Sir George Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, Sir John Hobhouse, the,Earl of Carlisle, the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Marquis of Clanricarde, and the Right Hon. Fox Maule. The Council sat two hours. A deputation for the postponement of the hop-duty, consisting of Mr. T. L. Hodges, M.P.; Sir Edmund Fi ; Mr. Frewen, M.Y. ; Mr. Fuller, M.P. ; Mr. Curteis, M.P. ; and Mr. A. J. B. Hope, M.P.; had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. The Duke of Northumberland had an interview with Sir George Grey yesterday at the Home-office. A deputation, consisting of Sir Peter Laurie, Mr. Alderman Wilson, Mr. Blake, Mr. Bennoch, Mr. J. Wood, Mr. R. Taylor, and the City Remembrancer, had an interview with Lord John Russell yesterday, at his official residence in Downing-street. Sir Thomas Fremantle, chairman of the Customs, had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office, from the Governor of Malta. Dispatches were sent off last evening from the Colo nial-office for the Governor of Canada; and also for the Governors of th e other North American co lonies. The Rev. Viscount Hereford had an interview yes terday with Sir George Grey ; Mr . T. Curtis and lessees of the Liverpool Magazines , ha d also an inter view with the Right Hon. Baronet ist the Home-office yesterday. THE HOP DUTY.--A deputation of Members of Parliament from Kent and Sussex waited on the Chancellor . of the Exchequer at his official residence in Downing -street yesterday (Friday) for the purpose of presenting to the Right Hon. Gentleman the memorial of the hop-growers, agreed to at the meeting held at Hurst-green, on Thursday, the 31st ultimo, praying the further postponement of the collection of the ari ears of duty for the y ear 1849. T he Members pre sent were T. Law Hodges, West Kent; Sir Edward Filmer, West Kent; Mr. Frewen, East Sussex; Mr. Fuller, East Sussex ; Mr. Curteis, Rye ; and Mr. W. B. Ilope, Maid stone. Mr. Hodges presented the memorial, and stated the case of the hop-growers in its support. The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied that he had already postponed the col lection of the duty for an entire year, and that on account of the lateness of the present season, and upon the representa tion of the hop - growers themselves, he had further post poned it for one month, from the 15th of October to the 15th of November instant, and that 110 W he should insist upon its collection and enforce its payment when necessary. The de putation then retired. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE..--The section of the Bordeaux Railway from Chattellerault to Poitiers was given up to the company a few days ago by the Government engi neers. It is 39 kilometres (24 1 ,4 English miles) in length. has resolved to open the section to the public company as that from Tours to Chattellerault, of it is the continuation; so that in August, or perhaps i alT n vthht ,T ich u ie ly ois next, the public will have railway communication from Tours to Foitiere.—Gaiignanis DRURY-LANE THEATRE. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. M. Jullien commenced his carripagn iost evening at this theatre, which was crammed to suffocation in every part. The fittings up were the same as for thee masked ball, which gave to the theatre a very bril liant appearance. The crystal curtain, in particular, seemed the object of universal admiration. The band is, with few exceptions, tha same as last season; and is fully as efficient. Madlle. Jetty Treffz is, as last season, the vocalist. The concert commenced with the overture to Der Freischutz, which was splendidly pl aye d ; t h e l overs o f clas sical ;music were delighted when the band performed the andante movement in Beetho ven's pastoral • symphony, and the allegro in Mendelssohn's Scottish symphony in A minor ; the admirers of dramatic rnm3ic were roused to a furore by the admirable selections from Robert le Diable, in which Mr. A. Winterbottom's performance of the solo part for the bassoon elicited the most enthusi astic applause, v.'hilst the votaries of th e dance were in ri p.ur,s with the quedrilles, vtaltzer, and the ‘•Briti.:h Arm" Qua urifles"), ec nsti:tchg- the most brilliant re- Teri(, f dance music ever performed. 'the solo eertorrners were 1 - Lrr Kceoig, on the cornet a pistons and Mr. Pratten on the flute. Mademoiselle Jetty Tregz sung Mcnelelssohn's btautiful song, ' First Violet," most exqui-a ly. The re was then an universal cry for "'Tau, Trab," with which she at once complied ; and she afterwards sang " Home, sweet Home." The performance of the National Anthem wa:, as usual at these concerts, a great feature. During its performance the applause was vociferous, and was largely mingled with cries of "No Popery !" " Bravo! Lord John Russell !" The concert was brilliant and sparkling, and in the British Army Quadrille the introduction of four military bands, in addition to the monster orchestra of 110 performers, was most effective. THEATRE ROYAL, LEEDS. La Sonnambula, on Tuesday evening, was played to a crowded house, and was the chef d' curve of the week. The opening scene by Liza (Mrs. Weiss) augured well for the after performance. The playful wooing of Alessio (Mr. Corri) was a finished piece of burlesque. Amine (Miss Pyne) was not only excel lently rendered, but taken in conjunction with her charming vocalism, the character in her hands fur nished a really rich intellectual and musical treat. Her buoyancy of spirits, depicting the artless simpli city of the country maiden (in the scene with the Notary) and the signing of the marriage contract, contrasted admirably with her deep and thrilling pathos in subsequent scenes. In the scene with the Notary, her great powers as a vocalist were shown in the chaste and sustained bird-like warble with which she embellished the principal song. This song elicited marked approbation from all parts cf the house ; and afterwards, in the chamber scene, her " Prithee hear me," electrified the audience, and caused many an auditor, even of the sterner sex, " to play the woman." Her walking scene, in the last act, and the beauti fully softened tone in which she gave mutual utterance to her hopes, and fears, and deep despair, whilst tearing up the nosegay she had taken from her bosom, was really pathetic. Elvino (Mr. Harrison) was pourtrayed in excellent taste. He was in capital voice ; and, well as he always plays in operas, we never knew him ac quit himself better. His first indication of the " green-eyed monster" had a rich comic humour about it which elicited roars of laughter ; whilst in the chamber-scene his deeply-wrought agony and mani acal singing at the assumed guilt of Amine, were touchingly effective; and his song—" So gently o'er my senses stealing," was exquisitely rendered. Count Rodolpho (Mr. Weiss), in the little he had to do, was a character well sustained, and his songs were given with an ease and richness which gained him deserved plaudits. Upon the whole the opera was well put upon the stage, and several rounds of applause accom panied the fall of the curtain. On Wednesday even ing Wallace's beautiful opera of 11faritana was re peated, but it did not draw so good an audience as were present on the two previous evenings. Mr. Harrison's Don Cwsaede Bazan was a highly satis factory performance; indeed, we think his acting ex ceeds his singing. He was entirely successful in hitting off cleverly the bold, dashing, and reckless Dun Cmsar. The singing of Miss Pyne, as Maritana, was sweet and finished, and her acting was marked by a refinement, judgment, and delicacy that at once showed her correct appre•. ciation of the gentle, chaste, and constant Maritana. Her personation of the character met with repeated applause. The character of Don Jose de Santarem was well conceived by Mr. Weiss, and some of the music allowed full scope for his superb bass voice. He was in one song deservedly encored. The other cha racters in the piece were respectably sustained, and the opera of Illaritana, we may say, passed off suc cessfully. At the conclusion, the oneratic corps were called before the curtain, when Miss Louisa Pyne received the unusual compliment from a Leeds audi ence of a beautiful bouquet of flowers, which was thrown to her from one of the private boxes. Last evening (Friday) we had the Crown Diamonds, but we were unable to attend. We perceive that the operatic company are engaged for six nights longer, and we advise all who admire fine singing and good dramatic performing to make a point of being present one or more evenings. To Mr. Caple vie have one suggestion to offer. The effect of the fine singing of the operatic company was not unfrequently marred by the wretched rendering of the choruses. In a town like Leeds, where good choral voices and a knowledge of music are almost as plentiful as black berries, such a drawback ought never to be suffered by a manager ; and we would suggest to Mr. Caple the desirability of supplying the deficiency forthwith. —Leeds Times. RAILWAY RETURNS TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. NAME OF RAILWAY. Miles opened, leso. BRITISH. Aberdeen • • •• Belfast an Ballymena ........ ••• • • • Belfast and. County Down .. • . • • • • • • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .. • • Bristol and Exeter • • .... • • .... • • • • • • Caledonian... ........ • Chester and Holyhead..... Dublin and Helmet Junction . • Dublin and Drogheda.. ...... Dublin and Kingstown • . • • . • .. • ..• • • Dundee and Arbroath •• • • • ...... • • Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen.... .. East Ang1ian......... .. East Lancashire ..... „ „ ........ Eastern Counties and N0rf01k........ Eastern Union • ....... ..... ......... Edinburgh and Glasgow .... ........ Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee."... Furness Railway ... .............. Glasgow, Paisley, and Ayr .......... Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock • • • • Great Northern and E. L. • . .• • • Great Southern and Western (Ireland) Great Western ..... ............... Lancaster and Carlisle • Lancashire and Yorkshire......: Leeds and Thirsk Liverpool, Crosby, and Southpoi t.• • • 1 London and North Western London and Bladkw &N. • .. • . •. • • .... Louden, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western. Londonderry and Enniskillen ........ Manchester, Buxton, and Ai atlock, &c. Manchester, Sheffield, andlLincolnsh 4 re Manchester and South Junction.• • • •• Maryport and Carlisle .... •• • ...... Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Newcastle and Carlisle.. North British • • .. • • • . North Staffordshire North-Western ... Scottish Central ...... Scottish Midland Shrewsbury and Chester .....• • • • • • . Shropshire Union ........ .. South Dev0n......., . ..... ........ South Eastern..... . South Wales South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. Taff Vale • ............... ..... Ulster. Waterford and Limerick .. .. West Cornwall ............. Whitehaven Junction ............... York and Newcastle, and Bel wick York and North Mid I and . 85% 160 943 67U 79 322 100 22% 231 163 262% 4508 439 596 448 3,616 6,480 1,5'36 Z 46 924 1,10 b 26 3,017 14,595 1,574 3,158 2,176 2,918 - 989 2,!17 4,091 15,723 3,10 11,619 10b 40,16 b 653 10,266 8,952 109 4,733 323 22,32 t 1,3G7 2,109 3,246 1,26 371 1,468 321 1,432 10,862 JE1,250 574 162 959 3,980 ti,.530 2,455 481 1,029 1,256 364 601 2.137 818 193 14,223 6,663 G9l 3,550 l 4,675 2,921 3,692 2,432 220 2.925 FOREIGN. 955 7,110 4,682 15,782 4,957 14,621 482 :42,167 764 10,492 9,“1 145 114 6,054 C2B 21,764 1,345 2,294 3,428 4,735 413 1,403 415 1,401 456 1,754 11,764 .sO5 1,211 2,213 1,016 324 193 14,513 7,729 Amiens and 80u10Lue....... Di , PPe •••••• • • •• •• ..... Montereau and Troycs .............. Northern of France Orleans to Bourges (Cent.) .......... Orleans to Bordeaux Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen. ... Rouen and Havre .. • ....• •• -. • • • • .. 1,602 566 1,021 18,105 2,731 8,014 6,024 2,364 1,458 526 1,090 20,443 3,319 8,286 6,142 2,681 SWEARING IN OF TUB NEW LORD MAYOR.— Yesterday Alderman Muse - rove, the new Lord Mayor of London, was sworn in at the Guildhall. There was a very large attendance of Aldermen. His Lordship and Alder man Farncomb, who has just completed his Mayoralty, and the Sheriffs, Alderman Carden and Mr. Hodgkinson, were received in the hall in a very warm manner. The usual forms were gone through by the various officers of the Corpo ration appointed by the Livery of London, and the whole of the proceedings epi'eared to be a very favourable precursor of the great clay of civic festivity. DEPUTATION TO THE BISHOP OF LONDON.—ST. GEORGE'S, lIANOVER-SQUARL.—Yesterday morning a depu tation of the inhabitants of St. GeOrge's, Hanover-square , waited upon the Lord Bishop of London, pursuant to ap pointment, in order to present to his Lordship an address upon the recent unwarrantable aggression of the Romish Church. The address was signed by no less than 7,8:i0 per sons in this one parish, and amongst the signatures were tlale of the Marquis of Westminster, the Marquis of Exeter. the Earl of Jersey, the Earl of Glengall, Earl Brownlow, Lord Foley, Lord Colchester, Lord Viscount Chewton, the Hon. Captain Fitzroy, M.P., the lion. E. Gariiner, the Hon. It. Clive, the Hon. Colonel Dawson Darner, Sir VT. Farquhar, Bart.. Sir W. B. Riddell, Bart., &c. Arrangements are in progress for a direct railway communication between Weymouth and the metropolis, by the completion of the line from Dorchester to Weymouth. The Gazette of last night contains the treaty of peace, amity, commerce, and navigation, between her Bri tannic Majesty and the Dominican Republic. Signed at Santo Domingo, March G, 1850. Ratifications exchanged at Santo Domingo, Sept. 10, 1850. Receipts. 1849. 1850. ......''' argv ADD a''' . Iy. , )fisir 10 0° ' [O'd o J ' i g, s(7° , rest' vin cr i e r, b til° t a I fil i ,or° )f ilio