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

t SPOhTING NOTES. Tilt 1- No • CLV. 41VERPOOL. AUTUMN MEETING. 7'o Tr, Ea - -.el; P.I).ITOR(W•THE SUN. 4 The Aut ,0 4 , 0 ., . utna meeting of the Liverpudlians may ato a 'red the Kt seem' its fi rst great re-union of the steeple Ito v... ' Stakes always filling well, good fields . lal th e "Post, speculation being uncommonly rile, 'Portis litt"dance of the steeplechasing part of the kir e T te /r a o d rld Ye ry considerableho mee ting will this vill aorsieZr Wit h days, Thursday and Friday,. a nd s klet % to with a Selling Sweepstakes, which a 4,o,Poantcli Q.e,. eluding 14 ( h alt 4,.. itrdieo.ruate:,f the ten acceptances for the Free tieltprobably fiv or six will go to . !La 11 "4 itobert. I and-Half, Little Queen, Fugi 1.4,_ 8 t hee . have not the slightest doubt but o t q t 4 L , will lay With the first three, and that 29iiiti e 1 414 or HALF•AND-HALP will be the winner, 4p 4 „ b e e e lude o p, T be acceptances for the Sefton Handi heffoutl artntedees than 24, a variety of which may possibly . / 11 11l th e 4,p_ne Post; but what that moiety will consist It 4 14 al let Ea e ,„ k: 1 % 1 i t , - ''''et, lam unable to tell. CHIEF - 0 4 4 4 4 '. and Miss FLYAWAY at 6st llb look If i tt i the rtiktl,e e n Paper, and to one of these I mst Th Q44 tile:e' "Peeling to see Cnceus and the Be c i rt ti ativerpo:g forward, Augean heading the ruck. 4 ' 4 4 1 fo ur ril ,, Autu mn e , , urse ha s of hunti o n t g ee e p o le u - n c t b ry as , e run, over th e not 0 , ails a n fi nishing on the i eev eu ~ acceptance of suventeen, of which 1 4 ;Pect in, *lll await the starter's orders. The fi eld 14, le t 4 co t ii,f Lord George, t ein eltei b et i e : ,•toPie, e Isaac the Young- Abd-el.liader, L t4o ;P:"° , abit t i l T le le, Ma ra Monk, end ' perhaps fino 7 m tki -e- PEN'or Ai d State to-morrow if required. Lord kii kod h it v raances lastyear , both in England and Ire -41.4 Steept:l7,l4time race lest ' week in the Irish Metro -otfthl 4411'yiNCiraq., when he ran second to La Gazzs La -11 stoo e t ''t nb, thus giving but four pounds shot t 4 1 Pror e , 14 0 the winner, and all but winning after te 1 , 1 iteepi ank t ° be one of the best, if not the absolute tier toe tai;',,4ase horsee of the present day. Hiti . lt t , the wei teession is 12st 21b; that he is capab l e . of to 4 14. 11 heyhittiguet rtequired to most of the horses in the 11 04 el-tad cctlnt; but whether he can give a stone tf to 1 -arei e ?' 44 doY Neal, and Peter Simple, or two t.th boo 4a, 4- 0 - 4 8, 4 questionable. I advis e . the readers ' lll lltta ue . ter, to keep him on the right side of 1 14 k elea, en ' if he does not turn out the winner he 14 SiliZ t ad - (l °4 , it. Abd-el-liader and Lucy Neal at a t k o la l o ,a , 21b, with Peter Simple lOst 121 b, and NI 4 14 11 0, tre the remaining four that . 1 . 6, 0,. to aiattitlY dangerous. AM el-Kader, it e' t t ilettif °lll , but of which I am somewhat du eal.l'te, .14"."451 Possessed a very fair chance. That kks i- L e atas s --3 N en& will find herself quite at home It his tl : 4 l tea - o y k t,h . I era inclined to think that if she ; 148 1it s. lib, if itee l r ng it will be to Peter Simple, who, to 4 • ol ei eu .ed well, ought to be there or there. 6,, Ned ne is ' ei 1 . reY fancy outsider for the occasio . n. lieve aritieipate the race will lay among i l'atl Q ad .tue end 4 that Peter Szmple, Abd-el: 'ltes a %Ile h av e 9 ' t eal will be first, second, NihiLlad 14,,,g been kept harmless, as I observed and third. hit s'. iv. -le rate t o carry a tri fl e is a dangerous La' It ttb Ini see e a rdi e Vir t , . Peet to the Free Handicap Hurdle as,, tle, * lea and Leamingto n Meeting, I cannot 1 °N3t " %Ate • , k, e s t, e , Litton or the sporting _ Ilh t L ed 8 %0 6 '4 tha t iv has been allotted to Bedford, t %) , tl° ltta :V , - not first, .1 horse of his kind; 9st tslatheittlis Ma c e the han'• c ass s awarded him. To Ntse'lltartieg,B"ins to al b a e ap a p l e l r over; whether it will Vektitl }, 4tt°lll l er 4k ri % 'llt 80 or no I cannot at _present tell. h. sa p -ant we e Making at Aberyswith for . their the " 44 4,_, th a ,Pla , cl l ;: e k• The horses engaged in 14e,7 4 ;" they v ; e l , are all in full work, and it is ex .-44 they all go to the post. There has h been . 1 th e •.;;! .betting concerning them at ead stittktt)Attlid tinfiel_aaldrof-all- yirory, f Marengo, o Kate t of 40itil4rt l i e les 4 r rs ' i d ll a g , fcrohmmin3g to 6 to a l . g My opinion tattle 4: 4 14 t HAZARD and Esmeralda will mono -1 t places. 4 5t, 1, m, THE Yours, &c. , ''' 11 51, a-11E SPIRIT OF THE TURF. 41 011.1 k 64 ,41 TA TT I N E a INTELLIGENCE. ii, ?'llll3.thi •-.SALL'S- YESTERDAY. I t bet a d eole until nearly the close, when .1. were laid :- 14 %,t0 io `silo ekv ,oriESTER CUP. ti lim-Liglo Sheriff -1,000 to 15 (several ~,..ls ao,„ 141 /h p , teak r'"2,000 t 30 gst Goldfinder-and 54 1 41. - aa't L ueio, l o lippo a lYtus, Grey Tommy, lila 1 (1 • lihatebti !herald f b 2 , , DERBY. 1 1, 4 Vie„ t 'aes..l e " ° ‘•) agst Lapidist, and 1,000 to 20 1 ,11 14 71114 1 ." to 1 offered agst Claverhouse. , llti,,.trilte,4,lTl.T.NlN MEETING.-MONDAY. 4 4C‘ - Id a h - e ° ` 3 nova. each, and 20 added, for e I V, ..... '''' aPsvards. One mile and a quarter. 1 IltN ......... tt olh ....,... .......................................... _ 4 Nity 5,,,, e ........ . ................. .. ............ 2 4, 4 , fir were won by Urbanity. Jai bli 6 ° Shrevvsbury Handicap. 11 ) ,,' it ill t . a. 6,t ....................................... 2 1 I' l . 13, 4 „ 6 6lb ................................ ....... hati7S 4 . `l,,tau, Won in a anter. I -4 egod T he Abbey Stakes. IL `,..7,.5.. ............................................. ''4 kibi ............................................... 1 a h • tr, 4(1144AN COMMISSIONERS OF StN a„" 7llit ~„SEVVERS. 4 0 t .' 8 1r e a to h'-'4-117'OR OF THE SUN. . 44 t i N s4 itstp o ti ld yo. co of a notice sent into 'l) 4 Nt .. , -' to ehrt'stantissioee4yof Sewers on the 30th , htetnet i itect - ,e e LL no answer has yet been received. SO, y i a te 4 of co nsiderable importance to the t e ` B 4 ,lot pan ti e ," I consider they should know, tysed),,,.`a renu""tiou s 'e h ave taken. Allow sta, hta, i t titt le,7 4 B4, l ee:tedLlle faVGur of your inserting this ntioned notice, 4 4 ° J4lr t , c 'PY et above-me . • mation, at _., 'etiv, u . al, for the public inter I lti I' %en e 1141ee.--1 am, Sir, yours, &c a tiAl'tishei'. th e b J. A. NICHOLAY, a ll Of ;k ll t, D e from the Metropolitan (.11-fatttoye ae,,,-liniect of reform in the administra ''%d - "it' . ' er age and Drainage of the Metro , lit ttet let,. T o ' 11 , 5.5.. 1 : ". 1 l' ttit th e ) t t Ittl t htt le ! tl ett, " topoli ter ,,4) - ‘ , oln i sinners of Sewers. all.ll'44,'oli:tetirteroet.nodersircignsed hereby give . you no -424 via 4 aaea „ I°4 to resist the " District Sewers st , H b( e st o 1 - ie,.: i . i til ti - n' t P ie " as; and we requestthatyo ‘ u o 01 al41,1 1 1 :) it; or ris w hea you intend-if you a ki' l er . a " . :;" that as little inconvenience as •t-e of c'eetoned either to us or to your /Uhl': aeatti°Piolop L kpa 0 •: ,,, . an t i i' E tt one levy will be su ffi cient to 1 l ' l odi rti el 1 1 , 0 6 ; 44 1e us - to bring our action a, ;: % IRO the warrant. tos, ii lli cnoLayt. Marylebone. tent i 4 al. - t' R oE, S ct. Anne's. i' hi A t ,'Ntr . SAUNDERS, St. Martin's. ". Sep n n ' ' lttbiZsri NELSON. St. James's. '°4 , 1 , , , - t. " v . -4 ext Lomax, It 'l ' 411 -E.,........_/.7. ------- St. Marylebone. 4.4 -4. 04 C-----_____ kin ti t., 4: 1 ,: l t e h , Ep p ,TOULD BLOOMERISE la ' Mt et tty t gh to ,4 '-rBODY. tith ' t oe s op rielle for right's sake. There 4 14) t,.._ , 4 4„ 4 ' 4 fer te . th e i % NI „ eea u „ . rs. Bellows, in th let s vl ,;,tter n f er " boat the thing she contemplate s . 4e b k b -411 Y de; out to be done, and so in ea?. k r a jeous I'l 4"11 -° ,, 11 ,.g it, conscious that therein !WV 4 ,4 4 , ts. xi', tbi n ,.." l niPle which never can in Ititi 1 4 thl ke t l e lle*, - ts i , 8 be lost and thrown lf a, 41 . ''s 1,„ to preser ve" no business to be se - tetli, e tid, quiet little avenue of her k ta u% Ilia m ot dinegtrt with her own influences and , k i t o a t hta r r i kilt arii3°,.llarge herself of a vast amount o f kkllkt%lipoeuci.ahe k u ".nto an army composed entirely t tiar,ever I NC 4p e ,, s " ° r 4 e (with the Misses Bellows) Voo' tt u la va l ' i ',t is a c ;lan Ball for the purpose. To be itt ! " 1 41 , tq all 6 reraarked that this is the noisy , h i , th e f or great social deeds have been done. Iti ' 4 %te, Altv k li tt4tic e 41 4 ,1 0 t i t o i t i,.-.1, 8 fr . , put on a shovel-hat turned . 0440 a' eve r 4 of hi, i .P 3 ge, the moment he conceived 10% .„after w Pe, and (instead of calmly exe t.p! fa:" etb.ftr''s Perpetually wandered about, b'''3ai.7„"te, u , • - r ,rnen to put on shovel-hats, with , tl, ' 1:1 lie' declare themselves Howardians. %tillittliNted t°'.lnner (I'd taitil bete, h with h ',, ' not tamely pass her time (0441 4 t 4 t 4l 1 be e atr wavering steadiness to oe e uh fatly I , °ng conscience, and her upr igh t h L tLia k lia' ol l a, en t itP and down the earth, re. th e lli t y 4lhp her h °°,ree forward and be Fryers. ti el k , I v , st t p,,,, e‘roie action done, never retired aNakh,ner IC?) into the solitary lighthouse k Ja p reeir of erets content to pass her life there in NNtlektl4 enzitY unezcitin duties unless the IZI.. aNt.tela d-!oweareat r g h should Luse her to thNkttaiellad -Th4rflagt our nieanotluy got a Darling 6 tl ttl. 1 1 kev er l ie tt through the provinces, 0 4 4%11 1 , 4 takblera btis hell of the same, by a . table, •a `C t tl, a mble h e ' and money taker and delivered 4l‘ 4,„1/114.1% %t e r :" to mount theme dal-lede o p N 4 V ll 4 da n'er trim" three, never to behol d . a il k Sit at human ° - drowning without putting off %Rebeing's aid-and enrol them• .00 e tON and all.-Dickens's Household t!teZtbg -..._,....._ 4 k . - qkt i , - , ) 4 la 14 --------------____-----____ 11 t, t 'k ir 'ttty l '• Vir, e QUIMBY LUNATIC ASYLUM.- t , 44..titinl, Cab instituted an inquiry at the Surrey 1,1 1 , L. 1 1 1 1., 44, d ett-1 Le alle, Wandsworth, concernin the tli k S 4 1 ,k1i a bee tt , pap ll inmate of that establishment. itii , a 4 , me h o ace s h e er inmate of the Kingston Union, . 0 4 , 8 04 4 , he he _ al bee n removed by order of a magis -0,,,.000,„ Et on „. i_absfiee e t,,i1 1 11 1 '7%4 asyl um "' her iili an d. medical testimony as to the On Wednesday last, while t ita ti li q t!,Oe r Y tv s b o t i li . s t deceased was left by the nurse in ia'si; aer 'a had 4 ttlates, apparently quite calm; but th t, (la,a ,:ro o, it gone to close a window the deceased ti, i 11)48t4 • 1,611(1 reaching over an iron guard, set her LlPlikt, t kla u !lbret o ° nOrse returned, and then discovered 1141 '' l / 44 ttl 1 / 4 A pd ol body of flame, and rushing about . tiki 14 21 d t tiot ,ihajni, was raised and the fi re was ex • 4z41),,j4, he ~- ctia,r,:,.."l the deceased was most frightfully .. e tatuceiveeo over her neck, arms, chest, face and , 14 -- i t „ 4 4l ~,ne,r3' attention , but shortly expired. r;felthittl.,hi lekr -n io r tir l es " That the deceased died from on fire, being at the time in a No 4} te l aBg ci4Bllpllel ' t-1 1:0 4 vt, ?‘'it an inquest ING NUISANCE.-Yesterday tt '4„).ea,be.t,tBat the Duke of Kent, Cross-street, ~ 5,7 4 AO wh o t ' coa the body of Robert Stevens , i b%,uoh.. t h t, resiled in Church-road, adjoinint,- b. „741 4 % k e "' habit of t bl . Ing by the side -,,jt shs 11). th um ing a o k t 1 il t i'llil iam - mOi ley ft , e Commercial -road, for the purpose ke k tga d ‘ t k its l a,P 4 Da,„Pnl_the Passengers. A few says ago la Geed ;"'tu tit ---4 LP' his neck, and on Thursday .after kma i s t ie reet„ gentleman, ,e,,,,k,- me tit died suddenly. He was previously Otii4toll4‘‘edly h a d on his head and turning his body who was of opinion that '''P it,4446,,t_ernrk:, l?roducd an effusion on the brain.- l'i tiz Z! . an d `titEtotat this practice of tumbling was o " 4-IriiitittiZeprPalOCCle." ought to. inter f e re t bit 13 0 " h , E DRURY-LANE T HEATRE. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. November, which was wont to be the most dreary of 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. Jullien 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 of M. Jullien's Promenade Conce rts commenced last evening, and the programme is a most promising one. All the old favourites are retained ; Keeoig, Collinet, Lazarus, and Deloffre are still among the soloists, and in addi tion Sivori, Piatti, and Bottesini are engaged, and we have Miss Dolby as the vocalist, vice Jetty Treffe. Among the musical novelties promised are a selection from Mozart's Zaubofote, a selection from Beet hoven's Fidelio, an Indian quadrille, composed by M. Jullien, on East Indian melodies, a new grand qua drille, entitled "The St. Leger Day," descriptive of the grand national races of England, and which is to he 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 1" 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 11 Prodigo. The quadrille, which concludes with the " Pas de Poignards," was applauded enthusiastically ; it possesses the elements of an enduring popularity. The great hit 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 owneatural growl to the softest tones of an /Ealian 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 Huguenots, 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 honours 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 rably 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. SUN:, 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 such marked intelligence, that she succeeded in eliciting repeated bursts of applause, and achieved a complete success. Mr. Henry Ferran 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 afterwards produced, and was completely successful. SMAND 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 ]oyal 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 fimally 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 then, 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 SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—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 EIOLBORN.—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 60 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 Society's fire-escapes, having arrived the most strenuous ex ertions were made 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 bad bean 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 LEGISLATURE UPON FASHION. —Sir Robert Peel's Bill having discarded a large portion of the duty upon dress, the public appear now to be reaping the full benefit of that measure. At the Customs' examinations we notice these facts and obtain also a notion of that which is denied to us elsewhere, viz.—what is to be the vogue during the current month. A large case consigned to the Messrs. Jay, which was opened yesterday, displayed some bonnets of a white and semi -transparent ground, on which was a raised cord that appeared remarkably new. The scintillatory and diamond-like effect of some of the head dresses was very chaste and elegant. There were likewise some bonnets, for which one of our countrymen has taken out a patent both in France and in England. It had really puzzled us to know how so much style and variety could be produced for a house which is limited to specialities, but it would seem that the recurring success of these importations is attributable to the constant visits and personal superin tendence in Paris of the Artiste en Mode, w ho directs the confection of th e m illi nery f or the salons in Kegent-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 e6 following their example. The Pimlico, as well as omnibuses Sloane - square, o a n e . s q Westminster mom4ndi.butsoes3,dh.avtheereednuteiteed the fares to and from the City from of l l in ß o lu a e n d liawrehicdistance, and the pas sengers to and from c , ar . n announce h run to theth e carriage further of f portion Charing-cross I g-cross and either end of the journey at the lesser fare, reta" • full fare of 4d. for retaining the the entire distance, while the thing, but retain the four omnibuses do the same Chelsea street and the Bank, and P6ednn3'r fare to and from Sloane • also the case with the numerousfor the whole journey; as is route. In addition to these concessions , omnibuses running on this ning to and from Hun t , (rerfor c d oncessions, the omnibuses run reduced their fares from 4d. to market and Paddington have on the roof. It appears now that3d., and 2d. only, as before, gene rally the opportunity of travelling by most of the omnibuses the public have very to and from Charing-crass at a m they are indebted to the oppositionoiety of the fare, for which recently Oxford-street and Holborn line at the low f are s, and doubt ently started on the less also to the remarks made by subjee. the public journals on this ELECTRIC TELEGRAPII—Mr. Francis Whisbaw, the inventor of this important discovery, is about to deliver illustrated lectures in London, one view of which will be to demonstrate that the charge need not be more than a shilling for every twenty words, from all the principal towns of the kijagd9M. LONi)ON, LITERATURE. THE ZOIST. IVO. XXXV. Of almest all our modern (so called) discoveries, the germ may be found in ancient 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 i❑ 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 tion 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 accompanying sketch, which, by the kind permission of the authoress, I send for publication in the next Zoia, 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, however, for the present ago 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, THCMA6 CHANDLER. " 58, Paradise-street, Rotherhithe, July 14, 1851." Mr. Chandler Alas 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 mesmesism, 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 sectis ad eos is prefixed the figure of a man with his right hand stretched forth; the thumb and two adjoining fingers are extended, while the other two aro 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 a 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; he 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 fingers 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 chati, 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 tact; he did not know the occurrence of cerebral sympathy of sensation, idea, and inclination; nor the power of the silent human will. He did not 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 i mag i na ti on . 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 not 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 a scribed 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. Hilarion, in which, ac cording to Hilarion, St. Jerome had exorcised a Bactrian camel, of enormous size, which had become mad, or possessed. " The camel's eyes were bloody, hi s 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 T UESDAY EVE came forward alone, and, in the Syrian tongue, said Thou dost not affright me, devil, with all that bulk of body—thou art ono and the same, in a little fox or in a camel ; ' and so he stood firm, with his arm stretched out, and, as the beast advanced towards him, furious and ready to devour him, it presently fell down, with its head to the ground." On this legend Dr. El liotson remarks :—" Now Middleton would not regard this as a most ridiculous story, were he alive at pre sent, and acquainted with the power exhibited by the Duke of Marlborough on two ferocious dogs, by making passes with his hands before them, and by the Rev. Mr. Bartlett, over a sa vage 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 be 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 pdsitions, and perform ing certain actions, be produced certain effects, and we who are acquainted with mesmerism know that it was by the development of mesmeric power conse quent upon those positions, and those actions, that be 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 i s a l w ays represented in a position which wo u ld d eve l o p in a great de gree mesmeric force, we m a y con fidently 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 are 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. FLOREACE SACKVILLE; or SELF-DE PENDENCE. By 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 indolent 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 Milly is very painful, though it seems a style of subject which is to be food 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. KOSSUTH DEMONSTRATION 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 bad 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 superintendent, secretary , ttpa et ooh C woe Captain ttharhrii received ct eo l 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 Koseuth and party arrived at 9 o'clock ; but from those present the illustrious exile received a most warm and enthusiastic reception. Mr. Stuart, originally manager, tors. built the traffich d e ifroerc ttohres t Mr. Toulmin Smith, and M had Kossuth Queen a expressHmharrivedtpe l.aenag idresiladoapi t tnhh r yai.s adjoining n giaodii ea.vrmdneeo done c embank meats n n nt ki Pulski,of M. aim -, late p the Hungarian police. s riv t ooffießraeicyti, difficulty If% ‘ t tao l y,p i re e prtteeh t ha i eect appear time thiw t ala h wtdti e eoatdny t h r ea a pw i no n dil ti h hca 9 a l c d s e c his room,tremendously return where h to o r h i the crowd on the platform that it was with the greatest electric p o o t e u c l t d at o o b rs ta . in S a o great was minutes, K s °tsleu th refreshment a n i d i e o on h a actually clung to the doors, anxiou se glimpse of the distinguished stranger. to sec remainedhta o e r e r ci r aa e gtdcehoptnahof passage a pr ac s g arr e m ot , w f en a o w y gd r At Coventry the excitement was still 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 every direction —in cockades, in bonnets, and on the costumes 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 bad shown place,v teuhdieBll carriaget' h e 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 Muntz, the two Members for Birmingham, and Mr. Wright, Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Reception. The party proceeded at once to partake of an elegant dejeitrzer, 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 processions ever seen in the town of Birmin g ham. Kossuth, Mr. Geacb, a nd Mr. Toulmin Smith, took their places in an open barouche drawn by four greys, the postillions in scarlet jackets, and wearing the Hungarian colours, and the remainder of the party were accommodated in carriages of a similar description. As they drove et a smart pace down the Green Lanes every moment added to the length of the cortege, until by the time it had reached Small-heath all resemblance to a procession had disappeared, and the whole of the road, the hedges, the trees, and the dscptio n. All houses, appeared swar min g with people, or densel y blocked up with vehic les of every eri the working people of th e busy hive of skilled indus o give a hearty English w elcome to the best expo nen t try had obtained a genera l holiday, and turned out t in our days of the true principles of political and so . cial freedom. It would be impossible to do justice to Every hedge,wall, and tree, every window and house the appearance of the line of road from_ henceforward. banners of the various associated trades fluttered in the air, and as the operatives passed on in dense top was crowded with people. On every side the gay ons of welcome, of masses, each body headed by . their standard bearer, we could recognise ie scri p t sym pathy, and of sentences extracted from Kossuth's various speeches. Ban ds of music played Hungarian airs, and at every corner where the density of the crowd occasioned a mom entar y stoppage a deafening cheer arose as the people caught a glimpse of the dis tinguished stranger. At this point the mass of the people bad been gra dually congregating from eight in the morning; at about eleven o'clock the crowd appeared to have reached its limits, i n asmuch as at that time t h ere 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'ol9ok the ragabale begau to (ono the IN G, order of the procession ; this occupied until after one o'clock, and every minute new arrivals thronged up in such bodies that, notwithstanding the enormous open space where the people were now assembled, with open fields on every aide, it became difficult to march. All the trades were now ranged iu 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 is 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 lilowers and cutters with hand, group of fifty men. Brassfounders, group of fifty men. Jewellers, group of fifty men. Sdltley workmen and band. Tailors, group of fifty men. Carriers, 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. PzArl 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, Welverhamp ten, 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 thoze 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. 14Tuntz, 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 masa 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 had 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 largo 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 and 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 agai❑ 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. Dlr. 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., Scholerield, Toulmin Smith, Alderman Weston, George Dawson, Blythe, T. Jaffray, Robert Wright, T. C. Salt, R. K. Douglas, end 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 64 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 course. SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHow.—ine 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 than ordinary display of the capabilities of British stock breeders and agricultural im provements ; and will occupy double the space that they have done un former occasions. A VERY WIDE OPENING , --"Wanted, at the Great Exhibition, in llyde-park, an active lad, where no other is kept. his work will be comparatively l i g h t , as he will only have to clean the windows!" VEMBER ll, 1.51. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTUAMPTON.—The Royal Mail Company's steamship Great Western, Captain Woolley, has arrived from th e W es t I n di es , with the usual 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 t wo d ays off Fayal, where the Great Western had to proceed for coals. The latest dates brought by the Great Western are —Vera Cruz, Oct. 8; Tampico, 5 ; Chagres, 10; Carthagena, 12 ; Jamaica, 14 ; Demerara, 12 ; Tri nidad, 12; Barbadoes, 14; Grenada, 13 ; Porto Rico, 17 ; St. Thomas, 13 ; Fayal, Nov. 3; Antigua, Oct. 16; Santa Martha, 10 ; Grey Town,6; Carriacou, 13; St. Vincent, 13; St. Lucia, 14 ; Martinique, 15 ; Guadaloupe, 15 ; Dominique, 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. Cornelia-, Rosenthal, Myers, and Kerstat—from Cbagres ; Mr. Glennie, Mr. Stozzel, lady and child, and servant, Messrs. Leroux, Peyersfeld, Lohse, Ilaran, Armengal. Lamana, and Favrien, Mr. Palacios, lady and child —from Vera Cruz • Mr. T. Cridland, f rom G re . nada ; Mr. J. Ahara, ' from St. Vincent ' • Mr. Gadsden, 11.1 r. Pre.ttijohn 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. Le Mesle, Mr. Ileureon azd daughter, Messrs. Douillard and Foyon, M. Rabou (Procureur-General) ' lady, 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 45 other packages. Stations of the Company's Steam: —The - ships 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 Cbagrea ; 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 Carthagena 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 he requires. The conse quences of such a system are obvious. Jamaica has lost the trade she has hitherto carried on with Cubs, 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 forei,gx 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 be 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, we aro told, has no country ; and if directors and leading shareholders . find their ac count to lie in concentrating trade at St. Thomas, Ja maica Kill 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 an assumed necessity of competing with the American steamers at Chagres for passengers and freights of specie. We have shown a dczen 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 are 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 St. Thomas direct to Chagres, increasing still further the disabilities under which the now system has placed Jamaica. " It is not easy to prescribe a course by which the calamity now in progress may be averted ; but, unsuc ceasful as have been our efforts hitherto, we think it ought not to b 3 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. The 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 moat 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 an early period after the meeting of the session." (From the Jamaica Despatch of Oct. 9.) " Tho 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, wo 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 of 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, we 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 ono likely, we fear, to recoil at some future day on the colony itself, it is impossible not to see in it irrefrsgable 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 bo resorted to in the case of a private person with pain and regret. We see in it undoubted proof that, after a residence amongst ns of nearly five years, Sir Charles Grey ha s so contrived to administer his government as to be now literally without a political friend. We aro satisfied we shall bo 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 day di rect public attentioans governors nonehave been ever completely with succeed one class e a ' or Many another, in driving from him th e conf i dence and pathy of an entire commun i ty. re can b o r n e o l a t i d o o n u b b t etw in een th th e e w G o o r v l e d r n o r that and There can this governed has antagonistic induced the cat as t rop h e now under consideration. The distress and sale of his Excellency's per sonal equipage, under circumstances which are already known, may be l oo k e d upon_ as nothing short of a deli berate vote o f wan t of confidence on the part of the whole public. The act itself, harsh as it is, and unparal leled, 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. N or is it likely that, after such a signifi cant proof of the feeling of the public, Sir Charles Grey can long b e re t a i ne d i n hi s present station. No indivi dualas can effi c i ent l y a d m i n i s t er a g overnment, who has ceased to possess the confidence and respectwe do regret of those over whom ho is placed. We reg o r ; t confidence and but the fact still remains, the particular mode in which y want m a a respect has been expressed , _ place, the government of this island can be retained in and it seems scarcely possible that, after what has taken ' the hands that now hold it. Lot us onl y h o p e that the St. Catherine's levy operate seriously t o our may not d i sa d van t s ge in the selection of a successo r. ,, 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 is navigable the whole distance, with the exc e pti on of about 200 yards, where there there is a rapWigra l2 -. the Castello Viejo. At the fo o t o f th e rap id fis --- seri- .- gets have to disembark from the steann>r, walk or ride a distance of 200 yards, and re-embirk in an other steamer, which they have succeeded,in carrying up the rapid, which steamer takes them 4:the river into the Lake of Nicaragua, a distance of 30 miles, and across the lake to Virgin Bay, a further diatimce of 60 miles. From this place to San Juan del=:Sad, the port on the Pacific, is a distance of 12 miles. Th u 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 Sud is 40 dollars ; this includes a riding mule from Virgin thy to Sen Juan. Passengers' baggage is charged at the rate of 10 cents per lb. There were five vessels with passengers expected at San aaan on the 22d September. H „ i; ,~ COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, JAMAICA. (Frew De Cordcva's Mercantile Intelligencer, Oot.11.) GENERAL REMARKS. We have little Jr no charge to report as having cc. carted in the state of this market since our issue of the 9 6th ult. But few operations of a wholesale cha racter have been effeceti, whilst the retail demand has is no instance exceaded the usual average. The stock of flour has received an accession during the fortnight of upwards of 4,000 barrels, which quantity, bricig in excess of the existing inquiry, has thrown down the wholesale I li s r i nn c e n o fully t is. si n a per l ha r r g r e e I supply; uuder thebutgood last pickled fish, especially , h err i ngs, are wanted. a he produce market is rather quiet. REVIEW to the contrary, OFM A cR K t E rIS. Unless specially stated , long, or duty paid prices are a l ways given, and are to. be considered as wholesale prices. I n f i lling small orders, higher rates have to be paid. been Flour—Theconfined to h the o disposal !ei e ope operations io onons sincebarre barrels our n e la w s t n h a a lt v i. Balti more, at 30W. and 295. Smaller parcels of Baltimore and Phi!adelphia have been moved at 30s. Meal is in very small inquiry, and nothing over 16s. can be got for the smallest retail parcel. Rice—We quote Bengal at 13s. 6d. per 100119. Low Madras is being placed in parcels of 50 to 100 bags at 9s. per 1001'o. No operations in Carolina have tran spired. Butter—Since the arrival of the packet holders of Coil: seconds have been holding firmly for lod. to 10 d.; previously the article had been dull a t 9kd . to 10d. lot of Halifax in large firkins has been engaged, subject to approval, at Sid. 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 28. 3d. per gallon, but an improved rate is likely sooa to be obtained, in constquence 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 wero confined to 200 kegs, which were all placed at 9d. per lb. The article is scarce, and in demand. Hams—lrish are unsaleable at 6d. to 7d. Lancashire move slowly at 9d., and American at 7d. per lb. We s t. phalia may be quoted at 9d. to 10d. Soap—We have no improvement whatever to notice in the market for this article. The depressing influences alluded to in our last exist to an undiminished 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 I Id. 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 stoned may be quoted at 4s. 6d. per sack. Rum—Sono operations for export are reported at Is. 2J. 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 18s. The latter is in strait supply. Coffee—There is not any at market. Pimento—There aro ready buyers at 3 4 1 d. to Sid. per lb. ~f ~~ EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Colonial Bank-90 dap, i per cent. premium. ~ 91 60 days, 1 per cent. premium. ~ „ 30 days, 1i per cent. premium. Jamaica Bank-90 days, : 4 1 per cent. premiem. „ „ 60 days, 1 per cent. premium. IP „ 30 days, li per cent. premium. Merchants' Bills, 90 days, par. ON NEW YORK. _ _ _ Merchants' Bills, 60 days, f per cent. premium. NOTTINGHAM GENERAL IMFIRMARY. The 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 Hon. H. Coke, the Hon. and Her. J. V. Vernon, the Venerable Archdeacon Wilkins, the Venerable Archdeacon Browne, J. M. Sutton, Esq., M.P., W. LI. 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, H. A. Coles (Marnham), and T. Proctor ; Colonel Hill, Colonel Rolloston, W. Felkin, Eiq. (Mayor of Notting. ham), T. Nixon, Esq., H. P. Sherbrooke, Esq., R. K. Kelham, 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, E2q., 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 MANTERS 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 town bailiffs, 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 Retford, from Matthew vi., 23, 24, 25. At the conclusion of the service a col lection, according to annual custom, was made in aid of the funds of the society, the amount received being 0 011. 103. 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 Georgians Clinton, supported by the deputy-president, Henry P. Sherbrooke, Esq. The 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 Georgiana Clinton, for the honour they had conferred on the charity in acting as Lady Patr onesses , on that of the Duke of Newcastle, to the Rev. T. Twells, for his impressive and excellent sermon cn behalf of the institution just preached in St. Mary's Church; on that of his Worship the Mayor, to the President and Stewards, for their kind exertions on the occasion; on that of Mr. R. 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 tem, to the institution, and that the permanent appointment should be made at the ensuing anniversary. Tho weekly committee ac cordingly appointed the Rev. Henry Bell. Mr. HART proposed that Mr. Bell be appointed chap. lain to the hospital; Mr. NIXON seconded the motion; and there being no other candidate proposed, Mr. Bell was deolared unanimously elected. The meeting, after awarding a vote of thanks to the chairman, then broke up.—Derhyshire Courier. RAILWAY LONDONF III Last night Dr. B. F. Thompson delivered a lecture at the St. George's (llanover-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. Raving pointed out by means of drawings and other illustrations the costumes of the va rious Arab tribes, and commented upon their peculiari ties. he proceeded to point out on a large chart the proposed line of railway, the difficulties in the .___ con struction of which he could state from personal obser vation, vation, having resided some years at Dam as cus rs t as had other cities in the East, were by no means h been imagined. Ile believed that even s t u s e s ° . .f_f'r_tat tir o e f sections of the line would lead !o b i: 3 op . n icl o m x : w bu ere the completion. The only difficulties, b i a n bie 1 Gulf, but of the tribes on the shores were both favourable to the jealousy of Russia and the pro f the Persia herself and Turkey we y p osts stationed along th e Persianhostility of some scheme, and a this source. The route indi cated inconvenience which, four centuries ago, was pursued e w ould obviate any proba line of railway cated was that wh h i i c ch carried on the traffic between the by the caravans w and the east. Dr. Thompson, after re western world mode in which the passage through the ferring to the fo t r eir so m m m i e lit t f i l ni r northern part ed by 'Enean of the Taurus range m i g h t b e aceem s of a tunnel, whi c h would not present greater engineering di ffi culties th an many great works ac complished d this country, th en expatiated at some length upon the social and m ora l advantages of intro -1 clueing the civilization and the education of the west among the nations of central Europe. From a want of previous arrangement the lecture was somewhat pro tracted, and the audience began to exhibit signs of im patience before it Wes brought to a close. G LASGOW, Nov. S.—Cotton—We have had a fair Easts l a n Inz s d l a l n s i c e a u r n c t e i g n d t o d 2 e ., a 3 r o e o r . ba T le n s :o yr d a a s 3 o , s ffe a r g e o d inquiry i. for cotton wo o l , and prices are a shade batter. Sea aforpa sai rc e el b o y f auction. The sale went on with considerable spirit at a re duction of from ),d. to lid. at; compared with terms going a fortnight previously. Prices range d b e t ween 2 1 ,id. and 3 6 1 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 bas been a very dull one in the iron-market, and prices are a shade more favourable to buyers. Warrants may be quoted 38s. 9d. cash; No. 1, 395.; No. 3,385.6 d. in makers' hands, cut oa deliyery. ~, r~~'` I t° (3° l : A re e '