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A 9E A Hofer 1 1 " or . d'A"‘ceot i ; e t so f itio; ; be P re ° S9P ug 47/ 0,,, 1' t , e Dors i st , ;ding 111 not ? ,er ds d ' es ,t allude, o. per tP . _ n ot u. r 1 The i ,,,,e r 4 9 4q ft r 4g o c i .4 o;yfr 9011; / c ° ' ' its P O I 0 6,/ ,cndoS. gSt 0 1 0 1 i! 0 Sydney, New South Waks; Undine, ITobart Town; Syria, Melbourne, South Australia; Betjaniin Eikin, Ade Lida, South Atrttralia; Vixen, Mauritius; Everitta, Ba!tia; Trinidad; Vulture, Newfoundland; and the rev, of the outward bound. PLIMOUTR, JULY 16. l'he Joa A.tulerson was lost In the Bristol Channel 131.3 instant; iwo of tha crew Saved. YARMOUTH.—The Duly Mary Ann, of Kirkaldy, sprung a lark off Cromer 14th insarA, and sank; crew saved. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. STAMFORD RACES—WEDNESDAY. Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. etch, 5 fr, and 25 added, for three yrs old. Once round and a dis. (3 Subs.) Mr. G. Higgins's Theseus walked over Sweepstakes of 15 noes. each, 5 ft, and 25 added, for 2 yrs old, colts Bst 700, arid fillies B.t 3ib, winners of 2001. 31bs, of 3001 51bs extra. T.Y.C. (9 Suns.) Mr. Payne's Freedom . . . (Flatman) 1 Mr. W.ttson's France (Bartholomew) 2 Capt. Lowtter na tby Annaturale—Cary pst (Rogers) 3 Lord CM& n's fby Bay Middleton—H.R H (I ) .at I) 4 Lord Burghley na Lens (Norman) 5 Betting —Evan on France, 5 to 2 agst Freedom, 5 to 1 agst Calypso fitly, and 6 to 1 each agst the others. Won cleverly by half a length; two lengths between second and third. The Gold Cup of 100 sovs. by Subs. of 10 sovs. each and 20 added; three yrs old, Est 71b; four, Bst; five, Bst 131 b; six, 9st 51b; tval eg..d, 9st 71b. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs. Thrice round. (11 Subs.) Mr. Stephenson's Ninus, 4 yrs (Mittman) 1 Lord Burghley's Phlegethron, 3 yrs (Hartoek) 2 Captain Lowther's King Charming, 3pa (Hammond) 3 Betting -7 to 4on Ninus, 7to 4 apt Polegethon, 3 to 1 agst King Charming.. Won by a length; a good race for second place, which was obtained by a heed only. Handicap of 5 soya, each, with 20 added. One mile. (2 Subs.) Mr. Rogers's Pulcherima (Rrgers) 1 Lord Exeter's Visite Won by a head. GOODWOOD, 1851. Handicap for the Chesterfield Cup. Craven Course. Yrs at lb Yrs at lb Glauca 5 8 12 Dulcet a 7 2 Landgrave Vatican Turnus Nutshell Strongbow Windischgratz ... 4 8 o;Glenbawk Little Jack .. 4 7 11 , Barcelocia Backbiter ..... ... 6 7 9Nautch Girl Officious William the Con- !Croupi-er ... . queror ..., 4 7 9; Megc t hon Miss Ann 5 7 71/Lary t'curry Loadst une Montague Woodlark.. Gillyflower ... The Reriot 3 7 4 Wad astra Handicap fur the Nursery Stakes of 15 sOVd. each, for two yr& old. One mile. Herschel), Bst 71b—The Brahmin. Bst 71b—b cby Cotherstone, out of Wryneck, Bst 71b—Burndale, Bst 71b —b cby Sir Hercules, out of Odessa, Bst 71b—Ma sham, Bst 71b—G rey T ommy, B st 71b—f by Laneroost, out of Cytherea, Bst 41b—Constantine, Sst 31b—Jullien, L st , l2l b--Hatnbletonian, 7st 121b—Frantic, 7 s t 101b— tuelwolis 7sr. 81b—Greengage, 7st 71b—b cby Touch !tone, out of Fugl , m3n's dam, 7st 710—Lens, 7st ?W— -ire/due, 7st 51 b—Urbanity, 71 3ib—Joe Miller, 74 3tb ,'—Sir Cbarhs Napier, 7st 2ib— &nits, 7st 11b—Maria, "t—Hirsuta, 7st—The Sprinx, 6st 121 b—M. Houdin, Est 121 b—Lenorits, E s t 121b—E t t a , E s t 121b—L a d y 4 , I4 netles 6st 101b—K,h-i-noor, 6st 10113—Plumstead, 6st r..... is 0 - by St. martin, out of Toga, 6st 71b. CRICKET THE NORTH AGAINST THE SOUTH. This finely contested match was brought to a conclusion Yesterday, when the score stood as follows : NORTH. First Innings. Second Innings. Grand. Wisden, b. Hill yer 9 b. Wisden ..•••• - •••••• 41 , b. Hillyer Parr, b. liillye r 2c. Box, b. Wisden .. 45 Mr. R. Vernon, b. Wisden 4 b. Wisden Pittr. R. T. Kin Anderson, b. 14;11 . —. , .yer , . 11 c. Caesar, b. Day ......... 1 g, b. Hillyer 1 b. Wisden . . ............ 12 Chstterton, o. Ilillyer *:, 33 b W isden ..-- "••• ****** 7 Nixon at. Box, b. Hilly" r 3 b Wisden Dakin, b w isden ... , 7 - e , . 29 run out . ..... ~... ......... 7 4 Lord Guernsey, b. liiii .... 0 b. Wisden.... Clarke, not out • Y 0 not out ... -••••••••• ••• •• 4 L. b. ************** Bes6;L. b. , 6...... 12 .......... .... ........ 2 Y ' 95 SvuTs• 1,44 F irst Innings. S econ d I nn i ngs . k o rn s b Clark e ... .. . ... 4 c. Clarke, b. Nixon l2 :11 e. Nixon, b. Grundy 39 c. and b. Grundy Clf3TtYgart.b, b. Grundy 0 b. Grundy kar t i n 'b• Grundy 0 b. Grundy ... .. 130 X, 01, e11 ; b. Grundy.. ... 0 c. Grundy b. Clarke...... 4 alr. v-rundy . ... .. ...... o b. Grundy Dean F elix, b. .......... 1 b. Grundy Wi: i i v. Gru n d y .. ..... 2 c. Vernon, b. Clarke . liiii i ": l ; b. ... Grundy........ ll c. Chat , erton, b. Grundy 52 Da " not o ut 0 c. Grundy, b. Clarke ... 8 Day' b. 139 2 ; N. b., 1 .. 61 AnaSO the " North" were the victors by 12 runs. A ABD-EL-ER. letter from ConstantinKoplAe D of the 25th ult., in the Gazette, Augsburg states that the Ottoman Porte has n o t accepted the proposition of the French Government to take charge of ABD-EL.KADER, and prevent him fr om escaping, in th e eve nt of his being allowed to lea ve France. _________ ____ . _ . .___ 77 _.................. FREE TRADE IN PRUSSIA. —T oe Government of Dantlic has brought an action against all the public func tionaries who attended the Free -trade Congress. The Com- M unal Council of Elbing has received a Government rescript, istating that the nomination of delegates to the Free-trade egress is illegal, iints'nuch as the di scuss i on o f t h e interests of free trade is no'. within the province of a communal coun cil, whi ch is merely charged with civil matters. Any breach of this re scr i pt wilt be followed by deprivation of office. The •unnster for Inland Affairs has imposed a pecuniar fine on t he chief b urgomaster and two senators for attendedhavin t he Said council. g Morainrs IN Tali EXCHEQUER.—According to a a h n_ l'ecount Published yesterday, the amount of moneys_ren a i i , remain 1' to be raised to comp ate the grants for 1848, 1,46-1, a ' O , was, on the sth of July, 1851, 1,765,204/. 4sl Id. id a MON ET AIARRET.—The quotati on o f go ld at Paris nave tariff) he bout 4 r mills discount ( accor di n g to the 0 sew , wich, at the English Mint price ex ! t h - , 178 . 100. per ounce for standard gold, gives r an s h — nge of 2507; and the exchange at Paris o o . n lB Lo e n r London at deare r innbeig 25.02 i, it follows that g s o . l s bur re if Paris than in London. i i h g the price of gold is 426! per mark, B y adv which,c f a r t ° the lpn H E a n n i g -- kis, Mint price of :-.5/. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, an exchange of 13.1 ; and the exchange n t g o " On London at short being 13.5 i, The °-6 • London than in Hamburg . per cent. dearer in it follows t a h t at . gold tn exchange e eoirae . of exchange at New York on London for bills a. bet Ways' sight is I ill per cent., and the par of i t een England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., i nllows that the exchange is nominally 0.92 per cent. in a vour of England ; and after making allowance for differ- Ince of interest and charges of transport., state 4 profit on the importation of gold from the United tate & the present rate 4 1 :, 13 , X isrIMENT FOR ASSAULTS.--power is given by an'," ' ar nipbell's new Act to criminal courts to sentence per t, --is per convicted of aggravated assaults to three years' impri- Ontnent (instead of two), with or without hard labour. ~ TUX 15 TH REGIMENT IN CETLoaI.--A a a proo f of "" estimation in which the 15th Regiment was held by the phabitants of Kandy, both European and native, and in re nnation of of bandy, which have been made m this country its to their conduct in Ceylon, on the departure of the regi- Ment from Kandy in the early part of the present year, an , bear address was presented to Lieutenant- Colonel Drought, ing the signatures of 80 ot the most respectable Europeans and 32 natives, ex and estimable of their regret, and testifying to the high characterpr the Whol asf the officers and privates forming the corps. The addrwas accompanied by a piece of plate for the UBB of the mess, on which was engraved an inscription conform able to the address. Lie utenant-Colonel Drought acknow ledged the compliment, and ordered the address to be en tered in the regimental records. ATPREEIENSION OF OFFENDERS.--There is a clause 15111 the new Act for the better Prevention of Offences (14 and __:Victoria, cap. 19) which should be generally known, by which persons are enabled to apprehend offenders without ,zclathe presence of a constable. The words of the 11 th section re—" And whereas doubts have been entertained as to the __tehority to apprehend persons found committing indictable ShallT. rice% in the night, in remedy thereof, be it enacted that it be lawful for any person whatsoever to apprehend any 1,?: 801 i who shall be found committing any indictable offence i '; the ni_ht, and to convey him or deliver him to some con `a_ole or other peace officer in order to his being conveyed, Z..! 001 1 as conveniently may be, before a justice of the peace, ‘, be dealt with according to law." TTan GIPSY KING AND HIS DOMINIONS. —The cere tni;°nY riding the common, to preserve the right of the ~e r .,_ . ~. ..n 3of Kirk-I etholm, was gone through on Friday, the se sHi ult., by the Gipsy King, and a respectable band of his th u Jants• About 3 r.m., the royal procession emerged from ;me village, and proceeded towards the common. His Ma- J e e ,!_ty %yore his royal robes, bore in his hand a stout oaken W hi c h for a scewre, and was mounted on a spirited charger, Sou t h was led by two grooms. In returning, an adventurous den dared to annoy the charger of his Majesty, to the gr , at t an a ger of the King, whereupon Charles called on no subject 7;apprehend and punish the offender, but dismounted, and , ..about to admini,ter chest setnent in person, when some `cl,lliaula advisers interfered. His Majesty disdains on all oc tght to fight by proxy. He is the hero of uched a „ a and although well stricken in years, he has still vigour ......" c , a c ( i ) e tZaz n e to avenge hi s wrongs b y an appeal to the fists. Mercury. linos, VITOR/A PAH K.—The Bill brought into the mend p_ c lase leantesta enabling the Cernmis,ioners of Woods to lir 1 to form Victoria Park, has been printed. the objectof th o _ e . the Bill, as stated in the preamble, is that ( jseelfilsifoer,dpeaoxrethioanns of the park which may be leased shoal be and that the Commissioners should have power to theyexchange such portions of it in the like manner as nt•th the e ‘ e ' re power to sell or exchange any parts or parcls hereditary land revenues . f the Crown not being royal f c?e r .- ?.,tB .lPa t rks, Or chases in England. The Act will also in taau!jen:tty. he trustees of copyhold lands held in trust for her b.....L"CEsTERsuIttE• -- The majority of farmers "". bY this t" 4 , 6 ~ time, completed their haymaking onerations, o,4,zeia Produce ofgrass has been, in most case's, on the l Ova ge• both as regards !identity and quality. In some ! r x, o , t , n ,, s i m ., ut,b, we do not earn. ~p etal' l ,t, _ i t. no ' s :, keatnwlah,lteat i, suit , i , s ., rin , g , t,,r in as loany utile:, it is line anti hurl in me. peas are in a .must flourishing condition, ces e r:r o. ,2ea are f better than au average quality.— G/014- wn'tegl. T LITERATURE CURRAN AND BIS CONTEMPORARIES. By Charles Phillips, hsq., A. 8., 6-c. Fourth Ldition. Blackwood and Son. Annlner edition —the fourth —testifies the excel lence as well as the popularity of this brilliant and enthralling biography. It may be remembered how very recently we had occasion to announce the ap pearance of its predecessor, and yet already a reprint has been demanded. That circumstance alone is a sufficient panege ric on the work as a literary per formance. To the biographer himself it must seem yet m qe precious as a sort of national approval of his eloquent and earnest tribute to the shedow of a departed friendship. Those who have obtained any thieg like an intimate acquaintance with the volume as it was, even at the period of its original publica tion, will .comprehend how sincerely and deeply felt must be the pleasure with which the author must regard the dissemination of his encomiums upon Curran among the masses of his fellow-country men. The knowledge that he is thus multiplying the admirers of that great and remarkable man must be to b.an a source of exquisite consolation whenever he laments the calamity of his disappear ance. It must console.him for the extinguishing of a light so illustrious to consider that its reflection upon his own admiration is being continually repeated upon the admiration of every reader of the biogra phy. With reiere nce t o th e p u bli c a t la r ge, more over,it must be matter of exceeding satisfaction to be able to turn to any such well-authenticated parti culars as those which are here furnished by Mr. Charles Phillips, in regard to a person of such extra ordinary powers and world-wide celebrity as Curran (p. 433)-." The unique, the wondrous, the inimit able Curran"—that famous Curran of whom Dr. Birkbeck said that within the space of every five consecutive minutes (p. 434), he would make him " both laugh and cry"—taut wonderful genius of whom Lord Byron remarked—" He beats every body ; his imagination is beyond human ; and his humour perfect ; he has fifty faces, and twice as many voices when he mimics ; I never met his equal," adding, at another time, " Curran ! Curran's the man who struck me most : the riches of his Irish ima gination were exhaustless; I have heard that man speak more poetry than I have ever seen written, though I saw him seldom and but occasionally." Such is the surprisingly gifted genius selected by Mr. Phillips as the subject of his biography and the ob ject of his eulogiums. Entering upon the fulfilment of his duties as the memorialist or celebrant of the career of John Philpot Curran, the author has in the noble volume before us contributed an estimable offering to the literature of the United Kingdom. Aware of the merits of the work in its improved form, it is gratifying nevertheless to find its excellence yet further increased by the addition of several very in teresting and hitherto unpublished particulars. The mass of anecdotes scattered through the chapters, en livening almost every alternate page, and intermingling the charm of wit, and humour, and pun, and re. partee— " Quips, end cranks, and wantli with the more sober materials of the biography, has been in the present edition here and there increased. Added to which we may notice more especially the introduction of an entirely new chapter on the Duke of Wellington as one of Curran's contemporaries. From this interpolated addition we take tLe sub joined quotations : " WELLINGTON. "It has been asked tf me, w hy, in enumerating the contpearmaries of Curran, the ornumf-nts of cur common country, I have omitted, immeasurably the greatest of them all—Arthur, Duke of Wellington, a❑ Irishman by bir,h, an acseciate of Curran in the Irish House of Commons in 1.793, a high official afterwards in that country.. Irdand justly claims him as her own, end, not unreasonably, complains of the omissirin. Though the complaint is just the emission was intt-ntional. In clination, duty, love of my native land, all imperatively prescribed a task which, nevertheless, conscious incom• • potency admonished me to decline. Deeply did I fed it was nut mine to Sx the flashing of the diamond, or gaze, with e)e undimmed, on more than half a century of glory. True, indeed, it is that, with a patriot, and therefore, perhaps, an excusable ambition. I had ven- tared to delineate the wits, the orators, and statesmen of my country. Bat, then, it was because in the contrasts and variirties of their career I thought myself furnished with the tintings which might guide me. "The elequent lamented voice is scarcely hushed which mourned Ireland as the difficulty' of his Govern ment—a melancholy, and, in my mind, from a British statesman, a humiliating admission! Why should this be so? and so, in the seventh century of England's sway ? It is, indeed, to every thinking man's astonish. menr, a difficulty,' and it is more than a difficulty—it is a reproach—or, it may be, a peril. How easy it is to fold the arms, and cast the bl.me on Ireland! Nothiu g more easy than for the libellers alike of man and Pro. valence insanely to insist that there is something in INT nature so dogged and incorrigible, or in her intellect so dull, or in' her instincts so indocile, as to tender culture vain and statesmanship abortive; and this of the lan d which gave the empire (but one of many bounties) all that was eloquent, profound, philosophic, sagacious, almost inspired, in Burke; and which, even in this our own day, gives to the slanders an illustrious and living refutation! Yes, had libelled Ireland been all, or more than all, her libellers assert, she has given a compensa tion to the nation, which he saved, in Arthur, Duke of Wellington. Grateful England feels it, and his pour country, prostrate, forlorn, and desolate as she lies, still half forgets her misery, as she hears the generous min strel of the north— Hark! from yon stately ranks what laughter rings, Mingling wild mirth with war's stern mi.m•trelsy, His jests, while each blithe comrade round hi m flings, And moves to death with military glee. Boast, Erin, boast then, tameless, frank, and free, In kindness warm, and fierce in dangers known, Rough nature's children, humorous as she. And He—yon chieftain—strike the proudest tone Of thy bold harp, green isle— the hero is thine own !' " This truly great man encountered, in his commence ment, the destined fate of greatness. Detraction, as usual, muttered its presage of ill omen, the presage 'of a moms nt. it was but heard and hushed. boon loftily above it rang the trumpet of Assaye; Europe caught up the tone—it woke the frozen echoes of the north, called Spain and Portugal again to life, startled the fal con amid the silence of the Pyrenees, bade prostrate France arise, and, at last, from Waterloo resounded through the world. The path to' fame's fair temple' lay indeed be'ore him; but it was steep, and it was rugged.. Dangers.privations, jealousy, vicissitude, and difficultie s of every kind beset, but sought in vain to bi.file him. In fact, they only proved his genius. That course which, in another, would have indicated defeat, was in him the result of science and design. His retreat always pre luded a triumph—his pause was merely a preparative to progress; and when, at last, amid the doubts, and to the dismay o:' those who could not comprehend bias. he rested amid that marvel of his strategy, the lines of Torres \red' as, it was to give breathless victory a brie . ? repose—it was that Fabius might complete the wreath, to which every hero had previously contributed. It; how ever, his caretr was at times exposed and perilous. so, on the other band, it was not without its felicities. Amongst t.tie latter may be counted both the foe he had to com'eat and the theatre of the contest. Amid the ming led scenes of Moorish romance and Andalusian chivalry, every rock awoke some noble re collection—' visions, of glery tired the aching sight.' The mighty gpirit of the Cid himself seemed to arise, in I's cogunion of a kindred heroism. Nor were the hostile ranks unworthy their n n tsgonist. No barbaric horde, an easy prey to disQi plirie, nu conscript levy, to whom war was novel; tat iron legions, inured to danger, familiar with victory, and ignorant of tear. And the chirfa who led them,— honour to their memories !—honour to the brave, although they were our enemies!—well were such 1. sclera worthy of such followers. No ancestral shields or herald's artifice made pedigree supply the place of merit. Nature's own nobility, their cradle was the mks, their achievements their only title-deeds to distinction • heroes, indeed, who with thei r own b r i g h t swor d s carve d their armorial bear ings; veterans of the bivouac, the battle, and the siege-- new bronzed beneath the sun of Egypt, now nerved amid the Alpine snows—their names familiar as the fields on which they fought, and their exotic garlands culled from the varieties of the climes in which they conquered. .No wonder that t h e i r eagle had soared, from Rome to Mos cow, over every capital in Europe. No great marvel that prostrate dynas,ies indicated its course, and rising kingdoms mar Iced its resting-place! " There were occasions on which he (Wellington) stood, and stood alone, against the concentrate d energ i es of F rance . In one singl e month, and in one single pro vince—that of Estratnadura—six of their ablest generals, boult, Ney, Mortier, Kellerman, Victor, and Sabastiani , were in the field against him. At another period, thou separated, there we re at in force i n t h e Peninsula—Morti er Zamora; Killerm an , at V a ll ad r i tid; and St. Cyr, at the blocki Ze of Sfi Genera. t oc i h eo t n , at Soule, Z ager " From the first rifle - shot a t the village of ( Naos to the last gun which boomed at Toulouse, over an Quip ;,.. e , s grave; from the day on which he resigned hi s desk. in Dublin to that on which (havi n g received t we l ve times the thanks of Parliament) he took his scat am ong the Peers of England, Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquis, 'Duke (honour's fountain being quite exhausted), in rig ht all, at once, his path ryas a plane of continued. eleva tions.' " And yet—Wellington, Laving diFposed of armi es, bad to encoucter criticism. Home-bred Hanciblis and civic Scipios now dem , unced his inactivity, now depre et.,d his ravhncBs. E ven L on d ou ' s t r aiu-bandF., redo lent of Finchley, shot their goose-quill arrows at the warrior's reputation. tis ith a pen tarnished by the shat tered eagle, Wellington rebuked them with a seubni al word —a single word:—that word was—Victory. H ow it chafes the blood to think of dolts like the se aveng i ng ',;heir surfeits on a national benefactor! who fasted for them while they were feasting, and fought for them confederating against him—who, while they tossed upon their couch of down, was on his midnight watch, waiting the thunder-clap which was to wake to battle. But, both obeyed their mission—the one misusing time, tho other intent on im mortslity. Difficult, indeed, is it at this d a y to cre di t, ns it must at all tia:t a have been cisheartenin g to contem plate, the ciiscouragements through which he struggled to his renown, From the hour or his disembarkcion at Mondego Bay, to that on which, from the summit of the Pyrenees, he looked en the lovely land he bad emanci -115 " 3 . t;svo;el (to use his own expres:don) hung over . ion at home cr( , 1,0:n 1; t,T its forel g ta dcrucy was at work to luruish The impediments he had to combat meet us in every page—somotiraes, as just matter of complaint— SUN, LON DON, oftener, as the necessary record of occurrences. It is not too much to say that they would have broken the heart of any other man in the kingdom. Here ho had to propitiate the jealousy of a grandee, there, to counteract the perverseness of a junta—leagued with allies, brave but impracticable—unteught by defeat and intolerant of council—at the mercy of Governm, nts dogged in their decrepitude—now neutralised by the imbecility of Spain, now thwarted by the ingratitude of Porfugal, now ha rassed by their rationalauimosites, sometimes slandered, ofterP neglected, always envied—still faithful to the mighty trust reposed in him—still mindful of the crisis ho saw gathering round his country—unaided, self-sus tained, self-relying, he never sheathed the sword, till, amid Europe's homage, he gave Europe peace. " Almost every man imagines that he knows the Duke Wellington, because of those exploits which have be come as household words amongst us. But no man can be said to know him truly who has not pored and pon dered over these dispatches. They must evor remain, at once, the army's manual, and, of their gifted author, the most enduring monument. The records of his glory, they are also the revelation of the qualities which insured it. Here are unfolded to us the several and as sociated talents, rare in themselves, but still rarer in their combination, which constitute the hero. Bald, yet prudent—gifted, yet laborious—ardent, but circumspect —leaving nothing to chance which calculation could sup ply—be was prepared for adverse or prosperous vicissi tude, and made of his reverses, as of his victories, so many avenues to renown. Such are the disclosures of these invaluable volumes." Another contemporary figure has thus been intro duced by Mr. Phillips in the group with which he has ingeniously surrounded the principal figure on his canvas. Among these personages it will be remem bered by those acquainted with the volume that several men of particular celebrity are recognisable —their personal aspect being sketched with a pencil at once taitbful and luminous. Witness - his outline of Grattan—with his short stature and unprepossess ing appearance ; his arms disproportionately long ; his walk like a stride ; his person swaying like a pendulum ; his air abstracted ; apparently always in thought, and each thought provoking an attendant gesticulation. Witness his 80)u/tette of Plunket— his square built form, his look solitary and ascetical, his habit of walking to and fro with his hands behind his back, to all appearance perfectly self-absorbed— " the observed of all, and yet the companion of none !" Above all, witness his keenly marked and genially coloured likeness of the greatest of all Irishmen, Daniel O'Connell, the Liberator. " I knew him well," says he, " long and intimately. He was the beau ideal of an Irish agitator. His every movement was racy of the soil.' Face, figure, accent, gait, and above all, the rollicki ng , self-assured independence of his manner, were all so many proclamations of his country. As the leader of a multitude, especially of an Irish multitude, he never had a rival. For there was is him a union of qualities rarely found in any individual There he stood—bland and burly, sincerity itself— a real son of the sod—speaking their own tongue— kindred in tastes, in habits, and by birth—and, dearer than all, a ROMAN like themselves !" How characteristic is that ludicrous anecdote told of the Liberator (p. 318), when, at the Clare election, Dan came forward on the hustings, immediately after the flight of the other candidate, a lord in embryo, Vesey Fitzgerald, and exclaimed to his auditors, " Boys, where's Vasy Vigarald ? Och hone, Vasy, hut it's me that's dull without ye. I?ighi, mavourneen! righi (Hun, darling ! run), assd send the bell about for him Here's the cry for you— ' Stolen or strayed, Lost or mislaid, The President of the Board of Trade.' " _ Equally characteristic are the other anecdotes plenti fully squandered through the volume under considera tion, anecdotes now of Judge Norbury, now of Sir Boyle Roche, now of a Dublin applewoman, and now of a London statesman, not to mention a multiplicity of inimitable bon mots and incidents, relating espe cially to Curran himself. Under every point of view the book will be found singularly interesting, and in several chapters even supremely enthralling. Agree able, however, as these peculiarities of the production incontestably are, they constitute to our thinking its least noticeable excellence. What invests the biography with its prominent and paramount claim upon our attention is the fact of its unimpeachable authenticity—the author simply and touchingly re cording the fact, " He was my friend," upon a fly leaf at the commencement. Hence it is that we are induced to regard as the masterpiece of Charles Phillips his work upon Curran and his Contempo raries. ,DELPHI THEATRE. MISS WOOLGAR'S BENEFIT. ____ In the Times of this morning we find the following tribute, as graceful as it is just, to the merits of the most accomplished and most versatile (or, as Bulwer would phrase it, comprehensive) of English artistes, Miss Woolgar:— " Of all the actresses who belong, properly speaking, to the present day, there is none who has more fairly and honourably worked her way to a high position in public favour than Miss Woolgar, who took her benefit last night. First becoming celebrated as a performer in those rhymed burlesques which now-a-days constitute so large a portion of the English drama, she has since ap propriated to herself a sphere so wide that it is hard to define its limits at all. We might say that her general tendency was comic, embracing in that category every sort of character, from a duchess in a French piece of intrigue to a chambermaid in the broadest farce—to say nothing of the host of male exquisites, whom she dresses up so neatly, and whom she colours with such pleasing foppery. But this limit is far too narrow to define her range. She will quit farce and comedy without the sliehtest compunction, take a leading serious part in a drarne, and astonish by her force and intensity. Her acting of the Gipsy boy in Flowers of the Forest will long be remembered as one of the most striking per formances of the sort to be seen on the modern stage. Then, though not a professed vocalist, she can sing well enough to make a musical drama effective, and the bur lesques in which she first acquired her fame are still il lustrated by her talent. " And it should be added, that the various characters which belong to this boundless range are all performed well. In badly-managed theatres, when the company is weak, it is common enough to see the same persons fill every conceivable part. But the Adelphi is no theatre of this kind. It has, for its purpose, the best company in London, and one great talent in the ma nager consists in the power of discerning and applying the peculiar capabilities of eseb individual artist. It is the last theatre in the world where an actor would be made to stailile through what [mother could do in finit ly better, just for the sake of sevitag an engage ment. Strong casting is the very principle of Adelphi manegeraent, and if Miss Woeigat'a department is most varied, it is on ecconnt of the variety of her talent. " Looking through the several forms which this ac complished actress assumes on the stage, we shall find certain important characteristics which enable her to shine in them all. In the first place, she has a quick intelligence. She sees in a new part, not a mere com bination of words to be uttered, but something capable of individual expression, and she at once sets about to detect what can be made oft. No part, for instance, could be made more utterly insignificant than that of Lela) in Good !Night, Signor Pantulon, which she selected as one of the pieces for her benefit yesterday evening. Thereis nothing in the dialogue, nor has she the best situations, and yet the youthful vivacity with which she en dows the young,lover gives him quite a distinct existence. Carefulness is another characteristic. What she per fectly understands she endeavours thoroughly to express, and the elaboration of her by-play, and the well-consi dered adjustment of her emphasis, show that her atten tion is never slackened for an instant. Let us add a third and most valuable quality—that of perpetual good hu mour. Miss IVoolgar always conveys the impression that she is pleased with her occupation, she acts every part as if she liked it thoroughly; and when it is in it self none of the best, she shows a hearty resolution make the best of it. With these qualifications, w i t h great personal attractions, and with admirable., taste in dressing, it is no wonder that she is one of the most popular actresses in the most popular th ea t re o f the metropolis,. Last night she appeared in ',:tiree pieces—the Road to Ruin, the School for Tiger s , and Good Night, Signor Pantalon. We will not ;ay that this was on accou n t of her benefit, for there are few nights in which she has not undergone similar exertions. Her versatility was displayed to the utmost by her selection, and her popu larity was demonstrated once more by a house crowded to suffocation. bhe was enthusiastically received; and a hearty welcome was likewise given to Mr. Webster, who, in the character of Goldfinch, made his first appearance, in London since a, severe indisposition." FRENCH PLAYS. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. i a m t me t d hi i s ate fas p h a i t o r n o a n b a l g e e theatre were were las T t Ma jesty, and were for the benefit of M r . Mi tc h e ll , to whose h n e ig p h e t rf u o ri rm de a r n t c h e e s taste and enterprise we are indebted for the natural;za don of the French .drama iu this country. The new one act classical comedy of Horace et Lydie, from the pen of M. Ponsard, was produced for the first time in this country, Madlle. Rachel sustaining the part of Lydie, and proving that she is as true to nature, and as artistic in the delineation of the fascinating, graceful, coquettish, jealous, refined Roman lady of the Court of Augustus as she is in the intensely impassioned Ca mille of the early days of Route—her performance of which last night followed that of Lydie, and as usual created a furore. The house was crowded to suffixation. Mr. Muchell's benefit was last night attended by the Belgian Minister and Madame Van do Weyer, Prince TroubeLkey, Baron R o ll er , M arquis and Marchioness Munster of Dro?;h Eareda,l and Earl or Kilmurey, Earl Gran v ill e , E ar l , Countess of Bruce,. the Countess do S a ha, Lady Blanche Dupplin, Count Louis de Noailles, Trimleston, Lady Do Dunstanville, Lord Lady Williamson, Lady Russell, Lady Giy, E,m. Sir Edward and Lady Butler, Hon. d Johan Forte, fine. Wt Hon. Miss Stuart, Lady a L n o d rd L a a ' d ' L l ' i l e d id haven, Quentin, Lady and .Miss Palmer, Lion. George Smythe, Miss Burdett Gouts, Mr. Mott tagu Gore, Mr. TrelawneYs Mr. Spencer Drummond, Aiajor Martyr], Mr. and Mrs. Goldsmidt, Captain Lovell, Mr. Wald; Mr. Alston, Mr. Akoom, Mrs. Trelawny Breretou, Mr. and the Misses p i at e p, ir. Not-n,an, A!r. Edward Btlgh. Miss Watks n Wynn, Colonel Tictrwy, Cobl/10 Gordon and Miss Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. John ,auford, Mrs. Brunel, Br.e. THURSDAY EVENING, KNARESBOROUGH. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sin,—l have been spen , 3ing toe last we, kin Knares borough, and in return for t hi , great pleasure I often ex perience in perusing your bigi.ly-talented journal, and, in particular, the letters signed "An Old Retormer," I ven ture to send you some particulars concerning Knares borough and the late election, which may probably gratify many of your readers. In the first place, then, Knaresborough is a beautifully picturesque town; it contains in the parish the fashion able watering place of Ea,rrogate, ri,o justly celebrated for its mineral waters. Now, Harrogate is only two miles and a half from Knaresborough, and contains about as many inhabitants, and in the now Reform Bill which is promised by Lord John for the next year, it is hoped that the whole parish of Knaresborough will be included. Certainly it ought to be, and then there will be far less corruption in the place, as the constituency would be in creased from 360 to upwards of 900. It is now very corrupt indeed, and is called a second 'Pontefract—the inhabitants must take care they do not find it a second Sudbury! Knaresborougb, under the rotten borough system, was perhaps the best represented of any town in the kingdom! For the last twenty-one years of the old sys tem, the Duke of Devonshire nominated the Right Hon. George Tierney and the Right Hon. Sir James Mackin to-h. Now, under the Reform Bill, there has been a miserable falling off in the representation of that ancient place. The first Members were Mr. Henry Rich and the well-known Mr. Ferrand; its late Members were the late Mt. W. S. Lascelles, the brother to the Earl of Hare wood, and Mr. Westhead, a gentleman first nominated by the Manchester League. Mr. Westhead is himself a rich cotton spinner, and bears the reputation of a quiet and inoffensive man. The well-known and highly-respected Mr. Eneas Macdonnell also visited the borough and offered himself, but being a Roman Catholic he did not receive that support which his great talents ought to have insured to him. At the last election, also, there was an address to the electors issued by a late townsman, and a native of the place. I was favoured with a sight of the address, which was treasured up by an old gentleman like sterling gold, and he told me the address was reprinted at Manchester and at Glasgow, and many thousands sold, as a model address, worthy to be followed out by every Member of Parliament, ind had this been the case the country would now be very different to whet it is at the present day. Mr. Foster in this address appears to be an induce.- dent Conservative, of the Peel original school. He contended that " justice ought to be dealt to the indus trious British farmer as well as to other classes of the Queen's subject!" fie described himself "as too poor to contest the borough, and could ho afford to do ro he would not buy the constituency, because he would never sell them, but would employ all the energy and talents which od had given to him for their benefit and thus of his country." Mr. Foster was also described to me by his old friend as the firm and personal friend of the late highly gifted William Cobbett, and that the latter had told him when on a visit, to Ripley Castle, that it was " a shame such a man as Mr. Foster was not in Parliament, as he was the fittest man he knew to be sent there—that his com mercial knowledge was not excelled by any one in the House of Commons, whilst on the subject of the Cur rency I delight in calling him my first disciple." This was the opinion of by far the greatest politician of the day of Mr. Foster. In this address, which was valued, it would appear, every where except in the venal borough of linaresbo rotign, Mr. Foster "pledged himself, if returned (viz, in 1847), immediately to move a total repeal of the Win dow- tax, a repeal of the Income-tax, and a re-modelling of the new Poor-law." This was, indeed, " thinking like a statesman." _ _ Mr. Foster is now, I am told, in the prime of life, and is the father of that highly-talented young and rising barrister, Ur. Campbell Foster, the late Times' commis sioner in Ireland. Mr. Collins, jun., and Mr. Lawson, the two candi dates from the very rump of the Tory camp, were the only gentlemen who were offered for the choice of the electors; and Mr. Collins was returned. He also is a young barrister, but who, albeit he has plenty of talk, will certainly never set the Thames on fire;" his father is not, nor ever was, the vicar of Knaresborougb, as h as been falsely represented; but he is "a Reverend unat tached." His grandfather was an attorney, of the firm of Collins and Richardson, whilst his notorious great grandfather—" the less that is said about him the batter." Knaresborough is also justly celebrated for its ancient castle—perhaps the remains of the strongest feudal edi fice in England. A capital account of this castle is given by a very able historian and good man, the late Mr. Ely Hargrove, of Knaresborough, a book which will well reps) , its perusal; it also contains the original account of Eugene Aram, now immortalized by our great Bul wer; also the birth of Mother Shipton, who was born near the famous "dropping well" at Knaresborough; also the history of the famous " Blind Jack," of Knares borough—perhaps the most extraordinary blind man of modern times.—l am, Sir, &c., G. W. Bradford, July 16. REPRESENTATION OF ARUNDEL. ARUNDEL, WEDNESDAY:-.-The election of a repre• sentative for the town of Arundel, to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, took place to-day. There being no opposition, the proceedings excited little attention, Mr. Edward Strutt, formerly the representative of Derby, who bad obtained the support of the Duke of Norfolk was the only candidate. The MAYOR (Mr. W. Osborne) opened the business of the election with the usual formalities, after which Mr. Halliday proposed, and Mr. Marshall seconded, Mr. Strutt, as a fit and proper person to represent the town of Arundel in Parliament. Mr. STRUTT then addressed the burgessQE, stating his views to be those of a Free-trader, particularly as re garded corn, any re-imposition of a duty on which, he believed, would bo attended with serious injury to the best interests of the country, as well 39 being calculated to excite great ill-will in the minds of the people gene rally. He considered -that the time bad now arrived for an extension of the suffrage within certain bounds, and should give his support to any well-prepared measure that might be brought forward to that end. With regard to the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, he stated that had he been its Parliament he should have given his support to that measure, although he wished it to be understood that he was a warm supporter of civil and religious liberty. He should upon the above question have taken a course directly opposite to that of the Noble Lord their late representative, although he readily gave that Noble Lord credit for conscientious views and conduct in the course he had taken. Mr. Strutt con cluded by promising his best services to the town in the promotion of its loc4l interests. Captain HoLarEs then made an attack on the Duke of Nortulk, in re'erence to an alleged attempted diversion by his Grace of one of the public footpaths. He also neelated himself to be a Protectionist, and determined at the next guneral election to assist in ridding the town of the intimidation practiced towards the electors by those in the interest of tee Duke. Mr. COOPER, stev.ard to his Grace, replied to the Captain amid the applause of the assemblage. The proceedings then terminated by the MAYOR de- , elating Mr. Strutt duly elected. ----- TFIE O'BIRNE TEt•TIMONIAL.—WR understand that a meeting of naval officers for the presentation of the testimonial to Mr. O'Byrne, the author of " The Naval Biography," will take place at the United Service Institu • tion. Whitehall, on Saturday, the 19th inst., at twelve o'clock. Admiral Sir Charles Adam, K.C.8., will preside. UNUSUAL Low TIDE, —On Tuesday evening the waters of the Thames fell unusually low at Waterloo-bridge; with the exception of the two nearest the Middlesex shore, the whole of the arches were quite dry. Extra dummies were required at many of the piers to enable the steam-boats to land their passengers ; several vessels grounded in the usual channels of the navigation. ARRIVAL OF THE IETERIIOFF STEAM-YACHT.--4 This fine vessel, builA, Mr. Mare, at Blackwell, and fitted with engines by - ivlessrs. George and Sir John Rennie, to serve as an Imperial yacht to the Emperor of Russia, tad which eve at., when on her passage to St. Petersburgh, on the rocks off the Island of Oessel, in October last, has been re r:overed, and is now in the Import-dock of the East India Company at Blackwell, apparently in as good a state as before the accident, with the exception of the wood panel. ing of the cabins, which has yielded to the ill treatment it received and long immersion under water; but the h i n and engines are as good as ever. The followinsf e l etails may prove interesting :—Various attempts ex, are made by the get her off, assis ed by captain and crew of the vessel to some officers and men sent by the Il':.seian Government, but without success. The vessel s 'Lick fast on the ridge of rocks with a hole in her bot . ter: n , a being constructed of iron, she was abandoned by 'ale Russian authorities to the agent of the compalry London who had i ns u re d her, and the company s ell ‘. out an able officer—Captain Fell, who after great exee:tions succeeded in getting her off the rocks. He let t b "., water into every part of her, and allowed her to re -IPlain full all the winter. This bold experiment had the effect of preserving her from being battered by,the winter storms, and in the spring the vessel was raised, and, after being par tially repaired, he floated her to Riga, where she underwent a more thorough repair. He then tried the engines, and found that they worked well, and on trying the speed of the vessel at the measured mile, near Riga, the result was ascer tained to be sixteen knots an hour. From Riga Captain Fell proceeded with the vessel to Elsinore, and from Elsinore to Hamburgb, where he lay for a short time, and then left for England, and although he had to contend against a strong head wind, reached the East India Docks, at Black well, on Sunday night last, in 35 hours, being a distance of about 500 miles, showing the average speed of the vessel during the voyage to be at the rate of upwards of 131 knots per hour. TUB GUILDHALL.—The Lord Mayor having granted the see of the Guildhall for the purpose of a dress and fancy ball in aid of the ward schools and dispensaries of the city of London, the event took place last night. The patronage that had been vouchsafed to the undertaking, headed as it was by the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duchess of Kent, brought together a vast concourse of visitors, and at a comparative early hour of the evening the hall was completely crowded. The [fittings provided last week for the reception of he r M a j esty were, by the courtesy of the Lord Mayor, left untouched, and those who did not care to enter into the Terpsichorean festivities of the principal salle were amply amused by roaming through the vestibules, corridors, and crypt, and surveying the gay And varied decora . ions which the liberality of the Common Couucil had supplied in honour of the auspicious event al luded to. We have already given an account of these em bellishments; and they appeared to be precisely the same as they were yesterday se'nnight. Nothing could be more brilliant than the lighting of the hall; while the tableaux at the west end, composed of flags and reflectant glass, have not often been equalled for picturesque and imposing lumi nousness. Adams's band was in attendance, and the company seemed to enjoy the pleasures of the evening to the utmost. We can but hope that the charitable institutions for whose benefit the ball was projected will profit by the issue; and there was every reason for believing from the numbers pre sent, that the balance of money available for distribution will be considerable, ,J U V l7, 1851 THE OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION. HENLEY'S MAGNETO-ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. WOODS AND FORESTS' EVICTIONS AND TILE CRYSTAL PALACE. The rising generatioe will, no doubt, have a lively re collection of the White Cottage in Hyde-park, and its bulky and bustling Mistress Ann Hicks who supplied them in exchange for th e i r coppers with' cakes, curds and- whey, nuts, ginger -pop, and ether small luxuries, so tempting to juvenile palates. Yesterday the same Ann Hicks, woebegone, and very shabby in appearance, with a basket of three.a-penry cakes on her arm, was brought to 'Marlborough-streas Police-office, before Mr. Hardwick, by the patk-keeper, charged with the offence of attempting to sell her humble wares near the Crystal Palace. The sudden transformation in her condition hud been effected by the Woods and Forests, according to her own statement, in this way:—Her grandfather, about a century ago, had the good fortune to assist in extricating George 11. from the Serpentine, and as a reward for this service he was permitted to have a stand in the reek. He kept this stand for 69 years, and left it to her father, who had it for 49 years more. She came into possession of the stand, having attended it ever since oho was five years of age, some years ago, and as she said, she never earned a shilling anywhere else up to last November, she being now between forty and fifty years of age. In consequence of the length of time the stand had been established, her good character, and the real service it afforded to ladies who might desire a glass of cool water in summer, Lord Lincoln, about seven years ago, gave her permission to build the stone lodge at the foot of the Serpentine, and to occupy it in the same manner as she had occupied the stand. This lodge cost her the whole savings of her life-1301. In O c t o b er last, having heard of th intended erection of the C rystal Palace near her lodge, she thought its proximity to the Exhi bition might be turned to account in afforeing accommo dation to ladies, and she drew up a petition to the Woods and Forests, which was signed by forty of her lady customers, setting forth her wishes. To her great as tonishment she received this answer:— " Lord Seymour has received Mrs. Hick's application, dated the 22d ultimo. "As Mrs. Hicks is aware she has been served with a notice to quit and deliver up possession of the place she occupies, Lord Seymour conceives the serving of that notice to be an answer to her application. The board has immediate occasion for her removal, end they can do nothing, therefore, to assist her in extending the accom modation of her present dwelling. "Lord Seymour was prepared to recommend the board to make an allowance to Mrs. Hicks for house rent for a short period after her removal, in the event of her complying with the notice served upon her. Of course, if the board are driven to expense in taking legal steps in dispossessing her she mast abide the consequences. "Office of Woods and Forests, Nov. 1, 1850." Notices were immediately served on her, and she further received written orders from Lord Seymour and the Duke of Wellington, commanding her to quit the place. She did not give up possession, and on the 11th Mr. Mann, the surveyor, visited her, and told her if she did not go the Commissioners would do nothing for her. She still kept possession, and a more peremp tory notice was sent to the effect that all the people who had stands in the park were to be turned out of the park, and that if she did not go away at once the roof would be taken off and the place pulled about her ears. In this extremity she wrote again to Lord Seymour, stating her case at length. The answer was as follows: " Lord Seymour can only say, in reply to Mrs. Hicks' letter, that he cannot permit either her or her family to have a stall, or sell articles, in the parks. The utmost Lord Seymour can do will be to provide means for the removal of her furniture, and to allow her at the rate of five shillings a week, which he is advised is amply sufficient for lodgings, for a twelvemonth after she shall have quitted. He can do nothing more; and if Mrs. Hicks shall not have appointed with Mr. Mann, before four o'clock to-morrow, a time for the removal of her things, and for delivering up the place, the law must take its course, and he will not consent to make her any allowance whatever. " Office of Woods, Nov. 10, 1850." She was at last ejected, the lodge pulled down, and in return for the money she had expended in building it, the amount of twelve months' lodging, at ss. a week, was given to her. She applied for compensation for the materials of her house. Sixteen letters were written, but no notice whatever was taken of them. She laid her case before the Queen, and she received this reply:— " Buckingham Palace. " Madam,—l am directed by Colonel Phipps to ex press the Queen's regret that the very numerous pres sing claims on her Majesty's private bounty prevent a compliance with the request contained in your letter of the 2d instant. "Your obedient servant, " Mrs. A. Hicks." " DOYNE C. BELL." She contrived to interest Lord Ashley in her case, but his interference procured her no benefit. In the extre mity of her distress, finding her money all gone and starvation staring bet. in the face, she got a basket and a few cakes, hoping to sell them among her former cus tomers in the park. She was taken in the very act, and brought to this court to be dealt with according to law. Mr. Hardwick had some difficulty in making her un derstand that it was an offence to sell cakes in the park. If she would promise never to do the like again he would discharge her. The defendant could not promise. What was she to do to support herself and child? She supposed her fate would be the same as had attended the other poor crea tures who had been turned out of their bread by the Commissioners. One, who had kept a stand twenty years at the Viotoria•gate, bad gone out of her mind in consequence of this eviction; a second was in Kensington workhouse; a third was in St. George's Workhouse ; and she met a fourth that morning nearly broken hearted, trying to sell medals in the park. Mr. Hardwick said the law must be obeyed. The defendant said she would sell no more. She would beg. Mr. Hardwick told her that was squally a crime. After some further parley, a reluctant promise not to sell cakes in the park again was extracted, and she was set at liberty. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—Return Traffic for the weak ending July 13:— Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £46,765 5 6 Merchandise .. ... 15,603 16 4 Cattle ... 1,093 19 0 Total £63,463 0 10 Corresponding week last year 50,575 16 1 Ncte.—The returns as published are exclusive of the traffic of the Huddersfield Canal and Shropshire Union, Nerth Union, Preston and Wyre, South Junction, Manchester and Buxton, and Buckinghamshire Railways, and of the propor tion of traffic deducted under agreement with the Nord: Staffordshire Company. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILIVAT... , (IIiIes in work, 236,) —Return of Traffic for the Week ending July 6, 1851: Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, dogs, and mails ... £9,494 9 1 Merchandise and minerals ... 3,398 010 Cattle ... ... 323 10 9 Total . £13,216 0 8 Corresponding week, July 7, 1850 (143 miles): Passengers, parcels, &c. ... £1,637 1 11 Merchandise, Cattle, &e. ... 1,486 13 6 Total ... ... £3,123 15 5 LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. —Amount of Traffic for the week ending July 13 : Passengers ... £14,734 5 3 Goods ... .„. „„ 2,399 10 111 Total ... ...X17,133 16 2} C orres ponding week last year... 13,325 0 10 LANCASIIIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. (260 miles open.)—Traffic for week ending July 13..£17,333 5 1 Corresponding week in last year, (245:1 miles open) .. ....C17,015 16 3 NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. (Miles open,ll2.) Return of traffic for the week ending July 16:— Railway and canal £5,207 0 0 Corresponding week last year ... 5,079 0 0 Note.—The above is exclusive of the re ce ipt s ava il a bl e under the agreement with the London and North-Western Railway Company. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLwAY.•••Traffie for the week ending July 13:— MAIN LLNI. Passengers ••• Parcels, H. C. and D. Goods, cattle, &c. Mails ... £2,096 12 9 ... 72 16 1 ... 558 6 7 ... 575 0 0 Total ... £3,302 15 .5 ••• MOLD. Passengers ... Parcels, H. C. and D. ... Goods, cattle, &c. Total ... ... .£4l 17 2 ... 1 7 9 ... 125 6 2 Passengers ••• Parcels, H. C. and D. ... ... TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN SIA, If ever there was a time when inventors were fairly entitled to a just and unbiassed criticism of their productions, it is now, at the Great Exhibition of all Nations, when name, and wealth, and high standing are expected, for once at lease, to give way to the more le gitimate claims of original genius and persevering in dustry. I am not in any way connected with the Magneto-Electric Telegraph, but I call attention to the description of this instrument, in the published exponent referred to, just as a sample of the amount of justice which inventors are to expect from the compilers of official catalogues, unless they are keenly alive to their own interest, and assert their rights through other and independent channels. The so-called explanation of this invention is more like an extract from some work on general science than the description of anything in par ticular, and as illustrative of the matter of which it as sumes to treat, it is erroneous from beginning to end. After a brief statement of the received theory of mag netism, the author (who signs himself R.H.) proceeds to inform his readers, by what means a magneto-electric disturbance is effected, so as to produce a continuous arid uninterrupted stream of electricity. Whereas in Mr. Henley's telegraph continuous streams of electricity are entirely dispensed with, and the necessary communica tions are effected by a succession of momentary waves or impulses, each of which is made to produce upon the in strument a totally distinct and independent action. The writer then goes on to inform us that " the magneto electric machine was first employed for telegraphic pur poses by Professor Wheatstone.' This statement would lead any one to suppose that the present invention was wanting in novelty, and was borrowed from the original ideas of Wheatstone. The real facts of the case, how ever, are in direct opposition to any such conclusion. The first person who ever applied Faraday's discovery to the working of a telegraph was Dr. Stenheil, of Bava ria. Afterwards, it is true, Professor Wheatstone con structed an instrument upon this principle, and tried it upon two different sections of the Great Western Rail way. The telegraph which he employed indicated by means of an escapement, or what is commonly known among electricians as the step by-step motion. It was found inoperative, and after a brief trial was had aside, and has never been used since. To Mr. Henley the merit is due of having first practi cally applied the magneto-electric power to the move ment et the needle telegraph, and of obtaining a result which, for simp;icity, power, and economy, has received the unqualified approbation of many of the leading scientific men of Europe, and some of the first engineers of the age. The author cannot surely be acquainted with the numerous and trying experiments to which this instrument was successfully subjected on the South Devon Railway, or with the still more decisive demon strations which were recently given in Hyde Park and across the Serpentine, and which one would have thought were by this time patent to the whole scientific world. If, however, he is really desirous to examine into the justice and validity of his extraordinary conclu sions, and to ascertain the correctness of his terminat ing assertion, that the ordinary voltaic battery is usually preferred in this country to any application,of magneto electric agency, I will not refer him to any printed re cords of past experiments abundant and decisive tho ug h these are, b u t I w ill ask him to see and judge for him self, and to institute the most trying experiment he is able to devise upon any line in the kingdom, in order to ascertain the comparative excellences of the two ar rangements, and I have no doubt he will find the inven• tor most ready to assist him in the trial. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, J. B. [Anxious as we have repeatedly shown ourselves to be, in maintaining the rights of inventors, and in for warding the cause of philosophical inquiry, we have with pleasure inserted the above communication of our cor respondent.—ED. Sea.] TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Yuur paper of Friday contained a paragraph r ,- lating to an article which you had copied from the Sherborne Journal, and expressing your reproach of it, in a manner that shows m e y ou h a d b een p l aced i n pos session of just as much information, and no more, as would give my statement the colour of a fabrication. I trust, therefore, you will do me the justice of allowing me to state the facts on which I coneider I was justified is announcing the dissolution of the Sherborne Mercury. A few years ago a new paper was started in Yeovil, en titled the Yeovil Times, and on Tuesday week para graphs appeared simultaneously in the Yeovil Times and the Sherborne Mercury, to the effect that those papers Were about to be amalgamated, and for the future would be published as one sheet at the office of the Yeovil Times, in Yeovil. Now here was a fact announced by the proprietors, that the publication of one of these papers was about to be discontinued, and that there would no longer be a Mercury printed in Sherborne, but from the office of the Yeovil Times a weekly sheet would issue as usual. Surely, under these circumstances, I should not have been justified in saying that the Yeovil Titus had gone to the wall, yet one of the two papers having be come defunct it became my duty to announce it as an article of news. Some years ago I remember there was a True Sun as well as a Sun paper published in London, but your en lightened principles eclipsed it, and you triumphantly bore off its remains to your own office. I fear I should give you great offence if I affirmed that the True Sun still lived to share the laurels of your well-earned fame. I din Sir, &c., THE EDITOR OF THE " SHERBORNE JOURNAL." Sherborne, July 12, 1851. COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the Hon. Amelia Murray, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and Lieut.-Col. Fssncis Hugh Seymour, visited the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations yesterday morning. Thu Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by Mr. Birch, also paid a visit to the Exhibition yesterday forenoon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, and Sir George Couper, also visited the Exhibition yes terday morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of Abercorn, Viscount Ciifden, Colonel the lion. Charles Grey, and Lieut.-Colonel F. IL Seymour, left Buckingham Palace at five minutes before three o'clock yesterday afternoon, for the Nine-elms station of the South-Western Railssay, and travelled by special train to Windsor, to be present at the dinner of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. The younger members of the Royal Family took their ususl exercise yesterday in the garden of Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty had a dinner party yesterday at Buck ingham Palace. The company included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, his Royal Hi g h ness the Princeof W asa , hi s Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Marquis and Marchioness of Breadalbane, the Marchioness of Ely, Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady Georgiana Bathurst, Baroness de Speth, the Earl end Countess of Shaftesbury, the Earl and Countess Grey, "ivisjor Biddulph, Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell, and M. Fizer. The bend of the 2d Life Guards was in attendance during dinner, and performed the following selcction:— Overture--" Fra Diavolo" .•. Auber. Waltzer--" Henrietta" •• Browne. •• ••• • Selection—"Lucrezia B o r g i a " • Danizetti. Quadrille_ Swiss Jullien. Polka—" Russian Battle" Minasi Galop—" Victory" Tinny. God tiave the Queen, Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Chairman of the Customs, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yes terday, at his official residence in Downing -street. Mr. Philip Miles, and a deputation, had an interview with the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Lord Harris had an interview with Earl Grey yester day, at the Colonial-office. Mr. Rowland Hill had an interview yesterday with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Dispatches from the Governor of Hong-Kong were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. We - attended last evening the Literary and Scien tific Institute, in Ahlersgate-street, to hear a selection of national melodies sung by Mr. Milne, the Scotch vocalist. We were by no means strangers to Mr. Milne or his style of singing, but we confess ourselves pleased beyond our anticipations with the evening's entertainment. The memory of poor Wilson is still fresh in our minds, and we wo u ld not do injustice to the dead to gratify the ambitious views o the living, but we are bold to cay that, in many respects, Mr. Milne even surpasses his distinguished predecessor. The manner in which the business of the evening was conducted waa alike creditable to Mr. Milne and the managers of the Institute. MUTUAL DOPE, ASSITRA.NCE SOCIETY.—The haif ;s_,early Itideting of this society was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, Mr. J. Clayton in the chair. The half-year's accounts were read, and appeared to bc , most satisfactory. The balance at the Bank on the Ist of January was 11,309/. 14s. 7d. The premiums on 63 new po licies assuring 27,6971., in the half-year ending :.36th June, amounted to 9751. 3s. 11d. The amount received on policies renewed, was 14,3431. 10s. 7d. The receipts from mortgages, loans, and capital invested, brought th e g ross up t o 44,5281. 19,. 4d. On the other side the sum paid in claims was 3,700/. ; the general expenses were 1,4651. 4s. 7d., and the balance in the bank on the 30th of June was 25,220/. 6s. sd. The Chairman said it would appear there had been an in crease of something like 20,000/. in the sums assured since the 31st of December last; the sum paid in claims had been 3,7001., and the capital of the society bad increased upwards of 10,0001. From a table prepared by Mr. Brown (the ac tuary), the claims paid and claims allowed stood for the last three years and a half thus—Claims paid-1848, 12,3001. ; 1849, 6,550/. ; 1850, 5,200/. ; first half-year of 1851, 3,700/. Claims allowed —lB4B , 4,100/. ; 1849, 3,450/. ; 1850, 9,1001. ; first haif-year of 1851, 1,7001. The Chairman left it to the proprietors to draw their own conclusions from this statement, which must be considered highly favourable to the prosperity of the so ciety. The five retiring directors and one retiring auditor were re-elected. The accounts were passed, and thanks having been given to the chairman, directors, and auditors, the meeting separated. SINGITLAIt ACCIDENT.--On Tuesday morning as James Parlitt, one of the porters in the goods department of the Great Western Railway Company, at P a ddi ng t on , was passing along the platform, i n his ordinary duty, a small cask suddenly exploded, the head of w hi c h came in contact with the poor fellow's chin, and tossed him some eight or ten feet into the air, when he fell upon the ground about three feet lower than the platform. Upon inquiry, we find the contents of the cask to have been yeast, which had been sent up the line. The motion of the train probably brought it to so high a state of fermentation as to cause the explo ion. The poor fnllow died in about a glutrtor of au hour, £l6B 11 1 STEAM-BOATS. ... £376 2 1 13 10 2 Total ... ... ... £389 12 3 SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY.—(Open 29 milez.)--TraEllo for the week ending July 13:— Passengers, parcels, &c. ... Goods and live stock ...X429 4 4 " ... 205 6 9 Total £634 11 1 Corresponding week last year ... 463 9 10:4 SHREWSBURY AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY...-Tratie re ceipts for the weak ending July 13 : Passengers £351 16 7 Carriages, horses, and parcels 11 7 4 Live stock 15 8 4 Merchandise and minerals 281 19 3 Total .; £ 660 1,3 6 653 12 11 Corresponding period last ye a ' CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.-- (160 miles o pened.)—Rete rn o f - traffic for the week ending July 6 : — Passengers, &c. ••• Goods, &T. Total` .. £6,885 1 5; Corresponding week last year ... 6,521 0 11 • Including Wishaw and Coltness, ROW in charge of a factor. • £3,398 810; • 8,486 12 7 .•• SOUTIPEASTERN RaILWAY.--The number of pas sengers conveyed on this line to and from the London-bridge terminus on Monday was 19,279, namely, 10,023 to London, a nd 9,256 from London. THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—The receipts yesterday were 2,9101. 45., the number of persons who visited the build ing being 60,626. THE GREENnleld UNION .-- The poor children of the parishes of Gr eenwicb, Woolwich, and Deptford were yesterday treated by the guardians to a visit to the Crysta Palace, and about three o'clock in the afternoon were per mitted by the Conn nissioners to assemble round the crystal fountain, an d when there sang the National Anthem, wli.ch . had a pleasin g effect„ the children who joined in it bei n g about 300 in number."' HEALTH OF LONDON DURIIVG THE WEEK. (From the Report of the Registrar-General.) The public health now presents a more favourable as pect. Ia the week ending last Saturday, the number of deaths registered from all causes declined to 881. In the ten corresponding weeks of .1841.50 the average number was 877; but use the population has been grow -1 ing throughout that period, end up to the present date, an avcrege mortality corrected for the rate of increase, may he estimated tit 965, compared with which the deaths of last week exhibit u decrease of 84. The progress of the summer months in reducing the mortality is perceptible in all those classes of disease which make the principal contribUtion to the aggregate amount, with the exception of the class of epidemics, in which there now appears some disposition to increase. In the precedin g week (ending sth July) thi s c l ass numbered 214 deaths, it has now risen to 224; bat the tubercular class, the most important of which is phthisis, has fallen from 202 to 168. Phthisis or consumption numbers this week 127, which is less than the corrected average. Smell-pox is recorded as having been fatal to 27 per sons, all of them children except one. Three died in the Small-pox hospital of "small-pox confluent ; un protected ;" and amongst, these a labourer, aged 27, from Bermondsey. The registrars mention particular families which have suffered extensively, and lament in such cases that vaccination, which might have prevented the spread of the disease or its fatal results, had been neglected. Diatrhee3, which was fatal in the previous week to 23 persons, nearly all children, has suddenly increased, and last week carried off 53, of whom 44 were young par sons, 3 were of middle age, and 6 had reached sixty years or upwards. Besides these 8 cases were registered, in which the cause of death is described as " cholera ins fantutn," or "English cholera," and one in which it is stated as Asiatic cholera. The particulars of these cases, all with one exception amongst children, are as follow: In Kensington, at Jeneing's-buildings, on 6th July, the daughter of s spinster, aged 1 year, died of " cholera infentuin." In Kensington, Cooper's-gardens, on 6th July, the daughter of a labourer, aged . 6 years, " cholera infantum." In Maryl e b one, St. ' John s, at 4, Victoria-terrace, on 6th July, the daughter of a gardener, aged 4 years, " English cholera." In Cripp le g atP ' at to, Adelaide-place, on the 10th July, the son of a police - constable, aged 7 months, " cholera intantuns (5 days)," Iu Bethnal-green, at 13, Bedford-row, on the 6th July, the daughter of a woodcutter, aged 4 months, "English cholera (4 days)." In Bethnal-green, Town sub-district, at 31, Thomas street, on 9th July, the wife of a scale and beam maker, aged 68 years, " cholera Asiatic (36 hours)." In Goodman's-fields, at 8, Everard's-plac e , on 4 t h J u l y, the daughter of a tobacconist, aged 4 months, "E ng li s h cholera (3 days)." In St. George-in-the-East, at 21, Cross-street, on Bth July, the son of a mariner, aged 2 years. " Cholera in fant= (7 days)." In Sr. Saviour, at 23, Zoar-street, on 6th July, the son of is cellarman, aged 2 years, "English cholera (14 days)." STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK. SUNDAY. The sky, with slight ex ce pti ons , was covered with cloud throughout the day; cirrostrati and fleecy clouds. Electricity—Nothing was shown at any examination. MONDAY.--Three-fourths of the sky were covered with cloud during the morning, and overcast during the remainder of the day; cumul ostratus, cirrostratus, and fleecy clouds. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. TUESDAY.—The clouds were occasionally broken during the afternoon, otherwise the sky was overcast throughout the day; cumuli, cumulostrati, and fleecy clouds. Light ning, followed by thunder, occurred at sh. 15m. P.M., ac• companied by heavy rain ; frequent showers fell at other times. Electricity—Negative, and very active during the afternoon; frequent sparks were shown. WEDNESDAY._The sky was overcast throughout the day; cirrostratus. Light showers of rain fell during the afternoon. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. TIIURSDAY.—The sky was covered with cloud during the morning and afternoon, and clear at night; cumulostritus o cirrostratus, and scud. Frequent claps of thunder were heard between 2h. and 3h. P.M., and a violent squall of wind and rain occurred between 4h. and sh. r.m. Electricity egative, and very active daring the afternoon ; frequent volleys of sparks and galvanic currents were shown. FthDAY.—The sky was mostly covered with cloud throughout the day; cumuli, cumulostrati, and cirrostrati. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout the day. SATURDAY.— The sky was three-fourths covered till 9h. P.M., and clear afterwards; cumuli, cirrostrati, and fleecy clouds. Electricity.—Positive, and tension moderate gene rally throughout the day. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main mast, and read each day at 9h. A.M., was 60•5° ; and the mean reading at 9h. P.M. was 59.3 0 ; the mean readings at the Royal Observatory for the same times were 60.9°, and 57.9° respectively. The reading of the barometer increased from 29136 in. to 29.91 in. by 9h. a.m. on the 7th; decreased to 2916 in. by Oh. on the 10th; increased to 30'01 ip. by 9h. A.M. on the 11tb ; it continued at about this reading till after 3h. r.m., and decreased to 29.81 in. by the end of the week. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED 1 THE WEEK ENDIITG SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1551. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*224 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... 44 Tubercular Diseases ... 168 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 83 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 32 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ... 109 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ... Diseases of the Kidneys, &e. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, ... Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations... ... ..• ..• Premature Birth ... Atrophy Old Age Sudden ... Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not specified ... ... 51 ... 10 ••• 6 ... 41 ... 32 ... 31 ... 17 ... 13 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUbES 881 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Lnuuaerated, sponding week in the 1861. of 1550. Week. West Districts... 376,332 . . 118 161 North Districts,. 490,441 .. 161 ... 165 Central Districts 392,386 ... 128 ... 134 East Districts ... 485,336 ... 171 ... 193 South Districts.. 616,545 ... 203 ... 228 Totals... ..... 2,361,640 Males • •• ... Females ... 881 ... 436 ... 445 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Maks Females ... 700 ... 646 Total ... 1,346 *ln this number are included l 3 by Scarlatina, 28 by Typhus Fever, 53 by Diarrhea!, arid 9 by Cholera. ETON CoLLEGE.—The election of candidates for scholarships on this foundation, and the sister college at Cambridge is fixed for Monday, th e 28 t h i nst. We under stand that the authorities of the two colleges have made some alteration in the arragements usual on the occasion, viz, that the cloister speech will be spoken at two o'clock i_t the afternoon of Friday the 25tLi; that, ou the following day, Saturthy the 26th, the election speeches will be deli vered in the Upper School at ten o'clock A.m.; that the din ner, hitherto given on Monday by the college, in the college hall, will take place at three o'clock r ai., on Saturday, the `26th, thus leaving the electors of the two colleges an oppor tunity of commencing their' examination on Monday the 28th, without interruption, after the indentures of the pre vious year have been cancelled. The accession to the num ber of candidates for the Eton Foundation, and the conse quently increased necessity of care in the award of places on the indentures, have, we believe, led to this alteration. The oppidians will ba dismissed early in the morning the 28tb, and the collegers who are not in trials will be al lowed to go after the dinner in the hall on Monday. CAPTURE OF A LADY SHOPLIFTER —Amelia Lang. ley, alias Mrs. Williams, alias Mrs. Colonel Utmiilton, a Guildhall jewellee7 of Monday, fa,hionably attired young female, with a s light etp o li h c er entering afi i left eye, was charged on Monday last, at court, with stealing a gold wedding ring, .qr fr o om val a uable d' r shop in Fleet-street. The duplicates of ad paid a visit. en. tided by a jeweller to whom the prisoner mend rings were found upon her, one of w r bi h ch has been id la that of t b o een be sentt rs' Shops, and ordering Her plan of operation appea , r e e w d e t li o en_ h in av e e , various watchmakers and i quantity of goods in a fictitious were being o address, and while the articles ed to secrete submitted for her inspection she invariably cwitr I. The off Hodrticle of value with which she deca,rope made inquiries , gea, 120,. and Bull, the detective, bal,e visited upwa 1 , and have ascer tained that the prisoner g ha N ' vhich Savory upwards of 50 jewellers' . shops in London ( s am ;re v it many other ' , of Cornhill ; Mott, of Cheapside; and fof which she has respectable firma have been victimised) , various l amounts of pillaged while order • ins goods, to the d till Monday next. 10/., 201., 301, and S(V. She is remain BATHING ROYAL SEA BATHING INFIRMARY.--A festival in aid of the funds of this institution took place yesterday at the vern, Bisho s a London Ta M. Y., i n the chair. 'The cloth having been removed at the conclusion of an excellent dinner, the chairman proposed the success toasts, and, after them, that of the evening, to the Sea Bathing Infirmary." It appeared that the charity on behalf of which he appealed was established for the especial treatment of scrofula, whilst that it was re quired was evident by the fact that 22,003 patients, children, and adults, amongst the poor, had partaken of the benefits which it afforded. As regarded its present efficiency, there was nothing wanting iu the arrangements of the building— which was in good repair and free from debt—in the diet and comc,: , rt afforded the patients, or in the medical attendance provided them. It had 220 beds and an excellent bathing apparatus; 1 1 :: Jacked notl'ing, indeed, but increased public support proportiodate to the increasing demands upon its means. The result of the chairman's appeal was a subscrip tion list, read by the secretary, andshowing contributions to ‘ , n amount of upwards of 1,6001. ItOrAL SAPPERS AND MINERS., .WOOLWICH, JULY 15. Detac . I;.—Detachments of this branch of the Or d n ance corpa. arr i v ed at head-quarters at Woolwich to-say, _ a t London, from Ports mouth, Chatham , and fr o m the Crystal _. . e. _ White, to till up the cony commanded by C. 3 P.,,t P l s ativer settle. piacSd under orders for watt h'oyal Engineers, ment. that business gene- The letters from Rouen state alio. In the market rally presented a more sattled app r for manufactures an increased at e a.etain de limited stocks had contributed to l scriptioa of goods suitably for exp mand. EFFECTS OF THE . 0 4 „ —The editor of the Chicago E c a l d a nce of buyers and prices The morts were in the best oNs -s.T-vi, AMERICAN FEMALE DRESS. Journal perpetrates the follow i punishment for which he should be limited to one "darned old p air of so , _ ng, in socks," " the balance of his life : S t dresses, if adopted by the ladies , will have one good e ffect, at any rate, it will_oblige them to mend their stockings."